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H SiiNATon lNaALLS claims that tbo
B I eonnto roprcsonta the conscicnco of
H i the country the Goodyour brand
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H i SKNA'ioti Inoalt.S wants to quaran-
| i ti no ICunsus and Iowa against sour maah
M and book boor Ho might as vvoll try
m to quarantine the national capitol
M iiSuhiBt boodlora
H I It is reasonably certain that the prcs-
H i cot cold wave will not chill the warmth
M ot the sinacuros' attachment for tbo
H | city treasury Nothing short of work
M would congest their circulation
H Tin : now schctlulo of limited trains
Hi ndoptod by the allied Union Pacific and
H ' Korthwestern lines will shorten the
i i time between the two oceans pno day
H nnd otivolopo rivals in ncloud of dust
H SuNA'iou Paddocks inquiry about
B ! - the long atid short haul has boon ro-
H Bpuctfully rcforrcd to tfio interstate
m eommcrco commission with power to
H act And this is the long and short
MH
H I Fictitious boundaries cannot sopar-
H ! l ( ito a people united in a common des
H t , ' tiny The property of Omnha and
H South Oin.Uia will bo enhanced by a
H permanent union as ono municipal gov-
Hi ornmont
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H The legislative deadlock in Iowa has
m boeu settled to the satisfaction of both
b parties , nftor a contest lasting five
H weeks It is within the power of the
H ropubllcjus to avoid similar contests in
H the futui-O'by placing the party in con
H Bonanco with the will of the people
H Dead letter laws should be wiped from
H the stntuto books , and the third party
H crusaders should bo allowed to roup all
H the glory and reward of their hobby
M ' ' * ,
H The rAtilication of the British extra
H dltion treaty by tbo son a to sett'os a
H i long pending contention between both
H governments In drafting this treaty ,
H Secretary Blaine enrofully avoided the
H lolBtaltes of his predecessor , and rigidly
H excluded political offenses from the list
H The treaty covers no.irly every grade ot
H crlmo and virtually destroys Canada as
H n retreat for Ambrican rascals For
H tills boon the honest seutimant ot the
H country is truly grateful
H , Tim Chicago Tribune voices ' the sen-
H tlmant of the west in demanding that
H congress pause before it welds the cor-
H porato chains whioli fetter producers
H Justice to the people who huvo ro-
H caiuaod ) the wtldorness und uncovered
H • the wgalth of the mountains demands
H that the government shall not deliver
H the country ivs a hostugo to the Pacific
H railroads for gonorntions To extend
H the debt lor sixty yours makes tbo gov-
H ornmont a party to the enmos porno
H tratod by the credit inobilior , and a
H bono niary at the exorbitant charges
H levied on the industry ot thu wast for
H the post twenty yours
H " Fkh * moasurpsboforocongrcsa possess
H greater interest for the public at largo
H tlian the bill to prevent adulteration ot
H food products The bucco s of the law
H I'oatriotlng the salt ) ot bogu * buttot * on-
H i cpurngos congress to apply a similar
H law .to other departments Adultora-
H tfon of food has assumed enormous pro
H jwrtions Reckless llrms doctor their
Ht products with substances positively injurious -
| jurious tohoalth , VutsoelToctively that
tile adulterants can be discovered only
I I by chemical analysis The bill drafted
_ _ I by thpjsotiato commlttoe is iutondod to
H ' chock tills rascally busiuoas by provld-
H tng for the examination and analysis ot
H lood and drugs sold in any etata other
H than whore they uro manufactured ,
H [ r , j All manufauturors ' of goo Is iiftondod
H fur pht pmont from one statu to another
H 1 mubt furnish a sutunlo for nnalyals be-
H fore a liuouso is issued , Severe ponul-
H ties are imposed for Bellingfraudutont
H or deleterious goods The bill is a long
H I step in the direction of protecting pub
H I Ho health , from bogus food aud vile
B I nostrums ,
THE COnX-RAlE QUESHON
A correspondent whoso communica
tion npocars clsowlmro in TlUJ litiK
takes thu position that the agitation
for a lower transportation rate on corn
from Nebraska is detrimental to the
state llo thinks lt3 olToct has boon to
demoralize the corn market , and that a
mistalco was made by the state officials
in not making their appeal to the rail
roads in bolialf of the farmers privately
and quietly Logically from this view
no thinks that to maintain the agitation
inustmako the situation more serious
Wo do not know to what extent our
corrcspondont is acquainted with , the
disposition and methods ot the railroad
mnnngorsof this section , butourown
experience is that private apooals in a
matter rolnting to the public interests
have very Httlo inlluonco with them
Governor Thayer understood that the
only hope of effecting anything for the
farmers with the railroad manutrors
wns to make his nppeal public , and hav
ing a"1 thorough knowledge of the
desperate naluro oftho t situa
tion from personal observation ,
ho adopted the only course
that gave any assurance of success in
making this question ono of gonernl
public Intorcst and discussion In this
wny the railroad managers ' were compelled -
polled to coiisldor it , while had the
course suggested by our correspondent
boon pursued they would in all proba
bility not hnvo given it the slightest at
tention True , the result Is far from
satisfactory , but the very thorough dis
cussion the subject has received is not
without value to the people , though it
may bo sotno ti mo before this is appar
ent to persons who , like our corre
spondent , are tiblo evidently to look on
only ono side of the question
Tin : Bek has never advocated a pol
icy that would load to a demoralization
of rates It has simply insisted that
the railroads could afford to carry the
corn of Nebraska to its natural markets
at lebs rates than they are charging ,
and that it was necessary in the inter
est of the farmer and of the ganoral
wolfuro of the state that they should do
this It should bo perfectly obvious
to oyory fair-minded man that
if the railroads could carry
the corn of this state in past years at
rates ouo-third less thai tlroy are now
charging they can piofitably transport
it at these rates at this time What is
there to justify rates today from six to
eight cents higher than prevailed four
and flvo yonrs ago ? No candid railroad
manager will pretend that there is any ,
unless It bo the fact that the crop to be
moved is now very much larger than
then , and it is the duty , us it is always
the policy , of the railroads to exact all
that the trafllcNvill bear
If our corrcspondont is familiar with
what Tiik Bei : has heretofore said on
this subject , wo need not toll him that
wo totally disagree with his yiow that
the farmers ot Nebraska will bo bettor
ott if no further reduction is made on
the corn rate , nor do we find in what
ho says anything change our nlroady
expressed ooinion that the reasoning
is wholly fallacious which assorts that
a reduction of , the transportion
rata cannot operate to the ad
vantage of the farmers who have
corn to soil Such a theory will not
stana the application ot any sound eco
nomic principle , though it may got a
temporary support from the manipula
tions of the market * by speculators
All that is asko d in behalf of the
farmers of Nebraska is fair and just
treatmout from the railroads Redress
for past exactions is not possible , but
Drosent relief is practicable and the de
mand for it reasonable The situation
can hardly become more serious than It
Is , either with respect to the farmers or
other into rests , nnd the agitatioa for
lower rates will not bo discontinued so
long us there remains a hope or a way
ot obtaining them
WESTERN IllRIOATlOX
It appears that a greater interest has
developed in congress regarding west
ern irrigation than there was reason to
expect from earlier reports , which rep
resented that there was UtUo probabil
ity of much being done respecting this
important matter at the present session
Five bills relating to it have already
beou introduced , und the spociul cora
mittetis of both houses have held
numerous meetings at which they
have obtained a great deal ol
information regarding what is neces
sary to bo done to redeem the arid ro-
glens , and considered plans and sug
gestions as to the best course to bo pur
sued All this shows that the matter is
gottingsorious attention , as its great
importance deserves , und holds out a
promise that some practical provision
will bo made for prosecuting a work
whichif avorcomplotod , will add vastly
to the agricultural urea of the cduntry
and supply a source of contribution to
the national prosperity that will many
times repay the cost
Perhaps all that can reasonably
bo expoctad.of congress at this lime is
a liberal appropriation for continuing
the surveys and locating the most avail
able points for reservoirs The opposi
tion to the government assuming the
whole expense of irrigation is very
strong in thu east iiuda portion of the
soutn , und it is not probable this can bo ,
immediately qvorcomo , hovvovor con
vincing the argument that the greatest
exoondituro likely to bo required would
prove to bo n protitablu inyostmont
for the government The faet
that private Individuals would be
even incidentally bonollttod by a sys
tem ot irrigation established at the pub
lic expanse is bulllcieut reason with
eastern and southern members for op
posing any proposal for government ir
rigation , although there is no public
improvement thut docs not lucidonlally
bouulit private individuals But this
matter of individual beuollt Is urged as
u fornudablo objection to the govern
ment providlug a wystem ot irrigation ,
and these who make it , whether sln-
coroly or not , are not llkuly to bo in
duced to chaugo their view
It will bo tiocessary , the re fore , for
the friends qf irrigatiqn to suggest a
method that will avoid this objection ,
and a bill now beiug framed , an o'ltliuo
of which has boon glvon In the Wash
ington dispatches ot Tin : Bits ,
appears to do this This simply pro
vides lor creating irrigation dis
tricts , the lauds of which may be taken
up by settlers frco under the homustend
law or nt ono dollar and twonty-flvo
conti an acre , each district to have its
own local government , so that the people
plo thereof may contract for capital to
ostabllsh nnd maintain irrigation Ir
rigating companies , secured by mort
gages on the lands ot Bottlers , would
hnro their rights fixed for u term of
years , during which time they would
bo paid for their sorvlco , nnd at the ex
piration of which the works constructed
by them would bocoma the property
ot the community This plan
may Boom somewhat compli
cated , and it is probable
that under it the progress ot reclaiming
the arid lands would bo Blow , but tt
would rollovo the government nny
financial responsibility except in mak
ing the necessary surveys , and estab
lishing the district boundaries
There is , however , soma danger that
the action in promoting irrigation
schemes is stimulated by congressmen
wlthaviowto enlarging their patron
ngo and finding soft placas for relatives
and political favorites Mr Haydon's
geological excursions were organized
on that order
ItlSUOP XEWMAX'S VEPARTVRC
Bishop J. P. Newman , of the Metho
dist Episcopal church , is about to leave
Omaha for an absence of several months
in the cast , whore important church
duties call him Chief ntnong these
will bo his uteendnnce at the mooting
of the council of bishops which will se
lect the place for holding the next gonr
oral conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church , which will moot in 1892.
Bishop Newman will take with him
the very best wishes of this
community , in the social add religious
life of which ha has beou during his
residencohoro prominent and greatly
useful Kmincnt in ability , earnest in
zeal , in full sympathy with the spirit of
progress , nnd strong in the confidence
of his largo church constituency ,
Bishop Newman has bcon enabled to beef
of great service to Omaha in promoting - *
meting a wider knowledge of
the city's character and possi
bilities , nnd this he hns dona with a
mo3t honorable and commendable
loyalty Ho has shown that his sympa
thies nro actively with the west , whoso
vigorous energy , and enterprise are in
accord with his own character for earn
est and enthusiastic zeal in whatever ho
undertakes This city and state have
no more binccro friend than Bishop
Newman , and none who will
labor harder , within the scope
of his opportunities , for their
progress and welfare in all mot aland
intellectual resneots His inlluonco has
already been largely felt here in the
direction of educational and religious
advancement , and it is vorysuro to bo
still more marked in the future Bishop
Newman is one of that class of church
man who do not stand still , but
keep abreast witn the progress of
enlightenment . and all that • is
wisest and best in modern thought
and life As a citizen of Omaha ,
having confidence in her fu
ture , he can bo depended upon to iden
tify himself in every proper way with ]
whatever will promote the city's high
eat interests In behalf of this com
munity wo heartily extend to Bishop
Newman the boat wishes for the success
of his efforts during his absence
OUR LORDLY POO JAH
Councilman Davis has taken it upon
himself to playacting mayor during the
temporary absence from the city ot
Mayor Cushing and President of the
Council Chaffee It is doubtful whether
Mr Davis has the right to perform
functions devolving upon the mayor , or
the president of the council acting as'
mayor , in any ex-post facto way
The law makes it the . duty of the
mayor to approve or veto ordinances
passed by the council within a fixed
period nftor their passage If he fails
to approve and does not veto such ordi
nances within.that time they become
law without further action by
the council or by anybody Mr Davis ,
us temporary president of the council , is
only a substitute for the time-being for
Mr ChalTeo and ho certainly could not
do legally what Mr Chaffoo himself
has no authority to do His signature
to any ordinance passed a week ago is
void and the points rnisod by Messrs
Lowroy and Bechol would seem to be
well taken
Mr Davis should bo satisfied with the
glory and renown that attaches to the
title of Acting President of the City
Council pro tern , and Accidental Act ,
ing Mayor What a long tail our cats
got , to bo sure
TriK senate committee on territories
has unanimously agreed to report In
favor of the admission ot Idaho into the
union What llttlo farca the Mot mans
exerted against admission was nullified
by the decision of the United States
bupromo court affirming the test oath
clause of the Idaho constitution * In
order to oxorctso the right ot franchise
under statehood a Mormon will be
obliged to make oath that ho is ' not ' a
bigamist or polygamist , " nor "a member
of any order , organisation or associa
tion which counsels or encour
ages its monibors" to commit
those crimes , or which practices big
amy , polygamy or plural or celestial
marriage as a doctrinal rite " Under
this swooping oath the Mormons of
Idaho must abandon not only the prac
tice of polygamy , but must publicly
demonstrate , thut the clturuh no longer
teaches or upholds it as pirt of its
creed This is tha solution ot the
whole Mormon problem The church
must wipe out the revolution ot Brig
ham Voun" and rot urn to the original
teuchingdof the Vermont prophet In
noothor way can it secure public re
spect and its luombors exorcise the
rights and privileges ot American citi
zens Individual members have al
ready declared in favor ot tha change ,
and it is not improbable that the church
us u whole will soou cast asldo tha pre
tense of martyrdom nnd range itself on
the side of law and order und doconoy
Tim attempt of the Holfeusteln gang
to cloud the title to a largo tract of land
on tha north side is a matter of grout
importance to tha people Inspired by
attorneys who are ever on the watch
for flaws with which to hold up" hon
' ss-sci
est property owners , and exact n fee ,
mercenaries/ire In position to impoao
costly burdens on the nooplo nnd in-
tolvo thorn In annoying and tollous
litigation ,55119 records ot the county
nro open to U. Every facility is
afforded tltlo " sharks to pour ever the
public record books und ferret
such technical mistakes as will
servo their purpose There is no
adequnto safeguard against tam
pering with thd records It is possible
for a dishontist'niun ' to manipulate the
books , crasoh- word or alter the punctu
ation so as to confound the intent of the
dcod nnd cast a doubt on the title
Groatorcaro should therefore bo oxer-
clBod in the registers oflico and no per
son should bo permitted to take the rec
ords from the counter under any pre
text The cede of civil procooduro
should also bo amended bo as to , compel
tltlo contestants to lllo a bond Indemni
fying the defendant for all expenses in
curred in case the plaintiff fails to es
tablish a claim This would bo a radi
cal chock on title cloudors who , under
existing law , incur llttlo or no expense
in prosecuting their propostcrous
claims
A DISPOSITION is manifested among
property owners on a number of residence -
donco streets to solcct asphalt paving
For rcsldonco or sparsely tmvelod
streets , asphalt hns no equal in cleanli
ness and beauty The grcnt objection
is its excessive cost and the fact that it
is n monopoly While property owtiors
have a right to solcct the material , the
board of public works should protect
the city treasury from early inroads
for ropaira by insisting that bids for
this material shall bo based on a ten
year guarantee In Now York the com
pany Is obliged to keep asphalt streets
in repair fifteen years The present
cost of repairs is unreasonably high , and
is not taxed to the abutting property
The entire city is taxed to main
tain thorn This should bo avoided in
the future by making the guarantee not
loss than ten years
GnNEitAij Attorney Tiiukston of
the Union Pacific is on another politi
cal tour of inspection among the south
ern republican clubs , whoso inembors
are oxpeoted to bo delegates to the next
national convention .As a political
tourist Mr Thurston can bo pronounced
an unqualified success While the
Union Pacific is out of politics Mr
Thurston is drawing a thousand dollars
a month from its treasury for deliver
ing politicaldratlons and giving friend
ly advice frojo qf charge to his clubs
Incidentally uMr Thurston has also
doubtless exerted a subtle influence in
favor u of the Uqion Pacific funding bill
There is where the stockholders expect
him to rcfund"- his salary and traveling
expenses ,
It is about time the city building in
spection department had acquired a
surface kuowlodga of architects plans ,
materials , and 1 particularly of the
strength of foundations The system of
inspection now ' in , vogue is confined to
extracting thedargest possible amount
of fees , vlthout much regard to the
' character of the pluns oc the material
used The law was not intended merely
as a tax : on enterprise It was intended
to give buiidors some protection from
incompetent architects and Buddenpeik
contractors Inspection should be prac
tical , not theoretical
This practical failure of the bankrupt
ordinance ) to reach the hawkersof shelf
worn goods illustrates the mental bank
ruptcy of the council combine It did
not require an actual test to demon
strate the folly of the ordinance
Drawn as a protective measure for permanent
manont business , it would have left the
doors open for transients and levied an
exorbitant tax on local tradcs-poople.
Ojiaiia , real ostaEo sales of last week
were nearly twonty-flvo pop cent greater
than for the corresponding week ot last
year The building record for the
period mentioned shows an increase of
ono hundred and ninety per cent Ana
this in the dead of winter
Oun citizonswlll rejoice to know that
the government proposes to erect the
finest garrison buildings in the country
two mile below Bellevue , and wo move
thut the now fort bo christened Fort
Henry T. Clarke
The proposed bar o line between Pitts
burg and Omaha.has been strangled by
tha blizzard
An IncontiV ! to Peace
Providence Journal
It has been said that the incroasa in the
power of modern weapons would eventually
put an end to wars , but la this country tha
same result is llkuly to bo attained by tha
cost of the pensions
They Neeil Now Vorlc
St Louts aiahc-Dtmocrat
The democrats cannot spare Now York in
a political sense , Hcnco Now York will
never get ballot reform until it secures a
governor who will sign ballot reform bills
which its republican legislature passes cvory
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year {
The Xlallair' Bnoakor Hood
Chtcwjo avion lie
need is a tyrant , ot such Czarlike mlun ,
that , to bo hatoduooJs but to bo Boon ; yet
soon too oft , familiar with bis frown , wo
howl , wo swe ir , wVweop , and then sit down
From an EssaP pn Heed by a Democratic :
Congressman 1 1
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Where ( | )0piunrity , JIuIoh
" lufrulf IVHmiie
In most southern states elections are
worse than a fared Mluoritlos have ruled
and majorities lujv 'beca powerless to pre
vent , because ttjq cfloction ) machinery baa
, been in tbo bands vat tbo bulldozers This
stutaof things cattiiot much longer exist
There will no a froa'ballot ' or a fight , ono or
the other befste long
The Sugar Trust and trio Tariff
Clitcago New * .
It has boon demonstrated that sugar can
bo produced in Kansas and Nebraska at a
loss cost par too than m Cuba This will bo
a profitable industry In the western states
just as soon as the abrogation of tbo tariff
wail shall have removed the tariff upon all
commodities and Uuen from the sugar trust
the power it now possesses to control markets
ket's and buy legislators from the common
fund
list TI10111 Mioiv riioir Hand
Chkaan Trilunt ,
This is the time for the Nebraska senator *
to come to the front The farmers of their
state are subject to the tyranny ot the
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Union Pacific road , whoso rate * nro oxtor-
tlontito and which refuses to lower them ,
and says 11 Is not within the Jurisdiction of
state authorities This proposed bill is silent
on the question ot freight rntos It leaves
it in the unchecked power of the Union Pa
cific to charge two per cent moro than the
Iowa Hues Is it to bo allowed to flocca the
fanners and merchants under the shelter
of the United States ! The senators nnd
representatives from Nebraska have how nn
opportunity to make an honorable record
They know and can point out the fallacies
nnd omissions In this remarkable report nnd
bill on which they will soon have to not
STATU JOTTINGS
Nolirnsicn
Among the nccdB of I'icrco is a furniture
store
Editor Hopper of the Imperial Republican
Is losing hit cjcslfiht
Potatoes are senrco In Harrison , Sioux
county , and are bringing 1 cent a pound
'J ' hero is not n-vacant house In Uoemcrnnd
more families nro coming in all the time
Wheat sown In Cherry couuty last fall Is
coming out all right nnd promises nn abun
dant crop
The spring term , of the district court lor
Vnlloy county opens at Ord March 18 , with
olghty-flvo civil cases on the dncltot ,
Arrnngotnonts have boon completed for a
farmers nlllanco at Blanche , Clinso county ,
and the branch will bo organized March 1.
eJyrncuso Is greatly agltntod ever the
water wonts question alnco the last Are
and a proposition will probably bo submitted
to the voters In the spring
Frcdorlck lylor of Uloomlngton Is charged
with burglurl7lng a room at the Owens
house and taking a gold watch nnd poclcot-
boot bolonglng to Mary Lane
The hospital nt Hastings conducted by the
ladles ot the city has cared for ttilrtv-slx
patients during the past year , four of whom
died and thrco yet roniain in the institution
A Hastings lady hroko open un egg the
other day and found inside tt another per
fect egg , shall ana all She Is now wonder
ing what would have been the result had tbo
egg bcon batched out
The canning factory at Becmcr wns sold
at public auction last week and was purchased
by a West Point man for $1,330. The bulld-
• Ing will bo rouaircd and will bo opened for
business the coming season
The CuBtor county board of supervisors
has entered into a contract with J. M. Iiido-
nour to take churgo of the poor farm , fur
nish all the machinery , teams and help , and
board all tbo paupers for $300 a year , the
products of the tana to go to tbo county
At a convention of old soldiers bold In Rod
Cloud it was decided that the council of ad
ministration bo authorized to advertise for
bids from the various towns in VVobstor ,
Nuckolls , Franklin and Hurlnn counties In
Nebraska , and Smith , Jowoll and Phillip
counties in Kansas , for the location of the
second annual interstate Grand Army of tbo
Republic reunion to bo held not later than
October 15 , 1880.
Iowa ltcina
Several Clinton county farmers hnvo been
tuKon la with the old lightning rod swindle
The speed purses at- the Mahaska county
fair have boon cut down this year to $1,5011.
Thirty-seven persons huvo united with
the church as a result of the revival at
Perry
Dos Moines worliingmcn arc holding mass
mootlngs for the purpose of securing hotter
organization
A company to erect a craia motor factory
has been organized at Audubon ' with a capl-
tal.stock of $50,000.
In order to complete the now wheel scraper
works at Mount Pleasant by May 1 , 200 men
are at work on the building
In prohibition fowa there can bo nothing
in the name of A. Decanter , a Marshall
town dlspensor of tempuranco drinks
Measure * are being taken nt Missouri
Vulley to colloctand ship to the Dakota suf-
lorcrs'a ' car load of provisions and feed
The big Fort Dodge creamery is com
pleted and will bo opened with a bauauot
and ball in which all the farmers and their
families , in the vicinity will participate
It is said there is not a single firm in busi
ness In Waterloo today that was doing busi
ness when the Union mill company started
its Hour mills there twonty-tivo years ago
They are the solo survivors of that bygone
age '
Henry Untied of Donahue , Scott county ,
has applied for a patent on a rotary churn ,
which ho claims will revolutionize the busi
ness ot butter makintr Tt is the shape and
nearly the size of a buss drum , and bo
claims bo can bring batter in fifteen mln-
utos with It
The Two Dakotns
Spink county has shipped 1,400,000 bushels
of wheat since August 1.
Tbo now Rapid City roller mill is turning
out 1S5 barrels of flour dullv
The now Knights of Pythias hall at Ar
mour was dedicated Wednesday
A big butter and cheese factory iis the
latest proposed industry at Mitchell
McCook county is discussing the feasi
bility of erecting a now court Iwuso
Fred Culver , arrested in Sioux City for
forgery , has boon bound over to the Meade
county grand Jury in bonds of $3,000.
A Bismarck man advortlsod for 10,000 pldt
and 10,000 balf-ptnt flasks , and a couple of
small boys went around back of the capitol
building nnd gathered them up and deliv
ered thorn the saino day
Tnomaa Sorensen , a fannor living near
Dell Rapids , has Invented a wind plow The
machine has a windmill attachment sot on a
pivot so as to adjust itself to the wind The
plow consists of a nnmber of shovois on a
cylinder , which revolves when the machine
is In motion and pulverizes the ground
thoroughly
The people of Hntton are excited over the
verdict of tbo coroners Jury in the case of
the death ot the old man named Lommon
who was struck on the head with a hammer
during the women's raid on the Haloons at
that piece about a month ago und who died
from the effects ot his wounds last week
The Jury found that Lommon came to bis
death accidentally by a blow struck by some
person unUuown " The Mayville Tribune
claims fully twenty witnesses swore to the
identity of the woman who struck the blow
and says tha Hading of the Jury is a dis
grace _
the : cok.n-hatk ruonijEM
A Buyer Who Behoves the Agitation
Detrimental to Nnbraalc.11.
Omaha , Neb Fob ! i0. To the Editor of
TiieUkb : The freight problem and its re
lation to the value of grata in general and
corn in particular , now being under general
discussion , I thought that my knowledge of
the situation being a largo buyer ot corn
for both seaboard and foreign account
nu ht prove of interest to your numerous
readers , I therefore take the liberty of
writing you on the subject ,
Before the corn crop began to move to
any great amount I cioarly foresaw the
ruinous pneos that would surely provuil
and suggested to some ot ay railroad friends
that it would prove beneficial to all parties
interested for the railroads to inako a vol
untary reduction on this product befoio It
became a subject of general agitation My
remarks were made to minor ottlciuls ,
however , and nothing came of il
' 1 he agitation ilnally rame and the publicity
given to It by the state ofllcials has done
more to demoralize the corn market than
would an actual advance on the rates in
force before the reduction was ordered ,
Had the state ofllcials boon sincere in their
desire to bcnellt the farmers and not had in
view their political preferment , they would
have quietly called upon the proper authori
ties , the tame result would huvo boon
reached , and tno whole world not be forced
out of the market through fear of general
demoralization ot rates , and its certain rot
suits , lower prices
VVI1011 tne reduction came , ( t was tiandlod
with ruro good Judgment by the railroads ,
and bad the agitation ceased thuro , tbo mar
kets would huvo adjusted thomsclves and
lower rates would have been of soma benotii
to the state As it Is , for the present at least ,
they are actually of no good whatever
This u explained by tbo statu of ofllcials und
leading newspapers of the state insisting 00
a still further cut , keeping up the uncer
tainty as to what the outcome will be , and
enabling the big bears to use this uncer
tainty as a ulub to pound tbo market lower
aud lower The buyer of cash corn , la order
to do n safe business , ts necessarily forced to
soil nn ontion for some future month , to pro
tect the actual property ho buys each day
Worn ho not oblo to do this , bat wns forced
to ship his grain on the mnrkot , taking
chances ns to what it , will bo worth on ar
rival , the margins ot not ever i { icnt per
bushels profit now , being a full nverngo with
largo soiboard-buyers , would bo speedily in
creased to at least i ) cents per bushel , and
leave these handling the actual grain nt the
mercy of the consumers , nftor It arrived at
destination , Pn9t experience has taught the
country what this moans Dealing In futures
has its abuses , hut the grcnt grain interest
of the west would bo ruined were it done
away with ,
I was for three years traveling froicht
agent for the Grand Trunk railway of Can
ada , nnd during that time studied closoiy
the question then as now under discussion :
What docs It rest to carry grain 1 1 could
como to no lutolligcnt conclusion , and never
mot the railroad man who could show to mo
whoroln tno carrying ot grain censed to bo a
profit nnd becomes all actual loss ,
The only wny ono hns of estimating these
inntlorg is the general outromo of each
years business , and BUroly the Rraugor
roads have uot boon Haying property the
last few years , when it Is taken into consid
eration the ninount of money invested nnd
the chances taken in carrying on the busi
ness The argument in favor of lower
freights to the Mississippi rlvor aud Chicago
cage on grain because the eastern trunk
lines got a comparatively less charge for
carrying It to tbo seaboard than the
western roads for dollvorlng It to thorn ,
Is not good , for the reason that
immonBO local trnfile , both fro I a lit nnd pis-
Bongor , enjoyed by the eastern roads , Is se
cured only to n small cxtont by the rends op
erating in the west gouerallv , especially m
Nebraska , and the importance ) of this local
traOlo when figuring up the grand total of a
yonr's business , Is fnr beyond what even a
fairly well-posted shipper ot grain would
suppose It to be Corn Is destined to rule
low . Nothing but a fall uro of the coming
crop or a European war can prevent tblsnnd
tiny further reduction of freights , or contin
ued ngitation'of the question by state ofllcials
or loading nowspipors will work great loss
to the farmers of Nebraska The east con
sumes grain ; wo produce it Their interest
is for lower , ours for higher vnluos nnd
every opportunity Is solzed upon by these
controlling the seaboard and foreign markets
to force prices down , and there Is
no argument they can mnko such
good use ofin bringing this uboutas a demor
alization In rates The sooner this fact
is roalbed by these who have the Interest of
Nebraska at heart , the bettor It will bo for
all conccrnod
The railroads have done all that can bo
reasonably askea of them Their reduction
of 10 per cent was much bettor for the furm-
ors of Nebraska than 20 per cent would have
been Now let them make a public an
nouncement that no further concessions will
be made , Uvo up to this declaration honestly
and llnnly , und then corn will bo on its mer
its and not constantly depressed by exag
gerated reports of a railroad war on ft eight
rates II C. Mimeii
THIS DAKOTA DCSTllUTE
Governor Mcllctto'a Course L'mloiscil
by the AHInncB nt Northvlllc
NonTuviLLE , S. D. , Feb 1" . To the Ed
itor of Tub Uee : The following resolutions
were unanimously passed by the farmers
alliance of Northville , stveuty members con
curring therein , nnd have been certified to
by Ezra Martin , president , and Josenh
Elsom , secretary , the action being taken
previous to the recent change of front of the
legislature :
Whereas , The lower house of the South
Dakota legislature , now in session at Pierre ,
having resolved that there is but llttlo desti
tution in South Dakota on account ut drouth ;
and that the majority of persons soliciting
aid for their respective localities are Impos
tors , thereby bringing disgrace upon the
heretofore fair name of South Dakota ; aad ,
Whereas , Wntortown and Sioux Fulls , In
their respectlvo conventions composed of
bankers , money sharks and professional men
resolved that South Dakota was amply
able to care for bar own , and thut only two
counties v > cro drouth stricken ; therefore
boltResolved
Resolved , Uy the farmers alliance of
Northville , Spink cou\uy , SD , represent
ing thu east half of Fanlk and west ono third
ot Spink counties , Thut we hereby publicly
denounce all persons as misrepresenting the
facts , when they say that the tcrntory Just
named raised more grain thnn was seeded
the past season and not ono farmer in seven
has seed for tbo spring sowingand bnt llttlo
it any feed for their teams ; and many are
entirely destitute of means to procure the
same
Resolved , That wo will ever roraomber
those who misrepresent us
Resolved , Hint Governor Melletto has our
hearty thanks for bis Into efforts in bchulf
of destitution
Resolved , That wo tender the Chicago &
Northwestern railway the thanks of this
body for their kindly help in giving free and
halt rates on grain , gnnds , etc , to many in
this vicinity , " and tbo Northville relief asso
ciation , with those of our Ii lends , ' east and
south , are entitled to Jiko thanks for the
good they have done , nnd will be ever held
in grateful remembrance
MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA
Bxplnrer Stanley a Gront Admirer nf
the Intrepid Christians
Stanley expresses much admiration
for the heroic stuff found in many mis
sionaries to Africa Speaking ot the
holu Christianity has got in Mwanga's
kingdom in Central Africa lie says : "I
take this powerful body ot native
Christians who prefer exile for the
sake of their faith to serving a monarch
indilforont or hostile to their faith ns
moro substantial evidence of ttio work
of Missionary Mackoy thnn tiny number
of imposing structures clustered to
gether and called a mission ttitlon
would bo These nntlvo Africans have
endured the most asudly persecutions
Stanch in their boliefb , firm in their
convictions , they have hold together
stoutley and resolutely , and Mackoy and
Asha may point to these with a righ
teous pride as the results of their lit ;
bqrs , to the kindly people nt homo who
trusted in them I suppose you do
not know Mackoy • personally
Woli ho is a Scotchman the
toughest llttlo fellow you could con
coive Young , too , probably thirty-two
yonrs or soand boars the climate splen
didly ; even his complexion is unin
jured , not Africani/od yet by uny
moans , despite twelve years continual
residence
These mission societies certainly
contrive to produce extraordinary 111011.
Apropos of Scotchmen , can you toll mo
why they succeed oftener than other
pooplo'r1 Take MolTut , Llvingstono und
Mnckay real Scotchmen with the burr
They stand preeminent nbovo nil other
inlBsionurios , no mutter of what nation
ality It is not because tliov are Scotch
men that they succeed It is not because -
cause they uro bettor mon in nny ono
wuy or the otlior physically , mon tally
or morally of thut wo may rest as
sured ; hut it is because they have boon
moro educated in one tiling than all
others While I aay this I review men
tully all whom I know nnd huvo mot ,
und 1 repeat the statement confidently
Thut ono thing is duty ' ' •
.
A "Koep-inur-H iifc-On" Mnvsmrnt ,
Hats off ! ' ' is to bo a cry of tha past
In future huts uro to have no curemun-
iul significance They uro to bo rele
gated to their primitive condition of
simple articles of clothing , and will
cense to play a part in the atiquotto of
salutations This is ono of the results
of the recent Iqlluon/a epidemic , says u
London exchange , The medical faculty
of Austria have declared that the
spread of iniluonzu was rory much ns-
sistad by the frequent dolling of hats to
which cultivated mules rtwort when
they mcot femuio acquaintances in the
streets Many lives are iillegod to have
been sacrificed to this mistaken canon
of politeness Meetings have accord
ingly been held in quito a lurgo num
ber of towns in Austria , Bohemia and
Styrlu , and unions have boon formed ,
the members of which pledge them
selves in future to keep their huts on in
the strcot , nnd to use the inllltnrv ' salute -
lute when they meet their friend . 11 •
is a curious fact that the tnlluunva hns
not boon rcportnd as raging vor.v sorl-- .
otisly nnywhoro in the turban 11 td -t ' * 1-
Orient , nnd po there may bo something jf
to say for the now koop-your-liuts-oii jJKm
movement / * * L
Morn llinn rIIU ) > , O00 Cntlinllco Jr
A careful computation roccntly mndo j
outs the Catholic population of the
United States nt 801ii" ! ? : ( . The returns - ;
turns furnished by the various diocesan *
authorities show that there nro 8,1011
priests 2,12(5 ( regulars nnd 0W7 ! secu
lars They attend 8,120 churches , 2,718
stations nnd 1,539 cliupols There are
202 orphan asylums , caring for , it is os-
tlmatod , 22,7(11 ( orphans There uro 110
theological Bominarius , with 1,031 students - ]
dents , 12" ) colleges and C2 ! ubadomies , *
und 11,200 parochial schools , with 054- <
IMS pupils Chicago has the largest .
number of scholar * in its parooh- ,
lnlschools ii,000 : moro than
twice us many ptoportlonntoly
to population ns Now York
Brooklyn has the largest number of * _ _ _ * - "
orphan asylums , excepting Boston , BaN I
timoro nnd Philadelphia , ouch ot these 1
exceeding it by one ; but Brookhn , in I
its nine orphan asylums , chic * for I
nearly us many orphans us these arch
diocoscs , the number Doing IfiJo '
There nro 11 ! aichdiocoscs in the
United States , with 00 fliilTragtui sees , fi
vicariates apostolic and 1 prefecture
apostolic They tire governed by it ;
archbishops and 77 bishops , 11 few of the
latter being coadjutors , who , with the
ulcars apostolic , have titular sees in in
fidel countries
The conoral statistics of the Catholic
church in the United States eomuarod
with the figures given in HotTmaii's BBK , )
directory for 18S0 , shows the following < mPK > -
increase : Population , 14,001 ! ! , ; priests , * * *
1315 ; churches , 07 ; chapels , fill ; orphan
asylums , 3 ; collcgos , 1 ; pupils attend
ing parochial schools , 57,014.
•
Yon list Vlrtrmia on llor Musulo
The town of Wollshurg is all torn up ,
so to speak , ever a sensational episode
Hint occurred there last week
, and , a- . -
which contlnnos to form ono ot the * 7
loading topics ot conversation , says the
Wheeling Intolligoucor The story is
that the sensation was started through
the gossiping propensities of n woman
who is getting dangerously nonr the
point where lior ago will prevent her J
being longer designated us a joung
woman Hoport has it that she sot
nlloat some bcandulous stortos which in
volved the Rood names and fair reptito
ot several well-known people whoso
characters are said to uo nbovo reproach -
preach ; anyhow , these stories were
btartod and they were traced down to
this particular woman
One ot her stories affected the good
name of a very pretty young miss , aged
nbout eighteen , wlio aotormined to
have satisfaction She accordingly'se- '
cured n cowhide , but being unable to
properly conceal it nbout her person ,
made up her mind to trust to her own J
little fists to punish the gossiper Ac
companied by a younger sistef , she
went to the room of the woman she
wanted , stopped in quietly , locked the . ,
door , Btatod her errand nnd then c f v-
pitched in
\ .
The first blow bent the gossiper off s.
her chair and under a sewing machine , ( y
and then there was a picnic Thu miss ' -S HSt- '
of eighteen threw herself on her do- r
fnmer , nnd hold her down while she
pounded her and pulled her hair The •
woman howled for help and ono of the
police ollicors of the town hearing thu
lacket hurried to the scene Ho found
the door lockodbut us the tumult inside -
side increased ho finally adopted a '
heroic course and smashed the door in " "
As he did this the young girl , her oyea
ullatno with the excitement of her vic
tory , jumped up and handing the olll- *
cer a S10 bill suid : This will pay my
fine I fixed mysslf for this before I
started in on her " The punishment
inllictod by the girl on the woman was
quito sovoio
Ijnxury Next Dnor to Poverty
Ill ' yonturo the aisortion that there is
no city in the world whore luxury und
squalor llvo bo close together us in Now
York , suysa Now York lottcr to Pitts
burg Dispatch The other day I had ,
occasion to cull on Mr Andrew Carne
gie regarding his now library in Alio- _ sw 1
ghony I took u Broadway surface car , tJr J
getting off at Fifty-sixth strcot I r .
walked eastward on the numbered thor *
oughfnro , which was filled with swarthy
Italians sitting in the doors of their
shops , from which omanntod in vo-y • J
largo quantities excited snatches ot ]
their musical language and strong airs 1
from stuwed garlic and stale beer I \
walked on , wondering if my distinguished - |
guished Iriend could not huvo un humble |
namesake who abode iti this noighboi- |
hood I crossed Sixth uvonuo , and lol 1
it grand transformation scencl A mo- j
inont before , mid squalor and rags ; 1
acrosstho street , luxury and luces It j
is up in this portion of the city that the i
Vnnderbilts , Asters and such nabobs |
llvo , but tlmy never know what daily :
( joes on within a stones throw of their \
palatial homes \
A Costly l eor 1'arlcin Maine 3
Ono of our Muino oxcliunges says : , 1
The largo door park at Petit Muiiuii 1
Point is rapidly nearing completion It _ _ jGsW J
has cost many hundreds of dollars " ' " " " 1 1
Many hundreds of dollars is true , - ' ' "H
only many thousand of dollars would bo , j
better , " bays the Machius Union Wo 1
boo it stated by good authority thut the { ]
wire for the foncc cost $14,000 nt tha 1
factory in Connecticut where it was 1
made The cost of freight , cost ot labor
in building the foncc , the wood , timber ,
nails , spikes , etc , used in the fence will '
cost at least $14,000 moro , to omit men
tion ot tbo lirtt cost nf the land to bo an- :
closed , about seven hundred acres , - for J
tha doer park , altogether making n cost
of about 930,01)0 ) , porhups 940,000. 1 . i
The fuiica is twelve to fourteen foot
high The wire is uolworlc , four fuot in
width , nnd two breadths of It nro Ubod
nround the entire pnrlr Expensive fur , '
poor mon , but for millionuires only n
trillo " • *
To Msln hlmcH linnt 1
Shoes that nro worn regularly , if
carol for wilL last much longer than if ;
neglected WI1011 shoos uro taken oil
they tihould bo wiped with u soft cloth ,
and nftnr Hiring u llttlo while , oiled or - jLf"Wfc-
polished und put in a , box by tliomsolvoo 0 for
or a shoo bug j ,
OMAHA 'J '
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY 'V '
Subscribed & guaranteed Capital , $500,000 $ < '
I'ald | nCapital , . „ , , 350,009 Sfl
IIuH nnd sells atonks and bonds ; negotiate ] r } , ;
rommorclalpaparirecelvusandexucutestrusU : , ? , , > , ;
acts as transfer ugaut aud trustee of corpora prfj
tloasi tukuscharge of propirty ; collects repta jwfi
Omaha Loan fitTrust Co \M \
SAVINGS BANK * 1
S. E. Cor 10th and Douglas streets .
Paid In Capital . , , $50,000 A
Subscribed & [ -uariuiteed capital , . . . 100,000 1
Mtbllltyot stockholders , , 200,000 * \
BPor Cent Interest Paid on Oopojlta |
1'UANK. J , I.ANtli ; Cashier
OtriCKiui AU Wyman , president ; J.J.ilrown , S V ?
Vice president ; WT Wyinan , treasurer "BJp 1
DlUEUroiw : A. U , Wyman , J. II Millard , J. J. L +
ilrown , ( luy U. Uaitoa , K , W , Nash , lhaa 1 * J f ft •
KUnbaU , Ueo U. fake ' '
Loans In any amount made un City &
Farm Property , and on Collateral
Soourity , at Lowes Rate Curronttos
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