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H for u clmngo
H Pirin.ic Hoiitimoiit in rotation to the
H barbers and the Sunday luw Booms to
H ho , lot tliorn ulono "
H Clionus of the liuiiK'ry hoi-do : Santa
H -CIiuh dishing , plctiso put fat little
H jilliccs into our political Blockings "
H , Niw Yoitic tnemhors of congress will
H < bco to it , wlioti the tnrilT question comes
H up , tlua the London fog is tnlcon off the
H ' 8t
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H' Buoatcii conlldontly expects to bo
| L acting mtt .yor under dishing "Wo
H Bhiill prcbontly bco whothur the tall
> wigs tlio dog
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Mk NnAitr.Y nil the scoolma'ams ' of Dom -
m troit curry toy pistols This is doubt
' Hosa for the purpose of teaching the
- " _ young idea how to shoot
H UlUOlti : Mayor Drontqh rotircs ho
- ought to explain to the tax payers of
B Omaha why ho played cats-paw for
B , "Vnndorvooi't in the Dodlin grnnito job
' ' GnXKUAr , E. Buid : Gituiiiisaysitco3t
him twenty-flvo thousand dollars to ho
, dofontod for governor of Now York Ho
could doubtless liavo had it done a good
< • deal cheaper If tie had known us much
l hoforc the campaign us ho docs now !
t I'1' , s nn ill wind that blows nobody
V. good While the coal dealers arc shiv-
| r oring for want of suslonnnco and the
| ' icemen nro praying for n. bllz/.ard the
mechanics and men ctgiuod ) ; in the
building trades are • singing on the
M Hcnifolding and on the roofs , blessing
H the Lord that tl\o \ weather has boon
, ' toinporcd to thorn
' AH ClIllIST-MAH is ospoclnlly a child
' rou'ri holiday , do not full to mnko their
| . hearts glad by a present It is not so
1 much the vnluo of what is given as the
fact that a present has boon rocoivoa
H that gives pleasure No ono is too poor
H to give tomothlng , und moiicy can not
ho hotter expended than in brightening
H the IIfo of the little ones
Hb Wiikn 'a hungry little Btroot Arab
K : ; ' 'nppropriatos a box of uardiuos with
v > which to jniilto merry on Christmas
HP ttldo , his full unmo is given and the
f' transaction is cnllod stealing When a
K1 "hlglily rospcctablo lady , " dressed in
B sealskin , abstracts articles from a bar
i ' , Cain counter the nnmo is supprobsod
Hr * nd n case ot kleptomania has trailb-
B ! " plrod . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
| ! A Tin : "uoblo" Davis presided at Lin-
Hl Angers TlmnkBglving dlnnor , hold up
Hg his right hand , and drinking to the
§ T * health ot his host , pledged his honor to
Pr , ' work and light for him until the polls
k } ' - closed And when the trying hour
Hl enmo ho botrnyod Linlngor for pelf
Hk- ou' this tlosplcnblo uruattiro is scoltiug
Hg' .un allinnco with domocratlo councilmen
HF1 " to lnitko hlmsolf prosldont ot the coun-
H > oil nud acting mayor This is in uc-
Hiv ' cord with the otorual Illness ot things
H- | Mil it S. KltVJN wants to be slutod
H * for the position of assistant city utter
H1' ,10.v "i > a recognition ot his Bubllmo do-
H' votlon to law nnd order and hia Invul-
H. ' uublo service in organizing Droatch's
H Jioblo Twenty-Eight into abandot po-
H litlcul banditti In Nebraska as in
J Italy hired assassins usually rocaLvo
H" ' ' their pay iu cosh , Mr Urvin got his
f reward on olootion day in the shape of
K a roll ot greenbacks handed ever
H" by an oil-room democrat That
H > < oQrtaiuly has cancelled wlmtovor
Hl > . obligation Mr Cushlng might
ha under to the noble > Erviti ,
B Possibly tho.muyor-cloct may bo cou-
HHHj ' sclous of the fact , also , that ho will bo
K , * ' " held | H3rsonally rosiwutiiblo for the np-
K • polnlinonts ho make ? . It ho is to pay
H . the debts which liroateh incurred in
K his desperate effort to keep himsolt In
E. power eomnion decency dictates that bo
B should tnko cleau 111011 and not spoils
f ' hunters und go-betwoeiis for boodlq
J councilmen ,
T1W UOtWA\ SEASON
The return of Christmas Innupuratos
the season which throughout the
Chrlstinn world is crowded with moro
gladness , moro of the ovldonccsof nffec-
lion , moro deeds ot charity , nnd n lnrgor
development of alt these qualities which
improve nnd ctovnto humanity , than
mark any ether porlod ot tlio year , or
porhnps all the rest of the year There
iB a wonderful potonoy in this
Benson for unlocking the portals
tals to the heart which eolt-
IbIuicss kcops closed during all the rest
ot the twelve months , and bringing
forth in sorno form an acknowledgement
ot its bcnoflccnt Influonuo The man or
woman who is proof ngalnst the spoil of
this tlmo , who can resist the appcnl to
kindly ofllcos , who enn regard without
an omotlou of plensuro the joy of
childhood nnd the gladness of mature -
turo yoflrs , whoso affections uro not
stirred , and who can fool no
sympathy with tlio offuslvo cheer
and the hearty good will on every
hand and in every condition isslncoroly
to bo pitied Hut the number of such is
extremely small
Chrlsttnns is peculiarly the chlldron's
holiday All of its suggestions and
associations are consecrated to their
liappldos * , and iu every homo its lesson
should bo carefully impressed upon their
minds Perhaps it is too generally the
rule to omit this , thus depriving the
children of Unit knowledge of the true
moaning of this day , which will bo
most useful In enabling them to
correctly npproclato it , ns well ns to exert - ,
ort a wholesome nnd clovntlug iniluonco
upon their chnrnctor There nro many
suggestions which the recurroncoof this
sonson brings , nnd they nro so generally
felt that It is unnecessary to dwell upon
them For the most part they are lib
erally responded to , nnd It Is gratifying
to bellovo that with each succeeding
Christmas the response bccomoH moro
generous So with increased faith in
"
mankind , let us wclcomo this day with
scrcno cheer and sincere ( rood will , ox-
lending to nil the familiar yet never
attilo salutation of Merry Christinas "
a xmwvD iwfoiim
The despcrnto struggle of the banns
for the control of the city's funds has
become a clangorous source of corrupt
ing our election machinery , and
throatonB , if continued , to make our
city elections moro auctions for votes
and voters The proper remedy for
these domornli7ing contests is a radical
reform in the control of the city's
hinds There is no good reason
why the treasurer of this oity"
should have eight hundred thousand tea
a million dollars at his disposal for the
benefit , ot preferred bankers Ourpost-
mastci-3 , the collector of internal revenue -
nuo and tlio paymaster of this depart
ment who hnndlo millions of dollars of
publio funds have no such discretion
Undo Sain has designated certain banks
as depositories of national funds , and
disbursing officers are required to deposit -
posit their funds in those banks aud no
where else
The United States depository system
has boon thoroughly tested and found
safe The same method should by alt
means b # pursued with state , county
and municipal funds Depositories
should bo designated under stringent
restrictions , and the treasurers should
simply bo disbursing officers Under
such a system oar city would have the
boncfltof whatever interest the banks
are willing to pay for the deposits , and
the banks Hint mnko the best
bid would bo designated as de
positories conditioned upon their
giving proper surety for the funds
thnt may bo in their bauds
Such a change can only bo effected ,
however , by legislation When the
tlmo comes The Hek will urge the on-
uctmonc of such laws and endeavor if
possible to have the reform incorpor
ated iu our charter
HOUSE ELECTION CONTESTS
The gossip from Washington as to
the purpose of the two parties in the
house regarding the election contests ,
if it has any substantial foundation ,
gives promise of some interesting and .
exciting incidents in congress after the
holiday recess The democrats profess
to hollovo that it is the intention of the
republicans to dispose of the contested
election cases in their favor as soon as
pos3iblo so as to give them a surer
working mnjority with which to revise
the rules nnd cripple their op
ponents If this Bhall appear to bo the
purpose ot the majority the minority
propose to light it vigorously and per
sistently A domocratlo authority
Btatos that the democrats ot the huuso
fool that it is their patriotic duty to
resist by ovary constitutional means the
programmo which they bollovo the
ropublicnns have in view What they
will do in the way ot roslstanuo is not
known , but that there will bo resist
ance is curtain Mr Carllslo is
reported to have suggested taking the
matter to the supreme court , though
what jurisdiction that tribunal can have
is not clearly apparent , while younger
and moro hotheaded momhors ot the
minority are said to talk of physical
force or the setting up of a rival house
Making duo allowance for it great deal
ot thoughtless bluster which wll\ \ never
takp form In action , there is still Indi
cated a fooling nod temper which may
produce a situation that all consorvatlvo
nnd patriotic citizens would deplore A
prolonged and blttor partisan conflict
ever these olcctlon contests would delay
legislation of vital importance to the
country , It would provo a source of moro
or loss serious disqtilotudo to the publio
mind , nnd it would bo an altogether
unfortunate commentary upon our poll
tics Wo do not believe it to bo the in
tention ot the republicans to invite this
statu ot atlalrs It is nllogod that their
design is to pool the contests
aud push thorn all through at
ouco It is not to bo douhtod
that treatment of this sort would bo
justified as to roost of them , and the
government would bo tlio gainer there
by The usual practice regarding con
tested olootion cases has cost the peopto
a viut sum of money for which there
was no excuse in justice or in oxpedl-
onoy It ruroly happens that thesa con
tests nro not oapablo ot prompt settle
mout , und it is the plain und unquestion
able duty of congress to settle thorn
promptly on their monts , free from an y
partisan consideration If the ropubli
cnns of the present house shall institute
a ju9tdoparturo in this respect they will
accomplish a needed reform , nnd the
democrats could make no greater mls-
take thnn to oppose it on purely par
tisan grounds What is needed Is n
policy , honored by both parties , that
would keep protondor9 away from congress -
gross , aud porhnps a good rule would
bo , in cases where a contestant makes
out a case sufficiently to justify the con
test , to doclnro the election olT ,
As to the desire ot the ropublicnns
to chnngc the rules ot the house , all
who talto a reasonable and unprejudiced
view of the nintter admit that reform
in the methods of procedure are do-
sirnblo nnd necessary The domocratlo
majority In the last congress made an
attempt at Improvement , but with little
success , and the inadoquncy ot tlio
rules for lurtherlng the buslnosa
of legislation was clearly domonstrntod
Business was uolnjod at the plensuro ot
the minority and some of the most meritorious -
itorious measures of the Bessiou were
shut out from consideration under the
operation ot the rules It would bo dis
creditable to congress to continue such
n system , and the purpose of thu ropub
licnns to refuse it is to bo commended ,
even though the reform would curtail
the power of the minority As botweou
a tyranny of the majority or
the minority none who under
stand the theory of popular government
will hesitate which should bo preferred
Tlio duty aud responsibility ot legisla
tion Is with the ropublicnns , and they
are warranted In oniploylng every fair
nnd honorable method to incut their ob
ligation to the country It is safe to
predict that they will attempt to do
nothing else
AN iMPOKIASr AOnEEME.\T.
The action of the Iowa railway com
panies in proposing an arrangement
witli the stuto railway commissioners
under which both sides abandon nil
pending suits arising from the compul
sory rata schedules of the commission
ers , is regarded as an event of very considerable -
sidorablo significance The Now York
Gonmierciu ! Advertiser rotors to it as in
all probability marking the conclusion
of ono of the most startling episodes in
railway history " This is presenting the
matter in n somewhat Btrongor aspect
than it has appeared to possJ3 in this
section , although the importance of the
contest between the authority of the
state of Iowa and the railroads has boon
very fully appreciated hora , and the re
sult Is regarded as of moro than ordi
nary significance
The action of the railroads is a very
complete victory for the state It is an
nll-sulllciont acknowledgement that the
rate schedules arranged by the railway
commissioners were fair and reasonable ,
and that there wore no conditions , as
claimed by the corporations , to justify
their refusal to accept thorn , and their
subsequent course in reducing the service -
ice to the people of Iowa and carrying
the maltor into the courts Tlio rail
roads were informed when the sched
ules were promulgated that , if after a
fair trial it was found they could not
operate with profit under thorn the com
mission would amend thorn They were
distinctly told that there was no desire
to do the corporations any lujustlco or
to deprive thorn of a fair return
for the service performed The people -
plo of Iowa were not so foolish
as to wish to crush out the rail
roads But after careful deliberation
the commissioners believed the rates
they hud arranged were fnir and rea
sonable and they insisted that they
should have a trial The fosult proves
that the position of the commissioners
was right The railroads of Iowa have
not lost money , nnd they would bo much
better off than they uro if they hnd
made no contest
The result is In all respects fortunate
It will have the effect to , pro
duce a moro favorable publio senti
ment toward the corporations than
bus existed for a number of years , and
with mutual conlidcnco reestablished
the rail roads can go forward with such
improvements us may bo needed to increase -
crease tho'olllciency of their Borvico ,
and such extensions ns shall premise
profitable returns Tlio bonollts will bo
mutual , and as these are realized by
the pcoplo and the corporations it is safe
toassumo that there will bo a mutual
desire tojivold future conflicts , Mean
while the authority of , the state has
boon vindicated , and it would bo well
for the corporations generally to give
this fact the considorutlon which its
obvious signilicanco merits
OOOD THINGS OALOIlE
The people of Omaha have good causa
to lay aside dull care today nud join iu
celebrating the great holiday of Christ
endom Around the city's board are
crowded matorlal things which insure
a future of good cheer The waning
year has made nn indelible mark in the
growth of the community Uvory de
partment of trade has had its full share
of the fruits of the earth Abundant
crops rewarded the labors of the hus
bandman The factories nnd work
shops found a widening Hold
for their products , and profitable
pence marked the relations of capital
and labor The milestones of the your
nro vlslblo in every direction , Look
around you and no to the ovjdoncos ot
Arift on every sldo the costly nnd
oruato homes that dot the rolling hills ;
the modest yet comfortable cottages of
the toilers ; the massive blocks ot brick
and stone in the busnoes ! sections ; the
warehouses ana factories that frlngo
the railroads , and the tnilos pf electric
motor | lines forming the most com
plo to By s torn of rapid transit In the west
All ot these form u panorn ' rpa of pros
perity unsurpassed by nnyeity of equal
population on the continent
But Omaha's stocking could not hold
the many good things that are now
spread out before her Scattered around
but soeuro nro commorclal and industrial
jewels to bo placed in gn.nlto und steel
settings during thocomlngyoar There
stands the Nebraska Centralbrldgo , the
keyetono of the city's commorclal arch ,
inviting the eastern railroads to cross
the Rubicon Hero Is the union dooot
and the Tenth street viaduct , rising on
tha ruina ot the cow shod The now
postolHco and the city hall form effective
-UUl '
center ploncs , ) Inked ; by the Omaha
and Soutj } / Dakota railroad ,
a knitting factory , a boot nnd shoo fac
tory , South Omahn annexed to the
parent city , , yh } the state fair anchored -
chorod in the suburbs
All these nnu moro surround the
municipal tahld" Are they not sufll-
clont to if Ivo zo D to the aay's fcstlvltlos ,
to make the need fool the elixir ot
youth and honrtlly , join in the general
' " y
rejoicing ?
As a vohicto St good will to all , Tnn
Bek tcndora 'Us renders the compli
ments and -vv 'dtl wishes ot the happy
season .
This southern people who advocnto
the colonization of the Amoricnn
ncgroos in Africa , and who in that
manner advocate the solution ot the
race difficulty , do not really moan what
they say Tills is evident from the
alarm which Invariably spreads among
the southern planters when nny con
sldorablo exodus among the colored people
plo lakes place A case in point is the
consternation which now provnils
among the farmers in nod about
Codartown , Ga Last.Monday hun
dreds of colored pcoplo gnthorcd
at the depot of that town to take the
cars for Arkansas nna the exodus con
tinued throughout the week Planta
tions are said to ho left without a slnglo
laborer and every effort has boon mr do
by the whites to stem the current No ,
the ox-masters ot the south do not wish
the negro to go All talk to the con
trary , they wnnt him for a hewer of
wood , a drawer of water ami an object
upon whom to vent their spleen when
In a bad humor
Si'.NAaoit Bick's : cstimalo of the
publio life and labors of W. B. Allison
is broad , generous und truthful Sena
tor Allison hns given Iowa a command
ing position in national affairs Few
men in the upper house eocuro greater
attention from the country at largo ,
nnd none has boon moro uctlvo In shap
ing important legislation "If the Iowa
legislature , " says Senator Beck , has
not completely lost its sense it will send
Allison back to the senate ns often as
ho can bo persuaded to como " And
Iowa will do it
Commissioner Raum Is rapidly
bringing order out of chaos in the
pension office System Is supplanting
confusion The reforms already Intro
duced have been the means of vastly
increasing the number of claims nd-
justod In view of the fact that the
business of the1 office is thirty months
behind , and thojlilings nlmo3t equal to
the number disposed of , prompt nnd
systomntic wo 'Wc is necessary , with the
present limitodj force , to dispose of
claims faster thdu they are received
The Union league club of Now York
recently bunqtidttcd the Pan-Araorican
delegates TJio 1' oxorciscs were inter
esting Six hundred deviled crabs ,
four hundred terrapins and soveu thou
sand oysters ( lworc washed down with
fifteen hundred bottles or chumpagno
The intcrnocIVuJ strife which marked
the lntor proceedings of the throe
Americas congress is sufficiently ox-
plained _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The proposed packing house combine
in Now York to boycott western dressed
hoof is aoomed to failure The pack
erles of the west nro so firmly on-
trenched attho source of boot supply
that no possible combination of men and
moans can disturb their supremacy
The New York concern will bo useful ,
however , us a slaughter house for local
leather
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Oklahoma and Alaska urgently
appeal for some offecttve form of government
ernmont to protect the rights of the
settlers Tlio trouble now is that all
progress Is in tlio direction ot the cemeteries - .
terios , .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The only effeotivo elixir for the
Ilolyoko white cap problem is hemp
yoke and black cap Externally applied
relief is certain
DIr CuIvdrN Resources
JjOKf Dtlls.GDUrt.r-Juurntt.
With his Jury fees , and what ho mattes out
of his nevvspapsr libel suits , Juror Culvur Is
likely to become a highly prosperous citizen
Another Ono on Uonudl/ .
CKtcauo Tribune
The "urip" Is said to bo as bad as the
atjuo wbilo It lasts This makes It a shakos
peer , us it were , and Jgnatins Donnolly will
simply turn up his nose at it
The Cruel Theft nf Africa
riiUaiiclpMa Times *
Portugal was fortunate in getting a first
hold upon African territory , but the deter
minationof the great European powers to
parcel the continent niriong tbomsolves
leaves a state so f coble uttbouiorcy of her
stronger neighbors It is not surprising ,
thorafore , that the English press talios the
loud in crying out against Portugal us a
faithfoss frlond and bad neighbor In Africa
Tbo powers nro dotcrmlned apparently to
repeat In Africa the sohomas of aggrandize
ment trlod in America two centuries before
poor Africa ( 3
CJooil 11 nco ftWHiinio | or tlio Surplus
J/iiif/ordCuumiit.
Another thln congress should do this
winter is to Increase the pay of these noble
follows , the hte-savora , Since the life
saving sorvloa w3s organizoa they have
reecuad 7,900 persons and ever 900,000,000
worth of propottjyr They have lostngooa
and permanent friend la the death of Sunset
Cox , but every ummbor of congress should
appoint himself a' commlttoa of ono to see
that they do not suffer 'n ' pocket by that be
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reavement •
The Trusts Must Ro Stamped Out
St tMl&aiobc-Demncrtti ,
The Wo.tarniUcDubUeau view Is that
duties on coniujidlUes controlled by trust *
should bo oithur largely reduced or removed
altogetbor , The object Is to stamp out tha
trusts , and if a more reduction ot the Impost
does that it U all which should bo attempted ,
but if the total abolition of the impost is
Docessary to accomplish this end , abolition
must be had To is Is the trus republican
doctrine , and cannot bo tgnorod or departed
from by the party without an abandonment
ot principle and a shameless disregard of the
demands and aspirations of the people
An A tannine ; tumor
Lincoln Call
Tbo rumor which oorvaded political circles
a few days ago to the effect that Judge Max
well was about to resign as judge of the supreme
premo bench to accept tbo attorneyship of
au Omulta corporation , at a largo salary , has
been traced down , The Cell bus reasonable
grounds for tbo stntosacnt that tha rumo
was well founded , nnd that the ostensible
alectrlo light company which wished to re
tain Judge Maxwell was ta fact tlio Hurling
ton railway It Is said that tbo scheme Is to
gat Maxwell off the bench nt any cost or
under any pretext The supreme court ,
which has been tbo only bnrrlor between the
pcoplo and aggrcsstons of corporate monopoly
ely , would bo handed ever to tie Burlington
road , Judge Maxwell nnd Judge Maxwell's
friends remember nnd can never forgot tbo
bitlor fight iiitulongulnst him by the Burling
ton road , nnd The Cull knows that if Judge
Maxwell know that the Burlington railway
or any other railway corporation was In n
conspiracy to remove him from the supreme
bouch In order to enpturo a court ot justice ,
ho would spurn all such odors for his servIces -
Ices with seoru
STATU AND TKIUUTOKV
Nebraska .7oniric * .
A ledge of Oddfollows with twenty-flvo
members has boon instituted nt Arcadia
The old llax mill nt Ashland is bolng trans
formed Into n warehouse for the Btorago of
grain ,
The Rxchango bank will begin business nt
Westervillo with a capital stock of * 5J,0W )
Jnuuarv 1.
It Is said that the Pacific and Wells-Parpo
express offices at Bastings will consolidate
January 1 ,
Kov B. IX Williams has resigned the pas
tornto of the Baptist church nt St Paul and
lcmovod to Knnsns
Bontrlco is short on boarding bouses and
mntiy fnmilios nro obliccd to sleep in ono
place nnd tnko their meals in nnothor
The Bnnnorvcounty commissioners will
submit a proposition to the doctors of bond
ing the county iu the sum ot $10,000 , to bo
voted on January 21.
District court In Kimball county lasted
only a few hours , but during the short term
olovcn lawyers were admitted to the bur ,
The new members toildotod the court and
bar u banquet the same evening
J.V. . Houth , BhorllT of Picrco county , died
at lus homo in Pterco after nn illness of three
weeks with uleoratton of the bowels The
funeral tervlces wcro under the auspices of
the Masons , of which order ho was a mem
ber
ber.Hov.
Hov J. A. High , pastor of the Mothodtst
church at iJcomcr , in the p 1st two wcoks
has driven 175 miles , preached nevontecn
sermons nnd attended twelve prnyor meet
ings and as a result of the work flttoon per
sons have loiuod thu elnir.ili on probation
The North Nobraskn Yotornn is the name
of a new publication which tins made its np-
peurnnco at Norfolk with C. E. Fluids as ed
itor and proprietor In its salutatory it
says : "It is enough to suv thnt wo nro here
in the interest of old soldiers and bid for
fuvor by nn earnest advocacy of their cause "
It will bo issued biweekly
A special from Fullerton says : The
greatest excitement that Fullerton hns ex
perienced tor some time tool : phico this even
ing Tha editor ot the Post wrote up a few
old seeds bachelors , ifou will and
made a holiday number of the issue As ho
intended taking the evening train for Kansas
on a visit they corralled him at the depot
nnd rode him through the town on a rail
He took bis medicine gracefully nnd
promises a dose for the perpetrators
nextwccic They nro nil well known young
business men and the affair , wbilo a great
joke on the editor , will provo a boomerang
on the prime movers The Post gives prom
ise of great rlohuess In the quick future
Wyoming and Colorado
Plans have been made for a new caulo at
Pueblo , Col
The Cheyenne Sun is to bo enlarged to an
elght-pago paper January 1 ,
Over 5,000 has boon subscribed by Sterling -
ling , Col , citizens to build a flouring mill
Tlio football craze has struck Cheyenne
school boys and sere shins and lame backs
are numoi ous
The First Presbyterian church of Load
vlllo , Col , was dedicated Sunday with im
posing ceremonies
Mrs ' " .Vilhatn T. Barrow of Green River ,
Wyo , trnvo birth fifteen years nao 10 tnreo
girls , two of whom uro living A few davs
ago she presented her husband with three
boys , two of whom have since died
The prosecuting attorney of Johnson
county , Wyoming , says it is entirely useless
In the present state of publio sentiment to
try to convict n cattle thief In all the cases
of that kind tried nt the last term of court
the accused parties were acquitted
Judge H. II Halo of Einbar , Wyo , was
aecidontly shot in the foot last week by the
reckless handling of 0 revolver by n drunken
man named Clark The ball entered at the
instep and emerged under the little too The
judge is now in the hospital nursing his
wound ,
The Laramie Sentinel Is of opinion that the
sessions of the legislature have degonorntod
into a grab game , und says that it would cre
ate universal surpnso if a momhor from nny
county would arise in his scat nnd say bis
county needed so und so , but ns it would im
pose an unnecessary burden upon the people
if n bill of such a character wcro introduced
ho would oppose it
A prominent potatodoalorof Groelcy , Col ,
bus mudo a canvass of tha potato crop
and reports the following situation : Seven
hundred cars of potatoes have been shipped
nnd only S50 or U75 cars remain The demand -
mand for Greeley potatoes in Montana nnd
Salt Luke City has caused un ndvauco in
price , and the balance of the crop will bring
a good iiguro The Greoloy potato crop is
about ono thousand cars short of what was
anticipated before harvest
A GARDEN OF EDEN
AUojsril Discovery ol'nn Ancient T0111-
pln orUmiiiiu Arcliitroliire
Dpa Mnrlnno , who is n native of
Sonora , was years ago a minor in the
Real del Castillo , Zarngoza , Yuma and
other polnt9 north of here , making and
soiling muny machines to the Yuma In-
diuns About live years ago ho made a
trip down the peninsula on the ocean
side , returning by the gulf , and his ud-
ventures , if he would reduce thorn to
writing , which ho is capable of doing in
Spanish , would make an interesting *
volume A day or two since ho told a
wonderful story to an Almo Nugget re
porter about lindlng the ruins of an an
cient temple on the California gulf
side Bomowhoro in tbo vicinity ot San
Borju , SOD or100 tuilos down the ponin-
sula no says ho was placer mining nt
Calmllll during the first excitement
here , and in company with two French
men undertook to pass ever a high
range ot mountains which was
supooscd to bo imp issablo Owing to a
scarcity of water at Calmalll they trav
eled all day and the next night by
moonlight , und when nearly exhausted
they oncountorcd what appeared to bo
two small lakes ot clear water , and they
plunged in it to quench their thirst
The water wus salt , hut they were so
thirsty that they drank until they vom
ited and were prostrated by the ex
haustion Afterward they recovered
sufficiently to inako their way back to
the mines , und the Fronchnion did not
euro to mnko any further explorations
in that direction ,
Don Mnrluno nftorward returned to
San Borja , and from a ranch called Kl
Roy started out to cross the Gulf range
at uuothor point This time , ho says ho
was sucoosaful beyond his expectations ,
and after passing the divide came into
u veritable Garden of Eden on a small
scale In a valley a mile or so wldo und
three or four miles long ho found grow
ing wild In the greatest profusion
oranges , grapes , pours , guavos , dates
nud fruits tlio like of wlnoh 110 had
never found in Sonora Near the center
of the valley were the ruins of nn an
cient temple , ono side of which was
standing , with arches aud u style ot
architecture different from anything
ever found nbout any of the old mis
sions In the courtyard above a stone
platform were suspended three large
copper bolls and a great deal of metal ,
boino made into vessels and some iu a
crude state , was scattered about ; Sal
azar thinks the metal was a bronze lie
says ho spent Bovornl days In U1I9
strongo valley ootlng the best ot fruit
to his hearts content , and looking in
vnln for human inhabitants or traces of
dead ones Finally ho made his way to
the gulf nnd resumed his prospoctlug
journey northward
XIV WITU Till : MON'Cr ,
The Collsniuu Hat Boon Tendered for
tlio Methodist Conference
"Tbo pcoplo of Chicago nro terribly fran
tic , " says Bishop Newman , "to got the
Methodist general confcicnco for 1S03 away
from Omulr.1 ; At their preachers meeting
ever there the ether day they passed a reso
lution stating that the conference might
possibly rome to Omahn , but would probably
go to Chicago They nro laboring very
industriously to get it , therefore Omaha
must wnkc up nnd do sumothing
However , wo nro nntnsloop You see
some of our pcoplo who attended the con
vention In Now Yoric last May , pledged
Omaha to furnish a hall nnd civo tree enter
tainment for ono month to OOll delegatoscon-
scquontlv It will bo nocessnry to raise nbout
{ 30,000 with which to dofrav expenses , Thnt
sum is a mere bngatcllo ns compared with ,
the bonoflt Omaha will reeo'vo from sueli a
gathering I nin certain there would bo not
loss than 50,000 strangers visit the city dur
ing the tlmo the conference is In session
"Wo linvo wraugoa for a wmmlttoo of 100 ,
composed of lending business men , editors ,
bankers and lawyers to tnko this matter "
in hand nnd push it If tliov can guar
antee our pledge , then Omaha Is sure
of tlio conference If they fall the commis
sion will have to select otto of the other
places , of which Chicago stands as llrst
choice
"GonerarLowohas tenderoj us the Coli
seum , and , on the whole , I think the outlook
is very bright "
the bishop received a telegram yesterday
inviting him to lay the corn or stone of n big
Methodist college of Portland , Ore , within
tha next two or three weeks ,
Tim llAllillOAIt 1-OKl'FOLlO.
The Cut In I.lvo Hloclc ltiitcs The
Milwnukuo'n Palace Train
Tim Alton's ' recent cut In live stock rntcs
from Kansas City to Chicago is giving more
trouble to general freight ngonts of other
roads than they at first anticipated Nearly
all of lost wcok was devoted by the latter at
Chicago in vain efforts to harmonize matters
{ Not having been nblo to accomplish anything
there , operations were transferred to Knn-
sas City where the association is now In ses
sion
sion.Tho
The Alton has taken a stnnd thnt it docs
not , according tn reports , propose to
retreat from , Consequently , Its con
temporaries nro compelled cither
to follow suit or Inaugurate 11 wnr The
llrst roduclion made was $5 a car on live
stock and since then threats hive been made
to the effect that a rate of 51' ! may ho put
into effect The tariff , before this cut , was
the same ns exists nt Omaha , $25 a car
These meetings are simply keening tlio
Omaha rate up and giving Kansas City ship
pers a great boncilt Bow long can they
succeed In continuing that state of affairs I is
now the question
Tlio Bbippors nro petting noisy about it
and declare they will not submit to being
thus discriminated ngalnst
The resignation of Pat Touhoy , as assist
ant superintendent of the Missouri river di
vision of the Union Pactlic roud , leaves a
vacancy that three or four omplnyoos in tlio
line of promotion would ho very glnd to fill
No indications have been shown , however
to give nny ono very strong encouragement
to hope Predictions are plentiful , though ,
and it is bclicvod that the choice lies be
tween two men either ono ot whom is thor
oughly conipotcnt to rill the position W. li
Burncs , ticket ngont ut the transfer has long
wnnted to basupormtcudont.but J. H. Foley ,
trainmaster , outranks him a decree ,
and It may be , will reccivo the first offer to
go to North Platte Touhey proposes , it is
said , to abandon railroading entirely
Strong ' hints are thrown out by parties
who ought to know what they nro talking
nbout that the Milwaukee will inaugurate its
1800 boom by putting on the proposed fust
palace train between Omaha nnd Chicago
It is reported Hint the officers of this road
felt somonhut grieved because The Bck
made publio this bit of enterprise before
they got an opportunity to announce the fact
to the country and their contemporaries
Orders were given nt tlio company's shops
six months or moro ago for the construction
of this train and largo forces of men have
been at work on it ever since , but the secret
got out und as a consequence ovcrybody is
watching for tlio event
A peep nt the revised union depot plans , •
coupled with verbal descriptions ot whnt the
structure , when completed , will look like
are convincing proofs enough to satisfy anyone
ono that the improvement will bo a great
feature of Omaha These plans are so nearly
completed thnt the depot company expect to
bo ready curly in January to go before the
couucil with them and secure the quick pas
sngo of such ordinances as are nocessnry be
fore work can bo commenced either on tha
viaduct or depot structure
General Purchasing Agent McKibhcn of
tbo Union Pacilio is having a great tlmo with
the representatives ot rallwny supply deal
eis Fred Jones , who looks nftor the inter
ests of the Adums-Wostlako company of
Chicago , has succcedod iu rcnowing his con
traet for another year to furnish lamps ,
globes and car trimmings
Jliss.Blalr and Miss l'holps of Car Accou-
tnnt Buckingham's ' oflico have gene to spend
their Christmas with friends ut Fnirllcld ,
la
The general nnd city ofllocs of all roads
will bo elosod toJav la order to give
everybody an opportunity to enjoy the gi cut
est holiday of the year
BAltIJUIt VS TilK BOABI ) .
Ho Wants ' $1,1 ( > 0 More than the
Ijntter Wiinis to Pay
Tlio board of publio works is in doubt as to
wbother It should pay $1,400 on a bill pre
sented by the Barber asphalt paving company
for repairs on the pavements nnd has re
ferred the matter to the mayor and city
council , requesting thorn to soeuro the opin
ion of the city attorney ecucorulng tbo
matter
The pavements when put down were guar
anteed to Inst flvo years , and the Barber
asphalt company agreed to keep thorn in ro-
Dair gratis during that time The dates on
which thrcn of these obligations expired
were August 7 , 1SSS ; December 8 , 1883 , and
January 6,1880.
On March 13 , J8S0 , the city made another
contract with tlio company agree
ing to par the Jotter 8 cents
per square yard annually for ten years
for every square yard of asphalt pavement
kept In good repair during that period Thu
company cluims that this coutruct gees buck
to the dates when the throe contracts ex
pired and claims pay for keeping the pave
meiit in repair up to the date of the contract
of March 12. The pay for this uneuaruntoed
period would amount to * M00 , although it is
not known that tbo company put in a single
square yard of pavement during that tlmo
The members of the board of publio works
insist that the pay should commence with
the date of the contract , March IS , 18S9 , and
believe that f 1,100 should bo deducted from
the bill of the company , The contraot , how
ever , stipulator that the work of repairs are
to commence on tbo pavements immediately
at the termination of tbo 11 vo years guaran
tee period , nnd the company Insists that this
npphos not only to the pavements whose
guarantee period has not yet expired but
also to those already expired
After CiiriMtiuns
Vice Prosldout M. A. Upton , presided at
today's meeting of the Ileal Estate exchange
Be announced that the committees appointed
to secure subscriptions to the stock of tbo
propoiod munufactuilng industries would
uot begin work until after Christmas
The following properly was listed for
sale ;
Kountza's fourth supplementary , lot 0 ,
block 0 , 13 room bouse , fJSOO
r'iftv acres on Fremont , Elkhorn & Mis
souri Valley railway , f 110 per acre ,
Ten acres in Upton place , f 1.200.
A 7 per cent mortgage of 125,000 , secured
improved property , was offered for sale
For delicacy , for purity , and for Improve
ment of the complexion nothlug equals Poz-
zonl's Powder
TABLES SUDDENLY TURNED ,
Atiothor Sonontlonnl Feature In the ' \
Maxwell Dlvorco Onoo ' 1
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ELECTRIC MOTORS FOR LINCOLN tjj
A Chlonen I'lriu After the Lincoln Djl
Slrcet llnllwny Franchise Jj
Mriklrjotm til tlio Ux- | |
coutlvo Chair II
Lincoln Btmr.xuor Tnit Omviu Uss , ) ?
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Another sensational feature dovclopod in Jj
the Maxwell-Maxwell divorce case Inst night n
Not long sluco the tolegrnph columns of fj
Tun Urcn contained nn clnborato account of I
a liason between Q. IJdson Mnxwcll and Miss I
Lou Vcrnnll , both formerly of this city , nnd J
at ono tlmo prominently connected in social KiJ
circles Prior to thnt Maxwell hnd filed his Bjji
petition in the district court , praying for M
divorce , nnd among ether grounds alleged ! M
infidelity on the part of bis wlfo The Uon- i
ver denouomout wns caught up bv Mrs , 1
Maxwell as greedily as new milk by a JI
hungry oat , and her lawyer was soon In 11
possession of ull the points Yesterday she y
filed her answer nud cross-petition m the dls- 1
ttlct court , denying each and every alloga- 1' '
Hon of the complainant , and setting up that Vj
she hns ever been a chnsto , loving * nnd m
obedient wlfo nnd never guilty of nn net Jj
upon which ho could justly censure hers fjl
la this connection she recites n plttrut fJ
story She nllogos that Maxwell is a man of '
violent nua dangerous tompur ; that ho so fur ' f 1
forgot himself ns to choke , slao and other 1
wise mistreat her on divers occasions ; that |
ho at ono time knocked her down with bis 1
elenchod fist , causing her continued ngony 1 ]
nnd suffering nnd she further alleges that I
she was couip llod to support herself by her .J
own labor I
This drama in real llfo , however , takes 1
another turn Last night , accompanied by \1
it young man who subsequently registered nt ' \
the stutinn under the nnmo ot "
Mctralf , she sought rooms at the 5
Butchins block on South Ninth street M
for purposes thnt the reader mnyconjocturo '
Mnrshul Carders gang swooped down upon
them nnd gathered them Into the fold Mrs { •
Maxwell registered ns Laura iustend of [ J
Kniuui , audthoyouni ; mnii nlso assumed an 1,1
alias lur the season , it is stated that ho Is v I
under engagement of marringo to one of the >
most cstlmnblo young ladles of the city , and i'J
it is suggested thnt some fond parents will v ]
do well to mnko an investigation • f J
Electric Miiturs for Lincoln ' 'I '
Mr Kemp of Chicago was In the city today - |
day looking the Hold ever with a view to ' , ]
purchasing the Lincoln street railway Iran ) I
chisc - If the deal is consummated Mr.'l \
Kemp's company proposes to put on olcctrlo fll
motor cars nnd give Lmcolnites a live minute 3'J
service Bo returned home this afternoon , ) J
but expressed the opinion before going that 4
Lincoln is the town for the business long , ! !
anticipated This is good news jl
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InicrHlnto ( ; urtilsliin < Nit > , |
The case of Benjamin P. Boulmer against f |
tV D. Gullck was on trial bolero County ft |
Judge Stowurt and a Jury today In this Ijj
case , mention of which was mndu by The VJ
Ben nt the tlmo tlio case wns instituted , tbo Y ]
plaintiff , who is nn employo ot the Chicago , U\ \
Burlington & Qulncy railroad company , gj
suffered garnishment nt the hands of the V
defendant at Council Bluffs , In , for small Jl
amounts ho owed him two or tinea different 5
limes last ; summer Gullck instituted gar f'
nishiiicut proceedings ngalnst Jiorduim1
ho asserts , to prevent him from taking ud- I
vantugo of the exemption laws of this i ,
statu At the tlmo , let It bo remembered , l , s
Bordmcr was at work in Iowa , and ' was only
absent temporarily from his homo in this }
city On hs ! return ho advised with attorneys - \ \
neys regarding his treatment , nnd upon their h
ml vice entered suit against Gullck to recover ,1 ,
the amount of the cluims , costs of suits and 11
attorney fees , After a brief sitting the Jury j ]
gave him a judgment for tha claims and thu [ '
costs of the suits Taus interstate garnish
iiient , as ullegod , suffers a black eye Gu- j\ \
lick tukes tlio case to the district court
* S-tnte House Jottings /
J. B. Billings , sheriff of Hunan couuty , J
committed George Bullock to the poniton- E1
tlary to servo a sentence of five yours for J
burglary The prisoner is a bold , bud man , I ;
according to the papers on fllo in the ofllcaof |
tbo auditor of public accounts Bo pleaded I
guilty to the charge lor which ho was sou- f
tenced {
The lloynl lcaguo , an insurance order of t
some society , Chicago , seeks permission to (
transact a llfo insurance business iu this I
state Application was made for blanks of , {
Deputy Insurance Auditor Allen today , and 'it '
they were forthwith transmitted to the pnrty i
who sought them t
Lieutenant Governor Moiklojohn graces 1
the executive chair Bo has not decided yet ]
Whom ho will appoint on Ins staff , but Trous-
urer Hill is suggested as the man for ndju-
Unit general , with the rank ot brigadier , and
Secrotury of Stuto Cowdrey ns chief of stuff ,
Deputy state qfliccis uro suggested us aids ,
with the rank of colonel The boys uro nit '
ready to don their epaulets and shoulder
knots _ _ ;
Oitv ? > tWH and Nntei
Dr McNeil Smith of Wolltloot , ono of tha
principal stockholders in the loan und Invest
ment company of that pluce , is in the oily
Ho siuvs that his city will have a sugar re
finery In the nonr future
Judge Apnlogol of Tccumsoh nnd ot the
bench of the First Judicial district Is In the
city on losral buslnoss , ]
Thomas W. Lowcry asks the district j
court for a Judgment against Norton & j
Wortuington commission moruhunts of Chi (
rage , for C3,027 1U for balance duo him ubovo <
commissions cat grain sold j
Tbo sparring entortaiumoat at Hohanun's ;
hall last evening was not overly well ?
attended The bout of the evening wns between - (
tween Hyun aud Davis , known to thu publio ;
without location The uggrogution was )
assisted by local sports
Mary Frcoso R. B. Applegot , John Krump , j
nnd Charles Peterson have Joined m au j
notion against the Missouri Pacilio railroad ]
company , the suit bolng hlod in the nnmo of !
the first named The action is for damages j
caused to thu property of tha plaintiffs 011
Ninth nnd X streets by a switch built by the
company The case Is brought In the dls |
met court and the amount sued for is $10,000. 1
Miss May , duughter of W. RL Travis , '
entertained a party of twonty.fivo Juvenile
playmates at her homo , No HO South '
T'wonty-slxth Btroot lust ovonlng In honor of
her olghtb blrthdoy ,
Olillitnrv
Mr Alexander IC Gray , a machinist In
tbo employment of the Union Pacific rail
way , died nt his residence No 18ll Cuming
street , the 18th instant , aged thirty-five
years Bo was found dead in bis bed , hav
ing died ot npoploxy , On the evening before
his death , ho was cheerful and lin'ipy , mik
ing of the coming anniversary of the natal
day of Burns to bo held on January SM , next
Mr Gray was bora in the sumo couuty
with tbo poet nnd , when qulto a young man
moved to Troynholm , Kirkcudbrightshire
with bis parents who still reside there la
Scotland , bo served bis apprenticeship then
canto ta America und was for two year *
in Portland , Me Bo tbon removed to
Omaha ivboro bo has resided for the laat
eight years Bo was a trusted employo of
tlio Union Pacilio railway company At tbu
time of bis death ho was secretary of tha
Burns club , and on tha 10th assisted la form i 1
ingaclanin the Order of Scottish clans
and was elected one of Its first officers Be 1
was tbo llfo of every Scotch gathering in j
thnclty Up was a kind , warm hearted man
and delighted in holding out a friendly bund
to every Scotnbuiau who roqulrcd aid Be
was u moinbor of the First Presbyterian
church , was highly respected by all bis
friends and acquaintances , ever two bun
dred and fifty of whom atleuded bis remains
to their last resting place on Suuduy last
Scotch papers are requested to copy this
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