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About Saturday morning courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1893-1894 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1894)
ft. l ft I. . u S: ! ;i V I '( t V 'i k i ;: SHYiRNlMitR PUBLI8HED 8ATURDAY8 n Tin: GOUHIMi PUBLISHING 60. W, Morton 8mith, e"" IUkIiipm Olllco 1131 N Htrwl. I'lione . TBIIMB OF SUBSCRIPTION: r!H (ruuuiKHi ttno or III mlnncn ti SU Month lm Three Muiillm. W Linuoln, Nkii., Jakuaiiy l.'l, 181)1. TIip CiMirliT run Hi' t-'uitliil t Hotel Lincoln News Htnnd. WlmlHor Hotel Nmvh Stand. Opital Hotel Nowb Htaiiil. Ila-.1 Diulo Clnr Store, 1(M0 O St. Kd. Young, 1U07 O St. CIhmhi, Fletcher A Co., 1100 O St. Mooro's News Bland, 118 So. llth St. Coukikh Ofllco, ll.'U N St. An!hlflKnnlffnl817 8olltliBt. AMU8KMKNTS. Monday.- Corltino In "Hondrlck Hud hoii" lit tho Lansing theatre. Turhimy.- Oorlnnu In "Hondrlck Hud mm" ut the Lansing thontor. Wkiinkhiiay. John T. Kelly, In "Mc Fooot Dublin" lit tho Lansing theater. Thuiwday. -James O'Neill In "Monto Cristo" ut tho Lansing theater.' FituAY.-"Tuxodo" nt tho Lansing theater. Satuhiay.--,,Wiwk" at tho Lansing thoator. FltNKK Ol'RUA IIOUHR. All Wkkk. Corso Pay ton Comedy Company. TIIK (iOVKHNOK'M OOOI I'OINTH. Tho Nebraska City Preaa oinorgoa from tho almost Importurbablo placidity of Ha long Rip Van Wlnkllan sloop to re mark, in a becoming desultory mannor, that Tiik Couiiikk 1b not altogether flat toring to tho Houorablo Loronso Crounso, governor of Nebraska. , Tho Pre, whoso long dozo lias added to its original stupidity until it has bo. come the dul lost and most doltish tro glodyte of tho stato's journalistic crow, thinks that wo are "Incapablo of appro elating the good points of tho governor." Our tiresome contemporary is mis taken. We do appreciato tho good points of the governor, and wo havo, on more than ono occasion, bestowed on his excellency our most favorable consider ation. For the ' benottt wo will at this time rolterato that Governor Creunse has many good points. Ho doss not go out with tho boys; ho novor, so far as we can learn, paints tho town, and we hve never heard of his disturb ing the public ieaco to any very consid erable extent. Ho koopB good hours, avoids evil companions, and generally disdains bad language. If ho looks up on tho wino when it is red ho nearly al ways satisfies himsolf with looking, and wo do not boliovo ho plays poker or craps. Governor Crounso doesnot writo open letters every other day liko Mayor Weir and he doesn't play loup frog in the streets. Altogether tho governor is a pretty good sort of man. lTo would make a good Sunday School superinten dent or veateryroan. Ho is of good sizo, good disposition, and ho wears a very good beard. HIb good points aro many and multifarious, and wo hope now, that we have gone into particulars, that our somnolent contemporary will crawl back into the dingy recesses of its hole, and enjoy another decado of uninterrupted Bleep. A oortHirtKRAHLK number of Lincoln's citizens suffer from an acute form of the lotter writing mania, the most distingu ished sufferer bcln tr Mayor Weir. There ought to 1)0 Bomo way of curing this UreaUf ul mania. It is almost as hard on newspaper readers as tho portfolio nuisance. Ouk friend, the Newa thinks, wo do voto too much spaco to tho defects in' it, und othor local contemporaries. Our friond should remember this is a lurge, wo might say, u very largo, subjoct; papers of the city will not lnlorioHonny harriers In IiIh wuy. Tho major's chief ciuimi for solicitude neeuiH tolio a feur thiit the newspapers will attempt to throw cold water on IiIb work. TIiIh fear, he hIioiiIiI know, Ih groiindloHH Tho Jonnml has supported him right along, and, In pursuance of Its jiolloy of standing In with tho wiwors that lie, will continue to uphold lilni. Tho Ni'it'K Ih IiIb special organ, hiiIihI dlzed In IiIb Interest, and tho Coll Ih jimt now in high communion with the major because IiIb announced criiBiide seems to parallel the course of that paper with reference to "tho bottoms." Ab for Tmk Oointmt It Ib alwayH fair, The newspapers will not give Mayor Weir any oxcuso for not enforcing tho law and achieving IiIb expressed uiiibi tlon of ridding the city, to tho greatest poHflible extent, of tho nodal evil and gambling. Kx-GovKUNon John M.Tiiaykk voices tho true American Bentimoul In IiIb ar article on tho Hawalin question in this IflBiioof Tiik Couiiikk, Ik Secretary Morton needed a vindi cation; ho has certainly received it at tho IiiiihIb of tho fool populist no-called farmers who have "resolved,, against him. Mr. Morton is a polltltiau who Ih not 11 demagogue, and wo admire, him for tho enemies ho has mado Wo are very glad to Bay a kind woid for Nebras ka democrats. COUNCILS! ANH! OANIWIIATKM. Skvkn coiincllnion will bo elected this spring. Ah usual there aro half a doz en small fry candidates in each ward, and thoro Is tho usual prospect that lit tle attention will bo paid to tho tltncBs qf tho aspirants, and that tho successful candidates will bo those who jkihhobh, not tho best qunlitlcations for tho olllce, but tho longest political pull. Lincoln has Buffered much at tho hundsof inollljlont, profligato council manic bodies, und now, if ovor, is tho timo to begin tho work of reforming tho council. Tho mon who aro elected to tho city council should bo practical business mon, mon who do not wunt tho olllco for tho paltry 125 a month that It payB, men who havo something ut stake. What Lincoln wants Is tin economical, lovol houded council, ono that will give tho city a business administration. City taxes aro unreasonably high. Public monoy, despite Mayor Wolr's protestation to tho contrary, is wasted, and property owners uro needlessly burdonod. Somo momborB of tho present council aro careful und conservative on this point; but thoro Ib altogether too much looseness in voting away tho public mon oy, and now when all business institu tions uro forced to economize it is but right and proper that tho city should adopt 11 (tolicy of retrenchment. Tuxes cun bo reduced without Inter fering in any way with tho interests of tho city. TIiIb spring tho chief issuo upon which candidates for tho council Bhould bo selected for nomination, and elected, Bhould bo osonomy in administration, and candidates should bo pledged in favor of low taxation. Tho republican party can uccdmplish a most viilunbio work for tho city and ut tho same time strengthen itsolf,by elect ing this kind of councilmon ut tho com ing election. Eldku Howk is 11 huppy man during those days of mild winter weather, and ho Ib earnestly praying for a continuance of this variety of winter; but ho Is kept busy looking uf ti r tho poor und needy. Ho knows moro nlxtut thorn und where thoy aro, than any twonty-flvo mon und women who can bo namod in Lincoln, and ho should bo uphold in his good work. Scientific charity may do for tho city of London, with its millions of inhab itants, but hardly for tho city of Lincoln, with only Kb seventy thouBund people. ( Lincoln business men already seo much reason for encouragement in tho condition of trade at tho present timo nnd tho prospects for the future, litis! noss since Januiry 1 bus been much hotter than was expectod. Canon City coal ut Coal und Limo Co. tho Whitobreast WILL MT STAND IN TIIK WAY. Mayor Weir, whoso threatened ox plosion has kept tho city in a state of high tension for somo months, has final ly gone off, with an appropriate uccom panlment of pyrotechnics in tho form of open Utters to the public und romurks to newspaper editors. The mayor has convinced himself that there is more or leas wickedness in the city, and ho has decided, or he protends that he has decided, to clean up the town, not to-day or to-morrow, but lie ginning March 1. While wo are not entirely ussurod of the mayor's sincerity In this, his latest departure, we are bound to accord to that sensational official the benefit of the doubt, and beyond a discussion of some prases of the situation in this is sue of The Courier, wo do not intend, unlets new conditions arise, to Bay any thing that might, in any way embarrass Hi Honor in his much heralded reform crusade; and wearesur,e the other news- BURLINGTON ROUTE Cheap Kxenrsluua to Itin Mouth, On tho following dutes January 10, February 1.1, Murch 20 und April 24, tho B. & M. will soil round trip tickets ut ono faro to points in southern Mis sourl, ArkunBUs, Tennessee. For full information regarding routes, stop overs, limits, etc., cull ut 11. !c. 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On the railroad they tied her tight clown to the track, but the train cut the rope and the kitty came back. Now out on the housetop she plays as she sings, for her system is padded with violin strings. Cats are tough, and they'll stand a whole lot of bad usage. Boys with any life in them give clothing dard usage. We make boy s clothing up tough; sew 'cm double with silk thread, and guarantee them to stand rough treatment. They're in style too. Children's department second floor. mm :i Fiirtnrle, l:i Itxlnll Htorex. m & ml 1015-19 0 STREET. TH NSW YORK WKW TOiu 00 N0V1 KNOW Tttjtt THE IS THE ONLY DIRECT ROUTE TO THE SOUTH. Trestor soils ovor 120 kinds of coal. Ilarvot Kxcurnlon. Vlu the Missouri Puclftc On tho second Tuesday in December 1803, January, Fobuury, Mnrch, Ap-il nnd Muy 1894 tho Missouri Pacific routo will soil round trip tickets to ull stations in Texus with final limit to return in 30 days from dato of salo. Stop ovor aro allowed in ArkunBas, Texas und Okla homa, New Moxico and Indian Terri tory. Come und take u trip to the south. Phil Daniklh, C. P. &. T. A. l'JOl O street. Come and see i. II. O. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. Agent, PHIL. DANIELS, C. P. A T. Agt, Lt. LouIb, Mo. 1201 O St., Lincoln, Neb. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. DPRICE'S aORSGS The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. t.'sed in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Staudiw.. rrorc WILL BE WITHOUT QUESTION AMERICA'S LEADING FflNllLY PAPER. The reputation thut the Weekly Horuld hus enjoyed for muny yeurs of being tho best homo nowspupor in tho lund will bo materially udded to during tho yeur of 1894. N pains or oxpenso will bo spared to mako it in every department the moflt reliable, interesting nnd instructive of ull weekly newspaper publicutiotiB. It will bo improved in many ways. A number of now features und dopurtmonts will bo udded. Tho latest do volot.mont in ull fields of contomporanoouH'huinan interest will bo ably discussed from week to week by nccompllHhcd writers. THE NEWS OF THE WORbD will bo given in u concise but complete form. Every importunt or Interesting event, oithor at homo or abroad, will bo duly described in tho columns of tho Weekly Herald. In politics the Herald. is absolutely independent und sound. It tells tho rights und wrongs of all sides without four. Farmers und stock raisers cunnot afford to bo without tho Weekly Herald during tho coming yeur. It will contain u regulur department each week dovotcd exclusively to subjects of timoly interest to them, una giving muny valuable sug gestions und now ideas. Tho women und children of tho land will find in tho Weekly Horuld u wolcomo visitor. The household und children's pages will bo both instructive and enter taining. 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