Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1885, Page 4

THE DATLY BEE. OMATTA OFFicE, No. 91 AND 015 FARNAW NEW YORK OFrice, Roost 05, TRIBUSE BUiLOING £l . except Sundny. The per 1 Publiehed overy mi only Monday morni st TERNE 0 BY MATL ¥ Three M 0 One Mo ied Bvory We TEAID, One Year Months. T WEEKLY D, T TEINS, T One Year, with prominm One Yoar, without premiun 8ix Months, without preminin One Month, on trinl CORRESPONDRSCE Al communications relnting t torin 1 « should bo wddress 101 OF THE BED RUSINTSS LRTTERS! Al business Jotters and remit nddresscd to THE ¥ news and edi 110 th AT ostoffic . Borron. St. Louisis to have thousand. Omaha and is of a decidedly i gns at §1 ts her § urionsqual PrestoENt CLEVELAND will not attend the funeral Vice President Hendricks, Dr. Miller's preseription has had its effeet, Lanon is looking more eheerful as it so0s signs of an industrial revival coming in with the winter. Cold and coal with out work and are unweleome visitors, wages Tr hus been several weoks since the Nebraska commission has made an inspection trip. The cham. pagne glasses are being ploishied and the silads set out to cool il ilron Tur sty would con- tribute gr it eur company atly to the comfort of its pass engers by hoating the street cars. This is done in other citics, and it can be done just as well in Omaha Some of the Alfonsists want to com- prom the old trouble by afliancing the late King Alfonso’s little daughter to Pon Carlos’ eldest The Carlists, however, want something more than the focble pos son fon of prince consort, MANDALAY has been eaptured b British army ot invasion and Thebs w prisoner. In case of the accommoda- tions running short at Windsor castle we suggest that a providential opening has been found for Prince Henry of Batten- Yerg. M uce her stand- ing army o 15,000 men. As the army has so frequently given intorest to Moxi- an pol , the proposition is bitterly opposed by the administration, which scems to think that it may have need of about the time of the next elee- 100 Proposes to re gains of the tories in glish elections continue, and it begins to look as if Lord Salisbury’s party will have o clear majority over all in the next parlinment. If this is the Parnell may discover that the one the thing in castin r votes solidly for their tradi- tionul opprossors The City of Jolict, Tllinois, has adopt- ed the $1,000 liquor license, and the re- sult soems to be generally satisfuctor, The revenue from this source puys noar 1y the whole cost of the police and five departments. Another efleet of tho high license is the reduction of the num of saloons from 126 to thirty-five. Chicago pen: ally stated that sho v married, and that she w goged, excopt in business. It is matter of some surprise, therefore, when d in the dispatches that the fair s just been meeriod, ull the sam Xt is to be hoped that she will be more truthful to her husband than she was to tho public in this particular instance. Wuen the Law and Orvder league is thoroughly organized it ean rvender the public u service by compelling the strect oAr compuny to comply with existing aws, particularly the ordinance requir- ing tho cars to be run at regulur inter- vals until midnight. At present the gtreet car company pays littie or no at tention to the ordinance reguluting the running of the car not going to he 3 not even en. . ' next revival in railroad building in foreign countries will send a good muny orders to this country, because of the ad- mitted superviority and chexpness of Awerican engines, especially for roads I new countries, and where wood in stead of coal is the chief fuel. The wgents of American locomotive-makers mow abrond write rather encouraging nows, and a sharp oye is being kept by thom on new euterprises. English jour- mals now adwit that the American loco. motive cannot be excluded from coun 3108 within moderatoly eusy reach, T'uk governor of Oregon has appealed to Socrotary Lamar against the on of Jland Commissioner Sparks who declines o issue putents for government lands to olnimants in that state until the titles aro investignted. Unless there is the clear- o8t proof of injustice on the part of Mr. Bparks he ought to be sustained by the soeretary of the interior. Oregon has Jboon honeycombed with lund frauds. Thore aro seventeon mullion seres of 1a nd in that state to-day which are held by three or four corporations, which it publioly nssortod have not the shudow of # titlo to this immense terrvitory. In in- slsting upon u rigid construction of the tatutos rogarding the salo and disposal of the public tands, Commissioner Bparks will bo warmly endorsed by hou- o8t mon of both purties. The general Band oflice has becu 1 source of scandul 88 tho government for years. It has beea lagrucod by the proseice of fobbers und mimgsters who have used its privileges o Surthor their own personal ends, The M@oner groat corporations wre m.n{u [0 mmderstand that the public domain s re- seeved for actual seitlers and oot for vate specnlation, the better it will be uiooicerned. i | has ndvanced in [ th A Good Tnvestment. 1 The best investment in tho west to-day in Nebraska Land s steadily ppreciating in value thronghonut the The railrond grants have for the most part passed mto the hands of pri- owners. The best of publie | lands have been taken up. Our popula- tion hias doubled m five years fime and | settlement has pushed itsclf to the west- | crn bonndary of the state, Aside from | the towns new and old in which property still greater ratio, t the value of Ne Draska farm lands the census of | 1880 may be placed at quite seventy-ftve per cent. In come sections the advance is more than double, especially in por ilroad extensions have quickeg t n facilities ater stimulus for the massing of vate 7 in tions where brough aud gr anzporta ition in towns and villag sutance of good crops and ample rainfall also had much to do with the inerease in our land values, The in- | dustry of our farmers has proved the worth of Nebraska soil. Statistics of bre crops have been the Dhest answer (o the croakers who bound our | agricultural by imaginary lines | of meridians and apportion off | the state aceording to the theories of the | geographers. The despised grazing lands | of the trecless plains now filled with well | cultivated farms have given the lie to the “ theorists and enriched the purses of their | adventurous owners. Thousands of es which five ye o had no sale at s government price of a dollar and a warter now find ready purchascrs sceond hand at from ten (o fifte In the older settled portion of the state the steady and healthy appreciation in the value of lands hus been searcely less marked. Along the line of the river, and ack towards the interior ong the various lines of railvoad for fifty miles or more, the ealtivated farms which change hands not fall very far helow the prices of those i corresponding portions of Io An iuexhaustible soil, a salubrious climate, good schools, and enterprising citizens adva which enhance the value of any land wnd in Nebraska all are found in abun- dance has arc n dollars, do The Boom in Iron. Whatever the indications inother lines ade is expe Lin its vavious by of of may be industry, the I roviv are relighting the uming work, and orde ry are reported far ahe city. The steel dustry is fairly booming. The allot- ment of the various mills for the next year has been inereased by the board hich controls that trade by 230,000 tons, making a total of nearly 1,000,000 tons. The demand for rai sing with avigor which is astonishing when the late depressed state of industry is taken into consideration. All of the mills in operation not only have all they can do upto the first of January, but have also booked orders for something like 600,000 ons for 1836 delivery. The price, which several months ago touched rock bottom at $26 per ton, has reached $37, at which fignre there is ahandsome profit. ef interest of this scetion wgen he furnace mills are re future doliv the present is ine The ¢ in these statistiesis the indication which they give of greatly increased railroad con- struction. Nebraska will consnme moro n her share of the million tons of ils which will be turned ont in the next twelve months from the mills of the country. The railvond managers haye said it the demands of the country re- quire it. The war of competing roads to punish aggressors in their own territor y by building into the encmies’ country will eall for many thousands of tons of steel both north and south of the Platte in the yeur of grace 1836, At the same time labor will be stimulated both at the wills and along the line of railroad ex- tension The Viaducts, In all this agitation about the viaduets the main object of such struotures has been lost sight of. The anxiety of the heavy property holders on the south side of the railroad tracks to get a crossing into the business portion of the city that will not be obstructed by trains has been the mainspring of the ordinance locating viaduct on Eleventh street. These ctios are willing to haye u yiaducy sed anywhero rather than go without one. If the city had ample means to aduct every stroct across tho tracks it would be immaterial whether Eleventh street or some other strect were bridged first. But there is another view to be taken of the matter. The huilding of the Eleventh street viaduct will not do away with the rvisks ‘which the railvonds run by reason of the erossing at Tenth street, unless that street is closed ugainst all trave v ut loast during the greater part of the duy. Teuth is now a thoroughtare with more thun half u mil- lion dollars worth of property between the tracks and Farnam streot, It curbod, graded and puved all the way from Douglas to the Union Pacitic do- pots. To close the street would depre- ciato the property between Farnam and the tracks fifty per cent. On the othor hand Eleventh strect, already closed by the tracks and elovators, will never be a thoroughfure south of the tracks and the construetion of a yiaduet on Tenth street would not alluct property values in the least. On the vonteary, the Tenth street visduot would improve the value of Eleventh street property south of the tracks beeause it would afford o safer and bettor outlet than it now has under the tracks by way of Thirteenth strect. 1f the viaduet is built on Eleventh stret, two or three blocks only, between Har ney and Juckson, would be enhanced in value und all the property on Tenth streot north of the rucks, this side of Farnam would matevially depreciate. Thisis notall Thore wonld be a ser- ious depreciation in real ustate values on lower Harney, Farnam aud Douglus, which within itself would decrouse the income from taxes more in ton years than the ecost of a viaduct on Tenth stieet, ‘The ownors of Tonth street property will never submit o having their streot closed, und the railronds will be compelled to pluce gates at the orossing to be ruised or lowered as the streot is trainego by. street, but it would have the same cffect on | to those | death of his roputed son Alfonso, of | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1885, This wonld not close the street was taken travel as if the closed. 8o far, the council has it for granted that Tenth street is violently opposed to a viaduct, and | that the damages demanded from lot owners will be so enormous asto prevent the city from attempting the undertak ing. Now, wo have reason to believe | that the lot owners on Tenth street are for the most part willing to waive their damages, and that the damagoes assessed not willing to waive | liquidated with comparatively little ex- | pense to the ¢l Boefore taking fi steps in this project, the should inform itself just what can be done. By | passing an_ ordinance similar to that of | t, which will empower the | for a Tenth | can be council venth stre yor to appoint apprais: street vinduet, the eouncil wiil be able to | ot intelligently, If the damages ap- | praised on Tenth street + not exces that stredt should by all means be given preference. The cost of the v duct proper will be not greator on one strect than on the other. For the public convenienee and safety of travelers, as | wellas for the general interests of down | town properiy, the viaduet Tenth strect should be built first, and if in due time the city has the means, Eleventh street can be bridged in the future. Other citics expend millions of dollars in bridging and tunnclling streams. We | have no such outlay to make but we will | doubtless have to construct a number of | viaduets between North and - South Omuha within the next ten yos on M Tho death of lowed with only N fol- the vshal day's rano interval For nearly a half a century ho of the most prominent of Spanish statesmen and soldiers. The favorito of his sovereign and the dictator of his country, he had properly acquirved the distinetive title of the maker and un- maker of governiments. Marshal Serrano y Dominguez, Duke de la Torre, was born at San Fernaado, near Cadiz on October 10, 1810, and w ted to the profession of arms. He w general officer at the age of years, In 1813 he pronounced ngainst | rtero, butn 1851, when it was found that he was implicated in the revolution- ary movement known as the *'S: pronunciamento,” he joined Espartero, O'Donnell and Dulce. Strong politica diflferences having broken out between Espartero and O'Donnell, Serrano de- elared for the latter, and O'Donnell sent him to Paris as ambassador in place of Senor Don Olo: He was subsequent- ly appomted captain general of Cuba, and, as a reward of his successful expe- dition to San Domingo, Isabella made him Duke de la Torre, which involved the nish grandeeship of the first class. He returned toSpain in 1863, In 1563, with Prim and Topetet he marelied on to Madrid, which they entered in triumph. Serrano issued the de- crees banishing Tsabella, who had show- ered on him his greatest honors, As gent of the kingdom,” he suppressed the st insurrection. In 1871 Amadeo owned king, and just before he ab- jcated he made Serrano prime minis- On the establishment of the repub- rano took refuge in Franco, but fter the dissolution of the he proc Spain. had been onc eduen a rtes ondan- med himself “chicf of the exceutive power.” Up to September of that year his government had not been recogn ized by uny i power, but, through Bismarck's tions, every power but Russ recognized him. He is belic been privy to the scheme of proclaiming Alfonso king, but, for the sake of app: withdrew to Fr weeks after thut event. o soon turned, and beeame s member of the senate, and till the day of his death his power was great, In November, 1533, ho W appointed ambassador to Frane ances, Tue hand of death has been striking among the notabilities quite frequently of Iate. The list of notable deaths dar- ing the last few months includes General Grant, Cardinal McCloskey, General McClellan, John McCullough, and Vice President Hendricks, in the United States, President Barrios, of Gautemala, Prince Frederick Charles, of Germuny, King Alfonso and Marshal Serrano, of Spain, and Prince Frederiek, brother of King Christinn, of Eenmark. AcconpING to Jay Gould the Western Union althongh doing business at less rates than o yearago is ni as much moncy as it was then. This shows thata reduction of rates makes an increase of | business and de not dimnnish the Lross receipts. cgraph rates conld be veduced still lower without any loss to the various eompanies, 08 Tue dirt continucs to fly on the Belt line. The completion of the road will | muke u boom in real estate along the route. T'ho projectors of the enterprise own plenty of land and no doubt will realize b on their investments, Fricnds of Seuator Logan and My, Mor- ay that the terrible political 1o of last winter in Llinols hus ot | wurm friendship of the two | © stroug personnl fricuds. rison st cooled the men, They Jay Gorp announces that he has de- eided to retive from Wall street. When ducks desert the water, then will Juy Gould stop wanipulating his watered stocks, and not bufore. Pk republican purty isn't half ns much concorned mbout the possibilitios of the prosidential suceession of to-dauy it it about the probabilities of throe years hence, us As the hero of the day, Prince Aloxan- der isn't worrying very much over his loss of thut Russisn coloneloy. — Ir begins to look as if Sulisbury and Gladstone may combing to cull check- mate to Purnell, —————ee KansaB Crey, hike Omaha, is wrestling with the viaduct questiou. tion day from June to November. | oneof th Carlisle 13 o | without makin | tained from the liquor traftic, | Mr. Holman announces his winter POLITICAL POINTS, Orogon is looking to'a chanwo of fts elee Senator Colqnit, of Georgia, Is an active | wer in the tentperance erusade in that state. According to the St Lonis Globe Democrat s great seerets of suceess in politics how to govern the mouth, Iphia Record says that Speaker ble of doing decisive thin ho least fuss about it. Blaine's friends now! claim that he is the only man that can carry the state of New York for the republicans in 1888, This view is not based on the returns of last year. is knowin, The Phil “The next house of representatives, it is an- | nounced, will eonsist of 153 democrats, 143 republicans and one greenbacker, who will vote with the majority, Of the total 100 wero | members of the last house. ors of Towa cities ate thinking of | the legisinture fora modification nt liquor law, in order to_allow restoration of the revenue formerly ob- | Mr. Catlisle is reported as not belicving nt will be given to stop even tem- he colnage dollars, “without som satisfactory substitution in the way of addi- tional ation in favor of silver.” The New York State constitution provides that every twenty years the legislature shall subiit to the people the question of calling a | constitutional econvention. The duty will devolve upon the legislature which eets | nest January, The report that Senator B of Louisia will be Joined by, Senator Nanee,North Car nopposition to some presidential ap- Washington cor- I'he North Caro- direetion. n olina, pointments is dented by o respondent “by antlior linian does not adyiane A Washington Messrs, Cleveland seled togetho int correspondent says that and Randall have coun® and that the latter will no press for the ehiairmanship of the approp tions committee. Another one declares that Mr. Randall will lead the tarift reform fight in the pending session He Gathers Them In Herald: Mr. Wderhilt lots other men build vailroads, and then, if they are in his way, he gathers thent in. Rochester The Sinews of Commor: Kansas City Jou The west fur- nishes the sinews of commerce, and it only aquestion of time when power will erystallize about the centers of this sup- nal: - That Andre Monument., 1 John M ex-United States senator from Ny apologizes in an claborate newspaper ar ticle for the dostruction of the Andre monument, upon the plea that, histori- ally considered, #ts erection w to American feeling. et The Spbsequent. Philadelphia Cajl: The signal service bureau thint the tornado that swept over Califgrnia on August 3 was predieted more than eight hours hefore itsarrival. The sufferers in Camden will be pleased (o he but would have been move pleasced to bave had the news on August asse D A Flower that 'Will Bloom Again, zo Heraldz Explainimg his refusal ept the nomination for licutenant governor of New York, Mr. Flower said that he wanted no office for himself in which he would have no s to distri- among his frivnds. Such languago as that will live in the hearts of the peo- Mr. Flower will be heard from Sl o The Proposed Postal Telegraph, Washington Republican: To us it seems self evident that i neral govorn- ment is to continue in the postal business it should do 1ts work in the hest possible manner. By 2 the telograph now the is porpetrated that would hav the railroads had been rejected and Lorse power used up to this time. Liaughter and Slaughter. Springficld Union: It's an ill wind that gathers no moss, Dundreary would suy. The Keminglon works ot Thon, N. Y., have received an order from the Turkish govornment for 200,000 rvitles, and the announcement was ro- ceived with the ringing of bells, the firing of cannon w neral jubile us slughter in Tarkey becomes luugh- in Awerien us - The Patrick Torpedo, Philadelphia Cull: Gen, Lew Wallace has dropped novel writing for the pres- ent and takon up the prosaic but more profitable busings of torpedo agent to the Turkish government, ‘T'ins course is considered by somo to be very undigni- 1'in one so recently in diplomatic cir- cles; but the poor man must liv nd, if the books will not , why not sell tor- pedosy 1t is not dignitied bt it is money muking. Holni St Louis Globe Hunting Trip. Demoer As us gramme to be one of cconomy and re. form; but, us is unusual, Mr, Holmun will do a little expluining on his own ac- cotint. That bunting trip made by Mr. Holman, at the expense of the govern ment, is no doubt capable of the fullest and most satisfacte explanation, and he should cortainly be afforded an op portunity of statis y the pleas- ures of shooting g t comes right up to you" may b egmbined with the pitins of examining the papers of Indian agencies The Py Philadelphia Call sadden death of Vice President Hendricks brings into active life ngain the old question of who shall excrcise the filncllons of president should death or digsbility remove both of the highest officersof dho land. Presi ident Cloveland tpgluy stands betwee the nation anl s chy, Should bullet of some newlinllean tind its wiy to the seat of his o no mun can teil | what disasters would follow, 1t is troe | that a great deal may be loft to the | common seise of the sober Ame citizens, but before this can do its work who knows what may happeny ession, Reconstruct the Rules. he American: As the time draws near for the assembling of congress, und | as the elections over, membors of both hpuses are dropping in ut Washing- ton, and there bugins to be talk of what will be done in the coming session. The most important question raised thus far is the reconstruction of the rules of the houso in regard (o committees. Mr. Carlisle and Lis friends think the prosent rules give oo much power to Mr. Ran dnll's committee on appropristions, sud the general joalousy bubween thy Randall aud the Carlisle wings of the party is | | jeet | under the L ty 1 mingled with the The cxperied shows that the house i€ not working well existing rules; but it might work still worse umder rules adopted for factional reasons without due con aderation. It would be & gre improvement if we could copy the changes in the procedure of the hovse of commons with regard to large commit tees which fully represent the house and whose reportis adopted almost as a mat ter_of course. If the approprintion bills could be divided up among a half-dozen committees of fifty members, and every member of the liouse given a place on one committee, much time might be saved for more 1giportant husiness than the discussion of appropriation hills in committee of the whole. The report of A committee might be treated as having an_authority far greater than 1s now aseribed to the reports of the smaller committecs, and it might be vassed with a tenth of the outlay of time that is now required. In that case soma time might be. found for the really im- portant changes in_ our governmental methods which are always proposed but never passed. session - Rallway € Iribune: railway commission, one of the most extraordinary documents ever produced by man. This sion of three state oflicers or thei taries saw fit to take a brisk ride up the Elkhorn valley making stops of ten or fiftecen minutes duration at - stations ong the Line in order to learn, if possi Th O'Neill mmission. The report of the now before us, is commis seere ing of hle and ne the of the moncy or in bonds Secrot of gold cient to redeem eve government whic ble, the opinions of local merehants B. Lindsey weneral manager of the F, 1 nd achieviments made by the republi ple had significd by their votes that they “At Neligh and_other points on the erimination against those points vestigation and report,” work of w humorist. Does the conimis reader, notice the peculiar. wor effect 1t will on the oflice made as at Neligh and other points in 11 How long did_the commission take to testimony and got facts and dat No, ints would have been furnished. people of the ant nothing of it or =g seems, are growing fearful lest the United men. The bonds eost them from est; they were made payable originally in power for _the dopreciation of tracted to be, In this dilemma, why does Why does not uritie The ked up in the treasury suili Sl to_meet all his_obligations on this He hus done what he could (0 make regard 1o freight charges. They returned to Lincoln and now make a report to W &M VKR that should go down’ in history along with the splendid record an legislature when it passed o bill creating this commission after the peo. wanted nothing of the kind. This very useinl commission s rond compliints are made that the rate to Chadron on _corn and grain is u dis distant from Chadron, The board re those- complaints to the compuny for in- ideaof referting the matter to the company for investigation is possibly the sion or anybody else suppose that the company is “ignorant of this facty Dear the abiove and see how forc strong they You may im roud, “hen ey s 2 CAL O'Nall the same complaints ar rd to the rates on corn and grain to adron.” ate and interview the merchants ill? Did they call ameeting, take y were not looking for anything of the kind. If they had been, the com Chere is 1o 1 ussing the merits of the comm! a furce. The from it. Itis little less than robbery to pay the commission their sularics. Why Not Send Them Back ? Salt Lake Tribune: The English, it tates bonds which they hold will be paid insilver. It is a pity about those cents on the dollar; they have since re- ved 100 per cent upon them in inter- coin, and now that England = is more: respousible than any other the silver dollar, John is in panic lest the bond be paid as it was ¢ he not send the bonds back? Only about one-tenth of the whole amount is held dab back, get his reinvest it in Turkish A premium now. ming has o surplud obligation” of the 1d”ubroad, and side. Why does not Mr. Bull return the if he has a squeamish feeling about { now he begins to States will not why does he not redecm seeuvities and demand s coin? Even if heshould be paid in part in silver, that silver will buy more of anythingin the form of propcrty which he may want, except gold, than the sume weight of silver would have bought at the time he purchased the bonds; 80 ho is in no partic ilar da of being budly used yet. There is only about $i00,0)0.- 00 in United States bonds held abroad; jout five times that amount of money inthe treasury; therais about three times that amount in gold in tle bank reserves of New York City; the bonds at sent commuand a big premium; why Mr. Bull return them? The secur- s of all Europe, Asia, A Spanish Anmcrica ave at his call; why doss he hesituter What a pitiable thing it is to sce the bankers, the pi and the associated press organization s0 sensit Inglish opinion of our fi nances, and so anxions to sneeze when- Cr 50mo opinion in Loudon, Maj: G Antonio or, Bccoeded in obtaining the acquitisl of a horso-thief, who was tried in the disteiet court in and for the county of Bexar. jor, suid the nequitted ma don’t know how to pay you for Kindness, 1 huven't got any money *just now that you are foot-loose u will s00n Live some money, or Liorses, whioh is Just as good, but in’ the meanttme you mention my name to other membors of th ng und friends, in cuse they need the services of an attorney in uny of the fr said the lawyer “I'lldo it, major. Youshall have all our business. " aguin y — sl Better, a5 wading across the mud on vd avenue, when u buteher cart came wlong and splushed her from head to foot. A pedestrian who wilne d the aceident pulled out his handkerchict nud suids “Bog pardon, but let moe wipe part of toff." SOh! thank you she replied. “But never mind the mud. 1f you feel it » du to do something in’the cuac please mention some of the leading cuss-words now in use.” Opening of a taut Burr. 1 see that one of your party has been arrosted for stealing two bams," suid i republican to udemocrat. “Phere is no doubt that he is a demo- Why, do you admit it+" “Cortainiy: for if he were a republican lie wonld have stolen a whole hog." O murmured the republican as ho sot 'om for the crowd. - n was surprized by t her residence, S streats, Saturdiy ovening, the oceusion being &n anniver- Mrs. . B, Westr number of fricnd antecnth and sary of the birthduy of the Tady. ~ An en Jjoyuble time was expericnced “SORT O' REOKLESS.” Another Case of Waking the Wrong Passenger on o Railroad. California: He was the greenest | man you ever saw, e looked around the pas rcoach in a way to prove that he had never entere fore, and he sat down seemed to be so afraid something that all the passengers smi By and by a young man went ov sat down beside him. Uhis young might have be tion and he might not unclet" ho softly nsked “Me? Oh, I'm goin’ to see my in Connecticut.” “Ever travel much®” “This is the first time 1 the keers. 1've driv off with the oxen (o seo my otl oxen haint no comparison keers." “Ishonld say not It takes lots of money to go to Connectient and back.” Drcftul lot, but 1 jist sold the farm, yon know.” 1 presume you could dred-dollar bill for me “ON, jist as well as not “I may want \..-Il to by oh ary weather fur fall, James n wortiod about his corn, but I all safe.” Nothing further was said for come time, thd old man looking out of the window and the yotung muan reading o T The train made a few stops and the ear | was so warm that after a while the old | man began to yawn and nod. He fought | it off tor ten minutes, but at last his head | fell back and his gentle snores mingled | with the roar of the whecls, A slim white hand with tapering fin- gevs vested on his leg, then it was ¢ Vated to his broast. 165 touch was that of a feather. Its movement was that of a serpent ereeping forwa®d to strike. The yngers touched an old-Tashioned wallet I'hie young man continued to read, and the old man slept on. Ineh by inch the wallet was lifted from its snug resting ce, and the hand was almost ready to ¥, when something With a sudden movement of his vigeht hand the old man pinned the intor. loper fast, and his voice was heard eall- ing. “You blamed skunk! the time what you were after! the conductors™ Thero was & rush of passengers, and they found s I confused pick- pocke yet elated old n. ‘Consgarn his pikatur, but he took me fur an olo hayseed from o back medder! Work roots”on me, will ye! Sat a trap fur me and fell into it yourself, eh? Even a professional ‘pickpocket hadn't cheek enough to urge xeuse. The fellow hadn’t one suy, and was walked off to the bag; to be kicked to the platform s next station Ung id the old man,us he turned to the inquiring pussengers, * orter done it. When a man constable, sheriff or drover travelin® all over and meetin® all sc tolks, he hadn't orter play oft greenho and break o young man's heatt like this, but I felt sc reckless this mornin’, T must put & curb on my speerits; I'm g tin’ too old to be playin’ jokes on conti- din’ young men!” Al old man darte was ever on venteen miles darter, but to th chunge a lun and by, This nt - Late Supreme Court Decisions. Donzlas conmty, rion'by Cobb, Ch. J. 1 an action i th of cjectment shall recov ae kis title, where he declares for me he has a title to. Otoc connty vs. Mathews, Mutual appe from Otoe county. Modified order of 1y once aud decreo ordercd. Opinion by Cobb, Ch, 1. County commissionc ized to purchase at tax < their respective countics, offered for sale, when thi unsold for the want_of bidd, nature ding to ore than are author- for the use of ny o time required hy Law, but the fax certifi rate was not made until three months af: terwards, the was held to be Ibid 8. After the time for redemption hos expired, @ county having given the no- tice to the land owner or occupunt re- quired by law, muay bring an action to foreclose the tax 1, and all delinquent tax fore or The statute of in to run inst u tax lien u title acquired by the tax deed bas tailed Ihid. In an action in the natur brought to foreclose a tax lien, the court will fook to the statute and hot to the assessment as to the foundation of such lien, and will regard no defense or objec- tion which goes only to the manner of assessing or levying such taxes, of ad- vertising or conducting tho suld, or the qualification, of any ollicer or person, performing any act or duty in r ol to such assessing, levying or salo. - A Few Theatrical Ages, N. Y. Letter Cineinnati Engu Morris is past 40, but_time tensitiod hoer po s from Cleve- Innd, whe i s Mrs. I, C Harriott, ‘T'wenty-th y sho made her firstappe taking awminor part in the ¢ was then §3 per wo itis more than one hundred times that sum. Mwe. Jananschek was bora in Prag Mitchell (Mys, Ly the same ), and h tat | ) wus born in L She made he snceessful vy born in 1811, and ou in tho fuluess of his pow era but “he iy no mun's cuemy but his own.” Luwrence Burrett was born in 1833, and Nat Goodwin in 1856, Tony Pastor is 5. Fanny Davenport is 86, but has been most of her life ou the stage, her father (the late L. Daven- hott) having been a distinguishod player. Mario Prescott is one of the youngest of | the prosent stars. She was bora in | toeky in 1854, and made her bebut in - her Lyenr, Kite Claxton, who is pust 4 has witnessed some strange exper the most fearful being the burning of the Brooklyn theater, where she narrow. Iy escaped. The veteran of the stage, at loast in serviee, 18 Doin Boucicault, who is now 63, and ought to be a rich man He has been the most prolitic and pop dramatist of the age, butnover poor now 1o suid an otd negro who had ) stminoned to testify oo murder | betore a colored “court.” I kuint stay heah long er nuf tell whut I knows er bout dis killin ‘But yer's got ter stay,” the judge re- plied. *Dis is er case 0" great ‘portance, un’ widout yor de guilty man kiut be foteh to jostice “But, " jodge, I kaint stay, I “lambly sick " “NO. s, “Wite ‘bout ter run cr way un lebe “Jodgn, tells ), no. sih." Wall, den, of rone o’ deso klamatics hus foll 0a yar DI haftor holw yer, aud ter make ) dat yer doan git or way Ul fush de constuble Tole yor Ta hand ™~ It e ter fool wit da law o' dis heah jostice mus’ bo seattered "wong i ohen of da heabens tl Warll, jodzeo, Tmus’ o, an’ tell yor Linus', dat salls e gwine Daid er *possian fie dintier at iy an' 1 Whit, or ourn wid dia lin tor house t t possum? Me. Constub Neab o t, fur Us gving Lome P | after | How Some of London's accom of the tion ineludes chnpte novel, “do begui in Novembo Are Waldstein; “Our Ex-P al eto. seribors be got, y who L ANOTHER TYPESETTING MATCH. Ohampian McCann and W. O, Barnes to Set Type for $1,000. New York Herald MeCann had declared never entering another typese his_victory over Tra stmimier, he hus ‘been proya his fricndsto accept tho v fered challenge of Wm. € 1 compete for 1,000 in a four hours’ trial, to take place on Tuesday afternoon, De cember 15, 1Talf of the stake has b put np, and the other half is to be forth e week before the mateh takes he articles of ement have n signed, the stakel spointed, and in training. They have both the cup that cheers and sometimes ine briates MeCann indulging in nothing stronger than snufl, while Barnes con- fines himsclf to tonic phospliate it having been claimed by some of Arcns admirors that, had 1t not been for the liberality in “spacing’’ and the small casesallowed in the MeCann- Somers eentest, Arensberg's record of 2,063 ems in one_honr wonld not have heen beaten, the contestants have in this instance agreed to use full si cases and restrict the “spacing' as much as possible and he governed by about the same rules as those prevailing i hook work." word or syllable is to bo Sturned over i the samc o in " without “thin spacing.” As MeCann has a record of 6,350 ems in three hours in solid minion, without o par ph, and Barnes s said to have set, i a 0 ems in d forws sl of interest by the tiends of both contestants rqually eonfident that their respeetive champion will win, inasmuch as it will settle the disputed question as to whether snullis o h articlo of diet to train on than tonie phate i« trial of this Kind. - LOG STUFFED WITH COONS A Story That Might Have Made Munchausen Feel Envious, Greenshoro (Ga.) Herald gaid he, with a sneer. * anything his one hour, to “Coons!" ndon't know about coons in this country. Wiy, you ought to go to Southwest Geor I lived there once and my fa- vorit me wis coon hunting. Karly oncmorning 1 started with fora hunt. The morning was da h and we hadn't gone far heto dogs sty and away they went It wasn't many minutes before the long howl of the leading dog told us that he had treed *“We put out affer them, going throngh the swamps and down info a cinchrako. There we eame upon_ the dogs all clus- t Jout a eypress log. They smelled o nnd then all started back as if they didn’t know what was 1o pay. We drew n nd_endeavored to urge them on. Jut they wouldn't urge. W went up to s logs and it scemed (o be moving, 1 didn’t know what to make of it. The es of it rose and fa1l s regular as the Jock. We finally cut into it, +it was packed with coons. We W1 don’t know how many + the got away." “What made the log move day. The coons w close that oy time tiy log would expand- vas 0 ghastly silence and the crowd moved away. S THE GREAT CITY. at " innocent h, vl packed so Thor- oughfares Are M Scoltish American Journal there are “two hotises,” two nd two “streets,”! In the west house™ means the house of commons; in the city “the house” means the stock exchang In s west end Hthe row mean the ride in Hyde park; in the cityit means Paternoster, the headquarters of the book-publishing trade of the world, In thew lane” menns Park lane, t of upper-tendom; in - the means the 16 Mir ters of the produc In the west end “the ford strect, t shopping thorough- f: in_ length; in the city s Thro, ton streef, i ry short thoroughfare, where outside speculators love to ¢ ondon’s weak point s “hifls There is nothing loftier within hundred. of miles than the hills of Hig Hampstead, Corn, Snow, Richmon, Hol- born te, all of which ar over- wany tines over by Dumbarton not to meation the bens of Lo- nd Nevis, ame In London rows, " two. - You can buy turniture choaper of A L. Fiteh & Co, 12th st., bet, Farna 18, than uny other place in t MOST PERFECT MADE Propared with special regand to hul ik, No Ammwonta, Lime or A PRICE BARING POWDL) CHICACO. THE CINTURY L bEcEMBER CONTAINS FIVE ILLUSTRA "ED ARTICLES, “ane Cics of Te ¢ an ' hv 8, G, W. Benji- mi 1, "An Amer.oan L ¥ 'ship” by G 2 _tarop, “4.e 1Mo dtors,’ by Gapt. E fcsson, “The ‘Lomin' of Keats. AND co. ST LOUIG A “WAR PAPER,’ BY MARX TWA N. The | L entitled 115 tory of a Cumpaign that Fuiled, " is un necount of the author's personal experi s a8 u youthful “rebel" early in the It is illustrated Ly Kemble and ne yied with “mnps plans,” b the author. The article on the Monit by their inventor, Captain Ericsson, ! nied with a puper on “The Loss Monitor" by a Survivor. The fic HThe Priva TWO SHORT STORIZH, By H H. Boveson und 1. 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