Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1884, Page 5

NEBRASKA GRAIN. Rolling Into Omaha in Eqormous Qnan- lities, Receipts at the Omaha Elevators the Largest Kver Known, Never was there a time in the history the Omaha elevators when they received the amount of grain now being handled by them. Yester was the biggest day ever known in Omaha in the way of grain The coived yesterday 178 car loads of grain, all from the state of Nebraskd. Of this enormous amount 139 cars were This is an_astonishing receipts, Union elevator alone re- loaded with corn. quantity of com to be received in one day, when the low prices paid for the same is taken into consid The only way to account for it is in the fact that the hogs have been dying off in large number with chy ped what did not die, whether they wer ready for market or not. Because of the scarcity of hogs there is nothing else to do with the corn except sell it. The farmers feel as if they cannot af. ford to bulld cribs tostore corn at its present low price, and the futurs pros- pects are not bright enough, they think, to warrant them in doing this. Besides recelving 178 carloads of grain at the Unlon elevacors yesterday, they loaded and shipped 88 carloads, making a total of 206 carloads of graln handled at these warehouses yesterday. In order to handle this immense quantity the ele- vators are run day and night. A thirty ilght dynamo has been put in and the el- evators are now lighted with electric light. A switch engine Is required con- stantly night and day to do the work around the elevators. TOO MUCH TAXATION. A Halt Called for—Have We Done Enough fer the Present. ration, a, and the farmers have shif Omana, Neb., December 31, 1884, To the Editor of The Bek. As the subject of public improve- ments in Omaha is belng quite generally discussed at this time, I beg space for a augg estion or two in that behalf, It was not my fortune to be present when the people and their legislators-elect met to discuss questions growing out of pro- posed changes in the clty charter, else I would have taken that less obtrusive way of saying what is here written. In my humble opinion the time has come for this city(to beon its careful guard less we go wild on the subject of public improvementsa. Without know- ing what the figures are I have heard it said we have ten miles of paved streets in Omaha. Of course there js a mach larger amount of grading, curbing " arid guttering' and mewer- age, while tne water and gas pipes run_ near Into the huudreds of miles. It was only two or thrae years ago when we had only gas and a little curbing and it does seem that we have gone with this rush quite far and fast enough, I am most heartily In favor of public improvements and readily admit the force of all arguments im this favor, and have little to say sgainst the wisdom of any part of what has been done, but I think we have done enough tor the present, This wholesale expenditure of public money and this antic and op- . preasive levying of special taxes should ceass and c¢ease now, before ‘we get too deep. We have all the paved streets, all the graded streets, all the sewerage, eto , sto., that Omaha demands for the gru- ent, and as citizens, taken as a whole, we probably have all we can pay and en- joy life. There is great hardship being experienced In thi olty to-day by the burdens of those special taxes have imposed and the burden falls heaviest upon the workingman, the me- chanic and artisan, men who pay for their family expenses and are the glory and real strength of any community, We must consider this class as component parts of our clty or we overlook our best interests. I have not Investigated the +subjeot at all for the purpose of procuring examples of hardships, but I cannot refrain from stating a faw cases which have been told to me simply in casual conversation within the past few days, as follows: There Is a man on St. Mary’s avenue who is taxed for a sewer for Instance three sides of his lot, amounting to fi%e or six hundred dollars, At the same time he has a curb and gutter tax of the same amount to pay, besides his regnlar taxes; the whole awounting to fifty or sixty per cent of the taxable value of his property-—all to be pald within Lhiny day:--in fact the sewer on St. Mary's avenue and the curb and gutter tax, with the regular annual taxes will proba- bly average fifty per cent or more of the taxable value or the property, and where there is paving also it will go much high- or. The same 1s true in other parts of the city. Another case I have had mentioned 1n my presence is the owner of a lot In south Omahs, 8 poor man. He held in his hand at one time four postal cards from the city treasurer notifylng him to come up and pay out of his hug earned money four special taxes—grading, sewer, curb- ing and guttering, and either paving or sidewalk tax. With his annual county and city tax to pay, it Is easy to see the condition In which this man, who worked ‘by the day, was placed. Another case was told me to-day, whure 8 man s speclal tax was one hun- dred and ten per cent of the taxable value of the property, And the case wss made known to me by & mechanic, who owns a house near St. Mary's avonue; when he told me his house had been vacated by his tenaut because of the disagreeable sewer run. ning near the house on St, Mary's avenue, and hesaid: *‘I cannot rent the house on account of the sewer.” Yet this man has to pay for this sewer, built under & law which 1equires special taxes to be levied only according to “‘special benefits,"” Not to be wearisome I mention one more. There is & good citizen residing nesr St. Mary's avenue and Ninsteenth street who, with his wife, has been striv- ing for fifteen ycers by econcmy and personal d-;rlvmon to make money enough out of & small salary to clear two lota they bought on ilme. They were about pald for, d one was to be sold to build & home on the other for the balance of life. A long ocourse of special taxes for St. Marys av- enue pavement, curb and gutter and s3wer and actnally “‘ate up”one whole It and it had to be sold ¢ rise money to pey the thetax. This man's property 'durlng the summer an appropriation was does not abut on the avenue either, but 18 near it. This Is what I call hardabip, and as I believe these cases which come only under my secidental observation are truo examples of hundreds—perhaps more—in thia city. 1am forced to the belief that this whole subject of streets, grades, sewers, eotc., should have a sud- den end, until we can catch our breath and think a moment of where we will end, It is by far not only the poor or those of small means that are being cramped to meet these taxes, but the rich and the well-to-do in some cases suffer considera- ble embarassment, aud while many of these complain and more feel the grieve- ance, fow make it known in any declsive way. S’omnthing should. be done (uickly to bring down the brakes. It would be very reasonable for those who complain of the existing order of things to rather suggost something better before making oriticlsms, But even if I had any plans, and I am free to say I have no mature ones, the people have chosen thelr spokesman in these things and it would be uncivll, at least to invade their A CHARITY BALL. A Grard Bal to be Given for Bencfit of the Poor, The Probability of Its Occurrence in Boyd's Opera House, The following petition and signatures has been handed in for publication: “Recognizing the of effoft in the city for the purpose of re- of the the undersigned hereby unite in ealling upon want combined lieving the necessities poor, the charitably disposed citizens of Omaha to meet us at the parlors of the Paxton De take such y to charity ball, to be given ary for the benefit of house on this Tuesday afternoon, 30th at 4'clock, to measures as may be deemed cembe necessal put under w some time in the treasury domain, If a remedy is needed It in| Kitchen Bros, E. Rosewater, John A thelr province to devise it. Crelghton, P. 8. Eustus, P. Ju Nichols, P, L, Inoe by the papers it has been sug- ine, W G, Manl, Hy Kountze, Geo B, Lake, Shears, Markel & Swobe, J. H. N. Patrick, George B, Dandy, U. S.'A., Major Do Tusey, T 8.A. G. W, Hamiltan, J. W, Savage, W. V. Morse, A\ Sannders, Fred Nye, Milton Rogers, M. Hellman, Byron R . Wakeley, V. H. Coffman, 0. gested to extend the line on carbing and guttering and sewers the same as streets and perhaps make all Into ten payments of a year apart. This s a delusion and & snare. Of course it Is a very pleasing | Ree F. 3 Barton, Jos, Garneau, Jr, E acheme to know you can get a thing and g‘l‘)"» "‘UJQM R (o e, B have & long timo to pay it, but it i a |G 7T A0 ST K bl SR, Cal poor argument for getting it. It is not Dawey, James E. Boyd, F rank only a delusion in slmply staving oft ine, Honry Pundt, J loway, C. H Murphy, something that Is sure to come, bfml"&il' ll“(.al :w'] :x( .:&(A'J:‘lt;\mm.]r: s public recognition and sanction of indi. | FEXRr % L0, Lev T A Hessling, By B viduals incurring long running, interest- | ¢y U ) Oowit Tovman "Richardson, bearing debts Is domorallzing, As & rale | G o1 Clare 11 M O Tichardeon to buy only what you ean some| "y, gehome intended is to buikla plat- time very soon bo asble to PAY|fyy aver the parquet in Boyd's opera for s good ~policy. Then aghin, |} ., Jovel with the stage, and use the this scheme is & poor one for another | |\t 1y and stage for dancing purposes. reason: These ten year payments would be secured by a lien on the individual property—as taxes are by law—and any default In principal or interest would be satistied by levy and sale. Ia there any difference between this syatem and bor- rowing the money on a mortgage and paylng the eeven per cent necessary to got the exteneion? It s seven per cent in elther case. If there is a aifference, however, it is in favor of a straight mortgage, for then you have your busi- ness in your own hands, unencumbered by the public's interest or officials. But 1 began simply to s & one whose property in this city is assessed this season more than half of its taxable value, and then only for gutters and sewers and tax, that it is my opinion no more money should be expended upon public improve- ments for a time at least than the real, actual necessities of our city demand. ‘We can thus lower the rate of taxation, decrease our bonded debt, glve a chance to those who have homes to enjoy them and throw out some cheerful inducements to othera to come and abide with us, AWASHINGTON BREEZE., 1he boxes would be sold ction to the highest bidder, The tickets would proba- bly be sold at € each, and some of the above mentioned gentlemen thik that fully $1,000 could be raised by such a ball. OHARITY BALL. The Ball Bet I'alrly Rolling. Notwithstanding the storm quite a number of gentlemen met at the Paxton yesterday afternoon to make the prelim- Inary arrangements for working up the charity ball, pursuant to the call of the committeo of well-known gentlemen, as published in the morning papers. Itwas declaed that those who signed the call should be known as the ‘‘committee of fifty.” Mr. John Collins was made chairman of the meeting and Mr. J. W. Paddock, secretary, According to resolutions then adopted, Mr. Collins appointed an ex- ecutive committes of five, under whose management the entire work will be con- ducted. This committee Is composed of Hon. James E. Boyd. chairman, J. W. Pad- dock, Herman Kountzs, Frank Murpby, and General Hawkins, This committee is to appoint asecond commlittee of five well known young gen- tlemen on whom they can rely who will attend to the soliciting of subscriptions and the selling of tickets. The tickets will probably ba five dollars, admitting bearer and ladies. The supper will be extra. Durlog the progress of the meet- ing Mr. Falooner cffored the use of his halls free and the proposition was refer- to the executive committee with thanks. General Carlin also very generously tendered the services of the Fourth Infantry band. It is probable that many more donations will come in, and that if the ball is held at the opera house that the different Inmber companies will combine to donate the lumber neces- sary to build the floor, thus leaving only the carpentry to be paid for. Mr. J. E. Bovd has prepared figures as to the ex- pense. All this looks as if the charity ball was really to be held, and held snccessfully; it 1s in euch excellent hands. That it will be the greatest affair ever held in Omaha is beyond questlon, and the B hopes to eee everybody help push it forward. The date set s in the vicinity of the 14th of January. . THE KLUSA MYSTERY. Interesting Utterances of VanWyck on Important Topics, Senator VanWyck passed through Omaha yesterday on his way to the na- tional capital. He was met by a BEE re- porter last night, who engaged him in a conversatlon, - which developed certain points of interest to Nebraska, “Relative to Fort Niobrara,” sald the senator, settling with ea ace to the task of being Interviewed, ‘‘there is this much to say. It1s the policy of the gov- ernment tobuild up and improve the post. Before leaving Washington I had a talk with General Sherldan and Secretary Lincoln and I learned that it was their intention, so soon as possible, to have the proper attention pald to Fort Nio- brara. Indeed at the last session, and wade for this specific point, but the moneys being since exhausted, the im. provements have not been made. How- ever, the bills recently passed provide fully for Fort Niobrara, and there is no doubt but that in a very short time $50,- 000 will be ready for expenditure in the improvement of the fort.” *‘There is another point which I think will be of interest to Nebraska people,” eaid the senator, continuing, *‘Juat be- fore the adjournment of the last session, 1 succoeded in having the senate make u special order of the bill relating to the survey of all unpatented railroad lands in this state for next week. So that the measure will meet with lhe immediate at- tention of the senate upon its convening.” No New Developments in the Klusa Case—Arreated on Suspicion, THE BLIZZARD, e A Genmine Northwester Omaha Amidships Yosterday at the direction of Marshal Cummings, John Klusa, the man whose sad mishap of Monday night was detailed in these columns, was removed to St. Joeeph's hospital. He is still in a very critical condition, the chances of his re- covery being now at the minimum. Be. sides the ugly gash across his f. rshead,it Strikes About 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon a genulne blizzard began and snow came feom all directions, and whirled hs, been fcund that the caseis com- round the corners by a strong wind in | plicated by a compound fracture of the Eoatiaba: hlg. This may necessitate amputation. L i 'esterday afternoon Officers Tarnbull It was so blinding in {ts character that it has, at times been almost impossl- ble to mee across the street, and as it astruck the exposed part of a persons face, made him wish that he was home toast- ing hls shins by the fire, Both east and west by very heavy & and Saollivan arrested Mrs, Klusa and Frank Grabne, the two parties who are suspected of complicity in the at- tempted murder of Klusa, rs. Klusa's children, four in number, were also Iodged in jail with their mother, thore being no one to care for them in her ab. sence. One of them, a very bright little Polish miss of some six or seven years of age, told a reporter that her father had been away for along time working in Missouri, She eaid that he had come home just a few days before he was hurt, to visit his famlly. The night thut the accldent had occurred the father had been drinking and had got into a quarrel with the young man, Frank Grabne,]Mrs, Klusa became alarmed and went with her children into a nelghboring ‘house. When they returned the father was lying on the bed, Injured as already stated. She eould say nothing further, Grabne and Mrs, Klusa, who can speak but very little English, are very reticent about the matter, denying, however, all criminal complicity, —— The Illustrated Review, The Illustrated Review lssued by Tur Bak publishing company, has reached completion, Unless some unforeseen accldent occurs, the presses will be set to work this morning and within 24 houra the Review will be ready for distribu- ton, Regular subscribers of Tue Bre will recelve 8 copy of the Review free of charge, on New Year's dsy. In locali- ave been vislted storms and it mow looks as If Omaha is booked for a dose of the same kind, From present appear- ances there will be excellent slelghiny for New Years. L ———— First Wara Tax Fayers. The First ward taxpayors were paying their taxes yesterday with the following protesting proviso, in the shape of a sup- plementary cvramunication: To TrumaN Buck, City Treasurer of the oity of Omaha, Sir: You are hereby notified that the un- dersigned hereby protest against the payment of taxes for clty purposes for the year 1884, upon the property in the schedule hereto annexed, and ur the reasons, viz: The assessed valuation as made by the board of commissioners for Douglas county, was arbitrarlly and without any sort of evidence whatever raised by the city council of eaid city, twenty per cent. '{hia action of sald council was without authority of law and vold. ® The taxes now exacted and herewith patd as based upon such incresse of valu- atlon are unjust and illegal, and the pay- ment of one-fifth of said taxes are herc- by protested against. Notlce is hereby gi be brougkt to recove ties where Tue DaiLy Biks circulates, Qxsit w__ the local agents will recelve a sufficiently At th Sy large number of the Illustrated Review - he Metropolitan hall the popular to ensble the local subscribers to be, one Metropolitan club gave one of their enjoyable h and all, supplied with a copy. Dealers who desire to handle the Re view should send fn thelr orders without delay. Thero will be an enormous de- hops last pight. A fair pelegation of gentle men and ladies, was on hand, and dancing was indulged in until a late hour, K for the paper, and there is every oot for an early exhaustion of the itions, The regular price to those ) archaaing single copies is ten ceuts, The [llustrated Review 1s so well known to our resders in its various de tails that 1t is not necessary to farther deeoribe it, Replete with statistios of the most complete and Interesting oharacter relative to Omaha's resources and institu- tions; furnishing in dotail a broad view of her manufactures and business inter- ests, and presenting a‘crowning feature in the beautiful series of illustrations, the Ilinstrated Review is a compilation of absorbing interest to every man, woman and child in the state of Nebraska. RAILWAY GOSSIP, Varions Mor s of News Oaught on the Fly, General Traffic Manager Kimball, Gen- eral Passenger Agent Morse, General Freight Agent Shelby, and General Ticket Stebbins are now in Kansas City 1n attendance upon a meeting of the Col- orado pool association. They are ex- pected to return this morning. J. H, McConnell, superintending me- ohanie of the U, P.Jshops at|North Platte, , |18 in the clty. J. B. Sheldon. of the Union Paclfic telozraph office at this point, was called to Peru, Ind., yesterday by the announce- ment of the death ot his father at that polnt. The railroad agent at Louisville, Col,, has recelved notification from the Union Pacific company that the fire company of that point will shortly be the recipient of a fine ten-man power fire engine from the U. P. people. This is a token of ap- preciation on the part of the company of the good work done by the Loulsville fire boys in_saving their property from the flames during the recent cenflagration at that place. The Unien Pacific is running fifteen oxtra freight trains a day, hauling grain from the interior of the state. The B. & M. railway people com- menced work yesterday upon their new bridge, over the U. P, track, east of the stock yarde, It is to be of 300-foot span. To-day the Union Pacific will send out snow-plows to Columbus to doing clear- ing work on the Norfolk branch, e —— Major ¥, Mears, U, 8, A., is at the Paxton, Thos. M. Huntington, of Gordon, s at the Millard, G 1, Hogan, of G Paxton. Mr. J. H, McConnell ot North Platte, is at the Paxton, Senator VanWyek left the clty last night for Washington, J. K. Ives and H. 8, Fuller, both of Crete, are at the Millard, Frank J. Sibley and wife; of Lincoln, reg istered at the Millard yesterday. The Hon, Church Howe is in the city. returns to his home at Auburn to-day. Mr. and Mrs, M. Toft left for Chicago rday and will be absent about one week. Chas. Cook and wife and Eno Thompeon, allof Waverly, are Millad hotel guests. G, J. Railsbach, Alex Laverty and C. B. Hackney, of Ashland, are at the Millard. Mrs, Sutherland of Sidngy, and Mrs. D. Cook, of North Platte, areat the Millard. Hon, C. H. Van Wyckisin the city on his way to Wushington and is staying at the Paxton. Mrs. M. D, Roche, of Gibson, is spending afew days in Omaha of which place she is » former resident. Gen, J. C. McBride and Mr. G. M. Lam- berton of Lincoln came up to Omaha yester day and are at the Paxton. . Fred H, Martin, who has been connected with several printing offices of this city, has returned from an extended. trip to the Pacific const, nd Island, is at the He Officer Pat Desmond, of the police force re- turned from a visit to Des Moines last night. Patsays the drink in Des Moines now [is straight alkali, “Church Howe, Aubuin; J, W, Snall, 1 field; A. Castetter, Blair, and J, C. McBride, Liocolo, are Nebraskans who tarried at the Paxton last night, Mr. John H, Lewie, of Dekulb, Illinois, registered at the Paxton yc.terday, Mr. Lewis is one of the substantinl business men of Northern 1llinois. Miss Mamie Sheure, daughter of Samuel Shearz, E:q., of the Millard hotel, starts for Cleveland this morning to visit iriends and attend the great charity ball for whih thet clty is famons, Mr. G. H, Hagen, assistant sigoal officer in thiscity, will shortly remove to take charga of the sigoal office at Fort Smith, Arkansas He will be encceeded by Mr. Lewis Duane, of Washington. Mrs, Samuel Buras and her daughter Nel lie were passengers onthe (), Monduy the Jatter on her wayto the “Young Ladies’ Institute,” at Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mesars, Henry ¥, «dd William J, Wyman, of Minneapolis, sons of Hon, A. W. Wymiun United States Treasurer, are passing the holi days in Omaha, he guest of their uncle, George A, Hoapland, — —— —ClaraThoniae, the notorious Begress, was tried on & chargeof lurc inJudge Baneke's court this afternoon, She was ordered to leave town without del or suffer the divest penalty of the court. —Work at the sluughter hou connection with the stock yards, is progress: ing satisfactorily. Forty carpenters are now at work, and abou the first of February the , to be rup in “plant” will Leready for operation. Three Bundred hogs and four bundred beoves will bo slaughtered each day if the fupply is adequate, —Captain W. H. Shiclds and his family met with & Darrow excape from asphyxiation the other night, A soft coul stove in one of the sleeping rooms became o xome manner thrown open while the househo'd wilecp, Bofore the circumstance was discovered the Bhouse was filled with u dangerous sud poisons ous gas. Fortunately the uccident was ¢ covered before it bad developed any serious results, —Theseventh aumual socisl hop of the Oniaha , No. 820, Kn t pight atjFaleone.’s hall, the conspernsy of the elements, and made their way to the seene of social pleasure., The Independent orchestra wis on band, and discoursed the musie, that guided the dancers through the 1azes of the waltz, the polka, the shottische. The affair was & pronounced suc cesy, though not, af conree, us large'y attended as it would have been but for the 'weather, stormy “IT'S cow!” Tbe Laconic Expression of Shivering Humanity, Facts and Figures—Bulleting From the West and East, Yestorday, the weather developed sym- toms of a decided Nebraska blizzard, Eatlyin the morning the mercury ap peared to lose courage and began steadi ly though slowly falling. Superadded to the circumstance of the cool weather, waa the fact of the snow storm which be- hts of Honor, took place Thirty couples gau early in the day and continued, though with fithul snd varled vlolence until far into the night. At midnight about a foot of snow had fallen, though the heavy winds had rained the ‘‘feath- ery whiteness” lato deep banks which seriously inconvenlenced pedestrlan trav- ol at certain points. The wind at all times was far above the ordinary, being about fifteen miles doring the pay, while towards midnight it was rushing vigorously along at the rate of twenty miles perhour, Thesnow was hurled wantonly .through the air at the fitful caprice of the hreezs, and sent with blting and incisive e flsot,against the face of the individusl whose business called him forth upon the strests. Altogether the woather was rather uncomfortable in every form, but had to be born with as good grace as possible. So far as sleigh-riding and consting is concerned, everybody 1s happy is the prospects of excellent and long continued sport in that direction, At slx o'clock in the morning, the mer- cury registered 3.7 degrees; at eight o'clock .3 degrees; at ten 3 8 degrees; at noon 4 degrees; from which polnt it fell ateadily until at midnight it stood at two degrees below zero. Throughout the west the prevalence of cold weather, with falling thermometer, wan indicated yesterday, The afternoon signal bulletine may be quoted in this conneotion: At North Platte the mer- cury stood at — 2 degrees, with light snow; at Moorhead, Dakota, —!), snow; at Buford, —16, heavy snow; Cheyenne, —3, with light snow. Indeed,at all points in the weat and northwest, cold weather prevails, with heavy snow storme. In some localities, in fact, midnight advices show that the snow fall has been un- precedented, and the running of trains in the western part of the state will be will be without doubt seriously impeded. In an eastern direction, the signal bulletins fail to record any such alarming demoralization of the quicksilver. At Des Molnes, Davenport and Chicago the mercury stood near the forties, while even at St. Paul the thermometer regis- ters 25 degrees above zero. At St. Lonis the mercury indicated yestorday a tem- perature of 62 degrees, the river being still unfrozen, Colder weather, with prolonged ard heavy snow storms, {s predicted for Omaha and locality. e —— A Railroad Swindler. A young man, G. W, Pettingill by name, has at various times during the last two or three yeara represented him- self as & traveling auditor or traveling paesenger agent of the Burlington & Mie- souri River railroad, and has often re- quested transportation on this account, Mr, P. S_ Eustls, general ticket agent of the company, says this person never oc- cupied any such position on his road, and | § with the exception of a short period last winter has not been in his company’s em- ploy for some years, and is not entitled to consideration from any one on account of any connection he may have had with the Burlington & Missouri river railroad. ——————— United States Court, There was no business of any import- ance transacted In this tribunal yester- day, a few minor motions and orders be- ing disposed of. In the ‘somewhat cele- brated case cf Nickerson vs. Meacham, s motlon was argued on exceptions to re- | port of speclal maater, relative to retaxa- tion of costs. J. R. Webster of Lincoln, represented the plaintiff in the action, the Hon. Mr. Blodgett the defense, pro se, District Attorney.Lamberston returned from Lincoln yesterdsy morning, United States Marshal Bierbower re- turned to hia office yesterday, after a fow days’ illneas. — Dedgication of Washington Monument Wasniratos, December 2), - The arrange ments for the dedicition of Washington mon ument are progressing rapidly. The commis- sioner uppointed by congress to arrange suttu ble ceremonies, extended « general invitation to the militury, masonic and civic organiza tions (the latter not to weur any emblems of « political character) to' participate, General Sheridan requests all organizations ifitending to take part in the procession to notify him at the earliest possible moment, in order that propar places in the column may be arringed for them, Arravgements are being completed at the aval observatory to extend the system of dropping time balls to Boston, Baltimre and Hawpton Toads, and ultimately to New Or leans. This will be done sutomatically by telegraphic connections with the observatory clerks, as is now the o balis in New York. Withi mo ball will be dropped in the expositiou building New Orloans, and twenty-five or thirty clocka in those bulldings will be regulated each day by telegraphic impulses from the observatory clock at Washington. The time sent will hs 12 o'clock standard time of the seventy-fifth meridian, W ASHINGTON, December Une etfoct of the failure of congress to pass the Daval bill will b to suspend all the work ut the vy ards except such 13 are contingent on tne care and preservation of the buildings wnd other proparty, The Stur says, The pros pects of the bill for THE RETIREM) OF GENERAL GRANT are not good. The bill passed the senite on tho 18th of May Jast and was placed on the speakers table in the house, where it now re- mains buried under a hundred and twenty- soven other bills without & possible chance of resurrection, It bus not even boen referred ylcommittee chiirman of rans whofis'supposed to The only way it could be reached would be by taking it up by s ubanimons consent, and this is rendered out of the ques- tion f ot thiat there isa decided op- 3. ¥. Biokiow, who was cashier of the national ‘bunk Republic in 1882 and convioted ment, wis to-da tenced Concord penitentiury. ‘WasHiNGTON, December » evolye an extensive swindling operation. advertisement hasappeared i1 o received an them to dis Washington monumen's which they will do on receipt of fifty-seveu cents for postage. The piece of marble to be furuished as a mementy ppropri i to have & painting upon handsome plosh frame, The alleged adver tisars will probably be arrested within the next General Shermanhas not yet arrived itis now said he will not be here unt wnd the first of January, General Beale said t night: “Iamof the opinion that Vander- bilt will not care to take advantage of the 1aw to such an extent as to enforce the rala of 1 Grant's personal effects, and aside from taat, however, it bas oocurred to me that Vanderbilt may be acting for General Grant's benefit, Haying preferred a claim to Grant's property he may execute the law and obtain poasession snd return it subsequently, simply to provent soma claimants who come aftee from securing Grant's offects, So we Dad better wait and see, If things are in as bad a sbape as reported, no doubt an effort fon relief will prove succeasful, Grant is na tional property, and the nation takes pride in the honors he has received, If congross is unwilling to place him on the retired list of the army let them make an appropriation to purchase the mementoes he has and place :h:‘lm on exhibition at the Smithsonian insti ution,” . o — Leasing Lands in Indian Territory to be Investigated. WasiinatoN, December 20,- The senste committeo on Indian affairs will on January 6th begin an investi on of the leasing of of the of embeszle: to five years in 20'—Detectives at work on a case which they suppose will An eral northein papers which contains the names of three cit- izens in the district and states they have ‘on which will enahle lands in the Indian territory and on the Crow reservation by the Indians to cattlemen, A number of prominent cattlemen and Indis chiefs will be subprnaed to appear before the committes, One section of the revised stat utes deelares ‘that the Tndian tribes have no authority to leaso their lands, The succeed. ing section allows the herders the privilege of driving their cattle over the reservations, up- on obtaining free consent of the Indians and government. The cattlemen construe tho lat- ter rection as meaning that they may lease the lands and under this construction nearly all the Crow reservation in Montana, and the Quapaw, Cheyenne and Arapahoo reserva- tions in Indian territory have been leased for periods of five and ten years, atfrom two to to twelve conts per acre per annum. In the Cherokee strip, also in Indian territory, nine cattlemen have the excluaive control of 0,000, and tobe setin & fow days. Nothing has beon heard in this dty to-day tonching GENERAL GRANT'S FINANCIAL AFFAITS, DISPEN CROUNSE'S OMAHA MEDICAL AND SURGIC SAR BLOCK, 168h and Oapltol Avente, oases pled or Deformed also disenses of Ih Nervous 8ystem, Throat, Lu ngs and Urinary Organs All oases of Curvature of the ine, Orooked Feed and Arms, Diseasos of the Hip, Koes and Affections ‘of the Liver Ankie Jointa. _Also Chronlo Rhoumatism, Paralysis, Pllos, Ulcers, Oatarrh, Asth ma and Bronohltla Are il treated by new and suo- oosstul methods. 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