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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 27 , 1886. THE DAILY BEE , OMAHA OFPK r.No.tru Axn 01(5 ( FAHNAM 8 KKWYoiiKOrricT.looMC5Tiitnu.Ni ( ! ntm.utw WAMiisdTOx Orncr : , No. M5 1'of HTKEXTH ST every morning , except Sunday. Tlu rriifolMiert morning paper published In th < Btnto. Trims nv MAIL : OnoVi-nr $10.00Threo , Months J2..V , . Elx Months. 5.00OnoMonth . . . . . . . . l.ex If ? TllK WI.'KKI.V Ilr.i : , Published Every Wednesday , IF.IIMS , POSTPAID ! One Vear , with premium . . . . . . , , . . . .fZ.tt [ ] Si Ono Vcnrwithout premium 1.- Pli Months , without premium , ? ; Ono Month , on trial , . . H COnilESI'ONllENTE ! All eommunlcntlotn rclatlnit to news nml rdl- Kiilnl mnllcis Miould bo addressed to the Hot- 'son or "IIK Her. . iiL'fit.Nrss t.r.rrr.nst ' " lUiiulnpfw lollors iiiid rcinlllniiros should IK j.hddi'csfed to TUB HKF. VUIIMSIIINO COMMNV j. j. OMAHA. Draft ! " , check * and po lollco ( onion to lie inodo pdjnbloto thoordcrof the company IRE BEE FDBLlSHIIcliPllIT , PROPBIEIflflS , E IlOSKWATKIl. KUITOR. i'AViNO , grading , botilovanls , viaduct ! nnel buHilltig will form the solid basis o the boom of 1880 in Omaha. t. PmaiuuNT Ci.Kvr.i.ANi ) recently at tended n charity ball in Baltimore. Wlrj not invite him to attend the Omaha char llyballt SHNATOU PAVJCI : , of Ohio , docs not , ly any means sl ! very easy in his scat. Tlu pointed ehargos of bribery and eornip tion have the unpleasant ell'ccl of a beni pin. IT is an unusually cold freeze when the inventive genius of the Yankee yields tc the weather. Some Boston parties arc turning Florida's frozen orange croj into marmalade. Tun "garden sass" bureau of the pov eminent will blossom into greater Itixuri nnco than over this year. Kacli con grcssman Is , to get O.fiOO packages ol vegetable seeds , besides 500 packages of flower seeds. of tickets for the coming charity ball are being rapidly made. The object is a most commendable one and the coming entertainment ought to easilj double last year's receipts. GIHICI : : : is preparing for war with Tur key , and dares the great powers to inter fere. It begins to look as if the music in southeastern Europe is to strike up another lively tune to the accompaniment of Krupp guns. MINISTUK WINSTON took a gold mount ed Winchester riilo and um'in * ton carbine with 'tf , , , t0 Teheran , to present to the Shah. Having been an Illinois brigadier for about three days , Gen , Winston ought to bo able to present arms in true military stylo. THE opening of the Black Hills by rail is now a , matter of fact. Omaha's mer chants should allow no opportunity to pass to seize their share of the immense business which is being done in that &cc- tiotn of the country by St. Paul and Chica go jobbers. ESTIMATES for running the government for the ensuing fiscal year nro $75,000OOC more than for the last year of President Arthur's administration. "Economy and reform , " the watchwords of the last democratic national campaign have as yet shown no signs of putting in ati appearance. TIIU Denver Tribune-Republican lias now in press a brand book , which will contain all the brands recorded prior tc January 1st , 18SO--moro than 8,000 in all together with the name and postollico ad dress of thq name of each owner. We shall await with considerable interest the appearance of this publication to sec whether it contains the two well-knowt Nebraska brands-S. 11. D. and P. II. Def of the slaughter-house democrats am the paeliing-liouso democrats. ONE of the commissioners of Lincoh county has forwarded to this ofllco ai itemized statement for furniture am household goods purchased from him bj one of 'tho Douglas county grand jurors who skipped from North Platte by tlu light of the moon. The bill has been re apeotfully referred to the commissioner ; of Douglas county , and it is hoped tha they will bo able to assist their fellov commissioner to get his just dues. SENATOU LOCUN falls into line in op posing the silly nonsense of oxecutivi sessions. The secret session is a delusioi and a snare. Its proceedings are prompt ly reported to the public before the ink i dry on the record , and senators who tak < ls advantage of its presumed privacy to ai : . their private grievances , arc invariably 1 "disgusted to find their remarks in print ii the newspapers of the succeeding day. * . Mn , MOUTO.V is saiil to bo in Washing ton , and there is no question about tin fact that Dr. Miller is in Omaha. Tin leaders of the warring clans of the No brawka democracy are doing their cuttln ; amlalashing at long Vango distance. Mr Morton , however , lias the advantage o being in close proximity to the appoint I * ; i K power , which , after all , seems to b ( the objective point of the conllicl , TIIK ox-justices of the peace who havi applied to the supreme court to have tin | I law declared unconstitutional whicl If ; f , abolished all tlio justices iu Omaha an djuslinod to disappointment. Three year uyo the legislature passed a law whicl enabled the oily of Lincoln to disponsi with four out of hen- six justices. An ap peal was taken to the supreme court toot thereafter to test the validity of the law and the courts sustained the act. It i not likely that the court will now rovorsi Us former decision , especially In view o the fact that such a reversal would no only afl'ect Omaha , but Lincoln also. Mitst SWANK , ono of the daughters o Mr , Ynndorbilt , has already begun th distribution of a portion of the million airu's fortune , She has niada a nuignili II IB , colt donation to thei Now York Colle-go o j j. , ] ] j lu'sloinns and Surgeons , for the creetloi and maintenance of a maternity hospihi in tmt | city , to lie condneted in pounce tlon with the medical school , This insti tntiem will bo tiio first in the United State fqr systematic , selontilio and practie ? training in obstetrics. At the prcsou tlmo Vienna oilers tliobest , instruction i tills branch of mcdioal study. The sift i . OUQ. which is : i genuine and praetlca . cliurity , not only to the city wlin.ro U is t t n } ) Q miulo most oft'ec-tivo , but to the mcd cal profession throughout the country. Conl In Nebraska. , Some of our .western exchanges are ex pressing strong hopes that the extension of the railroads In the northwest Will ro- suit in the discover of paying veins ol coal in that section of our state. The Wyoming coal measures outcrop williii n few miles of the Nebraska line. Coa is also found fifty miles north of the While river country. On this nccoitnl there arc some reasons for hoping thai good veins of coal may yet be found with in our boundaries. 11 must bo confessed however , that all the actual cxplora lions for coal thus far made in Nebraska braska give no substantial grounds foi believing in the existence of veins wide enough and extensive enough to be prof itably worked. The Missouri coal fioli ! covers a portion of our southwestern bother her , with indications of an area of about 1,000 , miles. The outcrops arc , however , practically useless for consumption , and the thickest bed reported is S3 inches , the others varying from 0 to 15 inches through. The Brownville experimental well discovered a stratum of coal IK inches thick at n depth of 820 feet. The coal was of fair quality , belonging to the lower measures , so called , which arc the productive bituminous deposits of lowu and the states further east. But the depth at which this coal was found and the thickness of the vein precluded its probable working. 1'roln time tc time there have been reported discov eries of coal in Northern Nebraska , bul investigation lias in every case proved that the discovery was of no practical importance. It is barely possible that the great Wyoming coal Holds may be found to extend across our northwestern border but no evidences to this cfl'ecl have yet been discovered. The Farce Continues. Every intelligent person who has ob served the workings of the Nebraska railroad commissioners has long since reachqd the conclusion thai they have be come a wart on the body politic. Thcj are simply barnacles fastened upon the taxpayers , and of no more use than the seventh wheel of a wagon. With ono or two trivial exceptions , all their work has been a roaring farce. As their principal performance they have succeeded in in ducing Mr. Khnball to refund to an anx ious shipper an overcharge of forty-five cents. They have no power to compel railroads to obey or respect their ilecis- ions , and wouldn't dare to render an opin ion in which the railroads would not voluntarily acquiesce. It is hardly prob able that the creatures of tUs Vaili'oad inajtuinrAra would < jare 10 ] nicri,0so obsta cles in the way of their creators. The only provision of the railroad laws which affords any protection to the patrons of the rouds , is the Doanc law , passed in 1881. That law prohibits un just discrimination against shippers and places ; and limits the railroads to charg ing no more for a short haul than they do for a longer one over the same line. The commissioners who have taken it upon themselves to enforce this portion of the law , have recently served notice upon all the railroads that they cannot charge for a given dis tance anywhere on their lines in Nc- braska a greater sum per hundred pounds than they charge for a greater distance anywhere within the state , no mattci from which point or station the freight originates or to what point or station it i delivered , on the same class of freight. Mr. Doanc , the author of the law , will doubtless bo much surprised at this re markable interpretation of the intent ol his bill to prohibit discrimination. The plainjanguagc and purpose of the Doanc law is to prohibit any railroad from charging a greater rate for carry iug a given quantity of freight over a short distance on it ; Jino than it charges for carrying the same quantity of freight over a longer distance For instance , the Union Pacific maj charge the same ra.tc for freight from Omaha to Wahoo that it docs for freight from Omnba to Lincoln but it can charge lie greater rate to Wahoo than to Lincoln But the Union Pacific rate from Omalu to Lincoln is governed by the rate charged by the Burlington road which is tweuty-livo miles shorter. To make the charge from Omaha to Lincoln bj the longest line the maximum for an equal distance over anj other line , or oven over the Union Pacific main line , would bo contrary to the spirit if not the letter of the law. Suppose , for instance , that the Omaha and Lincoln rate should bo charged from Sidney or McCooli eastward , there would bo unjust discrim ination against the railroads themselves which the law does not contemplate. The text for the commissioners' dccisior is the case of Schwcnck , of Norfolk , vs. the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley road , The rates to Norfolk wore in excess of those charged to points beyond on the same lino. In this instance the Elkhorn Valley and Union Pacific make the Norfolk rate because it is a common point , The Elkhorn Vnlloj travels over ono side of a triangle , while the Union Pacific by way of Columbus has to travel over two sides. In order tc do any business at Norfolk the Union Pacific is obliged to carry freight froiv the Missouri river over a considerably greater distance than the Elkhorn Valloj road at the same price. It was manifest ly improper for llio Elkhorn Valley road to charge a greater rate from Fremont tc Norfolk than it does Jrom Fremont tc points beyond , but it would bo preposter ous to take the distance from Fremont tc Columbus by the Union Pacific and from Columbus to Norfolk by its branch as the standard by which thcUnlou Pacific should fix its tariffs on any point of its main line , If the commissioners really had the power to enforce their orders they would Irnro no right to construe the law in sticli nn arbitrary manner as they have in the Peter Sclnvonck easo. It is evident tha1 they are doing thisidinply for the purpose of bringing the law into disrepute and making the railroad regulation system n farces , TIIK conservative ministry in Knglane have at lust decided to force the lighting on the Irish question ami decide at onci the quchtion ot parly supremacy in tin commons. Acting for the premier , S ! Michael Hicks Bench has announced tha the government will this , week introduci u bill for the suppression of the Lane League ) to bo followed by such other re prcssivo measures as the condition o affairs in Ireland may demand. This i the challenge direct and it cannot b declined. It evidences the au.\iety of tin ministry to be relieved from oflice am to appeal to the country ou the .question of thy maintenance of the irnpuriul uiiior Which the Irish agitation is believed tc threaten , Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Par neli will now be compelled to show thoii hands. The liberal party will also bi placeel on record. The vote on the goV1 ernmont's Irish measure will show con clttsivcly the condition of Mr. Gladstone1 ! following. The split between the whig ; and radicals , if such a split exists , wil necessarily bo exposed. A Constitutional Question. The recent decision of the supreme court of the United Slates iniho appoalce case of Samuel Walling vs. the people o the state of Michigan , to the effect that t license fee exacted from a traveling sales man and not from local dealers is uncon stitiitional.as it is a restriction upon inter stale commerce , lias given rise to the belief that the Nebraska high license lav is unconstitutional upon a somewhat siin ilar point , A St. Louis liquor firm some two years ago sold to an Omaha saloon keeper a bill of goods , which ho rcfusce to pay. Suit was brought and a vcrdie-i was rendered in favor of the defendant fondant , on the ground that tin St. Louis dealers had not taken ou a license in Nebraska , and therefore thoii transaction was illegal. The plaintiff ; maintained that they could not possibly comply with the law because 11 require ; applicants for license to make oath that they arc of good moral character , am residents of tiic stale , hence1 the law which prevented plaintiffs from obtain- tabling a license , was unconstitutional as it was an un.jiibt discrimination against the cltixcus of another state ; and there fore in violation of the federal constitu tion. The case was appealed to the su preme court of the state , which aflirmeel the judgment of the court below. The St. Louis dealers , in view of the recent decision in the Michigan case , now pro pose to carry this case to the United States supreme court , wherein all proba bility they will bo victorious. That the Nebraska high license law it defective upon the point in question there seems now to bo little or no doubt. It should be amended by the next legislature so as to provide a way for foreign dealer ; to lake out license the ( same as local elcalers. At present they cannot pro euro licenses even if they desire them When this defect is remedied there will bo no discrimination against the citizen ! of other states , as they will be placed upon the same footing as the people ol our own state. This has been u m Cu mooted question- and it will now be sottlGd VY the highest tribunal of the land. The Business Situation. The expected increase in business activity still hangs fire. The unfavorable weather has had much to do with tlu sjpw movement of merchandise , bul there is still a elccidcd disinclination or the part of merchants to purchase foi anything more than immediate require mcuts. In dry goods the jobbing move ment continues everywhere moderate Wool retains its firmness , but all the in dications point to a good business of boll the raw and manufactured product , am the supply of both is under strong con trol. Food products are more .stcadj than for some weeks past. The close 01 the week found the wheat markci steadier than for some time past under rumors of a pro jccteel bull movement under the leadership of Philip D. Armour. The export demand has quickened somewhat stimulated largely by largo orders fron Belgium , Com shows a slight advance owing chiefly to the decreased move mcnt , due to unfavorable weather. Hoj products are firmer with an advancing tendency , wliiejli is certainly not based or increased export demands. The situation throughout the country shows a sjight general improvement The majority of traders are looking for ward to a satisfactory spring trade basing their hopes chiefly on the weedim out of shaky firms and thp grqater feel Ing of confidence which pervades tin west. v JUDGE BnnwEn seems to have hai good precedent for his recent decision ii the Kansas prohibition case , whores IK held that the state was bound to make good to the owners of the Lawrence brewery the value of property rendcree useless by the prohibitory law. In the case of Bartcrmeycr vs. Iowa somn yeari ago , the supreme court held that "while a state may regulate and oven prohibi the trafllc in intoxicating liquors , it imrj not deprive the owner of property ii which lie had invested under a permissive system withou t making him duo amends. ' The New York Evening Post comment ) ns follows upon Judge Brewer's dccisioi in its relation to Iowa interests : ' "Tho decision \ * of moip practical Inipor tanco In Iowa than In Kansas. The lattei state has never gone extensively Into tlu manufacture of liquors of any kind , but tlu census of 18SO showed that Iowa hael 11- establishments for the production of mnl Jlfjuois and three distilleries , which reportce an aggiogate capital of about § 2,100,000. Bu It must be reineiulieieil that this rcpie.scnti only the value returned foi purposes ot assess inont and taxation , and that the actual Invest nicnt was much greater than this estimate The larger slmie of this was undoubtedly In vested In buildings and machinery , whicl inolilbltlon rendered worthless , and the btati Is thus bound by .Indue Brewer's decision te pay over some millions to th.e people who wen inteieited In such establishments when tin law was passed or , rather , the state wotilt bi ( bound to such a course If the law were en lorced , foi we believe it Is a fact that somoo the largest breweries In Iowa aie still In oner atlon. " Picosi'Eors for nn early considoratioi of the tariff question in congress an growing beautifully less , day by day One of the members of the ways am means committee in reported ns sayinj that no tariff bill of any nature would hi reported until late in the session. Before fore this is done there will bo more thai ono hundred measures designed to amene the tariff laws which will have to bo ox amincel by the conmittco. It is safe t < say that spring will have lengthened fa into the summer before Mr. Morrison' , committee will have finished their labors When tint tlmo arrives the fight wil jnst begin , Every protected intent wltoso subsidies are interfered with by tin committee bill will struggle for it ; amendments in the house. A score o anxious statesmen will air their knowl e.d o of statistics in carefully preparee speeches , and the fusilado ol oratory wil continue the debate to the usual interminable minablo length. Should the .house Hindi ; succeed in passing r. bill revising tin tariil' , tlte senators will insist upon airuij their fiscal knowledge. On tile whole there is very little prospect of a bill get ting to the president/ tills .year. Tlii thought will be a great consolation to tin strneldlcrs nnd trininlors who concca whatever definite oplnlpus they mn : have on the question behind the ttsua meaningless phrases of the party plat forms. , Titr. survivors of the Wy'andottc constl tutional convention have arranged to eel cbratc the quarter centennial of the ad mission of Kansas intd the union. Tin jnectmgwill bo held at .Topcka on tin ' 29th insl. , when a carefully preparee programme recalling tho'historic events of the past will be carried out. It is at interesting epoch in American lilslori which the gathering nt.Topeka will celc brato. The battle over the Kansas-No bra ka bill was the skirmish line of tin rebellion. Publicsentimcnt wascducatce into anti-slavery channels by the debate : which it called forth , and public opinloi was cryslallzed into the demand for nn tional unity at whatever cost by the bol der wars which followed the four constl tutions over which Kansas struggled h almost ns many years , The admission o Kansas in 1801 preceded by only a fcv months the outbreak of the great slave holders' rebellion. Then she was a state of barely 100,000 population ; by tin census of 1880 she ranked twelfth amonj the sisterhood with lloO.OOO , ! inhabitants KATI : Firu > h still firing away at the Mormons at long range. The sugge&lioi that she niado the governor of Utal should be vigorously renewed all alonj ; the line , roiUTICAl * POINTS. LevI P. Morton Is named as the principal candidate for Senator.Mlllcr's seat. Nathaniel P. Banks will bo SO yeais old on the 80th. Ho Is still United States marshal. Gov. 11111 has put his presidential boom on wheels. It piomises to bo a rapid transit The Ohio legislature is alicady becoming loaded up with bills to regulate or suppress the liquor tralllc. John Kelley has put many personal remi niscences into a history of Amcitcan politics about ( hushed by him. According to the Albany Journal , no pro hibitory legislation will find favor In the New Yoik legislature this year. Gtith finds a politician who think * Artlini aspires to the presidency and believes that Blalne's elcfeat guarantees his nomination. Dakota is btlll holeliiiff conventions to dc Cido whether the territory shall be split asun der by a 1101 th and south or an cast and west line. line.Don Don N , DIckson Is on the warpath to gel an olllco for Elliott T. Slocumb. who led the bolt in the Michigan legislature when Xacli Chandler was defeated for rc-elcctlon to the United States senate. * 'I ' The Mobile Register think the silver ques tion should bo separated from politics ami discussed on its merits , i Currency questions constitute a very conslelerabfo essential ele ment of politics. ' , jj Ex-Senator Chrlstiancy , 6uce one of the most popular and esteemed jurists of Michi gan , fvas almost ruined Ijy Ids' luckless Wash ington career and now.llvcs.on the proceeds of a very slender law praotide. Many friends of ex-Gov. K rkwood of lowu will bo glad to know that tlio old man Is co m fortably fixed at Iowa Clt jQpt\vlthstaudtng Ms seventeen lelatlves have' ' been bereft of their positions in the Interjo department. ' Ex-Senator Thnrman , qf'6nlo In a letter tc his intimate i'liend , O. B. Ficklln , of Chailcs ton , III. , says : "You will bo gratified bj seeing me enter public llf o again. I am noon \ \ on the retired list , with my own full consent and with no Inclination whatever for acthe life , except as a private , " Ell 1'ci-kins Couldn't Bent Them. Papllllon Time * . EH Pcikins could scarce Improve the official utterances of the state lailroad commission CIS. An Item "With a Meaning. Foit H'oiHi dcuttte. Jacob Wiggins , a colored man ol' Waco has offered S50 to the subscription for the Baylor Female college of that place. IIov many white men of Woco gave S-50 ? Honest and Sam Jones says that copper cents will be the circulating medium of most Christians It heaven. Brother Jones bases his opinion or his experience in taking up Sunday schoo collections. The Horse Was n Misfit. CailMc Indian Schoitl Murntno Star. A horse was bent up from the farm to b ( shod. Having amuuberof ready-made shoes on hand , the job , In the absence of the boss was Riven to an apprentice. ' After an inter val the following note came to the suporln tendent : "This horse don't fit any of oui . " shoes. _ _ A. Suggestion to Ir. Miller. llaetlnoi Gazette-Journal. The Omaha Herald's war on the survoyoi general having met with but Indifferent sue cess , wo rise to make the suggestion that Dr Miller drop the matter and commence a era sade against the cold weather. Such BI : en'ort would meet the appioval of everyone , irrespective of political adulations A Blf ; Jug Trade. CVifttTtfo Ilernhl. In Boston the police authorities will not permit saloonkeepers to nso screens of anj kind , so that men who buy their bitters by the single prescription are compelled to take them in plain view of passers-bya regulation which has caused almost as big a trade In nrl- \atojiigsasaprohlbltion law would. Never Pvayoil for u Professional Pol itician. St , Lmiti lleflKlilMui. Sam Jones In Cincinnati says ho has novei had tlm Impudence to get down and pi ay foi a professional politician. While ho remains thus modest only the o C-hty men who have been temporarily retired l ito the penitenti ary for ballot-box stalling , will get the benefit of hlslntciccbslons. - , Pat Fremont ThoOmnha Herald s > ; iyK | | tinned Its col umns over to Chas. H. BI/JWII to conduct dit ring his campaign for COIISMJSS , As ho car- lied the county by about ; JU-OO majoilty , the Inference would seem to l > fl that Pat Ford made a mistake when He didn't make the same kind of a deal when ho was a candl ' date I AGooil AVnrel For tluelgo Bcnckc , J'Vmoiit HcraU , ( liistav Dencke , county cleik of Douglas county , tinned over for tlio lour and a hall months of his term of ofllco , as excess ot fees , gl,703.20 the largest amount ever turned over to the county dining the ) Incumbency ol any clerk , no matter how long his term was , and Is moio than has been leturned during the last eight yeais by all the clerks com blued. This Is a kind of "slaughter-honso" proceeding which the pcoplo will appieclate ) ! Another Man Who is Ooliig to Iletirc1 Congressman Weaver has given politi cians to uudiirbtaud that ho will retire fiom politics when his piesent term of olllco ex pires. Mr. Weaver has said this before , am ] but few believe him now. Whatever his falling may be , ho can manipulate * a coliveu- tlon quite successfully , as Cmircli Howe John L. Webster , and numerous other am billons statesmen can testify. If Weavci doesn't want a rcnoiiilnatlon It Is because ho wants Vnn Wyck's seat. Ho will rctlie fiom politics when ho Is compelled to. Olel Admiral Porter. irrt Wii0fon Corrttnondcrice Clileagn i\Vir . Old Admiral Porter Is ailing the solo atl nilralln the Amcilenn navy , and when he dies his title dies with him , just as Genera Slioinmn's dies with him. It l-i common ! } said that Admiral Porter ought to be kept Ii a glass cage din I UK the time of peace , am only when war bleaks out should ho bo nl lowed at large. The gnllant old fellow has been trying bis hand at notion lately , and f series of the most perfectly delicious literary gems has appeared. "Allen Dare ) " ' ami "Jlobert the Devil" people In Chicago have read them , perhaps. Some folks say that Is what Is the matter with the old genth'inan- hls novels bave made him ill , just as thej ha\e bromghta number ol other persons te the verge of tlm gra\e. Kntltlod to Ills Title. f'/ifcnj/i / / ) Tribune. V\'o \ observe that some1 of our highly 10- cm ( ted conteinpoiailes , In referring to Col , Tom Ochlltrce , quote the "Col. , " tints hint ing that the title is not fully merited. Now , If there Is ono fact thoroughly established In this country , and In this year of grace ISbfi. It Is that Col. Tom Ochlltiee Is entitled to tin honor ho bears In the community. lie Is n Texan ami an ex-member of congress , whlcli alonei would make him a colonel , nml In nil- elltion to that ho Is a gentleman who can sit down with equal grace In ( lalvcstein , St. Louis , Chicago , or Now York and tell a clow- Ing tale to the marines as no other man conlel te-ll it. Ills Rift oL' Improvising novelties , political and social , voulel make him a colonel nel In any community between the oceans. There Is but ono plea on which the title could possibly Do denied him , and that I * that such a gaudy romancer ai he , must be a gcnuial at tlio least. Ficitlc t'ov 1'oots. Huston Courier. The peels that sing in the spring , tia la , Are singing just now of the ; snow , For the snow Is aboaiitllul thing , tra la , And poets they must have tlii'lr Ulng , Whetiier'folks like It or no. Or whether or not Hie ( . ( fusions tliov bilnir To the sanctum are welcome ns the flowers iu.Iho spring. The Nebraska Jlusbnml. I'lilladelt > Ma Time * . At a time when the worlel scums full of eloping wives and infuriated husbands bent upon killing somebody to satisfy thcir.thirst for rcvcngo , it arefreshing to chronicle the coiieiitct of it Nebraska husband as it is to discover an oasis in a desert. Told by the detectives that his eloping wife conlel ho pursued anel cap tured upon payment of a largo reward and the expenses of the pursuit , ho is said to have turned upon his heel with the re mark : "No , thank you ; I will.save that to educate the cfiiltlrcn. " It is not necessary to investigate that case any further to discover which parly to the violated marriage contract was most to blame for the unhappy ending of the marriage. The man , who in the hour of his own suurcmo bereavement , was capable of remembering the little ones dependent upon him for mainten ance ami education was much too 'good n husband for the woman who forgot she was a mother as well as a wife. While human passion is stronger than human reason or HGIISC of right , tlio fool wives anel husbands may bo expected to go on eloping , no matter what the consequences quences of their folly. 15ut it woulel bo a gooel thing for Iho wronged party in enuh case if ho or she would try lo follow the example of the Nebraska husband. Tlio sum of human life is not contained in tlio mere resenting ef real or fancied wrongs anel : i father's care of helpless re venge. If that fuel could only ue more generally impressed upon tiio public mind there would bo fewer murder trials to shame an otherwise law-abiding people ple , and perhaps in limo even the elope ments might not bo so numerous. At any rale , as the' pistol and knife have not lessened the number of these the Nebras ka method is worth a trial. STATE AX1) TEUItlTOUY. Nebraska Jottings. Chadron has added a board of trade to its list of accompaniments. The McClure pork packery at Ncligh commenced operations this week. Mr. Burr. 11 Hrnmioantfni'mor nf WVih. ster county , dfed .suddenly on the 20th. " The contractor of the Fremont wiler works is gelling things in order for the spring campaign. Colorado coal brings O.fiO in Arapa- hoc. In Omaha it is knocked down for $0.50 , This is ono of the- beauties of the "long haul. " The Ainsworlh skating rink ! ms boon turned into a court houso. It is hoimcl the blind goddess will not bo templed to put on the ) rollers. The Union Pacific has lot the contract for foj'ty-fivo miles 9f road from Howard City in the direction of Broken Bow. Denizens of the latter burg rejoicu muchly. A recent "grand ball" at Hay Springs had a "full" attendance , comfirining the belief that the spiril of civilization per meates the miibic of the spheres on tiio frontier. A David Cily photographer greets his guests with a novel and ellcctivo motto a loaded revolver in a glass ease , sur rounded by photos of "dead" boats , which silently commends tiio patrons to "Pray or pay. " It is reported Union Pacific survey ors are examining a route in StnnUm county , along Hamburg creek. The route is an old nnd venerablct one ami 1ms developed many a chestnut in its day , A petition i.s receiving signatures in the vicinity of Deloil , Antelope county , ro- eiucsting the postmaster general to expedite - dito with dynamite or other forcible means the mail carrier of route Ul.U.'ifi ' , The petitioners are not particular about the consequences if the mail gets ( hero. A frost-bitton granger hurried into Hu.shvillo one etay last week and askeel the railroad agent for tariff rates ou car load lots of colel waves. The man of many figures grew warm by di'grecsnml vyorkcd himself into such a heat of pas sion that ho kicked the windowH out of the olllco to cool the atmosphere , ami .then peroniidcd the granger through a crack In tlm building , Keel Cloud rejoices that the Chicago , Nebraska , Kansas & Southwestern is be ginning to malurialUo , A request for a local bonus of $0,000 , , coupled with highly colored views of prospective ) benefits , has been hurled at the taxpayers. Tlio incorporators - corporators of this much named road are veterans in the bond hunting line , and are likely to bunko several countio < > . Iowa Horns , The stale agricultural booiety will ask the legislature for an appropriation of $ l50,00e7. Herman Krngor , a Burlington junk dealer , miiuldoel with u second hand shotgun - gun last week. Peter Dtitell sued the town of Missouri Valley for 3,000 damugas caused by a defective ) shlowalk , but the jury brought In a verdict for Ibu town. There is n movement on foot to secure tlio passage of a law licensing telegraph operators , cngincets , conducitors and other employes holding nspoiislhlo posi tions. Convicts ou reUtrinjj from tlio' peniten tiary this winter are give-n in , aeldtitou to the customary turnout eidt , .an overcoat and n pair of mittens , thus enabling them al once 'to gain an entree into the most fashionable society. V. It. Lovcll of ( Junior , will be the orator from the state university at lowi City to represent th.it institution in tin state contest to take place February 4 , nl Ce-dar Kaplds. S. F. Teeters of West Liberty , was second in rank , and N. C , Yemng of Iniogenc , third , nml will alse attend as delegate * . The coroner's jury In the case of the men killed by the lard tank explosion nl Creston recently , liolel the proprietors ol tlio packing liouso personally responsible for the accident , and accuse them ol "gross criminal carelessness , " because the exploded tank was constructed of In ferior material and in inferior manner. Mrs. Ann l.enllmu and daughter Mng- gie , who were convicted ot the murder ol John l.cnihan , the husband nnd father , in Lyou county , in February , 188 : . ' , ami who were sentenced by Judge ! l.owis tc Imprisonment for life , have been par doned but will not bo rcleasoel until March 151. Dakota , Orafton saloons irrigate through the back eloor on Sunday * . Five tin locations near Ouster City were recently sold for $10,000. Huron is already pivparingfor the ter ritorial fair to be held there- next fall. Dalrymple , the1 bonun/.a'Dnkotn farmer , will put in . " 0,000 , acres of wheat noM season , lie raked ' . . ' 00,000 bushels ol wheat the past season. A private enterprise Is now almost complete1 fejr the purpose of extending a telegraph line from Hull'alo ( ! ap to e-em- ncct with Hot Springs , Cutter City , Ktla and finally with the llomeslnku and Dcadwood. A deputy sheriff at Rapid City mildly urged a lmr. < c thief to toss up his dukes. The ceniines approprlator readily obeyed , bul in elotnu ; so got tlio drop ou the deputy , ami induced him to obey his own order. The thief of course escaped. At the next term of court in Dnyison county there will be a te.it case under the rulings of Commissioner Sparks. The defendant , 1) . L. Williams , proved up on a claim and Hum mortgaged it to A. L. Wright , of Milwaukee. U ho hind coin- inN-iioucr afterwards cancelled the claim and it was covered by a pre-emplion by another party. The action is brought to forecloses the mortgage. AVyominjf. Rawlins is talking up a $30,000 school. A score of tin-whistle gamblers arc lay ing for the lawmakers in Cheyenne. Crook county nooule proposeto have a cottVt house at bun Dance , the county scat. scat.Tin1. Tin1. Carbon counly debt has boon in created $30,000 the p.is-t year , and is now if7ll)25.GO. ) ) Laramic county has thirty-seven schools , Albany county eighteen and Fre mont county seven. The legislature has been asked to ap propriate $1,000 for the relief of tlio suf ferers by the Almy mine disaster. The sheep on ranges arc in a thriving condition , and the range is so excellent that so far sheepmen have not been obliged to fecel them hay. The stinrcmc court has affirmed the de cision which condemns William Booth , the Bufl'alo murderer , to death. The festive - tivo event is set for March 5 , at Buffalo , Johnson county. During all the recent tou"h weather Wyoming has enjoyed a remarkably open winter. But little snow has fallen , the grux.ing was never better , and the stockmen expect to come out of the winter with a comparatively small loss. The jury in the Almy mine CIIMI finels that the unfortunate mlucrjcanm to their deaths from injuries ivucivcd by the ex plosion of lire damp ; also that the owners and managers of the mine are criminally responsible in thai they had not provielcd the means lor securing ample and proper vcnti'ulion. ' The territorial legislature is now happy. Mr. Whitehonse , the only me'inbor slight ed in Iho distribution of Union Pacific passes , lias received Ids cardboard. This removes the last vestige of discord be tween the company and the lawmakers , and peace has settled down once more on Crow Creek. Colorado. Bogus butter is driving Iho genuine article from tlio markets of the state. Clmffeo county's outstanding indebt edness is $302,001) ) , and assets $1(50,000. ( , A rear end collision with a horse re sulted in the death of a man in Idaho Snrinirs. The Union Pacific company has just paid Weld county $37,801 taxes for the year 18S5. liccordcr Scott of Arapnhoo county is under thirteen indictments for forgery and fraud. Fremont county milkmen are com plaining about colel weather because their pumps are frozen. Atwooel must bo a hard town. A book peddler was arrested them recently and liiie'd ? , and cents , or if 17 in all , for oiler- ing to sejll a copy of Beecher's "Life of ClTribt. " A MONTEVIDEAN MILLIONAIRE. The Castaway Sailor From Philadel phia Who HUH liccjomo a Crcusus. Philadelphia Record : "There are very few pcoplo in this oily who Know what a big figure a Philadelphia ! ! is cutting down in Montevideo , the capital of Uruguay , In Smth. America , " remarked Capt. Ulmor , lately commanding the barkentino Wandering Jewof this port , who is now in thu employ of tlio Penn sylvania Uuilroael Company. "I was down there about a year ago , " continued the captain , "and saw considerable of the pcrnon in question , a man named W. D. Lvtinwull advanced in life and one of the wealthiest citizens of the Uruguay an republic , Evans claims to bo an American and u 1'hilndclphian , hut the prevailing idea among ( lie ciiti/.cns of . \Ioiitovili.'o ( is that ho is a Scotchman. At any rate ho iusi.-t.s that ho is not a Scot , and ho has brought all his children up willi the strict 'iiiulorstandini : that thety are American to the backbone and must never acknowledge any Hag but the stars and .stripes of Undo Sam , IJo struck Montevideo about thirty years ago without a cent to bless himself with , hay ing been wrecked while mate of the ship Young Mechanics of Houkland , Mo , , and saving only thu clothes on his back and a battered old boat in which ho got away from tlio wreck , He ) had unlimited pluck , however , nnd went to work at once to make a living by ferrying people ple nhoul HID harbor to and Iroin ships lying in the roadntcd , and jobs of that sort Not long after ho look to the ) bus- inu.-s he was caught in a sharp sijimll .iiist outride the hnrhor ami was capsi/.ed. Four hours later a steamer coming in hove to ami picked him up whileho was clinging to thu keel of his upturned cralt. Ito thanked the olllcer in charge of the men who had put oil'to rescue him , but declined to go on board thu stea/ner , asking as a great favor tliat the sailors help him in righting his capsized boat , as it was all ho had in the world to muko a living with. Admiring hi.s girt , they gave him the ri > < juirud assistance , and an hour after the steamer dropped her anchor ho sailed pae > t and was given a hearty cheer by the men on the fo'castle deck , "Ho picked up a little money by means of tho'old tub ho had refused to deson and invested iu a bit of property , which soou doubled iu value ) , ami then , going into ival estate as a I nsinuss , leirtnuo smiluel on hini.and ho became wealthy in a few years' . Now ho owns whole ; of honst-3 iu the city , and hia own place Is one of the finest in the entire country , while his fortune is continually .V swclling. His hospitality is a byword down there , and It appears ( o give him especial pleasure- entertain Americans , while for the Yankee ) naval olllccrs and shipmasters who mill into port ho cannot nmKo too much fuss over them. Ho often talks about Philadelphia , but dona not say anything about coming back here to live. Poverty is no bar to a man find ing a friend In Mr. Kvans , for ho is as ready to welcome n pooj chap out of thd fo'castlo as the cotumnnelcr of n man-o'- war , but he > won't take any stock in men unless he > thinks that they are square. Ho has always given a very cold shoulder to Wiuslow , the Boston forger , who found a haven in Montevideo , 'In the centre of his private park there is a splendid bronze fountain which cost him u geed many thousand dollars , and it is surrounded by a lingo basin , stocked with splendid trout and a big school of cold llsh. Floating about ou the waters of the basin is the old boat he saved from the wreck , and he thinks as much of it as ho does of any of his children , No stranger ever escapes being taken to do reverence to the boat that twice saved his host's llfo nnd laid the foundation of his snlotidid fortune. " 'When 1 was flat broke she was my only friend , ' ho says to the pcoplo ho takes down to the fountain to see his rickety old pet , 'and though you may not notice anything pretty about her , sho's the most , beautiful thing t ever saw. ' Of eonr.se such a man is immonso' ly popular , and in all the valley of the ; river Pluto there isn't a man who don't fool proud of Hvans' acquaintance if ho has the pleasure e > f knowing him , " THE GHOST OF BLOODY RUN A Scheming Hooslt-r's Trick to Scare the ; Natives. A few weeks ago the Bir. : published the particulars of an allcgeel ghost which then nourished and fattened em the ) fears of the residents of Bloody Run , JelVeraon county , Ind. Several armed parties of fearless anti-ghost believers camped in the Knn at night for the sole purpose of capturing his ghostship , but they 'wore invariably scared away. Ten days ago the exposure ) came , ami the sawdust bull of Bloody Hun was captured and disem boweled. A practical joker named McLaughlin was Hie author and chief engineer of the ghost , lie had slrelched a strong wire Irom the blun" sixty feet above the Run , and connected it at n lower point on tlio opposite bluff. On this wire ho bporateeT the ghoM a canvas stuffed with sawdust Mmpcd like n bull. The captors were J. W. Denny , an old soldier of pluck and good staying qual ities , assisted by two other soldiers of pluck and nerve , Lou Baxter and James A. Mctioo. all armed to the teeth with knives and bayonets. Capt. Dennp slipped his men in unknown to any one , stationed Baxter at the place near whore the treasure is supposed to be hidden armed with a bnlejher knife. Denny and Me'(5ee ( look a position in easy supporting distance ) where thy could nave a good view of the liclel. Armed , Iho captain with a good hickory club ami McUcQ with a bayonet u cel by his fattier m the war of 1812 , they waited niief watched about three hours befejrc the fellow who worked the wires let slip thojjull of war , when , lo , horrors of horrors , up in the air , near the top of the clill' , that numslcr of Bloody Knu , made a running shoot for Baxter , who clinched his knife with a firm grip and looked Mr. Bull square in the face , but the fellow workinc tlio wires aimed to stop the bun before it would strike Baxter , so as to give him : i chance to run , but the saw-ditfel shifting in the bull having got' ten wet and fro/.en , and the wirqs being full of frost , whim lie jcrkad the wire to stop the bull , the wire broke and the monster struck Baxter square in the face and knocked him twenty or thirty feet down the ulitY , snuaro upon his back , without the sign or wind in him , and he showed no sign of life for ten or liftoen minutes. Cajt. Denny and McUoc took in the situation at a glance , and wont into Mr. Bull in trno soldier style. Mo- Gee with his bayonet and the captain with Ins club , and in less than half thu lime it takes to tell it , that bull , of Bloody Knn , hud no stiill'm in him , and there is to-day at least a half a wagon leiad of saw ( lust when ; thai fearful animal met his death. TORTURES II nmnn imiinna H n tiui.uiiu numunUa u HrMIIiTATIJfO rruptious , Jlcliliiff ana Hum- li\K \ Bliln torturer , Jontlitomo sores , mid every specie * of Itching , Bcnl- , pimply , lulior- lied , scrofulous mid contairlnu * ulscn.'osot'tho Mood , skin nnd sculpiili lo-d ol' linlr , Irouj In- fniic.v to old HBO , ui o positively oured by Cull- ciirn , the urea ! skin euro , mid Cntlcuni Soap , tin oxquUito Billn bcaullllcr , oUeninlly , nnd Cullciirn llesolveat , the new blood ptirlUoiIn' toumlly. COVKISKI ) WITH SOUKS. I li.ivo boon iillllolcd Rlnuo lust Jlaicli with n Pkln Ulsciibo tlio doctors call cc/.ouiu. My face was covered with scnlis nnd soi i"t , uud the licit- luir and biiruliw woi-o almost unlioariililo. Huo- liipryoiif Cuticiiru ItciiH'illus HI Illicitly locom- iiiouded , concluded tojfhu thorn n trial , lifting tlio Cutlciini and Cntlciini Snap o\toiimlly , uud Itcaulveiit hiUTnully , lor lour inoiilha. I unll mysi'll' cureil , In gratitude lor which I tiiuko this public statement. JIus. Cr.AHA A. Fituor.iucic. Ilrond llrook , Conn. SCALP , FACE , KAHS AND NECK. I wns nfll.'ctcd with ocv.cnui nn the Bvulp , faoo , cat-a and ucck , which thu driiKKHI , wlioru 1 trot yunr romodlcs , pronounced ono ol' the wornt cases Hint hud corno under his notico. llond- vlsod mo to try your Cutlciirii Itoiuodlcs , und alter llvo days nso my ec'.ilp tind purl ot my laeo wom onllrely ouroil , nnd I hopu lit nuolhor week to liato my cms , neck , and tint other part nl' my liu-o cured. llt.n.MAN til , viic. I'M Ullth blroel , Now York. ITCHING DISEASES CUIIED. Cutleura stiiuds ut thn head ol' IU clnm. L'spt'Clullv Is thin the fii o with Iho ( Tulluiir- Snu\i. \ Ifnvo had mi usually KOIK ! Hiilo thlt uii | . mor , eiwluv In thn proraleneo of mi iirKiavuti-d | lot-in of lleh thioiiKh 801110 lociilllliH lit tin , country , In which the Culk-urn rcmodlrs proved biitUlae-toi'y , W , L , ll.iiiiiioo , Druggist. Uuloiitdwn , Ky , cirncuitA ] ti-Mi'.iiia : ) : AroRold by nil drtiKslsts , 1'rlco : Cutleura , fi'J : ! . ; Itesolviint ; & 1.6J , i onp , "io , 1'iepnrod by III ! ) I'OTIIIH 1)1(11(1 ) AMI I'lll.MIC M , Co. , Ituston , Muss. Kend Joe "How lo Cutu Skin Ilta - 0a. " TH'V tlio oouiplexldii and gklu by UBlnjr the e utlcurn Soap , TIIK Hr.wixfi MACIIIM : IMho LMIISO ol utorluo pnlim mid wcnkncsa , I'ur iioliln-'sides mid liuck , lilduey puliij bclatlcn , chest imln-j , MriiUne.-s uu liillmitumllou , tiiol.'ulli'iu.i Antl-1'nl I'lii'lorls Inliilllblo. ttu. The fullirrttph | g ritpMly dljplncliu ? the pern. ftcuson how > ou may jou cannot atlord to do vltliout II. Noollier l.ilior eavlufr Invention 1ms go Ics- jned drudgery or lunlu uud liiiltd , or HU\eJ inch n larvo perce-iitatio of dear labor. J'liTiiiolint u Uirtitioit lull iwk-u ns much Milk Inn iriveu tlmo iudoes Hio pen ( It easily doe. tluot luucsiis imicli ) imd U ulvcsjou BO\T \ irul lie-o hov.rx'lady M nnd IMoioit ou your- nvostmoat 1'or uiif-ulHi-M niidspocliiit'iis tip- > ly to II. (1. STIUI'H , Oinulin , Keh. , ' jonl. Aueut for Kchiasl.a mid Wc-otern Iowa , llIliilONft.d'ndcnuHtd' * Ijo.sn lor all ' .Hub of Aril In ? ninclililes , on hniid. 1'ilco tl e.ieh. 11 Cat ? AUK A CULTIVATOR AND HOUSE- IV ICECi ER "fltrtixitnvUtuig Muuueiluliu I'li-nilfitni , bvn < l y ' r inrao nn I jJUr-1 ou n | K > 1 I caiM lortauipl * coiijrac.ili a 11 ill I , ilelltui J. l.i-.ition lias | > u"r | tfcA fcUieu H. S. SMITH. Put ) . , Omand Hot)4
