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HMBV V W " " i-J V J * " * ' " * * - ' " * - - > f 4T * W.r > ta . * * - t 4 L ( . * * | * * - . ' ' * * * * * - , * * - * 'Mt s * + MMf | , ( -j BK4J1I 4 ffHB OMAHA DAILY BBS ? TOTSDAYfcMARGH 13 , 188a DAILY BEE. EVEHY BlOItNINO. THUMB OF sunsomrnoN , IDoll ? ( Mornlnn Edition ) Including Sunday JIKR , Ono Yfinr . , . . . . 10TO Tor Six Months . . . . . . . . . fi 00 5'orThree Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CO The Omaha Snmlny BKE , mnllod to any ml- dross , Ono Yenr . . . 200 OMAHA Orricr Nos.61Ujru l FAHMAM Brnr-ET. NBW YOnK Omen , llonm 1 ( Ann iSTninuNE Jlcii.niKn. WASHINGTON OFFICE , No. CIS All communications rclatlnc to naws nml edi torial matter should bo addressed to tlio Button . - should bo All linslneis letters and remittances nddrcBscdto THE Utr. PanLtRiilxn COMPANY , OMAHA. Draft * , checks and pontofllco orders to be made pa } alilo to the order of the company. The Bcc PulshinE Company , Promlctors E. K03EWATEK , Editor. THE DAIIiY HI3E. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Etixto of Nebraska , I . . County of Douglass , j0' * " _ . Oeo. H. Tzschutk , Decretory of The lleo Tub- , OoMi solemnly Bw ir that the actnniclrculatlon of tlio Dally Ueo for the week end Inf. March P. 1888 , Trna M follows : Saturday. March 0 . * . UVTOO Hnmlay. Slnrch 4 . . . * . . 18X ( Monday , March G . 10.340 tnienday. March 0. . 18r > 20 Wrrtnemiay. March 7. . . . . W3 > Thursday. Mcli.8 . . . l jax ) Friday , Jlcli. . 10,420 ATornRO. . . . . .18.857 OEO. H. T/SCHUUK. . Bwom to find subscribed In iny presence till * 10th day of March , JV. 1) . , 1888. N. P. J'KIU Notary Public. Etale of Nebraska , I . _ County of IJoiiRlass , fB < B > Ofco. II. Tzachuck , being first duly sworn , do- rioses and says that he Is secretary of The Bee 3'uWlBlilnK company , that the actual nvcrnco dally circulation of ino Dally llcofor.tno month of March. JB87 , 14,400 copies ! for April , 1887. 14,010 coplos ; for May. 1B87 , 34.237 copies : for June , 1887 , 14.147 copies ; for July. 1887. 14.WO copies : tor Aujcust , 1887 , 14.151 ropleij for September. 1S87 , 14 , 0 copies ; for October , JtfiX14.33J ; for November. 1887. 16.220 copies ; for December , 1887 , 16,041 copies ; for January , 1FB8 , 1&.2W ! copies ; for rebruary. 1688,15W2 cople Bworn and subscribed to In my presence this Od day of 1'cbruary , A. D. 1888. N. P. FKIU Notary Public. OMAHA'S spring boom comes in with a bustle. The rest of her clothes arc still on the lino. THE'proposed re-location of the county jail to the corner of Eleventh and Dodge will moot with popular ap proval. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IF Prince Bismarck finds himself out of a job , ho should bo invited over hero at once to take charge of the presi dential boom of the dark horse. IT may bo u Ifttlo immodest on our part , but wo cannot help romarkincr that the circulation of the JBKK has a steady upward tendency , and averaged nearly 19,000 daily for the last week. IF every engineer on thp Union Pacific on whom Judge Dundy's injunction papersliavo boon served had left his run and presented himself at court the in junction would have been a boomerang. VANDEUniL-r'a $ French $10,000 cook can't bake a mince pie Send him one of the professors of the Omaha cooking school with Kov. Mr. Copoland's en dorsement. JAY Goui/D has -again set foot on American soil and is expected to resume business at the old stand within ten flays. What a buzz there will bo In Wall street when the monarch of the stock exchange again gets his fingers on the annunciator. THE DuolCr watch-case company re fuses to join a "combine" to put up the price of watches. The Duober doesn't object to the high price , but it can't af ford to join a watch trust which is obliged to hold off Tintil the Watocbury winds up Ha works. TjlE sugar trust has had no trouble Jm knocking out the Now York investi gation in one round , and is now in the ring 'polishing oil the Congressional .committee in loss than four rounds. But when it comes to scaring off Claus Sprecklos from setting up his eastern refinery it looks as if the sugar trust were arranging a sparring match with Mitchell. Tnc biennial report of the bureau of labor statistics of the Btato of Missouri , which , covers the year ending November Jast , among other interesting facts fur nishes figures of the annual wngcs of railroad engineers and firemen on the Bovoral roads in thatstato. From these it appears that of the six roads named in the report the Burlington engineers receive less than those of any other road except the Hannibal & St. Joseph , while the firemen of the Burlington are batter paid than those of any other road except the Chicago fc Alton. This ofilcinl and authentic statement , un doubtedly derived from an entirely trustworthy sourgo , clearly convicts the Burlington management of being less liberal to their-engineers , so far ns the Missouri portion is concerned , than are f.ho other railroads to this class of em ployes. And whut ia true of a part is undoubtedly true of the whole system. WJIKK Mr. Candlor , of Georgia , was trmtlo chairman of the house committee pn education , the general understanding was that the appointment would bo fatal to the Blair educational bill. Ho had strongly opppsod the measure in fho last congress , and there was no roa- 6on to suppose that his views , which had been very vigorbusly expressed , had undergone miy ohango. It is now an nounced that Mr. Candlcr will submit a substitute for the Blair bill , intended to do away with the constitutional ob jections. This substitute will propose a loan to the states of sixty million dollars lars , to run twenty-five- years or longer , the interest on which shall bo applied J.Q educational purposes in the states in proportion to the illltorAoy , as proposed in the Blnlr bill , It is not improbable that * Mr. Candlor has phrowdly devised this substitute as a tnost convenient way of sidetracking Mr. Blair's scheme. The now plan yould ba tha less objectionable , but it is pot likely its author lias any expectation pf its success , for oven should it get through the house , it would certainly fail in the senate. In any ovout the ef fect of its introduction will be to divert attention from the Blair bill and extend the ecopi of discussion , the more of which there is and the longer it ia con tinued the smaller will grow thuchuneea of that objectionable measure. RnnrtnU'A Revenue Hill. the bill of Mr. Randall to reduce the revenue of the government is in its gen eral character what might have boon expected from him. It proposes to re duce the income of the government from taxation to the amount of ninety- five million dollars , of which seventy million would bo lost by the abandon ment of internal revenue taxes. The tobacco lax is entirely swept away , thus wiping out about thirty millions of revenue. The tax on spirits distilled from fruits slmrcs a similar fate , alcohol used in tha arts is mndo free , the whisky tax is reduced from ninety to fifty cents , and numerous spe cial taxes nro to cease with the 'cloao of the current fiscal year. To tliin extent the measure is in accord with the well-understood position of Mr. Randall , and is in the main what ho has proposed before. The portion of the bill providing for changes in the tariff duties , by which a reduction of revenue from customs to the amount of twentyfivemillion dol- 'lars is to bo effected , contains a few surprises. A general reduction on the manufactures of iron and steel , al though slight , is more of a concession than Mr. Randall was expected to make , and this is also true with regard to the reductions in earthen and glassware. The nroposed reduction of two cents per hundred pounds in the Bait duty la also some thing of a surprise , particularly , in view of the fact that the sugar schedule is left untouched. As both the sugar and salt industries are controlled by trusts it was to have been expected that of all men Mr. Randall would treat them with absolute impartiality. Certain grades of cotton goods are slightly reduced , but woolen goods are to continue to bear the present duties. The wool duties are unchanged , except the duly on car pet wool , which is lowered. A statement by Mr. Randall , accom panying the abstract of the bill given the press , convoys an idea of the prin ciple on which ho has framed the tariff portion of his measure. That this has a degree of plausibility must bo confessed , but it would not bo difficult to demonstrate that the au thor of this bill has not in all cases faith fully adhered to hisprinciplo.orolso has proceeded on incorrect data. The pop ular estimate of the measure will not , however , bo influenced by abstruse economic theories. The question which the average citizen will ask is , does this revenue bill propose such change as will give that relict from taxation to the masses of the people which they require and in justice should receive ? That it would accomplish the one purpose of reducing the revenues of the govern ment may bo conceded , but this is not all that is desired or expected from rev enue reform. The people want the burden of taxation imposed by excessive tariff duties lightened to aa nearly as possible the full extent of the reduction on revenues. Everybody knows there will bo no relief to consumers from the repeal of the tobacco tax , and probably very little if any from the abandonment of the other internal taxes as proposed by Mr. Randall. But if it bo necessary to repeal a part of these taxes in order to secure the desired reduction of tar id duties on the necessities of life the people ple are prepared to accept the com promise on a fair and just basis. Such a basis , however , is not presented in the Randall bill. Seventy millions dropped from internal revenue against twenty-five millions from customs duties is not fair to the people , however it might operate with respect to the man ufacturers and dealers. No measure of tariff revision which continues the present unnecessary tax on the clothing of the people , on almost every article of domestic use , on the implements of the farmer , and , in a word , on any of the articles which are necessities , will command the approval of the country. The bill of Mr , Randall in largo part does this , and such re ductions of duties ns it uroposos would give so little relief , if they afforded any , as to bo of no benefit to anybody. Such being the case , the principle by which ho professes to have boon guided will not servo to save his measure from the general disapproval of all who desire a fait' and just revision of the tariff. Blilrlcliifj Its 15rldto Ta\ . During the memorable ngltalldn over local railroad taxation Mr. A. J. Pop- plcton , in behalf of the Union Pacific , pointed to the fact that his company had for yeara paid city and county taxes on its Missouri river bridge on an assessment of $250,000. This was liter ally truo. Mr. Popploton did not , however - over , call attention to the fact that Douglas county had donated 8250,000 to the Union Pacific toward building that bridge , and our taxpayers have paid $25,000 a year in interest on those bonds , which added to the princl-1 pal , will at the end of twenty years amount to 8760,000 , Mr. Popploton did not recall the fact that the city of Oma ha had donated $200,000 in bonds to the Union Pacific for the purchase of dope grounds , which at the end of twenty years will aggregate more than half a million , In other words , the tax-payers of this city and county have burdened themselves with a million and a quarter of taxes to subsidize the Union Pacific road , not counting private donations in lands worth more than a million dollars. In view of the notorious failure of the Union Pacific to carry out the contract obligations which it had assumed in consideration of those enormous subsi dies , the bridge tax exacted w.as a mere bagatelle. But oven this trivial con tribution toward mooting the Interest on our Union Pacific railroad debt has been cut down within tha last year , That accommodating assessor , William Doll , reduced the assessment last year , before ho wnnt to Califor nia for his health , from 3250,000 to 3135,000 , and the commissioners have acquiesced in the imposition. Now why should the now Union Pacific bridge bo assessed at 3115,000 less than tlio old one ? Do the commissioners pretend that they have not the power io raise the assessment ? Why should not the Union Pacific pay as much tax on. ita bridge this year as it has paid from 1872 to real estate booms ais not healthy stfumlauts for the growth of city. The prosperity of Omaha should have a "broad and eolld basis. Swapping suburban toWnlots sometimes moans a rapio exchange of money , but it docs not necessarily mean municipal growth. Real cslalo ia only valuable on account of its income producing power , either present or prospective. It is because business lots In the lioaft of Omaha pay handsome annual returns on their valuation of from $500 to 81,500 a front foot that they remain worth that price while property in the suburbs Ings at 6 per cent of their' vnluo. The only sure and certain way to maintain real estate booms is to make property so valuable ns to assure to owners a fair market price based on the general prosperity. For many years the Bici : has pointed out to its readers the means to bo adopted by which to secure this end in Omaha. Briefly stated , they are : Improved railroad facilities and depot accommodations , municipal improvements , the building up of homo industries , and last , but. not least , impartial assessments. Behind all those as a stimulant is the great development of our state. There Is no reason wby the realty values of the past year on property within the city limits should not bo more than maintained if our people do their part toward hasten ing the growth of Omaha. They are dealing with a young giant among western cities with every clement for phenomenal progress present and wait ing only for the united action of her citizenship to place her ahead of all rivals. Tin ? proposal that the government shall issue fractional currency , in the form of silver certificates of the denomi nations of 10,15 , , 23 and 60 cents , hav ing boon approved by all but one mem ber of the house cominittoo on banking and currency , is expected to pass the house without serious opposition. Whether it will faro so well in the sen ate is a question. The expediency of the measure is certainly debatable. Vcrj- likely there is a considerable num ber of people who remit small sums of money through the mails to whom this currency would bo a convenience. The postal note , intended to accommodate this class , has always encountered more or less objection , chiefly on account of the trouble and cost involved , especially to people remote from postofilces who desire to remit for fractions of a dollar. But those who remember when fractional currency , popularly styled "shin- plasters , " wag in vogue will doubt the wisdom of restoring this sort of monoy. It was a necessity of the war period and was tolerated for some time after , but it grew to bo a good deal of a nuisance and its final disappearance was not regretted. Moreover it was a source of very consid erable loss to the people , since a grcut deal of it became worn out or was other wise destroyed. For the ordinary uses of change in business it is certainly less desirable than silver to handle and is at least equally liable to bo successfully counterfeited. It may bo doubted whether the convenience which such a currency would afford to a portion of tne people" would outweigh the objec tions to it. coroner's'jury investigating the cause of the collapse of the now Midland hotel in Kansas City has placed the sole responsibility of the disaster upon the architects. The jury brought in the verdict that the architects wo ro criminally negligent , in that they failed to properly superintend the work. This is a serious charge when it is known that the architects for the Midland have long enjoyed the reputation of being one' of the best firms in the country. The trouble with some of our eminent architects is that they never lot a job go. They are always willing to under take three times as much as they are capable of doing. As a natural consequence quence they make imperfect plans for grand structures , and often cause the enterprising builder of a house great waste of moans expended for show rather than substance. Sr.NATOU CociCKEiin is out with a bill to simplify the circumlocution offices of the government. The senator's scheme is very simple and can bo easily de scribed as wheels within wheels , with a big wheel around it. THE FIELD OP INDUSTRY. A Pawtuclcct ( R. I. ) factory makes 1,000,000 horsetails into haircloth yearly. Scranton , Pa , lias an electric street rail way , the cars of which cost but $1 a day to run , A gas well was struck at Zcnin , Ind. , the other day whlcu has a flow of 14,000,000 , , cubic feet. Thoflutno Is soventy-flvo feet high , Kdlaon , the Inventor , has sixty men tit work In his laboratory , They are all inopaiinjj something that has first existed in his brain. Tlio pin consumption ol the United States is one pin to each Inhabitant a day. This ne cessitates the daily manufacture of 00,000,090 plus. plus.Tho The Loclrwood drcdgousca In the construc tion of the Capo Cod canal , which sank Feb ruary 12 , uns been raised and , work will bo resumed. In Augusta , Ga. , a tree felled In early morning was before nightfall of thosamo day converted into paper and sent out bearing the current news. An immense locomotive has Just boon con structed ut a Paris foundry. Its builder pre dicts that it will realize an approximate speed of ninety-throe miles an hour. A syndicate of Boston capitalists are talk ing of a now railroad through the Adiron dack region to the iron region of Dannomore , a settlement between Plaltsburg and Chnxy Lake. Statistics of the peanut trade show that these who are fond of humble goobetspaid $1,000,000 last year to gratify their foodness. Altogether about 8,100,000 bags of the nuts were produced , of which the greater portion came from Tennessee. The Iron Ago pilots a list of 41 barb wlro manufacturers having together 2.391 ma- chinas. On tile basis of apodal reports tnelr productive capacity for 200 working days , running single turn , Is estimated at 03,000 tons pf barb wlro , while the consumption of late years has fluctuated bslwcen 130,000 and 150,090 , tons. Philadelphia claims to make nod eat more candy lu proportion to population than any other oily In the country. There are eighty- eiven .factories and wholesalers and 1,300 re tailers and they use more than § 1,000,000 of oapitaland cor.iUiua 103,000 tons of sugar every year. Caiamels are n great specialty of the trade in that city. For other places much chocolate and walnut candy and ixuany are uudo. Bii tons of gumdroju were nhtpiXHl from Philadelphia toPlltsburg the week before Christmas. Hrooklyn makes the most chewing gum , It Is said , and Boston cats tlio most of It. An Idon of Lowlstx&'s toxtllo Industry Is Riven In the annual 'report of the board of trodo for the Splndlo City < w follows : Nine teen manufacturing ebrpo-rotlons , thirteen cotton mills , ttirco woolen mills , onebloncll - cry , $7,500.000 capital Invested In mnnufnctur * Ing , 250,831 spindles In operation December 81 , lbS7 , 20 sots wdolon machinery , 40 water wheel * . 10,073 tons < Jf coal annually con sumed by ninmifnctoncs. 37,000,000 pounds or about 68,000 bales of cotton consumed , 0,193 horse power \iscd for cotton mills , COO horse- po\vor for other purpose * . C13 howe power unused. 8,000 females nnd 0,500 males em ployed In cotton nnd' woolen mills , annual disbursement * in thVoity by Lewiston manu facturers , $ .2,700,000 , 49,870,853 , bales Of cotton nnd woolen fabrics produced In 1SS7. * libtn r I'ltttlntrg Pott , Thoylmvo found the bojy of Alexander the Groat. Uo was the original smart Alex , Grab It Quick' trinnhtnoton Crt/ic / , Wo would ndviso those contemplating picking up n presidential bee to catch It , well up toward * the cars with a firm nnd fearless grasp. The bco Is a great rcspector of courage , and ha seldom stings a master hand. No Cnuso for Aim-in. Chicago Titbnnc , A ynclitlng Ynnlioo millionaire rast anchor at Algiers. Ho had uo need for nursing , nor lor anybody's tears ; for he'd read the llttlo mcisngo which had somehow found Its wny , that the Jury hold him innocent as nny other Jay. _ _ Fire Proof Buildings. Kc\t > I'orTc JfbrM. Tlio man who erects n strictly flro proof building In a city is a public benefactor. Tlio Insurance companies nnd the owners of houses In the vicinity of Ills structure should pay Win a tribute in dollars and cents. Ho has been put to additional expense In cense qUcnco of his non-flro proof sutroundlngs. Ills property , though non-combustible , can bo defaced by flro outside of It. Ho gives to others , but does not receive. Got 'Km Agnlu. ffew YnikJaurnal. The wMto house queen has nine pets now Txvo clogs , a fnwu , n cnt , Two alligators and a cow , A mocking bird nnd rat. If nil these pets should congregate Uofore the white house when The president comes homo quito late He'll yell , "I've got 'cm again I" STATE AND TJEURlTOItY. Nebraska Jot tines. The club mania has taken root among republicans of Fullerfoii. Prohibition and the third party are lashing the capital with jawful gads. Kushville is putting the finishing touches on n$5,000 brick school building. The Harlan County Standard is out with an elaborate , spring write-up of Orleans and vicinity , , garnished with il lustrations of the principal buildings. A government ngbnt has closed up the sawmills in Cheyenne county. The en terprising wood butchers had been slaugblorlng timber on government land. H An emigrant who loft an Iowa town near Crcston on Wednesday to locate In Nebraska arrived in Plattsmouth Sat urday. lie had bqojn three days getting as far as Plattsmouth and had boon obliged to unload his stock three times. The olTlcials insistyhowovcr , that trains nro running beautifully. In the scramble To display their abil ity and prove that , two trains ' , running in opposite directions , ca'n pass on a single track , two" of the Burlington's imported scabs hnd a liead-onder at Broken Bow last 'week. The remains of the machines were carted to the shops for ropaiis. One of the engineers - eers _ had five years' experience as u sewing machine agent ; the other had recently graduated from a gravol.pit. Both are booked for promotion. Wyoming. Eighty-four now laws comprises the record ol the legislature. The opera houses of the territories are now exempt from taxation. The legislature has adjourned and Choyennc is enjoying a voluminous calm. Converse is the name of the now county carved out of Albany. Douglas ib the county seat. A rich discovery of gold is reported to have been recently mndo nt Buflnlo , the ore assaying from $1,000 to 83,000 per ton. The alleged ledge will not bo worked until the snow goes off. Mean time the plaoo will enjoy a big boom. Montana , Electric lights and water works are in operation in Ftonton. The value of bullion shipments from Butte lust week was 383,232. The Montana Central * has purchased ten acrofa of ground for p , depot and yard in Butte. A pocket of bilvor hag been struck in the Granite mountain mine that assays $18,000 to the ton. There are now in oporuti6n in Mon tana , territory thirty-live mills contain ing 075 stamps , and eleven smelters hav ing n capacity of1,600 tons. The mills crush about 2,000 tons of ore daily. Work was formally begun last week on the reduction works which the Mon tana Smelting company nro about to build near the Great Spring , midway between the Black Cnglo and Rainbow falls , north of Helena. The main build ing will bo 200 feet long nnd C50 fuel wide. rjounty for tlio."Oll A bill 1ms boon Introduced by Senntbr Mnudorson to grant a bounty to the soldlci Ref of the regular aunywho bcrvcd in the war of the rebellion , This proves th.it there shall bo paid to each man -who enlisted on Or oof 010 the 12th of , April , ISOl.who faithfully - fully served in the regular army and who W.IB honorably discharged , n bounty for each mouth of till the Urn ? that ho actually served between ApH ) 12. IbOl nnd May 9 , 1805 , In cuso of the death bofero or after tlio passage of the act of such enlisted man , the payment shall bo uiado to his widow if she has not ro-nmvrtd ; nnd if thcro bo no widow , or If she has jo-married , then to the minor child or chlldron./of the decc < i < ied sol dier. It prohibits nny soldier transferring , assigning or disposing of his discharge , do- aoriptlvo roll , or other paper. Application must bo made within Ave years from the passage of the net , U'whlngton National Tribune , March 1. The originator of ttto bill referred to above , and who bas for a long period been busily engaged In procuring data to present to Senator Munderfaon , is Mr. . J , Davis , chief clerk of tbo department of the Pintle , a resident of this city. These who will bo boncJHted by the passage of this bill never received any recognition from the government for the great services rendered by them at the commencement of the Iftto war , and who remained loyal to the flag. Every congress since the close of the war has overlooked this class of deserving votorani , simply for the reason that they were In the army wlion tlio war conwipncod , but who by the war lost pcmsld- crubto on regard to the amount of received by the advance in gold and it Jiay been estimated that their pay during the time they served during the war did not nv- erase $7 porMnoiith , anu the puisago of tha homestead bill did away with the opportun ity of receiving the usual land warrant given for services in other wais. There are 16 day only about 5,000 livingof those whoweiein the army when it commenced , but their wid ows and orphan * -would be entitled to their benefits If tUib bill nUoulil become a law. THE COMMlSBtONEnaUlitilNG. . They Will Llfcoly Join With the City lu Uuylng Land. Councllmcn 11a cnll , Fonl , Counsmon nnd Snydcr , tv spccml committee from the coun cil to sMect n slto for n new Jolt , conferred with the cotmty commissioners ycstorflay In reference to the snrno * The public school building nnd land at the corner of Eleventh nnd Dodge street scorns to bo the chosen. spot , nnd there la unanimity among the coiri- misnlonors of joining with the city in buying the same with n view of detaining nnd try ing criminals by building additions nnd ro- modollng the school. The commissioners In dofome of this action say that It will cost nt Icnt9 ir ,000 to put the present biwtlto In proper slmpo , nnd besides they cannot see themselves clonr as to where the ground is coming from on which to build additions , etc. , without encroaching on snaco that la nil probability will bo needed before long to enlarge - largo the court house , Councilman Hnscall opened the conference by saying that the BchootlKmid would soil the lot nnd building for $10,000 , nnd de scribed the premises ns being well titled for Jail purposes. Uesidcs , It would bo n good tlnnimlal deal , and as the city nnd school board nro practically one there will bo no trouble In setting the property for f30,000 , if not less. Councilman Counsman said that ho exam ined the ground nnd building upon it nnd could not add anything to what Mr. Hascall hnd-nlroady suited. Chairman O'ICccffo asked Mr. Counscman if the committee had tnndo any estimate of what the cost would bo of remodeling the building for Jail purposes. The councilman replied that they Imd not , as the school was in session when they vis ited it. Commissioner Mount suggested that the councilmonmulconnulsslonctsvlsit tlio place , and this suggestion meeting with the np- proval of nil , It was resolved to go thcro dur ing the afternoon , In reply to a question from Mr. O'lCccfTo ns to the terms on which the school board would sell the property , Mr. Hascall said that the board wns not lu need of money right away , and that the county nnd city could uinUo satisfactory nrrnnaomOnls with them , Then followed n long discussion ns to the market value of the property in the neighborhood - hood , nnd what the possible cost wpuld bo of remodeling the. building into n ] nll. Chairman O'lCceffo said that ho wns ono of the commissioners who wis willing to pay f 20,000 county money into tlio property. Com missioner Anderson ngrecd jvith Mr. O'lCccfTo. ' Commissioner Mount said that they could not put up a new jail without the vote of the people. Mr. Hascall replied that that could bo done at next fall's election. At 3 o'clock ' the nioetlngclosod and the del egation adjourned to the promises. The com missioners will make A formal report to-day. BAK. District Court. VALUABLES. Judge Wnlteloy handed down a decision in the attachment suit of various creditors against Louis Ucrghoff , the man convicted la t Thuisday of obtaining 'goods undcrfalso pretenses. The court decided in favor of the defendant and dissolved tlio attachment. DtFOltE JUDGE OllOFF. The case of James Christcnsen against the Is ebi aska and Iowa insurance company was put on trial yesterday The plaintiff al leges that his property was insured in the company for $500 , and was destroyed by fire on the 29th dtiy of November , 1885 , six months after the payment of tlio premium. The defendant has refused lepcatcdly to pay the loss , hcnco the suit. AKTEll A rOUCEVAN. Fred \V. Bnllard is the plaintiff in a suit now on trial before Judge Hopewell against Daniel McBi ido , a policeman , and his bonds men , James Stevenson and Charles Hanloy. The petition of plaintiff sets forth that Mc- Brldo. on July 0 , 18SO , beat the plaintiff with his club , and otherwise unlawfully mal treated him. Plaintiff asks damages in the sum of § 2,000. TlllCD Or THE SILKEN IIOXDS. Laura D. Wright , according to her petition filed jcsterday Jins found married lifo a burden too heavy to bear any longer , and she pra > s that the court mny sever the chains of wedlock , woldcd by n Pcorln. III. , minlsteron May 0 , 1SS5. According to her allegations , Joseph , her husband , abandoned | her about cipht months after the wedding day. She states that he has formed the habit of living alone , nnd is of a morose and quarrelsome disposition. LUTZ'S T1UAL TO COMMENCE TO-MOUUOW The trial of the man Lutz , who killed a man by the name of Lynch several months ago , on Thirteenth stioet , for cohabiting with his wife , will commence in the district court to-morrOw. Lutz , who has been , in Jail since the fatal day , hopes for an acquittal. County Court. rnOBATE BUSINESS TUAN'SACTED. Letters of administration m the will of Clementine Weiss wore yesterday granted to Augustus Weiss. The will of Jacob Mudson was probated , with Johnnno Madson , his wife , ns executrix. The will and petition for probate of Michael Carmody was filed. A OAHNISIinr. CASE. In tbo garnishee case of Bouscr vs Wrlpht the garnlsher was oidcrcd to pay $175 into the court. I.VTTEKS OF ouumrsnrr. Letters of guardianship of his two children were granted O. H. Kothnltcr by Judge Shields jestei day nftoinoon. Mr. UotbaUor appeared in coui t in person , 1'olico Court. Diunk nnd disorderly Qeorgo Hopper , Mike iCinney , $5 nnd costs ; Ed ward Spollman , 3and costs ; William Keith , $3 and costs ; Ed Cleveland , Milco Flynn , Mike Horn , John Kecno , John Hiuch , C. L. Gatch , discliargcd. Vagrants Billy Anderson , fifteen days ; Con MeShanc , ono day ; Andy O'Haro , ono day : Tom Carroll , three days ; William Flynn , thlrtv days ; John Lacey , Dennis Mc- Glue , C. McGovern , Jim McCarthy , U. Law less. less.Fined Fined "Kansas City Elizabeth,1' ' Nellie Kunlco , MnyUrown , JO each ; May Williams , disclmiKCd. Thouuis Murphy , a tough representative of tlio"ouUl sod " arraigned for , wns raising nn ugly rumpus nt the boarding house , .1113 North Sixteenth street , was sent up for six days , ra Hilly HeniTorson , nn old Imrncss thief , and n nun who spends nine-tenths of his time behind the bais , was given fifteen days. PIjUASED "VYIT1IT1U3IR STAY. Junketing County OoininltJHloncrs IVrlie < i Caul of Thanks , The board of county commissioners of Arnpahoo county , Colorado , who are visiting various cities in the country investigating Jails and county buildings , were In the city yesterday , nnd wcro courteously treated nnd shown nround by Jailor Joe Miller nnd County Commissioner Mount and Anderson , The visitors wcro so well pleased with tl eir treatment that they drafted the following ; The undersigned , members of the board of county commissioners of Arapahoe county. Coloiado , appointed by the slid board to visit and examine the county Jails lu eastern cities , hereby dcslro to publicly express our thanks to the cpunty commissioners , tlio sheriff and the people of Douglas county , Nebraska , for the many courtesies wo have received at their bands , and for the facilities affoidod us by them in accomplishing the results of our mis sion , J , M * IJpowx , Jon : * G. LILLET , KMILB HIETTMAK , WILLIAM CoiiBiiiiilnj ; Hlfjh Hc'hool SmoUf ! . Bometlmo since in the olty council the com plaints of pcopln in the vicinity of tlio high school In regard to the , great volumes of smoke that came from the furnaces of that building , wore considered. Arrangements wet o made to abatu that nuisance and at picsent W , B Hutchinson. pf Chicago , is ut work on the furnaces putting in a sinoko con sumer , which ho not only guarantees will silence the complaints of people In that neighborhood but will causa u saving of coal and give a greater percentage In heat. Au Infant Soiled Dove. Qussie Nightingale , a diminutive girl , who is said to be only thirteen , was arraigned yesterday' before Judge Herlto on the charge Of being ina house of prostitution. Shu shed copious tears and begged the } adge not to Jet her mother know of tier air t. How ever , she was remanded back Inlo custody until her mother , who lives In the vicinity of Ino shot tower , couM bo notified of her dotontion. The girl claims lo bo seventeen , but as she tolls two or three different stories ftbout horsolr the officers do not Ixsllovo her. The ludgo will probably hhvo her bound over to the district court as a candidate for the reform school. The IJrlck Question. 0 UU , Neb , March 12 , 1SS3. TothOKd- , Horof the BEB ( In Saturday's Issue you publish the seemingly sentiments t > f the bricklayers of this city towards the brick- makers' profits. In bclinlf of the bricklayers and citizens of this city , I will mnko known througUyour valuable columns. That I Imvo been n brlckmnker for the last (25) ( ) twenty- five years , nnd consider myself thoroughly In my line. Yet It Is true that brick nro sell ing nt present In this city from SO.fiO per 1,000 and ns high as (11 , Yet that docs not signi fy that wo can make them as cheap hero as In marty other cities. In Denver brlok can bo mtido for from 40 to 50 per cent loss than hero. First They can burn brick suitable for any purpose" In from forty-eight to sixty hours. Second They get tholr coke frco of charge froui the gns work ? , for tlio price of enrtingit. Third The prlco of coal Is less than one-third \vhatwohovoto pay hero. Fourth Tha clay Is of such nature there that they can let the green brick get as dry as n bono before setting , nnd the ilrycr they sot their brlcktho bettor they nro when burnt. Such Is very near the same In St < Louis nnd Kansas City , with tho. exccptimis that in the lust two named places they burn from three to four nnd half days. Even across the river the uaturd of the clay Is such that It takes from seven to nlno days to burn successfully. Now the clay In this city nnd surround ings is of a far different nature. First Wo have hero which every ono knows n very sandy , loamy soil nnd clay , such ns it Is , with nny amount of nlhalyo mlxod lu , of which that Is n gioat detriment. Second Wo have to pay for our coke $350 per ton , nnd GO cents to 75 cents to drayngo. Our eonl costs all through the seasons from 19 cents to 23 cents per bushel , or from § .1.50 to f 1.15 per ton , delivered. Third If wo set our green brick dry ns bone , ns can bo done In almost any other part of the country , nnd burn them , mnkes no difference how hard wo burn them , wo will have a mess of pieces nnd rub bish , besides n total failure of which Messrs. Youngcrman Hros. can tell by last season's experiment. Fourth Wo must by all haz ards set this clay ns green ns it Is possible to stnnd the weight , often so green thut with ease you can with your fingers leave the print of one-half inch depth In almost nny , besides often there is n great many brick seta a little too dry In almost every kiln in this city , which cannot bo helped , and after the dry briclc are burned there nro no less than three pieces , the consequence is that it takes us from eleven to thirteen days to burn suc cessfully , and when wo do bum in ton days wo think that wo are in gront luck. AN OLD ExrEiiiENcnu UUICKMAKRR. P. STho price of brick at present in Denver is 57.00 , In St. Louis $3.00 , In Kansas City from $10.00 to $11.00 , and In summer when wo soil nt $8 ( M ) with a slow season , wo wish wo were never In the business. The Union Pacific and the Strike. To the Editor of the BEK : Some of us , who are more or less familiar with the history of railroad practices during1 the last few years , feel like shedding bar rels of crocodile tears over the letters of President Adams and Vice President Kimball of tho. Union Pacific railway. With what humility and grace they ap peal to and obey the law ? With what virtuous indignation they resent any possible infraction of the letterer spirit of the law of the land ? With what fctisch awe and Juggonantic trepidation they bow to congress ? With what fear of pecuniary loss , forfeiture of charter and crlmininal prosecution these gilded lawbreakers face these complications ? are just heartbreaking ? While President Adams appeals to tbo law and insists on what "is nomin ated in the bond , " it is now a good time for the people to resurrect seine of tlio past , chuck that hideous skeleton square in President Adams' face and then lot the poor , dear virtuous people , in their worth and Indignation , pronounce - nounco the sentence that is just , well and fitting for those government pets and chronic law violators. Scarcely had the charters of the Pa cific railways been granted when scan dal commenced , and from that day to this it has been growing worse and worse , astho ofllcora of these composi tions have become more brazen in their disregard of law , more open in their disregard of lawmoro open in their out- [ /u ages on the publicand more insatiblo n their demands and more infamous in their practices. In 1871-2 the famous and more than In famous Credit Mobilier ca/igbt on Paci fic railway officials like the yellow fever frequently did on tbo citizens of Now Orleans before the purifying visit of General Butler. It is believed , but not positively known , that a few of the olll- cials of these railroad companies were not implicated. However , nearly all pf them were caught and exposed. In this stealing and law-breaking scheme , car ried on by as braion-facod gangs uacvor coerced government , dolled the laws of a country and ran rough-shod over the people who created thorn , the spirit and letter , of every law that had over boon pasbcd affecting them from their char- tor. Acts , to that time , were broken. Then by some mysterious influence , that insidious and all potent inlluonco that vile menbacked up by largo money interests , have , over legislators , a pur chased and traitorous congress , more traitorous than over convened in Richmond mend , I'olcascdJitho first mortgage lien of the government for the $01,000.- , ) 000 guaranteed. Of course this was all done by patriotic men with self-sacri ficing motives , find only for the good of our government ? * But how singular It wns that thereafter nearly every senator and member of the house of rojirosonta- tivos was tho. owner of Credit Mobilier Or Pacillo railway Blocks. ThO exposure of thco outrages through the public press nnd the public howl of indignation brought on a con gressional investigation. The facts brought to light by this investigation , although a whitewashing committee , whoso solo duty Was to evade liiots and suppress information , ought to have caused congress to stop long enough to forfeit their charters and pass resolu tions directing the attorney general to institute civil and criminal proceedings. This would have boon done liad tliobo railway barons not had a mortgage pn tbo ofllcors of our government and each congressman branded fore and aft as "My Pacillo railway fence agents , " Then tbo incorruptible Sonatdr Thur- mnn , scqlng the "rccolving-stolcn- goods" policy of the Pacific companies , prepared and had passed his bill knpwn as tno Thurman Pacific Railways bill , to rompol the companies to repay the government whut was owed. The sa cred crocodile of thq Nile was able to see and BO charm the ministerial ofllcors of the government that the law hap boon practically a dead 10tter and the rail- Joad olllcials without fear of punish ment , witiiout regard to right , without euro of results , have been running on in their blind-eyed course like a stamped ing herd of Texas Etoors. Desplto thp Thurman Act , theao rail ways kept on their Ways ol paying dlvi- deads , by a devious course , and rewarding - ing btooKholdors by aqueous stock till the debts have I'caohod the enormous sum of more than $120,000,000. All this in violation of statute law and Jaws of morality. Under this unbroken highway robbery policy tliingt. kept going on from bad to uorse till another congressional investi gation had to Interview the sacred qx ol Kgypt. It wa ic the Pacitla year ol disgrace 1837. Although Sormlor Ntc- PhorsotiiOt Now .Tcrsoyi eald tliiU the oxamlnattbn Vah hot akin clobp fcnd would not take oft the first rise ol cream , yet enough was elicited to warrant Riv ing every cuss a suit of striped clothes nnd frco rations and sternly wol-k for years , and a forfeiture of char ton * . In the former investigation it was nrovftd that it cost $800 to shin a car of freight w < 5 jt to IJlko , Nov. , nnu only $600 to ship the same car of freight 500 miles farther on to San Francisco from the same- ship ping1 point. This was in violation of law and yet tlio same thinp wns done at almost every point on the line from the time the first trains ran , Hobntos word given , special prlvllogos Were allowed and almost every violation Lof law was nnthorivcd that would return n dollar short of murder and child stealing. They wore liablethen. . Now President Adams , when it comes to a question of this sldo issue of the Chicago , Uurllnglon & Qulncy railroad in the contest with the brotherhood ot locomotive engineers , appeals- with u whine that Bounds from a diseased no ? * silo , to the law , and points ou't the dan ger ol forfeiture of charter , liability of criminal prosecutions , if the company or its agent refuse or neglect to take freight from the "Qv road. When before , I ask , \\ns the Pacific railway ofllclals over afraid ot conprows ? Why there has not been a congress for twenty years that did not bcnv th6 prl- wto brand of the Pacific roads. When did ho over before fear n quo whrrnnto to forfeit the charter ? Every law hni been broken , every duty evaded anil every obligation ignored , and yet noth ing has over boon done. And they know too well that nothing will bo dono. When before woio the Pacific barons over afraid of prosecution ? They have gone scot free , till the hardened sinners and chronic law-breakers have no inoro four nor nro they in moro danger of pros ecution than the car of juggernaut. And they know it. This is the old cry of Shylock , ap pealing to the law when it serves him but unblushingly tacking on usury and then in holy indignation calling for the fulfillment ot the law for "it is so nominated in the bond , " although it violates the highest law of God ana the most sacred law of man , takes lifo cru cifies the living and robs the unfortu nate. Lot congress slop Us monkeying to cause a dust lo docolvo our people , for feit the Pacific railway chortors , ap point receivers and direct criminal prosecutions and civil suits against every law-breaker from the presidents down lo the humblest engineers and then the fair-minded American people , that Mr. Adams so hypocritically ap peals to will bo satisfied ; then too per haps the government may bo Protected , oiir laws vindicated and justice bo done. Till this bo done never think of prose cuting n member ot the brotherhood nor appeal to tuosonso of Americans. JU&TICJS. South Omaha , March 9 , 1888. RATS ATE UP HER FORTUNE. How Mr. Xlodliio Explains the Loss oi Ills Sister's Treasury Notes. Now York World : Rats , a brother-in- law , _ a paying teller who suddenly skipp'ed to England , and a devoted wife wore the parties in Htrnng suit which was tried before Judge O'Brien , of the supreme court , yesterday. Itwasmoro- ' ever , a suit of pister against brotherand recalled a bit of past financial history in the sluvpo Of a defalcation of $200.000 by CharlesD Winsor , at ono time teller of the Mercantile bank of this city. The plaintiff is Mrs. Catherine Winsor and the defendant her brother , Joaoph H. Bodine. In 1804 Charles Winsor , the husband of the plaintiff , fled lo England when a shortage of 8200,000 was discov ered in his accounts. Bodino , his broth- cr-in.law , was ono of his sureties , but' has never been called upon by the bank to pay a dollar of the missing money. When Mrs. Winsor found that her husband had dopartodd for England , she , ns a devoted wife , determined to follow him nnd share his fortunes. She had a small fortune of her own. some 810,000. This slio drew out of the bank and placed in hoi1 brother's hand at his house in clean , crisp treasury notes. She wanted him to save them for her and her children for a rainy day. Bodino at first refused , but finally con sented to accept the trust. lie was afraid to place the amount in a bank , so ho put it in what ho thought wns aplnco 6f safety. It was a cupboard in his houso. to which ho alone had the key. In a dark corner of the novel bank ho laid the treasury notes. Now nnd then , during the long years that followed , lip would outer the cupboard nnd place his hand upon them to assure himself that they wcro still thoro. Meantime the Mercantile bank had pursued its ill-fated teller to Londoiu A long legal process followed and Winsor was cast into a debtors' prison , accom panied by his faithful wiloand children. In 1808 his friends effected rt settlement with the bank , which abandoned the charge against him. Tiio Winsors re turned to Now York. In 1885 Mrs. Win ser called on her brother , Joseph Bodino , and asked him for her $10OUO. "I have used , " said ho , " $5,000 of that amount in effecting n settlement with tlio Mercantile bank. For the rest " Hero ho paused. "My house is infested with rats. I entered mycupboaid ono day nnd found $1,500 gone and the rest of the bills badly mutilated. " Mr. Bodino further stated that ho had sot trans for the rats , but hud never been able to catch the capitalist rodent among them , Rigid investigation , high nnd low , had failed to find the slightest trace of the missing notes. AH the United States treasury wou'd not accept rats arid redeem them with bills , Mr. Bodino placed his misfortune under head of an ' 'act ol God , " a thing for which ho wns wholly irresponsible. Mrs. Wiiisor brought suit , however , for the whole amount , The jury yester day pu < ulod their heads an hour over this lomnrkablo case and finally agreed to disagree , The matter will bo brought up in couit again BOOH. Every person is interested in tholr own aifairn , and if this moots the eye of any One who is suffering from the olTocts of a torpid liver , wo will admit that ho is interested .in getting well. Got a boitlo of Prickly ABI ! Blttors , use it as directed , and you will always bo glad you read this item. There is a warrant out for the nrrost of Jimmy Llndbay , tlio pugilist , charg ing hlln with assault and battery. Comment * ) . "Colgate & Co. are the oldest coap makers in America , nnd have evidently profited by their long experience. " Officer Cullen has recovered suffi ciently from a severe attack of pneumonia as to bo upon the street \ Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castorla , Wbtn BaX ! ) was sick , we faro hrr Cutorta. When eho was a Child , ihe crieij for Qutorla , When > li * became lllsi , the dune to Cwtorla , VThsa the tuu | Children , ihe gar * Ibtm CwtoriA.