Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 25, 1887, Page 2, Image 2
TTTO OMAHA DAILY BEEi .TUESDAY , ' JANUAKY 25 , 1887. PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS After Many Delays the CommiKsidner's Rs- port is R-tceirod From the Printer. SOME INTERESTING FACTS. A Woiimn Uin Ilcejlplcnt or Governor Tlinycr'n I-'Irstl'm-don lnillctln tlio Train \VrcoUcrs The T. P. A. fritoM TUB nun's The report of the commissioner of public lands and buildings , ono ot the most Important reports submitted bien nially to the stale , has , after vexatious delays , come from the hands of the print ers and is ready for thdtiso and guidance of the legislators. The report is n lengthy one , but it is a complete and ac curately compiled report of the busiest ofllco at the stale house. The commis sioner's report of school lands shows that at the time of the last report the stale had In common school lands n total of 2,08.1,5W ! acres. Thiswas on November 80 , 1831. There have been deeded to pur chasers In the two years to November 80 , 1880 , Sj.OOII acres , leaving at the present time in which tlio state yet holds the tttlo a total of 2,037.931 acres. The num ber of acres of school land leased in the last past two years shows a total of 23.V 723 acres leased in sixty-two dl Huron t counties in the state , Keith county showIng - Ing the greatest number of acres leased , Frontier county second in Iho list , with Ilrown county a close third. Tlio small est 'number of acres leased in any ono county comes from Ncmaha , with a ton- acre tract. There were in the past two years 11,1)70 ) acres sold at public sale in twelve different counties on which there was paid at the time of sale $11,013.55 and on which there remains yet unpaid $107i2l.83. : During this time there has been Hold at private sale 1123,141 acres of land , njion which has been realized $ ll.'laii.f5 : ! and the deferred payments on these sales aggregates $813,3U5.'I8. In the past two years there reverted to the state 8YJOO acres from defaults in lease contracts and sales. The table of lands under lease and Halo that are delinquent In payments more than one year shows that there is due thu slate on these de linquencies about $30,000. There are now in the sin to according to the commissioners report U1U.M7 acres under lease , having un appraised valuation upon which rental is collected of R01IVJ15 15. There arc in Ihe slalo nt the present ropoit JD8.M' ) acres of school land under contract of sale which brings to lliu state an annual of interest on payments deferred of ! ? -0318u.85 ! ! and the total amount of cash received in thu past two yours on ( inal payments for which deeds were issued $ ! > , Vi,2'J.O ; I , 83,008 acres passing from the control ot the stale to purchasers on these pay ments , The state at this biennial report owns in agricultural college lands that are lo- catcd in Hurt , Cedar , Cuming , Dakota , Dixon , Pierce and Wayne counties a total of 88,000 acres , only 480 acres of these lands passing from tlio state in the two years. Nine thousand acres of ag ricultural college lands were leased in the two years , and 0,500 acres of these lands located in Cedar. Dixon , Knox and Wayne counties ruvurted to the state in that timo. The principal on sales , inter est on leases , annual interest on sales of agricultural lands has amounted in the two years covered by the report to $55,000. The statements of university and nor mal school lands show the same ratio practically of sales , receipts , etc. , for llio years covered by llio report , the princi- nal on sales in the time , interest on louses and annual rentals on university lands amounting in round numbers in the two years to . 0,000. The recapitulation of all the state lauds show that the amount of land owned by the state on the 1st ot December , 18SO , Was , combining the totals of common school lauds , agricultural college lands , university lands , normal school lands. saline lands and penitentiary , a grand tolnl of 8T80Q37 acres , a heritage of wealth to Ihe educational interests of Ne braska unparalleled in the history of any other slate in the union. I'AIIDONKI ) FOR TIIR I1A11V. Yesterday Governor Tliaj or issued the papers for the pardon of Nellie Dankart , sentenced to the penitentiary from Custcr county last Juno on the charge of bigamy. Thu following statement of Governor Thayer is furnished for pub lication : "KxnruTtvi : Ornri : , LINCOLN ; Neb , , I Ji.nuury . .M. 1SM7. f "In thn matter ot the application ot Nelllo Dnnkart , "II npiiuars thai she was convicted at tLo Juno term , IfcKO , of the district court In Ous ter county of bigamy , and sentenced by Judge K. 0. Hauler , toKothur with her husband , to the penitentiary lor one year. "It appears also by the cuitlficnto of Dr. .f. 0. Carter , the physician of tlio penitentiary , that slin will bo dullvcrcd of a child in all prormbllltyvlthin a week. "It appears Ms > o that Judge llamcr , before whom nlie nnd lior husband were tried , H. .M. Sinclair , district attorney who prosecuted thoc.iso , C. 11. Nolios. warden uf the nenl- tuntmry. Dr. Carter , thu physician , nnd KMer 1 * . W. Howe , chaplain of thu penitentiary , linvo nil nulled in earnestly rccoiiiniRiiiliii ) ; the patdoii o ( the said Nelllo Duukarl tor thu reason above iilvpn. "Helm ; iim\illlinr that llio fiticnia of Iwln ; horn of a convict in the penitentiary shall foiovcr aftorwnids clint ; to tliulife of tluinow unborn child , 1 IKIVH this day ( 'Miitcd a full pardon. "Her time , If she set ved her term , would uxplro about the nrst of April this yoxr. "Kid tor tlie reason above stated , 1 should nut Interfuie. " ixmon.sv Tim M'HF.OKKUS. Hoforo the United States grand jury yesterday United States District Attorney Lamborlson called up the case of train wrecking in Otoo county , proceeding to indict tint parties now in jail at Nebraska Cilv for obstructing the United States mail. Presumably ibis action is brought so that the murderers will havu thu grip of thu United Statc.s hanging upon them if in any case they .should escape justice in the lower courts. Thu shunfl' and a couple of attorneys from Olou county are in tlio city presumably on that business. In the trial court the nttnrnoys were arguing the civil damage suit against thu H. & M. , and thu nuxl case on llio nail will be the case that comes from Crulo , Foss vs. Hatch , relating to the s.nlu of homo itook in the stale bank 01 Crolo. TI1KT. P. A. HAXQWirr. The hoys of Lincoln Test A , , who are inaugurating a grand ball and banquet for the pvoning of Fubrtinrv 11 , are agree- uhlyMirurlsnd at llio warm support they arc receiving from the public. Already over CIO tickets havu been sold and ft promises to be lha great e\ent of the winter. At a recent moeling of the post , in view of the prospects , a number ol eoinmhUvs were rearranged and en larged to mod lliu e.\igoni'ius of Iho oc casion , thu committees on lloor and re ception being chiingod as follows ; Floor Committee- Frank Hartholomow , C. K. Katon , Will Whitman , J 1) ) . Hilov , 1 , J. dishing H L. Lipplueott , W. II. Vnnhorn , H K. Cooper. On Heccptioii S , P. ! .r ! iia mm Imly ' u , i awreuce jmd lady , ( l , M. Cotton nud lady. L. W. Garroutu and lady , Colonel A , I' . Martin and l dy , Fred A. \Vllsan and lady. C. W. Chambers nnd lady , George 11 Clarke and lady , F , A. Fnlkcnbunr nnd lady , C. W. 1'oorfltid lady , F. II. Sonus and lady , William Vcidner and lady , W. B. Taylor and ady , F. J. Curtis and Ifidy. ADOt'T TUB CITY. At the calm and quiet hour of midnight Sunday night a couple of pistol shots were hcird revcrbratlng on Ihe air In Iho vicinity of an alley near Icnth street. A member of the police force was quickly on the ground by both himself and the volunteer force that quickly gathered Hailed to find any clue to the cause of the shooting. The hay market is lively in the clly the present days nnd Market square is crowded dally with fanners' teams who 30tnc to the Lincoln market. Sixty-one loads were competing for sales at the noon hour yesterday. Every holcl in the city has been busy Lho last few days disposing of and return ing cots to wholesale furniture houses that were called to use during the crowds of llio past week , Lach hotel contrib uted two or tlirco dray loads in clear , ing up. There was no police court yesterday morning , not one arrest having been made the two nrcviousdays. Thoupathy , however , was broken during the day and before noon two drunken men were lodged behind the bars. The policemen of Lincoln are in favor of financial reform In Iho city. They at present get the largo salary of ? 00 a month In city greenbacks that they have to discount 'JO per cent in order to gut the c.ish. It is very evident that thu city ought to exert itself in the matter of financial alJ. for policemen. AT THI : HOTELS. Among the Ncbraskans who were ar rivals at the capital city yesterday were noted the following : W. 11. Mungor , Fremont ; G. II. Franco , York : F. P. Ire land. S. II. Calhonn. K P. Warren , Ne braska City ; C , S. Montgomery , Omaha ; A. 11. Skinner , Utiea,1t. ; ) Hawley , Fre mont , T. U. Patterson , North I'latto ; F. A Dean , Ulysses ; .L E. Loiiiaster , To- cumsuli : A. S , Baldwin , I'liim Creek ; invight Hull. Omaha ; . ! . II. Gray , David Cily , U" . H. Conger , Loup City ; A. H. Arbucklo , H. M. tiimms , A. L. Hurr , Alma ; A. J. Vonner , Exoler ; P. 1 > . Grace , Omaha : L. J. Hlvmur , Grand Island ; C. J. Abbey , Falls City ; T. Hiordan , Omaha ; .1. F. Cox , Aurora ; Wash McCul- loin , Ii. D. Mitrnett. F. Hrauur , Nebraska Uity T IT snows Hint HI VSH. lliu Story of Splcx' Inamorata and Her Pet I'ooillo. CuiCAno , Jan. iM. [ Special Tclecram to the UKn.J Onu of thu best known and most successful of North Side physicians says that one extremely cold night lately lie had pio- pmud himself for bud alter a loair and ardu ous day of labor. It wa nearly midnight when he not Into bed and ho was nt nnco awakened by a loud nminc. Descending to the door a messenger p\ve him the follow ing note : K0 ! Huron Street Dear Doctor ; I'lenso hasten here. Our l-'loieiicu Is very 111. Wo fear shu has a very seveio attack of dlph- theiia. Despite the exticmo cold weather nnd howlltic wind it required only a moment to cause thu doctor to determine to do his duty. Dressing himself with all haste possible ho hurried around to S0 ! Huron street. Upon ontcriiiR the liouso ho wns greeted by n cho rus of j clps from a lot of pu ? dogs. A jounc Imly with tear-stained eyes came foruard to meet him. "Oh , doctor. " she said , "I am so glad you have come. Poor , dear Florence Is ho very ill. " "Well , take mo to her at OHM. " replied the doctor. "Dinhthcrlais not dilllcult to con trol K taken hold ot in timo. " With that the young lady becan chnslnc the dogs around thu room , and at last caught the very ugliest pug in the lot and brought it in her arms to the now thoroughly bewildered physician. "Hero she Is , doctor. Tills Is my poor sick little Florence. Is it diphtheria do you think , doctor ? " The man nf mpdlclno was by this time almost sulTocatert with rage. "Undoubtedly It is diphtheria , " ho roared. "Vou had bolter drown your poor dear little Florence , or she will give diphtheria to the rest of the pups und you will cct It from them , " nnd then ho made n rush for the door , leaving flliss Nina Van Xnndt .stnmllne like a weeping llelio , surrounded by her pugs and refusing to bo comlortcd. Fatal liollor Explosion. rrrrsuimo , Pa. , Jan. 24. Tlio explosion of a bollur occurred at Spang & Co.'s Iron works nt Ktnaboiough , near this clly , lids morning. The mill was badly wrecked and one man named Patterson was inbtaully killed. The battery of four boilers which exploded this morning at Span ? , Chalfort & Co.'s steel and iron woiks completely wrecked the bar mill department , besides killing one man nnd mortally injiuinc two others. The concussion was so gieat that It shook houses for miles nround , shattering windows In the vicinity of thu mill. Thu ruin wrought in the mill by the explosion was complete. The building wad Inid low nnd machinery broken and scattered in nil directions. The damage will cxcocd.Sno.000. 'I'liu cause of the explosion is not known. There wore very few men nt work In the mill nt the time. The mill was thu larcost one in the city and was the lirst 0110 to use natural gas. William Carvllle , who was so badly scorched this morning , died about 11 o'clock. Twelve uereons were more or less Injured , but none ot the others will die. Illnino CnngrntuIatcH Dnvltt , Nnw Youif , Jan. 24. James ( } . lilalno has sent a letter to Patrick Ford , who was chairman - man of the Michael Davltt demonstration , acknowledging the rccelut of an Invitation to a meeting in Now York called to honor Michael Davltt on tlio eve of his ictiirn to his native land and rugrettinc his Inability to at- tond. Ho congratulates Davltt upon the cor diality with which ho has been ovmywherc received , as lie has traversed the country from ocean to ocean ivnd says Davllt can carry with him thu assurance and evidence that thu crent must nf American clti/ens , without regai d to polltlc.il or religious ditrcr- enco. sympathi/u with liishmcn in their struggle lo bo relieved from the poverty which oppresses thorn and In thuir ullorts to secure piotoutlon and advantage of locnl goturumcut. CJnrlnml niicl lUu Miller Hill. WASiiiNOTorf , Jan. 21. A committee rep. resenting the Consolidated Cattle Growers' ' association called upon Attorney General Garland this morning In company with Hep lesmitutlvu Springer , of Illinois , and Judge J. M. Cawy , delegate from Wyoming , with a view lo arriving at the Iriilh of certain re ports holng industriously circulated to the ef fect that the nttoniuy general I mil given an iidiuiso opinion lel.ulwi to tlio constitution ality ofllie Miller bill for thu suppiessloii of iiluiiro-pnuumoiiln , now pending in congress. Tlio committee icport tlmt ( iailnnd denied emiiimtieiilly havinz given expression to any such viu\\s. ills iccord in the buimtu. ho said , would show thai lie fnvoicd the p.isago of an elTcctivo inw to deal with this disease , nnd ho hud no occasion to change his mind upon tlmt Mihiret. Ho stated that ho had not given tlut Miller bill itny hpecinl conilUtjr- ntion and thurcfoiucomd not luive given any .such opinion concoriiliig it as had been at- ttibtitud to ill m. Mrssonsror Kotlinrlnglinm'ii Onso. ST. horn , Jan. 21. On the advice of At torney tK'tifiul lloono the st.itu wanton of the penitentiary nt Jefferson City to-day 10- fusnd thi ) application of tlio attorney for Kx < press Messenger Fotheringhnm , accused ol Mug ueottisory to tint "Jim Ctimmlngs" train tobbuiy , tolmvo convicts Witltock and llaight brought to this city next Monday to testify In the trial of the inesM-Mnrer. The stain supieam court will now be a Ued for n writ ol hulioas corpus and tu&titicntidum , and it Hi in pioveuosuccussiiil then ttm deposi tions of tlio prisoners \ \ ill bo taken. Carpel Mnker Strike. NfewYonu , Jan. 24. Two thousand rtve hundred men and ghU employed atE. S. HIK IIIB A : Co.'s carpet manufactory struck this morning. The girls about 1,5)0 In all , went to their 11011103 as did also most of thu men , Xu tro.iblu wa < made by the strikers. Sou'iiU-iHc. lahnrers that reniainad a.t wnk about thu tiulldlug were not disturbed. Tlio striUo was the result ot thu dlbchuo ; * ; uf cur ain employes. The firm Is one of the largest n this line In the United Stitcs. The facto ries occupy both sides of Forty-third 'street from Klovcnth avenue to the river. The pro- luct nt the establishment amounts to SO.WO.ooo a year. Pntrisr MCGIynnVi TronMcs. NEwYoitK , Jan. JH.-Ncarly 600 of Dr. McOlynn's parlshlocrs thronged about the cnttanco to SU Stephen's church to-night where It had jccn announced that the committee of larlohloners would make ft report to the full body. At 7 o'clock rather Donnelly , flar.kcd on either side by policemen , appeared Inside he locked and barred iron gate to the church moment and said the thurch was closed and no meeting would bo held. To-morrow night It will bo determined when and where n monster meeting shall bo had to hear the committee report. Swept Ily n Cyclone. Loxno.V , Jan. 21. Dispatches from Hrls- jane , the capllol of Queensland , state that that colony has been swept by a fenrlul cy- lone , accompanied by a rainfall ot such ex traordinary copiousness that twenty Inches ot water fell In a short tum1. The result has jeon disastrous Hoods. In Ihe city of Kris- jane home of the thoroughfares nro sub merged to n depth ot twenty Inches. The city s entirely cut oil by Hoods from Its suburbs. Reports say that many persons have been drowned. Tlircntone.a Strike lu .Scotland. ( li.Atuow , Jan.I. . At n conference ot Scotch coal miners , It was resolved if Ihodn- mantled Increase of sixpence per day was not crantcd all the coat miners In Scotland would strike at the end of the week. Nebraska nnd Iowa Wontlior. Tor .Nebraska and Iowa : Colder , fair weather. TMIiKGltAPIt NOTE3. A dispatch fiom Cairo says that the Ahvs- filnl.iiis have captured llonar , duleatlng thu nmcor. 1'latos wore laid for 025 guests at the ban quet given to Mlchaul Davitt In Now York hist iiight The Illinois legislature met yesterday nf- lei noon at 5 o'clock and attar a short session adjourned. Tlio annual reports of the president nnd treasurer nf Harvard college are to bo given to the public to-day. The English forclsti ofllco denies ( hat It lias ollicial knowledge that the relations between France and Germany point to imminence of war. war.A A sneclal from Oil City , 1'a. says that tlio residence ol 11. L. Itoss , nl Fein City , v ns desttoyed by hio and Ins four children cre mated. Tlio Kotininnlnn government lias informed the nulhoiitie.snt Sol'm of the discovery ol n plot , with Ihe center at Sllviilt/a , to excite Urn people to a icvolt. At a meetlng'tjundav of members nf the UilhPian church at Oshkosh , Wis. , thirty Knights ol Labor were given four weeks to renounce thu order or leave the church. IJrovltic.H. Fully one-fourth of the prisoners fa'- rnigncd before Judjo Stenborg yesterday were from Iowa. The Ilubrow Benevolent society desires to return thanks to Chase & Sanborn for coll'oe furnished at the charity ball and to Gladstone < fi Co. for oysters furnished , The city council will on the 8th of February slart for a trip over the Missouri L'acilic at the invitation of General Man ager Chirk , The trii > will probably ex- lend as far soulh as New Orleans. The police yesterday found several coils of copper wire , weighing about ono hun dred pounds , concealed near Twelfth and Jones street. It had evidently been stolen and ' planted" there by some thief. On next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock a meeting of Mexican war veter ans will bo held at Desmond's hall on Tenth street to talk over the Mexican war pension bill , which now awaits the signature of the president , and which uti lities every veteran to ? 12 uer month. It is supposed that there are about eighteen veterans of the war mentioned in this city. _ _ Cvnr 1OO Varieties of Iho purest and best toilet soaps made by Cologato & Co. Cashmere liouquet the Standard. _ _ Fast Track haying In Noliranlcn. A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat , writing from Pawnee City , Nob. , January C , says : On the 1st of October last , the Chicago , Kansas & Nebraska railway , which is a western ex tension of the Chicago , HOCK Island & Pacilic railroad , commenced to lay Irack west of the river from St. Josopli , Mo. , and have pushed it with lightning rapidity , uniil at this present writing they have completed in a most superb nnd substantial manner 250 miles of road ready for operation ono of the finest and most substantial railroads west of the Missouri river. They are laying track at three different points. On the 18th of December last , at a point midway between McCords ( Kan. land Dubois ( Neb. ) Mr. Wm. O'Lcary , fore man of the track-laying force , laying west on the northwest extension , and who is reputed by expert railroad men to bo the most able track-layer in the west , laid in nine hours with a force of eighty- one men 10 , IHO feet of track , tied , bpiked and lined , ready for trains to run DM foot less t linn two miles. On the -lib insl. . at n point four miles west of Dubois , Mr.n O'Lcary and his force of men laid -1,200 foot of track on an un-grado of thirty-live feet to thu milu ia Iwo nonrs and forty minutes that is 3 10 feet over thrcu-fourlhs of a mile in complete run ning order. The day's work performed on this day , complete und m running order , was 8,200 feet of track lai.l in live hours and forty minutes. This is thu fast est traok-laying on _ record performed with a Harris machine orany other track- laying machine now in use. To reali/o or comprehend Iho magnitude of this ex traordinary amount of work performed in such a short pace of time none but a practical and experience railroad man can comprehend when ho knows that it requires the following amount of material to lay n mile of track : Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-two cross-ties , 211'JOO pounds of steel rails , 10,5(10 ( pounds of fish plates or angle bars , 13,000 pounds of spikes , 1,200 pounds of bolts and nuts , and lifty pounds nut-looks and washers. Thus Mr. O'Leary can claim the honor of the fastest truck-laying on record. It't \ u Short Maul , Chicago Herald : A seedy-looking man got aboard a Chicago As Northwestern train at Itacino the other day , The train was about two miles out of Kaeino when the conductor caino up and asked him for his ticket. "Ain't got any but am a railroad man myself. " "Whore do you want to g "Chicago. " "Well " said the , good-natured con ductor , reaching for the bull rope , "I'll do the best 1 can for you " "Thanks , thanks. We railroad men should stand together. " "Yes. Wo have a heavy train to-day , and this is a down grade along hero. 1 think the train will run about liftmen hundred foot before it conies U ) a stop , I'll carry you that far with pleasure. " A minute or two later thu seedy-look ing man was jumping oft' inlo llio snow. "You're kind " ho said " very , , "to carry mo oven this far. Hut , scoln's wo'ro bolh railroad men , you know , couldn't you change yum * mind aud take me a little farther ? " "Sorry T can't oblige you , " replied the canduutor , waving a "go-ahead" signal to the engineer , "but the fact is that wo have to bo very particular since congress has got to imsMiig laws governing rail roads. Under the law the most that I can do for you is to give vou Ubhorthau ) , day.1 And the train pulled itself on iu the direction of Chicago , CORSES SOT LOUD BUT DEEP , Popular Resentment at tha Treachery of a ' ' Venal anu'frecro'ant Legislature. THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT. It Can No IjotiRor Ho Posltionptl Sen timents From the 1'ooplo Which \VI1I Do Kc-Echncd Throu li. out Nebraska. Trotters From tbc People , Among ninny loiters that nro pouring Into thii onicc from every section of the stale , the following are expressive nnd suggestive of llio popular ruscnlment whlcli is everywhere felt over the Ucfoat of Senator Vun Wyok : FKIIMONT , Neb. , Jan. St. To the Kil- Itor of the Jir.i : : 1 fuel ns ncctitoly ns vou possibly can the defeat of Uonural Van Wyok. For the friends who stayed with us ( it matters not of what party ) praises ; for the scoundrels who were the mantle of Van Wyck only to got into the legislature , and tlicn deserted us , curs ings , "not loud but deep , " Again are wo relegated to the roar once ngain when victory snomed almost within our roach do wo grasp a phantom and not a reality. 1 know not whoso fault it is J blame no one for the miscarriage but I recognize the circct. Whither is thu republican party drifting ? The temperance resolu tion of the last state convention , the nom ination of thu corporation capper , Church Howe ; the defeat of the people's cham pion , Senatoi Van Wyck , and the election of one in his stead whoso only recommendation is nnd ha ? boon , subserviency to corporate power pro- saco , in my judgment , anything but good for the party with which yon and 1 nave been PO long connected. Can you discern behind the cloud the silver lining , or is this fair stale this gem of ours , situated midway between the two oceans this land so rich , so fertile , so beautiful , to bo "loaned out like to a tenement or pi'ltcring farm , " "bound in with shame , with inky blots and rotten parchment bonds ? " To j'ou , my dear friend , whose notes , clear and distinct , tittered through your powerful .journal , do wo turn lor com fort. Ever with the people , over voicing their sentiments , the mi ; : , I am confident , will continue to bo in the future , as it has been in ( he past , the Moses that will lead us into fairer political lands and conipol all parties to deal justly with the people. Such is your mission ; it will succeed it cannot fail. A. J. L. Rocrct nnd Indignation. Scntrvj.nu , Neb. , Jan. sa. To the Kditor of the Hii : ; ; The defeat of Charles Van Wyck was received with deep regret and keen indignation by the people of Colfax county , who expressed their preference by giving him a handsome majority in the last election. The rcan who received r 0,000 votes by the people of this state , and it Is sato to say , was the choice of (50,000 ( more , were it not that in the turmoil of a general election local issues crowded out the sena torial question , was snubbed by a sub servient , servile legislature. The sovereign eign people of Nebraska will not forget thu insult. The friend of tiic soldier and soldiers' widows is removed from the high place , where ho ( .0 eiloctuully gave them his time and assistance ; the farm ers and producers lost their best and truest friend in the halls of congress. The railroad republicans incompact with railroad democrats and their hordes of Hessians , decapitated the champion of the people. The sacrifice is made , and Moloch 'ban be satisfied. The Omaha Republican , World and Lincoln Journal may now write triumph ant editorials , and , even if not read by the people , may have the gratification to see them copied by a few dependent and submissive country sheets. The poli ticians may sneer and laugh at the de feated leader and his firm adherents. Hut let them remember that 50.000 loyal voters and earnest workers can neither bo laughed or sneered out of existence. Let the Grand Army of the Republic drape their lialla in mourning ; lower your Hags and banners ye Knights of Labor ; mourn ye tillers of the soil for your advocate and friend has been shamefully betrayed and sold , as only Christ was sold by Judos. "Let him who sowcs the serpent's teeth not think to reap u joyous harvest. " The avenging angel has already drawn his llaming sword. "John Urown" was dead , but his soul kept a marching on. Van Wyck , the champion of the people , could bo re moved by treachery from his position of usefulness , but the principle ho advo cates is yet living , still growing and marching on forever. KOTIITA. Ho Has Neither Head Nor Tnll. BUTTON , Neb. , Jan. 21. To the Kditor of the UnK That : railroad-and-spoils-sys- tem organ of Omaha under the cloak of democracy lashes and foams because n few honcFt and conscientious democrats , see ing thu impossibility of electing a demo. crat , voted for Hon. Charles II. Van Wyck for United State.s senator. The editorials of thus organ , the Herald , were read aloud here in the hearing of several prominent democrats and received the opprobrium they diiiorvcd. It will bo in teresting to Dr. Miller , of Omaha , to know that he has not the democratic party of .Nebraska by the tall as ho nn agines. A. DKMOCKA.T. First KolMikn From the People. Nui.ifiii. Neb , Jan. 22. To the Kditor of the liii : : : The straight republi cans of this place held a rousing meeting last night to exprc. > s their indignation on the defeat of Senator Van Wyok. A Ste vens was called to the chair and L. 1) ) . Warner acted as secretary. After sev eral stirring speeches the following reso lutions were unanimously adopted : Hi'solvPd , That In the defeat of ( ienornl C. H. N'an Wyck for United Stntos senator Hit1 republican party nnd the tnllins masses goii' urnlly have lost their most fearless mlvocatp. Uesolved , That YO | tender our heartfelt thanks to .Senator Itmiulns for his falthf uli.o is te the iili'ilKcs taado his constituents Resolved , That xrpr deeply condemn our representative tor lieiivs tnlse to Ills to the \otnrs of this county. Resolved , That tlip seventy old soldiers In Xellgh and the iioo jn Antslopo county deplore - plore tlio defeat ot uieir KalHnt comtndo by the combined power .of cornornto monopo lies. J. . Ii , WAHNI : ! : , _ " Uecietaty. Vnn Wyokjlfrtlll I/lvo . JrNiAT * , Nob. , Jan. 24. Tojtho Kditor of the Hen : The defeat of Senator Van Wyck has cast a dcup fooling of sorrow all over this section i > f the country. The corporate- powers ttvH ? Hud out in the end that their victory Was dearly bought. Party lines , in the future , wjll bo thrown to one tide , 4 > nd this meess.int prating about ' 'straight republicanism" buried # 0 deep that it will never again bo a stench in tha nostrils of decent people. J. H. Icuio's C.-no. BOSTO.V , Jan , "H. The case of Itlchanl.I. Lane , charged with ombe/zllne S150.000 while president of the Ablngton National bank , was callt'd to-day. The dlstiict attor ney said Lane had not profited by his wrong ilolnr. ] | u lind muito alt the restitution In his power and tlio MSB would probably bu roniiiiomUeU. Tiio hearlni ; was therefore heldou'r , All Ilnpuldlca Should Celebrate. \ \ A8iu.NOTO.Jan. . 21. Jtojire ciitatlve TawDsheutl to-day Introduced a bill to pro vide for Iho joint celebration by tne eixtt'en Aiuc-rlcan loinibllc.s InlStfJln honor of the ceuli'jiui l of thocousJilutloii of Iho t > ar ; lt " - of the l , uitvJ States , PATTI'S ADOPTED DAUGHTER. llio l.tttlo Nlcco to Whom She Will Give CrnlR-j--\o9. New Orlcan ? Times-Democrat : In an interview with Mme. Carlo Patti , yester day some very interesting facts were gleaned in regard to the lovely prima donna. i'atti-Nicolini , as she loves to call liersclf , as well as further information concerning her plans lor the little New Orleans niece , who has so recently had a fairy-like future opened. It seems that while Adolina was at the St. Charles hotel she took all the neces sary steps for securing a pretty daughter. A notary public was sent for and papers drawn up establishing her legal right to the little Carllna. She has formally adopted her brother Carlo's child , mak ing her , as far as law f is concerned , her own. In this document she stales that ft om this time forth , she , Adeltna , is re sponsible for the young girl's future. To the mother , who for her daughter's own welfare is giving her only child up , Mme. L'attl gives every assurance of her tender and loving care. She said that no expense should bo spared to make Carllna a cultivatedbrilliant woman. Already nn accomplished lady is engaged to travel with the party as governess for the young lady. She will have masters to finish her in the languages and music , "Hut as for singing , " said the cele brated cantatrico , turning and patting her nlccc affectionately on the shoulder , "that 1 shall attend to myself. 1 intend , if you develop a voice , to allow no one to train It save myself. Won't wo have a good time , too , at Craig-y-nos , warbling like two birds togethcrl" There is one point , however , on which Mine. I'atti insists , and that Is that Car- Una shall give no thought to the stage. In fact , she stateil positively that except with the greatest men and women of the profession her ulcco should have no in tercourse. Possibly she fears the strong strain of artistio blood that must course through the young girl's veins. Another subject on which the diva spoke emphatically was that Carlina should never bo forced into a mercenary marriage. Her own painful experience with her aristocratic and titled husband , the Marquis do Cau.v , would teach her to guard this newly acquired daughter against such shoals. The maiden is to bo allowed to cheese a man after her own heart , no pressure to be brought to bear save for her own good. When the young heiress is won her gracious aunt intends bestowing , as a legal dower , the beautiful Welsh castle "Craig-y-nos" to the bride. Who can say in thu face of this that ono castle in Wales docs not far outweigh half a do7.cu airy establishments in Spain ? Madame Patti , in speaking of herself , said that now she had a whole promising , nourishing family. Her husband , Senor Nicolini , has four children two daugh ters who are satisfactorily married , ono son in the French army , and another who gives great promise in the Comcdio Francais. These are botli handsome , still wart young fellows , wlio adore their lovely little stepmother , being as abject slave's of her caprice as the thousands who have known no greater delight than to lay their hearts and fortunes at her disdainful feet. Yesterday when the pretty little Italian girl went to the Locquot-Lcroy institute to tell her teachers and schoolmates of the great good fortune that lay before her , she laughed and cried by turns. Throwing her arms about MissMoiso's neck , she said of course she was glad and happy , but the tears came from gros cccur she could not overcome. She has been a favorite with all her associates for the sweet winning ways that were her great est attraction. And when she produced the four dozen big photographs her aunt had ordered taken there were many who begged earnestly for ono. The mother , who has so bravely sur rendered her precious and only chad for the good that will ultimately como , will go to Europe later , and already the mother and daughter are laying charming plans for the long daj-s they will pass to gether in the far-away Welsh palace. PREHISTORIC AFRICA. Tlio Ucniarkiiblo Rulna tliat Ilnvc noon Found Among Sixvnjjns. New York Sun : The readers of Mr. Haggard's new story "She" will remem ber that when his little party of adven turers passed in their boat Irom thu sea into an Kast African river , the. > found on the bank a wall ot stone that had evi dently been a solidly constructed wharf in some remote period. In a foot note he justifies this conceit by alluding to the rnlnf1 of a very ancient city on the coast tit Kilwa , south of Zanzibar. It happens that 500 miles nearer the region in which lie has placed his story there are evi dences of a past civilization that arc in comparably greater tlun those ho men tions. Some way south of the Zambesi river there is a large region extending from the sea nearly four hundred miles inland , and three hundred to four hundred miles toward the south , in which ruins are con- htantly being discovered , proving that in prehistoric times the country was in habited by a civilised people. To-day only thu rudest black tribes inhabit this land , save in a few places where the Portuguese have established htations. The little bee-hive huts of the natives are seen among massive ruins betokening a degree of architectural skill which rivals that of the ancient Aztecs. Our knowl edge of these ruins is still far from per fect. Our earliest records of travel and trade on the east African coast , extend ing back to the beginning of the Chris tian era , do not mention them. Only in recent year.s have the travels of Selous , Kr.skinu , Matich , liaincs , Mohr , and O'Neill ' revealed to us the monumental evidences this country contains. Thu coast town Sotala is shown on till maps of Kast Africa. Near that town Carl Mauch found c.\tunsivn rums re markable for their enduring naturu and strange shapes. There are partly ruined walls , still thirty foot high and twelve feet wldo at the base , built of small hewn blocks of granile. In thcau walls , some times fitUiou to twenty feet from thu ground , am imbedded ono em' of blocks of stone eighteen to twenty foot long , which were evidently used to support gal leries. Hero and there , built in the walls or standing by _ themselves , nro round stone towera which evidently rose to heights of thirty to fifty fcut. Similar masses ot masonry are found as hiirh as ! ! " ) ! ) miles inland and a little north near the coast. H is not positively known yet who built thi'M ) ancient btruot- tires. .No trained tirclurologist has visited them , and yet no Nu.irch has been made for inscriptions , though O'Noill says he has no doubt from what ho has recently heard that there are numerous inscriptions on the ruins about Maulca. All thu < .n ruins are surrounded by surface gold mines. It is believed that all this country was occupied seine time before the Christian er.i by a great colony , probably of Phu-nician origin , and that its chief occupation was gold mining. Mr. O'Neill says that those numerous ruins arc nearly as well preserved as tho'-o ' of ancient Kgypt , and bolter than those of Asirylu. .Some day , no doubt , ( hey will bo eyotumulicaJly studied Their existence shows conclusively that a largo region in inner Alrica , norv given up to savage men and wild boasts , was subject many centuries ugo to the control of n people "who were considerably ad- in the arts of civilization. Tl o Fire Mccoril. Kninsviu.n , N. C. , Jan. 2-Tho ! Plp < l- mont hotel , J-tar warehouse and eight stores were burned ibis mom lug. Loss , SCO.COO ; Insurance feS.ooa Harguin17 x.l70 , Hartley st. nearSOth , improved , $35,000. S. A. SI.OMAK ; I3iy rarnum St , THE TOWN SITE OCTOPUS. The "Way In Which the B. & M , Inside Ring Ilo cs the Public , THE LEECHES AT WORK. More OtttrnceotiH Proceedings of tlio Iilncotn Imiitl Company. McCooK , Neb. , Jan. 2J. [ Correspond ence of the HER. ] The Hun has had the courage to make FOIUO thrusts at the Lin coln. Land nnd Townsito company , nnd very properly it seems to me , It is ft needless concern which is odious to the residents along the line of the It. it M. and 1 find people everywhere praying for the advent uf the Hock Island , The following points may bo of interest : Until recently the United States laud oflico at McCooK has been located in a building owned by the Townsito com- ) any , which is situated on the top of the till north of town. It has been a cher ished scheme of the Townsito party , which of course includes all o ( the rail road men and holders of passes , to force business uu this hill. To this end they desired the retention of the land ofllco on the top ( hereof as useful in attracting pcoplo up there. They own not only the town as actually occupied , but the land surrounding tlio same on all sides for some distance. A daring man named Rider acquired a tract outside this limit and began tlio erection of dwellings on the same. The company Immediately with drew from market ail of its lots nearest him in order to isolate him and prevent the town from spreading towauls West McCook as Rider's addition is called. The intervening space is level ground and business naturally tends that wav , hence thu move to force it uu the lull described Is artificial and needs constant forcing. The now officers at McCook were approached preached during last fall by the owners of a now brick building one square from the railroad station , with oilers of con venient quarters and they soon came to terms , thu place being not only more convenient but a much more comfortable building being obtained. As soon as this leaked out a commo tion was observable among the Town site crowd. They at once brought their Held artillery to boar , and lidding that it did not dislodge the enemy trotted out the big guns. Phjllips himself went up to McCook and ollercd to bitiltl a two- story brick building at the top of thu hill if they would remain. Then the ariru- menl that tlio village would be ruined was brought to bear , and as a last resort hints of opposition to the coulirmalion of the register and receiver were dropped. Hut the register , having agreed with the banker mentioned , stood linn , and the safe and oilicc cilects wont down about the 20th of last mouth. Whereat the powers that have usually conducted things are wroth as much , I tlijnk , from the novelty of being defeated in one of their schemes as from any rbal damage to their interests by the outcome. It re mains to bo seen whether McCook will now drop into obscurity. Another item which ought to bo vonti- atcd is this : A young man in ono of the owns in the McCook district who is in ho employ of the H. & M. began a con. test against au entry made by another employe , alleging fraud therein and pos itively asserting his ability to fully prove his allegations. A great commotion is at once stirred up , ami presently the young man who brought the contest is advised by his superior located at Plattsmouth that unless ho withdraws the contest "it may become necessary to dispense with liis services. " Ho toolc thu hint , not desiring - siring to lo o his place. Sick headache and a sensation of op pression and dullness in the head , are very commonly pioduccd by indigestion ; morbid despondency , irritability and over sensitiveness of the nerves may , in a majority of cases , bo traced to the Bamo cause. Dr. J. 11. McLean's Liver and Kidney Halm and Pillots will posilivoly cure. Personal Parnsrai'is. | ESThe revenue collections yesterday were ? ! l,10300. F. W. May has returned after a six weeks' absence in the east. President Dotjd , of the Portland , Ore. , board of tradu , is in the city. Dr. Pfcifl'er , chief surgeon of the Union Pacilic at Denver , is in the city. A six days' race of four hours n day is the next prominent bicycle event. S. R. Callaway , general manager of the Union Pacilic , has returned from Chicago. M. Roscnthal , of San Francisco , is in the the of his brother-in-law city , guest - - , A. Mandelburg. W. N. Habcook , general agent of the Chicago & Northwestern road , has re turned from Chicago. In a practice race at the exposition building Per.body , Bullock a d Mittatier covered twenty miles in one hour and four minutes. Mr. E. IColluer , who is just recovering from a .severe sickness , desires to thank his friends for the many kindnesses bhown him during his illness. Wm. A. ' Hcatty ai'oungand enterpris ing business man of Chicago has recently located and gone into partnership in thu real estate and Joan business with Major F. S. Clarkson. A Car Ijlno to Honnon. C. K. Mayno , J. S. McCaguo and Er.istus A. Hunson made application to the county commissioners yesterday for a right of may for a street car line from West Ciiming street along the military road to Hunson. The petition was granted , and the county clerk instructed to enter into a proper contract with the parlies for the protection of the county's interests. < "on lifrown's JSronrliinl VYncJiej" will allay tlio Ii illation and ruffrrlng from I.n l l < llllr. l.i.rli at - l > * W I.I | l Ml Ml ) -rinM < wr * I r.rll.v.rtc , reiullu gttwa Induct ctloni or CSI'IHKM. rtirl vrjlt.utit Nlniunrl , Kl , ' f I fn * .l > r ItlO UHI4AT .IIAUh'I'O.- ' 1'KKATMKNT. HfMlra book ! * ! f bliouU 1 rnul by f& * lnVe ( rith IM rm 4l. ' > Mof tfOu MAKSTONRCMSDVCO IBHar Mcnt onOumlm Him. &THIEWA CERMAK rtSTHMA CUKE llr nOlonw Ihn mntt tl l nt atticl anA aruufortAl ki tjt < up KU MAIlIMj fr I. ! . , lleinc ufu-ilhrhilulition IMitrticnlilm. ) . ilnait ami ri-rinln. amir corn lath * In all cur t > I ca c A f miJotnl con. Hit i.-VTit ikipllcil Pn il' i ra < t 81 0,1 unjf rut , < ir I' } n il h ui.it | I'rri' for K.H'flirK Ahit rai"hn. , . Hey * ! niiJ I'nlloS SIMOI i iliui fulling uviryatutila / I Beiwaen Antwew & Hevj York TO THE RH1HE , GERMANY , ITALY , IIOL- LAKD AND FRAHCR. TAM. AMI WuNFKlt Calori from fCiO lo 875. BtcurAloa trio frntn fllO to II.u fiyoonJ Cbm. oiaVfWJ. t" ? prc-calU Hi ; ( 'xrurMini f > l. dto Tni-o II.T-III.- ( ) at low ratbs. 1'eti.r Wrlulit ixiaj. Uotiori A conn , u Uroajway , Now Vork "uiut , i is rt.i4ium.Uj i'iiuiicm k Oj. - l . it. U l-i'i 'iuin U.U-niu.\m | JACOBS OIL FOH KHEUMATISM. pviJir irt ttntmrnti tfit f / ( > ' Oil aniltt cunt , arc g uvn l < . ' if. _ from nn Indian MUMtmnry , Mnrrli.lSM St. AlulioiiMU Chun It. Gl < n' < Vnlls , N. Y. . I mil Vc ] > t In l > fil lijr rhoumMi tn , crip. rle < ) . iul nm trj-lnif FI.Jiuiil * oil. Oni riniiloni < ] iUrntluii lajoJ the } > uiu nn d gM laa coiufottaWo "Ircp. UEv.uN.6T.oxoir r. From Same 4 Year I LMer- rmancnll ; Cured. l.ltn' < rnlKX. V , t'U. a. " , ItNj. I > crrtliln < fxllnUo rcliu o ti.o until I trlnl si. Jncot > oil. One nppllcntlcn M funidtnt to Mop ) > ! n In ten minute * , a \tty few Appllmtlnni itiliKoiUhoinclUug in my jolnU mill cured inf. uuv ux.fcT. oxoE.r.r. From n Leading Lawyer-April , 1882-Cutod. The morn MMctncnt of luiM f-trmno. r. ii.i Now lln\i > nCt , im > r * in MitaUncrl "I { mil tovcro r licmu&tlim In ntm , liimil. Ire nil foot. 1 usiil n foottlo of St. Jacobs Oil tuul tibtntucil a euro. " From Sniuo 4 Vnr l.nlrr Vprtiinncnt. New Hiivcn. Ct. , Nor 1. IN * . liiftiltc-rfrorlieiinuUiiti.ulilchiltaRlilril . ino niul one l > otllo of St. Jacobs Oil cured We. 1 eouilJci it n good thing. 1UV11 > STKOVSK. From.One Attended Like a Chlld-Mir , 1002. Krntncr , Pni ilrr Co. , 1'cnna. I lioil rlirwnnll m n tiddly thcr tcmlca inn like ft child. 1 u eJ two bottles of SU JucotiOllaua ( vw uu\r well n cvrr. From Sumo 4 Trur * I.ntor Xo Itcturn. Kramer , Simlor Co. , I'cnnii , Nov.P , 1SS4 , M v Joint * iiuJllim , < were rontwrtctliitul ttnnlleti. Two bottle * of SI. JncoM Oil riv tlrcljr crmllcntecl lliu UUcit'P. To ly I Mix n ttuut , licnrty limn. JOHN I'llXU. Till ! CII.UUE3 A. VUULllt : : CO. , Piltlmw * , Md. * PAll j < moij VMNCI .r < icoi Oil or TTcd Star Qmiph Oureirill by tending < i tire rent rtann nmtn kittary i\ftMrrn \ > r.irm < ft\i\\rv nirii. 1-nEEITlOM OriATES AND POISON. SAFE. SURE. PROMPT. AT IlKUnHISTB AM ) . IDE nilHLtS A. VOilLLtU 10. , lUlAIBOttK , KB , AUK STIM/rUHJIWPBIAIWT 1\ ) sixteen yonr , they IIAVU stnartlly gnlned In furor , ninl with milus oonMnntly Incrtmtliia Imvebocomo the mom popular ooraot through , out tliii Unllcil RtnU'i. Tim K , O anil It H jrrHilni uro mtulo In SHOUT MEDIUM AMI UXTIIALOSU WAIST , Hiiltutilp for nil figures. The a qunllty , nimlo of HuifliMi Ceutll.ls wnrrnntod to nour twlco ne lung M ordinary corsets JIlKliOBt iiwunls from nil the AVorld's prout Fairs. The lif-l mi-mil revolted Is for 1 IIHI DKmtBK OK MKIIIT , from the Into Exposition hold at Now Oi loans. Whllo Benin * of patents hnro boon found worthless , tlin principles of the Olovo-Hlttlntr linvo proved InvHlimlilo. Hotallors are authorized to rafnnd money , if , on ciammiitlon , thp o Cornotn do notpioveat roprcsonto.1 1'OH SAMJ KVKItVWIIRJtlX CATAIOBT3U FUKK ON AI'l'LlCATION. THOMSON , LANGDON & CO. . New York , uinnt ? iMini i nwi rii 4 w IUUn jir i ! ! < . lH , | > tir itljr r > t io'd h/ht [ n w Clvlalr Urathral CRAYONS. 3rndrfiroarv wllluili tt4 "Uul > J b II lUll. " jiUvlUlt MCrCJt M. IB. Cmafe Ac ncy , 174 ' " " BU , M. r. .c. iTrN ( icombined. UiwnMMdtua ' un\f \ oa Intbo world irt era'.1nf : - ftcuntlmious Eltttrit ( t Vayntttt . * . cttrrfiit. heiontlrtp , Powerful. Pmiblt. romfortabl * mirl Kfl > ? tlT . ATold frindiL - O rnOO ( ) clirrd. RfndHtiMprnt pairnliltt. Ai.no riKufiti < j UII.TI'on liistumiu. Ps. HORNE. IHVCHTOR. lei WABAIH AYE. , nmuno , . , _ , - - - . . . , , r * tlra nd th.Dlum thorn return * crltil IIMIUIi ruillrnl ciro. I M.r tnul * tha dliri f f ri'1.4. Kril.Kr.MT or rAU.IlxO 8ICCNEM ! 11(4 Ionic fUidr. Iwtrrant nirr ni dj toeura lite worat CMM Uacunto vlnar b vu faltod If no ration for not nt wr c lrlnsftrnr . t3rn lntoaefnr &trntlMiAnd Free Uottlluflnjr lnr 11ll > l < r iti dr. tllto Kipri.il > nd P.'il Ollcff. II cintnTiin nothing fur a trlH. and I will i urojnn. Addroii nr. n U. HOOT. IMIvarlSL Hi w Tint. Nebraska National Bank OMAHA. NEBRASKA. Pnid up Capital . $250,000 Burplub . 40,000 U. W. Tales , President. A. E , Touzalin , v"iro President. W. ll S. Hughes , Cashier. W. V. Morse , John S. Collini , H. W. Yates , Lewis S. Reod. A. E. Tou/alin. BANKING OFFICE : THE IRON HANK , Cor 1'Jlh and Farnam Sis A Gft.icral Banking nnsuu'ss Transacted. N. W. HARRIS & Co. If A AVf/iVftf , CJI1UA ( JO. nnUDQ ur Connlld , Cities anil ofhnrnof DUlsUO lilKlnftmleDuuKlilnni ! 4olil. Eastern once OS Dovoniblio BU , lloaton. UurroaponJ- enco sollultod. OnB Agent ( Mrrrnant only ) vf niM In f r > rv town for Your "Tnnslll R Punch" 5o G'lirmurn lllo hot rnkiM. I Intuinl thut limy Rludl IK well uUvcrtlsod. W I" II bfi nF -s. Hullnlo , N' I'm If UNFOUAUDforCONSUMPIIOfi WASTING DISEASES aid LtNEIIAl DCUItlTY PERFECTS aiQESTIQH nn rniv r , HAI i iv Fur ffna in Omf , heii uu ( j.w ( of S J unln " > ! niiniiliun ' ! ! I U jm.r KI II 'lit Mult ttk.uk 1 > J tr ! U ii liitiffltl , ul Tirix n nl I IM ! " tivtrfl a ft M I ttlu wllh fm Itttcr rfli-ri 'din n IMO lia < l I am r c mm- dim ymir trlulo in nn I ' ' " B.iil II rj Hilnt.ii' ' i ) ZETASS c ? , < HI SI I i , u , Ijlxl Pa. fioodman Dru ' Co ( Jfnl A onts Omi1 ' \ Nebraska. Sr , . "ISM.- ! ' to .fiio ' > Jacobi , X D K ff T A JM K Jt ti AM > i.m\Missy. : : tt'i ' ) il.'tnml H)7 ) l-'arnam bl Order * trif 'r pli o c-ili"l and ] > romtly | ) aV n lo't ' lo IV'cphono No'J5 ,