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AND now the city contractors insist
I hut they shall be "lot alono" or oho
licy pronoso to make , it warm for Van
\Vyck. Hero's a state of things.
A ST. Louis grand jury lias returned
seventy-two nulictmcnts for violation of
the election laus. St. Louis is a demo
cratic stronghold.
IT will be a dangerous experiment for
lli city to enter into any contract : )
whose validity may afterwards be dis
puted by the taxpayers who arc most di-
reetly interested.
SiA'.vroi : Jiji WILSON , of Iowa , has
suddenly blossomed out into a rampant
anti-monopolist. The warm atmosphere
of an approaching senatorial election
utarted the bud nnd opened the Jlowcr.
Kum : railroad crossing within the city
limits ought to bo guarded by a flagman.
With the increase in the number of trains
and in switching 11111113' of the most dan-
goious erodings are entirely without pro
tection.
Tnu coal question has not been per
manently shelved by miy means. There
need bo no tear of that. Tlio fullest ev
Iterations will be made of the vein be
fore final judgment will bo pronounced
as to its value.
fi > the conference committee can de
cide upon a few unimportant points of
difl'erence , in the Indian .severally bill ,
the untntoicd savage will t-oon own his
own home. The ne\t problem of Interest
will be how to make huh stay on it.
all the heart burnings and
bickerings of the rival candidates for the
senate the faet looms up into prominence
that Senator Van tt'.yck is the only com
petitor for whose choice 40,000 popular
votes were cast at the late election.
Mu. KANUAI.I. carried twenty-five dem
ocrats with him over to the republican
minority in his defeat of the. reform con
sideration. Mr. Randall's democratio
following in congress seems to be just
large enough to servo the purpose of the
eastern manufacturing monopolists.
Tim first ollicinl pronunciamento of the
now French cabinet is for pcaco. The
critics who predicted the downfall of the
latest ministry within a wnck of Its or-
gain/alien have piovcd false prophets.
It promises to last over tlm holidays , at
least , which is by no means a short tenure -
uro of ofllce , as French ministries go.
ISN'T it about timti that the treasury do-
pnrtmcnt should cease coming to the. rescue -
cue of tlio stock gamblers who tie up
money in serene confideiiro that the gov-
ormncnt will rclluvo thu stringently by
anticipating interest payments ? Tlio
United States treasury should bo Home-
thing mom than tin nnncv of thu Now
York stock exchange.
Wr. would like. Mr. Con G.illaghur or
Mr. Jim Croinhton to explain what they
moan 03- charging through tlio IleraM
that the BUR is trying to dragoon them
into the support of Van Wyck. They
linvo always professed great anxiety for
his ro-elcction , but wo dia not know that
their friendship for Van Uryok was to depend -
pond entirely upon Ilio Jotting of paing
and curbing csiilracU in thu city of a
Omaha.
Ir MAS been n disputed qneMion for a
long limn whether
employes have any
right to inventions which tluiy may make ,
Various decisions have been given on the
bitbjcet by patent lawyers. Homo authori
ties have hold that unless a man con
tracted away his inventions as well as his
time , his prouerty Interest in any inven
tion ho might perfect was valid , Unas
often been hold , howuvor , that the work
must have been done out of the tlmo paid
lor by the employer , A recent decision
of the United States supreme court clears
up the whole matter , and gives the cm-
ploye every adyantago in such a case.
Says the court ;
An employe of a corporation making an in
volition In tlio Uiu'ot line o ( Its business uhllo
in its pay , ratal u&lui ; material and labor
v holly paid lor by It , but under uo special
contract to Invent for It , Rtid tholr be hit no
ciirumstances from \ > hich It might fairly bo
Inferred that hov s required or expected to
Invent for It , docs not thereby give such cor
poration a right to an assignment of the
patent granted fur such Invention.
This certainly seems to bo a reasonable
conclubjon. The property lies in the idea ,
nnd that would be the work of the em
ployo.it > such a case.
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t , Ii' I t' ' .I'Jl 'w'M lii In
JHnncfltnml IMttioncit I > cmocrnt9.
] t Is interesting to note the difference
between the way in which honest demo
crat ? view the approaching senatorial
contest and the manner in ylltcll It is
considered by men of the part3 * who look
upon the democratic minority at ) n club
to defeat rather than as a means lo
further the ilcmand of the people for
Senator Van Wyek's rc-tslecllon. 1 he
New York World of recent dale has the
following editorial comment upon the
situation :
"It Is not easy to sec what the democrats of
Nebraska expect to gain by contributing to
the defeat of Scnalor Van Wyck , In view of
tlie laifje icpublican majority In the lotlsla- ;
lutc. Senator Van Wjck Is an honest and
courageous public servant , and one of the
most iiKiiioiinced opponents of monopolies
and corrupt corporations to be found In the
west. Tlio bitter opposition of the railroad
lilies Is a s Ironic testimonial to his character.
If the senator from Kcbraska Is to be a 10-
publican , the democrats could not do a bettor
service to their country or their party than to
help return Mr. Aran Wyck. ' '
Mho World Is probably the most influen
tial democratic paper in the countryIt
is removed above the petty jealousies and
rivaliicsof our local politics. II looks
upon Nebraska dcniocrals only ns ; i part
of the great national political organi/.a-
lion and not as n smalt minority lu a
republican slate to bo led by the nose b3 *
lools of Ihe corporations whoso only
object in the present fight is to compass
the defeat of an able and honest rcprcsen-
lalivc of the people. Honest democrats
TO will applaud the position of
lie l\'nrM \ , because tl is an honest stand.fccl
Them Is no prctcn o that Son-
tilor Van Wyck is entitled
to democratic support because
he is lacking in sterling republicanism.
is commended to whal strength "
small political miuorit3 * can glvo him because -
cause "ho is an honest and courageous
publicservaufand becnu < .c"Uis nol cosy
lo see what the democrats of Nebraska
expect to gain by contriliutiiig lo Ills tie-
feat. "
On ( he oilier hand Major 15o3'd has
had himself interviewed in : i local paper
on the senatorial situation and Ihc posi
tion which the democratic members elect
may be expected to lake in the coming
contest. M.r. '
Ho3'tl until rccsnlly was : i
member of Iho political lirm whiclt
claimed a monopoly in Iho distribution of
federal patronage in this stale. The
election of John A. McShano caused a
dissolution of the partnership but the exP"
patronage ncddlor still hankers after the
handling of the llesh pots. The uiayor
that there will bo no democrats
who will vote for Senator Van Wyck
from the start. lie urges strongly a
parly caucus and that all democratic
votes should be cast for Judge Broady.
Of course Mr. Boyd is fully aware that
there isn't the ghos > l of a chance for tlm
election of Judge Broady or .1113 * other
democrat , and that every democratic
vote cast for a party candidate is simply
thrown awa3 * so tar as the democracy is
concerned. Bul the overshadowing fear
of Mr. Boyd and his following is not for
the interests of the democratic pai (3 ( * Dill
foi those of General Van Wyck's oppo
nents. They propose lo mask themselves
behind tlie party cry to draw any
strength which Van AVyckmight secure
ironi democratic representatives of re
publican constilucncics pledged to vote
in accordance with tlio iiiblmctions of
the men who elected them. Their aim
and object is to defeat the will of honest
democrats who , knowing the impossi-
bilit3 * of electing a member of their own
parly , are anxious to contribute to the
success ol "an honest and courageous
public fcervant. " Therein lies iho differn'
once belwecn the honest and elishoncat
democrats.
Senatorial Obstruction.
When Ihe inlor-stalc commerce bill
agreed upon by the conference com
mittee was submitted in Iho senalc on
Wednesday of last week , il was at once
made apparent that no eflbrt would be
spared by the opponents of the measure ,
and of any regulation of tlie railroads by
congress , to obstruct its consideration .
and delay action upon it. Mr. Plait , n
member of the conference committee ,
cast the lirststGiioat thobiil by refusing lo
fiign it , his ground of objection being the
clattso prohibiting pooling.
The indications since Ihc submission of
tlic bill have shown more decisively tlio
purpose of its opponents. Tlio railroad
Jobb3isls have been pushing their work
With great xeal and undoubtedly with
oll'cct. The railroads have very earnest
nnd lru.it worthy friends in the senate ,
whom they can depend upon in any
cniergenc3' . These may be counted on to
give them elllcient aid in tlio present
juncture. Senator Cullom has given no-
lice that he will again call up the confer
ence report when the senate resumes its
session after the holida3's nnd insist upon
its consideration from day to day until it
is disposed of. There is no reslriction lo
dobalo iu the senate , so that tiio subject
may bo kept before that body as long as
there I nii3'senator who desire * to talk '
on it. It Is believed lhat It oannot bo dis-
poicd of before the end of January , and
if thu obstructionists are abln to carry it
along until that time , with only n month
of Ilio present congress remaining , the
chances of passing Iho bill at the pro-sent
session will be no butter than those of
failure , 'J'his is what Iho opponents of Iho
measure , who tire represented in both
parlies , arc aiming to accomplish , with
considerable ! likelihood of success. It is
service the3 * are performing solely In
iho interests of the corporations and with
out regard to those of the people. It is
not because the bill is defective and un gr
satisfactory , though this will bo the ex tci
cuse , that the3 * will obstruct and delay la
action upon it , but for Iho reason that th
the railroads tho3 * servo us attorneys or are on
otherwise interested in do not want any isl
siifth legislation , or seeing it to bo inovita- in
able desire to bo roliovoti ot its effects ns
ns
long o possible. The probable- course of CO
the senate in this inattor promises lo bo COBi
another imprcssivn example of corporate- BiCi
power in inlluencins legislation where its
interests , in opposition to those of tlio 11Ki
people , are involved. KiU
Organizing Negro Lnlior in tlio Soutli. ,
The fllorts of the Knights of habor to
bring the negro laborers of the south
into thai organization am creating a pro
found sensation in portions of that sec
tion , with South Carolina quite naturally the
foremost In opposing the innovation.
Dispatches from that state for several
days past have noted the greatest excite
ment among tlio planters and other cm- "
ploycrs of labor , which has bccm irn
parted hi a greater or loss degree to
other classes of the WhiU population ,
until ( ho
whole cominouwejilth appears
nivm I i rc'atVo ' , A.V'AI ' .l'f
to be In a fever of disquietude anil appre
hension. A bill baa passed one branch
of Iho legislature anil is pendinc in the
other making it a couspirac3' to organize
assemblies of colored laborers. The
press quite generally is arrayed against
the movement of the Knights , and is of
course Iho most inllucntial agency In
disseminating imaginary dangers and
stimulating the fears of the people. His
nol reported to what extent actual organ-
i/.ation of negro laborers has progressed ,
but it 13 evident that the mission of the
Knights has produced a widespread in
terest among them favorable to organi
sation , and that the influence of the
preachers of that race is being thrown
in that direction. Meanwhile the
representatives of the Knights
arc braving threats ngalnst their
lives in pursuing their missionary work
of bringing the negro laborer tinder Ihc
guidance and protection of ( heir organi
zation.
. The policy of Ihc Knights in this mat
ter is shrewd , wise , and m tlio interest of
labor generally. Us motive unquestiona
is nol magnanimity or a special con
cern for the welfare of Ihu negro labor
ers ' in the south , bul solcl3' of expediency
in Iho Interest of labor everywhere. If
the ' . ' movement is successful iho negro
will nrolit by It. It will secure him a
boiler return for ins labor. It will give
him ! a higher and justcr cstimalo of the
value of his work. It will increase his
solf-respccl ami stimulate him to belief
endeavor. Il will awaken in him a
tense of personal worth and also of per
sonal rosponsibilit3' . All these are de
sirable conditions , necessary lo that im
provement and advancement of the
negroes . of the south which ovorv fair-
minded man hopes for. llut Iho polit'3'
of Iho Knights is more comprehensive
Ihan Ihis in having as its chief object the
nuuovnl of the negro workers of the
south from the position they are rapidly
taking as dangerous competitors of
white labor , and placing them on an
equal fooling with Iho lallor. With the
rapid progress of evei'3' lorm of indus
trial enterprise in the south the de
mand ! for negro labor grows , and
workers of this race are crowding
themselves into nearly all mechanical de
partments. In most of Ihcso Ihc3'show
remarkable ! quickness and uptiludc , and
il is only a question of lime when skilled
negro mechanics will be very numer
ous iu tlio south. At present their labor
is subject entirely to tlie valuation placed
on it by the cmplo3cr , and this is likely
to continue so long as 1)103' ) are left to
struggle , . ! for ihe means of subsistence
without .1113'sense of mutual obligation
and with no power of mutual protection.
It is to rcincil3' this condition , which if
continued must prove as damaging lethe
the interests of wliitc labor as to the ma
terial welfare of the negro , that the
Knights have started the movement in
the south for organising the negro labor
ers ,
It is evident that the policy will be
most aggressively opposed wherever it is
sought to bo can it'll our , anil its general
success may be regarded as somewhat
problematical. II encounters not 01113 * a
strong and deep-suateil prejudice , but the
foolish fears of the people. lint even if
not entirely successful H cannot fail to do
good in arousing public sentiment lathe
necessity of giving Iho negro laborer
taller { .realmcnt Ihan he now receives.
IVlint I > o They Menu ?
Evorylhing that may bu said now by
Ihis , paper about any question o f polity ,
whether | it be charier amendments , , grad
ing ' , paving or street sweeping , is dumped
into ; the political hopper of the Millcr-
loyd ! organ and ground out as grist
against Van W3'ck. The latest and most
idiotic concoction Is the line and 01-3 *
raised by the Herald concerning our ad
vice to tlic council to keep within the
legal bounds in Idling paving contracts.
This is denounced us a bulldozing
scheme . on Ihc part of Van Wyck to bring
the Crcighton-Murpli3' Company to his
support. . Was there ever anything more
absurd'/ . , Has it conic lo Ihis thai the
'city questions cannot bo discussed
without tangling up Vim Wyck
ln , the controvors3 * ? Are wo to remain
silent about jobbery or schemes to force
contracts through the council in violation
of . law just because Van W3'ek is a can
didate for reclcctiony
The KKK has some interests to guard
and policies of public benefit to advocate
besides the reelection of Van Wyck. It
has . nlw.Tys fearlessly discussed matters
that concern tax payers , and il has can
vassed them without regard to politicians ,
contraclors , ward bummers or senatorial
candidates. It will continueto purs no
tills course without regard to friend or
foe.
foe.If
If the Croightoti-Murpi3f ! paving com
pany have inspired tlio bluster and
bravado of the Omaha Herald because
tills ' paper has scon fit to advise the coun
cil to go slow about letting paving con
tracts , for which tlioro is no money avail
able , they will presently discover that
they , am barking up the wrong tree.
Tlio Omalia & Texas Itailrond.
Few Nebraskans have aii3' conception o.f
the rich trade of the southwest and espec
ially of the great cotton interests of Texas ,
To give our renders an idea of the traflic
which Omaha would largely share by
the building of the southwest railroad to
thu Panhandle , of Texas , as a northern
outlet for thu San Antonio & Aransas
Pass railroad , wo copy tiio following
from the San Antonio Express ot the 18th
instant'
hast season , through partial dioiithand the
great stoini , tlm cotton ciop in most of the
lalluie , and It should also bu icnieiubercd
lliat in many of thcso counties acricultino is
enl } coinparatlNGly lu its infancy , but prom.
Islng rapid development with each succeed
$11
ing year. Vet Mr. lUinue estimates the cot % :
ton yield In Ihese counties for the year lSbO-7
follows : Llano , 2,000 ; Mason,000 : Alas-
cosa , iMM ; Handera , 330 ; llastiop , 20,000 ;
llexar , 1,700 ; Hlanco , 3.MW ; Calducll , 10,000 ;
Coinnl. 0,000 ; lm\lit , 5,500 ; Frlo , 500 ; ( illles-
pin , 2M" , ; ( ion/ales , 8.500 ; nuailalupe , 5,000 ;
Hays , 8,000 ; Karnes. a.OOO ; Kendall , 1,500 ;
Kerr , 1,000 ; havaca , M.OOO ; Medina. COO ;
Uvnlile. 150 ; Wilson , 2,500 ; Uee. 200 ; ( Jolloil ,
1,800 ' ; hive Oak , 150 ; making a total of
loo.ax the
Or raj in round n limbers one hundred thou the
sand bales of cotton alone , with a poor crop
raised In San Antonio territory this year-
anil with the Atausas Pass road running to
B lf , to Cuoro anil Hallettsvllle , and to to
the northwest , It would bo reasonable to of
more the lines turthcr east and north of a
bere the Express has located ttietn. The
ubcne libt , It should be remembered , dors not
embrace near all the counties naturally trib
utary to this city. Theie should be added at Ing
least tb < counties of Klmble , Concho , Tom
PfCS , I curtBtVcif itUet > tJtS ri pnrlUlntU | io rU
A
Dlmmlt , Webb. Knclnal. McMullon , I.a Salic ,
Xnpatn , Zavalln , IHiv.d , Niiecc. * , Itafitslo ,
San Pntrlolo nun * Starr , which , with those
first named , embrace nn area of 05fo9 ! square
miles , a territory greater In oxtcnt thnn Hint
ot anyone of the United State ? , excepting
To.vns , of course , and California , nnd to this
Immense trading licht must also be milled a
portion of Mexico neatly a largo as all 2mv
A large percentage of nil tins trnde
could be secured for Omaha by building
the often suggest' * u railroad to the Pan
handle of Toxas-li-ss than four hundred
miles In an air liiM In addition to this
Texas trade we would secure a large per
centage of trade from Central Kansas
and Southern Nebraska now tributary
to Kansas City. The prospects opened
of the development of n vast trailo terri
tory are in themselves stiflicicnt reasons
for urging the building of such n road.
Atl , the railroads entering Omalia are
pushed to accommodate the traffic which
is accorded their rails. Tlic year Is clos
ing with nn enornius business. And
nuxt year will far surpass the record.
CUltUKNTTOPICS. .
Monsieur Itajou. n Trench arlist , Is lo paint
a poitralt of Mrs. Cleveland In WaihliiKton.
Oiitor17,000,000 oitliofiawsllkROiilftom
lanan annually tills country takes one-half.
1 leavy earthquake shocks have ocruneil In
Chill , and an old volcano on the shore of
hake Managua , Panama , Is In eruption.
Tlio ukase has boon Issued , and heiice-
foith no fashionable woman \\ltl wear a
high hat orbonnut to any place of amui-c-
incnt.
Coinrivss is to be asked to appiouhtc |
Sl,200,000 to open thelames river , VliKlnia ,
fiom Klchmoiicl to the sea , so lh.it Itlchmond
may bo madn n port of entry.
The will of Iho late Illchaul Perkins , ol
Boston , piovltled bequests to educational
and cliiiiltablfl insliliitloiisof 5257,000. 'i'ho
Massachusetts Institute of Technology gets
S1CO.OOO.
. , Mr. Kdw.iul Uooiman , ot JL'iiulIey's Inkc ,
X. Y. , has a piclmeothls mother , himself ,
s.his
his daughter , her daughter , and her baby.
Th repiosenls live generations , all
In good health.
Akiiulerearton and free dispensaiy have
been dedicated in c'hlcago. The late Joseph
Aimoiir left 5100,000 lor the establishment of
the institution , and his brother , Phil. D.
Aunotir , the pork-packer , added $100,000.
Jay Gould was olfuicdtho entire riuht of
nny and franchise of the clovatort lallway
system lu Now Voik botoro It was con
structed lor 5250,000. but he didn't take It.
'Ihe system now cams 10 per cent on Its
fCO.oou.ooo capital.
Improved Kcil Men.
Clitcaun Itamtilcr ,
A dally paper has an article on "linpioved
Keel Men. " If Indians aie meant , It must
icfer to dead ones.
Plenty to Spare.
A'eiv 1'oiJ. Wuilil.
Mr. Stanley , the explorer , has been Intei-
in a comse ol lectures and summoned
peicmploilly to Ihirope by the King of lcl- !
gium. Can't the Belgian monarch be in
iliiced ! ' to allow Mr. Stanley to lemain aim
take twenty or thlily other lectmeis al ran
dom'Vo have plenty to spare.
Our Convivial Diplomats.
ifcw 1'o/j. fclcll > u
The civil service system or something
.iocs not appear to woi k altogether correctly
in the ca'-e ot om diplomats. Sail stories
have been maile public coiieeinlni : the conict
v iviaUties of oui minister to Mexico , and of
an envoy extiaoidlnary who preceded him
and now comes tidings that our minister al
Coiea has departed from that country for the
reason that his excessive cnthiibiasm ( to put
It mildly' ) docs not suit the climate. There
seems to be.something Ihe matter with the
president's policy ol appointments as ap
plied to foieij-n courts. Perhaps it is mug-
vvtiinpery. A genuine dcmociat is thoroughly
seasoned against forcUn wiles and wines.
A Jtcmcdy rail- ) .
J'nsfoM Itccoril ,
"Dan'I , why does my rheumatism hold on
soV"
' It is a way it hail , sire , lontr befoie Jeffer
son's time. "
"Hut , Dnii'l , one so-called icmctly has
proved worthless up to date. "
"To what do you icfer , shoV"
' Hot water. I've been in it ever since I io3
instated Uonton. "
Human Dcnirc.
0.liiic i i.
When Ihe iridescent scales of j-onth
Fall from the soul's yet sightless view
Kciiicmliorell the prciriinnt truth ;
hove humankind self-love echow.
Spusuul delights and love oC train.
The phantom tame , the sway of power ,
All eaithly joys combined aie vain.
They vanish lu the fervid hour
Which gave them Ineffectual birth.
No ple.iHiirc , bought or won , is woith
One houi's Infantile , Kiillelcss mlith ,
Kiijoyiiicnt bom of griofs telleveil ,
Of comlorts given , for naught iccoived , a
Alnno will Till tlm yearning hi'ait
AVheii once from youth It must depart ,
The richest , raicst gift on earth wo llnd
Is good , uubought , bestowe < i ou hutuan-
kind.
STATE AND TKIUUTOItY.
NcliraHkn .Jottlnjts.
Corn is selling at ! ! 5 cents in Niobrara. SU
\\rahoo claims to bo getting there in a \
business way.
Albert James , of Grand Island , slipped th
oll'a box car and paralyzed his right'hip ,
Mr. John McCroary , of Omalia , is bulld-
ing a villa on his stock ranch on Iho Little on .
hanimii ) river , Wj'oming.
Tlio Fremont waterworks have shown
pressure enough for all practical uses ,
and have been accepted b3' the city ,
Nebraska's Jumbo colt , weighing 810
pounds , is overmatched by a Tompluton ,
la. , colt weighing 800 , owned b3' K. K. a
Edwards.
A full-Hedged ouinin joint i ? running
weak mortals to tlm 'grave ' in Norfolk.
Sam Tie , n meok-iM-'d uiongol , is boss
pipe hilUir and gravjjjdiggcr.
Plattsmouth papeJ ? | need lese no sleep
over the oucstion of a union depot for
Omaha. The toltor/ig / ) tinder box nt the
foot ot Main street in that town is a sulli-
cicnt monument to corporate promises the
and good intentions , ' ,
William L. Tucker , of PJnttxmouth , has
been notifiud of n poi ion nllowancu of she
a month , and a back pension of
iiOO. , ! Mr. Tucker wiis a member of the
Second Nebraska cav.il r.y ,
The limited o\prusi on the Hrokon How
branch of iho li. & M. runs from Itrokun No.
liow to Ansclmo , a di&tanco of twenty-
miles , in three hoiji ? . Track walkers
follow the tiam to prevent roar end
colisions with ox-teams ,
The Fremont Tribune perpetrates a
stunning " "bull. " Uuferringto the state
contract it sayss "iscxt year
Tribune will como in for a share of
steal or visa there will bo some com
petition in the bids. " Kato
The Plattstnouth Journal has opened a .
little iron bank for penny contributions
n tund to teat the jutvrior ducorations
thu uarth in that vicinity , They have
hungry hankering for a coalmine down
there , but there is little danger of thu
moneyed men being atlaukod with tin en
largement of the heart-
Mr. John Moore and wife , while rolurn- ul
from a shopping tour m tirand Island ,
were thrown into Wood river , near und
Sehoupsvillo , by their team running
tiwav. Ono of the horses was instantly und
killed , the bucgy demollsheil , nnd MM.
Moore severely , but not fatally injured ,
Mr. Moore escaped bodil3' injury.
Tho3' had a tint and breezy time out In
Aurora recently over the connundrnm ,
"That it Is bettor to mnrry before reach
ing the ago ot twenty-live than after. "
The judges wisely decided in favor of the
proposition. Js'o man endowed with a
mellow weakness for the fair sex nnd
ambitions lo contract a family can afford
to trot Inmdcn for a quarter of sx century
without a taste of the joys nnd bills of
"love in a cottago. " 11 is safe to say that
marriageable women never reach
the age of twenty-live. Years follow
years , yet they count not , and tlio mar
riage llcfliiso frequently hbs for beauty's
sake , For men time has no charity.
A cycle of seasons cuts a
swath jn lii.s brow nnd
enlarges his corns , The companions of
a few years ago soon scatter , business
cares send hit chc.'t to commune with his
shoulders , or , mayhap , he throws on a
? 1,000 worth of style to hold n $500 job.
Then too , the coal bov gets empty wlitm
the north wind blows and last year's bills
are yet ou the list. Such things muko
man yearn for n change of scenery and a
chance lo loach a wife how she should go
about kindling the morning liro. No
man should reach the ago of twont3'-llvo
without experiencing the joy of pushing
his own baby carriage , or dancing u
mild ' . ' fandango with a colicky * "sugar
plum" nt midnight , lly all means marry
one nt a lime.
low.i Items.
The new Odd Fellow * hall in C'reston
con ? ( j,500. ,
The now court house at Clarinda will
soon bo rcad3 * for occupanc3 * .
A lire in the counly jail at Nevada
burned a big hole in the roof before it
was ONllnguishe'l.
Thu beer Keg is ti thing of tlio pil : at
Dt" . Molnes. Muskets fall of < piirt : Dot tics
have been substituted.
Old Mr. Ceilveg , of JefTorson , has fallen
heir to an IntereM in an eslalc in France
which amounts to $1,000,000.
New York parlies have bought ? 'HO,000
worth ol DCS Aloines city bonds , con
ditioned on being found satisfactory after
dill investigation ,
The olcomarganno eases in Iowa have
been dismissed by Ihc revenue collector.
The apparatus furnished 03' the govern
ment for tesling butler was found unre
liable , and the suits could nol be main-
talncd.
The lumber manufacturers of I yens
report a business for Ihc past year as fol
lows : Lumber cut. 01,2l ; , ol0 ! feet j num
ber of shingles , 18,420,750 ; lath , 14,2iii.- !
000 ; number of men emplo3'ed , CS'J ;
amount paid in wages , $221,000.
Dakota.
There arc sisty-four members in the
llapid City board of trade.
Eastern parlies will build a low mill nt
White hake if Ihc citizen ; ) will raise them
a small bonus.
Yankton business is receiving a sub
stantial boom from Nebraska farmers
since the freezing of the river.
Three weddings in the l\u = Mun settle
ment ) in Hanson county the other day
were followed by festiities lasting forty-
eight hours a Kussian custom.
1'atilk county will iudicalo Iho appre
ciation of the building ; of two great rail
roads into its boundaries by an immense
banqi cl , the date of which will be ar
ranged hereafter.
A JUllOll fc > IjL'GiJD. ;
\ \ . 1 ! . Harris of
, Madison , A.g.iiii .1
Victim of illistorl HMO.
W. II. Harris , of Madison , Neb. , who
is ] here as a United States juror ,
lias ' gotten himselt into unenviable notor
iety 1 > 3' being nricstcd upon : i charge
which was more or less untrue , and car
ried to the fail. He has brought
suit ; for damages against the
people J > who caused hi.s su
rest , nnd since that , has been indulg
ing more or less in ardent hpirils. On
Monday ' night , he went out on the streets ,
and when next seen by his friends hail
his ! eyes blackened and" Ins face pounded
ando bruized in n terrible manner. lie
does not know who slugged him , or
whom it was done. He has been excused
from the jui3' and gone home.
GOING HI3AVJJ\WAii : > .
Another Story to be Added to I lie I'a.\-
Ycstorday morning Mr. J , I ? . Kitchen ,
one of the proprietor * of the l'a\ton house ,
respoiiM ) to some inquiries , told a Uii : :
reporter that early in the spring they
proposed to add a now story to the house ,
thus making it six stories high , and giv
ing them forty more rooms. The cosi of
this addition , as estimated by contractor ,
would be20,000. ? . The addition will in
crease the number of the rooms in the
house to 200. The managers will still re
tain their control of the annex , in which
11103' have some of the prettiest rooms in
the hqiiso. The work will be finished
carlj' in the summer.
IlcnolltH and Oninncen.
The council have. Iinill3' : decided upon
new plan witli respect to the manner
of paj'ingdamages sustained by tlio
opening of streets. Heretofore , the
method has been to have the city pa3r for at
the ( ( property injured in extending streets ,
bu that plan 1ms been abandoned and
hereafter , the cost of the improve
ment , that is , the damages
sustained ! by those whoso property is util on
SU7.C in tlie extension will bo assessed
against ; that of those who are bonelitod by
the ( improvement. 'J'his is to bo done in
accordance with the law , which has here
tofore operated in the matter of grading to
our streets. This assessment will bo de
termined upon by thu council HiWuig as a
board of equalization. * 7
A IMlHSlriK Spouse. ho
Every day witnesses the arrival in
Omaha of fioiiio anxious wife to hunt for
lost husband , or vice versa. Thu Intent $
arriyil is Mrs , Soroy , who halls from
Nudal'a Mo. , and came hero Tuesday
night. Seroy came to Omalia some Its
time ago to look tor work.
The last Mrs. S. heard of
him was on the lth. when fcho got a
loiter from him stating that ho had
broken his leg and asking her to send
him his trunk. Mrs. .Soroy forwtirdod
trunk as requested , and it is now in in
ohargo ot iho city marshal , hitler onsho
followed it to Omaha and commoucud
looking for her missing spouse So fur
has failed to discover the slightest the
Iraco of him ,
Olllocrfl or Veterans ,
At tlio annual election of Omaha Post ,
. HOG. A K , last Monday night , the
following officers wure elected for the W
ensuing year :
Post Commander , Clias. E Bunneslor ;
Snnior Vice Commander , A. M. Clark ;
Junior Vice Commander.IC. A Parmolou ;
Quartermaster , Simon iioot/ ; burgeon , says
Chas. ! ' . ( loodmaiii Chaplain , Samuel It.
Jones ; Ollicot of the I > a3r. Simon Bloom ;
Otlicor of the ( Jtiard , ( } N. Filchott : Delo-
to department encampment , Thos. , for
K.SuJborough ; Alternate , W. S. Shoe lays
maker. six
Mrs. Gorber'H forty Dollar * .
Mrs. Gerber , the kieper of n boarding
house , was confidence out of ? 10 lute
yesterday afternoon by a follow
named Fred. Miller. He boarded honU
her house , said ho was
worth 19,000 iu mines in Colorado , like
promised to marrv her when film with
should get divorced. Ho got lair money sue
skipped , and the police want Llui.
THIS nunocs.
Tlio O. A. n. Committees Anticipating
The .State Ktiuniiiptnont ,
The annual encampment of the depart
ment of Nebraska , 0. A. 11. , will bo held
inTli this city in the month of I'ubvuary.
The local posts have appointed com
mittees to make Ihc
necessary arrange
ments. Last evening a joint meeting of
these committees from both Omaha and
Cuslcr po ts was held , Comrade C. K.
IJiirmcsterwas elected chairman , Com
rade A. M. Cttseaden secretary and Comrade -
rado AM. . Clark Ircasurer of said com
mittee.
The following
sub-pommittccs were
appointed : Halls otn. , Coumu'es ' A. M
Clark and 10. ( } . Floyd ; subscription ,
Comrades C. K. Hurmcster , K. ( } . Floyd
nnd A. M. Clark ; securing reduced rnies
fiom hotels and railroads , Comrado.Iohu
L.t Wood.
L.cn The moetlntr adjourned subject lo the
call of the chairman.
This is the lirst tlmo of late years that
the I Nebraska encampment has been held
fn this city , nml n feeling is entertained
thai ! il ought lo bo mndo Iho occasion of
a warm and public reception to tlio mem
bewl composing the same , and Ihc friends
whom it will bring to the city. In every
other town In tlio
state , in which the en
campment has thus far been hold , ( he cit
izens have in some manner testilicd lo
tin pleasuio ilallbrded them to meet the
roprcjeutnlivo | state body of tlio ( iraud
Army of the Kepublio. This gathering
always lakes place with advantage lo the
town ' in which it is held , bocnuno few of
Iho ' soldiets leave the1 Place of meelmg
-
w itlioiil spending from ? iO upwards. At
lids j | , | encampment , delegates and oilier-
wise , it is e\prcted that not less than
1,500 veterans will be present. The com
mittees { above appointed will endeavor to
work Iho merchants up to a proper ap
precialion of tlic occasion.
TJ1H 3
Kotli Shies ol1 uuli 3ll\cd I'p
Story.
Jerry Milrphy , the block watchman ,
who is accused b3' the Frenchman Jules
llronsou of arresting him for drunken
ness and then releasing him '
ncme upon pi3'- :
ment of $ , " ! , makes nn altogether difl'uront
statement of Iho affair , lii substance it
is thisHe I sa3's that ho did not arrest
Bronson at all , and Ihal that man was
nol in the slightest degree into.\icated.
lie sa3& that he accompanied Bronson tea
al house ; whore some of his > goods were
being wrongly detained , and assisted
him to cot them. In doing this ,
he ( Murphy ) was tissistec ! by
11 young man named John Mostvn. who
lithe with him. After leaving the house
the thrco walked up town , and just be
fore the Frenchman left them lie gave
$ 1 to Mostyii , as Mm phy claims , saving
that : it was lo treat Iho bo3S with. Mur
phy claims that this is Iho whole truth of
tin transaction and says ho can produce
witnesses r lo proye his statements.
The Frenchman , on the other hand ,
still persists in his original statement
lit told a police ollicer that Murpli3' had
been to see him about Ihoinallor and had
.Miown him live ? 20 gold pieces , with the
remark , "I'm going to use this to prose
cute 3011 if you don't shut up about this
thing. " Bronson si3s that Murphy tried
to induce him to go and tell the marshal
that his PIOMOUS story was false. This ,
Bronson says , ho declined emphatically
to do.
OMAHA'S MM ; .
'
Two StintiK I'lnyei * KiiKJiKCd Kor tlio
CIuli.
hovers of base ball in Omaha will be
die has just sip-ncd for the league team
JOG Walsh who phryed short stop for the
old Union Pacific nine in 1S& ) and 1831 ,
and achieved such a good record. Wals-h
is a bright , active lilte player , and A No.
1 shortstop , a .splendid batter and a good
base runner. Altogether his IICCOSMOII ! !
to tiie team will greatly strengthen it.
Harler , who caught for the Macon , GIL ,
nine la-st 30:1 : r and also for the liochcnl- $
ors , has been signed as change catcher.
His abilities are spoken of in
high terms. "J .shall'.start out
with about fifteen men at first , " ?
said Manager Handle ycstcrila3- .
"The poor ones will be dropped at the
start , as soon as we discover just who
they aro. Twelve men will Do till thai
wo need , I believe , whentho nine is oneo
permanently oiganix.ed. No , I don't
know 301 jn > .l what the < -alary IM wil I
"
be.
GOVKKNOK SAUMIKKS * TlIL'Kf.
Tlio City Wants Ilio bniiui to be Dis- to
< : liirrd ! ; to ItHclT.
It is a well known fact that Governor on
Saundcrs now holds quite an amount of
property in the city as trustee for Omaha
lie has held it for many 3'cars bade and
recently the city instructed Mr. Council ,
cit3 * attorney , to take steps to secure its
recovery. The governor expressed a
willingness to re-convoy Iho hind in
question , and was about to sign tlm deed
when a conference ) witli the attorney of
the Union Pacific induced him to stay hia ( (
hand. The mutter \\.is brought up in the
district court yesterday when Mr. Pop-
ploton showed that half a do/on people
least should be made co-dofimdanls
] >
with Governor Samplers , among them
being the Union I'acilic and B. & M ,
roads. Mr. Council appeared lor tno
cit3 * . and the case will como up perhaps
the ( irat day of tlie next term of court ,
IlmvcH' Grit.
. Fudge I In was told a KKK reporter yes-
ordu3 * morning ( hut he intended to write
Governor Dawo.s and give all Iho par-
rning Hie check for $1,031 23
which lie holds from thu United Stales in '
favor of this slato. Ho says , furthermore ,
Ihat ho will not hand thn same over until
Is paid his commission , which is t5 !
percent of the sum named , lln 8.138
that slime 1671 lie IMI.H collected about
10,000 of state claims , and for which ho
always boon paid , and if ( Jovninor -
Dawcs vvill look in his safe , 1'at claims
will line his receipts fo" tlio same ,
given to ( Jovornor James.
No Truth in It. '
James McCormick , the lieiv3 : weight
pugilist , is not dead nor was ho wounded
a saloon brawl , Mondi3r. : To n ro-
potter who found him in a slock yards' $ ,
saloon he replied when asked about Iho
story "Jl's a d n lio. " How or where 3
canard originated Is u mybtery.
There certainty must havn been sonio
foundation lor thu htory , bul just whal
foundation is no onu seems to know.
Certain it is tlial the redoubtable juw- to
sniashor is in as good condition us ho ever
Hi.
of
Nine Hundred l-'cet of Slilowulk In n
Day.
Jim Allen , Jliko Meaimy's foreman ,
that sidemilks are being laid with
considerable rapidity throughout Iho
parts of the eitjf needing them. Con-
traclor Knowlcs has liftcen mon working
him in tiio business each ono of whom
on an average of about sixty feet of
feet sidewalk in a day.
Car * .
The photograph of the now Piixton
building on Farnani and Siitconth street ,
lakon from the englueor'8 drawlngs.rcpro-
a pair of cable can ! rounding thu
corner of Fifteenth and farmim street ,
n pair of blind mice , .moving around
but litllo kihmU'iljjo of whcro they
goiugor by what meaiii thp3 * arc im
pelled ,
LOOK FOB
AROtiER'S
Addition to
All of 3011 who have not vlsllwl tlila
busy place at ? omc time , and those who
hayo , take note of the wonderful changes
that have taken pltico there In the pant
twelve months. From n dozen little
frlinntlos thon.you can now see she smoke
carling heavenward from hundreds of
cottages , liriok blocks can bo scon on
almost 11113 * corner. From two stores
then the number has swelled to twenty
or more now , with others opening out
everyday. They now have batncs , : v
daily newspaper , and a tin/on other mi
nor enterprises , lint thcio are mem
nothing compared with the great pack
ing i induMries , which are in operation
there , with thuir thousands of employes
and such men at their head as Hammond ,
Lipton , , 1'owlor and Morris , the problem v
Is solved. ! South Omaha will be the fit. /
turo packing town of the world. There
has been more money inado in real es
tate in South Omaha , for thu amount in-
\ ksted , than any other part of town. Lots
that onu j car ago sold for $ ! 75 arc now
worth from . ,000 to 5,000 ! ) and cheap at ;
that ! , and there are just as good chances
now as then , nnd better , for the- reason
that : we now know South Omaha will
have a population of 10,000 in less than
live years. Now is llw time to buy. n
Inwo a largo list of property here , anil
would be pleased to show it to one ami
all. ! } Call and examine our list and take
a ride out and sen the town. We have a
list of bargains in all parth of town ; como
and see same.
i-room ! IUUIMItlliuihl , ituu' ,
S" , COO irinlccn tills Avcrlc.
iiOxltl1.1 , on llarneyst. with4slor3biirlc
lionts for ? .3iOO per 3 car. § 1)0,000. ) $10-
000 cash.
\ lot m block 2/il. / ? 1SOO. } caili , bal
ance 1 , 2 and ! i .years.
EXAMINE THIS LIST
And see if 3'ou do not find something you
want.
A great bargain , 0 largo lots. 00 fool ,
frontage , each , on ! . ' 2d si. , with small
house , in K. 'X . Smith's add. cable line
built uilhin 2 blocks. This will make lour
iotsof ili\MOcach. ! $0,800. .
cash. Must be taken at once. This will
sell for $10,000 in the spring.
A bargain House 7 rooms , lot 100x100 ,
in Omaha View. Trice $0,800 , $1,000 cas.li . ,
balance to suit.
A bargain. lCO\lCfl , on Sherman O.VPU , in
Kirkwood. fl.COO , ! ? 1,000 cash.
Corner lot. ( ! 0\120 , in ruirmouniriace ,
J,000 , ? GriO cash.
A bargain. 50\1 10 , on 20th St. , in K. V.
Smith's ' add , M.700 , st,800 cash.
a-'xino , near William si , on S 13th.stora
building , L1 glories , rents for ( W.50 per
month , if 1,50terms \ ) easv. This Is a bar-
train , will net 3-011 17 per cent per 3'car ju
investment.
2\ir > 0 , adjoining Ihq above , with two
story fiame store building , rents for $ .10
per montli. . * 1,000. terms easy. This is u
great bargain. Call at once as this is uii
tlie market but a short limit.
Ono whole lot in South Omaha in bu.ii-
ness part , & 1/JOO. A bargain.
Two houses , one of 12 rooms and one of
rooms , tents for $ ,10 a month , in Hor-
bacn'sadd. ? 1.000 , * 1,000 cash , a bargain.
A bargain. House of 10 looms , rents for
$37.fiO icr ) month , in Horbach'b add.
a.OOO , if 1,000 cash.
ICight-room house and barn , llorbaeh's
add , routs for $ IiO per mouth. $ ! { ,000 , ,
1.000casli.
A bargain. OOvlJK , on Dodge si. .fl.r.OO.
Keautifiillot in block O.lluiibeoin L'laco
f2riOO , iSOO cash.
Cor lot in Marsh's add , $9.100 , $1,030
cash.
JJOxlCO , in Jacob's add , with sloro and
rooms above , rents at f 40 per month.
This on the I'arkavo , car line and a bar
gain. $1,500. $1,000 cash , balance 1 , 2 , ! J
and -1 years.
Wo have farms in Iowa and Nebraska ,
exchange for Omaha city property.
\\'o have purchasers for first mortgages
improved properly.
Also have "money lo loan" al very
low rales on improved city and farm
properly.
k IS , Credit fl"oiu'lir ; uiltli-
tloii , g loin , frucUiih'c eiivli sl lr ,
M'lllilti l\v > MocKv ol'coal mine.
O'1'ooiii IIOIIHC , Idleivild , & .
.room lioimo , Iinprovcniciit A -
hociallon , lot Otxl5'loasl IVont
St,5ou. :
> r uui Mouse , Oeorglu uventin ,
hciited l y hlouin , Avntcr uiul
ptn , lull lot , burn , cl < * . , near
# 7,70O.
8 room * , 2 lo't i , 1
JMncu , ii blot-Its went'I'nrlc ,
House and lot in a I li
lion , SIMOO.
I'iitu n w IIOIIM : in Ilititscuni
IMtue , Catherine struct , to
room * , licatfd I > y rnrnaro , l > f < it
hull ! in I lie 0113. { Bargain.
85.700.
5rooinotlu e , uuw , fornei *
lUli ! ami Ohio hlri-ols , I iUc's
addition , & 'JMH > ; 8IOO fasi ! ,
halaiu'c tV-ift per nionlli.
I'iiio lot in tVaililtiKlon
Heaiiliful lot iti Duiilso's add. f.0.sl"J !
lu)0 ( ) , $100 ciis.li. 'J'his ; i bargain.
lot in Aliiyno IMaco. Call and get
torm.s.
Wo have several lots In Donuckun'o wl
Walnut Hill on easy terms.
Wo luivf ) projierty for salu in all piirJ-j
( own C.tll and Hue u
1509 FARHAM STREET
Kooni 9 ,
2nd Floor.