Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 18, 1880, Page 1

—_— VOL. X. Established 1871 Price Five Cents CHRISTMAS, 1880.] WASHINGTON. L. B. WILLIAMS & SONS, In each Department, we are! Secretary Thompson Takes a Formal Leave of the Catinet. The Senate Refuses to Concur inthe House Resolution to daily opening choice Adjourn Through the Noveities for the Holidays Holidays. Lsathe: Goods, Belts, Bills on the Private Calendar Pocket-Rpoks, Oceyi i 3 py the Attention of Card . the L Hi Glove, Haukerhief, Collar and Eretarr T Cuff Boxes. SHOE DEPARTMENT. Ladies’ Fine Shoes. BENATE, Spocial Dispatch to The Bee. WasniveroN, December 17.— After the cheir had luid before the Gents' Christmas Slippers in | *enate tome commanications from the secretary of war, trausmitting reporta SRS Nienten: KAtk in'relation’tn Survéys UndeFehs, river o sutveys Gnder Chi cre 's Shoes, fine, WA | ung harber ec!, and & presentation of and sub tartial. 5= Davis (W. Va.) ro- The Laigest and Finest As. | ported faverably the houss resolution ootbrmit F s from Deccmber 22, to GENTS’ FURNISHING 6905S. Mr. Berk Bsid there we inOm ero woul t R -asonzble Prices. 7 of Sk Tavdkenbicfs FANCY ©100DS ekt . 11 Tis ! { oala ber on | 1 | s bill wae uld bo disc.s eed. Bt Jittle hsd been done so far snd it seemed to himthat eveything should not be left to tho last, would recollect how, the last c.ngresshe had, with himsel sat night aiter to carry thr tion. If ¢ adjourns now measures would have to be stisched to the appcopriation bills, and tubsidies of 2l kinds would bo tacked on them. Mr. McPonad favoredss ehorta reces for the holidays as was consis- or ladics €1 and Trim- LE LINENS, and Stand Cover , Piano ab sttractive prives. o resolution” wes disagreed to, Yeas 23, nuys SL Mr. Jonmes, of committes on pblie buildin rounde, reported a bill appropriating $200,000 for the coustrustion of s THE BEST uniform® systemn of bankruptey, h was referred to the jadiciary HOZD ever shown at ® Slaw s te committee, o A motion offeted by Mr. Morgan, BLANKETS & COMFORTS|...ooioiofeed o, Movve: §movsl of the northern d i, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST.| sic Bisine cffered a resolution, of Silksin Pattocr, cepe i Iy | Which was agreed to, directing t 3 « |judiciery committce to inquire into ths propriety of incressing tae julges of the supeme court to thirteen At the «xpiration of the me hour, the eiyeational bill cams up i regalat crder. Among the ame suents mado was oneby Mr. Morgan to amend the agricaliral act, 80 23 10 authorizs each stato and territr t> ex-ablish i college, school the insstruction of femsles in euch branches of technical education as are «nitable to their sex. Thebill wes then paseed by a vote of 41 to 6, and at 6:15 p. m., the eensto adjourncd until Mond Cheyennes, L. B. WILLIAMS & SONS, “Crsh Fetailers,” 1422 and 1424 Dodge St, SIGN OF TR GOLDEN PIA%Y & FRAME, HOUSE. Privito business had precedence in the houso to-day, and it reqaired a two-thirds vote to set it aside and con- sider other matters. Mr. Forney, of Alabams, who hes charge of the military academy appro- pristion bill, wanted to go on with it, buthe was antagonized by gentlemen who wanted to consider private busi- - g Sy — 4 A, HOSPE, JR,, Pianos and Organs First Class on Easy Monthly Payments, Sheet Music and ¥ usi- cal Instram:nts, FINK S00CK MOULDINGS. ©1 Paintings, Engrs i, Fimes at great — ] ness. The private cslendar is so large +hat unless the hour te which private bills are entitled are devoted to it, rmuch importsnt legislation must be deferred. As it is, not a tithe of what it on the calendsr can be paszed. The house decided to proceed with the private calendar, and avcordingly went into committee™f the whole. The house was engaged all the afternoon in the considerazion of pri- 12¢ | vate bills, the mjority of which were for pensions. Fifteen bills were dis- % | poeed of, and an effort w>s made to & |adjourn’ over till Mondaz, but was - 78 | voted down by a large mujority, so there will be a session to-morrow for bueiness, and itis possible the mili- tary bill will be disposed of. CAPITAL HOTES, 4pecial Dispatch to The Bee. The action of the senate in refusing to concur in the house resclution providing for an adjournment _over the holidsys, from ihe 23d inat. to Jenuary bth, crested considerable surprise. The Smithsonian inststute has re- ceived from the Vienna academy the announcemont of the discovery, by M. Parmle at Copenhagen, on Decem- ber 16, at 9 ’clock, of & small bright comet in 18 hours 49 minutes as- censior, and 10 degrees 30 minutes north declination, with daily motion of 5 minu'es in right ascension and 40 minutes nozth. The vacancy in the committee on ways and means, caused_by the olec tion of General Garfisld to the presi- dency, has not yet besn filled. Itis 4 | understood, however, thit Speaker Randsll bas decided to appoint Con- gressman M:Kinley, of Ohio, to the vacancy, and it is believed Mr. Kaefer will succeed Mr. McK judiciary committee. Secretary Thompson yesterdsy took official leave of the president and members of the cabinet at the cabinet |sesion. He will to-day frrmally | | trauefir the navy departmontto Sec- retary Remsey. Mr. Thompson, dur- ing his sdministration «f the navy de- partment, bas saved upwards of six milhion dollars out of the navalafirs. The Posted Guide, which will {be issued by the postoffico dopart. meut after the firs: day of January { vext, will bo the most complete nam- in all its Cetails that has yet been hed. It will contain splendid instructions fer p-stmasters in regard to the new sysiew of deposits estab- Violin Stringe e, Vioiins) 75,2 50,3 and mpw ultar § 0, 6 06, 7 00 and upwarda, Banjoe 1 003 0075 ACADEMY OF MUSIC, TWO NIG;?S ONLY Friday and Suturday, Des. 17and 18, and Saturdsy Matinee, 2 r. . MR, FRANK MAYO, #Friday evon Matinee, produc- tion of Bar. ‘s greatest pl VAN, THE VIRGINIAN. SATURDAY EVENING, Mundock,s Worldrenowned Drama, DAVY CROCKETT. re with cliborate scon. inley on_the pertormence for ralc ore. dwell Tt | | FERRY OX ICE. Thave bridged the approsches to the iver. et eney s afe cromsing st the movainct Rol, vie: Horseman, each 5c. ® nofl and Wagon 10c. Two Horsessnd Wagon I5c. return same day |0c. Foot-men Free. | ber F. R. PORTEBR.. December 15th, 1880, dig1m lished under cricr No. 33 of the post- master-gener-. The guide will be nearly cne-t ger than any pre- aud besides a vast after the | sppropria- | ® | The Baitimore and Okic Rail- issued for the guidance of postmasters x heard of latir {u St. Louis, where he doring the past year, perated the same scheme. A week The national board bi trade re- | 8.0 he returned o Chicago, pretended mained in Seision until 1 o'clock yes- | t0 be assistant manager of The Now terday afternoon, and then adjourned | York Herald, ed suceeeded infob- to meet in Washington next Deceme - ' uiof {fc) aceiss to all the theatres ber. General satisfaction iscxi essed & ! freo paisea on ell railroads. The by the delegates with the meeting this u 1 placed a euite of !ymr_md tho result reached. Last | T00ms at his disposal. If found he | ovening Senstor Beck, Congressman | "l undoubtedly be roughly dealt | Reegan, Dr. Billings, presidint of the | With. national :Joart:lol bealth, and other | Revenged Himself. promiuent gentlemen, were guerts of | gpecial Dispateh to The Bes. the board at & banquet given at Wil- | Corunsus, 0., December 161 . lard’s hotel, i ] i F ~James Smithers, in revergs for _Thers will be a temporary sllevia- | Audrew F.x's wrongful intimacy with tion of the demand for money in Wall | bis wife, burnt a barn of Fix's at street, New York, after the firat of | Albany, a villige ia this county. He January. Many letters have been re- | was convicted of arton, and was to ceived here during the past week | have baen sentenced yesterday, but at making inquiries as to the amount of | one o'clock he cut his throat in the money which woold.bo releaseds by | couaty jail, #hd immediately oxpired. the treasarer at the end of tho year. Requests have sleo boen made the de. partment to anticipate prepsyment of the January interost, 50 the tempora- ry stringency of tho money market would be relieved. BUFFALO’S BLAZE. Tea Persons Lose Their Livesin the Burning of the Great Wall Paper Factory, The Wrong Eottle. Special Dispatch to The Bes. Lgox, In., Decomber’17, 1 a. m — William Perdew, an old resident and former merchant, went Thursday in- to the drug store of Dr. H'ldreth, to get a dram of, whisky, The doctor told him co help himself, which Per- dew did, but got the wrong bottle, and took poison. Returning to his hotel, he was immediately seizod with 3 piin in the stomach, and told the landlord that he believed he had made a bad mistske at the drug store. He st once bacame speechless and died in two hours, indicationis: Spécial Dispatch to The Hoe. Wasaxotoy, December 17, 1. m.—For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys: Light snow with partly cloudy weather; ria iug, followed by falling barometer; stationary or lower temperature; variable win | And Half a Million Dollars Goes up in Fire and 8moke, i BariE | Gon. Shervmn Dislikes the Idea { of Grant Being Made Cap- tain-Ganeral, ELECTRIC BRIEFS. Bpeclal Dispatches to The Bee. James Garrigan, a_builder from Chicago, shot_ himself yerterday in Cincinnati, with _suicidal intent, be- cause yoing Iy refused to marry m, | road Solves its Transporta-~ tion Problem, Big Fire in Buftald, Sperial Diprtch to Too Bee. . m.—A big fire began here at the ground, employcd eighty men and two hun- dred boye, and the factory was cno of the largest in the coantry, and the only ono outside of the wall paper pool. In getiing ont, a Doy named John Griffin jumpid to the street and was illed. Anothior by who jumped bad both arme and legs booken. He said thers were bogs in o uien the butlding that be kuew of when be jumped, sli of whom must have burn- e to death. Theloss of vhe Meisrs, Bridge will amount to $250,0( 18 partially oov . Daddivg §0,000. flames communiested to Manniogs Queen City malt house, a brick build- ing, valned at £30,0°0, wiich was completuly destroyed. The engine houce of fire steamer No. 10 was also destroyed. Severalstores, with their ¢ mtentr, sers more or iess damaged. The majority of the boys who escaped from the paper factory, got with oaly their shirts, troucers anc shoea on. The boy who was kiiled was Moses Balone, ant his brother wes 10 badly injured that he wiil die. A whose name h#snot been learn ed, jumped f:om a fif¢ and strack ou his hed, fracturing skull, end died a few minutes later. Four other men, employed in the bailding, and two liremen are missing, aud it is thought they perished in the flames. Too Many H§ch Privates. Spocial Dispatch to The Bee. New York. December 1710 p. m.—The following are abstracts from the letter of Gen. Sherman to William Scott, of this city, in regard to the recommendation in the presi- dent’s messsge to make Gen. Grat | The News, laying dsmages at $50,000. | cf the Argentine government finding captain-general: “When Grant was nominated for president the ficst time, he voluateer- ed to me theopioion that when histerm was out he would not desire to regain command of the army, as it would be unjust. I have never heard him say a word to indicate a change in thst opinicn, and Ido not bsheve he or Burrato, N. Y., December 18—1 { o'olock last evening in W. H. Bridge & Son's wall paper factory, inflicting t damage before it was extinguish- | 4¢3 The fire was discovered just ba- work was ntopped, and fifteen i the whole large five- | road, fe i was @ shost of Rames, | ing at Elgin, IIL., yesterday, his body | tempting to arouse the native Indisn hofic 1 oe the building | Was cat in two. The firm The barn of William Ewalt, on Price’s Hll, a suburb or Cincinnati, was dfscovered to be on firo by Mrs. Ewalt yestordav, and in_endenvoring to rave some of ths contents she was caughtiby the flames and burhed to t James Zeley. a conductar on the Ohicago, Milwaukeo & St. Panl rail- ell from the train while switch- Jobn Bock, ex-city treasurer of Boffalo, N. Y., was_ yesterdayar- raigned for embezzling $10,000 of the city's funds. There are six remain- ing indictments agalnst b Tho residence of Mrs. Aramelia o explosion of a kerosene 5] Stio was 83 yeara old. icbrated his 100th Touis yestérday, at £ his Taw, Capt. ank Buraett. Maudo Gran at Hanibal, r, is dangerously ill The company left for Decatar, Iil., yesterdsy, but Miss Granger conld not accompany them. Tt was atated in Chicigo yesterdsy that Prof. Pion has finally decided positively thas be will acept the Prince! professorsi and will leave Chicag for that purpose at the end of the present c.llegiate year. Auotber Mexican excarsion is being platned in Chicigo, by srms cf the loaders in the excursion of last winter, The committes of tha nationsl bund is preparing for another great eaeng feat to be held in Chicago next nd have decided to call up- © citizers of Chicago for £50,000 to compicte all local arrangements. The San Francisco superior court in the case of Cato has no jurisdiction The case has been transferred to the federal courts, Cr1caco, Decsmber 17.—The Daily | conceutrate them at & T FOREIGN EVENTS. The Porte Seeks to Divert At tention From Gre:ce by In- citiog Mutiny in India. The French Ex-Minister of War Gallantly Defended byMarshal McMahon. The Chilien General Concen- trating His Whole Arifiy - Before the Peruvian #».Oapital, The Queen Requests Gladstone to Tighten the Screws on Ireland. —_— An Unqueenly Request. Sipecia Dispatch to The Bee. Nzw Yok, December 17, —A London special eaya it was atated there yesterday that the queen has asked Gladstone to use coercion to- wards Ireland. This request of the of Beaconsfield: Discharged Lajorefs. ‘Special Dispateh to The Bee. Dusuy, December 1 Lord Kenmore, who has large Janded catates in Killarney, has discharged 300 lekorers for their cohnection with the land league. Trouble Is expected to result, Bo¥ooTrED. Special dispatch L Tho ot Dosuy, December 17, 4 p. m.— The master of the Killmurray Har- riers has received rotice from land leaguers that they inteud to Boycott. Kilimurray is a parish in, Munster, Gounty Clare, on Clanderaw bay. distarbances at Beir, a market town in Munster, county Clare, continue. 17, ill — —— THE PORIE'S DUPLICITY. 8pecial Dispatch to TusfBxn. lieumber 18—1a m— asbeen created by the rumor, which has reached Liondon that the sultan ig trying to divert the at- tantion of Eufi-n& from Greece and her relaticns with Turkey, by at- population in rebellion against the queen, or rather the empress of Indl Turkish emissaries are kaown to be allover Iudia, kegping sharp watch everywhere for the interest of the porte, and this| rumor, therefore, has sufficient ground to render ita belief quite easy and causea good deal of excitement here. THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAR. Spectal Dispatches to Tus Paxasta, Béesmbor 18—1 8. m.— Chtli is arranging its forces 80 as to en time in <o Peruvian capil nd close the war with one mighty effort. Bag- nedame having asked for 100,000 mer., a3 & resorve for the south, proves kis'| intontion to bring every availablo man to Lima. It is said that tho Per- uvlan army is increasing daily in pum- bers. Several battalions have recent- iy arrived from the interior, one from Commandia, after a march of 9C0 miles. The Chilian government has purchased the steamers *‘Chili and “Hayti” from the Pacific steam navi- gation comgauy. The Pacific war is ocoupying wubiic at'entim in the Argentine Republic, and armed Inter vention finds warm advocates, long debated frontier que tion, said, muse be settled witn Chili, and & decree 1asucd in October by the Ar- gentine government prohibiting, until further ordered, fishing, or exporting guano or phosphates, or killiug sea birds in Pa agonia jand the adjacent coasts, point to a determination to assort itssovereignty over those re- gions without debate. The first step of the Argentine goveroment will un- News to-day editorally retracts the charges against C. B. Farwell, mem~ ber of congress elect, and his father, J. V. Farwell, for which they sued The suit will now be withdrawn. New York, December 17—Edison has beon granted s permit to make an experiment with his eleotric lighting system in a district in the lower part ofthe city. The time has been fixed for making the experiment. ‘Wasnisaros, December 17.—Gen- doubtediy bs the seizaro of the Chiliau colony in the straits of Magell which it had long claimed jurisdiction. Thia would of courso be in the_event itaelf compelled to give up hopes of & peaceful solution of the difficulty. CISSEY DEFENDED. Bpecial Dispatch to the Bee. Parts, Docember'18—1 a. m.—The evidence furnished yesterday by M shal McMahon to the parliament committee fnvestigating the Cissey his friends suzgested to the president | eral Sherman l:aves Monday for New | falr was a disagreeable surprise to the the idea of the captain generalcy or of | York. Col. Richard I Dodge, of the | enemies'of the ex-minister of war. Mc- regaining a plice on the army retired | twonty-third iofantry, and Major J. | Mahon spoke of his old comrade in list. Thereis no reason why presi- | C, Tibbel, of of the second artillory, | the highest terms, aud declared that dents may be retired the same 88 | arg toba traneferred to General Sher- | he had mo knowladge of the scandal- members of the supreme court. The army service is embarrassed already with too much rank for our small army.” Stole a March. Bpecial Dispatch to Tims Exn. New Yok, Decembor 18—1 a. m. —The srrangement of Mr. A. C. Rose, general freight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio rual, by which four steamers have been _chartered to carry the Baltimore and Ohlo rail- road company's freight from this city to Bal‘imore has, in the opivi Baltimor: of detinitely itficnity between that T ennsyivania company. There is no approhe pany's offices 10 this city that Philadelphis, Wilmington and B-lti- wore. or Penusylvania roads will at- tempt to interfere with the transuor- tation of prssengers from New York to the the officials. p Faise Report. Bpecial Dispatch to Tho Bee December 17—10 p. m.— Irclnd telegraphs from St. Paul that the rep e of one Hutehin- son to the Morris board of trade, sbout the terrible soffring of the Nex Counemara colon's's. for want of fuel, £ 2 clot!ing, are graatly exaggerated, if poz wholly false. A Newspaper Sharper. Soucial Diapatches to T8 Bs Gray, a clsiming to be a ro- New York Herald, has Hears perter of Encoeed:d in victimizing thera Ironds, theatres and hotels of thisoi sppestance here was ia May 1 brooght creden st. s and essily made which borrow money. ormation, which 1 will be of great service to the busine<s incor- ly, there has into it & brief of all circulars suspicion thatbe wis & Cricago, December 17,10 p. m.— | ¢ + of the newspaper somo members of becamre o intimate as to When he had run the extrems length of his rope, and dead beat begen to dawn upon the report- ers here, he left the city. He was ran’s stafl. Ciicaco, December 17.—Vennor's snow etorm begaa at noon. Hia prediotion was that 1t would begin on the 17th and continuo until 1t is eleven feet deop. Many believe it is really coming ing the Law. o Tho Bee. December 17—4 p. m. ithers, in revenge for Andrew Fix's wrongful intimacy with Iiis wife, burnt a bacn of Fix's, at Al- bany village in this county. He waa convicted of arson, and was to have Dbeen sentenced this afternoon at one o’clock, but he cut his throat and ex- pired instautly in his cellat the courty jail. 108t Laces, Special dispatch to Tu Bax New Yok, December 17—4 p. m. —The premises of Mr. Estovel, a commission merchant of No 145 Fifth avenuo, were robbed last might of loces, packag2s of hosiery, uphclstery from $5000 to $6000. Gndoubtedly the best shirt fn t) Uuited States is manufactured at tl Omaba Shirt Factory. The saperiori of Material and workmanship, com- vined with {heir great improvewents, thatis Reinforced fronts, Retnforced backs and Reinforced sleeves, mak heir ghirt the most dursble aud best fitting garment of the Lind, ever mant ' ctured at the 1 sderate price of $1.50. shirt of our make is wuara:teed t-class and will refund the money if found otherwise. Wo mase a specisliy of il'wool, Shaker, sol Canten flannel, aleo chemais uiderwear, made up with = view to cotafort, war 1 hand darabit ity. To invaiils and weak-lunged persous we offer spesial inducements in the manner these goods sre made for their protestion. 3Pa. GOTTREINER, trimmings sud neck laces valued at | ous offense imputed to him. They had nothing to o, the marshal said, with his departure from the ministry of war, AMERICAN COMPETITION. Bpacial Dispatch to the Bax. Loxvox, December 18—1 a. m— The New York book trade here has caused a commotion among London publishers by selling an_American re- print of “‘Endymion,” Disraeli's last novel, at 10 pence. The price charged by English publishers is 31 shillings. CABLECRAMS. Specia Dispatches to Tua Bas. The situation has been so serious in some parts of Ireland,that a night military patrol hias been called into requisition, and the constabulary force has been donbled. Mr. Samuel Plimsoll has been in- vited to stand again for parlisment. The Frenchibark ““Adolph” haa been totally wrecked on a reef abnat twenty- five miles fo the sonth of Valparaiso, Pera, whilst enroute to that port from Bordeaux. She was an fron vessel. The Muagrave Englacd, were morning. Mr. Hartland, a conservative, was yesterday declared o be a member of the British house of commons for Eversham. After ths las: general election Mr. Rateliff, liberal, was un- seated on the chargs of bribery. The twenticth regiment, now sta- tioned at Mattabore, has been ordered to proceed to Ireland. The Orangemen broke up the land meeting st Longhgall, county Ara- mauh, Ireland, yesterdsy. r. Rogat, of Parie, who has taken ap the defenss of M. Rochefort, has refused M. Reinach’s challenge. M. Grerarlin, the French states- mills at Leeds, burned yesterdsy queen is attributed to the iofluence | ¥ m.—The Denver express on the Rock Tsland road was thrown from the track weat of this etation yesterday afternoon by the beEaking of sn 2xle of the ten- Two cirs wore demolished and badly wre Several pas- sengers were injured, the most serious being Mrs, Alexander Hutchirg, | who, with her husband and five child: ren, were emigrating from Csnada to Saline, Kaneas. The property damsge to the railroad is plac)d at $5,000. regatta will ba held in Vienna next Ma; 5. , The Duchess of Westminster, daughter of the second doke of Suth- erland, and minister of the roves to the queen, died st her residencs at Bournemouth, England last eve- ning. The Dutch chamber has voted 7,000 guilders for a new Arctic expe- dition. e MARKETS BY TELEGRAPIL | New Yor{Money &nd Stocks. {WaL, Srassr, Deoeraber 17. Money—Steady * 8 per cent. ‘Exchanze—Steady +1id higher at $479)@s 52} GovBRMENTE. Official Report ot thé State Conven- tion of Treasurers. Parsuant to eall the clerks ard treasorers of the state of Nebrasks met at Colambus on the 14th of De- cember, 1880. Conventiofi convened at the opers house, and was caled to orderby J. Biauffer, of Platte county, and tne following members were found in at- tendance, to-wit: R. B. Tusséy, J. R. Manchester, 91 G. . Kerkow, John Poters, 8. P. Erio " "% | Bollman, J. A. Cook, Geo. H. For- v, o iiderréd. o6} | ney, J. Grunkeavz, J. 'N. Wise, W, y Steefer, James Mortenson, John Lapache, Thomas W. Whitman, 1| Deyis, of Colfax, S. B. Camp, James Billings, Georgo Comelius, W. L. Whitmore, W. J. Paul, T. W. | Crew, Joseph Macki D. Helmer, R. D. Si Holden, J. R. R A. H. Gilmore, S. H. Cummins, John Davts, 0. Hedlund, John Stauffer, J. W. Eatly, C. H. Slocom, C. Duras, James Ledwich, E E. Lyle, S. G. Chaney, Charles Porkey, L. G. Jobns, H. A. Babeock, P. Mortenson. Permanent organizition was effect- ed by electing James Ledwich, of Sa- [ i US 6. Focks. Following are the 1 p. m. pric A&P P. American Tnion 6 Canada Southern 7 ccr &G Chleagd Produce Market. Cnrcago, December 1. Wheat—Spring_sold at SL 01} : D 81 0131 02§ for Janu- ary;8102}@1 03} for February ;81 033 @1 03¢ for M-r:h;f} 084@1 08} for May, closing at $1 013@1 013 for De- | Jine county, chairman, and John Da cember; 81 01%@1 02 for January;| cig, of Pawnee county, secretary, 81 02f@1 03 for February; $1034@ | when the following resolution was of- 108F for, March; $1 084@108} for | fared and adopted as the sente of the May; No £ fed winter, Desemhor 801d | meoting: at 99%c; January, $1 003@1 00f. Wasneas, Experlence has demon Corn—38%c bid for D-cember; 30} | «irated the fact that serious defects @39fo for Jauuary; 394@39%c for | mar tho workings of our most impor- February; 443@44fc for May; 43i@ 43§o for June; 44e for July, fcloatng tant laws, more particularly the fer- enue and road laws, to stchan extent quiet, Cats—31}c for January; 35]@3bkc for May; June,offered at 362, without buyer. Rye—87@874c for December or Jan- uary; 88@88}c for February. Barley—Nominal at $1 14 for De- cember or Jantafy: Pork—Mess, December, offered at 11 96; Janusry sold at $13 15, cl ing at $13 174; Februray, 813 30 13 35; March, 813 474213 50. Lard—December, offered at $8 523, with 88 45 bid; January sold st$8 524 @8 65; Februray, [RS8 65@8 673; March, 88 773@8 80. Short Ribs—Jauaary sold at $6 60 @6 6‘2;(;@Febmny, 86 75@6 77; March, $8 874@8 90. Whisky—Lower at §1 11. Chicago Live Stock Market. Cuicaco, December 17. Hogs—Light grades were steady st yesterday’s figures; sales were at 84 50 @4 60 for light packing; $4 40@ 455 for good tu extra prime heavy packing; $4 60@4 95 for good to choice smooth heavy shipping grades: the market was 5:61dy and firm atthe above figures; calls sold at $4 20@ £30 for light; fresh receipts, 28,000 head. Cattle—Dull; receipte, 3,800 head. St. Louls Produce Marget. Sr. Lors, December 17. Flour—Firmer and unchanged. Wheat—Better and slow; No. 2 red, $1 013@1 01} for cash; $1 02}@l 02§ for January; $1 05@1 05§ for Feb- raary; 81 073@1 08 for March; No. 3 do 933@98%:; No. 4 do 93@93}c. Corn—Sisady and slow at 390 for cash; 39%s for December; 4('§c for January; 40fc for February; 41ge for March; 42@42§c for April; 433@43fc for M 0 igher at 32@32}c for cash; 364 for May. Rye—Better at 85jc. Barley—Dull and unchanged. Butter—Lower; creamery, 30834c; dairy, 22@27. Eggs—Lower at 27c. Whisky—Steady at $111. Pork—Betterat $13 25 asked for cash or December;$13 10 for January; $13 274 for Februa: Dry Salts Meats—Firmer at $6 55@ 6 60@6 75for January; clear, $6 76 @6 80 for cash; 6 95'for January. Bacon—Dull and unchanged. Lard—Higher at £8 40 asked; small Tots sold at §8 25. Receipts—Flour, 7,000 bbl 12,000 bu.; corn, 78,000; oats, 6,000; rye, 1,000; barley, 9,000, Shipments —- Flour, 6,000 _brls; wheat, 13,000 bu; corn, 35,000 oats, none; rye, 1.000; barley, non St. Louls Live stock Market. Sr. Louts, December 17. Active and higher; Yorkers $4 00@4 20; mixed packing, 84 35@4 60; butchers’ to fancy, $4 65@4 85; receipts, 3,800 head; ehipments, 2,100. New York Produce Market. New York, December 16. Flour—Sirongly n_buyers' favo very moderato export sud johbing trade demand; round hoop Ohi $4 40@5 50; choice do, § 53@6 85; superfino western, $3 4065 00: com mon to good extra_do, $4 3065 00; choice do, $5 05@6 75; choice white wheat do, $5 10@6 00, Butter—Dull and declining; Ohio, 14@29. fair to choice. that they are almost impracticable of application to the purposes for which they are framed; and, ‘WaEeReas, It is thought that i are better qualified to_point out such defects or omissions than the officers who are charged with the execution of these laws; therefore, Resolved, That this_convention of clerks and treasurers adopt such meas- may secure such reforms or additional legislation as will give to the tax-payers of the state the safest and best laws which the wisdom born of experience may dictate. Ou motion & committee was ap- pointed on order of business, etc., who submitted the following: An executive cominittee of five, consisting of L. E. Cropsey, J. Manchester, J. W. Eatly, L. G. Jones and James Ledwich, and tor the dis- cuasion of the following subjecta: 1. Un revenue law. 2. Roads. . County and city officers. The report was adopted, : thorough exchange of views during the day, on motion, & vote ot thanks was tondered Messrs. Early and Stauffer and other officers of Platte county for courtesies extended to the | members of the convention. On motion, the secretary was re- quested to furnish a copy of the pre- coedings of this convention to the state papeis. On motion, at 10 o’clock p. m., the convention adjourned. Joms Davis, Secretary. FRITSCH’S PRUSSIAN Cough Syrup THE LATEST VICTORY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. The only existing remedy for avery spe- cles of Acute or Chronic Disease of the Organs of Respiration, and an absolute | SPEGIFID FOR GCONSUMPTION ! FHIS all-powerful vegetable prepara~ T Hon expaiatrom the langs and aif pase sages, the mucus and muco-pus produced by primonary inflammation, heals the irritated membr every organ which fe. 1t e n | kystem. Free and painless expert | tion is the mode by which it relieves the | Jungs, chest and throat from theburdens hich oppress them; thus arresting Con- | sumption and Bronchitis in the germ be- (hiey reach the more dangerous stages. The emaciated sufferer BATTLING FOR LIFE ‘with the most terrible scourge of our cli- mate will find Frit 's Prussian Cough | Syiap 'n potent ally, and will assuredly Win' The figit by adhering strictly to this reat modicine. | CASES NOW ON RECORD | tn which it has been administered with Eggs—Western, firm st 26@32 for | ; Wheat—Dull and lower; Chicago, $1 14@1 18; Milwankee, 81 19@1 20 No. 2 red winter, §1 194; sales 450, | 000 bu. Corn—Quiet; No. 2, at 58}@b8jc; | sales, 30.000 bu. Oats—Quiet. Whisky—Nominal. Pork—812 00@13 00 for cach;$12 85 @12 90 for December; $13 3014 30 for Febraary. Lord—@8 80@8 90 for December; $8 87)@8 92} for January: $9 000 905 for February; $9 074@9 10 for March; 89 16@9 20 for April; $8 95 asked for buyer for the yesr. A Heavy Robbers. » 8pscal Dispateh to Tue Bec. Jersey Crry, December 17—4 p. m.—A man describing himself as L. W. Myers, of Atlants, Ga, report= tc the police this morning that he had been robbed ot $10,800. He said he was a passenger in the sleeping cosch on the Washington express on the Penusylvania railway, which arrived this morning. Ho aad his money all | innotes and in a safchel, but when he _awoke this morning the satchel bad dieappeared. na Life. , will shortly retire from political "1207Farnam street, - o M G et A AR PN o e 1t is probable that an international e } Rafl Ruin. ‘Bpecial dispatch to The Bee. Moxexa, Ill., December 17.—4 p. at tho present date, and yot the prepara nly in the infancy of its useful- he great defect of all Cough es hitherto introduced is that hey are simply expulsory. Hence they jor unless thie causes of the ions which are coughed up 1,201 the ruptured, inflamed surfaces healed and re- stored to their natural tone, & cure i& impossible. Fritsch's Prussian Cough ccomplishes these objects. The ‘and muco-pus which are the con- sequence of Lung Disease, are thrown off Dy it, while at the same fime it soothes and invigorates the weakened tissues. “ ’ LIFE FGR THE LUNGS. For coughs, colds, influenza, | @imculties, tightness of the chest,hoarse- | Siews, sore’ thront, trachitis, Inflamma- | tlom of the lung difficuity of breatiing, Leurisy nn ersof a pulmo: B e | _sole agents 12 'RICHARDSON & o 2 i Ameren, oo, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 1 PRICE ONLY 25 CENTS. I | ms | | Morrie Elgn'ter, plaintifl, va . Murray, first naine anknown, d-fendant ~ Before Luiher . Wright, Justios of the Peace ‘of Douglas Couaty, Nebraska. On the 1t day of ovembor, A D. 1850, mid Justice issued an Order of Attachmest in the Aore action for the sum of §16.5). Omaba November #7th, 1830. MOBMIS ELGUTTER. By neox Buoow, his Attorvey. of7 8t HORSE SH EDHOLM & ICKSON o - Whaoie ud Ketall Manu \ facturing 0CK OF— Cold 1l Silver Watehes wd Jewe'ry in the City. ‘ee Our Stock Come an We Will Be Pleased to Show Goods. EDHOLM & ERICKSON, o. Upposite Postoffice. Iron and “/agon Stock, At Chicago Prices. wW. J. BROATTOEL THE CENTRAL DINING Board by the Day or e g AMERICAN GOLDAND SILVE We Guarantee The Best Goods For The Least Mc:’ey, e S MAX MEYER Gmal 1209 and 1211 Harney Sii octil. . HALL, Southwest corner 16th Has Iately been lea AN fuaurant busi- ness, and w MEALS AT RS. or without. soine 1tom Cor. Douglas and 13th Sts.; nd Centsi ‘R WATGES Gives Great Bargains in L All Ki C JEWELRY, SILVER WARE 1ND DIAHONDS, co., WHOLESALE TOBBACCONISTS | 1609 upwards. nd upwards. Cigars from $15.00 pe: Tobacco, 25 cents per p Pipes from 25 cents per dozen upwards, Send for Price List. MAX MEYER & €0, Omal e er— 3 A CRATIFYING FACT T WHITESEWINC MACH Gives nniversal Satisf stead= ily and rapidly increa The White Machine ju to be the best made, the easiest ranning mplest in construction and the 1 the market. ins in The White Co. employ ents man of in tegrity, and purchasers are always satisfied, bacause they find eve'y just as repres- ented. Bverybody should use this Ma The salessofar this year are more than double the corresponding time last ye All orders addreesed to the Omaha Office will be promptly filled. JOHN - ZEHRUMC, Cor. Davenport and 15th Sts.* Omaia.