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- * * * * * rr > * rr * * * * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY. MARCH 21. 1887. TUB DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TTUMS or BUiiscnrrriotf ! Dully ( Mornlrt * Edition ) Including HtinJny BKK , Ono Yimr . { 10 01 For Six Month * . r > 00 For Three Months . BW Tlio Omnlm Sunday UKE , mailed to nny midross , Ono Vuar. . . . . . . SCO OMAHA OrrtrR. No. mi AND mi FAHXAH RTIUECV. Nitw VOIIK oyrtcr. . Uooti r ; > . rnini'NK HtNi.iiisa. UrrlCI , Nu.liUFUUUTEEXTIISTUICr. All oommunloiitionn relating to news nnd edi torial luntlor KliouW bo ad'lrutecd to the Em- TOIl Of TUG 11KK. JlUMSteS MTTIMt All titltlncm letters nnd romlttnncas thould bo MdrowHl to TMR HER I'uiir.ismmi Coui'ANv , OMAHA. Drafts , chocks and potofTlco orders to bo tnsdo paynblo to tlio ordtr of tlio company , THE BEE POBLISHInTToMPHHr , PROPRIETORS , E. ROSEWATEH , EntTOi : , TIIE PAlIiY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btatoof Nchraskn , 1. . County of Douclas. f ° " Oco. 11. Tzschnck , secretary 'of The Hoe Publishing company , does aolemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally Bco tor the week ending Mar. lltli 1887. was as follows : Batiirdftv. Mar. 5 1M70 Sunday. Mar. 0 13.000 .Monday , Mar. 7 14,750 Tuesday , Mar. 8 11.400 Wednesday , Mar. 9 .14.205 Thursday , Mar.lO 14,450 Frlday.Mar.il 14.360 Avcraco 14.S3G OKO. U. TZBCIIUCK. Subscribed In mv presence anrt sworn to be fore mo this 18th day of March A. D. , 1887. N. 1' . FKIU ( SEALI Notary Public. Gco. 1J. Tzschuck , bclnff llrst duly sworn , deposes nnd says that ho Is secretary of The lice Publishing company , that the actual nv- erace dally circulation of the Dally lice for thornonthof March , 1880,11.637 copies ; for April , IbSO , 12,11)1 ) copies : torfor May , 1880,12- * i9 copies ; for June , 1866 , 12,898 copies ; for July , 1886 , 18,314 copies ; for Autrust , 18bfi , 18,404 copies ; for September. 1880 , 13,030 copies ; for October. 1880. 12,089 copies ; for November , 18S6 , 13,348 copies ; for December. 1680.13,237 copies ; for January. 1887. 10,200 copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,103 copies. _ . . . GKO. B. TzscnucK. subccrloedantl sworn to before mo this Oth day of March , A. D. 1837. ( SEAL. I N. P. FF.IL. Notarv Public , Two or thrco hundred town lots from ono of Sioux City's most "desirable addi tions" passed down the river yesterday. IT is said that Colonel Russell is enjoy' ing a boom for governor. The Colonel will perhaps have a quiet campaign for a couple of years. Mil. CAI.T WELT , has recovered from ( ho attack of Missouri ague which threatened to shako his boots off. Other members of the judiciary committee havn recovered from their nervous prostra tion. OMAHA'S city election will not take place until May 3. This gives plenty of time to prepare slates to bo broken. There will bo a city election this year , the like of which history has not re corded. IT is gratifying to know , that Mr. Agco was allowed to take part in the discus sion In the house on Saturday. AVhat- over attainments Mr. Ageo may not pos sess , the claim that ho has lungs like a - jackass , all naturalists admit. V IT is announced by an eastern paper r. that Nod Buntllno has lust completed f * another "border" story. It is to bo pre sumed by tins announcement that the late Mr. Buntlino's manuscript has been rejected in the other world. TUB young man who shot the brute Ilandall , at Hastings , in a murderer , ac cording to law. But as the law does not presume that such scoundrels ta Randall masquerade as men , the fact that his brains were scattered by the wronged girl's brother does not imply that prose cution will follow. Tins majority of the mombcrs who howled on Saturday that Mr. Rose water's charge of bribery was "malicious" "out- , rageotis" and so on throughout the cat- ' nloguo , were only fulfilling their part ot n winter's contract to their corporate masters. Pat Garvoy is a noble specimen of manhood to question any man's motive. The remarks by Knox only Showed him to bo a childish old man harmless , but unhappy. KNOWING ones in railway circles say that the forthcoming election of a new board of directors of tlio Union Pacific I ; , . ' railway , which occurs the 28th inst. , will L again place the road into the hands of Ve Mow York parties. Like every other r' change in this management. In years past , it is to bo expected that the line officials will suffer a general shaking up. Whoa Sydney Dillon , representing New York capital , retired , and was succeeded ; by Charles Francis Adams , there was a' I > - complete reorganization. Thomas L. JfjU- Kimball , traflic manager , who has for years boon the recognized representative of New York bond-holders has been noticeably under a cloud ever since he was removed from the position of assist ant general manager , in the days of S. 'II , U. Clark. In the event of the ac cession of the Now York people it Is pre dicted that a greater over-turning of of ficials all along the line will take place. Thu general anxiety manifested in these parts Is not wholly without foundation. CHICAGO is engaged in the incipient t } . throes of a municipal election. Until ' * Saturday last ono of the most perplexing I * uncertainties with which the politicians [ I had to deal was the possible relations that Carter II. Harrison would bear to the contest. Notwithstanding the oral declarations of that delectable person that ho would not bo n candidate for re election , there was a grave doubt as to his blncority. It was remembered that ho had talked that way before. Besides , it was noted that he was doing a good deal of coquotlng with elements which might bo vcty useful in promoting his nomination and which would naturally prefer h'm. ' But the suspense wa ro ll ' llevcd by the publication on Saturday morning of a letter from the mayor ad dressed to the democrats of the city in which lie emphatically declares that ho has not been , is not , and will not bo a candidate before the convention. Some f { of the newspapers are so uncharitable aa to say that thin Is the result of the failure of certain combinations which Carter has boon trying to effect , while others still doubt the sincerity of his avowal. Were ro disposed , however , to think ho is in earnest tills time , and in that belief ten der congratulations to the democracy and the people of Chicago. They ought to bo Terj grateful for the promised relief. It Should no DoTonlcct. The report of the committee appointed by tlio Icclslalurc to Investigate the pro posed salu of sallno lamia will bu made to-day. The Bun's Lincoln bureau has already discussed this subject , and our renders , ns well as the members of the legislature , are familiar with the" scheme by which the West Lincoln stock yards company is attempting to secure COO acres of very valuable saline lands from the state of Nebraska. Two years ago this corporation leased , according to la\v , 500 acres of sallno lands near thu city of Lincoln for a term of fifty years. Tim law expressly and emphatically says that these lands shall not bo sold , but gives permission to lease them to any individual , company or corporation. Knowing the land to bo of great value , and realizing the fact that from its loca tion , two years hcr.cc it will bo worth : i much larger sum , the West Lincoln stock company is making n des perate and determined cflbrt to secure from the present legislature permission to buy it. Wo understand it expects to purchase It for about $70 per acre , When it Is known that town lot ? adjoining the saline land are selling at from $000 to $1,000 each , it is not to be wontlcrnd at that the company is making the great cllbrt that it is. As llio law Is plain on this subject , and it has been generally understood that this land was the property of the state , sot asidn for the saline industry in No- biaska , it certainly is wrong in principle to even consider the advisability of sell ing it. It is true the company has erected largo and expensive buildings , yet that fact makes its claims no bettor. It know the land could not be sold , consequently took a lease for fifty years. Before the lease has expired , the present proprietors will doubtless bo out of business. In the meantime they will derive as much benefit from the lease as if they owned the land. The state is amply able to hold this property , and there is no ques tion but what it should retain It. After the lease expires there will be plenty of time to make the sale. We know that the parties Interested in concocting this scheme liiivo boon work ing earnestly to secure the- passage of the bill. Wo know .that they have cajoled mombcrs and attempted plausi ble explanations , and wo also know that the whole schnmo is a fraud. While tlio legislature has been heedless of all honest protests filed imploring them to stop in their reckless legislation , the BEE fools it its duty to point out this attempted fraud , and in all candor asks honest members to vote it down. The tax payers of Nebraska are deeply interested in this matter. It Is not a good business principle to rob the masses to enrich a company of individuals. The people's interests should always bo protected. Reported li'avornhly. The bill which gives additional judges to nearly all the judicial districts in this state lias been reported favorably. It will without doubt become a law. The committee recommends it with but two changes a slight modification relating to Lancaster and Otoe , and leaving the First district , Nemaha , Pawnee , Richard son , Johuson nnd Gage with ono judge instead of two , as the bill originally con- to'mplatcd. A glance at the docket in Douglas county shows beyond any ques tion whatever that wo need two addi tional judges. And it may bo possible that one other district in the state , in order to secure that promptness always desirable , should have another judgo. But the idea of creating a dozen vacan cies in order to care for a crowd of played-out politicians calling themselves lawyers is a first-water fraud. Judge Gaslin's district is to have another judge. Mr. Gasliu has stated that ho had time to dispense with all cases and give consid erable attention to his Cofllcu business. Judge Morris has said that in his district the business before the court can easily bo attended to by him , ana another judge is simply an ornament. Judge Tiffany , who a few short years ago was an insur ance agent in southeastern Nebraska , and afterwards started the first news paper in Auburn , and who at that time knew nothing about law , has been heard to say that the district whore ho is now judge had ample facilities to dispatch all business coming before him. Lancaster and Otoe counties two years ago secured an additional judgo. Cap tain Mitchell was appointed to assist Fond , and the work done by him was only of minor importance. This year Judge Chapman was elected and will perhaps be kept busy. Douglas county , as wo have stated , doubtless needs two additional judges. But to giro each dis trict in the state increased expense with out any good reason seems to us a trifle inconsistent. It has been published that Governor Thayer would fcol it his duty to exercise his veto power and privilege if this bill should pass as it was originally Introduced. Let us hope that the legis lature will not put the taxpayers to useless - loss expense. Yet , whore judges are ab solutely needed , let the positions bo cre ated by this legislature. Carlisle and Randall. It seems evident that these two demo cratic leaders , representing the extremes upon the most important question of national policy which divided their party , are to bo brought into a sharper antag onism than over , with the certainly of intensifying the hostility of the factions of which they are the heads. It is ap parent that a determined ofl'ort is to bo made by the democratic opponents of Mr. Randall to degrade him in the next congress , to ofl'ect which the acquiescence of Mr , Carlisle is necessary. It cannot bo dodnitolykuown yet how many are identi fied with this purpose , but there Is reason to belivo that the number Is large enough to exercise a strong influence , and it will probably bo increased before the time for the assembling of the next congress is reached. The-conrso of Randall In the lust congress , with respect both to rev enue reform and the appropriation bills , caused a deep feeling of resentment that will last , and convinced those opposed to his policy and conduct that the case is ono demanding horoio treatment. The question which it is proposed to solve is whether or not the 1'ennsylvania con gressmen , with a handful ot followers , shall bo permitted to continue his prac tical domination of the majority. The first stop toward a solution Is to deprive him of the vantage ground he possessed as the chairman of the appropriations committee. This , it is proclaimed , Mr. Carlisle will be asked to pledge , himself to do as a condition to receiving the necessary support to ro elect him speaker , Iho serious question 1 , will Mr. Car * lisle have the cour.izo to comply with this demand ? He would undoubtedly be very glad to sco Randall dethroned , butte to assume the responsibility thoiwfor Is a matter which will probably glvo him pause. Desirable as lie might deem such n consummation , it is not unlikely that he would sec sure danger to himself in being an active party to it. Mr. Randall would be"jcratchod , not killed , " by such a proceeding , and as ho would certainly reject any consideration nt the hands of Mr. Carlisle In another direction nnd hold himself free to exert to the farthest limit his hostility to the faction seeking his humiliation , It is not difllcult to un derstand that lie could make the situ ation very interesting for his opponents , who will not bo so strong in the next congress ns they were in the last. The present indications are that the matter is likely to prove extremely distressing to the democracy when tlio tirao for its de termination arrives. Meanwhile Randall is receiving a great deal of public atten tion , even though much llio greater part of it Is not of a commendatory kind , ilo has also a present cause of solf-gratula- lion in the victory ho has won over thoao who sought to destroy him by placing him In a ropuolican district , a.nd the ob vious inference that the republican pro tectionists of Pennsylvania have entire confidence in their ability to use him will not in the least degree diminish the satis faction of Mr. Randall with the result. The democratic patty has si heavy and troublesome incubus in the Pennsylvania statesman , bill how to hot rid of him is a perplexing and embarrassing problem. It may bo doubted if Mr. Carllslu has the norvc to take upon himself the responsi bility of an attempt to solve it. A More Chocrinc Yiow. The panic predictions of u week ago have boon succeeded by expressions of an entirely different character. It is true that the gloomy prophesies wore not gen eral , but having the professional author ity of responsible sources they attracted attention and created a momentary feel ing of concern. A little Intelligent in vestigation of the situation , however , speedily disclosed the very small ground there is for any apprehension oven of a serious monetary stringency during the present year , to say nothing of u panic. Within the past fejj days prominent of ficials of the treasury have expressed themselves regarding the outlook , and they concur in the opinion that there is no danger in the near future. A number of bank officers and leading merchants of New York who were interviewed by a journal of that city all agreed that the talk of a probable panic was idle. Said one of them : "It is the unexpected that occurs. Panics usually como when you least expect thorn. " The fact that con gress failed to reduce the revenues so as to prevent the accumula tion of money in the treasury was characterized by those bankers and merchants generally as unfortunate , and a somewhat tighter money market in the autumn as the consequence of locking up funds in the treasury was thought to bo probable , but none of thorn expressed any apprehension that this would have any serious effect upon the business of the country. With hardly an exception they represented the present situation of business us being satisfactory and the promise good. Those assurances seem to bo justified by tlio authentic re ports from all the trade centers , so far as relates to legitimate business. With regard to our homo merchants , wo believe they are having as good , and perhaps a bettor trade than is usual at this season , while there is ample encour agement for them in tno rapidly growing markettnbuto to this motropolis.WithNe braska adding daily nearly or quite three thousand to its population , the business men of its metropolis hayo certainly no reason to regard the outlook otherwise than as In the highest degree reassuring , and this wo arc glad to know is the general - oral feeling among thorn , in short , the year begins well for the entire country , and the promise is that it will bo a period of generous prosperity in every section. Much Ado About Nothing. The committee has made a favorable report on the bill creating new judges in the different districts of the state. In the original bill a provision was made for an additional judge in the llrst district. Judge Broady insisted that two judges woukl bo only an extra expense. lie was idle a large portion of his time. Bui as drowning men gasp at straws so some of the ambitious politicians whoso life dream has been to bo a "jedge , " wrote out long petitions , and with the assistance of friends succeeded in flooding the dis trict with them , asking names of law yers. It Is understood that Judge David son had successfully worked Gage , Ne maha and Johnson. Ilo saw what to him was the ripened persimmon. The polo he carried seemed of sufficient length to reach it. His petitions were long and apparently covered the ground. Captain Humphrey the Pawnee blatherskite who nursed an infant idea that ho too might bo judge , report says , had everything ready to rush down upon the governor and demand a commission , Colonel Colby who was once hopelessly snowed under as a republican candidate for the same oflico thought he might induce the governor to ignore all other claims am appoint him on the grounds that ho was a militia man. Judge Applcgct who has been Davidson's political opponent in Johnson for many years kept his petition at homo , but still viewed thu prize with hopeful anticipation. But alas for al human enterprise. The judiciary committee mittoo with what to the candidates seemn questionable wisdom , cut the first distric provision out of the revised bill , anc unanimously signed petitions are accord merit * for sale. ! The nnld Knobbem. Tanoy and Douglas counties , Missouri are now infested by the most disroputa bio band of marauders and outlaws over having existence in any civilized country. It is comprised of what was originally a vigilance committee the Bald Knobbors Their homo is in the O/urk region. Their mission now is to murder , stoat and com mit all the crimes in the catalogue. Dur ing tlio war Missouri was the homo o : the most desperate characters over figur ing In the history of our country. Horse thieves , murderers , road agents and bush whackers held high carnival. Since the fires of sectional strife have boon suioth orcdby the lapse of yoara and law sup planted lawlcssncsin many places , it was hoped that a purer moral atmosphere waste to bo found among the mountainous ro gious of that state. Illicit distillers o whUky , counterfeiters of money , and dense ignorance belong to a past age Missouri has been unfortunate in freeing icrsclf from tlio oppli disgrace those day * ight crimes havfi fastened upon her. In- lead of advancing , the lust outbreak ot ho Jlnlil Knobbors s iows that the spirit jf twenty years njro Virsi'ly exists. There ins boon too much winldng ut crime. ? lie James boys should nuvor have been dollzed. The nstiiio of Josie James , the nest notorious bandit of any age , Is re- ercd , while his brother Ft auk is regarded is a hero in the eye'p ot Missouri "chiv alry. " Strict onfurc'cmont of law always wrings good rp.Mills. Sympathy for an tin- ortunato man or > ndinilratloti for ; i brazen outlaw feliould notur1 bo allowed to thwart usticc. Of course there is a largo ma- orlty of Missouri's citizens respectable nnd law-abiding yet the disgraceful fact cmains that in many places the law hat Itllo terror for the evil doors. BJr. RuseWAtcr'n CrmrjrcH. [ HfiulilMir ) < lfrom TIM Simian 7J' .l The attempt on the part of the organs of the boodlcrs , jobbers and nllwuy cor porations to make capital in the interest of the parlies who have been charged vhh bribery and conspiracy in connect- on with the anti-gambling bill , because ho editor of thu BKK has seen lit to go east on private business , U in Keeping vilh their course ever since the legis- titurc has been in session. More than hreo weeks ago Mr. Roinwatcr made tnown to various parties that ho would ) c obliged to make a business trip to Chicago cage , and perhaps further east , between thu l.'itll and 20th of March. Among hcso parties wore Senator Liningor , W. J. Council , Fred W. Gray , FratiK tlurphy and a do/.cu others. The charges were filed on Monday , March 11. The next morning , just as eon as notice was served on him that the committee was oiganiicd , Mr. Rosewater - water appeared before that body with n carefully prepared memorandum giving ill the particulars and details which 'ormed the basis of his charges. Ilo pub- luly stated to the committee that this uemorandum would enable them to send for all thu witnesses ind cary on a very thorough investi gation in case anything should jcfall him personally , or if for sonic rea son he coiild not bo present. At the re quest of the committee Mr. Rosewater wont before the clerk of Iho supreme court and certified under oath that this memorandum contained the facts known .o him in this caso. It will bo remembered that the house adopted the original resolutions , after a long and full debate , to make the invcsti- ation within closed doors. Acting upon the belief that this procedure would bo strictly followed , "Mr. Rosewatcr took pains to prepare his , memorandum , but when the house rescinded its action and directed the committee to take no testi mony unless the members of the judici ary committee were'present ' , ho withdrew his memorandum , ni ho had a right to do. Had ho left it with the committee the parties implicated would at once have been pbccd in possession of all the proofs which wore likely to bo brought against them. They would have ueon enabled to concoct a'story of their own to counteract and contradict the proba ble testimony , and to blook the wheels of investigation by bending away witnesses or controlling such as were willing .to become their tools. The fact is that the reactionary work of the house was the result of a plot got ten up by members of the judiciary com- mittco who had become frightened over the prospect that their crooked work would bu exposed to Iho public if the in vestigation were carried on within closed doors and each witness testified by him self without knowing what any other witness had told. It 'would have been utterly impossible for the conspirators in the separate examination to agree upon any story that could not have been broken up by cross-examination. If each ono , however , could hear what the others testified or read the testimony before ho tcstiliod it would bo but natural for him to adopt his answers to the explanations given by his confederates. So far as run ning away or evading the responsibility Mr. Koscwator expressly declares in his letter to the committee that ho will re turn in a few days and hold himself ready to proceed , oven if the house per sists in carrying on the inquiry under conditions which on their face are in tended to frustrate the main object of the investigation. The fact that a re sponsible editor would prefer a grave criminal charge against mombcrs of the committee , face them on the floor of the house when the charges were presented , and remain about the capital when threats were freely made against his life both by members and. outside parties , is in itself a sufficient answer. Mr. Rosewater - water not only presented those charges in good faith but was ready to prosecute the case in equally good faith. He had all the proots within his reach to sustain the charges. The rogues and their apolo gists may make themselves merry over his absence but he will return soon enough to plague them and refute all the slanders they may heap upon him. It was Mr. Rosowater's intention to go to Now York immediately after the investi gation , but because of the adjournment of the liouso from Tuesday to Friday ho decided to go onlv as far as Cleveland and return in tlmo 'to ' take a hand in this business , if a fair qli nco Is given. Ho will bo absent just one week from the day he left Omaha , unless something unavoid able occurs to detain him. As to star-chambersessions , it will bo remembered that two years ago , when Mr. Rosewater was.callcd as a witness in the school land fraud Investigation before the legislature , ho refused to testify un less outside parties , including reporters , wcro excluded. Ho insisted that he would not disclose the name : of his informants for the benefit of the accused parties , who might take advantage of their knowl- and induce the witnesses to place themselves beyond tin reach of the ser- gcant-at-arros. The'committee carried out Mr. Rosowater's request and held the in vestigation with closed doors. It is true that the committee afterwards did open the doors and thereby make a complete farce of the investigation just as was in tended by the parties who had manipu lated the committee. THE anti-gambling bill has , by unan imous vote of the judiciary committo , been recommended to pass , storms are reported throughout the west. The spring round up is at hand. _ _ _ _ _ _ A Virginia juaticu of the peace has fined a liahurman f 7 for contending in open court tnat the moon had anything to do with the ebb and flow of the tides. STATE AM ) TKUUITOUY. Nobraakn Jottingq. Hiadron hits Invested In a fire engines Ponca has invested in a board of trade with sivcn members. Albion is promised trains on the Klk- horn Valley oMenslon by May 10. Blair is struggling along wllh ouo preacher and threu empty pulpits. "Hooniing like blazes" tcrsoly cc- grosses the present conditioir of Creigh- ton. ton.A A portion of the bridge over thu Nio- lirara ut Grand Rapids Is sailing down to the Kiilf. Tracklaying on the Rock Island road is completed to Nelson , sovcnty-Iivo iiillos west of Hastings. Missouri Pacilio surveyors 1110 mapping n line to Beatrice , to connect it with the Nebraska City extension. Tom Wood , of Clay county , has a hog that grunts at 783 rounds , ilo wears three rings on his fly brush. "Elephant socials" are the latest freak In Beatrice , The animal is especially useful in stepping on pockrtbooKs. AA cst Point is about to don the frills of a city of the second class. The style comes high but the town must have It. Tlio school census gives Fremont a pop ulation of 0,500. The prettiest is stopping on the corns ol Lincoln at a lively rate. Coal has been found on Apple creek , Holt county. Come to think about it , these finds nro whiskered and flavored with the mold of irenerntions. The supervisors of Piatio county , in a spoil of enthusiasm last Tuesday , raised the liquor licnsc to $1,000. They sobered up next day and reduced it to 000. Covington manages to keen Iho Sioux City drought with moderate proportions. It requires considerable jugglery , but there is money in it and much demand. Between nihilist bombs tit homo and Lhe wood cut butchers of Nebraska the life of the c/yr of Russia Is not worth a crown , lie deserves an easier death. John A. lloaglatul , a farmer near Au rora , pushed a loaded shot gun , breach foremost into his wagon. His left palm will bo useful hereafter us a skimmer. York's cannery will start up next week and endeavor to supply the demand for spring booms in two-pound cans. Sco that the name is stamped on the cover. The belles of Sidney are mortifying themselves and resting their chins by swearing oh"gum chewing during Lent. The innovation is'quito jawly , you know. During the lirst twelve days of March D&2 cars of stock and household traps of immigrants , bound for the smiling up lands of Nebraska , crossed the river at Plattsmouth. Mrs. Kugene Moore and daughter , of AA'cst Point , swallowed enough coal gas a few nights ago to ferry them over the Stix , but the doctors cut the cables lead ing to the other shore. A low-down boast , keeper of a dive in Blair , was polled with decayed spring chickens by the young kids of the town one night last week. It was a polite in vitation to shako the town and ho took the hint and his odors with him. Thn editor of the McCook is publicly cuarrantccd a bloody nose un less he Keeps it out of the affairs of a hot and bibulous resident. The knight of the oliupors has levied on delinquents tor sufficient coin to purchase u celluloid smeller. Sioux City real estate speculators are endeavoring to give back bone to their deals by sending out surveyors to stake imaginary railroads on the Nebraska side of the river. The boom is a tender nursling which the Missouri flood has al ready chilled. The North Band Flail has mortally offended the doughskin dude of the Lin coln Journal by complimenting these jottings. Hereafter newspapers "of like faith and order , " will submit their com pliments to the envious Lincoln censor , or sulfur excommunication form the meal tub of the stalwarts. The papers of Burt and AVayno conn- tics are vigorously kicking against carv ing of both to give shape and substance to the patch quilt county of Thurston , as proposed by the legislature. It is de nounced as a square unconstitutional steal , and Governor Thayer will be asked to use his veto if the house "endorses the folly ot the senate. " The B. & M. and Kansas City & Omaha roads are already skirmishing tor terri tory in the southwest. The former is trying to head off its youthful contem porary by building in coveted territory without asking aid , while the latter is hampered with a limited pocketboolc and a promising future. Both companies are cross-sectioning Phelps county. A branch of the Salvation army has opened permanent quarters m AVahoo , and there is loud demuna for the resur rection of the Rangers , who wrung peace from the waves of anarchy in Omaha in days gone by. How dear to our hearts is their boor mellowed memory ; their bottles and brawls on the bottoms about ; their valiant raid on the bar stranded stciner. Let them rest in their graves till Gabriel's shout. A rascally swindler named Montgoms cry is working the government detective dodge on homesteaders in Phelps and- Kearney counties. His plan is to frighten settlers into the belief that they have made a wrong location and extract 950 for a bogus > 'quit claim. " He baa had a Eloasant and profitable career thus far , ut ho knows not the moment that lead poison or a hemp choker will curl his pedals. The Dakota City Eagle says the indus trial school at the Winnobago agency is in a "nefarious and filthy condition" a pest house in which a dog could scarcely livo. Since the imported superintendent took charge the attendance of children has dwindled down from over ono hun dred to seven. The management of the school is denounced as a disgrace and the treatment of the children cruel and in human. The Indian authorities might take a long ramo peep at the institution without materially injuring the wards of the nation. A liordo of venomous spotters are abroad on the Union Pacific , and it is al most a certainty that a number of punch ers will bo invited to walk at an early day. Ono of these characterless miscre ants mot a conductor off duty at Schiiy- lor a few days ago , and mistaking him for ono of the gang , became confidential and detailed his operations , the number of victims on his list , and especially these who rofuse'd to plug his mouth with eagles. The spotter's eonlidonco was re warded with a black eye and u scalped nose neatly turned with a punch. Ho did not report the incident , however , and his usefulness as a detective is gone. J. M. McDonough has sold the O'Neill Tribune to S. L. liahon and JasKilloran. Tlio announcement is a surprise and a source of regret to the profession. Mr. McUonough has made the Tribune ono of the neatest ana liveliest weeklies in the state. He has proclaimed democracy from hilltops and valleys , and'elevated the quality and character of the news paper supporting the administration. Ho has fought a dozen or moro battles with brawn and brain , enforcing decency and democracy with a vigor peculiarly his own. it is doubtiul if ho will remain out of the harness very long. The field is wide and inviting , nnd Ills party in this state can ill afford to loose him. Samuel Rccson and Herman Lammor. cultivate adjoining farms near AVest Point The former has a buxom daughter of seventeen , the latter a son aged twenty- fivo. It was natural that the youthful hearts should como together with a thrill ing bump. Reeson refused to smile on his son-in-law showed prospective - - , and htm the door when his visits became too frequent. Young Lammera at once resolved - solved on nightly deeds of valor if neces sary to secure his Reeson. The waning March moon smiled upon them as they skipped over licdcorow and gully ou the way to West Point for : i permit and a preacher. They wcro foot sore nnd weary when they struck town and retired to rest. It was latal to their hopes. 'Iho old man swooped down upon them like a legislator on nn oil loom , warmly spanked the daughter nun put Lannnrrs In jail. The pair wcro too slow and too previous. Lammurs was released on ball. town A second .starch mill is looking fora suitable site at Otttimwn. The notorious Polk Wells Is knitting in 1'ort Madison penitentiary. AVork on the sf 150,000 union depot at Ottumwn begins next week. The lakes and ponds In western lowu are well covered with ducks and geese. The artesian well nt Clinton is now down over 1,000 feet , and has an increas ing How of line water. George B. Douirlns , n prominent far mer living near Kent , rid himself of the worry of a law suit by suicide with a bul let. let.The The irishmen of DCS Molnes contem plate the establishment in that city of a newspaper to bo devoted entirely to Irish affairs. The Morning Herald , a now democratic paper , has appeared in Sioux City with the veteran Colonel Kealley , of Council Bluffs , nt the helm. The present assessed valuation of rail way properly In the state Is ? ! tt,000.000. The stale executive council has deemed to raise the valuation about $0,000,000. It is said there are in the state a.BOU en- ginos. which the council assumes nro worth -0,000 each , making n total $11)- ) 851,000 , while 100.500 box carsat100 apiece , renders them worth f 13,000,000. Of passenger coaches there are 1,5550 , valued as Sf3,000 each -$1,050,000 , making in nil a grand total of $00.500,000 in vested In ordinary rolling stock. DnKotn. Nebraska hay at Dcadwood Is quoted at $22.50. Edward Place , who victimized a num ber of farmers in Hanson and Davlson counties by tlio insurance dodge , was ar rested and taken to Alexandria , whore he gave bail. A party by the name of AValkcr , hail ing from Huron , who has been cutting u largo swell in prospective real estate deals at Yankton , left the hotel Tuesday morning at an early hour and has not been seen since. Dcadwood claims to bo the boss Chin ese town in the country. The Mongols have drowned out opposition in the washoo business , they compete success fully in the silk , tea and othher lines , run restaurants , raise pigs and chickens and patronize opium dives and joss houses. CENTENARIANS. Longevity Amen t Women More Com mon Than Among Men. Popular Science Monthly : Among the centenarians on our own list the intellect is stated to have been high in eleven and low in five only. Twenty are reported as strong , sixteen of average strength and twelve only as feeble. Several wcro remarkable for mental nnd bodily ac tivity and energy during their long lives. Many had boon engaged in hardy bodily toil , or mental work , or successfully , in various occupations and , in different ways , had played their parts effectually on the world's stage to the end of the long drama in better plight than the poet has represented them. 1 often wish Shakespeare had lived to give a brighter version of his seven stages , and to portray the old man not lean and slippered , but well favored and booted , keen in life's interest , nnd happy in promoting the welfare und enjoyment of others. Even in the bedridden state , of which the tables give seven examples ( four males and three females ) , ono of whom has been bedridden for seven roars , all is not cheerless. The quiet cozmess , the even temperature , the freedom from ex posure , and the reservation to the vital organs of norvc , energy and nutritive material , consequent on the diminished use of the muscular system contribute to prolong the lives of feeble persons who still retain the pleasures of intellec tual occupation and social intcrcourseto say nothing of the enjoyment of sleep and the gratification of the appetite ; and it is curious , though not infrequently to bo observed , that persistence in bed actually increases both sleep nnd appe tite , Some aged people lie in bed in the winter ; and , in the dull routine of the workhouse , many old people drift Into the bedridden state. In our tables , as usual , in records of longevity , the women preponderate over the men ( thirty-six to sixteen ) in spite of the dangers incidental to child bearing. This is obviously , in creat measure , to bo attributed to the comparative immu nity of the women from exposures and and risk to which man is subjected , as well as to her greater temperance in eat ing and drinking and her freedom from the anxieties attendant upon the world's labor and business. There appears also to bo a greater inherent vitality in the fe male , as evinced by the fact that oven in the first year of life , when the conditions and cxposurco of male and female infants are the same , the mortality of girls is loss than that of boys. A somewhat largo number of boys are born , but they are moro difficult to rear , so that the females soon take the numerical lead , and they maintain it with almost steadily increasing ratio to the end. It is also to bo learned from this analysis of the tables that the elasticity of the thorax , as evinced by the condi tion of the costal cartilages , and its ca pacity for dilation during inspiration is better preserved in women than in men. In the matter of the arcus sonilis , also , the women have the advantage , but in the condition of the arterial system , much difference is not shown. Of tlio thirty-six women , twenty-six had been married , and eleven had largo fam ilies ; and it may bo some consolation to young mothers and their friends to find that eight of the twenty-six married be fore they were twenty ono at sixteen and two at seventeen. Tlio dangers , happily diminishing , which nro incidental tech ch ild-boaring , must not bo forgotten ; but irrespective of these , the process itself ana the attendants thereon do not seem to mitigate against longevity. Indeed , the capacity for the full exorcise of this , like that of the other normal functions , is one of the requisites for attaining to great ago. Ono only of the married women was childless ; but neither the ago at which she was married nor the duration of her married Ufa was given. It might bo anticipated , indeed , from the matrimonial tendency , and the pro lific quality evinced by the tables , the average number of children born to each , whether male or female , being six , that there would bo , through inheritance , u gradual Increase in the centenarian breed ; and it is probable that this is the case , and that the duration of life is , from this and other favorinc cau&cs , gradually being extended. The life- period of the children wo have no moans of determining with accuracy , the re turns being , from various causes , imper fect ; but wo may safely accredit them with , at least , an average longevity. It is , moreover , a point of some interest that many of tno centenarians were members of largo families , averaging in deed , seven or eight ; these designated us "only children" being limited to two. Of the fifty-two , forty-one hud boon mar ried , and eleven , of whom ton wore women , had remained Blngle ; but wo cannot from this draw any inference as to influence of matrimony upon longevity. Possibly somothlnc may bo gleaned from the analysis of thu numerous re- reports I have received of persons be- twen olchty and one hundred. THE THEATRICAL TIGHTS , Not the Kind Worn "in the Head,11 but on the Limbs. DELUSSAN'S DIREFUL DECISION JJnil NCWH for Ituld-liniulcd men A. Altcrnsul AVIileli Caiiscn An Opi'i-ntto l nrtlittnko. ( iooil-byo lilcnK New York Sun : The celebrated Hostoii Ideal Opera company is blown to plece.s by mi explosion of jealousies. Its career will end with the season. Barnabcc , Tom Karl , W. II. McDonald and lus wife ( Marie Stone ) , and Samuel L Studloy , HID leader , have given Manager AA' . 11 , Foster notice that they will only com plete the present contract. Barnabee , Karl and two or three others will form anew > now company. Foster will have another , retaining Zelie do Lussnn. She Is the prime factor in the demolition of what was oneo tlio most harmonious and col lectively strongest light opera company in tlio country. The trouble bognn where Agnes Hiintington was forced to withdraw from the ideals ; it culminated when Barnaboe , who had hold a finan cial interest in Iho trip , managed to clear himself. Practically there will bo no Boston Ideals next season , even though .Foster retains the title , anil though Karl and the others form a similar troupe. But the immediate cause of the disruption is not commercial ; it is artistic , and relates principally to a dispute over the reason why Zolio do Lussan , the prima donna , declines to appear in tichts. She has re fused to take any role requiring the absence or immodest shorten ing of her skirts , -advancing the theory that no woman is justi fied in doing on the stage what she would not do in a polite parlor. Somebody in the company sent to a theatrical Journal an anonymous letter charging that her real mo'tivo was the concealment o kncck knees. This insinuation was ob-f seuroly published , and It brought the In ternal troubles of the Ideals to such an earthquake that only the pieces arc kept together withdillloulty to the close of the tour in March. The company originally came together singularly as the result of an inspiration. A bright , unmarried Boston woman.Mlss E. 11. Obcr , was the inspired ono. Prior to 1870 she was the assistant manager of James Redpath's lyccum bureau , in Music Hall placeBoston. There gathered from time to tlmo eminent lecturers nnd concert singers , to all of whom Miss Ober was well known , and by most of whom she was liked as a shrewd , honest little woman , who would earn a dollar whenever she could. Miss Obcr's idea owed its birth directly to the "Pinafore" craze of 1879. "Pinafore" was being sung all over the country , and it scorned us though it was never going to wear out. Nearly everybody who managed a thea tre was making money out of it. Miss Obor thought she saw her way clear to getting some herself. She conceived the project of giving performances of "Pinafore" by a company of "ideal" musical people ; that is , she intended that in the cast all attention should bo paid to their sing ing abilities , and that little or no heed should bo taken of their qualifications ns actors. It seemed like a big scheme to her , and perhaps she deemed it altogether original : but as a matter of fact it had al ready been utilized , though with a slight variation , by John Gorman , who had al ready sent out the Philadelplia Church Choir "Pinafore" troupe. However , Miss Obcr worked with a will on her plan. Tom Karl , the tenor , Myron AV. AVhitncy , the basso then only hoard in concerts ; Gcorgo 1'iothingluun , a good singer comedian , then known to no stngo other than the Lyceum platform , and some others , wcro buttonholed by the energetic woman , and they took to the idea right oil' . There was one decided obstacle in Miss Ober's path. She had little or no money to put into the venture. In her dilemma sno talked to Tompkins and Hill , managers of the big Boston theater , for they became the backers , pledging prompt payment of sal aries which were of good size for the principals and commissioning Miss Obcr to hire the performers. She did so , and "Pinafore1' was given on the stage of the Boston theatre April 14 , 1879 , with this cast : Sir Joseph Porter , H. C. Barnabco ; Captain Corcoran , Myron W. Whitney ; Ralph Rackstraw , Tom Karl ; Dick Dea'doyo , George Frothingham ; Josephine , Mary Boobo , Little Buttercup , Isabel McCul- loch ; Hobe , Georgia Cayvan. Napier Lalhian , the Boston's courtly leader , undertook 9t the musical coaching of the company , and it was not until they wont on the road that Sam Studloy , who has ever siuco re mained with them , took up the baton. Adelaide Phillips was originally caste to play Buttercup , but she fell ill , and Isa- belMcCulloch , ( once a wife to Brignoli ) assumed the role. Both she and Miss Phillips are dead. As Josephine Mary Beobe made her first professional appear ance on the stage of a theatre , She had been a favorite soloist in a church choir in the hub , and her new departure cre ated great surprise. She is yet in the profession , and has since had un unpleas- sant matrimonial experience. Previous to her departure from the company Miss Obor tried to straighten out her senti mental affairs , but found them such a vexation that she finally gave them over , and invited her to retire. Miss Obor gave up the management last season , and the Ideals started out lust season without her. Sbo had made a snug fortune , but she declared that the trials of opera di rection would surely send her to her grave if longer continued. She is now in Cali fornia enjoying life. Her home Is in East Boston. Zelio do Lussan , who has caused the troublo.ls the young and strikingly pretty daughter of a votonin opera singer. She was born in Brooklyn , nnd waa educated ' ? . musically with the utmost cure hero und , in Europe. Her homo IH with her mother t in a pleusapt flat in AVest Forty-ninth ' street. She sang in concerts occasionally , but her lirst work on the opera stage was at Iho commencement of the present season - * son with the Ideals. She has been a suc cess. All accounts from Inside the com pany acrco that Manager Foster foil im mediately in love with her and the opin ion is that the pair are engaged to marry. Every evening an enormous quantity of flowers arc his gift across the footlights , and the dally cost of this offering is esti mated at a hundred dollars. Thu other soprano , Miss Stone , demurred at thin forcing of attention upon Miss do Lussan , and the row begun. MUs do Lussan'rf re fusal to don any other Ujau seemly fem inine costumes was endorsed by bur mother , but was ridiculed by her follow artists as foolish prudery. During a whole month , it is said , the other princi pals of the party never exchanged u single word with her except in the mimicry of the play ; and the inockdovotionsof Karl. nn her operatic Jovorthough accompanied by the utlpnlalod caresses , thinly overlaid - laid a mutual hatred which would have appropriately boon expressed by biles rather than kisses. In this wny the tour of the Ideals nours its curious end. Mrs. T. C. Laplmm , of Queen City , sends milk thirty miles north to her sen In a flour sack. The milk Is first allowrd to congeal in suitable cukes. Theuo aio thawed as needed , and make fresh , pure and good milk.