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THE OMAHA DAILY Blph FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 1 18SO. THE DAILY BEE. I'UBLilBIlHU lOVJiKY MOHNINO. TRIIM8 I ) UrMornlnK ( Kdlllonl Including SUNDAY Jli.P.Ono Vcar . II ForflxMontln . . 1 orThrco Month * . . . ! , , . . -K a n K OMAHA HIINIIAV HBB , mailed to nay Rclrtrcsi. Ono Vcar . . . . . . . - WmtKivllEKOne Vnnr . . . . 3U CiiK'\no OirirK BCT li.noKr.Hr Ilim.niNO. NVWVOMKOFUCK , 1IOOMS14 ANIllfiTlllllWNr Jlru.niNn. WAsiiiNoroN OXMCR , No. 0V. SlllKKT. . All eommtmlrnl Ions feinting tnnevrfaaA fcdl iorlBl matter should be addressed to the hiifrun ° 'TIIHllKSusiNi3SMrri'.n& All business letters and rcmltUxnc i should be Mldros ed lo TUB HBB I'unt.iftiuvN Coui'ANr , OMUU. DrnfU , checks nnd iirHtofllce orderi tc bo made payable to the order of the company. MccPnlsliiiig ; Company Proorictori K. RO3EWATJ5K. Kditor. Till- ; ilKIS. Sworn StatemRtitot Glruulatlon. Bffttflof Nnlir.iskn , I , Couutyof Diwiiliu. I"1" ' ( leort'o Il.Tzichuclc , secretary orTho HM I'tili- llBlilnc C'omtiany , does solemnly swear that the ctiiul circulation of Tun DAii.r USE for the week eiidlnK January SO. IS8'J. was as follow * ! Bunday , Jan. UU . JMW Mondiiy , Jan. I ! I . js.g ; | Tuesday , .Inn. I. . ! . I" . " ! . WMlni'gilny.Jnn. 21 . 1JJ.W TlmrRdnv. Jan. "K . I8- " I mlay. Jan. So . ! " ' ? Bntnrday.Jan 20 . .l .8 Aterauo QKOHOi : II. T/.BOIHJCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed In mj jiroenco thlsUUtli day of .limitary , A. D . iBS'i. Sen' N. 1' . FBI L. Notary Public , State of N ebras * . i County of Douitlai , f Guorfte II. TzBcmicIc , l > oinfj duly sworn , de poses and says that ho 19 secretary of the llee rubllNliliiK company , that the actual overall dally circulation of THE DAILY IIKR tor the month of January. 1B8S. 16,3X1 copies : for February ruary , Itvw. in.vw copies : ror Murcli , 18SS. 3'J.fWI copies ! for April , 18HH. 1H.741 copu s : ( orMny.lSlM , ] K lai copies ! for , limo,188tiHi.2.lcoploi | : for July , 38W , IH.CJ.1.1 copies : for AiiRU't. IMS , 18.18.1 copies ; loreeptcniber , IMtf , IP.ini coplns ; for October , 16W. wai 18,084 copies : for November. 1SSS , JKI'Brt ' copies ; for December. IWi. 1X.KKI copies. Bwnnilo before mo and subscrlboa in my Presence this aril day of January ISK'J. N. I1. 1'KI I. Notary 1'ubllo. TIIK liousc has mixed Us water with whisky tmd then sends the .lilutod liev- orngo back to the senate , with "What will you luivo , boys : " ' TIIK barb wire manufacturers who recently mot in St. Louis for the pur pose of forming iv trust could not acroe nmoiiK themselves. It Is qulto evident that some of thorn remembcrod the fate of the jute bugging trust. TIIK chief engineer of the Missouri river improvement commission , Fletcher N. Tower , in authority for saying that sixty thousand dollars will bo spent in improving the Missouri river at Omaha next season. This looks as if Uncle Sam proposes to stop , in a measure , the transfer of real estate from Iowa to Ne braska , in which business the Missouri has boon an active agont. FULLY two-thirds of the time of every state legislature is necessary to investi gate the evils of mismanagement in atalo institutions and to undo the errors committed by previous legislation. Not alone in Nebraska , but in Missouri , Kansas , Colorado and other states , the wise lawmakers arc overhauling old abuses , and with the same breath creat ing new ones. BOSTON has determined to shut down on granting any more public franchises for the more asking , and is endeavoring to find a way whereby the city can se cure some return for the use of its streets by private corporations. There is a hint hero which should not escape the attention of other cities , especially these in the west which have boon alto gether too lavish with their favora. WIFAT is Nebraska doing to attract in vestment and thrifty immigration dur ing the coming snringV Eastern capi tal necessarily will look to the west for profitable investment and will naturally tend toward that state and that industry which offer the greatest inducement. There is every reason to believe that capitalists will look to the development of western resources. The condition of the money markets are favorable to such a inovo. The increase in the sur plus of the eastern banks indicates that the field for investment is restricted at homo. The opportunity should not bo lost by Nebraska to present her claims. Other states are making a strong bid to attract both capital and labor , and it behooves our best Interests not to ho left in the race , . Tnunis Is less talk in Washington than n month ngo regarding an extra session of the Fifty-first congress , kut this would seem to bo due to u pretty .general conviction that it in inevitable. Republican senators nnd representa tives , who a short time ago thought un extra session might bo obviated , are 1 } ' now said to concede that the logio of V- , events points to it as a necessity. There is still a minority unfavorable , but It is email The attitude of General Harri son is uncertain , but it is thought that as n. matter of personal preference ho is not favorable loan extra session. All the arguments that have boon presented in fnvor of calling the next congress to gether before the regular date gain force as time goes by. TIIK latest expressions from Prlnco Bismarck , which wore communicated to congress Wednesday , profess a desire to abide by tho'agrooinonts with America and England with respect to Samoa , and pay duo regard under all circum- fltanoos to the rights of these powers as established by treaty. If this could bo accepted ns sincere the way to a settle ment of the complications would bo easy , but there is reason to doubt its sincerity from the fact that similar ex pressions have boon made before fol- 'lowod by the high-handed outrages which are the cause of present contro versy , while up to this time there is no evidence that Germany is not still maintaining her hostile policy in Samoa. Unfortunately for Prlnco Bis marck , ho U not renowned for straight forward diplomacy , and oven in a mat ter of this character , whioh Senator Sherman characterized as a "small con troversy , " ho appears to have proved himself capable of tergiversation. It will not bo wise for the United States to confide too generously In the professions ana protestations of Bismarck. A < tor n tempestuous contest the house has pnssod n proposed constitutional amendment by the necessary three fifths vote which embodies in dual fo < * m high license and prohibition. In this form the bill now gees back to the Bonntc , nnd the question is , slml the fiennlo concur in the radical change made by the house In amending the original senate submission bill. Wo d < not bollovo that the lovol-hondci sense of the senate will consent t < carry Its members away over the line which the republican platform hni mapped out for the party. While we have always regarded the insertion ol the submission plank into the republi can platform as a departure from the cardinal principals of true republican ism , wo cannot conceive how any re publican * can consistently supper the duplex amendment to tin ronstUution which has boon rushoi through the house without mature re flection. No member of either house of the leg' ' ifllnturo ran truthfully say that he rep resents the prohibition faction of hi ; party in submitting a high liuonst amendment. No republican can truth fully wiy that ho is carrying out hit parly's pledge in voting for the doublo-cmler amendment. The plnnli in the .republican .state pliittorir cannot * " ' 1 > o so construed , tint ! the submission resolutions passot by county conventions were certainly the opposite from favoring such n prop osition , The republican senators wh ( have conscientiously liVed up U their party pledges by voting for the senate submission bill are under no obligations to concur in the high-liconse amendment tacked on by the house. They are or record for submission pure and .simple. They can not vote for the duplex amendment without stultifying themselves. Dual submUaion would moot with most decided opposition frotr their cou&titucnts who favor prohibi tion , and would moot with equal disfav or from the rank and tile of republicans who are opposed to prohibit ! on. IT AM A VAC1. A letter has been received at this olllco from Major Balcombo , chairman of the board of public works , in which ho denies point blank that the board , or rather a majority of the board , con sisting of himself and Mr. Furay , are exerting pressure upon city employes and contractors in favor of the reloca tion of the city hall. Mr. Bal- combo'6 letter has boon mislaid among other contributions , but this is the substance of his disclaimer. Mr , Balcombo may or may not bo aware ol the fact that contractors on public works and inspectors who are laying ofl have boon given to understand that it will not do for them lo risk the dis pleasure of the board , but wo have nc doubt whatever that such is the fact. Wo make bold to assort that sev eral contractors and inspectors who are now and always have been opposed to the scheme of relocating the city hall , have asked to bo appointed as clerks and judges of election so as to escape the displeasure of Balcombo and Furay. This may bo a surprise to Mr. Balcombo , whose name is being used by parties near and dear to him , but in the language of a certain Third ward poli tician , "It am a fae' . " TUB immigration question is not likely to bo settled in the present congress , and it will-be just ag well if it is not , unless the lines laid down by the Ford committee are changed in several important respects. The more care fully the measure reported from that committee is studied , the moro fixed must bo the conclusion that some of its provisions are impracticable and others unnecessary. It is to a considerable extent a concession to the outcry that has boon made during the post year or two against immigration , and therefore ignores in some respects the generous principle that has prevailed in this matter since the organization of the government In order to show that the sentiment in the house is not all ono way regarding this question , a minority report has boon presented by Representative Guon thor which proposes several material changes in the Ford bill that wo think all judic ious men will approve. In the opinion of Mr. Guonthor no law should bo passed to lesson the immigration of industrious , law-abiding people , who come hero in good faith with the intention of making this country their permanent Homo , who bring their families with them , and who in duo course of time become useful and valuable citizens of the republic , es pecially where a number of states stand ready to receive them with open arms. The country should bo In no hurry to erect now barriers against desirable immigration , and wo are likely to got amore moro judicious treatment of this ques tion from the next than from the pres ent congress. Meanwhile ample pro vision should bo made for enforcing ex isting laws , so that the abuses which have given ground and excuse for the agitation against immigration may bo corrected. IT is qulto evident that the upper house of the legislature doon not pro pose to encourage the glandorod horse industry by maintaining the live stock commission under its prosontform. The bill to repeal the act which created the commission has received the support of the BOnnto. It will in all probability pass the houso. There can bo no ques tion but that gross abuses and fraud have boon perpetrated upon the state. Unscrupulous persons have taken ad vantage of the lenient laws intended to protect innocent possessors of diseased cattlo. Not only has glandorod stock boon brought In to Nebraska for the sake of the bounty , but herds have boon in- footed to reap the reward. The very fact that the live stock commis sion spent nearly thirty thousand dollora " to indemnify owners of diseased stock , and that the glanders has spread to an alarming extent over since the creation of the committee two years ago is evidence that the law has Ijoou abused. It is high time , thorcT- fore , that the legislature check this evil before it grows to mammoth pro portions. Radical reform demands the repeal of the law. It may cause hard ship to persona whoso stock has boon tainted with the scourge so that It be comes noccssan' for the protection ol the community lo kill it off. But such cases are exceptional , and where groa loss is sustained , it should bo relieved rather by the county than by the state. Till" supreme court of the stale hu ; just handed down a decision that the prohibition against clerk hlro In the olllco of the attorney general docs no embrace the employment of a- steno grapher. This is a sad blow to the small bore detractors of Attorney Gen eral L"0"o , who attempted to make 11 heinous olTcnso out of the fact that ho employed a stenographer in his olHco. They were about to call upon the authorilies to impeach him for hlgl crimes and mUdotncnnors in violating the constitution of Nobnuka. The opin ion of the court has , however , com pletely dampened the ardor of these self-styled patriots. There is nothing loft for them lo do but to nurse their spile in siloitco against the attorney general and lo modllalo what foolt they have made of lliomsclvos. Foil Ihc llrsl lime during Iho present pork packing season , Iho western pack ing centers show a gain in Ihe nurnbot of hogs packed for Iho wool * ending January SO ns compared with lust year. This is attributed not so much to the enlarged marketing of hogs as to Ihe falling oft In Iho move ment to Iho eastern packing markets. Such a condition would indicate thai the western mnrlcels are paying higher prices and that the shipment of hogs is gravitating toward thcso centers. 11 js gratifying that Omaha is making a creditable showing in her pork packing as compared with Chicago or Kansas City. Jler gain for the week just ended was comparatively greater than either of thcbo cilics , and her place as the third packing center of the country re mains undisputed. CALirouxtA is now feeling the full reaction of tlio town lot speculation and boom which swept over thai slalo some monlhsago. Her industries are lag ging and her people are living in delusive - lusivo hopes that the fickle goddess of fortune will sweep down upon them and make them all rich without exertion or toil. WILL the tie-up between the Union Pacific and Northwestern on passenger traffic open the eyes of the Chicago roads to the necessity of making Omaha their termini:1 Moving tliu Olty Hall. /'Yum the Omaha Jleruld , 2'itcsiJnj/.J/irc/ia / ) , 1883. ' The city hall will bo erected upon the present site. No ono knows this bettor than the inombors of the council who are busily spreading the idea that ther.o is a possibility of .abandoning the corner chosen for some other which is demanded by the inlorosls of Iho gang. In thus engaging in false pretenses , they are neglecting their duties as pub lic ofHcials , and stamping themselves as unfit to manage the affairs of the city. ' 'There is no denial of the fact that the people have a right to abandon the basement , if they want to do so. They have a right to cart the stone to the river , dump it in , and flood the hole for a fish-pond. They will not do this , how ever. Neither will they waste their money by tearing out what work has already boon done and beginning over again. There would bo no object in the oxtravaganl foolish ness. It would simply gratify pri marily a lot of sharks who would rather fleece the city than not , and a respectable minority who live nt a dis tance towards the suburbs , and would like to have the center of affairs moved out to them. "Thoro is no good reason why an election should bo called to settle a matter already 'settled once. Why would a second settlement bo moro ef fective than the first ? The people have no assurance that their action would bo final. Some of their olllcious servants might not bo satisfied and , waitincr till about 840,000 had been expended , de mand another election , and try a third silo. If an election shall bo ordered lucre will bo no limit. There will bo the same excuse for other elections. The city hall was not designed to bo on wheels. The only proper course to pursue is to erect the hall as soon as possible. An election would , of course , have no ef fect on the site. If the corner of Far- nam nnd Seventeenth streets was over suitable for the purpose there are rea sons why it is moro suitable now. Relative conditionshavo notclmngod , nnd the money already spoilt should not bo deliberately thrown away. Neither do the taxpayers feel like entrusting - trusting to the council a larger taslc than the roaring of the hall as at pres ent planned. The sooner the prate about changing the silo shall ccaso the holler. There is nothing in it. It is u job , which the good sense'of the community detects , and ono which the patience of the com munity will not tolerate. " Not n Compliment. thicaooKewt. Dr , McCosh says the best novels are written - ton by woman. The doctor docs not moan to pay a compliment. Ho detests novels. OUI-IOUH Diplomacy. Atlanta Constitution , Ono of the funniest things is a democratic administration making a secret treaty with a foreign power. This sort ol bnsincss ought to bo loft to the republican statesmen , Our Serious Situation. mm/idipfori / Crtttc. Wo are engaged in two great national struggles , to wit , ono with a Samonu proto col , and ono with a Canadian Inodus vlvondi. Lord help us if "tlio brltohlu" breaks I" Our Vigorous Foreign I'olloy. New Turk H'urld. Who says that our foreign policy Is not agt gressivol Was not Lord Suclivillo dm- missed I Did not Admiral Luoo pop chain- iiagno corks in the harbor of Port-nu-Princo ) Did not President Cleveland ask for power to retaliate on Canada ? Is not tlio state depart ment trying to Had out where Samoa is and what tlia trouble there is about ? What moro can be expected I la Flsk n Traitor , Cleveland Leader , There is treason In the prohibition ranks , and the traitor Is no loss a person than Gen eral Clinton n. Flak , late prohibition candidate for governor , He has Just signed a remonstrance against the proposed repeal of the Now Jersey local option law. The prohibition organs during the late campaign declared thai all 1ihjh tax find local option laws arc "cotnhActs with hell. " O'Donoynn' llosnft'fi Clmractor. tyiaton Glnlit. O'Donovnn'Jtos'so claims that the Catholic News has damaged his character $100,000 wortn nnd Is stilng the paper for that amount , O'Donovan wfluhl never do for nn appraiser ; his ideas of tlio values of things are too higli , The ttlnssnctni'iottH ProhltiltloulstM , Itwtim ( Unix. The annuiL attempt to got a prohibitory amendment before tlio people Is now unilci way. The convincing arguments against prohibition have boon ably presented , am the old arguments in favor have been re pontcd. It Is sometime ? awruoil that apart from the merits of prohibition or license the people have n right U ) pas * upon the question , nnd Ihoreforo a constitutional amendment establish prohibition should he submitted to them. In the abstract there is much truth In Hits view. It is In iiccordnnco with Democratic principles to lunvo ns miuiy qucitiont ns possible to bo decided directly by the pco- plo. Hut in this case there arc special rea sons why It Is not desirable. Hoforo tlio people are appealed to to fix a matter of practical legislation Irrevocably In their constitution It should have demonstrated it ! value when It has had u chnuco to do so in pmitlco. Has prohibition done this ? Its best friends know that It has not. Wherever , In the larger places at least , prohibition has been rnsortod to , jt 1ms almost Invariably been discarded the following year. That Is sunicient reason why prohibition should not bo made constitutional. Tlio truth is that no lliiuor l.iw Is perfect , nnd none is xvholly satisfactory. Therefore , every few years , there emus n temporary reaction from the licnnso system , and the people are more or loss disposed to try pro hibition. Tlioy are generally glad to change hack again at the first opportunity. Now it certainly would not bo fair to take advantage of ono of these periods to foist prohibition permanently on the people , so that they cannot pel rid of II whether they wish to dose so or not. KTATI3 ANI > TIOItltlTOHY. Nolirnska There is a surplus of several thousand dollars lars in the Ulxoii county treasury. A mild form of the measles is prevalent among the children of North Plaltc. The enrollment of the city schools of Kear ney for the month of January is 1,1VJ. Tlio railroad forces nt North Platte have been reduced temporarily about twenty men. A farmer living south of Tccnmsch has lost his hogs by cholera for four yo.irs In succession. Delegates from a number of Nebraska towns met nt. West 1'olnt and organized n state band association. Wymoro people expect that the B. & M. will 111 like extensive improvements nt that place in the next few months. The city coUnctl nnd board of trade of Plnttsmouth lira considering a proposition for the election of a $ 'JoOUO hotel. A proposition is to bo submitted to the people ple of Pillmore' county on town meeting day to issue ? T)0.000 in bonds for the construction of n court house. There is a growing belief at Hastings that natural gas exists in that locality and n com pany will probably bo formed for the pur pose of sinking a well. A gang of cheap John grocery peddlers have been working the farmers of Johnson county with grout success and the regular dealers are raising * a rumpus. The Hastings Nebraskan , the bright little paper which sprung into existence upon the suspension of the Gazette-Journal , will be gin to print Associated press dispatches Feb ruary 4. " A David City carpenter named Uuss found a strange infant , on his doorstop the other day with a tag attached , stating that the child was born December 8 , last. The infant was taken in and has been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Russ. T. 13. Parker , UioTecumseh man who was so mysteriously shot \vhilo in bed a few nights ngo , Iras caused the arrest of Ann is Thuruiun , a foolish young man who was sleeping with him at the time , and ho will bo tried for tlio shooting. * lawn. The Methodists of Grinncll are raising funds to build u church. The estimated cost of assessing the proper ty of the state is $150,000. It costs $ \ n week to keep each inmate of the Linu 'county poor farm. Over ! i3COO tons of coal are used annually on the Burlington's Iowa lines. The number of pupils enrolled this term at Cornell college , Mt. Vernon , is453. . Ono thousand tons of ice will bo hauled to Ottumwu from tuu lakes of Palo Alto county. The oatmeal mill at Muscatino is running day and night and grinding 2,000 bushels of oats daily. In ono of the primary schools nt Daven port there are four pairs of twins ranging In ugo from five to seven years of ngo. The Santa Fo company has made the wid ow of "Dad" Myers , the veteran engineer who was killed near Lawrence last summer , a present of $5,000 in cash. The tramp who has stuck so faithfully to the solitary and a bread and water iliot In preference to the stone pile at Marshalltown now turns out to bo an artistic wood engraver. Hov. U. B. Smith , of West Liberty , has snatched a little time from his religious du ties to do some secular work. Ho has Just received a patent for a dish washer and drainer. The board of supervisors of Cerro Cordo county ojweot to call In the remaining f'J.OOO of county bonds at the April session , and ; lius wipe out the entire 10,001) ) bonded debt in less than three years from the time it was Incurred. The state uoard of examiners will hold ex aminations as follows ; Stata normal school , May i9 and 80 ; ut Cornell , May yi and Juno Ijat the state university , Juno 4 nnd 5 ; nnd at Qrinncll , Juno 0 and 7 , all ot these being Tor ccrtiilcutcs only ; and at the state super intendent's ofllco , Dos Molncs , Juno 2 and ! ) , Tor both diplomas and certificates. licyotid the KocklcB. The winter wheat In northern Montana Is reported in tine condition. James Corrigan , lately from Kansas , whllo drunk , was killed by tlio cars at Fresno. E , II. Swarthout , a member of the "Old Guard of IbCO , " thejl at San Jose recently. A Mrs. Gublcman Is charged with the crime of murdering her infant child at Wood- and , , John C. Snydcra San Dlogo commission nan , lias'beon arrested on the charge of Irv ing to burn hisstoro. ' The United Stntoaf'siile of the Second Ju dicial district court has been transferred from Unite to Deer Lodge. The cantilever bridge over the Umpqua river nt Winchester , Oro. , has boon uc- ccptod , It is salditdibo a inagnllloont struo- , uro. , i An effort Is being made to hatch 5,000,000 whitctUh oirgs at Portland , which were sent there by the government. If the effort Is successful the youy'g fish will ho distributed throughout the Ore rpn lakes. ' Gold has been d'llcovorod on City oreok , ten miles from Sail Liorimnlino , the ore of which assays from' $10 to $2,000 , per ton. Ono- : lghth of ono claim was sold for (5,000. rjioro is great excitement , and crowds uro 'oing to Ibo now mines , William Johnson , son of A II. Johnson , a wholesale butcher of Portland , whllo trying a discharge a loaded gun that refused to geoff off , suddenly received the whole charge In .ho side of his head , killing him instantly. Ho lived near Roouvillo. Ho loaves a wife and several children. Charles Townley , a brokon-down actor who had quit the profession several years ago because of his habits of Inebriety com- iiitted suicide ut Livingston , Mont. , with morphine. Ho had evidently prepared for the event , as a cap was pulled down over hU ears und his coat was buttoned , Angostura Hitlers , endorsed by physi cians and chemists for purity and whole sameness. Ur. J. G. H , Siogert & Sons , ole manufacturers. Ask your druggist. XUMEnOttS CHAXOR9. What February 1 Urlnfr About I Unlhvfty Circles In Oinnlin. To-tnorrow , February 1 , will make nn hr port nut era in railway circles In Omaha. The circular Issued by Vice President Hoi colnibo abolishing the onlco nnd ilcpnrtmcn of general superintendent of the Union Pii chic , takes effect on this day , and nfter to day , Iho duties devolving upon the depart montof general superintendent will rover to the department of general manager. I'd Dickinson , the genial ofllclal who Is dlroctl ; affected by this transaction , nnd upon wlion peed authority states , the title of asMstan general manager will bo conferred , wu < hard nt work nt his desk a usual , this morning , just ns thougl nothing unusual had transpired. Wlioi questioned concerning Ihc matter , ho stntci that wiillo the dcp.utmcnt had been nbol Ishcd , it would require iibout ten tlaj s t < brlni ; to n close Ills uutlis as general super mtcndont. The nftalrs of the onlco , how ever , would be conducted under the nuthor IIV of the general manager's department. When questionedconcornlnu thonnnotincO' mciit In Tun HUM of Wednesday to the effec that ho was to bo appointed assistant genera manager , ho stated that ho was not iiwaru o any such action having been taken , und thai Vice President Holcomb was nt the hoaa ol tlio operating department and was vcsti-i1 with the authority to make such u change However , it Is suited that the vice prusldenl has centered upon Assistant General Mini' ' ngor Mullen for general tr-afllc manager and Dickinson for his successor. No change will bo mrui3 In the stall' of clerks in tin general superintendent's department , at the present time. Another circular , by virtue of Its date , takes offcd tto-day It Is that which ap points Grorgo Cushing superintendent of motive power nnd miiohlnorv of the Union Pauillo system , vice Cloni Hackney , nv signed. Hut n good man hns but n few houi- : of idleness In nny business , nnd no sooner had the announcement of Clem Hackney having resigned reached the public ! than that gcntleimin was tendered suvur.il initioitant positions by other roads , and in consequence ho took time by the forelock and stopped down nnd out last Tuesday , turning over his keys to his successor. Mr. Hackney has not nsyct associated himself with nny other roud , but it is stilted that in the near future ho will bo occupying a position in the line ol n promotion to what ho held on the Union Pacific. J. M. Harr will to day succeed O. M. Cuining ns supeiiiitcndent of tlio Wyoming division of the Union Pacific , nnd the "Har vard student" will recline in tlio assistant Konurnl nnimiKor's chair , with headquarters at Salt Luke , in Mormnndom. While the general trallle department may not be revived so as to bo connected with the chungos of to-day , it Is safe to include it us among the changes in the near future and chronicle C S. Melluii general trnflle man ager. Just what other changes will bo made in the personnel of the Union Pacific under tlio new regime icimiins to bo developed. The proverbial fi eight trafllo department nlso comes in for its share of the eruptions in railway circles on the advent of February. To-day n now schedule of rates takes effect between Missouri liver points nnd the Pacillc coast , or that territory governed by the Colorado rate sheet in the west. It will take olTcct on the following roads : Atchison. Topeka & Santa Ko , Burlington & Missouri. Denver & Kto Grnndo , Denver & Hio Craiuio Western , Denver , Texas & fort Worth , Kansas City , St. Joseph & Council BluffsMissouri Pacilie. St. Joe & Grand Island , Union Pacillc ami Utah Central. The rates nro advanced about 15 per rent on all products nnd commodities. Class 1 is advanced from S3 05 per hundred to 8)50 ; class 2 from gl.SO to $ J.I 5 ; class 11 from $1.55 to $1.75 ; class 4 fromfl..lO to fl.-l.'j ; class 5 from $1.15 to $1.2. > , and class A from $1.05 to 1.10. No change is made la the rates on class B , C , D and E freights. The old rate was inaugurated last September when the Manitoba uml the Northern Pacific was making u fight for transcontinental trafllc , in wliicn the rates woio severely slashed. The nowsehedulo applying hero to morrow will also apply on the northern lines. A Probably Fatal Shooting. Commercial Agent Pndham , western agent of the Milwaukee road with headquarters in Denver , passed through Omaha yesterday en route to Cnicago where ho was summoned to the bedside of hLs grandson , Walter Owens , who was shot accidentally while handling u revolver several days ago , and from the effects of which it is thought he will din. The victim of the shooting is the eldest son of Henry Owens , of thoPilisburg& Fort Wayne system , Appointed Supurintnndcnt. As was announced in Tuu BGU , of Monday last , a circular was issued announcing the appointment of C. B. Uodgcrs to succeed John McConniff ( deceased ) as superintendent of the southern division of the Burlington road with headquarters at Wyinoro , Neb. The appointment ! will take effect to-day. Iluilrond Notrn. G. M. Cuming , recently appointed assistant general manager of the Union Pacillc with headquarters at Salt Lake , started for his field of labor to-day in u special car. The Union Pacific received another now engine from the Pittsburg shops yesterday. Assistant General Manager Molten of the Union Pacific , has gene to St. Joseph and from thence ho will go to Chicago. THE COUNTY'S NEW VAULT. A Difference of Opinion aato What Jt Should Cost , The usually quiet , staid board of county commissioners has finally fallen into an en tanglement that promises to create consider able disturbance. Commissioner O'Kooffo has , ho thinks , discovered n small-sized marc's nest , and is proceeding slowly to put his associates through n course of sprouts , Some time during the month of March last , It was proposed by resolution , regularly Introduced und adopted , to lit up the vault in the clerk's ofHco of the district court with racks , pigeon-holes nnd drawers for keeping the books nnd papers that have always been bunged around and laid promis cuously about the place. This matter was referred to the committee on jails with instructions to go ahead and have the work done. That committee leccivcd estimates and entered into u contract , through C , L. Wundt , with the Pauly Juil Building and Manufacturing company , of St. Louis , to do the Job. Wundt is the reproscntativo of ttils concern , a pleasant , smooth-talking young man , and appears to bo unusually well gifted with powers to influence and control ueoplo who lack determination and purpose. The contract says thnt the work shall bo performed ut the rate of f l.W n space , which means each book shelf and file-box. Last week Mr. Wundt made known to the board that his concern had completed its undertak ing and was ready to receive its pay und can cel obligations. The rouimittco made un inspection of tlio work , reported their satisfaction with it and recommended th.it the account , amounting to something like J5.lM.2j , bo allowed All the other members of the board , except Uicliard O'Kcolfu , who happened at the time to bo in Lincoln , concurred and Air. Wundt was given a warrant on tlio county treasurer , which ho presented tliero.recoivcd tin ) money called lor , nnd went about his business , It is reported , however , that before going iway , Wundt showed himself to bo n very liberal man , ono who knows howtonppiu- slate good things when they como his way. In duu course of time the stalwart Hichurd returned and ujran learning what had boon accomplished during his absence , suddenly TO\V impatient , It Is said , and notonly culled For a.hoi-Ho , but gave out a few plain. xId und sovuru intimations that in investigation was needed und would bo md. At tills announcement , other monition * ) f the board seemed to bo soinowhat sur mised and very uncommunicative. O'Kcofe said that the bill was an excessive ) no , and ho would not have allowed it to go jy without knowing the whys und where- 'ores. Ho uls ) claimed that snap Judgment lad been tula'n und the matter lushed .hrough in ills absence , whereas , had ho brou there , objections would have been raised. When Mr. O'Kceffo was uskeJ for Infor- nation ho said : ' 'The matter is being Invos. Igatod now , und we will know moro about it n u day or two. " "What uro the grounds on whloh.you ba o four objections to and complaint against the ( card's actions ! " "Thero U the contract. Go and count tlio paces yourself , and then look ut tlio 'ouchors. " The reporter found that the substance of bo contract , to fur us the uiouled considera tion Is cencorned , is stated abovo. No ono complains of Iho work. It is certainly n neat and , to nil appearances , an ele gant Job. According to the count made , there are 1'J.tS spaces , which , nt the rate of JM.M n space , would cost of $ .1,034.30. It will bo scon that the differ- cnco between thii sum nnd the amount of the voucher given to Wundt Is fl,444 03. Ou this alleged excess hangs the diniculty. The rc | > orter had n talk with Commissioner Mount , In answer to ( luostiotis put to him , the latter entered Into an elaborate ami swoepini : denial of nil charges , Innuendoes nnd allegations tending to Involve the hoanl In any schemes or orooltod business Ho had heard that O'Kceffo was floating n sensation of some kind , but did not appear to know much about it. To further draw the commissioner out ho was given a few pointers , which lind the ef fect of warming him up a llttlo. Said ho : "Tho bill allowed for that work Is not In excess. What Is claimed as an over-charge was paid for the building of gallery in tlio vault , which had not boon provided for In the contract. " "It Is stated Hint the contract of ? I 5)0 ) , nplcco was understood to rover oviirythliiR " "That Is not so. At llr.st the committee caiu'liidoil that they would have racks , ux- tiMidlnir only half the height ot the vault , but after examining the bulk of mutter kept there , changed their minds nnd fitted the room from floor to ceiling un nil slues. To got at the top shelves uud boxes therefore , it bocainu necessary to put in a stairway nnd gallery , and 1 tluf.v any body to II ml u bettor supplied apartment for the use to which It Is put. " Continuing his remarks further , Mr. Mount referred to the county dork's vault fitted bi the same firm at $ l.l ) . " > u space , am requested that comparison bo made of the two. two.This , however , cuts no figure in the matter nt issue. Any one who will take the trouble though to Inspect both vaults , will not hesi tate to pronounce the first effort a Jim Cro\\ affair as compared with the last. When O'Keoffo returned from Lincoln am ! made his discoveries , Wundt had loft the city. He was immediately called back ami ta'kun into consultation. Whether any dclln- ito conclusions have been reached as yut Is kept a secret. Wundt left again Wednesday night for Denver. A lihonuh the contract for this work was let last March the vault remained tintouchei until nfter the first day of the present month Commissioner Mount says that the company WIIH ready nnd wanted to put in an appear "nnco in October , but on account of the fact that court was in session then Clerk Mooros objected , and the job had to be postponed. The noise of hammers nnd handling of ma terial ho claimed would disturb the serenity and dignity of the judges too much. Ill 1C 110OMI3KS' IHSPONDKNOY. Tlio Ho | > [ MrHsnchN of Their OruiiHloiiH Heavy llonrtH. Long Jim Croignton is falling from grace. The work ho has been doing during these latter days hns affected him .sadly. Ho has become irritable , mid , It Is said , has nvcn lost his appetite. Ho was In an exceptionally bad humor when accosted by a reporter yesterday and returned the hitter's hearty hand shake with such n cold , clammy touch that the uewsgathorer lot out another roof in his coat collar and looked around to see whoio the cold draught was coming from. "Why the deuce don't you follows spend n little time around Ilosowator's ' headquar ters I" said he. "I carry Tiic Bui : homo with mo cvciy night to read , but I never 11 ml In it anything about what Kosewnter is doing. It's all Jim Croighton , Jim Creigh- ton nothing but Jim Crcighton. Go over und bother Hosowator awhile und give us a rest. " Croighton was busy counting out a lot of circulars containing an affusion from the pen of St. A. B. Balcombc , which ho had evolved between guinea of high live. This is made up of just about such matter as was printed in the yellow-backed nioncroi pamphlets which caused the sachems of the wigwam such mental agony in being obliged to prepare explanations of "why the prints were sent through the postoulco without stamps or ad- drosses. " Creighton does not intend to bo caught in that wuv again and so has en gaged two small boys to distribute Hal- combo's circulars about the city. Pat Fort hasn't been nround the wig wam for two or three days. Pat can't ' "go" J. B. Furay , nnd makes nis headquarters elsewhere. Joe , the noble Redman , the first of a very big race , wasn't in his customary seat in the council chamber yesterday and the most potent secretary , McArdle , couldn't or wouldn't give nny information us to his whereabouts A half dozen ot Jim's followers were discussing the piobabilitius of Tuesday's election in the main reception room , but stopped when the reporter entered. McArdlo had turned loose his deadly wink again. " In the hallway J. B. Furny was whittling down the edges of the misllt drawer of his S1.50 table. Ho was softly meditating nnd didn't look up for a long time , nnd when he did the light of recognition and welcome , which of yore sout a thrill of gladness through the reportorial heart , were not there. After a cold silent stars he resumed his whittling. With a heavy heart the visitor again sought McArdle. "What's the matter with you follows up hero this morning , " ho asked of the lord sec retary. "Humph ! You follows down to THE BUB think you are smart , don'toiU . Sending strange reporters down hcie every day or two to try and ring themselves In on us arid pump us. But that young follow over there , " pointing to a dark-skinned young man who was urgii'ng ' with a Gorman in the corner , "won't get nny thing. Ho's too fresh. We're on to him all right. " "If tnat young man Is with Tnii BEH , I don't know it. I never saw him before in my lifo. " "Oh , of course not. You'ro awfully inno cent. I think tuo lot of you had belter clear out. " The young man In question later proved to I bo a reporter fiom another paper than Tnc . . but Iho sachems wouldn't believe It , and branded the whole thine ns * 'ono of Uosowntcr's d il schomM. " An the reporter loft the unfriendly place. S13NATOH V VXTON I'llOICSTS. Strong Uensoiif ) Why ! to Oppose * I'lty Hull Ut'locittlnn. Senator Paxton took occasion In thccoimo of a rniivorsotlon yesterday to express himself on tlio proposition to chatiga the slta of the city hall nt Omaha. "I am most emphatically opposed to rob. eating the city hall , " ho said. "I do not want to see money thrown away. The school board contributed f i" > , lK > 0 , and it was put Into the present foundation. To abandon It would bo a shameful wash ) of monoy. The Far. nam ulrcol site Is ample for nil purposes , ami there is no good reason for making aclmngn. Tlio people voted on the location and chose tuu Karnain street slto On tha strength of that nion of capital have bought adjoining property nnd put hundreds of thousands of dollars In big buildings , which moans that much of nn addition to tlio wealth of Onaha and to its taxable property Now , to change the location would bo n broach or faith on the part o I tliu city , borauso thosd Investors would not h ivo put tholr money in there If thuy hud nol thoughl the tnattor settled. It's the hotter location of Iho two proposed by all odds. H will notiommodnto the people generally and business men pur tleularly tlio bust. To move the oltv hull down to that Hat Jefferson square why , II wouldn't increase the eon vonlonco of n fourth of the people ot Om ilia Hain't right. It ain't good public- policy , it ain't good business policy to change the loca tion , und I'm dead opposed to it. " The senator is not a man of many words , but ho spoke with Intense earnestness. II Dooclviiiir thu City. "TiiK HUB did not toll liulf the truth nbout Haseall lust night , " said a Second ward Uix pajor. "Haseall no moro Influences our people - plo tlinn I'ut Li'ordjrioos , nnd I'at'.s following down our way Is'nothing. . Hascall Is not only selling us out , but ho is soiling out tlio city. The city's ' money hns boon put into tlio present , slto nnd basoinont , nnd nil Unit money will bo lost If tlio JofTerson square boomers bo successful. Ho sides , ho wnnts to put the building where It will bo convenient to people In ono section of the city only. This is done against our wishes nnd to satisfy n porsomil grudge which lliiscall has long cnturtaiiiod against some men who have thus far tliwurtod his scoundrelly schemes. Hut wo are not to bo deceived by himVo now toll him that his object has boon discovered , aud Unit ho spcnks only for himself und n few fullowu who generally daneo at his command. " WI1KKU CAUSES AUK HliAllD. Suits Tliat ai-o Hcini ; Piled In tlio IMs- Irlut Court. In October , 1837 , William Latey and Will iam V. Benson were engaged as partners in the real estate business. Against thora John Arnold has brought suit in the district court to ici'ovor judgment on three promissory notes for JT.tM each , made to him on the sixth day of the above month. As security , they executed mortgages on eeitain pieces of property. The next day nfter tlicso transac tions , this property was sold to John U. Hoy. nolds , who assumed , says the petition , all obligations to clear these incumbrnnces , but it scorns that neither the notes nor the Inter est on them lias ever been paid off. A petition in equity was tiled by the Central - tral Jjoan & Trust comiMiny of Iowa against William Gibson nnd others to recover Judg inent on two promissory notes for WOO made und delivered on the 13th day of August , 1837. 1837.Some Some weeks ago Zillia Asliby went before Justice Moed and filed allldavits f < 3r n writ of replevin ngiuast Leo & Nichol nnd C. 13. Mnyno , their ngent , and levied on two sleighs. When the case was tried , Justice Heed decided that right ot possession to this property was vested In defendants , and ho assessed damages sustained by them from plaintiff's action in tlio affair nt C cents. Tha case was appealed und filed In the district court yesterday. One Emerson , who was nrrestcd , tried in the police couit and fined $15 for obstructing the sidewalk , has appealed his case to the district court. About the 15th day of this month Edward S. Stout was ejected from a Union Parillo passenger train at Waterloo , and as n result of that net the corporation was yesterday made dofcndant in n suit for $1,000 dnuiagos. Stout falls to in like known in his petition tha reasons why ho was ejected , County Court. The saso of the Omaha Coal , Coke & Lima company vs , H. M. Hubbell held Judgn Sniolds' attention. Hubbell appeared and Mnfesscd Judgment for the .sum of f2.'IU..U. The pocltot is minus cases for trial to morrow. James Casey , landlord of the Arcade hotel , jommenced suit yesterday In the county sourt against James P. O'Hnnlow ' to recover M-J7 , alleged to bo due for board. In the case of the Oimiha Coal , Coke and Lime company against Harry M. Hubbell , Lho defendant confessed Judgment for thu .urn of V3J.7r > The plaintiff in the case of Thomas Tilf. lelil agam&t II. H Kearnes was given a udginunt for $111.5 ! ) . Cut With n Can p. John E. Edwards , who located at Fit- ccnth aim Douglas and is reputed to loan nonoy at voiy high rates oflntcrost _ , got into rouble with one of his debtors named Payna cstorday. The luttor gentleman wanted i oricf oxteiiKlon of u note ho had given , vhcn ISdwardft refused , adding some insult- ng remarks. This made Payne angry , and aising Ins cane ho struck Edwards over hli mid head , leaving un ugly cut , Pajno was irrestud. a rule , all colored or highly perfumed soaps should he avoided AS dangerous. They rely upon their appearance and odor ( which disguises rank materials ) for their sale. The whiteness and the odor of the Ivouy SOAP arc natural to it , and are due to the excellence of the material used. A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps , each represented ( o be " j'rt ' as food ns Ilia 'Ivory'i" ' thay ARC NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and r'.m. < i < dhc ! ( ) slititi of the jjenalne. Ask -"Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it. 18SC , by 1'roUcr i Uambm.