Nebraska Newspapers

    - * * * * * 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.