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FOR wnyH thnt uro ilurk mitl tricks
Hint nro vain' that hosilhon Cliitico ,
Cudut Taylor , ia vary peculiar.
WHAT docs .Tuy Gould waul in Egypt ?
Thnt country has been in n state of
chronic bankruptcy for years , and there
is no active demand in Egypt for a
sphynx.
TUB tenth husaiou of the Wyoming
legislature meets at Cheyenne to-day.
Wo might intiK-o many yahmblo hiig-
gcstioiiH to the honorably body but will
venture only'oiio. Make the bohsion as
Bhort as possible and save the people's
money.
Tun Spanish government will appro
priate one hundred thousand dollars a
year until 1802 with which to celebrate
the dihcovery of America by Columbus.
Nothing has been done toward com
memorating the event by this country ,
which is interested in it rather more
'than ' Spain.
THE Cherokee women don't take
"kindly to Senator Dawos' bill imposing
j penitltles on them for marrying white
men. An educated lady of that nation
.in a communication to n St. Louis paper
puts in an effective protest and shows
'tho senator that ho is ignorant on the
mutter about which ho proposes to
. „ legislate.
HOW soon will the council reach a
settlement with the gas company ?
Keeping open accounts and running
recklessly into debt is not in the inter
est of . The
economy. pay-as-you-go
policy should bo strictly followed. The
gas expense should bo limited to our
resources , and the bills paid from month
to mouth.
TUB citizensof Rochester , N. Y. , who
wont on a strike against the Boll tele
phone a little over a year ago and have
been almost wholly without , telephone
service since , have come out of the fray
with victory perching on their banner.
The Boll telephone company is now
nnxious to compromise and has sub
mitted favorable terms. Asa precedent
this experience is of considerable im
portance.
DuttiNO the past year Ohio oil pro
ducers have made strong olTorts to in
troduce their oil as a fuel into the
manufacturing industries of the coun
try. They have been quite successful
in this endeavor. Oil has now entered
largely into the economics of the manu
facture of iron , steel , glass , fire-brick ,
crockery , stoneware , tile , etc. , in al
most every state in the union. This is
the way to shear king coal of his power.
TUB report of the Divorce Reform
League which is to bo published before
long will bo an interesting document.
Among other sources of information
nearly three thousand divorce courts
have been called upon to furnish itcm-
i/od accounts of their doings for the
past twenty years. It is to bo hoped the
report will have a salutary inlluonce
upon public sentiment in connection
with the divorce question.
LAST summer when every newspaper
publisher was bidding for the city ad
vertising by the square the wily Cadet
insisted on bidding by the folio , without
specifying how many words his folio
contained. Now when the bids are
brought in by the 100 words , Cadet bids
by the 'inch and square. It is easy
enough to compute by the folio , hut when
ho finds himself squarely beaten by a bid
that cannot Uo misconstrued , ho swings
his club over the heads of councilmen
niul threatens to squeal on them unless
they play cnt's-puw for him.
SOMK of the creditors of Harper , the
wrecker of the Fidelity bank of Cincin
nati , are said to bo moving for his ro-
leiis-o from prison and will petition the
president to pardon him. Their motive in
of course a wholly selfish one. Thoj be
lieve that if Harper wer < s free his sup
poscfl great business ability could bo
turned to thcJradvnntagoatleast , to the
extent of enabling them to recover their
lOhsos. There is no greater knave in or
out of the penitentiary than this man
Harper , and the victims of his rascality
can depend upon it that they will never
under any circumstances see a dollar of
what they have lost. Ho is whore ho
belongs , and the president can bo safely
trusted .to allow him to remain there.
1 Sc.cretnry
Mr. Lamnr. . very , properly tendered
his resignation as secretary ot the In
terior'nnd the president did well in
promptly accepting it. It appears from
the correspondence that the secretary
has remained in the position slnco ho
was invited to the vacant justiceship in
the supreme court in deference to the
dcsiru of the president , aa well as to
close up curtain matters ho had inaug
urated. Ho decided , however , that it
wan not desirable to continue in the
olllco in view of the fact that the de
cision of the senate on his apnolntmcnt
to the supreme bench might bo de
layed for some time , and mean
while the obstacle to action ,
which his remaining in olllco would
nrcKunt , on the appointment of his suc
cessor and that of the new postmaster
general might embarrass the public
business. The decision la commendable ,
and now that Mr. Lninnr is out of the
way of the confirmation of Mr. Vilns as
secretary of the interior , and Mr. Dan
Dlckinbon as postmaster general , the
senate will very likely at once give its
consent to these appointments. There
has boon some objection raised to Mr.
Vilas , on the ground of his connection
with certain interests which as secre
tary of the interior ho would bo enabled
to favor , but there does not appear to bo
anything in this of sufficient importance
to receive any serious attention from
the .senate. Undoubtedly the country
will within a few days have a now chief
of the interior department and a now
postmaster general.
Mr. Lainur might win greater credit ,
as having a desire U > relieve the ad
ministration of embarrassment and sub
serve the public interest , if ho were to
now request the president , to withdraw
his appointment as a justice of the
supreme court. Ho acknowledges that
action on his nomination is likely to bo
delayed some time , and while the filling
of the vacancy to which ho has been ap
pointed may not bo urgent there are ob
vious reasons why Mr. Lainur , under
the circumstances , should not allow
himself to bo the cause of any
delay. Ho must certainly reali/.o that if
finally confirmed ho would enter upon
the duties of his judicial otllco without
the confidence of a very largo portion of
the pooplc , a situation which n high-
minded man would not deliberately ac
cept. The fair conclusion from
Mr. Lnmar'H apparently deliberate
purpoao to hold on to this ap-
poiutme'nt must bo that ho is
intensely anxious to wear the judicial
robes of the highest tribunal , and this
will but strengthen the impression that
ho has a purpose to servo not wholly
personal.
Meantime it is interesting to observe
that the jnoro carefully the case of Mr.
Lumiir is considered the more strongly
appear the objections to him , and
the more widely dilVused the opin
ion becomes that his appointment was
n mistake which the senate should not
approve. Even the Now York Times ,
which has vigorously befriended Mr.
Lamnr against the charge of entertain
ing political views that unlit him for
the highest judicial position , is able to
see that there are other reasofcwhy his
confirmation is not to be desired. That
paper says the nomination "is one that
could bo fairly criticized , " and frankly
observes that "it it is obvious to those
who consider Mr. Lamar'squalifications
carefully , that whatever may o his rel
ative merits , ho is far from being an
ideal judge. " It argues that his ago is
against him "when wo consider that
his duties would bo almost en
tirely novel , and that the most
supple mind does not master new and
difficult tasks readily ntsixty and past. "
It remarks that his habit of mind "locks
the penetration and the original force
that are as valuable , and it may bo said
as essential , to the efficient judge as im
partiality. " The Times grants that ho
has not the reputation of being learned
in the law "or oven of possessing that
command of its principles and its his
tory that makes a senator an authority
on questions of the constitution. " And
the Times admits that thtt school in
which Mr. Lamar was trained , "the
point of view to which ho has been ac
customed , the associations by which
ho has been surrounded , may
without injustice and with
entire respect to him bo regarded as not
fitting him , if they do not distinctly
unfit him , for the work of a supreme
court justice at the present time and for
the half score years which ho would
have to servo. " The most irreconcilable
opponent of Mr. Lamar's confirmation
could oiler no morcconclusivoargument
against him. It embraces all that has
been said by others in opposition to'hira
and much more. The assumption of the
Times -that republican senators have
given no consideration to what it cites
as fair and reasonable objections to Mr.
Lamar is of course wholly gratuitous.
It is not probable that the men who
have served with Mr. Lamar in the sen
ate have failed to observe the de
fects which the Times sots forth , nor is
it probable these senators are blind to
the value of the "reasonable grounds"
of objection which these defects present.
In short , from whatever point of view
regarded , the nomination of Mr. Lamur
to the vacant justiceship was a blunder
duo , manifestly , to the ' 'positive af
fection" which Air. Cleveland in n
rather puerile way proclaims and re
publican senators will do their duty in
refusing to permit the blunder to suc
ceed.
They Arc Free.
The mayor and city council of Lincoln
nro no longer under the constraint of
federal judicial authority. The decis
ion of the supreme court of the , United
States in the hubcus corpus case , rend
ered yesterday , sot them free. They
are to bo congratulated upon the result ,
not merely because of the personal an
noyance and embarrassment they have
been relieved of , hut for the reason that
their contest has settled an important
question of general application.
This decision makes a valuable addi
tion to those that had preceded it defin
ing the powers and jurisdiction of federal
courts. It declared the whole proceed
ings before Judge Brewer with regard to
Ihe Lincoln officials to have boon illegal.
The federal court was entirely without
jurisdiction , and , the action of thu judge
was a Usurpation , Thu question settled
by this decision is that federal courts ,
Hitting as courts of equity have no ju
risdiction whatever over drhuinal cases ,
or cases Involving the appointment or
removal of state or municipal officers.
It is a further stop townrd relieving mat
ters of purely state concern from the in
terposition and authority of the federal
judiciary , and therefore possesses far
more than local intorestandsignificance.
The decision will undoubtedly attract
wide attention and bo generally ap
proved. , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Civil Service Kofiirm in Dniiprr.
Ill making up the house committees
Mr. Carlisle made sacrifices to prece
dent in several cases , but in
none more conspicuously than in
the construction of the commit
tee on reform in the civil service. The
chairman of that committee , Mr. Clem
ents , of Georgia , was ono of the "sec
end place" men in the last house , and
the fact is recalled that ho was the only
member of the committee who favored
a bill to repeal the civil service law.
Ho submitted a minority report declar
ing his belief that the law is not valid.
Ho characterized the examinations as
theoretical and hair-splitting tests ,
found fault with the method of hold
ing examinations , expressed his be
lief that all the employes of a govern
ment should bo taken-from the domi
nant party , and declared that ho feared
the law would sot up a permanent ofllco-
holdlng community. There is no rea
son to suppose that Mr. Clements has
changed his opinion , so that if another
clTort should bo made , as ono probably
will bo , to repeal the civil service law ,
it will bo assured of friendly treatment
in the committee on the reform of the
civil service. The second man on the
committee , Stone of Missouri , is also
unfriendly to the law and will act with
the chairman. The other members of
the committee , it is assumed , would
oppose a repeal of the law , but it
is easy to see that as the committee -
too isconstituted the advocates of widen
ing the scope of the law and making it
strong will got no encouragement.
It may bo remarked in this connec
tion that criticism of the committees is
generally far from flattering to Mr. Car
lisle , and this is true more largely of
democratic than republican papers.
Some of the former have gone so far as
to say that the worst onctny of the presi
dent , planning his best to embarrass
the administration and defeat its policy ,
could not have more shrewdly arranged
the important committees for this pur
pose than did Mr. Carlisle. Of course
the speaker had no such object , and the
result of his work in forming the com
mittees simply proves that it is a sort of
duty for which he lacks both the cour
age and the tact.
TUB heartless policy of the coal pro
ducers of Pennsylvania is shown by
some figures of the Philadelphia .Record.
That paper has done a great service to
the people of Philadelphia by supplying
them with coal at a little below the re
tail market price , a course it began in
1884. It reduced the price of coal from
$0.50 in that year to $4.90 per ton in the
beginning of 1887. Then came the com
bination between the railroads nnd the'
coal producers , under which thb con
sumers of Philadelphia and the entire
country have been put completely at the
mercy of the pool. As the result coal
now commands in Philadelphia $7 per
ton , "and , " says the .Record , "ns coal can
be mined , transported nnd profitably
sold hero at $3.25 per ton , it is evi
dent that the coal consumers of the
city , who use 2,300,000 tons of anthra
cite every year , are compelled to pay
more to the coal combinations in extor
tionate charges than they pay in taxes for
the support of the city government."Con
sumers of anthracite coal everywhere
suffer an equal extortion wilh thb "peo
ple of Philadelphia , and in most locali
ties perhaps greater , so that these pro-
tooted plunderers are'getting tens of
millions in tribute annually from the
whole people. Now , in the very heart
of winter , a formidable strike is permit
ted to occur which if prolonged will
bring on a general coal famine before the
present month is out , and meanwhile the
combination will reap all the benefit it
can by still further advancing the price
of what coal it may bo enabled to market.
The Jiccortl asks how long will the people
ple of Philadelphia submit to this pol
icy of combination and extortion , and
the question may bo enlarged to em
brace the whole country.
Now that the council and police com
mission are working in harmony , much
can bo done and shoij d bo done to ren
der our policoforqo more efficient.If any
man on the present force has proved
himself incompetent , or has not the
physical ability to perform the active
duties , ho should bo retired. The
force should be recruited strictly on a
non-partisan , non-sectarian , business
basis. Polities , religion and personal
favoritism should bo entirely disre
garded in the selection of our police
force. The pay of policemen should bo
graded. Men who enter the force
should be'begun with about $ -50 per
month for the first six months , SCO for
the next six months , $70 for the
second year , and $80 thereafter.
No removals should bo made except for
cause , and strict discipline should bo
rigidly enforced. While the council is
disposed to bo very liberal in its levy ,
there is no excuse for exhausting the
levy by increasing the force to its ut
most limit. Fifty policemen for the next
six months ought to be sufficient , and if
nt thu end of that period more nro
needed they can easily bo added.
Protected.
Labor Is "protected" la this great and
grand country. . Hut the unfortunate sewing-
women In Now York who got $1.50 a dozen
for making trousers , 15 cents apicco for vests ,
and 13 cents a day for crochottlnj ? shawls , do
not want to bo "protected" any inoro Just at
present. Their hearts arc full of thauksgiv-
iup for the protection they enjoy , with 'hun
ger to nas them ou and monopoly to grind
them down.
Ijitynl Sentiments.
Sclntuter Ou 111.
Governor Thayer voiced the sentiment of
nil'Nebraska republicans nnd loyal people
when ho wrote to Senators Mamlerson und
Paddock recently urging them to vote
against the continuation of L. Q. C. Lamar
as a justice of the supreme court of the
Unttal States | tlo said : "As n citizen of the
United States and a republican , I respect
fully and most earnestly protest against the
confirmation of L. Q. C. Lalnar as a Justice
of the supreme court of the United States.
Ho was In heart and principle Just as much n
traitor as Jeff Davis. Ho was n bold and do-
llfint advocate of the dissolution of the union
in 1800 (11 ( , Ho has.ucvcr . recalled his trea
sonable sentiments. A man with such n
record should nevorbo , placed nKin | the bench
of the supreme court of the United States by
the votes of republican senators , as ho Is not
a fit person to Interpret the constitution of
the United States.-J
. Couldn't Do Itcttcr.
A'cw York Trttmne.
As they are talking of starting n "wot"
campaign In Atlanta,1 Oa. , they couldn't do
bettor than to secure the services of Colonel
Italnwater of St. Louis , Major IJrlnkwatcr of
Denver , General Hoscwater of Omaha , and
Captain Hrondwatcr of Minnesota.
THE F1KM > OF INDUSTRY.
The demand for labor continues surpris
ingly largo.
The stovemakors would like to reduce
wages 10 per cent.
Petroleum has been struck seven miles
from San Antonia , Tox.
Three more gas wells nro being bored in
the Murraysvillo district.
A party of northern men Imvo just bought
3,000 acres at Chlploy , Fla.
A Richmond foundry turns out 100,000
pounds of eastings | > cr day.
The flsh-packlng industry Is becoming a
very important ono in Florida.
Francis Murphy , ttio temperance apostle ,
is working the Pittsburg mills.
A Shcllleld manufacturer is going to build
tool works at Birmingham , Ala.
The Western Pennsylvania stove foundries
have shut down for three weeks.
Six thousand furnace men have been locked
out In West Cumberland , England ,
A saw mill at Stardo , Fin. , has orders lor
four months to run night and day.
New York parties propose to start a largo
cotton compress ut Greenville , S. C.
Another eighty mile railroad has Just been
projected from Austin , Tex. , northward.
The Bricklayers nnd Masons' International
Union will meet in Boston in January.
Cotton batting is to bo made nt Eureka
Springs , Ark. , by n co-opcrativo company.
A Philadelphia company is building a 30x
800 foot cottonseed oil mill at Houston.
A fence builder at SanfordFla.is filling up
his shop with wood-working machinery.
Largo sales of coal and timber lands nro
being made in the Kunawha valley , W. Va.
Another cotton factory is to bo built nt
Watkinsvillo , Ga. , to bo run by water power.
The Influx of northern people into Florida
has stimulated all kinds of industries there.
A great many nowj heating and puddling
furnaces are beinglddcd in Pittsburg mills.
A $150,000 blast fin-naco will bo erected
next year within four miles of Chattanooga.
A brick concernhas ; started at Decatur ,
Aln. , that will make 2,000,000 , bricks per
month. i i
A great deal ofmachinery is being pur
chased in the north ; for southern machine
shops. . l
Andrew Carnogio'will put up $5,000 for the
Edgar Thomson ' Protective
Employes' asso
ciation , n
There is very HtiJe Inactivity In the Now
England states , audofery thing looks well for
the winter. '
It is expected tliatrn 10 per cent reduction
will go into effect in.Uio two steel rail mills nt
Scrnnton. *
Minneapolis , M'inn. , Is buying 13,000 feet of
thirty-six inch water-pipo from a Louisville
pipe-maker.
The smoke-stack of the Allentown thread
mill will bo 227 feet high , the tallest in the
United States.
So far this year 1,323 miles of railroad have
been laid , in which Alabama takes the lead
with 437 miles.
The Sprague people nro crowded with or
ders , and have now eighty motors running in
New York city alone.
Tne outlook among the tool and implement
works in the west is good. There are no
strikes or agitations.
Arkansas builders cannot wait on the sun
to dry brick , but are buying machinery to bo
run by steam power.
About 2.V ) members of the British Iron and
Steel institute will spend six weeks on a trip
to America next fall.
Canadian labor is still going and coming ,
and is n little easier to got along with than
the foreign mill labor.
A $2,000,000 iron and coal company has just
been organized at Timoville , ICy. , the centre
of a rich mineral district.
Ono steel firm at Pittsburg proposes to put
up two mills , one fourtccn-ineh and ono
twcnty-ciglitrinch , for corrugating purposes.
The Baby nnd tlio Soldiers.
Chlcayo Ledger.
Rough and ready the troopers ride ,
Great bearded men with swords by sldo ;
They have ridden long , they have ridden hard ,
They are travel-stained und battle scarred ;
The hard ground shakes with their martial
tramp ,
And coarse is the laugh of the men of the
camp.
They reach a spot where a mother stands ,
With a baby clapping its little hands ,
Laughing aloud at the gallant sight
Of the mounted soldiers fresh from the fight.
The captain laughs out : "I'll give you this ,
A handful of gold , your baby to kiss. "
Smiles the mother : "A kiss can't ! bo sold ,
But gladly ho'll kiss a soldier bold.1
Ho lifts up the baoo with a manly grace ,
And covers with kisses its smiling face ,
Its rosy cheeks , nnd its dimpled charms.
And it crows with delight in the soldier's
arms.
"Not all for the captain , " the soldiers call ;
"Tho baby , wo know , has a kiss for all. "
To the soldiers' breast the baby is pressed
By the stiong , rough wen , und by turn ca
ressed ;
And louder it laughs , nnd the mother fair
Smiles with mute Joy as the kibscs they
share. '
"Just such a kiss , " cries ono trooper grim ,
"When I left my boy'I gavoto him ;
And just such a kiss pa the parting day
I gave to my girl us asleep she lay. "
Such were the works of the soldiers bravo
And their eyes were uioibt as the kiss they
gave.
STATK ANDrf-TKIIUITOUY. a
Nebraska .Jottings.
Blair is feeding a multitude of crow.
The shipments of1 corn from Oakland
last month aggregated 80,000 bushels.
A monster wild cat and a fifty-six
pound beaver wore bagged by Ilenry
West near Albion last week.
L. C. Mick , a merchant at Salem ,
cooled a burning thirst for liquor with a
revolver recently. Death was painless.
Two more of the twenty locomotives
ordered by the 15. &M.for the Cheyenne
branch have arrived at the shops in
Plaltsmoutli.
Columbus is beginning to realize the
benefits of canneries and creameries ,
nnd is moving to secure the establish
ment of one or both.
The coroner of Dodge county retired
from active business last week , and gon-
oroujly furnished himself ius a subject
for his successor. Ho took laudanum.
The LieiUrico Cunninir company has a
record of 2,000,000 cans of corn nnd to
matoes since its inception. In 1837 over
l00,000 ! cans of corn and tomatoes wore
packed from 2WO loads of produce
raised upon 750 acres of land by several
hundred fanners within a radius of ten
miles of Uoatrce , and it will require
about 1,200 acres to supply the factory
this coining fonson. The company has
a capital of iMOO.lHH ) .
A reminiscence of the fcninn days ot
T.8 ( was brought to light in Plattsmoulh
last week by the removal to Lincoln of
the boxes of muskets stored in the Fitz
gerald block for years. Those muskets
are the remnants of a lot of 700 pur-
chawed by Mr. Fitzgerald over twenty
years ago ns argument for a parly of
Fenians , who wore prepared to partici
pate in the proposed Fenian invasion of
Canada in 1808. Inroads have been
made upon this well-equipped armory
for various purposes , from time to time ,
the la t occasion being the equipment of
a militia company at Omaha two or
throe slnco. The muskets remaining
have never been unpacked.
" \VjoiiiliiK- .
The glass works at Laramie will
begin blowing this month.
The territorial fish hatchery has been
replenished by a consignment of 1"G-
000 brook trout from Massachusetts.
Specimens of olllcial gall occasionally
crop out on the frontier. ShorilT Sharp-
loss , of Cheyenne , 1ms filed a claim for
the reward of300 offered by the county
for the capture of Harry Patterson , a
murderer. The olllcinl is not satisfied
with salary , expenses and mileage.
The Sun declares that the past year
has been an exceedingly ovcntful ono to
Cheyenne , nmf aside from the losses
suffered by its citizens engaged in the
cattle business which will bo retrieved
during 1888 , or at the furthest in " 89 ,
there arc many reasons for gratitude.
It has been a year of substantial im
provements ; a year of important pro
jects ; a year of fortunate consumma
tions. The principal improvements
were the extension of the Burlington
road , completion of the Union Pacific
depot and territorial capital , extension
of the Cheyenne & Northern , erection
of additional buildings at Fort Russell ,
erection of a territorial asylum for the
blind , deaf and dumb , inauguration of
mail delivery , electric fire alarm , street
cars , board of trade , territorial fair , and
the construction of scores of business
blocks and residences.
The Pacillu Co.iKt.
The assessed value of real estate in
San Francisco is $11)1,008,4It. )
The Indians of Fraser river country
nro being decimated by the ravages of
measles.
Frank Fuller , who killed Archbishop
Scghcrs in Alaska last summer , has
been convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to ton years' imprisonment
and to pay $1,000 fine.
Eugene Semple , in his annual report
to the secretary of the interior , esti
mates the population of Washington
territory at 143,00 , ! ) , an increase of over
15,000 in the last two years.
Black Bart , the famous highwayman ,
will bo a free man on the 21st inst. , and
if ho may bo relied upon , he proposes
to load an honest life. Certainly the
express company and the post office de
partment will join in the hope that ho
will not return to the exciting pastime
of "holding-up" stages.
The total number of sales of San Fran
cisco city property last year amounted to
nearly C,000 , and the amount of the
whole was $20J80,74 ( . The increase
over 1880 was 00 per cent in the number
of sales nnd 33 per cent in the amount
of money which changed hands , show
ing that the great bulk of the property
sold wore small lots or small houses.
Six-sevenths of the properties sold was
paid for in cash , for the releases of
mortgages amounted to $7,881,775 , while
the now mortgages recorded were $11-
255,274 ; the now money borrowed being
thus $15,374,000 , something over one-
seventh of the new money invested in
city real estate.
SOUTH OMAHA NEWS.
J. W. Andrews , of Fremont , Nob. , is at the
Exchange.
W. H. Howe , of Cowlcs , Neb. , registered
at the exchange.
T. Carrabull of Sioux City is stopping at
the exchange.
Clarence Brown , of Chicago , is stopping at
at the Exchange.
D. Guernsey , of Alma , has four cars of
cattle on the market.
George Moisner. of Shelton , is in with two
loads of cattle and ono of hogs.
George Liaiscr , cashier of Melsncr's bank ,
Shelton , is looking around the yards.
J. W. ICelly , of Kelly & Englesprccht , is in
with a load of hogs und sheep from Beaver
City.
City oflleinls can't get their pay increased
until their present term of olllce expires. So
says the statute.
W. H. Uundnll and J. P. Becker , of Colum
bus , nro in the market with four cars of
cattle.
Another week has passed and no arrests
have been made. Judge lleuther is having a-
( juiot time.
It costs $10 to got n plumber's ' license in
South Omaha. What fortunes can be made
ou a $10 investment.
Warner A. Root , of the Hoof nnd Horn , re
turned last night from Beatrice , where he
had been visiting friends.
Some ono touched the till of the Little Gem
restaurant Sunday night , during the momen
tary absence of the proprietor.
A shoemaker named Lukes sued Barney
Blumo for $200 damages , for retaining his
tools and some leather for a debt , and thus
depriving him of a chance to make a living.
The case was called before Justice Levy , but
had been settled out of court.
James Nelson sold out his blacksmithing
business to C. F. Smith , telling him it was
free from all encumbrance. Smith found it
was mortgaged , and as Nelson would neither
settle the mortgage nor refund the money ho
received from Smith , the latter swore out a
warrant for his arrest.
Quito a number of residents nro losing
friends and and relatives just now. Sun
day Al Lempko was notified by telegraph
that his father had died in Baltimore , and
yesterday Dr. Kirkpatriclc and Harry
Webster , of S.ixo Bro.'h , each received a sim
ilar telegram announcing the de.itli of their
f.ithcrs in Illinois and Atlantio City respect
ively.
E. Meyers had a narrow escape from
death yesterday. His team ran away and
upset wlillo crossing the railroad track , leav
ing him senseless in front of'an approaching
ongino. A lady , whoso name could not bo
learned , dragged him oft" just in time to save
his life , and he was taken to Mclchor's drug
store where Drs. Ensor nAil Krnhout at
tended him. Beyond a badly bruised leg and
a few minor contuslona lie Is all right.
MOHTUAUY.
llAUIUQKlt.
Eugnnlc , the little daughter of Major Bar-
riger , who resides at 518 north Twenty-second
street und aged ! lj < f years , died yesterday
after a painful attack of diphtheria. Thrco
inoro of the major's children have been at
tacked with the snmo sickness and friends
hope that their attack may not bo attended
wltn an unfortunate result.
Iluy Up the Stock.
Secretary W. S. Wiley , of the Water
Works company. Is in Boston. H is reported
that the object of his visit is to close up with
eastern holders of water works slock , alt of
which Is to bu bought up by a syndicate of
local capitalists.
Information Tor Her.
The huly who called at the central station
Saturday in search of a lost child , can hear
something to her udVantugu by calljng again
uoon the chief of police.
RAIDING THE COUNCIL AGAIN ,
The Snmo Old Oniier of Sohomots nt
Tholr Uatirtl Qaiuo.
JUGGLERY.JOBBERY AND BOODLE
How Counultmrn Cnu lie Mesinrrl/.i'cl
mill Ilitlltlozed by Men AVIio
llolil Clubs Over Their
II ends.
Three weeks afjo the city council instructed
the clerk to invite proposals for city prlnt-
in J , which really means olllcial advertising
for the year 18S3. Mr. Southard thereupon
published n notice InvHItiK bids for city printIng -
Ing , to bo left at his ofllco up toI o'clock p.
in. , Tuesday , December ! } 7. Bids were filed
by all the dally papers , but the council hold
no meeting that til lit , nor did it open the
bids at the special hold Thursday , December
29. Last Tuesday the bids were finally
o ] > onod nnd referred to the committee ou
printing. They are reitortcd by the present
olllctal pnt > er , the Republican , us follows :
"Thb bid of the World was ns follows : By
the square. 10 lines , 43 rents for the first , ! W
cents for the second , S3 cents for the third ,
nnd 'Jl cents for the fourth nnd each subse
quent insertion , or10 cent * per square each
insertion , or ! ! 7 cents Per folio.
"Tho Herald will do the work for i)7 ) cents
for the ( Irst , 23 cents for the second , and 1"
Vents for each subsequent insertion | > or
square of 10 lines nonpareil.
"Tho But : bids 100 words 1 insertion , Ki
cents ; 2 Insertions , Wcents ) ; n insertions , tX )
cents ; 4 insertions , 80 cents ; 5 Insertions , DO
cents , nnd 10 cents for each subsequent Inser
tion , all in the morning BKK. For Insertion
in thu evening Bra : , in conjunction with the
morning BIK. : as follows : One insertion in
the evening Buifj : \ cent per word ; 1 In evening -
ing and 2 In morning , J.f cent ; 1 in evening
and 2 in morning , J < cent ; 1 in evening and : i
in morning , 1 cent ; 1 in evening mid 4 in
morning , lucent. Local notices : 1 In even
ing and 1 in morning- . > cents per lino. All
notices In confined editions more than 5
times , % cent per word iu evening and 1
cent per word In morning.
"The Omaha Republican bid was as fol
lows : fifty cents per inch for the llrst in
sertion , 2T > for the second. 10 for the third , ID
for the fourth , 10 for the iifth , und 10 cents
for each subsequent insertion. Also 40 cents
per square for the llrst , 15 cents for the second
end , 10 cents for the third , 10 cents for the
fourth , 10 cents for thu llfth nnd each subse
quent Insertion. Advertisements to ho in
sert ed at Yi cent per word for o.ich Insertion. "
It was manifest to everjbody who heard
these bids read that the Bui : was bv far the
lowest bidder. The World's bid for 100
words was 37 cents. The Herald's bid w.is27
cents for ten lines of nonimre.il , uqual hi
seventy wortls , , or about ! 13U cents per 100
words. The Republican's bid wns 50 cents
per inch , or eighty-four words of noupaicil ,
or a fraction over tit ) cents for 100 words.
The Republican's bid by the square at 40
cents Is equal to Ml cents for 100 words.
Tlio BKK'S bid for the morning edition was
S3 cents per 100 words , nnd for the evening
edition ! > 0 cents per 100 words. Its bid for the
morning edition was less than one-half of
that of the Republican , and for the ereuing
edition , per ilrst insertion , it was 9 cents
lower than the Republican for 100 words , orn
difference of 18 per cont.
The council committee on printing consists
of Councilmcii Kitchen , Manville and Ford.
Last Thursday Councilman Munville met Mr.
Rosewater at the First National bank und
calling him aside , said : "Wo are going to
nwiml the printing to the HKK this year.
Kitchcu insists on giving it to the Republi
can , oven If it is the highest bidder. You
know Kitclien is a partner of Cadet Taylor's
brother in the Gate City Laud company , and
ho is bound to go ngainst the BKK. But my
self and Ford have agreed to uward It to the
BII : : . Kvcrybody In the council , when the
bids wore read , said the BKK'S ' bid was the
lowest. But wo went further , and called on
one of the clerks in the court house , who has
been n printer , nnd ho llgured it out for us
plain enough that the BKK is way below
everybody. "
"Well , " said Mr. Kosowatcr , "I have not
approached any councilman on the subject.
We uro the lowest bidders , und of course
under the law we are entitled to the contract.
Our bid is lower than any that the city has
had for twenty years. "
"Well , " replied Mr. Manville , we arc going
to Buiit it out in spite of Kitchen. "
"What can Kitchen do for the Republican
if it Is not the lowest bidden" asked Mr.
Rosowater.
"They can muddle It up , " replied Mr. Manville
villo , "by ro-advertising and draggiug the
matter along. The Republican contract
doesn't expire until a now contract is made. "
On Saturday morning Manville again mot
Mr. Rosewater and reassured him that there
would bo no monkey work this time , and that
the council would do the square tliiiur. Such
assurances were also volunteered by Councilmen -
men Lowery nnd Lee and others.
But on Saturday night when the council
committees met for their regular weekly
conference in the council chamber. Cadet
Taylor , O. H. Rothackor nnd Smith , the new
president of thu Republican , took Ford and
Manville in hand , and by bull-dozing and
threats got them to sign the report , which
had been prepared for cat's p.iw Kitchen by
the boodle gang , in which report they rec
ommend that the council shall reject all bids'
and re-advertise , under the pretense
that the committee is lui.iblo to tell which
is the lowest bidder. This report
will bo presented to the council Tuesday night
If it is adopted the delay will insure the
printing for the Republican for another
month , und possibly longer , ns the saimi tae-
tics can bo continued indefinitely.
It may not be out of place in this connec
tion to recall the jupglcry nnd trickury
which were resorted to last summer by Cadet
Taylor and his copartners in rascality and
jobbery. In Juno the council invited bids
for the old fiscal years' printing when the
law only allowed the contract to bo let to
January 1 , 1SS8. The Republican Hied three
separate bids , and when all other bids wore
withdrawn under a misapprehension , Cadet
Taylor withdrew two of his bids and left the
highest ono which charged thu city more
than double the rate of his
present contract. The council by u
snap judgment awarded the contract and the.
next morning , by the city attorney's conni
vance , the mayor's signature to the contract
\v.is obtained under false pretenses. This
piece of rascality was enjoined by Judge
Groff , who for protecting the city against
sharks was subsequently made n target of
the Republican's inud-battorynml beaten for
the straight republican nomination by those
jobbers. No sooner w.is Judge Grotl's in
junction issued than a resolution was adopted
by the council practically nullifying the In
junction , und the Republican was given the
printing temporarily at last year's contract
of the ! ! KK. This was not only a defiance of
the court but u downright swindlu oi thu tux-
payers , inasmuch as the Republican has on
circulation in Omaha worth mentioning , and
its advertising space can bo bought by any
body nt one-fourth of the Hr.u's rate.
Judge Wakelcy stepped in and granted an
injunction against this piece of soullduggery
Then thu council turned around und voted
the olllci.il printing to the Herald ut the samu
rates. Finally , after wrangling and fussing
over two mouths , Cadet Taylor filed a new
bidatliO cenls per folio , while everybody
else was bidding by thu square. The folio ,
ho'claimed , was UK ) words , and the contract
was awarded to the Republican on these
terms with a proviso , cunningly injected by
the city attorney who has 'oeon playIng -
Ing into the hands of this corrupt gang from
the outset that the Republican contract
should continue Indefinitely until another
contract should be let. The game now Is to
prevent the letting of any contract except to
the Republican. There's liable to bo some
music in this renewal of booJlo methods und
bot.'us bids.
Mr. Mount's Dlncovory.
A discovery was madaycstcrday by Commis
sioner Mount at the court IIOUHO that will
save to the rounty several hundreds of del
lars. In an old cabinet in tlln county clerk's
office was found an immense amount of sta
tionery that has laid there for throoor four
years. It is estimated that the Und Is worth
between Wt ami ( iUO. Why It has lain them
so long no one secum to know ,
1/osl lllH I'eiiblou Ccrtilloato.
Miuiro M. Cluhls , 'of Lennox , Lincoln
county , Dakota , writes to Chief of 1'olico
Scavoy that whllu hero attending the Grand
Army of thu Republic [ reunion fin tliohth of
September last , lie lost his pension cert iflcutv ,
Js'o.)7ra < ; . Ho jeqtifsts that the post com
mander nmki ) inquiry whether any of the
Omaha members found the document.
CAR GLEANING.
The Mnnnrr In Which tlio ColnrAtcU
Pullman Cnrn nro Ctcnumt.
A IiarKO Force of Man Conntnntty Km-
ployed hi ( tin VnriU Ncnr the
Transfer AVho Mnko Thnt Husl-
ncusn Specialty.
l'ow persons who huvo enjoyed the luxury of
n Joiirm > y la oiii ) of tlui xmnptuous cnrsotlho
IMIImun 1'iilixcc Car roinp.iny know the jroulilo
nndciiMo | the company nro nt to keep the
nmciillk'i'iit imliuv.s on \ \ liwN la order und ro-
tmlr. A reporter for thlt pnprr recently visited
flip yimN near the transfer depot , nml nw thu
modus opriamU puiiwoit by lliu employes In
renovating tlio cum no Ihry i-otiii'In ftom tlio
long tilps. Tlio reporter Is liiilclilcil to Mr.
frank iMhlMrom for thu tnfornmtlnn. During
his ronversiitlonlth Mr. iMhl.slroni the n < *
poiter U urne < l the followInc harrowing exporl-
oiu'o which th.it RtMitlemiin roeoiitly piisnod
through. Mr. DahNtrom onicl , "I llvoU In llo.i-
ton. MIIHS. , for \ \ hlle , nml llit'ii obtained n ftooil
Hltnntlon nt I'rovldcnct' , It. I. , whcru \vorkt-il I
for two ymr , wln-n I tiimlu up my mind to
iiinko it cfmnip. nml us the western furor \viis
then nt Its lirluht 1iis 1 Induced to Irnvo there
ami landed In Onmha something over four > cur *
aio. I noticed whllo In the New KnKluiid Stuti-a
thnt t Wns iilwtiy * moio or lens troubled vrith
colds In tliohoad. ntid hud pnlns thioiiKh my
chest.s und Mionldois with n rontlmious hoiul-
aclu' . My WHO wus uenrly all stopped up so
that I bccamn accustomed to lirontlilim through
my mouth altogether. When 1 lay in bed ut
night the mucous would Rather In my thront
nmllixlue there , und in the momlng ft. would
g.ig mo , and It was of no unfieiuenl ( orciirrenrn
that 1 would Imvo to vomit liefoiel lould lid
mywlf of It. Then 1 betrau to notice Unit my
lii'iirlnu was more or lens atlec ted and
1 llfll IN TO KKAIl IIK IKNKMt
ns 1 Imd n constant rlnulim nml huzzlng nolsu In
mv head nnd o.irs. I thought that after 1
chanced my residence the climate would IK <
lienetlrlul , out mirh nns not tliornno. Instead
of getting better 1 umllnued to grow worse , my
appotlto was poor , especially was tills thuenxo
In the morning , t which tlmo I could scarcely
eat my breakfast at all , and whnt llttlofoodi
did eat eemed to dl trctn mo very much. 1 hnd
a belching up of wind nnd would feel hick foi
moro than an hour after o.itlnn. My food did
nots" " ! ! ! to dlR > 'st. 1 wai constipated nearly
nil the time , und MilTorcd from headache which
1 attributed to tlio Momnrh cans d liy Indices-
tlon. Whenever 1 would .sU > op down to pick up
iinythlng I would become dizzy , and would fre
quently Mngiier or would have to hnvo support
until the faint Hpells would pass away. I was
Irritable nnd inoroso nnd was very easily ex-
riled. 1 continued to grow worse nnd worse nnd
bcc.unu
LOW SPlltlTIlD AMI DKSl'ON W.M1 ,
nnd felt a though 1 was golnu to die. I worried
mj.sclf consldeiablo and prolublv that lielped
to iiinko me worse. 1 nlways felt tlrud nnd
drowsy with no ambition to do n > thine. I did
not sleep soundly at nluht , ami what little sleep
1 did gut wns attended by thu mont hoirlblo
ill earns iiiincluiililo , and would lay nwuko for
liimis ffaring If I .should go to .sleep 1 would
Imvo a repi'tltlnn. My feet were neaily always
cold , my e > oH wrio red and fiO\tiently ( swollen ,
nnd ut times mv uoe would discharge thin
white miiciix , nnd when loosened would lie kind
putrid. My breath wax olletishe and seemed tone
no Nlioit , so much so that 1 could only walk n
short distance before 1 would liavc to stop nnd
it" > t.
"I grow' rapidly worse , nnd was about to glvo
up my situation hero when i notlccdthoMiccesH-
fill treatment of Drs. MclJoy and Henry , and
Ilimlly I was Induced to visit their olllce for con
sultation. Aftur n careful examination IVIIH
told ] was siitrerliiK front Catarrh of the nose ,
tin oat and stomach , and that tiuiy could help
mo , and In nil probability cure mo entirely.
They would I.ot , now ever , promise moposUUofy
tliattlioy would euro mo. I bewail treatment
about the first of October , and visited their
otllco at lORiilar Intervals , following tholr direc
tions to tliti letter , and I nniHt say that I never
tell bettor In mv life than I do to day , and 1 cor-
talnlvowe my life to tlio.se gentlemen , for 1 do
not Imvo a single symptom of my former
trouble , and I cheerfully lecommend llio treat
ment of tlio o Kontlomcn to nny ono mitrurlnjr
' "
from
FIIANK DAnr.STHOM ,
the subject of the above sketch , now resides dt
No. 'Ul William street , nnd Is employed by the
I'ullnmn 1'alnco Car company , and w 111 verify
this statement to nny ono who may call on him.
FETID NASAL , CATARRH.
Its Symptoms nnit What it I/onds To
The Miserable I'Vellnjf , Kic.
Tills form ofratnrrli is pssentnllly n disease
of the iiasnlravlty proper and does not extend to
the vault of ihe pharynx , for a wlillo n dry en-
tarih mayandeiy frequently doe ? , develop
in that region as the ic.siilt of blructmal changes
within the tissues of thu mucus membrane. The
symptoms mainly consist in the accumulation
in the imsal cavity of otlenslvo masses und
crusts together with mote or less of a lluld ills-
charRO. . The nannl cavity thus obstructed ,
breathing l.s moio or loss dtllicnlt.
The sen&o of smell Is Impalied , if not entirely
lost. The special liability to take colds on thu
least expoiino exists , and the susceptibility to
changes of tempeiatureaiid the Inlliiencu of n
damp atmospliero frequently causes thickening
of the nasal mucus membrane. As the secre
tions KO on from the HIU face of the mucus mem
brane , the masses aio lifted fiom their bed , and
still losliiKtlieir moisture , largo < rusts urn grad
ually built from In-low which mould themselves
in Its nariow poitlous in such a manner that the
snUcrcr l.s nimble to dislodge them , and lomaln
In position for days and t \ en weeks. 'I he odor Is
offensive In tlio extreme , as a lesult of long re
tention , during which tlmo thu mitrefaetlvo
clmiiKi'H uru constantly KuliiKon. The sufferer
limy ha entirely unconscious of the ollenslvo
breath , but others readily notice It and endea
vor to shun tlio compi'.nlonshlp of such peison ,
This affection Is usually classed among tlio in-
tr.ictlhlo , and oftentimes Incurable diseases , but
l.s treated successfully and l.s qulto amuiialilo to
tieatment If tint Instructions ami tiejtnunllH
carried out faithfully , and tlio tiliystclan thor
oughly understands his business. It must bo
conceded that n specialist paving particular at
tention tn catarrh unit liuiK trouble certainly IK
bettor qualified to treat with success all such
cascri , because liu is thoroughly posted on all the
modern appliances in medical bclcnce.
OATAHUH CAN iu < : cuuuu.
The Succosflful Mothmla n Used by
I > rs. McCoy Jt Henry.
Tlio treatment for catauh. lung trouble ,
nutlmm , iheiimatlsm and otlior chronic diseases
can only bo applied successfully by onowholms
investigated and made n life-Ion study of such
diseases , Careless doi tors and tho-o who are
not thoroughly acquainted with HIOMI tioubli
art ) liable to full , when a skillful Hiieclullst who
1ms do voted > curs to that particular business ,
as Drn , McCoy A : Ilenry , will succeed. Notliluu
but the \ery nest treatment known to medical
science Is given to all patients , and it cnn bo
Hifcly said that these gentlemen are master *
orall Unit Is known of consumption ami otlmr
( hroulc diseases up to date. \ \ 1th them It Is no
longer speculation and experiment It Is
str.ilLlitforwaid treatment , icsultlng from liji ! !
intellectual and scientific attainments , added to
n tlioroiijjli medical education In thu KK'atest
.Amcilcan hoHpltalu and under the Kieattt.st
.Amcilcan masters of moilldiio and surgery.
These gentlemen have added to tlio exhaustive
knowledge of their specialties a reputation for
moderate diaries , as their consultation f o U
but fl , whether nt thulr olllce , or an opining
given by mall.
DOCTOR
J , GRESAP McCOY ,
Late of Bcllcvno Hospital , Now York ,
AND
Dr. Columbus Henry
ll.uteot University of I'l-nniy-lvanla )
IIAVI : Orrici.s :
No. ! 1110 and ill 1 IN ItA.MCI ! IIUIMHNO.
Corner I'lfteenth and HnrnnyiitH. , Om.ilu. Neb. .
vhoro all < iirHbln IKM s acu treated
with Biicross.
Medlral diseases tit-alt clNklllfillly. Consump
tion , llrinht'H dUeii-M' . DyHpepslu. Itlieumatlim ,
and all MJUVOI'S DI.SKASi : * . AM dlmi-isi-if pn.
rnllar to thu t > oxe * > a upoel.ilty. ( 'AT.MtilU
( Jimilli.
ro.NSfl.TATIOX at office or bv mall , l.
UIIIc'u lioiirn- to 11 a.m. , Ute 1 p. in. , T to 8 p.
ni. . SuudsyH Included.
Coriuspcmdenriiieci.-lves prompt attention.
Many dlseaseh uro treated hiiccensfnliy by
Urn , McCoy and Ilenry through tlio malls , nnd
It Is thus possible for these unnbln to inaKo u
journey to obtain successful hospital treatment
nt Ilieli homes.
Nolt'ttPis unswemi unluus accompnnloil by
4c in rtninju.
Aildrrns nil letters to Drs. McCoy and lltinry ,
HoonnJIIO and Ult Kamcu building , Onuho ,
Nub ,