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WEDNESDAY, AP1UL 27. WS7.
L'omins Event.
Omaha Fair, Sept. 510.
Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, Sept
9-1C.
Session of Nebraska Millers' Associa
tion, Columbus, May 11th. 8 p. m.
Thebe are 10,000 women in Cincinnati
who earn their own living.
Sir William Tdbneb says that a
large whale propels itself with 145 horse
power.
Thk President has appointed Win. J.
Allen Judge for ths Southern district of
Illinois.
The annual encampment of the G. A
IL of the Iowa posts was in session last
week at Dubuque.
President Cleveland has appointed
Henry F. Merrit, of Illinois United
States consul to Chemnitz.
Brio. Gen. O. B. Wilcox was on the
16th inst., placed on the retired list,
having reached the age of 64.
The President has appointed Wesley
Merritt to be Brigadier General, in place
of General O. B. Wilcox, retired.
Hon. J. G. Blaine, his wife, daughter
Miss Harriet, and Miss A. Dodge arriv
ed in Chicago, on the morning of the
20th.
The railroads may as well understand
that regulation has come to stay. The
wheels of progress will not roll back
wards. A sharp shock of earthquake over the
Island of Jersey. The tremor proceed
ed from the west to the east No dam
age reported.
The British government has ordered
the customs officials to keep a very
strict watch on American and European
ships for dynamite.
TnE Canadian cruiser Vigilant at
tempted, April 20, to seize the American
fishing schooner Hattio Maud off Grand
Mananan. Didn't make it
Gov. Adams, ol Colorado, last week is
sued a quarantine proclamation against
the importation of cattle from Illinois,
Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia,
Delaware, Now Jersey and New York.
'It was the tendency to gouge on the
short haul and not the exorbitance of
long haul charges that created the pub
lic sentiment that finally culminated in
the inter-state law." Lincoln Journal.
In the lato Pittsburg news it is stated
that preliminary proceedings in thepost
loned Pan Handle railroad robbery
cases came up for hearing before Depu
ty Mayor Gripp; all the prisoners
waived examination and were held for
trial at court
President Cleveland has appointed
Edward G. Bingham of Ohio, to be
Chief Justice of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Cliief
Justice Carter. Judge Bingham receiv
ed a strong recommendation from Allen
G. Thurman for his appointment
A torpedo at Annapolis, Md., the
other afternoon exploded under the
torpedo launch Hull in tho harbor and
sunk her in one minute and a half. En
sign Muir was in charge and several
naval cadets on board, but they were
taken off in safety by an oysterman.
It is expected that another call for 3
per cent bonds will soon be made. It
is claimed that there are now outstand
ing S19.824,C00 3 per cents, of which $16,
491.900 are held by national banks, 3,
325,700 by residents of the United States
and S7,000 by foreign residents.
Bey.-A. F. Shebbill united in mar
riage at the residence of the bride's
mother in Omaha, on the 20th inst, Mr.
Arthur C. Remington and Miss Dollie
McCormick. After partaking of an
elegant wedding breakfast, they depart
ed on tho U. P. for a two weeks' trip to
the east
Patents granted to citizens of Ne
braska during the past week, and report
ed expressly for the Journal by C. A.
Snow & Co., patent lawyers, opposite U.
S. patent office, Washington, D. C. B. J.
Carson, Omaha, drain tile machine; C.
Curtis, Minden, plow; E. Crowley.Pierce,
catching potato bugs.
Jay Gould and party visited Omaha
and Lincoln last week. The party con
sisted, aside from Mr. Gould, of S. H. H.
Clark, Sidney Dillon, A. H. Hopkins and'
Mr. Kerring, four very active and in
telligent railroad men, all of whom are
said to be looking over the ground in
view of contemplated improvements.
' The bids for printing the laws and
journals of the houses of the Nebraska
legislature were opened the other day.
The Omaha Republican, Herald, State
Journal, Hastings Gazette-Journal and
an Iowa printing company, were com
petitors. The work was awarded to the
State Journal company, it being tho
lowest'bidder.
The other morning at Merrett's Cor
ner, N. Y., an explosion occurred at the
.shaft of the new aqueduct of a dynamite
cartridge which remained unexploded
in one of the previous charges. John
Coyne was instantly killed and a Hun
garian fatally injured. Five others
were hurt, some with broken legs and
firms, and eyes blown out
Give All am Eqaal Chase .
Lincoln and Fremont are having
somewhat of a tilt with Omaha as to
railroad freight rates. On this, of
course, rests the success or failure of al
most every manufacturing or wholesale
enterprise if the rates are fair and not
discriminating in favor of competing es
tablishments, then there is a show of
success; otherwise, failure is assured
from the start, and this one fact has
heretofore been the most potent influ
ence against the smaller towns of the
country, lt remains to be seen whether
the Inter-State Commerce law or com
mission will effect such a change as to
better the condition of tilings, but until
something does, there is little use in the
small fish trying to grow simply for
food for the bigger ones. The laws of
the country, if such a thing can be,
should be such as to give all communi
ties, and all legitimate interests an
equal chance to life and prosperity.
The Union Pncillc.
The .Lincoln correspondent of the
Chicago Tiincs speaks of a well-defined
rumor circulating that the Union Pa
cific is about to complete its branch
lines in such shape that the system will
be a good one with the main line left out,
one of the remaining links to be con
structed being that between Columbus
and David City.
The correspondent would fain have
Lincoln as the headquarters of the new
system.
In some regards it looks plausible
enough, seeing that the government has
such a lien on the main line.
We give the principal paragraph of
the sensation:
"There is a well defined rumor circulating in
certain quarters to the effect that the Union Pa
cific stockholders are playing a pretty deep game
with Uncle Sam, and are quietly preparing to
surrender the old Union Pacific main line for
the government debt and abandon their Omaha
and Council Bluffs termini, making the set end
branches of the Union Pacific which arc owned
by them independent of the government lien a
new system of line, with Lincoln as their east
ern terminus. The main feature involved in this
plan consists of, first, a through line from Lin
coln to Denver, with a connection at Lincoln
with all the old Iowa pool lines, and, second, a
linking together of all the Union Pacific branch
en with their Lincoln and Denver line, making,
with the Oregon Short Line and the Denver &
Rio Grande, a new system, to lie called the
Lincoln, Denver & Pacific, this to be conducted
undercover of tho old St. Joseph & (J rand Island
road, which it i definitely known is owned by
the old Union Pacific regime, who have never
parted with the control of the Union Pacific
branch lines."
Geo. Pullman arrived in Boston Sat
nrday with his vestibule train consisting
of baggage, express, smoking, dinner and
sleeping cars connected together with
wooden and mbler partitions so as to be
practically under one roof. It is intend
ed to use this as a link for continuous
travel between London and Canton.
"The trans-Atlantic steamer will land
travelers on the Jersey City wharf,
within ten yards or the train which will
tike them in just 100 hours to tho gang
plank of the Pacific Mail steamship in
San Francisco, and his journey will be
continued to his destination. The stop
in Jersey City and San Francisco will be
as brief as the rapid handling of bag
gage and mail can make it The trip
from London to Yokohoma or Canton
can be made inside of one month."
At Dubuque, la., the other day a suit
was begun in tho federal court against
tho Chicago, Milwaukee fc St. Paul rail
road by tho Dubuque Jobbers' and
Manufacturers' association, under the
long and short haul clause of the inter
state law. The allegation made is that
the railroad charged a 33 cents rate on
certain commodities in hardware from
Chicago to Adams, Minn., a distance of
334 miles, and a 35 cents rate from Du
buque to Adams, a distance of 150 miles.
This is the first suit brought under the
new law, and if left to be passed upon
by the court may give a construction to
it which is just now puzzling the heads
of the inter-state commissioners, who, it
would seem thus far, have been a law
unto themselves.
Sawter, the Democratic Mayor Elect
of Lincoln, Neb., must le considered a
represenative democrat, at least of that
city; if so, what wonders will come next
Hear him in his inaugural: "The laws
of this state have seen fit, so far, to tol
erate tho saloon, placing it under high
license and other restrictions its to the
hours and days that it may operate.
While I would gladly hail the day when
the saloon will be no more forever, and
when every man shall walk erect and so
ber in accordance with the plan of his
Creator, yet it is not the part of the
Mayor to legislate or make the laws," etc.
The hail stones, which fell in the heavy
storm the other night that visited Neva
da, Mo., and vicinity, weighed from three
to four ounces, aud some of them meas
ured nine inches in circumference. They
crushed through the roofs of dwellings
and barns leaving large holes. The storm
entered the county a short distance
from Fort Scott, Kan., and traveled
thirty-fiive miles; the path of the wind
was from 300 to 400 yards wide, and its
track left desolated.
The Times at London says that Salis
bury's offer to the United States Gov
ernment looking to the settlement of the
fisheries' question, contained in his dis
patch of March 24th, is generous and al
most Quixotic: 'To do more," says the
Times, "would be weakness, and we are
slow to believe America will refuse to
take advantage of what will cost her
nothing to accept"
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Saturday; electric light works at Cin
cinnati, were destroyed by fire.
Ax infernal and mysterious machine
or bomb was exploded the other day in
the streets of Minneapolis. Fortunately
no one was injured.
Mart McCarthy, a domestic, was
found dead at Cleveland under circum
stances showing that she had died while
defending her virtue.
Twelve hundred teams are at work on
the B. & M. extension from Central City
northwest Four hundred miles are un
der contract for this season.
News comes from Iowa City that the
Burlington, Cedar Bapids & Northwest
Bailway passenger depot was burned the
other mornii.g. The contents of the
ticket office were destroyed, entailing a
loss of $1,500.
TnE steamer City of Sidney which ar
rived the other day at San Francisco
from China and Japan, brought 180,000
trade dollars, which it is stated will bel
redeemed for standard dollars. The last
sterner brought 270,000.
Mrs. Annie Kelly and Hue Ellen
Barrett sisters, were caught in New
York at work counterfeiting silver dol
lars. One of them is the wife of Geo.
Kelly, the notorious counterfeiter.
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire, was
married on the 22d, presented .his wife
with a house worth $250,000 and a gift
of U. 3. 4 per cent, bonds for $500,000.
The next morning they took a steamer
for England.
Jamrs H. Maret, chief clerk of the
first assistant postmaster general, the
oldest clerk in point of service in the
Government employ, is reported dying
at Washington. He commenced service
under Andrew Jackson.
The little stir got up about a second
term, has induced President Cleveland
to deny that he ever said he would not
accept a second term. Possibly he
knows belter what he intends than a
set of unposted correspondents.
A terrible accident occurred the other
day on the Cascade division of the North
ern Pacific four miles beyond Cholum,
W. T. by a collision between two trains
in which six men were crushed and killed
and eighteen others badly injured.
Edward A. Moselt of Boston has
been elected secretary of the inter
state commerce commission. He has
been a merchant in high standing in
Boston for many years. He is a demo
crat and was strongly endorsed for one
of the commissioners.
Lieut. J. W. Dananhower, the Arctic
explorer, shot and killed himself at the
naval academy at Annapolis, Md., on
the morning of the 20th. He is said to
have had mental trouble after he came
back from the Arctic region. He leaves
a wife and two children.
Two hundred and fifty men refused
the other day to accede to the terms of
Tiffany & Co., the largest silversmiths in
the city of New York, and failed to go to
work. It is stated that all the silver
smiths in the city have combined aginst
the Knights of Labor.
A mo. fire visited our old home town,
Cadiz, Ohio, Sunday week about .1
o'clock a. m., burning up entirely 18
stables', some of them valuable, especial
ly 'the livery stable of W. L. Houser and
barn of J. Bullock. Hard work saved
the dwellings.
TnE burglar who assaulted the house
maid Jennie Bowman the other day in
broad daylight at Louisville, Ky., and
from which injuries inflicted she will
die, turns out to be Albert Turner, a
rough colored man, who has been ar
rested and who made confession.
M. L. Keck of Odebolt, la., sold his
store there, went to Chicago, was nego
tiating for the purchase of a saloon,
took a wak in the evening with the
proprietor, and was way laid and robbed
by him and two assistants. $800 gone.
Moral: Keep good company or none.
In a fight the other morning between
the city police of South Bend, Ind., and
a gang of tramps, six out of eleven
captured, were armed with revolvers.
During the fight Policeman John Metz
shot a man through the heart killing
him instantly. The night before three
business houses were broken into by
tramps.
The records of the L-S. C. Commis
sion promise to make a pretty thorough
showing of transportation affairs in a
very short time. All tho business in
terests of the country will keep a close
watch upon tho work of the commission
with a hope that something like justice
may be done, so that the railroads will
not swallow all the profits.
TnE Toronto (Ontario) Globe calls
Salisbury's proposition for the settle
ment of the fisheries question disgrace
ful. "Tho offer of the tory premier is
cowardly, despicable and treacherous to
Canada, and should it be ratified by the
dominion parliament it will never again
be possible to assert the right to exclude
American fishomen from our in-shore
waters."
The other day quite a sensation was
created at Richmond, Va., in financial
circles and among State officials by the
discovery that an unknown quantity of
spurious Virginia bonds, known as Rid
dlelerg's threes, are for sale in northern
markets. They are spurious, and it is
believed got into the hands of sharpers
and then on the markets by some failure
to meet the contract for the printing of
the bonds.
A wind storm or cyclone visited the
vicinity of Suffolk, Va., the other night
Its track was about one hundred yards
wide. The house of John Wright in its
course was completely demolished.
Wright and his wife and a young sister,
and James Luke were in the house at
tho time. Mrs. Wright and Luke were
killed and the young girl fatally injured.
Much other damage was done to prop
erty along the path of the storm.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Judge Neville, has appointed Mr. C.
C. Valentine official stenographer of his
court
Richard Darnstead, county judge of
Clay county, died early last Tuesday
morning of diabetes.
A broom manufacturing company has
been organized at Fremont, capital
stock 320,000, in 200 shares.
Michael Verba, an old resident of Col
fax county, died April 16, of congestion
of the lungs, after an illness of twenty
hours.
The Norfolk Street Railway Co. ad
vertise for proposals for the construc
tion and equipment of 1J miles of street
railway.
Michael Yoakum of Blaine county has
been held to answer to the charge of kill
ing Lincoln Downing. He is to be con
fined in jail at Ord until the trial takes
place.
John Smith, a carpenter at Omaha, fell
down a shaft a distance of thirty-eight
feet He was not killed, no hopes were
broken, but he is believed to be seriously
injured internally.
The B. & M. has about a third of the
piles driven for its bridge across the
Platte. The worst part is to come yet
on the other aide where the deep chan
nel is. Schuyler Sun.
These postmasters in Nebraska have
received their commissions: Omaha, C. V.
Gallagher; Hebron, O. H. Scott; Sutton,
W. J. Keller; Loup City, C. M. Walworth;
Cambridge, L A. Hanning.
Governor Thayer has appointed James
E. Cochran to be Judge of the Twelfth
district, composedof the counties of
Furnas, Red Willow, Hitchcock, Dundy,
Cooper, Frontier, Hayes and Chase.
A man at Lincoln by the name of
Botts the other afternoon made an un
successful attempt to shoot officers Post'
and Collier. He was promptly arrested
and was in a fair way to find justice.
Wahoo, Neb., April 24. State Senator
Vandemark is in very precarious condi
tion, caused by a stroke of paralysis suf
fered yesterday. His entire right side is af
fected and physicians give but little
hope of his recovery.
Alexander Mitchel of Milwaukee
died at 2:45 the afternoon of the 19th
inst, at the Huffman house, New York,
of pneumonia. The Presidency of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad
is left vacant by his death.
Governor Thayer has made the follow
ing appointments for the Norfolk Asy
lum: Dr. E. A. Kelley, of Omaha, Super
intendent; J. R. Nichols, of Antelope
county, Steward, and Mrs. Jennie M.
Hurlburt, Norfolk, Matron.
Patrick Eqan, deputy recorder of
votes at St Louis, Mo., who was con
victed of eloction frauds by falsely reg
istering names of votes last November,
has been sentenced by the United States
court to two years in the penitentiary.
The Chicago Mail is being honored
by a suit for libel. Herman Levy, gen
erally called Harry Leavitt, brings suit
for $30,000 damages because the Muil
called him a disreputable person, a
black leg, confidence man, loafer and
thief.
Word comes from Morris, 111., that
the jury in tho case of Schwartz Watt
charged with tho Rock Island express
robbery and murder, returned a verdict
of guilty and both prisoners were sen
tenced to confinement in the peniten
tiary for life.
Nelson, a druggist at Lincoln, charged
with the illicit selling of liquor, was
fined $50. Judge Parsons, after looking
over his register, asked the defendant
how it happened that there were so
many sick people on Sunday, and so
few during the week. There was no
satisfactory answer.
Elder Peterson, of the polygamous
establishment of Utah, returnod from
Michigan the other day and reported to
the church authorities at Salt Lake that
North Michigan was the most promising
field for Mormon operations he had vis
ited. The St Paul Pioneer Press
warns Michigan people to keep an eye
on the Mormons.
News has been received from Pierre,
Dak., that Company E. Capt Myers,
camped the other night at Corning, and
would the next day invade the Winne
bago and Crow creek reservation and
eject all white settlers. The seat of
trouble is Big Bend. It is believed that
the military will have trouble in making
the removal; others say no trouble is
anticipated.
O. H. Rothaker, editor of the Omaha
Jtepublivan, and Edward Rosewater ed
itor of tho Bee, met the other day on
Farnam street, Omaha, and had a per
sonal encounter. The charge brought
by Rosewater against Rothaker is for
an assault and battery with intent to
kill, and from Mr. Rosowater's version,
it was cowardly and murderous.
The Governor has appointed the fol
lowing persons as members of tho Visit
ing and ExaminingJBoard of tho Soldiers'
Home at Grand Island: Samuel B.
Jones, Omaha; Ezra S. Howard, of Ed
gar; William S. Webster, of Central
City; Mr. Brad P. Cook, of Lincoln;
Mrs. L. A. Bates, of Aurora. Comman
dant of tho Soldiers' Home, John Ham
mond, of Columbus.
Thomas J. Potter has resigned his po
sition with the C. B. & Q. road to ljocome
first Vice President, and supposedly, to
become manager and chief of the Union
Pacific system; this was a surprise to
everybody, especially the citizens of
Omaha. From what is said of Potter's
experience and good judgment in the
management of one of the greatest roads
in tho world there should be no fear of
his ability to wisely discharge his duties.
He has come up from taking lessons as
a section boss.
Buffalo Kill Identified.
"Tho London daily News" litis inform
ed its readers that "Buffalo Bill" is not
a wild Indian, ns many of them may
have supposed, but the "Hon. W. F.
Cody" in private life, and a "member of
the United States Parliament" And
yet there are peoplo who stty that you
can't learn anything by reading the
newspapers.
Will Not Re.
The Chicago Mail has assurance deemed
trustworthy that Mr. Dorsheimer, editor
of the N. Y. Star, has now in his posses
sion a letter in which the president says
he will not be a candidate; that he was
the first man to lead the party to success
in many years; that he recognizes the
fact that he has not satisfied many of the
leaders in the party, and that he has no
desire to be the first man to lead the
party to defeat etc. It is understood
that the letter is to be made public when
Mr. Dorsheimer deems advisable.
The Funeral of JRdge Weaver.
Falls Citt, Neb., April 23. The fu
neral of the late Judge A. J. Weaver took
place yesterday afternoon and was large
ly attended. The services were conduct
ed by Rev. Dr. Hobbs at the Methodist
church. Interment took place in Steele
cemetery. Among the prominent people
present were Senators Paddock and Man
derson, Congressman Morril, of Hia
watha, Ken.; John Morrison, represent
ing the Knights of Pythias; also dele
gates of Knights Templar and Knights
of Pythias from surrounding towns.
tiaae Ball.
At- Omaha Saturday the Omahas de
feated the Lincolns 4 to 2.
At Leavenworth, the opening game of
the Western League resulted in the de
feat of Kansas Citys by a score of 10
to 2.
At Topeka, the Lquisvilles 22, Cleve
Iands 15.
At Pittsburg, the Allegbenya J6, Hani
iltons8, At Philadelphia, the Athletics 13,
Metropolitans 6.
St Louis 5, Cincinnatis 6.
Nashvilles 5, Savannahs 6.
Memphis 28, Charlestons 12.
To Be Oaitted.
Washtngtox, April 23d. Secretary
Fairchild has practically decided to omit
the usual call for 3 per cent bonds du
ring the present inpnth. It is intimated
in the Treasury Department that the
balance of that loan outstanding,
amounting to $20,000,000, will remain
undisturbed until after June 30, next,
so that it may be applied to purposes of
the sinking fund during the next fiscal
year. Fairchild was asked to-day in
regard to the above proposition, but de
clined to commit himself further than
to say that ho had tho question under,
consideration, and might possibly con
clude to tuko tho course indicated.
Stninc Fatality in n HityuVM.
Lust fall a young man named Ander
son, who was working on a ranch in Car
son valley, suddenly disappeared, and
although an exhaustive search was nvide
for him no traco of his whereabouts could
bo discovered. When last seen he was
working near a hay baler. He wjis first
missed at the dinner table, but no
special anxiety was felt, as it was sup
posed he had laid down through sick
ness. His disappearance was a nine
days' talk, and it Wis finally surmised
that he had left the country on account
of a love affair. Day before yesterday,
however, he turned up in Virginia City.
William Mooney, tho stable man, pur
chased a load of alfalfa hay in bales of
the rancher on whose place Anderson
had been missed. He went to open one
of tho bales, when he found inside the
body oi Anderson in agood state of
preservation. It is now rumored that
Anderson, who wa3 working at the ma
chine, fell in, and the helpers about tho
spot were too busy talking polities to
notice him, and so lie was tied up along
with the balance of the hay. Ho evidently
died of suffocation and made no sign.
Mr. Mooney has carefully examined the
rest of the hay but hits found no more
bodies. The remains were given a Chris
tian burial, and the same style of hay is
now selling for $15 a ton. Carson A)-
peal.
STEALING NEisKASKA HOCJS.
Throwing llosjs from 3livii: Trains A
Very NSre Fix.
It seems as if rouges would never
cease finding out some new way to steal.
In a conversation with an Iowa sheriff
today, I was very much interested in an
account he gave mo ofji new way to steal
hogs that is becoming very popular in
Iowa and other western States. A wes
tern railroad company, he said, had
lately paid $1,000 at one time for re
peated losses of hogs which it had un
dertaken to transport to the east. Every
lot it shipped from Nebraska would fall
twenty or thirty short by the time it
reached Chicago. A rigid investigation
was made, and it was discovered that
they were stolen while the train was in
motion. My informant, the sheriff, had
had several of these hog thieves in his
jail, and had learned the process very
thoroughly from them. To abstract
hogs from a moving train, the thief
boards it in tho night, just as it leaves
one station for the next. When it is
approaching tho next station he creeps
along the side of the car removes the
pin, pushes back tho door and goes in
side. Ho then proceeds to shovo a dozen
or two hogs out of the car. This done
he shuts the door after him and returns
to his seat on the bumpers. As soon as
the train stops ho walks back on tho
right of way, gathers up the hogs, and
drives them to market This transaction
looks impossible for many reasons to
peoplo who do not understand it. It
seems to them to bo a difficult and dan
gerous thing to both tho thief and the
hogs. But the sheriff says that the
thieves tell him that it is harmless to
the hogs and no trick at all in a thief to
steal them in this way. Of courso it is
ex-railroad men who practice this dodge.
Chicuyo Journal.
Inter-State Ciuumerrc.
According to promise we give the first
important action taken by the Commis
sion. It is a synopsis, and will lie inter
esting to all those of our readers who
are studying the courso of events, and
hoping that the people's interests may
some time bo uppermost in this country:
"A decision is rendered in the case of two pe
titions that of the Order of Itailwny Conductors
and that of the Traders and Traveler's union
which are of a kind that render the decision
eecially iuten-fctinn on account of their being
representatives of a very law uuiulierof appli
cations made to the l'onimision. The hitter
petition deals with the manner in which the
former system of allowing additional free
Im;k.'iko has loen interfered with by the Inter
State Commerce laws. The petition of theOnler
of Itailway Conductors asks fpr information as
to the proier interpretation of the law as apply
ing to the issuance of asses to railway employes
and their families to those who make railway
enrice their business while temporarily out of
employment and in search of a situation, and if
transportation at reduced rates is provided for
representatives of any one association, must the
same be extended to all others which are com
posed exclusively of railway employee. In its
reply the commission sajs: "A careful reading
of the act to regulate commerce, under which
this commission is organized, will show to the
!etitioners and others who have made similar
applications that no jurisdiction has been given
us to answer questions like these under consid
eration. Two sections of the law confer the
power upon the commission to entertain and
decide applications .and petitions. .Section 4
empowers us uion application by a common
carrier to authorize such common carrier in
special coses to charge less for longer than for
hhorter distances over the same line; and also to
prescribe the extent of relief from oieration of
the former part of same section which designated
the common carrier may from time to time
enjoy. It is obvious that applications like those
of the Railway Conductors' and Traders' and
Travelers' union have no relation whatever to
duties imposed upon us by section 4. Apd this
is the only section of the law which the commis
sion has power to suspend or relax. Section 13
authorizes complaints to the commission and
confers jurisdiction to entertain the same. Kut
neither railway conductors nor the Trailers and
Travelers union complain that any common
carrier has violated the law. They "present no
complaint of anything done or omitted in con-
travention or me provisions or me taw. jr a
railroad company should issue a pass to a con
ductor and his family to attend the approaching
convention, or should transport 300 pounds of
baggage free for a commercial traveler under
the registry and indemnity system, and borne
person, feeling aggrieved, should mako com
plaint of unjust discrimination, it would then be
proper for the commission to entertain the
question of whether it was or was not within the
exceptions as stated within section 22. Com
plaints may also be presented if charges made by
carriers are not considered reasonable and just.
But until questions of this kind come before us
in tho way clearly indicated by statute, it would
be woise than useless for cs to express our opin
ions or give advice. We should not only lay
ourselves justly open to the charge of assuming
unwarranted authority but should also run a
great risk of involving all concerned in what the
courts might afterward hold to be breaches of
the law, by hasty and ill-considered conclusions,
based upon exparte statements and arguments.
Congress has not taken the management of rail
roads out of the hands of the railroad companies.
It has simply established certain general princi
ples under which interstate commerce must bo
conducted. It has enacted in section 1 that ell
charges for inter-state transportation 'shall be
reasonable and just.' It has prohibited in sec
tion 2 all manner of unjust discrimination; has
forbidden in section 3 all undue and unreasona
ble preferences and advantages; has required in
the same sectipq reasonable and equal facilities
for the interchange of traffic, and has prohibited
in section S the pooling of freights. Tkat in
substapco i the Inter-Stato Commerce law.
There is nothing novel in these provisions.
They simply bring back the business of the com
mr'!arrierjto the well settled principles of
common.' jaw.' Yet no one can deny that there
was urp need of their statutory formafaUion.
Alleged diCculttes in pnttinz them in operation
only disclose examples of the extent to which
they hare been' violated in the past. Referring
to the complaint that fined for the violation of
the law, ffhether intentional or not, are exorbi-
I tent, the commission sayi: 'Good faith, exhibited
in an honcut efl'ort, to carry out the require
ments of the law will involve reasonuhlo and
fair minded officials in no dangers of damage or
tinea. Tho elasticity of the :-ti;tuto in their favor
is noticeable. Throughout the act as it now
stands; hi a confessedly cxiwrimental form, there
i eihi'iited an obvious ami goneron.i purMMo to
aliow corporations a m pie hcoih in the conduct
of their business as common carriers for the
people and u fair consideration of every reasona
ble claim while insisting npou just, imitttrtial,
open, and consistent rates of charge to which
every citizen 'slmll be subjected alike, whose
situation is the ssuie. Surely these people could
not ask for less. -TnelanguaKoanil tenor of the act
wholly failed to jubtify railroad managers, if any
such there be, who refuse to accept the responsi-
buities, decline to oner rates, neglect to an
nounce conditions of traffic, embarrass custo
mary interchange of business aud iuipoee stag
nation upon trade while (hey 'stick in the Imrk
of the phrases, and expressions of the law in
venting doubts aud imagining ilangtrs. As the
law is practicidiy applied, it it said to contain
many elements of advantage to economical and
profitable management of thw business of car
riers, which they hate not loen slow to appre
hend and take the lienefit of. The commission
venturo to express ali-.pe that with this explana
tion resiectiug the mutual functions, of earlier
the comnildsionirrs are carrying the law into
elfeet scconting to its true iutent'und meaning
there will be no laek of gH,d faith and active
co-openitiou in continuing normal activity of
ev,-ry kind of reputable industry and trallie
throughout the land under favorable, fair and
reasonable twrma, conc-dinc frankly to the i
ple all rights, !eneiits, advantages- and ttUal
privileges which the act to regulate commerce'
was intended to Becure."
A I) UiTI OX A LU)CAl
r.Ninarck Towuhii.
The neighlKr3 tiro nearly all plowing
for corn.
The assessor is making his annual
rounds again.
G. Hodel will try liax again this year;
ditto .T. Oraun.
"William Gerhold has purchased several
hundred bushels of corn of Otto Mueller.
R C. Mueller has sold his team for
$340. There is no mistake about it this
time.
William Miller w.s taken dangerously
ill on tho 22d, but is reported somewhat
better at tho present writing. "
Tho rain on tho 22d was just what the
farmers Were needing to put the ground
in a lietter condition for plowing.
Tho summer term of tho Eismark
Academy commenced on the 18th, with
our former teacher again installed.
A merry party assembled at Martin
Meyer's in tho evening of, Saturday last,
and enjoyed themselves until a late
hour.
T. M. "Wilson and Louis Nounberg
are protecting their gardens by fences,
which are very necessary things on a
farm where poultry is kept.
Charles.
31 on roe Items.
P. F. had the misfortuuo to loso a line
colt last week.
Grain and grass is looking splendidly
since tho recent rains.
Mrs. J. S. Kenrieh of Denver is visit
ing her friends in this vicinity.
The school in district 55 commenced
hist week. Miss Httnchett, teacher.
The Presbyterian minister of Lost
Creek will preach at Wattsville next
Sabbath at 10 a. m.
Mrs. J. Gleason's father of Illinois
arrived last week; ho will spend the
summer with his daughter.
We learn that Mahlon .Brown, who re
cently Mt herer has failed to find a
location that suits him us well as Ne
braska; he writes that if he had his farm
back again he would not sell it
T. D. X.
Drunkennm, or Liquor Habit.can be Cared bj
AtltuluUUrisg Dr. Haines' Uohlva SptciUr.
It can be giveu in a cup of coffee or
tea without tho knowledge of
(he per60u taking it, effecting
a speedy and percianent care,
whether the patient is a moderate
drinker or an alcoholic wreck.
Thousands of drunkards have been
made temperate men who have taken
lie Golden Specific in their coffee
without their knowledge, and to-day
believe they quit drinking of their
own !reo will. No harmful effect re
sults from its administration. Cures
guaranteed. Send for circular and
full particulars. Address in confi
dence Golden Specific Co., 185 Race
St. Cincinnati, O. jaul2-y
Later accounts report tho killing of
about twenty-five persons in last week's
storm in Vernon County, Mo.
Youxo or middle aged men, suffering
from nervous debility or kindred af
fections, should address with 10 cents in
stamps for large treatise, World's Dis
pensary Medical Association, CCJ Main
street, Buffalo, NT. Y.
At Blaine's informal reception 'Satur
day in Chicago, it was plainly evident
that he was far from being a well man.
A Lady V Remarkable Testimony.
Mrs. Wilson is the wife of R W. Wil
son, one of the best known citizens of
Hopkinsville, Ky. She had a wonder
ful cure by S. S. S., which she describes
in the accompanying letter. Mrs. Wil
son would cheerfully give in detail to
any sufferer her thrilling experience and
joyful cure. She is enthusiastic over
S. S. S. as a tonic for delicate women:
Hopkinsville, Ky., Feb. 21, 1887.
uSeven years ago, a sore developed on
my nose from a finger-nail scratch. I
tried a few simple remedies, but tho
sore would not yield. I grew worse
every year for seven years. Many
thought I had a cancer. Over a year ago,
I began taking S. H. S., and two dozen
bottles entirely cured me. When I be
gan with Swift's Siiecific I was in very
poor health, and could hardly drag
about. After I had finished the course
of S. S. S. I was strong and buoyant, and
had a good appotite. I regard it a
most mvaiuaoie medicine lor lames in
weak, delicate health. It is a household
medicine with me.
Yours respectfully,
M8s.RW.Wii.sojj.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, At
lanta, Ga.
ERNST &
JI.VNUFACrUREUS AND DEALERS IN
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SUPERB LAMP FILLER
AND GOAL OIL CAN COMBINED,
tr ?i. .,. .. .. - . i i
or outside of can,
Uwit once and jou will
anil on will
large cans as well us small ones,
suiHtl can.
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thi.r !.,.,
sample can and get uricrs.
r.. wiiu iuiuw ui me v?r osi uu,
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. mun .or noieiy convenience, cieonim.-ns ami simplicity, cannot b.. .-xcelled. It ("nbfldint tho
simplest principle- in philosophy anil tak.-s the rank atrv all Lamp Fill, No I'Vn J oT .,
pinions. Absolute safety gnarantml. No. spilling, wiling or drioi.JJ Afil .. ."Sffi-SS.:
m-iT 3.-'-' Jl-r-S- F "t'-j--i. -Jv tt.Trt,, "-.- w
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BAKER PERFECT STEEL BARB WIRE.
J-lf you buy it yon get 100 rods of fence from 100 ,-oic.i.U of wire, uhieh no other will do.-
ERNST & SCHWARZ.
II Ms I 1
QJP
Eleventh
Mckinley &
COLUMBUS, NEB.
Money to loan on improved farms in this and adjoii
counties, at current rates. We are prepared to close loans
promptly, in all cases where title and security are satisfactory.
Office up-stairs in Henry Building, corner of Olive and
Eleventh streets. juiyir;tr
SPEICE & 1STOKTH,
General Agent for the sale of
Union I'aeinV ami Midland Pacific 1J. 1. Iindn for Kile at from S3.00 to jlO.W) er acre for cah
or on tiveorten jeiirs tiiin', iu annual iiiijmuntH tostiit iurchaMrs. We have alto n larKeanit choice
lot of other lomfof iinrovi find tmiinprovril, fnrsnlat low price and on reaHonabln termn. Also
Liibinesrt and r-ei(-tuv !.( in Hie citj. Wt- kiei a complete abstract of title to till real estate iu
Platte Count).
COLUMBUS.
W. T. RICKLY& BRO.
Wholesale and
Iresla. I Sa.lt 2sea.ts,
Game, Poultry, and Fresh Fish. All Kinds of Sausage a Spee ialty.
JX('ahh paid for Hide. IVltx, Tallow. HiKh-t market price paid for fat cattle."; "'
Olive Street, second door north of First National Bank.
PACIFIC IEAT MARKET !
KEEPS ON HAND THE BEST QUALITY OF
Freslb. Sa.lt 2esi.ts,
Poultry, Vegetables, etc.
C- E- ZXOZZSTl J CO.. Proprietors.
COLUMBUS MARKETS.
tBOar quotations of the market are obtained
Tuesday afternoon, and are correct and reliable
at the time.
OKAIN, ETC.
Wheat
Corn in ear
Corn Hhelled
hCv4" - .
ny & . .
Flour
Buckwheat
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27
... $2 401.3 00
... 3.-40
PBODUCK.
Buttr...
Ejw
Potato .
lOeir,
8
240
Ilamo
Khouldera .
Sidex
15
&ei5
'H,l2Yx
LIVE 8TOCK.
Fat hop
Fat cattle ,
Feeding hteep
ft 80
50MU)
$3 23
COAL.
Iowa
Hard, Pen&ojlvania
nard, Colorado
Rock Spring, nnt
Bock Springs, lamp ..
Carbon
Colorado
$500
1300
1200
B 00
700
600
800
SCHWARZ,
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not Utwitlmut it rr r,. ......, :.., t. :'i ,
not bo without it for live turn
wiiuKuieirttiJenianiiauuftvinKlriprtto the store with
,i. f- .:.".": "",""": '. oih m
m,.-iii-.(.icui nu Huuojing trip
anu warrnteu to work satisfactorily.
Call and see
GARLAND
STOVES AND
RANGES
At.VASK0i:SALEAT
i scmizi
44-21
HBBR7 Ei&iTS 4 CO,
Have a Fine Line of Staple anil Fancv
GROCERIES,
Crockery, and Glassware,
Whifh were bought cheap for cash, and will be sold
at very low prices.
Street, Columbus. Nebraska.
novlu-tf
carnahan,
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NEBRASKA.
ffll
Ketail Dealers in
39-rf
Cash Paid for Hides.
Olive Htreet. one door north of Poet-otfcYe.
Jiept'Bfitf
SAMAXTHA AT SARATOGA
by J08IAH ALLEN'S WIFE. Miw Holly spent
all IaMtseauon amid the whirl of fashion at Sar
atoga, and taken off iu follie. flirtationi., low
neck ; dreBnintr. png dogit, etc., in her inimitable
inirth-provoking ntyle. The book i. profusely
ilItiHtruied by Onper, .the renowned artit of
Pock. Will SELL IMMENSELY. Price i-50
S&&iSP! WANTfc?a AddVeTHOB:
BAUD BROS., Pubs., 104 W. 9th St.. Kana
City, 3Io. jj-it.
5.000 Actnts WaHtcir OoHUt Quick!
TO SIXI.
JOEHOWMO'S
UFOF
INFINITELY the most VALUABLE because
coming BO closely from tlx fumSlv ;t. on. I I..-
a MA8TEK HAND engaged ia a "Labor of Love.
BJOHLYILLUSTlLVrajJrrtrtraiCAc.
Will sel IMMENSELY. MILLIONS want tSi.
standard Life of the greatest Preacher and Orator
of the age. QUICh, is the word. Territory in
great demand. Send for circulars and 50c. for
outfit to HUBBAKD BROS.. Pub., 104 W. Uth
Bt., Kansas City. Mo. sut
TyALGKAF MatOS.,
Z&-EXPEESSMENSW.
Convey good- between aay point of the city
Sand suitable for nhuterin atul tiniM!.-
cars at reasonable pnew. SftsardTr
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