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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MpNDAY , FEBRUARY 23. 1886. THE DAILY BEE. OMAitAOFFirnXo.HU A.vn PIP. FAnN-AAt ST NKwVoitKOrrici : , H0o C5TitnuKBllu LDiMa WASHINGTON Orrit'E , No. 613 I'OUKTEF.XTII ST. TtiWIMifylcvftTmornlnff , rxcfftStlndiy. The only Mowlny morning pujior published In the Btnto. irnMR tiv MAir.i OnoVcnr . tlf > .fOTlirco , Monlhi . $2.BO BixMontlis. . . . . 6.00 Ono Mouth . 1.00 Tun WEEKLY UEE , Published TE1IMS , I'OSTI'AID ! Ono Vcnr , with premium . . . . $2.00 Ono Ycnr , without premium . . . . . . . 1.25 Rlx Months , without premium. . . . . . . . . . 75 Ono Month , on trial , . . / . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 10 All eommunlentloni rtlntlniT to news nnd odl- torlnlmnttcM rhould bo addressed to tlio Hut- 'ion or * IIB line. iwstNnss t.CTTF.ns : All hii ilnts loiter * nnd remittances should bo iitiarcsecd to TUB HP.K I'UIIMHIIINO COMPANY- , OMAHA. Draft * , rtircks nnd postotncp orders to bo mndo jmynblo to the order of the company. IKE BIE PlIBllSIIISGliPilllh PBOPBIEIOfii E. HOSEWATl'.ll. KniTOn. SlIIlVKYOIl-GKNEItAL GAIU > MII : still holds tlio fort. AM , the talk of shutting down the gas works Is simply gas. PAVIKO nnd ropaving moans paving twice. It is nn expensive combination. Tnr. viaducts are to go tip on Eleventh nnd Sixteenth streets , but how about the now dupol ? A mm.niNU boom nnd a brick famlno in Omaha can no more go together than oil nnd wntur will mix satisfactorily. DiSADVANTAOiaof n wooden pavement : It is dirty , unhealthy , short lived , expen sive to repair. Advantages : Its first cost is small. Tun Now York Grant monument com mittee nnnonnco that they nro disgusted with llioir failure to make the country pay for a local monument to Gen. Grant. WITH Gardner on top , Cummings still in olllce , Morgan unconfirmed , and Dr. Miller flttecn hundred miles from homo is it any wonder that the paoking-liouso organ feels considerably broken up , dls- figured and discouraged ? IK THH county commissioners would upend more time In examining the needs of their constituents , and less in discuss ing such schemes as tapping the Elkhorn nnd lowering the court house , the public would bo correspondingly bonclitled. WE cannot see why the gas company should object to the city council regu lating its prices , as this is a case where regulation does not regulate. It docs not make any dillerenco how much tiio pricO is reduced the bills amount to just nboul tbosaino , Thy thlfig tliat needs regula tion is the meter. A LEPROUS Chinaman has been discov ered in n laundry at Watcrbury , Conn. It is now in order for the laundryman to sue the local newspaper making the an nouncement for libel. The BEE has such n libel suit now on its hands , the plaintIff - Iff being Wnn Lung , who wants $1,000 , ns compensation for tlio damage inflicted by thustatomnntthatit was rumored that there was a case of leprosy in his estab lishment. THE committee in tlio Burr disbarment case atLineoln has made a report to the of- feet that Burr's action , in connection with that of Commissioner Savillo , regarding the release 01 the murderer Zimmerman was illegal , unwarranted , unprofessional nnd without precedent. The committee has done its duty ; now let the supreme court do its duty. If it does , Mr. Burr Will at least be disbarred. Ho can con gratulate himself if ho escapes without any more serious punishment. M MHBMMB THE insurance companies have issued nn ingeuius diagram to show the relation existing between the various causes of iires in this country. A circle ctit radiat ing lines is used to Indicate on the cir cumference the proportion of each cause to the total loss sustained In 1831. In- condiarism takes up ninety degrees of the circle and defective flues nnd lamp accidents rank-next. If thosurmi.se of the underwriters Is correct over-insurance tempts policy holders to destroy over twonty.fivo million dollars' worth of property eacli year in order to realize more than they could secure from honest sale. _ DR. MHJ.IJU telegraphs from Washington - ton to dciii' that ho has made any oiler of compromise to J. Sterling Morton and intimates that the packing house faction is "still for gore. " "Tho war of exter mination" which tlio violent leader of the P. H. D. promised so Jong ago does not appear to progress so rapidly ns was ex pected. There have been a few ex changes of shots between the pickets , but as most of the lighting has boon at long range with no moro eillcient weapons W1 than bellows , the carnage up to date has t T not' been appreciable. Now that the r editor of the packing lumso organ has re turned to Washington , developments of some kind or another may .confidently bo expected. _ - _ - _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ SHHUJIAN IB out In another interview accusing General I rye of garbling his hUter to Lieutenant Scott in which his comparison of Grant and General - oral 0 , F. Smith occurred. Sherman says bo shall now publish the letter entire and snow how a malignant slander was twisted from a communication in which ho intended to eulogize Grant instead of detracting from his fame. The general insists Unit he is hounded by the press , ho knows not why accuses Dana of having been a spy during the war and thinks that the American people might bo better employed than in giving moral support to a set of harpies Who are camping on his trail to wickedly nssail Ins reputation. General Sherman is needlessly worried over the attacks of thu press , which are lighting the b-ittlos of the war over again nt a distance of nearly n quarter of a cen ; . s > tury and printing the criticisms of high * privates and subalterns on their old com- r munding oUict-rs with a cheerful disre gard of the fault ! of history and 4lho bounds of decency , However uuforlu- nato Sherman may bo in the use of the pen , the American people can never for get how bravely ami patriotically ho wielded the sword in defense of national unity , His place in (1m ( affections of the public is r ( iure. Not oven thu garrulity of approaching old age or the foolishly aggressive defense which the general , makes can affect iU "Wooden Pavements Unhealthy. There is no fact relative to paving more clearly settled above question of dispute than that wooden block pavements are unhealthy as well as short lived. Kuro- pcan and American engineers ngreo per fectly on this point. M. Tonssagnvcs , the eminent professor of hygiene nt MonlpoHcr , Franco , says : "The hygicnlst cannot look favorably upon n street covering consisting of n porous substance capable of absorbing orcamc matter and by its own decomposition giving rise to noxious mlasml , which proceeding from so largo a surface cannot bo regarded jus insignificant. 1 nm convinced that n city with a damp climate paved entirely with wood would soon become a city of marsh fevers. " General Q. A. Gillmoro , in his work on "Hoads , Streets and 1'aycments , " re marks ! "The nolsomo nnd noxious ex halations emanating from the taccal nnd other putrescent matter collected nnd held in the joints of these pavements con stitute another sanitary objection to their use in populous towns. The joints com prise , after enlargement by wear , fully one-third the entire area of the carriage- wny , nnd under the nverago care the sur face of filth exposed to evaporation cov ers three-fourths of thu entire street. This foul organic matter , composed largely of urine and the excrement of dill'erent animals , is held in the joints , ruts and gutters , where it undergoes pulrlfnutivc fermentation in warm , damp weather and becomes the fruitful source of noxious diluvium , or it floats in the ntmosphuro nnd penetrates the dwellings in the form of unwholesome dust , irri tating to thu eyes nnd poisonous to the organs of respiration. This is the voice of science in reply to the question whether wooden pavements arc healthy. It is reinforced by the opinions of Dr. Cyrus Kdson of the Now York health bureau , of the health ollicor of Chicago , nnd by the consent of the medical faculty in every city which lias gone into the costly experiment of exten sive paving with wood. Diseases of the throat and lungs , dipthcria , and low fevers follow in the wako of wooden blocks. Is such n pavement a cheap pavement at any price ? This is the ques tion which heads of families in Omaha must answer to their own satisfaction before committing themselves in its favor. _ Itopnvini ; nnd Ilcnnirlng. The parties who are using such strenu ous oflbrts to place wooden pavements on all the districts ordered paved this ycarby the council , including business streets and streets which will be business streets before the cedar block nuisance is well settled on its sand foundation , find that there is a strong fueling of opposi tion to tlitir ophutnes" the part of taxpayers - , payers who have already paid for a solid and substantial pavement in the districts already paved , The property owners who selected a durable , material because they were business men and know that repaying n paved street was about as expensive ns paving an unpaved - paved street nro not inclined to accept the argument which the wood block syn dicate of son-in-laws and cousins nro now using nt their expense to boom a cheap paving material in Omaha. They insist that there is a diU'erum-o between repairing and repaying under the charter provision ami resent the statement that when the wooden blocks nro crushed out of usefulness the tax-uuyors at largo , and not the abutting property owners , will bo called upon to foot the bills of putting the streets into passable condition. They are correct. Repairing pavements and relaying pavements are two very different matters , as some of our tax-payers will lind to their sorrow , before many years have past. The charter provision places no premium on individual niggardliness at the cxponso of the city at largo. The men who , hive ; been wLso enough to pavoour streets with solid stone will not be called upon to foot the bills for repay ing in front of the property of citizens who selected their pavement without regard - gard to any other quality but its cheap ness. No such a schema as that of which the advocates of wooden blocks are now openly boasting will over bo carried into operation in Omaha. When the stone blocks wear out the abutting property will bo taxed for now stone blocks. When the woodim blocks nro pounded into pulp the pavement will bo replaced at the expense - penso of the men who chose n cheap pavement because it was cheap. The taxpayers at largo will not bo charged with their mistake. Repairing and re paying are two different words. They will bo so interpreted by future city coun cils and cur courts if the question should over bo seriously discussed by those in terested. Taken From a County Jnll. The Douglas county grand jury has made commendable reform in the usual cut and dried report upon the condition of the county jail. The duty of examining the jail , of hearing complaints of prison ersand of making such recommendations ns are called for in the interest of health , cleanliness and security , has boon per formed heretofore by our grand juries in a perfunctory and shiftless manner. The reports handed in have usually stated that the grand jury ns required by Jaw visited the county all nnd found every thing in nn excellent condition. A few visiting juries have ventured to suggest several needed changes , but the county board have not found it necessary to com ply with the recommendations made. The last grand jury had as its foreman K.v-SlieriiV Hurley , and there ) seems in consequence to have boon a more than usually rigid investigation of the jail. The visitors make six important recom mendations. They find that the inside walls and ceilings of the building are dirty , and that the iron and wood works need painting , as sanitary precautions , that the cells are overcrowded anil the hammocks worn out , that there are no laundry provisions , that the jailor is overworked and that the incarcerating of incurable Insane prisoners with criminals and their confinement iiuliin eons should bo stopped. The grand jury concluded its labors by passing resolutions that tfiis report bo brought by the district court to HID attention of the county com missioners in order that it should not bo pigeon-holed like its predecessors. It is to bo hoped that the count ) * commissioners will find it to their interests to act on these suggest ions promptly. It is refresh ing to the public to find that there can bo any ollicial suggestions about county matters which do not como directly from tlio board of county commissioners. Their monopoly of county matters has thus far been very complete. If the re port of the grand jury stirs up Ilia board to n little work outside of the ordinary routine businosj of allowing their own pay nnd mileage and caucusing on street corners , the public will bo corresponding ly bonclittcd. The Dilvon Well Decision. Although the driven well monopoly patent has now expired by limitation , the courts have just finished their series of decisions upon the validity of the pat ent , The recent action of the United States supreme court in dismissing ten cases of nppoal involving the right to royally fully alllrms the title of Colonel Nelson Green to the patent In question. The result of this last decision will have no effect uponlato users of the invention , but it takes the ground from under the fcot of those who havo'bcon resisting the payment of royalty for nearly ton years past. This final notion of the supreme court will bo Interesting , therefore , to thousands of people throughout the country who have been using the tube or driven well to obtain water for domestic purposes , Tlio ques tion was once before decided by a full bench of the supreme court. The cases in question were thosu appealed from the United States circuit court of Now Jer sey before Judge Nixon , In this connec tion a short resume of the struggle be tween tlio people and the drive well monopoly will not bo uninterest ing , and wo condense the fol lowing from The Snringliold Tfc/wcViccni : The bitterest kind of n light ngalnst the collection of royalties was made In Plainfield - field anil Wostiield , New Jorsov. Public meetings were held , a defense fund was established , as has been often the case In other states , and the best legal talent en- caued. Tlio taking of evidence nnd tlio vnilous arguments \veie a continual diania on account of the deep imbllc interest and number of people made liable to damages in case an attempt to break the patent failed. Judge Nixon's decision , however , was strong for tlio patent upon all the points at issue. Anew now organization was at once effected and money lalscd to carry the case to the supreme court , and for nearly thrco years the osvners of the patent for Now Jersey have watted the slow pace of that overcrowded court. During tills period the pntent ran out by virtue of the scventeen-yi > ; ir.s' limitation , and the I'lainlield combination , as the day for argu ment drew near , concluded not to go into court. The supreme couit has dismissed the ten appeals , putting all the costs upon the defendants , nnd thus affirming the decision of Judge Nixon which establishes the patent. When the Green driven well case canio be- foio the United States supreme court , about four years ago. several days wore. coiiqmied with the argumeut. U'.S fijipeal being made from Judge Uresliain's decision ( eliciilt court ) In Indiana. Tlio decree of the In diana circuit couit In favor of the patent was alllrmud , and the defendants bottled , paying costs , lint before that the following circuit judges had sustained the Urcou patent after long and expensive suits , In which pilnted uvWenco covering ns much sp.ico as tlneo of Webster's dictionaries was taken : Judge Chailc.s ] j. lioncttlct of Now York , Judge John l'\ Dillon of Minnesota , Judge Samuel Blatcliford ( now of the United States supreme premo couit ) of New York and Judge Solo mon L. Wltlioy of Michigan. The number of distinct contests , running over years and In volving thousands of dollars of outlay upon both sides , have ueen about twelve , and the smaller cases me numbered by the hundreds. In only one case in Iowa lias there been any opinion adverse to the Green patent , de cisions having been rendered hi the chcuU court in that state both ways. For twenty- two years Colpnel Green and tliObOassociated in business with him have been subjected tea a scries of bitter contests , and whether the numerous users of an Invention which has so simplified the subject of water supply will still continue to dispute the claims for loyal ties , remains to bo been. The President and the Senate. The report of the senate judiciary com- mittco upon the right of the confirming body to free access to nil ollicial papers in its investigation of appointments to oflico nnd the causes incident thereto , is a full and complete discussion of the issue between the president nnd the senate. The constitutional mandate is simple and unequivocal. The president cannot make an appointment unless it is made "by and with the advice and consent of the senate. " The clause in itself presupposes the right of inquiry. It is a duty imposed upon the senate , nnd one which has been exercised since the early days of the re public , The right of congress to any ollicial paper in the possession of the president or of any ot the departments lias never before Deou seriously ques tioned. Public policy has nt times demanded n delay in furnishing the re quired information , but it has always been given. How far correspondence relating to patronage may or may not bo ollioial will now bo the chief question under dispute. If ofllcial changes are only to bo made "for cause , " ns Mr. Cleveland has so often declared , the cause when stated in writing to the removing moving power certainly becomes of an oflichd nature. It terminates ollicial tenure and forms the basis for a now ap pointment with which the senate is called upon to deal in Its advising nnd confirm ing capacity. Upon the theory of the civil service reformers , to which class Mr. Cleveland pretends to belong , there can bo no question ns to the position which the president ought to occupy. Removals being only made for cause it Is duo to the senate that the cause should bu known in order to afford it a basis for acquiescing in or refusing to endorse - dorso the executive in tlio now appoint ment. The president , however , stands "on his prerogatives" so called and denies tlio right of the sonata to inquire into the reasons for changes in ollico. The senate through its committee retali ates by threatening to refuse to confirm appointments where they nro domed proper information as to reasons for re moval. Mr. Cleveland began his admin istration by boasting that it would bo conducted "behind glass doors. " At the first movement to examine its workings ho lias pulled down the blinds. Tin : case of Schwimck against the rail road for discrimination against his busi ness contrary to the provisions of the Nebraska statutes has been "satisfactorily settled" by the railroad commissioners. The railroad company wrote to the board promising not to do so again and the board triumphantly parades the letter as an evidence of the value of its services to the shippers of the state. Poker playing junkets , useless reports on trivial subjects , and two-for-n-cent man dates to the railroad managers to per form acts which are of no earthly im portance tp tho'public at largo comprise the untiro record of the $10,000 a year commission which the railroad managers and Iholr tools have foislcd upon the people - plo of this state to Seijro in tlio interests of corporate monopoly. Dil. Miu.Kit has been heard from In re gard to those lottorsj lie gives devout thanks for their publication and speaks of a"smclllng committee. " It didn't need n high sense of smell td discover tlioso peculiar documents. They were too rank to remain undetected. FOLlTlOAli POINTS. Paplllion Times : The Grand Army boys will Ktvo Gen. Thaycr a big boost for the ic- publican nomination for governor. Chicago Times : Mr. Wnttcrson Is better , and with the careful nursing of the star- eyed goddess of reform , who Is constantly at Ids bedside , ho will probably pull through. Tliepicsldent e.ild to nn Ohio man the other day : "I would rather dlsrioso ot n dozen ofllccs to any other st.ilo than one In Ohio. They nro the worst lot of wiangleis there 1 have to deal with. " The early worm in state politics always runs his risk of becoming the piey of the late bird. He then lias n vanishing realization of the folly of prcvlousncss and the bearing of the observation Is seen in Its application. Senator Kvnrts , Sherman nnd Logan , ns- slstcd by young Mr. Forakcr , of Ohio , with other prominent stitesmcn. have announced their Intention to tnko part In tlio grand re publican powwow and banquet at Dctioit Feb. 2-J. Congressman Smalls , hi n long letter to the Charleston News and Cornier , t-ays that ho has no sympathy at all with the Cleveland administration , as has been stated. He says every colored ofllcholdur has been removed who was appointed fiom South Carolina. Chicago Tribune : Minister to Turkey Cox Is visiting the land of the Pharaohs , nnd will probably visit the pyramids. It Is under stood that Mr. Cox has about abandoned nil hope of over seeing another demo cratlc pyr amid In this country. Thnt Catechism. /ipdl/on / Times. Ifosowatcr's "packing-house catechism" Is the most Interesting political reading of the season. _ Honest Confession. St. Louts ItcintlAlMn. Tlio ht. Joseph Gazette Is Improved by anew now head-line. It might bo still t'uithcr Im proved by n new head. i - -i The Itcnl Test. IJosloii Itccon } . Nebraska thinks she Is soberer with high license than Iowa and Kansas are with pro hibition. Certainly the people seem better satisfied , ns n whole , with the system. noom ft > r Further Improvement , IViltmWj'fifa ' Call Wo arc apt to smile stmcrcllllonsly at the man who rides a hobby ! JJut If ho brings up at the trough of lUianijial success wo are the lir.st to greet him with va grtyi of approbation. Stick to Catalans an.il Unsswoads. FicmonTrtli\inc. \ Dr. Miller is not a succos at propagating the olive branch , lie houlfl coniino himself to his cutalpas and baswqyds. , ? . - f - j No Money , , No Kiovc. The Now York pnstofJIce was not buulened with valentines this yc'tir. { Sentiment in that city is reduced to a simple Di'mncial proposi tion. No money , no Iqvc. t Solitary ajid Vlonc. C/ifc / < ! { joTiiicc. ; ( ( It Is a little curious tyat lio.leadcrs in the cause of spelling icforin should bo a states man from Chicago , for the editor of a Chicago republican organ Is the only man in this city that can' t spell. - Itoduccd to a limo Museum Basis. St. Lnuti IteinMlcqii. The admission fee to tlio woman suffrage convention at Washington lias been fixed at 10 cents. When such an aggregated and mammoth attraction cuts to the dime museum basis , It Is n question whether the legitimate circus business can survive the demoralisa tion. _ _ The Knilroud Commission. Oiantljslaml Independent. The answer of 'tlio U. & M. railroad grant ing a number of requests , made by our rail road commissioners , has been published. They have reference to the usual amount of little grievances , A new pump has been put In , nn addition to some buildings lias been allowed , and such similar improvements of small impoitnncc have been granted. That is all , and does not justify the great nnd costly Institution of a § 10,000 commission , es tablished , against the expressed will of the people , at the instance of the railroad mag nates. The great ( juc.stlon of railroad rates and discriminations , on which the fate of Ncbiaska depends , has not been touched , neither by the requests of tlio commission , nor by tlio irraclous grants of the railroads , nnd never will bo i cached by such an institu tion. Prohibition lit Kaunas. Flittullt > na ( licwnJ. No one denies that the prohibitory liquor law of Kansas with its spy system and its severe penalties , has .succeeded In shutting up the open saloons of that state. Hut this fact pioves nothing in favor of tlio law. If prohibition has Increased the consumption of ardent spirits , which can bo easily smuggled , and has at the same time decreased the con sumption of beer nml llirht wines , its effect has been Injurious , notwithstanding the largo Immigration to Kansas of which the governor BO enthusiastically spenka An en emy of prohibition might urge with as much justice that the Immigration to Kansas has not boon checked because the new-comers generally understood that the law would not greatly Interfere with their habits. Hut the tmo reason Is that prohibition has small in fluence In determining the choice of nn immi grant In one way or another. A. CliaiiKQr The ItamWcr. In days of n past that has , , flown. When dead folk were burled , 1 wcon , The dying one feebly would groan : "Pleabo see that my grUye is kept green , " i Cremation , alas , has to-day This saying comi > lqt lriboUsliod. It now Is the custom ipwy : "Just sec that my un } Is Ifijnt polished. " STATE AND TKttUITOUV. Nebraska The invalid wife j Dr. L. Walker of Sewnrd died at Hot Springs , Ark. , last week. r . A broken rail ditcl/pd / a Missouri Pa- cifio freight train at iDiinbar Thun > day and wrecked eight cars , The humorist of the Hastings Nobrus- kaii indulged in a surfeit of McNish minstrel gags Jast week. Kx-Senator Filson of Richardson county died suddenly Saturday. Ho leaves a wife and seven children. At the election in April Wayne will vote on the question of issuing $0,000 , worth ot bonds" to build waterworks. Silas C. Johnson , a Hrownvillo photo grapher , gazed into the camera of a gun barrel and died instantly , lie know it was loaded. The bitly of Uruco E. Rawson , who perished in Thaycr county during the storms of the latter half of January , was recovered last week. Humboldt has decided that a $1,000 creamery would meet the wants .of the community , and a stock company is being organized to Operate the plant. A Wilbor man is confident that ho Is on the right track to a coal vein , and has in vested In machinery to develop his belief and sink n prospect hole. A railroad eating house will soon bo open for business at iMncrson. Split rails , frog joints , and old tics will bo served up in first-class style. Three men undertook to drlvo a team over the ice on a crcok near Ord. The icecollnpscd , the team was drowned , nnd the men escaped with a ducking. A Wymore man swallowed a teaspoon * ful of leather glue , mistaking it for es sence of old ryo. A pound or less of salts saved him from being glued to ace co Hhi. Ord is chirping merrily oycr the cer tainty of n railroad , several elevators , mills , business blocks and residences being - ing added to her material wealth the present year. A. b. Vex wa < < captured in Nellgh last week. Ho was bagged for selling liquor without a town permit , lie is one of the few men whoso natural cunning blonds witli his name. Daniel McUotien , a Plum Creek stone mason , ngcd < " > : ) , while dancing n cotillion at a neighboring ranch , suddenly throw ill ) his hand and fell to the lloora corpse. Heart disease. Casement , Carlisle & Co. have secured the contract for grading the Missouri 1'a- olllo oxtouslou from Weeping Water to Lincoln. The job must bo completed by the 1st of August. With n SW.OOO . court house nnd $00,000 worth of waterworks , Plattsmouth can actually overlook thu surrounding mud hills nnd smllo on her envious rivals. Her smiles are measured with a yard stick. L. L. Lusc , n Mothoillst itinerant , and editor of the Hluo Valley lilado of Wilber. lias skipped the country , having wrecked several families with wolfish pioly , be sides borrowing all the money his no- quaintanccs would loud. The business men of Oakdalo , Antelope county , nro negotiating with the ollleials of the 1) ) . & M. to secure a branch to that town. A committee lias boon appointed to wall on the managers and paralyze them with arguments. North Ucud trots out a prominent can didate for membership in the Amalga mated Order of United Liars. His dis tinguishing services were the finding of three live hogs in n snowdrift where lluiy had been buried five weeks. The animals fattened on icicles and ground roots. Clins. Robilison , clerk of Howard county , borrowed $1.500 from a Michi gan friend and gnvo him n mortgage on apicco of land which ho never owned nor had an interest in. Ho is now under bonds to appear for trial in the district court. WcopingWatorisjuln'hvling over the prosper1. Oi great good to flow from the construction of the Lincoln branch of the Missouri Pacific from that point. The city lias donated the fair grounds , a tract of liftecn acres , to thu company on con dition that n. depot and shops are built thereon. A wrinkled rake of Neligli led nn in * fant of thirteen to the county judge's oflicc and demanded a license to marry her. His gray l.nirs and furrowed phiz turned blue with rage when the docu ment was refused him. The judge gnvo the child n tongue spanking and sent her homo. A man named Collins mounted a buck ing broncho in a stable in Atkinson last week. The animal suddenly elevated its spinal column and Collins' head crashed against a sill of tlio floor above. A second end boost sent Collins to tin ; ground headforemost with tlio animal on top. The broncho buryived , but Collins died in two hours. Grant llorton , n Syracuse machinist , while attending to some repairs in T. W. Harvey's ' mill , was caught by the moving machinery and whirlea around the shaft ing twenty or thirty times before his collar button broke and lot him drop. Ho kicked a number of holes through tlio ceiling , lo-t his shirt and vest anil a portion of his scalp , but otherwise es caped injury. Plattsmouth is getting down to busi ness on tlio proposed county- court house. The board of trade committee lias re ported m favor of n $20,000 building to bo built by a stook company. The nr I idles of incorporation have been prepared and subscriptions to the stook are already pouring in in sufficient number to war rant the success of the sehemo. The Hov. W. N. Littol , of Nortfi Bend , has boon out down in the heightli of his usefulness by the elders , and forbidden to preach in his church. Ho claims to be innocent of the charge of kissing the Inmb.s of his flock , and confesses that "whon 1 try to express my contempt gf such a course as that ( of the cliloiv ) the English language btmvJs absushcd and displays tv poverty of words to do justice to the .subject. " The people of Milford have got them selves into a muss over their water works. It seems that after the water works had been built the bonds which were to pay for them wore found to bo illegal , and a new election was called to vote other bonds , In the meantime the water works collapsed , nnd when the election came oil' the bonds were defeated. Thereupon the contractors , Cocklin & Noake.s , pued the village for iODO.OD and secured judgment. I own Items. A sniilT factory has been started at lioonc. Ttuna county is overrun with hog cholera. Twelve saloonkeepers arc drying outin the Marslmlltown jail. Edward Clurk , a Burlington fish ped dler , committed sulcldo last week. The now opera house at Washington has n seating capacity of 000 and cost $28,000. Cherokee county has at present $ ' 25,000 , of bchool money loaned to farmers in the county. A Tuma prohibition spy and informer has been jugged in Davenport for selling bootleg whisky. Lewis Intcrmill , n brakemau on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad , was run over by his train and instantly killed at Lake City on Tuesday. Ho caught his foot in n frog. Prohibition pumps are fashionable in Des Moiucs. Worked by bartenders , beer oomes out ; but let nn ofllcer of the law take n hand nt the pump and only water comes forth. C. J. Campbell of DCS Moiiies has a very old document in tlio Miapo of an almanac. It Is of Irish origin , was pub lished in 1718 and has boon handed down for two generations. 1 l.s owner values it as highly ns he would a small farm. The ' 'preacher" is the latest swindling dodge being worked in central lown. Hu calls on his way distributing bibles , nnd often presents the family with a hand- handsome book. Ho then asks for dinner or other meal , nnd takes n receipt for SJ5 cents paid for the meal. A few months later the neighboring bank calls for the payment of n. note for § irx.25. ) Jacob Mann , who has lived where ho now does in Linn Irove ! , Linn county , for more than forty years , came into Imtlur's bank at Springvillo one day last week with $800 in old .scries , tirat issno , of government greenbacks. The money was sowed up in nn old boot log with whang leather , nnd had not scon the light for twenty years. It was exchanged lor , to be deposited vyhcro the green- gold acks lay , where it will do the least good. Dakota. Flanclrau is to have a $12.000 roller mill and n $10,000 school house. The Yanktou foundry , after a ' 'rest of three years , hus started up again. . . ' Aboul 29,000,000 pounds of freight were carried into the Black Hills last year. Aberdeen proposes to clvo n bonus of $30,000 to aid n railroad from that point to Picrro. Oscar HuiT , the saw mill man of Buf falo ( tap , was hold up last week and re lieved of $110. Dakota Is well off In an educational way , having five universities , six ncudo- ink's , two seminaries , three colleges and a school of mines. Ouster people nro jubilant over the fact that the postmaster general has adver tised for bids on n mail service from Uus- tor to Buffalo ( Jap , s > ix times each way per wcok. A rnnkton man figure * It that under the present reduction caused by the com- Ingof the Northwestern road , the people of Yiuikton save $ ir > ,000 per year upon coal nlouo , which will pay the interest on the bonds for four years. The Indians hold a council nt Cheyenne agency a short time since , nnd decided not to sell nny moro wood to the white people. The Indian who breaks the ngroomcnt will have his government sup plies cut off for one year. W. W. Mollvaino , special ngetil of the Inml department of the Fargo district , re ceived notice Tuesday that lin.\l notion had been suspended on 1,38'J cash ontrles in that district , ll'JT ' being pro-omplions ) , 1280 commuted homesteads nnd 20 military bounty land warrant ontrles. Mr , Mo- llvalno is requested to personally investi gate each case and report thereon , which will bo done before patents will bo issued. Wyoming. The Episcopalians of Choycnno have decided to invest $20,000 in a church. A site for it largo and elegant hotel was secured in Choycnno last week. The building will cost $00,000. Choycnno s-ccurcd u date from the Mapleson onera company , with Minnie Hawk ns the star , on a gmirmitoo of $2,000. Three now counties are to bo organized In central Wyoming , preparatory to meeting the influx of settlers expected with tlio advent of the Northwestern railroad. The body of William Ilutchiiison , a minor 31 ! years of ago , was found in a pool of water in ono ol the Almy minus last week. He was subject to epilepsy , nnd fell into the water and was drowned. The linked body of Minnie Price , a demented negro , was recently found near the bridge between Laramie and Fort Saundors. She had escaped from her keeper the previous night without stop ping for her clothes and died from exposure. Clioyonno is still urging the 1) ) . & M , . to build a brajicJitoljiat town , The road that the B. & M. will bo the first road to reach that competing point. Colorado. Seventy per cent of Custer county's feehool children arc girls. There are lour Incorporated towns in the state at an attitude of ! ) ,000 feet. "Half a million dollars , " says the Demo crat , "haye been sunk in the newspaper business in Lcadvlllo in tlio past eoyon years , and yet a now cron of idiots talk of coming in to supply a "long-felt" want , " The silver factions in the state , are go- ingera/.y on the subjeql of lie | big del lar. What was known as the Bclford Silver convention was held in Denver lubt week , and among the resolutions adopted was ono that the question of un limited coinage bo submitted to a vote of the people of tlio United Status. Current Dcvolopincnln ol'.Journalism. SprlngfeM ( Mat * . ) 7cj ? > uMmyi ( , The Rcuublicnn is sparing its readers many of the inllietions and developments of tlio journalism of the period. These developments are not hopeful ; tlio progs seems to have a run of cniptiops which , like chicken pox and the measles , will pass away after a time and bo faucceedod by a healthy raiption. Lot lib hope at least that this will bo the caso. One of the rampant features of journal ism is what is called " just now the "syndi cate" business. There js obviously u propriety in several newspapers com bining , if they wish , to purchase n fresh Ktory from some popular author , thus re- dncing the cost find spreading a serial hoforo several communities widely apart. I'rom this idea tlio effort is now mndo to introduce ( lie syndicate intft everything. Tim Ituuublican Is in constant recejul ef offers of matter of llii. " cnaracter from people who furnish worthing from a leading article to nn item. Mot Jong ago we were offered n full set of nblo articles by n distinguished list of contributors , publicists , senators , presidents of colleges , divines and retired statesmen. The aggregate ability offered onu sheet of letter paper was of course amazing. Unfortunately none of the dis tinguished personages named offered to come here nnd sit daily till 2 o'clock In the morning to insure that quality which distinguishes journalism from essay- writing namely , that the work bo done to match the day. The Republican de clined to buy its editorial by the bale , fooling that there might bo as wide a dis tinction between the syndicate product and the natural growth as there is be tween baled hay anil a meadow of Juno timothy and buttercups. Tlio former i.s nicely compressed nnd put up for com mercial purposes , and the latter is per haps rank nnd with some swale , but it is nt least frc.sh. Syndicate lectors are also ji current staple of the trade. Wo are offered a dlb- natch every nteht from the olliccs of leading metropolitan dailies , dialling up everything In line style , throwing in pic tures , cuts , etc. , dispatched in the mails. Competition among "tho boyj " in the New York offices is running t' ) mad ex- ces.se * and within a fortnight prices huva dropped from $10 or $20 a week for thiiso precious productions to $5 and $8 , finally tapering off with tlio offer of a dnimatiu letter for $2 a week. Wo shall soon bo offered a premium to print them nnd we should want n largo one in cash to maku it nn inducement. Specimens nro nlwn3'.s inclosed. A "Uramntio Icttttr" is made up of a cut of Homo third-rato uctrcbs , n few commonplace ousurvalionu < m tlio morals and wages of the ballet , a tedious "little btory" of managerial nobodies , and no news to speak of. Ne\t to Wall street bunkerb1 circulars , it is the most inconsequential of tlio amateur journal- iitlo efforts of the metropolis , and its solo basis is probably lliu opportunity for dead-head admissions to tlio theaters. Some of the moro pralunlious ot these syndicate jctters ; iroacra.yiuilt of para graphs , signed bj" the writer * ' mimes. ( iov. Uobin > oii's idea that tluiro would bo a gain to the profession if this practice became general , is ono that often occurs to ob.scrvwrf ol journalism from the out side. Thn answer to it Is complete and overwhelming from the cxpurloncuof tlio profession , U is easy In t > eu that n per.ion under criticism , like the governor or any body who ixvmiicH n high civil oflicu , may chafe at the utterances of a IIOUH- paper , and feel that ho would like to KUO the writer's name attached to the Mur , the navil or thu condemnation , if it worn so attached in most caies , the per son attacked would bu no more enl ! < ; lit- oned. His oaiifcu of ollciii-.o. if ho cnoso to so regard it , would lie against the pro prietor nnd chief editor , known parties , ami justly , The most reckless jo u nud ism in tJm world is that of the bigucd ar ticles * as in I'Yanco , where the dueling code is tic ) only corrective. The most careful , painstHKing- and considerate journalism U UicEnglfch and American , where the journal is everything and llio person nothing. No profession requires the crucifixion of ambition to personal credit nnd re nown to the extent tliat journalism docs. In most of the other professional voca tions cacli man's work stands before the world for what it is ; this Is eminently so of the three professions which used to bo the only ones. But the instant the do- mund arises for organized mid combined effort , tliat instant it is necessary to merge the individual claims m the common end ami the common fnnui. The directory of a great railroad , for in stance , is n combination of a largo num ber of persons , one or two chiefs , others subordinate , of whom not ono can just ly say , " 1 am the railroad. " In the same way , n modern newspaper staff Is a close organism of men workingto embody the events and opinions of the day , Tlio first requirement of that organism is that the journal itself bo its own and the only spokesman , and the lir.st task of the learner of the art Is to put coals to his natural ambition for personal recogni tion nnd learn to see his work go forth over no signature but that of ( he journal which ho serves. The "sio vos nou TO- bis" principle whleh is often resented in othoa professions is the first law of jour nalism. Not for himself , but for his journal and to the credit of his journal. is the rigid requirement of successful journalism. This is so severe n cross that it might never boneoepled ns a 'mutter of choice , but Is a matter of necessity. One of the uiiwholosomo features of pyudicntu writing is that It tends to the letting down of tlio law of anonymity. A wiiter of n column or two of rattle- hnaded "signed" slop from Now York. will bo paid perhaps moro than a careful ollico editor at Boston , who gircs 8 or 10 hours of exhausting toll daily to seeing that his journal shall present carefully and faithfully the nuw.s and leading issues of the tiny. Who is going to sign matter to which moro than ono mind contributes , as is HID ease with most of the best journalistic products ? It is preposterous. The imprint of the journal should bo its only visible personality. The few cases of .signed correspondence supported by largo and well-edited journals furnish the merest gossip and gabble , such stuff HH unsigned would go into the waste basket. J'he journals which print and pay for such matter at rales currently reported nro degrading the popular taste and depreciating tlio position nnd opportunity of the rank and lilo of the profession , tlio most faithful and valuable members of their own staffs. The Injunction ( Joiitlnuoil. Judge Wakcloy this morning rendered judgment in the injunction case of thy city against John I , llodiolco \ prevent the latter from putting up it wooden building on the corner of Twenty-third and Cumiug streets. Ho decided ad versely to Mr. Rediok , and continued the temporary injunction now in forco. Judge Wakeloy decided that the city charter gave full power to the mayor and council to restrict llio city lire limits , and that notwithstanding tlio fact that the contract to put up the wpoden building was let before the passage of tlio now lira ordinance , tlio erection of the structure would be illegal. What Bo. Referring to the insinuated throats of the gas company to shut off the gas. lij case it is forced to a rudrtojon ( of rates , City Attorney Conneli said pesterduy that sucli a proceeding would bo in direct violation of its franchise rights. "If the company was to take any such steii as that , " ho concluded , "it would forfeit the franchise which it claims to have ob tained from the old company , and under which it i.s now operating. Its plant would bo forfeited to the city , and it would bo forced to suspend business , " The D. C. C. I' . A. Tjio constables outside of the city met at Wolf's ' hall , Twenty-fourth and fti ) Cumlng street , and fonicd ) a Douglas County Coiifitables' Protective associa tion. J. R. Riibtin was elected president and F. W , Kilo secretary. The country constables are not to bo outdone by tlioir city coiiiins in the matter of orgnnixjv- tions and will form n hard pool against the justice sjiops. Looking for Jfor lliislmml. Mrn. Mary Tenny , of Fremont , reported at police headquarters Saturday and re quested that the police bo notified to lopk out for her husband He has been away from liomii for fomo time , it "coins , and agreed to ijiuiitlierlioro to-day. So far hhc li | < ° fmied to find him , and being without money or friends , is at n loss to know what to do. A Small 151 a 7.0. Sparks Hying from a defective stove pipe upon tlio bed caused a small hluzu in llio second Mory of n building on Seventeenth and St. ' street Mary's avo- into , occupied by William Stocker. llio cigar man , Saturday morning. The bln/.o was extinguished without calling in the lire department. The damagowas les.s than $25. Residents on the South Side complain of the annoyance t hey suffer when passing under the railway bridges from llio drip- pine water and falling siiarks. It la argued that the bottom ol the bridge should bo closed or that sonic day a per son may bo killed by a pin or coupler dropping from n freight train. CrflOTI Complete Trcalment , with Inhaler for Every Form of Catarrh , SI. Ask for SAN- FORD'S ' RADJCAL CURE. lleiul OeMs , Watery ox troui tlio In tlio 1 1 Liid , Nun ous lli'iiilnclioniiu I'ovw instantly iu- liovud. unions dlj. mornbnuiu mill liuuloil , bietilh nw ouluiioil , FinHI , tuMo , mid jioiif- Uuuifli , Hi iinclillis , JtroppliiKH Into tlio Throat , J'ulns In DID Oliust , liyitpcpsln , Wiisllnir or btiuniflli nnil I'lu li , ( /ill ol iJloc' ) ) . Oct. , vunul. Onu botllii HuiUciil ( Jniu , onu IKIY Culiinliiil Bolx-eiit nnil ono Dr. t > nni ! > nr Inluilur , In onu imi'kmru , of " 11 ilrii tcNis , fl. Auk lor Kirs- HIIID'4 lUllKj.th ( 'UHR , H llllfO ( lUtlllllllOII tit Witcli Iliuol , Am. 1'iiio , ( 'n. 1'lr , MarltrolU Clover Jtlonanmis etc. Potter Drug and Chemical Comoany , Boston. KJJJNKV l'.MNS"iiu1 ( lint weary utilisation ovur j > io unt wllli tlioso of I > : inliil ! Uliluuys , Mi-uU liiit'Us , over- or worn nut liy Rliiiullnir , . _ , , . ty . . , CuTicTiiA . . AMI-PAIN I'I.AHTCII , u nu\v , oil'-lnal ' , mid Powly | iinildoto to puln unit liilliiniiiuitlon. At diuififlsld. KJ J llvo inr $ l.U. ( Mulloil lieu , 1'ojjiiit iha'a AND t'iiJiio.u.Co. ! : , Itojlon. WEST HAVE.NTOKT Furniture Co , Jhuiufufluroi'3 of Bank , Office and Saloon Firfoies lliiTors , Uiir .Screens and Hotel Furni ture , 21 S. i-l'Ui Street , Omalia , Nebraska. Vi'rHo for duVns nna 1'urllQUliua.