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WHY docs net the bridge-motor1 mote ?
Storx CITY sits on the anxious seat
eineo the title to hoi- most valuable
properly in the business districts of the
city hus boon dragged into litigation.
Mi : . ATi.YAN7)Bii's retirement from
the council is to bo regretted. Ho lias
made a very elllciont member , nncl can
Iioint with pride to an unassailable re
cord.
TIIK bell-wether is at his old tricks
again. Ho is hand and glove with .Tim
Croighton and ins gang , and leads the
council by the noao. This is a pretty
spectacle indeed.
TIIKUK was loud cheering in the lobby
of the council chamber after Hascail do-
livured his harangue for Joirorson
square , and the boomers' ordinance was
declared adopted. Those cheers came
from the same old crowd , Rotten Pave
ment Jim , Holly Job Joe , Torn Daily
and the gang of roustabouts which al
ways follow at thoh' heels.
Tins truth comes out at last. The
1 > oard of education was twenty unoccu
pied rooms in school buildings , and but
niue rooms are being1 rented outside.
The hue and cry that the schools are
overcrowded is false , and the big
scheme of the board to expend four
hundred thousand dollars for schools
and sites has a large sized hole knocked
into it.
TIIK right wing of the state capitol
Was built for one hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars. The walks and
drives loading to the capitol arn about
to bo Hnishod at an expense of llfty-
Boven thousand dollars. It will bo in
accordance with the eternal fitness 01
things for the next legislature to appro
priate one hundred thousand dollars
Evr the construction of a now picket
Once around the capitol grounds.
IK congress disposes of all appropria
tion bills and a few of the most import-
tint measures before the 4th of March ,
it will do well. As for tariff legislation ,
nothing oiin ho expected. The Mills
bill and the senate's substitute for it will
die with the Fiftieth congress. No now
measures stand u ghost of a show if
introduced , in view of the fact that
several thousand bills are now on the
calendar of each houso.
TOM DAILY , whoso only business in
Iho city council was capping for his
masters of the Union Pacilic , confiden
tially te'lls his friends that ho has made
iv compact with Joe Hodman and Choe-
m-y by which ono of the latter is to be
oloetod to the council from the Fifth
ward in consideration for their efforts
in behalf of the removal of the city
hall. In other wordy , Mr. Daily pro-
poioa to capture the democratic nomi
nation for the council , and then let
Chconoy or Hodman carry the election
f i the midst of the light over Joirorson
Oiuaro. This little contract will bo de
clared off now , since the ordinance re
locating the city hull has been found
to bo illegal.
Tun Chicago Tribune makes a strong
point against the proposition to elect
the president by the direct vote of the
people when it says "there is a largo
Boution of country whore political honor
and election honesty are unknown ,
whore such n thing as fair play in voting
ing or counting is scoffed at , and whuro
Iho proposed change would bo an in
centive to br.izcn and shameless frauds
of enormous dimensions. " With the
probability that every southern state
would double or treble its democratic
majority under the popular vote plan ,
the proposition is not lilcoly under prevailing -
vailing conditions to become popular In
the north.
lute election has not dampened
the ardor nor dulled the edge of the
puqxjso of the business men and ship
pers of Iowa to bring the railroads of
the state to torma. The railroads openly
vlolaio the law Ilxlng the maximum
rates for the transportation of freight ,
nnd the jobbers of Uubuque , acting for
the business community , have furnished
the -railroad commissioners with uu-
doulablo proofs to that olToot. It is evi
dent that the issue between the people
and the railroads must soon coino to a
a head. The power of rich corporations
can not stand out forever against the
laws of the state and the determined
will of the people.
COXOIUSSSIOXAL CONTESTS.
The mimbor of contests in the nd.xt
congress promises to bo grcntcr than
ever be faro in the history of the gov
ernment. Besides those already as
sured from the close vote In a number
of districts in several states , It U un
derstood to bo the intention of republi
can candidates who have boon do-
traudcd of election in districts of the
south who * * : vote is known to bo repub
lican , but which is suppressed by the
southern method , to contest the scats
of democrats returned from such dis
tricts. Hitherto , with the house of
representatives in democratic control ,
sueli con tests would have been simply
a waste of llmo , as those which
have been inado fully demon
strated , but with the house in the hands
of the republicans , democrats from re
publican districts in the south will have
to show , when their claims are con
tested , that they wore fairly elected in
order to hold their seats. It is not to bo
douMcd that some of them would fail to
do this.
No fair-minded citizen will question ,
we think , that the time has come when
a proceeding of this kind should bo
taken. The southern states are repre
sented in congress by a solid democratic
delegation , at least one-third of
the members of which , and possi
bly more , secured their seats
by the suppression of republican votes.
Democrats who have the candor to bo
truthful , as for example Senator Eustis
of Louisiana and Mr. Wattorson of Ken
tucky , admit that this is bO , and what is
worse , they declare it to bo the deter
mination of the southern democracy to
maintain this policy. Consequently
there are men in congress from the south
whose voting constituency numbers only
a few thousand men whose whole vole
was less tluui the highest plurality
given for a member of congress in Ne
braska. Obviously these men do not
represent the popular choice of the dist
ricts they stand for on the rolls of con
gress , but only that fraction of the people
of such districts whom southern meth
ods do not deprive ot the right of suf
frage. The injustice of this is not con
fined to the people whoso vote is sup
pressed , but extends to the whole coun
try. These representatives of the min
ority of the people of tncir districts
have no just right to legislate for the
nation , and Iho power they exorcise by
virtue of the denial of the most sacred
right of citizenship is u grave wrong to
the entire country and a serious menace
to its institutions.
The power to remedy this lies with
congress , so far as its own members are
concerned. It has the execu
tive power to determine the quali
fications of its members , and it may be
exclude any ono claiming a scat in that
body whose election can bo shown to have
been in anyway unfairly procured. The
next congress will have hardly any
duties of greater importance than that
of endeavoring to destroy the method
by which men are elected to represent
as democrats southern districts whoso
vote is largely and unquestionably re
publican. There may bo little hope
that republicans in the south will for
many years to come be allowed to exor
cise their rightful share in local govern
ment , but there is a promise that they
may receive the representation they are
entitled to in the national legislature.
A REVELATION.
The Tribunn has had frequent occasion to
speak of Colonel Peter A. Dcy , of the Iowa
railroad commission as an official unusually
well equipped to deal with the transportation
question , and It would seem that the people
of Town arc decidedly of the sumo opinion.
Colonel Dcy is n democrat , but at the recent
election ho was elected railroad commissioner
by a majority of SOO over a republican com
petitor , although the republican ticket had
nearly ! ! 2,000 , plurality 1 This extraordinary
result is not to bo explained by any laclc of
popularity on the part of Mahin , Doy's re
publican competitor. Maliin was conceded
to bo u lit and capable man in every way
and a deserving republican , but ho had no
official experience in dealing with transporta
tion questions. Chicago Tribune.
This will bo a revelation to the people
of Iowa. It is simply amazing that a
paper usually so well informed about
public men and measures should ex
hibit such lamentable ignorance. It is
notorious in every hamlet in Iowa that
Peter A. Dcy , who never was a colonel ,
captain , or even oorporal , owes his elec
tion to the confederated railroad
managers who pooled all their
forces to defeat Mr. Mahin.
"Colonel" Dey is unusually well
cqipped for playing stool-pigeon to the
railroads , and had for years devoted his
talents to their interest. Ho was as
pliant as ho is plausible and cunning.
Mr. Mahin was defeated not because
ho was less capable than Doy , but be
cause the railroad managers did not be-
live him capable of becoming a mer
cenary tool ready to do their
bidding. With the railroad power behind -
hind his back "Colonel" Doy was inndo
popular enough to overcome thirty-two
thousand majority and had over eight
hundred votes to spare , Such popular
ity is no credit to him , and the people
of Iowa will henceforth distrust him
more , than over and hold him in deserved -
served contempt. The Chicago Tribune
hus evidently boon imposed upon , and
In justice to itself should recall Its en
dorsement of a man who has prostituted
his talents to base ends.
SOMH OT1IEII TIME ,
The Joirorson Square boomers have
overshot the mark. They have enlisted
Hascail in their cause , but ho cumo to
their rescue too late to bo of any use.
Had ho been on hand four weeks ago ,
when their ordinance was defeated for
the want of ono vote , ho might have
been of service. As it is , the whole
Bchomo to got their proposed relocation
of the city hall before the people is
knocked in the head. Section sixty-six
of the charter provides that every bond
proposition submitted to the legal
electors of the city shall bo published
in full nt least twenty days before the
day of election.
This oannot bo done now. Mayor
Rroatch cannot approve the ordinance
because there is not sufficient time for
the legal proclamation. If the people
wore to vote bonds under the Haacull
ordinance , they would bo worthless.
On the other hand , however , there
are ono hundred and sqvonty-flvo thou
sand dollars of legal bonds still at the
disposal of the council .for tno erection
of the city hall on Fnrnnm nnd
Eighteenth streets , nnd inasmuch as
that silo has been legally designated
by the people , the next council will have
nodlfllctilty in proceeding with the con
struction of the city hnll under modi-
fled pinup.
If Jim Creighton nnd his obstruction
ists can muster enough votes In thenoxt
council to force the Issue between
Jefferson square nnd upper Fnrnnm ,
they will have to do so nt n special elec
tion called for that mirposo , or wait
until November , 18S9 , when the general
election is held.
A OL\VrrB.1MA * 01' J.KISVRE.
\Vhon Mr. Mnnvlllo was elected to the
council two years ago 1 > v the republicans
of the Sixth ward he was a poor but
respectable mechanic. No sooner was
he In his sent in the council than ho
quit work altogether and quartered
himself on the city. Instead of work
ing at his trade as a plasterer he put in
all his time in the saloons. It soon be
came manifest that Mr. Mnnvlllo was
making more than fifty dollars a month
out of Ills place In the council.
A man who has not a dollar on earth
outside of his salary as councilman can
not ho honest and spend from live to
ten dollars a day in the gnloons. This
is why Mr. Mnnvilto is generally dis
trusted. But ho insists upon being reelected -
elected in spile of his bad reputation ,
If the republicans of the Sixth ward
nominate such a man , it will bo In order
for some reputable citizen to run inde
pendent.
THE VIFVll WARD.
Why should the republicans of the
Fifth ward bo represented in the coun
cil by any man who does not enjoy their
confidence nnd respect ? Are Chconoy
and Joe Redman the right kind of
material for managing our city affairs ?
Mr. Itodniixii was in the council some
years ago and very prominently figured
as ono of Hascall's lieutenants in the
Holly job , and proved himself generally
unreliable. Mr. Cheoney may not
bo a boodlor , but bo acts very
much like ono. Ho has been
thoroughly demoralized since ho has
been in the council , and has spent a
great deal of his time in the saloons. If
ho were elected for another term he
would bo a complete wreck. The Fifth
ward is now the center of our most in
telligent and respectable population.
Why should such a ward bo misrepre
sented in the council by men who are
utterly unlit for any public position ?
TJIK proceedings before the special
committee of the senate now investi
gating the cattle question at St. Louis
will bo followed with great interest by
the cattle growersandshippers through
the west. The testimony so far has
been confined to an examination of the
shippers from the southwest. Their
grievances are directed principally
against Chicago , claiming that combi
nations of the packers and buyers in
that city control prices and that
the favoritism of railroads to Chicago
is detrimental to St. Louis and
other uoints. It would bo unfair
to draw conclusions thus early in the
investigation. As the examination is
extended to Kansas City , Omaha and
Chicago much more light will bo thrown
upon the different relations which the
cattle growers , shippers , packers and
railroads sustain to each other. It
ought not lobe dillicult to trace the
causes of the rise and decline of the cat
tle industry from time to time , and it
ought to be comparatively easy to sepa
rate the artificial from the natural in-
lluonces which subject that business to
fluctuations. The work of the cominlt-
the , therefore , is destined to make a
valuable contribution to our stock of
knowledge on the subject.
Tms blight that has fallen on Nevada
is too marked to bo overlooked. While
every western state and territory has
drawn to itself strength and vigor
through immigration , Nevada shows a
most marked decline. There has boon
a steady fnlling-olT in the population of
that state for the past ton years as
shown by the number of votes cast at
each of the presidential elections. In
1880 Nevada cast a vote of 18U , ; : ! . Four
years later the vole of the state fell to
12,770. At the November election , the
vole dwindled still more , thus showing
a loss of population. It is safe to say
that the number of inhabitants of Nevada
Is to-day loss than fifty thousand. At
this rate Nevada will bo depopulated in
the next decade. It is proposed , in
view of the fuel that the state will prob
ably never bo able to support a popula
tion of over sixty to seventy-five thou
sand , to eventually unite Utah and
Nevada. . By this moans Nevada would
bo saved , and its gentile population
would neutralize the Mormon voto.
Tira once famous Arkansas valley
rau o , about which so much ininohlov-
owrexaggoration was written , is now
nrnctically u desert , absolutely stripped
bare of all its nutritious grasses and
incapable of affording pasture to any
grazing animal. The papers of Now
Mexico are filled with comments upon
the folly of continuing an occupation
that hus manifestly loat the conditions
of success that it once possessed , and
they claim that this kind of open range
business is a travesty upon the cattle
range industry.
IT is said that Master Workman Pow-
dorly has ordered that all detectives bo
expelled from the K. of L. order. Ho
has probably received a sample inside
report on the peculiar methods of the
railroad spotter.
Tlio UcpuMloan Surplus ,
nalHmorc Amtrlrtw ,
The republicans may at times lack money ,
at others votes , but brains novcr ,
Fatherly Aclvioo.
CMcaao Trfliunt.
Mr. Cleveland , If you liavo not yet decided
what calling or occupation you will pursue
when you are done with the oaras of ofllco ,
you will pardon mo If I tuko the liberty of
recommending to you the calm , restful de
lights of poultry raising . -R. B. H.
A. National Policy.
K , r. Tfmw.
It is doubtful wuetuar General Harrison
has any daflulto policy with regard to this
or any other subject , in short , about the
worst Mag ul * admlulitratlou could bo
wlthl * a tontiicni nolicy The tlmo
has pone by for tliat. It might as well have
an eastern policy or a western policy. H li
tlmo a nationaljRoliry were good enough for
an administration at the national capital ,
whatever party may have placed It thoro.
Wlitro'the Difference Lies.
Krui I'cirk Comnt'rclttl-Ailvfrllttr ,
When a great work Is to bo undertaken , a
railroad line , for'cxnuiplc , which is to benefit
the country by bringing producers and con
sumers into closer ami more Inexpensive re
lations , an amount of capital Is required
which no man can furnish , and n risk must
bo taken which no man can afford to assume.
In order that ( .ho line shnll bo built thnro
must be a combination of capitalists an.l a
legally limited liability. Hero combination
Is necessary , legitimate and wholesome. But
the impulse of the trust is tUo reverse of all
this. It Is not a combination designed lo
facilitate business , but lo restrict business ,
How the West In Itulll Up.
A peculiar feature of railroad travel In Iho
west , nt this season , Is the largo number of
men who are coming cast. They have seen
at wont In the harvest llolds of the north
west nnd In other farm wnrk , nnd are return
ing to their homos for the winter. All
through Dakota nnd Northern Minnesota ,
there are thousands of young men who have
gone west , lived on claims nnd ralsod crops.
Many of them , If they have been successful ,
will go back with n Iiolpmo3t and make u
homo henceforth in the west. This Is the
manner In which the great westoru country
la being built up.
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Alo.xico and Canada.
Dtnucr ItfpHlilltnn.
Outside of the present boundaries of the
union , It Is in Mexico rather than in Canada
that the Americans will probably accomplish
the greatest results In the future. The for
ests and the fruits of Mexico nro worth moro
than the furs and fisheries of Cunnda.
Nature will smile upon American energy In
Mexico. She will frown upon our host elTorta
In Canada. The superiority of the Canadians
as compared with the Mexicans is a superior
ity of race and not of climatic conditions.
Wo should not forgot that Aztec imdToltcc
civilization surpassed the civilization of the
Utcs and the Sioux.
Otlicc.scuknrM Stain ! Aside.
lluibin Ailccrttser.
Independents who are troubled lost Gen
eral Harrison may follow the practice if not
the programme of the man of their choice
will find some reassurance in the columns of
the Indianapolis Journal. The editor of this
republican paper is as lllcely as any ono now
speculating to know the intent of the coming
administration. It warns ofllcesuukcrs that
it will bo best for thorn to keep their hands
ofl the president-elect , and declares that "tho
tonurc-of-ofneo law and the civil service law
must bo.obscrvcd in spirit as wall as letter. "
Those who are expecting "sweeping remov
als , " It says , "will Ilkoly bo disappointed. "
This assurance is directly In line with our
belief before expressed. The new adminis
tration will go In with less flourish of profes
sion , but if it docs not go out with a better
show of practice we shall bo mistaken and
disappointed. _ _
President Pattoh. of Princeton , has never
become a citi/.on oC this country.
Tennyson is slowly recovering from his at
tack of rheumatic fever , but his physicians
are apprehensive of a poetical outbreak.
General Harrison's dauuhter , Mrs. McICce ,
confesses that sh ( ! | is a great talker , a trait
which she inherits from her father. Her
friends say her talK is always sensible.
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain is a direct des
cendant in the tenth gonoratiou from John
Endlcott , first governor of Massachusetts
Hay the same who cut the red cross from
the English flag.
The statue of James A. Garflcld , to bo
placed in Lakoviow cemetery , Cleveland ,
will bo of marble , of heroic size , and will
represent him In the act of addressing con-
press. It is to bo completed and unveiled in
Juno next.
To set at rest stories that are now and
then rehearsed as to Ycmll's avarice it Is
worth while noticcing that ho has just built
a hospital in the commune of Villanovu
d'Arda and endowed it with an annual in
come of 7,201) lire , or ? 1-100. ,
The Marquis of Quecnsborry has great
hopes of the pugilistic future of tills country.
lie says that if our pri/.o fighters ncvor
touched liquor thuy would bo Invincible.
This is pleasant to hear while Matthew Ar
nold's sharp criticisms are still ringing in our
cars.
The Hcv. J. W. Scott , Mrs. General Har
rison's lather , lives In Washington , and upqn
Sunday is always found occupying his pow in
the Church of the Covenant ( Presbyterian. )
While General Harrison was senator ho at
tended that church , and It is likely will do seas
as president. .
Charles Reynolds , the star catcher of the
Western Haso Hall association , is teaching
the village school of Shofllcld , a suburb of
Kansas City , on the Independence & Park
railway. Hu is a great favorite with the
children , and seems to have an especial
luiiit'lc of interesting the little folks and of
making them tell what they know.
STATK AND TIOHIllTOKY.
A lecture association is to bo orgnniiod for
the winter at Fremont.
Injunctions are hindering the progress of
paving and curbing nt Hoatricc.
Hev. W. W. Ilarslm was installed us pas
tor of the Presbyterian church , utTccumsuh ,
Thursday evening.
The ladies of Tecnmseh will give a farewell
leap .year ball before the close of 1SSS , and
hope that good results will follow.
A Plum Creek bourbon has taken a solemn
oath not to touch a drop of intoxicants until
the democrats elect another president ,
Ono of Norden's business men lost a hunch
of pigs on the election. His wife , who won
them , will wear diamonds when the drove is
marketed.
The foreman of tlio sewer works nt Ne
braska City full Into ono of his own tranches
nnd was rescued , but with a brokc-u log and
many serious bruises.
The editor of the Ulysses Herald nnmeil
his Infant daughter frances Folsom Cleve
land Price , and immediately Informed the
president's wife of thu honor ho had con
ferred upon her. Tlio lady has just returned
lior thanks by letter , accompanied by her
photograph ,
Prof. George I ? , Chatburn nnd Miss Mary
Safford , teachers In the Plattsmouth miblio
schools , have boon arrested and bound over
for trial on the charge of assault ami battery.
Tlioy had indicted corporal punishment on
the refractory son of Mr , Woodson , a hotelkeeper -
keeper , who caused the action to bo taken.
The quickest work Cupid over did In
Ureoley county hasust , ] resulted in the mar-
rlago of James P. Ferguson mid Mrs , Laura
Jiroivn. Ferguson and tlio charming widow
met for the first tlmo in u dance , fell head
over heels In love with each othur , and in
just eight days they wore bound together by
a justice of the pence ,
The generally accepted belief that a twin
liclfer would not brood has proven false by
J. S. Hurman , a .Tphnson county farmer.
His Jerso.v cow gave birth to a male and fe
male calf in 1SS5 , an'd ngaln In 18SC , the Ilrst
pair being half blood Jcrxoys and Iho latter
full blood Jorsoys. The helfor of 183. " > would
not breed but the ono of 18SO gave birth to n
calf and is ut present giving a largo quanity
of milk.
A very brilliant meteor , which inado its
with "munied sound " U
appearance a , re
ported to hpvo startled tlio residents of
Scotia by the Herald of that place. At first
the brilliant nocturnal visitor was n perfect
sphere about the size of the moon , but as it
traveled ou it assumed a fuunul shape , grad
ually lengthening out until It fanned a very
long and sparkling tall. Thus It continued
for about Jlvo minutes , and then dUaiimtod in
a flood of sparks llko tlio oxploslou of a sky
rocket.
There was great excitement at Valparaiso
Wednesday wlion it beuuino known that I-1.
A. Booville and George A. Crafts , the bank
ers , hud failed and absconded with all the
available cash of the bank and a largo 1111111.
tier of deposits , Yesterday they took u liver/
team and stated tint they were poinp to tlic
country to look nt souio land and hnvo nol
bocn seen since. It Is rumored that Scovlllc
cashed the water works Iwacls of Valparaiso
and ttocketoi ! the proceeds , On Monday Si-o
vlllo secured an aJvanco of $1,000 from n
Lincoln firm of ra\n \ buyers , repre.sontlnj :
that ho had several car loads of gram roadj
for shipment , Ho afterwards secured an ait
vaurofrom lIliucbautfh&Morrlnmof Omaha
C. W. Sanford , ono of the wealthiest Wahoc
cnpitalist.i , will probably lese several thou
sand dollars. It Is reported that the rca
estate of the firm Is so heavily encumbered
that It will bo dinu-ult for the creditors U
realize anything.
Iowa ,
The mayor of Montlcello was arrested In
Chicago the other day for being drunk , bill
was discharged without a lino.
lly action of the executive council the old
state oapltol Is to bo sold on the nnth of the
month to tlio highest bidder , all bids to be
scaled.
A Cedar Haplds doctor promised his wife
to have all his teeth pulled In the event of
Harrison's election. He kept his word nm !
is now ijnlto harmless anil may bo handled
with Impunity by any of the members of the
family.
The ICeokuk man who jokingly waijercil
his wife ngainst a Binglc pentlcmiin's gohl
watch , that , Cleveland would bo victorious ,
Is appalled by the discovery that his wife h
anxious and ready to fulfill the conditions ol
the bet.
A good one Is tolil onaCteston preacher
who worked all day at the palls for the third
party ticket and got so Interested that he for
got to vote hlmst'lf , mid the olllcial count
showed that not a single third party vote
was cast In the precinct.
At a depth of fourteen feet below the sur
face , near Downey , the skeleton nt a woman
was found a few days ago. Tin ; skeleton
was In a Hitting position , nnd around the neck
was a string of beads apparently of gold.
Around each arm above the elbow was an
ornament. Some vessels ami other curious
things were lound. These discoveries wore
made on the farm of A. Uradlnw.
The Iowa Improved Stock Urecdcrr' asso
ciation meets In Iowa City on Wednesday ,
December 5. and will remain in session for
three days , holding its meetings in the opera
house. The Hon. John Mcllugh Is president
of the association , The Short Horn Dreed.
crs' and State Draft Horse associations , Jer
sey Cattle club nnd Iowa Swine Hrcodors' as
sociation will hold their meetings tlicro at
the same timo.
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The Great Northwest.
Tlicro Is not a single church spire in
Pueblo , Colo.
A very successful Methodist revival is In
progress nt Liirnmic , Wyo.
A parly of railroad surveyors have been
at work between Portland , Ore. , and Vnn-
eo uve r for two weeks. They are very ro-
tleent ns to the object of their work.
Mr. Frank P. 13oslin , the blind editor , has
recently boon compelled to suspend the pub
lication of the Advance , nt Carbondnlo , Colo.
Mr. Uoslin intends to lecture throughout the
state tills winter.
The strike of silver chloride on Lake Pond
d'Oroillc , opposite Hope station , W. T. ,
promises to bo a very important one and
adds another tributary mining district to the
many that surround Spokane Falls.
A curious coincidence occurred in Frco-
port , W. T. , on tlio morning after olcctioh.
Three coons were killed on a hickory tree
( the only ono in the country ) . As coons and
hickory trees were campaign devices of the
old Harrison campaign , the incident was
rather remarkable.
The boys at Pasco , W. T. , have been ex
perimenting trolling for salmon in the Colum
bia river with the biggest kind of success.
A competition took place about a week ago ,
and by evening the first boat scored 13 , second -
end 10. Since then no loss than 233 have
boon taken by trolling.
Martin lirown , who robbed the Montana
Central ticket oulco in Helena , was found
guilty and sentenced to twelve years in the
penitentiary. While being led from the
court room ho had n lively tussel with the
deputy sheriffs and It took throe of them to
put him in the county jail.
The postmaster nt Silver Pock , Ksmeralda
county , Nevada , wassuot and killed by Franlc
MisTiguo because the postmaster would not
give McTiguo a letter addressed to Frank
McTiguo , the latter being the true name of
the applicant , though ho was known as Pol
lard at the camp , Pollard being his step
father.
raWilllaui J. Martin , who killed Patrick
Heardon at Anaconda , Mont. , last February
and about whoso pursuit and capture there
was so much ndo , was acquitted by the Jury
who tried his case at llutte. The most im
portant part of his defense was that Koardon
had previously insulted and nttenipted to
outrage Martin's wife. The judge expressed
surprise at the acquittal.
Editors have their troubles even In Wash
ington territory. The Hosalia Hustler says ;
" .While engaged in our sanctum preparing
an editorial on a favorite topic ono day last
week , ono of Dave Anderson's razor-back
hogs came to the roar of our oflice and began
rubbing his back against the corner of the
building. Wo were obliged to lay down our
pen , crawl on our hands and knees to the
offending porker and welt bun on the side
with a column rule. This interrupted our
train of thought , and our editorial was not
what wo would wish It. "
FIHST WARD DEMOCRATS.
Ijowory llenniitiiintfid By Acclamation
Considerable Dissatisfaction Ex
pressed.
The First Ward Democratic club met last
night at engine house No.I , corner of Dorcas
and Eleventh streets , for the purpose of
placing in nomination n councilman.
Mr. M. Donovan called the meeting to
order. After considerable discussion the
following worn natnod : Tracy , Lowery ,
King and Theilgaarth.
liuforo the balloting began Mr , Hoban
moved that the nomination of Mr. Lowery
be made unanimous. This bolng out of or
der was voted down , and a ballot ordered ,
resulting in Lowery hi votes. King ! > 0. The
nomination of Lowery was finally made
unanimous upon the motion of Mr. Thomas
Gunle.
If is said that considerable dissatisfaction
was caused caused by the appearance of many
men who took part In the proceedings who
were not residents of the ward.
I'rlmarloH Next Tuesday.
A meeting of the ropubl lean city contra 1
committee was hold , yesterday afternoon at thu
council chamber , with Dave Mercer as presiding -
siding olllcor. It was decided to hold the
various primaries next Tuesday from 1 till 7
p. in. The primaries of the various wards
will bo hold nt tlio following places :
First Ward Northeast corner Tenth and
Mason.
Second McSlmno's Wigwam , between
Plorro and Williams , on Sixteenth.
Third- Third ward republican headquar
ters , 21C > South Eleventh.
Fourth Southeast corner Sixteenth and
Fanmm.
Plflli Engine house No. 0.
Sixth Twenty-sixth and Lake.
Seventh Park house.
Eighth 'J40i ; Ciuning.
Ninth Twenty-ninth and Faruara.
Oninlia 101 kn Visit tlio Ciipllnl ,
With Engineer Roberts at the throttle lo
comotive 20i ; pulled out of the U. & M , depot
last night carrying bohlnd her , amongst her
other passengers , u merry crowd of Elks ,
belonging to Omaha lodge , who were bound
for Lincoln to pay a visit to their b ret hem
tlicro. The H. P. O , E. uro celebrated for
their social disposition and the Invitation
from Lincoln was readily taken advantage of
by the members of No. U9. Lincoln lodge
hold a social session to-night , In honor of
tlio Elks of this city. A portion of the dele
gation wont down lo Lincoln curly yesterday
afternoon ; and following thorn last night
wcro ; Judge Shields , E. M. Hartlctt , Dr.
Hurnsdall , diet HuiettV. . C. Hulctt , W. D ,
Dunmott , G. M. Farnsworth. W. M. Thom
son. H. H. Stoddarf. E. D. Stoddnrt , I. W ,
Minor. Ed Larkin , Beech Taylor. Jim Pres
ton , W. H , Alexander. H. It. Ulrkott , II.
Muntuforing , W. Koenig , H. Batch , C. F.
Goafroy , C. S. Wnltnoy , Moody and Mo-
Gilton ,
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A Splendid Koport.
Under this heading , the ICnnsas City Times
speaks of Colonel Henry's ' target report as a
most Interesting dooumont. "Colonel
Henry. " It ay , "has given rifle practice a
: arofu [ study , hence- his views upon this HUU-
oo t always secure tUo ooiiHidaratkm wliieU
this important part of a sotdlor'a duty do-
.orves. " I
CUUHRXT Tcnnoa.
The r.\grap ! > isl sportively playing on Mr.
Cleveland's belief In liii luck Is in the habit
of accusing mm of carrying n rabbits foot in
the off hind pocket ofhU frockco.it. This
among the colored men of Washington , I ) .
C. , Is supposed In correct fortune and to prevent -
vent any skit ttshnoss on the part of tier hu
morous ladyship. There are many wlillo
men who have a similar belief in charms 01
fotichcs for procuring good luck. One of the
most common Is to carry in purse or pocket n
coin battered out of all recognition , though
ninny hold that the great requisite Is simply
a piece of money not current. Tlicro was n
time when this idea was all out universal In
England , and children were c.irofully pro-
vidcd with lucky pieces by fond parents.
Sometimes the mother sowed the coin In n
little bag and strung It around her darling's
neck. The sporting mania in the east has
developed the fart that racing men whenever
they meet n humpback touch his back for
luck. This also can be traced to English
sources , for during the South Sen bubble n
hunchback used to present his back as n
lucky desk on which to write orders for
stock In the thousand and one companies that
were created. LJut the most singular snpor-
stltion was disclosed recently in Itawllns , u
flourishing city of Wyoming territory , the
center of Its wool trade , There was n hangIng -
Ing recently In that place , nnd after the body
had boon cut down a number of women asked
permission to touch the hands at the dead
desperado , "just for luck. " This is abso
lutely new , nnd shows that wo have souio
Ideas of our own In the great northwest.
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Every dog has his day , but Bob Ingorsoll's
day seems to have gone by. Ever since ho
ruined the chances of General Gresham for
the presidential nomination by his absurd
speech at the Chicago convention he has
bcL'ii relegated to political obscurity. He
proved on that occasion that he could not
gungo his audience us all true orators should.
The friends of Gresham wore all ot the re
form stripe , and reformers are not men to
accept mush and molasses panegyrics for
the utterances of a thinker upon questions of
statecraft. His laudations of their Idol
grated because between the lines it was clear
that he did not understand cither Gresham
or his alms. His insulting reference to Thur-
inan were most unpopular because the reformers -
formers arc deeply grateful to the old liomnn
for his efforts to obtain the restoration of
forfeited land grants from railroad robbers.
The old veteran democrat has shown that ho
has lost his grip , and has not Impressed
thinking men favorably by his recent utter
ances , but ho has done well In his day , and
throwing stones at him is poor occupation
for men who profess to love their country.
Chairman Quay's suppression of Kobcrt In-
Rorsoll is ono ot the many proofs that the
cause of republicanism was confided to nblo
hands. Ingersoll deeply resents the idea
that he has been sat upon , but. . if he could sec
himself with the eyus of others ho would feel
ns llat as a pancake.
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Railroad men are agreed that tlio system
of payment to locomotive engineers and tire
men is a wrong ono and is at the bottom of
too many railroad accidents. The men are
paid so much per mile and the engineer is
practically allowed to run his cngitto as far
as he possibly can. Ten years ago n locomo
tive engineer thought ho was making1 big
money when ho ran ! iMO , miles per month ,
but now there are not a few who average
over li.OOO per month. Whenever there Is a
rush of business men have made a full month
in ten days , but only by taking big risks and
trusting to everything going smoothly.
Under such u strain a man's eyes see with
out observing and a man's ears hear without
comprehending , for the organs only operate
mechanically and the tired brain will not act.
This is why there is after every nccldcn
such n confusion of testimony as to the show
Ing of signals. Neither the engineer nor thi
driver sec the signal , not because the red
flag is not waved , but because they are s >
tired that their senses only note what ttiey
expect to sees and hear and all other thing
are disregarded. Thcso men ought to be paid
by tlio month without any regard to mileage
and if such a reform wore insisted upon by ;
united projs speaking in the Interest of th
public safety the companies might bo compelled
polled to make the change.
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Some discussion has been entered upon
with regard to the dollar mark. There is no
question that It comes from the Spanish dollar
lar , and that with them it was a reference to
the pillars of Hercules , which he was sup
posed to have set up at Calpo as n sign that
beyond was the mighty ocean , and that mar
could go no further than those pillars. The
Spaniards triumphing in the now work ;
which they had gained from Christopher Co
lumbus , placed upon their Mexican dollars
these pillars as sign that they had gene bo
yoml tlio confines of the old world. All this
is conceded , but the discussion is upon the
meaning which the Pho'niciuns gave to thuso
emblematic pillars. Tlio authentic story that
Hercules burst open the mountain rldgo that
separated the Atlantic from the Mediterra
ncaa is obviously n myth , attributing to Iho
PluiMilcian god a change wrought by n catu
clym , which may have been local or may
have been cosmical. But In no case could
the pillars refer to this geographical clmngo
by which the Western Mediterranean
was formed , that afterwards slowly
united Itself with the Levant or
Eastern Mediterranean , For the pil
Iiirs arc obviously a symbol of n Ifnblroi
triad , and by themselves nro partly meaning
less. They are found in Tyro upon coins ,
and In Carthage upon coins , and from the
other symbols it is clear that there were two
Hoivules. who were the champion gods of
these who worshipped the sacred tree , which
is thought to bo a symbol of infinite
love , and to have tlio same meaning
as the winged globe. The two pil
lars Htand invariably In the coins
on each side of a temple , or of a conical ntono
associated with the worship of Astoroth.
Astorcth is the same ns the sacred tee , and If
this symbol Is tantamount to the winged
glebe , than the two pillars are the same as
the two serpents on cnch slda of that sym
bol. This would explain that Tyrian coin ,
which bus on its obvorsu u tree around which
a serpent is celled , mill it would also explain
the caduccscs , the rod around which two
serpents nro entwined. On the Etruscan
tombs the two Hercules nro generally painted
on each hide of the entrance , ono with a
lion's skin and club , the .other with u goat
Hkln and club. Little Ix known of the noerot
rltos of Hamothraco , whcro the kablrl were
worshipped , but wo do know that ono Hercu
les was typified by a whlto gnat and the other
by u black goat. It is conjcstureil that Cas
tor mid Pollux represent the two kubirio
Hurculcs of Italian mythology , but the sub
ject is wrapped in great obscurity. What
Kids to this Is the perplexing fact pointed out
liy Ignatius Donnelly , that In the Mexican
museum Is a lurgu bronza coin similar to tlio
fyrian ono in 1.01110 respects. There Is cer
tainly a tree with a serpent twined around it.
1'hls would lead to the extraordinary do-
Juctton that Tyrian art was derived either
from the Mayas or the Talotecs of this conti-
ont.
ont.A
A physician who uiakcs a specialty of
.ilitlilsls and allied maladies has comu to Iho
joncluslon that tlio only absolutely safe ro-
, ort for consumptive * l i warm regions
, liut are below the IBVU ! of the sea. Tlicro
ire two suou blUuful placus In California ,
me of thorn U In San Diego county , about
00 miles east of Los Angeles , unu the other
s in SUR Uurimrdiuo county , lu tbo delight
ful do icrt of the ( load , the famous Arroyo
del Muerto so terrible to the immigrants to
California In19 who took the southern trail.
The San Folipo Sink in San Diego county is
130 miles long by ,10 miles broad , and Is 000
feet below sea level. At present it Is chiefly
inhabited by Comilln Indians , who umko it
somewhat undesirable for the rhoinmillcs
n'ul the consumptives who RO there in tout
ing purlieu , Tlio medical mau In question
came to the conclusion that tlio air was In
reality singularly cfllcacrous in phthls.
ic.\l complaints. In theIlrst place
It was dry , ami In the second
place It was romprcssod Into the lungs by at.
mosiihiTlc pressure , which must ba consid
erable at such a depth below the level of tlio
sea. No patients have so far tested tliti other
pl.u'o called the Atnorgosi : sink , which Is
'JW feet below sea level , but the air Is mm-h
hotter than In the Sm Felipe sink. At present -
sent the contiguous regions are barren nml
desert , but S.ui Bernardino will bo built up
In a very short tlmo , for It is a wonderful
fruit region , and it is most pU-turesquo along
the San Bernardino range , It lias bojn
styled the Ornnada ot America , and it only
wants an Alhambra paUro and Vormlllion
towers to merit the name thoroughly. When
it Is eonsiuVroa that Florida iiiul Colorado
have been proved to bo ot no benefit to con
sumptives , and that thousands dlo yearly
who have wealth and montnl energy , uuil in
many cases culture and high attainments , it
seems a pity that n knowledge of these sinks
should not bo spread abroad , so that these
whoso lives are no iv doomed might buildup
these places and find happiness and longevity
In Iho work , Their descendants might provo
to bo among the ho.Uthie-tt of Amoric.i.
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Mr. W. , T. Barnnll claims to have sticcopiled
In squaring the circle. "His formula consists
of eight figures , which In n concrete nhapo
form n perfect cyclomotur. " What this means
lot him declare who knows I It seems to betray -
tray an absolute Ignorance of the problem of
the quadrature of the circle. Practically , or
"concretely" there Is not , a particle of dull-
culty In drawing on n piano a square which
shall measure the same ns a given circle.
But mathematically it is impossible to do It ,
for tlio diameter ot the circle is not exactly
n third of the circumferences , although
nearly so. This proirasltlon of the illamotcr
to the circumference Involves a fraction ,
wliwji Is apparently interminable , and Iho
problem of late years has boon to work it out
as far as possible. It has been carried to a
fraction of ono hundred iiiul forty-six figures ,
and the r.oxt mathematical maniac who tries
it will no doubt carry It fifteen or sixteen
figures further.
An Tndpiiiid < Mtt Hoard.
"I read in Tun Dm : what Mr. Balcombo
thinks is wanted for the board of publhi
works , " said a taxpayer , "but ho omitted
ono thing that I think Is Important. In all
largo cities the board of public works is a
department in itself. It is held responsible
for the acts of its members , hut it has power
to employ competent men or discharge in
competent ones. H Is , as far as possible , in
dependent of outsldo ward or political Influ
ence , and has charge of works of all kind
that nro for th e public good. In Omaha it is
only n bureau , on a par with the bureau of
street inspecting , plumbing and similar
works. The city cnglnccr ta neither nt the
head of it , nor controlled by the acknowl
edged head , and , In fact , It's llko the house
divided against itself. I don't ' mean anything
personal by that. Then again , it's supposed
to bo under the control of the council so far
as patronage Is concerned , and it only re
quires a vote of the council to spcuro an in
competent man a position or reinstate him
when discharged , as 1 have known to bo
done. Under the present system , there Is no
responsible head , and oven the mayor can
only bo considered as an eminent citizen ,
capable of advising or suggesting what
should bo done. Now , if the legislature
really wishes to benefit the public works of
the city , it should make some amendment to
the charter that would create a board of
works independent of all outsldo Influence ,
except so far as to allow the council to Indi
cate what work should bo done and restrict
the expenditure to the proper bounds. Their
own good sense will probably ilovNo some
method , if they only glvo tlio question due
attention. "
Blr. W. II. Alexander's Card.
OMAHA , Nob. , Nov. 19. Colonel Henry O.
Akin , president of the Seventh Ward Repub
lican club , and chairman of the city central
committee delegation Dear Sir : At the recent -
cent caucus , hold at the club house in Hans-
com park , and called , I believe , very largely
in the interest of the Second product , there
was brought into prominence an intense de
sire on the part of citizens In that locality to
have the next ward councilman selected
from that district. It was argnod , and with
agreatdoal of consistency , thatinasmuch as
the First product has now three councilmcii ,
living near together , and numerous othur
ofllulals , this courtesy should bo willingly
conceded. A great majority of the Sovoutli
ward republicans are residents of the First
precinct , and thuir generally expressed sen
timents are in favor of my return to tlio
council.
It would seem reasonably certain , there
fore , that the nominations could bu secured
at the primaries. But , while I am gratified
lo know that this ucnerons ondursomejit
would bo given me , I nm equalled pleasoil bo-
llovod that all these friends anil supporters
will cheerfully Join mo in recognUIng the
justice of the claim for local rupruHuntation
that eonu'H with such earnestness from the
I'lllzcns in the other precinct of our ward.
Having the Interest of nil our pooplont heart ,
I am willing to waive my personal advantagu
In tlio matter and withdraw from the fluid In
favor of the gentleman whom the Second dis
trict have sought to put in nomination. [
liavo little personal acquaintance with Mr.
LJhalTeo. but. am sulllciontly Intnriiioil folio-
love that hu will faithfully and creditably
represent ns In the council.
Lot mo say further , before cloning this lot-
or of withdrawal , that I am ilueply gratul'nl
for the expressions of e.steeni ami coinmonila-
, ion of my olllcial course , which have como
o mo from nil sections of our splendid ward ,
ind I sineeri'l.v IIOJHJ that nothing may over
iriso to jeopardize the liiirmony or destroy
no republican prustlgo which arc Ilkuly to
ollow this oloutldii. I'leiiHO convoy the sen.
fluent of this letter to whom it may concern.
; ordluliy yours , W. II. AI.KVANDKII.
I'olftlunl NotoH.
D. II. Wheolnr , president of the Fourth
Vnril Republican club , has called a meeting
f the club for this ovmiing , the same to
o held In the office of Justice Anderson on
'anmm street. It Is called for the pnrposu
f nominating a candidate for councilman
mm that ward.
The First ward republicans will moot at
'orest hall , cornur of Sixth anil 1'iorco
treots , to-night. Matters pertaining to
hu coming local campaign will bo diHc-uBsed ,
The democratic city central committee mot
Vcdncsilay afternoon and selected Wud-
esday , Novcmhur 'J-i , from 5 to 7 p , m. , as
lie tlmo tor holding ward caucuses ,
All democrats of the Seventh ward are ro-
uested to moot In caucus ut the Park house ,
ulurdiiy evening ut > i o'clock ,
The Sixth ward republican club will hold
regular mooting at their headquarters ,
wonty-slxth ami Lalto , this uvoning.
. full attendance In required , as the matter
f ward councilman will como up ,
G , H. licuawa says the statumont that all
10 cniiticilinanic candidates In the Ninth
ard had withdraw is unfounded , as ho lias
ccliircd himself a candidate for the posi *
on ,
Add " 0 drops of Angostura Bitters to
very glass of impure- water you drink ,
ho ( . 'oiiuino only manufactured by Dr ,
iogert & ; Sons.
A Onthollo I'rolntc
Piiu.AiiKM'iiiA , Nov. M , TUo Very Hov ,
laurlco A. WalHh , pastorof St. Paul'i ' Ho.
un Cathollo ohurch , and vloar-gunoral of
10 uroh-diocoso of Philadelphia , died at Ins
jflldonco early tills morning of Brlcht's ( Us-
19(1 of the Uldnuys and blood poisoning , after
i Illnuss of six wuuUs. Ho was llfty-livo
) ar old.
