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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 , "
