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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JTBIDAY , DECEMBER 7. 18S& THE DAILY BEE. v rt'UJiISHUIl KVKRY MOIIN1NU. I ) ll7 'Morning K-lltlon ) Including Scsinr liit.une Year . ! < > > rorSK Months . . 1 < W J'or Throe MontliH . . . 2 u3 Tiir OMAHA St'ssiiAY Ilr.K , mailed to any n < l < 1iri . Ono Ycur . 8(0 Wsctct.r llr.r , Ono Year . " 00 OM MI AOmrr.Nos.uilAMitilfil'Aitv . CHIC too Omi'K fifff KUOKKIIY llni.ni.Mi. MwYonKOl : Kirn. ROOMS 14vi > IftTiitnUNK Iliiii.MMi. WAHHIMITUN OII-ICF , No. 5IJ 1'OUIITUKNTII rounK9i'ONiis'rr. ) : . All onmtnunlrnt loin rrinlliiK ioww nntl lorlal nmtlrr should l > o adilrexsvd to tlio K d rrmltlimcfsMionM lie to Tilt : Hut : I'iniMMlilMJ COMPANY. ( t.'tMM , Drnfti. checks nml iinMolUre ordori to licimulo payable totheonlvrof Ihu cuniiuiny. Tlio BccPalilisliiiiE'ciiaiiy , Proprietors , 13. HOSKWATKlt. IMHor. II KK. Sworn Ktntoiticiitol Clroulntloii. Etataot Nebraska. I , County of Diiuatia'i ' , IB > S > II. Tsarhuck.MHTotnry of ThallerPiib - llhtilni ? < 'onipnny. IOM solemnly swear thnt the nctiml clrrntntton of Tilt : IIUI.Y HKB for the week entlltiK Docembcr 1. im wa at follows ! Sunday , Nor i\ . 1H.8SO Mondny , Nov. ai . 1H.117 TiiNKlny. Nov. 27 . } J. ' ! Wcduei'lny. ' Nov. ' .N . IK.OW Tlinrsdnv. Nov. ! ! ! > . IM ! " Friday. Nov. aj . " ! ' ; Vntiiriluy , Doc. I . .IH.IOI Aftrazo . 18.UI7 > OKOltHKIt. TX.9illl : UK. Sworn to licforn me and "nibsi 1 1boil in my I iiichcnco tlibi 1st dixy of Porwnbpr , \ . I ) , IR8t. Seal N. 1' . I'KI U Notary 1'ubllc. Mate ot Nebraska. I . County of nouL'iin , f H1" ( Icorpo II. T/spliui-k , lioltiB duly sworn , deposes - poses and sny that lie Is socrptHry of the Ileo ruliliHiiltiK company , that the actual avoraijo dally circulation of Tin : DAII.V HIR : for th inontli of November. IHH7. was IS,1 licoplus : for December , 1M7 , Ift.oH copies ; forjiinuury , IMS IK.Wfi copies ! for Kubni.iry , IHiW. l'iV.'l copies ; for Mnrvli. I88H. HUM ) copies ; for April. 1 HS H.7H route * : for May. 1W ! , 17.1HI rep ! -i : for June , IKl * . in.1 ! I roples ; for . Inly , 1H < , 18.tin : copies ; for AiiHUit , lw , 1N.1K ) copfoi ; lorsep- tembt-r , IW-H , IMUI coplus ; for October. IMS , was 1H Of I copies. OHO. II TXSCIIUCIv. fcwoni to bcforo inn mid sub-scribed in my prt'Minco this 7th day of November , IHSS. N. I' . l-'Kllj Notnrr Public , Tlimtu is every Indication tlisit con gress will flpoiid the days of its bi'iof in ii jiuv-woi'Idiig lounmmonl. COUNCILMAN" KAhl'AU lllity Well feel prutillcd over the reception which the citi/.ons of the Second ward tendered to him on his re-election. Tin ; Nebraska , eliiclcun show takes jilnco at Lincoln in a few ( layu. The opportunity should not bo lost to ox- liiblt the strutting cabinet cock , Jotiiunlhurston. " \Vr : are warned that there is great clanger to Onmhiv by changing the licotibo board. There is greater danger in leaving it whore it is , as a source of corruption nnd blackmail. CLKAU the way for the St. Louis , Oinnlia & Sioux City railroad. Will that bo the road to in vado the North- western's territory and stop the dis crimination against Omaha ? A MKIIUV war in passenger rates has 'boon inaugurated between Chicago and 'Omaha. Is the Iowa , railroad conimls- fiiou or the Nebraska state board of transportation responsible for it ? AT.I ; this talk of impeaching the mayor is mere gabble. If the council n& now constituted could vent its spite on the mayor by impeaching him they would not be backward'hi doing so. But they will never venture into the district court. WHISK the duuod farmers present their compliments to Dr. Billings with bills for the hogs ho has killed by his Pas lour treatment for hog cholera , the regents of the state university jvill not 1)0 in so much haste to endorse his medi cine. NKIIUASKA. is very little interested whether Mr. Cleveland approves or vetoes the direct tax bill , should it pass l)0th houses. If it becomes a law , some thing like fifteen millions will be re turned to the various states , which wore assessed by the direct tax in 18(51 ( for war purposes. Nebraska bolng a terri tory at that time was not called upon to pay lii its quota. Consequently the slate has nothing to expect or lose by the action of congress or the president. ACCOUUINO to the New York ICoi-frl Ex- Senator Sounders , who wears venera ble white board , made millions in silver mining and lost much more afterward in i-altlo raising , and has recouped himself irucently out of Nebraska coal lands. The M'ur/J / is somewhat-mixed with - , one ex ception Senator Saunders never made tiny money in silver mines ; ho has never lost any money in cattle raising , nnd nobody over heard of such a thing as Nebraska coal lands. But the o\- fcoualor wears a. venerable , white beard. DAKOTA has pvo rcd ita crop report to date which shows some interesting .facts regarding the yield of wheat for thp season. It seems that , although there husljuou an increase in the acro- ngo of all grains , it has been an unfa vorable season for largoyioldsof wheat. Nevertheless the high prices have on- ublod the farmersto'roalizo more money from their crops than last year when too yield was greater but tlio prices illuoh loss. As compared to Dakota , Nebraska can show a much nioro favor- nblo report. Not alone was there an in crease in the acreage of corn and wheat but the yield in both crops was unpre cedented in the history of the stato. A.v important decision has just boon rendered by the courts in Now York. U'ho Oregon Navigation company , in vhich the Union Pacific is largely in terested , luis been restrained ironi building branch lines in the far north- went with money raised by the proceeds uf the Oregon Navigation company's 1)0nds. It would have been a good thing if ( ho court had gone a step farther and restrained the Union Paollle fromdpond- ing the money wrung from the people t > f Nebraska In building expensive branch roads In Utah , Idaho and Mon tana. For the lust fo\v yearn the Union Paollle has neglected Its lines and pa- font stem in Nebraska for the extension ol mountain railways in the territories. tt bus not boon n policy that has jitrongthouod the road. On the con trary the so-called feeders have boon a constant dram on the main system. U'ho result has boon thnt other roads have stopped In und occupied the Uuloa roiflo's territory in this state. STATR RLM'BA UK Among the Bovoral very Important and urgent questions which should command the careful attention of the next leglslnturo of Nebraska , none is of greater concern to the people of the slate than that of reforming the rev enue laws. The people of Nebraska are overtaxed , nnd under the present system of nesessmeiil , taxation is un equally and unjustly distributed. In a recoilt issue wo showed thnt the ralo of taxation in this state Is greater than that of any other stale in the union , with two exceptions , and this with a debt very much smaller than the largo majority of states. A tnx of oighty-ono and one-quarter cents on ono hundred dollara is oppressive , and It becomes very much more HO when by unequal and unjust assessment It falls largely uuon those who are least able to boar It. Kvory intelligent clti/.on un derstands how this is done. Last year the total value of the taxable property asses sed was $ lf > 0r > OtV-CT > , of which the share of the railroads was only ft t , < 101,3 ( 2. Unquestionably the corporations were permitted to escape with little more than half of the mnount upon which they should have been nssosscd. But the system also perm Us olhor. evasions nnd false returns , and very likely there is not another stnto In Ihe union whore moro of this is done than in Nebraska. Men otherwise hon orable in their business alTairs do not hesitate to grossly misrepresent the amount and value of their taxable prop erty , and the conscienceless corpora tions of all kinds studiously avoid their just obligations under the law , defeat ing its intent , and saddling upon these who are honest the greater part of the burden of providing for the expenses of government. In his inaugural address of two years ago Governor Thnyor referred to this nil-important subject in forcible language , which it will bo timely to reproduce. IIo said : "It is evident that n revision and amendment of the present revenue law arc neces sary , especially in regard to the method of assessment and taxation , which is faulty and liable to abuse. In its exe cution there is inequality and par tiality. It leads to dishonest and cor rupt practices. There are many who will resort to every scheme , device or deception which ingonunity can devise. Even to falsehood , to deceive an honest assessor , while they easily arrange mat ters with a dishonest ono. They are gnilty of that for which , uiider other designations of crimes , convicts are serving the state in tha penitenti ary , and yet they are honorable men , of course , and good citizens , though half or two-thirds of their property es capes taxation and the assessors grow rich , and these property owners admire their own shrewdness in devising suc cessful schemes to defraud Ihe slale. " What waa then true is true slllland will continue to be so long as the present loose nnd inadequate system remains. Governor Thayer suggested as a change in the basis of asscssmontth at all taxable property , real and personal bo appraised and assessed at its fullfail- , actual value. Then make the levy on one-third or one-fourth of its appraised value. If there is rea son to believe the owner is concealing any property to evade taxation , make it obligatory on the assessor to put him. under oath with the pains and penalties of perjury attached. Punishment with imprisonment should be the penalty in the case of assessors who fail to require the oath. Under this plan the property of all would bo treated alike. But re form will need to go farther than this in order that the desired remedy of ex isting evils shall bo made complete. Among other necessary changes , all the larger cities should have ono assessor , instead of a number of precinct assessors , tlleroby re ducing the chances of fraud and deception. A multitude of asses sors necessarily complicates the work , offers greater opportunities for corrup tion , and is no respect essential or dc- sirablo. Responsibility in this mnttor should bo confined to as few otllcials as possible , in order to secure honesty , fidelity nnd olllcioncy. Another im portant change would bo to abolish the board of equalization , made up of slate ollicors , and .substitute therefor a board constituted of ono commissioner from each counly. Such a board could act inlolligontly and fairly in equalizing assessments from the various counties. TUB BISK repeats what it said nearly . two years ago on this subject , that the essence of revenue reform lies in a fair and equita ble appraisement of taxable property , whatever its value. Under our present tax laws a largo proportion qf. property is entirely exempt , and an equally largo amount escapes nearly sgot free. The poor are taxed disproportionately to the rich. Their little savings invested often in a small lot and house cannot bo concealed from the assessor , while their financial standing does not warrant them in purchasing n lonionl appraisal of real estate. Unllko great corpora tions they cannot inlluonco legislation to iniiko others shoulder the burdens which in justice they should boar. The men of tlio most moderate moans nro the most heavily taxed. The capitalists and corporations pay the lightest proportionate taxes of any class of taxpayers , This slate of nlTuh'B , which might have boon remedied by the last legisla ture had it not boon so completely un der the domination of the tax-shirking corporations , cannot bo continued with out Injury to the welfare and progress of Nebraska. People will not bo at tracted to a state where taxation is un equal , unjust nnd oppressive , and where the capitalists and corporations escape their just obligations , with the result of throwing nearly the wnolo burden of sustaining the government upon the shoulder's of the farmers nnd the people who own modest homos in the cities nnd towns : Wo are not nt nil confident that the next legislature will do Its plain duty in this mutter. It is to bo apprehended that it will bo quito as subservient to the tax uhtrkera as was the lust legislature. But it will have no inoro Imjxirtant question to deal with than that of roformingour revenue Inwti , and the people should demand vigorously und persistently that the present state of affairs bo not allowed to continue another two year ? . mrtswx The North Llakotn.convention licld nt Jnmostown on Wednesday took the action it was oxpccled to in favor of a division of the territory. As noted a few days ngo eastern congressmen , of both political parties , have boon sin gularly obtuse regarding the sentiment of the people of North Dakota on the division question. They seem not to have been able to free themselves of the idea lhat the action of two years ngo was still approved by the people of North Dakota , whereas all familiar with the situation know that for moro limn a year past the motives that prompted that action have been ollm- inaled. II was consequently of the highest importance that the Jamestown convention should take tlio action It has taken , which will sot at rest , or assuredly ought to do so , nil question regarding the sentiment of the people of North Dakota. A few democrats there mny sllll assure Mr. Springer lhat a division of the territory isnotdosircd , but even the somewhat oaslinalo chair man of the house committee on terri tories will hardly place much faith in such representation after the unmistak able declaration of Iho convention. Other proceedings of the .lames- town convention wore also im portant , nnd mny bo expected to exert a very considerable Inlluonco in advancing Iho cause of statehood for North and South Dakota , and the other territories. It declared in favor of n special session of the Flfty-llrst con gress in the event of the present con gress failing to do anything for the ad mission of Iho turritorius , and invited the co-oporation of Montana and Wash ington in the movement for admission. It is not doubted that these territories will bo very willing to co-operate , so thnt tho.ro is every probability of joint action which cannot fail of inlluonco nt Washington. It is well understood that the democrats arc averse to a special session of tlio next con gress , while the republicans are found to bo almost unanimous in favor of such session if the tariff and terri torial questions are not settled by the present congress. It is likely that in this General Harrison will bo found in concurrence with his party , and if they can bo assured of this it is reasonably expected that the votes of a sufficient number of democrats can bo secured to dispose of those questions without a very great departure from the lines laid down by the republicans. At any rate , the plan of a united effort on the part of the terrilories , with an extra session as the alternative of failure in the present congress , is n good one ami should bo promptly carried out. The convention adopted a resolution urging the territorial legislature to promptly provide after its meeting in January fora constitutional convention for North Dakota. South Dakota and the other territories will also need to bestir themselves in preparing for ad mission. The constitution of South Da kota will require amendment , nnd the terms of the state ollicers having ex pired she must have another election before becoming a stato. Montana and Washington have state constitutions , but ono being four and the other ton years old they would hardly nerve the present purpose. There will have to bo constitulional conventions and elections in both territories. It will thus bo seen that all the territories have a great deal to accomplish bcforo they can become states , and there should bo as little de lay as possible in doing it. WHY RELOCATE ? A taxpayer writes to the Republican for a candid reason why that paper in sists that the city hall shall be removed to Jefferson square. The sheet deliber ately and unblushingly answers that "tho question of location has not been passed upon by the people and it has not been voted upon directly. " This is n sam ple of pure gall. As everybody knows , an almost unanimous popular vote decided as'far back as 188-5 for the location , the cost and the immediate erection of a city hall on its present site. Of course the expenditure of nearly fifty thou sand dollnrs of the taxpayers' money for the foundation walls , grading plans and the like counts for nothing with the llcpullkun. The true reason why Iho Jtcpublicun urges a removal of Iho city hall is that it stands hand in glove with venal and vindictive mem bers ot the city council , who desire to keep up the controversy to cover their own crookednt'Hs , just as the sloight-of- hand performer calls the attention of his audience to one particular object while ho is manipulating another. If this question of location could bo voted on by tax-payers only , then THIS BISK would cheerfully advocate that method of finally settling this sub ject. But when hoodlums , vagrants and roustabouts who have no interest whatever in any proposition , are to bo gathered from the dives and shoveled out of the gutters for S3 much aplcco , wo consider it un outrage. It is noth ing moro or lo s limn an effort to blood property owners who have invested hun dreds of thousands of dollars in improve ments on the strength of the Fnrnnm street location , and who have already boon damaged by Iho Infamous conduct of the council in obstructing the con struction of the city hall where it was located by the people. The whole scheme to abandon Iho Myers' plan , relieve Contractor Regan nnd change location has been inspired by smnll- souled editors , who have not the" ability to build up their own paporsKand only use their spltofulncss to damage Tins BKK because it happens to own a building next to the city ball. A moro contemptible exhibition of malignity never has boon shown by newspapers in any city in America. If this spirit is encouraged by tbo citizens of Omaha , enterprising capitalists who would bo willing to erect such buildings as the Now York Llfo will steer clear of Omaha. CHICAGO has solved the smoke nuls- unco problem without the use of patent Binoko consumers , The rain of eootntul cinders , the bane of our cities , can bo stopped Immediately , it scorns , by sub stituting petroleum for coal. In ono of Chicago's prominent hotels the experi ment was tried successfully during the month of November. There was not only n saving in the o est , buta great saving In labor nnd In tfio wear upon the furnaces nnd boilers , tl'hero was practically no smoke , no aslias , no dust and no dirt o any kind. The odor ot the oil was so slight IH to , tyj scarcely appreciable The petroleum was found to bo clean easily handled nnd thoroughly satisfnc tory , and as a fuel for raising steam second only to nntunil gas. Ever slnro the completion of Iho ploo line from Lima , O. , toTchicago the oil has been successfully 'used for manufacturing purposes. The experiments tried by the hotel company prove that petroleum la equally as desirable as fuel for general consumption. It is highly probable that oil will supplant coal in Chicago , where petroleum is laid down so cheaply. This is another argument to haslon Iho development of the petroleum beds of Colorado and Wyoming and bring the oil through pipe lines to our very doors. THR Omahn IFcntld has passed Into Iho control of Mr. R. A. Craig , late o Ihe Chicago 'limes. Under Mr. Craig's management the Iferahl is to remain what it has been the leading organ of democracy in Nebraska. As such it has a very wide field of activity , and can in no way come In conlllcl with Tiru BIK : excepting in the political nronn. Mr. Craig , like his predecessor , will receive courteous and fair treat ment at the hands of this paper , but wo may IIH well remind him at the outset that we expect him to reciprocate. The scurrilous and uncalled-for assaults which the JTcmhl has made recently under pretense of discussing economic questions are beneath contempt , espe cially in view of the moro than cordial treatment which Mr. McShano had re ceived from Tins BKB both before and since his late defeat. For this Mr. Mc Shane may not bo responsible , excepting for hiring an Alabama bush whacker by the name of Calhoun to edit his paper , who stabbed from behind thai ambush men with whom ho had sought friendly relations as a journalist. Sunshine I'Yoiu Cucumbers. JVeio Ynrlc ll'oriil. The democratic narty hns every reason to bo encouraged by the result of Iho recent election. " AVIiat Confronts. Chicago Tribune. Politically spcnkiup , it Is n perdition nnd not a theory lhat confronts thn democratic party now. Ijookcil At in u Nc\v , What u causa for thankfulness it Is in these times of storms ut sea nnd tempests along the shore that our navy is no bhrKor than it la. 1 Mnclc of Cast Steel. Mlnncnvolt * Trtbtnif. Omaha must be made of cast stool. They held another olqction in thnt city. If there is news this morning of a cyclone or a bliz 7nn3 over on the Missouri it will probably re sult from a unanimous attack of jimjnms in Omaha. ' "A Rose l > y Any Oth r Name. " CMQ \ ( ) Tribune. There will be .fourteen llinior dealers in the now common council of Detroit , Mich. , nnd the Tribune ot that city suRgests this as the form for the president to use in opening the meetings : "Tho Saloonkeepers' associ ation will please como to order. Clerk , call the roll. " What a AVeatlier Prophet Must Me. Clilcao'i llcralil. General Greely says that "a weather pre dictor must have a phlegmatic and confident temperament to enable him to maintain un impaired his confidence in his own ability and judgment when ho has nmdo a series of unsuccessful predictions. " The unshaken confidence of his signal service , in splto of the wide variations between the weather nnd its signals , shows that it is composed of the most phlegmatic and confident temperaments In the world. The PrcHl < lcut's Message. Clerelanil Leailer. President Grover Cleveland furnishes ad ditional proofs in his last message that ho belongs to that class of democrats who never forget nnd never learn. Ho has derived no knowledge whatever from the lesson that so many members of his party have learned from the recent election. IIo is not inclined to accept the decision of the people. He dif fers from Abraham Lincoln , who thought that the majority of the people always know what is right. Mr. Cleveland thinks the majority go wrong unless they supjwrt him. The Silicic ImproHHlvo Feature. Ciimmrrctnl nultcttn. The single impressive feature of the mes sage is its earnest protest against the abuse of the powers of government uy the subor dination of these general Interests which federal laws nro bound to protect , to the narrow and selfish claims of classes , locali ties or individuals with which the national government has no right to deal , Tim presi dent reviews In a striking manner the extent to which federal legislation has departed from the true purposes of popular govern ment and private and solfisti Interests have bccn-nllowod to interfere with the perform ance of sacred obligations. STATE AM ) TIOIUUTOUY. A'ebnmku Jottlnits. There is talk of starting another bank nt Broken IJow. The York school is overcrowded and more room Is bolng provided. Miss Mmnio Freeman , the blizzard heroine , will spend the winter ut St. Paul , The athletes of Ulysses are hardening their muscles in a private gymnasium. Work has been commenced on tlio founda tion of tlio now Catholic church at Hastings. The mayor of Hastings is confined to his bed with a dangorou abscess , uut will proba bly recover. The establishment of n canning factory nt Ulybscs Is now a certainty and officers have been elected. Three runaway tennis gave the streets of Wymoro a moro thun usual bustling appear- nuco the other evoulug. Turkey stuffing made several Ulysses la dles very sick rocontly. They stufTod too much of the birds into their stomachs. An anti-swearing society has boon formed by tbo boys attending the Ilroken How school , and sovcn-eighths of tbo students have Joined It. / Two sneak thieves worked the stores of Tecumseh for a variety of articles , from n suit of clothes to a muslo box , but wore cap tured with the stolen goods in their posses sion , Burglars carted away about 000 worth of goods from John Carry's stare at Hchuylor Wednesday without bolng detected oy the police. The door of the store had been loft unlocked by mistake. A big crowd witnessed a wrestling match at Scotia the other evening , between two local athletes , which resulted in a foul and a sprained leg lor ono of the participant * . The stakes wcro Immediately doubled nnd another - ether match will occur ju t as soon as the damages arc repaired. About one year ago tha buslnosi mon of Sterling thought that lumber m tbolr city was too high. They formed a company ana opened a yard , whlou has proven beneficial to the town. Having licon so successful in the lumber tr.vdo n now company has boon formed to buy pram , omo contending that better and inoro mwonablo price * are bclntf paid at neighboring markets. town. There nro prospects of n foundry being started nt Le Mars. Over ? rc ,000 has been paid out for butter , eggs and poultry at Mnnson since Jan uary 1. Two hundred dollars have been pledged by the ladles of Musi-aline to aid in establishing a Y. M. C. A. Tlio largest Irish jxttato over soon In Clin ton Is now on exhibition thoro. It came from Salt Lake and weighs nix ixninds. Joseph Scsterhcn and wife , of Oxford , nro serving out a scntenco la tlio Johnson county jull for violating the prohibitory law. The telephone company has commenced placing the Immense cables which will sup plant the hundred * of wires which line the business portion of Dos Monies. Wnllo a party of drillers wcro digging a well a few days ago on Ihe farm of J. Cook , of Waverly , thev taliped n veritable geyser. The well spoiitsn stream i twelve feet high and eight Inches In diameter. Tlio Iowa Soldiers' Monument commis sion , appointed by the Twenty second gen eral assembly , will meet In DCS Molnes in a few days to take the Initiatory step * for thn erection of the monument on the capital grounds. The Orc.u Northwest. Wolves and ether wild animals are gcttlnur worse und worse In the northern part of Montana. Deer nro so thick near Shoshone , Idaho , that locomotives engineers shoot them from the cab windows. The man who robbed Mueller & Co.'s store at Lnramic , Wye. , last August , Imn boon ar rested nt Denver. HU name \Vllllaui Sin clair. The Jay Clottld mine In Montana has pro duced Jii4-iui } ' : sluco January 1. Tlio com pany has declared another dividend of $10,000. A lute strike In the Parlc-Kcgcnt mine at Aspen. Colo. , is declared to bo "tho richest ever discovered in the world , with the possi ble exception of the Comstock. " Altornoy Hills , of Larnmie , Wyo. , was embraced by a silver-tip boar while on n hunting trip , but managed to escape. Ho re turned homo with his form encased in a gunny sack. The sheriff of Choteau county , Montana , followed two horse thieves and was just about to capture them when they covered him with u rifle and told linn ho had better go back home. Ilo wedt. Dick Barnes , a well known horseman , sui cided near Walla Walla n few days ago by shooting himself through the heart with a Winchester rille. Ho had been despondent for qulto n while and took this means of get ting rid of his trouble. There is scarcely enough pork left In the Hitter Root valley , Montana , for homo con sumption. Huycr.t from Helena , linttc , Ana- nconda and Pulllpsburg have cleaned up the fattened pens of the valley and have paid as high as 8 cents delivered nt the railroad , Nearly three months ngo Deputy Sheriff Lockwood , of Grant county , Oregon , was Killed by Pat Mcdinnls , n prisoner lu the Grant county jail. McOinnis was tried ; i few days ago. found guilty of murder in the firs degree , und will no doubt get his Just deserts hanging. This is the way the Aiming Journal , of Butte , has of "calling attention" to an ad vertisement : "Dr. W. W. Knox , late of Cincinnati , has his advertisement in the Mining Journal.Ve do not pretend to icnow anything concerning the 'doctor,1 but we believe him to bo u gigantic fraud. " The people of Uinhaui county , Idaho , were startled at the report made public that the Idaho Trading company hud gene to the wnll. This company was doing a largo mercantile business at Cainas nnd Nicholiu , and was be lieved to be in a prOBxjroim | condition. Its liabilities nro estimated 11:3,000 : and its assets at * 10."i,000. A stockman named Uailey was fined $50 and imprisoned five days by the United States court nt Carson , Nov. , for fencing government land and running oft an intend ing settler named Cavnnagh. The sentence was made light , as this was the first case , but the court intimated that if any moro su.ch work was done it would put on severe pen alties. _ _ AMUSKM15NTS. An audience of moderate size witnessed the production at Hoyd's opera house lost night of the melodrama entitled "The World Against Her , " { His not an altogether [ pleas ing production. The theme is somewhat musty in the main , and its treatment is turgid , sombro , nnd , on the whole , dreary. It may bo said In excuse that It Is liardly pos sible to treat such n theme otherwise , and yet it Is conceivable that the author might have extended it less , even if ho could not have thrown in a little more light. A wife who has committed no wrong , but who Is discovered by her husband in a compromis ing position , is divorced , the decree giving their little chiliUo the husband. The mother determines to defy the law and goes awuy with her child. There is a pathetic scene between husband and xvlfe , und the subse quent distress of the mother , who goes out into the world to seek employment and care for her child , makes an appeal to the sympa thies. The villain of the drama is a rich iron founder , u prominent character is that of a depraved woman whom the iron founder hud ensnared , while the humor Is supplied by thrco wandering Punch and Judy per formers , and it is by no moans u very amus ing sort of humor. Miss Phouno Davis ni Mudgo Curlton , the wile , exhibited some merit in the emotional requirements of tlio part , while Mr. Grismer us James Carleton , the husband , motthe requirements of thecliar- nctor very acceptably. Mr. Siully us Gilbert IJlair showed u good conception of the smooth villuln , MKs Archer's Jenny Clegg needs moro spirit. Despite the objectionable nature of the part , which is by no means indispensable - dispensable , it could bo made u strong char- actor. The Ned of Miss Uowman was u very ciedltablc impersonation. Tha drama will stand some pruning nnd might undergo sev eral changes with advantage to its popular- Ity. It will remain during tlio week. l I NSP13O riOV. What the National Association In. tomlx to Accomplish. 2 Mr. Joseph Stumlc-von , the city _ boiler Inspector specter , has returned from a furlough of three weeks , during which time ho visited Chicago , Plttsburg and Now York. While n Plttsburg ho attended the national con vention of boiler Inspectors of tha United States and Canada , which was In session hreo days. Mr. Stiindoven was ono of the vico-prcsldonts nnd was re-elected for an other year. He says that the association Is young but Is bound to bo ono of the most im- vortant factors towards securing the passage of laws In the several stales , protecting life , uid proixirty by requiring competent licensed engineers , and a rigid enforcement of the law governing the inspection of boilers. "A good iconso law , " says Mr. Ktandovon , "moans safe boilers , more trustworthy engineers , and fewer accidents from explosions. The line has passed when men , re gardless of character and oxpcr- cnco and utterly incompetent can )0 safely entruitcd to handle n great motive lower , where hundreds of lives and thou sands of dollars dependent upon his judg- tnont. "No ono should be permitted to act us an engineer who I * not the possessor of a por- 'ect knowledge of the machinery under his charge. In the convention statistics were irosontcd , shewing the fulling oil la boiler ixplosloiiH in all places where a license law existed. It is now thlrty-flvu years since the United States government began to license iiarlno engineers , und no ono doubts the ne fosslty of such n law In relation to this dus.i of Hteum engineers. Many of the pavements n our largo cities are over steam plants , and Omaha is falling In line In this respect. s'ow , suppose an explosion should take ilace , what would bo tlio rtnult in loss of llfo nnd property * Hlmply frightful ! In clthvi vhere there Is no inspection , plenty of these tlunta uro In the rlmrgo of unglnoem of questionable ability. You cau hardly peruse i paper carefully without reading uu account of n bolter explosion in some portion of the country. "We also took autlou on too question that all condemned boiler * should be destroyed and mutilated no as to ba irreparable. .Vorn-out . boilers are often sold to Junk hops and hipped to Iron foundries In lurxo clUcs , where a class of men makd It a Imti- icss to buy thcso boilers , repair and sell them. When uttrli n boiler Is rim by nn in- eoinpotontman what can you expect , but nn tnplosjonr An effort will bo mmla to Rot nil Mate * to P.IM a lk'ens .nnd Innpector law. It would bo time profitably spoilt If represents lives from Douglai county would devote an evening to the discussion of this important question and posting themselves to as to pre sent the matter In Its true light to the legis lature when It cam-ones. U"Sny what you lllso , Omaha is a city thnt compares well with eastern rivals. She looks new. fresh anil i'iisi > , Is full of anima tion and vigor , nnd It makes ouo fool glad to get back home ngaln. " A 8UDDISN DKiVrtt. Chariot Iicnz , n C < m < mniitlvr | , Hue- Oiimln to nil Uvordimc ol' Morphine , Charles l.onr , n Gorman living on four teenth ami Pacific streets for several years , died suddenly Wednesday night from nn ovcnloAO of morphine. Ho bus always been considered a man of somewhat delicate constitution iintl been ei edited as suffering from consumption. IIo wan formerly employed ni n watchman by the Union 1'aelfio railroad , but of lulo has been in the semen of the U. & M. in a Rlmllnr capacity. On Tuesday night ho went to n drug store on Thirteenth stivot , Icont bv W. ! ' . Hnfl > .ky , and purchased six teen grains uf morphine. It appear1) ) that this vrai not uniHiuil , as the druggist has been In the habit of selling him mor phine In similar quantities , Ho apparently went home and nothing was heard of him until last night , when the doctors und cor oner were summoned simultaneously. The doctors examined tlio patient mill found ho was suffering from nu ovcrduso of some strong opiate. Restoratives were administered , but with out avail. The patient died shortly afUr the doctors' arrival. The deceased wan forty-two years of age and wn * a prominent member of the A. O. IT. W. society. His death will bring the widow fcJ.Oflt ) . The cor oner took the remains to the morgue , whence they will bo buried. The funeral . will take place under the auspices of the A. O. U. W. , llio time not being set nt present. The cor oner thinks un Inquest unnecessary. A rccle < ? i I..U Shugiirt , of the water works company at Florence , was in the city to get his pay Wed nesday evening , and going to Tom Callun's , his former boarding place , ho asked the per mission of Mrs. Calhin to sleep on a pile ef bed clothes in the cellar , us it was too Into to return to Florence. At least , so ho claims. Later , when Mr. Cullim came homo und learned that there was a fceloss lodger down stairs , he summoned the police and hud Sliu- giirtjtakuii to the central station. Yesterday morning Ctillun appeared against and claimed that his wife Uid not grunt Shugart permission to remnin , although ho admitted that he was away when Shugart asked per mission. Shugart was Hcntcncud to five du.vs in tlio county jail Ho fears that ho will lose Ins Job with the water works company. Chattel Mlortgairca Filed. The following chattel mortgages have bocu filed : G. H. Davics in favor of Simon J. Fisher , upon personal property in use in various rooms on the second and third floors or Gruonig block , consideration ? 2,11S. This amount is mndc payable April 3 , 15S9. George I { . Kced in favor of C. II. Walwortu , upon horses , carriages , etc. , consideration fTio ; J. II. Zimmerman In favor or David H. Wulltor , upon stock of tobacco , cigars , sta tionery , now in premises 313 South Tenth street ; consideration $ ( > . > < . City Clerk mils of Rale. The following bills of sale wore placed on file yesterday : F. C. lilazcr in favor of D. E Johnson , upon certain carriages. Consideration , $5OT. Frank Kuborcc in favor of John Sou del : , upon a horse , harness and wagon. Consider ation , $200. _ No Christmns Tnl > lo should bo without a botllo of Angostura Bitters , the world renowned appetizer of exquisite flavor. Beware of counter feits. Killed in a Kitchen. Old Isaac Sublott , an innocent , hard working fanner and saddler of Denton , a small town a short distance east of hero , says a Fort Davis ( Tex. ) letter to the Now York Times , had a nio.it ro- markablc fight with a cowardly bluc3 [ bear sonic time ttfio. It appears that ho was looking for anything1 on earth but a bear light , when suddenly , without warningtho honor of vanquishlncralono and unaided a two year old bruin was thrust , upon him. Isaac tcllH the story himself in the following words : "On a dark , gloomy day , when there had cotno a .sudden rise in the clear fork of the river , I closed my shop early and started -for home , tlirco- quartcrH of a mile away. I look a lone some road , and when about half a mile upon my journey , I saw a big black bear eyeing mo from n fence corner. I began hallooing , thinking some ono would come with a gun or pistol to help mo , and wo would got bruin's meat and hide , us they would bo useful in tbo family nt that time , but no ono came but two dogs , ono a pointer of good si/.o and very nclive , belonging lo me , and the ether , a very largo bulldog be longing to Captain 10. M. Daggotl. Thn dogs ran on the bear as common dogs would have done to a pig , it being the llrsl bear they had over scon , I reckon. That bear took ono of the dogs In his ) warm embrace and bugged him. The other dog leaped on tlio bear as quick as thought , fco tiioy took turn. * about in _ being bugged by bruin. Wo were on a , ' o branch Of the crook that vmsllnod wllli rocks , and these I used to great advan tage In pommeling the boar. Ooons- lonnlly 1 would knock n lo f off , 1ml the plucky cur would go buck nt the big beast , utterly unmindful of my soft laws , t lH > inbardol bun until we got ton snmll Hold that was fenced in with rails and polm. The boar hero look advantngo of the fence to protect Ms back , and .standing up like a jirlziMlphrer ho pro ceeded to box vigorously , knocking out first one dog and then tlio other dog in every round without much ( trouble. Meanwhile 1 drew my good uorkotlcnifo , nnd , advancing close , punctured his hide whunevor 1 could Und an opening. "Tho big follow would tnako a pnsi at me now and then , but Iho faithful dogs stood by mu and worried him all the more for this pleasant diversion. In n few minutes wo all had a rough-ami- tumble light. Over nnd over wo wont on the ground , beari , dog and myself , nil In a heap , until at la t I managed to tour myself froo. f got hold ot stout mil anil I beat that follow so unmerci fully thnt he tnrnod tail nnd led Itko the wind. Pretty soon the dogs were nipping his hcolt ) againnml so.holhad la stop , face about , und tight tlioih elY , In thin way wo walked nil the way to Mr. Daggott'rt kiiuhon , where n lot of negroes - groes were standing in the doorway watching the light , their tongues lump ing out anil their eyes rolling as If old Nick himself had suddenly dropped down before them. "I yelled to the negroes to como out nnd help mo , but when they hoard my voice and know 1 wna only a mortal' , they turned nbout nnd lied for their llvos , liMiving the kitchen door wldo open. All nl once the bear weakened , nnd , facing to the rear , ho ran straight for the house and plump inlo Iho kitchen. Here waa my chance. Like n shot I banged the door ( the others . were all closed and looked ) , fasluncd It on the outside , loft the boys on guard , and hurried off to find a gun. lirola Winchester , came back to the kitchen , nnd through 'windows and poupholes I sent Hiich a shower of bullets living about thnt thft boar was glad enough lo die without any moro prot'st. Ho was a big brute , weighing something llko six hundred pounds when dreisod , nnd liorotnio just ono hour and fifty min utes of hnrcl , tough fighting before I conquered him. " The Haunted Hole of SI nil ford. Now York Tribune : Ono night about fifty years ngo a brutal murder was done , at a lonely place on the high road between Warwick and Stratford-upon- Avon. The next morning the murdered man was found lying by the roadside , his head much mangled , rcHling in a small hole in the bank. Tliu iissuHsiiiH , two in number , were shortly afterward discovered , and they wcro hanged at Warwick for their crime. From that day to Ibis Ihe hole wherein the dead man'a head reposed remains unchanged. No malter how often it may be filled up , wholher by the wash of heavy rains , or by stoiiOH and leaves lhal boys' may hap pen lo cast into It as they pas , It Is soon found to bo again empty. No ono takes care of it. No one knows whether , or by whom , it Is guarded. Fill it at nightfall , and yon will find it empty in the morning. That is the local bollof and affirmation. The place is haunted. The spot is about two miles out of Strat ford , und not distant from the gates ot Charlotte park. I looked at this hole , ono bright day in June , and saw that it was empty. Nature , it is thought by the poets , abhors complicity with the concealments of crime , and brands with her curse the places that are linked with the shedding of blood. You will recall that strong line in Tom Hood's poem of "Hngcne Aram : " "Fora mighty wind had swept the place , and still the corso was bare. " Notes About the Motor. It is slow work making the motor crossing over the cable tracks ut Tenth mid Douglas streets. Four days have been occupied al ready by u largo force of men and n couple of moro will be required to finish the Job. The copper ground wire Is being laid under one of the sides of the Omaha motor track , the granite block beside tlio rail , us fur us Twelfth strccet , having been tiiUen up fur the purpose. The motor campuny lias raised four poles on the west sldo of Fourteenth street be tween Davenport nnd Cuss , two of which are adjacent to the lot on which the motor's boil ers have been lying for moro than a year. The poles are painted red and uro about twenty-five feet high. The permit to erect them win granted by Chief Gnlllgan , who roiiHiiHed the mayor on thn subject. The mayor decided that the permit should no granted to the motor company as well an to any other company using olectriuity. it Is now announced that the bridge motors ivlll run on Monday next. WnnlH n House. ' Sophroula Mitchell has entered null In ' rnsticc Holmes' court against Dnvo Whito- lill for the recovery of a I'JxlO foot building m Sixteenth street , and also for the Itirnlt- ire It contains. Sophroniu claims the house util RO docs Dave , but the latter managed to ent it while Hophroniiv win looking after ther business. Ills tenant is iMielmel Ames , vim is thus iniulo u party to the suit , und It H ils furniture that is corralled. Wtiitohill lircatencd mich dire vcngcanro ugulnst iophrotiki that she applied to have him bound ivor to keep the peace , fpIIJS advantage of using an article that is pure and always tnu- J _ form , is , you arc certain of having the same satisfactory results. , Kight prominent Professors of Chemistry , of national reputation , have analyzed the IVORY SOAP , and the variation in each is so trifling that the quality of the "Ivouv" may be considered reliably uniform. Each pronounced it to be remarkably pure , and a su perior laundry soap. A WORD OF WARNING. Tlicre are many white soaps , each represented to be "just as good as tha 'Ivory' ' ; " they ARE HOT , but like all counterfeit * , lack the peculiar nnd remaik- ble qualities of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and injht upon getting It. Copyright 18 # , by Procter AOamble. .