Nebraska Newspapers

    4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY. MARCH 18. 1887.
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'Bworn Statement of Circulation.
Blntcof Nebraska , I.
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Gco. U. Tzschuck , secretary of The lie
Publishing company , docs solemnly swei
that the actual circulation of ttie Dally Hi
lor the week ending Mar. llth 1897 , was i
follows :
Saturday. Mar. 5 14.4'
Sunday. Mar. 0 IB.ft
Monday , Mar. 7 14,7 !
Tuesday , Mar. b. . . . .14.41
"Wednesday. Mar. 0 14.3
Tlmrsdnv. Mar.10 14,4 :
Friday , Mar. 11 14.3
Avcraeo 14.3
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fore tuo this 1'Jth day of March A. U. , ISi
N. P. KKIU
ISEALI liotarv Public.
Gco. 1 ! . 'I'zschuck , bclne first duly swon
deposes and says that he is secretory of TI
Veo Publishing company , that the actual a
erara dally circulation of the Dally Bee f <
tliomonth of March , 1880.11,537 copies ; fi
April , 1SSO , 18,11)1 ) copies : forfor May , 1886,1 !
439 copies : for June , IBS * , 13,298 copies : fi
July , 18SO , 12,314 conies ; for Aucust , IBS
12,404 copies ; for September. 1880 , 13,0
copies ; for October , 1880. 13,930 copies ; fi
November , 1880 , 13,348 copies ; for Decombc
1880.13,237 copies.for ; January. 1887. 10,2i
copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,103 copies.
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dny of March , A. D. 1887.
fHEA L. I N. P. FEIL. Notarv Public.
"COLONEL" RUSSELL'S vindication wi
not vindicate.
WE have an intor-stato commerce la\
but wo have no commission to enforce i
TIIK senseless attack upon Spcaki
Harlan will do him no harm. Mr. lia
lan'rf character is above reproach.
TUB Lincoln Democrat rcgrots that M
Kcckley did not stand on Colby's mat
rial frame with both foot. The Dcmocr
has a keen appreciation of the beautifu
WITH Jay Gould saying that money
n burdou , John L. Sullivan carrying h
arm In a sling , ana "Colonel" Russell cor
manding the G. A. E. of Nebraska , it
certainly to bo hoped that death ends al
UPON receiving a telegram announcin
the election of llussoll as commander <
this division of the G. A. 11. , the Mendel
carpenter exclaimed : "Alas ! had I bi
known the kind of material they wantc
out there. "
TIIEKE is to bo a lively city campaigi
It is talked "on the corners" that sever
gentlemen will bo candidates for mayo
The candidate for this olllcc of trust an
honor mast be clean nnd upright. IS
others need apply.
AN illustration of the law's delay
furnished In the death of Mrs. Mary Pe
ton , sister of the late Samuel J. Tildci
This aged lady died a very short time ag
without oyer having received one cent <
her brother's bequest.
THE bill appropriating | 5,000 to relic'
Bob Furnas has been reported favorab
by the senate. In n few days the great o
hibitor who squandered $15,000 of the po
pie's money two years ago , will doubtlo
banquet the legislature.
TOE Hartford , Vt. , railroad wrot
again suggests the Idea that too mat
bridges break down beneath trains i
cars. The car stove , as has been prove
by this last frightful disaster , is not t
ways the cause of death in thcso ac <
dents. The government must finally a
point competent track and bridge i
epeetors. ,
mmm m mmmm
THE mouth piece of jobbers and corp
rations at Lincoln attempts to intirna
that the legislature is composed entire
of honest and incorruptible men. TI
Lincoln dreadful has been for years tl
recognized apologist of the entire bat
of unconvlcted criminals infesting 01
state , and engaged this winter in co
rupting oar legislature.
THE Journal Is not In the habit of blowli
about IU business affairs , but when request !
to give a few facts It Is always ready. LI
coin Journal.
Well , talk to us Just a moment. Wl
you please make affidavit to your circ
Ution T Is it not true that you print lo
than four thousand papers , and will yc
make affidavit that your bona lido su
Bcription is over twenty-eight hundred
if it is , please inform us how muc
greater but bo careful to swear to yoi
statement. Wo are anxious , also ,
know if it is not true that the Dcmocr
in your city circulates and receives p :
for double tbo number of papora so
* and given away in the entire city of Li
coin by the Journal ?
THE liver-padded barnacle and co
sumptivo liar who writes hog wash f
the Lincoln Journal , and who calls hii
self Gore , i * out with a long harangue i
what ho knows about investigating coi
mltlces. Mr. Gore undertakes to t , .
that a secret session was not ncccssai
lie maintains that an "open" sessli
would disclose all the facts and accoi
plish the same results. Ho says that It
impossible for witnesses to bo spirit
away , tor ouo of a firm which in sov
years has drawn over 1300,000 from t
state treasury , Gere's candor is soggei
ivo. Uut it will be remembered that hi
not ono of the proprietors of the Joitrti
company "spirited" himself away wh
an investigation was ordered to inqul
into the state printing steals , an op
session or n secret session would pi
haps have disclosed some valuable infe
inatlon. When Gore's partner was 1 <
in * himself in tbo mountains ot Colora
to escape nn investigation , it was the
perhaps , that the man who refers
KoMwator's demand to rid the state
bribe solicitors as "a farce , " learned he
asy it was to make a farce out of crii
iaal charge * .
A Now Cointlnn't(6n.
It is now given out , as coming almost
llrcctly from the proprietors of the dif
ferent Omaha nowsp apors , that a "com
bino" lias been formed with no other in
tent or purpose save to oppose nil meas
tires advocated by the Br.E. In this un-
lioly scheme a charming , if not sublinn
spectacle Is presonteel In modern journal
ism. No matter how worthy a cause fet
which the DUE ; might labor , our nllcgcd
"enterprising" contemporaries clvc i
out stiff nnd cold that they propose b ;
united and determined work , to defeat
its efforts. Wliilo of course they havi
withheld this announcement from the
public , knowing such a course would be
condemned by all honorable persons ,
they have thought It over , talked it over
and have determined that such a plat
will bo pursued.
Should the HF.E , in maintaining the pol
icy which has placed It so far in advanci
of Its drowsy contemporaries that I
would bo undignified to recognize then
as rivals , favor any. publio enterprise
the "combine" would vigorously opposi
it. It would depreciate city property
conspire to Interfere with business
throw mud at a corpse or do any otlioi
thine , simply to embrace an opportunity
to differ with the Bic. If a notorious
woman of the town was referred to as i
person of questionable character , tin
wrecking banditti , In n chorus , wouli
loudly proclaim her Virtue and argui
that she only needed wings to bo at
angel. And all this time the "combine1
is to receive Its support from the citi/.cn
of Omaha. It proposes to defeat al
measures in which our people have di
root interest , and at the same time asl
them for their money so it can do it well
It was only recently that the BKE , te
protect its readers , exposed a shamelcssl ;
rotten insurance company. The "com
bino" immediately reached out its itch
ing palm and the next day appeared :
paid editorial endorsing the concern.
Hundreds ot instances could bo cltei
of where this "combine" has attomptei
to thwart important measures. Uut th
BEE the only paper In the state of No
brnska voicing the sentiment of tin
masses is not disturbed by the bush
whacking methods adopted by its irrc
dcomablo and rcadcrless contemporaries
It only laughs at their folly. It is con
scious of the fact that the people wil
soon rcali/o that the course of such i
"combine" will the
injure growth o
Omaha and result In loss of money am
power to the duhy scalds , the editors o
which have the impudence to call then
"rival papers. "
Go on with the music , gentlemen
Keep your "combine" well oiled. Am
after you have finished parading all th
bilks nnd bummers of the state in you
columns as respectable men , and opposoi
all measures aiding Omaha's growth
como down and look over our subscrip
tion books. While our increase of sub
scribers will amaze you , at the same tlm
the exhibit may possiblj' serve to teacl
you a needed lesson in journalism.
The Chlcauo Coodlcrs.
Through the patient investigations o
several Chicago newspapers , diligent ! '
prosecuted for a number of months , am
the commendable zeal of the pr.osocutin (
attorney of Cook county , development
have been reached showing the rascalit ;
of certain county officials which war
ranted their arrest. On last Tucsda ;
afternoon Indictments wcro returned b ;
the grand jury against the warden of th'
county hospital and insane osvlum , thi
engineer of the hospital-and two othc
parties , charging them with conspiracy
to defraud the county , and before nigh
all of thorn had boon taken into custody
This is understood to bo but the begin
ning , the facts in possession of the pros
ccuting attorney implicated a number o
others ; and before the work is tlnishe <
probably not less than a dozen person
who are believed to have in ono way am
another robbed the county will have t
respond to the call of justice. The pros
coutlon is reported to bo entirely satisfle
with the evidence submitted , and to hav
no eloubt of its ability to secure the con
viction of the implicated ofllcials.
The publio developments in those case
promise to be of an exceedingly intci
eating , and perhaps instructive , charac
tor.A great many facts will bo brough
out in court that the newspaper invest ]
gators have cot been able to got at , an
the latter have already given to the put
lie a largo amount of entertaining ir
formation. The case of the warden c
the insane asylum is likely to prey
peculiarly interesting. The exposure c
this individual is to bo credited chiefly t
the detective work of the Tribune , whos
columns have already contained AD e >
tended story of the warden's gonerou
friendship for a W abash avenue widow
all at the ezponsa of the county. Ther
will bo soraa salacious facts elicited i
this connection , which will not lose thol
relish from the circumstance that tb
warden is a family man. The facts i
general which have thus tar been put
lishedahow that most of these official
have been for years pursuing a syt
tematlo course of stealing , from whio
the taxpayers of Cook county have boei
robbed to the amount of tons of thousand
of dollars. It should not bo lost sight o
that the discovery of the operations c
thcso boodlors Is chiefly duo to the news
papers. _ _ _ _ „ _ _ _ _ _
No Uauio For Alarm.
On the authority of reports onmnatln
from Washington , said to represent th
views of treasury officials , certain now :
papers have proclaimed a possible ) pan !
before the close of the year as the rcsul
of. a withdrawal of largo amounts c
money from the people into the treasnr
in excess of the disbursements to b
made by the government. The exac
amount that the disbursements will reac
cannot bo stated , nor can it bo accurate !
known what the receipts will be. Th
most recent trustworthy statement of th
treasury surplus placed It at | 20,030,00 (
which is many millions less than it wn
lost August. Officials of the treasury ar
quoted as believing that the excess of receipts
coipts over disbursements will not be s
great during the remainder of this yen
as it was last year , and from the vam
source the opinion is obtained that th
payments duo on bond calls will reehic
the surplus by July , the beginning of th
.next fiscal year , to 110,000,000. Senate
Allison , chairman of the senate committa
on appropriations , states the possible rei
enuo for Iho remaining time of the pro ;
ent fiscal year at $130,000,000 andth
probable expenditures at 9105,000,001
and concludes that if all the 3 per cor
bonds are paid out of the current revenue
nue of this year there would be loft Jul
1 only a surplus of 14,000,000 , accordin
to the treasury method of statement t
bo carried over to the next fiscal year
Then will begin the payments under Ih
now appropriation bills , some ot whicli
particularly those for pensions , will b
large. These bills call for n frnctloi
over $217,000,000 , to which must boaddci
Iho permanent appropriations , swelllni
the total to 1301,000,000. It Is estimate
that the receipts from July to Dccembo
would have to reach $10,000,000 in execs
of expenditures to bring the surplus ute
to that of last August , which is not at a'
likely to bo the caso.
There Is evidently nothing in this state
mcnt of the situation to excite alarm. 1
shows that from now until July the o.\
pendlttircs of the government will vcr ,
nearly equal the receipts , and that 1
the policy of paying off the maturlni
bonds is maintained the treasury will be
gin the next fiscal year with a very mod
crate surplus , allowing that It will hav
the largest amount estimated. Aftc
that there will undoubtedly bo a stead ;
accumulation , but tlicro is no goo
reason to apprehend that this will bo s
largo as to be very seriously felt in th
money mar'-cts. ' The highest estimate
of the excess of receipts over disburse
ments range from $0,000,030 to $8,003,00' '
a month , and it is not probable that th
average will bo above the lirst of thcs
amounts. If , however , the accumulatloi
should Interfere with the free operatioi
of the money markets It Is In the powc
of the secretary of the treasury to romod ;
the difficulty by the purchase of tinmn
tured bonds to such extent as the cxigon
clcs of the situation might require , an
ho would doubtless use this authority t
Avert any tendency toward panic. Th
probability , however , of such a contin
coney is extremely remote. At prcsen
the supply of money is not abundant bu
the situation does not appear to bo grow
ing worse , and prime mcrcantil
paper Is negotiable In New Yoik at 5J t
OJ per cent. , while bankers balances ar
loaned at an average of four per cent ,
and even lower. These quotations d
not Indicate any serious stricture. In
word , there Is nothing in the situation n
It is , or in unreasonable view of the oul
look , that should give any trouble to tin
legitimate business interests of the conn
try.
try.Uut
Uut the argument of theisltuation point
with increased force to the necessity fo
legislation that will remove all possibil
ity of danger by reducing the revenue
of the treasury to the proper require
ments of the government. Every inloi
cst alike of the government and the poc
pie , every consideration of financial sc
curity and national prosperity , enforce
the duty of providing this legislation.
Lucky Deliver.
If the si/.o of the appropriation measure
the ability of the representative , Colorado'
one congressman and two senators did
great deal more for the Centennial stnto dm
Ing the Forty-ninth congress than Va :
Wyck's boasted Independence was able t
accomplish for Nebraska , with whatever as
sistanee the rest of the delegation cnve htm
Denver secured , for Instance , no less thai
5575,000 for a public building and 5200,00
for a military post. What can the roptibllcai
delegation of Nebraska In the forty-nlntl
congress show to offset this exhibit ? Oimi/u /
Herald.
It was not in the province of Scnato
Van Wycit to specially look after Omaha'
interest while Omaha was supposed to b
represented by Senator Manelorson.Vh ;
did not , Mr. Manderson do his duty t
Omaha ? Did ho not lot the matter go b ;
default simply out of spite because hi
pet scheme of moving Fort Omaha 11
the interest of a land syndicate was nc
successful ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE harmony which prevails amonj
all the other Omaha papers in denounc
ing the grand jury system of investiga
tion by the committeeis very suggestive
if not significant. Why do these paper
all join in ono chorus to do the vcr ,
thing which every intelligent porso :
must know will prevent the proving c
the olFenso which has been charged
Why do the very mon who arc most ans
ious to suppress the inquiry work s
hard to open the doors of the committee
They know that the prosecuting wltnes
would naturally bo asked to giv
tbo names of the parties wh
could substantiate the charge
and that was the very thin
wanted by them. Once in possession c
the names of all the witnesses upon whic
the prosecuting witness relied t
make out his case , they would bo in cor
ditlou to scatter some ot the wituesse
from Iowa to Texas , and exercise a cor
trol over others so that their answer
would be no answers at all. On th
other hand the conspirators of the jud
clary committee who wore implicate
would be enabled in the open session t
sustain each other by corroborating cac
other's atory. If , however , they'wor
separately examined they could not po :
sibly rnako up a story that would , ban ,
together. But of course the boodio gan ,
and the boodio press will clamor for th
open session and against any method o
inquiry that would expose tbo rascals an
bring the guilty parties to justice.
THE legislature will ro-convcno to-daj
It is to be nincoroly hoped that the crow
of drunken vagrants will be drive :
away. The BHK has no personal intci
cst in this matter. It is only for the pre
tection and preservation of tbo state' '
reputation that it raises its voice and eU
mands that the hirelings should bo bodily
ily fired.
THR prohibition party is raising groa
disturbances in Des Moincs. We advis
moderation in all thcso little difference
of opinion , and would suggest that not
parties stop up to the bar and take a drinl
diluted with cold water.
TitEiiK is blood on tbo moon at M <
Cook. Our dispatches state that deme
cratic committees nnd saloon keepers g
hand in hand. When separated there 1
no other hope than for trouble in th
camp.
IT is now evident that Actlnc-Secrotar
Falrchild has boon offered the position c
chairman of the inter-state commerc
commission. However , Mr. Fairchild d <
clincs without thanks.
WE observe that the Baltimore & Obi
transfer is delayed only by minor detail :
One of these details is the simple plan !
ing down of 110,000,000 in cash a met
trifle , as it wore.
Bernard Poraa.
Bernard Doras , who was injured in th
Oberf elder elevator , u in a critical cot
dition The chances are that ho will m
lire over to-day.
PUOM1NUNT PBIISONS.
Ilnnlictir hn-t just finished a great pic
( arc named "A Picnic Parly. "
Cyrus Field and Mrs. Field have ) pnuo te
Bermuda , where they will visit Win. It. Tra
u'is , now sick at Hamilton.
Anna Dickinson says she fins Imd Severn
otters to go upon llio dramatic stage. She
thinks she \\111 co ( o Europe.
Kx-Qucen Isabella of Spain Is dcsctlbc-d n'
a coarse , fat elderly Xvoinan , plainly elrcssoc
nnd vulgar In every movement
Lot Planner } ' ) the Wnsldngton sculptor , li
completing n bust bf. XJenrrnl Logan , wind
\vns modeled twentyxmo years ago.
Captain J.ickousUa , of Iho German nrmy
Is In Washington , lie was sent over to In-
spcct our turtllleaUons , but ho hasn't fount
any yet.
lion. John \V. Bookualtor. of Sprlupficld
O. , will send Ids crentcolh'Ctlon ot nrt works
nnd curios to Cincinnati lor exhibition n
the museum there.
Henry Ward Hcccher had no Idea of the
value of monoy. Ho would buy pictures am
brlc-n-brnc without tlilnklui ; of the price , nm
li\vo \ the articles away to the lirst person whc
fancied them.
a Delusion.
It'cjjJiliiyfim Critic.
A man usually hugs n delusion when he
gets his arm niouud one of these faslilonnbU
gltU
The Triumph ofFnlth.
.SUM Fnuictfco Alia.
Just look nt the Undo dollar ! U hn1
limped around remarking "In ( led wo trust , '
nnd Its Initli is lewnrdcd by redemption.
A Settlor.
PlitttMjtlita licont.
The decision ot tue United States supieme
court In favor of the rluht of drummers t <
drum up trade iu any pait of the union , state
law to the contrary iiot\\llh9taiutlng. Is a set
tier. Intel state commerce must be couductei
on a free-tindo basis.
Moments.
Oh , there nro moments In man's mortal jear :
When for nn Instant that which long km
Iain
Hoyond our reach , Is on n sudden found
In tlilnus of smallest compass , nnd wo hold
The unbounded shut In one .small minute' :
space ,
And worlds within the hollow of olir hand ;
A world of music In one word of love ,
A world of love In ouo ( tulck , wordless look ,
A world of thought In ono tianslucuu
phrase. .
A world ot memory In ono mournful chord
A world ot sorrow in ono little song ,
Such moments are man's holiest ; the dl
vine
And first-sown seeds of love's eternity.
BTATK ANil TKUUITOliy.
Nebraska Jottings.
Waunctta offers an excellent watci
power to mill men.
Higli and low license will bo the issue
in Wahoo at the spring election.
The proposed Fuhrman building ir
Fremont , one of tttie finest , will cos
$12,000.
A. H. Shoemaker , wifa and children
of Broken How , wenj down with a bridge
over Clear creek and into deep water
They wcro rescuetj from the bath thor
ougnly chilled but uninjured.
A Mlnden young' faely , desirous of Iry-
ing tobogganing athomo , , procured hoi
mother's ironing board and began sliding
down stairs. Tno stfrcct door happened
to bo open at the time , and the young lad )
did not stop until she made her debut In
the street in a sadly mixed up condition
The Scribner News has mapped out n
new main line tor the Chicago & North-
westcrn line in Is'bbriihka. The Blair
bridge is to bo raaetc , a stub feeder for
Omaha , while the main line will cross on
a now bridge at Onawa , strike Scribuei
on the bullseyo and leave Fremont on a
side track. 1 ho managers will doubt' '
less reward the imaginative News with o
tie pass after April 5.
An amateur dramatic club in the northern
orn part of Burt county tackled a war
like play Saturday night and developed
a , tragedy not down on the bills. The
captain of the mimic braves grasped t
musket in the hands of one of the soldien
as a reprimand for carelessness. The
gun was overloaded with a blank cart
ridge and paper wads and was dls
charged too close to John Montgomery ,
an old man , completely shattering lilt
arm. He is not expected to live.
The legal rates for hugging matches
recently published did not include the
wrath of the "old man" or the booted
emphasis of the "big brother. " Recently
contly in the center of the state a hug
ging match raised the objection of the
girFs old pa so bard that the huggoo and
the huggist wore violently separated bj
two fists Hying m different directions
The hucgist got up suid dusted , but the
huggoo she fainted and spit blood. The
church has censured the old brute for his
abruptness , leaving a small minority un <
decided whether or not it would bo well
to bring suit for damages for destroying
a lucrative business.
West Point gossipers and sowing so
oietios are enjoying a good seized chunk
of scandal. For some time a young man
named Barney Lammers has paid nis at
tentions to Sarah Reeson , a girl of sweet
sixteen , against tbo wishes of her par
outs , who live uoar town. Thursday
Sarah wont to town and their suspicious
movements caused her vigilant dad U
keep close watch 011 thorn. They put tij :
at a hbtel at night , using but ono room
The old man was onto tfiolr racket and
had the sheriff drop in before they dozed
off to sleep and read them a warrant of
arrest. They were invited to put on theli
duds and Lnmmers was led oft to jail.
Iowa Kerns.
Forty-live Iowa towns are operating c
system of waterworks.
Emmet county's tax for this ycai
amounts to f43n.83.
Prophet Foster insists that a number ol
severe storms are an the list. Ho is buili
that way.
The receipts of Dubuque last year wore
$217,000 and disbursements f-J04,000 ,
The bonded debt is 1800,000.
The Turner sociotjf Af Davenport lias
raised $54,000 , and will erect a thcutor
turner hall , bowllhfe alloy , assembly
rooms and society ollicos this year.
At a recent meeting of the DCS Moincs
Jobbers' and Manufacturers' associatlor
resolutions wore pasued and forwarded te
President Cleveland urging the appoint
inont of Hon. Fetor A. Doy to a positioi
on the board of national railway comnus
sioncrs. ,
The barn on the Flunncry farm , foui
miles east of Gutlirle Center , was dis
i coveroa on fire about L o'clock on Satur
day afternoon last , and including r
granary and largo sheds , was entirely de
Ktroyed. The loss tates into account sb
head ot valaublo horses , plows , planters
binders , 300 bushel ? of'wheat , GOO of oats
300 of corn and several , tons of hay.
Dakota.
Yankton has organized a street cai
company.
The Jim river has overflowed and raucl
damage has resulted in Uutohiuson ant
Yankton counties.
There is a total by actual count of 0&
live range cattle on tbo liear liutto range
and forty-five dead ones.
An effort la now being made to secure
the opening of a portion of tbo Sioux res
ervatton under the severally bill.
An eastern man traded Black Hilli
mining stock , the face value of. whicl
represented 9350,000 , for four Pierre lot. "
and the lota were not on the corner or it
the heart of the town ,
Rapid City is ablaze with excitement
over the recent discovery of rich sllvei
deposits near the citj. Every inch of the
district has been staked and prospector
arc llookinc to the reirion.
TItnti null Iclnlio.
KeU'lturn , Idaho , ts building a $12,00 <
school.
A syndicate ol Louisville capitalist *
with millions in stock , will work some o
the Wood river mines this season.
The snow is so elcep ami hard at Heai
L.tkc , Idaho , that people travel aroutu
regardless of fences , wldch are buried fai
out of sight.
The contractors on the Union Pacific
depot at Ogden have gone cast. Al
work on the building has been oritcroi
stopped by the company.
lion Fred T. Dubols writes from Wash
lugton that the president refused to sigi
the segregation bill , and never will sigi
onn , probably. Idaho , In cense
eiuonco , will remain Idalu during hi ;
term at least.
It h said that Mi whisky flasks were
found in the Idaho legislative hullaftei *
adjournment. No claimants could be
lotinrt to the cry tal receptacles , cxct'p !
in ono liihtane-o , the owner calling foi
one because it was not quite empty.
Last week's local mineral out ship
ments from Salt Lake were thirteen can
bullion , Kl ini pounds ; ono car common
load , 27,831 pounds ; twenty-three can
silver ore , 004,1)57 ) ; pounds ; live cars cop
per ore , 115,100 ; total , forty-two cars
1,172,059 pountU.
The shipments out from Salt Lake
City for the weeik ending Saturday. .
Marc'hfi , inclusive , were twelve ears bull
ion , ! ! r > 7,5l7 pounds : throe cars iron slag
70yr > ( i pounds ; eighteen ears silver ore
528OoU pounds ; live oars copper ore
120.000 pounds ; total , thirty-eight cars
I,0i)3llo3 ) pounds.
It is reported that the Chicago it North
western railway will begin work e > n the
extension of it * hue west of Fe > rt Fetter
man on April 1. One object is under
stood to bo to build a road into Idaho , te
connect with the Oregon Pacific. The
line will cross the Snake River neai
Eagle Reek , Idaho , anil run thence in !
nearly direct line to HoHe City.
Montiinn.
Ihe Abbott company scooped $9,000 h
Unite.
Silver bar shipments from IJullu las
week amounted to $ 11)7,280. )
Meaghcr county Ins $10,000 of schoo
funds--$10.8l to each child of schoo
age.
age.It
It Is expected , according to the Ilclon :
Herald , that 1.000 miles of railroad wil
bo completed in Montana this year.
The spring thaws are gathering al
bridges over largo and small streams
Iho Northern Pacific has lost several.
The total enrollment for the pubi ! <
schools of IJutte for February wac 1.00 !
pupils. The average daily attendanci
was 1,123.
Hundreds of elk have starved to doatl
the past winter in the Henry's lake section
tion , west of the National park , the snov
being so deep they could got no food.
Helena's building boom for 1887 prom
ises to outrival that of 1880 , when up
wards of $1OOO.OUO was expended it
business houses and residence homes.
The oil discovered last summer in the
No Wood region has been used this winter
tor by a largo majority of the settlers foi
illuminating purposes instead of coal oil
Proposals arc invited in Helena for the
construction of a 0,000. foot tunnel on the
IJutte branch of the Montana Central. I
will bo almost double the length of the
Mullan tunnel.
One of the bassos of the Abbott com
pany attempted to woo the tiger in IJutte
and dropped his roll and all ho could
borrow. He was detained in town twe
days to cosh a poker chip.
The Granite Mountain Mining com
pany of Montana paid last week divietont
No.37 , of twenty-five cents a share , 01
100,000 , making 1300,000 paid this year
and f 1,000.000 paid to date.
Lewis and Clark county has $48.700.6C
in the treasury and its outstanding m
dobtodness amounts to f245,028.0f. Tiii'
makes the net indebtedness ? 197.147.0a1
of which amount 1150,000 is for the ncv\
court house at Helena.
T. J. Bryan , president of the Stock
growers' association , in a recent lottei
written from Miles City , reviewing the
stock outlook , says ; "From men now or
the ranges , and from those who have
been there all winter , I have estimates ol
25 per cent losses up to the time of gath
ering in the spring. This , of course , maj
bo changed cither way by the conditior
of the weather. " inspector Barney's report
port from Hillings : "There is a loss ir
cattle among the older and weaker votinf
she stock , but nothing like Hvhat the
croakers claim. The heavy losses arc
confined principally to localities where
feed was very short when winter sot in. '
The Pacitio Coant ,
Surf bathing has commenced at Sant :
Cruz.
DMonsignor Capo ! Is traveling and ice
luring in Southern California.
A now directory of Portland , Ore. ,
gives the population of that city at 37,505
Thousands of hgad of cattle have died
recently on tbo ranges of eastern Oregon
There is talk of moving the capital ol
Washington territory from Olympla tc
some other point.
More than 700,000 tons of nickln ore
are said to bo visible in the nicklo minus
in Churchill county , Nov.
An Oregon firm has imported a quan
tlty of wild rico from Minnesota. It will
bo planted in unfrequented places for the
purpose of attracting clucks.
In boring n well near Pine Grove , Es
moralda county , Nov. , steam of a hoi
enough temperature to cook potatoc :
was struck at a depth of sixty feet below
the surface.
Sr.u Diego en joys unlimited turtle SOUP ,
She Is supplied three times a week with
fresh sea turtles from the lagoon neat
Todos Santos , in Lower Californiawhere
they congregate m millions.
A Carson mint employe has discovered
Hint drill points boatoel to a cherry rod
and tempered through being driven into
a bar of lead , will bore through the
hardest stcol or plate glass without per
ceptlbly bluntinsr.
Petroleum oil developments in Ventura
countv are destined to take on more and
more "importance as the county is opened
up by railroads. A pipe line is now bemc
built from Tar creek , in thoSospo district ,
to the railroad , a distance of about ten
miles.
Two newspaper men of San Diego have
purchased the town of LugoniaSnn Ber
nardino county outright , paying thcrcfot
$30,000. The site embraces seventy
five acres of most valuable and desirable
land , which is to bo laid out in a regular
town sito. A prominent feature of thr
enterprise is that the streets will all be
named after the different newspapers in
California.
of Kxploratlon.
Chicago News : If anyone thinks thai
the tieleQ for exploration on this earth ol
ours have been exhausted by the savants
of the nineteenth century lot him look
at China. The little island of Chusan ,
which Bismarck recently gobbled from
the celestials , although only fifty-two
miles in circumference , contains 200.000
inhabitants a miniature world in itself
and a Chinese newspaper recently con
tained an account of the recalling of a
Chinese explorer who had begun to pen
etrate ono ol the mnor lands of Thibet.
The government recalled him because It
did not wish to lose his services with Ida
life , which would certainly be forfeit ii
ho persisted in his researches. Ho had
already discovered , however , n now land
and a now people hitherto unknown.
The Inhabitants spoke a ni w tonguu and
practiced cannibalism. Truly , one-half
the world does not know how the othci
half lives.
PntoUta nml Principles ;
Umtan .4rtiyHhfr.
The confusion arising from the popu
lar notion that a principle cannot be
patented has Riven rise tosinany hazardous -
ous and Indefensible infringements of ov-
Istlng patents. As a well known instance -
stance , wo may recall the fact that com
petitors havu joined Issue with tliu Bull
Tclophono comp.uty over and over again ,
maintaining their independent rights.
Vet the snpromu court in a dochlvo man
ner , unanimously lovcrsltig a previous
decision , lias held that u claim for ti
principle or process is not limited by the
special apparatus described or used.
The ruling was made in the cast ) of
lllghtuau vs. Proctor , the court holding
thni'l'ilplimnii having discovered u sub
stantial principle the decomposition of
fat by hot water alone was entitled to
protection against infringcrs availing
themselves of this principle in any form
of apparatus. Upon this decision' Judge
( tray of this city based his opinion sus
taining the broad claim of Hell to the
process of conduction used in the Dull
telephone.
The fudge has summed up the existing
law on this subject so concisely nud
clearly that his preface should bo pre
served for reference ;
" 'Few legal rules have been oftencr
misunderstood and misapplied than the
insulin that you cannot patent a princi
ple. Kut the confusion on this subject
has been so olfectually cleared up by the
recent judgment of the supreme court ,
delivered by Mr. Justice Bradley in
Tilgliman vs. 1'roetor (103 ( U. S. 707) ) , that
it will be siilliclent for the purposes of
this ease to state the conclusions there
announced. There can bo no pat
ent for u mere principle. The dis
coverer of a natural force"or a scientific
fact cannot have a patent for that. Hut
if he invents for the lirst time a process
by which a certain ell'ect of ono of the
forces of nature is made useful to man
kind , itnd fully discribes and claims that
process , and also describes a mode or
apparatus by which it may bo usefully
applied , ho Is , within the meaning and
the very words ot the patent law , ' 'a ' per
son who has invented or discovered
any new nnd useful art , " nnd
he is entitled to a patent for the process
of which ho is the first inventor , unit is
not restricted to the particular form of
mechanism or apparatus by which ho
enn-ics out that process. Another per-
so i , who afterwards invents unimproved
form of apparatus , embodying the same
process , may indeed obtain a patent for
his improvement , but ho has ho right to
use the process , in his own or any other
form of nparatus , without the consent of
the first inventor of the process. '
"Uudor the old decisions of the supreme
premo court in Morse vs O'Roily and
Mitchell vs Tilghm.an , it la very doubtful
if the broad claim of Dell's patent would
have boon sustained.
"Tho disposition of the supreme court
as now constituted scorns to bo to protect
broadly and fully meritorious inventors
who have made substantial improve
ment in the arts , nud to construe stiiotly
patents for inventions which have no
other claim to validity than the applica
tion of well known devices to some now
and analogous USCF. "
All Is Vanity and Vexation.
Atlanta , Canntllultan.
The vanity and vain glory that reside
in riches wcro never bettor exemplified
than in the case of A. T. Stewart , who
was once the richest man in New York
City. Being childless ho must have been
a miserable man. Ho lived with his wife
in a marble palace , the atmosphere of
which must have boon cold and uncon
genial. Ho indulged in some ostenta
tious alleged charities that were as fat
removed from genuine charity as the
clouds are from the stars. Ho built a
hotel for women , but few women over en
joyed its veneered hospitality. It was n
failure because there was not a drop of
of the milk of human kindness in Stew
art's breast. Ho was cold , selfish , nar
row-minded and calculating. He raised
such barriers around his hotel for
women that no self-respecting woman
could take advantage of the chilling
beneficence.
When the hotel experiment failed Mr.
Stewart.turned his attention to building
a city on Long Island. The scheme was
a grand one , and it was carried out on a
largo scale. Hut see the vanity of it all !
The store that was his pndo has changed
its name. His costly residence is to bo
turned into a club house. His picture
gallery , which ho sought to make the
wonder of Gotham , la to bo peddled off
in an auctioneer's room. The old clothes
that belonged to himself and his wife are
to bo aired and Hold , His city in Long
Island is to bo broken up into small lots
and disposed of , and there will bo
nothing loft but the costly cathedral that
was built for the purpose of hiding his
bones.
His bones ! And yet no man can say
that his bones repose there. When the
poor man died , and was buried his bones
were stolen , and , if all accounts are cor
rect , there WAS much higgling between
the thieves and the representatives of
the Stewart estate. It was maintained on
the part of Stewart's friends that his
poor bones were not worth as much as
the grave robbers supposed , and the prob
ability is that the example of parsimony
which Stewart set to his family pre
vented the recovery of his remains ,
Somewhere ID all this there is A moral ;
but the render will have to search it out
for himself.
The Standard OH Company's Grooil.
Kew Yorll Times.
The capacity of the Standard Oil com
pany for absorbing established industries
nnd founding monopolies over which it
holds supreme control scorns to bo al
most boundless. It apparently has more
money than it knows what to do with ,
and is constantly reaching out to grasp
n.cw moans of adding to its enormous
wealth at the expense of its loss power
ful neighbors. It has gathered in the
petroleum business of the country , nnd
the fuel-gas enterprise is completely
within its control. Now it has a scheme
for buying up the sulphuric acid manu
factories and absolutely dictating the
price of that commodity in the market.
The plans for doing tins have been al
ready formed , and the old system of ruin
ing a property for the sake ot getting it
cheaply have been worked to perfection.
Hacked by its immense capital , nnd
guided as it Is by unscrupulous motives ,
there is little doubt that the company
will succeed in this last attempt to drive
all competitors from its chosen field , as
it has done in its past enterprises. The
consoling reflection in all this is that
every monopoly established in a new
warning to the community of the danger
which threatens it , nnd hastens the time
when the people will grapple with this
enemy and crush it.
Salvation Oil should bo the companion
of every traveling man. It oxlinguiHlios
pain , whether resulting from n cut , a
burn , n bruise , or a sprain.
Chaucer says : "For gold in phixiko in a
cordial. " For all that sutler from
hoarseness , cold In the chest , lung
trouble , or bronchitis , Dr. Hull's Cough
Syrup is golden "phlsiko. " Pnco 25
conU.
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TO THE PUBLIO
" \Vith iho approach of spring
and the increased interest man
ifested in real estate inatlorn ,
I am inoro than ever consult
ed by intending purchasers as
to favorable opportunities for
investment , and to all such
would say :
Whenjnitting any Propel
ty on the market , and adver
tising it as desirable , I have
invariably confined myself tea
a plain unvarnished statement
of facts , never indulging ir
vague promises for the future ,
and the result in every case
has been that the expectations
of purchasers were more
than realized. I can refer with
pleasure to Albright's Annex
and Baker Place , as sample il
lustrations.
Lota in the "Annex" have
quadrupled in value and are
still advancing , while a street
car line is already building
past Baker Place , adding hun
dreds of dollars to the value of
every lot.
Albright's Choice was se
lected by me with the greatest
care after a thorough study
and with the full knowledge
of its value , and I can consci
entiously say to those seeking
a safe and profitable invest
ment that
Albright's Choice
offers chances not excelled in
this market for a sure thing.
Early investors have already
reaped largo profits in CASH ,
and with the many important
improvements contemplated ,
some of which are now under
way , every lot in this splen
did addition will prove a bo
nanza to first buyers.
Further information , plata
and prices , will be cheerfully
furnished. Buggies ready at aU
times to show property.
Respectfully ,
W , G. ALBRIGHT
SOLE OWNER ,
318 S. llith Street
Branch oflice at South Onm-
lia.
N. B. Property for sale iriall
parts of- the city