THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JVIONDAY , DECEMBER 21 , 1891. 5 IA SYMPOSIUM OF SWEETNESS , Vlio Boundlos * Field of Enterprise Af forded by Boot Sugar. f HOW FARES THE NORTHWEST WORLD. Tones From tlio Trannurc .Mouse < > C tlio Nation An liiHtriti't- ivc Siiniiimiy oftlio Week's Kvcnts. The success of two boot sugar factories In Nobraskn stimulates similar Industrial enter priser In adjoining stntos. Tlio cultivation o ( boots end their reduction to augur afford so vast a field for enterprise Hint It Li destined to bccomo one of tlio greatest in- duslrioi of tbo United Utntcs. According to tbo latest statistical reports ever ,800,000,000 , , pounds of sugar were Imported Into the United States uurlnc the llscal year onalng > r. ItiOO , which when rcllncd wcro7orthmore than $ 00,000,000. To produce thU from boots would rcqulro 1,000,000 acres of land nod 300 factories of a dully capacity of U50 tons each , costing tO.1,000,000 , and an annual expenditure of over fciOOODO,000 , for the pur chase of beets and the cost of turning them Into sugar. This largo amount would bo dis tributed annually among our Industrial classes if the sugar wcro produced at home. Instead of the iiionoy being sunt as now to foreign countries to pay for foreign ugar and enrich foreign sugar planters. The California Fruit Grower computes nn nv- crape yield ot beets to bo llltcen tons nor ncro , which at $5 per ton would bo worth $ " . end the cost of production and hauling would 1)0 { 10 , leaving a not protlt of $ S8 ycr ucro , tbouuh tills appears to Include Interest on the vuluo of the land. The aero or boots pro duces about 3,000 pounds of sugar , which , Including the government bounty of Scents per nound , will bo worth 8150. A UOO-ton factory would rcqulro .1,000 acres of laud planted to beets to produce a season's supply. Computing tbo yield of AH ncro ot wheat to bo worth f iO.23 , and of barley at $ & > , the valuu of the licot product of the land would be $375,000 per year more than It used In the cultlvutlon of the roroals. And if sufilcient boots were raised In the United States to pro duce the amount of sugar that Is now Im ported the vuluo of the sucnr produced from those beets would bo $117,000,000 moro each fc-our than that of the corcals that could bo produced on the same aroa. i'rculoiis Stones. It Is given out at headquarters In Ilolona that the property of the Montana Sapphire mid Huby company has boon sold to an Eng lish syndicate. The price is not Icnown. Public rumor places It at $3,000,000. The etocn of the company was placed in London omo time ago and roadlly talcon. The lockholdorj then came toge-thor and decided to purchase all property rights and interests cf the company. The sapphire and ruby Holds are on both Bldos of the Missouri river from twelve to fourteen miles northeast of Ilolona. In 18S9 the story was started that sapphires had been found in the old placer tailings In that locality and some of the citizens of Helena nmdo a few locations of ground. No excite ment was manifest and no development work wus dono. A rich man , Spratt , from Michican " , quietly secured several tliou- l > and acres of tbo irround vvhoro tbo precious stones were said to repose. His ex ample was followed by others until every ncre waa said to have been bought up. What ever stones have been taken out wcro washed out with a gold pan. The stones arc found Ja "wash cravol. " The drift or gravel Is found In deposit ? called bars , the same evi dently having been formed by glacial action. tTtic. n oars are from a few acres to hundreds pr acres in extent , and for tbo most part are found on high points and plateaus of the foothills bordering either bank of tbo rlvor. Uhesixo of the stones varies from a mlnuto chip to perfect stones of clghtosn karats. A Helena banlcor has an emerald found in the placer tailings which Is said to weigh in thorough rough sixteen and one-half karats. An AcuiiHtio IMiaiioin. A dispatch to tbo Philadelphia Record re ports tuo discovery of nn acoustic phenomenon nt Mlnnokato , S. D. , which , if verified by future experiments , may prove to bo in ac cord with physical laws , If not the hey to a rare discovery. On each side ot a valley twelve miles In width stand two towering mountain peaks sidd to bo "fully ton thous and1 feet high. " Two u-ooks ago a number of tourlsls , In two parties , ascended the peaks , with the Intention' of signaling to each other by hollogranh. Ono of the party on the north mountain discovered by chance that at n certain spot the voices of the portions tions on the other mountain , who wore engaged - gaged In oralnary speech , wore plainly ouulblu. There was omy ono place on each mountain where the voices could bo board , find It appeared to bo a natural telephone. No shouting was nocossary. and the words wore perfectly distinct. This tale seems so liiL-xpllrable that many will bn disposed to regard It with Incredulity. Still , It comes from a credible source ; and it would boa rash Judgment which should say that the laws of acoustics have been so definitely set tled that further surprises In that Hold are Impossible. Prof. Young , the astrono mer. has lately been discussing the possi bility of communication with tbo planet Wars by signaling. Perhaps it only remains to find out the secret of this Sauth Dakota nmrvcl In order to strike a chord in pbyscal taturo the vibration of which might bo por- coptlblo throughout the universe. I * , or Im as a Trn.lcr. The noble rcil man has had his wisdom tooth cut wiao and deep by frequent contact with wblto sharpers. Ho Is no longer a spoil go to bo squeezed at pleasure. On tbo contrary ho has a clour Idea as to his rights and knows how to make thorn yield "heap food" and stiff prices before yielding. At a recent pow-wow at the Uoss Fork agency in Idaho the Indians talked long and loud over a proposition to grant right of way through the reservation to nn irrigation ditch com pany. They fuastcd frequently nt the com pany's expense , and when they signed the papers they had the big end of the bargain. They are to secure all the water they ncod for Irrigation and an annual rental. The construction of the canal , which is now ns- aurcd , will bo of Incaloulablo benefit to Pocatello - catello and contiguous country. Orojjon'H Fmli Industry. The annual report of tbo Oregon flsb com mission furnishes interesting facts coftoorn- Ing ana of the loading industries of the state. The run of salmon In the Columbia rlvor for the season of 16'J 1 was not an great as In ISM ) , nor has there boon any noticeable In crease duo to artificial propagation , which lias been carried on for four years. The total pack of salmon for the state was S77IXX ) cases , or lt13d,400 ! ! pounds , valued atlIT8- ! ICO. In addition (583,000 worth of fresh llsh was consumed locally or shipped east un- cannud. Twenty-ilvo hundred and nlnoty icon are employed la the business , and $ 19- 000 Invested In canneries and machinery. The total value of llshlug gear , boats and Bteamors is . ' 08,000. A Swindler Kxposcd. A thorough exposure bos boon made of a bow swindle of Walter J , Kayraond , a real estate dealer at Dayton , O. , who advertised California fruit land on reasonable tormi. Ho has cheated many eastern people by sell ing thorn laud on the Mojava and Colorado deserts for $75 per acre. This land Is not worth ' . ' 5 conU an aero , us no water can bo brought ou ItUocontly ho has begun to ad vertise fruit lands in Santa Barbara county. Inquiry has shown that these lands are in the most rugged part of the Santa Yroz mountains , and are so poor that tbo govern- wont refused to survey them ; yet Ilaymond JIBS sold many acres for $100 an aero. The Oil Fluids. Tbo oil Holds of Wyoming continue lu a ItatQ ot innocuous desuetude. A paucity of Capital and a surplus of poverty-stricken holders have produced an 1 in posing area of Inactivity. The former is slow in grasping the dormant fortunes of the petroleum Hold * . H'ho latter will not lot go without fair com pensation. As a result , no work of con sequence is under way. Report has It that nn eastern syndicate controlling 000 claims in the vicinity of Caspar , has decided to MIIK two xvolls. Ono well will bu located about olphtoan miles north of Casper , near the head of Salt creek , and the second will bo bored on the south fork of Powder rlvor. Operations will bo commenced nt once on this Held. The syndicate cxpecti to work two strings of tools , end employ four gangs , The Pennsylvania Oil company Is at work on the Salt creek well and Li pushing right along. So far as oil well drilling Is concerned this season , operations In Wvomlng hnvo been confined to the Caipor Holds unit this , together with the now company commencing autlvo operations , Is advancing the prlco of oil properties , and many who Intended to lot tbo assessment work ou their olulms go uro now arranging to do the work. niontnnn Allno Dividends. The Holoha Independent maintains that as dividend payers the mlnos of Montana lead the country. D urine the month of Novem ber the amount of dividends paid by all tlio mining companies in tbo United States , which make public tholr profit ? , was f l.MO- ( ) 'i5. Montana properties paid about ono- fifth of this amount , or $30'J,000. Slnco Janu ary 1 , the mining companies of the country , whoso prollts are public property , bavo mid stockholders SIO,0-JI,8J2 In the form of divi dends. The Montana companies on the list bavo paid ct:0'fourth : of this amount , or $1,0.- ! ) 700. Hut oven with this handsome allowing the list Is far from comploto. The Anaconda company , some of the largest and best paying Butro mines , a number of properties In Jefferson - forson and Mo.ighor counties which are divi dend payers , and many others are not enum erated because their business Is not inndo public. Nn turn I Otis. The discovery of natural gas near Salt Lake City Is an Imposing ceitolnty. Intima tions of a valuable find have littered through Zlou during the past month. Decisive results were not achieved until last week when the six-inch well reached a depth of 550 feat and the pressure of escaping gas registered 150 pounds to the square inch. The well Is on the shore of the lake , about twenty miles from Salt Lake City , and ar rangements are already under wav to pipe it to the city. It Is proposed to use it for Illu minating purposes as well as for fuel. The request for n franchise to lay pipes and sup ply the public has been favorably considered by the elty council. Natural ens Is destined ' to nlnj an Impor tant part In the upouildln'g of the city , and If the supply proves adequate , It will doubtless - loss stimulate a boom of profitable proper tions. Nclir.iHkn. Mllford business men have organized a iionnl of Trado. Work has boon begun on a now hotel at Wayne to cost $18,000. A camp of Sons of Veterans Is soon to bo mustered In at Stromsburg. ( Jothonuurg's now Methodist church bas been dedicated free from debt. The clothing store of M. L. Pierce at Byron was burglarized the other night and a quantity of clothing was stolon. Harvard people were treated to a mirugo the other ovcnlng and saw the oloctrlo lights of Grand Island , thirty miles distant. Joseph H. Austin , a pioneer of Cass county , died at his homo in Union last wcuk. Ho wus a vctsran of the late war and a prom inent Odd Follow. A fnrmor near Holmosvtllo tried the ex periment , of raising peanuts the past season , and from a pock of seed ho harvested seven bushels of goobers. A Columbus man dropped a tack in his oar , but before It could do any damage an ac commodating citizen removed the intruder with the aid of n pair of tongs. A. C. Williams , ono of the county commis sioners of Koya Paha county , has resigned and William Council , commissionor-olect , was appointed to 1111 tbo vacancy. Ed O'Brien is fitting up a room at Elkhorn - horn , whoto , in addition to a barber shop , ho will run a laundry and conduct a restaurant In connection with n confectionery store. II. M. Goshorn of Santa Fo , formerly edi tor of the Wayne Herald , has been appointed clerk of United States and territorial courts of the First district of Now Mexico , with a salary of $5,200 a year. ' The formers around Madison have organized - ized the Madison Grain and Live Stock com pany with a capital of $15,000. The plan is to commence building an elevator as soon as the material can bo procured and have It completed within thirty days , weather per mitting. Thirty head of ho'rsos on the Rankins ranch in Blalno county have died recently from some mysterious causo. The owners believed the animals were maliciously poi soned , but n veterinarian who made a post moriom declared that some poisonous weed caused the mortality. The Tecumseh Chieftain says that the newly elected judges of the First district , Babcock and Bush , are probably the tallest men on the Nebraska bench. Mr. Babcock measures 15 foot 5 inches , and Mr. Bush Is nearly up to the same notch. The oonch will have to bo raised for thorn to get tholr logs under. Lincoln hopes to bo represented at the World's fair by a girl prodigy If all goes well. The young lady's namols Lena Shaffer. Although but 14 years old she has grown to a height of six foot ; wolgbod , she tipped the scales nt 199 pounds. Her father says that sbo will weigh 200 pounds today and Is still growing. Lena's parents have hid some very good offers to permit her to outer the mnsco circuit , but have declined , as they wish her to continue in school. Mr. Shaffer says , nowovor , that if she keens on growing until her slzo Justifies U ho will talto her to the World's fair. Charllo Polon of Aurora Is minus $5 which a smooth swindler worked him for the other day. A stranger , with his arm In a sling , walked Into Polen's store and asked tbo pro- pnotpr if ho could lot him bavo a ? 5 bill for stiver , as ha wished to send It away by mall. Mr. Polon took out tbo bill and tbo stranger produced an envelope and requested Polcn to put the bill In It and seal It up. This ho did cheerfully and the stranger laid the silver on the counter and turned to go a way , when Polon noticed that tlioro was only $4.75 aud called the man's attention. The poor cripple was sururiscd and said ho had no more , but that tbo parson from whom horocolvoa ' .no money had made * a mistake aud had not given him enough by 25 cents. Ho then took an envelope out of his pocket and handed It to Mr. Polon , tolling him to keep It until ho could go and got the mistake corrected end return with the silver. After ho had bcon pone a short time Polen concluded to open the envelope , only to tlnd that It contained a blank slip of papor. It Is supposed the stranger did not got the mlstako corrected , as ho has not re turned and cannot bo found. lir.vn. A $0.000 creamery Is bolngput In at Hum- bold t. Fresh water pearls are said to bo abundant at Iowa Fulls. llov. W. M. Evaus has resigned the pastorate - torato of the Grand junction Presbyterian church. Captain Shields , the temperance revival- 1st , will soon commence a war on tbo OsUa- loosa saloons. Spencer people are talking of having n lodging bouso built in Chicago for use by them during the World's fair. Mrs. Joseph Oliver eloped from Cherokee with Leonard Winters , talcing her llttla child with bar and leaving a husband behind. ShelUburg voted to bond for nn $3,000 , school house , and the citizens celebrated tlio victory with bonfires , brass bauds and gun powdor. Jessie Jastrumsklo ot Nllos , Floyd county , was Kicked by a young ruftlan named Jordan and may dlo. She was working for the Jordan family , The northeast quarter of Iowa exported lust year 43.1XX > .3U7 pounds of butter , as against ! ti,874'Jl > l pounds for the other three- quarter * of the stato. The Algona Jail has a prisoner who Is con- lined for solllug- mortgaged property. Ho is a slugor and has the rest ot the prisoners well trained In singing Sunday school hymns. Charles D. Arms ot Sioux Rapids dropped dead In an apopluctlo At whllo playing a game of billiards. Ho bad oaten u hearty supper half an hour before and was appar ently lu tlio best ot health. John Mitchell of Noxv Sharon started for a charivari Saturday nlelit with a party of young moii. They had a quantity of whisky along aud Invited him to drink , which ho did. Ho BOOU lost consciousness and whou a physician was secured ho was dead. An overdose of whl'ky , coupled with heart dls- ease , is supposed to have boon the cause of his doatb. Charles Ritchie of Oskaloosa mot with a painful acoldont. Ho was feeding n corn cutter and xhuokor when his four fingers were caught and chopped off Inch by inch up to the third Joint. Charles Smith , the Dubuque man who left his wlfo and flvo children In poverty and ran nway aud married Sarah Olson , a pretty Swede girl , was sentenced to two yours lu the penitentiary for bigamy. It Is n remarkable fact that during the last year nlnoty-ono persons were killed on Iowa railroads who were neither employes nor passengers , whllo there were eighty-two em ployes and only flvo passengers lilllod. An old man named Hilton found the renter of his farm at Llvcrraoro In bed nt 1 o'clocK in the afternoon and cot mad. In the end bo threw n hatchet at him and Is now under bonds to tell the grand Jury how it happened. John D. Glllet , the Ogden broker who fallnd In 1SS5 , has arrived from Windsor , Out. , and Is settling with his creditors , payIng - Ing thorn 3i ; ) < f cents on the dollar. This has been accepted and criminal proceedings against Uillat. have been dismissed. Ollvor Kennedy , a conductor on the Chicago cage , St , Paul & Kansas City railroad , flrrd a young man named Fltzpatrick of Dyers- villo from his train bccnuso the young man could not ilnd his ticket until the train wan stopped , Kennedy was arrested , trlod nt D.versvllle and sentenced to pay a lino. A follow giving the natno of Daniel Arm strong swindled the Epworth Orcan com pany of Ccntorvllio out of SIM. Ho repre sented hlmsrlt to boin the lumber and coal business nt Green and carried a letter of Introduction from his Alcthodtst pastor. Ho bought an organ and gave n forged $500 draft In payment , receiving the change. The report of the commandant of the sol diers' homo at Mar.ihalltown shows that durlnsr the four years the homo has existed the average number belonging has been ! t7l ! , but the number actually ut the homo has boon less because many nro awav at different times on furloughs to vUit friends , or , when their health would permit , to work. South Dakota. Bishop Marty's now rcsidcnco at Sioux Fulls cost $30,000. A substantial Masonic tcmplo bus bcon erected nt Flandrcau. The Dead wood-Terra company paid JoO.OOO in dividends this year. The ICoystono mlno Is developing ere of extraordinary richness. Machinery for tbo Rapid City Chlorlnlza- tton works Is on the way from Chicago. A blchlorldo factory Is about to bczin operations ou refractory bums at Hot Springs. The snowfall on the ranges west of Pierre is suld to bo the heaviest In ton years , but stocK Is not suffering. Chnrlns Dunn , a hrakaman on the North western railroad , was killed near Water- town by a switching engine. The Kllpatrlck gang of Burllncton grailera has completed the spur to the Harnoy Peak tin mill and moved lute Wyoming. Ilank Lovott and his pard , chronic cattle rustlor.i , were "scared to death" on the Omaha plan near Cuptor City recently. Ten thousand sheep will bo wintered nt Ipswltch and viclnitv. Immense sheds nro being bnilt to afford shelter for the tlocks. The Homostako mlno has produced 818.- 000,000 on an investment of ? 70,000 , and di vided $1,780,750 among the rortuuuto stock holders. Many families from Iowa and Illinois have corao to South Dakota within the last few weeks , and have purchased farms in Kings- bury county. Deadwopd revels In a lyceum In which the trrcat problems agitating the world are ro- duccd to flinders by successlvo blasts of in tellectual caloric. It has boon declared by physiological ex ports that small men grow larger when they go to Dakota. This , too , Is In the face of the fact so many of them lose tholr bettor halves there. Miss Lmlo McICeo , n prominent younc lady of Oelrlchs , died suddenly on the 14th. She was to have boon married during holi days. Death Intervened and her wedding dress became her burial robo. tt yoiniujr. The state university reports 100 students. A Laramie company proposes to search for oil in the vicinity of the city. Ouo hundred thousand young trout will bo planted in state streams uoxt May. Tlo tourists nro uncommonly troublesome to towns and trainmen In tbo west. It Is given out on good authority that the suspended Cheynuno National bank will pay depositors in full. A state reward of J300 is offered for the arrest of thu murderers of Tlsdalo and Jones , the alleged cattle rustlers shot down in John son county. J. J. Fein , owner of the Rod Bird in the upper Laplata district , is said to bavo struck it rich. A genuine vein of gold-bearing quartz , three and n half feet wldo , was un covered , samples of which assayed ? 300 to thu ton. Hon. William H. Wlckbam , ox-mayor of Now York and manager of u company' Inter ested In Umta county coal mlnos , visited the property jast wook. The property controlled by tbo company Is said > o bo ono of the larg est coal Holds in the Unltod States. Tbo coal , which Is of good domestlo quality , is in immense quantities , some of the veins being fully eighty foot thick. The volns have a pitch of 17 ° and can bo worked very cheaply. Development work is progressing steadily In the Gold Hill camp. A four-foot vein of solid quartz was uncovered In the Acme mine. The ere is high grado. After many vexatious delays the Downey stamp mill will begin operations this wook. Another com pany has been formed to erect a stamp mill nad work ere from the Acme. The vein of rich ere in Wyoming has widened out to thirty-two Inches. Other claims are being worked vigorouslv , and conlldonco In the future of the district Is as firm as thu sur rounding hills. Montana. Dan O'Loary , the once noted pedestrian , is dolui ; Butto. Three Boars , a Cheyenne buck who did the continent with Buffalo Ulll , has boon con victed of horse stealing In'Holoaa. The smoke nuisance has bccomo intolerable In Butto. Determined efforts are being made to stop heap roasting by the smelters. At the Josephine. In tbo Barin district ; the men have gene to drifting. They have ere that assays from f 1,700 to $ .2,000 per ton. A gold brick weighing 350 ounces and worth about $0,000 has boon received at the United States assay oflleo lu Ilolona. It Is tbo pioduot of a twcnty-sovon days' run from the Royal gold and silver mine In Door Ledge county. The North Homo mlno , near Radorsburg. has nlno foot of ere that is considered first cUss. A shinmont of twenty tons netted the owners $1,000. The shaft is eighty foot doop. It promises to bacomo the big mlno "of that part of the country. A line collection of specimens , consisting of sparkling Kerns , nuggets of gold , dusky diamonds from the coal Holds , granite blocks and sandstone trimmings , together with many beautiful taxidormlo mountings showing Mon tana's wealth of resource iu minerals aud living things , Is being collected by the VS'orld's fair commissioners. The main load of tbo Tollurldo quartz dis trict , fifty miles southwest of Rod Ledge , Is eighty foot across and 0,000 linear foot of ere is located upon it. Twonty-sovon assays from tbo load avorascd $111 par ton. The largest vein of galena yet exposed Is twenty- seven Inches across aud the ontlro nighty foot Is cut by veins of quartz , copper , pyrites and galona. Tbo Butio and Boston company yesterday made the first payment ot $ ' 5,000'on the Mon itor bond of $100,000. Tbo Monitor is the claim iu which the largo vein of copper on ) was encountered lust winter , and which proved to bo the key no to to the opening up and discovery of the largo copper veins of the Ground Squirrel and other properties In the Immediate vicinity. Iduliu , Tbo Baptists of Bolso will build a $10,000 church , There are eighty-live prisoners in tha state penitentiary. A baby weighing 1 < H pounds was boru at Wallace tbo other day , Bolso City bas a 10-yaar-old girl who U six fool two Inches In height. The state supreme court bus annulled the work of tlio Stuto Board of Equalization on tbo ground that tt erred la fixing valuations "A'o other icceHy paper conlatni to great a variety of tntcrtalnlng and initnictirc rtadlny at 10 low a price. " For Young The : Youth's ' Companion , People and The Family. Among the Nolnblo Ventures to bo given In Tlio Companion for 1802 arc nrtlclca by A Rare Young fllnn ; by the Right Hon. W. fi. Gladstone. It describes the life of a young inventor of extraordinary gifts and lofty character. Krom tlie first line to the last it is deeply interesting , and is written in a most attractive style. Episodes In My Life ; by the Count de Lcsseps. The venerable Count de Lcsseps will contribute a delightful paper , telling in a most amusing manner how he came to build the Suez Canal. | "A Yard Souvenir Christmas Number , 24 Pages , Given to all New Subscribers , Free to ® New Suliscrllirrn who ncnil 31.75 now , will rrcrlvn THE YOUTH'S COMPANION 1'KEE to Jnnunry f n J. 1892. nnil for n Full Yrnr from Hint Dnlr. nirntlnn llil pnper when nilliRcrlhlna nnil rrcrlro "A Si of Roses. ' YAKU Ol' KOSEg. " UK proilncllon linn coil TWENTY THOUSAND IIOI.I.AHS. Specimen Copies 1'rco. Senit Check , rott-office Order , or Registered Letter at our rlih. Aililren , ( J ) THE YOUTH'S COMPANBON , 41 Temple Place , Boston , Mass. ( 9 fi * by classes. It Is said the decision will Increase - crease tbo Union Pacllic's taxes by ? 100,000. Pocatello hai a population of n.500 Inhab itants. It is a railway Junction town with a monthly pay roll of $05,000. The Poormnn mine ntBurko will soon have Its cloclric light plant in operation. The plant Is among the hinrc t in the world and when cornpl'jted it will have cost th < J I'oorman com pany in tbo neighborhood of $50,000. It will effect n direct saving of from ? J , " > ,000 to $30,000 n year In the matter of fuel , so at this rate It will not take them long to get tholr money back. Noviuln. Smelting works are being built nt Live- locks. The Big Creole antimony mlno is producing a largo quantity of oro. The Comstock produced during November bullion valued at SW.90 ! ) . Cattle thlovcs nro cultivating an imposing nccktio party In Long valley. Reno pronoscs to bloom as n health resort nod will build a hotel to cost $100,000. Thcro Is considerable excitement ever the CottnnWood mines In Churchill county , and several of these mlnos art ) bonded and about sold. There Is cobalt , nickel , copper , gold and silver , of which cobalt and nickel pre dominate , and the interested ones expect the camp to boom very soon. Thus far all goes well on all the ranches and stock ranges of Nevada. Although it has bcon rather cold smco the snow storm , there is plenty of feed. Therefore cattle nro everywhere comfortable ; not the least trou ble or suffering anywhere. Largo shipments of fat cattle are still 'bolng made to Cali fornia. Tacoma capitalists , are backing the steel works enterprise. Walla Walla bond ! brought a bandsomo premium in Now York"1. - School land recently sold near Mount Vor- nan brought SliSO an aero. Black Rlvnr coal , of which tboro Is a vast quantity , proves to bo oxcollnnt coking coal. * " Now Whatcom's city hall will cost $39.719 , exclusive of the furnishing. Work upon It has begun. . Twnnty-flvo thousand acres of land have been selected In the Sopkuno district by the state authorities for tlijj state normal school. Oroeon ( farmers nro agitating the cultiva tion of .sugar boots , , o'r ft Valuation of property for taxation in the state of Orotfon i * .about 8150,000,000. That of the state of Washington is about $300,000- valuations"A'o raised a subsidy of $20,000 to secure the removal of the woolen mills from Santa Rosa , Cal. , to the Dalles. Grace G. Isaacs , who was Injured In the Lake Lahlsh wreck on the Oregon & Cali fornia road , was awarded $11,000 damages by a Portland Jury. Oregon had moro rain during the months of October and November this year than during these months in any other year slnco it became a state. The famous whnloback steamer Wotmoro , which wont , round the Horn , wus llboloJ on reaching Astoria on a claim for $250,000 salvage , Ulod by Frank Upton , owner of the Zambesi , which towed too Wotmore Into port. _ California. The supreme court afllrms tbo constitution ality of tbo state Irrigation law. Sacramento valley farmers are up in arms against a revival of hydraulic mining. Potatoes are still a drug in the San Francisco market , GOO sacks of u prime article having been sold Tuesday at 2o cents per sack. By a decision of the state supreme court , all proceeding had regarding thp boodlurs in San Francisco has boon annulled because of irregularity. A car load of families numbering thirty- six persons , brought by the Southern Pacific colonization agencies1 arrived nt Dos Pales from Nebraska , on the Oth. The ollvo crop of Southern California is now nearly gathered , and thousands of gallons of the fruit Is now being picked , ground and pressed Into oil. Tbo universal report from all this region Is that the ollvo crop Is larger than over gathered In California , and is " 5 per cent larger than that of last year. Do Witt's Ltttlo Early Risers. Best little pill ever mado. Cure constipation , every timo. None equal. Use them now. SEtfATOll COLQIffl'T OF OlSUltai.i. Humor Thnt He In About , to Kotlro from ( ho Senate. ATLANTA , Ga. , Doc. 20. The Journal an- nouuces the probability of Senator Colqultt's retirement from the sonata bacauso bo can not stand the rigor of Washington woatbor. The senator suffered Intensely at Wash lug- ton during tbo last two winters and wus forced to spam ! muclv"if last winter away from his duties. Durlug.tho summer months ho wont to southern California. Ho returned to Wabhlngtun a month ago only to find him self under tha necessity of an immediate return > turn south. Senator Colqultt Is disposed when bo retires to help Speaker Crisp lute the senate , and In thisbis friends auroe with him , but they fool tlu\l , it , would bo butter for the speaker's fame to servo out his term and then go to the senator Pressure Is bolng I brought to boar on Seifutor Colqultt. therefore - fore , to remain In the isonato until ho has done so. j No gripping , no nausoX no pain when Do- Witt's Little Harly Klson are taken. Small pill. Safe pill. Best pill. Itlohmoml Teri < | imil Affair.- ) . NEW you * , Doo. gp. It was rumored today that Chairman jQJpott ot the Richmond Terminal stockholder ' committee had de cided to appoint Honrv Rudgo of the linn of Hallgarton & Co. , Jacob L. Sohlff of Kutin , Loeb & Co. , W. L. Martens of Van Hoffman & Co , , and Ocorgo fcYBuKor , president of thu Fir t National hank ) as hu associates on tho. committee , out no formal announcement was mado. It was stated by members of the opposition that the committee would bo announced on Monday , General Thomas said that a special mooting of the stockhold ers would bo bold lu January. 25o for a box of Bocham Pills worth a guinea. ( . 'oncer Denies tlio Etory. CHICAGO , III. , Doo. 20.A. . L , Conger , republican national commlttcoman from Ohio , this morning denied the story sunt out from Minneapolis to the effect that the national committee would select u presiden tial candidate , und that the convention would bavo nothing to do with tbo nomination. Don Ill's Little Early Uuurs , boat pilU ECHOES FROM THE ANTEROOM Doings of tha Week in the Secret SooictUs of Omaha. ST. ANDREW'S ' PRECEPTORY INSTALLATION Knl-hts ol Kntlosh Publicly Entertain 'Jhnir I'ritMHls Election of Olllocrsin tlio Various City and State Lotlucs. An event of moro than usual moment marked the constitution of St. Andrews pro- coptory , No. 1 , Council of Kndosh , nt Masoitio temple Monday evening. The pro- coptory had previously boon wonting under n special dispensation granted by the sov ereign grand councilbut with the granting of the now charter came the time for duly con stituting the proceptory and tbo installation of ofllcors. The installation , which was con ducted by Deputy Graud Inspector General Cloburno , : i3 = , was pubho , and was wit nessed by several scores of deeply interested spectators. The coromonlos were very Im pressive , and the rich uniforms of the sir knights , und the floral decorations added to the beauty of tbo sccno. lit. Rev. George Worthlngton , bishop of this diocese , and n 32 ° mason , acted as primate , lllltng the position most acceptably. Trinity cathedral choir , consisting' of Mrs. J. W. Co'tton , soprano ; Mrs. Frances Moellar , contralto ; J. W. Wllklns , tenor , nna Jules Lumbard , bass , rendered the chants and hymns , some of which were in Latin. Tno following wore the officers installed , who will advance the interests of the precep- tory for the next three years : Thomas D. Crane , a'J = , preceptor ; Lewis M. Rheom , 32 = , first sub-preceptor ; William Clcburno , U33 , second sub-preceptor ; Joseph R. Stafford , ! = , chancellor ; Melville W. Stone , 32 = orator ; Michael O. Maul , US3 , almoner ; James B. Bruncr , 82 ° , recorder ; Gustavo Anderson , 32 ° , treasurer ; Charles S. Huntlngton , 3:1 : = " , marshal of ceremonies ; Edgar Allen , 32 ° , turcopilior ; Fred J. Borthwick , 32 = , draper ; Jumos Gilbert , 32 ° , first deacon ; Joseph F. Barton , 82 ° , second deacon ; John J. Mercer , 32 ° , bearer of the boauseant ; Samuel M. Chrlstonson , 32 = , bearer of the second standard ; John T. Clarke , 82 ° , bearer of the third standard : Michael Coady , 82 = , lieutenant of the guard ; Henry Newell , ! I2 = > , sentinel. The social features of the evening were none less interesting than the ceremonial , for at the conclusion of the installation tha sir kntehts and their guests gathered about a huso bowl of claret punch before adjourning to the reception parlors , whcro tables had been arranged and au elaborate banquet was served. All of the Scottish Rlto bodies In the city have been flourishing slnco last Marchwhon at their first annual reunion a class of twou- tv-llvo was given the degrees from the Fourth to the Thirty-second inclusive at a three days' session. It aroused a great deal of Interest and en thusiasm , and there are now good prospects of having aaotbcr largo class for the next an nual reunion , which will bo hold next Feb ruary. The preceptory now has a membership of 120 , and as its Jurisdiction extends over the entire state , It numbers among its members many of the most prominent men In the state , some of whom stand high In politics. There are Lodges of Perfection at Lincoln and Fre mont , but this is the only precoptory in Ne braska. As it 13 n uniformed body , and most elegantly uniformed at that , it Is drilling * faithfully , and will soon bo ready to make a showing In public iu ueopiog with its high rank. A. ' . & A. M. The following oflicors have boon elected by Hastings Chapter No. 21 for the ensuing year : W. M. Cllne , H. P.V. ; . S. McKlnnoy , king : A. R. Vanstcklo , scribe ; S. E. How ard , secretary ; G. H. Pratt , treasurer ; W. H. Marshall , C. ot H. ; E. Potteys , P. S. ; D. M. MoElhitinoy , R. H. C. ; J. W. Harris , third veil ; C. Alexander , second veil ; L. U. Partridge , first veil ; F. J. Benedict , senti nel. nel.Tho Grand chapter of Nebraska , R. A. M. , elected the followlnc oftlcers Monday even ing ut Columbus : John B. Dinsmoro , Sutton - ton , G. H. P. ; R. E. French , Koarnov , D. G. M. ; A. W. Crites , Chadrou , G. 1C ; F. E. Bullard , North Plattc , G. S. : H. G. Clark , Omaha , grand treasurer ; William R. Bowen , Omaha , grand secretary ; \Villlatu T. Whit- marsh , South Omaha , grand chaplain ; C. J. Phclps , Schuyler , G. C. H. ; C. C. Ritten- house , Hustings , G. P. S. ; R. II. Henry , ColumbusG. U. A. C. ; J. J. Mercer , Omaha , G. "M. , 8d V. ; James Dinsmoro , Clay Coutor , G. M. , 3d V. jGoorgo Whitman , Clay Center , G. M. , 1st V. ; John N. Vandyke and Wil liam B. McArthur , stowatds ; Jacob A. King , sentinel. The order of high priest was conferred upon olchtcon candidates. The chapter closed Thursday afternoon. About sixty visiting masons were in tbo city. The next convocation will bo hold nt Geneva. Holyoke lodge No. 81 , A. F. & A. M. , at tholr annual election oloctcd ofllcors as fol lows : R E. Webster , \V. M. ; F. M. Smith , S. W. ; C. B. Timborlake. J. W. ; W. C , Robinson , secretary ; J. W , Walte , , treas urer ; H. Sutherland , S. D. ; J. M. Cullis , J. D.i John Wash , tylor. The lodge is In a nourishing condition , with a membership of sixty , ana rapidly increasing. Livingstone cbnptor No. 10 , Royal Aroh Masons , of Beatrice , at Its annual convoca tion elected ofllcors for the ensuing year as follows : Illith priest , B. H. Bcgolo ; King , F. ' W. Cole : scribe , J. T. Armstrong ; trcas. u'rer , S. W. Wads worth ; secretory , Burt King ; sentinel , D. G. Fisko. Installation will occur on December 2-4. The Black Cross degree was conferred upon Hon. A. A. Kearney by Damascus com- mandory of Norfolk. Orient chapor , Royal Arch Masons , of Co lumbus elected the following ofilcers for the onaulng year ; Most eminent high pnost , A , L. Dlxby ; most eminent king , C. B. Still- man ; most eminent scribe , J , E. North ; treasurer , C. A. Spoico ; secretary , J. R. Meager. Tbo installation ot officers will occur Friday evening , December 25. 1. O. O. V. The members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Plattsmouth are arranging for a triple Installation of the oftlcon of ledge No , HO , encampment No. 31 aud the Daughters of Rcbokuh ledge , to bo hold January fi. The committee which Das the matter In Land are us yet undecided whether tbo general public will bo admitted to the ceremony or whollier invitations only will bo issued , , \ . ' . U. W. Legion No. I , Select Kalgbts , Ancient Order of United Workmen , of Grand Island held aa unusually Interesting mooting Wednesday evening , Initiating ono now member , receiving n number of new applica tions and electing ofllcors for the ensuing year , after which a banquet was spread aud a rare social time enjoyed by tbo comrades present , the attendance bolng much larger than usual. The following are the newly elected oftlcers : Commander , Robert Ged- dcs ; vlco commander , RognrRynn ; lieuten ant commander. J. C. Hnyot ; standard bearer , Charles Hcusingcr ; recorder , Gcorgo C. Roys ; treasurer. Martin V. Powers ; re cording treasurer , F. P. Boydon ; ofllcorof guard , F. Swartzol ; trnnrd , John H , Waters ; sentinel , Samuel F. Kent : past commander , A. Cosh ; trustee. W. R. McAllister ; medical examiners , Drs. J. B. Hawk and John Jack son. Installation will tnUo place oil the 11 rstTuesday lu January. The Elsie ledge reports n membership of about thirty , and It only three months old. KleotoU Quit-pi's. At the meeting of Court ICcllpso No. 107 , Independent Order of Foresters of Omaha , held last Friday evening , the following ofil cers wcro elected for the term beginning Januaty 1 , IS'J-J ' : i1' . L. Weaver , i hiof ranger ; S. M. Martlnovltch , vice chief raugor : J. E. Gu.tus , recording secretary ; William M. Glllcr , ffnanclul secretary ; Charles Rosewater , treasurer ; George Stein hard , S. W. ; David Toug , J. W. ; Joe Mezzctti , S. B. ; W. F. BiMdloy.J. B. ; Dr. Charles Roiowater , medical examiner. Maple Camp No. 94 , " , Modern Woodmen of America , have elected the following ofltcors for the ensuing term : W. A. Saundersven erable consul ; C. A. Grimesworthy advisor ; N. P. Swanson , excellent banker ; P. C. Schroeder , clerk ; Walter Walker , escort ; II. A. Jones , watchman ; H , B. Smith , sontrv ; H. I1' . Savage , manager ; J. P. Lord , C. D. Spraguu , camp physicians. The Omaha Association of Stationary En gineers elected the following officers last night : J. A. Welgenbach , president ; C. S. Mullen , vlco president ; James Anderson , treasurer ; C. A. Palmer , financial secretary ; W. B. Austin , corresponding secretary ; W. H. Bridges , recording secretary ; Glen Doyo , conductor ; HenrDofthlcs , doorkeeper. Na tional President Powell has made the follow- idg appointments for Nebraska : State deputy , T. J. Collins , Omana ; deputy Second district of NobrnsKa , W. B. Austin , Omaha. The Omaha Turnvoreiu hold Its annual meeting last Monday evening , and elected the following ofllcors for tbo ensuing year : President , Dr. R. S. Lucko ; vlco president , R. Rosonzwclg ; recording secretary , Otto Lontz ; corresponding secretary , E. Schurlg ; first turnwanl , Fred Fruehauf , second turn- ward , G. Blnttort ; cashier. Gus Doyle , assistant cashier , W. Schultzo ; treasurer , Theodora Beekor ; librarian , W. Bloodol ; zougward. Dr. D. Jensen ; assistant zoug- ward. H. Windholm ; chairman of school board , R. Stein ; delecatc-s for the Turners' convention held at Plattsmouth , January 10 , 1892 , Theodore Becker , H. Hofmelstor , Fred Fruuhaufj G. Blattert , E. Schurlg. ( , . A. H. Robert Anderson post , No. 32 , of York , will bo oftlcered as follows for 1892 : Nathan Johnson , commander ; J. A. Osborn , S. V. C. ; J. T. Allen , J. V. C. ; L. R. Roy , chap lain ; James Loftier , O. of D. ; Dr. Davis , surgeon : W. Wirnt , O. of G. ; F. J. Davis aud George Rossltor , delegates to tbo state encampment. At thn annual election of ofllcors of the Women's Relief Corps of Madison the fol lowing were elected : Mrs. Blanche Allen , president ; Mi-s. William Pattersun , S. V. ; Mrs. A. R , Frnzor , J. V. ; Mrs. J. L. Grant , treasurer ; Mrs. Ed Jacobs , conductor ; Mr * . Dr. Ilutchlnson , chaplain : Mrs. G. B. Groff , guard. Dclogato to department convention at Columbus , Mrs. S. J. Aruott ; alternate , Mrs. Mary Jones. Tlio following oflicors for tbo ensuing year were electett at tbo meeting of the Beaver City Women's Relief Corps : Provident , Mrs. M. A. Froas : senior vice , Mrs. H. F. Morwiu ; Junior vice , Mrs. B. F. Maple ; chaplain , Mrs. L. Kinsman ; conductor , Airs. William Munsell ; inside guard. Miss Lucy Rowley. I. O. of W. A. The newly organized ledge of the Improved Order of Workmen of America , nt Lincoln , bus elected the following , ofllcors : Noble grand , John Currlo ; senior marshal , G. R. Knowlcs ; junior guardian , H. II. Grimes ; Junior marshal , W. H. Jones ; outer guard , H. II. Jones ; medical director , II. M. Caso- bcor. The charter is open for membership and tbo remaining officers will bo chosen later on. This now order Is Interested In the erection of the proposed Labor palace. A. & < 1. 8. it. Omaha council , No. 1 , Royal and Select Masters , elected the following ofllcors Mon day evening : James Gilbert , thrice illustri ous master ; M. Coady , deputy Illustrious master : Joseph Barton , principal conductor of tuo work ; Gustavo Anderson , treas ure r ; James D. Brunor , recorder ; Charles Plckorlnir , captain of the guard ; Goorno H. Peterson , conductor of the coun cil ; Henry Stabrlo , steward ; Henry Newell , sentinel. f. or v. E. 1C. Wells camp , No. 72 , Sons of Veter ans , of South Omaha , have elected odicers as follows : Captain , Fred Griffith ; first llou- tcnaut , Thomas Mullonburg ; second lieuten ant. F. Kltor ; camp council , Klmoi- . Loalo , H. L. Kelly and H. S. MoDougall. iMo - Dougall was elected as delegate to the di vision encampment , with H. L. Kelly as altornato. A very small plli , but u very good ouo. Do- Witt's ' little Early Rltori. DELICIOUS NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. - \ ot porfoot purity. LemonI Lemon - Of m-oat strength. Almond If Economy In their two Rose etC J F'aVor ' as delloatoly and dollolously ao the frooh fruit * LURKS IN EVERY COLD. Onr In tlio limit * In the ill'k'iil'O of n rnhl. tlio tonrlllu monitor nnmnaku nnil olnlnm ororrtlilne Vou rnn Kw | ) It out. or jrou cnn ilrlvn It out , b'H to do either you must bo very jiroiiipt uml fultlifiil In jouruu uf ufDr. . Schenck's PULMONIC SYRUP , the nnturnl Riinnllnn of tlio limit ngnlnHnll In tlnmmntlnn * nnil ooiiKt < lloii3 , ntnl tlio niliih IT pra lector of tholr UMSUOS nnil socrctloiM. 1'lnlit your cola I ll ) nrm your nnomnonlA the ili'nillloUoiionir of mnnkliul ! You nuvoiv lullsin.ni In the I'uluionla Syrup.TIOJO | prmonco no unonif of Iho ItiiiKi can wltinliuu ! . A nn aid to nnturo. upon nil the nccrotlmu. Kroa the .itomich , llrer nnd bowels l > r int'iiut of Dr. Schenck's MANDRAKE PILLS nnil ol jruur entire nr tuin to healthy work. Krun the nutnUrr , pnoiimonhi. thus Mill of IK ( UnJIr Krtpnml lloui ni n thief In thu nlxiit'I lie piiliiniiilii -yrup. the Mnnilrnko I'llli pluco llioio on KU.III ! unit nil la ncll , DIl SOIIENOK'S book on" Consumption , Mvor Coinpliilnt and IJyspopslu , sunt froo. JJIi. J. 11. tiUUKNUK & HUN , rhlliutulpliln , 1'a. NO OTIIJBX6 IiEAVEB A DEUCATB AND LASTING ODOB. For unloby all Drug nnd Fancy Goods Dcnlora or It tinnulo to procure this \vnmlernil nnni Bcnd R In Btumps end receive u cake by return mail. JAS. S. KIRK & CO. , Chicago. Sl'KCIAT. . Shnnilnn Holla > VnU ( tlio populn * Society Wulti ) tontrJMlK to nuyoiio sending ui Uireo wrappers of tfhaadou Hulls Soun. AN OLD VETERAN. H. Hcrlaochtcr , PU'veuB1 Point , Wls. , Buffered for a yenis of Nor- voiia 1'rostrallan , moro than tongim can toll. I'hjnlci- nna availed noth ing , one hottlo of DR. MILES' RCGTORATIVC NERVINE , bronelit him rent , ileep niid ranilo him feel llko a new man. Dr. .Julian C. Undorwood , Slemplilo , Tunn. , suffered from periodical nervous attacks , bnt found effect after using ono boltlo ot Nervlno. Trial bottle and elegant book FIIEK at druggists , DE. JttliES MEDICAL Co. , EllUiort , In < i Kor Sale by All DrugslaU. TAICEAPILL , Hobb's Are Iho Dost on Earth. ' Act gently yet prompt ' ly on tbo MVil : ! , KID. DR. HOBB'S HEYS anil IlOtt CUS , ilia- polling Headaches , Fov- era anil Colds , thorough LITTLE ly cleansing tlio system of disease , and cures Vegetable habitual constipation. They are sugar coated , do not gripe , very small , easy to take , and iiurvlr vc ctalilo. 45plllslacacn vlnl. 1'orfcct digestion follows their uso. Tlioy nljiolutolrcnro Mrk hrmf- uclio , and nro recommend ed bj lending iilirnlflanii. For salu by loading dniKBlstHorhpntbymail ; 21irt . ovlnl. Aildrcsa HOBB'S ' MEDICINE CO. , Props , San Francisco or Chicago , FOn SALE IN OMAHA. NEB. , 11V Kulm & Co. , Co.r 13th & nongla * SU. J. A. fuller , feCn. , Cor. Hlli A , Douglas SU. AQ Foster & Co. , Council Dluds , U. CTJBEB BOUGH BUM 18 A One Minute Remedy I'orall itlfncttons of the Throat , Lungs and Hronchial Tubes , EXCEPT CONSUMPTION 26 AND BO OISNTQ. Kor Halo by Ctinoirhontli : < ; ttinil / ei cured Iniliiys by the I'runuh Hoiimily entit led the 1CINU H dissolves aidiliiNt anil Is uli- Borbod Into the liillumoil pnrU. Will refund inouny If It dooa not euro , or causes strloturo Gentlemen , hurt ) Is n rnllnblo article , il a imukaKU. or S for M per mall prepaid. McOor- mtctc > V ( jumi , Oiimha. AMUSEMENTS. O A 0001) U TllCatfC SKAT you coo. Hovontoonlli nnil Unrnor BtmoH. 1 n I'uiiNon i Coinlnu to Taunt. Clillilron Cry for "Von Vonion. " Onlr IHIP World unit Two lllit Hliiiwi In -Thl World' ! Knlr In ChlciKO unt "Von tromoii" I-MUKTTIMK IN O.\rAIIA. Sunday and Monday , Dec. 201li and 21st YONYONSOW Acomailf-driiiimln Ilnctn. Introducing Ilia ruumrk- nbla Swo'luh-AliHTlcmi ' DUIuot Com.II . ill. IIIB. HliKdKnnillho olurar itoiiliruttl , ANNIU I.HWI.S DIME EDEN MUSEE. Corner lltli nnil Kurnain Blrcoti. WKKK COlIJtUSCINd J10NDAV. DKOKMIIKU 21 tb JO-JO , Itiu.slun ! ) ( > { Kneuu Mini. I'N/.li : . Aljurl 'lnul Aiistriilliin PKHKKICl.Triilncil Ituts und Mice. 3 UKKAT BTAOK nllOWrf. Ailuiluluu OQB llluiu. Oyou Dallr. I to . * . M