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2HE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ' SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 12. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or sun'crutrtov : Dnllr ( Mornl.iif IVlltlon ) including Sunday Ilnr. Ono V < mr . ? IO 01 Tor Sir Monthi . f > < fl For Thrco Months . , . . , . M Tlio n matin Sunday HER , tnpllod to nny ( uJdiC'S , Ono Vciir. . . . . . 300 OMAHA Omrr. No. Ml AXH 1)11 ) FAJIVAM STIIEKT. NKWonK ( irrirR. HOOM ( S. TmiiiTNK linti.iiisn. WAKIIINUTU.V OtriCE , No. Ml KOUHTII.NTIl SflltCt. All communteUtotn rolntlntr to IIO TR nivl o < ll- torlftl matter Nitcultl bo tuMrofSOil to tlio Hut- TOH or THE HER. All Ini'lncss 1ft Icri tind romlttnncos should bo nrtclrO'Wcd tO TUB IlK * rUIIMSIIINO dOlli'ANY. OMUU. Drnftg , chocks anil po tofflco orders to bo mmlo payable- the onlirof tbo company. THE BEE PUBtl.wTcIpW , PB3PRItTOR $ , E. JlOSEWATKIl , KniToit. Till ! . DAUiY IIBI3. Bworn fitntcmcnt of Circulation. Stfltoof Nebraska , I. . County of Douglas , f * " Gro. II. TzMihiicU , upcrptan * of Tlio Doe Publishing company , does solomnlv ( war tlmt the actual circulation of tlm Dally Bee Jor tlio wcuk tmllng Feb.Hli , 1W > 7 , was as follows : Hatnrav. .Ian. C- > 14.2SO Sunday , Jan. " 0 i llfi.V ! ) JNlondav. .Ian. : )1 ) ll.TJ.'i Tnrsday. Feb. I W75 Wi-diifsiiay , J'eb. 2 M.niO Thlirodav , Kuli. : i 14,075 Friday , Fob.1 14.075 Average H.OO'J t > EO. 13. T7.8CIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to In my pruscnco thlsoth Unyof Fubiuary A. I ) . , IBU N. I1. KKII. . ISEAM Notnrv I'ubllc. Cco. ! I ) . T/Rclmck , being lirst duly sworn , depo cs and hays that ho it .secretary of Tlio Dee I'tihlKhlnircompany , that tlio actual av- crave dallv rlirulntlnn of thu Dullv Hue for tlio month of Krtnnarv.l883was ! 10,6'J.1 ; roples : for Maioli , lb.sr , , 11,637 copies ; for April , 1BN1 , 1S.101 copies : for for May , 18SO. l'J,430 October , IS'Vl , lU.Dsi'j copies ; for November. IbbO , tiM8 ! : copies ; for iecember. ISbO , 13,237 copies for January , 1 ! > S7. 10-firt , eoplet. Quo. B. TZHcnucir. Subscribed and sworn to bctore mo this 8th day of Kehruary A. I ) . 1837. [ SKAI , . I N. 1' . Fin. : . Notarv Public. Tlio Sunday llec. The Bee to-morrow will lean interesting number. In addition to the New York Her' aid cablegrams , it will contain among iU special features the following : A letter from Paris by Frederick Douglas. A letter from Brussels describing Stan ley's departure for Africa. Adam JIadcau's letter. Perry S. Heath's Washington letter. Clara Belle's Gossip. "Forty Years Ago , " by General James 8. nrisbin. Joe Howard's Xcio York letter. An Original Story. ' Sunday Oossip. Carefully selected miscellany of an en tertaining character. "Jlombanling Old Satan. " Society Events in Omaha. Special telegrams from all leading news centers. Don't fail to read the Sunday Bee. It will prove a treat. , voters fail to look to the senito : the corporations invariably { jot in thuir work. THE hotiso hi3 voted to abolish tlio railroad commission. The senate , which as usual is under tlio control of the rail roads , will refuse their assent. A ma jority of thirty-three members is easier to rontrol than a plurality of one hun dred. VEUMONT is said to bo thoroughly alive to the worst possibilities of the contro versy between the United States and Canada. With ono regiment , ono inde pendent company , and ono battery , and with no fortilication whatever BIIVO from dismantled earthworks at Burlington , the Vermcntors realize their helpless position. They look with discreet sus picion upon the rumor of sundry 80-ton cannon to bo shipped from England to Canada. It is all very well for the Ottawa authorities to claim that these big guns spoken of in the dispatches nro to bo transported over the Canadian Pacific to the western coast for the use of the British i'acific squadron. The protest ia too transparent. Every Vermonter knows that it would bo the easiest matter in the world to switch these guns off toward St. Albans , blow that frontier town into a million fragments nnd sculler it like vol canic dust all over the state. IT is worthy of record as evidence of the prevailing democratic senti ment in Now 1'orlregarding civil service reform , that whoa last week the question came before the legislature on a bill to repeal all the state civil service laws all but three of the democrats In the assembly voted for the measure , while the republican vote was cast solidly against it. Thn issue could not have boon made plainer , and the re sult must bo accepted as express ing thn deliberate conviction of , the dem ocrats of that state on this question. Governor Hill is In full sympathy with this fooling , nnd it is said the democratic vote would have been solid had not the governor , for politic reasons , desired otherwise. This i _ HagRostivo of what Mr. Cleveland will encotintoi when the question of giving him a Now York dele gation in the next national convention is considered , provided ho shall still profess devotion to civil service reform , It is the strongest evidence vet given of the iu < lluonco of Hill in Now York , and for obvious reasons is regarded with groal satisfaction by the republicans. CANADIAN advices have been moagio for some days past. Dispatches of a few days ago to the eastern press from Otta wa stated that the fishery question had boon before thu cabinet , and it was un derstood that some- important corrcs < pondenco from the British government was laid before tlio ministry in which it is urged that immediate steps must be taken to settle the points in dispute. Thii British government is said to bo anxious to reopen the treaty of 1818 before a con vention appointed jointly by the United States and England. This , Lord Salis bury says , is thu only way in which the matter can be settled. In the same con nection the commissioner of customs was reported as saying that tlio Dominion government would never consent to United States fishing vessels entering Canada for trading purposes under the present arrangements , lie says the per- mil issued by United States collectors of customs to fishing vessels to allow thorn to trade will not bo recognized by the Canadian authorities. By the treaty American risking vessels can pnly outer for shelter , ropair.s , water and wood , aud | or 110 other purpose whatever. win ihf-r nink it ? Is the legislature of Nebraska , l > y de feating the Omaha charter in open oppo sition to the expressed wishes of this community , prepared to risk tlio consequences quences of plunging Omaha into the chaos of operating under a charter framed for a city of one-half Its popula tion ? Is it ready to decide that the per sonal interests of n few residents nro paramount to those of 80,009 citizens ? In the face of n popular sentiment nnd public meeting ? is it prepared to voice the will of a baker's dozen of editorial howlers and railroad cappers in order to punish the metropolis of Ne braska by depressing values , blocking public improvements and inaugurating a financial panic whose cllects will bo felt in every city and villagu of this broad state ? Does it deem it policy for the sake of personal revenge or private pique to start a reaction in values winch cannot fall to bo disastrous not only to Omaha but to every community which is allied to it in the bonds of commercial interest ! These are questions which the senate and house , besot by lobbyists , besieged by drunken adventurers and assailed by false statements and specious arguments , will do well to consider bolorc arriving ntaduclsiou on the passage of the Omaha charter now before them for considera tion. The defeat of the Omaha charter will inevitably result in the col lapse of the "boom" in outside real estate which is sustained by the hope of reaping the bunulits of the extension of the city limits and ol city improvements. Without such muni cipal benefits values cannot bo main tained. In tlio absence of enlarged powers.for boulevards , parks and added paving , , curbing and grading districts settlement in tlio outlying additions will never materialize. A reaction will cer tainly set in which will bo felt by every foot of property within as well as with out thoeity limits. Does the legislature desire to wreck Omaha ? This is the question which it will do well to con sider. Mystil'ylnc In the United States senate a few days ago , when the sundry civil appropria tion bill was brought forward for debate , two senators who arc popularly regarded as authorities on national finance made statements respecting the treasury sur plus so widely at variance as to chal lenge attention. Early in the session Mr. Merrill made a set speccli in advocacy ol his joint resolution deprecating proposed legislation for the reduction of tlio revenue - nuo , in which ho maintained that not only would there be no surplus , but on the contrary , according to the figures ol the treasury , there would bo a deficit ol over twenty-four million dollars. In the last debate , Senator Allison , reasoning from the same premises and quoting the same authority , made out that the sur plus would not exceed fifteen million dollars after allowing twelve to thirteen millions for the Mexican and dependent pension bills. Mr. Bock , however , reached a very different result , contend ing that the surplus would bo at least ninety million dollars. These senators make a special study of financial allairs , they have all the figures necessary to ac curate information at command , nnd they must bo supposed to understand the responsibility that attaches to their pub lic utterances on this subject. Such variance of opinions , involving a difference of from $05,000,000 to $115,000- 000 , cannot but mystify the people who rely upon their representatives to do the figuring and state the result correctly , nor is a much clearer understanding to bo had by referring to the opinions of de partment exports , whoso estimates vary from an actual deficit of twenty or thirty millions to a surplus of . < ? 125,000,000. How arc such differences possible with intelli gent men having exactly the same figures and facts upon winch to make their esti mates ? Where honestly made they arc easily explained by the fact that any two men may judge dill'erently regarding the probable extent of unknown expenditures , as for now pension legislation , and may also bo at variance respecting the amount of revenue to be expected , although when this is granted it is hardly credible that any two men seeking what they deemed to bo nn honest result could got EO far apart asMorrill , or even Allisoti.and Beck , There must bo some very strong motive to explain the wide dillbrence of opin ion between these senators , all of them well informed regarding the national finances , on the very important question of the probable surplus. So far as Mr. Merrill is concerned , ho made his motive very clear last December , when ho en deavored to get an expression from congress gross adverse to tariff reduction. Mr. Al lison did not make it clear that his figures wore dictated by a similar motive , bul the direction of his sympathies is well understood. It is duo to him to say thai ho admitted that the sinking fund appro priation had bocorao obsolete , thus cstab Jishing a surplus of $18,000,000 , wliicli added to the $15,000,000 ho estimated would make the total $03,000,000 , an ad mission drawn from him by a question In a word , tluwo senators would convince the people that the necessities cessitios of the government require the maintenance of the tariff duties , and it is with this end in view that their estimates and computations nro made. The people nro rapidly losing confidence in them Having had the same story repeated tc them year after year , while the surplus has kept on growing , they have ample reason to doubt it now and to quostior the candor unit honesty of the men whc are using it Other Ij.-xiulH 'I'llan ' Ours. From London comes the report thai Bismarck is seriously determined on war , whether the soptonnato carries or not , II is claimed ho has uvidonco of an attempt on thu part of Franco only two months ago to form an alliance with Uussia ami blot Germany from the map of Europe , and that the only ro.ison the entire French army is not now on the frontiet is the fact that her overtures were re jected. Nearly 100,000 of the Gorman ru- serves have been called out , ostensibly tc practice with the now repeating rille , but really to bo in readiness for active ser vico. There is cortamly no reason for such vast military preparations as Ger many is now making , unless she intends to invadn Franco. Them is not the loaM danger that Franco will assume the ag gressive , as the French people scum almost unanimous for peac j , Another significant feature in the situa tion is an artielo in the London Standard , which is the organ of the British minis try , taking the ground that while Eng laud will continue to guarantee the iudo- pcndqnco of Belgium , this may not pre clude the passage Of troops through the territory , The plan of Bismarck may bo to push the German army .through Bel gium and attack Franco from an unex pected quarter , lie would thus avoid thu necessity of assailing the most for midable of the French fortresses in front , and otherwise secure certain strategic ad vantages which Boiilangor would bo unable - able to counteract. In the meantime , England , too , is bestirring horsclf. It is said her agents are now on rotilo for this country with orders to purchase a largo mimbor of cavalry and artillery horses , Kentucky being the principal point from which they propose to gather them. * * * The plan of i'rinco Bismarck to fcccuro tlio support of those Catholics in the reichstag known as the center by making concussions to the Vatican is developing very curiously. The announcement of the chancellor that the May laws would bo materially modified in a way to bo loss oppressive to the priests was re sponded to by n letter of Cardinal Ja- cobini to the papal nuncio at Munich , siring the center to stand by the govern ment. The eagerness of the prince for immediate help sc-ums to blind him to the broader results , lie lias many followers in Ins ranks whoso party loyalty Is con ditioned upon that very spirit of soli-re liance that gayo birth to the May laws. These conservative protuslant politicians look with astonishment upon the very shadow of a Canossn in the position of the iron chancellor , and content them selves with an uncordial silence by re membering that Bismarck's relenting at titude toward Homo is but : i strategic movement upon a liuld of battle. * * * It is universally believed that llussm and Germany have signed a convention , thu former agreeing to remain neutral in case of tlio othur's War with France , and Germany agreeing to take no part on cither side in case Russia and England goto war. Yet Russia Is abutting Franco by selling oats for tlio use of tlio French cavalry , n number of vessels having been chartered to transport this gtain from various Baltic ports. Perhaps , however , -Germany is a party to this scheme , antt intends to save purchasing oats for her own cavalry horses by cap turing the French supply. But the Rus sian government has forbidden tlio ex portation of horses from Russia , and if she tcups hur horsus and sends away her oats the horses will curtainly bo jiibtiliud in kicking. Italy is in for an unnecessary , uncom- ponsuting war in the Soudan , the credit bill having passed the chamber under Premier Doprotis' warning that tliu fatu of the government hung upon the dispo sition of it. Had the Italians been con tent to hold tlioir seaport of Massowah and make no venture into the interior on the wild supposition that the Abyssinians could bo relied on to fiirlit , they might eventually have reaped commercial ad vantages , but tlio lust of conquest misled thorn aud now pride compels a further sacrifice. * v * Mr. Parncll has moved his amendment to tlio address in reply to tlio queen's speech in the British house of commons , aud his speech in support o it showed no evidence of loss of hope in the out come of the present struggle , nor of oratorical torical power. Mr. P.iruull's speeches arc dueidedly English in their method , but un-English in logic. His candor even amounts to coldness , and the near est approach to eloquent warmth was the passage inspired by the doctrine of cordial eo-oper.uion in the government of Ireland. "If they would give Ireland power to do for herself what England seemed to have neither tlio wish nor power to do , " exclaimed the nationalist leader , "Ireland would show by her laws , traiuniility and prosperity , how unfairly she had been treated in the past , and how unjust was thu assertion that the Irish wore not a law-abiding people. " * * * Little Belgium begins to see that in event of another Franco-German war she will have to depend for salvation upon her own exertions. The French frontier is so strongly fortified that the Gorman army would find its casiust road to Paris through King Leopold's compact little country , and the chances are that Bis marck would use it and trust to luck and pluck to save Germany from the consequences quences of so gross a violation of the rights of a neutral power of solemn trea ties. England would scarcely do more than protest , and Russia would probably bo too busy in the east to interfere. But Belgium alone may make even Germany think twice before invading her territory. Such action would virtually convert that country into an active and bitter cnomy of Germany and an ally of Franco for the rest of the war , and 5fiOO,000 Belgians might easily turn the scale in a close and doubtful strtigcrlo. They are good fight ers , and the Belgian army is olliciont and strong , both in numbers and equipment , for a state of no greater size. Edward Blake , the Canadian liberal who will in all probability boat Sir John A. MacDonald very badly at the polls this mouth , is a man of massive face and burly figure. Ho is considered the bust speaker in Canada , and , if Lord Duflbnn bo considered authority , a perfect orator. His grandfather was member of parlia ment for the county uf Watcrfonl , Ira- land , and his father a Church of England clergyman , # * Mr. Chamberlain , in an interview with delegates from Scotch crofters , offered , in event of the Sotch members approving his taking the lead of the party , to intro duce a crofter bill In parliament. The Gladstouian radicals , jealous of Cham berlain's interference , oppose his assump tion of the lead of the Scotch radicals , Mr. Morluy declares in favor of Chamberlain - borlain on the ground that his advocacy of the crofter's cause is a stop toward Qomplutu reunion of the liberal party. The Parnellitus are incensed and predict that the inlluonco of Chamberlain on the land question will grow and that there will bo a further division of the Glad- stonlan party , while thu home rule ques tion will be thrown into thu background. The Scotch members will hold a confer ence before deciding the luadcrship question. sw # The overthrow of the oultan of the Mai- dive islandi by his people , with the in stallation of his noptiow in his place , shows that thu right of revolution is ac active in the Indian ocean as elsewhere in ttii'su days. This chain of low-lying circular coral islets extends 000 miles and more above ami across the equator , and in such numbers that the epithet of lord of Twelve Thousand Isles' , so far from being an Oriental cxagccration , as applied to tlio Maldivo sul tan , probably falls twenty or thirty thousand short of arithmetical ex actness. Of course , however , most of the Islands arc small , barren and unin habited. The larger ones are well wooded and fertile. The late revolution docs not appear to have affected the do- pcndonco of the / islands on Ceylon , which , after all , , fii - much a matter of form , consisting br the dispatch of nn embassy with tribute every year from Male , the capital , to the British authori ties , who send gifts in return. No doubt this dugrou of dependence will bo kept up by the now sultan. * * It is altogether a mistake to imagine that all Europe , with the single exception of Russia , is thickly populated. Wolves do not usually select districts densely over-crowded , nor do foxes dwell among men. But last year thorn were 100,000 head of vermin killed in Germany alone. Of this number over half , or 81,801 , were foxes , and the rest wolves , badgers , ot ters , polecats and wildcats. In Alsace alone CHhirly-sovcn wolves and 2,030 foxes wcro slaughtered during the samu period. All these figures seem to prove two things : First , Ihoro are a great many more wolves in Germany than Illinois ; and , second , that the Germans of Germany are much bet tor hunters than tlio sports men in that state. Judging from thn recent wolf- hunt in Douglas county , this must surely bo. The ratio of slaughter at that great event was ono wolf to a thousand men. If Gorman hunlnrs are equally unsuc cessful , there must have been 100,000,000 on tuo trail during the year , a state of allairs highly improbable. TIIU diplomatic and consular services nro still thu prey of the spoilsmen. Since the Cleveland administration came into power , in the diplomatic service , includ ing ministers and secretaries of legation , Ihoro have been forty-six now appoint ments in a total service of fifty-eight , or v'orv nearly 80 per cent. In the consular scrviou 303 changes have been made in a list of 1,010 ollieord. gruat and small. But many of these places are local , pay only nominal salaries , and are filled by mer chants as incidental to thair business. Taking the consuls and consuls general , 252 in number , 133 , or 05 pur cunt , have boon changed. Again , taking the more lucrative u. g. , these positions in the consular service with a salary of ? 2,000 and upward we find the Dorcontago of now appointments much larger. Of these positions , 07 per cent have been filled with new men between the 4th of March , 1835 , and the 30th of November , 18SO. IT appears from a pamphlet just issued by the department of agriculture , that the elaborate government experiments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum ghum and sugar canes have not been en tirely satisfactory. The commissioner huums to have spared no pains to obtain favorable results , but he is not sanguine respecting a solution of the problem. The experiments thus far have failed to demonstrate the commercial practica bility of manufacturing sorghum sugar , and while causes for this are found in de fective machinery and the deterioration of the canes , these surmountable dillicul- tics arc evidently regarded as not the most serious to be overcome. PKOMIXKNT IM311SONS. Mayor Hewitt , of New York , is still sick In bed. bed.Miss Miss Anna Dickinson Is lejjalning her health. John A. Loffan , jr. , Is to settle down nt Youngstown , 0. Kuviv.ilist Sam Jones will probably visit San Francisco about March 1. Mrs. Gladstone Is the woman president of the Liberal IcaRiie ot Great ISiItain. General Grant's uncle , Samuel Simpson , Is dyim * at his homo near Bantam , Clcrmont county , 0. lie Is to years old. Mrs. Cleveland is duveloplnj : a roimirkablo memory for names and faces. Mr. Cleveland has a habit otlorgottlinr. both , it is said 'by his enemies. Sarah licrnhnrdt , vihoso purse Is always as slim as her form , has received fiom her nu merous encasements since May last , nearly 31,800,000 Irancs.Vlut becomes of her money Mio is unable to toll herself. Ex-Governor AlRor , of Michigan , having achieved a reputation for curiosity , is now paving the penalty. Ho receives dally about lifty bogging letters , and Is about to lieu Irom his home-to seemo relief from these applica tions. Colonel George L.Peiklns , ot Norwich , Cr. , who , at ninety-eight , is treasurer of the Nor wich & Worcester railroad , is the last survi vor of the party which made the experi mental trip with Fulton on Ids first steam boat. George \Vt3Stlnzhouso. of Pntsburg , PH. , patentee of the famous air-brake and many other valuable Inventlone , has manufactur ing establishments In England , Franco nnd Germany , nnd employs nearly four thousand men. Ho is n native of Schenectady , N. Y. , and a graduate of Cornell. Young Mr. Fair , son of Senator Fair , of Nevada , can boast of tlm most expensive drunk on record when ho tried to shoot ox- Itunresetitatlvo Page , of California , because the latter refused to take n drhik with him. Young Fair had been promisud a cool il,000,000 If ho would gq Jor a year without drinking , and had suomi'up seven months ot the allotted time , but the temptation to go on a tear that would ! eost n round million was too glittering for Ins little mind , and he fell. The ISvlta of T nrly . Eaily rlsinp , cairledjto extiemes , Imnalrs the vitality. I would us soon rob a child of Its food or Its clothing as to deprive It ot sleep In thu morning hours , when digestion is finished and dreams become sweet. For orphans for I know from uxneilcncu dreamland excursions are ! of ten for j ears the bent refuse from the realtloa ) of Clnistlan civilization. The- Charltt HVsq1781. / . What Is a modern man of fashion1 ! A man of taste and dlsdpitlon : A busy man , without employment ; A happy man , without enjoyment , u ho Mjuandeis all Ids time and treasures On empty joys ami tasteless pleasures ; VibltK , attendance nnd attention , And courtly aits too low to muntloii , Jn sloop and dress and sport and play Jlu throws his worthless llfo away ; Has no opinion of his own , * Hut takes from d-adin. bv'aux the tone ; With a disdainful smlluor trowu Jlu on thu rllf-ratf crowd looksdown ; Thuoiltl polite Ids IrieniH and he , And all the rest aio nobody. Taught by the great his smiles to sell , Ami how to write nnd how to spell , Tlio great his uraclrs ho makes , Copli. their vices and mistakes. Custom pursues , his only rule , And lives an ape and dies u fool. NEBRASKA- NEWS NOTES , A Big Sale of Imported Pcrchcron Horses at Fremont , AFFAIRS AT GRAND ISLAND. A Woman Who \Vn * Loaded l'or * Su pervisors An IdfTort to Secure the Soldiers' Jlomc Some Fullerton Facts , A Ilrccy.y Letter From Orrtml Islnml. GiiAM > ISLAND , Neb. , Feb. 11. [ Cor respondence of the Dm : . ] A block of forty acres of land was sold yesterday tea a Linenlu man , at a good round price , to make another addition to this city. A Chicago man has just put In a line of gent's furnishing goods and hats nnd caps in the Kocnig's block on Third street. A delegation of Grand Army men are in Lincoln to-day nnd among them arc : Adjutant General Livcriughouso , Mr. llyan , Scth Mobloy and Postmaster C. L. llowoll. They faro looking up reunion matters nnd other afl'airs. Land two miles out of Grand Island is fueling the pressure of the inside increase in valuations nnd is now ranging as high as | 100 per acre. Somu line pieces have recently sold for that. The prospect of a Lutheran college hero has boomed up prices considerably. Some of the promi nent of that church think that the details can bo made out nt once and satisfactory arrangements made to accept the propo sitions made them and the buildings erected this summer. A OltANKV SHOOTIST. In the case of Mrs. Bill Kelly , she called on Monroe Taylor , ono of the county board of supervisors , and as has been hur custom , asked if some county aid had been extended to bur that she had requested , and Mr. Taylor replied that he thought not. Mrs. Kully said if it was not attended to she would mike : a row. Mr. Taylor told hur to go homo and attund to her knitting and closed the door and stopped ono sidu to lock it. As hudid so a forty-four calibre chunk of lead was sent through the door and from thence it wont crashing through a partition of inch boards aim glanced off an opposite wall and danced around in various directions , making splinters lly , all going to show that Mrs. Kelly was loaded for supervisors , and had Mr. Taylor boon standing in range he would certainly have boon seriously hurt. The woman in thu case is the wife of ' 'Bill" Kully , who is serving a term in the penitentiary. She picks up a living by bcrubbing and such other work as she can got. She is somewhat dissolute and cranky , and probably did thu shooting more to make a row , as she had threat ened , than to do any bodily harm to Mr. Taylor. The latter tiled an information against Mrs. K. for shooting with intent to kill. She waived uxammuiion to-day. CITV I'OLITICS arc enlivened by the announcement that George Spencer is a candidate for police judge , lie is a middle-aged gentleman , of a good pharo of luiral ability and pretty well knoivn , and will probably make a lively run Jor any competitor , lie will most likely be tlm candidate of thu high license ulument of thu city. Candidates for mayor an- coining out of thuir holes like woodchucks in sunny weather , and a long list of these fitted and these who think themselves fitted aru already writ ten upon as many slates. Among the most prominent are Avery , MuAllistcr. Viuregg , Loan. Means , Murphy , Ball and others. LOOKING I'OIl AN O1T.NINO. Lewis A. Pease , of Chiuago.lms been in the city with a view of going into the dry goods business if ho nan get a irood location , and of which there is now a probability. As there is a good opening heru for another store of this kind ho will probably drop into it. SOUHHKS' HOME. An effort is being made by the people of Grand Island to secure thu State Sol diers' home here. Everything is very favorable for such a homo in this city as tno invalid and aged or homeless sol dier would dusirp. There beams to be a general concession by people from all parts of the state that such an institution is nucossary , and that Grand Island is the place for it. It is central ; the city is t-asy of access from all directions ; a line country with an inexhaustible supply of pure and sott water that can be reached by a forty foot drive well. Should tins bo done , a permanent location of the regular annual reunion will probably also bo made hero , end the people of this city would take more than the usual pride , which is largu in this direction , to make it pleasant for the boys and give them a home in deed as well as in name , and a good , jolly time evury year at their reunions. Several of our soldier boys nro down at Lincoln now looking over this matter of a homo , and wo hope they may realize thuir most sanguine expecta tions. DENIES THE ALLEGATION. Airs. Grccnluuf was arrested and taken before Tollon Judge Willson yesterday and fined $25 and costs for keeping a place of prostitution in Kounig block. It was alleged that she rented a room there and kept that kind of a place. Mrs. Greenlcaf appeals. The woman in ques tion and her attorney claim no proof was made that she kept any such place. She also sues the proprietors of the Grand Island Business college , Messrs , Evans & Ilargis , for $75. She attended their college , paying them in advance for tuition , and at commencement signed n contract that she would conduct herself in a ladylike manner or forfeit the money advanced. They heard that she was not acting in accordance with the require ments and expelled her , retaining the forfeit. The suit to-day will determine who shall hold the $75. Snlo of I'erchoron Horsrs. FUKSIONT , Nob. , Fob. 11. [ Correspond ence of thu lhn.J : Mark M. Coad's two days' fealo ol imported I'erchoron horses , hold at Iiis Maple Grove farm , near this city , clo.scd last evening. There wore a large number well known breeders pres ent from Nebraska , Iowa , Minnesota nnd Kansas , nnd the prices pnid for stock wcro vttry satisfactory to thu suller. Mr. Coad imported thu stock direct from Franco a year and a half ago , bringing over thu largust importation over made into the United States at ono 'tiini : lit ) huud. lie is the largest fuudur in thu west and has had a quarter of a million dollars invested in his plant here. He has decided to hold a public sale each year , Following aru the horses sold , thuir pur chasers aim prices paid ; STALLIONS , Brilliant , 4 years old ; F. C. Tutors , Dallas - las Comer , Ja. ; price $ l,77r > . Abdullah , U years old ; Duquosne Live Stock Co. , J'nulps county , Kan. ; price if 1,375. Dick , J { years old ; A. V , Tread way , 1-nil- crton , Nob. ; price $1,530. Armiuid , 8 yours old ; A. Wickstrom , lloldregu , Nub. ; price if 1.400. Valiant , ! years old ; H. A. Templeton , Tekamah , Nub. ; price $2,055. Figaro , ! 5 years old ; 11. L. Owens , Croighton. Nub. ; price $ lr.CO. Denmark , Thomas Hanlon , Dunbar , Neb. ; pricu $ lB7S. Colsor , a years old ; Duquosno Live Stock Co. , I'helps county , Kan , ; price ll-175 , Mustaeh , sold to Eberllng Dros. , Stan , ton , $1 , HO. .MAIIKS. Hosino , 4 years old ; William Ernst , To- cumsuh , Neb. ; uriuo f 1.100 , Abrocotlno , C years old ; A. WicK'strom lloldrogo , Nob. ; price $500. Entile , ! J years old ; Roberts Bros. , Ne- llph , Nob.price ; $810. Flenrino , 4 years old.T. K.WilsonMin ncapolis , Minn. ; pricefOCO. Byou , 4 years old ; H. A. Templeton Tekamah , Nob. : price $150. Uielctte , solii to J. K. Wilson , Mimic npolis , Minn. , if 11)0. ) ( 'destine , sold to Huberts Bros. , Ncligh Neb. , : fr,00. Mcr/a , sold to Thomas Hanlon , Dun bar , Neb. ; $1,1-15. Racottc , sold to William Ernst , Tc cum.sch , 4-500. Uobino , sold to A. Wickstrom , Hold- rcgo. Neb. , $ .150. Kostunsc , ( colt ) , sold to J. E. Wilson Minneapolis , Minn. ; if300. Nlnu stallions sold for $13,473 , being in average of $1,5'J7 per head. Eleven mares sold for $7,903 , ooing ni average of $718 per head. Pullet-ton Facts. FULLEHTON , Nob. , Feb. 11. [ Corre spondence of the BKE.I Howard IlofT man , the Union Pacific brakcman in jurcd hero Wednesday , died Thursday morning nnd will bo buried at Albion Sunday. Hoffman was ayouugman , uni versally liked , and nn especial favorite among the traveling men. Thu train containing Company Surg eons Shugg and Martin , run from Co lumbus to Fullerton thirty-live miles in thirty-two minute , probably the fastest timeover made on the Union Pacific load , Fullerlon'fl prospects for the coming season are fine. A committee has been appointed to se cure the North western railroad. They report good progress. The B. it M. railroad has also run a survey to this point. DOOM KD1TION. The 'Nance ' County Journal'publishes a "boom edition" next week telling forth the advantages of Naucn county for locators ; 10,000 copies will bo distri buted. The Fullerton Roller mills now run constantly , turning out 125 barrels ot Hour per day. Among tlio new enterprises that will soon take shape are two extensive gen eral stores and an immense creamery On thn Cedar at this point is a water power Piilliuiunt tor ten manutactorles or mills. Subslantial encouragement will be given to any such concerns that will improve it. Between the new railroads , creamery and the development of the country , a great improvement , if not oven an immense boom , is looked for at Fullerton the coming season. KKV. A. AV. \niAIJ. . Acceptance or ( he Unanimous Call to nn Oinah.t 1'nstornio. A few weeks ago the First Baptist church of this city extended to Rev. Dr. A. W. Lamar a unanimous call to the pastorate of the church. In response to the call Mr. Lamar visited the church to look the field over , anil on the 80lh tilt. preached twice to large audiences. His sermons made such favorable impressions on his audiences that thu church was convinced of the wisdom of its action in extending the call. Mnnj who da not belong to the congregation came forward and ollered financial assistance to the officers of the church , provided Mr. Lamar - mar could bo secured. Many of the pro fessional and business mun not belonging to thu denomination , who heard his olo- quontfeurmons.callod on Mr.Lamnr during his short btay. and expressed thuir wishus so strongly , urging Mr. L. to aecupt ami become a citi/.ou of Omaha , that he felt it his duty to acquiesce. Last week Mr. Lamar returned to Memphis and laid the whole mutter before Ins church , who with great reluctance then accepted his resignation , and yes terday Dr. O. S. Wood received a telu- cram intimating his acceptance of the call of the church hero. As a result there is great joy in Baptist circles in securing so able and talented a gentlemen , anil thuir joy is shared by hundreds outside thuir denomination , who mot Mr. Lamar while hero , and some who had the pleas ure of his acquaintance in years gone by. The time of his arrival is not definitely known. Plain to niblo HimlnntR. The following telegraphic correspon dence was had between Rev. A. W. Lamar - mar , pastor-oleot of tlio First Baptist church and Dr. O. S. Wood : MliMi'ins. Tenn. , Feb. 10 , 1887. Or. O. H. Wood , Omaha , Neb. Acts li ( , H , 10 ; Psalms 71 , 10. A. W. LAM AII. OMAIIA. Neb. . Feb. 10 , IbST. Itov. A.V. \ . Lamar , Memphis , Tcnii. Acts 8 , 8 : I'salms 4 , 7 , 8. O. b. WOOD. THE PAXTI IMSUroK.MAXCK. The I'roernmmo nnd the Scale of Prices , The programme to bo rendered hero on thu occasion of the Patti performance , on the 24th , will bo composud of thu bust concert numbers , in addition to the third act of Sominunido. The prices of admission will bo $1 , $2 , $3 and $1 , according to the choice of loca tion. Some of the scats in the gallery will bo f-old as high as $3. A ridiculous rumor is allo.it that the Exposition association intends to con struct boxes about the sides of thu gallery for this especial occasion. The directors say that there is no foundation whatever for the ronort. It is boliuvod that at these low prices the exposition building will bo literally packed. A Pauper's Ciravo. A , young man named George E. Brain- ard died yesterday at the poor house , lie had been ill two months with quick con sumption. His sister , his only surviving rolativn , lives in Buloit , Wi.s. She tele graphed that slid would pay the express charges upon his remains to that point but was unable to pay for the caskut in which to enclose them. Poor Siipurm- tundent Mahoney was therefore com- puliud to bury the young man in the county cemetery. Unlucky The firomciii seam to bo fated for ill luck just at present. Five of thorn liavo been injured at lires this month , and yes terday Pat Newman , pipuiiian nt No. U hon.su , was injured by the bur-iting of a blood vcf.sul in ono of his logs while Klidmg down thu polo in the house. Thu only fortunate moinnur of thu depart ment appears to bo < tt\-i. \ Dolanuy , of No. 3 , who is going to tak advantage of his tun days' lav-oil' by gutting a lifu partner. Due notice of thu u\cnt will bu givuu lator. _ JMaUtntr it Bii inrHs of Marriage , JVeiii To/ / ! Coiimicitlnllilwdscr. . Two women linvu been nne.stcd In Paris tor gelling themselves mauled to n consider able niimher of wealthy iri-ntlenieii success ively anil then runninc away with the wed ding piusonts. Jt Is not reported whether they am chanted with digamy or with the of- funso of obtainlnuedding presents under fa lie pretenses. The Oi-iKln or "Hoodie. " i\'ew I'm I. ll'o/M. It has been dlpoomed that "boodlii" is from the old Dutch woid "uoedel , " meaning property or peed * . Hero Is a MrlUni ; In- btnnco of that deterioration In winds to which Aichdlbhop Ticneh called attention. Itocdel , like pagan and vlll.iln , had at iiiot nouvll meaning. Al.isl that ultlo intercourse - course with men should ? < dclinsu llmlaiir iMiau'c. Villain and pagan lonv go took mi i daik blgnUicaiicii , and it can lie tmlhlully salu ihiU boednl has been piiii pcislsttuiUy to the bail uf late year * . EXPOSITION BUILDING OMAHA. HBT Positively Farewe11 Tour Mr. lir.NUY 1' . AUnnv.vnry 10 j.eotfulU . nn nouiucs the in'pi'iirnnio In Onmlm , of t -IX- One Grand Operatic Concert Which win tRio plnco on / \Vlthlho fell l in lists : Mme SOFIA SCALCHI , SIG. ALHKHTGUIliLH , Tonoi- Sin. ANTONlAGAMSSr llarilono S1GJWAXCO NOVAItA , AMI Sig. LuigiArditi - - Conductor At thlg performance tlio nlmvo nrtlelMinl MMK I'ATTI will nppoiir in n Grand Concert Program Consisting of famous Rploctlons.atul In ndilUint , the Bccuiul Act ol Kusalul's upura ( in costuuio ) SEItHRAMIDE ASSUIl Siir. Franco Novnru AIISACE Mine Sollu Scalclii AND SEMIKAMIDE , JI.ME.ADELINAI'ATTI With nil the nccossorlos of costumes , iiml ix GRAND ORCHESTRA. or nrrv snur.crnn MUSICIANS , under thoUliuctluli of SIGK LUIG-I AKDITI SCALE OF PRICES. SI.S . SSandS ReservedSeats Enloof BcatBtoslns But utility. Tab. 10 , nt 10 n. m. , ntMnx Jtoyer \ Ilros MusloPtoto. Stolnwny & Sons Colobrntoil 1'miio tispil. MAItCUS H. MAYKU.Actlntf M FOR SALE Having sot most of my block farm and having no further use for the following stock , I will cell them at a bargain , SiKius Stallion , 8512 , Standard , com ing six years old , biy , 1(5 ( hands , sired by Enficld 229 , he by Kjn.lykS , Hamhletonian , Also topans of heavy draft tnulciS j ears old , weight 2,200 : ind 2,500 pounds per hpan , 10 hands , They can be seen at Spring Valley Stock Km m , one mile from city limits , noithwest , Omaha : N I. D. SOLOMON. DRS.S.SD.DAYIESON . . . , 17-13 LAAVltKNCIS STKIMCT. I > KKVEK : , - - COLORADO , Of me Minbouri Slate M"Retun of Anatomy - my , St. Louis , Mo ; Univerbity College Hospital London , Giescn , Germany and New York. Having devoted their atten tion SPECIALLY TO TIIK TREATMENT OF Nervous , Chronic and DISEASES. More especially those arising from impru dence , invite all so Differing to correspond without delay. Diseases of infection and contagion cured safely and speedily without detention from business , and without the use of dangeioiiR drugs. Patients whose cases have been neglected , badly treated or pronounced incurable , should not fail to write us concerning their symptoms. All letters receive immediate attention. uSTJUST PUBLISHED _ And will be mailed FREE to any address on receipt of one 2 cent stamp , "Practical Observations on Nervous Debility and Phy sical Exhniiftion , " to which is added an "Essay on Marriage , " with important chap ters 011 D1SICASK8 OK TUB RKPRODUCTIVU 3KOANfe , the whole forming a valuable mcd- cal treatise xvhich should he read b > all f'oung men. Address 17-1-2 Uvrciiee hi. , Duiivisr , Col , LINCOLN BUSINESS DIRECTORY itcmitlj- Unlit Ncnlr ruiiihhel The Tremont , J. Cor. Hli miU 1'hts , Lincoln , Nob- Ilateill 'U | inrJ r. htrcot can from liuuiv to 'Hrtof I liu cfljr. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J. II. W HAWKINS , Architect , OllU cn-ai. : il HIM Jfi''lmrtjs ! llloclc , Lincoln , N'olj. r.luvntor mi lltli bliuut. Ilrnc-nrnf llltiiilurol - Pimitc Uu.t.M ( Ur ; in F M WOODS. Live Stock Auctioneer pttlua miiilo In nil pints of llio I ) S. ntfuir Hloij. HooiniJ , Kinlu 1 1 lot' k , Lincoln , Nob. ( iallowuy tm < l riliurt Hum bulln for t.ulu. 1 $ 11 < .iOUIlIN ( } , Farm Loans and Insurance , Curn'gi > omli-ti ! < > In iCKitnl to Inuns sollclUiJ. lloimH , HlLliariU Illuuk. Llnculn , Neb. Etiverside Short Horns ) ( blrlctly puiu UiHcaaiij lUtea TupjioilOKttlo. lord nuiuheru ubont 00 buuit. i'mulllud itiprrsi-iiUhl t'ilbetti. Or ii.n loonibH. llcnioi , Honuof Stmioini , Mosj llnsos , vniclitly Duolliidacs , I'Ul Creole vouiur tlnr/d. liTllUus , Ixiuann and True I.OTUI , , , . ' liulU lor ale 1 Cure llumj FHi'orl. I 'nro l'iBL'tf" . 1 Hobeuf Phmon , I Yoiwir JMitry. I'uio Crulek Slmnk nml omoin ; " " " ' nsiiocltbo liorJ. Aililiv . OHAS.'M. IIHA.S iON , Lincoln. N l > W lion in Lincoln stop at National Hotel , umiicrlu ° - t PDA WAY I'rou