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IF u census coiiltl bo taken lo-dny nt
Lincoln the lontr roll of Nebraska
politicians coulil bo-rcnillly c.illeti. No
guilty man would escape.
A jfUMiiui : of names are mentioned for
the Illinois senalorship , but it is doubtful
whether ( .cnoral Logan's mantle will
fall on any of the candidates named hard
enough to liurt them.
Tin : public debt statement shows a re
duction during Uceembcr of $9,100,000.
This won Id bo an entirely satisfactory
rate if the income of the government
were reduced to its necessary expendi
tures.
IN tlio grout Nickel L'lato railroad case
nt Cleveland , Ohio , involving 515,000,000 ,
si decision was rendered yesterday ad
verse to the original bondholders. In
other words it was a victory for the Van-
tlorbilt interest. The defeated parlies
will nnpcnl the caso.
To keep tip with the fashions the New-
I
York World has sent Lieutenant
iSehwalka to discover the hidden mys
teries of the Yellowstonepark. . The
lieutenant could arid to his lanrels by
Stopping over at Lincoln on his way out
mm discovering the railroad candidate
for United States senator.
AXOTIICIC report eomus from Europe of
an alliance between Germany and Rus
sia , the conditions of which are tli.it in
the event of a war between Germany and
"
Franco , Russia is to remain neutral" , and
in case of war between Russia and
Austria. Germany shall remain neutral.
It is not an improbable arrangement.
Ax Omaha contemporary has cut D.
country newspaper from its exchange
list for stealing its telegrams. Tiio
country paper responds that its city con
temporary had liifet stolen them from
the 1JBU , and had no title to the property.
This is an interesting question of ethics.
There seems to be no question about the
fads.
. _ _ _
HOARDS of trade and freight bureaus
must not allow thuir good names to be
usud for endorsing measures and mon
which corporations and tricksters have a
personal interest in furthering. The mo
ment this Is permitted the foundations of
public confidence begin to bo sapped and
the organization * lose their chief vnluo
as mouthpieces of honest commercial
opinion.
DUIIINO I860 capitul to the amount of
nearly one hundred nnd thirty million
dollars found ita way into manufacturing
and mining enterprises nt the south ,
about double the investments of the year
before. There Is not in the hibtory
of Iho world a parallel to the
record of industrial progress the south is
making , nnd it is a record that gives
gratification to the whole country.
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A comtisi'ONUiSNTfrom Santa Barbara ,
California , writes us to ask during what
liours postmasters are obliged by law to
keep their ofllcos open. The law spec !
1 f lies that n postolllcc shall bo kept open
during the usual business hours of the
community In which It is located. If , as
our correspondent states , the Santa
Barbara postolJico is kept closed during
the only hours when workingmen can use
\ it , rollof can bo secured by complaining
to the Untied States postollico inspector
for the district in which the town is lo-
itt catcd , If the incumbent of the ofllco Is n
republican there will probably bo no
tliniculty in t-ocnnng u change ,
A counisi'ONinxT : of n Washington
paper suggests that the friends of General
of the "Great
tt Logan purchase the plates
ttfl Conspiracy" of the publishers , turn them
lia flli - over to Mrs , Logan , and then boom the
a sales of the work for lior bonelit , IIo
thinks that If it wore generally Known
ll that the entire receipts of the book would
go to swell a fund for the widow of the
gallant soldier , nearly every patriotic
ito American would purchase nt least one
o ) call for contributions wouk
copy , nnd no
V.
be necessary. There is more than one
V.a objection to such a plan , but the most 1m
a portant is that doubtless Mrs. Logai
would regard with disfavor a projcc
for forcing upon the public , aa sort ol
charitable makeshift , her dead husband's
lei contribution to the history of the re
Bd , bolllon , which she must believe every
patriotic American ought to possess lo
u : , its inherent worth. The voluntary gifts
of n generous people \vlll bo moro grate
lul to her. . : . . . ' , '
The Opeiilnc of tire tiORlM.itnro.
Tlio twentieth regular session of the
Nebraska legislature opens to-day in
jincolu and bids fair to prove one of the
uost Interesting and exciting over hold
n the state. Once moro thn roprcscnta-
ivcs of Mm people of tins commonwealth
vill bo confronted by the cohorts of cor-
> orate monopoly1 the floors of the two
louses and besieged In lobby nnd cor-
idors by the tools nnd corruptionlsts of
great corporations. The two months
vhich have elapsed slnco tlio verdict was
given by voters at the polls have been em-
iloycd by the railroad emissaries In at-
cmpting to influence members elect to
mtrar their sacred trusts. The opening of
ho legislature will prove how well they
iavu succeeded.
Much legislation demanded by the stale
vill bo passed upon by the present legls-
aturo. The question of the repeal of the
bogus railroad commission will doubtless
como up for debate and decision. The
wo years of trial which this measure ,
conceived in fraud and rushed through in
Iciianco of Iho expressed vote of the people
ple of the state , has received liayo con-
Inced the public of its titter failure to
cmedy the wrongs trom which they are
ulloring. Utterly useless to any class of
citizens except those interested in
the corporations , it stands in the
way of the enactment of laws
which would accomplish what it has
'ailed ' to eeouri ! . Among the most 1m-
lorttuu questions with which the Ifjziila-
.nro will bo asked to deal are these relat-
ng to municipal government , judicial re-
Hstrioting , revenue law amendment ,
changes in the procedure of our courls
ind in thn election laws. The disquiet-
ng topic of prohibitory legislation is also
ikoly to arise , together with the propo
sition fora constitutional convention.
Not the least important issue which will
ircsont itself early in the session is the
election of n United States senator
.o succeed Charles II. Van Wyck.
J'ho cholco Is of national interest.
L'or six years this state has been repre
sented at Washington by a senator who
lias commanded attention and inspired n
wholesome respect among the jobbers
ind corporation cormorants who infest
, ho national capital. General Van Wyck
conies before the present legislature as a
nndldato for rc-clcction , who bases his
claims upon faithful service , and stands
[ ilcdgeil by the records of the past to
lamest performance in the futuro. IIo is
endorsed by an overwhelming majority
of all votes cast upon the senatorial isauo
tit the last election.nnd if pledges amount
to anything ho will bo supported by : i
majority of senators and representatives
ilectcd by their constituents to vote and
work for his return to the senate.
Still in Politics.
The railroads nro out of politics be
tween campaigns , but their interest
revives with each election and glows
with fever heat when the session opens.
The same old gang of sharks and bar
nacles have once moro assembled at Lin
coln to grease the way for favorable
legislation on behalf of their cornor.ilo
masters. The member of the Ihird house
with his mouth full of promises of rebates
and his pocket overflowing with trip
and annual passes , elbows his fellow em
ploye who shouls loudly for "straight
goods' * and the dear old party whenever
party patriotism can be convenicnlly
used as a cover for corporation con
trivance. The same old "oil rooms' * to
lubricate the path to Iho votes of legis
lators are once moro in operation and
tlio faces of the "stcerors" have a
familiar look derived from long practice
at legislative sessions. Railroad super
intendents , general and local attorneys
and town lot agents can bo met on. every
liand. The railroads are not out of poll'
tics nt Lincoln , however much Ihey may
have drawn within their headquarters
elsewhere.
An Improbable Story.
The statement of a Cincinnati paper ,
supported by what may appear to some
to bo convincing circumstantial evidence ,
: hat a coalition lias been formed between
llalstcad of Iho Connicrclal'Gitclle'blc-
Lean of the Enquirer , and Wattorson of
: ho Louisville Courier-Journal , to boom
Maine and slaughter Cleveland , cannot
bo accepted as credible without further
and bettor evidence. The obstacle to be
lief in such a union is Mr , McLean. An
Alliance between Ilalstoad and Wattor
son , in the interest of Ulaine , would not
bo necessarily incredible. Although the
former would naturally bo supposed to
li.ivo the first interest in Sherman , as ho
professedly has had hitherto , it is con
ceivable that ho might sacrifice his homo
candidate for the republican leader in
1884 if ho believed the latter to have
much the bettor chance of securing the
nomination in 18S9. Mr. Ilalstoad is
politic , anil it is very likely that the con
stituency of his paper is moro largely
Bluino than Sherman. The indications
are that the friendship of the republicans
of Ohio for the Maine man has not
diminished during the past two years ,
and it was enthusiastic- n de
gree exceeded in no other stnto
in the last national campaign. Mr.
Sherman will undoubtedly have the dele
gation of his state in the next national
convention , but whether it will bo of any
greAter advantage to him than hereto
fore is by no means certain. Much will
depend upon whether Mr , Charles Vaster
bhall again bo the controlling spirit in it.
As to Mr. Wattorson , there can bo no
doubt of his present disposition to slaugh
ter Cleveland. The columns of his paper
testify to this almost daily. The admin
istration has no moro relentless crltio
than the Courier-Journal. That paper
refuses to regard the president as a dem
ocrat. Nor has Mr. Wattcrson hesitated
to proclaim that as between Cleveland
and u stalwart republican "wo should prefer -
for to take our chance of the future in a
gquara hand-to-hand fight , on principle ,
with the republican , " Having such a
feeling toward the president , and believ
ing his rcnominatlon to bo inevitable , it
is not diflicult to believe that Wattcrson
might bo a party to an alliance for the
defeat of Cleveland by his former antag
onist , justifying his course on the ground
that only in this way is it possible to ulti
mately place the government under gen
uine democratic control. Jt is not prob
able that in the region dominated by Mr.
Wattcrsou ho would suffer materially in
prestige or otherwise by such a course.
But there are at least two consider
ations which repel the idea of McLean
being a party to such an nl
llanco. . In the tirst place he
would have to overcome a persona
hostility much moro bitter and inveterate
than his'antagonism lo the ndmlnjstra
tion , wlUoh at the worst may bo only an
rggravnfd form of displeasure. An nlH *
moo of llalstcad nnd McLean , for n po
litical or any other purpose , suggests a
[ larallel of any nearly impossible occur
rence. It is as much out of tlio question
ns uny event conceivable that could be
brought about only by preternatural cir
cumstances. Moreover , in such a union
the chief of Iho Enquirer would neces
sarily play n subordinate part to the chief
of the Coinincrctal'GazclICi nnd from
every nomt of view this would bo dam
aging to the former. There are other
features of this sensational statement
which proclaim it incredible , ns the asso
ciation of Uana and Whltolaw Hold , but
connecting McLean with the imaginary
alliance Is alone sufficient to condemn it
as n canard.
Tlio KnKltaii Situation.
The now year opens with the political
fiitu.itlon in England so seriously compli
cated ns to perplex the wisest , nnd the
only certain conclusion to bo drawn is
that the events of the not remote future
will bo exceedingly interesting. It is
evident that the refusal of Lord llartlng-
ton to take a place in the lory cabinet
was a great disappointment to that pfty : ,
and has thrown its leader into something
of a quandary as to what shall next be
done. On the other hand it has had the
cn'oet of reviving the hopes of the oppo
sition. There is , however , no appear-
nnco of any disposition on the part of
Salisbury to surrender , in order to allow
the formation of a coalition cabinet. lie
will retain his hold on the premiership.
Uoforo Iho declination of Hnrtington ,
Salisbury announced that in the event of
Ills-refusal to accept ollieo and to guar
antee to the government the support of
Iho unionists , ho would dissolve parlia
ment nnd appeal to the country on the
same issue as at the last election , with
thn addition to his platform of planks in
favor of adopting now procedure rules
the precedence of an English local go\-
crnmcnt bill over one for the govern
ment of Ireland , a vigorous foreign
policy and moderate estimates If this
was intended as a menace to
unionists it entirely failed of
its object. Nothing has transpired
since the refusal of Hartington to be
drawn into a tory alliance lo indicate
whether or not the premier is of the
same mind now as ho professed to bo
before that event. The holidays being
over the next move of the government
will probably soon develop.
It is not unlikely that Salisbury may
regard the present as a peculiaily
auspicious time , in view of the unsettled
nnd somewhat threatening condition of
European affairs , to appeal to thocountry
on a unionist platform promising a vig
orous foreign policy. It is a curious
example of inconsistency that the lories
should profess to have so much faith in
Irish patriotism as to believe thai 'in the
event of England becoming involved in
war , or being seriously threatened , Irish
men would putaside their own grievances
and their demands for redress and enthu
siastically rally to the defense against a
common enemy. It is possible they
would , but if a tory appeal to the country
depended wholly upon such a contin
gency for success its failure would be
moro than probable. It is hardly con
ceivable that tlio Irish leaders could bo
Induced under any circumstances to
relinquish an opportunity to secure
compliance with their fair demands for
polilical justice , and thorob5' postpone
indefinitely a consummation that now
seems nearer than ever before.
Meanwhile political interest in England
is awaiting with some solicitude the re
sult ol Mr. Chamberlain's effort in preparing -
paring a platform upon which the liberals
and unionists can unite.
\Vnmnn and tlio Do.itli I'ciinlty.
The case of Mrs. Jtoxnlnna Druse ,
known in New York as the "Ilcrkimcr
murderess , " has been exceeded by 1'cw
others in criminal annals in ( ho extent
of popular interest it has commanded in
New York. Mrs. Druso murdered her
husband in December. 1884 , literally
butchering him , and involved her daugh
ter and nephew in the crime. She was
convicted and sentenced to bo hanged ,
but on the day fixed for the execution ,
December 21 , Governor Hill granted
a reprieve of sixty days. Since Iho day of
her sentence prominent women in all
parts of the state and a number of cler
gymen have interested themselves in the
unfortunate woman's behalf witli great
zeal and the governor had received many
petitions urging that the death sentence
be commuted to imprisonment for life.
This was urged not chiclly on thn ground
of sox , but because there were believed
to bo extenuating circumstances in the
harsh cruelty Mrs. Druso had suffered at
the hands of her husband. The object
of the governor in granting the re
prieve is understood to be to place upon
the legislature the responsibiiily of dis
criminating , if public opinion demands
it , between Iho penalty for murder by a
man and murder by a woman.
There is a very general sentiment
against inflicting the death penalty on
woman. Doubtless a very largo ma
jority of these who believe
that death should bo Iho penally for
murder would exempt woman from cap
ital punishment. The aversion is in-
Elinctivc , and when the question is pre
sented people generally do nol pause to
reason on it. Considerations of exact
justice and the impartial application of
Iho law are overborne by what with most
people is an innate feeling of repulsion
at tha thought of breaking a woman's
neck or ( strangling her to death at the
end of a ropo. All the suggestions and
surroundings of barbarism connected
with a hanging become greatly intensi
fied when a woman is to bo the victim.
U is interesting to note how this fueling
has been operative in a number of states.
In Now 1'ork tlicro have been but three
women convicted of murder in the lirst
degree and subjected to the death pen
alty in forty years , the last having oc
curred in 1853. During this time thorn
have been several other convictions anil
sentences to death of women , but the
penalty was commuted. The uniform
custom of juries in tlio state , however ,
has been to convict women of murder in
the second degree , involving imprison'
ment for life as a penalty , even when the
evidence , had the accused been n man ,
would have led to a verdict of murder in
tlio first degrco nnd the death penalty.
Maine lias neyer hanged a woman , Mrs.
Barrows is now under sentence of death
in that state , but it is the opinion of the
governor , who recently granted her a
reprieve until next April , that site-
will not bo JiaitKctU C'ounocticut
lias noycr hanged' ' u . woman ,
slnco colonial days , though several
murderesses whose cases wcro celebrated ,
notably that of Lydia Sherman , were
sontopcod to death. There Is no case on
record in Iowa in vrhich n woman has
been sentenced to death , nnd publlo sen
timent there is said lobe strungly against
inlllcting the death penalty on woman.
No woman 1m * over been hanged in Mis
souri. Sovor.il have received the death
sentence , but Iho governor or the su-
jiromo court has always interfered to pre
vent the execution. The popular senti
ment in Hint state is against hanging
women. A woman lias never boon sen
tenced to death In Indiana. There are
eleven women now in the state penitent
iary serving life sentences , some of
them for revolting murders that would
certainly have condemned men to the
death penalty. Other states which have
uovor hanged n women nro Massachu
setts , Michigan , Wisconsin , Illinois , Del
aware , Nebraska and Kansas. In the
states among these that inflict the death
penalty the exceptions being Michigan
nnd Wisconsin Iho laws make no ills-
tlc'tlon as to sox , and the immunity of
women from capital punishment has
been duo altogether to public senti
ment. Only ono woman ( colored ) has
BuHorod the death penalty in Ohio ,
though there have boon a number of
women convicted of capital crime and
sentenced lo death. Commutation has
become the rule in the case of women in
that state , where juries do not
convict In the second degree or
for manslaughter , ns is generally
dono. Only one woman has been hanged
in Minnesota smco its organization ns a
territory , ami neilltor Louisiana nor
Maryland has any record of the hanging
of a white worn in. The lir.st person over
hanged In Georgia was a woman , uud
there have been tmvornl since , but there
is a growing public sentiment in thostato
against it. North Carolina has hanged
three women since the war. Several
women have suffered the death penalty in
1'cnnsylvania , and popular sontim out
Foeius to bo less aver.io lo it thcro than in
most other states. The records of the
Btntos clearly show that the very general
public feeling is strongly asninsl the
judicial execution of women , even when
guilty of murder in the most revolting
form. It is not probable that tins senti
ment will bo less general and earnest in
the future.
It Need Nor Worry Us.
Alarmed by the warlike preparations
of Franco and Russia , Great liritnin is
showinc oven moro anxiety than Ger
many in Ihe haste of her preparations for
defense. To retain her supremacy she
feels that it will be necessary to bring her
navy to its highest point of ofHeioncy as
Keen as possible , and to this cud addi
tional hands are now at work on all the
cruisers , ironclads and torpedo bo.tts
under construction or making ready for
sea. Now contracts have boon given out
for additional ironclads and all the arse
nals and supply shops are busy making
ammunition and other war material.
There is a general belief that war will
break out in some part of Europe as soon
as spring opens and the snow leaves the
l > allans , and it is feared that it may
bweail like a conllagrntion from state to
state.
The isolation of" the United States is
its protection from international turmoil.
The roar of the British lion awakens no
terrors m our ears and the growls of the
Russian bear causes us no diirmiel. Con
tinental disturbances will only nfl'ord a
field for the enterprise of newspapers and
an opening for the marketing of our
surplus. While abroad questions of for
eign policy are of paramount interest ,
discussions of diplomatic topics speedily
clear Iho Iloor of our congress and are
consistently omitted by readers of the
press. America finds ample scope for
her energies in thu growth of her domes
tic institutions , the advance of her ma
terial interests and the development of a
national prosperity unique among tlio
nations of the earth.
Tun work of the charter committee is
unfinished and the legislature is
about to convene. The work mapped
out by several members of the charter
committee will be still unfinished when
the legiilalurc is about lo adjourn.
Orin.v's new novel is said to be very
moral in tone. This is accounted for by
the fact that the scene is laid in America
and not among the English aristocracy.
EX-SKXATOK PADDOCK has contributed
i-500 to the fund for Mrs. Logan. Mr.
Paddock is starling his senatorial cam
paign at high water mark.
IMtOJUMSXT IMiUCSOXS.
Uoston Is Indignant because Munlcacsy , the
artist , did not visit that city.
Mrs. Secretary Whitney sent a chcrk for
S500 as a Christmas olfm-Ini ? to the poor people
ple of Charleston , S. 0.
( Jcncral Nelson A. Mites , the Indian
lighter , Is said to be the handsomest ofllcer In
the United States army.
Mr. George Burns , one of the tlirec found
ers of the Canard steamship company , Is
still living , nlnoty-ono years old.
Oscar Wililo has grown quite obese , and
some of bis friends fear that ho Is Buffering
fiom tatty degeneration of the Intellect.
Oeneral Sherman , It now appears , docs not
llko Xew Voik any belter than St. Louis.
Ho has bought the lai o double house built by
Secretary Stanton In Washington , ami will
go tliero to live. i
Colonel Frederick Orant lias a small
nquarcllo palntlm : In a gilt frame. It repre
sents a group of Indians and shows evidence
of artistic skill and ttnlnliK , ' . "It Is one of a
series painted oy my father , " said Colonel
Grant to a reporter. '
Mrs. Cleveland's uuotpffraiihs nro now
doing duty as clnomos In the hands of can-
vasseis for oideis for aitlcles in tha grocers'
line. Buy so much starch , soap , or BIOVO pol-
Nil and you pot a photograph of the presi
dent's wife thrown In ,
Whistler , the artist , indignantly repels the
accusation that he was born In Ohio. ' llo
says ho was a native of Baltimore , and his
parents were from Virginia nnd Kentucky.
Ohio can now bold up her head once moie ,
but sympathy for Maryland is In order.
Taxes and I'rolilbttlon ,
Iowa prohibition 1ms so increased taxes
that In many cases they rcpicscnt one-third
the income of property.
Chicago Enterprise ,
I'lttiliuru Giitclte.
Chicago will have Its Lognn monument
completed bel 010 Now York puts up money
enough to lay the corntr-stono of its Urnnt
monument.
Swelled Head.
I'coita TraiMrtpt.
The New i'oik World thinks that Mr.
Cleveland 'Is suffering from u'u t.ttack of
swelled head. But thH would not bo nn tin-
mixed calamity. It would add to thn presi
dent's symmetry If his held would keep on
swelling until It wns Uio size or bis nosk.
"Will Rcqulro n Special Edition.
llurlinaton llaickrvf.
An oxclianpo takes up half n column In
telllnt ? Its readers "What saloonkeepers owe
to democrat's , " The amount of what the
democrats ewe to saloonkeepers Is probably
reserved for a mammoth special edition.
r.cUcious Speculation ,
Snn Vrantlteo Examiner.
Jay GonM has been to church six Sundays
In succession. Now that ho owns the earth ,
Ootild Is tui nine hlsthottchta toward heaven.
This is what mtKht bo called rcllslotis specu
lation ,
_
Tjnftt Youth.
Helen Jnclne ( Irtoj.
"I want the moon" wo llsplnc said ;
"I want It in my little bed.1
When older grown wo tossed a ball
Skywaul , aim hoped a star would fall.
"Hi Ing mo a Imldor lontr , nml I
Will tldo the clomls mid climb the sky ;
I'll peep Into tlio crimson west ,
Where thogrcat sun has gone to rest. "
In youth we entered "iS'o Man's Laiitl , "
Anil plucked llto fruit ripe to wich hand ;
Ify Sonc'.s bright sea on Hinuliic Band
Hose our fair castles , trail ns grand.
Totlav the moon la hlsh In heaven ;
The stars to mortals are not clven
For shinliiL' toys ; ( 'ore's drifting saint
lias choked the path to "No Man's Lund. "
Friend I In dim wood and shady lane
'Wo loiter , M'fkitiir youth In vain ;
Hut somi'wheio she Is walling yet ,
Jler losy led with May tlcw wot.
Wo bear the far-off ( lirilllln ? llufe ,
AndHlu'li : the miislo Is not mute.
Knl not lor us ( lie mnu'lo strain ;
Shi1ill nol come this way n uin.
STATE ANU
Nelirnska .Jottings.
The hollcuitiys have gone. Honest fact.
Fail-bury improved to the .amount of
? IW)00 ( ) last year.
The Elkhorn Valley road will build lo
Seward for a bonus of ? UU,000. ,
Black Hills sports have applied to the
governor of Nebraska for permission to
carry by express tiirough the state , quail
for breedniir purposes.
Messrs. Do Witt Palmer and Daniel C.
Cra ic have given a conditional deed for
IfUcon acres of land to the city of Hast
ings , the ground to be uacd for park pur
poses.
A phrenologist , psychologist and mes
meric professor muldunly lolt Grand
Island last week , just about the time Iho
business community had discovered it
had been beautifully "worked" by the
long-haired professional.
Mr. Carrigan , an engineer on Iho Chicago
cage , St. Paul , Minneapolis A ; Omaha ,
has been shot at on three different occa
sions during the past three months wbilo
running through the big Wiser cut be
tween Craig and Tekamah , and ho feels
that his position is becoming quite tick
lish.
Fremont improved $007,000 during the
year , and did : i jobbing business amount
ing to $1,700,500 , a magnificent showing
for the metropolis of Dodge. The Trib
une predicts that in ten years the town
will approach very near Omaha. She
may possibly become a suburb of this
city , if she behaves herself.
The newspapers of Hastings arc en
deavoring to work up s inscriptions to
the Stock of her base ball company by
crying out against Omaha as a rival. ior
six long weary weeks the town has been
shouting for a place in the loacuu , yet of
the $5,0 JO capital stock of tho' company
only SJ.OOO has been subscribed. Hast
ings is "a nice little girl,1' ' and she can
play bawl with her mouth.
Iowa Items.
There are 3 , 170 Methodist * in the
state.
Paullina improved to the amount of
? U,00'J.
D.'jcatur county spent $10,317 on her
poor during the jenr.
The district judges of the state will
bo feastctl at Dos Moines on Hie Oth.
Tlio Diibimuo Traveling Men's asso
ciation lias : i membership of 414 , and : i
cash balance in the treasury of SO'-'U.UO.
The farmers around Delaware , having'
exhausted the corn anil feed they raised
this year , are shipping in food lor their
stock.
The old ling of Logan's Fifteenth
army corps i.s in Iho possession of Tor-
rcnee post , Grand Army of the Republic ,
of Keokuk.
As ; i matter ol business activity at Bur
lington an account was kept for ono day
recently of the number of teams passing
a certain street intersection. The number
amounted to 1)37. ! )
The hog cholera disease has broken out
with increased violence in the. vicinity of
Caraon. J. N. Gnllis has lost lUO ! head
during the last ten days. Examination
proves that it is not cholera , as many
suppose , but a disease of Iho lungs.
Some of the victims will cat heartily ,
and in a few moments later will bo
dead. _
Dakota.
All saloons in Lincoln county have
been refused licenses.
Bnp'ul City refused to reduce saloon li
cense irom $000 to fciWU.
Kapid City's improvement record fools
up the snug sum ol 358,750.
Native hay at Deadwood is $20 per
ton , while the Nebraska product retails
at Irom $ : J5 to 't'M.
Burglars made a Christmas raid on n
Rapid City store and filled their pockets
with ? 1,000 worth of jewelry.
The engaging manners and courteous
attentions displayed by the old bachelors
of Yankton at their reception ; ! are liable
to beautifully diminish the membership
roll by spring time.
Colorado ,
Denver has sixty-two churches.
Denver spent $2,000,001 , on buildings
last year.
The total valuation of stale property
issJlsil.'JO'J.VlO. '
Denver is enjoying a period of pneu
monia weather ,
A factory for the manufacture ol glass
is being built at Golden ,
Jlenl estate transactions in Denver last
year amounted to Slo.SlM.bO'J. .
It is estimated that the population of
the state increased i5UO ! ( ) during the year ,
Denver lias seven banks with a total
capital of ifl.GiO.OOO . , ami deposits of
? 1 1,15:1.700. :
The coal product of the state last year
was 1,480 , . ' , ' 11 tons , valued til ifa.iDS.OW.
The number of persons employed in coal
mines averaged 0,000 ,
'J'ho Denver Tribune-Republican no
longer parts its nainu In thu middle. It
1ms dropped the hyphen and now appears
as a stalwart Kopublican ,
The 041 ! put of gold , silver and lead in
Leadvillo during the year amounted to
? 1U,750,000 , This proves that the town
holds high rank as a mineral center ,
The trade of Denver for the year 188C ,
including the product of manufactories
in the city , amounted to over $7:3,000,000. :
Of tbis Iho smelters produced $10,000 ,
The business of the internal revenue
collector's ollice in Denver during the
year amounted to ? 2 , C07 ; 2,077,070 ci
gars were made in the otate and 121J70 !
barrels of beer ,
Close estimates of the bullion product
of Colorado mines last year are as fol
lows : Silver , $ IU,450U3li lead , f5,183.S G ;
gold , ? j,087U01j copper , § iai,0'0i making
u grand total of $ . ! 0,7lMGStf. This is an
increase of $4,294.088 over the figures
given by us for lbSr > , and of 2.3 ,0 0
over the revised figures published by the
director of the mint m Muy lust.
THE NEW SOUTH.
Ilcnrjr AY. nrntlf's Attclrcsa Before
tlio New Knslaml Snoictr.
Now York Commercial Advertiser : Mr.
Henry W. Grady.of the Atlanta Constitu
tion , madolho speech of the evening at
the Now England society dinner In uel-
monico's last nlpht. Ills subject was
"The Now South,1' and his speech was n
frank and eloquent presentation of the
present conditions and state of feeling in
the fioulhcrn states. IIo declared that
the war was over in the sottlh , nnd after
describing the energy nnd courage with
which the confederate soldiers went to
work after Leo's surrender to rebuild
tlioir ruined industries and re-ostabllsh
their desolated homes , he continued as
follows :
Hut what is the Bum of our work ? Wo
have found out that in the general sum-
mlng up the free negro counts moro than
ho did as a slave. We have planted I ho
school house on the hill top and mailo it
free to white and black. We have sowed
towns and cities in the place of theories
nnd put business above politics. Wo have
challenged your spinners in .Massachus
etts and your iron makers in Pennsyl
vania. Wo have lonrnml that Iho
$400,000,000 annually received from our
cotton crop will make us rich. Then Iho
supplies that make it nro homo raised.
Wo have reduced the commercial rate of
interest from SitoOiior cent nnd nro
floating 4 per cent bonds. Wo have
learned that ono northern immigrant is
worth fifty forclgners.nnd have Miioothnd
the path to southward , wiped out the
place when ; Mason anil Uixon'n line UMH !
to bo , and hung out our latch string to
you anil yours.Vo have readied the
point that marks pcrfccl harmony in
every household when the husband con
fesses that thn pies which his own wlfo
cooks tire as gootl ns those his mother
used to bnko ; and wo admit that the sun
shines as brightly and the moon ns softly
as it did "before Iho war. " Wo
have established thrift in city and
country. Wo have fallen in love with
work. Wo have restored comfort lo
homes from which culture ami elegance
never departed. Wo have let economy
take root and spread among us as rank
as the crab grass which wprang from
titiei'man's cavalry camps , until wo are
reatly to lay odds on the Georgia Yankee
as liu squeezes pure olive oil out. of Ills
cotton seed , against any down-easier Unit
ever swapped wooden nutmegs for flan
nel sausages in the valleys ol Vermont.
Above nil , wo know that wo have
achieved in these "pipingtlmes of peace"
a fuller independence for the south than
that which our fathers sought lo win in
the forum by Iheir eloquence or compel
on Iho field by their swords. It is a rnro
privilege , sir. to have hail part , however
humble , In this work. Never was nobler
duty confided to human hands than tne
uplifting ami upbuilding of the prostrate
and bleeding south , misguided , perhaps ,
but beautiful in her sutlcring , and hon
est , bravo and generous always. In the
record of her social , industrial and nolit-
ioal illustration wo await with confidence
the verdict of the world.
We understand lhat wlinn Lincoln
signed tlio emancipation proclamnton
your victory was assured , for ho then
committed you ( o the ctitibo of human
liberty , against which the arms of man
cannot prevail , while these of our
statesmen who made slavery the corner
stone of the confederacy doomed us to
detent , committing us to a cause that
reason could not defender the sword
maintain in the sight of advancing civili
zation , Had Mr. Tiombs said , which ho
did not say , lhat ho would call the roll of
his slaves at the tool of Hunker Hill , ho
would have been foolish , lor ho might
have known that whenever slavery be
came entangled in war it must perish ,
: md thai tlio chattel in human llcsh
ended forever in New England when
your fathers not to bo blamed for part
ing witli what didn't pay sold their
slaves to our Intheivs not to bo praised
for knowing a paying tiling when they
saw it.
When Leo surrendered I don't say
when Johnson surrendered , because I
understand lie still alludes to the time
when he met ( General Sherman last as the
time when he "determined to abandon
any further prosecution of tlio strngglo"
when Leo Uurrogdcrcd. 1 say , "and
Johnson quit , the south became , anil has
been since , loyal to this union. Wo fought
hard enough to know that wo were
whipped , ami in perfect frankness ac
cepted as final the arbitrament of the
sword to whieh wo bait appealed. The
south found her jewel in a toad's head.
The shackles thai had held her in narrow
limitations fell forever when the shackles
of the negro slave were broken. Under
the old regime the negroes were slaves to
tlio south , the south was n slave to thu
system. Thus was gathered in
tlio h an ds of a pplimdid and
chivnlric oligarchy tlio substance
that should have been diffused amomr
the people , as Iho rich blood is gathered
at the heart , lilling that with tillluent
rapture , but leaving the body chill and
colorless. Tlio old Botttli rested every
thing on slavery and agriculture , un
conscious Unit these could neither give
nor maintain healthy growth. Tlio new
south urosents a perfect democracy , the
oligarchs leading into the popular move
ment a uncial system compact and
closely knitted , Jess splendid on the sur
face but stronger at the core a hundred
larins for every plantation , fifty homes
for every palace , and a diversified indus
try that meets the complex needs of this
complex ago.
This message , Mr. President , comes to
you from consecrated ground. Every
'foot of the soil about the city in which i
live is as sacred its a battle ground of the
republic. Every hill that invests it is
hallowed to you by tlio blood of your
brothers who died for your victory , and
doubly hallowed to us by tlio blow of
those'who died hopeless but undaunted
in defeat sacred soil lo all of us rich
with memories thai make us purer and
stronger and better-silent biilKtnunuh wit
ness in Us rich desolation of tlinmntcliless
valor of American hearts , tlio deathless
glory of American arms speaking and
eloquent witness in its while peace and
prosperity to the indissoluble union of
American stales anil the inipciifclmblo
brotherhood of the American people.
What answer lias New Engl.tml to this
mcsMigoV Wilj she permit the prejudice
of war to remain in the hears oi Iho eon-
( | 'iorors when it has died in thu hearts of
the conquered ? Will she transmit this
nrojudieo to the next generation , that in
hearts whieh never fell Iho ireiiDrou.s
nrdor of conflict il may purpettittle itself ?
Will she withhold , Have In stniinml cour
tesy , the hand whieh , straight from his
soldier's heart , ( irant olio red to Leo nt
Appomnttuxy Will she make the vision
of a restored and happy people which
gathered above tliu couch
of 3'our dying captain , filling
his hear ! with grace , touching
his Jips with praise and gloryf.ying IIH
path to the grttM \\ill she make Iliii
vision on which I ho Ia * > t .sigh of his ox-
pitting soul breathed a bonudiotion , a
cheat and a delusionV If fclio does , the
south , never ubjcct in asking lor com
radeship , must neeupt with dignity its re
fusal ; but if bhcdoes not rcltisu to aoeept
in frankness anil Mnccirily this message
of gnol will and frloniibhm , then will the
prophesy of Wobbler , delivered in tins
very Foeicty forty years ago , amid tro-
mentions applause/become trtio , bo veri
fied in its fullest anil final enso , when ho
said : 'Standing hand to hand and clasp
ing hands , \\o bhould remain united as
we have for sixty years , eitt/.oiiH of Iho
same country , mumliers of the bamu gov
ernment , united , nil united now nnd
united forever. ' There h.ivo been tlilli-
contentions and controversies ,
but I tell you that , in my judgment ,
' 'Those opjiM-ssi'tl i-
Which Ilka Iho mett-or of troubled heaven ,
All of one natuio , of ono siitntuncn tirutl ,
Did lately incut In tb' Intactlnu shock ,
Shall now , In mctiml well bit wing ruiiKs ,
Alarch all ooo ttay. " '
Take u new Mnrl wUli the neiv
j car , nnd see wlmt "Omntm dlrl"
< -nu < lo for you In ttio coming
ycnr. Tnkc tlio cxpurlt nco of
ol hers for the pnnt ycnr unil sco
IT you can do a * well In 1887.
Wo have men living In Oninlin
who nro n-orth gr O , < > 00 made In
IBSif , with a Marl of less than
tf. , OO ( > . anil the pro ncrl < i Tor
1887 are greater than ever be
fore.
fore.Wo
Wo have a Inr c * list of ! > nth In-
Mtlo as well m outside property ,
which wo wmtlil t > c pleased lo
show you at any time.
Wo are i-lling Mouth Omaha
property very rapidly , and people
are niiiUIng Irom BOO to itoo per
cent on money Invested In lean
than 00 iltij.t ,
tVc are ncnin ; for Coiner A :
Archer' * addition. Tills addition
coHtalaH about ito acre * of laud
and ! pei-reelly level. To nee the
plat you would hardly Know
which lot to choose , Thin mill ! ,
tion has ( teen on the market
about one week , and one-hall'
the lots are .sold. * rlcoi
from Q2r ( > to giO. : )
El' Y0 f WANT TO
IIUT.&T KOW.
See if anything in I hlo Hit of In-
wide properly Mills yon :
IJlock 18 , 8 lots Credit Fonclcr , A
bargain . $01,000
Hrick block on llarncy street , 4
stories , Ioti\ii2 : ; ! ; . { 11,000
CO.xlM ill Cnpdol addition . 7.500
C-room cottage on Ohio street . 2,800
4 lot with store and -t-room flat
above , in Jacob's addition . < 1GOO
Full lot in Marnh's addition . , . 8,101)
'J-room house , barn ; house heated
by steam , located on CJcorgia
avenuo. A bargain . 7,700
lloiibu on 17th street , in Improve
ment Association , with U rooms ,
lot 1111x151. This is a bargain nt. 0,530
House , It rooms , now , all modern
improvements , in Idlowild , line
location . 0,700
House , ! 1 rooms , now , elegant place
fora homo , in lillewild. A bar
gain at . 0,000
House in Omaha View with 7
rooms , with lot 100x130. A great "
bargain . C.800
House , I ) rooms , in Hatisconi I'laco.
This is ono of the best built
houses in Iho city , and for a pur-
fion wanting a homo it would pay
thorn to look at it. Trice . 0,700
J lot , 30xMO , Ilorbach'x addition ,
with two houses , one of 12 rooms
anil one of a t oems , routs $50 ] > er
month. A bargain at . -1,000
00.x 111) ) iu Ilorbach's addition , with
ID-room house. Hunts tor $ 'J7
per montl . 0,000
! 30\UO , Horbacti's addition , with 8-
room house , burn , < itc. . , . . . 0,000
House , 8 rooms , in Windsor Place ,
with two lots on corner . C.fiOO
Lot in Iltmscom Place , block 5 _ S.OOO
We have unimproved property
in all parts of the city- inquire
aiioist them ,
We have a few choice bargains
in business property in South
Omaha.
Full lol in block 10 , South Omnha. .ij''J.OOO '
Full lot in block 7 < 1 , South Omaha. . l.oOl )
2.1x00 feet , lol 7 , block W l.OOi )
i'till lol .n block ? ' Iar > 0
TliesB are a few of the bar
gains well iva on our list.
We are agents for Baker Place.
We have 50 acres of land .
in 3-4 of a mile of tin packing
houses in South Oinnha , west ,
Price $800 per acre.
We have lots for sale in Rush
& Seluy's addition , or in any of
the additons in South Omaha ,
Call or write us.
We have money to loan on city i
or farm property improved for
from one to five years at the low
est rates of interest.
We can sell first mortgage
notes ,
attention given to ex.
chfiiigo. Caliorwrileus ,
Room 9 , Wick Block ,
1509 FMMM STB E T'- <
PLOOXE. . .