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THE OMAHA DAILY BE ] * ; FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15 , 1889. THE DAILY BEE. I'UltMSHHD KVKUV * M011N1NO. TKUMS 01 * Sl'HSCHtPTJON. DfcllF ( Morning Edition ) Including BUNIHY IlKK.On ? Year . M V ror Bit .Months . f > < i l"or Tin ce MontliR . . ; , / . R TIIK OJMIIA SUNDAY HKK , mailed to any nuihcM. One Venr . 3 WKF.KI.V HKK , Ono Vear . < * OMAHA OpncKNt > s.til4nnllSt''AiiNA ( ) STiirw , cnifAno urrtcc , wi : HOOKBIIV Hifii.niMi. NKW VOHK OWCR , UOO.M.M 14 AMI 15 Timit'Nt : III'IUIINII. WAftlllNlTON OlTICB , NO. 61i I'ouiiTKKSTH STUKBT. 0011HB31'ONIBNCB. ) , All PommunlcBttoni relating' to now * nml edi torial matter Bhuula t > o addressed to the Kntroii iiCTiShssMrrr. , , Mioiiltl nc All business letters nnd remittances Adilrcsxeilto Tun HKK I'um.tsiilNii COMI-AMV , OM A ii t . Drtif l , checks anil i > oitr > lllco orders tc be mailc pnyatlo to thn order ot tlie company. TlicBcG PiiblisliiniCipany , Proprietors , K. UOSI3W ATKU , Editor. T11K DAIliY HE 13. Sworn Statement ol Circulation. EtMeofNolirnika , I . Countyof Duiismi , ( B's > CleorRO It.Tzschuck , RccraUrv ot The lieu Pub- llHhlnu Company , docs solemnly awcnr tlmt the ucttinrcirculntlon of Tun DAII.V KK for the week cndliiR relmmry u. 188'J. ' was us follows ! Sunday , Tel ) . ; i . IP. " * Moniln > .rel ) . 4 . aw TncMliiy. Tcli.r , . \9.M \ Wednesday. 1'eli. 0 . " ' v. Fob. I Vrielny. l-Vli. 8 Batiirday. rob. 'J . . .ilMa- - Averagc . tn.1 2 OKOHOK II.T7.8CHDCK. fiworn to before me and subscrlbocl In my jimcuco this yth day at 1'obrunrv. A. I , 188'J. fco\ \ N. I' . TKIU Notary 1'ubllc. BtateofNebras'si. i. . Couuty of Uougla ? . f " Ocorno 11 , Tzschuck. lioluff duly sworn. de poses and snys that ho Is secretary of tlie lle < I'lilillNliliifr company , that the actual avorRRo daily clrculittlon of Tnii lAit.r HKK for the mouth of January. ISc > 8 , 16.1MI coplos : for Fob- niary. isss. IB.ltt ! copies : for March. Ittw , 19.OR ) copies ! Tor April , 1BXM. IS.TU copies ! forMuy.lmS. IK IK1 copies ; for Jiino,18XKl'.i.i . ! coplesfor : July. IBM. IH.a'H copies ; for August , 1SSJ ! , IN.lSlcoples ! Jor September , IBM , 18,151 copies ; for October , ItKfl.as 18.084 copies ; for Novombsr. 1B31 , IS.flSfl copies : for December. 1S8S. IH.Zil copies. Sworn to before mo mul subscrlbou in my Presence this 'frcl dnv of January ISiT.i. tf. I' . I-'KlIi tfotivrv I'ublle. Average DaHyJirjiiilatioiijwi92 TUB insuniuoo lobby tit Lincoln evi dently hud its tonkins well reused for action. Tin ? question lias not yet been unaworcd , what will bo Uio favorite paving1 nnuerin.1 this season ? THK best evidence of Omaha's pros perity is the unbounded confidence of her public spirited men in her future. IT was a very pretty valentine which congress presented to Mr. Harrison of Indiana and Mr. Morton of New York. SHALL every little town on the Mis souri river from St. Louis to Sioux City get a union depot and Omaha still po abcgginp. _ THK Indian children who have been robbed of their little earnings at the Genoa school will now begin to npnrc- ciat civilization. IF the gas company cannot , afford to furnish gas for less money , it certainly can afford to furnish a bettor article for the present rate. WITH the prospects of a speedy pas sage of the now charter , Omaha should bo casting her eye about for suburban parks and boulevards IP CIUTAIN husbands and papas ever get hold of the St. Louis person who calls himself "Jack the Kisser" ho will probubly think his name in Dennis. Tun prospects of additional street car service are encouraging. .Some of Omaha's suburbs are a distressingly long way from the business center. Tins extensive preparations made by the brick manufacturers of Omaha for an early output in anticipation of the building revival this .spring , speak- louder than words. Tun modesty which gleams dimly in the columns written by Morrissey is really touching. Viewed from the stand point occupied by the gentleman him- bolf , Morrissey is a great man. WITH a snug fortune of throe hun dred thousand Secretary Bayard will not bo compelled to go into the practice of the law to keep the wolf from the door when ho retires from the cabinet. EASTKKN capitalists are already in the Jiold looking over the prospects of the west for making investments' . It is not a little gratifying that one and all are most favorably impressed with Omaha. Dons it puy to keep a state ollicial at a Janey salary to injure the farmer's ma- Qorial interests , and then pay from the 3 > uhlio purse for the damage donoV This query is suggested by the course of Billings. IT does not appear why a secretary of agriculture should bo selected from a section where beans have to be planted with a shot gun , yet , as might have boon oxpootod , Now England clamors for the place. JAY CoujjD is said to bo completely under the thumb of his son George. But the people of tlie country are much moro concerned in learning what is completely under the thumb of Jay Gould himself. Tin : barb wire barons who have grown fat on royalties ptild by the farm ers of the country for alleged patent v rights are likely to have this source of revenue cut short if it proves true that barb wire Is a foreign invention. INVESTIGATION- the Indian school nt Genoa reveals a bad state of alfairs. The missing superintendent will hardly bo Investigated personally unless the committee bo sent to Canada. It is a shame that his peculations should have boon allowed to cover a period of years. Tim days of using well water in Omaha have passed , There can be no doubt that the wells in the thickly pop ulated portion of the city are contamin ated and whore used are the source of disease. The crusade Inaugurated by the city physician should bo followed up and householders should bo com pelled to illl the wells as n sanitary no- cosalty. rjm.vo TO DO TOO MUCK * The attempt to force through the tog' Islaturo atnrudmmn rate bill which covers ors forty pages , is bound to prove n dismal failure. The make-up of the present legislature la not favorable to null-monopoly laws. That fact lias been patent from the outset. II the men who are honestly seek in ? to give the people re lief from extortion or Imposition by the railroads desire to do somothitif practical will bo content with a fov simple provisions they may bo able tc accomplish something before the legls laturo adjourns. A bill that will compel pol nil railroads in Nebraska to main tain the same classification that now prevails in Illinois and Iowa wouh perhaps have some chance of passing both houses. Such a bill wouk prevent overi'hargos to shippers by change of classification and lay tin foundation for regulation that would prove effective. A bill that would cstab lish the local tonnage rate for the fem principle ) staples that are transported bj Nebraska railroads namely , coal , him ber , grain and cattle , with proper dilTor < entiation for the long and short haul would be more effective and practical than tin indexible maximum rate schedule with nearly as many article ; as are embraced in a national tarilT bill , There is such a thing as trying to dc too much. TllK XATirilAUZM'Wlf LAW. The bill reported to the house of rep resentatives from its committee on judiciary , providing for the amendment of the naturalization law , is a measure ol importance. Changes in the Inwwhich will prevent its abuse , whieh will ele vate the character of citizenship by shutting out persons who are unworthy of it , and which will give till practicable assurance that those who hereafter be come citizens of the United States will understand and bo lilted for the great privileges and rcsponsllitos involved , are undoubtedly to be doslroil. The report of the com- initteo accompanying the bill stales that now any sort of criminal may ob tain all the benefits of citizenship in the United States by making an alll- davit of intention before the clerk of the court , while the goner.illy careless l > ractice of judges allows an alien , how ever had his character or ignorant he may be , to become a uitlzon. Tlio law docs not deny citi/onship to persons who have come into the country in lla- grant violation of the immigration law.s. The naturalization law dates back to the administration of Jctrerson , and the original act lias been amended but once , such amendment sim ply providing that a declaration of intention may bo made before a clerk of any of the courts named in the statute. The only safeguard against improper or unworthy persons becom ing citizens is in the requirement that it shall bo made to appear to the satis faction ot the court that the applicant for citizenship lias during the specified period "behaved as a man of good moral character , attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States , and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same. " Obviously there is ample latitude hero for a care less judge , or ono who has a political purpono to serve , to grant citizenship to persons wholly unfitted for it , and it is a matter of common knowledge that this is widely done. The recurrence of every important election makes citizens throughout the country of thousands who are unworthy of that boon. When this law was passed by the Seventh congress there were very few aliens of the objectionable classes coming into the country , and a liberal sentiment prevailed , under the inllucncc of JolTcrson , regarding the extension ot citizenship. But it muot be conceded that the conditions have changed , and as the privilege of being an American oitly.cn is of greater value now than then the necessity of guard ing it more carefully is stronger. The alien who now renounces his alle giance to his native land and takes upon himsfllf the obligations of a citi zen of the United States , secures the proluolion of 'one of the most powerful and respected nations , with opportuni ties which no other country can give. It is curtuinly the right of the nation to have the strongest possible assur ances that the man whom it takes to its guardianship and its privileges is worthy of them. The bill reported by the committee will of course require very careful and deliberate consideration. There is no demand for hasty action , and it is not supposed that there will bo llnal action upon it by the present congress. But it will bo ready for the next congress , and in the mean time it can receive full pub lic discussion. THE KECim ) NORTH AND SOUTH , The discussion in the house of repre sentatives on Wednesday , preliminary to the vote on the ElUotl-rfmalls con test , which rosulled against the col ored contestant , waa mainly Important as showing the narrow spirit of the men who dominate southern politics. So far as the contest is concerned , it , has been irrevocably determined by a nearly strict party vote , but two demo crats voting with the republicans , and [ lean bo to little purpo.-iu to continue the controversy. Undoubtedly Smalls was entitled to the seat , and it is not creditable to the majority of the house or to the party represented by that majority , that ho was deprived of his right. It was an action that will stand in evidence lujniim all future profes sions ot the democratic party that It is disposed to deal justly with the colored man , It Is a lesson which the colored cltl/.ons of the country ought to thoroughly learn and remember. The effort of the southern politicians to justify their conduct In suppressing colored republicans , and nullifying the clcf.tlon of a colored roproaontatlvo from that section , by arraigning the north because It has never sent a col ored man to congress , was the most puerile application of what Mr. Ludgo characterized m the "your'ro another" argument over hoard in congrous. There area number of congressional districts in the south in which the colored voters are in lho majority , while there Is not ono such district In the north. Colored mon are chosen to legislatures In the northern states solely hs a matter ol fairness to the rnco , and it Is not to bo doubted that it there were con pros slonal districts in the north with n pro nondoranco of colored voters , as there are in the south , some of them wouh have colored reprcsontatlvoj. Their vote would not bo suppressed , am' It would bo fatrl } ' counted when cast. But there is no reason why t colored mnn should bo sent to congress gross from a northern district slmplj ns an affair of sentiment , or as Mr Hemphlll of South Carolina put it , ti "make a living example of his fitness t < make laws for the people of the United States. " Experiments of this kind li politics are neither expected nor to b < desired. It will be useless for the southon democrats to attempt to justify their conduct toward the colored citizens ol the south by such argument as this , 01 by citing casual Incidents of hostility to colored men in the north. The fact remains , supported by evidence that can not bo successfully ques- ioned , that hundreds of thou sands of colored men nro denied then political rights in the south , while In the north they are as tree and untrunv moled in the exercise ot these rights as the while citizen. This is the plain and simple issue , which cannot bo removed - moved by taunt and recrimination. i'lAlILK HKCOltD. No member of Mr. Cleveland's cab inet , not oven Secretary Bayard , will retire from public life with a moro un enviable record than Mr. Vilas. While postmaster-general the whole aim ol Vilas scorned to bo to turn over the postal service as rapidly as possible to democrats. Very early after entering the department ho issued his memorable conlldenllal circular to democratic con gressmen , instructing them as to the method to be pursued in order to re place republican postmasters with dem ocrats. The exposure of this bright schema by a congress man who was not so much of n partisan as to have lost his solf- respect , for a time chocked the plans of Mr. Vilas for a clean sweep , but ho re turned to the work with a vigor , the results ot which wcro speedily appar ent. Tlio consequence was a pretty general demoralization of the service , which was never in worse condition than when ho left , it to assumes the duties of the interior department. As secretary of the interior , Vilas has done nothing of advantage to the government or to his own credit. lie probably found the administration less anxious than it Had professed to bo to antagonize the cor porations and other predatory occu pants of the public domain , and none could have been moro willing than nc to acquiesce in this fooling. The con sequence is that his administration ot the interior department has had few practical results of value to the people. Recently Indian Commissioner Oberly virtually censured Vilas for his course in the Chippewa timber cutting scan dal , and the circumst'inco illustrates a phase of the character of the present secretary of the interior. The question involved was on a complaint made by the Cliippcwas of northern Wisconsin , that the Superior Lumber company was helping itself to lumber from their reservation. One Gregory , a former employe of tlie lumber company , was made Indian agent at La L'ointo , in which capacity ho passed upon contracts between the Cluppowas and the Superior Lumber company , per mitting the company to cut timber on the reservation. Evidence produced a year ago before a senate committee led , o the resignation of Gregory , but ho : ias remained in possession of the ollico. There have also been rather intimate ! ro- ations batwcon Vilas and Gregory. It is sulliciont to say that the cause of Commissioner Oborly's reflections on , 'no action of the secretary of the in terior was the fact that the latter de cided the matter in controversy against the Cliippcwas , and until another secro- .ary of the interior comes in to set this decision aside , as undoubtedly it should ) C , the Superior Lumber company will continue to prey upon the timber of the 'ndians. The country is to be congratu- aled upon the early retirement of Mr. Vilas from public life. ATTRITION is being directed in the nanufacturing centers of the country to the possibilities to which the waste n-oduets of corn can bo put. Ono of the atest discoveries is the manufacture of > apor and cloth from corn husks. It is ilaimcd that the linen inndo from the eng fibre of husks gives an excellent substitute for the coarser grades of llax ind hemp and is superior to jute , funny cloth and similar products. While the shorter fibres of the husks are most ad mirably adapted for the manufacture of taper , which is stronger than the Kipors of like weight made from linen or cotton rags. There can bo noqucs- , Ion that within comparatively few years manufacturing enterprises will spring up in Nebraska and other of the Bo-called agricultural states of the west to convert our natural products by nothodsyot to bo discovered or still in their infancy into articles of general utility. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tim laboring element of the country vill have its attention attracted to the eccnt action of the National Associa tion of Builders , which recommends im portant changes in the lien laws of the various states. The association seolcs to amend the lien laws so that laborers ind journeymen shall have no claim ipon property for labor performed in excess of the twenty-four days' ' earnings 'or each individual. It is a serious question whether mechanics and labor ers should bo deprived of any right which they are accorded by existing awn. As between contractors and lab orers the latter should bo entitled to the greater protection. For that rea son atato legislatures will be loath to ntorforo with the lion laws at the bid- ling of the builders. It inay bo do- icndod upon , moreover , that a most vigorous protest would come from labor organizations In the event of any such iction , Accoitm.vo to the comptroller of thn currency the national banks have never sounder or batter managed than to-day. The nowycnr lias opened undei favorable anslccp | and there Is a buoy nncy and hcalthfulness in the monoj markets which bespeak confidence The decline iw speculation has permit ted the banksi\o \ como to a sounder basl and to disposejpfthoir holdings of securl tics not easily noffotlable. Thouinrvelou expansion of tli6lr deposits has put inti the money ccntros more money than can find investment , All this is gratifying ns It prepares the way for a season ol enterprise and prosperity , the monienl the wheels ot industry are sot in motion Pitovisioxs should bo made for th payment of inspectors of public work this season out of current funds. Tin abuses which have resulted from com pulling inspectors to wait until tin special levy had been made for theii particular services , have boon pointci out time and again. Not alone is it nt injustice on the part of the city to delay lay payment to these inspectors , but too often the public Interests have boon sacrificed , duo to the dependence of inspectors specters on contractors for pecuniary favors. Foil attempting to kill Dr. Kelly and incidentally jeopardizing the life ot his- wife , two mun have been held In $ iGOi ! ; bonds each. The bonds are too light , unless It bo known that there Is no possibility of raising even such r modest sum. It is generally believed that attempts to murder constitute an offense meriting punishment. YKSTHIIDAV the French ministry re signed , thus acknowledging the power of Boulnnger. France might as well deed herself to this adventurer. It is pitiful to see an alleged republic in the power of a man whose greatest achieve ment thus far-has been getting hisnccU in the way of Floquct's sword. OiiAHA should be made as great n corn market as she is a cattle and pack ing center. With meat in one hand and grain in the other , our city would draw till kinds of manufacturing indus tries , and would double her population in the next five years. Kcho Answers "Wlilthei- ? " Chtcaun Trtltutic. An express trust and a watermelon trust within two days ! Whitlicr , O whllhcr are we drifting I A CenU-r Hliot. A'lllS'TS Ctlu TfmM. When Uio Now York Times alluded to ' Jud o" Timrston , as a "ridiculous person , " it struck a small .carpet tack smauk on the head. ( i General , IJarrimm Is Calm. .SI. lM\tI \ < t I'ost-Dlsiintch. There is apparently only one republican in the country who is not worryiiiR himself over the cabinent appointments ; his name is Harrison. ' ' llrutiil.Coul Harons. I'lirjail lDltta llcconl. The soft winter has made life more toler able for the poorj ibtit it has not softened the hearts of the coal ' 'companies. In order to keep up prices they are stoppitiR work in the mines. . ; t ) How Hoes Mr. Harrison Feel ? It is a quostjon whether Mr. Harrison thanks President .Cleveland for signing the act creating another cnbiaot oflicer , or whether ho feels like talcing htm by the coat- collar. Slightly Disll iirca But . Chicago llernM. Queer things are happening every day now. Tlio boy who fell from a tcntli story window in Denver is alive and kicking1 , just as the democratic party is after a similar ex perience. A I'lay on Words. New Tortc Il.'or/d. / Mrs. Humphrey Ward \vill not appeal in vain to the sympathies of the American pub ic in her protest against the dramatisation of "Uobcrt Elsmore.Vo have a uealthy prejudice against a play on words. PAUAGRAPUS. Chicago Inter Ocean : A Baltimore tailor ms twonty-livo children. Misllts in his stock must couio handy. Chicago News : In three more weolts the goddess of liberty will accept General Harrison risen as her steady company. Pittsuurg Chronicle : An Oakland girl has an admirer who always brings her euewing- guni. She calls Uim.Gumbcau. St. Louis Globe Democrat : "Robert Clsmero" has been dramatized , and now iiay wo hope that a similar fate is in store for the Westminster Catechisms ? Nomstown Herald : In Volapuk "galon" neons to rejoice. That is what a young man does when lie has a gal-on his knee. Yolanuk Is no slouch of a language , after all. Chicago Times : A man was rcsoued from the waters of Niagara by a guide. Uut it is a question whether the man had anything to ivo for whou the guide got through with urn. urn.Kansas Kansas City Times : Hcpubllcan onice- soakers are pouring into Washington by every train and roadway. And the Indiana delegation lias not yet started. Alas lor Carne , alas for Ben , Chicago Herald : The now and the old will jo in striking contrast wliun the Chicago juso ball club lays out a diamond in ono of ho vacant lots in Jerusalem. Still Captain Anson is no spring chicken. Philadelphia North American : There are some prominent Ata rlcan defaulters at 'tho Montreal Ice eaniiyjV ) . They ought to make good tobogganers. , , ( They know how to slldo from the states tO'Canada. ' Now York World : , A tcrnblo French duel ias.beon fought li | , Pjjirls with swords. Ono of the combatants was wounded twice in the upper 1I | > . Uut then the duellists wcro a loot and a critic. ' ' Cincinnati Enmiirflr ( J : The experience o'f Hov , S. U. Leech , chaplain of the Now York senate , shows how hard It U lor a minister of the gospel to JiVl _ 'puch a position. Ho put some politics in Ills [ prayer to please ono sldo ami was promotljUtnouked out by the other. It is indeed ilifilcAilt to make religion and ) o1itlcs mix smootjily , Chicago Tribune ! ' 'A representative of the "lillauolplila Press went to sou Walt Whit- nan the ether day , but his interview was ovidcntlv uhort , us ho published an account of It shortly afterward under the Head , 'Two Minutes with Walt Whitman. " The old poet must have displayed a physical vigor altogether unoxpected. 6TATK AND TKHKITOliY. NohniHlca Clcarwatcr is In great need of n public lark. A big building boom is expected in Crctu the ensuing bcusuu. The Hamilton County Leader is a new ournalistlu enterprise. Them is not a criminal case on the docket of the Polk county district court , t'ivo years ago four Mlndon young men nado a but of $1 each with a young lady tlmt she would mnrry Insldo of five years. T.li time was xln last week 'aud the boys hud t settle. A street cnr robber lion locntoJ at ttoMrk and bis tlrst professional vrorU netted hli $10. lr , JntnesS. Itolce , one of the loading | > b , < alciati * of Crete , died nt lentcr , In. , of heal disease. For tlio first tlmo In Us history HIP dtelrii court room in the court house nt licatrlc was scrubbed out tlio ether day. Charles Goodale , of Huchard , cmiRbt on ot his Iocs In the machinery of a wind mi and nearly had his limb twisted off. There Is talk of opening a brick yard I Marquette to furnish material for seven buildings which nro to bo erected the cotnlti season. George A. Gamblo.a former Furnns count man , has been arrested In loxv.i on the char ) ; of running mortgagee ! horses into Kanso and selling them , and 1ms been bound over i Arajiahoo lu $ ; iOiH ) bonds for trial. Tlio county surveyor of Custer count ; with a force of eleven .men , is busy inakin tlu > survey for the proposed canal to connc ( tlie Dismal river with the Muddy and tint furnish n magnificent water power fc Uroken How. Tlio editor of the Garflcld County Qunvci realizing that smncUilnit must bo done t boom the matrimonial market now that Ion year is past , 'iTers to send the paper free fc ftlx months to every couple getting tunrriv in the county. luwn. Mnrshalltown wants a beet sugar factory There is talk of starting a cotton factory i Clinton. The Ames agricultural college will open o the 'J7l.li inst. A mysterious veiled woman In black 1 mystifying tlie Dubuque police. The rolling mills are to be removed froi Lturllngton on account of city legislation thn proprietors don't like. Tlio North DCS Moines school board hn decided to establish kindergarten .schools a a part of tlio school system. ISnergotiu steps arc being taken to organiz a commercial club in Tort Dodge , to lool after the city's business interests. The Catholics in tlio eastern part of Wei : stor county will organise u church and buili a Hue new building at Uuacombe station li tlio spring. Mrs. Peter Jennings , one of the oldest pet sons In thu slate died recently aged ninety five years. She was the mother of lion John D. JenniiiL's and Dr. Charles Jennings of Dubuijue. bho had been a resident o Dubuijuo for the past thirty-live years. The Chronicle says : "It is quite evidon from the way that things are coming to ligli of late that Fort Dodge is sadly in need ol some other prohibition than that we now have. On Friday night a baby boy was bon to a highly respectable waman living in tin southeast part of the cit.v who has been : widow for eight years. The woman lias re fused to make an out-and-out confession , 1m her talk is of a nature that would implicati a highly respected businessman of the city. * AVyotnlnji. The coal mines nt Casper arc developing nicely and the vein enlarging as work pro grosses. The citizens of Carbon are urging tin county commissioners to sink an artesian well at that place. Tlie mining outlook in Wyoming was novel moro promising and every indication points to a boom in tlio sprint ; . The catholic ladies of Cheyeuno have or ganized a St Mary's relief .society to aid tin needy , visit the siek and comfort the afllicted The Caspar Mail prints a long story about the mythical town of Hothwell and entitle ? it " 13otluvell as u Home , or the Townsito Aecnt's Hovcngo. " Uov. Dr. Huntinpton , ha * resigned the rec torship of St. Thomas' church at Unwlins and accepted u call to the church , of Heavenly Rest at Saratoga Springs. The Pacific Short Line has unoHlciallj1 asked what Douglas will do with regard to terminal facilities in and right of way through the city , together with ground for depots and reuair shops. It is stated that an effort Is now being made in New York city to form a syndicate for the construction of a pipe line from the Wyoming oil Holds in the Big Horn country to a point near the Northern Pacilic railway. Tlio Sundance Gazette says that 113 colts and young horses have been killed in a few weeks' time by wolves , in the neighborhood of the Hello Fourche. The ranchmen are getting up a petition to the next lecislature to have a bounty placed on wolf scalps , if they have any stock left when it meets. A herder on Seven-Mile creek , near Lara- inle , recently visited the corral and found twenty dead shoep. Ho looked around in wonder , as a ten-foot fence enclosed the sheep , and he couldn't understand what had done the mifchief. While he was looking around a mountain lion came out of the hay stack , dropped to the ground and , clearing tbo fence at ono jump , "was off and away. The herder was petrified with surprise and horror at his narrow escape. Gfispcr's County Sent. Er.wooo , Nob. , Feb. 14. [ Special to Tim HKK. ] The county scat of Gosper county is still haulting between two points , Elwood aud Homcrvillo , with the records at the lat ter. The county oftlcors , instead of moving the records hero at the time contemplated , allowed them to remain at Homervillo till a decision should bo had from the supreme court , Dually disposing oi the injunction that was dissolved by Judge Coehraii of this dis trict and taken to the supreme court on error and argued and submitted there on the Ifitli ult. No delay was expected. In a few days notice of a restraining order was received to the effect tnat the county oflicera should await the further order of the court. Very recently notice from the supreme court was served on the county ofllciato summoning them to appear before the court at Lincoln , July L' , 18S' ' . ) , to hear the discussion of the case. So the matter thus rests , with both sides preparing for the content case pending in the district court that convenes at the county seat , if it can bo found , on the 2Jth ( of March next. A ease that has rested quietly , but is liable to create no little sensation in this county , and now pending in the district rourt , is the statp .of Nebraska against Abraham M. Whislcr , confined In jail ami charged with ra o on the person of Rachel D. Myers , who is about eleven years old. WHAT 1'IjUl'ljIj 'I'ALIC AlJOUr. Views and Interviews Gathered lu Hntnl Corridors and KIsowlicrc. J. W , Smith , tlio founder of Callaway , a comparatively new town located in what he is pleased to call the btato of Cubter , lias been visiting and doing Omaha for two or three days. Mr. Smith is a large , portly , good looking and jolly democrat. Ho was the candidate of his parts last fall for sena tor but fell short several hundred vote ? , and had the pleasure of congratulating L. II. Jowctt , Ins republican opponent , Judging , however , from the tone of a short conversa tion , had with J. W. this mnriiing ho wai not very lavish with his congratulations. Uho issue in that district was county division and on it the light for senator and representa tives was made. Smith stoou ns a divls- lonists. 'Wo want , " said he , "Custer made into four counties and sooner or later will have it [ lone. Hut it will take time , The people of Broken Bow , the county seat , oppose it now , thouuh thuy will not always bis strong enough to defeat us. Tlio county is now so largo that many of its Inhabitants are compelled to travel 1-0 miles to transact their county business to pay their taxes and attend court as witnesses or jurors , Imagine the hard ship Imposed upon thorn when they have to make that trip in thu winter lime over ro'igli mil slippery roads. By making four counties aut of Uustcr , wo would then have larger - ounlles than any in that section of the stutu [ it present. A bill has boea introduced in the legislature1 continued Mr. Smith , "which the newspapers ought to oppose ami kill. If passed it would leave us in a duplorablo condition. Jowott , pledged himself not to take my action on the question of division and , so far as outward indications went kept Ills pledge , but wo all underatand who Is at the bottom of the mcauuro now pending , The 1)111 ) was Introduced In the house by u mom- ixir from some small county in the eastern luirt of the btato who lias no possible Interest whatever In division. It provides that a lure-fifths majority of all the votes cast ihall bo rcijuired to carry a projiobitioii for livision of counties ; also , that after the < jues- lion has been voted on , another election cau- not bo held for thrco years. If it goes through , Iho only thinp left for in' , will bo to boom Cftllow y , anil got in enough voters to carry the day. While I was the democratic candidate , a majority of tlio republican * voted for mo. Uint | Hrokon How , thn di'ino- crnta knifed mo. This Is sufllciont to show you that politics cut very littio llguro in Hie election , " Mr , Smith says Ualiowny Is growlnc like n green bay tree. "U'e liuvo four banks , an opera house , plenty of business and the finest water power In the stnto of Ncbrnskn , Wo have also organized u strong company and will soon commence the erection of u largo flouring mill , llcforc long Oalloway will have two railroads and then you can set It down thattslie will bo ono of the best inland town * within the borders of Uio state. James H. Angell , tlie president of the Ann Arbor college , Is a very pleasant man to meet when ho is nwav from home. Lnst evening ho smiled affably and said that it always did him good to mvot newspapur men. Hut It was almost impossible to interview the distinguished old gpnUeiiian. So many of the alumni of the university surrounded and talked to him , He managed , however , to say that this his first visit to Omaha Inul been something of n very pleasant surprise. He had not expected to see quite so large , well built aud busy n town. Ann Arbor is prospering flu ply , The college has moro students there this year than ever before , nml is growing all the time. " President Angell will lecture before the State University of Nebraska at Lincoln to-morrow night. J. M. Steele , of Hiiller county , was seen nt the Mlllard. "U'e do not , " ho said , "ex pect n big boom this year. A stead v , sub stantial growth beats n boom every tlmennd that is what wo are having. David City has become a very line county scat. She fs im proving rapidly in tno way of now and hand some buildings , her merchants arc carrying excellent stocks of goods , and 1 think the people are justly happy , " Judpo Hroad.v , of Beatrice , was n visitor at tlie big temple of Justice on tlio hill this morning. He expressed himself as well pleased at the arrangements for doing busi ness , and wished that ( Inge county could boast of such a bulldinir. "VVo have 250 cases on our docket , " said hiT "which you under stand , is less than the iillottincnt to either of the four judges here. " The judge thinks that his town mid county have prospects of n lively and prosperous season before them. James V , Mahoney , commissioner of the freight bureau nt Sioux City , was in Omaha to-day. He was enthusiastic over the out look for his cit.v , nml predicted that it would bo in the near future the great railroad cen ter of the west. He said : "Our citizens have enterprise , and this , together with our working in harmony with the railroads , is the hey to our SUCCO.HS. We will have a rail road from Sioux City to Ogdcn in a few years. Yes , sir ; it is backed up by the Man hattan Loan and Trust company , and bioux City alone will contribute f 100,000 to the en terprise. " If your complaint is want of appetite , try half wine glass Angostura Hitters before meals. Dr. J. ( J. U. Sicffert it Sons , solo manufacturers. At all drug gists. SISnU-ANXUAIi AWAUD3. Mmle to DeNCrvliiK StmlenlH ! u OclDillon University. The semi-annual distribution of prizes at Crcighton college hall took place Wednesday afternoon. The programme opened with a "Welcome to " choir of song , Morning , by a forty trained boys under tlie diiection of Mrs. Uurkbard , who played the accompani ment upon the organ , "Mlnnchaha" was recited by T liomas Loc and with such effect as to deserve special mention. "Tho Life Boat" was recited by Frank Kinney and this was followed by a declamation by Frank Lovett. "Tho Queen of Franco" wns admir ably rendered by James Kinsler. Medals of excellence wore awarded to Joseph McCarvillc , J. Kinsler , II. J. Mur ray , James Lahey , Francis Id nncy , Joseph. Kcnody , John Corbett. Premiums of elocution - tion wcro awarded to I-1. ICmncy , John Bran- nan , William Barry , William Flynn , Frank Stockdale , Philip McArdle , Thomas Lee. The pupils who distinguished themselves in the examination are : ts follows , and com prise those who received 75 out of a possible JOU , the number after each name represent ing the notes received by the students men tioned : Charles Barry , SO ; William Barry , 83 ; Robert Howtol , 1)2 ) ; John Brannen , 6.1 ; Fran cis Briardy , 8S : Edward Brown , ill ; Thomas Brown , S < i ; Adrian Burkhard , 80 ; John By- ers , 81 ; John Cain , 78 ; Edward Cannon , 77 ; Charles Charles , Si ( ; John Connolly , 70 ; John Corbett , Ooi Joseph Cunningnam , 75 ; William Curry , S5 ; John Daniby , 91 ; John Uaughorty , 77 ; Albert Davis , 87 ; Kdgar Dennison , ' . ' 2 : Joseph Dobroy , SO ; Albert Driscoll , 70 ; John English , SO : Nathan iel Field , 83 ; Warner Field , 82 ; William Flynn , 8 ; ! ; Clifford Forbs , 70 ; Bart Ford , 80 ; James Ford , 91 ; Timothy Ford , (10 ( ; James Fox , 75 ; Louis Frirk , 811 ; Clarence Fumy , 80 ; Clarence GullaRlicr3y ; Frank Gallagher , 89 ; James Gammon , 81 ; Patrick Gammon , 92 ; William Gibbon , 70 ; Fredrick Hall , 82 ; John Hcllwig , 9'J ; Joseph Hobrceht , S5 ; Louis Hopkins , 8i ( ; Leslie Hosteller , ! )3 ) ; Arthur Howser , 87 : Francis Huba , 8. ! ; John Ivastl , 80 ; Thomas ICelloy , 77 ; Francis Ken nedy. 112.Ins ; Kennedy. 90 ; Frank Kcmiedy.OO Albert Kinsler , 91 ; James C. Kinsler , ! HS ; Willie Kroll , til ; James Lahoy , 03 ; Henry Leary. 7'J ; Patrick , 79 ; Thomas Leo , 81 ; Kustiico Lovett , 82 ; Frances Lovett. 85 ; Kd- ward Lynam , 8-1 ; James Lynch , 85 ; Philip McArdle , 82 ; Alphonso McUann , 85 ; Joseph McCarville , 8S ; Philip McAvoy. 81 ; Patrick McGovcrn , 8U ; Michael McGrlovy , 84 ; CharlesMellugh. S'J ; Philip McMIllhn , 80 ; Michael May , 88 ; Edward Miles , 81 ; Charles Morinrty , 113 ; Cornelius Murphy , 77 ; Kdward Murphy , T5 ; John Murphy , 1)0 ) ; William Murphy , 83 ; Hartnctt Murray , S3 ; Eugene Moon , fO ; Patrick O'ConnclI , 87 ; Michael O'Coiuier , 9'J ; Harry Perkins , 80 ; , Henry Pony , 75 ; James Ryan , 91 ; Morris ] In the evening the question , "Kesoh'od. \ that the cru.sndcM wcro detrimental to Ku- f rope , " wns thoroughly discussed by Mcs rs , V Dollono nnd Flynn on the nfllrnmtlve , and I Messrs. Murray and Urannon on the iictra. live , _ AN INJUNCTION UANTIM > . lnil > ; o llrrwnr Grunts the Western Union nn Injunction. The Union Pacific has received Its first call-down in the Injunction proceedings brought against it by the Wcstorn Union telegraph company , The case was called nt l.eavcnworth , Kiin , , before Judge Hrowcr Wcdsosday , nnd after the attorneys had con cluded their arguments , pro nnd con , the court granted the Western Union u tempo r nry injunction , restraining the Union Pacific from operating Independently the linca between tween Oiimtm nnd Opdeu nnd Kansas City nnd Denver. The result ot the hearing nt Lonven worth wns nmdo known by Judge Kelley , the attorney for the Union Pncllic1 , through a tolegmm to the officials nt the headquarters to that. , effect. When asked what would result from the action of the court nnntlnchoof the Union Pacific said : "Well , wo will now have to operate Jointly with the Western Union regardless of the obligations Imposed upon us by tin net of congress to the con trnry. Wo will operate Jointly from this time on until a filial decree of the court is rendered. " Judge Kelley and L. H. Kort.v , the latter superintendent of telegraph of the Union Paoillc , was expected from Leaven worth last night or this morning , U is stated that the netlon of Judge Brewer is what was expected , but in view of the exist Ing obligations of the Union Pacific , by va lue of an act of congress requiring tlmt com pany to operate independently of the West em Union , the road was not vested with authority to enter into nay combine with the Western Union in maintaining Its telegraph service. SNYDKU'S One ol' tlio Cliaiios ) nt LciHt Blade ( o Stick. John Snyder , the street car driver , who claims to bo persecuted by a woman named Virginia Miller , was tried before Justice Anderson yesterday iil'tornoon on the charge of basterdy. Ho was found guilty ami held to the district court in the sum of $1,000. Snyder was before Justice Head on the same charge Monday , but was discharged on the grounds that Miss Miller was not n resi dent of this state and that the enso would have to bo tried in Missouri , where tlio child was born. 'J he case of bigamy ngainst tlio man was nlso dismissed from tlio district court , but since that time lie lias been in tbo county jail several times on this latter of fense. Judge Anderson held him to the district court , in order to lot a Jury decide whether or not the child would become a ward on Iho county. The counsel for the defense tried to compromise the inattnr by having Snyder and his present wife adopt the child and give bond to the county commissioners for its support. Tills they agreed to , but the at torneys for the woman objected , for they were only trying to prove that Snyder wns the father of the child and not endeavoring to make him provide maintenance for It. AH ho admitted that the offspring belonged to him by making the proposition to adopt It , the prosecution was moro desirous than ever of bis case going to the higher court , Jlo Swears Vengeance. If there arc moments when Business Man ager Jake Koscnthal is not thinking- "Tho Little Tycoon" opera , these moments como to him when he is asleep. He is , as it were , stuck on the music of tlie opera. Knowing his devotion in this line a prominent railroad man in this city put up a job on Jake yoster Jay. lie inveigled him into a prominent music store and induced him to buy a music box on the lid of which was posted the title of tlio popular waltz song of the opera "Love L'omcH Llkon Summer Sigh. " On Booing iliis Jake could not buy the box quick 2nougli , and planked down 55 before ho icard it play. Ho could not get to Boyd's ' ) pera liousu quick enough , nnd rushing up to ; he box oflieo he Raid to Doc Hnynos and FomBoyd : "Listen here , boys I who says Jio music of 'The Tycoon" is not popular ! " \.nd then Jake wound up his triok and sot it ; oing. What did the disgusting thing do ! : t simply set up there and ovoU-co from its nusical inwardness tboso terrible tunes , 'White Wings" nnd "When tno Hobms tfost Again , " until the tears ran down the : hecks of Boyd and Hnynes from laugtitor. An Iiinnno Mother's Deed HonoKi'.x , N. J. , Feu. 1-1. Sophia Buck , igcd thirty , living on the second floor of 11 onoment in this city , became suddenly in ane. this morning and throw her sovcn- nonth-old child out of a window , fatally in uring tlio babo. The mother was placed indcr arrest. She wis ; abandoned by her lusband , who left her ill and destitute , and rh lie brooding over her pitiable condition , er reason gave way. Tlio IJiu-li Wlro I'ntciit , Wonc'ESTKit. Mass. , Fob. -Charles G. Vashburno. of the Washburn & Moon man- factnring company , states that the alleged French patent" of Louia jTnnindoes , willet ot make void the Gllitdcn patent. Gliddcn laims to have invented the twisted fenc-o 'Iro with n spur bent nt the middle jior- on and clumped in position by the other 'ire. Ho does not claim to have invented 10 spurs or prongs. r"nhere is no gain so certain as saving what you have. " Why JL th.cn destroy valuable garments by using common and impure soaps upon them ? Prof. Gcnlh , of the University of Pennsylvania , says : "I find tlie Ivory to be a very superior soap. It gives a fint lather , and it can safely be used upon any fabric , " A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white suaus , each represented to be " just as Rood aj the ' Jvory'i" ' they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for "Ivor/ " Soap and insist upon gelting it. lbS9 , t ; I'/ccter ic ( iambia.
