THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FKIDAY , DECEMBER 8 ; 1880.
THE DAILY BEE ,
PUBLISHED EVERY' ' MORNING.
TM1r ) Ofornl.itt Kdltlnn ) Including Buildup
Rrr , tlno Vcfcr. . . . . . . . . , . I . 100
Tor Bit Monthi . . . . . . . DO
VorThT-no Month * . S&
The Oiimlm Sunilny IIUK , hlailod to nur
mlJttf.s , Ono Vwir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 0
OMATH nrncc. No. 91 14 MM 611 FAIIVAM
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All communications rolAtliur to noir i an
torlnl matter fllKiuldix ) nddrosswl to tlio Lin
"ju Of TUP. Ur.fi.
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AH hut lnr s lottery mid remlttnC"S should li
ruMrnfi'cil to Tins HUB rrm.tsitiso COMPAN *
OMUIA. J > nilU , cihccks nnd | Ki l fllto order
toboiDRdopayftblotothooitltroftlioconipiiuj
IHE Bit POBLISHIsTciPHIi PHOPIHITOHS ,
E. ItOS \VATKH , Knnon.
Y BHK.
Bxrorn Statement of Circulation.
Stnte of Nebraska , 1 , .
County of DoiiKlas. | '
( ? ro. n. TVfchtlcK , tpcrclary of The Be
Publishing coimmny. 'does solenlnlv 'B\\en
I hat the actual ciir.ulntlnn of the Dally He
for tliueck muling Nov.ai.th , 1830 , was n
follows :
Saturday. Nov. CO . ; . , U
Bunilixv. Xov. 81 . l--M '
Monday , Xitv. W . ' V. .
TiicMdnv. Nov. ss . v . 12.03
W l iicfMUyNo v. U4 , . . ,
Thursday. Nov. i&
Friday , Nov. 'JO
Avcrace . , . . .lii.ll
Ro. 15.
Stib i Ibril nmt sworn to before me tills 27t
< 1ny of November , A.U. , IBSfi. N. 1 * . Km , ,
JSKAhl Notary Public.
( ! eo. H. T/ chuck , bclug fiwl duly swoir
deposes nnd says tlmt ho Is hccrct.iiy of th
JJco I'nlilMiliiK company , 'that the nclunla\
craL'o ilntly circulation uMho Daily Hco In
tlio month of ilimnniy. 1BSO , was 10.)73 ! ) ropic-
for Fcbrnan-v lW , > 10,59."i copies ? lor Jlarel
IbbO , ll.Mf copies ; for Aiull. 1SN5 , 18,11
ponies : lor May. 1W > , 18i ! ! ! > copies ; for.luix
18K5. lS , iiooni ! ( > : lnr.tily ) , lbvlMflllcnnps |
lor Ainrnit , lsv12XVl eopiesjforKrtitctnhPi
Ibbo , 1:1,0:10 : : copies ; for October , ISSfi , 13BS !
Copies. UliO. B. T/.HCIll'CK ,
SyjtACUSE iii Otoo county has strue
coal. Tliu mama fqr black diamond
seems to spreading in .Nebraska.
republicanism' is sound o
the turlir. 11 knowS'a tax when it sees i
however diwgulsed nndor'liifnlutln nnnic
mid concealed In false economic theorie :
Mti. AT.USQN is uid to have , decline
in advance tlio presidential noiuinaliot
Thcro mijjlit bo far worse solcctiou
rntidn tlimrtlmt of tlio Iowa filntecmat
And there might bo better.
SKNATOII VAN WVCK is nUendin
strictly to business in Washington. II
feels satlsllcd to leave Ins canvass in th
hands of his friends , and finiLs no caus
for worry over the .situation.
IN spite of Mr. Stone's pleading' ? an
the tearful romonstrancos of the niiif
wuinps , Mr. Cleveland lirnily declines I
reinstate the biisncndcd ollicial. Th
Miugwuinjs ) huvo been ohking the pros
dent for bread and ho gave thorn a Slom
Tin : democrats of the District of Colun
bia are Druimrinp ; to renew the 1'iRl ,
ngnlnst Matthews , the colored recordc
ot deeds of the district , when hisappoini
incut again cocs to the senate for cor
1'irimitiou. Colored men every where wh
have democratic tendencies will bo intci
estod in this fact.
is negoliatnifr another cxtcnsiv
Joan , Germany is increasing the size c
her standing army , and Turkey i
Btrongthoning the fortifications of th
Dardanelles. These uro significant sign
of an opening overture of hnavy gun
somewhere when the snows of spnn
leave the sides ol IhcJJalkans.
Wir.Lun CJ.H'1'OHD , of Maine , has bee
fecommendcd lou the Turkish missio
by Secretary Baytird. Mr. Uayard lui
nought his latest foreign minister from
prohibition state , hoping , probably , I
prevent a , renewal of the Manning it
.iitunt. Uut is Mr. Bayard awart > tin
Neal Dow pronounces prohibition us at
ininistorod in Maine a failure ?
TUB .Northwestern has surveyed
through route from Ioux City to Nort
i'latto. Now lot thc Iisboun L'aoilic bull
from Omaha to Yankton and tap for thi
city the eastern counties of Northern Ni
braska , now bound hand and foot to th
Northwestern road. Omaha will try t
taico care of her western trade. Wlu
aho needs are inlets into the northwo !
and southwest portions of tliu stale , noi
controlled by lines not overfriendly t
her lueruhants.
ANOUIKU suit involving thousands t
dollars and a ( urge amount ot Omah
oity property has bn n decided by tb
stiprenie'conrt ndvcrsoly to thctissallanl
of a-twenty years * title. Oursnprcm
court has adopted a-unlformly conservr
tivo course in questions of this charactci
Their line of ducubions give cold comfoi
for the sharks and harpies who han
around every court rqconls waiting t
find Haws by which they may prol
through the innocent mistakes and Hi
misfortunes of others.
WITH capital nnd labor engaged i
Jicrco conflict the western farmer .stain :
bqtwccn and receives the blows of boll
lie is taxed'to ' incronao the profits of th
eastern capitalist and the eastern worl
ingnmn , ' Ho borrows liis money froi
the eastern inannfaetiircr and falls
victim to combinations of eastern iudu
trial monoolists , There is no mono
of western farmers seeking castor
loans , and no crie-i from western fjirn
ors for hjcroascd t riU'd on tholprodin
tinns to tax eastern consumer * Ti |
luxation is altogether one-aided.
Tnn fdoudd of the lleunepin
jectdonot despair , although their c :
perk'iica Urns far has not justified the
hopes. It was understooiUhnt ' n innnbi
uf them wcro to wait on the , preside )
tltib week for the purpose of asking hi :
to make n favorable reforcnco to tl
cauul hi Ills mc nge. It has uot trnu
) > lrcd whether they were successful in so
ing his excellency , who lias recently bee
somewhat impatient ' interruptions i
the preparation of his annual rccoi ;
luondatious , and it is possible they coi
eluded not to run the canal into his Iii
of thought at this vital junptiiro. Hi
whether or not the president shall sr
nnythin ? on the subject , it is the Into
tion of the JrieuiUot the project to agu
urge it with increased y.oal and vigo
Tito board appointed to examine the sul
ject have their report completed , and
will bo among the lirst documents pr
sonted to cp
Not settled.
It is a ( arorito cry Of the Railroad OT
tfans of Nctrftukn Uial Hie anli-lnonopol'
is-ue has been Jollied , Jlpn and paper
wlilcn'persist jn voicing the cotupuimt
of shippers cniii8t tlic tli crimlnations c
the rajlrotvds , of farmers against grai
and elevator monopolies , attd pf the slat
at largo agaiu&ttlio exorbitant loll
which arc a bunlen uixm tlio producer
of thl Slate , are ridiculed by' tlio new ;
papers whoso biu-kbono consists of rail
road patronage , and'whosc editors valu
an annual pass more than the hone ;
pnil c of their constituents.
The antl-mondpoly issue is not selllt
in Nebraska. 11 will never be sctlic
until the million population of Xebrask
arc placed omancquality.so far as rate
nnd Inrifli nni conoernod with tlio pc <
pics of neighboring slates. It will ooi
timio to force iticlf as a subje.ct of pan
mount importance upon public consli
eration until the wrongs from which tli
people of Nebraska have filifl'orod fc
years rnd from Mhlch they arc now su
fering , nrc rjghtcdi
The railroiuU lutmt bo compelled t
comply with their ohartcr obligations n
eoiulnoti carriers. As long as rajlroa
tarifli in Nebraska arc double what the
arc'in Iow , as long as n hundred wcigli
of'freight nan be transported as cheap !
from Liverpool to Omaha as it is froi
Omaha to Hasting thoisRiio between tl ;
peojile and the corporations will remai
iinscltloll. Fair pay for fair servic
from common carriers will eti\l romai
the battle cry ol .the producers of tl
wcat.
'I'lio .Supreme Court.
It in not improbable that befoi
tlio expiration of the term i
the present administration thci
will be several changes In the bone
ot the United States Supreme cour
There are now lour members who ai
eligible to retirement , with full pay , li
reason of having attained the ago of '
vears. These are Chief Justice Wait
whose seventieth birthday was last \Vc <
nosdliy , and Justices Miller , 1'ielil an
IJradl&y. Of these Justice Miller has bee
longest in service , having been appointc
bv Lincoln in ISlW. Next is Justice l-'icli
who was appointed in I&GIJ , also by Lii
coin. Justice Bradley was appointed i
1870 , and Ohief . .JusticeVallo in 1ST
both of thorn by Grant. They wore ai
pointed respectively from Iowa , Uallfo
nia , New "Jersey " and Ohio : All of the1
distinguished jurists aio in vigoroi
health and the full possession of the
mental powers , so that there is notliii !
impelling them to retirement unless it I
a desire to pass the remaining years i
their lives in quiet and leisure , free fro :
the demands and constraints of imper
live duty. It is generally iindcrstoc.
that the labors of a justice of the supren
court are not of the most arduous an
exacting character. It is undoubted ;
possible for the nine lawyers who coi
stitutc that great tribunal to arranj
their duties from time to lime so that tin
shall not bo severely burdensome. The
have none of the small details whic
annoy and perplex the judges of infori <
courts , nor are they doomed to listen 1
so much of tlio wrangling and dispul :
tion , of attorneys , which to a liiyma
seems the most intolerable requirumor
of a judicial career. From their exalte
place in the temple of justice they en
review with calm and patient dolibe
ution the issues that are presented fc
their final and unimpeachable jndgmon
unlcrrilied by any fears of political coi
sequences to themselves or of ill-efl'ecls t
their judicial reputations-froui-a revere :
of their decrees. StilLtho.supreme . cou :
justices have a work and duty to perfori
which demands of them most careful a
tentiou , exhaustive- research , patient an
conscientious deliberation. It may som <
times happen , as wasrecontlyoonfessed t
one of the jiifiticoH in respect of u decisio
rendered a few years ngo.lthatr nil the *
conditions are not complied with , bi
undoubtedly- examples of itiadequac
regarding any of them are extreme ]
rare in the history of the court , the nil
being that the members of the supren
bench devote themselves to their gnu
duties with a profound sense of the
great importance. Comparing the hi
tory of Iho supreme court of the Unite
States with that of similar tribunal
of other nations and none hn
a more honorable record. Every dut
imposes some constraint , and it is m
unlikely that.somo or all of iho four ju
ticcs who may retire on full pay wi
within thu. next year or.two elect to i :
so , securing a merited and jionorably r
lease from further necessary labor whi
yet they are pjiysically and mentally i
a condition to enjoy life.
In their political alllliations the mnjo
ity of tlio members of the supreme boiit
are republicans. In the uyent of any <
Ilium retiring during the term of this U1
ministration rhoy would of coiuvo I
succeeded by democrats , and if the foi
who are eligible to retirement should a
cept their privilege the political cor
ploxion of the court would undoubted !
bo rovorsed. It is not improbable th :
this fact will have sonio weight in Iiidu
ing a part or all of the sop.icnnantm jn
tiees to continue on at least until afU
the next presidential election , when i
any event doubtless all of them will r
tiro. It is paid that , Secrelary Huytu
would accept a place on the sn'pron
bench , as a welcome relcaso from poll
ieal perplexities nnd contention , fro :
whieh he probnuly uxpecU no further a <
vantage. Two. years ago Mr , Uayai
could perhaps not have been imluci
to give a moment's thoug !
to accepting Midi a positio
but his later experience mil
luu u convinced him that his ambition
bo provident is a hopeless desire.Vn
his political future somewhat clouded ,
is easy to understand that ho might we
come the security and seclusion of i
honorable judicial position. Anotti
gentleman said to be not unwilling
wear the ermine is J. Randolph Tuckv
of irginhi , who desires to divorce hii
self from politics at tbo cud of his prt
enl term in congress , and who is a lawy
of fine attainments. But the preside
would have no dlflioulty in tilling vacai
cies , unless perhaps his standard of mei
and qualifications should be too high.
The justices of the supreme court oth
than those above named nrc John I
llarlau , of Kentucky , appointed In l&i
William B. Woods , of Georgia , n
pointed in 1830 ; 'Stanley Matthews ,
Ohio , and Horace. Uray , of Massachu
ctts , appointed in 1831 , and Sarau
Blatehford , of New York , appointed
1&S2. Justice Woods has been for son
time in lU-henltli , and will uot sit wi
his colleagues tins winter. , lie won
like 'to retire , but , hss hot te'ort
bnough on the bench -nor attained tin
totiiUrcd'to sccnrb a'
'ls not fertile gronfid f6r dar
ing feats of diplomacy , its tendency it
the long run is to mind its business
There are enough domestic problems ti
claim Its-attention withoutilabbllug -li
matters outside of its.confines. Kvcn th
French repjtbjt.c in the prca.cnt critiea
juncture in' its Intornntlbnftl affairs , 1
developing a gMuihie disposition to llmi
iU activities lo its present boundaric-
and this , too , with a ministry disposed t <
do great and brilliant thing * on forcigi
soil. To a French minister , who gets th
glory without paying the bills , the temp
tation to figure .iu Kuropoan politics I
' .Croat indeed. Do Froyclnet an
his histrionic minister of war hav
bocn planning great things on p ?
per as the handmaid of the Kussians , bu
the debate on the budget has produced i
very sobering ellcct. The j > ieluru of
republic ligiivinc : as qnp-bcarqr to th
most powerful and most miserable auto
crat in the world is evidently too deprcs
sing to the people of France. The chain
ber of deputies have ruthlesMy cut dowi
the catimalcs. and if signs count fo
anything iu Franco the present ttipk
inal'i6 union between that republic am
HtHiia Is a inerd ( inp'eT out1. If 'there 1
any vitality in It at all , it i.s owing to th
hatred .that Franco bcnr.s to Gurmanv
Saturday' speech of Preiuict1 dc I'ro.y
ctnet is proof enough of the soborin ,
ell'eetof popular opinion. Il was a thoi
oughly | ) acilic speech. "The niaint <
nunce of peace , " said thu premier.- " !
the republic's iutcrcH and the govcri
incut's study , " and he added that Franc
must content herself with organi/iug lie
present colonial possessions. His c >
pressed belief that the republic woul
not allow Kgypt to pass into the hands c
another power , was sluiply a ro-slutc
ment of an old position.
Our
It is not our intention to engage in
wordy personal encounter with the lit
pnlilicwi about the Bii ; : and its' tHliloi
Both subjects , to whieh the rejuvenate
concern has found it advisablc'tO'ilevot '
considerable attention of laic , liavo ha
Hie habit for many years past of speal.
ing for themselves through results. The
need no advertisement in Iho columuH c
their contemporaries. What they ar
and what they have done the public b
this time has fully determined. Hi ;
when that paper assures its readers thn
the editor of the BUEdoes not'bcliev
that Van Wyck can be ulccted , we fee
called upon tostatoonrposition so clear !
that there can be no further conlrovers. .
on that point. The JlJuE always roprc
sonts the sentiments ol its editor. Jt
editorial columns voice his honest view
upon the topics which they trcai
The editor of the BKI : has n
private opinion on private matter
which differs from his opinion as openl
expressed in the paper over which h
presides. Ilo has not learned the lesso
of modern journalism which converts
paper into an impersonal entity in whic
consistency lias no place , and asliiftni ;
popularity is the sole object m view. 1
the Br.ihas won any success it has bee
through the honest , stratghtforwar
course which it has alwaj'H adopted tc
wards its constituency. It has advocate' '
measures in which the responsible cdito
has earnestly bolievcd , and -has fougli
with all tho' weapons at.'its command fo
their success. All human judgment i
fallible. But they have been honest mh
takes of judgment ami not the failure
of duplicity. The BII : believes tlui
Charles 11. Van Wyck will b
his own successor in the nation ;
senate. It hasno reason lo believe tl
contrary. Uublio sentiment is in .hi
favor. A constituency which ho hu
honored has pronounced for his earn !
dacy at the ballot .box. If pledges c
men are worth anything , General Va
Wyck has to-day enough votes to male
his calling and election suro. The BK
believes that Van Wyek will be electee
because , no opponent worthy of choic
when compared with the senator has ye
been named as a competitor. It has coi
tidouce in the sober , common sense c
the people of Nebraska'wh
have selected members of the legislatur
sufllcicnt in number to voic" their sent
incuts on the senatorialissue. It doc
not bplieve , it has hart -no evidence t
make it believe , that enough traitors hav
been found by the emissaries sent out fo
that purpose to compass Van Wyck'i
defeat. Thn UBI : i.s confident of Vai
Wyck's ro-oleeti. n. It will workitsbe ?
to for.vvanl it. And in adoing it will b
backed by the .hearty good will of a nni
jority of Nebraska republicans and c
the producers of a great state.
JT is hjgu time .that the slipshod an
expensive system of grade cstublishmut !
under which Omaha has suffered fn
years should "bo revised. There is scarcel
a slreiit running cast and west over th
hills which bus not been cut or filled
half a do/.on times on as many diflei'eii
proliles. Properly owners have sullen1
inoro in copscqucnco of the repeate
changes than they have frqm the result r
the crado as finally established , Thur
has been absolutely no assurance tin ;
the. grade as determined this yen
would not bo reversed the next. A
a general proposition , the ensiei
gradient on main thoroughfares i.s the lie.-
for the interests of the eily tjnd the mo ;
profitable for the owncr.s of ndjoiuin
property. The street which is the mo :
nearly level attracts thn travel and draw
the trade. Lolls abutting lively tl'orougl
fares command the highest prices. Pro ]
erly owners , therefore , stand in their ow
light when they oppose a radical ehtuig
of grade at the outset find force the emu
ell to agree on a compromise. A shot
experience with the street as change
shows the necessity of further gradin
and the same process of dismantled doc
yanUi impeded travel and general it
convenience must bo undergone alsecon
or n third time. Cutting ptV u limb b
inches is the most painful kind of ampi
tation. Where heroic surgery is jicede
minor operations are barbarous.
TiiK,13riliih postotlice deparltnuut is ci
gaged in a contest with tlio steamc
lines which Have for years carried th
American malls somewhat similar i
character to that which our postofllco di
partment had with the Pacitic atoamshi
company. The three English lines whic
have enjoyed a monopoly in the tram
Atlantic mail carrying , receiving iiben
subsidies therefpr , have hitherto bee
able to defeat the attempts of the Brills
department tp break iho
ely anil give the carrying of the mails t
the fastest steamer * . An effort to ai
complish this made three 5'enr3 ace b
Uio lalo Postmaster Uoncr.il Fawcetl wn
unsuccessful. The present head of tli
British department , however , seems dc
termlned Id carry 'out this poilcy , an
has made contracts which exclude two c
Iho lines formcrlly employed. The meal
re is wholly in the interest of tin cxp <
ditcd service , which it seemed impossibl
to obtain under the old system. It i
gratifying to note lit connection with tli1
matter that the British postmaster got
cral justified his course l > y referring I
the American mail system as his gind (
of which he spoke a few e.vcnings ago i
a public dinner Iu the" most oonipliinci
tary terms. This country has moru tint
reciprocated the lesions in postal bus
nc.is learned of England , and the oldc
country may still find some things t
learn In this department of the youiigo
Wmi u mayor who supports the lav
less classes and a police force appointc
by his euomics , Marshal Ctnnings
placed in an embarrassing posilio
-which it i.s hard to lill gracefully , Tli
howl ngainsl his retention comes Irom
class which has little respect to the lav
Tim marshal , with all the obstacli
thrown in hi.s path , should read Hie rit
act lp tliii gentlemen.
Presidential Availabilities.
Caii'tho ' republican party afford lo 11011
iimtc as Its next candidate for preside !
cither .Mr. Blainior tionoral Logan ? Ui
cent apparently reliable reports she
that there is "bail blood" between thof
distinguished gentlemen ; that while i
thc.&ame hotel in New York they stud
onsly avoided e.inh other. In vio.w i
tins , and of the strong probability of
factional light , should cither bo the n
clplout of tlio noniinutiou. would ii I
safe for the party to nominate cither ?
In the campaign of ' 88 the party shonl
not bo handicapped by the personal riva
riert and jealousies of Its leaders , Hli
less should it espouse by nominating on
of the fact ion isl. , , his dido of tho' rev
If , on a full uonsiderutioti , il.should at
pear ( hat .both have placed thomselvi
out of the ring , to whom can me part
looic for a satisfactory standard bean
torthc coming contests
The result of tiie recent elections i
Indiana , showing n republie.an pluralit
of more than nine thousand votes , givt
the party strong grounds for the bwlit
that the coming man will bo troin tlu
state. Air. IJIaine himself has cxprcsse
the opinion that the partv "must "
west" for its candidate , ami it has bee
intimated that he had in his eye a di ,
tingiiis-hed citizen of Iowa for the pos
tion. If , . however , General Ben Harr
HOII should be the man , it is not untimel
to consider the strong points in his favo
Some of them may be briellv enumerate
as follows : Ho is of cootffatnilv miti
cedents ; ho was an able lawyer' befoi
the war ; he was a very distinguished o
ficor during the war ; he became tli
ablest lawyer at the Indianapolis b :
after the war a -composed of sue
ublo men as Hondrioks , McDoi
aid. Baker , nnd others ; as a soi
ator he has proven himself tl
intellectual peer of the ablest state
men jn that distinguished body. Ho i.s
man of unexceptionable habits an
morals ; he is poor in this world's gooi
notwithstanding hi.s six years in the soi
ale , anil to all these advantages ho is a
able orator , a popular slum ) ) speaker , an
of the proper ago to give to the ollice tl
best efforts of his manhood. Can a bulk
showing bo made lor anyone else ? Mori
over , Ins candidacy would unite nil "fai
lions' 'in the party. T. M. C.
TUB V 1 E IiL oV J N I ) U S T U V.
An effoit is to bo nmde U > establish a labi
bureau in Gcorcla.
The volume of inonov teMcinc employmct
In the Industrie. * is gi cater than at any tiu
pre.vlons.
The I'oeahontas coal region will have 1,1 !
coke-ovens turning out coke for eastern uia
kets by next spiiiij , ' . .No less than 5,000 cok
ovens will bo erected next year.
The ureat activity ot the past three montl
has given n stimulus to manufacturing ci
terprises in neatly every direction.
The Chicago Co-Uper.itlvo Pack Ins nn
Provision company will shortly stint ini
business with a capital of 5100,000.
The Illinois prison-labor contractors ai
making a vitcoious cll'ort to have Hie recei
decision against prison-labor declared ui
constitutional.
Up to November 1st : t0t buildings woi
crecteil in New York at a cost of Soll.OOO.OO
an Increase of Sit,000OCO : over the same tin
last year.
In Michigan , Wisconsin and Minnesota
great deal of industrial orjrniiizjvtloi In
bccnnllected within : i short time in lumbc
Ing , mining anil general nuiniilactiulii ? d
rectlpns.
Mr. U. Uiffi'ii , utiilcrtlio instniclions.of tli
British government. Is dig.'ing out statlstU
covering the past live yc.ir.Tln ( Srcat lirltnl
sluiwiiiK rates ol wages In all Industrie
hours of labor , conditions ot libmci : , and n
the facts necesn.iry to unabln paillnmentl
legislate Intelllgunlly MIIOII tliu labor mo
letn.
letn.Tho
The liulltlers In several largo cllles have n
contly been invited to inuUo c.stIiiinteHo
he.ivy cynstrnctlon work next year. The
will not rush into new .enterpriser ; until tli
probabilities of labor agitations can 1m buttt
discounted tlian at present , The present In
illc.itlons nv tlmt them will bean tinmen. '
amount of ueneial biilltlliig work to be begn
early next sitrlnir.
Thciowerojr > ( )0 ) stilkes In "Now York hu
year. Tim 18,000 car-drivers In New1 Yur
anil Hi ooklyti gained a strike nt a cost <
5HjO,000 ( which Ims aihlcd 52,000,000 to the
annual pay-roll , anil which Im.s lessened tl
hour * of labor twi'iity-thu'o hours per wcel
besides creating iuklitionul employment h
Il.OOO men.
All of , pun , illli ) ami amnumlllon cstabllKl
mi'iils in the cnnntry me busy. Thn Uio
woils Imvo just rcci'hcil an order for 6 (
rifles and 100(1 carbines. 'Iho worlcftntKinini
licldantlat Ihiitfoid nio very busy , nml n
goli.itloiis.it Is nnilii ( > lood. are In pi ogre ;
between the nianui'iu'tuier.s there nnd the ie |
penttitlvcs-of certain fnielirn powei.- , fur lart
supplier of aims and .tiiinuinltlon.
Wild AVIlli , lny ,
Sixty-eight weddings took plncj Iu 8
Iouls Tlmuksglvlng day , Tliu dlrcctoi
lann Is wild wlthloy.
A' ' Matter of Course.
Jfnsfon 'riaiisfrlj ) ( .
Lt was natural tlmt Mr , Bishop should con
'to ' Boiton. The mind leader tu rend tl
miiid must go where the mlml Is. Mind thn
now. '
Thn IIMl Horilc.
//huMjWa / ( Crill ,
Among the ' 'hundred best books" tl
pocket-book Kinks Hist , If it is gufliclontl
robust , there will bo no illlllculcy in suluetin
the other ninety-nine.
U AVosn't Van Wyulc.
JSmwn Cvitnlii lluul ( .
J.es-s than one year ace had Dr. Miller beu
disposed lie coulii have caused the romov ,
of every ofilclal in the Niobrnra ami Xellg
laud otticcsby a "simple twist of the wrist ,
Why did ho not do It ? Au explanation fioi
him \yll | be the only convincing thought thi
.1m didn't want llruco nmt Butler removed ,
AValt fur tlio Hi-turns.
Lincoln Democrat.
Omalia climbed right up Iu the bank Vi
Ings last uce ! : il.nt Is , she jwssitil Minntu ]
oils , Tjoulsvllle , Milwaukee nnd I'rovldencr
thoitgh the did about the same amount o
business as Iho week before. When there
turns from the conl boom come In she wll
warm up Kansas City In real Nebraska slj k
Too IJic hoads.
Chltago llttalil.
The yomiR gentleman In the cltyotMcs
Ice who takes pleasure In persundlng Amnt
lean diplomats to laUo bicker loads thai
llicy can carry is haviuir inoro fun than thi
law allows. If this thing keeps on It ina ;
become necessary lo send a Mlssourlaii t <
Mexico to uphold the honor of Ids country *
'Jit for Tat.
JJcalrletVmocinf. .
.Mr. Marvin owes Dr. Sillier nothing. Whci
Dr. Miller was running about the couutr ;
under nn assumed name nnd beirclnc for at
ofllco at the opening of Cleveland's ailmlnls
tration , he sent a letter for Mr. Marvin t
sign asking his appointment. Mr. Marvli
signed that letter , and when In turn h
wanted Dr. Miller's signature he had n
hesitancy In asking for it.
lloxlo's Huocessor.
Ktt JvitotrinibltniM. / .
Mr.S. II. II. Clark , \\lio succeeds Mr. llt\l )
as the manager of the Southwestern system
Is a man ot ability nnd long experience h
coipoiatlon management. Mr. lloxle's dcntl
was a los.s to the system , but under Us theor ;
no one man , however poweifnl ornbecount !
for anything mine than a pait of its machln
cry. Men may come and men may go , bu
the corpotatlon Is arranged to go ou forevei
This Lire.
.
This life is like a troubled sen.
\ \ heie helm ii-wallicr or n-1ee
The ship will noilhor May nor wear ,
But drhcs , ol cveiy rock liffuai.
All.scnmanship In vain we try ,
\ \ e cannot Itecp her stcjidilv ;
l > ut JiHl as rortune's wind limy blow
The esscl's tltlVeii to ami fro.
Yet , comobnt I.ove on lioaitl ,
Our hearts with iilcasnrc stoi'il.
No plorin can ovei wlieltn ,
Kllll blows in vain
Tlinlinirlrano
While he is i\t the helm.
STATK ASt ) TKIMIITORY.
Nol > i.islc .lottintq.
liuahvillc has a night watchman win
never sleeps out of bed.
Holt county is struggling with twelv
newspapers and Cuslor with fourteen.
Columbus is slowly recovering from i
deluge of waterworks' enthusiasm.
The North Nebraska Fair and Drivinj
Park association ha- , been organized "u
Norfolk.
A bed of white marble has been struci
on the Roderick farm near Blue Spring
at a depth of 170 feet.
The Holt County People has .just closei
a prosperous year , and the edilor ex
pres-.es a determination to continue at
tending strictly to business , to pile it ]
'Toekj'oii a foundation of merit , am
court success without tearing oilier
down.
'I ho Beatrice council have voted the !
water works a success , but the Kxpres
say that at a lire there Friday night tli
companies could do nothing toward put
ting it out because it was two blocks fron
the nwirosL hydrant. Beatrice investci
iu Holly.
Mrp. Clarissa Bmninis , aged eight'
years , residing near Berwick , in GarJieli
county , narrowly escaped a fearful fat <
by being frozen to death in the highes
inry of Uio Into bl'/.zard. She had beci
lett without fuel , and in trying to cot toi
neighbor's house to keep from freezing
became exhausted. Timely discover' '
just saved her.
The Oakland Independent points tin
finger of pride toward Omaha and call
iier "Tho Second Pittsburgh1Vofanc'
that wo can see old Kansas City pullini
olVher nightcap and ritbbinsr her eyes ii
unfeigned astonishment and alarm
Never mind ; with coal at $2 ; i ton , lifi
will boa softer snap than heretofore. "
Iowa items.
The farmers of Lucas county have or
gaui/ed a mutual lire ; is-sociatibn.
Siv divorces were granted by the district
'
trict court of Clark county last'week. .
Oleomargarine fioizurcs nr bocominj
( ] iiitc common in and around DcsMoincs
The jury in the Kelly murder case a
Chantoii returned a verdict of guilty am
lived his punishment at imprisonment fo
life.
life.A
A prisoner in the Polk eounlyjall madt
a break for liberty on Saturday' , but rui
against ' 'the bhirsted shotgun of tlu
' "
sherill' .
The widow of John Hyan , \Vapollo \
has brought suit against H. Ilowoy
druggist , lor $10,000 damages , who ? ol <
her husband liipior , froni the cflects o
which he fell out of his wagon and killci
himself.
The youngest scion of George John
son's family at Cedar Kapids , two year :
of age. on i'rhtay pulled the cork of :
bottle he had found and tilled his montl
with carbolic acid. It didn't kill him
but his little mouth is raw , hi.s throat blistered
tored , and his stomach intuit ! very tender
Typhoid-malaria is becoming a ver.i
troublesome disease nl DCS Moines. J !
family named Itccd had live of its mem
bers on Saturday down with thU terrible
malady. Late in tlio day the wife am
ono si-iter died within a few moments o
each other. Another sister and two
children are not expected to recover.
The slalc superintendent of public in
slruetion hu : notified teachers to propan
themselves for an examination under tin
now law concerning the ell'ect of naroot'
its and stimulanls on the human system
ThoJaw provides that "tho county superintendent
intondent shall not alter the llv.it day o
July , 18S7 , IPMIO a certilicato to any per
son who has not passed a satisfactory ex
amination in physiology and hygiene ,
with special reference to tin * ulleeU o
alcoholic lirinl ; ? . stimulants and narcotic :
upon the human Kvslem ; and il slinll bi
the duly of the county superintendent , a1
provided by section 1771 , lo revoke tin
eertilieate of any teacher required by law
to have a rorlilicato of qualification fron :
the county superintendent , if the salt
tcnchcr shall fail or neglect to cninii ] }
with section 1 of this net. and siiidteachui
shall bo disqualified fur teaching in an.i
public school for one year alter siiei
revocation , and shall not be permitted U
teach without compliance. "
Uiikiitn.
Bullalo ( iap claims a population of 80.1 ,
There urn ? G5 childnm enrolled in UK
schools of Sionx-l'ulla ,
I-XpJonpg will ) a diamond drill is out
of the novelties of Iron Hill mining.
Tim territorial thermometer has taker
up purnnnuiit winter quarttr.s below
zero.
zero.One hundred and llfty new ) > iiildng ! <
have been creeled at Aberdeen thu pas
season.
A miner in the Homcslauc mine fel
down the shaft , a distance of MOO feet
and lives.
The Vermillion university faculty ad
vises all young ladies to boycott younj.
men who use tobacco ,
The Farmers' Independent association
.of llutchinson county has boon organlziu
at Olivet. 1U purpofo is to cncourgi
the building of another railroad into the
county , to give competing rates or
freight.
Tli a Good Work of Hl U Mconsi ) In
JMtle llMk Oatdle.
There Is jio sepurato prohibition partj
in this state. An abortive attempt \vu ;
made to form ono by conliuing mvu4ber <
ship of the Stale Temperance alliance t
voters , thus excluding those most can
est and unselfish of all worker ? In th
lempcrauce cause , the women. But f
the recent annual meeting of the nlliunc
at Uussollville this dijcr'miuation ' again !
women as members was removed. /
each general election llccitso is voted u
or down in the counties , Besides , th
traHlc can bo driven out of n communit
so far ns refusal to license is coneernei
by a petition signed bv n majority of th
adults residing in a community. This ]
the operation of what is known ns II :
thico'inllo law. We have "high license
in Arkansas , \yhlch close's nn the low. ii
responsible doggeries , nndihas proved b
far the most otl'eclive of all agencies i
reducing the area reached by the liquc
tralllc. Its methods are practical * an
being eo are , of course , rejected by th
visionaries whoso Intemperate 7.e.al an
tiller lack of capacity to deal with an
question not yielding to froth , empty tli
nuticlation nnd gross inisroprvsotitatlo
of the motives ol men who ditl'or wit
them increase thodiHIculliuscnooiinlrru
by the genuine advocates of tumpentnci
* MM. )
Local option and high license seem t
bo more of a success than total prohlb
tion. The Chicago Tribune has reeeutl
made an investigation as lo the workin
of the system in Illinois , which show
that In several counties not an opens :
loon can be found , while in twenty-ltv
counties the rule is virtually prohibitory
license toxvns being the exception , and 1
a largo number of ot-hers tlie pronlbitlo
towns are in a majority. Tim Tribun
concludes that prohibitory regulation
now cover two-thirds of the soil of 11
jnois , while the are.i of such regulation
is steadily widening. In the places wltle
permit the sale of liquor the taxisusuall
vorv high , reaching in some cases ? l,8t
or $3,000. and a burden of § 1,000.000 , c
$5,000,000 is thus shifted trom the ta >
payers lo Ihn saloons. It would scei
that any candid prohibitionist must cor
code the superiority as a tomperanc
measure of such a system to a state -pr <
Itlbltory law , whieh could not bo enforce
in localities where the majority favo
llcensu , and would simply cut oft' thi
great revenue.
Ticcr Hill.
Syracuse Standard : Tiie circus seasc
is over , and a number of people who hav
been on the road aromakiiigthoir tempt
rary headquarters in this city. A few <
the guild happened to assemble at Job
Claucy's Saturday afternoon , and nntei
tained each other with reminiscences c
their summer work.
"When we were at Olean , " said Tot
Dolphin , who was with Pollnmn's circir
we picked up a gigantic Inmbormu
named William Pike , who had neve
been further west than Mithicran W
proceeded to bill him as 'Tiger Bill , "
noted scout and reformed desperado. U
was an awfully big fellow Jmt as tende
as a cliiekcn , and wouldn't dare to shoe
a cat. At Johnstown we got five or si
tame Indians and painted them up t
kill. Then we started a Wild West slioi
to top oft' the performance. Tiger Bi
was announced as the bdt shot , am
nltosether , the most remnrkabl
cowboy of tlie age. Ilo would com
into the ring , snin" , cry , 'ha ,
smell Injuns , ' and then static stcalthil
along mild ho discovered Ihcm lying i
ambush , when ho would blaze away an
kill all but one or two , whom ho woiil
llnish with a kuilo. The audience wa
assured that ho obtained his name froi
the fact that he once killed three ligei
on the plains with one shot. He loved t
impress people with the notion that li
was a very tough euss. Kvery hotel wo1
go to he'il say to the waitress in a dec
voice , which you eoiiltl hear all over th
room :
" 'Bring two ponniU of raw beef and
pint of blood. '
"The girl would reply that she eonldn'
get the blood , and he would resigned !
ask lor milk instead. The raw beef h
ate right along. 1 don't think he liked il
but he worried it down in good styli
After a while , in addition to hi
Wild West show act , wo gG
him to do feats of marksman
ship. Ilo would knock the pipe ou
of the. mouth of tlie man smoking il o
brush the a hes oil'a cigar with his trust
revolver.The weapon was loaded will
blank cartridges , and the moment h
fired the other man would bite the pipe
stem in two or bite the cigar so suddeiil ,
that the ashes would tumbled oil' . On
night when Tiger Bill had inspired tli
audience inoro than nsuul with a .sense o
his ferocity , lie essayed to shoot the asl
oil'a cigar in tlie mouth of one of ou
boys , who. for the fun of the thine
wouldn't ' disturb tbo ash , but kept smok
Ing the cigar as cool as before. Tim-
Bill fired four or live unsuccessful shots
anil then tno audience began to latigi
and hiss , and ho ran oil' in a rage. "
( o Promote Alurilor.
Detroit J-'reo Press"Jf you don't go
out of this alley you'll hear from me1 !
shouted a Spencer street woman to i
couple of boy who were pounding on tin
fence.
"I low ? ' * queried ono
"I'll call for a policeman. "
"You will , ohy If you arc kind of :
woman that wants to sec two or threi
poliomnnn hammered to doatli by twi
desperate boys who will never be tufoi
alivn , blow your whistle ! We wash oui
hands of all responsibility "
The sober . . .second thought seemed 1 <
pievail with her , as she retired and lef
lliom masters of Iho field ,
Tim Mpnvurc of SHCCPKS.
James Hiiaso.Il Lowell : 1 urn Hiuldonei
when i see our success as a natioi
measured by Iho number of acres undei
lillagi ) or ot bushels of wheat ox-ported
for the real value of a country illicit In
weighed iu scales inoro delicate than tlu
bulanoo of trade. The garnnM of Sieil\ \
are empty now , but the bees from ai
dimes still felch honey from Iho tin.1.
garden plot of Theouritus. On a maj > o :
the world you may cover Judcawitl
your thumb , Athens with a linger tip
and neither of thorn figures in the price :
current , but thny still lord it In tin
thought and action of every civili/.ei
man. Did not Dante cover wilh his boot
all that was Italy 0011 years iigov And , i
we go back a century , where was ( jer
many outside of Weimar ?
( irconlawn cemetery , in Indianapolis
has a vault in whieh then-are several cot'
lins forty years old. In examining OIK
of thusu last wei k the sexton came lo tin
body of a woman named Mary A. MHN
who died in 1810. The body was petri
lied , and afler forty \cnra the nye of tin
corpse was blue. Old riiMilnnU rwueui
ber her aa a comely I'ivnrh girl.
The other day Michael O'Brien went U
iho cemetery and .spent some time at
tending to a new lot that hu had jiiii
bought. Then he went down town nix
ordered a line monument to bu cut , it.
scribed , and erected on the lot. Then hi
went home and laughingly said to hi'
wile : "Kvcr thing l ruady n w , it I KI-I
sick and die. to be burled In Ics- , than
an hour he was seized with eongc
ot thu bowels and died at midnight.
Jr Bcrnayr , , of St. .Louis , last wccl <
succe.s-.fuUy performed a gnslrotoinj
upon a tailor aged forty , for the uMr.iU'
tion of an oidinary silvcr-plnlcd diniiei
knife nine and one-half inelnii long
which lie had swallowed in Imitation ol
the juggler's lent.
Joe Domomis , litci-u | years old , nn < ]
( | lauk , went down to tliu landing at Jef-
fersonvilhl , Jnd. , to see a steamboat gc
out. As lie stood looking sht ) blew in-i
whi-stlii viciously , and inunudiuirly tin ,
boy lost the power of speech und him't :
buykuu since.
l < imVA 'PI.ATAiVij . , )
Eeccption of a Poinalo Horse Tfcief ,
Only Sixteen Years. > -
Tl o Cotulcniuoit aini-dnror llcllou-i ,
Vim | to l > e llniiupit Thli
Jtontli November
Arilvnls ,
AVAMOSV , In. , Nov. HO. | Correspond *
cnee of thn Ilr.n. ] 1'crhap * the youngest
erinunal incarcerated In an Iowa peni
tentiary lias been received at thn prison
in this city , in * the person of Miss Minnie
Stone ,
A rnr.vu ; noitsimttKr ,
who U but llttlo past her sixteenth birth-
day.t Her home is in Vinlon , la. , and at
Marion she slole a horse and buggy anil
started home , but was soon caught , tried
nnd sentenced to one year in tlio pcnltcn-
, tlary. She arrived here November 20
She was employed as kitchen girl. She
impresses her observer with a feeling of
wonder nnd ivpi-et so frequent when in
the presence of ladles , one forgetllni ;
that when a woman arrives behind the
walls they are known no more during
their stay there as a lady , but simply as a
woman. She is red-headed , wears a No.
! 1J shoe , stands live feet one inch In her
stocKing feet , has gray eye * , and ha a
fair education , is of the Presbyterian
faith , and is intemperate , ilor only liv
ing i dative is a sister.
ANoimiNOTir : ! , ; > IMSI.SO.NKK
and ono that is kept in close confute-
ment , is Chester Bellows , iu for safe keeping -
ing , and who U now under sentence of
death for the murder of Miss \Yutermau ,
in Hiverton township , Floyd countv. It
appear.- , that Bellows was an uuolo of
Miss \ > utormanand he desired her to
marry bin. She refused on account of
their relationship. Bellows pressed his
suit but always mot with repulse. Be
coming iiosporato ho shot her , but not
fatally , bhugoton her knees and begged
of her inhuman uuelo t ® snare her Hfo ,
am ( I her tears ami prayers the brnto
took deliberate aim and put a ball
through innocent heart , causing death
instantly The trial.oamo otV last week
at Charles City ami Bellows was con
demned lo death , the execution to taku
place in Docnmben. Ho was sent here to
keep the people from hanging him. Ho
is not a bad looking man , is twenty -eight
years of age , and has been married , his
wife .being dead. His only remaining
relative is a mother. His homo is In
Charles Citv where hu wnc engaged us a
teamster. He was born in Ne"v Vork
state. Bellows is not allowed to leave
his cell and the closest guard is kept over
him. for should he got the opportunity ,
hi ) would rather ha v Iho guards shoot
him than bo hung. The following are
the
AllUIVALS I'Olt NUVirmiKH.
Henry Jackson , alias S. S. Hawkins.
home Mason City , aged lorty , sent niiui
months for larceny.
Joseph Ciroll' , home Independence , is
nineteen years old , emit one year for lar
ceny.
Koberl Benlon ( colored ) , homo in St.
l.ouis , Mo. , is a barber and formerly a
cabin boy , is a native of Tennessee.
twenty years of age , M-nt two years ami
siv months for larceny and burglary.
Harry Robinson , lo Churo. la. , is a
carpenter , twenty-one ynurs old , eighteen
months for thieving.
Charles Williams , aliases ( Jeorge ( Mine ,
( .Jeorge Whaluy. lie is an old criminal
and a professional loafer ; home in
Wheeling , W. A'a. , age twenty-eight , sent
for eight , years tor attempt- 'murder.
S. F. Kramer , West Branch , la. , sent
one year for adultery.
Jack Martin , swindling , scut for two
years.aged forty-one , homo in Wisconsin.
James Landv , home in Sioux t'ilv , la. ,
had been residing in South Omaha , 'Neb. ,
sent live years for manslaughter.
BENNETT GOES BACK TO PARIS.
Inducements HclU Out to His HUitors
anil IkOportvrH.
Jame. Gordon Bennett went back to
Europe as suddenly and surprising its ho
came. His six months of hard work that
he promised to devote himself to lusted.
len days. But in that time ho revolu
tionized the Herald. "I will give $100 to
any editor or reporter who will invent anew
now way of writing an article , " .said ho.
lie promised leaser rewards for slight de
partures from conventionality. Belter
yet , ho paid them. "l on't write a sen
tence that vou over hcaril before , " hn
said : "don't express an idea that
is not original. Do not do any
thing in thu paper like anything yon
oversaw in it before.1' Ho fell to and
wrote editorials himself and they certain
ly were breezy and original. Tlio whole
mpur became bright and odd. Thu mil-
li ionairc could bo scon ut his desk at four
o'clock in the morning day after day.
But ho was unused to ( ho strain and soon
gave it up and took the French steamer
lor 1'aris , where Ho keeps a house and a
Hut.
Hut.Mr.
Mr. Pulitzer ; of thn World , began by
giving priy.es for extra good work. As
he grew more and inoro successful , ho
began mal ing presents to all the om-
ployes of thu World. Onu day he guvo
away 801) ) orders for bills , larit Christmas
ho gave a turkey to each of his ! ! 00 om-
pjoyos , next hn look hio compositors on a
picnic and raised their wages poveral
eents a thousand cms. His last generous
act was the purchase of i00 ! uhares in the
Building and Loan association started
by the men on his paper. 'I hey
cost 20 cents a week or $2,7)0 ) a
year. U'liiin ho purehaFod them
he at oncn divided them among live per
sons then seated around him. ' lie has so
miieli money ho does not know what lode
do with it. Hu is up to IUB neck in it , "
wild a socialist writer the other day.
"lie asked me to write bomi-lliing for
him. 1 wrote a coluinn and a half , and
ho sen ! mo a ehuek for * iriii. " Ho has
also given Ilin niPinbors of the i'tvss uliib
frl , OIK ) erne "lo enjoy ili < iuiHelvc. , ' and
bus endowed a licit for . -.ick joiirnallsl.s in
line of the hospitals with his saluiy in
congress.
It was in congnis * that ho miulo | , ; s
only failure in recunt yearn He foniiil it
did' not rhyiuo to be a cuugrnsHnnn anil
thi ) owner of a newspaper. He was
eritici/ed for what he did print and what
be neglected to print , and lifi bm-ninu u
bunion to him. With Amos J. f'mn-
will bo dimiront. He reminds his
election to < iou/nv / > s as proinol'on ' to Ins
biiiincsi. HeiMiiot rcoiiiiblc | > ( or the
iit-wh in any paper and so will hue : a
plrnsuiil career In Washington
"oluiK I Moriiiro > V iit 'il n H
Cleveland Lritlur. A. K MuClurp , of
tint I'nilii'lclpliia ' 'lmi ( < s , in said to 'JM ' ( ) | ii >
of HID kiiiileM-henrtiid , nu > .it intelligent
and nio.-.t iruneniiiK of tlie nuLed nicm. of
Philailolphia. ; lniHsaidto hcorn small
thinito b < ' vnry li\IMi ; with his money.
inid t'u hi * not avpron tc a good giimo ot
poke.r Not lontr ago , my iiitunii.itit say t ,
lie had been playing u < inht little gumo
w.lh olllli of Inn friends , in whluh thn
fctaUos were rathnr high , and had Inft the
ti'blo dead broke * . He eanut upon the
slrera and walkml iituntily aloi-tr until hu
of lii.-i miJiloiiairo
"Hnw : ir < - you oil 'or money today ? "
Paid he. " 11 n lou late for me lo'gi-t i'nto
the bunl > aiid J haxen't a cunt L'iiu you
lend me a litljo until to-morrow f' <
"Uurlainly1 was , thi ) n-i ly , anil wilh
thut thn until handed Mrl-lun : a fOO bill.
McClure took Um bill anil loiil.ed con-
tcmptiutiixly at It. ( hi then iookr l : > t I ho
mail , nnd held up the bill , saying "And
do , vou pall "TOO " mi/nuj y 1 call u only au
ante. "
