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TIIK railway coinmifsion : Tlio domo-
crnt9 uro not In it.
TIIK city and county governments
to Bottle this ugly controversy
between tlio doctors.
11' Itnly continues to attempt the col
lection of n poll tax Hho w ill have nil the
runusoinonl she needs at homo.
ST. GnoitOK , Utah , in now the prin
cipal center of unadulterated .Mormon-
Ism , hut that had nothing to do with the
earthquake which occurred there Sun
day.
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Fr/miDA is not unanimous for the reelection -
election of Wilkinson Call , but unless
some moro popular brigadier can bo
pitted against him ho will succeed him
EOlf.
MINNKSOTA Is feeling bettor. Tlio
legislature has adjourned and tlio credit
of the state is intact in spite of the
throats of Ignatius Donnelly and his
followers.
CAPTAIN JOHN G. Boumcu's return to
his regiment nt Port Mclnlosh , Tox. ,
brings the fact afresh to mind that the
late General Crook's friends are largely
orphans under the present army roglmo.
TUB death of Colonel C. D. Martin of
Dakota City removes ono of the oldest
editors and citizens of Nebraska. Ho
was for many years the proprietor of the
Dakota City Eagle and was familiarly
known as Father Martin.
Sioux CITY has just dlwoovorod that
cheap cedar blocks for paving are dear
ivt any price. Sioux City learned this
truth at about as much expense as
Omtvliii experienced in acquiring knowl
edge in the same direction.
LlTTi.r. Portugal does not lack for
nerve if she is wanting in discretion.
She flrod upon Colonel Willougliby'and
Bo.l7.ocl his two English steamers in the
Pungou river in South Africa to empha
size her right in Dolagoa bay.
TUB proceedings of the republican
league mooting in Cincinnati this week
will bo the gauge by which that of the
alliance will bo measured next month.
The spoll-bindors ot both parties will
unquestionably bo at their best.
As 120 is to 2,039 , so is the chance of
ono citizen in 2,039 for jury duty in the
district court. As. the 2,03 ! ) names were
selected by taking every ninth name in
the poll-lists , the professional talesman
stands only a shadow of a show for ti do-
.tail this term gf court.
TIIK now supervising architect of the
treasury is said to bo an onorgotio man.
.If so ho will find his olllco in Washing
ton a clog to his enthusiasm. There Is
nothing else so deliberate in this world
ns a treasury architectural draughtsman.
Timeis no object to him. Ho is as
oblivious to the movements of the heav
enly bodies as the century plant.
CllAiitJiAX .BlUKHAUSKii should re
strain himself. Exhibitions of temper
and nmllco are not included In the duties
of the board of public works. If the gen
tleman will hold Ills ton Mio and attend
Birieuy 10 ma uusinoss no will not only
learn moro about publio works and coma
nearer earning his salary , but will have-
no occasion to find
fault with the news
papers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IlKCii'iiocrrv needs no defense. It
will take care of itself. The treaty with
Spain opens Cuba and the Suanish
Antilles to American farmers. The
doiuocrnliu newspapers wlllllnd it neces
sary to take water in the course of the
next six months and will bo howling
themselves hoarse trying to convince
the voter that reciprocity is distinct
ively the Idea of democracy.
LYMPH hus proved to bo a big bonanza
for the doctors , if not for suffering hu
manity. With it the medics have made
repeated Injections in their cede of
ethics which prohibits paid advertising
by any reputable physician. The result
has been astonishing. The cede has
boon wurHil | ! mid twistort to such an ex
tent that uny physician can now permit
a free newspaper puff of his experiments
with lymph. But If ho pays for his ad
vertising ho becomes a quack.
77/B I.OAVI'.S .l.VD F/3//ES. /
Governor Boyd has boon very patient
in the matter of malting executive ap
pointments. Ho has postponed changes
pending tlio decision of his right to his
ofllco in some instances and uwaltod the
adjournment of a possibly hostile senate
in others. The grist of appointments is
now being ground out.
Thus fur his selection ! ! have generally
boon worthy of commendation. Ho has
resisted the pressure of democratic poli
ticians who have sought to foist upon
him ilijropulablu ward bummers for
fomo of the most important places and
given them to gentlemen of recognized
probity and influence.
Tlio governor is a democrat. It is ex
pected that ho will appoint democrats
to olllco. So long ns tlio.so ho selects are
men of character nnd of special lltnoss
for tlio duties to which they are assigned
republicans will Ilnd no fault. It will bo
a mibtake , however , to remove men of
recognized fltnosH and largo experience
in the Insane hospitals and other char-
[ table institutions and to place them at
tin ! iiincnv nf nttmli'li'N. Tlin irnvni'lint *
should go slow in making appointments
and removals at the three Insane asy
lums. Ho will also endanger the success of
the blind asylum , by placing in it a man
who has had no cxporionco In teaching
those unfortunates however talented and
successful ho may bo in the public school
rvlcj. Tbo institute for the deaf and
dumb and that for feeble minded should
bo kept under the supervision of the
ptcsont olllcors unless men of recognized
experience are found to take their
places. Men cannot bo picked up from
the ordinary walks of life competent to
manage these charitable institutions.
Tilt : IlAlLItO.tl ) SKI HKTAKIKS ,
The state board of transportation is
roorgaiil/.od. Three now secretaries
have been appointed and the three old
ones stop down and out. The people
will bid farewell to Messrs. Gil-
christ. Gilkeson and Garbor with
no special regret. They are
clover follows and they have
been very methodical in the matter of
drawing their salaries. No fault can bo
found with them
personally and no
charge of neglect to draw pay as boon as
It was duo can bo sustained against them.
Further than this they have not pretended
tended to attempt , much , and they could
accomplish very little if it were at
tempted. The thrco G's have had a
pleasant residence in Lincoln and the
people have paid their expenses.
The now trio of secretaries who are to
be supported at the expense of the slnto
are not rampant anti-monopolists. They
will give the railroads no unnecessary
trouble and will probably show up regularly -
larly at the state treasury for their sala
ries. They will pocket 32,000 a year and
perquisites , ride about over the state on
passes , attend conventions and meet
with tlio state board from time to time
to consider railway transportation mat-
tors. 1'hoy know they have a good thing
and as neither of the three gentlemen
has over before had such easy work for
the same money they may bo expected
to hold ollico for nt least two years.
What does it nil amount to so far as
the interests of the people are con
cerned ?
AN INTKHXATiOX.iL
The most interesting incident of the
president's journey thus far was the
greeting lie received at El Paso yester
day from representatives of the presi
dent of Mexico. It was understood to
have been the Intention of President
? " ) ! n * tn nnrannnllv moot. rr flilmit. ! TTiir-
ribon , but this was doubtless a mistake ,
slnco there are obvious considerations of
propriety that would interfere with his
doing this under the circumstances.
Were tlio president of the United
States journeying in Mexico the
chief magistrate of that repub
lic would undoubtedly spare no
olTort to show his respect
and his friendly fooling toward this
country. Those , however , were nmily
and gratifyingly manifested in his Fend
ing to greet President Harrison dis
tinguished citizens of Mexico , charged
with expressing sentiments of friendship
and the wish for still closer relations
between the neighbor republics. It was
an international greeting with which
the citizens of both countries may well
fcol gratified.
President Diaz has always shown him
self to bo an earnest friend of
the United States. Ho is a
statesman of uncommon ability ,
who lias done a wonderful work
promoting the development of Mex
ico's resources and in maintaining good
government. Ho is a man of progressive
ideas , who has sought to put his country
abreast with the spirit of tha times. Ho
has given Mexico a wiser and hotter
government than she over had before ,
and has elevated the republic to n posi
tion of consequence among the nations
of the earth. Slnco his advent to power
Diaz has constantly shown a strong do-
slro to cultivate the friendliest relations
with the United States , and if ho has
not been entirely successful , so far as
commercial intercourse is concerned ,
the fault has boon
largely with our own
government. But American capital has
found largo investment in Mexico nnd
now controls the most iinnoi-titnt i--ill.
roads in that republic and many other
enterprises. Tlio old prejudice against
Americans has very nearly died out , and
they are welcomed as heartily as anj
other foreigners who go there with a
view to building up the material pros-
parity of the country. There has boon
n steady growth of fooling that
there ought to ho , nnd ultimate ! }
must bo , a commercial system between
the two countries that will bo inuhiull\ _
helpful , and none have contributed ho
much to this as Americans themselves
who have Invested their money in Mox
lean enterprises. With n butter under
standing than homo
our politicians cat
possibly have of the situation , these
American investors in Mexico are unan
hnous In the opinion that the barriers
which now prevent a largo commerce
between the
territorially-connected
republics
publics , nnd which alTord to Kuroponz
nations the opportunity to control the
greater part of Mexico's trade , ought to
bo removed.
The policy of the present administra
tion gives promise that this will bo done
and there is reason to believe that if ai
earnest desire- shown by our govern
nont to bring it about Mexico will not ,
> o found unwilling. The incident at El
'nso may have no great significance in
his direction , but In existing clrcuin-
lances it gives warrant for the most
uvornblo inferences. At tiny rate it
was n gritlfylng evidence of interim-
ional friendship and good will that will
not bo altogether profitless.
onoirrw UP run SOUTH.
President Harrison's trip through the
nest prosperous nnd progressive portion
of the south has served to call general
ittentton to the rapid growth of that
cctlon , and the olToot upon It Is likely
o ho good. There has boon during the
nat two decades greater material prog-
ess in the west , both actual and rola-
ivo , than in the most favored portion of
ho south , but nil things considered the
advance in the latter has certainty been
omarkablo , and the onward march Is
uro to continue. Such examples of
) rotriss ) us Clinttiinnnini mid Mlrmlncr *
nun , for instance , although peculiarly
avorod in being the centers of vast
mtural resources , are in the highest de
gree creditable to American energy and
enterprise , and these are only the most
conspicuous examples of many. Seine
doa of how the industrial south is being
loveloped may bo obtained from the fact
.hat . In the last four years 11,000 now
nanufacttiflng nnd mining enterprises
iavo been organized there , while .slnco
8SO the railroad mileage has boon in
creased in that section by nt least 21.000
niles , the estimated expenditure during
.ho . last decade in building now
roads and improving old ones being
5800,000,000. During tlio present year
, ho record of now enterprises estab
lished and projected in the south shows
over eight hundred , and it is predicted
ihut the next three months will witness
the most roniaruablo industrial develop
ment that has yet taken place. North
ern capital , particularly in Now Eng
land , is being attracted to the south for
investment in furnaces , iron and cotton
mills. Labor is cheaper in that section
than clbowhere , and the industries of
the north are beginning to feel the olToct
of southern competition. It is certain
that they \ylll do so btill moro strongly
in the future.
President Harrison has given the
southern people sound practical'ndvico ,
and whether or not they needed it. it is
evident they were never in hotter tem
per thjin now to receive it. They ap
pear to fully understand that while pro
ducing throe-fourths of the cotton crop
of the world there Is no good reason why
they shall not manufacture all or the
greater part of it , and cotton mills are
as rapidly as capital can bo found going
up to construct and equip them. At
present the south spins only
8 per cent of its cotton crop , but it is by
no moans improbable that within the
next 10 years it will manufacture naif of
the crop. In the production of iron it is
not unlikely to supply within the same
period one-third of the demand for homo
consumption. In the benefits of this
progress the whole country shares. It
adds to the common stock of wealth.
Every now furnace , or rolling mill , Tor
cotton factory that is established In the
south makes for the general welfare ,
and the people of every other section
heartily welcome every such evidence
of substantial progress. The growth of
the south in material development and
prosperity is threatened by two condi
tions : the devotion of the dominant po
litical party in that section to free trade ,
nnd the demand of u largo element of its
iinnnlu for a trnvornmniitsil
policy , which , if adopted * would in time
bring the United States to the unfortu
nate condition the Argontlrfo Republic
is in. The latter is perhaps not very
dnngorous , but the former is n strong
menace to the industrial welfare of the
nation which is likely for the ; no. t two
years to cause disturbing and injurious
apprehension. '
TUK KUKnOKNCr CASKS.
The city and county governments nro
supported radically by the same ex
penditures. Over four-llfths- the
revenue of the county is derived from
Omaha. These facts appear to bo over
looked by the board of county commis
sioners. '
In the matter' of the case of the city
poor and the unfortunate tion-rosidonts
who are thrown upon public charity , the
county seeks to avoids its responsibility
entirely. In law every pauper resident
or noii-r'csidont and every unfortunate
dependent upon the public for assistance
for a short or long period is n charge
upon the county. The county hospital
should bo open to thorn ' having
n special emergency ward for their ben
efit. The police authorities of the city
should bo instructed to take auch cases
to the county hospital for treatment.
The custom has grown up , however ,
for the city to assume the expense of
treating non-residents , and for the city
physician to take cluirgo of their medi
cal treatment. To this end n con
tract has been made for tlio
care of the sick nt the city's expense at
St. Joseph's hospital. Unfortunately
for the nnilctod the St. Joseph's hospital
Is unequal to the emergency nnd consequently
quently a good many pntionts are com
pelled to shift for themselves.
'Plirt nnnti'nv'n av lint.vt'nnn Min nltv mill
county physicians may not bo
so much a disposition to shirk
work as appears on the face
of things. The city physician is proba
bly called upon to perform more profes
sional duly than the county physician.
Ills n question of largo expendlures !
and who shall meet them.
Some settlement of the disagreement
between these two officials should bo do-
lormlnod upon , so that the scandal of its
discussion in the public prints may bo
avoided. The council and commission
ers are parleying over the question.
They should settle it absolutely between
themselves if they can. If not , lot the
district court arbitrate their differences
and decide what is law in the promises.
Tin : democratic- leaders in Pennsyl
vania who favor again making Mr.
Cleveland the candidate of the party are
said to have already begun work lor securing -
curing a bolld Cleveland delegation In
the next domoc.ratlc nullonal conven
tion. This carly _ movement may have
been prompted by the talk of bringing
Governor Pattlson forward as a possible-
candidate , but whatever the motive the
friends of the coresident are not start
ing In nny toii soon lo overcome the
strong lido oLDppostllon Unit lias risen
within the past few months. Some
of the btroiigtat democratic load
ers In the
Country nro on re
cord ns unehnngoably opposed
to the nomination of Mr. Cleveland next
year , and unlcs's Ills friends can show an
overwhelming JIb'mand for him from the
masses of the ipurty they may have to
encounter n formidable hostility in the
national convention. The obvious weak
ness of tlie opposition Is in the fact that
they have no strongly available man to
present. If Governor Campbell should
bo ro-oloctod th'is year in Ohio ,
with Major McKlnloy ns his op
ponent , ho would undoubtedly ncquiro
great prestlgo ns n possible candidate
for the presidency , but this is n forlorn
hope from which the onomles of Mr.
Cleveland can at present derive little
comfort. ' The chances of the ox-presi
dent for securing the nomination are
good , but they may bo improved , and
the example of his supporters in Penn
sylvania in going to work early may
wisely bo followed by his friends olso-
where.
TUB present sanitary commissioner has
had full swing at the garbage business
for nearly tjluven months. It has been
FO profitable that ono would suppose the
ward politician engaged in Ihut capac
ity had been recompensed for all service
thus far rendered the present democratic
city government.
PA3IK continually thrusts itself upon
modest William A. Paxton. Ho visited
Salt Lake and the local papers an
nounced that ho had como to Eton to
manage the Hot Springs hotel. That is
what the gentleman gets for having a
hotel named in his honor.
SINCK the courts have enjoined the
board of public works against canceling
the asphalt contracts of 1890 , lot nil
bunds bo bet nt work to put the streets
in question in condition lo bo paved.
Wo are moving frightfully slow on our
public works.
MOST people will agree with Mr.
Stornsdorft" who was one of the repre
sentatives of this city nt the Kansas City
commercial congress , that Omaha mndo
n poor showing.
THIS city can well afford to take con
trol of the garbage business , put a stop
to the extortions of the city scavenger
and save the taxpayers a few thousand
dollars n year. ( {
THK BKK is hot a give-away concern.
It will reduce its ralos down below bed
rook , but it has no paper to throw over
the fence free of'ihtircre.
Vat JH Over.
1'nivUence Jiwnwf.
The thirtieth anniversary of the firing upon
Port Uuintor was observed in the country
wltti appropriate fo rgotfulness.
IVny nk the World.
Xtw\'orls llcwhl.
A wpmnn may i do n man's work at the
counter or kcop books as .well as n 'man , nnd
yet she can't jjot a man's pay. That is one
of the mysteries whicli no follow can solve.
AVIiy In It ?
Kate t'ldd'tuhlno < nn.
What's the matter with Now York women ?
I counted six of thorn ut ono theatre last weak
with veils drawn tightly over their faces , and.
It was not n matlnco cither. They looked
like fools. Are tnoy ! Were they so made
un as not to tiuro to oxnoso their art to the
closer Inspection of the men next thorn 1 If
not , whut'3 the mutter )
ConiiiiiinlHiii AVon't Work.
I'MlnilctiiMa [ Miner ,
The communistic idcix Imvlnp proved nt-
tractivo to roailora of Bellamy's book , n
couple of schemers out In California started
a colony , pot several hundred people to work
for them for a lone time , living meanwhile
on cheap faro , and actually persuaded them
to pay for the privilege of boin ? duped ,
When ono sot got tired of this working of the
liollatnistic idea ottiors were found to take
their place. The world is not yet old enough
and good enough for
communism. There are
too many wolves nbout to make the lot of the
sheep n happy ono In any sohomo of general
partnership that can bo devised.
I'ASHIXO JKfiTS.
Drake's Magazine : Shufllor I have just
hoard that Jack Coldoic is the father of triplets -
lots , and they're ' nil doing well.
Stacker That's Jack ovorytimo. Ho never
fails lo raise the limit ,
The Epoch : Suspicious character What
time is it )
Traveler ( prodiicingn pistol ) Time to say
your prayers.
Haroer's Bazar : ' 'What do you do with
that baseball mask ! " "
"Why , Johnny Is very
nnd sometimes , mid the only closet 1 Imvo to
shut him up in is where tlio preserves aro.
I put the mask on him with a lock , and the
preserves are safo. "
WHOM WU NKKI ) TO PEAK.
Dmkc'x Mii'iiiitne.
Wo need not fear the man who boasts ,
Nor yet the ono who dolvos.
The ones wo need to wnteh the most
3 Are just our precious solves.
Jewelers' Weekly : Widow Is your
mourning Jewelry intcrchangoiblo : |
Jeweler ( taking li ; the situation ) No ,
madam , but If it U hut llttlo worn I'll nllow
75 percent on It ju * exchange for wedding
goods. , , i
Fllcgcndo ISlattnrj Doctor's Servant
Now , I have sprinkled my master's coat thor
oughly with cucbolln water nnd dusted It
with dlslnfoctlnirj potvdar , I am sure tlmt no
body can fad to bvlieva that ho Iras u tro-
uicndous practice ,
fi'ewTMlt
Mr. Nocastlo ( hotly ) : ' 'It's n ohamo , nn
outrage , n mctmco'to American Institutions
for one man to ImVp'ii ' million dollars. Think
of the harm ho cat } db with it. Think of the
power ho . ' ' "
wiolds.'i'Mr.Fortymlllton"That's
so. I guess I'll h'ai'tf to clianvoiuy will. Hav
ing no relatives I Mid1 concluded to divide my
wealth nmor.g my friends nnd neqmdntunco.s ,
and as I loft you a'm'llllon - " Mr. Nocivstlo :
"
"Urn cr u good deal doiwuils on the inuu ,
you know. "
TIIK
A wonderful Irat
With her wonderful foot.
The circus girl does each day
And the hippopotamus
Who's no Ignoramus
Helps her to please the Jay ,
Who lnivi > s rake and slc'klo
And spomU hlfi last nk-kol
To tnku Ids best girl to tlio show ,
Where , with feet luiiuclng down ,
Him laughs itl ilia clown ,
And hasn't the heart to say "No ! "
To John , who says "Molly ,
Dvgoshuns ! Ilyirollyl
I'd like to got married to you. "
For aha UmioimJo sucks ,
And uuts pcuiiiitt with shuck ? ,
And whispers a timid "John , do ! "
HE SHOT IN SELF DEFENSE ,
Judge Houston Says Wolr Had Oausa tote
to Shoot Johnson.
WIENENGER SAYS HE VMS SWINDLED.
for ( i Murderer1 * Kcprle-ve A
Wholesale Chicken Thlcl' Stola
a Horse Othci1 Ma-
.coin News.
Li.vcot.y , Nob. , April il. ) [ Special to TUB
IKK. | The preliminary hearing of E. F.
Weir , the colored fellow who was charged
with assault with Intent to kill 1'oto John
son , also colored , oti April 'I , was hold before
Fudge Houston this morning , A largo dele-
ration of colored people wore tirosont , and
, ho court room was crowded. Pete Johnson ,
who received two of Weir's ' millets in his
jody , was present , but ho looked very weak
County Attorney Snell prosecuted.
The testimony elicited the fact that on the
light in question Johnson had coma into the
Weir dive nnd accused Weir of spro.ullni ;
the report that ho had so d some frail fo-
nalo's curtains , Tlio latter acknowledged
laving anld so , and .Johus'in Immediately
struck him and continued t < oatlng him until
Jack iJrowu interfered nnu 'aught hold of
: ho belligerent Peter. Flna.ly ho broke
loose nnd ran [ into the bedroom with Peter
after him , holding him by his coat tail.
Wolr picked up n revolver from a bed , and ,
pressing it againt Polo's sldo , llrod. Ho said
10 kept on shooting till the supply of balls
gave out , nnd then ho prayed for moro. Sev
eral of the witnesses were poiitlvo I'otor had
a pair of knuckles In his hniid , but Polar
swore ho had nothing. Johnson still carries
the two balls in his anatomy.
After listening to .several witnesses for the
defense the court stated thai It was not noo-
usaiiiy iu iiuruuuiu uuy uiuru luaumuiiy.
Ho was convinced that the shooting was
done cnlirely in solf-dcfensc' , llml the law
was clearly with tlio defendant , that ho had
a right to shoot If no thought ho was in dan
ger of great bodily Injury , and that ho didn't
belioyo the county would care to go to the
oxpeiiso of n trial , which would certainly re
sult in the acquittal of defendant. Mr. Knoll
objected decidedly , as ho was opposed to
allowing a man to USD a revolver to defend
himself with when attacked bv a man with
his naked lists. Weir was discharged.
cr.MMKii nn WAS noxi : UP.
Some time ngo the Missouri Pacific rail
road company began suit In district court to
set asldo a verdict for $ ' . ) , II' ' , obtained by
Gottlieb Wlcnengor against thorn for Injuries
sustained In a runaway x-auscd by llio com
pany's engines , alleging ns grounds therefore
conspiracy on the part of Gottlieb , his altor-
noys nnd W. T. Sawyer. Today Welncngcr
filed his reply , denying all Iho charges set
forth In plaintiff's "petition , nnd as n tlofonso
tells n long story how Sawyer and Attorney
Orr did him un. Ho says that Sawjor Im
portuned him for n long ihno to go to Denver ,
where Sawyer lived , and incidently assign
his Judgment to him. Sawyer tola him that
everybody was conspiring to defraud hlm.and
thai If Gollliob did not make the assignment
ho would got loft and have to pay the costs.
Gottlieb withstood Sawyer's importunities
fora longtime , and ono day Sawyer , accom
panied by ono Cumming , nn attorney of Lin
coln , nrosontocl n tmnar for his signature.
out.it/wasroiuscu. . sawyers visits uecamo
so frequent that the hospital authorities re
fused to lot him enter.
After Woincneer had been disrharsod , hut
whllo in a fneblo stale of health , Sawyer
carted him off to Atchison , where n confer
ence was had with Orr , llio Missouri Pacific
attorney , where they worked on Wionenger
so successfully that ho signed a statement
that ho wa'j ' drunk at the time ho was in
jured , and that it was no faultof thocompany
that the accident happened. For this Sawyer
gave him his note for $3,000. After that
Sawyer and Orr dropped him and then ho
realised that ho had been swindled , ho says ,
nnd now ho goes after the cash.
AITKU HXKCimvi : ci.HMuxor.
This evening John Sutton , secretary of the
American branch of Iho Irish land league ,
loft for Helena. Mont. , to ask the governor of
that state for the pardon of John Kowand , a
young man sentenced to the pcnitonltarv
about a year ago for the accidental killing of
a French-Canadian prize lighter named
Henry Labusslcro. Mr. Sullen Is well nc-
mid ho declares that they ore the best of pee
ple. It appears that Kowand was in n sa
loon at Helena nnd having have some words
with a tough bartender , Kowand thought
the follow was reaching for a revolver. Ho
pulled out his own weapon and in his excite
ment accidentally shot the prize lighter , who
by the way was taking the part of the bar
tender. There Is n largo French-Canadian
colony Helena nnd it is believed that young
Kowand's conviclion was for Iho purpose of
appeasing Iho clamor of that class of people
for his life.
Mr. Sulton took with him n strong loiter of
Introduction from Governor Boyd ,
A CHICKEN TIIIBT.
There was a night session nt .Tusllco
Cochran's court last evening , John Abies
was arreslod and arraigned oil Iho charge of
stealing forty-throe chickens from Farmer
Wilson of Yankee Hill. Alter missine Ids
chickens Wilson came to town nnd discov
ered his fowls at a poultry establishment.
On Inquiry ho learned that Abies bad sold
Iho chickens and had contracted to furnish
the dealer with seven dozen fowls. Abies
was arraigned , convicted and lined $50 and
costs. In default ho went lo Jail.
A IIOKSK TIIIKF.
Mike Morrlsoy is reaping Iho harvest of
his misdeeds nil In a bunch. Aliout a month
ago ho was found by Odieer fvlnnoy mean
dering down Iho atreot under the weight of a
load of liquor on the inside and a set of har
ness on the outsido. It developed thnr ho
had .stolon the horse millinery from
Bohanan Brothers , and consequently spent
the next thirty days in the county Jail. His
time was up yesterday , and ho departed from
the bastilo blltho and free only to run into
the arms of Marshal Mellcic , who led him to
Iho city Jail , whore ho will languish until the
coming of a sheriff from Leavenworth , ICun. ,
where Michael is accused of stealing u horse
some Iwo years ago.
nor iitntoMiis.
J. A. Blair , who operates a small grocery
store at the corner of Nlnlhnnd , Y strcols ,
reported lo the police this morning that his
place had boon entered by burglars lint night
nnd his shelves depleted of cigars , tobacco ,
fruits , candles , a do/on pocket knives , $ J In
cash and a number of palate-tickling delica
cies. The thieves obtained cutranco by forc
ing open the back door. The total yaluo of
thn nrll , lnt t.nlrnn mnnunLs tnuboilt & 10. The
theft is laid to a gang of boys.
riu.i , INTO A wiu. : .
A five-year-old child of Mrs. Wilson foil
Into a well nour Oropso.v's mill , on Thirty-
third street , and would have been drowned
bad it not been roacuod by Mrs. F. K. John
son. The well was twenty foot deep.
STATH IIOUSi : NOTIH.
The firm of A. B , Havens it Co. of Omaha
have Hied articles of incorporation , The
general nature of the business to bo trans
acted will bo Iho buying nnd .selling of coal
and coke , by retail or wholesale.
The state board of printing mol lids aflor-
noon In the rooms ot the secretary of stale
for the purpoio of awarding contracts. The
decision of thu board will not bo ready until
tomorrow.
Attorney General Hastings loft this after
noon for Llllle Hock , Ark. , where ho will
take a week's rest.
omw ANI > KXIH.
It la currently reported lhat Dave Ilowo
has sent a telegram to Flanagan , Iho big tlfbt
basomun of last year , Instructing him to
como to Lincoln. There Is a big hole waiting
for him to till. Some baseball crunks protors
to think lhal Ibis means Tomnoy's release.
Lawyer Scotl has been appointed to the
position of city attorney by Mayor Woir.
Kir. Ituodos will continue as meat Inspector.
Worthy < if Urutltmle.
CMcnu'i Kctc * .
A Hamburg bachelor who died recently
got oven with n woman who Jilted him by
leaving her a legacy of iL'.Oiii ) marks and the
following 1'Utor : "Madam Some thirty
years ago I was a suitor for your hand in
marriage. You refused my offer , and an n
conscquouco my days Imvo bnan passoa in
peace mid quietness. Now I roqultu your
goodnoas , "
.v/irs : F TIU : x
No lira ska.
Eighloon of Dawos county's ctll/cns were
naturallrcd by Judge CrltOs ntChadron last
week.
Fred .T. Clillds nnd family of Stanton are
preparing to go out on the road as the "Baby
Brass Band. "
Hurllmrt .t Lattwtch's combined shows
nro outlining at Norfolk and will give their
Initial performance at that place next Satur
day.
day.Tho
The spreading of the track nt Nomaha City
resulted In the ditching of thocnglnoiitul ono
car of a pasoiifTor train , but nobody was
hurt.
Judge GusHn , who is lioUlh.g court at
Broken Bow , is forcing attorneys to got up
In the morning , as ho has the docket called
at 7iOa. : ; m. sharp.
The Hastings pi'osrtvtorv will mcotnt Bua-
vor Cltv April & am [ 2(1. ( John H. Powers ,
Iho alliance president , will bo in nlloudanco
and deliver nn nddross.
Mrs. Anna Stnmm of VVnyno lias boon do-
clnrod Insane and has boon sent lo Norfolk.
! ivo years ago she was an Inmalo of the asy
lum at Lincoln , but w.u discharged as cured.
Kay Thrasher of Loup City was seriously
Injured whllo trying to tlrivu Into a barn with
n load of baled hay , being caught between the
hay and the loft door , ills loft shoulder wns
b.ully crushed und It is feared helms received
Internal Injuries , There are but .slight hopes
of his recovery.
1o\vn.
Ottunnvn li talking of orootlng a menu
ment to the Into Colonel Balllugali.
The fowa Holiness association will hold it.s
annual camp mooting at Dos Moincsluuor >
lo 15.
The people of YanClovo want an enterpris
ing man to locate there and open a general
store.
A now pipe-organ Is holng placed In the
Mnrshalltown Presbyterian church , at a cost
offi.OOO.
Cedar UnpKU Is making proat preparations
to entertain the [ own llromon at their annual
tournament in that city Juno 0 to li ! .
IraC. Mimson of LcMaw has a calf that Is
a curiosity in that , its sex cannot bo deter
mined from outside appearances , ft is tbrod
months old. < mLsvnll nml 1 nf mind sl/n
George C. Hull of Boone , a married man
and father of three or four children , an al-
lornoy and a gro.it temperance reformer , was
arrested for indecent exposure of Ids person
to ladies.
Charles J. Rogers , a few ycaw ago ono of
the loromost lawyers of the state , several
times a representative , n splendid orator ,
possosslntr a charming family , is In the poor
house at Buttc , Mont.
John Phillips , a coal miner , was drunk nnd
lying on a railway track in the outskirts of
Ottumwa aslcop. Some schoolboys rescued
him Just a few seconds before n heavily
loaded freight train passed at full npcod ,
John Carter , a dissolute character of Cedar
Falls , was conllnod iu the city Jail for drunk-
c'liicis. During the night ho sot Ilro to his
bedding and was nearly suffocated by smoke
when rescued. Ho was turned over to tlio
county Jailor for thirty days.
A farmer who attended the Grand Army of
the Republic encampment nt Dubtiquo and
had to pay 'J , ' ) cents for tv.o drinks of whisky
declared ho had boon robbud and wanted Iho
saloonkeeper arrested. The Herald says ho
was ovidcnllv better acquainted with the
price of bootleg liquor.
Dan Kendricks , n Fort Dodge colored man ,
was married the other day and spout the
night in jail Instead of b.vttio sldo of his now-
made dusky wife. A party of "white trash"
conceived nnd carried out the Idea of an old-
fashioned serenade , to which Dan strenuously
objected. He was in the act of dispersing
the crowd by using his lists as a persuader
when a policeman happened nlongnnd carried
him off to Jail. His nowlr acquired father-
in-law protested and ho was also locked up.
Both wore lined the next morning.
V-'llllatii Eborhart , who is known as "tho
Fort Dodge boy without brains , " was a guest
of honor nt the convention of the State Med
ical association at Waterloo. Wllho is five
vears old nnd possesses nn ounce less of
brains than he had a your ago. Last summer
the llttlo follow had his skull no badly frac
tured that a portion of thu brain oo/ed out.
About an ounce of Iho brain was removed by
n surceou , and strange to say the boy recov
ered. Ho U said to bo as strong in mind
nnd body as over and is considered a rare
curiosity by physicians.
Wyoming.
Medicine Bow has a barber shop In a box
car.
car.Prof.
Prof. Merz of Iho university ha * started n
state educational Journal.
flntmi'nsvt * Tltr lw lociiikil n r * tvmlnmnl inn
fixing May 1 as Arbor day.
Methodists at Lander will build a church
lo cost from $5,000 to $3,000.
The Suti'ianco coal fields will bo operated
soon. Day and iilght shifts will bo worked.
Laramlo's brewery has started up again.
The towu uses 9,000 barrels of boor annually.
Waler has been turned on in the big Pioneer
neer ditch at Laramio. This is the sixth
season.
It is estimated 150,000 sheep will bo sheared
at Cuspor this season , at Douglas 20,000 and
at Lusk15,000. .
Hay is worth In Cheyenne from $20 to Sl'5
per ton ; oats fMil per hundred ; nnd corn
$1.75 per hundred.
Kobcrt Burkhart of Larnmlo has brought
stilt against that city for f.5,000 for the kill
ing of his dog "Bovis. "
The Burlington railroad surveyors have
staked off a town site on Powder rlvor in
Johnson county , 200 miles from a railroad.
In Carbon county the commissioners have ,
for the purposes of taxation , valued hay land
ut SI an acre , agricultural $ U and grazing
&l.-'D.
A. H. Thompson , chief geographer of the
interior department , writes that a geological
survey party will spend this season In Wy
oming.
In the Big Horn country cowboys nro
scarce at $45 per mouth , and many cowmen
predict that a tirst class cowboy will got $00
before snow ( lies.
The Union Pacific mines at Almy are
ordered to run live days In the week Instead
ol three , as they have boon slnco Iho cut was
made soma Umo no.
Tlio Koclc Springs coal company hnvo
started up the Blair mine. The coal is now
weighed after being screened , and the men
got SiO cents a ton for it.
A now road Is being established between
Casper and Lost Cabin , nnd n petition Is beIng -
Ing circulated to have a mall route estab
lished over It into the Big Horn basin.
About May 15 the assistant state engineer
will begin the measurement of the capacity
of Big and Little Goose crooks , their triou-
taries and ditches diverting water therefrom.
Kawllns voted to Issue water bonds by 171
majority at the recent election. Mayor IZas-
musson ( democrat ) was re-elected by thirty-
iltti * nrt ln * ( tr Ntifl lntil f ti > tin 111 lfi n tn/fl tfrtil
lild majority for trustee ,
Newcastle Journal ; There Is a ledge of
what is supposed to bo rich sliver ore within
ten miles of Newcastle. Several prospuctoH
Intend making a thorough investigation as
soon ns the weather will purmit.
Considerable freight has been missing nt
Green Kivor of late and the Union PacUlosot
detectives at work to catch the thlovos. His
said that .somo of the railroad men have boon
spoiled mid arrosls are to bo mado.
L. D. Wlost has boon appointed United
States deputy mineral surveyor for mineral
district No. 7. The dUtrlct embraces John
son , Sheridan ami a small portion of Fre
mont county west ol the Big Horn river.
Near Steamboat Springs recently ono of
John Hoover's cows mysteriously died and
John decided to hold a post mortem to llml
the cause. On opening the animal It was
found Hho had oaten u stick of giant powder.
To nvold n similar nccldant Hoover took the
remaining sticks of powder to the rlvnr U.ink
and fired the whole lot at ono shot , the report
being plainly hoard at Hnhn'u peak.
rommlMlonoMOf Natronncounty , formerly
n part of Carbon , have decided ( o bond that
county and nro now advertising for bids on
12.1,000 worth of bonds , the total amount ofv '
Indebtedness. Natrotm ewe < the mother *
county between f 10,000 and $17,000. n
The Big Horn Wool Growers' association
was organized nt Casper. Last season the >
shearing win lot by contract , but the nssocla
tlou decided that each sheep man should bos- T
his own shearing nnd hlro whom ho pleased ,
so lohg as ho did not hlro a shearer thai a
sheep owner had discharged for cause.
State Engineer Mead has granted the ap
plication of the city of Lnramlo for an appro
priation of 10,000,000 gallons dally from the
Laramie rlvor. The claimant will have thrco
years In whicli to complete pumping Htatloui
and another year in which to take out the
water.
A consuk has Doen made of the six cavalry
and Infantry companies slntloned nl Fort Me-
Kinnoy. It Is shown that 17J of the men nro
imllvo Americans and 1U9 foreigners. Of the
latter thu Gormau.s are moro numerous , there
being fifty of them and forty-six others were
born in Ireland.
James Woods of Milwaukee Is organizing
n company nt Casper to manufacture co.il
brlcklots. Ho Is locating all Iho coal land on
Kail creek , nnd expects to meet there about
May 1 a German who formerly had something -
thing to do with manufacturing coal brlcklcts
nt Kmpp's celebrated gun factory.
James Morgan , the now stiporlntomli'iit of
Iho Union Pacific coal mines at Dana , took
charge April , Ho says the dally capacity
of the mines c.iu be raised to-)0 ) ( ) tons easily
and If the demand for coal increases , the out
put will be increased
from its present nvor-
ago of " 00 tons , At jiresent there are onlv
about eighty men altogether employed In anil
out ot thu mine , and these men are working
on nil average of twenty-two days in the
month.
_
The Wyoming normal nnd scientific college -
lego ban been incorporated at Kawlins. Thaso
are the trustees : Piof. J. K. Kollnmn , Dr.
E. Sttivor , B. S. Koss , Judge Homer Merroll ,
Kov. F. U. Wotrlng , I. C. Miller and J. C.
Davis. A normal term will bo held In the
public school building , beginning Juno 1.
ten acres ot land for a permanent silo. The
collcgo will have normal , scientific and
classical departments , and mtond.s toeroit
and maintain college buildings , grant diplo
mas nnd confer degrees , i
The B. ft M. has contracted for L'OO of the
improved gondolas , or coal cars , for use In '
the Newcastle mines. About half of Iho
first order of ICO hnvo boon iccclved nnd llva
to ten are coming In dally. They are nearly
as high as n Dox car , without a roof , and nro
of thirty tons capacity. Orders for coal Imvo
been pouring In rapidly since the reduction of
fiO cents n ton on freight rates , and this will re
sult hi keeping up the demand through the
summer months. Newcastle coal now .sells
for $1.50 a ton less than other western coal In
v |
southern Nebraska towns. *
/
Work on the new Union Pacific shop at (
Cheyenne is being rustu-d mid the contractor
expects to turn it over to the company the
last of the week. The now paint shop is
nearly completed. It is the largest of the
shop plant , and 1ms inside fourteen tracks ,
long enough to hold twenty-eight Pullman
cars while undergoing repairs , The lloor of
the paint shop is of cement and cost
$ . " > , < H)0. ) On each side of the track
gutters nro placed so as to run
off the dli-t nnd the scrapings of paint from
the cars. The paint shop will soon Do ready
lor use. Thu car erecting shop will bo fitted
for all kinds of work. The engine In the now ,
-
shops Is sot up and it will bo but a short time f 4 L
before tro shops ave full of workmen nnd
running full time.
Morgan lake , Carbon county , has nn area
of Ifiu acres of combined sulphate and carbon
ate. In the aamo counly are Now York ,
Omaha , Wilkesbarro and Wilmington lakes ,
aggregating n soda area of 308 acres. Phila
delphia lake. Carbon county , has forty acres -
of ready mixed magnesium mid sulphate ,
and Chicago lake , same county , tins sixty
acres of the llko mcalclnal compound.
Brooklyn lake , Carbon county , displays 100
acres of pure magnesium sulphate or Epsom
salts. In the suburbs of the growing town
of Saratoga nro three lakes rich In Epsom
salt deposit. All of these deposits are called
lakes , but of the entire number only two
have water , llio balance being solid soda.
The famous Downey lakes , in Albany county ,
have from six to nine leet of aolid salt In the
center of their formation ; whllo In Wil
mington and Omaha lakes n boring of twenty
foot has failed to pierce the deposit.
1VO1IKS lilKK A IjOTTKUY.
Jiirv Drau-inir Snhomn in Wliliih Tlinrn
Are No IlliiiiKH.
The drawing of the Jury , according lo Iho
provisions of the now Jury law , took place
yesterday afternoon. Judge Eslelle , I/rank
E. Moorcs and Peter O'Malloy had a hand in
Iho work. The plan Is a new ono , nnd con
sequently attracted considerable attention.
Monday the county clerk had n list prepared -
pared containing 13,030 names of residents
and others of the county. This list was
taken up stairs to Moores , when the names
were written on pieces of cardboard ono
inch wide and three inches long. While-
Moorcs' ' stenographer was propping these
names O'Malloy ' contracted with n tinsmith
to build a box suitable for Iho drawing.
Yesterday afternoon Moores entered the
clerk's ofllcu , bearing a largo envelope box
that contained the names. Ho declared that
ho was ready. O'Malloy wont to the vault
nnd brought out n tin machine that in many
respects resembled a keno outfit or a small
barrel churn. ThU machine was duly In
spected by Judge Eslcllo , and after deciding
that It filled the bill , ho devoted his time to
reading the law that bear * upon the case.
Moo res dumped the contents of his en
velope box into tlio machine , while O'Malloy
turned the crank. The cover was locked
kown and the law was discussed. It was do-
elded to draw out ISO namo-t , the owners of
which will all have n chanro to sit nt the
May term of court. Ninety of these men will
report on the tirst day of the term , stay
three weeks and go homo , after which the re
mainder will come upon Iho scene of action
and stay until court adjourns.
When this question had been settled , j
Moores unlocked the tin can und drew out \
the name of J. A. Kosonbaum. This was ro- f
corded by O'Malley , and the work went on '
until the full number had been drawn.
.ludgo Hopowoll looked In for n short time
nnd pronounced the system n miccoss.
Today Mooros will record the names In n
book , which will show the postofllcc address
of each. Each man so drawn will bo noti
fied by registered letter of Iho time when
ho is to appear. _
WHY IS IT ?
Chnncos for GnrliiiKO I'Y cs Uo Around
Unlouulicil lor Days.
n llAI-n Is n fin.lll flmr ll'lrtrr nf flir. w > n * nf n
vacant saloon nt the corner of Twenty-llfth
and Leavemiortb streets. The dog died
some limn Thursday night. Twice on Fri
day the garbage master
was notified and re
quested to romnvo the nuisance. Again on
Saturday. Monday and
Tuesday was ho
no-
tilled. The pollco reported the matter , but
that did not start the slow going muclilnory
of the garnago department. The animal still
lies there , n nuhanco to the community.
There is also n dead dog lying in the gutter
at the corner of Fifteenth and WIrt streets ,
and ono near the corner of Thirteenth ami
California. These have boon reported lo the
garbage master by the patrolmen on these
beats , but no attention is paid to the reports.
Mr , Patrick Noonan , a member of hosa
company No. II , received Intelligence Mon
day evening of the death of hU brother ,
% 'tiomos Nconau , in Chicago , and departed
yoitorday afternoon for that city.
Highest of all in Leavening Powc-r. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE