Cflkmtras jmuriral WHOLE NUMBER 1082. VOLUME XXL-NUMBER 42. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1891. m I t . DinEcronsi A. ANEEBSON. Pree't. J. H. rjALLXT. Tie Preet. O.T. ROEf. JACOB GRXISKN. nKXST RAQAfe, JOHN J. 6U1XIYAN. Firs! National Bank COLUUBU9. NEB. Rupert of Condition May 17, 1830. anecacza. ,r:"t Elaeeaats at.r SJ U. a. boa a ino0 i.eil a.tat. f ira tare acd fixter- . 11.198. S Unsfraiao t: buin 3,772 31 " V. . Tieaicry. .. C73 00 iaahoabaal 15,478. 43 S.M 87 r,j. naarxgrraa, rpitl ul trr Ina tr-Hlnd.; pr.-Bt ':.oai b3k a t.i OJtiiaailnj.. (.dl'eaisis Lsad-eoeAdra 1M 14 M.8SA CI 1S9.1A1.8S S7.9S0 40 Sttsbttss rds. T . KILIA!, DF-VTCHER ADVOKAT, OEca ore- Colamfcna Etate Bank, Colsmr-ca Kebrs.ka. 23 tULaMFA KEEDEli, -Arrovrrsr law. Office ott Fint National Bask, Coltmbaa, TiebrMka. 5c-;Z j T m. COOKI7S, IXRAF and EXPEESSlfAX. Light aid beary baulinr. Goods beadlad wit rare. HeeQuartars at J. P. Backer A Go,'a effiee, Ttpboao. t! and 54. StaajSHJ rAUBLE & BBADSHAW, &uceeiors to Fauble A Jriunair), BRICK MAKERS ! yContrartora ad builders will Had onr bnck ret-claa and offered at reasonable retea. We are alao prepared to do all kind of brick or'j. UnSa Jj K.Tl7JfSli.R & CO., Proprietor and Fobliihers of the ::i7H2?3 :::t-.kai m tit ysi. raxu.? ktzxa: Both, rct-paid to any addrees. for 52.00 a jar. atriclly in adrance. TAjni-T Jora.vL, $1.W a 7 car. w. a- McAllister. w. m. Cornelius M' cALLISTKR a cofe.iEiaua ATTORXEYS AT LAW. Colaz:baa. Kb. E.GBOYB, HJLXTFACrsrSKl or I in And ollPL-lrOn Wfirft' .--.-m-. Job-Work, Roofing acd Gutter ing a Specialty. 19 Shop oa 12th atreet, Krause Bro.'a old atand oa 1 hirteenth sirret. S2tj s. F. KNirr. Fb ink B. KNAPr KNAPP BROS.. Contractors and Builders. Katiatatea furnished oa bnck aad u.-a -t aad p)astrinc. free, fipocial atUation p? ttic bilri. tnaatlea, etc Btalsiac tack potr.tia old or aw brick work to re; nt pred bnck. a specialty. Corrapoadeace aalicitad. Itferenec f iven. tSmajlr KNAFP 3E03.. Colurabai. Neb. LAND FOR SALE. A FINK IMPROVED FARM for sal ia Shell (r-vk raller. rar Colnaibus, coatamiiv 2.v acre" of land, about l.i acrea nnd-r calUTstion. 1U ocres ftea'ur Timoorei. re mainder rncdy in cloTer and blue cra.'c picture eiad hay land; 1U) frnit traes. rp!. ;ar, cherry, plums, etc.. tome lxarins: ail kitda of ornaments! troes aaa 'irubs: liO full-tyarin rrap rinee. The farm earira ia feacod. and di rided into small field by fence. Dwelling house if aevea rOoni5. craaaiy. corn cribs, larce hors table with hay-mow, cattle bara which holds 60 toca of hay; he hcus". 2 wells, mania water In pasture. For further particulars laoaira at JCC33AX. office, or adaraaa. 11. B care of Jora ai Colaabaa. Nabr. Zhaaytf A STRAY LEAF! DIARY. THE JOURNAL OFFICE -Wl- OARDS. ENVELOPES. NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS, PODGEBS, ETC. 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And littl- fa hands. iih dimples deep. To rah bia e?s -when L- Trailed -l-cp. Acd short plump ltrgs shea he tried to creep. The fal-y stopped a; a fanner' gate, And said. -Ill entr hei. For a little mother waist i a bb. With bright blue txtr that .carUe cle.-r. Aad checks at- pir.k n the conch sbrl.'t vol. And curia on sts tiav pr.te " JfoT 'ctLind thM fair.-. Xia.I and trap. ne anoihtr -it te called EB;&-bc Frcm the lncd ut the Go- coo-rce. O Lf Tas a aa-ly p-jrJ ell That thoccnt too ranch o hii cslv -elf. And, between lth ou and use. He tss an r the bnb.- ttn the fairy brought From the depths of the onyx sea. When the bal was lai i on its mother's hip, It clpid its had wnh lee. And tne fairy aai 1, 111 k-aTe uu ten If you will promise me Xerer to cry or pon' or fret. But be a eet and durlirc pet And as gl as c od can foa. "If sver you are a cuSbi" child And cut: o yoir taon.rua paic -The sprite Ir m the bind of the Goo-;oo-se Will com me night down the ch!m-a- o Aud take yon awav from vour mamma's kces To his caT in the black and i-sea t?a , And you won't coma back auahi." But this IotcIt child was rzy sc-jd. Aad Bug-a-boo. o T"". rew very ml becau-u he could Not Get tela fat ba-bee. But ho runa'ng around thecouaTry ret i As wild ab be couM bv. Watchlac every i'.tle it To see if thv Jry or p at or fret. For he say. "A ch 1 1 I'm bound o cot. For my h m on 'he jco-5'3-ge." Sunny Hour PICTURES BY WIRE. A Wonderful Possibility Future. o! the Near We have ia no branch of cipntiflcdi- J covery made more rapid improvement than in the use of electricity a- a means i of commnuicati'n between two distaut ; points. Jnst fifty years a' ihe tirst commercial or public telepraph.natented by Prof. Mrse, was established as a '. bn&iueaa eutyrprue. ' Pan FBANCi-'f r. F -'-rjarj 'i.'. ". To C.nptain Bowr. 4."h 1' h l'r-Mn- '. New York Dear Pre I am 1-1 v i-lve thar this man is in nidinc in N"w Yurk city. Arre-t him on s.slii f- r m r,i- r II. wire me. t i Tom v Sa:i Fr.iii : I'vli- A TELEGUVM OI' THE rt'TVr.E. As then constructed it was hardly of nv practical uti it v. Two wire were thought necessary to complete the cir-1 cuit, and the svstem of signals em- ployed was so ciumy a-id slow that an ! ordinary message consumed a mot . P!'...!. ;.. I. weatisome amon t oi time, " iu in Tue transmi-sion and interpre'atioa, and, furthermore, the iisolation o the wiie- ' wa so imperfect that the larger portion J of the electric energv went to wa-te. Almost at once, however, improie-i ment began, rirst. oung ail in- j STit ilwfri mm i Hnd vented the dot and dah svstem. since j arJ iUijpo,e(1 to be endowed with souls, in universal use under the name ol the , whieh'in manv ca-es have formerir ani "Morse alphabet, a wonderfnl step be-, ma.etl human- iingJ. Hence a like yond the old system, which leuired as . ue i(. often rewgl)ized between an an i.v as thirty impul-es to etpres a ic:Ri and ,ome decea-ed friend, and the .ur e letter, and when text the same young man buried the e:id of the trans mitting wire that is.di I away with the second wire by makr g old mother earth complete the circuit practical telegraphy had begun. From that day until this, saya a writer in the New York IFori'. not a year had pa-ed and hardly a month wbich had not added some improvement, moie or less im- , portant. to the procre-s of electrical' transmission. Insuiation has be?n per fected, new and powerful elements have been discovered for the volatatc pi!, and finally the dynamo ha" been substi tuted for the galvanic battery. Various inventions have also been made which increase the possible length of Hie un til n-w there is practica'dy no limit to the di-tance which a me a?e may be made to traver.-e on overland lines The greatest advance made in the tel egraphic art after the invention of the dot and dash alphabet, and -ec nd only in importance to the original invention of the telegraph it e;f, . the multi plex system of Edison tho.marve'ous application of sympathetic instruments to the transmission of me-sapes by means of which sevenl may be sent and received over the same wire simul taneously, so that it is now an ordinaiy everyday occurrence for two mes-ages j forces experience wi-h Chinese jil'T.i to be crossing two other me-sages g..mg cian Tie- facts abont Cliii.e-e medical in an opposite direction all on the same BCjence a,e that they have no a leqaate wire. : eonception of anatomv. j bvi:doev or Until a short time ago tne simple key , rft,iiologv. Daring "centuries cf " ex ana sonder, slightly modified from its pe,ience"thev have recorded and pi ed original model, were still the only prac- np a n)a:5S of observations, and hae ticabJelorm of apparatus lor tne trans - mi-sion of messages of creat length or those requiring any high rate of speed. The first printing" tlegeraub was in vented by Royal E. House, in ISIS, and w-as "a most ingenious apparatus, which delivered its me-sagesin the form . m T a T i ..-mrmmnrrm -l -k - - of news upon its long paper tape, uui i this and kindred machines are all too slow for regular telegraphic n-e, and' many attempts more or leas succe-sful , have been made to produce a printing teieerapn instrument capau.e ui mu speed. , The one great desideratum in all this later series cf inversus -was some means of s-rcuring perfect synchronism that is to say, an absolutely identical rate of movement in similar but widely separated sets of apparatus. Many and ingenious clook-work contrivances, elec- tne governor, rapid, separate impulses, t and so on, were restored to in the hope os obtaining this essential; bnt they all failed either in certainty or rapidity, until a little over a year ago, when by the discovery of "Visual synchronism" the stubborn problem was at last solved, I and the one great bar to the progress and perfection of raoid telecrapby was removed and a path opened up along which the march of improvement may go on to achievements hitherto un dreamed of. Some idea of the marvelous precision or complete ieueis ii'"""!' "- j junj is raised. lnt it i-. atmost pure v a terpretation, and upon this original in- mat ter c f accident Those who put Teution great advances were made in the tbemelvec in the hands of the e hum machine of Hughes, in 1S5G. and later , bna rcn serj ,n n,, be-idei the by Phelps and others. Everybody is ', 0f imbibitg cone -ctions of familiar with one form of this system in , jrd spiders and sud'v other ver the little ticking apparatus which stands I uliu iJC,;e UT1'Verized bodie- comi-e now in so many shops ahd offices print- tbe ij 0f' Chinese medicines. San ing off stock quotations aud other items j jrran,-iitx Bulkt'au Cade possible by thh discovery will b trained by earntreueudine and realign; ht following f.ict: If if a Hue were drawn across the rim of two tly-whceis with a tine pencil, and these two wheels were revolving at a raJ of 3.CHK) revoln- I i tions per minute one in Saa FraiicUco and the other in New York the system of "visaal synchronism" wonld indicate the variation of the handrbth part o! an inch between the line on the wheel ia New York and that on the one in Saa Francisco tLat is to ear. if the line on one wheel a: a given fraction of time were diiectlr on top, and that on the ! other a hundredth part of an inch be 1 1 w th-it point, both wheels revolving i at the high 'ate of sjeed mentioned, the i litt.e eectric dash which acts r gauge ! wonld indicate the fault; and the oj- erator by a slight change of fiiction J noa'd be enabled to correct tha small : bnt all-imp&rtani deviation from per j feet identity of movement J The precision thus insured has per i muted the ado;.ti n of a method of ie'euraphing which is marvelou' in its ! results. No skill beyouud that of type wntiug is nseaed to operate thi-. ubtt instromrat, as the ordinary writing- j tnaCiuue may be fnmi-hed with a punching attachment which prepares the strips for tmnsmission, and the ma- j chine as constructed will transfer the j work of a dzen gt. ert tyj ewriter- with J ont diCiculty. Then the receiving in stument ins'ead of printing its mes- ages ii dot and dash, sends them pour t it:g out into the hand of the me-snger or e erk in the form cf Horn an letter., ' rt-ady for the eye of tho person to whom ; they are di-patched. I Near.y three thoa-aid characters a I minute are alre.uly transmitted by the I new machine of J. Harris Rogers, and t j by multiplying the printing apparatus ! cf the iustrumSnta this amount may be jincrea-ed tenfold, thanks to the enor j mous rapidity cf which the governing ny-wheel is capab e. Nor is this all, for bv anplviiic the multiplex ovstem ' discovered oy Edison heveral such c m : poui.d instruments mar be operated by a ?iug'e current cf electric! y, or rue-s-! ngc3 miy be -ent by the old Morse key and sounder '-imultaneou ly wih the oj-eration of the new rapid telegraph J and oer the same wire. me ante 'graphic leiegrapn wmcu transmits the absolute hand-writing of ) the e ider, invented many year.i ago by a-seih of ians, and sir.ee improved ujon by American mechanician", by the auulication of vi-uai svpchronim. can i be made infinitely more raj id and cer tain m its action. Another most aston-i-hing result of the new di-c 'very i3 the transferrenee of u-ua! imaK- from one diitant point to another. The mechan ' ism by widen this is accomplished is of ' snch a nature that, like Edison's quadru I plei telegraphy, it can hardly be ex j plained to any one but an expert elec . trician, bat ihe results, though not yet t perfect, sngge-t almost boundle-8 pos sibilities for the future. It mav be that we shall .-ee the time when visual lm 1 presHons will be conveved to a grea: ' distance by the electric current with the same accaracy which is now attained in ! the tran-frrence ef sounds by the te'e ' phore and their record and storage ia the phonograph. One thi.e, at least, is certain. A giant stride ha; been made in the art of transmitting impressions by means of the e!ectric current And if the pnblie con'.d but only reap the full advantage of thi-. gieat advafce the teiegiaph. in- ,-, 1 ; I ... vieaa oi ueing me ex ensive luxury n, i at pro-ent. uou d soon become, as the mail have leen for many years, the cemmon seivaut of the people- Animti Wor.hip. ninnfT nrrniitir r40"inl nil n.ntmnl animal isaddres-ed as the person would have been, and honored with a kind of 1 wor-hip. Many tribes call themselves y the name of ad even derive their ' pedigree from some animaL It ciie become the omen of the tribe, aud thus originate the divination and augnrv of the more civi.ized nations. lu the ijodern world the most civil- j opIe amonK whom animal wor i. :...- i;. i,- -;ti.;n ti ship vigoronE.y-arvies lie within the range of Urahmmism. Here the sacied cow is not mere v to be spared ; she i as a dei'ry worshipped and bowed to daily by the i-ms Hindoo. Siva i in carnate in Hanuman, the monkey g'd. The divine king of bird', Garuda, is Vishnu's vehicle, and the forms of fi-h and bear and tortni-e assumed in the avatar legends of Vishnu. Terhaps no worship has prevailed more widely than that of the erpent. It had its p ace in Ecy: t and among the He brews, in Gieceand Home, among the Celts and Scandanavians in Eur" e, in Persia and I dia, in China and Thibet, in Mexico and Peru, and in Africa, where it still tlourishes as the State re ligion in Dahomey. Chinese riiTiciaa. TJip Eastern eitie are reoeatinrr Ca'i- ; earneti to to produce certain effects from certain cau-e-. but ad this b'-dy f knowledge, if it u.ay be dignified by that name, i- undigested and v :d i scientific system. Sometime- they hi -ren to hit the di-eae and the remedv. i and a great ontcry abont Oueatal wii- . .v . . .. immh Uiat.-xui-.. - Come off the roof " as the lightning sa:i to the shingle. -I'm on to you!" as the flea remarked to tue aog. I "There's flie1 on you!" was the re- j mark .he for tligbts made to the stage, j -You're ofi" your nut!" laughed the aie to the wheel, Ycu make me tired!" said the wheel to the wheelwricht t "Git oa to the jay!" remarked the soarrow to the thrash, as the blae-jay f e bv "It's nothia but a blutt. said tne chamois, as he Icoke-i over the edge of the precipice. Tni stuck on you 1" smiled the fiy, when the sticky p'aper got ia its workv And so on, and so on, ad nauseam. Eoston Traveler. Visitob Isn't your mother afraid. VTillie, of catching cold in those 1-l-Tvrs "Willie Huh, I gne3 vou dcji'1 know them slippers I Mr. u-e them to warm the whole faiii. v tu:h BR $R A CONGRESS. DAILY REPORT OF WHAT IS BEING DONE. Many Measures ef More or Lea Import ance Dcing- Introduced at tbe Pretest SeiUloH ot tile Suhdower LegiaKittire Afiuar 'session. Lincoln, Xeb.. Jan. 24. The senate re ceived a pthloc this mornius from the In habitants of sp-ing Creek and Brayton pre cinct;. In Greeler county, tatm? that their crops had been de-troyea two successive seasons by hail and drouth, and prayinij for a share of the relief to be given by the state. A petition from Franklin county urged the l?cirIatUK to needl!y pass the memo rial io'conzresi askin? for Jl.OQO.flCO for the dryuth sufferers. Thejud'clary committee was the only ohP to tnake a report. It recommended the indefinite postponement of Svritzler's hill to elect presidential electors by congressional districts and Shea's bill to give county officers salaries instead of incoming fees. The committee recommended the passage of Randall's bill requiring the clerks of counties undo 0.00n In population to turn Into the treasury the fees for makine tax li-ts. In Randall's co'iritv fl'helps) clerk last year pocketed ?T00 above salary for making the ta.x list. The committee also recommended the hU the pa-sage of switzler's bill to exempt the supreme court from the neccs-ity of pre paring written opinions In ca-es wbich only rjvolve principles or questions already settled In opinions previously deliver! and bn record Aniong the new bills introduced were thG following By Randall Providinz that tbe buyer of a note or other evidence of indebtedness shall take it subject to all defenses that nslzht have been made as;ilnst tiie original holder of the paper: also providing that any j.erson who makes a false statement about the consideration when sell ng uch peper shall be guilty of ? felony punishable by itnpri-onment in the penitentiary from one tf iie years. By Shumway Providing that a lender who charges more than 15 per cent, shall forfeit to the borroTcr a sum equal to the pr'ncipal and interest. By Coulter by request i To regulate the l'rtere-t of incrigazor- and mottiagees lu real estate mortgages. B. Collin i by request! To protect par ties furnishing sowing seed. By Horn Requiring corporations to pay employes weekly. By Koont To regulate proceedings in garnishment in civil action. By Koontz To amend the law of chattel wort gases. By Koontz Providing tnat mutual Judg ments may be eet oft" agaiust each other. By Koontz Providing that the committer of an assault be liable to the suit of the party injured. The senate adjourned till 4 o'clock Mon day afternoon In the house the McReynolds resolution fiinz Feb. 5 as the date for the meeting of the Jvint convention for hcarinz contest cases, was Indefinitely postponed, and a similar resolution, changing the time to Feb. 17. wa called up for second reading and ordered printed. A large number of bills on second read ing were read and referred. The follow inc bills were Introduced: By Rohan Makfnz an appropriation of 6150,000 for the Columbian exposition and world's fair. The bill provides that the governor shall appoint three commissioners, one from each of the three political parties, from the several congressional districts, who shall hare full charge of the exhibit By Scuelp To allow school children to attend school in adjoining district In cer tain caes. By Bartholomew Requiring all county warrant.- to be registered. By Waldron Providing that the returns cf election -hall be counted by the county clerk and the chairman of each political party. By Waldron Providing that in counties under township organization, the number of member- of the board of supervisors from cine.- nnd villages shall be one at large aad one for ea-h 4uo inhabitants. By Modic I'rovidinz that the opinion of thc"upreme court shall be given orally, and not reduced to writing, unle involv ing new points oflaw, and in certain other ca-. On motion of Mr. ttebbln. of Buffalo, the foilowins was adopted- Iteolcrd, That the state treasurer be re quested to furnish the house at an early day. not to exceed five day from this date, the amount of permanent school fund- now on hand: al-o the amount of said funds paid out within the pat two years upon regis tered and state warrant-: also the amount invested in bonds, the date of such invest ment and the rate of !utere-t received: aIo a llt of all other state fund. speifyinz ea'-h and the amount now on hand: also where said funds are deposited, the rate of iuteret paid, and who receives the interest on aid deposit. Much time was consumed in an effort to adjourn till Monday, and a recess was finally taked till 4 p. m. this afternoon. At the afternoon session the following blPs were introduced: Bv Taylor, of Jjhnson To prevent whole sale merchants from discrimination, and at taih'n a penalty therefor, the bill makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine for wholesale dealers to decline to ill goods to associations of farmers at the same rates as they supplv the trade. By Taylor, of Johnson Making corpora tion operating railways within this state liable ior all damages sustained by neglect, mismanagement and willful wrong of azent. enzlneer and other employes and rendering void all contracts restnetinz such liabilities. A large number of hills were reported back from the judiciary committee and in definitely po-tponcd. Amen: them was a bill by Stephens, of F.llmore. to repeal tne "innocent purchaser" clauc in the law re latinz to notes, rendering them to a large extent non-negotiable. The bill appropriatinz S100.000 for the relief of western sufferer was made a special order for Mondav at 2 o'clock. , Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. '-t5. When the clerk of the senate read the house re-olutS- n pro vidlnz for a joint committee to waiton Gen. Thayer and ask him to furnish information about the state affairs. Senator 5 witzler ob jected. He argue 1 that the general was an ' ex-govenior and the the time had pa-sed I when he could properly deliver a message to the legislature. He sugzested that the i word "send"' be substituted for "permit-" i Senator Mcore moved as a substitute that a committee of two be appointed bv tie chair to cojfer with the committee of two ap pointed by the house conceruinz the infor mation and sugzestions to be offered by ex tov. Thayer. Carried. ; Senator Switzler then moved that a com mittee of two be appointed to wait on Gov. Boyd to acertain if he has a messaze to deliver and appoint a time to bear it, and ' that the bouse be asked to appoint a simi lar committee. Carried. On motion of Senator Switzler the chair I appointed Senator Thomas a committee to confer with a house committee, who were delegated to correspond with the legislat ures of n-igbborinz states relative to- con- certed action In the passage of usury laws. j Amonz the bills introduced were the fol- ' lowing: By Poynter For the Australian ballot sy-tem. based on Wie Massachusetts and ' JlCdana laws. By Coulter To repeal the sugar bounty. By Shamway To repeal that provision ! of the liquor law which enables a party il!e- ' gaily pros-.cated to recover from the prose 1 cutordoublc the amount of hi costs. By Stevens Regulating the salaries of county attorscys. By Rasdall Providing for .a uniform 1 system of school book. Ea-h county is to vote for a series of books for a t:rn of five j years. A series shall be selected by a corc- r-irtee of school directers and teacbers , The books are to t bought by the districts and loaned to the pupils. By Cota.si To provide for the building of sanitary sewers, for the capltol building. insane asylum, state penitentiary, and the ' hocte for the friendless at Lincoln, and appropriating 200,000 for the san.e. ' AJter trying, to settle which had the least , work in sight, the senate, or Its ccKsilttees. the fomer adjenmed till morning. ) At the morning session ot the house the . following- resolution was unanimously 1 adopted: ' AVhekeas, We have learned with profound sorrow that Hon. C. W. Hennloe. represent ative in tbe house from the f rty-ninth ' district, has met with a sad loss in the untimely death of his son Hurley, and Wheseas. We bow in humble" submission to tnedi vine will of an all-wise Providence In the midst of affliction. tLerefoie be It Bftclred. that to oar esteemed friend and co-laborer and his family we extend our most profound sympathy in this their hour of sorrow. Be it further Rctolrtrl, That these resolutions be spread at large upon the journal of this house, and the clerk be and he Is hereby Instructed to end a certified copy of these resolutions to the afflicted family Bills were inttoduced as follows: By Khise Filing the rate for official pflntln5 In the local papers. The rate named is 50 cent3 p?r square for first Inser tion and 25 cents for the second. Vhig about one-half the prevailing prices. By Speaker Elder Empowering the county clerk to udmlnl-ter the oath of office to all minor county and township officers. By Taylor of Butler To provide for the adoption, purchase. pjJyr-ci'' s-.d sale of school books. By Cornish To incorporate the Knights of 1'ythlas- The committee ou railroads reported In favor of the bill compelling the railroads to build pa-ageways where tbe embank ment is fitt feet high and over: al-o the bill Introduced by Vandeyentcr. reqnirlnz at least one farm cros-lng where land 's owned on both sides of the railway by one party. The committee on agriculture reported the Kruse bill for the extermination of the Russian thistle, with the recommendation that It do pa.-s, A reces3 was taken until 2 n. m At the afternoon session the house went into committee of the whole with Steven. ' of Furnas, in the chair for tho cousldera- lion OI oiiis appropriating mouv lur wie relief of the drouth-stricken sufferers. The same was recommended for passage. The committee thn took up house roll si, the bill providing for the isue of 5100.000 in bends, and the proceed to be used for the relief of the drouth sufferers. The bill was amended to conform with house roll 70. except in the first two sec tions which provide for the issuing and alc of the bonds. The committee roe and reported back both bills with the recommendation that they be passed. The recommendation was agreed to. ind the house adjourned tiil 10 a. m. to-morrow. Lincoln, 5eb., Jan. 27 "Why doen't the seuate do something?" ia a cemmon query. There is vry little the senate can do Eighty-one bills have been introduced and eventy-three have gone as far a- the com mittees. Only six have reached the gen eral file, where they may be discussed In committee of the whole and prepared for passage. The fault, If there is a fault, may be charzable to the committee. Only three have reported, and they have turned In about a dozen bills, half of them with a recommendation for indefinite postpone ment. The committees have been s!ov hi getting to work and not very rapid in action. This i- due in part to inexperience. The greatest share of work thus far has fallen to the Judiciary committee, and only one of its members, Senator Chr;stoffer-on, of Omaha, is a lawyer. The key to the situation lies In the con tests. If the legislature were rid of them there woulfl be ample time to pass needed laws. The independents begin to realize the situutlon. and there is a growinz num ber in favor of dropping the contest and leaving Gov. Boyd's title to be settled by the quo warranto proceedings instituted by Gen. Thayer. It was partly with th.it In view that the data of the content was post poned from Feb. 5 to Feb. 17. The senate Is more conservative than the houe. and It Is just poible that the con current resolution naminz th date f r hearing the coutest may le defea-ed. Most of the independent senators realize that the contests may consume weeks of valuable time with no certain result except tha of piling up h great bill of expen-e. beside en dangering lezi-lation that they want. Sev eral of them think the sober socond thought of the people would onmend them as zen ulne benefactors of the commonwealth if they would make a tedious, costly fight over the contests an Impossibility by votinz azainst the resolution. Two of them have have the power to save the state many thousand dollars, checkmate the railroad and clear the way for the legislation that the alliance and the people generally de mand. In the 3nate the committee on federal relations recommended the pas-aze of the memorial to conzress asking for an appro priation of Si. 000.000. The commlttn ha" amended it by strlkinz out the name of the counties on the theory that it will tand a better show of paage without designat ing a particular district, and has Incra-d the estimate of the number of needy per sons to 200.000. Senator Kelper introduced a re-olution directing the Nebraska delezation in con zress to use it Influence to defeat the force bill. Senator Moore objected and it went over under the rules till to-morrow. Seven new bills were introduced. In the houu. on motion of White. tb committee on employe- was dl-charged. Dickerson presented a petition fr -m the county official of Sherman county certify ing that there was ICO familie in that county that must be supported by the state and 400 farmers that needed soed and -"applies of grain for feedlnz purposes. A petition from the board of supervisors of Webster county akinz for the repeal of the law providing for the election of connty attorneys was presented by Mr. Riley. The bill introduced by Mr. Felton provid ing that county clerks shall f urni-h ab stracts of titles to real etate and fivinz fees for the same was indefinitely post poned. Mr. Ruggles, independent, introduced a resolution" requetinz the conzrcsional delegation to oppose the force bill, but afterwards withdrew tb" resolution. Mr. Capck, deraocntic. of Douglas, then introduced the f dlowlng: Where s. A bill known a the Lodge bill, or force bill, I now before congrc-s. and Whereas. Said bill is the boldest stroke toward centralization and Imperialism ever made since this government was estab lished; and Whereas. Said force bill is a menace to tbe free Institutions which our forefathers secured to us at the cost of their lives and fortunes: therefore be it j?olcl. By this bouse, the enate con enrrinz. that the legislature of Nbra-ka. bellevinz in local sovereiznty, federal unity aud the secrecy of the ballot, is decidedly opposed to this unpatriotic measure, and approves of tbe coure of the senate on Jan. 26 in refusing to consider the hill. Alden (rep.) moved to lay the resolution on the table. White demanded a roll call. The motion to table was Ior 27 to G-. Mr. Shrader then offered the following which was agreed to. Whereas, The lion and the lamb have at last lain down together in harmony in this house, "with malice toward none and charity to all." I move that the democratic lamb be offered a place on this side of the house, with a request that they be invited to cont.nue to vote with us to the end. Let us have peace." Quite a number of bills were introduced and read for the firt time. Church Howe sent up a letter received by him from Logan county and signed by 133 persons, thirty of whom are independents, complaining of the course of Representative Shrader la not making greater exertion to wards securing relief for the 'ufferers from the drouth. Shrader replied at ome length and the matter was finally dropped. McKesson introduced a resolution to the effect that Lozan county be hereafter at tached to Nemaha county for legislative purpo-es. Laughter."! The resignation of ex-Gov. Thayer as a member of the state relief "ommlssloa was received and accepted An effort was made to call up the bills for the relief of western settlers, but the clerk stated that the bills were not yet printed, so action on these bills was postponed until to-morrow. The bouse then adjourned until 10 a. m. to-morrow, and the various standing com mittees were called toother to consider pending measures. LiNCOixOan. 29. Ia the house tha com mittee on constitutional amendments re ported In favor of tha bill Introduced by Mr. Moan, nrovMlsg for tie election of railroad comBlssloaers by the people. Mr. White offered the following: "I move a committee of two be appointed to set with the committee appointed by the senate to wait on Gov. Boyd and inform hia: that the legislature is now organised aad ready to receive communications." Schappel, republican, moved the resolu tion be laid on the table. A long discussion followed. A vote was then taken on Schapnel's mo tion to lay the resolution on thejtable.whlch prevailed by a vote of 52 to 43. Stevens, of Furnas, introduced a resolu tion congratulating Kansas on the defeat of "IrrIdiscent"InKalls. Sternsdorff. democrat, moved to 'ay the resolution on tbe tabic, which carried 5? to 26. 5cbappcl. republican. Introduced a reso lution declaring It the sine of the house that United States ieri. rs should be elected by direct vote of the people. -nJ requesting representatives In cougre-s to faOr the subiuisslon of uch an amendment to the national constitution. Among numerous Mils Introduced wasone to furnish free text books to pupils and pro vide for the proper cafe of the same. At the afternoon session. Ex-Gov. Thayer having resigned from the relief cohtuI ion. the telfe! b'll were referred back to the committee on the wlrol for correction and amendments. McKes-on moved to lnert the nam ot Speaker Elder on the relief comml-slon in place of Ex-Gov. Thayer, resigned. Carried. AJer considerable dlscu-sioa Mr. Wat-on withdrew his s.-pt:on to strike out the en acting clause of no'u-o roll -t. and pending further consideration ol the measure the committee arose. The bill appiei'iatin? $200,000 for the relief of the drouth -trics.Tf uft?rs was ordered endorsed, and the hou-e adjourned till 10 a. m. to-morrow. In the senate a letter from Robert W. Furna. secretary of the state board of ag riculture, transmitted the following resolu tion: To the Senate ana Hons-s ot m-pre-enta-tlve- of the State of Nebraska. Jff-ofivii. That we. the members of tile Se raska state board of agriculture. In regu lar annual meeting assembled, would most respectfully but earnestly petition your honorable bodyto appropriate a -ufliclent um from the fuud- of the -fate univrrsity no-.v In th" state trea-ury and not otherwise appropriated fo- the erection and e tu p-j Dluz of a building in .c"acifon with the i L'nivcrsitv of Nebr.i-ka. to be lasted upon j the ground- belonging to and con-tr"tnrg the experimental farm of the agricultural and lndu-trlai college of said university, the said building to be de-lgr.atcd and known as the l'atho-Biological Laboratory of the University of X-bra-kn. With thl end in lew we met heartily inior 3 bouse roll No and would earnestly ak It? pas- "Tha erate adopted the following isola tion, offered by 51- Steven?, without a dis senting vote: ?' tivtd. That a committee ot 5rr fe- ap pointed by the president to investigate anu report to" the senate at Its earliest conven ience as to the advisability of a reduction if fees and salaries of public officials by law in tbe -tate of Nebraska. When the Kelper resolution asking the Nebra-ka conzre I n:I delegation n np-po-e the pa-saze of the force bill omw up for action. Senator Moore -poke in opposi tion to the resolution on the ground that the bill whs a voluuiinou- document and few ti.ember were familiar with tt provision-. He moved ite Indefinite postponement, but only got " yeas, 2J nays. After a long discussion the resolution was adopted by a party vote of 23 to 7. the dem ocrats and independents Joining against the renublicans. At the afternoon session the enats went into committee of the whole ami recom mended the passage of numerou resolution-. Adjourned until Monday. Lincoln. Jan. -0. Thayer's application for an injunction to restrain Boyd from act ing as governor was not called up in the -u-preme court thi ir.ornlnz. The senate, on motion of Mr. Br r,vn. be gan the day by voting each sena'ur a copy of the compiled sta-ute-of I !:-'. It wa- alo re-olved to send one member a a delegate to the irrigation convention, to be held at Ogallala on Feb. 10. Quite a uumberlof new Jhlll-, were intro duced. Chairman I'oynter announced that he had been served" with notices of contet- for the seats of Senators Collins, independent, Starhuck, republican, and Wilson, repub lican. At his suggestion thscunte-t-. with the evidence sent him. were referred to the committee on privilege- and e'ections. The senate adjourned till Friday morning to give t.aio for con.cnttee work. In th' h-ij-e Speaker Elder presented a petit.nn frjm the Met"dist ministers of On. aha, signed by C Clendeuin. president, and K. W. Hra-s. scrctary. asMuz for a re cixmt of the votes cast on the prohibitory amendment. Rtf -rred to the commltte on privilege- and elect I n. cventein new bill- were Introduced. The ho'-e then went into committ- ?e of the whole on the relief bills. On motion of Wat-on the figure C200.0CO were struck out and SlOil.nOO in-erted in the bill making tbe appropriation from th. state treasury, and the bill reported back for p-isuze. Adjourned till 10 a. m. to-morrow. Lincoln. Jan. 31. The senate thi- morn ing received the two relief bills pa-sed by the house and the concurrent resolution fixing the hearing of the election contest for Fe:. 11. Dysart moved that the clerk- and employe- in execs of -ixty-six bedi-eharged. but on motion of Beck the whole matter vas referred to Koontz'- committee on employe- to Investigate and report. Dysart's re-olution of yesterday to dis charge all but four paz s was taHed. A resolution by Koontz was passed pro viding for a standing eommit ee "ii ti-h and game of five member to be aprointed ny the chair. Switzler introduced the f dlowing resolu tion, which went over unil Monday under the rules: WnERE.v. An erroneous Impn -in prevails m ecttain sert.on- of tne country to the effit that the legislature of N"ebra-ka contemplates pa-sin;: very' radical mea-ure on the -abje-t of lntere-t and mortgage-, now. therefore, to correet said impie-sion. bt; it Jio!r,il. That it i- th. sen-cof tne enate that it is unwi-e to change the prevailing 1 gal rate of interest. H ?'- '. t urthnnor-. Tnat we d-em it in expedtfn' to extend the time .f -tay- of ex Ti tian on mortgage-. '; ri,. Tim the-e re-oiutions r furnished the a-s- ate pre- for publication ovr the rcr-t-ffi-ate of the pre-idmgo.-2cer. Adjourned Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 31. Tne i-i.nunittee on revenue and taxation reported that the bill introduced by stern-dor;! requiring the county clerk to give notice in writing .f the redemption of land-sold for taxe- to the parties holding tax deed- and rertlsV.-.ie-be indefinpejy postponed. s.,.rnicjorjT movrd to place the bill on the gei eral rile. Lost 30 to 34. aud the recommendation of the committee azieed to. Mr. Stebbin offered the following resolu tion: W ii ERE.V. Doubts have arisen as to the valld ltv. exppdin'-v anJ podcy 'he contra't here tofore entered"into between the state of Ne braska acd one C. W. Iosh;r. of the city of Lincoln, relative to tne maintenance of cnnv.cts confined in the state penitentiary, and the latx r of said convicts, and Whehea. Doubt? have arisen as to the pjwex of the state to fairn out convict labor, and convict maintenance, and as to the m-ans by which sa.d contract was procured, th-re-fore. be it R'toU'l. That the speaker of the hoite of rpresentat ves -hall appoint a p-ial com mittee of iivemembr- to Inquire and report to the house, with all convenient peetl. on the following subjects : 1. Full and complete information a- to the term of snch contract, when it began and wisen it expires. j. Wnetcer the convicts now coennd in the -tate p-niteatiary are cemg subsisted acd maintain under said cr-atraet and whether taey are performing labor under .-aid cn-tract- 3. What profit per annnm. if any. is being made oi realized by said C. V. Moaher under aid contract. !. Whether there is any other fea-iWe way or maintaining said convicts ch"aier than under said conu act. taking into account their labor to be performed for the state direct. o. Whether any Improper meaD- were nsed by slid C. W. Mosher or anyone for him in the procurement of said contract. f. Whether said convict labor as now per formed In any way connicts with or cheapens V. Whetfcersaid coatract is valid acd bind ing on the state or not, whether it is advisable to annul the same. Said committee shall have power to send for persons and papers, hear witnesses, take acd report evidence and employ coun sel if deemed nece-sary- It shall hold it sessions at such times and places as may be deemed necessary, aad its report shall be accompanied with recommendation. White moved to strike out all references to a special committee and refer tha reso lution to tha standing committee en peni tentiaries. Carried A large number of bills were Introduced. among them the 'ollowlag: By liuse For an act entitled An act to create a tears cf commissioners, fcr the purpose ci securing fcr cse in the cemmon icbcols of Neb-aska. z series of text-fcecks." By Huse iby request; To regulate inter est received by state, county and city treas urer. By Hinkle Joint resolution to amend e- tion 5 of article i of the constitution of Nebraska. Bv McReynolcs To provide cheaper text books and" for district ownership of the same. By Gillilan To nrovld- for the relm- butment of W. H. U. Stont for discounts upon rtate warrants is-ued to him in con nection with contract f jr tbe erection of the main capitol IhitMin. and to make an appropriation of 535.6M for the- same. By OteCs For the apportionment and designation of congrr-sional di-trlct. By McKesson To regulate and determine the rate tlra railroad and transportation companies shall br antitled to charge within the state of Nebra-kz. Bv Oakley (In behalf of tho relief coru mttteei To authorize the several counties I of tliia state to issue warrants on the gen eral funds Of tbe county. In exces- or ine arount now authorized by law. not to ex ceed 10 per cent, of the arand n-se-sment roll of the several counties, and to provide for funding the warrant -o issued. t?v Schelp To amend .-ubdivblon 20. of -ect'ion "a?, of chapter 14. of the complied statite-of Nebra-ka of 17. B Moule To lrtne, the llcene fee In citie- of 10.000 Inhabitants and over from ?1 000 to S'.OOU. Bv Cramb To amend chapter J'- of tho criminal coile of Nebraska, eatitled !' r" d n. reprieves and mitigati in of penalties." Bv Henry Steven To provide for the pavment of the epen-es of the Nebraska national guard, incurred in aiding in the late Indian Insurrection, and appropriating ?40.000 for the same. Bv Hiuk'e To provide for the payment of bountic- for the de-tructlon or wild ani- mais in tae siaiu vi .-ci -;. IJy Fee To organue the unorganized tcr- t ri'or north Of Holt into a county to ee called Boyd. Bv Scot- To d?-trvt the -tate of Ne braska iui senatorial, repre-entative and conzre ional districts. By Felton Authorizing the state treas urer to transfer sit.03-1.4:.' from tile Insane ho-pital fund to the -tate general fund. By 1-eltoi. To establish. I eateandmalu ta ."? a stale norn.al school at or near Nel- 11 5,-vderman To submit an amendment to the constitution cf the state of Nebraska, providing for the enactment or repeal ot laws bv petition of 40.000 electors. Tbe "raihoad committee reported back a ub-tltu;e for the Newberry maximum tariff hill, fixing freight rate- the -ame s now exiat in Iowa, and re.-ommended tte bill for parage. Ad;ourned. WILL BE TRIED FOR MURDER. Mra. Sheeily. McFrlanil nnd Walatroin Charted WItli "oap racy-Approved by tbe (ieuer.il public. Lincoln. Neb. Jan. 2S.Tho prolim Jnrr' hearing of Mr. Mary Mteody. Mondsr M'Farl.md and A. H.trry Ual stro.:i for the muVer of John Shvdy on the nteht of Jan. II, was to have taken place before Judge Hotiston yesterday morning, but by The consent of all the attorneys jn the case it was continued until next wcetc, the date to bo used hereafter. Shortly after 1 o'clock the jury came to a verdict, having decided that there wa evidenco enough without waitins for the result of the analysis of the con tent? of the stomach. The verdiYt wa banned to the coroner ?hortly af ter 1 o'clock. The document 1 3 ion;: cue and full of technical terms, but in brief the jury finds that on the first count John ?heody came to hi death on the night of Jan. 11. IS-'JU by blow administered by Monday McFar land with a stool cane covered with leather, and holding Mrs. Mary irhecdy and Andrew Harry Wal-trom as acces sories. The second count charge Mrs. Mary Sheedv with the nmrd-.r of her husband and finds that she iiid administer a cer tain raised preparation of deadly poi-on to John Sheedv. and hold Monday Mc Fai land and Andrew Harry W.ilstrom as accessories. The jurymen acknowledge that some of the most important te-timony ha? not yet been made public. The verdict meet with srenaM public approval. Nebraska NuhMn. of 5,113 arrest made In fJmalia Oct last year 5.013 were dismissed by the court. I'oTEFt IJcrns blew on; the gas at the St. Cliarle- hotel. Lincoln. Hew a-dead when found. He had lately come from the Mark Hills and had bpen on a spree. A nir.1. introduced by i-r-nat'-r Keifer provides for a state examiner at a salary of 51. jOO. who shall so through the account- of each county treasurer once a year. Hi- travelintr and total expenses arc to be paid by the respective counties. Li'foi.N"J'(nm': Pat Ford. jr.. i in jail for .-hooting a man at Omaha, while Pat Ford. r.. i in the legislature. It i understood that the -in feej- hi father's disgrace keenly and i thinkiii"; of disowning him. While Nleon Erick-on and wife, of Stuart, went torhurch last Sunday, their two bry-. aged 14 and J year, played with a revolv.-r. The younger boy was killed. J. K. Taylor, agent of the Union I Pacific railroad at Itraiuard. has fled to escape arret on the charge of rape. Hi victim wa an orphan cirl. I)r:. J. N". MrC.Lxr is dead at Paw nee City. He wa a member of the leg islature in 1s.v.m;o. and wa- r.-si-tant superintendent of the insane asylum at Lincoln at the time it was burned. Jakkii C"sii. of Talmaze, on Vi dni-s-day thrashed Rev. Thomas Cmf-rson Owen, formerly a llaptist minister, of that place. Ca-h claims to have evi dence of the alienation of hi- wife's af fection by Ovven. JosKi'H Goslin. marshal at Stella, shot M. Kennedy, a hardware merchant of the same place, inflicting a probablv fatal wound. There had b'en tronb'e between the nicn for some time. Goshn claiming that Kennedy had been too in-i tiraate with his wife. Cu vitLEa Mooke was kicked by a horse on the farm of Win. Culver, near Albion. I three weeks ago, and died from his in juries a f w days later. Mi-s Fannie I Williamson a--ited in taking care of Moore before his death, and partial v through overwork she was taken -"k ' and died Sunday. Wm. Culver, 'he owner of the place, fell on the ice last J Saturday and f-actured his skull, from Jhe effects of which he died Monday ! nii-ht. Mr. Culver's age wa- 77 and he I wr an nll spttler. Mit.-. Eunice Beek-n "who on Tne-day died at Springfield at the age of 0 years. ( was the mother-in-law of the late Capt- j J. D. Spearman, of Springfield, promi- ; nent both in Iowa and Nebraska. he was tne sisier oi jeueuiau oiuh.ii, m first white man who ever made the over land trip to California, which wa made In 1525-6. She was a niece of Cyrus Strong, the millionaire banker of Binsr hamton, Y., who died In 1?35. and a second cousin of e.x-Pre-ideat R. B. Haves. Mb-. Nettie Going-, of Pice Eidge agency, grandmother of the great chief Eea Cloud, acd who has been to Beatrice with Gen. Colby's adopted Indian infant found on the battlefield, went to Genoa last week with her li-le G-year-olu daughter, Virgin Mar? Tomahawk Go iiiss, who, with two more of her chil dren will attend the Indian school at that place. The irrigation convention of Dundy, Perkins. Red "Willow, Hitchcock. Furnas. Gosper. Hayes, Webster, Cbzt and frontier counties, held at iIcrco!r c "Wednesday, passed a resolution assmr the !esislatur to pass irrigation law based on thos of Colorado and Wyom inz, and providing for the employment of au expert tate engineer and the di vision of the state into water d.-'r -s also a resolution requesting the b g'-ia lure to memorialise congress to ctaa . law donati-.g a!i co'.ernin--ni laid- t. the severai states to be UK'd fr imga.- tion and storage f.rt-u-es THE OLD RELIABLE olumbns State Bank (Olleat BUts Bask ta tha PAYS IITEREST ON HUE IEP0SIT, MAKES LOANS IN REAL ESTAT& ISSTJES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Ckieaso. New Tack, aad all nMI Oraawlaa. BUYS GOOD NOTES Its Caataaasn wUb tkay Saaol Xe! OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS t LKAjrifen GEttABD, PreaWtetL a W. HULBT. Tlce-PretiAeat. iasa STAA-r-rns. caAim nruut a igto. . xu.m3vr, -OT- COLUMBUS, NEB' -Sal AX- r AfltftHxift Cavitftl of $500,000 Paid la Capital 90,000 OrtlCEMMt C E. SXXfDO!t. "Treat. H. P Jt OHLrUCJa. Tka "Prat, a A. NZWKAJI. Casafar, OAHlKLBCHaiJl. 'A rTTOCXHOLSCtBt r W flhaldaa. J. P. HermaaP. H.OeeJrie. OA rUfajot . . lac mm Waleh. J. Haaur Ferda H. M. Wiaaiov. 'rT, '.GaUar. Rorer. a:i4KH. (VMrfdL Gerhard Loaeae. 3ary Loaake. rBaak of deaoeit; laaareat alia dapoaits; be j aaal aall axchasaa a TJaitei 8taa aad Europe, aad bay aad aall aTailehiaaacnrltiaal Wa aball be please to restive row. fcejataaae. We solicit jeer natraBaa FOR 'A'ilJB WESTERN COTTAGE OSGAN CALX. OX A.&M.TURNER Or -. MT. KIBI.EK, Trsvrellac Salesssma. aarrbeee orsasa are axat-claasim arstr par ticular, aad so anaranteed. is IfsfcafiaajB ON SALE TO ATaTd PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, JORTH and oUU i XI A.X U. P. Depot, Columbus. Uaurtf. HENRY G-ASS. UNDEBTAKEB ! C0FF1SS AMD fEfllUC CASES 1ST Repairing of aUkindtof Up&& itery Goods. IB .tf COLVMBVa.1 . V8 a a, liii.u ia jm.