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OMAHA DAILY BEIfl : THURSDAY. JANUARY 26 , 188S. THE DAILY BEE. I'UBMSIIKD KVJBRY MOIININO. THUMB OF BUHSCIHPTION. Eftlly ( Morning tuition ) Including Sunday IIKE. Una Year . f 1 ? f ) J'or MX ; Month * . . . .f , . f > l J'or Thr.'n Months. . . i . . . 8W 'JlinUiimliii Sunday HUB , mailed to nny nd- drosMJne Yeur . . . 200 . . . . . NKW YniiKOrriw. . UooMiir. , TnniUNr. llun.n- INO. WAPIIINOTON Urticc , No. ( < Vi Foun- TEK.Vfll HlHICKT. _ COltnEHl'DNDKNCB. All rmnmunlcatlons relating to nnws and editorial matter should bo addressed to the ] : illTOIl Of THE IIH.K. 1IU8INKS8 LETTEltS. Alt business letters nnd remittances should bo addressed to TIIK IlKK I'mil.lsiilMi ( 'OMI'\NV , IDIAHA. Drsfln , cheeks nnd poslolllro orders to be mnilo payable to the order of thu coin puny. Tlic Bee PQlilishintfcipy , Proprietors , E. nOSEWATKILKDiTOU. _ TIIK llAIIiY HUE. Sworn Slnlcnicnt of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I _ County of DoUKlam. fs > s > flii ) . II. Tr.sehiick , serretnryof The Hoc Pub- llflilng r/mijmny. ( lees solemnly swenr that tlio uctuiil circulation of the Dully lloo for the week ondlnir.lnn. : , UM , wus us follows : Saturday , .Inn. 14 . IV til Sundny. .Inn. l.'i . 15ltKi Monday , Jan. HI Tuesday , Jan. IT . H..ri'i Wednesday. .Inn. 18 . . . . . .liVJim Thursday. .Inn. in . H.1 * " ir. . ! 0 Average 1S.I05 (1KO. II. T/.SCIIUCIV. Pworn to nnd subscribed In my presence tills Z4th day of January , A. U. , Ifes * . N. 1 * . FKlli , Notary 1'ubUc. Btntr of Nebraska , I Comity of Douglas * , ( " " < 5co. II. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn , do- und pays Hint he Is secretary of Thu lieu 'ubllshliig company , that the nctual nvernno ilnlly circulation of tmi Dally lleo for the month of Jnniiary , 1H87 , 1H.UMI copies ; for Fobmnry , Ihh" , 14,1'B copies ; for March , lw > 7. 14 , XJ copies : for April , 1M7. Hiin : copies : for Miiy , 1WO , 14I..T copies ; for June , IShT , 14,147 copies : for July , lti. ll.CKI copies ; for August. 18s" , 14.1B1 copies ; for September , IShT,14.H : copies ; for October , 1C8T , 1 l.tI : : for November , Ibe7l& , : < i copies ; for December , 1M > 7,16 , < H1 copies. (1IX ) . U. TZPCIIOCK. Sworn nnd subscribed to In my pro'-onco this 2d day of January , A. D. IbhS. N. P. FKI It. Notary Public. Tun boys in our cooking-school do- partmunl are haid to bo punting ( or pet ticoats and aprons. SOUTH OMAHA lias a city government , liut its machinery has been clogged up for want of n lubricator. POKTIC justice is sometimes seen out- bide of the novels. A Louisville coal dealer was recently found frozen to death in his olllco. Snatched from his light weighs , as it wero. Puoi'KitTV owners will soon have a friendly visit from various paving con tractors , who will corsist that they know better what material property owners want for paring than the man who has to pay for it. TUB public may expect some intercfet- iuir disclosures when the methods of thu great anti-Dovorty exponents , Gould and Sage , in relation to the Kansas Pacific bonds , are divulged in court. The counsel who have the matter in charge Bay they are all ready for the trial. So arc the people. NKA'KII before in American history has there been such an irruption of prize fighting as at present. The veneer - noor of civilization is cracking in txll grades of society showing the savagery of human nature beneath the surface. It is a blot on our boasted enlighten ment. TIIEUK is n dispute between the gov ernment and tlio state of Texas as to the ownership of Gecr county in that commonwealth. The president recently claimed the land arbitrarily , by procla mation , but the Texans are not to be in timidated in that way. A much more sensible method of terminating tlio dis pute is the bill introduced by Senator Coke to create a board of arbitration to settle the controversy. Tlio bill should pass and the decision of the board should bo final. K boll-wothor btill leads the coun cil. Ho pretends that the now city hall will not bo largo enough for Omahaand wants to abandon the Meyers' plan for something more superb and magnifi cent. Nothing less than a million-dol lar city hall will come up to his ideal. The council very naturally fell in with his stupendous scheme , and ordered the board of public works to got an op tion on the lots adjoining. With lias- call , a million dollars is a mere bnga- tolle. There is a surplus of several hundred millions laying around loose in Undo Sam's strong box at Wash ington. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK Maxwoll-Prollor tragedy which caused so much excitement in St. Louis in April , 1885 , is now drawing to a close. Maxwell , or whoso real mime is Hugh M. Brooks , after having been sentenced to death for the murder of Arthur Prol- lor , appealed through the state courts to the United States supreme court on the question of the constitutionality of the state law as applied to his case. The opinion of Chief Juhtico Waite was adverse to the petition of Brooks and followed the decision as rendered by the same court in thp Chicago anarch ists' trial. The last straw for Brooks to grasp at is the governor's pardon or commutation of sentence. As this is highly improbable , the day is not dis tant when Brooks will pay the penalty of his crime hy'hanging. IT is undoubtedly tlio fact that the recent victory of the administration in Pennsylvania was achieved through the active work of the democratic federal olllco holders in that state. Had they kept hands oil it is not improbable that Randall would have boon success ful. But this sort of interference has ceased to attract norious attention be- cuuso it has come to bo understood as entirely agreeable to the administra tion , and to bo expected whenever the exigency requires it. Mr. Cleveland has an object to accomplish which ho will not permit any sentimental con siderations to interfere with , and it has boon apparent for some time that ho had concluded there was very little prac tical polities in closing the mouths and tying the hands of the army of otllce holders. The example sot by the col lector of customs at Philadelphia and others in the fcdotal service In Pennsyl vania will bo freely and boldly followed by the ofllco holders elsewhere , nt lcos > t until Mr. Cleveland is ronominatod and hears the decision of the people through the ballot.box. . . Tariff Discrimination. In almost every respect the existing tarllT discriminates ) against _ the poor Inan. It places a higher rate of duties upon the chcnpcr classes of goods which the people of moderate means must buy than upon the classes which only people of wealth can afford to purchase. It ex acts from the masses who subsist by their toll the larger bounty on every thing they wear , giving to the rich the iHMiollt of a lower tax on all the finer and more expensive articles which it is their privilege to have. This is true of everything In the line of woolen goods , and it is even more conspicuously Into of all cotton and linen textile fabrics. "Mixed woolen dress goods cost ing \r \ cent.a ) square yard pay a duty of (57.S-1) ( . while such goods costing ! U cents a t-quaro yard only pay 00.00. Woolen hosiery valued above ! 10 ccnta and not over -10 cents a pound pays a duty of 08.M ) , while such hosiery valued at over SO cents a pound pays only GO.J57 duty. Wool blankets valued above , ' ! 0 cents and not over 40 cents a pound pay a , duty of 07.01 ! , while- such blankets valued above 80 cents pay but 65.33. So it is throughout the manufactures of wool , the more costly grade of articles bear the lighter duty , the heavier ex action of the tariff being placed on the classes of poods which the people of moderate means must bo content with. In cotton and linen textile fabrics the discrimination against the consumers who are compelled to buy the cheaper goods is equally or more marked. While the higher qualities of these fabrics pay duties ranging from 40 to 05 per cent , the duties on the cheaper grades range from 110 to 175 per cent. Thus one quality of Swiss mull , costing 13 pence abroad , pays 110 per cent duty , while the corresponding highest grade , footing 6i pence , pnys only 40 per cent. This last rate is made on the finest grades of figured muslin , India muslin , India linen , and tarlatan , while the lowest and cheapest rates pay respectively 85 per cent , 75 per cent , 1)5 ) per cent , and 175 per cent. The exhibit could be greatly enlarged to show how appropriately the existing tariff discriminates against ( ho great majority of the people , but the exam ples cited are sufliciont to make plain the injustice that is being done and the urgyit duty and necessity there is for remedying it by a thorough revision and reform. No fair-minded man can examine these figures without admit ting that they present a grave wrong and an unjustifiable oppression which ought to bo removed. A hy&tom which permits such a discrimination against the great majority of the people , and puts the greater part of the burden of tariff taxation on the weaker shoul ders , is absolutely indefensible. Reason and justice condemn it and it cannot bo maintained without most serious injury to the public welfare. Such facts utterly confound the arguments of those who insist upon nou-intorfcrenco with the tariff. " \Vns it Unwarranted ? A morning paper takes up the cudgel for Building Inspector Whitlock and de nounces as entirely unwarranted the charges which the BEK makes against that ofilcor for overreaching his author ity , and imposing on the city through the employment of needless subordin ates. ates.Mr. Mr. Whitlock was charged with paying - ing his inspectors for services which they hail not rendered , and keeping a clerk at $75 a month without proper authority. Mr. Whitlock admitted that ho has al lowed his two associates $4 per day each for twcnty-bovon days of December , but ho claims that they had worked twenty- seven days during that month , and wore entitled to pay for it. There wore only twenty-six working days in De cember , but Mr. Whitlock says that his inspectors worked the Monday after Christmas because some builders who worked on that day had fo bo watched in their building operations. ' Wo should like to know what Mr. Whitlock's assistant inspectors were working at in December. Mr. Whit lock says his $75 clerk issues all the building permits and does all the olllco work. If that is true what is Mr. Whit lock doing himself to earn $150 a month ? If ho and his two assistants were com petent to do all the inspection during the busy building season , what is the need of three inspectors when building operations are practically suspended except in the few largo brick blocks , which are mostly fire proofi1 Docs Mr. Whitlock pretend that his inspectors were employed in watching the interior work of the First National bank , the Mer chants' bank , the U. S. National , and buildings of that character ? What do these inspectors know about fire-proof buildings ? What do they know any way about building , excepting the carpenter work ? The charter re quires that the building inspector bo an architect or competent builder. Mr. Whitlock himself is a carpenter. Ho may have been a builder of frame houses , but his experience as a builder of stone and brick buildings , and es pecially of fire-proof structures , has been acquired since he has been super intendent of buildings. His two assist ants are also carpenters by trade , and their inspection beyond enforcing plans approved by Mr. WhHlock is a farce , and could bo carried on just as well by a blacksmith or machinist. But that is a secondary matter. The question is , why docs Mr. Whitlock certify to the vouchers of those two inspectors for twenty-six days in November and twen ty-seven days in December , when the authority under which ho is allowed to employ them restricts him to 34 a day for each day actually employed ? This docs not moan employed as carpenters , tinkering about the city hall building. Carpenters can bo hired at this season for * 'J.50 a day , but if they were worth a day their work could not bo legally included in the vouchers of the build ing inspector. In view of the admis sions of Mr. Whitlock , the question is , were the charges of the BKK unwar ranted ? IH there any valid excuse for his retention on the city pay-roll of inspectors specters who have nothing to inspect at this season of the yonr ? . What right had Mr. Whitlock to certify to'their vouchers for full time on inspectors' duty in November and December wh'on they could not possibly ho PO employed ? The intimation that theBr.K is trying to have building inspection abolished is absurd. It is notorious that the creation of the building inspectors' department is mainly if not entirely due to agita tion by the Bun. The ofllco of superin tendent of buildings is permanently csfablished by the charter which the editor of the BKK helped to frame. That olllco cannot bo abolished until a new charter is made. But we object most emphatically to the reckless waste of the city'.s money on assistants when they are not needed , and the Imposition of fraudulent vouchers for services not rendered. Wo object to this method of doing business , not only in Mr. Whit- lock's olllco , but in every department of the city government. ProlltlcHs Conventions. No other country is HO prolific in conventions - vontions as the United States. Almost every separate interest fcols called upon to present its claims to public attention at least once a year through a conven tion or conference. This method of set ting forth special wants is always most fully developed during the first few weeks after the assembling of congress , and it has been resorted to with unusual freedom this year. Last week Wash ington was the scone of what has not inaptly been called a carnival of con ventions. There was moro than one for every secular day. in Iho wcokand of course each was regarded by its promot ers as representing an object of the great est Importance to the general welfare , The advocates of ship subsidies were at the national capital in force nnd formu lated under the eye of congress their shrewdly devised plan for building up the shipping int6rcst of the country by a system of bounties from the national treasury. The wool-conference was a somewhat imposing and not altogether harmonious gathering which finally agreed that the government should take a stop backward in the matter of tariff taxation , and started a contro versy which is not likely to improve the chances of this proposal. 'There was a gathering of tobacco growers who , strangely enough , had no suggestions to offer congress , a convention of bottle-makers , presumed to bo seek ing more protection for the Amer ican bottle , the national board of trade , which had something to say , most of which nobody paid any attention to , on a number of sub jects , and a pure food convention that was more remarkable than any of the others for the dissensions among its members and the disposition of the dele gates to prefer pleasure to business. The inalienable right of American citizens to convene when and whore they please , for any object they may deem proper , will not bo questioned , but as to the value of such conventions as those held in Washington thus far , and of the others that are to follow , so far as relates to their prime purpose of influencing legislation , it may fairly bo doubted if they have any. They may have n meas ure of usefulness in disclosing to the country the special claims nnd desires - sires of the interests represented , and thereby stimulating publio discus sion of the matters with which they concern themselves , but there is some reason to doubt whether the men who im agine this lobe the best way to get what they want do not make a mistake. The influence of the method diminishes as it becomes more common , while in-most cases the devotion to pleasure quite as much as to business of those who attend conventions at the national capital is not calculated to deeply impress con gress with their solicitude for the cause they represent. It is not always tlio case , cither , that these conventions are composed of men whoso ability is such as to give them a claim to very consid erate attention. The most zealous may easily have their zeal explained - plained by strong personal inter est , while others have availed themselves of an opportunity for enjoy ment. Under such conditions it is not surprising that members of congress look upon the average convention at Washington as an organization having much the bamo purpose as the unorgan ized lobby. Call a Halt on Tax-eating. Mayor Broatoh is in a position to render - der the city invaluable service by purg ing its pay roll of a swarm of pensioners who are employed without legal author ity and drawing exorbitant salaries for worthless services. Thso tax-caters are gnawing at the vitals of the city. In many instances they are employed in direct violation of the charter. Their number is constantly increasing and their retention has become an incentive to inefficiency , shiftlcssncss and down right Crookedness in the various branch es of the city government. For a city of metropolitan pretensions , provided with costly municipal machinery , the fast and loose methods of doing the city's business is a burning shame and dis grace. There is not a single depart ment from city clerk down to city en gineer operated and conducted under ordinary checks and safeguards usually employed by any well conducted busi ness firm. The city clerk employs as many deputies and clerics as ho pleases at whatever salaries ho chooses to allow them , The city treasurer , in flagrant violation of the charter , which restricts him to $1,400 a year for all his deputies and clerks , keeps on the payroll depu ties and clerks who draw from $5,000 to $7,000 a year. The council cheerful ! } votes these illegal appropriations under the pretense that the treasurer needs this extra help , not taking into account that the treasurer is allowed 2 per cent on delinquent taxes to pay for his extra clerk biro. The city engineer's department has no schedule of salaries fixed by ordinance and no limit is imposed upon the num ber of employes. While no one charges the engineer with dishonesty , common business rules would require the estab lishment by ordinance of the salaries to bo paid and the number to bo employed. The building inspector's department Is wasting over $400 a month during the winter season , nnd the , suporintondeni of the city hall building has drawn $100 last month for loafing , when Iho ordin ance only allows him pay forsuporviston when construction of that building is actually going on' . 1 Tlwro has been a great deal of waste .11 the street commissioner's dopart- ncnt , judging from the amount nppro- irlatcd during tho4ast season. The council dollbfcrately ignores this deplorable sUite of affairs and practically ; lvcs countenance ty those raids on the city treasury , and the increase of the number of pensioners. Unless Mayor Broatch comes to the 'ront to check this extravagance and general lawlessness , taxpayers will bo compelled to organize for their own pro- lection and appeal' to the courts to en join the payinentof fraudulent vouchers uid appropriations made without war rant of law. TllK republican papers of California , which ought to have a pretty thorough insight into the motives of Senators Stanford and Stewart , have no hesi tation in interpreting their vote for Lamar as duo to his well-known friend ship for railroad corporations. The San Francis-Co C/iroiucfc / asks : "Why seek far and wide for a motive when one was so apparent , so obtrusive and so effect ive ? " Wo question if there are a hun dred _ men in the country , able to take a candid and intelligent view of this matter , who do not sco what the motive was that led the California and Nevada senators to vole as they did , and who do not believe that their action and the course of Lamar before his confirmation were in pursuance of a compact most deliberately arranged be tween them. It remains to be seen whether the obligations of that agree ment ceased when Justice Lamar took his scat on tlio supreme bench , and the opportunity to test this may not bo far in the future. 1M109IINKNT PJ3USONS. Wilkio Collins Is suffering from nervous prostration. President Carnet , of Franco , believes la his lucky star. Even us u schoolboy lie felt that ho was destined to bo great. Senator Bcclc , of Kentucky , has served twenty years In congress , during twelve of which ho hus been in the scnato. A fund for the nkl of General Longstrcct , started by an Atlanta paper , is promptly stopped by n letter from Mrs. Longstrcet. Senator Fair recently paid his divorced wife $500 for a bunch of rosebuds at n Cath olic fulr in San Francisco. This smacks a little of sentimentality on the part of the senator. Mrs. Secretary Vilas has never recovered from the nervous shock resulting from wit nessing the sudden death of Judge Elicit ut the president's reception at Memphis. There has been little or no improvement since the lirst attack , and her physician and friends are becoming alarmed ; Representative Burnett , of Massachusetts , is the only congressman who considers his marriage an event of sufllcicnt importance to bo embalmed in tlio congrerslonal direc tory. Ho Is evidently proud of the fact that ho "married the only child of James KusscU Lowell in 1872. " Representative Presley T , Glass , of Tennessee , has introduced a bill in congress for the suppression of' ' lotteries and church fairrafllcs. He says.lhoy are the abomina tions of this generation. This bill has been referred to a committee nnd labelled'Glass handle with care " Bolva Lockwood , mnn-llko , is "In the hands of her friends" for u presidential nomina tion. She considers that her alleged t can vass In 1884 "may have been the amusing sijo of thu campaign , but it was an educa tor and civllbcr , and a dense forest of Ignorance - ranco has been blazed for a coming woman president. " Preaching Out of Season. St. Louts I'ost-Dlspateh. Sam Jones is discouraged at the result of his labors in Kansas City. When a town is wrestling with the remains of a real cstato boom It Is in too bad n humor to bo advised. A Correct Slmllo. Providence Juumnt. According to the report of the commission , passing a civil service examination is about as valuable In securing an appointment as a diploma from an agricultural college towards buying a farm. Looks Ijlko n Misdeal. VliilmMtilita 1'rcxi. The everlasting Baltimore & Ohio deal has turned up again moro's the pity. Some of our ablest financiers have always insisted that the Baltimore & Ohio deal was a mis deal , and it looks as though they were moro than half right. A Pertinent Question. Clci'dnwi ' I'laimlealcr. The formation of these trusts and combines is a monstrous evil and growing every day , and an ill-adjusted tariff is the soil in which they sprout. How otherwise than by a revi sion of the tariff can these noisome growths in the world of trade and commerce be eradi cated ! Not a Novel Bill. I'lUtlmrg Dlipatch. The Outhwaitc Pacific railroad bill , as out lined in the press dispatches , seems to be drawn with' a view to letting those companies that wish to pay their debt do so at a mate rial discount , and permitting the others to keep on defying the government as they Imvo done heretofore. A Prophecy. Atlanta Constitution , Mark what wo say that surplus will ho there when this congress adjourns , all except what they absorb. But the next congress , elected by the people on this issue , will take the matter in hand and relieve the people from the excise oppression with which they are now burdened. A Stumbling-Block to Monopoly. I'litlaMvlitn Record. Some eastern genius 1ms devised n machine for cleaning cottonseed oil of the lint adher ing to it , by means of which the seed may bo put in condition for shipment to Europe , whcro it will bring $23 a ton , while the price paid by the cottonseed oil monopoly Is $7 to $3 per ton. This is an unexpected stumbling- block In the pathway of the oil magnates. Tlio Coal Huron Speaks. Ahc l"oiH'lirli / . Lot tnem strike as much'as they like , To us tis a perfect boon. Merrily high tlio prices lly In monopoly's big balloon , Though they starve by bits in the Inky pits , Though their children cry for bread , The end of thu game must bo the same King capital keeps ahead. Good pay. Absurd. Uxm | my word , What moro can the men require ! You speak of the poor what they endure , Deprived of their bit of firo. If wo who control the price of coal Reduced nt this time of year , Onr dividends , rar worthy friends , ' Would rapidly disappear. I'm willing to add that the work la bad And dangerous , too , to face , Hut when ono stops and reels nnd drops There's another to take his place. 'Supply and demand , " throughout the land , By. that will \vu stand or fall , We're dealing in conls , but bodies anil Are not iu'cur line at all. STATK AND TKimmmv. Nebraska Jotting. Dakota county claims a population of 0,000. Rushvlllc has been declared the county scat of Sheridan county , Nebraska City proposes to secure a rock pile as a gymnasium for her bums. Six days without a train and ten days without mail was the lillxznrd experi ence of Coleridge , Cedar county. Seventy thousand dollars worth of building improvements are booked to bloom In the spring in South Sioux City. The Ponca coal shaft struck a fifteen- inch vein of coal at a depth of fifty-seven feet. The work of sinking the shaft is being pushed vigorously. * The Yankton Press says a committee of Yanktonians is to visit Omaha in a couple of weeks in the Interest of the proposed Yankton-Omnha railroad. The 1'ugot Sound colony boomers are operating in Plattsmouth. The gilded bait held out will doubtless catch the fancy of the reckless as well as their spare cash. Hrokon Bow has been given to un derstand that the Missoiml Pacific was heading that way , and with proper in ducements in bonds and lands , would build to the town. Plattsmouthors are organ izln g a grand hill slide carnival , and have extended In vitations to coasters in Omaha , Lincoln and Council Bluffs to participate and crack a shin or two. The supervisors of Butler county have compromised with the defaulting treas urer , G. II. Cutting , at 83i cents on the dollar. Cutting cleared $3,500 by the operation. Grand Island is offcrod _ a beet sugar plant provided the business men sub scribe stock to the amount of $10,000 nnd a farm of 800 acres. A. J. Lcvalleo is chief engineer of the scheme. Judge Kenncy , of Nebraska City , Indian agent at the Yankton agency , publicly denies having made the state ment that 1,000 perished in the blizzard in Dakota. Ho declares that a few facts have boon tortured into alarming false hoods , Iowa Items. Sioux City has on the stocks building improvements to cost $1,812,700. The press club of DCS Moincs will in dulge in a banquet February 14. The business men's club of Davenport will blow in $500 in advertising the town. The Bromcr County Independent says hay is $10 to $12 per ton and fodder very scarce. The alcohol works at Atlantic are to bo converted into a starch factory the coming season. A Marshall county farmer thinks the snow is twenty inches deep on an average in the timber whore it is not drifted. The force of telegraph linemen are pushing forward the now telegraph wire between Fort Dodge and Sioux City at the rate of fifteen miles per day , when nt work , although the intense cold weather seriously interferes with the progress of the work. Dakota. Dcadwood is threatened with a coal famine. A party from Wisconsin has inudo ar rangements to establish a foundry and machine shop in Huron early in the spring. Mitchell citizens are coming to the front grandly with subscriptions to make up _ the $2,000 for the next terri torial fair. The American tin mining have 7,000 pounds of stream tin , averaging 65 per cent , that will be shipped from Dead wood to Now York in a few days. A prominent citizen of Aberdeen said : "I have lived in Dakota and Minnesota thirty-three years and never saw or heard of such a storm. It was phenome nal , and such a ono may not occur again in a hundred years. " Bismarck is all torn up sociallv over the Judge MncKcy and Mrs. Withorbeo scandal. That Mrs. Withorbeo is sock ing a divorce is admitted. Many stoutly champion the cause of the lady , and in sist that it will bo time enough to con demn her when the facts are proved. Dakota has a largo supply of blizzard heroines. Miss Nellie Guernsey , a teacher in Yankton county , is ono of thorn. Her school was in session when the bliz/ard came and her. orders to her school children were to remain in the building until the storm was over. She then started across the prairie in the midst of the storm to the nearest house , half a milo away , and procured a supply of provisions and returned with it to her imprisoned charges at the school house. Providentially the two journeys were made in safety and the school children were enabled to pass the night in coin- fort. At the house whore the provis ions were procured were four men , but not one of them could bo induced to accompany Miss Guernsey back to the school house. So she went alone. Montana. The new city directory of Helena con tains 5,240 names. The bullion shipped from Butte last week was worth $70,192. , Six spans of the Montana Central's eight-span bridge across the Missouri at Great Falls are completed. In 1887 at the Helena land office there were entered 252,841 acres of land , the receipts for which were $100,593.47. The minincr camp of Burk , in the Ca > ur d1 Alencs , imports 300 jxninds of whisky and liquors to 100 pounds of provisions. The production of the Hocla company at Glendale for 18S7 amounted to 457- 712.29 ounces of silver , 501,581 ounces of gold , 132,880 pounds of copper and 4,515,379 pounds of lead. A wealthy Montana man has offered the College of Montana at Deer Lodge $10,000 on the condition that the col lege raise $15,000 moro and maintain a perpetual scholarship for deserving girls without means. W. A. Clark and S. K. Larrabiohavo headed the $15,000 subscription list with $1,000 each. Serenaded GeneralCrook. . The excellent band of musicians from Fort Omaha located themselves in the corridor of tlio Pax ton last night and dispensed charm- inp music for over two hours in honor of General Crook. In consideration of the courtesy the general invited a largo number of Omaha's best people to enjoy with him the musical feust , and the grand balcony swarmed with the vigor , wealth and beauty of the city. During thu instrumental intermissions vocal muslo was rendered by local talent In the parlors , and thu evening was most cnjoyably passed , _ WnntH to Uoino West. Secretary Nattingcr , of the board of trade , is In receipt of u letter from Samuel U , Mas- sa , proprietor of the Golden Anchor House Furnishing Kmi > orium , of Providence , R. I. , nsklnc for data in lofereneo U ) Omaha. Ho suyti that ho Is on thu uvu of selling out hla works in Providence with a view of locating In the west , and that this city Is lilsi contem plated point. Mr. Nuttlngcr replied to Mr. Massa's request and furnlbhcd him with n copy of the illustrated I SKI : annual. A. O. II , Hand Party. Another of these pleasant socials for which the A. O , H. b.ind Ls famous was given last n'ghti ' at Cunningham's hall , over 1UO rouplo being , in attendance. A must onjoyublu time was had. T nuiixs. Oinnlin ScotH Do Honor to the Memory of the Hard. Lust evening the Hums club gnvo their annual banquet and ball nt cximsltlqn hall , nnd over ' . ' 50 Scots nnd admirers of the great peasant bard osHeinblud to do honor to the memory of tlio Immortal Uobbiu on this , the IWtli anniversary of his bit th. A delightful thno was enjoyed , and many graceful tri butes were paid to Hums ami Scotland. The decorations over the stngu were simple , eon- Hlstlng of two American flags draped over the Hritish Hug , in the center of which was the l > ortralt of the bard , whoso natal day the Scots delight to celebrate. In the renter of the bull were live long tables , all purrounded by guests. The banquet commenced nt Ull : ! ) , and before the toasts were ended It was nearly midnight. The programme was bended with the following graceful senti ment f mm David Knox : Each joy or grief that lights the o'o Or melts thu heart by turns , Stands forth refined nnd glorified In Scotia's mlnstiel Hums. Just before the banquet , the president , Mr. Thomas Muldrum , in a brief but fitting speech welcomed the gucsUs assembled to celebrate this anniversary of Hums' birth. Ho was followed by Rev. W. K. Copelnnd , who asked the grace. At tlio close of thu banquet Miss Kll/abeth I'ennoll opened tliu programme with the song "Caller Herrln. " She was warmly encored nnd most graciously responded with "My Heart Is Snlr for Soino- bouy. " After music , "There was a Lad Horn in Kyle , " Hon. .fohn M. Thurston re sponded to the toast , "Tho Memory of Uurns. " He said in brief i One hundred and twenty-nine years ago in a humble cottage in Scotia a boy was born , well in body , but great of spirit. None knew that then an nngel of melody had como to earth to play utwn the strings of human heart * . Nearly ninety years ago lie died in body , but to night throughout the civilized world his memory lives. This genius of im mortal song awoke the slogan of warlike days. Hu renewed the memory of Wallace und Hannockburn to keep the Scottish char acter loyal , bravo nnd true. He sang of peace. Hu sang of Scotland's Mary , the un fortunate and lovely queen whoso fate aroused the sympathy of the whole world Ho sang of nature nnd of nature's Cod ; of bank and bral , of loch and suriounding clitTs , of rushing rivers and eternal hills. Ho sang of lovu , Iho divine nectar of impassioned beauty and made the miracle of lovu divinely Bwcat. Ho rejoiced in thu conviviality of so cial life. Ho know that our best happiness springs from our inner self. Ho also sang of the gicater truth and the sublimcr melodies of man. Ho bent no suppliant kseo to prince or plutus. paid no attention to creeds or priests , but believed and rejoiced in the Justice and power of almighty God. ( Mr. Thurston was followed by Mr. North- rup , who sang "Hero's Health to Honniu Scotland. " The delighted auditors forced him to return and ho favored them with "Up wi' the Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee. " Mrs11'uttis , n mezzo-soprano , sang "Honnlo Woods o' Craigho. " She , too , had to return and glvo an encore piece. After music by tbo band. "God Save the Queen" ami "Star Spangled Banner , " Mr , John Wilson res ponded to "Tho Land Wo Left and the Land Wo Live In. ! ' Ho dwelt upon the memories and scenes of bonuiu Scotland and with equal fervor told of the wonderful growth of America and the principles slio repre sented. At the close of his speech ho was greeted with loud and prolonged npplnuso. Littlu Maggie Meldrum , aged twelve years , sang very sweetly " 'Afton Water , " with thu encore "Comin'Through the Hyo. " Mr. A. K. Gray followed with the stirring song "Tho March of the Cameron Men. " After "A Man's a Man for a' That" by the band , Mr. G. M. Hitchcock responded most gracefully to the toast "The Press. " The programme ended with songs , "Sea and Shore" by Howie , and "My Love is Like the Hed , Red llosc , " by Mr. T. J. Pcnncll , both of which were enthusiastically encored. The guests then adjourned to the balconies while the tables were removed , and shortly after midnight the dancing commenced and continued until a late bour. AMUSEMENTS. A Splendid Minstrel Performance nt Boyd'H IjnKt Night. There were but few vacant scats nt Hoyd's last night and the balcony and gallery were literally packed with peoplo. The Gorman Spectacular minstrels was the attraction and u clearer cut or tnoro refined performance has never been seen in Omaha. This com pany has made a notable departure in min strelsy and the different nets are cleverly conceived and excellently executed. Negro minstrels and circuses are closely associated together in the minds of a majority of amuse ment patrons on account of thu sameness that usually predominates nil performances of either class. Hut to the Germans must bo given the credit of originality , which , nbovo all things , is duo clement needed to continue the popularity of negro minstrelsy. The vul garity , so common to performances of this kind , have been eliminated , und there is not the slightest thing in the whole programme that could offend the most fastidious. Thu audience last night was comi > osed of the very bust people in Omaha , and the applause was unstinted. The company is a largo ono nnd tlio llrst part is replete with now Jokes , comiu ditties and pretty ballads. "Tho Shepliurd Hoy's ' Hcturn , " by Mr. Harlcy was finely rendered und received a well deserved en- coro. Mr. Currau sang , "Under the Acorn Tree" ono of the sweetest ballads over heard in this city in a manlier that created tumuluous applauso. Mr. Gcorgo ( ionium und E. M. Hall on the ends weru oxcullcnt and kept tlio audlenco In a roar of laughter. The Quaker City quartette are accom plished musicians und guvu a clover act. "Tho Dancing Musketeers , " arranged by tlio Germans is most praiseworthy and tlio dancers arn well drilled in boyonot exercise. Add Hyinan mack ) nno of the funniest stump speeches ever heard , whilu Mr. E. M. Hall exhibited wonderful skill In banjo nlay- ing. Thn performance closed with u funny extravaganza entitled "Tho Golden Hall. " Plain Talks nt \ . M. O. A. The committee on lectures and classes has arranged a course of Informal lectures to bo given at the rooms for th benefit of the as- soclution. The course will bo both interesting - ing and instructive , embracing hygiene , arch itecture , modern electricity , etc. , und will bo given by prominent men of the city men well informed and able to present thuir sub ject in an interesting manner. 'Iheso are for the association members and also tlieir friends. On Friday evening the llrst of the course will bo given upon thu subject of "Sur gical Aimtsmy , " by Dr. J. W. Harnsdall. Internal llcvciiuo Collections. Yesterday's Internal revenue collections amounted to ? 1.1-(42.00. ( Catarrh to Consumption , Catarrh In Its destructive force stands next to mid undoubtedly loads on to consumption. It is therefore singular that thosu nllllcted with this fearful disease should not mnku it tlio object of their lives to rid thomsciv us of it. Deceptive rem edies comoctod by Ignorant pretenders to medi cal knowledge have weakened the confidente of the creat mnlorlty otsulferers In all advertised lumodtos , They become luslgncd to u life of misery rather than toituru themsclvus with doubtful palliatives. Ilut this will never do. Cntiirrh must bo met nt every atiiKo und combated with nllour in IK lit. In many cases thu dlsoasn hus usstimed danger ous symptoms , The bones und cartll.iKo of the nose , the organs of healing , of seeing und or tasting so utlettod us to bo Useless , tbo uvillu so elongated , the throat so Inflamed and irritated as to produc. " > constant and dlstioHiliiK couxh , SANt'niiu'H Hujiou. CUIIK moots every phusii of Cuturrli , fromaslmplo liejul cold to tlio most loathsome and ( IcstrnUlvn stage * . It Is local und constitutional , lustuntlnreliovliig , perma nent in curing , sufe. , economical und never-full- flitch packnga contains one bottle of the lUnt- CA i , ( Jinn : , one box 1'A r.HKH AI , HOIVINT : , und un iMl'HOVKI ) lMI.tl.KII , with treatise ; price , fl. Vorrr.u Dam k CIIIMIU.M : < ( 'O. HOSTON. UTERINE PAINS And Weakness distantly relieved by tlio Cl'TIl UIU ANTI-I'.MN I'l.Ahmi , u I'ertect Antldotu to 1'uln , liillani- . . . mutton nnd Weakness. . A now , moot agreeable , Instantaneous und Infallible palri- killing piaster , especially ads pled to lelluvo follialu pains and weaknesses , vastly superior to ull other planters. . At nil druggists , 3 rents ; flve forl. < Mor. ; postagH free , of I'urriiit liuil AMI L'HKMll Co. , lloalcui , THE C1TT OF OMAHA BY GASLIGHT , U'liat tlio Hepor'or S w Thn Don Klirht Tim Sermon The Poverty Htrlekcnl-'ninll } I'ho Coroncr'H lament. Thellfoof n reporter on a dally paper Is not oiid of the most happy lot * . lloN east into nil Muds or oompaay , Hum the hlKlustto tint loweM drop * it mirluty. At oiui time lui 1 < rail- I'd to attend uii Inquest , to'\\rltu up" tliosiul- ili-n death of n mini , who for yi-ur * was knoun to bo u rollablo rnllromler , n tt-nmstor , or car penter. If not pi'ix'lniucu brlrklnuT or uven it common IUOOHT. On his \\ay luck to tlio olllco \Uth IIH | notes a frUiul - < nys , "I can gl\u you the imniiMof u party to l > o nmrrled ut iicoitalu hour. " In qui'tdof news thnipportcr llnd.su poor mother nnd nnvor.il tmmll chlldi on In u mlH- > Tiio1o kind of hovel anil In n I'mulshlng condi tion. 1'romlxlng to do all In ! IH ! tiouvr to relieve them thoncrllio wt'iuls hl.s\\nv ngntn , wlum his tnmiKhlH uiu tumid to his note book. In an In * ctatil his eji'8 are cnst on u memorandum which sny.s : "A dou iiRht ut . at7y.ni. " Well. here coiiirs the trliil for tlio jioncll pusher. A Ifuillnir minister Is to pivuoh iv si-rnion from a text > \blcli he deslrcHpilnletl niul thu reporter 1m * promised to do that \\ork , us MM mavknl roph'3 of the paper containing that m-niion Is to be mulled to the ministerial friends ) of thu pas tor. . "IIKIIK IS A rllKTTY MKSS. " A coroner's Inquest , u starving family , n dog flKht nnd u prominent divine's sermon , all to bo \\rllten nil by the suine. poimm for I ho .nno imper published next morning. All of thu above Inis happened within u couple or hours. The re porter makes the ellorl and by holtllim the "forniH" for half un hour Is ouccusHful mm nets rlil of his load of cure , but .such was not the rasu with the gentleman who makes the follo\\- IUK Interesting statement : To the writer who met Mr. William Prowiler.n teamster Iconled at the runner's Hotel , eornor of Uth und llurnvy Mts : "When I win In Denver Nimo j ears ugo , " mid Mr. O'ow iler , "I was em- Dlojed by the I'nlon I'nelllc Knllroad Company usulaboier. It was \\urin weather und I was working without iinv eo.it on and becamu some what \\urm by the time. 1 unit work , I Mailed homo with my rent olf. A Miulden K"st of ulnil cunif up und bet'oro 1 knew It \\UHchtllek I through and took n severe told and It hottlwl In inv face and hi'iul. which yoomuil to gut very ( .ore , and became M > .swollen thpt uttime.smy filends would not reci'nnl/0 mo. It y.ilucil mu very much My hi-ml would iiclio from moinliui until nlKht nml from night until morning. My bowels were veiy lostlvo for u numberot' yoaic , und to tell tliu truth 1 cannot remember when they were regular until reei'iitly. My uppetlto bocumu very poor und 1 lo : b < ej-ul pouuds In w eight. I COtrt.ll NOT PI.F.KP AT N'lflllT , unil when I uroso In themoinlni ; I was us tired a.i 1 was lietoie. 1 ret lied ut night. I would have home of the most boiilblo di earns ImtiL'limblo. | nlso became low-spirited mid lU-Mponilunt. und otton wished 1 wu.s ileuil. Things begun to urow wor.so rapidly. 'Iho fall of the > ear eumti mid I would tuko colds on the least ONjio-uro. My head would feel full , my nose htopptMl tipmul I would blow out hard chunks or .icatia which seemed to be blond. They \\uiu puttlil und emitted u bad oilor. Mybrentli WUH very offensive. 1 noticed utter n while that 1 liud u buzzing or rinsing nolso In my heud , nml my hearing M-I-mod to bo alfected.us I eoulil not hour M ) plainly us boforo. My om'M'oiued to bt'Mire , nml KimollmL-s ills- chinKeil , especially ut night , when thu pillow cnso would trenuuntly bo hotleil , 1 found the ellnmteorcoloiiulodldnot ngree with mo nnd i etui ned to Omaha where 1 Imvo resided ever since. "Well , to make n long story short t found out that my trouble was nothing more than caturrli mid that It hud become chronic , us my bronchial ttibus were effected. I WIIH troubled with u huek- ing rough mid would buvo to huvtk uiul hplt u greater part of thu time In the morning. It WUH of no uncommon occurrence for mu to nag mid vomit before I could clear my throat. I read the advertisement of Irn. McCoy und Hunry , und something moro tluin u month ugo 1 cbiiMiltcd with themand was surprised ut thu low price they iigroixt to fiirnlMi me. with medicine and treat mo for ono month. They did not prombo to euro mo , but suld they would help mo very mateilnlly. 1 begun treatment und nave only la-entreating for n little o\er ono month and the rcinarKnblochuiigo Unit hns.roino over mo Is simply uondei fid. I hoar UH well us 1 over did , my nose does not stop up , I do not hawk mid spit nny mole , my bowels urn us rognlnr 3 clook work , my nppotltn nxiollrnt. I nloep soundly nnd do not have those horrible dreams nny more.and feel better than 1 liuvu full for u number of years. " " 1 fool very Krutcful tlmt I am so much bottot bccnus.0 I novur nxpuctod to fool this well again , und Imvo no hesitancy In clvlui : my testimonial to tin- many already published by Dro. McCoy nnd Henry und freely rocominond their treat ment to those sulTorlng from cuturrli , us they cured mo utter Mjvurnl other doctoia uud nu merous patent medicines fulled. " MIL wir.r.MM cnownrm , As Rbovn stated Mr. Crnwiler can bo found ut runner's Hotel , corner 14th und llarnoy Hts. , w'heru bo will corrobborute thu ubovu. FETID NASAL CATARRH. Its Simptotns and Wli.it H Leads To- -The Miserable Keeling * , Etc , Tills form of catarrh is essentially n illsenso of thonusnlLuvlty pioper , und dots not extend to the vault of the pharynx. Koruwhllo u dry ru- turih may , nnd very ireimciitly docs , tluM'loji In that legion us thu result of Btructinal changes within the tissues of thu mucous miiiiilu ane. Thu symptoms mainly conslitln tlipuccmiiuliitlon In tlio misal c.ulty of oil ensl vn masses und crusts , together with 111010 or loss of n tlnlil dli-clmi'Ko. The imxul cavity thus obstructed thu breathing is moro or le&sillllli ult. ThoHoiisoof Hinull Nliupolrod. If not entirely lost. The especial liability to take colds on the least exposure exlst.s , ami the susceptibility to chunks of temperature und tlio Inlliiouco of u damp utmosphero fmiuontly rniues thickening of thu nasul mucous membrane. As th secre tion BOOM on trom the suifaco to thu mucous mombrau the masM'H nro lilted fioiu their bed , nnd still losing tliolr molsturo , largo mists nru gradually limit up fiom liolow , which mould themselves in Its narrower portions In snch u manner that thu sullorer Is unable to dlslodgo them , and they loiualn In posltou for ila > s uiul uvonwookH. Their odor Is ollt'iislvo In thu ex treme as the roMilt of thlH long retention , during which time the putrefactive changes uru con- Ktantly goliis on Thu siilforor may bo entirely unconscious of the ollenslvo breatli. but others roadlly nntlcu It und endeavor to nhun the com panionship of su < h persons , To l-.icu und IVntiires. Them nro many cases wherein fetid cntnrrh has tlono Its destroying work In the nasal pann ages. poisoning tbo breath , ruining the HOIISO of smellfiiK und taste , und perceptibly marring the features ; sometimes , lu long neglected or Im properly treated cases Klv1"K thtun un upiicar- unto distorted , iepulsl\e , iilmost deformed Much tlmt IH true haw boon wild regarding Ilio results of < atarrh impairing the Konoral health "iill ottliiK the throat , ItiiiKsmidstoiiiucli , mid pro ducing consumption and dyspepsm , or rcm hlng the oars mid musing deafness. Hut few persons roallzif liowKcnoral iirothu ( lostructlvor results of tliddlSH.isoin the noio mill face ulono. Very many of thecano.s of ilnttunt'd nnd crook ed noses come from tills cuiise. Th distortion commonly known ns "fioa furo" U u frequent result. Duik rings nbnut tlio uc.i , led uud in- llnmeil eyes and nostrils , almost Invanbly result ns thu ncKlectod cntniThnl proceis proceeds. The eyes are Minietliiios seriously airettod. In- llamed lids , weak slKht , HWliiinilUK mid watery or blood shot appeal. un u being among tliu com mon conditions that obtain. DOCTOH , J , CRESAP McCOY AND Dr. Columbus Henry ( I.nto of University "f I'onnsylvanla ) JIAVI : nrru iw No.IIIOuml.lll IN lt.\MJiilLlllINO. ( : Comer ritteunth and Huniuybln. , Omaha , Nub , w hero ull curable canon nus treated with success. Mcdirnl diseases tionli-dsklllfullv. Consump tion , llrluht's disease , ly i > i'iil | i , Ithi'iuiiiitlniu , and ull NKItVllt H HlSKAblX All ill.seuae-i I.e. . rallur to the trnxw-t n specialty. CAIAHUII UNtitflTATlN ( ) ut olllcc or by mall , II. Olliro hours U to II it. in. , - t < > 1 p. m. , 7 to A p. in. . HuiKUyrilw Inileil. Correspondeiieoreeelvos prompt attention. Many discuses mu treated successfully by lira , Mi-Coy niHl llmiry ilirwifth the malls , nii'l It U thus poxnlblu for tho-iii uiublu to inaKx joinucy tu obtain .tuccosdf ill hospital treatmun ut thlr hollies. No letters uinwered union * uccmnpanlud by 4c In stamps. , , . ' , , . Address nil letters tfi ! > n. Mrf.'oy und Henry HoomsJia und JI1 JUmjoUulldlni } , ' Omaha , Ntb. ' .