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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MON DAY , MARCH 15 , 1886. THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OFFICK.NO. DM A.vnetoFAn uM ST NEW VOUK Omen , HOOM CO.THIIIUNB HUIUHNO WASIII.NOIOS Ornt-E , No. M3 FOUIITKENTII St. PtiWI lie < l every morning , oxccpt Stimlnr. Tlio enlySlondny raornlntr jmper published In tuo Unto. TrnMs nr MAIM OnoTcor flO.OOTlirrn , Month ! tJ.W Blx Months fi.W Ono Month 1.00 Tilt WEEKLY HEE , IHiWishcxl Every Wcanosdny. TERMS , POSTPAID t Onn Ycnr , with iirninlum f".00 One Yfnr , without | iiinliitii. , . , . 1.2rt Fix Month * , without premium OnoMoiitlion trial. . . . . . . . 10 connr.sroxjir.ycr. ! All tommiinlcntlorn-relating to new nnd fell- thrift ! mnttora Miould bo addressed totlial.ui * xoii or 'HE HER. immrss t.r.Trr.ns ! All tmilncM Icttpri nml rf-mlttnncos slioiiM ba iiadrwfwl lo IMF. Urn rum.tsiii.vo Cosii'Asv , OstAtlA. Drtttl' . cheek * nnd poMolTlco onlors to bo mnclo pnyublo to tlio order of tlio coinpnuy. m m puBUSHiNGlipm , PROPRIETORS. . E. ItOSKWATKK. Entton , Tun scnuto bill to incrcnso tlio salaries of United Stntcs distncl judges from $3r > 00 to $ o,000 n your ought to pus ? . With bolter snlnrica wo would probably got better judges. Wo need them. ONB of our exchanges innocently ! re marks that tlio "past week has been olio of striking Interest in tlio industrial af fairs of tlio United States. " So Mr.Ciotiltl nmlJako Sharp think as they survey tlio situation. A MUMDF.K of real estsilo agents in Omaha stand ready to oxchniigo 500 ncrcs of larm laud in Douglas county for the eighty acres on which Fort Omaha stands. So would any man with an eye to the main chance. TIIK Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul has intuio an east bound passenger cut to retaliate on the Rock Island for a cut out of St. Vmil. This is the lirst time in many years that Omaha luis had the bone- lit of an cast-bound cut. KANSAS CITY laid only two miles of paving last year , and spent $300,000 , in sowers. For lessons in improvements the town on the Knw Is respectfully in vited to inspect tiio metropolis of the west , whoso other name is Omaha. WIAVIK : : , of this state , has made the discovery that there arc several crank objectors in congress , and has introduced ix resolution certifying to this fact. 15111 Holman's party will never stultify itself by admitting his chief failing. Srr.ADY , permanent , substantial growth is bolter than half a dozen spasmodic booms. Steady and permanent employ ment of labor at good wages is the solid foundation of a city's continued prosper ity and advancement. Omaha must have uioro manufactures. TIIK city treasurer of Now Hrunswick , N. . ! . , who is also treasurer of the Dime Savings bank of that city , is said , in a special dispatch , to bo suflering troin "aeuto mania" at his home , while the bank is suduring from a deficit of about $30,000. "Acuto mania" is the polite name in Xow Jersey for stealing. IF John C. Cowin fails to challenge the artist who "did him up" in such atrocious style in the columns of ti local contemporary , ho will lose all claims to respect from an admiring community. The portrait represents a piratical look ing adventurer , a cross between Jesse James and Parson Downs. THE mantle of Gambetta has not fallen on the bhoulders of M. Clcinoncc-aii , the leader of the extreme loft in the French chamber of deputies. Tlio radical fctates- man is proving a great disappointment lo liis followers. Ho has placed his party in an awkward position by forcing a vote upon his nation tp expel tlio royal jyiacc3 fr01. ' . ' . ? raiico , and his enemies are now circulating a report that he has made a large fortune from jobbing in govern ment contracts. Al. Clemenccau sutlers , too , from the gradual subsidence of that political clement in the republic which has been chiefly responsible for the ex cesses , social and political , which have marred its history. SKYEIIAT. of our business men liayo a wrong idea about the encouragement of local manufactures. They are willing to assist in aiding great mills and factories in locating in our midst , but do not care to bestir themselves in securing small en terprises. If an establishment employing a thousand men were to seek encourage ment they would readily put their shoul ders to the wheel and help to start the ball a rolling , but they turn a cold car to the arguments of men who are prepared to plant an Industry with a pay roll of loss than fifty. This is a mistaken policy. A largo number of small factories are better for the stability and growth of a city than a few largo ones , Every labor employing industry is valuable in buildIng - Ing tip the material interests of the com munity. The more diversified the Industries - trios of any section the more assurance there is of permanency in the employ- wont of labor. Small tactorlcs in tlmo become largo enterprises. Not many years ago our smoking works which now employ -100 men , found it hard work to give employment to fifty. proposition to remove Fort Omaha to another location wherti ( ho post can lie jpcpiuulctl and Improved > vlll meet with gonorftl favor. Ti.- rounds upon which 4J4WYPtnmlsnn ) much too small fora garrison biich as the importance of the city and its relations to tlio western country demands. The high price of ad joining property seems to render it im practicable to extend the limits , Senator Maudorson's bill , full details of which have appeared in our columns , has in view the removal of the post to a loca tion whore miulcianl ground can bo ob tained , for a Hinall amount ot money , > to ( rebuild the fort andmakoa permanent -Rarrison with all tlio necessary facilities for a largo post. The question is simply < one of ability to procure tlio requisite jluwls , The sum stated in tlio dispatches , JflC'J.OOO , will prove ridiculously inado. iquato. The buildings would cost twice Uhis amount. Tliosu in good condition al ' 3-Jurt Omaha could scarcely bo replaced : f ur n much loss sum , At- many of them arc 'Jjuilt of brick , they could not bo rev nuoved to the now location , and would uriug very little if oll'orcd for sale as tliuj .stand. If congress will appropriate c ilwlf u million dollais as a starter , the transfer of the post can bo accomplished en the plans suggested. They Should Bo Free to All. An inquiry into the operation of the telegraph lines on the land grant roads has been begun in congress under a reso lution introduced by Anderson of Kansas , who is an unflinching opponent of all forms of corporate monopoly. The reso lution passed by the house directs the committee on postofllcos nnd postroads to investigate and report whether legisla tion is needed to prevent a monopoly of telegraph facilities and to give the south ern , western and Pacific states the bene fits of competition. Under their charters all the land grant roads are required to opuralo their telegraph lines under the same restrictions as to the tights of com mon carriers that they do their raih. This assumes that there shall bo al least the same freedom In regard to Iho car riage of intelligence that there Is with the transportation of property. As com mon carriers , tlio land grant lines can not refuse to acccpl goods from Iho oilier roads for transportation over their own. The object of the clause in their char ters , compelling them lo build , maintain and operale telegraph lines was to all'ord the public the benefit of wires which would not bo placed mi- dor the exclusive control of any private monopoly. As a matter of fact the land grant roads have long blnco sub- htanlially Iransforred Ihclr lelegrapu franchises to the Western Union com pany , and by so doing have given lo that closest of all private monopolies exclu sive control of the transmission of inlclli- gcnco over a largo portion of llie west. The Western Union rofu cs to receive business fiom oilier companies on fair lerms , and tiirough its use of lines built with government loans is forcing many newspapers into making exclusive con tracts lo transact all their business over ils wiles. Mr. D. H. Rates , president of a competing line , testified before the committee that ho had UM-d every dibit to secure from the Union Pacific railroad the same facilities enjoyed by the Western Union but had utterly failed , and that no other telegraph company could obtain any facilities west ward over its lines from Omaha and Kansas City. The land grant companies in their operation of their telegraph lines have shown their usual disregard of their charter requirements. The intention of the clause relating to the telegraph was clearly to prevent the exclusive occupation of tlio lines by any one company. The aim of congress was to prevent a monopoly of Iho transmission of intelligence and to secure equal rights to all com panies connecting with the wires of the land grant roads. The charter require ment has been steadily avoided and dis obeyed. The chicanery of contracts with inside rings , of mortgages and bonding of transfers back and forth between par- tics interested , has been freely used , to perpetuate the grip of the telegraph monopoly upon the wires of the land grant roads constructed by Iho nation's bounty lo bo operated for the interests of the public , Congress intended that the wires should bo as free lo all as the rails arc to connecting roads. It is specific ally so stated in the charter which it gave to the company and under which the roads and telegraph lines were accepted. The deliberate and continued evasion of the terms of this contract between the nation ami the Pa cific roads is a proper subject for a searching investigation. Tlio surface needs only to bo scratched to prove all of Mr. Anderson's charges. Arbitration tlio Remedy. Intollisont nnd thinking men , whether capitalists or laborers , will endorse cor dially the views of Master Workman Powdcrly of the Knights of Labor with regard to the value of arbitration. JMr. Powdcrly boldly asserts that the majority of strikes are needless. Ho says Hint they menace returning prosperity , and thn.- . * -gy jjj y causc widespreadsufFering with but little compensating gain. In ids judgment arbitration could bo secured - cured in nine out of ton cases where strikes take place , if those concerned showed moro tact and loss temper. Strikes , 6113-8 Mr. Powtlerly , are weapons for use only in cases of urgent necessity. If used too often they lose their ellectivones.s. This is tlio verdict of experience. It is level , common BOUSO from a level-headed man. The vast ma jority of all labor disputes can , andshould bo , settled by a peaceful conference be tween the employer nnd the employes. Many labor troubles have proved to bo the result of misunderstandings on the one side or on the other , which arbitra tion has promptly removed. Arbitration is simply diplomacy the clVbrlto secure the objcctsought without resort to war. It is an inexpensive remedy. A strike or lockout is always a costly one. Labor has its rights , and Is properly combining o defend them from assault. Against f\\o \ \ vast consolidated iulnrcsts of capital labor is now opposing an organization powerful enough to make its demands fell and to resent unjust aggressions upon its interests , The size of the Knighls of. Labor order is its strength. It can en- fore o its own decrees whether they bo of peace or of war. For this reason the order can do moro than a largo number of organizations of workingmenin fosterIng - Ing the principle of arbitration as a peaceful settler of labor disputes. It has already done much in this direction , The work of the Knights of Labor has so far been beneficial to its members and of great value to the public. It lias $ avp < l hundreds of thous ands of dollar- , placed in circulatlpn in communities of working men , by prevent ing strikes in mills and factories. At the same limo it has secured in every case where the lights of labor wore Involved the victory for which it was striving. The wants of Iho organi/ialion , of which Iho cool-headed Powderly Is tint chief , has proved beyond dispute that arbitra tion is the bust remedy for settling dif ferences between wage payers and wage earners. , SIKCK 1631 the Standard oil company , one of the greatest monopolies on earth , has had a special rate of 701 cents per 100 pounds from Chicago lo California terminal point ? , v\hih \ > other shippers have been obliged to pay $1,20 , This is a fair sample of the outrageous discrimin ation lhat has boon practiced for years by the railroads. The Standard oil com pany would no doubt have continued for many years to enjoy this special tariff had It not been for the breaking of the transcontinental pool , which has result ed iu rates much below that monopoly's special rate , It remains tp bo BC.cn , whether , upon the readjustment of the traukContincutttl diuloulties the Standard oil company will bo bo restored to its former position as a special favorite with rates below all com petitors. Is it any wonder that the Stan dard oil company under such favorable circumstances has frozen out all compet itors ? What show has anybody to corn- polo under such discriminations ? Docs it astonish anybody that the people are rlpo for revolt against the high-handed robberies of railroads and the aggressions of monopolies generally ? Is it not about time llmt an Interstate commerce bill , such as has been presented by Reagan , bo passed by congress for tlio relief of producers and shippers by putting them all on an equal footing ? A Strnlneil Argument. Mr. Edmunds' aigument that all papers relating to ollico are in their nature "olllcial" under a fair interpretation of the lerm , is a strained one. The distinc tion between ollicial nnd non-ofllclal cor respondence cannot rest on any such broad basis. To admit It would force the conclusion that every letler addressed lo senators and congressmen regarding public business by private citizens , is "olllcial" and subject to inspection on call. Custom nnd particular precedents unite in terming Ihoso letter. " olllcial which como fi om olllcial sources. Mr. Edmunds ignores this distinct ion wholly , and ho also ignores the fact thai Mr. Cleveland's position is precisely similar lo that taken years ago by Daniel Webster , then Prcil- dent Tyler's secretary of state. Mr. Webster was called upon to moke a ruling on the same point as that involved in Iho coutioversy which Mr. Edmunds has boon so carefully nursing , and is quoted as follows in iS'iles' Jtegistcr : Applications tor oflk'C or letters lesjiectlnK appointments or cnnrersnltons held with in dividuals on such snbjecls me not ofllcinl pioeeeillugs , nnd cannot by any means be inatlo to pnttiiKoof tlio chutacterol' olllcial inocec(1lmrs ( , unless aflcr the nomination ef such peison so writing or conversing , the president shall think piopcr to lay swell cor respondence or Filch con\osatio ! i bcturo Iho senate. On another occasion Mr , WubrMer said in the senate : Sir , since the pi notice 1ms become a settled practice , since every mliiitnistiatlon has In- dulKCil In It , nnd since It must now be consKl- eietl ns the legal construction of the constitu tion that It is one of the powers of the incsl- dent to remove Incumbents fiom ofllces which they hold , it follows , as a ncoc'-saiy ' and as mi inevitable consetiucnro , that this power thus legally vested In the president must be exercised by him at Independently of our control as any oiner power thai is to bo exercised by him under the constitution. * * And I see no ground upon which \\o cnn call upon him to give us reasons for the manner In vhlch Jio oxeicises lhat power any moic than \ve can call upon him to give reasons lor the in.umar In which he exercises any other power under the constitution. Mr. Edmunds is respectfully referred to Hie opinion of as great a constitu tional lawyer as himself. The claim which he makes is a strained one through out. It is one which has not the backing in the precedent. ' ? fixing the relations of Iho senate and the executive which ho seeks to establish. All the co-ordinate parts of the government have their pre rogatives. They do not conflict when properly exercised. Mr. Cleveland seems to know his own in tlio present little dif ficulty , and the senate is powerless to assail them with anything more violent than tlio battery of debate. Moderation Will Win. The industrial situation throughout the country is much disturbed by the succes sion of strikes and lockouts of the past fortnight. The organs of capital are combining to convince the public that labor has organized to clog the wheels of enterprise and to exact demands which , if granted , would close the doors of mills and factories and draw yie fir.fis.of furnaces and f.pnr 5. Tnoir readers are told that the state of Iho markets will not permit a general advance in wages , and lhat the scenes of 1877 will bo re peated if laboring men do not withdraw from their aggressive attitude toward cm- ploying capital. The public will not bo deceived by the comparison. The situation in 1830 is vastly difloront from that of nlnej'oars ago. The industrial revolution of 1877 was a mistake , because it was made on a falling labor market. It failed because all the conditions of tlio period were against continued overproduction. Man ufacturers had overstocked the market and could belter afford to close their doors than maintain their cxpenso rolls. To-day , after a long period of depression , industry is reviving. The market is short. Demands upon the manufactur ers in many lines are heavier than their capacity. The market is rising. The labor market is also advancing and labor demands a share in the increased profits of capital. There is only one dangor-wliioh is now menacing combined labor , That danger is over-confidence and a rash and need less display of ils power. Moderation will win. Wages are being voluntarily advanced in all tno manufacturing cen ters of Iho oast. The arbitration com mittee of tlio Knights of Labor have already settled more than a hundred dis putes between employers and workingmen - men wilhout the loss of a day's work to the mechanics involved. Every such victory helps organized labor. It draws to the support an unorganized pub lic. It shows the power of com bined labor in tlio strongest possible light. Strikes and lookouts are forms of social warfare and war is always a seri ous business nnd a costly busjiie ; It means loss of jT6p"or1y ) ahjl ICis ? of time. It inflicts injurupoh "every community from which the warriors are taken , A victory won by war is an expensive one if the same terms could have been secured by diplomacy , Moderation is a trump card in any controversy. It will bo the winning card in Iho present labor trou bles if played by men of cool heads and clear judgments. QUKKK VIOTOKIA Insists on reading and correcting personally the proof slips of tlio Court Circular , Vicky has ovi- denlly had some trying experiences in times past with the enterprising proof reader. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tin : mairhtgo of Miss Marguerite Faust , of St. Louis , is announced. The Rev. Mophistopholcs did not tie the knot. spirit bill has boon reject ed , and his spirits have been dejected. . SICUF.TAHV : L.VMAII has' submitted to congress a list ot about 4,500 Indian dep redation claims , . , calling for about $15,000,000. , Nebraska , of course , is rep resented in that budget with numerous ancient claims , or else Hon. Pat O. Ilawcs has missed his reckoning. MIXED milNKS. A barroom fight a ram punch. As n general rule a drunken man can't sco straight , but there Is pno' ' exception ho can alwnysscohlskystraiglit. . "His said Hint hnltnplht of whisky will kill a dog. " Some ot that sold In this locali ty would have no dlfllculijr In getting awny with two doss. i Alcohol freely used will effectually clean out the Inside of nil Inks-land. It will also clean out the Inside of a pocket book just a little more thoroughly nnd effectually than any other known agent. "Gimme a Philadelphia old maid , " labori ously sliding n quniter over the bar. And Iho experienced drlnk-mkcr , wilhout an In stant's hesitation , pushed out a boltlo of sour mash , Frederick /Simmer , of IJcdford county , Pa. , cut down a hollow tree , the other day , In which ho found twenty-five snakes.It is bellovcrtthata temr.emiico lecturer had con cealed n boltlo lu Ihe tree and Iho cork accl- dcnlally worked out. liaion Holiiscliild has become n total ab stainer. Mrs. Lanclry now holds deeds nnd moil- gnges on New York leal cstaleto the value of 51.10,000. Joel Chandler Harris ( Uncle Ilcmus ) will soon niniry Miss Caroline Muggs , a wealthy young lady of Xoith Carolina , who Is also n nlcco of Cicn. Stoncunll Jackson. The Prussian goveinmciit has ordered the Polish poet Kias/ewskl to icturn to prison on May 1. This is a scheme to prevent him from publishing poems on Spring. Liitljo , the chief espadn or bull-flghtcr of Madiltl , claims to have killed an bulls with out being Injured. If he should attempt to buck. Tbilisi the Wall sheet bulls ho might bo skinned alive. Count ShuvalolT , who has been In mioflleinl disgrace at the Kiisslnn court over since the Husso-Ttnkish war , i ? likely to bo restoicd to favor. Shovcloll' Is always In favor hero af ter a. suow-sloun. Pilncess Anna Mural , now duchess ot Mouclir , grand-daughter of a stable-boy who became n soldier , marshal of franco nnd king of Naples , is by bh than Ameilcan , born at llordcntown , N. . ! . , In 1S-I1. She sllll 10- innlns one of Iho handsomest women In Fiance. _ Attitude of Coiiirross Toward. Dakota. S ( . Louts J'ost-DNjiafch. Congress is ticnllng Dakota like a rlpo watermelon , and Is thumpius her beloro dividing her. viding _ _ Known lu Chicago. . t. Evangelist Small has discovered that whenever over ho talks nboub Jn'clc Pott the Chicago people arc on to him. 4Ho ' ' is a well-known character. _ t Matter of Scir-nofciisc. Clitca/in Kill's. The Kcv. Joseph Co ksays : "If I had n dog which smoked I would shoot him. " So would any man. The1 rdscfd would as like as not sneak in and stcnf all the cigars. Luxury Making Bliormau Tender. Atlanta Ci/n'ttfutton. / Under the criticism of a" few newspapers ( Ion. Shcnnnn files all to pieces. Gen. Grant was simllaily annoyed1 , ma iy times during his life , but he displayed lip signs of Irilta- tioii , _ , Bismarck's itlicunmtism. CMcauo A'eics. ' Bismarck's rheumatism Is becoming worse and woisc. Well , wo told him when he was wading around in the seas looking for islands that ho was likely to get his Icet wet and catch cold. _ The Ticket for 18H8. Stnux City Journal. Frank Ilntton wants Uoscoo Colliding for thn republican candidate for president in 1888. And now somebody proposes to ( nil up the ticket \YithFrajilj ; Uatbjitorvlc5 : iucsi- ' --.t. Literature in the South. Atlanta Constitution , It is worthy of note that the most success ful magazine In the south is simply an annex to a plow factory. When one of our big patent medicine establishments takes a no tion to enter the field lu the Interest of polite litciaturc It will sweep the country. Its Foot So Lifted. St. Louis Glabc-Dcniocrat. The Boston Herald observes that "Presi dent Cleveland has the democratic party at his back. " To bo sure ho has , and Its foot Is lifted to urge upon him its opinion of his betrayal of the trust reposed In him concern ing the distribution of the offices. It Goes to Show. St..OH fa Olfilic-Dcmocral , At Mr. Gladstone's icqucst , the nomination of his son-in-law to a vnluab'o crown lector- ship has been wlthdiawu. This goes lo show that It is bettor In seme respects fo bo a icl- alive of n Missouri senator than to win tlio daughter of the prime minister of Great Uiltnln. Very Careless , St. null Globe. The report that n United States senator was seen drunk on the streets of Washing ton tlio oilier evening shows Iho necessity of reform In the executive session business. It was very careless on the part of the man nt the door to lot the old gentleman get away fiom the crowd. Ycntorituy. Texas Stfttngi. What makes the king unhappy' , ' His nueen Is vouug and tnir , Ills children climb around him , With waving jell w hair. Ills icalm Is broad and , peaceful , Ho tears no loicltfi fop ; And health to his veins ronics leaping In all the winds flint Ulow. What makes the king , unhappy ? Alas ! a little thliiLv , A or i lefts and armies' biing. And yesterday ho had it , With yesterday It > vent , And yestoiday It perished , With all Uioklng' , coutont. For this ho sits lamenting , And sighs , "Alack I alack ! I'd glvo one-half inyfclnKdoin , Could yestciday come back I , ' Cnltlo in u &torm. Cattle will drift for long distances before - fore n storm , but as soon as a fence is reached their instinct can avail them no further and they wander up mid down the fence , receiving the full force of the wind and driving snow , until finally , if the storm continues , many of them succumb , Hundreds of frozen cattle have lately been discovered in the Arkansas valley , on the ice of the river , and are frequently found still standing in lifo-liko attitudes. Such Fun 1'ruotUiiiK Music. "Then von study miisio this year , dp you ? " inquired a youug lady of her friend , "How do 3-011 enjoy iii" "Oh , it is delightful. I have such fun practising. 1 nearly drive Aunt Jane cruzy. Mother goes off neighboring and I have the house al ) to myself. Come down and hv.ir me practice some day. " STATE AND TKKIUTOUY. NcbrAaknJottltiRs , The population of Logan county has doubled In tlio last si * months. The first term of court will bo hold Ihcro in Juno. -Yhisworth people are chipping in to slart a croaniory thoro. The product of 277 cows has been pledged for the estab lishment. The citizens of Niobrnra and contig uous towns are talking strongly of offer ing llm Milwaukee road casn induce ments to build lulo lhat region. The gold find in Duller county has dis appeared , yet millions remain on the sur face awaliing only seed and inusclo lo pan out hugely. The O'Neill Frontier Issued last week a mammoth immigration ( Million setting forth llm ferlilo wcallh of llm Kluhorn and Niobrara valleys and O'Neill's growlh and greatness. Kiglit hundred loams and men to handle them are said to bo camped on the line of tlio Grand Island & Wyoming Cen tral , awaiting Iho departure oi Jack Frost to begin active operations. Lawyer Ilnrtigan of Plnltsmoiilh is out with a premium of $10 lo the hand somest pair of yearling twins in the county , to bo exhibited nt tlio county fair. Sex nor color no bar lo competition , The Plaltsmouth Herald has been en larged lo eight pages and looks neal and nobby in a spring suit. Deacon Hush- nell continues manager and chief com- pounder of secular Christianity in ils columns. tTliu Johnson County Journal last week dished up the history of the county , its populnlion , soil and cereal wcallh , and other strong facts intended especially for seekers after homes. The Journal Is a typographical daisy , and one of tlio bristliest nnd strongest weeklies in tlio southern section. (5ov. ( Dawes has received from Gov. Thompson of South Carolina a daguer- rolypo picture of (5ov. ( Hurt , Nebraska's first territorial governor. It Is the in- lention of ( Jov. Dawcs to obtain the pictures of all the governors and have them enlarged and framed and hung on the walls ot the executive ollice. During the month of February. 1835 , there wore forwaided from Ponca O',20 ) ( ! pounds of freightand tlio earnings on tlio same amounted to $013 5 ! ) . February , 1880 , shows r.SS , ' ! ! ) , ' ) pounds forwarded , earnings $ lir ) > O.GU , and increase iu ship ments of ISo/JUj pounds , and in earn ings of $7KUO. A Fairlleld carpenter named Snydov is said to bo as mad as a "Jlarch hare , " actually craxed , on account of the "mitten" given him by a budding country lass on whom ho wasted tlio quintessence of affection. He tried to shufllo oil' the cells of banished hope from round his heart with Paris green and a shotgun , but failed. He will bo sent to the asylum if the doctors do not finish him. Tlio model ranch of the stale is one run by W. S , Patterson , near Aurora. Mr. Patterson has some 700 acres , watered by Iho Blue river , andthoroughlvcultivated. He has it stocked with shorthorn cattle of the chojcesl strains , the breeding herd consisting of forty cows of tlio Luans of Artcs families , and a bull of tlio Dates register. ' In addition to these Mr. Pat terson is feeding 400 steers and 450 sheep. Kushvillo justice is mild-eyed and mer ciful. A Gordon barber struck town last week and proceeded at once to spread vcrmjlipn stripes over the locality. DC- fore finishing the contract ho ran against a citi/.on mimed Preston and promptly knocked him out with a revolver. The obstreperous barber was finally soranoi into tlio cooler , but was released with a moderate shampoo for "disorderly con duct. " Tom Morton , tlio newlv appointed postmaster at Nebraska City , sends greetings to his friends in a treble leaded leader in the News , in which ho claims that his thirty years' battle lor democracy has been "acknowledged very hand somely and satisfactorily by tlio signa tures of 700 or 800 voters at homo , and by the autograph of President Cleveland at Washington. " Mr. Morton "returns regrets to those gentlemen who with pens and voices , and likewise in alleged Eng lish editorials , have waged upon him quite vigorous and vindictive warfare , " A mtrty bj thn ? .r.o ot Drooks , who VTTns a notel in Atkinson , slandered ono of his boarders , Mrs. Dutclicr , occupying rooms there with her husband and chil dren. The lady naturally rebelled against such treatment. It was enough for an ordinary mortal to put up with the hash doled out three times a day and piu send-annually , without digesting largo slices of vonomed tongue at the same timo. She invited Mr. Isrooks jnto court to prove his assertions , and failing to dose so tlio jury awarded Mrs. Duteher dam ages to the amount of $3,000. Town Items. Doono's charity ball netted $109. O'Drion county boasts of a man named Sheol. The municipal expenses of Waterloo for tlio .year just past were $11,078.7-1. Of 0,000 legal voters in Dubuqno , only 200 voted at tlio annual school election. Over 200,000 bushels of oats are stored nt Dubiique awaiting bhipmcnt on the opening of navigation. The Dohomian oat swindler victimized the farmers of Pleasant township , Lucas county , to the extent of $2,000. Marcollus McNcill , of Monoim county , killed a bald caglo last Monday which pleasured seven tect between the tips of its wings. U. Parker , of | Hnniboldt , has invented and patented a system of phonography for tlio typo writer , by moans of whMi a fairly rapid operator of the caligraph can write about 200 per cent faster than with a pen. The sensation nt Keokuk is n horse whipping case. Mr Clinvillion went to the theater with Miss Ogior , and Mr * . Chovillion waited nl the door for them , and with a horsewhip castigated her hu.s- band. Separation luia followed. Woodbury county gets $2,181.21 as its sliaro of tno interest on the permanent school fund , according to the recent ap portionment. The neighboring counties receive tlio following amounts ) Plym outh , ? l,011.87i Monoim , $1,51)0.211 ) ; Slouv , S1,8'J3.40 ' ; Os-eeola , $1,708.71 ; Chorokco , $1.018.14. The Methodists of Avoca are all torn up over the progressive ouehro craxn , and although the church is divided on the filfe the ? nti.carU ofemoyl % unking things howl , and on j oi " > ! . luauiag JUSm- bora has boon expelled ffil1 the lee arduous - - " " and " " ous pui-o-nlt of "greens" "golds , Cedar county has a lawsuit which seems to bo fatal to lawyers. The suit originally arose on a disputed account of ijo , mil which now involve/I costs to the amount of fclOO. A lawyer by the naino of Coats brought the suit and died : it was defended by Lawyer Ingham , who died ; Coats was hucceedcd ny Lawyer Yates , who died , and now Lawyer Cloud takes Ingham'H place. Dakota. The now court house at llighmoro will cost ? 4U7'5. ' liaphl City voted recently to invest $15,000 in a jail , A man nnd his wife and cloven chil dren recently nettled in the vicinity of Hedliold. They have como west to grow up with tlio country. The yankton Press Fays ; "Omaha is tlio coming city of the west. Itsadvunco during the past few yours has been with out parallel in recent history. " A 'canvass of Rapid City Jasl week re sulted in raisinWOQQ , one-half tlio sum required for the proposed new hotel , f ho remainder will be put tip by outside cap- ! tulists. There is much reJoicJiiR .in the-wcst part of Kdimmds county over the an nouncement that the Milwaukee railroad is to extend its line thirty miles west of Ipswich this season. Several chiefs of the Uosobud agency have written to their brethren nt various agencies urging the.ni to refuse to negoti ate for the sale of the Sioux reservation , and to demand a survey. During the past twelve yenrs 0,000 chattel mortgages have boon tiled in the ollico of the register of deeds of Yankton county , It is estimated the mortgages represented loans aggregating $330,000. The theory that the Indians are decreasing - creasing in numbers is not sustained by information from Silling Hull's people. During Iho month of February among those enrolled at Standing Hock there were seventeen deaths and twenty-one births. The Dlnck Hllh region prides Itself specially upon Its line ellmnto. An ob server near Hapul City reports in the past three months bill live or six stormy days , ami slxly days of bright .sunshine all day. Not over eighteen Inches of snow has fallen in all. DISOIUMIXATKXV , O. R AdniuV "Uusc In Point" Keeping - ing ttie Country 1'oor nnd Kti- rlchiiiK tlio City. To Iho Kdllor : A great Into and cry is being made just now about railroad dis crimination against Iho dressed beef tralllc. Phil Armour's corns are being trodden. It is money versus money tills time , and 1 am glad ( lie fur is likely to fly. Dut tiic aspects ef this question are now discussed with great interest , winch 1 have pointed out a hundred limes on the stump and in the papers , viz. : Thai the power of fixing discriminating rates gives tlio railroad corporation full con trol of any business in the country which they wish to interfere with If they do nol , Ihrotigli its exercise control the trade in dry goods , hardware , groceries , eln. , etc. , it is simply because under ex isting circumstances they tlo not deem it then1 interest lo do so. If , ns Don Plait says , in a recent article in tlio Chicago Current , the corporations uro "tlio gov ernment. " they can do these llungs when ever I hey sou lit. They arrogate llio right to do them , and through them to control and regulate commerce between tlio states , to stimulate or depress certain industries , to ruin or enrich certain individuals or communilios. These powers nro all embraced in the power lo fix discriminating rates ; in fact , they are embraced in tlio power to make chissilieations and fix rates at all and so long as human nature remains what it is , the great power will bo sclhshly used- will 1)0 used to oppress and destroy whenever - over it suits the convenience of the in dividuals who wield it. Charles Francis Adams gave what ho called "a case in point , " when hemet met the Cullom committee at Omaha last summer. He .said thai in tlio ease of a mining camp where thn ere produced was of so low a grade that it could not bo worked and transported in competition with ordinary ores and pay the usual rates , nis company was in the habit of maintaining that camp by giving lower rates on its ore for tlio sake of the business it gained in hauling miners' supplies. In this case this com pany exercise the power of interfer ing with the whole business of mining , of depressing tlio price of ores and the price of labor throughout tlio whole re gion tributary to it , simply for tlio prolit it derives on supplies hauled to low grade camps. This is a great question. It involves the right of railroad corporations , who claim to bo "the vanguard of civiliza tion , " to retard civilization by keeping farming districts poor , while they build up nmf enrich munuf.ictui ing centres. It involves the power to keep great sections of tlio country , producing u few staple raw products for export which barely pay cost of production , and keeping other great sections far remote engaged in manufacturing supplies for the farmers , so that the railroads may fetch and carry on the long Ijaul bgtwcoji tljjjui , It - . Volvo * Ur ; , hauilunl exorcise by private individuals of imperial powers ; and through the exercise of tlio.so powers the corporations are coming to bo "the gov ernment , " as Don Piatt justly says. I welcome the dressed beef controver sy , or any othu-r tiling which will tend to arouse the people to the danger which is threatening free institutions in this coun try. J. Duuitows. How to Oreaiilzo an Alliance. 1. Call a meeting of the farmers of your neighborhood. 2. Organize by electing a president , vice president , secretary and , if neces- nary , a treasurer. Then select a name for your alliance. 8. Write the state secretary for a char ter , giving the names of charter mem bers -not less tlian seven names also , the name you have selected for your alli ance , name and address of your secre tary , etc. The last meeting of the slate alliance abolished all dues from subordinate alli ances , making contributions for state ex penses voluntary. Yon can appoint a committee to draft constitution and by-laws for your allianco.not conflicting with the constitu tion of the slalo alliance. Any other information you might wish , write the secretary , 11. G , Darling , Ken- esaw , Neb. CATARRH Complete Treatmenti with Inhaler for Every Form of Catarrh , 81 , Ask for SAN- FORD'S ' RADICAL CURE. Head Gelds , Wnlory DbcluiiKUH fiom the Nose nnd lyodllnuliii ! { ; [ Nolsna lu the Huiul , I Ncivous Kouiliiuhuiuiil I I'tivor Instantly 10- i lluvod. ClipUlnir mucus rlls- Indtfod , moiulirmie cluiuibcd and hunknl , bioulli EW no to n nil , smell , tustu , and hour- Iu ro9torcdmid ravages cliuukud. OoiiKli , llionchltlR. Dropping Into tliu Tliront , I'nllj ? ip Uio. Cliiut. Uy&ucusiu , > Yintu of moiwtli mm HUMII , Loss ot Hluop. cot. , ouiuu. Oiiounttlu Kadlvul Ouro. onu box Cutiinli Kolvuntnnd ono Dr. Kaiitonl'a Inlmlcr , In nno piicdiKU , of nil dnifwUts , fl. A fir leuBAN. . IOIID'H lUiilOU , Cum : , a tmro dlstlllHllon of Wlluh lliuol , Aiu. 1'lno , Oil. Mr , Murlnolil Clover Hlojsouia , etc. Potter Drug and Chemical Comoany , Boston , K1DNKV PAINS" uiultlmt wonrjr eonsutlon uvttr projcnt with llioiu of pnlnliil Kldnuyi , Monk liaclw , ovoi- wniltud or worn out liy btunillnv , wnHdiw , or the f owing niiL-liliiL'ciiHid : . _ i\iy \ IjfllUIIIA ANTI'l'AIN 1'I.ASrKII , U now , urltrlnnl , t'lPKunt , anil spooily niitlilolo lo > nln nnd liiiliiinnititloii. At ilmiwsts , y > u ; ttvo ! or fl.no. Mnilod lioo , I'OTIIH ltuo ) ; AND Ciir.MirAi.iCo. , Iiostoii , WKST DAVEXrOHT Furniture Co , Mnnufncturtrs ot ) Bank , Office and Saloon Fixlufes Jllrrors , DAr.ScTceiisiunl Hottil Furiii- ttifu. 218 S. Utli Strpot , Oniiilia , Wrlto for dcllfiif RDd rhsti STRICTLY PURE. rr COZVTAJKS NO ontj.it iw AST FOIUI IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. PRICE 25 GENTS , 50 'CENTS. AND $1 PER BOTTLE OKCEN I BOTTLES , w .Pin "P for the n nJromtnodtuiou of. nil \\lio doslro ft goo nnd low priced Cough , Gold and GroupRemedy Tiion : iiMiniNU A nr.Mr.tir roil CONSUMPTION LUNG DISEASE. Should secure tholnrtro ft l miei. DUootloil nccompmiylnv oucli bottlo. Bold by all Modiclno DonlorB. TO EUROPE IS A TIUFI.K OVKU csrsix nv TIM : oi.n CUNARD LINE. ttptlnff ixnd Roinmfr fix'1 w nt follonji PnstBitunlnr MI > ITI mill arr , i from NovvYork. UMnillA nvlli April U May * . JunoMiilr * AUIUMA. tulln A | > ill IT , May ft , Juno II , July W BLUYJA. ' " . " " ' , " ' .r ll llay I.Vny ts.'junr , t ] July II Fail Wcdn fdi\y eipiri" H'trlco from Boston. OurilON. . . > nll Airll | IIM y 19. Juno Id , July II SornilA .ill . Aiitll tnM y iluni JJiilytl ( IAI.I.M nll JUvRJuncS.lHrioIOJulyS1 ! 1IU111MA fMI M ) llJiine .July7Ausu t SPECIAL NOTICE. Boston bplnp 1 0 inll ( > iip rfr Lttrrpoat , than Now Yorl. , the Oifgvn < 9 nrprcfrtf to make the j > u * > < itfc In ten thnn ilr efni ; . Tlic nlio o ilcot l Ihp tarfjffliinlrnf nnn nosf imtpiifrlr'iif nllimt. innny of tlntnhl | heliiROTcr6'lOfct lonilt.trvrtnlilo,7JMOtanii iiil 11.000lion-clxiwcr. Tlill line M the ulttcst In ( 'Mutr-ncd nntl IIAH never lOBt Q PaBOOnRor. Unhln , Btrtrnce or IrurnntillMo P H * p i unli.ifud nn law I\A tiy nliy llr t rUn pnsnonpcp line. 1'nr further Information pnonrncvnK I" mo t of the ' town < nml illli'J tMonpliont Iho voiintrv , or ' . \VIUT1NO ( , Mnnn r of Wotttrin I > rmrlmcnl | , HI tnnilolpliSliiTt.dlniUT Shcnnnn llnutoChicagoIIL ) Arnl ( wuntrUvlicio \ro nr not rcpnsontcd. Or ttiu J.liiuor lliihlt , 1'oslllielj Cured Ity AdniliilNtorliiK Dr. IIiiluc * ' Golden Siieclllc. It cnn bo Riven In cup of colToo or ten \\ltliout the knnwloilKuof tlio person taking It.lnnhsolulely linrmluHi , unJ will effect a | irrnmneiit nml npeody Cure , whether tlio patient Is n moderate drinker erin in alcoholic wrect. H Imi been Riven In tliou- .iv.idsof cn es , nml In every Instancenpcitect euro linsfolloneil. It nrjTor InIK The nyMcra ouco Impregnated ultli ( lie. Spoclllc , It becomes AM ultet luipoulblllty for the liquor uppellla Lo exist. FOtlSALi : BY FOMXYIN(1 nilUaOI9T3 : KUIIN iV CO. , Cor. I5th nnd Danclns. nnd IStli < V Cumlnir HIM. , Oinntin , Nob.t A. i ) . FOSTiiu & imo. . Council ninffii , Iowa. Collorwrltn for pamphlet rnntntiilnR lunrtrrdi : c.f MMImoniatsIromtlHbct ! women and men from lilpartsol tlieeouutrw. _ . , . . 617 St. tiinrIcsSt.N : < . Louts , Jlo. A Trsclnrgradual * of ttro MtdlcalColleers , Lai t > eeo lonfor tt.ri.gtdlulht . in-'tltrutnint ' of CIIHU.IC , Iltorol' , 8 m Dd HLOUD DKIIMJ * han nr oher rbjilrlan InSt. Lo&l * , neltr riBprrjahoir o 5. llolJr * lletiu ! koaw. Nertotis Projtralton , Debility. Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other AUtc- items of Throat , Skin or Bones , Ulood Poisoning , Old Sores nnd Ulcers , arc treotM llh UDp rill le < J lucceii , e&Uloiliiel < ollUo t > rlaelpl . Sifoly. rrlrattl/ . Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , Tjllch ; roJne roau of lti following1 ctlccU : runouineii , dcMllly , dliuneu of illbl anddcfectlTiaiimory , filBplei on tlio face , phrilcildiiir , aTcrilonlolbo otlcly of feioalrt , coufuilos of ld ti , etc. , rendering Iarrl ? u Improper or unuappy , PfrmiDcQtly cured. laUl > hl LiB | c < * ) on Ihe aboTe , ftat lu inlcd co-rlope , froolonnj drfi. Cocitluljgn Uef * Cciorby mall frtclavlljl.Bd.StlUl' ! ' ' " "al. , li" ; : ' .ucn uuaranlcViireo lE.r.ryei. UtJIcloe lentarerynhflrtbjmaUoMiprtll. AGE CUBDE , S60 PA' > r.S , PINE I'LATEB , chs nt cloth end fill tlDilrp , loaled forftOo. lo p-nureor jjtrenoy. Orcr finr wonderful panplstcrti , truotc life } arlialciouthe fttl l i Oi FSUd H * srw ua to ou Efcona KH RThosn VITALITY la falling- . Drain I KAIN1-,1 > and ' i'XIIAUhTKH or I'owor I'JtI.'si A'l "Y'ViWA8T' i S h ? f& , A.toptoil hyull French I'liyilclaui and liclnpr ! > l < lly arm ucroftrnlfr Introducfd uoic. AllwcnVenlnBlo iw na drain promptly olieoko.1. TIIKA'l'IiJK Klvlmi nowa- pippranJinrdlrjtlonJorcernonta.Ao .FI1I.K. Oniulta. lie , n ( ollico or l > y umllYllli rlx finliant doctors KIIKI- niVIALE A'JENCV. No. 174 Fulton Street New York. J.lkN -'JlllllMTV " yi'l'MiI.B * llflAT. Allfi.sperltica. Ilitnarkana and quick cum. TrUlpiek- U 0 U od tftainp forttaltdrarlleular , . Jtdtl.rif , Dr. WAKD & CO. . LOUISIANA , MU. SENT C. O. D. OM : OK MOHI : \VIMII.r.s.M.i : mice. I I'AV nil ciprr-K rlmryo to nil points vltliln 300 mllei. l.ooi'carrluirt to ntlict fimn hrml two ceuv itaup forIllunralu'l ' rulnlo uc. Me ntlon tliliUIKT. | | L. G , SPENCER'S ' TOY FACTORY , 221 W. MADISON ST. , CHICAGO. A FINE LINK OH Pianos and -AT- WOGDBBIDGE BROS' ffSUSIC HOUSE OMAHA NRHKASICA. Do you want n pure , bloom ing Complexion. Jf KO , u few nimlicntlons oi' Kagan's MAGNOLIA IJALM will grnt- Ify you lo your heart's con tent . It docs nivay iviih Sal- lomioss , Ilcduoss , Pimples. IHolchc.s , and nil disciinos unu InijtorrcelionH of ( ho Klein. II OYorcomcstho llii.slictl ajijionr- nnco of heat , fatigue nnd ov- cltcmont. It makes a lady o TJIIUTVappear but T.VJfex- TY ; mill so natural , tjradiiai , and porfuct are it ll'tctft1 , that ft is iinpnsiiblo to delect Ils ni.pllcutlou. \