Nebraska Newspapers

    IHE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER 12 188) )
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ClrcuAtlon of THK DAILY 13EE.
I. 1) . Chamberlain correspondent nnd
Bollcltor.
GUITCAU'S latest inspiration lins
forced him to overdo the insanity
dodge. .
OMAHA wants a frco commerce ho-
fore she will bo ready for a Chamber
of Commurco.
IE the experts are to bo believed
the stop from insanity to erimo in n
Tory small one.
INDIANA IIM nearly 15,000 school
teachers "Hoosior illiteracy" will-soon
become a thing of the past.
about to l > o liifhtod
by electricity. Insnrnnco rates may
at once bo expected to advance.
THK readjustment the country is
most in favor of is a readjustment of
the arrears of pensions swindle.
. WYOMING complains that no industry -
, try can live in the territory unless the
'Union ' Pacific is taken in us n special
partner.
THE special meeting of the Farmers
Alliance will bo a business meeting.
The producers of this state will votu
as they talk.
SKNATOK VEST seems to bo all wool
and a yard widy on the river ques
tion. That sort of Vest fits nxactly
the ideas of tlio people of thu Missouri
Valley.
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Burns is rapidly making good her
claim aa the liveliest mining contro in
tho'woat. A telephone exchange with
onojhundrod subscribers is aeon to bo
completed. " *
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A BIIILK has just Leon sold in Lon
don for $8,000. Tlio enterprising
book sellers of Denver succeeded in
soiling three last year for twenty-five
ccnta each ,
j OUR exchanges are devoting a great
deal of attention to "Tho Work of
Congress , " more attention in fact than
congress itself scums to bo giving to
the subject.
' THK Herald boasts of ita Plaits-
; mouth report , half of which was de
liberately stolen from THE BLE. The
Herald's unearthly cheek would be
appalling if it were not ridiculous.
If there are any other Nebraska
journals whoso feelings have boor
hurt by Tun BEK'H anti-monopol }
aonlimonla let them speak right out.
The people are anxious to hoar thoii
gentle voices.
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Du. MILLER responded at Plaits-
_ jtuoulh to the toast of "tho Union Pa-
WW * * f j '
cifio railrond. " A statement of com
missions for professional service !
. -would have boon highly intonating in
that connection.
ONE of the most mournful sights ol
modern times ia the grief of the No
brasku monopolies over the oppres
flion which the Doano law causes ti
* the people o this state. It is all tin
imdder because it is BO genuine am
disinterested ,
GKNEHAL KIM TUIUK'S death wil
\m \
assist in straightening out the Soutl
American diplomatic snarl. Now lu
Minister Hurlbut'a recall mid the ap
pointmcnt of now and 'experience )
in on follow. Hot headed politician
rarely make good diplomats.
A t'HAMiiKB of commerce .waul
doubtless bo an improvement to on
( rcity , And just ns noon ns corporntio
discrimination ngainst the grain an
cattlp interests of this city ceases i
will bo forthcoming. The domnn
for such an institution will at one
create a supply ,
GOULD has captured the New Yor
and Now England railroad ntul pn
poses at once to water its stock in tl
interests of "an enlightened jmbl
policy. " "An enlightened public pol
cy" will shortly bo compelled to It
humls on the railroad robbera wl
force the producers of the country
pay dividends on millions of della
f 'fictitious capital ,
MAMWV tv
THE NEW SECRETARY OF
STATE-
Tlio name of ox-Sunator Frederick
T. Krclinghuyncii of Now Jcmoy will
in nil probability bo . t lo Iho son-
ale to-day ns Iho successor of Mr.
Hlaino in Iho stale cloparlmont. In
nmny rospocli Iho nomination will
prove nccoptablo lo llio counlry. Jlr.
Frolinghnyscn ii a jnnii of largo ex
perience in public lifo , of Rcholnrly
aUaiinncnU nnd of unblemished
reputation. Ho comes from i family
of prominence in national polilics
and of higli distinction in thuir nalivo
stale. His grandfather was n tlulo-
gate to Iho continental congress , an
ofllcor in Iho Ilovolulionary war , a
( { ( moral in the army , and a United
Slates senator in J71K ) . His son ,
Jlon. Theodore Frclinghuyacn , the
undo of the coming secretary , was
also in the Unilcd Slates Honatc , boint ?
olcclod in 182 ! ) . In 18 U ho was the
whig candidate for vice president on
the tlokut with Henry Clay. The
present Mr. Frclinghuyscn was horn
in 1817 , was attorney general of Now
Jersey for five years , and in 1800 was
appointed lo fill a vacancy in Iho son-
ale for the full term of.six years , end
ing March ! , 1877.
Mr. Frclinghuyson is a lawyer of
eminence and a largo properly owner
near Somerville , Now Jersey. Ho has
always been prominently identified
with the republican party nnd an ear
nest worker in a state of strongly
democratic tendencies. Ho is an ar-
donl admirer of General Grant and
was n strong supportdr of his candi
dacy at Chicago. II is understood
that President Garfield had his name
under consideration In forming hia
cabinet but finally decided not to ap
point him on the ground that Now
Jersey having gone democratic he
could not ignore the republican states
in order to give her representation in
his cabinet. When Wayne MaoVoogh
retired rumor has it that President
Arthur offered Mr. Frolinghuysen the
attorney-generalship which ho de
clined to accept.
No ono credits Mr. Frelinghuyson
with the abilities of Mr. Jilnine. Hi
is nol so nggrcssivo and is not likclj
to make n brilliant record for the do
partment. Still , no very great bril
liancy is necessary in a secretary ol
state in the present pcacotul state o ;
our diplomatic relations with othoi
countries , and Mr. Frclinghuyson
with his largo experience in public uf
fairs , will prob.ibly do .as well aa nnj
other honest man of ordinary abilities
who could Imvo been selected.
THE VIENNA HORROR.
The latest dispatches from "Vioiim
place the loss of lifo from the burnini
f tlio Ring Theatre on TTriday a
nearly one thousand souls. Th
calamity in the most appalling o
modern times. Four hundred person
perished in the burning of the Brook
lyn Theatre in 1670 , nnd two hundrei
and fifty' were lost last year in tli
conflagration at the Nice Opor
Douse. Tho'victims of the Victin
holocaust number moro than those c
both Brooklyn and Nice .combined
The cablegrams giyo a frightful ) ;
graphic picture x of tlio scene
attending the dreadful disaster
An audience of nearly two thousam
persona , mostly of the poorer clnssca
were seated in the building awaitin
the rising of the curtain. The gr.
had just boon turned on the atag
when the ilainqs were soon burstin
through the proconium. A torribl
panic ensued , during which , to add I
the horror of the ncono , the gas won
out , leaving the long windin
staircases and passages which fui
mailed the only ogres/i from the ga
lories in perfect darkness. In a mi
monttho whole auditorium was ablazi
The doors wore choked by n mass <
shrieking and praying humanitj
vainly beseeching n help which coul
never reach them , Hundreds wei
trampled to death. Mothers strangle
their children to nave Ihum from tl ;
agonies of a horrible death and tlui
throw themselves over the gallery I
the lloor bulow. Tlio erica of the po ;
iahing could bo hoard in the utrvol
amid the roar of the ll.uncs and tii
craih of Iho limbers. Kvory ocuupai
of the galleries wiis burned to deatl
ntul of thoao who cscapo'd from tli
iloor below nmny vero HO mangled an
burned dial doalh soon relieved tliei
from their suflbriiigs. As usual i
such cases the disaster soema to hav
been the roaitlt of criminal circles :
ness. Reports are coiimotiii
as to the immediate ciuso <
1 'the tiro. By some it is attribute
to the negligence of a workmen in tl
handling of a spirit lamp. Others In
the blame to snarks from the olcotri
al lighting apparatus. But if the rul
proscribed by the city authorities fi
the safety of audiences had boon , fc
lowed every lifo could have boon savi
oven had it proved impossible to o
tinguish the fire on the stage. Tl
theatre had an iron curtain to cut <
communication between the stage at
the auditorium hut it
, was not nmi
mo of in the panic. The thealio w
also required to have oil lamps aloi
the exit BO that the way could bo d
corned in the event of the failure
the gas , but this hud not been doi
At the first alarm the nttomlui
escaped aa rapidly as possil
the iron curtain was left unused , n
nnd the audience loft to panic a
death. A rigid olllcial invostigati
is to bo made , and the responsibility
will doubtless bo placed where it be
longs. But no placing of responsi
bility or punishment of 6irondcrs ccn
bring to lifo the souls which perished
on Friday evening. All Vienna is in
mourning , nnd the light has gone out
never to bo relighted in hundreds of
homes in the Austrian capital. 01
course no'amount of regulations will
prevent disaslor where a panic
has once taken possession of an
audience but the knowledge that such
rules exist and will bo carefully en
forced is the greatest of nil prevent
ives against panic. Omaha is behind
other cities in not having any law
regulating her places ol amunomcnt.
Now York has n law prohibiting any
management from selling any moro
tickets than Ihoy have seals , and pro
viding rigidly ns lo the meant ) of exit.
Chicago has very slrict regulations ns
to doors , ( ire plugs , hoie , and ob
structions in aisles. Omalia has
none of UICBO. Ono of her theatres
is a fire-trap of the worst
kind , That Boyd's opera house i.H
nniply protected against fire and panic
is duo entirely to the generosity of its
construclor and the wisdom of its
architect. Such disasters to struc
tures as the recent Philadelphia mill
ditnstor and Iho Vienna theatre horror
should teach our council to enact nt
once a rigid protective law , not only
for places of amusement bill for build
ings of all classes where human life
can bo endangered.
TIIEUE has scarcely been an issue ol
THK OMAHA BKF. for months which hm
not contained moro or less abuse of
Congressman Valentino. If onyono'e
acquaintance with llosowator is sc
limited as to lead thorn to believe thai
this arises from pure motive , wo wisli
to remind them of the manner ir
which this man treated Mr. Vnlenlino1'
prcdocestor during the lifo time ol
that gentleman , If there was any
thing vile and abusive that llosi1
water did not say of Frank Welch , ij
was because his demoniac ingenuity die
not happen to conjure it up. After hi
had assisted in hounding the lamontec
Welch into a premature grave , h <
was ono of the first to gather arounc
his bier and pronounce extravagatv
eulogies upon the life and character o
the uaceascd. During the lifo of P
W. Hitchcock there was no crime ii
the calendar that this wholesale defamer
famor of character did not accuse bin
of. The funeral rites were scarcoli
over when THE BEE began and kop
up a series of eulogies that would havi
led the uninitiated to think that tin
two had been not only co-workora bu
warm friends. Ilcnco wo see hov
empty are the present outbursts o
the little automatic volcanic down a
Omaha. [ West Point Republican.
THE BK.K has never hositalcd to expose
pose and hold up to public inspcctloi
the corrupt practices and failures ii
official duties of Nebraska's publi
representatives. Such exposures i
has made regardless of consequence
and in spite of the threats of th
newspapers and the attempted bull
dozing of the corporations. Ever
charge which THE BEE has mnd
against such men it has substantiate
by facts and figures which were neve
answered and could not bo ovui
thrown. When corrupt cappers c
the monopolies , like the cd
tor of the West Point Jt <
publican , assort that TH
BEE has over retracted ono word <
the criticism which it has mad
' against certain public men , they utlc
a deliberate falsehood. It is an ol
proverb that criticism should bosilor
over the dead. Words of praise fc
the good points of a man's charaoterca
never bo pervorlcd into apologies fc
failings whoso mention would bu 01
of place beside an open grave. The
certainly can never bo twisted int
retractions of previously prove
charges ngainst either his public c
private lifo.
Tint IKE ! has no war to make upa
the dead. It has no desire to rake u
unpleasant memories of the past. Bi
it stands by every charge which
inndo against the public career of me
who have undergone its criticism i
the interests of u pure govoriunci
and abused constituencies.
SPKAKKU KKiKiiU is juat at just i
present bcsofhy a loljhy componcd i
representatives of Iho railroads an
those interested in claims nnd publ
grounds and buildings , who are urgit
the appointment on certain commitle
of members who aru known to bu opt
to corrupting overtures. It is etalt
that the commiiti'us on claime , Pacil
railroads , territories and publ
o grounds and building1) aru those whi <
oiler the most inviting liold for tl
lobby It is highly important th
unscrupulous men should bo careful
neglected in the composite
of these committoa. 1'ho , ret
work of congress is iloi
in the commitloo. The power of tl
committees in smothering or fucilitn
ing legislation is so well known that
largo part of the importance- tl
spoakorship , in a party sense , is d
rived from his duty in their nppoiu
inont. Mr. Koifor is known to bo
legislator of l.irgo enough oxpcrien
to understand the necessity of the i
most caution in his selection of mui
bcra for committee work. lie is mil
ciontly well versed in Iho ways of t
house to undorritand lobliy inlluonc
when ho sues them , No congregant
who ia suspected of bt > ini { cither e <
rupt or weak should Jiml his way on
nd Tut : prospective jwstnmaler brlga
ud has inviidt'd Washington. There 11
on 300 vacancies and 1,500 applicants.
WESTERN RAILROAD PRO-
ORESS.
The Denver extension of the Bur
lington through the Colorado "desert"
ia being pushed as fast as muscle and
weather will admit. Gangs of graders
cover every fifly miles of Iho road.
Tlio company has cn'oredinto a trafiic
contract with the Denver and llio
Grande company , which insures a pay
ing business from the opening. Den
ver business iticn watch the progress
of the road with great intorcsl and
will give it a traflio boost of considera
ble dimensions. The liberal prices
paid for right of' way and city privi
leges has also tended to place the
company in a high altitude with the
people.
The completion of the branch of
Iho B. & M. from Ncmalm Cily to
\Vymoro will secure to that company
almost every strnlcgctic point in
southern Nebraska. "Hold the Ter
ritory" has been Iho secret motto
of the management and a glance
nt the map will show how suc
cessfully it has been accomplished.
The first train ran over the road
last Monday. Connccction is made
nt Table Ilock with the A. ifcN trains
for Lincoln. Pawnee City gushes
over the advent of thij cars and Ihe
county swells the chorus of thankp-
giving.
The Wabash strikers have secured
their five per cent , in ono township
for the proposed Shenandoah , Sidney
& Pacific branch , through soulhwosl-
cm Iowa to the Missouri river oppo
site or near Nebraska City. Three
moro townships remain to bo heard
from before work is commenced. A
mild form of bulldozing has boon re
sorted to by threatening to change the
roulo if these three townships Benton -
ton , Prairie and Walnut refuse the
blood money. This fact establishes
the truth of TUB BEE'H assertion thai
the road will bo built , bonds or nc
bonds.
U. P. surveyors are foraging bo
twcon Lincoln and Beatrice for a suit' '
able route and five per cent aid.
Judge Maguire is fooling the finan
cial pulse of the Black Hills people ir
favor of a Black Hills and Bozomar
road. As yet the symptoms nro nol
very alarming ; in fact his success if
limited to resolutions and whoreascs ,
of which article Deadwood reccnllj
donaled an extravagant amount ,
Lawrence county , of which Doadwoot
r is the sent , is already sweating undei
t a blanket mortgage of half a million
With the Chicago and Northwesterr
and Iho Milwaukee and St. Paul head
ing for Iho Hills through the heart o
Dakota , and the Sioux City and Paci
fie nnd the Omaha and' ' Black Hill
branch of the Union Pacific througl
Northern Nebraska , Ihcro seems m
special need of haslo * in building i
local road llirough territory which thi
eastern trunk lines will cover in a fo\
ycars.i Branch linosaro only profit
able to the builders who sell at th
first opportunity.
The Denver & llio Grande is th
pot railroad of Colorado. It is con
trolled by citizens of the state , wh
refuse to qoll or pool their fortune
with eastern roads. Gould is said t
control one-third of the stock , and hi
disreputable bull methods hnvo boo
brought to bear upon the stock to dc
prociato its value , with the eviden
intention of securing a controlling ir
torcst. In this ho has failed. Th
South Park narrow gauge was buil
as a competitor , supported by th
trunk lines , but its success is limlto
lo the enormous number of engineers
firemen and employes killed by th
ditching of trains. Now comes th
Denver it Now Orleans company , cor
trolled by Evans nnd Loveland , two t
Gould'H mountain mossbacks , whic
proposes to build a line southwar
parallel with the llio Orando , as fn
as Pueblo , but the people of Denvi
determinedly refuse granting th
company any aid or favors of anykiiu
believing that its ultimalu inleiilior
nro inimical lo the interests of tli
city and stato. The mainspring <
1 this'opposition is the fear that Oinnli
1 and Kansas City merchants woul
control a largo share of the trade <
tlio state. The Republican nsser
that "if the llio'Grnmlo were run <
a p.iit of the Union Pacific system
would ho to Iho inlerost of that ron
" to carry merchandise from Omaha (
Kansas City to Loadvillo , or any otlu
local point , at u lower rate than tl
goods could bo carried to the sun
10 poilit if reshipped jit Denver. " Tl
value of the Rio Grande as an a oi
in the development of the minor
wealth of the state is obviou
It taps the ' mines on tl
Gunnison , Lcadvillo , Elk Mom
tain , San Juan , Rod Cliff , HI
the coal fields at El Moro , and mak <
possible the working of low grae
mines in those regions. The rot
will soon form a part of three throuf
lines. A third rail between Donv
nnd Pueblo , 120 miles , completes
connection between Denver and tl
east by the Atchison it Santa 1
route. The second is boowocn Sr
Lake city and oust , when its Gunnisi
lie line is built through the canon of t !
cs Grand river into Utah and to the ci
in first named. The third is from De
ir- ver and the heart of Colorado to Me
u ice nnd Now Orleans , over its li
now completed to Espanoln , within
ilo miles of Santa Fo , but ultimately
TO bo extended to El Paso. Its' El Mo
brunch will bo extended in tii
through the Pan Handle of Toxaa to
Fort Worth , and connecting Ihoro
with all parts tof Toxaa. The onliro _
energies of the company are now
turned to Iho Salt Lake extension.
The grading in Utah county is finished
and ready for the iron. The heaviest
part of the work between Salt Lake
and Provo is bridging Iho river. Tlio
company has purchased dcpol grounds
in Salt Lake cily equal to forty acres
and an outlet southward forly rods
wide , in all ninety acres. The com
pany makes friends of all with whom
it comes in contact with by promptly
meeting all obligations and paying
liberal wages. .
The contest against the issuance of
Lancaster county bonds to Daley's ,
Lincoln and Fremont roads goes to
the supreme court on the question of
jurisdiction. The county court sus
tained the motion to dismiss.
The business of the U. P. road ia
now so great as to require an average
of n train every hour. Everything on
wheels ia being employed to move the
enormous tratlio of llio road and yet
the supply of cars is inadcqunlo. The
Denver abort line ia proving a most
important feeder. Passenger and
freight traflio are increasing steadily.
The Missouri Pacific is moving to
wards the Nebraska metropolis at the
rate of two miles a day. The contin
ued favorable weather has
enabled contractors to push
rapidly through the country and
a junction of the gradera nnd spikers
ia expected early in January. This
road will bo 108 milea long and in
crease Gould's Southwestern system
to 5,340 miles. Other branches and
trunk lines of this system now under
way will foot upn tolalof 5,655 miles.
Gould and his associate have also
filed charters in Kansas for a railroad
from Salina to the northern line of
the state. Dispatches intimate that
the Santa Fo company have relin
quished their charter for a line in
lhat direction , leaving Gould an open
field in Northwestern Kansas.
Sioux City is the unfortunate pos
sessor of n railroad Hunchauson. In
fact , ho ia a Munchauson , a Vennor
nnd a Tics rolled into one. He
ia the only authenticated speci
men of the class in the
country , and his observations
of prospective railroads and mammoth
combinations are only limited by Iho
boundary of the continent. The
northweslern corner of Iowa is en
tirely too small for hia comprehensive
range of vision ; ho reaches out for the
great beyond and behind and pub
lishes to the world his "inspirations,11
illustrated with a map of Sioux City.
Last week ho observed a dark cloud
in the , northern horizon nnd a frown
on the face of YanHorno- the Mil
waukee road. This formed the basis
of a union of the latter road with the
Canadian Pacific. Anon his massive
eyeballs swept southward and piorccc
the land of the shotgun and magnolia
Hero a giant corporation waa abom
to overshadow the land with an annj
of graders and tracklayers , who woulc
merely tip their beavers to Kov
Orleans and pass on to i
part forty miles beyond , when
the cereal wealth of California wouli
bo transferred direct to Eurcpeai
steamers. The authorities shouh
t disarm him or Iho Deity will soon b
charged with another crime.
Yankton is aroused on the railroai
question. The prospect of securin ;
the Central Pacific branch has forcei
0
d the citizens to bestir themselves , am
already a company has been organizei
o to build the connecting link betwcei
Lemar's and Yankton. The Pros
0
says the Illinois Central will iron am
operate the road if it is graded. Thi
would prove a great boon to the city
giving it direct connection with Chic
ago and the cast superior tu any exist
ing route.
The Utah & Northern is within 80
feet of Iho city limits of Bulto , Man
tana. A deep ravine of several bun
drod feet yet remains to bo bridgei
before trains c.ui roach Iho depot i
city. Sapt. Clark waa up there re
cently and informed the citi/ons Ihn
the company would enter into th
coal business at an early day nn
furnish the "black diamonds" at $1
per ton. Dozens of Nebraska town
are shivering for a ton or two nm
can't get it any price.
Regular trains on the Missouri Pi
citic will bo 'in running into Full
City next Wednesday. The now dc
pot will bo completed by that time ,
The B. & M. charges iivo cents
milo for passengers between Culbcrt
aon and Collinsvillo on the Den ver ox
tension.
The winter bridge over the Mif
souri at Sioux City will bo opened fo
tralliu this week ,
l-
Correct.
The leisure moments of cx-Spcakc
Randall are now devoted to invontin
a policy for the democratic mmorit
, in the next house of representative :
; U So far , Mr , Randall has not mot wit
very flattering success. Omaha Bet
Guess you're right. Philadolphi
10 Press.
Choke Him Off.
Itm Kuneai Clt ; Journal.
m With congress nnd Guiteau bol
10 holding forth at the same tim
iy Washington is really taking nn undt
share of the attention of the countr ;
nx - Ono , at least , should do choked oil' . '
x-
110 One and Only ,
rhllxdo'pliln 1'rtt.d.
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In the senate there are two IXxvise
to two Camorons , two Hills , two Miller
ro two Joneses , There ia only 01
no David Basis.
IOWA BOILED DOWN ,
Cedar lUpul.i will goon hn\e o woolen
mill. ,
Smallpox in said to Imvo appeared nt
Orinncll
The city < > f DCS Molncs has ocr 513,000
in IU IreMiiry ,
Tanner * near LctUtillo nnd ( ! rand\lew
nrc tlll plnwlng ,
The S'orm ' T nko Creamery t cndi butter
direct to Hugland.
A now Methodls' church at Aurclla will
he dedicated Christinas.
Otlumwa houses of 111 fnme have bean
closed by order of the mayor.
Itnd Oak , Imvlnp water workH , ha * a
chemical ciigine to nl < ixHeof.
Diibnqnc lias plxtv-five ImslneM lieu cs
with a caiiit d of S 10,000 and unwnrdn.
The valuation of Sac county Is § 2,282-
! )21 ) , ou whlcu the tax lo\y in S83 030.80.
There are 201' , caien before the ftato su
preme court now in session at DCS Moincs ,
Vubu'rue'a building improvements c'ur-
Ing 1881 were worth over a million drllnrs.
The First National hank of Storm Lake
has been authorized to commence busi
ness ,
J'orcit City feclg \ crv well satisfied over
having improved 520,000 worth the past
The total amount of tax loIfd In 1'nlk
ounty for the year 1831 amounts to § 150-
7138.
The butter exhibited at the recent con
dition at the Cedar Knnida was valued at
i26,000.
Mr * . S. C. Johnson has been ndmtt'cd
o the bnr nt Knoxvllle. Htr husband Use
so a lawyer.
The recent grand _ Jury in Sioux county
mnd seventeen indictments against saloon
iien and druggints.
There has been no now cases of smnllpox
, t lielloMio for nearly two weeks and it is
ow hoped the worttt Is over.
The artesian well at Sioux City lins
lached a depth of 57u feet. Water rises
ithln fifty feet of the surface.
Curing 1881 845,238.23 were roljed in
'eilur ' Kapids in the form of taxes , of which
erronal property amounted to 8411,052.
The executive committee of the Rtntc
.ntt-prohlbitlon society-will meet at Iowa
/ity on the 14 th to outline a'plan for self
lefense.
In excavating for. building at Keokuk
fewdnj-8 since , a nule stone rcpulchre
was unearthed , containing a portion of a
lumnn skeleton.
R , D. Stephens , of Cedar Rapids , offers
o put 31,000 into each of ten new mtinu-
'acturing enterprises , just to give the place
k boom in that line.
The grape sugar works at Iowa City con-
nine 1,500 bushels of corn d-iily. The
: aptal ! ? tock of the company was lately
ncrojeed to § 200,100.
Two men have been arrested nt Glen-
oed charged with ntenling a sack of mail
'rom the depot last Wednesday. The Back
and contents were recovered.
A gentleman seeks to locate in Cedar
tapida with n paper and card-board mill.
le suggests a stock company with n cap-
talofS20000 , of which he offers to take
me-half.
In 1849 there were only 349 frame and
5 brick and stone school hou es in the
itate. To-day there are 10,210 frame , 701
rick , 237 atouo and 73 log institutes of
earning.
Henry Lamir , of Muscatine , will be 10.
c.ir < * old if ho lues to the 2Gth of Mnrch.
His health is excellent and his spirits
; ood. It is thought ha ia the oldest man
n the state.
When the national dairy convent ! ' n at
/edar llnm'd * adjourned , the Businessmen
f Iowa City had a special train waiting
'or them , in which they were tiken to thai
ilnr-e , where they were entertained.
Oriin liodgers , aged 17 , while walking
n the top of a frajght train at North Me-
iregor , stub ! cd hia toe , stumble. ' ! , fell I c-
.ween . the cari nnd ' as killed. Both legs
were ruu over and mashed out of all Bern
lance.
A brace of burglars wna takcu in al
Sioux City Friday. An amateur cracks
man was shot at in Gee way's store and ar-
estcd nt Griffin's. Another tenderfoo
lame to sell a watch where he had' stoler
t , a 'id was taken in.
At the close of the Cedar Rapids dairj
convention upwards of 00,000 pounds o
butter waa sold nt prices ranging from 3 !
to 00 cents ver pound. Some of the ex
iiibitors , adding premiums to sales , re
ceived ns high aa $1.50 per pound for thei :
butter.
In the spring of 1879 , nt Sidney , Fro
inont county , Wilber Howell under stronj
prevention struck another young mm
named lirainard on the head with a chair
nnd from the f ffects of the blow Brainarc
died. Howell had just had his trial
been convictedof _ manslaughter nnd Ben
tcuced to impiiaonment in the penitentiar ;
one day and to payn fine of & 300 , togethe'
with the co'ts. About a year nco Howel
married , and his wife presented him witl
u babe on the day of his conviction. Citi
zens of Sidney have petitioned Uoyorno
Gear to rem't thn fine on payment of tb
costs.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Oakland ha ? organized a land league.
Pierce wants a bick layer and plnsterei
A Grand Island will ships feed to Der
ver.
liie Springs is to ha\e a new brie
yard.
The prospect hole nt Decatur li dowi
01 ! ) feet.
Albiim lias orgi ni/ed n hook and ladde
company.
The round hoiic at Culbc'lRoa looms u
[ rumen uly.
iV t-tcnm gri t mill N to ho built a
\ \ neil Itiver.
"Jilack lees' t > re\ail8 among cattle I
I'auneu county.
Nrligh'H Improvements for the past ycai
will foot up SIU.OOO.
James Boll , of ] ) a\d ! City , will 0001
Lmllil mi uleator there.
Culbertinn neeila n bank ia which t
nto t- her surplus hliekeln.
The ladies ol Fnlls city contemplat
starting n public library.
A gentleman from Illinois was relicvei
of ! ? "li iH the Linvol'i depot.
Meutn Vrey ana Olto Probno are ii
jail nt West Point for bleating timber.
11. II Stimrt , of flrand Inland , ha
nrrungod for the mnnufaUure of his paten
Whither strip.
The first child born in the new town o
Wnyue was a daughter lo Air. and Mw
Jmnuxlirltton.
A bnlter famine in prevailing ; in Nc
Hgli. No butter tit to eat can be had fo
love or money.
Mr.'Van Horn lion sold the Cllfto
house , Nebraska City , and gnei into bual
nen in Lincoln ,
Isaac Crable of York him Borne 25 acre
of corn that is turning out ilxty-fiv
bushels to the acre.
Iraao Cost , aged twelve , of Antclu [
county , playfully perforated the heart (
hia brother with a pinto ! ,
A dojtruclivo prnlrlo fire passed throng
Ihecounlry in Ihe vicinity of Went Point
mining several fanners.
The brother of the Suns of Gem * hi
been started in onjmsition to the Bonn i
Liherty In liraim Island.
8 n tor Van WycV has tiken JI'H en
rlago team to Washington , and with It
carload of Nebraska hay.
The 1'remont foundry has during tli
past ycnr manufactured seventeen ougliii
from 1J to10 horbo power.
The apparatus for the Fremont t li
phone exchange has urrUed mid will I
put in place imiuediately ,
Pawnee comity turned over f 7&.MW I
the Republican Vnl'ey rnllroud , Tliw
boud < run for a period of fifteen year * an
re to be u cd only In payment of thi com-
any'g taxcn In the county.
"
The Decatur ( Hurt "county ) Herald bobs
, tpvo before the public. It is a neat , ,
Kty an I noway local | ftper.
The piles for the Finite bridge at Frc-
-out are in place and a large portion of
lie suiKirotructnre put in place.
The experimental welt water at Lincoln
been analyzed. The lluld If suitable
r domestic and temperance purposes.
There ! * a great fcnrcity of laborers In
* ork c .unty. farmer * ( lnillnt it out of thc-
iiMtlon to obtain help , even at advanced
age.- .
A Lincoln tf'rl nnmed Annlo Spechti-
( nnpUU-ly crank on religious eubje la
hcwMeent to Iho home of her biolher-
n Syracntf , Nefr
WakcfielJ i * booming. It has twenty
vo building * and more going tip , Among
, ew cnt n'ri'es are a ste.un flouring mill'
nd woolen factory.
The now dct > ot at Pawnee is being built ,
t Is 20x40 , Iwo plnricp , giulng fi\e re l.
ence rooms on Iho xccoud floor for tbe >
, ? ont and his family. !
The Farmers Alliance , oreamVetl onlv n.
.tile over nyear ago in Xchroskn , now
jumbcrs three hundred local lodges , and is
till rapidly increasing.
Tlio vinegar works of Nebraaka City-
.ill bo removed next -Unroll to tlio new
mlldlng to bo ctected near tlio foot of
ill street near the railroad track.
Mr. Thomas Collins , n fanner n few
miles southwest of Urowmillc , had one of
lis arm1 * brokm by the kick of a horse ,
rom the effects of which he died.
It i * said the State Supreme Court has
endercd a decision that no license can be
psued under the Slocum law for less than
? r > 00 , co matter for how short a time.
The authorities of Lincoln has called an
ilection for December 2"th to vote on Iho
uestion of issuing 810,000 water works
ends to solve the water works problem.
Quartermaster-General C. II. Baird has
ishursed S75 to each company of the
atlonal guurds in the stiito of Nebraska
or atmory rent for the year coaimcncine
rune 1,1881.
S. T. Corbett and Frank Deln , two em-
iloycn at the B. & M. rhons at Platlii-
noulh , were severely bmlsed by timbers
'rom a car falling upon Ihem. Corbelt's
ihoulder was dislocaled and his thigh
iroken.
Hastings enjoyed an elopement sensa-
, ion last week. LillleVooster Mt the
omlc'lo ' of her dnd and went east on a tour
with Jim Fathropp. She took the old
man's purse along and left several milliner
'jills ' behind as souvenirs.
The supreme court last week disposed
he insurance fee caeo in which ex-Audi-
or and exiled Leidtko was intereeted.
The court held that "all fees earned or
iollected by Iho auditor of public accounts
leloag to the state , and are payable in
advance into Ihe state treasury. "
T. .T. Smith , late of the O'Ne 1 Record ,
, ' s soon to start n paper _ at Long Pine. The-
ilace , young as It is , has already a popula-
ion of 300 , contains five saloons , lumber-
md coal y nl , three stores , one medicine
ihop , two livery stablct ) , hotels , meat mar
ket , f ed store , blacksmith shop , etc.
At lost accounts , Deputy Marshal Me-
lains w ns still after Stanton ( for the kill.
ng of Myers , mentioned last week ) , hiv-
nn traced him to Atchisnn. There he
oupht a ticket for the south or southwest ,
t could not definitely be discovered which * ,
t is probable that ho has made his way to
New Mexico ere this. It must be con-
'cssed our people are not anxious about his
capture. [ Pawnee Enterprise.
A sad and fatal ncci 'ent ' happened at
Covington on Wednesday morning. F.
W. Cor'iin ' , a carpenter , at work on the
St. Paul winter bridge , nii-l who resides at
Blair , had occasion to go near the ma
chinery that raises the large hammer to
the pile driver , when the coat tail of Iris
overcoat was caught in some manner ,
drawing him upward. His left side was
torn open and his left t-houlder torn from
lis body. _ Corbln w : > s 35 years of age and
ieavea a wife.
Mr. K. M. Tridges , of York , writes to
correct a statement mailo in THE LEE :
'We boast of most excellent ichools , and
in tin various erodes , from the MnJergnr-
tej to Iho seminary , ve en > ell nearly s'x
hundred pupil * . Our enrollment In the
primary department i < 104 , but on accoint
of the prevalence of whooping cough the
attei dance ran down to 05. Your state
ment gives these figures as the aggregate of
all the schools. I do not ask space , but
imply o correction in tlvj 'jo'ting * , ' which
I feel you w II quite willirgly give , as the
statement reflects upon our schools and
does injustice to our city Your daily is
nn fi'e and i < oaily consulted by our ad
vance 1 | .upil , numbering in our grammar
s heels more than yi u have given us on ,
the full reg stcr. "
ORLEANS NEWS.
For the two past seasons this part of
Nebraska has nnthadas bnunt fill crops n&
some other sections. Nevertheless our
tuwnH and conn'y _ ire gaining some good
and permanent improvement- ' , among
which is the Sentinel office , wLich is re
ceiving the finishing touch , and will be
ready for occupation soon. The building
is cf i-o d size and will be commodious ,
and in a good addition to the south
Bide of the square. O. K. Olmstead't )
flouring mill will noon be teady
for worlr. The machinery is being put In
place.f This n.ill is titunted on the Itepub-
lican river and has no of the best water-
powers in the t-tate. This mill will Add
material lo the business of our town when-
it < nee gels in running order. C. Boebl
is also building a four run mi 1 two miles ,
west of town on the Aupa. This mill will
be equipped with all of the late improved
machinery and will be second to none in
the Btatc. Such improvements as these
are a benefit to Iho county and are gooit
property for the owners. Several biib-
btmtial residences uro bcicg built in the
town , which wo are glad to note ,
fvirgo quantities of broom corn was raised
in thin county , which ia finding a ready
market hero at SSO per ton. Vast herds
of sheep are being brought to the valley
and there are several large flocks owned
in the vicinity f Orleans , J , 11. Kenne
dy , our fellow townsman , at the present
time has a flock of oyer 1 , ' 00 , all high
grade' . I shall have more to nay of the
sheep business in a future letter. I am
sorry to chronicle the failure ot Manning
Dros. , of our city , one of Iho "Id reliable
grocery and dry good" firms. They made
an assignment in favor of C. Coutc.
TllAVEI.Kn.
OHI.CA.VS , Neb , . December 8 , 1881.
Found at JJnfct
What every one should have , and never
bo without , It THOWAH' KiiECTinq OIL. It
is thorough and aifo in iti tifecU , produ
cing the most wondrous cures of rheuuiv-
li-mi , neuralgia , burns , bruinesnnd wounils
of every k ind. dl -eodlw I
To Nervous Sufferers
THE GREAT EUROPEAN REMEDY.
Dr , J. B. Simpson's Specific
II ti jK ] tit ocuro lor Bpermatoirbea , Bcraln *
Wvoknuu. Imjotancy , Mid all dlsoaso resulting
Iroui tJul'-AtuHo , an Mental Anxiety , Loeai
Memory , 1'tlm In the Back or Slilo , Mid diseases-
that load to-
Consumption
Insanity an
tarh grave-
The Specific
Medicine 1s-
boln ; uxxl
with wonder
ful success.
, _ _ Pamphlet *
( nut Irwj to all. Write lor them and gut full par-
tk'ulnri.
1'rlcc , Hnedflc , tl.OO fet package , or lk pack-
igon ( or to 00 , Addruw all order * to
It. HIMSON J1KDIUI.VE CO.
No. . 101 anil 104 Main bt. lluOalo , K. T.
HM In Unuhiv liv C. V. Uoodruxn , J. W. Hell.
J , K Uh. and all
D. S. BENTON ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AKIIACII BLOCK ,