THE FRONTIER.
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r rOBLUQBD EVERT THURSDAY By
Twa Vwumm Pairrnro Co.
P OTTEILLs NEBRASKA.
OYER THE STATE.
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Thebe are two murderers in the
r Sonylu county jail who have been sen
< fenced to bo handed April 17th.
Buy home made poods and build np
home industries, is a pood policy. Far*
fell's Fire Extinguisher, made by Far
rell A co., Omaha; Morsc-Coe boots and
shoes for men, women and children.
; Preparations are under way by the
: society ladies of Nebraska City to give
a minstrel entertainment in the near
;;i future, the proceeds of which will be
used in assisting the worthy poor of
5T. the city
The family of E. C. Delan at Ashland
fear greatly that he was drowned in
’ the recent disastrous floods that pro
, nailed in Missouri. He had gone there
> to engage in business and hns not been
v heard from for some time.
George Neijson, who has been in jail
fa Kushville, charged with robbing a
Bohemian farmer of a sum of money,
pleaded guilty to assault with intent to
§ commit robbery and was sentenced to
; two years in the penitentiary.
The Methodist Episcoj al church in
si Dakota City burned to thu ground. A
defect in the furnace set Are to the
floor and when the flames were dis
covered the entire inside was ablaze.
; Nothing was saved of the contents.
AcnrroR Eugene Moore has given
Adjutant Mart Howe of the Grand
Island Soldiers’ and Mailors’ home his
warrant for $335. An attempt was
made Ay a Lincoln bank *o garnishee it
for a debt due on a promissory note of j
•135. I
Ouvkb Holuquxst, arrested at At
kinson for cattle rustling, is now con
fined in the county jail at O’Neill. John
Merrill of Atkinson and Thomas Car
berry of Stuart were also arrested on
s the same charge. Carberry appeared
before the county judge and was placed
under 9500 bond to appear before the
county coart for preliminary hearing.
Thcbb will be no execution of the
death sentence by any officer of the
> law in- Nebraska this month. There
was a few weeks ago a prospect that
?, two men would be hanged on January
lit but last week the governor granted
reprieve in the case of John B. Walk
"'%r* and there is no necessity for a gal
lows in Dawson county, at least for
J two months.
Ir a "deep plowing” club was organ
ised in every township in Buffalo coun
> ty, with meetings once a week and dis
cussions on deep plowing, sub-soiling
and the conservation of moisture, says
the Kearney Hub, more would be done
: to promote the prosperity o< the county
. than in any other way, especially if the
discussions were liberally sprinkled
with alfalfa.
Ex-OojJNTV 8UBKKIXTKNDKST GeoRGK
; W. Cos don, of Keya Paha county, who
committed suicide at Ottawa, Kan.,
y December 37, was taken to his former
home at Center Point, la., for inter
ment by his wife and little girL Mr.
Condon loft Spring view ten days before
kis death on a land trade, apparently
££ in the-best of spirits, and was expected
home the day the telfegrsm came an
' Bouncing his death.
John Hkin and Berths Klist ware
y married at the Catholic church in
David City and the same evening en*
, isrtained their friends at the house of
; ; the groom near town. During the
evening a party of young men went to
: the bouse to charivari the newly wed
ded pair and getting boisterous fired a
heavily loaded shotgun at the house.
The shot went through the side of the
» boose and struek the wall on the oppo
site aide. Several persons were in the
room, two of whom narrowly escaped
the shot >
' / Aortas under orders from Mayor
Graham. Chief of Police Melick of Lin
coln closed up the five regular gambling
houses which have been running in the
«ity. The police were instructed to
Si notify the proprietors of all such es* ’
tabliahmenta on their beats of the
mayors orders, and, if the.proprietors
complied and closed, to make no ar
testa If they attempt to ignore the
orders the officers were to bring in the
proprietors, their paraphernalia, and
nil parties fouad in the housea All the
gamblers quietly closed up.
Pimns in the vicinity of North
Loop who hnve raised pop corn the past
; season for the nssof eastern dealers re
ft' port a decided Increase in the returns
; ^rslised over those obtained formerly
v for the same amount of labor expended
hi taiaing ordinary field corn. While
' the crop is somewhat difficult to gath
er, the great difference in the price
; amply justifies the extra labor, while
' the tillage, acre for acre, is said to be
£ near renter than that required by ordi
nary field corn. One farmer has already
made arrangements with a Lincoln
••c house to put in a large quantity of
field beans and table corn the coming
WMW of taw paper who la a
wait era farmer, living on hia own
fcrw, and who is not a subscriber to
too Iowa Boaotesd, can have a few
•awplo copies of that practical farm
jparnal cent to hia address on trial,
“**> by simply sending oh a postal
harania name and poatofflee address
tatho Iowa Homeatead, Dee Moines,
Iowa The Homeatead is a practical
W® jouratl Its editorial c-intribu
tmm live and work on their own farms
They write of the work done on their
faraaa with their own hands They
'knew years of experience, and are there*
. tore able to advise and suggest from
She standpoint of practical personal
knowledge of mattera pertaining to
western agriculture rather than from
olat of the sidewalk farmer
liUeian. Send your name
dee addreaa to the Home
■-, Dm Moines Iowa, and receive e
MWber of free sample eopies
‘ A mam who loft Nebraska and* went
month writes: “When spring cornea
«4 wheat over the ‘shakes* wo will
■U be hack to Nebraska. We have
keen bere aome sixteen months have
mlaea nothing and onr money ia all
mi si a is ■ waaa UiUUQJ ig HU
'f gone paying doctor bills Nothing here
if
not fever end ague."
T. M. Flatus received word togeta
Atria for a man from Illinois In the
tint Of faraaa for sale ho reported several
choice ones, bat none, says the Grafton
harraapondentof the Fairmont Signal.
■ «f thaw cheapen price. Regardless oi
the prevailing hard times in financial
mattery farmers who livo here have
mot lost faith in Nebraska.
AtAad by Nebraska.
A Beatrice correspondent of the Lin*
coin Journal writes: The recent pub*
lication in the Chicago Times-IIerald ol
a page article pretending to 6how that
a large percentage of Nebraska’s peo
ple were seeking hemes in the south,
has stirred up a host of Gage county
people who have been south and who
have returned disgusted. The Journal
could name at least a score who have
been able to get back and as many
more who would like to, but can't.
Dick Davis, a gentleman who liven in
the city for over ten years, caught the
| southern fever, traded a tine brick
:• block for land in Louisiana, and stayed
i there less than six months after arriv
I ing in the state. lie says he was glad
j to take in exchange for the property
I mortgaged property in Des Moines, la.
! Josepii Cuittard had a similar experi*
| ence. Mr. Sutter, who went to Texas
| from near Do Witt, after staying there
1 one year, sacrificed his land and per
sonal property to enable him to return
to Nebraska. These men all tell a
similar story. They were enticed to
their prospecting trips at a season of
the year when things were pretty blue
in Nebraska aud when the crops and
climatic conditions of tho south were
at their best. Two gentlemen in the
city, who have large property interests,
were offered free transportation and
expenses paid by a southern railroad if
they would go south and thereby show
at least an indication to change their
location. The offer was declined with I
thanks. I
Sick of tbo South.
Fairbury dispatch: Harry Chain 01
Bock Creek precinct, in this county, is
an industrious farmer, who, prompted
by crop failures and the alluring tales
that came from the south, departed
some weeks since for Louisiana to in
spect the “modern Eden” with a view
of locating. He stopped at St. Charles,
that state, and there ho wrote homo
that he would return to Nebraska in
time to put In a crop, lie had enough
of the south and declared himself in
emphatic language. It had, he said,
rained there steadily for two weeks and
the state was but little better than a
▼ast slough, which he did not consider
fit to be inhabited by human beings,
Wells seven feet deep supplied the pop
ulace with very unwholesome water,
and the dead were either cremated or
buried above ground and dirt piled
over them for a covering. Digging a
grave according to the civilized custom
was out of the question on account of
the surface water. Chills and ague
were prevalent the year round and
ignorance and indolence predominated
to a surprising degree. AI though some
thing of a pessimist when he left he
now. says the Nebraska farmer who
exchanges hia land for possessions in
the aonth makes a great mistake.
Sugar Bounty Warrants.
Lincoln dispatch: There has been
considerable curiosity around the state
house as to what would be the final
outcome of the matter of the warrants
drawn by the state auditor on the
state general fund in payment of the
940,000 of bounty claimed by the beet
sugar manufacturers from the state.
The auditor took the ground that al
though there was no appropriation
for this specific purpose, that since the
secretary of state had certified to him
that the Bugar made had been inspec
ted and amounted to so much there
was no choice but for him, the auditor,
to issue the warrants under the man
datory.
The opponents of the bounty it has
been supposed would take some action
to prevent the payment of the war
rants by the state treasurer. Just
what this would be has been the sub
ject of much speculation.
Leases on Fublle Lands.
Land Commissioner Russell has lately
received a great many Remittances for
leases due on public lands far below
the minimum amount which he feels
disposed to accept for such rents. In
good times it is usual for renters to pay'
the full amount, some 90 for each forty
acres, but he has taken as low as 15
cents per forty. Of late quite a num
ber of renters have sent in amounts
based on a payment as low as 3 and 4
cents per forty. The commissioner
believes the time has come to draw the
line, and has returned these low ren
tals with the statement that it will not
do. Many of the petty payments are
being made by speculators, which
makes the attempt to euchre the state
much more reprehensible. The low
payment of 15 cents has been accepted
on the supposition that the parties were
actual settlers and in no condition at
present to make larger payments.
Bat Nebraska Leads.
As an agricultural state, says the
| Blair Courier, Nebraska leads the
union. Her soil is better adapted to
farming than that of any other state.
One important item that shows the fer
tility of our soil is the fact that there
are 15,247,705 seres of land under cul
tivation and during 1805 there was
spent for fertilizer 910,260k Mississippi
had only 6,849,390 under the plow, yet
she spent for fertiliser 9780,268; Ala
bama had 7,698,343 acres and spent for
fertilizer 92,431,648; Georgia had 0,582,
666 seres and spent for fertilizer 55,•
724,187. Thus you can readily see that
Nebraska soil is richer and better
adapted to the agricultural pursuits
than any other state. Iowa ranks a
dose second, as crop statistics will
show, but Nebraska leads.
civil Service Hill*.
The civil service commission has
irlven notice of examinations to be held
throughout the United States during
the first six months of 1890. In Ne
braska examinations will be held at
Hastings, April 22, and at Omaha, April
84. Railway mail examinations will
be held in Omaha, April 35. The states
j in which examinations are to be held
have not received their quota of ap
pointments, and therefore are eligible
to take any of the examinations for po
, aitions within the classified service.
A Ui|«r State Fata
President Barnes of the State Board
of agriculture says he will, in his ad
dress at the annual meeting to bo held
in Lincoln, January 31, recommend
that the fair be opened on Thursday,
instead of Friday, as heretofore, and
that it close on Saturday instead of on
Friday. It was freely admitted by
President Barnes and all the members
of the board of managers that the state
fair, at least while it is held in Omaha,
is too big an institution to be crowded
into one week, and they agree with the
local fair association that if possible it
should be extended over two full
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;A STAND FORM
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| SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COM
MITTEE FAVORS A DECLARATION.
SENATORS TAKE ACTION.
A Sab-Committee Appointed to Draft
Resolutions {Sxpresslnff tbe Views of
the L'nltcdjstittcs Government—
A Committee Appointed to
Consider the Caban
Question.
Washington, Jan. 13.—TUe Senate
committee on foreign relations was in
session two hours to day discussing
the Cuban, Armenian and Venezuelan
questions, with incidental reference
to the Monroe doctrine. There was a
full attendance of members. The
committee took positive action upon
one subject only. It decided upon a
positive affirmation of the Monroe doc
trine by Congress, and a subcommittee
was appointed to draft a resolution
declaring the sense of Congress on this
question.
The discussion on this point was
conducted upon the basis of Senator
Lodge's resolution, which seemed to
meet the approval of a majority of the
members. The sub-committee is ex
pected to report at the next full meet
ing of the committee, or it is possible
that the committee may be polled
without a formal meeting. The com
mittee was almost unanimous in ad
vocacy of a declaration on the Monroe
doctrine. Senator Gray alone is un
derstood to have opposed a declaration.
Nearly all of the opinions advanced
were that the Venezuelan affair had
served to emphasize the wisdom of
this doctrine, and that the time was
ripe for an official declaration by the
law making power of the land. The
Associated Press dispatches in
die-ting England’s purpose of
dea.ing independently with Vene
zuela were commented unon, as
was also that part of the President’s
message “leaving the door open,”
as committeemen expressed it, for
this line of attack on England’s part.
But it appeared to be the sense of the
committee that if England should suc
ceed in patching up the matter with
this South American republic that cir
cumstances should not be allowed to
stand in the way of a general declara
tion which would serve at least in fu
ture emergencies.
Senators Sherman, Lodge and Mor
gan were appointed to consider the
Cuban question and the discussion in
the committee indicated that what
ever may be done, if anything is done,
will be on the lines of the recognition
of the belligerency of the insurgents,
It was apparent that a very friendly
feeling towards the insurgents per
vaded the committee, but the inclina
tion appeared to be against immediate
action.
AGENT “HELD UP.”
Masked Men Robbed a Fort Scott Depot
and Escaped.
Fobt Scott, Kan., Jan 13.—Two
masked men early this morning held
up and robbed the night agent at the
Missouri, Kansas <& Texas depot in1
this city, and two men who were wait-.I
ing for a train. They crept into the
depot unnoticed and while one man *
covered G. S. Knox, the agent, with a
revolver, the other compelled J.
C, Kinney of Harwood, Mo.,
and Carl Fortkier of Olathe,
Kan., to throw up their hands.
Then they were marched into the
ticket office and the three were forced
to line up with their faces to. the wall
and submit to a search. Knox was re-1
lieved of a pistol, a gold watch and ,
chain and a small amount of change
and Kinney and Fortiner were robbed
of a few dollars each. One of the
thieves then stood guard over the men
while the other robbed tho com
pany’s safe. The agent says only
934 of the company’s money was
taken. I
The thieveB were well masked. They
spent twenty minutes ransacking the
office and then backed from the depot
and fled. _
The Navy Wants Good Stool.
Washington, Jan. 13.—A second
test has been made at the Indian Head ’
proving grounds of theeight-inch steel!
plate from the armor of the Iowa and -
the Brooklyn. On the first test, sev-!
cral days ago, the plate was broken
at one nd into tli-eo pieces. The sec
ond test was on the remaining end, 1
and this, too, was shattered. Another
plate will be tried about ten days
hence, and if this proves defective
the entire lot of armor, will be re
jected.
An Oklahoma postal Clerk Khort.
El Rkso, Okla., Jan. 13.—The post-1
office inspector has closed nn investi
gation ot this post office and found a
shortage, it is reported, of about
$1,000. The sur ties made the short- ,
age good. No blame is attachud to ;
Postmaster Redder. E. L. Gay, the |
first assistant postmaster, has been al- 1
lowed to resign and 11. C. Hicks, the '
mailing clerk, has been promoted to
Gays place.
Thlr Association Buildings for a Socg
Hennessey, Ok.. Jan. 13.—The am
phitheater, exhibition buildings and
improvements of the Kingfisher Coun
ty Fair association at this place are to
| be sold nnder the hammer to satisfy a
$400 mortgage. No effort is being
made by the directors to clear the
debt, though the amount could be
. easily raised.
Will Go Before Parliament.
! London, Jan. li.—A semi-official
note is published stating that the
British government has decided to sub
mit to parliament full information in
regard to Armenia, the Transvaal and
Venezuela. Consequently the United
States Venezuelan commission will
ahortly have aecess to all the material
points of the British case.
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MRS. VANDERBILT WEDDED
Sh« Become* the Wife of Oliver Hazard
Perry Belmont.
Xkw Yohk, Jan. 13.—Mrs. Alva E.
Vanderbilt, the divorced wife of Will
iam K. Vanderbilt, was married to
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, by
Mayor Strong at 10 o’clock this morn
ing. The ceremony was performed at
No. 24 East Seventy-second street, the
home of the bride. Miss Smith, Mrs.
Vanderbilt’s sister, and a few person
al friends were present. Almost im
mediately after the couple had been
married they left the house, and, it is
understood, started for Marblehouse
at Newport.
Perry Belmont is 40 years old and is
a son of the late financier, August
Belmont, and a grandson of Commo
dore Perry. _ Ho inherited a large for
tune from his father and has long been
a conspicuous figure socially in New
York. For years he was “YVillie K.”
Vanderbilt’s closest friend.
HUDSON WINS HIS CASE.
The Kansas Supreme Court Decides the
Topeka,Kan.. Jan. 13.—The Supreme
court this forenoon handed down an
opinion in the Snow-Hudson State
printerahip contest, giving1 the office
to J. K. Hudson, the Republican in
cumbent. .
Mrs. Webb losts Her Case.
Topeka, Kan.. Jan 13.— Judge R.B.
Spillman of Manhattan, sitting as
special judge of the Shawnee county
district court, last night decided the'
case of the widow of Leland J. Webb
against the A. 0. U. W. for her hus
band's life insurance, against the
plaintiff. Webb had been suspended
for non-payment of an assessment
and after his death the claim was Bet
up that he was insane at the time of
his delinquency and therefore not re
sponsible. The court holds that nay
ment of a life insurance premium is a
matter in which the beneficiaries of a
policy are as much interested as the
insured, and their neglect to pay in
the case of insanity or other disability
of the insured ’ * fatal to the contract.
The case will ■ e taUen to the supreme
court
Smith Advises Against Flynn’s BI1L
Washington, Jan. 13.—Secretary
Hoke Smith will advise congress not
to pass the Flynn free-home bill,
which was referred to him for an opin
ion. This bill, it will te remembered,
allowed settlers who had bought lands 1
open to settlement through purchase
of the Indians to be relieved from ob
ligation to pay. This report is not
unexpscted to Mr. Flynn, and he is i
confident that, in spite of it, he will i
be able to report the measure to the I
house favorably. He claims also to be
bill, and has further assurances of J
support in the senate, without the
same certainty of ultimate passage.
I Dockery for Governor ot Missouri. 1
Washington, Jan. 13.—State' Auditor
Seibert and Secretary of State Lesueur,
spent another day conferring with
Missouri Democrats in Washington.
In the conferences that have been
hold the merits of the various candi
dates for governor have been discussed.
Senator Cockrell has not been brought
to a frame of mind which permits him
to think of accepting the nomiuation
for governor. The Senator would like
to see Mr. Dockery nominated. He is
said to regard him as exceptionally
strong at this time. It is not impossi
ble that a moveiqent to nominate Mr. !
Dockery for governor will be inaugur
ated soon after their return.
Dakota Divorcees Alarmed.
Yankton, S. D., Jan. 13.—The di
vorce colony at Yankton has been
greatly alarme4 by the announcement
of Distiict Judge S.jith that an inves
tigation is about to be made of alleged
false affidavits recently filed iu divorce
caseB. Such affidavits state that the
whereabouts of defendants are un
known to plaintiffs, and that service
ean, consequently, be had only by pub
lication. in instances where such
frauds are found to have been perpe
trated the judge will, he declares, re
open the cases, even though the plain
tiffs have remarried, in order to give
the defendants an opportunity to make
appearances if they so desire.
They Believe, hi Marriage.
Eldouado Springs, Mo., Jan. 13.—
Mrs. T B. Parsley, of this city, and
R. ^1 Smith, formerly a captain in the
Union army, and well known through
out the South as a conspicuous figure
in public life, were married yesterday.
Mr. Smith is 73 years old and buried
his fourth wife five months ago.' Mrs.
Smith is 37 years old and has been a
widow three mouths and is now tak
ing unto herself her third husband.
Lexington, Mo.. Jan. 13.—A county
•eat war is on in Lafayette county. A
petition is to be presented to the
county court by lligginsville citizens,
asking that the matter ot removing
the county scat from Lexington to
Higginsville be submitted to the peo
ple of the county.
Printership Contest.
confident that the house
A County Meat Fight.
Kina Van Zandt to Lecture.
Chicago, Jan. 13—Mrs. S. S. Malato,
who, as Miss Nina Van Zandt,
achieved much notoriety, nine years
ago by her marriage to August Spies,
the Anarchi.it, will become a lecturer.
Mrs. Malato is not living happily with
her husband and is going *‘to lecture
for her bread and butter.”
Kx-Representative Other Pardoned.
SPRrsoriKi.n, III, Jgn.13 — Uovernot
Alt geld yesterday granted a pardon to
ex-Representative John L. Geher, serv
ing five years at Joliet penitentiary
for murder committed during a riot at
Little's mine, in Tazewell county, in
189*, when two men were killed and
the mine burned.
Another Trust Slinks I'p.
Chicago, Jan. )3.—Attorney General
Molcney has begun quo warranto pro
ceedings against the National Linseed
Oil company, cn the ground that it is
a trust. The case is similar lo the
proceedings pushed to a conc ision
against the iate whisky trust.
OKLAHOMA NEXT.
Mm Dartres a Place in th* Sisterhood of
States.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 9.—The
town is filled with delegates to the
Statehood convention, which com
menced to-day. Nearly all of them
are in favor of Statehood for Okla
homa, bnt there are almost as many
schemes tor attaining it as there are
delegates. Ever since Oklahoma was
first opened to settlement there has
heen an intense rivalry between the
different towns. Congress provided
that the first legislature of Oklahoma
shonld meet at Guthrie and fix the ter
ritorial capital. Then began a fight
of the bitterest kind between the dif
ferent towns. Legislatures voted the
capital three times to Oklahoma Citv
aud once to Kingfisher, but Governor
Steele vetoed it each time, and the
capital remains at Guthrie.
The location of the future capital of
Oklahoma as a state will depend
largely on the boundary lines of the
new state. If a state is made of.Okla
homa with its present boundaries,
Kingfisher or El Reno would be near
the center and would stand better
chances for the capitol than either
Perry, Guthrie or Oklahoma Citv, on
the extreme eastern edge of the state..
So Kingfisher and El Iteno favor im
mediate statehood of Oklahoma with
Its present bounds, and the Perry,
Guthrie and Oklahoma City people are
against it.
Oklahoma City wants a single Btate
made of Oklahoma territory. That ’
would make Oklahoma City the
geographical center of the state and
put her first in the race for the cap
ital. This local feeling about the fu
ture location of the capital is one of
the great elements in the fight for
statehood and must not be lost sight
of by anyone who desires to under
stand the situation here. |
A large element in the convention i.
will favor the formation of a State out ,
of Oklahoma, with the Chickasaw na
tion added, and with a provision for
allowing the other nations of the In
dian Territory to come in as they
wish, with the consent of Congress.
Some Republicans oppose this, because
Oklahoma is Republican and nine out
of ten people in the Chickasaw nation
are Democrats, and that would make
the State of Oklahoma Democratic.
Republicans say it is a scheme of the
Democrats to capture the State, and
they would rather see a State made of i
Oklahoma with its present boundaries.
TO ANNEX HAWAII.
A Treaty of Admlulon With Uncle Sam
Proposed In a llouee Resolution.
Washington, Jan. 0.—The subject
of the annexation of' the. Hawaiian
islands was broached in the House
to-day by Mr. Spaulding, Republican,
of Michigan, in the form of a resolu
tion, which provided that the Sand
wich islands be formed into a new
State, to be called the State of Hawaii,
with a republican form of govern
ment, to be adopted by the people,
through deputies in convention, with
the consent of tlie existing govern- !
ment. Conditions are imposed that
questions of boundary or complications I
with other governments be transmit- I
ted to tbe President to be laid before
Congress for its final action before
January 1, 1808; that all property per
taining to the public defense be ceded
to the United States, but the State re
tain all other property, and the United
States to be liable for none of its
debts.
The resolution proposes as an alter
native that Hawaii may be admitted
as a state by treaty between the two
governments, with one representative
in Congress, and proposes an appro
priation of $100,100 for making the
treaty.
The resolution was read by unani
mous consent and referred to the com
mittee on foreign affairs.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
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Quotations From New York, Chicago, St.
.Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 19
Butter—Fair to good country. 13
i* ggs—Fresh... 18
Chickens—Dressed, per lb. 8
Ducks—Per !b. 9
Turkeys—Per lb. 11
Prairie chickens— Per doz. 6 CO
Ueese-Per 1b...,. 8
Lemons—Choice Messlnas.4 00
oranges—Per box .4 00
Apples—Per bbt .3 73
Swoet potatoes-Good, per bbl 2 23
Potatoes—Per bu . 33
Beans—Navy, hand-pici.ed.bu 1 #3
Cranberries—cape Cod, pr.bbl 9 00
Hay—Upland, per ton. 8 SO
Onions—Per bu. 23
Broom Corn—Ureen, per lb. 2
llogs—Mixed packing. 8 to
tiogs—Heavy Weights. 3 43
Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 3 40
Beef Steers . 2 7ft
Bulls. 1 SO
Stags.3 25
Calves.. 2 00
Oxen. 2 23 "i. 2 5)
Cows . 1 30 @ 3 83
Heifers. 2 00 @3 23
Westerns. 2 13 66 3 15
Sheep—Lambs. 3 71 68 4 23
Sheep—Mixed natives.2 £0 68 3 00
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 38 & 1814
Corn—Per bu. 28 66 28v%
Oats—Per bu.. 17 68 1754
Pork.0 121466 9 25
Lard. 5 40 @ 5 SO
t attle—Common to ex beeves. 3 85 <u> 4 Ip
Hogs—Averages. 8 70 @3H>
Sheep—Lambs. 3 60 68 5 00
Sheep—Westerns. 2 80 68 8 60
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2, red winter. 67 68 6754
orn No. 2,. 33 66 35-.
Oats—No. 2. 23 68 23\
Pork—. 785 @92>
Lard—.. 6 80 66 6 00
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. fC14S8 67
Corn—Per bu.. 24 68 : 434
Oats—Per bu. 17 68 1754
Hogs—Mixed packing. 8 40 68 3 65
Cattle—Native be jves. 3 26 68 4 CO
Sheep—Natives. 2 7« 68 3 SO .
LamDs—.. 3 00 66 4 25
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat —No. 2 hard. 57 68 67*4
Corn—No. 2.:.. 221468 23
Oats—Nol 2. 17 68 17‘4
Cutrl — Stockersand feeders.. 2 50 68 3 51
Hogs—Mixed Packers. 3 4) 66 3 CO
Sheep—Lambs. 3 60 68 4 21
To Prevent Undervaluation.
Washington, Jan. 6.—The Uouse !
ways and means committee begun j
work to-day on a scheme of legislation j
to prevent undervaluation of imports !
by the customs officials. Hearings i
will be given to interested persons !
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The New Pork Tailor's Strike Broken. !
New York, Jan. 9.—Nearly 500 of i
the locked out tailors have been taken
back by contractors and the backbone |
of the strike is considered broken, j
The Clothing Coo tractors Mutual i'ru- .
Vectivo Association has been beaten.
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The Pace That Kills.
Tut Work and Fast Eating Make Three
Score l'cars and Ten a Ripe Old
* A jf in These Esys>
, (From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
I The American people live too fast, eat
too fast and drink too fast. This has
brought upon man.v of us a train of nervous
and stomach disorders that are very dim
cult to manage. Investigation and chemical
analysis to discoversuch compounds as will
help those suffering from such ills has re
sulted in the discovery of Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills for Pale People, which has taken
very high rank as a specific remedy.
H. P. Owens, a traveling man thirty
years of age, who is well known in this
community and generally liked because he
is a bright, energetic young fellow, resides
with his mother at 835 Central Avenue,
Cincinnati. Ohio. He has been a victim of
dyspepsia which took the form of .continu
ous constipation, and, strangely 'enough,
his mother suffered from the same trouble.
Mr. OweQS testified to the merits of Pink
Fills in a most enthusiastic way, and said
to the Enquirer reporter:
“I am glad to say anything I can for Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills, because they did me
great good, and other people ought to know
of their virtues as a medicine in stomach
troubles. It was some lime ago when I
felt a heavy feeling in mv stomach, and I
grow very constipated. 1 did not consult a
doctor, but having heard of thePink Pills I
bought a box of them, in two or three
days the heavy feeling in my stomach dis
appeared and my bowels were regular. I
did not iiave to use more than a box of
them before I was well. Since that time I
have only occasionally been troubled with
constipation, and I never get worried, bp
cause I know just what to do. Mother was
also troubled with Indigestion aud the
Pink Pills did the same for her they did
for me—cured her, didn’t they, mother.”
When appealed to Mrs. Oweusanswered:
“That is right. I found it was a great
medicine, so easy to take and so quick and
lasting in its results.”
Mr. Owens continued: “I believe that
these pills are also good for nervousness.
When I had my stomach troublo I was also
quite nervous and that disappeared with
the dyspepsia. ThePink Pills were'Ull that
is claimed for them. You can make any
use of this testimonial you see fit.”
H. P. Owens has occupied several posi
tions of trust in this city. He was for a
time an employe of tho Commercial-Gazette.
He will go on tho road in a few days for a
prominent business house here. Mrs.
Owens is quite us enthusiastic as her son
about the Pink Pills an'd her host of lady
friends can verify her good opinion of this
wonderful remedy if they ieel disposed to
do so at any time. Where the testimony
is so general and unanimous as to the ex
cellencies of Pink Pills as the Enquirer has'
found it to he there is certainly good reason
to believe all the good things said—about
the safe and simple remedy.
Dr. .Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the elements necessary, to give
new lifo aud richness to tho blood and re
store shattered nerves. They may be had
of all druggists or direct by mail from the
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenec
tady, N. Y., at SOc per box, or six boxes for
(8.50. _■
Revenge Beforehand.
•‘Just as I expected!” Said the strug
gling young genius, opening a letter
from the editor. “He says my poem is
•very good,’ and he accepts it, but
'under the circumstances’ he does not
‘feel justified in allowing more than. SI
for it,’ which sum he ‘begs to Inclose.’
AVhen he finds out it’s an acrostic con
veying the statement that the editor is *
a stingy old cus, he won’t think he got
that poem so blamed cheap after all, gol
ding him!”—Chicago Tribune.
St Nicholas Magazine recently offer
ed prizes . for the best correction of
a misspelled poem. More than ten
thousand answers .were received, and
the committee has been overwhelmed
with work, the results of which and
the names of the prize-winners will ap
pear in the January St Nicholas.
Answers came from all over the .world,
from Turkey, from Egypt and from
Europe—from a little countess in
Vienna and from the grandchildren of
Emerson and Hawthorne in America.
The committee reluctantly make the
admission that the penmanship of the
English and Canadian children excels
that of Uncle Sam’s boys and girls.
Comfort to California.
Ves and economy, too, if yon patronize
the Burlington Boute's Personally Conduct
ed once-a-week excursions which leave
Omaha every Thursday morning.
Through tourist sleepers Omaha to San
Francisco and los Angeles. Second-class
tickets accepted.
See the local agent and arrange about
tickets and terths. Or, write to
J. Francis,
G. P. & T. A., Omaha, Neb.
Marriage is a mortgage that cannot be
determined except by death or divorce.
The devil 1 nds it hard to get a foothold
in the home where love is king.
Keep out of the crowd where vulgarity
passes for wit and humor.
STATISTICS.
There are 47 papers and magazines in
this country managed or edited by
women.
In France the sexes are almost ex
actly balanced, there being 1,004 women
to 1,000 men.
The invention of the typewriter has
given employment to half a million of
women.
According to the most reliable esti
mates the world contains today 280.
000,000 grown women.
Wyoming has the smallest female
population. 21,362; New York the larg
est, 3,020,960.
There are said to be 636 lady physi
cians practicing medicine In the cities
of the United States.
According to the last census, the
number of women above the age of 18 in
Russia was 23,200,000.
The average height of 1,000 French
women is 5 feet 1% inches; of 1,000'
Russian women 6 feet 3% Inches.
A competent authority declares that
over 1,500,000 of the women of this coun
try earn their otfn living.
In all Christian countries the number
of females who attend the churdhes is
far greater than that of the men.
An authority on anthropology says
that the ears of women are set further
forward on the head than those of men.
Hap of the Hotted Staten.
The wall map issued by the Burlington
Route is three feet wide by four feet long;
is printed in seven colors; is mounted on
rollers; shows every state, county, impor
tant town and railroad in the J.'nion and
forms a very desirable and useful udjunct
to any housebo.dor business ostabishment.
Purchased in large quantities, the inai a
cost the Burlington Route more than fliteen
cents each, but on receipt of that amount
in stamps the undersigned will be pleased
to Bend you one.
Write immediately, as the supply is
limited. J. Francis,
G. P. & T. A. Burlington Route,
_Omaha, Ne\
A fool learns from \no one.
learns from everybody
A v. ise man