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Wmu : other roads arc shortening tun
the Union Pacific has gone deliberate !
lit work to lengthen it. Their clock < lia
have been expanded to take in twcnt ;
lour hours.
THE llcjmblican contlnuos to caul
tlcntly predict Van "Wyck's defeat. It :
coniiddnUy predicted Church Howe's olc <
tlon. Up to date the llcpublicnn lii :
proved a poor political weather prophe
THOMAS MOONUOHT , of Knusiis , lit
been appointed governor of Wyominj
The fact that Thomas comes from a pri
hibition state ought to relieve him fro !
any charpo of being the author of Moot
lljlht whisky , a brand much in favor i
the sago brush regions of Wyoming.
HrssiA declares that "dinlomaoy in
republic is not impossible. " Kussia hr
oyiilcntly not forgottem Secretary Suv
aril's purchase of Alaska with its scalin
grounds and gold mines for n pnlti
§ 7,000,000 , which the oxar's ministers a <
vised him was twice its value.
KXCITKMBNT is at fever pitch at 1'adi
cab , Kentucky , over the discovery <
precious stones in u gravel bed near b ;
The discovery of the precious scoundrel
who planted them there to realize on the !
real estate will create still greater excite
incnt if ever mrulo.
Mit. MOKIUI.I. tfill not cut a very wii !
swath in his attempt to reverse the prii
ciples of u sound political economy. Tl
tnrllV has built n wall around America
inanufncturers which ) ) revcnls the ma
ketingof our products abroad while ii
crousiug their price at home. The m.-xi
nfacturers themselves are the coming ta
iT ( reformers.
SfiN.VTOit VAX WYUK Is after the G :
company of the District of Columbi
with si sharp stick. Ho pronounces the :
charges exhorbitant and their condtu
towards patrons arrogant and insultin ;
The Omaha Gas company is opou to tli
aanio charges. Complaints of its trcn
mont of the patrons arc continually con
into this ollico. The gas company doi
not own tlio city of Omaha yet.
THE railroad companies , like over
other corporation , must bo made to pa
city taxes. They must bo forced t
shoulder their share of the burdens (
supporting municipal government. Tli
threat that they will take a hand In o\ \
posing charter reform , if this matter :
pushed , should not dolor the oliartc
committee from recommending wuoli at
tlon as will remedy this evil.
( iitKUNLiui' , said to bo the hon
llcst man in Boston , has just dicii and lo :
? 000,000 , and his photograph to llarvan
on condition that his picture , framed t
gilt , shall hang in Memorial hall. Tli
directors of the Art muaoum have nc
been consulted , but it is quilu tsafe to sa
Mr. Oroonleaf's beqtuwt will bo prompt ! ,
accepted on his own terms. Art mil :
yield to Mammon where a half millie
dollars are involved ,
Tur. best evidence that the Northwest
era proposes to extend Its rails to Duv ; <
wood at an early day is seen in the Intro
ductlon of a bill in congress gran tin ,
Ilium the right of way through the Koi
Meailo military reservation which lie
between llapld City , the present tormlmi
of that road , and Deadwood gulch.'jt
a railroad ut the very door of the mine.-
mining in the richest mineral camp i
the world ought to receive a healthy an
a steady boom. At present the high co :
of transportation prevents shipment clew
low grade ores and adds onortuoiuly t
the expense of home reduction.
i : securing connections with tl )
water mams prospeotivu consumers ar
very properly obliged to secure a porml
and to employ a proper mechanic to d
the work. 'J'lio water company allow
them to make their own bargain wit
the workman , and to get thp job done a
cheaply as is consistent with good worl
manshlp. Before securing conncctio
with the gas mains In Omaha prospcetlv
consumers must agree in advance to k
the entire work bo done by the Oniah
Gns company at iU own price and In ii
own time , If ho protests ho Is told i
cfliuct "to go without gas if ho doosn' '
Jlkn it. "It remains to bo seen whether th
gas company will be allowed to malntai
this position , Wo doubt it very much.
The Matthcwson Cn o.
Public sentiment throughout the stall
condemn ? the outrage perpetrated foj
( Jovernor Dawcs upon Dr. Matthewson ,
The power of the governor to romov <
the superintendent of tlin hospital for the
insane is admitted if malfeasance in of
lice ha ? been proved or other good am
suflicicnt cause exists. There is not tin
shadow of n pretense that Dr. Matthew
son has misappropriated funds. Tin
governor himself offers no reason for hi
action , except the silly one of the ne
cessity of "harmony'1 in his ofllclal fain
ily. Within n few weeks of the meeting
of the legislature , when any charge
could have been officially invcstigatec
and the doctor given a white man1
i-lmnce to dcli-nd himself , he was rudcl ;
ejected from his ofilcc , shut out In th
cold and refused access lo a sick chili
and a wearied wife. It was a shamefii
outrage for which a weak-backed and ;
brainless governor will be Jield rcspon
sihlu.
This paper has no rp.von to defend Di
Matthewson , or he to look to it for * \ \ \
port. It has given full publicity to tli
stories which the doctor's opponent
have for two years past been circulating
at Lincoln , and has placed no chock 01
iU news gathering facilities becaus
thcj-micht aflect a public official. I
has favored and will favor at the nex
session of the legislature a full Investign
lion of the hospital for the insane , be
licying that every public inslitutioi
should have the liglft of publicity throw
upon it frequently in the interests c
good government.
But the Bir. is an advocate of fair pla
and ordinary justice , no matter what tin
party or what the issue. It is an act o :
cruel injustice to remove a public ollicia
without charges being preferred or or
poilunity for defense given. Such a
act places n stigma upon a reputalio
which may be entirely undeserved , an
gives the assailed party no chance t
prow its falsity. It is punishment i
advance without the benefit of counsel o
jury-
Proposed nmiUruptcy Icsl8lntloti ,
General laws relating to banUruptc
have prevailed only a very briot time i
the United States since the organi/atio
ol the government. The first goners
bankrupt act was passed in 1830 , and n
pealed in 1803. In 1811 another law wn
put in operation , agreeably to the prom
ise of the whig party in tiie nation ?
campaign of the preceding year , whicl
secured it the vole of most of the nudii
charged deblors of the country , bub th
law remained in force only thirteei
months , having in that time , howeyei
Directed the object of relieving all debtoi
who took advantage of it. The last la'
went into effect in 1807 and continue
eleven years , having been repealed i
1878. Bankrupt laws have been cnactci
by a number of states , but these of conrs
are operative only within state jurUdii
tion. In England laws relating to banl
ruptcy have existed since the reign c
Henry VIII. , modified andamcndedfroi
time to tune as experience and the dt
mauds of increasing business suggested
the present system in that country datin ,
from 18'J'J.
. At every session of congress since th
repeal of the last general bankrupt la\ \
bills have been introduced for thecrcatio
of ancwlaw.and just before the adjournment
mont of the last session the senate agree
upon a day early in the present sessio
for the consideration of a bill before tlui
body. A discussion of the subject ma ,
therefore be expected to be soon n
newed , and there appears to b'c considc :
able probability that a now law will b
enacted. Experience having pointed on
the defects of the bankrupt laws ot th
past , it ought not to bo very difficult t
frame a measure that would bo entirel
just and equitable in its operation , an
come as near as possible to giving gor
oral satisfaction a result it is nc
possible , perhaps , to attain absolutely
since thera will always bo bold dobtoi
and creditors to whom the restriction
and requirements imposed by a gcnerji
law of bankruptcy will be obnoxious
There will never bo a time when ther
are not debtors who do not care to na
their obligations , and others who wish t
prefer their friends , or when there arunc
creditors who arc powerful enough to ol
tain preference and willing to take ai
vantage of their strength regardless c
any question of justice involved. Thcs
classes will bo found persistently or
nosed to a general bankrupt law , an
they are far more numerous jthtui may b
'
generally supposed. Anothe'r source c
opposition is from attorneys whoso chic
business is to collect debts by action , an
these constitute ti consideralo armj
wielding a good deal of influenc
with certain member. * of congress. Ar
other hindrance to legislation in this matter
tor in the past has been indifference
those states having comparatively littl
business development taking but sligh
interest in the subject , or none at all
With the expansion of business , however
this obstacle is being gradually removed
and in time will wholly disappear.
The subject is obviously important , am
ought to command the surlous interest o
all business men who are pursuing t
legitimate and honest course in trade am
Intend to continue doing so , l''or mic !
men there can bo no disadvantages o
drawbacks in an equitable general bank
rupt law. It is not a part of their bus !
ness policy to give or receive unfair o
unjust consideration as debtors or cred
itors. They do not aim to achieve 11 nan
cial success in that way. Such men di
not object to 11 general bankrupt law
which assures them a just share only o
the assets of a bankrupt , debtor , and re
quires that in case of mistortuno to them
selves equal justice shall bo done to nl
oreditors. Tlio men In business will
whom failure Is regarded as more than :
possibility , and who prepare to encoun
terit with the least possible damage tc
themselves and a few preferred friends a1
creditor * , are the follows to whom tin
Impediments of a bankrupt law are oh
jcctionablo. . Having regard only for tin
former class , a general bankrupt law i ;
equally valuable to debtors as to cred
itot's , binco whatever gives uniformity t <
settlements gives at the same time uui
fortuity to credits.
Tlio PlHhory Corri'spomtcimn.
The correspondence sent to congrcsi
on Wednesday , relating to the Usherj
controversy , with special bearing upoi
the course of the government rogardhif
the unwarranted action of the Dominlot
authorities in their seizures of Amcri.cat
vessels , will doubtless Iniyo the cfTeol
ot relieving the state department of niticl
of the condemnatory criticism that Inu
been passed upon its apparent indlffer
once nml lukewarm policy rcspccllnj
these outrages. 11 is but simple justlci
to say that this correspondence show
that from the first the state dcpartmon
cave serious and zealous attention to thi
whole subject , and at every stage in tin
progress of the controversy insisted Ii
the strongest terms admissible in diplo
matic correspondence that the treat ;
richt ? of American lishcrmen in Uritlsl
North American waters should bo rcc
ognizcd nml respected. When notiliei
by Earl Hoscbcrry that United Slate
fisherman were precluded fi'om fishing ii
those waters , by reason of the tormina
tlon of the fishing articles of the treaty o
Washington , Secretary Bayard promptl ;
asserted the obviously just claim that th
fishery question rested on existing trcal
ics , precisely as it the suspended ilrtlclc
had ycver existed. If Ihc English go\
crnmcnt had recogni/.cd this proper yle\
of the situation and rcquirci
the Dominion authorities to contort !
to it , there would have been no furthf
dilliiMilty , nn J the hostility and blttorncs
that have grown out of the conduct o
Ihosc authorities , and which threaten t
prove a serious obstacle to any bolter an
permanent arrangement , would hav
been avoided. American lishcrmen askc
and needed nothing more than is guai
nntcotl by treaty , they do not ask mor
now , but this has been persistent ! ,
denied them , although no restraint lin
been placed upon the trading privilege
of British vessels in American ports. 1
the matter of actual loss resulting froi
the course of the Dominion government
the Canadian fishing interests have pro I
ably sulli-rcd a great deal more than th
American. In live mailer of dollars an
cents our fishermen are perhaps none Hi
wor. c oil'for having bei-n cxcludi-l froi
the British waters , \yhilo it is certain th :
the people of thn maritime provinces ar
large losers and are keenly alive to th
injury done them by the mistaken cours
of the government. Hut this is a fcatur
of the matter which cannot be held t
mitigate the hostile and unwarranlabl
course of the Canadian governmcn' '
whoso intention with respect to America
fishing interests was thwarted by circtin
stances and turned airalnst the welfare c
its own pcoplo.
7n his correspondence with the Britis
minister , Secretary Bayard left no rooi
for a doubt as lo the attitude of this govcri
ment regarding the seizures of America
vessels , and his instructions to Ministe
Phelps wore firm and explicit. Ho pro
tested against the course of the Canadiai
covcrnmcnt as unwarranted and irrcgi
lar , as "an infraction of the laws of con
mercial and marilimo intercourse , " as
"violation of hospitality , " and as exhil
iting a distinctly unfriendly and hostil
feeling. Jle warned the British govcri
mcnt that it would be held liable fc
losses and injuries to citizens of tli
United States and their property cause
by the unauthori/.ed and unfriend !
action of the Canadian officials , and thn
if these officials were permitted to porsis
in their course the consequences "woul
be so serious that they cannot bo con
templated by this govern.ment but wit
great concern. " Certainly the seorotar
of state could not have gone very muc
farther than this within the scope of hi
authority , and it is furthermore apparci :
that so far as his interest and /.oal wer
concerned they wore much more activ
than tho. = o of Karl Lloscbcrry.
In submitting this correspondence th
president and secretary of state suggcs
the creation of a commission to 'tak
proofs of the losses sustained by Amcri
can fishermen from the treatment of th
Canadian officials , to bo presented to th
British government for settlement.
The Signal Snrvluc.
The weather service bureau which th
Union Pacific is now establishing alon
its lines has occasioned a great deal c
well deserved praise as a stroke of bus
ness enterprise and called outmuch , con :
mont on the signal service , after which i
is copied. If tlio operation of the rai :
road bureau helps to point out what
costly sham the national signal Kervic
bureau has become It will bo of last'in ;
public benefit , aside from its advantage
to the Union Pacific and its patrons.
The bureau over whic'li ( General llazei
'
presides is a branch of thn army. Wh.
this should bo the case no one has yd
been able to discover. Us functions ar
purely civilian , its olllcials , will
the exception of its high salariei
head , are all appointed from civil life am
it , daily duty has absolutely no conncc
tion with . military affairs. A brigadio
general commands the bureau and six
teen second lieutenants comprise its com
missioned force. Observers rank fron
high privates to first sergeants , 1
million dollars a year are expended ii
keeping up the signal service as a mili
tary establishment. Competent official
do not hesitate to state that private enterprise
terpriso could accomplish the same end
for half the money. General Sheridai
has repeatedly urged that it shouh
bo transform ! to some other de
partment. Scientific men have pointci
out how its usefulness is bbstructei
by connection with official and military
red tapo. The very absurdity of the title"
ot brigadier general and lieutenants o
the weather is Biilliciently palpable tc
the general public , but the service hang
lo the tails of * io war department ii
spite of all efforts to divorce it , largol ;
because General liaison's epauletts arc
concerned in its retention , and a fill
dress uniform would grow moth-eaten 1
the change should bo made.
Hurt tlio
Thorn would bo less reason for discuss
ing tlin need of raising the limit of tin
tax levy if proper slops were , taken to nn
sure a fair assessment of the millions o
property which every year escape taxa
tion In this city. Our tax levy is alrcadj
exorbitant , and wlulo it is applied to i
ridiculously low property valuation , tin
olfuct upon investors and prospcctin ;
capital is injurious to the interests of tin
city. Our last assessment footed up s
total of something over f 13,000,000 , on ar
actual valuation of realty alouo of mon
than a hundred millions. No one pro
tomu to assert that the assessment was
more than a tenth of the property valua
tlon.
tlon.What
What Is the consequence. The citj
must have revcnuo ttnd the levy must In
raised high enough to secure the funds
In 1SSD the city levy was 33 mills , tin
county levy 18 and a fraction and the
state 7,19 mills. On the face of the ta ;
receipts , citizens of Omaha , with the ex
ception of the railroads , paid tuxo ;
amounting ta more than 0 per cent upon
the assessed vuluatiou of their property.
Form" ! ! capitalists \ver6 naturally sur
prised when Kait5.it City exhibited & ta :
levy of less than half this amount , tfcv
investigated the nutlcr sufficiently I
find out that Omaha's tax was levied o :
only $10,003,000 of assessable property
while Kansas City returned $40,000,000 c
realty and personalty for taxation.
The fault lies with our wretched sj- ;
tern of assessment , by which the rich cs
capo and the poor nre cornered. Million
of real estate lying.before the eyes of th
ward asesors cscnpo taxation ever ,
year. On n fair vnlilation made on
basis of one-fourth'of ' the market value
Omaha would have' ' . " ,000,003 of proper
ty on its assessment rolls , and the cit
levy could be decreased by one-half.
Ueform , to be effective , must begin n
the root. The limp for copying the com
ty assessment is past. It i
the refuge of tax shirkers an
should bo promptly abolished. Th
revenue law should bo amended so as t
make each city of tlio highest class re
sponsiblc for making its own nssessmcn
Wo need a city ns&cssor with power I
conduct Ihc assessment and to corre <
the returns of Ills deputies. When th
Is done the present levies will bo foun
to bo much more than KUflicient for tli
purpose ol city and county admiuistr ;
lion.
Gns Mnmifacturlnc nnil Gas Klttltif
While the charier amendment comml
tec are investigating defects in our cit
laws they might start an inquiry as t
what right the Omaha gas company hr
to compel properly owners , wisltingcoi !
ncclion with the gas mains , to cmplo
the Omaha gas company as gas filter :
Under what authority does this corpor ;
lion , working under a city charter , a
rugate to Itself n monopoly of gas littin
from the curb line lo the gas meter
Why should citi/.ens bo compelled lo pa
two and three prices for connection wit
the gas mains when any reputable go ;
fitter would do the work as well nn
much more cheaply ? And what publi
or private interest is conserved by fort
ing citizens to wait on the good pleasui
and U > pay double profits to the gas mai
utaclurlng company when they add t
their legitimate business the lucraliv
trade of pipe filling at their own pric
and bar out all other gas-fitters froi
competition ?
The Omaha Gas company is n corport
tion with extensive rights and privilege :
the gift of the , public. Their legilimal
business scorns to bo lo supply gas an
assist in solving the problem of pcrpo
ual motion through the gas meter. The
have no right in equity to refuse to fu
nish their product to consumers throng
service pipes laid by other parlies ,
long as such service pipes arc proper !
laid. The water company would hav
the same right lo demand that n
plumbers but men employed by then
solves should be permitted to mafc
house connections wilh the wate
mains 'at tno curb line. If , in aV
dition , they charged their own prices fi
buch work and refused to supply watt
unless their demands were granted , the
would occupy the same position as 111
gas company now stands upon. The a
tention of the city attorney and of tli
council is respectfully directed to tli
stale of things. It is one that dcmam
redress , because it is an imposition npo
the public whose only effect is lo incrcai
the profits of the gas company , alrcad
large enough , and to increase the bil
of private citizens.
CU HUI2NT TOI'IOS.
Woiiuin are now oinuloycil a ? ticket ayen
at the stations on the Staten tfUmd rnllroni
There is a proposition to lay a cable b
tween lirltlsh Columbia and Australia I
connect England with India.
The number of passengers carried by tl :
Xow York elevated rends last month wr
il.SllrT8 : , against Sy35OTG for the sam
month last year.
John T. Lester , ot Chicago , paid the fit
duties on his Invoice of bronzes anil picttirei
8 00 for the cost of the suit and SS.OOO add
tlonal to compromise the irregularity.
A company Is lobe formed In New York t
establish coll'ee houses in that city in or > ] > <
sltlon to Kiloons and after tlio t'aMilon.vhlc
has proved so successful In the large cities e
Great Britain.
The president wrote his message on th
desk innilo from the timbers of tlio Hcsciu
nml presented to the United States by Quee
Victoria. It stands In a big bay window c
the \vlil to house library.
Jn 18W a deposit of Sl'J was iiiailo In th
savings bank at Dover , N. II. It rcmainc
In that bunk until the other day , when th
book was presented and the account close
oy the payment ot S1U. > .63.
Tlio annual loss in hides for manufocturln
purposes , caused by branding of cattle , is pu
at SIB.000,000 , and to prevent this branilin
on the head Instead of OK the ribs Is nilvc
cated. Tlio tanners have Ions opposed thl
barbarous custom , but the cattle-raisers pa ,
very little attention to It.
Henry tJcorgo Is busy nmkliic arrniiRC
ments for his new paper. It will appuu
about January 1 , and the i > reo ! will bo 3'i.no
year. Amonir HIMcontillmtors will buMlchac
bavltt. Kuy.'Or. Kilwnnl AlcUIynn , Jlev. Di
. .1.V. . Krainur. II , II. llyiulman , the Londoi
socialist , unit \V. \ T. Croasdule.
A PertInr-nt Question.
/'irp/l/ion / / Time * .
How much will the shares of the Nchraslci
State Journal slocl : bo worth If the next lea
Islaturo lops olT the Mwiling of that paper Ii
the matter of state printing.
AVIioIosnlo Mud
Hliltuin Vallru Neug ,
TlioStftto Journal In'now enunijed In send
1 IK'out fouitcon columns of solid iiiiMC'pro
Bcntallou of Senator Van Wyck to mem
bcrs-oliict ot the legislature.
Hold Dull MOR.
To lii-ar the regular republicans talk abon
Van Wyck one would tnlnk ho would neve
bo apnln admitted to their sldo of tlio pail ;
fence. Hut If he hnpiwn lo bo re-olectuil i
will be amubiiiK to listen to . the change o
tune , The hvo Andersons , who hnvo jus
been elected to congie In Iowa and Kan
sas , were terrible liiyl mem , free trade crank/ /
and all that , iwhou running , but now It hni
been icsolveil for the sake ot harmony , to al
low them to remain in the party anil saj
nothbig more about It.
JIow to Itponmo a Mugwump.
lirnuklyn Kaylt ,
"Father , " said Hello , "I see by the papei
that the democrats made iinpleceilontei
{ rains In every state that held an election thl !
month , and have Increased their strength In
both houses of congress. "
"Well ? " said Hollo's father.
"And I see further , " said Hello , "that the
republicans calnod sweeping and decisive
victories nt every poll , and have Incrunset
their strength In the senate , and wrestec
the hoiiso from the democrats , "
"Well ? " said Hollo's father.
"Well , but I cannot understand It at nil , "
said Kollo ; "what aoos It meanV"
"It meins , " said Hollo's father , "that you
have been reading the papeis of uotli
That Is right , my son ; rend nil t'io ' T > apcri
nnd believe what they tell yon , nml you will
never become an offensive patlUnn. "
"AVhat will 1 become ? " nskcd Hollo.
"You will become fi 'mild , harmless limn
lie , " said his father , "aflllcted with ccrtnli
vogue sentltnenls to limp for convictions am
nottjtilte ilnbby enough for Urlvcl , "
Kollo looked Inquiringly at his uncl
George.
"Ho means. " said Kollo's Uncle George
"that you will come to be a mugwump. "
Mccntio tlio Most rr.icllcablo
J > i > t/f'toirn ( I\t. ) Democrat.
Wo have Ions believed public oplnlor
would call n hall lo the almost unlicciKOi
sale of Intoxicating liquors , ami that the thn
has almost arrived. Whllo this Is pcncrall ;
conceded , there is an honest difference o
opinion how the end fn view can be accou
pushed. Wo do not think total prohlbltloi
can bo reached , but high license can , and I
the prohibitionists will give their lufluonc
to Iho movement It will sitcce'cd. We bcllcv
high Hccno to be the most pracllcablo mcas
urcfrct submitted , and that n judicious law n
tliU character , properly enforced , will d
much for the caino of temperance , llatf
loaf Is always better than no bicad ,
December.
Soplifr Ti. Sehmrt ( n llmol.\un \ .1/iiiijfiif.
O month of drilling snow and watlin
\duil ,
W gladly greet the as then diawcs
near ,
The opening moment * ever In Ins ; to mill
Thanksgiving echoes of ilch Joy am
cheer ,
And as WP gather In our homes oner- inert
Wo think of. that good time , and live 1
o'er.
Hal other pleasures will this month appear.
i-or with it rhrUtmn * como * to give delight
Then liiond with loving glH to menu draw
near ,
And laden tices make happy homos mor
briulil ,
Wlille jiniiling sleigh-bolls tell of ball
around ,
And SOUL'S and jollity and Jokes abound.
Then lei the wild winds roar , the snowllake
come
Creeping nml heapinirlii their silent way ;
Hearts wilt be happy in each lovlnir home ,
And chiiaion's laughter make Ihovhol
earth gny.
For bright December we with joy prepare ,
And lltng glad welcomes un the "frosty air.
STA.TI3 AM ) TliKltlTOIVY.
Nebraska JottlngM.
Hastings is trying to cork the saloon
on Sunday.
An Osecola man has planted sixlcci
acres of blackberry bushes.
The educational facilities at Pierce hnv
been extended by the completion of anev
school building to accommodate the risinj
tide.
tide.A
A few nichts ago Wilson & Pritchard'
barn , in hlk precinct , Saunders , was dc
stroyed by fire , together with twenty
eight hordes.
Norfolk is promised another line o
railroad from Sioux City , one of tho.
"air" lines of which the Iowa niclropoli
has an abundant supply.
A Schnyler man taxed his capacity re
ccntly by getting outside cighty-dv
oysters. A mustard plaster as large as i
door mat reduced the swelling.
A new beverage lias been added lo Hi
long list of Jackson's salivating stinui
hints. It is called "Bally hooly lemonade.
and is said lo be as affective sis a saiui
bag at five faces.
David City holds out a basket fillci
with donations to any person who wil
bring her the following enterprises : i
creamery , a soap factory , an implcmun
factory , a canning factory , a plauingmill
a foundry and a machine shop.
The Hastings papers and base bailer
have been bowline for ten days at m
alleged Attempt of Omaha to bhut on
their club , just organized. There is :
great deal of lung tissue wasted in th
isflort tc convince themselves tlmtOmah :
is "envious , " a charge too silly for in
fnnts to make.
The law's delay is the nursery of crinv
and the guardian of criminals. The con
viction and sentence of Shcllonbergor ii
Nebraska City , for the murder of hi
child a crime denounced by Judgi
Found as monstrous in its nnmcasunibii
wickedness will be uprooted and scat
tcred by the winds if tlio ollbrls of his at
torneys aroMiccessful. They will appea
to the supreme court. The appeal wil
not come up before Julv " * next , nioantimi
a stay of execution will" bo had , the c.'isi
drag along fora year , and if n new tria
is granted , the witnesses will have scattered
tored , and Leandor will eventually posi
as a "marly r" instead of a murderer
"at whose sight innocence shudders am
from whoso side all men stand away af
from a beast of prey. " A liberal fee am
a shrewd lawyer can paralyze -justice
nowadays in two rounds.
Iowa Items.
Now Hampshire Js without a saloon.
There were MG births at Uurlincton foi
the year ending December 1.
The city treasurer's report for Novcm
her at DCS lUoines shows a cash balance
on hand of $ -l'JOu7.8. '
There is a fourteen-year-old lady al
Carson that can IIUSK and crib seventy
five bushels of corn per day.
Tlio various farmers' alliances of FrC'
mont county will meet in representa
tive convention at Shinny on the 11 tli
insl.
insl.Prophet
Prophet Foster , of Burlington , frankly
admits that his predicted .storm of IheOtli
was a llz/lo. It was switched off at Mexico
ice and took a mild gulf turn ,
Candy manufactured by a C'hicago
liousu came near ending the existence ol
two little children at Dubuqiie. It is sup
posed that the bitter almonds , which con
tained a largo quantity of prussio acid ,
were used in the manufacture.
By accidentally falling down a stcphul-
der into a room vvhoFe a ferocious bull
dog was chained , at Diibtiquu on Satur
day , liart McDonald had an ear ehoweel
almost off. A physician burneu the poi-
uon Irom the bites nnet fUJtchcd the ear
up , and an olllcer shot the dog.
Dakota.
Grand Forks Is to have a gas plant to
cost ? 53OOU.
The real estate transfers at Huron for
November amounted to ? 15,000.
A farmers' alliance wus organized at
Sioux Kalis on Saturday last.
The Tower university at Tower City
has commenced operations with very
flattering prospects. It was founded by
the liaptlst association of north Dakotu.
The Grandin farm , in Trail ! county ,
reports Sl-l.tVH bushels of wheat as tliis
year's iirop , grown on ! > , C50 ticrus , an
average of over twenty-two bushels per
acre.
Six pnrsons have died at Bijou Hills
lately from Inflammation of the bowels.
The nlkuiai water in that vicinity is sup
posed to bo the cntiso , ant ! a great many
L'iti/.onn who nuver drink water uro exclaiming
" there. "
claiming , "Ah
Colorado.
Bunko men are again operating in
Denver.
The mountain mining camps are com
paratively clear of biiow.
The Colorado Iron it Coal company is
stocked at $13,000,000 , and yet pays"no
taxes to the stato.
Ground has been broken al Golelcn for
the emotion of glass works in that city.
Tim Globe says there will bo Jive pots ,
each having a capacity of 3.000 pounds of
molten glass , and Iho building to be
erected will bo eighty feet square.
"To say that Colorado Is favorably sit
uated to bccomo a cotton manufacturing
Btato , " flays tlio Denver Tribune , "would
probably cause a smlln of elerislon upon
tlio tucos of persons who huvei never ' ex
amined Iho.Eiibjcot , But wu ucv'erthclcis
make the assertion thai Iho manulaclur
of cotton in this stain could under judl
clous and enterprising management b- -
made a profitable business. "
The American Millionaire.
A'otc r < n1. Sim.
Wo received the first number of th
American Millionaire , a monthly period !
cal inlemlcd for millionaires only. Ii
other words , and in the language of Ih
cdilor it is established a * ' 'the acceptei
organ of great wealth1 anil "seeks i
circulation only in the special field iudi
caled by Us tille. "
That circulation cnnnnl be largo , fo
lie estimates the number of million
nircs of Amerlea al not more than om
thousand , but the enterprising publishn
is convinced that the eiuallty of his sub
scriptlon list will make up for IU dcfi
ciency in quantity , for ho assumes tlia
all the millionaires will take their spcela
organ as n mailer of course , nnd thn
wlfoover wishes to attract then attuntioi
lo hla wares or hi.i projects will maki
ttso of its advertising columns.
According to this notion , the million
alroa are a class by themselves , and eael
one is interested in every otlici
to the cxlent that Ihey snll'ei
from Iho lack of a inediuii
of communication between them , such ai
the grocers nnd llqtuir deialers , for In
slanee , are able lo get In the papers pro
vided in their especial interuHt. But tin
publisher has a philanthropic no less thai
a business purpose. The millionaires , hi
explains , tire scattered all over a conti
nent , and as there are tew of them in :
single community they must fee-1 n &en i
of loneliness anil a craving for coinpau
iouslup with their own kind. The
American Millionaire is therefore oslab
lisheel for llm purpose of bringing those
unfortunate beings into sympathetic ro
lallonship with each other , so that theii
hearts may nil beat as one , and oven
millionaire will have Hie moral supporl
of knowing Unit he has a friend in every
other millionaire ) , no mailer how wiek
their geographical separation.
If llio theory ot the publisher is sound ,
"tho representatives ol the money powei
of America would likn to become ! beltei
aequaintcel with one another , " and they
are * all curious as to how each made his
money and how he spends it , what sorl ol
a house ho lives in , whether he lias n
"summer retreat , " what his "stock fnrnif
and other possessions arc , " and how hit
sons ami daughters are celling on in the
matrimonial way. Besides , they want to
compare notes as to the proper use ol
wealth , and to discuss investments anil
benefactions with each oilier.
All stieli information and opporlunillcf
the Ame.-rir.an Millionaire proposes to
oiler to the millionaires. It will not make :
any suggestions about giving their money
away , for these might provei disagreeable ,
and the publisher has so profound n
reverence for a millionaire that he' would
nolussumo to advise himlcnst of all lo in
troduce in Ins presence ) so vulgar a subject
as the needs of poverty. 'This maga
zine , " lie announces , "purposes t < > treat
only of the pleasant things in the lives oi
Urn opulent. '
fS'l'hat may be a very philanthropic pur
pose , but as a business venture wo can
not think hopefully of the American Mil
lionaire. Tlio millionaires arc not in PC
bad a way for conipanie > nsliip as this pub
lisher supposes. A million dollars in it-
sell is n pretty gooel companion , and its
possessor need not lack for society if ho
wants it. That is the way of the world ,
is il not ? But a magazine which coulel
get as subscribers all the people whc
want to be millionaires would have a
Iremomlou.i circulation. In the first
place it would secure the whole of the
(18,000 ( men who voted for Henry George
here ; in Now York last month , and the la
bor party all over the union , and all the
vest of mankind would be on ils subscrip
tion books. >
Hut we can assure our new cortempo-
rnry that millionaires don't cnro anything
about each other , though other people
care a great deal about thoni , and want
to bo in their places. Eve-n those who
are fondest of society would not be afraid
of the loneliness of the character. This
may indicate ) the best sort of matiazino
for some enterprising publisher to get
out.
Onialm nml the HailroaUs.
Sitr\nu1cll \ ( Xtli. i Monitor.
Omaha's future greatness will depend
wholly upon the increased railroad facil
ities which she can induce the several
railroad corporations to give her. All the
Iowa lines are now invading the territory
west of the Missouri. The Norlhweslorn
will soon have an independent line con
necting with the Central Pacific atOgdcn.
The B. & M. has already such a line , anil
both tl.esu roads are surveying ami bnilel-
ing innumerable feeders into all parts of
the state. The llock Island and St. Paul
roads are actively preparing to get their
share of territory in the state. The Mis
souri Pacific is gradually extending her
lines and speculation is rife as lo the con-
leniDiatcel extension of her lines into the
northwest. The outcome of vll this rail
road enterprise will be that Nebraska ,
like Iowa and Missouri , will be traverseel
by several transcontinental lines and
covered with n network of their branches.
The time will also come when the Union
Pacific , in order to compete with the
other roads , will be compelled to build
a separate road from Omaha to Chicago ,
In fact , articles of incorporation have
been fileel for another road through Iowa ,
anil il would not be at all surprising to
know ( hat Iho Union Pacific was at the )
bottom of the scheme. Of what import
is this' to the thriving and prosperous
oily of OmiihaV The time has now
L'onio when Oninlia , by putting lorth
sufficient efforts , can seimro for herself
an unrreeeilented growth and become
Ihei C'hicago of the woM , and wo have
fnitli enough in the e.ity to Know that Bhe
will take hold of the filiation and make
the ! ) ie.t of It. The plan of Omaha build-
ingfe-edcrs into all parts of the mute with
lionio capital IH not feasible. Her prevent
ivcahh for Mich enlmprlM ) is too mcatrru.
If the wealthy citi/ons of the young me
tropolis have Hiillleient coiilideiico in her
ruturo growth to consider the fonKihilily of
i profectof seielinmgiiiluile , they will cor-
.ulnly bi < ublo to oiler the rich and pow
erful railroads that are now
dipplying tl'ij ' territory , which
) .y nature is tributary to
! ) mnhn. sullloiPiil liidiK-enionts 'to glvo
.hum the hone- and impartial eoiMiJcni-
.ion whie-h buloncN to them Tim North-
ivestcrn shoiiliHjc induced to build a di
ved line from Fruniont ( o Omaha. Omaha
s the natunil te-nninu- the B. it iM.tmd
Jnion Pne-Hu ! rnadfl , and if thu i throe )
iVealthy anil far ri-iie-hing c.Di-purations
iVJll give Omaha it fair ron-idi-ration in
het ( intuiilishmunl of rates and spuiMly
raiiHurtulion | , all other rends oannot
iffoi'il lu Ignnrii her , tint will bo com-
jelled to liiiila tu the city In onlei to
; ceip up with e-ompe-lini : linos. If sue-
icssful In this , Omaha will become ( lie
; raln and > toi'k niurke : ! ol a large ; and
irodueaivi ! territory and will liavt ; an
ijual feinting with St. Paul and Kansas
Jity. Onmlm's bi IKIKIII ol the1 past few
ours will iio nejihltig in roniiiriMiii | : to
vhat is In store for he-r. The remarkable
; rowth of the past will seem insignificant
/hen mien she begins to be * an IminenKu
nllroae ! center , n veritable Chicago ,
tlanti-il ill tin ! miiul of what once
eumuud u barren and eliiMolatu waste.
A young lady h driving a cab In Bur
in. She asks Ihriuit the ordinary faro ,
looauso slw sit * by tliu side of hesr em-
iloycr while ) shndrives him.
Two thousand yards of fliiniiol have
ieen give.n to Ihu agi-el poor of De-rrv.
i. II. , this rat ! m-cording u ; the la.iu--t ]
f the late .Syh-anus Brown.
The UuUetlnc of ix Kcnutntlon ,
Xttt ? 1'nrJtS'liri. .
When Miss Cleveland left the \vhltd
house and began nn avowed career ot
literary work , she entered n field in
which success depended on the measure
of attention which her efforts revived.
She went in for money and fame , am ! slio
would have galnt'il neither if the nowa-
papers had Ignored her undertaking.
Whether you call il literary reputation or
newspaper notoriety makes nodiffereueo.
It i. " the frequent mention of her name in
print , Iho repealed subjection of her pro
ducts to the test of fair and respect
ful critibism , thai gradually build
up thu indefinable something
which gives a marke't value te >
what she may wrilo and try to sell. Wei
are sure that Miss Cleveland is sensible )
enough to understand this fully : that nho
would bo quick to acknowlege. nor lasting
obligations to Amorlaan newspapers.
She has been kindly treated by them , ai
she deserved to bo.jWc don't beillevo Unit
in anv instance BID ! has been treated wllli
discourtesy by any respectable journal.
Vet it is reported , nnd generally ae > -
ocpted as a fact , that the recent extraor
dinary onihurMs of wrath on the part of
Iho president against the new.sjmpeiy
wore mainly occasioned by his dislike ot
the prominence given by the piojw 16 lilM
sister's efforts te > earn her living in litera
ture. He objects , in short , to the use lor
her advantage , as an attlhor , eif the
mighty inlluenco lo which he himself
owes his fortune and fame.
A sinking illustration of thosurvieo
rendereel by the ) newspapers to MiM
Cleveland in her chosen career is founil
in the prospectus of one of the ) maga/lints
published in tlio oast. This magazine in
of a different sort from thei Chicago con
cern with which Miss Cleveland was nu
ll 1 recently connected , It reaches an
altogether different class of roaelers , ami
commands for its contributor.- audi
ence rather superior in intelligence te )
any that Miss Cleveland has previously
secured , except. se far as hnr production *
have been copied into ( he columns of the )
daily press. 1'lie editor of this mngo7.ini )
has paid to Miss Cleveland n largo sum
of money for a potin lo bo prinleel next
mouth. Tlio importance which he at
taches lo liis purchase is clearly ex
hibited in the relative .siy.ei of the type an
nouncing Miss Cleveland's name :
TUB im.r.MA orrnn NIXTISKNTU cnx rrnv.
A 'Satirical Narrative in Verso , by
UOSU El.I/ABKTH ChKVKLAND.
stv iioeiic AXK t.
An Autobiographical amlCrillcnlSkclch ,
by WALT WHITMAN.
STATK1MAN AND NOVr.l.IST.
A Talk Between Senator Ingalls and Mr.
Howells.
Tilt : \VATHU or uoi.ii.
A Poem. By AUSTIN DOBSOX.
Wo print this extract from a magazine )
prospectus because nothing else couhl
demonstrate so conclusively Iho value to
Miss Cleveland of the newspaper noteu-iety
which is saiei to have given offense lo her
brother. It is in eii.stinguished company
IhatMlss Cleveland now for the lir t time )
finelK herself in : i literary announcement.
Walt Whitman , the most inelivielnal , the )
most virile , Ihc most celebrated of living
American pools ; .loliu ( lames IngallH , thu
wittiest ot senators anil a master of
satirical composition of the sort which
Miss Cleveland is about to attempt ;
William Dean Howells , foremost among
American novelists ; Austin Dobson , u
great name in contemporary literature
these are there ; am ! Miss Kosu Lli/abetli
Cleveland leads all the rest , and leads
them in type of overshadowing magni-
tuele ) .
We congratulate Miss Cleveland on thi.-f
signal evidence of the growing popular
ity of lier writings. It is all inn moro
impressive from the fact that the maga
zine ) which introduces her to its readers
with such unmistakable respe-el and en
thusiasm is not given lo sensational
methods. Yet Miss Cleveland , who is a
modest and sensible woman , would bo
the last person to assume that in pewit ot
actual literary achievement she has already -
ready surpassed Whitman , llowells or
Austin Dobson. With the exemption eif
one e > r two fugitive pieces , Iho public nml
the ) critics have no material on which to
base a judgment of her poetical abilities.
She pcrcoivtM clearly , no doubt , that Ihu
value of her Biitirie'iil narrative ) in vonsu
to the editor of the magazine ) which lias
bought it depends upon his recognition
of the widespread public interestin her
efforts to make a literary career in the
general curiosity to see whatever she
may write. This interest unit this curi
osity , again , have been created for Mini
Cleveland's benefit almost wholly by the
frionelly services of the newspaper press.
Miss'Clovesliuid cares nothing for nicro
notoriety. It is an empty head that elon.s.
I5ut she appreciates at their true value
.ho opportunities lor usefulness which
; row and multiply as literary reputation
extends.
A HorioiiH
J.U'jnf Mil i in :
On the authority of the Omaha Itopub-
lean and Herald and the Lincoln Jour-
uil , Van Wjek Is nuilhcr a republican
ior u elemoural , consequently those who
aver him in the coming senatorial con-
est constitute ; t disLineL party , which
nar bo calleel a Van W yck party. The
amc autliorilies are conteneling for
mrly caucus In the legislature to nonilii-
itc candidate-H for United States M.-mitor ,
and elenminel thai encli parly shall aellirro
closely to the voice of its caucus. Tlin
Republican and Journal each has a kind
nf a holy Imrror afrainsl the choosing of
i Konator by thei aid of the ele.moerals and
he ) Herald is persintent in its iliMiiand
haldcmoerals shoiilel only vote for n
cmocrat. Aceeirding to the pro-
ihelic ; figuring of each or all of
lioso ] iapeira there ) will not be
u llm legislature ) a mtijorily for
ither of thusei parties ; hnneu if llie-ir ml-
'iceshoulel ' bo heeded therei could bi ; no
lection of a United SlatetsKunator. flow
veir , if the domoetratio legislators shall
ole : for the man designated by what the
Eepublican anel Journal are pleased to
all the republican caucus , they will
uise no complaint. Or if ilu ; logislateirs
t'hei ' miy : t-ntiir into either of the other
lani'iiM-s nhall vote for the nominee of
ho democratic caucus , the Iloralel will
leit eioinplnin. But Rhould the < Inglfllii-
or.s , or any | > : irl of them , whom tin ; haul
juninls duliiiHdcmoeratnor rcjiuliilcnnK ,
otc for Van WyeU.il would nlmeist bis
itch treason , hardly to be endured , a
IIMDIO and ilifjrraoe to .lie state anil the
ation. It is amusing to loulc on and ee
lit ! -trails let whieli thesu monopoliHllo
rgaiih are ) elrivcn le ) , nnd hear llieh-
, 'ailing cries figainst the choice of Iho
uiplo.
Salviellon Oil , the gntutoxl eniio on
urth for pain , linn matin a most brilliant
ebul. Price , 0 et .
' ' shollM ul-
I'liilosopherM Kuy that uffnil'ii -
a.y bo uonditctL'd with a view lei the
reiilefil gooel of Ihu uroatewr nniiMxir.
ir. Bull's CoiiKh Syrup does thn
roate' a good to iho greatest number. ' >
. ' . \\i. \ \ (
A California liornc-thhif asked a rou h-
lokmg man in Saci-.iiuent < j where ) I'd '
Hild find a ; ; erjil criminal lawyer. Tim
tan olio wed him law ur's ollici' , mid
etod by while lu > confessed lo havestolrn
horse in San Joaijuin county. The )
iw.ye-r said llial the eniao lxjKod ( bad
I'lien 1 gue s I'll skip nut , " nild : th'1 '
nef. "Not lo-tiay"Hifd : the ronjili-loetl.
ig niun , wiio > Vi ! a special polirumaii.
ml \ < ili < > preunjitly lucked up t
M uriminat ,
hlic hi * the oiiinpleMoii of U
ii//iini a iMettit-atc1 ] Coiniilev'on
id .1 Nold by all