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    2HE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ' SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 12. 1887.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. "
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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.
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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
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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 ° -
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