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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.
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