Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 30 , 1885.
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THE BEE PUBLISHINGlipm , PROPHIE10BS ,
Tin : ice men arc praying for a cold
wave. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin : ice crop so far is a complete fail
ure. Another crop will have to bo
planted.
Tun oldest inhabilanl refuses lo certify
that the ice went out of Iho Missouri river
ever before In December.
I'OPB is out with another screed airainst
Fit/.fTohn Porter. 1 ho army is to be con
gratulated upon the fact that this
bombastcs furioso will step down and out
ne.\t imiieh and be succeeded by General
0. O. Howard.
At n charity fair in Uerliu the crown
princess of ( lornmny lias been soiling
sausages al JJlo apiece and sponge cake
at $1 a. slice. Charity fairs in Germany
do not dill'ermaterlally fiom the average
church fair in America.
Du MII.I.IU piopo'ses to follow the ex
ample ol Jay Gould and ' lie. This re
minds us that the doctor , also like Mr.
Gould , has made several announcements
of the same nature. We should bo sorry
to believe that the veteruu edilor of our
esteemed democratic contemporary seri
ously intends to carry out his present in
tentions.
Tin : South Carolina legislature rushed
through its work , passed over one hun
dred bills , withstood the sliipid attack of
the antl-ediicatiouiilists upon the South
Carolina college and the Citadel acade
my , enjoyed the luxury of : i several days'
dead-lock over the appropriation bill and
killed a move to re-oslablish the whip
ping post all with a thirty days' .session.
This is dispatch with a vengeance which
may be commended to the prayerful con
sideration of congress.
Tin : opening of the lirst street railroad
in Vermont was duly chronicled by all
the newspapers in the country. Perhaps
it will interest the people of the United
States lo know how ( ho enterprise fares.
A Rutland paper assures us that "there
were two horse-cars running all day yes
terday , and the ( inkling of bulls inid the
roar ou the track had a really metropoli
tan sound " Vermont is the state where
the inhabitants haven't yntbecn educated
lo licking postage stamps. They sit
down and sew them on Ihe letters.
AN impostor whom we have recently
exposed as tampering with our dispatches
and personating himself as connected ,
with Iho Hit : , has broken out in a now
spot. 'Lliis time ho has taken it upon
himself to libel our Washington corre
spondent and decry our specials from the
national capital. Under the clumsy pre
tense of having borrowed an Indianapolis
JouriMltram a casual traveler and having
discovered a dupliealion of Ihe Journnl's
Washington dispatches in the IJii : : , this
vrarl on Omaha journalism warns the pa
trons of the IJii : : against imposture.
The Hin : has no secrets about its busi
ness. It pays more for special dispatches
than all Iho dailies in Iowa and Nebraska
combined. This is acknowledged by the
managers of the telegraph lines. Its
Washington specials are made up by Mr.
1' . S. Heath who is also the agent of the
Indianapolis Jourmil. On all national
matters ho sends the .same service to both
papers. The readers of Iho lint : are none
the wor.se for that than the readers of
the Chicago filter-Owui are from the
fact that Iho St Paul Pioneer Press uses
the same wire and gets the same specials
from Washington. On all news relating
to Iowa , Nebraska and the regions west
of the Missouri , the HKB'S Washington
specials are exclusive. Last week on one
tingle day we paid for 5OJO words of
specials , and if occasion demands vvo will
produce the receipts.
WALI , street brokers are congratulating
themselves Hint the retiiemont of Gould
from the street promises to bring in anew
now set of operators upon the exchange.
There Is a general expectation thai the
Vanderbill boys will lake a whirl at the
"tototum" before long with ( ho view of
upholding the family reputation and ad
ding to their immunfio fortunes , They
will enter the street with a mighty power
nt their back in the way of their million * ,
and there will be n hundred and one
smaller operators ready to combine with
them , or against them , as the ease may
bo. If the boys follow their father's ad
vice never to sell what they have not
got or to buy what they don'I need limy
will scarcely take a leading position
iiniong the big speculators. Gould ,
says "Carp" of the Cleveland
Lender , will still manipulate the
market occasionally , and though he
will bo liv.s active than in the past , il will
lie hardly possible for him to give up the
work which hu 1ms been in now for
nearly a generation , Gould Is in
good health , and ho is so euro-
fill of his diel that ho 1ms n chance
to live many years yet. Ills son George
has many of his father's qualities , and
the great foituno will not ho squandered
in his hands , Goulu itf'now the wealthi
est man in America. Hois estimated nt
? 125,000,000 , and ho is only 4U years old.
If ho lives to the ago of Vanderbilt , ho
ought to be much richer , and his fortune ,
oven nt the ordinary per cent , will more
than double in twenty-six years , lie has
been twenty-live years connected with
the Now York stock markets , ami this ou
the average , makes his prollts § 5,000,000
a year. Of course ho iiitulo a great dual
f more during the past few yours , and
much of his great fortune came in lumps ,
but an average of this kind Is
only possible in this ago of the
quick making of collossal fortunes.
Onther Thoin In.
With railroad extensions in every dlrec-
lion nroiuul and about licr , Omaha can
not afi'ord to lip on her oan as a disinter-
cslcd qpoctator of events of such interest
to her future prowth nntl advancement.
The ooncr her people learn that ovcry
additional road secured to our citj is
worth five stubs whose main lines tap the
state and divert traffic el owhere , the
better it will bo for all concerned , The
time lias rotno when neither pride nor
prejudice nnt l bo nny longer permitted
to stand in the way of united effort to
increase the transportation facilities of
this great and growing metropolis.'c <
need and must have more outlets and
inlets for our trade and more iron fingers
reaching out into the territory which wo
can control if we can only gra p it. The
Omaha At Northwestern project Is not to
bo deceived because it proposes to run
north and not northwest. A new line
into the northeastern counties will
benefit Omaha materially and increase
her facilities for competition with Sioux
City and the Chicago wholesalers. Hut
our greatest need at present , and it will
continue to bo our greatest need until
filled , is direct connnunicaliim with the
northwest and \\ith tlio wonderful coun
try which the Chicago ff Korthwestern
extension is opening tip in regions
hitherto unsettled and undeveloped ,
The people of Omnhti would be glad to
learn that the management of the Northwestern -
western weie considering ( tie extension
of their line eastward from Fiomont to
this city , and that Omaha could bo made
the actual Missouri river terminus of that
great system. A stub road from Konnard
or Hell Creek- will not lill the- bill ,
although it .will shorten the dis-
taneo from this point up the.
Klkhorn. Uut a line somewhere
near the old ley survey would bring the
Northwestern into this city with the
shortest and the best equipped load tap
ping the new country and would , we are
confident , quickly prove itself a profita
ble investment for all conecrned. AVheu
once the people of that corporation locate -
cato their headquarters in the best city
on the Missouri and bid for its trade ,
much of the friction due to unfortunate
misunderstandings of the situation in
times past will melt away. Mutual con
cessions , clear headed insight and a de
sire to promote each others interests
would very rapidly wipe out previous
troubles.
Omaha must not permit any oppor
tunity to pass to gather in the trunk
lines no matter where their eastern ob
jective may be. She does nol stand in
the position of a beggar for favors hut
oilers a fair business return on every in
vestment which she recommends.
Mtultlrr Than th
The cranks who are attempting to thaw
the public into convulsions with a hydro
phobia scare are imidder than the animal
race which they are slandering. The
whole excitement is chiefly duo to an
ignorance which breeds a senseless fear.
Such epidemics are periodical. At 0110
time it was the witch mania. At another
the approaching end of the world frightened -
ened thousands into piirchiisingnsccnsion
robes. Whole continents have been
thrown into spamns of fright over the ap
pearance of a comet , or parnly/sed with
four over the expected approach of bomo
simple malady.
The hydrophobia scare which started in
Newark , Now Jersey , whore six children
wore bitten by a dog , becomes ridiculous
when examined. No death has occurred
yet from the accident and none is likely
to occurr. No one has had the hydro
phobia there not a single case lias devel
oped , and yet to read the daily press one
would imagine that a perfect epidemic of
rabies was dovasting the country. There
never has been a more baseless fear than
that of hydrophobia. In this country
there must he' every year thousands of
cases where people , young and
old , are bitten by dogs , cither in
anger or by accident , and yet the ca es
of hydrophobia among human beings are
so rare that many doctors doubt the very
existence of the disease. There is oven
no agreement among physicians as to
the symptoms of rabies among dogs.
The popular belief that a dog who will
iiotdrink water Ismail is utterly exploded ,
and also the idea that summer is
the most dangerous period. Hydrophobia
is utterly unknown in the Asiatic cities ,
where dogs swarm as thickly as tlcas , and
in London O.I.OOO dogs have been sei/oil
by policemen in the last few years and
brought by hand to a homo for lost dogs ,
and notwithstanding a frequency of se
vere bites , hydrophobia has never occur
red. No case of rabies among dogs in
London has occurred in seventeen years.
What is the use of people agitating them
selves over a disease which rests almost
entirely upon the imagination ? The hy
drophobia scare is a humbug , and the
cranks who are agitating it need the in
oculation of common sense more than the
public at largo need the hypodermic in
jections of M. Pasteur.
Tiimiminy's New
The retirement of John Kelly from
New York local politics is an event of
more than passing importance. The
great organization of which ho has been
the controlling force for n decade past
wields an inlluencc in determining politi
cal results which is felt every four years
in every doubtful state throughout the
country. Mr. Kelly leaves the Tammany
MK'ioty n physical and a mental wreck
ami his condition i largely attributed to
disappointment resulting Irom his defeat
in the Chicago convention which nomi
nated Mr. Cleveland.
Tammany's now leader is Charles
Loovv , a politician of much ability and of
great force ot character. A popular
( icrmaii who has niudo politics an
amusement more than a business , of rare
social qualities and with the power of at
tracting and holding friends , Mr. Loow
has already drawn back to the society ,
which more than nny other sways the
polities of the Empire state , many of its
best supporters. In addition , fresh young
democratic blood is being infu cil into
the orgui/.atiop : ! , and it seems to have en
tered upon n now lease of life and power
in ( hi ! island of Manhattan.
Tammany JIall has survived more
shocks than any other political society in
the country. It lived through the heart
burnings of the factional discords in the
early part of the century , thrived throughout -
out the slavery agitation , and survived
the crushing blows which dismantled
democratic organizations in so many
other states during the war and recon
struction period. It oven outlived the
disclosures of tiic Tweed iniquity , when
its name was a source of reproach and its
leaders and membership was discredited
by a large portion of reputable demo
crats in Now York nnd elsewhere. A *
n place-hunting , patronage-dickering ,
spoils-seeking and Jefferson-loving or
ganization , with little principle except
self interest and a gtip on powc which
makes it feared bj itsent'iniosandcotnted
by its friends , Tammany hall occupies
unique position in American politics.
HUN Tor
Some of our esteemed contemporaries
profess to view , in the deluge of bills
w lilch is pouring in upon congress , a cruzo
for law making M Inch is growing with
the nation's growth , and strengthening
with its strength. The fact that 1,200
measures of additional legislation were
introduced before the holiday recess and
that estimates place the number of those
which await their turn on the call of
states nt twice that amount mas * seem to
some alarming. To a man up a tree it is
only ridiculous. The vast majority of the
measures introduced are never intended
or expected to pass. They are bills for
buncombe only , projected to smooth the
hair of the watchful constituent and to
make political capital for the cougres
sionnl designer. When Congress-man
Smith pas es to the speaker's desk his bill
to appropriate $10,000,000 annually to pen
sion every dependent mother-in-law of de
ceased veterans of the Mexican war lie
never has any idea that his measure
bo resurrected from the pigeon holes of
the committee on pensions , but ho knows
that the Itungtown ( litzctlc will refer In
a glowing editorial to the patriotic efforts
of the lion. Mr. Smith on behalf of his
constituency with an incidental refer
ence1 to the fact that widow Jones will bo
raised to inlluence in case of the passage
of this beneficient measure. When Con
gressman Drown listens to the title of his
act amendatory of still another piece of
legislation to provide public buildings in
every town of J500 inhabitants through
out the country , ho may not
1)0 sanguine of the passage , but ho feels
that his native ullage will rise up as one
man , through the local postmaster-editor ,
and call him blessed. No one knows bet
ter than the average congressman the
neces-ity for introducing bills. Aceoid-
ingly they intioduco their own , and de
cline to call up those of others which are
introduced for the same purpose. It is
the ability to evolve remedial measures
of national importance , in which the
public welfaie is intimately concerned ,
and by which the public interests are
carefully guarded , which shows the think
ers and the statesmen. The introduction
and forwarding of such acts of legislation
is not always popular , but it adds in the
long run much more to the fame of the
men of brains and nerves than applause
winning and pyrotechnical displays cal
culated to conciliate constituents , but
which full still-born in the halls of
congress.
The BuHiness Situation.
The holiday season lias made the past
week a busy one for retailers and a com
paratively dull one in the wholesale mar
kets. In nearly all lines , however , the
movement has been fully up to the average -
ago of previous years at the holiday
season , and in several departments it h.is
exceeded expectations. The situation , as
a whole , is much more encouraging than
at the same time last year. The general
condition of business and industrial af
fairs has boon steadily improving sineo
the 1st of July , and as a consequence the
temper of traders is everywhere more
cheerful and confident. The coming week
will bo largely given over to
stock-taking , book-settlements , re
pairs of mills and oilier preparations
lor the business of another year ,
and for a fortnight at least there is little
probability of any general renewal of ac
tive trading. The new year , however , is
looked forward to with hopeful expect
ancy by the majority of merchants , and
all the signs point to a prosperous spring
trade. Cotton has been declining but
the movement in domestics continues
good. Our western merchants have been
ordering heavily in anticipation of tiade
requirements and to secure the advant
age of existing freight contracts before
their termination. Stocks in distributers'
hands are apparently not excessive , and
the confidence of buyers is a favorite
augury for tha future of the market.
Wool has boon in much bettor demand ,
nnd the sales are considerably
larger than any one expected they
would bo during this usually dull
week. The exceptional strength of the
wool market is its distinguishing feature ,
There probably lias never boon such uni
form confidence among holders at this
stage of the season in the previous histo
ry of the trade. The substantial im
provement and promising future of Jio
woolen goods situation warrant and explain -
plain this feeling , The iron trade Is very
strong. Demand is active and values are
firm or tending upward. Merchant bar
iron has been advanced a tenth of n cent.
The general outlook is very encouraging.
The wheat trade has continued exces
sively dull , and .seaboard prices at the
close of hist week were 1 to 1 } cents per
bushel lower than a week ago ; but in
Chicago the result of the broken week's
speculation leaves the market about the
same ns a week ago. Domestic supplies
have increased 000,000 b.ishols in spite of
the moderate interior movement , and the
contiibiitions of other exporting countries
have added over 500,000 , busheb to the
amount afloat for Great Britain and I ho
continent. The United States visible sup
ply Is now in round numbers fiU.OOO.OOO
million bushels as against -J,000,000 ! ) million -
lion bushels a year ago. Exporters con
tinue very indiiTerent and the rise in ster
ling exchange to the gold shipping point
has increased the weak feeling in specu
lative circles that naturally grows out of
the dull condition of trade and the largo
stocks in sight. There has been an active
export demand for corn that has been
freely met at declining prices ,
Si-r.AKEU OAHUSI.E is said to bo in ti
cold perspiration of anxiety over the or-
gaiii/ation of the committees of the
house. All the jobbers and coppers and
paid ngcnts of the raihoads and Hesse-
in cr ring are moving heaven and earth
for places where they can do the most
good for the interests and Industries
which they are promoting , The outcome
of this jam at the doors of the committee-
rooms will bo awaited with interest ,
A P.uus paper , in u sketch of the late
Vandorhilt , says that ho made his money
iu oil wells and mines , and that "ho made
ample amends for his incalculable
fortuuu by erecting schools , Hbraiics , uud
benevolent establishments in all the prin
cipal American tojvns,11 Wo shall next
expect to rend an , oljituary of the late
Senator Sharon as the greatest preacher
of morality on tluvl'.aiMlic coast.
WK need more clerks in the postoflico
in Omaha if the management of that in
stitution is to give thn city the service
which it demands. With increased
clerical force the annoying delays in the
distribution of the mails from which w.o
noiv sutler would be obviated.
Vn are sorry to cast a shroud of gloom
over the heart of our young friend Chase ,
of the J'xcdsior. The latest news
about th.it English estate tied up
in chancery i.s depressing. Min
ister Phclps has been looking after
the alleged inheritance of the Lawrence-
Townlcy heirs in this country and an
nounces that there is no such estate.
POMTIOATj 1'OIN'TS.
J5x-Sccreliry Chandler still entertains the
ambition of entering thu United States
senate.
Gun. UtHcrratis Is tiio 1 of bolm ? register of
the treasury , and wants to be sup ilntjudcut
of the coast barem , which pays S ) , < MO mote.
Itejiresentntlvc Koran of Cleveland , is be-
Inc pushed h > the l.ibor one-mint Inns for
elmitinnu of the labor committee In countess.
Congressman llohnnu Is putting all his
cner y anil brnlns Into his icport on the In
dian problem , which will bo produced next
month ami Is understood to bo valuable.
Mrs. Mary. I. Maitln , who has voluntarily
icslgnoil as postmistress of 11 uillnijton , N.
J. , although tlnce > o msot her teimiemain ,
has held the position for seventeen yc.ats.
She is Hot an offensive paitisiin.
George \Villl.im Curtis s.iys of Painell :
"He is , indeed , an iinciowncd klnc , and
should he die tliuio is no one to take up his
sceptic. No f.ibiilotis momtich ot Tarsi's hall.
no lout of the lounil towers , no wild Celtic
chieftain was so imvveiful a niler. "
< > 'i Chicago's Corns.
A' . 1" . Journal.
Pantile M11N , the Ohio girl with hip
feet , Is pl.ijiiiu' a museum engagement In
Chicago , but It has so tar bjuu a lailmo on
account of not being a novelty in Unit city ,
Perhaps.
A Now Oilcans editor w.iuts to start .a sub
scription for a monument to AlgcinonSar-
toris , Nellie Grant's husband , piobably on the
theoiythat it may encourage him to BO ou"
anil die.
It All Depends.
"It Is bettor to bo a livlni ; pauper than a
dead millionaire , " ttiiyi Editor Jana. That
depends on olio's theology. A so it by the
pooihotiso lire is j.ueply preferable to a
p.ilace in the Now Jorns l em.
"Out or Town. "
The western e.lttor wllb put the head "Nat
ural Cns" ! over the proceedings oC a woman's
right's convention , was conveniently "out of
town" when a committee of ladies wearing
spectacles ami a rovansolul oxniossiou called
to intei view him.
Tlicy Don't Belittle Themselves.
Savannah JVcici.
There is s ild to bo loss c JM rossloml "big-
licaileiliu'ss" than h is baeu the ease for many
ycais. Ft is believed , however , that
theio are sevvral moi ( In congress who
have their bunpj of boIC-cJtiwm tiiululy en
larged.
SIiowoil ills Gooil Souse.
New York newspapers announced a few
ago , when the tenipuifituio was hltueu de
grees below the hewing point , tnat .fay
( lOiild had "lull the strcot. " That showed
his good .sense. It was too cold about that
time to stay ou thostieet.
Tlio Silent Olul ) .
Ifcw I'oi/i / Comm'rctal Ailcet tlier.
There Is in Tails a prosperous association
calledtlio "Silent Club. " to only which deaf
mutes are admitted The servants aie also
cleat mutes , and aio summoned by a slight
electric shock. There in no sign requiring
"silence" In the iciillng 10 om , anil no com
mittee to hear complaints.
The Clilcnjjo Liar Takes tlie Prize.
Somebody in St. Louis having tn'can out a
penult to put up a ten-story building In that
city , the local papers announce that It Is to
bo the tallest commercial stiiictmn In the
vvoild. Oliicago Is not in the vvoilil that St.
Louis minx's in. They inn icst.iurants hero
in the thii teenth stories of some buildings.
A "Rebellions Attitude. "
I'ltllailelr'iti Call.
Senators Butler and Hamilton are greatly
distiessuil about the "icbulllous nttltiule" of
Oakota. Somewhere about , i ( junior of a
ccntiny ago the state which these senators
represent was in a rebellious attltmlo , only
instead ot wanting to roiiia Into the Union ,
It wanted to go out. They did not lilt their
voices very voclfciouslr tlien to protest.
AVill Own tlio Uniteil States.
KiHwii Citu Journal.
Under the provisions of Vandor bill's will
the accumulation of money Is so possible and
prolinblo that the Vanderbilt fomlly in the
near tuliiio will own the United States like
the Uotlichllds own Kuiope. Or at any late ,
Kinopciin nations cannot go to war until
theyato promised tlio sinews by the Itolh-
chl Ids. bach a state of affairs , thoiiu'h immi
nent , is lundly compatible with the genius of
a republic , a nation ol fieo people.
.Deserves Kncoiirauoinont ,
St. Isiul * Itcp ihllcan ,
Mr. T. V , 1'owdurly , grand master of the
Knights of J ibor , Is a rujmbllean , vvo bo-
Hove , hut as that tact his nut prevoutod him
fiom olTiMlnghlsadvit'it to Speaker O.nllslu
on the personnel of thn 'labor ' eommlttoo , It
will doubtless not piovout .Mr , Cai lisle from
acting on his advice if It Imppmis to ho good.
lu his connection with I.iUor ultalrn .Mr. I'ou-
iloily has generally , snovvn himselt a good
ulti/eii and a man of common sense. As a
decided contiust to the typical labor "agita
tor" ho ili'si'ivfs cn'coiirugimicnt.
STA'l'K AM ) TiniUTOIlY.
NelrascH Jfot I liijs (
A. temperuneo W'AVO struck Sterling re
cently and 000 pgrsiins look the pledge.
The town is now as dry as an old
chestnut.
Webster county Is' said lo ho ready ,
oven anxious , to "give cash bonuses to
now raihoads , '
The Hod Cloud Chief culobrated Christ
mas with a twelve-page edition , plintcd
on tinted paper ,
A Coleiiclgo farmer has a pig which
ran milk n cow with the case and satis
faction of Ihe average domestic.
There are 800 taxpayers In Dakota
county who paid $10 and upwards for the
year 1891. One linn pays f3-lU5.58. One
man pays $012.00 , another pays : fJOJ,00. ;
The extensive flouring mills at Salem ,
the largest in thai seelion , were entirely
destroyed by lire on the 85th , together
with 0,000 , bushels of wheat and 00,000
nounds of Hour. Loss § 25,000 , with tin
insuiMiico of $1:1,000. :
Col. Nordyko , of Dakota City , is the
unfortunate victim of a scheming wife.
Last spring she skipped out with 00
borrowed on a mortg.igo on his properly ,
and after squandering th.it amount , she
rclurned uuil lived with him long enough
to Induce him lo sell his farm. She se
cured the proceeds and has again disap
peared.
Towa Itonn.
Httrlington Improved ? 500OOD during
the year.
A Duhuquo lady named MeGui re scored
her 100th birthday.
The salvation army was surprised and
run into the cooler by the police of
Clinton.
The ten-year-old son of Titos. O'llaro ,
of Davcupoit , was drowned in the river
Cnrislnus day.
The Governor's ( treys , a dubtique mili
tary company , will attend the inaugura
tion of Gov. Larrabco in n body.
A vein of copperas lias been found ou
the farm of John llavilaud , near Fort
Dodge. Whether it exists in pacing
quantities has not yet been fully decided.
Mason llanna , of Humboldt , raised 103
bushels of coin to the aero on his farm
this season , on ground that had been con
stantly cropped for the past nineteen
yeais ,
A vein of coal six : feet In thickness was
discovered near Collins , Story county , hist
week , at n depth of 1 10 feet. Prospecting
has been done to an extent that warrants
the conclusion that tlio vein has an area
at least four miles square.
The town council of Orange City has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the keep
ing of billiard or pool rooms in the same
block with a saloon ; also providing that
saloons shall abolish screens and blinds
on windows and run as openly as stores.
Dakota.
The First National bank of Ashton will
begin business on the 1st.
Garv oilers § I"iOO as a bonus to any ie-
spoiiMblo person who will .start n Hour
mill there.
The business men of Miller have de
cided to bond the town for ! ? 10OOJ , to sink
an arte > ian well.
The Dakota illi//.urd has preempted
qiiarlois at Elk Point It is domooratio
to the core , with an olllee in sight.
The Yunkton Tress is convinced that
division and statehood aio veiled by the
unpenetrable fogs of the future. In other
Woids they are tin optical illusion.
OloOleson , jr. , is tlio only native born
Dakolaian of constitutional ago belong
ing to the first state legislature , lie was
born in Clay county and resides near
Mookling.
Colorado.
A beef canning and packing house is to
bo started in Diirango.
The total yield of wheat tributary to
Longmont for the year of 1835 falls a lit
tle short of 500,000 bushels.
There i.s enough eoaj. it i.s claimed ,
within a radius ot ten miles of Diirango ,
to supply Colorado , Xew Mexico and Ar
izona tor a century.
The slate Imi.ilic asylum at Pueblo
contains 115 patients ; 77 were discharged
during the year and 1)5 ) iceohed. Two-
thirds of the inmates are males. The
cost of maintaining the institution for
the year was $ : t'.JUo.
Scolttho Denver forger , is still at largo ;
Iio hasn't ' even been lemovcil from iho
ollico of clerk and recorder of Aranuhoo
countj. lie is nmugvyunipnnd both par
ties dread him. In tliis instance it is but
a slop from pen to pun.
Montana.
The Drum Lunuuon mine netted its
owners $50,000 during November.
The projected final t Sun river has
been surveyed , and work will probably
be commenced at onco.
There are twenty-six school districts in
Lewis and Chirk eouiily. The county's
share of the school fund this jour amounts
to
The Pncllla Const.
The lire losses in I'ortlaml , Ore. , during
the yi ar , were # .Ti , 100 ; insurance paid.
! > ; i8,7ij : ( ; net loss , JIU.GO . ! .
Tlio Trnekco Lumber company has
promised to discharge all the Chinese in
their works and to employ white men in
their place.
There is a Mongolian musician in Ne
vada City who saws oft' the "Svvoof By
and 15y" on a Chinese fiddle and never
misses a note.
William Black recovered S'J.olO from
the city of Lewiston , Idaho , lor injnr.es
sustained by falling into an unguarded
hole in the street.
Idaho territory expended § 113,007 last
voar to support the public school system.
I'horo are 1(5,300 ( children of school age in
the tenitory and 10,0 , 7 enrolled scholars.
The stockmen of northern Arizona have
petitioned congress to declare the At-
lantio & Pacific railroad grant in Arizona
and New Mexico forfeited and open for
settlement.
A wild beast , of some species unknown
lo Oregon , apparently a crons between a
hyena and California lion , was killed in
the vicinity of Jlillboro last week. It has
been committing serious depredations
iilii farmers' Hocks.
The big ditch , which was expei-tod to
bring out the hidden wealth of the Ciuur
d' Alone region , has collapsed and the
owners arc out $73,000. Only two or
three miles of it had been built and there
was yet four or live times as many miles
uncompleted. This settles the Ciuur
d'Alcnes.
PM3YTO PUKF13D UP.
An 'OntlinDlast Hin n the PraiscH ol a
California Valley.
1'r.nYTO , Monterey County , Gala. , Dec.
24. [ Correspondence of the BLIVo \
have boon having plenty of rain this sea
son , which insures us p bountiful harvest
next summer. Wheat and barley arc
looking line and covering the ground
with its mantle of green. Wo have but
two seasons hero , springand summer. Wo
are having our spiing at present. Wo
are having warm sunshine and gentle
showers every few days ; no sleet , no
snow and but little frost. "For a truth"
December is as pleasant as May. Hav
ing spent eight years of my life in
Nebraska , I can appreciate the beauties
of this "galorions" climulo Now you
are having cold and frosty weather and
those guitlo "Dakotauphyro" with an
occasional cvolono thrown in as a kind
of desert , Ilero the grass is green and
the birds are singing and llowers bloom
ing and ' all nature gay with hnppi life '
Pleyto , our potolhce , is about thirty
miles trom the Pacific ocean and Is situ
ated in the foot hills of the coast lange
of mountains. Since I Imvo been ln'ro 1
have hail a number of inqmrhs from
Nebraska people regarding this country.
its climate , soil , price of land , eto. , and
as every intelligent person in Nebraska
reads the JJu : , or ought to , 1 will answer
through its columns ,
First Our climate cannot bo surpassed
in the world , and the soil is good enough
to raise anything you may wish to plant.
Vegetables grow the year touml , and wo
have strawberries nine months out of
twelve. The price of laud is low hero ,
yet , owing to tno fact that wo are sixty
miles from the railroad. You can buy
good land here from $500 to .f-,000 p r
100 acres. Hut these low prices for land
will not last long , as it is only : i matter
of lilllo time when wo will have a rail
road hero , and than land will boom , as
we will bo only 200 miles from San Fran-
oisco. To all those who are contemplat
ing seeking u morn congenial ulinin 1 say
come to the garden shores of the Pacific
ami don't fail to see Monterey county.
Yours respectfully , D.S. IYUNO.
Justice Anderson issued nn attach
ment and gariilshou papers against it A
Mukherr , an employe of the U p rail
way iu lav or of John IJoll'man.
ELECTRICITY FOR HOME USE.
A Private Honso Fitted Up With
Many I'lcctt-lcnl Appliances ,
A'cic Voift .Vilf/ / drill frjnr .
Thfrc is a unique dwelling lmtt c at No.
1W ! Rut Thirty-sixth street , this city. In
the fir t place , it is th only private resi
dence in this country , and prohably In
the world , which has in its cellar a plant
for electric lighting. An Kuglish compa
ny attcmptf-d some time ago to introduce
isolated plants in a number of London
residences , among them that of the Mar
quis of Salisbury ; but ( he engine was too
objectionable , and the attempt resulted In
failure. Kdward H Johnson , the owner
of No , 13 ! ) Hast Thirty sixth street , a prac
tical electrician and a warm friend of
Kdisoii , has overcome the problem of
noise and vibration. The hnuso is fur
ther interesting because the electricity Is
utlli/od not only for lighting , but for nu
merous ingei.iouslabor sav ing appliance
and for decorative purposes. Kven the
entrance lo Mr , Johnson s house present-
an uniHtml appearance , the terracotta o
thi5 vestibule and the decorations of tin
Mtained "hiss door being finely brough
out by the white light from two eleetrii
lamps On the Inside , near the front door
i.s an extremely clover device. It consist ,
of n switch by means of which the h.il
lamp is lighted initom.itcnllv when nn >
one who is kept out late at night open's
the door after the light has been extin
guishrd. The lamp is controlled by n
push button two Ilights up , co that tin
late comer , alter ascending the stairs ly
the Unlit of the hall lamp , can evliu-
guisn it from above. Tor oulmnry pur
pose.s the lamp is lighted and extinguish
oil bv push buttons in the hall nnd at the
heau of the first ( light of stairs. Mr
, ! oliiiM > n produces n very pretty cll'ccl it
Iho dining-room by strelching si linel.v
designed and higmy colored Japanese
screen in front of the grate , iu the hot
loin of which are two electric lamps
First he e.xtiiifruNlios the lights on the
chandelier , and then suddenly turns on
the lamps in the grate As : i result , ( hi
screen seems a beautiful transparency
The change is so quickly effected by tin
push buttons and switches coiitrollingthi ,
lights that it is most startling to the no-
vico. The chandeliers on the parlor ant ;
ihst floors are specially adapted to eleo-
trio lighting. The arms represent the
stems of flowers ; the pendant cutlass
globes of n lovely ruby tint , ana the
petals urn ! electric lamps the pistils.
In the silling room and library on the
Hint floor Mr. Johnson will shortly inlro
dtiee , with the aid of electricity , a novel
decorative ell'ect. Modern decorators
strongly object lo chamlelieis , heeaii-o a
chandelier intorlores with the harmony
of their iicsco designs , yet can not be dis
pensed with , because much of Iho light
Iromsido brackets would bo absorbed by
the dark tints in the decorations , and
hence from , * > 0 to 75 per cunt more gas
would be consumed than if the room
were lighted Irom a chandelier. Nevertheless
theloss Mr. Johnson will dispense with
chandeliers and \et obtain a unilorm
light , lie will , that is , run a friivo o )
mirrors around the room and suspend on
them by slik cords electric lamps , tlio
li ht trom which will be reflected to its
lull value by the inMTor.s. Where the
chandelier now is will be a unique cen
ter piece. It will consist of a highly or-
niiinoiiled brass bowl studded with glass
, towi Is , applied to the coiling lusiilo will
ho electric lamps and rcllectora , so that
the ra\s ot light will not he visible. Asa
result a soft glow will bo dill'iisud through
the room.
In addition lo the lighting of his house
b > electricity , Mr. Johnson 1ms intro
duced numerous novel applical'ons of
the electric current to apparatus which
nre among the most interesting features
of Ins home. Ilo has , for instance , a con
trivance lor regulating the t < mperature
and keeping it : i plcasantd'igrco in cold-
mg to the season. Up stairs , namely , is
a thermostat , consisting of a strip ot two
materials of difibrent rates of expansion.
When , lor instance , the tomper.ituro
lines , the material of less expansion re
sists that of jrreaU'i- expansion and as a
result the strips curve. In do'ng ' so it
makes electrical connection. The wires
run down to combination electro mag
net and clock work apparatus in tfio
collar , and this acts on a valve. Accord
ing as this valve is opened or shut warmer
or eoht air ascends to the apartments
above.
In every room in the house is n lire
alarm. At uome convenient point a mer
curial thermostat is placed. Should the
temperature ol any room rise above 110
decrees the mercury in the thermostat
would rise , electrical connections would
bn made and a loud fire alarm sounded.
Mr. Johnson also has a novel burglar
alarm. It Is connected by special cir
cuit with every light in the hoiifioso that
the moment ; i house breikor forced a
window or door every electric lamn and
gas gut is lighted and the dwelling brilli
antly illiiiinn.ilud.
In the nursery is an electric railroad
for the children , and a tch graph , on
winch they arc learning telegraphy , runs
Irom the nursery to the ba-emont. In
the large sitting-room is an induction
coil , the battery tor which , though in the
collar , is controlled Irom the room. With
this coil pretty fireworks are made by
means of ( ioWor's tubes and olher appa
ratus. A drum , beaten by the electricity
and eontiollcd by : i push button in Mr.
Johnson's room , at one time uvvakoiiod
the family in the morning , but the con
trivance lias now been removed forio-
pauvi. The sewing maohina and imple
ments for polishing and grinding cutlery
are all worked by electricity. ' 1 he plant
in the room incliidus a uOO-lump power
dynamo , from which Mr. Johnson has
contracted to light the houses of several
neighbors , including that of Whitehiw
Held. Mr Johnson began his career as a
telegraph operator. In this business ho
was thrown in with Kdison. When 1
entered the silt Ing-room the olhor night
I In aril some one strumming ou the "
piano. Thereb.it lidison , trying to pick
out by ear SOIDO popular tune.
The MumlorHon Army Bill.
tit. linnit Ululjcini < j < .i < il.
The proposed new military legislation ,
that whifh is miggostcd in what is known
us "the Muiidorson bill , " should it bo
adopted , would make an Immuiiso differ
ence to the oIlieiTs of the army. The
great and most serious evil of which they ,
in common with the officer * of all fnu
commies , complain , is the slowness of
promotion. JXcapt ho possess unusual h
personal iiud political interent , an olilcor
of our army rarely rises above the rank
of Ural lieutenant before hU beard begins
to griy/.lo , while the number of Second
lieutenants- who wear their hearts
away In fruitless pining for dis
tinction is enormous. The Marnier-
son bill , which is ostensibly de
signed to increase the potential
strength without adding much to the im
mediate cost ol the army , would ulningo
this sLate of tacts nuitfihilly. By weans >
of creating a number of whal would bo
called in Kuropo "Hk.'loton battalions"
one or more to each regiment thu nu
merical elasticity of the army would ho
largely inorunxul , while there would bo
hardly any addition to the nuniburo of
the rank and tile or tu barrack and po-t
expenses. The principal iueiuaso of ex
penditure would appear on the pay of (
promoted ollicors , and in this iv'.ird
tlioru would bo , " > 0 captains prmnotd to
be majors ; 100 llrst lieutenant" to bo
captains ; ISO second lieutenants to
bo lir-t lieuli-n.Mits , and W cadfls
lo bo * i cond lii-uti liiints Kadi ivg
iui'nt then would consist ol thfo
baU.iliOiiH ot nominallyW1)
men each , with a major
each battalion and a full complement p
ofiicers , comm ss.onod and non-conim's
Mom < d , below him. The men of only o 10
battalion would , ordinarily , bo rcornilc I
to the full limit , the others remaining i'i
"skeleton" but ready to bo tilled out at
shorl notice whenever the service might
require , nnd with competent officers
ready lo drill them iul i efiicicncyat OIKC
The scheme seems a seiisibln one and
might work well but for thn danger that
the sudden stimulus given to prom itlon
micht ; cause nnwieldly addition to fuse
\ \ ho make a profession of .seeking it.
*
The Mormon Sccnlnr Power.
finlnoMil i.Viwt. ) ttrp'itilttan.
Senator I-Mmunds' Utah bill , wi ! lo
somewhat dill'erent from the description
of it before it.s introduction , is still i e-
verc measure , and one vvhoi > novel char
acter subjects It to general misco oep-
Hon. It authorizes the president to i.ame
fourteen trustees for the corporal .on
known as the church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints , with full power to ex
amlne into the "properly , business f
fairs and opeialions" of the same. . u >
attorney general of iho United Stat is
directed to bring suits to forfeit and iss
cheat to the United States any prop" v
found to 1 > e held in violation of the I
utes , provided that no building Used , x
olusivcly for leligious purposes is se I
This is a move upon the Utah eln li
morn radical than any before snrioi , liv
contemplated , and , ns'it involves a q < <
lion of properly bought and paid for , d
escheated because the moncj was tan 1
by passing through the ha'iuls of 1
breakers , Is likely to rinse n
points of controversy. One of the pi
ticnl obstacles is that the trn-tees t
be appointed over the Mormon proper !
will find the title deeds drawn with
view lo this very contingency. Tcohn
cully speaking , the incorporated 1 Mormon
church is not rich. The titles to the vast
possessions ot tliechureh are in the hands
cf individuals and there is no evidence in
the records that Iheso deeds arc in tiust.
Certain of the saints hold certain prop
erties in I nisi for the chinch , and certain
other properties as their private estate.
Substantially the same th ng is true with
Konmii Catholic priests , and there are decisions -
cisions in soinii of the lower courts hold
ing that funds held b.v priests which have
been used in juirt for church building
purposes , can neluvied upon bt\ \ the credi
tors of a church so benefited. In Utah ,
however , thi ! _ church funds have been
liberally used in csiablishlngco operative
stores , opening minesj cle , and as it is
all in the hands of inillv idvals , it will
be n perplexing question lo deal with.
The Kdmunds bill is rather staggering
to some of our coiilcmponuios who
seem to think it has something to do
with religious belief. For instance , the
New York T mes snyq
U e till" ! that the time has not point1 when
nny man , be Im.VIoimon or Metluullst , can bo
punished in thiseounii ) Ivc.iu-iiuil liisiellK-
uiiis belief. It theio bo any poison in Utah
who ls ull ! > nl pol.vcam.v , Jel him be prosc-
iMilcil ami let him miller tlio pi'im ty ,
but let no man miller tii.iler the
fedeial laws lor the solo le.ison that Ills cieeil
is the Mmnioii eieed and his church Urn
riuucli of I. liter l > av Saints. The United
States should not 1 1 > its haitdson that climoli
or on ail } other chinch. It .should not insist
upon ovoiiiiiii ; 'hat ' chinch or any oilier
chinch by means of Da own trus
tees loiivi ! into the oi .iiil/i ion. It
oiiuhl not to ( In it , it eannot .illoid todo It , \
and It c.in ai'i-omplish its purpose In Utah
\\ilhout iloinu- .
The Times overlooks the fact that the
so-called Mormon church secular
is a cor-
position , very muuh like one of the 1'a-
cilic railroads , carrv ing on business in
real estate , niricultuiv , mines , manufac
tures and trade , and dominating tlio de
velopment of the entire territory of Utah.
Its mulct inl wealth and business activity
enable it to put a rope around the neck of
ovci'i gcnfilo who attempts to compete
with Iho Mormons in worldly prosperity.
It is one of lliose comb nations of vast
temporal posse-sinus with priestly power
which no goveriinn nt on the face of the 4I I
earth has been able to abide , when
brought f.ioo to lace With it in
a struggle for the supremacy.
The history of the relations of
chinch and state , the world over , h s
been the history of a continued secular- !
/.ation of llio properly acquired by relig
ious corporation ! ) lor purposes other
than those of worship ami of charity.
From Henry Vllf to Victor Emmanuel
and Henito Juarez , civil power has
always been obliged in sheer solf-defenso
to compel the combination of religion
and material ivcalth to disgorge , While
the Edmunds bill may bo open lo serious
objections , wo have no doubt there is
ample ground for procedure against thn
Moiniou church corporation organised
for purposes of gum. It is important
that the fact that .such a procedure : is un-
mvcedcntcd in this country should not
lead to any oomp.nison between the ap
plication of tin.- , principle and the pres
ervation of the fieedoin of religious opin
ion. The IMinnmU bill vyill no more in-
tcifcro with religious opinion than did
the constitutional amendment of Mas
sachusetts , SO yi ars ago , lelieving the
people Irom tuvitioii for the .support of
tins Congregational church , and in tact
not as much. His hill also provides thut
he funds thus received shall bo estab-
as a teirilorial .school hind.
W. C. I ! Allen has Md ] ( | , , . uui , , No-
irnska to H > S Smith , the proscnt pub-
iblier , who will combine I In Kuriil with
ho Cultivator and Housekeeper , and
loiciifter publish both join mils as one.
PSORIASIS
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Cmlonra.
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leu , unit invry r teles nl n.lmu , Ijiiriilnic ,
illy , i mpy limunis o , tln > HMII mint n nip ,
nllhio'sui null1 , ui'i | fu't v l > euml by Oinl-
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c'liiu llinulvoni Uic n u | i i i d I'lit.llm tutor.
liilly , wliui j.lijj.k.'ti.ni.U nil oilier iomc'diod
full.
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vliom I liiuj roiiMiltoilKU * < "i > o lup or en-
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KUUPTJON.
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lu.iitl ( mo ' I t II Hi i run o it < i ( mil' IH'H'OIII'
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lioiiifh ho niuiul.e. I mo , umi to luiuii ;
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