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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY. MARCH 29 , 18S9. THE DAILY BEE , yU MUSHED BVKftY MOHNINO. THUMB OP BtniscrupnoN. DMlr ( MorntnR Edition ) Including SUNDAY HKR. One Year. . . , . 0 < " For Six Month * . 6 CO I'or Three Months. . . , . 2 TO TUB OMAHA SUNDAY Her mailed to any address. One Year . . . 200 TVfKKLr BEE , Ono Year . 200 OMAHA Ornat , NOS.OH and n FAHKAM SmsCT. CincAtio OrriCR , M7 KooKKitr IIUILDINO. Niir : ToiiKOmcE. IloeiMsl * AND iSTutnuNR HUII.MNtl. WASHINGTON OStlOK , NO. 613 connnsroNDKNOB. . All commnnlcntlons tetatlnR to news and cm- iorlnl matter shoula bo addressed to the Eoixon All Inislno-H letters and remittance ! should be Addressed to THE HER runMRHirtu OOMPANT , OMAHA. Drafts , checks and potolllc oraers to bo made payable to the order ot the company. 'Ac ' Bco PoHislilngCiiiany , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATEU , Editor. XilE DAILY BEG. Sworn Statement ol'Circulation. Btato of Nebraska , I- . County of Douglas , fBS * OeorjcoH. Tzschnck , secretary of the Hoc Pub lishing comnany , doei solemnly swear that the Bctualclrculatlon of TUP. DAILV HKR for the week ending March S3.1B89. was as follows : Bundav. MurchlT. . Monday. March 18 , . Tuesday. March 19 . - . Wednesday. March 2U , .I&MI ThursdaT. March 21 1H.KM Friday. March 18.81:1 : Saturday , MarchSS .18.81 ; AvcniRO IS.OOfl GKoitnn n. TZSCHUOK. Bn orn to before mo nnd subscribed to lu my presence this SJd ( lay of March. A , I ) . 1889. BcaU M. P. FE1U Notary Public Btato of Nobraskn. I B _ County of DpuRlM. f ' OfrorRo I ) . Tzscliuck , bnlnB duly sworn , da- poses and says that ho U secretary ol the Ilee Publishing company , that the actual nvornao daily clrculatlo of THE DAU.Y UKR for the mouth of Marcli. INtS , 19e80 ! copies ; for April 1888 , 18,744 copies ; for May , 1BS8 , 18.1 $ copies ; for Juno , 18H3 , HV-M,1 ! copies ; foi July. 18 8. IH.O.T3 copies ; for August , 1833 , 18.1M copies ; for Boptonibor , 188S , J8lfl coolesi for October. 1888 , M.CW1 copies : for Novonv her. _ _ 1888,1H.OFO . . . _ . . copies . . _ _ . ; for Docombcr _ . , 188,3 , , . 18.iM . ! . i * T- tuon lu r j .t in for Fob copies ; for January , IW9,18,571 copies ; rnary. 1889. 18.UVO copies. fiKoiton n. TXSCHUCIC. Bw orn to botoro mo and subscribed In mj presence tills sd day of Marrli , A. I ) . im N. P. r'ElL Notarr 1'ubllo. THE legislature adjourns at noon to tlay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . EOAK and Slaughter tire aloao in tholi glory. THE Australian ballot bill has jomoe' the great majority. DonscTT appears to have entered tin wrong Kitchen with his subway system THE legislature generously offers i consolation purse to the loser of the cabinet prize. Thurston county has boot created. OUH virtuous councilmen have by thii ' , time learned that it is as dangerous t < fool with electric stock as it is with at electric battery. AT LAST accounts Captain Leo had not realized a dividend from the com' raittoo on claims. As a jobber th < captain is a monumental failure. THE score or more of normal schoo bills have gene glimmering. It was too much to ask the legislature to sanc tion a wholesale order for normal schools. THEHE is a significant dlscropanc ; between Dorsott's public assertion tha 'Omaha subway stock would bo sold fo : cash only , and his tender of blocks of 11 to councilmon. WHEN Shillinglaw and Doraot't rul up against each other in the propose * investigation enough electricity will bi generated to supply Dr. Mercer's mete line for a month. Tl'E sonata combination wisely do oidod not to resurrect Stout's claim The corpse was in an advanced state o decomposition and could only be Kan died with afork. DEATH moves among the Jobbers will relentless hoofs of iron. The stat printer bill failed to make an improssioi on the legislature , and wont to its doon with a wild shriek. IF THE motor is given the right o way on Sherman avenue.rival com panics are entitled to the same prlv ilogo. There should bo no discrimina tlon. Malco the ruin complete. THE discovery of irregularities in thi affairs of Director Chaao of the Indiar school at Genoa by the govornmon agent simply whets the appetites of i score or more applicants for the posl tlon. THE eminent statesman from No maha , who retired from politics some years ago , is playing a farewell engage tnontfor the season. It is consoling ti his heirs and assigns that the1 surround' ing clouds have a sot of silver lining. WHILE the street railway companlo are warring in the courts and on th < highways for possession of Shormai avenue , the residents of South Slxloontl pooplooffor a smooth and undlsturboi eurfaco to the grasping factions. Her IB a rich field open to all. Tills proposal of tlio Omaha Here railway company to rotlro from Shew man avenue and preserve it na a drive way for the people , if other oompauioi will do likewise , is too ( ronorous to re cclvo the approval ot the motor people The boomers of that concern cure u llttlo for the public good thnt they nr , willing to sucrlflco the olty for the del larn in sight and drive pleasure gookor ' to the highways of Council Bluffs. The power behind the motor raid lies in thi bridge tolls. Tine letter of D. H. Doraott , explain ; ing his system of conduits to the groun floor of the city councilboars n striking rojmblaiico ( ? to the Gushing lltonxrj manual. It is saturated with a loft ; contempt for sordid souls , and lumen } tbo ayarlco which interferes with hi efforts in behalf ot the public. It wai designed and digested for publication ' and bears the stamp of outraged ban esty which ia so becoming to mon drive to a corner. It is certain that Mr. Dor Bolt did not come to Omaha for hi boulth. His anxiety to Improve tae condition of his curse and grease th system of certain councilmen so warpoi ' bis judgment that he neglected to bur that lot tor. OAKLING FOn DIVIDENDS. Some of the eastern stockholders ot ho Union Pacific rnllroad company are naklng nn urgent demand for ilivl- lends , and the Boston Adccrttttr Is vig orously championing thole claims. That journal insists that there is no food reason why the company , which ins paid nothing to the stockholders or nearly flvo years , should any longer vithhold a divlOond , since the road has ) oen for several years and is still earn- ng sufllclcnt to enable the company to my a dividend. Referring especially o the stockholders who have not made nonoy by speculating In their shares of .ho road , but have hold their stock un disturbed over since the suspension of Uvldonds , the Advertiser says : "They inyo boon loyal to the company , and mvo shown their confidence In the con- sorvntlvo management of Mr. Adams In many ways , but in none more strongly thnn by continuing to retain their stock. They have had confidence that the road , through Its careful and judic ious management , could bo made n payIng - Ing property in time , and although the process has boon a slower ono than had boon anticipated , yet after years ol waiting It 1ms become so. " In view of this It is submitted that these stockholders have more claim to the payment of r dividend thnn posterity can have , and It is suggested that a much longer delay - lay will constrain or force many tt throw over their linprofltnblo holdings of the stock , "and thus lose the natural fruits of years of waiting , for the bonolll of others who came In nt the olovontli hour. " The Advertiser docs not believe It to bo the design or doslro ot the man agement of the road to freeze out bid stockholders , but It says .this must be the effect If dividends are much longoi delayed. As to the ability of the road to pay t dividend the Advertiser assorts that the Union Pacific system earned In 1885 iuie5 1880 a surplus above all liabilities oiiua1 to four per cent or over on the com' pany's stock , in 1887 more than five poi cent , and last year a surplus cqua to inoro than four per cent on the company's stock , besides adding in those years about two million dollars ti the sinking funds and not including tlu net income of the land department aggregating for these years in th < neighborhood of ten million dollars It is further stated that in the throe and one-half years , from Juno SO , 1884 to December 81,1887 , the company's 1101 indebtedness had decreased over oighi million dollars and , its mileage had in' creased throe hundred and fifty one miles , besides an in crease in the assets of it land.departments. To this result thi profits of last year are to bo added. Thi position taken by the Advertiser ha been heartily approved in cotnmunlca tions from Union Pacific stockholders ono of whom says that many of then cannot hold their stock any longer. The results of this Internal prossun upon the Union Pacific management which seomsllkoly to bo maintained wltl increasing earnestness and vigor wil bo watched with a good deal of interest While the company was endeavoring t induce congress to extend the Urn for the payment of its obligations to thi government , and there scorned to bo i promise of success , it was not a vor ; difficult matter to satisfy the stockhold crs of the inexpediency of paying dividends donds , but the failure to got the sought for extension , with less probability thai over before of its over being obtained has naturally created an impatient desire sire on the part of the stockholders t realize something on their stock. A ono of them writes : "I ignore the question tion of a settlement with the govern mont. If an adjustment cannot bo inadi before the debt become due the government alone will bo rospon slblo. Let the direction , now manage ago the road without regard t the possible action of congress , and the , will bo backed up as in the past by thoi loyal stockholders. " Meantime , pond , ing the decision of the direction on thii question of a dividend , it might bo wol for the long-confiding and "loyal1 stockholders to investigate the polio ; and methods under which the road is a present being operated. The resul might throw a good deal of light 01 their chance of getting dividends. I may bo that the special senate committee too on Pacific railroad , which is soon t look into the affairs of the Union Pacific may bo able to learn something of Interest torost to the stockholders of that cot poratlon. TILE LESS SAID THE DETTEIt. Mr. Hitchcock insists that Mr. Rose water stands alone in opposition to th Linton postofilco report and charge that this position ie taken to occasio delay in the building. Upon this as sumption ho bases an appeal to the business inoss community of Omaha to taboo o boycott TIIE BEE in a business sons and to withdraw their support from paper which advocates , as ho. says , dc lay in the construction of the postofllcc Mr. Hitchcock kriowe that should th secretary of the treasury decide upo Eighteenth and Farnum streets th entire block would bo doedo to the government Instantor. U further knows that if the Lin to report should bo adopted finally , coo domimtion proceedings would the : ensue , which would entail far roor delay in getting at the construction c the building than cnn possibly b brought about by a fair and reasoutibi consideration of the claims of th Eighteenth and Fiirmun alto. In maldn this very tame subterfuge promlnon Mr. Hitchcock doubtless forgets that h bent his energies during the city hal controversy and lent aid and comfort t the council combine and Jcfforso square conspirators to delay and dc feat entirely if possible th building of the olty hall on Fui nam street. But ho cannot no ; slbly have forgotten the stunnin rebuke which the rotors of this city a3 ministered to him and to the gang wit ! which ho trained , and the emphatic re pudiatlon which the business cone muulty of Chls olty expressed toward that gang of obstructionists. Ho knou that sevonty-flvo per cent of the busl ness men of Omaha , representing fort , or fifty million dollars , put their shoul ders to the wheel and worked active ! to down the Jefferson square outfit vhioh Is now engaged in n conspiracy it Washington to bring about the ealo of Cleveland's lots at a handsome profit nnil locate the postofflco OB near Joffor- fcon square na they can. The loss Mr. Hitchcock says about delay in the mat er of public buildings the boater it will 1)0 for him , TIIK SEAL MONOPOLY. The proclamation of the president for- jlddtng the catching of sonla in Bohrlng sea except by persons author ized by the United States government , lias renewed attention to the monopoly of the seal fisheries In Alaskan waters enjoyed by the Alaska Commercial company. The action of the president in giving the protection ot Iho govern ment to this monopoly cannot fairly subject him to any criticism , since ho lias simply done what was required by an act of congress passed and approved near the close of the last ndmltv istratlon. Whatever views the president may entertain In the matter the law gave him no dis cretion , but Imperatively required him to warn all persons to keep aloof from the Bohrlng sea seal fisheries wnc have not the authority of the United States to go there. And the govern ment Is under contract giving to the Alaska Commercial company the ox > elusive privilege of catching fur seals In the waters surrounding Alaska , this agreement , entered Into several years ngo , having another year to run. The importance of this action is the international considerations Involved. It renews the claim of the United States to exclusive dominion over the watore of Bohring sea , which has been held tc be In direct conlllot with the preten sions of the government in the contro versy regarding the fisheries of Canada , and which has not boon conceded by other governments. The opinion Inrgolj prevails in this country , also , that the claim cannot bo maintained. More over , it is a matter of record that thi United States more than seventy years ngo resented a llko claim on the part ol Russia , insisting upon the right o American seamen to navigate those seas. In view of those consideration ! it is very questionable whether the proclamation of the president will be respected by the people of other coun tries who may doslro to hunt fur seals in the forbidden waters , and there have already been intimations front the Canadian press that the fishermoi of the Dominion will not bo deterred hi the proclamation from entering Bohr ing sea. In the event of their goiii { into these waters the United States wil bo compelled to seize the offending ves sels , as was done in several instance ! two years ago , and the effect of thi might bo to produce a serious iutorna tional controversy. The proclamatioi operates equally against American sea men , and such as have made prcpara tlons to cruise in Bohring sea in soarol of fur seals will suffer a very consldcra bio pecuniary loss. Regulations that will give such protec tlon to the seal fisheries as will proven their destruction are doubtless to bo desired sired , but in order to do this it was no necessary for the government to sur render these fisheries into the hands o a monopoly , which , like all monopolies has abused its privileges. There is t very good reason to believe that the contract will not bo renewed , but mean time the reopening of the Alaska sea fisheries this summer is likely to b productive of some interesting inci dents in that quarter. OMAHA has a kindred fooling for thi packing interests of Iowa in opposini the efforts of Chicago to . ovorthro" existing freight rates on llvo stock am packing house products between Mis sourl river points and that city. strong case has been made out by thi Iowa packers before the Intor-Stati Commerce commission in defense of thi present traffic arrangements. That thi movement on the part of Chicago t interfere with this condition is ontirolj selfish is evident from tlio fact that tin Iowa railroads have assumed a noutra position in the appeal to the Intor-Stat commission and that no other packinj center has joined with Chicago in he protest * It would bo highly judlciou and would carry great weight if thi various packing establishments on thi Missouri river would supplement tin testimony of Iowa packers. Such combined binod action would strengthen the posl tlon of western pork packers before the commission. It would Indicate that thi packing Interests west of Chicago front St. Paul to St. Louis are satisfied witl present rates , and that a readjustmon in favor of Chicago would not only seri ously imperil their business but wouli do them gross Injustice , For that ron son Omaha as wall as the packing industries dustrios of other cities should' formally enter their protest with the inter-state commission agaipst the extravagant demands mands ot Chicago. THE Beatrice Donocraf makes the fol lowing ill-advised observation : "Tin OMAHA BEE , having refused the farm ors' alliance the use of its columns , Mi Burrows prints a column in the Lincoli CaK. The communication of Mr. Bur rows is wall tampered for bun. and hi statements are clear- , and , as ha says must bo accepted , until refuted by some thing hotter than a general denial. I is well known that the Democrat ha never boon an admirer of Mr. Burrows but ho is well informed , and his utute monts Boom very reasonable and plans iblo. " THE BEE has never refused thi farmers' alliance the use of Its columns nnd when Mr. Burrows purposely give circulation to such statements ho dee this paper a great injustice. Mu. OTTO LoiiECK is quoted as bclnj "in favor of boycotting THE BEE unti Rosewater learns to behave himself , and as saying : "Every business mai iu Ornalia should see that this mat Rose water is n kicker against every thing which does not coin money fo him. Talk about Rosewater boln ; public spirited ! " Now , who is thi man Lobock and what has ho done foi Omaha ? lie sits at his desk in in office , which ho rents , for the allege * purpose of buying und selling rea estate on commission. He ha not spent ono dollar in ( hi upbuilding of this city. Ho .employ no mon nnd docp not bring n dollar Into the city. Mr. Rosewater has invested every dollar he has In brick nnd mortar In Omaha , Ho has Invested halt n million dollars cm upper Fanmm street nnd has Invqs 'cd a good many thous ands inoro ou lower Fnrnnm street. He gives steady .employment to ono hun dred and fifty mon or more , and he brings Into thb city n quarter ot a million dollars a year. Mr. L obcck depends - ponds solely fprhls livelihood on the enterprise - torpriso nncHnvostmonts ot such mon a ; Mr. Rosowatofi They make it possible for real ostnto men to sell property and they are the mon who bring about tin gradual advance in the prices of realty , Mr. Lobcck has been misquoted or car bo sot down as a crank. THE resolutions adopted by the house providing "that all purchases and con tracts for supplies for the departments , and all the public Institutions of the state , " bo made in accordance witl law , should receive I lie approval of the senate. The law makes it the duty ol the proper o dicers to make contract ! with and purchase supplies from the lowest bidders , but It has been ovndod ami the business farmed out to favor ites. Supplies are bought hap hazard , just as it may bo convenient voniont , nnd exorbitant prices paid , The house rightly insisted thai supplies should bo bought nt wholesale and from the lowest responsible bidder. A further ohock was placed on extrava gance by providing that the "superin tendents of the various state institutions shall file In the office of the secretary estate state on the last day of each month an itemized statement In detail of all sup plies purchased for the maintenance ol their respective institutions , duly veri fied bv the oath of the superintendent. ' The application of common business methods to slate affairs will effect o great saving to the taxpayers , ant should bo promptly concurred in by the senate. MESSH9. BHVL NYK and J. Whltcoml Rlloy will bo in Omaha on the first o April. There is no mistake about"this unless they are wrecked on the way They come west lu search of ploasun and recreation , and a few dimes to repair pair the wear and tear of travel. Dur ing their present pilgrimage those in imitable pond lilies of American humoi have distributed more real onjoymon and hearty , wholesoulod mirth than any combination of twins afloat. The west cherishes a warm spot for Sweo William. Hb' piloted civilization ovoi the plains and drove the bloody Siouj from the haunts of the white man cheerfully offering up his scalp as i sacrifice to his country. This explains his weakness for the stage In proforonc to the front ; ifbw. His sanguinary career roor brought ; ' honors thick and fast. Hi became postmaster of Laramie and pros idontof "Thor'Forty Liars , " position ho filled with great profit to hiinsol and his relations. Mr. Riloy's ad von in Omaha is particularly timoly. Hi character sketches will lose none o their pathos because the Hoosiers an on top. forty and fifty millions c dollars are represented by the thro hundred odd business mon of Omahi who are strenuously opposing th adoption of Agent Linton's report 01 the postofflco site. Does Mr. Hitchcocl contend for a moment that those moi do not possess business sagacity onougl to prevent their taking any actioi which would cripple the city ? Does h think they are the kind of men wh would sanction any movement to dola ; the construction of the postofflco These men who are demanding thoii rights are the loading spirits in thi business of this city , and they have ; right to be hoard in the postofilco loca tion. Some of those mon roprosen manufactories in this city employing it the aggregate over two thousand men and they certainly cannot , with an ; reason , bo charged with not having tin material interests of this city at heart Does Mr ; Hitchcock want to bo under stood as impugning the motives o those mon when they take a dccidoe stand against the Linton report ? THE recently confirmed governor o Wyoming , Francis E. Warren , is by m means a now hand at the bellows. H was appointed governor of that torn tory by President Arthur , but fol under the displeasure of Land Commls sionor Sparks when the democrats caim Into power. Governor Warren goo back to his old place endorsed by thi leading mon of the territory and hi selection is generally satisfactory. Ai any rate ho succeeds Governor Moon light , who raado himself ridiculous nni unpopular by his exaggerated nnd un trustworthy reports of the populatioi and rcbources ot Wyoming. HOUSE roll 121 , known as Berlin' garnlshoo bill , has passed both house and will doubtless bo approved by th governor. It is a measure of proiootioi to workingmo\tfrom ( \ Iowa sharks. It i an act of justice to the families of em ployos of inter-slate railroads , whohavi boon fleeced byrjustlco mills , or forcoi Into expensive litigation to protoc themselves. ItYsouoof the best law enacted by thojjogislaturo. THE bill granting consent to the Unitoel States tq.buy or condemn lane la Douglas , Savpy or Washington coun ties for a military reservation Is partlc ularly importaj\Jo ( Omaha and shoule not bo lost in the rush and contusion o adjournment , fyy passage would ouabli the gflvprumo i tto acquire additionn land around tha present fort aod defua the hungry sncejulatora who are schera ing for its removal. THE efforts ot Congressman Connol to secure from the postoflico authorltle at Washington bettor postal sorvlco fo Omaha should bo heartily'encouraged The rapid growth of Omaha and it wide area demand immediate improvement mont in the facilities for handling mai which are now badly cramped , T\ro weeks ago Mayor Broatch madi the statement In a street car to a lady ii the presence ot a gentleman , that hi personally regarded the Eighteenth am Furnam site us the best for the post ollleo , but had given his name in sup port of Sixteenth nnd Harnoy streets. Now his nnmo Is being used by the Doelgo street people endorsing the Pluntors' house silo for the postoflluo. THE Ben prints olswhoro n communi cation from Mr. H. M. White on the Alliance memorial , farm mortgages and dividends on telephone stock. For the benefit of certain parties it may bo nec essary to say that this paper cannot endorse - dorso the statement that the farmers ot Nebraska are thriftless and careless. On the contrary , wo bollovo they are the mainstay of the commerce of this state. THE robber toll gate over the Platte river , north of Sidney , should bo nbol- hshcd. It has outlived its usefulness , nnd is n barrier to the settlement of the northwest. It operates on the stand- and-dellvcr principle , nnd immigrants are compelled to go miles out of their way to escape being held up. THE spring riser of the Missouri ia moving down from the Dnkotas. There Is not the slightest danger that any damage will bo done to rlvor towns this season. The mountains and valleys of the north are almost entirely clear of snow , and without this source of supply the spring swell will bo n puny affair. THE knuckles of the boodlors and lobbyists at the legislature who got the tips of their fingers into the taxpayers' pocket have boon most severely rapped. They will have no "special business for the winter" except to nurse their old sores and to curse their hard luck. EMISSAIUES of the proposed now transcontinental railway are scouring the state for financial aid. Of course the road is to bo built providing the people of the various counties pay for Its construction and the other follows own it. THE Union Pacific has boon attacked with a violent fit of retrenchment. Ono need not look far for the cause of this policy , when it is remembered that the senatorial investigating committee is momentarily expected. "Will They Never Iicnrn ? JifobflB Register. The south will still bo as solidly demo cratic , wo believe , ia 1892 , us it was lu 1338. Reaper Clnrksoii. Chicago Tribune. There Is a reaper whoso name is ClarUson , and with his sniukorsnoo lio'll amputate the bourbons' heads most oxpoaltlously. Minister Grant's Duty. ' Cincinnati Enquirer. When Colonel Prod Grant gets to Vienna he may possibly bo able to toll us exactly how and why the Archduke Rudolf died. Anything Klsu ? New York H'orM. "No ; I can't give you the office , " said Postmaster General Wanatnakor to a Phlla- elolphian a few days ago. "Anything else to-dayl" _ The Point ia Well Taken. llnston Globe If tliowar department would only deal with the indlansjas vigorously as it pcrsocu- , tcs the poor Oklahoma boomers thcro would bo fewer Indian murders along the frontier. A Robber Robbcil. Chicago Tribune. The great heart of the country will go out In tender sympathy toward the poor Stand ard Oil company , one of whoso trusted agents in Michigan has vanished with sev eral hundred dollars of the company's hard- earned money. The Capricious Public. Clitcaao Times. Fraud is charged against the president and directors of the Pittsuurg waterworks. They recently increased the stock of the company by nearly half a million dollars. Generally the public objects to directors ovenvatering the slock , now it objects to overstocking the water. The public is never satisfied. THB AFTERNOON TEA. Mrs. Cleveland's photographs still sell by the hundreds in Washington. The Sorosls society of Now York has begun - gun n movement to form a confederation of all the women's clubs in the United States. No married women are hereafter to bo ap pointed school teachers in New York city ex cept by unanimous consent of the board of education. The announcement ia made of the engage ment of Justice Gray , of the supreme court , to Miss Jcannctto Matthews , second daugh ter of Justice Matthews. My Billy goat is dead and gene And I will toll you all , In my short tulo why his short tall Has crossed the Jasper wall. Ho used to cat old hoots and shoos , Tin cans and circus signs , And when he found an old hoop-skirt Ho dwelt in hnppy hues , But when ho tried to cat the bills "Miss" Tuompsou pauica uuout , The "Kirls" were all so old and tough They knocked poor Billy out. Licrry Wall Is passionately fond of black co ( lee , Tbo Baroness Blano's favorite pug dog 1 valued at t&00. Mrs. Colonel Uurus Is ono of the most charitable women la Brooklyn society. Mrs. Baltlmzzi EfTcmll , the wlfo of the Turkish consul-general , is ono of the most talented artUU on the amateur sta o. Mrs. Mercy Haymond , of Fifth avenue , Now York , is composing the musio of an American opera which Is said to bs remarka bly tuneful. Hail to the learnedOliiof Justice's daughter ! Hail to the blushing young brldo Pauline I Hall to the gallant young fellow who caught her And made her his own a la Grotna Green t A writer saysj ' 'When talking to a pretty girl keep the lips apart. " That follow doesn't half understand his business. In order to bo consistent a crazy O'.H bach elor ought to make his own breaf 'l'vo ' something to tell you , " ho uui/uiu.ir said , And his face turned a lobstcr-hke hues ; "I'm euro you ne'er guessed" ( hero his color all fled. ) "What I'm going to mention to you. " "Wo'vo long known each other , " ( bis listen er's look Encouragement gave to proceed ) , "And I Uust that trua friendship will aid you to brook E'cu impertinence , should there bo need. " "Bellevo mo , " said she , with a lovo-waftlng ' smile , "Whato'er you may say , I'll not frown. " Ho gasped in confusion ha stood for a while "Your back hair is all couilat ; down I1' ' PKBSONAti rtiNl > POMTlOATi. It Is reported that Buffalo Bill will "loaves the country. " Thanks. The St. Pnul Globe assorts Hint "Omaha clubs Irrigate as usual on Sunday. " Eelgar Puwcott is out with "A Snob's Autobiography. " It Is quite personal , you know. April 4 will bo a fast-day In Mnnsnchusctts. Hero in Nebraska wo have 813 fast dnys , Sundays excluded. The prospect of n huge benn crop con vincoi the average Uostonlan that ho has the worla by the whiskers. Senator Vanexs linn only ono cyo now , but his friends say that ho BOOS the funny aide of things ns well ns ever. Pemntors will please refrain from lutlmat- Inc thnt Patsy Egan feels Ohlll. The work of drawing his salary will keep him warm. That Illinois congressman who flasheel on the diplomatic horlron fgr a day , appears to have been Hitt below the bolt by the son of Abo. Abo.Tho The Tennessee legislature has passed n bill making woman eligible for the position of county superintendent of education. "Tho do world move. " ' The two young tads of Dos Molncs who pulled a playmate out of n forty loot well , possess the sluff of which heroes are mado. Their nerve and self control in nu emergency would do credit to adults. The disputed leadership of the centennial ball in Now York threatens to disrupt the gilded harmony of McAllister's ' "four hund red. " The amount of powder lying arounel loose foreshadows a bust or two. Pioneer Press : "Should Editor Nye , of the newly galvanized Omaha Republican , con tinue In the Pagasoan courao which ho has , apparently , mapped out for himself , ho bids fair to rise to fully as dizzy height In poetry as has Brother Elliott F. Shepard In theol ogy. As editorial specialists they are twin freaks. " Mr. Washburn , the newly appointed min ister to Switzerland , will give the people of that country n good Impression as to Ameri can physique. Ho Is six feet two inches In height , has n well proportioned body and a line head nnd shoulders. Ho is slightly bald , with gray sldowhiskora and features of n ro- flnod Ho man cast. While Andrew Carnagto was addressing an nudicuco in Philadelphia on Monday night , 8,000 workmen in his great Btool mills at Braddoek were inspecting a splendid public library presented to them by their employer nnd thrown open for the first timo. The building , complete , cost f 125,000 and Its shelves anel cases contain 3,200 books. When Mr. Bayard became secretary of state ho found Just above his desk the portraits traits of Abraham Lincoln , Daniel Webster and U. S. Grant. The combination did not plcaso hlui auet ho banished Webster to an an anteroom and hung a picture of Mr. Cleveland ia the vacant place. When Mr. Blainc caino to the desk two weeks ngo ho looked at ths picture of Mr. Cleveland with displeasure. Calling ono of his assistants ho whispered to him earnestly for a few mo ments. The following day the face of Cleveland - land had disappeared and Webster's strong couutonanco again held the place of honor. STATE AND TERRITORY. NobrixRlca Jottlnjrs. An I. O. O. F. Lodge Is to bo organized nt Alliance shortly. Norfolic expects to have a strong base ball team this season with a salaried battery. Tbo Sheridan county agricultural society Is raising funds to send a county exhibit to the state fair. Grand Island capitalists have incorporated the Security State bank , which v/lll succeed the First National at Franklin. It only took four days to save sixty sinners at Bcnklcmcn through the efforts ot a reviv alist , The good work still goes on. J. J. Hathaway , of Crete , was the winner of the "Forbes prize" In the contest at Doauo college. There were ten contestants. Banker Wells , of Oakland , has saved enough money to take an extended trip south and west with his family , aud has started on bis journey. Thcro are 102 telephones in operation at Kcarnoy and a new switchboard Is to be placed In the exchange to accommodate COO instruments. M. B. Taylor , a prominent oitlzon of Lcx- ' ington and ono of the largest land owners in Dawson county , died on the " < ith of heart failure. Ho was a Knight Templar aud a thirty-second degree Mason. The flfteon-year-old son of A. J. Day , liv ing near York , was kicked in the head by a horse , the skull being so badly crushed that the brain was laid bare an inch wide and throe inched long. The physician la atten dance hopes to save the boy's lifo. S. W. Johnson , the Burt county man who was sentenced to throe and a half years In the penitentiary nt the fall term of the court , for attempted rape on his slxtoon-yoar-old daughter , has been admitted to ball by the supreme court pending a now hearing , and his bond fixed , at $3,000. Iowa. JofTorsou county has a neat supply of MO.OOO in the treasury. The Crcston railway telegraphers will give a grand ball April 3. Fernando C. Richardson , of Allen's ' Grove , brothers of the proprietors of the Davou- port DcmocrnUGarotto , eilod of pnoumonl ) a ftor n wrok's Illness , A.voung men's republican club has bo 01 organized nt DUbuque with 300 members. The first foreigner naturalized In IOWA , Alexander Lovl , ro < ulos at Uubuquo , aud It now oltjlity years old. A. C. Seals , convicted of burglary In Adams county , has been sentenced to olgh * teen months at Fort Madison , Judge Klnnlo has a card In the Toledo Ctironlclo announcing his return to thi practice of law In Toma county. The now high school building nt Crcston Will bo opened April 8 , and COO people front outside the city Imvo boon Invited to nttoml , Peter Oorrls and Will Ponder , of Emmet * burg , will languish forty-llvo cloys In th4 county Jail for violating the prohibition law. Iowa has produced n now variety of plum , Icnown as the Hawkeye , said to bo of su perior quality for table aud canning pur poses. Farmer Yocum , of Scott county , has mad ] a trip to the Chicago market with n car load of steers. Ho bought them last fall , fed them six months on hav anet grain , and camt out only fifty cents behind the price paid for , them at the start. Ueyotul the Hooklon. A whale about sixty foot long and her suck ing calf were washed ashore at San Dlogo I during the storm. Claus Sprecltlos offers to erect beet nugai works in California whenever 5,000 ncros-nn devoted to the cultivation of the boot , John D. James , n Sim Diego prlvato dotco tlvc , has boon sentenced to two yo.irs Impris onment for attempting to levy blackmail. Express Agent Crockett , of Auitln , Nov. , has footed up the bullion shipments from nil ofllco since 1883 , and finds that It amounted to 1.707,701 pounds , of the value of $24,041) ) , . In the "Flag cottngo" ease nt Los Angeles , a notorious houno thnt had been closed by tlu lKllco , no ono was allowed to servo on th' jury who was a member of n church or a tcra porauco society. Iho defendants Insisted on being tried by their peers. The number ot children between , four nne ! twenty ono years of ago lu Montana is 20,133 the number of votes cast at the last November bor election was 40,014. In but two countlol ( Gallatin and Madison ) are ttiero as mauj children as there are voters. 1L T.CIjiVHICU'S BONANZA. . Sconrca Options for n Sonj- Only t < Sell for n Fortune. PAFit.f.iox , Nob. , March 23. To the Editex of TIIKUBR : The subject recanting the la cation of Fort Omaha has been ono of great Interest to our people. Wo had n special Interest In its location from the fact tha1 several bids wcro put lu by parlies who ha < lund adjoining this city , at a very low flgurq The bid of John Schaab , who owns a n ( ploco of land on the west of Punlllion , 1 < considered by competent Judges to hayo beef the most desirable location for the fort' , and from the fact that the bid was put In at fTI per aero , ought to hnvo bcou selected , wl feel satisfied , novcrtholcss , with the nctloi of the commission as It now stands , and trust that another opportunity will bo given U present bids for the location , aud in casothal is refused wo hooo that the fort will remain at Its present location. The report as sent in to the secretary oj war recommended the purchusa of nn ad dltionnl 000 acres of laud adjoining the tract as selected. In order to show the gigantic monopoly which Henry T. Clarke had upon the site selected and its surroundings , it will bt necessary to give a few facts from th < records of Sarpy county , Nebraska. A short time after the bids were sent In. Henry T. Clarke and son John T. , wort busy at work securing options of sale on thi land adjoining , and ia the Immediate vlclnltj of tbo fort s I to afterward selected. On Bop. lumber 1,188 $ , and before the decision wai' ' given locating the fort , Henry T. Clarke an son John T. filed in the county clerk's offlc , in Sarpy county , options for the sale of till following named farms ; Henry M. EbyOj acres ; John Stubon 400 acres ; F. M , Phillip 800 acres ; Adam Kas BOO acres ; Henry Zu oner 850 acres , and H. Honnlngson 120 acres ' , the last at (18 per aero. The last conU-.c ! includes thrco horses and sixty. four"oows ] A copy of the above contracts caa bo fount" In deed records T nnd U in Sarpy couaty Nebraska. . - n > The following nro some of the rooordi showing at what rates the options won ? cured : t H. M. Ebv to Joha T. Clarke , s. w if soi 20-14-18 ; s. of n. c. X 34-14-18 nnd t. X t. n. w. X boo. 85-14-13 , Sarpy county , book 'Jl p. 400 , data August 27,1888 , filed Septombo 1,188S ; consideration , ? 1. John Stubon to John T. Clarke , se o. 84 am 35 in township 14 and range 18 , soo. 8-J.3-18 Sarpy county ; book T , p. 403 ; consideration 81 ; date August 7,1888 ; flled September 1 F.'M. Phillips to Henry T. Clarke , seos. Oil and 80-14-13 ; soo. 1 and 8-18-18 ; In oil abou 200 acres ; booK T , p. 403 : consideration , W data August 29,1883 ; illod September 1,18881 AdalrKas to Henry T. Clark. SOO aoroi west of farm and south of land belonging U Zurcbor , in Sarpy county ; book-T , page 4M1 consldoratlon Jl ; date August 20 , 1888 , flloj Soptouibor 1,1888. Henry Zurchor to J. T. Clarke , power t act as agent to sell land in section 34 and 35 14-18 , and sections 2 and 8-13-18 , contalnin 850 acres ; book U , page 189. H. Hannlngson to J. T. Clarke , n. $4 of n , w. } ( of section 7-184 , s. vt. % of n. w. ) ( see tlon 7-18-4 , containing 120 acres , nt $18 pa aero , 04 head of cows. 5 head.Of mules , I head of horses , wagons , harness , tools , ha ; now In use at dairy , Sarpy County ; also loti 1 and 2 , bloclc 111 , lot 0. block 112. Uollovuq $2.850 ; book N , pngo 224 ; date1 January 2Q 188'J , flled February 15 , 1839. For a disordered liver try Uocclmin'B PillJ r\HAPPED \ hands result from two causes. Too much alkali in the \j \ soap , which draws the natural oil from the skin , leaving it harsh , dry , and liable to crack , or the fata , from which the soap Is made , are not properly combined with the alkali , so , from its greasy natur , It Is impossible to rinse off the soap after washing. Prof. Leeds , Ph. D. , Stevens Institution of Technology , says : "The IVORY SOAP , while strongly cleansing , leaves the skin soft and pleasant to the touch , instead of harsh , uncomfortable , and liable to chap. " A WORD OF WARNING. white , each represented to be "Just as good at the' Ivory' , There are many soaps thev ARE NOT , but like all counterfeiti , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of " " and inilit upon getting it. the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap Oopyjlght lesej , \ > 1 Procter & OambU.
