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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.
