Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. MARCH 22. 1887.
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tor ttio week ending Mar. llth 18S7 , w s as
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eraire dnllv circulation of the Dally Dee for
the month of March , 18SO , 11.637 copies ; for
April , 1880,12,101 copies : for for May , 1880,12-
4.T copies ; for June , 1886 , 12,293 copies ; for
July , 1880 , 12,314 copies ; for Aueiist , 18bO ,
18.-I04 copies ; for September. 1880 , 13,030
copies ; for October , 1880. 12,089 copies ; for
November , 1880 , 13 , 18 copies ; for December.
1880,13,237 copies ; for January. 1887. 10,200
copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,193 copies.
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A PONCA. diamond is the latest style
brilliant. With an earthquake and n
diamond Hula DLxon county leads the
west.
IT is reported that part of tlio rail
road lobby has been called a\yay. AH of
the corrttptionists should bo driven from
tbo capital.
THIHTEEN moro of the Chicago bood-
lors have boon indicted. Tbo prosecu
tion of tbcso corrupt officials is a m attcr
of general congratulation.
Tau monopoly p'-css continues in its
abttso of Van W.yck. Although the
brass-collared politicians claim that he is
n corpse they continue their fight.
WEST Viiir.iNii nnd Tennessee will
vote on a constitutional prohibitory
amendment in September. Tbo moon
shiners will perhaps rally their forces
and vote it down.
' Miss ALICE OauouiiNE , a very beauti
ful American actress , has just horse
whipped her manager. This is a novel
advertising scheme and in no way re
sembles a chestnut.
Tin : last legislature of Alabama made
the keeping of a { rambling table m that
: state a felony. The same law was in force
in that state forty yearn ago. But few violators
lators were indicted , and after a trial of
four years the law was repealed.
IT is reported that Mr. Crape , of Mass-
ohusotts , will bo named as ono of the
inter-stato commission. It is thought
among prominent lawyers that it will bo
impossible to secure good men for the
commission , as the salary is only $7,500
per year.
IK , after the intor-stato commerce law
goes into effect , the ticket scalpers are
obliged to suspend operations , it is pretty
generally understood that Uronimo will
return to Arizona and resume his old bus
iness. The scaloing industry must not
bo neglected.
IT is gratifying to know that those two
statesmen , Bon Butler and Carl Schurz ,
tire out again , having fully recovered
from the late toboggan rido. Mr. Sulii-
van's arm will bo out of the sling in a
short time , nnd Canada can submit n
proposition for war any time now.
THE city water company is just now
furnishing a rare quality of aqueous
moisture. Town lots , ouUido additions ,
sana bars and drift wood , in ono mushj
inasa is pumped through the pipes. The
total abstainer who wrestles with this
Missouri river feculence calls for a solve
nnd a filter.
As AN organizer , Mrs. Helen M. Cougar
of Indiana , is a wonderful success. She
has already induced 1,500 women to rcg
istor in Leavomvorth , Kan. , and wil
vote every ono of them in April. Loav-
onworth has always been in the hands oi
the license element , and Mrs. Cougar's
intention is to show the world that il
women voted thuro would bo no saloons
It is predicted that her efforts will prove
unprofitable and injure the cause ol
women suffrage.
A WASHINGTON dispatch notes the fac
that among the visitors to that city fron
western New York last week those fron
Duft'nlo manifested the least interest in thi
president and his afl'airs. Under ordlnar ;
circumstances such an instance of the ab
souco of local concern and pride in i
former fellow-citizen who had nttamcd'th
highest public dlitinctlon would bo note
worthy as rotlocting upon those guilty o
it , but with rospcct to the president it ha
n different significance. Primarily th
people of Buffalo know a great deal nior
nbout Mr. Cleveland than anybody ols
does , and it is quite probable they do no
find in that knowledge any good reasoi
for extravagant enthusiasm rcgardinj
hint. But another reason for the indii
forenco of tlio Buffalonlans respcotiuj
their former fallow-citizen may be foum
in the fact that he has shown a sort c
disdain for the city ohd the people towari
whom ho ought to cherish an cndle.i
gratitude. In the pride of bis success h
turns his back upon those who starlet
him in tht path of political honor. Wha
moro natnral than that they should repa ;
disdain with indifi'erenco. It is doubles
* fact that there is hardly anwhere
community in which the president ha
relatively fewer friends than In hU foi
mor home.
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Another "Combine. "
The BIK : receives reliable Information
that a "combine" has been formed be
tween fifty-two members of the house who
propose to subordinate nil minor con
siderations of morality nnd conduct to the
ono object of political attainment , and
personal popularity among the band of
boo Jlors Our Information is to the effect
that fifty-two members have signed a
paper pledging ono another to assist In
securing the passage of all appropriations ,
and agreeing to cast a solid vote on each
and every measure In which they have
any Interest. This now nnd illegal com
bination went into oll'cct Saturday , and
its strength was shown in two or thrco
steals reported favorably by the com
mittee of the whole on that day. The
hope that the evils creeping into
the legislature from the day of
its organization could bo expelled , was
without foundation. The advancement
of corrupt and designing politicians has
continued until the majority hns finally
surrendered Itself into the hands of job
bers and tricksters , leaving no possible
chance to restore honor or hope for
needed legislation. Such encroachments
upon popular , representative government
make honest men shudder. Trembling
and disheartened they look for the end.
Eight days are yet left the boodlcrs to re
ceive their swag and squander the pee
ple's money. The honest minority is
rendered helpless. All other legislatures
sink into utter insignificance when com
pared with the twentieth session. Let
the end of the eighth day come quickly.
A Denial Not In Order.
After devoting all their very valuable
space for two or thrco days in abuse of
the editor of the BKE the monopoly hire
lings now charge that Speaker Hnrlnn
"is subservient to Rosewater , " and their
mud batteries are at once directed at
him. The vampires lustily yell for a de
nial on our part nnd insist that their
charges are true. Wo hardly deem it
necessary to refer to such silly accusa
tions. All winter long these subsidised
papers have pampered the crcedy appe-
titoof their corporate masters without re
gard cither to morality or decency. They
devote countless columns in catering for
tlio gang of railway cormorants on
whoso favor their "popularity" de-
ponds. To do this successfully it
is necessary for them to attempt to
blacken the character of some reputa
ble man. The shameless effrontery
of these rnilroguo organs in their effort
to belittle a gentleman of Mr. llarlan's
social and political standing is almost be
neath the dignity of recognition. The
speaker of the honso of representatives
needs no encomiums. Idle flattery would
add'nothing to his unquestionable integ
rity. At his homo his reputation for hon
esty is too well established. While Mr.
Harlan has treated the editor of the Bee
in a courteous manner upon all occa
sions , ho has never in his official capac
ity , forgotten his sworn duty. Any hon
est member of the house , if called upon
to bear witness would testify that Mr.
Harlan has discharged his duties to the
best of his ability , in a fair and impartial
manner. Mr. llarlan's opinions of rail
way legislation are in accord with the
views of the BEE'S editor. This perhaps
is Iho crime of which the plunderers
speak so gravely. Because ho has re
fused to become the pliant tool of the
railroad lobby and has refused
to assist them in forcing up
on the people of Nebraska n meaningless
"railway commission , " Mr. Harlan is
branded as an outcast and the under
strappers in a chorus shout for "an inves
tigation. " Further comment is unneces
sary , except to say that the statement
that Mr. Harlan by any public act has
over favored the BEE or its editor in violation
lation cither legally or morally of his
oath , is simply another of the countless
lies eminating from railroguo headquar
ters. Mr. Harlan is a gentleman and an
honest man.
Condemned to Death.
A dispatch from London states that the
czar had received from the chairman of
the executive committee of the nihilists a
letter notifying him that ho had been
condemned to death , nnd that fifty mem
bers were appointed to execute the sen
tence. The condemnation is said to have
been pronounced on February 22nd , and
the date of the letter is given as March 1.
The fact of a plot to assassinate Alex
ander on March 13th having been frus
trated by the timely discovery of several
persons having bombs m their posses
sion , gircs a degree of credibility to the
above , but it cannot be rceolved with full
faith when one reflects that such a pro
ceeding would be contrary to the methods
of the nihilists , whoso plans and pro
cesses are of the most secret and insidieus
character. It has not been their custom
hitherto to warn their intended victims ,
and there is no reason to suppose that the
old policy , without which nihilism would
be robbed of most of its terror , has under
gone a change in a loss relentless dlreo
tion. Only on the assumption that the
men who still maintain the principles o !
this order are greatly inferior in spiril
and courage to their prodeccsson
can it bo believed that they have
departed from the most essential policy
of this dark and mysterious cabal tha
of unmasking its plots and dealing it !
blows without warning to the objects o
its vengeance. It is not improbable tha
the czar may have boon forewarned of i
plot to kill him , but there is little likell
hood of such information proccodinf
from a nihilist ofllcml. Nor was it neccs
sary from any source , since Aloxandoi
lives in constant apprehension and i ;
always hedged about by every precau
tion against danger.
But regardless of this report there li
reason to believe that the czar is indcci
under condemnation of death , and tha
the late attempt to assassinate him wil
bo followed by others as the opportuni
ties shall present themselves. A circuni
stantial account of the preliminaries o
the conspiracy recently disclosed wai
given to a New York Herald representative
tive by a nihilist refugee now in conceal
ment in that city , which if true , and i
boars strong indications of being so
shows that the plot had boon carcfull ;
hatched in the inner circles of St. Pctera
burgh , and that its purpose is to avenge
the death of those nihilists who wer
hanged after the failure of tbo palace
conspiracy of last November. Accord
ing to this refugee it was nocessar ,
to devolve the work of assasjjnatioi
upon a ( core of novices In the order , etu
dents at Klow , Kharkow , Moscow am
St. Petersburg , who were entirely un
known to the police. The foot that tnos
arrested with bombs in their possessio :
wore youths and that detection was du
in great measure to their Indiscreet ac
tions , gives credibility to nn important
part of the refugee's statement. One
thing , however , is assured , and that U
that nihilism is not ( lend in Russia , and
while it survives , Iho life of no Russian
ruler under Iho present regime can be se
cure.
To Depart from Ills Father's Path.
The umimiMccmcnt that Mr. Charles
M. Vullanillghani , of Ohio , has deter
mined to leave the democratic party and
afllliato with the republican , and that ho
will in a few weeks proclaim his change
of political faith In an address before tlio
Garficld club of Columbus , is n plcuo of
political news of moro than passing in
terest. This gentleman is the son of the
late Clement L. Vallandlngham , whoso
disloyal course during the war of Iho re
bellion was a source of no small amount
of trouble to the government , and forced
him to seek exile In Canada in order to
escape Imprisonment. The boldly treasonable
enable example of the elder Vnllanding-
ham , who was a man ot very superior
ability and great force , was an inspira
tion to coppcrlicadlsm throughout the
north , nnd in that degree n help to the
cause of the confederacy. Tlio union
cause had no more bitter and uncompro
mising enemy at Iho north , and in exile
ho did not cca o to atlvlso and conspire
for its injury and defeat. Nominated
while a refugee by the democrats of Ohio
as their candidate for governor , ho was
defeated by the largest majority ever
given in that state against any man bc-
fore or since. Such was the source
from which Mr. Charles M. Val-
landighum received his instructions in
democratic doctrine.
The son has been until now a consist
ent and active adherent and advocate of
the political faith of the father. But
having less ability nnd force than the
senior Vnllandigham , the son's democ
racy has not been so aggressive. Ho has ,
however , been engaged in democratic
politics since ho came to manhood , and
with nu element of the party the pres
tige of his name has always possessed a
certain value for him. There was every
reason to expect that he would live and
die a democrat , and only some extra
ordinary influence conld have changed
him. That influence came wholly from
his own party. The atrocious conduct of
the democracy in Ohio in recent years
has convinced Mr. Vallandlgham , as it
must have convinced thousands of other
democrats having a conscience and self-
respect , that it is an organization which
citizens concerned for good government
and the public welfare should not sus
tain. Election frauds , which even ex-
Governor Hoadly was compelled to ad
mit and denounce , the attempt by
revolutionary means to capture the
legislature , the degradation of the supreme
premo court to partisan purposes , the
bribery of legislators in the election of a
United States senator , the scandalous
mismanagement of the public money by
which the state treasury was bankrupted ,
and a general course and policy destruc
tive of the people's interests and welfare
such in part is the record which has
been made by the democracy of Ohio in
the past three or four years. Of all this
Mr. Vallandigham has boon cognizant ,
sharing as a democrat the responsibility
and the reprobation. He found a fair
ana honorable opportunity to revolt
against the unworthy nnd unlawful de
mands of his party when , as secretary of
the state sonata , it was sought to make
him a party to the revolutiopary scheme
to hold democratic control of that body
by giving seats to men who claimed them
on certificates based upon fraudulent
election returns. Ho refused to enter the
corrupt and lawless cabal , nnd stood
squarely upon the line of his duty as an
official. This honorable conduct had its
effect in defeating the scheme ,
and gained for Mr. Vallandigbara
much moro in general popular
respect than ho lost in democratic
regard. It is creditable to his manhood
and his sense of right that ho hns de
termined to throw off an allegiance that
may at any time require the sacrifice of
both and in doing so ho will enter an in
dictment against the democratic party of
Ohio of which the country knows it to bo
guilty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Misfortunes Never Come Singly.
Accidents , fires and crimes , it has often
boon observed , take an epidemic form.
Starting with the Vermont railway horror
ror , closely followed the frightful acci
dent at Roslindalo , Massachusetts , where
many lives were lost by a train of pas
senger coaches falling through a bridge.
An accident on the elevated road in Now
York killed a dozen people , and papers
have been filled with accounts of minor
casualties the past few days. Last week
the Buffalo hotel burned and some fifty
persons were cremated. Sunday the dis
patches brought accounts of another hotel
burning in tbo same city. The Grand
Central theater at Troy , New York , was
destroyed the same day and the entire
block was in flames at last accounts.
AtDccatnr , Illinois , a hotel was consumed
by fire , badly scorching many of the
guests. Also on the same day the salt
works at Warsaw , N. Y. , burned at a
loss of 1100,000 , and at Erie , Pa. , a very
disastrous fire was beyond the control of
the fire department. Omaha has been
unusually fortunate this spring , no fires
of any consequence having occurred.
Yet the utmost precaution should be used
as the spring generally witnesses many
conflagrations. Why there is any foun
dation to behove that those misfortunes
'take the form of an epidemic , wo are at
a loss to conjecture. Yet in any event
whether happening by mere chance or
othcnvlso , certain it is the last month has
witnessed a surprisingly large number ol
casualties.
THE congregation of St. Mary's avenue
Congregational church on Sunday
pledged over fourteen thousand dollars
in less than thirty minutes * for the pur
chase of a site for a new building. The
subscription list includes amounts rang
ing from $100 to f 1,200 , and is a remark
able showing ot prosperity on the part ol
many of the subscribers , who only a few
years wore not worth tbo amount they
'have ' donated to this enterprise. It dem
onstrates also that their liberality in
creases in proportion to their prosperity.
This is the proper spirit , and is worthy
of emulation in all matters of public en
terprise. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a TiiKKE are eight dayi more more eli
legislation to be gone through with before
that august body adjourns. It is said
that when a few certain members return
e to the constituents they have betrayed ,
a there will be an interesting , if not lively
e time. THE BKE would suggest that thi
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best punishment to bo Inflicted Istonviko
it a point to attend HIP next election , niul
see to it that dUhuncjt men are kept In
the background.
YnsTKliD.VY the president appointed
Mr. Geo. E. Prltclictt United States at
torney for the district of Nebraska. Mr.
Prltchott is an pmaha lawyer with a
limited practice and a reputation con
fined within the' ' borders of his own
county. A democrat without patriotism ,
n politician without a following nnd n
lawyer with but IfUlo ability , Mr. Clove-
has certainly exercised poor judgment
in appointing "I'l-ttchctt to this responsi
ble position.
GoVEUNOIt ClilTTENOON' , of Missouri ,
says Onuhn will have a population of
250,000 within ten years. Poor old Kansas
City.
PitoiuuiTiuK could never bo enforced
in Omaha while the Missouri river is in
such a muddy condition as it is now.
Tin : high water is coming. The lum
ber merchants on the bottom lauds had
better run down their anchors.
OMAHA people are taking a great deal
of mud in their water.
NK XT I'
Preston II. Leslie , RO\CInor oC Montana ,
tsed to bo a forty man.
Senator Halo will next month goto P.uls
o sec Mrs. Halo and his hoys.
Senator Warner Miller will visit Alaska
he comlnc summer u 1th his family.
Dr. Frank Abbott , ono of Xcnv Yotk's
caulng dentists , takes In 500,000 a year.
General Sheridan Is tn build n summer
lomo on the Massachusetts coast , near Xc\v
Jedfoiil.
Ono of Senator Vest's eyes Is In an Im
paired condition , anil ho Is under treatment
n New ork.
James Anthony Fronde lias arrived in
Havana from the Lilllo Antilles , where hems
ms been visiting.
Ex-Senator Jones Is generally regarded by
he Florida papers as mentally irtcsponslblo
'or hlr erratic conduct.
Hanker Joe Drcxul , of New York and Phil
adelphia , plays the liddlo and live other in-
stuments with facility.
Dr. Colton , of New i'ork , when In Cal-
forula In MO , used to got nn ouiico of gold
(510) ( ) for every tooth he pulled.
C. II. J. Taylor , the new minister to
Iberia , Is only thirty-two years old , and was
born in Alabama and studied law at Oberllu ,
Ohio.
Mrs. Beecher is about to take a trip to
Florida. Mr.Ueechor's old homo at Peeksklll
known as "Uoscobel. " is soon to bo sold at ,
auction. I
Mark Twain talks of endowing a homo for
pumped out humorists probably Incited
thereto by a careful regard for the near fu
ture of Mr. Samuel Clemens.
Theodore Tllton'When told of Mr. Boceh-
r's death , and asked whether ho had any
thing to say , shook his head sadly and an
swered : "No ; It will do no good now. "
Chang Yen Wood ! Chinese minister to the
United States , Is said to be the richest man
In China. When lib sat for his photograph a
few days since the aggregate value of the
jewels which adorned his person was about
$1,000,000.
Ex-Senator Dorsojrgavo a macnlficent din
ner at his hotel In London , at which covers
were laid for torty-four guests. The table ,
which was sixty feet long and six feet wide ,
was decorated lavishly with rare flowers and
Irults. The menu cards were painted with a
separate design , that o Mrs. Nellie Qrant-
Sartorls haying a very correctly painted portrait
trait of her father.
They are Simply Envious.
Crete YldMe.
Since the BEE Is the only paper in Nebras
ka that gives the European news by cable ,
furnishes moro national and state news than
any of its contemporarfes and publishes a
sworn-statement of Its rapidly increaslnz cir
culation it looks as if the Omaha press is
envious of the BEE'S success and Is simply
yelping In its wake to distract attention and
whistling to keep Its courage up. Tim BEE
has been built up by the abuse of Its would-
be rivals.
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A Disagreeable Stench.
Itlalr 2'tJot.
The Omaha Republican exhibits bad taste
In trying to bolster up such a shy storing
fraud and blatherskite as Paul Vandervoort.
Some day , In the not distant future , the Re
publican will feel It to be Its duty to give ex
pression to a different opinion ota fester
that has long since become a disagreeable
stench In the nostrils of all decent people.
The Republican may be able to annihilate
the Omaha HEK , injure Church Howe's repu
tation for truth and veracity and retire Rosewater -
water Irom public notice but It can never
convince the Nebraska public that Paul Van
dervoort Is anything but a dead beat fraud
and blatherskite unless there is something
mor * disgraceful and degrading that he can
be.
Omaha miid Kaplda City.
Itapidt City Journal.
Late and reliable advices from Omaha in
dicate that cinsldciablo Interest in Rapids
City and her future is felt by prosperous busi
ness men of that place. They like Rapids
City for what her people have made her.
They arc watching railroad movements , anc
wondering if the railroad will bo oxtcndec
from this point the present year , nnd , if so ,
what effect it will have upon Rtpld City' !
growth. In any event a considerable amounl
of Omaha capital will be enlisted In a Rapids
City smnlter enterprlse.and It Is probable thai
a feasible project will bo heard of from thai
source soon. Of one thing the Omaha men
who are Inquiring closely concerning Rapids
City may be nssurcct/rjWhether the railroad
goes pr stays will make no difference with
the future of this pluccj Rapids City Is im
proving and will coutluuo to Improve.
Walt for > the Morning.
James IITilffowb nUl. ( ]
Walt for the morning it will come Indeed
As surely as the night hath given need.
The yearning eyes , at least , will strain their
sight , *
No more unanswered by the morning light-
No longer will they vainly stilvo turougl
tears ,
To pierce the darkness of thy doubts and
tears , ; ,
nut. bathed In balmy-idowsand rays of dawn
Wlllsmllo with raptmo o'er the darkness
gone. i '
Walt for the nuirnlnp.D thou smitten child
Scorned , scourged audj prosecuted and re
viled , i *
A thirst and famishing , none pitying thee
Crowned with the twisted thorns or dsony
No faintest gleam oC sunlight through the
dense
Infinity of gloom to load tlieo thence
Walt thou for mornlnz ; It will cnmo Indeed
As surely as the night hath given need.
Inter-.Stato Commerce 1)111 items , a
Chicago New * .
J. Gould Perkins , general ticket and pas
senger agent of tbo Slabvllle & Four Corners
railroad , wag In our midst yesterday retailIng -
Ing chestnuts among the reporters and try
Ing to g t his name Into the papers.
It Is stated upon seemingly good authority
that too president of the Podunk Gram
Trunk route was born In Connecticut an <
used to peddle door knobs for fresh eggs.
Edwin Forrest Goodwin , the well known
tragedian , ran Into the night express train
it > ,
on the Oshlcosh Jts Paw Paw narrow gauge
ast week nnd severely sprained his nnklp.
At the time the accident occurred he was
rnu'lltif , ' lu the same direction us the trnln ,
People having cows , steer ? , heifers nnd
oilier live stock killed or maimed bj railway
rains will confer a boon by rcnoitlug same
.em . at once , gMtu : name , hex and uinxt-
lium value of deceased.
Wo understand Hint the affairs of the
InclnoA' Hannibalnro In n very slinky con-
tlllon. The mutineer and brnkemnn had to
ako their p.iy In old ties l.xstccl : .
A superb barrow , owned by Farmer Kast-
nan and Intended for breeding purposes ,
was run over and killed by n gravel train on
ho Knodhouse Short line , near Bureau sta
tion , last Sunday nlcht. The utter disre
gard of life manifested by grinding railroad
monopolies Is imst all endmauco.
STATK AND T
Xchrnska Jottings.
Prairie fires are ripening.
Farmers nro sowing wheat In Cheyenne
ounty.
Albion hns organized a loan and build
ing association.
The West Point mill turns out 1,500
tons of paper ininuully.
Kight saloons will stimulate the boom
in Norfolk this season.
Hugo Slmltof Uluo 11111 , toyed with
a buy./ saw sum lost a linpur.
Columbus hits : i prohibition ticket in
the field with the Phitte batiks full.
The nine Hill Times and Winner hnvo
consolidated , with George L. Htirr as ed
itor.
itor.Fairmont's waterworks bonds , to the
amount of $10,000 , sold at a premium of
per cent.
As an evidence of the spring freshet
West Point breweries will turn out 8,000
kegs of beer this month.
A prairie lire swept a ten-mile strip of
Webster last week , destroying a largo
amount of properly ami stock.
Kearney had u $1,000 fire Saturday. It
started in the barn of Ingram Bros. Six
teen horses and a thoroughbred bull were
cremated.
A corps of railroad surveyors is brows
ing in the suburbs uf Hcd Cloud and vis
ions of mnv railroads fill the dreams of
the residents.
Mrs. Hooker , of O'Neill , induced her ex-
husband to Kive her $4,000 as a bonus to
waive nil right , claim and title to Ins
"afleclions : ind hereditaments thereunto
belonging. "
A party of sentimental youths in Albion ,
while out on a serenading tour , collided
with a loaded slop jar and subsided.
Subsequent proceedings wcro pierced
with mtitllcd oaths.
Charles Pool has soldono-half ! interest in
the Johnson County Journal to U. L.
Cooper , an Iowa newspaper man. The
Journal is a purveyor of simon pure de
mocracy and one of the best in the sttUc.
W. J. A. Montgomery , editor of the
Clay Center Democrat , introduces him
self with a wood cut presentment of his
moustache nnd burnsidcs. The roller was
too soft to give an impression of his fea
tures.
W. IL Miles , the Frontier county thug ,
attacked W. S. Gco at Moorelield and
attempted to force an apology with a
ilourish of pistols. lie failed to secure it ,
but the police court caught him for $40
and trimmings.
William Matthias , of Elba , committed
suicide by cutting his throat with a pock-
ctknifo. A Wolchnian by birth , forty
years old , financially well fixed , but a
bachelor. Ill health , despondency and
alone in his suffering he chose the tragic
route to the end.
Iowa Items.
Dalrymple , the bonanza Dakota
farmer , is buying horses in Iowa.
The second competitive test of car
brakes will begin in Burlington May 19.
The first piles for the now bridge across
the Mississippi at Fort Madison were
driven last week.
Unrdin county has 0,092 school chil
dren , Franklin county 4,813 , Butler
county 5,321 and Grundy county 4,008.
Nat Hudson , formerly pitcher for the
Keokuk club , has fallen heir to fGO.OOO
and will abandon the old-time sphere
for ono of greater usefulness.
Iowa horse breeders are liberally sup
plying distant markets. Shipments have
recently been madn to Washington terri
tory , Montana , Dakota , Colorado , No-
brask ? , Kansas , etc.
Clinton , Iowa City , Marshalltown , Mus-
catmo. Oskaloosa and Waterloo are the
cities in Iowa entitled to the frco deliv
ery system under the recent extension by
the postoflico department. All but Iowa
City hava made application for the ser
vice.
vice.Tho
The citizens of Davenport have com
pleted their part of the contract which
insures tbo location of the Hock Island
shops in that oily. The bonus comprised
property valued at $10,800. The com
pany has accepted. The plans for tbo
buildings comprise ft machine shop 103
feet long , 101 feet wide and two stories
high ; a car shop 101 foot long , 100 feet
wide and two stories high ; an upholster
ing and paint shop 120 feet long and 75
feet wido. All these buildings to bo of
brick and stone. An idea of the increase
of the company's plant over the present
shop dimensions may be gamed when it
is stated that the old shops embrace an
area ot 16,809 square foot , while the now
shops will embrace an area of 43,000
square feet. The estimated cost of the
now buildings is $50,000.
Dakota
Yankton has plunged into the addition
business.
The now Catholic church at Pnrkston
is completed.
Towns along the Missouri are prepar
ing for the ilood.
The spring rush of homo seekers to the
territory has already sot in.
There is a stilt" demand for houses in
Sioux Falls , and rents arc flying high.
The Yankton laud ollico has just ro-
cclvud 'IGO land patents from the general
land ollice for distribution among the
farmers of that district.
Wyoming.
The Masons of Choyunno propose to
build a temple of brick , three stories
high.
Edwin Booth Is booked for a night of
the legitimate at Cheyenne on a guaran
tee of sROOO.
Ten thousand dollars have been sub
scribed for Hie erection of a wool ware
house in Hawlius.
The territorial printing was divided
among the Cneyonno and baraiuio pa
pers , and harmony roosts high.
Tlio Casa Grand Land & Improve
ment company , capital $35,000,000 , , lias
tiled articles of incorporation. The com
pany proposes to engage in and conduct
all kinds "of business connected with the
purchase , sale and improvement of lands ,
and in addition thereto will take nil
necessary steps according to the powers
granted by the charter to irrigate and re
claim all lands of which U may be the
owner , whore such reclamation is neces
sary. The operations of the company are
to be confined to Crook county , In the
territory , and the headquarters will bo ut
Sundance. _
Chesloy , Canada , has a clergyman who
from his pulpit recently characterized a
recently organized chess club of that vil
lage as a "hell club , "
Experience in a Ulasgow hospital has
taught Dr. J. S. Nalrno that boiled or
fried lish is a dangerous diet for weak per
sons , but that steamed fish is harmless.
City Clerk Southard was reported as
slightly better to-day.
Tlio rrcsltlont's i'nlr of Dcttuci.
riitcaon TrWiimc.
It is related Hint the president not lone
Binco , fooling the need of relaxation , en-
paged in a quiet llltlo gaino of poker
with Daniel , n senator and two representa
tives. This disposes of the statement
heretofore made that 1iN favonto gnmo
wns pinochle , : ui innocent nll'uir of com
binations , not requiring much skill and
well adapted to tlio cocinl circle , The
little game ran on until midnight with
varying fortune * , when sv jnck-pot wns
suggested to close the night's piny.
When the pot wns finally opened everyone
ono staid in , and the president was the
most vigorous belter of the lot. When
the call wns mndo Daniel showed a king
full. The senator had a quuen full. One
representative had a tray full nnd the
oilier two pnlr. The president showed
upthonconf hearts , nine and seven of
diamonds , and the deuces of clubs and
spndes. It is needless to siy : that Dntilol
rnkcd in the pot and that when the presi
dent cashed in his chips ho was $ 10 nut-
twice us much as ho sent to Charleston.
Evidently the presidency Is tin expensive
matter for him.
The president's situation in the little
game of poker is not unlike his situation
in the administration. Ho went in with
nothing in his hand , and has been run
ning tilings with a pair of deuces ever
since. For the last two years ho hits
bi'en binding democrats nnd mugwumps
with the lowest pair in Iho pack , and
neither hns dared to cull. He hns played
them ngnhibt ono another very success
fully. Ho has blufled the spoilsmen with
concessions to putronngc , and lie hns
blud'cd the mugwumps with alleged de
votion to civil survico reform , with his
pair of little douccs in his iuind ho hns
clamored as loudly for political morality
ns if he held a straight llttsli. For two
years ho has succeeded in impressing
democrats and mugwumps with tlio con
viction that it would bo unsafe to call.
But somehow the impression is now
gnining ground thnt ho holds nothing ,
nnd is merely Mulling. Hill , Wnttorson ,
Dana. Pulltzornnd , the other follows about
the table are beginning to still'cn up , and
oven Curtis , Schurz and the other mug
wumps , who never bet very high and
would rnthur play for buttons or bonns
than cash , begin to suspect that ho is
playing it on them with nothing in his
hand to speak of. Before the next ttvo
years are out some ono will pluck up
heart of grace to call and rake in the pot.
with the discovery that the president will
only liavo a pair of douccs after all ; and
then they will wonder how they ever lot
him into the game , and why they didn't
freeze him out sooner. That such old
players as Hill , and Wattcrson. and
Dana , and Pulitzer should bo blufi'cd so
long by a man with a pair of deuces is as
tonishing. The moment ono of them
calls the game is up. There is nothing
in his hand , and tlicro hasn't been since
ho began the gamo. Ho had nothing to
draw to when ho started. Perhaps Daniel
know it. Perhaps they all realize now
that Grover has been playing the deuce
with them.
Xlio Telephone Monopoly.
Chicago Tribune.
The recent legislature of Indiana was
not iv very creditable affair in many res
pects and its adjournment was a relief ,
but it m y at least be credited with hav
ing served the interests of that state by
refusing to repeal the law limiting telephone -
phone rates to $3 a month , the courts
having declared the law to bo constitu
tional. In Indianapolis , as in most ether
cities , the people were taxed by the tele
phone company to pay rates that would
yield profits , not on the actual values , but
upon millions of watered stock. The
company in that city which whined that
it could not do a profitable business on
the $3 rate wns trying to make the people
ple pay dividends on if 10,000,000 of stock ,
of which the Boston Boll company , the
parent glutton , hold $3,000,000.
The difference between service on
watered and tmwatercd stock is illus
trated by figures quoted by the Now York
Times in the cases of the companies in
Providence and Boston. In the former
city 2,007 subscribers are served by n
company whoso stock is only f 250,000 ,
and the stock earns 20 per cent a year.
In Boston 2,204 subscribers are served by
a company whose stock is $3,805,300 , and
the rates are more than double those in
Providonco. The cost of the Boston ex
change was $129,550 , but when it went
into the New England combination it was
capitalized at $3,895,300 , and the people
of Boston have boon compelled to pay
rates that have yielded 100 per cent on
not cost.
Oar own legislature has thus far done
nothing to relieve the people of Illinois
from the greedy squeeze of the Boll
money-gluttons. Two-thirds of the Chicago
cage telephone stock is owned by the
Boston Boll company , which charges a
royalty of $14 a year on instruments cost-
incr loss than $3.50. It is already moving
to force the Providence company to in
crease its stock. How long will it bo be
fore it makes H similar move hero and
compels subscribers to pav increased
rates , so that higher divuionds may bo
paid upon a stock of half a million which
already earns 80 per cent ? It is time that
the legislature cama to the relief of the
people and cut off the chance that the
Boston octopus may get them into its
deadly squeeze.
Items From Anaraona.
ANAMOSA , la. , March 10. [ Correspond
ence of the BEE. ] The modus opcrandi
of another swindlu on the farmers .that
has been worked in this part of the state ,
is as follows : Ono sharper agrees to buy
a farmer's land , and pays him $20. down
to bind the bargain. Another cornea
along and offers the farmer $500 moro for
the land than the first offered him , and
the granger then begins to try to buy off
No. 1 , who says ho will sell for $200 nnd
the $20 paid down. It is paid , and the
farmer sees no more of No. 2. Ho is out
just $200.
Tlio funeral services of Mrs. D. J. Bis-
ficol , who died in thuinsano asylumwhere
she has boon tor some time , occurred to
day from the Frst Congregational church.
Simmer Told Ho IVns Too Imto.
Ben i'crley Pooro In the Boston
Budget : Mr. Stunner entered tfio soimto
of the United States on thn 1st of December -
comber , 1851. the day on which Henry
Clay left it , nnd wns sworn in ns the suc
cessor of Ditnlol Webster. Soon nftor ho
nnd took his sent in the arena , which hail
just been mndo famous by the political
champions of the north , the south , nud
the west , Mr. Benton bald of him : ' 'You
have como upon the stnge too Into , sir ;
all our great men hnvo passed nwny. Mr.
Cnlhoun and Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster
nrogono. " Calhoun nnd Clay nnd Web
ster did intlrcd pass away , but Chase nnd
Seward and Sumncr took their places ,
to engage in struggles more moinon-
tons than those supposed to have Become
extinct. Mr. Sumncr hnd but two co
adjutors in opposing shivery nnd in ad
vocating freedom when he entered the
senate , uut before ho died ho was the
lender of more than two-thirds of that
body. I am told , however , thnt nt the
outset of his senatorial career he was
treated as a detested fanatic , nnd rnfuscd
n place on any committee , as "outsido of
any healthy political organization. "
Ho lived to bo chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations , and to
sco men of African descent elected to
scat * in the senate find house of repre
sentatives , commissioned ns foreign min
isters , and admitted to practice before
the oar of the supreme court , which hud
declared tlmt ttiiisn vcr.T pursonn hnd no
rights which white men were bound to
respect.
A CARD.
TO THE PUJBLIC
With Iho approach of spring
and the increased interest man-
il'eslcd in real estate matters ,
I am more than ever consult
ed by intending purchasers as
to favorable opportunities for
investment , and to all such
would say :
When putting any Property -
ty on the market , and adver
tising it as desirable , I have
invariably confined myself tea
a plain unvarnished statement
of facts , never -indulging in
vague promises for the future ,
and the result in every case \
has been that the expectations
of purchasers were more
than realized. I can refer with
pleasure to Albright's Annex
and Baker Place , as sample il
lustrations.
Lota in the "Annex" have
quadrupled in value and are
still advancing , while a street
car line is already building
past Baker Place , adding hun
dreds of dollars to the value of
every lot.
Albright's Choice waa se
lected by ino with the greatest
care after a thorough study
and with the full knowledge
of its value , and I can consci
entiously say to those seeking
a safe and profitable invest
ment that
Albright's Choice
i
offers chances not excelled in
this market for a sure thing.
Early investors have already jj
.
* *
reaped large profits in CASH ,
and with the many important
improvements contemplated ,
some of which are now under
way , every lot in this splen
did addition will prove a bo
nanza to first buyers. *
Further information , plats J
and prices , will bo cheerfully
furnished. Buggies ready at all
times to show property.
Respectfully ,
W , C , ALBRIGHT
SOLE OWNER ,
218 S. 15th Street.
Branch office at South Oma i
ha.
N. B. Property for sale lu all
parts of tbo city