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2 THE QMAgA , P.AILY BEE : .MONDAY , , 19 , 1888.
GROVER HAS A BIRTHDAY ,
1 President Olovoland Oolobratoa Hia
1 ' Fifty-First Anniversary *
HE , PA.SS.ES THE DAY QUIETLY.
Who Aynys nnd Mfnns Committee
Begin * Holding Night Ses-
Bions KOP Work on tlio
Xnrlff Bill.
A Qnlct Anniversary.
WASniSOTOX BUHHAV THB OMAHA , Bl K ,
G18 FoUHTBRNTnSTHEHT ,
WASHINGTON. D. O. , March 18.
Thp president "of "tho United Spates was
I" flfty-on'o years old to-dny. There WM no
coienrntton of the event nnd the usual Sun
, * day rdtitlno at the -whito house was adhered
tk t to. He wpnt to church with his wife In the
morning nnd Dr. Sunderlnnd In his prayer
tt remembered the , ilny nnd Hiked a blessing
t nnd long life and wisdom for the chief mngls-
f ' irate , 'rh.cn , after luncheon , thohorsps were
, ordered and thq president and his wife redo
outtplfcd J'qp , whore they remained for
dinner with two or threp Intimate friends f s
; Quests. "The president received many letters
k nnd telegrams of congratulations and a few
gifts from iiitlinata frlpnds , ono of wl\ich \ is n
liijwcr holder , which has boqn prepared with
much workmanship at the Smithsonian Insti
tute , it Is a rain's horn , richly mounted m
silver und ono of the lluest pieces of work-
iqanshlp evev produced In tbp District. I nni
iiq at liberty to soy"from wlqni } It comes to
him.
Mrs. Cleveland has resumed the special
afternoon audiences which she htylptvon
'
fi durJng'tho winter to persons , mainly visiting
strangers , wfio hn l made previous nppolnt-
mcnt ? wlth ( her to call , Nothing qquld bo
more pleasing to anyone wishing to spo the
gentle mispress , of thq white , hquso at her best
than tho" opportunities of , tboso occasions
glyq. Mrs. 'picveland recplvos ' in th.o red
parlor and thq callers aro'intrqducqd to her
by nn usher when they nro strangers. Grad
ually Mrs. Cleveland is seeing the interior of
several moro than t cabinet . hous.os , She
luncucd'pn'Monday with a lady qujto prqtni-
nciit , and deservedly so , in the social circle.
If nv reason is needed why sbo accepts some
of these hospitalities when dozens pf other
luQ3 ( ) | should bp equally pleased to offer
t/licin , it is 'bo.cayso she only will go to the
hausos of intimate friends inside of the number - .
ber prescribed by the ofllpial etiquette whiph
hedges about her position. . No lady can deny
'her this privilege , however much they may
bo. Jealous of. the honor she. may show to
others. Mrs. Cleveland hears regularly
from her mother , who is now Su Paris. She
is expected back from Europe in a couplp pf
months more.
more.WATS AND MEASS.
The republicans having defeated the mo
tion of the democrats to hold meetings of the
ways and means committee during the ses
sions of the house , the majority of that com
mittee decided to hold night sessions and tlio
first of these was hold last night , at which ull
the members except Mr. Brown wcro pres
ent. Tlio internal revenue section of the bill
having been completed without 'any changes
being mndo , the tariff 'schedules were taken
up , beginning with the free list. The opening1
paragraphs are devoted to lumber. As each
buccessivo paragraph was read the republi
cans asked that thpy be given the reasons
that prompted the action of the majority in
trnnsfciing lumber and its manufactures to
the frco list , but no responses were made , no
defense was qfCered to the ass.aults of the mi
nority and oil mqtions to nm'pnd were voted
down. After confining lumber nnd salt on
the free list byn party vote , the commlttqo
adjourned. The consideration of the bill will
fee resumed to-morrow.
It is evidently the purpose of the majority
to" piislf thp ISJllls bill through the cpmmittqo
without further delay. It Is thought Dy some
democrats that it can bo completed with the
committee and reported to the house this
wevk , but I don't behovo this can bo done
prior to the close of the coming week. It is
apparent that Mr. Mills and his associates on
the ways and means committee have decided
"not to permit on amendment to bo made in
the oomuiUtoo. They may , however , grant
a feiy concessions in the house to 'got votes
nud have doubtless arranged certain para-
prapha for such a contingency. In Its present
fqrni thq bill , is not acceptable to the Louis
iana members and these who represent dis
tricts in which fruit spirits nro distilled. If
thcsp two pqints.of difference can bo recon
sidered , the bill would receive the vote of
the six pouisinnn members and perhaps that
of a * many moro from fruit aistilllng dis
tricts. These votes , with the .addition of six
or ejght republican votes the bill is likely to
receive , would show a very narrow margin
on the passage of the bill , and perhaps place
the majority on the nttimativo side. Among
republicans a feeling is growing that they
should present a distinctive proposition ,
Many of them regard the Randall bill with
favor , but the leaders actively discourage
' this. They seem particularly opposed to the
internal i even no sections of Kaudull's ' bill
nud talk about formulating a measure that
will provide for abolishing the'tax on manu-
if.icturcd tobacco , leaving cigurs us nt pres
ent , removing the tax fiom fiuit spirits aud
nlcohpl cd ui arts and abolishing in whole
or in part tlio duty on sugar , \vith a bounty
io tho-sugnr growers of thp United State ? .
Ijdon't bollqvo the republicans could bo held
tosqthor on such a programme , und it would
certainly get few , if any , votes from the
democrats. Tbo Handall bill presents the
only tangible basis for successfully opposing
tbo fills' bill. There arq members on both
Bidu.8 who don't want to vote for the Mills
bill , und wquld accept that of Handall with
some changes and modilicatiqns. If nqt
offcicd nn opportunity to vote for BUph n
measure these gentlemen will vote for the
' Mills bill , so that In rejecting the Handa ) !
bill tlm republicans will , in a negative way ,
strengthen that of Mills.
"Mr. Scotti of Pennsylvania , is confident
that the house will pass the Mills bill early
In May. Ho is reported by the Sunday Her
ald as saying : "If I hud consulted the in
terests of my own locality nnd npt looked
beyond my djstrict , I would have antapo-
nlzcd , tlio free wool proposition , but without
free , wool thorp Is no use In having tnrlft rq-
form. This wool question bus bcqn tlio bone
of contention for many years , and it was
thought best to make it ono of the principal
features pf the present , tariff bill. The r -
publicans will do everything they can to dp-
lay n llnnl vote on the tariff until after pur
convention in Juno , Wo , on the other ham } ,
will try to pass the measurein some form n.s
early in May as possible , so ns to glvo tl\o \
senate tlmq to tackle it. Wo will then take
action in the convention on the party work
on the tariff. Mr. Handall , with hU ropubl
can nroteotiQuists.iinay bo able to roptat ins
tactics of last session , but I don't ' think ho
would dare iloUy Dual action on the bill , it
is an open secret that Handall is in bad favor
with Cleveland , who has regarded him will
more or loss suspicion for some time. The
president says that KumlaU'a ' ncUon in the
lipuso did not coincide with the professions
hp made with his tongue. I don't believe
Handall would hesitate to backcap his paity
at the St. Louis convention In the mutter p
preparing a platform and making tarlffdcclii
rjUioiib. HP is not in line with Mr , Cleveland
land , and no is the leading protectionist of
Uls patty. Our tariff bill enunciates thaprln
ciplcsof ourpaity and sets forth Us platform -
form , If we have not enough strength in the
liouBO to pass this measure in * > PUIO form and
make a reduction In the revenueof the cov
eminent , Iho only thing wo can do is to do
the very best wo can and. then 0 bofpio tbo
country on our record.
To-night I asltcd Qcneral Browne , of In
dlanu , one of thq leading republican mem
bers ot the house committee on ways urn
means , what ho thought would bo thq out
come of the uilmiijistration tariff bill in the
cammlttea and the houso. HP said ; '
think wo will continue to wrtuifila over i
until about Thursday , when Mr. Scott , as ho
uitimatad the other day.will move that th
chairman be instructed to report the bill to
tbo house ot oneo aud ask for its immediate
consideration , Tills will bo carried by a
ytrtot party vote. The bill will go to ti ]
hcwso and will bo taken up for cquvidcratipn
eqaui time next week. I don't ' &co hq\
the debate can bo curtailed to los
than jQvo waqks. There must b
ft ( HU discussion of it. and
uiumugk &Mve fiiYo beea cut off at over )
tcp in ourproQosttlqns to maka amendments
n committee , wo arq going to moke thorn
m the nopr-ojt the house. I don't believe the
) ill wilt bo passoili There rfrjs Very few ro-
mbllcnns who \vlll support It on account of
ti frco wool nnd I Presume the usual Kan-
dall following , about forty or fifty democrats ,
vlll vPto ngatnst thb bill. If it should bo so
amended as to get through Iho house , which
I think next to nn Impossibility , it would ba
imcndcd in such a way In the senate ns to
ikoly not bo acceptable In the house when It
camn back. The republicans will offer a bill
nnd it may be that thqlr united support nnd
fiomo stro'ngth from the Randall people will
iass It. If wo should gel a bill through the
ipuso I don't expect * lt "Would bo much
amended In the senate and It would likely be
come n law , , ImV thorp is , so much wangling
md there Is , suoh diversity of opinion that it
iiirdly looks hoppful t this time. Thp Hup-
dull bill wll | never bo taken , up , but will rest
u thq committee's pigeon holes. It is UP nso
'qr ' the ' administration" . men in the
house to" talk about n bill being
reported from the senate committee o'n
finance be ford the St. Louis convention , be
cause the bill could npt bo sent to the com-
nlttco from the bouse.'earlier an some tlmq
ate In May. The majority pf thp committee-
on ways and moans have 6uqupiod over throe
nontlis in eotnpjling tie ( bill and thu house
ntcnds to dqbato It about six weeks , ' nud It
\ypuld bo rifllpuloua to presume tunt the
sonata committee ccmld accomplish m two or
three Weeks what the house nnd its com-
ii ) U too wil\ \ have taken about live months to
accomplish. " * . ' '
"Thqro is a , grcat dpal of bad blood In the
coimnltteq-ou'ways and moans now. It is a
regular cat and dog fight at every day and
nigh.t meeting. The democrats , with pre
cision and readiness , vote down every propo
sition that the republicans make without
oven , thp slightest consideration , and the
latter do'not llk.q it and have no hesitancy in
expressing : their displeasure. It ( s plah ) now
,1ml tlio democrats have the bit in their
mouths and arq going to pull thq velilclo just
as fqr as they can and n ? quick ns possblq. (
ui.Acic dijra A' ni.isT.
To-day's ' Washington Pdst ( domoeratlo ) ,
which until recently supported thq admlnls ,
tratipn * has tins under the head' "A Fine
Casp. pf Mothor-iti-law : " "That physical
Wreck iBlaoJcT-bas achieved a great success
as a reformqr of tlio mother-in-law problcin.
The general appears to bp' pleased with ono
of thq domestic scourges , but hq has risen to
the occasion and. is not wflllug'to support the
mother In-Jaw put of the $ | 00 a month ho ro-i
cpives fpf being totally disabled qnd requir
ing the constant nUcnu'anco of another per-
spn , nor out of the > ,00p per annum \vhiqh
ho gels to prove that ho is not totally dis
abled. Ilo has , contrived that the govern
ment shall support his mother-in-law. First ,
ns she was unable to pass nn examination ,
lie had ' h.cr appointed a laborer in tbo patent
ofllc'es. From that she was advancqd
to a clerkship nijd then spppdily promoted
to a $1.000 place. The mother-in-law in this
case , it is said , was hauled to"nnd from her
oflleo bj government horses in n government
CQrnagq , Apparently this family are nqt
easily satlsHed , " fqr the mother-in-law's son
was already drawing a salary Jn thp pension
ofilco , going in 'as a messenger nud rising
rapidly to n ? 1,200 clerkship. " ?
NKlJUAijKA , AMENDMENTS TO THE LANp HILI , .
Mr. Laird nasi proposed the following
amendments , " tp thq. public land bill , which is
now pending "boforo thp house ns ungnished
business ; Amends section IS by adding at
the end.thovopf 'thp following : "Tho time
which the homestead settler has served in
the army , navy or marfno corps shall bo de
ducted from thcj tlmo heretofore required to
perfect tiyo , cr , itdlscharged.on account of
WQunds reqeived or disability incurred in the
line of duty , then the term of enlistment
shall be deducted from the time heretofore
required , to perfect title wlthput
reference to the lorigth of time
lie may ' hnvo served ; but nc
[ latent shall issue to miy homestead settler
who has. not resided upon , improved nnd cul
tivated his homestead for a period of at least
ono year after ho shall have commenced his
Improvements ; provided , that homestead en
tries can bo commuted to cash entries after
the actual inhabitancy of.tlioland sought to
qo extended by the homesteader and has im
proved and cultivated it for-a period of ono
year. " Add ns an nddij-ional section : "That
in nil actions brought by any land grant
company or by any person claiming title
under or through such company against any
actual settler occupying not to exceed 100
acres of land which ho in good faith entered
ujwn , intending to claim the same under any
of the public lend , laws'of the United States ,
such settlor'may ralso and interpose as a doj
fenso in such action any. mistake , error or
mistaken construction qf nn act of congress
by the interior or executive departments , or
any ofllcer thereof which may have resulted
in any erroneous certification or patent of
suoh land tq such Jand grant compapy-or to a
state for Us benefit , and such settler may also
raise and interpose as a defense in such ac
tion any question which tbp United Stages
might by its attorney general raise by a bill
in equity to sot aside such patent or certify
cnte , and such defense shall bo given the
same effect as if the" questions so presented
had been so raised by the attorney general in
such suit. "
Tlio following amendment , has also been
proposed to the bill by Mr. Dorsey. Add to
section 34 : "It is fjirthcr provided that after
proof i made before the register and re
ceiver of the district in which the land is
situated aud a certificate is issued to the
entryman , said certificate shall bo considered
prima facie evidence of ownership and the
burden of-proof to vacate said entry shall
iqst upon the government. "
To this Mr. Laird adds : Amend section 24
by adding afterlho provision qffored by way
of amendment thereto by Air. Dorsey thcso
words ! "And no settler on the public do
main under tba provisions of this act shall
bo deprived of his titlq to any laud based
upqn a receiver's final receipt except upon an
open nnd public triaV under and according to
the forms of law relating to contest case ? . "
ISX-SBCKCTAIf Y M'OOI.LOUUIl'S fiOM > EN WBDtllNp
Hugh McCullough of Indiana or , rather ,
of thq United States , for his fame has beep
toq great , his public services too valuable and
his Influence too far-reached tq permit one
utnto to claim" him and his queenly wifq ,
whoso noble figure and snowy hair would
permit her to sit for a portrait of ono of the
grand dames of the empire celebrated their
golden wedding at their residence in this city
Wednesday evening. The friends who have
been invited to join in the celebration include
every ono who Is worth knowing in the politi
cal , financial , social' and literary circles of
the capital nnd numbers will come from Now
York and the citlosof the west.
Pmiiiy S. HEATH.
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Ilorriblo Story of Suffering.
EVANSVILLE , Ind , . , Mar/jh IS. A horrible
story of suffqrine : and death is brought by a
lumber purchaser from a remote locality qf
the Green rivqr country , In. Muhlqnberg
cpunjy , Kentucky. Samuel Wilson lived in
a small log hut in a clcarlm : . among the lum
ber camps , with his wife and four children.
Ho" was mueli bothered by wolves nnd killqd
a pig , a quarter of which ho poisoned to use
for the wolves , By some mischance his wife
cookpd thq polgqnqa portion and all partoqk
of it , dying n- few houra later after suffering
intense agony. When fqund the bodfps were ,
so pwollen us tp bo unrecognizable.
A Bald KnolUer ) Confesses.
ST. LOVIS , March J8.-Tio ) trial of the
bald knobbpi's at Ozark was lutorruptqd
yesterday by the breaking down of John
Matthews. Ho confosspd. to a liberal share
in the Edens-Greon butchery , and told the
story , The statement exculpates Graves.
MattbqWB suld hq was led.Into thp thing and
wanted tp confess , The state refused to
receive his qffor to plead guflty In the second
doproe.
Steamship Arrivals ,
NEW YOIIK , aiarcu 18. [ Special Telegram
to the BEE. ] Arrived The City of Ulch-
mend , from Liverpool ; the France , from
London ; the Bourgoyuo , frpin Havrej the
Aller , frptn Bremen ; the Aucustln , from
l .ira ; the Mark Lane , from Palermo i thq
Orinoco , from Bermuda.
LONDON , March 18 , The Arizona , from
Liverpool , sailed from Queeustown to-day
for .New York.
Cremated iii a Tenement-
CiuqAGo , March IS. Mrs. William Daltpn
was burned to death with her four-ycar-oli ]
daughter in n tenement house tire on Soutl
Clark street early this luouiiug. About !
dozen other persons made their escape in t
Boml-nudo condition , A dissolute tailor wjia
was pjected frPfn the premises for non-pay-
in out of rent is suspected of having set the
place pu fire ,
A $100,000 Firo.
PAIYTVCBET , Ma.rph J.8. The Green dyeln
and finishing works burned tUls afteruopu
Loss $100,000.
VARIOUS
Approaching Spring Awftkons N6w
Llfo In NobrasTca _ oymi3. .
LITTLE HYANNIS
A Prpmlnpnt Young CjW. h. Grant
Couiity AVljdt. fitQckholm Hns
IJoiio in Xhrcp.MqntJia Bus ! " (
ness Men Organizing. 1
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A Crowing Young Town.
HTANNIS , Neb. , March } 5. [ Correspond
ence of thq Bos , ] llo.pgp cattle nrff Iqpking
fine. Hancluncn report losses light and stock
fat enough for bcof. . ' * * \
Thqro , lq still GOO.OOQ . acres of splendid ROV-
"
ornment land iiround Hyn'nuis 'thftl" ' can betaken
taken under the prq-omptloti' or hoinQgtcnd
laws. This Is a flno opjxirtunlty Ur got n
good homq near town nnd qlqpo to n rnllroml.
Uynnrtls will comq In forlicr snare of tbo
spring boom. .Work will bo begun in n few
days on the railroad buildings. Among pur
Wprst , needs nj , thq present time. is. A. Kooil
general morchimu'lBO store , A fpjtuuo nwulta
this Iclnd of nn enterprise , * <
One or Nqlirixska'a < > n lora. i
STOCKHOLM , Neb. , Maroh.17. [ Corrqsponi- }
enco of the BEI : . ] As Ijvely n young tdwn
ns Stockhqlm desqrvea to be mbro frequently
nicntionpd in tbo best paper between Chicago
nnd an , Fronclsco-r-to wit , the Omnhn BGK.
13ut oven the BEH can't ' watch nil the gro > v-
inp interests of this Rjcqt stivtq without local
assistance , and OmnhiVs jobbprsund business
) ucn must bo on the nlert to capture nnd Hold
this rich territory , inado directly tributary
by the building of this branch of the North
western , a distance pf 125 miles through the
very garden of Nebraska
Stockholm is the most promising town qn
this newest nnd best' branch pf the great
Northwestern road. It is fifteen miles from
any town of consequence , surrounded by
thickly-settled , woll-dovolqped and -richly
productive farming lands occupied , not by
now settlers and poor people , but well-to-do
farmers , with splendid farms nnd comforta
ble homes , A now town ou onp of thq great
trunk railroads , with such n 'territory from
twelve to fifteen irfilcs in every direction to
draw from , must certainly bo a flno 'field for
new business enterprises. And so it is. This
baby oily , only three or four months old. is
even r4QW , in midwinter , the scene of bustling
activity. Twenty-live or thirty now business
houses , two largo now elevators nnd n largo
two-story hotel are among the buildings now
in course of erection. Two now churches
will bo built at an early day , work to , begin
on one of thorn within n week , The town
slto folks give lots to any denomination that
will erect a church building. As soon after
tlio annual school mooting as , possible a now
and commodious school house-will be croutcjt
to moot our growing wants. J
Thcro are a ntimbcrof conspicuously prom
ising openings hero for business ) among
which may bo mentioned the following : '
A practical miller with a little capital can
find his fortune right hero.
A man who knows how to make brick and
run a yard can find a business ready made.
For nn agricultural implement dealer there
is no liner opening anywhere. ' ' '
Among other things needed are : A- mil
liner and dressmaker , a jeweller , a-physt-
ciun and a newspaper.
Persons to build houses to rent would
make 20 per cent on their investment.
For a stock buyer there is an unequalled
opening , -
A creamery would pav from the stflrt-
This in u section of the country where the
corn crop never fails. Besides furnishing
feed for thousands of cattle from drouth-
stricken Kansas , and feeding its own large
supply of cattle and hogs , this market is
crowded with teams daily delivering corn at
35 to 40 cents a bushel. This season's corn
cqrn crop will bring half the value of thp
land on which it gro\ys. _ > „
Gretua'q
GRETKA , Nob. , March 17. [ Correspond
ence of. the BEB. ] Grctna is booming as the
fine spring weather opens , and as soon as the
railroad can bring lumber hpro building will
commence. Grctna is a town hardly a" year
old , on the B. & M. railroad. It t has ' an 'en
terprising set of men , who propose | 6molp it
sogond to no town in Sarpy county , It has
throp largo stores , two blacksmith shops , oirc
furniture store , one good lumber "yard , two *
grain dealers , one butcher shop , one first
class hotel , two sample rooms and one news
paper , the Surm1 County Democrat , lately lo
cated , which will work for the .advancement
of the town. The town is located in u good
farming locality , nnd n canning factory would
pay well here. The B. & M , has a good
depot nnd yards.
Knrwcll's Boom.
March 17. [ Correspondence of
the BEE. ] Burwoll Is situated jn the. North
LOUD valley at the confluence of ilia Calamus
with the North Loup river , in the southern
part of Garfield county , and is nt present the
terminus of the Lincoln & Black Hills rail
road. It is situated in one of the finest vaj-
loys in Nebraska , and is surrounded by n
splendid farming country , where government
land can be had within ten or iwqlvq miles.
The tracklayers of the Lincoln & Black
Hills railroad reached this point December ,
188" , and notwithstanding the severity of the
weather during the winter months the towfi
1ms grown remarkably rapidly since that tim $ .
Thirty-eight diftcron tbusincss enterprises are
represented in the place. It has two mills
one run by water power nnd ono steam roller ,
each having n capacity of fifty barrels per
day , Both uro kept busy constantly. The
railroad company is nt work npw putting in
a round house , depot and section house nnd
will soon begin tbo erection of a coal house.
Two new lumber yards have recently been
put in. A nftw hotel Is under cqursp of con
struction and many other buildings nnd im
provements of less importance nrp helping
along tlio boom. Burwoll will bo made t\\to \ \
cpunty seat of Garflohl county at no distant
dap , as , it is now Pnly threp mile ? away at a
place where thorp was a small town before
thP 09111 Ing pf thp railroad. Thorp } ? room Jn
Burwojl for every hind of business , profes
sion or enterprise and parties looking for a
location should visit this point.
liiylil ) City Mentis Business.
PAYH > CITV , Neb , , March ; 5. [ Corrfi-
spondonco pf the BBI ? , ] David Qty [ , lilfo
most Nebraska towns , has had its struggles
for oxjstcnpoj been discriminated against by
plundered by politicians , aid )
finally visited by cyclones , but no\v no to.wn .
in the state Is making groatpr preparations
for permanent advancement/ Plans mid
specifipatiqus fpr now brick business housps
nnfl d\voljings urp daily being ojfamitied ' and
accepted , Among the building's which nro
to bo erected tliis season are : A new high
schopl building , costing $18,000 or $20,000 ; a
two-story bank building by B. H , Leonard ,
costing 310,000 ; a brick business block by
George Etting , cpsting fll.gOOj n .brick block
by B. O. Perkins and \V. P. Gates , cpsting
WpOO to (6,000 ; a brick Implement house by
Strpetor 1X5 Bohman , posting about f J.OOO ; a
brick block by Mr , Tlllmon , to cost about
J5,000 , apd n brick hardware store by W. G.
Burton , to cost about $5,000. Many other
'
parties have Omaha and Llncpln a'rchitects
at worlt on their plans who do not wish
their intentions known at present , Jjut who
Will build without doubt this /tyring / or sunl-
mcr. The Methodist people nro nt work bB-
curing subscriptions for n now S7.QOO church ,
which will probably bo erected before full.
It is also certain that many costly residences
will bo built hero this summer , The brlpk
work on the ne\y hotel was completed to-day
and it will bo ready for occupancy soon.
The greatest drawback wjth which last
year's ' builders hud to contend , vyus inade
quate facilities for manufacturing brick ,
causing much delay to workmen. Omaha
and Lincoln parties , howfivw. have arranged
to put in nqyv brick yurds hero which will
supply the demand. . . .
A cunning factory , wholesale bqot and shoe-
store , foundry nnd creamery are expepled to
bo added to this season's enterprises.
Work 911 the waterwprks has been gqingpn
fpr the imst month , and tUo city council are
nq y giving their atlentipn to the subject of
olootrlo lljthts ,
' Located ou the- Fremont , Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley , tha B , & M. and Union. Pa
ciflo raUrpads , wtU } prpspccu'or the
'aoifie . and flur-
.cut-off fro * tColumbu1 ? , .
rounded by onq of Uio richest agricultural
districts In the strttft , tho'ro certainly Is no
fcaion why David CUtj < should not soon bo
classed mnnng the inportant cities of No *
brnska. * "
Bill noy Plrosi ccts.
SIDNHT , Nob. , March 17. [ Correspondence
qf the Br.i ? . ] Sftlueytf the cqunty a.oat Of
Choycnno county , \pffuntcd about four him
drcd nnd fourteen jalloi west from the "Onto
City'i , it Is the cmQ | { ho farthest western
dfflslpn In NobrnsTtti' ' of the Union Pacffto.
The remarkable growtUj > f Sidney within the
nst three years entiUt Tit to n more than
notice : T gjmyUi iq.a strong nnd
icalthy ono , and is dlr9ptly attributable to
the rapid settlement of the farming lands by
sturdy homo seekers. There Is no county
vtthin Ilia state that 'lias a more promising
'uturo than Cheyenne , nnd there is no part of
tlio United States or the territories thntholds
out more flattering Inducements to land
seekers than Cheyenne county. Although ,
until within tho'last three years little or nq
'arming was done , Chayonna county In 1S80
ook the second premium for her ngricul-
urai exhibits nt the state fair. It Is
o the romnrknblo facllltloa for fanp-
ng that Sidney" > owes its i ros-
) crtty. The United States land ofilco
! or tins land district is , located hero and is
doing a mshing business , the number of en
tries Increasing dolly linearly n double
ratio , nnd within n-vory short tlmd , all1 gov-
orjiment lands within the district will bo on-
.crcd . ? Largo tracts of railroad lands nro bo
ng sold dally to Bottlers.
Sidney has , almost within its corporate
( nilts , nn Inexhaustible supply of excellent
nilldlng stone , nnd nil buildings now in
irocess of erection are being constructed out
of stone from these quarries. The Oberfol-
dor Brothers have just completed a magnifi
cent two-and-a-half story business block
Which stands ns n monument attesting the
quality of this ptono. This enterprising firm
xmtcmpluto very soon erecting another stone
ilock on their present business site. The or
ganization of n stock company for the pur-
ioao of operating a creamery has just been
mrfcctcd , and tjus industry will soon bo In
iperation. The sale of school lands has just
jeen concluded and the unoccupied lands in
his county are now within the reach of nil.
sldnoy has every ussuranco of u promising
'uturo. ' "With nn excellent water power in
the Immediate vicinity a splendid opportu-
tlity is offered for a milling enterprise.
Business Men 'Organizing.
SmvAiin , Neb. , March 17. [ Correspondence
ofthoBit : . ] At tlio call of the mayor n
rousing meeting of .tho business men of this
city was held for the purpose of advancing
ho interests of the place. Active measures
voro adopted to let the world know whet
vn's bore and the advantages this place has
over other cities of the same class. The
icoplo have great confidcnco in the result of
heir efforts. They have never nt-
iCinpted to secure any enterprise
vhcro success has not crowned their
efforts. Last year SeWard secured
ono of the largest * canning factories in the
state , the only oatmeal mill in Nebraska , nnd
ho factories of the Morris Keyless Lock
company , which enable the farmers and bus- |
icss men to derive a better revenue from.
heir investments than qvcr before.
Plans uro now beinglruado foe a number of
fiuo buildings to booroctod , among which
arc a block 42x120 leotjdji the northwest cor-
norof the square , and another 24x120 on the
north side of the squattL a , fine now church
edifice for the Methodist Kpiscopal society
ind a handsome residence for Hon. J. M.
Edwards , president o | , the Bank of Sownrd
bounty. The houses qCJudgo Holland nnd
I. S. Novalaro nearing completion , nnd add
much to thp appearan'ijelof the cltj\
Spring Preparations' nt Stroiiislnirg.
STKOMSUBIJO , Nqba jjMarph , 10 , [ Corre
spondence qf tjie lics. D The prospects
'or ' the improvement atfil growth of Stroins-
> urg this springuro Jsght. It is by law
npw a city of the scc tft class , and the April
election will bo for mayor-and aldermen ,
. system ot wator'VvSrks , for which thp
contract hag been let.vr&iyiftfput in this sea-
ion. Many residencesattd some business
> loQksaro tp bo'orcuteft this year. The now
opera house , completed in January , 1SSS. is an
irnument and a credit to the city , and has
been liberally patronised by good talent.
Will Build Another Church.
CIIETE , Nob. , March IS. [ Special to thJ3
3uis. ] The Presbyterians are about toerect
a $1,500 heodquai tcrs on the Chautauqua assembly
sombly grounds on - a lot donated to that
church by the Sunday school assembly asso
ciation located at Crete , making the fourth
lermanent church headquarters erected upon
ine .
grounds. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Closed By His Creditors.
LINCOLN , Nob. , March 18. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] A. D. Guile , a furni
ture dcalqr in this city , has bc.cn closed by a
chattel mortgage filed by J , L. Doty for
1,200 , , for the Ott Patent Lounge company.
The stock of Mr. Guile is worth about 3,000
and the accounts f.1,000. The liabilities will
sxoeed $2,500. A second mortgage for $500
is held by the State National bunk. Among
the other claims is ono of § 400 by the Wis
consin Furniture and Coflin company of this
city. Arrangements for tin equltablo set
tlement with all creditors will bo made.
AH Old Lady Suicides.
BEIIMX , Neb. . March 18. [ Special to the ,
BIIK.J Mrs. Mclisso Moody , wjfo of John
Moody , an old and respected resident living
nea.r Berlin , pommittcd suipicido last night
l > y taking strychnine while In a temporary
state of mental depression. She was slue p
irig With her dunghtoi' Who , awakening at
about 2 o'clock , .missed her mother , and upop
search BIO was found in un adjoining ropm in
great acony. Mcdlcji ) aid was ut once sunt
Tor but to no avail , and she died in a few
aours.
Crushed to
NOIIFOLK , Nob. , March 18. [ Spegiql to tlo |
BEE. ] An inquest was hold hero yesterday
by Coronpr Long , of Madlspn , on the body of
Fred May , who was crushed by the cars nt
tie ] Junction , and died about 8 o'plpck yester
day morning. Letters were found on him
Signed , "Muttic , your wife. " His parents
are said to reside in Buchanan , Mich. , and a
telegram was sent them. Ho had formerly
been in thp employ of the brick company and
ut the asylum , _
W. O. T , "convention.
HEIWOX , Neb , , March 18 , [ Correspond
ence of the BEH , ] Hebron was visited tlwj
week by ddlegatos from the various Wornens'
Cliristiun Tpmporancp fiulons of Tliaypr
county , The conventlonjipld by them lasted
throe days and was Vfull attended through
out. Several ladies fnoin abroad , npted in
temperance work , were "present and deliv
ered addresses , Mis. Wgodard , on the last
evening' delivered to UjCi u'dcd house ono pf
the finest addresses ofweek. , ] \ ) .
Drowning
, Neb. , MpJc 18 , [ Special Telegram -
gram to thp B up. ] WilliH , the plght-year-old
son of Paul Hoppeii ) IH drowned this after
noon In the Loup fork.L Jlo with otipr ] boys
was attracted to tie ) rile * by the oreaking up
of the ifo and fell in.Ji'RO body has not been
recovered. t
Pfay lltlo in Paris ,
P.UUS , March 18 , Ooaoral Boulangor to
day departed unnoticed for Clermont-Fer
rand. La Liborto says tie ) minister of war
has given the general permission to reside in
Paris. _ _
J3iujierpr Frederick Sleojis Well.
BintMXi March 18. Emperor Frederick
passed a refieshing night , enjoying unbroken
Bcep. ( _
Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria.
When Baby was sick , ire gave ber CactorU.
When he WM a'Child , she cried tor Putorlo ,
Wteu iho became Ulan , sbo ifvs & Costori ) ,
When * ht b&d ChUdroo. the ( UTe tbem Owtcrla.
THE FAVORITISM OF FIVE ,
Pago. ]
VIHeUb.r ? , ! ! Ui labor pr prohibition movo-
nicnt chniipo the usual result InyourdUtHctt
Of the forhifr , it is almost universally nl-
sertctl * that1 ilo tipprohidoiis need bo felt.
rhe only exceptions nro In Now York city ,
where , hovrnvcn Jt will rather help the re-
iubl leans thnn othqnyiso and In the mining
jountjca of llo | Lchloh and Hocking valleys
U Pdhnujlvantn and Ohio respectively. Of
the former U 1 assorted that while the miners
are hot connected \yllh thb labor movement
UmthasMtfthbtKlfiuhHeMm Now York and
ire not going to bo controlled politically by
tlio Knlfthjs ol'Labor. thcro Is still a fouling
of dissatisfaction again Bt the times , which
nro hacd and growing harder. In thq east
ern "Pennsylvania- regions there are loud
complaint1) that thn tariff has not done what
was prdmlsod for it and that the men them
selves are tirdd of the issue. The feeling Is
: osa pronounced in the Ohio mining region ,
jut stjll exists thpro nnd some fears nro o -
tressed ot danger to tie | patty in thp state
uhlc'ss oopclllatpd. Ip all the other pectiotis
of all the states the labor movement nnd the
old greenback movement are practically
dead.
Of the prohibition movement it Is asserted
of BQiup four orjlyo counties in western and
centrivl Now , York , nnd of nine counties In
Sllnnesofa that it I ? 0114110 Increase and that
something must bp done if pqssiUlQ to win
ho tqmpernnpe people back. In all the
other districts It Is emphatically asserted
that the prohibition vpto will not" change
the usual rpsult. All ngrco that the temper
ance advocate ? ar.0 holding their own ox-
cppt in Pennsylvania , where the high 11-
couso lnW 1ms tnkon the wllid from their
Balls to n grpat extent. In sovcrn.1 New York
nnd Indiana City wards it is admitted that
ho prohibitionists will gain some , but de
nied that enough will bo effoctpd to change
the result.
As republicans were liable to bo prejudiced ,
n their , testimony on this question , lending
democrats , were consulted in nil .
and tha result of thqjr expressions is not
nuch different from that given by tbo , rcpub-
if nns. Out of ono hundrcdjetters taken at
random from dcmecnitiQ "correspondents ,
ixttwo ( say the prohibition people nro up-
tivc. but itfis Impossible to report muchl.ipn.ar-
out headway. The. strongest prohibition np-
tjvlty is repqrtcd in New York and Minnesota
seta , the former the niQst aggressive , high
icouso not .vet being an accomplished. fac.t
and nothing , therefore , hampering their do-
nand for absolute prohibition. In Dodge ,
jpodhuc , Chlppowu , Karnsey ( St. Paul ) , Da
cota. YVobasha , St. Lpuls ( Duluth ) , Anoka
and Scott countips , Minnesota , a fajr proportion
tion of the more conservative observers de
clare the prohibitionists are. gaining , and
that their strength endangers republican
success ,
The consensus of tlio oplnjon of all the re-
mblicans residing in almost every ward and
ownshlp in all of the five states aud of sov-
; ral hundred leading republicans spattered
hroughout thpm may bo sot down as this :
lint the battle hi November is to bo a straight
Ight between the two big parties and that
any third issue now in sight will not cut any
considerable figure cither in the campaign or
u tha result.
i-oi | TUB yicp rnnPincNav
For second place on the ticket there is
Ittlo or nq concern. Nearly all the presi
dential aspirants are mentioned , with' pcr.-
mps Hawloy. Hlscoek , Harrison , Foraker
md Foster , leading in the order named.
Colonel Fred Grant is mentioned by several
'ndiaiia Harrison men , nnd William Walter
Phelps by the Ohio Blaine and Fcrnhor peo-
ilo. Nearly all , who say anything about it.
lOWpvpr , umpire that tlio second place shall
go where it will do thetaost good to the head
of thb ticket.
TA1UFF IN THE NOllTHWEST.
Minnesota was choseu for the canvass on
.ho question of high tariff becan.se it is a
representative northwestern state , and because -
cause It has been asserted that the revenue
reform feeling among republicans there is
stronger than in'hny other go-called repub
lican state. This question was asked :
Are the republicans' your district in favor
of n high protective tariff !
Everyone of the eighty organized cpuntics
wpro heard from through their party man
agers , nndin \ addition obsprvqntnud conserv
ative men , were consulted in 902 wards and
townships in'tho state. The result of thcso
expressions is that thcro is n considerable
clement , which a careful estimate puts at
ibout 15 per cent. , among Miancsota re-
mblicans who are out and out free traders.
Another careful estimate , based upon the relies -
> lies reccivedi put the proportion of high
tariff republicans in , the state at about
-U per cent.
U'hq other. ? 3 per cent say they nro
not in faVqr of a high protective tariff , but
are mpdcriito tariff reformers. They repudi
ate tlio assertion frequently made that they
fayor a tariff for revenue only and declare
hat they want all kindsof American labor
protected , farmers and all aliico.
It is assailed that thq farmers of Minnesota
seta , a very largo proportion of whom are
well-to-do , hard-working mid honest Scandi
navians , are every day becoming better nc-
luintcd with the workings of the tariff and
ihut us between protection and fico trade
there would bo no doubt about the result. As
uetwcen high tariff nnd a tariff bomewhat re
duced from what it is now , but which will
still maintain the protection idea , capable of
being put into practical effect for the benefit
of nil classes of American labpr , the reform
ers wpnld probably carry the state ,
The parlrig down of the republican plural-
Uy In the state from 41,000 for Blalno in 1831
to less than 3,000 for McGill in 18bO , is re
peatedly declared to have been duo wholly to
local feuds and disaffection. Of the OOJ town
ships heard from 7SO asserted that on na
tional issues , and with a good ticket and the
tariff plank whatever tjie party in thp other
states demand , Minnesota can bo carried by
25,000 , plurality. Not ono puts it below that
llguio und some go as high us the Blalno flg-
uies in 1SS1. The frco trade feeling is in tlio
southern and western counties where the
icoplouio wholly agricultural , and the few
iigh protectionists ate in npnncpin.iinmsoy ,
Winoini , Blue Eart.Ii , Dakota and Washing
ton counties , where manufactures uro most
plentiful.
Tlio Iowa
Dns Mpisus , In. , March l'8. fSpcplal to
the BUB. ] Great is the power of the lobby 1
It has njado itsejf conspicuously felt in this
legislature in several directions. Evpry im-
mrtant interest that has been discussed with
n view to possible legislation effecting It , bus
jeen represented by a lobby of greater or
'
ess force'of influence. The railroad lobby ,
the drug store lobby , the distillery lobby ,
the temperance lobby , the farmers lobby ,
Lie ) Arpiour packing house lobby , the
wpmqn's suffrife'o lobby , the jobbers and
manufacturers lobby and ' the school house
lobby. Their manner o'f conducting opera
tions. varlUs widely , but IB directed In each
case J.oMnaklng the influence of the third
liquso offset the influence of the 11 rat and second
end houses , One lobby wqrks in sqcfa ) way
theaters , entertainments , etc. Anothpr
lobby holds out tlio Inducement of compen
sation and reward ; not Pppnbribos , pf conrsp ,
but-u soft of t } quid pr.o nno tl/at / nn. average
legislator can-understand. Another works
turoiiglT the dear women , and brings tjio
fairest andjijost charming of the sex to jts
help. Sweet smiles upd gentle persuasion
Win whew BPllil' argument or appeal wpuld
fall. After all the lobby that can flatter
judiciously is the ono ttmt has most success ,
No body of men is so suscepti
ble to flattery as a legislature.
The statesmen have an idea they nro of con
siderable arcpunt when at homo. But
tioy ) don'tlobm up so larpo when brought
Into the larger competition of n general as
sembly. So it is a ppnstant source of grjof
and disappointment that they make BO small
nn impression hero und seem to bo of so
little account. Hcnco it is that the word of
praise and flattery Is ypry welcome , The
little attentions and suggestions of their
greatness are very kindly received. The
piun who admires their speeches ( or makes
thpm think ha does ) , the man who ppmpll'
inonts tbqin upon the great ability they dis
play , upd a&sures * them that they are worthy
to rank wjth the first salesmen Of the cdun-
try can draw on them , tit sight for most any
thin ? , and ficHlflm J > p rolusod , A little flat
tery ludleldusly applied bugdone morp to
help tlto Jobby this wintoj- than nil the argu-
inonts , appeals pr threats that hayo been ut
tered.
Speaking of lobbies , the. school book lobby
has put m iw work tp good advantage , al
though it has not been very 'conspicuous in
Its methods. When the leplslaturo as" .
oambled , there wns'l ' * + cry general xlemnnd
for some necessary legislation on the subject
of school books , The people lind prpttwtcd
ntrnlnst extortionate prices for school books ,
nnd had complained of the frequent changes ,
nnd thownnt , of uniformnlty1 , and It really
began to look as if something by way of 10-
llof should bo (16no , Thofo were rt number
of bills promptly Introduced , members had
themselves Interviewed on the subject , there
was n great deal of talking against "tho
nchool book monopoly' * nnd.a . stranger would
have thought that- whatever else fatfcd , a
bill of relief from this form of inonopoly
would go through , About ten weeks hnvo
passed nnd no bill of relief Has been put
through. What Is Svorso , the men who wcro
expected to push this kind of legislation ,
seem tp have los.t their real nnd grown In
different to the subject. , The Ipbby has been
( jotting In Its wortf , Jt lias boosted that it
liud fixed certain persons and hail hb fear of
thcnfnow. H loolw very milch as If It had.
The recommendation of the hoUo school
book committee simmers ( linyn practically to
permitting school. districts , to buy their own
t > ooq ) nnd furnish them , to the pnplls frpp if
they want to , a privilege which they already
possess. In tlio Senate IH6 committee failed
to ngrco on a bll ) and uroscntcil two. It
ooksTery 'much ns if the lobby had been
able to defeat all legislation of any lin-
10 r tan co on this subject , nnd the people may
7nvo to suffer along fqr two. years more
Without any substantial relief.
Tlio tfnrniprgVntjtto Adjourn.
DBS Moixqs , ja. March 18. Special to
the BIB ; , ] The farmers ntP already begin-
ilng to got restless and want to gp home.
The robins and , blue bir s are heard , in the
and , nnd every note is a summons to the
members from the rural districts to return to
the farmer. A resolution has beep intro
duced in the hpus.q fixing April 5 as the date
'or adjournment. Members say that the
lonso could adjqurn by f.l"'t tlmo , but the
scnato is holding It back by tha slow way It
disposes of its work. There is much criti
cism of the bungling way in which some of
.ho lending committees have handled buil-
less. The tosult Is that the scnato has the
argcstpait of Its work before It. Two or
.hrop weeks have boon spent on the railroad
bills , and not ono has yet beau passed.
Although not given to so much talk as the
louse , yet when fairly started the senate
iqlds on ns if It had all summer to stay hero.
Scarcity of AVitd Animals.
Philiulplphlfi Times : "Tito time is np-
nxmohing whqn zoologjcul garden ? anil
vild boast shows will bo numbered with
.bo institutions that have boon , but are
no moro , " romurkod Superintendent
Arthur E. Drown , out nt the Zoo yester
day. Ho added : "The , school boy throe
or four generations h.enco , wanting to
{ now BO much of natural history ns.ro . -
atos to the structure , habits anil pocu-
iarltics of most of the wild boasts of the
'orost , will bo compelled to learn it from
joolfs , for living animals and specimens
will bo found only in the fnstncsbps of
.ho distant wilds. The causes of this
will bo two-fold. First , tlio animals bq-
.ng gradually nnd surely killed or driven
.nto smaller territory through the
spread of civilized nnd somi-civllized
nan , nro necessarily driven inlocountry
.naccessiblo toman in some c.nsqs , and
.n others they nro becoming e tiupt. In
the second pluco , they will die out in
captivity.
"In our country less than twenty
, 'oars ago the buffnlo roamed in herds.
Passengers seated in luxuriously iln-
shed railroad coaches leveled their
rifles from the windows and shot the
noble animals for tlio fun of the thing
at their leisure. Now the wild bulTulo is
iraotically extinct. Wo have a line
lerd hero , but in time they too will die
out. However finely some olthecap-
, ivo-bprn animals may appear fora time
to thrive , unless they are reinforced by
some of the original wild stock they
dwindle down in time und I have no
doubt will eventually die out. "
What is _ true of the buffalo in North
America is in a great measure the fact
of the antelope , the plk , the white-tailed
deer , the boar , ( except the grizzly ] , and
many others. Beavers , prairie dogs ,
: exes and other of the smaller animals
ire becoming scarce. The prairie dogs
lave been killed by millions , because
, hey destroy the farms aud therefore
, hcy must go. The superintendent re
lated an instance that came under his
own observation lafat fall , in
which two beavers wore caught
n steel traps , placed deep under
water on a low-protected territory , in
which the female had previously lost
icr two fore paws , and the male bad
est one of his , showing that they had
JOOH trapped before and got away , the
'cmulo twice and the male once. The
wild beasts of Africa wore formerly
lumorous , but they are becoming
bcarce. A few years ago thcro were
AVO ports in Africa- where they could
> o purchased , opo in the east and ono
n iho west , on the Somali coast , but the
changed political condition of the coun
ties in the Upper Kilo region now pre
vent their purchase in * the east.
In Asia the elephants , owing to their
slaughter by the ivory hunters have
almost died out , and now laws are cn-
[ qrucd in the countries which they in-
liabit which provpnt their further destruction
struction- The advance of man has
driven the lions , tigers , leopards , and
other ferocious boasts into the jungles
which man cannot enter.
Mr. Brown , in illustration of the sub-
iect , said that less than five weeks ago
: io eould , ha\ro bought giraffes and cam-
oleopards for $2,000 a head. To-day
.hero are but fe\v on sale , and the price
.s $4,500. About the time of the centon-
ilal in 1870 six girnftos were bought
ind landed at the Zoo , Most of them
lave feiijpo" died , althpugh carefully
handled. Two polar bears died lust
summer and fall there.
The oldest and largest Zoo in the
world is that in London. Of the various
species of animals there only about onc-
third breed at all in captivity , The
AYO baby elephapts whicl , belonged to
Uurnum are the only two qn record that
Jiavo boon born in captivity in 2,000
vpars. Antwerp's Zoo during the past
'ow years has been tho. most successful
in breeding nnd raising animals.
What is true of quadrupeds is stated
tp bo the fact with most wild birds-
moro ijarticjjlurly sea birds , wh.ioh ar °
becoming cpippn-rativGly fecarpo to wlijit
Ljioy wore at ono time.
STRONGER THAN SWEENEY'S ' ,
The Iowa Legislature
With n Now -Railroad Bill.
FIXING SCHEqULES OF RATES.
The Hoard ontallroad CqniinlssloMorff
Kninowcrrd to Itlnko Thqiii
on All Lines in
the Stnlc ,
A Hard SnTJcct.
DCS MOINES , la. , March 17. [ Correspond
ence of the BKB. ] After spending a week
discussing the Sweeney bill to prevent dis
crimination by railroads nnd to extend { ho
provisions of the Inter stale commerce , law to
local shipments the scimto on Tuesday throw
asldfa this 1)111 nnd subslllulcd house file' 013 ,
a much moro stringent nnd olabdnlto
measure , which covers net only thcso points ,
but empowers the board of railroad commi * .
, sioncrs , to fix n sghpdujq of rates for all the
railroads in the qtnto.
Thq adoption by thp cjoio vote of 2,1 tpSl of
nn nmcmlmont by Senator iqCoy which
legnlfrcd discrimination nt competing points
or locations the very thing the bill \\'ns"ln.
tended to prevent took away the whblolfo \
of thq measure , and its author nnjl other
friends deserted it In favor of th6 house bill.
The whole week has been consumed in dis
cussing this measure nnd the most
stringent features have been toned
dqwn. Tie ) blU provided that tlio
railroad commissioners could onjbiu
any railroad refusing lo obey its decisions
and tie up the entire line. This was consid
ered a grqatcr hardship on the shippers nnd
traveling public than on the roads , and was
stricken out. Only about one-half of the bill
haq been considered. It is thp evident pur
pose of the railroad senators to delay final
action on this bill ns long ns possible , so that
there will bo no tlmo loft for the considera
tion of the maximum tariff and the U-cont
faro bills. However , tjio house will not con
sent to an adjournment until these bills are
acted upon. As ono member remarked , ' 'Wo '
nro going to stay hero until the Fourth of
July if wo donlt got some relief from rnllrenfl
exertion. "
Tlin HtAIlMACT 1IJLU
The iron-clal ( prohibitory law , drafted by
the State Temperance alliance , which pro
vided that all liquors shall bo sold by County
agents limited In number to not moro than
four in a county , has been cast aside and a
mild pharmacy law , very little different from
the law ns .it now stands , has passed the
houso. Under the prsent law thcro has
been a wonderful increase In the
number of drug stores throughout
the state , very many of which are little bet
ter than saloons , and the prohibitionists made
a determined effort to take the snlo of intoxi
cating liquors away from the druggist * en
tirely , but aid not succeed. They then en-
dpavorod to restrict the number of pharma
cists handling liquors and in this they also
failed. Tlio radicals nro very much 'dis
pleased and some of them will vote tha
third party ticket nt the coming presidential
election.
TAXING MOHTavnns.
There is nn effort being nmdo in the house
to tax mortgages for their full face valUe ,
and the owner of the land for his equitable
interest only. This move has very much
alarmed eastern money loaners and throats
nro being mndo that if suoh a bill passes nil
foreig'n money will bo withdrawn from this
state or' the rate of interest materially In
creased. There is little prospect of such a
law being enacted , but it will come up in the
house in a few days and lead to u thorough
discussion of the question.
TUB STATE UJ51VJ5HS1TY.
ScnntoisMcCoy , of MahaRka , Knlqht , of
Dubuque , nnd Representatives Wilbur , of
Floyd , Lewis , of Wayne , and Craig , of Leo ,
have been appointed u joint committee to in
vestigate the charges against the state uni
versity that have been set afloat by Prof.
Hciurich's nnd others. That institution ,
whether justly or unjustly , Is In bad oaor
with the people of the state , and it is to ba
hoped that this committee will do its duty
fearlessly nnd honestly , and lay before the
legislature the exact condition of affairs.
THU JUltV 818TCM.
The lower house has passed a law allowing
ten jurymen in civil cases to bring } n a ver
dict. Already the number of grand jurors
has boon cut down by constitutional amend
ments from fifteen to not to exceed seven ,
ilvo of whom may find nn indictment. The
next move will likely bo to allow nine Jurors
in criminal casca to convict , but so radical a
change in well established a custom > vlll
not bo brought about without vigorous pppo-
sition , especially from the criminal huyyprs.
Sr.XATOlt 110I.TEU ,
Senator Bolter , who represents the strong
est anti-monopoly district in tlio stale , com
posed of the counties of Harrison , Shelby
nnd Crawford , has got himself into hot wa
ter by his attitude on pending railroad legis
lation. The senator was n member of the
legislature fourteen years ngo when the old
"granger law" was enacted and took n prom
inent part In drafting that bill and in secur
ing its adoption. The anti-monopoly senti
ment of his districthas Increased ten-fold .
since that time and active Farm
ers' alliances exist in almost every i
township , yet Senator Helton has <
seen fit to antagonize the maximum tariff
nnd the 2-cont 1arp bill , which wa ex
pressly demanded by thp democratic platform.
The Iowa Homestead , the oigan of the alli
ance , criticises his course very severely this
week , and his whole district is up in arms.
Senator Bolter's name bus bepn favorably
mentioned as n Candidate for congrcs ? ii ' ) tha
ninth district this year , but this move o'n his
part will effectually destroy his chances for
the nomination. lie is a lawyer of no mean
ability , nnd it is rumored that ho will retlra
from politics after this session , and accept a
lucrative position with the Northwestern'
llnx.
*
Plenty of whitewash should bo upod
now , not only for the brighter appear *
unco but also ns n di.sinfouttmt. Ilot
whitewash on tlio inside of bunia ,
Btnblos , poultry-houses und pig quo-flora
will old in preventing , vermin end in
sects.
Ouion sots nro produced hy sowing
the seeds tiicUly ) in the rows , so as to
allow tlioij } hut Htftlo room for growth.
Sow tlio seed as soon us tbo ground \vill
ppvniit.
*
Pigs should bp kept on all farmi
whore butter is mndo. TJiis' parmltB of
utilizing the skim inilk and saves tho-
labor of shipping the milk to market.
HonJ's Sarsapnrllr
laistliomostiiujm-
lar nnd successul
fil > rng | Medicine.
Nearly every Medicine
I ) o d y
a reliable spring medicine like Hood's
Isarsaparllla to expel the Impurities Vrhlch have
[ accumulated In the blood during Hie winter , to
keep up Btrenuth- the -warm wearier cpweij
on , create an appetite and promote healthy
digestion. Try Hood's Barsaiwlllatblsfiprliis
and you will bo convinced that it docs possess
[ superior and peculiar merit.
A Good Appotlto
When I began taking Hood's Barsaparila ) I
was dlz/y In the morning , had a liead.iche , and
no appetite ; but now I can hardly get enough
cooked to eat , " KJIMA SiiurAHU , 1 Coral
[ Street , Worcester , Wass.
"I-ast spring my whole fnmlly took Itood'j
Do Sure to Cot Hood's Sarsaparilla. Tlio result Is that all Imvo tppn
Barpaparllla , my child. 6co that they do not cured of scrofula , my llttlo boy being entirely
CUP you anything else. You remember It Is free from sores , and all four of my children
the wedlpluc vlilch did mama so much oed look bright aud healthy as possibly can lo.
a year ago so rpllalilo , ( jeucflf lal , pl I haVe found IInod's fiargaparilla good for ca
to takp jny favorite spring rncdlclaOi tarrh.fa , 11. ATUHUTOW , l'assalotltyN. ! J ,
f HoocPs Sarsapar 11 la
, . J'reparedoa\r .
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