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IT would not bo surprising to KOO South
Omnha taxpayers scampering for shelter
In Oniahn before the year wanes.
TUB condition of affair * In thoofllco of
register of deeds lias reached ti stage
where friendship must glvo way to public
duty.
0 ' '
WHAT the legislature has lost In ng-
grosalvo clinrins is made up by an active ,
well oiled lobby. Lincoln 1ms soon few
surpassing' it in numerical strength and
persistence.
TiiEitn is no scarcity of senatorial tim
ber In South Dakota. The trouble Is to
find a quality capable of resisting the
legislative tix. The joint convention is
toying with saplings.
THE necessity for n , state board of
health is not apparent. There is a cryIng -
Ing demand for a muscular Siinltary com
missioner capable of abating the nuis
ances that permeate the state capitol
every your ,
ONE dilllculty Is scarcely soltlod before
another confronts the world's Mr man
agement. The working managers ap
pear umiblo to grasp the fact that a
national enterprise ) should bo conducted
on broad national principles.
Till' record of bank clearings for the
pastwoolc present some notable features.
While the aggiegato decrease amounts
to 0.3 per cent , the number of cities
marking a decline is only 20 , against 27
last week. The decrease Is duo to the
sharp falling off in Now York City ,
amounting to 11.0 per cent. Pour of the
"big flvo" western cities mark a decline ,
ranging from 2,3 per cent at Omaha to
14.fi at Denver. The record ns a whole
shows a slight improvement over the
January average.
THE controversy between the commis
sioners and the council as regards the
expenditure of the road fund is very
much like a quarrel between man and
wife as to the control of the purse
strings. The city practically con
tributes four-fifths of all the money
raised by the comity , and the city ought
to have the benefit of at least the lion's
share of the money its property owners
contribute for public roads. To bo sure
It ia all in the family and them Is very
llttlo difference who pays out the money
BO long as it is not diverted from the
purpose for which it was raised. If the
commissioners would guarantee that at
least half the fund shall bo expended for
street grading it would not matter
whether the money was paid by order of
the commissioners or the city council.
I ' IT la announced ns very-probable that
1 an oxtrn session of the United States
1 senate will bo called to meet iinmcdi-
1
Qtoly after March 4 to consider highly
'
important'business. It is a mutter of
conjecture as to what tills business will
bo , but doubtless'a reciprocity treaty
with Spain regarding Cuba will bo a
part of It , it being understood that nego
tiations nro now in progress. Very
llttlo gets to the public as to what is
going on at the state department , but
doubtless other matters connected with
reciprocity , which will require to bo
passed on by the senate , are under con-
fildoratlon with such promise of bolng
BOOH perfected ns to warrant calling ITn
extra session. There may bo some
agreeable surprises for the country between -
twoon now and the duto of the expira
tion of the prohont congress.
THE most important work doi'olving
upon the legislature is the revision of
our revenue laws. Our system of assess
ment and taxation Is defective and un
satisfactory. Our npprnlsomont of tax
able properly is altogether too low and
our tax rate too high. Tlio burden of
taxation is almost entirely borne by the
owners of real estate , while the men
who have invested In Btockst bonds and
mortgages are allowed to shirk their
taxes under various pretexts. A joint
committee on revenue nnd tax
ation charged with the duty
ot formulating ft now revenue code
should bo appointed without delay to
make a thorough investigation of the
defects and abuses of our assessment and
taxation methods and recommend such
changes ns may bo needed to equalize
the burdens of taxation upon all classes
vsuitr
It has boon proposed to hold a conven
tion of wcstorn states to consider the
question of adopting uniform usury laws ,
and sovornl states have given favorable
response to the proposition. It ought to
bo safe to assume that none will decline
to participate in such a convention ,
which , if it should accomplish nothing
more , would give nn opportunity for the
discussion of the usury question
from the point of vlow of the
interests of the several communi
ties represented. There is no difference
of opinion regarding tlio wrong and in
justice involved in the practice of usury ,
but there is diversity of views , duo to
different local conditions , as to where
the line should bo drawn between a
legitimate and usurious charge for
money. This is illustrated in the vary
ing interest laws of the states. In sumo
of them a higher rate .of interest for
money than 7 and 8 per cent is usury ,
while in others 10 ami 12 per cent it ) al
lowed to bo charged , and In some no
limit Is placed upon tlio amount that maybe
bo contracted for. The variance- the
Interest laws of most of the western
states is not very wide , but still they nro
not uniform , and it seems desirable to
ascertain whether It is practicable to
establish among them a common maxi
mum rnto of interest.
This tlio proposed convention would nt
least ho able to do. The peculiar cir
cumstances nnd conditions affecting the
price of money in each of the states
would bo presented nnd considered , and
from the information thus given there
could bo no dilllculty in determining
whether it Is expedient and practicable
for the wcstorn states to unite in fixing
a rate for money boyotid which would bo
usury. There is small reason to doubt
that if such uniform legislation wore
secured , with adequate penalties also
uniform , the effect would bo to greatly
reduce the practice of usury now every
where prevalent in the wcstorn states to
nn extent that isoating upthosubstnnco
nnd cnuslng great hardship to thousands
of pooplo. The problem of how to do
away with this ovll is as old ns civiliza
tion , nnd it is questionable whether
it will over bo solved while
avarice and cupidity are characteristics
of mankind , but it may bo hold in check
and restrained from exorcising its full
capacity for wrong and injustice. In
order to do this an essential require
ment would seem to bo uniform legisla
tion by states having in this respect a
common interest to subserve.
.1 TltOUllLVO OHOAN1ZATION.
The now Western Traffic association
appears to bo having quite as much
trouble as its predecessor , and the
promise of its being able to accomplish
anything by way of improving the rail
road situation is far from encouraging' .
What now loQks like a serious difllculty
is tlio result of dissatisfaction regarding
the division of southwestern traffic , and
it is reported that the Santa Fo com
pany proposes to give immediate notice
of withdrawal from the association.
Meantime the efforts to got the
Alton and other roads which
have thus fur declined to sign
the agreement to ontor' the association
have proved unavailing , while a number
of small roads within the territory of
the nusocltttlon obstinately remain on the
outside ready to give whatever annoy
ance or trouble they may flnd opportun
ity for. It is said that the number of
roads which have not signed the agree
ment Is larger than o ( thoao that have ,
nnd ng many of the former are in rnthor
poor financial condition and doing a
light business , they cannot bo dopcnded
upon to bold up rates if cutting- thorn
would Increase their traillc. Thus up to
this time the now agreement appears to
have accomplished nothing toward bet
tering matters , while It ia already
threatened with disintegration. ,
The Now York &HII is authority for
the statement that Mr. Jay Gould and
Mr. C. P. Huntington did not entirely
approve of the present agreement , which
did not go far enough to suit either of
them , and that they accepted it simply
as a fatop In the right direction. That
journal also says that since the associa
tion was formed neither Gould nor
Iluntington has boon idle , nor have they
abandoned hopes of ultimately per
fecting an nlllanco between the rail
ways west of the Mississippi which
will reduce the evils of competition to a
minimum. A schema these managers
nro said to now have under considera
tion is the consolidation of the Missouri
Pacific , the Southern Pacific and the
Atchison systems , which have a mileage
of over twenty thousand ralloa. If it bj
true that negotiations nro in progress
between Mr. Gould and Mr. Huntington
the result will have great interest for
railroad circles if not for the general
public , which it is not to bo expected
would bo bonofltod whoever of those
two magnates should got the better of
the bargain.
One thing may bo accepted ns certain ,
if Gould and Huntington have concluded
that the now agreement will not work
to their advantage , us would seem to bo
implied in what is reported regarding
them , the Wcstorn Traffic ; association
will not continue beyond the six months
proscribed for its duration. From pres
ent indications it appears quite possible
that it will go to pieces before that timo.
A. VEItT COSTLY LRSSON.
In the campaign for union of the two
Omahas , the chief argument of the op
position was that annexation meant a
vast increase in taxation. It was
claimed that South Omahiv taxpayers
could not stand the Omaha levy , nnd
that it wits docldodly cheaper to main
tain nn Independent municipal govern
ment. . '
Thoad fnllacios wore exposed ut the
time , nnd the people wnrnod against
the consequences to follow the defeat of
annotation ,
A bill pondlnjy in the logislntiuo ,
nmonduig the act governing "cities over
8,000 nnd loss than 23,000 inhabitants , "
ia designed to moot the financial onior-
coney in South Omuhn , It provides for
atnx for the year 1891 , of 18 mills for
general purposes , 8 mills for police and 8
mills for the fire department , u total of
31 mills , nn Increase of 10 mills over the
present law. After 1891 the levy is
limited to 12 , 0 and 5 mills for the
three funds respectively. But this Is not
ull. The mayor and the council is author-
Izod to levy "such tax for interest and
sinking fund of the bonded doU ns mny
bo requisite. "
Kvon this increase in taxation , It
authorized by the legislature , will not
materially improve tlio financial condi
tion of the packing town. The running
expenses of Iho city government for ho
fiscal year of 188-00 ! ) wcro $50,745.48.
The expenses for the first thrco months
of the current fiscal year wore $10,011.60 ,
or at the rate of $80,000 n year. A 28-
mill levy on the present valuation would
yield $02,680 , leaving nearly 320,000
unprovided * tor. Last year the
levy for interest on the
debt was 7 mills. The city now owes
$10,000 Interest , and the levy to cover
this amount and the interest on bonds
duo next October will bo about 15 mills.
If the bill becomes n law , the levy for
1S91 will roach the snug sum of 49 mills ,
or 11 mills greater than the .levy in
Omaha.
In this calculation there Is no provi
sion for a sinking fund for the payment
of bonded indebtedness , nor is the an
nual ovoclnp tnkon into account. These
deficits must bo met or the credit of the
city will suffer. The present cost of the
government would alone rcquiro a levy
of 45 mills. A radical curtailment of
expenses must ho hnd or bankruptcy is
inevitable.
Meanwhile the costly folly of defeating
annexation is brought homo to the
pockets of the taxpayers.
AJXD COMMISSION' MAX.
The question has recently boon re
vived at South Omaha , ns it also has nt
Chicago , whether a shipper shall have
the right to sell his own.stock in the
market , or to employ an ngom who does
not acknowledge the rules of the ex
change.
It is reported that the South Omaha
oxclmngo has taken decisive action in
"
the matter , nnd notified an offending
member that ho will bo expelled from
its organization. Ills offense consists
in actinir as the ngont of n party of ship
pers and transacting their business for a
smaller commission than thnt fixed by
the iron-clad rules of the exchange. In
other words , ho represents shippers
who ask no favors of the
commission houses nnd all not disposed
to sell cattle through thorn , or to allow
them to sny what commission they shall
pay. Tliis is a blow nt the present sys
tem of putting cat'ulo on the market , and
the exchange attempts to c.\st It out by
denying tlio shippers' representative
the privileges of the yards , so far as it
can control the market.
It is difficult to see on what ground
the stock exchange can base such ac
tion , oxcoptupon the ground that it
claims the right to handle all the cattle
that come to market and to fix its own
charges for the service , without
regard to the wisjies of the
shipper. Commission mon have
boon very useful to shippers and are ,
perhaps , quite indispensable to some of
them. Shippers who desire to do busi
ness with them will not complain atpay-
ing reasonable prices for their services.
But why should , mon who do not require
their assistance bo compelled to pay
commissions fixed by the rules of the
exchange ? Why should not every man
have a chance to sell his cattle in the
open market , with or without the assist
ance of members of the exchange , ac
cording -to his own preference ? By
what right does the exchange assume to
say that the shippers shall not organize ,
appoint their own agent and pay for his
services what may bo agreed between
them ?
The arbitrary course oi the exchange
will not commend itself to the judgment
of the public , and the legislature may
try tho'offect of law in dealing with it.
CONT1NKKTA.I , FKBK THADK.
Prof. Goldwin Smith , in a letter to
the Now York Times , forecasts the result
of the coming parliamentary election in
Canada as likely to bo unfavorable to
unrestricted roulprocity with the United"
States. Ho says that beneath the im
mediate question of trade with this
country lies the broader issue between a
continental and an atiti-contineutal
policy. The liberals , whether they look
for the ultimate absorption of Canada
into the United States or not , regard
the inhabitmts of the entire continent
ns partners with whom they desire -
sire to cultivate the closest rela
tions. The conservatives , on the other
hand , wish to keep Canada in all things
divided from her continent and attached 1 i
to Great Britain , where tlio social center -
tor of their party lies. Practically they
seek to make Canada , to state the situa
tion in Prof. Smith's own way , the en
gine of the conservative aristocracy of
Great Britain for averting the triumph
of democracy in the now world and
keeping a part of the American conti
nent under aristocratic institutions or
inlluonco.
The sentiment in favor of continental
free trade has bcon making steady prog
ress among the people , and it is the ap
prehension thatayoarhonco it might become
como so strong as to overcome the con
servative inlluonco that induced the
government to go to the people at once
for their judgment on the issue of en
larged and closer trade relations with
the United States. In doing this the
government has boon reostcaroful to declare -
clare its unalterable opposition to unre
stricted reciprocity and to any scheme
of commercial union that would involve
n discrimination against Great Britain.
On this , line the contest will bo
fought , nnd as the government
has nil the political machinery
in Its control , and is not nvorso to em
ploying methods that are not strictly in
keeping with fair nnd honest politics ,
there is every reason to expect thnt it
will bo successful in securing a popular
verdict favorable to the programme of anew
now trade arrangement it has announced.
The railroad corporntlon nnd the man
ufacturing industries generally can bo
depended upon to support the govern
ment policy , so that Its efforts will need
to be exerted only with the npricultu-
ral producers , and while it Is not doubted
that a majority of these are favorable to
unrestricted reciprocity , -they are not
strong enough to carry the country on
that platform.
While the conservative party in
Canada is committed to an effort to so-
euro partial reciprocity , it is a question
whether , in the ovontof its success , par
ticularly if Its policy should bo endorsed
by a very lnr mvjorlty U would make
any very groaio ortlon lo carry out the
assurances It liKc rivon. l3ut In any case
the movement i Cnnndft In behalf of
continental free Ado is not likely lo go
backward. The notf tariff of this
country has , as Professor Smith remarks
marks , irritated the Canadians while
they have hardly yet hod time tofcol ita
pressure , but this fooling will pass away ,
and perhaps the moro rapidly when the
pressure of Ou taVlff begins to bo felt.
Meanwhile tbo Ajnorlcan people nro in
a position to regard the matter with a
largo monsurcu-of complacency , if not
Indifference , in view of the fact that
much promising progress is boin made
toward free trade in other directions.
GOVERNOR BOYD will render the state
valuable service If ho will servo notice
on officials nnd employes of state insti
tutions to attend to their respective
duties nnd keep out of the lobby. If the
legislature desires any information con
cerning tlio condition of state institu
tions , not obtainable from the biennial
reports nnd governor's messages , it
will summon such officials as may bo
able tocnllfrhten Its committees. But the
habit ofofllclalsto hang around the state
cnpitol for the purpose of lobbying for
appropriations is pernicious and should
bo discountenanced.
TUB political nniliatlons of candidates
for the vacancy on the board of public
works are of no conscquonco to the pee
ple. Ability and integrity should nlono
bo considered. The board has charge of
work aggregating nearly ono million
a year , the bulk of which Is taxed
against the real estate owners. The re
sponsibilities of tbo position demand
that the vacancy bo filled by a man of
moro than average ability , ono who will
protect the interests of tax-payers and
resist the blandishments of contractors.
TllE treasurer of Arkansas adds a
mite of $1)0,000 ) to the long roll of south
ern deficits , with several back number
accounts to hoar from. Like the dis
tinguished Mr. Tate of Kentucky , the
Arkans.is treasurer enjoyed a monopoly
of the ollico so much so that ho re
garded it as personal property and dis
bursed the funds accordingly.
Not If You Dismount ISoforo
ll'fl/min / | ) nrt Heimlilleiiti.
Is it wrong to ride n bicycle to church on
Sunday.
AVlioii n > Bo Truthful.
A'cui I'orh HeraJil ,
Between campaigns waought to bo able to
tell the truth ahout our public men. But a
racy falsehood ulways has charms to soothe
thosavago breast.
fjcufslntioii.
CMemh Trlhtinc.
When money isj abundant In proportion to
the wants of borrowers It can he obtained nt
low rates of Interest without the Interven
tion of law , and the law-making1 power can
no more force the IcticUng of scarce money at
low rates of Interest than it can make water
run up hill.
Groomiiii ; Another Horse.
Kow York ltd aid.
If Messrs. Hill-vand Cleveland conclude to
knlfo each other In 1893 ; the Boston Globe
wotild vi'rko ltb ° icnbV hoV yonncrvG6vernor
Kussoll of Massachusetts would suit.That
is not n bad idea , neighbor. Russell is vig
orous , brainy , level headed ami eloquent. Ho
likewise has the courtigo of bis "convictions.
It might not bo a bail idea to Rive that thor
oughbred yoUDRster a fair show.
Uniform Text
llucna Visfrt ( C'ol. ) fl'mncrat.
The bill now bo fora the legislature provid
ing that the state shall furnish school books
free to pupils of the public schools should become
como a law. The present lack of uniformity
In test books throughout the state , combined
with frequent changes , make It a great hard
ship on the poorer parents and an unneces
sary tax on those better able to pay. The
school book monopolj * , ns at present consti
tuted , preys upon the public in a way that Is
little short of au outrage.
nenutlfiil'Snow.
SmU/i / J : pray'i MontMu-
Boy , Ball
Snow , Flies ,
Joy , Hat
Know. Dies.
Hands Qent
Small , " Mad
Malte , Swears
Ball. Bud.
Gent - i Joy.
Fat , Fun ,
HlRh Boy
Hat. Kun.
JKS18.
They mndo the stew In half a minute ,
The oyster chuckled , "I nlnt in it. "
Atchison Glebe : So many men nro patri
otic to get oven with nn old enemy.
Wife Do you really think , dear , that this
bonnet matches my hair !
Husband ( tired of waiting ) What t'loos It
matter ! If it doesn't ' , all you have to do Is to
got another set of hair.
Harpers' Bazar ; Hoffman IIowos The
world owes everyone a living , doesn't itt
Toraplo Court Of course it docs.
Hoffman Howe Well , collect mine from
it for mo , nnd I'll give you half.
Now York Herald : Hungry Jack What
have you been doln' lately , Petoi
Bunco Pete I did. a man out of a thousand
dollars about a year ngo and slnco then 1'vo
been doing timo.
St Joscoh News : ' Pfglron Is probably ex
tracted from razorbacked hogs.
Green How was'lt ' the fox hunt turned
out n failure } " ' *
Wnlto-Tho fox strtickj said ho wouldn't
run with nou-uuion'U gs ,
"Lot mo glvo y < m n weigh , " remarked
young Dolley as hoL'inotionoU Miss Amy to
step on the scales. < " ' *
"My father Is tnb'o'nly parson who can do
that , " replied Amy'j'Uhihly. '
Washington Post : A current paragrapl
states that antique spoons are quito the ruga
in Washington. This'is , wo hope , not n Hint
nt the very nocesstfry and estimable eli
beaux. | |
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Now York HeraiaContomnt , Is what wo
feel for the mon'who commit the sins wo
hnvo no Inclination ' for.
LOWS
Kale FttU'g 1\'a&1ilnvtun. \
A bunch of vlolots , purple-twinged ,
Tied with a ribbon xvhlto
Like a tiny bit of sky befringed
With a clouaiot stooped In silvery light
Lies on my desk toclght ,
"Ahl fragrant waifs ot llowor-woooil climes
Como. tell mo , whence nroyol"
Breath int ? their porfuino Into rbyinos
And tonci of richest hnrmuny ,
They fondly answer mo.
"Wo coma from ouo whoso lovo-Ht eyes
Would aim our deepest blue ,
Whoso brow Is fair as morning skies ,
Whoso chooU has tbo sunset's ' soltos
buo ,
Lovo's trossengars to you. "
JJTTI.K or jit'JKitmtrxn.
ninlno has bought n (05,000 ( homo InVnjh -
tiRton.
It costs 01 cents to run a train a mile m
England.
Daulcl Bandmann , the actor Is ranching la
Montana.
FromlSSOto 1890 tlio Indium decreased
icarfyTperccnt.
Telephones are how being introduced on
board men-of-war.
The dally surplui of births over deaths In
ho United Kingdom U 1,000.
Tbcro will bo seven natives of Vermont la
ho next United States senate ,
Now York nnd Brooklyn consume dally
ibout sixty thousand cUcuons.
Alice , daughter of the pout , Longfellow , Is
n fine photographer of the nmatour class.
Six millions of dead loiters nro nnnually
x > rn and sold uold paper In Washington.
The largest poach orchard in the world Is
ntBlownwood , Tex. , which contains 11,000
rcos
Theodore Calf and family hnvo petitioned
.ho Kansas legislature to have their names
changed.
There nro 377.77 grains of pure silver in a
Mexican dollar and 87llf grains lu au Amort-
can dollar.
Queen Victoria wa < born on May 3-1 , 1919 ,
anil succeeded her undo , William IV. , on
Juno s , 1837.
February treats the days of tbo week Im-
> artmlly thIs year. There Hill bo four nud
bo moro of each ,
The Chinese hnvo no straight strcots or
vails , because tboy bsllovo the devil travels
n a straight lino.
The first dictionary was compiled by I'a-
out-Shc , n loamed Chitiamnu , who lived In
the your 1100 B. C.
An oyster supper waf given recently by the
authorities of u Alalno village In the interest
of tlio "hoarse fund. "
The soreness can bo extracted from a rag
ged wound or puncture by holding It over u
juantlty of burning sunr.
A London matrimonial ngcut boasts of hnv-
ng arraiiRcd 40,000 marriages between mem-
jers of nil classes of society.
"Some pcoplosny1 say s Evangelist Moody ,
'that so long as you are sincere it makes no
matter what you bollovo or do. "
In Aluilm , ! ! 00 miles up the Yukon river ,
.he snow never melts , and In some places It
s said to bo fully two miles deep.
The Gorman emperor Is n rapid talker.
When bo delivers an address in ttio reichstag
ho speaks nt the rate of 275 syllables a mluu to.
Previous to the time of Elizabeth the only
article to nssht In eating was the Jncklmlfo ,
which nlso served for sundry otbcr purposes.
HiKh heels , It Is said , owe their origin to
Persia , whcro they were introduced to raisa
.tie feet from the burning sands of that coun
try.
try.John
John D. Houkefellcr la a Pennsylvania
Dutchman , who loves a quiat apd simple
lomo lifo frco from extravagant surround-
'igs.
Prof. Koch's portrait has been printed on
cotton handkerchiefs , which are advertised
to bo "good for nasal catarrh , " and sell road-
ly iii Berlin.
In Lake county , Tennessee , n short time
since , ayouns manof Uveiity-sevcn married
a widow of forty-nine , who has seventeen
children.
Mrs. Anna C. Fall nnd licr husband nro
iracticltisr law in Boston and present the
igreeablo spectacle of people doing their
courting after marriage.
Kato Field tells of a Washington woman
who dclliios couruKo us the abuenso of petti
coats. In her lexicon it Is clothes , not sex ,
which makes wo men cowardly.
A horse treadmill grinding sugar cano and
Dressing out the Juice for sale to passers by
s an odd feature of the -wayside in Tampa
and ono or two other southern cities.
Anroo Brown claims the distinction of bo
ng the largest woman In Georgia. She is
forty-seven years old and HVos in Houston
county. She Is r > foot ( j inches in holght and
weighs over 600 pounds ,
Thoma ? Clark , who had kept the pledge of
.emporauco four years , was tempted by his
aunt , Airs. lilordan , to drink wino and went
on a sprco in Nqw York , which ended in cut
ting her throat and killing her. ,
Alilf'S 0JF1 THE XOJiriin'JBST.
Nobraslcn.
Kov. P. Moore has left Wellgh for Texas.
Tbo Columbus police ran In ten tramps and
n dog found In a box cartheothorniRht.
A special meeting of the Logan county nl-
.ianro will bo held nt Gaudy next Saturday.
A Woman's liollef Corps has beeu organized
: it Republican City with twenty-tureo nicui-
3CM.
John 1'enner of Giandy has itlllcd thirteen
coyot-js this season , which brought him $ .50
each.
S. P. Hounds has decided to rcmovo the
old Hastings Gazette-Journal to Salt Lake
3ity.
3ity.A
A largo number of counterfeit dollars ,
inlvcs and quarters are in circulation at
L'onder.
Fironian Hayes of the 13. & M. lind Ills
foot badly mashed In u collision in the I'lntts-
mouth yards.
Subscriptions nro being solicited in Schuy-
Icr to raise 10,000 to sccuro the building of un
oatmeal mill.
William Claypool of Cozaa has Invented a
water wheel for elevating : water into a tank
for Irrigating purposes ,
The coal shaft nt Hubbell , which Is now
100 foot dcop. will bo sunk to a depth 700 feet.
The citizens have raised $1,100 for that pur
poso.
poso.A
A hip ; bull charged through the streets of
liairan the other day nml drove men , women
and children lu the stores and houses for
safety.
There Is tnlk of bonding Custer precinct ,
In Keya Paha county , for the purpose of
slnkinR an artcsinn well , to test the utility of
Irrigation.
H. 13. Strong , the first postmaster nnd the
first B. & M. agent nt Elk Crook , died Satur
day nlpht. njjea blxtv-seveu vears. Ho was
a native of Onadaga county , Now Yorlc.
A shooting tournament Is to bo held nt
Valley Thursday , during which Jim M v-
head of Elkhora and Mark Turner of .Elk
City willshoot a live bird match for { 50 n
side. >
side.W.
W. S. Cormott has been appointed commis
sioner of Hitchcock county to succeed John
H. Powers , the contestant for governor , who
hadn't time to attend to tbo duties of the
oflico.
Chief of Police Wheeling of Nebraska City
is in trouble. Ho Is charged with releasing a
prisoner who had conlossod to grand laroony
upon the payment of $50 , "Wheeling assorts
thutho accepted the money as a rownrd for
his services in running down the tblof.
Mr. TMnck of Bennett , who discovered coal
on the Winncbapo reservation some weeks
ago , is making preparations to sink a shaft In
tha spring. Ho says there is treed coul nnd
It burns as wtll as any coal ho has scon , Ho
is making no effort to publish his llnd and
will not until ho sinks a shaft.
Ernest Rottmunn of I'almvra scorns to bo
in trouble all the tlino. A few months ngo
ho was arrested at Palmyra , charged with
committing rape upon a farmer's daughter
living nc.ir Palmyra. Ho was acquitted , and
the girl committed suicldo. it was made so
warm for him that ho left Palmyra , return
ing In n few weeks , only to bo arrested
charged with selling liquor without a license.
Ho got out of this scrape and found a
dozen or moro similar charges against
him. Then ho went to Cortland. As
soon as ho got to the town ho was
slapped Into the county Jail on the charge of
cohabiting with a certain widorv of that
placo. Ho was lined nnd went back to Pal
myra. In n day or two an ofllccr from Cort-
land arrived and took Itottmann back on the
charge of currying concealed weapons wuilo
thero. Ho paid his fine , returned to Palmyra
and Is open for the next engagement.
lovrn.
Mahnska county has about ninety dlvorco
cases a year.
* Osceola county Is moving1 for uniformity of
school books. >
The chimney of the olectrlo railway power-
hpuso ut Burlington will be 107 feet high.
Secretary Shaffer says , "tho line of sugar
beet growing Includes all of lowuos regards
climate. "
Forty persons joined the Methodist Episco
pal church ut Spirit Luku as the result of the
law revival.
The average number of patients under
dally care at the .Independence insane asylum
during Janunry wai b a.
Charles T. Feiiton and John Mooks. both
roiidonU of Webster City siuco 1850 , died on
the 1st lust. The latter foil doait shortly
after arising in Iho morning.
Dr. D. J , Bunco of Nevada , once n noted
fntnblor and tippler , 1 * now doing Young
Men's Christian association work.
The rovlvul wnvo nt Crouton continue * nt
hlahtldo. Nearly llvo humlrvil converts tmvo
lolncd the Methodist church tlio i ut month ,
Indopenitonco Journal I George I < . Week *
Ims recently refused nu oflor or $3,500 for
his yearling colt Alltoll , by Axtcll S : 13 out
of Annie Dickinson , throo-joaroM record
2:10. :
2:10.Meadows
Meadows , the oat tblol who was arrested
In Mills county recently , is n half-brother o (
IsnnoWnrron nnd ft brothor-ln-lnwof Tony
Hottlur , prominent and wealthy farmers liv
ing north of Gtonwood.
The factory of tlio Trl-Stntocnn company nt
ICcokuk , which has been in operation less
than ft year , regularly employs I'M ot > orntlv 's
nnd turn rut 30,000 cans dally. The monthly
pay roll npgrcgatcs about fcJ.OOO.
Joseph Smith , Jr. , the son of the Mormon
prophet killed at Nnuvoo , resides ixt Lninont ,
Dccntur county , wnlch Is the hondqilnrtors
of the non-polyeninous reorganized church ot
Jesus Christ of Latter D.iy Saints , Helms
lately given to the Aldrich collection in the
state library stool ctiRr.ivlngs of his father ,
mother anil their two sons.
Elmer Warren , the supposed murderer of
Jnmcs O'Nell , who Is In jail nt Tunm , is said
to bolnsnnc , and there Is n possibility nttor
all that ho ! not the man. Ila confessed that
ho was to Dotoetlvo Parccll , but some of the
things he slates nro positively wrong , lend
ing some to bollovo that ho Is not the man ,
but only a weak-minded tramp.
Courtship with a bit of romance In Uhas
itist closed in Dabuntio In the mnrrluKO of
Honey li. lllobc nnd Mlsi ICuto Spahn. The
wedding was set foran earlier dnv , but bo
fore It arrived Mr. Illobo , who Is "a tlnnor ,
fell from tlio roof of a hiRli ncbool building
and received Injuries which were pro
nounced fatal by tha physicians. Ills be
trothed would not surrender him to death ,
but followed him to the hospital nnd by as
siduous care and loving ministrations wooed
htm back tollfo.
Ulnh.
The supreme court has adjourned to moot
Aprill.
The Utah Central extension nlong the
Provo river Is far ndvnmcd.
Plans have been drawn and accepted for o
fireman's building in Provo.
The Union fact llo receives 8125,000 , per
month from the ere business done at Eureka
station.
ThoBrigham Young estate will have $ , " > 00-
000 worth of property to divide soon among
tco heirs.
A $ .1,000 package mailed at Ogden January
23 , for Denver didn't tvaoh Its destination
and two postal Inspectors nro looking it up.
The supremi court granted Oeorgo W.
Hnncock n now trial. This is the noted Jones
homicide In Utah county moro than thirty
years ngo.
George A. Smith and wife have sold to
John A. Van Pelt the Extension and other
mining claims InVoat Mountain mining dis
trict for $10,000. ,
It is claimed that thoroaro $15,000 worth of
unaccounted-for territorial warrants In circu
lation , issued in past yuan during the Mor1
nion administration. -
AtCoalvillo Fred Lowe , a harbor , nnd
Frank llopt ) , a quarrytnan , quarrelled over n
shaving bill , which resulted in Uoppshootlng
Lowe to death in the stomach.
Urigham Draper of Moroni suffered from
partial blindness resulting from smallpox.
While lifting a haj'raek bo stooped down for
something and a peg entered his loft eye , the
only ono In which ho had sight , bursting the
ball nni ] rendering him now totally blind.
Mr. Draper Is n man of n family , having a
wife and four children.
George Pearson , " 49or7" has operated in
Park City over slnco the camp began to
grow. IIo scoured n group of twelve claims
located near the Anchor group nnd joining it
on ono sido. Ho has just sold this group to
Dr. E. H. Tuft of New York for a good round
price. It goes as u lease during tlio time of
payment , of three years , The purchaser Is
to pay $15,000 per year , one-fifth the ere In
royalty nnd spend not loss tlmn fi.OOO per
year in Improving the property until the
lliml payments are made.
Montana.
Mlssoula is trying to organize a Young
Dion's Christian u soclntl0ii.
Bozemnn citizens Imvo subscribed enough
stock to hnvo gas works put in.
The Cumberland mining company will
erect a smelter at Castle in the spring.
It is claimed that 00 per ennt of all the ores
mined in Montana are smelted at Anaconda.
The census bureau reports that there are
10.3 : l Indlnns in Montana. This Is 73i less
tlmn they numbered In 18SO.
Victor Murray , employed In the East
Helena smelter , hnd both arms crushed by
being cnught in some machinery.
Prlsonorsln the Dillon Jail pats their leis
ure hours in roller skating. The jull door is
a smooth cement and makes an excellent
skating floor.
Of the six smelters of Butte now running
only ono Is treating custom copror oros.
Some of the copper mines have boon forced to
shut down oil account of the stagnation of
the market.
Hugh Byron , an old Montana pioneer who
lives on n ranch near Silver City , wont to
Helena on the Montana Central train mid ns
bo jumped from n car to the platform , foil
and broke his collar bono.
Thrco feet of high grade ere wns tapped
in the ' . ' 00 south of the Monitor , at Butto. In
sinking the shaft to Its present depth two
veins have boon cut , from ono of which nt a
lower depth the last strike was mnde.
In the Madison valley the railroads are
almost impassuole , owing to the overflow of
water from the river. Persons have boon
obliged to inovo from their houses nnd scale
safe quarters. This Is almost a yearly
occurrence.
Flvo girls and n bo.v have been found
guilty of systematically robbing nGrnnts-
dale store. The peculations amounted to
about$000. Mono of them nro over twelve
years old , nnd ull belong to the best fami
lies inUrautsdnlc.
Billings .Guzotto ! The B. & M. sur
veyors are still ub work in the field ,
headed for Hillings. Tlio chlof locating en
gineer Is expected to bo hero within ten days
nnd un opportuuity will than bo offered to
talk over the route to DillingH , which hug al
ready boon surveyed by Mr. Dowar.
Wyoininp.
The Lnramlo gun club expects to purchase
some quail and place them on the lilg and
Xilttlo Lnramio rivers and also hi tlio Centen
nial valloy.
Burch nndRogers , the cowooys who fought
a six-shooter duel above Lander last week ,
nro ut a lumber camp In tlio mountains. Both
are improving , but pneumonia Is feared , as
the lungs of each were struck by bullets.
Wyoming jails need bracing. Two weeks
npo three or four men , ono ot thorn n United
States prisoner , broke out of the S weotwuter
jail , and now comes word that Weston
county has a Jull that was weak enough to
let two men out.
It Is reported from Grcon Rlvor that a
scheme Is on foot to divert tlio water of Boar
river from Its original course by building a
canal from the licud of Wabur canon or aomo
point on thtr Weber river to tup Boar rlvornt
some point near the Utah ar.d Wyoming lino.
A Cheyenne dispatch says that vVyomlng'a
champion fat man Is meeting with fair BUD-
CMS in a desponito systematic effort to relieve
himself of the holt und bulk. In the cnrly
winter Robert 1'llson of Port Steclo weighed
JJSU pounds. For months ho has ( subsisted
exclusively ou n diet of plain strong tea and
stale broad , lie has reduced to ! iOu pounds
nnd his health Is greatly Improved , Fora
long time Pilson could sloop only in a kneel
ing posture , and a fat growth ubout his heart
threatened tils lifo. Ho is a merchant and an
old timer.
THE IRRIGATION CONVENTION ,
All Arr.wpcmonts Oomplotod for the Gath
ering Tomorrow Afternoon.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DELEGATES EXPECTED.
Opening Kcmlonof the Dlwlrlot Court
-Tho Holt. Iilno'H Uoulo-Tlio
Sliced ? KMtnto-Odds
nnd Ktuls ,
Lixcdur , Nob. . Fob. 0. fSpodal to Tnu
nun. ] The stnto Irrigation convention ,
which U to bo holil in Lincoln on Wo.lnos-
dny , promisor to bi > the most rotnnrnblo gnth ; _ „ .
crlng over hold In the stnto , not only In point
of interest , but ulso In numbers niul tlio im
portance or the mutters to l > e illscussoil.
Tlicro will bo present probably tlflotm him-
tlroil delotfntci and ( ho lU-tlon taken by them
will have n perpetual effect on ttio fuuiro
business Interests of the stnto. Succoulvo
failures of crops In particularly the wottorn
Diirt of the stnto Imvo tnnghtlUo ( iirnioM thnt
they must bo Independent of the r.ila supply ,
which is somewhat uncertain. With such n
difllculty removed , It Is conceded that west
ern Nebraska , with Its rich soil nuJ siiporb
ulliimUj , will become ono of 'tho mnit pro
ilucllvo stixtm In thu union. Knfclnoor * nml
mon of scioiico nnd practical Information all
sooin to ngroo that tlio remedy Hoa ultnoil at
tltotloors of m.my cf thu farmers to-wlti
The utlllziulou of the water from the vnrloin
great streams that traverse almost the cntiro _ _ _ ,
length of the stato.
A gentleman Interested tit the inattorsnysi
"Tho < iuestloiior bonoHU Is entirely beyond
controversy. Tlio benefits hiivo boon dom.
onslrutcil In neighboring atalm HO completely
thnt It wo had these wo could draw n con-
elusion , but wo Imvo had a trlnl of IrrliMlion
in Nobrnsltix sulllclcnt toconllnn n conclusion
Unit might bo drawn from the oxperiom-o of
furmor.4 In nelKli boring sUitos. Irrigation Is
clcslniblo forqvery nero In Nutmiskn Irotn
the Missouri river to tlio Colorado lino. In
the eastern counties wlioro irrigation is not
now t bought of seriously it would cutnlnly
double the yield. In central N'obr.islcn It will
treble or quadruple the yield produced by
natural rain full. Aud In the extreme west
ern countloa the ratio of possible Irncntoil
products to non-lrrlKntoil products would bo
us a considerable Hullo qimtilltv to zero. "
The local luriinKumunts for the convention
have been attended to. The first session , at
U ] ) . m. Wednesday , will convene nt the slate
university chapol. ICx-Governor Fumns , thu
pioneer advocate of irrigation in Nebraska ,
will probably preside. No Individual In the
stnto could niuru ilttlngly preside over suoti n
convention.
Hon. It. H. Oakloy , president of the Liu-
coin board of trade nnd a leading member of
t 1 ho lower house of the loRishiturv , will enll
the 1 convention to order. Count3" delegations
urortMincstud to.namo n chulrmau , nmUo up a
list ol dcloftutos and have it ready for thu
committee on enrollment , lit tasn dele
gations have not been formally nupolutod
irom any county tiny person or persons prc.s-
out from such county or countloa will bo In
vited to alt hi the convention ns representa
tives from tboso counties. Koduood rates
have been socuroci on the various railroads. V
There will bo a. ooinnilltco on legislation
appointed at the convention to net in con
junction with the committee appointed at
McCoolr. Siilnoy nnd Os.illala , and possibly
other points \vhoroaotiouuasbocn talccn , to
formuluto bills and other matters for loglsln-
tivo consideration and action. The legisla
ture will also prob.iblv bo us Hod to innlto nn
appropriation to assist m the beginning of
Irrigation enterprises. As the majority of
the legislature nro farmers it Is bollovcd thnt
thuy will do all in their power In the furtherance - - ] m/f-i
anco of this great enterprise wliluh It Is bq-
Moved will prove u boon to the tillers of the
soil throughout the stato.
Tomorrow Koproscnuillvo Oakley will nsk
permission dl the house to hnvo the use of
representative hall for the evening session.
JMSTIUCrCOUIIT Ol'hNS.
The .February term of district court opened
this morninq- with Judge Field iirosliJlutf.
Before proceeding' to thu call of dockets Uon.
Chailes L. Hull ndilrcsbcd the coutt on the
necessity of impressing on the legislature tlio
fact that Lancaster county should bo created
into a separate judicial district , with three
Judges , and submitted n table showing that
the number of cases In the district court had
Increased from 1 Hi in the October term of
1871 to SiH lu the present term , llo offered
the following- resolution which wus unani
mously ndoptod :
Tliiit It Is the opinion ot I , ancestor bur on ac
count , or the Kieutoliiino of tonal bnsliioss
of Liniiuustur county that tills county
should ho jilacod in a judicial district
by Itself , with not lo.ss tli.m thruo
judROH ( or said district , nnd ( lint tilt )
couit appoint neoiiimltU'u of ton members of
tlilsbarwltlill.il. Wilson nre.ildont of thu
bar association us Its ohalrmim to nut with
tlio coinimltDO already appointed by the I.m- :
ciiHtor buruHsoclutloii toxuuuruut thu present
session of the legislature , thu rodlslrluUm ; of
thostatolii conformity ultli this resolution.
Thereupon thu court appointed the follow
ing committee ; 11.41. Wlson. chairman , O.
O. Wliodon. K. P. Holmes , K E. Hrowii , .1.
B. Strode , O. 1' . Davis , 11. I ? . Uoso , John L.
Mungcr. Doty , W. II. Woodward , A. J. Sawyer , T. C. V L <
The following nnmos Imvo bcon drawn for
Jury duty during tlio two wceics beginning
toduy : Webb ISaton , Third ward ; Walter
Deltz , Uuda : Jiiincs Kyle , Mill and Itock
Croolt ; H. I ] , Vailo , First ward ; James O.
Bock. Firat wurd ; J. W. UiifTncr ,
Third Ward ; A. 1C Hnrdin. Sovcutu
ward ; T. B. Unymonil , First
ward ; C. L. Harrison , Second
ward ; I * linker. Sixth ward ; 0. K. Aloxnn-
bor. First wurd-J. ; M. Meyers , Itock Creole ;
J. D , Bruocr , First wnrdj D. ! ' . U.'ulbs , No-
mnlia ; P. M. McKiuuoy , Second ward ; .1.
Johns , Ncmaha : JotmDoollttlo , fourth wurd ;
F1. I. Purdue , Second wurd ; J. 0. Hiiro ,
Fourth ward ; A. 1) . GroL'g1 , Third ward ; J.
II. Ilnrluy , Fourth wnrdj II. TJ. Andrews ,
fourth ward ; F.V. . i'vnclion , Seventh
wnrdjT. U. Davis , Third wurd ; AUUo Pud-
den , Second ward ; II. S. Uowors , Fifth ward ;
J. K. Adams , Firat ward ; William Uobortsou ,
Second ward ; M. K , Youuy , Lancaster ; O.
1C. Adams , Middle Crook.
Henry Motir , charged with shooting his
wife with Intent to hill , and Tom IcGulgnn ,
charged with stabbing Ills mistress , will huva
their trials tomorrow.
The court overruled the motion todlschnrgo
Albert Chull , who is under Indictment for
horse stealing , and Albert will have to fuco
the music.
Carrie A. Srholl this morning dismissed
the petition fordlvorco ngainst her husband ,
John U. , retaining the right to IxJcrin anntltor
otio whenever alto wantcdto. Cnrrlo secured
n divorce from the court last Novomuor , but
buforo who hud time to get nmrrlod ugalu
JohnUudlt sut nsldo because of fraud and
deceit.
SIIKEDI'S ESTATB.
John Fitzporald. administrator of thocstnto
of John Shuedy , lllcd his Inventory of prop.
erty today In probate court ( Jood judre ( ,
however , say the realty valuntlons nro only
about two-thirds value. The Hotel Alack
property It Inventoried nt K ! 1,000 , ; the resi
dence property where the murder occurred
Is plncoti nt-.MnoO ; the half Interest in the
lot on Klevonth street , just north of itlch-
ard's block , at $1,500 ; lot ut Nineteen and Q ,
fJ.CKK ) , and clKlit.y acres of luud in ( 'Any
county , personal property , including furniture -
nituro , checks und notes , but no money in
bunks or on hand , is valued ut $ J,000.
OI > .4 AND KNDH.
As tlio prosecuting attorney In the Now-
beny-LHllctlc-ld criminal libel easels uUont
from the city , tbo warrant bus notbceii
served.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. TJ. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17,1889.
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