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I lEeal.T N. V. Feil , Notttry I'ubllc ,
I j Vnrwr.n from this distance the Iowa
T deadlock is a lively combination
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ments
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j In the opinion of the democratic U-
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[ ccnso board the Diamond is too rich a
! I ' jewel to sparkle in public *
I FoiiTUOAL'a coucossion to the do-
mands of England verifies the maxim
i 1 that might makes right "
. / Cmr.K of Pouce Skavky had hotter
' ' ' invest in abrandnow lot bt detectives if
ho wauls to find out what is going on
Sj | behind the sliding doors of King Faro ,
H J i
vj Sknatok Wilson of Maryland wns
j rc-cluctcd without opposition Boss
' j Gorman evidently feared to put his
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rv power to the test lost ho should lese Ins
I fc'rlp' *
8 Mayor Cusiiinq's olTort to provo a
| conspiracy between the police commis-
I | " sion and the stall of Tin : Bee against
J the gnmblors was a lamentable give
| j nway _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _
Alt , members and omployos of the
• Utah legislature , now in session , nro
I Mormons The political power of the
1 church is not diminishing to an alnrm-
j • ing extent
The election of Calvin Brlco to the
United States senate from Ohio raises the
question whether habitation in a palace
car fulfills the legal requirement of residence -
idonco in a state
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The proposed monumontto Samuel
I J , Tildon would not bo complete with
| out a has relief of Cronin'a nose and
ij I an allegorical representation of the still
j hunt in Nebraska
i The war on ovorhcud wires promises
H , to rid Now York of the manklllors before
fore the close of the year The oxara-
ole could bo profitably followed by
j every city in the union
Omaha will carry out every oblign-
I tlon neeossary to secure the Mothodlst
conference . The city is not only capa-
, ! bio but.wllling to give the delegates a
taste of genuine western hospitality
( iENEIial Guhkly promptly allays
public nlarm by assuring tlio country
that the winters of our duds are only
temporarily suspended , and that the
present mildness la , duo to the languor
of the elements
A hill for n brldgo across the Mis
souri 6omj > where between Bollovuoand
Oinalm has passed the upper house of
] , congrebs What Omaha would like to
1 , boo , l.oivevor , is tlio receipted bill for a
„ complotcd brldgo
, J GovHitNOuOAJU'liELL'Seudorsomont
J of the Australian voting system plncos
i j all domocrntio presidential possibilities
i 1 lu line for ballot reform , If they could
! I bo induced to pructlco what they
. S preach , the country would bo largely
j the guiner
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I IIA vine , achlo ved notoriety by attack
ing the character of I'uruoll for the
* . botieflt of the '
# torles Captain O'Shoa
* now seeks u fortune by in&tltutiug dam
c ngo suits against newbpapors Tlio
J n fact that his cause is tlio cause of the
cj govorumont will matorlnlly improvp
a his chances ot securing a verdict
3 The treasury dopai-tmont hns decided
S to dlsconilnuo the practice of issuing ,
"j at iulorior townB , certificates t' ' Cbl-
vj neso quulifiod to return Tlilfc will tend
j Jo to limit the ubuso to shipping ports and
i oven at those points , especially San
I , - Francibco , greater vigilance should bo
/ exacted of the ofllcials to prevent the
b use of cot'tillcatos by ethers than those
to whom they were Issued , Tno prlvi-
' lego of granting certlllcatcs has been a
j protltablo ono both to the ofllcials and
f to Chlnainon ongngod in Importing
their countrymou
A NEW DANK MLL
Congre3imnn Dorsoy , chairman of the
banking and currency commlttoo of the
house , has Introduced a bill , it Is pro
Btimod with the npproval of the com
mittee , to revise and amend the laws
relating lo the national bank currency
The principal fcnturo3 of this measure
are roportcd to bo a provision allowing
the banki circulation to the full par
value oi their bonds deposited to secure
circulation , and providing ( or the re
duction of the present tnx of ono per
cent on circulation to one-half per cent
There is nothing now In ttioso propo
sitions , and they simply follow the
recommendations of the comptroller of
the currency , approved by the socro-
tnry of the treasury The suggestion
that the banks should bo allowed to
issue circulation to the par value of the
bonds deposited by thorn is almost ns
old as the national bank system , while
the proposal to reduce the tax or remit
it altogether is not much younger
Wlintboltor oiicouragomont does Mr
Dorsoy see in the prcsont situation
for the success of these expedients , ns a
moans of porpotuatlng the bank circu
lation , than oxlstcd when they have
boon horctoforo presented ?
Obviously the Hrst requirement to a
solution of the bank circulation prob
lem is lo provide a now security The
bonds of the government now employed
to secure the circulation of the banks
will mnturo seventeen yonrshonco , and
thorcaftcr will not bo available for this
purpose But even now the banks nro
retiring circulation secured by these
bonds bocnuso it is not profitable to
keep it out , so that there is an immedi
ate demand for a now security to prevent -
vent the extinction of the bank circu
lation and to oncouragonn enlargement
of it , Sovernl plaus have been sug
gested for providing such security It
was reported a few days ugo that Mr
Dorsoy was in favor of issuing a gov
ernment two per cent bond , to
run porhnps fifty years Another
plan is that of Mr Knox , which
proposes to divide the secu
rity between government bonds
and gold coin or bullion or silver bullion
at the current market nrico Still an
other is that of Senator Farwell , which
proposes state , county nnd other ap
proved bonds as security for the bank
circulation Another plan is to mnko
the notes , limiting the issue , n first lion
on the entire assets of the bank issuing
thorn , and to have priority of payment
ever all olhor obligations ot the bank ,
There are objections to all those plans ,
but they rccognizo the tuct that the
first and most important thing to bo
done , in connection with the question
of porpotuatlng the bank circulation , is
to provide a now security This is
what the banks most desire , and it is
plainly the essential thing to a solution
of the problem
The danger is that in the confusion of
plans and expedients this question ,
which is getting all the time of moro
pressing importanco-as the retirement
oi the bank circulation goes on , will not
bo settled until there is practically
nothing lo bo saved The bank
circulation reached its highest
amount in 1S73 , and since then
sixty-two per cent of it hns been ro-
tired The process is still going on , the
decrease last year In the circulation so-
curcd by bonds amounting to over
twenty-two million dollars , and includ
ing the notes of gold banks , to ever
thirty-seven millions The bill of Mr
Dorsoy , as reported , does not provide a
solution of the problem It does not
propose a porrnnuont relief It might
do some good , but it would not accom
plish all that is necessary to maintain
and pcrpotunto the national bank cir
culation _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
seNuvioii nnwE of onto
Mr Calvin S. Brice has boon elected
by the legislature of Ohio to succeed )
Henry B. Payne in the United States
senate , his term beginning March 4 ,
1801. Thus a young rsonoy bag , ns the
Philadelphia Jhcord puts it , succcods
an old ono No senatorial campaign of
recent yo'irs commandud a larger measure
uro of public attention than that Mr
Brice carried on for months , before nnd
since the last state election in Ohio ,
with some adroitness and a great deal
of money Ho had fixed his ambition
on a seat in the national senate long
before the data of the election of the
prcsont logislnturo of Ohio , and ho
used money freely in the close legisla-
tivodistricts Since the election there
is the best of reasons for believing that
ho has lavished largo sums In securing
the support ot democratic newspapers
throughout the state and of members of
the legislature not origiuully friendly
to him Ho did not go into the busi
ness of dispensing boodle in
the bold way that characterized
thoicampaign of Senate ? Payne , six
years before , whou the personal friends
ot that senator , with hundreds of thou
sands ot dollars at command , wont to
Columbus and almost opoulv purchased
votes , kooptng meantime a banquet hall
constantly open and abundantly pro
vided with everything likely to gratify
the democratic palate , Mr BricoJs
methods wore less open , moro system
atic , very thorough , nnd as the result
shows , entirely cfloctivo His election
may have cost him quito as much nnd
porhnps moro than was paid out by Mr
Pay no or his frlonds , but ho has . man
aged to make his purchases so as to
avoid any danger of being Investigated ,
a peril that for some time caused no
little uneasiness and crabarrnssmout to
Mr Payne Nouo the loss , the oountrv
understands that Mr Brice bought his
election to the United States senate ,
and that but for his wealth and his cor
porative connections lie would never
have been thought of ns a senator from
Ohio
A tow outs pole on domocrntio newspa
pers freely acknowledge this A num
ber of prominent and responsible demo
crats in Ohio declare It It might bo a
,
mutter of some difficulty to provo the
charge that Mr Brice bought his way
into the senate , which the Now York
Situ thiuka should bpdonoor the charge
dropped , but the presumptive evidence
is sufficiently clear qnd strong tp carry
conviction to all'minds capable of being
convinced It is unfortunate for the
great state of Ohio that it must coutiuuo
to be roprcsunted in thoUnited States
senate by a man whoso title is clouded
by a widespread belief that ho obtained
it by Improper methods The pros
cnt domocrntio senator from that
state has boon of no use to his constitu
ents largely for the reason that his oloc-
tlon was not fairly nnd honorably so-
cured He has boon hoard in the son
ute only once during his term , nnd that
was in defense of his title Will his
successor , similarly hnndicappod , bo
nblo to do nny better ? There is another
suggestion in this result , and that is
that the senate , once the aronn of great
constitutional lawyers and mon distin
guished for wisdom , patriotism nnd in
tegrity , has become a tribunal of mil
lionaires and the slirowd and unscrupu
lous representatives of corporate Inter
ests For this degoneraoy both partlos
share the responsibility
HOW MUCH LONGER
Milwnukoo has succoodqd in gottlng
a tnvorablo report from the public
buildings committee whereby her post
ofttco appropriation was increased from
twelve hundred thousand to two
millions St Paul Is to have
a million and n half for her
now postofllco building But Omaha
is just where she was nine months ago ,
and where every well-informed person
prodictcd she would land it the con
demnation process was adhered to It
goo3 without saying that a clear titto
could have boon had tor any ono of the
half a dozen Bqunros that werffoflorod ,
within thirty days of the time of ac
ceptance
The prolonged delay has done Incal
culable damage to Omaha already and
if contlnuod much longer will result in
nothing being done during the prcsont
year It will take fully six months for
the architect to complete his plans ,
advortlso for.proposals and secure bids
for material and work And it may
take longer And yet nobody can
truthfully charge that the opponents ot
the Plan tors' house slto have laid a
straw in the wny of the parti
sans of that location since
Secretary VVindom announced his de
cision , although there have been many
opportunities for obstruction
Whatever damage Omaha is suffering
by reason of the jugglery that was
played in connection with the selection
of a locntlon that required condemna
tion through the courts , no
blame attaches to the mon
who urged the location of the
federal building upon Sixteenth nnd
Harney or Eighteenth and Farnnm
Had the proposition for either of these
sites been accepted moro than half a
million dollars would have been ox-
pouded Inst year by private citizonsand
at least the foundation for the great
structure would have boon in place by
this time •
It now transpires that Messrs Powers
t and Sanders , the newly olcctod romiblican
United States senators from Montana , nro ,
or have boon , the paid attoraoys of the
Northern Pacific railroad company , and that
all the illegal action antedating their election
is directly traceable to the manipulation of
agents of that company IV"orfa-Hcrald.
The attempt of the World-Herald to
pose as a 'demoeratio organ leads it to
commit violent assaults on truth The
above oxecrpt is a sample of its purpose
to distort facts Colonel Sanders was
at ono time an nttornoy of theNorthorn
Pacific , but resigned his position ever
a year ngo to enter the campaign for
the souatorship T. C. Powers is not a
lawyer and could not bo a paid
attorney of the Northern Pacific " Ho
is a business man , and boars no
greater relation to the railroad than
any shipper in Helena There is no
d oubt that ttio Northern Pacific is re
sponsible for the illegal action ante
dating their election , " but the efforts of
the company were raado in behalf of
the democrats The disputed Tunnel
product in Butte , whore the democrats
polled ono hundred and scvonty-ono
out of a total of ono hundred and faov-
onty-threo votes cast , is populated by
the work mon engaged in oxtondifig the
Northern Pacific into the city , and
these mon were worked and voted , ns
the result * shows , for democratic suc-
cess The facts clearly show that the
corporations are solely responsible for
the Montana frauds , and the frauds
wore porpctratod in the interest of the
democratic party ,
The report of Solicitor Hepburn of
the treasury department , in favor of
terminating the contraot botwocn that
department and the Now York immi
gration board , and placing the super
vision of immigration under the control
of federal officials , will bo approved by
all who have any knowledge ot the
nbusos that have boon practiced under
the nrcsont nrrungomont The secre
tary of the tronsury , In his annual report
port , urged that this matter Bhould ho
wholly in the control of the federal
government ; and this view is sup
ported by every consideration affecting
the interests and wclfuro of the immi
grants , bosldos being necessary to a
proper enforcement of the immigration
laws Mr Cleveland , when governor
of Now York , took this ground , but It is
understood that Governor Hill is not fa-
voraolo tb permitting tlio federal government
ornmont to taUo control of immigration
iu Now York , nnd will resist nny nt-
tempt on the part of the treasury de
partment to torminnto the existing ar
rangement , It is possible that the governor
ornor ot Now York might bo able to
carry out his threat to matte trouble iu
this mutter , but there can Do no ques
tion of the right of the genornl govern
ment to regulate and supervise immi
gration , which is obviously a national
and not a state affair , and if congress
decides to do this there can bo no doubt
that Governor Hill would conclude to
acknowledge the uuthority
Judge Doane very properly and
justly decides that the city is not Uablo
for damages caused by an overflow ot
surface water where street grades have
bean changed The matter ot chang
ing street grades depends on the con
bent ot ubutting property owners It a
majority of the frontage refuse con
sonttho city is powerless In fact , the
city merely gives force und effect to the
wishes ot the pcoplo , and if Injury re
sult ? the city cannot lie hold responsi
ble
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Jack Mouiiison was ono of the active
leaders of the democratic forces in the
city campaign Ho mur&hallod his fol
lowers iu the lower wards and circu
lated from poll to poU choorlng the
workers nnd dlHoohsIng onthuslnsm
from anondlosslroll To him and Ms
followers is largely duo the oloctton ot
Cushing And what Is his reward ? Go
ask the locked anil barred poolroomtho
poop holes plucked , the rnttlo of the
chips suppressed , and the mlrrorod
joint rofloctlng ttic dust of innocuous
desuetude "
Tun boa * d of trade has completed Us
roster of officers and comnilttoos ior the
year The organization Is thoroughly
equipped to rondrjr important Eorvico In
advancing the mntorinl interests of the
city The moro routlno work of collect
ing rents was not the purpose for which
the board was formed , nor does the col
lodion and publication of statistics , six
months old , satisfy the clnlras of the
public The board ot trade should lend
in all movements calculated to ouhanco
the commerce and industry of the
metropolis The members must bostlr
thomsolvcs and lake an actlvo part In
setting tno progressive pace of the oity
In 1890.
The contractors comblno which or
ganized the council n wool : ngo is now
trying to organ izo Mayor Cushing'a
cnbinotand direct hira to the parties
who will make thomsolvcs useful to the
comblno This is all very interesting
to the taxpayers and suggostlvo ns to
what wo may look for in the way of re
trenchment and reform during the year
Senator Gall is the author of the
brilliant scheme to annex Cuba by hav
ing the government take up the mort
gage for ono hundred and twonty-Iour
millions which the Gorman bankers
hold on the country Mr Call does not
pormtt his patriotism as a senator to
intcrforo with his enthusiasm as a
financial agent
The Philadelphia Jlecord assorts that
the tariff is responsible for the use of
corn for fuel in Kansas and Nebraska
True , but it is not the government tariff
It is the railroad tariff that robs the
'
f armor of the profits of his toil and
makes corn so low that it does not pay
the labor of hauling it from the field to
the railroad
Just Like Other Brigands
R'ew YorU World Idem )
The Ohio boodlers , Uko brignnda every
where , are seasitlvo under the calcium light
of journalism
Mucli to Answer For
Uojlou Herald
The late General Andrew Jacicson has Rot
much to answer lor , if hois to do hold in any
way rcsponsiblo for all the speeches that are
made on Jackson annlvorsarios nowadays
A Curious Omission
Kansas City Ttmcs
Wo are rather surprised that whan the
Iowa prohibitionists congratulated the pcoplo
of the state upon the success of prohibition
they forgot to point to the triumph of Governor
ornor llolos
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Method itt Ills Madness
Bojfori Globe
Citizen Train refuses to shako hands ,
alleging that It is a wanton waste ot magnet
ism ; but ho is perfectly willing to kiss the
opposite sex This philosophy ot magnetio
exchange smacks a ltttto too much ot the
psychological ,
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Mr Toorhees May llnvo Ijcarncd
Xew York T > Wune
Wo feel authorized to stuto that , while
Senator Voorhccs is not as handsome as ha
was , ho knows more than ho did before ho
made his reckless attack upon the adminis
tration It is sad to sco the Seasoned Syca
more of the \Vabash conducting himself Uko
the veriest sapling
STATE AND TEttlUTOKY
Nebraska Jottings .
Harrison needs a harness shop
About forty.throo thousand sheep are being
ing fed in the vicinity of Wood river
The accounts or Clay county's treasurer
are being investigated by a f 12 a day expert
The Standard Oil trust is trying to , ruin a
Rod Cloud merchant who is running n tank
ino and will notpatronizo the monopoly
The managers of the Now York Voice , the
prohibition organ , will Bsud 20,000 copies of
that paper to Nebraska during the coming
campaign
A charity ball lor the benefit of the hos
pital will bo given at Nebraska City , Jnn-
uuryS4. It is eipoeted to lie the event of
the season
The peculiar marriage of George Poolb
and Hello Woods at Schuyler has resulted in
an application in the district court to have
the murriago set asldo
There were 4,179,897 pounds of freight
shipped out of McCool during the month of
D comber , an increase of l,0Go,2u7 pounds
over the corresponding month in 1SS3.
The farmorB of Louisvllio precinct , Cass
county , want to bridge the Platte so as to
draw trade from Sarpy county , and it Is
proposed to vote $10,000 in bonds lo aid in
the enterprise
Orley Dickinson , a student at the Peru
normal school , who became religiously
insane and was sent to bis homo in Michigan
some time ago , escaped from his parents and
returned to Peru last week As he Is con
sidered dangerous he was taken in charge by
the Bheriff
Conrad Fansko of Palls City cluims to tie
ono of the A'on Brand heirs who are to ro-
colvo 100,000,000 from the Australian gov
ernment Mr Fensko claims to bo entitled
to one-seventh ot the amount , and has for
warded a power of nttornoy to the old coun
try with a view to collecting the money
While James Fearsan old colored man liv
ing alone on a cluimjnbout two miles oust of
Ausloy , wns MUni a flask Willi power from
a ran a spark lronLhl | pipe ignltod the pow
der , causing an oxuloslon which wrecked
the sod house and tilled him so full of povv-
dor that ha was hardly recognizable '
About two wooUfiTugo Louis Kami ) , a rag
buvcr , loft his team stnnalng iu the streets
of Scnuyler whllelhe stepped Into a saloon ,
When ho returned his team was gone nnd
was not found Until twelve days later , when
they were dlscovorod'fust In the Umber near
town nearly starved lo death One horse
bad the lockjaw and was uaahlo to take food
and soon died , ,
lovfatltnmi
Onawa will vnto on extending its city limits
' '
its March 3. '
Jefferson county Vas a surplus la its treas
ury ot over 123,000 , ,
The county auditors of the state will bold
a convention at DcK Moines January M
Farmers in tlio vicinity of Mt Pleasant
complain of myriad * of field mice that are
doing great damage to fruit trees ,
Dos Moiues boasts of a young couple wbo
have been married only three years and have
11 vo children two douDles and a single
A cow owned by W. P. Wiley of Cas-
taua gave birth to triplets about a year
ugo , and last week duplicated the perform
ance
One of tbo Jurors In the next term of court
nt Sao City on January 17 will bo a lady
Tills will ba the first lady that has held that
position iu the history ot the county ,
The annual wolf hunt of the Ilawkeyo
Quu club of Gilbert and Pleasant Valley
takes place today , wbon it is expected be
tween 150 and 300 mouatod huntsmen will
participate
City Marshal P. II Francis of Cedar
Ilupids has fallen heir to & 000 by the
death ot uu aunt in Santa Cruz , Cat The
ontdto is valued at f-iW.OOO , tbs bulk ot
which gees to John V. Francis , the marshals
shal's younger brother , who resided with the
deceased for many years Heirs nt Ottumwa
and Mnquokota nro also sonorously rotnom-
bored ,
The Iowa Life and Pension socloty , located
at LJ-ons , is declared by the Insurnnco de
partment to bo n bogus wildcat concern , "
and proceedings in court have been ordered
to stop Its transaction of business ,
Tbo now hospital erected by the Sisters of
Mercy , at n cost of about $ . * > 0,000 , wis for
mally opened nt Davenport lost week , Just
twenty years after the first small institution
of the kind that was opened by the order at
that point The hospital is under the super
vision ot Surgeon General \ \ \ F. Peck , of
the Hock Island road , and is a model
The third annual exhibition of the western
Iowa poultry nnd pot stock association will
bo held nt Harlan Jnnuary 10 to 82 , From
Indications the exhibition will bo a great suc
cess , nnd many pcoplo from eastern Nebraska
braska nro expected to attend , TTio prnmlum
llst.has been made up and comprises novon-
tcoa classes , with a number of special pre
miums The express companies will return
free alt stock oxhibltod not sold ,
The Two Dnkotna ,
Hrulo county Is out of debt and has $1S00
in the treasury
A boy in the Planklnton reform school
measures six feet , two inches in height
There nro G,517OO0 , acres of unoccuptcd
land In the Dendwood land district , tour
fifths of which is unaurvoyed
The Woman's Christian Tompernnco union
at Mitchell hns donated its library to the
Young Men's Christinu association
It Is estimated that the railroad companies
have contributed , mostly iu freight charges ,
in the neighborhood of $000,000 to the settlers
in the two Dakotas so far this season
Charles Sommors , n bard character , entered -
tored the residence of John Lliton at Qrnnd
Fonts and demanded the lnttor's money at
the point of a revolver Listen handed ever
his pocket book containing $17 nnd Sommors
took it nnd Jumped the city
The body of Daniel Wright was found by'
the roadaldo between Canton nnd Falrvlow
ono day last wcok It is thought his team
ran nway , throwing him from the sleigh in
bucIi n manner ns to break his neck Ho
was about forty-live yqars of ago and un-
marrlod
Patrick noonoy who was adjudged insane
at Deadwood and ordered takoa to Yankton ,
labors under the uuoer hallucination that the
sun is gradually dwindling away and that
bis heart is acting in thosamo way , and that
it will bo but a short time before both en
tirely dlsnppoar
Mr and Mrs Ooorgo Engloof Canton
eolobrated the sixtv-fourth nnnivorsary of
their marriage last woolt A largo number
of their children , grundchlldrou and great
grandchildren were proscnt Mr Englo Is
a native of Now Jersey and is olghty-threo
years of ago , while his wife is olghty-four.
A bill has been lutroducod Into the North
Dakota leglslaturo for a constitutional
amendment to enable the state to increase
Us mdobtcaness from $739,000 to $1,000,000.
It is argued that there is no other feasible
method of mooting the largo prospective
deficiency , and that it would bo better to
have funds for all reasonable expenses than
to bo alurmlng the taxpayers and capitalists
with n constant cry of deficiency , bank
ruptcy , etc
That "there's many a slip Hwlxt the cup
and the lip was demonstrated nt Wnnarl ,
Hon Homme county , last week A youug
man named Hilzmgor and a Miss lloschma
were about to bo made ono when the father
of the prospective bndoput in an appearance
and called a halt , Ho then demanded a bonus
of $50 and an overcoat before the ceremony
could proceed any further The nssots of
the groom only reached $11.50 and nn over
coat that wns much to small for the old man
and so the match had n bo declared a draw
SOLD FOR A HALF DOLLAR
Cliches Gained and Iiost by Persona
Denllnir in Diamonds
Volumes have been written on ro
mances connected with diamonds and on
the fortunes made and lost by persons
doalmg in thorn
The Saucy , " now In Rus3ia , Is worth
$200,000. Charles the Bold once owned
this gigantic brilliant and lost it while
on the battlefield
A Swiss soldier found It and sold it tea
a priest lor two trances , or les3 than
half a dollar Alter awhile the gem
found its way into the collection of
King Anthony of Portugnl , who sold it
to Do Sancy of Franco in 1589 , for 100,000
livres
Do Sancy sent the jewel to Henry III ,
who wanted to raise money on it Ho
employed a trusted messenger to carry
it , and this man was attacked by highwaymen -
waymon and fatally injured swallowed
the jewel
Tno faithful servants body was
opened and the great diamond found
It was again lost , but discovered by
means of information imparted in an an
onymous note
The "Onslow , "a great Prussion stone ,
wns originally used as an eye in the
idol Scrringham in the tcmnlo of
Brahma , It did duty in this manner for
luO years , but in 1500 it aroused the cu
pidity of a French soldier who pro
fessed conversion to Buddhism , worked
his way into the confidence of the
priests nnd gained access to the temple
On the first opportunity ho goughod
out the 103 carats eye nnd ran oil with it
to Madras While ho was making good
his escape the priests discovered the
loss , which they attributed to Brahma's
vengeance for the admission of the
alien
The soldier rocolvod $10,000 for the
stolen treasure from a sea captain , who ,
on reaching England , sold it to a Jew
for $00,000. Catharine II gave the Jew
$405,000 and an annuity of 820,000 for it
and the sensible Hebrew forthwith re
newed his youth.and drew the annuity
for many years
THE ROMANTK3 BAHAMANS
They Are Superstitious and Fond or
Telling Old Talcs or Adventure
A life full of romance is the life of
the Bahuman , especially the lower class
natives Apritnitivo existence , a
superstitious , imaginative mind , and
the great ocean , with all Its might und
mysto'vy , encircling him , compensate
for much of lifo's discomfort
From generation to generation the
old tales of muroonors nnd bucc.inoers
are hanaod down Knough treasure has
boon found nt various points to form a
basis for marvelous tulcs and also for
bomo hair-brained expeditions , Caves
hayo produced images carved by foreign
hands , and bones ( presumably ) of abor
iginal origin A well in ono olaco and
a circle of stones somewhere elbe are
witched Every island has its tradi
tions , nnd ovury tradition is moro or
lcssboliovcd
Wrecks , smuggling , fents of prowess
in storm , und of endurance in BtroBs , all
become tlio components of a not unat
tractive border lifo , and would doubt
less , in any ether than , ours , crystalizo
into nn Interesting ohaptor ot folklore
The time of ull ethers to hoar a pro
vincal raconteur is on a moonlight
night , when n number of men congre
gate about the fishing-boats , or upon
some spar that lies at tno end ot a rocky
point whence uu approaching sail may
bo first sighted The narrator becomes
interested , gesticulates freely , even
acts the more oxolting parts of his
story , while the little audience good
humoredly applauds with laughter that
issoldom boisterous or prolonged , and
occasionally add such remarks as ;
' • Dat nin't so coarse , " Das righ , "
or "Hi ! 'o tollln' um now , for true , "
In his homo lifo the negro is , strunfjo-
ly enough , usually contented und kind ,
1 say strangely , because the tie that
binds these block bodies to each ether
is not the strongest , says a writer in
Scrlbner's Monthly , It is formed and
brolcon frequently without legal or
churchly aid or Intervention
LINCOLN'S ' CHARITY BALL ,
The Grand Mnroh Led By the Governor
ornor and State Offlcora
SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON
Annual Mooting or the Slate Histor
ical Sncioty Supreme Court Pro
cor-dlngs Gossip I'loknd Up
at the .Stntc House *
Lincoln-Huufuuor Tits Oua.ii * . Unit , )
1029 P SriiRer , >
, Lixcolx Neb , Jan 14. )
Notwithstanding the adrorso criticism
that has from time to time been made , the
great social event of the season was the first
nnnual charity ball , given at roproscntatlvo
hall this evening The hall had boon hand *
soraoly docoratcd with evergreens , bunting
and pictures , and the floor covered with can
vass , At the back of the sponkor's desk the
word "Chnrity" was spelled out in char
acters made up with Incamlosconi olcctrio
lights , nnd on the opposltosldo of the room
were the words "Jnnuury 14,1S90. "
The following are the names of tbo partlos
who have had the management l
Governor Tlinvcr , prosldcut ; A. C. Zlemer ,
vlco prcsldont ; Joseph Boohmor , secretary
Exccuttvo commlttoo A. C. Zlemer , chair
mnuj Hon Albert Watltins , Hon John Fitz
gerald , Hon Thomas ' II Uonton , Hon
Kobort U. Graham , *
Flnnnce S. II Uurnhara , chairman ;
Messrs It , H. Oakley , li H. Aadrus , J. II
HBrloy , A. J. Sawyer
Heceptloa Governor John M. Thayer
chairman ; Hon C , C. Jlurr , Hun 11. K.
Cowdry , Hon , John Steen , Hon J. E. Hill ,
Hon C. H. Gore , Messrs P. M. Hall , It S.
Melntosh , D. K , Thompson , Joseph
lJoohmer
Invitation C. It flichtcr , Cunirman ; C.
E. Magoon , George N. Forosman , A. G.
Bcoson , hC. . Zulirung , Lieutenant T. W.
Griffith
Decorations W. Fi Hardy , chairman ; II
It Nossloy O. Mohronstechor , C. J. Ernst ,
Robert McKoynolds
Music L. Wossol jr , chnlrmnnt John B.
Wright , C. H. Imuorr , II J. Hall , W. E.
Hardy
Floor Munagors P. C. Zahriing , chair
man ; C. 13. Mugoon , A. C4. Heoson , George
N. Forcsman , C. It Kicntcr , Llouteuant T.
W. Grimth
Printing C. II Imhoff , chairman ; F. C.
Zohrung , Dr B. F. Halley
The orrhestra consisted of twelve pieces ,
and wns conducted by Profs Asclimann nnd
Ilagennw
The expenses of tlio ball hnvo been esti
mated at J100. This will leave a haudaomo
balance for chanty ,
The ball was opened between 9 and 9i0 : :
p. ni „ with a grand march led by Oovoruor
Thayer , the state officers and Mayor Gra
ham ,
The following is the programme :
Grand March Arion Carnival Faust
Wnltz Playmates Uucalossl
Quadrlllo I'Volics About Town..Uoettgcr
Polka Oolah ( Locoen , 'a ' ondra ) Tob.inl
Lancers Alcazar lirooks
Waltz Blue Danube Strauss
Quadrille Hnzzlo Dnzdo Brooks
Waltz Quadrille Life a Dream ZikofE
Schotttsoh Somobody's Svv ecthcart . Moses
Lancers The Brigands ( Offenbach's opera )
Tobnni
Waltz Oolah Moses
Quadrille-Scotch Highlands Boottger
Esmeralda Clomontino Contorno
Virginia Reel Original
Waltz Dtcam on the Ocean Gung'l
Lancers Oolah Tobani
Polka Sleigh Julian
Waltz Thousand and Ono Nights..Strauss
Schottisch Magnolia Moses
Lancers Clover ( Suppo's opera ) Tobani
Waltz Loves Treasure Wulateuf ol
The State Historical Society
The annual meeting ot the State IIIb-
torlcal.soclety was hold in the stoto uni
versity chapel this evening Tlio following
was tbo progrnmmo :
' • The Christening of the Platte , " by Judge
James W. Sayago of Omaha ; The Educa
tional History of Omaha , " by Mrs M. B.
Newton of Omaha ; The Development of
the Free Soil Doctrine , " by Hon W. II
Eller of Blair Tbo sessions will bo con
tinued tomorrow evening with the following
programmo :
American State Legislatures una Legisla
tion by , " Hon Albert Mathews of Lincoln ;
Salem Witchcraft , " by Prof J. S. Klngs-
loy , Lincoln ,
Destroyed by Fire
The Two Johns photograph gallery , on
South Eleventh street , was destroyed by
fire this evening Allen's billiard hall , on
the first floor of the building , was flooded
by water and , the tables nnd other effects
badly injured The Utica clothing store and
the London tea store , In the adjoining build
ings , were damaged bv the water Gautcr's
real cstato ofllco is a wreck The buildings
were owned by T. C. Ganter , nnd lire badly
damaged It is hard to ostimuto the total
loss , but it has boon variously put at from
* S,000 to $15,000. The losses are partially
covered bp insurance
Tlic Siipi'iiiun Court ,
The proceedings of the supreme court to-
aay were us follows :
Causes argued and submitted : Ganily vs
Early , Hichardson countv vs Hull , Vultlnd-
Igbam vs Scott , Dcscrot National bank vs
Nuckolls , Kelllng vs Hoyt , Ashhy vs Croon
slado , Weston vs Brown , Dorsey vs MoGeo
Tbo appealed case of Henry K. Warren vs
E. W. Peterson , et al , from Burt county
was filed today
Slain llutixo Go sln
A. J. B. Fairoairu , treasurer of Sherman
county , mudo settlement today with the
state auditor and paid into tbo state treasury
the sum of 1,582.75.
The sum of t99,000 of tbo temporary school
fund was paid out to the several counties by
the state treasury yesterday
The stats board of transportation held Its
regular monthly session this morning Tlio-
only business of importance ' transacted was
tbeaenialof the motion for a rehearing iu
the Klin wood elevator case , and fixing
Tuesday , January 21 , ns tbo day for hearing
the arguments of the respondent company in
the Osceola elevator case
City NtAva und Notes
PnBtmastcr Gere received his commission
today nnd will take possession tomorrow ,
'llio Unltod Stutcs court meets hi this citv
ext Monduy ,
The monthly meeting of tbo Uotall Mer
chants association was hold this evening in
tlib A. O. U. W. ball ,
Uev J , W. Martia and wife , formerly of
Seward , loft last night for Tacoma , Wash
At the council mooting last night the city
treasurer reported the following balances on
hand : Llgntingfi5U17. , ; water , $ J0,51u.2j :
read * 14,11. 'I.8 ; • health , * 1,818.7S } ; police ,
U' .MOr.bS ; special police , { 1,020,21 ; sewer ,
tl4,427il7gas ; , utU7M.
Councilman Dean is reported to bo ser
iously ill
it is probable that there will bo no special
election-called for the sow Sovonlh wnra
The opinion prevails that it had better go uu-
represented until the regular city election In
April
Miss Mattie Marshallof Fremont , wbo has
been attending the business college , left yes *
terday for home in respouse to a telegram
announcing the serious illness of her
mother , *
' 1 hero Is no absolute certainty when the
now court house will ba ready to occupy
William Pricker was detected in the act of
stoallng some coal from curs in tbo Burling
ton yards lost night Ho was brought to the
police station by Special Ofllcor Morrison
and this morning was compelled to dlsgorg
f'J.bO for bisoffonso ,
tTho excite board met this ovcnlng and
made a rule that hereafter no music would
ba allowed In saloons ia this city
Prank Bulla , a student ot the state univer
sity , whose parents reiide at St , Edwards ,
la , died yotterduy of pneumonia The de-
ceutod was but fifteen years old and was
taken ill last Thursday with tbo lulluouzu
Ills parents arrived lastovenlng and services
were held ever his remains at the Arlington
hotel this morning The body was taken ta H
St Edwards for burial M
Miss Ella Jackion of Vnlpnralss is visiting H
xvlth East Lincoln friends , - > _ B
O. E. Alotnndor ot the Journal is enjoying j H
a visit from bis brother , Hoborl L. , who is a I H
train dispatcher At Fort Hancock , Tex , t > % | A H
C. O , Bates ot Bcttrico Is ntlondlug tha Hh H
supreme court JLwHsbbbbbH
Hon E. W. Thotnai nnd Hon Ishnm Itoavts f ' l H
ot Falls City were attending the supreme / f j H
court today / I H
Hon Jncoo Wolf left today for Ccd.ir / M
Rapids , In , , to nttend n meeting of tha M
Poland-China Pork Record company H
Tbo city wrs sued today by the Lowls M
hardwnra company for fJIO.OO for material M
furnished for the now eugitio house fl
Mrs Ann Holton of Kagto , of whom It was M
snld that she was suffering for the ticccsn- ' H
rios of lifo , indlgunntly dctiies the state H
S. .1. Odoll , thorestrurntour , in in flnnnrnl H
trouble C. E. Montgomery brought a re- H
plovln suit against htm last night for a lot of I H
furniture , based on n bill ot snlo Deputy - H
Sliorlff Iloxio took possession Inst ovcnlng M
and turned the effects ever to Montgomery . H
on a replevin bond This morning Cottier H
Brothers began replevin proceedings ngnlust H
Montgomery nnd the sheriff for same of- v ' h H
fects The writ wii ; given to the corouor , * , H
who took possession nnd turned them over j , H
to llio Goltlors on o bond Gottlor's ' chnttel : H
mortgage is on record Montgomery's bill of . H
snlo is of prior date , but not on record This I H
morning n mortgage of $1,500 , covering nil of f H
the rostaurnnt and olllco fixtures , wns gtvon | H
to T. U. Malcolm of Lovoll Mich , There I H
are said to bo a number of ether cluims ' H
Miss Palry Ziemor of Cleveland , O. , Is iu H
the city on a visit to A , C. Ziomor H
ODD CUSTOMS IN RIO |
llrnzlllans Behind the Times Sumo H
Polite , Olli rj Not H
It strikes the northern.observer very H
forcibly , says a writer on Brazil in the H
Now York Times , to sco a house in H
, cnurso of erection and progress on the jte sbH
. walls suspended while two men nro JM Hll H
ripping from great logs with n whipsaw H
the joists for the second iloor And yet B
for moro than a month I have daily seen H
from tha horso-enrs this old-timo saw H
ing going on , nil construction on the H
building being moan time urrostcd In M
fitting up of an olllco for n lifo ttfesurnuco H
society ot tha United States , which is H
establishing a branch hoio , the carponV. . ' H
tcr and cabinet work has all been done B
without the aid of woodworking machinery - B
chinory , the rough boards being ripped HJ
up by baud and wrought with tools of H
the last con tury Tlio wood is oxquls- BJ
Holy beautiful in grain , rosonood being B
ctnployod for mouldings , and tlio work BH
matishlp is porfccL But the cost is ox- Bl
cosbivo BJ
Recently the btreot car companies BJ
have put on baggage cars , which run at B
regular intervals , doing nn express BJ
business along their routes Singularly BJ
enough , U1I3 innovation has been np- BJ
prociatod , and has largely increased BJ
the revenues ot the corporations There BJ
is no system of delivering goods If one BJ
Jjuys anything the buyer bus the porter BJ
" age to pay Iron &afcs nro carried by BJ
the porters They charge so much for BJ
bringing it to ones pluco , and lcavo it BJ
at the door if ono does not pay addi- BJ
tional for putting it iu position BJ
Tlio Flumenoujesastho people of Rio BJ
are called , are in some way very polite BJ
and well bred ; in ethers rude and vul- BJ
gar The men have a coiu-so habit of BJ
rudely staring at every lady that passes BJ
by , and a crowd on a street corner will JBPJT H
never give way to let ladies pass * V Br'\BJ | '
through If two or mora Brazilians BU B ]
moot on the sidewalk : and stop to talk VAJS BI
they coolly obstruct the pavement and _ _ _ _ BJLBJ
expect pnsbors-by to take to the road r 'BJ
way The tram curs arc not lit for a BJ
lady to rldo-in the men nil smoke and BJ
usually very villainous tobacco flj
The Brazilian women nro not pretty , H
and in the presence of gentlomcu are .BJ
usually shy At a reception or soh-eo ' < sfll
the goutlcmon gather in knots and talk .BJ
politics nt the top of their voices , mid BJ
the ladies sit about and talk I know BJ
not what , for if agcntlomau comes near BJ
they instantly stop short flj
The men of native birth , as a rule , M
are low of stature and slender But 'BJ
there nro Brazilians of girth and com
manding presence The Brazilian wo
men are dark , and not comparable to
our northern beauties ; They make
good mothers , though rather indulgent ;
but socinl ubuges allows thoni no liberty
and their days are monotonous und
without * excitement Their daughters
are taught French Music is a natural
gift They can ombroldor a little , but . .
the world and what , gees on in it is a BBJb
soalcd book to thorn Until they are BBP [
married thoy-aro never loft alone in a 7
gontlrynan's company A young man
cannot call ofteti und manifest ijuy par
ticular attention to any young lady
without being nsked it his intention ' s
are Borious The motlior has scarcely
moro liberty than the daughter IMr
pluco i * b nt homo , and ho it said to the
Brazilians credit , the husbands , us a
rule , are domestic in their habits
Their evenings are spoilt at homo or at
places of amusement " with their wives
and children
And yet Rio do Janeiro has the repu
tation of being awfully wlekod While
it is not a Sodom or Gomorrah , it is Uko
Paris , Loudon and New York in more
ways tnnn ono ' The young mon are
libidinous , and the laznr houhos are
flllod with recruits from ParisBordoa.v ,
Genoa and Marseilles
" 8aSSSH0 | DAY , JANUARY 13 ,
Engagement of the I'opular Comedy Twain , _ * " „
MONROE & RICE ,
In the most successful musical comedy ot th *
day
MY AUNT BRIDGET
With the folloulnu I'arugun Cast of tJlugorsaud
Comodlgni
Bfrn M Illjrn I uU lM ! tfoiileo W. A.MnckJnmoi
raritnsuKb Uii WllllMin.Vkt.jr lined * . iltil > r
Wulvh.K , A. walloiMirlii , Ml fat u.rltiu Miirunl
Ms * Nolllo Itowhu I. Mr..H..Ml'o t. I.1IIIO IIom imiiI
MlMfatht-rlnnUtmlil.Mliti .
IjrnaHam.MluUarlutU
S m. > 1i i > 11 , Welles , mil Jll.n Kni < - lijrU ,
llMiAcajiolllaiiTrlo " . am ! Murrr I.K.Va Ml ! IVIIltv
"Vnu Hiioul.i Hi'ar Iter WIiIhUIiik " *
lUuulor i > rlrc . fcnUgoon mlc atuMar .
' ] B1 „ , January JM7,18 ,
ZIGIZAG j Tl" ' rc t laugh Mufcpr
Z C IZIGJZAGI N ' *
L-t -J J
COHEDT . - - j
- - - Onr continuous laugh
TDiyrtTV 1'or tno hours and u half "
Ilinuoill Humorous Dlslogue , runny bit
" "
rincr nation * , lloautitiil CiMtumox ,
rAtlLti Catchy Music | > r.itty lilrU
( irolrscius Dames , Nugru
tin Tin lioness , lliirloncjuo ,
/111 . /Ah I . lU'&ular prices , bents will liu
.im.nu put on sale Wednesduy ,
dOTHING "