, _ THE OMAHA -DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27. 18S9. THE DAILY BEE. I'Ui-LlSlllCI ) KVlOltY MOHNING. TERMS OK SUHSniU'TION. DMly ( Morning Editionincluding ) Bunnir HKK , One Year IO Of TnrHlx Montrm. . . . , f B tt l-ior Three Months . 8 W TIIK OMttiA Bt'NUAr HEF mailed to any lulilrtfli , Ono Year . < w 'Wr.F.KL.Y BB . One Year J it OMAHA OmrKNo < . 14nud9IJl.'AiisAMSTiiKKT. ( CinoA'ioOrKicr , M ? HoOKr.nr IHMI.DIMI. NKW VOIIK Orncn , Hoe > 14 AM ) KiTjiimj.SH INO. WAWIIlNeitON OFFICE , NO. 6U TENTH UTIIBKT. COIlHKSrONDRNCB. , Alt communications relating to nowa and edi torial matter should bo addre aedtoth button . should no All bitilnesi loiters unit remittances furtdrewed to TUB Hr.n I'Uiit.isiiiNU ( JoMi'AMr , 'OMAHA. Draft1 * , chcc.is and imstoniceorat-ra to Itio made payable to the order of the company. VliG Bee Rublishing Company , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATER , Kdttor. -ran DAIIA Sworn Statement ofOirotilntlon. State of .NubtosVa. I- , County of IJotiKlas , f " " * Ocoru'Q II. Tzuclinck. ficcreturyof the lice I'ub- llnlilnit compitny , docs colonmly swear tlmt the nctualclrculatlon of Tut ; DAILV llr.n for the "week cndinK Februury KJ. 18W , wivs at follows : Runday , 1'eb. IT ] 8Tfli"i Monday , Feb. 18 H'.3u ' Tuesday , rob. 19 JWW. ! Vwlncsdny. Fob. a ) 18.9iK ) Tluir dav , Feb.I IHiTD Friclav. Feb.'J J .SK Battirday. Fob. II. . . . , .I8.t . Average 18.011 or.oitou n. T/SCHIICIC. , Sworn to before me ajid subscribed to In my 1 Tiroscncu tliU Kid day of February , A. I ) . I88 . Seal. cn N. V. FKIU Notary 1'ubllc. Blate of Nebraska , IH , Oonnty of DoiiKias. f Oe-orgo U. Tucliuck , bnlns duly sworn , do- poiea nnd says tlmt he Is secretary ot the- Hoe Publishing company , tlmt tha actual uvuraKO dally circulation of Tin : DULV HKI : for tlio month of February , 1WJ8 , was IJ.WCJ copies ; for March , IBfW , r.i.tW'.l coiilos ; for Aiirll , 1888 , 18,744 copies ; for Jlay. WSS. 18.1SI conies ; for June , 18S ! , lisn ! copies ; for July. 1688. 18ua ; copies ; for Anitust , lN i. 3MSIcopies ; for September , 18&\ , ir l ronlort ; Tor October. 188 ? . 1C.OS1 coiilo ? ; for November - ber , isa . l , ucfl coiilcs ; for December , 18S8 , 18'il 'copies ; for January , IBS'J. 18,574 copies. ' ni-iiuni. . ? it . 'l'/SCHUOIC Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed In my presence tills 18th day of February. A. It. im't. ' N. P. FEIIi Notnrr 1'ubllc. PIG-POISONING at a blir salary Is whut 'might bo culled a sinecure. But what of Uio poor pljfs ? IV TltKKK is a railroad lobblst in No- ibraslcn who isn't a candidate for oflice just now , ho is in the pen. MANTof the horses used on the streets of Council BlulTs have the appetiriince' 'of being fed on a poor quality of barbed nvlro. OF course the rate in grain to Duluth was raised as soon as the tide began to .sot that way. Such is the manner of monopoly. TilK habit of sending obscene letters Sthrough the mails is getting the senders . .into trouble. . This is the only redeem ing feature of the habit. IF HOTH parties to the tailors strike * wove unjdous to come to an agreement , -an amicable settlement could be affected in less thun half an hour. ' thothreshold - ofhis quiet In- homo to the-clty \Vashing- - 'ton , General Harrison'a. journey was onoltrlumphal.avatiqn ,1 > r 3KTTK1 : take the six thousand dollars Lament , Modesty is very pretty in * &Tscliool girl , but in a business way it Jwas never known to butter many PKHHAl'S there are other defects at tlio county hospital than the question of the arches , which would stand in vestigation at the hands of the special committee. II\JIAY cost the state ever four thous and dollars for having got rid pf the ox- IToiiorablo Mr. Morrissoy. The bill is 'high ' , very high ; but at any price , the iBtato is ahead. is impossible , " to a man Vandorvoort , whoso solf-assu ranee would make Washington monument troinblb , should the oil room lobbyist "tackle the shaft. Wrrn a record of fourteen graduates In llftoon years from tlio agricultural college , no ono can have the hardihood 'to.say that the institution has been any thing but an expensive and useless burden to the stato. BACKXUMDBH VANUEUVOOUT has ajraln put up his lightning rod , and this time ho seems to bo expecting a thunderbolt. Ono by ono the railroad lobbist bobs up with a boomlot for a whack at the public crib. DAVK Misiiuisu's bill for legal sor- . Ticos in the Douglas county contest cases stamps him nt once UB a great lawyer and financier. But in jn-itico to him bo it said Unit ho is the llrst man to put this htamp on his capabilities. THIS Chicago J/craW , which believes Itself to bo a great family journal , tolls corrosfjondunt.that it never hoard o ! uch a game ns "sinch. " Among the cowboys such ignorance would bo looked upon with pitying wondori "Sinch" is nothing more nor less than "high-live. " WASHINGTON hotel kooporsu.ro viow- the situation with mercenary * - gllttor in thotr several eyes. The only H way the citizens can gut the better of them is to stay nt homo und saw wood , Bocuro In the assurance that General Harrison will bo inaugurated just the Bumo. TO-DAY a private communication , ro- ccivod by Morrissey as a private citizen - zen , will bo miulo public before a legis lative committee. The oxposu may in jure the author of the letter , but it will nut stamp the recipient as a gentleman. However , Morrissey wearing such a etump would biiggcst a package of rank oleomargarine sporting a butter label. Scavoy's rcj/ulutions govern- 'Inp the police station nro altogothcr too strict in some particulars. For in- jstauco , no reporter is nil \voel to use tlio telephone , nor can any nowspupor odlco communScuto ever the wire to the police .reporter. At a Into hour in the morn- iinutho ability to Bonel n niossugo speed ily limy mean n grout elotil to u morning * rnpornnd its rouelors. Ropor'tora nnd Jaolelog lawyers elo not , us the rogula- lions pre-suppaia , bulong on the eamo "iovol , TOO UnKKAL HV The rpsoltition introduced in thi house by Mr. O'Brien , authorizing Hit com mlttco on accounts nnd expend ! turcs to pny over forty-throe hundrot dollars vin settlement of , claims growlnf out of th6 contest cnse.9 in the house from Douglas county , will 'need to bt materially modi ( led. The sum It pro poses to take out of the public tronsurj can bo reduced neatly , H not quite , ono half , without doing injustice to any body. Granting that there ; Is procodonl /or paying nil the claims embraced hi this resolution , by the state , It must be apparent to everybody , save ) perhaps , those who are after the money , that n portion of the charges are far boyont' what is reasonable. This Is conspicu ously true of the amounts it is proposal to pay the attorneys. None of these lawyers could have devoted more thud sixty days to the preparation of the case for which ho was rotuined , and voi'i likely did not give to exceed thirty , while one of them , the attorney for the contcstcus , wcro at the bamo time drawing a salary at the rate o twenty-live hundred dollars a yoiu ns prosecuting attorney of Douglas county , yet It is proposed to pay these attorneys nn amount that some of them would doubtless regard ns a very satis factory Income for half a year's work. On the score of professional ability the proposal to pay any ono of these attor neys at the rate of thirty dollars 01 more a day for the probable actual time given to the contest case cannot bo jus- tilled , and the fact that they are work ing politicians should have no weight. . The provision for attorney's foes shoulu bo reduced to at most lit teen hundred dollars. It is probable that the sten ographer's fees might also bo pared down , while the claim of contestants for attendance is nt least questionable. But the clearly unreasonable and un warrantable demand is that for attor ney's foes , which , if cut down one-half , will still amply pay for the service ren dered. OOVIlIJXOIt LAKRAI1KE ACQUITTEL The trial of Governor Larrabeo on the charge of criminal libel terminated yesterday in nn acquittal. No other result was expected by those who had taken an intelligent view ot the mat ter , and it followed of course from the position of the court that the pamphlet on which the charge was based was a privileged communication and there was no proof of malice on the part of the governor in issuing it. The trial has attracted widespread attention as the first instance of a governor of a stale being indicted and brought into court to answer a charge of this nature , and the result will bo universally re garded as a proper conclusion ofso ex ceptional a proceeding. The opinion has boon qulto generally expressed that Governor Larrabeo would have boon justified in refusing to answer to the indictment , protecting himself behind the authority and privi leges of his olllce , but it is now appar ent that ho chose the wiser course. That ho would have boon sustained by the courts had ho refused to stand trial , as President Jefferson , was sustained when ho refused to bo a witness in the Aaron Burr trial , is more than probable , bul , for the purpose of a complete vindication ; with the effect of silencing all clamor , the governor acted judiciously in allowing the case to pursue the regular course. His enemies , and those who wcro in sympathy with the prosecutioncan now have nothing more to say , whereas under ether circumstances they would undoubtedly have maintained a vigor ous clamor. It has boon suggested that the woman who brought the charge was Insticated thereto by strong onomics of the governor , but , however this may bo , the effort to publicly damage film has been signally defeated. The cose makes a precedent. The executive of a state may bo arraigned snn chargoof criminal libel , so that any jno who can satisfy a grand jury that a jovornor has uttered or caused to bo published regarding him something which he doomed libclous may secure \H indictment nnd bring the executive into the courts to answer to the charge. State executives who are worried to the point of exasperation by importunate politicians will need to bo careful of their speech , and they may find it expedient also to guard their ut- iorancos respecting public olllcials .vhoso . conduct may in Vita severe criti- 3ism. It is couneivablo that a governor who did not all the time exercise a pru- lent restraint upon his freedom , of ipoooh might got himself into endless roublo. But it is probable the lowir iroccdoiit will stand alone for .a very ongtime , Ono such in a century of rovoriunont does not suggest that there san imperative necessity for inore o- uroly guarding state executives igalnst the possibility of a like unnoy- inco. THE PAHNllLL JA Every friend of Ireland's cause and ) f its most distinguished champion , Par- mil , will read with unmixed gratilica- lou the latest developments in the in- ofttigation instigated by the London /Tints , the result of which must inevil- ibly bo the complete vindication ot the real Iriali loader. Rarely in history vasauy man championing a gruatcnuso nado the victim of a more diabolical ionsplrncy than Ihnt organized against Darnell , to which the leading MOWS- rnpor of England bacaino i ready party , mt one by ono the links in thu vhain lave boon broken , until nothing now omalns of the most cnrofully-plnnnud ichomo to dobtroy the prestige nnd ihnraotor of ono of Ireland's 'j/roatobt ind most devoted KOIIS. Tho'exposure if the infamous LuCuron , whono stato- ncnU have been discredited the world ivor , Is now followed by the coufossloa wd ( light"of the arch-conspirator , Richard Pigott. This man appears to lave been the "head and front of the iffonding , " from whom the llmca re vived the information and the letters ipon which it based its charges , and ipon whom ifc chiefly depended to naintain its case. No baser coundrol over undertook the task of Iragging down an honorable man uiui njurlng a just cause. The confasdlunnf Pigott that ho forged ill the loiters secured by the VYmr.i ami illegod to have baou written and othofa prominent In the Irlsl cause , nnd his hasty Ilight , presumably with the'aid of these upon whom ho hni practiced the deception , must bring t ( a sudden termination the investlga tlon oo far ns famuli Is concerned though it would seem to be the duty o ! the commission to allow the unques tionable fact to bo shown that behind Pigott and others engaged with hlir there was a foul conspiracy. Justice will not bo fully satisfied unless there shall bo some punlshmont indicted foi this most base and wretched business and an effort should bo made to ascer tain who that can bo hold responsible were behind the miserable criminals that have lied from the outraged law for there is reasonable ground of bollol that they had powerful alders and n bo tiers. But the commission was cro alod for a definite purpose , nnd It may determine not to go outside of this , in which case the desire o Parnoll's counsel to extend the investi gation will not bo complied with. In this case , however , It is highly probable that parliament will bo asked to extoiu the authority of the commission , so tha the conspiracy may bo probed to the bottom , and It Is hardly possible that suclii ] ; demand would bo denied. Unprejudiced men have novel doubted the vindication of Parnell. All such accepted in full faith his tin- qualified statement that he was not the riitthor of tlio published letters alleged to bo his. His vindication will make him stronger than ever In the confidence and respect of Irishmen and of the world , and should strengthen among Englishman the cause ho champions. The investigation has placed on him nc stain of disloyally or of dishonor , bul had only more fully shown him as the wise , courageous , tireless and patriotic leader of his countrymen In a cause the justice of which only the supporters ol despotic power deny. CHICAGO has become unduly alarmed over the prospects of losing Us hold on the grain market of the west. That city lias ceased to bo the great wheat center , since Minneapolis stepped into the arena , and of late a complaint has gone forth that the corn , which Chicago claims legitimately to belong to it , is being diverted to Duluth , For the past few days largo shipments of corn from Nebraska to Dululh have taken place , inlhionccd by tho-low transportation rate and the special inducements offered by the elevator men at that point. The diversion has caused considerable anxiety to these railroads which could not meet the competition to Duluth , and to the grain men at Chicago , who were losing business. The news , however , conies to hand that the grain rates to Duluth will bo advanced next week , making it the same as the rate to Chicago cage from the grain bolt c" Nebraska. This might have been expected. The pressure brought to Dear by Chicago lias been sufficient to readjust the rates to their former basis. It is likely , moreover , that Duluth has purchased as much corn as its elevators can at present accommodate , and the demand has consequently fallen off. Shipping corn to Duluth is an experiment , and the result of it will bo awaited with in terest. It is highly probable that the demand for corn IK Duluth will increase as its elevator capacity is enlarged , and that city may one day become a danger ous rival to Chicago. Axn now it is said that there is a pro ject on foot to build a short line between Denver and Salt Lake under the patron age of the Union Pacific , in order to head oft' its ambitious rivals. As usual , the rumor is made up of whole cloth. Eastern investors are not anxious to sink their money in building' parallel lines just now. Besides , the route said to bo marked out is most expensive to build , owing to the heavy grades and the work necessary to bo done in order to pierce the heart ot the Rockies. The filing of articles of incorporation with the auditor of the state and the forma tion of a company with a fabulous cap ital all on naper by no means build railroads. If a quarter of all the roads projected across the Rocky mountains in the last ton years wore built , the whole country we.t of the Missouri river would bo gridlroned with steel tracks and the mountains would bo honeycombed with tunnels. The incor poration of a railroad company can be dice ted by the expenditure of five del lars. It often sarvcs its purpose by keeping a rival from intruding on its proposed right of way. It creates a buoyant feeling among the counties and towns expectant of the benefits to bo derived - rived from the building of the railroad. It''booms"corner lots , and somohowhas a tendency to put money in the pockets o the projectors and their friends. El'TOK'i'S are bning made by repre sentatives of the street railway compa nies of Omaha to induce the Douglas county delegation to adopt radical changes in the clause of the charter providing for the paving of such rail- cotnpanitis' right-of-way. The now charter us now Hubmiltcd to the legisla ture does not materially dilVor on this question from Uio clause in the present charter. The new section provides that ' 'street railway companies shall maintain and pave all the space between their dilluront rails and Iracks'anu also a space outside of onch ouUldc. track of at least twelve inches in width and the tracks shall include not only the main tracks but also all side tracks , crossings and turnouts constructed for the use of such street railways. " Such also Is the law in foroo in our city , and the rights of way of the various street rail way companies huvu boon paved .n ' obediences to these rules. J'lioro is no reason why the street rail way companies should sank to modify this provision at the expanse of the city and tnxjmyorH. Tlio now charter originally called for the paving of a Hpaoo ouUido of the outer rail of at least eighteen inches. This was ohangiul to twelve inches at the Bollcl- Lutlcn of thohlreol railway companies. They should , therefore , bo satisfied with thu liberal concession , nnd not | ) la.v \vJiolu-hog-or-noito , THIS logiuUvturo may paiia laws pro viding for the registration ilml the 11- ( ciiningof plumbers. A bill ifi pending u UIQ liouso requiring a three years' apprenticeship ) 'flrdt a registration foi journeymen plujnr3 } and apprentices The passage of i upji a measure may be necessary ns a tsaiiHary precaution , The health ot cltios to-day hangs in parl in the hands of the plumbers , Defective work on their par fduo cither to incompetence potonco or wiltAt 'carelessness bring on the inalignan niKl insidious diseases malaria and tvpnpjil' fever , rtlphthorii and oven cholera. T Per that reason stringent laws should bo enacted to pro hibit incompetent Ktid dishonest mor from engaging iti'jtjja plumbing trade just ns laws regulate the business ol physicians and 'dl-ugglsts in the state Such a measure causes no hardship te the plumbing trade. On the contrary it elevates the profession and protect : it from the competition nnd imposition of Incompetent men. In case the legis lature fails to see the merits of the bill the city by ordinance can in a moasun apply the remedy. THU blatherskite General Rossor who , it will bo romomborcd , made nn Indecent attack upon General Sheridan about a year ago in a published letter , is again attracting unmerited attention by reason of a braggart speech made by him at a dinner of confederate army and navy veterans in Baltimore last week. Ono among his blustering dec larations was''that a southern gentle man can whip a Puritanical Yankee every time , " tlio w.holo being vocifer ously applauded by his auditors , among whom were a number ot prominonl southerners. It would bo charitable te suppose that all of them were under the inlluonco of some sort of intoxicating beverage , but in any ovout the circum stances showed the fooling that still prevails among the survivors of the rebellion. As to Rossor , ho is the last man who should boast of southern prowess , remembering how thoroughly ho was thrashed by Sheridan , with n numerically inferior force , in the Shen- audoah valley. ATTKNTIOX is directed to the rapid absorption of the public lands of Ne braska. The statement laid before Mr. Cleveland showing the area of the un disposed public lands in the various dis tricts of the state , would indicate that the day is not far distant when every acre still opou to settlement will betaken taken up. In the ten land districts , the report shows that there is loss than a million acres undisposed of. While it is true that much of this hui'l.lins boon patented to bona fide settlers , never theless tens of thousands of acres of the richest sections of cho public domain have fallen into tliq liands of specula tors and syndicates , , . It behooves the proper authorities in charge'of the ro- .spoctivo land ofr)6cs ) to prevent as far as it is in their power,4his wholesale ab sorption of government lands for specu lative purposes' ' TJio land that is yel open should by alt moans , bo reserved for actual sotllorBU EVKN- Now typxlijo plucks up heart over the prospegts.'ofjstatohood. and the legislature prqpqgea to educate its half- breed population , w-a sense of the re sponsibilities of cit'i-/.enSliip. A terri torial university. , a school of .mines , an insane asylum and an agricultural col lege are projected ! If Now Mexico will call on Nebraska , ' an Agricultural college - lego of fifteen years' standing can bo purchased , with Billings thrown in , dirt cheap. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AlAj is not well in Southern Califor nia. The real estate boom has flattened out in Los Aneoles , public nnd private improvements have been discouraged , and several thousand unemployed work ing men arc walking the streets of that city. This is certainly an unfortunate tates of affairs , and should warn work ing men of the cast not to venture into southern California for the present at least. EMPLOYES in the legislature are sit ting on the anxious seat. Nobody can tell where the cyclone will strike. The Tliiiiulcrers Want Ala. Clitcaua Tribune. Wanted To borrow a supply of thunder. Our stock is runulng'low. London Times. Facts AualiiHt Theories. Halltinure American. The facts of high license are increased rev enues , fewer saloons , fewer criminals , fewer arrests , aUd the placing t > f the liquor trufllc In responsible hands. Horse SciiHrt nnd Gulr. / forItilatiil / Union. A lot of Boston aldermen are coining to Shicupo and other western cities to inspect the electric light system. If the west has to ? o cast for culture the east has to come west for horse sense. Strange They ICncw. StuitxCttu Journal. It was a remarkable scone in tlio Dakota cglsluturo when the members Joined in nliig- Inff "Pr-jiso God , from whom all blcsslngsi low. " The most remarkable thing about it is that the members know how. Still In 'frilmnt. All uncertainty In regard to the new presi dent's cabinet will jliq dispelled next week nit there will boi.nQi permanently settled condition of the pujljcmind ; until Shortstop \Vurd \ decides where Tie will ploy this sea- ion. . * . , , - uv * - The Kentucky Ideal , Henry AVattcrsiiiJ'Siributo ' to the memory ) f Samuel J. Tildcn , on thu occasion of the atter's birthday , vWns eminently charactor- stlc of the brillt t'S"ci'tucUy editor , who vasn close perso nfclond of the subject. The public muj-jjliji 'said to bo pretty horoughly familiar tilth tha stiitcmnnliko [ imlUlos of the Biigpof Orainercy park , which ilr Wattcrson 30 f&mytitly ( described , but llins been reserved tsittl now for the pco- ilo to bo told tha.t yt , Tilden sipped his vhlsky and water on occasion with a pleased omposura redolent of idlicurslvii talk. In Ills respect ho , gutls'lk'd the Kentucky Ideal if a t'cr.tlcuiiau and u tate < iiiiau. . . . - ' : KTATKVNI > TIJlimxoUY. Nebi'iiMku Ipttln | { . Since last July \Vayrio has shipped 200 ars of fat stock. Kidney Masons nro'olng to erect a hall lug Bcaiou to cost $15,1)1)0. ) A stock company has been formed at Day- ( in to build an op era lieu e. The citizens of tjrcsham will vote on the n cat Ion of buil'ling ' u $ . ' , ui ) [ ) school housu In March. The subscription ? for organizing a driving uric association ut Nebraska City amounts o n.TSO. The A. O. U.V , lodgoat Vnlentiucj will bo reorganized this week with a largo numbo of now members. ' Amos Hyanwho vrm injured while at wor for the H. ft M. at Orleans , has , sued th company for SIO.OOO damages. A Miss Uurnett , llvlnp near Hlndcn , robbci her father of 90 nnd tied , hut the old mm KIIVO chase and captured her uml the mono ; on n train bound for the west. It Is said that If a person should stand a tlio corner of South Sioux Glty'B princlna streets nnd shoot every man and every do tlmt ho could see , ho would have ten dogs t every man. town. A building boom 14 In sight nt Sanborn. Mnploton wants a butter nnd cheese fac tory. tory.A A Presbyterian church will bo built n Jefferson in the spring. A movement Is on foot nt Sanborn to ot ganlzo an anti-monopoly society. The necessary $10,000 has been subscrlbei In Montlccllo to secure n condensed lull ; f no tory. Mrs. Dclbrldgc , of Manilla , was foun dead in bed the ether morning , lying on lounge in a room without any lire. A "Younp Men's Legion of Honor" ha been organized In the public school nt Independence pondenco , which Is to mduco boys not to us tobacco. A prominent citizen at Osaco City , hcnrln tlmt there were tramps in town , nnile down his windows and went to bed leavln the front door unlocked. The Harlnn Uopubllcnn says : It Is abou time our law-abiding citizens nwolto to th' ' fact that the ruin llcnd Is us live and uctlv as ever in this community , A moss meeting of the farmers of Sni county will bo held In the opera liouso ii Sac City to consider the question of procur Ing need Krnln , nnd to discuss other mutter of Importance and interest , A Lyons girl refused to dance with a couple plo of young fellows who were under the In llucnco of Ihiuor. and in revenge they burnci n sot of furs which she had worn to the ball Elegant lodpo rooms have been fltted upb : the Knights of Pythias of JolTccson , Uoyond the Hookies. There Is m scarcity of houses to rent a Portland , Ore. There are no now cases of smallpox nt Carson , Neb. , and all p.itlcnts nro recover ing. ing.Some Some blackberry vines near Santa Cruz Cul. , presented the unusual sight of buds , blossoms , green and ripe fruit , last week. Another paper was carried to tlio Journal istio boncyard last weelc. This time It was the Spotted Cayusc , a Sunday paper o Scuttle , Wash. Prospero Cartara and his wife , Frencl : Canadians , were arrested at Port Town send , W. T. , with sixteen pounds of opium concealed in the woman's bustle. For months past the Douglas county , Ne vada , jail has not held a prisonerUs dooi stands open , a shady rosting-plnco for the panting blllygoat by day and by night a liar bor of sweet repose for tlio homeless tramp A bill has passed the Nevada assembly re quiring saloons und gambling houses to close nt 1'J midnight , and open nt ( I In the morning , The same bill was Introduced iu the senate but will probably bo beaten. Major Norman H. Camp , assaynr at the lioise City United States Assay oflico durinu President Arthur's administration , was al iened to bo u defaulter , was prosecuted , con victed and sent to Jail as a felon. President Cleveland pardoned him. Suit was brought la Washington , where Cnuip's family had pone to live , nnd where ho Joined them after his pardon , to recover the shortage from Camp and his bondsmen. But the gov ernment failed to reeoverbccnuse It couldn't show whether the money had been taken under Camp's or a previous bond. The pro-lottery men in Nevada are said to be preparing to contest the result whereby the lottery scheme wni beaten at the polls. The proposition was defeated by about 500 majority. It 'is now claimed that 600 ballots that were cast against the lottery in Washoe. Elko und perhaps other counties were about two Inches short of the regulation length , though perfect as to the muko-up of the bal lot. The opponents of the lottery claim that these short ballots were supplied by the friends of the lotteryt on purpose to base a fight in the courts in case the lottery proposi tion was defeated uy the use of these snort ballots. A contest on such a technicality al ready threatens much ill feeling. All lovers of the delicacies of the table use AngosturaBittors to sccuro a good digestion , but the genuine only manufactured by Dr. Slegert fc Sons at all druggists. The Niobrara Country. CitAWFOUi ) . Neb. , Fob. 17. [ Correspond- rnco of Tun BKK.J Leaving the railroad at < Alliance , the present terminus of the B. & M. , I started in a northerly direction across Box Butte , ono of the linest counties in the state 'of Nebraska. At noon I reached the Niobrara river , but the oldest inhabitant there did not know it by that name , it is called "Kunnliif : Water. " Its source is a suring but a short distance west , and we see in it hero but little to suggest the immense body of water that it pours Into the Mis souri 400 miles cast On the north side of this stream begins the ascent to Pine ridge , a strip of rough land horse-shoe shaped , extending about ono hun dred miles to the northeast and the same dis tance to the northwest. It is spnrccly cov ered with pine and although the surface is Very rough the soil is llrst class und being rapidly taken up for farming. The B. & M. is now building a tunnel through this ridge nnd has now nearly one thousand men und teams ut work upon it. From the summit our attention is called to Crow Butte , which is on the north edge of the ridge nnd towers above all other points. Tlio descent from the ridge is down a rough nnd rocky roud called "Devil's neck. " lit- tlngly named , for it leads into Crawford , one of the rouehest places in the west to-day. It is located on the White river , adjoining Fort * Hobinson. and where the B. & M. will inter sect the FremontIClkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad. All the roughest , element of the country is ttiora congregnteduna , tlio saloons have never been shut since their doors were llrst opened. It Is In u good farming district nnd has many substantial citizens ; thorough ness will gradually bo overshadowed and finally eradicated , nnd wo predict a future for Crawford that is In store for few ether western towns. It was at this point that Mrs. Langtry was mot by the English superintendent of the Anglo-Amer ican Cattle company , and escorted to their ranch forty miles to the northwest In a tally lie especinllv Imported for the occasion. This Dflk'cr received n salary of i4,000 n year for Ills services as manager of the caltlo com pany above named , in which James Gordon lionnctt Is one of tlio heaviest stockholders , t am told that thu business has not been [ irolltiiblo and that It is to bo closed out the Doming season. Possibly they see thu hand writing on the wall and moveto uiako way Tor the army of settlers that nro to inhabit that country almost Immediately. The route ivas directly across their range , which Is In Hot CrcoK valley , Just over the line In Da cota. I huvo never seen a rnoro beautiful . alley or a liner tract of land than that which s tributary to It , nnd hero Is the object of .his letter. I want to advise those who are ooklng for homes on government land to Irst ECO this. I huvo often boon asked tlio lucstlon , Where is there a good place for u nan to locatu with his family i I huvo never mswered it boforo. Now I do with enthusi- ism. Then ) Is ono disadvantage : The land s unsurvoyed , and cannot bo entered at the Jnltcd States land oftlcc. Hut the occupant > y continuous rcsidcncu and Improvements ms n "squutter's right" and there is no bot- er title. When Fort Hobinson was located hero was 0110 lone squatter In the way.hdld- . ng down his claim of 1IX ) acres with a faoil louse and u well. Ho nsioil and ob- uined 8S.OOO for simply moving olf. think that u survey will soon bo ordered nid tlmt In the meantimeiliero will bo 1,000 armors Invade that territory within nix iionths , I became acquainted with two very iitolligent gentlemen m Hot Creole valley /ho 11 vii bul six miles mart and who would , 10 doubt , uuswcr any inquiries of homo ackers. Their numes and addresses are L. . .owo , Mutthows Fall , Uivcr county , DuUotu , nd U , Anderson , Moutrosc , Sioux county , Nebraska , I continued my Journey along Cheyenne Iver across southwest. Dakota into \\.yn- ling. Thence returning along the basu of uo Black Hills , wo procaoilcd northeast award Ddadwood. At Hunld City I ox- rossud my astonishment ut IU size and ruspuroua appearance and asked for I ho auso , The reply wa mining Iu the hills nnd forming- tbo rnlloys. Judge of m- surprise to nnd successful farming carrlei Otnip to the very entmnco to the Blacl Hills ns well , as in the valleys pcriotratini them. Land is worth from ? 10 to t-'O poi acre * . I wai shown Ihfl booki ot an ngrlcul tural Implement dealer nt Whltowood and learned that over two hundred qolfblndon nnd four hundred mowing machines had boot sold nt this point nlono. The development of the farming Industry In tliU vicinity wt\ the greatest surprise I experienced on uij trip. NATIONAL CAPlTAIj N13WS. A Slnto fur Chairmanships ot House Committees. There te a good deal of speculation arouuil the house as to whom will get the chairman ships of the prominent committees In the Fifty-first congress. It Is the almost unanl moils belief hero that President Harrlsor will call an extra session of congress tc moot either In April or October , nnet specula tion ns to the chairmen of the committees is M legitimate tills time ns speculation on the cabinet. In the opinion of the best Informed republican members-elect , the most promi nent chairmanships of the Fifty-tint con- grcs will Bland In about the following orders Approuriations. Cannon , of Illinois ; ways nnd means , McIClnloy , of Ohio , if ho Is not speaker , but since ho will probably bo speaker , It will bo Keed , of Mnlno ; elections , Iloult , of Tennessee ; Judiciary , Krrn 13. Taylor , of Ohio ! banking mid currency , Dingley , of Maine ; coinage , weights and measures , Vnndever , of California ; com merce , O'Ncll ' , of Pennsylvania ; rivers nnd harbors , Henderson , of Illinois ; agriculture , Funston , of Kansas ; for eign nffuirs , Cutchcoii , of Michi gan ; naval affairs , Houtelle , of Mnlno ; post- ofllcos and post roads , Uinghnm , of Pennsyl vania ; public lands , Puyson , of Illinois ; Indian affairs , LnFollettc , of Wisconsin ; territories , Halter , of No\v York ; public buildings und ( 'rounds , Lchlbuch , of Now Jersey ; Puclllc railroads. Holmes , of Iowa ; education , O'Doiinell , of Michigan ; labor , Huchnmin , of New Jersey ; Invalid pensions , Merrill , of Kansas private laud claims , Dorsoy , of Nebraska ; military affairs , Hrowno , of Indiana ; patents , Spooncr , of Hhodo Island ; claims , Howdcn , of Virginia , and District of Columbia , Grout , of Ver mont. It is expected that the republican mem bers of the committee on ways"nnd means and of appropriations who will not bo given chairmanships will be retained iu their pres ent positions. There is a general impression among republicans that Holman , of liullunu , who is now chairman of public lands , will ho placed upon n committee where ho will have no influence In the executive depart ment , ns ho has used bis committed position for political Inllucnco to great advantage , and has succeeded in keeping In the depart ment ns many friends during republican ad ministration as most of the republican mem bers. THE SriUKEMMltl' rlXVASS. It is improbable that canvasses for the spenltcrship were ever conducted with so much peed nature as those now progressing in the housoof representatives. Euoh of the live or six candidates for the spcakershlp of the Fifty-first congress is n good friend to the others. Frequently four or live of thorn are huddled together on the floor ot the house , telling stories or giving funny incidents of their present canvass. Everyone ono of them wants un extra session of con gress. They would , of course , like to have their campaign shortened , but their out spoken desire for an extra session cannot bo laid iiltopethcr to selllshness. Eacli of the candidates is a well equipped statesman , and each gives the strongest reasons possible to show why an extra session should bo called. The custom has prevailed for many years of opening headquarters at the popular hotels where the candidates for speaker have received and entertained their friends. They have run sideboards , and in some instances have fared their friends sumptuously. It is not probable that any of the present aspir ants for the speakership will open up regular headquarters. There is a kind of rambling , indefinite or general undorstunding among them that since they are all well known uml are runnninir on the sumo platform extraor dinary effort and expense is unnecessary. It is probable , however , that 'as' tlio time approaches preaches for the convening ot congress the interest , in the speakership will very mater ially increase on the part of the candidates. THU IIKATIIISN CIIINCSn. Senator Stewart , of Nevada , does not believe - lievo In the theory that a Ohlnainan can pro gress , although ho may bo Americanized in most particulars. The other day ho was telling some of his strange experiences with the sons of the Celestial empire , when he said : "When we got our first Chinaman to cook , he didn't know a blessed thing about the kitchen , and it became necessary for Mrs. Stewart to go down and show him how to do everything. When you demonstrate In an ocular way how n thing should be done John never forgets. He is very impressionable. Mrs. Stewart showed him how to make bis cuits. When she rolled tlio dough she took u cutter und began to cut out the biscuits. When the whole roll was done there was u little triangular piece left , and of this she made a half moon , which is cus tomary. I didn't know anything about it at the time , but at the end of three or four months I discovered that every day when our biscuits were served there was a half moon among tbo lot. At the end of a year I made inquiry about the matter of Mrs. Stew art , and she went into the kitchen und wntchod the Chlnomim each lltno'ho out hi * biscuits , nml slio discovered that ho nltirtiys nmdo n half moon , and' would spoil four or live biscuits to do so. Ho thqiigiit'lt was ai necessary as the salt or'tho sliorteninij. " GUI ON UAIli. Gorton , the Alleged Train Kobber , "Wnlvcs Ijxniiilnntlon. KANSAS CITV , Fob. 2ft. [ Special Telegram to Tun Unn. ] H. L. Gorton alia * "Jock Gorton , " the alleged train and stafra robber , was taken before UnltoJ States Commissioner Wyno this morning for a pre liminary examination on the charge of robbing of n stage coach In Sonoma county , California. The commissioner's ' ofllco was crowded with postofllco Inspectors , United States detectives nnd sheriffs from Califor nia , Kansas nnd Missouri , who had all had a hand in tracing him. When the case was called , Gorton's father , a venerable lootdiiR old limn with a snow white board , nnd ether relatives and his attorney wcro present. The witnesses and spectators were dumbfounded when Gorton's lawyer after a consultation with his client waived examination. The commissioner llxod his bond at $1,000 , and ns soon as possible Gorton will bo taken to California by the United States marshal , to nnswer the charifo before the district court having Jurisdiction over Sonoma county. Gorton assorts his Innocence , and nlso dcnloi the charge that ho and his brother robbed the Central Pacific train at Clipper Gap. Surprised thu I'olltlclnn , DTorcia , Kan. , Feb. 20. ( Special Tele gram to THU Unn.J Governor Humphrey surprised the politicians to-day by making i\ clean sweep In the management of the state penitentiary and the state reformatory. Ho appointed ex-Senator George H. Case , of Manknto , as warden , to succeed G. M. Smith , and \V. H.McHridc , Win. Martindalo and I ) . H. Cornell , directors. J. V. Admire , J. P. McDowell and T. A. MoNeal were appointed directors of the state reformatory. To Solve tlio Unco I'roltlom. UAI.TIMOIIK , Fob. 20. A member of promi nent colored men from Maryland , Virginia nnd the District of Columbia mot In this city to-day und issued a cell for a conference of colored republicans , to bo held at Washington on March 15. They hope to have representa tives from every southern state , and say that the object of the conference is to urge upon the coming administration the necessity for the adoption of a conservative policy In the treatment of the race problem. Preparing For Drninntlo Honors. KANSAS Citr , Fob. ) . ISpecml Telegram to Tin : L5EU.1 Mr. Andy J. Snider received n dispatch this afternoon from his sou Chester , who married Governor Oglesby'a daughter recently , to the effect that the diamonds which had been stolen Irom Uio bride at San Diego. Cnl. , last week hud been recovered. The thief was a hotel clerk , in whoso charge the diamonds had been placed , und ho was captured. The stolen diamonds were valued at $ : JOUOO , , An Unfaithful Pair. WATEIITOWN , Dak. , Fob. 2 ( ! . [ Special Tele gram to Tun Ben. ] II. W. Scott , an ex- marshal and ox-street commissioner and a married man , before Pierce to-day was hold to bail in the sum of $ lK ( ) to answer to the charge of adultery , the alleged offense hav ing been committed with n married woman by the name of Knowlton. The Bell Telephone Cases. BOSTON , Feb. 20. In the United States circuit court to-day Alexander Graham Quit filed a plea and answer to tlio suit brought against him and the American Bell Telephone - phone company by the United States to annul a patent allcgcO to have bocn procured by him by fraud. The plou Is a denial of fraud , and the argument used against further trial is that the matter has already been through tlio courts and decided. 1110 Death Uecord. riici.n , III. , Fob. ! W. Konrosetitixtivo John J. Tcofy died at his home in Brown county at 10:01) : this morning. WASHINGTON , Fob. Ul ! . John S. I.eo , of Pcorla , 111. , a prominent democrat nnd cx- inoiubur of the legislature , died suddenly iu this city to-day. IVPH nnd Stnyiipr Arraigned. NEW YoiiK , Fob. 20. Ives and Stngnor , in the court of general sessions to-day , pleaded not guilty to the charge of grand larceny , with the option of withdrawing the plea within a week. Woodruff did not plead with Ives and Stayncr. Affair * at Panama. PANAMA , ( via Galveston ) Feb. 20. Thou sands of laborers have lull thu isthmus dur ing the past week und work on tlio canal is ihnost stopped. No disorders have occurred ind business is tit a standstill. C3cnor.il HIIIU'H Successor. WASHINGTON , Feb. 26. The president to- lay appointed Brigadier General Orlando It. Wilcox ( retired ) governor of the soldiers' loino ut Washington , vice General Hunt , dc- leased. Eczema or S ; I 63nly ) Ijnil wllli l < c/.Miia. Hair Scalp covered with I'liysiclnns lull , Unreel ! > y elm On- ticnra ItotncdlcH. llnlr rrstoreel. Not n plniplo on lit MI now. J cannot say unoutdi in pralso of ihe Cim- CUIIA KRMHDIKH. My boy. when ono your or age , was fco bad with eczema Unit ho lo.nt all of his hair. Ills scalp was covered with eriip tlourf. which thu doctor sulcl was hcald head , and that lilx hair won Id novcr grow again. Dchpalr- Ingof a euro from iiujrolclnus , I Ijofjnn tli un of the ( 'uncir'U KEMIMWJS , and , I um happy to say , with the most perfect success. Ilblnili'ls now pplemllO , nnd there Is not a plmplo on him. 1 recommimd the Curiumix HKHKIMUS to mothers as the most spfedy , economical , und Biini euro for all skin dlseauvs of infants uml chlldron , and fool that every meitlwr who IUIN an allllctcd child will thanK mu for eo doing. Mns , .M. i : , WOOU&t'M , KOI way , Me. T-.VO 1,1 Hie Hey * < jurud. I am truly thankful thoio IH mull a nicillclno US till ) O'L'TM/'IJIC V IIKIIKIIIKS. I llaVll tWO llttltl buyt * whe > Ituvu been allllcted with uc'/.i-nitt and wall head , wlile-h dually titled In thi-lr oj i-s. I tried several need doctors it ml plrrity ot medi cines , without teller , 1 .proe'inod n liotllo of your ( 'I/TIUKIIA UISOI : < VKNT aim a bo of 1'i'Ti- UIIMA unit commenced using thvni , and um happy to MI ) ' tlmt bufuro tin ) lir.-it bolt lewis used their eyes worn nearly well , and v.lion the Boroml bottle was halt used they \\uto en- tlroly cured. Mus. HIJBA.N M. noilHQN. Milfunl , Mo. Itaxuuiu 01 loaiM Ciiroil. I am a farmer , Hlxty-om year * , of aijc , and liavu snireted from babyhood with ivlntt 1 h'iiird commonly called "lionoycomb e-c/pnia" on my liiindj , A few months ago I purchased from > ny driigBNti , MVHJH. Sunders As l.uii-snc , jour CUTiceriiA lti : imnis : , and nai-il them ucconllm ; to dlioctlons. A euro was spjoillly mid Oior- oniilily I'ffectod , and I inaku this nt.iteniinit taut luC'.visu lUlooteil limy bo bcnulltud , JOHIII'll J.U'KSUN. { ( siWtOttil , Tex , tUM ) > : r.s Cuticura n , the great f kin cure , instantly allays the moot agonizing Itdilng , bui-nlnu. and In- J Humiliation , cleiirilio kln mid KMI ! > or cnixtn ' und hcales , uu'l ' roatm-ta thu hair. ( 'i'Tici n i Sotr.tliuKrcutetit "t skin boutitlilor * , UlmlN- peniublc Iu trfiitlnu * kl' ' " iw * l * kaby humors. It uroiluiu-s the whitest , i-loui't-st nktn and Hottest hnnd * . fint ) from I'lmple , spot or blumUh , UirncuitA ItLSOi.vii.M1 , tlio MB w blood purliler , rli-unios ( lie blood cf lmi"irlll < 't and poisonous elumeiiU. nnd thui rvniorr-i thu llonco i lid uimue'iiA UKMKIIU - > uro I'MisTblark-liulH , chapped , rouli.ioil : anU oilyalclii rnvvKule'l ' by UutiCL'iu tfOAU. Kc/.uma In UP wornr stages. A raw ROI-O from hcnel to feet , lluir uono. Onctort nun he.spitnU fall. 1'rinel nvcith ng. Cm-oil hyilie Ciitloura ItdiiiMlicH Tor $ ( > . I am cured or a luntlmunio disease , ov.ema , In IthWniMt blajju. I tried illfluriuii ilo'tora nnd been tbrongh the hoipltul , lint nil to no pin pose , Tlui dlbc.'iHe rovcrcd : nyvliolo body fiomtho lop n ( my bond lo 11m t-ok'Hof my feet , My half all riimuont , luavlnu me u coniiilctu raw HOI-J , Aficr lrylncveryililiij ; ( , I liuurd of your Curi- ( 'i'MA HKMIIHIN : , nnd utter iiolng thrco buttles ot JtrHiii.vKNr , with c'rriruiM ami ii1 , 1 Uml myiiulf CIII-IM ! ut the co-.t ufuliiilitll , I would not be without tlui t'UTi- emu IIHMKium In my lionsc , 111 I Und Ih.'in iirtiifnl In iminy ras ' < , and I think they uro tbo only .skin nnd blood meillclne- . ISAAO II. ( iliUMAN , Wiirt < boio , N. Y. Two yours ago I Wisattiii'lad\\lllicr/.tfinn. I riinnot toll you nliat I Milli.-rcd. f daiu not fchavc ; I had ulway.s Mm\e < l bol'mv. 1 was tan incut foiloin lectnrle you over HIIW , ( bailee Kennedy , orthlx place , hliowed iiu-yonr-iaini'li- ' let on Hkln diseases , and uiiunu : tkuiu I found Iliiiilifici-liillon Biill.ilile to my c.l-o. I bought. IhuCurii.TiiA KK.MIIIIIJ : : , and tookllUMiiai-i'tird- Inxtci directions , and FOOII found myself Im proving , J took suvon bottlin , with the Ciri- : ci.'iu nnd BUM * , and the rcniilt I * a perimincnt ciirp. 1 thought I would \vnil and t.cci if It v on Id ronii' buck , but It lin < proved all ynu/alil it would do. I fool IKi'tliankluir you , but nonU canrot do II ; so 1 will * ay , 0 id Ulcsn you and yours. . TllOrt. I. . fllUV. l.e.ivcilinvii , Morgan Co. , Ohio , Null UliciiiM < l Yen 4/uruiI. I have Millercd greatly ullli err.emu or alt rliQiini for four years , with MUM ullovoriuy body , I iiroriirud thrtiu bottle * I'LTIOUIIA Iti- : HOf.VKNT , ono box of e'lmciriM , mil a calai.ot Curici'iiA ' Pott1 , ami they have liualo I myuiroi unlltely. 1 think it the licut modleinu I lutu overused , and I fuel very thankful to yon for Ihucood U luiHdiinenie , MUM.u.r.x. . McnniHUi. , Klrtlun I , G'arorm : | Cu , N. II. Remedies evtry i > ccle.s of tortnriiit ; , humiliating , Itching , burnlii1' . rtraly , nnit plni | > ly ilUeabes of OIK n'iln ' , H'-tilp , and blr.o'lkli ' , lim of hair , and all liumors , lilotiho-i , unuitlons , .so run. hc.ih" , uud crust"holher slmplo , scrofulous or cont.v I'loii'i , when phy-lcluun uml all ether ivmodiua tall. tall.Hold cverywhore , I'rlce , Cirncuiu , Vie : Ho\i' , i'jc ; ltHHVH.\r. | : fl. I'lon.-ired by tha I'orren Dlll'd AM ) ClIf.MlUH , Cltlll'dlUTKIN , llOKtOll , l fur "I low to Cure .Mklu | ) lsimsn , "OI , VMIUiiiiratloiid , and lou tosumrnluhi , , D ABVICl Hkln And Hctilp pfesoivU ami Oliul u tied UyC'iillciiraMoaiAI'Sulutiil | ; ' | iui