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Tm < VHATlY RRT5--OMXTTA 8. 1884.
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. , A > ? - HtcA. tlMmger Dally OUtnhttou , tVO. > Kox
-4ti3 , Omaha.
ClNCKWATI is Jin * the Venice of
America.
A redaction of hi pw.oont by the Mor
risen tsrifT bill would eavotoiho people
$30,000,000 a ycr ir ,
Iho tobacco i.wbnto bill has passed both
housaa , the hoi ise having concurred in the
Bo'ncto amendments.
Alt Atlanta policeman lias boon-off his
' boat a year. Ha differs from aomo po-
h'coinon who are always on iho 'boat.
The young Indy who married the " liv
ing skeleton" short time ago refuses to
live with him. She is supposed 'to ' have
found him " too thin. "
IT will bo in order now for every dem
ocrat to net up & shout for a "horizontal
tariff , " vriul the republicans > can continue
tinueto .cry .up their "perpendicular"
tariff , inhere in niothing liho party war-
cries.
Wii use ylad to bo informed that the
romarkabl * ' development of earthquakes
last year lends now force to the theory
of an eminent seismologist ihat thoproa-
cnt period of the century ia one of .groat
uoismicenergy. .
T/tr-attorney general will probably bo
directed < to bring suit to compel the
Union Pacific to uettlo its indebtedness
to tlio .government , and in case the com
pany -refuses an injunction upon its divi
dends ia.likely to bo taken out.
A'BALTIMORE ' firm that advertises > extensively -
tonsively sent to the poatofllco the other
day Bovontocii tons of almanacs. JSx
c7ta j//c. /
This accounts foe the numerous fresh
jokes that are now .appearing in iho
"funny .papers. "
' ur. determination is evident in the f
convention now in session in Washing
ton , oti the part of the friends of the
Mi suaippi 'river improvement and -the
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friomls of the Honuopia canal , to make
a long.pull , u strong pull and a pull all
together.
Eggs hnvo advanced materially in Chicago
cage since the holidays , and are now cold
attfO.centu per dozen , which is.consider- .
ubly moro than ia asked for a bushel arof
potatoes. It is stated that 20,000,000
dozen woroimportoa from Europe during
tho.paat.-ycar.
The democratic logislaturu of Ohio has
passed a bill redistricting the state. On
tlio .vote of 1880 the democrats will have
ton sure districts and the republicans ,
iiino , with the two Hamilton county dis
tricts in.doubt. On the vote of 1883 , here
democrats will have thirteen and the ro-
pnblicuro-six diatriotswitli two doubtful.
Tnr ! court has granted a divorce to
Mrs. .Iloburt P. Porter. Air. Porter ms
paid.10'JCO alimony , the provisions be
ing that the divorce should bo granted
OIL no graver charge than that of deser
tion. Robert was very oinrious that here
af&ir should bo cleared up , but n moro
aorious charge should bo maintained
against him.
GiN < iiiK8HMix TUI.I.KV , of California ,
has introdiicod a bill to make .patent
medicines contraband in the mails , unices
their inventors first place in the patent
ouicc-a sworn statement of their constit
uent , parts. As a rule , it is only the
vilcstiof these frauds that are tnummit-
icd through the mails to the ignorantnnd
credulous , who ptofor the secrecy of the
mail * to.purchaeiv at drug stores ,
"Tim Now York -World - says lltRU ! literary -
erary gentlemen in that city is engaged ;
upon a. buok in which tlio uuthor .claims
to have proof that -Queen Victoria was
secretly married to John 1'rovrn shortly
ttftor'thu dtvitk of the royal consort , lit
clainn that Disraeli distovorod the fact , ,
and through throat eiiiny to disclouo it
aeeurod hU advancement , Is it Queen
Victoria making herself jsilly over tlu
.da&th of u Bcrvint , or it it the Widow
Crown bewailing the Josa-of a husband ?
A oiiKiojf4iap&Wi afatoj that the now
Ftvsjtoh loan will amount to 75COO,000.
The budgot.of ' 5 will exceed that of 'Si '
by $ # .000,000. What does this great in ;
prwurtt of seventy millions of public in-
debU&teta mean ? It represents an in-
roaeo/twofold , of oflicial ( ax-eators oinco
ilua days al tbo euipiro , and a waste of
inoaoy in < &o adventures of foreign coIo-
lo.ch
jiiait "a iataetao in oxtravagauco ch
JIM JitjJo dJ ntly tp commend it , It ill
Iftinl Franco fn aupli a confusion at
Kgypt , Iluwia and Hexipo are now > .
iwnderiMg fn , Jfow Jong before buch
* ] > aipy ] will lead to popular discontent |
* viHm t .revolution )
A MonE LtnsnAt , COMMERCIAL
I'OLICY.
The Now York J/crahl ays the InrifT
has become such a junylo , and so intlbee
mntoly bound up with the industrial
economy of the nation , that nny attempt
to deal with it as A whole cxvitcs a de
termined and organized resistance from
patties who bolioro that their prosperity
depends upon keeping it unchanged.
Mr , Morrison , in the bill to which wo
referred yo&tonlay , has in n measure rec
ognized this fact ; and instead of attempt
ing to frame A mcaauro in which each
item should bo separately dealt with ,
thua opening the door to almost innu
merable tmondmcnh and giving rise to
almost endless dobr.to and obstruction ,
ho hnnadoptodaecfcr and more judi
cious method by providing for
a general redaction in duties of
twenty percent , except so far
as other and 'apodal changes may bo
recommended. This is not , noTm : Br.B
caid yesterday , a radical proposition.
The tariff ocmminaion , who .promised
much and accomplished little , wont as
far as thia , and what they said was in
dorsed by.raany of the high protection
wint ? of congress. In adopting 'tho ' posi
, tion of the tariff commission Mr. Morri
son has in a degree already disarmed
criticism. However much < may bo urged
against applying a horicontal reduction
to the tariff a tariff which has grown by
being tinkered with in the interest of
this orthat industry , without regard to
the effect of such tinkering upon other >
industries Mr. Morrison has taken the
course best calculated .to produce come
good results. I3in method is simple and
easily applied. That the present tariff is
too high , is oven admitted by manufac
turers. However desirable it may bo to
got rid of the factitious support given tea
a misuse of the taxing power by the
tariff , this result must bo accomplished
gradually unless disastrous panics are to
bo created. Mr. Morrison's bill recog
nises this and is intended to bo merely
the urstlstop toward a moro liberal com
mercial policy.
THE Cincinnati Jlnquircr gives the ro
suit of an elaborate convass of Indiana
laal
which it has made by means of several
thousand circulars , asking the opinion of
prominent citizens in regard , to presidential
no
tial candidates. The following lists present
oof
sent figures representing the number of
localities favorable to each man :
, Arthur 1,12R Blaluo 1,014
A.'G. Portor. . 500 Logan 2138
Oon. Shormnii. fi'J7 Harrison 177
Graham. * . . . . . 233 .Nocliolco 202
The democratic list.is as follows :
J. 13. MoDonJI. . B. Pay no ,
old 3,855 (1st ( choice ) . . 4C3 ,
Hancock t. 3 H. B. Pnyno.
A. G.Thurman 2 (2il ( choice ) . . 1,188
Goo. Hoadly. . 4 Snm'l .T. TiUlon 37
Hondrlcks . . . . 19 U. W. Yorliees 41
lieu Butlor. . . . 1 Holmau 18
Morrison. . , , , . 3 No choice 10
Hondricks and Holman can comfort
each other.
A very pleasing incident occurred dur
ing the opening session of the river con
vention at Washington. A Kansas dele
gate offered a resolution , which was
adopted , requesting the sorgcant-at-
atud
arras to display the national flag in and
about the 'hall during the moo tint ; of the ;
convention. A young man soon entered
the hall parrying a largo American flag
which was unfurled and placed on the .
platform behind the president's chair.
The Hag was saluted with boisterous ap
plause , which was conclusive proof that
the delegates wore in favor of the old Ifcg
as well ao an appropriation.
I
Till ! Austrian government is in pos
session of trustworthy evidence of
plot to assassinate the emperor , and the
Now York Jfcrnld'a ' Vienna special .of .
the 5th inst. states that along with the
emperor are included the empress , the
Grown Prince Rudolph , the Grown Prin-
COM ) Stephanie , Baron Rothschild , all the
editors of the Ncuc I rlcto J'rcnsc and
the Wiener Tayblatt , Prefect of Police
Koticka , Commissary of Police Frankel
ministor.1 , bankorn and deputies , many
of whom belong to the liberal party , and
many merchants.
statesmen who complain of
the abuse they receive from the opposi
tion , receive consolation from the Pall '
Mall Qacttet which compiles from
speeches made in Canada in 1878 by Sir
Richard Gartwright the following list of
. epithoU applied by this minister of the
crown to his oppononto : "lliscal , thief ,
blackguard , liar , scoundrel , public crimi
nal , creature , robber of Canada , burglar ,
fool , putrid , dastardly , empty-headed ,
thievish , lying. "
CONQHKS.H is now engaged in discussing
the plourO'pnoumouia bill. It is certain
< ly an important matter , and if pleuro-
pneumonia exists among our cattle and (
it is claimed that it does quite extensive
ly every ell'jrt uhould bo made to stamp
out the disL'iiau immediately. It is the
duty of congress to protect the cattle
interests in this respect , and wo have no
doubt that effective legislation will bu hud
upon the subject.
: to the Novr York Jfcrald
! says that there is absolutely no founda
tion in .tho report that cabinet changes
are tobo , made ; that Mr. Morton would
be called from Paris to the treasury , Fol ' .
yer become Attorney general , and Drews -
tor minister to Paris , No cabinet
changes have boon oven thought of , nor
are any probable.
coil oil democracy of Ohio aru beginning -
ginning to think that the floods that are
now enbajo'rging that etato are intended
as . punishment for the election of Stand
ard Oil Payne.
RmtKHKhTATJVJ ! PoHSIIIUMEU'l ! bill
granting copyright to foreign authors fur
years , with privilege of
fourteen years' renewal , if the game
rights ] bo granted in return by foreign
governments to American nr.thors , has
been reported to the hou'JO with the
unanimous approval of the judiciary com
mittee.
' 'WHAT'S UK AFTEK NOW ? "
In the Sonatq i Tuesday a resolution
introduced by ; Yon Wyck , that the socro
taty of the interior inform the senate
whether the Onion Pacific company has
issued any trow stock or made any mort
gage , pledge , lease , running arrangement
or other traffic contract smco March 3 ,
1873 , wan ngrocd to. What's ho after
now ? Fremont Jlcrald.
"What's ho after now ? " Senator Van
Wyck is after Jay Gould , Sidney Dillon
and other Union Pacific manipulators ,
with a very sharp stick. Senator Van
Wyck is after the truth in regard to nu
merous allegations which hnvo boon made
concerning the methods of those gentlemen -
men in watering Union Pncifio stock to
pocketing the proceeds. Senator Van
Wyck is after information regarding the
manner in which Jay Gould has buraeucd
the Union Pacific with various railroads ,
and made millions of dollars by the trans
actions. Senator Van Wyck is after moro
light upon the Oregon Short line , which
ho has been informed is being built by
Sidney Dillon's nephews , who are being
paid by the Union Pacific , which com
pany guarantees the Oregon Short line
bonds. Senator Van Wyck is after a
few pages of the history of the consolida-
| tion of the Kansas Pacific with the Union
Pacific , and the unlawful issues of stock ,
Senator Van Wyck is after an answer to
the question why the Union Pacific has
been declaring dividends and not paying
the interest on its dobt.
The Now York Tftnca , under thn head
of "Some of Gould's Transactions , "shows
what Senator Van Wyck is after. It
says that ho has secured the adoption of
another of his pertinent resolutions of
inquiry , the answer to which will proba-
bly bo of some interest to the pnblic ,
The Times says :
"Mr. Von Wyck has learned from ox
poriouco that the wording of his proanv
bios is apt to bo criticised by one or two
senators , and ho evidently had this in
mind when ho drew up the preambles to
his resolution. It simply quoted from
the legislative , executive and judicial
expenses act of March 3 , 1873 , the pro
visions that after the passage t > f the act
no dividend should bo made by the Union
Pacific company except from its not earn
ings , that no new stock should bo issued
or mortgages or pledges made on the .
property or not earnings without leave > .0f
congress , except for the purpose of fund 1-
ing and securing its debt , then
existing , or the renewal there
of , and that any director or oflicor
of the company doing any of these pro
hibited things should bo punished 3r. 3y >
imprisonment and fine. Among Mr.
Van Wyck's reasons for offering the resolution
elution are various allegations which Bro
made concerning the acts of the Union
Pacific company since the provisions
quoted in the preamble became law. It
is assorted , and Mr. Van Wyck believes ,
that since March 3 , 1873 , the company
has issued 8 10,000,000 of stock , a large
portion of which wont to pay Jay Gould
for roads unloaded by him on the Union
Pacific. Gould , it is declared , purchased
the South Pass railroad in order to force
- himself into control of the Denver and
Rio Grande , which was stretching to
Mexico. When ho found ho could ot
succeed in his puruoso , ho unloaded the
South Pass upon the Union Pacific. In
, the same way ho dumped upon it the
old Pomcroy roadnowits contra ! branch.
. It in also ftUp' d that yrhon Gould bought
the Missouri Pacific railroad ho had to take
its indebtedness and part of that was the
Kansas Central. how
This
was a narrow-
g gauge road from Loavenworth 120 miles
west , of no use to the Missouri Pacific ;
so Gould unloaded it on the Union Pa '
cific. Still another assertion which Mr ,
Van Wyck _ has noted , is that the Oregon
a Short Line 13 now being built substan
tially out of the Union Pacific , its bonds
being guaranteed by the latter by dsa
' traOio contract. Sidney Dillon's nephews
Are understood to have
the contract for
building the Oregon Short Lino. The
- Union Pacific people now como to Wash
ington with the nlua that it is impossible
for them to pay the bonds given thorn by
the government with which to build the
road , and Senator Edmunds lias intro
, duced a bill to extend the time of pay
ment of these bonds for sixty ym
Mr. .Van Wyclt is inclined to look upon
this motuuro as equivalent to makinu a
present of the bonds to the Union Pa '
cific road , and before ho votes for the .
bill ho wants to know how much truth
there is in the allegations ho has heard. "
Ui.NiniKO.-i : : [ , of Illinois ,
has introduced a pension bill , whichwith
slight modifications , will probably re
ceive the endorsement and approval roof
the pension ofllco. The bill proposes to
grant pensions to all persons who , having
enlisted in the regular or volunteer
army
or navy , in wars waged by the United
States , nerved thrco months , were hon
orably discharged , and who are unable
by roacon of physical disability to earn a
subsistence , or who are sixty-five irs
of ago , and are dependent upon their
labor for support. This will embrace all
I the veterans of the war of 1812 , and
nearly all of the Mexican
war , as well as
a very largo number of the e.x-aoldicrs of
the war of the rebellion. It does not
propose to ponaion everybody that served
the government only these who are in
actunl want , or tltoao who , by reason of
ago or physical disability not resulting
from bad habits , are unable to earn a
living , The requirement
of thrco
months' service is criticised
by noino as
being too short , and recommendations of
an extension to six mouths have been
made to meet this. %
SlX-OND.AH.SIST.lNT '
1'OSTJUCTKK GE.\-
KJUL Ei.5iEH IIHS resigned , to take the
presidency of the American Surety com
pany of Now York. There is a differ
ence of opinion manifest among the Now
York journals in regard to Mr. Elinor.
The Herald pronounous him ono of the
lieni
mott capable and thorough business men
in the department ; ho reformed the star-
ronto tervico , and effected important
economies with first-elms business skill.
The Times congratulates Mr. Elmer II.m
his retirement , and pronounces it the
most commendable of his recent public
acts , and his moU valuable service to
government. With no wish to make him
fool uncomfortable , it is bound to say
that hia retention of oftico has for months
been a public scandal. Of Mr. Henry
D. Lyman , chief contraot-clork of the
| department , who succeeds Mr. Elmer , it
is sufficient to say that his record during
some years of service and responsibility
is ono of exceptionable intelligence , in
dustry and readiness in mastering the
details of work.
X "J'ACll-'tcr AND T1MKLY MOl'f ,
A bill introduced in the house by
Ropro.stintativo Anderson , of Kansas , in
regard to the sale of Pacific railroads , has
for its object and purpose the timely aim
of preventing the sacrifice of the govern
ment lien , in case the managers should
take a notion to tquoczo out. Congress ,
11 it will bo remembered , some years ago ,
permitted the companies to issue first-
mortgage bonds which should have pri
ority over the government lien. It is
not necessary tu say , at present , by
what means this action was procured.
The act , to say the least that can possi
bly bo said , was a very unwise onoj some
think it was corrupt. Very inadequate
provisions have been made for the pay
ment of the government bonds loaned to
the companies. And it is quite possible
that Gould , Dillon , Huntington and
their associates may take a notion , when
the time has como , to throw the whole
concern into the hands of the first mort
gage bondholders. This would bo a
short and easy cut to got rid altogether
of the government bond. It would leave
to the government taxation as its only
practicable way to got pay on its bonds.
To say the least , there is no superfluity
of caution in the method proposed by
Representative Anderson to provide
against such a move.
Du. Gnoitoi ; L. MIU.GH has landed in
Now York upon his return from Europe.
The proper thing now will bo services of
thanks for his escape from the perils of
the deep , and for his safe return to Oma
ha.
Tin ; frequent duplication of pay ac
counts might bo a good argument with
some people that army officers ought to
have their pay increased on the ground
that they are being insufficiently paid.
The latest case of making the govern
ment pay double is that of Captain
Koyos , of the Tenth cavalry , who is now
being tried by court-martial at San Au-
| tonio , Toxos. _
IIo\v Monoiiohea arc made.
Chicago Tribune.
A very peculiar argument for railroad
discrimination is made by an Iowa paper.
It assorts that if the men who ship largo
quantities of freight are not given lower
rates than these who- send smaller
amounts , "it is useless to talk of bulidiog
up either manufacturing or wholesale
control in Iowa. " Lower rates to the big
men are demanded , it declares , by the
wholesaling principle which gives better
terms to the larger buyer than to the small
buyer , and it assorts it to bo folly to talk
of reversing the world-wide principle of
wholesaling rates in the railroud , business
nlono. To all of which the answer lies
on the very surface of our commercial
system to-day.
Nothing had contributed moro to accel
erate or done more to create the remark
able tendency of our times to monster
combinations and monopolies in almost
every business and industry than the
practice of the railroads in giving lower
rates to largo shippers. It is this which
has created and which sustains the
Standard Oil company. On a very largo
part of its business its profit consists
solely of the difference of freight rates in
its favor and against its competitors.
This was abundantly shown in the testi
mony of Gonoral-Froight-Agent Vaillant
of the Lake Shore in the suit of the
Cleveland refiners , Schofiold , Shurmor ,
and Teaglo , against the oil monopoly.
All over the country manufacturing and
commercial concerns have boon built up
over the heads of their competitors by
the application in their favor of thia
wholesaling principle by accomodating
freight agents. And when they have
thus boon made the biggest toads in their
puddle these overshadowing concerns
make their bigness the reason for being
made bigger still by further discrimina
tions.
The highways of the country must bo
open to every citizen , from the richest
to the humblest , on precisely the same
terms. The railroad is a public corpora
tion , not a private ono ; it oxcorcises
governmental powers , and it must n t
discriminate between rich and poor ,
weak and strong. It must treat all
alike as the post ofllco does. The
wholesaling principle must bo loft to work
out its results in private competition , but
the charters given by the government
must not bo used to create and main
tain monopolies and to accelerate the
tendency towards the accumulation of
huge fortunes in a few bunds Public
policy forbids.
The opposite policy from thnt recom
mended by our Iowa contemporary is
what is needed to build up the commer
cial and manufacturing industries of its
state , The practice of * discriminating
against the small man , the beginner , will
leave the people of the atato in the
hands of the great capitalists and rail
way pots of the cast. The manufactur
ers ot Pittsburg , the merchants of Now
Yow York , Chicago and Boston ,
who can ship tons will always under
soil the begginnoti in Iowa if they
can get frirght rates Icsa tlmu ho. The
Iowa man will bu it a sufficient disad
vantage by reason of his deficiency of
capital and experience and greater pro
portionate expenses without having
added to thorn the fatal handicap of rail
road discrimination. It ia perhaps not
an entirely unimportant coincidence that
the journal which makes this argument
for railroad discrimination is in favor of
the perpetuation of the monopolies of
the present tariff , and thinks Jay Gould
is a liuro and publio benefactor.
1'lntols Succeed AVlioii Muscle Fftllf.
Sr. LOUIB , February 7. A St. Joseph
special says ; Iu the village of UoKalb.
Mo.Columbus Spratt.an 18 year old boy ,
shot and killed Jan. Mitchell yesterday
afternoon , after having boon worsted by
Mitchell in the fist fight. Spratt pro-
yoked the fiqht because Mitchell was a
friend and defender of Frank Browu.tho
man who murdered Sprat t' father five
years ago , Sprntt gave himself up.
STATE JOTTINGS.
I.1NCOI.X.
Tim tinuntcd house storloa ore convenient
"fill-ups" for hard pressed reporters.
Work on the blp well which Is expected to
supply Uio city with water , will noon begin.
ISnrn biirelarn nro crowing bold , ( ioorgo
Bonnoll Is the Intent victim to the extent of n
tot of harness ,
Schuyler Col fin will lecture th Lincoln on
Jio 13th of Mutch , for the benefit of the mall
. ardors of that city.
George H , Wondllng h billed to explain the
itotlious of the Devil , the proceeds to go to
ho I tome of the Friomlles.i. It will not bo an
ixpcrlonco nuotlng.
1'I.ATTHMOUTH.
The ladles of St. Luke's Guild will give n
m asked boll on the evening of the 14th ,
The huldora of the high school bonds ,
.mounting with Interest , to $43,023.72 , have
: rroposcd to the city to surrender thorn for S0 !
our bonds , bearing GJ per cent Interest. The
jld bonds draw 10 per cent , and the change
, vould olTodt qulto a saving for the city , A
pedal mooting of the council will bo hold
Don to act on the proposition.
The Citizen's bank , with n capital of $75.-
)00 , IIBH beoti organized. The entire stock
ivns easily disposed of , and half of the capital
ft now paid In. The stockholders are Dr.
lohnUlnck , AV. H. Gushing , F. K. Guth-
uann , Prank Carnith , J. W. Johnson , Fred
'lorrman , .T. A. Connor , William Wotton.
lamp and Foter Mumm. Tlio new bank ex
acts to open tip for business about March 1st.
KllEMOST.
Tlio trusteCH of the normal school have lo
: atoJ it on Barnard's addition to the city.
The Trlbuno places eight montlis as the
Imlt until the B. it M. will bo running trains
into tha city.
A Cheyenne architect la drawing plans for
i 810,000 private dwelling to bo bulltj.horo
.his . summer.
Fight youne men of the town have boon
.nillod for nmofihlng ' "Madam" 1'arkcr's win-
ilows. They were out painting the town but
tackled the wrong female.
There will bo a rng party here on the 15th
nit. , and lest tlioro should bo n miitako pub-
.Ication Is made "that no one will bo admitted
on tlio floor dui Ing tlio dance unless dressed in
rags , "
Wm. Ilnwo will build n brick hotel In GO
'oet on Main street by 80 foot on Third , three
itoricfl high. The corner will bo used for the
jNistoflico. It Is to bo finished by the 1st of
August.
THE 8TATK IN GENKRAL.
Thirty wo deer have been killed this winter
.n . the Logan valley.
The now opera house at Alexandria will bo
opened in thirty days.
August Illttlo , of Madison county , has just
passed his 83d birthday.
Tlio 1'onca ( louring mill consumes 2,000
bushels of wheat per weok.
There are 0.183 members of the Grand Army
of the Republic in Nebraska.
Dog lights for monoj are the favorite Sab
bath exorcises in David City.
The State Bank of Alexandria succeeds the
Thayler county bank with a capital of § 50.000.
An effort is being made to rcmovo the coun
ty scat of Dakota county from Dakota City to
Jackson.
The Springfield , Cass county , musical asso
ciation will hold u convention from the 10th
.o . the 22d Inst.
Henry Wngnor , the bartender In Liedor-
kranz hall , Grand Island , died suddenly last
week. Heart disease.
Jackson is said to bo ono of the Hvollos
towns in northern Nebraska. The town has
four saloons , but neither a bank , nor a lawyer
nor a newspaper.
The commercial men are kicking like stage
mules against the recent order of the B. & M. ,
managers prohibiting freight trains from car
rying passengers.
John W. Clark , a prominent business man
of Wilber , Neb. , has been sued by Miss Sarah
Armstrong , of Chicago , for $10,000 damages
for broach of promise.
The suit against Furnos county to compel
the payment of the $8,000 stolen bonds and
Interest , In nil amounting to 310,000 , has been
decided adversely to the county.
The residence of C. McMenomy , half a
mile west of Blair , was burned on the 1st.
All the furniture was saved. Loss on build
ing , $2,200 ; insured for about half.
The business men of Uartlngton have or
ganized for the purpose of promoting the ma
terial interests cf the placo. The organization
is called the aid and improvement society.
Kearney has declared war against the threo-
per-cent-a-month money lenders who are fat
tening on on the borrowers of Buffalo county.
A necktie sociable would do much toward
loosening the money baps.
Mr. Kelly , who resides twelve miles east of
Lincoln , purchased a farm two yours ago , pay
ing therefor a little over $4,000. Ho has just
sold the property for $12,000 cash. Mr. Kelly
made a first-class investment , to say nothing
of tbo sale.
Fetor Wostphalen , a farmer of Dodge
county , hung himself on the 30th ult , in bu
barn , and was tload when found. Several of
his children had riled dining the winter from
diphtheria , and his affliction had operated to
unsettle his mind.
A thrco year old son of James A. Stewart ,
of Springfield , Dlxon county , met a distress
ing death recently , The mother set a boiler
of hot water on the floor to cool , and then
stopped out of the room , when the little one
plunged into it accidentally , scalding him fa
ll. B. Holmes , of Bluomlngton , was burned
to death in his stables on the Slat. It was not
known for an hour after the burning of the
stables that a life had beau sacrificed. The
cause of the iiro Is not known , Mr. Holme *
was an old citizen of the county , and loaves a
wife and throe children.
Cattle mon still havoJnothIngbutgooilvorJs |
from the ranges in the vicinity of North
1'latto. There is comparatively little snow
this aide of Ogallala and in the immediate
neighborhood of the town none at all. Cattle
are fat and could not bo in bettor shape to
enter tbo stormy spring months.
At a meeting of the citizens of Saward
county last week , a resolution wan passed re
questing the commissioners to call a special
election to vote $75,000 In bonds to the U. F ,
to build a road across the county from the
northeast to the southwest , provided the U ,
F. would accept the proposition ,
A domestic employed at Ilarliufton at
tempted to walk to.her homo at St. Helena , u
distance of 17 miles , last week. 8ho did not
know the road and of courco lost her way.
Fortunately she struck a farmer's house uml
escaped death from exposure. She was badly
frozen and several hours were occupied In
thawing her out.
The most popular nervine tonio in the
world is Dr. Richmond's Samaritan
Nervine , § l.DO.
"Fits rendered my daughter deaf ,
dumb and paralyzed , Samaritan Ner
vine cured her. " Peter Ross , Spring-
water , Wis. At Druggists.
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Merchants , Daulccrs , Ladles and till whose
sedentary employment causes Nervous Pros-
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bowels or kidneys , or who require a nerve
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proclaim It the most
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ed a fluking system.
$1.50 , at Druggists.
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Wholesale Grocers !
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all grades of above ; also pipes and smokers' articles carried in
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