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ovER : THE SPAT1.
Tzii new G. A. It. ha1 in Nebraska
City was dedicated last wpek.
TBE Genoa State bank has been reorganized -
organized with a woman as president.
TIlE Free Homestead Colony association -
tion of Gibbon viI1 hold its annual reunion -
union April 6.
IN the Davis case on trial at Lincoln
for two weeks , the jury disagreed and
was discharged.
L the case of Davis. thcalleged train
wrecker , on trial in Lincoln , the jury
disagreed and were discharged.
Riv. A. W. AYERS has accepted the
pastorship of the Cougregationalist
church at David City for another year.
TRERE has been a Young Men's
Christian AssociaLion formed at Chad-
ron in which many arc taking an active
part.
part.Mns.
Mns. Joii Lnso of Fairfield was
thrown from a buggy by a runaway
horse and received injuries that may
prove fatal.
LEIGH business men are making an
efiort to raise enough funds to secure
the building of a fifty-barrel flour. mill
at that place.
OMAHA has a nervy harness thief.
He took the harness from a horse
hitched in the street He was overhauled -
hauled and is in jail now.
Tixr township assessors of Gage
county decided to assess personal property -
erty at one-third and real estate at one-
fourth of its actual value.
JOhN ICoi.ozwwsii and George Workman -
man , two young lads , were arrested at
Beatrice charged with attempting to
set fire to the Rock Island depot.
ALREADY $10,000 worth of improve-
inents arc under way in Pawnee City
and before many months it is expected
that the amount will be doubled.
SCUULTZ and McCabe , proprietors of
an Omaha fur store , have been arrested
and are in jail chargedwitli firing their
establishment to secure the insurance.
TUE four tramps whose arrest on suspicion -
picion of being concerned in the Tal-
niage burglary werereleased last week ,
there not being sufficient evidence to
hold them.
Ai infant was born to Mrs. Charles
Orr near Niobrara that weighed , vlien
fully dressed , less than three pounds.
A finger ring was easily slipped over
its 'foot and passed up as far as the
knee.
BEATEICE had two business failures
last week , Smith Brothers' pharmacy
and' Clarke Browning's shoe store being
closed. The amount of liabilities in
either case cannot be ascertained at
this time.
MRS. MARTHA A. JANNEY , one of the
pioneers of Nebraska , died at her home
nearBcemer , in the 82d year of her
age. She was the widow of Rev. Lewis
Janney , who came to Nebraska from
Massachusetts in 1S64.
VANDALS broke into the school house
at iloibrook , destroyed the furn.itux e ,
tore up the school books axfd painted
the blackboard and woodwork a brilliant -
iant red. 'rue directors are making a
vigorous search for the miscreants.
Ar present. there are three crazy men
in the Otoe county jail : Clerk of the
Court Campbell has received letters
from the superintendentof the Lincoln
and Hastings asylums stating that
there is no room for them at those in-
stitutions.
GEOUGE STROBLE , asaloon keeper of
Nebraska City , was arrested charged
with selling liquor to minors. Stroble
is a member of the city council. and
candidate at the coming election for
re-election on the independent ticket
He pleaded guilty and was fined 25
and costs.
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Tii rporL that has reached South
Omaha to the effect thtt the time of
beginning the work on the South
Omaha postoffice building has been set
far back in the dim and mystic future
has cause1 tears of regret to spring to
the eyes of several patriots who have
land to sell.
As THE result of a neighborhood quar-
rd1 George Wilcox , an Antelope county -
ty farmer , shot some horses belonging
to Coridine Taylor. A justice of the
peace fined him $5 for his fun , but
this was not satisfactory to Taylor ,
and the same has been appealed to the
district court.
COLLECTOR Nonrit has received this
ruling about the income tax : That no
debts contracted prior to the year for
which return is made ( in this instance ,
1894) ) can be deducted from the income
where such debts have proven worthless -
less during the year for which the re-
turnismade.
. SHERIFF KYD of Gage county left last
week for Ft. Smith , Ark. , to bring
: back John Epp , a young cigar maker
. who is wanted to answer the charge of
seduction preferred against him by
Mary ( Jeispeck. The young man was
located by telegraph. He is well known
in Beatrice.
AT St. irarys Catholic church , West
Point , just before the commencement
' - of high mass , Mrs. Robert Kube , the
c wife of a farmer. entered the building
and immediately became ill. The sufferer -
. - ferer was quickly removed to the par-
. ' chial house ; where she expired in a
. : few minutes of heart disease.
.
Foit several months farmers in the
vicinit' - of Pender and others have
been missing their hogs. A load of
. swine was stolen from the Wheeler
' - - ranch , just outside of Fender. Wagon
tracks were traced to R. S. Donnelson's
. . . residence at Fender , but there was no
trace of the hogs. Deputy Sheriff Tad-
lock took up the trail and followed the
outfitto WestPoint , where he found the
- hogs in a. dealers pen. The thieves
were arrested and are now in jail.
Mn. V. G. Lrt.i of Rearney has accepted -
cepted a position with the American
Bible society and in a few days will
leave with his wife for Shanghai.
. , ' China , and will act as agent for the society -
ciety at that place. A farewell reception -
; . tion was tendered them at the Method-
: 1st church and a pleasant time had
AT Plattsmouth Judge Chapman last
: - week passed on the motion for a new
; . . trial made by the defense in the case of
' - Pugilist James Lindsay , by denying
; the same. 'I'lie defense laid considerable -
able stress on an alleged state of fact
: ' that the jury had been affected by out-
-I - the of
Lide influences during progress
the triaL 'rue case will be taken to
th supreme court
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lx the United States district court at
Lincoln last week , the last remaining
count in tim indictment against ex-
( ongressman G.'W. E. Dorsey , charg-
3g huh with criminal acts in connec-
tioi with the ational bank , with
which he was connected , was dismissed
by District Attorney Sawyer.
\VnIr.E attempting to hold an unmanageable -
ageable team by hte bits harvey Akins
of Tecumseli was knocked down ,
tramped and run over. [ Ic was picked
up in an unconscious condition and car-
ned home. An examination revealed
that no nones were broken , but he had
sustained severe internal injuries.
IRA. J. SirAur. , an inmate of the Sol-
diers' home at Grand Island , died last
week after being ai invalid for years.
Shaul was a member of company K ,
Thirty-seventh Iowa infantry , known
asthe "Greybeards. " He wasadmitted
to the home from Broken Bow in 1892 ,
and has been a hospital patient ever
since admission. He was " 5 years of
age.
age.It.
It. A. MCHALE of Milford has made a
proposition to those interested in starting -
ing a co-operative creamery at Wake-
field , to take shares in it and run it for
the company for $5 a month. Ills
proposition has been conditionally accepted -
cepted by the committee and the work
of soliciting shares is now going on.
The plant is to cost $3,00 and handle
the milk of 400 cows to start with.
Mn. LEE , L Boston canitalist , is in
Ord ip the interest of an irrigating
ditch on the north side of the river.
The intention was to have it commence
some six miles below Ord and extend
down to Scotia. The plan n w is to
start near Burwell , which would make
the ditch about forty miles long. Five
thousand dollars worth of stock was
subscribed in Scotia in less than two
hours for the project.
ROBERT Fox hails from Ashland ,
where he puts in his spare time buying
live stock for the South Omaha market ,
says a correspondent. lie caine in
yesterday morning and after attending
to his business at the yards drew out
$250 and went out with the 'boys" to
see how much Pacldngtown tanglefoot
he could get outside of. lie succeeded
fairly well , so much so that he was robbed -
bed of half of his wad.
ONE of the signs of the times as regards -
gards the initiation of more diversified
agriculture in this portion of the state ,
says a North Loup dispatch , is found
in the fact that one gentleman in the
community has undertaken to raise
several acres of vine seeds for a Sioux
City seed rm , and another has just
received a proposition from a prominent -
nent seed merchant of Rochester , N.
Y. , relative to raising225 pounds of to-
inato seeds.
LAST September a herd of about 170
horses was made up at Miller to be sent
to the n'rthwestern part of the state
to be wintered , for which the sum of
$1 per month was to be paid. The man
agreed to return them in good condition -
tion , but now they are coming back
in ch reduced in flesh and some of
them scarcely able to stand. A number -
ber of them died of starvation and cx-
posure. There is talk of having the
feeder arrested for cruelty to animals.
TuF senate adopted the following
resolution presented by Senator Akers
at the request of the pe9ple of Sidney ,
Neb. : Resolved , by the legislature of
the state of Nebraska , the senate and
house joining , that the honorable congress -
gress of the United States be and is
hereby requested to cede the tract of
land known as the Fort Sidney miii-
tary reservation to the city of Sidney.
adjoining said reservation , to be used
for public , school and military pur-
poses.
FARMERS of Hail county are planting
and making good headway for spring
work. Aid for the needy ones will be
provided for in some manner and Hall
county will cultivate every acre. A
variety of crops will be planted , so as
to counteract any dry weather that
might conic , English peas will be
grown for hogs , as they mature early
and are equal to corn for fattening.
Flax will be sown , so that money will
come in before other crops can be har-
vested.
TUE published announcement of
Congressman Meiklejohn that he would
send into Colfax county a portion of
the seeds alloted to him for distribution -
tion caused quite a flurry among many
who have not seed for spring sowing.
There was much disappointment when
it was learned that small packages of
flower and garden seeds only would be
sent , instead of trainloads of grain for
seed. In the absence of a relief coin-
mittee in this county , the county judge ,
county clerk and county treasurer were
designated by Mr. Meiklejohn to distribute -
tribute the seeds.
THERE are two horse thieves now in
jail at Lincoln under $1,000' bonds.
Frank Jones , alias Frazier and a few
other things , and Chris McGiff were
heard in Justice McCandlcss' court ,
with the above result. The men stol&
a team of horses belonging to 0. N.
Dunn of Emerald from the corner of.
Ninth and 0 streets , Lincoln. Through
the Nebraska detective association the
men were located , Jones at Columbus
and McGiff at Kearney , where ho hasa
sister living. Officer Pound went after
them and brought them back.
ATTORNEY GENERAL CIIURcIuLL in an
interview with 1\T F. Wills , county attorney -
torney of Boyd county , who returned
from Lincoln , states that in case the
legislature had succeeded in passing
the "Barrett Scott bill , " he would not
askior a change ofvenue. Wills is an-
thority for the statement that the attorney -
torney general had arrived at the con-
elusion that when the case was called
he would move to dismiss the action.
and then institute new proceedings in
Boyd county. The theory of the prosecution -
ecution is that since the body was found
on the Boyd county side of the river ,
the supposition is that the crime was
committed in Boyd county , and ifthe
defense wants a trial in bit county ,
they will have to show that the murder -
der was actually committed in that
county.
Is Franklin county a iarried woman
and her married daughter each gave
birth to a baby the same day. BotI
were boys , same complexion. size and
weight When the neighbors came in
they of course 'took the babies , and in
some way got them mixed. Now neith
er mother can tell which baby belongs
to her.
AT the home of Herman Brigman.
four miles south of Hartington , the
6-year-old daughter was playing alone !
in a room in which was standing a
loaded shotgun. The little girl got !
her mouth over the muzzle of the gun
and discharged ither head being lit-
erahly torn toslircds. . j
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I TUE END IS NEARING.
LEGISLATORS ARE THEREFORE
PUSHING THEIR WORK.
ninny M'aHures Being Transformed into
Law-Location of a second Soldiers's
llama-The Seed Grain Bill In the
Hands of the Governor for Slgnatnre
Constitutional Amendments Pasged
Upon-Report on the Fonitenttary-
Miscellaneous Matters of General In-
terest.
Tue Nebraska Assemb1.
SrN.tTz.-In the senate on the 18th house
roll 287 , Judd's bill to provide for a lien on
crops to secure purchase price of seeds sold
te drouth sufferers , was read the third time
and passed as amended by the senate. The
senate went Into committee of the whole.
with Senator i'opo In the chair , to consider
1)1116 proposing amendments to the Austra-
han baliot law. These bills rcre all read.
They were senate file i0 , by cnator Gra-
lana ; senate Ilte 231. by Cros ; senate file 117 ,
by .leltrics. :111(1 senate file i5 , byVatsoii. .
ienutor ( ; riliam advocated tue passace of
hi ? ; 1)111 , which provides for an emblem for
each party , opposite to which the voter can
make a mark indicating that he votes the
straight ticket. This bill was cxplined by
Ihe aiitlrnr as being patterned after the
lowi and Kaiisas laws. Senator McKesson
favored the adoption of ibu Graham bill
with some slight cliange , as it would
periiiit the illiterate voter to vote
IL straight ticket. Senator Crane
said that lie thought that the
voters at last fails election
showed that they understood the manner
of using ihe present ballot , and lie opposed
any change. The conimitce recommended
tlintsenaie files lO and tM , which both pro-
ride for blanket baLlots. ho Indefinitely
POStPOIICl. Senate file 321 , by Cross , was
reiommendcd for passage. 'l'hiis provides
that candidates by petition shall not have
I heir names followed by a iart deiigiia-
I iou. .lelTries' senate file 117 , JrO'idIfl ! that
Iwo udcs shall be prcsezit vilien the ballot
of an iifltcrtte or blind voter is inarkel for
Itlrzi. was recommended to te indefinitely
pcstponel.'lion the committee arose the
report as to eaii bill consiacred was adopt-
ed. Senator Graham offered a i esolution
instructing the board of pulilic lands and
htiilliIigS to SOt apart a room for the use of
the Grand iriny of the Itepublic oflicers
and a ( lelOSltOry for war relics.
lIoUSE.-Ii die house on the lStIi Cole of
hitchcock moved that a committee of fIve
ie : appointed to confer with a like commit-
lee from the senate to fix a time for ad-
jourilment. Adopted. enate file 27 , by
' . .raIiaiii , to amend the law regu1atiti the
soldiers' relief county funds and coinmis-
sbus , was recommended to ijass as amend-
ed. eiinte fiie 13 , the pure food liii ! , was
advanced to third reading , also seliate file
ii ; , 1)3' Watson. legalizing acts of cities of
the first CIiLSS under the laws of isO ! . house
roll 133 , the Omaha charter. was reported
with the recommendation that it pass as
amended , on a special order for Wednesday
afternoon. The report was adopted.
Howard thitt house roll 2 8 , Munger's bill
for an appropriation for prosecuting the
maximum rate ease tlirou ° li the federal
courts. be made a special order for 11 a. in.
tomorrow. Adopted. Rouse'- bill , providIng -
Ing for a supervisor of state printing , was
amended with an appropri ation provision
LriI recommended to pass. 'IIio bill of Mer-
rick of Cage. providing for the location of a
branch soldiers' home at Milford , was con-
.sldered. After considerable discussion the
liii ! was recommended lo pass.House roll
612. providing for the payment of miscehlan-
eons items of Indebtedness , was recom-
menled to pass. The committee arose and
reported. Hward of Sarpy wanted to
anmna the report by deducting the 15 per
cent from the allowances to the Lincoln
Journal company , but he was unsuccessful.
anl the reportot the committecof the whole
was adopted.
SENATI.-Tii the the ltJtl
- senate on irriga-
lion bills were con-.Idered. The bill was .
house roll No. 332. This was identical with
senate file No. 0 , already passed by the sea-
ate , but the house bill was amended in sew-
oril important particulars. Amendment
was in the ShialC of a proviso added to see-
tioli 1. The first section of the hilt prolks :
tectioii 1. Whenever twenty or a majority
of freeholder- owning lands susceptible of
one mode of irrigation from a common
source and by the sanie system of works desire -
sire to provide for the irrigatioii of the
same , they may 1)IOPOSC the organization of
nil irrigation district tinder the rovisioiis
of this act , and when so organized each ( us-
trietshahl have the powers conferred or
that may hereafter be conferred by law
UpOIi such irrigation district. The uroviso
added tothissection by the house was as
follows : Provided , That where ditches or
cantls have been constructed before the
passage of this act of sufficient capacIty to
water IJie land thereunder for which
tii water takeit in such ditches
Is appropriated , such ditches
and franchises and the land subject -
joct to be watered thereby shall be exempt
from opera ions of this law , except such
dlstrictshall be formed tomalce purchases
of such ( litchics. canals and franchises , and
that Ihils law shmah be construed to in any
way atrect the right of ditches already con-
structed. When the senate bill was up for
consideration an attempt was made to add
this provisian , but lt failed. Akers asked
that the bill as it passed the house be placed
on Its final rassage by the senate. lie defended -
fended the house amendment. lie declared
ihat it would encourage the investment of
capital In the state. Be declared further
that the senator who undertook to delay
the passage of the bill would receive the so-
were condemnation of the people of the irrI-
ration districts of the state. The house
amendments were agreed to and the bill
Was road the third , time and lassed , and
awaits the governor's pleasure. It provides
for the orranizatlon and control of local ir-
rigatlon districts. The other irrigation bill
providing for the appropriation of all run-
fling water of the state and for the organization -
zation of a State Board of Irrigation , Is
still pen lag In the house , having already
1)ascd the senate.
HOUSE.-.The house on the 10th refused to
concur in the senate's substitute for the
E20(0O relief bill , passed by the house without -
out the emergency clause. The principal
objection urged against the bill was that It
made no discrimination In the cultivatel
area of the different counties when it came
teal ) uropriating the $4.tt.0 provided breach
county. It was this that was urged against
the measure by higgins of Ouster and Miles
of aline. The lattershowed in round num-
leVS the dIscreiiiii'Ics existing between
various counthes. Thomas county has
: ilout 1 750 acres undercultivatioii , McPhier-
son 2,10. ' only. wiiile Custer has not lcssthan
2LO.O0 nines which must be seeded. Jo np-
li01)tiLt0iO'J I to Thomas and the : tme
UfliOflhlt 10 Custer eomty Miles 1101(1 to be a
gross injustice. The ] ioue agreed with
him. and a motion to suiinit the bill to a
'onfercncc committee was carried. The
house went into comiiiittee of the whole to
C nsiler house roll No. 208. ti'e spe-
ciil ; order. and hills on general file.
Ilonso roll No. 203 provides for tin , defense
of suits now pending in the federal court
known as the maximum rate Cases.
The bill provides for an appropriation
of $13.j9.2i ( for the IU1P050 of paying
a iiumber of iLtniS. The bill us recommended -
ed for Jassae by the committee of the
whioiecariiesSJC8i.9 , divided as foliows :
Omaha Printiii : company , 2ii9.i0 ( ; S. 1) .
Woodruff , 5261.00 ; George 11. 1lasting.
47.V5. : . ; ohui L. Wetsier , tG.00 ; W. A. Dii-
worth. 47P.t)7 ) ; L. F. Wakelield. J3O ; total , I
The S m of1Jfi .7 was : ippropri-
ated for tue following purposes : John L.
Wet ster. for services to be rendered i the
appelate and supreme courts. i4.O 0 ; for the
payment of witness fees already incurtcL
and other expenses. 7jc0.S. Thiii effects a
rethi tion of ,43l.5 from the bill as reported -
ed by the committee. The state university t
bill was recommended for passage , one
amendments being added. House roll ? 'o.
! t'2. by Br ckman , to comnel railroad corn-
panics to furnish stockxnen free transporta- j I
tion from initial points to place of destination -
tion and return , was consluered , and howard -
ard moved to strikeout the section containing -
ing the grist of the entire bill. 'flils amendj j I
meat prevailed and the bill was indeiuiltely
postponed on motion of lUcketts.
Snxtm'-Jn the enatc on the 2Jthi the I
anti-cigarette bill as It passed the house I
was taken up , and after being amended out
of its original forii was recommended for
passae. The 1)111 as it passed the house : b-
oluteiy prohibited the manufacture and
ale of cigarettes in the state of Nebraska.
:
'l'hc bill as amended by the senate permits
iuie sale of cigarettes to all nersons over 21
years of age. Graham , chairman ofthc sift- ;
lag committee. reported live bills with the
recommendation that they be placed at the I C :
head of the general file In accordance with :
the new I tile adopted by the senate last :
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Friday. The live bills recommended for
lmmeuiato consideration were senate files
Icos. o , iuo and 104. and house rolls sos. 41
and 67. onato file No. 340 is by McKesson.
ned Is an act to facilitate the giving of
bonds. undertakingsandrccognizanccs , and
10 authorize the acceptance of certain corporations -
porations us surety thereon It will enable
city. county and statoollicials to give a
bond purchased from a securIty company.
Instead of being sincd by private lndlvlti-
uals. enate1iloo.l00Is by Stouter. nnt
rIates to decedents' estates. It provides
that the county judge , upon a proper showIng -
Ing by petition. grant authority to execu-
torsr administrators of estates to mort-
gageany real estate belonging to such es-
late wlicro mortgages exlstliig on such real
estate are duo or aboutto become due and
thiero Is no money belonging to such estate
with wh1hi to pay orredeem such mortgage.
Senate file iNo 101 , by hahn. provides for the
listing of whole sections , halt or quarter
srctions In one description wlioxi advertised
for dellnquetit tax sale. 1Ione rohlNo. 41
provides for the pensioning of volunteer
firemen when injured while in the line of
duty. house roll . 61 Is the beet sugar
bounty bill ,
Ilousi.-ln the house on the 20th the
Omaha charter was recommended for
passage by the committee of the whole , and
the bill to repeal the state depository law
was indefinitely postponed. These two meas-
tires comprise nearly the entire business
transacted by the house. Senate fiho o. 41.
byatou. . was 1irst reached in committee
or the whole. It , provides for tao bettor
protection of urisoners oiilhiied In any jail
In any county having inure than 25OA ) inhabitants -
habitants , by repairIng or constructIng
jails , and authorizes the issue of bonds for
that purpose. The bill was recommended
10 puSs. In considering the depository law
a whirl of excitement was precipitated by
the sudden demandot Davies thata number
of lobbying bankers be excluded from the
Iloor of the house. Chapman. In the chair.
replied that the point oorder was well taken
anti that the suggesilon would be enforred.
Burcl made a speech of protestation against
remarks which hiad beezi made by certain
speaker impugning his motives. lie could
conscentiously say that. his vote was always
castaccording to tue dictates of hits best
.iudgnient and uniiitltiericctl by lobbyists.
Lie tdinitted that the law was crude arid
iteeded ameridnient. lut for forty days
and forty iiighits prior to the expiration of
the limit for introduritig bills no one of the
members opposed to repeal had oltered to
amend the Incongruities and objectionable
features of the present ( lepository law.
howard's motloti to indefinitely postpone
the bill was carried by a vote of 48 to tJ.
: enate file No. 19 , ly Crane , was UI ) for coit-
sitleratiori. and was the occasion of a hot
debate. It provides thatcounty attorneys
shall without , fee give opinions and advIce
to the hoard of county commissioners , when
requested to lo so by such board , upon : tll
matters iii which the routity Is interested.
The bill further provides that in counties
whose population exceeds 70.000 the county
attorney may employ additional counsel iii
civil cases as the public Ipterest may i-c-
( luire. The bill was : uiiended by the senate
to e ' elude the provision relating to con a I los
with more than 70 00) populatIon , and it Was
tliti recommended I r passage.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 21st it was
agreed to pass the beet sugar bounty bill
already passed by the house , but with an
amendment providing for the payment of a
bounty of five-eighths of a cent a pound
upon chicory nianufactured In this state ,
providing the manufacturers pay $10.50 per
toil for the chicory beets at the factory.
After the sugar bill had been disposed of
the sifting committee reported five more
bills for immediate consideratIon. The conference -
feronce committee's report on the $00.000
relief bill was received and agreed to. The
report was quite lengthy , but in substance
it provided that the money approprIated by
the state shall be distrlbutea under the di-
rectiori of the State Relief commission. The
house 1)111 placed the entire amount. : tt the
disposal of the Relief commission , while the
senate sut stitute apportioned the amount
directly to the counties , to hr used as each
county deemed bvst. The following bills
were read the third time and passed : House
roll No. 531 , appropriating $40,000 for the
payment of the incidental expenses of the
pTesdnt session of the legislature. The
bill as it pas.sel the house only appropriated
i2.5C0O , but the senate believed that an cx-
tra$1'OO ( WOuld be needed. Senate file No.
1:12. : by Wrighitof Lancaster , to regulate the
organizatioi and operation of mutual bone-
ft associatiOns. nate file No. ) t)2. by
Wright. repealing the law creatin" sanitary
districts in the rity of Lincoln. § enate file
No. 30 , Iy Melcesson. to permit guarantee
companies to furnish bonds for persons
holding public or private trusts. It was
qrdored engrossed for third reading without
discussion. teiiate file No. 100 , by tteufer.
granting to administrators of estates power
to mortgage property belonging to such estate -
tate ni order t , pay off mortgages falling
due. It received no opposition and was
recommended for passage. house roiL No.
41 , by Wait of Otoe. to pension members of
volunteer fire departments who are perma-
itently injured while In discharge of their
duty. LIke the others it met with no oppo-
sltlon and was recommended for passage.
enato tile No. 101. by hahn of Adams , providing -
viding for the listing of whole , half or
quarter sections in ono description whien ad-
vcrtlsed for delinquent tax sale. Becom-
mended for passage.
IIOUSE.-In the house on the 21st the
following were passed : Providing for an
appropriation of SO00 for a branch of the I
Soldiers' home at Milford. house roll No.
404 , by Burch , appropriation for completion
of the University library building. House I
roll No.5l. by Ashhy.authiroiziiigthiehloard
of Supervisors of Clay conunty to compro-
misc with the taxpayers the unpaid taxes i
for the year 1S74 on certain lands in the
county. house roll No. 612. making appropriations - I
priations for the payment of miscellaneous
items of indebtedness owing by the state , 2
including the wolf bounties. House roll No. I
34S , Benedict's ago of consent bill , raising I
the age of consent from 15 to 18 years. by III t
yeas to 3 nays. Senate file No. 1 0 , by hlolI
brook. providing for the creation of a board C
of hank commissioners in cities of ihe seei
end class having more than 5,000 and less
than 23.000 Inhabitants. house roll No. 291.
by llairgrove. to prevent countorfeitingot t
sterling and coIned silver goods and wares.
house roll No. 20 , by Munger , appropriating t
money for the payment of expenses already
Incurred in the prosecution of the muxlf
mum rate cases , anfi for further expenses c
likely to be Incurred. The bill. as amended ii
and passed , strikes out the claim of E. S. c
Dundy , Jr. , as master in chancery. S,6S ! 05.
and appropriates 56,000 to J. L. Webster for Cl
services performed and 4 , 0O for contingent i
services in carrying the case up to higher c
courts. 'rho bill passed by a vote of 84 to 5. t
Cooley , Jenkin' , Hoddy , Moelirman and c
Waitrotingin thonegative. The housethen r
wentintocommittee of the whole. i ouse t
roll No. 443. by Schickedantz. the general r
Irrigation bill was considered for a few mm- i :
utes , and tlierepealotsectioii20l4 reconsidered -
ered , anti the section left in the law as it anew
now stands. Senate tile No. 274. constitu-
tioiial amendment No. 4 , authorizing the
merging of county and city franchises , was
recommended for passage.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 22d two bills i
vcre taken up , read the third time and r
passed. One of these is the now celebrated
anti-cigarette bill. It prohli1)it the sale of I
clzaretles to all persons uiider2l years of
age. The hUh. as it came from the house. 9
absolutely prohibited the manufacture and
aIe of cigarettes in the state. but its oppo-
iients succeeded in adeing the arneiidment F
limitinir the sales to persons over1 yeers
01(1. The senate pas ed the bill providin l
for a pension for volunteer firemen disabled
wh ile lii the performanceof their duty , and l
thrn took a recess till 2 o'clock. After conS
eurring In the conforetice report on the 0
fiOO.OW relief bill the senate went into cornU
inittee of the whole for the purpose of con-
ideratioii of the bills recommended by C
the sifting committee. Senate tile No. 44 , by I
Graham , was recommended for passage. It
) rovides for the keeping of an Iricuinurance r
book in the office of the clerk of tue district
courtand to require entry therein by the C
lierit ? of each levy of attachment or execution -
tion , in order to bind subsequent .vendees t
or iricumbrances. In the cornrnitteee of the t
whole the senate spent some time in considP
rration of hitchcock's judicial reapporii
ionmont bill , but there were so many a
amendments otlered thirt the bill was UnU
omp1eted The bill will come up next "
week. Crane , chairman of the penitentiary '
rivestigatinir committee. presented the report -
port of that committee. The report was ac-
: epted and ordered spread upon tue jourg
nal. The senate then again resolved Itself
nto committee of the wholato consider bills P
recommended by Ihie sifting committee. P
1he first bill taken tip wa' house roll No. '
9. better known as the Omaha Fire and .1
'ollce commission bill. After reading one
r two sections the committee rose without 5
rurther action. The senate then adjourned
until Monday at 1 o'clock. C
llousr.-The house , in committee of the
cliole on the 22d , recommended for passage c
ho following bills : Providing for regulaa
ions to prevent tile introduction of conta-
ious diseases ; providing for the disposal of
arcasses of dead animals ; authorizing
ounty boards to bind or apprentice minor
liildron under the age of 14 who may be-
ome DUbliC charges ; providing for a uni-
L. ! . ' -
form system of vouchers for use In the dli-
bursewentofstate fundsto lowyn tax to
create a specIal fund for the erection of
court house and other public buildings.
house roll No. 420. by FrItz. to provide for
the relief of Dakota county ; to appropriate
the sum of$2t(0 for thepurpose of furnish-
lag additional shelving for the state library ;
appropriating 5.00 for a card catalogue in
the state library. The report of the conference -
once committee on house roll No. S 5 , the
2O0,0 0 retief blil. was. on motion of lice ,
taken tiii and read. The conference corn-
mittee's report was In the shape of an entirely -
tiroly new ill , with Ufl emergency clause.
'rue speaker i-tiled that the relrnrt could iiot
be nrnenled. butniust. be adopted or rejec-
led as a whole. arid ilso that it would re-
qizire sixty-oveit votes to alOpt it , in view
of the emcrgeqcy clause attached. The report -
port was adopted. GO to 20. Tue house then
vent Into committee of the whole and con-
tinned discuslon of the banking bill , which
wits recoinniezided for passige. : Rouse's
bill , house roll No. 22. providing for tue up-
pointmeitt of county boards of depositories
forpublic iuIIis , was next considered. Thu
bill was recommended for passage and the
committee rose.
% greelzient on Seed aziil Feed Itill.
Sonic time ago the house passed a bill IP
propriathiig 5200,000 for seed grain for the
( Irouth stricken district. The senate amen-
dod this bill , but the hiousif refused to concur -
I
cur In the nxriondmcnts. A conference corn-
: mitlec was itlPOifltel , and this committee
on the 21st presenteu to tue hiuLiso and seti-
ate the following , which It recommended to
pass :
Be it enacted by the legislature of thio
state \ebraska :
oction. I. 'rhtt there be and Is hereby
appruprlatcl the suni of 5200.000 for the purpose -
pose of procurIng seed and feed ft r teams
for the destitute farmers of this state dut'-
hnnz the spring of 1t5. !
Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the
auditor of Public accounts to draw his warrants -
rants en thifl state treasurer ott the reiuisi- :
lion of thiestate reliefcotiiuilssion , approved
by tue president and secretary thereof , Iii
favorof the several county treasurers of
the counties entitled to receive akl tinder
the lIOVisiOliS of tiih act. for such portion of
tiit amount herein appropriated as the state
relief COiiiifliSSiOII niit : V ( leterxuine iiecessary
111 accordance with the provlsioii of this
act.
act.ce.
ce. : i. It sleill be and is hereby innuic the
( htity of the state relief corninb.sion to appoint -
point iii each of the counties entitled to receive -
ceive aid under this : ii'r , where such upI -
I ) , ' ' 'I t iiiciits have not alrc'uly betni annie , a
, nity central relief commission , and in
t .ery County entitled to receive aid under
this act the country central relief commission -
sion shall have chiare of all seed anal feed
proeucd from their 1esa'ct ) 1 vu counties ,
and said county central i'elief cornniission
shiiil : aploint a sub-coiiinnission In cacti votIng -
Ing hrecinct.
Two or more otthe county commissioners
or siipervhors. as the case Inlay lie , together
with the county cleric , shall ho niemiicrs of
the county central relief commission , UTICI
suchi county central rcllefcoinniissioii shall ,
on its aurointinent , Immediately oI'ganl7C
by tile election of a preideiit and score-
I ary.
Sec. 4. The county clerk shall on requist-
ton of the county central relief commis-
sloll , signed by its presiucntand secretary ,
draw his warrant on the stun placed in the
county treasury by the provisions of him
act , in payment for such 500(1 and feed US
n iay be procured by the county central relief -
lief commIssion and the expenses Incurred
in procuring the same.
Sec. 5. The county central relief commis-
sionisofthiesevei'ajcountles shiall use the
sum placed in the county treasury by the
Provisions of this act , or so much thereof
as may be required in the procuring of seed
anti feed for teams , and shall apportIon the
same pro rata to the several precincts Iii
proportion to the number of needy fanners
In such li'CiflCt. raid feed and seed , asapi i
portioned by the county central reliefeoni-
mission , shall be delivered to the several
sub-relief commissIons for distribution.
Sec. 6. It Is hereby made the duty of the
state reliefcomrnission to aid the several
county central relief commissions in the
lrOcUriiig of seed anti feed when requested
ny the said county central relief commission -
sion to (10 SO. and furnish to them upon nip-
pilcatlon all information on this subject
which it. . the state relict commission , may
bi Possessed ; proviled , that where the
cotinity central relief commIssions may so
Ueslre , they way procure their supply of
feed and seed throughi the state relief corn-
mission. (
iec. 7. The sub-relief eoinrnissions ofthie i
several counties shah i'eport to thieircoiinty
central relief commission the disposition of
all sect ! a11l feed passing through their
hands , giving the names of tine persons re-
eiving thin same , the : unounts and kinds of
teed nind feed each person reielved , and the t
everal county central relief commissions
hia1l compile the repohis SO received from rj
the sub-relief commissions 11110 a statement
which shall give a complete accounting of
ill moneys received : iiid paid out tinder S
this act. which statement shall be , tibniItt
Led to the county board for its indorsement
md approval at the nex' regblar meeting.
Sec. $ . That all moneys appropiiated anti
Lo be distributed tinder the provisions of
his actsliahl be (1iViIe(1 amen : the several
ouflties havIng relief commissions auxili-
try to the state relief commission pro rata ,
iccordinig to the number of farmers requir- h
ag such seel anti feeti in said counties , the
; ame to be determined by the state relief
ommission , based on knowledge now in
Lheir Information in S
possession , or upon
ivritinir , signed by the hrcsident niiitl secro-
Lary of the county central relief comrnis-
; ioii of such county , showing thu number of
armers iii need of such aid in theirseveral '
: otinities , and tine state relief commission 1
; hall receive the sum of SOO for services.r
) roperly rendered under thisact , to be paid f
) Utof the appropriation herein provided
or.
or.Sec. . 9. Any member of the county central
eiief cornniissioris or of the sub-relief corn-
fissions knowingly distributing seed or
ecd to individuals wino are able to procure
lie same for themselves , or who shall show ?
avoritism in such distribution to a member
) f ally sooiety , political or religious organ- S
zation , or vhio shall improperly dispose of
ny of such seed or feed , shinihi be deemed
: uilty of a misdemeanor , aiid upon convic-
ion shall be fined In any sum not exceeding P
100 or imprisonment in the county jail not
nore than thirty days.
Sec. 10. In the di.tribution of seed and
Ce(1 , as provided for herein , rio old soldiers c
r the union army shall be discriminated a
Lgainst on aCcount of his drawing a pension
if S1' or less per month.
iec. 11. Nocountyshall receive aid which
toes not furnish the information called for o
n this act to the state reiief commission on
r before April 1 , 185. and the distribution
0 the several counties shall be completed
In or before April 1" , lS9 ; provided , that t
tothing in this act shall be so construed as b
0 interfere with donations solicited or c
maCic to individuals , precincts or municia
talities.
Sec. 1 : ' . \ \ herons an emergency exists this o
Let shall be in force and take effect f. orn s
ad after its passage. q
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Urgeil to Act juickly. g
In accordance with adoption of the re-
let committee's conference report on house
oil No. 5:5 : , iL. ' state Relief commission has
orwarded to fifty-two counties , needing reIi
lef , the following circular : t
The State Relief conirnission in comphiP
nce with the provisions of house roll .o. S
23 , a copy is herewith enclosed , do hierely C
ppoint the overii personis comprising your a
resent County Central Relief committee s
.nd constituting your present organization
.5 U County Central Belief commission auxP
liary to the State itelief c mmission fortho p
ui-pose of carrying out the provisions of Ii
aid house roll ? o. 25 , tue presiding oflicer P
f which is hereafter to be known and Sb
esignated as president , Instead of chairfn
ian. if amy chianies have taken place.
ithor in the memhiershin or ecretaryshiip a
ot of record at this oflice , such fact must Sr
Fe communicated to us at. once so that our tl
ecords will be full and complete. ti
We swould respectfully suggest that you Ic
all a meeting of your organization at once
0 reappoint your precinct committee under
lie name Eli : IL sub-commission. at which
inie all arrangements .shiouid be consum-
iateti for carrying on the work of procur-
ig and distributing grain forseed and feed ,
S contemplated by the provisions of t e
Ct above referred to , anti suprnit stateI
ients or requets which you may drn ne'-
ssary for our information and coii'ideraii
ion , so that the business can proceed Intei ( Ii
gently : Ini with the promptness the cxlti
encies of the situation demand. 01
Yesterday the itate 1.eHef commission ti
laced orders for the shiipmeiitof eventeen L
LiPs of flour , six tons of corn meal and sixty al
ackages and two boxes of galden seeds. V
'liee ptckarcs : each contaizi five pounds of di
sorted seeds , and the boxes are regular P
aed cases. ti
The finance committee of the state Relief ti
ommission yesterday ordered paid 6.2Si.70 it
Dr supplies and transportation. Of thus h
mount , I , _ 7.3 was a bill for bacon , 4.i00 ii
r flour and meal , and $ J7.47 for flominy Ci
nd rice , the coal tAll amounting to ti
IW1ARVELS OF MEMORY.
"Blind Tom , " the idiot pianist , re-
tembered nearly 4,000 compositions.
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Tine Seed Grain Bill.
The seed grain bill Introduced by Judd of' J
Boone and which has gone to the governor
for his sIgnature is as follows :
the Icglslatut'O of the
Be it enacted by
state of Nebraska :
Section 1. That any Individual , firm. corn-
nniny or corporation who shall sell. grain to
be used for seeding or planting In the state'
Nebraska the 1tJ5 may tak
of during year \ \
ha payment for the sam&a note , which shall " '
ho denominated "bpecial iced Grain Note.
In form as follows : _ _
SPECIAl. SE1) GIIAIN NOTE _ _
Nob. . . . . . . . . . . .
On orbeforotho : : . . . . . . . .dayof I _ _
ISIL. , I. or we , the undersigned , promit3 t0
nay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . order , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , IaYZi
ble at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with Interest at tlno
rate of. . . par cent per annum , from. . . . . . . . .
until due , and. . . .per cent thereafter tifltII
paid.
For thio consideration mentioned abovO
tine undersigned licioby expressly agrves
and promises thinutthis note , behziggiveil for
tine imi-chase of seed grain. to-wItS. . . . . . . . . . .
nurciutsed from thnosaid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . payee
herein. which said seed grain Iio ho , owii .
oil tine following described real Ostute. tO
' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
county , Nebraska.
This instrument shall be nnl Is hereby ,
declared by tine undersigned to be a lien'
111:011 all grain grown from sUil seed ( luring _ Y
the yoarlbtj3 upon the land above described. . ,
wliereversald grain may be kent or torCt '
and in whosoever's possession the sante ninny j'
be , and for tine consideration aboyc men-
thonied the tnnidersiiicd her iy soils unit ! . j _ _ _ _
conveys to the suit ! ' payee
herein. au the : ibovo'ec.l grILRIUILI tho'
grain which shall or may grow from Sail
seed grain upon tine land aforcsa1d
Upon tine condition , however. that if the
above mote secured hereby shall be pall OIL )
or before the mufuriry thereof , tlneni this
inort"age to be void , otherwlso to remain in
full frce. I
And tine uinderslgneil further agree that
in case of failure to ISLY tIne amount due
thereof at. maturityor whenever theinoitler
or this note anul morgage may deoni himself I
insecure. tlneni Inc may by virtue of this
nortgago take said seed gralti and raiit
grouvin fi urn tine sanie , iii winatevorcond Etloin
tine same may be , dennaniti for the saiinc Ut-
lag hereby svaivcd , anici sell the same at. (
nubIle or private saho as by law provhtled.
The nroc'eeds of said sale , after deductIng
all expeuset , to be applied on I his note : tiitl ,
mortgage , anti tine residue , if any' , to ho re-
turnel 10 tine uindcrsigued , anti i said prop- , L
ertv ' fails to satisfy Lhii. . note and costs the I
uIn'Iersigilcd hereby agrees to pay the ( IC-
liriency.
This mote is giveni In inirsuanee of an act
of the legisiatuze of tine state of Nebraska , I
ii ?
entitled :
"An act to provide for the purhaseof 4.
seed grain on time In tine ycan' 1S95 , and to
create a. lien muon crops grown ti-nun tine I
same , anti for tine tlhsclnargo of such hen.
1111(1 also for thno pininisiiiineut of the vioiationn 4
of this act and for tine innniishment for refan-
sal to discharge stih lieu. " 1
Approved : I
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Witness :
properly filed in the
proper ofilco in the county where such ced
grain is to be sown , tine owner niut liohiler
ttnereofshiail be thereby vested with all tint ,
rights , powers and benefits of the hioltier of
a elnattel mortgage upon tIne crop or crops
grown fromsurhseedwhetinertliosarneare
growin" , matured or gathered and stored , I
and shift at all times be a first lien upon tine It
productgrown from such seed untIlsuchi I
note is fully paid. l'rovlded , however. thni'
act shall not be In force on and nifter the
hirst day of January , 1806. ( I
sec. 2. A true copy of said note shall be
tiled in the county clerk's office of the conin- I I
Iv where such cro ) Is grown. and tine saute I
uliaht be vhneii so tI1ed treated iii nil resnects
IS a chattel mortgage duly filed In phirsti-
mice of the statutes of tine slate of Nobran-
: L relative to the filing of chattel mornga-
; ( , s. a
l'rovided that on uresenitation by the I
anther of tine originnal note cancelled , the I' '
: ierk shall cancel said lien ofjccord. II I
: ec. : i. That any person or personts buyiiig l
rain for seed to be used In planting or sowing -
ing In noerdainco with this act , who shall i
hereafter use thio grain so piirchnntsecl a h I
iforesaid , or tine product thereof. fi r : iniy ( I I
innrpose other than ( lesignated Inn the mote
ierehn provided for , shall be ( ieemed guilty
) f a felony and sinai ! be punished In thu
nanner nrovided by law for feloniously dis-
nosing oil mortgaged property.
Sugar Beet Jiounty Itihi Safe. it
The beet sugar bounty bills arc not likely
0 be among those that will be sumnziarhly
hispatchied ty tine senate sifting committee.
hne bill which hins already liasseti thifl house
S almost certain of passing the senate , in
pite of the fact thnat strenuous efForts zn-u I
iching made to defeat It. Senator 'rainc has I
ifered a substitute bill embodying provis-
[ ) flS whicin found much favor early in the I
ession , but tue senate Is hardly likely U )
indanger tine success of the bill by adpUnng
a entirely now measure so late in tine ses- '
ion and taking the risk of defeat In tine I
ouse. If Senator Crane had introduced
is bill earlier In the session it would have 1
ecured more consideration. It givci all
lie bounty to the producer of the beets in-
tead of to tine manufacturer of tine sugar.
me two vital sections of his bill readizig as
oilows : I' '
tection I. The state shall for each of the
ears Th95 , ISO6 and lni17 pay to any farmer ,
erson , firm or corporation enigazed in the
aising of sugar beets the sum of $1 per ton I
orall sugar beets raised in tine state ofNe- '
raska during said years ; provided. that mo j.
money shall cc paid to any manufacturer
nigaged in raising his own beets.
iec. 2. No money shall ho paid by tim
tate for any sugar beets so raised unless i
lie samesliall be actually sold or disposed ,
r to a factory for manufacturing into
nigar , nor unless the person so applying
hull raise at least five tons of beets tlurinng
lie year for which such application Inns I
een made , nor unless said beets shalt con-
: tin at least 10 per centof saccharine mat- ,
r. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Garden Seed is Badly Needed Non- .
Every mail Is bringing to the State Relief
ommission demands for garden seeds. says
Lincoln dispatch. Last week a letter was
celved from Banner county , signed by tine
ounty commissioners and attested by the :
ounty clerk , stating that there are about II
0 farmers In need of garden seed. This is
ie 1irt demand made by Banner cotin-
, and no provision had been made
y the commission for that locality. Tlio
itizenis recently held a nnass mectimng and
( lOpted resolutions to tine effect that as thu
rurmers of Bannercounty are entIrely withn-
Ut means to buy seed for plantingthu I'I I
'I
) ring crop thecountycorumissloners 13(1 i-C- '
uested to lay the matter lefore tine state
elief commission and petition for s cit
raimi and feed for horses. in compliance
ithi tine demand thus niade upon theni the ,
otinty commissioners have made the up-
cal.
Time relief commission inns set aside in the I
cighiborhood of 55Oio for garden seed and
lie order for slnipmcntof the snime inns been
laced. This amount will conic out of the
tate appropriation of $ 0,000 and will thus
anise a corrospoinding decre.se in tIne food
nd coal supply furnished by the commis-
ton.
The congressmen of tine country promised
) send the state relief cornnrnission tFIO , & J
ackages of seed. Of that annount there
ave been received to date only about 9jOO
ackages. iomc of the latter cozitain grass
ed. which Is of no practical value to the I
irmers of Nebraska.
I'roposals and samples of seed grain are I
ow being received by the commissIon , and
hen tIne bids are all in It Is expected that
IC commission will be in financial condi-
on to let Contracts for seed grain without
155 of time.
Tue Depository Law.
Rouse's bill , relating to depositories for
iunty funds , provh.es that any national
tnk in the state may apply to the county
ard for appointment as depository , and ,
poll givIngasujtb0 bond , shah receive
portion of the funds. Interest payable at
IC rate of 3 percent. There was a proioned
ibate on Judd's amendment , providing
mit , In addition to the bonds given by bank I
[ hicers , there should be other sureties en-
rely disconnected with tine bank. Buriis of
ancaster moved an amend mont to this that .f' . .
1 of the
sureties should be disconnected
ithi the bank , but
this amendn-jenit went I
own , and Judd's prevalleti. The intores on
ublic funds depoSIted shall lie computed ott
ne average of daily be.
ances , and no coun-
r treasurersijall be liable on his boni for
honey deposited , provided that he shall not
ave on deposit at any One depository more ' I
ian one-half the amount forwhjcii the
Junty board has Unproved his bond With
io impa'rmenj of a lank's capizal , the
) UflIy treasurer is authorizeti to demand I
riditionial bonds from the bank. Cunty
easurers failing to comply wIth time Itt
provi-
ons of this
act are to be deemed
guilty of
nisdemeanor. The act dces not take offej III
nthl tine expiration of tine
uresent term of II
ie Several county treasurers of the state ,
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