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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY , MARCH.2G4 . 1887 ; THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. simifl or Rdnscmrriox : Datlr ( Mornlait Edition ) Including Bunclnr Bin , Ono Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10 On For Blx Month * . 600 For aiiroo Months . S CO Tlie Omaha Sunday IKE ! , mulled to any address , Ono Yuan. , . 200 OMAHA owe * . No. S14 AND W FAHXAM NKW YORK orrfCE. ROOM , TRimtNK HITIMIIVO. WAII11NUTUM OrriCX , MO.euruUUTIINTUSTRKKT. connuroiTDiNci : All communications relating to nowa nncl edi torial matter nhould bo nMrcMoil to the Ktil- TOII or IUK DIE. All btirlnotk tetters nnd remittances Rhou Id be Mellowed to TUB DEH FunusniNa COMI-ANT , OMAHA. Drafts , chock * and postodloo order * to be made payable to tba order of the company , THE BEE PmiSBIlTcOMPMTi PROPRIETORS , E. ROSEWATER , Enrron. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. ( Stateof Nebraska , I. . County of Douglas , f8'8' Oeo. H. Tzschtick , secretary of The Uce Publlnhlng company , docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally Boo lor theweek ending Mar. 13th 1887. was M _ BaturdVr.Mar.12 14.535 Hnndav.Mnr. 13 13,050 Monday. Mar. 14 14,835 Tuesday , Mar , IB M.OOT Wednesday. Mar. 10 14.4fiO Thursday , Mar. 17 14,380 Friday , Mar. 18. .14.855 Average 14.474 UKO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to bo lore uio this 121st day of March A. D. , 1S87. N. P. FRIL. FSEALI Notary Public. ' ( ! co. B. 'I'zschnck , being first duly sworn , deposes and says that he Is secretary of The Dec Publishing company , that the actual av- eraire dally circulation of the Dally Uce for tlio month of March , 1880.11,637 copies ; for Ajirll , 1880,12,191 copies : forfor May , 1886,13- 439 copies ; for June , 1880 , 12,218 * copies ; for July. 1880 , 12,314 copies ; for Aueust , 1880 , 12,404 copies ; for September. IbSO , 13.030 copies ; for October , 1880 , 12,089 copies ; for November , IbSO , 13,348 copies ; for December , 1880,13,237 copies ; for January. 1887 , 10,200 copies ; for February , 18S7 , It,193 copies. Gito. B. TzscnucK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this Uth day of March , A. D. 1887. fSKAL.I N. P. FKiL.-Notarv Public. JACKSON MAUION was hanged nt Bea trice yesterday. It might bo safe to say that capital punishment punishes. ALL the salt in the ( MO acres of Saline laud wanted by the West Lincoln syndicate cate- would not "save the bacon" of the member voting for the steal. WHEN the anti-gambling bill was made a special order for Friday , at 10.SO , Mr. Slayter fortunately received a telegram announcing serious illness of a relative. MK. SCHAFER , a New York lawyer , threatens to shoot Mr. Pulitzer , editor of the World. Mr. Pulitzer continues to edit his paper. Freedom of press is guar anteed , but it seems that it is sometimes necessary to fight for it. SENATOU PAYNE , of Ohio , is reported to bo ouo of a syndicate formed to pur chase iron ore lands in Canada. With seventy-six years on ins head and availa ble resources amounting to at least ten million dollars , one would suppose the senator could find life tolerable without these side speculations. THE New York Star , in speaking of the beggarly fire * escapes of hotels m general , says : "Tho poor bauble with which the burned men and women decked themselves wore recovered unhurt from the safe of the burned hotel at Buffalo. When will the time como that human lifo is reckoned as valuable as gold and diamonds and as safely housed " ? _ _ _ Mn POWDEULY , with the concurrence of the general executive board of the Knights of Labor , has proclaimed that no money cn'n bo voted from an assem bly , district or local , for political pur poses. The immediate cause of this dec laration was the action of a Chicago assembly - , sembly in voting $50 to the campaign fund of the united labor party , but it is general in its scope , aud therefore im portant. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE New York boodle alderman , Tom Cloary , testified in his recent trial that the position of janitor of the cquitanlo building pays him $000 a month. The revelation will have a tendency not only to raise the character of this vocation , but the envy also of thousands of odu- catcH and trained professional and busi ness men m Now York who must be con tent with a third or less of this sum. but janitorships of this kind arc oven more exceptional than are men of the char acter of Tom Clcary. THE scarcity of one and two dollar bills , which had become a source of con siderable inconvenience to bankers and business men in the cast , has been re lieved within the past few days. The printing of ones and twos had been torn- porially suspended for fives and tens , aud meanwhile the demand for the smaller denominations became unusually heavy. The printing of ones and twos having been resumed the treasury is now under stood to have an ample supply to meet all calls made upon it. THE legislative bribe solicitors will have to stand from under. The web of proof which surrounds the conspirators implicated in the gambling bill plot is now almost complete. Link by link the evidence of the infamy has been welded together. The proofs , wo had on hand when the investigating committee met liavo been supplemented by admissions from contributors to the boodle , and stakeholders. Step by stop the plot has boon watched and reported by trusty de tectives. When the full particulars arc reported to the people of this state , as they will bo within forty-eight hours , leg islative blackmailers will have an oppor tunlty to ask a ylndiction at the hands ol their colleagues. THE legislature has decided to adjourn . .I sino die Thursday , March 31. If wo have * boon correctly informed , some of the members whoa they reach homo will not bo met by their constituents in a body , Loaded by a bras * band. But on the con trary , the little school house will b < crowded to suffocation by earnest ani reputable men , who will publicly ex press their loatbing and indignation al the miserable record made by the man whom they elected upon tolomn pledget that he would honestly represent them , but who sold himself , body and soul , tc the enemy. The political atmosphere o1 not a few of those outraged consttuonclca ! bas a strong sulphuric odor. The fires ol wrath arc burning. A "Piebald" Committee. . According to Mr. McShano's paper the committee of fifteen which framed the Omaha charter waj a piebald committee. If by this is meant that the committee represented many shades of opinion , Mr. McShano's paper is correct , The coin- mlttco consisted , as wo remember , of five members of the council , Messrs. Bccbol , Dally , Bailey , Leo and Lowry five mem bers of the board of trade , Messrs. Max Meyer , John Evans , Hugh G. Clarke , C. S. Chase and K. Kosowatcr ; and five loading citizens , Messrs. Herman Kountzc , James Crcighton , Guy 0. Bar ton , Frank Murphy and A. J. Popplcton. This , then , was tho''picbald" committee. No doubt that it represented diverse in terests , with a strong predominance of corporation Influence. But its work , when finished , was highly commended by Mr. McShauo's editor , who , however - over , was converted after the legisla ture met by the roustabouts and oil-room loafers at Lincoln to the belief that the charter "prepared by this com- mlttco was full of jobs and steals , when in fact the cry of "stop thief" was raised by the the stool-pigeons of the thieves and Jobbers. When Dr. Miller returned to Omaha and found his caper edited against the manifest interest ot our best citizens , he called off the fresh editor and ordered him to re main away from his haunts at Lincoln. Mr. McShanc , who has largo interests in Omaha , and Mr. Kountzc , who has a small interest in his paper , ought to make tills reckless person understand that the community will not countenance or ap prove the dirty work done at Lincoln through Colby , Russell , aud that class of rogues. They owe it to themselves to do justice to the staunch nnd true mem bers of the Douglas delegation , and especially Senators Lluinger and Tzschuck , who have firmly and faith fully upheld the interests of Omaha against the conspirators who arc trying to deprive us of parks and boulevards and injecting provisions in the charter detrimental to taxpayers and worklngmcn in the letting of con tracts. It is a shame and disgrace to Omaha that any paper pretending to de cency and owned by reputable citizens should countenance the abuse of honest representatives , whoso fidelity to Omaha nobody dares question. Costly Dinners. Two or thrco weeks ago a frco dinner was given to the state senate at the prin cipal hotel in Lincoln. While it was ivon out that this entertainment was ; enerously provided by the hotel pro prietor out of respect for the honorable gentlemen and frcc-lunchcrs , it is sus pected that this costly dinner was paid for out of the funds sot apart for oil- room expenses nnd incidentals by the railroads. At any rate the fact that the railroad regulation bills had been de feated by the senate just botorc this frco dinner was tendered gives a good basis for the belief that it was a very costly entertainment to the taxpayers of the state. And now another very costly dinner has been given at Lincoln to distin guished law-makers. This time , how ever , it was a more exclusive affair. It appears that the report of the special committee charged with apprais ing the saline lands at Lincoln , which wcro.loased for fifty years by authority of the last legislature , was not satisfac tory to the saline land syndicate , which now wants to gobble the lands. This committee reported that the lands were worth $500 per aero. The syndicate managed to get a now committee appointed with more delicate stomachs and less tondcr conscionce. Tills committee , consisting of Agee , Peters , Sullivan , Nbrris and Schamp , all of them reliable ringstors and railroad ers , took a rldo on Thursday evening with the syndicate bosses to view the saline lands through the jobbers' tolo- scopo. Upon their return to the city they wore given a grand supper at the Windsor ser by the generous syndicate. The immediate effect of this elegant repast- materialized iuto'a report which recom mends the sale of 210 acres at prices ranging from $100 to $300. In other words the viands aud wanes with which this committee was regaled will cost the state somewhere in the neighborhood ot $75,000 , based on the first appraisement. As a purely business transaction this supper will provo a very paying invoit- mont for the saline syndicate , oven.if it paid $25 a plate for each member. In fact , it can dine and wino the whole legislature after the bill is passed and still have some money loft. But wo sus pect that the costly dinner will have to bo supplemented by something more substantial if the bill is pulled through , in spite of its glaring violations of the constitution and its reckless disregard for the materiel interests of the stato. Sherman In the Senate. .Senator Sherman has justified the state ment made when ho started on his south ern trip that the journey was not in tended to bo wholly one of sight-seeing and pleasure. Ho has spoken sovcra times to southern audiences , his most im portant speech thus far having been made on last Tuesday evening in the state capital at Nashville , Tennessee. The attention and consideration everywhere accorded the senator has been gratifying and highly creditable to the people. There has been manifested a general unt eager desire to hoar his discussion of pub lic questions and party policies , and his exposition of republican principles , which argues an earnest willingness in the people of the south to hear the other side from that which has been preached to them , aud to hoar it from a party leader who Is fully equipped by experience anc capacity to present it fully and ably There is in this evidence of the growtl of a bettor feeling and sentiment in the south which is at once gratifying and on couraglng. When a people have rcachcc the point of a willingness to learn , anc indicate that condition with hearty earnestness , the problem of teaching them loses mos of ita difficulties. It is apparent that this is the state of a large part of the southern people , or at least of the region thus far visited by Senator Sherman man , and there is no good reason to sup pose they are exceptional. Senator Sherman has shown a discreet and judicious appreciation of the circum stance * and the situation. His speeches and more particularly his carefully pre pared address at Nashville , have indicatci a consciousness that he was talking to a people who have a great deal to unlearn and a great deal of right political in formation to acquire. It is not necessary ; o follow the line of treatment of the policies that bavo been pursued , and .hoso which should prevail tn order to illustrate this. It is sufficient to say of Ills utterances thus far that they have jccn a full and candid arraignment of post , and to some extent still existing , errors , aud a clear and straightforward presentation of what ho believes to bo the wise nnd just course of the future. ! Io has spoken plainly , but temperately ; earnestly , as became a man of sincere convictions , but with none of the aspe rities of the politician ; comprehensively , as a statesman and leader should , but with no compromising concessions. It is Impossible to estimate the extent of the impression which the views of Senator Sherman may make upon the people of the south whoso political opinions need reforming. They will undoubtedly find some rccoptlvo and congenial soil. But if the immediate results in this direction shall not bo so great as may bo hoped , Llio visit of tho-senator to the south will bo a wholesome stimulant to the repub licans of that section , while it marks the beginning of a larger nnd more zealous effort on the part of republican leaders to promote there the principles of their parly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mil. RANDALL , it is stated , has recently become a member of the American Pro tectionist association. A leading object of this organization la understood to bo to prevent the election to congress of all democrats who favor a reduction ot the existing tariff. If it bo not misrepre sented it will use its money and influence to defeat democratic congressional can- iidatcs opposed to the protection policy in any part of the country where the prospect of defeating them is aflorded. Its purpose also Is to defeat every effort to revise the tariff in such a way as to relieve lievo the people of the needless burdens it imposes. It is pretended that the as sociation has nothing to do with party , yet its membership is almost wholly composed of extreme tariff republicans. Its declared objects clearly distinguish it as a political organization , What inust democrats think of Mr. Randall's con nection with a body whoso chief aim is to make war upon and whenever possible defeat the candidates of his party who are not protectionists ? What else can they think than that the democracy of Randall is a very thin veneering , a mere cloak worn for an utterly selfish purpose ? A movement was started in the Pennsyl vania legislature to change the congressional district of Mr. Ran dall so as to make a safe republican majority against him. It was abandoned. Did ho join the American Protectionist association In order to give additional assurance to the Pennsylvania lariff defenders that they could depend upon his fidelity , and as the price of sav ing his district ? Mr. Randall has doubt less found congenial company. Ho has fully qualified himself for membership of this association. But ho has lost the right to the title of democrat , and no sin cere member of that party ought to coun tenance his assumption of fellowship. MR. WILLIAM WALTER PHELVS , who is engaged in writing a biography of Garfield - field for Applcton's Biographical Ency clopedia , is reported to have found some now facts bearing on Garlicld's connec tion with the Do Galyer contract. As the rcsultfbf his investigations , Mr. tliclps will exonerate Garficld from blamoiu the Oredit-Mobilicr affair , but will bo obliged to ccnsuro the "singular lact of fore thought which characterized his associa tion with the Do Galyer business. " It could bo wished that this delicate task might have fallen to some other hands than these of Mr. Phelps , the wisdom of whose judgment and discrimination may not command universal confidence and approval. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MR. WIIITMORE , chairman of the rail road committee , now wants the house to cut the vitals out of the railroad regulation bill , house roll N o. 103 , and then pass it , so as to satisfy the railroad man agers and their lackeys on the floor of the senate. For a man who was elected on his anti-monopoly record , Mr. Whitmore seems very anxious not to irritate the railway bosses. Ho reminds us of the month of March , which sometimes comes in like a roaring lion and goes out like a bleating lamb. THE most celebrated room m the ex ecutive mansion at Washington , is the cast room , but whatever may have hith erto been its claims to popular interest and perpetual fame , they pale before the fact that it was in that apartment Grover Cleveland "popped the question. " What wonder ho should want to linger through a second term where there is such a delightful memory. MR. NEWCOMER wants to punish wife- beaters | with thirty-nine lashes. Very good. But what would Mr. Newcomer do with a man who dcserta his wife and family ? It is currently reported near Red Oak that there is such a man serv ing in the present Nebraska legislature. Other Lands Than Ours. The battle in the British parliament on the coercion bill of the government , which was begun lost Tuesday , is still on. Promptly upon the announcement of the measure , Mr. Merely offered nn amend ment to the motion for urgency declar ing that "this house declines to set aside the business of the nation in favor of a measure for increasing the stringency of the criminal law in Ireland while no ef fectual security is taken against an abuse ot the law by the exaction of excessive rents. " In support of his amendment Mr. Morejy denied absolutely the govern ment's assertions as to the lawless condi tion of Ireland , affirming that compara tive statistics of crime would show that beyond a certain very narrow area the country had never been quieter. Ho de nounced the proposed measure as de signed to enable landlords to extort ex- horbitant rents , throwing the law on the side of the rich , removing all coercive or protective power which the tenants de rived from combining , aud putting co ercion upon the unfortunate tenants. The wisest policy , ho said , was remedial legislation which would destroy the roots of discontent. Mr. Gladstone addressed the commons in opposition to the urgency motion on Thursday evening - ing , in which he said that no greater ca lamity could befall the house than to be subjected to the pressure for the passage of the proposed measure which the gov ernment had threatened. In his parlia mentary expeticnce ho had never known BO grave a state of affairs , duo now to the extreme abuse of power by the majority , which , if persisted In , would leave behind a sense of intolerable wrong. The terms ot the propasrd mcasuro are not yet known and will not be until the house passes the motion under discussion , if the government supporters arc strong enough Lo do that. This result may not bo reached for some time yet , Meanwhile the strain in Ireland grows every day more severe and the situation moro seri ous. Balfour , chief secretary , who has earned the titqa jbf "bloody , " is said to bavo Issued orflefs to all the resident magistrates in Ireland that the policy re quired by the government is one of thorough-going , unflinch ing repression , and that when ever resistance is offered to the law they should not hesitate to shoot. The enforce ment of this policy may at any tlmo bring forth bloody fruit , a consequence which the government appears to invite and desire , * * The festivities throughout Germany In honor of the nlnctintli birthday of the emperor culminated on lust Tuesday , but happenings of a more or less interesting character have continued during the week. The event has been in most re spects the most memorable ot its kind in history. In the universal expression of loyalty It evoked from the Gorman people ple , in the assurances of friendship from the sovcrigns of other nations , and in the utterance of peaceful sentiments , in quarters where they were not supposed to bo entertained , for \yhicli it gave op portunity , the celebration lias had most interesting developments and cannot fail to produce salutory effects. To the re markable old man whoso years of lifo cover the most wonderful period of the world's history in political and material triumphs it must bo regarded as the most honorable and glorious ex perience of his great career. V Unwonted quiet still prevails in Russia , and except the manifesto of the constitu tionalists , repudiating any connection with the attempted assassination , cm- mcrating the sins of the present regime , and setting forth their demands , there has been no ripple on the current of politics in that empire. The czar re ceived many congratulations on his es cape from assassination , but it is said ho docs not find in his good fortune nn augury of future escapes. His father sur vived four attempts to take his lifo one being made by Zaragazoff , In 1850 , at St. Petersburg ; a second by Bercchovsky the following year at Paris ; the third by Solovicfl' , in 1878. at St. Petersburg , the fourth occurring soon after at Moscow. Yet all these were to end in his falling a victim to the assassin's bomb in March , 1831. In like manner the present czar must recognize only too well that the revival of plots to kill him means also their repetition at convenient times , and with all the de vices which modern science puts at the command of the nihilist. It would not bo surprising to find another attempt made , as caution in the public appear ances of the emperor isalittlo relaxed. Czar Alexander HI. clings to his despotic traditions , but ho } carrying on the busi ness of autocracy , under serious disad vantages , i < ? * The demands of the jubilee s em to have an unsettling effect upon the not exceptionally strong mind of Victoria. Her mental peculiarities , it is said , are becoming a general topic of conversa tion , and the opinion that she is demented is freely expressed now in quarters whcro it would have been scouted a year ago. Her sudden freak for haying a circus and theatrical performances given .for her solitary delectation naturally suggests the mania of the late King Louis of Bavaria. Some other actions are scarcely moro sane and infinitely moro offensive. On the occasion of her recent visit t o London , she made the Lifo guards ride without cloaks and sit for hours in the saddle thus exposed , although the mercury was only eighteen de grees above zero , with a bitter cast wind. Only at the last mo ment was the order rescinded compelling several hundred police , who were on duty at the approaches to Buckingham palace during the drawing room , to go without their overcoats. Peopl are already get' ting very sick of the jubilco business , with endless subscnbtions being rammed down their throats. All over England busybodies - bodies , who hope for honors , are making hous'e to house collections , and all the in numerable flunkies in the land arc crowd ing over each other with schemes to ad vertise themselves in connection with the thing. A strong effort is making to in duce the queen to abandon her decision to have the celebration on Tuesday , Juno 21 , and have It instead on the actual an niversary , which is Monday , and thus enable pcoplo to combine it with the natural holidays , Saturday and Sunday , but she is very obdurate. The commons arc going to bo asked to vote $100,000 for fireworks , it will be the first public out lay of this sort since the celebration of the peace of Paris after the war iu the Crimea. # * England has its political scandals , as well as this country , One of the oddest of record is the charge brought against the corporation of the city of London of having spent a largo sum from the muni cipal funds , something like $350,000 , in getting up bogus meetings to protest against the bill introduced by Sir Wil liam. Harcourt to reform the municipal government. At these meetings every body , including the audiences , was hired- Indcod , the "biro of lho audience" was set down as nn Itorii In the accounts. Of course those hired audiences wore small. Ono composed of ' 'indlg.iant London Irishmen" consisted1 only five persons , uud was held iu a tavern. In some cases the hired men were sent to capture liberal meetings , J , ' 'and if necessary "storm" their platforms. Among them on all occasions a sn ! Ul party of men is sot down as "chuolrers-out , " who per form the functions assigned in this coun try to "bouncersand wore doubtless men of similar build' and character. The charges have been brought up in the house of commons by Mr. Labouchcrc , and ho offers to provo them to the letter , having the accounts and other docu ments in his possession.V . Reports from nearly all the conn tries of Europe show that Uiey are having a cold , dreary , backward spring , and , in fact , that the season in Europe is an "excep tional" one. It always is. The old and ioollsh tradition about "sunny Italy" and "sunny Franco" Is exploded. The weather all ever Europe Li abominable , as a rule , all the year round , judged by the American standard. In this country there are twice as many sunny days a * dark days ; in Europe the reverse is the case , and the foul days greatly outnumber the fair , Even iu the spring , which is the only "brag" season in Europe , It gener ally ruins fully half the time ; and n per fectly clear day , such ns wo have hero in plenty , is a great rarity there. In cli mate and weather , as Iu almost every thing else , this country has the best , I'EUSONS. Jay Gould says ho has no intention of assuming any new business burdens. A town In Texas has been named after JIIss Frances E. Wlllaid , the temperance champion. Ex-Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania , Is said to Imvo made 51,500,000 since he left Washington. Instead of rccclvlnc 81,000 , as reported , for his month's work in Boston , Sum Jones re ceived only 8700. Julian Hawthorne and Pulitzer are out , and Julian Is no longer literary editor of the Now York World. ( ieronlmo is employed In making gardens nt Fort Pickons raising cabbage and onions Instead of hair. Henry . Abbey's profits from the amuse ment business this year foot up over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Senator-elect Reagan Is said to bo a model of kindness and good humor In his domestic life. Ho Is never cross and never swears. John Boyle O'Rellly never does any liter ary work at his newspaper ollice. lie can write no poetry or stories except In his own house. Professor Dell , the telephone man , Is re building his homo In Washington , it WAS recently burned , aud the negroes say It Is possessed by a devil of bad luck. 1L Phlllppotcaux , the French painter , has been engaged for six years to paint huge pictures for cycloramlc exhibition in the chief cities of Europo. The first will repre sent Niagara Falls , and will bo shown in London next fall , Mr. Alfred Bully , who has recently ac quired such sudden prominence tn the rail road world , wrote a volume of poems In his youth. A correspondent wrote the fact to his paper , with thin startling result : " .Sir. Sully is a widower who sometimes flirts with the muse. " The types brought It out In this way : "Mr. Sully Is a widower who some times flirts with the nurse. " Sir Knight Pullman. Slacon Teleamiiti. Pullman , the sleeping car manufacturer , had to wait for some one to knight him. If ho had been a porter upon ono of his cars ho could have bought his tttlo long ago. Is the Queen Crazy ? Cablegram in New Torlt Ttmes. The mental peculiarities of the queen are becoming a general topic of conversation , and the opinion that she is demented Is freely expressed now In quarters whore It would have boon scouted a year ago. Her sudden freak for having a circus and thea trical performance given for her solitary de lectation naturally suggests the mania of the late King Louis of Bavaria. A. Composite Production. Chicago Tribune. A Chicago photographer has been much Interested In the subject ot composite photo graphy as Illustrated In the March Century. A few days ago ho took a negative of a Chin ese Idol by way of experiment , and by suc cessively superimposing thereupon the nega tives ot a rhinoceros , a donkey , a King Charles spaniel , a pelican , a gorilla , a Flathead - head Indian , and a Dutch cheese ho has secured a pretty fair photograph of a mugwump. * Wlro Obstructions. 2'hiladclpMa Record. The telegraph wires as well as the electric light wires , were In the way of the firemen when thosa emergency men heroically ex erted themselves In order to save life at the burning ot the Richmond hotel In Buffalo. A paragraph condemnatory of these wires might well be kept standing in every news paper office for use whenever it may be neces sary to make comment on fires at hotels. Both life and property are contantly endan gered by just such obstructions : and , al though the work of putting the wires under ground has been begun in several cities , it Is being done slothfully rather than with an en ergy commensurate with the Importance of the subject. Anticipation. Kew York TTmld. Wliilo the sun Is slightly starting And the Lenten times departing , While just the slightest verdure is preparing to emerge , The musings of the tnalaen Are with summer pleasures laden. With the swlnglnp ; of the hammock and the sounding of the surge. She judges twlllelit flirting An amusement most dl verting \Vith Its toollsh conversation so Incessantly renewed ; With the evenlnz sun descending , She delights to watch the blending Of the verdure of the landscape with the verdure of the dudo. II or inncy dwells with flowers In the shade of pleasant bowers , Whcro the fany-footed summer winds most opportunely steal ; When the vcrdonks and rambles ( Shall suggest romantic rambles Through the old Druldlc woodland or the paces of Lucille. STATE AND TKUKlTOflY. Nebraska Jotting- Frontier county is out of debt and flourishing. Charles Cook , In jail awaiting trial for burglary at Central City , broke jail on Saturday night last and made a success ful escape. The Omaha barber who went to Beat rice commissioned to give Jaqk Marion a farewell metropolitan shave , exclaimed when the job was done , "Necks gem'man. " John Boll , an emigrant from .Maxwell , la. , witli a wife and six children , arrived at O'Neill a few days ago to locate in Holt county. Ho died soon after his ar rival and the old soldiers of the place took charge of his funeral. The afl'alrs of the First National Bank of Blair are being wound up in a very speedy and satisfactory manner. Every depositor will bo paid in full with inter est , Receiver Street will soon surrender his trust and tbo liability of the stock holders will bo less than was expected. The rising generation of Piattsmouth threatens to form n militia company. Before the project reaches the formative stage it would bo well to critically ex amine the pedal dimensions of the candi dates. It would be fatal to the dignity of the squad to march into the country for room to turn around without stub bing toes. Mrs. Hinkloy , of Pierce , presented her husband with triplets a few days ago two girls and a boy , weighing six , seven and eight pounds , respectively. Mr. Hinckloy was presented with twins less than two years ago. A purse was raised in honor of the first triplets in Pierce , and contributions swelled Into a fund of $100 for the trio of spring buds. Lincoln county's assessment lists will receive a vast accession this year by in cluding lands not heretofore taxable. All railway lands in the county are now to be assessed , and have been added to the tax rolls of the various precincts by County Clerk Evans , These amount to almost 600,000 acres. Besides thcso. tboro have been certified by tbo state auditor to the clerk for taxation 1C3 parcels of poyorn- meat land that homesteaders and pre- einptora have proved un on during the year. These amount to 25,400 acrea. These lands at the lowest possible assess ment valuation will mid $300,000 , to the assessment rolls. Iowa It emu. A grand shooting tournament has been arranged at Spirit Lake for Juno 13 , 14 and 15. A park scheme nt Spirit Lake has been undertaken by the board of trade of that summer resort. United States Senator Allison will de liver the minimi address before tlio state university of Iowa in Iowa City next Juno. Rov. II. Hall , for moro than fifty years a preacher of the Pro.sbytorian church , died at his homo \Vnukon last week , wboro ho has resided twenty-three years. At Mnson City while a lot of boys were engaged at play , Walter Sorvlso ran into iv barb-wire fence and out his throat from car to oar , but not fatally. Ho also cut a big gash in his cheek that will disfigure him for lifo. The supreme court nt DCS Moincs de clares the law authorizing cities to make assessments for building Bowers nnd street improvements against abutting property is valid , and such assessments ao not create a debt against the city. Of thirteen leading Iowa cities , Dtibu- quo teachers are paid tbo lowest average salaries and West Dos Moincs the high est the former paying nn average of $41.20nnd the latter $00. The average for the thirteen cities is about $1'J.CO. Iowa lias moro cattle than all the terri tories combined ; moro than any other etato in the union except Texas ; moro milch cows than Texas ; more hogs than any other state ; moro corn to fccu them nnd more miles of railroads to carry her products to market than any other state except Illinois. Dakota. John Erickson 1ms sold the Fargo opera house for $28,000. The real estate boom is visiting Flan- drau with profitable results. Stonecutters in the quarries at Sioux Falls earn from $1 to $5 per day. The Unitarian church society of Sioux Falls are raising a building fund. Several Indiana parties have authorized investments in Yankton real estate. There are already about four times as many candidates as offices to fill in the municipal election nt Sioux Falls. The places do not way a nicklo in salary , while the positions give plenty of work and criticism. The Pnciflo Coast. Millions of feet of Arizona pine rail road tics are being shipped to Southern California. Surf-bathing at Long Beach , Los Angeles county , has begun for the season , and is enjoyed by hundreds of excursion ists. ists.Scott Scott Bar has the tallest postmaster in the United States. Ho stands ever seven feet in his stockings and weighs S80 pounds. A sixty-stamp mill is to bo erected at Daggett , San Bernardino county , by the Ore Grande Miuiug company , at a cost of $250.000 , Under the cigarette bill , which is now a law , and takes effect on and after May 1 , the penalty for selling or giving tobacco or cigarettes to a boy under eighteen years of ago is a fine of $200. The total cost to the state of the Nevada legislature just expired was $53,484.01. The salaries for members of both branches foot up about $30,000 , and mileage and stationery $11,200 more ; pay of attaches , $12,000. Captain A. C. Henry picked up a speci men of pink quartz on his ranch near the mouth of Green Valley , Cal. , a few days since , one of the handsomest nnd richest ever seen. It i.s said that it would assay $40,000 to the ton. noochor in Politics. Springfield Republican : Mr. Beecher was one of the most ardent , constant and effective of the anti-slavery forces from the time of his entrance into active lifo. Plymouth pulpit was tlio source of an unceasing stream of anti-slavery senti ment and service. When the free state men of Kansas were involved in their lifo and death struggle against the slave power , no voice in the east was moro energetic and efl'eo- tive than that of Henry Ward Bcccher. His speeches at public meetings in Brook lyn and Now York fired audiences with active sympathy necessary to support the cause of freedom. Ho and Plymouth church with him were foremost in the dispatch of Sharp's rifles to "bleeding Kansas , " and he was honored by the south and the "doughfaces" with the nickname of "Sharp's Rifle Beoclicr , " and many other less graphic and moro abusive. Bcccher bad spoken frequently , and in that for Mr. Lincoln in 1800 ho was hide- fatigable in his labors. When the war broke out no man was moro vigorous , efficient and untiring whether in raising troops , in helping the sanitary and Chris tian commissions , or in keeping the spirit of patriotism at a white heat , not only in his own flock but wherever speakers were wanted in the great cities which were his field then. Except while ho was absent in Europe in 1803 ho never intermitted his uulpit labors or lessened their fervor and elo quence. During his trip there came to Mr. Beecher ono of these rare opportunities which win for the orator the lasting grat itude of his country. Ho had gone abroad for rest and recreation , but ho found pub lic opinion in England was so poisoned by prejudice against the union causeand so ignorant and blind in its hatred of this country that lie yielded to the persuasion of American ana English friends and de livered a number of addresses in the great cities , which contributed moro than any other single influence to revolution ize British feeling. Greater triumphs have seldom been won by an orator than ho won , standing be fore the mobs of Manchester and Liver pool bound that ho should not speak nnd threatening him with violence. Fear less , persistent , importubably good hu- morcu , ho silenced the hooting crowds , and taught them what the cause was they opposed , what the issue of the strug gle must be , nnd what the duty of Euro pean nations , and their nation in particu lar , was towards the United Stales. Mr. Boucher's speeches in all his hot political campaigns were singularly frco from personal animosity , his denunciation of slavery and of rebellion did not prevent his charity for the slaveholder and the rebel , and after the war ho was quick to assent to Mr. Greeley'a programme of "universal suffrage. " Ho wont so far in his. confidence in Andrew Johnson's hon esty , and the policy of reconciliation oven without safeguards , that ho alien ated for a time many of those who had boon his warmest friends. Shn WBH UUcuarfcad. Ella Berlin was arrested for selling a lot of clothing , her own personal apparel , and other goods , which it was claimed Hhe had previously mortgaged to ono Bernstein , In violation of the criminal statutes. She had an examination be fore Justice Berka yesterday morning and was discharged for failure of proof. A Lecture by Mlus Field , Miss Kato Field , who is the guest of Mrs. General Crook , has consented to de liver a leoturo for tiie benefit ot the Women's Christian Teraperanco union. The lecture will bo given at Boyd'a opera house next Tuesday evening audtlta sub ject will bo "Tho Mormon Monster."The admission will bo GO cents ; reserved seats 75 cents and gallery 25 cents. A CARD , TO T1IE PUBLIC With the approach of spring nnd the increased interest man. ifestc'cl in real estate matter , 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 Proper 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. Lots in the "Annex" have quadrupled in value and are still advancing , while a street car line is already building past Baker Place , adding hun dreds of dollars to the value of every lot. Albright's Choice was se lected by mo with the greatest care after a thorough , study and with the full knowledge of its value , and I can consci entiously say to those seeking a safe and profitable invest ment that Albright's Choice offers chances not excelled in this market for a sure thing. Early investors have already reaped large profits in CASH , and with the many important improvements contemplated , some of which are now under way , every lot in this pplen- did addition will prove a bo nanza to first buyers. Further information , plats and prices , will bo cheerfully furnished. Buggies ready at all times to show property. Respectfully , I. G. ALBRIGHT * " SOLE OWNER , 218 S. 15th Street Branch office at South Oma ha. N. B. Property for sale iaalJ parts of the city
