Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 15, 1888, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEQ: .THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Morntog Fdition including Sunday, One Year ... oF S Aot ires Months. maha Sunday kg, maiicd (o any ad- drexs, One Year 00 OMAHA OFFICE, NOS 91 AND 016 FARNAM STRE New VIIIIKOVI ®, Roow &, TrRinuse But 180, WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 613 FOUR TRENTH STRERT. CORRESPONDENCE. Al communieations relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed to the EDIToR OF THE B BUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and remi: ces should be addressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, MATTA: Drafs, cherks and postotice orders t ‘made payablé to the order of the company. ‘The Bes Publishing Company, Proprietors. BE. ROSEWATER. EDITOR, i DAILY BEE, Sworn Statel of Circulation, Btate of Nehraska, lan County of Dotixliss Geo. I, Tzschuck. secretary of The Bee Pub- Nshing company, o n,...|.mu|‘ swear that t actun! cireuln nn«.nh- Daily Bee tor the w 158, Wi ws follows Thursday, Jan. 1 Friday, Jan. 13, Average. Bworn to and suby th day of Junuury, A. D., 15885, Kotury Bubiie: Btate of Nebraska, Ui, County of Doulas, k, being first duly eworn, de- of The Bee Pobiidiing company. that e anl average daily eirenlation of the Daily Bee for the month of Jamuary. 1o 187, 14,138 Copie for Alll‘ll 1887, 14 1 Jo coplens_ for Fobru HUCK Bworn and subscribed to 10 sence this 24 day of Jautary, A. D. 18, N, FEIL, Notary Bublle, W are willing to let St. Paul_enjoy its winter carnival to its heart’s con- tent, but we want no more blizzard in ours this winte Tir advance in prices of the different grades of sugar has led San Francisco papers to make an investigation. creased production and sumption are pronounced the cause. I¥ our millionaire members of gross should introduce the casy-going methods by which they transact the nation’s bu into their private affairs they would soon cease to be mil- lionaives. con- ness Tue Nebraska State Press association was a most afllicted victim of the bliz- zard. The only streak of luck was that the annual poem was frozen solid in the mouth of the laureate, and is still held in solid chunks awaiting the January thaw. S1ovx Ciry is thrown into a spasm over the revival of the Omaha & North- ern Nebraska railroad pro, the thermometer twenty-four degrees below zero our neighbors up the river will find it more comfortable to keep their shirts on. COMPTROLLER TRENHOLM must bé a sanguine man. He belioves that the present congress will pass some wise banking laws. The people of this coun- try would be glad to have such laws en- acted, but they are not banking on the present congress for desirable bank legislation. — TiE employes of some of the eastern mine monopolists have inaugurated a boycott against hard coal. And now the barous are appealing to the United States court for protection, It will next be in order for the professional burglar to callon the police fo protect him against the plucky victim THe Mt‘thudlst ministers of Baltimore bave made themselves supremely re- diculous by raising a protest against President Cleveland’s action in sending @ copy of the United States constitution to Leo XIII. This performance ison a par with tho celebrated papal bull against the comet and will be followed by about similar results. WHENEVER some of our high-flying councilmen can't enjoy a free ride in the police patrol wagon they take a sleigh ride across the river, goona midoight jamboree and amuse the Council Blufts police with throwing decanters, tumblers and bottles over the transom and smashing bedsteads, washstands and other hotel furniture. ®hey ave a jolly set, you know. Tue story of death and suffering re- sulting from the terribly severe weather of the past week throughout the west and northwest has already given many « heart-sickening incidents, but it is to he feared that much yet remains untold even more distressing. A great deal of the country over which the biting bliz wards have swept with their greatest fury is as yet inaccessible, and as much of the population of that region was pre- sumably ill-prepared for such a visita- tion, there must have been great suffer- fng and very hikely many deaths. The pleasing announcement is made that the backbone of the blizzard is broken, and #t is to be hoped permanently. 'TON has boen gneu to recent s of Mr. George W. Childs, of the Philadelphin Ledger, favorable to orgunized labor. Mr. Childs is & large empioyer and a most liberal one, so that he has a right tospeak from expersence, and is a man whose conduet conforms with hisopinions. ITe says he believes An organized labor, and in paying the highest price to the wage enrner that is possible and leave » * margin of rofit to the empl There should good feoling and co-operation be- tween the two, and My, Childs thinls this may be attained by the organiza- tion of labor on a proper basis, with " mothing in view but the common wel- Aofare. No one who I;»u.\\v- 'm\llnn;: of the Philadelphia will quesiion his sincerity, but when he gounsels workingmen that their secuvity 2 oxncts a part of overy dollar they en ‘@8 tribuio to the protucted employers ‘wwho ure not sutisted with a fair margd of profit, onc is compelled to feel thut $ho wisdow of Mr. Childs is not so broud ®s his pirlisnthropy. { ply the mar in maintainings high tacil that | The Steel Rail Mowopoly. The steel rail industry of the country is about at a standstill, - The railroads having decided not to purchase any more rdils until they can get them at 350 aton, and the steel-rail syndicate having determined that it will not sup- ‘t below from 833 to #35 o ton, nearly all of the mills have been closed, without any promise as to when they will resume operations. This sty hetween the railroad managers and the steel-rail monopoly is a novel vent in the husiness experience of the country, and the result will be awaited with a great deal of interest. It is sug- gestive of an important change in the relations of these hitherto united powers for maintaining an oppressive burden upon the people, and particularly upon the agriculture of the country, the sig- nificance of which is in the clearly im- plied charge that the prices the steel-rail manufacturers have beea receiving dur- ing the past two years were an un- warrantable exaction. There are obvi- ous reasons wiy the railroads will not find it 50 ensy in the future as they have in the past to compel the traffic of the country to pay for improvements made at a cost far beyond o legitimate limit, and the managers of these corporations are beginning to see that the time has come when they must defend them- sclves against the steel-rail monopoly which has thus far ‘had its own - way. It the stryggle' is prolonged, as it may be, the cause of labor will suffer, but for once the public sympathy will be with the railroad managers, The production of steel rails in the United States for the past two years was in round numbers 3,600,000 @ross tons. The rail of the country puid for these from #35 to $40 per ton. A con- temporary points out that during this period steel rails have been selling in England for the railrodds in India at from $16 to $20 per ton. At the most liberal allowance for diference in the cost of production in this country, it is estimated that the railro: constructed last year in the United States paid £30,000,000 for steel r over what they would have had to pay for the foreign product. This amount was a tribute. in excess of a fair profit, which the railroads of the count d to the steel-rail monopol; and which will have to be repaid by tl traffic of the country, thereby imposing an unjust exaction upon the whole peo- ple, and especially upon the unprotected farmers, for the benefit of a class. It is high time that the steel rail monopoly received a check, and if the railroads shall succeed in bringing it to terms they will have done u great public se ice. The most effective means of doing this, however, will be to at least cut in half the tariff duty by which the mo- nopoly is now fortified. —_— The Modern Juggernaut. One hundred and forty-two persons were killed by the railroads within the city limits of Chicago last year. Nearly as many more met death in the imme- diate vicmity of the city through the same cause. This is an appalling rec- ord. Ttis murder by tlie wholesale. Chicago was justly wrought up over the historic Haymarket massacre for which four anarchists were recently strangled- But the railway men who have been in- strumental in committing a greater carnage are allowed to go scot free. Just think of it! More men, women and children were mangled and crushed to death at railway crossings in the streets of Chicago than were sent to. premature graves by any epidemic. What is true of Chicago in this respect is true of other Ameri- cay cities. It is true of Omaha. The modern juggernaut counts her vic- tims by the thousand every year and this reckless slaughter will continue until the laws against murder are en- forced upon railway managers who fail to provide proper safeguards against these ever recurring “‘accidents™ at rail- road crossings. The crime is one with which American cities have become so familiar that its enormity is not realized. It is time public sentiment were aroused against the perpetrators of such slaughter. As the Chicago News fitly vemarks, “‘murder is murder, whether committed or permitted by an individual, corpora- tion or municipality.” No city should longer be an accomplice in such erimes by allowing them to go unpunished. Judicial Sa ‘While the American people are as so- licitous as those of any other nation re- garding the acquirements, ability and chavacter of the men who are selected for judicial positions, they are far less liberal than those of almost any other country in paying judicial saluries. When ' one reflects upon the small pay reccived by justices of the supreme court of the United States, and the still smaller salaries of circuit and district judges, he will hurdly fail to wonder that the distinguished jurists who have given so great and brilliant a character to the judicial bistory of the United States were induced to leave the far more lucrative field of private prac- tice to give their best years to the pub- lic service fora fraction of what they might have secared in the service of in- dividuals. There are hundreds of law- yers in private practice, who would rate as second class, who earn annually double the salavy of 310,500 paid the chicef justice of the supreme court, and there are lawyers of conspicuous ability who receive a lavger sum than this for a single fee. The honor of eminent judicial positicn with a life tenure is of course aninducement, It is something to be preferred nga host of one's countrymen for such distinction, and to be privileged 1o contribute something to a most 1mportant branch of the nation's histor, But if this consideration can justly play any part in determining tho ques- tion of emolument it should be very 11, for the honor must be paid for in pting social obligations that make their almost coustaut pe exne tions, The lawyer in private proctice aing fifty thowsund dollars a year may give social dinners when he pleases and w whom he pleases, or he may not give them at all, but the supreme court justice must comply with the social luws that huve been established. Really, ries, however, the honor conferred has noth- ing to do with the question, which is one simply of paying such fair and adequate salaries for judigiul service as shall be a just compensa- tion and induce men of the highest legal ability and attainments to seek such secvice. It mu he said that no difficulty has ever been found in ing men of high ability for the federal beneh in all grades, but this does not justify a parsumonious policy in paying for such ability. A wealthy and pros- perous people, profoundly respectful of law. can have no reason for refusing to pay those who expound the law avies commensurate with theivability and the grave rosponsibility that is devolved on them. And in doing so they erect a barrier for keeping out of thg judiciary the class of ability that it i should seck service there, which if it has not already proved effective may in time do so. Itisin esting to note the wide dif- ference in the rewards that England pays for the services of her ablest law- yers in the judiciary. ‘There the judi- cial position corresponding to our chief justice of the supreme court receives a salary of $50,000 o year, and the least of the judges connected with the national tribunals, corresponding to circuit or district judges in_this coun- i $25,000. In England receive an aggregate of $010,000 a year, while the eighty fed- eral judges in the United States receive a total of but 318,000 a year, with guite as much and as arduous labor to per- form as their English brethren. Re- form, both from considerations of public policy and justice, is clearly needed in is matter of judicial salaries, secur- The Society Dog Craze. ‘The craze for pet dogs which within a year or two has possessed the society women of the eastern cities appears to have grown to such proportions as to demand attention from those vigilant conservators of the social welfare, the wspapers, several of which have ntly found a text for homilies nst this modern society caprice in rocions m;u\::lilu: of three persons at Camden, N. J., by mastiffs, of which the telegraph a few days ago gave an account. As this craze has developed in a mild form in western cities, it may be timely to sound the alarm of danger raised by our eastern contemporvaries, with a view of staying the progress of the fantastic whim in this section. The western young lady who affects a pet dog is as yet very far behind her east- ern sister in solicitude for the supposed comfort of her fondling and in the pub- lic demonstration of her care and affec- tion. She may be in private a close imitator in caressing and pampering her pet pug or te er, feeding it on de! cies, and otherwise violating the laws of its nature and rendering it ulti- mately movose and vicious, but she has not yet reached that point when she is proud to connect herself with a blue ribbon and be lead about the street by a sullen-looking pug orashaggy poodle, fancying herself the envy of cvery other young woman who doesn’t possess this canine attachment. In the warm season the fashionable thoroughfares of eastern cities are thronged with silly girls, and some who have passed beyond the age of girlhood, who by turns lead and are led by dogs of va- rious species that are neither useful nor ornamental, though for the most part quite as sensible as their owners. The western girl *‘to the manner born” has not yet reached this refinement of silli- ness, There is danger in pet dogs, when treated as such dogs usually are. De- nied the freedom, the exercise and the proper food which their natures require, if they li ve long enough under such treatment they are very sure in time to become morose, ill-natured and vicious. No healthy dog can be grown in the house, with a pabulum of delicacies which would soon make any well organ- ized girl or boy a weakling. Theanimal nature must have fresh air, exercise and wholesome food in order to prop- erly develop and to exhibit its hest traits. When these requirements are denied the nature of the brute becomes in time perverted and therefore dan- gevous. Aparvt from this consideration is the ridicule and reproach which this craze brings upon the young women who allow themselves to be caught by it. Nothing could be more absurd than an intelligent-appearing and well- dressed young woman leading about or following an ill-looking pug, a red-eyed poodle, or an attenuated terrier, and the inevitable popular verdict in all such cases is that the woman is very likely a good-for-nothing in all prac- tieal ways. There oughi tobe a sharp and vigorous crusade against the pet- dog craze as one of the fantastics of modern society both dangerous and de- moralizing VERY elaborate preparations are al- ready making for the dedication of the new state house at Austin, Texas, which is ome of the most imposing public buildings in the country. The pride of the people of Texas is being involved, and the occasion will undoubtedly he a memorable one. An eflort will be made to have Mr. Cleveland present, but it is probable that gratification will have to be denied the devoted Texans, and it is equally certain that the attraction which would be afforded by the pres- ence of the president of Mexico will not be vouchsafed. They will un- doubtedly be able, however, to get together an interesting collection of governors and other state officials and to have just as good a time as it M Cleveland and Senor Diaz weve present. Inasmuch as the new state house owes much of its archi- tectural beauty to an Omaha architect we have a special reason for wishing that the dedicatory celebration may be o complete success., ——— Tne bee-keepers huve held a session at Lincoln, but if all who keep the Omahd BEE were to meet at the state capital they would outnumber the pop- ulation of Lincoln by more than ten thousand. — Frenchmen for Blizzardland. Panis, Jan. 14.—~One hundred emigrants from Belfortt started to-day for Dakota. SUNDAY.. I’()l.l'l'l.a\l} POINTS. Editor Dana is moved to declare Senator Blair a more dangerous person than Herr Most. Smart and tricky politicians and politics should be sent to the rear by our republican legislators, John M. Gloverf anrfl\lnnm from St. Louis, is seriously 1dposing himself for gov- ernor of Missouri. Fremont Cole, the new speaker of the New York assembly, is characterized as a dumimny of Senators Platt and HI‘N'!?I b Jay Hubbell's efforts to get back into cong are taken to indicate that he is not altogether satistied with his former record. Itis said that Senator Chase, of Rhode Island, will retive from public life at the end of his present term, and be succeeded by ex- Governor Wetmore. The Florida Times-Union (Dem.) says that the republicans might as well set down the south as soha for the democratic candidates m the coming campaign. These are days when the Cleveland-Lamar- Vilas Don Dickinson-free-trade-and-solid- south combination is doing some very un- comfortable sweating. The Chicago Inter-Ocean (Rep.) declares that ‘‘1llinois republicans have not for years shown such a deep interest in political move- ments so far in advance of the state conven- tion.” Senator Stanford says he looks with con- tempt on the report of the " Pacific railroad commissioners. But the report got the start of him, for it looked that way at him first. My mission is to kill the republican party says John P, St. Jonn. The tarantula evi- dently thinks its mission is to exterminate the human race, but it ouly succeeds in getting stepped on. Chairman Cooper of the Pennsylvania re- publican committee says Senator Cameron isn't a candidate for the presidency, but wants the state to send a solid Blaine delege- tion to Chicago. The Chicago Journal (Rep.) exclaims ‘wearil, Mr. Blaine ought to come back. The expense of cabling rumors as to his pres- ent opinions and plans for the future is be- coming a burden to the press, Mr. Lowell's praise of President Cleveland stirs up the classical Cincinnati Commercial- Guazettee to remark of the poet: *His for- mentation has at last effervesced, ard the drippings ave very small stale beer, “The point against Lamar is that his ree- ord shows him to be unreliable as to consti- tutional interpretation. The supreme court has drifted into some difficulties already,” says the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. Senator Sherman has made ample vindica- tion of the past fiscal policy of the republicpn part, and has outlined n details that will bear little variation its future policy. He has struck the keyhole of the coming campaign. ‘With 216 lawyers out of 325 mcmbers of the house of representatives, it is to be hoped that these gentlemen will remember that they are retained for the people, and must abjure the profitable feds of big corpora- tions. ‘There is no h(:’fix}lc Recessity or consis- tency,” says the on %Transcript (Rep.), “in the republican party nailing its colors to the high tariff, as we have several times shown from the record of platforms and con- ventions.” The Philadelphia Times, has the news that “Mr. Scott and MF. Randall differ on the question of tariff fatgrm jonly in matters of detail.” If the Times would print a wood- cut of the details, th meaning would be clearer. It is now almost séttled ‘that Tom Platt is prepared to deliver the New York delegation tohis own favorite for president. It may not bo known yet, even to Platt himself, who his favorite will be. The question may have to be settled by future devclopments. “Congressmen who have been consulting their constituents are seeing a new light,” says the Boston Transeript (rep.), “the effect of which will be felt in the coming tariff de- liberations. Thus far Senator Allison has exhibited more appreciation of the political and economic situation than any other repub- lican statesman having presidential aspira- tions. —— ‘Will Make Dudes Round-Shouldered. Philadelphic Record, During the coming year the fashionable walking-sticks will weigh five pounds. ——— A Graveyard Apparition. Richmond Dixpateh. “A headless man is roaming in an Ohio d.” He is doubtless the greenback e A Motive of Many Forms. St. Louis Republican. The forms of modern cxtortion are many; their motive is one, namely, to compel the public to purchase commoditics at prices which they would not naturally bring in a fair market. L A Couragéous Declaration. Anniston (Ala,) Hot Blast, i The Louisville Courier-Journal up and says, ““Whisky is not a necessary of life.”” This doc- trine can be heartily indorsed by Anniston, but it must be mighty hard work for the av- crage Kentuekian to accept. ool AT Would Like to be Arrested. Chicago Mail. The manager of a down town variety thea- ter hus been arrcsted for having several hun- dred more people in his house than the law allows, and the managers of legitimate thea- ters are pallid with envy. They all want to be arrested on the same charge. oot i Desirable But Scarce, Buffalo Courier. In addressing the assembly the new speaker Mr. Cole, said: **We nced” wisdom, and at the same time we require courage.” What our lawmakers nced more than anything clse is simple honesty, next to this a moderate amount of common sense would be Lighly desirable, ——— The Devil Still at Large. Pittshurg Dispatch. A man out in Illinois has ‘advertised a re- ward of £1,000 for the arrest of the devil with the stereotyped cloven foot: and horns. No one has claimed the reward. Since his satanic majesty got into the trust busincss he is able to disguise his clgven foot by fine boots and to cover his horns with a silk hat. ——— Unexpected Modesty, Chicago Herald, A Minneapolis paper ‘says that the ther- mometer sometimes remsters 20 below zero in that city. This is a very ) ‘modest claim for boastful Minneapolis. When the thermome- ter is only 20 degrees below zers the Minne- apolis man goes in his shirt sleeves and pants and sweats and thinks of striking for a colder climate, et e The Central Pacific Plunderers. New Youk Times, The Central Pacific is still in the hands of the men who used it so ou ously to en- rich themselves and to defraud the govern- ment. They are unvegenerate, uurepentent and obdurate. They have drained the iife blood of the subsidized line until it can hardly carry its fixed charges. They express no desire to pay the government debt, and brazenly claim that it ought no*. to be exacted. They will doubtless reject the funding plan, and the company which they have crippled and bound to their Southern Pacific system could not be made to carry it. The alterna- L the year. tive proposed s that it shall be made to pay all its net earnings to the government. These would not at best exceed £1,000,000 a year, while nearly $1.500,000 would be required to pay 8 per cent of its present worth of its whole debt to the government and nearly #2,000,000 to extinguish the debt in fifty years. And if the plan is adopted there is no knowing how the net earnings may be mado to shrink. But this seems to be the only practical plan presented until such t s the debt shail mature, when other proceedings may be taken under changed conditions, Charles Mackay. Yo doubts and fears that once we knew, Ye bitter words, of anger born; Yo thoughts unkind, and decds untrue, Ye foelings of mistrust and scora Agninst your memory we rebel We have outhived your foolish day No longer in our hearts you dwell— Bygones! Bygone But O, ye joyous smiles and tears, rments fond and pleasures past, Ye hopes of life's first budding years, Y loves that seemed too bright to last— Ye charitios and words of peace, Affection’s sunshine after rain~ O never let Bygones! * By i COMPLIMENTS OF THE PRESS. The Best. O'Neill Frontie: The Omana Bee issued an illustrated edition that for the kind was a little the best. A Thing of Beauty. ‘Wayne Herald: The Omana Ber's illus- trated New Year's number was the hand- somest of all the holiday editions. Praiseworthy Enterprise. Stewart Ledger: The illustrated review of Omahn, by the Ber, does credit to that great newspaper. It is praiseworthy enter- prise. Sccond to Kearney Democrat: The New Yomr's il- lustrated edition of the Omahs BEE was the finest production that hus come to this ofiee this winter. The Ber is second to none. Ahead of all Competitors. %ork Democrat: The Ber rather laid it over its competitors in the matter of illustra- tions, having the finest illustrated supple- ment that it has been our fortune to sce in many a long day. Leads the Procession. Whorden Borealis: The illustrated annual review of Omaha, issued by the Omaha 13 is about the slickest thing of the kind we have scen in along time. For genuine get- tharness the Bee leads the procession, A Great Drawing Card. Scribner News: The Omaha Bee issued the finest holiday edition on Jan v 1 that we believe has ever been issued in thestate. It was replete with facts and figures and cannot help but prove a great drawing card for the metropolis. The Handsomest. Strang Record: As usual the Omaha Bre presents the handsomest annual in the state. It is a masterly review of the growth of the metropolis of Nebraska superbly illustrated, and shows something of the wonderful re- sources and possibilitics of the state. The Value of Printers' Ink. Platte Center Argus: The Omaha BEE is~ sued an exceedingly handsome New Year's edition for Omaha and South Omaha, which will be worth millions of dollars to these cities. The rapid and continual growth ex- emplifies the value of printers’ ink. ixcels Everything. Lyons Mirror: The *‘Annual Review," extra published by the Bre excels anything of the kind we have ever seen, The fine en- gravings, on tinted paper, of the principal buildings in the city, and the view of the stock yards, ete., can not well be excelled, and the general write-up of the business of the city was excellent. Splendid New Year's Offering. Valley Enterprise: Omama DaiLy Beg is- sucd a supplement illustrating the principal new buildings erected during the past year. It also gives a statistical review of the growth of the city. Altogether it is a splen- did New Year's offering, and reflects great credit on the publishers of the BEE. Simply Superb. Beatrice Republican: The Omaha Bee 1ssued an extra in which it gives its annual review of the improvements and busincss interests of Nebraska's metropolis. Four pages are Landsomely illustrated with fine cuts of the principal buildings and birds-cye views of the industrial interests of the city. The edition is sunply superb, and we have filed it away for futura use. Lays Over Everything. Hastings Democrat: The Omaha Bee Is- sued un excellent holiday paper which lays over anything ever issued in the state. The illustrations were of buildings crected during 1587 and covered four pages, Then there were four pages of reading matter, & compil- ation of the business and improvements of The improvements for the year amounted to over $11,000,000. Unrivalled. Wayne Gazette: In another column will be found the prospectus of the Omaha Bee, a paper which stands unrivalled in the west as a newsgatherer, and as an exponent of the principles of antimouopoly. For years, un- aided, it has lubored to overthrow the rail- road rings qfgbhis state, and_to it more than to any other urce is the farming element indebted for the relief that hus already been afforded. Every farmer in Wayne county who desires to take s representative city paper should take the Bee. A *“Whooper.' Stromsburg Republican: The Omaha Bee came out with a whooper on January 1. The finest New Year's edition we will venture to say that has ever been issued west of the Missouri river. Four pages are devoted to ill tions of Omaha public and private buildings, hotels, manufactgries, ete., and four pages of statistics and other informa- tion giving an_account of Omaha's growth and business during the past year. The pro- prictors of the BEE have shown a commend- able enterprise in getting up this issuc, which will be of incalculable value to Omana. Highly Creditable to the Bee. Genoa Leader: The Omaha Bee annual review for 1538, just issued, is highly credit- able to the Bk Publishing company, and shows a wonderful growth for Omaha during the past year. Talk about the architecture of ante-deluvian,medieval or any other period of the past ages! Why, we'll bet ten pounds of leads against an oyster can full of hell type that the best block in Babylon, old Solo- wmon's temple, or the Roman amphitheater, whiore Spartacus ‘“chewed” up lions, would not attract attention if placed along side of Douglas county court house. The fact is, it is no slouch of a ¢ Commendable Enterprise. Doniphan Leader: On Janua Omaha Bes issued the annual rey thriving city in which it is published. tainly shows commendable enterprise and /12 serves a good measure of praise fov making such an effort to show the people outside of Omaha whata great city she has already be- come. Four pages of the review are devoted t illustrations, picturing to the eye the ele- gant, substantial and costly buildings, both public and private, that have been erected during the past year, and previous—aiso, the great cnterprises, such as the Omaha pack- ing houses and Union Stock yards, iron JANUARY 15, 188~TWELVE PAGES. works, brick yards, ete. The remating four pages are devoted to short descriptions of the various firms and businesses of the city, and 1o showing up the amount of business actn- ally transacted. . The review is so full of facts and figures in regurd to Nebraska's me tropolis, that it sheuld be prescrved for ref erence, - - THE COUNTY'S LEGISLATORS, An Important and Extended Meeting Held Yesterday Afterno Every county commissioner was in his seat yesterday afternoon at the regular meeting when considerable business was transacted with dispateh, and at times ina vein of humor, Chairman O'Keefte presided. The committee on poor sent iu the following: Mr. Chaivman: Your committee on poor farm to whom was referred the report and communication of John J. Mahoney would spectfully report that the said” report b placed on file, and your committee furthor report that they,be instructed by this board to purchase a suitable velicle for the burial of the dead, and be authovized to take such action in regard to furnishing a team for drawing the same us to them seems b The same committee also recommended the chasing of an_apparatus for the admin istering electric The county tre eted to pay over to L. Miles £15.84 for an excessive levy of tax u the property of James G. Carpenter also ! add #4,020 to nwwr-unul property of William Gentleman and §225 to that of C, Rich: also to accept taxes on $1,162 worth of property owned by D. Deys, of Saratogu pre- einct instend of 82,762, as ussessed. David O'Connell w; ed constable for the Second ward; E. Wells was declared the legally elected justice of the peace in South Omaha; the resignation of D Houck as constable of the Fourth w: accepted ; the county treasurer was instruct to change the. tax lot 9, town north, range 13, from £6,000 to §4,000. ng claims were allow oc, road work, $a6: J Johuson, drugs, groceries, $1; \1. S1.1 Ailroad, transpor: shman, dry goods 46.20; Houry Dolile, s| Charles Rinz, grocerie: €2 Hoffm B & Co. Jankouski. Forest graves for & for the poor; for 85, all for grocer Lawn cemet f 1. K. Wells, justice of Daniel P. O'Connell, con- «t and approved. Simith was appointed depnty ¢ mendation of County The appended communic county superintendent committee on poor tarim : Honorable Board of County Commissioners —Gentlemen: Owing to the eno s in- crease in the work of looking nfter the city poor and poor farm, Lwould most respect- fully request that my salary as superintend ent be increased from £75 per month to $00, and that of my wife as matron from £25 to $35. Hoping that this will meet with your favor able consideration, T am, yours respectfully, Jomx E. MAnoxeY. Superintendent. County Physician Keogh sent in the fol lowing request, which was referred to the committee on charity Omaita, Neb., Jun. 14.—To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners—De Owing to the great number of prisone depending on this county for medical aid and their rapid increase, I am_kept very busy at- tending to them, so much so' that I find but little time to give to my private practice. I lly ask your honorable body to in- crease salary to 100 per month. Hoping you will act favorable in this mat- ter, ! remitin, yours, P, 8. Kroair, M. D. Christ Nissen was appointed a_justice of the peace for the Seventh ward in' place of Charles L. Thomas, not qualifying. A number of communications were rerfered to the respective committees. County Attorney Simeral, whose advice had been sought as to the right’ of the county to put. city prisoners confined in the county jail to work, reported as follows: hat the county authori- the right to compel the risoucrs to work., The only mode by which this could be accomplished would be for the eity council to pass an ordinance pro- viding for work houses or by making pro- vision for their working upon the streets of the city. The following Tesolutions weroe adopted : Resolved, That William Coburn, sheriff of Douglas county, be requested to furnish this board at as carly a date as possible a list_of all persons committed to the jail since the he- ginning of the first official term of said Co- burn as sheriff to January 1, 1888, such re- port to show the name of prisoners, the court from which committed, the date of commit- ment, the time for which sentenced, the date of discharge, and the offenso of which cou- victed. Resolved, T'hat it is the sense of this board that the 'names of all persons pre- sented for jurors at the next term of court be approved by all members of this board, and the objoction of one member against any name presented shall cause such person to be dropped from the list. Resolved, That the county treasurer ba and he s hereby authorized to cancel taxes of the Union Pacific railway company erron- cously assessed for 1857 in Waterloo amount- ing to §200.56, and to add to the tax list of 1857 the sum of £204.49 against said_company for taxes omitted from assessment in Millard. The following by Commissioner Corrigan was referred to the committee on finance: Resolved, That that pmtof section 5 bo- longing to 'Edward Cassidy be assessed by the board, as the county clerk did not place it upon the assessment book and the assessor failed to discover the mistake. Also be it Rosolved, That that part of section 5, lots 13and 14, belonging to Phillip Cassidy be assessed in a like manner, —_————— A WONDERFUL BEARD. Grown by a Mississippi Farmer Within ven Years, Says a lotter to thu Globe-Democrat, from Corinth, Miss.: There lives at this place a charac! Lmntlo man, per- sonally and historically. Philip Hen- sen is o person of impgsing presence and appearance. He isa farmer of small means, but more progr ¢ and wide awake than is usual with his class. He is about sixty years of age, six feet two inches tall,” as straight asan Indian, and, standing erect, his beard reaches the ground. It is the growth of eleven years, and is still growing. It is un- questionably the longest beard ever seen in any age of the world, His war history is as romantic as his person is unusial, A southorner by hirth he espoused the union cause, and early in the war was sworn into the secret service by General Rosecrans, but afterward was transferred to Gen- eral Dodge. under whom he served until the end of the war, visiting the ari of Bragg, Johnston and F¢ t, as ordered by Geuneral Dodge. On one oceasion while res turning from General Sherman’s army at Meridian, he was captured by Forrest’s cavalry, und was held as u spy for six months in the most rigorous con- finement. During his confinement his home and all his goods were burned by the confederates, and his wife and child detained in the guard-house for six weeks. After spending all his mon in an effort to defend himself, he wils was started under o heavy guard for Libby prison at Richmond. On the way* he managed to effect his escape, and reach the federal lines. General Logan, however, doubted his statement, and order i but sent him to Gene Dodge’s hendquarters for identitication. Mr., Hensen tion from the referred to the has had seductive offers from the show people for the exhibition of his wonderful beard, but i all the temptations s He fully intends to vi Army encampment at St. Louis, A e hopes to me als Dodgo sl Trousdale, und other iom he sery The friends of the elder Missc daughters of D. L. Barriger, wil 10 learn that they have ucarly reco their recent iliness, Harriger, pleascd ed from 0N T0_ YANKTON FROM OMAHA The Two Points to Be United By Steel Rails, THE COMPANY INCORPORATED. Men of Push and Energy All Along the Line Will Put In Their Money and Use Their Influence, Another Move Made. Yeosterday afternoon thore was filed with the county clork articles of incorporation of the Omaba, Yankton & Northwestern rafl- way comy The articles state that the principal place of business of this corporation Wwill be Omaha, and the general nature of the business to be transacted is to locate, con- struct, equip, maintain and operate a railway with single und double tracks, and all usual, necessary and proper branches and appur- tenances, from the city of Omaha, in Douglas county, Nebraska, in 8 northwesterly direction through the counties of Douglas, Washington, Dodge, Cuming, Stanton, Madison, Picrce, Wayne, Knox, Cedar to a precinct near the dividing line of said Knox and Cedar,to a point near the dividing line of said Knox and Cedar counties and on the south bank of the Missouri river, thence northerly to some point in Dakota as may heveafter be determined. The capital stook of said company shall be £3,000,000, divided into shares of §100 each, and may be increased at such times in manner prescribed by law us the said corporation may determine, The corporators are: A, A. Egbert, Na- than Shelton, C. T Taylor, J. C. Crawford, Morris Morrison, D. C. Patterson, William Gibson, Andrew Rosewater and James H, Bullard, One of the meorporators of the new road was seen at his place of business by a Ber re. porter last night, and in an interview gave the following facts concerning the history of the movement that resulted in yestorduy's action: “The road has been contemplated for the last six mouths. The project, up to two or three months ago, was rather embryonic, The first meeting, to formalize matters, was conducted at the ofice of Morris Morrison, There were some five or six gentlemen pro ent. One of these was delegated to corre- spond with the people living along the line of (!\4 contemplated railroad and learn what oy would do - towards assisting the enter \\ hat towns w They were aud very Wils & unanimous re they " Wes Point, others. The responses encouraging, There went of the people to vote bonds, subseribe for stock and do all in their power to help the r l"l along.” road be " STt will almost an air line, and will ba about 170 miles between Omaha and Yank- ton. It will traverse the garden of Nebraska, s through um erandest grain product Wayne, Vhen will work l mmmcm’edl" “We will send engineers and sury justas soon as the weather permits, and work will bé commenced as the road is finally ocated and bonds are voted.” ““What propositions, if any, have been mada vospective towns aud counties, and expeeted of Douglas county 1 ounty is asked to deliver us the bonds that are voted until the road is completed to eertain points on the line. We anticipate Douglas county will voto us bonds, which wi sked to be delivered to us until the road is completed to Yankton,” ‘How much stock has there been subs Kl ed thus far?” “I don't know the exact amount, but 1t {g quite large and flattering. Everyone asked 1o subseribe has done so, and that very lib. erally. It is the objectof the company to keep the majority of the stock in Omaha with the view of making the road a home affair and the interests of the stockholders and job- bers mutual. This road is not a Northwest- ern railroad sel !\vmu It is to protect Omaha and her interes “Have y incorporators conferred with any delegations from countics along the pro- posed line!” “Last Thursday, when the articles of in- corporation were formally drawn up, a delo- gation from West DPoint” appointed by tha mayor to represent West Point and Cuming county conferred with us with a view of ascertaining what was expected of them. Wa offered to build into West Point, they to vote county bonds to the amount of $100,000, 20,00 to be applied to the mnorth south division of the Omaha kton, and £40,000 to be applied on_the running west through to Madison county, and the citizens of West Point to subscribe £10,000 in stock. The committes were completely satisfied with the proposi- tion and they agreed to take it home and submit it to their people. Judge J. C. Craw- ford, of West Point, at this meeting becama one of the incorporators.’” “Who are the backers of this enterprise?” “Weare not in a position to state who they are, but you can say that they are gen- tlemen who have the interests and welfaro of Omaha at heart as will be showu as time progresses.” The gentloman did not wish to speak any further on the subject. At a meeting of tho incorporators yesterday afternoon Audrew Rosewater was elected chief engineer. i MUST AWAIT THE GRAND JURY. Joe Miller to Remain 'iunpunllc(l Pend- ing Investigation, Yesterday morning Lee Frost, a well known and much respected citizen, was con- fined in the county jail, there to remain until such time as Sheriff Coburn sees fit to let him out. This 18 Mr. Frost's first offense, and the sheriff proposes to deal leinently and liberal with him. During his confinement he will assist Acting Jailer Grebe in conducting the institution, and will be permitted to coms and go when he is not actually on duty. Frost is considered a reliable and vigilent man, and will no doubt prove proficient in his new position of assistant jailer. Sheriff Coburn, who had been snowbound in Lincoln for several days, put in an ap- pearance at his office yesterday, and worked like a beaver throughout the day at his desk to catch up with accumulated work. He was seen by a Bre ssterday fternoon, and in’ resp cmark that Mr! Hitehe had refused to prefer charges against Joe Mitler, the suspended failer, as invited by the county commissioncrs, Mr. Coburn replied : *Yes, I see he has.” "hen, of course,” said the reporter, “tha matter will huve to gobefore the grand jury." “Phat’s about the extent of it,” was the reply. !‘A\nll Joe Miler will remain suspended until then " “I guess that's the way it will have to stand,” responded the sheriff, as Le resumed his work. , the moneyed mon e ey DIED. Josephine, daughter of Mr, C. McGuckin, aged g yours. al from family residence, Lleventh Sunday, Junuary 15, at 2:30 1 at Holy Sepulch ic, infant daughter of Clar- Sperry, January 13, aged 4 und 20 days. at 1:30 p.m. to-day from residence, 212 South Twenty-elghth street. Friends ing vited, TopeRa, Kan., pupers please copy. and Dou o'cl Imk A Jou Mr. Vau Duzen, the gentlcuan who for some time past hus harvested local news In South Omaha for the Herald, resfgned last night to accept tho management of the South Omala Times, Mr, Van Duien s & prae- wan, and tho Times will doubtiess pros 5 direc Officer Raworth's Case Courinued. ¢ of OMcer George Raworth, who ed with larcony, wus continued aaby the 17th at 2 p. m.