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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MAKOH 14. 1887. TUB DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or suimcnf ITIOV : Dflllr ( Morn I a K IMItlori ) Including Bun Jny DKK , Onn.Vcnr . . .11001 For 81 * Months . tW KorTliroo Months . "M Tlio Oinnlrn Hamliiy HUE , mnlltxl to nny , Uno Vfiir.- . . . . .i. . W OMAHA OPTICE. No. 014 ASH 011 KAHVAH SrilEEV. Hr.\r YOIIPC orrirK. llomi ift. TUUIIINK mrit.niNn. WASIIINUTU.V orricr , No. COnnKSPONDESCE ! All communications refuting to now * nndfilt- torlal nmttor should bo ud'lrussol tu tliu but- TOU OK Till ! liKK. iiusiNKS3ir.TTr.nst All lintlncis lutlqrs nml remittances should tie ddronod to TUB Ilix I'uiit.isiit.NO COMPANY , OMAHA. DrnftB. rliocles nnd po tnlllco nruor * to bo made payable to tlio ordtrof tliu company , WE BEE POBLISBIJTciPAIIT , PROPRIETORS , K. ROSEWATKH , Kniroit. THE DAHjY BEK. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Blntcof Nobr.iskn , 1. - County of Douglas , f ' < ! eo. U. Tzschuck , secretary of The Hro Publishing company , does unlemnlv swear that the actual circulation of the Dully Heeler lor the wcok ending War. 11th 1887. was as follows : Saturday. Mar. n M'iiS Sunday. Mar. C 13.WO | Monday. Mar. 7 111",1" * Tuefldny. Mnr. 8 14. in < ) Wednesday , Mar. 0 .2n ( Thursday , Mar. 10 14.4. Friday , Mnr. 11 11..GJ Average 14.S50 : ( jKO. H. T/.SCIIUCK. Subscribed In mv presence aiidswnin to be- foicmethls mil dayot March A. I ) . , 1K > 7. N. P. FEU. ISEALI .Notary Public. ( Ico. H. T/schuck , being ( irst duly sworn , deposes nnd says that ho Is secretary of The Ufe I'liblldhlni : company , that the nctu.il nv- crnifo dully circulation of the Dally Bee for thoinonth of March , 18SG , Il&u7 copies ; for April , Itfflfl , 12,1'Jl copies : for for May , 18SO. 12- 439 copies ; for.Iune , IbbO , 12,2 S copies ; for July , IBSfl , 12,314 copies ; for Auirust , IShG. 12,464 copies ; for September. 1 W5 , 13oo : ; copies ; for October , Itftfl. 12WJ copies ; for November , 18SO , 1343 ! copies ; for December. 1680.13.237 conies ; for .Inmiary. 1S87. 10'JCO copies ; for February. 1887 , 14.10S copies. OKO. H. T7.SCHUCK. Bulncrlbcdnnd sworn to before mo thlsOth day of March , A. 1) . 1887. ( SKAL.I N. P. PKII , . Notary Public. A KANSAS Cm- paper refers to an hon est Indian. The author of the "clonr- anco" records of that town is now known. Oui : legislature will adjourn pretty soon. Hut Lucy Parsons will continue to hnrnnguu the people. This lifo cannot bo all sunshine. No MATTEK what is said about the president appointing Trotter , the fact is at once apparent that Mr. Cleveland is not color blind. Two or three funnel-shaped political clouds hang over the city , and the man Who predicts a quiet campaign in the city election lives to himself alone. AN custom paper says Bismarck "will not resort to violent moasuros. " That to which Bismarck most resorts is a quart measure. It will hold two pints of beer. ArTEn reading of the appropriations to pay members and employes of the Nobraskn legislature , a Niagara Falls hackman thought of his own reckless liberality and immediately committed f suicide. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IT HAS boon often noticed that accidents k dents , like crimes , seem to take nn epi demic form. It would also appear that when ono legislator gets an idea tua t he kI should whip somebody , the whole assem I bly wants to light. SKKATOR CuM.031 says that the inter state commerce act will in no way inter fere with railroad companies desiring tc give special rntcs to excursion parties , delegates to conventions , or largo gather ings of any nature. A roF.sr reaches this oflico on the "Outlook of , Germany , " in which dishrag - rag is made to dovetail with rcichstag. It is supposed that the poem belongs to ono of Mr. Acco's lnbor.cd speeches on is- - railroad commission bills. A BILL has been introduced in the Non Jersey legislature making it compul orj for railroads to have at least ono chcru * ical fire extinguisher in each passongoi Ir car. A law compelling railroad com' ' panics to heat cars with steam would answer the purpose bettor. TIIK story goes that at a ball n tleman recently wore the swallow-tail coat m which ha was married fifteen years ago , which seventeen ether bride grooms had worn , and which had done duty at forty-throo weddings. " Yet some men want the earth. REPOKTS from Cairo say that Abdolkn dor Pacha , minister of the Interior , hae resigned on account of scandals fastened on him in connection with real estate peculations. So it would appear thai Kansas City real estate agents have beer platting additions to their town as fai east us Cairo , Egypt. TIIEIIB Is a bit of grim humor in the announcement that at the recent bnnquel tendered the legislators at Lincoln bj Grand Island people our own Pat O , ilnwes , in n moment of excitement drank the contents of n half gallon ham grenade , and insisted that it was a super lor brand of chnmpnguo. M * TIIK stilted effort to make Russell am Caldwell out ns paragons of integrity I. lightly promaturo. The ltcpnblica > ought to have kept its whitewash uuti somebody has accused them of crookei work. A woman may bo spotless us tin driven snow but when rakes and liber tines who have been her intimates prati about her virtue , she becomes a tmbjoc for just suspicion. TIIK Dakota legislature which closed It session last week , was in many respect above the average of law-making bodies Many of the laws enacted this winter an commendable. In order to place the ju k dietary beyond obligations to railways the legislature appropriated $1,000 a yea to the justices of the supreme court fo traveling expenses. This allowance wil ave the judges from the the humillatinj acceptance of railway passes. In Ui natter of appropnntiou , the Dakoti olons were very lavish. They on dowcui two insane asylums , two 'ponl tontlarlca , two universities , two noruia tohooU and a school of mines. They nisi created A number of new olllccs , . amonj which arc those of veterinary surgooi geologist. Senator Mclktcjohn. Whenever a man In public lifo has had the manhood nnd integrity to resist the debasing inllucnce ot the jobbers nnd railway attorneys at the state capital , ho : < made n taruret of the onrans that cham * lion the interests of public plunderers nil monopolist's. Senator Melklejohn ins been no exception to this rule. His ndepcndcnt nnd fearless course during ho present session on legislation ad'ect- ng the masses , has arrayed against lim the whole horde of vampirrs tliu legislative lobby. They : lo not , however , dnro to attack him ipcnly on his oll'ort to secure railway eguhition and lower railroad tolls. But hey assail him maliciously about his bills o regulate and restrain insurance com- > auc.s. ! The method of attack has Its dvantagc. It affords the monopoly press n chance to punish Meiklcjohn for 'ofu.sing to play the railroad capper on lie lloor of the senate. It gh'os aid and comfort to the btrikors who : lro playing itool pigeons for the railroads u exchange for annual passes , jasl but by no means least s the opportunity to turn an honest jionny by writing paid editorials on in surance legislation. It is notorious that sotnu of the most unprincipled lobbyists at the state capital , at every session of ho legislature and at every convention , are general and local insurance agents. These men travel from ono end of the .tatu to the other on annual passes year n and year out. While plying their loublo vocation they become more langcrous by reason of their pretended respectability than any other class of corruptionists. Exceptions may , of course , bo found among insur ance agents , as in all other occupations , but of those who pretend to take a deep nterost in insurance legislation at every session , the majority belong to the vam pire species. Mr. Mciklcjohn can well afford to incur tlio enmity of these cormorants. His insurance bill may not bo perfect , but it is in the interests of the people. The light made against him nnd his measure by the hireling press is a strong argu ment in its favor. As we under stand it , this bill is simply a copy of tlio Massachusetts insurance law. There is no danger that it will drive foreign insurance companies out of Nebraska , but it may drive some insur ance frauds out ot the business. If the law is peed enough for Massachusetts , whcro the insurance problem has boon probed nnd solved by exports , it is not likely to prove very disastrous in Ne braska. Senator Meiklejohn is doing good work at this session. Ho may not go as far as we would wish in support of some re forms , but ho has shown a disposition to discharge his duties regardless of clamor and abuse. lie certainly is en titled to credit for standing by his con victions. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A Wcl > of Conjecture1 * . In the absence of actual events the European correspondents are forced to fall back upon conjectures , the resources for which are always ample , and the latest advices constitute an interesting , if somewhat confusing web. The center of interest just now appears to be the Aus trian capital , and the course of events In Vienna is evidently being watched with very earnest solicitude. Tlio strained relations between Austria nnd Russia which have been a conspicuous feature of the European situation since the Bulgarian Issue set the nations by the cars seem to be quite as tense now ns at any previous time. The Austrian preparations for a possible conflict have reference solely to Russia , nnd there can bo no doubt that the popular sentiment of the omp'.ro ' acquiesce with the de termination of the government to resist further dangerous advances of Russia for the control of Bulgaria and through that to virtual domination nt Constantinople. But in order that such resistance might be oll'ectivo Austria would require ns- sistanco. She could not successfully cope single-handed with Russia. If there is any value , however , in the latest opin ions nnd burmisos she must , whenever the exigency comes , elect to take this task alone or abandon it. The pre vailing idea is that Gorman } has assured Austria that tlio former is not , and can never in nny way bo , Interested in the eastern ques tion , nnd that she could render no aid to Austria in n war against Russia , broughl on by this question. This is by no moans an incredible , view , when wo consider thnt an ambition to extend the German empire might be gratiiicd by the weaken ing ot Austria , which would certainly ensue from a conflict with Russia. Hold ing herself in readiness , with all her great power unimpaired , Germany would find nn opportune time to act before the dismemberment of Austria became in evitable , and the price of her interposi tion would bo a material reduction of the Austrian umpire , to the advantage of the Gorman. Meanwhile , the surface of affairs in Germany and France wears an cntirelj pacific aspect. What plans the cunning and busy brain of Bismarckttuay bo ma turinjr , time will develop , but nobodj supposes that hois idle. On the contrary the belief is that Gorman diplomacy ii working stealthily and industriously to effect results which , while involving other nations , could operate only to the ad vantage of Germany. Franco is whollj without political disturbance , and the cordial reception of Do Lcsscps in Bor liu has had a most soothing'clVuct upon French feeling toward Germany. The mission of the distinguished engineer to the German capital lias not been dis covered , and his own statement is that i is purely personal ! but , however this may be. lie has been -shown great considora lion , with a gratifying effect upon his countrymen. A noteworthy feature o ! the situation is the exceptional npparon inactivity of Russia , which , in tlio light of experience , may bo regarded as per teutons. Oa the whole , the indications at this timu nru not promising for the fill lillmunt of the prophecy of a European war to bo inaugurated tills spring. A Novel Decision. An importnut but yet noyol dcclsioi hns just been rendered by n Pennsyl vania court. 'Ihuiiuuslion involved was the right to recover damages , by rcasoi of the explosion of natural gas. Thn case in point was that of Wesley Greet against the C.mousburg , Pa , Gas com pany. The plaintiff , Mr. jiroor , was awarded $0,003.84 damages , indicted by the destruction of his residence. The tic cdont | WAS as singular ai the suit just do oi'lod' ' . The p'lpb lino.of the gal coin . jAHA-r-1- * . ' . . * i. . mny which conveyed the nnturnl gas upply to its consumers , was fully 125 feet away from the building. But tlio gas found Its way through the loose earth into Grcor's collar , nnd after nsconding to n room nbove , came into contact with a coal lire. This brought on an explosion which wrecked the whole building. The dcchlon in this case , in holding the company liable for the accident , will make the supplying of latural gas n risky business. Talk About Competition. The Itepttblican has procured a $17,000 H'rfoctlng press. Any paper with less hati 5.0DO daily circulation has no more use for last presses than a dog hns for two tails. Had the manngcM of thnt sheet been content with merely blowing .liulr own horn in order to keep np the confidence game which they nro plnylng upon credulous advertising patrons we fihouUl indulge in no comment on their vaunted enterprise. But when they pur posely go out of their way to make ma- iciou.s statements concerning the alleged decline of this paper , they are entitled tone no professional courtesy. The effect of so-called competition upon the business of tl'o Bin : can best bo shown by com- parfcon. For the year ending February 13 , 1830 , the total income of the Bitfroni : : daily subscrii'tion , was $ ii,741.18 ; , from weekly subscription , H.j.nTO.S'J , from ad vertising , $00,573.855 total receipts lor the year , ? t 13,893.78. For the year ending February 1 , 1837 , the total receipts from daily oubscriptlou wercOtQ08.48 ; weekly subscription , $ . " 3,033.51 ; advertising , $9.j,80..0a ; total receipts , $210,731.01. In other words the gain in subscription for the year ending February 1,1837 , was if35,011.04 , and the total gain from sub scriptions and advertising over the pro ceeding j-ear , $07,811.13. We venture to assert that tlio total receipts of the Re publican for tiio same period do not cqua } the gain made by the BEE. Now about circulation. On the ( irst ot LI arch , 181 , the total circulation of the DAILY BIE : was 10,503 copies. The average cir culation for the * week ending Marcii 4 , 1837 , was 14,371 copies , a gain of 3,079 sub > cribers in twelve months. This issue alone is larger "by more than 500 than the entire circulation of the Itepub- licnn. Thes" gains in the BEE'S circula tion have been steady and are about equally divided between the circulation in this city nnd outside. In the city of Omaha alone the gain made by the BEE during the past year is larger than the total city circulation of nny other daily In Omaha , nmong which the Republican occupies tlio rear rank. Its city circula tion has boon smaller for the past year than it was fifteen yoar.s nso when Mnjor C lcomb owned the paper. The fact that no other Omahu daily ex cept the BEE . ' .as over published a sworn statement of circulation , affords striking proof of the imposture which is being practiced upon advertisers. The truth is that tlio BEE can , with its perfecting presses , print tlio entire daily eight-page edition of the Itcpublfatn in six minutes by the watch. It takes forty minutes on both these presses to print any single day's eight-page edition of the daily BEE. We can print the entire weekly eight-page edition of the litptiblican in live minutes by the watch , while it takes ono hour and a half on the same presses to print tliR WEEKLY BEE. In view of these f.icts and figures all the talk about the effect of.local competition on the BEE is simply ridiculous. Another clincher. The BEE is the only paper that dares to take its patrons into full eonfidonco with regard to its busi ness. Its books nnd press room are al ways open to public inspection. IN awarding contracts for paving the council has n plain duty to perform. In every case the lowest bid should be nc- copied , provided that the party making such bid gives a good and sulllcicnt bond for the faithful performance of the work. A sufficient bond , it seems to us , would mean a bond that will enable the city to have the work done by the highest bidder without loss. In other words the amount of the bonds should bo equal to the dif ference between the contract price of the work proposed by the lowest bidder and the cost of tlio work computed bv the rate of the highest bidder. For instance , if the amount covered by a paving contract is estimated at $290,000 under the lowest bid , and the highest bid was 25 per cent above the lowest , $50,000 would bo an ample bond. Now if the signers of such a bond are worth $75,000 above their lia bilities , the council has no option in the matter. No matter who a contractor is , such a bond would entitle him to the contract. WILL Congressman John A. McShane please explain what his editor refers to when he says : Representative Qarvoy's good nature inny yet give way and enable him to win that gold-headed cane promised him by his col leagues m the house. Docs this moan that the boodlers and blackmailers of the house , and the oi room procurers at Lincoln have raised a fund to reward the man who repeats the Cury assault on the editor of this paper ! If Mr. McShane's editor is a party to such a plot as Paul Vandervoort was to the Cury assault , wo would like to have Mr.McShauc's opinion as to such conduct Docs Mr. McShano propose to continue at tlio helm of the Herald a bravo who incites murderous assaults on his col leagues ? THE change which was supposed to have taken place in the management am policy of the Herald , is not visible to the naked oyo. That paper still plays Sia mese twins with the Republican in the praise of rogues , drunkards and bum mer.s who are disgracing themselves and the state nt Lincoln. The political com plexion of the Herald always has been and is yet only a veneering. IT HAS been suggested that Presideni Cleveland would call nn extra session ol congress in September. The Now York Herald very sensibly says upon the sub jcct : "Wo do not believe the prosldcnl would do what would derange the fat business of the country and cause agroai deal of financial trouble. " The fact , however - over , that Mr. Cleveland never figures on results , but goes ahead to suit himself , makes nn extra session probable in most nny month. A ST. JOE palior writes an article on "An Englishman and an Asa.1 It ap pear ? that Konrcsentativo Caldwell's reputation extends as far east as Mis souri.- . . . . . . ' " . Dnnnoroiis Combination. Tlio location'of state institutions nt various points Imsibroiight about com- jinations which arc becoming more dan gerous from yen ? io year. Almost nt the outset of every session delegations nnd members who represent localities where state institutions already exist , or have lcen projected , TIOO ! their issues upon ap propriation liyu. Thus , the delega tion from Lancaster , whoso chief mission is to .secure appropriations Tor capitol ox il'sion ' , penitentiary en largement , university wings and insane liospltal improvements , organize a pool with Buffalo county on reform school , Gngo county on home for fccblo minded , Madison county for insane hospital , Otoo on blind asylum , Ncmaha on normal school , nud with nil ether coun ties whoso members iiavc appropria tion axes to grind. This combina tion is , however , not confined to the support of appropriation bills , but members in the poll are usually dra gooned and dragged Into support of nil sorts of viuious legislation. Such a com pact body of freebooters can do a great deal of mischief. No matter how worthy some of the objects for which they are laboring ; no matter how essential some of the expenditures may be , there always will be schemes ot plunder linked in with the legitimate appropriations. It Is with a view to check nnd prevent such inexcusable raids on the treasury that counter combinations have to bo formed in legislative bodies by members who dc.sirc to sco prudent management and economy in public af fairs. The safest policy for the kvelfaro of the state is to lot every tub stand on its own bottom. If an institution is entitled to liberal appropriations at the hands of the state they should bo granted without lyiug up with any other institution. If an extravagant or uncalled-for appropria tion is asked , it should bo voted down without regard to locality. This state is not wealthy enough or old enough to maintain benevolent institutions that are not absolutely necessary. Older stntes than Nebraska still lack institu tions that arc sought to be established hero on very slim foundations. The time may come when Nebraska can af ford to tax herself for eight or ten nor mal schools nnd asylums and homes without number. But even if wo had the means without bankrupting the state to carry out every project , the pooling of localities to achieve this end would be ex tremely dangerous. A HILL has passed in the legislature of New York raising the salaries of the clerks of the speaker from $0 a day to $10. The bill wns ntroduced nnd passed without n word of dissent in ono minute. When Nobrnskn legislators think of their opportunities thoj will doubtless bo sur prised at their moderation. Miss CLEVELAND is writing a novel. It Is sincerely hoped thnt brother Grover will veto it. ' STATK AND TEUR1TOKV. Nebraska Jottings. Ice cream signs are ripening. York is sure ofjtwo more railroads this ysar. The Methodists of Dakota City propose to build n $2,000 church. Street railway Is o'nc of the early lux uries ripening in Fremont. Sutton is talking for a canning fac tory sounding for tin , as it were. Final proofs to 274,610 acres of land in Holt county were taken out last year. The question of questions is , "Will Norfolk combine against the combined ? " Croighton has organized a board ol trade to boost the town nnd Knox county. A prominent minister in Fremont is credited with being a good ono to tie two. two.Hnrd Hnrd coal is $10 a ton in Ord. Provi dence is allied with the consumer at the present writing. Norfolk schoolboys indulge in boxing matches. They tend to straighten the folds of the cars. A prohibition light is on in Sutton , and the school fund has been enlarged with several $50 lines. A faith-cure female Immbucr has hung out her sign in Oakdalo. Her faith is measured by a bank roll. The waves of Omaha's real estate boom nrc washing the shores of Elkhorn City. Farm land is up to $100 per acre. A stock company hns been organized In Gordon to grow buffalo for boot. The company hns 100 head to start with. A. J. Miner , a stock dealer from Nel son , lost a leg while disputing the right of way of a switch engine at Edgar. Greenwood , Cass county , will decide by a vote on the 5th of April the ques tion of planting $1.500 in water works. The work of setting the grade stakes cut-off of Elkhorn Valley of the Omaha - the - loy line began at Arlington last Tuesday. Dakota City had a severe spasm ot re form last wcok and a raid on bums , thugs , gamblers and saloons is on the list. list.H. H. M. Roberts , of Brown county , made a sudden dash on the road to salvation last week and lauded in the insane asy lum. It Is authoritatively given out thnt Nor folk will not banquet the legislators. The state must yield the palm in that respect to Grand Island. Live grasshoppers nro the latest dis covery near Hushvillo. Evidently the edi tors of the northwest nro preparing their soles for the abolition of passes. The Fnllorton Telescope hns changed hands and forty loading citizens are now crowded in the observatory. Horototoro the paper hns not been worth a Schuck. Buffalo Bill's ngdnt is negotiating at Pine Ridge agency for a band of forty or lifty Indians for 'a summer tour in Europe. Of course they will bo painted red. red.Tho B. cfc M. sholpl at Plnttsmouth are crowded with workvnnd f 15,000 worth of machinery has boOR purehascd to meet the demand for rolling stock and re pairs. The standpipe if the waterworks in Plaltsmouth has n tolled the refreshing height of seventy feet , leaving ton foot more to complete i The town is look- ing up. Fremont is dotori Wpd to bo fresh nnd fashionable. A n of capitalists have organized a company for the manu facture of brooms , and a clean sweep of all rivals is a foregone conclusion. Blue Springs Is bubbling over with Im provements nnd business activity. Stock yards , roundhouses , machine shop nnd depot nro under way , and also a number of business houses nnd residences. A religious editor and a profane at torney locked arms and rolled in the gut ter in Auburn lost week. The mud bath cnrcd them as readily as the cleansing waters of Nordon's buffalo wallow. The North Platte board of trade wns resurrected Thursday evening , and the proposition of Buffalo Dill to advertise the town and Lincoln county nt the American show in London was endorsed. The spring rush of settlers to central and western Nebraska bos boon produo- live of two "singular' ' Incidents nnd ono imirof twins , on board the cars , slnco [ ho 1st of March. Lot the good work go on. A ganc of small boys with largo lungs nnd cowbells were lined from $ " > to $35 oaeh by the dispenser of peace in Fairview - view , for r\ttlinc : the honeymoon of a newly married couple. Hecoptloiis of the upper tin order nro frowned upon by fashion , sometimes with n shotgun. Dr. Pickett , who has boon browsing on the lardurs of physiology and ri'lntlnu his nxporionce to tlio amateur scientists of West Point , is described as n "verit able ducky daisy" in an exquisite swal low tail and doeskin pantaloons , Ho is now fluttering in Fremont , but ho is married. Children Is convinced that her coal find wn.s n vain speculation. The an alysis of n specimen by Prof. H. H. Nicholson of the state university shows that in carbon it Is below the average of morchnntnblo coal. Its heating power is too low to generate milllclcnl enthusiasm to mine it. The Oakdalo Pen nnd Plow Intimates that the .suevoyors working in that neigh borhood is a quiet effort to galvanize , lohn Horbach's' line to Kehnpnhn , via Onkdale. This is an outrngcous assault on llorbnoh's enterprise , which is here with hurled in the teeth of the allcgater. John is a broad gauge builder of air lines only. Jimmy Kamsoy , nllas W. II. Parker , deserted his wife for a handsomer girl in Alma , and moved toward Mormondom. Ho camped in the suburbs of Choyenno. but his nionoy gave out and a landlord collared him. He soon beard from homo in the shape of n warrant , and together with his paramour , n Mrs. Bradly , turned his faeo and feet eastward. Two farmers with the taking names of Hnns nnd Grip settled down in Madison county some months ago , nnd diligently cultivated the acquaintance of merchants in Stanton and Madison. They mort gaged the farm to a do/.en different per sons , secured horses , harness nnd other articles nnd $150 in casli and then made u dash for Dakota. Olllccrs are on the trail. trail.The The peaceful slumbers of the editor of the Ncmaha Granger were broken ono night last wcok by an unexpected call from a burglar. Ho did not rise up and smite his lungs for help , not ho. Knowing that his quoins were safely boxed under the stone , ho quietly chuckled at the disappointment in store for his visitor , roiled over , and snored away the yawning hours till daylight streaked through the old Mackinaw doing duty as n window pane. The dep redator lunched on free puffs and de parted without leaving his name. Iowa Items. The police of Kcokuk cost $500. Rents are on the rise in Davenport. Knglc Grove has a population of 2,000. There nre eight Incorporated towns in Story county. The water works at Independence are ncaring completion. The Rainsbarger trial in Marshalllown cost the county $7,000. Citizens of Kcokuk arc moving to ma cadamize the country roads loading to the city. In DCS Monies lost Wednesday 247 cases of beer and several barrels of whisky worth $1,000 , nnd us many lights were emptied into the Coon river. The Rev. Talmage , of Brooklyn , is booked In various towns in the ctato for a series of eloquent gymnastics the latter part of Mnrch. His Brooklyn sermons will bo delivered by the box ns usual. Up in Pocahontas county there were some map peddlers who promised the farmers that they would survey the roads and sloughs , and obtain exemption from taxation on the .same. And there were enough fools bblievod them to make their work profitable. Phillip S. Evans , n printer of DCS Moines , who has traveled extensively in both this nnd foreign lands , and who once tigurod prominently among the lending journalists of this state , is at present engaged in writing an autobiog raphy ot his life which contains many startling incidents pertaining to Ins travels. Wilbert Cloary , twenty-one years of ace , son of a commission merchant nt Washington , committed suicide Tuesday morning at his home. His mother hear ing the report of a pistol in the dining room ran there and found bur son on the lloor , dead. Ho had placed the muzzle - zlo of the pistol in his mouth and fired , the bullet passing upward and through his brain. A now system of train dispatching be came operative on the Chicago , Burling ton & Quincy lines the other day , which an exchange describes as follows : The scheme is called the duplex system of train orders , and it succeeds the old sys tem which has been in vogue for years. According to the new device there are to bo no more running orders , nnd when nn order is sent it will bo received simul taneously by all railroad men and at all points affcotcd by it. Trains , whether freight or passenger , will leave terminal points on the time prescribed in the schedules nnd not wait for orders , as is now the case. Freight trains as well as passenger will be obliged to run accord ing to the time tables in the future , and not orders. Dakota. Signs of spring are not yet visible in the territory. Mule Head is the name of a settlement in Charles Mix county. The legislature has passed a bill ubol- ishnig the capital commission. A colony from Mt. Pleasant , la. , will settle in Logan count this spring. The payroll of men engaged in mining in and around Dendwood , is estimated at $300,000 a month. A sheep man on Spring crook. Law rence county , who started in with 4,000 sheep in the fall , hns lost one-fourth of them , nnd they wore fed nnd sheltered. The United States prison nt Sioux falls received two now boarders on the 8th lust , from Omaha-Jacob Runklo and Caldwcll Ilonncr sentenced for six months each for counterfeiting. Tlio bountiful supply of snow in the hills and In tha valleys is said to argue well for the coming crops in that section , tiio summer sun's slow molting of these congealed masses forming n vapor to descend upon the maturing crops and ef- footing the fullest development. It is thought farmers may plant with full con fidence in an abundant harvest this year. "Tho prospect of Black Hills mines , " says the Deadwood Pioneer , "opens far better this year than nny previous year. The indications of successful mining sur round us in every direction. But wo are not different from most mining camps in the world. Confidence is being restored in the big money centers of the world in mining enterprises , which are just as successful ns any other business , it con ducted on business principles. " Wyoming. The festive jack pot is flourishing In Douglas. Laramie is discussing plans for sewer age and bounding the city to pay the bill. The Cheyenne branch of the United Workmen propose to build a $35,000 lodge. The new mill nnd smelter in the Silver Crown mining district lias begun opera tions. The money appropriated by congress to pay the Mongolians damaged by the Rock Springs rioters , was distiibutcd lust week , Territorial convicts have been sent out from tlio Illinois anil Nebrnska peni tentiaries. The territory must build a jail for Us own crooks. FOOD FOR THE WASTE BASKET The Tate Which Surol/ Awaits Many Measures in tbo Legislaturj , SPECIAL ORDERS NOW THE RULE Matter * PcrtnlnliiK to the Now City Charter of Ijlncoln Snnt to ttio I'lMiltentlnry Tim Sjirlmi Mu- nlclp.il Campaign. IDIOM TIIK nr.r.'s t.ixrot.N nuiiKA.ir.1 Of tlio thousand bills that the array of lawmakers hnvo introduced tlio present session , the open question is how many will escape 11 snowing under wlion the eloquent gavels shall sound the welcome notes of llnal adjournment. The period in tlio session has arrived when .special orders are tlio ruling methods of work , urn ! half tlio coming week In the house Is iilroady laid out with work of this char acter. Prnvlous to adjournment Satur day the house took up a special order of tlio bills that had been favorably reported from the claims committee. There were eighteen bills of this character nnd , when the house adjourned , only one of the number had been considered , and that was not acted upon. This is a fair index of the progress that is made under special orders , and is a fair criterion to jiulgo as to what can be accomplished in the two weeks' remaining time toward clearing the docket. From the few remaining members who Sundayed in tlio capital city , the drill of talk seemed to bo that the coming struggle of the next few days would bo in the pooling business. Tliu success of the boars on Friday and Sat urday in knocking out two of the appro priation bills , and frightening the back ers ot other measures of like nature , ha. ? caused a bull movement to appear upon the gusty horizon , and it looks as though the iricnds of appropriations , primarily , and of the tattered old Hags , secondary , would bo exhibiting a bull movement on the market and creating a pool of their own to put through every appropriation , regardless of ether measures , in which event , the closing scenes of this long-drawn-out session would bo in the house a battle of pools. The sen ate is ahead of the hoiuo in work ac complished , and it will undoubtedly rest with the senate to attempt the decision whether the Ageo-Moiklojohn railroad bill shall bo agreed to as passed by the house or whether the senate shall insist upon the Conger bill as passed by that body , or agrco to nothing at nil and allow the present abortion m the shape of the commission bill to blood the people - plo another two years. It ia understood that Senator Majors will unlimber from the wall his sword used in the late.un- pleasantness and bo in future prepared to maintain the pcaco and win llio np- plauso from the gallery. The capital city enjoys a session of the legislature : in fact , it fairly rovuls in a session of law makers , and the old timers felt like hav ing the mayor issue a special thanksgiv ing proclamation when it was found that Vandemark's recount had extended the halcyon days a month longer. There is , however , n surfeit to everything , and a couple of comparatively new robidentcrs. who bolicvo in the city for its sure and certain cvery-day work , were hoard to say that the sun would shine tlio brighter and it would be very good for nil when the legislators should go hence with their hand-painted cuspidors under their arms and the long and reckless session would bo ended. CONCKUNING ClfAHTHR MATTLllS. The city charter of Lincoln is not yet a law , but it will presumably bo passed in time to hold the city election under its provisions. The instrument was delayed somewhat on the part of a few parties who sought amendments of no possible moment except to lot a few of the parties advocating them iiavc a linger in the pio. The State Journal has risen to exclaim that a salary of $1,200 a year for the mayor is altogether too largo , and it probably would bo unnecessary if the city were to adopt the plans of that concern - corn and elect a mayor , who'either as a salaried IJ. & M. man or some one who could handle the contracts , could aflord to do the work for the outside power the position would command. Unquestiona bly the railroad influence in Lincoln would bo glad to furnish a mayor nnd son that ho did not suffer for A salary for the privilege of having n leverage of that kind upon the city , but charters are not fiamed for that purpose. A salary of $1,200 is not too great to pay a good square man for doing the dutio's devolv ing upon the mayor , anil there is not one citizen in ten in Lincoln who believes for a minute that the amount is too high. Men of wealth could take the ollico for its honors , and men directly interested in sorao individual corporation could take it for the power and prestige it contains , but what the city needs at this particular point in Ha history is a square business man uninfluenced by corporation or any element of the kind , and no honest man can afford to take the ollico at a less salary than the char ter provides. To ask a man to takes an office of that kind at a pittance would bo simply bidding for some man who could make it pay in other ways. The efforts made by a few of the guardinns to have the charter changed to allow councilmcn elected at largo was defeated , notwithstanding that Messrs. Hathaway , et nl. , gave a portion of the delegation notice that a compromise must bo made on suoh matters. Recent legislation has that passed thosonatc , and allows cities of the second class of over 5,000 population to pave the streets , will provide a way in which Lincoln can pave regardless of the charter , nnd if it is de feated or delayed in coming into effect until fall , the city , under the above cited bill , can bo enabled to pave in any event. When the charter was framed the cor porations had full swing in its building , and the effort to out off the mayor's salary so that an honest man could not afford to take ollioo comes with very poor grace. SKNT TO THI : IT-NITKNTIAIIV. Saturday the district court closed an eventful week's work with the lirst con viction that lias been made the present term , with the appoiuliigo of a term in the penitentiary attached. Reader * will remember the riot which tool ; plnco in the immediate vicinity of one of the criminal roosts in the West Lincoln bottoms toms some time since , and in thn miscel laneous knock down at the the time a robbery was committed , and the police afterward captured n. party to the rob bery who gave his name as Robert Spovos. At tno trial held Saturday a vigorous defense was made in tlio case , but the jury found him guilty under the indictment nnd Judge Pound sentenced him the minimum in such cases three years in the penitentiary. A colored man was tried the sarao day nnd convicted of petty larcony. His sontonoo wan the county juil for thirty days. 1IOOMINR TIIK Sl'HINO CASH-AKIN. The prohibitionists are already in the field in the capital city laying the wires for the spring campaign , and promising to make it as lively as possible for every one who docs not believe in tholr pnrtio- nlar way of regulating tilings. For the past two or throe weeks their Sunday meetings have savored greatly of politics and they are now arranging for u mam meeting on Sunday afternoon , the 20th , at the Metropolitan rink , which they promise to make a rip-roarer. The pro hibition central committee have decided that a large number of public meetings shall bo held , and to nicot expenses they have Issued an Invitation for the believer * In political prohibition in the number of MM to contribute $1 each for an ammuni tion fund. The energy the prohibition * Uts are exorcising causes a depressed feeling on tliu pun of tliu saloon * . Aiiot' r TUB rnv. Tlio charitable work of Kldorllowo U an excellent work , but it gives a good many parties an opportunity to paradu their charity before tliu public , and it is very noticeable that when some banker or cent pur cent parties take to charily for popularity that llio donation is ulwav'.s seen in print and commented upon as much righteousness. It is but a very short time ago that a poor Irish boy who soils papers lor general assistant in his primitive way in tliu goiiorotiini'ss of h * heart dlvide'd his .lay's profits with an uncouth tramp. Whether the tramp waa worthy or a beat does not detract from tlio fact that the boy had a heart beneath his patches , and yet there was no older or layman to go around and publi.-li tliu fact. That ' .Ti cents given by the boy wni as much more tli-ui a $ lu note from o > banker as the manner of giving and par- nding tlio faut was ono above the otner. ' Frank MoUuiro. charged with fuIonioiM assault , will have his trial to-day in dis trict court , the jury in his case being itn- pannoled before tliu adjournment of court Saturday uvcninir. The case of Mrs. ) Schell'iiborgi < r has not yet been set for ' hearing. liislmp Skinnerheld his usual temper ance muetinc at Hod Ribbon hall yester day afternoon , and it was characteri/ed by a very largo attendance and much on- thusiasm. The bishop's meetings onuso the people to feel at homo , and as though they were a part of it and are always a success. Mr. A. ( J. Wolfenbcrgpr , for several ' years the editor of the Now Republic , tlio I prohib organ , has stopped down anil out i and will devote himself to the work of , organizing llio state for that particular i political hobby. i Now additions to the city are con stantly bring platted and placed upon | the market , the product in the last two days in this line being Cherry Hill Placti , 1 u portion ot tlio David Humiuk tract , and ' Klmwood , located in .southwest Lincoln. The latter addition is the product of Mo- Itride & Melono "Xitka , " a play of the nature of "Si beria , " miller the management of Harry Miner , was presented to a very largo Lincoln audience at Funko's opera house Saturday evening , and was received with much satisfaction by the largo audleneo in attendance. Ono hundred and lifty teachers of Lan caster county hold their regular monthly teachers' institute in this city Saturday , the m net ! up being held in the business college. The teachers' institutes the present whiter have been charaotcrl/cd at all sessions as largely attended and of much interest. Tlio attraction at the Funko opera- house the coming two evenings , Monday and Tuesday , will bo the inimitable Lotta nnd ho * own company of unexcelled art ists. Monday night "Musette" will bo presented and Tuesday evening "M'lio Natoucho.1 The opening sale of scats for these entertainments was largo. Joseph Scott , commissioner ot public lands nnd buildings , advertises for bids foi furnishing supplies to the dillermit state institutions the coming quarter and Joseph Smith , commissioner of lands and buildings , advertises for 100 tons of coal for the capitol building. The Stale .Jour nal should correct itself and have the work done by ono commissioner. The Nashville Colored students , who sang in tlio city Friday evening under the auspices of the Y. M.'C. A. , gave a con cert on their own responsibility at the People's theater last evening to a largo audience. The coming \ycok the members of the Lincoln nine will bo among the arrivals in the city , coming as they do from llio ( liilbront sections to report nt headquar ters for the season's woi k. A irood deal of preliminary practice will immediately follow and tlio now grounds are expected to bo completed for business tlio present wcolc. The past week was ono of the busiest of the season at the West Lincoln packing houses and the total receipts of hogs for the six days amounted to nearly 10,000 head. The prices have been stiff and slightly on the advance , and a largo num ber of new shippers have been among the week's patrons. The IJKE is apprised of the evact loca tion where fiomo of tlio city bloods and bums make night hideous. Some of these parties who congrcsnto at that block would not bo happy if their names were in print , but they arc liable to drop into sight at any litno. Ladies should reflect wnll before using any preparation that is apppliud to so delicate a surface as the skin. Any cos metic will nt first impart a beautifying oll'ect and not apparently injure the skin , but in a very Hhort time little blotohos and discolor.it ions appear on the face which conclusively show the poisonous drugs in their composition. It cnn bo safeTy said that morn than two-thirds of the lace powders contain these injurious ingredients. Po/.zoni's medicated com plexion powder is not only absolutely free from all deleterious matter , but its principal ingredient is nn active cura tive for nil diseases of the skin. It has stood the test of years. Sold by nil druggists , and nt the depot 007 N. Sixth street. - A Blind Critic of Pictures. Detroit Tribune : Detroit boasts of a blind art connoisseur named Coy ) , who Is nlso n good patron of art. Whenever nnd wherever there are good paintings to bo bo seen ho can always bo found. Moot ing him at ono ot thecnllorlos a few days ngo , a Tribune reporter found him seated in front of u small Hart , which had just been received at which ho was looking intently seeming to enjoy it with the rest of the company. "Hero's a now Hart , " said he as the re porter advanced to shako hands. "Good , isn't it ? " Ho paints stronger t Iran ho did. Don't think " you so ? The reporter woudoringly assented. "The distance hero is good , " ho con tinued , "and tliu water particularly HO. Tlio picture is small but treated wilh feel ing. Hart's pictures are all alike two cows , a rod ono and a white ono or two of a color , a bit of water , and foliagu. " D"Yes"said a ludy of tinparty. . "Wo ca.l his white COWH 'Sunday' cows and the red ones every day cows. ' " "Well , " said Mr. Coy' ' , with consider- nblu pleasantry , "llie.so are not his Sun day oow.s , oviduntlyl" ftoithor were Ihoy , for they were bright red. Hut how in the world could u blind man tell a brmdlo cow from n white ono in a picture ? Is there a sixth K Prof , Foster , of Burlington , is gaining considerable prominence a 3 an olaboratu weather liar. _ _ Not Onlv llio National Disease ! Iut Many Oilier * . It is said that dyspepsia is our national malady. Well , llitANur.rii's PILLS will cure tlio national malady. It is said that constipation is the ctirao of our sedentary lifo. Well , UKANII- iir/m's PILLS certainly cure constipa tion. It is generally conceded that rheuma tism comes from acid .stomaoh and Mid den changes of lumpitrnliiro. HKAND- mrni's PILLS hsivu corrected all this and will do it again. Chronic uiseascs arc cured by taking two to four of HKAXIIUTII'S I'llivory night for a month. The South dmlilmLand company have appointed ( / . K. Mavnu solu agent for the sale of the.irlots. Ho will show the prop erly nnd fiirnisli all desired iuformntlou upon application. . . . , . . isiitnodj W. A. l'XTOMllVc : Wont. "