Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1886, Page 4

* torial matters should be ad 0N OF “HE BEE. ' in the committe THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1886, DAILY BEE. WATTA OFFICE,No, 914 AND 016 FARNAM 87 YORK Orpice, ROOM 06, TRINUNE BUILDING ASHINGTON Or¥ice, No. 513 Founreestn S1. blished every morning. excapt Sunday. The londay morning paper publishod i the gu Year $10.00 Three Months Bix Months. . 500 One Month.... ok WreEKLY Ber, Published Every Wednesany. 5 TERMS RY MATL: 12,50 v g ear, with ‘ear, without onths, withou onth, on trial. . g i CONRESPONDENCE: All communications "’"“"J' to nln‘u ‘nlnd'?g: ressed to tho EDL- minm BUSINESS LETTERS: © Al butiness Iatters and remittances should be | madcessed to Trk BEE PURLISHING COMPANY, " DMANA. Drafts, shecks and_postoflice orders be made payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E, ROSEWATER. Eorron. cancellation of Mr. James Laird's ng Water claims is an “‘old set- ~ tler " direct from Sparksville. Tue sereams of “'hello there” from the _ Bell company do not seem to he worry- ing either Mr. Garland or Mr. Lamar. ~ MorToN is getting in his work at Wash- ington. Slaughter-house stock has risen - several points during the last two days JANCARY'S thaw has put in its app ance, butif the ground hog knows its business the backbone of winter is still - erect. Say. TipeN will be 79 years old to- morrow. He still hopes to be president ~ some day, even if he has to live to be a old to get there. of represe that political partisanship will win the day and that her claims will not be al- lowed. Tue Pillsbury flouring mill at Minne- apolis divided $35,000 surplus among 1,100 employes last year. It is needle: to remark that there were no strikers in those establishments. James Lamep's Stinking Water pre- emptions have been cancelled, Com- missioner Sparks, whom Laird was going | to crush, will now hear another howl from Jim's ‘‘ honest settlers.” Tue Dakota bill h the senate on a party vote. The party lines will probably also be drawn in the house, and the result will be that Dakota will be left out in the cold for an indefinite period. AvrLexN G. Tuu MAN is named as one of the government counsel to prosecute the suit ageinst the Bell monopoly. If the old bandanna waves a verdiet for the people, Mr. Thurman will have added to his laurels another claim on the popular gratitude. Six thousand bills have aiready been introduced in congress and the work goes bravely on. It costs nothing but time to introduce a bill and it tickles the constituents. Nine-tenths of the measures ~ are pigeonholed within ten minutes atter their introduction THE threat that further “obstruction” on the part of the republican councilmen will be met by renewed blackguardism on the part of the Herald has overshot its mark., Forewarned is. forcarmed. The public has at last had its eyes opened to the cause of the shameless attacks of the Herald upon good ofticials and respecta- ble citizens. THE house committee on military af- fairs has passed favorably upon Laird's bill to raise a cowboy regiment for the rofection of Arizona and New Mexico. ‘We would suggest that the gallant Laird be made colonel of the regiment, and that a recruiting oftice be opened in the Stinking Water country. SENATOIR MANDERSON writes to correct the mistatement of the title of his bill to make Omaha a point of immediate trs portation and not a port of entry. The press dispatches from Washington are responsible for the mistake, The title of the bill is of little consequence after all. What our importers want is to be able to receive goods in two weeks time from Liverpool and Parisinstead of often seven days delay as at present. The Ne- braska delegation in the house should * use all their efferts to get the measure through the committée room mill and on its passage as quickly as possible. 80 FAR as its capacity for work is con- ~ cerned the Forty-ninth congress does not " seem to be an improvement on its prede- ¢ cessors. The work of the session is far dn arrears. None of the appropriation ‘bills have been reported. The tariff has mnot yet reached the stage of discussion, ~ Debate on the currency bill is still stifled room. Nothing has been heard of the bankruptey bill, the fortifications bill, or the shipping bill. The work of the senate has consisted so far in the passage of the presidential suc- p: eession bill and the bill for Dakota’s * admission. The house has approved the - bill for the presidential succession and 3 a dozen or more private pension sures. The remainder of the time been trittered away in windy and less discussion, This is unfortunate the administration whose programme work and reform at the outset of the on Wus 80 extensive Pue veports of discoveries of frauds in Jate surveys in this state which are being “telegraphed from Washington will sur- prise none of the old readers of this s paper. For more than ten years the Beg has steadily callea public attention to the econduct of the surveyor general’s oflice, and to the grave frauds perpetuated by - the eontractors. From the du toric meandering of the Platte to the e of Dave Stephenson’s term of oftice, the whole system of land surveys in this state was carried on with a reckless de- ge of law and precedent. Lines were i w every direction but those required, o ip and section stones were omitted ‘whenever most couvenient, and plats made without any delinite refer- _ enee to the topegraphy or location of the try supposed to be depicted. Every y surveyor in the stute who has had on to run over the work of the overnment survey. knows that it is in- te, misleadirg and grossly de- t. The Farmer in Politios. More than two-thirds of the people in Nebraska are farmers. United and properly organized they could send men to tie state and national legislatures who would represent their interests with fidel- ity and ability. As yet there has been no issue upon which all farmers have been able to unite, for the reason that the farmers, like all other classes of citizens, have politieal affinities which are more powerful than any interest that appeals for their support. There are, of course, occasional exeeptions to this rule. The farmers of California some years ago united, regardless of party, against mo- nopolies, and carried a constitution that strongly curbs the aggression of corpora- tions. The granger movements of 1878 and 1874 swept like a cyclone over the 1llinois and Wisconsin prairies, and brought all political parties to a recogni- tion of the grievances from which the farmers and industrial classes were scek- ing redres; The farmers’ movement in Nebraska, under the leadership of the Farmers' Alliance, has caused quite n revolution in political affairs, and made the anti- monopoly issue prominent enough to compel both republican and demoeratic conventions to pledge themselves in favor of remedial legislation. These pledges have been only partially fulfilled. The ssure npon men of all parties by the y managers and their satellites de- ed the effort at railway legislation and substituted a sham railway commi; mission. But the anti-monopoly legisla- tion has produced a wholesome popular sentiment with regard to the rights of the patrons of the railroads which cannot much longer be distegarded by any party. The Farm Alliance in Nebraska as originally designed was a proper effortto educate the farmers and organize them into a compact force to resist the aggr sion of mononolies. The blunder of its founders was made when they deter- mined upon a third party movement, and thereby placed themselves at a disadvan- tage in moulding party action through the regular conventions. Third parties are very seldom perm: In times of great excitement on an issue that overshadows all others they may succeed, but when the issue which brought them to life has passed away or has lost its momentum they dwindle into helpl .. The suceess of the republican party has been cited time and time again as a striking proof of the irre- sistible force of great reforms. As a matter of fact the republican party would have been wrecked and stranded upon the political rocks, and would never have come into power had it not been for the split in the democratic rty brought about by ambitious, disloyal and selfish leaders Davis, Yanc Toombs, Rhett, and others of the five-cating wing of the democracy. The free-soilers and abolitionists who founded the republican party would still have been battling against the ramparts of slavery to-da had it not been for secession and rebe lion, the result of democratic division. The liberal vepublican party, organized as a revolt against bossism and nepot ism, with ecivil service reform as its cornerstone, was like the gourd that Jonah planted betore Ninevah, It went down in a single day and was never heard of afterwards except through the reforms which it advocated and which are still prominent. The greenback party was virtually disbanded by resumption. The principles of anti-monopoly, which w its cornerstone, have outlived the party, and will continue to be a great issue for many years to come. The prohibition- ists, who are now striving to become a third party, are practically less num than the greenbackers wi influential than the liberal republicans were under the leadership of Sumner, Schurz and Greeley. From a standpoint of practical politics the third party movement of the Farmers’ Alliance was a blunder. While it enlisted over 20,000 voters, it ed to to control state politics and fell far short of the aims and objects of its leaders, Had its leaders pursued the cou New York anti-monopoly league allowed its members to exercise wl influence they had by their nume strength within their respective party caucuses and conventions and the legi lature, they would haye been much more successful. Tt was utterly impossible for them to rally suflicient strength to hold ihe balance of power in a national paign when they were only organized in a very few states, but they could have forced each pa nominate anti-monopolists on their legis- lative and state tickets by taking a bold stand against any candidate who was no- toriously interested or allied with mo- nopoly. A striking example of the success of this policy is furnished by the result of the anti-Chinese agitation in California. The capitalists and large corporations of California, who usually control the political affairs of that state, were utterly powerless against the cur- rent which set in by reason of the anti- Chinese movement. Democrats and re- publicans alike were compelled to pledge themselves to make the Chinese go. Each party was anxious to retain its follow- ing, and it could only do so by carrying out the demands of the people who com- prised its rank and file. If the farmers of Nebraska would organize, make a declaration of their principles, and plant themselves firmly on their rights to fair treatment by the railroads, they could compel every convention to respect thei demands, No matter what their course has been with regard to the Farmers' Alliance prior to the anti- monopoly movement they will be re- speetfully heard and allowed to vast their votes wherever their politi may lead them, The corpos men and strikers eannot reta the party machinery when the farmers make an or od effort to dislodge them 1n primaries and conventions. When the ¥ is reo ed, its leaders should deayor to adopt a policy that will e members of all parties to co-operate w 1t and take an active part n its organiz tion. A good republican or democrat will have the right to be a member of the Farmers’ Alliance, if the allia is not a distinet party within itself. Th our position when the alliance was first organized, and had our views been car- ried out Van Wyek would not have been the only anti-monopolist in congress from Neb 4 se of the and n control of rmers’ Alliance of Nebraska en- WoLre's new city directory of Omaha contains 24,716 names. Using the cus tomary multiple 8 this gives Omaha & population of 74,148. Multiplying by Ml > the population wounld be 61,000. It is therefore safe to say that Omaha has over 67,000 inhabitants, and without much doubt 70,000, Mr. Wolfe's figures haye always been very reliable. In 1830 his directory names multiplied by 8 gave about the samo population as the federal census that was taken later in the year. In each case Mr. Wolfe used the multiple 8, which has proyed to_be about the cor- rect one for Omaha, The reason that we do not fully concede that Omaha has 74,148 inhabitants, as shown by his figures, is that we do not believe in grow- ing too fast as the next census might ghow that we had been too liberal in our estimates. But we do believe that Omaha has a population of between 67,000 and 70,000. We are satisfied with this esti- mate, which is on the safe side. Rallroad Negligence Defined, The Iroad managers in Omaha are freely expressing their disappointment over the location of the down town via- duct at Eleventh instead of Tenth strect. s insists that it was a great ¢ on the part of our people not to made the change because it would en a safe crossing on that have g thoronghfare, and at the same time have assured the speedy erection of a union depot. There are other reasons, which as the BEg has stated before, are more forcible than the one of safety on the crossing. 8o far as that is concerned, the railroad company is bound to make its crossing safe or abide by the consequences of its negligence. Soomer or later gates will have to be placed across Tenth street. 'This will add a new obstruction to travel but it will increase the precautions against danger. The decisions of the courts in defining negligence on the part of the railroads are clear and explicit. Ina late case in Pennsylvania involving the degree of care which railvond companies must exercise in crossing the highways of a populouseity at grade, Judge Sterrett, of the supreme court, handed down an elaborate opinion. The plaintift’s hus- band, one Mr. Coon, was walking along a street which crosses the four tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad in Philadelphia, at a grade. He stopped on the curb to allow a freight train which was running castwardly to pass by. He then advanced, and was struck by a train which was running westwardly, and Killed. The train which struck Coon was running at a rate of speed between thirty and forty miles an hour. The engineer was not vinging his bell at the time, and only blew the whistie a moment before the accident In the lower court, Coon’s wife received a verdiet for $5,000. The Pennsylvania railroad company took the case to the supreme court, and there con- tended that the jury had been misled by the instructions of the judge who had charged the jury that it depended upon circumstances whether the fact that the train was running at a rate of speed ex- ceeding thirty miles an hour was negli- gence; that if the company took suitable sautions no rate of speed, however t, would constitute negligence per but that m the absence of switable pre- cautions, such, for instance, as gates, ringing the bell, watchman, ete., a very slow rate of speed might constitute negli- gence, and that it was for the jury to determine whether the defendant com- pany had been megligent in this par- ticular case. The supreme court, in the decision referred to, held that this ws not error, but that, on the contrary, it was a correct exposition of the law. This is an important decision on this subject. Itis based on common sense and not on technicalities. Railroad com- panies are bound to provide the best pre- cautions against possible danger even if such precautions inconvenience the pub- r and street travel. To the failure very ordinary precaution to prevent accidents on grade crossiugs is due the anxiety of railroad companies in all crowded cities to have the stream of travel cross over or under the tracks by ducts. tunnels or vi The “Mare's Nest”” Exposed. The Herald feebly returns to the charge against Mr. Bechel with what it calls a “review” of the cas A “revise” would be a better name for it. When the Herald first flew ofY its handle with a scream of defiance it distinetly made the following lenges: That Mr. Bechel had never been a e owner in Omaha. 2. That he was not now an owner of realty. 3. That he had never paid a dollar of taxes in this ¢ It detied President Bechel to prove th contrary and volunteercd to print the e dence when submitted. The Bee accepted the challenge and produced the evidence that Mr. Bechel had filed a warranty deed to property in Omaha before he qualified as councilman, as required by law; that he was then and has been ever since the owner of Omaha real estate and that he has been and is now a tax payer of record within the cor- porate limits, Issue was joined clearly on the charges of the Herald, The an- swer was full and complete, so full and complete that the organ of the packing- louse democracy was staggered and called “time” to regain its breath. After meditating over the subject for forty-cight hours the Herald tries to evade the issue which it forced upon Mr. Bechel and resumes the controversy by raising a technical point regarding the proper coustruction of the charter re- quirement, Compelled to admit that the president of the council was an owner of real estate when he took oftice, it whips around the stump by insisting that be- cause he subsequently conveyed the prop- erty and failed to record his title to real estute, which he now owns, he thereby disquavified himself to act as a council- m In face of the admitted fact that Mr. Bechel made a bona fide pur- chase of two lots upon which he has ever since paid the taxes, both general and special, and for which he to-day holds a ranty deed, the Herald squirms and twists itself into contortions of poorly assumed virtue as it calls upon its readers to note that because Mr. Bechel has failed to record the deed to his last ac- quired prope » has disqualified him- self for ofticial position, This is decidedly thin when compared with the original charges made. It is a technicality of legal construction upon which there may be slight grounds for difference of opinion, There was no mid- dle ground, however, in _the maliciously false charges of the Herald that Mr. Bechel had neyer been an owner of real estate in Omaha, was not when hé quali- fied and had never paid a dollar of taxes l during his incumbency of office. Had this been the case Mr, Bochel would have been clearly disqualiffed from the outset under the charter requirement. And now let the Herald fume and rage. It is welcome to the possession of it's “mare’s nest.” Let it actually bring that threatened writ of guo warranto about which its talks so glibly. The records in the court house have already taught it something. It is more than passible that a decision of the court may give it an addition al lesson. ———— Jrsvs Escosar, Mexican consul at El Paso, proposes to make a demand that Geronimo and his band be turned over to the Mexican authorities on the ground that the Indians surrendered to Licut. Maus on Mexican territory. If a guar- anty is made by Jesus Escobar that the whole outfit will be hanged or shot by the Mexican authorit we hope the demand will be promptly complied with without red tape consultation of treaty stipulations @ has boen trying for a week to eateh the eye of the speaker inorder to gain the floor for the delive of asilver specch. He has finally been promised an opportunity to tell w’ he knows about silver this week. Mean- time all other discussion on this question should be suspended. Mr., Weaver may solve the whole problem, which, it is predicted, will bethe effort of his life. EVIDENC is - rapidly accumulating showing that a great deal of money has been spent in Nebraska during past years for surveying work that never was This seems to be a pretty the performed. strong argument nst abolish- ment of the surveyor-general's office. The office should be continued, if honest- iy conducted, until all the nceded sur- voys are mad ags e that will be the postmaster The only relation that Sterling Morton, who is Appoiutment, is that he is a sterling slaughter-house democrat. HUNDRED love letters are to be Lin evidence in o breach of promise at Wabash, Indiana. The trial will have to be held in a eircus tent to accom- modate the crowd that will want to hear the reading of the tender miss Secretary Lamar is said to have “a sort of Gulf-coast wildness in his hair.” Secretary Whitney and hisey seldom parted. Secretary Manning gave a pink dinner in Washington the other eyening. The cenfer of the dining-table was decorated with o bed of pink tulips, and each lady gucst was pre- sented with a basket of pink roscs, tied with a broad pink satin ribbon. The New York Sun_says Sceretary Lamar in decidingiu favor of bringing suit to test the validity of the Bell telephone patent, has aroused the hostility of a powerful corpora- fon, which s Low trying to carry out the that it made before the decision, that it would destroy any public ofticer who should decide against it, London Engineering, commenting on the outspoken frankness with which Secretay Whitney lays bare the weakness of our navy and naval system, says it “can only wonder how the Amer can nation manages to 1 this strain of stiff-backed, hard-hitting naval seeretaries, of which Mr. Whitney is the lat- est vigorous example. We have no such breed of offieials in this country, although the late director of the naval construction was developing o dangerous outspokenness of opinion when he was translated to ‘Sir Nathaniel” and the shelf.” Seeretary Lamar’s decision in the Bell tel- ephone case was eagerly sought for in ad- vance by speculators, who could have made fortunes if they had known of it in time to go short of the stock. A lady clerk in the interior department was offered $5,000, and then $10,000, by a representative of York firm for a covy of the deeision, she had tra) bed. At the second offe excused herself a moment and stepped into the secretary’s private oflice. When she re- turned the secretary accompanied her, gave thespeculator a v plain talk, and informed him he would give him ten minutes to leave the room. — KINGS AND QUEEN S, Queen Vieteria will build a ehurch at Can- nes for a memorial to her son, the late duke of Albany. King Milan, of Servia, wears a coat of mail made of silk, compressed down and rawhide, which covers his trunk, legs and arms. Queen Regent Christina ot Spain has de- cided to wear mourning on all occasions, The only jewels she wears are two gold bracelets. The favorite recreation of the czar consists in wrestling with his brothers, of whom Vla- dimirand Alexis can well match him in Her- culean strength, “The princess of Wales is improving,” says a cable alspatch, Nothing is said about the prince, and we are bound to conclude that he is as bad as ever. Queen Victoria is said to be so fond of chil- dren that she keeps a record of all the bright sayings and doings of the little ones that come to her notice, ‘The prince of Wales now wears a black silk ribbon as a watch-guard, and it is thought that about the 1st of nextJuly the Anglo- maniac in this country will affect the same style, Five out of King Christian of Denmark’s children are married, thé eldest sons of each of these being the prospective monarehs of Denmark, Greece, the British empire, Russia and Hanover, 4 The Shah of Persia generally dines alone, He rarely takes wine and is a frugal eater, Queen Victoria is trying t find out who it isthat gives so much gossip of the royal household to the newspapers. She should keep her eye on Henner y Battenburg. That youth has no money of his own, but ho has been seen buying chickeu pasties lately, and it takes cash to do that, As likely as not he has been subsidized by the yenal press. s Sty e Still About a Dollar Too High, Lincoln Journal. The Omaha city council has reduced the price of gas to $1.75 per thousand feet, and if the newspapers do not lie about the g ity of stuff, it is still about a dollar too hig - Would Look Well i Stour City Journal. If the king of Grecce actually abdies attention of that country ought to be to Mayor Vaughan of Council Blufs, would look well in Greece. The Frye-Sherman Controversy, St. Louis Globe-Democrat. That fine old retired statesman, Haunibal Hamlin, was moved to remark Se cther day that “the highway of politics is strewn with the bones of men who have written foolish letters.” [f he had waited until the Frye- Sherman controversy reached its elimax he might have added that a distinguished erip- ple from the sawe cause s -now aud then Greece, He #een limping away from the field of military criticism and discussion, also, Genesis and Exodus, Boston Record, The “genesis of the mugwump” Is vety learnedly glven by our mugwumpian contem- porary, the Herald. What the politicians are more interested in, however, Is the exodus of the “critter.” R — The Queen TakesCrow, Chicago Times, Crow is not considered a dainty dish to set before a king or a queen, but it seems thatthe queen of England once in & while partakes of it the same as vulgar plebelan poli- ticians in the United States, - A Curions Oo-incidence. Fremont Tribune. Morton has a candidate named Morton for the Nebraska City postofice—~but they are not relatives, Tt is a curions co-incidence that r. Miller has a candidate named Miller for the same place—and they are not rela- tives, - - Honored Bus: New York Jowrnal, Senator Ingalls wantsbusts of vice-presi- dents and presidents pro tempore of the United States senate placed in vacant niches in the senatechamber. Busts of living sena- torsare amply provided for in committee- rooms and the cold-tea department. An Antique Flayor. New York Star. The interviewing of Hon. Peter Brains Sweeny on the advisability of certain mooted reforms in municipal affairs has an antique flavor that is vich_and enfertaining. 1t is as though Secretary Whitney dug up Noah to consult him on the best way of rebnilding the American nay: The Veterans Take Kindly to the Idea. North Platte Telegraph. Efforts being made by Omalia Grand Army men toeapture the next reunion of Nebraska veterans don’t alarm any of the bovs of the old-time blue to any great extent. Omaha is easiest to reach from all parts of the state, and the veterans take kindly to the idea of meeting there next Septemb - ‘ Them That Has, Gits.” Boston Record. Perhaps the revision of the Bible was un- necessary after all. The historian is im pelied 1o this reflection by a sage remark which was uttered in his hearing in a street car the other day. On the opposite side of the car were two women who were talking Said one: “Did you know 1 another lot of money left her by her cousin’s will?” “Law me!” ex- claimed the other, “the Bible never said a truer word than “Them that has, gits!' " ettt Newspaper Advertising. Jowrnal of Progress. Newspaper advertising is now recognized, by business men having faith in their own wares, as the most _effective means for secur- ing for their goods a wide recognition of their merits. Newspaper advertising compels inquiry, and when the article offered is of good qual- ity and at a fair price the naturat result is in- creased sales, Newspaper advertising isa permanent ad- dition to the reputation of the goods adv tised, because itis a permanent influence al- ways at work in their it 3 paper advertising is the most energet- ilant of salesmen, addressing thou- sands each day, always in the advertiser’s in- terest, and ceaselessly at work seeking cus- tomers from all classes. Newspaper advertising promotes even in the dullest times advertis by far the largest share of what is being done. While the advertis nd sle printers, steamn engines and printing presses are at work for him; trains are bearing his words to thousands of towns and hundreds of thousands of readers, all glancing with more or less interest at the message prepared for them in the solitude of his oftice. No preacher ever spoke to so large an audience, or with so little effort, or so eloquently as you, reader, may do with the newspaper man’s assistanc S Prize Winter Poem. The mill-wheel’s frozen in the pond; “The plumber skips along the wa The pipe has burst its leaden bond ; ‘The red hot stove is cold and gray. O Winter! in our hours of ease Why don’t you keep the plumber down? Is life one long continuous freez Oh, let me bore the ice and drown, —— STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. West Point wants a board of trade. A Brown county rancher lost 600 sheep in one of the late arctic spells. The B. & M. surveyors have completed the survey of the pru&)usud branch from Holdrege to Blue Hill, The 5-year-old son of Chas, E. Ruther- ford, of Auburn, dropped dead of paraly- sis, while at play, Mond ming. Blair is pushing the agitation of a can- ning factory, and the project will succeed if the bouss of the local press are made to stick. The thief who conv 1 a team of mules belonging to a Richardson county farmer intocash, recently, was captured and jugged last week. The old settlers of Antelope county are called to meet at Neligh on the 22d for the purpose ' of organizing an old set- tlers organization, Tho fire department of l[usliugs has heen presented with a purse of $300 by the citizens as atribute to their eflicient work at the fire of January 24 Fullerton 1s holding public meetings and ma mgi arrangements to protect the bridges in “her vicinity in case of a ris in the Platte river when the breakup comes, The new M. E. church at York was dedicated Sunday, The building is large and elegant, and’1s a substantial monu- ment to Christian progress in York county. Gambling of all kinds will be prohibited during the state firemen's tournament at Fremont, The boys will be permitted to back hydrant “fushes' to the full limit. John Addler, the Holdrege butcher stabbed last week, is in a critical condi- tion, and is not expected to survive his injuri A fellow named Baker knifed him for $2. Neligh is again figuring on v Birkinbine, of Council Blufls, has an estimate of the cost of such works as the town needs, and claims that $3,000 would cover the plant A gang of timber thieves were captured in Keith county last week while operating on Dillon’s island. They were taken to North Platte. y were bound over to the distriet court in $400 cach, North Platte suddenly dropped djseus- sion of waterworks | , T:”“” larly the Holly plan, becauso the latter com” pany insisted that the eity iter works, should take $3.000 worth of water annually 1 Bohunnan, the murdercr confined braska City, is in poor th. Abc have med in his breast and thri i to sap the fountaing of life betore exceutioner can get a chance to ¢ Falls City m 1s taken hold of the ¢ y project in a business wi terprising business men of that city dispensed with talk and w down 1 their pockets for the cash, Ten thousand ining Tho dollars have been subscribed to start the will. An immense meteor shot through space in the neighborhood of Hastings Iriday night, and exploded with o deafening report near the ground. It wus a grand display of heavenly pyrotechnics, and illaminated the surrounding country for a fow moments. Finis M. Barney of Shelton has por- fected an automatic wagon brake and has applied for a patent on it. The prin- ciple of the invention is such that when ower is applied to start a load the brake s loosened and when the power slackens the brake is applied. A straight haired young limb of the law named McCanii, was transplanted from Omaha to O three months ago. He slid out of town recently, leav- ing a number of eashed notes and ‘I, 0. U’s" which can fnow be purchased ata tremendous discount. A coasting party on_the hill in Platts- mouth met with an accident Friday night. The sleigh struck an obstruction, throw- ing the occupants violently hard ground. Miss Hattie C landed on her head and was insensible for some time. Sho is now nursing a handsome black eyo. The Union Pacific let the econtract for forty-five miles of road from Howard City toward Broken Bow, says The Statesman, and suryeyors are still work- ing, towarlls” tho, Bow. Tho B, & M, bullding into the Union Pacific_territory from Grand Island with Broken Bow n objective point, has caused the mid-win- ter move on the part of the Union Pacilic folks, The Union Pacitic having the shorter distance to build stands a chance of beating its rival into the heart of Cus- ter county and from thenco west would bave choice of routes. Towa Items. Victor Le Grand, a wealthy farmer of Concord township, has disappeard, and is supposed to have been frozen to death, The hog cholera is having an extensive run in the vicinity of Moingona. A num- ber of farmers have lost upward of 100 hogs each during the past fow weeks. Emmetsburg has had a highway rob- bery sensation, A young German was held up Sagurday night and $90 in money, a §60 note and a watch and chain taken from him, J. J. Stuckey of Des Moines, a fugitive from justice, was captured in Idaho last week and brought back to the scene of his erimes. The ofticers had a lively time during the trip east. Though heavi ironed Stuckey jumped from the trai Rock Springs, Wyo, and hid in a mine, but his freedom wi hort lived. He w: ptured and is now in the Des Moines jail, There is a novel case in the superior court at Keokuk. William Anderson filed o suit against his mother-in 1] White, a_colored woman, asking judgment for $1,404, which he claims is the amount of u board bill due him. An- derson recites in his petition that he fur- nished his mother-in-law board, lodging and washing for thirteen years and months, or 702 weeks, and thinks a fair price would be $2 per weck. The Davenport strects were entirely lighted by the electric light for the first time Monday cvening, the gas contract ing expired and the gas lights turned . The new scheme superior to the old, and is received with general satisfaction. The pl: consists of twenty-two miles of v and eighty-two lights, thirty-five of which are placed on soven towers of five lights each and forty- seven lights on mast arms at the intersec- tions ot Streets. Dakota. The Steele ranch of 146 acres near 1};{)1“ City was sold last week for $14,- 500. The toughs, bums and loafers hs been ordercd to leave Rapid City, or ta a place in the chain gang. The new school house jus o completed at Woonsocket is said to be the bandsomest educatios structure in southeastern Dakota The pids City Daily Journal made its appearance last wee It is a reduced fac simile of the Weekly, and is as hand- some as it is newsy. The Elkhorn Valley railrond company has purchased the right of way to Fort Meade, and to a l]:umv. within eighteen miles of Deadwood. Thieves raided several mail sacks which had been dumped by the stage in front of the Deadwood postoflice last Sunday. Several registered package containing sums varying from $5 to $300 were taken. b The Kansas Brewery Decision. The American. The cause of probibition has received a seyere blow from the decision of the United States Court in Kansas that the state must pay for a brewery which has been rendered useless by the enactment of prohibition. The principle that vested rights must be respected in every social change is inwrought into the practice of the English Government, and has become a part of that common law which is held to bind even the national legislature. But in Amerca there has been much less regard for those rights, and e al- ly the opponents of the liquor traflic have spoken and acted as though the manu- facturers of intoxicants were no more worthy of compensatton for their losse than are a band of robbers whose ness has been broken up by the oflic of the law. If this decision is to stand i law and is to apply to liquor-dealers as well as manufacturers, prohibition will be a very e iness to any com- munity which e And rural com- munities, which are the most ready to pass prohibitory laws, are also about tho ast to vote for anything that will add to the burden of taxation. — To the Public. The proposition to ercet a Young Men’s Christian association building in Omaha has met with suflicient encouragement to warrant the belief t it will be sue- cessfully accomplished, and a structure worthy of the city and the institution completed at no distant day. Erom the ne ly limited canvass thus far made the committe the matter of funds, lot and building, have received subscriptions aggregating $26,000. e at an early day to com- tion of a building five (5) sht, appropriate to this POSH this method of inviting assistance trom all who have not already i 1aatter their support. Y this purpose they should have ple of at least $50,000. Payment of subserip- tions can be divided and extended over a iod of cighteen months, and need not fore, be burdensome to any. The undenominational, and shonld erson having the moral pre 1l wo cordially w Let lim- ited means deter no one from responding Ple; consider this as a personal ap peal and return us your nume and the sum you will devote to this cause Leavirr Bursias, 0. F. Davis, W, Fresna, P. S, LEISENRING, Howarp B. Sy, Building Committée. The Apollo club will close their series of part senson of 1853-6 on Feb- ruary 214, !l at Light Guard Arniory P by the or- ganization this season have been chavae- | i clegance which y enjoyable. The s organized in 1581 and lhas grown aud prospered until now it lized as one of tho flourishi itutions of the city. Murs. J. . House is visiting friends in Lowa 15 rec social THE WEEK 1IN SOCIETY. The Usual Grist of Receptions, Balls, Oa Parties, Eto, -The Cahn Reception An FElegant Afair — Progressive Euchre < The Hymenometer and What it Says, An elogant reception was on Wednog. day night tender®t to Martin Cahn and s bride at the Metropolitan club by the moembers of that popular social organizas tion. About forty couples were prosont, and participated in the affair, The grane march was led at 980 o'clock by the nowly-married couple, and tollowing thereafter came & programme of sixteen dances. Supper was served at the inter- mission in thé lower hall, Among those present were notfoed Mr. and Mrs, Max Meyer, Mr. and Mrs, Adolph Moyer, Mr. and Mrs. Moritz , Mr. and Mrs. Heyn, Mr. and Mra, water, Mr, and Mrs, S, Katz, Mr, and Mrs, Oberfelder, Mr. and Mis, B, Newman, Mr.and Mrs, A, Haas, Mr, A, Polack, Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman, Mr, and Mrs, Jacobsen, Mr. and M hn, Mr.and Mrs. 8. Goetz S. Sloman, Mr. ana Mrs. Mendelssohn, and Mrs, Hellman, Mr. and Mrs, Gold- smith, Mr. and Mrs, Eichman, Mr, and Mrs. Sutphen, Mr. and Mrs, A. Cahn,Mr, and Mrs, Robinson, Miss Rosenfield, of Boston; Miss New, of Chicago; Migses Rothschild, Miss Hoffman, of Lansing; M isseligsohn, Miss Schlesinger, Meossra, Moses Goetz, Julins Meyer, hnlzlwinmr. Bachr, Wise, Schiff, 8. J. Fisher, Glad= stone, Bergman, Cahn, Schlesinger, Cro- ner, Dr. R, W. Connell. Some of the toilets worn were striking- ly handsome. Mrs. Martin Calin, the bride, a lovely e, wore a heavy white satin, wit long train, beaded front, The cors was square and bordered with diamonds, a bouquet of pink roses being worn at the left side below the st, Mrs, Max Meyer, imported lace dress with basque of solid jet, bare arms cover- ed with lace mits, dinmonds, Miss New of Chicago, green gauze trimmed with white lace flounces, Miss Hoffman, of L:uuiu-,E, W immed with loc b ,\:Rnsz-wntor, pale pink satin en train with white lace garnitures, Miss Rosenteld, white cashmere and lace, pink roses. Mrs. Adolph Meyer wore ylish short costume ot dove brocade, diamonds, Mrs. Goldsmith, an elegant, long-train- ed black velvet dress, with point lace, diamonds. Mrs. Polack, black embossed velvet and red silk trimmed with silk Mrs. Albert Cahn was ve pretty in a white brocade satin, en train, and the front covered with deep lace flounces, pink roses, diamonds. Mrs. Katz wore n cashmere elab- orately trimmed with white luce. ohn, green cashmere and lace with pink swhnsdown trimmings. Miss Rothschild, white satin ana lace, pink swansdown, diamonds. Miss Eichman, white satin en train with irridescent front and sleeves, square cor- sage and red roses. ] Miss Rothschild, white eashmere and ace. Mrs. A. Cahn, short black velvet cos- tume, diamond Miss Moses, ite cashmere and lace.’ On Thurs February 11, the Arlon club will give a grand faney dress party at Germania hall. Special costumes have imported from New York for the affair. The committee in charge are Chas. Metz, Frank H. J. Richard, Max Beeht and Fred Metz, Jr The following progi out last night at th the Chatauqu Book Review bunes.” Reading from Julins Ciesar, Roman and Greek civilization compared. Discussion: *“The Character of Julius Cuesar.” “\Vas Brutas a True Patriot?” Roll call, old saws and trite sayings. A charming dinne given at the Omaha club , the last of the Tri- hursday afte noon by Mrs. Guy C. Bartou. Those present wer Mesdames Bennett, Morsman, Cleve- laway, Ramsey, Odell, Yosi McConnell, Nash, Hanscon vs, Mesdames Andrews, She land, C Smith, Wakeley, Burdett, Ed- ,. Lininger, Allen, utant, Boyd, i Richardsou, Patrick, Kountze, , Cofgswell. The regular social of Unity ehurch was held at the lence of Mr. Willinm Wallace, 2112 Burt street, last evening. Mr. R. W. Breckenridge number of lady and ge dinner at the Omaha club, evening. Senator Saunders, daughter, Mrs, Ha Thursday. Guy C. Barton has gone east. The young oeople of North Omaha gave a delightful literary and musical en- tertainment at the Saunders street Pres- byterian chureh Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Himebaugh enter- tained a number of friends af tea and cards Tuesduy afternoon, The guests ‘aptain and Mrs. Rustin, Mr. and Augustus Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, Mr. and Mrs, Wil Tabor, Mr, and Mrs orge Patterson, Mr. and Mus. Congdon, Mr. and Mrs, N. Merriam, Mr. and Mrs, Estabrook, Mr. and Mrs, stabrook, Mr. and Mrs. Peck, Mr. and rs. Dubois, Mrs. Jarvis, : rs. Ives, Miss Carrig Uunf;dull, Miss Abbie ‘Taft, Miss Maud Anthony, Mr. Chase, Mr. Holbrook, Mr, John Wilbur, Dr. o Moore cntertained at their home on ening the Euchre club, of which they are members. Whist tables were provided for those accompanied by his on, wenl east, who preferred that game. Among those celsior, were present, according (o the Riv: ‘and” Mra, W . Allon Mrs. Wakely, Mr. and M Mr. and Mrs Gilbert, M Wessells, Mr, and Mrs, William Wallace, and Mrs. Sweeney, Mr. and Mrs, rtin, Dr Mcrcer, Dr. and : of Colorado, iss Parrotic, N. 5. Kuhn! ppropriute, Ayers, Mrs Gilman, Mi 3. W. 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