THE FRONTIER. FUHMSIIKO EVERY TIIHH8HAY Iljr Tim I'liostmii PitiNTiNO Co. O’NKn.l., •> OVER THE STATE. nruiioi.ur’i* water works sy stem is About completed. A CAT rrcently died ill ltlalr tiiut is known to be t’.'i yruis old. Tilt: residence of lid ward Frye, West. Point, with its entire contents, was destroyed by lire. Hkai. estate transfers to the amount of over S-1,OoO took place in Nance county last week. Itvi.ANli I’Altivin, a pioneer and thu first county Judge of Holt county, died lust week, aped HO years. Tniiirv-riVK people are ready to join the liaptist church at York as the re sult of revivul meetings. Jamhh Itmiuows of l’lntte Center eoinpinins that Ills wife has deserted him and he wants a divorce. Fiiank IIkai'K, son of S. C. 11 race, a prominent farmer of Vullev county, died from an overdose of morphine. Two Ht'si-u.'ioirs characters were taken in by olilccrs at tlraml Island and sen tenced to ten days in thu county juil, TilKitfc liuvo been tlfty-three conver sions at Aliia as the result of the re vival meetings in the Methodist church. Wimi. k William Kclioomck, living near Scribner, lay sick of typlioid fever soma uriregenerule cuss stole a rick of hay for him. Tiik saloon of Cliristian Schoinerusnt Nebraska City, wus closed on nn at tachment sworn out by the Nebrasku t ity National bank. Tiik Fremont volunteer (ire depart ment will give an entertainment soon to raise a fund for the be no lit of sick and disabled firemen. Ukohcik Ai iiai i.ii, a negro, stole a kuggy and two horses from a livery stable in Oxford. A reward has been offered for his apprehension. Tiik general merchandise storo of J. Ij. liarmau at West Point, was closed by virtue of a chattel mortgage held by the Frst National bank of that eitv. A stock company is being organized •t l)o Witt that proposes to build a *3, 000 opera bouse, witli a stago that will accommodate the best shows on the road. Tiik pipe of a hired man started a conflagration, which destroyed Mels Anderson's born, near St. James. All the horses wore rescued except one old mare. Kiev. Mil UicM.it of Alma has ac cepted n enll to the pastorate of the Chadron Congregational churoh and will enter upon liis new duties Febru ary 1. It Is the same old story. A stranger secured a team at the livery barn of Cliarloy Cole in Arlington to ride out in the country a few miles to see a friend "And he never came bnclt." Tiik board of commissioners of Lan caster county have called a special election for April s, at which the pro position to vote SU0.000 in bouds to build a new Jail will be Bubmlttod. Hkitkmhkk 17, at the Nebrnska state fair this year, will be called “Pioneer Day.” All persons holding certificates of membership to pioneer societies in the atato will be admitted freo. A suit for *3,000 was filed in the dis trict court of York county, against the Burlington company, by Anthony Yost, for injuries while working as a section hand on tho railroad in Illinois. Tiik Christian Kndeavor society of Fremont is preparing for a neighbor hood convention, to be held February ” and 3, to commemorate the fourteenth anniversary of the endeavor movement. Mlts. Mahitn hi Aim mhos of Sparta, Knox county, dropped dead while en gaged in her household duties. Three little children were with her at the time, but her husband was away from home. " I kxas Jack,” who has figured in the Dodge county courts as a purloincr of mortgaged goods, and who was brought back from Kansas to answer to these charges, has been acquitted by a jury. A cai.i. has been issued for a confer ence to be held at ltrokcn How Febru ary 5 for the purpose of forming a new political party. The call suggests that the new organization be designated as the union party. Tiik Indianola Courier savs that tho old settlers of tho licaver valley have great hopes of receiving money this winter for their claims against the Indians. There has been *130,000 ap propriated for such claims, W. K. Fowi.kk, one of the most highly respected citizens of North Mend, died the other morning suddenly of heart failure, lie awoke, called his daughter, saying he had such a good sleep, aud was dead in five minutes Anoint union Hknxkssky has caused to be read in the churches of this arch diocese, says a Dubuque (Iowa) dis patch, a letter from the bishop of Omaha detailing the suffering in Ne braska and appealing for assistance. HKvr.K iu me History of Nebraska City, says the Press, lias the ice harvest been so bountiful or the season so pro pitious for putting1 it up as this season. As a consequence there will be more ice put up this year than ever before. Mii/ion liitcKt.iN, the young man em ployed as a news gatherer on the Col umbus Telegram, is very versatile, lie Bets type, gathers news, collects bills, writes good poetry and occasionally ac cepts an iuvitation to preach a sermon. A bars on the premises of Mr. Estes in lilenover, Cage county, was discov ered on fire by a trio of school bovs. The boys promptly went to work and with a tub of water extinguished the flames before much damage had re sulted. Hastings has secured asyrup factory. The Smith Sorghum company of Fair field accepted the proposition of the Hastings citizens and will begin the 1st of February to move their plaut and erect buildings. They have leased over 1.T00 acres of land aud employ from ICO to 1 SO men. Mr. Smith,, who resides north of lloxelder postoflice in Frontier county, died last week from what was supposed to be' lung fever. Investigation re vealed the fact that it was starvation. When neighbors called they found no provisions, nor scarcely any clothing. A wife and two small children were flound in a pitiful condition. | A. C>. Cot.uss, the agent of the i F.ipiitnblo insurance company of Kalla t ity, who forced two notes for St'.m, la now aaid to bo insane. Ono noto for Si'll boar* tlio name of Jerome It. j Wiltse, a well-to-do farmer in that vi 1 olnlty. Kkv. K. M. Cahkv. atone time pas tor of < I race I’.piscopal church in To ciiinach, now of Nehruska City, ha* written a hook on “Freemasonry in All Ages," and sold the copyright to a ; ( lilraf-o publishing’ company for ! sir,,ooo. Kuans WolisTitKim., a brewery owner of Atkinson, aud Julius C. Lu cas, the head brewer, indicted for sell ing beer without stamps, will appear before Judge Dundy at (1‘N’eill and pioud that the revenue olllce was short ut the time. Tiik large livery burn of Young it (irosbach, at imperial, was burned with eleven hend of horses, one eow, all the buggies anil harness and about live tons of buy, nothing being saved. Loss is about 8J,oo<), with 31 Oil insurance on the building. Jkhsk 1'i.ow melt ami Jesse Williams, two colored soldiers stationed at Fort Kobinson, got inton quarrel over Jessie Harriett, a white prostitute of Crow ford, and Williams drew a largo knife and fatally stabbed l’lowder. lie died almost instantly, _ Last summer William Holden left York for ,South Omaha to work in a packing house. It was the time of the strike. From that place he disappeared and has been reported us having been murdered, lie has now been located at a littlo town in Iowa. Ills family is still being eared for by the charity board. J. N. 11 KTZr.I, capitalist and owner of the llct/.ol block at Auburn, dropped dead last week in the store of Thurey, front heart disease. He was about town in the afternoon us jovial and happy as ever, and went into the store and com plained about being out of breath, sat down in a chair and without another Word fell over dead. .1. It. Himkhon, a young man who came to Schuyler from the llarbadocs, West Indies, u iittlc over u year ago, went out of town lust week leaving u number of creditors to mourn Ins de parture. 11. L. Fence, proprietor of the Fogg house, attached his clothing for a board bill of about SHU. Ilinkson was known to have about $70 when ho left. Font! important criminal cases will be tried in the district court of Keith county, which convened last week. They are the State of Nebraska vs. John 1'itt for rape, state vs. Charles McAvoy for rnpe, state vs. Warren Items for perjury, state vs. John Wil kins, charged witli stealing twenty head of cuttle from Jesse Campbell last November. There are sixty civil eases on the docket C. II. lliNCKl.F.Y, who is runing a saw mill on J. A. Creighton’s farm, north of Waterloo, met with a serious acci dent which may end in the loss of his loft arm. While attending to the mill the wiud blew his overcout around so that It caught on the saw, which pulled him down, and in trying to save him self ho threw his left arm across the saw, which cut away a great portion of the muscles, as well as some of the bone. Spit has been commenced by the ad ministrators of the estate of Henry Mansfield to secure possession of $25, 000 worth of stock in the Farmers and Merchants’ Insurance company, which was in the name of C. W. Mosher at the time of the failure of the Capital Na tional bank. Mansfield was the father in-law of Mosher, and it is claimed that the stock was pledged to him to secure money loaned to Mosher. 1’lxiKl. W. llAKKit, aged 00, commit ted suicide at Wymore by shooting himself through the brain with a 44 caliber pistol. A week ago Itaker had his wifo sent to tho asylum for the in sane, and tho theory at Wymore then was that tho woman had been driven to insanity by brutal treatment and overwork imposed upon her by her husband. Considerable prejudice pre- I vailed against Itaker in the community, I and he professed to bo in fear of his : life. ftlil LAMnoUN has a bill printed, | house roll No. 244, for the creation of a state board of charities and corrections. I The principal provision is that the gov- I ernor shall be authorized to appoint four commissioners, not more than two representing- one political party, and not more than one from uny one relig- | ious denomination, two of which com missioners shall be women, who, with the governor and chancellor of the stato university, shall be known as the state board of charities and corrections. I These commissioners are to receive no compensation but expenses I James Gariuty is a laboring man who was tramping westward from Lin- ' eoln on the Burlington track the other day. About a mile and a half west of Hen ton he found a bridge on fire, and almost consumed. It being impossible to arrest the progress of the fire he ran back to llentou, where he arrived just in time to enable the operator to catch the east-bound No. 2 ut Crete. A few minutes more and the train loaded with passengers would have been too far to prevent a frightful wrock. Gar rity was rewarded by the company by being given the job he had been in search of. | The elevator belonging to the Omaha Elevator company at liarneston, con taining about 7,000 bushels of grain, was burned the other day. The fire started in a stable adjoining the build ing belonging to the company, though from what source is not known. The fire had gained such headway when discovered that the building could not be saved. Two horses in the stable were also consumed. j Mr.s. John Boomer, a highly re speeted lady of Beatrice, was found dead in her bed one morning. The de ceased was GO years old, and had been in delicate health for some months past but attended to her usual household duties the day before she died. Constable Hopkins arrested Abel Nelson of Burt county Tuesday. Last August a warrant was issued for young Nelson, charging him with bastardy, Esther Hill being the woman in the case. Nelson, however, did not present himself for arrest, and was not secured until Tuesday, when he gave bonds in the sum of §500 for his appearance for trial nest Monday. i The Commercial club of Omaha will endeavor to convince the “powers that be” that everything should be run wide open in the metropolis this state fair year. Gambling and prostituthn cannot be suppressed, hence they are to Lc regulated and given a wider field. | LAW S FOR NEBRASKA A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH HOUSES. ftynopsl* of Hom« Bill# Already Passed-— Teat of Ollier* Under Consideration — Beet Sugar Interest*—Reduction of In terest on Mate Warrant*—Penitentiary Medical Board—A Measure for Arbitra tion of l,at>or Trouble*—Encourage mcnt of ('nual Building — Miscellaneous Note*. The Nebraska Assembly. Fenate.-- After r utlne business the sen- | ate on 1 he ~7th wont. Into committee of the whole to consider bills on general file, with McKesson in the chair. 1 lie first bill taken up was senate Hie No. fft, Introduce I by I ale, providing that all state warrant-,shall In future draw 5 per cent Interest. 'I he com mittee on revenue and taxation recom mended that-the rate be made ft per cent. The chiilrmun held that the only • ill to he considered by the committee was the hill as It had been amended bv tin*committee, lie based his ruling on trie ground that the committee on revenue and tuxatlon h d recommended the bill for passage with cer tain amendinents. The senate had ndople l thi» report of the committee, und thus Hgre« d to the uroposed amendments. There fore the only hill (hat could he considered In committee of (he whole was the amended Mil. The committee agreed to report the bill hack to tin senate with the recommen dation that It do pass. two new bills were Introduced. Tltnme In troduced un arbitration bill. It Is house roll No 364. ami provides that whenever a strike arises, or differences between cm ploy era u nd employes, an appeal shall be had to tins Judge of the nearest district court. The Judge is authorized to empanel seven lurors, who shall try the case as in any otm r equity trial, ami render a verdict. Any violation as to Him terms of this verdict is to he construed us contempt of court, and punished accordingly hy line or imprison ment. A hill designed for the promotion of irrigation is that of Allan, house roll No. 26.'>. It provides that counties can vote bonds In an amount not less than $15,0 K) nor more than $25,04) for tin* purpose of sinking artesian wells. Hy a provision of the hill it Is made lawful for the county commission ers to lease the water so obtained, the pur pose of tin* bill being to develop tic* water supply of the count ry for the benefit of ag riculture. Intheliueof educing fee officers to salaried servants of the public Kicketts has a 1*111 printed, house roil No. 275, which prov des that every county Judge, clerk, alterin'and treasurer whoso fees shall ex ceed in the aggregate each for judge and clerk and $2, MX) each for sheriff and treasurer, per uitnum, shall pay all excess into the treas ury. There Is an exemption for counties having over 25,CXX) inhabitants, tlm provis ion being that the treasurer shall receive $>,MO and shall he furnished county assist ants hy the county commissioners. The house went into the commit lee of the whole to consider bills on general ille. The substi tute for Brady's seed grain note hill had the lirst. call, but there rapidly developed a strong opposition to the substitute, and a, friendliness for the original bill, as pre pared by Brady. The latter provides that a man borrowing mouev under Its provisions mortgages the crop wnon it Is In the ground; the substitute empowers him to execute a mortgage on a crop not yet sown. The bill was recommended for passage House roll No. 1(55, by Burns of Lancaster, the next in lino, provides that the Board of Fducatlon al Lands and Funds shall cause all the pen itentiary luu s to be offered for lease or Bale. In speaking of the recommendation of the committee to pass this hill, Mr. Burns paid ihat the bill was Introduced a the re quest of the B< urd of Public Lands and Buildings. In committee of the whole it was amended to pay all moneys received Into the educational fund of the state, and the amendment prevailed. The committee re ported tho bill back with recommendation that it pass. HKNATK.—In the senato on the 29th senate file No. 25, Dale's bill reducing the interest on siato warrants, which hud yesterday been agreed to In committee of the whole, was recommended at tho request of Its au thor. Reports from standing committees were received and accepted as follows: Sen ate file No, 130, u joint resolution and memo rial requesting Nehraska’ssenators and rep resentatives in congress to use all honorable effort to secure the passage of tho bill now pending in congress providing for tho ceding tothostuteof Nebraska of the government lands within the borders of this state, tin* title to which still remains in tho United states. The committee on constitutional amendments and federal relations, recom mended the passage of the bill, and It was placed « n general tile. The same committee recommended the passage of senate file* 127, 69 and 126. No. 127 was Introduced by Stewart, and provides for tho submission of a constitutional amendment authorizing the election of a state board of transporta tion. No. 69 submits a constitutional amendment providing for five judges of the supreme court. No. 126, tntroducecfby l*o e. Is u joint resolution asking Nebraska’s representatives in congress to work for the passage of a bill providing for the payment to all soldiers who served In rebel prisons during the war of the robe lion of $2 per day during the time so served and of $12 per month for the remainder of their lives. The committee on const! utionul amendment' recommended that senate tile No. 89 he In definitely postponed. This was a constitu tional amendment proposed by Pone. In creasing the nuim er or judges of the su pretn- court to seven. The committee ex plained its recommendation by citing t e fact that another constitutional amend ment covering practically the sumo ground hud already been recommended for passage. House. In the house on the 29th the fol lowing bills passed; Bouse roll 81, by Rick etts of Douglas. Making daylight house breaking a felony; to continue supreme court commission: to regulate the practice of dentistry. House roll, 76, by Griffith of Adams. It provides that the penitentiary physician and two other physicians shall constitute a penitentiary medical board to pass upon the mental condition of convicts who may becomo insane. Whenever the penitentiary phy ician believes a convict insane, he must certify to the governor, who will cause an examination by the board, and if the convici be found insane he will be removed to the asylum. House roll 24. by Harrison of Hull. It exempts from the provision of chapter J6, of the ifiupiu-u MiLuiics, any muiiia uen etit association or corporation or ganized upon the mutual assessment, coop erative plan for furnishntg benefits to wid ows, orphans or legatees of the deceased members, or for paying endowments or ac cident indemnity, the membership of which shall l e confined to any class, profession, oc upation. or sect, or the members of anv secret society: house roll JW, by Davies of Cass, providing for an amendment to the constitution authorizing the sale of securi ties held as a part of the permanent school fund in securities bearing a higher rate of interest, and to permit the payment of state warrants with school moneys when the funds upon which they are drawn have no money therein, the warrants so purchased to be held as an investment for the sehi»ol fund. The bill passed Hills were intro duced as follows: To p: ovide a water sup ply for the State Normal school, located at reru; tonroviue for tiie publication of the general laws of the state of Nebr ska: to amend section 1SK7, of the consolidated stat ute* of Nebraska and to repeal said orig inal section: to repeal sections 43. 44 and 4» of chanter 41, of the complied statutes of Nebraska: te provide for a place for the payment of real estate mortgages within the stave of Nebraska, and to regulate the same; to amend sections Ms atid .4fl. of chapter 10. of the couso idated statutes of Nebraska of 1MM, and to repo 1 said origiual sections. Senate. In the senate on the 30th a large number of new bills were introduced and j read for the first time, while thoie intro duced yesterday were read the second time * and referred to the standing committees, j Senate tile No. 2. introduced by Graham, and : providing that the ownersof any real estate against, which a decree of forelosure has been rendered in any court of record, and the ownersof any reai estate levied upon to \ satisfy a judgment or decree of any kind, may tedt-em the same from the lieu of such 1 decree or levy at any time before the sale of the same by paying intocourt the amount : of such judgment together with all interest and costs, was taken up and discussed at ! considerable length, amended and orde ed to a t bird reading, renate tile No. 31, a bill introduced by Bressler, providing that a landlord shall have a lien for his rent upon all crops grown upon the demised prem ises and upon any other personal property ol in* tenant and not exempt from exe cution. which has been used upon the prem ises during the term for the period of one year after a year’* pent, or the rent of & shorter period claimed, falls due, but such Hon shall nut in any case continue more than six mouths after the expiration of the j term, was ordered engrossed for t hird read ing. The next bill taken up by the commit tee of the whole wag the arbitration bill in- I trodneed by £inith. The labor committee had*reported i* number of amendments very materially altering some of the provisions of the bill. 'I*ho amendments provide that the arbitrators shall be appointed by the d'strlet court, and that they shall receive $10 per day for actum time served. The bill was recommended to pass us amended. Mc Keeby, from-the relief committee, present ed a substitute bill for house roll No. 1, authorizin' county boards to Issue bonds with which to purchase seed for destitute farmers. House roll No I was read the third time last Saturday, but was recommitted at the last moment in order that un amend ment mi;thr Ih» added to enable renters, les sees of school lands and farmers on govern laudt to obtain the relief extended uy the bill. norsc. in tlie house on the 30th the morning hour was consumed In defeatlng the substitute for Brady’** need grain note bill, house roll .'Hi. Brady’s original bill provided that fanners could mortgage the crop raised from the seed for which the Boeurity was given. The committee’s sub stitute, however, was an artfully drawn measure by which the act became a perma- | nent fraud on the farmers and could be | rn de available by all kinds of patent right I and lightning rod swindlers. The farmers j saw the trap, voted against the hill, and were sul>queiitly taunted by Burns of Lan caster with not wanting any aid in the di rection of securing seed. House roll No 84, providing for the stamping of pcnltenitary mude goods, passed by a vote of 83 to 9. Burns of Lancaster voted against the bill. He said that this legislature could not com pel the branding of prison made goods from other states. 1 he house then went into committee of the whole, iV%T MunKer in the chair. House roll No. i;t, by Chaco, was reported by the committee on roads and bridges for indefi nite postponement. The report, of the com mittee was adopted. House roil No. 77, by button of Douglas, for the discontinuance of tow nship organizations by u voto of elect ors was passed. House roll No. 57, for the destruction of the Bn i dan thistle, was re commended for passage and the report adopted. House roll No. 11M was favorably reported by the judiciary committee and the report adopted. House role No. 123, from the committee on judiciary, was favorably reported and the sumo adopted. Senate.—Nearly an hour was consumed in the reading of the Journal in the senate on the «ilst. The usual batch of oleomargarine petitions was handed up and referred to the committee on agriculture without reading. Snreoher of Colfax county sent up the fol lowing resolution and moved its adoption. ’1 hat the following employes of the senate be dismissed from service after this date, January 31,1895: Two assistant custodians of cloak rooms, five pages, one assistant postmaster, one typewriter, one night watchman, one janitor, one custodian of sec retary’s room, one custodian of supplies, one tt reman, one messenger to secretary, one assistant hill clerk, six enrolling and engros Ing clerks, one messenger for enrolling and engrossing room, one custodi an enrolling and engrossing room. That where more than one person occupies these designated places these dismissals be by lot. The resolution was referred to the select committee on employes. Senate Hies on third reading were then taken up and passed, r-cnato tilo • o. 1, by Watson, was the first, bill to bo parsed. It is intended to legulize all proclamations of the governor creating cities of the first class having more than 8,0 0 ami less than 25,0 0 Inhabitants, ami to legalize all acts of city officers of such cities. The senate passed senate file No. 57, after which, on motion of lfahn, the doors were closed, and the senate went into executive session. House—I n the house on the 31st the debate of the day ensued over house roll No. 183, the bill of Jenucss to protect employes and guarantee their rights to belong to labor organizations. The motion to Indefinitely postpone the bill was lost by a close vote. An attempt was then made Dy Burns, Rich ards and McNitt to kill the bill by amend ments and riders, but the small majority of two stood firm and they were all voted down The long fight was over, and on mo tion the committee recommended that the bill pass. Thomas moved that the bill be recommitted. Barry added an amendment that the bill do not lose its place on general tilo, which was t arried. House roll No. 87, to punish stock thieves, was the first bill on thl d reading, and was passed, 79 to 6. Kaup’s joint resolution with amendments, house roll No. 89, to amend section 1, article xvl, of the constitution was passed, 79 to l>; house roll No. 161, by Chapman, to amend an act providing for the payment of public lands, was pas-ed unanimously; house roll No. li>5, by Burns of Lancaster, providing for the sale of a few small parcels of peni tentiary lands for the benefit of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, was pa sed 63 to 8; a petition from John C. Thompson of Douglas county, and several hundred oth ers, was presented, asking the removal from this country of all the Catholic prelates who are en aged in stirring up dissention. The petition, which comprised two solid columns of small type, was referred to the commit tee on miscellaneous subjects. Senate.—The 1st day of February brought w th it the twenty-fourth day of the legis lative session. Up to and including today 238 bills have been introduced. Of this num ber four or live have been passed, seven in definitely postponed and the rest either in the hanusofthe printer or with the standing committee. McKesson, from the committee on railroads, presented a favorable report on senate tile No. 77, a measure Introduced by 81oau, relating to contracts for the con ditional sale, lease or hire of railroad and street railway equipment and rolling stock. A number of bills were introduced and read the first time. Immediately after recess the senate went Into committee of the whole with Crane In the chair, for the considera tion of senate file No. 25, the bill reducing the interest on state warrants at 5 per cent Instead of 7 per cent. The judiciary com mittee in its report on the bill split the difference between tho present and the proposed law by fixing the rate at 6 per cent. The whole bill was considered in com mittee of the whole early in tlie week an ordered engrossed for third reading, but be fore a voto could be taken upon it. Dale asked that it be recommitted to tho commit tee of tho whole for amendment. Pope, In committee of tho whoie, offered an amendment to the bill reducing the rate to i> per cent. The amendment provoked one of the liveliest debates of the session. Finally, on division, Senator Pope’s amend ment reducing tho rate to 5 percent pre vailed, and the coruinltt o rose. A resolu tion providing for the appointment of a committee of three to confer with a like committee from the house with reference to a temporary adjournment of the legislature was read and passed. The lieutenant gov ernor appointed as such committee lvath bnn, Teilt and Sprecher. The senate then adjourned. house.—in the house on the 1st seventeen bills were favorably reported by standing committees and the reports adopted, while sixteen were indefinitely postponed. The house in the afternoon went into commit tee of the whole, with Cole in the chair. Tue first m nsure was the senate’s amend ments to house roll No. 1, Lamborn's bill to authorise counties to issue bonds lor the purchuse of seed wheat. Harry opposed consideration of the measure at tin time, and the house took up house roll No 4t»| Wait’s dog tax bill. One of the provisions is that no man shall keep more than one dog, but tue act applies only to incor porated villages. The house then rose and reported the bill for passage. Again the senates amendments to Latnboi n s bid, house roll No. 1, came up on special order, lhe amendment w as 1 st, yeas 24, nays 65 The UU was then put upon its passage and carried, the house concurring in ail the sen ate's amendments, by a vote of 7c to s. Har ry explained his vote by saying that while the ..ill, as amended, would not benefit his people, he would vote for it in behalf of other coun ies which it would benefit. Under the head of repo ts of standing com mitiees, house roll No. 220 was unfavoratdy reported by the committee on schools, and the report was adopted. House roll No. is8 was favorably reported, as was No. 174. The committee on public schools reported favor ably bouse roil No. 2n», und tlie report was adopted. Howard's bill, house roll No. =7.<, was reported for indefinite postponement, and report adonted. Hums of Dodge’s sugar bill, house roll No. 67, was favorably report IM| by the committee on manuf.-cturins and comm rce, but Howard moved that it be in detinitely postponed. This was voted down and the report of the comnittee adopted. House roll No. 54, favora ly reported by the committee on judiciary, was adopted, house roll No. 78 was reported favorably by tne same committee, but Hairgrove, one of the members of the committee, entered a protest and the bill was recommitted to gen eral file. Guarding Against the Fraudulent. The form which the applicant for relief from the state commission U requested to fill out und sign would seem to be a pretty effectual safeguard against the danger of furnishing relief to unworthy applicants. The applicant Is requested to stato the number in his family, what personal prop erty he owns,specifying the number of cat tle. horses, mules and hogs, the number of acres of grain he had In 1KM, specifying the corn, wheat, oats and barley as well as the potatoes; the number of bushels of each raised ami the amount now on hand. He must make oa h that he is, and has been for six months prior to January 1, 1 >9\ a resi dent of the county wherein the application is made, that he is without money or other means of securing the art cles applied for; ami that if seed is furnished him he will stay In the county, sow the seed and use every endeavor to raise a crop. In addition to this the blank provides for tin* oath of two freeholders of the county that they have , known the applicant for the period of £ix months previous to January I, 1*1*% and that he has been a bona fide resident of the coumy for more than that length of time. The applicant must also receipt for all goods he gets and the receipt is sent to the state relief commission. Text of Mr. Lamborn's Seed Bill. House roll I, introduced by Mr. Lamborn of Bed Willow, and amended by the senate, which has gone to the governor for his sig nature, is as follows. A bill for an act to authorize county boards to issue the bonds of their respective coun ties for the purpose of procuring seed and feed for the teams used in cultivating the land on which the seed is planted; to pro vide for the sale of the same, and to punish the violation of the provisions of tills act.. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Nebraska: Section 1. That the county hoard of any county of this state shall have the authority to issue the bonds of such county, to any amount not to exceed 5 per cent of tlie as sessed valuation of the county, for tin* year ism, but not to exceed the sum of £.>< ,orx>, for the purpose of raising money to procure seed to be planted and sown during the year 1811ft, and feed for the teams used in planting and sowing said seed; provided a special election shall be called at which the ques tion of bonding the county shall be submit ted to the people as provided herein. Sec. 2 1 f the people of any county in the state of Nebraska snail be in a destitute and dependent condition on account of the fail ure of crops from drouth or other causes over which they have no control, a petition setting forth the fact that the people of such county, or a largo number of them, ru account of failure of crops in said county are in a destitute and dependent condition, and stating ilie cause of the failure of crops and the amount of funds which will be re quired to supply such people with seed and feed, signed i y at least one-fifth of the res ident electors of such county, may be iiled with the county clerk praying the county board to call a special election to vote on the question of issuing bonds of the county to raise such funds. Whereupon said hoard shall call an election as prayed for in said petition, and the county clerk for such county shall give notice of such election by publication in the consecutive is ties of one or more weekly papers published and of general circulation in such county and by posting a notice at the polling place in ^ach precinct, and if a majority of the votes legally cast at such election shall be in favor of issuing such bonds, then the coun ty board shall is-ue the bonds of the county payable in ten years with the option of the county to pay the whole or part thereof after the expiration of tive years from date thereof with interest at 7 per cent per an num, which said interest shall bo payable annually. Hoc. 3. If any county of this state shall issue its bonds under this act the board of commissioners, provided for in section 1 of article 8 of the constitution of the stato of Nebraska, are hereby directed audit shall be their duty to Invest any part of the per manent school funds available, in said county bonds at their par value, if offered to them by the proper officers; provided, i *v_ - trie however, that the officers of the counties issuing bonds under this act shall negotiate said bonds at the highest obtainable price, not less than par value. Sec. 4. The county board shall invest the proceeds of said bonds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in procuring seed and feed for the teams, as provided in section 1 of this act, and shall sell the same to such persons only as are engaged in agriculture at the uniform price to each and every pur chaser; and shall take therefor such form of security for the payment of such pur chase price as will, in their judgment, be just, and best protect the intere ts of the county; provided that the whole of said purchase price shall be due and payable on or before the lirst day of March, i«)6, with interest theron at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, until paid. Sec. 5. No party shall be permitted to purchase any of such feed or seed until he shall have first made and filed with the county board an affidavit showing that he is actually engaged in farming; that he has no seed or feed for his team, and is without means to purchase the same, or, if ho has any, stating the quantity thereof, the num ber of acres he owns or has rented, and the number of acres lie intends to put in crops for the season, and that he will use said seed and feed for no other purpose than that pro vided for in this act. lie shall also furnish the affidavits of two creditable residents of said county and of his neighborhood to the effect that he is a reputable citizen of said co nty, that they verily believe that the statements made in his affidavit are true; c.ww. u|/im 11 (UllUilVIl UUUJg 110100 aiUl tiled, the same to bo preserved in the office of the county clerk, t lie county board ruay sell to said party such amount*of seed or feed, or both, as it, the said board, shall de m just and proper. Hec.ff. Any person, who after having ob tained feed or seed as herein provided, shall transferor in any manner dispose of such seed or feed otherwise than is contemplated be this act shall be deemed guilty of a mls oemeanorand shall on convict ion thereof be fined in any sum notex ceding*100or bo im prisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months. e *ec.7. It. shall be lawful for the county board to designate some person to sell said bonds and, under their direction, to invest the proceeds thereof In seed and feed and sell the same as provided for in this act, winch said party so designated shall give bond for the faithful nerfurraence of his duty, which bond shall not be le s than double *u' -- - ' ’ • - the par value of bonds to be nego tluted, for the purchasing of seed and feed and selling the same as herein provided, and the nersnn vhn dxiii L.aii v._i j "mu oiniu ncu aaiu Iionos HIKl purchase and sell said seed and feed shall make a full exhibit and settlement with the county board on the loth day of June. lS!)o hoc. 8. If any person entrusted with sell ing of sajd bonds or the procuring and sell ing of said seed and feed shall fail to ac count for and settle in full for the money or shalU-oin-ert any pan thereof to his own use lie shall be deemed guilty of embezzle ment and upon conviction thereof shall he punished accordingly Sec U. The county board of any county Issuing bonds under the provisions of this ! ?nttereaJ1o1n vftai \ux for tlll‘ payment of the Interest on said bonds as it becomes due: provided, that ait additional amount shall IPXL0!1. “I”1 collected sufficient to pay the principal of said bonds at maturlTr pro vided further, that not more than 20 per 1 fc"t th,i- !ir,‘,nr|pni Of said bonds shad be I le\ i d and collected in any one > ear. t .1 any person shall swear falsely Provided for in this act lie shall be deemed guilty of peVjurv anti shall lea'a'i penalty10" tllureof 1,0 subjected to the ,Jtec- II* ^hereas. an emergency exists. ’S ln ful1 for, e and take effect from and after its passage. Against Imitation Batter. The Ftate Dairymen’s association Is del uging the legislature with petitions asking for the passage of pending bills designed to further embarrass the manufacture of ole omargarine and other imitation butter pro ducts. 1 hese petitions are all in the same form and are growing so numerous that they may yet give tho senate an excuse tomL?. aJ'I’0!ntment of a special custodian ' i,1* in question was introduced in the StbLW11*tive Burch of Cl age more*5 Th^'n'he senate y Sloan of Fill and Vn o! ls lrVn'cli,<1 in ils provisions ?oi!-ed?idroitly Worded that, if strictly en !'a *' ant* usc of ‘uiita ion butter Tores?- 1 impossible. The manufac th«rtt »-uli"U:e ed to oolor llls Product so iSL 1 b, !lr uo resemblance to butter. ,^? ?rSKare Prohibited from selling any im tlm realbart,C.m,h“t boars ?ny ‘emhlan’ce to aniiSUi?. i ailro.ids are not allowed, hmnrfrlpPn:,l,K‘s to haul the imitation one pom in the state to an other unless the same Is plainly tiesignated as imitation butter. Hotel keepers usin' “ utter are required to hang up a card 10U4 Indies in size bearln the sign in Eied here."* “ lnch hl«h’ “Citation bSuer j More tlian 11ds the bill prov des that nnv person who asks for, sends for or inotdres for imitati n butter colored in semblance of fine ar“Cle Shal1 be j Nebraska ■harm. wut wT? e sheriffs of this sts«. “"t The sheriffs of this state are Ir®* and combining In a body, they proj^J,1 tie legislation on their own neco.?"' to the protection of their IntrrJv"' , they hare interested !| Representative McNit, direction and champion their cause before thJ .. - bers of the legislature. «th« These county officials ask for .v, of but two hills, one of which u't*tv the term to four years, while th„ do away wilh special master roh " '1’ who have heretofore been a»n?m, ic court to make sales of real tSal/ where property is sold undeMm,:3 mortgage, Upon both propositi!!, iffs are a unit, declaritlgtCthe the future are wrapped upi„ ii,.!'1' of tlicso proposed _ laws, in,"*: art no.™ lUWS. In the advantage to be derived ; sate of the bill making the 1™!'"' four rears, the ch«rls, .1 , ’< ( four years, the sheriff? could render their respective “ou„ more effective service“us then "u'1'“ would correspondjwlth those of J • voI'ouu n tin UU)sQ ()f e done to get this su-ar J sition In motion. It will not defur the,, ent chaotic condition to longor. It has practically been i* that a now substi'u e shall l:o This proposesi to give direct t'o'tfie facturer cent per pound for seen* it provided, however, that any new fa,., constructed aft<‘r the passage of t; shall receive 1 cent per pound. TiV friends of the bounty believe, will,,j|.r necessary encouragement to existin’ f tories and the requisite inducementfou factories to bo established. It will require some effort, to overcow objections of certain members of the iiei voting a bounty direct to the numufa-mr It is true that the sugar bounty r.wi-i weaker at this time than it lias cvir w before during this session, and y tt!i( safe prophecy at this time will be icKnt the bounty will be placed onthesfw book. Regulating Foreign Corporation* Senator Pope has introduced in the sen a bill which will, if it is enacted into a !a compel foreign corporations doing buss in this state to submit themselves to t Jurisdiction of the state courts iu'teai leaving them the option of removin: cases into the federel courts on the sr.m that tlio corporation belongs in anml state. The bill first provides that to business in Nebraska a corporation fn I another state or country must acuuLi sett lement, as it were, in Nebraska dull with the secretary of state its article# , is required of a domestic cori.oration. Ti there is to be some designat ed general a.t who has authority to act for the corpi t ion and be sued or sue if necessaiy, jin the principal might. it also provides that any corporation*? or implicated in any of the courts ofii state or any contract made or execute: this state or for any a t or omission, pati or private, arising, originating or hapw ! ing in this stale, or In any action gre»U | out of any of the transactions of such : poration In this state who shall remove* cause from the state to the federal com on the ground that such cornorationi* non-resident of this state, shall forfeitd pei mlt to do business in the state. Landlord!' Prior Lien. The bill of Senator Bressicr, reialis: the lien of a landlord which passed thi-sti ate, created considerable discussion.s il committee of the whole and its frier. !>ei as earnest in Its defense as were ite opp nents in their arguments against it 3 bill g ves to t he landlord a lien for his* on all the crops raised on the ground and in addition to this a lien on all ok personal property of the renter whichm exempt from execution under the em tii ii laws of this »tate, and which ha-to used upon the farm in raising the cropK The opponents urged that the landlord* ready had a sufficient security in hishec the crop. They argued that If there »es failure of the crop the landlord show willing to bear his share of the risk anti« den of the failure from which the tun and ho both suffered. That the landlord would lose the M from his property they contended wfcj more grievous a misfortune than tht' tenant should lose the result of his!a^ The author of the measure pointed nutb the same law had been in force in ion many years and had been found lobes:* and fair law. Insurance Competition. A bill which in its title recites that j intended to make Impossible agreement tween insurance companies to prevent - competition, has been introduced in these ate by Watson. This bill provides tw^ ery company doing a fire insurance r»u».-; in the state shall enter into an agrr*1^ and give a bond for its faithful pe'*j ance, that they will not enter into a nation which will prevent open competition by fixing a scale of r»u*>; *■ agreement ana bond is to bo tiled in* ■ state auditor. The ureties on the required to be residents of the state0' braska. When the auditor finds tliat-l'j pany has violated the agreement bv vu ■ ing into a combination, he is eipri^ proceed upon the bond to re ‘overt]11- \ alty, which is (ixed at a fine of offense. Agents of any company *11' : convicted of violation of the laware to a fine of from $100 to 35-0. Publication of General L®ff*- ? Senator Cross has introduced a bill. file No. 309. providing that ali jjenera* J pushed by this and succeeding the legislature shall be publi.-hou not to exceed two newspaper* county. In counties of less thau lation the publication shall paper, and laws applicable to HeG specific localities shall only be Pu |j< counties where such laws apply- /f.vt are to be published whhin tw nty the copy is furn shed by the &eCjt!.ao state, and the state is~o pay tat v cent per line therefor. A Railroad Bill. Mr. Cramb of Jefferson has intr< od n •' railroad bill. It provides that the at general, secretary of state, audito •. s, urer and commissioner of public |;v nj build ngs shall constitute a state ^ transportation. The board is autrs ap oint one clerk In dead of three . who shall be a stenog apber an.u„iiV!i ceive S1.800 per year and give bon. A..A .... f title till 1' - -- V. t.|"VU Ut l 1 till r- it sum ofSIO.OOO. This board lias full •• to establish railroad rates ana * r; upon the Mipreme court to enforce • ings by mandamus proceedings WEAVER ISSUES A CAL' The Populist Greenback Advocate the People to ^ Denver, Col., Feb. . ^ Mountain News to-day pubii»a^ following dispatch from Genera Weaver: Council Bluffs. Iowa, Jan. 3'-^. president has defiantly ignor - • purpose to and reiterated his upon the people the singlef standard and has called f°r •. struction of the greenbacks - . issue of gold bonds and P*eai congress to enlarge the po«'* ra national banks. Now let tti in all sections of the country J,\ to the like men, heartless the isst‘‘ opposition and meet, sented, : There can be no further ex division among the people.