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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.