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FKANCK hns lAuriiT issue In politics
which brings to mind the fact thiit
Franco is the only pront roubllo ] of Eu-
ropp atul Its most proffrosslvo nation.
Tan povornor of Texas rooted around
until ho found a budding1 statesman
82 years old with whom to roplnco
Senator Reagan in the United States
eennto.
COLONIIL Bon iNOKitsoi.rj 1ms the
grip. This importation from Russia ro-
epocts noltlior saint nor sinnor. It
makes botli look with suspicion on the
hereafter.
ASI'IUANTS for tlio placoa to bccomo
vacant on the board of flro and police
commissions will remain in suspense for
nt least 10 days. Suspense ia not synon
ymous with imxotivity , however.
' TIIK students of n Tennessee colored
university selected Henry Wnttoraon as
the commencement orator. The faculty
must have soon the ivories of the Afro-
Americans , for they declined to approve
the selection.
ANNA DICKINSON , in an address In
Now Yorlc Sunday night , completely
Bottled the question of her sanity. She
is off balance mentally. No sane woman
could or would talk as she talked before
that nudionco of ladies and gentlemen.
NEIIHASKA'S weather service bulletin
contains encouraging reports of crop
prospects in till parts of the stato. The
festive chintz bug appears to have
crawled .out too early and has boon
drowned by the heavy rains. This ought
to ho an off year for this aromatic post.
INDIANA , not satisfied with having the
president , a cabinet oillcoi- and her full
share of other public ) ofllcos , has the as-
eurancd to claim that she has the center
of population of the nation also , and
propose to erect a monument on the
spot. Indiana is u pivot , but not a con-
tor.
Roonit Q. MILLS is the maddest mnn
in Texas. The governor turned him
down bccatibo ho favors free wool. lie
will have a chance to servo out his term
in the lower house. Texas has just had
some political instruction from ono Ben
jamin Harrihon and does not want a free
trader in the uonato.
MAYOR CASII'IIKLT/S experience with
Dos Moiiicu sweet cider
merely empha
sizes a fact well known in Iowa. The
juice of corn and rye and the adultera
tions thereof are available on every
street of every city of any consequence
in the state. Only in the smaller towns
is the prohibitory law enforced.
WASHINGTON" press representatives
nro not wholly free from malice or
humor. They dislike Secretary Noble ,
nnd that is why they chase the little
rumor of nis resignation out from cover
on slight provocation. The secretary of
the interior will not resign unless ho is
offered a place on the supreme bench.
Ho is not that kind of a cabinet ofllcor.
THKUI : is n marked clilTorcnco of opin
ion between German
and French news
paper comment on the life and death of
Von Moltko.
The gormnn newspapers
.regard the dead general as ono of the
greatest of soldiers and the French ns
ono of the cruelest In Germany ho was
a hero ; in Franco a barbarian and in-
vador. It is from such contradictions
that the truth of history is deduced. No
wonder facts are so uncertain where
opinions tire HO divergent.
L BUTMJK has requested his
frlonds to refrain from holding a mass
mooting in Fa no nil hall , Boston , to ex
press their disapprobation of the treat
ment to which ha was subjected by
Judge Carpenter. Ho proposes , if ho
lives , to make It warm for the judge and
in his will to provide tundn to make it
interesting for that gentleman after the
gnnoral hits gone to plead tils case before -
fore the Supreme Court of the universe.
These who know the vindlctlvonoss of
General Butlor'fl nature nro convinced
that Judge Carpenter will discover that
tlio indignity inflicted upon the vonor-
nblo lawyer was a moat costly error of
Judgment ,
iwsv PA listens.
Throughout the northwest the farm-
era are busy with the work of the sea
son , and nature IB giving thorn every aid
nnd encouragement. From Minnesota
the report comes that the ground hns
not boon In so good r. condition for years
to glvo the crop n. start which will carry
it well along to maturity without any
more rainfall. The acreage of who it
will bo largely increased , and nt the rate
nt which It is being sown , planting will
bo about completed by the end of the
present month. In North Dakota the
farm' rs nro equally busy , nnd with
the exception of the low lands , which are
yet lee wet to need , planting Is going
forward rapidly. The South Dakota
farmers nro reported to bo jubilant over
the bright outlook for it good crop , nnd
the nvorngo In the state will ho largely
increased. The drouth , It Is believed , is
wholly broken , and in no previous year
at this tlmo has the promise of an
abundant harvest boon ihoro favorable.
The weather of the past week , accord
ing to the lust bulletin from Washing
ton , was the most favorable of the sea
son throughout the fall and spring wheat
regions , and all crops In the states of the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys were greatly
benefited.
All the Indications nro that this is to
bo the American farmers' year. Not
only is there every reason to expect a
splendid crop , ono fur in excess of the
avorairo , but there are equally good rea
sons for believing that it will command
prices that will richly repay the pro
ducers. A larger European demand
than for several years is regarded by
those best qualified to judge as
ns.surcd , and In addition to
this is the certainty of enlarged
markets for our breadstuffs in the coun
ties south of us. It is quite impossible
to estimate at this time with any degree
of accuracy what this addition to the
demand will be , but it is by no means
improbable that it will nearly equal the
amount exported to Europe last year.
The crop of 1890 has been mostly mar
keted , and there will bo none of it on
hand when the now crop is harvested ,
or at any rate so little that it can cut no
figure in relation to prices. The por-
mnnonco of high prices for agri
cultural products may safely
bo counted upon as assured , nnd this
moans millions in money for the farm-
era. The prosperity of this largo ele
ment of the population carries with it
prosperity for all for the tr.mspoitntion
interests , for the manufacturers and
merchants , and for every class of in
dustrial labor.
It need hardly bo said that the intelli
gent and enterprising farmers of Ne-
lii'.ist.-n. ni'n tint linhlntl t-.hn.qn nf nnv ntlinr
state in appreciating the opportunity
that is before thorn. They , too ,
nro actively nt work , and it
is safe to predict that when
the results of the year's labor are ascer
tained it will bo found that they have
not been unhoodful of the splendid
promise which existing conditions hold
out. The soil of Nebraska has perhaps
never boon in bettor condition than it is
nt this time , and this is true not merely
of a part of the alato , but of every portion
tion that has boon subjected to cultiva
tion. The snows of the winter and the
rainfalls of the spring extended every
where , and the moisture penetrated the
retentive soil to a depth that as
sures its remaining in good condi
tion if there is the ordinary summer cli
mate in this latitude. Under continu
ing favorable conditions Nebraska ought
to produce her greatest corn crop this
year , and if this shnll bo done her ma
terial piogress and prosperity during
the ensuing five years will bo unexam
pled in her history.
The busy farmers of the country are
sowing the seeds which are to add
hundreds of millions to the nation's
wealth , and there is good cheer for
them and for all interests In the bright
outlook throughout the entire country.
iAnon
Every year hns its share of labor
troubles , whatever the industrial condi
tion of the country. The promise is that
the present year will contribute largely
to the record of such disturbances. The
most porious phase of the conflicts that
have thus far occurred is the violence
that has chaavctori/ed them. This is
notably the case with the troubles in the
Connellhvillo coke region , which have
resulted in the loss of many lives and
the destruction of m-oporty , the
situation becoming so grave and
serious as to require the in
tervention of the military power
of the state. This conflict is still unset
tled , and although the authorities ex
press the belief that they are musters of
the situation , all danger of further vio-
Innnn lum nnt. iirmttnd. T.nhnp iHrtt.m l -
: xncos in Now York and Michigan have
also boon marked by a lawless spirit
among the strikers , though It was not
carried to uny suoh sorloua extremity ns
In the coke region , whore the men in
volved are nearly all a reckless and des
perate class , largely guided by their
passions anil h-iving llttlo regard for
law , except when supported by a
power ample for Its enforce
ment. But the disturbances thus
far are Insignificant , BO far
as their effect and Influence are con
cerned , In comparison with what will re
sult if the coal minors inauguralo a
strike on May 1 for nn eight hour day.
The mlnoi-H and operators in the Hock
ing Valley coal region of Ohio , it has
been reported , hnvu como to an ngrco-
mont but these
constitute only a very
small proportion of the minors of the
country.
If this proposed strike takes place it
will be in pursuance of a docislon of the
American federation of labor , It is
the policy of this organization
to make annually a contest in behalf -
half of Homo trade , nnd at Its conven
tion last December It was decided tlmt
the miners should be the trade to move
for the eight hour working day on May
1 , the general convention of the Knights
of Labor having pledged itself to render
nsMstnnco to the trade named by the
federation to make the eight hour fight.
The number of minors Involved Is esti
mated to bo about 100,000 , distributed
throughout the hard and soft coal fields
of Pennsylvania and the soft coal
districts of Ohio , Indiana and
Illinois , tho- minors of the south
uot being included in the movement It
need hardly bo Bald that the effect of
such n strike would bo wldp-roaohlng ,
nnd if long continued very disastrous.
The railroads have been providing
against it by storing up coal , and gener
ally in the oistorn cities dealers have
boon doing tlio same , but with manufac
turers the case is different , and n strike
lasting over 80 days would compel
many of them to shut down. It is ine
vitable that such n conllfct , if prolonged ,
would very sorlou.-tly affect nil manufac
turing industries throughout a wide
range of country , nnd there is
reason to boltcva that It might bo main
tained long enough to do great Injury.
Tlio latest advices give promise that It
will bo averted , and the improvement of
coal roud stocks In Wall street yester
day is a favorable indication , but there
will bo uneasiness until there Is certainty
that the danger lias passed ,
But this is not the only strlko ar
ranged to take place Muy 1 for an eight
hour working day. Workers in the
building trade in a number of cities have
fixed upon this date to demand u reduc
tion of hours , ana dispatches report
a movement , to the same end
in other departments of indus
try. Strikes for incroano of wages
are also proposed to bo Inaugurated at
that time. From present indications ,
therefore , it la possible that the opening
of the coming month will witness the
beginning of labor troubles imolvlng
hundreds of thousands of workers and
threatening a serious chock to the In
dustrial prosperity of the country. It is
to bo hoped that wise and prudent coun
sel will so generally prevail that the
worst of the threatened dilllcultios will
bo averted and tlio business of tlio coun
try , for which the outlook is most favor
able , bo permitted to go on without any
shock.
SOUTH DAKOl'A.
South Dakota contains a larger area
of untnkon agricultural land perhaps
than any state in the union. The recent
successful negotiations with the great
Sioux tribes and the Slssolon and Wah-
peton Indians throws open to settlement
immense bodies of excellent farming and
grazing lands. The Sissoton reserve
contains about nine hundred thousand
acres , and it is nearly all suited to agri
culture. The Indians are to bo per
mitted first to select allotments , after
which the remainder of the reservation ,
aggregating probably six hundred thousand -
sand acres , will bo open to actual settlers
and no others. People are already gath
ering on the edge of the reservation , al
though it will probably bo months be
fore a claim can bo entered.
Tbo great Sioux cession under the
agreement of 1889 , known as "the Crook
treaty , opens 0OUUOOJ acres to tlio
whites. A largo part of this is excellent
land for general farming and all of it is
suitable for grazing , being well watered
and covered with good pasturage , A
prominent Dakotlan pronounces the
whole body worth $10 per noro. This
may bo a high figure but it niust bo re
membered that agricultural land Is not
bogging for occupants in those days and
50,000 acres of school land , recently sold
in the state , brought an average oli'$14..r > 0
per acre. This was raw , prairie. Under
the laws of South Dakota not ono "of her
3,000,000 acres of school land can bo
sold for less than $10. The Indian lands
are sold to bona fide settlers at 51.25 per
acre. It is therefore not surprising that
the opening of the spring and the pros
pects of good crops should arouse en
thusiasm in tno now state and start a
tldo of immigration thitherward.
South Dakota's ' resources have been
underestimated. The failure of last sea
son's crops and preceding hard winters
have given her a trilling sot back , but
her 400,000 people will not wall long ferns
many now neighbors. South D.iKota In
cludes the Black Hills , thollnostinlnornl
region in the world , and the productive
wheat lands cast of the Missouri river.
These are the complement of each other ,
and when developed the two sections
will unite to make ono of the wealthiest
states in the union. The great Sioux
reservation has boon the barrior'to that
unity which Is proper. This Is removed
and the whole state will grow with re
markable rapidity.
The drouth has lost its terrors slnco
artesian wells have boon opened
whore they are most needed. Last
year's failure of crops was disastrous to
individuals , but after all the state gar
nered about seventeen million 'bushels
ouch of wheat , corn and oats , and the
cattle , horses and sheep and gold and
silver were a source of grout-profit. The
average earning of every man , woman
and child in the state last year is bo-
llovod to have boon not loss than $150.
Tuxes are low , schools and colleges
abound , and in fact South Dakota is on
her foot nnd will bo hoard from this voar
D.S never before. Her
. people are enter
prising and they will bo prosperous un
less all predictions and promises Tor 1890
are wholly illusive.
ainxu TIIK nKViif nis
A certain city official complains that
when ho makes mistakes TJIU Bi'i : fig
uratively jumps on him with both foot ,
but when ho does anything commenda
ble it does not smile its approval. The
charge would bo somewhat.serious if
true. Thoio is , however , no ground for
it. On the contrary this paper gees out
of its way to speak well of public of-
hciala who perform oroditablo' service ,
even though such officials never lose an
opportunity to stab at Tni ; BUK. The
trouble in the case cited is that
in thu six months of his term
of office he bus attorn i > toil few
reforms and his mistakes have
been bo numerous arid his incompotoncy
hns boon BO patent that they have overshadowed -
shadowed his good Intentions and really
rendered nugatory all his efforts at Im
provement of his branch of 1119 service.
This may not bo n fault of the man's
heart ; it is probably an eccentricity of
his cerebrum.
The business of a newspaper is to
gather and disseminate information , dis
cuss mutters that concern the public
welfare , expose shams , fraudst incompe
tents and corruptionists in public ofUco ,
and advocate reforms demanded in the
interests of good government. This has
boon the mission nnd function of TIIK
BKK for nearly twenty years and this Is
why the citizens of Omaha , of all par
ties and shades of opinion , have given il
their support nnd confidence.
The aolo , faithful and honest city offl
clnl has nothing to fear from Tin : Br.ii
The olhor club's of which unfortunately
there nro too limny , will bo criticized for
their blunder jlbnouucod for their cor
ruption and oxpippocl ( or their insinceri
ty. When any than , whether frlond or
fee , honest or , , $ [ shonost , performs any
service of marltotl valtio to his constitu
ents thu public will bo notified through
these columns. > .TllB Bun will -bo just ,
even to these wfyo have by former con
duct forfeited ihp. respect of the commu
nity on thu principle that the dovll
should bo given his dues.
PUKSIDKNT IfAiunsoN is In Califor
nia , and hence there are no olllces to
look after of any consequence. It is
barely possible that this explains why
Senator Mnndorson's name Is sprung so
suddenly as a possible successor to Soo-
rotary of War Proctor in case the latter
gentleman Induces Governor Page of
Vermont to place him In the chair Sen
ator Edmunds has announced will bo
vacated in November. The senior sen
ator from Nebraska and the jH-osldont
pro torn , of the United States senate has
not figured conspicuously in print
for a week or two and it is only
fair that ho should bo brought iiuo
newspaper prominence with some degree
of regularity. Of course with a demo
cratic governor , a possibly hostile legis
lature two years hence , four years of his
term yet unoxpirod , and the dignity of
presidency of the senate not thoroughly
sot to his form , Senator Mundorson can
not bo expected to look longingly on a
cabinet office whoso emoluments and
honors will drop off by limitation in two
years. The senator is a modest man
and yet these frequent references to his
quality as cabinet timber are not alto
gether distasteful and Nebraska would
fool highly complimented if President
Harrison should further honor the state
by giving her a member of his cabinet.
OVUK fifteen hundred now subscribers
have om oiled their names on the sub
scription lists of Tim Bin : within three
days , nnd they are being enrolled just
ns fast as our bookkeepers and clerks can
place them on the carrier delivery lists.
More than two-thirds of these subscrib
ers are dropping the double-ondor ,
but that will make no difference
whatever in its circulation statements.
For every subscriber who drops oft its
carrier delivery list , two papers are
thrown Into the back and front yards of
people who do not want them and never
look at them. And this is why the
circulation of tho1 double-decker keeps
on increasing , even when the bottom is
dropping out of the p.iddod concern.
TIIK delay in ' commencing public
work In Omaha js > not simply discourag
ing , it is positively harmful. The whole
nonth of April , , has boon practically
brown away and the wages of an army
of worklngmon w'ho should have boon
at with picls { spades and shovels im-
jrovin/j / our streets has not gone intocir-
ulntion. Somebody should prod the con-
ractors and the bpard of public works
ind put double or quadruolo the number
of mon now engaged , at work earning
wages they and tliaretail dealers of
Omaha need.
IT is eminently .proper that Dr. Gapon
hould bo the head of the sanitary com
mission so long as ho remains city physi
cian. A health board with two bonds
vill only promote strife and cripple the
efficiency of the health department The
collection of garbage should bo loft to
> rivato ontorprisei and competition will
soon regulate the price. With the police
ooking after violators of the law there
vill bo no trouble in keeping streets and
illoys and private premises clear of gar-
jitgo and disease-breeding filth.
WIIKN combines in the council control
.ho . sales of certain materials to frnn-
chiscd corporations ; combines in the
ward of county commissioners direct
, ho expenditure of road funds to the im-
irovomont of their own real estate , nnd
combines in the board of education so
word proposals for bids for plastering
school buildings as to make buro of a
certain patent plaster , it is time for a
combine of taxpayers who will make
s.iro that boodlors are detected and
driven from power and placo.
PIIKSIDKNT LOWKY stated officially
; hat the board of public works was
afraid to compel the street cleaning con
tractor to clean the streets. The mayor
lias expressed something like the same
view. The street cleaning contractor
appears to accept that as the situation.
These facts all load to the conclusion
that the board of public works needs
reorganization and n new head. Noth
ing else will give the city efficient servIce -
Ice in the street department.
COUNCIL BLUFFS is not asleep. The
city is nllvo to her interests and growing
most satisfactorily. Her now hotel Is
attracting a largo trnnsjont custom and
advertising the city us she has not been
advertised before. The prospect of anew
now bridge is opening the eyes of real
estate buyers and'a'jjonts ' , The Chnutau-
qua association Jilts' ' engaged both Dr.
Talmago and Senator Ingalls for lec
tures this season . In fact Council
Bluffs Is wide
MAYOR Cusiij must not bo hold en
tirely responsible for the poor timber
ho tried to work. , up Into good officers
in the board qf public works , street
commissioner's atlluo and health depart
ment. The exigencies of politics nro
sometimes pressing , and gentlemen of
the best intontiorisrjiro sometimes com
pelled by force oH pircumstances to take
risks which their jfldgmont condemns.
WHAT position I will members of the
council occupy who have investigated
the garbage muster and reported against
him in case an attempt is made to reappoint -
point him under the title of sanitary
commissioner ? How can they consist
ently stand up for their official reports
and vote to continue the office and the
ofllcor they condemned ?
RKV. T. DuWrrr TAI.MAGK now
preaches in a big church with a big
debt. It will cost $150,000 and $200,000 ,
remains unpaid.
OMAHA is already reaping the advan
tages of her enterprise in scum-ing the
next mooting : oi the general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The newspapers of that great religious
body are announcing the mooting and
awakening Interest in and inquiries
concerning this metropolis.
A SANITARY commissioner shorn by
ordinance of foesperquisites , and author
ity would still have the high-sounding
title loft and bo n mombar of the board
of health. This would hardly satisfy n
man who hns hitherto hold the office for
what there is in it , nnd has found big
big money in it.
THUS far the Sunday meetings of the
Omaha independent club hnvo not boon
overwhelmingly successful. Even Allen
Root , the patron saint of the old green-
buck party and the now Independent
movement , could not draw a full house
or awaken nny enthusiasm.
No recent action In the Omaha city
council has glvon such general satisfac
tion as the passage of the Douglas street
grade ordinance.
Prohibition Idea In Georgia.
Atlintn Jinirnal
The editor wrote It correctly , "Lot the
trailed jade wince. " nut this Is the way It
appeared In the paper : "Lot the gallon Jug
wait. "
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Timely Advice.
St..oiifn Cllirtic-Demociat. .
President Harrison's speeches nnd Secre
tary Ulalno's letters bavo done n grent deal
lately to promote the welfare nnd prospects
of the republican party.
TrtiKt the Itoporters.
f f Mr. Cleveland would talk more to tlio
newspapers and less to the self-appointed
ombiissuilors ho would avoid considerable
worry and mortification ,
I'rnct cjul Tout.
St. ItmHt ( il lic Uem < Kr\t.
The United States circuit court of Now
Yorlc lias decided In favor of the McIClnloy
tariff law ; nnd the pocplo nro Jolng the
same thing when they buy their sugar nnd
got five pounds more for n dollar on account
of ono of tlio provisions of that measure.
Friitornnl Fooling.
llntlan Glulic.
THO entertainment or tno eonieuoraio wnr-
rlor , General FlUhugh Leo , at Young's and
the mutual expressions of national fraternity
all around the table , offered another proof
that tbo last embers of sectional strife bavo
expired among all the truly representative
mon both of the north and south.
Are Ills InttlnlH liryun ?
Cheyenne Sun.
A Nebraskan who uses tbo stationery of
the national house of representatives writes
from Lincoln to the secretary of state for
data to be used In a debate on the bill pro
viding for thn election of United States sena
tors by direct ballot. If the congressman had
signed his letter of inquiry the Information
would bo promptly forwarded.
j\issixa
WOMAN'S WAT.
When lovely woman's waist Is twenty-two ,
'Tis safe to put a star against the sun
Sho'll not bo banpy till she's proved to you
That It Is really only twenty-one.
Somervlllo Journal : A woman can always
understand why a man should fall In love
with her , but she finds it difficult to explain
why ho should fall out.
Yorikers Statesman : The reason that so
many men are not married long is because
they nro married "short. "
Boston Transcript : The most susceptible
woman wo ever know wns she who was so
teudor-hciirtcd that she couldn't bear to cross
it room.
Texas Sittings : If mon know as much of
themselves as thov usually do of their neigh
bors they would hardly dare to speak to
themselves.
Columbus Post : Young man , remember
that yon cannot have a "blow-out" without
"blowing In. "
Washington Star : The bass born blower
In the brass band referred to the violinist In
the string band as an "uutootcred savage. "
Lowell Citizen : Ed Isn't Grinder pretty
well run down in heallhl
Ned I should say ho was. The poor fol
low Is working himself to death trying to
earn money enough to carry his llfo Insur
ance.
Bosten Post : Prospective queens of May
will , If they bo wise , bopln to provide them-
sclvos strips of red flannel for taoir prospect
ive sere throats.
Elmlra Gnzotto : Jags wonJcrs If tlmo
would fly so rapidly If more people were on It.
Capo Cod Item : It Is a sort nf satire nn the
eternal fitness of things when the messenger
boy develops Into a fast young man.
Dallas News : Promises nro usually laid
down because they are too weak to stand
alone.
Boston Courier : Miss Sharpe Your
frlond Wooden reminds mo so much of the
learned professions.
Bullfinch Ab , ho'll bo glad to bear it ; but
In what way ?
Miss Sharpe Why , there's so much room
at the top.
ninghamton Republican : The heart of n
city Is probably where Its boots como from.
Lowell Courier : Sailors nro said to bo
remarkable for their eyesight. Of course
they are , because they sea so much.
Elmlra Gazette : The tenor's .voice broke
on U Hharp , and the critics called it "A flat
failure. "
When Jolinny comes homo with a black eye ,
And mncor.itcil car ,
The fact Is plain to any eye
That baseball times are hero.
Washington Post "There's
: a man who
does absolutely nothing. "
"Ho looks us If ho were capable of doing
twlco as much of It If ho tried. "
Clothier and Furnisher : Briggs I'oor
Hoblnson. After his wife died ho married her
dressmaker.
Grlgg How nro they getting on ?
Briggs I understand that bo still owes her
the monoy.
Washington Star : "I fool a dollcsoy In
tLis , " he remarked , as ho laid his hand ten
derly on the terrapin In the box.
Syracuse Herald : A Parisian wit once defined -
fined experience as a comb that ono became
possessed of. after having lost ono's hair.
Anne littvt AMrlch In Kale Field' *
Where Is the glove- that I gave to him ,
Perfumed and warm for my arm that
night ?
And where U the rose that another stele
When the land was flooded with pale moon-
llghtf
And the satin nllpnor I wore ) Alack I
Some ono had that It was wrong , I foar.
Where are these souvenirs today ?
But where are tbo snows of yostor-ycarl
The glove was burned at Ills next love's
prayer , .
And the rose was lost in the mlro of the
street.
And the satin slipper ho toisoil away ,
For tils Jealous bride had not fairy feotl
Glvo what you will ; but know , mesdames ,
For a day alone are your favors dear.
Bo sure , for the next fair woman's sake
Tlioy will go-llko tho1 snows ofyostor-
yoarl
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
Speculation as to How the Shcody Trial
Will Do Conducted ,
DEFENSE WILL WORK HARD FOR ACQUITTAL
olloo AiipoIiitmoutH by tlio Kiultto
ilonril A Coinproinlno Vcrtllut Iiy
tlio Jury In ttic Kilnoy-
llnum Cnno.
LIXCOLV , Nob. , April 27. [ Special to Tun
Jnn. ] The attorneys for Mrs. Sheedy will ,
t Is reported , nmiio n desperate light for her
ncqulUnl In her trial Tor tlio murder of her
uislmml , In addition to the glory of winning
ho casu her attorneys li.ivo the prospect of
vlmilng n big fee , anil It nil depends on
vhothor slio Is acquitted or convicted. In
aso of conviction her attorneys will not got
nythlng , as then Mrs. Shecily will hnvo no
Inlin wluitorcr td the money of the estate.
f Mio Isaciiuittcd she will get thn bulk of
ior niuulrrcd husbnud's tiroporty nntl will , It
s believed , deal liberally with her attorneys.
Considerable , It Is said , dupenils on the ne-
Ion of Monday MoFurland's attorneys. Q It
s believed that thcv will have him pieud not
; ulltv , and Mrs. Sneedy's attorneys boltovo
hut In c.iuo ho so pleads mid refutes to go on
ho stand tlmt Mrs. Shoedy will bo saved
rora couvlutlon.
The iirosocutton , however , declares that
ho confession of tlio nccroto Mayor Graham
mid the i > ollro ollloors will go In as evidence
even if McFnrlnnd does rufuso to appear on
ho witness stand.
A belief Is gaining ground In Lincoln that
i scapegoat Is to bo inado of the nogio In
other words that hois to be nung , whlloMrs.
Shcedy will go froo.
There Is , however , tame very strong cvl-
lenco said to bo held back tlmt will create
something of n sousatlon when produced.
A nnnvcii OP ruoMisi : own.
Miss Florence K. Dale , n rather comely ap
pearing voting ladv of about eighteen years ,
ind a school teacher in Hod Willow county ,
uvs Drought suit for $ . . ' 0,000 damages against
Mr. Thomas Strntton , a wealthy resl-
lout of Stratton , which was named
after him. Miss Dale says that
iiidor promise of marrlago the gay youuir
irofcssor ruined her. The inarrlngo was to
nko place In Mav but In January ho broke
'
oil' the cngagoment and steadfastly refused
o fillilll his contract ,
A WOMVN'l MisKMTU.N'K.
Miss Nancy E. Whitman , a handsome well
Iressed woman of about thirty-three years ,
vas up before the insanity board this morn-
np. She lives with a poultry dealer named
lull bard about half a nnln from the asvluni.
ouocamo nero irom wneenng , w. va. , aim
for some time has been in ill-health. Latterly
she became alllU'tod with melancholia , which
ntely deepened greatly , and she imagines
hat spirits are all about her In the air , and
she converses with thorn. She was taken to
ho asylum , as It is believed proper treat-
nent will undoubtedly euro her.
WIM. OO TO TUB 1'IIJf. .
Frank Davis , charged with picking tno
locket of P. P. Johnson at the Burlington
lopot of $500 , was arraigned today. Davis
ilcd a motion for n contlnuancn , claiming
that ho could proved by two witnesses now
unhappily without the conllno of the state
lint ho was not near Johnson at the time ;
that ho was standing on the south sldo of tlio
lopot until the racket commenced , and ho
The court admired his nerve , but overruled
ils motion. As ho was caught with the
loi'ketbook in his possession , ho finally de
cided to nload guilty , which no did and was
sentenced to a year and a half In the pen.
Till : llASMUSSEX HOMV.VCE.
Judge Field is engaged In heating the woes
of Hohcmnnla and George Kusmusson , n
couple from down near Bennett. Mrs. Kas-
nusscn was the widow of Lars Larson , and
Ived on a school section when in 1878 George
wooed and won her. She says George was
all right until 18i)7(1.\vheu , after ho had fraudu-
eutly secured her signature to u paper assign-
ng the school section to him , ho began to ill
treat and abuse her , and continued to do so
until finally last Mny she had to leave him ,
being all the tlmo In fear of l.er life. She
wants bor land back and any other satisfac
tion she can secure. Gcorgo contends on the
other hand that ho brought money into the
family , came by the school land honestly , and
that she ran away from him and came to Lin
coln. In answer to her charge that ho 111-
troatca her children by her first husband ho
says that they refused to work and ho had to
elotho and feed them and ho wanted them to
iielp earn a living for themselves.
Till ! JUltV COMI'IIOMISKI ) .
The Jury has finally como to a verdict In
the somewhat noted Ednoy-Baum case , in
which Mrs. Gertrude Ednoy sued Mr. IJauui
for $ } . " > , ( XX ) for alleged misrepresentations in
regard to real ostnto traded in part payment
for a stock of hardware In Omaha. The jury
was out sixty-one hours , and ono of them hud
to bo excused , on account of sickness. The
eleven loft had a red hot time. Seven of
them were In favor of awarding damages of
from SIO.OOO to S > 2,000. The other four wore
in favor of awarding damages of 1 cent or
nothing. Finally tlio Jurymen , woin out
with wrangling , compromised with .a Judg
ment of WOO in favor of the lady. Attorney
Lamb , counsel for Airs. Ednoy. hints that
there is some crookedness In the preliminar
ies that resulted In this verdict. Ho inti
mates that an investigation of the method by
which the jury arrived at its verdict will bo
I'OTATOKH FOll TUB fWtTEHEHS.
In castini : about trying where they could
ftct potatoes for loss than the market price ,
1.50 , the members of the rollof commission
began to got almost discouraged. Hut this
morning they were brightened up by a letter
from the Western supply company of Law
rence , which offers tin oo car loads of seed
potatoes at ? 1.1'J per bushel. The highest
price paid yet has been to Colonel William A.
L'axton of Omaha , who was given $1.10 n
bushel for ' , ' ,000 bushels of potatoes. The
biggest lot of potatoes bought by the com
mission cost IX ) cents per bushel.
The wheat bought by the commission has
cost from 78 to00 cents a bushol.
Till ! VOUCH AlTOtNTMK.VTS.
At the mooting of the excise board this
afternoon the following appointments were
made : Marshal , O. ] ' . Dinges ; night cap
tain , L. Otto ; day sergeant , F. A. Miller ;
night sergeant , William Splaln ; Jailor , Will-
lam Knisser ; driver patrol wagon , John II.
Simpson. On motion of Mr. Doollttlothc ap
pointments were confirmed by vote , all voting
ing nyo. The following wcro appointed ns
regular patrolmen : J. D. Shear , F. A.
Mason , G. K. McMullen , George Uotts , P.
Cunningham , A , P. Allen.
UlSTIllOT COUHT.
Judge Tlbbotts and a Jury this morning
began the hearing of the case of John C.
Williams vs A. W. .Inusen and W. L. Mur
phy , It is an unimportant fight over a com
mission for the sale of land made by plaintiff
for the defendants.
The Jurv in the case of Hancock it Waters
vs W. II. n. Stout , tried before Judge Tib-
betts Saturday , returned a verdict this mornIng -
Ing finding for the plaintiff In the bum of
$1,000.
Judge Hall was busy this morning secur
ing n Jury to try the case of the State vs II.
\V. Kink , the attorney who Is charged with
embezzling Wi from a widowed client. Tdo
case had not been begun at noon.
In the casoofC. Glint Ang vs Charles M.
Martin , a jury was waived and the court
found that plaintiff was entitled to recover
fcVj.UO damages.
Thocasoof W. S. Gravvs August Albright
win dismissed for want of prosecution.
William Schooneinan has concluded that-ho
doesn't care for $10,000 , from M. Scott , the
Darlington railroad company , mul has dis
missed the suit against them for that amount
because of false Imprisonment.
Hart Hock tells the court In n motion filed
today tlmt ho has no money to defend him
self , and asks that the county gtvo him nn at
torney. Hart , by the way , was not arrested
on a requisition , but the com t below wouldn't
allow his pica of no jurisdiction.
CIIOKM ; or TUB KNimiTS OK i.tnoit.
The Knights of Labor of this city nt n
meeting of all the assemblies , endorsed the
following gentlemen for positions within thoj
gift of the major1 For marshal , Gcorgo W.l
Iilnhn : for superintendent of streets , W. F.
uolor.iotij for sldmvnllc Inspector. F. L.
Lolghton ; for building Inspector , J. W. Emor-
on ; for sow or Inspector , I. N. Davis ; for
board of public works. S. J. Kent. Ulnko ,
IIOUM : dossip ,
Mr. F. S. White of Plnttsmouth and Mr.
W. II. Eller , ndltor of the Illnlr Courier , both
rucently chosen to the positions of deputy
oil Inspectors , quitllflod today.
Mrs , A. G. Ilarrlo , who has been appointed
by ( lovoinor Hoyd to the position of assistant
to Deputy Labor Commissioner
Andres , en-
teied upon the duties of her ofllco today ,
Mrs. Harris is n southern lady of fine educa
tion and reputed good business nullity.
The safe tlmt formerly stood In the ofllco of
attorney general and which slnco the claim
of ownership by Hiram Wheeler , late cleric
of the supreme court , IIHS reposed In the
vault of the deputy labor commissioner , was
this morning elevated to its former place In
the attorney general's oniec.
OI1DS ANJ ) KNIIS.
A neatly attired woman of about thirty was
an excited visitor at the station this morning.
She wanted n warrant for the nrrest of it
Pxorth Fourteenth street grocer whom she
said had railed her such undignified names
as "Sullivan , " etc. She piopoed to prove
the man a liar In largo capital letters , but us
she appeared to bo n little off mentally she
didn't getra warrant.
The police have been notified to look otU"
for thrco men who make a practfcoof robbing
the lellows who ride over railroads In box
cars. The follows overnowered a man on
the Missouri Pacific at Weeping Water thd
other Cny and then Jumped off.
Druggist Surador Is mourning the loss of
an fsO bicycle wbluh some one stole from him
yesterday.
W. S. Putnam brings suit In the county
court for $7iW.GO damages from Maxwell
,
Sharpe , t Uoss for breach of contract. Ho
claims that on the 10th ot last November he
entered Into a contract with them for a year ,
but on March at last , notwithstanding he
was competent and faithful , they discharged
him , and ho hasn't ' boon able to got work
since then.
Colonel E. P. Koggon has recovered suffi
ciently from his sickness to attend to busi
ness , and he loft today for Omaha and DCS
Moines.
Sheriff McCIay Is confined to his homo
again by Illness. Mr McCiay Is having a
severe time of It , and his many friends hope
for his speedy restoration to health.
' Tin : x
Nebraska.
The Gorman Luthurin soclnty Is building a
church four miles southeast of Lyons.
The Codnr county teachers' institute will
bo hold at Coleridge the second week In July.
The ladles of the Presbyterian and Baptist
churches at Bancroft gave u "trades dis
play" and netted a no.it sum.
The barn of Fanner Hnrgclwood , near
Hnscland , was destroyed by lire and four
horses were consumed , together with olhor
valuables.
Hoports from Bancroft say moro small
grain has boon sown in that part of the state
than for many years past nnd the prospects
are for a lareo crop.
A farmer near Blair has a colt which Is
mauolcss , without hair on Its tall , flat-knoojl
intped on Its fore legs , nnd hangs Its no [ k
and swlucs Its head llko a camel. - -
Fairficld Is having a building boom. Work
has been begun on the new ICyno hotel , a
brick block la nearlv completed and several
residences will bo built this season.
Flro , supposed to have boon started by In
cendiaries , was discovered In Monroe's ele
vator nt Fremont , but the flames were ex
tinguished befoie much'damage was done.
A Fremont firm will soon bogln the con
struction of waterworks at Sctluylcr. After
several attempts to find water it was found
nt n depth of seventy foot , nt which depth n
seven foot vein of sand and gravel was struck
.vhich it is thought will supply all the water
needed.
As Mr. and Mrs. Louis Darnma were rid
ing near Tolmago their tonm backed oU the
bridpo at Tnngoman's mill , throwing the oc
cupants of the buggy down an embankment
some fifteen or twenty foot. The inily was
fatally injured. The horses became fright
ened by n train which was passing ut the
timo.
timo.A.
A. K. Edwards , landlord of thu Clifton
house at Talmngo , applied the horsewhip to
Dr. Allen in Ooori u Oilman's drug store.
The two gentlemen had boon at outs for
some time because of some hard talk the
doctor had been indulging in regarding the
landlord. The belligerents are still on tlio
waipath nnd the end may not bo yot. No. "
"j\
arrests have been made. " J' \
According to reports there Is a doirthfof
farm laborers In northwestern Nebraska at
present. The late spring precipitated work
with such u rush that the demand doilrotl"j
wvs ; immediate and far m excess of the sup
ply. Wages rule higher than for some years ,
the prevailing prices being fjl ! to t"i POl-
month , but oven these persuasive ilguies fail
In many cases to locate the greatly doilrotl
section nf the state the present season has
also Increased the demand for this cluss of
laborers. Thousands of acres of northoisU
ern Nebraska soil are being reclaimed this
spring from prairie wastes to cultivate fields.
Just now the "hired man" is the prhed and
pampered master of the situation.
1 l\Vil.
Charles Glcso of Clayton countv lint received -
ceivod n penitentiary sentence for bigamy.
At Lake City a keg ot boor Is called n
"calf. " Ono was scuod by the city umnlial
the other day.
The upper lown conference of the Motho-
dlstKplscopal rhtinjli will moot m Daven
port In October.
Andrew F Casscll of Falrflold , who wn
bitten by a mad dog , has decided to go to
Chicago and take the Pasteur treatment.
Corning has raised fll.OOO to bo paid In bin-
uses for the establishment of canning and
cheese factories , $ ( , OUU to go to each estab
lishment.
Frank Klggs , nineteen years old and the
only support of n widowed mother , was
killed at New Sharon a-hilo trying to board u
freight train.
Hampton has a poet Miss Florence A.
Jones. Ono of her songs , "Oh , .Summer
Birds , Uoad-by , " has buun set to musle and
published by a G'hlcnxo houso. ;
Sam Montgomery , a notorious trl-stato
desperado , was convicted on the charge ot
attempted murder at Kcoknic and sentenced
to 11 vo years In tlia penitentiary.
The Davenport Democrat thinks that since
the mayor of Otis Monies was made drunk on
hard cider , the quality of the article- sold In
the capital city ought to bo investigated ,
C. C. Carpenter el Marlon has brought suit
against the Chicago , Milwaukee & Ht. Paul
railroad company for JiO.UiW damages for
being struck by a bridge near Dclmar Junc
tion.
tion.Tho
The gill who was masquerading In n suit
of moil's clothes that she hed stolen In Dull-
mice was released from oustody , nnd thu
merchant from whom she stele thu
clothes paid her faro U ) Dss Mollies. From
Iior story it U lU.irnod tint sliu Is n runawav
nnd horVaronts live In New Yorlt. She said
she stele the rlothi's and went te the country ,
that she might find employment as a farm
hand.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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