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V THE OMAHA UA1JUX FC43 : THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18 , 1SSO. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Tntris or stmscntrrtov : Dfdlr ( Moml.it ? Edition ) Including Snn-ltif DEB. Ono Ycnr . $10 ( X ForSlxMontln . . . . . . 6 IK For Tlirco Months . ZK Xbo Onmha HmiJiiy Dec , innllcxl to nnjr nclJrosg , Ono Year. . . . "V OWATTA orrirr. No. mi AMI 91(1 ( FAnvAM firmer Nr vnnic Ofrtrie. Hoo\i r't. Titini'-xe limnon WAStmurox orriCENu Connr.srn ; nr"ccx ! All cornmunlaitions relating to no-rg nml oil totlnl mutter s'lould bo addrcsicJ to tbo Etn sron or TUB lien. nu i sE6s T.r.TTF.nsi All titHncM letters unit rpinlttnnoos should lx nddreftWd to TllK llBfi I'L'lll.lSIIIMd COMI'ANV OMAII i , Drafts , checks anil po tollto ! onlor lobe tnailopnjftblo tot ho onlfr of thu company WE DEE POBiisHisTSpw , PROPRIETORS , E. ROSEWATKU , Enrron. THE DAUiY I1I3E. Sworn Stntctucnt of Circulation. fitntoat Nebraska , I. County of Douglas. ) Sp a' Gco. H. Tzschuck , Bcrretary of The Kci rubllsliIiiR company , docs solcinnlv s that the actual circulation of tlm Dally Bn for the week ending Nov. IStli , 1SSG , was ni Jollows : Saturday , Nov. 0 . 1JKV ! Biimlnv. Nov. 7 . 1H.W ( Monday , Nov. K , . l.'l.or. Tiieselav. " . l'J.W ' Wexlnesxlar , 10 . m.wx Thursday. 11 . l'Jsrx Friday , la . i'jtty Avcrauc . 13.0JE . , CiEO. B. T/8CIIUCK. hubscrlbcd and sworn to In my prcseuci this 15th day of November , A. D. im [ SEAL ] Noinryl'tibilc. Geo. U. 'IVsclmck , belne first duly sworn ciepoM-sandsa s thatho Is secretary of tin IJeo 1'ubllphlnc company , that the actual av craco dally circulation of the Dully Bee foi the month oC January , 1880 , was 10.o78 poplcs lor February. IbhO , 10,5'r copies ; for Match J88C , n JOT copies ; for April , 18-fl ! , 12,19 : copies : for May. iSRfl. 12,4.'K ) copies : for June 1885 , 13,203 copic" ; for July. IBbO , 1 ! ! , 14 copies lorAtiuMist , ISSo , 12,4tHcoplcsfor ; September IBHfi , 13.0JO copies ; for October , lb J , 12,93 ! copies. GKO. 13. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and swom to before mo this 811 dayol ; November , A.D. , Ibbf. . . N. I' . KKIT. , fSKALI Notary I'ubllc. _ WITH the London stock market sttonf nnd advancing , there need bo IK fears of immediate dancer to tlie pence of Europe. Lombard struct is the bar omclor of the political weather on tin continent. THE farmer who provides wnrm shod ; nnd sullieicnt feed to his stock is the mir : who complains least of the poor markets 1'oor stock assists in making the tmirkou weak and declining. The demand foi prime cattle and hogs is always good. Lir.UTENANT SciiKimn wants to starl nnother expedition in search of thoNortli Pole. If Mr. Schcutzo would organi/o a party to hunt up the Nebraska railroad commission he would liiul the quest quite ns exciting and less clangorous. AT a recent operatic performance in Now York the audience was said to coir lain citizens worth $71)0,000,000. ) The performers on the stage wore reported by local critics not to be worth two cents. Municipal contrasts arc growing inlorcstinw Tni' prevailing storm in the Missouri Talloy is the most .severe November bliz zard on recoid in the last twenty years , While the temperature has been scarcely low enough for an old-fashioned Ne braska blizzard , it has all the other fea tures of that article. The oldest inhabi tant and the newest weather piophot have something now to swap lies upon. Tur.HK is a wrong impression abroad in some quarters that the no.\t legislature will consider the vote polled at the losl election in making the now apportion mcnt of the legislative and now judicial districts. Our constitution lixcs as the basis of apportionment the population as returned by federal or state census The state census of 1885 will govern the redietrictmg of the state. That , of course , willstillloavc the northwestern portion of the state , which has received the heaviest - est immigration since that census was taken , largely disfranchised. For the same reason the central and southwestern pait of the state will also suffer. For five years to come they will have to remain satisfied with only a share of what they are entitled to in the way of Icgisla- live representation. Unt when the con- BUS of 189 ! ) is taken what a revelation we may look for all around. JKKKBUSON square has again been brought before thocour-cil. This time il is not the market house project of Web liter Snyder , or the scheme of Dr. Milloi to donate the squarn as a depot ground to the Missouri Pacillc , but an out anil out proposition for its sato to private speculators. What they propose to do with the square is not stated. They mas divide it into lots , cover it with blocks ol residences or business houses , they maj locate a grand rink or they may lease It for show purposes. In any event the council hits no business to dispose of the properly. AVirh the exception of the high school grounds it is the only spot in the city that all'oids oven the semblance of n park. What the city should do is to make tlio park more attractive , Jofl'erscm square should have a fountain nnd well-kept walks and lawns. Hoautiful Bhrubberyshould bo plantcdand the square should be to Onmha what Union and Madison squares are to Now York. Jl nny syndicate desires to purchase land in the neighborhood of the squareit can have it at the market price. Wi rn cold and snow coma Increased demands for charity from our people. Omaha is prospoiing. Hundreds of her citizens are climbing the ladder of for * tune to wealth. But the poor are also in creasing in number with the increase in the city's population , and the setting in ol winter finds many poverty-stricken men and women in want of food and clothing and fuel. Winter brings other duties than thosn of heaping up our own coal bins nnd providing against want iu our own household * . There is no disgrace in honest poverty. Hut iudiflbreneo to the suft"i > rin 3 of the poor and sick uiul imfottunato which competence can re move or alleviate is shameful aud disgraceful , because hard hearted ami foreign to good citizenship. Omaha hus a number of organised chari ties which arc quietly doing much good in this community without any blow of trumpets and self-sought newspaper notoriety. It is clue to the good name of our people to give the o agencies for the relief of misery : i handsome and generous uunort. The Time to Study Up. The six weeks which will elapse before the opening of the session should afTonl members elect to the legislature a valu able opportunity for studying np the need * of their constituents and learn inptheir wishes in matters of projected legislation , So far as the senatorial issue is concerned , that wasmado up long ago No member of the coming legislature i ; probably in doubt how he should vote ir the joint session if ho proposes to ncl fairly and honestly and in accordance with his own pledges or the instruction ! of his constituency. The light is to bo one of Van Wycli against the field and most of the Icgisla live recruits enlisted under one b.uiuci or another when they made tlieir canvuss Of course , there may bo desertions , The railroad managers confidently prcdlc that there will bo several. Wo shall see what wo shall see. But there are mauj problems of general legislation whiol : will come up for solution upon which tin newly elected members cannot Inforn themselves too thoroughly The bogm railroad commission still exists and oughi to go. llcjertcd by the popular vote , il was forced upon the stale by the railroae attorneys in defiance of the expressed will of our citizens. Useless , expensive and n laughing slock to all who know iti composition and workings , It should be wipedotit of existence by the next Icgls lature. , Ilovcuo reform is another question ovoi which there is likely to bo more or loss discussion. The problem of ciiualuiuu taxation is a difllcttlt one and should b < carefully considered by every legislatoi in the light of the in to rests of the stall and the producing classes. Our prcscn revenue Jaw is inadequate in many re spects. Its defects as brougiit out in iti operation should bo remedied. And ther there is thu perplexing question of judi cial and legislative rcdistricting , ovci whoso solution there are always sc many heartburnings mid jealousies With a map of Nebraska and Superintendent intendont Lane's lost census rcporl in his hand every legislator should give some time to the prayerful consideration of the problem. It will bear study. The questions of the submission of a prohibi tory amendment , of a constitutional con vcntion , of changes iu the classification ol municipalities and amendments of citv charters will also have to bo considered , Every lawyer will have a new panacen for defective statutes. The doctors arc also yearning for legislation. The amount of prospective work is enougli to appall the stoutest legislative heart , The members-elect should post them selves by careful study of the situation as it is likely to be. Punishing thn Ponccrfl. The first conviction with penalties im posed for illegal fencing of the public do main in JNcbraska occurred lasl week in the federal court ol Omaha when two employes of a Chey enne county cattle company plead guiltj and were fined $10 and costs , the penalty iu each instance amounting lo something more than a hundred dollars. Since the raid of the interior elepartment upon Ihe fencers , a largo majorily of Ihe caltle companies have complied with the law and removed Ihcir enclosures. Scveial still remain in our state and the laud of- fieohas notified its agents in this districl to institute promptly anil push suits against all otlondcrs. This is as it should be. There was perhaps good excuse for fencing the ranges during the years when the ranchman was the only pioneer and Iho settler had not yet begun to lay claim to the public domain. The government injured no interest by wink- inn at what was a violation of the law , and as no ones rights wore assailed there was no complaint of the practice. The cattlemen crossed the boundary of wisdom when their fences , built to en close cattle , wore maintained to exclude settlers , the moment lltat the issue w.is made as to whether the fences or the homesteaders must go , there was no doubt about the result. The government stepped in promptly and demanded the removal of the fences. Under our Nebraska law owners ol cattle are made responsible for the damage done by tlieir herds to the property and crops of set tlers. This is called the "herd law. " 15ut under a provision of the statutes the "herd law" can bo set aside in any county by a vote of its citizenship , and individual property owners can bo com pelled to maintain fences to protect their farms. The object of this provision waste to make ranching possible in far western counties where agricultural laud was supposed to be scarce nnd grazing was looked upon as the only lucrative indus try. It was beslioved that most of Iho settlers would bo small stock raisers who for Iho sauo of having a free range for ihoir herds would bo willing to enforce fencing upon themselves nnd their iicighbors. If the settlers make no objection to these ranch fences and prefer to assist the cattle raising in dustry , as many of the cattlemen insist , the remedy is tit hand. Lot them take down their fences and permit thu "gran " the "herd law" gers" to suspend by voting a "fence law. " That would boa legal method for the protection of herds. Enolosinir Uuclo Sam'.s land is not and it cannot be permitted. ttio Cattle The second annual convention of the veterinary and state sanitary boards as sembled in Chicago on Monday. The convention does not icprescnt n perma nent organisation , but it is intended to create one , so that their annual meetings may bo moro fully attended , the woik nnd research peculiar to such an organ isation enlarged nud systematized , and other advantages attained which are not easily secured without permanent organ * Uutiou , Thcru are present at tlm meet ing about thirty delegates , a fair repre sentation of the boards throughout the country , The deliberations of the first day's session was devoted almost wholly to plcuro-pueumouia , and much valua ble opinion was gi\tm regarding this troublesome disease , now widely preval ent. Dr. lliudukopcr , dean of the veter inary department ot the University of Pennsylvania , said he did not agrco with his colleagues of Harvard university and the American veterinary college in say ing that it was impossible now to exter minate the lung plague from our soil any moro than it was impossible to ac complish anything demanded by the needs of the country when the fortunes and livelihood of a large number of citi zens were at stake. The present out break of plouro-piieumouiu had been predicted and called for immediate ac tion. He ealel broader legislation fet dealing with this disease was- called foi from congress , and showed that frnncc nnd Germany have much better laws concerning contagious cattle disease1 than the United States. The Lrcnch law makes It incumbent on every owner 01 party having charge of any animal affected or suspected of being nfl'uctci ! with any contagious disease to make im mediate declaration to the propoi authority. Veterinarians are required te make immediate declaration when callee ! upon to visit such animals. Au nr.inm nilectcd with any disease must bo kepi ii-olatotJ. Several minor requirements ol Iho law were given , authorising the slaughter by the official veterinarian within iwo days , of the animals , and tin quarantining of animals exposed to the plague. The sale of aninrils affected 1 ; interdicted. Indemnity to owners is pro videel for half the value of the animal be fore the disease , If affected , nnd throe quarters of thu value if the animal hai only been exposed ; the wholt value lo bo paid if the unitua died from inoculation A limit to tin sum to bo paid is fixed. No com peiifallon Is allowed to owners of animal1 imported from foreign countries killed within tinco months after their importa tion , The ( Jorman law provides vigeiroii' measures to bo adopted at the first up pearanee of the plague. Surrounding stables are to bi ) thoroughly examined , the animal first affected to be killed , an examination made , urn ! Ihe inlro Iuctloi : of now cattle into Iho stable prohibited , Dr. Gadsden , of Philadelphia , said Ihnl pleuro pneumonia IH a purely cont'igiotu disease , which novcr originated in llns country , and which cannot be communi cated except by contact with diseased animals ; second , that it is incurn'jlei third , that Iho disease can bo communi- calcd from animals thai have apparently recovered , and these arc the mostdanger- ous , as to the unprofessional eye they may show no symptoms of disease and yet be centers of contagion that spread the disease lo all animals Ihey come in contact with. Admitting these premises the question is Low to cxlciminalo thu dieeaso with economy , thoroughness and dispatch. Dr. Gadsdcn pointed out wherein the system of quarantine had proved worthless , and said that as a matter of economy lie believed the slaughter of every animal exposed lo contagion , as well us those actually af fected , would involve less expense than placing herds iu quarantine , as well as being lar safer. iMrst , the disease being incurable , animals affected with il be came valueless to their owner for pur poses of trallic , and their speedy destruc tion removed danger that menaced all other animals in the vicinity. A largo proportion of the animals exposed wo del ultimalely become ullcctcd , and if killed before they became actually diseased their ilesh coulel bo sent to market and a large shaic of the loss averted. By keep ing llicm in quarantine more would con tract the disease , become valueless for food , propagate the disease , and , Iho owner being prevented from introducing new cattle into the herd , his business would bo paraly/ed There was some uncertainty us to the time required to develop pleuro-pneumonia after contact. Cases had occurred , it was claimed , in which six months , had elapsed between the contact and the up- peaianeo of the disease. If this was true a Ihrec months' quarantine , such as was customary , was useless. Experi ments could no longer bo tolerated ; the danger was too imminent , the pre valence of the disease lee great to admit of half-way measures. Quarantine , in cases ot isolalcd herds , if maintained long enough , might answer the purpose , but under present circumstances it was almost impossible. Prompt slaughter , it was known , would eradicate the disease. Dr. Favillo , state veterinarian of Colorado rado , read n paper in the course of which he said that state quarantines were at best questionable means of doing good. It is impossible to secure safety by state laws. Government control is necessary , and the co-operation of government , state nnd local authorities is needed to insure the safety of Iho live stock inter est. Ilo regarded the presence of numer ous contagious diseases in this country as alarming. A i'aylnji Precaution. Insurance statistics throughout the coun try show that the opening of cold weather is the most disastrous to the companies carrying risks. Fires are more frequent and losses correspondingly heavier. The reason assigned is the carelessness used in starting roaring fires in chimneys and Hues which have lain idlu during the summer. With the first drop in the ther mometer , grates nnd furnaces , stoves and boilers are in octivo requisition and safety is lost sight of in the anxiety for immedi ate heat. Too much care cannot bo used in the inspection of flues and pipes before they are put into steady use for the winter. Defective Hues cuuso a largo proportion of the fires tubulated by the insurance companies. The hasty and reckless con- Btruction of our building * ) by which beams nnd rafters are too frequently inserted in chimneys is a fertile source of conlhigra- lions , while foul chimneys and disiegard of the effect of high winds upon drafts ami a roaring lire add to tiie number ot such disasters , At this season of the year Iho careful nnd wise householder will examine his insurance poll eyas well as his wood pile and coal bin and set his stoves and fines In order. Jt will bo found lo bo a paying precaution. The IltislncNS Situation , The fall in the temperature denoting Lho certain approach of winter premises : i prompt rouowal of activity in all branches of the distributing trade which for the past week has been marked by Few noticeable changes. The produce markets show no features of new inter- 3st. A fair export inquiry for wheat is reported and considerable business lias been done quietly at all Atlantic ports without sensibly affecting values. The conservatism of the foreign demand has restrained any tendency to excitement in .ho market , and the steadiness of values ji.s ; enabled shippers to fill a good many jrders that probably would have been canceled at any advance in prices. The receipts of wheat at northwestern centers nave continued largo , and this free move- nont and the large visible supply have liscouraged speculation for hfuhor > ricos , The fluctuations in the market itivo been within narrow limits , and the Jouiparison of closing prices yesterday with the rates current nt the same time n week ago shows no noteworthy change Corn has been depressed by the large stocks in store and iti Fighl The new corn is in excellent condi lion , and n movement of largo pro portions is probable during the next few weeks. The fedtirnl crop report was more favorable th.m had been oxpcctee and iiad some effect as nu element o weakness iu the market. Prices nro 1 tc 11 cents per bushel lower in New Yorl nnd Chicago , but nro n shade higher in Philadelphia , wlinro the offerings have been comparatively light. Business ii hog products has been crippled by the labor troubles in Chicago. Packers a all western points have generally declined clined to make contracts for future delivery , and upcotilativo business in al markets lias been much restricted , The disturbed condition of the trndo has caused a decline of 15 lo 20 cents pel 100 pounds in the price of hogs , ultliougl the. winter season starts out with a mucl smaller movement than at the corresponding period last year In general trade all interests report a fair activity except in wool , The woo trndo continues very dull , and territoria clips have been sh.ulcd a little 111 price Ic effect sales , bill llueccs nro very firmly held in all markets. It is between sea ons in the mauiifaetuiing trade , nnd whllo mills nro well employed on order ? new business is light , and next season's wants arc not suflleieutly defined to war rant the preparation of slocks of raw ma lerial. Another cause of hesitancy on the part of wool buyers is the failure oi the woolen poods market to advance In full sympathy with the raw staple. Man ufacturers are not pushing for now or ders at current prices , and generally ex pect to realize higher rate ? on their future sales. Tlm shortage of wool clips in all pails of the world nnd the strength of piiccs in Europe , together with the im proved condition of general business , en courage confidence among holdcis ol wool in this country , and from present indicalions thuio is piomise of highci lather than lower prices before the clip year ends. Dry goods am moving freely. Iron ami steel reports show increased orders , but n tendency toward a check in business , caused by the stiffening views of makers and sellers. A confident feeling pervades all branches of local trade. The weekly dealing house returns again show Omaha far in the front of western cilies in llui increase of clearings , with tolals far up lowards Ihe five million point , and an in crease of 75 per cent over the cot responding week of last year. A coMMirrnn of the council will take n trip to Chicago lo investigate a turntable extension ladder. The kind of extension ladder which will bo most popular in the Omaha department is one which will turn frequently enough to allow every member to climb to the position of chief. LIJUTKD expresses at present are lim- iled by Iho size of the finow drifts. XT I'MISONS. Prince Victor of Knsland Is to be tnnile duke of Canada. Piesident Ulo\clnnrt has at last decided to call his country place -'Oaky low.1' Ulsmaik's wife i emulates her liuslnml with nn iion tod. She is the only party ho Isatinld of , Senator Jnnus , of Florid , ! , hasn't touched liquor for six months. Detioit whisky is not especially good. It is rumored that James Gordon Bennett will make Henry Oeotgo his odltoi-in-chiut in the Herald office. William I ) . Smith , cotton factor ol Char leston , S. C. , is woith S'JCW,000 , and is the ncliesl man In the slate. Col. John Hay has Fettled down in his new Washington house after several weeks' hun ting iu the Sandusky marshes. President Ifoxlc , of the Missouri Pacific railway company , Is not dying nsiorcntly repoited , but Is steadily inipioylmr. Harriet Hosnier , the sculptress , has in- ested a lar o amount of cash In Keely mo tor stock. She believes Keely Is Something Rotten In Denmark. Chicago Hernld. Prince Waleleinar himself was cnthely willing to accept the Bulgarian crown , but his respected father badn him put It away , a tolerably sure indication that there is some thing rotten in Denmark , where no ciown was o\cr i of used before. Omaliaputliie Treatment AY 111 Not Do. Chicago Tribune. Sam .Tones Is at Omaha , Neb. Sam Small joins him this week. These men know the nature of the work before them. Their treatment ol slu In Its stroimholu is alua > s ot the allopathic order. Omahapalhlc titint- incnt will not sufllco for the reformation of the Ncbinska metropolis. She iVns Not n Mascot. Clilcnuo Tribune. Nebraska papers speak o one Jaied Scott , a widower in that state , who brought home a a stepmother for his nine chlliben one. linn nun nine hist week. That same moinliiK two of Ihe children hroko out with thu nicasels , n valuable cow choked to death on mi ear of coin , and the Illicit gill eloped with n shoo- maker. The next day the children drove tlui stepmother out of thu house. i\Iilonlly : Ihey did net regard their new ina Scoit as a mascot , Optimism. Klla inttcler U'llwr. I'm no rcforiaor ; foi-J see rnoio light I'lniii daikncbb in tlio world. Mine eyes are quick , To catch the fust dlin r.adlauco of the dawn Ami slow to note the .cloud lhal threatens storm. Tlm iingrnneo nnd Iwuity of the rose Delight mu so , slight thought 1rite the thorn ; ' < Anil the sweet musleof the Iiuk'.s clear sonir Stays lonKoi with mi ) tl'au ' thu nichtluwlc's cry , And o\eu In this great throe of pain , called I find a rnptuio linked'with each despair , \Veil worth the prlco'erf anguish , i detect Morogooil than evil In humanity. Love lights moro fires than hate ottln- Kiiislios , Yml bctt-'i as the world ( men grow ; grows old. | STAT10 AND TKlUUTOni' . Nebraska Jottings , Hastings yvill pay n liberal sum of iionoy for a ten-minute seance with her irubugs. Nebraska- City voters decided to give ho Missouri Fncilio a bonus of f 10,000 to juild to the city. The Sisters' ' hospital al Grand Island is icarly completed , and will bo ready for iso this winter. Sixty buildings have been erected in ho railroad addition lo lirokeu How iu ho last three months. Dakota's early drift in these parts en * elopnd dust , disoasu and decency in a wclvo inch pclinse of cr.ystulizeet purity. Gideon Layton , living fifty-four miles torth of Kearney , took a couple of doses if laudanum to cool his beer-fogged brain. It did the lob effectively jmel ox pcditlously , nnd Gideon rests on the hill side. side.A A party of hunters skirmishing fo prune in Lincoln county , brought down i g rl with n strav shot. She w as not seri ously Injured. The Union Pacific promises to romovi its stock yards from the center of Gr.uu Island and give the residents a clea Whack nt undiluted 07,0110. The voters of Hamilton county wi el , declined to invest $5,000 in n count ; "cooler , " when the clerk of the weathe furnishes an ample supply. Capitalists are perfcctlntr plans for : 15,01)0 llourlug mill at Ogallaln. Tin t"wn is growing so steadily ami siibstan tially that the residents Hip their thumb nt rivals and cheerily sing "Ogalang there. " Fremont is considering the propo ltloi of K. Grillhi , of Arlington , to operate i packing 11011 = 0 in that city nnd kill fron twenty-live to one hundred hops n day provided the citi/cns furnish the bulldiuj mid machinery. Grillln to pay n voarl ; rental equal to 10 per cent of the cost o the plant. Burl county farmers are determined t < cot out of the dutches of the clovrttoi monopoly by building grain houses o their own and ouerallug them withoit the interference of grasping middlemen A company has been formed , and $7,001 of the required $10,000 capital .stock sub scribed. Active work will begin at ai catlj day. Dick Allen's husking bee In Ciistei county last week stand * at the head as i busy and business like undertaking. / forty aero patch of corn wss tackled , ant besides Iho farmers engaged , doolors , lawyers , merchant ! ) , liverymen , politi clans ami newspaper men were roprc rented. Contrary to the old custom ol big barn , red ears , etc. , the wives , sweet hearts ami maidens fancy free , were delegated to prepare dinner , while the huskers worked up an appetite , Twelve hundred bushels of corn were cribbed apel the bee closed with a jolly elanec. A long , loan and hungry looking , muse with a snow colorcel roll of inspiratior drifted Uiiough thu portals of a bascmeiv print , shop in Plattsmouth , and settles down , with a sickly smile of joy , in i scat near the editorial chefenier. "Hist I bring thou a poem on Iho bcaulitul r stoned verse above all others"whisucrcti , the muse in a quartor-a-yarel tone. "Kb what ! and this shop a story under the town I Ton climb" and muse on the ellicacy of that , " shouted the toiling nuwsman , as he brought his arms and limbs into action. But one clean Cutt right in the neb sent the muse into the cooling oblivion of a drift. "Sacied te the memory of a cracked burr , " mark : his testing place. Colorado. Five hundred coal miners in Weld and Erie counties are out on a slrikc. The sum of $40,000 has boon subscribed for a Methodist church in Denver. The Y. M. C A. voting men of Denvci are moving for the erection of an associ ation building. The streets and alloys in Denver are reported in a filthy condition , and the golden ladder is in consequence ciowded with victims of scarlet fever and diphthe ria , two terrible foes of infancy. Rev. Mrs. Willing is doing the Sam Jones act in Denver. Her pictures of the pearly pavements of the beautiful hence , and the tan less fury of tlio eternal tropics are ns _ lucid and luminous as those of iho Georgia professor. Idaho. The CuMir d'Alcno Sun reports the Golden King mill and Duncan concen trators wonting to perfection , and having concentrators that run all the way from 'fl.'iO ' ' to ? oOO to tbo ton. The uSM ! sed value of the territory is nearly ? lif.0)0,000 ( ) , and the Indebtedness $110,715 The territory contains 15,000,000 uercsof natural agricultural land. 12,000- 000 acres that may bo reclaimed by irri gation , 0,000,000 acres of natural gra/.ing hinds , 18,101,000 acres of limber and min eral lands , and 4,000,000 acres of desert. The Cunir d'Alone comilry is strug gling bravely lo reach a credilable posi- lion as a mineral camp. Tlio thousands who rushed to the country three years ago and found a surplus of poverty and a scarcity of nuggets will bo surprised to hoar that one oftho mines near Murray recently sold for S-90,000. The mine is named the Gold Hunter and was pur chased by Si. Paul parties. It is be lieved to be one of the most valuable properties in the district , and the rivalry of capitalists to secure it forced the price up to a high notch. The Spokane Falls Journal of a late date , in an exhaustive review of the country , roaches the con clusion tiiat the distnot is destined to be "tho greatest silver-lead country in the worlel. " The ore taken out is of high [ jrado and many of the ledges are very extensive. The Hunter , the i'igor and other mines are now being worked profitably. The great ihnwbuek , however , is tlio lack of capital nnd the cost ot transportation. The town of Murray is growing steadily , and Ward- uer , a new camp , premises to load all atherd an it will bo n railroad terminus. The country will not bo thoroughly pros pected for live years. Tbo mountains are ilccp anel dangerous. Many of then ) rise up at an angle of 45 degrees , and others are so precipitous that they would make n blucknird turn palo at the pros- licet of climbing them. In some places the summits are not moro than a feuv feet wide , anil in treading iho dangerous patlw ilongthoir tops the prospector can sees on either side an almosl uninterrupted dcs- icenl of Jt.OOO or 4,000 fed. To a great ox- .cut the mineral-bearing ranges are cov ered with Jooso shale , which conceals iho outcrop , and it is bolinvcd thai many ; > lind ledces will bo discovered by the Inving of tunnels The permanency of ho camps mid the wealth of the district s enthusiastically conceded by veteran uospcctors , and this tact will cheer the lopotul miners of the Second infantry iow at Fort Omaha , who grub-staked the ountry in search of "golel galore. " Montana. Helena lias a snow shoo club with a nombership of 100 , Helena polled 2,77t votes at the late slcctlon and Bute 2,78'J. The total assessment of Silver How 'ountv this 3 ear fools up a little over (7,000 ( 000. The bricklayers of Miles City are on a trike beeuu i' their employers infiis-o to also their wages from sf'J.OU to $0,00 per lay. The Dnm Lummon's output for Oeto- icr was tl17,100 ! the result of twenty- even elays' run of sixty stumps , Ore irushed , U.ia3 tons. The Ktnpira company's ten-stamp mill icar Marysvillo ran twenty-seven days Iu .ictobor and crushed 173 tons of ore. Out- > ut for the month , ? 11,500. For the four yvceks ondnd November ( I , ho money order department of the Hutto lostollicodid a total business of $18,2J7.0D ! , IK ; fees on Iho sumo amounting to ilir.Ol. After a hard fight the proposition of leorgo F , Woolston to supply Helena nth water was accepted by the _ city ouucil. Jin proposes to furnish thirteen niles of main with 150 hydranis , for 15,000 , additional hydrants each 405 per , muim , The I'aulllo Const. There are tuny about 1-1UO , palleuts in hoNitpa insauo asylum. The Santa Fo has secured au outlet to ido water Ihrough the Los Angeles & ifiiitu Monica railroad to lialonu harbur , 1 wharf to cost $300,000 is to bo cou- tnit-ted at that point. The Pinto Indians of Nevada report an Imost total failure of the pincuul crop ills bcnsou ; they therutore say thuru will bo n mild winter. "Hlg crop plncnut.bi winter , " is a Baying with them. The smuggling of opium at San Frai cisco is carried on extensively. The col lector of the port estimates that the go eminent loses $2,000,000 annually , llccei developments show that Iho employes i sleamsnliis nro in cahoots with the smuj glers nutl share In the profits of the bus ness , It Is said thnt upward of 3.000 dee hides have benu taken from the hcai waters of the Moith Coos river , Oregoi this year , and that about 5,000 elk an deer hides were taken from the sam place last year , most of which were sol on Iho Umpqua. No crime in San Francisco In Into year oxciteel such intensity of feeling ns eli tlio tragedy of Wednesday , the 10th ins wlionMamiolvcllv.afortceu-ycaroldgir was shot down and Instantly killed b Aleck ( toldonson. Goldonsou was ne qualnted with the Kelly family , nnd mad hlmsolf obnoxious to Iho household by hi persistent attentions to Mamie and hi efforts to induce her to marry him. II was dually kicked from the house , nnd si otico took dclibcrnto measure to murdo the girl , Meeting her on tlui street re turning from school Wcelnesdav nftci noon , ho showed her n forged letter re quostinir him not to speak to her , nn demanding linr rcnson for writing it.-Ik fore tlio frightened child conic * reply Hi rufiian shot her down , Die bullet pone trilling iho brain. Goldonson wa promptly indicted for murder in the firs degree anil his trial will take place at th earliest moment in answer ton muteddi maud of the community. Meantime til cowardly murderer is perfecting hiuisol in Ihe Insauily elodgc. Methods of Detectives. CtitMoo liaaltl. The detective to whom is attributed ai insight into nfluirs which is almost supci human nevertheless works on the mos obvious line's. In neatly every case of express or haul robbery , where agent or cashier is re lloved of large sums of money at tin point of a revolver but is himself un harmed , the popular suspicion at one * lixcH itself upon the man who Is robbed Hols unknown to the vast majority of tin people , as a mattc.r of course , and few o them take thu trouble to inquire as to hi , antecedents , but if ho survives , ovet though desperately wounded , il Is generally orally thongnt quite probable that ho wa1 hjmsolf a parly lo the theft. Nothing bu his corpse will dispute the suspicion , am there have been cases where that did no sufileo. In Maine a few years ago i bank cashier was found at the door o : his open vault dying Irom many wounds 1 ho currency was gone , and it was evi dent that lie had been murelered by rob bers. His wife explained that a man ha < callcel at his house earlv iu Iho mornin < > and on borne pretext had induced him lo go to the bank at an houi when no one else would bo there. Thai was all that was known aboutthe matter The money was gene and the caslnet died a few minutes after his discovery without regaining consciousness. De tectives weio put , upon the case and , tliougn the cashier had always homo ex cellent reputation , they at length ad vanced the theory that lie was himself an ombc.ler and that , foaling discovery , ho had committed suicide alter aiiang- ing matters so ns to make it apucar that the hank had been robbed and ho hud been mtiidurcd in elefenso of the trust which had been reposed in him. Popu lar suspicion was also quick to settle iiimn tins idea , and after a time , no one else being apprehended , the case was abandoned , the iut.illitilo detectives hav ing , as they behoved , located the real criminal. For ten years this man's memory ami la , family rested under the brutal calumny and then , on the arrest ot certain bank robbers in a neighboring state , indisputable evidence that Iho Maine bank had been lobbed , as it ap peared to have been , was found. Bonds and other securities taken at that times were discovcied and the confessions of n Ihiof who turned states evidence showed that the cashier had been murdered after having been betrayed mto the vault on some spurious errand. A few days ago an express agent on a road tunning west from St. Louis was robbed , as ho claims , by a man who gained entrance to his car under false pretenses , nnd who , at the proper min ute , coveied his victim with u revolver and demanded his money , If the agent had not given it up lie would have been killed , if his story is to bo believed , but seeing nothing to bo gaineel for the com pany or feir himself by sacrificing him self , as the money would be taken iu any event , ho yielded at the pistol point , was bound and gagged , and , lying helpless in the car , saw his treasure taken awny Detectives of superior wisdom were called , and , acting on the popular sus picion , they at once began their investi gation on the theory that the man had lobbed himself. To piovc this all their one-rgies have been bunt , nnd if such n thing ad their being mistaken is to be considered within the range of pos sibilities , the men who actually may liavu committed the robberv.us hu claims , must bo congratulating themselves some where in tlioir relreat over the case with which they have escaped. It is only a few mouths since an express messenger running out ot Chicago was killed and robbed in his car when the train was in motion. His dead body relieved him of the suspicion that hu did the job himself , lint the detectives have not found any body clso whom they can fix the guilt ; ipon. If lie had ollercd no resistance ho might have been in jail by this time , as ; ho man from St. Louis is. It is , of course , possible tiiat cabhiers md express messengers sometimes rob themselves , but that they do not do it in ivery ease is shown by the occasional loath of one of them in defense of bis rust. The fact that oven when murder ins been committed the overwiso dotoc * tive's do not uncover thu guilty parties troves thai highwaymem of this desnrip * .ion are still at iho business , and that , hough it is much cnslur , il is not always lecessary , to suspect the agent himself of ho crime. If the dote ctives will unearth bo men who Killed Messenger Nic-holH ionr Chicago ihoy may line ! the men who ebbed Messenger I'olhoringh-im mur Si. jouis. IIiioraoin'Hlnu Collar. l1iilailtlJilii ) } Itttonl. As a general rulu the adulterations of oed are much less injuries to the publics icalth than nio the fraudin wines and iquors. Most food adulterations consist n au dibit to cheapen by .substituting in * orior ni Hole.ad : iu mixing lloiu with ufined sugar , chiccory with coflco , and rround coconiiut shullh with black pep- Kir. Hut thu fraud.in iho munuf-u-tuiu if drinks are of a much niyro serious shnrnctcr so far as Ihe public health is : oncurnud. The .sei/uro of fi.syoillonH ( if ehuet , port , sherry and other "wlium" > y thu haw Yoilv board of health In the loiiHoofM. J. liooraum m\eala lo con- unionsomo of the villainous methods iy which their poulcets aru lobbea and heir stomachs poisoned. Dr. Cyrus I'don. . the clioniUt e f the few York board of health , who has anu- y/ed this wino , debOiiJiua thu proofs by illicit ills ni.ulit without thuuuuf n drop f grape juico. Dried apple * , poacher , urraiits and raisins are macerated with rater to which u ret tain quantity of ugnr Is added , and when fermentation i sulUciimtly advanced it is arrested by ddiiigsullicivut mmutitios of suhoylio old. The "wino" HO produced is then landed and colored , and when the iropor "boiiqucl" is given lo il ibo mix- nro is ready for market. Mupliistoui'lcs slonishcd and delighted the half * iiinken guests in Auiiibaek'ri duo collar .in Lolpsic by pouring for oai'h hla "fnvorlto vanity" out of one nnd tlm same cask ; nnd now skillful manufacturers of the cln > < s of lioornom perform quito as marvelous a ftnt by supplying their customers with any re quired variety ot wine , from common table claret to cxquisito Madeira and "lino old port , " out of the same com pound of dried apples , sugar nnd .salicylic acid. The tlso of flallcvllc ncid miikes this a most Pernicious adulteration. Of cour.so good judges nro not deceived by Ihls fraud , but Iho so called "wiiiu'1 when clccnuted and put up iu bottles tempting. IV labeled "St. Jiillen , " "Medoc , " "ofd Madtirn , " "Sherry , " etc , finds ready sale on account of its eonipnratl\o cheap ness. Tins is Iho kind of wino that is sold over Iho bar in many saloons to "bo- glnucrs" whoso palates 1110 tickled by lie plea'snnt tlavor. Jl ncc'd not bo said that these wlna adulterations nro not confined to the city of New York. There is not n largn city in the Union in whluh they are not extensively practiced : but owing to the ( lefccU of tlio law anil the neglect of it.s agents , Instances of detection nnd pun * ishment tire extremely rare. The execu tion of tlio Now York law , under which this souuio was made , is loft lo the dis cretion of the board of health instead of being mndo obligatory upon Iho police authorities. In Pennsylvania nnd in most other states there are onneltuonls enough relating to adulterations of food , but , owing to the defective provisions for their enforcement nnd the loose condi tion of public opinion on the subject , the laws are dead letters This species of fraud will never bo ollee-tiially suppressed until tliechomist shall have been attached to tlm police force in our largo cities and the adulteration of the food an-1 drink ; of the people certainly and promptly pun ished 1'hore need bo no severe pounl' ties for this oli'enso , .such as ate provided for by thu laws of somu stales. Soi/uro and confiscation of the adulterated arti cles nnd exposure of the fraud would bo sulliciont piininlimoiit Wlint is wanted on this subject is a law that can bo surely andell'ectively unforced. Inioiiiiiiliiniil ilokcn. fitw I'mA.'ifnine. / . The Saturday Heviow ratiier resents the humorous proceedings of n Colorado man who recently wioto to the clergy ol an Irish protestnnt church in Dublin , asking for the means to probate a will which had been made in favor of the said church , and under whoso provisions it was to re ceive Fomo $ : )00,000. ) The recipients of this information and request appear to have been somewhat cautious , though not cautious enough. They declined to semi tlio Colorado man the drafts ho n.skcel for , bul they took a course which involved still moro expense , for they sent ouo of the number all the way to Denver to investigate the case. As the reader has doubtless anticipated , when the reverend gentleman reached his destination ho soon discovered that thu story of the pious bequest was a fiction , invented by tlio ingenious Colorado cor respondent for the purposci of raising the wind , as peihaps ho would have put it. It docs not oven appear , however , that tlio imaginative poison has been pursued in the courts. Canon Hagot , who made the journey to Colorado rado to get at the facts , no doubt en * joyed his trip ; but the joke does not seem to have been appreciated by the church olhccrs generally , nor duos the "Satur day" rise to the true plane of its humor. It was ovidcnlly intended by the Colo- raelo invonlor as an mtci national "set- oil" to the tall slot ie > s about immense English estates alleged to be awaiting American heirs , which have pulled so many dollars out of the pockets of citi- 7ons of this great republic , notwithstaml- ing all Ihe otloi Us ol the press to disillu- sioni/c tbo victims. Both the Colorado person and the manipulators of the American heirship busi ness endeavor to piny , for llieir own advantage , upon the self-inter est which is , according to philosophers , the strongest motive in human naluro. ISoth availed themselves of distance anel ignorance of the laws and customs of a foreign country. Uoth seemed to have calculated pretty shrewdly , but the Col * orada tishcr of men failed in this enter prise bc-causo his intended dupes were moro wide-awaku than ho had supposed , though they worn no less eager to rccoivo the hypothetical legacy than Im had ox- pccted. It in not peihaps to bo expected that the actual millurcrs from such inter national jobs will perceive the fun in them so clearly ms the unpiujudiced spec tators , but it in obvious ihnl iu both thu caHivi mentioned n'l ' loss would have boon avoided had not Ihe. lust of uain caused ho diipo.s to neglect precautions which 3ould easily have been employed , and which would huye cxpuscil the deceptions promptly. Two Ijltiln Hvnn. The return of Manager Seymour , of Draper's Undo Tom's Cabin company , ( vho is hero to attend the trial of Iho suit 'or wages brought against him bv Minnie "osier , brings tyvo Omaha waifH before lie public again. Ono of them is Eddlq Moxander , a bright lad of eight years , vho was lakcn oul of a bawdy house by ho authorities Homo weeks n/o. / Ho is raveling with the company now playing n the role of Little Eva and taking care > f the ferocious blood-lioundn during the lay. His early training tieoms to cling o him. Mr Seymour lias a room en- rased for the boy nt the INnntcra' IKHIK < , ml ho refuses to occupy it , and spends us time sleeping in chairs iu Iho all-night uncli houses. Mr Seymour has not do * tided whether he will keen the boy longer ir fill his place with little Graeio Hoy- lolds , the four-year-old child who was ho victim of John Malison's assault , in iontembor last. Matron hiK : been held o iho district court and Uin child bound nit by Ha mother lo Mr , Seymour. Jraclo is uniiHiinlly npt iu her study of ho character. Lit tin Kva , for which she vill bo cast , and Mr Suvmour predicts hat slio yvill bo very succo sful in the olu. Tlion * Klinll ll no A When Napoleon talked of invading It * ily onn of his ollieen , wild"Hut , sire , emember the Alps" To an ordinary nan those would liavn seumod simply in- urinoimtnblo , hut Napoleon iespondi > d nigorly "Thuro Mnll bo no Alps " So lie tamoiiH Snnploii pass was Hindu. Dis : isd , lil.o n mount. tin , stands in the way if f.imo , foi luno and honor to many who iy lit I'mreo's ' ' ( iolden Medical Discov r.v"mlsjhl he healed ami so Iho inoimlu'n i'otild disappear. It is speoilie for all ilood , chronio lung and liver dm'iihes. noli u.s consumption ( which iHsctol'uhi f the lungs ) , pimples , hlolehes , eiup- ions , tuinoih , hwellmgs , fo\ci soicj and iiidrod complaints A strnnpo kitten ijot Into the IIOIIPO of a 'homas 'Mooin. \Viiigham , Cauuda , nti-rril the room wheio a baby WIIH Irnpiiii' and siickod id chcuk until ir led It was discovered and put out of oorn. Again it came in and attempted ID name tiling , and then Mr Moore tiled it. "A Sliiitit CoM , " The rolationhhii ) t the mnmlwis of n umlv in Clem field county , I'limisvl ania , b so thoiou hlv tangled that joino f the cslnldron don't know their uncles 'om their grandfathiTH This is dm. \ tin > in faet that u ciirtiun man and hi * two 3ii s aru married to three sisters. A candiiinto for a Ic-ichor's rort'.li.r ' : i Michigan the other day In a .Miluiul summation wrotu that thorn \xiiu 0 kinds of gundur , "lady cntlcm.in , "
