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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1886)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 17 , 1880. , THE -DAILY BEE , OMAHA OrnrnNo.yi4 AND 010 FAUX AM s NKwYoiiKOrnCK.llooMCS.Tninu.sK Ilim.utNC OrncRf No. B13 FOUKTF.KKTII ST Published every tnonilnir , except Ptimlay. Tin only Monday morning ] > npor published In tin Btnte. riniis nr MATT , : Ono Yenr. . . . . $ ll.rtTlirpn ( ) , Months . f2.fi SIxMontlis. . . . . . . . B.OO.Ono Month . 1.0 Tun WKKKI.Y HEK , Published Every Wednesday OnoYcnr , with premium . . .nf2.fl nnoYrnr , without tircinlutn. . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Fix Mrmtlix , without premium , . . . . . . 7 Ono Month , on trial . . . 1 All communion ! loin rclntlnsr to news find ml ! iorlnl matter * should bo nddrossod to the Eot son or in : IIF.K. r.r.rrr.nBi l builntfslottcr * nml remittances should bi cfjcd in Tun l'.r. : I'liiii.isniNd COMPANV OMAHA. Draft * , chocks nml jmitodlco order to bo mmlu payable to the order of the company TOE DIE FOBLISHIIIGliPAITi PBOPBIETOHS , C. liO9r.WATiil. : KIUTOR. TUB St. Paul ice pnlncc wns not lititf s < gorgeous nn affair ns tlio icc-gorgo at St Louis. Mn. Moititisox hns introduced his tnril bill nt , last , nntl the discordant orchustr of rival internists is turniiig up for tli opening overture. Jilt , Hovi ) still tlnr.sts for "yore. " Mi lloyd is in the blooel-loltinK business , am proposes to transfer its methods to th political packing-house. SAM JONES proposes to take n rest o t\vo \ weeks before tackling Chicago. II ought to take a month before bcginninj the hardest job of his life. CONOIIESSMAN Kr.i.LEY , of Pciinsyl vania , lias introduced a bill to revive tli grade of general of the army. Gen. Slieri clan heartily favors such a bill. UKFOKK congress undertakes any inor postal legislation it is advised to nwui the result of the third and fourth-clas postmasters' convention , now in scssioi in Chicago. and water can bo made t mingle , then will Morton and Millc shako across the bloody chasm , and no before. Such is the opinion of a promincn slaughter-house democrat. IT is said that among the 102,000 share holders of the Panama canal compan ; are 10,000 women. They could not hav been swindled any worse if they had in vested in watered railway stocks of tli United Status. If was Iowa day in congress ycstcrdaj She demanded , through a flood of pcti lions , protection to pure butter and tli extension of sufl'rago to the fair scs There is a much greater probability o National legislation in favor of the cov than there is of universal sufl'rago bein < given to women. RAILROAD earnings arc not showing the improvement as compared with las year , which is noted in many other in dustries. The aggregate earnings o sixty-fivo roads show a loss of $955,000 , o about 0.5 per cent for the month of Janu ary as compared with the like period o . last ycn.r , and in earnings per mile tin comparison is much more unfavorable. EVERY local industry started for tin permanent employment of labor means i permanent addition to both the wealtl producing and the wealth distributini growth of the city. Omaha can neve become a great city unless she encour ages manufactures. Industrial entei prises moan homes built and maintained a retail tradp fostered , and a steadily in creasing population. ACCORDING to the supreme court c Massachusetts a partition in a bar rooi ; js not a screen. The law of Massachi : fells , like that of Nebraska , prohibit jorcens. in saloons. The Jowner e one of these establishments took out license and complied with the law b erecting no screens , but served his cm tomors with tarantula juice in the bac room. The court holds that as there wane no objection to the partition when tli license was issued , there was no ground for the prosecution. I RENTS arc high in Omaha and they wi continue to remain high until the suppl of small houses equals the demand. 151 there are hundreds of wage earners i this , city who have it in their power t help the solution of the problem by bulk ing their own homes. The several c < operative associations now in prosporon operation in Omaha ofl'ur excellent ii tlucements for the erection ot homes at cost loss than the prica of rental. Loa building associations have made Pliihi dolphia the city of mechanics , home ! Under proper management and patroi pgo they can do the same for Omaha. AcconmNQ to u nshlngton dispatcl : there Is a probability since the death c Uonornl Hancock that the thrco militnr divisions , whoso hcaelqunrters tire nt No\ York , Chicago nntl San Francisco , wi ! bo tlono nway with ami transformed int dopnrtinonts. They nro of no earthly us except to delay the despatch of busines and to facilitate tlio entanglement of re tape , Anything which will elecrcaso th top-heaviness of the army shoultl bo or courngod. There Is no reason why pr pors Bhoulel not go direct to Washingto from the departments without passin , . jthrough the routine mill of n so-calle division headquarters. THE worst manufacturing need of on city just nt present is a good brick yare owned by mon of brains nnel ordinnr business sense , nnel with sulllclont capltf to pupply the demands of this coinint nity With the opemiiig ot the sprin building netivity Blaring them in th face , our brick yards are practical ! empty. The supply on Imnel not nlread contracted would hardly erect a goo six-story front. liuildcrs in Omaha hav ( boon forcctl within the past few days t elilp brick from across the river. This 1 a disgraceful condition of allalr.s. It o : , , istod nil last fall , and it will continue t 'be the crying complaint of the me who wish to improve this city i long us small bore business nioi who are moro interested in real cstal peculation than Iho3' nro in the nttene ing to the wants of their customers , coi Unuo to monopolize tho. burning of brie , iu Omaha. A yard with a capacity quae ' ruph ) that of any now in the city woul pay hOavy returns on the invcstmoi TOIU the day U oppued for 1 Tfib Con ! Tlofobe.rV Monopoly. The band of leading Now York capital ists who control the anthracite coal carry ing trade of the United States are joininp hands to consummate a bold scheme oi robbery at the oxpcnso of the public Owing to the dismantled condition ot the Reading railroad , which after staggering for years under a mountain of debt if now completely bankrupt , the rates on coal have been badly de-moralized during the entire winter and the other coal carrying roads have earned less than the usual profits OH their highly wntorce' stocks. It is now proposed by a syndicate dicato composed of the Pennsylvania , Lackawniia , Lehigh Valley and othet minor roads to put the Heading on its fool by lifting its debt and then bj controlling its management to consoli date the coal monopoly on a slrongot basis than ever. The publication of the details of this proposed criminal conspir acy against the public interest lias altcady caused a boom in coal stocks , ami investors , allured by the prospects ol heavy dividends , are rushing Into Wai ! street to purchase the securities of the roads interested. The coal monopoly is one of the most odious of all the burdens imposed on the public by the jobbers and pirates who have made railroad construction and stock manipulation a stench in the nostrils of the honest capital Ists of the world. For years the price of anthracite coal throughoui the entire country has been made by r pool whoso only aim lias been to earn tin highest possible dividends on stocks rep resenting from live to ten times tin actual investment of capital in the trans portation companies connecting tin mines with the seaboard. The exactions of the monopoly have broken down grea industrial enterprises and crippled man ufacturing interests dependent upon cheap fuel , while they have added nov burdens to poverty and increased stiller ing to the distress of the poor. Theii present programme proposes to make tliis monopoly perpetual. It aim : to control production at the mine : and the price at distributing centers Not content with having screwed dowr the wages of the Pennsylvania minors U a more pittance , most of which is wrest cd from the workmen by the stores own cd by the companies , they are nov scheming to control all the railroads en tcriag the coal regions in order to forc < producers to stiffen the weak stock o those watered concerns. The attention of congress should bi called to this matter , and to the cvi which lies at the basis of all the evils o corporate monopolies who are also com mon carriers. No legislation which doe : not strike at the swindle callci stock watering will over bo thor oughly effective in dealing with tlni question in the interests of the people As long as profits are only regulated bj the capacity of the patrons to pay inter cston excessive capitalization , capitaliza tion will only bo limited by the avarice of stock jobbers and the pliancy of boardi of management. When railroads costing $15,000 a mile to construct and equip arc bonded and stocked for $ (50,000 ( a mile and earn 0 per cent dividends on tha' ' amount , some one is robbed. The vorj nature of the public functions of a com mon carrier , and the generous power : conceded by the state should ex elude such robbery. Excessive cap iliiiization is responsible for execs sivo freight charges. Stock jobbing and investor robbing go hand in hand The Captain Kidds of the ninelecntl century sail the ocean of water or which they lloat their corporate barques And the public pay the tribute. The time is approaching when tin books of every transportation monopoly will bo thrown open for legislative re vision , and when legitimate profits wil bo defined and enforced. The work wil not bo done by bogus railroad commis sioners nominated by the corporation attorneys tornoys and useful only t < their creators by throwing dus in the oyss of the public Abroad , the limitation of profits in tin case of gas and water companies has al ready begun and is in successful operation The same principle sooner or later mus bo engrafted on the railway legislatioi of this country. Tlio Business Situation. There lias been little now to note in tin f condition of business during the pas week. The merchandise distribution ha been fair but there has been no voluntary expression of activity in any department Locally , merchants profess themselves ai well satislicd with the situation. The expansion pansion of Omaha's jobbing trade in tin northwest , and especially in tlio Blacl Hills region , is progressing rapidly , dut to tlio increased facilities for entrance into the territory and a more conciliatory policy on tlio part of the railroads. Else" whore throughout the country tlio spring 'trade is not progressing as favorably ai had been expected in some quarters , bu the moderate pace of improvement occa s'.ons little complaint as it is generally regarded as a result of unpropitioui weather. Cotton continues dull with a declining tendency which has communicated itsol : to the print cloth market. Tlio genera demand for staple and fancy dry good ! is fairly active. Interior jobbers an operating for spring wants with a goot deal of confidence , and the piece good ; distribution is improving as much ai could bo reasonably expected in view o the unsettled weather. Wool holds nbou steady , but its failure to advance is a dis appointment to tlio majority of dealers who had confidently anticipated a furthei appreciation of values before this date Demand for the staple is only fair am not urgent. The woolen goods trade ii moderately active , but orders , as a rule have not boon placed with tin liberality previously anticipated. Th < iron trade situation is stroiif and business in most department ; is fairly active , though no largo transao tions are noted in any line this week.Tlu changes in wheat prices have been com paratlyely unimportant , and the trade ai a general tiling has continued quiet. Ex port .demand is very moderate , but it i : better than it was a short time ago , ant the steadiness of the market reflects tin effect of this slight improvement in tin foreign trade outlook. There are more "buyers on breaks" in the speculative market , and the wind-sellers are not sc confident. Investment demand , how ever , ii not strong enough to advance the market , euul it drags along in a rut , witl trading largely , fonliued to. scalping-ven turos .by tv uur operators , and wit ! with prk'o ilui'lriatlons within niirrowei limits than for somn time past. Corn i steady with a good export demand , am the general tendency of the produc markets is toward greater firmness. Comparative Vnlue orPuvcnicrus. During the past twenty-five years tin value of the different paving material has been thoroughly tosteel in a score o cities in this country ami Europe. Tli literature of paving is extensive. It i contained in tlio reports of city engineers the published investigations of boards o enquiry , and in a number of comprehen sive scientific manuals written and print cd for the guidance of pupils in our tecli nical schools and scientific college. ' Newspaper discussion will add little t the common consent of all competent on ginccring authorities in this country an Europe. There nro six considerations to b taken into account in estimating tlio com narallvo worth of paving materials These are : first cost , cost of maintcnanci ami repair , durability , case of cleansing convenience , and health , Lot the udvc catcs of wood-block paving test their inn lerial by these standards ami report re nulls. It stamls first in only one of th six tests. It is the cheapest , but in over , other respect , the poorest. It costs inor to keep in repair , is llio shortest livedtli hardest to clean , the worst for drivlnj over as soon as wear begins to abrade it : surface , and by far the unhcalthicst ow ing to tlio noxious exhalations from it joints which collect and retain filth , till nml moisture. Wooden pavements are cheap an nasty. They have been rejected by over , city that has given them a fair trial con tinning over any length of time. The ; have been thrown overboard by Not York , Brooklyn , Philadelphia , Sa Francisco , after thorough tests , as mil ! for use. And Omaha , if she is guile into any extensive experimenting wit the same material , will learn that th costliest mistakes are often those whlc nro mada in the interests of prctcndc * economy. " \Vooilcii-Blocte Pnvlnp The HKE Is busily encased in a warfare o wooden-block pavlue , or in other words , I wants Crclghton , Murphy & Co. to come t the scratch. Hut the wooden block pavln : will bo laid just the saaio , and Crcightoi : Murphy & Co. will lay It. Ilcmld. The BEE has consistently oppose wooden pavements for live years past It argued the question then on the sam grounds on which it now advises Oniah against the idiocy of putting coed dollar into a cheap , but in the end , a costly pa\ ing material. The determined antagon ism of Mr. James Cruighton to woodei pavement was in those days more \n roarious than the opposition of the BEJ If wooden pavements are to bo laid , tlii paper and its editor are indiflbrcn as to who lays them , so long as tli terms of the contract and specification are complied with. It certainly want Messrs. Creighton , Murphy & Co. "t comoto the scratch" under their bids an bonds. But the BEE insists that if Omah enters upon an era of wooden pavin , now , no one will more seriously regn the mistake made than the property owi : crs who a few years hence will bo force to pay the cost of ropaviug upon tli streets laid with cedar blocks. .Experi enco is the best teachcr.but those are foi tunato who can profit by the exponent : of others without paying for the lesson i their own cases. ANOTHER liquor damage suit , brougl under the provisions of the Slocumb lug license liquor law , has just been tried ; ] Fremont , resulting ni a verdict of $ l,8 < for the plaintill' . Mrs. Ellen Jordon sue for damages arising from tlio dcatli c her liusbanei , who was killed by the cit marshal. Mr. Jordan had been craze by liquor sold to him by the defendan' ' Mrs. Haitian , who was then keeping saloon , and while in his crazed conditio ho was shot by the marshal in attemp ing to arrest him and to prevent him f rot murdering a deputy with an axe. A though the defendant has retired froi the saloon business , and is said to bo lintu cially irresponsible , her bondsmen wi have to pay the juelgment.Tho result of thi case , as in one or two others in Ncbraskf shows that the Slocumb law make saloon-keepers responsible. They canne bo too careful in the transaction of tliei business , which must bo conducted with gloat deal of discrimination if dainag suits are to bo avoided. The result als demonstrates that bondsmen assume responsibility which may cost them thot sands of dollars , and hence as a matte of business safety they , too , should oxoi ciso great precaution in becoming sun tics for saloon-keepers. The eilect c such verdicts as that in tlio Fremont cas will no doubt bo of a salutary charactci as men will hesitate to go upon a liquo license bond unless they feel pretty conf dent that the applicant is a man of sum character and discrimination. THE voice of Senator Van Wyck ha again boon raised against the lanel gral ber and in favor of tlio homesteader. Ur tier a law passed in 1884 all abandone military reservations wore to bo sold t tlio highest bidders for cash. This opono tlio way for monopolists to gobble luir dreds of thousands of acres of valtmbl lands , and yesterday Senator Van Wye moved that the law bo repealed so far a cash sales are concerned , and that th lands bo opened to homestead settlement Some 600,000 acres have already bee turned over to tlio interior department and there tire about 3,000,000 acres mor to follow. Senator Van Wyck "a efl'orts i : behalf of the homestcaelc.r will no doul prove successful , anil will carry joy to th hearts of thousand * who are looking fo now homes in the west. KANSAS CITV feels more elated over be ing admitted to the National base ba ! league than she would over a now dircc tory census giving her a population c Snp.OOO , The statement in the BEE thu Milwaukee was to take the place of Km : sas City in the league has caused great ii : digmition in tlio latter town. The Join mil wants it tlibtinctly understood thn Kansas City lias been libeled , as Milwat keo takes her place in the Northwester : and not in tlio National league. Thi pleases Omaha much better , as it givu our club an opportunity to downabigge place than. Kansas City. THE Cincinnati authorities have pur chased a § 700 piano for thu poor house Cincinnati proposes to maintain her pos : tion as u musical center , A.C'mrAGO man who died the othc day proVutod in his will that Jio should b cremated. .If all that wo hear abpi Chicago wickedness isc true , such a re quest on the part of. the , great majority o her citizens iscntirqly ( superfluous. MR. MORTON is warned by the llcrah to cut the company , of Charley Brown i ! lie over hopes to' bo reinstated in the esteem of Dr. Millor.Mr. . Morton nov knows the full prien of forgiveness nut will probably decline WJth thanks. A coN'sriiiN-cE-STRtchEN druggist ol Springfield , Ohio , nMoijishcd the native1. ' the other day by pouring his rnliro sloel of whisky into the strict. Wo have yet to hear of anydrucgist m Kansas or lowr doing anything like that. DENVER ofllcials nro talking about "li censing11 gamblers. An Omaha city mar shal tried this plan once , and wasS sent to the penitentiary for bribery. Tin : Herald is evidently rattled. In this morning's issue , which wo have care fully scanned , it forgets to say thai ( jrareluer must go. KINGS AND QtTKENS. Prince Clmrlo-i , of Portugal , Is making r tour of Kttropo In search of a wife. Queen Victoria prefers Canon Duckworth' ? preaching to that of any ot her spiritual guides. King Louts , of Uavarla , refuses to talk te any one. What a popular batber he woulel make ! The empress oCltussin , who has the finest tea In tlio world , has n i amber tea service out of which to drink it. KliigTIiocbaw wears on nun finger what Isiluclared to bo the most magnificent ruby In the world not the largest , but the largest without a single flaw. Dariimu has proposed to tlio king of Ba varia to pay all his ilebts on condition that he shall travel the coming season with "the greatest show on earth. " Queen Victoria 1ms Riven the Egyptian wai medal for Suakln to Miss It. M. Btirlclglt foi her care of the sick and wounded during the campaign in Egypt last year. King Thcbaw , while In the act of surrend- crtmr , looked down from his gorgeous throat into a huge golel spittoon , so heavy that it is said to take ) two men to carry It. The Grand Duke of Saxo Weimar has Issu ed to all his olllclah an imtex of foreign words whoso admission to the German Ian guago must be resisted at all liazanK The Soir says that the Czarcwltcli Is engaged - gaged to the second daughter oC the Prince of Montenegro. She is thirteen years of age and is now at school at St. Petersburg. Queen Victoria has chosen as the date o : the performance of "Mora ct Vita , " whlcl she will attend at the Uoyal Albert hall , Vrl- elay , March 20th , that being the eve of ( he third anniversary ofj tup death of Jolir Brown. > ? Queen Victoria lias rccolycda present froir the United States of aquafto , volume ( name not stated ) bound in sealskin , with lining ! of damask satin , and a hand-painted in scription. The work Is regarded as t triumph o American book-binding , am copies have been inxysenttHl to the German emperor and to the emperor of Ilussia. King Milan of Scrvia proposes to place himself on a war footing as regards rifles ant nmimuiitlnn , a largo onlcrhaving just bcei : decjelcd on. If he could onjy purchase twen ty-fivo million rounds ot courage , says the St. Paul Pioneer Pres ? , .with which to suppl } his soldiers along wjth-.tho cartridges , he would find his standing In European circles greatly Improved. ' ' St. Louis Republican : When King Milan , of Scrvia , orders his whole army out for r six.weeks' drill , matters must bo admitted tc be looking serious. Had ho ordered the mor out merely for another conquest of Bulgaria as ho elld three months ngo , the world woule have known what to expect , ami no one would have had cause for uneasiness. Bin when fcO.OCO soldiers. In full warlike equip ment , with stores , camp equipage , umimin ! tiou and hospital service arc ordered out foi drill , as the cable ellspatches say they have boju , the peace of Europe is evidently in per ilous condition. AVImt la Killing Men. San Frtmctsm Kxamtncr. It Is not work that kills men. It Is think ing how they can put In the longest time on the shortest jobs. That's what saps the hu man energies. Couldn't uo Elected Coroner. Jiloointngton Justice. James F. Zcillker , of Franklin , Is a camll elate for the ofllco of secretary of state. If he was n candidate for coroner In tills county and had any opposition , It is probable he would bo defeated. The Duplex System. Fremont Trtliunc. Editor Itosowatcr , of tlio BKK , when Ii Washington disclosed through his papei some of the duplex letters from Nebraska' ! democratic statesmen who are manipulating thoollices. They are making a line mess ol the whole matter. Evidence or Sanity. I'htlailclpliln Jlecurtl. tSlnce the will of W. F. Story has been ad mitted to probate In Chicago it may bo deem- cd a settled matter that a. person capable en supervising the publication of a dally news paper Is sane enough to dispose of his prop erty In a legal manner. Depends upon Where Ho Falls from. St , I'aul I'lowcr Presa , The cost of keeping James 1) . Fish , the ex- banket convict , at Murray ill ! ! in New Yorli was § 50 a day. At Auburn prison ho cosU twenty cents a day , and ho Is aelelresscd by respectful convicts and olliccMas "Mr. " Fish , It seems to make Home difference in a peni tentiary whether a man fell Into the concern from a five-story marblo'froiit or from a hen coop. Ji " Chicago Criticism of Mnry Anderson , C/ifcfltfo / JS'cu'i. The Cleveland Plain Jjcaler refers to what It Is pleased to term MJS.S Mary Anderson's "art. " Miss Mary Anderson has no art. Shu has the talents slio started with ten years ago , but nothing else oxwpt more- flesh , more money , more ago and nuiro clothes. She was a brilliantly promising woman then. Art would have fulfilled all the promise of those early i-cars. Hut Miss A'mlersou ' has no more art than a mahogany sofa has soul , A February Ilropzo * for May , Kebratka CljAVu ( - * , Hon. W. L. May , the Brilliant and brainy democrat of Fremont , aiiel who Is now secre tary of the democratic state committee , haa been mentioned as the democratic candidate for congressman from the third dUtrlet. The News seconds Ids nomination with pleasure , and feels conlielont that if Mr. May Is select ed as the standard bearer of the noble band of democrats of that district ho will lead thorn on to victory. Wo say nominate \ . L. May. Scotched Out. Fremont llcralil. Editor Itosewater has a column and a half letter from Washington In the UIK : , In which ho shows up some of theipatent duplex meth ods of thu Oimiha political twins | u connec tion with the surveyor-generalship. Hu pub lishes several letters written by these gcmtlc- men endorsing Clegg nuel Uauiboy , which the lleialel l-.us positively denied. On May llth , tor Itibtaucp , they signed joint letter to.Secretary Lamar endorsing linmspy ( rittci emloroltiR Cloeg ) ami the Ictt'cr Is published In full. What next ? A Pltsfi For the Cow. S ( . fxwto nepuliltcan , If Commissioner Column's Idea of tinting bogus butter could bo put Into cfte-ct by legis lation In all the states It woulel be nn entire * ! ) practical and effective way of ( stopping the sale of It. Another feasible method anel one that would afford a quicker remedy is the levying ot an internal revenue lax on llb > the general government with such penalties for evasion as are provided In tlio presnnl revenue laws In the ca * < o ot whisky and to bacco. With a tax ot thirty cents a pound on olrnmatgarino there would hu no more oleomargarine. It we owe protection to the sheep we certainly ought not to icfuso it t the cow. _ A Timely Warning. , . S ( . TMiilt ( llotic-tJcmocntt. V Ills a little early yet fora cholcrn scare , but It can do no harm to lake account ot the fact that the dread scollrco has appeared al Tnrlfa.ln Spain-nearer to the United Stales , geographically considered , than it was last year. There is no particular reason to antic ipate Its coming to tills country : but there Is every reason why the authorities slioulel take prompt steps to meet a possible emergency eif that 8e > rt. Sanitary vigilance Is the best as surance of safety where cholera Is concerned ; ami sanitary vigilance is desirable whuthrr w aio In danger of a choler.i visitation 01 not. . Short lianntiuuo Tjossona , Iali1 ! ) ( K. Hunt. Of tlio man who did slug wo say that ho saiiR e > r , AVC speak eif tlio song ho lias sung : then permit us to say ot the gttu that can bang , H has often proceeded to buup. Of the man who can write wo say ho has written , Ami wo properly say that lie has wrote : ho then , when a dou another de > g has bitten , We can bay he did bite , or else that ho bole. Of a man who hns rleltlen wo say ho can ride , And't would also bo proper to state that he rode : Then why not remark of the boat that can That It smoothly has glldden , or else that It glodc' . ' STATE AM ) TiaitlUTOUY. Nebraska Jottings- Tekamah is troubled with counterfeit silver coin. Plattsmouthcrs will waits ! to the music of a charity ball on the 22d. A wild cat weighing twenty-one pounds was captured by a hunter at Norfolk last Week. Ice tfm'geis on tj,0 rOup rivers swept away several bridges , inflicting , serious damage on the trallio of country towns. A Slocumb vereliel for $875 was render ed by a Fremont jury last Sunday , against Mrs. Hanlon for corning ( Jcorgo Jordan. A Grand Island man is talking water works in Kearney. The natives propose to serc\y down his safety valve with a proposition for bonds. QTho contract for grading tlio first thirty-one miles of the Lincoln cxtonison of the Klkhorn Valley road out of Fre mont has been let and must bo com pleted by Juno 1. A frisky cow disputed the right of way with : i 15. & IU. train near Alma Saturday , but the race was brief and ended in a bloody cut. The animal was mangled without injury to the train. Tlii'i-o are two lady insurance agents in Nebraska , Mrs. A. A. Dow , ot Oxford , Furnas county , auel Mrs. Fannie O'Linn , of Sheridan , Unwcs county. Each docs a good business anel makes money. Mrs. Angle Sherman , the young ladj who so mysteriously disappearee ! from liloomingtoh em Thursday , was found Friday about twelve miles from her home. She gives no reasons for leaving her home. Tccumseli is afflicted with a surplus of small men , wliosej hearts , taking theRe publican's worel for it , "are so small that ti grain of mustard seed woulel not find room within. Men so hoggish and little in their actions ami ideas , that thereis nothing more to do to make hogs of thorn than to put on a twisted tail. " Iowa ItcniB , Union county is in debt $81,224. The Methodists of Indianohi are to build a church to cost $18,000. Sioux City paid a bonus of $15,000 to insure the erection of a $200,000 hotel. The creameries in Madison county pay to the farmers from $125,000 to $100,000 annually for milk anel cream. The Shaver Wagon auel Carriaco.com- iiany of Dos Monies , capital $100,000 , has filed articles of incorporation. * A Sioux City family named Luts : were sickened last week by drinking decayed cistern water. It required considerable pumping to save funeral expenses. On February 10 Uelmont had had no train over the Iowa Central road in twenty-six days. The snow was still two anel one-half feet deep on a level and badly drifted. fi.At Melrose , Grttnely county , Low Dclp and wife made soap anel poured it boiling hot into n washtub sitting on the floor , when their little a-ycar-olu boy acciden tally fell into the seething mass. The father caught the child from tlio tub in time to save it from instant death. Dnkotn. Dcadwood has organized a board of traelo with G , 11. Scrongal at it head. Uufliilo Gap is growing rapidly. A cemetery has ueen opened up near town. The Oeld Fellows of Huron are prepar ing the plans for a three-story briclc block 10x80 feet in size. Kapiel City has decided to invest $1,500 in a jail , to supply the demands of a pro gressive community. Doaehvooel is getting jealous of the growing importance ot llapid City , and attempts to belittle its progress. A farmers' mutual insurance associa tion has been formed at Alexandria. The association will insure against fire anel lightning only. The Pnuilio Cewsr. Most of the Montana stock ranges are reported as being free from snow , ami cattle doing well. Kvcry one of the quart/ mills in Sloroy , Lyon anel Ornisby counties , Nevada , are running full lime. In-digging a grave at Ketchuin , Wood llivor , JNevailu , a body was discovered which had been buried with its boots on. The Post-Intelligencer reports eloprocia- tionin thu valuu of Seattle property. It says what was paid $10,000 for two years ago is not worth $0,000 , to-day. In the allegations in a suit for damages in Sacramento , it appears that a bull MIC- ceeded in throwing a locomotive from a railroad track in 1M , The bull died from over-exertion , however. All Chinamen who die in Sacramento must bo buried "in a box of suitable dimoiiMons , made of redwood boards , not less than onu inch in thickness , ami lined with sheet-lead not less than flvet pounds to the square ) foot , which shall bo soldered by a licensed plumber. Such a box shall have a brass vent screw one and a half inches in diameter , with standard thread , ami with a fhtugo anel lock-nut , which said vent screw feluill bo soldered to the lead on the jnsldo of the bottom of tho. box , six inches from thu foot , end of thu box. " For Slonoy. C/ifwio" / lleral'l , Miss Perkins who suns hne-ky Haielwin , .of San Francisco , for brcae-h .of promise of marriage , ami who has bcvn giving her testimony this week , makers out a. very good case for herself. She met luld- ! win nthis'ranch when she wnssixtcet years olel , nnel appears to havocaptlvatce : him completely. Ho wns nbottl foui tiliics ns olel as she , but n9 ho was knowr to have several millions anel to bo the possessor of luck that wns unfailing , hoi parents oltercel no objection to her as. o elating with him with n freedom Iha ; wtjs hardly within the bound * of pro priety , Slio accompanied him to Sat Francisco on several occasions wilhotil other companlonship.aud oneo when in that city ho proposed marriage. She ncceplcu him , and it wns ngroeel that the wedding slioulel lake plnco within throe mouths. Ho then took her te > a jeweler1 ! and purchased a dianmiul ring , which It now In evielonee. After this , with the Buoming consent of her parents , the gir was in llnlelwln'ft company most of tlu time , ant ! , though no ceremony had been performed , she at length traveled witl him as his wife ) . Returning homo linnllj to prepare ) for tlio wceleling , she was clumfotmdcel to receive information ol Hnldwin's marriage to another woman n fortnight before tlio time sot for her own nuptials. She now sues for heavy dam ages. The story is that of a foolish girl , not yet nineteen years e > lel , who , according tej liar own confession , Is the victim of pa rental avarice ami neglect no less than that of the heartless deception of a man wlieiso millions are oxpecled tei furnish a salvei for her wound ! ? . In estimating Dnlelwiu's culpability thu attitude ; of thu parents of Miss Perkins must bo fully eousieloretl also , auel , if the steiry bo true in all its parts , no ceiuelcmnation of him will bo complulo without n similar ar- ntiginnent of them. The licentious mil lionaires of the ) coast are tihotit wliat a largo portion ot the people who are ) not millionaires make them. It is no defence of Hnldwiu to assort that the parents eif ( ho girl may bo as well satis- lioel with their present chances in u breach of premise suit as they woulel hnyo been with their relationship to him liael the marriage coromemy been performed , but the fact that their eltiugh- tor , who is to be the real sull'oror , was left by them to the tender mereics of a man whoso reputation for marrying his mis tresses was not good , tloes tirgtio that ho was not the only oll'enelor. The case is a shameful one all around , and the only regret which woulel follenv the recovery of heavy damages by the girl woulel bo iho probability that her parents would bo the gainers , and not her. In tin ago when so many men anel women will sell body and soul for money it is folly to inveigh against the licen tiousness of the Pacific coast breed. Governor Seymour's Opinion of Toll- ticluns. The following expressions from Mr , Seymour on the subject of "Politicians" are taken from an article which appeared many years ago in the New York Sim and are eminently characteristic of the dis tinguished statesman : 1 never loved the. exercise of power ; never cared particularly for public places , but I always likeel polities , nnd , what is more , I like politicians. They are tv much-abused class. It is the fashion to sneer at them , but 1 think they arc bet ter men , as a rule , than merchants and bankers ami other representatives of re spectability. They nmko more sacrifices anel do more uiiselfi.sh work for others than business men ever think of doing. They cultivate a certain chivalrio seuso of honor. Even some who are naturally corrupt will refuse the most tempting bribes when tlio integrity of their party is involved. I have seen enough of political life to satisfy me that its inllticuco is elevating and not degrading. 1 would rather be trieel by a jury of my political opponents who were acknowl edged politicians , than by a jury of re spectable business men who saiel that they look no particular interest in poli tics , but usually votcel the republican ticket. From them 1 .should expect gross injustice and prejudice tontimos ns intense as my avowcel political opponents would display. The man who servos a cause , if it is not a positively bad cause , is enno bled by the service. Ho learns to look at men , as well as doctrines from a higher standpoint than a more personal selfish ness. Hence 1 repeat that I like politi cians as well as politics , but I do not like oilteo. EtliHon > Spark. An Akron , O. , correspondent writes : The announcement that Thomas A. Etli- fion , the inventor , is soon to marry Miss Mina Miller , of this city , has createel no littlesurpriso and comment hero among all classes. The prominence of the bride's father , and the still more celebrated jiamo of Mr. Edison , make the marriage one of unusual interest. Tlio wedding- ceremony which' will unite the celebrated electrician and inventor and the daughter of Loivis Miller will be performed at the mansion of the Miller family in this city on Feb. SJ-1. The olliciating clergyman will be Kcv. Dr. R. 1C. Young , pastor of First Methodist Episcopal church of Akron assisted by Kov. lr..T , H. Vincent , of Plainlield , N. J. Only the intimate friends of the family will Do present , oil account of tlio failing health of Mrs. Miller , mother of thei briele. Immedi ately after the wcdclin" Mr , Edison and his bride will travel oy special car to Jacksonville , Fla. , whence they will pro ceed to Fort Meyers , Fla. , where lie has built a handsome villa , to bo used ns his wintur homo. Hero thev will remain un til the close of April , when they will re turn to Ohio for a brief visit. In May Mr. auel Mrs. Edison will go to Menlo Park , N. J. , where the inventor has litteel ii ] > a palatial home of rare elegance and beauty , costing , it is sniel , about -fir > 0,000. Miss Miller is thu second daughter of Lewis Miller. Slio will bo 20 years of ago in March next. Miss Miller is of medium hiiight , with a woll.-elevclopeel figure , brown hair , blue eyes , very largo anel expressive , ami lias a beautiful peach-Ilka comploxien. Slio graeliuiteel Horn the Akron high school a couj > lo of years ago , and goont the following summer in Europe , She is an excellent musician , nntl oilnto has acquired a ta.sto for painting and other arts. Although she lias no less than ten brothers and sis ters , she is thn first child in tiiu family to be led to jhu hymeneal ultar. Her older sister , Miss Jennie Miller * lias been engaged to bo i named for some time. 'llioro is a little romance } connected with the engagement ef Mr. Miller's daughter. Mr. Edison paid his 11 rut visit to Chuulaiiqiiu last'year , and delivered a lecture ) . While tliero ho was the guest of Mr. Miller , who , as president of the as sembly , entertains many prominent vibi- tors at his summer cottage. It was hero ( last summer ) that Mr. Edison mut the charming elaughtor of thn Ohio million- it iro. She tit once captivated the inven tor , and they bcoanio'grent friends. A TERRITORIAL "TILT. Montana nuel Idaho JKCIISH | "Home , H\vool Ilonin. " Now Orleans Times-Democrat : When a couple of wceleru men get togetthor , nml tlio spirit of rivalry is stirred within them , their conversation begins to takes a very interesting shape. A elay eir two ago two typical westerners one from.thu thriving "wwileln't-bu-a- stato" territory of Iiluho , thu other from ' 'wonldn't-bo-u-slato" ' territory the thriving - - - tory of Montana sat aroiinil a warm stove and amicably elisc'its.wd tlio latent mining news from their sections , A tliirel party ontoreel ho meant no harm , hut his iirst remark was the occa sion'of a terrifllo verbal combat between lelaho unit Montana. "Yon have a long journey before you , " lie remnrkeel to Idaho , who was thinking of returning homo. "Yes , it's a long journey , anel you nro it Bory when you get there , " , interpo lated Montana. . . . . Idaho wlneeej , but hit Hack again. "Before I'd ' liyo In a ' " country like Montana , " said lie , "I'd quit business anel go to New Mox'co ' anel shoot li/.znrela. Idaho wouldn't have any blizzards but for Montana. " "Any place but Idaho woulel bo able to stop a bli//arel , " retorted Montana. "Hut you haven't got H tree in your terri tory. There is nothing there uut alkali deserts anel plains of lava. " "Tho last time I was in Monluiin. " re- ( tirneel Idaho , "fliero was n snowfall on , auel the wind wns blowing so ntrongly at the same time that it drove ) the snow an inch and a half into tlio trees , " "Wo don't ' have snow slides , anyway , in out' country , " said ho of the land of blizzards. " 1 had a paper from Htltto Tity this morning that tells of a snow slide there the other day that carried away and klllcel one-third of theJ popula tion ef lelaho. " "Do you mean that ? " inquired lelaho , with real anxiety pieUured on his coun tenance. "Certainly , 1 do. " "Anel how many wcro killed ! " "Two men. " A painful expression lllltoel across tlio face of Idaho , anel , turning to ( lie third party , lie explnilieel that he of Montana wns in reality nn Idaho man ; but wad temporarily employed in the manunfe- litre of hllKxarels "in Montana while ) awaiting the expiration of the statute of limitation , when hei would return te > Idaho. "How eloes the statute ) of limitation uf- feet hhnJ" Impiircd the third party. "Oh ! It's lit connection with a little af fair he had with a horse stsvcral horrfcs , In fnclM > mu years njre ) , " returned Idaho , "I don't want to give him itwny. " Montana rculied by taking out his peickutbook ami scribbling in it in largo characters the figures . , , , II p. p n U-i-7-r. Then ho tore out ( ho leaf ttnel handed it te > Idaho , saying : "Don1 those figures recall unpleasant reminiscences , my friend If" "What elo the > y signify ? " asked tlio third parly before lelaho hael time to re ply. v'0hl now and then , up In our cotin- try , " said Montana , "tho ollieers of thu law require a little assistance jntho main tenance of law nntl order. This" assistance ) is renderctl by the Vigilantes , ntiel when tlio Vigilantes meditate an excursion they posttho town with these liguroH , ami they mceit the eye everywhere. They signify that there is danger in the air , ami pru dent , men keep quiet for a elay or two. "Men who have boon guilty of wrong doing , when they see those mystic figures , are conscience stricken , and generally emigrate ) into Idaho , " and Montana glanced queerlyat the representative of flic territory named. " "And if they don'I get out ? " inquired the third party again , with a view to al lowing lelaho time to got cool. "If they don't go the vigilantes pay them a visit and allow them fifteen min utes or half nn hour te ) get out of town. 1 have a man in my mind now who was alloweel fifteen minutes to take the Idaho road out of Untie City. " "Diet he lake it ? " "Ho promised to bo satisfied with ton minutes if the mute eliiln't kick. " " 15ut , do all vigilantes use- the same figures ? " "No ; in Bttlte City they nro 3-7-7-7 , but in Helena they arc i-1-7-7-7 , 1 beljovo. " At this moment the conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a man from Arizona , who suggested poker , anel nmiel binds auel Hushes and straights and pairs the minds of Idaho anel Montana once again became calm and quiet. A Norwich man , excavating for a novy collar , found a small black walnut collin , which ho opened. Within was the body of a black auel tan terrier , well preserved. Tim elog wore a .shroud of white satin , trimmeel with lace , anel around its neck was a handsome collarof buff leather ami gold. . . SKIN , 8ALP , BLOOD Cleanscel , Purillcel nml Hcnntiflcel by the Cutlcura Remedies. E OK demising tlio sldn nmlKcalp of disfiguring humors , for iiMiiylnff Itching , bm-iihitf nml liitlnininatlon , for curing tliu Ih-st pymptomsof oc/.omn , psorlasln , milk urust , cult ! licad , suro- 1'uhi , and otlior Inherited skin mid blood dls- ca cs. Cntlueira , tliu Ki'ont skin euro , nml Cut- ! ciira Soap , nn uxqulsllo Un Ixmutllleioxtni - . milly , and Cutlcura Itudolvunt. thu now blood puriiler , Internally , uro Infiilllbiu , NAUGHT UUT GOOD. Wo have boon foiling- your Cutlcura HoniPdlos for tlio pnst tliroo or four years , imd Imvo novnr Ill-aril nntrlit hut ( food words In tliolr favor. Your tJiitloura Soap is decidedly tlio liost sollliw medicinal soap wo liundlo , mid 19 lilKlily prized here for 118 southing and soften ing1 ollc-ut upon tlio skin. J. CI.IITON WIIBAT , Jr. , Drug-gist. Winchester , Vn. THE LAUGKST SALE. Our stilus of Cutlcura are ns large , If not Inrccr , tliun niiymodlclno woBoll ; and wo assure you thai wo Imvo tuivor liad a Hlnglo Instance In which the purcluism- was dlssatlr-flcd. As to yourBonp , wo can toll no other , overhody wunts Cutluura. Miu.Eit & CHAPMAN , Drugt'Iats. Louisiana , Mo. SALT K11EUM CUIIKD. Two of the worst cases of suit rlionin T oversaw saw wore cured by your Cnilcuni medlclno- ' , nml their Halt's OXPOIM ! those of all other romo- di-s. I toll very little of any other medicinal soup thnn Ciillciinu ej 1:01101 : A. ANTIIO.NV , Urng-glst , Kownneo , III. DOCTORS PUKSC'llIBK THEM. Tlio Clitic ira llrmullcs aio oxio'.lcnt remedies - dies for ull bklu dlseastn. .1. C , WILSON , Jl. I ) . , Hurvol , 111. CUTICI7lfA nKMF.miS : Are sold everywhere ) . I'r'oa , Ciitlciirn , 50o. ; Hosolvcnt. fit .Soaj ) , 2jc , 1'oi-J'Kit Duuii Is Cl 11:11- IOAI. Ct ) , , JlOStOn , .MH83. Bond for "How to Cure Skin Diseases , " riniplcsSklilllmnhboi and llahy IIu U , iiiorscurnd bv Cntlcuru VfKAK IIAOII. I'AINnnd WonknoM across the ICidtioy * , B moling I'tilua through tlio Uln , IMtiruxi I'nliw , Luco of Hlrouulh unJ Activity liiitnully ro- icllovuil and HIUCI | Icuiol liy the Ciitlt-iuii Antl-ruln I'luslor , At druy- gists. 2 WEST Furniture Co , Manufacturers of Office and Salooo fixtures rs , Hur Screens and Hotel Furni ture . J1U S. 1-Mli SI root , Oinnhn , Nebraska. Write for 'Its giis and I'm tluulur.- ) . HAMBURG - AMERICANA A nillKCT WNB J'OH England , Francs & Germany. Thu hii-aniililpti ( it tins nt-ll l.aoun line . .ro mill of him , In wator-tlvht ue > iii | > irltiiunl , uml i ro I'nrnlsiioil with in cry itrjuUiU ) to make the mtsu/u both sufu nml iiirrcL-nt > | u , They carry hue iiitdU MIIrs "nd KIT - nin rir.ii'id ' tn-vo > ( uw Voi-k Thursdays and Saturdays for I'lv. nnulli. ( [ XKN'DU.V flteu-bcjUK.U'AUla urn ] HAM- Jtulurnlmr , SKMimoMlnnvo llanibiirtf on Vinliiuailays nit | .SiinJny.l.i , lliurn , taking mssrntrcrMtt Koutlminpton and Ixmdoii , Ku > t cubiii $ > ) , vii ami fid ; Sti-eraito $ 'Jt { ulr ) < iad.tiukt.u fioni ISyinmiUi to. llrisol ( , Cur- Ill. l.or.il'in. or to jury place In the Nouth of inirhind. 1'JIKIi. UtctTiiuo Iroin Ktiropo only 23 ; Byni.1 for ' 'Tourist iiiumiu- , " ( i , II. I. General J'ntbonircr Atruntu , t Itionclwuy , KouVnrkj.Wn lihi loii nnJL ' Sullutti. L'hlcugo , 111.