THlL DAJJL/Y / UMli- WEDNESDAY Dl'X'EMBtiR 3 1884
RATES REDUCED.
ConcESiiOD Made lo ! hc
Grain DNlsrs of Nebraska ,
Changes nnil Nnli < s from the
Wet lil dti Wheels.
The conforouco hold in tn's oily a few
weak * ago by the combined grain dealers
of the North and South Phtto county lias
reaultoil in the concession of the Union
Pacific and J3. & M. oompauios to their
wishes.
Tuesday , upon the authority of the
olliciils in the east , the following circular
was iaaued :
UNION PACIKIO HAILWAT Co. , )
Omoit or THK GKNKUAI , FIIKIOUT AOENT. s
OMAHA , Nob. , Dec. 1 , 1831. )
To ill ascuts In Nobrnskn :
Special notice No. 4.223 ,
Notice is hereby Riven of n reduction of live
cento per 100 pounds , from the present rnto ,
upiti all kinds of grain from nil stations on
tht Union 1'aclfio system in Nobrnskn to St.
Louis , Chicago and Toledo , to take clfcct the
3d inst. Please notify all parties interested.
This reduction not only rofora to the
citle.i inuiitionod but also to other grain
points to which shipments r.ro mado.
Subjoined IB a list of stations along the
lintof the U. P. road , to which is ap
pended the rate now ruMiitatnod for the
shipment of bran , corn and oata.
The rate for the nhipmont of bran and
rya may bo found by adding three cents ,
and that of wheat four , cornnical , flax-
aufld and potatoes five cents to the estab
lished rate for the shipment of bran , corn
and oats.
For instance the rate on bran , corn and
oats from PapUUou to cither Chicago , St.
Louii or Toledo Is DO conta per 100
pounds ; for the aamo distance , the rate
on rye or barley la 33 cents ; nud for Hour
wheat , corn meal , flax seed or potatoes ,
35 cents. To ascertain the reduced
ratoa , subtract from those given in the
following five conts.
The following is the list and rates before -
fore the reduction :
Gilraoro ; Paplllion , Millard , Elkhorn ,
Waterloo. Valley , Mercer , Fremont , 30j
Amen , 31 ; North Bond ; Rogers ,
Schuylor , Benton , Columbus , 33 ; Duncan -
can , 34 ; Silver Crook , Clarks , 30 ; Central -
tral City , Chapman , Lockwood , Grand
Island , Alda , Wood River , Sheldon , Gib
bon , Budn , Kearney , V.Stophenaon , Elrr
Crook , Ovorton , Jossolyn , Plum Crook ,
38Liborp ; , 40J ; St. Paul , 43 ; Elba ,
45 ; Scotu , North Loup , 48 ; Clour Creek
Mead , WahooVestou , 30 ; Valparaiso ,
30 ; Raymond , Lincoln , Jamaica , Han
Ion , Cortland , 30r Pickroll , 31 ; Beatrice
Holmesvillo. Blue Sprlngf , Otoo Agency
Oketo , 3:2 : ; Brainard , David G'ity , Risings
33 ; Shelby , 34 ; Chcoob , Stromsnurg , 35
Lnst Crook , 33 ; Genoa , 35 ; Pullorton
30 ; St , Edwards , Albion , 38.Platto ; Con
try. Humphreys , 33 ; Madison , 35. Mnn
son , 30 ; Norfolk , 38.
OFFICIAL CHANGES.
E. E. Lane , resident engineer , ha
changed his headquarters to the roon
formerly occupied by the paymaster , whi
has removed to the former headquarter
of the telegraph department.
The force of workmen -who for the pas
week have been engaged in extendin
thu wires to the telegraphic oilico hav
almost complotad their work , and here
after the oilico of the telegraphic deparl
ment will bo found on the first floor , o
Farn.im , two doora eaat of Ninth atroei
q.ORN
'Cheap Grill ) Scarce anil Mosgnitos an
Vermin Cheap.
A Fo\v Facts from the "Orescent City
Concerning tbo World's Fair ,
Mr. Will Baker , who was formerly cm
ployed at Drexel & Maul's undoitakin
establishment , and who left for Now Oi
loans a few weeks ago , wrlted an interest
ing letter to his former employes concerning
corning the coming Cotton Exposition , ii
which Nebraska will make a line oxhibl
tion andba well represented.
Mr. Baker gives an Idea of the expons
of a trip to the Crescent City by sayin ;
that "good rooms are worth something
and it will almost paralyze folks from thi
north and east when they got hero
Rooms rent all the way from § 15 to S7 <
per month. Meals at any price you want
but at IOBB than 40 cents for broakfaa
Hud 30 conta for dinrur , you don't , ge
very much.
"Tha Exposition buildings are none ol
thorn finished , but.think they will bo b >
December 10th , the opening dayand will
be very nice when completed.
"Exhibits are coming in everyday , bul
rather nlow. So far
.VJIBKASKA IS VAH AHEAD.
She is the only etato that has decoration
done , and wo are ut it everday. . Mr ,
Hotcffldso , of Lincoln , and myself , ore
working on our display of corn. We
liavo complotad a pedestal twenty foot
high and begun a panel fifteen by thirty
feet , all to bo covered with maize. This
will.tiko us about ton or twelve days.
The work would take less time but for
the fact that so many ladles cotno around
and admire our work , and ourselves , ulao ,
and it would bo rndo not to stop and con
verse with them. They sll admire our
corn and mammoth pumnkina. Wo have
ou < ) pumpkin that weighs 21GJ pounds.1' '
Mr. liakor goea on to say tnat prices
on fruit are exhorbltant , but admita that
shoes are very cheap. The weather is
tine , though tire heavy frosts have been
experienced , which gave the landscape
the appearance of having boon covered
by a light fall of snow. Two heavy rain
storms were had nnd the moequitos are
us lurgo as Broncho ponies. Bed bugs
thrive astonishingly well and it is no un
common thing for them to carry n man
out of the house bodily and leave him on
the aiduwalk and liable to arrest for dis
orderly conduct.
Mr. Biker mot with a serious accident
on the day of his arrival , breaking hia
jaw m trying to pronunco the name of
tiie onwhich ho . "
etrcet on rooms. "Tchoupl-
torjUs. Otherwise he is quito well.
it to bo Inuciullary ,
It it now thought by Chief Bntlor that
the fire at Fifteenth and Davenport
Btroets on Monday evening was the work
of an incendiary. Miss Talbot , whose
house it was , discovered soon after the
tire that ? 80 , kept by her In a secret
drawer In the bureau , hdd been stolen.
It could not have boon taken during the
fire oa a guard waa put over the house
to prevent Miss Tolbot'a property from
; carried away by thieves , The
y is that during Miss Talbot's ab-
i a short time before the fire , thieves
jutorcd the house , and , having stolen
: ho money , applied the torch t > conceal
.hoir crime ,
KNOWN IN OMAHA ,
Smith , tinPoll. . County WMo Mm--
ilfi-cr , Once HOI'OIO iliu City
C/'onriH.
H wsa learned from Attorney 0. W.
ivyle , of this city , who once lived in
Uicotilfi , that the man Smith , lately bo
om o notorious by his attempt to shdot
tiis wife in the Polk county capital ,
figured once in the court ? of tnis city. It
will bo remembered that a year ago last
pring n couple of men from Oscoola , in
.his state , were sot uponono dark night ,
near the corner of Eleventh and Doug-
.as streets , in this city , and ono of them
was robbed of n small sum of motioy nnd
gold watch nnd chain by n
couple of negroes. While this ono was
being robbed his companion drew an old
rusty revolver from his pocket nnd shot
ono of the retreating robbers. The
wounded negro was found throe or four
days nftor the robbery by Ollicor Matza
over Hornbergor's saloon. The police
man noticed n small colored boy carrying
warm meals to someone up sfalrs nudlj
following him ono day found the robber
concealed beneath a pile of lumber. Uo
waa taken to jail and found upnn ex
amination there tolmvo received n severe
llosh wound in the hip. Uo was after-
ivard indicted , tried nnd convicted of
robbery nnd sentenced to the peniten
tiary for four years.
It was shown in proof that the ono
who did the shooting being Smith of On-
coola had paid a visit to the notorious
bnuso of Kansas City Liz , nud were fol
lowed by the two colored men untii they
came to n convenient spot when they
were robbed as before stated.
BEMOEALIZED GARDNEK ,
A Chicago KAro-Dertlor who Is Ar-
xostcrt Three Times In Ono "Week.
On last Tuesday afternoon n man
named Gardner , giving out thut ho was
from Chicago , and that his business was
faro-dealing , arrived in this city. Ho
had been in Omaha scarcely twonty-fou *
hnura when ho was arrested by Officer
Knight for picking the pocketa of n
clerk in the postoflico. After being _ in
carcerated in the county jail for four
days ho was released after a trial , but
was admonished by Judge Bonoko
to seek honorable employment
Ho failed to profit by the admonition ,
and late Tuesday night was run in for
being drnnk and diaordorly. Ho was
fined § 5.00 nnd coats by Judge Bonnko ,
and wo * released upon their payment.
Last Avoning ho , with a partner who
passes under the alias of Dallas , but
whoso real name Is O'Connor , was ar
rested on a warrant for larceny. It ap
pears , 03 near an could bo learned , that
the two men had entered a store on
Sixteenth street kept by a man named
Munroo , and had succeeded in tapping
his till .for § 75. The police think they
hove a sure case against thorn.
A IJemiiusoonci' of the Jmst Demo
cratic Convention ,
From the New York World.
Politicians gathered in forjo in the
Second district court , Newark , Friday ,
to hear the developments In the suit of
Mathias 0. Eston to recover 6132.05
from William H. Shurts , an Intimate
friend of the plaintiff. Eaton nnd Shurts
are members of the JefTersoniau club ,
of Newark , and Eaton says ho IB a rela
tive of ox-United States Senator Eaton ,
of Connecticut. Several months ago ho
began to boom his relative for the nom
ination for president on the democratic
ticket , and when the national convention
was hold In Chicago lie and Shurts and
Orange H. Stevens wont to Chicago in
grand style to develop the Eaton boom.
They extended the trip to the Yellow
stone and other regions , nnd Eaton
claims that ho expended $1,000 on the
trip , and that Shurts never offered to pay
a cent. Thoroforn ho has sued him for a
share of the expenses ,
Eaton , who was the first witness , said
that Shurta asked permission to go with
him to Chicago , nnd they mot in Wash
ington , where Stevens joined them and
accompanied them to the convention
Eaton said ho paid all the expenses ,
loaned Shurts money nnd paid bills for
him on hia eaying ho would have a draft
cashed. Eaton put in nn itemized bill
against Shurts nnd then Juliun 0. Fitz
gerald , counsel for Shurtu , asked \vhnt
ho meant by the charge , "Bob Ingoreoll ,
§ U. " Elton said that ho purchased § 1
ticket to Ingorsoll's lecture , but that
Shurts was so tony that ho had to ex
change thorn for § 2 ticket ! , nnd that ho
also bought Shurta n silk cap for $1.
"We actually stopped over in Phila
delphia long enough to give Stevens n
chance to got a puff in the papom , '
Shurts said when uworn. "Mr. Eatoi :
asked mo and Charles S. Snyder to go i.
Chicago. Ho naid ho had engaged aix
rooms at Leland'n hotel for his party. I
telegraphed to Washington nnd ho replied
with , 'Coma on ; I will take care of you. '
Stevens joined us in Washington , On
the way to Chicago I offered pay for my
ticket , but Mr. Elton would not accept
the money. Ho would not let mo pay
any bills. At the close of the conven
tion bo urged as to go further
west , and Mr. Slovens go
passes 7 from his1 Railroad friends.
Mr. Eaton waa to pay hotel oxponaoa , and
I agreed to pay for the 'eundrios. ' Wo
visited St. Paul , Bismarck and other
places , and had a high old timo. I paid
for two tickets to Bob JngoraoH'a lecture
In Bismarck , nnd as to the eilk cap , Mr.
Eaton Insisted that I should accept It as
a present. The backboard was paid for
by another Mr. Eaton , who invited us to
his ranch. I understood that Mr , E ton
employed Mr. Slovens to boom Senator
Laton in the papers for the nomination. "
Judge Henry postponed the case until
Wednesday next.
'Jho Jlalr on trio Wrnnj ; Man.
One of the many amusing stories in
which "Prince" John Van Huron figures
as a hero , turns on n droll fount of his of
misquotation. The Prince , nays the
Tribune , once accepted an invitation to
address a largo gathering of Sunday
school children , and in trio course of his
remarks undertook to entertain them
with the story of Jacob and Esau , Mid
way in the narrative ho was aware that
his coat tails were being vigorously pulled ,
and , half turning his head to find out the
trouble , ho was mot by this exhortation
from his friend In the roar ; "For good
ness sake , John , cat it short nnd sit
down ; you'ro getting the hair on the
wrong man. "
Aikyour Grocer for HAMIIUKORK soap ,
al2-tf
EXTENDINGJHE TIME ,
The County Officials Given a Portlier
Chance to Locale ilie Court House.
ThoDlilrlut Court to Moot lt Mnnontt-
llnll.
Council HUtiT.1 Cutrppoueiica !
A apodal meeting of the board of
health was hold last evening to consult
with the county ofllcmls in regard to the
order of the board of health to vacate the
court houso. The mayor nnd Aldermen
Golao , Keating nnd Mynstor were proa-
out , nlso Mr. A. 0. Graham , county
supervisor ; County Auditor Kirkland ;
Treasurer Bcnnost , County Clerk Street ,
Sheriff Guittar and others. Mr. Grnhati
expressed the opinion that the order to
vacate was H little too sudden. The
county board would meet Monday. The
officials had arranged to hold court in the
Masonic hall , so there would bo no crowd
horo. Uo considered that the time
loodcd for moving , the county officials
hould hnvo until the 25 th to vacnto.
Mr. Bennett , na treasurer , said that If
compelled to vacate his otVico , ho
tvould would go out personally ,
but did : iot fool justified
'n moving out the books nnd records
nithout order of the county board ,
Shorilfi Uuittar oald it would bo impossi
bly to find place's within 100 miles to
keep the twenty-eight prisoners , and the
expense of moving would bo great , as
court moots on the 8th , nnd many o ] thorn
would bo tried then. By the 20th of the
month ho would have moat of the prison
ers away. Mt. Klrklnnd thought that
by holding court in the Masonic hall , the
othoc business could go along for a little
whiln , uud the building could , bo propped
up.
up.Aid , Mynstor moved that permission
bo given to use the jail nnd the offices
nntll the 25th , provided the building waa
propped and braced. Carried.
LiAHOK AM )
Matu-rn of liiturcat to Eniplojcrs nail
Employed ,
Vhlladelpbin Kucoid.
Labor lumiors and organizers are jiJaccd
in a d client o position when they nro called
upon to counaol or advise their follow-
workmen for or against n alriko. Ihls
was illustrated the other evening in the
case of the carpet-weavers' strike. The
nrgutnout of the workmen is : "Present
wnp.cs do not pay expensco ; lower wages
will not increase the business , but com
pel other employers to reduce likowi n. "
Employers aruumonts nro : "Other em
ployers reduce , so must wo ; work
Is scarce , labor plenty ; labor must
como down ; if wo reduce the cost of pro
duction wo extend our trade. " The
loaders know that employers have caune ,
or nt least excuse , to rcduco wages , and
they also know they take advantage of
the opportunity to mnko the greatest re
duction possible sometimes by unduly
magnifying the necessity for It. To coun
sel against n strike when the workmen
ore in favor of it is to loeo "caste" nnd
standing , to suffer imputations of being n
bosses' man , of having no sympathy for
labor. It Is a fact that the most dls-
astrouo strikes were fipsrotly opposed by
the loadora In them , who saw the error
but had not the moral courage to pro
claim their views , yob suffering unjustly
the public ceusuro Ot" being domagoguea.
The Knights of Labor took their
start in thti oily during the 1873-1878
panic. At every strike a knight
WAS present , not known an such ,
who , after listening to tbo indignation
and threats and oxckynatiens of despair
of his follow workmen , quietly proposed
to the must intelligent of the strikers BO-
crot organization nnd union with n then
mysterious labor organization of untold
strength , of unknown name and unknown
membership. The charm of secrecy cap
tured , and trade aftortrado were gathered
awihly and silently Into the secret fold
until the city was sprinkled all over with
assemblies. The same programme is
now being carried out. At the late
weavers' meeting were smo of the old
war-horses of Labordom with their quiet
suggestions of unity with the knights.
Ten ycara ago the weavers had the
strongest asaombly in the order old No.
It would not bo surprising to BOO the
old love rekindled and < \ thousand re-
knighted knights put on their metaphor-
icnl iinnor and rally once more to the
bugle blast of their old knightly com
manders , who nro to-day , na then , ready
to servo the cause of labor , either as
loader or pluto-boaror.
Labor leadoru hero ami oleowhorc ,
though denounced as demagogues are not
demagogues , and when in tuturo years
the history of the labor movement comes
to bo written by impartial hands they
Mill stand out in brighter colors than
they do to-day. They know the foolishness -
ness and futility of most striken and
while not urging them or denouncing
them , quietly direct the wild enthusiasm
ivith sunii-.Iosuitical shrewdness and
wisdom into organization channels whore
the turbulence it quelled by dieciolino
and where method takes the place of dis
order and unwisdom is chocked by cxo
cutivo bounds and cities nnd notional as
omblioH or by trades councils.
Tno existing Industrial depression al
ovnrtho country will bo taken advantage
of to strengthen and extend organization.
Even now the organizers are casting out
their Hues in the troubled waters , The
difficulties of recent yenru huvo boon two
fold : Lack of recognized , ddfinlto and
practical purposes nnd alms , and secured
prosperous conditions of labor. Pros
perity disintegrates unionism. With
tons of thousands the chief incentive to
membership is assistance in striken or sick-
nesa and ad vantages in securing employ
uioiit over non-murnbors. If these rouulta
are not satisfactory the first wind scat
ters the rope of sand which holds them
to their organization , With others it la
it matter of principle.
If there is ono thing above another on
which workingrnon n o "loucby , " it Is
their right to drink aa much as thny
please beer , whisky , etc. , of course , No
ono denies the right. But take any
laboring community In this city or state ,
or ouhido , nnd invest the money wisely
In good land which goea into gin sellers'
tills , and that community would in few
years bo able to lay off work nil tnontha
m the year. Workingmoti do not aa u
class understand the secret of fortune
making or the appreciation of value in
real property , Their labor la the remote
cause , but Instead of securing as much aa
possible of the land which their labor is
sonstantly increasing In value , they lot
others possess and profit by the two , five ,
ton-fold advance which follows , and aouio
lay they bid against each other for por-
ulwion to occupy a little of it at an cnor-
sons cost.
Hero I'H a cue in point , John King :
IBJI jast taken out charters for three rail-
roaua to ba built through the rich and
rtly undeveloped cri ) lands of
Klk , JliKeannnd Jrl.ra-n c unties in
thlsslato. CapiUh S50i .000 Ofcnuso
ho and his friends control the bulk of the
adjoining coal lands , which until recently
could biThad for a oong , if the song were
pitched to the right ttino. NOH for nil
tilt-so years the minors have let this
nhnoit worthless but rich land Uo n prey
nntt a temptation to far seeing men. A
few dolhra on ncro would have secured
it , nud Mr. King would then , if hu
wonted It , bo obllxcd to nnv : "t.ontlo-
men , whnt is your price- ' " The Central
Pennsylvania minors have lost as much
in strikes daring the past no von years na
would Imyo secured nil of the "onl terri
tory In thcso three counties. Seine day
it will bo worth tirioo , fire times , perhaps
ton , times , what it cost , and thcso aolf-
same minors will bog for permission to
drag out n miserable existence trom 0 to
4 o'clock every day nt thirty-six lo forty
conta n ton at mining this coal they
could have owned.
The Cnmbrifc Iron company has engag
ed Prof. John Fulton to Instruct nil its
employes who may see fit to attend in
geology , mining , nine ourvoying nnd
general mine engineering. This is n
wise stop.
An onnco of opportunity is worth a
) onnd of education. W. C. Crono-
; noyor , now at the head of the tin-pinto
ndustry of the Uhlted States , was
twelve yours ago n $ li ! clerk In a Plttt-
burg nuwspnpor ollica no smarter look
ing than nny oj the ton thousand clnrks
of that or nny other city. But the upook
of nn opportunity canto nud ho soizad It.
How long will the downward tendency
In wages last ? hna boon asked , nnd how
much moro must production bo restricted
before the corner will bo turned ? Those
nro d'.tlkult questions , Our methods of
distribution nro defective. People have
not moro food , clothing or house cotufor o
nnd luxuries than they want , and ma
chinery oxlata for a Creator increase in
supply. Lxbor is ready and anxious to
work. Capitol is in abundance to lend its
powerful aid. Enterprise has its thou
sand eyes strained for opportunities.
Ifho nation's heart is boating with
impatience ; , its nmbttlpn is tired ; its
muscles nro like stool ; it has its eyes on
the future , but ila foot nro so ontauglod
with economical conditions nnd ita path
way points through doughs. There must
bo some ipmody for defective distribu
tion , nud it becomes the thinkers to do
ns cllloiont work in this direction as the
great mechanics of the ngo have done in
their direction , Our progrots in the
physical sciences has boon grand , but our
progress in social science has been irreg
ular , halting and disappointing. We
need an Edison in the domain of social
sclouco who will disentangle the mighty
agencies that have boon established for
the production of wealth.
IIH K/kSV , MY HOY. "
liob Hiirdotto Given Some Souml Ad <
vlco to a Young Mnn Jntov *
chled lit Politic * ,
Brooklyn Kiifile.
My son , when you go into politics , it ;
nm grieved to BOO you havn already
done to the extent of ruining two suits ol
clothes with kcroeono oil and the coat ol
your stomach with whisky U would bt
much bolter to you to-day , socially , mor
ally , physically nnd financially , had yoi :
drank the koroeono nnd poured tin
whisky over your _ clothes , although youi
patriotic exhilaration Tfould have nut
forcd. but when you do go into roa
politics , when you triumph , trlumpl
graciously , magnanimously , mercifully
You will observe that this advlc
la given you by A man who is lying 01
the flat of his back , while the haught ;
fee is holding a torchlight proceosion eve
his prootMtv form , Birt it d'-ustVt htir
mo any , and I want to toll > ou why , nni
I want in that connection to give you oiii
moro line of advice. Idled easy. Am
1 want you , when the hour of dofoa
cornea to you , to "dio easy. " Don't kick
Don't struggle after you are dead. Ii
distorts the countenance , contracts UK
limbs , louds the features a hideous ex
pression of agony and hate , nnd torrilici
the mournora. Wljen your time comoj
"dio easy. " Don't kick against mani
feat deatlny. Remember it is hard tc
fight the fates. Now , when I road the
returns on the 5th of November , I loj
mo down In calm though sorrowful resig
nation. I closed my eyes and folded my
hands on my bosom and remained paseivi
nnd quiet , nnd there wasn't a prettier republican -
publican "remains" In all this broad lam
than your late lamented subscriber. Il
took a great many thousand republicans
ton or twelve days to attain my Btatu ol
aublimo composure , but they came to il
at last , nnd see how much time they lest ,
They kept anticipating the resurrection ,
Every time a triumphant deinocral
blow his rejoicing horn the )
thought it was the trumpol
of the republican Gabriel , nnd jumped ti |
in their grave clothes nnd went prancing
around , and finally had to bo knocked In
the head with nn official count before
before they would submit to the offices ol
the undertaker. I believe in pluck , my
non , I believe in grit ; 1 have an abiding
f.iith in sand. I like t'i ace n man fight
who dooan't know when ho is licked , but
I don't like to see n man como howling
back into the ring nftor ho has been
knocked out and the other fnl
ow has gouo awny with
the gate money. "Dio easy , " rny
boy , you'll look bettor , your friondn nnd
onomio.1 nllko will ndmlro you all the
moro for it , and you'll bo in' bolter con
dition for getting up when your party
Gabriel sounds the trumpet. Now , bear
this in mind. Paste it in your lint. I
don't ' know much politico. 1 wish I had
as many dollars as I don't know much
abuut politics but what I do know 1
know for keeps , and I know itja alw ya
becoming for the party that gets Its neck
cutoff to "dio oasy" and graceful.
Roller Bkullm : Fllrliitlon.
Nurrhtuwn Herald.
Lying on the right aide , "My heart is
at your foot. "
Lying on the loft aide , " 1 have money
in thu bank. "
Standing on your nose , "I have no
objection mothoHn-law "
ton - ,
Jumping on you skates , "I'm afraid I
ain't trust you. "
Lying on your back , "Assist rno. "
Ono log in the nir moans , "Catch rno. "
Tire legs In the air inoauo "Mashed. "
Ono kkato In'your mouth , "Crushed
Bguin ,
Hitting the back of your head with
your heel , " 1 nm gono. "
Suddenly placing your logs horizontally
an the floor like the letter V Indicate * ,
"I am paralyzed. "
Punching your neighbor In the stomach
with your loft foot , "I'm onto your little
iarno. "
A backward flip of the heels and euddon
: oheeion of the knoea to the floor indi-
; atea "May I ukato thu next music with
pou ? "
WAIT FOU SAXE'Sopening Satur-
IHV , before buying your Christmas cards ,
fluent line'utr exhibited in Omaha ,
dec 2 4t 1
UKPOHIINO CONOKKSH.
I'lioTimkol'ilio OHI
ol ConijnMH t
llio Twlkors ,
n I.oltor to Minnonpoli * Trlliuttd.
"Ym , 1 hnvo boon a good while nt It , '
said Mr. U. F. Murphy , the olliolal sten
ographer of the sonntu , as ho sat in the
handsomely finished atonogrnphors' room
nt the sotmto end of the Capitol. Ita
windows look out upon the spacious
grounds nt the front ol the Capitol , for It
la ono of tbo most eligible rooms lit the
entire building , justby the innslvo doors ,
and looking out upon the innrblo portico
of the sonnto end of the onst front of the
Capitol. On the ceilings nro beautiful
and highly artistic frescoes , reminders of
the dond Bnunldl , nnd stretching around
the wnlls nro long C\BCD tilled with olhclal
documents , bills , reports , nnd other doc
uments of this nort that nro most liholy
to bo needed at n moment's notice.
Yes , it la over thirty-ftvo yoata , " ho
aald , "Mnco 1 began reporting the aotmto
proceedings. A long tinio , is it not ) and
yet it has gene iiuickly , nnd with it n
gogd many men of great nbllltioo And
reputation , "
"Your recollections run back na far ni
Webster , then , do they , Mr. Murphy ? "
"Yes " ho nnswortul "
"I
, musingly1 remember -
member him very woll. A very alow ,
careful speaker , easy to report because
with the oxtronto moderation with which
ho spoke. Yes , 1 reported Wobatornnd
Clay nnd Cass , nnd , Inter on , the great
men who took their places , Sumner and
Sownrd nnd nil the others , "
"Do you join in the often , expressed
opinion that greatness has departed from
the halls of congress , nnd the stntomontn
of to-day Is n pigmy compncod with that
of n quarter of n century nfjo ? "
"No1. on the contrary 1 think that the
congress of the United States , take the
members a n class , average bettor now
than it did in earlier cloys. There nro
not , porhnps , just now , nny very great
utlnds which tower up beyond nil the
rest , as scorned to bo the case ofVob -
ntor nnd a few otluvrj then uud ninco , but
tnlco the average statesman then nnd
now , and I think ho of to-day boars com
parison very woll. "
"How long has congrona boon alono-
graphically reported ? "
"Tho aonnto was first no reported in
18-18. Thnro were ono or two attempts
earlier , but they wore unsatisfactory nnd
sum nbandnnoi ? . The present system
began In 1818 In the sonata nnd about
1850 in thu house , nnd has boon continu
ed since.
"Will the prosoht nitnoh criticised
ayatom , which permits members to rovho
their speeches before publication , bo
remedied , dp you think ? "
"Doubtful , 1 think. There hits always
boon talk about It , but only talk. There
wore clforts twenty-five yearn ago , per
haps rnoro , to have that feature gllminntod ,
and to have the debates printed exactly
as they occurred. I romoiubor thtt Jcif
Davla was ono of the most vlgorout IT.
denouncing revision , and in urginp that
the debates bo printed exactly us they
occurred. And yet Dtvis , vB Ono of the
fastest opeakora of U 0 ponato nt that
time , and it would p-JCm that If anybody
needed to rovl'.o hB | remarks or the
stenographireport of them it would bo
ho.
"Did ho often do HU ? "
TMNo. Ho scarcely over looked at hia
: < peochea in manuscript. "
"Aro the ablest men the ones moat
likely to revise nnd polish up their
speeches ? "
"No , rnthor the rovorao. Aa n rule
01 the men who otand out most pronllbontlv
in the history of the flouato were of auori
hfth'la of speech thnt there waa little oc
casion for thorn to revise the report ot
their speeches. Webster , aa 1 eaid , was
a alow speaker , and a careful QUO ,
Sownrd usually wrote hlnsnoocho ) before
hand and committed them to memory , BO
that often ho did not require thorn to bo
reported nt all , turning them over m
manuscript. This was not always the
case , however. 1 remember on ono oc
casion ho naked rno to take breakfast
with - him and lake n apoooh
thnt ho was going to deliver on
some important aubjuot. I did ao ,
but when ho got ready to speak ho
said ho desired to have his speech taken
again , as ho would have some ohangon
from the original ono. So It was re
ported nnd the rnnnuncript furnished
him , and when it was returned 1 found
that it was neither the first nor the
second speech entire , but a third ono ,
embodying portions of both the ethers
So ward was pretty careful about hia
nimtoncos , and would often change a
word here or there to polish thorn up , as
it were , Sumner was rather n slow
speaker , and did not muku ninny uhnngt-a
in hia speeches. Mr. Chuao , of Ohio ,
was inuoh given to making changes in
his spoechcH. Lincoln ? Well , I never
reported him , but know that ho wm n
very alow apoaki-r. - Douglas was thu
opposite , a very rapid speaker. Kvarlb'/ /
Well , everybody knows about hia long
auntoncoB. They nro terrible. I remember -
member ono in liin speech on the impeachment -
poachmont of Johnson , which rnado , 1
think , eighty odd linea In thu Record. 1
never know but ono man like him , and
that was Boll , of Tunncanop. No , there
uronot many men now in the amiato who
are especially difficult to report. Mr ,
Edmunds la ono of the fnatest talkers ,
You would not think so to llaten to him.
ilo speaks in rather a low tone , u uort of
conversational manner , and rushes _ ont
his uentoncus in n hurry. Ingalln m n
pretty fast talker , but his enunciation in
BO distinct and clear that It ia n pleasure
to report him. Mr. Beck is a very fast
talker , and will kocp It up for hours , too.
Logan is about an average. BJaino ?
Well , ho ia not the most agreeable man
in the world to report. Fast at times ,
and HomutimcB not ao faat , n aort of jerky
way that ia not comfortable to the
utonngraphor.
Mr. Murphy , who lias had this remark
able career ua official reporter of the sen
ate for thirty-fivo years , over uinco the
system of full reports was adopted , ia u
luiot , gentlemanly appearing man of per-
fiapa fD ) , whoso face nnd figure show the
rears of hard , caruful toll thnt ho linn bo-
towed upon his Ufa work. Uo ia one of
ho hardest working nii-n in official life in
iVushinfjton , and , u may be remarked ,
draws more money for hia work than does
ny officer of the government except the
president. Uo gets $25,000 per your for
reporting thu sonata. Uo must out of
this pay nil his nnaialunta , but it is esti
mated that ho note ubout one-half the sum
paid for their services , perhaps moro. lie
livoa in un elegant brown atone front , enC
C street , not far from the capital , hoops
a handsome team , and vnjoys life UH best
ho may when there ia no suasion to take
hia attention. When the senate ia in
session hia hears are very long and labor
ious. Uo , with ono aB8latantMr. Shuey ,
roporta nil the debates of the senate after
the morning hour has expired , turning
over their notes to amis tan ( a who trail-
scribe them. This of Itself is qalto a re
markable matter , aa very few stenogra
phers are able to road the writing of
others , though they write the aamo Bya-
tern. Mr. Murphy's brother , Mr , K V ,
Murphy , who has boon with him ton
years or moro , roads his notes readily ,
and In many cAtr.i ninds t. > other ateno *
graphora.'trho , Inking them in ahnrihunc ,
wrlio them out f"r printers. All thi ,
limM'or , Mr. Murphy himself rovis M
nfty it n written out in longhand , HIM !
ns the report * of thu sorwUu often innkn
as much m al.Mfpii tngos of Iho Uio > rO ,
it is i y to sno thnt.tbo task is a tremendous
deus out ) 'IV road , even in typo , whnt
would iiiaJsn from ton to twenty column *
of nn ordinary r.uwsrupor is no small
task , and how nutoU irwro no in timmi-
script luirriodly written AS it i.fli-n
must bo.
T1KS.
An KxlrnimlliMty HcrlCH of ( Jon.ii | i\1
- Inl'olUillloH Noted by 'Ji-nvcl-
I\\K Now Yoi-Uor ,
"Of all the complicated family tics 1
over hoard of , " snld Commercial Traveler
John Gilbert , " 1 ran across the worst on
ono of my Into trips to Duller county ,
Pennsylvania. It scorns that an old man
rmmod John Lofovor , living on n farm
twelve mllus from lUillor , had not lived
very happily with his wife , nnU ono day
the neighbors found her lying ijond nt the
foot of the ntairA. Uo WAS 00 years old
nnd she f > 0. Her sitter , Miss Suimn
Llnrbiaon , had him nrrustod on a charge
of murder , nnd ho wns on trial when 1
wits thoro. It wns during Urn prelimi
nary proceedings that the extraordinary
condition of domestic complications was
developed.
'Tho wife Lofovor WAS nccusod of kill *
ing was hia second wife , She hnd mar-
rlud twenty yours before a man muiunl
Snmuol Coopor. She hnd three children
by Cooper , nnd then procured a divorce
from him , ho having deserted her and
gene away with , a cousin of hora , a Mrs.
Andrew Grabo. The Grabo family were
neighbors of , the Coopers. Grnbo pro-
ourod a divorce from his wife , and Mra.
Ooopor , taking the three children , mar
ried Grabo. Cooper then nmrriod Mra.
Grabo with whom ho had boon living.
John Lifnvor WAI than living nonr
Grnbo'a with hia first wifo. Two yonrs
after Mm. Cooper became MM.
Grnbo , Mrs. Lpfovoro died.
Grabo hud in thti meantime censed living
with his wifo. On the ground of deser
tion oho procured n divorce. Taking her
three children by her lirot huabnnd and
ono by Grabo she married Lofovor. Grabo
alao remarried , hia third wife being a
distant rolatlvo of Snmuul Cooper's The
Cooporri , the Graboa , and the Lafovoro
all lived neighbors and on the best of
terms with ono another , visiting b.iok
and forth , although Lofovor had Ooopor's
origitul wife and three children , and
Grabo'a second wife and ono child , rind
Cooper was thu hrnbnnd of Grnbo's ' first
wife and the original huibxid of hia
second.
"All thig nice little family party got
along topp'vhor in the pleaaantost kind ol
wnYt except Lofovor nnd his wife. Final
ly , as I started , abe was found at the
foot of tin stairs with her nook bnokon ,
and her husband was put on trial , chargoti
with killing her. Whim the list of juron
was called it was found that Andrew
Grabo , ono of the deceased woman's pre
vious husbands , hnd boon drawn amen ; ,
them. Ilo was excused. Snmuol Cooper ,
her first husband , was on the list of wit
noBscs. Iler niator , Mrs. IJnrbicon , tin
prooocutrlx , was also a wltnoae. Slit
testified that she lioraolf had been twlct
married. She thoj.ight her first huubaru
was dead. Sh was ( Hvr.r'oCd ftom ! ' "
Bcoond , but o-\vns-siigogod to'bo rnar
riod ngalu , this time to a brother of Samuel
uol Ooopor , the Ural husband of her doai
alstorl
"I didn't have time to alny and flo
what the vordiot was. " A'cw
IN KKMUOKY IjOUIO
Jilnjorrt to Ono GioHHiuf ; ilio Dim
Unbooked In HOI-MO Jllnlory.
From \VnnliItu'tim Hupublican.
Senator Beck , of Kentucky , and ropro
sontntivo Wilklna , of Ohio , were talking
the other day , when the Kentuckian os
plod a picture of n horao hanging on the
wall. "Thoro , " ho exclaimed wrtk ran
turo , "ia n picture of Lexington , the
grandest horao that over ntooa on ioui
foot. " ' Yes " said Mr. "
; , . Wlikins , "lu
was certainly n very remarkable horse.
Wns ho n trotter or n runnm ? "
A look of ineffable acorn passed over
Senator Bcck'd broad , oxpruasivo conn ,
tennnco. "Was ho u trotter or n run-
nflr ? " ho rrpaatod , astonishment , pity
and profound diagusl being blended In
the tones of Ilia voico. "Wan ho u run
ner or n trotter i Well , woil , well , I dc
declare. 1 rrovor hoard of such astound-
ng ignorance bcforo in the whole course
of my lifo , excepting on ono occasion ,
and that waa throe yuara ago , and n fol
low senator wan the frightful example.
Jroquoin had won the English Derby nnd
wo Kontuckiana naturally fult
roud of the American racer
abroad , and waited with breath-
ICOH anxiety for nuvrs from Kronen
that would toll us of thu victory or defeat
f the Kentucky bred Foxhall , who wns
entered for the grand pmo of Paris ,
When 1 hoard that Foxhall had won 1
sent n page for Senator Allison. When
' 10 came over to my deak I pointed to the
Paris telegram nnd naked him to read
that. Uo road the paragraph nnd calmly
expressed hiu great gratification over the
victory. After ho had run on n while ho
paralyzed rno with the it quiry : "Was
it a running or a trotting rucu that Fox-
hall won ? "
"Imogino rny feelings , Words could
not express thorn. 1 foil back In my
chair speechless , and didn't apeak to the
aonator from lowu for two weeks ,
Brother Wilkina , I would like to see you
in Kentucky , but as a friend I must advise -
vise you to read up on Luxington before
you crona the Ohio. If the Kontuokinns
should Biinpeot you of not knowing
whether Lexington was a trotter or a
racer it might go hard with you. '
1)1101) .
IIAUTLK In this city , November ! )0 ) , nt 'l
n. m . ut li'id'J IJavL-npoft Htrnut , Abbln Juno
Hartlu , i4o ; < l " 1 yuarrf ,
.Funeral took plnco to-day ut 10 a , m , , from
Trinity cathodrnl. JnUirnietit at Prcmpect
Hill.
Suvu-ul wooltH n o thin youu ; lady came to
Omaha to visit her nint < > r , who in engaged iu
teaching ui-huol In our city. Hur home iu la
DukoU , _ _ _
Finest
Christinas
Goods
this year
at
Boll's. . dL' oed tf
WAIT FOU SAXES opening Satur-
Jay before buying your Christmas cards.
/'Vwrt line ci'cr exhlbitnl in Omahn.
deo2it
Schmidt , 1110 Farnain , finest selection
In Seal Skin Cnpu and Kobos. Lowest
prices. 19-tf
lUre and unequalled Bargains In Diamonds
mends at Max Meyer & Bro's ,
A KATHBU'H AAVKUIi CltlJIfi
lo Poisons UN 1-Vnir Chl'ilrnn
Shield Tlioin From a UP. ;
> t Poverty.
Poverty , unguarded utterance * , which
rought him under the ban ot the law.
vnd despondency over hia trouble , led
" ) r. John iUaxwi-ll , it hitherto , respected
iti/.Mi nl Spnrgtield , to attempt the liven
> f liin four children nnd himself. Dr.
MnxwtOI oitmt from Selmn , Ohio , ft few
11'imln nu , iind nought to eatabllelt a
irautico tln-ro. I' tittits wens few nnd
us small inuana eoon bccarno exhausted.
Tuesday do eeomed less despondent than
"or n week or moro , nnd , yielding to hia
ersuasion , his wife wont up town on an
errand. Immediately nftor her depart
ure Mnxwoll mixed a potion of nconito
nnd chloroform and , taking his four little
children , two boys nnd two glrla , to A
"
"loclroom gnvo each n dose , from which
ono ia already dead nnd two tnoro will die
bofnrd morning.
After administering the poison the un
natural parent saturated towels In chloro-
'orm nnd placed them ovotf the mouths of
ho chlldrori whom ho bnd laid out in the
bed for death. Ilo then drank a quantity
of the drug himself , nnd , lying down on
the bed beaido hia little ones , put another
: owol , aoaked in chloroform , over hia own
noutlt nnd nostrils.
After an absence of several hours Mra.
Maxwell returned homo , and , going up
stairs , found her entire family in ait un
conscious condition. Her terrified
acroiuna noon brought neighbors to the
home. Her second daughter , Liura ,
n od twelve , was dead , The others and
the porpoirntor of the horrible crime worn
otill alive. Maxwell was at once pulled
elf the bed and dragged up and down the
street until ho partially regained con-
nctouancaa. Doctors administered several
kinds of nntidotoe , nnd with electric
battprioa tried to hold the rapidly ebbing
lifo in the throu children. Up to n late
hour to-night their efforts have proved of
ea with only ono child , and the two
othora are rapidly sinking. Upon con
sultation the doctors ngroo that the
murderer used his knowledge of chemistry
to to mix the poisonn that no known ivnti-
dote would have any nll'och. Late this
ovouina Maxwell had so far recovered
as to warrant his removal to jail.
( ) t\ a bureau in the room were found
two lottora from Mnxwoll to his wife , ono
of which waa datud five days ago , nnd de
clared his intention ot killing himself nnd
"tnklng hia children with hiinto heaven , "
Uo declared I\o could not longer face
poverty nnd dit > trcHnnd rather than hnvo
his children struggle * with ndvoraity lie
would put on end to their lives with hia
own hand. Tuo lottora clearly indicate
( hat the Hckoning deed waa contemplated
for no mo time , and the cunning with
which the poison wna rnixod waa beyond
doubt the result of careful experiments.
Never IVlll Sliiivo.
Overheard going over the telephone
linoit
"lawoarlt. "
"Swear what ? "
"That I will never ahavo or cut my
hair until I nm elected proaldont. "
"Look out ! That's n raah vow. "
"I don't care ; I awoar it. "
"Who nro you , Ben Butlerl" ' 1
"No. "
"Who then ? "
"Bolvn Lookwood. "
PRIZE $150,000
" # 'sioA ! r < tctrtify | Aat tic HSptrtltl ! / } . <
uiifficnti for M thr tfonMu ami Seml-AnMtai
Diautttgi of the Loultiaiui State lottery Company ,
and inntnon manage and control tni Drauingi
'kttncthti , and that tM tarns are conducted iHit
konettt/.fainuti. and in good fat tk tcicai'tl all \inr ,
tin , ami IM autAarttn the company to u t tMi etr-
Utleate , uith/aa-iimilti o/ our tignaturii tsttanlii
'n ( It odwii Dni , "
COUUISSIONKHa.
UNI'IIKOKDENTKD ATTHACTION ,
OV'KU HALF A JIII.MON DISTUI3UTKL > .
LoQisiana iitato Lota
lnooiporaled In 1808or 15 yenn by tbo \ .
Ivr educational aud charitable parpceo > irltb * cp
Ual ol 91,000,000 to which a reeotva fund ol ova
1(60,000 baa alnoo boon added.
lly an overwhelming popular vole Iti fr&ocblM
tfag made A part of tno preaeol ilal * ooniillatloo
adopted December U. A. i ) . 1370.
Ita grand dlnglo nnmbosr drnwlngo u > k
place monthly.
II never icalei 01 poltroon" , Look at the followln
Dlntrlliutloii
UCth ailANl ) MONTHLY , ]
AMI TUB
Extraordianry Somi-Auiiunl Draw
ing.
, i _ tlio Academy ot Music New Or
leans , Tuesday , December
1C. 188-1.
Under the pcrHonal miperrUIon and inaiij ciiiiciit of
I1KN. ( J T IIKAUUKUAUU.ofLouUlaimiuid
UKN. JUHAIj A. KAUliY , of VlftUiltt.
CAPITAL PIUZB , 8150,000 ;
tiTKotlco. Tickets are Ten Uolhn only. Italvo
f5 , Fllthr2Tvntlui , 81.
LIST OF ritlZKa.
nAFITAL PUIZK , . . _ _ _ . . , .ll.OJUi
1 Grand do 10,001
1 ilo do Ku.OW
1 IAHGKPHZ1C 01 110,000 iO.UX
I * ilo 5 XX ) 2J.CCJ
SO I'UI/.KH of 1000 L',00 ) (
10 do (00 tifi.OOC
1UU do aw iij.ouo
SCO do 2)0 ) 4)OCfl )
OW da iOi tu ) ooa
1000 do 60 10,000
100 Approzlmttloa pilros of tfiOO. . . 20004
100 do do 100 . 20,64
100 do do 71 . 700)
1170 Prl l unuuntlng lo . , .fHIUI
Appllmtlon lot tee lo clobi ihoald bo tutdo onjj-
o the otBoo of the Company la Now Orleans.
For further Information wrlto dearly gtvlnjr toll
addroM. 1'OSTAL NOlrU , Kiprcea Hooey Orders , or
Niw York ExchanKo ID otdluary letter. Cunrenoy
by Kxpruu ( all nuiun of < ti aud upwaiiu at our ox-
tKi ) addruaiod
M A. DAUPHIN ,
Jill. A. DAUPHIN , Now Oiloaoi I * .
C07Be\OQtbUt. Wuhlu ton D. C.
Uako P. 0. lloney Oidon payabl * and a.Uri
: leilstoroil Ixitturu to
NEW OKLKANB NATIONAT. BANK ,
_ Now Oilcan * . La.
NkBRRSKA LUND AGENCY
0.
IUOOK8SOU TO DAVIS
IXaUn lo
GIlMirAHNAUHT. OMAD > . ,
Hay * lot lale 130,000 aor eateniUi utuowo l v ll
Kaalvrn Nebiaika , a ) low prloo ud oa eat ; l < iu a.
Improvea luuu lot Bale In Dooglaa , Dodic * , Ool/ /
PUtto , Hurt , OonUngr , tiarpy , Haabuuluu. X ' 'k
laonden , and Uutler Jounllet.
Tax * * paid In all pitta of the BUk.
Montr loaned on mpiortd tatar.
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