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OMAHA closed the your twelflli in the
list of clearing IIOUROS. Litllo towns liico
Sioux City Ehonld take duo notice and
fiovorn thoiusuhos accordingly.
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A(5Ci : , the dodo from lliunilton co\mty ,
fuilud in his ambition. Agco's career as
ftpcukcr of tlu ) semite was the club which
knocked him out of titno in the house.
THE Vandcrbilts have contributed
$ 2,000 to the LO.MU } fund. They will
probably double the amount in contrib
uting to tlin funds to defeat Warner Mil
ler in Now York.
Tun olccMon of a senator will not take
place before the 18th inst. . The ontle-
men who Inn o Injured o-.it the result to n
dot are respectfully invited to ponder
oyer this prediction.
. constituencies will bo kept fully
posted through the HUE concerning the
votes of their representatives on vital
issues , Tlioro will be no elianco for the
pkulkers to dodge behind the record.
[ r the Burlington railroad is to diUato
and control Nebraska legislation , the fact
might as well bo mudc clear lirht and
last. As soon us it is made known the
people will prepare to apply the remedy.
Mit. CUVILAND : is likely soon to have
another important federal olliee to fill.
Justice Woods , of the supreme court , is
not likely to resume his seat upon the
bcncli uud his death may bo looked for
nt any time , ilo was appointed in 1830
and hails from Georgia , but is a republi
can. Why would not Allen G. Thurinan
make a worthy successor ?
Tun attention of the mayor is called to
onr lililiy alleys. There is an unusual
amount ot malarial illness in Omaha just
at present and more dipthcria and scarlet
fever than then ) bhouldbe under ordinary
conditions. The .sanitary ordinances
should be enforced promptly. A single
epidemic of disease would bo a costly
payment for ollleial carelessness.
FIOM : tables prepared by the American
Grocer it appears that the wholesale cost
of staple artiolo.s of food were , with ono
or two exceptions , lower than in 1885.
Higher prices have ruled for sotno of the
luxuries , such as coffee and cannedKOOUS ,
but us the advance was made nioslly dur
ing the last quarter of the year , it hu.s
uot , to any appreciable extent , influenced
the cost of living. Consumers never before -
. . . fore commanded a greater variety of
r food , and of such a high quality , as in
i 188(1. ( Wages are good , and the buyer can
< get moro for them to-day than at any pre
vious time In a generation. Certainly
tlioro is no cause for grievance so far as
the food supply is concerned. Sugar has
\ ' , declined 1 cent per pound ; rice , 1@1J
cents ; ten , 3&11) ) cents ; butter has aver-
ngcd-1 ll-lfl@'S cents per pound higher ;
cheese , 1 } cents higher on medium and
lower grades ; eggs , It cents per ilo on
lower ; pork , $1,50 per barrel lower ; lard ,
i cent per pound lower. Flour has aver-
ngeil $1.-1J ! per barrel for straight winter
Wheat , being the lowest average pnco on
record , Wheat sold at an average of l < n > 3
cents per bu&hel above the coat for two
preceding years. Canned goods range
from 10 to 20 per cent higher for most'
i.orts ,
Tin ; namn of Robert Lincoln has not
becin prominently mentioned us a possi
ble candidate for United States senator
lo succeed ( Joncral Logan , and ho may
not dnsiro thn honor. Hut wo are dU-
DObcd to think if the selection of tha re
publicans of the Illinois legislature
ehould full to him tlin country would ap
plaud the choice. Tills not a matter of
men simtlment , or because anybody re
gards Air. I/mroln as like'y ' to greatly
distinguish hi HIM.'U as a statesman , if op
portunity affords , but rather for the rea
son that ho is not a self-seeking politi
cian and Is probably quite as much in
sympathy with the people , being somewhat -
what nearer to them , as any of the gen
tlemen ho uro known to bo candidates
for the vacant sonntorslnp. The port
folio of wur secretary oilers in this conn-
try no opportunity for statesmanship ,
but wo believe , Mr. Lincoln performed its
routiua duties satisfactorily. Ho is a good
lawyer , a thorough republican , and a
quiet gentleman , who would wear the
eonatorial mantle with dignity and a duo
regard for the obligations of the position.
There is no other inan in Illinois whose
selection as the successor of Logan
would be so acceptable to men of all
yariies.
The Nc\V Speaker.
A good ttart has been made by the
lower house of the legislature in the
election of an honest man for their
speaker. Honesty is always desirable ,
but it becomes n public necessity in a
position where its absence can bo made
to work irretrievable disaster lo the in
terests of the people of the etato. lion ,
N. V. Ilarlan , of York , who will preside
over the bouse of representatives in the
present legislature , Is a man of brains , a
lawyer of ability and a legislator of
xperlcncc. More tlinn all these ho is n
ili7.cn of unquestioned integrity , of llxed
onvletions and of sterling faith. Under
is direction the people of Nebraska can
oassured , that tlicro will bo no occa-
ion when the lowest arts of the politi-
Ian can clash with llio interests of the
talc. Ho can neither bo bought
r bulldozed. Ilo won his election
hrough the respect which lie awakened
n friend and foe and comes lo his oflk-o
unhampered by pledges or promises
iVhlcli might embarrass in the future llio
Norciso of his own honest judgment.
The efforts of the railroad brigade lo
lefoat Mr. Ilarlau's election bccait'o ho
'cprcscnlcd ' a constituency which
lodged him to General Van Wyck's can-
lidaey were fruitless. The brood of
mull bore politicians headed by Dado
Agco and the perennially fresh Now-
omer were sliulved by a rousing major-
ty in favor of the man from York. The
irgnniznllon of the legi&latnro shows
liat the confederated monopolies failed
n their plans of control at the outlet. It
cmains to be aeon whether they will suc
ceed any bettor in the futine ,
Sntvini ; tlio Wind.
Ten years ago to denounce corporation
ibliscs was to be denounced as a red
landed rioter and a consciousless dema
ogue by the brass collared organs of the
nonopoly. To-day the merciless cxac
.ions of the corporations are responsible
'or ' an inler-sluto commerce bill , for
> lnnks in both party platforms condemn
ing the outrageous swindling and cxtor-
ions of corporate monopoly , and for a
uprising which has convcited two-
lilrd of Iho press of Ihc country to the
side of llio people.
The attempts of the railroads to
control legislation in Missou-i
hrough the election of a. notori
ous capper of Jay in llio place
of Senator Cockrcll is awakening a stonn
of indignation in that state. In Ohio the
combination of two gigantic monopolies
o raise the prlco of coal by throwing all
the miners of the Hocking valley out of
work and restricting production has
fanned the opposition lo corporation
uothods into a ilamc of hatred. In
Nebraska the action of the confederated
monopolies in linking hands to throttle
needed remedial laws , and to control llio
election of a United States senator in
place of General Van Wyck will bo no
s powerful as a boomerang against
their inlorcsls. In the end the people
rule. Wealth and the corrupting touch
of giant corporations may for a time
obstruct the full e\pression of the popu
lar will , but llio icvtiNion is inevitable.
It is for the corporations to sec that it
docs not prove disunions. In the words
of the Sprtngliold Jlcpiibllcan , "the rail
roads are simply sowing the wind when
they stop outside their legitimate ftinc-
lions and undertake to control legisla
tures , congress and tlio courts , or lo force
up staple prices. Already the socialists
are pointing to them us the lirst place to
secure state control , and their corrup
tions and high-handed regulation of rates
leads men who are not at all socialists to
sympathize with the idea. If , by and by ,
the railroads reap the whirlwind it will
be fruit from their own het-d. "
I'enny Whistles and VPII Wyolc.
While the penny whistles organs of
democracy in Nebraska are piping a shrill
tune of straight out democracy and lire-
in-lho-air in caucus , the leading demo
cratic newspapers throughout the conn
try are giving serious and thoughtful
consideration to the senatorial contest in
this state and the duty of tlio Nebraska
democracy in connection with the can
didacy of General Van Wyck. Such
spokesmen of Ihe most intelligent party
sentiment look upon the question from a
national standpoint. They f-ct the valua
ble public-services of Charles II. Van Wyck
against ids fealty to republicanism ,
which is unquestioned , and tirgo his reelection -
election upon tlio democratic minority as
duo to the best interests of good
government. Recognizing the fact that
with the Nebraska legisluluro over
whelmingly republican in bolii branches
Ihero is no chance for llio election of a
democrat , these journals urge their parly
representatives in tins stale lo combine
with the Van \ \ ycl ; republicans in assur
ing tlio return to tlio senate of an honest
and capable man in tlio pcr ou of tlio
nior senator. The St. Louis J'ost-Dis.
patch has this lo say on llio subject :
Tliooppoituiilty to elect Vim Wyck Is the
Dist chance the Nebraska democrats have
oyei had of rendering the country n real ser
vice , and wo hope they will not throw It
away. Of the so-called democrats In the
'
scna'to tlicro aio few who have done moro
than Van Wyck for the cause of the masses
HL'iiinst the monopoly bosses. If Ihero h any
democrat Is Nebraska who has the will or
ability to do more lot that cuino , ho will ccr-
tilnly udviso llio democrats that the filcotlo n
of Van Wyck Is obviously the surest and
best tliinu In the cards for them.
These are manly words. They bespeak
botli common scn.su and patriotism.
Hlsinarck's Griuut Coup.
The rumor of a Uusso-Gorman alliance
seems at last fully confirmed. Dispatches
to the London 7Vnic.i announce lhat the
terms of the treaty have been fullyagrced
upon and that Do Giet'3 and Bismarck
have exchanged pledges as to its fulfill
ment. In return for a promise of neu
trality In ease of a war between Franco
ami Germany , the German ctmucnllor
pledges tlio empire lo keep its hands oil
should war ensue between Russia and
Austria over the Halkun ques
tion. This is a double blroke of
diplomacy. It assures Germany against
French aggression on the east and
destroys all hopes on the part of Austria
that a beginning of operations against
Russia in the spring would Have at least
the silent support of her German neigh
bor. The effect upon both nations has
been most marked. Franco through her
ministry has declared that the policy of
the republic is pacific. The loading
journal in Vienna considers Iho situation
so desperate that it ndvlses Austria to
submit and to let Russia work its own
swpet will in Southeastern Europe rather
than to tempt the czar to precipitate a
conflict now.
Bismarck's master stroke scorns to as
sure nt lcat for the present , the peace of
Europe. Continental combinnlions must
now chance. England and Austria have
virtually committed themselves against
Russia and her allies , and Italy sides
with them , so lhat in tlio event of war
it is probable that cither Austria , Ger
many and Italy will light against Russia
and France , or else that Franco and Ger
many will change places in the respective
coalitions , with Greece upon the side of
Russia against Turkey ,
A nil ! Tlmt Oiiulit to l'ns .
Among the measures to which the at
tention of the Unllcd Stales senalo will
bo presently directed , Iho bill of Mr.
J5eck to prohibit members of congress
rom acting as attorneys for railroads is
not the least important. This bill was in-
reduced late in the lust session and en
countered considerable opposition on
. ory shallow grounds , failing of action
n common with some other measures
.vliicli . certain senators deemed desirable
.0 have deferred. It was made a special
order and should have come up at an
curlier date in Ihc present session , so that
ivilli its accrued rights of precedence it
cannot much longer bo held back from
jonsideration. It will undoubtedly meet
.ho same specious arguments in oppoal *
ion that were ollered when the bill v\'ts
irst discussed , and if any way can bo
found to give it turtlier postponement
hut way will unquestionably bo adopted.
The course already pursued regarding
this measiue , entirely proper in itseliar-
ictor and honnst in its purpose , hai been
sullieient to convince the people that
many senators , if not-thc majority of that
body , arc invohed in tlio service which
the bill proposes to dopiivo them of. The
opposition , however well masked behind
plauiiblu sophistries , is fairly judged by
the public to have its source in obligations
for which the railtoad corporations of tlio
country have already paid liberally. It
is as plain an acknowledgment as could
bo desired lliatcrlain senators are now in
the pay of railroads , and that they arc
unwillingto abandon lids source of emol
ument and perhaps also of political ad
vantage. With respect to some of those
who went on record in opposition to the
bill , an attempt was made to avert or
mitigate the inevitable popular verdict
upon their self-convicting course , but it
was of no avail. Nor can anything they
or their apologists may say hereafter re
move this verdict if they maintain their
attitude of hostility to this hill. They can
vindicate themselves only by reversing
their former action.
Tlio people believe that this bill ought
to prevail. They are convincd that a
great deal ot consideration and favor
which congress , and more particularly
its upper branch , lias for many years
shown the railroad corporations of the
country , were duo largely to tlio evil
which the bill proposes to remove. They
believe it lo bo impossible lo secure the
proper consideration and tlin just pro
tection of their interests , when
coming in conflict with the
mercenary interests of the great
corporations , so long as the latter have
their paid servants in the hulls of legisla
tion. They believe lhat this evil bus be
come so serious , after years of toleration ,
that It demands the most heroic treat
ment. No half way remedies , that as
sure only a mitigation of the ill cllbct.i of
the cancerous growth , will be acceptable.
It must bo cut away root and branch ,
livery vestige must be destroyed and the
way closed against its reappearance.
Only in this way can popular confidence
in the national senate , now greatly im
paired , bo restored. The bill in question
promises this consummation , and for tlio
honor ot congress and the security of tlio
people it ought to become a law.
Iron nnil Stool.
The bulletin of the American Iron and
Steel association reviewing the iron and
steel industries of the country for ISbli ,
furnishes a very gratifying exhibit of the
business during last year in these impor
tant branches of the nation's industry and
commerce. There was a well maintained
activity throughout the year , and in every
department the results wore considerably
in advance of the preceding year , toward
the clo o of which tlio improvement hud
begun which was continued through the
.succeeding year. The production of pig
iron , Bessemer steel and steel rails , and
open hearth steel , was greater in 188(1 (
than in any other year in the hivtory of
these industries. The manufacture of
steel rails readied the irrcat tolal of
1,500,009 gross tons , over half a million
Ions in excess of the preceding year's
product , while other departments of steel
manufacture show equally large gains.
Referring to the figures of iron and steel
production , the bulletin says : "They are
marvelous in their moro magnitude , but
more marvelous still in showing our pro
gress as iron and steel producers in one
year. " Ten million tons of iron ore
were produced during 18SO , and
abo'ut one million tons were
imported. Our total importa
tions of iron anil steel , however , wore
considerably heavier in 1SSO than in 1SS , " )
Notwithstanding the greatly increased
demond prices advanced but slightly ,
and the advance was made gradually ,
The improvement in the iron and steel
industries was duo largely to the great
increase in railroad building , which was
moi o than double that of the previous
year and exceeded 7,000 miles. Regard
ing the outlook for the current year , the
Dulletin says it is very iavornble for gen
eral business and especially so for the in
dustries of which it treats. Railroad
building promises lo bo oven moro act
ive this year than last. The opinion is
also expressed ( hat prices must not ad
vance , in order to prevent wnoh an inllnx
of iron and stool in 1837 as we have
rarely if over experienced. The active
and Healthy condition of Iho iron and
steel industries of the country is always
reassuring , and there is in the exhibit o :
lust year's business and in the outlook
for tito current year abundant reasons
for indulging moat hopeful anticlpa
tions.
CONOHKSSMAN JIM L.uitn is posting
back fiom Washington with his fee
turned toward Lincoln and the state
capital. Mr. Laird has of course buci
interviewed , That is a little indulgence
which ho never permits himself to forego
To the warm-hearted reporter , Jim nu
bosomed himself in a burst of confidence
and proclaimed it as his opinion tha
Van Wyck was working hard for a can
cus believing it to bo his only salytitioi
from the political death lo come. By the
time Congressman Liard perspires alittle
of the Washington bug juice from his
system he will probably learn enough to
know that ho was slightly mistaken.
Situation.
r.nslnrfti .
The condition of trade during the pnst
vcok has been subject to no material
change. The movement In wholesale
inos has been comparatively small
owing to holiday observances and the
llvcrsion of attention to other business
ncident to Ihc close of Iho .year. But
commercial Interests throughout Iho
country arc on n bettor footing than they
vcro a year ngo , and merchants every
where are looking hopefully forward tea
a resumption of healthful activity early
n the now year. "The improvement that
lias taken place within the last sixmonths
imply justifies Iho confidence and cheer-
'ill forecast of business men , nml nil the
signs of the times favor the expectation
of sustained activity in trade and a
further expansion of industrial enler-
irlses during Iho coming your. Tlicro
las been very httlo nctlvily In the cotton
or wool markets the past week. Cotlon
iiriccs are a shade stronger , as a result of
some contract covering over the holi-
lays and the expectation of a lighter run
of receipts this week. The movement
lo Ihe ports has been smallct than it was
ono week ago , but in excess of the corresponding
spending period last year. Wool has
continued very dull , and thoreislcss con
fidence among holders of line fleeces and
lenilory clips , but oilier descriptions are
very firmly hold. Manufacturers are
buying cautiously and are evidently
awaiting developments in Iho goods
Irade , which is about entering upon an
other season. Piiro.i of heavy woolen
and worsted fabiics for next season's
trade , will probably bo lived during Hie
next week or ten days , but indications at
the moment point to lillle if any advance
from HID figures current a year ago.
The grain trade hits been exceptionally
active for the holiday season , although
qtiietoi than it was in llio earlier week. " , of
llio month. Values have been well sup
ported and closed strong and higher. The
rise in wheat prices has been 1J cents per
bushel in Chicago , and 2 { cents per
bushel on tlio seaboard. The strength is
duo in part lo .speculation , but the spec
ulators foi a rise have had substantial
baekingfrom the strong foreign advices
and the improved condition and prospects
of the oport trado. A very large
business has been done in wheat for expert -
port since the middle of November , and
in addition to the liberal shipments of the
past month the contracts put out at that
time call for heavy clearances from all
tUlantic ports during January anil
February. The business of the past week
lias been comparatively modorato.bnt was
much larger than had boon expected dur
ing tlio holida.YSand this , together with the
knowledge of largo export engagements
already outstanding and the disturbed
condition of political affairs in Europe ,
has enabled the bull interest to retain
control of the market in spite of persis
tent hammering by bearishly inclined
traders in Chicago. Corn prices have
advanced J to 1 cent per bushel owing to
the moderate interior movement and the
rise in the markols for hog products ,
but there has been little speculative ac
tivity and only a moderate trade on for
eign orders. Provisions have been active
speculutively , but the legitimate trade
movement bus been seasonably quiet.
The Chicago market shows not advances
for tlio week of D2j cents per barrel in
pork and I ) ' . ! } cents per 100 pounds in
lard , which were due chiefly to specula
tive buying , stimulated by light receipt's
of hoes and the reduction of packing op
erations in the west , Exports have
about equaled tliu volume of the sumo
week last year in meats , and show an increate -
create of 2.010,000 pounds in lard.
'fur. first reports from the Texas drouth
district , upon which some doubt was
thrown by subsequent dispatchesevi
dently did not in the least exaggerate ,
but rather understated the extent of the
calamity and Mifl'oring there. We have
scon a private letter from a resident of
( he district which stales that the situa
tion is most deplorable , and the writer
says : "God only knows how the many
unfortunate people of this section can be
cared for during the winter. " Adfnpatch
from Fort Worth of January 'M slated
that 27,600 persons , spread over Iwenty-
one comities , were reported to bo in des
titute co'iditlon. In each ol these coun
ties there hud been a parliul , and in many
parts a complete , failure of all crops.
There was already au imperative need of
food mid clothinir , and this of course
grows steadily more pressing. A relief
bill wus introduced in congress before
the holiday adjournment , and of course
the stale Icgislaluro will make some pro
vision. There will , however , bo n de
mand upon llio charily of Ihc country ,
and the case seems to require a prompt
and generous response. A population of
nearly thirty thousand wanting nil the
necessaries of life makes an extraordi
nary requisition upon public charity , but
when the necessity is known lo bo real
nnd urgent the liberality of the American
people will not fail.
Mil. POITJ.KTON failed in his endeavor
to commit the charter committee to ( he
scheme of having the cily priming let
without regard to ( lie circulation ot Iho
paper in which it was printed , Mr
Popplelon us a lawyer was doubtless so
well acquainted with the method of pub
lishing notices of nppliculions for divorce
in obscure sheets in order to defeat the
ends of justice that ho was desiious of
transferring its beauties to Ihe admlnis
tration of tlio city government.
Tin : Union Paeillo attorney who- has
attended to that corporation's legislative
business for years is once more on hand
at Lincoln reinforced by that bloated
blatherskite , Paul iVandervoort , and by
Claim Adjuster Manchester. Ot course
the Union Pucitiu is " 'out of polities
For all that It takes a lively Interest in
the organization of tlio legislature.
THAT overwhelming majority against
Van Wyck which was expected to mu
leriuli/o in Iho preliminary orgam/ntion
of the legislature faildd to put In an up
poar&nco.
Dit , MIU.KK'S young man finds that the
democrats of Nebraska are not made of
putty to bo moulded at will by the demo
cratic capper of the monopolies.
rilOMINENT I'L'HSONS.
ircsham Is very particular about his
clothes and always looks neat
Mrs. ( Ion. McCIellan has rcalUcd 510,000
from the sale of her liubband's book.
Colonel Fred Grant has soveal paiutinsrs
which are the worlc pf his late father.
11 , Victor Newcoinb , the Wall street finan
cier , Is worth SSOUKK ( , ami look ? like a
Scotch terrier ,
Miss Fortcsquo wears halt a dozen superb
llamond rings on her rh lit hnnd and two big
diamonds In her oars.
Ilobcit Downing , who Is playing Spartncns
nt the Slar Uie.itro , New York , used to run a
tobacco shop In Washington , 1) . 0.
The late grain operator , William Nowlon
Stutscsol Uhicaco , made 5000,000 by daring
speculations ilurlnn the Russo-Turklsh war.
Mrs. George U. McClell.in Is suggested by
the Dctiolt Free Picss as a de er\liiK subject
of the nation's bounty In the ? hai > o of a
pension.
GeorRO W. Child's , of the Philadelphia
Ledger , has an Income of 5505.000 a year ,
ami no man hi Ihe country makes belter use
ol his money.
Urn Folsom Is established In the United
jtatc.s consulate at Hliefilolil , Kngland , and
las bail his new cards cngiavcd , lie only
gels Sii.ICO a year.
John P. Smith , n Pldlailelpld.i type
founder , has distributed S1CO.WO r.iuoni va
rious charitable nnd educational Institutions
In that city during the past year.
Henry Oiiuly editor ot llio Atlanta Consti
tution , \\hocroatctl a cnsatlon by his speech
In Now Yoik at the New England dinner , is
younc , has piercing black eyes and black
Imlraim Is a peculiarly graceful oialor.
Daniel R. Itaiidmann claims to bo vorlu
S.VXVOJ , j ol ho continues to paialbo audi
ences In dime museums throughout the coun
try claiming lo bo actuated by adcslteto
"give the masses of the people a chance to
study Shakespeare I"
Why Tlicy Oppose Van Wjclc.
1'Mtimoulh Jtnnltt ,
It is a siirnlllcant chciunstanro that the
Lincoln Jiminnl should oppose Van Wjok
hocanspol his dcmociacyhllo Iho Omaha
Herald Is nl Iho same lime fighlinu him be
cause of his ullra lepubllcanlsm. The Irulh
of the mailer Is that politics have llltlo to do
with elihei the Journal's ot Herald's oppo
sition ( Van W ek ; inev aio against him
bec.ui.se he ran not bo icllcd upon lo vote lor
Jobs and schemes of the monopolists.
A Html Man IVom Chicago.
CVifrcifl ) Timtn.
Fiod WIttrock nppcaia to have been a
juelly hard man. Jlu was nol only a coal-
dealer and a traln-iobbcr , but also n valued
conliibutor of the St. Louis papois.
Pot-Imps.
A'irio I'mH'.xM. ; . .
A lotitrnod missionary says that "the west
is a pretty lough place. " He claims lo have
f-cen lilty men drunk befoio bicakfast. Ho
dimbtlcsb lived in one ol those prohibition
states. .
_ _
Simula SwenrOlT.
Clilcaan T/incs. /
The ear of llussia should swear oil" . 11
doesn't look well In a c/ar lo be Uembling on
thi ) veigeof the jim-jams and to to lound
carrviiua head so swollen that ho can't get
nls ciown on. _ _
'
Klglit.
SI. IMul 1'tnnccr / ' / < .
K\--Agent McKIllkMiddy and his filends of
the Indian Kifihls association pioposo to
make lite a burden for the Indian dcpait-
mentiilllciftls who v eio rash enough to cast
reflections on tins agent's honesty while at
I'ino ItldL'e. They say that the charges
must cither be pi o veil or letracteil ,
JAmim/i / .1/001 e Kulumc In
I closed a closely-written book last week.
A volume which no ovii but mine will seek
Among the folios laid away ;
If on each page 1 did Imprint fair ( low'rs
Ol dot-US , or naught but leaves ot waslcd
hours ,
Ko one save God and 1 can say. *
If many a page Is him red with wishful teais ,
Or from some tinned-down leaf stem con-
heioiice reals
Its hand and points at dismal stains ;
I to eiaso may bi V ; nil powur and skill ,
Jtcmoi.-efnlly in.mait . in toais distill
On meuiury'b panu the mar lumains.
Yet iiom crooked lines and caiolcss blots
deface ,
I'll reap a molit that will aid mo grace
The white and uildcd , spotless p.uro
Of a new book with laitct lines and pure ,
High aims ami loftier thoughts , that will
endure
The gKu ing light of any age ,
Ideal deeds , from which will sollly ilse
iMost li.ur.uit : incense , borne bu > end the
skies
On unseen nnd nnwcailed wines.
O poweis invlsiblel with all thy might
Aid us to keep lumi blemish , mar , or blight.
The spotless book the Now ITear bilnt's.
HTATU JOTTINGS.
Fulleron ! piled up $21,800 , in improve
ments last year.
The new Lutheran church at North
Platte was dedicated last Sunday.
The Knox County bank building , just
completed in Creighton , cost ? IO,000.
A street railway company , with a cap
ital of ! ? )0OOJ , has beenorgani/.edin Nor
folk.
folk.Kcccnt
Kcccnt obituaries arc convincing proofs
that an non csl man is ono of the "noblest
Vtorkt. . "
The Hurnuni house at Nebraska City
has been sold to : i Itcutrice gentlemun
for * 'C1,000.
The 1'romont ' creamery turned out
313,715 pounds of butter last year , an in-
erea'o. over the preceding year of 51,001
pounds.
DSome hungry sneak in North Plnttc ,
chilled by llio snail pace < vf "mveot
charity. " stole $ 100 of the poor fund held
in trust by Fr. Con way.
Dun Miller , a Hurt county boy of eigh
teen , attempted to greet the now year
with a gun was caught and culled by u
bli//.ard and frozen to death.
Street cars , water works , railroads , a
bridge over the Missouri , and new manu
factories will develop nnd tiKe : practical
form with the growth of the year in
Nebraska City.
Mrs. Annie O'ltourk , of Platlsmoulli ,
rccoUcd the neat New 1'cur'a proHont of
? 3,000 from the family estate in Milwau
kee. A pur.so of that f > i/e is profoundly
useful within checking range.
The Oakland Independent , under the
management of of the Henry boys , in a
typographical beauty. The New \ oar's
greeting , on tinted paper , showed com
mendable snap and , enterprise.
"Hollcctlon of An Old IJachelor" is tlio
title of a story in a ISnrt county paper.
"Kollcetlons on An Old liuchelor' ' was
doubtless intended , but printers will
persist in marruig the gi-nn of great
minds.
A local mathematician estimates that
Cirnnd Islanders chow moro than they
drink , busing llio calculations on the fact
that tlioro are twonty-MX grocery und
provision stores in the town to twenty-
live saloons. The 1. m. gives colleo
grains and cloves u prominent , position
in the chewing column , und omits the
gum action of the girls.
Cupid culled the turn on three pairs at
Ulysses lust Wednesday. The 111 rowing
scene took ph-.eo in the Congregational
church. The cormnonics Marled with
Frank { Stiles and Miss Junnio Concamum
boui } ' marto man and wife , followed by .J.
N. Hankins and Miss Nellie Wrirfht , and
Professor Ixibdell , of Friend , and Mins
Nellie Concannon. The triple tin wus
the holiday uvunt in Iho town , and there
Is some talk of boating the record by
organising a four in bund.
An Omaha kid , while cutting a swell
among the rosy gals of Columbus , gave
an exhibition of the latest caper in walla-
Ing in one of the town stores. Ho was
circulating around liKe niilmeg on
"smile" when ho kicked Iho basement
from a slock of ink bottles , and meas
ured his length on the door. The bottles
conveniently spilled themselves of his
frame , deluging his dud * from his tooth
pick lees to the fur on thti collar on his
cout. Ilo took the night freight for
Oniuhu ,
The Sfrtto or Trmlo.
Special telegrams to IJradstrcct's re
port a moderate decrease In tlio total
volume of general merchandise moving.
This is regarded as soatoiiablo , yet the
distribution from lirst and second hands ,
at Chicago , St. Louis , Kansas City and
elsewhere exceeds that at like periods in
preceding yours. Leading retail lines
have been very ncllvo , owing lo llio stim
ulus of the holiday season. Merchants
look ahead to nn Improvement in Iho
wholesale demand after the middle of
January. Money is generally easier than
ono week ago , except at Hoston , where
rates are l ( < i > 3 per cent higher ; at Chicago
where some dealers in staple goods have
been seeking accommodations to moot
payments duo on purchases ; nt Milwau
kee and Kansas City , where reque ts for
funds from interior bunks continue to
bo received.
The falling oft' in the general trade nnd
speculative movement ! ) during the week
is shown in ( ho bank clearing from thirty
two cities specially wired to ISradslreet s.
The decline in the aggregate for the
wc k is JK.'M.OOO.OOO , but against the like
week in 1835 , the lolal shows a gain of
$ , ' 07,551,000. Now York's clearings foil
away : ? i3'0COO,000 , this week as compared
with last , the greater portion being duo
to a decrease in snoculution ; Boston's de
clined § 11.810,000 , Chicago's 85.100,000 ,
San Francisco's ! | > J , ! 0,000 , Hallimoro's
sM)00UOO. ! ) Philadelphia's ? 100,000 and
Louisville's $1,000,000.
The Junv York stock market furnishes
a very small volume of business , owing
lo tliu holiday season. The liquidation
occasioned by the recent decline is sub
stantially completed , and the news of the
week lomlud to give a somewhat atrongor
tone lo Ihc lilllo activity shown. Trans
actions in the New York Stock Exchange
were I,70tl0l shares , against y , ! > 70ir > ; i
shares last week , 1,5)5,008 ( ) shaies the
hamo week lust your , Mid 1,075,0'Jl shares
in 1831. ISonds were dull and generally
linn. Sales on the .New York Stock
Exchange fcn.aw.lOO , against ? l,511W)0 ) )
lust week. Money is much easier. Call
loans are 3UO ( per cent. ; time. 5Mfl per
cent. , and commercial p-ipur is dull at 0
per cent. Exchange Is low , but shows
signs of recovery. Sterling hus , however -
over , been below the gold point , and u
largo amount of gold is in transit from
abroad. American .securities are utill
bought moderately for foreign account.
The iron and steel markets continue to
load in favoring conditions. No , 1 east
ern pig iron hus advanced another dollar
during the week , and ! ? 21 bus boon re
fused for 000 Ions , two months delivery.
The tendency of priccsoonlinues upward ,
and still higherquotations are confidently
expected , lint lilllo business is dointr at
th , higher price named. The west leads
tlio east in the advance of prices and m
the demand lor pig iron It is very sig
nificant , as .reported to Uradbtnsot's , that
inquiries from Chicago , Milwaukee and
elsewhere , have been received within the
week for eastern pig iron , for llio first
time in ten years , bpociul returns from
.southern furnaces point to 110,000 tons of
pig iron having been shipped by them to
the miudlo and Now England slates this
year , against 100,000 tons each in 1885 and
Ib84. A nnt increase of Scotch pig stocks
( nbioud ) of liJJ.OOO tons is cabled , and an
advance of an average of is. ! per Ion in
price.
Dry poods in all lines are quiet at the
cast. Tlio cotton mills are all busy , "and
making money , " with stocks not accum
ulating. Atlantic brown cottons have
advanced. Contracts for heavy weight
woolens are reported lo have been made
'at lust year's prices. Stocks of print
cloth amount to but 37 per ce.nt
of those held a year ago. Wool
is dull Tlicro is greater confidence
among holders at the interior than on the
seaboard.
Tlio cofToo markeii is steady , with or
dinary go. below last week. Purchases
are light at the interior. At llio they are
very light , and the quantity afloat by
steam was never so small. There is littio
disposition to buy sugar. London is
cabled at lls. , unchanged ; no now busi
ness is looked for there until January 4.
Fair loliuing huro Is off -Ic. and centri
fugal | c. on the week. Urcadsttifts btill-
cned somewhat and advanced during the
hitter part of the week , after a decline ,
on decreasing receipts at the west and in
creasing confidence in the theory that
the United Kingdom will have to buy
moro freely later in the cereal yoar.owinj'
to deficient supplies from India and small
stocks at home.
Tlio total number of failures in llio
United Slates , reported to Hradstrcol's
this week , is 312 , nirainst 202 last week ;
1)3 ! ) in Christmas week 1BS5 , 278 in 1881 ,
and 200 in 1833. Canada has had 10 ,
against 31 last week , and 25 in 1885. 'Iho
total for the United States this year to
date is 10.213 , against 10,881 in 1885 ( a de
cline of 071) ) , 10,953 in ISit ( a decline of
715) ) , and as compared with 11'Jol , in 1833.
A DETECTIVE'S PERFIDY.
Sli.ilcin n Tliior Down for $ . ' 50O mill
Then Try I n to Kill Ulin.
Chicago Herald : "It was away back
in ono of the seventies , " said an old
nijiht police reporter , "thai 1 was first
made ruvuro that .detectives were some
times greater villains than they were in
tlie habit of running down. Fiom vari
ous goings on in Central fetation , which
was then on the Quincy htreut Hide of Iho
old Rookery building , I tiad just begun
lo suspect as much. Hut one night a
well known Chicago criminal I'll not
give his name , oeeaiino , althoiigli ho had
con under sentence of death right hero
in this very county , ho now walks the
streets as proud its any man In all Chicago
cage because ho is earning a good
and honest living one night as
I say , this man , this crlminul , if
you please , was arrested after a ilesper-
ate fight with the police at the umuso-
menl place known us the Coliseum , now
known as the ( irand opera houso. He
had turned oil' the gas as the uudionco
wus being dismissed for the purpose of
picking their pockets na the crowd
passed out. It was said aflorward lhat
lie had no less than thirty pickpockets in
his service. Ho hud boon drinking , and
was in a lulkativo mood when 1 saw him
in his cell at Iho Armory police station ,
Like nil others of his class he claimed
lhat Iho police were perseculing him , but
he was so earnest in hlB dununciulion of
onu particular iiiiin nn tlio city's detective
stall' , whom 1 know hud bf n responsible
for many of the urresifl and ignominies
ho hud been made to endure , that I re
solved to listen to his talc and hear him
through. Ilo said it was not for publica
tion , at luust not then , und utter relating
hisslory jravo ni ( < the niiinq of a former
high Mainline olliciul Hum in private lifo ,
whom he said would corroborate his
tulo.
tulo."It wus in brief HIM. His chum in
criminal ivorK was a poor dm il who was
dying ot consumption. A thiuf till his
bio , Ins would IIUMivionncd in the face
of the diMth lie know hn must din , but re
form wus ImposMblo The hospitals
would not take him , ho was nut far
enough pone for that To hvu ho nuint
stcul , but , fearing the. piuiitcntmry , ho
confined iniiisull to littht deprf.d.itions
which , should ho bo caught , would mnd
him lo the house of correction in default
of a fine. A certain detective at Ci ntral
Matiwi he's not tlmru now--pot on to
his racket , and , knowing that ho hud
friends who would put up a Hindi amount
of money to suvo him , he hud in ambush
for him regularly until 1m hud accumu
lated enough evidence and facts to tsit to
him and "eliuko him down. " as thi ve <
and dctuctitQS call It. The "olmko
down" took place on Knuio mrt-ot.
The dotoctlve. insisted upon haying
$300 cash that vorv night , a mortgage
was overdue on his hoiisy and lot , und ho
would lose it unless hi got tlio money
Ho pretended to bo dpnrulfl ( The poor
consumptive protested that ho hmln't gSJ ,
much loss $ .100 ; nnd U was Impossible ,
The detective etuoH to his panic , however -
over , and suggested lhat So-nml-so , a saloonkeeper
loon-keeper In Iho iinmedmlo vicinity ,
was a pretty good friend of his and would
probably advance him the money rather
than sen him go to pibon , Pushed to it.
tlio thief wont lo the saloon-keeper nml
got. the money.
"As ho handed It over to the black
mailer ho said with n tremor In his voice
lhat ho would have to make It good before -
fore the week was out , nnd Hint ho knew
of only ono way to do It. There was a
honso over on Green street lhat ho
thought would bo easy to work. Ho wns
light In weight , and could clumber
along and unaided up a side porch and ,
culling out a common wire screen in thu
second slory window , gain entrance ,
There was booty to hn hail in the hou
if ho could lind it. Hcscechlng the di.
Icctivo's good ofllces in cuso ho we
caught , he wont his way.
"That night that very dotoollvn laid iu'l '
wait at the alloy running out into Jack
son slrcct nour Green , whore ho could
overlook the jioroh of the liouso Indi
cated , There ho lurked until ho saw his
creditor climb the fence , scale the poroh ,
enter the house , reappear with Ids swag
and , descending to the ground , sneaK
away. What iliii ho do ? Slocklon's tiger
or the lady query is no deeper , although
a cleverer , ptu/.lo. Ho opened fire on
him. He cuiiio armed with two self-cock-
ing revolvers , and ho emptied them both.
How the poor devil escaped is a mystery
10 mo. ' 1 ho thief drooped most of lug
plunder. Ho recognized his assailant ,
and it so rattled him lhat ho was good for
no moro burglaries and , being unable to
make good hi < < pledge to the .saloon
keeper , begged enough money to get out
of town on.
"Hut that h not all ; the detective recovered
covered tlio swag dropped by the thief ,
told u cook and bull < < lory to tlio news
paper reporters who wrote up a ha t
column or more about the battle , nnd
wound up by uccepting $ GOfrom Iho verv
man whoso house ho had caused lo bu
bnrgluri/.ud. "
NEATLY BEATEN.
How a. I'rojoctcil Hit tile ItoUbcry wns
Kflout mil ly If fut rat ell.
Cincinnati Lnquiror : "Talking about
neat doleetivo work , " said llio colonel
"llio oleanost-eut piece of work that 1
ever know to bo done wa.s a job by Lairy
llnzen in the duyo of Hult Uiloy. " '
"Kvcr been published , colonel ? "
"Mo. "
"What was it ? "
"One day Mr. Scarborough wont to
llnzcn and informed him that he wus con
vinced that the gang was making prepa
rations to rob his bunk , which was then
located on Third street , next to the
L'Vanklin bank. Ho .
g.ivo Larry a de
scription of the man who vljited the in
stitution for ( ho purpose , at ) lie suspected ,
of obtaining the i > lun of the building.
Larry was acquainted with Unit Uiloy ,
and was on quite good lerins with him.
He hunted tip Hult that evening , and
after inviting him lo take a drink , asked
him to take a wivlic. and they tramped
around lor several hours. Lurry talking
about everything he coukt think
of except tlio projected banlc
robbery. Ho treated Hutt to
all Iho drinks ho would take , and made
himself us onlertuining as ho could.
Every day und evening lor several sue-
coed ing days Larry made it u point to
run against Unit und entice him out for u
stroll. Finally , ono afternoon the two
were passing the old Ilcnrie house , on
Third street , and there was a man stand
ing in the doorway , to whom Larry paid
no attention , but to whom Hutt spoke in
a trioadlv way , culling him by name and
shaking bands with him. Although
Lurry pretended not lo take any i.otico
of the .stranger , ho didn't fail logeta
good look ut liun , nnd ho Hum know lliul
no was looking ut Iho man who hud
visited the bunk it wns intended to rob.
After satisfying himself Lurry remarked
to 15utt lhat ho wus going to a neighbor
ing saloon , und asked Hutt to come over ,
alter ho hud got through with his friend ,
and have a drink , or bring his frienil
with him. It afterward transpired that
subsequently to Lurry leaving the two
men the following conversation took
place between them :
" 'What does this mean ? " asked the
stranger. Have you sol up a job on moV
" 'Have I fret up a , job on you ? What
are yon talking about , man1
" 'Whut did yon stour that detective
againbt mo for ? 1 have been Keeping out
of his way over since I came to townand
ho never saw mo until this minute , when
yon bring him alone and rush up to me ,
call mo by mimic , shako bunds , and glvo
him u chance to make n mental photo
graph of mo. 1 lull you , the bank job I.H
oil' . I wouldn't now touch it with a fish
ing-pole as long as from hero to Now
York.1
" 'Uy heavens ! ' replied Bull , 'I've been
duped , old man. AH 1 live , 1 ne\er un
derstood until now Ihc scheme Iln/on
was working. I see through it all
now , though , lie bus been walking mo
around this town for three or four days
just for the purpose ot trapping mo into
11 meeting with you , in order that ho
might get a chance to identify you.
Hut so help mo , I never realised what ho
wus aiming ut until you explained llio
true state of atliiirn to mo.1
" 'Butt went to the saloon whore Lurry
Haiti hit would await him , and , extending
his hand , exclaimed :
" 'Lurry , old boy , I congratulate you.
You've beat rne as i never thought any
man coiil'l. Yes , sir , I never would
have believed Hint such n game could
have boon worked on mo. Pvo seen it
done on others , and have done It myself ,
but when I rcali/o lhat 1 huyo been
beaten at ono of my own tricks , I have
to throw up my hands. Let's take a
drink. '
" 'U'hat are yon coiling at ? ' queried
Ha/on , who pinlundrd that ho Uhln't
understand what Kiloy meant. 'Of
course I'll drink with you , but I don't
know what you are talking about , '
" ' ' ' 'You've
'That's all right , said Hull ,
got jour man , and just in tlino , loo.
That H llio fellow you were looking /or ,
but the job is oil * . '
"Tho bunk was to have been robbed
lhat night or the next , but the slrunger
disappeared , and was nuvor teen again
by Huzi'ii , An investigation of the
b'uildlng in which tlio bunk was located
allowed oxidences of llio prupunitlonn
madi ) by Iho robbers to consummate their
work , and it certainly would have boon
done had not llu/eii got to see lu.s man in
time"
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