THE OMAHA DAILY BEti. MONDAY , NOVEMBER 29 , 1880.
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urairo ilnily circulation of tla Dally Heo for
tbo nioiitli of January. IBbO , wns 10.ti8ropies : ,
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for AuiMist , 16.SO , 12-liH conlesjfor September.
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copies. Quo. II. T/SCIIUCK.
Mil. ( Join. ! ) bus secured tbo last tenn-
itiul in Si. Louis. It should now bo culled
the city of St. ( jould.
WHAT Is tlio hurry about plaiting tlio
poor funny Why not lot llio nmltur lie
over until springy Winter is no tiino to
get tlio highest prices for lots und tbo
money cannot be used until tiic contracts
arc let. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now is Ihu tiino lo push tiling for now
railroad connections. There is no reason
why ( spring Hhould not see work begun
on several now lines through Douglas
county if our citi/.ens will bestir tlieui-
elvcs.
IT is announced that Mrs. Cleveland
will plunge into the vortex of Washington
fipciety after New Years. This would
seem to indicate that certain reports of
Washington gossips in reference to presi
dential holies arc without foundation.
JOHN S.un.r.u is still a sailing on the
pleasant waters of a legislature still bunt
with his mouth full of promises and his
pocket filled with passes. The cruise so
far has not been an unqualified success.
It will end in shipwreck before many
weeks have gone.
EUASTPS HUOOKS the last of the old-
time Now York journalists , died on
Thanksgiving day The old-time New
York journalists regarded their papers as
personal and party organs only , in whiuh
opponents had no rights which they were
bound to respect and the reading public ,
outside of their small constituency , no
wants requiring attention.
OXCK more the Sunday UEK load tlio
procession with a wealth of reading matter -
tor , cablegrams , special telegrams and
correspondence , which placed it above all
competition in this part of the west , lint
the UKE long ago distanced all local com
petition. Its rivals in enterprise and news-
gathering nowadays are all hundreds of
miles distant. And they are not such
formidable rivals after all.
AXOTIIEK hole is to be bored to test the
width of tlio coal vein and a diamond
drill will be used to remove a cone of the
black mineral. Then wo shall know pos
itively how valuable the find really is. If
tlio vein proves half as wide as now seems
probable it will bo a fortune. If It turns
out to bo seven feet , or six foot , it will be
one of the richest in the west. Coal it
there. Of that there is now no doubt. In
u few weeks wo shall know whether it is
us abundant as all hope and as many
bcliuvo.
THE commissioners are being beset on
all sides while delaying their decision on
the plans for the now county hospital
Rival architects are abusing each other
mid tilling the cars of the public wltli
reports of each other's misdoings , and m
terestod friends are urging the selection
of this plan or the other for persona !
reasons. The commissioners should de
aide on the merits of the plans proposed
If alterations are necdsd they should be
ordered. In fact , the report of the ad
vlsory board of physicians plainly statoi
that each of the plans required change.
to bo made. The KKR advocates IK
flpecial plan. It wants the best rogardlesj
of cost or who lias drawn it. And this i ;
the Bontiiuoni of the Omaha public.
Tin : delay of the administration in ap
pointing a minister to Austria cannot lu
duo to lack of material , for I'ennsylvuiii :
nlonu presents three gentlemen who art
willing to servo their country in that ca
paclty. Kx-iovornorJiirtin ( ( , who will IK
out of business at the expiration of tin
present congress , would like very inucl
to go abroad tor a season , and nlthougi
the old gentleman is said to bo no longui
iu the full maturity of his powers , tin
friends who are urging his uppomtmen
think ho still has sufliclunt discretion U
attend to any business likely to reqnln
Ins attention at Vienna , lu other words
ho would make a respectable figurehead
which appears to bo all that is necessary
iu this mission , Mr. Black , the lately defeated
feated candidate for governor , is also t
candidate , and the other aspirant is ex
Congressman Hopkins. U is not ap
parent , however , that there is uni
urgency lu rilling this mission , and it i
very likely the administration will not ac
iu the matter until Austria takes tin
initiative , as it is her duty to do , in send
ing a minister to Washington , Botl
governments are saving something linun
chillyand they are not likely to uoloser
in uuy other respect by not having 'a ful
diplomatic representation at their re
pectiye capital * .
llic Bintc of Omnlia.
\\hllo Judge Dnndy Is being croomod
as n dark horse for Van NVyck's brogans
by the sago of Seymour's pane , several
gullible democratic lawyers have been
put on the trail of democratic members
of the legislature on a confidential mis
sion. Each of them whispers gently
into tlio credulous oars of these members
that ho is sure of Dunily's place on the
bench if the democrats will only hold
together in caucus and throw their com
bined strength to the judge when the
right moment arrives. This isa vcrycuto
f-chomn In which Church llowo's friend ,
Nclse Patrick , expects to take n hand in
duo tiino , The only stumbling block iu
the way is the trilling objection that
Omaha would have two senators and
one congressman by this deal for tlio
next two years. The BEK was never
known to object to any project that
would increase Omaha's influence at
Washington. But Senator Mundorson ,
John M. Thiirslou and several other per
sons more or less known would regard It
as untimely and unwise. What Judge
Weaver would think of the matter wo
are not advised at this date. Ho might
trade his Falls City homo to Senator
Dtimly for his Omaha mansion and move
to the state of Omaha with his lightning
rod to take his chances for a tilt with
ThursUm and Mandcrson in 1833 ,
By llio way , it is not at all certain yet
whether Van Wyck will yield his scat in
the senate to Judge Untidy without a
struggle ; and there Is grave doubt
whether the anti-monopoly democrats
will allow Dr. Miller and Noise 1'atriukto
make the proposed transfers of their
votes.
Charter Amendment.
Elsewhere we publish an important in
terview with City Attorney Council upon
some of the needed changes in ourVhar-
ter coupled with suggestions for rcmedy-
ng present wants. Mr. Council has
$ ivim the matter earnest study for
months past. As city attorney , ho is
n'obably better fitted than any other citi
zen to expose the defects of the charter
iinder which our government is at pres
ent conducted. Every Haw and want is
exposed at some lime or another
through suits or embarrassments which
come directly under the eye of the
city attorney and upon which as the legal
adviser of the mayor and council lie is
called upon to give his opinion.
Most of the topics which the city attor
ney discusses have already been discussed
in the columns of the Bin : after consulta
tion on the part of its editor with leading
citi/.ens. In thu main its conclusions as
to means and methods to be employed
agree with those suggested by Mr. Cou
ncil. This is especially the case with
reference to the necessity of a now classi
fication of cities , which will permit
Omaha , under a general law , to make her
own charter without forcing Lincoln to
maintain as expensive a government as
our own. The same view seems to have
been adopted in the capital city , where a
committee has already been named lo
amend tuo charter und readjust the pro
visions to the needs of that rapidly grow
ing community. With a now classifica
tion Lincoln can still remain a city of the
lirst class without any clashing between
the Douglas and Lancaster delegations ,
Mr. Council's plan for extending the
city boundaries is a suggestive one and
will attract attention , while his remarks
upon the necessity of increased judicial
facilities , the enforced connection ol
sewer , gas and water mains on streets to
be paved , the regulation ol
telephone service and changes
in the viaduc1 ; law will meet
with general approval. Many minor
matters are also taken up which the
committee on charter amendment will
doubtless incorporate in their report.
Wo have begun in the right manner to
change our charier , and if the matter is
properly pushed and openly discussed ,
there is no reason why the bill should
not be dratted ready for introduction on
the opening day of the session.
For licadora.
The surmises that are dally sent out
from Washington regarding the pos
sible selections for the chairman
ships of the most important com
mittees of the next house of representa
tives , and the interest in this subjuci
which is developed in the columns o :
many democratic newspapers , indicate
that the matter is a source of very consid
crable perplexity to the democratic mind.
The November elections disturbed am
unsettled the situation very decidedly
The result made it doubtful whether Mr
Carlisle can be re-elected speaker. I
removed Mr. Morrison from tlio list o
counsellors und leaders.lu the next con
gress , which the party evidently regards
as a very serious loss. It gave Mr. Han
dull an increased prcsligo , which it is
not doubted ho will make the 'most of I
Ids physical powers hold out. It brought
back into the arena MrJ S. S. Cox , who
has aspirations and friends , and who no
only will not be ignored in the distribu
lion of favorite places , but must bo wul
taken care of. Meanwhile , there are
other ambitious patriots in thu demo
craticcamp who arc anxious to prolit b ;
the changed situation , and v/ho believe
theii claims are as good as the best , while
entirely confident of their qualifications
for leadership. Among these may bo
mentioned Mr , Townshond , of 111 !
nois , who is being boomed by
some of the democratic paper
of that state as a gcntlemai
inovryway equipped to assume the
functions which Mr. Morrison will sur
render.
Calculation ! ] and forecasts made at this
time , however apparently wise , may bo
entirely undone by events within the
next year , The organization of the nex
house of representatives is a matter ii
which the administration is very likely to
take n profound interest and to exert ai
active Influence. The president's uxper
lencu with a democratic house pulling in
opposition to him in all his chief policies
cannot be otherwise than unsatisfactory
to him , and he must see that it has provei
unfortunate to his administration and to
the party. Ho wants to bo rcnominatcd
and in order tosccuro tlmt the condition
which produce disaffection must bo re
moved and ( tie party harmonized. Thi
result thuro is every reason to beiievo th
president will seek to bring about , am
to accomplish it there will have to be
concessions and compromises which may
interfere materially with the arrange
nii'iits und expectations of leaders am
those who aspire to load. The admlnls
( ration will bo required to yield in som
directions where , thu disagreement of the
democratic majority of the house ha
> eon most pronounced , and wo liavo not
n doubt that it will bo found willing tn
do this. There is evidence that the
> resldcittal backbone is not abso-
utcly indexible. On the other hand the
( cmoorats of the house will bo expected
o make some concessions to the admin-
stration , and tills the leaders may bo in-
luccd to do by satisfactory assurances
of reward in the event that the adtninis-
ration is continued.
From this view of the possible situa-
ion a year hence it Is apparent that the
irganlzullon of the next house may be in-
luencod very largely by what the prcsi-
lent shall deem to be his interest in the
natter , and it will not bo questioned that
f disposed ho might oxorl a yery great
nlluonco. It is plain that in order ( o
smooth his pathway to a ronominuthm
10 must cioso the breaches in his party
which at present seem almost Impassible
obstructions. Ho must put an end to thu
contentions of leaders and the warfare of
factions. Ho must unbend himself In
the directions in which the majority
of his party believe ho has been too in-
mutable and still-backed. Ho must put
limsclf in morn intimate personal rela
tions with the leading men of his party
md give belter attention to their opin-
ons. In all these respects the president
ins thus far shown n stolid indiifereiico
which has lost him llio regard of the men
upon whom ho must largely
lopcnd for the accomplishment
of his political aims and the
realization of his political hopes. If ho
shall change his policy in this regard lie
may make himself what lie should be in
his party , the leader of leaders , and thus
solve the dilllcnlty which now appears to
bo sorely perplexing the democracy. It
is much more easy , however , to indicate
the task than to meet its requirements ,
and it is not certain thai Mr. Cleveland
possesses tl'o qualllications necessary to
ils performance.
Tun Sunday BKI : contained another in
teresting account of the visits of corre
spondents among the working people of
the principal capitals of Europe the
carpenters being the objects of investiga
tion lust week. The condition of this
class in London was found lo bo generally -
ally no better , financially or socially ,
than that of the bricklayers , previously
reported. They are poorly paid and are
out of employment a third of the year or
more. Saving among them is impossi
ble , and the social condition of most of
them is deplorable. Thu carpenters of
Paris arc bettor oil'than their brethren of
the English metropolis , and it is observed
that this is in a measure duo to thu fuel
thai almost thu ontirc fraternity arc
members of powerful unions , which
maintain a vigilant care of their interests.
As a class , however , they are industrious
and sober , which fact is a butter reason
for their relatively greater prosperity.
There is abundant employment for car
penters in Berlin at present , and they are
consequently doing fairly well , but they
are a slow and unthrifty class and do not
get ahead. The reports show that on the
whole the carpenters of Europe arc as far
behind their brethren of America as are
the masons and bricklayers.
Tin ; iMcr.dota carpenter has decamped
but the railroads are importing other
patriots for revenue only to manage the
proposed legislative caucuses of both
parties in their interests and against Van
Wyck in conjunction with Church Howe ,
Ed Cams , John Sahlor , Peter Schwcnk
and Cap Phillips. One of the latest im
ported battle scarred warriors is ox-Lieu
tenant Governor Campbell , of Illinois.
Like Agcc and Cams ho has made him
self useful as a stool pigeon in legisla
tures and expects to exert powerful in
fluence upon the Nebraska legislature.
STATE AND TKKIUTOHY.
Nelir.iHka Jottings.
Shaving on Sunday is prohibited In
Blue Hill ?
The North Nebraska Teachers' associa
tion meet in Norfolk December 28.
The corner stone of the Episcopal
church of Sidney was laid last week.
Salt creek is fro/.ou ever , and political
expeditions arc postponed till spring.
A Table Ilock hennery has shipped
1,500 dozen of eggs to New York this
season.
Cloth peddlers with shelf-worn goods
have invaded North Nebraska in large
numbers.
Union Pacific surveyors are busy in
Wymoro , and expectations are high In
consequence.
John W. Burnslde , county treasurer of
Harlan county , died at his residence in
Alma , Saturday.
Schuylor wants day police with hickory
clubs and superb shape. They would bo
a "take-in" feature of tlio town.
A nine-year-old boy disappeared some
weeks ago from his homo near Wilbcr ,
and no trace of him can bo found ,
The Ulysses Herald , democratic , re
cently ostaollsliod in Butler county , was
too good to live. It died young.
The Papllllon Times suggests that if the
new Fort Omaha is not located in Sey
mour park I'upilltonitcs should make a
bid for it.
The Siamese twin spirits , Tom and
Jerry , have made their appearance in
the west , on their annual inspection ot
internal affairs
The PluttKinouth Journal halls the con
find in Omaha as a blessing to ttio state ,
and urges Phittsmouth capitalists to pros
puct in that vicinity ,
The constitutional amendment , In
creasing the pay of legislators , Inukei
: iiJ8 ( ( votes of securing u majority of al
votes cast. It is dead ,
A Lincoln nislio put up at n Nebraska
City hotel , turned on thu gas and blew it
out. A convenient porter tapped him before
fore hn reached the Styx.
Jake Stulncr , the blacksmith of Green
wood , was elected justice of the peace b >
a majority of one vote , It was thu onlj
vote cast for the oliice.
L. II. Case , a farmer living near Nor
folk , was lugged off to Cherokee county
Kansas , to answer the charge of forging
a deed to 830 acres of land.
L. I ) . Bobbins , of Nebraska City , shuttered
terod his seventh rib on the raw edge of :
manger while nimbly climbing out o
reach of a refractory steer ,
Ed Stcrrutt , of Auburn , drew a bead on
the brain pot of John Hall , Saturday , am
deliberately shattered a plate class win
dow. The police wisely took him in.
The church sociable has been rovivci
in Central City under the title of "tin pat
supper. " The guests furnish the "tin"
and strike "hard pun1' in one course.
The widow of Mathias Thompson , who
was run over and killed by the cars while
intoxicated at Wisncr. has sued the mm
who sold him liquor for $5,000 , damages
Two hundred men were out for days
vainly searching for the remains of the
seven-year-old son of Jacob B'mgo ' , o :
KnoJC county , lost during the storm of thu
17th Inst.
The wife of S. T. Betz , of Lyons , has
disappeared , and gossips have.il that she
skipped with u handsomer uiuu , Tueo
lore li. Gilbert , with whom Uctss bad an
itfmtisfaclory Inw&liU.
IJditor Calliown , oftho Lincoln Demo
crat , respectfully und thankfully declines
ho proposal to pass the hat for his bone-
it. lie is built that..way. and proposes
o stand or fall on the merits of Ins work.
Instead of llio town of Callaway being
novcd , as reported in several papers , she
s actively laying the foundation of a
irosporous community. Fifty substan
tial houses already have been erected a
jood record for a yearling.
Uanvur City , Furnas county , Is threat *
cnud with an avaln\icJio of railroads. The
II. & M. , Union I'a6lfic , Hock Island and
Northwestern roaiu hro said to bo head
ing that way. Venlyj the clank of the
chain gang is heard in the land.
The Luther-Wagner libel suit iu Dodge
county , involving $ Ui,000 damages ' to the
loputation of Martin Luthr.r.'lms been
continued till the next term of court. As
lioth parties to the Hull are well lixcd , it
is safe to predict that the lawyers will
get tlio best of it ,
The Nebraska City News has been
ruddy cut oil' trom the fountain of dem
ocratic youth iu Omaha ; having received
notification from Postmaster ( 'otitant that
'your paper addressed to Miller & Kic-h-
ardsoii , Omaha Herald , is not taken out ,
but remains dead in 'this olllei' . " With
the I'lattsmonth Journal , the Beatrice
Democrat and lastly thn NOWH , listed us
bourbon outcasts , tlio era of democratic
harmony moves along merrily.
The story of tin- bounce of Conductor
Ilolcomb , of the 15. & M. , as given by the
I'lattsmonth papers , is a warning to
knights of the punch to switch the coi'k
turn chow cloves when the manager is
about It is not only impolite , but itsap.s
this foundation of the job to ship him on
the back till his neck cracks , and shout :
"Why , hello. Ctcorge ; what's the state of
your' llverV Butter stand rigidly on
your legs mid dignity , brethren , and
command iu imperious tones , "Tickets ,
please , "
Tim boycott instituted by a political
faction in Cre'mhton against the Tran-
hoript for supporting Senator Van Wyek ,
is proving a double-edged tool , ami the
men who swing it are already badly cut
up. A recent number of the Transcript
has the following in this spaces vacated
by the " .stop-my-add" follows : "This
.space is vacated by Bigot t\s Striker on
account of the lraner'mt supporting
and ticket.1 '
Van Wyck the anti-ring
The paper is going to the marrow of the
boycott business and exclaims with Mac
beth : "Damned be ho who first cries
hold , enough I"
The snow storm of the llh inflicted se
vere losses on farmers and btockmen in
various parts of the state. Jn L'urnas
county at least forty hogs and a number
of sheep and cattle wore lost. In the
vicinity ot ( Jothenborg thirty-eight head
of hogs , -170 head of sheep and four horses
perished in the drifts. Reports from
rhclp.s countv show the loss of eighty-five
head of cattle , Si83 head of hogs , JJ75
sheepandonehor.se. In Way no county
seventy hogs and twenty-live blooded
calve.s were fro/.un to death , and in Mad
ison county the lobs ia well up in the
hundreds 4J50 head of Miccp , fourteen
turkeys and twenty head of cattle ,
The item copied in these Jottings last
week concerning the burnmir of a barn in
lloldrego reflected unintentionally on
Mi. Latta , the owner of tlio building. The
tlottinger has no intention desire to
harm or offend man , woman or child ,
1101 is he ambitious to pluck the bauble
of notoriety by misstateinents of t'aets ,
but unfortunately life is too short to per
sonally verify the contents of "our esteemed -
teemed contemporaries , " llio .state pres
over 300 u week in number. _ Incidents
thus secured arc clothed to suit the va
rious tastes of the multitude of Bi-r. : read
ers , with an adherence to truth which a
life-long friendship and brotherly conli-
dcnce justifies. The item referred to was
plucked from : i local paper , and the re-
llection , if any , had 'its source in llol
drego.
lo\va HIMIIM.
Night schools have opened up in Dos
Moines.
Clinton lias tin electric light system in
operation ,
Burlington's charity ball netted ifSUO
for tlio poor.
Eighty pounds of bogus butter were
seized in Knoxville last week.
Adam ( iay. a Cedar Rapids teamster ,
was kicked'by a colt and fatally injured.
The school enrollment of Polk county
is 12,251 , and theavcrageittcnUanco 7,800.
Seyon divorces wore granted at the
late session of the district court in Clarke
county.
The oleomargarine seized in Dabiinuc
last week and again on the , 24th inst. ,
was marketed by u Wisconsin farmer.
The saw mills at Clinton have ceased
running for the season. The cut of lum
ber was larger than lost year , being about
150.000,000 , feet.
Tlio cost to the taxpayers of Polk
county the past year ( or maintaining the
justices and district court foots up to a
total of $ ( U,4' > 1.UU.
The packing house at Cedar Uapuln
has killed 09,07(1 ( hogs so far this reason ,
as against'1SJ.831 during the correspond
ing period last year.
The annual report of the county clerk
of Boone county , for tho.ycar ending Oc
tober 1 , shown the number of marriages
to have been 21 $ ; deaths , 53 ; births , SOJ.
The coal war In Des Molnos has lutlucud
outside operators to sell at $1.75. A local
operator predicts coal will sell as low as
$1.25 per ton before the war is ended.
The police of Des Moines are devoting
their spare moments to gamblers and
gambling dons , 'llio cops have .secured
enough chips to replace their brass but
tons.
Judge Call lias mode a frco offering of
forty lots , or ten aurcs of ground , at Al-
gona , tn assist in the erection of the nor
mal school there. Hi * ofl'er has been ac
cepted.
By straggling reports from divers direc
tions , but principally from a number of
inland counties , older hard cider very
hard eider is gaining in popularity anil
demand us a winter beverage.
The days of the long-haired Indian
doctor and tooth-pulling gang are nuarlv
over in Iowa. On the 1st of January all
irregular practitioners of the healing art
go over tlio line and slay there. They
can eoinu back into the slate again by
giving bond for good behavior.
On the truli of tlui month tiio district
court of Sioux City is uud orders to the
Midi-ill's to MI'I/.U all liquors found in
saloons in the city , After the laps of ten
duyrf , theshurilfsiartod out to perform
the work and lo and behold nary a drop
of red liquor could bo found , and the
shorill'so reported to the court , Tlio
town is now elated Inat diluted devil
ment Is banished-under cover , but any
quantity of tlio seductive solace can bo
had for money or gilt edge tick.
A document was received at tlio state
library with the compliments of Colonel
A , C. Johnson , of Linden , which proves
to boa valuable rolic. of the war , It is
a copy of the Daily 1'rogross of d. to ,
Haloigh , N. C. , April 15 , ItiUri , being the
lirst pupor printed under thu Hag ot the
United States in that city after the cap
ture by General Sherman and his army.
It contains a full review of the \vur \ Muni
tion and much of interest concerning the
reception which federal troops received
while pushing the enemy to thu wall ,
Dakota.
A grist mill is going lip at Bullalo Cup ,
Hog killing will begin at Sioux Falls
HUM week ,
Tho.Portland mine last week shipped
85,000 pounds of oreto Omaha.
A lake Din Forest county rose two feet
lately without anv visible means of sup
port.
port.Thu liooiestnko aiiuo docs not employ
3,000 mcn , as reported. The limit Is
1,000 ,
Dlokcnson , the couulvscnt of Slnrk ,
with a population of 700 , is putting up a
$15,000 court house.
Huron , having secured street cars and
elm-trio lights , is now organizing an his
torical and scientific association.
In Buffalo county the rounty scat fight
resulted in the removal of the seat ol loeal
government from ( tiinii Valley lo Buffalo
Center ,
The Trojan mine has contracted to
sink a shaft 100 fret , Oip from a six-foot
vein is be/ng shipped to Omaha from this
nilno which nets the company from .fO'J
to $25 pur ton.
At Urand Forks , on the night of the 2fil )
inst. , ollicers brought in John Tiorney ,
whom they found wandering on the prai
rie , half naked , a long distance from any
habitation , and perfectly cra/.y. He was
tearing his hair and clothes , and with a
butcher knife in hanit oll'ercil formidable
resistance. The citizens turned out and
ran the wild man down , and after a hard
fight , in which several were severely cut ,
captured him. Ho was adjudged insane ,
and will bo sent to the asvliim at James
town.
U yeA
A now bank building is Hearing com
pletion in Butfalo.
( ircun river is fro/en over , for the fir. t
time in nineteen years.
A score of dwellings tire going up be
tween blizzards in Lusk.
The Shoshone Indian agency lias had
$18,000 placed to its credll.
Nine convicts were sent to the pnniton-
liury from Albany at the last term of
court.
Kinp marble nas boon discovered near
Douglas. Two persons have already secured -
cured 800 acres underlaid with the sub
stance.
The chnrgo is made that rustlers man
ufacture mavericks to order in the vicin
ity of Douglas , by splitting the tongue.
Tlio calf thus fixed cannot suckle and
soon ceases to follow its mother.
The new variety of coal discovered In
the mines of IM"-j irs. Martin & Co. , on
Mill creek , is known in England and
Scotland as the dry gas coal. This coal is
non-caking , does not form coke and gives
a bright , clear anil powerful blast. II is
thi'.so qualities that make it so desirable
in furnace and blast work.
Talk About Iiumt.
/i / Tfnit * .
It is never too late to mend. We are
glad to learn that Colonel Hobert G. In-
gcrsoll's views about thu acquisition of
land have undergone a change. Sunday
evening , the Mtli inst. , the eminent mil-
del made some eloquent remarks in
Chickuring hall at the close of the Free
Thinkers' congress , and in tlio published
report of what he said we find tlio fol
lowing :
No man lias a riulit to own more land than
lie.oan use. Why , 1 think U the air about im
could bo bottled up we would liavea hlgsMi-
dic.de tunning tlio ( ireut American Air-Hot-
Hill,1 , ; association , and thousands would die
Ik'iMiiso they hail not the money to pav for
air to breathe. Tlmt Is what is cuing 011 w Ith
the land , and It must stop.
Ho also declared that if nobody had too
much land everybody would Have enough
and asserted that he would not take an
inch ot laud from anyone without paying
for it.
Ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorse.y , whom
Colonel Ingorsoll defended when the gov
ernment accused him of having einspired
with Thomas J. Brady and others to de
fraud the nation and the taxpayers there
of , eamo in possession of a tract of land
in Now Mexico said to bn ninety miles
long and sixty miles wide. After tbo
star-route trials Mr. Dor.-oy retired to this
modest farm , and a part ol it
passed into the possession of hi
Iricnd Ingorsoll , who erected upon
the land a curious group of ornate
and co > tly log cabins. Those were to
give him shelter fora part of each your ,
and they became knownas Colonel Ingor-
eoll'-s country scat. Agents of the land
olllco. familiar with the tricks by which
unscrupulous persons take possession of
great trao's of public lands , made an in
vestigation in New Mo-vico , The report
submitted by Inspectors llobbs anil
Greene to Commissioner McFarland In
June , 1881 , and afterwards published by
congress , is one of the most intorcslinir
papers of the kind that can be found in
the general land oliice. That report con
tains a history of the qiiartcrsection on
which the colonel's country-bousn stood ,
That section had been taken in the name
of MiguclAbeytia and afterward convoyed
to S. W. Dorsey. No trace of Aboytiii
could be found. No such person hade
our \ lived on the claim or in the vicinity
of it. Of a group of claims , which in'
eluded this one , Insneotor Hobbs re
ported : "i slate emphatically ami with
out fear of contradiction from any quar
ter , that all of said entries are fraudu
lent ; that all of said names are fictitious
names , mid not one of said parties ever
Jived in Colfax county. "
When this report was published it
Hoomcd to us that the colonel would
hasten lo restore the land to the public
domain , or would induce his partner , Mr.
Dorsey , to satisfy the demands of justice.
We worn , , not ready to believe that ho
would continue to occupy the quarter
section after ho should become familiar
with its history. Can any one who heard
the colonel's eloquent romarus in Chiok-
cring hull believe that ho still occupies
Urn mythical Abeytia's claim or owns u
large part of Dorsuy'a principality ? No.
lie must have cut loose from those old
associations ,
Two or three years ago the people of
Louisiana became excited ever the dis
covery of the McEnory hind-ringHwindle.
The brother of the governor of the utato
was enabled by u peculiar contract with
the state to get possession of thousands of
acres of line land , and the nature of the
job was not exposed until ho undertook
to grab the Clmlmotto battleground ,
which the Htato bought and paid for
sixty years ago , MoEnory declared that
his legal representative in Washington
was Colonel Ingersoll , to whom ho trans
ferred his title to u large tract of
land in payment for services ron >
dei'cd. llecent dispatches to the
'limes from Now Orleans say
that 15,000 acres of land in thu parish of
St. James were entered in Colonel Ingor-
soil's name. But this entry was made
two or three years ago JJ it was really
made with Colonel Ingornoll's ' knowledge
and consent , and not to serve the ends
of a jobber in Lnnisia.ia , wo presume
that the colonel has relinquished the
properly or refused to take it , 'No man
lias a right to own more land than he can
use. ' Unless wu USMIIIIO that Colonel
Ingersoll , while practising law and inli-
dclity in Now York , is using 15,000 acres
in Louisiana and a great slice of Dorsoy's
; i,000,000 acres in Now Mexico ,
wo must supjio.se that he no
longer holds lliusti large trad H.
The lecture delivered in Uhickoring
hall nulicatiiri not only that the colonel has
changed his views about the public lands ,
but also that he has been laboring with
his friends whose piactico with regard to
those lands has not been in accordance
with the sentence expressed in that lec
ture , 1'robubly ho has used a wealth of
argument and persuasion upon Doraoy
and his other partners , and it may bo
that they will apply to thu land ollico for
permission to rufctoro a part of their
holdings to the public domain , or will
donate thu same to actual bottler * .
It is with ploasuru that we call the at
tention of our readers to thu "Garland
Stoves and llangcs1 ' They tire acknowl
edged to bo the best in the world , and wo
imde.rbtand , many morn of them are sold
than of all other kinds in the United
States put together. They cost no moru
than is often inkcd for an inferior article.
TO CONSIDER THE GI1A1UER ,
A Largo AHendanco Looked For at the
Council Ohnmbcr This Evening.
VARIOUS CHANGES PROPOSED.
lifforls RC.IIIK Miulo to Secure Snm
iloncs Per n Series of Meetings
Huso Hull Matters
Uncoil : News.
IrnOM TIII tiF.r.'fitiNcots nini3Air. |
" \Vo hope the meeting to-night at the
council chamber will bo largely at
tended , " said a member of the city gov
ernment yesterday , "and that plans for
the now oily charter may bo adopted at
once. " It seems lo bo almost , If not quite ,
the unanimous opinion that the city ofli-
ciuls are doing just right in bringing
this question up for public expression and
approval prior lo legislative days , and
there is a deop-soutod desire for harmo
nious action on the part of Lincoln citi
zens , that in passing the necessary laws
for the government und control of Ne
braska's growing cities Unit Omaha and
Lincoln , in obtaining now charters , may
work hand in hand. In conversation with
a number of prominent ofl'inluls and
properly owners in the city il seems to bo
the feeling that laws should bo mudo that
would create two grades for cities' of llio
lirst class- one grade to ueeommoduto
Omaha that might fix the minimum pop
ulation a 00,001) ) , thai could bo lirst
grade , and the seeohd grade to
apply to cities between 25,1(00 ( and (10,000. (
It seems to be the opinion of a good many
that for laws to govern a cily the si/.o of
Lincoln a good deal of the expense rep
resented In the present city charter of
Omaha could bo obviated ; that is , that
uio board of public improvements could
bo done away with , and also tlio oliice rf
auditor , thai the board especially would
bo more cumhcrsnmc than would be do-
siroin , and that the work of Dial kind
could lie lefl in llio hands of cilv o ulcers
the same as at present provided for in
cities in the state outside of Omaha.
"Lincoln needs a charter , " Maid Coun
cilman Hillingsly , "that will provide for
llio paving of llio cily , tor , as wo arc al
present situated , there could be no pro
visions made wnalover for the paving of
llio intersections of streets. To provide
for paying also will require the enaction
of new laws providing for the raising of
money to increase tlio power
of the city in this regard.
" \Vc already feel the 'need
of an increase in our citv waterworks ,
and legislation to cover this will have to
be incorporated in the now charter for
llio city. At present , also , there is no
provision mudo lor the inspection of
unildings within lire limits and of their
construction , und , while this work has
been partially and in a roundabout way
laid upon llio tire warden , legislation will
bo necessary to provide for a regular in
spection and the making of an oflice to
bo denominated us "Inspector of Build
ings. " Inquiry also reveals the fact that
the prcscnl fire and police departments
liuve ns'liausted all tlie provisions in the
present limited charter of the city and
that il is u dillienlt matter now to raise
the funds neeesiury to support the pres
ent force in tlicso'dopurlnii'iits and that
this matter will require especial provis
ions in u new charter. A ( 'itix.cn. in
Hpeaking to this point , cited the fact that
Lincoln had been u remarkably fortun
ate cily in thu mutter of fires ,
and , while it was rapidly out-
growing1 the present facilities ,
for lighting Humes , it could not hope to
forever oscupu disaster iu this line with
out much more adcqualu facililies were
early provi'lcd.
A few mossbacks may be found in Lin
coln , a.s in every other city in the land ,
who evidently prefer it to always remain
u village , but they arc not cropping out
to the surface to any appreciable extent
und the prospects are very favorable that
at the mooting to-nighl a practical unan
imity will characterize the proceedings ,
and with a practical unanimity In char
ter legislation , Lincoln with Omaha , the
prospects are viewed by Lincoln citi/ens
us excellent that the coming year will see
tne city lifted out of the mud upon pavements -
monts , its water supply question settled
through liberal extensions and the paiil
departments of the cily put upon a found
ation that will warrant Immunity to all
oiti/.ons In life , liberty and the pursuit of
happiness ,
HASK IIATJ , sini'/riNO.
Saturday evening the Lincoln Husultall
association held u meeting ut the Windsor
ser hotel and entered energetic
ally into thn transaction of busi
ness preparatory to the coining season.
Tlio president of the association being
absent from tlio city , Mr. C. M. Carter
was culled to preside , which he did with
all the dignity that he hud acquired
through a season's sitting in the grand
stand watching the defeat ot the home
club. Mr. 'i'nrew , secretary 9 ! the club ,
and who is higher In public life an presi
dent ot tlio Western league , was at his
post surrounded by a small stuck of let
ters from base bull pluyors over the land
who wore anxious to sign with the Lin
coln club , Tlio committed appointed ata
pievlous meeting reported tlmt they had
found new grounds that could bo oh-
tuinod for the coming year. These
ground.- * comprise a tract of laud that al
present lu included in thu driving park
ground * in the northern part of thu city ,
Tluiy are oiisy of access and can be easily
mums number onn grounds for playing
purposes , a fuel that , lucking heretofore ,
nus been the hardest thing the local
nrgumzution IIIIH hade \ contend with.
Mr. Threw announced that in the Icuguo
games tiino would bocullod about April
15 , und that the schedule of HOUSOII games
would occupy the time to the last of Oc
tober. The league for thu year will com
prise eight clubs , Hustings and Kunsas
( Jity supplying the two vacant places. In
organising for the season it was ugrowl
th.it llie slock for the year should
bo $5,000 in shares of $ . ' , " > each ,
50 per cunt , to bo paid ut once und the
balance on call of hourdnf directors. Mr.
i'Vank Sheldon , manager of the hired
car company , heads the llt > l of subscribers
with flUO in stock , anil a num
ber of other prominent und public
spirited cjti/uns follow in like tenor , The
committee on subscriptions having this
matter in charge comprises JcnT ( ihtss ,
Frank Xerung and ( J. W. Moslior. while
tlio old committee on grounds , Mr Hurley ,
Mr , McDonald and Mr. J. K , liaiini , wan
continued for committee work in future.
There have boon us yet no players digued
for thu season on the pa it of thn Lincoln
club , but Mr. Threw , the secrntury , suid
ho hud on llio applications from
twelve pitchers , eight catchers , MX first
ease men , four nccond buso men , six
third base men , four fahort slops and six
fielders , beside. * a proposition from the
Lynchburg , Yu. , club entire. Judging
from the onthiisluBin of the meeting there
will be no decrease of interest in the na
tional gume ut thu state capital the com *
ing summer , and an excellent club for
the city will bu forthcoming.
AT KKDKUAI. ( XM1KT.
Attorneys. Lumburtson , Bllllnghly und
SteariiH. of this city , departed lust even
ing for Omuhu to resume work in federal
court | > i the cuso of the United States
against Wells and Swindler , of Denver ,
in which the United States attorney pros-
cuutus und Mr llillin''alvassisted ' oy Air
Steams defends. Tin * IB tlio cuso that
Mr.'oburn ( , agent of thu United States
land ofllcu , who has his ollico in Lincoln ,
unearthed out In Chase county mid has , as
has been stated , to deal with violations of
timber culture and pro-omptlon laws , It
is understood in this city that the casp
has to deal , directly or Indirectly , with
some .25,000 acres of land , and it is
watched with interest.
WAN1T.H SAM JONT.3.
A good many of the leading citizens of
Lincoln who arc active in church mat
ters , since the sermon of Sum Jones in
this cily Saturday evening , are anxious
to Hocuro him for afinrlosof meetings in
this plnco and have already commenced
planning with ( hut end in view. Lincoln
people expected much of Sum Jones ami
his sermon , and evidently none were dis
satisfied for his single , meeting roused
much enthusiasm , It is stated that Sam
Jones himself , before leaving Lincoln ,
oxpres od a desire to come again ntui .t is
very probuhlu that such arrangements
will bo consummated ,
TIII : TIUAI.
will bo contluuud to-day before Judge
Parker , thu stuto not having concluded
HIP case at the Saturday evening ad *
journmonl. The case , as it progressed
on that day , developed thu fact that thu
prosecution was delving down deeper
and deeper Into what at lirst seemed u
minor case , and it looks us though thu
defense made was compelling thn prose-
cutlon to make a heavier casu than they
even oared to in Us inception. Instead
of , as was .supposed , the state finishing
its side In an hour or two ut the time of
first uhjnnrmmtnt , it has occupied one
entire duj since and not yet rested.
AlisUNn : of imiiirs.
There was an absercu of politics and po
litical workers around the hotels yo ter-
day that was most conspicuous from the
fuel that Itas the first notable depopu
lation of seekers after something that
bus occurred since election. The only
party in the oity yesterday who has been
mentioned for u legislative ollico was E.
M. Correll. of Hebron , and hu has not
yet announced wliethur ho is in the raeu
for chief clerk , as has been stated , or not.
Ml. Corroll , as quartermaster general of
tlin state militia , is in the city preparing
his biennial report.
AT voi.iru IIIADQUAUTKIS : :
yesterday thuro was a to'.ul lack of arrests
up lo it p. m , , and the regular boarders
were undisturbed , while thu policemen
who happened to be about discussed thu
susnensinn of Ollieer Kai or. und appar
ently had expected such a movement on
the part of tfie chief , One of the Satur
day night arresU that will have a hearing
to-day was a parly who , apparently .sober
at the lime , insulted a lady in the evening
on the principal street , frightening her
so ( hut she entered a sloro aiid called the
police. That ulnip ought to be taught i\
Milutari lesson by the judge when the
court assembles.
HluliorTltini the liiborijStatue. .
London News : In this morning's
Daily Ncw.s the Mutue of liberty just in
augurated at Now York is dc&'cribcd as
lowering "to the skies above all known
statues of the present and the paM , " and
as "tlio ( ireat Eastern of statues. " The
writer may bo excused for not knowing
that a much higher statue exists , und has
long existed , in Afghanistan. * * * These
statues are o.i the principal road between
Cahul and Buikh , al a locality known
us Bamiun. At that place the road
passes through valleys , with high scarped
dill's of conglomerate. I'robubly about
the early centuries of tlio Christian era
the Bnddhistsoxcuvulcd numerous caves ,
as monasteries for themselves , in tlio
rock of lliessi valleys. These ancient ex
cavations still exist , and can be counted
by thousands. In addition to these , a
number of sUtuo.s of Buddha wore cut
out of the solid rock. Two at least are
.still standing , and the largest was meas
ured by Captain Talliot with the theodo
lite , so that we now know the height teal
al least a few inches. The inc.aHinvnionl
gave il as 11 ! feel high ; that is rather
more by a few inches than llio
Nelson column in Trafalgar .square , iiml
nearly 70 feet higher than the Nov York
ligurc. This figure of Buddha is the real
"Creat Eastern of statutes. The cele
brated Memnon blalues of Egvpt would
only conic up to tho. knee of this mighty
ikon. Al Bamiun there is another ligiiru
of Buddha. ISO feel bight. These are
erect standing figures ; tlioro is also a sit
ting figure about ; ! ( ) feet high. There are
thu remains of two other liguros , but they
are in a ruinous condition onn of them
is estimated lo have been about 50 or ( JO
foct. These statues were originally , wo
know , either gill or covered with metal.
The Chinese Pilgrim , Hiou'en Thsung ,
passed thu snot in the first half of
the cevcnth century , A. 1) , , and from
him wo huvo a description of thu two
largest figures : is they existed at that
date. The Htalues have of course sud'orcd
from time. Armies have often parsed by
the road , ( ienghlKuan and Timur-
Mmg's hosts did so , but they had only
bows and arrows lo throw ut the idols.
In Inter times Mohummcdun soldbns
have passed with artillery , and in their
hatred of "bliuts" or Idols ( hey fired
solid shot. The idols have , tlmnks to
their grout si/.o , stood this treatment very
fnirly , and In spite of lithe true character
of the figures , as well a.s the art style to
which they belong , is still faithfully pre
served ,
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I'OZZONI'S : > ' '
MiiIOATKI COMI'LXIONl'UW-
Dl'.ll
For infant's toilet is an indispensable ar
tide , healing all oxcoriutidns immediate
y. Mothers Hhould use it freely on thu
itllo ones. It is perfectly harmless , For
ale by druggists ,
For some time past minors have been
current in Consturitinoplo of the dis
covery of a fabulous treasure in the dis
trict of SivuH , in Asia Minor , und the
attention of the government having been
culled 10 the mutter , ( he report bus been
proved to huvo some foundation. It
Hcems that nn Armenian of the name of
Kupdyan noticed that several inhabit
ants of Silvan displayed curious gold
coins , which , on being questioned UH to
thuir origin , they wild hud been found in
n region inhabited by poor Hlioulumls.
Inquiries , and finally excavations , uro
Kind to have revealed a buried temple ,
whoso interior is described UN containing
jewels of all kinds , us well us inuny goln
coins.
DUPRICES
SPECIAL
NATURAL FTOIT
FLAVORS
' MOST PERFECT MAD0
rrep r < xl with strict TecaMtornrltTjBtrooEth.ani
110 A tnmoniaJJme.Alum or 1'boaplmtea. 1)1.1'rko'a
j ) , Vftoilie , L iauu , etc. , wavoidslicloiuily.
PENNYRStVui. PILLS
"CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. "
Tlie OrlKltiHl unU Only Ucmiinr.
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