Nebraska Newspapers

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reporters from the moot
ing1 of the western railroad presidents
nt Chicago was an indiscreet inovo. The
reporters will pet it just the siuno.
Tun Herald discusses intelligently
the presidential aspirations or Senator
Ijock , of Kontuelcy. As the senator
was born in Scotland , Ins presidential
nspirations will probably trouble no ono
outside the Herald olllco.
and his pig-poisoning the
ory have n dangerous rival. An Ar-
Icansns doctor soberly claims to bo ex
tirpating hog cholera , by the faith cure.
Unfortunately it is not stated whether
the hog or the doctor must exercise the
necessary faith.
Tiru sale nnd closing down of the
Fowler packing house at Sioux City will
create general surprise. Fowler Broth
ers made a mistake when they passed
by Omaha in the midst of the corn and
hog bolt , and wont to Sioux City which
is just at the odgo.
THIS legislature of California is said
< ? ) to bo body timl soul in the power of Boss
Buckley. The democratic legislature
of that state voted salaries for ono hun
dred ana ninnty clerks , which is more
than double the membership of the two
houses. The spoils system is evidently
spelled with capital letters in Cali
fornia.
NKIIUASKA makes n poorer showing
than any other western state in the pos
tal service of the country , under the
present administration While Iowa ,
has seventeen roprosontivosin thouost-
ofllco department nnd Kansas eight ,
this state has but four , two being allotted
to each of the political parties. The
thr.ce states furnish so von teen republi
cans against twelve democrats. Under
.the next administration Nebraska may
reasonably bo expected to receive a
more generous recognition.
THE earn crop of the United States is
now ofllcially stated to bo ono billion
nine hundred and eighty-seven mil
lions which unquestionably is the
largest over raised. While , the open
weather has favored the rapid move
ment of corn to market it is neverthe
less unfavorable to its maturity and
farmers are holding back their ship
ments for fear of finding their corn
graded unnecessarily low. Neverthe
less the prices for corn are ruling linn
nnd the farmers of Nebraska should not
fail to prolit by them.
Tim decision in the supreme court of
Towa which gives land owners the right
to recover damages for trespass from the
owners of cattle grazing on unfenced
lands will not find favor in the eyes of
the cattlemen. The right to free pas
turage on wild lands has for years boon
the custom not alone in Iowa but in
Nebraska , Kansas and Colorado , and
other western states. The rapid in
crease , however , in the population of
those states and the consequential rise
In the value of prairie lands have made
it necessary to abridge this time hon
ored custom , While it is true that a
rigid enforcement of the law as handed
down by the Iowa supreme court would
work hardship upon those settlers who
avail themselves of this grazing privil
ege , it is nevertheless one of the condi
tions which the cattleman must sooner
or later moot duo to the rapid growth of
the western states.
TIIK proposed legislation introduced
In Pennsylvania , Now York and other
eastern stales to place an omb argo on
the sale of dressed beef will not benefit
the local cattle raisers and farmers of
those states. The consumption of moat
far outruns the supply. If laws are
passed for the inspection of cattle on
the hoof for the purpose of encouraging
the homo market , what is to prevent
the railroad companies from bringing
llvu cattle from the west'/ Such was
the cattle business before the great
packing houses of the west had tmfll-
olontly developed to supply the whole
country with dressed beef. The bills to
prevent the sale of western meats in
Pennsylvania , and other eastern states ,
If they become law , would necessarily
raise the price of moat , and would ben
efit the railroads and the local butch
ers. Out the farmers would reap no
benefits. And it looks us if the hue and
cry raised over the issue is merely an
uttompt to got the farmers to pull the
chestnuts out of the flro fur the good of
tlio other follow.
CURE , If , ' THUST LEGISLATION.
Very great cnro must bo tnkon In
legislation for the prevention and pun
ishment of trusts that it does not go so
far as to interfere with legitimate busi
ness associations now recognized as
legal and proper , and which are not
effected to accomplish any of the pur
poses which render the trust and like
combinations repugnant to law and
public policy. Ono of the most strin
gent nnd swooping anti-trust bills thus
fur presented in any state legislature is
under consideration by the legislature
of Illinois , and the objection has
been raised to it that its effect
might bo to prevent two or more firms
engaged In a strictly private business
from entering into a common partner
ship or consolidation , and oven inter
fere with a trades union combination of
workmen to mlvanco or fix the price of
labor. The point is made that in many
cases "business houses and newspapers
are consolidated and partnerships
formed for the express purpose of avoid
ing the competition for the same
custom that would exist if each partner
wore an individual trader or producer , "
but this could not bo done Under the
Illinois bill. The measure pro
posed in the Now York legisla
ture is not subject to this ob
jection , having been formed on the
lines of 4b6' ' recent judicial decision
against the sugar trust. It provides
that every contract or part of contract
in restraint of trade is void , that no cit
izen or corporation doing business in
that slate shall make an agreement
with any corx | > ration in the slate , in
another stale , or in a foreign country ,
to abstain from doing business. Any
such contract shall bo void , and if the
state corporation be guilty the attorney
general shall bring action to forfeit its
franchise , while if the foreign corpora
tion bo guilty it shall bo forbidden to
do business in the state.
The anti-trust bills that have been
introduced in the Nebraska legislature
will need to bo very carefully consid
ered with reference to avoiding the ob
jection that is mndo to the Illinois
measure. The thing to bo accomplished
is to prevent combinations of corpora
tions holding franchises or monopolistic
privileges , who organize for the gen
eral restraint of trade and destruction
of competition , in order that they may
conlrol production and regulate prices.
It is not required that there shall bo
any interference with the legitimate
consolidation of business firms ,
wliich cannot result in monopoly.
The legislators of .Nebraska , in
common with those of other states ,
should keep in view the importance of
having the legislation against trusts on
constitutional lines , so that it shall
work noinjuryor in justice to legitimate
enterprise and stand every legal tost.
LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS.
There is a disposition in congress to
insist that the interests and rights of
the United States in Samoa shall bo
maintained. The jingoism of Senator
Fryo does not meet with very extended
approval , but there is an evident deter
mination not to complacently submit to
the high-handed proceedings of Ger
many , which are admittedly in viola
tion of international agreement. The
amendments to the diplomatic ana con
sular appropriation bill reported from
the senate committee on foreign rela
tions , which provide appropriations , to
bo immediately available , to enable the
president to protect American citi
zens in Samoa , and also to estab
lish there a naval and coaling station ,
will undoubtedly bo approved by both
houses of congress. The sum proposed to
bo placed at the disposal of the president ,
six hundred thousand dollars , is simply
an emergency fund , to bo used in the
executive discretion in equipping men'
of war or transporting troops , but it is
sufficient to show the temper of congress
relative to this matter.
As yet it docs not clearly appear just
what rights the United States has at
stake. In hiscommunication to congress
in reference to the Somoun iu-
broglio the president spoke of
treaty arrangements to which this
country is a uarty. The for
eign relations committee of the sen
ate also rotor : ) to such obligations. In
his instructions to Admiral Kimberly
the secrott'ry of the navy spolco of the
conduct of Germany us "in violation of
positive agreement and understanding
between treaty powers. " But Secretary
Bayard is quoted as having said that
the United States has no joint treaty
with either England or Germany in-ro-
gard to the neutrality of Samoa , but
a sort of general agreement or under
standing , so that if the neutrality of
Samoa has boon interfered with by
Germany she has not broken a treaty
with the United Stales , but only with
Great Britain. If this be the case
the extent of the duty of this govern
ment would seem to bo merely that of
seeing that American citizens in Sa
moa are protected , and that adequate
reparation bo made for any outrages or
losses indicted on them. This govern
ment may employ all proper ollorU and
influences to bring about a peaceful set
tlement of the ditlicultloson the islands ,
but if it has no treaty rights to main
tain it is not called upon to use its power
lo porpoluato the neutrality or hide-
pondonco of Samoa.
Secretary Bayard's generally temporizing
izing policy respecting international
alTuirs has subjected him to
sharp criticism in tho. mat
ter. This may not bo altogelhor deserved -
served , but there can bo no question
that Tie might have shown more interest
and spirit at the outset of these dilllcul-
tlcs , the effect of which would very
likely have boon greatly to the advan
tage of American citizens in Samoa. As
it is there will probably be a long
period of diplomatic controversy , if
nothing worse , and Americans who
have suffered will wait perhaps years
for Indemnity , and may never have full
justice done then.
DEAIW'OOD'S MISTAKE.
It is conceded on all hands that busi
ness is looking up in the Blade Hills ,
nnd that many things are combining to
turn the attention of capitalists to that
region , Most proralnontly stand for
ward the good showing made in the ro-
jent ellorts to handle refractory ores ,
and the opportunity of making loans
advantageously to the commercial
houses springing up iii Rnptil Cfty and
Dendwood. There are besides these
two chief factors inducements of a moro
speculative character offered by the
mines of Hartley's Peak , and the mines
of non-rofrnctory ores , where load is
found having a paying percentage ol
the precious metals , The agricultural
interest has done well , nnd is making
itself felt as a producer of wealth.
Then , on the other hand , In the cantors
. of capital at the east , business is depressed -
pressed , railroad stocks nro giving their
owners perennial night mares , labor is
uneasy , capital is becoming timorous ,
and there are in contempla
tion changes of UrliT which
tend to unsettle values. At such
a limp it is but natural that these who
have money for which they desire in
vestment , should road with Interest the
glowing accounts given by disinterested
correspondents of alTairs at the Black
Hills.
One thing disquiets Doadwood. It
has no railroad communication , and
persons wishing to go there must take
the slago precisely as in the days when
Buffalo Bill was performing his heroic
oxploils and rescuing Ihe whole outfit
from the attacks of Sioux warriors.
The Fremont , tilkhorn & Missouri Val
ley railroad goes only as fur as Whitewood -
wood , which is nine miles from Dead
wood. It has been mutually agreed on
all hands that this failure to connect
was caused by the engineering difficul
ties that present themselves. In the
first place it would be n'ooossary to tunnel -
nol through thirteen hundred foot of
solid limestone and then the grade would
bo somewhat steep and ( lillicult , and
might render necessary the aid of u
second locomotive. But common sense
will con vince any thinking uiti/.on of
Dcadwood that so enterprising a com
pany as the Fremont would not bo de
terred by such small matters as those.
In Omaha it is understood that Dead-
wood's predicament is largely the result
of Dead wood's own fault , and thouirli it
is impossible not to sympathize with the
wistful editorials that appear constantly
in the Deadwood press , it does not yet
appear that any stops have boon tnkon
to induce the road to come to their city.
It is generally believed in Omaha that
there was a movement to make the line
pay smartly for its right-of-way , and
that a citizen who hold what ho con
sidered was the only place suitable for
a depot , was prepared to charge throe
prices for it. Whenever the desire for
railroad communication is so great that
the itching souls who want to bleed any
line coining to the city will bo sup
pressed , there can bo no doubt that the
prospects for success will bo materially
betler. But until the inhabitants are
prepared to welcome a railroad in an
other fashion , it is to bo feared that the
Deadwood stage will remain the great
institution of the place.
SOME PLAIN TALK.
County Treasurer Bolln denies that
ho has contributed two thousand dollar ?
to the Jefferson square boodle fund , and
adds that ho is not quite as generous as
represented. Ho ascribes what he calls
Tim BKIC'S assault on him as ti private
citizen and an official to the despera
tion with which TUK BKK is fighting to
retain the city hall on Farnnm.
Mr. Bolln may have been mis
quoted as to the exact amount
ho has contributed to the Jolfer-
son square fund. It may be
eighteen hundred dollars instead of
two thousand. That docs not mutter.
The fact remains that Mr. Bolln has
contributed a largo sum , and that ho is
out canvassing for a scheme which
every honest man must look upon nsnot
much bettor than trying to
rob citizens and tax payers of
hard-earned money by seeking
to destroy the value and rental capacity
of buildings expressly constructed at
an enormous outlay for office pur
poses.
As a private citizen , Mr. Bolln is in
very bad company with a gang of
ropudialors who want to see crows roost
in the largest and most im
posing newspaper building in
America. As an olllcor , his
conduct is scandalous. Ho was elected
by the votes of the people whoso prop
erty he is now endeavoring to damage ,
and his little earnings ns treasurer ,
which amount to from ton to fifteen
thousand dollars a year , ought to bo in-
vcslod in a more legitimate enterprise
than in a boodle campaign that exposes
Farnum street property owners to bo
bled by vagabonds nnd riffraff at the
risk of having their property de
preciated.
If Mr. Bolln had erected a four hun
dred thousand dollar building in Omaha
at a time when her boom was all col
lapsed , ho probably would consider it
an outrage and infamy to bo black
mailed and assaulted when ho would
have aright to expect encouragement
in his task nnd gratitude from the city
ho had helped to builu up.
SKEX THliOUail A TELESCOPE.
Mr. J. H. Millard is quolcd as saying
that ho did not want lo look at the city
hull through a tolescouo. Does Mr.
Millard look through a telescope at the
Now York Life building ? Through
which end of the telescope does ho see
the oighty-fivo thousand dollars which
the Now York Life company paid him
for their lots on the corner of Seven
teenth and Farnam on the. assurance of
the city hull location , and which lots
Mr. Millard offered to sell for thirty
thousand dollars only a few months before -
fore the city hull was located on the
adjoining bloekV Are citizens of
Omaha , and bankers especially , willing
to lot it go abroad that any man who In
vests in property in this city must take
his eh mi uos on being conlldoncod out of
his jnonoy if ho is dupe enough
to place any value on public building
locations. This is the marrow of the
present so-called competition between
Farnam unit Jefferson square. So far us
public honor is concerned it is on n par
with an effort to repudiate u public
debt which has passed into the hands of
capitalists credulous enough to believe
that the city will redeem Its obliga
tions.
Tliublll introduced in the legislature
to amend the law fixing uhoriuV fees
fortho bonrdlng of prisoners should bo
vigorously opposed , especially by the
Douglas county delegation. The ovl
dent purport of the measure Is to fix the
board of each prisoner nt sovonty-fivo
cents per day unilor six days , and fifty
cents per day for each prisoner con lined
more than six ; days. This would make
it cotnpulsorj' on jtho county to pay the
sheriff the fixod'fato ' , whereas the pros-
outlaw provides lhat the board of each
prisoner shall-not exceed seventy-five
cents per day , 'nor more than fifty cents
for each prisoner confined moro than
six dnys. In accordance with the
law now In force the county
commissioners , for the year 18S8 ,
scaled the sheriff's fees for the
boarding of each prisoner per day to an
average of thirty-seven cents , which is
not only a great reduction from fifty
cents , but yields a liandsotno profit to
the sheriff. In comparison with the
cost for boarding prisoners in Chicago ,
St. Louis and other large cities , Doug
las county pays nearly double for the
support of its prisoners , There is no
reason why this should bo so. The cost
of the common necessaries of life are
equally as cheap if not cheaper in this
locality than In Chicago. But waiving
the question aside , it is the height of
impudence for the sheriffs of the state
to try to railroad u measure through the
legislature which would result in un
reasonable exaction from the taxpayers
of each county in the stale.
DTllii now Immigration bill which the
Ford committee has reported to con
gress proposes to prevent "anarchists"
and "socialists" foot
from putting on
American soil. The interesting ques
tion is by what means will our consuls
abroad nnd customs officials at homo
find out what opinions oiuh immigrant
carries in his hat concerning principles
of government , society and rights of
property. Will the hapless foreigner bo
put through a catechism especially
prepared for ttio consular service , and
what answers will convict him as an
anarchist and which ones will stamp
him as a socialist ? It will bo necessary
for our government to define precisely
what avowals and beliefs are necessary
lo mark a man as an "anarchist" or a
"socialist. " Moreover , it will bo nec
essary to establish degrees of anarchy
uftor the manner of degrees of murder.
For , manifestly , it would bo unjust to
convict a man of the first degree of
anarchy who boliovcs in a mild way in
the community of goods and the evil of
too much legislation nnd too many
foolish laws. It would bo decidedly in
teresting to learn in whatcutugorysuch
men as Henri Itouhcforl and John Dil
lon would bo classed wore they to como
over as immigrants under tho'Ford law.
On the face of "It' . the proposed roguln-
tions uro nbsucd , and merely illustrate
what impracticable schemes national
legislators are liable to hatch.
TIIK inter-state . .commerce commission
is promised an opportunity to make tin
example of railroad managers who have
not complied with' the orders made by
the commission in. Chicago recently. It
will bo remembered that the investiga
tion then prosecuted resulted in dis
closures which led Judge Cooley , chair
man of the commission , lo talk very
plainly to the offending managers ,
whom ho warned Hint a repetition of
the abuses would be summarily pun
ished. Complaints of ji violation of the
orders of the commission have become
so numerous that it will again
visit Chicago , and if the charges
are substantiated it is ex
pected the commission will , proceed
against the offenders to the full extent
of its authority. It ought by nil moans to
do so. The fact appears to be that noth
ing short of a firm and rigid enforce
ment of the law will prevent its con-
slant evasion or violation. The evi
dence is that the agreement entered
into u few weeks ago in New York ,
which promised u full compliance with
the requirements of the intor-stnto act ,
is not being generally regarded , thus
fnrnjshing additional and more con
vincing proof of the faithlessness of
railroad managers. The plain duty of
the commission is to hold all violators
of the law to a strict and severe re
sponsibility.
A 3IAKKRU increase in the number of
hogs packed for the week ending Jan
uary ii ! ? is perceptible all along the line
of the leading packing centers , Omaha
has felt the quickening impulse , and
its record is beginning to compare very
favorably with the product of the corresponding
spending time last year.
VOICE OF THK ST.VTIO I'KHSS.
Honor Ilio IMoneor.
Kearney Hull.
Slnco the admission of Nebraska to the
union , the rapid dovolopemont of the state
has boon almost unparalleled. It has boon
but n few years a o , it tUo Indian , buffalo ,
oik , door , roiimod ul will over the prnlrlo
whiuh Is now dotted with happy homos. The
transformation to a stranger seems mnrv cl
ous , and to have been made without a strug
gle. These of tlio old Bottlers who survive
the wrecks of time , can recite from the unwritten -
written volumes of their experience the tolls ,
struggles mid privations that marked the
subjugation of the American desert. To the
pioneer Is duo the honor or making this an
Inhnbltnblo and desirable country. Whore
the dug-out , sod-house and homostoud cabin
Hlb'tiaUod civilization ! have boon roared the
farm house of the plantar , the village , town
anil city , I3ut few of the pioneers of the
sixties are left to toI ] the title of their suffer-
Ings. Worn out , tuuy luivn gouo us plonoors
to the Great boyonrt. Tl.oy wore the gruat
soldiers of the pariod , the warriors of civili
zation , the votoraii9if ( the dark days of Ne
braska's early history. When ou bieat one
of thcso raise ypir | hat to him for Uu de
serves the compliment.
IjobliyinirAfyr n Bonanza.
ll < utlnu.i. ( KclirMlMii.
The list of lobbyists who regularly awann
about tliu legislature would bo incomplete
without mention of the bcliool book publisher
who bus a schema to secure u greater uni
formity In the use of books. There Is no bo
nanza that Is equal to an exclusive control to
the publisher of the school book trade , but
tlieru is a chanca to make u , great saving In
the cost , if the purchase and supply of books
wus not loft to the dealers entirely.
Fanatical anil Impracticable.
GYauJ Wtiiyl Itvicpeniltnt ,
High license and strict enforcement of
high license law regulates the trndlo to , \ far
greater extent than prohibition nnd at tlio
same time provides u very largo rsvonue ,
which helps In a "moasure to counteract the
uvll effect of intomporunco , and compensate
for tlio expanses incurred us the roault of in-
temperance. State prohibition U not only
fanatical , but utterly imnr.icticftt > lc , M 1ms
been amply demonstrated In Mnino , Iowa
and Kansas.
Not n I
Hccilrfrt Democrat.
The question "Is the loRLilnturo ft failure1 !
Is ttio lending subject for discussion In lyco
urns nnd school house debates. The nfllrmn-
tlvo side of the question soomcd to have it
When the ttibloa were turned by evidence to
show that the governor's message has boon
ordered printed in five different languages
The legislature is not n failure.
Otto I'nlr Spot.
I'Vemonf Tribune *
The foot that no White cap * have ycl
opened up for business in Fremont Is ( rood
canso for n Inrgc nmount. of congratulation.
It shows that In thow days of wickedness
and degeneracy , there is ono fair spot on onrtl
which docs not have to bo regulated by ni
organized band of villains.
Will Tlu-y Meet ?
The republican ofllccseolti'ra now walking1
to the national capital hope to meet the dem
ocratic onicoholdurs walking In the opposite
direction.
The Two Missions. .
Tcjrat Slftlntif.
Democrat I am going to Washington In
March to see your friends sworn Into ohlcc
Republican Yes , and I'll ' bo Ihoro to see ,
your * RO swearing out.
Tln > Clilff Olifnctlon.
Jimdtn ( Unbe.
The chief objection to admitting Dakota
as n stale Is that she blows too much. If she
will tnko In n reel in these blizzards she will
be welcomed ns a sister.
Tlio Orison Vole Market.
Sdn 7'Ymicfxci > . .ll ( < 7.
Oregon desires to taiso the salaries of her
state onicers. Wo sincerely trust thut noth
ing will bo done to rinse the price of votes In
that state , for it Is already beyond the roach
of many a poor but witling candidate.
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and lluyti.
Humors have been current that Mr. Van-
dcrbilt's yacht was about to bo sold to one
of tlio Haylinn governments. If such a deal
should be consummated the island would
probably bo turned over to Mr. Vnndorbilt
in part payment.
IVrlmps lie WomliTS.
A'CMI 1'orfr 1'rcff.
Perhaps Secretary Hiiynrd wonders what
business anybody had with an American Hag
In Samoa , nnd regards It as an unpardonable
breach of international etiquette in anybody
to raise an American Hag on his house in nn-
olhcr nation.
Insignificant anil Inlltiltcssimnl.
I'tonc-cr 1'rcsx.
Of nil the unmitigated evils in this grant
republic the inauguration ball is the most In-
signilk'unt and inilnltessimal. Why do not
the moral pnrists who nro now cracking the
coUmgs of various cdilices with violent phil
ippics against itinugurntion ceremonies turn
their attention to larger g.unol Thcro is
plenty of it footloose in every community in
the United Status.
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A SnilljK IN PASSING.
The Hindoo widow goes up pyre. Pitts-
burg Chronicle.
Getting mellow every night is no way to
roach a "ripe old ago. " Boston Bulletin.
It is easy to love .vour neighbor as yourself
If your neighbor happens to bo a pretty girl.
Hoslon Courier.
A young man can't take his girl out sltnt-
ini ; this winter , but be cnu lot her slide.
Korristown Humid.
The boy wonders what wlmt makes the
watuh go , the man wonders what makes it
stop. Jeweler's Weekly.
Some people make a dollar's worth of
trouble in accomplishing 3 cents' worth of
good. Atchison ( Jlobe.
"The truth is out,1' is n newspaper head
line that strikes our oyo. It frequently is
when you call on it. Time.
Gladstone is in Italy to regain his voice.
That is whore some of the best voices como
from , certainly. Texas Sittings.
Happy thought suppose we put on a
bounty of n cunt on woolen yarn , and darn
the expense. Providence Journal.
Oh , yes , I pr.iy , "Give us this day our dally
bread , " tlmn I uo out nnd look for the corn
on the end of a hoe-handle. Sam Jones.
Working the growler making your hus
band hang out the clothes on a freezing
washing duy. Martha's Vineyunl Herald.
It detracts somewhat from the interest of
the report that a man has been found with
two hearts to learn that they were both up
liis bleovo.
Snrati Uernhnrt punch is to bo found gat
nearly nil recaptions these days. They call
it that because it is so thin. Washington
Critic.
The wealth of the Vanderbllt family is
now computed at $27),000,000. ) The wealth
of the bmith tnmily has never been com-
[ luted. It is moro or less. Picayune.
Sixteen young ladies in Lowell have formed
n whist club , and moot weekly for practice.
It is said that tlio neighbors can hear them
play whist three.blocks away. Somcrville
Journal.
STATK AM ) TBHIUTOKY.
NchruMkn .Jotting.
There are nil pupils In the Columbus
schools.
Broken Bow shipped 323 cars ot produce in
1SSS nnil imported TOM cars of merchandise.
Lean ) Gardner , of Omaha , is to conduct n
seven-day mission at Columbus , beginning
February 4.
Another general store has boon opened nt
Ellis , milking the third now running at that
place.
Kinney & Harriett ! , Kxoter saloonkeepers ,
have been lined SliTi and costs for soiling lirj-
uor to minors.
The citizens of Columbus are working hard
to secure the state encampment of the
Knights of Pythias.
Fire at Long Pine gutted the clothing store
of T. P. Konshnw , but most of the block was
saved , though badly damaged by water.
A move Is being made at Springfield to rid
the town of females of .questionablechar
acter. One of the women has been arrested.
The Barncston Boll has stooped tinkling.
It did not uinko u big enough noise to drown
the music of its numerous Gugo county com
petitors. .
The democratic board of commissioners of
Polk county would not receive bids for printIng -
Ing their proceedings , hut gave the Job to tlio
Polk County Democrat 'for ? 10i ) , n raise of
$30 over tlio amount p.iid last year.
John \V. Gordon , who escaped from n dep
uty sheriff ut Minden , Nob. , two weeks ago ,
whllo under arrest , lor uiiibezzlemont from u
Masonic lodge , was captured at Columbus by
Shorilt Ulocdorn and turned over to Sherlll
Hill , of Kearney county.
The Browstor ( Blalno county ) Democrat
oonlams this plaintive wail : "It is lobe
lamented that there are these in our com
munity so low in scale of humanity that they
cannot attend social parties without stealing
articles of clothing. "
The streets of Scolla were Inken posses-
sloii of by a crowd of liilarieua countrymen
the other night , nnd the baloonkcopur was
obliged to close up his shop lo prevent n raid.
Ladies did not rturo to venture out , and the
town marshal was nowhere to bo found.
Tlio Km ! Cloud National bank , which Ima
been in the hands of United States Manic Rx-
uminor Grlflllu for lha past throe weeks ,
opened Us doora Wednesday under u now
management , with L. P. Albright as cashier.
JudRO Klch , of Chicago , and Klchard Gentry ,
of Kansas City , are among the now block-
holders uud directors ,
I own.
Six light cases nt smallpox are reported la
ono Wavcrly family ,
Hailroad Improvements to cost $100,000
are promised at Hello Plaino next summer.
A $10,000 house sold in Dubunuo for $2,009
because it had the reputation of being
haunted.
Diphtheria has nearly disappeared from
the ( \mictcil districts in Scolt.county outside
of Davonx | > rt.
Mount Pleasant young inon plnyed ft gum o
of bnso ball on skates ttio other day , the
score being 4 to 'J.
Hobert L. Thompson , a Massachusetts
wheelman , traveled a distance of 1,438 , miles
during the past year ,
Davenport claims to bo freer from dcpro-
nations of the criminal clas * than nny other
city of its size in the land.
The Aldcn lyccntn tins boon In existence
for twenty years nnd is still nourishing ,
without n sign of old age.
For attempting to buy counterfeit ulntes ,
Charles F. Landers , of Kookuk county , has
been sonlcnuod lo ono year In tuo ponl-
tontlar.v.
The log school house han not yet pone from
Iowa. Thirty remain mostly In Dubiiinii' .
Leo nnd AlliimaUce some of the llrst settled
counties In the state.
HA small station on the Snntn Fc In Lee
county 1ms been chrlsti'iu'd Macula , the In
dian name for IMnrk Hawk. The silo of the
hamlet is said to be whore the Sac nnd Fox
tribe of Indians built n village.
Manchester p.irlies have recently organ-
Iced n company to de.il In real estate , lumber
and mlnernl in Arkansas. The capital of the
company Is $00,000 , nnd they nave 70.00J
acres of good land In thai state.
M.tkotn.
- Thcro Is lallc'of building a f 10,000 ilouring
mill nt Knnld City.
Over $500 have been subscribed for the
establishment of a rending room at Madison
The olde.il man In Brule county is Samuel
Unlley , sr. , who was ninety-live years oh :
last week.
Of * lssKX ) taxes to be collected in Mimic-
linlin county this year Sioux Falls will pay
? ll > 0,000. ,
The Itnpld City board of trade is consider
ing n proposition to secure the location of n
foundry nnd mncliine shops.
There is talk In Lead City of organizing a
company lor the purpose of erecting reduc
tion works on Squaw creek.
Having failed to secure the terrllorial fair ,
Sioux Falls Is now organizing n fair of ils
own , to bo called the Southern Dakota ex
position.
There is talltof erecting nmonnmcnt on the
Vanlcton Indian reservation lo Iho memory
of Slrlko-tlie-Hoo , the late chief of the
Yanklons.
According to the superintendents report
there is an average daily attendance of
' . ' ,822 children in Ihe public schools of Law
rence county.
The ministers of Iho Watcrtown district
surprised their presiding older , the Hov. A.
D. Traveller , the other day , by presenting
liini with a very line coon skin coat , trimmed
with plucked otter.
The merchants of Mitolioll have been Im
pressed with the fact thut they nre being
systematically mimed , nnd have Instituted an
investigation which has already resulted in
the discovery of the stolen goods.
"Grovcr Cleveland" is the name of a fight
ing cock at Yankton which lias gained two
famous victories In the pit nnd is believed to
be n bird of destiny. His owner Is now rear
ing a rooster which bo has christened "Ben
Harrison , " and he is expected to effectually
do tip Grovcr.
The city council of Wutertown , at its last
mooting , passed u resolution accepting the
proposition of n responsible party in Europe
to send emigrants ticketed through direct , to
Watcrtown , and instructing the city attorney
to draw a contract therefor with proper stip
ulations.
The first annual meeting of the ministerial
institute is to 'be held in Sinux Fulls next
Juno. This institute is held for a period of
ono week for the purpose of calling together
ministers from all parts of Dakota , Southern
Minnesota , Northern Iowa and Nebraska , to
receive instruction by lectures and other
wise from representatives of some of the
most prominent eastern theological soml-
nurius.
A TAXPAYKIIS' A'IE\VS.
He Qupsllons the .Moral Ilight of the
I'uDllo to Move the Giiy Hall.
OMAHA , Nob. , Jan. 23 , 188 ! ) . To the
Editor of Tim BMK : Wo claim thai it
is nil outiT.ffeous piece pf work on the
Dtirt of the city council and of private
individuals accobsory thereto , to slop
the work on the city hall , and finally
wish to abandon it , after the people
invo decided by ballot lhat it should bo
juilt there , appropriating lat'ijo tnoaiiH
and expending it in constructing the
bundution.Vliat wo claim is , that the
> cople have not a legal , nor a natural
ight to cluingo the location , after
choosing it nnd expending- much
noncy upon it. But if they have the
ighl now to move the city hull location
ifter it has been established and im-
H'oved , then they have n right to take
down and remove the court housowhich
stands opposite ; and anyone knows they
lave no right to do that. Who is there
that does not know that there ia no pub
ic sentiment in favor of removing
either , but only private interest:1 Who
s there that does not Know that it is
only private interests and selfish pur-
> oses on the part of prop
erty owners in Iho north portion
of the city who are greedily
villing to sacrilico Ihe publio treasury
or their own interests ? Have wo no
courts of justice to put u stop to such
icoillcsb expenditures'/ private in-
ercsts are allowed to go so far , where
will they end ? Has not the city enough
ways for all Its revenue , with hundreds
of poor families depending on its boun
ties ; with slroots nnd wnlksnnd pnrk-i
crying for assistance nnd improvement
without the needless , wanton expend-
lure in changing location ot publio
hmldlncrs just to gratify private inter
ests ? Wo do not son how those parlio.-i
living in the vicinity of Jefferson
square could look llioir follow oltizotiH
in the face , being guilty of such wanton
extravagance ; or how I hey can lislon to
the cry of the destitute for broad , and
clothing and fuel , and still per.-tlst in
such reckless adventure , just that they
individually might reap a larger ahiira
of the unoarticd increments of the soil.
It seems to us that there can bo no ar
gument framed , based on public polity ,
to support such a schcmo , then why not
abandon it ? A TAM'.VMJH.
AS ToT'
( V Working Sinn Askn Some IV rl In ml
Questions.
OMAHA , Jan. 21. To the Kditor of
TIIK Bun : Whllo walking nt Fifteenth
and Ftirimm street Saturday 1 happened
to see Major Furay come out of The
Little 220 saloon. Ho was busy exhort-
lap ; a working man to go and work up
Iho city hall business. Said he :
"There's no use going for these 'bums'
now ; we can buy thorn at election time.
Wo'vo got the subscription lint ami can
get the money whoa we want it. Just
go nnd httstlo among the worlclngmoti
and work up a sonilinont among thorn. "
Now as a workingman I would oslc ,
is this the name Furay who a few years
ago while in the council voted against
paying working-men fair wages when
the question eamo up and Fred Bhom
and I'al Ford supported the movomenlV
la this the same Furay who mailo him
self so odious lo laboring men that ho
dared iiol run for the council a second
time ? Is this the same Furay who on a
certain occasion said lo a bricklayer
who wauled a job thttt ho had no use for
uft ion men nnd could got the work done
cheaper by hiring scabs ? Is this the
same Furay who now with the combine
wants the union labor organizations to
support Iho Jefferson square oily hall
allo because ho and his relations own
property there ? SCOTTIK.
TrruMiu-or { ( iillii's Cnril.
OMAHA , Jan. UX To the Kditoi of
TiiisBms : I noticed in last evening's
BKK an arliclo in which you give mo the
credit of having contributed to the
campaign fund for the localion of Iho
city nail on JolTorson square , $2,000 ,
which I must say is absolutely false.
Now , Mr. Editor , I um not quito as
generous as you quote mo to bo , because
I have boiler use for Iho lilllo money I
have got than to spend il for Iho selec
tion of a site for the city hull. You
must have been misinformed , other
wise I can only ascribe your
assault on mo as a citizen and asnn
official , lo Iho desperation of your fight ,
to rotttin the city hall on Farnam nnd
TCighlconlh street. While , perhaps ,
I am bonolittod by the Farnam street
site as much as by Iho Jefferson square
silo , because I own fully as much real
ostutu on Farnam as 1 dp on Sixteenth
street , I must bay tbaP1 I prefer the
JolTcrson square site for the reason that
I Doliovo that the general welfare and
future prosperity of the city will bo best
subserved by building the city hall on
JolTorson square. By allowing the
above to appear in your KVKXINO BKH
you will confer n favor on , yours truly ,
III2XUY BOIIN.
Use Angostura Bitters to stimulate
Lho nppotilo and keep the digr-stitto orj
ErntiB in order. Dr. J. G. B. Slegort&i
Sons , solo mannfncturors.
A Corner In Ice.
M. Colemnn was fined $3 and costs for
linking O. Flnney with n pair of skates , on
Monday last. Hoth families appeared en
force , the testimony boinc of a vcr.v conflict
ing character. The disturbance arose out of
ivho should have the right to skate on a ploro
if ice which the boy Colcman had oluaiiod for
ilmsolf and sisters. Colcman was unable to
lay the line mill was released on his own ra
xgniznncc.
KryliiK Pan U > Flro.
The suit of Stella Mungcr apnmst Sarnh
Uernstcin was to have been tried In the
jaunty court yesterday , but forttinn willed it
> therwiso. Whllo the plaintiff w. s proceed
ng to the court room she fell on the slippery
ildewalk and broke her nrin. The hearing
> f the case was therefore postponed indeli-
illely.
' T IKE as It were a moth that freltcHi the garment , " so will the 't
I i free alkali , to which many powerful soaps owe their strength ,
destroy your children's clothing. Professor Silliman , of Yale College ,
says , "The Ivouv SoAi'is of remarkable purity. , , , , . , as a laundry
soap it has no superior/1 dtiuble.'t
A WORD OF WARNING. . f.
There are many white soaps , each represented to be "just as good as Ihe' Ivory' | M
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of
the genuinei Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting iU
Copyright 183C , by I'roctcr i dtiuble.