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B ! ' ) I j WH ' 4 THE OI > IAHA DAILY BKJjfo' MONDAY , DECEMBER 30. 1889 , • , I TITE DAILY BEE H " " eTbOSBWATBR , Editor Bi rUDIilSHHD EVEBY MORNING H > r : iiMS op HunscntrnoN HK .tJnllr utiil Sunday , Ono Year 10 no HJU Mi Months . . S HI Hum Mouth * . . . 2 > _ • Hunilay l' .ee , One Year . . . . . . . , . snn i Weekly lice , Ono Year with Premium . . . SOU H OIFlCltt HJh Omaha , lloo llu' ldlng HJ * Keiy York , Hoomi li nud UTrlbuns Build H tavnsMnElon. . No 811 t'ourtcMith 8treet J Council limits , No 12 Pearl Street R , South Omaha , Corner N snd23tu Streats H. conitrsiONDrNCR _ _ K All communications relating to news ami edl- _ • torlnl ninttnr should bo addressed to the Kdltor- _ _ _ - lei lltpsrlmeiit B : nOfitNKSS I.KTlT.nA _ K- All bn lnefi letters nod remittance * should _ K lie addressed to The Ilea 1'ubltshlng Company _ H f linalin Drnrt" , checks nnilpostnlllco orders to K lie made payable to tlio order of the compter , llic Bcg Polilisliini Company , Proprietors BB jlRK building l'amnin ami Seventeenth Streets B. \lhu I' .co on the Train * . BB ' Thcro Is no oxrusc fora failure to rHTiib rise BB n the trains All newsdealers have been not I- BB Soil lo carry a full Mipnly Travelers wno want BB -1 ins linn and cant gut It on trains where ether BB Oiiitthnnnpere nre carried are requested to no- HB9B tifvTlllI lll'K BB l'leasobo ' particular to give In all cases full BB Inforraiitlon an to date , railway at.il number of H Clli ' e a your name , not for publication or un > BB ncccs ary use , hut as a guaranty of good faith B inii i AiCr "ilKiI B Fwnrn Statement of Circulation BB" ftntc of Nebraska , I. . _ _ - County of Douglas f • _ BBl George II TVschuck , fcocretary of The Heo BB * • rulillrtiltijr Company , does solemnly swear that BBi tbeactiinlclrculaUimufTHK Uaii.v Ueg forths BB ee cndlnirIlecomberM ! lUCT.wns as follows : BB ( Fillidiiv , Dec , 23 rh'jSi BH" < Monday Hoc 15) ) W'J BB ? Tuesday Dec 21 hiJ18 ' Weilnomlay , Dec ! M J , . ' 1 _ _ Thursday Dec , 'M JiKsi BB } 'rld v. Dee 27. rW { B laltmlay , lieatt ? , . . .i'j.- S Average 10,117 I BB' Ol'.OICOK II T/.90I1UCK. Eworu to before mo and subscribed to In mr _ prefonco thisisstu day oi December A. D. 1835. BB ISenl.l N. r. KHIU Notary l'ubiia _ Elatoof Nebraska , I. , B County of Douglas , | " BB ( icmgo II 'l7cchuck. being duly sworn , do _ poses nnd ( ays that he Is secretary of The Hoe _ _ j'ubllshlng ( .ompany , that the actual average _ _ dally circulation of Tin : Daily Hue for the BB mouth of December , 1883. 1H.221 copies ; for _ _ January 1WI , ll * ,0 4 copies ; for February I8S9 , BB W-M copies : for Mnrcli It-W , 18U ) < copies : BB' for April , 18M ) . 18.M0 coplcsfor ; Mar 1PK ) , H JC.099copies ; for June 1W , l. . VS copies ; for BH July Iv ; ' . l " " copies ; tor August , 1(89 , IS.- BBl " > 1 copies ; for Hoptembcr lfH > , 18,710 copies ; M tot October 18mt. 1KM7 copies ; for November , H Ittiti 10.U1Q copies Oi.oiuin II TVsciincic ] Buoru to before me and subscribed In my B presence this 33th day of N ovember , A I ) . . INT > . lEeal ] N. 1 > . FEir . H A UAILUOAD from Omaha tothoJim B B rtror valley would bo a commercial Jim B B . tlnndy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B l I'nu Doclllu g rani to conibino is dos B B poratoly anxious to kcop its grip on B city linll contrncts H If Ford retires from the council to ac- B B ccpttHo position of cluof of police , who B will ropi'usotit the bloody Third ? H - - B > Tin : fact that many of the retiring m county olliciuls are troing into the loan B and insiiranco business is rather signifi- bibI cau' " ' H ritixcr.ljibMAiicicis reported under the wcutlior " The nnnouncoinont is nccompauiod with roncwed declarations - tions of peace B ; M * Fen a delightfully dry climate comB - B' .moud us to California Twonty-four inches of rainfall.in a month somewhat i dumpons the enthusiasm of the natives BABj BBl • AcconiMNa to the Omaha Woihl- BBI , HcHild Couacilraaa Davis is an honor B able buBlnosa man For further crc- H dcntitils nnd vouchers refer to Dave H Kauffman's inventory An honorable B business man , forsooth _ If it is true that Pat Ford has been B' jlTcrod the position now held bySoavoy H\ \ in oxcliango for certain favors , the H. ' • jiolico commissioners must hare under H ; gone a great chance of heart or must H- -bo on the eve of experiencing ono H Tim Chicago board of trndo is vp in Hj ' nrms against the praotico of actually H > buying grain and storing It for trade H purposes Such action is a violation of H' the rove rod custom of the board of H , gambling exclusively in wind H' Sisnator ' ' Uui'LKit'splan tooucourago H the emigration of negroes to Sierra H ' Leone can not compote successfully with H the prevailing methods , At present B the shotgun route appears to bavo a B' monopoly of the African deporting busl- Hc • Govkhnou Tiiayku has taken Vera H | % Cru/ without firing a shot Wbon ho f • makes his triumphant entry into the ' . City of Mexico on his return ho will B" < Htonn Cliopultapoc at the Iioad of a B- : . tioluinn of Nobruska militia , led by the B adjutant general H ; ' Brrnxo Bili-r , is higlUy indignant B , - lwcuuso ho was not talton to Woshlng- Bb ton with the ether tripc-catcrs who call B B B'v tliomsclves the Sioux Chiefs , and have B Bj n high old time every few mouths at Hf < .n Undo Suns expense Mr Squatting r ' BIboh ovldently realizes that ho is in HL . danger of becoming a romlhisconco Bhbk = = f T NuititASU'A has not yet produced a B J pound of sugar from homo grown boots , K , Jet the state delegation in congress ln K' lsts thut the duty shall bo lnulntainod K * on sugar With local , state aud tm- H' ' tional bounty this Infant Industry ought B to thrive amazingly It certainly does Hr ' not luck nerve H' TliKin : Is nltogothor too much log H- rolling going on in the Interest of Coun- H. ullmtui Davis among the council cotn- H hi no that manipulated the olty hell H contraclb The manifest object is to H cover up the crooked work heretofore i done and to take a fresh start at job H - , hory aud boodhng in next years H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B ' , ' tAccoitniNO to our Lincoln advices , it t B f is currently reported at the state capital V , ' t , * thut Congressman Conuoll will re tire B - - • from publlo life at the end of his term B to nccopt the uttornoysliip of the Dur- k t * * Ilnglon road Without knowing any B ' thing dolluito , Tub Buii takes the roB - B Bponsibilltyof usscrtlng that it is too B " uarly iu Mr Conuoll'u term to retire B him to the U. & M. pay roll If Mr B B > Council contemplates retiring from BBBBB , ' ' public life the fact will remain a pro * BBBBB found sooret for some months to come _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ o _ > u .U t' , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ run pittismnxTrru. \ . APrnovn Hoforrlug to the silver plan of the secretary of the treasury , President Hnrrlson In his mossngo indicated thnt the mensuro mot his approval Whllo ho had been nblo to give it only n. hasty oxantinntlon ho thought the general plan supgosted ecemod to satisfy the purposoof continuing the use of silver in connection with the currency nnd nt thosamotlmo obviating the dnngor of financial disturbance It is announced thnt the president will send n special message to congress im mediately after the holiday recess en dorsing the plan of issuing treasury notes ngnlnst doposlts of silver bullion Since the plan has been publicly dis cussed the president hnsconforrod with lending republicans in both houses nf congress , and nlso with consorvatlvo representatives of the opposition With the exception of these who believe in nothing but the free and unlimited coinngo of silver , Mr Wludom's ' plan has boon very cordially en dorsed , and it is said that both the president and saerotary have rocolvcd thousands of letters from financial men in all parts of the country commending the proposition , uud they have boon furnished with a great deal of newspaper comment upon the plan All this Biiggostlvo matter has boon given enroful consideration Just what the president will say in his special ntoswigo is not foreshadowed , but from ronmrits mndo to members of congress and others It is expected that ho will glvo the Windom plan hearty endorsement , nnd recommend that , congress at once pasB the necessary legislation to carry it IntoolTcct The vlows of the president will bo received with very great and general Interest In his message at the opening of con gress ho toole a very conservative position regarding silver Admitting that the evil anticipations which have accompanied the coinage and use of the silver dollar have uot been realized , ho was nevertheless approhonslvc that the free coinngo of silver ut the present ratio would force consideration in comme/cial trans actions of the difference in the bullion values of the gold and silver dollars , and ho feared that even any cdnsldora- blo incrcuso of the present rnto of coinage - ago would bo followed by the same re sult "Wo should not tread the dan gerous edge of such a peril , " said the president , and indeed nothing more harmful could happen to the silver in- torosts Any safe legislation upon this subject must secure the equality of the two coins in their commercial uses " The conviction of the president that the perils ho feared would not bo * encoun tered under the plan proposed 'by the secretary of the treasury , and that the benefits to bo derived from the use of bilvor would bo secured , is of very great importance for the iniluonco it is likely tooxort upon the opinion of congress and the country , and its expression will consequently bo regarded with the live liest interest If it shall appear that the president is fully committed in favor of tins plan , legislation to carry it into effoot nt an oavly time cau bo re garded us highly probable AN EASTUiar ENDORSEMENT The Philadelphia Public Lcdyer , ono of the mo3t careful and consorvatlvo papers iu the country in its support of men and measures referring to the re cent romnrks of Sonutor Bock of Ken tucky regarding the possibility of Sen ator Allison not being reelected , and the great mistake which would be made in his defeat , says : The lcdyer is rejoiced to henr that Sen ator Allison is in no such danger , or any ether Our further purpose in these remarks is to second Senator Bock in the reasons ho Rives why Allison should bo lccpt in the senate - , ate so lon as ho is nblo and willing to servo , They are : Thnt the Iowa senator is a man of largo experience , ability nnd influence in pub.io affairs occupying the front rank in the senate a statesman In the highest degree - groo creditable to Iowa nnd v.Uuablo to the country ; and that any now senator from Iowa to succeed him would have to occupy u back scat and begin ut the toot That is true , every word of it , and it might bo amplified und still tiot say everything justly duo in praise of William 13. Allison ot Iowa This oxprcssos n sentlmont very general oral among eastern republicans , par ticularly these of the consorvatlvo class represented by the Public Lcilycr These regard Sonutor Allison as ono of the safest as well as ablest stntesmon of ttie country , and this view is shared in largely by Intelligent democrats nnd by Independents Slnco the quostlon ot his reelection has bcon discussed wo have observed nothing but favor able opinion of him in the eastern press , the uniform expression bolng thut It would bo a misfertuno to Iowa and to the country not to continuo him c in the senate The state would lose the proml- nonce it now enjoys in the upper brunch of congress , the republicans in that body ono of their strongest und most trustworthy counselors and the nation an oxporioiiccdandclcar-headod statesman , whoso services have at no time boon moro necessary than now The present Indications , however , are that there is extremely small danger of the defeat of Senator Allison The republican majority on joint ballot U indeed smull , but there Is excellent reason to bollovo that when the time of notion arnvos it will bo found iu solid line for Allison Governor Larrabeo has no doubt ot the senators ro-olootlon and ether careful obsei-vors are of the same opinion Certainly if the repub lican boiitimont of the ontlro country oxortsany lnfluonco upon the republi cans ot the Iowa legislature they will promptly aud heartily return to the senate the distinguished statesman whoso fidelity to republican principles , and whoso eminent ubility la the coun try's service , have given him a place among the foremost publlo men ot the * tlrao W1NTUR CORN EXHIBIT In connection with the annual meet ing , to bo hold in Lincoln January 21 , the state bourd of agriculture has per fected arrangements for an extensive oxhlblt of Nebraska corn of the crop of 1689. . This loaturo ot the boards wprk la comparatively novel , yet the state has derived great bonotlt from past winter oxhiblts The last ono , it will bo remembered , was u conspicuous part of the American display at ths Paris exposition The favorable impression made by that small exhibit U world wldo Secretary Furnas of the state bonrd has rocolvod nn official letter from Paris nsklng thnt the coming exhibit bo sent to thnt city , to bo shown there next May , and also at Vienna and Edln- burg The Interest nwnkfinod abroad in Nebraska's great cereal can hardly fall to result beneficially to the state Kvon if it does not result in broaden ing the market and creating a demand for it , the exhibit will bo the host possible - siblo ndvertisomaut of the agricultural resources ot the 9tato. The corn crop for 1S89 has not been surpassed in quality nnd quantity by any In the history of Nebraska It Is important , therefore , that the farmers should exert themselves to mnko the January oxhlblt surpass Its predecessors Ample space has been provided for an cxtonslvo display , and the premiums offered by the board , aggregating thrco hundred dollars , are an additional In centive for a grand showing of every variety raised in the Btnto Secretary Furnas , informs Tim Bkb that provision has already boon made for the distribution of the exhibit in the eastern states To moot the foreign dumnud Increased supplies are necessary Will the farmers meet the emergency ? The cost is trilling com pared with the advantages to accrue to the state from these displays of her resources at homo and abroad Hvory enterprising fttrmor is directly inter ested in the growth and development of the state , nnd nothing contributes to thiH desirable end sm effectively as an exhibit of the products of the soil Tun Bun urges the farmers to make the winter oxhlbit a grand success It was a very proper thing for the government to call for bids for the now lease ot the Alaska seal fishing grounds , but the secretary of the treasury op- ' pears to have erred in proposing to limit the maximum catch to sixty thou sand Euals for the first year , leaving the number for succeeding years indefinite and depending upon the discretion of the secretary The authorized catch on the islands for the lusttwonty yours , the term for which the lonso is made , has been ono hundred thousand annually , and why this'should now bo changed is not apparent , unless the secretary has been somehow Impressed with the notion that the catch now * allowed threatens the extermination of the seals It i3 quite possible that the Alaska commercial company has raised such an alarm in its own interest , for obviously now bidders would bo betadrift in uncertainty with forty per cent or moro taiten from the possible catch , with no diminution of the original outlay and running oxponscs , while the Alaska company , with Us plant es tablished and an accurate knowledge of what It could make out of the business , will have a most important ndvantngo in the bidding The proposed reduc tion In the number ot suals that shall betaken taken means the loss of a largo revenue lo the gos'ornmont , which gets two del lors for each hkiii , and it is very llk' ely to insure thejeuso for another twenty I years to the monopoly which litis grown immensely rich nut of it In that event the reduced catch would doubtless not bo continued longer than a year , the govcrumont meantime losing a snug sum without any compensating benefit to the fisheries , and the commercial company would thereafter como into the full onjdymont of Its exceedingly profitable privilege It looks very much as If the secretary of the treasury has allowed himself to bo misled Jn this matter Tiiisitii is a very active demand upon the treasury department for silver cer tificates of small denominations , and n remarkable feature of this is that the New York banks , which are generally opposed to the silver coinngo , nro exchanging - changing considerable quantities of gold certificates for the silver certifi cates Of course this merely shows that there is a necossityfor small notes , and that the demand can be satisfac torily met with these which represent silver dollnrs It is suggested thnt the fallvof raon may avail themselves of the situation to urge an Increased coinage of silver dollars , but unquestionably certificates issued against bullion deposits - posits would bo equally acceptable , and in that case there can bo no excuse for the expense of coining more silver dollars GovisuNOit Him is advancing by easy stages to the piano of a small bore statesman His treatment of the Al bany Argus measures his mental and political calibre to a nicety The Argus , edited bv thu son of Daniel Manning , committed the unpardonable offense of " sDoaklug of Clovolnnd in compliment ary terms This so enraged Hill that ho took away the state printing and guvo it to his personal organ . The attempt to punish a newspaper for its opinion will not redound to Hills credit , but it serves lo show the demo cratic war is raging right merrily in the Empire state Piuyatis ontorpriio Is gradually solv ing the irriirutlon problem A company ot Boston capitalists has begun Work on an irrigation ditch in northern New Moxicowhioh , when complotcdwllladd at lonst half a million ncroB to the tilla ble area of the territory Similar en terprise Is rupldly reclaiming largo sec tions of the arid bolt In Colorado and Wyoming Mit Joim W. BootiWAi/rEit has entered the race for the succession to the seat hold down by the Standard Oil BoaaLor from Ohio Mr Book waiter will bo remembered by many citizens of southern Nebraska as a farseeing philanthropist who invested in several sections ot Nebraska lands when land could bo had for the asking , T The report of the Sioux commission has boon completed and filed with the secretary of the interior The procla mation ot the president is all that is now necessary tp open to settlement be tween nine and eleven million acres ot land , and the law requires that this proclamation shall issue bofure the 2d ot next March Not In thn rrtnunclrtim limine * * . SU limit Glabe-OcmflcrJt. Son&tor Morgan demands that congress shall dc.torinlnA'wliotbor HroiU Is nn empire or a ropnbllc'iU Unt other people know that it is not the hiiu ' iilcss of congress to guess all the conundrums that may bo propounded lifttln the Mclit , Sml n < i > uMle The longest ainglo step that can bo taken towards reform irt the federal service Is the consideration of licniln&tions In oponsessions of the senate Whllo the evidence of mal administration can bo concealed behind closed doors , nialailminlstration will have no cffectivo check up5n It Let Iu the light Dates Dent Counter tPii'Mnot < m Votl It is so wise tin to seem nlmostJproviJontml that the great Amorlcan Fou .h ot July coinos nt a time remote from the fall oleo tions I would be embarrassing for nn Independence - dependence day ornlor to elbow his way through the crowds of cltizons yelling fraud nnd corruption nt each ether nnd take the platform and declare this to bo the graudo3t , the noblest , the most glorious nation of all time Coulil llarilly Aeotirtto . SnrlmjMil ItetmMfraii There nro too many cousins of Cmln Pnslin turning up , nnd the latest one , Jacon Schnlt- icr of San Francisco , calls Kitilu by the name of Isaac Instead of Edward All the 5chnlt70rs , snya the author of this discrep ancy , nro related nnd came from ICrzeplc , a Polish village The pcbplo of Krzopic gut their mouths so twisted in pronouncing their geographical designation thnt absolute ve racity is hardly to bo expected of them Grady nn iho GrcntConH'ct , , lkilttmorcUtralil. . Ono of Mr Grady's , last utterances was bo bright , otoquont and true that it ought to And a place in cvory note book la the land The grcnt struggle of this country , " said ho , "is n light ogilnst the consolidation of power , the concentration ot cipllnl , the dom ination of local sovereignty nnd the dwarf ing of the Individual citizen " This sentence - tenco contains the gist of all political prob lem ; , ns well ns the concentrated voice of discontent , ns both appear in American lifo at the present time Commissioner TVIorirnn'H Slanderer CliUaan Tiffmitr The slanderous assailants nt General Mor gan , the commissioner of Indian affairs , hav ing failed to establish their false uhurgo that ho has been Influenced by sectarian consid erations In removing employes from his de partment , who In every case had proved themselves Inofllclont or unworthy , ns the records show , arc now seeking to prejudice thOflcnuto against him by malicious assaults upon his personal character , to the effort thnt while in the army ho was court-tnar- tialcd and convicted of conduct unbecoming a soldier and a gentlemen This charge , howovcr , falls to the ground like the other The Undine oftho court-martial was re viewed by his Btlpl/rior / oulcer General Stcil > man , who acquitted him of nil blame Ho was furthormoreci ! mmonded by Mnjor-Gcn- eral O. O. Howard who bears his testimony that ho was unfairly ticuted by the court martial , nnd bv Inspector General C. H. Howard , who testifies that the charges against him were , moio technicalities grow ing out of jealousy and spite There nhould bo no further , ile.lay in the confirmation of Goncral Morgun , , , il'ho senate should act ns soon ns It reassembles and end thlsdisgraco- fuHiostillty to the pnly commissioner who for many years has-domonstrated his fitness for his position , Aj failure to confirm his nomination would bo a damaging blow to the solution of the Iti'dnn ( Drbbloni anil a eonebs- ( slou to sectarian spite which thu country would never forglvo STATK AND VKllltlTOIlY Nebrnslcu < ) tmli > i-4. Hnstings is to buy a garbage curt ana htro n man to run it A whist club Is the latest fashionable or ganization at Norfolk Wallace Congrcsratlonalists are to erect a S-1,000 church bulldlug Eight Shelton youug people celebrated Christmas by marrying , Springneld elevators are full or gram a ' nd buyers have shut down until cars can bo so- cured It 13. Taylor committed suicide at Whit man by taking poison , all on account vt drink A Youug Men's ' Christian association bus boon organized nt Albion with forty active mora hers Mr nnd Mrs W. B. Sexson of Union pre cinct , Furnas county , celebrated their golden wedding on Deccmbor ID . A company has been forinod to sinka shaft nt Iho supposed silver mines at the mouth of Burton creek in ICeya l'ahn county * The revival at Bostwlck conducted by Uov Mr Morrison has closed with llfty-tour conversions and thirty-four additions to the church , The Cambridge Chronicle is a thing of the past , the plaut having boon sold and re moved to Stockvlllo to found another paper , the Sentinel The saloons at Humphrey are preparing to ooen up again with now licenses , the city council having fixed the ordinances up la proper shape Frank Vickers secured his release from jail at Plattsmouth by marrying Anuio Krccck , whosu bouncing baby boy claims him as its fnthor The Platte county farmers club has do- elded to hold a series of farmers Institutes at Columbus for Platte and adjoining counties during the winter Lymun Catcvvltt , englneor of the Nollgh waterworks , whllo taking down the old stack , foil a distance of twenty feat , land ing on his bead and receiving injuries from which ho remained unconscious for twelve hours During a fight over a gamn of pool at Platte , Center , John Oury , a sixteen-year-old lad , struck Thomas Morrissey over tno bead with the butt end of a cue , inlllcting Injuries which may provo fatal Oury surrendered himself to the authorities Gill Vanskike , Uving near St Paul , heard a disturbance lo his chicken house a few nights ago and tin investigating the cause found a wildcat liud'takcn possosslon Ho fired at the bcastV'wblch turned aud showed light , nnd it requirad the coutonts of llvo chambers from utaj-pvolver to convince the animal that it ou JVto K'vo up the ghost A serious case phiblood poisoning is re ported from NortUiienU , ( J. A Day , of the firm of Day lirotncrs , meat marltet , bolng the sufferer Huliiad boon troubled with salt rheum , and thojauppotltlon Is that while handling hides about two weeks ago his blood became impregnated with the poiron Ills loft hand first became badly swollen , and from thcro the Inflammation gradually spread to other pails ot the body Norfolk's Cbrlsyqjis stocking was a very largo one , but itm filled to overflowing with promises of gqgd things , says tbo News There are tbreO imw railroads , a packing house , a coot sugiMJUuctory , several other manufacturing osraoiishmeuts , a union stock yards and water power company , two new wholesale houses , an ulectrio street railway , a federal building aud many other things too numerous to moutlou la the collection There is a big kick at Gibbon on tbo manner ot distributing fish from the stata hatchery "Tbo commissioners have , " says a correspondent , played us for suckers for the last six youn , promising big thlngs-and putting worthless fish on as , aud mighty few of them Wo had a promise of 10,000 black buss and got 100 bullheads and pumpkin seeds mixed and labeled as'100 ' black bass ' Two goatlomen spent the night and paid for a team to secure this supply of fish " ilov Joseph Oesct ) , who has charge ot all Lutheran church organizations in Chase , Hayes , Dundy and a portion of Perkins county m Nebraska ! Kawllns , Cheyenne and Sherman counties iu Kansas ; and Phillips , Logan , Weld , Yuma , Washington , Arapahoe , Kit Carson , Elbert and Lincoln counties in Colorado , has purchased eighty acres of land adjoining Champion , Chase county , where he will erect a church nnd echool building anil plat the remainder to bo sold to Germans who contemplate Bottling there town Items Onndollnns are in full bloom nround Mar sh nlltown Francis Murphy will commence a touipcr- anco ctusado at Jefferson la January Four clothesline tblovos nro in Jail at Hampton and the stoloa poods have bicu re * covered J. J. Murray , an cmplovo in the Hock Itiplds tow mill , lost his right hand in the machinery last week > William Duggnn , a Des Moines county farmer , raised 1,030 bushels of corn on eigh teen acres , or Wi } ( bushels per aero Flotchcr Howard ot Sheldon is a candi date for pharmacy commissioner under Governor Holes The ofllco Is worth $3,000 a year , uuthcr Cain of Amherst will lese Ins right arm ns the result of a wound which ho acci dentally Inflicted on himself whllo out bunt ing last week * W. J. Young , a wealthy Clinton null owuor , gnvu thirty-four poor widow * of that city u silver dollar and two sacks of Uour each as a Christmas present The Iowa Falls Methodists will bold a corn festival Now Years day , with a bill of faro which Includes every product of corn except the Juice " A LeMars young man has cntcrod Into a contract with ono of the wenlthy citizens of that town to work for him for llvo years for his board , provided that at the oxplration of thnt time ho gets S 1,000 nud the rich mans daughter John Silabough ot Spirit Lnko , candidate for sheriff on the democratic ticket last fall and for several years sheriff of Carroll county , died at his homo of blood poisoning Thu poisoning resulted from lacerating his hand with a husking peg , tbo poison circu lating throughout his vvholosystem , followed by violent breaking out aud finally by his death Nearly two years uro John J. Habcook , a Dcs Motnes carpenter , had tbo misfortune to full from a building on which ho was workhnr , iho nccidont rcsiitlnp in paralysis At the thno thuro was a mortgngo of 9100 on his home , and in his condition ho was unnblo to moot the payments The Dally News interested itself in tha case nnd Btartud a subscription paper among the good people of lies Moines Christmas morning the unfor tunate carpenter was made happy by bolng presented with the canceled mortgage on his llltlo homo , the Html note for tlOO having been taken up the day before The Two Dnkotns An electric strsct railway will bo built ot Grand Forks early in the sprlnr A branch of the State Enforcement lcaguo has bcon organised ut Iroquois Thu First Gorman Uaptlst church of Hlg Stone City has been incorporated The first trading post with the Dakota Indians was established ut Vermillion Clarence Bradford , living near White wood , is minus a big too which ho cliuped off with an ax while chopping wood Tbo nubile school children of Sioux Falls shipped three dray loads of clothing uud $51 In cash to the Minor county sufferers Aberdeen's now gus works are completed anil in operation Aberdcon is the second city in South Dakota to use gas for lighting The first term of the South Dakota supreme premo court will bo hold ut Pierre on the first Tuesday iu February , Judge Carson presiding A bill has been introduced into tbo North Dnltota loglslaturo requiring outside lnsur- nncc companies to deposit in the state $200- OUO before being allowed to do businsss In tbo btato Hon Fred Schnaubor of Yankton county will Introduce a bill into the leclsltture pie viding for the registration of man luges nnd births , the returns to bo made by county assessors Kov Father Metrger , formorlv pastor of the Cathullu church in Lead City , has boon oppointed by Bishop Marty pastor of St Mary's church at Rapid City , nnd will as sume his charge hi a few days Father Ma- boney will tuke charge of the congregation ut Lead , Nets Martinson of False Bottom has a calf nbout five woeits old that was born blind nud apparently dumb , as it hasn't "blitted" nor made a noise , says the Whitewood Sen tinel It is a curious freak of nature but the chances are favorable that it swlll llvo and flourish Clav county is shdly in need of a new jail The present condition of the bastile in that eouuty 13 such that if u prisoner wants any thing from his filends on the outside all ho has to 00 is to rui3c the window and get it A prisoner was recently confined for drunk enness , und , much to the surprise of the officials , the longer ho was kept in durance the heavier became his jag 't und ho had to bo released to sober up Ho ha J friends on tuc outside HiCiMOVi.NG THK AGUNOIKS ' Wlintllie jilovo Menus to tlio Business HI on orOmalin Omaha , Doc ! ! 0. To the Editor ot Tms Ban : The following is clipped from a re cent issue of the Sioux City Dally Journal : 'Csbtima , Neb , Dec S3 , It is expected that the Indian agency at Rosebud will bo moved to a point on Dog Ear ereek , about forty miles from the MiBsoud river It is understood that a recommeudntlon to dose so is ia the report of tbo Sioux Indian com mission , nnd that Senator Pottigrew is actively at work to the same end The re moval will be a great benefit lo Charles Mix county , und nil our people nro In favor of it and am ut work lo sccurn It The Journal might have added with pro priety that Ibcre was a secret move utso on foot to remove Pine Kldge agency north to Medicine Hoot Lot us sco what the re moval of these ngcncipg moans to the job bing trad6 of Omaha and to Nebraska ( ioscbud ngoncy contains about nine thou sand Blo.ix and one thousand whites At Valentino ( the railroad point from which its supplies are forwarded ) stands a warehouse SOxllOO feet , through which pass goods to the amount of 5,000,000 pounds annually con signed to that agency These goods are f rclgntod from Valentine , the Indians receiv ing 50 cents per 100 for doing the work There uro 8,000 beeves slaughtered , tbo Indians getting the bides , which they soil at about $ .1 each , some to the tradcrsat the agency and some to the merchants at Valon- tme In this way the Indiana got hides to hnul on their return trips They also deliver bones at Valentino , for which they got $3-por ton As many as eighty Indian teams have loaded there In a day , and the sight of a dozen to twenty teams loading for Uosobud can bo seen there any day What this freight Is to the earnings of the Fremont , Elkhorn Si Missouri Valley railway that company can tell best , but what the trade of Valentino is to our jobbing trade any of our jobbers will testify without any reludancy Pine Kidgo agency has very nearly us many Indians ns Koscbud , and its supplies are forwarded from Kusiivillo ( which also bus a largo bupply warehouse ) under tlio same conditions as tlioea forwarded front Valentino to Rosebud , and the same may bo said regarding thu trade of Hushville Fur thermore , Forts Niobrara und Robinson have been enlarged on account of these ugoncles until they are now two of the largest and most substantial posts in tha west Taking thu agencies uway from the border ot this atuto would of course to a cer tain e..tcnt takeaway their usefulness , and tneso posts would be allowed to fall into decay , whllo appropriations would bo granted for building new posts in Dakota near the new agencies There is no reason why this move Bhould bo made exceptitig that Senator Pottigrew had rather have an agency within forty miles of a Dakota town than within thirty miles of ono in Nebraska For this reason large appropriations willbouskod of con gress for tbo removal of these agencies Tbo Sioux commissioners recommenda tion of it in their lost report Is said to bo iu conformity to a promise made a few of the Indians when tbo commission was oa tbo reservation last summer , getting the signa tures of tbo Indians to the treaty which is to open up part of their land to settlement . To the writer it has always been bard to understand In what wav the opening of the Sioux reservation could contribute to the ad vancement of Omaha nod Nebraska , tbo Milwaukee road bolng sure to build to the Black Hills from Chamberlain , making Sioux City much Its nearer maiko ; . Now if the Milwaukee can remove these agencies north far enough to make thorn tributary to her roao , then certainly the opening ot the reservation Is a positive disadvantage to us , Iho attention of tbo business men ot Omaha and our delegation in cougress it respectfully directed to thii matter , with a bopo that they may deem it of sufficient importance tenet not allow this trade to be grasped from us without a struggle Of course tbo north western towns iutereatod will send la their potest X. V. Z. A LABOR BUREAU VICTIM Down Wont MoUnrty to Old Ton nossoo THE ROCK ISLAND COMING Lincoln 1'xpccti to llonr the Klu-lok. or Her Engines llofbro the ,111110 U.I1110 A. O. II.V. . In.tiil- lntlon Scrvcos Lincoln Ilonmuop Tub Osiuiv Beg , ) 10.M P STitncr , > Lixcoiv Neb , Dee SO I Under dnto of Deccmbor 19 , Tins Hen is in receipt of a letter from W. M. McCnrty , who Is now at Memphis , Uenn , wiiero ho went several weeks ngo under a guaranty of romuttorotlvo work from P. Cuursoy Rich ards , manager of the Tenth street employ ment bureau of this city The letter rep resented thnt Richards guaranteed him free transportation , nnd wages at SJ.5U to $3 per day , or 15 to 17 cents each , cutting railroad ties Further , McCnrty states , that Rich ards assuicd him thut there was a demand for laborers In other pursuits , and that if tlo cutting did not suit hltn other work nt better wages than ho could secure hero coukl bo bad For this precious Information Mc- Carty nllogcs bo was cbargod J3 50 , accept ing the guaranty ns indicated Ilua ho also alleges wns no good ns none of the rail roads would accent it In this connection ho takes occnsslon to state thnt the south Is overrun with laborers ; that worn Is hard to secure nt * 1 50 per day : that tlo cutting by the picco Is from 10 to 13 cents Ho advises laborers to stay In the north , and furnishes this gratuitous statement that ho has traveled the sunny south nil over , and will return to Nebraska in the near future to remain in contentment among relatives and friends Ho also injects tlio advice to laborers , who are seeking work , tn bowarc of thu swmdlos of the Liu- coln employment bureau Calling upon Mr Richards , Tub Bcp rcp- rebontutivo risked him what ho had to say regarding the charge In reply ho sold ! "McCurty may have gone to Tennessee to engage In tic-cutting through inv agency , prcsumo thnt if 1 should examine my books I would find his name It is not true , however , that I guaranteed him froa trans portation to Memphis I urn not a fool , and tiny ono knows that railroads do not give tree rides unless to vvorumon in their em ploy I hnvo Bout laborers Into several Boutlicrn suites as ho alleges , but I did it iu good faith and upon assurance from other employment bureaus that laborers were wanted " What about McCarty's statement that you charged him ? -.5U ! nbovo special rates , and represented to lilm that wages were higher thcro tbnti here ! " "if I did thnt I also did it in good faith I exact what I bollovo to bo u legitimate fco for my sorviccs Any other professional man does the same " Other questions , unimportant , perhaps , were put to Mr Richards , and they were very nromptlv answered But this fact remains just the same Other complaints of a similar character bavo come in against him , and McCarty is not aloao 111 his allomtit 10 cxposo his misrepresentations and alleged extortionate charges The Koclc lotaml The guaranty is given thnt Lincoln citi zens shall hear Rock Island engines whistle before June 1 , 1S1K ) , in this city As Tnn lirr tins stated nfliclnls ot this road have bcon getting their grading outfits together at Fairbury and now lliey bavo enough scrapers , plows , men nnd otlicr utensils for such work to push things and execute some very rapid grading Yesterday a halt dozen officials of that loadcntno to the city in a. special cur anil took n good survey of Lin coln and her surroundings It lb understood that the right , of way between this city and Fairbury has been Rccurod for iho most of the distance , und thut only n low miles out of Lincoln is needed to fill the gap Why Geio was Anpnintr-d. Since Hon C. II Gore was appointed post master of this city speculation has been va- ticd as to the reasons for his appointment , especially among the opposition Ill give it to you straight , " said a party supposed to bo on the Inside , to Tuc Bee roprcscntativo this morning The fact of the matter is Council will not bo 0 candldnto for renomination to congress a second time Ho has been offered the Burlington nttornoy- stup nt Washington , aud I have it upon the best of authority thut ho will accept the po sition ut the close of his term of office As the matter thus stands ho could not do any thing else very well Manderson and Pad dock wanted Li era and ho yielded to the uressure brought by them If Conncll had stood for his own interests , politically , someone ono else would have secured tbo prize , " Grand I'ululo iiiHtallatinn Unchurch Lodge , No 10 , Ancient Order of United Workmen , at its last meeting for 1880 , after u spirited and exciting contest , elected the following ofllcors for the enrutng yean Past Mnster Workman J. M. Zook Master Workman .1. it Burk Foreman George V. Hall Overseer J. C. Richcimcr Recorder C. F , llarras Recelvor A. N. Domiockcr Financier M. L. Jul Guldo J. M. VIckers " Inslao Watch J. Hawkins . Outside Watch W. P. Shanltland Trustee , three years George Scott Medical Examiner James H. Haggard Friday , January 10 , this ledge will pubhclv install its oulcers , and glvo a grand social on- tertninmont City Nowh una Noes Farrairut post of the Grand Army of the Ropubllo gave an open mooting at tbo Knights of Pythias bull last uveuiug Alts H. P. Foster und Mrs A. C. Tionoor will keep open bouse New Years day The former will bo assisted by a number of well known society ladles Warden Hopkins of the state penitentiary and W. A. Dorgan of tho'Western Munufuo- turlng company jointly entertained a number of friends from Ynukoo Hill last evomng Marshal Carder and boiuo of the day police force raided a number of gambling places last night , just before midnight Hissaidlnat Jl.OOO.000 will bo expended for improvements In Lincoln during the next months Most of this sum will bo ex panded in the erection of residences und places nf business Deputy Sheriff Hoagland has decided to become a citizen nf Lincoln and will remove ms family irom Wuverly to this city in a day or two Ho will roslde at the corner of Fourteenth nnd K streets INTERMARRIAGE OF CONVICTS AMcdlonl Journal Thinks Thin Cus tom Is Dangerous to Snoicty In Italy , whore all questions re lating to the detention , employuiont nnd disposal of an abnormally numerous convict population may truly bo de scribed ns ' burning , " our annotation , which appeared on August 10 , on the 'nbovo topio has attracted consid erable notice , says the London Lancet Our attention has just boon directed to a recent numhor ot the Opiniono , the organ of the Italian right which porpotuntes the liberal traditions of favour , and which translates the an notation iu oxtenso , and introduces it with the fotlowingobsorvutlons : Head ers ot tbo Opiniono are probably aware how the French republic hus constituted itself the apostle of roarrlugo between felons , and It may not bo without interest to tlioin lo know the comments made on this wild legis lative inensuro by the moat authoritative of the English medical journals , which also ranks lamong the most celebrated - brated of the two hemispheres the Lancet It is uuporiluoiiB to state that every ono even moderately schooled in medicine , or in any degree acquainted with thu laws of atavism , which mold In their ovolutlon with equal potentiality tbo oellulo and the moral llfomustwhatovor hlsthoory ot these laws , ncqulosco unrosorvcdly { _ _ _ in tlio pointed romnrks of the most U B accredited British journal ( I'nccrndlt- ; _ _ _ ntisslmo glornnlo Brllnniilco ) . Tlion / _ _ _ , follows summary of the oflici.tl { _ _ _ apologia of the Frotuih governinont in . j H Its now legislative donnrttiro , nnd the j H translation ot the reply which "il cole iH bio porlodiro Medico lngloso" makes to < | It To the Oplnlono's nrllclo uro up- ! _ _ _ ponded the initials of a dlstlntruishod ' H Venetian consultant , who effectively ro- H , enforces tlio ductrlno ot which Dr Lorn'j B broso in Italy ( like SirInmost Coxo and _ _ _ _ . Dr Bruce Thomson before him ) is now „ < _ _ _ _ ft the most vigorous vindicator , as to the _ _ _ _ best mode of diminishing crime VsVT WHAT IS CANADA'S DESTINY ? * < _ _ _ _ _ litis CnnnUlnii Knys It Is to Become - ' _ _ _ | n I'nrt iintio ( Jul toil Hint en ' _ _ B A letter on the destiny of Cntinda * _ _ _ rocoiitly published in the Victoria _ H Times , is attracting considerable uttcu- H tlon in political circles from the B fnut that the niithorship is generally B accredited to n prominent politician ' _ _ P of the l'ncillo province JiVflV "A dltllcully In the wny ot Canadian _ _ _ _ * iiidopoiidcnce , " the writer says , "is J B Canada's inability to defend hursclf , _ _ _ _ L On this continent the United States Is _ _ | supreme Thcro are no rival nations to H , keep iter in check Whatuvor she do- K chics to acquire who obtains , Hucogniz- _ B ing this world us it is , my opinion is H that Canada , to liuvo the right to exist K as a nation , must huvo the might to B do so A nation existing nn suffer I K unco is not an independent nation , - B With n frontier of : tK)0 ( miles adjacent < B to the states a clashing of interests will J H arise in the future They have hap _ H petiod in the past They exist now iu B _ l their settlement the ndvantngo will bo j m to the stronger that is , to the states , H not to Canada , the weaker Although i H Canada could ho easily conquorcd by B _ B tlio United States , It will not in that " H way become absorbed Whenever the _ B _ H slight connection nt present existing - B isting between Canada and the J B omnlro terminates , thnt solf-lntornsl H which governs hur now , and not the inBBS torestof tin British empire , will cor- H talnly bring about a union with the H _ H states The advantages to bo gained by _ H union , and tbo dtb.idvantagos of soparn- H tiou , uro apparent to auy Intelligent H person who bus looked into tlio subject _ H An independent Gauiula is n myth H Thcro is no indication that ( Jan l | ada has an individuality of H her own , and left undisturbed , Hit ' it must eve ntuato a distinct nationality _ H Canada nud the United states have bcon H peopled from the same European BBB t-ources. The individual chnracteiisBBB tics of the people north and south ot the BB boundary line nro precisely uliko It is BH impossible to distinguish an American BBB citizen from a Canadian oyurouliko BBB ' in orgin , in language , In religion BBB iVhilo there is much to attract - tract them together , there iu nothBH ing to repel Thu fundamental flJH principle of government * l ° y tlio people BH and for tlio people is the same In the H states and Canndn , although in botli H the theory has practically bcon diverted H lo the politicians ami for the politiBBB elans ' As regards politics , it would BBB make little ditl'orcnco to British Coin in- H bin whether its representatives went to H Washington or Ottawa , but as regards H prosperity , rapid dovolopmoiit , unre- H Rlricted trade , the gain to British BJH Columbia would bo enormous " BBV WATER FOR THE DESERT H Au Immense Traoi ofLnmt to bo lrBJH ritratcil and Colonlzctl ! H It Is currently reported that a syndi- B uatu of English capitalists , who have _ _ _ _ | over $ l,00UuO ( ) ut their disposal , uro BB about to launch forth iu an attempt to BBb reclaim a portion of the Mojave desert H by irrigation nnd then colonize it , says BJH the Los Angeles Tribune BBJ During the boom period several of * BBl the parties to the now scheme invested BBJ iu soulhorii California property adBJH jacent to tlio desert , nnd binoo they > H have added to tlioir holdings , until the tj H prnporty now owned by them embraces rHH 57,01)0 ) ncres To umuss this enormous AHJ amount of laud eighty-seven sections of HHJ desert land have been broken up H A trio of San Francisco men , Messrs BBl C. Abbcrgor , Chester Cutter and StunBBJ loy Kcolor , started to work on thoBJH scheme some time since , und through . 'BBJ the efforts made by these gentlemen BBJ | the English capitalists were induced to BJ | combine nnd formulate a plan for imBB proving the tract BJH Arrangements for irrigating the BBl property have already boon concluded BJH at lut'st ' It Is so understood To peoBJH pie gonornlly the scheme will no doubt BBl appear to bo impracticable and oven BJ impossible , but the syudicato , it seems , ' H have confidence in the scheme The i | soil bus bcon carefully analyzed and ( BJH found to posbess exceptionally good .BJH qualities for fruit raisinLr and farming 'iflJB purposes It is tlio intention to build > 'HH iinmouso dnms and reservoirs , Into HJ which water from the Bio del Llanoflfl / _ will bo turned , und from tbunco will be ) _ _ _ _ conducted by a pipe line to the land on yHH which it is to be used A point about fHH twenty-six miles distant from Alpine } HH station lias boon soloctcd us the locaiHH tion for the first , or upper dam , ana u ( BH number ot others will bo decided on ns { BH soon as the surveys are completed /iHH / Work hus nlrcady been cointnoncod ' HH on a branch line from the Southern 'JBH ' Pacific ut Alpine to the site of the first BBJ ] duin , nnd work on the structure will bo iHH pusliod ahead as soon as transportation ' HJ is provided for the nocossury materials Hji There is to be u town site laid out at ; _ _ _ _ a convenient point , and a hundsomo _ _ _ _ hotel will bo constructed for the uccom- H modation ot visitors The ullmnto is BJB said to bo ono of the most healthy thut HH eun be found , und no expense i'H will bo spared to mnko a beautiful vH und thrifty spot out of what is < _ H ut present hut a barren waste , 'fH | After all the improvoinuntshavu boon 'JH completed the work of colonizing the jBB property will begin It in the intention of tliomanugomout who ; by the way , HJ | nro California capitalists , although * fH | English firms are bucking the scheme , H toostnblish agencies in each of the < HJ loading eitlos of KuropoanU tlio Uuited BJ | Kingdom , whom persons desiring to H learn nbout the property enn obtain the j B fullest particulars and may ulbo nego- < j _ _ _ tlato for the purchase of tracts or farms , _ H Should tlio syndicate succeed in the ; | venture there is no doubt but the prop Hj erty will soon bo occupied ; and the un- B dorlukltig , if successful , will induce BJ | many others to adopt similar moans to SJ | reclaim land that is almost worthless ut M present BJ Lady Napier , who accompanies Mrs Bfl Hloouiliold Moore on her visit to this coua- ] try , and who will shortly bo presoat at a 1 private view ot the Kcoly motor In Pnlladoi- _ iihia , is a motherly , gcntlo and roduodlookH lug woman of some lllty odd years , Just 1 stout enough to bo comfortable looking , aud HJ vvearliiir iu her cheeks thai wholcsomo bloom HJ which wo are accustomed to ussoclata with tH the faces of ouf grandmothers Lady NnHJ pier is of the direct line ot the Napier fam- lly , a collateral branch ot which produced Lord Napier ot Magdala She Is the mother _ of Sir Archibald Napier Miss Amelia B. ICJwards' who wilt sooa como to this country on her lecture tour , U often confused with her cousin , Miss M. Buthaia Edwards , who is also a writer ot novels , travels , etc , and with Mrs Annlo Kdwards , who is a novelist , but not a rela- tlvo nor oven a eonaoctlon by marriage Neither of the latter , bowevor , * has bocomu a student of Egyptology , so far as wo know , , H A similar confusion of authorship obtaiu * ' frcquonly with the novels of Thomas Hardy H of Eogltnd and Prof A. S , Hardy ot this H countrya