TITJB OMA11A BATLY ME : "MONDAY * . 1O. 1HIM.
THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX
Principal Features of the Now Law and
Whom it Affects.
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INCOMES EXCEEDING 84.000 MUST PAY
tynop ) U ot the Salient froTliluim , Exemp
tion * unil Itentrlctlons nml the Veimltle §
J.'ro crtbr l for Kinilon * nml 1'orjurctl
Ilrturim fllmlo to Collectors.
Under tlic Inw Incomes for the cnlcn-
dnr year 1891 nro taxable mid returns
arc to bo made on or before March 1 ,
1893. The tax Is payable on or before
July 1. The secretary of the treasury
and the coinnilKHloncr of Internal reve
nue have arranged the plans for the en
forcement of the Income tax and the
necessary blanks will be sent to col
lectors before the first of the year. He-
fore anything can be done , however , In
the matter of putting Into operation the
machinery for the collection of the tax
congress will have to make an appro
priation , the amount asked for by the
secretary of the treasury being $500,000 ,
and this Is expected to encounter vigor
ous opposition. It Is understood that a
strong effort will be made to defeat an
Huron Intlon for Ihls purpose , and while
It may not succeed It Is quite possible
that It will cause such delay In the en
forcement of the law tnat the treasury
will get only a small part of the reve
nue from this source which Is counted
on for the beginning of the next fiscal
year. In that case the dcllcit of ? U8-
000,000 expected by Secretary Carlisle
may be doubled.
As everybody whose Income exceeds
? 1,000 a year Is affected by this tax , and
therefore Interested In knowing the
terms and requirements of the law , a
statement of these In advance of the
date when the law takes effect will
doubtless be regarded by all such per
sons as timely.
All citizens of the United States are
liable to the law , whether they live In
this country or In foreign lands. So are
all persons who are not citizens If they
live in the territory of the United States.
The tax covers , also , all Incomes derived
by persons who are neither citizens of
this country nor residents from prop
erty or business of any kind hi the
United SUites. Literally all Income , ex
cept such as Is exempted by a few spe
cial clauses , Is liable and must be In
cluded In calculating the amount due
under the law. It makes no difference
whether it comes from the profits ol
business , fiom personal services , or fioni
Investments In stocks , bonds , notes 01
any other property whatever , excepi
United States bonds , which are express
ly exempted from all taxation by the
terms of their Issue , and the stock ol
corporations which shall have paid the
tax on their Income , as provided for bj
the new act Itself. Money due from any
source , but not paid within the year
must bo Included , If It Is a good and
collectable claim. The profits from the
rise In the value of real estate sok !
within the year and bought within twc
years of the time the law takes cffccl
are taxable. The amount received froir
the sale of agricultural or other pro
ducts Is covered by the tax , but there
may bo deducted the cost of producli
the merchandise sold. The net expressj !
Includes the money and all other per
Koual properly received during the ycai
by bequest , gift or Inheritance. In cal
dilating exemptions and offsets to In
come received the following items mnj
be allowed : All taxes actually paid
except those assessed for local Improve
incuts ; the portion of any salary tipoi
which the tax Is paid by an employer
.who Is bound by law to withhold , am
actually does withhold , the tax du <
thereon ; ad Interest paid on Indebted
ness and all losses from wrecks , fires
bad debts or other causes which art
Incurred In the conduct of any buslues :
or In the regular course of any nvoca
tlon , provided that such losses arc no
covered by Insurance or In any wa ;
made good. It Is expressly provide *
that there shall not bo any deductloi
for expenditures In the erection of nev
buildings or In making permanent im
provenipnts or betterments which In
crease , or arc Intended to Increase , thi
value of any property or estate. Onl ;
one deduction of the amount of Inconv
exempted , $4,000 , shall bo made froii
the aggregate Incomes of all the mem
bers of any one family composed o
husband and wife , or of one or hot !
parents and minor children. Guardian
are allowed to make a deduction of th
full amount exempted In calculating th
tax to which the property of each wan
Is liable , but If two or more wards ar
comprised In the same family and hav
joint property Interests then there cm
be but one deduction of $4,000 for al
of their combined estate.
In order to make sure that no persoi
near the limit of exemption , $ IOOC
shall escape notice the law provide
that everybody whose Income for th
present year Is as much as f3r > 00 nlml
make a sworn statement , on or bofor
the first Monday In March , 1S93 , sel
ting forth the amount of his Income fo
the calendar year 1891 , and must fin
nlsli this to the collector of Internal re\
enue , or a deputy collector , for the dlf
trlct In which ho resides. It Is pre
vlded , however , that any person whos
Income equals or exceeds $ JJW)0 ) n yem
but Is less than $1,000 , may slmpl
swear that the amount of his incomi
as defined by law , was under $1,000 fc
the year , and that shall be deemed sui
ilclont unless the. collector has reason t
believe that the amount of Income llabl
to taxation has been falsely understate !
When the collector thinks that an li
come has been returned too low he ma
Increase It , giving notice thereof to til
person concerned , so that he may hav
an opportunity to bo heard In his ow
defense. When an Increase Is mad
over the Income returned the tax on th
whole Income Is doubled , so that tli
dishonest taxpayer must pay 4 Instea
of 2 per cent. In cas of failure t
make any return the penalty assesse
\ against the delinquent Is W ) per cent r
the amount of the tax which would otl
orwlso have been payable. Failure 1
pay the tax at the specified time Incui
a penalty of 5 per cent of the anioui
of the tax and Interest at the rate of
per cent n month on the sum unpaid.
The law Is stringent In dealing wit
corporations , making no exemptions I
favor of such bodies. They are Hub
for 2 per cent of flielr net Incom
whether their profits nro $50 n year c
$ . 5,000.000. No deduction Is allowed f (
amounts puhl to stockholders , or carrlr
to the credit of any fund or account , <
used for the enlargement or bettormei
of the plant , or for any other purpof
as an Investment or Improvement , Tl
corporations taxable under the law li
elude nil banks , banking Institution
trust companies , savings Institution
lire , marine , llfo and other Insurant
companies , railroad , canal , turnplk
navigation , wnter power , telephone , tel
traph , express , electric light , gas , wntc
street railway and electric power cor
panics , and nil other corporations , ass
clatlons or companies doing business ft
profit in the United States , no matti
how or where they may have been o
gaulrod and created. Partnerships ai
not Included. Exempt corporations nro
states , counties and municipalities ; cor
porations or associations organized and
operated solely for charitable , educa
tional or religious purposes ; fraternal
beneficiary associations , or orders oper
ating on the lodge system and providing
for the payment of life , sick , accident
and other benefits , and building and
loan associations which make loans only
to their shareholders or members. The
tax does not apply to the Income from
stocks , funds or securities held by any
fiduciary or trustee for charitable , re
ligions or educational purposes. There
Is also an exemption covering strictly
mutual Insurance companies and that
portion of the business of companies
having capital stock and stockholders
which Is conducted upon nn entirely
mutual bouls and solely for the bene
fit of the policy holders , provided that
the accounts of this portion of Its busi
ness be kept separate from Its other
transactions. The same exemption ap
plies to savings banks which have no
stockholders save their depositors and
hold all of their Income subject to di
vision among the depositors and for
their benefit alone ; provided , also , that
they shall not receive more than $1.000
In any one year from a single depositor ,
or allow any person to have more than
$10,000 on deposit at one time , or pos
sess a surplus exceeding 10 per cent of
their deposits. Every corporation doing
business for profit must submit to the
Internal revenue collector on or before
the first Monday In March every year a
sworn statement of Its gross receipts
for the preceding calendar year. Its net
profits , and other facts set forth In the
law , and each corporation must keep Its
books and accounts In such form that
they can be readily Inspected. Refusal
to allow Inspection Incurs the penalty of
having the Income of the corporation
fixed by estimate of the Internal revenue
collector and the addition thereto of 50
per cent of the supposed true Income.
These are the principal features of the
law reviving the taxation of Incomes In
the United States. It Is provided that
It shall remain In force until January
1 , 1900 , but It Is not probable It will dose
so , even should It stand the test of con
stitutionality to which It will undoubt
edly be subjected.
ECHOES FROM THE ANTE BOOM.
What Foresters Are Trying to Do Now Odd
1'elliMTS Hull nt llunnnii.
Court Omaha No. 1091 , Independent Order
of Foresters , Is working hard to Increase Its
membership before January 1. Prizes have
been ottered to all lodges In the country ( or
the purpose of Increasing the membership ol
the order and Court Omaha wants to win sev
eral ot them. One prize will bo won If It
reaches a certain number ot members. It
also hopes to win one ot those offered ( or the
greatest percentage ot Increase In the mem
bership of any lodge during the year. Apd
It Is expected that several members will re-
celvo prizes for having obtained the largest
number of new members through Individual
efforts. In order ( o exhibit to outsiders the in
ner workings and benefits ot Hie order enter
tainments open to the public have been given
from tlmo to time and the result has been
the acquisition of a large number of members.
Friday evening next , the court will give a
social entertainment and ball which Is ex
pected to surpass any ot those that have bo en
given In 'he past. Neat Invitations have al
ready been Issued , and no one can obtain ad
mission without one ot these. Refreshments
will be served. The program that has been
prepared ( or the occasion Is as ( allows :
Piano Solo Grand March Pease
Mr. D. R. Stnnbauiih.
Tenor Solo Mr. Frank Wallace
Recitation Miss Fannie Frost
Vocal Duet
Mlsa Mabel Mason , Miss Rose Ma-
cumber.
Short Address Forestry
Charles Watts , D. S. C. R.
Instrumental Trio dlpsy Rondo , from
Trio N. 1
Violin , Mr. J. I. Cook. 'Cello , Mr. 8.
Heyn. Piano , Mr. Slgmund Lands-
berg- .
Bass Solo Out On Hie Deep Lohr
Mr. W. R. Morrison.
Recitation Miss Jessie Bowie
Music The Tyroleans
Vocal Duet
Miss llnttie Ivans , Miss Matte Cannon.
Odd l''rllmvs lit ISenson. '
The Odd Fellows of Benson opened their
new hall Thursday night by Installing the
officers ot Benson lodge No. 221. The
Installation ceremonies were conducted by
Grand Master John Evans , assisted by
Deputy Grand Master J. W. Nichols , Grand
Warden Harry Jackson , Grand Secretary N.
13. Helm and Grand Treasurer F. B. Bryant ,
all ot Omaha. The officers Installed were :
Noble grand , D. C. Hoffman ; vice grand ,
George Snoll ; secretary , C. J. Johnson ;
treasurer , E. H. Mulford. After the instal
lation of the officers the degree team of
State Ijdge No. 10 , Omaha , Initiated sixteen
members. An elegant supper was served
otter the ceremonies. Benson lodge. No. 221 ,
starts out with eleven charter members ana
thirty Initiates.
Union Veteran Legion Officer * .
Encampment No. 121 , Union Vet-
1 eran Legion , recently elected officers
J ai follows : Colonel , E. I. Davis ;
' lieutenant colonel , I. S. Lozler ,
major , P. J. Matlson ; surgeon , E. A. Shaw ;
chaplain , G. D. Cornell ; officer of
the day , L. A. Flnney ; quartermaster , R.
Phoenix ; trustee for three years , T. L. Hull.
The appointed officers nro to be as follows :
Adjutant , T. H. Leslie ; officer of the guard ,
W. H. Coleman ; sergeant major , E. J. Coder ;
quartermaster sergeant , W. H. Gardner ;
color sergeant , N. Swanscn ; bugler , H.
Thlenhardt.
The encampment will give a complimentary
entertainment on Wednesday evening , De
cember 19.
Tnto to United Workmen.
Grand Master Workman J. G. Tate ad
dressed the members and friends of North
Omaha lodge No. 159 , Gate City lodge No. 9 !
and Degree of Honor lodge No 23 yesterday
afternoon In Wolfe's hall. These lodges have
Instituted a series ot meetings to be. held
each alternate , Sunday , beginning yesterday
Some eminent speaker will be present on
each occasion to discuss fraternity matters Ir
their various phases. These lodges hope tc
accomplish much good. In arousing an In
creased Interest In their work.
In addition to the speaking a fine muslca !
program was rendered yesterday , and will b <
at each meeting.
Cntliollo Mutual llonovolont Association.
Branch No. 3 ot the Catholic Mutua
Benevolent asoclatlon elected the followlnf
officers for the ensuing year Friday evening
President , William Maher ; first vice presl
dent , T. M. Halloran ; second vice president
J. F , Welch ; recording secretary , F. H
Kosters ; assistant recording secretary. C. E
Boschert ; financial secretary , J. P. Quintan
treasurer , H. V. Burkley ; marshal , A. J
Beaten ; guard , J. C. Klnslcr ; trustees , J. J
Bugee , T. J. FItzmorrls , J. D. Tracy , F. E
Kosters , J. C. Klnsler.
The new officers will bo Installed the firs
Friday in January.
rianet Ixxlce O Ulcers.
Planet lodge. No. 4 , Knights of Pythias
at Its last meeting night elected the follow
ing officers : Chancellor commander , Wllllan
Stark ; vice chancellor , Edward Qursky
prelate , Gustavo Frels ; keeper of records am
seal , Julius Trcttscke ; master of finance
Samuel Motz ; master of exchequer. Jacol
Frank ; mastor-at-arms , Henry Miller ; maste
ot work , August Karsten.
Secret bocloty Notes.
Omaha camp. Modern Woodmen of America
will giro a musical entertainment next Wed
nesday evening In the hall In the Contlnenta
block.
Forest lodge , Knights of Pythias , and Key
stone lodge. Independent Order ot Odd Fel
lows , have leased Jointly the hall known a
Forest hall at Sixth and Pacific streets , an
are fitting It up In shape for a lodge rooni
J. C. Petersen , the secretary , says that the
will make arrangements for other lodges t
use the room It thcro are any who care t
occupy It jointly with them.
*
Karl'i Clover Root , the great bood ] purifier
. elves freshness and clearness Wttfe complel
' * Ion tad cures cons tip tfilon ; 25c , 60c , Jl-00
c Sold by Goodman Drug Co ,
Wonderful Mining Development * in Oala-
voras County , California ,
A RlVAL TO THE AFR.C\N GOLD FIELDS
Cnttlo and Miccp Intercuts of San Miguel
County , Colorado Nutunil ( Ins Ulncmorjr
nt Mun'oroy Klk liaising In Wyo.
inlng General Western
"It the gold fields of South Africa could
show the prospects and the yield that Cala-
veras county does all California would bo
bidding for a chance to get In on the deal , "
said II. Montenegro ot Angels Camp to a
reporter on the San Francisco Examiner
Mr. Montenegro says that the mining prop
erties In the Angels Camp district are all
doing well , the Utlca mine , owned by Hobart ,
Hayward & Lane , being reckoned as the
kingpin.
Tito Utlca Is worked In conjunction with
the Stickles mine adjoining , 400 men being
constantly employed In extracting ore , which
averages | 15 a ton. The company keeps 200
stamps' going day and night and each stamp
Is able to crush at least three , tons In twenty-
four hours , which gives an estimated output
ot $270,000 in gold bullion a month. This rate
1ms been kept up for moro than a year. For
some reason that outsiders do not under
stand the managers of the property attempt
to minimize the returns ot the milling
product. It Is supposed that they ( ear that
moro frequent attacks by highwaymen would
be made If It were generally known that the
chances for rich treasure boxes were so fre
quent.
The Tulloch mine , a mlle from the Utlca ,
Is also operated by the Hobart-Hayward
combination , and is reported to bo turning
out big bars of bullion.
A new five-stamp mill was started up at
the Berney mine. The ore Is expected to
average $20 a ton. This mlno Is controlled
by Messrs. Brown , Roller ) , Montenegro and
other business men of San Francisco. "
It Is customary to describe mines In and
about Angles camp by referring to their
position relative to the Utlca mine. The
Blair ledge , two miles southwest of the
Utlca , Is turning out ore that runs $1GO a
ton. It has been bonded for $300,000 by an
English syndicate , the bond to run thirty
days. It Is thought the sale will be com
pleted. The mine has a ten-stamp mill
that Is kept going constantly ,
SAN MIGUEL RESOURCES.
The western portion of San Miguel county ,
which borders on the Utah line , furnishes
hundreds ot acres of grazing land , which la
"ully occupied by herds of cattle belonging
.0 W. H. Nelson , Edwin Joseph , Alfred Dun
ham , George P. Robinson , Sam Robinson , J.
N. I'earse , Lloyd Qllllgan , James Nix , L. G.
Dcntson , the Porter Cattle company and many
ethers , who have- thousands dt cattle shipped
from the different ranges In this country In
the last two months , writes a Tellurlde cor
respondent of the Denver Times-Sun. The
ranges , though usually good In the fall , are
badly used up at this time , owning to the
light rains during this season , as
well as no snowfall at all during
the fall months ; consequently the
cattlemen will ship a greater number than
they otherwise would it the winter ranges
were In their unsual condition. There will
bo a few hundred head of cows kept up and
fed during the winter months tor the In
crease , but beef steers will be shipped to
Kansas City and other points , as well as to
the Tellurlde and Rico markets ( or use at
the mines and to supply town trade.
The farming Interest Is looked after by
many people from Kansas , Nebraska , Iowa ,
Illinois and other points. The greatest num
ber ot productive ranches lie In what Is
known as the "Shenandoah valley , " in the
ixtrcmo western and northwestern end of
the county , and though a portion Is In Montrose -
rose county , It is ot San Miguel county's portion
tion that Is mentioned. Hay , grain , vegeta
bles and fruits are raised in abundance on
this land by the Irrigation system , the
land being admirable and the climate
being most favorable. Nearer to Tellurlde
Hastings mesa hay , grain and vegetables
are grown , while within five miles of Tol-
urlde can be found the ranches ot W. L.
Hogg , Andy Kellock , F. E. Adams , Joseph
Carrlerre , R. H. Glllesple. E. B. Anderson ,
Frank Waddle , Russell Painter , Alex Thomp
son and others. On these high ranches bar
ley , oats and timothy hay are the chief pro
duct , and all do Immensely well. Especially
Is the timothy hay very profitable. All of
these crops can be marketed In Tellurlde and
at a good round price , making farming very
profitable.
Too sheep Industry Is growing In this
county , too. C. E. Smith has several thou
sand sheep , on Hastings mesa , and the Wise
Bros , and Haley Bros , have sheep , which they
allow to run on our ranges during the sum
mer months.
To cum It all up , Sam Miguel county pre
sents a homo for the farmer , fruit grower ,
stock raiser , miner and mechanic , and is In
deed blessed by nature with all requirements
necessary for man.
BLUE MOUNTAIN MINES.
The Indian scare In. San Juan county hag
developed the fact that Bom6 Important min
ing operations are now being prosecuted In
the Blue mountains , and that promising prop
erties are menaced. The Salt Lake Tribune
has chronicled the dlscovry of rich gold ore
on the Gold Queen and Silver King claims
owned b'y J. R. Hlckman of Nephl , B. B. and
J. L. Heywood , Stewart Stevenson and others
These claims show a four and one-half-fooi
vein of free milling gold ore that yields from
$35 to $187. The owners have erected a
shaft house , brick house and blacksmith shoi
and laid in a stock of supplies for the winter
and propose to determine beVoro eprlnj
whether there Is sufficient oro. to Justify the
erection of a mill. The developments tfonsls
of two shafts , thlrty-nvo and forty-flva feet
deep , and an Incline on the vein. There Is
an abundance of timber , water and coal in
the vicinity.
Near these claims Is the Viking , owned
by Lester Taylor of Payson and E. H
Terry. They have recently made a mos
Important discovery of gold ore , a selectei
sample from which assayed $7,030. Average
samples across the two-foot vein yielded $480
The owners have bsenworking five men am
have sunk a shaft to a depth ot fifty ( cet
and are now crosscuttlng. The ere is ( re
milling , and the owners believe their prop
erty will develop Into a bonanza , provided
the land Is not given up to the Colored
Utcs.
Thcso mines are located about soventj
miles south of Moab , in the very midst o
the Indian troubles.
NATURAL GAS DISCOVERY.
Seaside , Cal. , Is all excitement over a dls
covcry Just made , which promises marvclou
developments In the near future , says
special to the San Francisco Chronicle. I
Is thought that this whole section Is a nat ,
ural gas country , and that wells may b
developed anywhere.
Many people have noticed the streams o
bubbles continually arising around the lake
but little thought had been given to It til
Dr. Roberts and and the local bishop con
structed a rude gasometer and captured th
escaping gas. Gas enough was collected In
a coal oil can to keep up a continuous flam
from two to six Inches In height , according
to pressure.
This test was applied In some six or elgh
different places some rods apart , and a
these bubbles appear all over the lake It 1
reasonable to supopso that underneath thl
entire section are large reservoirs ot natura
gas which may be utilized.
From the amount of gas collected In a single
glo bottle placed over one ot these bubbl
holes It was computed that If stored ( o
twenty-four hours It would supply a hous
with a single Jet for an evening's light , an
as there are hundreds ot such places wher
the gas In continually being given off , proba
bly gas enough wastes from this lake alon
to supply Monterey with nearly half the ga
It consumes. Possibly oil may be found a
well as gas.
gas.A
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
Hon. John B. Okie , the well known Fro
inont county sheepman. Is engaged In an ex
perlment which will be watched with Interes
throughout the state , and by many outsld
of It , says the Cheyenne Leader , Some tlm
ago some of bis employes succeeded In cap
turlns one or two cow elk , which were place
In a Held on Mr. Okie's ranch enclosed by
Ix barbed wire fence. Their number ha
been added to from time to time , and he I
now the proprietor of four cow and two bu
ilr. which ramble about la confined llmlti
with apparent Indifference to tholr confine-
lent.
Mr. Oklo In In JIOMS..that his small herd
will bo Increased In urns , but opinions vary
; reatly nmtng tlio o'"rfcqualnted with the
taturo of the elk ( antjas | | to whether his
opes In this direction , will be realized ,
many maintaining thai They will not breed
n captivity , and cx | Jrl nce seems to favor
his view. Some y urt ago a Mr. J. W ,
Anthony , a wealthy resident ot the Big Horn
laaln , mndo special" efforts to capture In
ho Big Horn nuuntrtlnslla pair of oik , male
nd female , as a starrer toward domostlcat-
nK a herd ot them on hli ranch. After
tceplng them a Irfng" tlmo without any
ncrcasc , being convinced that there would be
one , he turned them Jftyse , and they trotted
ladly back Into tlm mountain fastnesses
nd have never shown 'themselves ' to civilized
urroundlngs cgaln. t ' 'I
STRUCK I3MUCI.I.
An Interesting discovery has been made at
daho City , forty mllfvs rom Boise , In the
: ontcr of the old placer region known ns
iolso basin , says a Bolso special to the San
"ranclsco Examiner , which produced such
great quantities of gold In the early days
ind which stilt has a large output. There
s a false bedrock on which the gold was
ound , and It has long been the theory ot
miners that gold existed beneath It. To test
his theory a hole was drilled through the
also bedrock. Jt went through the beds o'f
and and clay without bringing up anything
if value. At a depth of about 450 feet gran-
to was struck. On the possibility ot there
being a bowlder strata beneath , sinking was
ontlnued , and In a short distance n ledge
was struck , heavily pregnated with Iron
pyrites. After boring Into this for a distance
ot fifteen feet It was determined to make an
assay of the rock. The result was three
ounces of gold and twenty-eight ounces ot
liver per ton. This Is high grade for gold
rock. It Is Impossible to form any positive
Opinion as to the size of the ledge thus unex-
> octcdly struck , but ff It Is not standing ver-
Ically the development would Indicate It to
> o large.
CO-OPERATIVE RAILROAD.
The San Diego Pacific railroad Is a new
concern now flooding the malls with glowing
irospectusesi directed to railway employes ,
lays the Rawllns Journal , It Is called by
Is projectors "a railroad for railroad
men , " and the scheme as set forth Is to Is
sue stock at $10 per share , payable In
nonthly Installments of 50 cents. The promoters
meters desire all railroad employes to become -
como stockholders In the road , which will
> o built from San Diego , Cat. , cast , and
they figure that If 100,000 employes take
stock It will furnish capital sufficient to
build five miles of the road per month. The
American Railway union strikers who are
on the blacklist are particularly Invited , as
t will afford them employment.
MONSTER MOUNTAIN LIONS.
Niels Nielsen and Albert Lang were out
mntlng In the hills about seven miles cast
ot town , between Spring hollow and Logan
canyon , says the Logan ( Utah ) Nation.
They found something. They killed two
noimtaln lions and flvo deer. Nielsen killed
both of the lions. The first one ho espied
about 1,500 yards away and shot through
.lie body. This caused the beast to howl
with pain and almost -shake the very earth.
It then came at him as though It would
tear him limb from limb , and doubtless
would have done so had It got at him , but
Niels was too old a hand to permit any
thing of the kind. When It got within
about seventy-five yards of htm ho took
deliberate aim and fired , the ball striking
the beast between the eyes and killing It
almost Instantly. The other one he brought
down first shot. The larger ono measured
eight feet from tip to Up and the other one
seven and a half feet.
NEBRASKA.
Cedar Rapids has organized a fire com
pany. ) ! (
G. W. Hunt , a well < l nown newspaper man
will try to resurrect.thu ploomfleld Independ
' '
ent. '
Crab Orchard has organized a lodge ot the
) rder of the Maccabecsnvlth twenty-five mem
bers. - , ir [
The Oxnard Beet Sugar company at Grand
: sland has paid out $15,000 during this year for
ocal beets. ' - .
On Christmas night the "Courtship of Miles
Stauillsh" will bo presented by local talent at
.he North Bend opera house.
The bulk of the money paid out on road
warrants during the paki few weeks Is being
tiald back Into the 'treasury ' for personal
taxes. , , , , s
There Is a pig In Madison county that has
learned to suck the cows. In this year of
corn crop failure this Is convenient for the
owners of the pig.
Rev. Mr. McFarlalne has accepted a call to
the Congregational church at Stella and will
remove to that place from South Dakota with
its family shortly.
Little Jimmlc Donoghue , living in Platte
county , had three fingers crushed in a fodder
cutter , and they had to be amputated to
save the rest of the hand.
By the sudden death of a woman named
Mrs. Hawkins , in Coleman precinct of Red
Willow county , two girls , aged 1C and 8
years , and a baby ot a few weeks , are left
destitute.
Twenty carloads of coal have been ordered
for the Custer county needy , to be distributed
as follows : Broken Bow , six cars ; Mason
Ity , three cars ; Merna , three cars ; Antelmo ,
two cars , and Berwyn , 'one car.
Rev. A. A. Grossman conducted revival
services at the Congregational church at
Falrmount. The attendance was good , and
some seventy persons signed cards , the ma
jority being from the children In the Con
gregatlonal Sunday school.
An Interesting divorce suit has been com
menced In the district court at Fremont.
The plaintiff Is Mrs. Amelia H. Mitchell
who charges her husband with adultery ,
abandonment , and with having been confined
In prison for moro than three years.
The State Horticultural coclety will hold Us
winter meeting at Lincoln on January 15 , 16
and 17. The grape , cherry and plum are
the special subjects for discussion. Prof ,
Charles E. Bessey will open the proceedings
with a paper on the botany of the grape.
Samuel C. Sample , the republican nominee
for the state senate from the Thirteenth
district , who have given notice to senator-
elect , John Crawford that he would contest
his election , has withdrawn the notice.
John Trommershausser of Holt county has
also decided not to contest the election ol
his populist opponent.
Along the Elkhorn and Battle Creek val
leys the are Immense peat bogs , which , If cut
and dried , would make excellent fuel. These
bogs , moreover , are percolated with water ,
and It only needs small expenditure for ditchIng -
Ing and planting to turn them Into an excel
lent cranberry or celery farm. The soil Is
one ot the best In the world.
Prof. Sablr Is a schoolmaster at Dakota
City who has won the devotion of his pupils.
The other day there was a pile of wood waitIng -
Ing in his yard , after having been chopped , until -
til the professor should find a few spare mln
utes to put It away. Eight of the professor's
boys happened along and with one accord set
to work and In a very short tlmo had the
wood stacked away In the , woodshed.
THE DAKOTAS.
The Holy Terror gold mine In Pcnnlngton
county Is at present a bonanza. Gold Is being
cut out with a chisel ;
Russian settlers are charged with stealing
the old government Buildings at Fort Smith
N. D. , carrying them off'piecemeal.
United States marshals have over fifty In
dictments against settlers for stealing govern
ment property at abandoned Fort Abraham
Lincoln. r
A franchise for on electric street railway
at Hot Springs was granted by the city coun
cil to Pennsylvania capitalists. It is to be
completed and in running order by July 1
1895. J
A recent shipment of , ore from the Alma
lode on Yellow creek gave the largest returns
for second grade ord of any that have pre
ceded It. Two cars contained twenty-two toni
each , and netted $4,000 tatid $2,000 to the car
The returns from ( our assays made give $108
$117 , $120 and $134 per ton.
The commissioners and commandant ot the
soldiers' home at Hot Springs are preparing
the biennial report. It will ask for an ap
proprlatlon of $60,000 for the maintenance o
the home for the next two years. At pres
ent 136 soldiers are at the home. The aver
agd annual expense for each one Is $210 , o
which the United States pays $100. At the
end ot the year the Uqlted States will owe
the state $2,700 on this account.
Assayer Lyon recently reduced a piece o
ore from the Cutty Sark mine , six mile
from Rochtord , to concentrates at the rate
ot 31 to 1 , and essayed the concentrates
which returned at the rate of $36,600.28 pe
ton In gold. This Is equal to about $ V,000 per
ton ot ore. The name Cutty Sark Is a
Scotch term and means "abort shirt. " The
MAIL ORDKIIS V1LL1JD ,
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About Underwear
Whenever a hard-up jobber comes our way with a little
jag of Underwear or in fact anything in our line that is good
we are the people who do the buying but now that we've
picked up just such a snap in Underwear you are the people
to do the buying for we , while the goods are superior in
quality , we've made a price equal to the occasion and quote
them many cents under value ,
A fine warm Undershirt , a lot in which
there are no drawers to match
ought to be 500 , but it's
Elegant ribbed Undershirts or Drawers
very desirable for winter wear at
leas than half price
Genuine woolen Undershirts or Draw
ers you'll see them in some windows
dews to-day at 850 , here they are
The very best fleece lined woolen Unaar ,
derwear the jobbing1 price is $ i , l\ \
but we are buyers our price m '
The H. M. Cook Clothing Co. ,
13th and Farnam ,
Omaha.
"Short Shirt" mlno promises to take a place
among the Homestakes , Golden Rewards and
other bonanzas before long.
The Northern Pacific has applied for an
order to restrain the sale of Northern Pacific
lands In Stutsman , Burlelgh , Wells , McLean ,
Morton , Stark and Mercer counties for taxes
of 1893 , on the ground that the lands are
not taxable because no patents have been
Issued and their selection has not been ap
proved by the Interior department , and fur
ther because permission had not been granted
by the court for the sale , the road being In
the hands ot a receiver.
COLORADO.
A surface pocket on the Griffith lode , near
Georgetown , runs well In gold , silver and
lead.
lead.The
The Stonewall mine , at Yankee Hill , has
twelve Inches of solid galena running well
In gold and silver.
Ore worth $2,000 per ton , part of the con
tents being sold. Is credited to the Geyser
mine. Silver CUR district.
A very fine streak of yellow porphyrltlc
quar.tz was encountered In the King of the
Rockies at Balfour recently , a mill run from
which averaged nearly $1,500.
The Virginia M. property , on Bull hill.
Cripple Creek , Is exploiting a now strlko of
sylvanlte ore worth $700 per ton In gold. It
belongs to the Union company.
The Empire , Clear Creek county , .con
tinues to contribute ore steadily. A recent
mtllrun from the Cleopatra returned $451.75
In gold from a little over six tons.
The Amethyst mine , Crede , sent out 1,000
tons ot ere last month. Three cars were
lead , but the most of the shipment was a sul-
phuret that will average over 300 ounces In
sliver to the ton.
Over 1,000 ounces ot gold were received at
the Denver branch mint , from San Miguel
mines. Winter work is moro extensive In
that district than ever before , all owing to
Improved appliances.
The lessees on the west end ot the Moun
tain Monarch at Cripple Creek have opened
up a new vein on their property running east
and west. The ore averages about $100 per
ton and the pay streak Is ot good width.
The gold strlko In the Lilian at Leadvllle
was made by some lessees on the property.
They uncovered a new vein running a fraction
of an ounce on the outer edge , and a streak
In the center running four ounces to the
ton ,
William G. Smith of Golden has organized
a syndicate to placer mlno all the stream be
tween Golden and the forks ot the creek. The
Rollins-Anthony syndicate has the same ob
ject in view , and it claims tax titles topmost
of the land ,
The Silver Bar mine , located near Silver
Cliff , Is again coming Into the foreground as
an Immense ore producer. The new shaft Is
down sixty feet and Is In ere , much of which
runs as well as $400 per ton. It Is a heavy
chloride commonly known as horn silver.
The Mary Murphy mine and mill In the
St. Elmo district , which have stood Idle for
the past two years , will resume work soon ,
the property having been leased by Pennsyl
vania capitalists headed by B. F. Morley ,
Two hundred men will probably bo put to
work In the mine this month. Everything
looks encouraging for Chalk Creek gulch.
WYOMING.
Ranchmen in the Saratoga valley are plowIng -
Ing for next year's crop.
Gray wolves are bothering stockmen In
Albany county a great deal.
A new marble works Is being started at
Cheyenne. Sherman granite will bo used.
A bridge to cost about $3,000 will be built
across the Wind river at Merrill's crossing ,
north ot Fort Washakle.
A cave has been discovered near Lander
which has been explored several hundred
feet without finding the end.
It Is claimed that another rich gold quartz
mine has been discovered In the Big Horn
mountains west of Sheridan.
The Ogalalla , Cattle company has placed
150 thoroughbred Hereford bulls on theli
ranch on Hat creek , In Converse county.
A geological surveying party from Wash
ington will bo at work In the western part
of Wyoming and eastern Idaho next summer.
The people of Lander want some one to
start a creamery In that town. Tljero Is a
big demand for butter and cheese In the min
ing districts of Fremont county.
The Yellowstone Park Irrigation and Land
company ot Omaha are building a large canal
at the mouth of the Stlnklngwatcr river ,
which will Irrigate about 8,000 acres of fine
land.
land.The
The citizens and business men ot Green
River are very much In earnest In their ef
forts to encourage the promoters of the Colorado
rado , Wyoming & Great Northern railroad
from Grand Junction , Colo. , to Green Rivet
In building the line at the earliest practicable
date. There Is talk of organizing a board of
trade In order to facilitate the work.
A six-foot body of gold ere , yielding $2SO
per ton , has been reached In the Columbus
mine , La Plata district. A No. 8 pump Is
going In to handle the water and early next
year the company will erect It sown mill.
OREGON.
The McKcnzIo tollroad In Lane county took
In $822.90 last year In tolls.
Dr. J. Guy .Lewis has brought $1,000 In
gold dust Into Baker City from Sparta , a
partial clean-up from his Sawmill gulch
placer.
The voice of the Eugene papers Is loudly
raised tor a flour mill. Slnco Edlrs' mill
burned , the town has been without one , and
the loss Is much felt.
They profess to believe at Union that the
proposed sugar factory will be built In tlmo
( or next year's crop o ( beets. Representa
tives of the eastern company are expected
In a few days to close the deal for the sub
sidy and ( actory.
Mrs. Hasklns of Falrvlew has been visiting
lier niece , Mrs. Andrew Hall , at Coqulllo City
for a few days. The old lady was born In
1805 and remembers the war of 1812. She can
remember when her mother made a knapsack
for her father to go to the war ; It was made
of an old sack , covered with coonsktn. Mrs.
Hasklns has a ( ull supply of Interesting
reminiscences.
The November term of circuit court In Mal-
heur county , Just adjourned by Judge Fee.
was very short , lasting only two and one-half
days. The grand Jury reported that they
found the county In excellent financial condi
tion , and although they had diligently In
quired , they had been unable to learn of one
crime committed In the county during the
previous six months.
Another coal find has been made In Jack
son county. Quite recently on the farm ot
County Commissioner Samuel Furry nn S-
fo t vein ot coal was discovered. Three
feet ot the vein Is said to bo an excellent
quality of coal , while flvo feet Is bituminous
shale. The find Is almost directly south of
the Crlt Tolman mine , near Roxy Ann , and
the finding of the new cropplngs proves o n-
cluslvoly that there Is an Immense bed of
coal underlying a thin covering of earth , and
only a short distance cast of Medford.
II. W. Thompson and F. C. Christy of
La Grande are the owners and patentees
of a new kind of fruit dryer , which appears
to have merit. It acts on the principle of hot
ntr drying , which It Is claimed Is more
natural than evaporation. It will dry fruit
( rcm six to eight hours quicker , and saves
more of the substance. A furnace is used
in crder to heat and dry the air and give
power for the fans , and trays are used the
same as In an ordinary ovaporatort Mr.
Thompson Is now engaged In the construc
tion of an experimental dryer , and will next
Betson bo ready to prove the value of the
Invention.
WASHINGTON.
The Yaltlma river Is running high for this
season of the year.
A carload of prunes from Walla Walla to
Omaha netted $2,119.90.
Seattle hopes to secure a military post ot
four companies of artillery.
Spokane's electric lights are out , pending
the settlement of a stubborn contest between
the city and the Edison company.
Many ot the fanners ot Asotln county will
feed stock this winter , and handsome returns
are expected from the sale ot the fat cattle
and hogs In the spring.
Watervllle people report good sleighing In
the Big Bend country. In the Wcnatchce
valley , only twenty-five miles distant form
Watervllle , the weather Is very much like
summer.
The Northern Pacific's order to Its employes
forbidding them to accept county or munic
ipal office works a hardship In a town so
pre-eminently "railroad" as Kalama. A
largo proportion of the best citizens are In
the company's employ.
The United States War department Is willIng -
Ing to establish an army post In the outsklrti
of Spokane , and has sent officers to Imped
the different sites around the city , and ha
offered to establish a large post , provided
the city will donate 1,000 acns of suitable
land for the post and artillery and rifle
ranges. A commltteee of citizens Is at worli
soliciting pledges.
F. E , Scrlver , th Boundary City post
master , has been taken to Spokane by Deputy
United States Marshal Vlnson , on the chargi
of embezzlement. HI * apparent shortage li
$1,690. The British Columbia boundary line
li only thirty feet from the front door of the
post office , and Scrlver had sufficient warn
ing of the charge to have enabled him to es
cape and give the authorities a great deal ol
trouble , but he preferred to stand uU trial.
There arc many fashions In Easy Chairs ,
list as there are many fashions In Comfort.
But thcro Is ouo chair which In Itself supplies
nearly all the fashions of comfort from thl
fiat bed to the erect seat.
This Interesting piece of furniture Is the
Morris Couch Chair. Strictly a chair , It U
convertablo Into the most perfect of couches ,
with the pillow adjustable at any desired
angle.
Or. In an emergency , the couch may be
used as a bed. The head rest Is then let
down perfectly fiat , and with the aid of a
down pillow and a blanket you have a com
plete , most comfortable bed.
Such a creation as this Morris Couch-Chali
dtspcrices with halt a dozen pieces ot furnl.
.ure , for it makes them unnecessary.
You will need no easy chair , no lounge ,
no smoking chair , no reading chair. Hero ara
six different articles of furnlturo combined
n one plcco , and the changes can be madi
by the occupant without arising.
Just the thing for a Christmas present.
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