Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 17, 1888, Page 4, Image 4
< 5 < JKK OMAHA DAILY BEEB : FBHAY.PBBBUAKY { 17 , THE DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVI5UY MOItNlNG. TEIIMS OP SUnscntPTION. ( Monilnc Edition ) Including Sunday Urn. ( ) m > Yeur $101 For MX Months ft ( Kor'J'hrcoMonths ! ! 1 TIio Omuha Sunday Hr.i : , mulled to nny nd- tlren , Ono Year 2 < OMAHA OxncK.Nop.aHANnflinKAiixAMHTiiKr. : NEW YOUR OrKiCK , Koovsll ANH rrriiinf.N liuit.Disn. WASHINGTON OrricB , No. Cl FOUHTEKHTII BTHKBT. All communications minting to news nml oil torlnl matter should bo mldresned tothu Kuito ot'tm : HEP. . mrsiNnss I.KTTRUS. All business letters nnd remlttnnccn should 1 : addressed to Tiu : Hun Pcnt.isiiiMi COMP\N < OMAHA. Drafts , chrrkft and poatofflco ordcrn t be iniulo paynlilo to the order of tlio coinpuii ) 7be Bee PnlsWniTciiiiaiiy , Propricloi E. ROSBWATER , Kditor. THE 1 > AIMT fiEE. Sworn Statement ofClrculatlon. Etftto of NoVrnskn , I S County < if Donning" ? . 1H > < Goo. It. T/schutk , Hccrotnry of The Hoe Pn1 JlslilnKcotmmny , dots solemnly swear that tli nctiiiu clruimtjon of the Dully lleo for the wee nulliiif KG ) ) , in. 18M < , was ns follows : Hnturilny , Pel ) . 4. . i 1S.O' Hnmlny. I'uli. Ii lfi.it Monday , Pot ) . II JO.lt TueMluy. Feb. T 15,61 Weilncfdny , Feb. 8 ir > .K Thursday , rob. 0 15.ni Friday , Fob. 10 16.0 Average 15.71 OKO. II.TZSUIIUUK. Pwom to and subscribed In my prescncn th llth day of February , A. D. , 1 W. N. I' . FBI L , Notary Public. Bttito of Nebraska. I _ County of Donxlixss , f " " Oeo. 11. Tzschuck , bclnj { ( Irst duly sworn , d poses and nays that ho Is secretary of The Hi PtthllHhliiK company , that the actual nvcnu dally circulation of the Dally Dee for the mtmt of Tubruary , 1W7,14,178 copies ; for March , ] h K400copies : for April. IWi7 , 14,1110 copies : f ( May. It-Wl , 14.-J27 conies ! for June , 1W)7 ) , 14,1 copies ; for July , IhK ? , ItfW copies ; for AUKtis J 7 , 14,151 copies ; for September , 1W7 , 14.3 ropieHjfor Octolte/r , IBS , H.ilX ) ; for Novembe 1WT. KjSM copies ; for December , IHS7 , 15,0 copies ; for January , 1S8S , ViSUO copies ; (1KO. . T2SCHUCJC. Bworn and subscribed to In tny nrosenco th M day of January. A. D.lkkS. N.P.KKII , . - Notary Public. THKKE is ono consolation loft to tli taxpayers of this city. They hav courts that will protect thorn from booi ling and jobbery. ' IF the managers of the gas compan do not muzzle their fool friends , an especially Hascall , we may be under th necessity of doing some very plain tails ing about ' 'the boys. " LOBBYISTS throughout the country or said to have passed a very hard wintei Iftruo this is ono of the most oncouraf In-g signs of moral regeneration in pol tics that have appeared for a long tim < ACCOIUMNO to Hascall , the robber roost will not bo located on upper Fai nam during the remainder of his torn Nobody expects that it will , unless th courts order Hascall and the boodl gang located in Boss Stout's hotel. HAIU'EU , the wrecker of the Fidolit tmnk of Cincinnati , says there would t but few national banks in the hands < receivers if the examiners did the ! duly. This ox-Napoleon of finance en safely bo regarded as an authority < bank examination. Tire present political situation give promise that the next national republ can convention will bo one of the moi , iHteresting in the history of the part ; It will not moot to carry out a cut-nut dried programme , and the chances ai that the best man will win. Tim first shipment of beef for Cal fornia from Kansas City is now on i way. The Pacific merchant marin will soon bo carrying moat from tli western states to the orientals , and tli ( Treat middle west is rapidly becomin the supply station of the world. ROSCOB CONKMNO is reported 1 have written a letter in which ho'n views the whole field of politics. No Is probably as good a time oa any for M : Conkling to speak , if ho has anything 1 say , and ho may rest assured of rocer Ingrat least respectful attention. ALT. reports that Cleveland is coi tdmplatlng writing alottor withdrawin his name as a candidate may safely I regarded as mere inventions. Grove has too easy a thing on the noramatio to refuse it , and it is very questionabl il the charming influenccrthat is neares to his heart and confidence would pe mit him to do so. Mr. Cleveland , it entirely safe to soy , has no intention 1 emulate Mr. Bluino. SKNATOU BfcAin , in advocating tli pMsage of his bill for promoting mend cancy , proclaimed himself the cran that he ia , In trying to explain the oj poaitiou of public sentiment to his odi cation bill ns voiced by the pros ho charged that every grei newspaper in the country has Jesuit on ita staff whose business it to strike a blovf wherever there was n opportunity at the common school syi torn of the country. The old man wn certainly driven to a severe strait fc argument when ho made this moi tiiliculous assertion , and yet there wor thirty-nine seimtors who by their vet virtually endorsed it. What wondc tuat the senate of the United States hi almost-lost-the popular respect and coi fldeuco. IT is gratifying to learn , on the ai thorlty/of the Montana Lire Stock /OBI iiaf , that the' statements which hov been published of largo losses of cattl ia. that territory duo to the sevot wiuUsr weather had ho foundation i laot. Having aaiplo moans of inforidt tlon that paper states that there ho been no unusual loss of stock anywhor within tlio limits of the ranges of Moi tmta. . On thcr contrary the losses thu far have been nominal and do not o : coed those of the most favorable sei sons of past years , , stock of all kiiu being in excellent condition. Stocl sum who- have been seen by the Jbtinu ay. that with a continuance of tli present fa vorablo wpathorortha absent ot lonpr nnd severe storms , the poreen ago of stock loss for the winter will IK exceed , if it should ovou reach , two ot ceut , The same authority states , us t failures , that thoro-has boon but ono n corded in the history of the territory nd that occurred last summer. On th whole the situation nnd outlook of tli cnttlo interest of Montana appear to I ill that could bo .reasonably desired. Do the Farmers Want Wnr Tnxrs ? The attempts which are being madi by high protection organs to oducati the farmers into a support of the contin unnco of wilr taxes ore decidedly enter tnining. Under the lend of the Not York Tribune , which claims to bo th apodal friend of the farmer , whllo 1 really voices the wish of plutocrats the.farmers ot the cast nnd west havi been deluged with circulars calling fo their opinion upon , tariff reform. Scv oral thousands of letters from farmer having been collected , a committee hn been appointed to digest nnd pnbllsl the results. That renowned ngrtcul turlst "Wood-pulp" Miller , of Not York , has been placed in charge am the results may shortly bo expected t appear in support of a widespread dc mnnd on the part of American farmer for increased tariff protection. It is safe to predict that intolligon farmers of the west who buy thct goods in the dearest marko and are compelled to &ol their products in the cheapest marko will not bo found bubbling over wttl enthusiasm at the prospect of a main tcnanco of the present war taxes. Will every article of domestic conaumptioi enhanced from twenty to ono hundrci per cent in order to build up the for tunes of the struggling Bessemer stec barons , the blanket kings of Now Ertg land nnd the agricultural ninchinor ; millionaires of the whole country , th farmers of the west , who are oducatoi and intelligent , arc not likely to swini into column behind the henchmen o the various protected monopolies. 1 few thousand letters from bogus farmer and truck gardeners of the manufactur ing towns of Now England and the mid die states will not bo swallowed by th people of the west ns the views of th agricultural producers of this country Western farmers are rapidly becomiti ] educated upon the tariff ques tion. They have learned thn it is a question which affect their pocketbooks most intimatolj They have 'learned that a scvontee dollar per ton tariff on steel roils mean something more than the upbuildin of the iron industries ol Pennsylvuni and of Illinois , and that the tax thu placed upon the finished product nt th outset is continued in perpetual taxs tion through increased railroad tolls They have learned through bitter experience perionco that the enhanced cost of rail road building means an enhanced co ; of moving every pound of the product raised upon their farms and au addi tional cost to every article which enter into domestic consumption. They huv found out ; moreover , that through th operations of the tariff they are force to compote in the sale of wheat an grain with the free trade markets c the world , while they are compelled t buy in the homo markets whore coir petition with the markets of the worl is stifled through war tariffs and trusts The demand for tariff reform and reduction based upon a rational corr parison of the actual cost of productio at American wages comes largely froi the farmers of the west. They will d < cline to have their views distorted , o their honestly expressed wishes poi verted by such a showing ns the Noi York Tribune proposes to make. The will emphatically protest against boin misrepresented by a few leaders or monopoly journal which is clamorin to-day that the taxes shall be taken o whisky and tobacco in order that the may be maintained upon farm mi chinory , blankets and clothing. Who the honest , unbridled expression of th farmers of the west upon tariff rofori is hoard it will make itself felt on line entirely different from that whic the organs of monopoly are now attemp ing to place. The Ulnlr Bill Passed the Senate. ' The Blair education bill passed th senate on Wednesday , receiving a mt jority of ten in a vote of sixty-eiglr Four senators were paired , and fou others , including Senator Paddock , t Nebraska , did not go on record. Sent tor Mandorson , of this state , voted fc the measure. The result was not unej pocted. Despite all that has boon pr < sented of arguments and facts to she that this measure is not required by th section for which it was originally an is still chiolly intended , is not asked fc by the majority of the people of thi section or of the country , and must ha\ the effect if it should become a law < checking the now vigorously growin popular sentiment in the southern state in behalf of public oducatiot it became evident some time ng that the bill would got through th senate. It has done so by a reduce majority , demonstrating that the argi monts and foots have not been ontirel without weight , but while a few of th senators who had previously committe themselves to the support of the mcasur Uad th'o courage to change position i manly acknowledgment of the altorc conditions , and in _ disregard of wha over political considerations may hav before prompted their action , most c them adhered to their past course an remain on record in support of thisun justifiable and pernicious measure. The senate having disposed of thi troublesome bill , doubtless to the grcc relief of that body , it ia now noccssnr that public sentiment in opposition t the measure shall be brought to boa vigorously upon the house. The likol hood of i a passing that body is cei tainly not very great , but it will not b well for its opponents to permit the ! zeal to bo weakened by ovor-conlidoncc Having the strength of the argumoii with them , in whatever aspect the mal tor is viewed , with new facts comin forward almost dally to increase th supports of their position , their obvion duty is to continue the fight with adde earnestness and vigor. Now tostlmon is steadily coming forward from th south showing that the intelligent ok men t of the population there not enl does not ask for the govon ; nient aid to education provided for b the Blair bUltbutbelteves tlwit such ai would be ultimately damaging In il effects. The superintendent of publl instruction of Texas says in a rcceutl puolished letter that ho believes th bill , if it should become a law , * 'woul impede the progress of popular oduqi tiou in thq south. " Ho says furthqt * "Tho southern states have never bee in BO good a condition educationally a they are at present. The growth I normal , healthy * nnd strong. Intcres in the education of the masses is grcntc than it has over boon. Opponent of public schools have been con verted or silenced. In tin meantime the spirit of Eclf-hcl | has grown apace with the rnpli Industrial development. " It is thi spirit which it ia most desirable t foster , strengthen nnd build up. "Tak the " General Armstrong out self-help , says strong of the Hampton school"Uhd th > rest is not worth much. Apply th Blair bill to the southern school system nnd it will chock the growth of the bcs thing in southern life , the effort of th people to educate themselves. " W < recently presented some facts from th reports of btato school superintendent : in the south showing conclusively thu public education is Hulking rapid progress gross in that section , and clearly ovi dancing' that if the people there are al lowed to manage this mutter for themselves solves there need bo no npprohonsioi that they will not do so wisely ami Well The house of representatives is uetiro to the people than the senate , nnd mor susceptible to the influence of popula sentiment. However great the prescn improbability , therefore , of this objcc tionablo nvcusurc passing the houbc there should bo no abatement of the ac tlvity and zeal of these who bcltovo thn upon constitutional , educational , ccon oniic and political grounds this bill i obnoxious and should not become n law the Bellwether's Programme. The bellwether of the council is call ing loudly Jor the people to attend thi taxpayers' meeting nt the board of tfndi rooms Saturday night. Ho professes t bo anxious to know public opinioi about the city hall job , and proclaim himself ready to do what the people do sire. This is a new departure. Whoi did Hascall over pay attention to pul lie opinion , and when bus ho eve heeded the wishes and protected the in terests of the taxpayers ? How was it during his first term ii the council when ho was engineerini the infamous Holly waterworks job ? At that memorable period Hascal kicked the petitions and remonstrance of his constituents of the Second wan under the table without allowing then to bo read. In these days the bell wether and his deluded followers had t go to the council meetings armed will canes , clubs , knives nnd revolvers , fo fear of being lynched by the indignan taxpayers. Ho defied public opinion nnd compelled citizens to seek protection toction in the courts against him aiv the boodle gang which Dr. Cushing hai subsidized to foist the Holly swindle 01 this city. Huscall was , of course , re tired in disgrace when his term closed by the people , who wore disgusted witl his villainous conduct. He la , quiet for a few years , and cam back again under the prctens of favoring public improvements No sooner had ho reappeared in th council than th'e old mania for doviltrj rascality and lawlessness took possessioi of him. Again the petitions and re monstrances of the tax-paying citizen wore ignored nnd injunctions had to b procured to keep the bellwether fror riding rough-shod over the property owners who wore opposed to the sand stone paving job. When that ton was out , Hascall , as usual 'took ' a rest on the political shell For several years ho.cultivated chorrief raspberries and the Knights of Laboi and spent his energies in hismonumonl al roadhouse. Last fall ho blossome forth again as the champion of pubh improvements , and once more was re turned to the council. No sooner' hui ho landed on the floor than rascality jobbery and lawlessness were agaii rampant. The fight against the polic commissioners was followed by the stai vation of the police , and the exposur of the city to thugs , thieves and crooks Under cover of that conflict the boodl gang operated very boldly and raide the treasury through contractors an' ' pay roll barnacles. That was the score of Hascall'sleadershipandcontrolot th combine. When the supreme court sat dow : upon Hascall the combine broke t pieces , and the bellwether was stunne and paralyzed. But ho recovered vor , quick , and took a now tack which re united the gang that had followed hir. through the summer. Ho raised a hu and cry about the city hall foundation started aschemo of city hall removal adroitly engineered the scheme to le Bronnan out of his obligations , an gave the contractor a chance to preson a monstrous claim against the citj In all those moves Hascal never aSked the taxpayer for their opinion. Did ever auybod , petition for or endorse the starvatio policyV Did ever anybody petition t abandon the city hall until after Has call had tried to put it on wheels ? Hav the taxpayers asked to have Brennni nnd Regan released from their oblign lions ? But now Huscall is anxious t hour from the people and the taxpayers Does anybody believe him to bo sincere The bellwether's programme is to hnv the board of trade ' hall pftckci with the brass band gang am the contractors' strikers. Instoa of hearing .what the people am the taxpayers have to say concornini the course of the council Huscall am his mo'b will monopolize- mcotliij with abusive harangues to justlf , their intamous conspiracies agains the taxpayers. In other words Hascall nnd his clients , the contractors arc to endorse Hascall and donounc everybody who objects to their piratlca raids upon the city treasury. If Hascal imagines he can dupe and bulldoze thi community ho is very much mistaken Ho is very nearly at the end of his rope Ho may bo able to hold the dupes am rogues of the old council and ho may b ( able to frustrate the needed construe tion of a public- building , but ho wil not bo allowed to bankrupt this city b , his boodle schemes. Xho Darkey in U'liat AVootlplle. The darkey in that city hall woodpll has made his appearance on very shor notice. Hnscall succeeded in hidlni him under his "confedt1 overcoat jus long enough to bamboozle Mayo Broatch into signing the resolutions re jcctlng Mr. Myers' plans and lotUrtj Brunnun out of the city hall buildlii ] contract. Now wo have the true in wardncsa of the beautiful scheme to enlarge large the city hall grounds nnd plant : posoy garden on Governor Suundors lot. Huscnll's client , the late contract or. cornel to the front with his llttl bill. And these are the modest figure nt which ho wants to cancel his Int very unpleasant employment. The Kqgnn contract which Brennni assumed included the construction a the siib-basomout and bnseuionl to tin top of the water table for the hum o $48,040. On this contract Pvor.ntin hn yet over twenty thousand dollars'wortl of work to do and material to furnish according' to Architect Myers' plan and estimates. But Myers having beoi discharged by the council and the worl stopped by last week's resolution. Brcn nan coolly pretends that the unfinishcc work can bo done for 815,820. , Deductlnf this amount from the original contrac price there would bo $44,8120 duo fo what Bronnan has dono. To this amount Mr. Brcnnnn mod estly adds $7,704.24 for extras titu 8583.60 for interest , making $53,107.74 Brannnn acknowledges that ho has ro ccivcd $10,2o6.32 from the city , am claims a balance duo him of $33,851.42 What n barefaced imposition ! Wha cheek for Brcnnan to claim ever 87,00 of extras , when , according to Myers , i will take $1,500 to replace tljo bad worl and poor materials in the basement What sublime impudence to claim $58 interest , when it i < 3 notorious that Bron nan was required to complete the build ing by the 1st of July , 1887 , and by hi neglect has entailed on the cit , a loss of thousands ot dollar of needless rent for city olllccs Instead of $33,851 being duo him , th most liberal allowance would bo undo $10,000. Hero is the milk in the Has call cocoanut. The contract make the city hall architect the arbitrate between Bronnan and the city. Mycr refused to give Brennan any mrfro esti mates unless he complied with thi plans and specifications. So Huscul gets the council to reject Myers' plan and discharge Myers. With the plan and Myers out of the way Bronnai comes up smiling with his bogus clairi of $33,851 , confident that if the commit tco to whom. it was referred cuts i down Hascall and the council boodlcr will try to arbitrate it for him , am leave him a very big margineven nfte deducting the expense of ongiueorini this neat job through the council. NOTHING could bo more absurd thai to assume , as some democratic paper have done , that there was a deal be tweenBlaino and Sherman. Thegrount for such an assumption is the repor that Sherman sai . ho had expected i declination fromiBlaine , and for tha reason ho avowed , his own candidacy It appears that Mr. Blaine had madi known to several [ parties , before his departure parturo for Europe ] , that ho would no sock the nomination , and it is quit possible he did to Mr. Sherman , but hi doing so and the action of Shormai based thereon Would certainly notimpl ; | that there was any * , deal. The only raJ tional deduction to be made from Shor man's statement , if trup as reported , ii that the withdrawal of Mr. Blaine fron the list of presidential candidates is sin cere. _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ IT is very unlortunate for Omaha tha a majority of the public servant in the city council ore uttorl ; reckless , dishonest and thoroughl ; demoralized. We can hope fo no relief until they .are either retire < by the people or removed by the crlm inal courts. PKOMINKNTPEB80NS. _ Henry George is said to bo worth $80,000. Mrs. Colla Thaxtcr Is giving readings ii Boston. General John C. Fremont resides at Lo Angeles. Mark Hopkins , son of the late president o Williams college , is writing a novel. Cornelius Vanderbllt allows no liquor to b sold near a railroad station where ho cai prevent it. Dr. Mary Walker will celebrate the flftletl anniversary of her birth by returning to thi garb of tier sex. Senator Cockrcll la credited with bavin ] used tUreo gallons of ink in his private cor rcspondonce last year. * The truth of thereport that Labouche.n won 35,000 at Monte Carlo by means of i system is vouched for by the croupiers o that famous gaming resort. 'As a proof that old age Is rapidly'overcom Ing Benjamin F. Butler , it is noted by i Washington corresponctant that the genera qo longer wears a bunch of flowers in hi buttonhole. It is estimated that in order to bo able t wear all his decorations and orders at on > time Prince Bismarck would require abreast thirty feet In breadth. Their weight amount ! to a little ever forty pounds. George Macdonald , the poet nnd novelist is now living in Bordighoro , an Italian tow near the French frontier , cnjoylng.doubtlcsa another ' -quiet neighborhood. " Ho ia nov nearly sixty-four years old. Representative Holman , who is known ti fame as the "Grca'Oboctor | ] , " has made tin Alcmn announcement that ho is once merion on guard , and thatfto proposes to invostigoti carefully all appropriation bills comiug be fore congress. Two brands of oiffars , made by rival flnm in Blnghamton , N. ' Y. , have boon namui "The Bill Nye. " Otttiof the firms says thn the cigars are named after Mr. Bill Nye o Binghumton. The other brand Is named foi Bill Nye , the W6rfV ( < J humorist , and with hh consent. In a IcHor'jjranting permission lei this use of his name the famous funny mai says that "a boy" fn Ohio , two in Iowa , i quick colt in Kentucky , n curly-faced bull it Minnesota , a mine in .Lcadvillo , a town ii Wisconsin and a brand of chewing tobacco it South Carolina" already bear his uaino. Should Co-Exltit. 3lllicmil.ee Journal. If fashions wore over governed by commor sense , the bustle and the roller-skato woult como nnd go together. A Redeeming Feature. St. Lmtli Republican. It should be berne in mmd by indignanl citizens during tha present rclgn.of terror ii Chicago thatthoui'h burglaries occur nightly and murders frequently , the situation mlghl bo worse. There ai QUO loud posters on th ( bill boards. A Great Combination. H'lM/ilin/fou / Critic. Mr. C. P. Hutttington waters bis PaclfU railroad testimony with tears , , and waten his Pacific railroad stock with tfio "nblo cl forts" of himself nnd his fclloW officers. C P. Is great and the U. S. f his profit. Kit Route Toward Gettysburg. Kdwnrtl S. Ctramtf. Prom Colonel Aylctt. who wore tlio gray , Wo get the facts wo hero nrrny : Leo's invaders were on their way. Passing n Pennsylvania town , Greencastlo , n modest village brown , Women looked out with fejjr nnd frown , Ono the Old Flag ns nn npron wore ; Waved it with prlclo ns she stood by her ( loot whllo the sohllcra In gray marched past foot sore , Daring these men brothers , nlas ! To touch the ling , this handsome lass Trios to annoy them us they pas * . Her pluck nnd loyalty have charms ; Plckctt salutes her , no ono hums , . And ono marching regiment carries arms. Many salute her with n sigh , Thinking of homo with moistened eye , . As on toward Gettysburg they bio. Snrnh Smith was the name that slio bore When Gettysburg shook with the battle' ronr , On Famd's fair pogo put her name to th fore 1 STATE AND TEIiniTOllY. Nebraska Jotting * . Edgar will invest $20,000 in water works. Lincoln 1ms succeeded in shoving th "queer" on "Norfolk , to the number c 100. " " "There are 0,720 government pension crs in Nebraska who receive $188,407.6 quarterly. The Holdrogo Nuggcthoists the nanv of General Phil Sheridan for prcsidun and Walter Q. Greshain for vice prcsi dent. The Beatrice Canning company hn disposed of all its goods manufacture ! the past season. The total value of tin company's output for the year wusabou $75,000. Kearney's elegant now hotel , tin Midway , is rightly named. It is ns nca the center of the continent as it couli bo placed without stretching the corpo ration limits. The managers of the Beatrice ndvcr tising scheme have wisely decided t give the homo papers orders for spocin editions , which will be ecattcrei throughout the country. The report of the treasurer of Purnn county for 1887 snows $79,905 collected a total balance in cash on hand o $15,722 , with delinquent taxes uncol looted amounting to $89,903. The Lincoln Democrat is again squirt ing malice from a stale syringe at tin Omaha postofflce bill in congress. For tunately the odors of the operation an confined and disinfected before loavin ; the shop. The Grand Island Independent believes lioves that "Elaine's letter of with drawal from the presidential'race i about as much of a resignation as presidential dontial candidate as Bibtnarck's lat speech was a declaration of peace. " The articles of incorporation of thi Farmers' Co-operative association o North Bond have been filed in the oilici of the county clerk. The capital stool is $8,000 , in shares of $20 each mon than one-half of which is to bo sub scribed before filing. The corporatioi is to run for a period of twenty years On the 12th of January a son of Josopl Schaaf , eight years of ago and living with his parents six miles northwest o Atkinson , started to visit his marriei sister living one milo from homo. Hi had traveled only one-half a milo whei the storm came up and ho could not sei which way to go. It seems by the find ing of his remains that ho h'ad turnct about when the storm came up am started to return homo again , but losim h'is way drifted with the storm soutl about two and _ a half miles to a farn owned by Miss Grace McFarland , when ho was overcome and buried in the drifts. His motner has boon nearly frantic slnco his loss and his father anc neighbors have searched each dai without success until Monday last , whet the body was found on the corner of th < place above mentioned. He was a vori bright , active' little fellow and the los's by sickness of his brother two years older , only one week before , mates i very hard for the parents to bear. Mr Schaaf 'a people are a very thrifty , in dustrious German family and deserve al the sympathy that can bo extended ty the good people of Nebraska. Iowa Items. A mammoth whale is on exhibition a Dubuquo. Twenty-six counties in Iowa have IK corn for sale ; seven counties are buyinj corn and forty-seven counties can span an average of 13 per cent of the crop o last year. A young lady near Muscatine used 11 broomstusk with tellingoltect ona schoo teacher of the opposite sex , for whicl he had her arrested for assault with intent - tent to commit great bodily injury. A party of railroad mon quarreled al Burlington Monday while riding on the footboard of a switch engine. Ono ol the party , named James Miller , was knocked off the engine , which passet ever him , crushing both logs just below the knee. The Prlmghar Boll says : "Our com' panion in distress stroked us under the chin afowovoningsagoaftersho learned we wore carrying a life insurance policy of 33,000. Yes , wo replied , and you wili get it all , but in case t live the longest wh t do you leaye me ? 'Oh , I will leave you my fancy work. ' " Dakota. ' The dog poisoner is abroad in Dcnd- wood , and several puns are primed foi him. him.Alexander's Alexander's now school building is tc bo two stories high , 05x80 , and will cost $5,000. - There is a Catholic population in Da- koto of 80,000,130 , churches , 24 schools 2,000 pupils and 10 industrial schools. Switch tracks have been laid to the stone quarries near Buffalo Gap , and the work of development will seer begin. The city council of Aberdeen have adopted a system of sewerage , known as the "pumping system , " at u cost ol $40,000. Brcvltle * . Yesterday's internal revenue collec tions amounted to $12,932.01. The police of Preston , Minn. , have written to the chief hero for informa tion about ono James Patterson , wanted there on a charge of bastardy. There scorns to be a great con tempt on the part of many people for the ordi nance relating' to the obstruction ol streets and in different parts of the city there have boon for some time ob structions nnd excavations without any red lights near them at night. Chiol Soavoy has determined to punish all violators of this ordinance , and 1ms ordered his o Ulcers to promptly report all violations of the law. The Gould Larceny Case. NEW YOIIK , Feb. 10. The charges against Jay Gould nnd Russell Sago , made on behalf of the stockholders of the Kansas Pacific railroad company , of appropriating to their own use (3,000,000 of the company's bonds , wore laid before the grand jury this morning , Monday next witnosaca will bo summoned. SCHOOL MOND8. Their Sato Lend * to n Bqnnbblo a the Uonrd Meeting. A called mooting of the board of Cilucnlloi was held last nlglit ( o consider the claims o Spltzer & Co. , of Toledo , In their bids for th school bonds. Messrs. Clnrk , Clarke , Mot rlson , Gray nnd Llvcsny were absent and fo nn hour and a half Spltrer nrgueil with th board and no definite business wnstrati sactcJ. The situation is something llko this A few months ni o tlio board advertised fo sale $ ' 00,000 worth of school bonds. Non of the bids were satisfactory mul they wor all rejected. The highest bid was froii Splt70r & Co. , of Toledo , and Treasure Hush personally Informed Spitzcr that lit bid wns the highest nnd tlmt It hud boon nc copied. In u letter to Han U & Co. , Chicago nlllcs of Spitzcr & Co. , Hush said that tin bid of Spitzcn & Co. Jmd been accepted. These nets on the part of Hush Were with out the consent of the hoard , without whiel ho could tuUo no oflleliil action In the mnttor But on this privnto Information Spltaor tool the liberty to sell $ TiOK)0 ( ) worth of the bond Mennwhllo the board , wishing to rnlso som ready money , decided to negotiate npiivati sulo with the Omnhn Loan mid Trust com pany of f 100,000 of the bonds. This was done mid as soon as Spltzer li-anicd of it ho cam In hot Imsto to Omaha. Last night ho mi pcnrcd before the board nnd claimed tlmt h had boon unfalily dealt with nnd severe ! ; criticised the committee on llimiico who lun tlio mutter In churgo. The first motion made wns by Mr. McCon neil , who moved the adoption of the report o the llnanco committee. All voted uyo oxcop Mr. Sholes , and as It required eight to carr ; the motion and there were only that nuinbc present , the single vote against It killed it. A motion was next made that the vote b : which the report of the llnnnco committe was rejected bo reconsidered. After consld crablo discussion this was adopted. Spitzcr again nroso to' his foot , as ho hai done n number of times , mid commenced ti comb the board down for not granting Iiln immediate satisfaction. Ho had to bo callci to order by the chairman , mul the board anxious to escape from the tirade , hastily pu and carried a motion to adjourn. Licensed to Wed. The following marriage licenses wen issued yesterday by Judge Shields : Name nnd Hesidcnce. Age I Charles Cllno , Omaha U ( Elcctu Simpson , Omaha 1 I Frank Young , South Omaha ( Sallie Walling , South Omaha Si ( William J. Davis , Omaha 3 ( Lizzlo Davis , Omahu 2 ( August Paul , Mlllard , Neb a t Mary Flick , Mlllard , Neb 3 The latter couple were bound together b' the judge , the ceremony being performed ii the Gorman language , In which the Judge i becoming quite protlcient nnd gainlug a inoa tery of. Personal Paragraphs. C. J Dickey , of the U. S. A. , is at the Pas ton. ton.H. H. J. Lee , of Fremont , Nob. , is at the Mil lard. J. II. Cook , of Husscll , Ia. , Is at the Mil lard. J. B. Frederick , of Button , Nob. , is at th Mlllard. E. C. Parkinson , of Seward , Neb. , Is at th Mlllard. Sol Levi , of Plattsmouth , Nob. , is nt th Pnxton. C. E. Wcstcott , of Plattsmouth , Nob. , is a the Paxton. W. A. Fisher , of Rod Oak , Ia. , is at th Paxton. W. It. Kelly , of Lincoln , Neb. , is at th Paxton. Mrs. Cooley , of Crolghton , Nob. , Is at thi Millurd. A. Anderson , of Beatrice , Neb. , is at thi Miliard. J. G. McNair , of St. Joseph , Mo. , is nt thi Miliard. J. Harry Magco , of Kansas City , is at thi Mlllard. J. K. Jordan , of Gordon , Nob. , is at thi Windsor. F. Wilklns , of Geneva , Nob. , la nt thi Windsor. Shafo Kautzman , of Edgar , Neb. , is at thi Windsor. H. C : Schmidt , of Plattsmouth , Nob. , is a the Windsor. II. K. Chase and wife , of Geneva , Nob. , an at the Millnrd. A. Carllon and wife , of Kearney , Nob. , art at the Paxton. Prof. Edward Thomson , of Hartley , Nob. is at the Paxton. C. W. Downey nnd wife , of Sioux City Nob. , are at the Windsor. DMcssrs. W. J. Dennis and G. W. Meredith of Ashland , Nob. , are at the Mlllard. Messrs. W. T. Ulchnrdson nnd I. E. Doty of David City , Neb. , are at the Paxton. William E. Shannon , of St. Joseph , Mo. lias accepted a position with the Omaha Mil : and Elevator company , of Omaha. At the Hotel Barker : J. D. McElroy , Marslialtown ; W. G , Roberts , Chicago ; A , F. Cutter , Davenport : W. B. Hastings , Lin coln ; C. J. Stephen , Boone ; J.V. . Uaruott , St. Louis , G. W. Merritt , Controvillo. At the Miliard : S. Dwight Eaton , Bur lington , Paul ( Jrubcry , Kansas City ; Enoi F. Jones. Now York ; J. G. Wisner , New York ; August F. Bohnkc , Adolph Plate , Now York. Colonel Curtis has returned from Wash ington , where ho had been some weeks visit ing his aged mother , who died some time age Mrs. Curtis remains In Now York and the colonel's sister and children are still In Washington. Mrs. J. P. Rowan , the accomplished and beautiful wife of Omaha's famous chef , has returned from an extended visit with rela tives at Missouri Valley. During her sojourn at that city Mrs. Rowan was tendered a splendid reception at the residence of her sister. Chris Spccht and wife and son have re turned from a two months' trip to Dossel in Hanover , where Mr. Spccht met many o his old schoolmates ana enjoyed bU stay in his nutivo place , visiting also Ida. Elbe , Goot- tlngcn , nrcslan , Bremen , Frankfort , Hcldol- but'K and Berlin. Ho brouphfwith him his aged mother who will hereafter reside hero. Local Spnrtlne News. Tommy Miller's benefit takes place Satur day evening at the Grand opera liouse. It Mil boa rattling affair. Pat Killen , the champion heavy-weight of the west , tele graphs Manager Rothcry that ho will bo hero to-morrow morning. Accompanying him will bo Harry Gllmoro , of Chicago , Charlie Glcason and Danny Ncedham. or St. Paul. Prof. Hawkins , of Minneapolis , and Hoveral other illustrious pugilistic lights. Lovers of the manly art arc assured of getting the full est worth of their money , ns the exhibitions ot skill and muscularity on the part at these well known athletes will not bo of tlmt lifeless character that murks the efforts of novitiates which lias been wen hero so often beforo. There will , In addition to these fistiu features , bo u Grcco-Roimin wrestling match , a broad sword combat , nnd aumerous other thrilllngly interesting per formances , Prof. Ed Miller settos with Pat Klllcn , and Tommy Brooks wlthr Tommy Uaooks in the wind-up. Charlie Aslilngcr has gene to Philadel phia to take part in a six-days' bycicllng race. JooVnIshOmaha's shortstoptias returned from Chicago. Meeting of the Base Ball Club. Tlio directors of the Omaha baseball club not yesterday afternoon at President Mo- 3oriulck's oftlco. Present Messrs. McCor- nick , Worlcy , Hardln , Doherty , Morrison md Phllbin. The first business in order was : ho receiving of bids for the refreshment aooth and scoio card privilege for the season ) f IbSS. John Rawiins , bcin ? tlio highest jiddor , wns awarded the ncoro card privilege. [ Us bid was WOO. The booth privilege wns warded to J. J Phllbin , his bid being M03. Tlio oBlcial scorer ap ] > olntmcut was then alccn up , and after some discussion , S. G. V. Hrlswold of the BUR was appointed. Kiilllvan'H lloply. OMAIM , Feb. 10. Sporting Editor of the 3uH : In response to the card of A. H. Forbes offering James Sullivan $25 providing 10 will stand up before Pat Klllcn four ounds next Saturday night , I would , in be- ialf of Mr , Sullivan , suy ; The offer of 135 ( an amount which only scrubs contester ) It most positively declined. On Mr. Klllcn'a return from the Pacific coast I will , If possi * ble , arrange a mutch between the two men , Looking iur Llmlsny. There Is another aspirant willing to moot Jimmlo Lindsay In n contest for the middle weight championship of tha state , nnd the medal. Steve Carroll is on deck , nud can train down to 140 pounds , and thinks Lindsay 6r no other man of his weight In the stnta can get nwny with him. If there Isuny money wanted for a sldo bot. Steve 1ms friends and no doubt Jimmlo can bo accommodated. Jack Larkln , who has mndo n name In Council Bluffs , nnd who mot Ed Rothcry In the recent athletic contest , Is billed to moot Pat Killen nt Tommy Miller's benefit Satur day night. _ County Commissioners. The county commissioners yesterday mcl nnd adopted the following resolutions : Resolved , Tlmt the county clerk bo In structed to advertise for bids for building about three hundred feet of trcstlo work north of the Waterloo bridge over the Elkhorn - horn river , said trestle woik to IK > in spans ot twenty feet each , plans and specifications to bo seen In the oflico of the count v clerkt Resolved , That on and after February 29 , 1SSS , the position now occupied by John Gor man , as janitor , bb and IB hereby abolished. Indiana llcininllcnn Kdltorn Meet. Ixnivx.M'oi.is , Feb. 10. The convention ol of Indiana republican editors was hold hero to-day. The general sentiment favored mak ing n campaign in favor of protection , n frco ballot and a fair count. Willo no effectual expression wiis given It was wns plain there was n strong feellnp In favor of pushing It. Senator Harrison Is Indiana's candidate for the presidency. Speeches weio nmdobv ox- Senator Harrison , ex-Governor Porter , Lieu tenant Governor Robertson , Hon. Richard Smith of Cincinnati nnd others. Xlie McGlynn-GcorKo Split. Nnw YOHK , Feb. 10. Justice Patterson , In the supreme court to-day , upon the appllca- , tion made by Dr. McGlynn , granted an ordot requiring Croasdale , Post and associates , rep. i resenting the Henry George side In tlio null. \ poverty society split , to show cause why i they should not bo restrained from being f orgnnbcd or incorporated as the nnti poverty I society. _ _ ' Illinois Republican * . ( CHICAGO , Fob. 10. The chairman of the ' republican stuto central committee has Issued ' a call for n mooting of the committee March , 0 to llx the time for the state convention , etc. Actlvo republicans from all parts of the state are invited to bo present. [ ( - Forty 1'crsona Killed. J MCKICH , Fob. 10. An explosion , which oo currcd iu a coal mlno near Kaiser's Lantern , Bavaria , killed forty persons. Thirty-slj men were rescued. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. A very useful and instructive period * ical is that issued by the Co-oporativo Building Plan association , architects , 03 Broadway , New York. Tlio latest number contains sixty designs for ar tistic modern houses at low cost. This is a publication which will render ma terial aid to the builder and contractor. * * * A recent issue from tno publishing house of D. Lothrop Co. , Boston , is entitled "Patience Preston , M. D. Mis. A. F. RnlTonspcrger is the authoress. The story is interesting nnd well re lated. A bright and true young woman with a medical degree , and money enough to give her a start , apparently , by a rather taxing accident sottlcs down in a little city and gets at first the easi est kind of practice , that of the poor for experience. She conquers society and society conquers her. The mutual victory brings good fortune to both. The reader alternately sides with Pa tience and these of the other party , so evenly is the web of th.e story woven. And , when the end comes , it comes without surprise : and yet the sympa thetic reader is pleased , that it ends just so. | * * "The Original Mr. Jacobs , " is a rp cent and very interesting publication from The Minerva Publishing Co. , Now York. * The Chicago Daily News has Issued an almanac for 1888 which is a brief yet complete compilation of valuable his tory. Among the contents which will prove of special benefit nro the follow ing : Complete election voturns of 1887 from nil the states by counties. The vote by counties on the adoption of a prohibtory amendment in Michigan , Texas , Oregon and Tennessee. The vojo by counties and cities on local op tion In Missouri. Table giving saloon statistics for all cities having a popula tion of over 10,000 ; number of saloons , iimount of license , arrests for drunken ness to the total number of arrests. Political platforms of all parties adopted in 1887. National platforms of all par ties , and state committees of the wcst torn states. The public debt statement to December 1,1887. The civil lists of the general government , Illinois , Cook county and the city of Chicago. The government of the United States , supreme premo court and congress. The army and navy lists of statlont of rogimodts nnd vessels , and names of officers. The national guard in the northwestern states. Immigration statistics for the lust cloven years. Epitome of foreign md domestic events of 1887. Sporting summary for 1887. Necrology and dis- istors for 18S7. * "Shakespeare in Fact and in Crltl- jism , " is a late work by Appleton Mor gan , A. M. , LL. B. The work consist ? > f ten essays under the following titles : I Shakespeare and His Esthetic Crit ics ; 2 Much Ado About Sonnets ; 8 Whoso Sonnets ? 4 Something Touch ing the Lord Hamlet ; C Sir William D'Avenantnnd the First Shukesporoan Revival ; 0 Law and Modlcino in the Plays ; 7 Queen Elizabeth's Share in ibo Merry Wives of Windsor ; 8 The jrowth nnd Vicissitudes of a Shake spearean Play ; I ) Have Wo a Shako- ipcuro Among Us ? 10 The Donnelly vnd Prior Ciphers and the Furnival Verse Tohts. Mr. Morgan has paid j special attention to the study of the 3ird : of Avon and the productions of tils pen. In consequence ho is imply qualified to deal with , ho very thoughtful subject n nn interesting and ln- itructlvo manner. Mr. Morgan's line if Shakespcnro study being out of the ) caton track of commontnry and com- nout , and his "Tho Shakosporoun Uylh" or "William Shakespeare and Circumstantial Evidence , " having att ructed unubual attention as well in England as in the United States and Jermnny in which last nnmcd coun- ries two editions have boon exhausted -the publisher feels that a now volume rom the same 1x311 , and embodying the osults of live years of further and riper tudy from Mr. Morgan's own stand- x > int , but with better lights , will bo velcomcd with interest by students of Jhakcspoaro. William Evurts Bonja- nin is tlio publisher , 741 Broadway , 'Jew ' York. * Mrs. Mary W. Hudson of Topeka , Cas. , is the author of "Esther the Gen- llo. " The book is peculiarly a western ( reduction , written by a Kansas lady md published by a Kansas house , hroujjhout the book is decidedly intor- btiiig , The fatory is a sad ono and the norul of the tale and object of its publl- ation .appears btroug and clear through * mt the well written work.