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THE OMAHA DAIJDY BBE MONDAY , DECEMBER 20 , isoo. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MOHNINQ TEUJIS OF BUIISOUH'TION. Dally find Sunday , Onu Year. , . . . . . .tlO ( X ) HlxmontM . ono Tliron rnontln . , . . . . . . . . . . 2M Sunday lUo.Ono Vcar < . . , i . . . . . . . . 200 Weekly IIDO. Ono Year. . 100 OITICES : Omnlin. Tlio Uco Tlnlldlnj : . * Boutli Omnlin , Corner N mid Sflln Etreot/i e.'ouncll llliiffg. 12 1'carl Hrr-ot. UhlcnRo Olllro , HIT Clmmljcr of Commerce. Now Vmk.Itoonm 1.1,11 niul l' , Trlbu no llulldlng , CU Fourteenth faucet. CORKEsFoNDBNOE All communications rclntlnsr to new * unn rdltorlnltnnttcr filiould bo uddrossed to the Kdltorlul Department. IIUHINESS rCTTr.its. All lumlncsM let tcrs nnd roinlttiincM Hhoum tiaadilriwclUiTliollpa I'uhllsblnR Company , Onialm. liniftn , cliceks nnd poHofllco orders to bo in ndo imyablo to tlio oruur of the com Tinny. Tlic Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tlie Itcc 11'liJ'K , Furnatn nnd f-c\ontccntliBta 6VYOUN STATEMENT Olf CIKOUI'ATIUN Etatoof NobrMkit. _ I County of Uoutflni. f SJ Gioruoll. Tzscliuck , scctetnry of The nee rubllshlnir comt ) .nv. noes mlornnly sweat tnat the actual circulation of TUB DAILY HER for the \ > COK enclJujt JJcc.27. lbW. ! ifai as fol- Hund'ar. Pec. 21 . 10015 Mondnv.Doc.S2 . K.M2 TncseJny. Hoc Zl. . . . . & 7U Wednesday. Dec. si . . Thursday. lcp.'J5 . W.IJW Friday. Dec. SO. . SS.770 Average Grnnnr. II , Fvrorn tn Vrforo mo nnd siibscribpd In mr proirnco ( Ills 27th ( lav of December. A , D..1KM IFBAUI . ! ' . TEIU otarJr J'ublla b'tutnof Nobrwkn , I , . , County of Douglas.s ( % Ctorpo II. Tyicliiiclc , liclns duly sworn , rto- posts ntid snyatlintho Iswcrctary of Tioltco ) I'liMlNliIni ; C'ompanv. that the actual nvoniKo tltilly clrniltit'on ' of TIIK DAit.v HFB for the month of Doccn'bcr. 1F89. W H SO.OIH coplcij for January , IfW. IC.CWcouIci ! for 1'oJiruary , IS'O , 10/61 con'o s for March. 1POO , ro.81.1 coplcsj for April , 1f < Xla.GG4o'oU'S ! forHny.lSCO , 20.1SO copies ! for .Tune , 3f"0 , SO 'OI cop'os : for July , JElO.M.naeoplcs : forAiiEml. 1fio.20 ! , 710 copies ; for tftilrml cr. 18:0.20.R70 : ( oplrs : forOctobur. JMK ) , 20.7C ! copies ; for Nnvcmlicr. IWJ. 12,1.10 conies. Oroiion II. TysonucK. Ewnrn to lrforn me. nnd sulnerlbcd tn my presence , this Cth day of December. A , n. , 189J. N P. J'Eir. Kotnry Publlo. Tins ptnto "contest" ends today from sheer exhaustion. Now Is tlio accepted time to plant good rcsolutlonB , out of sight. GKNT.RAT. MII.KS Inquired , " " \Vhoro is Big Foot ? " Una ho looked In Chlcajro ? TIIK refusal of the Union Pacific to take Milwaukee straight or on the sldo Is a significant reminder of the swearIng - Ing oil season. THIS painful lack of unity nmoner th'o French tariff rovlsorasucfROstsn splen did oocnlnp : for Mr. MeKiiiloy's talents after March 4. A Nnvf IlAMrsiiiKK couro has eon- tonccu a man to ho hanged m 1892. As I time appears to 1)0 no olijoct why not ex tend it to 1893 nnd give him a clmnco to BOO the world's ' fnlr ? If TIIK torlea fall to tnlco advantage of tholr opportunities to secure a seven year lease of ofllcinl life , they possess a lo-rgor stock of political hindsight than they nro usually credited with. JUSTICE BHOWN'S enemies arc trying- to mtiko capital out of the fact that ho oncobhot a hurglar. Well , what of It ? Ilo will hnvo to face some bigger rob bers than that when ho begins business on the supreme bench. ATTOUMIJYGKNKRAI , LKKSE'S vigor ous report nttrncts consltlorablo atten tion th rougliout the country , but singu larly enough , It does not appear to have oxoltod the Inturosb of the Nebraska press. Why this slloilco in a matter of such vital interest to the statoV Tun colored troops are loading the charge npalnst the hostiles in the bad lands. This is the crudest cut of nil. It Is the last straw on the overburdened backs of the rodsidns , nnd If they do not avenge this last insult to tholr prldo by straightening a few kinks In the dlm- culty , wo mistake the temper of the ghost dancers. THE board of education appears In a cheery mood over Its financial condition. I There Is a certainty of a small surplus in the treasury at the close of the year. The misappropriated Paul street school fund will bo restored. This Is very grat ifying to members of the board , but it does not reflect any credit on its manage ment of the school ilnanccs , TIIK tide of social reform In Germany la still rising. The loaders of the now party , who have already obtained so rnuoh from the young emperor , now de mand the same concessions for farm hands that ho has granted to mechanics. Meanwhile , the opposition appears to bo rallying about Bismarck. Germany is likely to sustain the interest which she lias aroused In all mankind since the old emperor died. JlASSACHUSKTTS and Connecticut newspapers doinand that the railroads shall no longer glvo passes to the governors - ornors nnd legislatures of these states. This will strike western people as a very mild reform. In this state the demand Is that railroads shall not only discon tinue tholr passes to state olllcors , but that they shall also cease to buy with passes the conventions that nominate state oftlcors.Vostorn railroads would not bo .greatly alarmed at the bolllgor- ont reformers who nsk only that the legislators shall pay tholr faro. STATISTICS of railroad building In the United States during the year show a marked Improvement over the record of 1889. The total now mileage amounts to 0,080 , against 5,200 miles In 18SO , 0,070 In 188S , and 12,007 In 18S7. The high water mark of railroad building during the dociulo was reached in 1SS7. In the following two years the uocllno was sharp nrd rapid , but the record for the present year Indicates a firm rebound. The groatofat Increase In intlongo wns in the south Atlantic states , where 1,276 miles of road were constructed. Add to this the mileage of the gulf and Missis sippi states nnd the southwestern states , the aggregate construction in the southern states amounts to 3,013 , or nearly one-half the total of the year. This brings the total mllongo of the United States up to 107,000 , one-fifth of which was constructed in the last five years. SUPEliriSIOX OF STATE BANKS. The success of private banks Is meas ured by the confidence of the publio in tholr managers nnd backers. This con fidence In turn is accurately gauged by .tho nUtnbor of depositors. The savings of hundreds nnd frequently thousands of persons nro entrusted to the keeping of private banks mainly on tbo known In tegrity of the stockholders. It Is of the greatest importance , not only for the safely of hanks but for the security of depositors , that their solvency should bo above suspicion. No other branch of business Involves to nn equal extent the well being of thrifty people. Savings banks are the financial strong box of the tellers They contain tlio wctilth of n greater number of people than the national banks , yet tholr condition in various states Is treat ed with a degree of indifference that Is nothing less than criminal. The eollapsu of two private banks in rapid succession In Chicago emphasizes the fact that states cannot bo too strict In protecting the public from reckless financiering. Had Illinois exorcised supervision over private banks , the In solvency of these two concerns would have been known months before tholr collnpso , and their managers would have boon prevented from robbing depositors by accepting deposits up to the moment of suspension. The disastrous experience of several Nebraska cities with wildcat banks a few years ago aroused public sentiment , which cryslnllzod In the enactment of a state banking law. It provides every reasonable safeguard for the protection of depositors , requires not loss than three sworn reports annually from every private bank , their examination at least once a year by the state bank examiner , and the publication of a summary of their condition In local newspapers. The last report of the slate board shows the private banks to bo in sound finan cial condition , a fact that goes far to ward strengthening public .confidence during the present monetary stringency. But the state board should go farther than the more compilation of tbo collective reports. It should rigidly enforce every provision of the law , with out fear or favor. It should display greater zeal in examining the bccurittes of the banks , and should insist on the publication oftho report of tholr condi tion , as Is nowroquircd from national banks. No reliable banking institution will object to frequent examinations. It is to tliolr Interest to invlto them and pub lish the fact. It Is the unreliable concerns - corns that endeavor to evade the law , and for that reason the law should bo the moro vigorously enforced. By that menus , the distressing consequences of state bank failures will bo averted in Nebraska. THE FUTOHE OF CATTLE PIllOKS. The outlook for stock raisers tind ship pers in all the great cattle markets of the west Is more encouraging than it has been in a long time. This Is a develop ment for which the producers of Ne braska nnd ether stales have waited long and patiently and which will bo es pecially welcome to them now. The opinions of the best judges agree on this proposition. They are based on obvious nnd reasonable grounds , Every thing indicates that cattle receipts will not Increase during the first half of 1891 in the same ratio as in the past. The great ranges of the west nnd southwest have beea depleted by hard winters and by unusual shipments to market during the just few months. Mcaawhllo , the purchase of feeders in the South Omaha market in the same period has fallen off largely , owing to the dearness and scarcity of corn in the country. The same cause has necessitated the shipment of cattle to market that in ether years would have been fed through the winter. The result is that the over-supply of cattle which has formerly existed in the coun try nnd como crowding into the spring market to depress prices does not exist today. The best judges agree that \vo are soon to see the supply no moro than equal to the demand , which must inev itably result in higher prices. Through the whole long era of low prices , which have discouraged stock raisers and shippers , ono fact has stood out pi eminently for tholr enlighten ment. This Is the fact that the bettor grades of cattle have always commanded n ready bale nnd the ( top of the market. Men who have raised fine beef cattle testify that it is the surest and cheap est way to conduct the business. Scrub cattle , like scrub horses , nro unprofita ble , and scarcely loss so in good times than in bad. If Nebraska producers have learned this lesson they may yet have a profit to credit to the era of low prices. TEXT BOOKS Iff NEBRASKA. Among the resolutions adopted at the recent session of the State Alliance which TIIK BUB heartily endorses is the following : That It [ i the desire of the farmers here rep resented that our coining legislature Hliould adopt and iiromulRnto'n mil form syutom of school books tobo furnished lit cost to the soliool bo.inls throughout tlio stuto. Ono of the most arrogant of all the monopolies that now oppress the people Is the school book trust , It puts a copy right on the throe It's and nil ether departments of "knowledge learned of hooks" and by virtue of its close combi nation among publishers , charges the public what It pleases , regardless of the cost of production and of .a fair profit on the investment. The result is the annual waste of an enormous sum , taken from the pockets of parents nnd credited to the bank accounts of great publishing houses , There Is neither rea son nor justice In the present system. The coming legislature can confer 1m- mcnso benefits on the people and lend in n reform , that , Boonor or later , Is bound to come In every state , by taking decisive utops to correct this evil. Tlio way for Nebraska to relieve itself of the .burdens placed upon it by the pchool book trust Is to prepare and p'ub- liflh its own text books nnd sell them to parents at actual cost , Since 1875 the stnto has pursued this policy with the supreme court reports , which In most other states are monopolized by law book publishers , nnd the results hnvo boon satisfactory. There is no reason why the same plan would not bring .ho same benefits in the case of text joolts. There is no copyright on the multiplication table , nnd no patent ights conferring Individual ownership the English grammar , American hid- pry , nor oven the dead languages. The tale can command talent to prepare ext books on these and all ether ranches taught in our schools. It can ot the mechanical part of the work in pen competition to the lowest bidder , etnln the ownership of the plates nnd ell the books to the publio nt actual iost. "Whether the state shall under- ako to furnish text books free , allowing ho people to pay for them , by taxation nthor than directly , nsls done in Massa chusetts , Kansas and elsewhere , is nn- thor questlOii. But in either case the pform will bo equally effective. A fair estimate of the cost of text oks to each pupil In the Nebraska ichools would bo $5 n year. To say that indor the proposed reform they could 10 sold for $2 Is certainly not putting It ,00 low. When this snvlnp of $3 upon ach pupil is multiplied by the total ncmborshlp of our schools the result Is eon 'to ' bo nn enormous saving to the 'Ooplo. ' With our present population It vould run from S2oO,000 to $500,000 an- ually In the next flvo years , and would > o larger with every year of growth. Doubtless much -labor nnd ability vould bo required to establish a com- iloto system of state text books. The , vork would have to bo under the super vision of our ablest educators , nnd , pos- Ibly , a board of education would be re- uh'cd. But when the work is accom- ilinhed wo shall have a uniform system , irganizcd without regard to the inter- islsof school book agents , or tliodiffcr- iig whims of county superintendents , d wo shall no longer pay an outrageous ributo to a close corporation of school ook publishers. Ncbroskn can load the text book ro- 'orm if the next legislature does its duty. iTfill'S ON TUB FARMERS' MOVEMENT. The .Tnnunry number of the American Agriculturist presents" a colloctlon of iows on the farmers' political move ment , which Is interesting as showing ; ho variety of opinions entertained re garding the motives and conditions un- lerlylng the movomont. Secretary ilusk submits his views with charactor- stlo bluntness , remarking that the farm ers have become so accustomed to spoll- ng national with a big N that they scorn to have forgotten that while ' 'the var decided the supremacy of the nation over the state It did not substitute na tional for state government. " There is n this a sulllcicntly plain Intimation hat the secretary of agriculture is not n accord with some of the paternal schemes proposed In behalf of the farm- ore , which tend toward centralization , lo admits that the farmers expected and desired a reduction of the tariff , mt while ho offers no defense of the new aw , nnd thup permits the Inference that 10 thinks the expectation of the farmers ought to have been mot , ho does not commit himself on that point. Mr. AndrowD. White , ox-presldontof brnoll , ascribes the uprising to the oellng that the agricultural population las been inatlo to boar an un due share of the burdens of society , and ho believes there good cause for this fooling. Ho re marks that our taxation systems work o the material disadvantage of the pro ducer. There is general need of tax re vision anil ho suggests that competent commissions In each Bttilo again con sider the whole question , believing that nuch might bo gained from the trial of the various results by the different scales. Mr. White earnestly counsels , ho farmers fb beware of the proposed oinody of nn Inflated currency , quoting the romtirk of "Webster , thnt of all the nachinory for impoverishing the work- , ng classes the most perfect is an inflated currency. Congressman Hatch of Missouri , who Iguros somewhat prominently as nn advocate of the interests of the farmers , s of the opinion that they owe their Ills , n a material sense to silver domonitlza- < ion nnd tbo tarill , and takes occasion to urge f roe coinage as a sovereign remedy. Edward Bellamy , of "Looking Back- war& " fame , finds in the farmers' move ment an encouraging stop toward bring ing the railway nnd tglogrnph business under complete national control , nnd ho of course takes n moro hopeful vlow of Lho possibility of ultimately nationaliz ing all industries. There Is really not much of practical value In this convocation , and the ad mission of all who contribute to It that the farming class has not obtained a lust share of the material development of the nation and of the distribution of the rewards of labor sheds no now lighten on the subject. This has boon repeatedly stated nnd as often conceded by all who are IntoUlgontly informed regarding the relative rewards of agriculture nnd other departments of industry , and its repeti tion will hardly help to a solution of the problem which it presents. How com plex nnd dinicult this Is ono may easily learn from reading the various views of these who are presumed to have given It careful and Intelligent study. It is in teresting to note that tlio wlsost of those have no faith In the expedients which nro now uppermost In the minds of many farmers nnd nro advocated by a few men in publio life. LINCOLN'S The splendid progress of the city of ( Lincoln In the past year will bo noted with prldo by all Nebraskans , who see In the capital ol their state a typical In stance of its wonderful 'history nnd un exhausted possibilities. Lincoln's growth in population , nevermore moro rapid than In the past twelve months , has boon roranrkablo from the time of Its settlement. What magic flgurbs nro the following : 1870 , 2,441 ; 18SO , 13,003 ; 1890 , 55,401 , Those figures toll the story of phenomenal results In the building of a city on the prairies ol Nebraska , for .Lincoln's growth in all ether directions 1ms been in keeping with its expansion in population. Its record of progress in the past yoai according to the State Journal may bo briefly summarized as follows : Public improvements , $259,609 ; semi-public , 123,000 ; residences , $1,723,300 ; business blocks , $001,500 ; hotels , 383,000 ; schools colleges and churches , $105,000 ; fac- orios and/8lwpsJ ( 8370,000 ; railroads , 210,000 ; atrcUjtwalliUys , 8190,000 ; total , M,120OC9.ic \ Among tljjJjjmoronotable ! of Lincoln's ' eng list of jiityprovatnonts in the past ear Is the orcdtlon of three now hfttcls , ncludlng n seven-story structure , cost1 ng $250,0001 the onlmnco of the Rock sland ; the construction of an oleotrlo troot rnlhvjyyj and tbo gain of thrco now alleges. TUqko alone would constitute a great year's work , though they nro inly fonturcs"df whrtt has actually been accomplished. , ' JIIJBEK iioartlly congratulates the icoplo of Lincoln upon the splendid howlng they make of tholr past , and adds Its confidence to tholr faith In the rent future which awaits them. EXPElllEXOKD MKK The Phllndofphift Press hollovos'th.it t Is absolutely accessary to the solution f tlio Indian question that only mtm hall bo appointed agents who have some cnowledgo of the work they have to do , ind that mon of experience , acquainted vith Indians , nnd of Droved capacity nnd ptogrlty , should bo Tcept in oillco clui ng1 good behavior nnd freed from pollt- cnl pressure. It remarks tfiat while hroughout the existing disturbance the Standing Hook ngoncy has been In much ho greater danger It has never boon de- lortod. The Indian police thoio have continued to keep order and ita disci- ilino has boon fully maintained. The Irst collapse of authority came at Pine .Udgo , tvnd the ngoncy has boon parrl- ioncd over since , the military being in charge and substantially in command , i'ho Press says : The lesson of nil this is ns plain as day. If at nil agencies wo had , ns at Standing Koclt , men Iti sorvlco for years , possessing experi ence , courngo nnd ncquaintanco with Indi ans , tbo Indian question would bo half solved. IVby can wo not hnvo tuomt What other so- utlon Is possible ) Kvory ilslup moans mur ders untold , enormous expenditures nnd but oo often hideous injustice to the Indian before - fore and after the rising. For all this the responsibility lies with the nation , nnd the lation will uovor moot this responsibility until Indian agents nro selected solely for , ho work they have to do , kept In ofllco dur- ag good behavior nnd freed from political > ressuro. If tbo present administration , ivhich has appointed the best Indian agent since General Walker , and which has as its icad a God fearing nnd Just man , who hates ivlcltedncss and eschews evil , will work this reform , Indian wars will bo over and Indian clvill/ation bcRun. There are probably few who will ques- ion the wisdom of these observations , and they nro fully in accord with the views of Commissioner Morgan and doubtless ilso with these of the secretary of the ntorior. In the supplemental report of the comtnissibnor of Indian affairs , iust Issued , ho lays special stress on the desirability of splecting persons of un usual qualifications for the Indian ser vice , and ho says thnt agents nnd em ployes , if selected with special refer ence to their fitness , should have a rea sonable degree"tpf certainty that they will bo retained so long ns they show fit ness nnd fidelity in the discharge of tholr duties. "Uncertainty as to permanence , " says the commissioner , "breeds inde cision of purpoao , Inrgply prevents Jtjio 'ormatlon ' o comprehensive planswhich require years for their completion , and hinders the victorous oxocu- llon of those formulated by the government. " The commissioner can " eo no good reason why politics should enter as a controlling element in Iho selection or removal of govo rnment olliclals in this service , " xvhoro ho de clares the employe "should feel untrnni- molod by more partisan considerations and free to devote his entire strength and time to the work to whieh ho has been appointed , and where ho is to bo freed from the temptation to unfaithful ness or dishonesty by the fear of re moval for moro political reasons , " Ho thinks the spirit If not the rules of the civil service should bo extended abso lutely over this entire branch of public work. The Indians , ho remarks , have no politics , "nnd these sent to them ns agents ought to bo concerned abso lutely nnd only with the promotion of their welfare. " This undoubtedly represents the opin ion of the administration , and it will certainly bo approved by the Intelligent sentiment of the country. The import ance of applying to the Indian sorvlco the principles enunciated by Com missioner Morgan has boon impres sively shown by the present uprising nnd this congress should not adjourn without giving tbo mutton the attention it merits. Tun life of a councilman after all is not a happy ono. Just at the moment ho imagines himself at pence with his ward nnd the rest of mankind , duty calls him to equalize assessments and trouble begins. Every man's hand wildly roaches for his hair and if ho escapes with his locks political retribution is pickled for his benefit. No matter how valuable his services may have been , when ho trenches on the domain of the tax-shirker all is forgotten and his life made n wearisome burden. "Bums of a feather flock locothor. " It is eminently titling that the slayer of Pogleg Griffon , should bo employed by the prohibition nluminors to concoct election villainy for their benefit. The mnn who devised Tin assault on the stnto treasury and klllfad the crippled "high wayman" Is thoroughly competent to Invent ridiculous yarns about colonized voters and earn i that $200 approprla ted for his benefit. > Tim doubld-'tjbckor advances thd charming thoor that the city clerkship should bo removed from political influ ence by taking . .tlio appointive power from the countiit'and making the oillco elective. What remarkable mugwump- Ian reasoning. As though nominating conventions were above partisan inllu- once , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TUB army's holiday jaunt to the irontlor has settled down to a cold win- tor's job. Tlio Gonural Sentiment. I'urllaml Ortgnntnn. The world at largo i gottlnjr very tired of Mr. Pnrnell nnd wishes her would quietly marry Airs. O'Slica nnd drop into obwurity. I > nlltlod and Matrimony. Chicago Jnter-Oecan. Cleveland was smnrtcuough to marry while president ; Governor Hill should go him one bot'tcrnnd marry before trying to bo prcil- lent. There will bo no yeast In bis presi dential cake until ho docs. Only Spooiitntorn In tlio Soup. Sfoia Ci\l ( \ .Journal , The legitimate trade of the country is nil Ight , It Is the Illegitimate trade of tbo coun try that is causing nil the trouble. Iho Missing Injjrotllout. Rothcttcr Demoera f. Tno trouble with Kocly nnd his motor is n ack of "sympnthoUc vibration. " There Is ho some painful void In the relations between Cleveland and Hill. A Mtitcor of incotioiny. Chteaao A'eici. At this Reason the economical young man nuses before fh Inp his best fjlrl a bouquet of roses nnu determines to offer n casket of solitaire diamonds instead. Tim Itlirufit Shuro. Time * . O woman's lilndly heart ! We'll hot If Eve did pluck the apple there And bit it first , that Adam got The fullest , biggest abaro. Clnrkson'H llldiuulnii.s Position. fi'cw Yoth Evening I'ott. An editor has seldom found himself In amore moro ridiculous posltloa than that occupied by the Iowa State Ucgistcr , Clnrkson's ' news- : ) .ipcr. In last Sutiilnj's Issue ho published n dlntrllic against the national bank law on this [ round : "Every American citizen should : iavo a prldo In his own honor nnd credit , and t Is .nlwaya humiliating to men who know Jiat their credit and means nro Just as good nnd responsible ns tbo bank itself to bo com- : > ollod to secure an endorser before they can iwrrow money of n national bank under the .aws of the United States. This pnrt of the tanking system is vicious and degrading , nnd there Is almost unanimous demand , for Its speedy obliteration. Nearly every farmer nnu every business man tn the untlon has : iad Ills pride humbled and hU finances greatly depleted by this uuwlso mid unjust provision of tbo national banking Inw. " In the very next issue ho was forced to publish a letter from the president of tlio DCS Molncs Na- .lonul bank , which not only declared that "thoro Is no such provision In the national law , nor Is there anything In the theory or practice of national banking to warrant nny such statement as the above , " but that : io could "name scores of fnrmors , and there are hundreds who can and do borrow money nt the national banks of DCS Molnes , on tficlr owiiiiinmo alone , without security" in proof of which ho exhibited to the editor the last ofiloial statement of the DCS Molncs National jatik , which Rnvo , among ether required do- alls , tlio aggregate of "ono name loans. " The editor's only excuse is that "twice dur ing tlio last twenty years wo have borrowed nioiioy from the same national bank , and each time two signatures were required to the noto. " In ether words , his own credit not being good enough to gob money without se curing Indorsors , ho Jumped to the conclu sion that this was a part of tlio national bank law , and accordingly demanded "its speedy obliteration 1" - * - XEIlltASKA IfJEirNl'.lI'JKIt XEIt'S. The Brunswick News has suspo ndcd publl cation , but It bones to rcsutno in tbo spring ThoThnyor County Mail Is n now publi cation at Hobron. Edwin U. Young is the oaltor. Henry 13. Phelps of the Howolls Journal announces that ho "docs not Imvo to go into any now movement to bo independent. " C. W. Beal of Broken Bow , who was elected a member of the state executive com- niltteoby the alliance , is the editor of tlio Custor County Beacon. ; Another paper has boon started at Papll- lion and christened the Sarpy Itopubllcnn. It is under the management of A. S. Wolbol and Mrs. P. A. Harrison. W. A7. Watson , editor of the Falrbury Demociat , has tired of the bonrhon name of tils paper and will chance Its cognomen this wcolc and call it tbo Liberator. J. II. Dundas of the Ncmaha County Granger last week issued his usual biennial to the honorable senators nnd repre sentatives of the state of Nebraska. II. A. Eaton of the Nebraska City Press and J. W. Tanner of the Fullerton Post wore two editors who spent a portion of Christ mas weolc in a visit to tbo metropolis. W. II. McGnnln , editor of tbo Bdlwood Gazette , Is having a tilt with the local Cath olic priest ns the result of the report of a ser mon which the newspaper man printea re cently. Ira Hamilton , who combines .tho business of editing a paper with acting as city marshal of Platnview , has killed eighteen dogs since May 1 last , and but few unlicensed curs are loft. Joim 0. Sprecher of the Schuylor Quill , a convert to tbo alliance , faith , advocates the passage of n law by tbo coming legislature that will require every lawyer nud doctor to give a heavy bond before they are allowed to practlco. The Nebraska Proas association will hold Its annual mooting at Beatrice January 29 nnd 30. George P , Marvin , odttqr of the Beatrice Democrat , Is president of the asso ciation nnd F. O. Summers of the Seward Heporter Is secretary. Charles II. Challls , whoso papbr , the Ulysses DUpatcli.supportsthoalllanco party , refers to Jay Burrows na a "rovcngoful , sclllsh , ambitious , vindictive , would-bo ICador , " and lu the same sentences designates Van Wyck as "ono of the best friends of the tolling masses who has lived since the days * ofBuiKo. " George M , Plumb , who has boon editing tbo Hod Cloud. Republican , ostensibly a re publican paper , has deserted the paity and his newspaper nt the same tlmo and will join George I ) . Gibson in the publishing of tbo Now Kopubllc , a prohibition organ at Lincoln. What will become of tbo Ked Cloud p.ipor Is not known. Washington Star : Speaking of Indians as hair ralsurs , the real hair razor , after all , is a pair of scissors. PittstMirgPost ! Called to a count A few American heiresses annually. Bingbnmhm Republican : Can the man wbo strikes you for u loan bo charged with assault ) Chicago Tlinos ; Cigar dealers announce that taoy will put up the prlco of cigars after January 1. But who carosl Wo are all going to swear oil on January 1 , anyway. St. Joseph News : The foreman of the composing room is ono of these people who bcllovo lu a porsonnl devil. Munsoy's Weekly : She I learned how to cook when I was In boarding school. Ho ( sampling her cake ) : And when did you forgott St. Joseph News : "Under ordinary cir cumstances , " said St. Agodoro , musingly ; "I like to see a girl have some got-up about her , Except when ono Is sitting on my lap. " Drake's Magazine : So It Is "Well , ita all ova. " "What isl" "An egg , " Boston Transcript : Salt seems tbnt the Am men mm is to bo built in Batb , Mo. This is the first Indication of any intention to roc- ogni/othadoinunds of the wool industry of Now Knglaad : Clothier and Furnisher : Mrs , Bingo You know you spoke about giving these old clothes of Tommy's to the poor. On the second end thought , hadn't wo octtor send them oror to the preacher's ' children t Bingo Capital. But in ttmt cose I guess _ . you had bettor lot Tommy woac thorn a few weeks longer. Louisville Courier-Journal : The Chinaman who lighted his plpo while repairing n powder mill has given up smoking. It takes a long tlmo for some mon to learn that tobacco Is Injurious. Chicago Tribune : "Aro you disappointed In your Christmas gifts , \Vllllat" asked his mother. f "N no , " ho nniwcrod , looking them over ngain , "I'm not 'xactly ' disappointed , but I don't see anything hero lean niako n nolso with. " Drake's Mngnzlno : "You seem to bo In poor spirits , " sold tbo fly to the toad In alco hol. hol."Yes "Yes , I'm In durance vlnl. " Chicago Tribune : "Hollo , Blngloy. Just back from tlio wcsti DIdyou hoar the Indians1 war-whoopst" No. I hoard they didn't. " "Didn't what ! " "Wear hoops. " NnhniHkn. A subsidy has been raised to secure a bcot suirnr factory for ( JOthonburg. Mnson City fins nil tbo arrangements completed - plotod for n system of waterworks. Mrs. O. A. Oilman of superior was severely Injured Christmas day by being thrown from a horse. A Hcnubllcnn Cltv gcnlm hns invented a scissors sharpener from which ho expects to rcalizo a fortune. Schlok & Moluts , general merchants of Fllloy , luwo boon forced to assign. Tbo lla- tillltlos era about & ! , SOO , with assets about tbo snrao. Wnhoo has expended $ fjO,000 In publio im provements the post year , Including the opera house , city hnll , Union Pacific depot , stone buildings nnd residences. Tlicvlllnpo board of Waco has voted to license saloons ntSSOOcach. This will mnko tbo llrst town in York county where prohi bition by local option is not enforced. _ A strong petition lms _ boon secured in Washington countv praying the board of supervisors to submit to a vote tbo question of returning from township organization to tbo commissioner system. They bored a well ! 100 foot deep out In Chase county nnd the water spouted up sev eral fcut above the surface. Hut the snnd soon llllcd tho' bolo up and the water ceased to flow. They linvo solved tbo water problem out thero. Tlio Stnnton county old settlers organised nn association at Pllgcr by electing tbo fol lowing officers : President , R. M. Lowry ; vlco president. J. Q. Mnthcson ; secretary , Q. Sonncnscheln ; treasurer , ForOlnnnd Miller ; trustees , Hobert Humes , John C. Wiimer nnd Ernest Jake. Goonjo M , Bmiph , wbo Is an elder In the Ansloy church nnd nn occupant ot a front seat in the "amon corner , " sneaked down to the mill pond nt thnt place early in tbo mornIng - Ing , ono Sunday recently , to have n quiet skate before church so know ono would know It , snys the Broken Bow Leader. But murder - der will out , and ho broke through the ice and was ill for a week in consequence , not yet being fully recovered. The Leader hopes tbo ovcnt will bo a lesson to the gentleman and the next tlrno to look for thicKer ico. A young man nt Ansloy took a notion tbnt ho wanted to get married last week , but bo was u Httlo short of change , says the Morna Record. The boys around town passed around the bat and soon mad o a donation sufficient to defray the expenses of a cheap ceremony. The mother of tbo would-bo groom soon appeared on tbe scene and forbid the justice to proceed , as tbo kid was not of ago. Then the game was effectually blocked by the young lady stating that sue had no In tention of getting married. The monov col lected was used to send the girl to her home In Wood Rlvor. . A mammoth boulder has been discovered near liar ting ton on which are Imprinted or carved a number of curious designs. Its upper facols covered with inscriptions In tbo form of n trident. Some of thcso nro so worn by tlmo and tbo elements thut they might easily bo mistaken for the track of a hugo fossil bird , whichsomehavopronounced them to be. But the deeper incrlptlons hnvo a concave which Is polished in a manner that would do credit to nny innrblo cutter of this ngo. The engraving or Imprint of the foot Is Just six Inches long from tbo ex tremity of tbohool to the end of the big too. Tbo three largest too's are exactly tbo same length. Tbo foot Is ( doubtless nn imprint of the original , or only its carved likeness ) that of n primitive man. Tbo tees spread out ai though they had never felt the confinement ofahoo or moccasin. The Interior of tbo foot figure has suffered from the action of water and tlio atmosphere anil Its ragged surface has blacken and overgrown with lichens , until it leaves a flold for speculation us to whether it Is a track made In the mud of the tertiary formation , the work of the copper instruments of the mound builders or of the Indian's flint. Inwa. Twelve saloons nro running full blast nt Oskuloosa. The oldest man In Iowa Is probably Mr. Gllllgan of Dubuque county , whoso ago Is 110 years. A wealthy citizen of Clinton has promised to give $10,000 for a Young Men's Christian association building. In South Ottumwa pretty youngladlcs pass ttio contribution boxes in the churclios nnd tbo pastors' wives buy buttons for the use of the family , lilto tbo wives of other citizens. Iowa county owns nbout thrco thousand acres of land m Jda nnd Chorokco counties valued nt Slfl per aero. It is nil leased nnd piys Iowa county n rental of ? l,700 per year. . Mrs. George Eurightls dead near Dcnlson from , Injuries received by Jumping from n n wagon December 3. Hur husband , who Is Blind , wns drunk In the wagon. She would soon have been n mother. The Irvins of Kirkvillo have agreed to dls- agree nnd tbo property has bocn divided. Mrs. Iivln pets J10.1 in cash ana tbo real es tate and Irvins takes $1X13 In raonoy. Mrs. Irviu's dlsuppcaiauco some tlmo ago led tn tbo ' arrest of her husband on suspicion of murdering her. She loft on account of his cruelty. Ho drlnki nnd nppean to bo monk tallyuniotind Ho snlil to n Klrkvlllo man ) "The people will BOO tbo tlmo ivbim tl'oy will rcqrct having driven mo nwny , for I slmll lol no moro rain fall to moisten the dry ourth. Tlmo and again when wo have lifttl n sovcro drouth I hnvo gene out and prnyod for rnla and It Ims rome nt onco. I slmll do BO no moro nnd this country wilt sufTcr the wont drouth it has over known. " It. Arnlors has boon brotight biok Waterloo from Ponnylvanla to'iinswor'thsA clmrpo of forgery. Ho decamped from crloo last September , leaving lili wife- . Is sick now and his discarded wlfo is minis * tcrlngto him. During the lint eight months 410 odd searches for liquor have bcon made In Dur llneton under the prohibitory law. Thcso searches cost the county nbout $18 nplw. Some places have boon searched in often ai thrco limes In ono wool : . It Is claimed that these searches are ordered to onnblo the prosecution to obtain ovldonco against the saloonkeepers , says n correspondent. Tbotruo cause for tbo o fromicnt searches is found , however , in the fact that they yield fat foes to every ono connected thorowlth , Thpsu searches nro but a portion nnd by no moan * the greatest of tbo useless cxpcnios "saddled upon tbo county. No effort It made to cloio saloons In fact the number of saloons In. crease steadily. During the last foxv days n vast number of cases nirnliist salooj te > fjs , have again boon entered upon the court docket. TU y > rHy of the citrons of Uur- lliigton nro disgusted with the work of the prohibitionists for revenue only. The Two Dnkotia. Grand Fortes sent Dickey countv a Chrl st- mas present In the siiapo of n carload of Hour. The Fountain flouring mill at Yankton will begin running by artesian water power this week. The Plerro Journal advises the locUhturo to reduce expenses this year by dlsuensliitf with a chaplain. The HrooWngs agricultural college has re ceived $ IC,000 from the government foi Iti maintenance nnd the support of the export- mental station. David Slmmoni of Nebraska City , Ifob , nnd his brother Curloy , met at Load the ether day for the first tlmo after a sopnratlou of thlrty-ono years. The city council of Dondwood linn naiscd an ordinance licensing saloons , lilllianl halls and gambling dens. A saloon llrenso costs e 75 n month ; with n gambling auuox , $23 moro. A pair of moose nro to bo brolton to bnr-j" ness in South Sioux Falls. It is expected to ilnvo thorn In Sioux Falls until tlio opening of the world's ' fair , when they will bo taken to Chlcncco. The editor of the Howdlo Pioneer lately visited his farm near Garv , nnd found that his house nnd bnrn , which cost him $300 , had been stolen to ttio last splinter. The thlovca did not take the well. M. B. Kent of Elk Point lm < ? been notified thnt bis examination before the civil service commission , at Aberdeen November 11 , was entirely satisfactory , and that his nnmo has boon entered on the list of oliglblos for ap pointment to department work \VashIug- - ton. ton.John John Bncloy is unclorJ3.000 bonds nt Springfield - field for shooting "W. B. Owens. Owens rented Bugloy's farm nonr town , and they quarreled about tbo owr.orshlp of some grain , The hullot struck a rib and glanced around , lodging in Owens' back. It has not boon found. Mr. Spooncr of Spinlc county , who Is very much intonated In the subject of irrlRatlon In South Dakota , has gene to Colorado to cot additional Information on the subject. While absent ho will visit the irrigated tracts in thnt state nnd elsewhere with a vlow to be coming thoroughly familiar with the systems in use there and their adaptation to South Dakota. Hon. James Mathews of Lnrlmoro says ho came to North Dakota for his health. Ilo has found it , bis weight Increasing from 1.'HI to 170 pounds. Incidentally bo has gathered up about four thousand ncrcsoflnnd , Ho had 2,000 ncros 1,1 crops this voar nnd sold his wheat nt $1.2" ) per bushel. Ilo has about two hundred and sixty head of blooded horses that ho has raised while ho was resting , I'lOLATEJO TJIK COXTll.lCT. Spring Tlnnchc , Clay County , Ooni < plnltiH Against a Jtnllrond. LINCOLN , Nob. , Doe. 23. [ Special to Tun Bn.J Four years ago when the Kansni City & Omaha was building Its line through Clay county It stipulated with the residents of Spring linncho proclnot thnt for the con slduratlon of $7,000 precinct bonds it would build and forever maintain n depot station , within 2,010 , foot of tbo Spring Uancho flour ing mill. Trusting in good faith of this stipulation , the people voted favorably . .ir T tbo bonds wcro issued and delivered , and probably have bcon sold to innocent purchas ers. Yesterday afternoon A. J. Orondorff of Spring Rnnrho , Clay county , fllod with the stnto board of transportation a complaint , setting forth the terms of the agreement , nnd stating further that on December 2,1800 , the company , neglectful of I ts agreement with J , the people , shut up and abandoned tho. tl depot of that place nnd cut thorn oil from the privileges of the road as guaranteed the stipulation above referred to , and for which they paid $7)00 ( ) in bonds , A recent decision of the supreme court In q case from Se\vard in regard to a slmtlur breach of faith by a railroad Is cited ns q precedent In such cases. The court hold thnt the company was bound by any stipulations made by its accent before the bonds wora voted. The court wont so far as to hold thai where the proposition stipulated thnt tlia depot building was to boon ono section , it had violated its agreement If ttio depot was placed an adjoining section , though Just ever tha lino. WON'T JIETUIIX THE KINO. Miss Annie Kramer , a young lady ol .twenty , complains nt police headquarter ] tbat she is unable to secure n gold ring which young man named John Wilder took nwny from her in sport while the two wcro play ing cromint two or three months ago. Mi 9 Kramer declares thnt she has lopeatodly asked him for the ring , but ho stoadfustly re fuses to rot urn it. Slio therefore asks * tli of tbo pollco in getting her property IncB again. II. 73. Ilollmnn of Fort Madison , la.was IB the city labt , night at the Murray. Highest of all in Leavening Tower. U. S. Gov't ' Report , Aug. 17 , 1889. PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST , WEST , NORTH and SOUTH 1502 Farnnm Stroot. Harry P. Deuel , City PassonRor nnd Ticket Aijent. OMAHA. i LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Ounnxiitcud Capital , . . . & 03.000 1'ald In Capital . WOOO lluyi and solid stookn and bonds ) nogotlutns commercial papori rocolv ' and oxocutua trusts ! aotsni trunsfur wont nnd trustee of corporations , taUoi cliarxo of property , ool- taxe . * * ' Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 10th nnd Douglas Sts. I'Ald In Capital . ; . t 55.COO Subscribed and Guaranteed Ouplttfi. . . . 100,001 Liability or Stockholders . UO.OOO 5 Per Cent Internal I'ulil on DoposIU. KKANKJ , 1-ANCiK , Ouatilor. Officers ! JL. U , Wymau , president. J , J. Drown , vlco-pruililont , W. T. Wyinnn. treasurer. Dlrectori : A. U.Wyman , J. II. Mlllard , J. J. Urovrn , Ouy O. Ilartou , U. W. Naib , Ttituuaj It. Uliatmll. Qoorio D. 1/aV * , '