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ONK of our contemporaries 1ms a ten
tlioubund dollar libel suit on hand. It
can now afford to contribute to the Bun's
Nebraska heroine fund. *
Mil. WKIU , of the undonvrHors ,
threatens to raise insurance rates lil
per cent on May 1. There are tricks
in all trades. Mr. Weir's threat is only
a pontlo hint to lay in your supply of
insurance now.
TIIK warm weather seems to bo loos-
onliiff up Omaha , real estate. The trans
fers are becoming moro numerous , the
prices have an upward tendency and
there arc daily inquiries all along the
line for good investments. The outlook
is very encouraging.
FUKMONT , Grand Island , Hastings and
other cities of Nebraska stand a good
chance for public building appropria
tions. Congress is in the proper mood
for granting the money , and Nebraska
congressmen have taken oil their coats
to hustle for it in dead earnest.
THE proposed exodus of colored men
to South America , which is being engi
neered by Colonel A. A. Jones , of In
dianapolis , might receive encourage
ment , if effort wore made , in the Third
-ward of Omaha , in view of the fact thai
there will bo no elections this spring.
AUK the leading republicans in con
gress in favor of a tariff simply for pro
tection , and no moro protection than is
absolutely necessary "to protect ? " Oi
will they insist on a continuation of the
legalized robbery now practiced agalnsl
the farmers and other non-nrotuctou
classes ?
UEUE is the whole thing in a nut
eholl. The lira department calls foi
nearly $100,000 to afford proper fire pro
tectlon to the city. To July 1,1888 , the
.appropriation granted amounts to aboui
8712,000. There will bo a deficit , nnt
there are no legal provisions to make
tip the overlap.
' THE most unkindcst cut of all" if
the Ji'ojmMtVuii's location of J. Sterling
Morton at Pluttsmouth. Surely thobup
position was that the fame of the No *
braska City statesman had spread al
least ever Minnesota , Illinois and Cole
'rndo the area of density which focusu :
in the llcimllimn oillco.
iNStruANCE companies have bcoi
'liouvy losers for the past six months it
eastern cities. Omaha , fortunately , ha
escaped costly conllagrations. As insurance
suranco is n business of equalization o
losses , it looks as though to raise rate
in Omaha is to indemnify the companie
for losses back cast.
OMAHA has the reputation , of boinj
the best paved city in the United States
but its streets nro to-day in a worst
condition than thobo of any town in tin
country. The mud and slush should b
'removed at once , particularly from tin
crosswalks. The city authorities sliouli
doylso some means of having this worl
done.
JUDOIXQ from reports and expression
of the Portland Oregoniitn the isothoi
mul breath of the current from Jupa :
which has been In the habit of tompoi
ing the winter climate of the Pacifl
coast must have been hypnotized by a
Alaska wave , as it reports that th
aurora borealis is the only comfort Pi
cillc slopors are now enjoying in lieu c
the customary strawberries and swcc
i > violets.
TIIK BKK is glad to see Beatrice stand
ing up for her rights in the matter c
railroad discrimination. A strong poll
tion was Hied with the intor-stato. .
mission by her board of trade asking fo
Investigation of the rates charged b
all the railroads centering there. ]
every city and town In Nebraska woul
follow the example sot by Beatrice , dh
crimination by railroads would soon b
u thing of the past.
IN view of the trial of a lot of domi
erutio leaders of the Hon. Allen C
Myurs and Hon. Simeon Coy class i
Ohio and Indiana for frauds on the bn
lot box , and of the more recent ou
rages in the city election at Jacksoi
Miss. , by the president's confident ! :
federal otllcoholdors In that city ,
would seem that the democratic sta
i yed goddess of reform has bccom
rather highly colored a sort of a sen'
let woman , as it were ,
Cnttlo Iionnes. In the Wcst
The sorority of the winter in the west
has resulted in an immense amount of
dnmngo to range cattle throughout Mon
tana and Wyoming. The reports from
Nebraska with regard to damage to
stock are moro meagre than usual , but
this is chiefly duo to the rapid disap
pearance of rnngo cattle from the state ,
caused by the settlement on the fron
tier and the occupation of the ranges
by ordinary farmers. The reports from
Wyoming , nnd the adjacent territories
indicate that the losses of stock as the
result of the prevailing severe weather
will far exceed these of any preceding
season. Last year alone the loss to Mon
tana cattle men from storms was placed
nt four million dollars. Thin your , If
the stories told of the widespread star
vation of range cuttloaro to bo believed ,
it will greatly exceed the figures last
quoted.
The history of the past live years In
the raising of caCllo on the northwest
ern ranges lias fairly demonstrated
the difficulty of acclimating southern
cattle and the high-bred nnd
delicate animals with which our btock-
growers have been endeavoring to raise
the meat-producing quality of their
herds. The disastrous losses which
have been caused by the inclemency of
the seasons have already driven into
bankruptcy n number of firms and com
panies who believed that previous ex
ceptional seasons In which snows wore
light and the thermometer high could
bo taken as a sample of what they could
expect for the future. Operating on
this assumption , they brought to the
conduct of the cattle business on the
plains the methods of the professional
stock-watcror and Wall street thimble-
rigger , and floated the stock of water
logged companies on the eastern and
foreign markets. The inevitable reac
tion , when personal investigation failed
to verify the book accounts , hue sot in ,
and the various suits in United States
courts in bankruptcy proceedings and
on petitions for the dissolution of part
nership simply show a natural result of
such reckless business methods.
The certain result of the great losses
on the ranges will bo the creation of a
largo number of small slock growers in
place of the few heavy ranchmen , who
have numbered their herds by the
thousands. This effect has already boon
noticed throughout Nebraska during
the past five years , where our farmers
liavo boon rapidly bestowing moro at
tention upon the care of small bunches
of cattle , and finding to their great
profit that corn on the hoof brings in
larger financial returns than on the cob.
There are scores of farmers scattered
throughout Nebraska to-day who arc
feeding from fifty to ono hundred head
of cattle from the products of their own
fields , where live years ago there were
scarcely ton. Even the great cattle
companies , learning something by ex
perience , have found it profitable to
build feeding establishments whore the
cattle can bo protected from the weather
and fattened for Jho market , and those
who have made this wise provision
against emergencies have found it very
advantageous in offsetting to some ex
tent their heavy losses on the ranches ,
The day is not far distant when the
cattle ranges of Nebraska , with their
thousands of cattle loft to secure
shelter nnd sustenance as best they can ,
will give way to prosperous small stock-
growers with means for feeding and
housing their herds. This will be
found in the end to be the only success
ful method of stock-growing in a state
where the winters are severe , the snow
fall heavy and the ranges in consequence -
quenco unfit for the raising of such
herds as thrive nnd fatten in a warmoi
section of the country.
The Omaha & \ankton Komi.
The county commissioners have undot
consideration a proposition to submit tc
the people the question of voting $300-
000 in bonds to the proposed Omaha &
Yunkton railroad. The petition asking
that the people bo given the privilege
of voting upon this proposition is signed
by every prominent man in Omaha ,
While it is proper for the commissioners
to exercise duo caution in the matter
they ought not to delay final action toe
long. They seem to bo divided in opin
ion as to the amount of bonds to bo voted
Some are in favor of $300,000 , whili
others think that $200,000 is sufficient
It strikes us that this is a matter thai
they should leave to the pcoulo to decide
at the ballot box. The projectors of the
road ask for $300,000. They will not be
satisfied with $200,000. If the people de
not want to give $300,000 they can defeat
feat the proposition.
If the promoters of this railroad enterprise
priso are in earnest , and wo bo
liejvo they are , and if it is pro
vided that not a dollar of bond :
shall bo paid to" them until thoj
have completed and put In running
order 150 miles of track , the people o
Douglas county can afford to give then
a generous bonus. The right of waj
through this county will cost a largt
sum. It is no longer an easy matter t (
obtain right of way in such a county ai
this. The money paid out for this pur
pose comes back to the property
owners. The worst grades on the pro
posed line are in Dougljis county , am
consequently n great deal of money wll
have to bo expended hero for labor
which will bo of great benefit. If tin
line runs to the northwest , as it prob
ably will , there will bo about twont ;
mile of road in this county , which , i
assessed nt $3,000 or $10,000 po
mile , the same as othe
roads , would make this roai
return to us sufficient money to pay tin
interest on the bonds voted. The bond
will not bo duo for twenty or thirty year
not until the next generation.
It is understood that a guarantee is t (
be given that Omaha is to be the south
crn terminus and that the headquarter
and shops are to bo located hero. Thi
will prove another great benefit t
Omaha. But above all is the fact thu
the road will run through a rich scctioi
of country and make it tributary t
Omaha. Wo nro at present almost completely
plotoly shut out from that region , th
people of which are anxious to reap th
benefits of Omaha's markets , espoclnll
thrt llvo stock market. Eventually thi
road will also prove an important facto
in building up a grain market in thi
city , It will give us an entry int
ouUicrn Dakota , n section rich in cut-
to nnd grain nnd other resources. Wo
ire nearer to southern Dakota than
St. Paul and Minneapolis , nnd the poo-
do of that part of the territory are de-
Irous to bo commercially united to
Omaha. The only way they can bring
ibout this result Is through the build-
ling of the Omaha & Ynnkton railroad ,
vhlch they propose to generously assist.
The sum of 8300,000 , which Is asked
rom Douglua county , is not one-tenth as
nuch a burden as $ o.r > 0,000 was when
hat amount was voted to the Omaha fc
Northwestern and the Omaha & Sotith-
vcstern. This county then had a pop-
ilation of only about 10,000 , while newt
t contains about 130,000. Of all rall-
oad propositions , this ono seems to
)0 the best ono over offered to the pco-
> le of this county , and appears to have
, ho proper safeguards thrown around it
H ) that the people will got value re
ceived.
The objective point of the road Is
Yunkton , with branches into southern
Dakota anel northwestern Nebraska.
This road will in all probability hold the
toy to the situation so far us Omaha is
concerned , and compel fairer treatment
on the part of other roads. There is no
doubt that the Omaha & Yunkton will
jo of incalculable benefit to this city.
The Proponed New Territory.
The bill before congress providing for
, ho creation of the new territory of
Oklahoma , to bo formed from a portion
of the Indian territory , is mooting with
vigorous opposition from the civilized
.ribos of the territory. Representatives
of these tribes wore heard on last Mon
day by the house committee ou tcrri-
xiries , each.tribe having u special ob
jection to the bill. The most important
'round of opposition of course is that
the creation of the proposed now terri
tory would bo a violation of treaty
rights , hitherto fully recognized by the
government , besides which the Indians ,
or these who speak for thorn , express
great apprehension of evil results to
their material and social welfare from
an unrestrained inflox of white settlers
to the regions that would bo embraced
in the now territory.
There is a disposition on the part of
the committee to give the Indians the
fullest opportunity to present their ob
jections , which will undoubtedly re
ceive the consideration they merit , but
it is not probable that they will bo re
garded as sufficient to prevent the final
passa'go of a measure creating the new
territory. That action must comei
sooner or later in response to a demand
for the settlement of the large and rich
area in the Indian territory , now
practically unoccupied and un
productive , which congress can
not ignore. The pressure of popu
lation in that direction must in time Ira-
come irresistible , forcing the Indians
out of the way regardless of theii
rights. It will bo much better for thoiti
in the end to accept to a fair arrange
ment now that promises them immedi
ate benefits and will enable them tc
form a peaceful and mutually advant
ageous association with thu whites.
Both the secretary of the interior and
the commissioner of Indian affairs , in
their last annual reports , call the attention
tontion of congress to the necessity foi
some additional legislation regulating
the occupation of Indian lands by indi
viduals and associations of whites
a largo part or all ol
which is without warrant ol
law. The secretary of the interior said
that "tho occupation of thcso lands by
white men with their cattle under so-
called leases for grazing purposes , if ol
any present benefit to the Indians , is
not conducive to their future woll-boinp
nor in any way promotivo of the general
policy of localization of the individuals
of the tribes upon separate allotments
of lands. " These are the people whc
are believed to bo most largely con
cerned in inciting the Indians to oppo
sition , and who impudently prate ol
treaty rights while obtaining privileges
that have no warrant of law. It is the
agents ot these men and of thu land
grabbers and speculators , the
schemers for coal land leaset
and timber cutting privileges ,
who no doubt are prompting the In
dians to hostility against the territorial
bill and supplying well-paid attorneys
to formulate objections. These men
will not bo able to conceal from congress -
gross the interest they have in this
matter , and when that is made appar
ent it will not bo allowed to stand
against the obvious public interest to be
subserved by opening a largo and fer
tile area to settlement , with immediate
and permanent benefits certain to re
sult to the Indians greater than they
can possibly realize from continuing the
present conditions. The bill to create
the territory of Oklahoma proposes nc
injustice to the Indians , involves nc
violation of their treaty rights , anel is
clearly in the line of sound public
policy. > ,
Hox. WJLUAM O'BuiKX , the Iriul
patriot , who has boon made the special
target of Balfour's spite , is hardly oul
of jail when ho is again in danger ol
spending another fortnight or two al
Tullumoro. It is so self-evident thai
free speech in Ireland cannot bo pui
down that it is only the obtuseness o
the tory ministers which keop-j up coercive
ercivo measures. It was the policy o
Foster , when ho was secretary of Ire
land , to send a great many Irish orator :
and editors to jail and to treat then
with the leniency duo to their station ,
This policy failed to stop their tongues
in the cause of Ireland. Balfour pickce
out ono or two prominent leaders nni
tried to scare the National league bj
treating these men With extreme harsh
ness. But oven n convict's stripes am
bread and water diet has not had the desired
sired effect to crush the league. Wha
Balfour will now do , since O'Brien nn <
others'have again taken the platform il
proclaiming English oppression , re
mains to be seen. Perhaps ho has prepared
pared a chamber of tortures , or u col
filled with snakes and scorpions for tin
next unfortunate liberal who fulls int
his drag-net.
THE increased police service whlcl
Omaha will have from now on ought t
insure a diminution of all Iforms of out
lawry nnd an efficient protection to th
life and property of our citizens whicl
vlll speedily jtlaco Omaha among the
bdst policed cities in the country. In
View of past conditions , the tendency of
vhlch was to invite the criminal
classes to this city , the record of
Omaha In regard to crime might have
) con intii'h worse. It Is to bo hoi > ed wo
shall never again have to encounter
similar conditions. There will be noth-
ng unrcnsotmblo exported from our en-
urged police forefo , but the public will
ook for prompt nnd effective results in
ridding the community of the
uwloss clusscs and keeping them
> ut. .There Is every reason te > believe
that in this it will not bo disappointed.
The efficiency of a police force is in Its
lisolplino rather than its numerical
strength , and there Is every assurance
.hut Omulm'H police will bo thoroughly
liscipHncd nnd every man held to a
rigid accountability for any deviation
from the faithful performance of his
luty. _ . . . _ . . . . _ . . . . _ . . . , _ .
Tun evident gratification of Senator
Manderson with the prompt passage by
, ho senate of his bill to give Omaha u
nuitublo postofflco building is fully
shared by the people of this city. The
need of such it building as the bill con
templates Is unquestionable , but none
-ho less Mr. Mundorbon is deserving of
cordial commendation for the /eul he
ins shown In pushing the measure to
: ts present stage. The duty of getting
, t through the house will now devolve
urgoly upon Congressman McShanc ,
who is a member of the committee
which will hiivgcharge of the bill in
thu house. Undoubtedly ho will spare
no effort fo got the measure
through the house with as little
delay as possible , and there is reason
able probability that Omaha will soon
L > o enabled to congratulate itself with
out reservation upon the complete ns-
surunco that it will haver such postollice
facilities and accommodations as its
present and rapidly increasing require
ments demand.
PERMITS to peddle should be issued ,
if at all , with'most careful discrimina
tion. Only persons whoso condition
fully justifies such consideration should
receive it , and their character should
bo so well vouched for by refutable
citizens as to warrant entire confidence
that they will not practice any imposi
tion. The allegation is made
that the mayor has not been sufficiently
careful in this matter , or at all events
that deception hns been practiced upon
him by which uijworthy persons have
received permits to peddle and abused
the favor. Wo have no doubt that the
simple suggestion to the mayor that
greater care is required in extending
peddling privileges will produce the de
sired result.
THE building contractors and the var
ious mechanics should not delay enter
ing into some agreement regarding
prices and hours of labor for the coming
bcason. The cbntractors will soon bo
called upon to make bids upon various
buildings , but they cannot do it unless
they have some certain and fixed basis
upon which to figure. It is to the inter
est of contractors , mechanics , and the
city generally that an agreement should
be made , and that too , at an early day.
Unless this is done Omaha will 'fall far
behind last year's building record. Such
a result must and can bo prevented by
prompt action.
IT will doubtless bo of interest in
Omaha , whore the fuel problem is in
course of solution by the use of coal
screenings , to learn that a device has
been perfected and tested in the Ches
ter ( Pa. ) rolling mills , whereby pulver
ized coal is sprayed upon a fire in such
a manner as to insure perfect combus
tion , obviating all the waste hitherto
experienced in smoke and ashes. The
saving in fuel cost by the device is said
to bo 50 per cent. Mayhap the future
of manufactures in Omaha is brighter
than is generally believed.
PKOM1NI2NT I'lSItSONS.
Miss Uraddon is s.iin to clear 1,500 on each
of her novels.
Congressman Barnes of Georgia , Is Iniown
in Washington as the man with the patent
uiljustiblo abdomen.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain is said to be the
most popular society man in Washington
since I'lvslelcnt Arthur.
Gcncr.il Low Wallace has received ? 7,000
us royalties on "Hen Hur , " the sale of which
has reached nearly 'JOOKX , ( ) copies ,
E Ismail Pnsha , the cx-khcdivc , tells the sul
tan that ho has no ambitious plans , nnd only
wants to live a quiet , private life.
Mr. Alvan G. Clark is still on Mount Ham
ilton , his work on the Lick telescope being
greatly delayed by the intensely cold
weather.
It is stated that Timothy Sullivan has writ
ten in prison a volume entitled "A Pool's
Pays in Tullamoro" which ho has dedicated
to Ualfour.
Mrs. Mary liarrctt , who died last week at
Cincinnati , was ono of the very few Ameri
cans present ut the coronation of Qucun Vic
toria in 1887.
Mr. U. D. Brownlpg , son of the poet , will
soon visit Boston and the various lirownlng
clubs are pretty nearly tickled to death over
the prospect. gjti
Richard Storrs Wllty has boon elected a
commissioner of therDetroit public library ,
Ho is a brother of tho'lato N. P. Willis ami
"Fanny Fern.1.1
Congressman Burnessi , of Missouri , is n man
of immense physical - izo and a deep bass
voice and Is known In the reporter's gallery
as "Sitting Bull. " &
Mrs. Clara J. Bloomtlold Moore keep ui
her faitn in Mr. KceJjiAnd his motor. She
soys his wicked partjicfs have hindered biro
from perfecting his grout invention.
Sir Morcll Mackdtizio , the distinguished
physician who is trcutbig the throat of the
crown prince of Germany , has received at
offer of $30,000 to come to America to sea t
patient in Michigan.
A Groniid-HoK Oaae.
St. Loutt Globe-Democrat.
Ground-hog duy Is approaching. On thai
pay wo propose to nominate Grovcr Clove
laud as the democratic candidate for prcsl
dent. It Is a ground-hog case with the dotn
ocrats.
Congressional Illiteracy.
Charlenton A'eu'i and Courier.
If nil the bad grammar , worse rhetoric ' ,
and villainous orthography that npp'oar h
the manuscript of many of the speakers oouli
bo embalmed in the Congressional Ream
the great American people would have U
hang their head with shame. Instead of giv
lug every member of the houw a clerk 01
secretary It would be bcttcr ; to npt < olnt a
standing committee ono \ revision of
Hpeeehcs before they nro delivered , with
power to use the waste basket.
Will Loom up ,
C/ifrrtiAi llentM ,
Mr. ( Jouhl writes to son Clcorgo thnt he
was not impressed by the pyramids. Any
thing that Mr. Gould can't get nway with Is
profoundly Impressive lor everybody else ,
and to all future visitors tUo great pyra
mids will loom up with n moro hnjiosnig
grandeur than ever before.
A Hint to Cook * .
SI. 1'iiul I'ttmttr i'rtm ,
Among the rules of the Boston cooking
school is one that says , "Always bo careful
not to slam the oven door. " A breach of eti
quette like this would so shock the feelings
of n well-bred New ICngland gobbler that ho
would refuse to brown.
Tlio Btnr-Kycd Goildos.s IH Lonesome- .
Chleagii lleniM ,
An eastern paper Inquires as to the where
abouts of the famous Mr. Higglns. And
where Is Higglns anyway I Everybody wants
to know , above all the star-eyed goddess of
reform , who is getting very lonesome without
IlntliiK > Die.
Chte tl Inttr-Uctan.
I love thee- , love thee , life I
I fain would dwell with thee thy much-loved
guest. .
Oh fold mo nearer to thy puling breast ;
That I nmy feel thy heart-beats throb in
mine.
So holding It In unison with thine.
I love thee , love thee , life !
Oh , bold mo closer In thy strong embrace ,
Uplift me , bear mo onward in thy race ,
Imp.u-t to mo thy soul's exulting power
To be mine heritage , mine earthly dower.
I love thee , love thco. life !
I fain would wear thy brightness In my face ,
Oh , give to me thine animating grace , JUQ
Inspire me , thrill me , love mo in return ,
It is thy noblest gifts for which I yearn
I love thee , love thee , life 1
Hear not so swiftly toward my Journey's end ;
For oh , 1 dread to part with theo , my
friend 1
Surround mo with thy warm , entrancing
breath.
And leave mo nnt too soon alone with
death.
8TAT13 AND TKKUITOKY.
Nebraska .lotting.
Democrats have planted an organ at
Drowsier , the heart of Blnino county.
It is a democrat in name and profession ,
with W. C. Ellis us editor and pro
prietor.
Brukomun Pont , injured at Pacific
Junction last wool : , died last Monday
from the shock produced by amputation
of his limbs. Tno remains wore sent lei
Grand Inland for burial.
Henry Moilenz , while operating an
elevator in Cedar Bluff , hud his pants
caught in the machinorv , was curried
aloft , and was plucked from his peril
before the elevator started on the re
turn.
Masculine devolopomcnt is at a low
ebb in Fremont when it is necessary tei
import a plaster model of a man to show
the high school scholars the unatomiual
wonders that flourish outside the pret
tiest. Whore is Smalls and the dash
ing form of Lou MV
The workmen on the railroad bridge
at Nebraska City expect to have the
first span in place by Saturday night.
From the present outlook the bridge
will bo completed much sooner than an
ticipated. The piling for the cast approach
preach are being driven us fust us possi
ble.
ble.The
The time for plain talk has arrived in
Lincoln. Iho Democrat says : Dave
Kowo bus a good job us manager of the
Kansas City association. Wo are glad
Dave has a good job , but wo are glad to
see him on the pay roll of some other
town. Now , thut base ball is buried , let
us proceed with the boom.
Mr. Wilson McClure , living twelve
miles west of Broken Bow , while en
deavoring to tighten a wire on a hay
rack , the wire broke , ono piece pene
trating the eye-ball destroying the
sight. The severe inflammation follow
ing the injury made it necessary to re
move the eye in order to save the other.
The refuse of Sioux Citv busk and
brawl in the liberal and liquid air on
the Nebraska side of the river every
Sunday. Three hilarious females dis
ported on the streets of South Sioux
Oily hint Sunday in base ball attire , and
astonished the residents with a capacity
for Teuton that drained the town.
A. M. Bligh , a farmer living about
four and one-half miles northeast of
( UilborUon , committed snieide last Fri
day with a shotgun. Mr. Bligh has
been demented for some time past , llo
placed the muzzle of a shotgun near his
liead and literally blew his brains out.
lie leaves a wife and thruu children.
The silly story that fifteen persons
perislied in the blizzard in C'ustor
county , is going the rounds of the press ,
and is given a place in papers near
home , when means of contradiction are
iimplo. Among the hundreds of bliz
zard yarns alloat that about Cust-er
county is _ without a single thread to
connect it with the realms of truth.
The only refusal met by the committee -
too soliciting aid in Grand Island for
the teachers who struggled in the bliz
zard , came from lluv. Brown , the re
vivalist , who is shouting for charity ,
benevolence , and Christian principles
for pay. ' The Independent believes that
Brown is one of the large class ulllictcd
with "u chronic diuwheua of Christian
words and a horrible constipation ol
Christian acts. "
Iowa Items1.
Clear Lake is out of debt and has $100
in its treasury.
Armour bus taken out a license to
butter Diivonporters with oleo.
Railroad Commissioner Coffin is still
fighting for the abolition of Sunday
trains.
The forthcoming report of the state
railway commission will place the value
of first claw roads at $ (10,000 ( a mile.
A little child of George Knupp , liv
ing near Waterloo , died Saturday from
drinking washing fluid containing con
centrated lye.
Railroad Commissioner Coffin says
that fifty-four brakemen wore killed and
twelve maimed for life in the fatatc dur
ing December.
I Ottumwa claims to have the largcsl
artesian well in the United States. II
discharges nearly 12,000,000 gallons in
twenty-four hours.
At a depth of 775 feet the drill in the
artesian well at Spencer struck granite
and the enterprise 1ms been abandonee !
after expending $2,000.
Moody nnd Sankoy nro booked for r
tussol with the sinners of Sioux Git.\
February 11) nnd iJO. The famous pah
display uncommon wisdom and fearless
ness in tackling the greatest hothouse
of wickedness in the northwest.
A man by the name of Stewart , liv
ing alone in a shanty near DCS Moines
has been sick with pneumonia for some
time , and had no attention whatever. A
few days ngo a nran dropped in just it :
time to ECO him die. llo was well
known and hud soon bettor days.
Wyoming.
Bishop Tulbot hns decided to make
Laramiu his "BCO city. "
Fourteen thousand tons of ice have
been ( tlorcd away In Cheyenne for sum-1
mer cook-tails.
The legislature threatens to reduce
passenger fares to ! ! cents u mtlo.
Northwestern graders uro operating
ut St. Mary's a point forty miles distant
from Lander.
The Congregational church of Lusk
was dedicated lust Sunday. It Is u con
venient structure 8x15 and will sonUiOO
persons. The total e-ont Including the
foundation was $1,8S.SO. ! )
A party of Cheyenne it Northern sur
veyors uro now camped within one-
fourth of a mile of Bob Walker's ranch
tip on the Horseshoe , and are pointing
in the direction of Douglas.
The roe-elvers of the defunct Maverick
bank of Douglas have filed a bchedulo of
its affairs with the probate judge of
Albany county. The sworn statement
places the liabilities at * lt ! , : 0j.0l ; assets.
te,7M.Ol : , a shortage of only SL',670.
"Old Ned , " a Cheyenne dog owned by
G. W. Jones , was' brought to Omaha
eighteen months ago. The inutrojmllH
was te > o rich for his blood and ho walked
back to the bcdato capital of the terri
tory , arriving there last week.
There has boon discovered near the
line of the Cheyenne < fc Burlington ,
thirty miles below Cheyenne , on Orovv
creek , u bed of coal several foot In
thickness. Another discovery of coal
was recently made on the line of the
Colorado Central about twonty-fivo
miles from Cheyenne. This bed of coal
is now five foot thick , and has greatly
improved since it was first opened.
Frontier Hcrnlftm.
St. / < ( nld ISliilic-Dcnwcrat.
The record of loss and distress in the
recent great storms In the northwest
burvcs to indicate most impressively the
measure of danger and trial that must
bo endured by the bottlers on the front
ier. Those of us who llvo in comfort
able homes , surrounded by all the con
veniences and advantages of civiliza
tion , do not find it easy to comprehend
the vastly different conditions which
prevail in the now states and territories
whore life is a battle not only with
poverty and all sorts of privation , but
also with the sinister and remorseless
fury of the elements us displayed in such
visitations of cold and wind and snow as
uro without parallel in any part of the
country. It is estimated that ut least
two hundred people have perished from
these causes during the last thirty days ;
and It is impossible to conjecture the
much larger number that must have
sustained injuries of one kind and an
other. Wo are in the habit of talking
pathetically about the hardships of the
bravo and devoted first settlers upon the
rock-bound and inhospitable ) coast of
Now Englund ; but we are slow to real
ize thut the duscendunts of these hardy
unel adventurous spirits are to-day un
dergoing the sumo severe dcscfnlino ,
with the sumo courage and fortitude , on
our western prairies. It is doubtful if
the Pilgrims ever had anything so for
midable to contcnel with as a Dakota
blizzard ; and wo may bo quite sure that
in their utmost efforts of mutual sym
pathy and succor they did not surpass
the splendid behavior of these later pioneers
neers of progress undes similar circum
stances.
It is like turning the pages of an old
book of romance , in fact , to read the
btortes ot eager and unpretending hero
ism which como to us out of the wreck
and dismuy of this far-reaching catas
trophe in the northwest. Take
the case of the young schoolmis
tress , for instance , who tied her
little flock together , three abreast ,
with n coil of twine , and taking the
youngest one in her arms , made her
way through the fierce and blinding
Rtorm to a pluco of safety ; or consider
the service of that other daring and
unselfish young women who in her ef
forts to save throe children was so frozen
that she will lose one or both of her
foot. Those are only two instances out
of scores th'at might bo cited to prove
how readily and fearlessly the demands
of the occasion were fulfilled. In all
the long nnd sorrowful list of perils ,
sufferings and disasters , there is not a
hint of neglect or refusal to render nil
possible assistance to these who wore
unablu to help themselves. No personal
risk was avoided whore there was a
chance to rescue a victim from un un
roofed house or an overtaking drift.
Men and women alike seized every
opportunity to testify their earnest nnd
unflinching desire to bo usofulto | others.
But for this general spirit of heroism ,
the losses would have been infinitely
larger ; indeed , if heroism could have
accomplished all that it was willing anel
anxious to do , there would not have
been a life lost nor a home destroyed in
all the territory traversed by the awful
energy of the blizzard.
The value of such a manifestation of
heroic virtue eloes not stop with the im
mediate and practical benefit which it
confers. It is a permanent addition to
our block of sound and wholesome influences -
onces , and wo cannot well fail to elorivo
from it both an increased respect for
human nature and a bettor opinion of
the tiiiie in which we are living. Wo
necessarily see and hear so much of the
littleness and basencb * of mankind that
u curtain amount of cynicism is bound
to creep into our views of the race and
of the ago. Thackeray was moved to
able , not without reason , how it comes
that the evil man does should appar
ently spread so far and ho remem
bered MJ long , while the good does
not seem to take root and eomo to
blossom. "Is it , " ho wrote , "because
in the stony hearts of mankind thcso
pretty flowers can find no place to
grow ? " Let us not so believe. Rather ,
lot us conclude that they do take root ,
and contribute steadily to the improve
ment of the world. We can not doubt
that thcro are true heroes among the
simile and plodding homesteaders on
thu western prairies , for the faot was
clearly certified only the other day. It
is the same everywhere ) whenever occa
sion requires such proof of devotion to
duty for duty's sake. The bad actions
of a particular day or year outnumber
the good ones possibly ; but when noble
deeds uro required by nny decisive * test
of humanity they are always performed ,
and in the long run it is by suesh deeds
that our civilization is shaped and con
trolled.
A Complicated CIIHO.
San Francisco Call : Some weeks ago
Coiibtublo Glu/u , in order to collect u
judgment of $10 from John II. Church ,
jr. , levied on ono of the lattor'fl fabt
horses. The horse was sold at public
auction for $ < > 0. The costs of the suit
were $55 , and therefore there wore only
$5 to satisfy the 10 judgment. After
the sale of the horse Mrs. Church
brought civil suit against the constable
for unlawful conversion of the property ,
alleging that the horse was her private
possession. In the justice's court judg
ment was given Mrs. Church for $110
and taken on appeal to the superior
court , whore she secured a judgment
for $100. When the case was first ap
pealed Church bet the constable JIM that
tils wife would win the case on appeal.
The money was put up in u stakeholder's
hands , and yestordny when Church
culied'on the stakeholder to take the MO
ho was pained and angered to discover
that thu constable had luvicd an attach
ment on the WO to satisfy tUo unpaid $ -10
judgmulitof y6ro.
REWARDING Till ! HEROINES ,
Notirly $2OOO Rntsod for the Three
Tonchora.
LIST OF THE CONTRIBUTORS.
CommunlcntloiiH niul lleins Appro-
jirlato to tin ; Movement
OIIH OflVrH Krom VarloiiH
Persons Xotcs.
f More Nebraska City I'rlemls.
XintusKOITV : , Neb. , Feb. t. [ Special
Telegram to tlioHuu. ] The grand ball given
lust evening for the bouuilt of Miss ShaUuck
by Messrs. R A. linnvn , of the 1'ress , .Tunics
Herd mill tK. . MeMlllIn , assisted by Misses
Corn Mollrlng imd Kiln Wlleox , was 11 grand
success , $115 being netted , \ vhlehvus mlileil
to the Press fuml , making f l.Vi already on
hand. Several private parties elrcnlated n
subsi-rlptlon paper nnd seeured fll'J , which
lias been forwarded to Miss Shut tuck. Tlio
ebildreii of the elty schools uro raising u
fund , which already amounts to eonsldernble.
The Press expects to Increase Its fund to f , " > 00.
IlniNcd til AtkltiHon ,
ATKINSOX , Neb. , BKb. I. [ Special Tele-
Brain to the Htn. : ] A subscription for the
Ettn Shattuck fund was eireulatcd to-day
among the business men by Will Hulbert ,
and amounted to i7.tV > . The proceed * were
remitted to the Hm : lo-nlght. This does not
Include the schools , church societies and O ,
A. H. , who are raising separate funrts.
AVnlioit Subscribes.
\V.\noo , Neb. , Feb. 1. ( SpocIalTolegram
to tholii ! : : . ] Hnvo sturted a subscription ut
Wuhoo for the Shattuck fund of $ " .23.00 ; also
for Mls.9 Hoyeo , fd.OO ; for Miss Freeman ,
fTi.2.1) . The churches will nil take a subscrip
tion Sunday morning. Will report Tuesday
H. O. llKATTV.
_
The Slinttuok Special Fund.
Miss Kttu Shattuck , the young school
teacher who lost both limbs from the exposure -
posuro In the recent storm will bo Incapaci
tated for any service by which Mio may derive -
rive n living. It Is desired that $ (1,000 ( bo
raised. It ZOO persons will each subscribe
not less than &ii > this amount can bo raised.
The money need not bo paid until the full
amount is subscribed. This is to bo known
as the "Shuttuck Special Fund. "
The following pledges to this fund have
been received :
JolmJ. Monoll . * .TO 0(1
Hcnnlsoii Bros , , cash paid . ! H ) 00
W. G. Albright . ! tl ( ( X )
Misses Annie and Maggie Trnland. . . . ! ) 00
George W. Huthbun , cash paid . ! W ) 00
Win. A. Paxton . ,10 00
Olive H ranch . 30 00
Who will Join them !
Tl o Ilnrbern.
The Journeymen Harbors' Protective union
is raising contributions to add to the "Hui :
fund" for the heroines of the late blizzard.
What other unions will follow this laudable
example )
At Crete.
Cur.TK , Neb. , Feb. 1. [ Spoclal Telegram
to the URK. ] The Crete Mivunorchor , nt
their meeting last evening , resolved to hold a
grand ball next week , the proceeds thereof
to bo forwarded to you for distribution
among Nebraska's heroic school tcuchors.
THIS PIIESIDENT.
Prof. Gnynorc.
Prof. Oaynoro has most generously decided
to give the entire receipts of his dance Thurs
day evening of this week to the "UisK fund , "
to bo equally divided among the heroines of
the blizzard. The hop is to bo hold at his
usual place , Arlington block , west of the
postofiico.
A Hull.
At the last regular mooting of the Omaha
Bricklayers' union it was resolved that all
money over the actual expenses of our sev
enth annual ball , to take place on February
! ) nt the Exposition hall , shall bo donated to
the three Nebraska heroine school toaehors ,
the Misses Shattuck , Hoyeo and Froomnn.
LEK FKOST , President.
O. P. SIIIIUM , Secretary.
Urge It Upon the PnstorH.
OMAHA , Jan. 31. To the Editor of the Bun :
I think your plan for a collection from nil the
churches in Nebraska for Miss Etta Shat
tuck an excellent one I If carried out it will
mnko this noble , suffering heroine Independ
ent for life. No heart can resist the eloquence
of such a plea. Urge it upon the pastors 1 I
enclose you $ t for the Etta Slmttnek fund.
A. II. DAVIS.
of Hickory School.
Editor of the Ben : Inclosed llnd $5.15 for
the fund , given by the 100 pupils of the Hick
ory school , many of whom uro the children
of day laborers.
Tno children arc deeply touched by the
story of the dear little Pythias , who took the
wrap from her own freo/lng body to put It on
her little sister.
Divide as follows :
Miss Shattuck . $ il 8S
Westphalen monument . 1-7
Hu Knows Ml us Sliattuck.
WAHOO , No ! .Ian. : w. [ To the Editor of
the Bii : ! . ] Al w me n small space for refer
ence to Misa Htu Shattuek's misfortune.
When I read thu article on the ! J7th it wrung
my heart with sorrow , for 1 know the family
and 1 hnvo known Miss Etta. I have been
their pastor for two years and was personally
acquainted with them and their circum
stances before they went to Holt county ,
Nebraska two years ago. Mr. Shattuck Is
not only n veteran soldier , but u worthy ,
honorable , upright Christian gentleman ,
having the respect nf all who know him. I
knew Miss Shattuck wliilo in Seward us u
bravo young womun struggling to prepare for
the work of teaching , with aught but their
own labor to aid her. Who can tell the suffer
ing 'of those "seventy-eight hours ! " Who
can compute the loss of those two limbs to
this bravo young teacher as the years shall
coma and go bv. Therefore any donation U )
Miss Shattuck by a church collection , a
tear hers1 association , or from private indi
viduals will bo worthily bctowed
Out , HOI : W. Moiinv.
TIIIC HOIjIj OF IIONOK.
Those Who llavt ; Kccojiilzrtl Co urn go
and Devotion.
If any one thought the people of Nebraska
were lacking In generous Impulses the evi
dence of their error is before them. Most
nobly have they responcd to the call in behalf -
half of the heroic teachers , and though the
HF.I : fund has reached qulto a handsome sum
there seems to bo no disposition on the part
of the people to call a halt in their liberality.
When the fund reaches an amount tnojinlerest
nf which will support Etta Sbnttuck for the
remainder of her life then will it bo time
enough to stop In the good work. Have you
contributed. If not sco to it that you are en
rolled before it is too lato. The Bui ! will ac
knowledge all contributions through those
columns.
T.TTA RIIATTUCK rUNll ,
Amount received up to January ! ) . . | , i > - >
Hill it Young . f 00
T. A. Creiglu . 00
Sherod & Chandler , Lincoln . 5 00
Craft Post 1S1 , G. A. It. Bralnard ,
Neb . . . , . . 10 M
Citl/eimnf Brulnard . BO
Nuith Mend , Neb , list . 700
Gall White , ToUamah. . . . . . 1 00
Gov. Harvey Post and Itellcf Corps ,
Bnrnnt , Neb . 15 00
A. II Davis . 1 OJ |
Geneva , Neb. , list . -i ? 00
.lolm Arthur . 1 00
May Hundlett , teacher , Danbury , i
la . * . J 00
" 00
Traveling limn .
Pupils Hickory school . JIMS
K. Welch li-t . > 25
House on I'le.ihuntsti cut . I " >
George J. Kli-rnsdorf list . 12 5 < )
Employes First National bank. . . . . . . IS 00
Employes Kosonberry mill . 1310
Employes government corral . -HI 75
Litmt. Towhloy's ' list . 81 SJ
"A. U. " . . . . . .v ' 1 * *