Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20 , 188a
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WliUN requested by a southern ncws-
pnner for nn opinion on tlio southern
question , General Harrison points to
his reoor.1.
WITH the increase in the number of
our policemen Omaha is now on an
equal footing with other cities of her
population in regard to police protection.
THK people of Montana elected a re
publican legislature and will send a re
publican delegate to congress. That
looks as if Montana is capable of taking
cnro of herself.
SUVA TOR BriAC'KiuruN , of Kentucky ,
who calls Judge Huckor , of Colorado , a
"caricature of humanity , " must stand
the consequences. Even the Hon.
Bordwoll Sloto turned to defend his
honor when called a "dodo. "
THK clearing house exhibit for the
past week is very favorable for Omaha.
Out of the forty-two clearing house
cities only one excels Omaha in the per
centage of increase , while nearly ono-
liall of the cities show an actual de
crease of business.
WK DO not expect to meet the
approval of our local contemporaries in
any enterprise which THK DISK may
exhibit as a newspaper. Wo may how
ever bo pardoned for assorting that rfur
reports of the shooting down of King
and interviews with the slayer were ns
nearly correct and truthful as any such
reports can be made.
THK work of putting wires under
ground in eastern cities is being pushed
forward vigorously. The telephone and
telegraph companies have laid a number -
bor of conduits , believing that in the
end it is cheaper than to maintain the
system of overhead wires. It would bo
-\voll for the local companies in Omaha
to follow the example.
A OLRVKU trick was tried by the
Mormons of Idaho to elect their candi
date as a delegate to congress. As the
laws of Idaho do not permit a Mormon
to vote , they hit upon the rtiso of with
drawing for the time being from the
church , thus qualifying themselves as
legal voters. The plan , however , mis
carried. The device became trans
parent to the people of the territory
and they rallied at the polls , beating
the Mormons two to one. If the trick ,
however , wore tried in Utah it might
have resulted in a different turn of
affairs , and the Mormons could have
laughed in their sleeves at the discom
fiture of the gentiles.
IF You want to make Omaha a manu
facturing city you must reduce the cost
of living so that mechanics and laborers
can afford to work at the wages which
are now paid in eastern factories , There
is no reason why hoof and Hour and pro
visions cannot bo cheapened at least
twenty-live per cent below eastern
prices , in view of the fact that Omaha
is located in the center of
the great cattle and corn bolt.
Konts are bound to go down with the
cheapening of the cost of building ma
terials. What is needed above all
things is : v market hou&o , whore the
producer and consumer can bo brought
together , and where workingmen can
buy their fruits , vegetables and moats
from llrst hands.
TIIK growing solf-rolianco and hide-
pomlonco of western cities from the
control of eastern money markets is
strikingly illustrated by the per
centages of reserve hold by national
banks in the various reserve cities. Dur
ing the first week of Ootober the comp
troller of the treasury demanded a
statement from national banks through
the country of their cash reserves on
October . The showing was most grati
fying to interior cities , although it was
a time when the currency demands wore
at the highest and cash reserved of
banks in the western eitles likely to below
low duo to the movement of crops. Of
the nineteen reserve cities that re
ported"fourteen showed a larger per
centage of reserve above the legal requirement -
quiromont than was reported by the
hanks of New York City. Among these
cities were Chicago , San Francisco ,
Kansas City , Omaha , St. 1'aul , Minne
apolis nnd others. This is certainly an
indication of stability in western money
markets gratifying to our commercial
importance.
TUB ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
More than sixty years ago Thomas II.
Ilonton , in the United States senateat
tacked with the earnestness nnd vigor
for which ho was famous the system
provided by the constitution for elect
ing a president. Ho insisted that il
operated unjustly to the minority , nnd
that it was fruitful of evils and dangers
that were a menace to popular govern
ment. Ho argued that the reasons
which justified its adoption al
the beginning of the government
had even then lost their force.
What was felt to bo necessary
when the government was young ,
political science confined to the few ,
nnd the means of diffusing intelligence
wore both inadequate nml uncertain ,
after the progress achieved in thirty-six
years was no longer required. "Every
reason , " said Mr. Itcnton , "which in
duced the convention to institute elec
tors , has failed. They are no longer of
any use , and may bo dangerous to the
liberties of the people. They are not
useful , because theyhavc no power over
their own vole , and because the people
can vote for a president ns easily
as they can for an elector. They
are dangerous to the liberty
of the people , because in the first
place , they introduce extraneous consid
erations into the election of president ;
and , in the second place , they may sell
the vote which is intrusted to their
keeping. The elector may betray the
liberties of the people by selling his
vote. " The system , lie said , interposes si
body of men between the people and
the object of their choice , and gives a
false direction to the gratitude of the
president elected. Ho feels himself in
debted to the electors who collected the
votes of the people , and not to the people
ple , who gave their votes to the elect
ors. It enables a few men to
govern many , and Mr. Benton
thought that in time it would
transfer the whole power of the
election into the hands ot a few , leaving
to the people the humble occupation of
confirming what has boon done by su
perior authority. Other distinguished
statesmen , among them Oliver P. Mor
ton , have held similar views , Mr. Mor
ton having advocated in the senate the
abolition of the electoral system and the
substitution of direct popular suffrage
in the election of president.
The subject is again being discussed ,
and it is not improbable that an amend
ment to the constitution will bo pro
posed to do away with the electoral sys
tem. It is not questionable that the rea
soning of those who advocate a
change has some force , but it is also
undeniable that the experience of more
than sixty years since Mr. Lien ton at
tacked the electoral system and pointed
out its evils and dangers , supplie's a
very convincing answer to the appre
hensions expressed by that eminent
statesman. There has been no instance
in which the popular will has been be
trayed by electors or the liberties of
the people in the least degree menaced
throug h the electoral system. It can
not , of course , be concluded from this
that there are no evils or dangers
connected with the fjystem , but a
method that has operated for a
century without harm to the country
must have something in its favor , nnd
is not to bo abandoned without very
carefully considering the possibility of
some other plan not operating so well.
Certainly one important consideration
in favor of the system is that under it
the country ia enabled to know with
very little delay who has been chosen
to the presidency , whereas were the
president elected by the popular vote
plan , it would generally happen that the
result could not bo determined for many
days , and perhaps oven weeks. Jn
the late election the country knew
on the following morning that the
republican candidates had been success
ful , but this could not have boon ascer
tained for diiys under the direct popular
suffrage system. In fact , it is not yet
positively known which of the candi
dates leads in the popular vote. It
would certainly not be wise to subject
the country to a prolonged anxiety and
uncertainty after a national election , as
would inevitably result from the direct
popular vote plan , and this is by no
means the only objection to that plan.
So far as the electoral college is con
cerned it might bo advantageously
abolished. It is a piece of machinery
that could be dispensed with if for no
other reason than that of removing the
danger of corrupt electors defeating the
will of the people. But the electoral
system has worked satisfactorily , has
produced none of the evils apprehended
from it , and should bo retained.
TUG IN'I'fUl-STA'l'E COMMMICK ACT.
An effort will bo made at the coming
session of congress to repeal the inlor-
Htato commerce law. There need he no
surprise if some of the paid attorneys of
the railroads in congress shall attaclc
the act , but there is very little danger
that they will bo able to carry out the
desire of the railroads to have this law
repealed. Neither party in congress
will venture to assume the grave respon
sibility of destroying this lawthe princi
ple of which is heartily approved
by the great majority of the people.
Nobody pretends that the law is perfect ,
and while there continues to bo defect *
in it its operation will not bo entirely
satisfactory. But experience Is provid
ing the Instruction required to enable
congress to remove the faults , and pub
lic sentiment demands that the act shall
stand , undergoing such changes from
time to time as shall bo shown to bo
necessary , but maintaining as a perma
nent policy the principle of control and
regulation. Whoever among the rop-
rcfcontativcs of the people hhall attempt
to strike down this principle may
as well abandon political ambition.
The present congress , however , lias
shown itholf to ho strongly in favor of
maintaining the law , though it hnsdono
little to improve it , and there is no
reason to expect any such change of
sentiment as would endanger the law.
ISegarding the commission , it is un
derstood not to bo disposed to ask for
the repeal of the long and short haul
clause or of that prohibiting pooling ,
It will urge the adoption of the amend
ments punishing uudorbUlingnnd simi
lar evasions , and will recommend other
changes believed to be in harmony
with the original purposes of the
law. It la said , also , that
the commission will not favor
the attempt to compel uniform classifi
cation faster than it can be brought
about ba natural process , nnd will op
pose additions to the act Increasing its
arbitrary features. The commission
has shown a conservative tendency of
late , nnd it is expected that its recom
mendations to congress will not be of a
radical character , and will look to im
provement of the minor features of the
law. With another year of experience
in the working of the act It is reason
able to look for valuable suggestions
from the commission , and as that body
has the confidence of congress , its re
commendations will doubtless bo car
ried out. Meanwhile there should bo
such an expression of public sentiment
favorable to preserving the law as will
effectually check the hostile designs of
its opponcn ts.
. -IS TO FOltT OMAHA ,
It is hardly worth repeating what we
have said so often with regard to the
removal of Fort Omaha. The removal
has never been favored in this com
munity by anybody excepting possibly
parties who expect to sell the land for
the now fort. There never has been a
commander of this department or any
prominent officer connected with it who
lias advocated the relocation ot the fort
ns a matter of convenience or military
necessity. The first proposition to re
move the fort was based on the assump
tion that it was too far away trom any
railroad and could not , without largo
expense , bo provided with railroad fa
cilities. The construction of the
Omaha Belt line nnd the completion
of. the Northwestern lines have
placed the fort in railroad
communication with every point in the
department of the Platto. The only
pretense under which the fort is now
sought to bo relocated is a lack of suffi
cient grounds. That also can be
remedied by the purchase of additional
land.
The matter now resolves itself into
this : Hoes General Scoliold insist upon
the policy which General Sheridan out
lined with regard to Fort Omaha ? It
not , have our congressional delegation
influence enough with the war depart
ment to hold in abeyance the purchase
of a new site , and induce it to recom
mend appropriations for enlarging and
improving the present fort.
OMAHA is not the only western city
that is about to revise its charter in or
der to correct abuses and extend its au
thority. Kansas City finds that public
necessity demands a now charter for that
metropolis. While in the Omaha charter
the changes can be made only by the leg
islature of Nebraska , in Kansas City the
business of revision was placed entirely
in the hands of the mayor and council.
Accordingly nn election lias been called
in that city lor the adoption or rejection
of a new charter , and for the election of
thirteen freeholders nominated by the
mayor , who shall hereafteractas a body
to revise and correct the charter at will.
It will bo a matter of interest to see
which of the two charters will be the
better.
THE news from Indian Territory is
not exactly ot that character to inspire
confidence in the stability of Indian
self-government. Politics in that re
gion , especially among the Chickasaw
nation , assumes a decidedly warlike
appearance. The rival parties have
already come to bloodshed , and the in
terference of United States troops
snems necessary in order to avert a rev
olution.
DAKOTA is carrying a pretty high
head , full of big schemes , now that state
hood is assured.
VOICE OP THE STATE I'RKSS.
Grafton Leader : McShanc's stickers arc to
bo retained as relics.
Crete Vidutto : Turn about is fair play.
The railroads scratched Lecso on election
day. Now Lecso will scratch the railroads
in return.
Nebraska City Press : There is tnlk of
John M. Thurston as a member of Harri
son's cabinet. But Mr. Thurston Is not Mr.
Harrison's kind of a mail not by a jugfull. .
Columbus Democrat : Wo look for a rank
partisan administration ( luring the Harrison-
Ian regime. The ranker it is the more wo
shall rejoice. It will only servo to stimulate
democracy.
South Sioux City Sun : What does it profit
a man to guess the winner and have no
money to bet with ? The rich chump is
sometimes more to bo envied than the pov
erty stricken genius.
Dumly Democrat : iVebraska democrats
love Cleveland , but that love can be in
creased to adoration if drover will decapi
tate Son-in-law Bierbowor before ho leaves
the presidential chair ,
Iteatrlco Hcpubllcan : The Express thinks
it would have boon well if William Loose ,
candidate for attorney general , had boon de
feated. The farmers thought differently ,
liowovcr , und Lecso was re-elected.
Norfolk Journal : Neither democrat nor
republican is willing to let Utah with her
abominations Into the union , It would bo
letting down the bars to evils which rapidly
carry nations towards the barbaric state.
Kearney Hub : If Senator Mnndcrson Is
ro-olectcd ho will bo the first one In the his
tory of this state to bo his own successor.
There is , however , n precedent already es
tablished for the election of Alvln Saunders ,
Puherton Po t : 'Tour , four , four months
more , " Is the latest , and then the process of
kicking the democrats out of the door will
commonco.Vo know of ono post ofllce ,
however , whore the rascals will be retained ,
Tepumsoli Republicans What's the mat
ter with Johnson county.having the speaker *
ship of tlio house of representatives this win-
Ler ! Johnson county has a man that will fill
the bill. For sueakcr of the next house , O.
A. Corbiu.
Grand Island Independent : Ithiisnotcoino
to that point where thcro U only ono man In
, } \o \ state fit to represent the great stuto of
Nebraska In the United States senate , and
wo are not yet ready to comedo that any
larticuhir candidate has u mortgage on the
position thus far.
Codur Kapids Republican ; The Nebraska
legislature is bolter off by having out one ro-
nibllcnn member from Omaha. The ropub-
JL-au party la under obligations to John A.
SlcShuuo for the sorvlco ho has kiudly given.
What wo need Is not a largo majority but a
clean majority.
Ulalr Pilot : If wa mistake not Mr. Con-
icll will bervo the First district with fidelity
until ho is iuyitod to stop higher. Ho is a
nsiug man , who will re 11 act back upon the
Ustrict , ton-fold , till honors that may bo teu-
dorcd him. He will climb to political emi
nence nnd Nebraska , as a whole , will yet bo
glad to do him lionjtvi
YorkTimes ; Ohelmportantqtiostlon whlcl
tlio legislature should deal with this winter
Is that ot regulating insurance eomp.inicg
and defining the ojctcat of their liability In
case of loss. At prosiAit tho.V cnn accept pay
for any amount of insurance which the nscnl
can squeeze out of the insured , and In case 01
loss hnvo otil.y to. yay jfor what property the
loser can show HIS jlcstroyod at its cash
value ( it time of fire. This Is entirely wrong
and not the law in many states. The measure
of damages In ensq of total loss should ba the
amount of the pojicy. J
David City Press : Thcro h ono cotnfor
left , anil that is , nfter Dakota Is made into
two states nnd Washington nnd Montana
territories admitted as states , Now York wll
ccaso to bo pivotal. The republicans wll
not have to trade for her boodlers In the
future. David D. Hill will not bo needed as
the democratic Moses In 180.2. After the
next census , the eastern seaboard cities may
rule financially , but not politically , Abou
eight more years of mortgage closing wll
end the bloody sbirt ami "solid north" busl
ness. The northwest will bo poor enough b ;
that tlmo to got luturcstod In their own
behalf.
They Mntlc ; Home Ittin.
A * , r. Trilmne.
The students of markets made a homo run
in line form The students of maxims were
lett on their bases.
The Iinnt llnmtitnnn Joke.
Clilcni.ii > Tribune.
It Is said the red bandanmv , used In half
dozen lots , makes an excellent mop. This
indicates that the banner ot Dcnioc
rac.v , though somewhat dlsllgurcd , Is still it
the wring.
In His Uovorslhlo Overcoat.
7vdiHis ( CM/ ) / Times ,
Where is the mugwump who can not wra ]
himself tti ) in tlio love-lorn seclusion of his
reversible polltic.il overcoat and smile
serenely at the accidents of fate !
A General Dcniaiul for Tariff Revision
Kt. 7 niix nlnl > Dcmncri.it ,
The tarilt will be revised , and it will bo revised
vised by tlio only party which has ever shown
cither the inclination or the ability to revise
it wisely. The republican Fifty-first congress
gross will remove the irregularities and in
equalities of our present customs schedules
The South Opposed to Division.
Atlanta Jimrunl.
The democrats will hardly oppose the ad
mission as states of any of those territories
that ure fuirly entitled to it , but will doubt
less oppose unjust discrimination between
them for party purposes. They would have
voted at the lute session for the admission of
Dakota us one state , but opposed dividing il
into two states , with four United States
senators.
Justice to the Territories.
Sun Pfiiiirforo itiirunMr.
It will bo gciiCBaflyi conceded , \vo think ,
thut General Harrison can not do better
than call an extra session ot the Fifty-first
congress at once upon his inauguration , for
the special purpose of doing justice to the
citizens ot Wnshbigton and Dakota territor
ies and ot hearing t'lo case ot Montana.
Congress will bo republican in each brunch ,
und it can pass an enabling act for these ter
ritories with uo dinieulty or delay.
He Hnrf < J.fen' Found.
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The man who first suggested General Harrison
risen for president 1ms been discovered at
last. lie was a farmer who lived in North
Head , O. _ Wheu I3on u-as no day old this
shrewd pcrsqn tcjcTt-hllit on/his knee and exclaimed -
claimed : "This' VtfuiiRStcr" will bo elected
president in 1888. " These words nmdo
Grandfather Harrison laugh uproariously ,
and he straightway bet a barrel of hard
cider against a coouskin that Bon would
never bo elected president cither in 1S33 or at
any other time. That bet has not yet been
paid , but a suit is to begun soon against General -
oral Harrison by the heirs of the farmer to
secure that cider. _
Ulr. Jiiiisoii , of Omaha.
lAtuoln Jititrnai.
Mr. Jimson , of Omaha , used to be straight ,
but later ho traveled in devious ways , and
yesterday morning , it's sad to relate , Mr.
Jimson , of Omaha , got thirty days. Ho bet
ull his pile when the campaign was young ,
tliat Grover C's. triumph his foes would
amaze ; and now ho is wishing that Cleveland
was hung Mr. Jimson , of Omaha , got thirty
days. Ho lost all his wagers ; his sorrows to
drown , ho went whora the dealer in tangle
foot stays ; alone , unassisted , he painted the
town , Mr. Jimson , of Ouialia , got thirty days.
And now in the glow of the crisp autumn
morn , he pounds at the rocks , 'neath the
stern Jailor's gaze , repeating , "I wish I had
never been born , " Mr. Jimson , of Omaha ,
got thirty days.
IMIOMINKXT PEKSONS.
nismarckhas boon made a doctor of divin
ity by the university of Glessen.
The Japanese propose to erect a monument
to the memory of General Grant at Tokio.
Mis. Harrison anil Mrs. Morton nro liter
ary women , Ono was educated at Oxford ,
O. , and the other at Vassar.
Mr. Pemllcton , tlio United States minister
to licrlln , is much improved in health. He
will go to Nice on a furlough ,
President Cleveland will shortly offer Oak
View for sale. It cost him about $50,00(1 ( , and
ho intimates that it will take $ l.r > 0,00l ) to
buy it.
They say President Cleveland will retire
from the Wtiito house with SiOO.OOO , while
Mrs. Cleveland has a snug fortune in her
own right.
General Benjamin Harrison will ho fifty-
fifty years six months and fourteen days old
when ho is inaugurated president of the
United States.
For the Information of those who are cu
rious on the point it may bo stated that the
full name of the next mistress of the white
house , as she signs it , is .lano Scott Harrison ,
John Hright is Mill conlUned to his house
with a slight renewal of bronchitis. Ills
son says it will bo Impossible for his father
to resume his place in parliament for a long
time.
time.Mrs.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison will go to Now
York about the 1st pf December. This will
bo In acceptance of mi invitation extended
several months ago' by tlio widow of General
Grunt , theeo ladies' ' being old friends.
Colonel Daniel Lament , private secretary
to President Cleveland , has accepted a posi
tion in one of the largo llfo insurance com
panies in Now Ypcki | t Is said , iiiui will devote -
vote himself hencofortU to that business.
Judge Xephaninh W. Uuiiee , of St. Clalr
county , Michigan , is probably the oldest man
who voted at the | ute election. Ho was born
In Hartford , Conn. , November 1 1 , l 5 , nnd
was , therefore , more than ono hundred years
of ago election day.
STATE AXJ ) TKUIUTOUY.
\ol > riHka .lottlnns.
A Christina Endeavor society has been or
ganized at Long Pino.
Tlio Madison County Teachers' association
meets at Norfolk next Saturday.
The town of Harrison Is rejoicing over the
prospects of a brick block to bo built in the
spring ,
Noah Stroh ! , n Clay county horse thief ,
lias been given nn oightcon-months' term in
the penitentiary.
Dennis Wundling , a fanner living near
Bertnuid , committed euicido by cutting his
throat with a ra-wr while temporarily msane.
The now school building at Albion has
been completed nnd accepted , and now the
town boasts ono of the finest school houaos in
the state.
It is reported that Imperial will not be per
mitted 19 hold the county scat of Cljusj
county without further effort. ThoCImuipion
people allege that f5,000 wore paid direct for
votes for Imperial. They say they cnn provo
this In court. They have engaged the best
legal ability , and will tnnko trouble for Im
perial.
Telephone connection has been inndo bo-
twccn Norfolk and Madison , and many in
struments are being put into business houses
la the latter place.
A Ueuldoman man named Knrr threatened
to cut out J. Y , Winning's heart and feed it
to the chlukcns , and is now under arrest to
prevent his carrying out bis fell design ,
Two young residents of Albion settled a
dispute the other day according to Qucons-
berry rules , resulting In ono of the contest
ants being badly battered out of shape.
Ed Drew , of Ulvcrton , lias notyot decided
whether ho will go barefoot during the
month of December or forfeit $200 as the re
sult of n bet he nmdo on Cleveland's election.
Several Shclton boys with fiendish in
stincts tied n cat in a paper bag and then set
the aniimil afire. A mild reprimand was tno
only punishment meted out to the little
Wretches.
A young man nt MndUon named John Ko-
berk , Jr. , while attempting to steal a tnricoy
from the premises of Solomon AltRchulor
Friday night , was shot through the thigh
just above the knee , the ball fracturing the
bono. Ho was placed in Jail under a sur
geon's care , who snya the cnso presents
alarming possibilities. Young Koberg is a
victim ot periodical insanity , and several
years ago was confined in an usylutu.
Iowa.
The county jnll at Grinncll is without an
inmate.
The Polk county poor farm Is valued at
$ COX)0. ( )
Clay county farmers propose to carry their
own Insurance on the mutual plan.
Atlantic is trying hard to secure the
Danish college , with good prospects for suc
cess.
cess.Prof.
Prof. Hans Albert , the Hurllngton musi
cian , is soon to bo mnrricdto u niece of Henry
Ward Hecchcr in Chicago.
Mrs. McCoy , of Dysart , aged ninety-eight ,
fell ono day hist wcok.'ntul the broken bones
111 her wrist protruded through the skin.
William Goodgo , of Sioux Knpids , defrauded -
frauded that community out of $1,000 und Hud
for parts unknown one day last week.
I. P. Hill , the defaulting treasurer of Harrison
risen county , 1ms been sentenced to the peni
tentiary at Anuuiosa for two uml one-half
years.
Defendants in n suit at Gttumwa allege
that three barrels of beer seized by the offi
cers were to bo used in the christening of
one baby.
Judge Howat 1ms decided that the Musca-
tine county grand Jury for 1888 was illegally
drawn. The decision invalidates all the sa
loon indictments returned this year , as well
as ull other work done by the grand jury und
except In cases where further proceedings
have been taken , twenty-five cases , liowovcr ,
being affected , all of which arc dismissed. Anew
now grand jury will bo summoned for the
December term.
Dakota.
A special election for treasurer of Pierr
resulted in a tie vote between H. S. Cutting
and J. A. Hose.
The county commissioners of Hrowi
county have fixed the license for the sale o
liriuors at $1,000per unnum.
It is stated that plans arc already made
for several large brick buildings to bo
erected in UapulCity next year.
A soap bubble party given by the ladies o _
the Presbyterian church at Parker a few
evenings ago was the crowning social sue
cess of the season.
The promoters of the Deadwood Centra ,
railroad scheme nro working all the force
available to finish the ronil to Lead City be
fore the ground freezes too hard.
The Argus leader says that u mammotli
brush and broom factory is now un assured
thing for South Sioux Fulls. Machinery
will bo in operation by the 1st of Juno.
A live beaver , caught on the Juntos river
near Uedllold , was purchased by some en
thusiastic republican citizens and expressed
to President-elect Ueu Harrison with the
compliments of the city of Hedllold.
The Aberdeen steam brick company turned
out liOOOOD : brick during the season , nnd so
great was the demand for burnt clay that
'
the co'mpanj- found it necessary to ship in
over 150,000. The yards give employment to
about twenty men during the entire season
At a sesMou of the North Dakota Millers
association hold in Grand Forks recently it
was decided to sum ! an agent to the eastern
markets to look after the interests of Dakota
millers. There nro eighteen mills repre
sented in the association and all ship Hour
east. When shipped east the Hour has invar
iably lost its identity and become known
under the brand of some Minnesota or Wis
consin mill. To prevent this the millers will
engage u special agent to handle their Hour
from the north Dalcota mills.
THE BOA.n OF PUBLIC WORKS.
I'avinfj KntfinntC4 Paasoit Upon and
Other Business Transacted.
The board of public works mot yesterday
afternoon at li o'clock. The notice of the
board .asking for bids for paving material ,
which was issued on November U , 1833 , has
been withdrawn. The material was to bo
used in paving two alloys , the property
owners in the vicinity having enjoined tlio
city against proceeding with the work.
The following estimates wore then allowed
by the board :
Hugh Murphy , curbing Castellar street
f rom Thirteenth to Fifteenth streets , ? ! , ItS.OO ;
J. E. KIloy & Co. , curbing Twenty-fourth
street from Farnam to Dodge streets ,
$1,013.51 ; curbing Dougl.is street from Twen-
-y-lifth avenue to Twenty-sixth avenue ,
K'il.55 ; curbing Douglas street from Twenti
eth to Twonty-l'ourth streets , $1,713.80 ; J. H.
Smith & Co. , paving Douglas street from
.Twentieth to Twent.v-fourth BtreetsS1.ri , < J'j.2r ;
mving Twenty-fourth street , Farnam to
Oodgi > , $ ! i-JU3. II ; paving Douglas street
"rom Twenty-fifth avenue to Twentv-slxth
ivenuo , $1,7U ! > 1 : John F. Daley , sewer in
llstriet 7'J ' , | 0,17l.W ; ; ; Hugh Murphy , paving
Vintnn street from Sixteenth to Eighteenth
itrects , $ ! l,700.49 ; Harber Asphalt company ,
mving Seventeenth street from Dodge to
Davenport , $ .S78.'I.H. !
Mt'Kinnoy .t Hull were awarded the con
tract for filling lots In 13. Ar. Smith's mldi-
.ion , at 2iK ; cents a yard. Templeton &
Morrow were also awarded the contract at
17' ' coats per yard for filling certain lots in
iartliHt's addition , which lots have been
loclnrcd u nuisance by c-ity ordinance.
C. E. Fanning & Co.'s claim for constructing
sewer in the alloy between .I.U'Uson anil
loncs street , and from Thirteenth to Four-
Leenth streets , forj31.S'J was hold over until
loxt general meeting.
The street swooping contractors were al-
owed to do all sweeping during the re-
nainder of thu season without sprinkling.
The board next took into c-onsid oration
, ho propriety of fitting up their office in u
ittlo more respectable ) und comlortablo
jjunner.
Men's
To the Wholesale and Representative Husl-
icss Men of Oninhu Gentlemen : The uusi-
less men of Norfolk extend to you a cordial
nvitatiou to visit Norfolk and become ae-
lunintcd nnd see what the "Queen City" of
ho Elkhorn valley has been doing this year
n the way of public improvements and gen-
sral progress , For the purpose of giving
au an opportunity of visiting their city they
mvo chartered a special train that will ac-
ommodnto 150 people , which will leave the
kVubstor street union depot , over the Fro-
nont , Kllchorn ft Missouri Valley rallivny , at
I o'clock a. m. Thursday , November 22 , ur-
iving at Norfolk at ! ' - ! : ! 5 p. in. Upon arrival
if the train the citizens will have n dinner
> rc.pared . for the excursionists at the depot
jolel , which will bo served free of charge.
\fterdinnercarriageswillbo In waiting to
envoy the visitors about the i-ity nnd afford
hum an opportunity to become acquainted
vith Norfolk's business men. All who do-
ire to accept this invitation will pliMso cull
n Mr. Niittingor , secretary of the board ol
radc , whuro badges will bo furnished and
ull particulars given.
Nonroi.K Ursixuss McK.
The following marriage Jleoina * were Is-
ued yesterday :
s'aino and Residence. Airo.
Aaron Peterson , Omaha , < l
Hulliim Johnson , Unmlia , . " 7
Anton Wolver. Jr. , Cbadron , Neb SO
.Mury Lv Davis , South Omalm ' !
Joseph Mollncr , Oinnha &
Kate Moidlinger , Omaha 1U
That mlnatrolsy has a atronR hold upon the
favor of the Ouuiha mibllo was attested by
the largo audlouoo which greeted George
Wilson's ' wiustrols nt Hoyd's opera house
last night. Such a house was a genuine
couiillmoat | to Mr.Wilson , and that oxoollont
comedian scorned to fully appreciate It. Ilo
was at his best , and oven the "chestnuts"
that ho offered were given In n way that rcn-
iloreit them hardly less amusing than when
first heard. Thcro Is a heartiness aud spirit
about Wilson's fun-ninklni * that are Irro-
slstnble , ho being In this respect moro
nonrly like the once fntnoua Matt Pocl than
nny of the contemporaries of the minstrel
stugo. Another clover comedian Is Hilly
Carter , whoso banjo playing wns ono ot the
strong features of the entertainment. An
innovation made by this troupe Is in having
the singers appear in white faces , and wa
arc not quite sure that it is nn Improvement ,
Tlio musical features were crcdltublo , uml all
the acts of the second part were entertain
ing. A notnblo attraction Is the contortion
net of Master Duval , who Is not inaptly cnllod
the wonder , while the skillful prestidigitation
of Mons. Powell was a very pleasing feature ,
As a whole the entertainment was onjoyn *
bio , ns wns plainly shown by the cordial
demonstrations of the audience , and it was
nlso what the hills promised , frco from any
thing objectionable.
Tlio Talior Concert.
The Tabor concert last night artistically
was a perfect success , nnd Judging by the
largo nudlenco , the financial results must bo
equally satisfactory. The feature of the
evening's unturtainmont was the singing of
Mrs. Cotton. She snug "Avo Maria , " ar
ranged from IJai'h's first prelude and set to
piano , violin nnd organ nceompaulmont by
Charles Guonod. Always n vor.v capable
singer , last night this lady excelled all her
previous efforts before the public of Omaha.
Her intonation was perfect , nml her upper
tones , ranging from It natural , perfect mar
vels of careful vocnlism. Klio was most en
thusiastically applauded. The accompani
ments to this solo were hi excellent tnsto.
Mr. W. 15. Wilkln's singing of Stainor's "My
Ilopo is in the Everlasting , " from the
"Daughter of Jairus , " was n clover piece of
vocal study , delivered in the singer's ' very
best style. It thoroughly deserved the ap
plause it met with. Mr. Driglmm delighted
the audience with a couple of love ditties ,
sang as only Omaha's fnvorito tenor can give
them. Hovel Franco appeared with his usual
success. If ho wants to preserve his great
popularity , ho should favor his admirers
with . "Out the "
something now. on Deep"
nnd "Queen ot the Earth" are getting stale.
Mr. liri'tt played a violin solo in place of
H. 1) . Young's vocal solo. It was dolicatol.v
handled nnd sounded like nn adaptation of
"Droain Faces. " Mr. Tabor and Mr. Marshal
contributed organ solos.
POLITICS.
A. Sicctinir of the Itcpuhltcati City
Central Committee Called.
A meeting of the republican city central
committee has been called for next Tuesday
week , and a full attendance of members is
require1 ! . The committee is as follows :
First ward William A. .Kelley , Lewis
Webster , A. J. Habon.
Second ward John F. HehmM. , Morrison ,
Anton Frnnui.
Third ward M. O. Maul , Charles Wcher ,
P. J. Williams.
Fourth ward-J. H. Webster , P. O. Hawes ,
n. W. Breckenridge.
Fifth ward U. F. Kedman , John Wallace ,
Ed. Parmalee.
Sixth ward W. B. Marrow , Joseph
Rowlos , U. L. Cheney.
Seventh ward H. C. Aiken , J. H. Henscl ,
I. N. Pierce.
Eighth ward J. J. Savillc , Peter Peder-
Bon , M. F. Singleton.
Ninth ward C. P. Needham , C. J. John
son , D. L. McGuukin.
D. H. Mercer , chairman ; B. F. Redman ,
secretary ; J. J. Brown , treasurer.
Sooond Wnrd
A call signed by S. J. Brodcrickpresldent , ,
and M , H. Hedtlcld , secretary of the Second
Ward Republican club , Invites nil republl
cans of the ward to meet at the ofllco of Gus
tavo Andrucn , on Fourteenth street near
Howard , on Wednesday evening , November
31 , for the purpose of nominating a candidate
for ward councilman.
Ninth Ward lillicnltlos.
"The list of aspirants for councilman's hon
ors , for this ward , " said a voter yesterday
'exceeds anything of the kind , I over
saw. Every other man wants the oftlce ana
it looks to mo as if there would bo a , division
of forces to such a degree ns to enable a
democrat to stop hi. The democrats have
some good men who arc willing to serve , nnd
if this squabble should result in the nomina
ting of an inferior candidate , I know hun
dreds of republicans in this ward who will
join hands to defeat him. "
Railroad Notes.
Two coal ( lats wont off the track on the
Iowa siuotSunduv night , und were sent to the
Union Pacific shops for repairs.
All eastern trains were on time yes'.jrday
morning.
Superintendent Kessiriuc , accompanied by
John Lnngtr.y , of the bridge ami building de
partment , and J. T. Hovey , of the mectmiii
L-al department , went west on a tour of in
spection yesterday.
Two earth trains are now at work in the
Iowa approaches to the Union Pacific bridge.
It will require 800,000 cubic yards of earth.
Engine ifill came from the shops and went
ivest yesterday morning.
Superintendent D. E. Thompson , of the H.
fcM. , is in the city.
Traveling Freight Aont N. M. Shipman ,
) f the Klldioni , returned from Detroit Sit- ;
irday , where ho had been visiting his
'fiends. The trip did him good nnd ho
itartcd out yesterday looking as fresh as
iver.
Jero Fincher , traveling freight agent of
.ho main line of the Elkhorn , spent Sunday
n Omaha.
General Manager Hurt , of the Elkhorn ,
caves lor Superior this morning.
A Suit For a tint.
Attorneys Richard S. HiillumlJ.J. O'Con-
ier have Jointly entered suit In Justice Mor-
'ison's ' court ngalnst John Krciuor , to ro-
: over possession of certain real estate situ-
.ted . in lot S , block 27 , in the city of Omaha.
i'ho plaintiffs alllrin they have boon wrong-
ull.v kept out of possession .since September
1SSS ,
A round million of people
are buying the great Thanksgiving -
giving number of Ladies'
Home Journal and Practical
Housekeeper.
What do you think they
pay for it ?
Six cents at the news
stands ; but some prefer to
send ten cents in silver or
stamps and get four numbers ;
September , October , Thanks
giving and Christmas.
What can it amount to ?
To a great deal more than
it costs. It is the first exam
ple the world has seen of
ivhat co-operation can do on
i grand scale in making a
rood magazine for families.
It costs half a million dollars ,
L ut nearly a million families
pay for it. Half a dollar a
a family !
CS' Hewn
Mysterious omtrrencM nro everr ( Uvn ,
pemiujNsyou can Imiiily look nt a imp.fvlin. . .
out redding of nmo siMilen ilKniiprArHnrc of n
pt'isou , somomtirdrr without n rlmt tothp iiutr.
tlorcr , Homo sudden freak of natart > . sumo un
iiccoimtiiliU oiploslon ; amnngor.i to work In
tlie mottling ns usual , nnd nnver returns , n slilu
KaiU from pott and Is nwnllowtil up bv tlitt a.i :
tlipso nro only occAHlotml Imppeulngii.
It is n mystery Hint persons will guday atlor
nay with chronic invnluilsm staring thorn In Urn
fnce.tnaur little think or euro of thonltlmntu
effects of illuut Mhnent tirgleetrd. n Hlighi
catarrli , thoiiKh troublcsomii and nnnovlng
.0.TnVl'rf ; > " .nna " "UTS. li AllowritlU
own till the
way Ijy froijiicnt rntchlini of colds ,
the R rpassnsos boc.-omo.sno involvpd.llint all out
ort-y Is lost , that vitality H slowly W nrcly
Mtpmmr * w y. The very lr Mint ono br.fttfHH
n such casoa Is conUitulnMod by putrid nmaso *
in tlio nose nmitliroat , CIUTJ-IIIH Kcrmnotahausd
to the ultimata Mr uparos ofltis lining , where
closely housed , tuoy comuit-ncu their work of
uc.itructlou.
, , 'hy not take these ca cs curly- when with n
llttlo pxpcndlturn of tlmo , ami A smixll imiouut ,
of money the condition cnn ba removed. Wo
tHKticnstt * by tlio month , the fee covet a troiU-
mentnml medicines : wo cause you uupiiln , ami
the results are surprising
1 > OHB THIS API'liY TO TOUT
"Frlond.iHomans , CountrymmUeml mo your
1 ho oar of man Is 0119 of tlio moU beautiful
nml perfect of nil his or an * . Its IntPiiiul
mechanism Is complicated nud dellcnto ; its In.
treislly Is necessary for tlio perfect pei formation
of its function , many poroons in-elect noinn
Blluht trouulunoCthooar , or continuum orirnm
Mittll their hoariuj ; Is pormiiiitiy dofoctlvo.
\V hut nio the cniise.s of oar troubles ? Cold , pro-
duclns rntnrrli In Its various form ? , and Its con
sequences Is the preat predisposing oitiso o
donfnoss throughout nil lliu htaKos of llfo.
'Inking cold is one of the most common nmt
fnmlUar of plumoiuonn.vrlilpli l a matter of per
sonal experience with everyone.
Thoru uro thrvu factors eoucrallynrrossary for
thoproiluct on of ncoltl : Low teinperntnrtvilrlit
motion , nml moisture , nav know , the notion or
colilordralt or moist atmosphere often result *
in an inilamntlonof the mucous niomlirnuo oC
somu portion of the nilpmsnKes , us bnlncc tha
point of least raslxtence. mill as tbeso nttRck *
rucuru with incrcated frequentcy. wo tluil that
the luflamiitory condition penetrates Into
iloepcr parts continuous with thu mucous mom-
bruno of thu no-so nud throat , notably the ousta-
clun tubes which run from the minor pnrtof tha
throat behind tha nostrils , to tlio middle ear or
tympanum.
The cavity ot the middle oar should bo nilod
witliovcr-rouuwod nlr , which passes through
the tubes at every act of swallowing , but whou
the lining of tlio tubes are intliimeil it pufTfi up ,
nnd secretes nn excess of mucus which stops up
the tubes nml prevents the Ingres * oC nlr , pro-
tnicitiK : i snullU-d condition of hearing and rinc-
inn or buzzim ? in the he-nil.
A neglected Inlliunntlim of this kind produces
permanent tlilckonlnp or the mombruuod of the
middle ear anil nlso the eardrum.
< Hlier causes of oar troubles nro mensloa.sonr-
lot fever nnd smallpox ; those diseases often
leave the ears In n condition which causes them
toiUscliiu-Keinntter for years , undoften entirely
destroy the oar drums. It seems umieoessnry
to show that running trom the earn should bs
abated , but many nrtt Mill tenacious of the be
lief Unit some accumulation or Impurity In thu
blood would takoplnco If thU vent'wns closed.
A noted author saya : Tlio constant menace to
llro by ( ilhcnso of bono nml consequent In-
Uanmuou of tile covering or tliu brain , nbsccss
of the Drain. IntlamiiUon or thu volus , blood
poisoning , etc. ; the exhaustion from prolonged
illsclmrRo. thrt Imd smell which tno patient car
ries with him , tlio ringing In the ears , thudoaf-
nos * . are all reasons militating In favor or a
prompt and speedy suppression of a dlscharg *
trom the ear.
SOMETHING WOtlTIl .KNOWING.
A Few Symptoms of Disease Tlmt
May Provo Serloun to You.
no you have frequent fits of mental dopro
siou'/
Do you experience ringing or buzzing noluos
in vourcnrsl
Do you feel a ? though you must sufTocato
when lying down ?
Are you troubled with a hacking cough anil
general ileblllty ?
Are your eyes generally weak and watery ami
frequently inllnmod ?
Does your voice have n huslc , thick sound ap.il
a nasal sort or twnuir ?
Is yon breath frequently offensive from sofuo
imaccountublo cuiibuV
Hnvo you a dull , oppressive headache , gener
ally located over the eyes ?
Do yon have to ImwK and cough frequently lu
the ctlort to clear your throat ?
Are you losing your m-ino of smell nud la
your Beiiseor taste becoming dulled ?
DOBS your non ulwayh fool stopped up , fore *
Inir you to brcutho through your mouth ?
Do you frequently fi-ol dizzy , particularly
when stooping to pick anything oirtlio floor ?
Dons every llttlii draft of air nndovory alight
change of temperature give yon a cold ?
Am you nnnoyoil by u constant rtcslro to liawlc
spit out nn radios * quantity of phlegm I
Do yon rise from bed as tlreil und weak as you
wore the light before and 1'eol as though you
wanted to Ilo there forever ?
Is yuurtiiroat lilleil with phlegm in the morn
ing , which can only bo dlxchargoil after violent
coughing nml hawking and spitting ?
Do you occasionally waku from a troubled
sleep with u start ami fool as If you had jail
escaped a horriolo death by choking ?
KI-.AIIKII : Thonbovo nro BOIIIO or the ninny
symptomsol catiirrh and the beginning of lung
troubles. Not ono cnso inn hundred will have
nil of thorn , lint every ono nlfoclod will have u
few or many of them. Tim greater or moro ser
ious your symptoms , HID more ilangiiroiiN your
condition. If you have BO mo or nil of them ,
TI113N YOU JI/VVK OATAUKII.
Why waste tlmr on patent meill < 'liios that uro
not appllcubl to yonrciiso ? Why waste your
money on noMrnniK that aio concocted only to
got your jn ny , and iniiv aggravate your cans
Instead of helping It ? ThU HnsHof discuses H
treated very hiirceismlly by Dr. .Ionian. The
nmny cases reportucl through the dally papoM
III-OVOH this , nud ench statement published la
mliMinitially the hnme ns given by the grateful
liutlenl who nan lieen eiireil. Wo do not buy our
. -use * , we have no need tomij thornour pationtrt
ilicr them to ns voliinltirlly , anil this Is an ovl-
lence that wo have done fur them all that w > >
j > roinl"e < l , lr ) , .Ionian uses no secret nostrums' ,
imt cures illHiMiho by hktlH'nl comhlnntloiiH or
: ho best known reiifdlos applied In the most
ipprovuilunil scientific manner , and by using
ho liiti-Kt and most highly locomontUul appllan-
es Known to thu profes-.li n , Ho thus pro.
luces results that bpoaK for thniiifielvoR In tin
nany pttl : nts ho on rotund wo assure our rend-
j-s | thut tills physlcliin bus iiclilnvid a sliccesi
n curing dlucusothnt few other doctors can cli *
illcato.
J. CRESAP McCOY ,
( I.uto of lit-llnvun liosplt.ilNow Yoik. )
f
Succeeded by
DOCTOH
Mes M , Jordan
Nate of the I'lilverslty of New Vork City nnd
llouunl Unlvei-Hlly , Washington , D , C.
HAH OITIGT.S
Jo. 31O and 311 Ratnvo Building
lonicr rittt unlh and Iluruey BIS. , Omaha , Neb ,
where all rurablu. cases uru treated
with success.
Note Dr. Charles M. Jordan has been reil <
ent physician for Dr. McCoy , in Oinahu , foi
liojMsl year und Is thu phynlclau who liui
lime tlio euros thut have been published
cekly In this paper.
Medical diseases treated skillfully. Oonstlrnp"
on , Hrlyhl'H disease , Dyspepsia , Itlipumutlniii
ullar to 'thu fauxes u BiieulaHy. CATAUUU
CONSULTATION at ollico or by mull , tl.
OHIca bourn 9to II a. m. , Bt < > 4 p.m. , 7 toBp.
i. , Kiimluy uihce hours from 9 a , m. , to 1 p. m.
CorresponUi-uce rucclvesprompt attention.
Munv ( llbeaHes are trnatud auccessfully by Dr.
union througn the mulls.uud It la thus pos-iiulf
> rtho- unabla to make it Journey to oblula
! ' ' ' " ' 1J-vlMKi < 'I < Ai
jmiuSioMbV0hl'lTAl'