Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 25, 1886, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAHA DAIM BEE : THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25 , 1SSO. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. rrnMS or su Dnlly ( Mornl.iif Kdlllon ) lnclmlln < Sumlnjr Mar , Onfi Ynnr $1001 For Hit Months ' < " ) IVirTliri'o Moulin "M Tl.n Oiimlm Hmiiliiy llr.K , innllwl to any " a , OnoVcur. . 200 omen. No. Pit A\-II PM FAIIXAM Stitrrr. NB - Vonx nrrlcK , Komi ' . . TniiifNn IIITII.IIIMI. WASIII.MITU.V im icr , No. 613 rouiiTfcKSTii srunitr. AH rommunlcntions relathiir to nt-irs nml pill- torlHl matter MiiiuM be mltlruMoil lo tliu l.lil- Ton OP nit : 1U.K. All 1m lnr s letter" iin-l rcmlttnncc' ihotiM bo Mtlrotsml to Tun IIKA I'rni.iHWM ) COMCAMV , OMUM. Draft" . nhochs nml po'tollrn orilfr * to bo mnilo lui ) iible totlieorilirof thucommuy | , IDE Bit PflBLISHIsTciPASTi PHOPBUTOBS , K. KOSEWATEll , KniTOtt. TUB DAltiY UK 13. Sworn Htatcinenl of Circulation. Hlntcof Nebriislcn , t _ . County of Domrlas. ( ( ! co. Ii. 'IV.j-chuck , pecrrtarv of The Hee I'lilillslilnp comiany | , docs snlemnlv swear that the actual circulation of the Dally lice for the week uiullng Nov. ICtlt , 1SSO , was as follows : Saturday. Nov. W I"- ! ! Hiimlav. Nov. H 1-MM'O A'midav , Nov. I ! ) ' ' . -10 TucMla'v. Nov. K ! li- ' . ! H ) Wciliii"-iliiy. Nov. 17. ia.s.fi : Thursdav. Nov. IH. ii.Uil : ( Friday , Nov. IU .li''X ' ' ) . ' ' Averaire it.0s" : > ( ir.o. It. TzsnifCK. .Sul'fcrlhcd ' and Hworu lo In my presence lids ! 20th day ot November , A. D. , 1HW. N. P. KRH. , fbKAL ] Notnry Public. d'eo. It. T/.schupk , helm : first duly Hwinu , deposes and says that ho is secretary of tlm Uce I'nlilisliliitf cmnnany , that the actual av erage daily cliculatK-in of Hie Daliv lice for fo tbi ) mouth of January. ISMi , was to.UH cnpii-s , for Kehriiarv. IbJ-r. , ui,5'.n copies ; for March , IfcMJ , 11KIT"copies ; for Apill , l r , , I3uu copies : for May. is > fi. \A.I \ : copies : for .lime , lt\ l'Vciipc ! : for July , 1 0 , l < > , : il-lroplps ; for AiiL'iist , ISM ) , -t&lenplesiforKepteinliiT. l . 18.W , lo:50 ! ) , : copies ; for October , l1 , I'.MW.I copies. Gio. : U. Tzsrnunc. iiuli.scrlbcil Hint .sworn to hel'oic me this bth dny of November , A.M. , lbfl. N. P. l'iit. ! , I.SEALI Notary Public. Tun readers of tliu 15r.n will find in tills issue an interesting Thanksgiving story by Harriet Pre.seolt Spollbrd. NKXT year's ordurs for stool rail ? nro said to exceed 750,000 , tons. Nebraska will take u good ( lual more tliau her share of the total production. It is to be a grout year for railroad building in these parts. ANOTIIKK social light of Boston has gone wrong and stands convicted of i swindling n corporation out of something $ over $100,000. There scom < to be : i lively raeo for tlio "boodle" championship nowadays between New York aldc.nncn and Hoston deacons , with 15ostoti up to ( lute slightly in tlio lead. TIIICKK has boon too much lavish gen erosity displayed by this city in its gifts of rights of way to corporations. It .should stop. How much do thu railroads contribute in taxes to the support of thu city gove-nmennt ? How many of our people know that Omaha docs not receive : i penny in city taxes on the rights of way of any of the corporations eeniering iu thu cityV THE great hobby of nearly nil tlio real estate speculator * is to put Fort Omaha on wheels. The schcmo oilers a broad Held for booming outside acre property , which it is expected speculators will pur chase with u view to imaginary boule vards to the new fort , and it. will also af ford a line chance for speculation in parcels - cols of the eighty acres now occupied by the old fort. TUB way that Senator Manderson bull dozed and bullyrasrged members of thu board of trade , who were not disposed to i endorse his Fort Omaha removal bill , was not vrry dignified , to say the least. The senator was invited to bo present , but it was entirely out of place for him to take the iloor against the resolutions to modify the bill , and to interrupt speak ers in order to choke them oir by his per sonal appeals. THE organization of the Chicago , Kco- kuk & Omahii railway means another big boost for Omaha. It is not a paper railroad to bo built with wind. The backers nro Samuel W. Allurton , Noise Morris and Diamond Joe Reynolds , mil lionaires evnry one , and three of : i kind at that. Allorton and Morris are already heavily interested in South Omahn.wlulo llcynold.s is interested in Kcokuk. Thu statement is madu that this road is to bn begun at oncn nnd pushed as rapidly as possible , The indications now arc that Omaha is to become a great live stock market much sooner than the most san guine expected. OMAHA continues to loom up ns a hog market. The receipts are increasing daily. Yesterday they readied the very respectable llguro of 0,000 , which with thosn loft over from the day before , made 11,100 head on sale. Yesterday's sales worn 8,000 head. The growth of the business at the South Omaha Union look yards is exceeding all expectations , nnd the yards are now found to bo luad- cquato to the demand for room. The stock yards company should not lose n day in enlarging the yards to a capacity of 15,000 , head per day , and bo pioparod to make other enlargements when needed , which will bo iu the near future. Mi : . JOHN T , 15ii.i : , , writes to the Ittrakl to make n suggestion in regard ti > the platting of the poor farm which wo bollovo will moot with general approval. It la briefly that the lots platted bo of generous si/e , suited for handtomo resi dences and calculated to greatly improve all the remaining property of the county which will be put on the market at some future i\ny \ , Mr , Hell's view of the ease is that of a number of prominent citizens. They bellovo that divided into lots of , say 75 to 100 by from 175 to 200 foot depth the property will command much higher ligurws nt the outset. The east front lots will be especially desirable for handsome resilience property and divided ns suggested will bo cngorly snapped up. No more sightly and beautiful locatloucan bo found in Omaha. Jf the fifty acres to bo sold are divided into city lots they will bo no moro eligi ble than those of a do/.cn additions sur rounding the poor farm. Let at least a part of the property be dividediuto largo and ample plots of ground. Tho.y will pay bettor returns , draw n bettor class of buildings and improve by M per rent moro than would othcrvvisjo bo thu case remaiudcr of the poor farm -property. The Onopt-rmicc erIn In nccordntico with the president's proclamation nnd these of the governors of the several states , to-day will bo unl- viTiuIly observed ns n dny of general thanksgiving throughout the country. The annual festival of colonial Nuw Kngland , like Jo many other Now Eng land ideas late to take root , has spread beyond its usual routines and now blos soms in i-vury state of the union. It is the one holiday on our national calendar which wo ewe to the Puritan forefathers. Theirs was not n religion of festivities. Its doctrii'cs nnd precepts had an inti mate connection with practical Itfo , with tin- duties of individuals to individual * or of i-iti/cns to the state. To them Thanks giving had n deep religious significance. The groaning table with iUs turkey , roast shoat and cider was not attacked until Mich worldliness hail been previously atoned for by a morning spent in tn'o straight back pews of the meeting house , listening to the weighty exhortations of tin- village minister. It furnished the 0110 sermon in the year , barring the annual election day discourse , when the minister felt free to leave the doctrinal paths for a ramble in the by-ways of politic * , and when thanks lor a bountiful harvest , were joined with a lively eastigation of men nnd measures which fell under the church ban. The day Wo celebrate has lost much of the peculiar religious siguill- canee of n narrow ereed which it once pofihesM'd. It has become Instead the national harvest home. Introduced into the calendar of the union by Abraham Lincoln in the dark days of 180' . ' , it has since been regularly ordained by .successive proc lamations. Its peculiar JitM-ss , even from a secular son < -o , is generally recog nized. It is the HiiooecMir of the vintage festival of Southern Kurope , nnd the har vest homo of northeren climes. Garn ered fields and gathered crops' make smooth iUs path. Barns and cribs tilled to overflowing with tlin wealth of mead ows and farms , furnish it n theme. Whilst cities and towns , which share in the general prosperity resulting from the industry of the tillers of the soil and tin ; rich increase of our agricultural sections , join heartily in the general observance. Thanksgiving has also become a holiday of national retrospection. Wo are apt to count our annual .sum total of blessings asa country from one fomtli Thursday in .November to another. A hundred thousand pulpits revise the record. A score of millions of papers descant upon the general prosperity , or cheerfully point out in times of depression the signs of future promise. It is n pleasant feat ure of the day. Croakers have no place in its observance. It is the holiday for optimists. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tlio Business Situation. The condition of trade at the middle of another week shows a marked im provement. The raising of the snow blockade and the adjustment of labor troubles in several industries have promoted meted n better feeling , which shows it self in increased trading nnd n more rapid movement of commodities from points of production to distributing center. ? . Production and consumption in most departments are well balanced , and both nre active. The results of the season's business show n marked improvement in all directions , and it is an encouraging feature in the situation that the change for the better lias thus far developed but little tendency to speculation or over trading. Asidu from the increase in rail road building nnd equipment , and the consequent expansion of iron nnd steel production , there are few conspicuous evidences of an extension of industrial ontorDrises , and the temper of traders generally is very conservative The iron trade is showing increased activity and strength. Demand is es pecially good for materials for railway construction am' equipment ; the entire industry is on a good footing and confronts n most encouraging outlook. Heavy contracts have been placed this week in Pennsylvania mills for stool rails for spring delivery. The grain markets nro featureless from a speculative standpoint , but in bolter shape for legitimate business for that reason. The public is taking lit tle interest in grain as n speculative in vestment , ns evidenced by complaints from Chicago and other centers of a noticeable lack of "outside" orders either to buy or sell. Export trade In moderately active , and is encouraged by the comparative steadiness of values growing outof the indifference of specu lation. Demand for corn tins boon , if anything , less active than it was last week , but the foreign inquiry for wheat is very fair. Exporters show no disposi tion to buy at higher prices , and their conservatism combines with the full re ceipts and ample stocks to thwart any attempt to force the market to a much higher level. to Time. . About throe years ago the council granted to thu It. A M. railroad company the right of way across lower Karnam street nnd virtually do- nati'jl largo tracts of land in the shape of streets and alleys in connection with this grant , under the pretext that the Burling ton road needed n connection with the Omaha & St. Paul road. The condition under which this grant was made wus that the IJurlington road was to erect a stone pier and iron viaduct across its tracks in connection with Knrnaui street , and the grade of Fnrnam was changed iu accordance with this plan. The man agers of the Hurlington agreed to have the viaduct built within one year , When the year was up they asked for another year's extension , which was granted by thu council. That year has again expired nnd thu road has done nothing to fullil its part of the contract. When one party to an agreement lails to comply with its share , the compact falls to the ground. It now becomes thu duty of the council to take action in the premise * . The streets of Oimiha wl.ich . the liurllngton road now occupies with out any equivalent should cither bo re opened or the road should bo compelled to build at once. No moro promises should bo taken. The company now oc cupies half n million dollars worth of public property without paying a dollar for it. In other chies railroad companies which ate granted a right of way through streets and alloys are obliged to pay for that right and to eoii.-truct and maintain viaducts across their tracks costing often hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Hiirlington road secured this right of way on ltd , own proposition. It pledged itself . < tp vliiduct its tracks. within twelve months , ami it has taken no stops to comply with its con * tract obligations. Meantime lower Far- nani , which formerly was the main road wav to the river bank and to Council Binds when the river was frozen over , is now and lias for two yearn boon closed. There Is no excuse for further forbear ance , The road should bo brought to timo. Tun antlou of the president In restor ing District Attorney Heiiton was n seven * setback to his mugwump admirers. Some of tin * newspapers of that stripe h ivcbc.cn candid enough to confess their disap pointment and acknowledge that it wns a square back down , while others have mad" most unfortunate- work in their oll'orts lo llml a plausible apology for it. In this , however , Mr. Cleveland , who oiiirht to have been be > t qualified for thu task , utterly nnd ridiculously ln.il.id , which should have suggested to his would-be apologists the folly and futility of any attempt on their part to explain away this complete and humiliating sur render , Out there is another feature of this matter which is most aggravating to this Cleveland contingent , and that Is the palpable partisanship which It dis closes. At about the same time and for the same olVcnco that ISenton was sus pended in Missouri , District Attorney Stone , a republican , was suspended in Pennsylvania. Stone , however , has not been reinstated , though it Is Raid ho has asued to be. lie lias no senators to light his cause , neither can ho inllueiice the delegation from Pennsylvania to the next national democratic convention. The disadvantages of Mr. Stone's posi tion arc obvious. But just men who believe that there may bo justice oven in polities will insist that the rule by which Benton , the democrat , was jadgod , is equally applicable to Stone , the republican , and that the failure to make it so is plain , unvarnished parti.-an- ship. Were Mr. Cleveland the high- minded and unparlisan reformer his friends claim , ho would bo incapable of the discrimination he has shown in this matter ; ho would at least have given Mr. Ktono to understand that the opportu nity was open for an explanation and that it would be duly and fairly consid ered. The clear inference from the presi dent's course in the matter is that repub licans in office are to be judged by one rule of fidelity and democrats by. an other. iS'o one can hereafter doubt that in cubes where the munition or interests of Mr. Cleveland are involved ho is capa ble of being ns boldly and shamelessly partisan ns any man in the country. TUB workinirinen of Philadelphia are proposing to emulate the example of their New York brethren and nominate a candidate for mayor. The movement is organizing , but it has not yet proceeded so far as to bring forward any one prom inently identified with or representing the labor interest Philadelphia may not have a Henry CJeorge , and if the workingmen - ingmon of that city nro wi.so they will not invite defeat by nominating a man wholly unknown to the gononl public , however worthy ho may be from their point of view. The Philadelphia Uccord makes a suggestion lliat thu workingmen would do well to act upon. It is that they nominate Mr. George \ . Childs , of the Leilr/cr , in advance of any partisan nomination. Such an action would bo a most proper recognition of ono of the foremost philanthropists of the dny , who has been all his life a svorker , and whoso interest in the cause and welfare of labor has been always active and sincere. Ho illustrates this kindly andiionerous inter est in the consideration he extends to his employes , which takes into account not merely their years of usefulness , but makes provision for the time when they shall no longer bo able to work. It is not assured that Mr. Childs would accept a nomination. Ho certainly would not do so for personal gratification. Lie is understood not to have any ambition for political place or honors. But the workingmen - ingmon would honor themselves by mak ing him their candidate , and if the nom ination was given him as nn expression of their confidence and respect ho would very likely consider acceptance a duty. Mu. MANDKiiaoK'a mouthpiece , the Kcpnbllcan , goes out of its way to attack Mr. Herman Kountzu by charging that ho is largely responsible for the opposi tion to the Mamlorson bill to put Fort Omaha on wheels. This is in full keep ing with the entire course pursued by the senator and his colleagues since the Fort Omaha removal scheme has been set on foot , Mr. Kountzo has taken no part whatever iu the controversy. Ho was not present at the meeting of the board of trade when the resolutions ask ing congress to delay action on the bill was adopted. Ho has not boon present at any other meeting when the Fort Omaha bill was under discussion. He has not inspired ono word that has been pub lished in this paper on this matter. The only thing Mr. Kuunlzo has done is to set a definite price upon his 155-aere tract west of the fort , ill the request of a mem ber of the board of trade commit- too. Mr. Kount/o placed the pneo nt 500 per aero , which Mr. Manderson's organ denounces as exorbitant. At Washington Mr. Mauderson has repre sented that no land near the fort could be bought for less than $ ' . ' ,000 or $11,000 per acre. It was by just such exaggerated estimates that the war department has been led to believe that tlio enlargement of the fort to 200 oriMO acres would cost half a million dollars. TUB prince of Wales U credited with a good many Hcml-demoeratio srmtimontri , and those who were offended at the at tentions which he lavished upon ( lain- bettn will find now caiuo for disquietude at the reception given by the prlnco to the deputation of I he London trades council at Sandringham. The prince gave them n lunch , and in response lo the1 resolution of tiio metropolitan workingmen - men , thanking him for his scheme of chunp admission to the colonial and In dian exhibition , he said .that nearly a million and n quarter of working people wore thus enabled to visit thu exhibition. This little episode , so pleasing mid profit able to the laboring classes , furnishes n striking contrast to the repeated snubs being administered those days to the un employed workingmen by Prime Minister Salisbury. His recent letter informing the social democratic federation that lie needs no nUvlcu in reference to the suf fering poor of London , as well as his re- fus.'tl to remain in London and receive a deputation of laborers , will bu used uifain&t him , before- ' the country upon uvcry occasion. ' 'TUB campaign liar 19 not .yet dead. The agents ot iheVanWyck opposition are sending to eastern pnpers voluminous telegrams from Lincoln giving tlio anti- Van Wyck strength in tin. ' republican ranks of the coming legislative session at 71 , This nston shlng estimate loaves the general just 2.1 .supporters . , which is considerably less than half of the votes confidently claimed by his supporters. The Lincoln liar overshoots the mark. Ills yarns carry their own dcnltil on the face. Tbcy Will ttlvo Thnnks. McShanc will bless his stars that ho was riiiuiln against the easiest man In the illotrlct to hi at. * * # PostinnMcr Coutaiit rale Ids volco In praise over thren new carriers and an equal number of clerks. * * > .lolm Sahlor chants a EOIIZ of thank < iclvliiR that his Job of "srcliu ; " the country members of the IcKKlaiuio In the interest of the rail roads still hulds out. * * Dr. Miller raises his Kbonpzorovcr the com- rlfiloii of the Holt line to Deerileld and Sey mour park. A The turkeys tronorally thank heaven that the worst Is over. IMtO.MINKNT IM2ICSONS. Mrs. Ouster , the wnlow of On. Cuslrr , Is broken in health and Is seeking rostoiatlon In licit ; liner county , X. Y. Fred Dubois , who has been elected dele- uato to coiuicss from Idaho , left SpriUKlieltl , 111. , only three years aijo , II. ( . ' . Harmbi'o , of the Hoptou Ideal Opera company , says ho Is now just old enough not to want the public to know how old lie Is. It now transpires that Prince Koiuat/.u.who IH traveling In this c < > mitry , Is on Ids way to Kimlaud tocoulertlie'Order of the Chrysan themum" ' on the Piiiice of Wales , Noah S. Hunt , the rich anil eccentric New Yorker , who Ilvort utterly alone In the mid&t ol ( iiitliam's millions , is Mid to have left a will locked up In a safe , the combination of which no living per.suii knows. "IJIIl" 1'aikcr , who died In Murray , Idaho. the other day , was widely known ami lined In Colorado , where ho made and lost moro big lortunes than any man iu the. state lie ilicd poor , after possessing millions , Dr. Hamilton Grlfllu , stepfather of Alary Anderson , Is at piescut in Denver , Col. llo has puiehased a ranch In lhatstate tor his sou Frank , and the two will occupy them- bolve.s with cattle-raising on their ! i,000 acres ot pasture. Mr. Gladstone will soon receive a hand some proM-nt from his feminine admirers In New Zealand. A number of Auckland ladles are preparing for him nn album of native ferns , the collection beimj admirably com plete , while the album itself is a line speci men of Now Zealand woods and skilled cole - o iixi ; rr nkm ns i p. orinnnii Ion. JVeio Yolk Tribune , The verdict of the public , sitting as a core ner's jury tipiiu the wasted uodv of civil ser vice icform , is that U died of inanition. A Kel'orin Hants. . /.irtif.si' lie CtnnmerclHt. The next president who Is elected upon a reform basis should understand that the watchword "reform" Is used In politics only to call attention trom the tricks by which elections nro carried , ami that it is best to forget it Immi'itlatoly afterward. Hail Mr. Cleveland known this , ho might be much more solid with his party to-day. Stuffing. Full many a turk of fattest form serouo The gay nml festive tanner rears with care ; Full many a goose ami thick of. f Attest mien Will pour its fragrance oil Thanksgiving air. No Ad miration for It. Milimukce Journal. The Journal never bad any admiration for the laws or morals wiilch send a hurso thief to the penitentiary ami a land grant or cor poration grabber to the United States sen ate. A Great Statiit'cnl Fcftt. JflnneoiMiffo Tribune. A sealskin sacnue for the liarthohll statue would cost 5i7" > ,4 3 , a decent bounot SIMM and n pair of shoos 81,487. The above statements - ments are madu in order to "scoop" and si lence the statistical fiend. Dr. Douglas' Ijegacy Paid. JN'CIO Vorfc 6'im. Dr. J. 11 , Douglas , who \vas Genor.il Grant's physician and sacrificed his prac.tlco and his Health In his devotion , maks the fol- lowim ; statement in the Church Union : "On Sunday mornlmr , Nov. 31 , I received n note from Colonel Grant Including his mother's check for tlio full amount of the bequest , for which 1 am sincerely and dcoplv grateful. You are at liberty to use this statement as may seem best to you. " There Is evidently an error In the date ulvun by Dr. Douulos.but the main fac.t that ho has been paid Is cer tainly correct. Tliu Grant family should bo congratulated on having done what Is right and proper with Dr. Douglas. Tlio Democrat * ) ' Tlmiks-jlviiis. Washington Critic. Wo thank Thee , Lord , that Thou hast sent Our partv such a President : Thro' heat nml cold. O Lord , we stand In every quarter of tlmlaml , \Viih mouths upllttcd , if mayhap , Our lips may touch ollloial pau , And thaukliil are we that wo may Stand waiting thus day after day. U'e doour duty by the Mate , We servo who only stand and wait , borne bloody tyrant , wild and rmle , Alight give "innocuous ilesm tiidn" To all our hopes and all our fea M , llv cnttiUL' oil' our heads ami ears ; Thi'ielori * we're tlmiiktul to bo blest Witn one who lets us wait at rest. We thank 'I heo lor tint mii''wumps , too , Those noble patriots , leal and true , Who get thu jobs wo wfint to till AmldutiblKln I ho public till , We thnnk Thee for the great reform Which , o'er the country , like a storm , Has swept with strung , resistless tale , Ami lettiiK Dcmociatsimtslilu To wage a reaseles > , payle.ss strife With dull affairs of nrlvato life. Wo th.uik Then for all these. O Lord , Because It is our best'rtnvard ' ; "I'is noble , after all our tolls , To yield to others all tb spoils I "I'is noble ! aye , ami | lmt' enough | "I'is noble , but it's P. d. rouith ! lK' IX I'Olt. Keltic il 'ant. Nothing U lo t ; Urn drop of dew Which trembles on thitJeaf or ibwer Is but exhaled to tail anew In hummer's thunder-shower : Perchance to Mdmt within thu how That troiits the sun at tall of day ; IVrchuiiro to bparklo in the llu\v \ Ol lountnlus lar away. Nothing Is lost the liniP.it f-eed IJy wild birds borne or breezes blown , Finds something suited to Its need , Wherein 'tis M > WII ami giown. The lamcmigti of some household son ? , Thu perl iimo of emu cherished llower , Though untie from outwaid sense , belong To memory's after-hour. So with our words ; or harsh or klu J , Uttered , t'lty ' are not nil forgot ; They have their iiitluencu on the mind , Puss on but perish not. So with our deeds : for good or 111. They have their powersc.irco understood ; Then let us use our better will To muku them rife witu STATK AND TttlUUTOUV , Nebraska Jottings. Nellgh had a taste of a coal famine lost week. Hastings has nn attack of matrimonial activity. The West Point paper mill is running night and day , Schuylor has . * > 3 ! ) pupils enrolled in her public .schools , A Knox count v pig lias a foreleg shaped like a human hand , Dodge county luw been divided mlo fourteen townships. Thcyounji niPii of Seward have organ ized n republican club. Thanksgiving motto for the monopoly crowd , "Pence UKI ; Still. " Hastings has organized a base ball com pany , with n capital of = K > ,0 )0. ) Tim streetcars of Dos Molncs will bo heated with snuaro box stoves. lion. J , K. I'lshburn , of Saline counly , will take his cranberry sauce with a loiig straw. Atlvlco to diners out : Don't got "loo full tor utterance , " and give the "festive board "a rest. (5. A. Montgomery , a crack shot of No- brnokn City , fired off two lingers of Ids right , hand in n recent hunting match. An Atkinson counter jumper drew n ? , "il)00 ) prize In a lolturr. He has bounced HID proprietor nnd will run thu store him self. Columbus City is just now agitated by a number of scandals. Two sad cases of conjugal infidelity came to light last week. The four-year-old son of William Ah- boit , of Orif , who was lost last week , in the blizzard , was found Head Saturday night. Tony Norrls , of Nebraska City , was sentenced to live years in the penitentiary for robbing a man in the streets a few weeks ago. The Iteatrlco Democrat is thankful that the gracious smiles and seductivoshowers of tally of the "ynumr democracy" will never moro saturate ils sanctum. The Omaha section of the slaughter house democracy will feast on the bird of harmony , dressed with the Second ward returns and "cutthroat" sauce. P. J. O'Sullivan will snnd up from the peaceful vales of private life n besom of thankfulness that ho is loosed from the grip of delinquents nnd deadhead adds. The organization known as the Socie ties for Christum Kndeavor will hold their first state conference at Dos Molncs , commencing December 7 and continuing through the llth. A gilded youth of Neligh stoln his father's horse , sold it in Norfolk , nnd got glorioulv loaded with corn juice. He so ocreil up in time to receive his father's blessing with a strap. Thc.ro is a strong probability that the long felt nuisance of pictorial roosters will soon be. suppressed. An eastern genius lias invented a machine to pre vent roosters crowing. Kditors Morton , Marvin nml Slieman will fill a "long felt want" to-day with the faded remnants of the packing house bugle , and give thinks devoutly for the hollow privilege of living. The Chambers Journal is n late addi tion to the rustling ranks of Holt county journalism. In politic" it is republican straight , with a club in soak for barnacles and tricksters. L. A. Woodward is pro prietor. Eastern capitalists are tumbling over one another to place loans on Holteoiinty lands. As there are ten books full cif mortgages in the clerk's office , it looks very much as though they had succeeded in their tumbling. Monsieur Morton , P. M. , Nebraska City , sends greetings to Editor Sherman , of Plattsmouth , on their bounce from the fountain of bourbon youth. Mi.-o.ry loves company , oven in the gory corri dors of the slaughter house. The night editor of the Fremont Tribune describes a brilliant meteor which .shot through the horizon of his vision recently. It was a barkeeper's shooting slick followed by "Here , you duller , pay for those drinks. " The bold MeDonough of the O'Neill Tribune is doubly thankful Hint an ap preciative constituency retained him as loader of the home guard by several ma jority. The bannister of senatorial fame was not greased for the occasion. William Edgorton and William Cor- ruth , two Plattsmouth young men who fitted up n scow and started for Florida two weeks ago , brought up against an ice gorge near St. Joe and narrowly es caped drowning. They returned homo by rail. Specimen native honesty : Small boy on 'South Thirteenth street mournfully tells his companion , "That woman iii there gave mo a live-dollar gold picco in change for a nicklc. " "What did you do with it , JimmieV" "Like a darn slicker I gave it back to-oro. " William Lyons , on a visit to his father at Hod Oak , was taken sie.b during the severe storm last week. While suffering under mental derangement ho strayed from his bed out into the storm. When found his hands , feet and face were so badly frozen that ho died soon after. A north Nebraska paper cheerfully in forms its readers : "Our insides this week contain a miscellaneous assortment of domestic and foreign news , a serial story , matters personal and general , n line mess of cabbage , n yard of bologna , four pounds of clioeso and about a quart of double-stilled , unroctilicd wrath. " A Sohuyler man was summoned on a jiiry. Ho walked into the court room , drew off. his eont and throw it over the balusters. A large , empty llask dropped out of the inside pouket onto the Iloor. The juror gathered it up and meekly in quired if ho wns competent to sit. Ho was informed that if ho would gnt the bottle filled and pass it to the court ho could remain in the box. West Point , at last , has something novel in the way of now eivio society. Many towns still keep up the good old custom of thu charivari , but it remained tor the Quean City to organize a chari vari society , whoso only object is the ushering of the nuwly wedded through the fatal portals which load , porclianco , to thu beautiful realm ot connubial fe licity , perchance alas , you know too well. well.Dan Dan Crowley , a ICnox county farmer , pulled up.itakcs a year ago lo get out of the roach of railroads , and moved to n point where he thought "no railroad would out him up. " After Dan had got nicely sullied in his now homo , the sur veyors returned from Ponca to Martins- burg , and Martud the line towards Sioux City by way of Elk creek , which survey came along and deliberately passed through Dan's garden , within a few feet of his door. The Heatrico waterworks wore de dicated with great enthusiasm Tuesday. Visitors wore received at the opera house at 11 o'clock , and addresses were mado. In the afternoon there was a parade of the military and lire departments , A ruce of'ono hundred yards between the Kilpntriek and No. 1 hose companies , of Healricc , was won by No , 1 in fifty-eight seconds to Kilpatriuk's .sixty-three feccondti. Coupling was made and a stream thrown by each eonipony. The works nro of the Holly system and cost $80,000. Them am six and u halt miles of pipes , twoOasgoll pumping engines , an engine house , a well , and sevonty-livo hvdrauts. 1'ho contractors1 test In thu afternoon was satisfactory. Iowa. Sunday shoving is prohibited in Sioux City. The first banquet of the society known HH .Nativo lownns will occur at Do.s Aloinus on' the evening of December . Tnroo saloon keepers In Keilhsbiirg havd voluntarily handed in their licenses nnd closed their saloons , the busines bciiiK unprofitable. Three moro saloon keepers nro still In the business there. Ics Monies furnishes the first coasting accident of the season. On Saturday n pair of "bobs" loaded with boys and girls collided with nn express wagon and ono boy wns rendered insensible by the the blow. Proper care brought 1dm nrounit'iill right. Dakota. The Dcndwood jail cost $7,500. The Rapid City Journal prefer * the opening of thoSioiiv reservation to settle ment , to the admission of Dakota to state hood. It is reported that west and northwest of Mitchell no trace of the snow bliz/ard exists. That locality In reported to have boon pleasant nil of last week. Htisincss was entirely suspended for a while on Friday nt Sioux Falls to give the business community a chance to gel even with each ether through the spattering snow ball. The Iron Hill mill shut down on Fri day , having been in operation eleven months , turning out aipiarterof amilllon of dollars. The stock , which six months ago sold at $7 , now goes beirgmg at ! ( ) cents. llallroml Monopoly In Nebraska. POOICMAN'B HANOIII : , Neb. , Nov. 23. To the UIKI : Can we still continue to boast of our republican institutions , our American idoaof no aristocracyof equal ity lo all men , when wlHiln fifty years a power has arisen which , if properly con trolled , would have been a blessing to our nation , but managed ns it is under the English idea , threatens worse slavery to fanners nml small capitalists than is now berne by the Irish under England's yokeV It is the just assertion of Ilio citizens of the United States that wo have no uris- tocrae.y by right of birth , and that such aristocracy Is impossible here , for pare was taken by the framers of our con-titu- tiou that norightof primogcnitureshoiild exi.st , in order to prevent large accumu lations in the hands of one person. When an Englishman comes to this country with his pocket full of railroad bonds , and sees a farmer drive up to the coal depot and say , "Lord So and So. how much coal can I have to-day ? " knowing ho can get it only of the rail road's agent , in quantities and at prices to suit himself , ns no one else is allowed to handle it , don't , you think the Englishman - man has n good opinion of this great and glorious country , and laughs iu his slcevo at the idea of a republic run on the most damnable aristocratic plan ? Shall wo allow the railroads to con tinue taking in the western eoal fields as they have the ea.stcrny Of V70)00 ! ( ) neres ot anthracite coal lands in Pennsylvania 1I5,000 ! are owned by six railroads' , whoso aggregate capitalization amounts lo $500,01)0,000 ) , while the actual cost of the roads and equipments for running is § 11-1.000,000. Will the members of our legislature look into this , and see ' .hat they get no more hold on the coal lands of ( ho west ? If you take out n charter for the City of Omaha , do you expc.it it to mean that you can run the whole slate of Nebraska with it ? When the state grants to n com pany a charier allowing right of way through the stale , it is only lor tlm ac commodation of th > > pubiie and not to enable a few to speculate in property and locate and control the business of the state. Is not the late strike in Chicago cage attributable to t > 'o railroads , as by their present system of pooling and dis criminating they cause capital lo con centrate in largo cities ? How many packing houses iu small town's have closed ' their doors .1111 ! have seen their business swallowed up by the gigantic packing business ol Chic ago , all because the r.-iilrouds discrimin ated against thorn in freight rates ? Why .should railroads give bettor rales to packers in largo cities if they do not themselves profit by it ? Many railroad ollicials are silent partners in the many important industries , as pork packing , grain , coal and oil traffic , so they may profit by the special rates. They do not dare to publish the actual earnings of their roads , knowing the people would rise in arms if the truth were known. What use is it lor us to plant , sow and reap if we have no voice in marketing our products. While Sam Jones is serv ing the Lord wo have to servo n higher power the railroad monopolies 1 see lie represents the Lord and the farmer in partnership , the farmer ploughing , and luiviuir the Lord do the niininir and shining , but ho does not mention the other partner , the railroad , who comes in after the harvest nnd says , 1 will lake what I want first , nnd the Lord nnd the farmer can have the balance. DAN POOKMAN. An arrow point made of ivory was lately extracted from the breast of a goose shot near Colusa , Cal. As there are no savages nearer than tlio arctic re gions with whom ivory is plenty , the conclusion is that the arrow was made from thu tooth of a walrus and shot into the breast of the bird by nn Esquimaux. The skin o ( the goosu had grown over the arrow. THE SANTA FE EXTENSION. The rrobalilllty or Ita Ilelng Huilt to Chloniro. Kansas City Star : Judge George W. McCrary , general counsel for the Atchl- sou , Topeka & Santa Fo , returned from Topeka , this morning. In reply to the questions as lo the legal status of the Sania I'o's proposed ( intension from Kan sas City lo Chicago. Judge McCrary said that the proper companies had been organized and incorporated in the states of Missouri and Illinois nnd most of the legal preliminaries to the building of Kiich a roai ) arranged. The right of way had been secured at points wlu-ni it was doubtful and It was only iieeossury to go on , let contracts nnd build liie road. "The road will be built to Chicago , tlinnV" "That is a question for the general managers to answer. So far : ill Ih-j proper Mops have been taken with t'mi ' end m view. " "Do you think such an extension would bo a good thing for the Santa Ku com pany as well ns for Kansas Ciy : ? " "h would iindonbleilly be a good thiig : for Kansas City nnd probaOlv a good in- ve.-tmcnv for Ilio Santa Fo. The company has fi.OOO miles of road we-,1 of the Missouri , covering a vast amount of territory , now practically its own which it can do no bettor lo protect nnd seen re than by the eon.slriict'on ' of its own line to the lakes. It is ilin necessity for Us own outlet for this big domain , independ ent of precarious trallio arrangements with oilier roads , which has urged Hie Santa Fo company to organi/.u in Missouri and Illinois and project this plan of an independent line to I'hR'agu. "As tlm matter takes shape , " said a well posted raihoad man this morning "I do not see what belter move the Santa Fo folk.s cuidd niuku than lo build tills lino. It has been iifL'od that there are too niijny roads now between the .Mis souri river and the lake * , but that would make no dillurenco to thu Sunia IV It would have its cxtui'bions in Kansas , Tuxa.s , Colorado , Arizona nml its Cali fornia business to turn over to the new line at Kansas City. Ucaidus , the route ns.surveyed would run through northern .Missouri , a county capable of great de velopment with cheaper lands , better for agrioultiiro and iivo sleek than any part of Kansas , and with fewer railroads than any settled part of Kansas has .now. Tins country wonjd settle up rapidly nipl noon become yi-ry valuable for local business. The Xntcmiutt that If the Santa Fo builds to Chicago the Hurlinglon or Alton will at once invade the Santa l-o territory in southern Kansas - sas and Texas is a mere blurt" . They won't do it. The 'Frisco , the Union Paeliie.tho Hock Island and the Santa I'o have already built as many oMensions in Kansas , or have thorn now bill Id Ing , as the stuto ran support in fifty years. AFTER THIRTY YEARS. A CHRP Wltli lioiiu'etLire Than tlic tmwyors nml the liitluanN. Thirty years of litigation has been brought to a elo. o at Madison , Georgia , by the settlement of the Eubntiks cslnte. Iu isio a yoiingmaii mimed Alfred Eu- bankseamc hero from North Carolina , and became overseer for Dr. Kundolph. Hy sharp trading he soon became the owner as well as the over.secr of the es tate. In 18T > 7 ho died childless and inte.s- tale. Light brother * set up a claim for the property. Of tin-so brothers hvo WITH whole blood nnd three were half. Tlio live full-blood brothers enjoined the administrators from paving to the three half-blood.s were the children of the hlder Eubanks' .second wife ; that she had married him without the formality of a divorce trom her Ural husband , whom she supposed to bu dead ; that after the birth of her third child the Enoch Ardeu In the ease reappeared and created n sen sation in the family. Tins injunction suit was carried to the slate supreme court in 1S , ' > 9 , which decided that the half- blood.s were illeuitimale. An appeal was taken to the United Slatessupreme court , which decided that the unfortunates were legitimate. The war prevented further settlement until its close , when the orig inal 2 > .00i ) wa.s reduced to $1.000. This $ ! I.OOO hail to be collected out of the only solvent , security eu the list , who fought its colloc'.on . in the courts until this vear , when ho had to pay over in stead of the original $ ! lei , 0 principal , $0.000 in addition ns Interest. Within that thirty years the c'-tatn had been in tlm hands of three separate administra tors. All the five full-blond brothers are dead , as well as the four law\ers \ origi nally retained , Even under'the .settle ment thus reached three surviving half- brothers will only gel.WiM ) a piece , as nil the rest will go to the lawyers. UP Tlint li'lirhtx and Units Awity. Jerome- Factotum iu SI. Louis ( Slobo- Dcmocrat : The authorship of thtiso well known lines ( brief reference lo which has already been made in this department ) has for a long period been a matter of dispusMon. They were , till a compara tively recent date , supposed to bo in Hutler's Iludibras , but tlu > y cannot , bo found in any known edition of that work. Tlie first instniice of ihe lines beinir in print occurs in si scarce book , Kay's llis- lory of the lie.helliou , where Iheyappcar at page ! ( ) in an impression of the work printed by Hobert Itrown , near Chri.il's iio.spitul , London , 1708 , as follows : llo that liuhl.s and rims a 'ay .May tmii ami liL'ht another day ; Kill he that is iu battle slain Will never live to unlit a'iMin. In "Tliu Art of Poetry on a New Pl.au , " nl.-o a scarce book , published by ' . ! . Ni-wbery , at tinUible ami Sun in St. Paul's churchyard , London , 17 ( ! ' . ' . " volume ii , p. M7 , wo read the. extract being quiited as trom HutlerV Hudi- bras For he who jishls ami iinis away May live In liuht another ilav : lint he who I iu the h.illle slain ( 'an iH'M'r rise mul u lit auaiu. Hut , as has already been said , the lines are not iu Iludibras. In thai portion of the poem ( pt iii , canto iii , 1'Jll-l ) which is emoted in tlm Art of Poetry , wo have For those tint 11 \ imiy llitht again. Which be can never ilo mat's shunt Hence Hmelv iiiiinlun'.s no mean part Uf conduct iu llmmaithd ait. THE STORY OF A PENSION. Tlio SnflVrlncH > ! ' a C'tiliin ' Holdier Allowed l InHiK'je.st Claim Kvrr I'-iid. Tniliaiiiinolis Journal : The pension olliee in this city has tins week paid the largest pension ever allowed any soldier of the late war. Tlm amount is * I'J'JI 1 II , with $7'J a mouth hercatler , and was paid to John I' . Moc.r.cf. or. rather , to his guardian , Morgan Chandler , of ( Ireen- lirld. Moncrief is a soldier of the Mc\i- Scan war and the war of the Union. In the late war he enlisted in Company U- , Eleventh Illinois cavalry. Hi.s pension dates from July ! il. Ibtl , when , in notion in Sherman's campaign , he was in jured and beeame violently insane. Ho was tiiKen to the guard house , and im mediately after an examination by Mir- goons WIH : Kent to the ( Jovcriiment , Hospital for the Insane , at Washington , where he has been c-onlincd since. Hi.s injury was to bin spinal chord , and was occasioned by his hoine , whch : had been shot , falling upon him. For a long time after tins battle hi * wife , who now lives at ( ! ruenfield , this state , never heard , iny- thiug about him , ami supposed hlnideail. 11 is whcrc.ahoulH were then communicated by ollicersof his regiment. Up to theiiiuo nf r'eciviiig his pension his wife anil family have never visited him , as I hey are in very humble eirfiinistaiices. She bus , however , managed lo nu.se t heir Iivo children without ncip from anybody. Fit/gerald & Pownll. claim agents , of this city , have been successful in getting this pension allowed after fifteen years' work upon it. Tint case was resisted in every way possible by thu government , and rejected on three dillrrciil occasions by the pension department , which claimed th'ut disability e\ sled pr.or to cnlUliucni. The department tried to net nji hereditary insanity , but an investigation showed that Monerief had perfect health for Iivo years preceding his hist enlistment. The iusu ; was appealed lo tin- secretary of the interior , win * recommended it lie given In special exanrneiK. llis discharge from the army is dated .Inly , IrtS ) , to lake elVci-t Inly : il , ISil. ( Thi ) government will doubtless , now I hat his pen nii has been paid , have him IruiM'crrcd lo Iliinnih and placed in some si i ) . ' hoipiial tin re , ,10 having unliFl" ' ! at .I.-ieh-o.nilln. . 'I'll K ease Hhovtsin brmf the ppogivsi in Ilio pensijn hiw and allowance for total dixaiiilit. ) From JulHI , IS 5 , * M per muriUi ; from Juno 'I ' , I IIO , f.X.i per nionlli ; from June -I , 17:2 : , : ! ! . ' , : . " . ti r imnllifrcMii ; .Juno I , H7-I. $ T ) per HT < M ! | ' , from . .Mine . 1H7S " . ! per month. ' 1 ii < shows liuw well ( lie goviirii'iiuiil can * lor il disabled ilcfiiiiilms ; yd who woi : < d ; : tlii ! lliu pltiee of poor Moucrief , with his iwiMiiy two years of insanity , for ihi iinouiit of pension that go < ; s to his S-.nn- Iv , Though it is HID lurgeit amount : vcr paid to a puiis'ioiicr at OIKI lime , it is HI c.oinpiiiisatiou for a h ntcred , wrn Led md ruined life like his. Indiana fiiriiinhns j number of pin- sinners who have .Irawn nearly as mum honey us .Monern I but not nil in n > > ll'atl. tlollll Dome llv , Ot Culinellnii , 'err , > county , is oin o ; ihr-o. Hi * was captain ol ( < ouii.inj | ( i , "i-id Indiana , ui.d IIIIH for many yc.irs bei-n hopu'esKi ' in- iimo. Iliiriiiir Shcniiiiifri inarch | o the sen ho was deluded lo take charge ot great stores ofurpliirt ba gage of tliu army. Tins was captured > y tlio rebels , and he , with oilier \ rUoucr.s taken at the Miimi time , was t > eni to Libby prison Kv poiiirc. the hardshi\n \ > ot prison life and brooding over thu lo-i ot tlic. i ! ston-s madu htm insaiiK II - , was long an in mate ol tin ; Iml u < ia hoi , > itul tor the iu- .sane , but now a harmless , feeble mun. lie live * NVith an only d iii hler til Cnnmd- lon. The govcriiia'-nl. in settling hi-j ai'- count and nrrears pid him sjl.'joo , and hi * , li.iii-him drawn ri\vr $13,0 JD in pen- Mini money. Pi iisiuu nionoY is not ulw'iy.s-piit to the bcsi UM > . A IIIMIS < > iiT | ul Plymouth , Mnrslmil 'I'ounty wliori'Cuufly < lr < w ovnr $1 Ol i K . ' ' --'iil.i\ ' iic-iig jotil blindm-s , , Ji.is siuuu . ! < ni. U-u'.fti death.