Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1882, Page 4

4 y Ak un‘@fiA DALY BEE: MONDAY MAY 1 « ~82 — =} 'Fl;e Smaha Bee Pablishea avery morning, excapt Bunday, Wae oniy Monday morning dsily, TERMS BY MAIL — Doe Soar..... $10.00 | Three Mouths.$3.00 Bix Mouths, 5.00 | One 1.00 rAY WEEKLY BEE, published ev- oty Wadnesda: TERMS POST PAID:— One Year.. $2.00 | ThreeMonths.. 50 Bix Months.... 1.00 | One PSR ] CORRESPUNDENCE—~A1l Communi. ontions reluting to News and Editorial mat- er« should be addressed to the Enitor or TaE Hik. BUSINESS LNTTERS—AIl Business Betters and Remittances should be ad- dressed to Trr OMAHA PuBuisHine Com- PANY, OMAHA, Drafts, Checks and Post. office’ Orders to be made payable to the erder of the Combany, OMAHA PUBLISHING C0., Prop'rs, E: ROSEWATER, Editor. Proolamation by the Governor Convening the Legislature ‘Wanneas, The constitution of the state of Nebraska provides that the governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the legislature by proclamation; and WHRREAS, Tmportant public interest of o extraordinary character requires. the exercise of this authority; Therefore, I, Albinus Nance, govermor of the state of Nebraska, do hereby con- wens the legislature of said state to meet 1 session at the capitol in Lincoln E‘. dedlku-dly‘ :llado:lh nl'M: , 1882, at o'clock m, of w ay for the purposes herein stated as follows, to-wit: First. To apportion the state into three onal distriots and to provide for the election of representatives therein. md. To amend an mct s proved March 1st, 1881, entitled “‘An act to in- orate cities of the first class and regu- Intion of their duties, powers and govern- ment,” by oconferring additional power upon cities of the first class for the pur- pose of paving or macadamizing streets and odyund also providing for the cren- tion lnth:r:r“hm.m of » board of public ‘works in, Third, To assign the county of Custer o some judicial district in the state. Fourth, amend section 69, chapter 14, of the compiled statutes of Nebraska entitled *'Cities of the second class and vllhgu." Fifth. To provide for the expenses in: curred in mrpru-lnn the recent riots at Owmnbs and protecting citizens of the state from domestic violence. Sixsh, To give the assent of state the to the provision of an act of congress to ‘extend the northern boundary of the state of Nebraska, Seventh. To provide for the payment of the ordinary and contingent expenses of the legislature incurred during the special session hereby convened, In testimony whereof, I huve hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state, Done at Lincoln, this 20th of April, A. 1.,1882, the sixteenth year of the state and of the independence of the United States, the one hundred and sixth, By the governor: ALBINUS NANOR. 8. J. ALEXANDER, Secretary of Stare, GREAT crops is the cry from all sec- tions of the country. S———— Haxoixa bees are fashionable throughout the country. CEs———— Mr. Beimonr loves polo. Since his examination of Mr, Blaine he will learn to “shinny on his own side.” — A rALSE economy is always dearest in the end. This remark has a porti- nent application to the pavingproblem in Omaha, No wood pavements is the war cry of The Kansas City Journal. Omaha will shortly have something to say on the same question 3 Tux house committee on patents have agreed to report a bill for the protection of innccent purchasers of patentable articles, In South Osrolipa arson has beer made a capital crime and the first executions under the law oocurredfjat Greenville on Thursday last. E—— GeNERAL OHALMBRS, the hero of the Mississippi shoe string distriot, is ty- ing up his shoes preliminary to leav- ing Washiugton in front of the toe of the congressional boot. S— As 800N aa it is understood that as- sessing means ‘something more than copying last year's list and talking ‘‘on the quiet” to property over the back fence our city valuation will mean some*hing, SenaTor MoPuERsoN, of New Jor- sey, believes that the old proverb about getting blood out of & turnip is a falsehood, He has sued & New York Herald correspondent for libel, placing his damages at $10,000. emm———— Dz, Lamson, the Amerioan who poisoned his sick brothier-in-law by aconite, was hanged on Friday in Lon- don, death being ax They understand executions. better in Eng- Iand than in this country. —— Tus Republican continues to fuss and fume over its publication of the mm’n proclamation which was fur- it by the enterprise and cour- tesy of Te Bsx's Lincoln correspond- ent, T Ir pays for royalty in England to marry. Leopold celebrated his nupti & parliamentary grant of $126,0008 and the Assuzance of » pension for s wife of $30,000- per annum in casd she became his widow. e—— Waex the costs and fees are taken away from justices of the peace there doesn’t seem to°be such an over whelming anxiety on the part of pot- sey City, James Chapman was clect: d justice of she pegee by only one voie, | tion of that people’s pleasure grounds There was no | the present spring has been a disgrace Iv has been used for which he cast Limself. other candidate in the ficld. THE APACHE OU1BREAK. The Indian outbreak in Arizona and New Mexico gains in seriousness with each succeeding report. If the dispatches from the meat of war are to be credited, there ara prospects of a general Apache uprising. It must not be forgotten, however, that every Indian trouble is generally grossly ex- aggerated and that tho fears of the settlers are apt to magnify the num- bers engaged far beyond their actual proportions, Public feeling is pretty well worked up in Arizona, as the message sent by the people of Tucson to President Arthur shows. Some excitement is perhaps pardonable when it is considered that there are in Arizona four Indian agencies at which are 18,000 Indiars, and an equal number of agencies exist in New Mexico with 27,000 Indians, besides several roving bands attached to no agencies. The present trouble had its origin as far back as the transferring of the Chilicaua Indiana to the San OCarlos agency in Arizona, and the removal of the Warm Springs Indians from New Mexica. It was intensified by the hanging some weeks ago of three In- dian scouts, who deserted from Carr in the Cibique campaign. From the best information obtainable from official sources, it does not seem that more than 150 bucks are di- rectly concerned in the present outbreak, Btill the fact that from 4,000 to 6,000 Indians are likely to be affected unless prompt measures are taken to check the outbreak makes the situation serious. Five hundred cavalry, under Ool, Foraythe, are in pursuit, end all needed reinforcements will be forthecoming. The orders from General Sheridan to General Crook, to place the Fourth infantry and Third cavalry under waiting orders, may or may not have reference to the trouble in Arizona, A change of station for these regiments has been under con- templation for some time, and the transfer of the troops is probably in the line of a policy decided upon before the outbreak of hostilities. Should both regimentsbesent to the Indian country from 1,100 to 1,200 soldiers will be added to the force now operating un- der Col. Foraythe. There is every reason to believe that the trouble in Arizona will be sup- pressed as promptly as is possible. But it must not be lost sight of that fighting the Apaches in the rocky canyons of that country 1s by no means as easy work as carrying on a campaign on the northern plains. No Indians fight so well from cover as the Apaches, and conducting a war against ihe tribe is much like hunting jack rabbits one ata time and each on the jump. No one appreciates the fact better than General George Orooke, who, with several of his pres- ent staff, had a very lively if not a successful experience with the Apaches several years ago. ArtHoueu the routine business of congress is further advanced than is usual at this stage of the session, the belief is expressed by many mem- bers of both houses that final adjourn- ment is not likely to take place earlier than the middle of July or the first of August, Congressmen feel that the majority must make some record on questions of public policy if they hope to carry the next house for the repub- lican party. So far nothing has been accomplished exoepting the passage of several ot the appropriation bills, The Chinese bill drafted in accordance with the views of the Pacific coast has failed to pass the White house and the effect upon republican veters has been o unfavorable that it is doubtful whother the passage of the present measure will act as an antidote. . Prohibitory legislation in Ohio 18 likely to lose several congress- ional distriots in that state to the re- publicens and the disaffection in the party in New York and Pennsylvania is alarming. At present there isan entire absence of issues upon which to base a vigorous canvass. The reduc: tion of taxation so earnestly demand- ol at the opening of the wsession not ouly remains unaccomplished but the nato has squarcly dodged tho issue by its advocacy aud passage of a bill for a tariff conmission, The question of reorgauizing the national banks has not been met, It is true #n anti- polygamy measure has been passed, but &ntispolygamy is is scarcely an issue upom which much political oapital can be made for either of the parties. Administration reform, the question of monopoly, the issue be- tween capital and labor, the principle and policy of taxation, subjects which sooner or later must form the basis for honest discussion and honest dif. ference of opinion between parties, have been thus far skillfully evaded by congress. Itis no wonder, then, that republican congressmen feol that they require something beside the mere paseage ‘of the appropriation bills for a record on which to go be- fore the country and ask asupport for their party and themsclves as candi- dates for re-election, — Tuk citizens of Ony to change hands. The filthy condi to the city, everything from a cow pastare to a garbage heap. The janitor's liouse has been filthy beyond description. Every washing day the fountains in front of the main entrance have been filled with & chaste and care- fully assorted collection of tubs while the walks adjoining have been decorated with a selection of house- hold rubbish large enough to stock a well furnished junk shop. This is aside from any remarks on the gen- oral condition of the park itself which has been too wretched tor eriticism. The roads have been forlornly re- paired, the grass more than half the time unkept and the rubbish from a summer picwic season has been al- lowed to accumulate with no attempt s will not regret house politicians to sarve the country. |to learn that, beginning with to-day, At the recent charter election in Jor- [the management of Hanscom Park is at removal, The attention of the city council which is vested with the supervision of the park is called to the necessity of more active measures to keep it in a presentable condition. It will be used more thar ever during the coming summér, owing to the completion of the Bt. Mary's avenue ear line, If any pleasure at all is to be derived from its use by our citizens, there must be a radical change in the manner in which it is maintained. — Twe great strike of mechanics and Iaborers at Toronto has ended, and the meon will resume work to-day. The conflict between capital and labor was settled, as all such confliots should be —by an agreement on both sides to submit to arbitration. A joint agreement was entered into that will carry into effect the suggestions made by Tms Bee during the re- cent labor troubles in Omaha. Under this arrangement the joint com- mittee of the men and employers are to select a chairman who shall preside at a meeting to be held in the month of January of each year to dectde the rate of wages for the following twelve months; changes, if any, not to take place before the 1st of May of each year. Omaha contractors and capitalists should profit by this example. The Ca- nadians can get all themilitary protec- tion they need but during the recent strike they had the good sense to ap- point a conference committee which met an equal number of men ap- pointed to represent the strikers and after a mutual conference they have reached an amicable underatanding which in the future will save both em- ployers and employes a great deal of trouble and expense. Ir is & beautiful political circus in Ponnsylvania. The independents, headed by Chas. Wolfe, who received 66,000 votes for state treasurer last fall agalnst the regular republican nominee, are preparing for battle, and have been joined by United States Senator Mitchell, who declares that plunder and patronage are the only motives for the action of the Camerons, and openly allies himself with the independents for the purpose of securing an honest state convention and an untrammeled expression of the popular voice in the coming nomina- tions for state officers. At last ac- counts Don Cameron was undecided whether to fight or compromise, ——— Two fast freight lines have just been organized to carry through freights between Chicago and Denver without breaking bulk or transfer. This will afford another source of revenue to the inner circle of railroad magnates that always exhibit wonderful energy in such paying enterprises, This may be an exception, but pearly all the fast freight lincs in this country are nothing more nor less than schemes to put money into the pockets of rings organized among the officers of the railroads under the pretense of special accommodation to the publio. Cem—— Taa coming yearahould see a heavy increase in the number uf cattle and hogs fed in Nebraska, The prices now paid for beef and hogs will make this industry exceedingly profitable, and from present indications there will be no lack of both grass and grain for the purpose of feeding, Stock raising will prove a mine of wealth this season, and our farmers will find plenty ot use for their surplus crops which will bring » much lower price this fall than last. ———— During a receut trip of the editor of Tax Bun to Seward county he was more than ever impressed with the truth of the oft quoted remark that ‘‘Nabraska is the garden spot of the weat.” 1In the character of its citizens uo less than in the industry and thrift everywhere displayed, no coun- ty in the state haa the advantage over Beward, e—— Quire a sensation was created Sat- urday oun the New York Elevated railroad by the explosion of a couple of infernal machines which were said to have been sent in a mail pouch to COyrus W, Field and Vanderbilt, The police suspect the sender was some bloodthirsty nihilist, but it may turn out to have been some viotim of Ele- vated railroad stock swindle, ——— Having passed the house and th® senate, the auti-Ohinese bill now goes back to the house for conourrence in the senate amendments, There is a feeling in Washington that the presi- dent will sign the bill, ON THE DECLINE. This paper is not in the babit of boasting about its business affairs. As the most widely circulated newspaper wost of the Mississippi, its command- ing position is recognized in this city and state, where its popularity and influence are best known. It is only when attempts are made by designing parties to create a false impression abroad aboat the standing of Omaha dailies that we deem proper to expose imposture and challenge comparison. A statement was recently published by the Omaha Republican concerning its alleged increase of circulation in which that paper boasted of having overtaken Tur Brg both at home and abroad. The evident object of this brazen falsehood, which could deceive nobedy in Omaha, was to impose on foreign advertisers, Because we did not wmwee fit to contradict and denounce the imposture promptly some of our exchanges, notably the Lincoln Journal, indulged in comment about the recent decline of Tur Bar, which they ascribed to the course it had pursued during the Iabor troubles. for the informa- tion of all concerned we herewith sub- mit sworn statements of the circula - tion of Tug Brs before and since the Iabor troubles, with a detailed exhibit of city circulation during a period of eighteen months, We also invite attention to the summary and ohal- lenge that accompany this exhibit: CITY CIRCULATION. STATE OF NEBRASKA, }“ Couwry or DovcLas, % Edwin Davis, being duly sworn, says that he is leesee of the city circulation of Tae DarLy Big; that the circulation of Tue DALy Bug delivered by carriers to subscribers in the city of Omahy, and ex- clusive of sales of newsdealers and news- boys, was as follow October 31, 1580, January 81, 1881 July 81, 1881 August 31, 1881 Beptember 30, 1881 ©ctober 31, 1881..... November 30, 1881 December 31, 1881, January 81, 1882 Fevruary 25, 1882 2,378 copies March 31, 1882 ..27.8 copies In addition to the above circulation to regular subscribers by carrier delivery, the sales through newsdealers and newsboys since January 1, 1882, in the city of Omiaha, aggregated from 300 to 500 copies each day. EnwiN Davis, Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 22d day of Apnl, 1882, JOoHN R, MANCHESTER, Notary Public, GENERAL CIRCULATION, Two months. ago the publishers of Tue Bre furnished their patrons with the following sworn statement of gen- eral circulation; STATE OF NEBRASKA, CoUNTY 0¥ DouGLAS, A, R. Sauer, beiny duly sworn, deposes and says that he i1 business manager of the Omaha Pablishing O, publisham of TuE DArLy and WeEKLY, Big, that the av- erage daily circu/ation of THE DALy BEg for the three raonths ending Fobruary 15th, 1882, was 5,587 copies. That the average weekly circulation of THE WEEkLY Beg for the three months ending February 15th, 1882, was 25,714 copies. A. R. SAUER. 34 copies 1245 copies 2,485 copies city, and number sold to dealers and newsboys, mailed or otherwise for- warded. The proprietors of Trur Brr agree to donate one hundred dsllars to the 8t. Joseph hospital fund if the manager of the Republican will show by a aworn exhibit of the circulation of Tne Daily Re- publican in the city of Omaha and the circulation of the Daily and Weekly Republican as compared with the above statements that Tre Ber does not circnlate six copies of its daily editions in the city ot Omaha for every copy of The Daily Republican circulated in this city during the same period, and five copies of its daily and weekly for every single copy of The Daily and Weokly Republican tlat is covered by the aggregate general subscription. Now let The Republican show up or retract, We have now been waiting one week for the acceptance of our propo- sition, but the only response The Re- publican has made is that the business manager of that concern can not spare the time to make the exhibit of circulation, which we have challenged him to produce. The Lincoln Jour- nal, since the above was published, very gracefully admits that Tue Bes can sustain the claim that its reula- tion is much larger than that of its Omaha contemporaries, but The Jour- nal discredits the claim that the cir- culation of Tur DarLy Bes is greater than the aggregate circulation of all the dailies in the state. The latest reliable figures of the oir- culation of the dailies published in Nebraska with very liberal estimates that we know cannot be contradicted by sworn stateinent, is as follows: or: Lincoln Journal “ Democrat.. Fremont Herald, Plattsmouth Journ: Aggregate daily circulation of the— Bxe on April 1ith. ... 8 7,054 Circula ion April 30th 7,230 The Republican being epiked en- tirely, we now ask the Lincoln Jour- nal to acknowledge that Tue Ber has made no claim which it cannot fully sustain, STATE JOITINGS, Blair has the measles bad. Schuyler has & man milliner, The Columbns Gazette has died. . Four saloons pay 81,000 each in Hast- ings. The Central City calaboose is for sale or rent., Wayne is also breaking out with the measles. Cen'ral City planted 2,200 trees in the town park. Falls City has a firm of thoroughbred dog breeders. An Anrora firm advartises “coffias, day or night, for sule,” etc. The Nebraska press is beautifully illus- trated with hurse pictures just now. _ The Pawnee county court house was in- jured $2,500 worth by fire lust week. _An aced Dane named Jibbe Elneff, sui- cided, Thursday night, near Scribner, An assembly of Knights of Labor was Signed and sworn to before me this 24th disy of February, 1882, at Cmaha, Neb, JouN RosIicky, Notary Public. A still more flattering exhibit of the steady and rapid growth of the general circulation of Tae Bek will be found in the statement covering the two months ending April 16th. STATE OF NEBR \SKA, }“ Couxrr or DoucLas, 2 A. B. Sauer, being sworn, says that he is business manager of Tig OMAHA DALy Brk; that the aggregate circulation of Tus DaiLy Bxs for the month ending March 15, 1882, was 157,416 copies, or am average for each of the 24 publishing days in that month of 6,559 oopies; that the ag- gregate circulation of Tag DarLy Bex for the month ending April 15, 1883, was 190,728 goples, or an average for each of the 27 publication days of 7,064 coples, This includes the general circulation of the Daily by mail, the delivery by carriers* and sales by dealers and newsboys in Omaha and Council Bluffs, and the sales on railroad trains, A. R. SAURR. Subacribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 22d day of April, 1852, Joun R, MANCHESTHE, Notary Public. Thus it will be seen that tho gen- oral circulation of Tme Bzg, which aggregated 0,687 copies before the Iabor troubles commenced, reached 6,669 copies when the trouble was over, and has grown to 7,004 copies during the four weeks that followed the evacuation of Omaha by the army. Right here let us make known » fow established tacts: 1st. Tue DaiLy Bee has a l-‘!gar general circulation than the combined circulation of all the other daily papers published in Nebraska, 2, Tus Beg circulates fully .\hm times as many Dailies in the city of Omaha as are circulated by the Omaba. Herald ~and ° Republican together, 3. The Herald and Republican oy together cannot show forty subscrib- ors in the city of Omaha that are not also subscribers of Tme Brs, while|Fl Tug Beg has fully 2,300 subscribers in this city that are not reached by either of these papers. ' And now we extend an uPP"}"“""’ to the manager of the Republican to sustain the claims he has mado about circulation, The proprietors of Tuk BEE hereby offer and agree to pay one hundred dollars to O. E. Yost, manager ulmt_l:ls Omaha Republican, if he will publi A a eworn statemert of the umuhnu-;): the Republican, showing the n_“mmf of dailies delivered by carrier in this organized at Bentrice last Wednesday. Mrs. 8. L. Farmer, of Arapahoe, was bauly gore.t by a vicious cow, on the 25th. The Pawnee county fair is billed at Pawnee City September 12, 13, 14 snd 15, The Central City Courier pobliched & charming study in eight chapters last week. . The women's suffrage associution will hold a conveation in Columbus on the 4.h and 5th, E. F. Stephens has the contract to set out 10,000 trees on the Doane college grounds, Assistant Engineer Jones, of Omah 1aid out Kountze's addition to West Poh:; nst week, Ouscar Wilde got *‘biling full” of butter. milk at the Fremont creamery, His calves were dry. Fllt:inl or ;:tlnty 131:]:3” drummers swarmed intg Shelvy, > last week, K] 7 kbt The Stanton barber couldn’t find enough business for wupport, hence he lett “gar West Point. anrglnfir; i;;oka lnito Dun‘lu;y & Co, a store at Shelby, a fow nights 0, but didn’t take much, y - The snake killing season has come. Mr, Lewis, of F. nteneile, killed thirteen in his yard the other day. . .A state association of undertakers was formed at Lincoln last week. This will be sad news to ‘‘staffs,” George Vaughan, of Blair, put his hand too near & circular saw, and henceforth he'll get along with one thumb, The Tecumseh paper tells of the arrest | Ki of & man for ‘‘indecent exposure of his person in the scuthern porsion,” A Ponca man offered to pus up a mill in Wayne for s bonus of §2,! but that pile ooks too big to she Wayne people. The B, & M. surveyors are within about eight miles of Buau. local the line R L e oatal ‘Work was commenced to.day oun the depot buils at the new station of Dor- sey, between trice and W ymore. B, & M, surveyors are looking for a out- off route from Arapahoe, on the Denver extension, to Kenesaw, on the main line, About 70 Odd Fellows of Plattemouth, with their wives and sweethearts, visited Beatrice on an exeursion anniversary day. The consolidation of the towns of Col- vert and Sheridan under a new namoe is a ‘l’iu‘d fact, Touzalin—Howe would that o A gang of burglars rifled the safes of thiee stores in Central City one night last week. They scoured between .!00 Chris. Magnhan has bought sbout 70 acres in different parts of Cuming county, payiog cash, He will make stock farms of eln. James Oliver, one of the Oliver brothers, the oldest settlers in Buffalo county, died l{:& week, He located near Shelton in C. A, UL, of Crete, before leaving for Owaka, donated & nuwber of books and magazines to the public library of that town. The suit of Kearney county against the B. &M, for back taxes, was decided in favor of the county. About 87,000 were iuvolved, “Phe spavin cure premium papers aread- \ertising for ‘live” agents, Former sents tested theic own wmedicine, hence the vacaucy. The book agent has not been injured by the late frosts in the state, and the present indications give golden promiss of an abundant crop. Beatrice comp'ains because Judge Weav. er abruptly teraiinated court on Friday vending home a uumber of witnesses ¢ ntinuning oas:s Mrs. Bliza MoOann, of Dawson county, tried $ drive some she-p from her garden, when the head of the flock turned an: butted her severely, Half the marriel men of Ewing. Holt county, are off cultivating tr-e ciaims, and tieir better nalves remaining in towa and “kwcking” hard. A littie son of Andrew Martin, of Blcomington, whi e he ping his brother cut woud the other day, had three fingers taken off by a bad stro'o A little danghter of Ed. St-arns, of Beaver City, foun a saucer of 1ye in the cupboard and drank it. She wi.l recover, but it was o narrow escap:. Quite a large number of emigrant wagons passed through the Pine on Tuesday last, seeking homes in the garden spot of Ne- braska,—[Long Pine News, A frightful panic has overtaken settlers in Batler coun.y concerning hay lunds. They are being b0 ght up at a rapid rate. A r gular scramble hus beeu inaugurated. The Creighton Regu ator is the name of paper started at Creighton, Knox connty, by tuat Connecticut Yankee of Nwbrara, . A Fry. It will be edited by Fred E. Sea'ey. The underpinning of the Union Pacific depot at Norfolk gave way on Thursday .nfi let the building down on five men iwurking there, two of whon were severely nj 1 A six-year old dsughter of Herman Eberling, near Norfolk, was kicked in the head by a horse on the 25th the skull be- ing crushed. Her injuries, however, were not fatal, Thos. Tilly, at work on the M. P. bridge at Falls City, feil to the ground, a distauce of 40 feet, the other day, and smashed in the front of his head. He will not die, howaever. Mr. Wm. Keeler, of Bryant preainct, Fillmors osunty, had twensy-ive teeth pulled, one day last week, before leaving the dentist’s chair, and he dida't take uny anwmsthetic, eituer, Somebody bad & grudge against John Arnoid, of Arapahoe, and jammed s large le down hi veo-pipe chimnéy. In try- ig to yet th e out, Mr. Arnold fell off the roof and struck thie grount so hard that he nearly bit hi« tongue off. Two Omaha traveling men (names not giveu), hired a livery team in Norfolk, one day last week. They got d-unk and killed one hose, and t Jegiaphed the owrer waere he could get the o:her. The livery man will sue the drummers. The tax agent of the Union_Pacific got 450 | onc of the commissioners to offer a resolu- tion striking the unpatented 1:nds in Plattsmouth from the tax rol s for thelast three years, but the other two commis- <iomera voted against it, and ths company 5 | must put up. Jacob Bucher, a‘young man who recently came to Richardson county from Switzer- land, became insane aud tried to drown himself iu w shallaw ditch, He was dis- covered and lockedu ). A few nights after he tried to jump from a second story win- dow but wasstopped. The nect night he attempted to jump down a well but was prevented, ana the next day he was taken to the state asylam. STATE SOCIAL EVENTS. Dr,and Mr:, Barton, of Central City, entertained & large number of friends on the evening of the 21st. Mrs, A, B. Idson, of Hg_utlnf, was pre. sented an elegant watch and chain by her Episcopal friends on the 26th. The firemen of Hostings gave & grand ball Friday evening, the proceeds of which will be used to purchase uniforms. There is & young Iady in_O'Neill City who wants but little here below, but she waunts that Little Long for a lifetime. Eugene Km}:pa. of Holt county, and Miss Mollis Reber, of D idge county, were married on the 13th, Life is short and future Knapps will be brief. Soap buhble parties are common throughout the State. The girl with the biggest mouth always takes the cake—of soap. This “swacks” of monop: ly. James M. Gamble and Miss Mary A, Smith were married at Fromont on the 26th. A pleasant reception, followed by installing the happy couple 1n their new home, closed the Jeslinl.ien. Bachelors’ ha'l, of Hastings, Js now complete with billiard tables and all other necessaries. The Gazette says ‘‘it's just too awfully nice for anything. = Hut, then, the girls say, ‘It's just mean, there!”” The 20th wedding anniyersary of Mr, and Mrs, M. Stanton, of Johunson, was made joyful and happy by a sudden call of about tifty friends and neighbors, bring- ing, smong other gifts, an elegant China dinner set of 127 pieces. John Snyder and Miss Rosa Rometch, of Dodge county, were launched up:m the doubled vea at Fremont on the 20:h, Their bark was laden with numerous use- ful and m.fll gifts, The cornet band tooted them off, The editor of The Tecumseh Terchlight paralysed his friends the other day, by an- nouncing that he “‘stayed out late with another man's girl.” This is the sequel to his motto, “Press on, press ever,” Doubt- less there was a pressing ef soles when The Torchlight went out. A Da O'Neill City, recently, bus bef.re nicht & oloud no larger than a man's hand, ap- penred and the light of loneliness went out. Rev, C. Smith pronouced the wor s that made Mathew E. Timms and Miss Semantha C. Day membera of $be married throng, Clark Chase, of Fairbury, was married to Miss Minnie Ellemeier of Plymouth, at Jrete on the 19th, The Rev. Bro-s recited the simple service that made an e och 10 the Chase of life bunfi{ 0o means ended it, The newly tied will remew the Chase in Fairbury, Miss Rosina Koppenhaver, of ¥apillion, wisely changed her mame for that of & ansan, v, Ed. . Sallenback. The trade took place on the 18th, Both will wrestle with the heathen and the publican_in the kingdom of probibition and St, John, A young isdy of Hamilton county ehanged from Brown to White at Grand m‘:fi on the 19th, Luells, the bride, was just 18, and Charles White, the past 21, Judge Caldwell su) the operation and received his usual I& Miss Edith Wickwire, of Shelton, cele- brated her birthday with » lum“heflnx of smmq friends on the 19th, the boys and girls of the town, between five and fif- room, feas with teen years of age, were turned loose in the house and nds and enjoyed an after- noon of unbroken plessure. ~ Miss Edith reccived wa y birthdsy tokens from her young friends. Mr. and Mrs, Cooper, who were re- cently married at Grand Island, were warmly welcomed at thewr bome in St Paul last week, A large circle of friends met them at the depot and escorted the and lll;PDy‘wu le to the cesidence of Mr. and re. G. W. Norton, where & jolification reception was held, and numerous gifts presented them., A Grand Island young man of power- ful physique and a measuring about forty inches in circumference, bragged about the strength of his lungs. To forcibly conviuce an adiwiring member of the soft sex of this fact, he invited her to bit him io the breast, She said she was left-hwnded, had been washing all day, was tired and didn's feel active, but at his urgent request let drive at him. When his friends weat to pick him up he said he thought he would die easier lying down, That left-hauder was fatal to the gir’ hopes, for it busted a marriage engage- ment, The wedding of Fruest Wagner umll M ’dugianfiubms at Plattenouth on the 20ch was & social event of considerable magnitude, The reception at the resi. dence of the bride's parents was attended by a large number of feleuds, whose gifts dawned bright and fair in|p rintended | jg were untsnally costly and numerous. The Toos] scribe was ‘‘dead-gone” onthe bride’s costume snd appearapcs, ‘‘She looked the personification of eleganse, beauts and " he wrots, s the bride vanished rom fiis_enraptaréd gaze; “dremed in & fawa-ocolored with lace trimmings.” The bride and m will make their h..me in Lincoln, where the latter occupies & nosition in the engiueer department of the B. &M, A handsome stranger from_the interior of the State, visited the hospital fair re- cently held ‘in Omaba, and was suiitten with the charms of one fair canvasser. Tt was a clear case, though one-sided, of love at firss sight. The stranger was lavish with his purse at the suggestion of his charmer and followed np his nlqmnnt conquest with boquets—masterpieces of the florists’ art—which he sent to her home. He liogered in town for two or three days, bracing up for the vital ques- tion, but, his dream of prospective bliss was brief and rudely broken, when a youthful disciple of Binckstone crossed his threshhold with the withered flowers in his hand sad blood in his eye. The scene ohanged and the stranger suddenly de- parted for his rural home, Star gazers throughout the city and stat« will dou! tlesy be interested in the Iatest directions to secure the full benefit of that charmiog study. Two persons of opposite sex, young and handsome in their own eyes, complete a class: Late in the evening, sav about 10:30, you will see, by nestling closely eogethn, & bright star in the nor.heastern heavens, called Vega n the Harp. Then wind your right urm around the waist and turn o little to the lefi. _H -re the comet rests in a direct line from Vega to the pole star, and stilt fur- ther to tge loft the Dragen, At this mo- meat a quick circling movemént of the left will prevent undue enthusiasm, but don't o 1aet over her too suddenly or you wight getleft. Inthispositionthe heavenly beautics ngnrkln brilliantly and charm the eye. 1f the study is prolonyed later than 1{, it is the propah capah to provide -ht]m!ger rest. ‘--nvurl.’thll I-bpr'-e:(:‘od only by prospective geadustes, but 1.egin- ners w{u lnm quite pleasing. A suo- eession of emacks two degrees from the chin is highly recommended before ad- journment., EOUUATIONAL NOTES. A new sohool house will soon be built in Osage precinet, Otos county, The district of Madison pays male teach. ers $45 and female §15, per month, Grand Island has 988 children of school age, not counting the mewspaper editors. The summer term of the public schools of Arapahoe opened with 61 scolars, A second teacher is needed. The school at Wayne had forty appli- cants for admission at the opening of the summer term, with accommodation for only thirty. The Hebron Hall and Jibrary building will be constructed of stone, and will cost about $3,500. It will be twenty-eight feet high and 40x70 in size. The school census of Dodge county, with two districts to hear from, shows 4,177 children of school age, an increase over last year of over 500. The U. P. employes library, of North Platte, has becoms one of the permanent institutions of the city., There are over 800 volumes in the library and $250 cash in the treasury, The rooms are turuished by the railroad company and are vpened twice a week. The state superintendent has organized a state examining committee to examine candidates for life certificates. The com- mittee consists of Prof. Rich, of Falls City, Prof. Lane, of Omaha and Prof. Burber, of Grand Island, Candidates may appear before sny one of the committee at such tawes a8 may bs convenient to both candi- date and examiner, The annual report of the Franklin Ac.demy of the Covgregational church shows thas the last term of schoo( has been amarked success. There were 55 students last term, and 61 are .enrolled for the present one. President James says, to meet the rapid increase in numbers, “we need an endowment of at least $20,000, and 81,500 adiitional with which to com- plete the club house, We need a libr.ry, a labratory and a philosophical apparatus.” RELIGIOUS NOTES A Preebyterian church will beorganized at Sheiton un the 2d of May, Rev. Little, of Omaha, will attend, Miss Maggie O'Keefe, of Plattsmouth, collected $8) among Lowa acquaiutances to liquidate tie debt on the Catholic church. The Methodist will ho'd a ministerial nssociation at Hastings on the 15th and 16th of May, vext. It embraces the Hastings district, Rev. J. H. Burlison has been chosen to represent the western Pre byterians of Nebraska st the general assembly, which meets at Springfield, 1L, May 18ih. ‘The corner stone of the Brad:-haw M. 18, church at York was laid Tuesday, April 25, Addresses and other cerem. nies 8y propriate to the sccasion were held. The Congregational brethren of York have the stone ou the ground for the foundation of a new frame church edifice. ‘The size of the bui'ding will be 26x57 feet, The ladies of the M. E, church of David City organized » Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary society last week. The fullowing officers were sclected: President, Mis, Rév. Sith; First Vice President, Mrs, Soencer; Neoond, Mrs. Adair; 1'hird, Mrs, Corvespouding Secretary, Mrs, ey; Recording Secretary, Misa Ball; Treasurer, Mrs, Johm Orr; Executive Committee, Mrs, Barker, Griffey, Robin. sou, Hileman, Ham vond, Foltz, Wood. ward and Mrs. W, Orr, The plans for the new M, E. church a$ Norfolk have been drawn, The dimen- wions of the bul'ding will be 80x50 feet and 92 feet hich frum floor to top of ceiling, In the front end of the room there will be gullery 12 feet wide running the full width of the huiliiog and beneath this two class rocms, 12x15 feet respectively in size, The towe: and entrancs will be at one of the froot coruers of the building, so thata lecture roon may at any time be added without di- ti;m{n,r the structure, This tower will be 10 feet square at the base and 67 foet from the ground to the top of finiale. The estimut d c st is $2,000, Internal Pressure. Sunday Mercury. “Wéll,” remarked Jones the other day, “I see by the papers that Tilden ving & nronfinprmun brought to bear on him to allow his name to be used as a candidate for the office of —" “I guess,” remarked Ed Kearney, as ho tilted back in his chair, tilted his hat over his eyes, and cleared his throat, *‘I guess he's like the rest of the boys. The pressure is mostly in- ternal.” DR, ¥, BOHHRER, Physician and Surgeon CHRONIC DISEASES, RHEUMATISM, ktc,, A BPECIALTY, Medicines furoished ot office Office No. 1412 Farnnam 6t., between 1éth and 16th_Omaha Neb. gae- + D. 8. BENTON, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW ARBACH RLOCK “John G. Jacobs, (Formerly of Gish & Jacobs,) UNDERTAKER 3. KALISH, THE STAR TAI' OR. 1 Door W, of Oruickshank's, Hue now a fine complete Btock of bpilry Good eonsistii g of Frenck, English and the Lest D weetice. Prices low’ o the low iy dae™ SESEEENNRS