Nebraska Newspapers

    I 4 THE OMAHA DAILY B E , : THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 21. 188a •
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H Tin : Siominski church spire is prow
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B B1 Tnusuproino court of Now Tcrsoyha3
B BJi conllrmcd the claim of Henry George
I B to a bequest of ton thousand dollars
BJ left him by an eccentric farmer Mr
H H > Georges m-ograss from poverty is un-
HBs . inistukublo
B The republican party cannot afford to
! permit the gangs of strllccrs drummed
Hp tip by city officials to dictate party ootn-
B B ; inations Such action muat bo rcbukod
B , or the party will BuHor a repetition of
'j the recent county disaster
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H ; ' ItIS judges and clerks of the city
Bflj election will receive pay from the city ,
BU county and school board , or eighteen
Bp . _ dollars each for two days work The
Bp' salary is enough to command the sorv-
BIC ices of first-class compctont mon
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HV will exceed that of Inst yonr by over
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liY AMimtOAN CUSTOMS ITMOY
Ono of the most important matters to '
bo conslaorod by the congress ot the
three Amorlcas is that of forming an
American customs union , and the
problem It prosonta will bo found not
the least difficult of solution All the
south and central American countries
linvo tariff bj stems nnd customs regula
tions moro or less widely at variance
with each ether nnd , ot course , differ
ing from these of the United States
In mntfy cases the regulations
nro of the most coraplox character -
actor , containing numerous technicali
ties that nro troublnsomo to merchants ,
and peculiar requirements which are
both nhnojing and oxponslvo Nearly
all thoBo countries are extremely ex
acting in the administration of their
customs laws , and , as the penalties for
their violation nro generally heavy ,
" oven going to the extent of confisca
tion , the merchant suffers severely who
is so unfortunnto as to lmvo failed to
comply with some ronulromont or misin
terpreted some technicality of the
regulations This state of affairs has
compollcd the merchants of the United
States doing business with Contrnl nnd
South America to transact it through
commission merchants in these coun
tries , and has necessarily tended to
soma what restrict trade
How to simplify the various tariff
systems and as far as possihlo sccuro
uniform customs regulations is a ques
tion which will require the most serious
attention ot the congress , nnd it is obvi
ously ono that presents great difficul
ties Thcso will not , however , bo
found insurmountable if thcro is a
sincere desire on the part of the repro-
Bontativos of all the countries to cITcct
closer commercial relations and a general -
oral willingness to raaU j concessions
When , however , tlio great number of
conflicting interests , local and national ,
nro considered , a comprehensive cus
toms union at this time must bo re
garded as hardly possible The south
ern countries are llkoly to maintain the
general features of their tariff systems ,
both as a moans of protecting
and dovcloping their own indus
tries and for the sake of the
needed rovonuc The fact that their
markets are being moro eagerly sought
after will naturally bo nn incentive to
them to do this But a stop , if not a
very considerable ono , in the direction
of a customs union may ho taken , and a
good deal may bo done in simplifying
and securing greater uniformity in cus
toms regulations
In this the United States should
sot the oxaraplo of a willingness
to make liberal concessions Wo
cannot hope to convince the
representatives of the other Ameri
cas of the wisdom or expediency of ro-
linquiahingany part of their tariff sys
tems or modifying their customs regu
lations until wo shall show thorn that wo
are disposed to make auy change in ours
that wo would recommend to them If
they shall be given to understand that
wo are entirely satisfied with our policy
and that closer commercial relations
simply dupond upon such modifications
in their systems as wo may suggest ,
it is easy to understand that
so far as this matter is con
cerned the conferouco will bnvo no
practical result The task of effecting
an American customs union devolves
upon this country , and it Is possible of
final aecorapllshjnont only by very
radical changes in 6ur own tariff sys
tem Wo must bo prepared to make
very largo concessions , most of which
are pretty euro to encounter a more or
loss vigorous hostility from the pro
tected interests that would bo affected
Are these powerful enough to defeat
the object in view ?
HOSTILITY 10 1MUOATIOX.
The advocates of irrigation for re
claiming the arid regions 'of the west
will need to summon all their strength
in order to accomplish anything in the
next congress Wo noted some tlmo
ngo the development of opposition in
the east to government appropriations
for this purpose , and hostility to it is
now manifesting itself in the south
Taking as a text the action of the recent -
cent convention of North Dakota , favor
able to Irrigation , some of the southern
newspapers unqualifiedly condemn the
proposition that the government shall
appropriate any money for reclaiming
the arid lands , so that to the oxtcnt
that these papora represent southern
sentiment opposition to appropriations
for irrigation may bo looked for from
the representatives in congress from
that section If this feeling should
prove to bo general , the southern vote
In congress , united with that of the
east , could very easily defeat any plan
for roolairaing the arid lands at public
expense *
There are both sectional and com
mercial considerations which will have
inlluenco upon this quostlon , and it maybe
bo fairly assumed that these nro
stronger than any theories regarding
the duty of the government in the mat
ter So far as the south is concerned ,
it does not deslro to boo the develop
ment ot the west for political reasons
Unpatriotic as the fooling is , the
pcoolo of that section regard
, the progress of the west as a
monuco to their power and
inlluenco in the affairs of the govern
ment In the east the commercial con
sideration is moro potent The wducod
condition of the agricultural Interests
in that section is ascribed to the compe
tition of tbo west , nnd the efforts thnt
are being made to restore these inter
ests would bo less likely to bo buocoss-
ful it the competing ability of the west
wore increased Irrigation that would
reclaim a roglon larger than the
whole of Now England , und render -
dor it more productive than
an equal urea ot land nat
urally supplied with moisture , might
render moro hopeless of recovery the
agricultural interests of the east ,
though it would furnish homos for nil
her people engaged in farming aud
millions moro ,
Ttiis hostility , grounded in solflsh-
nehs , the advocates of Irrigation
will have to combat , and it can
readily ho understood that it will
bo no easy task to overcome it
That they have all the argument ,
practloal and patriotic , on their Bldo ,
the most Inveterate enemy of u govern
mout policy ot irrigation will have to
admit The roclamoMon of the nrld
region , or so much of it us can bo ro-
clnimed , moans an addition to the na
tional ( vonltn many times greater than
any outlay the government will bo ro-
' qulrod to make , so that the Investment
is ono from which the most generous
profit would bo assured , bonofittlng the
on tire country Moro than this , wo
should provide n territory , now al
most valueless , capable of sustain
ing a population greater than that of
the whole country at nrcsont , n consid
eration which must impress itself
strongly upon every patriotic mind
There is no ether government on earth
having the moanB nt command to render
dor such nn nroa of value that would
hosltato a moment about doing it As
a contribution to the national wonlth
nnd power the reclamation of the arid
lnndsof the west would bo moro valua-
bto than any addition ever made to the
national domain
So far as the question of the merit
and efficacy of irrigation is concerned ,
that is conclusively settled Its appli
cation has fully demonstrated that It
produces the mo9t satlsfaotory results
Opposition on this score is therefore si
lenced The fight is to be mndo agaliiBt
sectional selfishness , bulwarking itself
behind the narrow vlow that the gov
ernment should not employ the public
money for a purpose of this kind Sim
ply bocnuso to do so would ho to incl-
donlallyholp individuals , although as
n matter of fact there is no public im
provement that does not incidentally
help individuals
a n'oiw to run convention
The republicans of Omnha can con
tinue in the control of the city govern
ment only on the condition that they
nominate candidates who nro popular
and have nothing to oxplnin away in
their publio careers The republican
city convention has a very grave re
sponsibility If it nets on moro impulse
and refuses to take a broad view of the
situation it will invite disaster
The cundidatcfor mayor will necossn-
rily either pull the tlekot through or
provo a dead weight The mere fact
that a cuudidato imagines or pretends
that ho is sire to win should
go for nothing Every in
telligent observer must know that
several of the aspirants do not have
the ghost of a show for election , no
matter how much money they spend or
how much patronage they can promise
And there are candidates who cannot
hope to win bocDUse-thoy are not in pos
ition to command the support of the
business community
What the convention must do if it de
sires success is to lay personal fooling
aside and nominate the man who is
least oITonslvo to the massof voters , and
who comes backed by friends who are in
position to exert the largest inlluenco
in his behalf In ether words , the con
vention should nominate the most
available man
There is no written or unwritten law
that demands that Mayor Broatch or
any ether incumbent shall ho renomin
ated if there is not a reason able pros
pect of his olcotion All appeals to the
law and order element in the mayors
behalf are moro political claptrap
The performances of Mayor Broatch
and his satellites in the present cam
paign have most effectively disabused
the minds of mon who Know a hawk
from a handsaw A man who
courts the saloon infiuonco and enlists
bums , roughs nnd habitual law breakers
like the redoubtable Doctor Siominski
to force a renominalion at the primar
ies can hardly arouse much enthusiasm
among people who earnestly desire the
enforcement of the law
it goes without saying that the con
vention cannot afford to endorse every
candidate for the council who comes
backed by his own ward This is an
election at largo and the convention
should bo as careful in the selection of
councilman as in the nomination of
mayor _
MAKE THE UIIAIlOn SPECIFIC
Whonn manly man has anything to
say in the interest of the publio , or do-
slrcs to discuss any issue in which the
publio is interested ho need not sneak
behind an assumed name Mr John D.
Howe has a perfect right te differ from
this paper on any subject or issue Ho
has a right to antagonize cither or all
the bond propositions that are now
pending and express hio views concern
ing these propositions through the press
without reserve or hindrance , ever his
own name But Mr Howe has no right
morally or othcrwiso to assail the mo
tives of this paper from the ambush
behind the convenient cloak of Tax
payer , " or auy ether pseudonym If
ho sees any conspiracy to throttle
Omaha , or knows of any corrupt or
morcennry combine between this paper
and the Union Pacific railroad , It would
bo moro chivalrous nnd honorable
for him to como to the front and make
the chnrgo specific That would be
creditable to him as a citizen and gen
tloraan But his bushwhacking warfare -
faro is simply disreputable Mr Howe
has posed as an nntt-monopollst for a
great mnny years , hut his practice has
boon decidedly at vnrionco with his
professed convictions The columns of
The Bkk are open to Mr Howe , as
they always have been to any citizen
who doslre3 to discus * publio issues , but
ho will have to muster up courage
enough to father his bantlings ever
his own name
WitATir nnd rage reign in Chicago ,
The Garden City discovered unmistak
able oyldonco of tie-up between Now
York nnd St Liouls to defeat Iter lu the
race for the Worlds fair The facltliat
Now York , after desperate work , raised
a little moro than throe million dpllars ,
has convinced the managers that they
can no longer ignore and ri licule Chi
cages big fund , backed by unlimited
onurgy , and if they cannot secure the
fair and a government bonus , they pro
pose to punish Chicago by _ supporting
St Louis
Mu Jim Boyd is willing to sacriflco
himself for the good of the democratic
party , provided the nomination is ten
dered on n silver platter
'Jlit ) Jlrvolt In Iowa
Uttea Jfcwld
The people of Iowa revolted against pro
hibition and the surrondcr of the state gov-
ornmont tof . , , | They have not reverted their
party foaltkonilcading issnos , When these
are under leonVsidor&tlon Iowa will speak as
of olS i1' '
Tltti'DonUi of * Crnzo
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Horn frorh' , aprtco and killed by ft shrug
of the ahouiqers , " la M. do Ulowitz's epitaph
upon Uoulanghim
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Another Sent nt Auction
_ ' . .CrcInnd / Leader
The Intern tlaR question now is , how much
money will It tnko to buy the United States
aenatorahlprWrn Ohio
Drinks All Itoitntl
J/ohfjclUe Ootirfsr-Jotirnaf.
Things , must lmvo boon very lively at the
bar ot thnt Chicago hotel where thlrty-aovon
Mulno men put up the other day
The Only Ksnentlal llrqulrctncnt
SI Lnuh titobc-Democrul.
The objection to Colonel 13rico that ho la
not a rosldont ot Ohio Is trivial , A demo
cratic candidate for the Ohio scnntonlilp
enn llvo where ho plcnsos j it is only roqtlirod
that his money shall bo sponl in the state
The Imnt Hurt lily Act
Salx rrniicfsco-fttfa.
It is probable that on Judgment Daywhen
plnnots nro colliding in space nnd the sun ia
rapidly cooling off and Gabriel is whottinir
his lips to blow the "liRUt out , " the povornor
of Pennsylvania will ask for a halt while the
final distribution Is made ot the fund to the
Johnstown sufferers
TilE AVtEltNOUN TEA
Swcot courtship I O , ' enjoy it ,
Nor hasten to destroy it
By making all too soon the maid your wife ,
wife , wlfo ;
The whispering and the sighing
Prolong the hours now living
Are the sweetest you will ever know in llfo ,
lifo , hio
Quick , Ethel I Look aristocratic Here
comes the duke of Freshwater " Mamma ,
dent worry , I'm not for export "
"WhatI you In favor of Iloury Georges
single tax ideal You were violently opposed
to It not long ago " Yes ; but , I'm married
now "
The Indiana husband who walked away
from homo twonty-six years ace and returned -
turned the ether duy to Hud his wlfo remar
ried , and to raise a row ubout it , should bo
given a lift out of the country nn the too of
u boot A wife may lot her husband roam
around for live or ton " years without asking
nnv questions , but if loft much longer than
that she has a legal right to look out for hoc
self
Although they wont to school together ,
And grow.uu children sldo by sldo ,
Henovor dreatnod how much hu loved her
Until her wealthy undo died
Miss Gwondohno Caldwell's wealth Is said
to liavo been absurdly exaggerated , She is
not believed to 'bo worth moro than $700,000 ,
and her offer to , scttlo $10,000 a year on her
nro3pectivo husband was ono ot extraordi
nary generosity * Peonlo who know Miss
Caldwell sayUhat if she was generous on
this occasion "lfwas something entirely un
precedented In her career She is described
us being nlinost ns thrifty ns Mrs Uotty
Green herself , and it is believed that she
presented SS00,0j0 ? to the Catholic college in
Washington , tacuuso she was so ordered to
do in her fntliqr's will aud had no choice in
the matter whatever
Ho was ( i lawyer noted for his skill
And deeply learned in many n legal tome ,
Xn court hooftou bioko a rich mans will ,
But could not uroak a vvoinan's wont at
"
homo
Mr Orville U. Dupp , " said the man with
the bill in a loud , hursb , meaning voice , you
said iou would certainly pay this if I would
call this morning " "I know I did , " said the
miserable man but my wife is out some
where with mr pocketbooK buying mon birth
day nresent "
A French mayor , who at ono timn held tbo
oQlco of stipendiary magistrate , was about to
perform tlio civil sorvlca of muri iago Mile ,
X , " ho bald , uddressing tno bride , "do
you agree to take Mr 7 , here present , for
your wedded husband ! " Aud after the
young lady had replied in the afllrmative ,
the mayor , turning to the bridoeroom , deliv
ered himself as follows ; "Prisonorat the bar ,
what have you to say in your do/ensol"
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STATE OOTXINGS
Nebrmkn
Central City now has a daily paper called
the News
A sixty-flvo-yoar old Lyons woman has
just begun to take lessons on the piano
A wbito Canadfau owl was killed by a
resident of HAVomia which measured bIx
feet from tip to tip
The Kavenn.i cheese and butter factory is
completed and has been accepted by tbo
building committed
Uluo Hill , in Webster county , claims the
distinction of having moro prohibition voters
than any town of its size ia the state
Judge Sweazy has resigned ns county Judge
of Webster county aud D. F. Trunkoy , the
judge elect , will till out tbo unexpired term ,
Forty business mou of McCoolc have or
ganized n club , und will soon bo ut homo in
rooms now occupied Dy the United States
land olllce
'lhoroaro olovcn criminal and ever two
hundred civil cases on the doekot of the
Adams county district court now In session
at Hustings
A colored waiter in the Bostwlclt hotel at
Hastings named Black stabbed Harry Kline ,
the steward of the hostelry , with a fo k , In
flicting an ugly wound It wus tno result of
a kltchon quarrel
Little boys smoking cigarettes in a bay
loftsotllro to tbo barn of Deputy Sherllf
Hlnman at Broken Bow , but the blaze did
not prove half so warm as the boys felt after
an interview with their father ,
Tlio fifth annual session of the Southeast
ern Nebraska Touchers association will beheld
hold nt Nebraska Citv November 23 nnd 2'J ,
and an interesting and cxtenslvo programme
has been prepared for thooccnsion
The stockholders of the North Nobrasku
Fair and Driving Park association at Nor
folk bavo decided , to Increase the stock from
$10,000 to W.Wwuioli will place the or
ganization In u tollaut : financial sbauo
A Platt9raoutb young man started to taken
bath while uadortbo inlluonce of liquor , but
while gazing into the tub with his hands in
his pockets ho lost his balance and fell into
the water head first Ho was too drunk te
help hlmsolf , and but for the timely arrival
of a friend would undoubtedly bavodrowned
Ho has sworn ftV-on bathing
Tbo busmossirtion of Callaway do not let
trllles hiterfcrUHvlta public improvements ,
They recently voted bonds to aid In the con
struction of n Uppnng will in consideration
that the man Wuo was to build the mill
should Invest81,000 in the enterprise , The
contractor fatted to fulfill his part j ( the
agreement , soivlth the customary cntorpiiso
the citizens raised the money among them
selves and tbo mill wilt bo built as con
tcinplatcd
Iowa Items
Dubuque * charity ball netted 850.
There are * S0 pupils attending the state
university
Tbo new opera house at Ottumwa will ba
opened December 4.
Frank Hauso ot Urlnnell tried to put out
n furouco lire by pouring water on it and was
terribly burned
FortDodgo is paying interest on f30,000
worth of waterworks bonds , the only bouds
ever issued by the city
Two thousand bass and plko bavo boon '
placed In the river at Charles City by the
UnitcH States tisb commissioner
St Francis Xavler church at Dyorsvlllo ,
the most magnificent Catholic edifice in the
state , will bo dodlcatea December a
Mrs Mlua Davis , residing near Oakland ,
has become insane on religious subjects and
has been sent to the asylum nt Mt , rloasnnt ,
M. M. Lusn of Dahtogonn tewnsh'p , near
Ottumwa , eighty yenrs old , has tnkon out n
license to marry Kllzabath Durnaugh , ngod
sixty-two.
Four children and fifteen gronchlldren
helped Mr and Mrs Chauncoy Lamb cele
brate their golden wedding at Clinton last
week
P. G , natllngnll , Wapollo eounty'n senator
elect , has contributed $4,000 toward building
a Young Men's Christian association build
ing at Ottumwa
Eastern capitalists have atrrood toput ! in n
tin can factory plant at KcokUK with a ca
pacity of 50,000 cons dally nndemplo.vlor 125
operatives , If the citizens will take 110,000
worth of stock , •
A little child of Mr Grogorson , residing
In North Clinton , was killed bv n cow Mon
day mornlutr The mother had gone out
washing , leaving her two little children at
homo to wntch the cow , which was grazing
out In the lot , when the animal attncKcd
the children and gored the youngest ono te
death ,
August Bnrhols , ot Davenport , has been
adjudged insane Ho imagined that n prom
inent socloty lady of that city was in love
with him nnd has for the past month or so
been writing her lutters every day , to which
Bbo paid no attention The ether day ho
called at her residence to claim her ns his
wife , nnd , as she had never mot lilm before ,
nnd was convinced of his insanity , alio in
formed the authorities Ho will bo taken to
the asylum
THE MAKING OF ROADS
rranoo I.ondB KnglmiU Una Had
Oiiob , nntl TIiIb Country Worse
Joseph Pcnnoll , the artist , has a recent -
cent article entitled ' What ' I Know
About Roads " He says some ot the
vilest roads ho has over rlddon on are
in Englnnd This will bo news to many
peonlo who have looked on English
romls , esuocinlly in comparison with
the highways of America , as being well
nigh perfect Ho says there is not a.
100-milo stretch of road in England thnt
is in good condition , and not a foot of it
any where that is as well kept as it
ought to bo
Whether this is true or not , there is
no question of the fact that America
can double-discount England or any
ether country in vile roads The
American method of rond-mnklng is
singularly well adapted to the produc
tion of the poorest possible kind of road
In most counties in the United States
a road tax is levied , but the termor or
ether person taxed hits the option of
working out his road tnxso much being
allowed for u man , and so much for a
team of horses each day As a general
thing in the rural districts labor is
more plentiful Hum money , aud so the
making of roads is lolt entirely in the
hands of the farmers along the road ,
ana even when money is collected that
money is expended by having more of
tlio sumo kind of labor , and tiouo of this
Inbor Is ever under the direction of any
body who knows the least thing about
ro.id-ran.king.
In Canada this state of things is as
bad The tax is reversed there thnt
is , a certain amount of days ot statute
labor is put ugainst each person , and
the person has the onlion of paying in
casli $1 for onch days work , if the per
son docs not destro to do the work
himself or hire it done The roads are
under the chat go of a. path-master who
is appointed annually and has charge
of a certain district The path-master
knows nothing whatever of the theory
or praetico of making roads , ami never
has an instance boon known where ho
endeavored to learn anything about it
The working out of stntuto labor
is looked on both in Canada
and in the United States us
a grand holiday , where neighbors
unite and work just as little as they pos
sibly can , loafing a great deal of the
tlmo under shndo trees and swapping
yarns and gossip What work is done
is tlio digging of useless ditches that
lead nowhere and the piling of the di'-t
in tlio center of the road where it
mnkes when the full rains come , ono
great heap of unfathomable mud This
goes on year after year , and the consequence
quence Is that the roads in the rural
districts of America and Canada are the
worst that could possibly bo made
As the adage says : ' They do thcso
things bettor in Franco " and Mr Pen
nell tolls Ufa how it is done in France
Every milo or two along the French
road you will find a man breaking stone
into pieces about two nnd ono-hnlf
inches square These pieces of broken
stone are arranged symmetrically with
a roof on each pile These mon work
at stone breaking in spring , summer
and autumn , nnd all tlio while ether
mon are swooping the road with great
long brooms and piling up the dust for
future use or sale A loose Btono or , n
lump of dirt on a French road is abso
lutely unknown In October those
broken stones are laid evenly on the
road and the interstices nro iillod up
with smaller dohris from the pllo aad
• . ' neil clay or chalky earth is spread ever
it The whole is thoroughly saturated
py water thrown from the hnscof an
engine which runs the steam roller ,
and up and down ever this mass the
heavy stenm roller passes , pressing it
into the most porfoet roadbed that is
known The , roadway in Franco is
wide enough for two or throe teams to
pas3. There are rarely any fences by
the French farms , but on each sldo of
the road is a Bmall dyke built up to prc-
vent the water from running from tbo
farms onto the roads Near the dyke
is a deep ditch und bctweon that and
the road a grass plot that is kept in
perfect order Every ono hundred footer
or ho there is a trench cut in the grass
plot that allows the water to run to the
road into the dcop trench , nnd so the
roads nro kept perfectly drained All
the distances nro marked off by stones
about f.70 and a half foot high On
ono sldo of the stone you see the nnmo
of the next important town , with its
distances in kilometers , and on the ether
sldo the nnmo of the important town
you have loft On its fuco you road
route No , so-and-so , nnd below the
name of the great city from which it
starts and great city to which it goes ,
nnd the distance to each road , Evorv
hundred motors you will see a white
stone with the number inscribed on it
If every county in America were to
appoint an efficient road onglnoor who
know something about tlio theory and
practice of road making , aud the wbolo
stututo labor or road tax labor were In
telligently employed even under the
present system , something might bo
done to make the roads of America
ether than a reproach to the country
It is an important question und has
much to do with the welfare of every
community Nothing is moro neces
sary than perfect roads throughout the
country , and if Mr Pennoll'sarticlo has
called attention to the reckless system
which is in vogue in America in build
ing roads , it will do n very great deal of
good
Booths ItotlrliiK Nature
Booth is a rccluso , una his rooms
ever the Players club nro his hermi
tage , .soys a Now York letter to the
Pittsburg Post There he spends nearly
every hour of his time , except when
duty compels his presence in the thoa-
tor Even the rehearsals are usunlly
hold without him , his part being road
by the stage manager , and ho seemed
to grude/o / the tlmo und labor required
to go through with tliobo passages in
which ho was actually joined with
Modjeska ,
Beccham's Pills act like magic on a weak
stomach
THE CAPITAL CITY GRIST ,
Tlio Homos for the Friondl sa and
Fnllon Women Quarrollna
ADDITIONAL SILVER DELEGATES
Ulohnrd Fltzslininniifi Found Guilty
or AlniiRlnttglitcr Stito House
Items 'J ho Supreme Court
City Notes
Lincoln BuurAu or The Omuia Bbk , 1
10J ) P Stiibkt , }
LiN-cotv , Neb , Nov 20. )
It has just become known that the asso
ciate board of charities nnd the board ot the
Homo for the Frlendloss have been nt logger
heads for several months past It appears
that the management of the Homo for Fallen
Women nt Mllford has lind trouble te place
the children born nt thnt institution The
bonrd of cliarltlos insists that the Homo for
the Friendless is the proper nlaco for them ,
but It seems that its board entertains n
dlfforout opinion In fnet , the managoinont
of the Homo for the Frlendloss oponlv re
fuses to receive any children born nt the
Mllford homo unless pay la guaranteed for
their support and maintenance
Additional Silver Delegates
Lcandor G. Gornrd , Columbus ; General
Delovun Bates , Aurora ; J. II Woolloy ,
Grand Island ; John Fitzgerald , Lincoln ;
C. H. Diotrick , Hastings ; E. A. Cady , St ,
Paul ; J. N. Paul , St Paul
Tlio Dlstrlot Court
Klchnrd Fitzslnunons , who killed Wllltnm
Green of Wavorly last spring , was found
guilty of manslaughter The Jury was out
but a short time
A motion was filed and argued this morn
lug for n now trial in the ciso ot the stnto
vs Johu Tuylor , who was convicted of murder -
dor in the second degree last week The
motion was ovoiruled nnd the defendants '
nttorncys will go to the supreme court
In the case of tlio state vs Robert Prlco ,
charged with an attempt to commit rano on a
young girl iu this city , tlio defendant wus
called , but Price did not show un A motion
was made to foitcit his recognizance , and a
hearing will bo had on this motion on tneJid
George McNInch pleaded guilty to the
crime of horse stealing nnd was sentenced
te tlirco years In the ncnltcntiary
Stnto House Jottings
The Farmers State Bank of Hustis filed
nrticles of incorporation today Capital
stock $30,000. Incorporators : William H.
Kinnaud , J. R. Mason , Johu Ohlrlng and B.
W. Curloy
Tdo First National bank ot Ulysses also
filed nrticles Authorized capital stock
? j > 0,000. Incorporators ; George W. Lord
and U. C. Guss ,
The board of publio lands nnd buildings ,
Messrs , Cowdry , Steen , Hill and Leeso , ac
companied by lion Church Howe , loft for
Porn this evening ever the Missouri Pacific
They will spend the night at Nebraska City ,
and go on in the morning to ndjust the dif
ferences between Principal Furnhnni and
the steam fluuro contractors
The Supreme Court
Today's proceedings lu the supreme court
were as follows :
Mr James M. Wooloy of Grand Island
was admitted to praetico The following
6ases were argued and submitted :
Br.ilthwuito vs State ; Goss vs IJumler ;
Spencer vs Meyer ; Wood Itlver Bank vs
Kclloy ; Easterly Orgnn company vs Veodcr ;
Grand Island Gas company vs West ; Cro-
wcll vs Hurvey ; Wallace vs Thresher ; Nunn
vs Homo Insurauco compauy ; Untcs vs Par
rott , motion to dismiss Court adjourned to
Thursday , November SI , lbSO , at 8:30o'clock :
a. m.
Davis vs Sloman Error from the district
court of Douclas county AUlrmea Opin
ion by Maxwell , J.
Davis vs Davis Error from the district
court of Douglas countv Heversed and : u-
niunded Opinion by Cobb , J.
Frey vOwcns Erroj-from the district ,
court for Cass county Affirmed Opiuioa
by Cobb , J.
Seiberllngv Demareo Error from tbo
district , court for Lancaster county Ue-
vcrsod and remanded Opinion bv Cobb , J.
Charles v. State Error from the district
court for Douglas county Sentonoo reduced
Opinion by Muxwell , , T.
A young man less than twenty-ono years
of ngo of previous good character and habits ,
arrived in the city of Omaha In search of
employment Ho was without money , and
Tell in with sovcral persons who Induced htm
to drink intoxicating liquors , and thereafter
persuaded him to burglarously enter a dwell
ing house in snld city with ono of their num
ber His ussociato escaped , nnd ho wus
fouud hiding In a closet in said bouso badly
frightened On an information being filed
against him ho plodded guilty to the charge
of burglnry , and was sentenced te imprison
ment In the penitentiary for ten years
Hold , That while the crime of burglary was
ono of a grave character , which ordinarily
should bo sovorolv punished , yet In this case
the punlshmont was too Bovore , and the
term of impnsonmont would bo reduced seas
as to oxniro Novomber27,18S9 , , the senteuco
dating from Juno 30,183S ,
City News and Notes
John MucMurphy was m the city yester
day . .
Treasurer Kent of the state bonrd of ngrl-
culture was in the city today with his wlfo
Captain Tibbotts of the Denver & Hio
Grande is in the ctt } ' today , shaking hands
with the boys
Ono of the Runynn girls who disnppeorod
from Nflbruska City a few days ago , is sup
posed to oo In this city Ollicor Moore has
ocea In the city u couple ot days looking for
her , but without success , though parties
claim to have soon her yesterday Mrs
Ncttio Ostrundor and Miss Llzzlo Adair
wore pulled by the police last night as com
mon prostitutes , and James Ostrandor , the
husband , says this was done bcoauso tbo po
lice believe that ho had something to do with
hiding the Kunyan girls Ho says that ho
knows where they are but ho wont toll Ho
and bis wife woie married last August while
under arrest , This morning when his wlfo
and her companion were dlschargod they
had barely got home , when Jim assaulted
Mrs Jim nnd heat her in a brutal uiannor
A telephone message was sent in und Os > ,
tranilor is behind the bars , while tbo police
.nro looking for the Kunyan girls
George Stablor of the Capital hotel and
Mlnulo Moore were married this afternoon
Tlio Church Militant In Africa ,
The good English people who lmvo
contributed to the cuuso ot African
missions may bo made somowhnt uneasy
when they learn of the methods to
which the missionaries resort to main
tain their foothold and push their pro
paganda , but it appears to have como to
lie a question of lifo or death with the
mission btations , and few persons would
go bo fur , probably , as to blnmo thorn
for employing carnal wenpops to defend
their helpless charges against thoslavo-
huntlng Arab adversaries , says the
Boston Journal It docs Boom n little
strange at first to rend that the mission
aries at Luke Tanganyika hnvo built a
fort nnd surrounded it with thorn busljes
nnd barbed wire nnd scattered broken
bottles on the ground to make things
interesting for hostile biivagos That
certainly wns not one of the objects
specified when the funds were raised to
send the mieslonarios to the dark con
tinent But it should bo remembered
that the missionaries hnvo no ono to
protect thom Englnnd und Gonnany
are too busy just ut present trying to
outdo each ether in trade und politics
to give much attention to such i in prac
ticable persons , The Indignation of the
missionaries ut finding that the Arab
slave catchers are armed with guns of
English inanufaoturo is safely pardon
able This English pructico of putting
wonpoiis Into the hands of the enemy is
somewhat akin to the habit our brother
trailers hud gome years ago ot furnish
m . . m , , I. nritiiiMBMiiit M
Ing Indian wnrrlore with the latest tr
things out in the wny of ropontlnc rlflos *
these rlflos frequently figuring thoroM
nflor in raids nnd skirmishes to the dls- *
comflttiro of the soldlors of the fodornl .
army
Superstitions of ' rntnnit
It is very unlucky to moot in the ,
enrly morning n , barking dog or tt bare
footed woman J
When n corpse retains nnitnnl boat
overlong another member of the family ,
is to tlio within the year
If the stacks nro not circled onch
night by the noiseless baru owl a ' ,
blight will fall upon next boason'a "
crops } \
Any three ldlo strokes of a stick in (
the ashes or a. spade or ether farm tool I
in the soil making a llguro rosombllng ' '
a coffin Is certain to pretend death in I
ones family |
The linnet pours forth the mo t mel J
nncholy song of nil Irish birds , and I 5
have scon honost-hoartod peasants nf- f
footed by it to tears y
When the nest of the thrush or mavis } r
is built unusually high in the thorn |
bush this betokens tt grout calamity to I
n , neighborhood * S
Over in Connnmarn to this day n funU J ,
oral procession on its way to church yj
will halt some distance away nuil cast { ,
together a hugo pllo of stones " LOne
Ono of the oldest of all Irish super ? >
slltlons is the bcliof that if you chase I
and catch a butterfly you Imprison the t
wandering soul of your grandmother f
Drnnintlo lilomcut In tlio Law
In literature and In painting , as >
ovorvbody knows , the same element is
absolutely necessary ; the picture must J
toll its story , it must oxtiihlt ono point
to which till tlio other parts nro subor
dinated , und even nil ossny which is ill
constructed nnd ill-proporliotiod will
hnvo hut u bhort lifo though it tuny con
tain fifty clever tilings , says the Beaten 1
Post Few lnyinon I fancy , rcnliza * ,
that the same principle holds good in . ,
the dry profession of the law A k l
learned co unsol whom I mot nt the club ] ;
n , night or two since wns expatiating i
on tlio dramatic beauty of tin argument , j v
rotating to some extremely technical ,
matter that ho had just been reading
It involved , ho said , many consldora- \ l
tions , nnd yet was tirranged nn ' tl sttbor- '
dlnnted with such art that every word il
scoinod to point to the single conclusion : . ' !
which was finally reached This , or I •
course , is somolhingvory different from *
the theatrical aud oratorical dovloos
that tire stud to carry weight with a
jury it was the intolluctunl aspect of
the drnmn which my logtil frloud had
in mind when ho found it illustrated in t
an argument intended for the discrim
inating and passionless ears of the
court
Close Oontc < t3 in Ohio
The closest gubernatorial contests out
ot the forty-flvo in the history or Ohior
says the Urbana Citizen , have , ia the ,
order of the narrowness of margin be- jj
tweou successful und defeated cnudi- * .
dates , boon as follows : * '
ISIS Ford over Welter 3(11 (
1S.10 MoArtliur ever Lucas 483
1873 Allen ever Noyos § 17
1BU Bartloy ever Ted 1,3,1 , ,
180i Moigs over Mussio . . iu ; , !
18 > 7 Chase over Pay no 1,503
1 > 0S Huntington ovoi1 Worthlugton , , . .1,092
1812 Shannon ovcrCorwiu 1,873 ,
1833 Trlmblo ever Cumpboll 3,010 )
1810 Meigs over Worlhington 3llt ) : { , ! •
1834 Lucas over Findlay 3,380 , | j
181(1 ( Bebb over led .3,355 \U \
1621 Morrow ever l'nmblo 3,418 Jl ;
1807 Hayes ever Thurman 3,083 , ; l
lb22 Morrow over Triinblo 8,1(50 ( If
1812 Molgiovor Scott . . . J195U ' \
1873 Hayes over Allen 4,514 i
A C.ii'ious L-lic. }
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It is curious that , nfler the lapse of ' ! •
moro than 100 years , the superb furniture - ! ? •
turo which Ttppou Sultan presontcd to Hi
Warren Hustings should be going back 's
to India The unique suite was the
great sight at Daylosford , where it was Jj
placed in the principal drawing room , I
until the estate was sold in 183'J. after , ,
the death of Mrs Hustings , when it
was purchnsdd by Lord Albert Donison |
( afterward Lord Londosborough ) whoso
son sold it a few months ago for 1,500
to Messrs Wot'thoimor , from whom it
has boon purchased by the Maharajah
of Durbhangah This suite originally
included a bed of solid ivory , magnlfi- j
coutly carved , which was presented by U
Wttrron Hastings to Quooii Charlotte , H
und it is commemorated iu the "Rol- j M
Had " This bed , which was of great \
value , afterward came into the possosi (
slon of George IV , who is understood * •
to have given it as a present to a foreign -
oign sovereign x ,
fndigestion |
IS not only a distressing complaint , ot " I
Itself , but , by causing the blood to "j
become depraved and the system en- a
feeblcd , is the parent of iuniuncrnbln {
maladies Thnt Ayor'a Snrsiipni-llln J
is the best cuio for Indigestion , men J' '
when complicated with Liver Complaint , A
is proved by tlio following testimony
from Mrs Joseph Lake , of Brotknoy ,
Centre , Mich : \
Liver complaint nnd indigestion ' *
made my llfo a burden and camu near f *
ending my existence For moro than ' ' ( Bj
four years I suffered untold agony , was , 'f Bl
educed almost to a skeleton , ami iiurdly 'SBl '
lind strength to drag tuysolf about All AB |
kinds of food disticsftod mo , and only 7iBl
the most dellcntn could bo digested nt ( Bl
all Within the tlmo mentioned siivoinl fBH
physicians treated mo without giving re- , (
lief Nothing that I took seemed to do (9b (
any permanent good until I commenced ' !
the use of Ayer'A Saisuparilla , whichBB
has produced wonderful results Boon fjBB
after commencing to take the BarsapaIiBB
rllla I could see an improvement in my flBfl
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