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MttE OMAHA DAILY BEifl : TUESDAY , JANTJABY 31 , I88a THE DAILY BEE. PU11M9I1KD EVKItY MOUSING. TEIIMS OF SUllSCIUPTIOtf. Dally ( Morning Fdltlon ) Including Sunday llPK.Ono Vcnr 110" " rorSlx.Montln , & ) rorTlirdt.Months , . 2W 'J 1m Omahn hiinday HKK , innltal to any nd- dress , One Vdnr. . 8 CO O IAII\OlHCU.NOH.014AMiB101'AUNAM8TIIFrT. NEW YOHK orricr. Motut w. . TittnuMt liyiui- i o. WASIII.NOTON UmcB , No , CUIloim * TEEXTIt HlIIKKT. _ _ _ _ _ coitnR.svuNnr.NCB. All commnnlcntlnni relating to news end editorial matter nhould bo addressed to the r.lllTOIl OKTIIK Her. linSINHSS 1.DTTEU9. All business letters nnd remittances should bo mldrc Bed to TUB lire PIIIIMMIIMI COMP NV , OMAHA , Drafts , cheeks and post'itllco orders to 1)8 made pa ) nblu to thuoidur of the com puny. The Bee PnisliinglSpy , Proiirictors , E. ROSliWATER. EoiTOll. TIII3 DAILY I1EK. Hworn .Statement ofClrculntlon. Etnte of Nebraska , I - , County of DouKliiHi , I _ Cro. ! if , Tmhuck , secretary of The lice Fill- lldilng company. docs solemnly swcnr that the nrttinl cliculiithin of the Dally lleo for the week ending .Jun.iS ) , IN * , was as follows : Htmirday. Jan. 14 . Ui.nri Hiindny. .Inn. If. . INK" . Monday , Jan. IU . IB.- ' ! " . Tuesday. Jan. IT Weiliiuiidiiy. Jan. 1H . IV- * " Thiircclny.Jiiii. 11) ) . H.Htt 1'rlday , , fun. a ) . .15,03) ) 11.105 OEO. II. T/PCHUG'K. Fworn to and subscribed In my presence this 24th day of January , A. D. , lew. N. 1' . 1T.1 1 , , Notary 1'ubllc. State of Nebrnnkn , ! , County of Douglass , ( " ( iui. II. T/hchmk. being llrst duly sworn , do- [ ) o-.os mid na > s that he Is secretary of Thu lleo I'ubllshlng company , that the iittnal uverugu for b ptembcr , IKS'fi II.H9 : copies : fur October. -IfW. H.KI : ; for Novcmlwr , IfW , 16,231 copies ; for December. Ihb7 , Ifi.Ull copies. OKO. I ) . T7.SCHOCK. Rwornnnd Rnbscrlbed to In my presence this ! d day of January , A. 1) . Itea. N. ] ' . IT.l I. . Notary 1'ubllc. IIA VK you contributed to the BIK'S : fund in buhuH of Nobrabkti's heroic school teachers ? Tins responses to the BKK'S nppcnls in bolintf of Mibs Shattuck , Miss Royce and Miss Freeman , nro rolling in rap idly. Lot the good work continue until a hmicKomo sum is rained. A rAYOiiAiujs report was made in the United StateH senate 'yesterday on the bill to appropriate $1,200,000 for the con struction of a now post ollico building in Omaha. The very strong facts presented in support of the appropriation appear to have promptly convinced the com mittee , and it is to be hoped they will bo equally effective with the house com mittee. Some paring down , however , is to bo apprehended from that body , but there is very little reason to doubt that an appropriation will bo bocured. JUDOK BKUKA can do the city no bet tor service just now than to put the army of tramps and vagrants to work cleaning the gutters nnd streets. That .Tudgo Berka has not exorcised his au thority in this direction before is a matter - tor of surprise. The charter expressly says that it shall be lawful to provide as part of the judgment that u defendant bo required to work out his fines and cost upon the public btreot , or at any other place that may be provided. Some years ago this was done , and it had a very salutary effect in decreasing the number of petty criminals. SUNATOK SHERMAN appears to bo gaining friends in Pennsylvania , which means a loss to Mr. Blulno. It is possi ble , though hardly probable , that the following of the former will grow to bo Buflieiontly formidable to prevent the Bluino forces from controlling the dele gation to the 'lationul convention , a re sult that would irmko a very material difference in the chances of Mr. Blaino. Meanwhile the Maine statesman seems to bo making progress elsewhere , nota bly in Massachusetts , where , according to seine recent expressions , the republi can leaders seem to have determined for themselves that Blaine is the most available candidate. IT is remarked as a curious coin cidence that the severe cold of the first half of January in California a cold te which has not been equaled for thirty- * < four years was followed by copious rains f' all over the btnto. The precipitation at [ > all [ mints where a record was kept I was more than double that in the corresponding period of last year. Whether any connection can bo traced II between the cold and the ruins is a question for scientific men to determine , I nnd it is one they ' will bo likely to re gard with a good'deal of interest. This I exceptional rainfall is thought to insure n good harvest this year in California , a consideration that renders it especially intorctAing to the popular mind. TilK Ohio legislature has before it a proposition to establish two cent passen ger faros in that state. The Michigan Central railroad , following the example of the Grand Trunk , is boiling 1,000- milo tickets for $20. These intimations that two-conts-a-milo are coming will be regarded everywhere with interest , The probability is very great that within the next live years the two-cent rate will prevail in all the more densely populated - ulatod states , with the effect of course ol reducing the faro in all other states. II is undoubtedly un reasonable to oxpecl at this time a two-cent rate in states like Iowa and Nebraska , but a reduction from existing rates is practicable. The railroads themselves , as in the case ol the Michigan Central , are helping the movement along. SOMK of the school teachers in the lower grades have done nobly in thoii efforts to increase the "Nebraska heroine - ino fund , " but the superintendent of the city schools nnd the principals am : teachers of the high school , who draw balarlcs innging from $1,800 to $3,000 liavo not boon heard from. They t-bow r lack of public spirit and sympathy wit ! their own profession. If a fo mule teacher , who earns frou SCO to $70 per month , car afford to contribute to this fund , a malt teacher , who is paid a largo biliary ought to do much bettor. If the super intendent had at once called a meeting of the high school teachers , headed i list with a liberal 'subscription , am otherwise put his shoulder to the wheel ho would luivo done credit to his profession fossion , and shown himself a'in an. Protection of Actual SottleM. Among the various bills introduced at the present session of congress for the amendment of the public land laws , the one which Senator Paddock has drafted will probably commend itself strongly to the people of the west. It does not open the doors , at so many other propositions would do , to land jobbing and specula tion , but is intended to meet n specific want nnd specific complaint on the part of homesteaders and pre-emptors who , by unavoidable accident , sickness or misfortune , have failed , or may fall in the future , to make their final proofs on the date advertised and sot. There has been a wise tendency on the part of the general land ollico for a number of years past to throw all possi ble re&trictions and safeguards around the entry and linal proof of the public lands. The tendency of congrcsc , too , educated by the honest and unflinching administration of the general Inndofllcc under Messrs. McParland nnd Sparks , has been , and now is , In the line of wiping from the statute books a number of the lavish provis ions under which jobbers and ring- sters and land grant corporations have embezzled hundreds of millions of acres of the publio domain. Senator Paddock's measure , which was intro duced in response to mnny complaints from actual settlers throughout the .vest . , provides that in certain specified 'uses ' , and where the necessity is clearly .shown by allldavit , parties Who have failed to make final proof upon the day sot forth may make such proof ivithin the succeeding ten days. It has often happened , especially in uiHottled portions of the west , where and ofllces and courts are from one to two hundred miles distant from the ocation of the claim , that obstructed . ends , the breaking down of stage coaches nnd a number of other causes have conspired to delay and prevent applicants from reaching their desti nation on the day specified. The late rulings of the department which made rcadvortisement and another journey at the end of thirty days necessary have often compelled homesteaders and pro-cmptors to pay out moro for traveling than the en tire money value of their claim , while putting them and their witnesses to great and needless expense. It is to remedy such cases , now yearly growing less as the frontier is settling up , that Senator Paddock's bill Has been intro duced. It will doubtless receive the en dorsement of the land department , as it will that of honest settlers everywhere throughout this section of the country. Free Trade-Protection. Has the general prosperity of the people ple in the United States during the past twenty-two years resulted from our war tariff as claimed by many of the high tariff advocates ? The argument advanced in support of this claim may be stated in a nutshell : "Wo are a prosperous people wo have a high pro tective tariff ; therefore , a high protec tive tariff makes n highly piosporous people. " As well argue : Wo are a highly prosperous people wo speak the English language ; therefore , to become a highly prosperous people , a nation must speak the English language. Or , "Wo have no 'God' in the constitution , therefore keep God out of the constitu tion if you would become a prosperous peoplol" What nro the facts ? As a nation wo , are not , correctly speakinga protective tariff people. The United States of America is , to-day , as nearly a "free trade" country as any nation in the world. Our wonderful increase in wealth and material development has resulted from the inherent energy of our people and the untrammeled freedom of trade bo- twcon the different sections of our country , and this in spite of the clog imposed on our prosperity by the tariff. Had there been a moro reasonable tariff our growth , increase in wealth , and in the general comforts of life , would have boon much greater. This is clearly es tablished by the moro rapid progress we have made Jin all these respects since the republicans reduced the tariff , and corrected some of its abuses , four years ago. ago.Free Free trade involves not alone the absence of legal restrictions , or tariff on merchandise , but "something to trade' and facilities for that something to roach a market 'whore it can bo "traded. " Wo have , as a nation , moro "to trade' than any like population on the face ol the globe , and have better and chcapei facilities for getting this "something1 to n satisfactory market our homo market. The volume and value of out foreign trade sinks into comparative insignificance in contrast with the do mestic or inter-state trade , and , bo it re membered , this in tor-state and domestic trade is absolutely free trade ! Lot those who are fearful of free trade think of this : Wo are to-day a grcatei free trade country than England , and the Cobden club diet not contribute one cent to make us so. In contrast with this free trade coun try examine the condition o our sister republic Mexico , n thoroughly tariff protected country n highly protected country. The peace tariff of Mexico would laugh at the punj pigmy of a war tariff which wo impose , and complain about. They have a nn tionnl tariff as a fringe around the border dor , including duties on both import' and exports ( formerly eight par cent 01 gold and silver coin oxportodnnd ) inter btato tariffs the lines cutting bias , ii scallops , and straight all through the interior. There is no reason , if tnrifft create prosperity , why Mexico shouli not to-day bo the most prosperous na tion on earth , her laboring people the best paid , best clothed , housed , and fed and withal the most happy and contented od of all God's creatures. And yet , with all the advantages ol tariffs with in tariffs , mnnufacturies do not Hour ish , her working people nro not wol paid , clolhed , housed or fed. The la boring man in Mexico who earns sovci dollars per month , nnd boards himself is exceptionally prosperous. For years Japan was thorough ! ; well protected. Her people had no cause to complain of , any dlscriminatioi against her infant industries. Hoi manufacturers had the whole field U themselves , and yet thisubsolutoprotec ion the people of Japan enjoyed did not nako them rich , prosperous , or Jinppy. 1ho Japan laborer and artisan wcro not veil paid , clothed or fed. China enjoyed a similar protection for uindrcds of years , yet labor is cheap in L'hlnn , so cheap that the government md to coin n piece of money so small hat It takes more than one hundred of hem to bo equal to our one cent coin , vlth which to pay them. The lesson from all this is that some orcign trade is better than commercial solution , and that absolute free trade , is shown by our extensive inter-state rco trade , is not so fearful a thing as Is name would imply , nor bo dangerous is interested parties would like to make is believe. Wo cannot , oven if we would , have rco trade with foreign states. Our ob- igations to certain industries long fos- ered by the tariff , forbids taking away , his artificial prop before they have > rcpared for the change , which must ) o gradual. Wo cannot have free trade with for eign states , on account of the revenue required to defray the expenses of the general government , pensions for men llsablcd in the war , interest on the na tional debt , etc. We should not have free trade or any other kind of trade with foreign nations vhich discriminates against American enterprise , or the American people in my manner whatever. But wo may hope for such revision in our tariff laws as will limit , as a maxi mum , duties to fifty per cent on foreign cost , nnd the free importation of tir- , iclcs of necessity. Wo may also hope 'or such reduction 'in the rev enue as to prevent the accumula tion of u largo surplus. Plain Comparisons. For the benefit of Mayor Broatch and Lho city council , the BKI : will make a few comparisons in support of its charge of reckless municipal extravagance. During the fiscal year ending July 1 , 1880 , the expense of the comptroller's oflico aggregated $2,801.70. For the year ending July 1 , 1887 , the expenses of the comptroller's ollico aggregated $5,004.83. For the six months ending January 1 , 1888 , the expenses of the comptroller's office wore $3,139.30. The expenses of the city clerk's office during the year ending July 1 , 1886 , wore $3,292.00. During the year fol lowing they had increased to $4,971.13. For the six months ending with the 1st of January , 1888 , the city clerk's ex penses aggregated $3,698.79. The city treasurer's office expenses during the year ending July 1,1880 , wore $4,719.30. For the year ending July 1,1887 , the city treasurer's office is charged with $0,287.40. For the six months ending December 31 , 1887 , the city treasurer's office has drawn $3,961.79 ; The office of superintendent of build ings for himself and all assistants re ceived $2,448.25 during the year ending July 1,1887. Between July 1,1887 , nnd January 1 , 1888 , the superintendent of buildings has drawn out of the treasury $2,65-5.35. Those figures speak > for themselves. The comptroller's oflico has drawn $274.54 moro out of the treasury during the last six months than was paid out of that office during the whole year of 1886. 1886.Tho The city clerk has drawn by $300 more money out of the treasury for him self and deputies for the last six months than was paid to him for the whole year ending July 1,1880 , and within $1,400 us much for the last six months as ho drew for the whole year ending July last. last.Tho The treasurer has drawn nearly $ -1,000 out of the treasury during the last six months , independent of dclinauont taxes , when the law allows him only $800 for himself and $700 for clerk hire. As to the superintendent of buildings comment is unnecessary. These are four of the tax-eating de- partmoi1 ts. The question is , how much longer are the tax-payers of Omaha to bo subjected to such wanton extrava gance ? Tin : resolutions presented in the house of representatives last week anil referred to the committee on foreign affairs , relating to an adjustment of the fishery difficulty and th question of un restricted trade between the United States and Canada , have served to re new interest in these matters. The au thor of the resolution , Mr. Buttorworth , of Ohio , is confident that they will en counter no serious opposition. Ho say ; there 1ms been a vigorous growth ol sentiment favorable to commercial union , one conspicuous illustration ol which is in the fact that the policy received ceivod the unanimous endorsement ol the national board of trado. There if no doubt of its having the sup port of a largo body o the Canadian people , amonf them a number of representative men of prominence both in official and prl vato life. In fact , the evidence is that there is far more interest in behalf of commercial union among the Canadian people than there is in this country , the ultra protectionists hero not regarding the matter with favor. Mr. Butter worth , however , insists that the pro posed policy will subserve rather than prove inimical to protection , to which ho is as fully devoted as any man. He thinks it will ba a great advantage to the protective system to extend it around Canada and open-up to out people that market and that source o : supply. If as expected the foreign affairs committee reports favorably'or the resolutions before It , the question of commercial union wltn Canada will take a leading place in public attention , Ir nil the advantages that are claimed yfor the proposed Nicaragua canal should bo realized , its construction would bo one of the most important en- torprises'of the ago. It is said for il that it will make Chill , Peru nnd Ecua dor commercial neighbors of our gull ports , nnd a trade will bo created be tween them which , by reason of the fa vorable circumstances , will exclude all rivals. It will bring Callao four thous and miles nearer to Liverpool than the route by way of the btraits of Magellan. Three-quarters of the existing com merce between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean ? Is to and from the ports of the north Atlantic and north Pacific. For all this trade the canal will shorten the water route by sqVon thousand miles. The already rapid development of Cali fornia , Oregon and Washington must , from such a facility of traffic , lake a wonderful increase of Impetus , particu larly in the leading articles of wheat and lumber , now amounting to many millions annually. The lumber trade of Oregon and Washington presents the most notable development of any line of commerce during the past year. In 1880 the whole shipment was six million feet. Last year the shipment averaged four million feet per month , or eight times the te tnl of the previous year. The trade of the present year will probably bo double that of last. The canal would quicken the commercial life of Mexico and Central America , and their wants would be supplied from our adjacent ports , while their productions would find in those ports a ready and profitable market. Such promises certainly ren der this scheme a most interesting one , nnd give force to the proposition that this country ought not to permit any other nation to secure control of this route , which it is said both England nnd Germany would like to do. IT is understood that the general con tents of the now tariff bill which the ways and means committee will report have been agreed upon and are now being talked over among revenue re formers with a view of getting the bill into such shape that it will command the full support of the largest possible number of democrats. It is said that the bill , as it now stands , will put wool , salt , coal , lumber , hemp , jute and some other raw materials , including chem icals , on the free list , and cut the duty on sugar 2o per cent and the duty on rice about the same amount. It will rear range the duties on woolens and wor steds so as to make them uniform , and this rather by lowering the duties on woolens than by raising the duties on worsteds. Reductions will also bo mndo on other ne cessities. The schedules covering silks , jewelry , , fine china and glass , liquors , cigars and otherluxuries have been loft practically untouched. The bill will also cut down the taxes on tobacco and fruit brandies. It will contain as well the Hewitt administrative reforms. The total reduction in revenue to bo effected by the bill , as it at present stands , would be about $70,000,000. A minority measure is also being framed and will be brought forward by the re publican members of the ways and menus committee. It is understood that this will propose the repeal of the tobacco taxes and the reduction of the sugar duties fifty per cent , with , or without , compensatory bounties to the Louisiana sugar men , which would still further reduce thfljsurplus. The inten tions of Mr. Randall have not been dis closed , nnd the revenue reformers do not appear to be greatly concerned re garding them. ' THK remarks made by Chairman Bal- combo , of the board , of public works , to a representative of the BEH , arc significant. In direct violation of the restrictions imposed by the charter , overlaps have been created in every fund and department of the city. The ex cuse of the council is , that the demands of our rapidly growing city mndo it necessary to extend sewer , pav ing and fire limits. The council knew that it was committing illegal acts in exceeding the appropria tions for the year. Still , the council went on overriding , in many ca os , the veto of the mayor in pushing forward contracts for public work. As Mr. Bal- combo has well pointed out that if this reckless policy is continued the cost of any public work will bo increased fully S3 per cent , as contractors will insure themselves against the uncertainty of payment , long interest , and losses. The time has come for a halt , and for a thor ough investigation. A YOUNG lady , daughter of a member of the board of education , is circulating a subscription paper among the teach ers for a present to the principal of the high school , who receives a big salary. Ho docs not need any present , and , us a matter of principle , should not receive gifts. It strikes us that it would bo much moro appropriate to change that subscription paper for the benefit of the fund being raised for Miss Shattuck , Miss Royce , and Miss Freeman. PUOMINKNT PERSONS. Mrs. Prances Hodgson Burnett.who is now living at Florence , Italy , expects to lomuin abroad two years. Joslo Mansfield , who caused the deadly feud between Fisk nnd Stokes yenis agonow lives in Uuden-Biulcn. A Washington gossip remarks that Sena tor Hearst , of Culifordia , Is not "a thing of beauty and ajoy forever" in a dress suit. Charles Stewart Parncll is frequently seen at present in liottcn IJow , Ilydo Park , Lon- donmounted on a big Uay horse and wrapped in u enormous ulster overcoat. There are four men in the house who part their hair In the middle. They arc Uaynor and Beltuont on the democratic side and Phelps and Longon thorepublican side. Ex-Governor Alger , tft ' Michigan , is said to own over ono hundred 'quaro miles of forest land near Alpcna , , .bearing more than 500,000,000 feet of standing pine timber. In the February number cof the North American Review ia an able and interesting article on "Serpent Myths , " from the pen of Varina Anne Davis , daughter of Jefferson Davis. Samuel Spencer , th < j new president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad , receives a rsalary of $25,000 a year. Less than twenty years ago ho was a roadman on a salary of about tOOO a year. Governor Fitz Hugh Lee , of Virginia , is said to bo completed spoiled by his political elevation. Ho is n man of only mediocre ability , nnd oven the democrats say ho has become very unpopular. Lot Flannory , the Washington sculptor , made- plaster bust of General Logan Just after the war. It was the only bust over made of the famous soldier , and was a correct and arttstlo likeness. Mr. Flanncry Is now reproducing producing this bust in marble , and the result of his work will bo presented to Mrs. Logan by a friend. Charles Arbucklo , the wealthy coffee mcr- chnnt , against whom Miss Campbell recently obtained a verdict of { 45,000 damages for breach of promises , has bad a disastrous year flttfthcinlly. Ho is still a vdry wealthy ulan , but has test a good deal of money In thu last twelve months , Ho wns largely inter' cstcd In M. E. Post's banking house at Chey enne , Wyo. , which closed Its doors last sum mers. Kindts In the South. A gentleman at the Atlanta ( On. ) custom house mild recently ! " 1 have bcem hero Hvo years , and I saw something the other day which I have never see'ii before. I s.iw n Jury In the United States court room every man on which could write his mime. " The Champion Anti-Poverty Family. ; ii > . tim ( Unlit. ThoAstor family gathers wealth ns It apes. The Asters nro reported to own 8,000 houses in New York city , and the combined wealth of the family Is estimated nt 100,000,000. This Is Increasing at the rate of f lU.OOO.OOO . annually. How to llclriii Train Uobbcrs. I'entltt Transcript. For the last three yc.irs the train robbing Industry In Missouri has been laboring under serious disadvantages and i not character ized by its olil-tlmu spirit and sang frold. This , seemingly , goes to show that the right way to icform a train robber is to give him a federal ofllce. Trying on the Thermometers. Oifrrttfo Titlniiic. Fort KcoRli ctm probably claim the honor of the widest range of temperature of any place on earth. On the occasion of the great storm of last week the thermometer marked ( 5 below. During the hot weather of last summer It ranged from 120 to 1)0. ! ) This makes n range of 10.1 degrees within the year. A Compliment From Philadelphia. l'hlhnMi > liti llcconl. The OM in v Hiu : has published a largo pic torial sheet illustrating the growth and pros perity of Omaha. Hut the UKC modestly omits all reference to Its own mighty efforts. Its fearless criticisms and its jealous care of the best Interests of Omahti have contributed largely to the rapid development of that city. A Distinction AVIthoiit n Difference. Jimrnnl of Kiliicnttuii. Generally speaking , the gentleman who has Just accepted n position is not a bit Imp- pier about It than the man who has just got a Job. In the Way or Civilization. Smlfamipolta Jouiiial. Prohibition , as a factor in national politics , holds out no prospects whatever of practical reform , nnd is likely to become memorable simply as an obstacle and hindrance to politi cal and moral progress , New Kvery Morning. Susan CuulrMar , Every day is a fresh beginning. Every morn U the world made new , You who uro weary of Borrowing und sin ning , Here is a beautiful hope for you ; A hope for mo nnd a hope for you. All the past things are past and over , The t'isks are done and the tears are shed. Ycsterdav's errors let yesterday cover f Yesterday's wounds , which smarted and bled , Are healed with the healing which night has shed. Yesterday now is a part of forever ; Hound up in a sheaf , which God holds tight , With glad days , and sad days , and bad days which never Shall visit ns moro with their bloom nnd their blight , ' Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful niglit. Let them go , since wo cannot relieve them , Cannot undo and cannot atone ; God in his mercy receive , forgive thcml Only the new days are our own. is and alone. To-day ours , to-day Hero are the skies all burnished brightly , Hero is the spent earth all reborn , Hero are the tired limbs springing lightly To face the sun and to share with the morn In the chrism of dew and the cool of dawn. Every day Is a fresh beginning , Listen , my soul , to the glad refrain , And , spite of old sorrow and older sinning , And puzlles forecasted , and possible pain , Take heart with the day , and begin again I STATE AND TEUIUTOUY. Ncbranka Jottings. Red Cloud has invested in a street railway. Grand Islanders are taking their piety with sugar beet. The swam ] ) angels of Florida are weaving obituary wreaths for the Ne braska editorial excursionists. An in terview with an alligator is a guarantee of improved circulation. The South Sioux City Sun is blazing in the meridian of prosperity. The latest number was a spotless sixteen pngo number loaded with huge "ads" and perspiring columns of news and comment. The anti-saloon element in Dakota City has closed up the last groggcry in town and the municipal pump and bootlegs - logs are booked for a nourishing trado. Relief is also expected from liberal consignments of Jackson's fighting forty-rod. The Nebraska City board of trade has elected the following olllcers for the year : E. S. Hawley , president ; Robert Payne , first vice president ; A. Heller , second vice president ; II. S. Schwind , secretary ; Julian Metcalf , treasurer. D. P. Rolfo , J. W. Stemhart , M. L. Hayward and S. T. Davies , Uoard of directors. The Chadron Journal is out in a mid winter illustrated edition in cheerful colors , coupled with ' 'a convincing array of facts about the resources and pros pects of a city of destiny and a land of fatness. " Cluulron is the capital of D.iwcs county , is thirty-two months old , population 8,500 , real estate valuation $071,700 , and claims to bo ' 'the queen of the western kingdom. " County wars are raging fearlessly in ShoridanGreeloy and Perkins counties. Although the frost has congealed the earth to a depth of four feet , it has no perceptible cfi'eet on the quality and quantity of mud thrown. Rival accounts agree that the rank and file of the fac tions are knaves , imbeciles , thieves and lepers. A municipal campaign in Omaha is n love feast in comparison \\ith a moderate county beat war. Iowa Items. A late census gives Clinton a popula tion of 10,000. Oskaloosa is going to build a coal palace. Coal is king down there. Congress has chartered another bridge over the river at Burlington. The Central -Iowa has a record of not a single passenger being killed in the past ten years. The people of Leo county are getting tired of their double-barrelled county seat , and are asking the legislature to abolish it. The costs in Indinnola's celebrated calf case are now over $ -100 , exclusive of attorneys' fees , and the owneTbliip still undecided. The Iowa soldiers' homo Inmates were presented with twenty-one very nice foot mats for front of beds by the Indies of F. M. ThorcnbV. . R. C. , January 21. Judge Kinno at this January term of court in Benton county lined nine dif ferent parties for selling liquors , to the amount of1,400. . The lowest amount given any one was $400 and the highest JOOO. JOOO.Farmers Farmers in the vicinity of Waterloo are losing a great mnny cattle from a Ktrnngo malady , No ono seems lo know any thing 4ilH > ut il and the stale veteri narian has been called upon to Investi gate. gate.A A young man nnmod Duffy , of Iowa county , took u shotgun to school nmllild it in u brush heap , intending to shoot rabbits on the way home. Ho pulled the gun out of the brush by the mu//.lo and got a load of whet In tils groin and abdomen. The \\ound Is fatal. Prophet Foster , of Hurlington , has In stock the following February weather : "Tho month \\ill open with mild weather , with iv storm about the 1st. It is expected to bo a northern Htorm. The subsequent storm dates for this meridian are February 4 , 10 , 15 , 21,5i"i nnd 127 to 20. The disturbance on the Ifith wo ex pect to bo a heavy storm with a south erly course , and will bo followed by very cold weather between the 10th and the 20th. There will bo it warm wave pro-1 ceding the storm ol the 2.lh , followed by sudden changes. " Dakota. Sorghum is baid to bo a practical crop in Dakota. The location of the North Dakota ag ricultural fair for 1SS3 will not be fixed until April 10. Black Hills paper * deny in the most emphatic manner that there has boon any borlous loss of stock as a result of the storm. The treasurer of Ilydo countv got nay with $11 , OM ) . The county expect H to realize $8,000 from the treasurer's property , put up as security. The Sioux Indians have elected twelve delegates , ono from each tribe , to repre sent the nation at Washington on the opening of the reservation. The artealau well at Plankintou Is about the only thing in that country which the cold did not ofioct. It uponts as perennially i\s though it wcro gentle springtime. There are four prisoners In the terri torial penitentiary at Sioux Falls draw ing pensions from the government. One gets $2-5 per month , another $12 a month , and the other two $ -1 a month each. Twenty dollars will bo awarded and paid by the Rapid City board of trade for the best slab of marble procured from a quarry within ten miles of Rapid City before March 1. The slab must bo at least four feet long , two feet wide nnd at least two inches in thickness. It must be polished on one side and the edges , and it is to become the property of thcbonrdfor exhibition there or clbo- whero. ASI'llYXIATKl ) . Ilcniarkablo KHcapo From Death By Mr. und Mrs. 1'cnroso. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. A. Pcnroso hnd a narrow escape from death at their home on the corner of Lcavcnworth'aiidT\vcnty-Ufth8trvctsSun- dij ; [ night. In tlioir sleeping ap.irtmcnt they use n hard coal base burner. The stove stands hut a few feet from the head of the bed , nnd last night , being rather warm , the lire was allowed to smoulder , and just before retiring Mr.Ponroso shut off the draft in both stove and pipe. This action came within u hairs-breadth of costing the couple their lives. Mr. Pen- rose awoke about U o'clock in the morning , but ho was not nt all himself , his limbs seemed benumbed , his brain In u whirl and ho imagined ho WIIH suffocating. He aroused his wife or rather attempted to , nnd sprang from the bud , but only to fall headlong to thu floor insensible. A few moments later n domestic , perplexed at the non-appuarancc of thu mistress of the house , who is usually un early riser , ap peared at the door to summon the couple to bre.iltfast. She knocked several times with out receiving a response , and then , in much misgiving und alarm , opened tno door and looked within. Sim behold Mr. Pcnroso out stretched upon the lloor , and jumping at the conclusion that lie hnd been murdered she rushed frantically from the house. The true condition of things was soon mndo clear. The lady nnd guntlcm.in were asphyxiated with the K"acs and fumes from the smoulder ing coal , which had accumulated un til it was a difficult matter for even these just from the fresh air to breath. Mr. Pcnroso and wife wore carried into an other p.irt of the house , these present labor ing under the Idea ftat both were doud. However , a physician was called , and after n brief delay Dr. Jarcd Ayrcs nrrived. Mr. Penroso was speedily aroused , but it was unite n long time before the physician would even give foith any hope of resuscitating Mrs. Penroso. She was in nn extremely crit ical condition. At last , however , the labors of the doctor and his willing assistants , were rewarded by the lady opening her eyes , und shortly thereafter to her full restoration to consciousness. She was very weak , however , nnd unable to rise , and it will bo several days before she can completely recover. QUESTION OFOVEHIjAPS. The Mayor HCOUI-R to the Matter With a Few Facts. Mayor Broatch was seen yesterday by a llKK reporter , and questioned with respect to the overlap in thollio-departmcnt fund , es pecially in connection with the showing of the same , ns made on Saturday by Comp troller Goodrich. Ho said that ho hnd no reason to change his mind , and that the re port which ho would soon give to the public , would show that what ho had tlrst said about the overlap , and which was published in the DM : was correct. The reporter statement , regarding not only the lire , but also the po lice department , ho said ho would have ready to-morrow. The mayor also claimed that the cxnminn- tion of the records proved conclusively what ho hud pointed out in August last. At that time he vetoed several grading ordinances for the reason that the rceklcHS manner in which thov had been passed created an over1 hi ] ) . He then claimed that If moro vigilance was not exercised there would bo nn overlap of from flO.MO to $41,000. The major says that the real figures of unwarranted expend iture is greater than the last sum , so that there is nothing left for grading this ycur. A MIDNIGHT THIEF. Policeman Manned DlHcovorH AVIiy Jlln Coal Illit Grown Empty. Richard Mannoll , ono of the now police men , keeps his coal m n largo box In the lot on which his residence is located. Lest thieves might carry away the fuel Mr. Man- null has kept a padlock on thu box , but in spite of this precaution the black diamonds kept disappearing night after night. Mr. Mannoll determined to watch the coal-box Sunday night. Shortly nftcr midnight a man entered tnu yaul from the roar and made straight for the coal-box Taking a key out of his | Kckct ) ho unlocked it , and then pro ceeded to 1111 two largo baskets that he had brought along , Mr. Mannull waited until the thief hud closed the box and was ready to depart before stopping him. Just as the man reached the mlddlu of the yard the po- licemun confronted him. nnd to his great surprise - priso found that the thief was a near neigh bor of hi9 , and a man who stands high in the neighborhood. Mr. Munnell contented him self with kicking the man into the stieot and will not prosecute. The High School Clock. There are several men now at work placing the recently purchased clock In the tower of the high school. The woiks aiu pluml in tlm fouith Htoiy , from which pluco n lod-con nection is madu with thu mechanism which works the hands. The dials are now in po- hltlnn. They nro seven foot In diameter nnd ] 1,11 n ted blade , thu number nnd hands being of gilt. It will roijulro about a week to get the clock in condition to ran , mid the cost will bo nlxmt ? I,2XI ( The works wcro mudo by a Hoston manufacturer , Alrltrakc Instruction. The "instruction car" of the Westlnghtmso Air Hinku company arrived yesterday over the Union Puuillc , nnd was nt work nearly all day at the up | > cr yards. Con ductors nnd brukcmcn were taken Into the car and listened to u let-tiiio fioin the In btruetorand glvon practical examples of how to work the brakes. or Au Hernia Enclnuer In Hln Combat \Vlth n lleloiitlcKH Knomy Duvold of Kltlicr Ilnnrt or Conscience. rinln tJnvnrnlsliPd I'nctM Which , Mlilch Clrnrly DomoiiNtrntn ttint 1'eopto HomcllmoH Do Them * nclvos An Injustice. Ono of the happiest young men In Omnhn to day U Mr. I ) . S , hvln.liti recently nrilUMl in this city f i din the Koystonpstutp nnd who now rooms m the Ulgglns block on I low urd street. Tongentlenmn > kiu-u htmhllo i\n I-UK- ! neer ut thu I'timiv. Steel compnny's works nt Steolton. I'n . noting his rcumteniinfp beaming ulth iiHntlsnod , Inippy look , nnd Inquiring the iniisoof the lailluil ilmiiKo , Mr. In In t-nld : "I have boon troubled with duonlc rnturrh for ten > ears , during which time I luivo xnirorod horrors rors which the tongue Is tnmlconnto to poitray , having dining that time been tieated by se\riui prominent plijsldnm , and nwd pntent medi cines without stint , nil of which fulled to do inn any good ; In nut , life became almo t B lumlnn. My eittiuili bait \umli > d Into the liroiu-hlat tllhos ; nt times I o\poi toi.ited blood , I mil night MUM' ' * , and was on ( lie roud to coiiMim | > Uoii , "I hnd n dull , heavy heudiichr. nose all htulTed tip from n uuift uit dilpping Irom the hend Into the tin oat. nometlmes protnto. wutuy nnd "end , nl others thick , tenacious mums , puru lent , bloody and putrid ; my eyes weak wnteiv ami Inllanied. Them WIIH it ringing In my ran , and fiom ono of them theio was a constant dls. clmigeof mutter : for the last nine j ears deaf ness , constant hawking and toughing toele.ir tliothio.it ; oNpoctot.itlons of otrenstvo matter , together with scabs fiom niters. My Mleo hnd n nusnl twang , bieath verv otlelHlve. Hlnell anil tnste gone , a sensation of dizziness , w It It mental depieoBlon , a hacking cough and gencial dcbll- ' "Well , " continued Mr. Irvln , "I was nrmmlnt- edwlth nniimhnr of people In the east who hud been Hiiuossfully Minted by Drs. McCoy and Henry before they came west , and noticed their ttdveitlHeiuontx In the Omaha papers. 1 made up my mind to plnco myself umlor tholi CRIO and see If they could do nn ) thing for mo. After a i in < > fnl culmination they told mo the dinnis ofmveius were sound and that. In their opin ion , my hearing could bo entirely restored , r began tieatmcnt nt onco. The doctoi washed my ears out with lomu kind of oil undwnim water , after which ho passed n pioboof HOIIIO kind Into my nose , llu then diluted my ears and to my great st'iirniSK i com.n IIIMH MUCH IIKTTKII. "I went to his olllro uveiydny , followed thu ulit < < turns > eiy minutely , and now , lit the ex piration of live weeks , 1 nm untlioly cured , and 1 am tuny thankful for the great blessing of health l > estowed upon mo by Drs. McCoy and Hem V'N treatment. 1 can unreservedly recom mend them to any one tumbled with chronic catanh. No disease , " continued Mr. In In , "Is no common , moro deceptive , dangerous and less understood , or muru unsuccessfully tieutvd by physicians. " Mr. livln Is nn exceedingly well Informed gentleman , and can bo found at the nbovo named place whcio ho will fully corroborate the nbovo. Signal Inn ors Which Are Made Known liut'oro Consumption Appears. When cntnrrh hns existed In the hend and upper pmt of the throat for any length of time the patient living In the district \\huro people nruHiihjcLt to uitnrrhal nltectlon and the dis ease hns been left uncmeit , the catarrh Invari ably , sometimes slowly , extends down thu wind pipe mid Into the uionchlnl tubes , which tub n convoy the air Into the dllTeicnt parts of the lungs. The tubes become ulTected from the snclilugnnd mucus arising from cut in Hi , unit m somu Instances become plugged up < > that the air cannot got In us freely us It should. Shortness of In eat h lolloWH , und the patient bienthes with labor and with dltllcnlty. In other cases there Is n sound of cracking and whe 7luglnsldo ttiti chest. At this Htngu of the disease the breathing Is usually moro rapid than w hen In health. The patient also has hot Hashes o\er his body. Tliopaln which accompanies this condition Is of a dull character , felt In the clu st , .behind the breast bone or under the shoulder blado. The puln may coma and go last u few days and then ho absent for several others. Tno cough t hat oc curs In the llrst HtugcHof bronchial catarrh Is dry. conns at Intervals , Is hacking In character anil usually most troublesome In the morning on arising or going to bed at night , ui.d It may bo the Unit evidence of the disease extending In the lungs. At llrst theroinnybenothlngbronghtnpbytlio cough ; t hen thcro is ullttlo tough , tuimclous mu cus , whit h the patient tlnds grout dllllculty In bringing up. Sometimes thcro are fits of coughing Induced by tough mucous so violent as to ennse vomit ing. Later on the mucous that Is raised Is found to contain small imitlclcs ofellow muttei , which Indicates that the small tubes In the lungs mo novallected. . With this thuio uiu often htreaks of blood mixed with thu mucous. In cases the patient becomes very pile , has fever and expectorates before any cough appears. I n somu cases small nmssesof cheesy oubst nnco aiospit up , which , when piessed between the tlngei s , emit u bud odor. In other cases put tlclus of uhuidclmlky iinturejiiiohpjtiip. Thu raising of clieusy or i balky lumps indicates bcilolls mis chief lit work into the lungs. In Mime cases cntiiih will attend Into the lungslnufew weeks , in o4h < 'r cases It may hu mouths or oven years heloro the disease attacks the lungs suillclintly to cnusu serious Inteifer- once with the general health. Wnen thu dleasso has developed to such a point the patient Is said to lmo i at.irrlml < onsumptlon. With lnoiichl.il entail h theio Is more or less fever which dlffeis \\itliiho dlffoi out parts of the da ) .slight Inthu morning , hlghei In tno nrtoinoon and evening. Sometimes during the day the patient has u creeping , chilly sensation , whu.li may last fiom liulf an hour to an hour the Mirfuco of the body feeling dry and hot. During the night , near the morning , thcro may bo sweats. Such sweats are known as night sweats. Thn pulse Is usually moiu rapid than normal , nnd thu patient loses Hush and strength. A fresli cold Is all that Is needed at this | x > lnt to de velop rapid consumption. Insomo Instances tlm patient loses tlekli nnd Miength slowly. 'I no mus IcHgiailnnlly waste uwiiv. Then the pat- Ijiit giadunlly icgalnx some of his strength , only to losa It aunlii. A weukstom ich Is n dlsllko for food , which pcenih to luivo lost Its tiiHtu , oauses the patient to think hu has udlseuso of thu stomach Insteud of thu lungs. With thesedlarrlia-n usually occurs , and theiols Komu disturbance of thu kldnojH. In bronchial cutimh thuoice often becomes weak.huskvnnd huumn. Theio Is a burning pain in the throat with illfliunKy In swallow lug. DOCTOR , J , CRESAP McCOY , Late of BelleYuC Hospital , New York , AND Dr , Columbus Henry ( J.uto or University of Pennsylvania IIAVU orncia No.niO und 311 IN IIA.MKUm II.W.VO. Corner riftonnth and llnrncy nit , . , Onmli . Ntib . \ \ htiru all cm ulilu cHe MI' " troatwd w llli siicci1- * Medltnl diseased trenti-dHklllfiillr. CoiiHiimn- tlon , llilulit'HillbiMHc. liysjH'pslu , Ulimmuitlbiii , nml nil NIJUVIWS lISi\Hi.S. ) : : All diseases in'- uilliir to thu H X I n Hpccmlty. ( JA'JAKUII ( XlNhl'l/l'ATIO.V lit ollico or hv mall , 11. Oltlco lionru.I to 11 u. m. , tu 4 p , 111. , 7 to 3 p. in. . HuwlhVS liitliiilod. Coirf pondBni.u ri-celM-i piompt attention. Muiiy dlsf.ucs nru trouti-il imrtvfifuliy by DM , MM'oynml llniiry tlinmuli tlm nmlK ujul It Is til in possible for tliovi nniibli ) to maku Journi'yt'i obtain bucctssCul hospital imitmen lit their hoimx. No letter * unswurod unlcicj nccompnulnl by Aildren' < ill letters to Drs. McCoy and Henry ItomnaUlU and Ull , lluiuge builtUm ; , Nub.