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DAIL Y Cm CULA TION
- THIS WEEK. -
Sunday . 28,7BO
Mondny . 20,529
Tuesday . 27,672
Wednesday . 23,903
Thursday . 31,830
PANDKMONIUJI reigns at the state
capltol. And Brigadier Colby 300 miles
nwny.
Pou tlio time being tlio Indian war is
overshadowed by tlio political scalp lift
ers at tlio atato capitol.
Hr.nuCTiOX and retrenchment is the
order of tlio day in Union Pncillc affairs ,
but there is n notable ubsonco of reduc
tion in freight rates.
OKLAHOMA , if wo over passed any re
flections on your peculiar modes of doing
business in tlio legislature , wo usK to bo
forgiven. Lot all bo forgotten.
Tun BKU'S corns of special war cor
respondents kcop the wires hot with the
details of the latest battles and skir-
inislios , both at Pine Ridge and Lincoln.
THK largo lumps of nerve clustered on
Moiklojohn's backbone proved to bo the
rocks on which the lawless scheme to
< oizo the atato ofllcos was hopelessly
crocked.
HOKOitnudBolf-rospoctluivo taken n
fresh start in political life in Missouri.
Five members of the Kansas City coun
cil rofuho to assoeiato with the indicted
members of that body.
IN THE broad light of the turbulent
events in Lincoln , it will not do for Nebraskans -
braskans to speak reproachfully of the
bulldozers of Mississippi or the political
regulators of Arkansas. ,
governors have boon in
auguratcd this week , but none of them
have had ns much fun ns the statesmen
at Lincoln , who have boon waiting foi
that ceremony to occur.
" \VIIKHK did THE OMAHA. DEB not its flRuros
for Knnsns City's hanking business which II
uses hi some comparative tables ? Kama :
City Journal.
From the Kansas City limes , a pretty
good authority on Kansas City affairs.
MILITIA companies uro being _ organ
ized in Oklahoma to protect life anil
property from Indian raiders. In reality ,
the country needs protection from law
less claim jumper * and promiscuous
shooting. _ _ _ _
A PAliTY organized to secure by legal
moans the greatest good for the great
est number courts political suicide by
attempting' ' to carry out the behests ol
Bhystor lawyers who have no rosponsl
bllity , and uro only working for a fa
foo.
EVEN the heathen did not escape th <
far reaching clutch of Banker Koun
Among the many sums squandered wa
a snug roll of $12,000 intended to Infusi
civilization into the Congo savages. Bu
Chicago Ihmnelal heathens scooped it ii
the .
pilo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun ghost dancers in Lincoln surpass
the best efforts of the hostlloa in the ba <
lands. The latter partially rogalnot
their senses when they found their shirt
wore not bullet proof. The former wil
presently discover they are neither con
itltutlon nor court proof.
SENATOK TELLER IB ono of the few re
publican senators whoso ro-oloction Is i
foregone conclusion. A majority of th
Colorado legislature have united In i
telegram of thanks , assuring him thn
whatever difference exists in the re
publican party , there is but ono Bonti
mont respecting the sonntorshlp.
AN OUOANIZED attempt will ho madi
in North Dakota to fight the harvosto
trust. The companies represented ii
the combine have $3,000,000 outstandlnj
in "notes in the stata and the makers pro
pose to light their collection on the higl
ground that the trust is contrary to tin
laws of the United States and the state
nnd therefore had no legal standing ii
the courts. Every movement calculatoi
to put the nntl-truat law Into effect wll
moot popular approval.
THIS 13 XKIMASKA.
Every citizen of Nebraska will deplore -
ploro the turbulence that has disgraced
the opening days of the session of the
present legislature. That remarkable
body Is not only making history for It
self , but history for the state. The re
sponsibility for the Indelible blot that
has been cast upon the reputation of Ne
braska does not rest HO much upon the
members of the Independent party as it
does upon the reckless and unprincipled
lawyers nnd hangers-on who have
wormed themselves Into the confidence
of the controlling majority and advised
them to commit acts which are intlo-
fpnslblo. Nearly every member of the
Independent party in the legislature is
a farmer , and very few of thorn have
any knowledge of the usages
of legislatures or the con
struction to bo placed upon oven
tlio plainest provisions of the constitu
tion. They have brought to the dls-
clinrgo of their task a firm determina
tion to carry out the pledges they have
made during the campaign , and they
are trying to find the shortest
road for bringing about that re
sult. They do not seem aware ol
the fact oven at this day that
the whoio contest from beginning to end
was begotten by vindictive prohibition
agitators , and engineered by prohibition
lawyers , who are trying to work \ \ [
capital for future prohibition campaign- ) ,
besides putting a few thousand dollars
into their own pockets.
Unfortunately for the people of No-
briiHka the real slate of facts
will not bo known or under'
blood abroad. The impro-sior
created by the reports that have gone
out of Lincoln will lower us in the osti
million of the people of other states to
tlio level of Mississippi and South Carolina
lina , whore such riotous wrangles have
not been uncommon.
It is to bo hoped that the second soboi
sense of at least a majority of the inde
pendents will bring them to a realiza
tion of the damage done to the gooi
name of Nebraska. A repetition of revo
lutionary methods will bo ruinous , nol
only to their cause , but to the state ai
largo.
'fanoTiiF run conrsi'i/urons *
There is a sot of conspirators bohini
the scrconat the state capital wlioshouh
bo dealt with at once in accordance
with law. No man has a right to coun
hoi or advise members of the logislatun
to violate their o.iths to obey the const !
tution and every man who advocate :
lawlessness by the law-makers nnd resistance
sistanco to the mandates of our highcs' '
courts is a conspirator and should b (
made responsible for the consequence !
of his acts. The flagrant violations o
law nnd turbulent spirit manifested it
the halls of legislation are duo wholly t <
the machination of men who have
imposed upon the legislature and ad
vised them to acts that have disgracei
the state and are bringing Nebraska o :
the verge of anarchy.
The men who compose the majority o
our legislature are nearly all farmers
Few of them know anything about law
and nearly all of them arc croduloui
enough to follow the advice of met
whom they have been led to boliov <
trustworthy. As a matter of fact thoj
have fallen into the hands of a gang o
conspirators who have advised and on
courugcd them to pur.3uo a course thti' '
has already done more damage to tin
stuto of Nebraska than four legislature !
can repair.
The time is at hand when outsider ;
who are fomenting conspiracy and pro
moling riotous disturbances should b <
taken in hand and made to feel the Iroi
grip of the law.
llbAlNE'8 STRONG POSITION.
No fair-minded American citizen cat
read the last dispatch of Secretary
J31alne to the British minister at Wash
ington transmitted December 17 , ani
just mndo public , in discussion of American
ican rights in Bohring sea , without ad
milting that the position of the secretary
tary of state is very strong. The dis
patch was in answer to the contention o
Lord Salisbury that England never tac
Uly or expressly acknowledged Russia' ;
right to oxorcibo a maritime jurisdic
tion in the waters of Bohring sea , and i
must bo conceded that it is a most effect
ual answer. The historical point lirsi
raised by Lord Salisbury in his quota
tions from Minister Adams is conclu
slvoly answered by Mr. Blaine and tin
nbsortions of the British premier an
completely disposed of.
It has been repeatedly assorted tha
the government of the United States do
mnnds that the Bohring sea bo pro
nounced a closed sea. Mr. Blaine say
there Is no foundation for such nssor
tlons. On the contary , the govern men
has never claimed it nnd never dobiret
it ; it expressly disavows it. At the saim
time , says the secretary of state , thi
United States does not lack nbundan
authority , according to the ablest exponents
pononts of international law , for holdinj
a small section of the Bohrirjg sea fo
the protection of the fur seals , and h
submits that controlling acomparatlvol ;
restricted area of water for that on
specific purpose Is by no moans oqulvn
lent to declaring the sea , or any par
thereof , mare clausum. The real issu
involves these questions : Whothoi
Russia did or did not claim and oxorcis
a special jurisdiction over Bohring sc
for the purpose of protecting its son
fisheries ; whether this jurisdiction fo
this purpose was or was not doniu
by Great Britain and the Unite
States In treaties in which Russia waive
any such special jurisdiction over th
Pacific ; and whether the character , extent
tent and exercise of this Russian juris
diction to which the United States sue
ccodod glvo this country a just right t
exercise , regardless of the consent c
other nations , such police of Bohrln
sea as is necessary to preserve the son
fishery owned by the United States froi
extermination.
Hero Is a valuable fishery , says th
secretary of state In concluding his dii
patch , nnd n largo and , if properly mat
ugcd , permanent industry , the proport
of the nations on whoso shores it is cat
rlod on. It is proposed by the colony c
a foreign nation to destroy this buslnos
by the indiscriminate slaughter of souh
and it is assorted that wo have no dc
fonso against such depredations bccaus
the sea at a certain distance from th
coast Is free. Secretary Blaine justly
says that the same line of argument
would take under Its protection piracy
and the slave trade whan prosecuted in
the open sea , or would justify ono nation
in destroying the commerce of another
by placing dangerous obstructions
In the open sea near its coasts.
Tills government does not reject arbi
tration but invites It. What it rejects
are the terras proposed by the British
government. Lord Salisbury wants ar
bitration on the single point whether
this country can keep anybody and
everybody out of Bohring sea on the
ground that it is an enclosed soa. This
government is prepared to submit to ar
bitration the question whether the prac
tice of a century has not given it the
right to exercise the authority it claims
for the protection of its prop
erty in tlio soul fishery. It
is not easy to see how Great Britain can
deny the fairness ana justice of this po
sition. This last dispatch of Secretary
Blaine gives the controversy a more
favorable aspect , with the advantage
distinctly on the side of the United
States , and it will remove all appre
hension of a rupture of the friendly re
lations boiwcon the two countries.
TUB SUl'ltllilti COURT MAXDAMUS.
Tlioorder Issued by the supreme court ,
directing Speaker Elder to carry into
olloet tlio provisions of the constitution
which require him to open and publish
< ho returns of the election for executive
olllcors , has boon pronounced by the per
nicious advisors of the independents in
the legislature as an unheard-of usurpa
tion of authority. Some of the bolder of
the conspirators , who nro trying to mislead -
load the legislature , have oven gone s > o
far ns toadvoc-ito resistance to the order
nnd tnroatim vengeance upon our nigh-
est judicial tribunal. Such seditious
talk very naturally Imposes upon men
who in law do not know a hawk from , a
hand-saw , and creates a feeling among
our law makers that they are above all
courts and only responsible to their own
consciences as to their actions during
the session.
In many respects this is doubtless
true. The supreme courtis a co-ordl
nnto branch of government and cannot
dictate to the legislature on what subject
it should legislate or how it shall frame
its laws. But the legislature has other
functions besides lawmaking. By the
constitution and the laws enacted in con
formity therewith the legislature is
made a board of canvassers for all elec
tion returns for executive ollicors. This
duty is not legislative. It could have
been imposed upon anybody or set of
men outside of the legislature had the
framers of our constitution seen fit
to do so. It was imposed upon the
legislature because members of that body
voted for at a general state election can
not also bo candidates for state olllco.
When the legislature convenes in joint
session to canvass the election returns
they are not acting in their law-making
capacity , but in a uiiiiLslji-i il capacity ,
the sumo as a county board of canvassers.
Now suppose the state , at the last elec
tion , had gonn democratic , and the re
publicans had elected the legislature.
If the legislature was all-powerful in
this canvass and its members wore
recklessly disposed todisregard the man
date of the constitution that commands
their speaker to open and publish the
returns in the joint convention called for
that purpose , that would enable the
republican state ollicerd to hqld over and
kcop the democrats out of the olllces to-
which the people had elected them. And
if the republicans could elect a majority
of every succeeding legislature they
could hold the state olllces perpetually.
Would any reputable lawyer contend
that the supreme court could not bo in
voked to issue its mandate and compel
the speaker to perform the ministerial
duty of opening the returns and making
them public and declaring the result ?
Should there not bo some tribunal that
would compel canvassing boards , no
matter how they are constituted , to
glvo vitality to the people's
will as expressed through the
ballot box ? Instead of being a body of
usurpers , our supreme court has by its
prompt and timely decision chocked a
revolutionary movement that was threat
ening to precipitate this state into an
archy and came very near ending in riot
and bloodshed.
Sl'HKAD ' TllK LiaiIT.
It has been well Said that "Judicious
advertising is the keystone of success. "
It Is ono of the great truths of modern
business life , and the merchant who ig
nores its force soon finds himself over
shadowed nnd hopelessly in the rear of
the march of progress.
The benefits individuals derive from
judicious advertising can bo obtained on
a larger scale by communities. The
growth and prosperity of Omaha , its
unsurpassed advantages as a commer
cial and industrial center , have not
been advertised ns they deserved
to bo. The work has been almost en
tirely left to the nowspacors. yet there
is wanting , unfortunately , a systematic
effort to place the facts wlioro they will
do the most good , *
The. record of Omaha during the past
year is not surpassed ns a whole by any
city in the west. Although thoonorgioa
of the people wore well nigh exhausted in
combatting the threatened blight of pro
hibition , the advance in all departments
of trade and industry , public nnd private
improvements , exceeded tlio most
sanguine expectations. The result
is a trlbuto not alone to the un
bounded confidence of the people
in the city's future , but also to the supe
riority of its location nnd the conviction
that it will for nil time command the
trndo and manufacture the resources of
a vast ompiro. It is already the stock
market and packing center of the great
stock region of the west , its smelters
command a largo proportion of the min
eral output , and before the year wanes
provision will bo mndo to handle the last
but not least of the thrco loading pro
ducts corn.
It Is not necessary to inflate the record
ot the past , nor indulge in prophecies of
the future. A brief and accurate
account of Omaha's progress
its marvelous growth in popula
tion as shown . by the federal
census , its magnificent stride's as a stock
market , as a manufacturing and jobbing
center , Us unequalled system of electric
nnd cable transit , Its public improve
ments whlch flnino years have made it
the best payroll city of Its size In the
union all 'tllrfso and more , tersely
placed bofor fcitstorn investors , cannot
fail to boar golden fruit.
An enrnC3tisystomatlo effort should bo
made by individuals ( and organiza
tions to spread the light of Omaha's
growth , its Advantages and resources ,
and thoroughly advertise its unpar
alleled record' < U homo and abroad.
A FAiTiiifj vviiLio omccn.
The thanks' bf every law-abiding citi
zen nro duo to lion. George D. Molklo-
John , to whoso lot , as lieutenant gov
ernor , there fell a very important dutj
during the opoulng day of the legisla
ture.
ture.As
As president of the senate and of the
joint convention of the two houses , Mr ,
Moiklcjohn becatno the solo barrier be
tween anarchy and constitutional gov
ernment. Ho 13 a republican nnd ir
the great emergency with which ho was
called upon to deal ho was alike indif
ferent to the advantage ho conferred
unon his political opponents and to the
clamor of the imperious majority whc
demanded that the constitution shouli
bo ignored. lie kept his eyes on tht
law and "held the rudder true. " lie
was the cjnter of a stonr
of abuse and was thrcatoncc
with personal violence , but nothing
swerved him from the fearless discharge
of Ills duly. Uo alone had power to koc |
the law from being violated and a now
and original procedure from bolii { ;
adopted , manifestly for the purpose ol
setting aside the verdict of the people.
Tlio record of the plucky lioutonnnl
governor in the exciting scones at Lin
coln is the most satisfactory part of the
whole affair. Ho is entitled to the
thanks of till republicans nnd democrats
nnd oven the independents concede thai
ho is a clear-headed and courageous
presiding olllcor.
UA'DB/t MlfjlTAKY COffmOti.
The action of the Washington author
illcs in ordering that a military oillcoi
bo placed in full control at the
Pine Ridge agency is doubt
less under existing jondillons judicious.
It appears that the question of adopting
this policy , which was suggested bj
General Miles , received very careful
consideration by the president , Secrotar
ioa Proctor and Noble , and Genera
Schollcld , so that the action must bo ac
cepted as the deliberate conviction o.
these ollicials that it is necessary. It is
undoubtedly a f.iet . that the agent at
Pine Ridge had become HO obnoxious
to the Indians that his retention in con
trol there was.a.v'ory ' great obstacle tc
negotiations with , them for an abandonment -
ment of the eohtlict. For whatever
causes , nnd it is prosumet
thcso will 'appear in duo time
it is evident that the In
dians had lotn'nod to thoroughly dis
trust Royor , and it was natural for then
to resison that soi long as ho was per
mitted to ronuth in charge of the
agency they could not depend upon anj
promises made by1 the government being
kept. It is safe to ussumo that General
Miles saw th'lrf dllliculty Immediately on
his arrival at the scene of trouble , ant
hence his recommendation.
While as a general and permanent
policy wo are opposed to placing the
Indians under military control , wo can
readily understand that in existing cir
cumstances the action taken may bo in
the highest degree expedient. Its
on ect may be , and at least at the Pmc
Ridge agency is very likely to bo , to re
store conlidonco among the Indians and
make them more disposed to negotiate
for bringing tlio uprising to an end.
Undoubtedly this effect is expected nnel
it would not bo at. all surprising to hoar
of Its early realization. The dispositior
at Washington is to do all that Is possi
ble by friendly overtures to end the
trouble , while at'tho same time omiting
nothing that is necessary to its suppres
sion.
DUSIKKSS VAtLUHKS.
The commercial agency of Ii. G. Dun
& Co. has published a tabulated roviou
of business failures in the United St-ite ;
during 1800 , the liabilities involved ,
with comparisons with previous years.
For convenience the country is divided
into five groups of states the eastern ,
middle , southern , western and Pacific.
Out of a total ot 1,110,500 business firms
in the country , the number of failures
were 10 , < J07 and the total liabilities $169-
SoO.OOl. In 188 ! ) the number of failure *
wore 10,882 and the liabilities $148,789-
337.
337.Of
Of the strictly western states Kansas
makes the poorest showing. The num
ber engaged in business is 2-3/j"0. / Num
ber of failures , 825 ; liabilities , 8-1,538,779 ,
In Nebraska , out of 2i2,041 engaged in
business , there wore 271 failures , live
loss than the preceding year , and the
liabilities $1,573,500 , or one-third that ol
Kansas. Iowa reports 35,420 in business
211 failures and the aggregate liabilities
$2,424,545.
The ratio of failures to number ir
business in the fiVfl , groups was : In the
eastern states , one' ' in every 00 ; in the
middle states ouo , n every 113 ; in tin
southern states , ono in every 70 ; in the
western states , oho in every 121 , and ir
the Pacific statev pno in every 63. II
will bo scon thiitdn per cent of failure !
the western states , have decidedly tlu
best of the recqrjl , while the Pueifh
states and territories stand at the foo' '
of the list. The Quthorn states , dospitt
their trorncndouslndvnncomcnt during
the past few -jfj'oars , do not mulct
o favorable showing in buslnesi
prosperity the ? "proportion of fall
uros being 45por > ' cent gr9titoi
than in the weslGFh states. The nutn
bor engaged in'lmsinoss in the latto :
group is 451,30 1 , ngaiaat 411J020 in 188 !
and 890,703 in 1888 , an increase of 51,59 !
in two years , yet the per cent of failure :
actually decreased.
The figures are "undoubted evidence o
the substantial growth of business inttu
great west.
A coNaiiicss of American republic ;
will bo hold In some loading city of tht
United States during the holding of th <
*
Columbian exposition. Colonel Chasi
of this city has received thoappointmon
of chairman of the loading committee ) o
the congress , and it will be his prlvl
logo to call one mooting of his coinmlttoi
at Omaha. The eminent gentlemen wht
compose it would bo right royally re
ceived hero , and then a movement could
bo made towards securing tbo sessions
of the congress to bo hold in this city.
Omaha and Nebraska are exceptionally
favored in being given the chairmanship
of the principal committee , no other
state west of the Mississippi having the
chairmanship of either committee , nnd
but ono of those states , Kansas , his : a
member on either committee.
LINCOLN county sends out a touching
Appeal for aid for 2,500 people , who are
BUlTorers by the drouth. This i but a
small proportion of the total population
of thai largo county , but it is enough to
touch the heart and the pocket of the
people of tlio state. Whatever is done
for the sufferers must bo done almost
instantly. For reasons of prldo they
have withhold their call until actually
pressed and pinched by want and by the
encroachment of winter. This is an
other reason why the legislature should
cense to wrangle and squander the pee
ple's time nnd money , and should speed
ily got down to the pressing work of
legislation.
Tin : senatorial elections in various
states will * soon bo coining on. There
nro twenty-eight places to bo filled and
several eminent men will retire. Among
them nro Ingalls , Evarts nnd Spoonor.
Blair may possibly pull through ngaln
in Now Hampshire , but it is very doubt
ful. The Kansas fight is still very much
in the dark. It is apparent that Voor-
hoes and Vest will bo ro-oloctcd. Tlio
most important result , from a political
standpoint , Is Now York , wlioro the suc
cessor of Evarts may have something to
do with the next democratic presidential
nomination.
TIIK deliberate defiance by the legis
lature of the order of the supreme court
which directed the speaker to declare
the persons having received the largest
number of votes for the various stnto
olllccs duly elected is a very reckless
proceeding nnel proves that the legisla
ture is following the load of very dan-
porous advisors and downright conspira
tors. The lawmakers should remember
that such revolutionary action will not
bo sustained by public opinion.
IN TIMKS of pcaco the military should
always bo subordinate to the civil au
thorities. It is repugnant to the spirit
of American institutions to invoke the
power e > f the military in any state capi
tal while a legislature is in session. If
20 policemen and deputy sheriffs cannot
kcpp order 40 can ; and if 40 cannot dose
so , 100 or 200 will bo able to do so. The
calling of the militia into the state cap
itol while the legislature was in session
was ii great blunder , to use a mild ex
pression. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE halls of legislation should always
bo acccsbiblo to the people. If the people
ple tlo not behave themselves the ofll-
ccrs of the legislature are always in
position to enforce order. Ours is a
representative government. Our law
makers are representatives of the people
plo and their proceedings should bo
given the greatest possible publicity
without lot or hindrance.
IF Omaha would bo f reo it must strike
for an independent bridge.
Alliti's Ivvmiiple.
/Ciintns / Citu Titnw.
Not ono who wrapped a talent in a napkin
and hid it was Emma Abbott. Nature's
bountiful gifts to her were duly and fuith-
luily useJ. She leaves behind her n notable
example of cheerful industry which stioulil
chc-or every breast faltcrinsj iu this hard race
of life.
Tliu Question ofTcxt Hooks.
Plalnview Gazette : Onn of the measures
which will undoubtedly coino before tbo ses
sion of the legislature is that of text books.
This is something that should interest every
tm payer ns well as parent hi Nebraska. In
our judgment It would not only lesson the
expenses of our schools , but would also ad
vance tbo cause of education in. our state.
Probably a Broiler number of people are af
fected by book trusts thnn by any other trust
in existence. The Amoricin book company
has control of nil the works of the standard
authors , and undoubtedly keeps prices a gieat
deal higher than they should bo. In our
judgment the best way to deal with the trust ,
Is to break nwny irom it altogether , nnd to
have a bo.ird appointed by tbo slate to wrllo
a now seiifls of books. Tlio state would then
own the copyright anil publish tbo books at
cost , doing away entirely with the expensive
middlemen.
XKWS ttF THK XOKTIin'JEIT.
Notu-nnkn.
Aurora's now opera house Is nearly com
pleted.
The Hurt county band was organ izod north
of Oakland.
AV. K. 1'oobles of Pewor ! 1ms pone to Wash
ington with a 'loloBntioti ot Omaha Indians.
Tim Geneva Nntloml bank began business
Jnnuury'l with a paid up caoltal of ? 00,000.
K. R. Hodlnburg lost a thumb anil two
fingers by a buzz saw la tbo Seward lock
factory. .
The First National bank of Broken Bow
has double J Its capital to $100,000. It is soveu
years old.
William Schacbtscbinloilor of Columbus
was adjudged lusano anil has boon taken to
tbo Norfolk asylum.
Plattsmouth guards expect to ba onlerud
to the front this week unless the Indian
troubles are Bottled ,
County Attorne.v-oloct .T. N. Wolfe of
Kearney county is dangerously ill with n
tumor on the loft side ,
Phelps county commissioner ! refused to
malto HolJredgo a sun.imte township and
voting precinct as the citizens wanted ,
Hastings has no militlu company , but thnro
nro am several young men who am willing to
join a volunteer cornpun v should one bo called
for.
for.Dr
Dr , I. Howard outran two footpads who
trlod to lioUl him up Monday night at Harv
ard as ho was returning from a professional
visit.
visit.M
M illlnm Burgs was nrrostoil In Plcrco
county on Tuesday npd taken to Stanton.
being charged with disposing of mortgaged
property.
G. W. Gardner's market at Harvard was
broken intoAn attempt to blow opuu the
sufo failed. All til a thieves got was somu
butter nnd meat.
Neighbor * of Trails HarrolJson of Hen-
dricks nrecinct , Otoo county are afraid of
Dim. uo was uxatnluod as to his sanity a
few days ago but tbo people want him taken
to jail.
Since the Indian troubles began tbo Elkhorn -
horn ticket ngunt at Utmilron Is said , to have
sold fl/joo worth of tickets to people who
saw tit to Uiko vacations. They declare they
will return later.
Futrbury citizens have secured an option
on twenty acres of clay liiml. They otfor in
ducements to an eastern nymllciiUi that talks
of putting up a plant there for making biick
ami sewer plpo. It Is claimed tha clay Is the
best to bo found west of the Mississippi-
In handling a target rlflo loaded with a33-
caliber cartridge F , C. Search was shot in
thu abdomoa at Mason City , Ino gun helm ;
discharged whllo being Inla down by W. N.
Hurley , who bail picked It up to oxntnlno It.
The wound was a dangerous ono but Search
will probably recover.
Otoo County Medical society has elected
tbeso onlcors : President , Dr. D. W. Hershey -
shey ; vice proslnoiit , Hr. 11. T. D.illoy ; secre
tary , Dr. H. U. Rosa ; trewuror.lDr. 0. Wnt-
son. Drs. Watson , P.irkhurst anil Dallov
were appointed a committed to confer with
the medical societies of Omaha unit Lincoln
with a view to securing better medical legis
lation.
The German-American bank of Fremont
has been changed Into the Commcrclol Na
tional. The onicers nro : 13. Schurnmn ,
president ! Frank McUlvorln , cashier ; T. J.
Dunn , assistant caMnr-r. nnd K. Souurnmn ,
C. Chrlstcnsoti , C. II. Mny , John Miller ,
Frank McGlvorln.GcorgoL. Loomli , William
Ituwe , J. II. ICoohnback nud II. Archer di
rectors.
Tlio Dakota * .
Ynnkton wants a pontoon bridge.
Grand Fonts banks hold $1,000,000 deposits.
Judge Pratt , formerly of Grand Forks , died
nt Duluth.
A now memorial hall at Oration has boon
dedicated by the G. A. It
Throe "original packngo" hoitsoi nro In
operation In Scotland , Tno city oxnets a lax
of $ . ' " > per month ,
The Crow creek soltlcrs who were ovlctud
under President Cleveland's proclamation
nro piling up a bill against tlio povornmont.
Ilonry Srhlunil , near Mitchell , has an
artt'slan well that will fully Irrigate his quar
ter section , H Is 3-JO foot deep nnd cost fJ05 ,
Armour's ' artesian well Is dowh 700 feet ,
with the drill at work In the hunt formation
which usually overlies the wulor-boaring
stratum.
The H. & M. road was completed Saturday
nlpht to the Montana mine , tour miles north
of Hockford. Work will suspend until the
completion of tlio tunnel.
lllll Cltyh organizing a inlhtln company
for protection from Indian depredations.
Citizens of Load have also organized and the
governor has been iiskeil to supply arms.
The First ward of Dakota has no water
supply nnd citizens demand that this bo nt
Iciiui'd to. Tbo Chlorluut Ion works and big
smeller tbero would bo In dancer In case of
flgo.It
It Is expected that James H. Godfrey will
bo pardoned from tbo penitentiary when tbo
board of mnlons meets next weak. Ills sen-
tcnco of llvo years in 1SS7 for assault was re
garded as sevcro.
AtaincotltiRof tbo Hnrnev Peak Un com
pany to bo hold In Now York this week. It is
expected that some conclusion will bo reached
about orectlitfj extensive conconlralors nnd
smelters near Custor Clly.
Numerous rich nlrikos have been mndo ro-
cenlly In the Dnld mountain district. Pros
pectors have begun work ami many men have
loft Dendwood , Tbo prospect of a railroad
lo the district stimulates work ,
The order of the health ofllcer of Sioux
Falls that vaccination was a pro-requisite for
admission lo public schools raised a bit of a
row , but l.H'M ' children b.ivo coma forward
with certificates of vaccination.
Scare the Uawk , an Indian of Had rlvor ,
went to Pierre and got out papers for the ar
rest of another Indian who lileil to shool him
while drunk. The only Hung that prevcnlod
a killing was that the guu missed flro.
Arrangements have boon made whereby
the cily artesian well nt Mclli'tlo will Irripalo
four farms adjoining the town the coming
season. Much of tlio ditching has already
been done ana the water is now running upon
the lam ) .
A committee to locate n Norlh Dnkola
Melhod 1st colleen will meet nt Fargo January
20. By order of tbo conference no bid can
be cnlertnmed bv Iho conimlltco of loss than
"oichty acres of land or Its equivalent , nnd
$10,000 In money. "
Dead wood Pioneer : The prisoners at the
jail Issued a paper glvlncr the pcdlgrco of
those confined there and the Items happening
In the Jail. It Is to bo Issued regularly every
Saturday , and the subscription price is a half
pound of tobacco.
Henry Chrlstinnson , who killed , hts wlfo
and cut his own throat lately in Chicago , for
merly lived near Arlington. About two years
ago tlio dead body of bis son was found on Iho
shore of Lake Albert. Christiansen was sus
pected of murdering him.
Jim Ball , Orln Mapes anil others , presumed
to bo Identified \\lth the Hamlln county hav
thlov-ps who sbol Gcorpo ICnhl , bnvo received
notices purporting to como from vlgilantos to
leave Iho country. Kahl has seven buckshot
In his body , but will recover.
iJeadle county has 20,000 sheep nnd cxpccls
lo have moro big flocks. A Iract just across
Iho line In Kincsbury counly has been
bought , by n Chicago man who will go into
the sheen raising and wool growing business.
This is the third largo tract sold there for
that purpose.
Stockholders of banks in South Dakota
have questioned the legality of the tax levy
made on their stock. It is claimed to bo ex
cessive , The Sioux Fulls National bank has
raised the Issue , and un injunction rostraln-
inir the city and Mlnnohnha county from celL -
L ccting tbo tax will bo argued In the United
Statea circuit court Friday of next weak.
J. O. Sunders , prominent among the early
settlers of the Black Hills , died recently nt
Ouster Oltv In hts sixty-third year. Mr.
Suundcrs was a soldier in Colonel Doulphan's
regiment and iu Waitmau's batlcry through
Iho Mexican war. Ho was afterward a noted
plainsman nnd scout , serving in the latter
capacity with Generals Lander , Suinncr and
Fromout.
Springfield has n remarkable artesian well.
It la down 000 foot , The born Is eight Inches ,
nnd the flow Is estimated at 'JCOO gallons a
minuto. The plpo extends two feet above the
surface , and tho'well stream forced In a solid
body ten feet above tbo top of the plpo. The
well is bolioveil to have a pressure of ninety-
six pounds lo tbo square inch , and , It Is pre
sumed that sovcnty-flvo horse power can bo
derived from it.
A gang of youngsters bended by a boy
named Wilson have been bunlaviIng stores
in Sioux Falls. Wilson was iirrosted iu nn
Italian's fruit store late nt night and a big
bunch of keys lo lit various business places
found on him. His fnlhor is in jail for con
tempt of court uml n brother was recently
sent to the reform school. The son of a
prominent citlzon was with Wilson , but es
caped when the ringleader was najjbcd.
John Miller , who is confinud Iu jnllnb lied-
field , got the laugh on Deputy Sheriff lias-
sell. Since his confinement , the cell door has
not. benn locked and bo has been allowed to
go into any part of the jail at will. The other
dixy Hnssell went Into the country , nnd thinkIng -
Ing ho would mo n little- moro precnu tlon than
usual lie locked Miller's coll. As nboiit ! )
o'clock Mlllnr was soon on the street nml
nskoilJ. U. Underbill of thaUonirul house If
ho hud the keys to the Jail , suying : "I got
out of Jnll , but d d If 1 cim got In again. "
lown.
Iowa Is f 75,2V1.23 nbovo ilobt. ' <
The Kcokuk city council h discussing brick V ,
paving.
M. Ornco , the fl'-st settler In Adnlr , died
suddenly on Tuesday , - " j |
lown Falls is considering A proposition to ' 1
secure waterworks , fuel , gas nnd electric
lights.
Captain Twomblv , the retiring MMe treas
urer , bundled &JsU'JlWl , ! ) during the six jours
bo held ofllco.
O. R McDonald , who worked for tlio Dos
Molnes snddlory conipnny , ruptured ti blood
vessel nnd died.
A , P. Miller , n drayman nt Oelwoln , Mioti
himself through the head nnd died Instantly.
Ilolc.wosn wlfo nnd throe children.
Mrs. Pauline Sax , wife of John Sax , is
dcudnt bor homo near Karmlngton. She
was n resident of Lee county stneo 1851.
The citizens of Defiance hnvo niked the as-
fllstanco of the stnto board of honllli to secure
for that lown u good physlclnu wllh "food
horj.0 sense. "
Patrick Plnnnory of Grant township ,
Franklin county , died iccoutly from the of-
feet of u kick from u horse. Ho was sixty-
live years of ngo.
Mayor Palmer thinks Sioux City has not
onoupli polling plncos. The matter will ho
considered at u special mooting of the council
tonight. Two now wards iniiy bo forniud.
Marshnlltown business men gave a banquet
at ? . " > n plate. Thulr wives , unknown to them ,
furnished the buujuet , nnd the proceeds ,
amounting lo ? 1WH ) , were Riven to Iho poor.
Tlio grand Jury of Tum.i county 1ms In
dicted Andrew MoKlhltinoy , ono of TaWnr
county's wealthiest citizens , on a chunjo of
perjury in giving 1 his property to the ns
bessor.
Mrs. Margaret Wright , nn aged womnn of
soventy-sovon , died at Hurllngton ol , MOIjaj ,
In frightful ngony from being burned about 'i
week before through her clothing taking llro
ot a stove.
D. ThcIlengonlM of Burlington wasrobuod |
of ? & 0 on Sunday night , SUM of which was
money bclongine to the German Hnptttt
chtirrh of Hint place , of whoso funds Air. T
Is cuitodhm.
C. O. MeCnrlhy of Nevada , fifteen years
old , started out to light the Indians. Ilogot
ns far us Missouri Vnlloy , when howussunt
homo In compliance with the instructions
telegraphed by his faihor.
The trades unions of Dubtirj.ua will de
mand tlio establishment of the clghMiour
system by the city , nud it is said that organ
ized luuor n ill support only such candidates
for city odlcos ns favor It.
Mrs. Maxwell , the stnlo llbrarlnn , is trying
to Rather slnllsllcs ol public libraries in
lowu. Uplo this Umo she has succeeded In
getting reports from forty-right libraries
containing 107,837 volumes. Tlio list Is in
complete.
The famous law library belonging to Judge
Grant , which ho once offered to donate to the
oar of Scott county , provided that a suitable
building should bo furnished , is offered for
sale in Davenport. This llbrarv is 01 o of the
largest iu the country.
Several St. Louis tmd Chicago firms have
crows ready to cut ice on the rivers nnd lakea
around Mason City where the harvest usual
ly amounts to thousands of tons. So far
nothing has been done aud the prospects are
not encouraging cither.
William Page nnd wlfo were driving homo
from a meeting nt Sergeant Uluft when a
Sioux City & Pnciflo train struck their car
riage nnd throw it thirty foot. The occupants
wcro not injured but the vehicle lauded in a
heap on the depot platform.
Charles A. Warwick has begun an i. . .
ncrnlust his partner , K. S. Hansom , and i _
that a receiver ho appointed for the Keolti
Constltutioii-Domocrut , of which Warwick
Si Hansom are pioprlclors Mr. Warwick
claiming a four-sevenths interest.
Fourlcon hundjcd horses were shipped cut
of Warren county in 1800 , bringing nn aver
age of $115 per head. Warren county ex
ported il.lfi,703 ! ) of live stock duringthe year.
Besides the horses , this sum includes l.OTJ
cars of hogs and 15,000 head of catllo. Tlio
cattle wcro sold at an average of J30 per
head.
The artesian well nt Mason City is down
900 feet , and the How has about ceased. Ala
dcplh of aoo feet llio well llowed nhonttwonly
gallons per minute , nnd Increased giadunlly
until a distance of (100 ( feet bulow the surface
was reached , when it llowed about ninety
gallons per minute. Further boring seemed
to tap the ( low.
It is feared that the railroad companies will
enjoin the city from building the pio-
poscd viaduct over their tracks at Cedar
Kapids , the plans of winch have been up
proved by the railroad commissioners. Tlio
claim is made thatMayorbnoiilTor in running
matters himself without consulting tlio coun
cil has acted Illegally.
A boy ten years old , named Drew David
son , was interviewed at Cedar Hapids on
Wednesday while on his way from his homo
nt Mnscatino to Pine Hidgo to shoot Indians
The lad had a small amount of money nml
had run away from homo. His father is a'
traveling man , and his mother was almost
crazed with grief. Drew was sent homo.
"Somo
ThoSIonxFallaArgns-Leadersnys :
Irresponsible persons nro going through
Iowa , Minnesota nnd possibly other stales ,
begging for alleged drought sufferers , These
people are frauds , and tlio people they swin
dle should know It. It N very unsafe to
Irust any ono not provided with a cortilicato
signed by Iho commissioners of tils county. "
The tenth annual exhibition of the Io\\n
State Poultry nnd Pet Stock association
opened n four days' session nt Mnrshalltown
on Wednesday with iHO entries and ninny
others to follow. There is a line display of
Plymouth Hocks and Wynndottos and several -
oral breeds. The exhibition promises to bo
the largest in the history of ttio association.
The Oddfellows of the slnto propose lo
erect nlnmplu to contain the general olllces
of the grand lodge , library and archives and
a hall for the annual meetings of the grand
lodge nnd grand encampment. The location
has not yet been decided on. A circular sent
out by the bulldinc committee states : "The i
structure to cost fiom & ! ( > ,000 tofT > 0OiiO , Is to
bu nn elegant building throughout. It is ox
pccted that the clly In which the temple Is to
uo located will domilo ground for the buildIng -
Ing and perhaps n liberal donation in money. "
Highest of all in Leavening Power. U. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1885
NEBRASKA
National Bank
U. S. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , NEB.
Capital , - - - $4OOOOO
Surplus Jan. 1st , 180O , - B7.BOO
OfllcoM nml Directors IlonrW. . Yntcn , 1'ronMent ;
. , ' W.Hirnun. W
IwlB8. Huuil Vlcu-l'fMtonl ; Jiunoit
V.Mnrne. Julin H. Collins , It. U. Cuiblnjc , J. N , II
Patrick. W. II. 8. IIuilio4 [ , cnjliler.
TI-IE IRON 'BANK ,
Corner 12tli aiil Furnnm SU.
A General llnnklnn Huslnoss Trnnsantcd.
TflSEPH GIUOTT'S '
STEEL PENS.
GOLD MEDAL , PARIS EXPOSITION , 1880 ,
THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS.
OMAHA.
LOAN AND TRUST
'
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital.,1500.004
1'ald in Capital a.XJ.000
Iluyi and soils Btockn autl bonds ) nrgutlutof
commercial pupori rocolrea And oxccutci
trusts ) nets nn tninstur nui'iit and trustooot
earporttlons , tuku charge of property , oul-
Iccts tuiei.
Omaha Loan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th and DouglaaSts.
Vald InOaiiltal I H.COO
bubscrlbcd nnd OimrantccJ Capital. . . . 100OD >
Liability of Stockholders. I'OO.COO
51'er Cent Inluroat I'ald on Deposits.
KltAMC J. 1 < A.NUK , Uuililor.
Omoerai A. U , Wyniiin , prunldunt , J. J. llroun ,
vJcu-prcsldtnt , W.T. Wymnn , treuiurur.
Dlrootori : A. H. Wjrumn.J. H.MIllard , J. J.
llrown , Guy 0. Ilarton , E. W. NuiU ,
L. UlciDall , Guoriiu II. Lakit.