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of the Fifth ward , who
ttnn t to prevent hoodling in the coun
cil , will have to cast about for siu inde-
] iondcnt candidate.
A DUIIL in Central park with pistols ,
indicates a return to French customs in
Is'ow York. Anglo-maniacs would have
Bottled the quarrel with their lists" .
SBVHNTH ward republicans have
shown their confidence in Mr. ChalTce
by giving hini their undivided support
at llio primaries. Mr. OhalTee'b nomi
nation practically insures his olcctton.
Tun democrats hnvo awakened to the
necessity of nominating clean-handed
men. A cats-paw and : t. boodlor will
not stand a ghost of a show against a
good republican even in a "solid" ' ward.
As A whole the candidates nominated
nt tlio republican primaries for council-
inon are acceptable men. There are a
few , howeverwhoso records need consid
erable scrutiny before they can pass
muster.
A OHKAT many democrats were ap
prised when they found they could not
vote at the republican primaries. But
it is safe to say that no man's vote was
questioned at certain democratic ward
primaries.
Tins tenth census , which has been in
preparation since 18SO , is announced as
completed. This will bo joyous news
to the book worm , who has now an op
portunity to bore his way through nine
teen thousand pages of llguros.
TriK Sixth ward will bo represented in
tlio council by Mr. W. G. Shrivcr ,
whoso character and reputation are a
guaranty of good behavior. Mr.
Shrivor is a successful business manand
lias shown himself to bo above reproach
and thoroughly trust worthy.
IT IS quite evident that one of the
warring street car companies proposes
to carry on a long struggle over the oc
cupation of lower Douglas street. It
has scon fit to reject the proposition of
the court which ordered a joint occu
pation of the street. In" the meantime
the citizens of Omaha will continue to
whistle for proper btroot railway facili
ties to the now bridge.
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IT WOULD have a salutary oflcct upon
the purity of the ballot on election day
if an OMunplo wore made of some of our
ward politicians and candidates who
aided and abetted illegal voting at the
primaries. The laws of NobraMcn are
explicit , on the point , and it is high
time that the present free and easy
election methods come to a full btop.
EDOAI ; P. DAVIS , who 1ms been
nominated to represent the Ninth ward
in the council , is entitled to the sup
port of nil republicans. Whatever may
liavo boon the dilloronces between the
competing factions ot that ward , there
is no reason why the republican vote
should not unite on Mr. Davis , because
lie is known to bo a strictly honorable
and reliable man ,
JOB RKDMAK , on hia Jefferson square
hobby , rode into the councilmanic
nomination in the Fifth ward. It is one
thing to bo nominated , and another to
lie oloctod. Holly Job Joe has found
this to bo true upon several occasions ,
but btill persists in being a candidate ,
lie is an old chestnut that will have to
bo relegated once more lo the caucus In
convention , whore ho aan trade nud
trufllo to his heart's content.
Tllfi improved palace cars for the
transportation of live stock ; the cold
btorago system of handling dressed beef
in transit ; the lutgo abattoirs nnd scien
tific methods of dressing cattle and hogs
are all evidences of the progress made
in the moat packing industry. It strfnds
to reason that all this care is taken
to insure the cleanliness and
lienlthfulnoss of packinghouse products.
In fact those precautions are necessary
for the life of the business. Improve
ments , moreover , will continue to bo
niade , When it is romomborcd that
lully two-thirds of the people of this
country are supplied through the puck-
ing houses with no ovldonco of evil
oiToots , it must bo conceded that tlw
meat from this source is wholesome.
The hue and cry , therefore , of the New
York butchers and the meat dealers ref
leading eastern cities that paolcing
house moats are unwhoUome is utterly
baseless ,
The recurrence of Thnnltflglvlnp Day
brlngfl with It tlic snmo tnorftl tlmt 1ms
so often been presented , and calls up
the familiar sentiments that are natur
ally inspired by the occasion. In the
light ofits history , which we have al
ready plvcn , and by virtue of its title ,
everybody understands the meaning
and purpose of the day. It is an occa
sion of Riving thanks , ot gladness , nnd
of feasting. The original character ot
the day has boon soinowhnt changed ,
and perhaps for the bettor. It is
now an occasion of heartier en
joyment and more soulful grati
tude than at Hrst. Wo are not under
the restraints and repressions of the
men who inaugurated this observance.
Wo have progressed to freer and more
liberal ideas , and our thanking is not
less earnest because loss constrained ,
not less sincere because less formal , not
less acceptable , we venture to think , be
cause fuller of merriment nnd gladness
than of old.
The observance ot n day of thanks
giving by sixtj millions of self-gov
erned people , in ncknowlodmcnt of
their dependence upon a higher
power nnd lit attestation of their
gratitude to that power , is rich in
btiggostion. It is especially hon
orable lo n people whom the
world credits with being more practical
and material in their sentiments and
aims than any other. As to the incent
ives to thanksgiving , surely no people
have greater than those of tilts most
favored land. Secure in their free in
stitutions , at peace with the world ,
blessed with an abundance of the neces-
snriesof life , nioxing steadily onward in
the path of progress and prosperity ,
and setting before the world the grand
est example in history of what a free
pi-oplo can acc&tnplish , wo have every
reason for national thanksgiving.
The invitation of to-day is not
alone to the enjoyment of what
wo have , but to such kindly
olliccs as will con tribute to
the enjoyment and incite the thank
fulness of the leas fortunate. It is an
occasion for the exercise of a generous
philanthropy , the practice of which is
always helpful to one's own enjoyment.
Wo trust that every reader ot Tun Br.B
has reason to be in full sympathy with
the spirit of this peculiarly American
holiday.
SETTLE DOU'A * TO UUSTNESS.
The anxiety which the southern people
ple arc manifesting regarding the policy
of the next administration is unwar
ranted and foolish. Nothing which
General Harrison said during the cam
paign , nothing in his previous record ,
and nothing that has emanated from
any responsible source in the republi
can party justifies the apprehension
whicli apparently prevails sit the south
that the next administration will visit
some peculiar and severe political hard
ship on that section. Still the news
papers of the south are dally filled with
forebodings , and under the pressure of
anxiety and fear General Harrison
risen has been called upon
to define his position on the
"southern question. " In this , as in
all other respects , ho has shown a wise
discretion , going only so far as to reas
sure the people of the south that what
ever policy is pursued by the now ad
ministration will have regard for their
interests in common with those of other
sections in a word. , that the policy will
bo national , not sectional. In his letter
to the editor of a paper in Greenville ,
South Carolina , General Harrison said :
"When the surpri&o and disappoint
ment which some of your people have
felt over the result has passed away ,
and they give some calm thought to
the situation , I think they will bo
as much surprised as I am
that they should , in thought or
speech , impute to mo an un
friendliness toward the south. The pol
icies in legislation advised by the repub
lican party , I believe , are wholesome
for the whole country , and if those who ,
in their hearts , believe with us upon
these questions , would act with us ,
some other questions that give you local
concern would settle themselves. "
Could there bo anything said more re
assuring than this ?
What the southern people are evi
dently very much in need of jilst now
is calm thought. They were rather
more than surprised and disappointed
over the result of the election they
wore exasperated. Their confidence in
democratic success was absolute , and
upon ibis they had founded the cheerful
expectation of still more completely dom
inating national nirairs in the future.
Having their ftiith and their hopes
shattered by defeat , and being conscious
of their political shortcomings , it is
natural tlmt they should bo filled with
the fear of a retribution which they
know to bo deserved. But the republi
can party and its distinguished leader
have noldoa of retribution. They will
have no policy for the south that shall
not apply equally to the east and to the
west. "Tho policies in legislation ad
vised by the republican party I bollovo
are wholesome for the whole country , "
says General Harrison , and ho can bo
depended upon , if his past record and
his late utterances furnish authority
for judging , not to favor any policy
that is not national in its scope
and application. It will bo for
tlio southern people to determine
whether they are willing to accept poli
cies in the results of which they must
eharo in common with the people of
other sections in a word , whether they
will remain sectional and obdurate , or
submit to what the majority of the people
ple , us now represented by the repub
lican party , believe to bo wise , just and
necessary to the integrity and perpetuity -
potuity of American institutions.
It would bo well If the people of the
south could , In the most liberal sense ,
settle down to business. Tholr atten
tion to politics , to-the exclusion of prac
tical alTalfd , 1mb always boon a draw
back to them , and If they go on for
the next four years giving themselves
endless solicitude about , political affairs
the olToct must bo damaging to their
raatorinl affairs. Their wise course will
bo to let the former entirely alone , so
far as national matters are concerned ,
and give themselves up wholly to the
latter. In this way they will inspire
confidence and assist their prosperity.
The south has made notable progress in
the last few yours. In portions of that
section there has been great develop
ment. Most of tlio southern stales
posset almost boundless resources ,
which when utilized will bring great
wealth nnd commercial power to those
states , How much bettor for the people
to bend all their energies to making
thcso available than to keep themselves
in a fever of political anxiety to the
neglect of practical concerns. Never
was there a time when the well-remem
bered advice of the Michigan congress
man to the people ot the south was more
opportune than now. Lot them devote
the next four years to business , and
they may vest assured that the ronuuli-
can party will manage the affairs of the
nation without doing thorn any injus
tice , but rather in such a way that they
will receive their full share of the re
sultant bencllls.
TUB country will heartily welcome
the confirmation of the report tlmt
President-elect Harrison desires Sen
ator Sherman to accept tlio position of
secretary of state , and that the senator
is disposed to do so. It is in the line of
prcccdant to offer this cabinet otllco to
Senator Sherman who was the leading
candidate in the national convention ,
but there has bcon a question whether
Mr. Sherman would care to assume
diplomatic duties , his public career hav
ing led him for the most part in another
direction. Ho is by no moans unfamil
iar with our foreign relations , however ,
having long served on the senate
committee on foreign relations , besides
which he is a very thorough lawyer , es
pecially well versed in international
law. At the head of the stale do part-
ment Mr. Sherman would give to our
diplomatic service a dignity , force and
character which it has hardly enjoyed
since DanioJ Webster was secretary of
state. The country could rely upon the
administration of the department being
thoroughly American , without any ex
travagant or aggressive parade. Our
interests abroad would bo fully pro
tected. There would bo little danger
of national humiliation from careless or
stupid blundering , and we should once
more win the respect of the world by
having a just and wcll-groundod policy
firmly carried out.
WK understand that General Esta-
brook denies that ho was the author of
the slanderous attack upon the editor of
Tin : Br.B which appeared in the Jle-
pnblkan over the signature of" Voritus. "
We cheerfully accord the general the
benefit of his disclaimer. The informa
tion on which the editor of THIS BEE
based his open letter came from n prom
inent citixon who hoard General Esta-
brook nt Saturday night's jamboree in
the city hall use about the same lan
guage that appeared over the name
"Veritas. " This attack at the council
chamber was entirely uncalled for
because no reference had been made to
General Estabrook in this paper for a"
year or two. His plea for Jofforsoa
square need not have been made
through personal abuse of a man
who is in every respect as good a
citizen as ho is , at least. If ho
has been wrongfully charged or sus
pected , it is because ho uttered in pub
lic what was printed afterwards over
another name. This paper has never
denied the right of any citizen to advo
cate whatever ho may doom to bo
his own or the public interest.
Its columns are , and always
have been open to the advocates of
Jefferson square , but they should con
fine themselves to the issues involved
instead of appealing to public preju
dice by personal abuse and villiflcatiou.
THE anti-polygamy laws arc still
being enforced in Utah , but it is a ques
tion whether they are accomplishing
their purpose. Their is now on the
criminal calendar for the November
term of court in the First district of
Utah some sixty cases in which the defendants -
fondants are prosecuted for polyg
amy under the Edmunds act.
In the list of the sixty defendants , not
one of them is accused of having com
mitted polygamy , owing to the diffi
culties to prove polygamous marriages.
But nearly every ono is to bo tried
under the law which forbids "unlawful
cohabitation , " the po-nalties for which
are comparatively light. The names
of the accused are significant
from the fact that nearly every
name is that of a Swede or a
Dane. Tins would indicate that a
majority of the oflondors are persons of
little social or political prominence in
the territory , probably newly , arrived
immigrants from Scandinavia. So long
as the federal courts confine their prosecution -
ocution to unimportant persons and
mote out to them slight penalties , it
will bo a long time before polygamy
will bo stumped out of existence.
Tun grand jury of Cook county has
indicted Cashier Tnlliniin of the bank
rupt Traders' bank of Chicago for em
bezzlement. The statute under which
the action is tried provides tlmt any
banker who receives money on deposit ,
knowing his bank to bo insolvent , shall
bo guilty of embezzlement. Further
more , the statute provides tlmt the fail
ure of a bank within thirty days after
the receipt of a deposit shall bo consid
ered prima facie ovldonco of ombo lo-
mont. This ia a strong law , which
commends itself for the protec
tion of depositors from fraudulent
bank officials , It is especially ap
plicable to Nebraska. Our legislature
will probably bo called upon this winter -
tor to pass stringent banking laws.
With a law similar to the Illinois bank
ing law on our statute books , the state
would bo bettor nblo to prosoouto the
rascals who ruined the bank and embez
zled the deposits of the people of Val
paraiso. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE attack which the Herald makes
upon Mayor B oatch in connection with
the Fourth ward republican primary
has nothing more for its basis than the
disappointment of certain democrats
who took a very active intoraat in this
politest. It la a piece ot impertinence
for a democratic paper lo poke ita nose
into a factional contest of the opposition
party. The //Iraki's admission tli at a
disturbance of the peace by a resort to
violence was only prevented through
the presence of the police at the Fourth
ward primary is a sufficient justification
for Mayor Broatch. The police were
stationed nt all the voting places to pre
serve order , and. that was eminently
proper in view of the fact that the pri
mary clcctions rd now regulated by
law. i
GBSiit\bSiJRUMAN will have uni
versal sympathy in , the severe bereave
ment caused by the death ot his wife ,
which occurrodTln New York yesterday.
Although Mrs.tSlwrman never courted
social prominence , few women had a
wider acquaintance and none was moro
highly esteemed. She was a devoted
wife nud mother , preferring to all
others tlio duties which thcso relations
devolved upon her , and particularly
proud of the honors and popular respect
tlmt were shown her distinguished hus
band. Tlio great soldier has suffered
tlio severe blow of his life and tlio whole
American ncoplo will extend to him its
tcndorcst and heartiest smpathy. , .
TlIK rcnomitmtlon of Frank Kasper
to represent the Second waul in the
council is a high compliment bestowed
upon a man who lias , during trying
times , always shown himself at once
faithful lo his constituents nnd
thoroughly honest in his dealings.
Neither has the Second ward had nny
reason to complain of Mr. Kaspor for
want of industry. Ho has attended
every meeting of the council , nnd has
always boon found voting on the sldo of
what ho believed to bo the public in
to rest.
Tnn republicans ot the Fourth ward
have ratified the nomination made by
the club , in the person of Ml * . D. II.
Wheeler , who will undoubtedly repre
sent the Fourth ward in the next coun
cil. Mr. Wheeler has no superior as a
parliamentarian , and is thoroughly
equipped in every rctpeot in legislative
matters. Ho knows what the Fourth
ward wants and what tlio people of
Omaha want. He knows equally well ,
also , what tlioy do not want , and wo ba-
lievo ho will endeavor to represent the
wishes of his constituents to the best of
his ability.
Tin : Burlington and -Union Pacific
have a very peculiar way of showing
their affection for Omaha. It has been
the boast of thcso railroads that they
wore at all times working for the inter
ests of our citv , and only wanted an op
portunity to manifest their love for hot-
prosperity. Nevertheless , when a rep
resentative body of citizens from Holt
county made a personal appeal to the
local managers of these two roads for a
direct communication with Omaha they
were given the cold shoulder.
Great Heiid.
lintlitn IIci alii ,
General Harrison's first appointment is a
newspaper man. Great head !
Two Good Ilonsoiis.
If. V. Tribune.
Of course , General Harrison will enforce
the civil service reform law first , because it
ia the law ; second because ho is in favor of
civil service rofornV'
A lilterm-y Gain.
' tatt.
Those people wh < > .delight in whlling nway
an idle hour with gem's of American literature
are reminded that the tontli census has just
been published in twenty quarto volumes.
It Will lie Spared.
Chicago Tribune.
In ono 'ownship in Ginning county , Ne
braska , only ono republican vote was cast at
the late election. Yet preadventuro that
township will bo spared from destruction for
the sake of its one righteous man.
They Feel Tlmt Way.
CMcnao Keu't.
A Massachusetts lady has a habit of going
frequently to an undertaker's shop and try
ing on a costly coflln. with great pomp. There
are many democratic officeholders who know
just what her sensations ore while thus f ace
to face with the griin destroyer.
The Presidential Terra.
St. Paul 1'lontcr Z'rj.
Wo believe that an amendment changing
the presidential term to six years and for
bidding a second term , if pushed in congress
this winter , would meet with popular ap
proval and receive the assent of the required
number of states.
Tcxn * Will Not Bo Divided.
Oalrcstnn Ifcwi.
Outside papers nro Just now amusing them
selves and outside statesmen are entertain
ing their nndiences with a discussion of the
division of Texas. Texas statesmen and
Texas newspapers linvo not ths temerity to
rush in where angels fear to tread. Oblivion
is making n long roach for those who in
Texas advocate the division of Texas.
No Flics On the West.
CUtcauo Herald ,
Rov. Dr , Duryou , of the Central Congre
gational church of Boston , has accepted n
call at , Omaha. Westward the star of cul
ture takes her way. It Is to the west that
tlio intellectual nnd cultivated must look for
true culture nowadays. While Hoaton runs
after such vain idols as John Sullivan and
Mike Kelly , the west studies Browning1 , ami
explores to tuolr remotest limits the realms
of philosophy , science , morals and theology.
'There are no Hies on the west when it comes
to real , downright culture , nud if Mr.
Duryca's culture Is of the genuine kind ho
will find himself In a congenial atmosphere
at Omaha.
Only IlnrnrCnii llCHiilt.
Suppose intor-stato commerce in dressed
menta should ba forbidden by law , on the
ground that meat flwed in ono state was
not wholoiomo food > } a tha next , what would
be the effect on the. markets for our meats
abroad } If our statcs hould refuse to ro-
celvo meats from ono another , what bolter
pretext would foreign countries ask for clos
ing their markets toj sj This is something
to think nbout. IHs ; serious question and
should bo seriously considered. In the light
of the fact that all of the talk of the Imtcli-
crs und Iholr sorohc iValllos about the im
purities of drossod'meat arises from no in
terest In the puullo health , but u nolflsh rule
or ruin motive that seeks the destruction of
the dresscd-mcat Industry. Tlio destruction
of tlmt Improved method can bo as easily ac
complished as the returning of the Father ' of
Waters to the northern Ipltos and 'Ivors
there Is no danger of anything so absurd
happening , Hut there Is danger that this
solnsh , hypocritical tirade will bo bad for our
business abroad.
. - . *
Crop Prospects.
CMMun Herald.
No state has made better progress m 90-
curing her corn crop thnn the etato of Ne
braska , and tno movement so far , oven with
the favorable surroundings alluded to , bas
bcon unusually small. Omaha , thn contra !
shipping point for the castoru portion of the
btato , ropoits that receipts have not averaged
recently over 5,000 bushels a day , whereas
they should have -bcea nearer 10,000. The
Indication * , however , nrt'that this morcaion
of corn will incronso on ths opening of tlio
now ycur. The most gratifying statement In
connection with this crop In Nebraska is tlmt
the farmer * as a class nro In much bettor
Ilnnucml condition thail they have been for
some tlmo. This nro < > from the fact tlmt the
corn crop oflSST realized thorn n very hand
sonic profit on their farms , and they do noi
like now to tnko S to 10 cents loss ucr bushel
than they received for the old crop when the
present crop gives every ovldonco of bolng
sound.
The ropoits from Iowa show that tlio corn
is drying out much belter thauitdtd four
teen days ego , and that nt least 30 to 40 per
cent of the corn is snfo In Its litllo crib. The
Illinois fanners have no reason to complain
of the weather and the nnsnltiulo of the
crop they are handling , but they do com
plain , moro or loss , all over the state , of the
streak of soft coin which runs through the
crop. Tlio fact , howavor , tlmt .farmers nro
so largely making preparations to crib mul
hold the present crop of corn iiisto.ul of
throwing it on the market this winter and
next spring speaks volumes for their finan
cial ability , not only to hold tholrcrops them
selves , but to bo able to keep them until
prices arc somewhat in keeping with Iho cost
of production ,
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] jAHOllNOTUS.
The report tlmt the United Honkhtmlers ol
Now York were nbout to withdraw from the
Knights of Labor is proved to have boon
false.
Tlic largest eleclrlo plant In tlio world will
soon bo put in operation. London Is to bo
illuminated by electricity , and n contract for
the immcuso undertaking lias already been
umdo.
Fiom present nppcmancci thcro will bo
bo t little demand for Ice men this season.
Many Ice houses have not been emptied dur
ing the summer , nnd cutters gcueially ate
looking for u dull winter.
A newly invented bolt for fastening to
gether heavy timbers dors awnv with the
need of u nut. The bead of the bolt is pro
vided with a spring , Upon striking this
spring with a hammer two arms lly out from
the shank of the bolt , pressing against the
tlinbcr and performing the olllco of n nut.
An ingenious mechanic bns Invented n now
screw half nail and half screw. Two blows
of the hammer , two turns of thosciow-
drivcr , nnd it is in. It has a holding power
of 3M3 pounds In will to pine , n gain of torty-
fnur pounds over the holding power of the
ptostmt sorow.
The boot and shoo makers of Massachu
setts make on the average about live pairs of
shoes a day. In 1845 the nverugo number of
shoes made on each working-day was nbout
two pairs. The increase is said to be due
largely to the introduction of machnieiy and
improved processes.
Masons will bo Interested in the Invention
by nn eastern man of two now kinds of plas
tering composition. That to bo used for the
llrst coat consists of sand , sawdu-st , plaster
of juris , slaked limo , sugar and carbonate of
soda , while tli.it for the second coat is made
of cicain of tartas , puniic stone , sugar , llmo
nnd piaster of paris , each comjiosition being
compounded and applied in proportions and
after a manner described. Both composi
tions have been patented.
Mr. W. E. Hathaway , of New Bedford ,
Mass. , lias the credit of devising a very in
genious machine for splitting wood. It con
sists of u knife attached to a heavy vertical
bar , which at its upper end is fastened to nn
eccentric , in turn connected to shafting
driven by an electric motor. By means of
Mr. Hathawny's invention sawed wood is
split faster than tour men could do it ivth.
an ux. In other words , it is simply an appli
cation of the well-known fact that , lightning
splits trees.
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Plaltsmouth wants a toboggan slide.
Dr. Parduo , ono of the oldest residents of
Geneva , is dead , aged oightj'-threo years.
Shoplifters are causing considerable wor-
rimcnt among the merchants at Wymorp ,
The business houses destroyed by lire nt
Bennet will bo rebuilt as soon as possible.
An attempt Is being made to form a
graugo of Patrons of Husbandry in Dodge
county.
It is suid that not less than fifty thousand
sheep arc bciug fed in Dodge county this
season.
The Salvation army fired its first gun at
Beatrice Monday night , and a long nnd hot
scigc Is promised.
B. S. Baker , of Fairbury , is the latest as
pirant for the spoakorship of tha lower house
of the legislature.
The two things that Ulysses needs are tele
phone connection with Omaha and the Mis
souri Pacific road.
Out of a total of 300 hogs Inoculated by Dr.
Billfngslcy on throe farms in Butler county ,
oulytibout twenty-five are alive to-day.
The Jefferson county commissioners have
about completed the purchase of a half-sec
tion of land for a poor farm , to cost $3,000.
Quito a number of cattle are dying in the
vicinity of La Platto. Saipy county , caused ,
the farmers think , by catmg dry corn stalks.
Hov. B. B. Burton has preached his fare
well sermon as paator of the Christian
church nt Noith Bend , and departed for his
new field of labor at JefTcison , Ia.
As a counter-irritant to the Bachelors'
Protective union at Kearney , the young
ladles of that city will form an Old Maids'
auxiliary to co-operate with the union In Its
professed purpose of shunning the opposite
sex. There is music m the air.
North Bend people are excited over the
discovery of n supjiosed kleptomaniac in their
midst. An elderly gentleman named Meyers
has been anestodon the charge of stealing u
coat , horse blanket and gloves. In searching
for them other articles of vaiious kinds were
brought to light such as blacksmith's tools.
Harness and trunks.
The Nebraska City Press avers that the
Otoo county man who won a neighbor's wife
on nn election bet cannot bo found , to accept
the winnings. IIo dlsappcnted Wednesday
morning , November 7 , and from the fact that
the corp'o of a man caiofully disguised , with a
badly frightened face , was found floating in
the Missouri about thai lime , il Is feared ho
took his own life.
An account of the robbing of August
Bergstrand's tailor shop at Fairmont which
appeared in Tun BBK , lead to tliu recovery of
the stolen goods , which had been sent by ex
press to Hastings. The chief of police nt tliu
latter place found the express i > cceipt for the
goods on a tramp whom ho arrested. Later
no read of the robbery In the jmpcr and thus
ascertained to whom the stolen articles be
longed ,
town.
The Missouri is reported full of floating ice
at Sioux City ,
A Woman drives the stage uotwcon Sioux
City nnd Danville.
A I5J.OOO stock company has been formed
In Dubuque to carry on the cattle business.
Spontaneous combustion calloJ out the
Mitdison 11 ro department Ihrco times in ouo
dny recently.
Hov. II. B. Foskett has resigned the nasto *
ate of the Bajitist church nt MiirslmlUown
after serving his congregation faithfully for
seven years.
t
Eight small IKJ.VS at Dubuque formed n popcorn -
corn trust. The corn was popped by moans
of a gasoline burner , winch explodoJ and de
stroyed tlio stand and the trustat ono fell
swoop.
A Davenport brute named Peter Lonne
pounded his wlfo until ho broke her arms ,
blackened her face , and covered her body
from neck to fcot with red welts and blue
bruises.
Ida Grove musical critics have n peculiar
way of expressing themselves , A bullet
passed thiough a window nnd lodged m tin
organ which u young imiu was playing the
other day.
While Mis. Aunlo Croo Taylor nud hus
band , ol Altoonu , were on their way to an
evening party , some unomy throw sulphurlo
acid over the lady , completely ruluiug a soul
skin cloak.
Tlio Great Northwest.
Eleven Episcopalians were baptised at
Laramie , \Vyo , , last Sunday ,
Union Paclllo engineers are surveying anew
now route between Modlduo Bow and Huw-
llns , Wyo. ,
Iteiits In Bolter City , Oro. , nro so high as
to bring SO per cent return on ull investments
of any kind.
President Hill of the Manitoba says that la
a'sUoit time the output of the Montana coal
mines will bo 1,000 or 1,200 tons dally , and
tlmt the coal is of < m excellent quality.
A reward of $1,030 U offered for the arrest
of Iho unknown murderer of Thomas Davis ,
ofWnlln Wulm , W. T.
A shortage of ? ) ,2 < W was diiooverol In the
accounts of the count v clerk of Grant county ,
Oregon , last week. The money wai tlcjioslteii
by his bondsnu'ii , who recommended niiothct
person for tlio plnco.
The value of property in Portland , Ore. ,
has been lived at $ llOOi > ,0 > X ) by the nsoessor.
W. S. Ladd is the largest Individual taxpayer -
payer , fISO.OOO , nnd the O. U. and N. company -
pany jmy on * tKC , ' .M5.
It fa understood that there Ii n jilnn on foot
to establish n new county In Colorado out of
u portion of UioUraiido nndCouojos counties ,
making cither Monte Vistn or Alamos.i n
county scat , with chances strongly in favor
of Alamos , ! .
Pretty Mrs. Hnnloy , the oightoon-yciir-old
wife of John Hnnloi.of Ontervlllo , Mont ,
who slv weeks ago wus Miss Unnim Uiiluh ,
nnd who ciontod n sensation by eloping \\itli
nut marrying him nt Deer Lodge , has caused
another sensation by leaving him nml In her
hurry forgetting to leave her address.
A young man by the mime of Koirurs , near
Lo-.vlston , W. T. , was poisoned on Saturday.
Ho wns nutting jioHon In a dead cow for
coyote * , nud usedhH kulfo , and a short tlmo
afterward ho used the implement in cutting
some chewing tobacco , and soon hud u spasm
and died.
11. F. Northington , of Hawllns , Wyo. , has
organised n jiarty to go west to Ked Desert
for the jiurjioso of capturing u herd of sov-
cnly-IIvo or n hundred head of buffalo that
range In tlmt section of country. Mr. Not th-
ington's idea is to obtain the calves nnd raise
them on a ranch. He is going to try the ov-
pcriment of biccding them for castuiu mar
kets.
kets.Tho
The discovery of grant quarries of sand
stone on the Kaglo river , near Sherwood ,
Colo1 , is likely to lead to a new Industry ,
giving employment to acoics of Inboicis ,
The stone exists In unlimited quantities , nud
by careful analysis Is found to bo superior
for building jmrposcs to nny stone yet found
in the Btuto. The now union depot nt Pueblo
will bo constructed entirely of Eagle river
sandstone.
Tno reported sale of the Cuyninncn ft
Eastern railroad to the Union Pacific Is con
firmed hy a very high ofllcinl of the Santa
Fo , who claims to know tlmt the transaction
Is consummated : also by a Chicago , Burling
ton & Qulney onlrinl now in California The
road was transferred to n development com-
jMiny last bpiing , and this company now
transfers it to a parly representing the Union
Pacific.
ELIJAH H. HALFORD.
The Prcsldcnt-lSlPcfH Choice of PrI-
viuo Secretary ,
Chaplain Lo/.ior of Mount Vcrnon :
"Elijah W. JIalford. Know him ? Yes ,
as well as I know any man in Indianap
olis. I have known him from his youth.
Know his mother and all the boys , and
a splendid lot of boys they were. I
was pastor of ono of the Methodist
churches of Indianapolis , and Mrs.
Halford was a inembor of another of
our Methodist societies there , nnd wo
were frequently thrown together in
church work. She was left a widow
when her boys wcro quite young1 , but
they were manly boys , and esteemed it
an honor to bo 'tied to their mother's
apron blrlnp. ' They wont to work in
the Journal office , J3. W. as reporter ,
' ' 'Willie' carriers
and 'Jiminic' and as ,
and they kept up as cosy a home ns you
could wish to see , in whicli that mother
was the queen. But a terribly calamity
came to that home during the \\.ar. Ono
morning while it was yet quite dark ,
Willie was distributing his morning
Journals , when a gambler came out of n
saloon , and with a drunken yell. Ilred
his revolver across the street in the
darkness. The ball crashed through
the brain of little Willie , and they car
ried him homo dead. Since that day
neither the Journal , nor the Intor-
Ocean , of which Ualford was once man
aging editor , has been charged with
friendliness for saloons or gambling
houses , except by prohibitionists of tlio
St. John-Helen Cougar 'combination,1
who recently undertook a contract to
ptilvorizo the republican party , ' I be
lieve. "
"Tell us something moro about the
I ] ul ford of the hour. "
"You want to know about his per
sonnel , as they say in Yokahoma , or
somewhere ? Well , Halford is another
of your 'big little man' like General
Harrison. Not a boy in size by any
moans , but not a largo man. I thinlt ho
and Iho president-elect would tij ) the
beam at about the same notch say 150
pounds but they both ran to brain
more than fcot , us you probably have
been led to suspect. "
"Do you regard him as n great man , "
wo inquired.
"Well , yes for an editor ! " ( Here the
chaplain prepared to tiodgo an inkstand
with winch wo weru toying sugges
tively. ) "Journalism has boon his pro
fession nnd his forte ; and .vet ho is no
tyro in j > olitical affairs , as I happen to
know. Ho was Senator Morton's private -
vato secretary when Morton was at his
zenith in the days of Lincoln and
Grant , and no man of Halford 's brain
ever sat at the fcot of htich a man with
out acquiring much that is priceless in
btaloMiuuiship. Ilnlford has written
.lie platforms , and douo much to blwpo
the policy of the republicans of Indi-
ina for years , and I guess , too , tlmt next
; o MeKinloy , could claim paternal roia-
Joiih to our national platform. "
"You regard Harrison as the Morton
' " '
typ politically' ;
' Yes ; anil bo do I Harrison , in the
nnin. The Morton school of politics
ins been represented in Indiana
since Mortou'u day , by such
non as General Harrison , Govcr-
101- Porter , Go\ornor Cnmback and
Generals Hovoy and Tom Browne , Col
onel Hallowny and others , with Ilnlford
at the head of tliu Journal which is tlio
chief organ of the party in Indiana. "
"Hut what bus that to dovith a pri
vate secretary ? Harrison is no Grovcr
Cleveland and Ilnlford is no Daniel. "
"I tan nsburo you Harribon will run
.hings at the white lioubo , " tlio olmplnm
continued , "and Halford has honso
enough to lot him ! You will find IIul-
ord a business secretary thoroughly
comorsnnt with current national ntlniru ,
and with all t'rndos of public men
gentlemanly withal , and , withal , dis
criminating and bagacious. "
Constitutional Catarrh ,
No blnglo dtacitbe has entailed moio autrcrmg
or hastentd the bnmRlng up of the constitution
han Catarrh. The sonyo of umell , of tuhte , of
Ight , of hcailng , the human volco , the mind--
one or more , nud sometimes nil , yield to its do-
Btnictlvu Induence. The poison It dUtrllmtea
hroughont th yattmattaeknevory vital fotco ,
milbreiiKs up the most lobuitof constitutions
gnorud , bucuuso but llttlo understood , by most
iliyalclans , Impotently assulluil by ( jiiilcn ( and
harlutans , these sulfurlng from it liavo llttlo
lope to be lullovncl of It tills sldo of tlio grave ,
t Is time , then , that tlio popular treatment of
hi * tuiilbin cllsciino by rumcdleg within tlio
each of nil pushed IntoliBUiUatoncocompgtunt
ml ti ustworthy. ' 1 he now and hitherto untried
nethod adopted by Dr. hanford In the piepaia-
Ion of his UuiiiAMViir. has won the hearty
uptirovnl of tliouBandn. It Isliistantauoouilu
nllordlugrelief In all head eold .imeo liiL' , fnuf-
llng nml obhtrULtcd breathing , mid mpldly to.
novcb the most o | > iires lvo symptoms , clearing
heliosd , swuetoning the brunt Ii , restoring the
enses of smell.tuste and liearlng.nud neutrally
ngthe constitutional tendency of the tllieiibo
ouurds the lungs ll\er and klndoys.
SANVoim'H HAUIOAI. Cinir. consists of ono
mttlu of the HAUicAii Com : , ono box of ( U-
rAiiuiiAi , Boi.vfcNT , and IMI-UOVKU IN-
IAI.KU ; price , Jl ,
TOTTBII PHUO & . ClIEMIOAI. CO. , IIOBTOK.
" FREE ! FREE FROM PAIN !
, "ir ONH MINUTK TlIK OUTICIUU
\fl \ + ANTi-1'AiN i'i > Aiiriii : reliBVfcrf Ttliou-
. rnatlc , Bclatlc , Suuaon. BUarp. nud
Nor > oukl'nln8 , Strains and Vvealc-
lean. The first RiiiJ only pain killing riunior. A
perfect , new. original , liwtuutanrouii. Infallible ,
inrtsafo Autlil'/eo to rain. Inllaminatluu uml
tVeauies * . AtallilrutftfUts. aScuriUiflve for
( l.Wi or. poatapa fie , ot 1'orrjfii Juuo AMI
! 7lllMIf'Af. ! ffl. . IIOBtdU.
A Prominent Physician Talks About
Vaccination ,
The Operation being performed on
School Children Very Kxtcu
slvely Tlio Snintl Pox
Senre.
A.1. ? -v/nroltmtltK ? many vliool children
now * nskodoiir liter of n piomltientpliyxlclnii
nunyorlvinnifo : "not AI-IJ manv , as ] ilo not
. . ? " . " 'S1' f' ' 'illy ' iirac'tct' . ' iiiwoiod tlio doctor ,
but 1 nnd two little fellows Mep Into mv onlco
nmeinlilnj nRo nnd one of them nnntcil tliu
operation perloinied , which | did to his entire
siitisfarUon , npp.ueutlv r.u ho left the olllco
" I hen t lie opornt Ion Is not nt tended with mucll
pnln , Is tlr" iiuurled the \uiier.
"No , It is not painful , n intlo srrntchlnc nml
then apply thn \ Inis uml It Is nil oor. . 1 linvu
vnceinutPil n urent iniiny pi > rM > iis , hero nnd eNo.
\\lieip , mul lui\e Vbcrlnnleil them nt nllimoi.
from OHO \onr nnd niiwnids. enl ) u few diivt !
tiKD 1 vucclimtnd a little buby Klrl not morn
thnn n vonr old. nndlillcslu > riled sonic. It did
not hint her but she wnt bndlv rilgliti-nod. If
\onwoiildllko to si'oliow it luokscnll on Mis.
T. Stiunmliorst. nt No. Kll oiitli Kith sttvet.lt
was her llttlo Klrl that I spoukof nnd nhlll
toll > on nil about It I Mirilnnti < d hi-r llttlo boy
to < > nndlm\o trout ml lu-i son \\lllluin. uml hu
will bJ p omcd to tell you nil nbout lt. ' ;
The writer called on Mis. Mnponhor < t nt Ml
Foulhltlth Rtreot. ana found n \ ery plpiisnut
niitt motliorl.N looking ludj. who ga\o him thu
followIIIKnbout hprrhlUUvn.
"Vei. the do lordld viicelu.itorivddynnd the
Imby , but tlmt is nothliiK compurod In what ho
did for \Vllllo. not n circtinntiince. NIllle win
complain lit ; tor ix lone time , ho would hino
hiirrlbl" dull pnini o\er the eyes with n contin
ual hendiu'hc , had u bnd tnsto In his mouth , lilt
nosawat ixlwnys Htopppil up , Kniiiotlinoa ouo
sldo then the olher nnd ho wns ImwUiig nnd
splttliiK nil the time- . Hut mlded to nil this win
somt'tliliiB wor-i > . hoHM Kriulimlly Krowlne
deaf , ho could Mcimely hour oidlnnn convoixa'
tloiii mid uiih-s wo vpokociy loml to him ho
could not iitidorstiind ! ho hud n uti-mly ruimlntr
fiom both vnrA. nml I was very much nlnrmod
for rear ho would lo-o hli hentniK entluily , th tn
hohiid i-Mtarrhj 1 was mir foi 1 , my lf hud
hail thiitdipml ttonblp nnil had been treated
\ cry successfully for It bj Dr. ( . M. Jordan , nt
.11(1 ( Hnmgo Ulock. After consnltliiK with my
biigbiiuil. I took Willie to see lr. Jordan tm&
placed him under his treatment mul the iviult
is tli U holseiillrol ) eluedof hH catatrhnnd hn
ran hear as well as you or Iran. Heioho auj
you cau talk to Him yoin olC.
mrr.iu STAI'C.NIIOIIST.
The next moment tha writer wa engaged In
convurHutldii with n very bright and IntelllHont
looklnR and very mannerly yoimt man who , oil
being ( [ iiestloiu'd about ills licarlut , said :
"Ves , sir , the doctor has improved my hear
ing wonderfully. I could scarcely liear anvthtui ;
nnd now I can hear as well as over 1 could nnd
It makes mo fool so much batter ami more am-
bilious. My cars both discharged continuously.
He first stopped the dlschargo nnd then lilted
an artificial oar drum , one. of his own contriv
ance. In my oars , and now I can hear the slight
est whisper. My friends among the boys are
very much surprised at tno cluuigo In my hear
ing. The doctor lias cured mo entirely of my
catarrh , and I luno 110110 of the illstieasing
sjmptomi any iiioio , and I can't toll you how
tiwiikful I am to him for It. "
SOMETHING WOUTH KNOWING.
A Fovr Syni ] > toniH of Disease Tlmt
May Prove Kerloun to Yon.
Do you have frequent fits of mental deproi-
BIOU ?
Io yon exporlenco ringing or buzzing noisei
In vour o r /
Do you feel as though you must xurfocato
when lying down ?
Are you troubled ivlth a luickliiff cough ana
general debility ?
Aio your oycs ecuerally weak and watery and
frequently Inllameili'
Joos your voice liavo a husk , thick sound and
a nasal noit of twang ?
Is yon breath frequently olTonslvo from some
unatcountable canbe ?
liavo you u dull , oppressive headache , geuor-
ally located o\er the eyes ?
Io yon ! iu\o lo imnu and cough fieqiiontly In
the eltoit to clear youi lluoati1
Aio you losing your heiwii of smell and Is
your Heiifcoof taste becoming dulled/
Doi'H j'our no e always feel stopped up , fore-
iim you to bieuthe through J our luoutlu
Do you frequontlj feel ilt/.zy , paitlcularly
when Ktooplng to pick unv'tlilng oT ! thu lloor/
Doesuveiy llttlo draft of li undovory slight
change of tempeiatuio give yon n cold ?
Are you annoyed by n constant doslro'to hawk
spit out an endless quantity of phlegm !
Do you line Irom bed HH tired and weak as you
were the light befoio nml feel as though you
wanted to lie thuie foievor/
IK yimrtmoat tilled with phlegm in the morn
ing , w hlch can only bo ( IHchaiged after violent
touuhlii ; ; and hiwklng and splttlugi1
Do you occasional ! } wake fiom a troubled
Bleep wlthnHtait and feel as If yon had just
escaped a liorrlulo death by choking ?
ItiiAiihic 'lluuilHUo\iuu hoinu ot the many
symptoinsot catauh ami tlio beginning of lung ;
troubles. Not one UIHO in u hundred will liuvu
all of them , but everyone ntrccted will have a
few or many of them. The gioatnr or more ser-
loiiHyoiir Bymiitoms , themoio dangerous > our
condition. If you have feomo or all of them ,
DOCTOIt
J. CRESAP fflcCOY ,
( I.ato of Ilellovun Uospltal.Now Y'oik , )
Sutceuded by
DOCTOR
Cileries M , Jordan
[ Latf of the unlvcwlly of Now VorK Clly anil
Honard l/nl\uidUv , Washlnt'ton , J ) , 0 ,
HAB
Ho. 31O and 311 Ruratfo Building
3orner I'lffrcnth and llarncy gin. , Omaha , Neb. ,
Whole all curable ciiHea are trvutvd
with HUCCCM.
Note Jr. t'lmrle.s M. Jordan lias been ron | .
lent plivBlclun for Dr. ifiCoy , In Omaha , for
.liopaHt year anil In thu uhyalclaii vrlio ImA
mule tlio ctirett that huye b n publUh il
iVL'okly In tlila papor.
CX3NSUI-TATION at olllco or by mull , tl ,
Ofllco hours 9 to 11 u. in , , 2to4 p.m. , T to 8p.
n. , Huniluy olllco houra from V u. m. , to 1 p. in.
Correspondence uicelves prompt attention.
MauvdUeases are treated Huoce Hfullv by. Dr.
lordou tliroutfii the mallH.and it Is thus penalUl
'or Uiona unable U > muka a journor to obtain
mccjsHHKui. uoai'iTAi TKHATMBJJI' AT