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N. r. FEIU Notary Public.
WHO is swinging the retrenchment
uxo in Union Pacific circles ?
IT is already plain that Omaha has
nn excellent ball club , or Minneapolis a
Inlphty poor ono.
IT is stated that the junketing1 mem
bers ol the board will not bring the
Black Hills back with thorn.
THK road to Oklahoma can not bo
mistaken. In a few weeks it will bo u
trail of blood , Hanked with now made
graves.
TllRiti ! may bo something in the
project of a sugar refinery for Omaha ,
providing the cultivation of sugar beet
is a success in the stnto.
Tins appointment of Robert P. Porter
ter , of the Now York Prcts , as superin
tendent of the census , isabittcrdraught
to many rival aspirants.
SKNATOII PAYXI : announces that ho
is not a candidate for ro-oloction. This
Will rob Ohio republicans of the choer-
tul duty of laying him out.
Now lot the cable road and the horse
car company "go the motor ono bettor'
by extending n caTjlo line to South
Omaha via Twentieth or Twenty-fourth
. Street.
IT UKMA1N8 to bo soon whether the
motor line will repay the generosity ol
the council by promptly giving the people -
plo of tlio South Side adequate street
car facilities.
THK signal service re'ports favorable
weather all through the country for the
growing crops. The prospects never
looked more encouraging for the agri
cultural interests.
Bour.ANOKU hus been politely in
formed that his room is more desirable
than his company in Belgium. Sucl
cruelty will have a depressing effect on
the blooming patriots of Franco.
TilK sudden suspension of work on
tovoral feeders and branch roads of the
Union Pauilic , in Wyoming , would indicate -
dicato that the directors of that road
hayo determined to retrench with a
vongonco.
DAKOTA'S political weather chart in
dicates stormy times. There are signs
in the air that during that period of
state-making , Dakota will ho convulsed
with the thunder nnd lightning of con
tending factions.
Titu board of public works has just
lot the contracts for building sewers at
what is said to ho n roasondhlo prico.
Now lot the board take the precaution
to appoint honest and capable inspect
ors over the work.
feT
T THK city Is determined to push its
claim for the reversion of some twenty-
nine lots hold by the Union Paclllo un
less that road redeems i ts pledges by
building a union depot , No further
aelay is excusable.
SKVKUAL newspaper man of this sec
tion have undortuKon to demolish the
church militant. The contract is a
largo ono. It has , in the course of
rears , attracted a number of enthusiasts
trho have made little out of it.
WITH the motor on Sherman avenue ,
horse cars and cable on Twonioth street ,
and horse and electric cars on Twenty-
fourth etreot , the residents of North
Omuha will soon enjoy rapid transit
nnd abundant facilities for reaching
the Inislnasa center.
SEOKISTAIIY RUSK , of the agricultural
department , is discharging employes.
This is hard on the employes , perhaps ,
but ns the corn planting season is approaching
preaching , It will give them an oppor
tunity to learn something about farm
ing , and then they will stand a chance
pf getting their pluccs back ugulo ,
OMAHA AKD Tim K
The Omaha board of trade 'excursion ,
which starts lo-dnf up the Elkhorn valley -
loy for the Blaclc Hills , vividly recalls
the fact that the development of that
region is largely duoto Omaha enter
prise. The early Bottlers of the Elkhorn -
horn valley , for the most part , went
from Omaha , imbued with the spirit of
enterprise which the growth of this
city had inspired , and confident of the
future growtli of that fertile region by
reason of its proximity to the largest
city between Chicago and San Fran
cisco. Thus , West Point , Wlsnor , Nor
folk nnd Nollgh , all prosperous and pro
gressive towns in that far-famed vnlloy
of the Elkhorn , were peopled by sturdy
pioneers from Omaha long before the
railroad had begun to invade northwest
ern Nebraska.
And when the Black Hills were first
explored by venturesome miners four
teen years ago , Omaha furnished her
full quota of tenderfoot , and did her full
share toward opening that rich region
to the white man.
It is a matter of congratulation that
the first authentic reports about the
mineral discoveries in the Black Illlls
were made through TIIR Bus. It was
at the instance of Tin ? BKK that Cap
tain Jack Crawford , ono of the founders
of Custor City , nnd the first newspaper
correspondent to set foot in the Black
B.ills country , was commissioned as
scout by General Crook and given per
mission to out of what was then a part
of the Sioux reservation.
The Black Hills Invasion of 1875
ivas an extra hazardous von-
uro , but it culminated in the ox-
ulsion of the Indians and the ostablish-
nontof permanent settlements of in
dustrious and enterprising men , who ,
within n very few years , have built on a
nest substantial foundation towns nnd
itics that will ore long rival some of
ho most pretentious cities in the min-
ng regions cast of the great lakes.
While the people of northwestern Ne
braska aud the Black Hills region al-
ivays have been anxious to trade with
Omaha and maintain amicable commer
cial relations with our bankers , mer
chants , and manufacturers , Omaha has
until recently been more or less re
stricted in her trade relations by a lack
of railway facilities and also by
tariffs that have operated in
'avor of Chicago and against
.his . city. Even with this embargo
to embarrass her jobbers , Omaha still
enjoys a very heavy.trade in the north
west , which is destined to grow mater-
ally , as the northwest continues to ex
pand , and the rocources of that region
are developed.
The board of trade excursion can not
'ail to impress the people of the north
west with the fact , that Omaha , with
lior great smelting works , packing
houses , stock yards , manufactories and
ebbing houses , is in position to supply
their wants and exchange commodities
to the reciproccil advantage of buyer
and seller.
MASSACHUSETTS Sl'EAKS TO-DAY.
To-day Massachusetts will vote on the
prohibitory amendment. The cam
paign has been of exceptional earnest
ness and vigor , both bides bringing into
the contest the ablest speakers and the
hardest workers whoso services could
bo had. The ministers have been con
spicuously active , most of them for the
amendment , though a considerable
number , among them men of the high
est talent and influence , have , in the
most earnest fashion , opposed it. Very
generally the lawyers are against
the amendment , and most business men
are opposed toit. . The distinctive in
fluence of the women is in its favor.
The most influential portion of the press
has done battle against the amendment.
Thus the people will render their ver
dict after as full and thorough discussion
of the subject as it could possibly re
ceive.
The result will bo regarded with
great interest throughout the country ,
and its influence can not fail
to bo. important. The indi
cations are that the amend
ment will bo defeated , possibly
by a very large majority. Jt is so short
a time since Massachusetts had prohi
bition and added ono to the many in
stances of its failure that it is hardly
conceivable that a majority of the
people can decide to repeat that ex
perience. Furthermore , there hns
been a great deal of testimony made
against the policy of prohibition , since
Massachusetts had it , which the people
of that state have had presented to
them in a way compelling
its consideration. They have
soon their past experience
repeated in different degrees in every
stnto tluit has adopted prohibition.
Whisky has boon sold in. the prohi
bition states In defiance or "evasion of
the law. There has boon loss open
drinking and more secret , more whisky
drunk , nnd of a viler kind , nnd less
boor. The theory of the law and tbo
practice of the people has boon in con
flict , with the effect of steadily lesson
ing the popular respect for the author
ity and sanctity of the law. Drunken
ness has not boon banished , the cause
of tompornnco has not boon advanced ,
the material prosperity of the commu
nities has not boon improved , but , in
stead , hns declined , and in place of the
healthy , progressive growth of local re
striction , to bo obtained under a proper
system of high license , there is a cen
tralization grand int pretense and
feeble in practice , although culling to
its aid , as it must do , an army of spies
and informers. Having had all this
clearly shown thorn , attested by their
own experience , it seams hardly possi
ble that a majority of the people of
Massachusetts will bo found in favor of
constitutional prohibition.
THE SUPltKME CflUIlT VACANCY.
In Illling the vacancy on the bench of
the supreme court of the United States ,
caused by the death of.Associate Justice
Matthews , President Harrison will bo
called upon to conxidor the claim of the
territory west of the Missouri , to a
larger representation in that tribunal
than it now has. The relative im
portance of this section In all material
conditions entitles It , under a fair distri
bution of members pf the supreme
bench , to moro than ono , as at pres
ent. Sectional consideration may
have , had generally , loss influence in
determining appointments to the supreme -
promo court than in other branches of
the government , but they have not
been ignored , nnd every other section
has fared far botlor than that' west of
the Missouri. Twenty or oven ton
years ago this discrimination might
have boon justified on the ground of the
great superiority of other sections in
population , wealth and material devel
opment. But this will no longer servo.
The vast otnplro extending from the
Missouri to the Pacific has attained a
development in population and interests ,
as well as in political power , that
demands for It in the distribution of all
ofllces under the national government
ut least an equal share with any other
section of the country.
As the supreme bench Is now consti
tuted , the east has throe members , the
south two , nnd the ether throe are cred
ited to Illinois , Iowa and California.
In . .tho history ot the court Ohio has
furnished five of its members , two of
whom , Chose nnd Wnlto , were chief
justices. That state now hns flvo
candidates for the existing va
cancy , anil the principal nr-
guuiont urged in favor of the appoint
ment of an Ohio man is that the newman
man should come from the circuit which
ncludos that stato. There is no rule ,
reason or precedent for doing this. Atone
ono time Waite , Matthews'und Hnrlan
were in the circuit embracing Ohio nnd
Kentucky , and Hnrlan Is still in that
circuit. Obviously there is not the
cost bit of force in the circuit argu
ment for taking the successor to the late
Justice Matthews from Ohio , while
there nro very cogent reasons , that will
readily occur upon a little serious
reflection , why the vacancy should not
bo filled from Ohio.
Judge Woods , of the United States
district court nt Indianapolis , hns boon
spoken of as likely to receive the ap
pointment , but as Indiana has the
president , the attornoy-gonoral , a for
eign minister and the host consulship
under the government , it would seem
that she is hardly fairly entitled to a
position on the supreme bench. Be
sides the territorial division embrac
ing Indiana is roproscntod in the
supreme court by the cMof justice.
All ether sections , being , therefore ,
represented in the supreme court as
fully as a fair distribution of these judi
cial positions warrants , the section west
of the Missouri is clearly entitled to an
other representative on the supreme
bench , and the president will do simple
justice to this section by solcotiug ono
of its many able jurists to fill the exist
ing vacancy in the nation's supreme ju
dicial tribunal.
T HAKKISON appears to bo
a thoroughly systematic man. Ho has
just introduced a rolorm in the way of
giving consideration to public busi
ness , which promises excellent results.
This consists simply in devoting ono
day in the week to the exclusive con
sideration of the affairs of a single ono
of the six principal departments that
is , Monday to ther navy , Tuesday to the
postolllco , Wednesday to the treasury ,
and so on. Tno practice hitherto has
been to discuss the business of
all the departments at the cabi
net meetings , and the result of this
method of considering a great variety
of matters having no connection with
each other , the president found to bo
very unsatisfactory. Hereafter , each
department will have its special day
for vho presentation of business requir
ing the attention of the president , and
it is said that the good olfocts of the
new method are already apparent , es
pecially in the matter of expediting
the public business. It is a little re
markable that this simple and sensible
system was not established long ago.
IT is estimated that it has already
cost the the Minneapolis Street Rail way
company , in its stand against its em
ployees , moro than the difference be-
tucon the old and now schedule of
wages for a year. The company would
have saved about twonty-flvo thousand
dollars annually by the reduction from
the old scale if the employees had ac
cepted the now schedule. The street
railroad company may win in the end ,
but the victory may bo moro costly in
proportion to the forces and capital in
volved than was the victory of the Bur
lington road over the l.rothcrhood ol
engineers.
So ox-Prosidont Cleveland does not
deslro to sacrilico himself on the altar
of public duty for five dollars a day and
the distinguished honor of being ono of
Now York city's functionaries. In
something loss than four years ho will
bob serenely up us a sacrifice on the
altar , und so on , at fifty thousand a
year. There are moro dollars and
dignity in a Washington situation than
in ono in the village down the Hudson ,
below Albany.
Gr > ASS-mnking west of the Mississippi
is yet in its infancy , and the failure ol
thoLaramlo glass works does not neces
sarily indicate that the task is hopeless.
With the rich deposits of soda and sil
ica in Wyoming , there is every prospocl
that , with proper methods and ilnnncia'
backing , extensive glass works can , in
time , bo made profitable in that ter
ritory.
THK democratic managers of the
Chndron land otllco have boon smitten
with a spasm of reform. Honcefortl
homesteaders will bo given the privi
lege of selecting the paper in which
notice of filings shall bo published. This
sudden and remarkable departure/ / from
partlbnn methods is duo to the uncor
talnty of official life , and will tend to
placuto republican editors.
SKCUKTAKV JKUE RUSK contemplates
suspending the distribution of seed to
the people of the country for the cur
rout year , owing to the niggardly ap
propriations. Putting tno dopartmon
of agriculture'on short rations , whllo its
head is elevated to the dignity of n cabinet
inot officer , was hardly a fair deal on the
part of congress.
IK tnoro is anything in brains , bustle
and bullion , the Omaha excursion to
the Black Hills will bring trade to this
city , Our tradesmen are here for
business , atfd 6nco the fact becomes
impressed oil to ) ( attention of the west
ern people the best results may bo
ookcd for.
The Clovrlnnil Iklntltntl.
Jfeie York H'orM.
Grovcr Cleveland , nttornoy-at law , do-
lines nn ofilco' nnd accepts a big dinner.
That Is the way to got on in local politics.
Question.
V.M.K.U. , Tribune.
Before troiog-uny further , let the question
10 settled wnotUor or not tbo president
nubbod the base ball players. Anson says
ic did , and Spalalng says ho did not.
A Hint to OIUot'sL'clccrs.
Chicago JCttn.
The Washington correspondents assort
lint the president's family have suffered RO-
voroly from sewer gas since It has boon nt
ho whlto houno. It Is a pity that the ouico-
ookors cannot bo prevailed upon to Icavo
heir breath outsldd when visiting that his-
Loric mansion.
A Dishonor to CnngrcHS.
Clitcaaa Time * .
The widow of tbo Into Chief Jmtlco Wnito
ms to earn her llvinir by ItccplnR boarders ,
Flicro Is nothing dishonorable In the business.
But It Is something discreditable to the congress
gross of this country that It doesn't supply
ts chief Justice with a salary suulclont to
coop his family out of the boarding house
business ,
Not ItnitntliiK George ,
CMcaoo J/erdM.
Everybody connected with the manage
ment of the Washington contonnlal Is calling
each other a liar. If tbo spirit of Gcorgo
Washington , the man that never tola a lie ,
s not to prevail on an occasion commem
orating a great event In bis own llfo , wo
tuny novcr hope to see a manifestation of it
n this country.
Bravo Governor lllchnrilson.
Qlobc-Dcmocrat.
Governor Richardson , of South Carolina ,
ms done a very creditable thing in pardon
ing two colored men who were sentenced to
death for lynching a white man , who had
criminally I and fatally assaulted n colored
jlrl ; but at the sumo time ho has defeated
lilmsolf for ronomlnatlon by the democratic
of tbo stato.
AS OTHERS SEE US.
A CliiciiKo Iilbcl.
Chtcaao Timet.
Cry of the brakeraan on arriving in
Omaha ; "Omaha. Five minutes to kill a
man. "
They Don't Know How.
l ' t J'olnt Republican.
A number of Omaha sinners arc trying to
write down tbo churches. They should get
down ou their marrow-boues and pray in
stead.
" \Vo Arp One -Not ICivnls.
I'Jiriuim Caprice.
Omaha bad just worried through a murder
trial , when Council Bluffs chipped in with a
sensational murder and a first-class suicide.
The rivalry between these two cities bids
fair to eclipse thai " , of St. Louis and Chicago.
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l\ebruflkn's Arbor Dny.
JDtmer Keiva.
Seventeen years ago Nebraska commenced
the observation of Arbor day by planting
12,000,000 trees on the wind-swept prairios.
There nro now growing in Neoraslca 003- ,
000,000 trees , largely the result of Arbor
day observance. This should encourage trco
planting in Colorado.
All Ho.LiOQko l For.
Ciete Glolje.
The G lobo representative studied Omaha's
commercial outlook last week. Ho is thor
oughly convinced that the Omaha papers are
terribly in earnest when they say that pro
hibition would ruin the prosperity of that
city , it would certainly close up one-half of
the business Houses. At least that per cout
of them are saloons.
Still She-Gets There.
Fremont Tribune.
The Republican insists with brutal pug
nacity that the Omaha board of trade is
dead , dead , dead. But wo observe , all the
same , that Omaha's bank clearings load
those of St. Paul , Minneapolis , Detroit and
many other cities a great deal larger and
whoso boards of trade are said to bo alivo.
There is something wltn vitality down at
Omaha. We guess it's Just a fair sample of
the true Nebraska push.
HITS AND MISSES.
While sleepy contemporaries are beginning
to think of providing news facilities Tun Unn
has a man on the ground firing in special dis
patches from Oklahoma.
The right of "Judgo" Hascall to display
his asslninc qualities should not bo abridged.
Ho is playing a farewell engagement in the
city's service and his disposition to bray
should bo tolerated within reasonable
bounds. Ho has lost all power to do the
city harm.
The dog show is over. Tbo base ball sea
son begins In earnest to-day. Following the
first league game the Coliseum ooens up a
six-day race. Sporting matters arc looking
up a bit in these parts.
Ikoy ilascall could not lot the opportunity
slip last night to harpoon TUB UKB when a
resolution was introduced by Mr. Bailey In
structing the councllmanlo committee on
public property and buildings to look up now
quarters for city oOlcars. His haraneuo ,
however , was of no avail , The average
councilinanlo nose may bo highly developed
in the matter of smelling ofllclal corruption ,
but It revolts against Inhaling the pestilen
tial stench which arises from the police
stables and cells below. As the lease on the
present quarters expires July 1 , the mayor
felt Justified in making a move for moro desirable -
sirablo and convenient rooms. In this the
council seems to bo'sbpporting him ,
BTATU ANJl TlilUUTOUY.
Ncbrniilqii Jottings.
Wallace has a Limo Kiln olub which holds
quarterly muetlni/s. /
Only three llresvlitod , Schuylor last year
und the not loss was $105.
The intor-stato firemen's tournament will
bo held at Nebraska City May 25.
The Schuylor G.JAt U. post will celebrate
tbo Washington centennial with un old time
ball t
Flvo hundred oldls ttlora will attend the
reunion to bo held at L < cxlngton , Dawson
county. ( v
C. H. JarfUotto , an.jElmwood Jeweler , has
been warned byYhlto Caps to leave town or
talco the conscquoucf .
The gross receipts of the Falrbury poat-
ofllco for the year ending April 1 , were
$0,410.11 , a gain of $1,403 over the previous
year.
Tno supervisors of Hurlan county bavo
called an election on tbo question of voting
bonds to build a $5,000 Jail and a 5,000 court
bouso.
Tbo York waterworks have been sold by
the sheriff , and were bought by a local firm
for t-,7,550. The works have boon bonded at
The recorder of Haundors county has taken
In $1,002.70 in fees in the first quarter of the
year , the largest amount for a like period
Hlnco the ofllco was Instituted.
Sidney is In great need of a Jeweler ana
watchmaker. Work of this kind ia cither
sent to Choycnno or North 1'latto. and Is a
source of much inconvenience to the people ,
Whllo Abe Olmstuad , of Mead , wan con
fined In the Saundora county Jail at Wahoo ,
waiting to be transferred to the insane
asylum , ho was attacked with n delirious
fever and died.
Mr. Urockcnrldo. the gentleman who drew
tbo farm near the ( Center , In the OMAHA LJr.n
drawing , was In Wllbor the fore part of tbo
week , says the Wilbcr Republican. Ho had
his deed recorded.
H. It. Utslico bai retired from the editor
ship of tbo Alnsworth News , nnd is suc
ceeded by T. S. Armstrong , Into of the Nordon
Horcalis. Mr. LUsbco will devote his time to
tbo duties of county Judgo.
The Oakilnlo Pen and Plow bas entered
upon its thirteenth year , and the editor re
marks i "Under our management It has
never wont to bed except on Its arms , nor
Ims It over yet nppo.irod except In fighting
trim. "
A Ravenna blacksmith found a note for
$200 the other day which bad boon lost by a
Utica man , nnd promutly ro turned It to Its
owner. 13y return mall the blacksmith re
ceived 8 cents In postage stamps as a reward
for his honesty.
A petition is being circulated In Chnso
county asking Attorney-General Loose to an
nul tha charter of the Frenchman Valley &
Wyoming road if It does not in n reasonable
time lay the Iron on Its grade between Cut-
bcrtson and Elolyoko , Col.
A Wymoro man fishing In Indian crockthe
other day , drew out a bundle containing the
body of n male infant , which bad evidently
been strangled Immediately after birth. An
inquest was hold , but nothing was developed
In regard to the child's ' imrontago.
A man givivlng his name ai Bancroft
Good bas applied for admission to the Nor
folk asylum , as ho knows ho is insane. Ho
walked all the way from Uassott to Norfolk ,
nnd is now in charge of the sheriff , waiting
until his relatives can bo beard from.
Iowa.
Clinton has 2,010 taxpayers ,
A Sioux Rapids man has invented an air
motor wagon.
The new court house at Carroll cost
$37,500.
The now Grace M. K. church at Burling
ton is to cost 20,000.
Mnrahnlltown is preparing to build a now
$15.000 school house.
For selling what ho called "soda water , " a
Battle Creole man was fined { 500.
It Is estimated that the proposed high
brldgo at Clinton will cost $ iau,000.
According to the now city directory , Fort
Dodge bas a population of about six thous
and.
and.Tho
The Dcnlson Bulletin says that the aver
age consumption of beer there is forty kegs
per wool : .
Farmers In some parts of the state nro
boiling their surplus potatoes and feeding
them to their hogs with very gratifying re
sults. In fact they cause the purkcrs to put
on fat quicker than anything tried before.
The Gazette says that any gas company
that will build works in Burlington can gut
a guarantee of the patronage of 00 per cent
of tbo gas consumers of the city. The Gu-
zotto explains : "Tho works here are In the
bonds of two or three young cockneys who
came over to show Americans how the busi
ness is managed in London. "
Landlord Remington , of the Barrett house ,
Dubuque , bas brought suit against the Dubuque -
buquo Times for libel , alleging damage in
$10,000. The Times says : "It would natur
ally bo considered a somewhat dinlcult thing
to slander tno devil or to say anything libelous -
ous in regard to the infernal regions. Just
what Mr. Remington finds to object to' in nn
article which simply charges his house with
being a resort for disreputable and degraded
women U is bard to see. "
' DaUnta.
TJio Sioux Falls club bas a membership of
135.
135.Spring
Spring opens at Ynnkton with no brick on
band.
The Rapid City board of trade has a foun
dry and a creamery committee.
There are 000 members of the farmers'
alliance in the Hills country.
An election on May 14 will decide whether
Kingsbury county purchases a poor farm.
Scotland will vote May 3'on the question
of Issuing $10,000 iu bonds to build water
works.
Lead City has a population of 2,150 , ac
cording to the census Just completed by the
assessor.
The first , territorial convention of the Y.
M. C. A , for South Dakota will be hold at
Mitchell on the aist day of May , nnd con
tinue in session until Juno 2.
The Salem special runs the following ns an
advertisement : "If John Jones , who twenty
years ago deserted his poor wife and babe ,
will return , said babe will lick the stullln'
out of him. "
The commissioner of immigration has de
cided to send a man into the Oklahoma
country in a few weeks who shall distribute
on all sides articles und statistics of the
growth , development and resources of Da
kota.
DANISH ASSOCIATION'S CHOICE.
This Stronsj Organization Favora
KiKlitocntli and Farnain.
Tbo following series of resolutions was
adapted by tha Danish association- a recent -
cent mooting :
Whereas , The proposition to locate the
now United States postonlco and court house
is pending before tno supervising architect
of the treasury ; and ,
Whereas , The Danish association of
Omaha has recently erected a largo public
building , costing over s-W.OOO on Eighteenth
nnd Harnoy streets , which alto was pur
chased because it it centrally located and
and near nil the public buildings of Omaha ;
and.
Whereas , This society regards it as In its
own ns well as in the interest of the whole
city to have the now postoflleD located where
It will bo most accessible to our population ;
therefore ,
Resolved , That wo respectfully recom
mend and urge upon Hon. Wm. Windom ,
the secretary of the treasury , the selection
of block 110 fronting on Farnam and Doug
lass north and south and Eighteenth aud
Nineteenth streets east and west as tno
most available locution for the new post-
oUIcc ,
Bonds and Money Values.
Probably the most comprehensive , exact
and intelligible set of tables of bond values
am ) ready interest reference In existence
to-day is the compilation recently Issued by
S. A. Kcan & Co. , bankers , of Chicago.
They were prepared especially for this publi
cation by H. C. Clmdwlck , of Now York ,
and they fully sustain the claims made for
them of "brevity , accuracy and conven
ience. " They nro certainly marvels of
genius nnd the mathematics of finance.
To people who lend inonoy on municipal
bonds , there is no moro valuable or neces
sary book of reference than the "Now
Digest of Laws of the Western and South
western States , " Just Issued by S. A. Kcan
& Co. , bankers , nnd dealers in bonds and so
on , of Chicago , The compilation is the work
of un able lawyer , who put nearly two years
of conscientious and continuous study into
the subject , nnd has given , in a condensed
anil convenient volume , the gist of the
statutes of moro than three-quarters of the
st < ucs of the union , governing the Isauunco
o" municipal nnd corporate- bonds and obli
gations. Tno author Is a specialist lu his
department of the law , and the publishers
uro tha most prominent dealers In that claia
of securities in the west.
To Old floldlurs ,
Information is .wanted concerning the
whereabouts of Henry Richardson , who was
lieutenant of Company M , Twelfth Illinois
cavalry ; Is now fifty-two years old , six loot
high , gray eyes , fine , thin .gray hair , sandy
brown full beard , mixed with gray , com
plexion llifht , four false tooth in front , nat
ural tooth gene from upper Jaw , were a sen
ior vico-couimander's badgj of tbo G , A , R. ;
was u good violinist. Ills homo was In Perry ,
N. Y. , where his wife nnd children now re
side. Ho left homo In search of employment.
When last heard from. Dccombar 14 , 1838 ,
was in lluffalo. Ho had boon encaged in
fruit-growing , but may have sought any
ether kind of work. It is feared that his
mind may bo impaired , so as to cause him to
neglect writing , und his family think ho
may have wandered westward. Any information
mation concerning him should bo sent to
chief of police , Buffalo , N. Y. , or to Perry
post , G , A. It. , at Perry , N. Y. , or to Mrs.
Henry Rlchardion , atj'orry , N. Y ,
The rosy freshness , and a velvety
softness of the skin is invariably ob
tained by those who use Poi/oni'n Com
plexion Powder. m
LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES ,
Bxtonslvo Propnrntlona For tlio
Arbor Dny Colobratlou.
"
AN ODD FELLOWS ANNIVERSARY.
The Early Bottlers ot Imnonstor
County OrRniilzIni ; n Ploucor
.Association A Lltllo Gnmo
of 1'okcr.
LINCOLN UtniRAU OP TUB OMAHA. Unn , 1
1029 1 > STIIISBT , . >
LIXCOLH. April 3L I
Arbor Day will bo celebrated lit Lincoln ns
never bofnro. Trco planting will bo general
throughout the city. At University Waco
the edict hns gene forth Unit property owners
shnll plant trees whether convenient or not.
In the event of failure , the marshal is In
structed to plimt tlioin mut tax the expense
up to the lots , and the order Is baokoa by nn
ordinance law. Saturday was pretty Ronor-
ally devoted to tree planting In Hast Lincoln.
The suburban city , It might bo said , took
time In hand and performed the ( tulles of
Arbor Day a day li advance , But the mor
row will not bo forgotten and it goes without
saying that the day will bo fittingly celebrated.
If the day proves to bo pleasant , a largo num
ber ot Llncolnltos will picnlo at the City
park. Class trees will be planted by the
students of the state university , the city
schools will enjoy n holiday and there will bo
parades and speeches and n good time In
every sense of the word. The respective
BChools of the city plant trncs upon their
own grounds. Little folks will recite , read
mid sing , and such oilier exorcises will bo
Interspersed In the programmes as will tend
to imxko them very interesting and enjoyable ,
Anniversary of Odd Fellows.
The Lincoln lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Follows will go to Beatrice ,
Friday , April 20 , to Join their brethren of
Unit city In the celebration of the seven
tieth anniversary of the order In thu United
States. The excursionists will bo accom
panied by the order of Daughters of Ho-
bokah. A special train will Icavo the city in
the morning , and will not return until Intent
nt night , thus giving the colcbrators a tiny m
the most beautiful city on the Uluo. Canton
Ford No. 2 will bo in uniform and accom
panied by the band. Quito thrco hundred
members of the order will go from Lincoln.
The only celebration lu this city on that oc
casion will be nn appropriate sermon in the
oveninir by Hov. O. E. Baker , pastor of the
Freewill Baptist church.
Lancaster County IMoacors.
A meeting will bo hold at the council
chamber to-morrow evening for the purpose
of organizing a pioneer association. This is
in accord with the custom in most all coun
ties when ago has been acquired. It is un
derstood that this association will bo formed
bv the early settlers of Lancaster county ,
whether of the city or county , and a largo
number of them liuvo signed the call for the
meeting. It will undoubtedly prove n suc
cess. Aside from holding reunions , the
association proposes to do something , as soon
as well organized , toward preserving the
early history of this section of tno state , and
In this work may prove a valuable aid to the
state historical society. A general invita
tion is extended to nil old settlers , whether
they signed the call or not , to bo present and
assist in making the effort nt organization
successful.
A Falling Tower.
"Groat was the fall thereof , " may be said
of the stnndpipo of the Lincoln city water
works. It is evidently going to pieces. A
largo section of the briclc coaling has fallen
oil , and other parts show signsof speedy dis
solution. The wliolo tower will certainly fall
if speedy precautions are not taken to prevent -
vent it. Irow to take them , is a question
that worries the city oflloinls , for the trouble
is in the foundation , which has settled. The
opinion grows that there was fraud in the
construction.
A Whirl at Poker.
The story goes that a couple of Lincoln's
veterans at draw poker wore takenin a night
or two ngoby a slick manipulator of the tiny
pasteboards. HO c.imo a stranger and went
away without leaving a well deilncd Im
pression of cither his immo or place of resi
dence. The party , four in number , Hurround-
cd the table , so it is said , about 10 o'clock at
night , and it was agreed to play the cuter
cut and slash and everything was to go.
For a time the game was easy and dame For
tune smiled equally upon the quartette. No
one of them was particularly the loser. But
the hand finally came. Raise and raise back
was the word until over $300 was in the pot.
The stranger stood the racket and drew ono
card. Ditto two of the Lincoln boys. Ono
of them , counting the cuter , hold four big
aces , the other n queen full on trays. A
show for sight was finally called and In the
lay down the stranger showed down a olub
flush , ten spot high in regular order down ,
and walked off with the pot. The boys took
their medicine like little men. The truth of
this story is vouched for by a reliable gentle
man who pretends to Know.
Easter at the Penitentiary.
The convicts at the penitentiary wore made
to feel , to-day , that there might bo some
thing loft for them in this world. They were
made to feel , nt least , that they ware remem
bered , for wlicn they were ushered into the
cbupcl they were greated by a delegation of
representatives of the Women's Christian
Temperance union , and they were given a
service something out of the ordinary. The
day is sot npart in the calendar of tnoV. . C.
T. U. for special services at jails and prisons.
The programme nt the state penitentiary to
day included a bc.iutilul song by Miss Kthcl
Howe , and n reading by Miss Aluicnn
Parker , the teacher of elocution at the
Woalyan university. Mrs. Anglo F. New
man , who has spent a great deal of time in
the study of prisons and prison systems ,
spoke In behalf of the women. Governor
Thayer , who was also to have addressed the
convicts , could not bo there. Four hundred
testaments and an equal number of Easter
curds were distributed umoni ; the prisoners.
City News nnd Motes.
Joseph Burns , the Lincoln well man , has
secured the contract for furnishing the
water for the reform school at Kearney.
The contract price is $5,100.
An attempt will bo made to have the inter
state oratorical contest , which is thin year
hold at Grlnnell , Iowa , hold next year in
Lincoln.
A woman went into a second-hand store
on O street on Saturday nnd tried to commit
suiciilo by spreading a handkerchief satura
ted with chloroform over her face. Her In
tention was discovered in time and she was
restored without having suffered serious
consequences ,
A boy who ran awav from Galesburg , 111. ,
some time ago , nnd who has boon in the cus
tody of the Lincoln police , was taken homo
by Ills father yesterday morning. Ills nuino
was Otto Snyder and ho was 11 ft ecu years
old.
old.Tho
The old Metropolitan rink was enlivened
last night by a colored rlvlvnl nurvlco. The
meeting was intended to represent a planta
tion revival , such as the negroes u&ud to
liuvo in slavery duyn , and an especially pleas
ing feature was the plantation songs.
The Sainmons Lacrosse club has ordered
new uniforms and will be completely
equipped for playing as soon as they arrive.
Miss Louisa Hill arid Miss Edith Clarlt , of
the State normal at Peru , nro attending the
college conference of the Y , M. C , A. , and
whllo In Lincoln , are the guests of Miss
Snoll , oC the State university ,
Through his attorneys , George Kirk , who
has been in jail since the -1th of February
last for complicity in the Qulnlan robberies ,
bus asked the county court for a writ of
habeas corpus. JIo thinks ho ought to bo
tried or set at liberty , and the mutter will
coinu up forbearing to-morrow.
The board of county commissioners and
the county onicers arc busily engaged can
vassing the bills tilut have bean received for
furnishing the now court house. Many of
these bids are very low , even advantageous ,
and there Is plenty of good furniture from
whlnh to solcct. It In hardly probable that
the canvassing board will bo compelled to go
from Lincoln to select the furnishings for
the new court house.
Valuable 1'nperw.
Ofllcor Newman yesterday found a deed
and u mortgage at the corner of Twenty-
second and Cumlng. The parties to the In
strument are F. J. HoUn and wlfu and Frank
L. Kddy. The owner may find the papers at
the police station.
THIS OKOI101TK8.
They Hold Their > \cnkljr Meeting nt
Onto City llnll.
The Omaha Slnglo Tax club hold its
weekly meeting nt Oato City hall yesterday
nt 3 o'clock , After the regular programme ,
consisting of essays , speeches , declama
tions , etc. , the society organized ttsolf into a
query club of the whole , ono member taking
the floor nnd answering questions propounded
by thosn present , both members nnd visitors
a sort of f rco-ior-nll cross-oxamlnation nJ
the George theory , Questions hard enough
for Solomon were answered with scomluR
CMC by this champion of the now crusade ,
nnd several of the lessor lights got into argu
ments with each other that would bafllo tha
brains of n Nebraska salon , At the close a
professional comedian brother was called on ,
and ho delivered nn original comlo poem that
set the audience In a ronr. The club ro-
cclvcd several now members , among them
two ladles. To-night several of the members
will address n meeting In South Ouinha.
Announuomottt < i.
Messrs. Booth nnd Barrett open tholr great
engagement nt the Boyil next Friday evening -
ing in the Shakespearean play , "Tho Mer
chant of Venice. " No drama comd hnro
been selected that would have afforded thcso
eminent actors the opportunity of displaying
their transcendent powers BO well as "Tho
Merchant of Venice. " The dlvlno bard
created two leading characters ot equal Im
portance lu this play , and consequently
neither of the great actors will suiter by the
cast. Messrs. Booth nnd Barrett represent
in themselves what Is best nnd highest In
dramatic art In this country , and It is grati
fying to know that wherever they go , castor
west , they are received ns such. The union
of thcso two stars has bad n beneficial effect
on the theater , and it has afforded to the
lovers of Shakespeare opportunities to see
several of the greatest creations of the
nvstor dramatist Impersonated as ho In
tended they should bo. It is perfectly belli-
ting that the engagement of these eminent
actors should open with ono of Shakespeare's
greatest cruiitloim , "Tho Merchant of Von-
ico. " The following is the cast :
Shylock Edwin Booth
Bassanlo Lawrence Barrett
Antonio Frederick Vroom
Gr.itiano John A , Lane
Lorenzo Lawrence Ilmvlov
Solanlo William StalTor'd
Salarino Charles Koohler
Sahtrio Henry Duncan
Duke of Venice Charles Collins
Tubnl Beaumont Smith
OldGobbo Bon J , Rogers
Lnuncolot Gobbo Owen Fawcett
Bnltlia7ar William Thomas
Stephnno , T. Wolsoly
Leonardo . * George McCulla
*
Portia. Miss Minnie 1C. Gnlo
Ncrissa Miss Eleanor Tyndule
Jessica Miss Agnes Acres
On Saturday afternoon "Othello" will bo
played , on Saturday evening the closing per
formance will bo a grand double bill "Tha
Fool's Hovcngo" nnd "Yrleck's Lovo. "
Dockstador's magnificent minstrels will
begin an engagement for two nights only ,
to-night and Tuesday , April 23 and 33. This
superior organization will proscnt all the
popular features that wore such a pronounced
success at tuolr own beautiful httlo opera
house , Now York city. Low Dockstador
will show up sorno of the follies of the day
in his own Inimitable way , besides present
ing a number of now "Dockstadorlsms. "
Hurry Pepper , U. J. Jose , John MoWado ,
and several others , will bo heard in pleasing
ballad selections , whllo George Marion ,
Luo Schoolcrnft , Barry Maxwell , Arthui
Morland and Leopold and Burnoll will un
dcrtake to convulse the audiences with wit
ticisms and comic songs. This company re
ceived the warmest kind of welcome wliilo
here n short time ago , nnd there Is every In
dication that tholr coming engagement will
bo a very prosperous ono. In commenting
on their performance the Now York Even
ing Telegram rontly said : Mr. Dook-
stador is not only u. comedian of rare merit ,
but also a shrewd , sharp nnd effective staga
manager. Ho is witty aud well educated ,
nnd has been brought up to believe in good
taste , clean humor , excellent music and deli
cacy in all things that apcrtuin to the stago.
Ho caters especially for the ontainment ot
ladies and children , and has resolved that
burnt cork and comedy shall , under ills man
agement , bo as free from vulgarity ns
"white-face" " legitimate comedy has been in
the"best theaters lu Mow Yoric.
Mr. II. II. Ragan will present another
brilliant series of illustrated lectures at
Boyd's foriivo nights , commencing Monday ,
Aurll 29. The subject on that date will bu
"A Summer in Spain and Morocco. "
Prof. A. J. Seymour , a mind reader second
to none , will bo tbo attraction nt the Eden
Museo this week. Prof. Seymour came to
Omaha with a woll-earnod reputation as u
master of his art. Ho will prove nn inter
esting attraction to the popular family re
sort. All parts of the house will bo filled
with good attractions , and ono dlmo will
admit to nil.
Every lady visiting the Museo this after
noon nnd evening will bo presented with a
handsome corsage bouquet of cut ( lowers.
Pnrnonn.1
A. M. Webber , of St. Louis , is a Paxtoa
guest.
A. V. King , of Adrian , Mich. , Is at the
Millard.
D. W. Hitchcock , of San Francisco , i nt
the Paxton.
W. M. Walker , of Dos Molnos , Sundaycd
at the Millard.
A. T. Borchard , of Marshalltown , IB. , Is a
guest ut the Paxton.
J. H. Young and Miss Gruco Young , ol
Salt Lalco , are at the Millord.
Lee Chi Ko and Uhow Fee , of Canton ,
China , are at the Millard.
Walter P. Phillips , president , nnd Andrew
S. Phillips , secretary of the United Press
association , are at the Paxton.
Hon. John L. Webster nnd wife , nnd the
Misses Dundy , will Icavo for Now York
next Wednesday , to attend the centennial
celebration.
Dr. Horace Ludlngton lias been called tq
Pennsylvania by the death of his father ,
Zalmon Ludington , csq. , who died April 21 ,
at the residence of Colonel M. G. Ludiugton ,
U. S. A. , lu Philadelphia , Pa.
Wanted In Chicago.
Sergeant Haze , yesterday , arrested E. 1C.
Davidson , who is wanted In Chicago for tlio
larceny of o lot of Jewelry , Including a num
ber of gold watches , four of which he had In
his possession when captured. Davidson
has been In Omuhu several days. Ho con
fessed his guilt and expressed u willingness
to return to Chicago.
Catarrh to G onsumption ,
Catarrh In Its destructive force stands next to
and undoubtedly Inuilx on to consumption. It ! n
tuuroloro singular Iliat tlioe mulcted with I Ills
fearful disease nhould not make It the object ot
their lives to rid themselves of it. Decontlyo
remedies concocted by Ignorant pretender * to
medical knowledge Imvu wealcouud the confi
dence of the creat majority of sulTurern In nil
iidveitlKed remedies. 'I hey become roilcnod to
nllfoiif inUory rather than toiture theiimolvtn
with dnulitful palll.ittvus.
Mut this will never do. Catarrh must bu mot
nt every stag" and combated with all our mlglit.
In many canes the dlsouvo him iissumed dimcer *
oui Hyinptoins. Thu bones und cartlhij.'o of tlio
nose , the orKtuin of heurlnt ; , of seeing and of
tastlni ? HO u ( reeled RI to lie iiBolns.i , tint uvula sn
elongated , the thioat KO Inllnmed and Irrltntrd
as to produce constant ami distressing roiiKh.
SANKOIU/H lUniGAii < ; IIIK moots uveryphuio
otCaUrrh , from a simple head cold to tno most
loathsome and destructive Htngon. H In lorul
und constitutional. Instant In relieving , per
manent in curing , safe , economical ana never-
falling.
ICacn puchnK" contains one bottle of tha lUm-
CAI.UIIICK. one box CATAIUIIIAI , BOI.VJCNT , and
mi Ini'iiovKD iNHAi.jm , with treatise ; price , l
l'orr : n Dumi & CIIKMICAI , Co. , UOSTON.
UTERINE PAINS
And \Veakn se instantly relieved
U ' tl10 ' 'UTICI1IIA ' '
Wl\ > ANTM'AIN I'l.iS-
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; & } llHinmatlon und wuaknew , A new ,
moit iitifiu-il > lt ) , liutuntunnous und Infiilllblo
imln-Mllliu , ' plaster , imperially adapted to ro-
llevii female piiliw and weakness * * , Vastly sup
erior In ull other planters. At nil driiCHiats. 26
runt * ; llvu for f l.uu or , pout age free , of J'OTIKII
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