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THEIIE ia vitality In the Allison boom.
It is growing rapidly nnd will soon ox-
ptind beyond the limits of its native
Btuto. _ .
THE presidential race course is full of
, would-bo dark horses. This dark hue
is notnatural , however. It has been
put on by artificial means , and the in
dividuals are easily recognized below
the black paint. The real dark horse
docs not prance into the arena until the
last moment.
THAT union depot chestnut comes to
the front again smiling at the credulity
of Omahn tax-payers who contributed
$200,000 in city bonds for putting up that
magnificent cow-shed on Tenth-street ,
and $250,000 in county bonds with which
Sidney Dillon built that depot on the
bunks of Spoon lake.
ST. Louis for once has got away with
Chicago. This is not so much on ac
count of St. Louis as a summer resort as
on account of the salubrity of Missis
sippi , neverfilteredwater. . That fluid
mixes bettor with the pure Bourbon
juice than docs the water drawn out of
the Lake Michigan tunnel.
TIIK Now York produce exchange has
discovered through an investigating
committee that western flour can bo
purchased more cheaply in Europe than
on the Atlantic seaboard. Such dis
crimination against American mer
chants by the railroads is a nefarious
piece of business. The interstate com
mission should take some decided ac
tion in this matter.
IT is not the grand jury alone that is
getting impatient to welcome home Jay
Gould. The professional Wall street
speculators are counting the days on
their fingers when ho will again put
loot on American soil. Since the 1st of
January the lambs have fought shy of
"corners , " and the result has been that
the brokers are literally dead broke.
If the wizard will only take a hand in
the1 game and stir up the market the
brokers wont care whether ho is bull or
ITear.
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WHILE the democratic national committee
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mittee hold Washington , President
Cleveland , quietly slipped off to Florida
without oven asking the boys up to the
white house to tafjto his Kentucky sour
imish. This is such a departure from
Jacksonian principles that defeat for
rcnomination at the St. Louis conven
tion stares the president in the face. It
will not do for prospective candidates to
ullow such time-honored democratic
customs to fall into "Innocuous des
uetude. "
Tine sugar trust was put upon the dis
secting table of the Now York senate
committee- the llrst subject for inves
tigation. The first day's procedure
mndo the trust wriggle and squirm under -
dor the scorching scalpel of the com
mittee. But nothing else was accomp
lished. The fact became very quickly
ovldont that it will take considerable
knifing before the true inwards of the
trust are laid baro. But the probing
will go on , and if the heart of the trust
can be got at the truth'of the nefarious
combinations to rob the people will come
out.
THK Beatrice board of trndo has voted
ono hundred dollars to the relief fund
for the sufferers from the cyclone at Ml.
Vernon , Illinois , and notified Governor
Oglesby that it is prepared to do more il
necessary. This must commendable
Bctioj deserves moro than passing atten
tion , to the end that other boards ot
trade in Nebraska may bo moved to em
ulate the example. The cause is a
worthy ono , and the action of the mer
chants of Beatrice , identified with the
board of trade , shows that they are men
of the right spirit.
TnK cities of St. Paul and Minneapo
lis have been agitating the question ol
uniting into ono city for the purpose of
getting out ono grand edition of the
census aud for other reasons. The
latest scheme is suggested by Mr. J. W.
JtlcClurg , who proposer , as the first
etop in the matter , to form a now board
of trade , consisting of twenty members
from each city. The only obstacle in
the way appears to' bo the choice of n
president for the proposed board. Each
city is too Jealous to concede the honor
to the other , nnd the dilemma might
force the board to cull on their invet
erate enemy , Chicago , to send up a
figuro-houd.
.Tho Democratic National ConYentlori.
The national convention of the demo
cratic party will meet at St. Louis ori
the 6th of Juno. There was a vigorous
struggle between the five cities that do *
sired the convention , and the victory of
the representatives of St. Louis should
commend them to the heartiest regard
of their constituents. The selection of
Hint city rendered necessary n recon
sideration of the earlier action of the
national committee designating July 3
as the data of holding the convention ,
and it will meet n month earlier nnd l\yo
weeks in advance of the republican na
tional convention. The result indicates
that Mr. Cleveland hud either expressed
no wish as to when and where the con
vention should bo hold or that his
desire was disregarded. The suppo
sition has been that he felt n good deal
of concern about the mutter , but it now
bccms probable that this was a mistake ,
and that the committee was enabled to
act free from any administration in
fluence. , .
Except for the possible local infiucnco
to bo exerted by the convention , the (
place of meeting is perhaps not a mat
ter of very great importance , and on
this ono ground the committee would
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doubtless have acted moro wisely if it
hud chosen Chicago or San Francisco ,
nnd particularly the latter. .It will
meet in n democratic stronghold where
its presence will have no other olTcct'
than to intensify the ardor nnd en
thusiasm of democrats , who do
not need any" such stimulus ,
and whore perhaps the greatest
gratification of the delegates will bo in
the knowledge that they arc not , as the
fucctiouS Senator Vest cxuresscd it ,
"feeding a republican city on demo
cratic sponge cuke. " So fur ns the chief
work of the convention is concerned , it
will undoubtedly bo as well done in St.
Louis as it could bo done in any other
city. Unless nil signs fail the business
of re-nominating Mr. Cleveland and un
reservedly endorsing his administra
tion will bo performed with all the
heartiness and enthusiasm which so per
functory a duty can inspire. There are
intimations of an opposition to this pro
gramme which may prove more or loss
formidable , but it. is not ap
parent that they have any
substantial basis. Democrats can
bo found everywhere who are not
in favor of Cleveland , and some of these
will doubtless get into the convention.
There is talk about the machinations of
Gorman and Randall to defeat a rouomi-
nation of the president , and very likely
those politicians , who have nothing to
expect of 'the administration , would bo
very glad to accomplish this. There is
an element of the party in Now York
which would very much prefer Gov
ernor Hill as a candidate. But the
great majority of the party feel that its
cause would bo utterly hopeless without
Cleveland , and it is not to bo doubted
that tlio representatives of this ma
jority will bo strong enough in the con
vention to carry everything as they
wish.
The fact that the convention will beheld
hold earlier than usual , and in advance
of the republican convention , possesses
no groht significance. It simply assures
a long campaign , which , however satis
factory to the politicians , will not bo
welcome to the business of the country.
The quadrennial political contest is
always moro or less disastrous to busi
ness , and of course the moro prolonged
it is the greater the damage. The next
campaign promises to bo ono of the most
active and heated that the country has
known for many years , and it would
doubtless have been bettor for the gen
eral welfare to have confined it to two
months instead of extending it over
nearly five , as-will now have to be done.
There will certainly bo enough politics
this year to satisfy the most inordinate
appetite.
Not Wholly SatiHfactory.
It may be regarded as quite certain
that the reply of'tho secretary of war to
the house resolution asking information
regarding the battle flags in the cus
tody of that department will not bo uni
versally accepted as a satisfactory vin
dication of the course which it hud boon
proposed to take respecting those tro
phies. The soldiers of the country ,
whoso indignant protest against the pro
posal to return thcso flags caused the
president to'promptly revoke -the au
thority ho had given to do this , will not
bo convinced by the statement of the
secretary of war that there were any
sufficient precedents giving warrant for
the proposal to surrender the flags , and
n great many other people less deeply
interested in the subject will bo com
pelled in candor to reach the same con
clusion.
It was not ingenuous on the part of
the secretary o'f war to imply that his
predecessors , mid' particularly Mr.
Stanton , were responsible for instituting
the policy of returning confederate
flags , for the facts ho was compelled to
present are against any suoh implica
tion ; besides which nobody will believe ,
so far at least as Mr. Stanton is con
cerned , tlpt ho could have been induced
under any circumstances to favor a gen
eral return of those flags. But the sim
ple truth Is that the confederate flags
which were removed from the war de
partment during the incumbency of Mr.
Stanton wore merely loaned , except such
ns'worobont to military organizations
by which they had been captured.
Whatever significance this mutter
may have in a political way has not been
removed by the reply of the secretary of
war to the house resolution. t/Tho fact
remains that there was no precedent
to justify the proposal to return the con
federate flags , n proceeding in any event
for which the executive department had
no authority , and that the president in
approving1 the proposal exhibited a
spirit offensive to the loyal sentiment of
the country. In revoking the order for
thro return of the flags ho did not mani
fest the least consideration for this of
fended sentiment , but rather allowed it
to bo inferred that had ho possessed the
authority the order would have been
carried out. It was n mistake that will
not bo forgotten.
Act Prudently.
The mechanics employed in the build
ing trudoa will make a very serious
blunder if they do not come to an amica
ble understanding with the builders
nnd contractors before the building
season opens.
it is the manifest interest of workingmen -
men to get the highest wages nnd jnpst
liberal hours ot labor that can bo sc-
cured from employers. Labor unions
nnd federations of trades are the most
effective agencies for upholding wages
nnd enforcing the demands of working-
men. There are times nnd seasons
when skilled labor can command its
own price nnd dictate its own terms ,
and seasons when the mechanics en
gaged in building trades must take pru
dent counsels. Such n season is now before -
fore us. The past season has witnessed
an overgrowth of American cities. Tlio
building boom lust your was not con
fined to the .west nnd south. Now
York , Philadelphia , Boston and Balti
more hhowed extraordinary building
activity in 1887. It is but natural that
n reaction should follow the overpro
duction of buildings. Theprcsontyear ,
independent of the usual dullness of
presidential election years , will witness
a general slackness in building opera
tions , not only in the largo cities , but
also in cities of the second nnd third
class. It is a well established principle
in commerce that you can not raise
prices on a declining market. The
bame natural law of demand and supply
governs industry.
When there is an active demand for
mechanics and laborers high wages can
bo maintained , and the demands of
workingmen for reduced hours and ex
tras can readily bo enforced , But in n
season of general dullness , when there
is a surplus of unemployed mechanics
and laborers , it is up hill work to com-
muna or enforce the highest ruto of
wages and a reduction of tno
hours of labor. Lust year nearly
eight millions wcro spent in Omaha
for building improvements. The con
struction of mammoth business blocks ,
banks nnd packing houses employed
thousands of skilled mechanics. This
year the outlook so far is not very prom
ising. With the exception of two largo
blocks already under construction , the
business buildings so far projected will
not employ one-half the building force
which' was at work last season.
The abandonment of work on the city
hall , the failure of the new hotel pro
ject , and the break up of the Knights of
Pythias building scheme 'havo discour
aged property owners who wcro dis
posed to invest in costly building enter
prises. Tills state of facts should not bo
lost sight of by workingmort. If they
can come to nn agreement with the
builders on last year's scale1 of wages
they should bo content. There is
strength in union , but unless there is
prudence in the counsels of workingmen -
men , they are liable to mako'vory ' seri
ous and costly blunders.
On the other hand the contractors and
builders should exhibit fairness and
liberality in treating with the working
mon. They should endeavor , , if possi
ble , to come to terms mutually agreo-
'ablo. They must recognizo'tho ' right of
workingmcn to act in concert oven when
they do not fool able to yield to all of
their demands.
LAST Saturday's meeting of'tho ' county
commissioners was attended chiefly by
the paving , grading , sewer and sweep
ing contractors , who appeared to bo very
anxious that the proposition for the
Yankton road should bo modified in
some way. The true inwardncssof _ that
call on the commissioners was , however ,
a desire on the part of these contractors ,
to have the special county election post
poned until after the city sewer bond
election. If this railroad project cannot
bo carried out without combining with
contractors and boodlors , it had better bo
abandoned altogether. It is high time
that Omaha should break up the corrupt
contractors' ring which manipulated the
last legislature to tlio detriment of this
city , has exerted such a baneful influ
ence upon the city council and is trying
its level best to control the county
board. At yesterday's mooting of the
commissioners the same gang was pres
ent and listened with satisfaction to the
report against calling-tho election. *
THAT a corrupt combination exists
between Omaha councilman nnd con
tractors is an open secret. No conceal
ment of their intimate relations has
boon attempted. The enormous sums
which certain of those contraatbVs have
drawn out of the city treasury aro. matters -
tors of notoriety. The raids"which they
are making successfully at every session
by voting themselves extras through
their dummies in thd council , who -arc
continually overriding the board of
public works , afford sufficient cause for
alarm. Twecdlsm has become rampant ,
and unless it receives effective check ,
wo shall roll up n mountain of debt
without having anything moro to show
for it.tha.ii a few miles of rotten wooden
pavement , tumble-down sewers , nnd
deep gashes through the hillsides
which have been graded' to accommo
date contractors and land sharks.
Now that Omaha has been made a
point of immediate transportation an
opportunity is given for local capitalists
to build a bonded warehouse. There
will bo ample employment for such a
structure nnd its use will increase with
the growth of the city. Under the new
regime importers can have their goods
sent in bond directly from the wharf to
this city whore the appraisement nnd
collection of duties will bomado. Until
stores are provided our merchants will
bo compelled to take their goods imme
diately upon arrival whether it is con
venient or not. Often it pays business
men to allow goods to remain in store
nnd pay storage charges until such time
as they are roiuly to place them on sale ,
when duties nro paid and Cho goods re
moved. Who will build the first bonded
storehouse for Omaha ?
THE city of Omaha is a corporation
whoso property , estimated at its lowest
yaluo , exceeds ono hundred millions of
dollars , The mayor nnd council are
the managers of this corporation with
power to impose assessments in the
shape of taxes amounting to fully ono
million a year on the property owners.
When this tremendous power is in .such
hands as Put Ford , Tom Lowry , Man-
vlllo , Van Camp , nnd others of that
ilk , it becomes a mutter of vital neces
sity to the taxpayers and property
owners to enforce the charter limita
tions ngnl'nst overlaps nnd lawless con
spiracies with contractors. Is there
any corporation , in Omaha that would
allow such men to manage Its affairs ,
even if it only amounted to art expendi
ture of $50,000 rrycnr ?
AFTKU expending over $ .30,000 for
grading Elovonlh'strcot to its full width ,
it is now proposed"to narrow the street
nnd to sell abouonethird \ of the graded
street. The contractor for this grading ,
Mr. Stuht , is said to bo the prime mover
for this proposed land grub. The ques
tion nnturully urines , where will the taxpayers
'
payers get back'dio money expended for
grading that part of Eleventh street
which is to bo abandoned'1 ; Why was not
the scheme to narrow the street carried
out before any grading was done at the
public expense , nnd lot the purchasers
of the abandoned strips pay for their
own grading ? Doesn't this little scheme
strikingly exhibit the peculiar enter
prise of the council bell-wether and his
King ?
Mn. CoitiiiN bus given the striking
coal miners , whoso demand for higher
wages ho has resisted , twenty thousand
dollars to bo distributed among the
most needy of them. This is a vicious
gift. It is adding insult to injury.
What the strikers asked for was living ,
wages for their work. This was refused
them and a money gift substituted.
There could not be n moro degrading
course of action adopted by Mr. Corbin
and his co-monopolists. It is a deliber
ate attempt to break down all Independ
ence and manhood in their workmen
and should bo hissed down by public
sentiment.
AT the last mooting of the council ,
Hascnll introduced an ordinance to re
peal the ordinance directing the treas
urer to soil $25,000 city hull bonds , the
proceeds of which wore to bo used for
paying the Contractor's claim for work
done on the city hull basement. The
object of this move is evidently to mis
lead the public and the courts ns re
gards the collusion of the council job
bers with tno contractors. It is also in
the nature of n threat that the council
docs not propose to spend another dollar
on the city hall in its present location.
MK. ANDKBW CAKNKOIE is both an
intelligent nnd candid man. Ho hns
been one of the strongest friends of Mr.
Blaine , but ho now admits that the with
drawal of the Maine statesman has made
the republican party much strongcrand
ho thinks it is the duty of the party to
take Mr. Blaine aVhis word and to re
gard him as who iyjout of the race. Mr.
Carnegie expresses strong confidence in
republican success .under any ono of the
able leaders who tire now most promi
nently inentioncdhspossible candidates.
HASCAJVL bus thrown a sop to the un
employed workingijion by proposing a
scheme .to build a city jail. Where ho
is to get the monojf for building this
structure is not njaHifcst unless ho pro
poses to lot the 'ijtjildors ' charge three
pricessuo the cityjafld take their chances
of getting their pttyjout of the judgment
fund , into which'bull the questionable
claims are dumped' . ' ' " '
THE FIELD OP INDUSTRY.
The construction of railroads through the
mining regions of the far west has led to tlio
projection of quite a number of new mining
companies.
The original Inventor of the two-wheeled
grain drill , which has such a wide acceptance
throughout the west , died not long since in
an alinshouso.
The cut nnd wire nail manufacturers
throughout the west are making one moro
effort to divide the trade among themselves
upon a remunerative basis.
The general prosperity of the cotton goods
industry of New England is shown by the en
largement of various plants and the introduc
tion of improved machinery.
The Italian government has ordered the
construction of a dynamite gun In Philadel
phia that will send a projectile weighing COO
pounds a distance of four miles.
An Illinois manufacturer recently shipped
nine carloads of corn-shellers to South
America , nnd several to South Africa , New
Zealand und the Sandwich Islands.
A Callowhill street firm has Just put in operation - ,
oration the largest riveting machine made in
this country. It can rivet boiler shells niado
from plates up to ninety-six inches in width ,
Many country boot and shoo factories nro
far behind on orders , and the tendency is to
keep them busy nnd let the big town factor
ies , with their labor-organizations , run slack.
The people of Atlanta have secured an
abundant supply of filtered water , over
4,000,000 , gallons per day , by thousp of twelve
"
filters ten feet high and thirteen" feet in di
ameter.
A new building material called stone brick
is made by the grinding together of limo and
sand in a dry state. It is then heated by
steam nnd transformed into burned hydraulic
cement.
A largo steve manufacturer in Albany has
secured the consent of his workmen to retain
10 per coat of their wages until the end of
the year , to bo forfeited to the linn in the
event of a strike.
The borers after oil In the Indian territory
have been going thrdugh oil-bearing strata
nnd arc all standinfi- , around their wells on
tiptoe , waiting for the year that ia to make
millionaires out of them.
The people of Cleveland , O. , have dec.ded
to Invest $300,000 in rf'trinnol , to be built out
into-tho lake , oho ar.da | ! half miles long ,
which will'bo seventy feet below its surface
and seven feet in diameter. -
The dealers In pU hcrs' supplies have
fanned a combination by which they will ob
tain better discounts ( from manufacturers ,
and have secured promises from the latter
not to sell to their customers.
A largo lathe has Just been turned out
from the Pennsylvania' fonndry that will
turn a piece sixteen feet long between the
centers. Never bcford ! tvas as much heavy
machinery made as nt tltls time.
Ono hundred thousand acres of valuable
coal land in West Virginia have been pur
chased by Eastern capitalists for immediate
development. Hard timber , splint , caniiel
and bituminous coal are abundant.
A Or < rat Oversight.
rhfliultlphta Latter.
There ia ono unfortunatn ornmlssion from
the Ulalr bill. Millions are offered for com
mon-school education , and not ono cent for
the education of Senator lilair himself ,
though ills final speech , with Its indefinite
nonsense about Jesuits , shows that ho needs
_ a great deal.
The llcul Situation.
Kt. Lmili aiobc-rtemocral.
A Philadelphia democratic paper says :
"Mr. Ulalno'a retirement produces a per-
ccptiblo sUuklaess in. the _ ranks of the re
publican party. " There Is evidently a mls-
take hero. The republicans have not , ni any
other time since 1872 , felt-BO confident or suc
cess ns they do nt this moment.
A Valuable Suggestion.
C7iftti0o Time * .
Not only ought every congressman to hnvo
n clerk , but niott of the congressmen ought
to go homo nud let their clerks run the
country.
FnntrtstlcnUr Improbable.
iMUitvtllt Courier-Journal. *
If nn cntifo base ball club can alutaln for
a whole season from intoxicating ilrlnks.wlio
can s.iy'tlmt at some future day a legislature
or a congress nmy not go through n session
on Ico-watcrl
Chance fora AVorin-trust.
/Joilon Glnbe.
Tlio now fisheries treaty , as far ns it has
been published , docs not seem to give our
fishermen the right to buy bait in Canada ,
and the American angler must still dig his
worms in American soil.
Pcrlmps 8lio Wan There.
Si > rlngfleld Ifcjmullcati.
The Sheridan family nro divided on the
question. Phil's mother says ho was born nt
Somerset , O. And certain circumstances
connected with tlio occasion add a good deal
of weight to her evidence.
Progress.
Io/fi / ( llnnentng.
'Tisrln the advance of individual minds
That the slow crowd should ground their ex
pectations
Eventually to follow ns tlio sea
Waits nges In its bed , till some ono wave
Hut or tlio multitude aspires , extends
The emplro of the wh'olo , some feet , per
haps ,
Over the strip of sand which could conflno
Its fellows so long time ; thenceforth the rest ,
Even to the meanest hurry in at once ,
And so much is clear gain.
STATE AND TEUniTOItt" .
Nebraska -Jottings.
Hebron is moving enthusiastically for
electric lights und water works.
Plnttsmouth wrenches the purses of
dtummcrs by slapping tlio occupation
tux on them.
Beatrice has discovered that the -gus
motor is the nearest approach to perpet
ual motion in the city.
Thd second trial of Jeff Long for the
murder of the Bascombo family will
coma off in the district court at North
Plntte , April 11.
Nebraska City is rustling for $10,000
to educate , the mossbacks of the east
with luminous pictures of the city's
growth and prospects.
The Vidotto is the name of a neat and
discursive monthly magazine started by
the students of Hastings college. It has
n stnIT of nine editors and managers.
A reward of $100 is offered by the
sheriff of Hall county for the arrest of
Gustavo Moellor , tlio supposed mur-
dcroV of Valentine Gulchcr , at Grand
Island.
The election in Nebraska City Tues
day proved that but five rcsiddnts prefer
walking to riding street curs. The
franchise for a street railway was
granted by a vote of 46 ( > to C.
' Richardson county will have another
chtinco to put the legal screws to Dr.
Gundy. The supreme court has granted
him a now trial. The luxury comes
high , but the people will have his room
rather than his company.
Hon. J. Sterling. Morton's gift of a
park to Nebraska City is a most valu
able ono. Tlio tract comprises twenty-
three acres of undulating , broken land ,
beautifully wooded , and with the ex
penditure of a small sum of money can
bo made in a few years a refreshing
breathing place for the people.
The North Platte authorities have
discovered a storehouse loaded with
stolen goods cigars , dross goods , gro
ceries and canned goods taken from
the curs of the Union Pacific. Churlos
E. Brooks' , a mail carrier between North
Platte and Logan , and John Ttlford , jr. ,
have boon arrested , charged with lar
ceny , and John Tilford , sr. , has been
found guilty of receiving the goods.
Last October Mr. B. P. Carson moved
Jrom.Emly City , Mich. , to Dundycounty
and brought a valuable Newfoundland
dog with him- The dog disappeared in
n few days. Three months later Mr.
Carson received a letter from homo
stating that the dog had returned , but
reduced in flesh to a moro skeleton. It
took the dog just 100 days to make the
trip of 2,000 miles. After remaining on
the old farm thrco days and not lind-
ing his muster the dog again disap
peared and it is believed that ho has
started on "his return trip. Mr. Carson
offers a reward of SoO for the dog. His
great intorcbt in the dog is owing to
the fact that the animal had once saved
the life of his wife , who hud boon at
tacked in an open field by a vicious
horse.
Iowa Items.
Farms in Scott county rent for $5 per
acre.
acre.Tho'Morchunts Social and Protective
union has been organized in Davenport.
Coal thieves have boon arrested at
Gilford. Among the number was the
new railroad agent of that place.
Marion has n broom bricudo composed
of ton young- Indies ot that city. During
leap year they propose to sweep all the
old bachelors off the face of the earth , ,
The wife of. Joseph Bavin , residing
near Union , gave birth to triplets Sun
day night , all boys , weighing seven
and one-half pounds each. Two of them
are living. _ . *
Dakota.
The crematory established at Valley
City is nearly completed , and will bo
ready for business in u few days.
The city council of Rapid City have
ordered a special election March 16 for
tlio purpose of reineorporution under
the general law of the territory.
Tlio bcliool of mines in Rapid City is
n valuable adjunct to the mineral do-
yelopincnt of the hills. All the differ
ent cluss.cs of ores are tested there and
their value made known by competent
professors.
Tlio supreme court of Dakota has
bunded down its decision in the local
option cases before it , holding the law
to bo constitutional. All the judges
concur except .ludgo Thomas , who dis
sents on the ground that the law is in
-conflict with the organic aqt of tlio ter
ritory , which forbids the legislature
from passing any act impairing the
rights of private property.
Wyoming.
Governor Moonlight is making free
use of the veto , The Maverick bill was.
snulTod out by a veto a few days ago.
Tlio newspapers are not enthusiastic
in praiho of the legislative assembly.
Its existence is regarded as a public
calamity.
The losses to the crovcrnmont in the
recent fire nt Fort McKinney foot up as
follows : Stores , $9,000 ; property , $1,500 ;
building , $5,000 ; total , $15,500.
The real estate business is picking up
at u profitable ruto in Luramlo. The
glass works , rolling mills nnd soda
works are attracting largo numbers of
settlers.
Hero is luck by the buahol. Ed.
Daniels , a cowboy working for the "C.
Y. " outfit , is said to have inherited
$01,000 by the death of an almost forgot
ten uuclo in Indiana.
UBERAUTY OF TIIE PEOPLE ,
The "Boo'a" Heroine Fund Beaches
Over $10,800 ;
AND THE feoOD WORK GOES ON.
Tim Koll of Honor Steadily Incrons-
iiifr The hntcst Contributor * lethe
the Heroines I'rom Various
1'nrts of Nebraska.
Tlio Hull or Honor.
I.OIU HOICK FUND.
Previously reported $3,013 T4
Citizens Hralnard , Neb r. aft
T. M. Shnllcnbcrger , Hrndshnw.Ncb 1 00
Collected by J. U. Ferguson , Jr. ,
Aurora , Neb M 25
O. W. Cnss' list , Aurora , Nub 10 0
J. H. Rogers' list. Aurora , Neb 125 US
Trinity Episcopal church mission ,
Norfolk , Neb 1000
Bricklayers'union ball 'JO or
Total 4,015 NJ
l.P.XA WOKIIIIKCKC 1'UNH.
Previously reported * 1,211 8t
Horn-dura , Tuttle house , Aurora , Neb 9 51)
Maxwell , NOD. , list. . . ' . 15 40
Mabel Campbell , 5 SO
Bricklayers' union ball 2(5 ( M
Total 1,200 18
MIXNIK ritiiMAN : : ruxu.
Previously reported $ C93 81
0. W. Cass'list 3 4i !
Bricklayers' union ball 0 00
Total $ 703 20
Tim CIIII.DKCX'S FUND.
Total to dole $ 102 S8
ETTA Sll\TTUCK I'L'XU.
Previously reported $4,719 99
Bricklayers' union ball 20 ( .0 .
Total $4,740 05
The "Uiso" Fund.
The present condition at the funds opened
by tlio HIM : Is as follows :
LolcHoyco 4,045 , Vi
Lena Woebbcckc fund 1,209 18
Minnlo freeman . ' 70.1 20
Wostphalun monument fund 102 88
Etta Shattuclc 4,742 GTS
Grand total $10,807.53
Norfolk Liberality.
NOIIFOI.K , Neb. , Feb. 18. To the Editor of
the Bnn : Enclosed Und draft for $184.0'J ,
which is a part of the amount contributed In
Norfolk to the heroine fund. The wliolo
amount Is to go to Miss Iloycc , except $5 , $2
of which is to go the Etta Shattuclc fund and
$3 to Lena Woebbecko.
The amount raised In Norfolk so far foots
up us follows :
Enclosed list $184 03
Creighton Dramatic club cntcrtain-
. incut 52 .35
M. E. church collection 51 85
Congregational church collection 15 10
Episcopal church collection 10 ( X )
T. A. Scarl's conductors' list 24 30
Paciilc hotel traveling men's list 80 50
Total $ 3 78
M. B. Fosmi.
A LITTLE nor.
YOIIK , Neb. , Feb. 21. To the Editor of the
Ben : Enclosed find draft for $4.50 which
was raised by me for little Lena Woebbcoko.
I am only eight years old. WALTKH WAitn.
LIST OF COXTKIDUTOHS.
D. U. Daniel 9 R 00N. , A. Italnbolt. . . . 5 CO
1. G. Wcstervelt. . . B 1)0,8. ) , 8. Cotton 5 DO
C. li. llnrro\va C 00 P. Schwonk & Co. . 5 00
A , k.Miieomber. . , . C 00 Isaac Van Horn. . 500
A.J.Durlnnd 5 00 8. W. Hays n 00
A NEI1IUSKA C1TV LIST.
The scholars of Zion school , district No. 37 ,
of which A. B. Mutz is toacnor , sends the
Nebraska City News SJ.25 to bo forwarded to
Miss Koyce , that being the amount contri
buted by that school to uld that heroic
teacher. Following are those who contri
buted :
Kdna Mason OCIAnnlo IJ. Mason. . . Ot
Aimlo Whellnc 25Mary | Oelka 10
Tim Wliellng 25CarlOelKa 15
Jolm Murphy 10 Lewis Oelka in
Chrlht Ueljui 10 limlolphlleccard. . 10
Tim Oolka 10 Willie Oelka II )
Gee , Uolka 15 Lyntan Kocd 05'
WIllloMitzner 05 Max Flunky 05
Leo Heed 05 Am ; . Vallmann. . . . 25
M. Tallmann 2.VKdwanl Wade 2.5
AIIB. TeKtmyro IfifWilllo Wallace 05
Joseph Waflaco. . . . ttilLydla Wallace U"
Kinma Reed 05 A TcKtmyro 05
Fritz ToRtmyre. . . . 05 H. T > Ktinyro in
H'iba Mltzner 10 Martha Henry. . . . ( fi
Josie Mltzner 05 Harry Mitzner. . . . 05
Auuust Mltzner . . . 05
Mollie Mltzner 0" ) Total n 25
CIIAIHION' , XBIl. , LIST.
John Paul 2 00A. | if. Wright. . . . 200
Lottlo Wilson 25Hwl80il Mead. . . . 25
E.L. Hamilton. . . . 25ClouduGlnvur. . . . 25
W. G. Uurke 25 F. ll.GlCMhell. . . . 75
Iloyil Ilros CO White A : Stanton. CD
T. C. WlKBln 2W ) W. L. Mcl'heely. . 2 CD
H. P. Simmons. . , , l m Wni. Wllxon 1 < >
Mary K. Smith. . . . l ( M K. llottimsor t ixi
J. K.Ilrailway l on Mrs. H. M. Maxtor 1 W )
M. V. I law-ley. . rt. Hi L. V. Howman. . . . CO
J.L.Paul. . . . . CO A. L. Miller 75
Mlunlo linchnnan. 25 Gottsteln&Owcm 1 OU
U. C. llarnanl 1 no ; W. C. llrown CO
W. A. Smoot 'COj H. II. lllanchard. . 25
W. A. gulden . . . . CO ChailronUcmocrat 1
A. A. ItiTord 1 0) ) II. llross M
liartlctt Itlclmrds. 1 > P. K. llalnl 1 00
L. Harriett 1 OUChadron Hanking
DuwesUn. Journal 201 Co 100
W. A. lllrdHull. . . . 1 OU L. A. llrowi-r 1 )
George Ulrdsull. . . 1 tfi Frank Van Horn. 125
Caahf. COO
Total tBOO
lUMI'TOX , KE11.
Joshua Cox 9 1 OO'.las.M. Cox 1 00
L. K.illckley : COT. C. ilo.slow
Hen Uutkley. CO H. H. Crunsberg. . 25
H. W. Hohlen CO
Geo. K. Lane M Total . . l 75
Above was left with us too late to go In our
first remittance. HOLDF.N & LANK.
BTIHNO , KEIl. , LIST.
Collected by MyrtleLyon for ctlio little
sufferer , Lena Woebbecko.l
Myrtle Lynn I A. Kdehler 25
Macula William. . , 25 A. G. llflttenuer. . 25
F. VV7. Flomlni ? . . . . - J. G. Hetteugur. . . 25
O.K. Vernstrum. . G. Wltmau ! 2i
O. L. Whitman. . . 25 II. Koehler ! ! 5
O.W. Slmlns 25 J. S. Uaillng * * " *
C , A . Stevena . 25 W. J. Watt 25
J.O. Ilnilder .lames millllng. . . . 25
T. J. Mlllor i ) . W. YanUoni. . . 25
W , A. bhultz . 25
B.M. Ouell . 23 Total..I 600
Mixtr.r , NP.n. , LIST ,
I ) . D. Andnis. . , . , , ! 1 oo'.tohn fin-iOn. . . . . . . 10
A , Jenkins 1 OO'Jnmra ' TlRUf
J.Shelhom. . . . . . . rfl.Wm Stohltnart. . , .
Mat Lanliani . . . . . 85 W. H.Sstcrday. . ! .
I ) . KockHoll HI Albert J. Koc
J , Gury 2T , I'oter Ai'koraon. . . 25
0.1) . Palmier co o. A. Own > ° 5
J. Korkwell 25111. II. Cnrlrle Si
Gus Kri-cklow 2.V.I. A. Miller 25
J.V. . tllly .1511.1' , Manat 25
M. K. Karle * BOW. G.Tabcr 25M
Fred A. Hart CO A. M. llockwell. . . 25
W. A.llouton CO llcubcn Je op. . . . 25S )
11. W. Olenson. . . . 1 00 JntiH's W. Carey. . . 25
G.V. . Hrofkway. . BV.I.W Van Clove. . 25M
tl. K. Chandler , . . COGertte BehwnlTn. . 10
C. Mockonholt. . . . 28 J. I. . ClmmlKT.s. . . . 25
A.Globerts COMnOLKorfewcll . CD
( 'has Tl he- . . . . CO.O. A. Vaber. . 2ft
I' . Slnnilor CO.'U. . ' A. llronn 2.5
N.J.Mailson . COMls 0. Amlrns. . . . ID
Ii. S. Parker . ta Fr xl Amlnis 15
Gee MhnfiT . 25 0. M. Alutru.s 25
1 > . 1) . Hi an . JiVMra. O..T. llaekus. 23
K. H. Boot thorn. . . co
John Mockenhoir. 10 Total U2J
AV. S. lennutt. ! . . . 25 |
. IIKMII
CMAII \ Feb. "O.-To the Editor of the Dnn :
Within please II ml my check fos * 11.W ) for
the heroine fund , half for Miss Uoyeo nnd
the balance whcro you think It is needed
n t. J. A.
J. A. Ollloipta.j & 00 , W. K. Taylor. . . . . . 1 ,00
Mnry Jami-Min. . . . 1 00 Mrs. W. I : . Taylor 111) )
l"li H. Blow art. . 1 . IMF. _ i L. Hold. . . . . . . . * W
. II. McFurlnud.
F. M. Henderson. 1 oo | Total fit CO
CITtr.KX < < OP HTIIOMSIiniO.
Collected by L , H. Headstrom :
Post & Headbtrom IChas. Wloklund. . . CO
andclerks ft 00 Klex Llnd M
Park bank 2 ft ) J. II. Potormm
Farmers and Mor- John DM. . .
chants'bank. . . . 2 Oi ) Daniel UIil.
Striunsbtirg bank. 00H. ) . i.Stunt : < m
lt.GotdA.-eo 1 00 L. U , Stiuitou. . . . . .
CarlsQji Ilros 200 John Colemati
Herman Ic Lun- John llnlstedt
1 00.1.1. Hongy 25
JoluiMon &Imvls. , 1 ( { . ! . A. Kecd 25
Scott & Woods. . . . 1 OOClws. Njgulsh . , . 2.5
J.O.Grcflti 1 00.1.11. Day ? . . 25
II. l-.McConaUBhy : 1 rut ' u . McKe'oVer ; ; ; ; " . ; o *
0. Mccnno 1 00 A. G. Hoffman. . . . 25
lltU'kley * lloss. . . l IM A. M. Amlorson. . . y >
N. II. Gallant 1 00'lia.s , , Knairo Si
Dr. Owens 1 OolN. r. Peterson. . . . 25
MUM Jennie Irvluo 1 ( M Pctnr Norberu. . . . 25
Mrs.a.W.Fcrgusotl 100 I. llon.strom . . . . . . 2i
F. M. llursch 1 00 Itov. Hnskcll . , 25
W. U.SImrp I 00 I. M. Wood 25
H. P. Cutting 1 O'lll. | Folslead 25
( 'larl.KHii Ommell. . C0i Wm. OslK > rn 25
W. II. Shnltz Cil Geo. Ilrlcson 25
A. Ntujiilst COJoeNetsell
Hov. c. S. Dudley. CO A. P. Amlei
Anton Anilernon. . CO A. Shoemaker 2.5
Geo. OHDorn 00 K. H. Fuller 25
lU'atl.stromirJohn- Alfred Anderson. .
son. . . , CO JouWood
H. J. Lludstroin. . . CO A. P. Ilucklcy SB
- . - - . - . CO l.co linrtlioloniew. '
A. Mildner W'P.N. ' Klarth o-
Jolm Thompson. . CO W. E. Nlchol ere
H..Jomw COIL W. Ptfinio ro
Charlie Kroo .
CO.Ous llybenj * j
A. Miller. MC. ) H. ftonlnmn. . . . 23
W.l > . Fisher CO A. Palen 21
Jonn Haniierand. . fin Jolm Holmgrist. . 2.1 .
y" " A. Peterson. W A. IMJuilburg. . . . 22
Frank Halilin M it. o. Query. . . . . . . Si
I } . Murphy CO James Styer 2.1
( .0(11. Ann COiJoe Cordell K
hd l.allue CO N , Crciislmw 25
SaundersiCretRh- James Dunn
ton L. ilecklund , 25
Harvey Hartman. Andrew Lutman. . 25
J. W. James v. A. Lakne. . . . . 25
Carlson , v Lund. . .
Huv. H.Schnltz. . . Total 15500
E. Uowman. . . . . CO
Real Kstuto Trnnsftorfl.
Jas M Kinney nnd wife to Thomas A
Cobry , lot 1 blk "U' ' Lowe's add ,
wd 25,000 ,
A S Patrick to E Nllsson , blk 7 A S
Patrick's add , w d 2,500
C J Ualconi and wife to K A I3onson , ,
lot 15 it ) , ir , 18 North Side add , w d 8,000 {
E J H Wohlera to Henry Holln , und.
Jf H and wi lot 12 blk 5 Hoggs &
'
Hill's , wd 0,000
Henry Ambler ct nl to Emma Knapp ,
.lot nnd 10 blk 2 Ambler place , w d. 700
W B Puller nnd wife totloro L Bleycr
lot 11 bile80South Omaha , wd 3,000 <
Wm E Hawley und wife to O II Gor-
dun , lot 8 to 15 inelusivo , nnd lot 24
to 30 inclusive , IJuckoyo place , n d. . 1
O H Gordun to Wm E Hawley , lot 1 to
7 and 10 to 23 Inclusive , Huckcyo
place.qc j .
David Kaufman and wife to Henry
Hplln , lot 1 , 0 , 7 blk 1 lot 1 , 2 , 3 bile a
Wavorly add , wd 1.800
David C Blair and wife to Jas 1C
Chambers , lot 0 blk 10 Bedford
placo.wd 000
Jno W Uccco nnd wife to Larmon P '
Pruyn , n 80 ft of s 00 f t of lot 8 nnd -
9 blk 2 , A S Patrick's add , w d 8,300
John H Grossman to same , s 80 ft of /
lots 8 and , blk 2 , Bnino , w d 8,500 n
Norman H Brown to Thos E Darling- l 5
ton , lots 1 , Flack's sub of lota 11. is.
landl4Catalpa's2mlwd. ! ! . . . . . . . 0,000 I
L P Pruyn and wife to Sophn E Dar'J
llngton , n 29 foot lot 24 } , Mlllard & '
Caldwoll's add , w d rnoo * '
Nicholas M Cmmo nnd wife to John P
Cluck , uudlv K of lot 21 , blk 87 ,
Florence , w d SOO
Henry Splglo nnd wife to J A Wichtcr4
man , lot 15 , bile 8 , Albright's annex , '
w d - . DO/ .
F Doorwold and wife to Augusta Door-
weld , lot 28 , blk 13 , Kountzo &
Ruth's add , w d J 090
B Brown nnd husband to Samuel
Jacobs , undiv yt of lota 10 , 15 , 10 , 21 ,
Bellnirc , ( | cd 1250
Jacob A Wlchtermnn nnd wife to
Henry Snigle , e of lot 2 , Arlington
add. w d aooo
John Spollman to Jcnnlo Creeley , lots
30 , 31 , North Side add , W d 000
D C Patterson and wife to Win Emer
son , lota 10,17 , blk 3 , Fayetto 1'ark
add , w d 073
Alice G Howard and husband to Alice
Wells , lot 42 blk 1 , Howard , situated
In sec 15-10-12 , w d 100 i
Win B. Cowles nnd wife to Jolm Spell- J
man , lots 30 , 31 , North Sldo add , *
w d , ; 800 fl
Alice G Howard nnd husband to Kuto * '
M Bunchcr , lot 25 blk l , town of t\ \
Howardwd 100 I
Safety MorlR-apo company of Omaha I
to Henry M Price , o 62 ft of R 150 ft I
of lot 8 , blk 5 , Park Place add , w d. . 1,000 1
Charles B Kountzo and wife to T II 1
Ward , lot 0 , blk 8 nnd w X lot 5 , blk LI
8 , Kountze Place , w d 2,325 f
Palmer KBolden and wife toO TUan- t
kin , lot 18 , blk 1 , Jerome Park , w d. 2,500
Exaver A Stone to same , lot H , blk 1 , '
same , w d 2,500
Egbert E French and wife to Chris
topher C Cary , lots 5 and 0 , blk 18 ,
Central Park , wd 1400
Louis G Schwalenberp to Gcorco J
Paul , lot 14 , blk 0 , Bedford Place ,
w d 750 \
Harry H Miller to Jcromo Hitchcock , I
lots 8,15 mid 14 , blk 1 , Tipton Place. j
w d 1800
George E Barker et al to Joslo Crouch ,
lot 10 , blk 12 , Orchard Hill , w d. . . . . C50
Clifton E Mayno und wife to Mrs.
Mary Uojtcr , lot 9 blk 2 , Mnyno's
add , wd 200 '
Bnlthns Jetter and wife to Silas W
McCoy , lot 8'bllc 7 , Jotter's add , w d 3,500
Frank Coipot/er et ul to L P Pruyn ,
tiS xlOi ft In sw cor of lot 24J < / , Millard -
lard & Caldwoll's add , w d 5,750
Mycr Ilellman and wife to Edgar , (
Hothcry , lots 2.1,24 blk ) , Hollman's t
proposed add , w d 300 * *
C. Total $04,232
HiilldliiK Permits.
Tlio following building permits wore issued
yesterday by the superintendent of buildings ,
nnd nro the best showing tnado for ovpr two
months :
Fred Herzko. repairs to building , Elov- '
cnthncar Dodge $ 250
L. P. Pruviii citrtingo shed , Izardncur
Twenty-second 200
John W. Percival , two-story dwelling , '
Wirt near Twenty-first 8,500
E. G. Merrill , one nnd ono-hnlf story j '
frauio dwelling , Hamilton near / '
Eureka 1,000 I Jj (
N. O. Brawn , frame Htablu , Twenty- }
first and Spencer 500 , i
E. G , Merrill , cottage , Hamilton near „ I
Eureka 1,000 I ]
Gilbert Fraser , addition to dwelling , I
Twenty-ninth near Walnut 100
Charles Huxhold , addition to dwelling ,
Miami near Thirty-sixth 100
John Solderborg , addition to dwelling ,
Miami near Thirty-sixth 450
Nine permits aggregating $7,100
In tlio Hrltrow Ton ( inc.
On March 11 the Chicago Oriental Opera
company will present a comic opcratta en
titled "Tho Honest Thief ; or the Miser
Uncle. " The play will bo presented In the
Hebrew language. The company consUts of
thirty persons , the costumes are new nnd
ole ara and all who attend may expect m
treat * . >