THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , MARCH 9. 1887. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Ttnvs or SUIISCIUPTIOW : Dally ( Mornl.isf Kdltlon ) Including Sunday BKK , Ono Year $10 Of Jfor Blx Months ft e ForThroo Monlhii SO The Omnlm Hundajr IlrK , mailed to nuy dilrou , One Vcnr. . , 3 ( X PARA Orrrrr , No. m AVD Olft FAHVAV STIIKET MIW VOHK e > rricii. UOOM r. ' , . Tniiinvr. limt.tiisn WAHUINUTUX UrriCE , NO. Ml PUUIITEENTII S Til SET All comtnnnlentmna relating to news nml cdl torlal matter should bo mldressod to the Kui oii or TUK BEE. ntisiK ggr.x.TTKiis : All bu'lncso letters anilremittancesihoulil hi fcddroifHxi to TMK HER ruiiMsm.sn UOMIMNY OMAHA. Drafts , cliockn and poUofTUjo order to bo made payable to the order of tlio company IBE BIE PBBLISHIlisliPHIIT , PROPRIETORS , E. ROSRWATKU. RniTOR. THE DAILY DEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btnto of Nebraska , I . , 8 8 County of DoiiKlas. | < < ( Jeo. U. Tzschuck , secretary of The Hw Publishing company , does solemnly swea that the actual cirrulntlon of the Daily lici lor the week ending Mar. 4tli , 1887 , was a : follows : Battirdav. Feb. 20 14.59 Sunday. Feb. 27 13.TO Monday. Feb. 28. l , bT > i Tucdday , Mar. 1. 14.2-H Wednesday. Mar. 2 14,20 Thnrsdav , Mar. a 14,1m Friday , Mar. 4 14.2 ! . Average 14.27 IIKO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and swot n to he fore mo this 7th day of Mairh A. I ) . , 18b7 N. 1' . KEIU 'SEALI > otnrv 1'ubllc. ( Jeo. U. Trschnck , betnc first duly sworn depots and says that ho is secretary of Tin Uee Publishlne company , that the actual v eratro dally circulation of the Dullv Bee foi tlic month of Februnrv.l88Gwas " 10.5'Jo copies Tor March , IbSO , 11637 copies ; for April 1880 , 13,131 copies : for for May , 188(1. 12,43 ! copies ; for June. 18bO. 12S > U3 copies ; for July 1SSG , 12,314 copies ; for Auciist , 1860 , 12,4ft coplesfor ; September , 18SO. iij.oao copies ; fo : October , 18bC. 12,9s' ) copies ; for November 1880 , 13,348 copies ; for December , 1880.13,23' copies tor January , Ib87.10,200 copies. _ . QKO. B. TZSCHUCK. SubRcrlbednnd sworn to before me this 8tl day of February A. . D. 18S7. [ HEAL.I N. P. FKIT. . Notary Public. TIIR Herald was rejuvenated , but it ! policy remains the same. MANY great men have died during tin last century. None of them were greatei than Henry Ward Bccchcr. ' . THE dream of every Englishman's heart , just now , is to see Buffalo Hill' ; 1 , orncd , erse , from that blarstedllamcr- ica , you knaw. ' THE world is selfish. No matter hov many years of usefulness a great mai may live , there is always deep regret a bis departure from the material world. . MEXICO is gettingahoad of us. Anothe bull light down there. Just wait unti Mr. Sullivan's arm finally recovers and this country will make Mexico ashamed of Itself. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IP the Inter-state commerce- law hai been properly interpreted , those holding passes had better do their riding prettj soon. The first of April is nishinj rapidly toward us. THE junketing crowd of senators am Congressmen who wore going to Florid ? tand Cuba are getting afraid of the yellow fever , and the outfit will bo smallci than was the original intention. * WITH pain wo read that Mr. Lowell Bays Shakosueare did not write "King Richard III. " And it is gratifying tc know that Mr. Shakespeare was novel accused of writing "Biglow Papers. " IF the legislature finally passes the bil providing tor a geological survey , it can fcot do bettor than recommend that the Btato geologist cage Mr. Ageo as a rare fossilized figure of the asinus vulgaris. IT is to be rcgroted that death called Mr Seedier before ho had completed the second volume of his "Life of Christ. ' However , "Life Thoughts" will bo reae and treasured through many generations Tin : dashing colonel of the state mill tla is these days busily engaged in mov ing that bills "do not pass. " The colone * TRS elected by a very small majority , ye v be imagines that he is the most promt ' ' fient man in the senate. Foun weeks from to-day the cit ] lection takes place , unless the law ia changed. It is almost time to make HI elates to be broken. It is to bo hopuel that none but men with character aiie : ability will jtttompt to bo elected. TIIK Omaha charter bill has been made a special hearing for 2 o'clock this after noon. The .unbought members of thi legislature should see to it that a chartei meeting tho. wants and demands of 2 great and growing city is granted , > TIIK bill to pay members and employe : for the additional twenty days , together ifith the increase of salary to $300 , calls lor an appropriation of $55,000. This modest little sum comes from the tax payers. If they can stand it the member' ' and clerks think they will manage some way to got through It. IN one of his most beautiful sermons delivered quite recently , Mr. Buechoi closed as follows : "In the great invisi Me toward which wo are going , wo shal find ton thousand vibrating strings whicl we have made musical , which the wholi heavens shall chant , and which the whole universe ) will hear. " With such bcaiiti fnl thoughts , learned in his younger day : and remembered throughout all his life death to one so thoroughly confident pos erases no terror. TUB tailing army of short-huirc < | jj | women ami long-luiired men must agaii give the country n rest. They will necos arily bo compel.'ud to postttono their un ely hobby of woman suffrage until an ether two years have come and gone For n right that is "divino" and "God given , " as the female freedom shriokor boldly and uublnsbiugly maintain , it i a lung time gutting hero. And it is nl * ! nest certain that in its defeat in the na ' * tional congress , its death was at the sami time recorded , So far us out own Htati in concerned , local agitators will contiu Willy attend to the question at the neg feet of their households. No hobby wa rer ridden harder. The question o woman suffrage has been before the pee trie over since Miss Anthony lias boon o Uut as it in the policy of this pane : discuss ancient history , we wil prfrtiin from further oommuat , , Showing Ills Ilnnd. The Herald has not said much of late upoi the subject of Omaha's proposed new chartc bccausn the subject Ims already been ampl discussed In thc o columns. It begs leave t assure the Rentluinun of the legislature , 01 the evn of action , however , that the itntrt mcnt as reported from the judiciary commli tee of tlie house Is wholly satisfactory t nine-tenths of the people of Omaha. 1 would further particularly recommend thn the majority report of the Douglas count ; delegation on the section In relation to th board of public works bo not heeded , bu that the Judiciary committee's substitution o the clause In the present charter be adopted Onuihn lIcrnM. The Herald does not voice the sent ! incut of Omaha on the charter any mor than it has voiced public sentiment 01 any issue during the last ten ypnrs. 1 paper that circulates less than tvvelv hundred copies in a city of 80,000 populn tion , is in no sense a representative o popular sentiment. The truth is , thn the only parties in Omaha that oppoa the charter as compiled by the chaste committee , and revised by the iJougla delegation , are the monopolies and ring that seek control of our public works This fact is patent to everybody in the com munity. The secret of the opposition lie in the fact that the provisions of the nev charter are very stringent with regard t the regulation of gas companies , strce railways and telephone companies. Th composition and the power o the new board of public works make jobbery by contractors mucl more diflicult than it has been , under th present charter. Hence wo find the owners ors and managers of the street railways gas companies and telephone companio combining with the contractors and certain tain syndicates to mutilate the charter The now proprietor of the Herald I evidently in full accord with this class o patriots. He wants the charter amundci in the interests of monopolies , rings am land speculating syndicates. That is no a desire which docs credit to a mai occupying his position. The City Campaign. Charter or no charter , the city cam paign is now open. Unless the law i changed within a few days the city clec tion will take place on the fifth day o April , just four weeks from this day The importance to Omaha of this clec tion can hardly bo exaggerated. It i not merely a question of oflices am spoils , but of good or bad government If the next mayor and counci become mere jumping-jacks am stool-pigeons of contractors am large corporations the city wil bo driven on the highway to bankruptc ; and ruin. History will only repeat itself With hundreds of thousands of dollars ti bo expended on public works durinj the next two years , it is but natural thn contractors' rings would make an organized izod and desperate effort to cnptur the city Government. It remains ti bo seen whether our citizens will stir render thcso vital interests into sucl hands. For our part wo shall support no can didatc for any city cilice who has a tic up with contractors or corporate monop olics. We hope to sec honest and coin potent men nominated for every Jt ; oflice. But if the jobbers and plunder era pack the conventions , wo shall exercise cise the privilege of opposing bad am dangerous candidates , just as wo havi always done. Beocher'a Death. In the death of Henry Ward Beecho , the country undoubtedly loses the nios distinguished and influential minister o the century. Many others have been fo a time marked figures in our history fo their eloquence , their influence and thoi power for good , but no one has for si many years continuously held the fron rank in the religious world and so fore bly Impressed his individuality upoi his generation as t'ao late Mr. Bcechcr. / man of marvelous eloquence , great orig nality of thought and vivid imagina tion , ho never spoke , whether Iron pulpit or lecture platform , without cap tivating his audiences and sending then homo to think. Mr. Beccher was pre eminently an earnest , single-minded generous and unselfish man. He thor ouithly believed in his work , and. whatever over ho did , ho did with all his might. More than any other minister of thi century , perhaps moro than any othe in our history , Mr. Bcechor was i political as well as religion force. More than any other mai who has essayed the double role of re ligion and politics , he has had th genius to so acquit himself in both thn no one could justly charge him with a mis use of cither in behalf of the other cause Above all ho was a man who had in ai unsurpassed degree the cou rage of hi convictions. In the darkest days of th rebellion , with a heart ovcrllowirig will patroitism , ho conceived it to bo his dut ; to go to England and stem the sympa thies of the ruling classes there will secession. Ho faced hostile prejudiced thousands in the largest halls ii London , and spoke with the boldness o the prophets and apostles of old for tin cause of truth , justice and freedom. A Nathan faced David to charge him wit his crime , saying : "Thou art the man,1 so did ho face these in power there , am with fcnrk'ss manner and ringing words pointed out their errors , their inconsis tcncies and their injustice concerning the cause of the north , and without doub did more than any other one agency t < change public opinion and oQiclalconduc there in regard to our cause. The same courage of his conviction has been shown in all hi religious teachings. He has alwny refused to bo bound by the nai row dogmas of a creed , and while generally orally comforming to the principles of In seethe has not hesitated to dissent from its teachings in bolmlf of a broader , nion liberal and moro loving religion Ho was never frightened at i chanro of inconsistency. When hi convictions led him to discard any pro vioua belief or to change his political ae tion ho did it promptly and without apol ogy. All in all , a great man has gone l < his rest , and many generations will conic and go without producing tils equal as : moral , religious and social force. Defeat of Attempted Monopolies. Among the incidents of Wall strec during the past week , none have beoi more interesting than the tumble in thi price of the stock of the American Cottoi Ol | Trust. This company is a creation o the Standard oil people , and has been ii exUUmoa about a year. It was foruuu and has been conducted on the plan thn has made the Standard Oil company th greatest monopoly of this age , and th corner stone of the concern was score railroad rates such as the Standard wa largely built up on , It aimed to monop olize the production of cotton-seed oil Although the making of cotton-seed ol is in itself an entirely legitimate business the atlalrs of this company wore carrlci on with the same studious conccalmcn that characterizes the affairs of th Standard. While the stock of the concern corn was placed on Wall street , quoted 01 the exchange , and traded in dally , n public statement has ever been made , no only of earnings and expenses , but cvui of the fact of how much stock has bcoi issued. It is a disputed question in Wai street whether there nro $33.000,000 o $33,000.000 outstanding. Efforts made ti ascertain of officers of the company tin amount of stock issued have been mo with the statement that it is none of th public's business. On the strength o statements , proceeding from no one kno what source , that the company was earn ing 5 per cent , on its unknown stock , th public blindly gambled in this stock unti the price reached 63 , whore it halted The company is understood to have ob tained control of about nine-tenths of th oil factories of the country and was pusli ing out its tentacles to draw in the others Two events came very close together I check its designs. The first , and not th least important of these , was the passnjr of the inter-state commerce law. Th effect of this was to remove the corner stone upon which the intended monopol ; was to be erected , and without which th plan must necessarily fail of its cardina object. Under the old conditions , fol lowing the well known and until nov successful tactics of the Standard , thi company would have been able by mean of secret low rates on the railroads ti crush competitors who would not conv into the pool , or to drive thorn out of tin pool. But under the new conditions i canoujoy no advantage over competitor in the ono direction in which it expectci to have all the advantage , that of ship ping its seeds and oils at lower rates thai could be obtained by others in the sanu fine of business. Under the law it mus stand on an equal footing with all othe shippers of seeds and oils , and whatevo success it secures in the market must b obtained by other methods than througl reduced rates and rebates from the rail roads. The other event , which the passage sago of the inter-state commerce law in vited and rendered practicable , was tin organization of a computing company with a largo capital that proposes the us tablishment of extensive cotton-seed oi mills at various points in the south. Tin projected monopoly having been thin defeated , the price of its stock fell dis astrously , the quotations of Monday showing a decline of twenty-three point in a week , It is probable that the pro jfctors of this enterprise will not lose t dollar. The people who have blindly gambled in the stock will bo the sufferers But whether or not the men in thoschemi have lost or gained , the country is to bi cangratulatcd upon the fact that wha might have become another powcrfu monopoly has been defeated before i had an opportunity to do much harm. On n similar plan was another pro jcctod monopoly which tbo passage o the inter-stato commerce law put an em to. Before the law was enacted it was proposed that the manufacture and sale of Hour should be controlled by a corpora tion to bo called the Flour trust. If thii project had been carried out the groa flour mills would have entered a pool and. an attempt would have been madi by moans of special freight rates , and all the other instruments used by the oil monopoly , to absorb or crush other mills and success would have enabled one cor poration to control absolutely the supply and price of that great staple. The passage sago of the law killed this scheme in it : inception. These examples are suflicien to show the vicious course we wen moving in under former conditions , am to establish conviction that the rcmedia legislation came none too soon. Senator Jones of Florida. In connection with an apparently well authenticated report from Detroi that ox-Senator Jones , of Florida , will bi a candidate for re-election to the senati from his state , the statement is made tha he has not been in Detroit on : i courting mission at all , but that while in Washing ton ho became possessed ol some tremend ous secret , and had to get away in orde to keep it. It is said that when he goo : before the Florida legislature to asK it : votes , he will reveal this great secret which will not only relieve him from tin suspicion of haying bceu in love , but tha other suspicion of being moro than hal crazy. Moreover , it is claimed that hi revelations will not only vindicate hi own course , but create a national sensa tiou in the character of charges that he will make and the high standing of tin statesmen that he will involve. Hero at least is something in the Jonc episode with meat in it. If the alligato senator has for so long been in possessioi of so tremendous a secret that its rcvcla tion would not only shake the solu foundations of the capilol and cause th goddess of Liberty to tremble on her loft ; perch aboyo the dome , but startle th whole nation and involve the ruin o statesmen whom the people have trustci and honored , ho did well to go out of the way of Washington reporter by seeking a rural retreat in the Wolvcr ine state , and seeming to be crazy bj affecting to be in love. He thusdisarmei suspicion and was enabled to nurse hit secret without fear of molestation. But think of the moral courage whicl this course illustrated I Consider how hard it was to bear tbo ridicule of tlu press of the whole country , any ono o whoso representatives would gladly , hat he suspected the truth , have pledged tin revenues of his journal for a year to loan 111 advance of all hated rivals what the senator knew. The agony which thi mental travail caused had to bo smiling ! j concealed by flirtations with the closet blinds of Miss Palms' windows. Ho wn : forced to make lifn a burden to Miss Palms by the daily lovn notes and floral offerings with which ho besieged her , and now it appears that while ho was a seeming votary at Cupid's shrine , ho was really n voluntary sacrifice on the altar of state , suffering from love for his country , enduring ridicule from charitj forhls follow statesmen. Noble Jones Bravo senator I Considerate friend And yet when the sacrifice of revealing h only greater than that of concealing , he is prepared for that greater sacrifice. He will tell the truth though the heavens fall and guilty statesmen bo crushed . Tl > < stars may gather on the corners of thi milky way to listen to and discuss the awful disclosures ; the moon may hide her face in pity and tluj un may stop ir his course to see the wreck of roputa tious , but Jones will do hU duty. Lcl the crash como I BUCCCSB of thu Hoptonnato. No ono doubted that the demand of the German government for , a continuance of the soptpnnato , which would have expired > pired in April , would bo acquiesced in The return of members of the roichstap in favor of this policy rendered the rosiil a foregone conclusion. But it was tt have boon expected that the opposition would have made a somewhat moro vig orous contest than tlusy appear from tin cable report of the proceedings to have done. Thu leaders of the opposing fac lions talked against the measure , but it seems evident that they were burdened by a sense of the hopelessness of their op position. It is reported , indeed , tha Windthorst , the loader of the center showed in the moderation of his Ian guago the effect which the outcome o the elections had exerted upon him. It : short , the whole proceedings bore evidence donco to the fact that the govcrnmen was in complete command of the situa tion , and that protests or efforts to ob struct its will would bo iillo. The rcsul Is that the military establishment hu been made secure for another sevei ycats. This , however , is but ono step though perhaps the most import ant , in the programme of thi government , and it remains to b < seen whether it can carry through th < others with equal case. It is not suffi cient that authority is given to hold mer to military service for seven years. The army must be maintained and the people must pay for this maintenance. Tlu propositions ot the government for this purpose are yet to bo presented. They will involve financial changes of a verj important nature , against which then has hitherto been developed a very large and vigorous opposition. Among tlu propositions certain to bo brought for ward upon which an extended contcntioi is probable are tobacco monopoly ant an increase of the tax on brandy. Tlu adoption of these propositions would be to increase the government's exaction ! upon the people , and they will doubtlcsi bo vigorously opposed. But if the gov crnmcnt determines that both or eitliei of them is absolutely necessary to its re quircmcnts it is hardly questionable that as the rcichstag is now constituted , it wil ultimately have its way. Bismarck un doubtedly knows his men , and it is alsc * not to be doubted that ho intends to go the full value of his .yictary. WHEN the Kansii people conceive si dislike for a man they do not hesitate about showing it. Kansas is a republi can state , and the republicans there hole ; St. John responsible for the defeat of Blame in 1834. To emphasize their dis pleasure at this result they have several times burned the prohibition presidential candidate in efligy and have practically ostracised him socially. 5 The latest man' ifcstatiou of their dislilfe for him is the legislative act of wiping out his name from the map of the stale. Acountjfhad been named after him. in the days of hi.- popularity , but a bill has just been passci ! and promptly signed by the governor changing the name of that county to Logan. During its discussion a member said : "I have a dog which I named St. John. The dog sucked eggs. If you wil ! change the name of St. John to Logan 1 will shoot the dog. " Whether the dog was to bo shot for bearing the name ol St. John or for sucking eggs the mem ber did not explain. The appropri ation of eggs was the dog's vice ; his name was only his misfortune. Porhapa the changing of his name might have re sulted in his reformation , if , as the honor able member seemed to imply , there was a logical connection between the name and the habit. Or bo might have meant that to obliterate St. John's name from the map would not euro him of the vicious habit of electing democratic presidents , and that to shoot him would bo the onl.v effectual remedy. Anyway , it was rougli on St. John to compare him to an egg sucking dog. THE duty devolving upon a newspaper to present the public acts of public indi viduals is an imperative ono , and although at times exceedingly unpleas ant , It cannot be avoided. No matter how high a man may have stood in the estimation of the community , if ho proves to bo a rogue , ho should bo handled without gloves and exhibited to the world in his true light. The Chicago news papers are just now working harmon iously together , in the great work ol pointing out the thefts of public officials. Newspaper fumigation is always profit able to the community. THE numerously signed petitions cir culating in each judicial district of the state , praying Governor Thayer to make certain appointments for now judges , had better bo withdrawn. As yet the bill bas not passed , When it does the origi nal will bo modified. Wo have reliable information that the different districts are absolutely flooded with long peti tions. The man possessing the necessarv qualifications to map a good judge , would hardly ask for'tho Impossible. ACCOKDINO to alleged t confessions of dying men in bioux City'at least a dozen have admitted that they killed Haddock , CONGRESSMAN AND'SENATORS. . Congressman Mitchell , vof Connecticut , spends dally tiom $4 to , $5 for his lunch. Senator Voorhoes wcjars the largest silk plug In ttio senate. Ilia sUe.is t > even and five- eighths. * Senator-Elect Davis sod wife have ROIIO to Now York tor further treatment of the sen ator's eyes. " Senator Kdmunds Is reported to bo advo cating the nomination of Senator Allison , ot Iowa , for president i Senator liiRalls , when ho delivers his satir ical and striking speech , never raises his voice above a monotone and rarely gesticu lates. Congicssman I'aso , of Hnode Island , will got 810,000 for his live days service In the house. He KCts back pay for the two years during which ho contested his seat. Senator Fair's senatorial term expired with this session of congress. lUirlng the six years ho has been In the souuto ho lias never bored his brethren with a speech of any kind. Senator Caimlcu , of , West Virginia , Is said to be noted for his absent-mindedness. Ills absence ot body from the United States seu- nto chamber may also bo hereafter noticed b the close observer. Senator Fnnvell , of Illinois , says that h nml his brother and Mr. Taylor , of Cnlcasc will make about 52UCOO,000 out of the lam given thorn by the state of Texas lupaytnrn for state buildings tlmy are putting up.whlcl will not cost over 81,000,000. Senator Edmunds can make a soup un equaled far delicacy , can prepare a beef tei "that would innko a professional smack hi lips'and sometimes ri-cieates by taking ol hts coat , putting on an apron , and preparlni a calf's foot Jelly after an old Vermont recipe Senator Spooncr will bo among the wan dcrlng stars of conzress this summer. Hi and Mrs. Spooner will sail next mouth fo Kmope , for a tour of at present Indollulti length and duration. It Is probable , how ever , that ho wilt bo back before the opcnliif of congress. * Tbo Manufacture of Duel cs. New Orleans 1'taii/iwe. It may take nine tailors to make a man but ono tailor nmy make a dozen dudes , si far as clothe ? are concerned. Gut What He Wont Alter , Atlanta CtmMtutton. The Constitution ofllco was visited by f mind reader yesterday. Wo need not sa ; that the professor had his llly-whito Hand ful1- _ How to Onro Sleepnllcln ? . Deficit Free I'reti , It Is said that somnambulism Is on the In crease in this country nrnoiii ; marrlee women. The only way to break 'em of I is to hide your wallet outside your bedroom I low Capitalists Arc Miulo Here. Kmth IHiros ( J' < i. ) Rteonl. A correspondent wants to know what i capitalist Is , anyway. Well , In this countri a capitalist is generally a worklngman wht has learned how to live on less than he earns Mo Favors From Railroads ) . A'cir Oitatits l'ic < 7i/ime. A statesman yesterday asked a promlnon railroad man for alight for his cigar , am was handed a card on which the followlnj words were printed : "Would bo pleased U comply with your renuest. but cnuuot do seen on account of the Inter-state commerce bill. ' it seems that statesmen can receive no favon from railroads. Tlio intOi. CajMon. We worked through spring and winter , throut ; ! ) summer and through fall , But the mortgage worked thu hardest ani the steadiest of all. It worked on nights and Sundays , It woikeil each holiday , It settled down amonz us and never wcui away. Whatever we kept from it seemed always r thott ; It watched us every minute , and ruled us right and left ; The rust and blight were with us sometimes and sometimes not ; The dark-browed , scowling mortgage was forever on the spot. The weavlland thacut-worm , they went as well as came ; Tlio mortgage staid forever , eating hearty all the same. It nailed up every window , stood cuard al every door , And happiness and sunshine made theli nome with us no more. Till with falling crops and sickness we jjol stalled upon the grade , And there came a dark day on us when the Interest wasn't paid ; And there came n sharp foreclosure and the farm was cheaply bold. The children left and scattered , when thoi hardly yet-wero grown ; My wife she pined and perished , and I found myself alone. What she died of was a "mystery" the electors tors never knew ; But I know she died ot mortgage just as well ns 1 wanted to. If to trace a hidden sorrow were within f doctor's art , They' Im' found a mortgage lying on thai woman's broken heart. Worm or beetle , drought or tempest , on 0 farmer's land may fall , But for first-class ruination , trust a inoitgaire 'gainst them all. STATE AND TKKKITOUY. Nebraska Jottings. A new directory is sprouting in Lin coin. Sterling offers a bonus of $1,000 for t cannery. Chadron has established a elead line f01 wooden buildings. A 10year-old at Stanton lost an arm while playing with a gun. The Grand Army nest at Pierce pro pose to invest ยง 2,000 in a hall. J. W. Owens has retired from the Gal loway Standard. C. A. Sherwood now runs the machine. "If Omaha wants the reunion this year , " says the Grand Island Indepen dent , "we believe it would bo a gooel plan to give it to that city , and afford her nil opportunity to entertain the veterans of the late war. " The now postollico building at Beatrice was opened to the public for the lirst time ; Monday morning. No postollice in the state , except these in government build ings , is so complete in all its appoint- nients. It has 1,000 lock boxe * of latest improved pattern , and is fitted with gas , steam and water. The government is having trouble in securing a building for n postollieo at Hastings. There are but two or three buildings suitable for the purpose , and the owners do not care to rent thorn for the rental the government wants to pay. A special apjcnt will bo sent to Hastings to examine into the matter and make a report. A pair of rascally cloth peddlers are doing the country around North 1'latto selling job lots of dress goods. They nro accommodating cussc.s and prefer notes to cash every time. They tackled Dan McNcal , secured an order and also a note for 575. Light broke in upon him and with the aid of an officer captured the note before it was raised. Grand Island docs not take to the manly art to thu paying limit but a female scrap distances a dog lieht in bringing out the town. A free fistlruu between two women took place on Wal nut street Saturday evening , in which bustles aud bangs swung around the cir cle , in perfect time to an exhibition ot chin music moro expressive than elegant. The slur wore a scarlet top-knot , and displayed pugilistic qualities calculated to inspire the observer with a fooling that distance lent enchantment , eitc. All the abusive language- the vocabulary was hurled at the victim of the onslaught , in tones which vibrated across three blocks. The fight was all on one side , as the assaulted party was too much of a lady to even make an effort to strike back or talk back , her fight being to gut away from her enraged antagonist. Iowa Items. Red Oak expects a sixty-stall round house and railroad machine shops. A census just about completed shows that Eagle Grove has a population of about ii.OOO. A Dubuque man is the possessor of a spi-ckled hen which lays three .speckled Bggs during each twenty-four hours. At Red OuK the mayor is paid a salary nf $200 a year , and councilmen are al lowed 20 cents an hour for actual service. Andrew Brown and Chloe Robinson , the colored lionds who recently whipped it boy to death at Mqntn/.uma , nave been indicted for murder in the second degree. Near Corning , on Saturday , John Mc- Kcii7.io shot and instantly killed John Iliggs. Both were fannois , and a quar rel arose over the ownership of ooruo cornstalks. A new method of flirtation has been discovered ut Cedar Rauiels. The gallant lover writes on u piece of paper in a bold hand what ho desires , and his lady read it from her retreat on the other side c the street with the nlel of an opera-gluss The temperance people of the Flft congressional district will hold a con vention nt Cedar Rapids , Thursdaj March 17 , for the purpose of consultutioi and the inauguration of plans for thu bet tor enforcement of the prohibitory law of the stato. John Phillips , who six months ngi stole a lot of hogs from a Rock Islam train near Homestead , was nrruiiutl a Bloomington. 111. , ou Tuesday , taken ti Iowa City Tuesday night , appeared ii court and pleaded puilty Wcdncsda' ' morning , anel was sontcnccel to the poni tcutiarv for three j-uar.s and a half am started for Auamosa , all iusido of thirty six hours. Dakota , Watertown is to have an opera housed cost 125,000. A colony from Blunt , Hughes county will emigrate to southern California tin spring. In some sections of north Dakota tin wheat was shipped out so clean that seoi must bo imported. The Homustako product for the pns year is oilieially stated at $1.010,231. Thi product for January of tills year wa The Deadwood-Terra's erold produc for 1830 was ! ? 000,58r . Thu product fo the mouth of January of this year wa $35,531.15. , Judge W. W. Brookiiiffs.of Sioux Falls maelo the first pre-emption filing ami ru ccivcd the first patent ever given to a set tier in Dakota. Trouble is auticiDatcd between the Tn dians and the white settlers in the Turtle mountain region. The whites have ap plied to the government for protection. A party of Russians cautrht in a bll/ : znrel in one of the now counties on the Missouri river , used their sle-ds tor fires anel for three days feasted ou mule moat their only provision. As the mule cos them $75 they lived high. 0 ADDITIONAL OOUNOIL BLTJPFS. # * Mn io anel Mirth. On Thursday evening Roland Rood i ; to appear at the opera house in the " " The Nev farcical comedy "Humbug. York Mirror says of him and his 1 notice that his play "Humbug,1 compared with most of the so-called com edics of the day , is a gem. In the firsi plnco , it has a clearly definite am thoroughly legitimate plot ; its situations and developments are the result of nat ural evolution , and it contains very little of the clement ol improbability. Tlu dialogue ia bright and witty and there i. no horseplay. Mr. Heed's performance is very entertaining and entitled to the highest praise , and wo have at last an opportunity of seeing him at his best. His ceiition of "Mikado " pocket , by the way , is a charming interpolation , ami makes us eager to see Mr. Reed in his famous role of Ko-Ko , which wo now feel sure ho can sing as well as act. The company rendered good support. A MUSICAL TltKVT. The Council Blulls musical society have arrangeel for a special feast at tiio opern house Friday evening , having securcel Madame Fannie Bloomliclel tor one oi her brilliant piano recitals. She will be assisted by Nahan Frnnko and his tul cnted wife , Edith Edwards. The Etuele , of Philadelphia , gives Madame Bloom- Hold the following words of praise : "The event of the evening , practically , was the phenomenal playing of the young pianist , Miss Fannie Bloomfield. Her lire , en thusiasm and repose were wonderful. Since Rubinstein played it , I have never heard his concerto given with so mucl breadth and nerve. Her cantubilo play ' intr is genuine , and. she made the instr'u mcnt sing with her beautiful sinsjle-lin gor tone. The rondo was electric am ! played at a terrible tempo , but always with a power of reserve that never mue'lc you nervous ; indeed , I felt more nervous for the orchestra. Such ripeness of coir ception and such technique has been sel dom heard , and all the foremost pianists of the country pronounce her a genuine pianistic phenomenon. She showed like wise great power , breadth and subtle delicacy in her solo selections. "KVANOKLINK. " Saturday evening Rico's company will present this old , yet ever new , play , with new costumes , sceuerv and accessions. . It will also be given as a niatiuec Satur day. _ The Wiir Sona Concert. This entertainment at the opera house last evening was a novel and pleasing ono. A number of the best musicians in the city took part. The following was the program. TAUT I I1EFOIIK THE WAR. 1. America . Full Chorus 2. The Battle Cry of Freedom . . Eoloand Chorus 3. lake YourGim and Go , John . . Koio and Chorus Miss Barbara Merkcl. 4. "Kingdom Coming" . Male Quartette 5. Grafted Into the Army. . Solo and Chorus Miss Anna Merkcl. 1'A.UTII WAH'JIMn. 0. Fancy Drill . Awkwnrd Squad 7. Trio , From der Freisehu t/ . . Piano , Violin and Flute 1'rot. Llpfnrt , and Mows. Flank Hadollct and Paul Tulloys. 8. Just Before the Uattle , Mother . . Solo anil Choius I. M. Troyuor. P. Picket Hans. 10. Song of the Camp . Recitation Miss Smith. 11. Vacant Chair . Solo and Chorus Alms Anna Meikel. 12. Tramp Choi us . Sue ! and Chorus 1. M. Tioynor. PAIIT III AFTEIITIIE WAIL 13. Marching Through Georitia . . Solo and Chorus I. M. Treynnr. H. Red , White and Blue ) . . .Duet and Chorus The Misses Merkol. 15. Tenting To-Night On the ) Old Camp Giounil . Solo and Choius I. M. Troy nor. 1C. Star Spangled Banner . . Qunitct and Chorus The Misses Me-rkel. Mi. Tuwnor and 1'rof. McDoiinlel. 17. Bravo Battery Hoys . Male Giorus THE BIG TOWER FOR PARIS. tlio Fntllo I'rotost Aanlnst It anel the Ideas of Itn Constructor. Paiis dispatch to the ) London Times- I'hc famous Kiffol tower , nicknamed Hie 'Tower of Babul , " a.s be-iug likiily to jauso a confusion of tongucti , has already caused a confusion of opinions. Thu nest distinguished literary man anel mists of trance , the engineer who du- iigncel the tower , and the minister of loiumcrco , who presides over the CK- ii bit ion , have in turn indulged in the itrangest and most fantastic reasoning , lleru is , lirst of all , the remonstrance iow being signed by the leading authors , irtists and dramatists : "We come , writers , painters , sculptors , irchilccts , passionate ) lovers of the hith- 2rto intact beautv of Pans , tend protest vitli all our might and nil our indignation n the name of elisregarduel French taste uiel menaced French art anel history igainst the erection in the veiry heart of > ur capital of the useless and monstrous Siffol tower , which public sarcasm , so ) ften markeel by common sense and a iplrit of Justice , has already christened Tower of Babel. ' Without falling into ho fanaticism ol Oliauvinlsmp wo have a Ightto procluinuiloud that Paris is a iity without n rival in the worlel. Above ts streets and its widened boulovarels , ilong its admirable qunys.unnd Its splnn- lid promonanos. rise thu noblest inonu- ncnts to which human genius had given > irlh. iho Boul of Franco , a creator of nasterpieces , cleams aniiel this august nllorcscence of stone. Italy , 'Germany , Mandcrs , HO justly proud o'f their horit- > go , posses ? nothing which can Viu'wilh our own. and from every corner of the universe Paris attracts curiosity aud ad miral ion. "Aro we about to lot nil this bo pro- fancel ? Is the city of Paris about to as sociate itself with the grotesque ami mcr- cuiitilo imagination of a tiiaeuilno maker , irreparably to elisllguro anil dishonor itself ? For the Kifi'ol tower , which ovou commercial America refuses , is , rest as sured , a dishonor to Paris. Kvoryboely feels it , ovoryboely says It , ovcrybeuly is deeply grieved , ami wo nro only a feeble echo of the universal opinion , so legiti mately alarmed. "Lastly , when forolcnora como and visit our exhibition , the'.v will exclaim with astonishment , 'What ! is this hideous * _ j _ H thine what the French have devised in order to give us an idea of their vaunted taste ! ' Anel thuy will bo right in ridicul ing us , for the Paris of sublime Gothics , the Paris of Joan Gou- jon , of Germain Pilon , of Puget , Ruelo , Baryo aud others will have become the Paris of M. Eiffel. It is enough to consider what we put forwanl. Imagine for a moment a dizzily ridiculous tower , overlooking Paris llfco a gigantlo black factory chimney , overpowering with its barbarous mass Notre Dame , La Suinto Chapollc , thn tower of St. Jacques , the Louvre , the Invalidps Dome and the Are elo Triomphe all our monuments famuli- iatcel , all our architecture dwarfed and fated to disappear in this stupefying elrcam. For twenty years vro shall BCD tapering Ilka a spot of ink over the entire city , still thrilling with the genius of eo many centuries , the hateful shadow of the hateful solumn of bolted sheet-iron. " From the Pall Mall Gazettci "What is tuis hideous thing , " the Parisian artists ask the government In thn high-flown protest published this morning , "which has been cluvittcd in oreler to give foreign visitors an idea of our vaunted taste ? " M. Eiffel , Iho constructor of "tho hideous thing , " answers the question himself in the interview , of which ono of our Paris correspondents sends us the following report : "Paris is to have the greatest tower in the world , after all. M. Eiffel's tower , which the government has author- i/.eel him to raisu on the champ elo mars , will dominate all Paris , anel surpass , in fact almost double , in height the highest existing structure. Liberty , to whom such homage was paid the other week for her grandeur anel greatness , is but a pigmy of the statue worlel compared with this gigantic monster , Lord Nelson's monument is 102 feet , the "Monument" 203 feet , Lib erty L 20 feet , St. Paul's ! i < 50 feet , the Great Pyramid 400 feet , St. Peter's of Rome 507 feet , the Cologne cathedral 522 feet , the \Vashingtou monument , at present the highest in the world , 555 feet anel the Paris tower is 1.000 feet. " In order to line ! out what M. Eiffel had to say to the various objections which have been niaelo to his tower and to got his opinion on its utility , I called on him the other elay at his works at LemaUois-Pcrrut. To him his great production is svnonymous with the success of the exhibition. "They bes'in by declaring , " ho re marked , referring to his adversaries , "that my tower is not French. It is big enough and clumsy enough for the Eng lish or Americans , but it is not our style , they say. We are occupied moro with little artistic bibelots than ciants of bad taste like your tower. But though wo are occupied most with art and music , that is no reason. " said ho , emphatically , "why wo should not show the world what wo e n do in the way of great engineer ing projects. And as for its being in bad taste , why , on the contrary , it will boone ono of the chief ornaments of tlio town. One of the most frequent objections made to the tower is that it is useless. Thai is another error Take its importance , for instance , from a meteorological point of view. It is not ovoryelay that meteorologists can get up a thousand feet above the soil. This tower will enable ) them to stuely the decrease of tempera ture at different heights , to observe the Variations of winds , find out the quantity of rain that falls at different heights and the density of thu clouds. Indeed , in all that relates to temperature , hygrometry , air current * , anel the composition of the air. Iho tower will afford opportunities for stuelv and research , many of which have hitherto been impossible. It will bo equally useful to astronomers. Here ex periences with the spectroscope can bo carried on with great facility ; the laws of refraction and the physical aspect of the moon , planets , and nebula studied in most favorable conditions. I have re ceived testimonies from savants on all these points. Then there is its utility from n military point of view. In the event of another siege of Paris see how import ant this lower would be. Communica tions could be kept up by means of optio telegraphy for a great distance ) around Paris , for from the summit you have a magnificent panorama extending 120 tote to lye kilometers. Paris by night , deco rated anil illumined as it will be during the exhibition , is a sight whicli before was only within the roach of a-ronauts. In fact the tower will bo the chief attrac tion of the exhibition. " ia-m BO8TONMASS. 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