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OPKET QMAIIA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1880. THE DAILY BEE , > t BVIJUV MORNING. t TKHMB OF ( Morning IWUIoiu Including BOMiAV . * W m llr.r.Ono Yenr ' " rorPlx Month * . . rorThreeMoritlm . . . . . . . - , " TIIK OMAHA HUNIIAV 1IKK , mailed to any aiMres * . One Ycnr. . sffi CIIIOAOO omen m Hookr.uv . . NrwYoiiKOrricr. Itoowt 14 ASH ir.TiiinuSR lltMLtiiKfl. WASHINGTON OFFICE , No. 513 lOUHTKENTII BTKKKT. COnKESPONDBNCn. AllcommtmlcMlonn relntlne wnevmina ftfll- torlftlmnttcr ( mould be aildrowwl to the hntTOn OMAHA. IlroflB. check * nn.1 . i stoince orderi to tietnado payable to the order ot the company. llicBiGPaWistiiiig"S0aiiy ( Pnrarietora K. 1103KWATEU. Kdltor. HKI3. Sworn BtitteniBiitrtl Glruulntlon. BtttteofffflliriHka. I. County ot Dougta * . ( " " ( leorKoH.Tmliuek.KccrotaryorTlis lion Pub- llshltii ? Company , does Holetnnly swear that tna ncltiaFclrctitntlon of Tnr. DAILY 1 In : for the we k omllUR Toliruory S , ISUtf. wa ns follows ) Bumlny , ,1nn. 27 . Monday. 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Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my Presence thlaiird dnv of January IfWii. NM' . FEU. Notary I'ubllc. AKTKU March 4 it will roiul : G. Olovolnnd , solicitor. Ponsiona u spec ialty , PUKSIDKNT ADA3IS' SOilp-bllbblo IS ill monioiitiu-y dutifjorof being burslcd und the "gontloinoii'a jijjrcoinont" will van ish into thin air. IK the legislature bo true to its prom ises it will not hesitate to cut down the extravagant appropriation estimates for the various departments of the } stuto. A man license bill was substitatod for n prohibitory measure in the Da kota legislature with every prospect of success. Our northern neighbor is providing1 ngainst what is called Iowa prohibition. IT is safe to say that not one-fifth of the number of bills introduced in the legislature will over become the law of the flUitc. Now members arc prolific of bills. The more .a man knows the less his desire to introduce measures which must die in the groaning pigeon hole. BUT little snow has fallen in the mountain ranges of Colorado and the fact is beginning to create alarm that the water supply in the state will bo considerably diminished. Such a condi tion of affairs would cause great hard ships to the farmers of that region as well ns to other industries depending on the mountain streams. THE agreement of the conference committees of the two houses of congress - gross to recommend the transfer of the signal service bureau from the army to the ngrlcultural department revives the expectation that the commissioner of agriculture will bo elevated to a cabi net position , Should congress agree to the report and President Cleveland offer no objection , it is quite probable that General Ilarrison will have an op portunity to appoint an additional mem ber to his cabinet family. Tnn Ohio legislature promptly defeated - foatod a bill providing for the inspec tion on the hoof of all beef sold in that state. The people of Ohio evidently do not want to create a monopoly for the bononlit of local butchers and en hance the pnco of meat to the con- Bumor. While it is recognized that a proper inspection is desirable to pro- toot the public health , it is admitted that such inspection can be regulated best only at the points whore cattle arc slaughtered and under the direction of federal authority. ACTION on the bill for opening the Sioux reservation is oxpoctcd in the Louse this week , and the advocates of the measure are hopeful of its success. They also profess to find the situation in the senate satisfactory , although thoblll will doubtless encounter a pretty ' sturdy opposition tlioro from Mr. Dawo's nnd some others who have not yet been educated to the idea that the govern ment should deal with the Indians with reference to their own and the general welfare , regardless of their caprice or obstinacy or inability to "understand what is really In their interest and to their advantage. LKT the taxpayers and citizens who stop to the polls on Tuesday keep in mind that if the votes of the people of Omaha roalllrm the locution of the city hall on its prosontsitc , as wasonco deter mined by their ballots , all controversy on the question will end. The city hall location will bo fixed once for all. There will bo no moro delay in the council or out of the council. Within ninety days work will ho begun on the building and its erection will bo pushed forward rapidly. Within twelve or eighteen months Omaha will have Us city hnll building completed , a credit to our name and an evidence of good faith. But more than this. The favora ble settlement of the city hall question will stimulate activity all over O.malm. Property owners and investors will pluok up heart and carry out their long-cherished plans. Work will bo active for all. The laborer , the mo- chnnio , the business man will share in the bonoQts , and Omaha will become an attractive field for the investment of eastern capital , FOR The disposition that Is being shown In tjio'j legislature to reduce the expenses of the stnla government Is to bo COMmended - mended * If the results shall bo what the poUplo expect the present legisla ture will have mndo a record to bo remembered - momborod to Its credit , even though It should do llttlo moro than this. Tlio senate 1ms called upon the live stock commission for an itemized account of Its expenditures during the last two years , and wlion this Is forthcoming it should receive most careful scrutiny. There is every reason to believe that thcro has boon unwarranted extravagance - travaganco and reckless waste by this commission , nnd if it is able to furnish an itemized account , it will need to bo very carefully examined. A committee of senators and the adjutant general have boon authorized to Investigate the agricultural department of the slate university , and if this task is thoroughly performed , very Interesting develop ments nmy bo expected. No one need bo siurpri&od if it shall appeal- that this department has been one of theme mo t wasteful and unfruitful of any that make ? an annual demand upon tlio state treasury. This is ground for the belief that it has boon grossly mismanaged , nnd that the results have been fupfrom commensurate with the cost. Tlio duty of the committee will bo to probe to the bottom facts. Another legislative committee is charged with the inquiry us to the num ber of employes needed in the stale offices , and the result of its labor will doubtless bo a reduction of. tlio n.iv - " .u several of the departments. Investi gations in other directions looking to retrenchment are probable. The cost of administering the state government can bo materially reduced without in the least ilogreo impairing the olllcioncy of any department. Com parison with the expenditures of other states where a judiolous economy is practiced shows that Nobruska is annu ally expending moro money than is nec essary to an olHcient public service. Our heavily taxed people demand re lief , and they should not appeal in vain. The hard working farmers of Nebraska cannot afford to give of the fruits of their industry and thrift to sup port useless employes in the service of the state , or to provide for expendi tures which bring no return and are not necessary to the general welfare. It is to bo hoped the disposition of the legis lature to lighten their burden , so far as this may bo done by a judicious policy of retrenchment , will bo fruitful of satisfactory results. WHO IS ItESPOXSHlLE ? Who is responsible for submission V Who is responsible for the incalculable damage to Omaha's material interests by the success of the prohibitionists at Lincoln' { We say most emphatically that the responsibility for whatever dis aster may befall us , and whatever shrinlcago there may be in property values , must justly bo charged to Jim Croighton , Tom Swift , Henry Bolln , John B. Furny , Isaac S. Ilascall , St. A. D. Balcombo , Joe Redman and their aiders and abettors in the city hall re location scheme. And every man , from Doctor Mercer down to Pat Ford , who has given them aid and comfort is eaually responsible for the two years of uncertainty that will hang over Omaha. Instead of joining hands with public- spirited citizens and making a con certed fight at Lincoln against prohibi tion , these narrow-minded and selfish people have forced a contest that has divided Omaha and compelled business men and citizens whoso property inter ests wore put in jeopardy by a lawless raid to remain in this city and protect themselves. It is admitted on all hands , and even conceded by Church Howe , that tlio editor of Tins BKK could personally - sonally have exerted influence enough to boat the submission amendment if he had been able to stay at Lin coln during last week. To the Jefferson square raid may bo justly charged the responsibility for submission. They never will bo able to justify themselves before this commun ity. They are very much the same class of citizens that two years ago went to Cincoln to mutilate the charter , and have sot Omaha back five years at least by blocking the way to the purchase of park property and laying out of boule vards that would have kept the boom right up and given steady oinoloyniont to thousands of workinginen. The killing of six persons , and the injury , moro "or less serious , of several others , in the wreck made by thb fall ing of a portion of the east wall of the burned Meyer block , on Farnam street , upon the adjoining buildings , is the saddest calamity in the history of Omaha. The entire community has been profoundly shocked by this most' unfortunate occurrence , and with the sorrow that is felt for those so suddenly bereaved there mingles a feeling of keen resentment for the criminal dereliction that is , in part , re sponsible for the calamity. The burning of the Meyer block oc curred on the night of January 10 , leaving u large part of the blackened eastern wall , which was necessarily weakened by the fire , without support. For moro than two weeks this pile of brick and mortar stood threateningly above the buildings adjoining the block , noted as dangerous by hundreds of passers by , but so far as appears re- coivlng inadequate attention from those whoso duty It is to attend to such mat- tors. Unsheltered and unsupported , this wall was a fair target for the rftrong wind that yesterday swept down from the northwest , and yielding before the blasts that came almost with the ve locity of a hurricane the mass crashed down upon the buildings bolowi com pletely wrecking them and sending at least six persons to untimely death. Some one is responsible for this cal amity , nnd the responsibility must bo fixed whore it belongs , There has been culpable dereliction , incompetence , or indifference , and it must bo ascertained who is guilty. It is the stern duty of the authorities to do this. Section 23 of ordinrnco 1783 roads : "When ever in the opinion of the superintendent of buildings any wall or other part of a burned building is ilnn'gerous' * * * the superintend ent shall notify the dvrncr or hU agent in writing , specifying wherein such danger coilslstsi" The superintendent of buildings states that ho examined the walls of the burned block'1 and did not regard thorn as dangerous , while the eastern wall ho thought to be perfectly safe. The event of yesterday tiroves that the judgment of the superintendent was lamentably at fault , nnd will naturally suggest a doubt as to his competency. U would scum that in any event a care ful nnd capable man would have required that a wall with nn ex posure of forty foot should bo so sup ported and buttressed as to have ren dered such a disaster as that of yester day Impossible. Public sentiment will demand a thorough and rigid investi gation , rogarklcss of who shall suffer thereby , R are conflicting statements from Washington as to what the ways and moans committee of the house In tends doing with the tariff bills. It has boon reported Unit a compromise meas ure would bo brought forward as soon as possible after the committee obtained figures from the treasury showing the probable result of the operation of the s-onnto bill , but other equally trustworthy Information states that no such action Is contemplated. Some further consideration will doubtless bo given the subject , but it is hardly possible that thcro will bo any tariff legislation by the present ' " 'I'J1' ' " " " , with only iour wecics of the session remaining. There is a bill in charge of the committee on ap propriations providing for a reduction of revenue by the repeal and reduc tion of internal taxes , but there is very slight probability that the house will adopt this means of keeping down the surplus. The outlook is that the next administration will outer upon its duties with the fiscal situation un changed and a growing surplus whose accumulation it will find some difficulty in chocking. Tim Dakota admission bill is now la the hands of a conference committee , which will probably consider it during the present week. Tlio chances of nn agreement are not regarded as very bright , although the conferees on the part of the house are thought to be us likely to favor a compromise with the senate as any that eould have boon se lected. The larger majority of the democrats in the house are , however , strongly disposed to adhere to the cau cus agreement to include New Mexico in the bill , and it is questionable if the conferees , with the o coption of the republican member of the committee , can withstand the pressure that will bo made upon them. The republicans , it is said , will not concede Statehood to Now Mexico at this time , oven though urged to do so by the Dakotans , and thus the outlook is that the conference will end in fail ure. The Dakota contingent in Wash ington is working hard , but without very great expectations of accomplish ing anything in the ) > resent congress. TJIK National Pure Food association , in session at Washington , is renewing its efforts to induce congress to pass such legislation as will prevent fraud and misrepresentation in the manufac ture of food products. The problem is a most delicate one , and congress is not at all inclined to interfere where there is so much danger for class legislation to benefit certain industries at the ex pense of others. Nevertheless , national legislation can influence the movement in favor of pure food. It is legitimate for congress to see that food products shall bo sold under their truthful rep resentation with respect to quality. The consumer has a right to know what ho purchases and to got the article ho pays for. Such laws would not dis- crimhiato between the genuine and the adulterated , it is true , but would go a long way in bringing abeut pure food products by preventing imposition upon the consumer. TilK Ransom insurance bill before the legislature to compel companies , in ease of total loss by fire , to pay tlio full face value of the policy in only one of simi lar legislation urged in a number of other states. This would indicate that the insurance companies have abused their powers as adjusters , not alone in Nebraska , but in Illinois , Minnesota , Pennsylvania and Now Hampshire , where efforts are made to correct their injustice. No doubt other states will take active measures to protect their citizens from the imposition of insur ance companies now that the movement in that direction has become gonoral. For that reason the legislature should not bo intimidated by the threats of the insurance lobby at Lincoln that the passage - sago of the Rnn&om bill will legislate the insurance business and agencies out of Nebraska. CAurouxiA. has offered an unique plea in order to convince President Harrison timt the state is entitled to representation in the cabinet. It is put forward with great earnestness that California Is the geographical center - tor of the United States , Geographi cally this is truo. The most eastern point of the United States is Quadloy Head , Mo. , while the 'extreme western point of this country is Atton , ono of the islands of the Aleutian archipelago , off Alaska , Strange to say , California lies midway between those extremities if estimated in statute miles , it is hard to see how General Harrison can resist this clinching argument , and no doubt would bo anxious to give Cali fornia the desired seat provided , of course , that state can produce the man best qualified to take his seat in the administration , But California has so far evidently failed to p'roduco the right Eort of timber. SHOULD the poonlo forgot their obli gations and duties to' the city and to foreign capitalists who have invested their money in good faith ; should they forgot the contract rights between the council and the board of education by casting a majority of their votes for relocation - location they invite upon themselves whatever may follow. Endless Utlga- tlonovor Vim cltyjiall wfll spring up , * and years will elapse before the contro versy will Ito soitlbd. Capital will be come dlshcartellbU. ' Investors will srjll their possessionand abandon their pur pose of building ; Omaha will boi-onia a byword for repudiation anddtshoresty. Our city will bo 'chocked In its prosper ity and retarded lor , years In Its growth. There will bo qyor.ything for our citi zens to lose nnd nothing to gain. TllK assumption tWt property ironer- ally in the northern part of the city would bo benofllted'by building the city hall in Jofforsofi.pqiiaro is absurd. It would not add a dollar of value to ni no- tenths of the property in that section of the city , and would bq ot absolutely no advantage in any respect to other prop erly owners than those whoso property is contiguous to the square. This ought to bo obvious to every intelligent man in that portion of the city. It would load an additional burden upon all taxpayers , without giving any ad vantage over the Fnrnain street site ox- ccH ] to the owners of property surround ing Jefferson s > quaro and in close prox imity to it. Tun study of the weekly bank clear ing is cortiinlymost : interesting and is a most poeuliar barometer of business llucluations. For the wouk ending Feb ruary U. Oniahii loa'ls Minneapolis , Cleveland and St. Paul. A few weeks ago the exchanges of thes- " throe cities were much greater than oar own. The peculiarity of comparison is , Unit while Omaha shows a steady and marked in- creaMj in the amount of lU clearings , tlio other oitloji liuve periods of rapid fluctuations of inflation and depression. If the clearings therefore be any index of tlio condition of business in general , they would indiiMto a much healthier tone of the slate ot trade and finance in Omaha than the hcctie Hush that comes and goes in her rivals. "No iiociUK e'or felt the halter draw with good opinion of the law. " The Jefferson square boomers , with Jim Creiirhton at the head nnd Ilascall at the other end , are very much disgusted with such lawyers as Wool worth , Howe , Council and Webster for telling them that their scheme of repudiation is in violation of law and vented rights. But in the fa < ! of all legal barriers , which they know would prevent the building of any city hall in Onuihn for the next ten years , they keep right on with their wreck and ruin tactics and will not stop until they are buried undo1 an avalanche of votpa. luo shall be &ot apart and dedicated as a1 public square and parlc foruvcr , " 'It ' is not nocefesary to call HUGH learned judges or the supreme court to interprejt these words. Any fair minded nmn of ordiniirry intelligence innstudmit that the terms of the original dpdication , which gave the city of Omaha JolTorson'jSquare , have fixed the uses to which the property can be put to by tlio city. Any evasion or misuse of the grant which ishnll destroy that property as a square and park is illegal , and would so bo'declared by the courts. THE integrity .of the city is involved in the city hall contest. Tlio supporters of the Farnam street site demand that the pledges given and the contracts on- tercd into shall bo faithfully Icept. The Jefferson square advocates seek the re pudiation of both. The assault of self ish , reckless , and unscrupulous men upon the honesty , good faith and fair fume of Omaha must bo repulsed. Their success would be a very severe blow to the credit of the city. Mu. JAMES CKKIOHTON- assails Mr. "Woolworth's opinion on tlio city hall question and thinks it is warped to suit his friends who are interested on Far nam street. Mr. Croighton of course knows more about law than James M. Wool worth or any of cur most eminent lawyers. Jim Croighton is a law unto himself. His law in that of repudiation , contract breaking and confiscation. Till ! opinions of the Hon. W. J. Cou ncil , City Attorney Webster , Hon. J. M. Wool worth , Hon. John D. Howe and other well known constitutional law yers to the effect that the attempt to re move the city hall to .Jefferson square is irregular , unconstitutional and illegal as a violation of good faith and contract should not fall on deaf cars. FALSEHOOD and misrepresentation have boon the weapons of the Jefferson square boomers , and they have been used so freely as to have become blunted and harmless , A reaction is the consequence quence , and the more candid of thorn now admit that the tide is setting strongly against their dishonest pro ject. _ _ _ " _ _ men organize against the integrity nnd good faith of a commun ity they should have something moro substantial with which to carry on their nefarious warfare than lying and personal detraction. This is the weak ness of the Jcfforspn square champions , and explains the rapid decline of their unworthy caubo. _ . THE workingmc | | of Omaha do not want a city hall on paper. They do not propose to wait toy years and stand in the way of publiodihrJrovomonts just to help Jim Croighton carry out his per sonal revenges. His NnmrmRqlnat Him. Mr , Uatchellor , a Now'Yorkassomulyinan , Is said to have asnU-aJlotis to represent the Unltud States as 'minister to Turltoy. Ho has had some oxpanunqp as a diplomat in oriental countnos uiijl Ivdoubtloss wall quail , fled , but for such a mission as that of Tur key his uurao is decidedly against him , Mr. Glioriuloy's Claims. Clitcayi ) Tlmts. Ghorraloy , the man drossinauor of Now York , has seine claims on the coming admin istration as well as Wunamakor. A man who makes dresses Is as bit , ' , or ought to bo , as a man who makes brooches. A dominion , Not n Theory. llurllH'jton llaukeye , In about a month Mr , Clovolund will bo confronted with a condition , not a theory , IlnrvariJ'H OrAok. Pitcher. CMwao Kent , The suspension of the star pitcher ot liar , yard college for Inattention to his studies seems to hive been n curious mUtnke. Ho lia * struck out nineteen men In twenty- seVen , nnd whnt higher proof of his Attention to lils Mtulies should be require. ! by any col lege faculty than thntl Wo Still llnvo Hinallcy A'cu > York U'nriil. It is worth something to know tlmt while Minister Phelps 1ms loft Ills post in London Mr. ( Jconjo W. Smalloy Is tll ! there nnd In rcndinesi to u < o his kind ofllcos ns n sort of American protector pro torn. PANELS FOU THF. CABINET. St. Pmil Pioneer Press : If Blnlne should be appointed to n cnbiaot position he inny bo n first lliiillo ; but remember that n lUMlo is tiaclcss without n bow. Harrison will bo the bow. Burlington Hnwkeyo : All the Indications point to n very strong cabinet for the now mlmintRtnulon. The blunders and weakness of the retiring councillors of the chief execu tive will not Ihul repetition In the new. Chicago News : Senator Snbm ha * gone to Indianapolis to assure the preslilnnt-eloot tlmt InMilto of his visitor's rejection by the OKlslulurc , Minnesota Is still n living , odlcc- desli ing entity. Such noble conduct on the part of Mr. Sabln Is enough to make tno big Hour mills of Minneapolis nslmtncd ot them- solves. Xew York World : Mr. Uliiino would cut a great llRuro In the cabinet at this Juncture. How IIIH resonant * \\Mr-llku whoop would electrify the land I Miniionpolis Tribune : Senator Allison nc- ciipins nn cnviublo portion. The people of Iowa declare Unit they want him to continue to represent them In the senate until ho Is called to the presidency Itself , Under SUfU CircuihstrtuCOs U mutters llttlo to Mr. Allison whether or not ho twelves ix cabinet nppoint- inont. IIo Is probably the only nnn men tioned for n cabiiK-t ofllce whoso Intimate friends prefer that he should not receive one , or at least should not accept it. Kansas City Journal The inuinvump ? re- Kanl Allison with favor and Hlalno with horror. That horror will bo deepened by the reflection that while no secret-try of the treasury has bcuoino president , six hccre- tiirics or state have reached that exulted position. Mr. Hltiiue seems to bt ) in the line of promotion onoo more. HOW TI1I-JV liOOK AT IT. Views of tlio Slurp 1'npors On the Submission Question. Fremont Tribune : It begins to look as if we were goiiifr to have nil the submission in Nobruslta wnnt. The voter cnn have ins choice of three propositions prohibition , high license , anil neither. A good many people who favor high license as n statu tory enactment will no doubt vote against making it u part of the constitution With three horns to the dilemma , and being voted for at a general election when there will bo a multiplicity of othur issues for solution , it will bo seen that this question will be de cidedly complicated. You simply pay your money , put It your time and take your choice. Mcrriok County Kopublicnn : The radical prohibitionists by their importunities have gained the public car. Itoally the radicals represent but a small faction , but by the na ture of their cause tho.v huvo a powerful lev erage on public sentiment , and it is regarded hazardous to attempt to stem the tide or counteract their inlhieiicc. History has taught us , however , that the masses are often swnyocl or led by the few , who may neither bo right , Just or wise. Hence the fact that a theory appears to bo popular is no criterion. Before the people of Nebraska vote a constitutional amendment they are In duty bound to soberly and carefully con sider the workings of the lawin other states. Neligh Tribune i "To got it out of poli tics" is what induces certain political schem ers to favor submission , but the rank and lllo of the republicans of this county sect : sub mission in order that they may cast a strong ballot for prohibition. Oakland Independent : There is wide dif ference between prohibition laws and pro hibition. Legislatures can mnltc the former in an hour. It taltos years of patient labor of the best mou nnd women to prepare so ciety for the latter. Stromsburg Kcpubllcau : Should a ma jority favor the iiuestlon , prohibition will be engrafted into tlio state constitution , and Nebraska will have to experience tlio sumo trouble * which have disgraced Kansas and Iowa during the past few years , Hebron Journal : Some of the saloon an- tagon'ism against the measure is as desper ate as if submission meant prohibition. The vote on the question of prohibition will not bo taken until two years , and wheii takeu will meet strong opposition. It is by no means certain that Nebraska will adopt pro hibition. Souih Sioux City Sun and News : You must cither "ilsli or out bait" next fall. The prohibition question has been or will bo submitted. The bun and News will have some thunder to turn loose in northern Ne braska later , but It wants to say right here that the proposition will carry in the state by n majority of from ten to twenty thousand. Mnrlt the llgurc , Hastings Democrat : Wh'on it is sub mitted docs any ono doubt that It will pass ! It will receive the support of the largo body of the republican party ; if the prohibition ists are sincere tlioywill all vote for It and wo know of some democrats who will favor the measure. The indications are that it will pass by an overwhelming vote. Who Is responsible for this state of affairs ? The hundreds of republican voters in this section of Nebraska who say they are opposed to prohibition , and still walked to the polls last November and voted for prohibition advo cates , might Uilto a quiet moment to con sider this iniutor. STATE AND TEUllITOUY. Nebraska Jottings. There is a first-class opening ut Nordou for a guttural store , It Is highly appropriate that a Freeman edits the Liberty Journal. i'ho young men of Wayne have boon warned to stop gambling. The question of building n canning factory at Wlsnor is being discussed. Hurglars have been operating at Holdrogo recently with fairly good success. Hcnltolmim base ball enthusiasts will or. ganlzc n club for the coming season. Twenty sports at DoWltt have organized a gun club and purchased the necessary outllt. It Is said that a small fortune awaits the nmn who will start a hotel mid livery baru at Ayannls. A maltose cat belonging to a Gordon man deliberately committed sulcldo by Jumping into a wall. Chadron expects to have a foundry , em ploying from 11 fteen to thirty men , located there in the spring , High live has been tabooed In hlgh'toncd social circles at Norfolk nnd double pedro nus been adapted In its stead. Preparations ; nro being made to dedicate the new DaVves county court housein a befitting - fitting manner on the convening of court in May. Some of the citizens of Nordcn hung the late proprietor of the billiard hall in eftlgy the othur night. A jug above and bottles In his pocket furnished a line target for pistol practice and was enjoyed by the boys , The only victim of the blizzard this year so far reported is William Wolfe , living near Stuart. Two weeks ago , whllo on his way homo durlrg a snow storm , ho was thrown from his horse fttul knoekeit sonsolcss , Ho Iftld on the prnirie all night , iviul when ho re covered consciousness in the morning both his feet were w budly frozen tlmt ho will lose his toes If not the greater portion of both feet , Jnmos Allen , of Plndcr. has killed the fatted pfUf beeatiso his prod leal sou lias re turned to the parental roof , nnd the happy father hns offered to buy the boy n now suit of clothes on the Fourth of July if ho will stay at home. Considerable spurious coin hns been in circulation in iJiimly county during the past .year , nnd recently , while n settler was so.ircliing for some lost iirtlelo in n dilapi dated cabin , formerly the house of a sup- IMsud homesteader , ho unearthed n full set of dies , the kind used in the manufacture of the " < | ucer. " As the stewards were passing nrouml Hio collection plates lu a certain church In thla county , says the Dakota City Kagle. a gen tleman hem his hand over the plate and said to the collector , "Have you any change ! " "Yes sir , how nmc-h do you want' " was the promt replv. "Nino cents plcasiHo was u professed Christian and a "ranter- " What a generous soul ! Falls City , according to the Journal , needs n purer literary atmosphere. It needs moro young men who reail current magazines in stead of literature of this yellow biek stripe. Imagine the embarrassment of n youn g man the other evening when n young lady asked him how to pronounce Victor lingo's mas terpiece. IIo dlil not know wlwt Victor Hugo's masterpiece was. Iowa. The numique police court tried llfty-sevcn cases last month. Forty cltl/uns of Manning have pooled Is sues and wilt try to "bust" the Louisiana lot tery , The directors of the Davenport woolen mills have declared anannual dividend of 10 per cent. The state treasurer's ' report for the month of January shows u balance of ? 05lor.U5 in thu treasury , A checker tournament to ilccido the cham pionship of Poll : county will bo hold at DCS Molnes shortly. Charles Willis , of Acltley , has been ac quitted of setting lire to his stoto to secure the insurance. A ditch twenty-six miles long nnd deep and wide enough to float heavy dredge boats Is beliic built in Calhoun county to dram the great Hell slough. Prof. Willy , of Malvcrn , fell the other dav while going down stairs. Do was carr.vinir n liuhteil lamp , and besides being severely burned by the burning oil , ho broke his Iclt arm and a rib and fractured tlio outer table of the skull. Ivcokuk ha.sli perpetual motion crank who proposes to produce u llve-hor.se power ma chine "which consumes nothing , therefore costs nothing to run it , " if properly .secured notes amounting to 81,000,000 tire deposited in a bank , to bo turned over to him when the machine is completed. A Davenport man was going to the bank the other day with a handful of loasu allvor when ho slipped down and scattered his money broadcast. ' IIo quickly gathered up the pieces , mid upon counting it found ho not only hmt all ho hod dropped , but also an cxtca dollar that some one else had lost. The state board of health has reports from many places in Iowa , indicating a largo mor tality from puerperal fever , in one locality , all eases of conliuemcnt have been resulting fatally. It is the opinion of thu board tlmt the infection is duo to the carelessness of mid wives and physicians , in neglecting to use proper antiseptics. Beyond the Hockio.s. Kansas capitalists have started a bank at Port Townseml with a capital of $1(10,000. ( Helena capitalists have incorporated for the purpose of establishing a woolen mill. Northern Montana exchanges announce that black log is again becoming prevalent among shoe ) ) . Andrew J. Smith and ? 1,000 worth of gold bullion have disappeared from his mines seventeen miles from Daggett , Gal. An nlum mine has been discovered in Utah. It yields SO to 90 per cent pure alum , which can lip extracted by simply placing the crude material in boiling water. Ex-Governor Moody , of Oregon , is n suc- sessful farmer near Salem. Last weclc ho butchered n lot of porkers , ten months old , that weighed , dressed , 320 pounds each. The contract for building a homo for sol diers' widows and orphans and army nurses , at Evergreen , Cal. , seven miles from San Jose , has been filed. It is to cost .H2,50d. The title of the North Pacilic Coal com pany to a considerable portion of its lands in the coal Held at the Uoslyn minus , Washing ton territory , is to bo contested by cituons of Ellcnburg nnd Ynkimn. At a recent rabbit hunt at Goshcn , Tularo county , California , 1,500 rabbits wore captured - turod and 1,3JO were shipped to the San Francisco market. The "drivers" roali.-ed uuito a respectable profit. A bill has been introduced in the Nevada assembly restricting all porcuntago gamps , stud-horse poker , hoUey pokey , etc. , also n bill to do away in the future with women clerks in the senate and assembly. The Queen City Sporting club of Seattle has Imported ten bushels of wild rice sued from Wisconsin , to plant along the shores of McNear island and Lake Washington. The food is as sweet to wild duclcs as u water melon U to the negro. The Northern Pacific has solqctecl a depot site in Huttc , nnd will build adopotoflts own. This will probably smash the pooling arrangement with the Union Pacilic , und re pudiate the agreement which uullnd the Mon tana Union into existence. WHOTHKV AUE. A WorkIna Mnn ItccnIN n l > w In the llnotncra History. OMAHA , Feb. I , To the editor Of Tm : Hun- A few words to the worklngmoii concern ing the advocates of the city hall on the , lef fcrson square site. Tliq. Jefferson square gang Imvo thoif smooth , cunning nnd sly methods in which they try to bulldo.ro the workinginen of Omaha to secure for such advocates another big steal 1 wish to post , the workingmen of this city from the north to the south limits , nnd from the 'east to the west limits for their own bonelU In the coming contest with the old boodllnir gnng. Workingmen don't ' bo misled by the men now bulldozing all over the various wards in the eltv , and claiming your vote on Febru ary 5 , by promising youn line library and hall in the Jefferson square hull with other similar Inducements. WorUlngnion , I nm now going to show yon in true nnd plain words what your Jefferson square mlvne.atos have done foryouin the 1-ast and how they defended your rights nnd supplied your wants when you re quired them , that yoi'may see nnd Judge ( or jour own benellt whether they nro the friends ot the worUingmen or not. I nm going to provo to you tlmt the same men are your ninitest enemies at nny iin.l nil times , In making your Just demands before the public as law- abiding cltt/ons did nny of thorn help .Uiu In your just demands ! 1 will answer yes1 Hut in the wrong way. Some tof yon workingmen - men have seen It or heard nflt , but 1 ha\o both HIVII und hoard of it , and I must ndmlt 1 have felt it nnd suffered f-om their thwart , ing schemes ami plotting towards our elms of people , and say now , and say i-andi > ll.\ , tlmt I Hhnll never trust such men airiiin , nn matter what Haltering promises thi'i may give me or the wage workers of Omaha. Workingmen of Omaha , 1 will now show you how Kind and Iricndly the JolloiMon square boomm wore to you when tho.v hid , u chance to help you. " Jim C'reighton 1ms never culled upon you to help him but in eases where ho Intended a big Job ut your loss , nnd always * robbed you nnd the eltv at Inrgo openly mid uliovo board. Deus ho throw away $10,000 for your benefit to have a hail on the Mijuuro1 Docs Henry llolln throw awaj thousands of ilolhir.s to hptietlt the worklnu'imin1 Did the same Henry IJolln eomo nut and shoul der a gun one time as a loader of the mintia when you were out malting u Just demand for your rights in trying to got some moro bread nnd butler for yourself and children ! Did lliosamo man , Henry Holln. shut up hu store ngain t you ? Did ho do It for your buncltt' Did this man J. H. Fumy favor you nt nny time when ho got a chancel Yes ! ho did ; He told you that contract labor suited boat , ns , he said , it made him sick looking at day laborers performing. These are your friends In the past. What claim hr.s Tom Swift on the work- ingmcn of Omaha ! Ho too , has done n favor towards you when he got i > chnnco. Ho dull contract work fur the Omalm smelting works when you were out on n demand for n fullrcmunertion for tlio sweat of vour brow. That certainly like the balance , wan in ynur favor us you can plainly see. These are the .Iciretson square lioomorfl , nnd your workingman's ' friends , and fond friends. The very men who would at tiny time favor you ns they did in the paM nmr gladly replace yon with the African or C'hl- tinman if tho.v could. Von can provo to thu same on Tuesday next that you know who they are and what thuy have done in your favor. Vote ns you did before and hold the city hall on Farnam street nnd thou you will have ) Jefferson square for the pjriioso for which It was donated to you. You will have u meeting pluco for your dtizon.s when nocos- sar.v to discuss your grievances nnd uno which the gang cannot dvprivo you of. M. McU.uiTtiv. I'HEPA-KEn FOR KEP Ono Sulieaui of tlio 'JefTVrsonlans Nipped in tinISiid. . The fraudulent scheme by which the Jef ferson square boomers intend to operate in connection with the election for the city hull site was given away Sunday nitrlit by ono of the "chief boomers" while heavily [ inflated with whisky and decoctions and intoxicants , Hu stated that thu boomers had seventy men re siding on the bottoms ; that they were to bo used as repeaters. They were to be volod ilrst In tlio Fifth ward then in thu various precincts in the Sixth , Seventh nnd Eighth wards. ' 1 ho announoqmunt was opportune ) in the eagle eye of Justice and accordingly a large number of detectives Imvo boon de tailed to bo on the alert anil swoop down up on every man that cast an illegal voto. Tlio chief of polioo has also instructed every olllcer on the force to be on hand and to promptly arrest every .individual who nt- tumpts to cast an illegal or fr.uidulent voto. Extin precaution has been exorcised for parsons known ns "repeaters" and with the force of poliuo olileiu's und dalcctlvcs put upon their bust melul to look out for this class of voters , it is generally thought that there will bu little oniony of it accomplished , or clso there will bo additional recruits lor the penitentiary. The penal laws governing all elections prevail in an election of this nuturo as well as thai of nny other. Dissolved tlin Camil t'oiiipnny. PAUIS , Fab. 4. The dissolution of the old Panama Canal company has been decreed on a petition of person * acting in accord with DeLcsspps. The court appointed Unmet the oflieiul liquidator. "Whllo thus onnrnprod on work oo flnof Whore skill and patlonca must comblno , How oft the thought must pain the heart , That after all your cara and art , The Imniisomo work that oharmo the oya Ere lone must uollocl and rulnocl Ho , " "Oh , no ; you make a cront mistake , As no such thought our rest can broriki I'or should there como a soil or stain , No ruin follows In their train ) However deep or dark they show , The IVORY SOAP can make thorn goj And all the brilliancy reotora And perfect beauty as before. " A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps , each represented to bo "just ns good as the ' Ivory'i" they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine , Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it. Copyright 1EW , lir Procter 4 Gamble ,