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ILLINOIS has had an earthquake. It was
felt in Chicago. Poor old St. Louis.
THE Chinese claim to have discovered
natural gns centuries ago. Again Mr.
Agco Is left as an imitator.
UNDER Ihu Cullom bill railroads think
nil passes must bo surrendered. Hail-
road strikers had better hurry home.
JOHN A. LOOAN , jr. , is now figuring in
the papers. Robert Lincoln is another ,
whoso father's name has given some
notoriety.
WITH Washington Territory lost , nnd
Nebraska moru doubtful than ever , Miss
Susan Anthony should cither contem
plate suieido or matrimony.
Tun Illinois legislature has passed a
bill making in unlawful to sell whisky
unless It is two years and nine months
old. At that ago the snakes are larger.
Iris said that Colonel Dan is not rejoic
ing over the arrival of the Whitney baby ,
as lie does not know just how long it will
bo until ho is a grandpa. IJy proxy , you
know.
IT was said of old that "the wicked
walk in slippery places. " If the pave
ments bear not false witness , then all of
Omaha walked in slippery places ycstor-
TUB Woodstock , Vt. , horror , should
cause our legislature to pass one of the
many bills compelling railroads to warm
all cars with steam. Tim time is here.
Aot while in session.
Tin ; season of rain on the Pacific coast
has set in , and it is predicted that the
wheat crop will bo largo. An induce
ment to settle in California is that there
will bo no toboggan there.
Quit dispatches yesterday stated that
Dr. Miller hud been to Utah instead of
Mexico. Mow the explanation of
Itrigham Young's resurrection is no
longer shrouded in mystery.
THE son of the alliterate Hurchnrd is
now trying to explain what his lather
meant irrhis Now York speech , and ex
planations nro no doubt gratifying to Mr.
Ulninc nnd his many friends.
AN attraction in o. London museum is
an Austrian eight foot nnd nine inches
high. An attraction at the Nebraska leg
islature was a railroad lobby occupying
forty rooms of a prominent hotel.
IT is said that Lady Colin Campbell
hesitates between the lecture platform ,
the stage and a book. Those who were
so unfortunate as to read the evidence
supposed she was hesitating for a di
vorce.
Mus. AMY FA no us , widow of Hugh
Couway , has been compelled to again
defend the memory of linr dead husband
by denying that ho was the author of
"Jtamut By a Spell , " a novel now being
published ever his name. If Tennyson
would only die and give his widow a
chance.
"Duoi'your clause relating to Joea
taxation of railroads , " said a prominent
railway olllcial , "and your charter will
go through all right. " Therein lies the
milk of the cocoanut. All the howling
mid misrepresentation of the railroguo
organs about other sections nro only in
tended to mask the concerted attack on
that ono clause ,
Ax Otoo county man journeyed the
llity eight miles from Nebraska City to
Lincoln to impress upo Legislator Wat-
BOH' * mind the necessity of opposing the
bill which undertake * to make it unlaw
ful to shoot geese in the spring , A special
ooi respondent from our Lincoln corps
Interviewed Mr. Watson , and wo here
with scoop our drousy cotomporaries by
announcing that he is sound on the
gooso.
A JOHNSON county debating society is
struggling over the question ; "Was
Kdgar A. Pots addicted to drinking ! "
Tha knowledge of many years must bo
rolled back , wo suppose , to decide
whether or not the sorrow stricken genius
who mourned over his lost Lcnore really
' drank collin varnish and gin-slings. If
Kdgar could only hear the proposed debate -
bate , It is not a debatable question , but
n foregone conclusion , that ho would bo
driven to strong drink.
Extending thn City Limits.
The pretended alarm of a few capital
ists over the damage which the now char
ter would work to South Omaha is very
amusing. South Omaha will not be in
cluded in the city limits if the charter is
passed. That may as well bo understood
at the outset. It is understood by every
one who does not wish to wilfully mis
represent matters for other ends than
those of South Omaha. Under the pro
visions of the charter as it came from the
committee of fifteen , all incorporated vil
lages were to bo excluded from the
operation of the clause permitting the
council to extend our city lim
its.Yhen that clause was
drafted it was supposed that
South Omaha was the only village which
could thus bo exempted. Later it was
discovered that several other communi
ties close to our present city limits wr.ro
preparing to incorporate in order to
secure the exemption intended for South
Omaha alone. But one course remained
to be adopted it our city limits were to
be extended at nil. The pity council re
quested the delegation to strike out the
clause , and passed a resolution by unani
mous vote pledging themselves to ox-
elude South Omaha from the extension
of the limits which they will make next
spring in case the charter is pasted.
As no further extension of the city
limits can bo made until after the
federal census of 1889 , or for four years
at least to come , the owners of South
Omaha are secure until that time against
any effort to include their1 village within
the corporate limits of Omaha. There is
no reason to doubt that the sentiment
now existing against taking any step
which will cripple South Omaha will be as
strong then as it is now. It is safe'to say
that jtist as long as South Omaha desires
a separate corporate existence it can IKITO
it , so far as Omaha is concerned. The
cry raised by the railroad lobby that
South Omaha is assailed by the new char
ter is false. Like the other slogans ring
ing in the air it has the usual object to
distract attention from the real objections
which the corporations have to the now
charter.
Keep It In View.
The legislature of Nebraska , before
whom the Omaha charter is now brought
for consideration , must not allow them
selves to lose sight of the real issue in
volved. The question upon which , ac
cording to the railroad managers , the
defeat or success of the now charter is to
turn , is whether corporations enjoying all
the benefits of municipal life are to bear
their share of city taxation. This is the
point at stake. All the hubub and up
roar about the board of public works ,
South Omaha , the removal of the city
treasurer and a half a dozen other mat
ters , are raised simply to befog this
issue. The railroad strikers in our
last charter meeting preferred to
adjourn the mooting rather than to de
bate publicly the question of how to stop
corporate tax shirking. They prefer in
Lincoln to-day to leave Omaha without
any city government rather than to con
fine the discussion of the now charter to
the four lines on which alone there is any
difference of opinion among honest men.
Are the citizens and tax-payers of
Omaha to bo allowed to make their own
charter adapted to their municipal needs
and the pressing requirements of a great
and a growing city ? Are the voices of a
few railroad managers to' weigh more
with the Nebraska legislature than the
united demand of live thousand tax
payers ? Will honest representatives of
Nebraska turn n deaf ear to the just
claims of its leading city and listen to the
specious arguments of a few corporate
tax shirkers ? Is Omaha to bo retarded
in her splendid growth , checked in net
work of rapidly extending her markets
for the state , thrown into municipal chaos
and blocked In her corporate advance
ment because her citi/.ons at this lalo
day insist that 2,000 city lots owned by
the railroads shall contribute something
in taxes to the municipal treasury ?
Lot the legislature of Nebraska keep it
in view that there is no raid to bo made
on the corporations. Let them under
stand that equity , justice and public
policy arc all on the side of the people
and that arrayed against an overwhelm
ing public sentiment stands only the
railroad managers and the corporation
lobby.
As Far Apart ns liver.
There evidently was no trustworthy
authority for the statement emanating
from Washington last week , that an rr-
rangomcnt had been affected between
Mr. Randall and Speaker Carlisle by
which the revenue bill of the former
should be accorded certain privileges
that would bring it at once bcforo the
house. The correspondence between
these factional leaders since published
docs not indicate that there was any such
understanding. It shows simply that
there were negotiations , and that they
were a complete failure. It also shows
that these leaders and their following are
as far apart as ever on this questionwith
not the slightest indication that they can
bo brought nearer together at the present
session. The concessions required by
each ol' the other , n * essential to concur
rence , are insuperable obstacles to tha
union of thn two factions. Mr. Han-
dall having submitted his bill to the con
sideration of Mr , Carlisle and the
democratic members of the ways and
means committee , it was subjected to
wholesale primings and changes , wholly
ntvariance with its purpose , anil re
turned to its author , The reply of Mr ,
Randall has not at this writing been
mada public , but it is known that
ho will reject enough of the sug
gestions submitted to put all hope of
agreement upon this bill out of the
question. Neither will ho acquiesce in
the proposal of Mr , Cailislo to submit the
measure to a caucus , all parties to bo
bound by its action , knowing full well
that action would almost certainly bo
taken. Ho will also tee no advantage in
the proposal nf the speaker to go into
committee of the whole on the bill , the
majority faction reserving full liberty of
action.
The evidence of this correspondence is
that thn hostility of the Randall and the
Carlisle factions is as marked and well
defined now as it has been at any time
during the present congress , Not the
least progress has been made toward
bringing them together on a plan of reve
nue reduction , The Uamlall clement is
still stubbornly determined that tarill
taxes shall not bo reduced , and Carlisle
and his following are no lass tlnu in insist
ing that there .shall bo no reduction of in
ternal taxes unless oqnivalent reductions
are made in the in rill" . There it not only
no probability that this breach will be
closed , but there is reason to believe that
it may bo wit/cncd / if Mr. Randall takes
the position , which it is understood ho will
do in his reply to Mr. Carlislethat the atti
tude of the opposition to htm violates the
pledge of the party in its hist national
platform.
This situation accords with the views
presented in those columns nt the begin
ning ot the present session of congress.
It was perfectly obvious , after the result
of the last elections , that Mr. Randall
would gain Increased confidence in his
position , while the public declarations of
Carlisle and Morrison made it certain
that no concession could bo expected
from them. There was a small hope that
the inllucnco of the administration might
prove to bo strong enough to effect a
union on a middle ground , but it is evi
dent that these leaders are quite as wary
of conceding anything to the administra
tion as to each other. It may bo safely
paid that nothing will bo done in the pres
ent congress to reduce the revenues , al
though the country is standing face to
face with a dangerous surplus , and the
popular demand for relief from taxation
grows more urgent. Is there anything
belter to bo hoped from the next con
gress , in which the friends of tax reduc
tion will have less slienglh than in the
present ? Wo cannot see that there is.
Cnniuln'nViir Strength.
People who talk glibly of what an easy
conquest Canada would be in the event
of a war with the United States do so un
der the mistaken impression that the Do
minion has no military reserves worthy
of consideration. It is ( mo that Canada
docs not maintain a standing army , but
she has a militia service which if not so
good as a regular force would neverthe
less prove a valuable nucleus in case it
became necessary to organize an army on
a largo scale. The Dominion is divided
into twelve military districts , and the
total strength of the active militia in
these districts on the 1st of January ,
1885 , was 37,350 men , including 800 oilt-
cers ana men belonging to the little reg
ular force distributed at Kingston , Que
bec , Toronto and Fredcricton , who are
constantly under military discipline anil
drill. This militia is fully equipped a-ul
could bo put in the iiold on a week's
notice or sooner. This force is subjected
to military drill and discipline for a short
period every other year , one-half this
and the other half next year. The en
rolled militia and reserve num
bers 600,000 men , and although not
soldiers can be called upon when
required to do military service.
The policy of the Dominion gov-
rjuncnt has not been favorable to
the creation and maintenance of a mili
tary establishment. The opinion has
always prevailed that it would be a use
less extravagance , since the United States
Is the only nation with which Canada
could possibly have any serious tioublo ,
and if this country wanted the Dominion
it could take it anyway. Whether or not
this opinion will undergo any change
hereafter , and Canada will conclude that
it is expedient to maintain a standing
army , is a question of the luturo.
There is , of course , nothing in the
above figures to reassure Canadians , or
create a doubt in the mind of Americans ,
as to the result of a land conflict between
this country and Canada , Granting that
the patriotism of the Canadians would
lead them to defend their soil with all
the heroism and sacrifice of which men
are capable , still their defeat would be
inevitable. As soon as men could bo
moved , the United States government ,
if it pleased , could pour into Canada a
quarter of a million soldiers , the greater
part of them veterans. However bravely
resisted the march of such an army
would overwhelm every obstacle , anil in
a few months would give it pos
session of every vital and strategi
cal position in the Dominion. But
it must not be supposed that it would bo
a bloodless campaign on our part. The
Canadian people are not without patriot
ism , and they would undoubtedly defend
their homes with all their might , liven
those who doprceato the policy of their
government would in such an exigency
rally to the common defense. We should
conquer , but not without eost and per
haps the victdry would bo more dearly
bought than most people are now dis
posed to think. The boundless self-con-
lidenco of the American people is apt to
lead them to regard too lightly the ability
of others.
Such an exigency , however , is an ex
tremely remote possibility. The Ameri
can people do not desire war. There arc
other methods which will just as surely
bring the justice they demand , with much
less cost to the nation in money and with
out any sacrifice of life. Wo can refuse
to have anything to do with a people
who deny us our rights and repudiate
their obligations. In pursuing this peace
ful and legitimate course wo shall main
tain our national dignity and commend
ourselves to the approval of mankind.
The KunliiesH Situation.
The business situation shows few
changes from last week. The Hurry In
foreign financial centers growing out of
the Franco-Gorman war scare has had an
unfavorable effect on the speculation in
stocks and in potion , but has strength
ened confidence in the breadstuffs and
provision markets. The prospect of war
in Europe contributes to the favorable
promise of general business in this coun
try , from which the wastes and wants of
the warring nations of the Old World
would have to bo to a great extent sup
plied. Wool has been in better demand.
The markets nro strong in view of mod
erate blocks and a further advance
of 1 cent per pound in colonial
wools at London ; but the up
ward tendency in prices of domestic
wools seems to have been chnekod for the
present , The dry goods trade is moder
ately active , and cotton goods nro very
firm , with a continued tendency to im
provement both in tratlo and prices.
Tlw iron and steel marKcts are less ac
tive owing to the high prices and gener
ally oversold condition of mills and
furnnci-s , but there has been no weaken
ing of values either of crude or finished
products.
The markets for food taplcs have been
strengthened by the continental war
ecaro and local influences , such as the
thawing of light stocks of hog products
in Chicago and n smaller run of receipts
of grain and hogs In nearly all sections of
the country. These features of the situa
tion have checked short selling and caused
a more active covering demand in all the
speculative . . arkcts. The rise in wheat
prices varjcs from 1 to 1 cunt per btshel ) ,
and Is noteworthy because it marks a
change in speculative sentiment in the
face of a sluggish legitimate demand and
a decline in actual exports. The latter is
duo In part to the labor troubles in Now
York. Corn prices are | cent per bushel
higher in Chicago nnd about 1 cent
higher on the seaboard. The strength of
the corn market has been largely due to
the activity of the homo consumptive de
mand , but has been helped by larger ex
ports , an imVroving foreign inquiry and
the advance in provisions. The country
movement of corn is comparatively light ,
and invisible stocks are beginning to do.
crease after a stcatjy growth for several
weeks following the rush of receipto of
the 1800 crop.
IT appears from a Washington dis
patch that R prcsontativo Glover , of Mis
souri , who has a quarrel with Senator
Vest , of that state , has had recourse to
an expedient very common before the
war between parties in the south who
had serious grievances against each
other , but which has not been much prac
ticed since , that of publicly "posting" a
man by distributing and displaying on
dead walls circulars denouncing him.
In this case it seems that the congress
man had written an Insulting letter to
the senator , which the latter refused to
pay any attention to , whereupon the con
gressman had the letter printed in cir
cular form and scattered freely in the
public places nnd hotels. Twenty-five
years ago such a proceeding would hayu
been very sure to eventuate in a shooting
pfi'air , but there seems to bo no danger of
such a result in the present case. The
duel is not now so much a
necessity to establish the honor
and courage of a man as it was in
the days of southern chivalry. And
doubtless in the present instance , ju
dicious people will conclude that in at
tempting to show Mr. Vest vile , Mr.
Glover has fully succeeded in proving
that ho is himself capable of being a
blackguard.
Tun old charter proided that no city
official could furnish any material for
the city. Under this clause if Mr. Caul-
field happened to bo a councilman ho
was precluded from selling a do/on load
pencils to a contractor on the streets. If
Mr. Fried held an office ho could not sell
a keg of nails to a carpenter laying side
walks oven if the contractor had already
made their bids and received the award.
This was the only effect of the old clauso.
It did not prevent city officials from con
tracting with the city. That was already
forbidden as it is in the new charter. It
simply closed the doors of legitimate
trade to citizens who happened to bo
serving the city in any capacity. There
was no resulting benefit to the city in
the clause and it was cut out by the com
mittee of fifteen on that account.
Tun bill raising the age of consent in
girls to eighteen years passed the house
yesterday at Lincoln by a close vote. The
closeness of the vote is accounted for by
the high limit of ago placed by the bill
There seems to bo serious objections to
the measure as it finally passed. It is
very doubtful whether it will prevent
marriages below the age mentioned , and
whether the marital relation before the
age of eighteen under the provisions will
not be a penitentiary offense. There is
no doubt that the ago of consent at pres
ent on our statute books is too low.
There is considerable doubt whether by
the present bill it is not placed at lee
high a limit.
SAN FHAXCISCO requires her city print
ing to be done in papers having at least
8,000 circulation , nnd which have been
continuously published for at least two
years. No one in San Francisco saw any
"printing steal" in such a proviso. But
when the new Omaha charter proposes
that "circulation shall bo considered , "
the rcaderless organs fill the air with
shrieks of "steal " "swindle" '
, and -'pri
vate benefit. "
No o.vn who attended Saturday oven-
ing's mass meeting doubts what is the sen
timent of Omaha tax-payers on the char
ter. If the railroad lobby succeeds in
defeating charter reform the respond-
bility will be placed where it belongs.
PUCKM IN UXT IMSUSOXS.
GeoigeV. . Chllds is steadily Improving at
his country place , Woolen , near Philadel
phia.
James P. Murdoch , the actor , celebrated
his seventy-litth birthday annlvw.sary at
Cincinnati last week.
Sam Jones declined to preach to the news
paper men of Boston because ho came to call
sinners and not the righteous to repentance.
( leneral John 0. Fremont recently cele
brated his seventy-fourth birthdav annl-
veisaiy. Ho and his wife enjoy very good
health.
Miss PhO'he Cou7lnshas benn sick for some
time and has not been able to attend to her
duties as deputy United States inaishal nt
St. Louis.
Samuel Simpson , General Crnnt's uncle , Is
reported on his death-bed nt his homo near
Bantam , Clermont county , 0. Ho Is ninety-
two years old.
Miss Minnie Welsh , Brandilauchtcr of the
late Minister Welsh of Philadelphia , Is to
marry John Wanamaker , and her parents do
not lilo the mulch ,
Ahblo CArringlon , thu Fond dti Lao opera
slnjier who has achieved a Kurupean success ,
Is the guest of her fattier In Fond du Lac ,
Mr. Kdnanl Beeson.
Mis. Ktnmn D. K. N. Southworth gets
510,000 a year for writing for thoNewYoilr
Ledger. She lives In a littln dingy cottage In
Georgetown , near Washington.
Dan lUco tha veteran circus clown nnd
temperance lecturer has fallen into bad
habits in Cincinnatlinnd sptuuls most of lib
time In a maudlin condition from dilnk.
Eleanor Carey , ai ) American actress , by
her marriage with W , V , Blood , has become
a near lelatlvu of Lady Colin Campbell , and
consequently a conniption of the Princess
Louise , and the rest 6f ; iho loyal family.
The Itev. Milton Molj'horter , edl'orof the
Maryavillo ( Cul. ) Deintyrat , la on trial for
murder , and the SairJ'ranclsi'o Posl mildly
sa > s : "As a journalist , Mr. McWhoitorhas
our sj inpathy , but as a clergyman his con
duct must be considered megular , If not 1m-
Twittini : < > " Facts.
/xnidl Ctttien.
"Advertlsinc always pays. " to ho sure , but
wo are sorry to say that ad\ertUlng la not
ahays paid for.
Jligli IjiceiiHa Worm n Trial.
The object of all legislation of this sort
should be riivenuo and restriction , not prohi
bition Or proseilptlon. There Is no question
that the liquor business should pay , and can
well afford to pay , a higher price for thn
privileges given to it under the license laws.
By tar the larger share ot the ciimlnnl and
poor expenses of thu dtatu aud local govern
Is aim to this trafllc. And , while expe
rience has proved that It cannot bo prohib
ited , It can bo restricted , kept In responsible
hands , Improved in character , and made to
I > ay a fair price for Its monopoly. A htith
license law that will accomplish these ro3tdts
Is worth a trial.
The Last Furrow.
C/i / irlff Kilictn .ViirUmm.
The spirit of earth , with glad restoiln ?
hand * ,
'Mid ruin moves , In glimmering chasm
gropes ,
And mosses mantle and the bright flower
opes ;
But death , the ploughman , wanders In all
lauds ,
And to the last of earth his furrow stands.
Tlio cinvo Is never hidden ; fearful hopes
Follow the dead upon the fading slopes ,
And there wild memories meet upon the
sands.
When willows fling their b.mnors to the
plain ,
When rumor of winds nnd sound of sud
den showers
Disturb the dream of winter nil In vain
The einssos hurry to Iho graves , the
lloweis
Toss their wild torches on their windy
towers ;
Yet are the bleak graves lonely In the rnln.
SXAT13 AND T13UU1TOHV.
Nclirn * > kn
A creamery at Wahoo is an assured
fact.
fact.Tho
The state owns 2-,70G acres of land in
Boone county.
Sioux county has declared in favor of
the fence law.
The deals in Hastings real estate last
week amounted to $17,557.
The town of Algernon has refused to
grant liquor license , oven to driigirists.
The county of Box Butte ; has been
formally organized and an election
called for March 8.
The Grand Army boys in Pluttsmouth
will altack the frisky bean and luscious
oyster next Saturday night.
"Must wo whip our mother ? " shouts
a country contemporary. That depends
on the size of her slipper and the vigor of
her arm.
Harry Kottcrly , a lad of seventeen ,
whoso parents reside in Long Pine , is in
jail in Logan , la. , charged with house
breaking and robbery.
Henry Troutwmc , aged twenty-live ,
fell nsloen in his room in Burnett Satur
day night , and awoke Sabbath morning
on the bright side of thoStix. An epilep
tic lit ferried him over.
The sad nnws comes from Nebraska
City that that the Bachelors' club is dis
integrating. A few more arrivals of
rosy-checikcd charmers will put the so
ciety's regalia on the auction block.
The impression has gone abroad that
the charter meeting in Omaha Saturday
nifcht was a free-for-all liistculT. This is
n. monopolistic mistake. It was live to ono
in favor of the charter on a fair and open
count. The talk of pistols having been
drawn is the rankest rot.
Ex-Senator Schoonheit , of llichardson
county , died in Falls City Saturday night ,
at the ago ot sixty-live. lie was a native
of Germany , emigrated to the United
Stales in ItWS , and settled in Nebraska in
1S0. ( ! Ho was engaged in the mercantile
business in Omaha for several vears and
moved to Falls City in 18i51. Ho was n
lawyer by profession. Ho was mayor of
Falls City ono term , county attorney one
term , candidate for attorney general on
the Greeley ticket , and state senator from
his county in 1881. Ho leaves a wife and
a large family of children.
AVyomlnfj.
The stone work on the university build
ing at Laramie is finished.
The little town of Peru , eight miles
from Luramic. was destroyetl bv fire re
cently.
The rails on the Cheyenne & Northern
are laid to a point five miles beyond Chug
station. Raymond tk Campbell have fin
ished their bridge building contract.
The report was current in Cheyenne
Saturday , says the Sun , that another ac
cident occurred on the Short Line
Wednesday night. In running into a
station the air brakes on a passenger
train failed to work and a collision with
a freight train resulted. It was said an
engineer named Bemis and a fireman
were killed , but no further particulars of
the affair could bo learned.
Colormlo.
Denver rejoices over the passage of a
bill establishing a military post at that
point.
Mrs. II. A. Long , of Denver , has fallen
lieir to one-fourth of an estate valued at
5-70,000,000 in Holland.
It is announced that the railroad com
pany will build a $30,000 hotel in Chey
enne for the Pacific Hotel company. The
building will contain about fifty rooms.
A woman tried to cut her throat with a
dull table knife in Denver Wednesday ,
and failing to do so completely , she
called for assistance and bids fair to re
cover.
The buildings for the glassworks in
Denver are nearly completed. Furnaces
and machinery have been put in place ,
nnd operations will begin early in the
spring. The works will turn out plate
and window and "vassamania" glass.
A slionter named Fred Schivcrca is
doing the revival act in Denver , and
mangles Iho gospel and language as flu
ently as Sam Jones. Hero is a specimen
of last Sunday's sermon : "What Is soci
ety but n poor , miserable , hypocritical
wretch ? Thousands of your society are
going to hell every day. Thousands of
husbands , I don't doubt , would profess
Christ but for their fashionable wives.
To hell with your wine suppers and your
euchre parties , and you'll go there , too ,
if you're not careful. That's whore the
suppers and euchre parties belong. You'd
better let 'em go there , I'd rather go to
heaven alone than go to hell with a
crowd , The teeming multitude is going
there , I toll you. "
Zulu nt Work.
Allgomoino Zeitung : Zola writes every
thing himself ; ho never has a secretary
for his extensive correspondence. Ho
oven Foals his wrappers and addresses
them when ho sends ilia friends brochures
or his translators material. Ho also
writes his literary manuscript himself.
Out of it the printers compose what are
called "placards , " largo pages with four
gigantic columns of text , These aresont
to the author carefully revised and free
from errors , then Xohi begins to correct.
Ho tills the wide margins all round with
hundreds of marks and letters ; ink lines
cut through the text , then threads run
crobsways and diagonally , entwining
like a lasso a sentence scribbled in an
open space ; scarcely a line is exempted
from tha hieroglyphics of the master ,
Hero a note of interrogation must make
room for ono of oxphvmation ; hero a
semicolon is changed into a full point ; a
comma before or after the "et"oflectivuly
divides a phrase ; partieiplos are replaced
by adjectives ; htibstuntives take the place
of pronouns ; redundant adverbs must
also disappear ; "the past definite" is sub
stituted for the "imperfect ; " more do-
Bcriptivo words supply the place of tame
ones ; for an expression repeated in five
or six pages a synonym is introduced ;
whole phrases are remodeled , sentences
are condensed into two or three words ,
and cvmi half columns are ruthlessly
consigned at once into the compositor' *
type ease.
IlrownfJI'H Itooeptlnn.
On this evening the blessim : of Brown-
el ! hall will bo performed by Bishop Worth-
lii't : < > i ! . ntter which a rftci'pllpu will
latu jlaco from 8 until H o'clock. The Invi
tations -iru uxtundod in tha nauiu of the rec
tor and faculty.
Indignation In Otoo County.
Duxiun , Neb . Fob. 7-fTo iho LMHoi
of the Bti : : . ] The following expression
of opinion was read at the last meeting
of the Lyceum in District rso. ! )0 ) , Otoc
county , and by a unanimous vote It was
resolved to send a copy to the HKK for
publication. A largo proportion of this
neighborhood are strong Van Wyck sup.
porters and desire their feelings known
throughout the state :
One of thn creates ! oittragos that was evct
perpetrated on an honest public has Just been
consummated by the so-called reiuescntiv
thes of Nebinska , assembled at Lincoln. C.
11. Van \V.\vk received M.OOU votes as prefer
ence for United States senator ; tinny of thu
counties did not expiess a prefeionce , which ,
If they had. would have largely Increased the
number ol votes of preference , so that It
would bo a safe cstlmnto to ay that , "thn
old man , " ns ho Is called , would have tecelved
2. > ,000 majority If wo could have voted for
him dltcctly. With the knowledge of this
Blaring our representatives In the face , utter
ly regaidless of their constituents' wishes or
desires , they have elected a man who did not
receive n single vote ns preference for United
States senator No wonder thnt there is uni
versal Indignation ttiroughout the state
among the honest voters. No wonder we
denounce It ns ono of the most d\timnblo :
plots since the da > s of Catallno , to defeat n
man hocause ho Is honest nnd upright , nnd
notnfr.ihl todennunco fraud and crime on
any nnd oven oce.tslon , As his cause Is our
cause so Is his defeat our defeat. Then let us
mark each one of those tiaitors as ( ! od did
CAIU , Indelibly ; and on no occasion what
ever cast n vote for n man who was Instru
mental In defeating Van W > ek.
A victoty gained by this cor pointe monopo
lies ngnlnst thn people's will can only bo ot a
trniiHli'iit charnctcr , and wo earneMly bellevo
that this victory will ho innio costly eventu
ally to the victors thnn to the vanquished.
Wo believe nlso thnt the outraged people will
now be awakened and will go to work In
earnest to nuke thnso traitors and monopo
lists legrot their nets niid deeds of .lanunrv
W , lbS7. Tlml tin-re has been "boodle" irlven
lo the representatives , there Is not n shadow
of doubt. The monopolists were never more
lavish with their money than in the Instance
refeired to. The Union Pncillo inllioad has ,
according to reports , spent more than S.OJ.OO )
In defeating the people's choice. The B. As
M. has been even more liberal nnd the laud
ginbbcisaml cattle kings have ids > lavishly
bqu indered their shekels in his defeat.
The opinion of some of the host lutormcd
men Is that at least one million dollars were
spent in defeating Van Wyck , or the people ,
nswopiefcrto term It. Can it be possible
that the honest voters of Nebraska will 10-
gnrd this ns a mere joke ? Can It bo that they
will be so I mil Hero nt as tn meekly submit to
this outrage , nnd tmletly go to the next elec
tion nnd continue to vote for those little one-
horse lawiciswho have not as much honcstv
ns a iirst class horse lliiefl
Wo believe , wo trust , wo hope ( not "wo
think" ) thnt this outrage will remain
trcsh In the minds of the honest voters
and that they will yet teach those unscrupu
lous traitors and thieving monopolists that
Nebraska is not to bo run nn a montobank
system ; nroused by such trcaeherv ns has
occurred recently , will nssert nnd delend its
rights nt nny nnd all hnzznrds.
There Is but ono wny that wo can see by
which this can bo accomplished : Throw
party lies asunder , for nothing remains of
them except their names and unite under
the name of honest government , to light Iho
oao urcat enemy of onr best Interests mo
nopoly. The wnrfnro has nlieady begun , and
If the monopolists can get us to hold nn to
those old party lines , as wo always have
done , they will slmpl" "pluck the plum , " ns
they did at Lincoln n few days ago. Our
boasted free government will nolomrerbo
one ruled by the people , but ruled by the
most corrupt nnd unscrupulous monopolies
that ever existed on earth. Wo want to abolish
ish nil l.iws that forbid ns voting diicctlr for
United States senator nnd piesident of the
United States. Wo want the laws in regard
to elections amended KO that heavy lines
shall bo Imposed upon anv person attempting
to obtain votes by'ticatlng" or the nso of
money in nny form. Wo wnnt n law that
will prohibit candidate" , saloonkeepers or
nny other persons fiom sending jugs of
liquor throughout the county n tew days pre
vious to an election for thu purpose ot influ
encing votes. The time has come when the
inrmcr , the laborer , the mechanic in tact ,
cviiiy honest man should unite in one com
mon cause against monopolies. X.
Denouncing n ' Mia"-Hoi > rcReiitativo.
DANNKUKOG , Neb. , Feb. 7. To the
Editor of the BEE : The following reso
lutions-were adopted at a meeting of a
large number of citizens of Dannobrog
and vicinity held at Dannobrog , Thurs
day , February 3,1887.
Whoieas , Wo lecognizo In our senior sen
ator in the United States senate , General C.
Jl. Vnn Wyck , Nebraska's ablest nnd great
est statesman ; the truoch unplon of the in
terests of the masses in their strug-lo against
the domineering grasping corporate monop
olies of our stale ;
Whereas , By the united oiroit of oiganl/od
capitnl nnd by the cnriuptlon of our legisla
tive members , they encompassed the defeat of
this glorious , untiring advocate of the pee
ple's rights in.our young and prosperou * state ,
nndWhereas.
Whereas. Our representative ofihls dls-
ttlct , Jens Wllhelmsenwho wusolected to the
honorable position ho now occupies on his
poloinn pledge to slnnd by 0,11. Van Wjcklor
jo-election to the United Slates senate , if ho
nt the election , November 18-0 , should receive
n larger popular vote than nny other candi
date , has fasoly , basely nnd tieachernnsly
betrayed his faithful constituents by < llsre-
irardini : Ids solemn pledie.s nml pcr.sistontly
voted for different nnd other candidates , and
not eyon once casting his ballot lor the
people of his district , although the lion.
Charles II. Van Wyck nt the election in
November received in this district n popular
vote of about 059 , and other candidates com
bined less llian 100 voles , thereby showing
himself u wlllln ' tool to do the biddings of
the people nnd obedient servant of the cor
porations ; therefore bo It
Ilesolvod , That we , legardless of political
nllillntlons , hoiehy freely and voluntarily
express our utter contempt and indignation
for said Kopicsontatlvo Wllhulmsen lor his
liilso and foul botrnynl of his constituents ,
nnd the interest of the people of his district
in voting against our so finphatlcnlly ex
pressed choice , and becoming a servant in
the hands of thn money power and monopo
lies.
Resolved , That we hereby cioclare our un-
nlterabln devotion to our frinnd nnd champ
ion. 0. H , Van Wyck , who has gained world
wide lame for his nobln efforts in the United
States sonata In bchalt of the people of his
state and join with the Knights of Labor In
their request to the president of the United
States to place him on the Interstate com
merce commission , as a titling marlr of es
teem for his faithful service ; and be It
further
Resolved , That wo tender our hearty
llianks to the nobln representatives ot the
people , who , regardless of all attempts at
bribery and corruption by Iho corporate
nowers , regardless of party affiliations , re-
Diibllcan ns well as democratic , in nurhouso
at representatives and fumnte , firmly nnd
solidly without Ilinchlng stood by their eon-
itltiiuiits and cn.st their ballots for Van
IS'vck.
Resolved. That wo nlso tender our thanks
: o the Omaha BIK : , ( iianil .Island Indepcnil-
Mit. Stjeinen nnd all other representatives
> f the press of our state who from tirst to last
'oiuht lor tin * people's choice lor United
states senator nnd showed their nnblo uovo-
Ion to thu cause of right and justice and thn
itst welf.uo ot our state. And he It
'nrther ,
Resolved , That the secretary lurnlsh copies
if the ahnvo ritsolntiniiH lor publication in
IKI columns of tlm Om.ili.i Dally Jir.i : , ( ir.uid
sland Daily Independent , Stjernen. Fn-o
'ress ( St. Paul ) and D.innebros ( Onnha ) ,
ind nlso request the ed'tors ' of tlm Stjcrnun
iiid D.iniiehrogtn translate nnd publish the
amu in tlm D.mish language , and also that n
: npy ot framii biisont tn our "mlsiopiesonta-
l\n , " Jens Wilhrlmscn , liouso of teprusun-
atlvcs , Lincoln , Neb.
O. I ) , lUsjii'ssi.v. : Chairman ,
C. S , Ali.NMfii , Seciutary ,
Tronclmry In I'awnoc CJonnty.
PAWNI : ! : Cirv , Fob. 5.To the Editor
) fthoBiK : : Noticing the g.illuut light
ho Bin : has made in the interest of ( ien-
iral Van Wyck and the general indigna
ion expressed at his defeat doubtless n
vord from Pawnee will bo in order.
Twelve hundred out of 1900 votes cast in
his county were for ( Joncral Van Wyck
is the pieference in spite of thu machine
ill'ort to lay the old man out. At the
ionvention the "machine" sucroc'lisd in
oiating upon thu people candidates who
vere known to bo opposed to tint senator
iml ttio result was that nominees of the
democratic party so turned the tables
that the "mnohinb" showed signs of ( be
ing out of order. The situation was lift
changing nnd something had to bo ilono
and the only alternative was to giyo up A
the "anti-Van Wyck" horse aud mount
the other. This they did by ngroolng to
vote for him In case a majority of the
people preferred him. This satisfied the
Van Wyuk republicans and enough aid
was given to elect the ticket by a small
majority.
Aftor'elcction the machine could bo
put in order and to make it run they
claimed the majority of republicans did
not support Van \Vyek ana the men
elected were in no way bound to support
him because of democratic support.
The manner In which these men con-
dueled tlujinsolves is now n matter of
record and Indignation runs high , so
much so that strong republicans claim
that they should bo publicly ignored for
nil time'us a warning to future gener
ations. The majority lias again sulfured ,
but that principle for which they fought
lives , and though the organ of the machine -
chino in this county now hoists Van
Wyck's name for congress In order to
pacify an outraged people , lime will
show thnt false pledges and deceitful
bickerings only cause resentment at the
polls. This onoo called "burnt district"
will show up .sadly to the disadvantage
of republicans In the future. S.
\Vliat Concord tins and Wants.
CoNCOUl ) , Nob. , Fob. (1. ( [ Correspond
ence of the Hir..l : The stringency of the
money market and Inconvenient railway
facilities have made times rather hard
in this section of Nebraska during tlio
last three years. At present , however , a
new and more prosperous state of affairs
seems at hand. The benefits sure to
arise from railroad and trade compe
tition between Omaha and Sioux Oily
will surely dovelopo during the routing
Reason , and make this section "North-
cast Nebraska" a favored part of the
slate for commercial and agricultural
residence.
The little town of Concord now
has two goucrnl , ono hardware and a
combined drug and grocery store ; ono
lumber yard , two coal dealers , a livery
stable , two stock dealers , a blacksmith
shop , etc. , with a good all-around
business. There is a good largo school
house all paid for. Concord wants more
business houses , and a hotel must bo
built this spring. Thu surrounding coun
try is anxious for more first , class m-tllon.
Very line land can be purchased near
town at from $10 50 to $14 per acre , aud
at a much less figure farther away from
the station. The farmers and business
men in this locality are all indignant nt
the aefcat of Van 'yuk , S.
A BURGLAR'S CAREER.
A Fnrmcr'H Friulil nt ft NVjjro'n lliuiil
A Ijoni'ly < 3rnvc in tlio Forest.
Milledgcvillc , Ga. , Chronicle : It will
bo remembered that about one year ago
much interest was excited at the capluto
by Shorilf Knnis , of this county , of ono of
the most notorious negro burglars that
over lived in middle Georgia. Ills name
was Alex Klhridge , alias Iko Watson.
Alter commuting many daring robberies
in Hancock county ho was captured by
the authoritius of that county , but by it
shrewd artifice escaped. Ho was next
captured in JVIacon , and lodged in jail
there to await trial. But so well did ho
play the insanity dodge that he was de
clared insane and sent to the asylum tit
this place. . After a short confinement ho
succeeded in breaking out of that institu
tion and resumed his midnight burglaries
and was a terror to this section for a long
while.
He wns finally captured by Shcvift Kn
nis and lodged in jail at this place. As
soon as recaptured ho look un his role of
insanity. Hut this ruse tailed lo operate ,
I hough carried out to the greatest per-
lection.
There being indiclinenls in Hancock
county , the ollieers of Hancock were sent
for to receive him. But , before they came
Sheriff Knnis concluded to put Alex's
mental condition to a test. Ho approached
preached him in his cell and told him
that for n large moneyed consideration
ho would liberate him. At once Alex he-
came all attention , and cngoily caught at
the chance , lie promised a'largo sum
for his liberty.
'But , where is the money ? " inquired
the sheriff.
"You shall have it , " he replied. "I
have $700 buried in the woods between
this place and Katonton , and if you will
let mo out the money Is yotir.s. "
"Hut how am 1 to know that you nro
dealing square with mo ? " asked the
Bhorinf
"You and I can go to the plnce to
gether , and if I do not produce life money
you can bring me back. "
The sheriff than loft him , tolling him to
be ready lo accompany him by a certain
hour. At the hour designated the sherlll'
wont to his cell and found Alux ready
for traveling.
"Aro you ready ? " inquired Iho sheriff.
"Yes , sir , " ho answered glibly.
"Well , wo are too late , Alex. The of
ficers from Hancock are he.ro for you
now You must no with them. "
No sooner had the words iFsuc'l from
the sheriff's lips than Alex began jabber
ing incoherently , and looking every inch
the senseless lunntie.
The olllccrs took him to Hancock
county and lodged him in jail. Hu
was taken from jail by a band of
armed men , and milling is known
of his fate unless an incident , which
recently came to our oars throws some
light on it.
A short time after Klhridgq disap
peared , an aged Hancock county' farmer
losf porno hogs , and thinking thnt ho
might got some clue to the thief , ho bit-
? an searching the woods and fields with
Llio hope of finding where they had been
killed. At last he came to a pfaco where
the earth had been freshly removed and
thrown back. He was sntisfie.il that hero
the hogs had been butchered and the
oiful hurled To satisfy himself , ho be-
inn to scratch nwny the earth. Suddenly
lie tore up from the loose dirt , not a part
tf the hog , but negro's hand
Ho bprang from the ground
! ind in terror lied from thu
spot , nor stopped until liu had placed two
miles between himself and the grave.
I Jo was so much afraid ot being charged
tvitli murder himself , thai he told no ono
if the discovery until a short time ago.
It is not iniprobuhlu that the bones nl
Mox Klliridgi ) nni mouldering In this
lorost , over which the long , leafless limbs
) f tint forest oak uru tossed in n-stlnss
tndulation" , through winch the winds
nonii : i requiem to HIM ilcnil , while
: rouihing : shadows whisper to enoh other
.ho story of a midnight scene of blood
mil hoiror ,
THU SCOTT
I'liolr DPKI il iilloii to ho Jtnllcvi'll
TliiiHKlitleHH U'ordw.
Mho children "I Ontrti school will con-
liihule to ilmiellof ( it ihn Scott family , thn
leMitnle condition of which was mentioned
n .Momluv'H HI.K. Liillx Kaiinln Scott.
\liii \\.is drowned on Siinilav , was n pupil
n thn Centrum-hoot , hlic was n lirlghl ghl
mil anxious to Irani. The exlieme pov-
rty or her mother compelled het to attend in
lollies which \veni by nn imtitns Iho biwt. It
i as oni ) List \\eck th.it some of thn lifttcr
'lai | pupdsjit Outre school tauntiu ly called
ler : i lltllii "rauLMHinlllii , "
Their teachi-i galled thc-m lo nrcoimt for
his nnd "bhamed ihom" lor theli conduct
1'hu } < mn till was very sciiHdlvti aliont her
ipVMMiiiiitv. jiuil plaintively loinaiUcd to IUM
eachcr w.th tcai.s in HIT e > ei : "lluw can I
u-lp beliiK pool } " ' The rlnliliim who Ihon/III
i' sh taunted tlietjiil about her slmhhy/lien ,
vonld have uhfii anything lo luvo u-calh'il
lair i'iui-1 wouli- .
Ir Pu-ree's "Pellets" r.uro bit'k and
illloiis hendni-hu our ntoinacli , ami
nllious uU.vcl.-i.