THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA , WEDNESDAY , MARCH 26 , 1884.
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A. It. ntch. Mwisgcr IHlly ClrcuUUon , P. 0. Box
t 3 Om ha , Net ) .
Anr.N'r ' there enough saloon-koopors in
the city council ?
PEIUUIS Doc. Smith will think it advisable -
visablo hereafter lo nttond strictly to
county surveying.
DIPLOMAS have been issued to several
B. it M. conductors , entitling them to
practice elsewhere.
Tin : aaloon-koopCH of Omaha are very
modest. They want to fill only five out
of the six places in the city council.
UOLMAX , the war-horao from Dakota ,
was not present when Mr. Morton was
endorsed by the state democratic com-
mittoo.
Tun election is near at hand , and no
time should bo lost in the selection of
honest , capable nnd energetic candidates
for the city council.
THE Omaha llcpublican's honest ad
vice to the farmers on the railroad ques
tion reminds us of the advice which the
for , in the fable , gave to the raven when
ho wanted his choose.
Tun scrubs , hoodlums , and ward bummers
mors are preparing as usual to run the
city election , and it looks now aa if they
wore going to bo successful in nominating
and electing their candidates.
Tun registration of voters this spring
is a bigger farce than it was last fall. The
registration notices and lists are being
published in a roadorloss sheet , and
hardly anybody knows anything about
the important matter.
AH UHUAU the Nebraska domocratio
committee did not represent the senti
ment of the democratic masses. When
the vote on Morton was taken , nearly
two-thirds of tlio committee exhibited
unmistakable trade marks of the Union Pa
cific and B. & M. on their coitt lappols.
THK present indications are that tlio
next city council will not bo much of uu
improvement over the old one. If busi
ness men will not interest themselves
sulliciontly to secure good candidates
and'elect them , they can blame no ono
but themselves for the poor timber with
which the council is composed.
TUB Honorable B. 13. B. Kennedy
says that Omaha has boon nfllicted with
gray-backs as well as moss-backa. Oh ,
yes , wo have had n number of old-timers
iu Omiha who , although they hailed from
Now England , like Mr. Kennedy , wore
gray backs during the war to all intents
and purposes , excepting tlmt they did
not , have the courajo to go down aoutl
and fight with the gray-backs.
J. Smiuxo MouruN ia happy now ,
His resignation as chairman of the dem
ocratic state committee , which was a
more blind , was not accepted as u matter
of courao. AH Morton wanted wasau on
dorscmont , and ho took this way of getting
it. This moans that Morton and [ Miller
are to bo delegates to the national democratic
cratic convention , notwithstanding Miller
lor , like the railroads , is "out of politics. "
WHKN Mr. Vining returns to Omaha ho
will probably not como back as cummis
r sionor of the tripartite pool , but as professor
fossor of philology. The Chicago Cur
i rent devotes three solid columrw to the
r forthcoming book ] which Mr. Vining has
in preparation , the title being "An In
glorious Columbus. " ijoor Ohristophorl
ho is to bo robbed of his laurels , am ]
Bomo miserable pig-Uil Chinaman is to
bo substituted by Mr. Vining as the first
discoverer of America.
There ore mire things In hoavou nnd earth
Horatio ,
Thau nro dreamt of In your philosophy.
Tun laboring men should como fomari
and take part iu the ward caucuses ani
the primaries and assist in nominating
respectable men to the city council , am
it down on the ward bummers a
hoodlums. The workingraoii are deeply
interested in having an honest and u
ciont city government. Nearly a millloi
dollars are to be expended this summer
in public improvements , and they wam
to toe this money honestly and judicious
ly spent. They are interested as much as
anybody in seeing that the contracts are
honestly performed , ani that the
city gets value received. To
accomplish such a desirable result it is
necessary to elect the right kind of
couocilmen. Wo hopa the workingmen
will turn out in full force and taka parl
iu the raucutei , primaries and election.
Let them put forward nome good hones !
men from their own ranta , and they will
receive Uie support of the busifiots men ,
who seem unwilling thonmelvea to b
candidate * , but who will vote for the
raon that are proionted.
MOSS-HACKS AND OUSTRVGTIONISTS.
Honorable B. E. B. Kennedy has ad
dressed MI open letter to the mayor nnd
city council of Omaha setting forth the
reasons why ho has acted ns nn obstruc-
.ionist to the proposed change of grade
on Fnrnntn street. The bland nnd child-
iko admissions which Mr. Kennedy
makes prove him to bo ono of the worst
old moss-backs that has over nfllictod
Dmahn ainco the days of 'Gl. Ho is just
.ho kind of n n man that wo often find in
n panel of twelve jurymen , who is determined
tormined from the ouUot to disagree with
ho cloven other jurors , and like
the historic donkey refuses to
move or to bo moved. Mr. Kennedy
admita at the outset that ho is opposed to
the proposed improvement. Why did
10 not have the decency to Bay ho wns
opposed to it before ho nccoptcd n plnco
on the board of appraisers ? But Mr.
Kennedy fortifies himself by quoting
, hat eminent engineer , Doc. Smith , as
authority for condemning the proposed
change. Now , Doc. Smith is just about
ns much of nn engineer ns n common
"onco carpenter is a cabinet maker.
It is high time tlmt this chronic
fault-finder and engineering quack
) o droppdd as high authority on questions
of civil engineering. This man Smith
ins boon for over n quarter of n century
n common surveyor , whoso experience is
imitcd to laying out county roads and
surveying farms nnd town lota J n this
business his competency ia admitted. But
what docs ho know about waterworks ,
soworngo , drainage , pavements , pnving
materials , grades nnd the many other de
vices which nro required in largo cities ?
lie has boon cooped up in Omaha for
twenty-five years , and his idens about
imblic improvements nro of the moss-back
order , which were thought to bo the
thing in some | ao/onth-rato town twenty
years before the war. But Smith is ono
of thoao persona who imagine they know
everything nnd never tire of condemning
things they know nothing nbout. The
meanest Dart of it is that those moss-bnck
surveyors use just such old fossils as Mr.
Kminody to vontilnto their spleen , ignor-
nnco and nmlico. There may bo just such
moss-back engineers in other cities , but
no intelligent man would quote them aa
authority.
Having made up his mind in advance
to defeat the improvement of our prin
cipal thoroughfare , Mr. Kennedy con
jurca up propoatorous assumptions to
sustain his position as an obstructionist.
IIo sooa in his mind's eye thnt thia whole
matter is a scheme- enrich certain spec
ulatora in vacant property along Farnam
atroot "nt the expense of property
owner ] who have built their humble
homos and costly edifices , which go to
make up the substantial wealth and
boautyof ] this beautifully-located city. "
Now , we should like to know who these
liooplo aro. Between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth all but ono property owner ,
Mr. Burley , have waived damages , and
Mr. Burley will not bo ruined by
change that is sure to convert his resi
dence property into business lota within
three years. Between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth atroots all damages have boon
waived with the exception of a vacant
corner lot at Seventeenth street.
The owners of lots between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth stroota are the ones who
will bo moro or loss damaged , but none
of them will bo ruined or driven from
their homos. The fact of it is their
properly will be enhanced in value
almost double by the now grade , oven if
they should pay for the improvement
While it is true that no person can bo
deprived of property without just com
ponsation. therefor the law expressly
directs that in appraising damages for
public improvements the benefits almll
bo considered. Mr. Konno'Jy , however ,
overrules the law , and insist that bone
fita almll not bo considered. A striking
illustration of his judgment ns an np
praisor is furnished by his estimate of
damages to Chris. Hartman nt $7,000 ,
when a very competent architect says
that § 1,200 will pay for a now brick
basement for Hartman'u ' frame block ,
and lonvo the place in bolter condition
than it is now , not taking intoconsidora
tion the future rise when it is converted
into business property. It is just such
beautiful estimates of imaginary damage
which make up Mr. Kennedy's aggregate
of $80,000 between Sixteenth nnd Thirtieth
tioth streets. If Cincinnati , Pittaburg ,
Kanaas City , St. Paul nnd other citioslo-
catod on uneven aitoshad boon compelled
to disregard benefits nnd pay extravagant
damages , aa Mr. Kennedy proposes , they
would have boon moro villages to-day.
But what of the improvements which nro
auro to follow from the change
of grade opposed by anch mill
iah moss-backs as Mr. Kennedy ]
la it advisable to leave our principal thoroughfare
oughfaro a moro stub , with a hog-back on
Farnam street hill nnd a frog-pond within
two blocks of the court-house ? If Omaha
is to bo a great city is not this the proper
time to extend Farnam street with an
cosy grade to tlio city limits and open at
least ono grand thoroughfare to the west ?
Already Mr. Kennedy's obstruction has
caused the abandonment
of
many pro
posed buildings of an expensive character ,
which would have boon built this season.
Ono firm of architects , Dufrono &
Mendelssohn , had plans made for § 70-
000 worth of residences and business
homes which were to have boon
erected on Farnam atroot this
season , but uro now dropped. But
Mr. Kennedy reminds the mayor and
city council that this proposed change of
grade is in the interest of spocuUtora in
unimproved property. There ia no doubt
that every improvement of a public
thoroughfare will benefit ownora of un.
improved lands. Should that forever bo
a bar to public
improvements ? Are wo
U > stand still Dimply became there are
unimproved lands and lots ?
Mr. Kennedy , in his pretended letter
to the city council goes out of his way to
fling dirt at the editor of this paper , but
the mnyor and city council will consider
lis scurrilous inuondoos irrelevant. Mr.
Kennedy stands convicted of of being nn
obstructionist of the meanest kind. Ho
accepted the position of appraiser for no
other purpose thnn to defeat the improve
ment of Farnam street , nnd when nn
indignant community rcsonta the out
rage , ho trios to to sneak behind Doc.
Smith nnd a pretended regard for people
who have built their humble homos.
TJ1K HAND OP SUTEll.
The hand of Major Sutor has njjnin
boon exposed. When the proposition to
build another bridge nt Omaha came up ,
MajorSutor.whoisthoenKinocrinchnrgoof
the Missouri nnd Mississippi river im-
provomonU , sought to defeat the enter
prise by recommending thnt the span of
the draw shonld bo 300 foot in the clear
on each side of the pivotal base , virtually
requiring n span of over ( iOO foot. Such
n span would bo impossible nt this point ,
and would defeat the project.
Major Sutcr has shown himaolf to bo
the moro tool of the railroads. Hia
ndvorso report on the now Omaha bridge
was directly in the interest of the Union
Pacific railroad. This iitllo achomo of
Major Sutor , however , was too evident
to the congressional committee which
unanimously agreed to report in favor of
a bridge at Omaha with n span 100 feet
in the clear.
Now another railway bridge is wanted
nt Lcavunworth , mid in thia case , as nt
Omaha , Major Sutor endeavored to do-
Font it by recommending n span
three hundred feet in the clear.
Major Sutor , however , haa again boon
"sat clown upon. " In reporting the bill
[ lermittiiiK the construction of tlio rail
road bridge across the Missouri river at
Loavenworth , the house commerce com
mittee has submitted tno following state
ment :
The provisions of tlio bill nro approved
by the secretary of war , except that ho
recommends that the span of the draw
shall bo JiOO foot in the clear on each side
of the pivotnl base , instead of ICO foot ,
as provided in the bill. The uniform
length of spans on western rivers ia 100
foot. By former legislation four draw
bridges have boon constructed on. this
river , with draws aflbrding 100 foot clear
waterway. Consnnt has boon granted
for the construction of three other
bridges with the same length of span on
the same rivor. The construction'of
railroads on either side of the river has
decreased the navigation upon the upper
Missouri to the minimum. During
tno year 188IJ the drawbridge nt
Atchison , Kas. , twenty-five miles from
the city of Loavonworth , was
only opened eight times. The channel
of the river nt the proposed site of this
bridge is only 80 feet in width. To re
quire a span ! ! 00 feet in the clear on
either side of the pivotal base would mnko
necessary a drawbridge span of about
GiO ( foot in length , much longer than nny
drawbridge epan in the United States.
The increased cost of auch a span , as well
as the great difficulty of constructing
such a span so as to make it safe and
secure , renders the rccommondnticn
equivalent to a prohibition vgainst the
construction or any moro draw span
bridges upon the Missouri river.
Your committee do not concur in such
recommendation ; butin deference to the
high authority of the recommendation ,
the bill fixe , * ) the minimum length of the
span nt 100 feet in the clear , and loaves
it in the doscrotion of that ofliccr , when
the plans and spocllicationa are presented
for his npprovnl , to require a greater
length of span , if in his judgement the
interests of navigation demand it.
The committee has mndo a similar re
port in support of the bill authorizing the
Kansas City , Topokn and Western rail
way to construct a bridge over the Mis
souri at or near Sibloy. The bill is al
most identical in terms with the net ol
1882 , authorizing the construction of n
bridge at Arrow llock. The bill pro
vides that if a draw bridge bo constructed
od the width of draw-span must nfloni
not loss than 100 feet clear waterway.
The onuinoor's ollico of the war depart
ment recommend nn increase in length
of draw-qpau , giving 300 foot olonr water
way , thus requiring such draw span to bo
some 000 foot in length. In thia the
committee doca not concur. Major Su
tor will aoon learn that hia rocom.ncndn-
lions of the almost impossible , do nol
meet with fnvor at tlio hands of practi
cal men.
Tar. people of Dixon county nro to bo
congratulated upon the decision of the
United States auprnmo court , which de
clares void the bonds procured by the
Covington , Columbus and Bhck Hills
railroad company under false prolonso ,
It was a load that would have swamped
the county , ami the people ought to fool
greatly relieved.
Tin : first premium oflured by Clovurnor
D.WOS to enterprising troo-plantors
should bo awarded to the regents of the
state university. They have cut down
thnt slippery elm , Thompson , in lug
prime , and have transplanted a tall cottonwood -
tonwood from Ouster county to the agri
cultural farm.
did not press her claims
ycry hard for the United States circuit
Judgcship , Mandorson will remain in
the senate and Valentino will go homo to
deal out ton-year-ohl rye , manufactured
in ten minutes.
Tnu whisky men have been defeated
in congress , but the Kansas Brewer has
carried elF the United States circuit
judgeship of the Eighth judicial circuit.
Tin : Kansas legislature has folded iU
tents nud silently stolen away. The people
plo of K a n'MS hope that that is all thnt
the legUlnturo has stolen ,
COLONEL DAVID S. STANLEY is now a
full ( lodged brigadier in the regular army ,
Ho has won his star and u fairly entitled
to it.
ArcurJldR to Joaqulu Mlllor.
Coiuiiu ia "u glftod and positively beautiful
A RATTLING OF THE RINGS ,
The Komical Kontortions of Kernel
Kendall KoncerniDg KomDonnH
Krooteflness ,
The Books of A , D , Burr , ox-Court
Clerk , Develop a $5,000 ,
Deficiency ,
The Prohibition Pollywogs Secret
ly Conspiring Against Slo-
cumb and Saloons ,
The Acquittal of 1'nrrott and tlio
Ijinvycrs In tlio CRHO A 1'olnloil
( jOBilpy Ijcttcr from Lincoln.
Special corrti > onicncc ol The Ikn
LINCOLN , March 25. Considerable ex
citement has boon caused in ring circles
licro by the announcement that the nc-
count.i of A. D. Burr , late clerk of the
district court , shovr n deficit of some
$5,000 , and the books have not all boon
entirely examined yet. The present in
cumbent , Stzer , has made the discovery ,
but the nutter has been studiously kept
From public notice. It is well known
Lhat the Bun * family thought that it had
mortgage on this ollico , nnd when A.
1) . wai defeated in the Humiliating con
vention last fall he paid but very little
attention to its business thereafter , nl-
though some months intervened before
liis successor took hia official position.
"Whether this shortage is duo to errors in
book-keeping or not is not yet deter
mined , but there are dark clouds enough
around to portend quite an investigation
atortn.
KOMtC'AL KKUNEI , KENDALL.
The following card appeared in The
Journal of Thursday , which your corre
spondent could have answered at once
had ho so desired , but ho doomed it bet
ter to wait for his regular Monday mor-
coaux. This delay , however , gave The
Democrat and News , of this city , an op
portunity to lampoon the Com. of the P.
L. and B. , and they did it so effectively
that it ia almost a shainu to give the back
woods statesman another whack when bo
is down :
Kclitor State Journal :
I must apologl/o fur having taken a little
mco in your Sunday Journal on tlio coin-
pound interest imostioii. _ It appears that the
plaintiff , as shown in Lincoln corronpondonco
to OMAHA HEK , rests hia cano on a Btatuto to-
ponied by the legislature of 1881. I hope no
further unsworn , vill bo domiindoil than to call
attention to tlio law of February 24 , 1833 , or
to surest aoino darkened excavation where
the brilliant correspondent may go ami pull
the whole in after him.
A. G. KENDALL ,
Com. P. L. and 13.
This is republished more for the sake
of showing what elegant language this
Kendall is capable of using than for any
worth as a denial it possesses.
What a model his card is , especially
for family perusal and in relation to school
matters I What choice expressions and
delicate diction for a state olliciul ? This ,
however , might bo passed by did ho not
attempt to mislead the public by a wil
ful mis-atatomont. The act of February
21 , 188.'t , does not repeal the act of Feb
ruary 10 , 1877 , aa to the payment of the
interest referred to in my letter of Sun
day , the 10th. Then again , oven if it
did the lands in the Brown case wore
purchased , and all payments duo on them
awuy back in the seventies before
the alleged repealing act of 1883 was
ever thought of. It was to this particu
lar case your correspondent made refer
ence. If Land Commissioner Kendall
believed this law to bo repealed , and has
had any right to interfere in the payment
of the pnrchasu money or interest , why
did he not
notMAKE
MAKE IT KNOWN IICPOHE ?
\Vas it honest in him to allow the collec
tion of interest money which ho deemed
had boon rendered uncalled for by the
repeal of the law ? Why did ho not so
inform the treasurers aa to this repeal
business when ho oxtra-oflicially , mod
dlosomoly and undoubtedly intorested'y '
requested them not to insist on the pay
ment of the accrued interest ? Then
again in his letters in The Journal which
ho so reluctantly wrote on this subject
ho could have settled the whole matter
then by simply saying the law was not
in force now , but he never made the
least reference to it. Noithnr did he in
his letter to Treasurer Graham. The
fact is Kendall is one of the most strik
ing illustrations of the fluttering ot the
wounded bird that wo have seen in pub
lic lifo in some time. Indeed Tin : BIB :
could buzz around him much more fre
quently did it so desire and make him
squeal at every brush of its wing , The
idea of his waiting fur allowing General
Powers to give a decision is prepoater-
ous. The ( 'net is Powers' calls at tlio
capital are like angels' visits , few and far
between , and it is safe to
say that ho does not Jput in
oiio-tcnth of the time ho ought to in at
tendance on his official duties. The
attorney general's headquarters are
practically up on Logan crook or some
other portion of northern Nebraska. That
is whore Isaac makes his sacrifice. So
much for Kernel ! Kendall. We will not
ask him now to explain why ho is BO ex
tremely opposed to investing the school
funds in United States bonds as the law
requires ? Why ho advocates the leasing
of school lands so strenuously when there
are demands for purchase , and BOIUO
other questions that may arise as time
slips ou. For the present let the dead
( politically ) and beautiful ( manipulator
of the king's English ) rust.
KMALLEU I'OLITIOAL FllY.
Of course local politics at thn capital
are not going to set the whole common-
moalth on tire , but then the * ystomat'
manner in which the temperance folk
have gone to work hero is a largo straw
that lias n direct bearing on the
way the prohibition wind will blow in
the fall , If the red ribbon men down the
rappiireos of personal freedom of tnsto
as well as of talk in Lincoln this spring
it will be a feather hi the cap of n strong
temperance fight in November. Several
secret meetings have been hold during
the week and ti regular form of organiza
tion for a thorough campaign has boon
settled on. Even the ministers have been
asked to deliver tompomnco sermons next
Sunday and they have consented. Ran
dall , the emigration agent of the B. M. ,
| > ai joined O'Shoa and Bishop Skinner
in the leadership of the prohibitionists
her and these trots moutquotairca ( or as
Judge Pmton , the distinguished Frenchman -
man of your city , would eay "muske
teers ) , are determined to clean out every
wn woman und child in the state who
looks upon the wine , when it is red. It
is hard toaoohow they can work harmoni
ously together , for Skinner is a dyed in
the wool domoc , O'Shoa is an nnti-monop ,
of. Butlcrinn squint , and Itandall being
connected with n railroad is of course
considered one of the "soulless" .
TUB I'AIinOTT CASE.
I | The aquittal of Ilobort 0. Parrott ,
accused of _ embezzling funds while
assistant cashier of the land department
of the Burlington it Missouri railroad ,
has caused about as much excitement AS
did the presentation of the original
charge. The solid classes of the com
munity hero have their own opinion of
the verdict and are not by any means
restrained from expressing it. The young
man has boon pronounced guiltless
byl , a iury of his peers and
lot him have the benefit of the creed ot
these twelve apostles of evidence. The
case was a remarkable ono in many re-
apccts , especially for the undisguised in
terest the "eider down" side of society
took in it. The old court room hero
never hold such a fashionable audience
within its walls before nt any legal pro
ceedings , nnd it is not likely to again.
The manner in which Judge Manon con
ducted thu defense , was also a'noticcablo
feature. When it is known" that the
"Vesuvius whisper" of the Nebraska bar
did it in his usual gentle and velvet like
way , why the Omaha lawyers will take on
the situation nt once. His closing speech
was ono of the most bitter anti-monopoly
speeches of the day , nnd the party of the
people could hardly have produced a
more soul stirring argument than the
judge hurled nt the B. & M. , on Friday.
IIo must have used the aozodont of out
raged rights and trade-killing taxation
constantly for a month in order to make
ngrccablo quarters for this wonderful
Domosthoiim effort , especially nfter his
oratorical prificu has been stonnod so fre
quently with such harsh things on the
other side of this great question of the
day. When the judgogots wound up on his
rounding periods , especially if ho can ring
i few changes in heaven , earth and hell ,
ho is n verbal earthquake. No living
man to-day can handle the word hell as
ho docs and not explode. When ho
tackled that old Biblical term it would
seem aa if Dante's "Jnferno" had been
suddenly dissected by a dynamite ex
plosion. District Attorney Strode , of
Plattsmcuth , ia receiving compliments on
all sides for the impartial and fearless
manner in which ho conducted
the Parrott case , as well as all those ho
has had to attend to oilicially hero. Al
though but two convictions have been
had out of a great number of tried , it has
not been through any lack of skill or
energy on the part of the district attor-
oy. QUID
PERSONALITIES.
Lamb & Hull ia a Hartford firm.
William M. Kvarts talks in hia sleep.
Arabi Pasha dresses entirely in white.
The Queen of Ashanteo wears coral jewelry.
Henry Wattorson is n skillful poker player.
I'.dwin Booth draws.it mild. Ho smokes
rico-pupcr cigarette * .
Dr. Mary Walker shines her silk hat with a
lace-trimmed handkerchief.
Ochiltreo now believes that lie is a bigger
man than old Bismarck.
Sarah Bernhardt weighs almost aa much as
the manuscript of ono of her plays.
Dr. Tanner , the famous fa or , is a curiosity
at ono of the dime museums of Chicago.
The Prince of Wales talks as though he had
a chow of plug tobacco in his mouth.
Mr. Klam , the Kichmoml duelist , has nli.in
doned journalism. Ho ought to mo\o to Dan-
\illo.
1'atti says she doesn't like kissing. She has
evidently never oncountrred oscillator Sher
man.
Meissonior , who is now 72 , does not dye ,
but wears a beard liku a river god's and white
OH snow.
Dennis Kearney is washing dishes in n San
Fiancisco hotel ; but they look a little greasy
when put ou the table.
Governor Crittendon was last BOOH looking
at the eilont stars und hummiug , ' 'Oh , my
heart goes pitty pat , pity 1'ntti ! "
Mujor General Sir Gerald Graham , K. C
B , , who is commanding in the Soudan , has a
Komau nebo und a long , neat mustache.
Senator Anthony , of Khodo Island attrib
utes liia recent illness to thn use of cigarettes.
llu might mu\o into a larger state and smoke
cigars.
Mary Anilerson'ii autograph and picture ac
company the advertisement of a new brand of
eoap. Her success in Knglaiul ! now u.saurcil
beyond u doubt.
The man who fired the first Rim in the bat
tle of Gettysburg liros in Malvern , Iowa. His
naino I * Dick Gidluv' . He is a carpenter by
trade , and is well to do.
From the lofty manner in which Senator
Thiinnnn liandlca hia present enulf box , it is
os ident that ho knows the presidential noini
nation ii a sncezy thing to c.itch.
Tim Dnko of Wellington is described a
having u "prominent amillino note , rather
short 1 < g8 and a long body. They ukcd to say
that ho looked half OJglo , half cheep. "
Fred Douglass was snubbed by the Wo-
man'a lii htH convention , but it ta not known
whether it was bec.uieo ho married a white
w imiMi or hocausa the other women were
jealous.
Frco-trndcr 1 [ nrd , of Toledo , Ohio , hays the
Now York Herald , lias n lonnd head , and ho
wears ilia collar HO low on his throat that no
ono can uc'uao him of lu\ing it at hilf-uiast
Ho ia 43 yeairi old.
Captain Hoxlo , the husband of Vninio
Hoain , tlio vctilptuims , has had absolutely
HIIOIVliit > i Imlr ever lncoho _ WUB twenty-
four , and his featunm uro like a cameo ; the
only vivid color about his fa'.e ia in hia eyas ,
which are purple-blue.
The London papers say that the 1'rincefs
Louise looks ua fresh usiidalay. How opinions
ditforl The Canadians thought bha looked a
ctoml deal more like u Canadian thistle , with
liorilon't-you-roiijo-a-ulKU-mu.il-you-touch-me-
I'll.prick-you , hUndotliehneEs.
The embonpoint of Kx Queen Isabella is ex-
traordinary. Her fuiitmes are largo , but
eyes blue , nnd her complexion ilotid. At
tfinoi her kin bears the marks of the heredi
tary liourbun malady , namely , eciofnlu , from
which the entire royal fumily of Spain are
jroat sufferers. Her m.umeiH are charming ,
No princess in Kuropo returns salutation
with it miiro admirable blending of courtesy
and dignity or receives u visitor withmoro
; raca.
"M. Zola U fat , BOiuual looking , with au
air of cwnlmtivonoi-H atd oven Impertinence
about him , " says thu I'.iris correspondent of
the Argonaut , "IIo has a heaven aspiring
note , generally though' not in thu case aso-
clatod with humor , lilt lips are thick and
overhung by ugru > lsh brown mustache. The
n hlfker * which adorn h ! cheeks uro short nnd
scrubby , liku the beard they n.rrge Into. Ills
fii'iihcad U intellectual , ami ho has the eye of
u thinker.
"Tlio Mount liio r" Kvoltcd ,
cmplMWO nt the Asylum here drew a
fifth of thn uToaml capital prize of $25,00. ) In
the Grand Drawing of Thu Louuiatm Stata
l/ttory , last Tuoiday , | February lth , nnd
not the whole $25,000 us thu nawspniMjrs and
tie would like to lime it. We would give the
name of the lucky mm , but don't know
whether bo cores about lnnhg : his name pub
lished. The oxcitxinunt around .Morganton ,
N. O. , and the eagerness with which nowa-
mpors were * canned to find thii name of the
. 'ortuuata holder of No. S SM , ro\oaled the
fitct that numbers of our citizens who would
never have been ruspectod of liivcaUug In lot
teries , held ticket * In The IxmUl ma State
Lottery In New Orleans. The 107th drawing
will take place ou Tuied.xy , April 8th , when
j > iti2,5 < X ) will be scatters I In prize * under
Gtmerala Ueauregoni and Karly'n manage-
niuut. AH Information will ba ghen by M.
A , Dauphin , NswOrlftanH.L'i. , on application
Mvryttitton ( tfl\Mvuiitatn ] < tr , 1'otruary S0 ! ,
IbSI.
STEELE , JOHNSON & CO. ,
Wholesale Grocers !
II. B. LOOKWOOD ( formerly of Lockwood & Draper ) Chicago , Mnn-v
nger o the Ten , Cignr nnd Tobacco Departments. A full line of
all grades of _ above ; also pipes nnd smokers' articles carried iu
stock. Prices nnd samples furnished on application. Open
orders intrusted to us shall receive our careful attention.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & * RAND POWDER CO
Double and Single Acting Power and Hand
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Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinory.B Bolting , Hose , Brass and Iron Fittlnc
Steam Packing at wholesale and retail. HALLADAY WJND-MILLS , OHURC
AND SCHOOL BELLS.
Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omaha Neb.
C. F. GOODMAN ,
AND DEALER IN
OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
J. A , WAEEFIELD ,
WHOLESALE AKD UHTAII , UlSALElt IN
5 JLJUUij k/Jllilg&UUj Jl
SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , PLASTER , &G-
STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY.
Union Pacific Depot ,
SPECIAL NOT10K TU
Growers of Live Stock and Others.
WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
w < WTM -f wfm M MIP VM m IW * WM * * mr Ml tM * aa > hU M Ittk
It lathe best and cheapest lood lor ntoak cl any kiiiu. > ne pound Ij eqnil to three pounds ol com
stock lea with Ground Oil Calo la the Kail aiid Wlnwr , insiond of runulnK down , will Increase In weight
and be In good marketable coui'.tion In the sprint ; . Dairymen , fc rfoll as others , who use It can teetUy to
its merits. Try 11 and JuiJcu ( jr yourwilvcs. Prioo $25.00 mtt'.ii : no charge for s.ioks. . . Address
woon - . uwsur.n T rvi iY Omalia Neb.
co. , Jl
1301 AND 1303 FARNAM STREE1 car . J3Th
4ta > '
Kv Rtpoaltoiy ori.nntlr nilod wltU ft stloctlaiook. Beet Workir.\n hp ]
Office tariff C W. Ca npn JStfi and Pant- * * i/o t. Ne
ta jj ? xtgy a H a > j f * & a3 ? Xfeiffl H H H 2 M 3 a
1103 BRADY ST. , DAVENPORT , IOWA , U. S. A. Established 1878 Catarrh ,
[ Deafness , Lung and Nervous Diseases Speedily and Permanently Cured. Ritients
jCurod at Homo. Write for "Tun MIDICAL-MISSIONAJIY : , " for the People , Free.
lOonsultation and Correspondence Gratis. P. O. Box 292. Telephone No. 220.
I HON. ED WARD RUSSELL , Postmaster , Davenport , says : "Physician ol
jtvea .ability ana Marked Success. " CONGRESSMAN MURPHY , Davenport ,
An.L.onorablo M.in , Fine Success. Wonderful Curei " Honrn. R t6
m.-
FEaFBCTIOW
IN
Heating and Baking
In only attained by using 'I-
CHARTER OAK
Stoves and Ranges ,
{ JH GAUZE OVER DOORS
Fci sale by
MILTON ROGJSEB & SONS ,
FFA
THE BESTTHREAD FOR SEWING MACHINES
TI Mf m
Willimnntic Spool Cotton is entirely the product of Home Industry ,
and is pronounced by experts to be the bpstsewiuffmnchi-p thread in the
oriel. FULL ASSORTMENT ( JONHTANTLY ON IIA.WD. and
forsul y HENLEY , TIAYNES & VAN A HSDEL ,
Omiihn. Neb.
AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC
OIGiES.TOBAODQSJIPESiSIOEEES'AETIOLIS '
PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING
CELEBRATED BRANDS :
Roina Victorias , Sspeciales , Roses in 7 Sizes from $6
to $120 per 1000.
AND -rilE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE CENT CIGARS :
Combination , Grapes , Progress , NebraskaxWyoming and
Brigands.
WE DUPLICATE EASTERN FEIGES
REND FOR PRICE LIST AND SAMPLES.
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