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GKVKKAL IlMTOLYTK , accorrtinp to
Ilayti advices , lias won a famous vie-
tlry. Ffo has also earned the title of
hutehcr.
Now that Oniahn is assured ot itscity
hall and postolllco the project of huild-
inff a union depot should bo urged all
alone the line.
Tun council has determined that
twenty hundred pounds shall constitute )
a ton , and the short-weight coal man
will have to go.
A COMiiiNA'iiON'has justhoen effected
among the manufacturers of sower-pipe.
That is the kind of a trust which will
smell to heavon.
WIFK heating1 seems to be becoming
fashionable in certain classes of society.
It is a peculiar heinous crime , and mer
its tile severest punishment.
COUNCIL Bnun-'s is agog ever what
scorns now to ho a serious case of defal
cation. Apparently the loose method
of doing municipal business is in part to
blame.
Tins capitalists and property holders
should no longer hesitate lo carry out
their plans of improvement which were
so rudely interrupted by the city hall
controversy.
LYNCIIKUS occasionally excite great
indignation by their brutality , but the
habit of bringing them to justice is still
in the future. Possibly this habit is in
process of formation.
TUB women of Adams county , Ne
braska , who bombarded a disreputable
gambling house with lumps of coal will
please take the pedestal once occupied
by the women of Marblohoad.
Tins committee on public lands and
buildings can evidently find suflioicnt
material for investigation nt the Lin
coln insane asylum , if it bo true that
the ill-fated boilers have not been in
spected for the past six years.
THIS accident at the state insane
asylum exposes to hardship a class of
patients ill prepared for it. The mat
ter should be closely investigated. Ex
ploding boilers are becoming too com
mon. Ordinarily there is no bettor ex
cuse than carelessness for such a
catastrophe.
IT was a happy thought on the part of
Senator Palmer , of Michigan , whoso
term will expire with .the present con
gress , to entertain at a dinner the news
paper correspondents in Wasliington.
The senator doubtless felt that it was
better to have a bad epitaph when dead
than the ill report of these "brief
chronicles of the time" while living.
Tins account of expenditures sub
mitted by the state live stouk commis
sion doosn't quite answer the require
ments of an itomixod exhibit , but it dis
closes sullloiont to show that the prin
ciple of economy has not been carefully
i-ospoctod by the commission during the
past two years. The whole amount of
the appropriation was , indeed , not used
Up , and the commissioners may point to
this as an evidence of their moderation.
Perhaps such a fact ia somewhat excep
tional. But an analysis of the expendi
tures will show that the balance in hand
might bo much larger but for what ap
pears to have boon remarkable liberality
In the matter of hotel and traveling ex
penses , It Is apparent that nobody con
nected with the commission fulled to bo
veil provided for.
Tun indecisive conference of 18S7 be
tween the United Stutos and Germany ,
ogardlng Samoa , is to bo rono.vcd , Soe-
wtary Uayard having auocdod to the
proposition for a resumption , and the
conference will bo held in Berlin. Thia
arrangement will probably put in aboy-
rmco the present issue regarding the
conduct of Gorman ofUeials in Samoa ,
though of course it will not Interfere
with the plans of this government to
protect American citizens in the islands.
Besides coming to na understanding
with Germany for maintaining the Inde
pendence of Samoa , upon winch It Is
presumed the representatives of the
United States will bo instructed to in
sist , tha con foroncn will probably also
consider the question of what repara
tion Germany should HWKO for injury to
the persons and property ot American
citizen * iu Samoa.
3'J/K POTENTIAL PASS.
At the last session of the Ohio legis
lature measures worts introduced himcx
at the railway corporations of the
state , one of these being a two cent faro
bill. This measure- was overwhelm
ingly endorsed by public dontiment am
n valiant fight was made In its behalf
but it failed to pass. It is again before
the legislature , but the prospect o
passing-It does not appear to ho any
belter than at the last session , although
the outside pressure for If is quite in
great and as earnest a before. The
Cleveland famltr finds the ox-
plnmillon of this legislative indif
ference to nn urgent public
demand in the fact that the
members of the legislature are mos
liberally supplied with railroad passos.
It vigorously denounces tha receiving
of passes by legislators , nud calls for the
abolition of the practice.
Of course the L ° wl"r is right both as
to its explanation and its suggestion
but it Is strangely optimistic if it sup
poses that men who will sell themselves
lo the railroads for a free ride can be
induced to abolish the pass evil. A
legislator who will allow himself to be
seduced by a favor of this kind , at the
shine time pocketing the mileage which
the stale allows him , is not BUS
copliblo to any moral considera
tions , and appeals for reform to such an
individual arc very sure to ba In vain.
It need hardly bo said that Ohio is no t
singular in having legislators of this
class. They are to be found in nearly
every stale , and the mo.sl co.ilompliblo
of the Ohio spjcitnen can bo duplicated
hero in Nebraska. But the time U com
ing , there is every reason to hope ,
when this class of lcglsltilor.-i will bo
much rarer Hum they are at present.
A ru-rruonic
Kvon Now York Unauciers are aston
ished at the remarkable accumulation
of money which goes to swell the re
serve kind of the banks. What is the
more peculiar is that the bankers them
selves cannot account for it. for the
past few weeks the hanks have been pil
ing up 11101103at the rate of ever a mil
lion a day. This accumulation is
going on so that the clearing house re
ports for Now Yorlc show that the
banks arc holding over thirty millions
more money than they did at the begin
ning of the present year. The reports
moreover from the commercial world
indicate that business is by no means
listless. The increase in loans for
some time has boon at the rate of a mil
lion a day. But the great reserve fund
in the national and savings banks can
not long remain idle. Money must
seek an outlet , and whore are
the prospects more inviting than
in our own and other western
states ? There can be no question but
that capitalists will be impressed with
the advantages and bright prospects of
Nebraska. Its unprecedented crops , its
rapidly increasing population , its thriv
ing cities , its growing mercantile and
industrial prominence all contribute in
attracting permanent investments. It
can be confidently counted upon , that
with proper encouragement on the
part of our people , many millions now
idle in the bank reserves of Now York
will find their way in advancing the
material prosperity of our own state.
; l PROMPT RESPONSE.
The president of the Chicago , Bur
lington & Quincy railroad has set a
good example to other railroad mana
gers in promptly notifying the Iowa
railroad commissioners that his road
will at once comply with the schedule
framed by the commissioners , and will
refund overcharges since the filing of
the decision of Judge Brewer. To this
extent , Mr. Perkins shows a proper
spirit , which it will bo wise for the
mariagera of other roads in Iowa
to emulate. It was to bo
expected that ho would
abandon the claim maintained in the
court that thaschcdules of the commis
sioners are unjust , or that ho would
give up the fight in which the railroads
have juat suffered defeat. Ho protests
that tlio rates established are inade
quate , and ho implies a purpose to ju
dicially continue the contest. But
meanwhile the Burlington company
will gracefully submit to the law , and
thus give the opportunity , which in
the opinion of Judge Brewer must bo
given , to determine by practical trial
whether or not the rates established
by the commissioners will bo com
pensatory. There is obviously no other
way in which this can bo satis
factorily ascertained. No court is com
petent to determine it without evidence
obtained from the operation of the
schedules. In such a matter estimates
are of small value , for as was said by
another judge quoted by Judge Brewer ,
"A reduction of railway charges is not
always followed by a reduction of either
gross or not income. " This has boon
repeatedly and widely demonstrated.
The letter of President Perkins tolho
secretary of the commission is pacific
nnd conciliatory. Ho indicates that
the appeal to the courts was made from
a sense of the great importance
of having the law judicially interpreted ,
and closes with the expression of n hope
that the company ho represents may
have the co-operation of the commis
sioners in the further hearing and the
llnal and satisfactory settlement of the
whole question. Undoubtedly the com
missioners will heartily respond to this
friendly spirit , and as the Iowa law per
mits rates to bo advanced when they
are shown to bo below a compensatory
point , if experiment proves the
schedules established to bo too low they
will doubtless bo rovlued. But the
autual experiment is necessary , and
this the decision of Judge Brewer will
secure.
SHOULD KOT GO UNHEEDED.
Whatever may bo the findings of the
coroner's inquest into the catastrophe
that has cost BO many lives , ono thing
has been manifest. Thorn Isaltogothor
too much anxloty on the part of our fire
department to preserve dead walls and
wrcokod frames after a flro. It Is notorious
rious that frame rookeries have been
allowed to stand in our streets , to the
danger of adjacent property , with
scarcely enough studding and Biding to
hold the partitions together. Whether
this is done in the Interest of
the Insurance companies to save
them from paying the full In
demnity for destroyed buildings
or whether U la out of mistaken sym
pathy for the owners of burnt out b'ulld- '
ingb wo cannot divine. The practice of
allowing these lire wrecks to remain
standing for months Is certainly repre
hensible. Wo do not want to aecuso the
Insurance companies with oxcrting
undue pressure on the flro chief and
building Inspector to ( prevent the pull
ing down of brick walls and frame
shells of building- ) that have boon
wrecked by flro , but it seems to us that
the terrible lesson of the falling wall
should not go unheeded.
TO iraO.1I THE CREDIT IS DUE.
The overwhelming defeat of the prop
osition to repudiate the city's obliga
tions cannot fail to Imvo a salutary
cITect abroad. It will set Omaha right
with capitalists who have placed their
money at the disposal of enterprising
citizens who Imvo undertaken costly
improvements , and nffords a guar
anty to Investors that their con-
tldcnco has not boon misplaced.
The principle til slake in the contest
over the city hall literally involved the
credit nnd good name of this city , and
all good citizens must rejoice with us
that our reputation for integrity has
been re-established.
The croadit for the emphatic rebuke
administered to the roputUators is
chiolly duo to the business men of
Omaha. Realizing the position In
which this city was placed before the
country they rallied all along the line
against the relocation scheme. Never
in the history of Omaha Imvo the merchants -
chants and manufacturers taken such a
live interest in an election , and
the outcome demonstrates what our
business men can do when they work
shoulder to shoulder.
Tin : Inter St'ito Commerce commis
sion , which has just hold a meeting at
St. Paul , Minn. , to regulate certain ir
regularities in rale cutting , will lay its
heavy hand , in the future , upon derelict
railroad managers. Kvory road of the
northwest has repeatedly violated the
clause in the lutor Slate act wnieh re
quires the publication and ten days' '
notice of any change in the rates.
When the roads wanted to cut rates , in
stead of issuing a printed tariff of a
change that would bo mvido on a
certain date , as required by law
they simply posted a notice on the
window of the general olllce. This was
tkoir Ion days' notice. For that matter ,
however , not alone the Northwestern
railroad but all roads in general have
carried on this rate-cutting business on
such a fluctuating basis in defiance of
the law. Heretofore the commission
ers have overlooked this breach of faith.
But at the St. Paul mooting their at
tention was called so directly to the in
fraction , that they have decided to'take
immediate action if repeated. Should
the commission carry out its intention ,
it would not only produce a revolution
in the workings of the inter-stale law ,
but strike at the root of the evil of rate-
cutting.
COLOUADO places the value of her
grain crop last year at about three
millions. It is quite evident that in
the light of this showing Colorado will
not take rank with the agricultural
slates. Whatever success the state
may attain in this industry , due to irri
gation , it will bo costly and on a small
scale in comparison with the ease and
cheapness with which crops are grown
In Nebraska. Colorado is pre-eminently
a mining and cattle growing region. It
will some day become the Pennsylvania
of the west. Nebraska , on the other
hand , will not only develop into , a great
agricultural stale , but will of necessity
support largo commercial cities for the
interchange of its products and manu
factures.
'
Tins effort that is being made by load
ing commercial bodies throughout the
United Stales to call the attenlion of
con gross lo the nocossit5' of passing a
bankruptcy law will probably have lit
tle effect so far as the present congress
is concerned , but it may put the matter
in shape to bo taken up and acted upon
by the next congress. There is a good
deal to bo said on both sides of the ques
tion , all of which could not bo said by
the present congress , and there is con
sequently very little probability that
it will give the subject any attention.
THIS Union Pacilie's annual statement
for the year 1888 , just made public , not
only shows an earning ca'uacity equal to
returns of the gilt-edge roads of the
country , but its earnings are the largest
ever known. With such a record , the
directors can no longer plead the baby
act or refuse to adjust their transporta
tion rates in Nebraska lo a reasonable
ftgu re. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
VOIOK OF TUB STAXI3 PKI2BS.
Double-Barrelled Good Enough.
Fremont Trlbunt.
It la to bo hoped that the submission bill
will not bo spoken of as the Chang and FJiiff
measure.
Xlioy Ouclit to Go.
H'di/ne / Gatctlc.
Three humbugs that the legislature ought
.0 abolish tbo tin-horn soldiers , the board
of transportation and the live stock sanitary
commission ,
/V Good Chauoo to Choose.
KorfoVt AViro.
Ho must bo a hard man to suit who cannot
find a sldo of the submission question that
vlll suit his views. Ho can vote for n pro-
ilbltory amendment for the constitution , or
10 cnn vote high hconso into the fundamental
aw of the state ; or if haply ho pro/or the
> rcsont order of things ho can use his little
nillot to keep things In the same old channel.
\nd ho wilt have- plenty of time to mnko up
his mind , too.
Site IN
OahdaH Veil and
A clergyman of Omaha , on last Sunday ,
entered Into the defense of the much abused
mothor-ln-law. The old lady Is indispenslblo ,
and a blessing in sickness and death , and
also at tbo birth of her granduhlldrou. The
nothcr-In-law shown her good sense by pay-
ng no attention to the seusnless chaff blown
at her devoted head. She known that In
time of trouble stio Is unver Ignored ; never
overlooked ,
A Country Opinion ,
ttroton How .RejmMftaii ,
Whlla the democratic- papers may not have
ho courage to favor prohibition , thousands
vho have heretofore a ( HI a ted with that party
vlll protest against the rum trufllo bolng ou-
horlto.d by the constitution of the state.
The people of Ffe r.iska are progressing and
will not go bhbVwnnl In this matter. The
watch word will tlo forward and to victory
in 1800 with n majority of from twenty to
thirty thousand , Omaha to the contrary ,
notwithstanding
Whnt liViiHmn Will Io.
NtnUt-l'latte Dcmncrat.
It will not bo necessary for the democrats
of Nebraska to iaKo any ncttvo part In tlio
approaching prohibition campaign. Lot It bo
n ICllkenncy ci t jlglit , and the prohibition
ists will mop un the earth with the antls.
Then democracy eaa lift the poor , battered ,
disfigured rauitlim from the earth , nnd en
list under Its balih'er nil who favor personal
liberty ono ofiho fundamental principles
of democracy nn.il march forward to an
overwhelming victory In this commonwealth.
H Will Not Prohibit.
Itattina * lftl > rak < in.
The Omaha papers cry out ns with one
volco against the blighting effects prohibi
tion will have on Nebraska. Omaha Itself
has good reason to look with drii d upon an
attempt to force out the llinior trnfllo In its
own city. Prohibition inoy prohibit In the
country , but it will not succeed so well In n
city , especially ono so large ns Omaha. Not
for many months or It may bo for yours , of a
hard and bitter struggle , can the fight bo
won. at any rate. And there nro few pence
loving people who would care to engage In ,
such an intermhinblo war.
No Need to Mention NJUMCH.
ll'iiml lltetr ( Jiurllc.
The people of Nebraska , as a rule , arc very
ambitious nnd bcllovo that within our uord-
crs are men component to 1111 any ofllco of the
federal government , from that of president
to a pension clerk , nnd whllo our vanity
would bo flattered by having our state repre
sented in General Harrison's cabinet , wo be
lieve that n majority of our people , would
rather not have It so than see a man whoso
sympathies are not with the people elevated
to that position , Every newspaper reader
will know to whom wo refer. It Is high time
that railroad mid other coruoratlon lobbyists
should know that they cannot receive the en
dorsement of honest and Industrious citizens
of this great stato.
Simply a Monopoly Howl.
Kearney llnti.
Some ol the papers throughout the state
hnvo been howling nt the heels of Attorney
General Leeso bceatisc ho is not physically
nblo to perform the duties of his ofllco with
out the nid of n stenographer. The supreme
court has decided that Mr. Lceso is entitled
to this help under the constitution nnd laws
of the stnte. Kow those same papers have
opened a fusilatlo into the supreme court for
the same decision. Economical government
is a grcut bugbnr for some when they wish
to tnko out n few rounds of personal spite.
The useless expenditure of $05,000 on the
state is winked at , but n twclve-hundred-
dollar-a-year stenographer for nn over
worked olllclal ruises these economists ou of
their boots. There is such a thing as being
penny wise and pound foolish.
Only a Din'ereiico lit Name.
St. Pwil J'loncer Press.
There is a striking resemblance between
the now journal , Uies , recently established
in New York , and n former but now happily
uefuiict paper callpd. Truth.
A Political SitcKestioii.
CVi/oni/J / | Tribune.
The political party that goes into the next
campaign with a strong plank in its platform
In favor of putting better lamps in railway
cars will sweep this , country like a cyclone.
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Grocley uiitl'thc ' Ground ling.
Philadelphia , A'ortli American.
Possibly iGreely iiay have turned over n
now leaf , and lie may eclipse the ground hog
as n prophet thls' ' 'iar ; But if he fails ; wo
recommend the ground hog for an appoint
incut to the incoming administration.
No niooro ol' This.
.SI. Piitil I'tonccr I'rcts.
Tun OMAHA UHE says : "Within the next
few months the millions of idle dollars in the
banks of the east will seek nn outlet. " Well ,
whv not send for Joseph A. Mouro , of In
dianapolis i He can furnish n first-class out
let.
Mr. Chillis Vouches for This.
PuWt TMlarr.
There was loft nt the Lodger oflico on
Saturday by Mrs. E. J. Tcrhunc , as nn evi
dence of the mild winter , a twig of cherry
tree containing tliroo fully expanded blos
soms. It was found growing near Hoxbor-
ough. _
Forgot llur Torches.
Ciiicayn Keicn.
The young woman who waded into the
lake the other day with the intention of
drowning herself , "but who changed her minden
on finding that the water was cold , had
doubtless forgotten to take some torches in
her pocket to bo used In case of accidents.
Absent-minded people nro constantly sub
jected to provoking delays Because of their
treacherous memories.
Prohibition Ainont ; thn Puritans.
SI. 2'rtut aiiilte.
It had bcnn supposed that t ho descendants
of the Puritan fathers , Cotton Mathers , and
the other Iranslated worthies down in Now
England , were setting examples of sohri cty
and abstemiousness , but a Providence paper
counts up 529 places whore liquor is sold In
that city , besides n host of diligent drug
gists. That is not a largo city , but it enjoys
prohibition in the constitution. It doesn't
seem to be anywhere else very numerously.
Hut then tuo Puritan fathers were fond of
rum.
A Warning to the Bpliln.v.
Kew I'orlt 11'orW.
Every man who has a touch of romiinco In
his constitution has been thrilled by the news
that the peripatetic base ball players from
this country are to play a giuno under the
shadows of the Egyptian Pyramids nnd
trlthtn a short distance of the great Sphinx.
Would it not ben curious thing If the Sphinx ,
iflor maintaining sllonco for ages , should
raise her volco at thpcrfv"of the onlookers for
"Judgment" and exclaim , ' 'Not out ! " Even
the Sphinx would finil umpiring a dangerous
pastime. _
STATE ANIjjftanmiOUY.
NohrnNka
A gentleman from'lown Is talkimrof estab
lishing a commcrcliUi ( iollcgo nt Nckrasku
City. t I
It is fanld thata hotel man with some money
. . onld sccnro u bonus from tlio cltl/ons of Ed-
jar lo erect a first -class hotel.
It lt > said that the Mindcn board of trada
ivill Uulld n number /jjfjcottnges at that place
to bo disposed of at reasonable prices.
The district court iibw in session at Au-
o ra has many whisk ; ; cases before It , and
in effort will bo mudo o close up till the sa
loons.
The Howard O , A. it. post has passed a
'osolutlon ' endorsing Captain Parkinson's
amtlducy for commander of the state do-
lartmcnt. a
George H , Thompson , of St. Pnul , who Is
tudent at the Iowa state university , wo n
rat honors In the contest to select orators to
cprcscnt the Institution at the state orutorl-
ul contest.
The Herald says that Louisiana lottery
non will soon bo rich if Plattsmouth people
mvo anything to suy. Ono express ngnnt is
low kept busy about two weeks preceding
men drawing in making but money orders ,
: f another f 15,003 comes this way PlutU-
Houth is ruined ,
A special from Edgar says the 13. & M , .
irdhcu through that placeIs to bo made a
iiiiln lino. From Do Witt to .tiheunndouu ,
a. , the contract Is lot , and troin Chicago to
Juiivor. This will bo aucty tnlloa shorter
linn by nay other routo. A ton-stall round
hous" will bo immediately crcotcd and \hU
will bo A division , with machine shops , with
nt least SCO men employed.
linvn.
The smallest man In Onawft Is the father
of the biggest baby overborn In that town.
A Scrnnton woman stays In nor husband's
store nil day to see thut ho does not got full.
The Poweshiok county Infirmary contains
eighteen inmates , most ot whom nro de
mented ,
The G. .A. It. posts of Calhoun county nro
ncitntlng the question of forming a county
organization ,
Fort Dodge milkmen say this U the Arst
winter that milk has been ns low ns 5 cents
per quart In that city.
.Tool Mcflec , of Ittioxrlllo , goes to prison
for life nnd John McGee for eighteen years
for the murder of Farmer Kelso.
A law suit Involving CO cents w.ii tried nt
Vail last week. The Jury , with n keen sense
of the ridiculous , disagreed nnd n now trial
was ordered.
In n religious discussion In Scranton re
cently one of the disputants drew KM nnd of
fered to but it that no man could get to
lieavcn without being immersed.
Father Htirke , of Dubntpie , Imi declared
that Catholic parents must cease sending
their children to the- high school , ns the
proper plnce for them Is nt the Sisters' school
or St , Joseph's academy.
The sensation of the day nt Hook Hnplds Is
over a suit begun in the district court by
Mary Egnn against M. Murray , whom she
sues for seduction nnd nt the same time nt-
tachcs his farm near town. Miss ICgan asks
for damages to the amount of $0,000.
Dakota.
There is talk of erecting a woolen mill at
Tllfonl.
The craze for roller skating Is again on at
Dcndwooil.
The horse breeders of the Hlack Hills will
form nn association.
Fred II , Chirk , of Mitchell , has been ap
pointed n cadet at West Point.
Incandescent electric lights will bo placed
In the Congregational church nt YnnUton.
Whltowood has raised ? ' . ' ,000 to nid In the
matter of establishing n steam Homing mill
thero.
The Record thinks that an elevator nt
Sturgis controlled by a company able to buy
wheat would bo worth more than anything
else.
J. S. Cnntz , of Hapld City , will shortly
ship several tons of gold ores to England to
bo tested by parties who nro Interested in
Hlnek Hills mines.
Formal announcement of the candidacy of
Hon. A. C. Mcllotto for the governorship of
the territory under Harrison is made in the
Wntertown papers.
Hon. S. P. Wells , n former resident of
Kapld Cit.v , nnd well known throughout the
lilauk Hills. U said to have gene crazy on
religion nnd the Salvation nrmy in Los
Angeles , Gal , , where ho has been engaged in
the real estate bosincss since his departure
from the Hills something over a year ago.
MoMelcle's
CIIKTI : , Neb. , Feb. 2. To the Editor of
Tun Hr.n : 1 see by Tun Bir. : of the 1st inst.
thnt ono McNickle , who purports to repre
sent Gngo and Saline counties in the present
legislature , has turned traitor. Ho himself
says ho pledged his vote against submission
to his constituents in both counties. I know
when ho was in Crete , taking his whisky
straight , ho said he would snlTcr his
right hand cut off before he would vote for
submission. Ho claims to have received in
structions from a higher power. Now , I
would like to nsk him if he is roprcsontin ;
bis boy or the people of Gngo and Salin
counties ! If the former , lie will have to g
to him for his next election , as the people o
the counties mentioned wish nothing to d <
with him. Prohibitionists fought him because
cause ho claimed to be a non-submissionist
The liberal republicans voted for him for th
same reason. Ho hns lost , the conlldence o
them all. A III'CIILICAN : Voicu.
Senator Pickctt's Conscience.
OMAHA , Feb. 2.-To the Editor of Tun
Bun : In the Wahoo Wasp of last Thnrsdaj
I read : "Senator Pickctt can now slecr
with a clear conscience , and the people o
Saunders county will reward him for his do
cision. "
Well , perhaps Senator Piekott can , and
perhaps ho cannot. If a man who has giver
a solemn plcdgn nnd broken it can slcei
with n clear conscience , why Mr , Pieketl
can. If a man whoso pledges are like wind
deserves a reward , MrPickett deserves it.
Mr. Pickctt has pledged himself solemnly to
me , and not to mo alone , but through my
paper to his Bohemian constituents , thnt ho
will vote against submission and prohibition
both. And yet Sir. Pickctt voted for sub
mission. Yes , ho deserves a reward a
knave's reward. J. A , KICKY.
THIJ IjIVK STOCK COMMISSION.
The Good It lla } lone nnd May Do at
n SliclH Cost.
Captain W. W. Abbey , of the stnte live
stock sanitary commission , was at the Mur
ray yesterday nnd , with the view to gleaning
information of the work accomplished by
that body , nnd of the probable effect on the
stock interests of the state In the event of
tbo legislature's abolishing the commission ; i
BII : : reporter asked the captain for a short
history of the circumstance * thnt created the
sanitary guardums of Nebraska's stock nnd
of the results of the operation of the
measure.
"Tho law now in force , " said the commis
sioner ' ' outbreak of
, 'was suggested by nn
Texas fever about live years ago in u bunch
of cattle , near Brndy Island , that was
shipped direct from tlio south. Native cat
tle passing over the pasturage which had
been occupied by this diseased shipment , and
stock with which they communicated , were
subjected to great fatality , aggregating a loss
of § 100,000. There hns been no such preva
lence t > { disease since the sanitary law was
carried out.
"Two years ago plenro pneumonia was
raging in the stockyards at Chicago , and had
it not been for this law , that fatal nffcctlori
would doubtless have spread , not only
through Nebraska , but it would havn
reached the country west of
us , To illustrate our danger , Dr.
II. L. Kamoeeiotti , of this city , acting for
the commission , stopped four shipments of
ten cars of feeders from the Chicago yards ,
at the Bluffs transfer , nnd sent them bank to
Chicago , thus preventing the importation of
this dangerous malady , "
On being questioned as to the sanitary vig
ilance of the commissioners in relation to
keeping out glandcred horses nnd extermi
nating those animals within the state al
ready stricken with that disease , the doctor
iisscrtcd that although canes wore numerous
nt the tlmo of the organization of the com
mission , nt the present time llfty counties of
Iho state were practically rid of the do-
slroyer of horses , nnd that ho expected two
moro years of Its aggressive work would
relieve tlio stale of the malady.
"Probably n coniorvntlvu estimate of the
live stocK Interests of this state would Jlx
their valno at f O.DUO.U.K ) , an nmount con
stantly Increasing , " continued the captain ,
"nnd when you place this Inrgu cum along
side of the very hijiKiililu.int expense of u
commission concerning those Inturusls HO far
w preventing their destruction by contagious
iml Infectious disease Is concornod. the bur-
lun Imposed upon taxpayers in nanitary reg-
jlutlon npponrs .11 Its true light. Then con-
ildor the work accomplished by the nonimio
tlon. It has examined " , OOJ o.isos in all parts
> f the htutu und destroyed about forty
ior cent ot the animals examined ,
i'he observation of the coinnmslnn among
.ho people It has come in contact with in iho
llsclmrgo of its duties , JusMllea the assertion
: hat they nro not only willing to pay the } (
nlll tax now Imposed In tlio maintenance of
: his sanitary overseeing , but nro willing to
loublo the nmoinit. It mini bo romumbcrod
ilso thut the main slock Interests of this
ituto nro situated right on the lines of frulynt
llstributlon and collection , and thnt any re-
imitlon of watchfulness would result In the
, 'ery rapid spread of contagion nnd
nfectlon in the obliteration of
.ho good ulrcndy accomplished by
.ho commission , for the south nnd the cast
s full of disoast and our stouu would
ipccdlly bo contaminated by fucdors und
jrucdors from thOHOdoctions , On suuli con-
ilderatlons the wisdom of legislative * action
vhleli would throw down the suitigimrds of
he stock Industry tul > ; hl well bo ques-
.loned. "
Captain Abbey bollovod that Iho Indemnity
'urnlshod the ownci s of condemned animals
vas an effectual method of disclosing dls-
iiisod animals to inspection und oundumna-
.Ion. nnd tbnt the labors of the commission
vould bo hampered without suoh a provision.
MH , STOREY AND THE SPIRITS
The Great Editor n Firm Bollovor In
tbo Supornnturnl.
BONNIE AND LITTLE SQUAW.
Two Kthcrcnl IK-lnss Whoso Word
Was Iinw A Dupe ortlio J > lcill
HIUH Irrcvcronoo at ix
Hcnucc.
Pollnto'.s
Pollute , ono of tlio men whoso wrll-
Inps helped to place tlio Chictigo Times
in the forefront of western jourimllsm ,
durlnp the llfo of Wilbur V. Storey ,
contributes the following romlnlsconeo
of his grout chief to the Chicago
Hornltl :
The afternoon of Snturclivy , the day
before tlio outbreak of the fire of 1871 ,
1 left Storey In his oflleo on Dearborn
street. Ho was then in perfect health.
Ilia eyes wore bright nml clear , his
volco llrin and his form erect. Monday
forenoon I fought my way through the
llaincs , smoke , reeking ruins and
tumbling walls , ever bliiulconccl cornsos
to Mr. Storey's house on Michigan nvo-
nuo. It was south of the line of lire ,
and was untouched.
Mr. Storey , Judge Lambert Tree and
one or two other men sat on the pitr/xa.
The stalwart editor , whom I had parted
with on Saturday , had disappeared and
in his place was an old man with dulled
eyes , faeo seamed all over , open mouth ,
and stooping shoulders. lie shook
hands with indifference , and in a feeble
volro tmid :
"Chicago is 'gono up , ' and I am
ruined I"
This was the initial blow of a series
that was destined lo fatally shatter his
robust life.
Mr. Storey was then married to Ids
second wife , : i woman with a questiona
ble reputation , but who , wlion married
to him , became faithful , and gave him
a devoted attention and nfl'cution. She
so endeared herself lo him that ho
grow fond of her mid cnmo nearer lov
ing her than any other woman he ever
know.
She made herself indispensahle to his
comfort. She studied his needs and
peculiarities and how lo gratify them.
She coddled him as if he/had / been an
infant. Having lived the most of his
life by himself , the now situation was
especially delightful. Jt was at a limu
when ho was surrounded by all kinds of
gentle attention , when , perhaps , for the
first time in his life ho was entirely
happy , that his wife suddenly sickened
and died.
Tlio blow nearly drove him insane.
Not long after her death ho broke his
log , and which , not being properly sot ,
left him xvi tb a. crooked limb , which
tormented his pride and seriously inter
fered with his movements. This aggre
gation of calamities wrought serious
evils on his nature , and he grew moody
and morbid. Greatest among all the
disasters was the death of his wife. lie
could not forget her ; ho missed .her
smiles , her soothing voice , her caress
ing hands every moment. Ilo could no
give her up.
One day , some months after the doall
of "Bonnie , " as he always called her
ho said to mo one evening at his house
"Have you ever looked into Hpiritual-
ismV What do you think of it ? "
I replied that 1 had given a good den !
attention tp the now faith , but was
rather Inclined to doubt its genuine
ness. He then said :
"I don't believe anything in it , and
yet would like to test it. I hnvo heard
of n medium , as they call it , I believe ,
and I shall make some tests. Suppose
we go over there this evening. "
I agreed , of course. Ho ordered his
carriage , and in company with a medi
cal friend of his from Springliold , wo
drove to a house whoso locality I do not
. There , "circle"
remember. was a gath
ered when wo entered. There wore two
mediums or.raedia , whichever it should
bo a man and his wife.
The "circle" broke up for n moment ,
and was then reformed by the addition
of the new-comers. Storey. I noticed ,
wore an air of solemn expectancy. The
lights were turned down , and , after a
few minutes of singing , a guitar , which
was lying on n table in the vicinity , rose
in the air , floated over tlio heads of the
ludionce , and was twanged with vigor.
There worn raps on the wall , on and
iindor the table ; "spirit lingers"
-ouched the hair and chocks of the sit-
, ors , and messages wore delivered
through an alphabet of tappings.
It was the old familiar thing which I
nid _ so often seen and know lo bo n do-
: eplion. I was trying to smother my
sonlompt when suddenly , directly ever
> ur heads on tlio coiling , there appeared
L space illuminated by a pule blue
ight. Everybody glanced np : ind saw
vritten across the lighted portion the
mine "Wilbur K Storey. " The trick
vas so stale tnatunconseiouslyl uttefod
n a voice heard all ever the room :
"Oh , h 1 ! "
The lights wore Instantly turned up ,
ml Storey at once glanced at mo
tornly and remarked in an indignant
one. :
"You must have drunk too much of
hat claret at dinner. "
Jfo never after that invited mo to
Isll any spiritual seances inhiscom-
> nny ; in fact , for nearly u year ho did
ot invite mo to his house , 1 learned
lint during this period of my absence
ho mediums whom wo had visited had
con installed in tlio Storey reaiilc'tico
a the guests of the proprietor.
It was whih ) .ho was thus mourning
lie loss of his wife that ho became pus-
jssod with the buliof that Dr. Jlosmor
ohnson , who attended Mrs. Storey in
or llnal illness , had not given her duo
attention ; thnt. Instead .of calling , ho
should Imvo devoted his entire tiinu to
her case. This conviction , in time ,
developed inlo ono to the olTcct thai
the physician hnil given her cumula
tive doses of aconite. Once possossoil
with these idonsho proceeded to assault
the physician through his paper In
n innnncr whieh few of the citizens o/
thnt duy will fail to remember.
.lohnson stood the nr just and fright *
fill attacks for Komo months In sllonco ,
nnd then replied to thorn in nn ftrtldo
in n city newspaper , which wns ono of
the most terrible Hint ever appeared iir
print. Ho nmply refuted the nssortlnn
ns to lack of nttontlon to the patients
nnd from his notes of the case proved
that the medielno was what it shnulit
be , nnd conclnded by showing thnl the
cause of her nmlndy wits traceable to n
licentious life.
Thnt Storey wns not driven into an
Insanensyhim by this awlul riparto is
something to bo wondered at. Ho
redoubled Iho lutmhor , nnd If possible
the vonomousiios.s , of his attacks on tlio
medical man. Ono day , when these
bombardments wore nt their highest , ho
sent for me nnd said :
" \Vo must stop these assaults on Dr.
.1 ohnson ! "
1 was about to s.iy I wns delighted to
hour It , when I changed my mind , nnd
asked if I might bo informed ns 10 the
reason.
" 1 have just received a communloa-
lion from Mionnio. ' " ho said , "in which
she tells mo to quit. "
"Is it possible'1 ! How did you roeolvo
the c.oiiimnnleatioii't1' '
"Through a mint named Sampson , n'
Denver. He received a mossngn
through n medium from 'Bonnie,1 with
a request to send It to me. "
The people who recall the surprising
suddenness of the cessations of aggres
siveness of Mr. Storey ngainst Dr.
.lohnson may now , for the llrst time ,
learn the reason.
This incident terminated ono phase
of the spirituulistio experiences of I\lr. \
Storey's life. Kor a limo ho sought for
no moro communications from "IJon-
nio. " Ho then married for Iho third
time , and almost immediately Ihoro-
nfler .spiritualism attacked him in n
modilk'd form. It was the biuno malady
in general , hut wits somewhat different
in Us symptoms.
His curlier dovolion wns caused by nn
overpowering desire to ro.sumo com'mu-
municiiiioh with the wife whom ho so
fondly loved. The later form of splrit-
ual communication was founded mainly
on his health. The ono might bo
termed emotional and the other sani
tary spiritualism. Ho had visited Hot
Springs where medical .authority hud
asserted that ho wns snlToring from iiu
impairment of the brain functions , and
in 1878 , while in Switzerland , ho wurf
stricken with paralysis.
H was then thnt ho resorted to spirit
ualism , not to nips , sltito-writiiig , or
guilnr-lhrumming , but to a sort of fam
ily spirit ihttt was always on Imntl and
accessible. It was , as claimed , iho
spiril of an Indian girl that now obessed
and then possessed him. It was known
as "LitlkSquaw. . "
From iho period that "Little Squaw"
came to him , it , or she , clung to him
till his consciousness was obscured by
imbecility. She followed him every
where , night nnd day , giving him sug
gestions as to Iho origin of his ill-
health , the proper remedies , where lo
travel , how to dispose of his property ,
who wore his friends und who wore hln
enemies. Strangely enough , the in
fantile spirit had some malignant qunl-
tics. She so influenced him that she
alienated nearly till his friends , and loft
him lo die by inches in snd isolation.
For two or three yours prior to his in
ability to leave his homo during the
eouplo of hours he would spend in the
office his conversation was wholly devoted -
voted to "Little Squaw" and whiit Hho
had said to Him aim done for him. Ho
would relate all this to 0110 person , nnd
if he remained in thoollico long enough
Storey would repent the narrative
without any variations. "Little Squaw , '
ho would say , "has told mo that I urn
being poisoned by sewer tas and that
the house is full of it.
" 'Littlo Squaw' has ordered mo to bo
rubbed with salt and whisky , and I'm
really fooling vary much botlor.
" 'Littlo Squaw' ' tolls mo that I shall
live as long as Commodore Vuiulorbilt
ilid. Ho lived to bo over eighty years
of ago.
" 'Little Squaw' ordered mo to go to
such and biich a watering place , and I
51-0w bettor at once. "
Such nro n few of the thousands of
things ho said of the Indian spirit , who
ilwuys managed to Ihittor his vanity by
ipeaking of him as the "White Chfuf. "
It was an omnipresent spirit ; it whia"
) in his ear nt the table , in Iho
. arringo ride , in the nighton the couch.
.1 never loft him for n moment , never
leased to suggest , to ask , lo demand till
lis cars were dulled by death.
A Ilnkotii JMfin'H Prntcat.
HUTALO O.UDak. . , Jan. ill. To the editor
if Tun lier.i I see in the Urns thai congress
s still trying to repeal the pro-omption mid
imber laws. That will nearly ruin this
ountry , for all the best land is tnicrn , nnd
ow tiioro nro many narrow valleys In the
irmntuins nnd foothills whore It takes all
ho agricultural land there Is In two sections
or nn olghly aero farm , and then in many
laces the farming land nnd water oannot bo
ot together , for wo hnvo what Is called the
ad land. It Is n rich soil but has no water ,
Ve can tnko a timber claim on It nnd u good
pring or n mountain brook with u plat of
ight or ten acres on It for n homcalond or
rc-cmptlon , say five or even ton miles away ,
yocan put up ire In winter , then put two
urrols of water in the wagon for our tennis
rhllo wo HOW our grain anil do the same thing
i harvest time , but we uniinotllml good Hind
nd good water together on ono section in
niny places , I do not see what our srmitoru
ru thinking about that they don't kick wKli
oth feet In behalf of the mountain country
[ the law Is rupoaled It will ruin wiwlorn
liikotu , and thu samu rule will work in nil
10 other territories , S. A. JACKSON ,
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