THE OMAHA DAILY BEBt THUKSDAY , BEOEMBEB 30 ; 1880.
THE' DAILY BEE ,
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.
TERMS OP BUB. CItrTtOtf ! :
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All fomtnunlciUiona iclntliig to news nnd nil-
torinl iimttor nlioukl bo aU'lieseed to tha Mill
ion OF Tin ; 11 EII.
IlBSINESSLrTTEtl ! !
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OMAHA. Drafts , chocks nnd pouofflco onion
to bo madopnrablo to tuo ord rot thcoomptiur.
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JK'o I'liDllslihiKComnany , Hint the actual nv-
cratro dally cliciilntlnn of the Dally lice for
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tor I'Yliittarv , l&O. lO.GUj copies ; for Match.
IbfcO , 11.M7"coiik's ; for April , 1KSO , I'j.l'Jl
ropips : for Hay. ItM. 12,4 ' copies ; for June ,
1850,1'.aiS coiita : for.luly , IbSO , l'J,814copies ;
for Auirnst , IbMi , 12,404 coplpsjforHcntonibor ,
IBM ) , ii.o0 ; : ! oopins ; for October , IBfeO , 12.W9 .
copies ; forNuvutnbcr , 1880 , W.MHconies. :
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day of Xovombur. A. D. IteO.
[ SKAL.I N. iFIIL. : . Notary Public.
\Vnncvcry UvK-shirkinc interest rep
resented on the charter committee it is
unri'iisonnblu to expect that the result
will tnuct thu expectation of the tnx-
payers.
'I'm ; covpor.'ilions must not attempt to
conduct our city government while tlioy
.shirk I ho burdens of taxation upon the
shoulders of the poor. It will bo a los
ing g.'iinc for the railroads.
SOLDIr.ns of the rebellion and their
sons will ace to it tli.it the widow of John
A. Lojrau does not want. Another edi
tion of the general's book should meet
with u mngiiUieont sale throughout the
country.
Aruorosof the Dakato question and
his rheumatism , President Cleveland
inipht kill two birds witli one stone by n
visit lo the .Bufl'ixlo Gap Hot Springs.
They ar a spenilio for rheumatism and
for prejudice against Dakota's claims for
slalohoofl.
Fou.owEits of King Caucus are very
quick lo .doubt the parly loyalty of men
who decline to bow down to this politi
cal usurper. Hut it does not follow.
King Caucus is sometimes a convenience.
Ho is us frequently mi obstruction to the
expression of the popular will through
the party organisation.
Gp.vr.KAL VAN WYCK will go before the
legislature as a candidate for the snnuto
without the mediation of the caucus.
There is no npcd for a middleman in the
Honalorial clcc.tion. The legislature aa
the final arbiter will bo given the oppor
tunity to first pass upon the general's
claims for the position to which he aspires.
Loitu SAUSBimir's cabinet is still in a
rickety condition. The man to fill the
gap Iclt by Churchill's retirement has not
yet been found. Hut whoever may pre
sent himself , the days of the coalition
ministry are numbered. The opening of
the parliamentary session in February is
being awaited with cagor interest by the
Ghulstonlans and homo rulers , who will
promptly throw down the gage of bi-ttle
to the unionists.
Tin ; announcement that General Van
Wyok is not in favor of caucusing , brings
out the usunl "howl that "his defeat
is certain.Vo should have had
the s.une prediction from the same
sources if the senator had scon lit to ad
vocate nominations by caucus instead of
an open light in tiio legislature. In the
oyc of the railrogues every road loads
towards Van Wyclc's defeat. The result
will l > o a painful Mirprlso to the political
prophets ,
Tin : house bill making appropriations
for Forts Hussell uml Kobinson has been
referred by the nontuo military commit
tee to Senator Mandeison. If the sena
tor reports it without amendment it will
probably easily puss the somite. If it is
weighed down with nmondmcnts and
sent uaok to tliu hoiisn it will in nil like
lihood li ( < with the session. Under the
circumstances thnro should bo no ques
tion in General Mandorson's mind what
to do , The oiiii Nebraska post which is
most In nnnil of assistance has been
taken care of by the Nebraska delegation
in the house nnd can be liberally provided
for if the senator uses as much energy in
passing the bill in the sonata ns it oumo
from the lower body. The responsibility
for its failure will rest on General Mini-
dorson ,
AMONG the consular reports recently
issued by the state department is ono
showing the earnings of curtain classes
of workers , and the cost of their living ,
in the district of LoHh , Scotland , which
Is n manufacturing , mining uml farming
section , nnd ono of the most prosperous.
According to tlilj report the weavers of
Leitli earn twenty .shillings u week , equiv
alent to ! H.80 , working 50 } hours. Thu
minor * of the district do ti little better
than tliis , the average weekly wage of
this class being $5,13. Including per
quisites the yearly value of a farm serv
ant's WH2C.1 will amount to about ? 520.SO ,
or say $1.25 a weelc. It need hardly bo
suld that inon with families find it im
possible to save anything from year to
year , their earnings being oarcly sulll-
clent to provide the necesjarloj of llfo on
the most economical scale , ami gonor-
nllynotoftUo best quality , Men engaged -
gaged in corresponding industries in this
country have not much to boast ot , bul
gouonilly their labor is bettor rewarded
than'that of their brethren of.Loitb , who
are more favorably -situated than most
othorj similarly employed in bluer s&o-
Mow of Great Uritaiu.
Tbc ItnllroAd Slogan.
Within a week tlio legislature will have
convened at Lincoln and the work of
ircparinjr for the senatorial election will
jo under full way. The railroad slogan
tas already sounded and the clans are
gathering for the combat. In every
county reached b3' the Unrlmgton lines
emissaries of the corporation which now
arrogates to itself the control of our state
legislation have for weeks been plying
Lhcir trade. The long roll of annual pass
holdoM has boon called , nnd the men who
can ho depended upon to act as tooh of
monopoly in the coming legislature have
been checked off on the ledgers which
contain the accounts of the India ruobr-r
fund. The work which remains to be
done to defeat the will of the people , II
done at all , must bo accomplished at the
state capital. The people ot Nebraska
who cast their ballots at the lute election
for the return of Charles 11 , Van Wyck
nre watching the current of political
events as it swiftly Hews towards the
approaching contest. In a score of coun
ties , watchful ryes are lixcd on men rrho
have been honored by high position
through the ballots ot their
friends nnd neighbors under the
most sacred of pledge ? to voice
their will. The career of every
member elect to the legislature will be
followed with keen interest by the con
stituency which he represents. This will
bo csperially the case with the ballots as
recorded on the organization of the two
lidiisc ? , and the vote on thu tunatortal
issue. Who will answer to the railroad
slogan which culls upon men to violate
their plicated faith and play false to their
solemn prom sesV This is the question
which thousands of Nebraska republi
cans arc now anxiously asking themselves
! is the session approaches. Tlio answer
will not be long in coming , but when
given it will bo so unmistakable that ho
who runs may road.
The Vacant Seimioralilp.
The question of a successor to General
Logan , to fill his uncxpirod term of four
j'cnrs in the United States senate , is al
ready earnestly engaging the attention
of the politicians of Illinois. This unex
pected duty will devolve upon the pres
ent assembly , which will organize next
week , and will probably be the first im
portant matter to which the assembly
will give attention after organi/.ing.
The membership of the joint body is 201 ,
politically divided as follows : Republi
cans , 110 ; democrats , 81 ; united labor , 0 ;
greenback democrats , prohibitionists and
independent , 4. The republican majority
of Hi assures the election of a senator of
that party , but there is a good deal of
probability that there will bo a very act
ive scramble for tho.hoiior , as there is
no lack of candidates.
As Senator Cullom resides in the cen
tral part of the state , and General Logan
was a resident of the northern part , it is
intimated that that section will insist
that the successor of the dead senator
shall be a resident of northern Illinois.
The Hon. Charles H. Farwell , of Chicago ,
is understood to .still cherish a senatorial
ambition , and will doubtless make a push
for the prize. lie is popular nnd wealthy.
Governor Oglesby would undoubt
edly like to return to the senate , notwith
standing the fact that he recently ex
pressed a dc.siro to give up politics. The
governor has not grown in popularity
within the post year , and it is doubtful if
his candidacy would have great strength.
Other possible candidates named are ex-
Governor Hamilton , Congressmen Pay-
son nnd Cannon , and Congressman-elect
Jehu Baker , who defeated Morrison.
Others donbtloas will develop. With so
much material offering , none of it of very
great value on the score of merit , there is
certain to bo a very lively , and probably
a prolonged contest. And the worrit is
that the choice is very likely to be one
upon which the country cannot heartily
congratulate Illinois.
North Carolina's Iron Wealth.
According to the representations of
persons who have investigated the re
cently discovered Cranberry iron mine
region , located chiolly in Mitchell
county , North Carolina , and stretching
across the Tennessee border , there is an
enormous bed of iron ore there , of a su
perior quality , which promises not only
great benefit lo that country , but to have
an important clToct generally upon the
iron interests and industry. The bed
consists of n largo seam of mjguetic
iron ere of great richness , and adapted
for the manufacture of tha best Bessemer
steel. At the eastern end the bed is from
300 to 000 foot in thickness , nnd is known
lo bo twenty-eight miles in length. In
fact tlio supply in prospout is thought by
experts to bo practically inexhaustible. A
leading iron man of that region has ex
pressed the opinion that the opening and
working of this seam will reduce the
price of best quality steel below the pos
sibilities of foreign competition.
At present only one charcoal furnace
of an experimental character Is being
worked in the district , but it is expected
that within another year the facilities
for development will bo far advanced.
A double track line of railroad thn
Charleston , Cincinnati & Chlcatro is in
course of construction , which will bring
Ills gr cat deposit within easy roach
of ready markets. Decides this it
will open up inexhaustible beds of
thcmutite iron ere , similar to that
found largely In the north Alaba ma and
southeastern Tennessee region. The
route of this roud also lies through a
marvellously rich coal Held , five or six
horizontal aeams of" great thickness
lying one above tlio other in the hills that
rise on each sldo of the road. Much of
this is coking coal of the best quality for
iron working , while there is also a very
largo supply of good cannel cod. The
road will penetrate magnificent hard
wood forests hitherto untouched and give
access to fields of marble of various
kinds , and of great beauty and value.
With the completion of this road the
furnaces that have been paying $3 u ton
for inferior grades of ere from Lake
Superior and elsewhere will obtain their
supply of a better quality of ere from the
Cranberry eeam at one-third loss a ton.
Thus stop by step the new south id
moving forward along the path to ma >
enal power and independence , chal-
longins in her progress the interest of
the entire country in the question whether
she may not one day bo the center of the
nation's greatest industrial enterprise
and energy , She has great resources
that are yet untouched and unknown ,
but in those now developing there is the
assurance of an almost boundless pros
perity. Her people have learned the
worth of work and are applying them
selves to it with all the zeal of now con
verts , With almost unparalleled vigor
hey are laying deep nnd firm
the foundations of a permanent
prosperity , from which they are deriving
ample rewards of comfort nnd happiness
now and assuring to those who shall suc
ceed them richer blessings. Tlio possi
bilities of the future no man can foresee ,
but the promise of industrial greatness
for the south warrants expectations
which n decade ago would hare been
thought wildly c.\lrarngnnt.
Don't Crowd I ho Mourners.
When the question of viaducU was bo-
lore the charter committee last Monday ,
Mr. Poppleton said In His oracular way ,
"Don't crowd the mourners , please. "
Thcso words , coming from a representa
tive of a great corporation , were evi
dently an ollicial notice that nothing
must go into the new charter which
might place the railroads which conlcr
in Omaha under proper municipal re
straint , or compel them to bear their duo
share of the burden ? imposed on ether
properly owners in carrying on the clly
government. The immediate oiled of
Mr. Popplcton's * threat was that five
members of the committee would not vote
on either side upon the question of com
pelling the railroads lo viaduct tlu-ir
tracks wherever the board of public
works , the mayor and council jointly de
clared it lo be necessary for the public
safety and convenience. The conditions
under which the section oojccled to by
Mr , Poppleton sought to regulate the
building of viaducts wore moro than
liberal to the railroads. The common
law makes it the duty of rail
roads , coing through a largo city , to
irect viaducts as proper safeguards for
travel nnd traffic at their own expense.
The section before the committee pro
posed to make the city pay all the dam
ages to real estate by the construction of
viaducts. The city , under Us provisions ,
would have to raise the money and pay
it over to damaged property owners be
fore even a spade could bo turned. The *
railroads , it is true , would have to pay
for the cost and mnintaiuonco of the via
duct , but in return they were lo have the
entire proceeds from the use of the via
duct by street railways and cable roads.
This was really n liberal concession to
railroads , but Mr. L'onulntoti , in tlio
spirit of imperious selfishness warned
the city "not to crowd the mourners. "
Now we desire to say to the Union
Pacific railroad managers , in all candor
and fairness , that their attorney in at
tempting to carry things with a high
hand is likely to cause them more trouble
and enmity in the very near future than
can possibly bo ofl'-sct by the tax shirking
policy. There is no disposition in Omaha
to take advantage of the railroads or to
impose upon them an undue share of pub
lic burdens. But they must not attempt
to over-ride and defeat every decent
effort at municipal reform and a
fair division of the public expense
according to benefits and interests.
Least of all can the Union Pacific afford
lo revive a discussion that will bring tip
the issues of the past in which the citi
zens and tax-payers of Omaha were
ranged on one side nnd the corporation
cohorts on the other. It will not do , as
Sir , Poppleton has said , to "crowd the
mourners. " Oinahn has very generously
given the Union Pacific millions in bonds
and property. Wo have given up our
thoroughfares for rights of way without
a penny in return. Now , when the city ,
with its crowded streets , asks the road to
comply with ordinary usage and tuako
safe crossings over the streets which
they have monopolized , it comes with ill
grace on the part of the company to fight
the demand.
"A word to the wise is sufficient , "Don't
crowd the mourners. "
foreign representative of the
government for whom the present ad
ministration is responsible has been blun
dering , with the effect of compromising
the country and complicatinz a long-
pending controversy. The individual in
question is Minister Scott , who repre
sents the United States in Venezuela.
When ho wont on his mission Scott was
instructed to force a settlement of the
claims of American citir.ons against
Venezuela. These have boon pending
for years , and have been a source ot a
good deal of trotiblo to several of the
present minister's predecessors and of
some unfriendly feeling between the gov
ernments , The disposition shown re
garding them by Venezuela has not been
quite honest , and it seemed at ono time
that it might bo necessary to proceed to
extremities with that government , ns
may yet have to bo done , if we over have
a navy. Hut there was hope that Scott
would accomplish the desired object. Ho
was not long in discovering that it would
be very dillicull to get any money out of
Venezuela. Paying claims dooan't scorn
to bo a strong part of the policy of that
government. The English minister ,
understanding the situation , la said to
have made a proposition to Scott , which
the latter accepted , of a sort of partner
ship , to compel the payment under fear
of the displeasure of Great Britain taking
the form ami shape of Ironclad ships of
war , It is a little incredible that a
British minister would propose an ar
rangement of this kind , but such is the
information said to hayo boon recently
communicatud to the Rtato department ,
greatly to the annoyance of Mr. Bayard.
Mr. Scott lias been invited to explain ,
and if the alleged facts are true lo dis
solve the partnership ut once or return
homo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK county commissioners am still
dilly-dallying over the plans for Iho new
county hospital. The delay is to say tlio
least suspicious , There is no good rea
son that can bo advanced why the selec
tion could not have been made weeks
ago. A board of physicians have passed
upon the plans and presented their re
port , namingthroe plans as first , second
and third best. The choice really UPS
between two. The Ihird has only ono
qualification in its favor and n half a
dozen which make it inadvisable. It is
tlireo stories in helghta , very bad feature ,
lacking in the most modern sanitary
conveniences , and incapable of proper
extension. Thcso objections should
throw it out of consideration. The city
would lose little if either of the first two
plans recommended by the board of phy
sicians should bo adopted. Kivou is de
signed on tha pavilliou plan , each has
tlio proper isolation of warils , each can
bo readily extended and enlarged with
out destroying the appearance or useful
ness of the original portion. Both are
modnrn hospitals , with modern sanitary
appliances built after the best models
and in every way Worthy of a largo nnd
n growing metropolis. Wlfat arc the
commissioners waiting for ? The situa
tion is , to say the least , suggestive. ,
THE ril21 < D OF 1NDUST11V ,
Anclectilc railway three rollM long vr111
soon be In operation.In . Detroit.
It Is not easily explainable why , wllti the
Increased demand for labor there fhoutd be
an lucicaso in the number of tramp ? .
Tlio Watson Car Manufacturim ? company ,
of Spilntllcld , Mnss. , has \oliuitntlly in
creased the wnsjes of Its employes ten per
cent. ,
The Iroiinmlfprs have no lolsmo time , nnd
EuulMi mill labor Is being attracted In
Equiuls by the high rates of wages paid on
this side.
There arc lVi ! firms In .Michigan engatreJ In
salt mamifncturing , operating 140 wniks ,
with an annual capacity of over 0,000,000 bar-
i els of tall. -
A new electric motor will soon be tried In
New York. Tim elect i Iclty will bo stouvl In
c'Uht Ifirito rast-iion boxes , and will be good
for Iho mile * ,
A peed many manufacturers In the pastern
and nilddlo states contemplate the election
of small houses for thn accommodation of
tliplr workmen , which they will lent nt a low
price or&oll on easy ti'iins.
Numerous syndicates for entering Ittnon
tnantilaeturliiR schemes are lunvinatuiini : .
Money Is Pi'pklm : employment under the
protection of ble names and In the further
ance of great scheme's.
1'lltsbuip has KJTpuJdllnj : furnaces , nil of
which lire running nlclit and day , excepting
thhteou , producing dally isuo tons of muck-
lion. Seventeen now furnaces have recently
been built and forty-Unco more are building.
Another now town Is to bo started four
tullu5 Item Hlimlnirliam , Ala. , with iieou-
ti United capital of $ 10.000,000. It will have
watt-mud jras works and ductile Hithls. and
liiree manulncturlng establishments will bo
built at once.
The labor prospects were never more en
couraging. Flour , provisions , etc. . ate low ,
and likely to remain so. Hunts will probably
decline tor small houses in countiy towns.
Ulolldng lemalns lik'libecause of scarce wool
and tr.ido combinations ot mom or less
stienuth.
A list of over twenty new co-npeiatlvp en
terprises has recently been heard of , chiolly
In tno western .states. The cast i.s not ho
lavoiablo a Held , for some reason , possibly
because laud nnd water are hldier , manufac
turing intciesH moro consolidated , and com
petition moro destructive.
Western gold and silver miners are organ
izing in a quiet way to bolter their wages.
As n rule a very severe discipline Is main
tained in tha west Tlio results of mining
operations aio bocinulm ; to ho moro encour
aging. Vast amounts have been lost during
the pabt ten years , but of Into operations
have been conducted with creator care.
l'iinters might like to know that the entire
sciIpturo * contain'i,7"'V'iM ems In diamond
ninl2.b07.8-10 ems In nonpareil. It would take
a printer a year and ahull to put tlio Scrip
tures In type at tlio rnto of fi.000 ems per day
The quantity ot metal requited In nonpareil
would be about 0,500 pounds. In bourgeois
13,000 pounds nnd in pica Sfl.OCO pounds.
The Kuiopcan rail makers have been so en
couraged by the demand for rails and rail
way material that they have called a meeting
for the 12th of January to reorganize their
old union , which was formed originally to
keoi ) up prices. J largo no u tracts are cominc
in from the colonies und Asia , and a ro-or-
iranlzatlon of the syndicate is desired by
nearly all ,
The mechanics in the western states am
finding more employment than usual at this
season. Shops have been extended nnd new
ones built , nnd much now machinery has
been set up , for railrnnrt and foundry and
mill work. Tlie rates of wages paid aio
quite uniform , and lo.ss shelling about Is
done , as tlio labor organizations now keep
the membership pretty well iufoiinedas to
work and wages.
The machinery manufacturers who supply
machinery for cold , ( diver , copper and other
mines In the south and southwest imvo taken
more orders for machinery during the fourth
quarter of this year tiian they did the preced-
Im : nine months. Agents are now in the
north and northeast nmlcing extensive con-
tiacts for machinery and mining appliances ,
In order that mining operations may become
( Cenerally extended during the comine year.
Ono reason why German manufacturers
are crowding English mnnufncturerH is that
the average length of a ( iermnn woikinz day
Is fiom eleven to twelve hours. The horns
are long In spinning and lion founding.
These in cliaigo of machinery ana boilers
work fiom twelve to thirteen hours. The av
erage in Lcipsic is from ton to twelve hours ;
in the Sllesian district twelve houis at blast
furnaces , mines and Hour mills. In the min-
In. industry the rule Is continuous day and
night work in twelve-hour relays , two hours
ot rest Included. In tlio Bavarian distilct the
dally time exceeds eleven hours.
The manufacturing Interests thioughout
the west are watching the natural pas devel
opments with no small desren of interest.
One company , which owns 10,000 ncre.s ol
gas territoiv in Kentucky , has leased 'JO.OOO
acres more , nnd Is already producing 15,000-
003 cubic feet a day from two v/olls. Flttcun
moro wetlls will be sunk as boon as ma
chinery can bo had. The syndicate will lay
a sixtetii-incli pipe acioss the Oliloilver ,
thence to Ironlown and Cincinnati. A pow
erful vein of ca < thas just been struck in In
diana. Cns lines nro to bo laid from the
northwestern pait of Pennsylvania to Cleve
land.
The r.nrmnn manufactuiiiiK and commer
cial Interests are giving their MiltNi com
petitors a haul run i'or the South American
trade. Part of thn H'liemo now entertained
Is to reclaim vast tracts of landthntaro highly
productive oy the expenditure of § 40,000,000 ,
which is to bo rained in Kuroiio. The Her
mans have six steamship lines which touch
at Central American ports , live nt South
American ports nnd three lines which run to
the United States. British mnniilactuilng
inteiests are beseeching tlio assistance ot the
coveinment to gather moro information and
to assist In thu devising ot remedies by
which the manufacturing interests ot ( iieat
Britain can bo protected against this thieat-
enlng competition.
Snmo Men ?
JVC in 1'utlt 11'orW.
Why Is that some men who decl.um
nirtilnst the ballot nre equally ( Urn In tliulr
denunciation of high hats nt the opera ,
Corporations vs. Individuals.
One corporation In Philadelphia hns over
5100,000,000 at Inteiest , That coi iteration es
capes taxation on lli.it Investment , while
every Individual is compelled to pay S3 per
annum on cveiy 1,000 tiiat he lends on In
tel est.
_
Not in a Hopeless Condition.
IfdV i"iTdiiff. / ) / .
The writers who 11)0 ) Ucsciiblng the strange
antics ot that voluntary exile Irom Washing
ton , Senator Jone , ot Florida , nnd who
charitably suggest that ho Is siitfering trom
mental durangmucnf , nil ngien that in one
respect his course Is that of n man whoso
sanity Is neyond question. Ho continues to
draw his salary will ) gieat regularity when
ever the Installment bccomns duo. This In
dicates that tlio senator Is by no means In a
hopeless condition. *
KotrosnoctloM.
The wind moans drearily to-nlxht.
And though tlio loom 'iw ' warm ana blight ,
Our thoughts will Ude a sombre oust ,
For tlio dear year Is ncaily past
Jfo came to us as young and fair.
With irost-llko diamonds In his hair ;
Jlo seemed K > puio und strong and juat ,
Wo cave blui nil our love and trust.
Wo think of all that ho ha : , brought
Of plans we made , of good we sought
If much has tailed \ra may not Maine ,
For oilier yeais have been the same.
It we have- wept o'er burled hopes ;
If wo have tolled up rugged slopes ;
If care nor join has known surcease ,
Forget it now and pait In peace ,
Tooryearl His life has been so brief ,
As frail as any Ilov. er or leal ;
\\Vvu he.irt tor iiHUidit but loving thought.
If good liu took or ill hit bruugltt.
We've gained of wisdom soma small Moie ,
J'erchaiiee'some Jov unknown Oeforos
So , when the. Old Year a moments eoabf ,
We'll bid him softly , "Go m peace I"
STATE tlOTTlXOS.
Tbo McCook rink has been turned into
a livery stable.
Fine specimens of speckled trout snap
the ( ly in Bazllo creek.
Auburn caught a sixteen inch vein of
coal in her Christmas stocking.
The Oakland Independent now sports
a complete dress of "homespun. "
Among Custer county's Imniodiato
needs arc nu oil and a paper mill.
cThe season is ripe to wind up the
record of 1880 and turn the key of time.
Hastings boasts that there la no city
Iwice it size that has any liner stores than
it has.
The school children of Wnhoo donated
eleven barrels of good things as n Christ
inas offering to the poor.
The Norfolk bank has boon formally
changed to n stale bank , nnd will in fu
ture be known as the Norfolk state bank.
The Fullerton editors are abusing each
other In doggerel poetry In an ollort to
pluck the title of "The Mud-Slmgers of
the Loup. "
A town is being platted at the junction
of Iho Missouri and Union i'ndtl' ) , two
miles west of 1'apillion. It is ilubbod
lloxio.
The belief is growing in the snow banks
of Beatrice that I'atldoek 19 a candidate
for United States sonutor. Look out for
the January thaw.
The Klkhorn Valley road ha.i raised
thi ) rate on hogs from Wahoo to Omaha
from $18 to p'W per car , wUrrcal thu
Wahoosior.s justly howl.
Loup City's building record for tlio
year foots up $117HO In the words of
the town philosopher , "Comment is
supofluous when figures Hko these are
presented. "
Henry Wessar , of Blair , proposes to
cut ami cure > UO hogs in what ho claims
lo bo the smallest packing house in Iho
world a room lormorly occupied as a
harness shop.
Kditor Marvin , of the Beatrice Demo
crat , is enjoying the luxurious case of a
patent rocker , Iho gift of his employes.
A tin horn from the Greek editor would
complete his happiness.
Judge Gaslin tackled nineteen dealers
In bootleg budiio without a lice.nso and
clapped a ? 200 mustard plaster on the
purse of each victim , with the jjromiic
that if they sinned again ho would give
them tlio full benefit of the law.
Who says that the democratic .adminis
trationi not progressive1 ! At Blue
Springs , Christinas day , Mrs. Charles
( iow presented her husband ivith a boy.
Mrs. 11. Frit/ her husband with a line
girl ; and Mis. Briltan her husband with
bouncing twins.
Dr. Stewart , of Nebraska City , while
attending a family down on the Weeping
Water bottom riundny afternoon , was
struck on tlio head with n two-inch plank
and had hisfkull crushed by one Charles
Jones , who was drunk at the time , The
trouble grewoutof an old family quarrel.
Stewart , it is said , cannot liyo.
About a week ago in a dispute nt Buf
falo Flat , B. Cany kicked a neighboring
farmer named William Gromins in tha
lower part of the abdomen , from the ef
fect of 'which he died. Cacy was formerly
a resident of Council Blulis , and is one of
the commissioners of Wheeler county.
State Auditor Babcock writes to the
Papillion Times regarding taxation of
telephones , in which he says there is no
law directly authorizing the assessment
of telephones , nor ia tlicro any reason
why local assessors should not assess
them. The etato board of equalization
has no authority in the promises.
John Frawlny tackled thn fighting ed
itor of the Stromsburg Headlight last
wcotc and laid him out. Chamberlain ,
the f. o. , is a mx-footur , weighs two hun
dred and over , and btrikea like a trip
hammer , and his defeat in the arena goes
down with the dying year a mystery dark
and deep.
Two Norfolk women wound up a holi-
d.i3' spree in a free light on the main
street of the town. The pugilese , flushed
with wine and scorn , fought , one round ,
but that was suflicient to straighten their
bangs and leave their faces like fullmoons
in a lit. Tlio scrap drew like a dog light
und the town enjoyed a merry picnic.
W. J. Walker , a fruit tree vender , aged
twenty-one , was shot to death at Leigh ,
1'lattc county , on the 18th. Walker was
viewing a prancing stallion at 1'cto
Moran's ranch when the animal fired
both hind feet , planting them on the sldo
of his head , sending his soul to the
spirit land at the first clip. The coroner
considered the case too clear and concise
lo merit inquiry.
Mr. C. II. Frcy , of Ponder , and C. W.
Dennis , the attending physician , m a
uoto to the Bur. , slate that the report ot
the death of John A. Ilobb's ' son , pub
lished December 8 conveyed n wrong im
pression and did an injustice to the
parents. The boy's death was not
caused by over/work / as alleged. He was
seventeen j'ears ot age.
At Ihe GA. . R. encampment at Norfolk
last summer a number of tents were
stolen. On the'J 1th inst. three fanners
named Kogcrs , Banam and Church , liv
ing near Nortolk were arrested and ac
knowledged their guili , but claimed to
have paid & ? > to ex-City Marshal Carra-
bine , of Norfolk , to hush the matter up ,
The matter will bo investigated.
The Plattsmouth city council delivered
itself of a vigorous set of rcsolutioim at
the lasc meeting. In the early days of
last March tlio city contracted with
licorgo B. Inman of Now York , for a sys
tem of waterworks to bo completed and
in running order by January 1,1887. TJio
council now declares its readiness to
"accept said system of water works Janu
ary 1 , 1837 , if completed in accordance
with said ordinance nnd stand the test
required thereby , and if ho ( Inman ) fail
to comply therewith , as required ot him
and his assigns or successors , that said
bond will bo considered forfeited by this
council , and Iho city's ' attorney will bo
instructed to immediately proceed to
collect said bond. " This declaration was
adopted without a dissenting voice , and
looks liKe business with a big B. Them
is no earthly possibility of the works
Iminir completed by next Saturday and
litigation is imminent. The neirvc of the
fathers deserve the applause of thu mul
titude , and general emulation.
Our Industrial 1'rolileinw
A't'U' I'lltli VotfC ,
The problems are here and must be
faced. They can't be plgoou-holed to
await a moro convenient beason , Why
are they here and whence do they spring ?
It is not because tint country lacks
riches , for it is rolling in wealth. It is
not because of Iho waste of millions on
drink , though this aggravates the evil
immensely und renders it much more
perilous. But the solution of the drink
problem docs not solve the industrial
problem.
What docs bolvo it ? Look to Mr.
Powdwly'd utterances , and you find
glittering generalities. Look to labor
papers and you find little but abiibivo
denunciation. Look to capitalistic
iournalri and you find thu sumo. Thu
Knights of Labor and the Trade Unions
are not agreed on specific remedies.
Henry George or Mr. 1'owdcrly ere not
agreed on oven such H vital problem as
free trade or protection. Out of all the
chaos in which wo are involved , we find
two definite remedies offered. One is
Mr. George's land scheme , llight or
wrong , tlio country is not yet ready for
it. Kvon tlio Knights of Labor are not
ready for it. It is R revolution , as Its
own advocated admit , and tlio country 13
ill-informed on the nature of the revolu
tion. There must bo a vast deal of edu
cation before that remedy , nven if it Is an
cilicaclous flnn , can bo applied ,
What can bo done now ? "Torre is ono
definite remedy that is left , \\'iioii \ \ Dr.
McGlynn was nskcd by n representative-
of Iho Voice n few weeks ngo what the
George party would do if it were placed
in power to-morrow , he said it would do
two things : (1) ( ) Incorporate Henry
( tcorgo's land scheme into legislation ;
and (1J ( ) place the lines of transportation
in tlio hands of the government. The
former remedy i.s , ns wo have said , not
ready for application. The latter rem
edy Is commending itself moro and more
to the best brains of the nation.
Lot us see what it involves. 11 involves
the placing of the telegraph system , the
railroad system , tlio canal system , the
street-car railway , and , possibly , the
ocean steamship lines , with their warves
and docks and warehouses , utides the ad
ministration of the government , ns the
postolllco system is now under that ad
ministration. This ino.ins an end to the
mammoth fortunes nuido by railroad
king * . It means an end 'to unjust
discriminations and unrighteous
compact * by vlrtuo of which
swell monopolies as the Stan
dard Oil comp.uiy and Iho Western
Union arc enabled to crush out all com
petition. It involves a tremendous decrease -
crease in the stock speculations that de
moralize business lo an enormous extent.
And it involves an end lo railroad strikes
mieh as brought mob rule on Pitusburg In
1877. to strikes of telegraph operators
such as discommoded a nation three
yoais ago , to street ar strikes such as
sent oil teens of Brooklyn nnd New York ,
n few months ago , tramping miles from
their residences to their places of bus-i-
ucss. It involves the running of all
these lines , not for Iho prime purpose of
paying dividends to stockholders , but of
accommodating the pttbllo at the lowest
rate that would pay expenses.
This is not the remedy of more theo
rists. Pierre Lorilhird , tlio proprietor of
the largest tobacco interest ot thn na
tion , says , in a late number of The North
Amoriuan Itcviow :
"For legislation , I bellevo In limited polit
ical socialism : that oceans , riuir * , ciuinls ,
iiillways , postal nnd telegiiiph systems
should he owned by the nntloiinlgovcinmunt ,
for the use of all , at as low a toll ns will pro
vide for their pi oner maintenance ; that Is ,
for Hie use of Inltor in bolh Its , loans , Indus
try and capital. "
) . Ly man Abbot , editor of the Chris
tian Union , who has for years made
Scoial | ; investigations in regard to indus
trial problems , in a speech a few weeks
ago in Cooper hall , took the same posi
tion.
tion.ClnuncoyM. . Depcw , president of the
Now York Central railroad , says , in an
interview published in the New York
Times , Deo. 17 :
"There never yet has been a rallioad war
that baa not been followed by a illsistioiis
panic , suspension of liirmico.s nnd frutoiles ,
and an Industrial disturbance nlong tliu lines
which throw hundreds of thousands of woik-
cr.s out of ninploj mont All the loadlnir rail-
load men , I think , admit the principle of
governmental Mipcrvion , and are anxious lor
it. They would hn glad to see the whole ma-
chliiorv of tlio pool commissioners and ofil-
eersmndea bureau of the coveinment with
full power to enforce agreements and to pun
ish their violations. As n matter of
principle tlicro Is no half-way ground
between unlimited and unrestrained
competition and Government supervi
sion. Every political economist admits
that reckless and unie.stinincd competition
works such disaster to the general public that
It ought not to bo permitted. It has been
found , on tlio other hand , that where com
missioners acting for the uoveinniunt or tliu
states ate clothed with dihciollouury power
to prevent nltusas , unjust dlscrlmlnatlon.aud
unumonnblo ratus , and net as a bureau of
information always in session for the law-
makinc branch of tlio government , I hat the
tallwnv problem fccttlos itself and agitation
on tlio subject ceases De&uire thuie Is no
grievance lelt to agitate. "
Tlicro are arguments against thit rem
edy , but they arc , for the most part , ar
guments already disproved. They were
advanced whim it was proposed tlr.it the
oostoflicc system be administered by the
government. But no private enterprise
of Jtho country gives such good service at
Iho low rales as our postal system gives
to-day. Tliuro is no reason why the same
results would not follow in the case of the
telegraphic nnd railway systems. Pre-
sso ly such rcsulls have , indeed , followed
m Kncland , where the lelegraph system
is in tlio hands of the government.
"But this would be a paternal form of
government , " is the cry that will be
.laiscd. It would be a valid and strong
objection in a monarchy. It IB not a
uahlc objection in a republic.
it i.s a practical remedy. It may not be
all that is needed , but it will bo a long
step toward a cure for many and very
teurgenvils. Why not take it ?
Thuraian's Fortune.
Now York Herald : The Ohio politi
cians say that ex-Senator Thurinan. of
that state , is out of politics J'orovor , Ho
is living quietly at his homo in Columbus ,
spending a few hours each day in his law
office , but not actively engaged in
practice. He is making $20,000 a year ,
it i.s said , ns a legal advisor to his pro
fessional brothi eti , who visit Columbus
from every part of the state lor the pur
pose of consulting him. His fco in such
cases is never less than $100. Judge and
Mrs. Thurmnn are said to jointly control
a fortune amounting in round numbers
to $500,000. The most of the sum is in
vested in real estate and good paying se
curities that yield thorn a hand.somo rev-
anne annually. Judge Thurinan frankly
admits that lie would like to bo presi
dent. This is the only public ofiirn he is
ambitious oi filling , and this hn does not
expect lo secure , owing to the dissensions
among the local democracy. Judge
Thurinan is soventy-two years of age.
He sull'or.H at limes from attacks of
chroma rheumatism , but wilh this ex
ception his general health is excellent.
His mental activity is said lo bo fully as
great as when , ten years ago , ho was the
acknowledged leader of the democratic
orccs in the United Status hcnato.
"In 1873 Thomas Kwing , George E.
Pugh and other prominent Ohio demo
crats conceived the idea of establishing n
people's party. Tlio democratic party.
they wald , was dead , and the lima had
como to form a new parly , to be built up
from ils ruins. When tlio convention
mot al CoKinibiis , several of the delegates
called upon Senator Thurmau to seeuro
his co-opurnlion in the movement. They
found thn senator in bis library and
briefly slated their errand. Mr. Tliur-
man leaned back in his chair and for a
moment seemed to bo studying some
object on the coiling. Turning suddenly
to the spokesman , Air. Thurinan said :
"What would you estimate the dimnii-
Hions of this room to boV"
"I should say , Judge , about twenty
font square ; but why do yon ask ? "
"UecniiBo , MV , " tlio old gentleman re
plied , rising to his feet , "because , sir ,
this room is too d--d small , tiir , to do *
slioytho democratic party in. " Then
resuming his book ho again turned his
buck upon his visitor , who took the hint
and quietly Joft the room. That the
democratic party was not dead in Ohio
was evidenced n few months later by the
election of William Allen us governor
and a legislature democratic in both
houses , which returned Jmlgo Thurmnn
to tha senate ns his own successor.
The Smith Cane.
The bill of exceptions in the wiliibrnted
Simth-Lowy case was filed yesterday in
the United Stales court by Iho appealing
sido. It was allowed by JudgeDundy and
duly signpd. This curries tlio onso to the
supreme court , where it U hoped a duels-
ion will bo reached insldo of it your ,
l-nlleo Court.
Judge Stenborj ; disposed of an unim
portant business yesterday. Two drunks
wore fined $5 and COS.IK each , Three va
grants wpro scnt ; up to the county jail for
thirty days 'and ' o were euul up for
twenty days- Several vUgruuts wt ro Jl < -
clmrgmi ,
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Cotnur 5 : A roller's aililiiiou
lo South Omaha , consisting
of 101 o tlio finest lots over
laid out. Every lot is a
beauty.
Can be &ccu nnd the entire
surrounding county is visi
ble. It is located > . -
7
From the
PACKING HOUSES.
5 Minutes Walk from
the New Brewery.
1
And on a perfectlylevel. *
Piece of Land.
They are oow on too
As there arc no poor lots ,
you can oilhor buy them
By Mail
Telegraph ,
Or Telephone
Do not wait for every
lot will be sold by Jan ,
1st.
AND AVOID THE RUSH.
2f > Lots Sold the First Dny.
Or you will be left.
From 100 to
PER CENT
Made on money invest
ed in these lots in 3
months ,
Price $250 to $500.
Terms Easy ,
Title Perfecti
For sale by
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1509 FARNAH STREET
Boom 9 , J&eillok's BXoclj
2nd Floor.