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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1888)
JTJPr - - j t-H * * jrn * i" tl * j > . . - , ' * ! * THH OMAHA DAILY BE& ; WEDNESDAY , FEBfltTARY 1883. THE DAILY BEE , KHY MOUN1NO. TEHMS OF BiniSCIUPTION. flatly ( Morning Kdltion ) including Sunday 111 K. Ono Year HOOT J'or Six Months 6 U ) rnrThrru Month * , . . . , . . - . . . . " M ) U'lie Omaha Hnnday HI.K , mailed to any ad dress. Olio Year SCO OMIH Ot KIOB , No4.ll4AN1)Din ! I'AII.VAM STIIHKT. Niw : YOIIK OFFICB , llantts 14 AMI liiTimiUM : lluiuiir.fi. WASHINGTON OrriCR , No. 61J I'OUIITEUNTII BlIlKKT. COHHKSl'ONDKNrK. All communlrntloiis relating to newsnndpdU tfirlnl nmttcr should bo addre scd totliollurroii All business letters and lemlttances should bo nfldrossed to Tin : Dm I'unt.isniNn COVI-ANV , DM/MI i. DraflH , checks and postolllco orders to be iiiiulo payable to the order of the company. The Bee PulsliiniTcipany , proprietors K. ROSKWATKlt , Editor. Xll K DAILY 11UK. Bworn Htntcnient of Circulation. Btnte of Nebraska , I _ fl > OKI. It. IV.Rchnck , secretary of The nee Pub- llshlng company , does solemnly BU ear that the ctnnlclrc tilntlon of thn Dally lleo for { ho week ending Keli. 17. H-W , was HK follows ! . Rnturimy , Poll. 11.- m.lVi Sunday. Feb. 12 15.7 ) Monday , Fob. 1.1 10,010 u Tuesday , Fob. 14 16.6.W It Wednesday. Toll. 15 18,770 f Thursday , Feb. 1C 1IM ) t Friday , Fcb.17 IC.Sio * Average 13.S60 ( IKO. I1.TX.SCIIUCK. Bworn to and subscribed In my presence this 18th dny of February , A. D. , 188H. N. P. FKIU Notary i'ubllc. State of Nebraska , I County of Douglass , I Oeo. II. Tm'lmck , being first duly nworn , do- poces nnd tayn thnt ho Is secretary of The Ileo I'uMlsliIng company , that thn actual lurrnco ilnlly circulation of inn Dally Ileo for the month of Tebruary , Itb7,14.17S copies : for March , IW , 14,400 coptey ; for April , lt 7 , 14,1110 copies : for May , 1WB. l\X copies ; for June , 1M7. 14.147 lotiles ; for July. 1EKT , I4ft'l copies ; for Aurust , 1BW , 14,151 copies ; for September. 1W > 7 , 14M'J : coiiieHfor : Octdbe'r. 1IIH , 14,333 ; for No\ember. 1FKT , 15aW copies ; for Decomlier , 1M7 , 15,041 copies ; for January , 1888 , lfi,2i)0 copies : OKO. 11. TZ9CHUCK. B orn nnd subscribed to In my iwcnce this 2dday of Jajiuary , A. D. 1888. N. P. FI'.IIi , Notary Public. TIIK senate and house are about as harmonious on the question of openinsr the Sioux reservation as Kilkenny cats. Tun cooking school has presented Mr. MoConnol of the board of education a nicely baked pie. This is the first quar terly dividend on tin investment of $2,500 n year. Ir the agitation of a now first class hotel results in nothing more than stim ulating' the improvement of existing nto. hotels and enlarging their facilities , it BK will not have been made in vain. said "no. " Editor Childs . " Phil Sheridan says "no. " But M. will " " " Chauncoy Dopow say "y"cs , and a presidential boomlot will try its winglcts on the raw March air. Miss ROSE CLKVKLAND is soon to publish a volume of poems. There must bo some foundation for the stories of disagreement between Rose and her big brother or else she would not thus wantonly endanger his chances for re election. A SIX hundred and fifty dollar pie has been baited by the professor of cookery at the high school for one of the mom- tors of the board of education and the "board has shown its appreciation of the art of pie-baking by promptly placing on assistant professor of cookery on the school board pay-roll. TUB indications are that the committee - too on education will never report the Blair bill to the house. Congressman Grain of Texas-will bo chairman of the bub-committee which will have charge of the bill , and ho as well as others are openly hostile to Senator Blair's bill to promote mendicancy in the United .States of America. THE result of the West South work election in England on the 17th inst. was a stunning surprise to the tories. At the election last Friday the liberals piled up the extraordinary majority of 1,104 , an increase highly significant when the total number of voters was only 0,082. It takes a very little straw to show the way the political wind blows. JUDOK COOLEY of the inter-state rail way commission if reported to say that the eharo holders of the C. B. & Q. , the C. M. & Si , P. , and the C. R. I. & P. , had better speedily combine to restrain their executive officers who in Iowa and Nebraska are cutting one another's throats , and the throats of their compa nies. The law requires , says the judge , that the commission fix reasonable rates , and how can the commission deny that rates fixed by the railroads themselves ore reasonable for those railroads ? TIIK house committee sent into the coal regions to investigate the strike there have not covered themselves with glory. They made a political filibuster ing expedition for the democratic party. Instead of carefully studying the im portant economic questions involved in the controversy between the strikers and their employers , the committee was intent only on gathering political capi tal for the coming campaign. All the mossbacks engaged in this kind of bus iness instead of properly attending to their duties should bo branded and re tired. Pracuuo-i'NKUMONiA among cattle has not boon stamped out as many seem toeupposo. On the contrary the dis ease is spreading. The sonata commit tee on agriculture , recognizing the im portance of oxtorpating the scourge , has agreed upon tv bill with that object in view. This bill authorizes the presi dent to create a board of throe persons , immediately after its passage , to bo known as the bureau of Animal Industry. These commissioners are to have a salary of four thousand dollars per annum. Tha first of their duties is to report on the condition of domestic ani mals of the United States , their protec tion and use , and to inquire into and re port the causes of communicable dis eases anlong them , and moans of pre vention and cure of the same. This is all very well if the intentions of the framers of the bill are carried out , should it become law. ilut the history of the past toaohos that such measures usually end in a scramble- for the salary and very little good iu the direction in tended. Democratic Kconotny. The political reformers of the house of representatives nro preparing to make a concerted attack upon all meas ures providing for appropriations for public buildings. They have organ- ived under the lead of Samllandallwho is prepared to cut down anything but the larifT , and Bill llolmnti , who is a chronic obstructionist for the sake of obstruction. The democratic majority are combining to block all legislation of this class BO far as practicable , and to pare down every appropriation without regard to the necessities of the various cities and towns throughout the country. There are now before the house of representatives bills providing for 158 public buildings distributed among thirty-five * states , foilr territories and the District of Columbia. Of these Kansas City , Denver , Omaha ami Mil waukee together ask foi'aboutr $6,000,000 , the remaining 151 call for a total ag gregate of appropriations of $2-3,000.000. Recognizing that a presidential campaign is approaching , the house of representatives is fighting vig orously for position. . The old cry of economy is heard with redoubled vigor coming from the throats of politicians who , in oil years , are the loudest in their demands for on expenditure of money in districts where it will do the most good to the party. The house committee - mittoo on public grounds and buildings has concocted u system by which , be tween the sub-committee and the com mittee , there is another body called the revising committee , comprising the chairman of the different subcommittees tees , whoso judgment upon the various measures to bo reported must be ob tained before any action can bo taken by the full committee itself. This body has been passing uK | > n the larger appro priations asked for , and in every in stance has insisted upon cutting them down from a half to two-thirds , The object of this action is the political olTcct , and statements as to the pressing necessity for appropriations asked , and the future e'conomy to the government in making lump appropriations have been urged in vain. This kind of bogus economy is very expensive in the end. There is nothing which experience has proved more con clusively than the fact that dribbling appropriations for a praiseworthy object lengthen themselves into a much larger sum than would have been required if the appropriation had been made in bulk in the first instance. There is not a public building which has been con structed in the past ten years in the United States under this method but which is a standing proof to the lack of wisdom of this policy. Omaha's re quest for a million and a half was based upon a thorough burvoy of the field and was cordially and cheerfully endorsed by the supervising architect of the treasury as a wise expenditure for a needed end. It was cut down in the senate to one million two hundred thousand , simply because Milwaukee had applied for the .same amount and the senator from Wisconsin objected to any western city obtaining in his own committee more than the city which ho represents applied for. The bill has now been reported by the house com mittee for 8500,000 , or so much thereof as may bo necessary fbr the purchase of a site , leaving another session of con gress , or another congress , to provide the funds needed to erect the super structure. The argument used to bolster up this paring down policy is that no structure can bo built until the legislature of Nebraska has ceded title to the ground. Every member of the committee know that this was a mere subterfuge to prevent the passage of a measure. There was not a single valid ground of objection against the appro priation which was endorsed by the ad ministration as one worthy of passage. The legislature of Nebraska has never yet refused , nor will it probably over refuse , to make every provision for the erection of public buildings in the state at government expense , nor has any other state or territory to our knowledge cast n single obstacle in the way of the government obtaining a clear and complete title free from state interference. It is the old story of the east opposing the west and of self-interest declining to advance the interest of the other sec tions of the country because there was nothing in it for states which the op posing members represented. This policy , which is becoming more marked in every session of congress , will inevit ably result in a combination of interests outside of party lines , which will make itself felt when legislation alTecting the east , and in which the west has no local interest is up for consideration. The entire cast is dotted with [ evidences of governmental consideration in the line of public buildings , river and harbor improvements , complete mail service and fast trains on the ralroads | sub sidized by the postolllco department. Whenever a , complaint comes from the west of insulllciontmail accommoda tions , lack of public buildings demanded by the necessities of the public service in growing communities , and needed im provements of streams which are actual ly navigable , a howl of "economy and reform" rises from n hundred throats of men whoso states have long ago been amply provided for In those respects , and who now make themselves obstruction ists in the path of the interests of a great and a growing section of the country. The time is coming when the people of the United Stales will demand that the government be granted power and means to erect needed public buildings postolllces , custom houses and court houses without being obliged to wait upon the bickering -and political chi canery of congress. The favor which has already been shown towards the bills introduced at the present ses sion , among which is Senator Pad dock's calling for the construction of postofllccs of the second and third classes is evidence of the growing senti ment in behalf of a policy which looks to the future as well as to the present , and which would lift the whole question of internal improvements out of the hands of conllicting political interests. Hellish AVool Gntlicrcrs , The president of the Colorado Wool Growers' association has issued a call inviting the sheep men to meet nt Den ver on the 23d Inst. in order to protest against reducing the tariff on wool , Sympathy and substantial support is to ho given to the National Wool Growers association oftho _ _ United .States in thcjr efforts to restore the wool tariff of J&7B. The call of the Colorado wool growers professes openly to bo in the "in terest" of the grower. Whatever "interest" the manufacturer or the con sumer has in the matter is ignored. Taking n Colorado woogrower's view of the case , would it not bo moro to his ' 'intprcst" to lay an embargo upon the use of California , Texas and Mexican wool as well as Australian wools , in the manufacture and wear of woolens in Colorado ? Surely , a monopoly of sup plying nil the wool for _ the clothing of every man , woman and' child -in Colorado rado would bo of much grcntrr "inter est'1 to the Colprado wool-grower than restoring the tariff of 1870. The res toration of the tariff of 1870 would bo4an impetus to wool-growing , but before the Colorado wool-grower could reap the benefit of that tariff lie would find Texas , California , Wyoming and Now Mexican wool competing In his own market , The result would bo that his "interest" would bo put into jeopardy. If then only the "interest" of the Colorado rado wool-growers is to bo considered in the convention , lot their memorial to congress pray for an embargo against all wool oxccpt their own. national democratic committee is assembled in Washington and will to day fix the time and place of holding the next national democratic conven tion. The advices at this hour indicate a lively contest between Chicago , St. Louis and San Francisco for the convention honors , with chances favor ing them in the order named. Each of the cities is represented by a strong delegation of citizens and generous , not to say lavish , bids are promised from all of the aspiring cities. The Chicago papers have noted with some pride that the Garden City's delegation of solicitors comprises some of its highest-toned citizens a remarka ble departure from four years ago when Mike McDonald captured the prize for the city , which at that time ho was carrying in his trousers' pocket. Should his silk-stockinged success ors fail , there will ho great dis comfiture in the windy city ; doubly so if hated St. Louis should grasp the prize. The movement to secure it for San Francisco is considerably stronger , too , than was expected the chief in ducement being the hope that a national convention on the coast , and possibly a candidate for the tail of the ticket would materially aid the democracy in securing one or moro of the coast states. The events of to-day arc therefore fraught with interest-for "tho unwashed and unlerrilied. " HASCAI.I/S briefs on the city hall contracts leaves nothing for the court to do but to dismiss the injunction suit , lot the council fix on a new location for city hall , and send the board of educa tion to jail for squandering qvor $20,000 in a bottomless pit on upper Fnrnam street. Hnscall's sheet-anchor is the now charter , which ho always ignores except when ho'wants to twist and tor ture its provisions into justifying his peculiar methods of conducting munici pal affairs. The now charter leaves the council free to erect public build ings within the city wherever it may see lit to locate them , therefore Hascnll maintains the council is justified in over-ruling the location of the city hall made under the previous charter by a vote of the people. The present city council aid not make a contract with the board of education for joint con struction and occupancy of the city hall , therefore Hastfall contends it is not bound by contracts made under a former charter , and may turn up its nose at the school board and toll them to got their $21,000 out of the aban doned foundation if they caner go to . This is Hascall's logic in a nutshell. TKE county commissioners propose to take a junket to St. Louis for the pur- pos of investigating jail construction and jail management. This trip , of course , will be at the county's expense. Now , wo do not believe the taxpayers of Douglas county will got their money's worth out of this excursion. What do the commissioners expect to learn that they flo not already know , or that can not bo found out without going to St. Louis ? The Douglas county jail is perfectly safe , and in the main in excellent condition for the safe keeping of prisoners. The recent grand jury has made recommendations concerning jail management and disci pline which if carried out will enable the commissioners to inaugurate all the reforms that are at present demanded of them. If , however , they contemplate the erection of a new jail building on another site than the court house grounds they can get all the plans they need without traveling at the public ex pense. Two weeks ago the council , at the urgent request of the board of educa tion , levied a two mill tax for school purposes in addition to the forty-two mills levied for other purposes. This levy was needless. The board has at its disposal $200,000 a year from licenses and will got $25,000 from the state in the annual apportionment. That would have boon ample to moot all legitimate expenses of school man agement if the school board was. disposed to observe ordinary economy. Having secured the two mill levy the board emulates the council in recklessness in squandering money right and loft and dispersing favors with a lavish hand. The natural outcome will bo in Omaha what it has been in other cities where public school boards have become cen tres of intrigue , nepotism and jobbery. GLAUS SriiKUKLKS is pushing his preparations for manufacturing sugar from beets in California. Ho has made contracts with farmers in that state to raise beets , and furnished them with seed from Franco. It is to bo hoped ho will succeed in introducing a now and profitable industry , but there are those N ho doubt the practicability of the un dertaking in this country. Some years ago n similar attempt was made In 111- iholrf , but the hoots rnlsea there did not contain Uiojicccs ary 'saccharine , and the venture ended in failure. The soil and climate of Call 'ornla , however , may produce a bettor variety of beet , and Mr. Sprccklcs may ho enabled to realize his dreams. Tin : Now York rcss is excited. Gov- ernor Hill purchai fid tin eight hundred dollar piano at the expense of the public in fitting up his n nnfilpn. The papers talk about oxtrayiif anec Mit tyavo. plainly ' missed the real eif riiflc'anoe'of'the pur chase. Mr. Hill ft a politician of the wily sort. ' Ho simply wished to show that there is music first-class , grand , upright music in his soul , and consc- quontly'no treason to.vard his friend the president. Ho wished to allay suspicion , soothe savage brcnsts and make his march along the primrose path to the white house as pleasant as possible. That was all. KINGS AND QUIOIONH. The prince of Wales bug arrived nt Nice. King William of Holland 1ms had a violent attach of neuralgia. His condition , however , causes no alarm. Queen Victoria is slowly recovering from the fatigue incident to tlio signing of her name to the address delivered to parliament. King Humbert , of Italy , will visit the Italian exhibition at London In Juno in com pany with Menottl and Hicclotti , the sons of Garibaldi. His Scrcno Highucsa PHnco Ferdinand of Bulgaria i suffering from a severe cold , the result of a chill received when ho read Prince Blsinuick'rcccnt speech. Princess Louise and Lord Lome are stayIng - Ing in Naples , where they llvo In a simple , unostentatious Cushion , dining at the public table and otherwise practicing rigid economy. Prince William of Prussia's twenty-ninth birthday was January 2" , and the kauer's cift was a colonel's commission in the hussars and the command of the Second infantry brigade , with rank of major general. King Leopold of Belgium lias sent the sul tan of Morocco a railroad locomotive as a New Year's gift , The African potentate will find his present of a white elephant nature , as there is not a railway in his dominion. Prince Philippe of Bourbon , son of the duke of Aquila and nephew of the emperor of Brazil , has been sentenced at Paris by de fault to thirteen months' imprisonment and to pay 5,000 francs damages for swindling a priest in a Jewelry transaction , "Lady Clara Vcro Do Vcro , " said Queen Victoria to ono of the ladles of the royal household the other day , "hand mo the morn ing paper. It contait s my speech in pnrlia- ment yesterday , and have not yet read it. I have a woman's cui oslty to know what I snkl on that occasion. i Ill health forced th i king of Portugal to bo absent from the Pat ,1 concerts , which were lately ths center of a traction of the Lisbon social world. But I' om Lulz Is so passion- atoly fond of music hat ho sat m his palace with a telephone at 1 is oar wlillo Patti was singing at the San Carlos theater. Two German sovereigns ivill be seventy years of ago next year Duke Ernst , of Saxe- Coburg-Gothu , whosj recently published me moirs huvo excited-1 considerable attention , and the grand duke of Suxe-Welmer , who is the brother of the empress of Germany and the grand son of Karl August , the friend of Goethe. The duka of Coburg has been 'rolgning since 1815'iJlid the grand duke of Weimar since 1853. The visit of the sultan of Morocco to Al giers in older to communtcato by cable with his representative at the Madrid conference is an event of sonic historical Importance. For years the sultan opposed the laying of this cable , as ho did not wish to bring Europe any nearer to his domain. It is fifty years since a sultan of Morocco has deigned to set foot in Tangiers , a seaport town polluted by the presence of many Europeans. liook Out For BnrjIar8. JJnstrm Heralil. Chicago must speedily suppress her burglar epidemic if she aspires to having both the national conventions. The way things are going on there now indicates n danger that somebody might steal both ttio nominations. A Sharp Thrust. Rfo/imoiul Il'/ifi/ . The south may not love Grant very much , but in aU'probability if his remains bad been placed in any of her largo cities there wouldn't have been as much trouble to raise the money for a monument as in New York. Give Us a Fair Answer. Watcilmru llcpulillcan. If , as prohibitionists contend , high bccnso has absolutely no effect in suppressing in temperance , will they kindly explain why the Now York liquor dealers are so strenu ously opposed to the Crosby high license bill now before the legislature of that state , and which is receiving almost unanimous support Iroui lha republican members. * Cause for Congratulation. CMcaun 1i Ibwie. The settlement of the fishery trouble , wo are pleased to note , leaves the matter in almost if not miilo as satisfactory a condition us it was boforo. Tlio Fnvorlto Ijcttcr. New I'm It ll'rtiM. THE l.CTTEIt : Your candidate I candidly AVOW I cannot bo ; I make no bones of this , dear Jones. Youts truly , J. G. n. simmux : It looks all right , but I am old , And hard to fool , anil shrewd and cold ; He's written things before that I Thought sure wdMlllknock his boom sky- high ! > > I r AJ.USO.V : It's straight , on thqt I'll ' hot a cent , And don't foigct Vbat I am meant To bo , you sco , the legatco Of this , his will iiiul testament I IUWIXT : If it'means ought , It ought to mean My reappearance pli the scene : With Hlalno away , Now England may In mo her favorite , son display I SIICUIIUX THE MAX ON IIOIISE11ACK i Tha nag that's scratched before a race Sometimes comes bttck and sots the pace ; So J. G. 15. 'twixt uow and Juno May sing to quite Bother tunol OL'lt OWN EVAr.TS ! No patriot would or statesman could Pursue n nobler , wiser plan. He should not bu mlsunqcnitood Ho thinks New York should name the man. STATE JOTTINGS. Wavorly republicans have organized a club. Grand Island has caught the militia fever. The Qdoll Clipper has been revived by J. A. Matthews. Iloldrogo offers a liberal bonus for the building of an opera houso. Tlio Platte river is airing her spring bustle , and spreading It over consider able surface. During the recent 1/lizzard 225 sheep wore buried in tlio snow at Hard ing's ranch , near Atkinson , and were given up ns donil. A few ilnys ngo tldrlocn of thorn were found atUl nhvo but not very brisk. They lind cfttcn the wool from each other's bucks.1 Burwoll is n younp nnil ncttvo town in Giirllold county. Tlilrtv-olght tltlTor- ont business firms soUlod there in six months. Miss Union Pacific proiwscil to Unolo Snm , the ancient codger has boon worried to keep out of the "dear" charmer's way. The number of republican clubs in the Httito IB no\v siilllcicnt to | xund the semblance of vitality out of the demo cratic minority. The B. & M. railway opened up eighty-seven stations in the year 1887. This Is considered a remarkable number for tv single year. ' The Crolghton Pioneer , the oldest paper in Knox county , and the ono the Crclghton merchants boycotted last summer , has ceased to exist. The leading men of Kearney will banquet the proprietor of the Midway hotel to-night , and bhow their apprccf- atlon of his ontorprino in 'llttlng up ono of the finest hostlorles in the state. The leader of n church choir at At kinson battered her lumband'H nose and knocked out three teeth , early Sunday morning , and a few hours later iihton- ishcd the congregation with the force and bwcotnesH of nor trills in "Nearer , My God , to Thee. " Operator Livcsoy , of the B. & M. ser vice at Plattsinouth , irrigated freely in Omaha Saturday last , and returned to duty bomotthat wearied. At midnight the oillro was silent and trains were sidetracked till n bridge crew from Pacific Junction ran over to wake him up and fire him. The Howcll Lumber company of Omaha lias begun suit iu the district court of Dodge county to recover of Uobort S. Clark and his bondsman , C. B. Treadwcll , the sum of $ I5KH ( ) . Clark operated a lumber yard at North Bend for this company and ho has recently fl6d to parts unknown , leaving the firm short the amount they are now seeking to recover. John M. Walters , of Mt. Vcrnon , 111. , the town swept by a cyclone Sunday , was in western Nebraska when tlio news of the destruction came. Ho took the iirbt train for home. On reaching Lincoln ho secured a paper , and was stunned to find , among the list of fatal ities , the tmnies of his wife and two children. His grief was heartrending and fellow travelers did all in their power to comfort the grief-stricken husband and father. Nebraska City's Appeal. ffclnanka City Prras. Until recently wo had not felt that it would bo necessary to appeal to our delegation in congress that justice and fair play should bo done in the matter of selecting places for holding addi tional terms of the United States court. Wo were assured by General Van Wyck that heretofore in any bill introduced erin in any confer.onco held in Washington , Nebraska City was conceded as one of the additional places. Wo did not suppose it possible that the five distinguished gentlemen who represent the state would for a moment , when acting upon the subject , seriously contemplate leaving out Nebraska City. Will some one of the delegation in form us why it is now so proposed , when the public building now being con structed by the United States for post- office and court purposes is nearly com pleted ? It will be answered for wo can con- colVo of no other 1'cply that wo are within sixty miles of Omaha and the same distance from Lincoln. That , evi dently , cannot bo the reason , as the pro posed bill designates Kearney and Hastings among the now places ; and both , so far lib wo know , belong there , though they are only thirty-eight miles apart. What , then , can bo the reason V Wo urge the delegation to pause a moment and sec how they can bo justi fied in the judgment of the people. Such questions-are of too much interest and seriousness to the people for their rights to bo bartered away for possible political or personal advantage , and wo nbk the delegation to at least wait and hear from the solid men of Ne braska City. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Wm. Hohmbaum , of Waco , sold ono car of cattlo. James Bonnet has Jwo cars of cattle on the market from Ponder. Nick Fritz is on the market from Ponder with a car of good natives. S. M. and J. D. Hickmau are in ftom Marquette - quotto with three loads of cattlo. Johnny McNultn is gradually sinking , and the physicians have given up hope of his re covery. Taylor & Blair were on the market with a car of butchers' stock and a car of hogs from Broken Bow. Guthrie & Oscar sold thrco cars of west crn cattle yesterday. They were shipped from Clark , Nob. Business men favorable to the proposed board of trndo nro requested to meet at the council chamber Friday night. Building operations nro already commcnc- inp , and Contractor O'Horn has commenced excavating collars on Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth streets. The Exchange hotel guests yesterday were U.K. Smith.Chiciigo.lll. : Mick Fritz. Pcndor ; Mr. E. Taylor. Broken Bow ; H. Schlnstock , West Point , Neb. , and Jap Morgan , Shelby , Iowa. At last the city marshal has been in structed to place crossings nt the corner of N ana Twenty-fifth streets , and residents will now huvo u chance to reach the post- ofllco. The police shot fourteen dogs during tlio late raid upon unlicensed canines , with the understanding that they should get 50 cents per dog. They did not know that they were expected to bury them ns well us kill them , and last night the council docked them " 0 cents a tioud , to pay the man that planted them. The Omaha Gas company don't want the earth , but they want the "exclusive" right to light up South Oumlm for twenty years. They give nothing in exchange except the same kind of gas that Omaha pcoplo get and will charge from * 1.75 to fcj per 1,000 foot for that , with street lamps ut iO per year. Gas was n good thing twenty years ngo , hut what will it bo In twenty years to cornel Lawrence Dcgman and John Collins were brought before Justice Wells yesterday charged with holding up a small boy for iUUO. The victim identified Collins ns the thief , nnd ho was hold over until this nftcrnoou , Dcgman being allowed to go. The arrests were made by Officers Ucdmond nnd Dixou , OfllcerMcMiihon swcnrlagout the warrant. People all know the wrecked building on Q street nnd know the man that built it , but can't remember his name. In the course of his financial transactions ho had need of 3 nnd borrowed it from n fellow countryman , n Swede. For security ho irnvo a moitgago on two lots presumably the two on which the building stands but which in reality were situated down on the bottoms. Yester day , as the mortgage wus not paid , the moil- gagor came down to Imvo the property np- praised before selling it und found ho had loaned $300 on two { 10 lots. An Accident. F. S. Lundall met with a KOI lous accident yesterday near South Omaha , lie was driving n spirited team when the annuals took fright , and upsetting the buggy threw Mr. Land all down n steep embankment , breaking his arm and bruising bun severely. Dr. W. H. Ilnnchctt was cnllod and set tha broken member. The doctor pronounces the Injuries qulto serious , but sa > s there is every Uopo for recovery , THE COOD. WORK GOES ON , Over $10GOO Paid Into the Boo's Heroine Fuucl. THE REWARD FOR DEVOTION. EncoiirnKciiicnt From Various Parts ol Nel > rn kn Lists of the Imtcst Contributor ! * Tlio Itojco ami IVunlibcckc Fiuuli The ItnTl or Honor. ion : not en rt'sii. Previously repot ted f.1,911 71 /Aon School dlst. ! 17 , Nebraska City. ! 1 tTi IX M. Kdgcrton 5 IK ) Contraclois 15 00 Council Creek Farmers' Alliance No 1U ) II 00 Total ? : ibU7 O'J ' t.uvA WOMIIIECM : ru.M ) . Previously rcK | > rteit $ 1,10J PO Omaha Phittilcutschcr Vorem 50 00 Council Creek Farmers' Alliance No 413 3 00 Tina Kaufman , Dimple Hoc , .lose Jorgcnscn , NlnnJorionscnJoliiiiy ) Jorgcnscn 0 CO Total $1,10.1 1(1 ( M1NNMR FHEEMVX rU.Mt. Previously reported ? 091 81 1) . M. Edgertoii ! ) 00 Total ? 093 81 TIIK ciiii.imr.M's FUND. Total to date $ 10J US The ICttn Nhattuck I'unil. Tbo following Is the condition of the Etta Rhattuck fund : Previously reported -1,715 00 Friend , Truro , 111 1 00 D. M. Edgcrtoti I ! 00 Total W.71U O'J ' The "n.-o" . Fund. The present condition of the funds opened by tlio HIK : is as follows : LoioUoyoo flSt7 : 00 Lena WocbbccUo fund l.HKl 1(1 ( Minnie Freeman CMS 81 Wcstphalen monument fund UU 8S Ettu Shattuck 4,71 ! ) O'J Grundtotal tIO,5' > 2.G3 * . Miss Koyco's Condition , Under date of February 10 , Miss Lolo Uoyco writes to the Plainvicw Herald giving u brief statement of her experiences during the storm of January 12. The statement concurs in every particular with that pub lished in the Bui : of January " < > . In her let ter to the Plainvicw Herald Miss Uoyco says : "I urn getting along nicely. My father and mother are the best of nurses for mo. I thank the pcoplo for their many kindnesses. " Ijlsts of Contributors. The Bti : will acknowledge all contribu tions through these columns. All lists re ceived , unless otherwise directed , will bo published in full with the name of every con tributor. These lists will bo published as soon after tiieir receipt as space will per mit. IXDIAXOI.A , sen. G.8. Illshop $1)00,1) ) , . r. llecknnl. . , . CO C.8. yulck 3 OO.IIallowII. . Keys . 71 Martin Anderson. M.Depot ) no ( ! co. K. Sti'lle. . . . 1 ( JO.J. II. I'ltzgerald. . . ti'J ' MurlonCm/en . . . S3 IncltnnnUischools. 10 HI John .1. Liimburn. 1 ( iOM. | i ; . church ool'n 8 10 Mlcba" ! Morils. . . C > lConfrrcgnt'chur'h SIX ) I.W.IIcnrilsteo. . . 1 00 W. H. Wiulsmnth fid T. P. Cnimbaugh. 1 BOiWin McClcllnn. . , . 1 00 I'on-ollllros 1CO.W. K. Holltngs. . . . L 01) ) WlllMcCool COO. H.lloag 1 dO HnrrlKon i H 1 tw'M. ' N. Eslcoy M J. W. Ilolan 3 WVCasli m W.A.Carroll m II. J. Mott KO M. II. Cuvftimugb. 1 ( MM. A. Kruno as i : . F. Ciandttll BO I. . S. 1'lillllps 3 M W. H.Stiur 50 W. s. Phillips z > C. D. Cramer 75 Cash 83 J. II. Oootlriclu. . . 7f > .1.0. Mitchell . . . . M ) Total * 37 15 C. r. Woelmer 1 Oil I.IN'KMBN OF OMAHA. Win Inge ( S 00 F. U.Huston 1 00 C. W. lleuch 200K.II. Moeck 100 Jolinl.ccts 1 OO.W. Sntton 1 ( HI T , I ) , Wilson 3 ( Mil. II. Sheldon 100 K.IMIriggs 2 00 0. I , . I loon 100 U. Hicks 2 00 J. f ) . Peachey 100 .lohnllorgcrcu. . . . 2 00 K. L Stringer Z 00 Patsy Cnrroll 1 00 II. Harrington. . . . i 0) ) 'Ihot Ciirroll 2 0.1leo , Akin 1 ( X ) I ) . Kltzgeruld 2 W O. ( i. Ujdoeig. . . . 100 J. UDunn 2 00 C. I , . Allen 1 00 C. A.Hod 1 DOT. Howard 100 ( I. W. Hadlock. . . . lOJiWmCioss 100 K..T. bpeer 1 WChas. iUouiut 100 .1. IliiUhMn 100S. II. Hush 100 J , C. llullock . . . . 1 O'J ' .lolmTborno 1 00 ( Jeo. Gardiner. . . . 1 00 John Golden 1 00 Frank Gardiner. . 1 00 Clurlos Mtton . . . 100 G. W. bplcur 1 000. J. Laugdon. . . . 8 00 W. C. Cunningham 1 00 John IUCKSOII. : . . . 2 00 Total 6.-BOO inu > ttoot > , DAK. Contribution of members of South Deadwood - wood IIoso Company , for benefit of Miss Hoyco and Miss Freeman : John Trcber S fi OO.Ij. \Vhltbpck..8 1 00 U. Laclmpcllo . . . . 1 00 U Lacliappllo. . I 00 Chas.CIUntqmiy. . . 1 00 II. Itlschoir 100 J. Hattenbach. . 1 00 S. M. llougliton. . . 1 OH Heniy Kornuinan. 1 00 W. G. Itlco 50 J. 11. Miracle 50 \V. H. Charlton . . 1 00 Total Jlfl 00 W. H. Dunham. . . . I OJ God speed you in your good work. L. F. WiniiincK. IH.UI : srni.sofi , NKII. W.M. Young . 3 1 00I.Tinl | . 8 1 00 W.C. Hill . 100.1. O. Williams . . . 100 W. II. Lambcrtiu. . no ( l.ll. Viiullluio. . 50 C1TV CNQIXCEKINO O.W.TIllson . fO.A. .1. drover . . .1 1 00 T. J. McLean . 1 ( M W.j.MciaUirou. : . l m James O. Snow den BO.Thos , Shaw. . . nil C. K Kohlnmn. . . . 608.0. Knight . . . . 75 C. ( J. Carpenter . . fiO .lohn Cow les . 25 I'd Donahue . . . . 25 Chas. ItobcrUon , 25 W.O. McLean . 50 - Total . J 7 50 nnsTnnx , NBM , LIST. U.K. Hall . 1 2 ovj.w. Little . . . . 1 1 no D.J.Maynard . I ( , T. J. Clilsllsli , s W M. O'Nanmary. . . . 1 00V. . H. Graftrm . . BO M. II. Holland . . . . now. i > . oimz . . . l ( jo .1.11. Sunn . BOJ. r. Hlondln . . . 1 no P.WuldOlf . U Ul K.W. hchulU . 50 J. 0. McClun . IfOH.K. Hplrk . y , Wm. Mf.Mahter. . , . Co'j. ' Haley . 25 Jj. K. HhoilcM . 25Cttsli . ft ) I1. H. Porter . BO.Cash . co ( 'null . 61,11.0. kane . 60 ( Ml. Kemp . 2 00 ( ' . I ) , chapln J.W. Cummins. . . T. M. Whueler . . . 1 00 C. L. Davis I1. M. IMuaul-f . 50 H.ULuuelllni ; Total JJ3 25 WOOIl IIIVKH OVZllTfK I.18T , Herewith ray check for fcii.75 in full of Wood Ulvor's contribution to the Shattuck fund , us shown by the accompanying jut. Please sco that the same is propcily credited und oblige. Yours truly , JAMKS EWINO. Editor. Below Is the list of parsons contributing : W. W. Mitchell..t 2 ( O Qulnn llroi. . . . 60 J.A.Cass 1 ( BO. K. Dodfe. . . . , . 50 J. II. Iadely. 1 ( N. J. Parker . H ) T. J.Smout 6i.lnlin ) WlUlutun . 50 H. Wefconlt 50 William Mooin. . . . BO U. Ilarrlck 60 G , C. bloddiird. . . 60 O. W. Miller WiJames i\\lnj : ? l oo Smith 6011. K. Jcwelt 60 II. II. Dodd 50 C. II. Marshall. . Pat Maucban fit ) Henry JIUIKS C.A.Tracy 6) ) Abe flnrpar 60 C. A. llulduln CO Jerry Ilowou H ) 0.11. Mitddock. . . . 60T.J. Dunn m O. II.Sharp . . . . . I' . M. Penney HO tleoigellonnold , . F. Schwartz . M Cash 1 ( ) . ] . Kerohun . , , I W . llrtldwln WJ Mnmlco O'Connor. M ) Jos. lllllert.c llolllaterMlmvard 50 .I.Jackson to James Williams. . . CO Total. . . until , NUII , Class in Congregational Sunday school : MIxs Kmma Hallor 23Cairle WlIUoii , . . . li ] Miss Hurtle Ueed. , 25 Lulu Harrlman . , 10 Carlle Weeks . 25 Teacher . la Joltt lloggi . ia - Total . I a 50 IL * l.-fcl ! tJftlsiy ; < tftAtMrf3iM 4 * . 4 a At'llOllA , Xr.ll. Mrs. K.J. Hnlnci.l M H I ) . Stewart . . . .I Kl I * , r. Culver 25Alloe | Dovcrlant . . 25 llov. Cressmnn. . . , HlCa-Oi W Mrs. Cressman. . W ! N. P. Spnllord 1 W llcrthnCre-tsliiau , 25 Stella Cresaniuti. . 25 Total t 4 2 } onvrrox LIST. Contribution from the Clrafton schools for the benollt of Miss Uoyco : Grammar ilepnrt- school . . . $ 1 TO ment. . . , . , . 4 15 Primary depart' Intermediatedu ment . , 1 00 partmcnt 2 M Total . OW Miss The Hlcutrlu M lit Trust. PiTTsnrmi , Feb. ! ) ! . Tno seventh annual convention of the 1'tcctrlo Light association Ml to-day with neaily tliroo hundred del- vpresent from all parts of the country. Inslniilly ItcllcM'd und I'crinniicntly t'urctl ) > } CutliMtru. rilltllATMENT. A warm bath with Utnicuill Soi' , and a hlliKlnapplication otCimcuiu , tlio great Skin Cure. This repeated dully , with two or tineo doses of CimcintA IIFHOI.VKNT , the New llhiod Pinlller , to keep tlio blood cool , thu perspltatlon pure und unfit Hating , Ihu bowels open , the liver and kidneys active , w 111 speedily euio Kcrenm , Tetter , Klimnorm , Psoriasis. Lichen , Pruritus ScalMiead , Uitndrnir. and i-u'iy Hperlos or Itchluu , Scnly and Pimply Humors of the Scalp and 8klu when all other remedies fall. KC/KMA ON A OIIIM ) . Your most valuable CIJTICUIIA ItKMKDiKxhava done my child so much good that 1 feel like say ing this for the benefit of tho'-o u homo tumbled with skin disease. My little ghl was troubled with Kczema , and I tried Ke\erul doctors and medicines , but did not do her any good until I used the Cttriciin * KKMKDICH , which speedily cincd her , for which 1 ono yon many thanka and many nluhts of reM. ANTON lltmiMKIt , IIDINIIUIUIII , 1M ) . TKTTEIl OP THK SCAIiP. I was almost perfectly bald , rancd , by Tetter of thu top of the scalp , I used your Cimrim * ItKMinniH about nix weeks , and they tureilmy scalp pel rectly , and now my hair Is coming back as thick as It. ever was. J. P. CHOICK , Wnm : oiioTr.xAS. COVKIIKI ) WITH lU/OTCHUS. I want to tell you that mrClTlcrtll A ItKSOr * vr.NTls imutnllH'L'iit. About thieo months ago my face was covered with blotches , and after usinc tlneo bottles of lU.soi.VKNT I "was perfect ly cured. ruKDiiiucic MAITIU : . 23 ST. Ciiuu.ts ST. , NKW OIII.LANM , LA. OF'PHICKI.IOSS VALUR. I cannot sneak In too high terms of your CIITI CUHA. It In worth Its weight In piira gold for skin diseases. 1 bollovu It bus no eunal. W. W.NOHTIIUUP , lOlBJIainey St. , Omaha. Sold everyw here. Price. CimruiiA. BOc : 801- , 25c ; IlisotVKNT , f 1. Prepared by the Porruu Dunn A ; CHEMICAL Co. , lloston. Mass. t3y Scnd for "How to Cure Hkln Diseases , " Ot pages , 50 Illustrations , aim 100 testimonials. PIM IPLKS , black-heads , chapped and oily skin pieventod by the CutlcnraMedlcatedSoap. WEAK , PAINFUL BACKS , vKldney and Uterlno Pains and Weak- Incises , rclle\cd In one minute by the JCUTICIIUA ANTI-PAIN PI.ARTKHtheflrst . . . . and only paln-UHlng plaster. New , In stantaneous , Infallible. 25 ceutB. ODnODilE OR NO PAY. Our Magic Remedy Witt POSITIVELY CURE ' All syphilitic Tttct , of recent or lonjr stanrtlniMn from ten to fifteen days. Wo will glre wrltltn guar antees to cur * any case or rvfund jour money. And wo would aay to those wbo haTft employed tn * tnOBf Skilled riiyalclans , used etery known remedf ant , ha e not keen cured , tbat you are the subjects we urn looking for. You that bare been to tb * celebrate ) ! lint NprlnKS ol Arkansas , and baie loll Ml bop * 04 rocoiery , we Will Cure You ernakenocharee. Our remedy ! nnknown to anyone ono In the. world outnldo of our Company , and It It tbe only remedy in the world tbat will euro you. Wo will cure the moat obttlnato cane la Icia than ona month. Bercn daya In recent caiaa don the work. It li theoldcbronlcdFcp-ieated caiei tbat we aollolt. We have cured hundred ! who bad been afcftndoueJ by 1'byilclans aud pronounced Incurable , ana We Challenge the World lotirlnf na cite tbat we will not cure In less than onn month. Since tbe lilitnrof medicine , fi True Rpecino for EypbllltlchKniptlonn. Ulceri , Sere mouth , Ac. , ba teen auu I tor but nerer Xound until Our Magic Remedy irai dlscorered , and ne are Justified In saying It la th * only remedy In the world that will po ftlTely cure , because the latest medical worka , published by th * lieit known authorltlm , sny there wnt nuvor true pcclflc before. Our Itemedr It the only medicine In Ibo world that will cure when ereiyllilnii rlin ban failed. It has been so conceded by a larxo number of Celohratod I'hyslclana. IT HAH NKVIU rur rAii.il > TO CUHE. Wby waste your lima ana money with patent medicines tbat noT r had virtue , or doctor lth phytlelani that cannot cure you. ou that bar * u tried everything else should come to ui now and Ret ' ' peMark ivlluf ; you never can get It elscwbcr * . ' Mark wuat wo says In the end yon must lake our Kvmedy or NKTKH recover. And you tbat have been micted but a short tlmu tbould by all meant com * to DI now. Many get bo'p ' anil think Iheyn re free from tbe disease , but In ono , two or three yearanfttr , It appears stln In a mur < herrlbla form. investigate our flninilal atandlnx tbroniu the mer cantile Bjjcncles ana note that wo nre fully rosponal * bin and our written cuurantees are iiood. we have UXMEPY prepared on purely .Sclcnlinc rilnclplea and we wish to repeat that It NKVEK FAILS TO CUIIE. All letters sacredly confidential. THE COOK KKMEDY CO. , Omaha , Neb , Booms 1C and 17 Bellman Blnek. _ ( NO. 1 , L. A. No.K ) Proposals for Army Supplies. IIlilimiMHTMIh DhlTOP 11IK Pl.ATTP , 1 Olllco Chief t'ommlsHuivof Subsistence , > Omaha , Ncli. . Jan 21st , IKMt. ( Sealed proposals In tHplh atu , HUbject to the usual conditions , will tie iicvlxcd at this olllcu , ami at tlio olllro of thu uctluK lommlssaiy f MitulNtem o , nt Port McKlnncyVjo , until U o'clock a. m. , on Thursday , reliiunry M , 188Sat which time they will bo opened In tlie presouco of blddeis , for ihe furnishing and delivery at the subsistence storehouse nt Pint McKlimey. Wyo , of 2WO ! ( pounds of llmu , made fioin jjood hound wheat ; the Hour must Im hl h urotmu and well diessfd , and hai i no patent titken on tot It , urnl bo put up In Mtoui ? new intton hacks , well Howtd and the four cornels tied , e.tch contain- llHC KM pounds net , and be dell\eied as folImvH , \U : One-hiilf onoi befoiu .M.tuh It' , 1 and thn other half on orbeloio A pill I1' ' , IBM 'iho rl ht In leseived to reject- any or all bids , A formal wilttui coutinctlth bond will be in. qnlii'd. inv : < * lopc8 containing proposals hhnulil bo inaiked "Proposals fur Pluur , to 1m opened Kebiu.ny2. ) , Itvvt " 111 , ink pionosuls and lull Inlet - lot inatlon as In ( onilltlous ( if uoutnict will bu f mulshed on application to clthci of tin' nllkea above mentioned. .1. W. IIAUIlUlliU. Major and C. S. , II. S. A , , Chief U. H. BIl'OUTKl ) STAMJO.NH FOHSALiG Perchf-rona , ( 'Jydomlalos and Shlin , also home bred colts livery aiilmul Kiiar.mteed n breeder Our stock has been leleclul with lefcreneeto < both Individual merit and nodlirca. Hnmnnt ' thosohorses have taken llrat prizu at the No- , brnska Htnte IVIr. 1HS7 All our horses are no. ( llmati'd.and ( oltri of their KCt can be hhown , Prli en reasonable and easy terms. Is nrpeiilblii by the tliroo leading railroads of thu slate , II. It M. . T . i : . A M. V. . and 1C. C. A : O. 'YJv v PAHUHAU , verb , Neb London Granules. Kllmliuitodust rcotlxo nfHyiilillU , Ulcei $ , I'lniiilcs. Clirnnln SuresMm | > uro Illodd'lhoy Imro nu equal lot skin dlsoate * . Hlmllar medicine used In London Hot. iiUuls.wllliuiiTurylnic inrcum. I'llutLV VKdkrAHLK. tint by mall Inn plain teitlcd ( ucknua , nnd nu Uclar , on ri-celiit nf II pur luir or G for ! ' WK ( JCAIUNTKK KU iinih.HTo ( cut : ANr CAHK. With evil urdur ro. cilfid fortlx bo iis Lconimiilod | t > y ( X wu will tend thu purdiatur our wrltti'ii iiuarjnt.iu In rotund tha moimy , 1C Did treatment does nut uftcct n curu. t J'liinplilul free. IXIVIHIS' SlEUHlNi ; AUL.SgVi UU t Cburry tit , , Knusus Cltjr , fu ] i\ \ d