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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
