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COUNCIL BhUtTs captured Omaha
to-day. It JH hoped the IllutTora will
not bo caught in a blizzard on tboir way
home.
STIIONO-MINDKI ) women should po to
Washington territory. Both branches
of its legislature have re-onacted the
female suffrage law.
A SKVKK-iNCU vein of natural shoe-
blacking has been found in Missouri.
This is an unmistakable attempt on the
part of nature to supply the lack of
' ' polish among Miusouritins.
It , TIIK appointment of General Bragg
tut minibter to Mexico turns out to bo an
unfortunate one also. Ho is said to
suffer from dyspepsia. A diplomat with
n defective digestive system can never
be successful.
THE superintendent of the street rail
way doesn't care a cent oven though his
street cars are pounded into kindling
by colliding cable motors. Wo advise
him , confidentially , to allow the poundIng -
Ing to begin immediately on his Thir
teenth street bobtail cars.
VKUMONT formerly produced n largo
amount of wool , but the industry has
declined to very small dimensions there.
In 1850 the state bad ono million sheep ,
while in 1880 the number was only
78KH ( ) . Evidently the wool tariff has
been n failure so far as Vermont is con
! * > * > cerned.
THE old chestnut to reimburse the de
positors of the defunct Precdman's Sav
ing and Trust company for loss incurred
by its failure , bobs up serenely at every
session of congress. Congressman
Caruth , of Kentucky , has the honor this
tlmo of resurrecting the bill. Perhaps
ho has an eye to knocking a hole in the
surplus , and saving the tariff.
Arrms a careful investigation of the
subject , the St. Paul Pioneer Press has
come to thu conclusion that high licoiibo
In Minnesota has materially diminished
drunkenness in that state since the now
law wont into effect. The same result
lias been produced by high license in all
this states that have so far tried this
method of dealing with intemperance.
WITH Justice Field in charge of the
circuit at ono end of the Southern Pa
cific railroad , and Justice Lamar ex
pounding the law in the circuit at the
other end , it would seem that Stanford
ot nl. ought to feel pretty secure. The
more carefully the circumstances are
looked at the more certain docs it appear
that Stanford know what ho was doing
when ho voted to confirm Lamar.
THK general freight agents of the
Western association decided at their
mooting in Chicago this week not to
reduce gruin rates from Omaha and
Council Bluffs to meet the cut from Kan
sas City , unless a movement of Nebraska
grain toward that place should take
place. The shippers of this bttito thus
have a means for mooting this unjusti
fiable discrimination against them which
they should adopt at once.
TlTK Bomowhat chostnutty story is
Bent from London that the Cobden club is
showing unusual activity , and that its
surplus funds will bo sent to this coun
try , to reinforce the free trade move
ment. As there is no such movomiflit
making or contemplated iu this coun
try the Cobden club surplus , if it has
any , would simply bo wasted hero. But
this ridiculous story is ronoated every
time there is an effort made to rovit-o the
tariff and reduce burtleiisomo taxation ,
and will no longer do service with those
fnmilitir with its ancient character
The Cobden club seems likely to lind
use at home for all the money it can
raise.
TIIK Knights of Labor have taken
issue with the management of the
bureau of engraving and pi luting a' '
Washington. Tlioy bring strong am
definite charges ot incapacity in the
printing of the government securities
The Knights of Labor claim that b.\
printing the silver cortiflcatus and the
internal revenue stamps on stcan
presses that the work is a disgrace ti
the government , being cheap , inferior
nnd easily counterfeited. They domain
that nil government notes nnd stamp-
shall bo printed in the highest style o
the art of plato printing from hand
roller presses , so as to bocuro the gov
ernment and the public against loss b }
wear , inferior Avork and counterfeiting
The charges will bo investigated.
Itntlrontl Itctnllntlon.
The vitidictivoncss of the subsidized
corporations , In pursuing and traducing
those who have the courage and the
K-tibo of justice to expo.-o and properly
lenounce their nbusoof corjHirato power
and their robbery of the peopleis well
illustrated in the public attack that has
) cen made on ux-GOvornor PaUlson ,
chairman of the Pneillc railroad com
mission. There cannot bo a reasonable
loubt respecting the inspiration of this
ittnck. It could hnvo proceeded from
no other tourco than the Pacific rail
road buccaneers , though possibly only
these identified with the Central Pacific
are immediately responsible for it.
Nowhere else could there exist a
motive for such nn assault upon
the character nnd integrity as
a public man of Governor
PaUlson. Ho is not engaged in a po
litical contest or seeking political pre
ferment. Having completed his work
is ii member of the commission and
submitted his report ho has returned to
Ilia private duties. Ho Is doing nothing ,
and so far astlio world knows , intending
nothing , that should invite an attack
upon his integrity while in public life.
But his entirely tr.uo and just presenta
tion of the character and conduct of the
Pacific railroad corporations , mid his
uncompromising recommendation of a
iiolicy that would go far to secure jus
tice to the government and protect the
i > ooplo against further abuses , are virile
'acts that nro yet to play an impor-
.iint part in giving form and
spirit to the legislation of congress re
garding the subsidized railroads. Howe
; o break the force of Governor Patti-
bon's honest and fearless presentation of
the case against these corporations is
now the study of their unscrupulous
managers. Ono of the expedients al
ready adopted is to attack the integrity
of Governor Pattison us a public ofllcial.
The charge made is that while gov
ernor of Pennsylvania Pattison had
been improperly influenced by the Van-
dcrbilts to sign bills relating to the con
struction of the South Pennsylvania
railroad , an enterprise intended to com
pete with the Pennsylvania railroad ,
and therefore in the interest of the
Vandorbilta. It is alleged that
Governor Pattison nt first determined to
veto these bills and engaged Judge .Ter-
omiah S. Black to prepare the message ,
but afterwards decided to approve the
measures , which he did. From these
circumstances the inference is permitted
to bo drawn that Governor Pattison was
bribed. The answer of Governor Patti-
hon is that ho never asked Judge Black
to write a veto message , or promised
him or any ether man to veto the bills
in question , and that ho signed the
bills becau&o ho believed the projected
road to bo a proper and necessary
enterprise. Subsequently the at
torney general of Pennsylvania ,
by direction of the governor ,
instituted proceedings to prevent
the Pennsylvania railroad company from
absorbing the South Pennsylvania road.
Tlio facts clearly and fully exonerate
Governor Pattison , and show his course
in this matter to have been straightfor
ward , honorable and judicious.
Thc'nttack of the railroads on Governor
Pattison will not have the desired effect.
It will detract nothing from the value
and force of his report , nor will it lesson
the popular opinion that ho was the
right man in the right place ns chair
man of the Pacific railroad commission.
The thoroughness of the investigation
was duo very largely to his energy , zeal
and fearless determination to get at
the bottom facts , and to the end
of the work bo exhibited a purpose to
carry out fully the intention of congress
in creating the commission. Ho justi
fied the judgment of the president in
appointing him. and was the ono man of
the commission who grow to command
the entire popular confidence. No vin
dictive assaults upon Governor Pntti-
bon will now avail to impair or dimin
ish the respect he has won by a.straight
forward and fearless course and the ex
pression of opinions honestly enter
tained.
Nebraska's Ileroio Tcnclicr .
The BKE'S story of the heroic action
tiid | great presence of mind of Miss
Minnie Freeman , a teacher in Mira
Valley dibtrict , Valley county , in saving
the lives of her thirteen pupils in the
blizzard , has excited wide interest. It
will bo remembered that when the
wind blow off the door und the roof of
the frail school house , she tied twelve
of the children together with a string ,
nnd taking the youngest in her arms ,
safely led the little band through the
drifts and blinding clouds of biiow to a
farm hoiffio three-quarters of a milo dis
tant. She has become a heroine , and
deserves to bo rewarded. In Franco
she would bo voted a Ufa pension. It
hits been suggested that this
bravo young lady , aged only nineteen
years , bo given a medal. The BICE
would make another suggestion. Miss
Freeman deserves something moro sub
stantial than a moro souvenir. She is
now earning a scanty livelihood at
probably $25 per month. She should bo
liberally rewarded by contributions in
money that would enable her to acquire
n homo and t become independent.
Money enough will bo cheerfully con
tributed by the teachers in the public
schools of Omaha alone to buy a band-
bomo medal. In doing this the teachers
would only honor themselves and their
own profession. The city nt largo and
the people of the state should contribute
to n fund for Miss Freeman. These
contributions can bo forwarded di
rectly to State Superintendent Lane.
Contributions will also bo received by
the BIK : and the donors will receive
credit through the columns of this
paper.
Another Nebraska school teacher de
serves to bo remembered and should betaken
taken care of. Her name is Miss
Louise Royce , living near Plain-
view. In nn heroic but unsuc
cessful attempt to save the lives ol
three children this girl was so
udly frozen that she will probably bo
seriously crippled by losing ono , if not
both , of her feet.
It seems to us that U would bo very
proper and timely for State Suporiud-
ontLano to send out appeals in bo half
of these two Nebraska heroines to the
touchers of every school district. Lot it
go forth to the wodd that , Nobra&ku has
tlio highest regard for the men mid
women who exhibit by their self-sacri
ficing conduct the highest traits of hu
manity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ „ .
llctwcen Wind ntul AVntcr.
The senate hiiH adopted Senator Man-
dorbon's resolution calling UIKMI the
secretary of wnr for information whether
the new Council Bluffs and Omahn
bridge is being constructed in strict
compliance with the original charter ,
which requires the company to build a
railroad and wagon bridge.
\Vo are assured that the now bridge
has been planned for railroad and
wagon traflio and is being constructed
so as to accommodate any railroad that
may want to cross the river at some
future day. The Union Pacific
charter of 1871 , called for a
railroad and wagon bridge , and
wo have had such a bridge on paper
for fifteen years. Last year , when the
Union Pacific bridge was rebuilt , the
wagon attachment became visible for
the first time. Up to date it is not navi
gable oven for a blind horse. Wo have
the plans and wo have the construction ,
but people who want to drive across the
Missouri prefer to take to the ice in
winter and to Captain Swobo's vestibule
hor.se cars for the rest of the season.
The now bridge will undoubtedly relieve -
liovo the Union Pacific bridge of its
wagon trafllc , but it is sheer nonsense
to talk about using the now bridge
for railroad trains when the approaches
would land a train sky high above the
the connecting tracks on either ido of
the river. A railroad bridge between
wind and water may satisfy MajorSutor ,
but it will hardly bo borriccablo as a
competitor to the Union Pacific bridge.
TIIK garbage system of Omaha needs
overhauling. The service is irregular ,
insufficient and unsatisfactory both to
the householder and to the garbage col
lector. The disposal of refuse is loft to
the inclination of the householder. The
ordinance prohibiting the dumping of
lushes and kitchen garbage in streets
and alleys is a dead-letter. If the house
holder calls upon u scavangor , ho is
obliged to pay an oxhorbitant tax for
irregular and improper service ; hence ,
ho prefers U ) violate the ordinance. On
the other hand , the garbage collector
comes around when it suits his conven
ience , and that may be once a week or
once in two months. The primary cause
of this disregard of sanitary regulations
is ignorance of the law. The board of
health and city council are in position
to make the garbage collecting
system more effective. In the
'
first Lplaco every garbage collector
should bo placed under the supervision
of tlio street commissioner , who should
compel systematic service in collecting
and hauling away the garbage. Each
garbage collector should bo provided
with cards , upon which the ordinance
regulating the service , and providing
penalties for violating it are printed in
ut least four languages , English , Gor
man , Scandinavian and Bohemian.
These cards distributed to every house
holder , and followed up by prompt ar
rest of parties who knowingly refuse
to comply with the ordinance , will have
the desired'effect. .
POSTMASTKII GALLAOHKH now reads
his title clear.
Oilier Lands Than Ours.
Mr. Parnoll predicts a crisis during
the coining session of parliament. Ho
regards the recent statement , of Lord
Salisbury that in the event of a hostile
vote in the house of commons lie would
have to consider whether the ministry
should follow the constitutional custom
of resigning or dissolution as indicating
the existence of grave dissensions per
haps In the cabinet , and certainly in
the party. These dissensions are likely
to arise rather out of questions of Eng
lish ' .legislation than from the Irish
question , and the disposition manifested
by Lord Salisbury is to sacrifice
every conservative principle , and
if need bo reverse , the or
dinary cause in case of de
feat , in order to prevent home rule.
Tlio advice of Mr. Parnoll to his imme
diate followers , and as well to the rad
icals , is to facilitate the governmental
business when the legislative session
shall have opened and thus avoid the
charge of obstruction. It has been
largely duo to the constitutional meth
ods adopted by Mr. Parncll , and perse
vered in by him oven under great prov
ocation , that there has been such a
change in the sentiment of the people
of Great Britain on the Irish question.
That grave dissensions exist among the
members of the Salisbury cabinet i.s un
doubted ; that a government party
crisis may occur at any time
next session is an opinion gen
erally hold by intelligent observers of
the events of the last six months ; and
that if the tory government should
sustain defeat in any serious homo
question the dissolution would bo fol
lowed by a liberal triumph is clearly
foreseen. Such a break-up would bo
followed by the political extinction of
several ambitious publicists who have
already found that their conversion to
the tory cause has not aided them in any
way to realise the fulfillment of their
selfish desires. Parliament will' assem
ble on the StU of February , and the at
tempt of Salisbury to drive the tory
horse going in one direction and tlio
liberal-union horse going in the other
direction will bo a most interesting
spectacle. The probability is that ho
will find it not simply a most ditUcult ,
but an impossible task. If he accedes to
the demands of tlio liberal unionists re
specting legislation for England lie will
inevitably shatter the conservative
ranks , yet ho admits that ho will bo pow
erless without liberal unionist support ,
which is only to bo secured by yielding
to the requirements of that faction. The
dilemma is ono of the most difficult and
serious in which a British prime minis
ter has over been placed , and
fully warrants Mr. Parnoll's ex
pectation of a crisis. If having ex
perienced a defeat the minis
try refused to resign or dissolve parlia
ment it would stand before the country
as having violated a constitutional cus
tom as profoundly honored by tlio Eng
lish people as any other , and the final
result could not fail to bo the fall of'the
ministry in disgrace. It is question
able indeed whether Salisbury could
hold the cabinet together for such a re
versal of a policy doomed to bj vfUil in
the English political system * It is
hardly to bo supposed that all of tlioso
now acting with hfm could be induced
to thus invite apolitical destruction.
Earnestly as all of them undoubtedly
desire to" prevent homo rule , it is
very probable that some of them
would not bo "prepared to sacrifice all
their political hopes by a proceeding
that would bo regarded by a great ma
jority of the English people as a most
grave and dangerous constitutional in
fraction.
K
The apparently peaceful turn in Euro
pean affairs a week ago has since given
place to renewed indications of a war
temper , and there has been within the
past few dajs news of continued mili
tary preparations which scorn to point
unmistakably to the opening of hostili
ties as soon as the weather barrier shall
be removed. Russian troops continue
to arrive at the Austria frontier , the
work of fortifying goes on unceasingly ,
the deliberations of ten European cabi
nets are devoted cfiiofiy to military af
fairs , and the whole aspect of the situa
tion is threatening. It has boon given
out on semi-official' authority from St.
Petersburg , that the c/ar would bo will
ing to maintain the peace of Europe on
the condition that the great powers
should consent to remove Prince Ferdi
nand from Bulgaria and permit the
establishment of a provisional govern
ment under Russian influences. This
consent the powers will not bo likely to
grant. While the powers disclaim any
shnro in the adventure of Ferdinand ,
they recognize that ho has become a
political necessity of the first magni
tude in the present European situation.
ShoulU ho bo displaced the Bulgarian
question would hasten the very crisis
which all parties are BO anxious to avert.
While Russia grumbles over the viola
tion ot the Berlin treaty , Ferdinand
feels that ho has become an essential
factor in the preservation of
European peace. Ho looks upon
his duties in a different way from his
predecessor. Prince Alexander con
sidered it reason enough for abdicating
that Russia insisted upon it , and ho
held that in so doing ho was best serv
ing Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand would
"rather leave his bones on the battle
field than abdicate , " because this latter
would be abandoning and ruining Bul
garia. The present ruler possibly over
estimates his personal importance to the
principality , yet ho has doubtless been
of real value in" furnishing to it a
head , and thereby giving a greater
semblance of public order and se
curity. The report that the pow
ers contemplate a 'combined boycotting
or "blockade" of Bulgaria in case Ferdi
nand should not .resign , although ex
ceedingly doubtfitl , yet recalls the pro
cess made ready for refractory Greece
when that little kingdom persisted , at
great expense , in preparing to fight.
There would probably bo no difilculty in
disposing quietly of Prince Ferdinand
could the surrounding powers only
agree why they want a vacancy and for
whom they want it. In the lack of such
qgroemont and of any common notion
what to do next , Prince Ferdinand
seems justified in holding his
place , oven if only as the man
in possession. If the question
whether Russian or Austrian influence
might prcdominato in Bulgaria should
alone bo involved Ferdinand would con
stitute a very small political factor , and
Turkey would probably bo able to dis
pose of her vassal without any assist
ance. But Bulgaria is the outpost
which protects not merely Austria and
Turkey , but England and Italy , against
the march of Russia upon Constan
tinople find her control of the Mediter
ranean sea. Should the conflict arise
Franco would , probably , in an alliance
with Russia , scok revenge for the dis
asters and humiliations inflicted by
Germany , and the war would rage on
the Rhine as well as on the Danube.
England and Italy , drawn into the
Auslro-Germanie alliance by the high
est motives of self-interest , would con
tend with Russia and Franco for mari
time supremacy on the Mediterranean.
The Balkan question , therefore , threat
ens Europe with a conflict more
tremendous than it has experi
enced since Napoleon was
crushed at Waterloo. But while
the political conditions that menace the
peace of Europe are certainly serious ,
the recurring rumors of war are doubt
less in a largo measure distinctly as
signable to the uxistenco of the great
armaments , which are lauded by those
who are responsible for them as the
most effectual means of preserving
peace. The czar of all the Russias is a
man of violent temper and of no great
judgment. He has at his command a
vast army , and ho threatens to use it to
plunge Europe into war , not because the
interests or the honor of his country is
imperiled , or really involved at all , but
because he has taken offense at what ho
dooms a personal slight to himself.
That is the explanation of his
attitude which is suggested by his ac
tions , and which scorns to bo taken by
the best informed observers. Of course
Russia is an extreme case , but the czar
has the power o f dragging unwilling
nations into a WIH * with him ; and the
monarchs of Germany and Austria , if
they wore violent and unwise men ,
would find little trouble in using their
armies to satisfy their personal grudges.
The war tliat destroyed the French
empire was on thei part of the French
emperor not fao much a national as a
por&onal war.
* *
The situation of Porn is such as to invite -
vito the consideration of mankind.
That unhappy country , once proverbial
as the homo of wealth and luxury , and
still rich in mines of. silver , has since
the war with Chili steadily declined ,
until now nearly her entire population
is reduced to poverty and misery. Bad
government has banished silver money
and flooded the country with Irredeema
ble paper money , which merchants have
at last refused to take for their goods.
The result has been that formidable
riots have broken out on the part of the
holders of the worthless currency. With
domestic strife and the utter stagnation
of bufainosstho , condition of Peru has be
come truly pitiable , and it can only bo a
question .of tituu when this unco opulent
land of the Incns will bo absorbed by
f-omo of its. more vigorous , neigh
bors. Such , a result , it might bo sup-
jxifiod , Its now pauperized and wretched
people would most eagerly welcome. .
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Cruel evictions by Irish landlords are
told of so often that wo are prone to for
got the wrongs inflicted upon the miserable -
able crofters who live on the small
inlands in Scotch waters and on parts of
the mainland in the north of Scotland.
These crofters ordinarily live in what
are no bettor than dug-outs , and sub
sist either by fishing or by the
cultivation of patches of unfruitful
soil ; but latterly they have been al
most deprived of food and shelter by
the hcnrtlcssncss of non-resident land
lords , who desire to transform the moor
lands into a vast hunting Hold. In their
weak protest against what they believe
tx ) bo substantial grievances they have
had the sympathy of right-thinking
people , but the power arrayed against
them is too strong , and their extinction
seems to bo only a matter of time. The
idea of sending a gunboat with a force
of marines against such half-starved
wretchcsl Magnanimity scorns , indeed ,
to bo a lost virtue among the adherents
of tory premiers.
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Tlio budget committee of the French
chamber of deputies has virtually re
jected the financial schemes of M. Ti-
rard , the prime minister. Although it
is to bo regretted that difficulties should
already have arisen in the way of the
new administration , yet there is satis
faction in knowing that they have been
caused by debatable questions on politi
cal economy , and not by the revival of
schemes of military aggrandizement or
of a policy of rovongo. A country is
always sure to progress when its loaders
are interested in the development of its
commerce and industry , even if they
should differ as to the best method of
bringing about the desired expansion.
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Tlio attending physicians of the
German crown prince are again in a
wrangle over the real nature of his ail
ment. If ho is suffering from cancer , a
surgical operation should have boon
performed months ago ; but the English
Dr. Mackenzie still hesitates to pro
nounce the disease cancerous. The
disputes among doctors when a dis
tinguished patient calls -a number of
them in for consultation do not tend to
confirm popular faith in the correctness
of a medical diagnosis.
TnOMINENT PKHSONS.
Uidcr HapRard's next book will bo an
Eiryptlnn nightmare.
Allan Arthur , son of the late cx-Prcsldout
Arthur , is traveling in Egypt.
Mudunio Gravy was formerly a general
servant In the employ of the first wife of the
ox-president.
General Low Wallace's next novel will bo
a story of the time of Mohammed , the con
queror , in the fifteen century.
Senator Ingalls1 novel will begin with the
electoral commission and close with the as
sassination of President Gurilcld.
Bob Ingcrsoll holds a sort of a levee on
Sunday evenings , when his friends call , and
strangers pay their respects to him.
Mr. Ira Sankoy , formerly the co-laborer of
Moody the evangelist , Is at his homo in
Brooklyn , engaged iu the preparation of anew
now hymn book.
It is now said Rcmcnyi was not drowned
oft Madagascar , after all , report * of his re
cent re-appearance at Illo Janeiro having
been published.
J. S. Lament , the father of the president's
private secretary , has been the leading mer
chant of MeGrawvllle , Now York , for the
last twonty-flvo years.
Chief Taxidermist W. THornaday , of the
national museum , has been promoted from
$1,000 to f 1,800. Ho led the last buffalo hunt
in Montana last year.
The French artist Phillipotcaux is work
ing quietly in Now York illustrating , on im
mense canvases , scenes in the life of General
Grant , which will be exhibited under lime
lights.
Lord Randolph Churchill has gone to Rus
sia. He will visit St. Petersburg and Mos
cow to make personal inquiries regarding the
situation in Europe. Ho has no diplomatic
mission.
Lady Burdctto-Coutts denies that she has
any intention to visit America , and adds
that she is afraid that a journey to this coun
try would probably bo made unpleasant by
newspaper comments.
Bismarck seldom retires until 2 la the
morning , we arc told. After ho retires num
bers of messages are brought to him during
the night , to which ho gives his immediate
personal attention , and ho takes u late sup
per regularly at about midnight.
Gcorgo Alfred Townsend gives the follow
ing sketch of Sir George M. Pullman : "He
is a rather portly man , square-shouldered ,
with something of the appearance of a
French military ofllccr , but of a more amla-
ble , civil expression ; ho wears a goatee ,
which is now a little gray , like his hair. "
The Fate of tlio Illlzzard.
William 11 SIrtter.
From the land of the Dakotas ,
Lund of wheat anil legislatures ,
And of lies about the wheat yield ,
Told by litnber-tongued agents ,
To allure the eastern farmer
Coax him to Dakota's prairies ;
Land of legislatures many ,
And of Statewood'H proud ambition.
From the laud of the Dakotas ,
Came the blizzard from the northwest ,
Came the wild , the frigid bluiard ,
Came the blizzard in its coldness.
Swept the blizzard to the eastward ,
Struck the city of Chicago ,
Noted for its hams and bacon ,
And its hatred for St. Louis-
Famous for its bomb-assassins ,
And the great feet of its maidens.
Swept the blizzard farther eastward ,
Up Ohio's fertile valley ,
Tried to freeze the town of Pittsburg ,
Hut the pus burned thcro dismayed it-
Fuel hot and subterranoan.
Passed the blizzard o'er the mountains ,
Chilled the old Dutch farmer's marrow ,
Captive took the Quaker City ;
Fro/a the mud in streets of Uotham ;
Prowled about the nation's congress ,
In tlio District of Columbia ;
Watched the senate chamber's iwrtuls ,
Till it found Vermont's cold Solon ,
Thinking.lt would freeze him rigid ,
Came the blizzard from the northwest ,
Eager to contest with Kdmunds
For the Icy championship.
Gazed the man upon the bliz/ardl
Oa/od but once upon the cold wavo.
And thu bllziurd , vanquishedslaughtered ,
Died right them upon the pavement ;
Died the blizzard from Dakota :
Died the blizzard from the northwest.
Doomed for llio I'lwoii Hole.
The bill of Delegate GifTord for the adrnls.
sion of two Dukotas as Mates "to onct1' ' wtll
die in committee. Mr. Springer Is known to
bo so determinedly set against any sutli bill
Uiat ho will permit il to sleep In a consecrated
pigeon hole , In his commivteo room. Not u
Konml will bo heard , not a funeral note , nor
nuy other requiem as It Is shoved Into Its
legislative sarcophagus.
In No Danger of
Jt\c\mvttlr. \ ) \ Via. , } fe
Tlio man who fired the first shot la the
lute war Is dead. The man who will llro the
last Is still enjoying vigorous health.
A Winter Idyl.
ll fim Courier.
When k-o Is thick and deep ' the snow ,
And winter days are drear Ot
Man wants but little hero below
Xero.
. *
A High Coinplincnt.
SI. / , oiifrjmMfciin. ( .
The attacks on Governor Pattlson by the
organs of the Pacific railroad pirates nro as
high a compliment as could bo paid honesty
and courage.
SHOUT MVKI > FKIOUnOM.
McDonald , tlio Former , Again llc-
turned to II to Cell.
D. II. McDonald , who for several weeks
has been an Inmate of the county jail , tasted
the sweets of liberty for n few moments yes
terday , when ho was again gathered la the
strong grasp of the law and returned to the
confinement that ho has so long undergone.
McDonald , It will bo remembered , was
brought back from Mexico on a requisition
from Governor Thnyer by Dctec-
tlvo Steve Mcalis , of the B. &
M. , several Indictments having been
found against him for forging time orders on
the railroad while serving in thu capacity ot
contractor. These it seems were not ulono
McDonald's ' rascally doings , for no sooner
had ho been returned from Mexico than S. P.
Morse and .lullus Firth swore out complaints
charging him with forghig their names to
checks for divers amounts of money. These
were dci > ositcd with Sheriff Coburn with In
structions to notify the pollco authorities as
soon as movements were instituted towards
securing the prisoner's release.
Yesterday the wife of McDonald , accom
panied by Judge Heneko and Krnest It.
Wiggs , made application for his release pend
ing trial on thu It. & M. charges. McDonald
was brought into the district court , and his
bail was fixed at $1,000 , Messrs. Heneko and
Wlggs being accepted as bondsmen. The.
formality over with. Oflicer Horrigan stepped
up and immediately put McDonald under
arrest for forging the names of
Messrs. Morse and Firth. Tlio no-
cused , though surprised , and ap
parently crest-fallen with the turn
of affairs , went with the officer to the pollco
court , where he was put under bonds In the
respective amounts of W.OOO and $ lnoo to
answer the charges before the district court.
Hoing unable to secure sureties ho was re
manded to jail.
Additional allegations to the effect that
McDonald Is wanted in Lancaster county ,
this state , for forgery ore made.
AMUSKBIKNXS.
"The Ivy Ijcaf" at Uovd'a Imst Night.
"Tho Ivy Leaf , " a very chaste and inter
esting Irish play was given at Boyd's last
night by W. H. Power's clever company.
What the audicnco lacked In numbers it made
up in demonstrative appreciation. The play
Is ono well calculated to fill the > rlsh heart ,
with pleasurable emotions. There is nothing
rough , uncouth or boisterous about it , yet the
plot is thrilling and sensational. The Irish
character is graphically depicted , without
tno exaggeration of brogues and loud con
comitants that usually accompany plays of
this description. Each act Is replete with
exciting situations , while the stage settings
are impressive and be.intiful , and llio com
pany uniformly good. The scene where the
eagle a bona lido living bird carries off little -
tlo Norcnno to Its aerie in the distant cliffs , is
a most realistic spectacle indeed , and Kilur-
ney by moonlight , as sweet a bit of scenic-
effect as could well be imagined.
Mike Mcniiy Appeals.
Mike Mcany , the ox-street commissioner ,
was tried before the i > olico magistrate yes.
tcrdny on the dual charges of disturbing the
peace and interfering with an ofllccr. Mcany
was connected with the disgraceful riot that
occurred in Ganey's suloou last Sunday night
when the police attempted to arrest Collins
and Quinlan for lighting. Ho wa's charged
having struck Ofllccr Hinchy two or three
times in the back of the head while that offi
cer was attempting to arrest Quinlan , with
having seized hold of the officer , deterring
him from doing his duty and with doing nil
in his power to encourage both Collins and
Quinlan to resist the officers and attempt to
get away. Ho was given a Jury trial and was
fined f-0 and costs. Ho tool ; an appeal to the
district court. Martin Moriarty and Frank
McGovcrn , two more of the rioters , have a
trial by Jury to-day.
Hound Over For
Parks , the mulatto arrested on the charge
of burglarizing tlio barber shop of S. P. Em.
moll , on the corner of Fifteenth and Farnam
streets , was tried before the police magis
trate yesterday afternoon. The stolen arti
cles a kit of barber's tools were found in
Wood's barber shop on North Sixteenth
street , and Wood had bought them from
Parks. The mulatto yas put under $ ' , HX ) to
appear before the district court. In default
he was scut to Jail.
The Vnlcanlzcr Kxplodcd.
Dr. Huughawout , the dentist , met with an
accident about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
that for a while was thought to be serious.
Ho was in his laboratory at the time working
at his vulcanizer when suddenly the boiler
blow oiT. throwing a stream of steam into his
face. Ills face was badly scalded and it was
thought for a whilu that ho would lose an
eye. Last evening , however , his physician
thought that the injuries wore only temporary
and that la a few days ho would bo all right.
Started For Kansas City.
The Omaha ledge of Elks to the number of
fifty boarded a special car over the H. & M.
last night , and on schedule time were whirled
along towards Kansas City , where they will
arrive this morning. A princely ovation
awaits them at the hands of the Elks of that
place , whom they go to visit. The return
trip will be mode over the Missouri Pacific.
Now Look For 1'ontnl Cards.
County Clerk Rocho has prepared a num
ber of postal cards to bo forwarded to part
nership firms In the city and county who
have not complied with tlio state statutes in
filing notice of the same with him. The de
linquents will ho told that if they do not
quickly respect the lawthcy w'ill ho severally
and relentlessly dealt with.
ConunUftlonor Checking Up.
The county commissioners yesterday
stowed themselves away in the private oflleo
of County Treasurer Holl'j , and checked up
the receipts and disbursements of his olllco
for the year 18S7 , as is required by law. It
was voted n laborious task by the commis
sioners , and it is understood they found
everything In the ofllco O. 1C. , and to their
satisfaction. _
Only Ono Marring" I'ormlt.
Yesterday was un extremely chilly day
with Judge Shields , as ho was called uj > on to
Issue only ono marriage license , the candi
dates being Nicolaus Cherek , aged twenty-
four years , and Katliarina Judu , eighteen ,
all residents of Omaha.
Homo MliiHtrclH.
The Mandolin surenadcrs and minstrel
company , who gave such it successful enter
tainment at St. Phllomcna hall on the 10th
Inst. , by request repeat their performance
again this owning , and another crowded
house is expected.
Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation wore filed yester
day with the county clerk by the Arctic Ice
company , with a capital of j ; i,000 , for the
harvesting and Halo of Ice. Thu ineorponitors
are David T.ilbot , Henry J. Cole and Wendell
Hen HO ft.
Hitlo of a Newspaper.
The Railway News was yesterday sold to
by \V. It. Vaughan to J. A. Vuudenburgli ,
the consideration bolug If.OOO , Nutlco of the
was filed with the. county clerk.
RECENTLY DIVORCED
the Eiidcutc fas Too Mncli Oirttal ,
HoncothoSopnrntlon Hnn Boon Made
Pormnnont-ThoTostlmony In Full
Etc. , Etc.
Among the numerous patrons to the ailvcrtts.
Ing columns of this piper tin ? readcis have no
ilniilit read Nome of tlio intclt"i ! of Dru. .McCoy
mid Ili'iny , who unices am located In the Itiimgo
Jlulldlnir , rornor l.Mliaml llamey Hlreots. It is
not llii > business of this paper to uphold miy in-
Mltiitloti or business ilrm w ho am not thorough ,
ly lellablo unit lienco thn tiispliutlnn of tills nrtl-
clo. l rs. .McCoy and Henry canto to thin city
Init hummer liluhly recommended , and opened
Ihelroltlcesat ilm above-mumcl locution , mak
ing yearly contracts with tlio tnuM-paper * mid
leasing IhoiiHmis fur oiiu \ eiirlth tlio privi
lege ( it a term ot joars. Their Mpcc laities eon-
Mstetl of trailing rarmrli mid l.mm 'lioubles.
llautiKlmd tlui experience of .several ) enrsln
tlio lending liosiillnl.s of Ixith America mid
Huropo. bo lileH being in'udutiteH of Ihn best
medical colleges of this country , they hnvn
acquitcd thu ability mid mo well ktumnns * klll-
lul mid icllahle. physicians , \\ith them II is
not experiment but n scientific rour.ioof pmcll-
nil treatment. Whllu Ihc'o eminent spcclallMs
iiro In business thu saint ! as any other buslne-n
Him. to make money , they ha\e been dulniex
cellent wink nnd ) iii\d from week to week iid-
vortlsed homo of their many euros. They do
not udverliso till the pall < > nts they euro , but
when they do publish testimonials they glui tlio
full tmmu and aililruss that thn person f-o men
tioned may bo vlMtod by tlioso \ > ho doubt thn
trntlifnlnc.ss of the statements published mid
imiko nil the necessary Itiqulrles uoforo consult
ing the doctors.
MIMK Of TIIK KVIDKNCK.
The follow Ing ate among the nianyuhohnvo
been treated with success by the doitors :
"
"Yes , Mr , " Mild Mr Duvo "IMrtis In replvtoa
question bv thotepoitor , " 1 had been ullilcted
wlthCntmrh for morn than four jrirsi anil tried
dltretont doctoih , beslde.s using vailoiis klml.sof
imtont niedlrlnen that weio iccoimnnmlcd to mo
by my ft lends. I used to have a cold nearly all
tlio tlimi. My nose would Mop up , .so I lotilcl
not breathe through It. My head was ninllii.
nnlly aching. I had the night sweatH so that
my night dress would look us thoiiuh I had been
out In the rain. I was always hawking mid spit *
ting Ina vain ondenvor to clear my throat. In
thomornlng I would gag and freiiuentlv would
vomit. I usltud the oftlCi-H of lrs ) , Mcl'oy nnd
Henry and began treatment. It was onlya slioil
time until I bfgnn to get better , and now 1 am
not troubled with my foimcr symptoms anil
feel like a now man. "
Mr. Kdens rosldes on T only-sixth street ,
South Omaha , and w 111 \ vrlfy llio abovu.
AMITIir.H CAMC.
11. V , llrown , Usq. , a former resident of Coun
cil HlntlX but now living In North Omaha , says :
"You , sir ! DM MtCoy mid lleiu-y cured my
boy KranKloof fut.iirh , which lip had In \eiy
bad foi in , alter I had him treated by bomnol'
best physicians in I'oloiado and Iowa. I < on-
Mderthoso iihynlclnus of merit and bellovo them
fully r.iiiablo of treating successfully any dl.s-
enno they may lake hold of , "
ONK MOItK CA8R.
Mr. James White , u bhickmnlth In the II , ] > . It.
It. Bhoiis , Hays : "Tliroo months ago I hail the
catarrh In lt worst form , aud was treated with
entire success by Drs. McCoy nnd Henry , after
Heverul uuMiicccRsfiil attempts by other phynl-
clans and Innnincruhlo patent ptetiarattoiis that
1 tried lam perfectly satisfied with the beno-
llt 1 derived from their treatment , 'Ihey did all
for mo that they prondhcd mid far moio than I
expected. "
KTIT.If ANOTIIKlt.
"Drs. McCoy and Henry aid all for mo they
told mo they would do. 1 went to their olllco In
a deplorable condition , mid after taking tluir
modlrlno mid lining their treatment for thieo
months , I can truthfully say I ne\or felt bettor
in my life , " remaikc-d Mr. Vrmik Dahlstroiii ,
who rosldes at III I Vt llllain street , aud 1 cau roe
ommend them to tho.se aUl | tcd. "
A. Few Symptoms or a DiHcase Hint
Alny J'rove Serious to You.
Do you have frequent ( Its or mental depres
sion ?
Do you experience ringing or buzzing noises
in your oars
Do yon fool us though you must fmlTocato
when lying down/
Are you troubled with a hacking cough nlul
gonorul debility ?
Are your eyes uenernlly weak nnd watery , and
frequently liitlamedi' *
Doertjoiir volcu have a husky , thick souud ,
and a nusul .soil of twang ?
J your breath frequently offensive from some
nnucconntablcj cause/ .
Have you n dull oppressive headache gener-
all locnled en or the oyo.s ?
Do you have to hnw k mid coimh frequently Iu
the cllort to clear your throat ?
Are you losing your seiiso of smell , and Is
your HCIIXU of lusto becoming dulled.
Does your nosoalwajs feel stopped up , forc
ing you to breathe through jour mouth ?
Do you frequently tool dizzy , particularly
when stooping to pick anything oil the lloor ?
Does every llttlo di.iught of air and ovary
uliiilit chuiiKO of temperature nlvo you u cold ?
Are you annoyed by a constant deslio to hawk
and .spit out mi endless quantity of phlogtn ?
Aio you always tired and indisposed to exer
tion , whether or business , woik or amusement ?
Is great etloi t required to keep your thoughlx
fixed upon mattom Hint formuily weru easily
pet formed.
Do you rlso froM bed na tired nnd w eat ns you
worn tlio nlKht beloie , and feel as though yuii
wanted to llo there forever ?
I.H your tin oat tilled with phlegm in the
morning , which cm only bo dlsc-hawd after
violent uiiiRhliiK , mid hawking nnd spilling/
' Do jou occasionally wako fiomn liouhled
Hit up with n start and feel as If you had Just es
caped n horrible death by choking ?
llnvo you lost nil interest In jour calling or
business or former pleasmes , nil ambition
gone , and do vott feel Indlllerent whether to-
inortow finds JOH allvo or dead/
Are you ttoubled with n ilischaigo from the
head In the throat , sometimes watery and ex
cessive , sometimes mucous , thick sucking to
whatever It touches. soiuoniiie ! > " bloody and
neatly always putrid and olfaiislvor
The above ai o some of the. many Hymiiloms of
catarrh mid Iho beulnnlim of lunu tionfilea. Not
ono cnsoln a hundred will have all of them , but
every ono ollcctul will have n few or many of
them. Tile greater or inoro serious your symp
toms , the more serious your hymiitomx , the
moro serious your condition. This class of di
seases Is treated very BUCce.SHfnlly by Dr. Mo
Coy and his assoclalos. The many cnsos repot t-
cdlhiouuh the columns of thn dally papers ,
provo tliFs. nnd each statement published is Hub-
utantlally the same an nh on by the patient cur
ed. Dr. McCoy , and Ids associate , Dr. Henry ,
use no tucrct nostrum , but cut o diseases by their
skillful combination of the best known remn.
dies , applied In Iheiuost nppioveil manner and
by using the latest mid most highly recommend
ed appliances known to their profession , 'lliey
thus produce losult.s whluh npuiik for thorn-
selves In thu many patients cuiod and \vo as
sure our readers that these eminent physicians
IIHVO achieved a success In curing dint-use which
few or no other doctors can duplicate.
Drs McCoy and Henry have permanently lo
cated in omvha , and have olllco parlors In the
llamgo block where he and his associate. Dr.
Henry , have treated within that tlmo nt least
1IKUpeople , publishing weekly testimonialot
homoof ihelr many wonderful emeu.
Consultation at olllco or an opinion by mull
81.W ) . All letters should bo accompanied by I
cents in btampa to insure a teply.
THE HEW DEPARTURE DRUMtl
n lira made with palml duublu action roll And
" " folding knco rett. Unlit ,
.mibitantlnl nnd lundiome.
j tried In the beit lUuili > uil
j Orcbcilnn. Uucqualcd ( of
j tone , ( iirpait all otlicn In
I finish and upncarsnco. If
Hneareit Muilo dealer dot *
1) ) not keep ilium , write to u *
tar Illuitralt-d Cataloene ,
XYON * HlM.1t Chicago , HM
Itccftloii | to Iicllrr Ourrioi-H.
The ladies of Calvary Haptist church pave
a reception last evening to the lottcr carriers
at the YOUIIK Men's Christian association
rooms , Tlio i-arriors turned out in full force
and an cnjoyablu ; nnl memorable evening was
passed. ClainCH mid music caused the timu
to pass quickly nvvay.
Mrs. Miranda and dtuiKlitor , tlio two
lowr.s | , now in llio Municipal hospital at
I'hiladolpliia , are to bo bout to Hrn/ll ,
and u movement has boon started to
mine money for the purpose. It is in
tended to charter ti VUHSO ! if passnpo
cannot bo procured on any regular pas-
bender whip.
A Hunjiibal man wiyH ho wont Into
the woods a few days , ajjo and painted n
bluok eirelo on the nnd of a I off ami
when ho wont back to the upot an hour
later ho found 'iM ( ) dead rabbit * ) UK-re.
Tliov had inihtakon the eirelo for a hole
and'dttfched thcmsolve.s to death a aiiibt
it. _ _
n Among Iho fjorffoous appointments of
Robert Garrett'n $ l,000XX ( ) mansion in
liaUlnmro in a bathing pool modeled
after tlio famuiiH bath of Un old ( < 'reneh
king. Jt is constructed of silver atid
Tonnebseo marble , unit tno water IB con-
duetod to it tb rough Ijnws pi pen und
gold plated fuucuU.