Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1888, Page 4

4 S e e e e o THE OMAHA DAILY BEX: THURS DAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1883, THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION. Dfllydlnrmnx Fdition) including Sunday, One Year $10 00 Forfix Montha, 304 or s Months 250 e Onaha Sndny i5KE, malied o uny ad- dress, Oue Year 200 OMAAL 08,914 ANDUI6 FARNAM STREET, RInUNE B No. bl Foui riCE, N NRW YOIK OFFICE, ING. \VA’UII'!IHD'( OFr TEENTH STREET. _____ CORRESPONDENCER. to news and gxlreleu.l to the lll,fil\ ESS LETTERS, Al bustness lett tances should ba addressed OMA be ma A, ehockn And postoMice ord payable to the order of the compai Tie Bee Publishing Company, Prnnmlmi E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. THE DAILY B Sworn Statem of Circulation. Etate of Nebraska, | County of Douglis Geo, B, Tzschuc Ushiug company, d¢ nctiial eircu ation of the Daily 1888, was a8 foll 5. | weretary of The Bee Pub- 4 solemuly swear that oo for the H Saturday, | Sunday, Mon; Wodns Thursday, Friday, Jun Average. .. Sworn to and subscri] 15t day of February, A. Ly Notary Public, fs. eo. I8, Tzschuck, being first duly A\wlnlrn. Ae- Etate of Nebraska, County of Douglass, josex and says that he {8 secretary of Publishing company, that the actu daily circi u\MlnnuO’( Daily fiee for the month or GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn and sbserihed toin my presence tits 2d day of January, A. 1. 18, Notary l-uiym ONE of our u)nh-m[mrl\rlu( has a ten thousand dollar libel suit on hand. It can now afford to contribute to the BEE'S Nebraska heroine fund. Mr. WEIR, of threatens to per cent on May 1. There are tricks in all trades. Mr. Weir's threat is only a gentle hint to lay in your supply of insurance now. the raise insurance rates underwriter 25 TnE warm weather scems to be loos- ening up Omaha real estate. The trans- fers are becoming more numerous, the prices have an upward tendency and there are daily inquiries all along the line for good investments. The outlook is very encouraging. FrEMONT, Grand Island, Hastings and other cities of Nebraska stand a good chance for public building appropria- tions. Congress is in the proper mood for granting the money, and Nebraska congressmen have taken off their coats to hustle for it 1n dead earnest. THE proposed exodus of colored men to South America, which is being engi- neered by Colonel A. A. Jones, of In- dianapolis, might receive encourage- ment, if effort were made, in the Third ward of Omaha, in view of the fact that there will be no elections this spring. ARE the leading republicans in con- gress in favor of a tariff simply for pro- tection, and no more protection than is absolutely necessary ‘‘to protect?” Or will they insist on a continuation of the legalized robbery now practiced against the farmers and other non-protected classes? HERE is the whole thing in a nut- shell. The fire department calls for nearly $100,000 to afford proper fire pro- tection to the city. To July 1, 1888, the appropriation granted amounts to about #72,000. There will be a deficit, and there are no logal proyisions to make up theoverlap. “TrHE most unkindest cut of all” is the Republican’s location of J. Sterling * Morton at Plattsmouth. Surely thesup- position was that the fame of the Ne- braska City statesman had spread at least over Minnesota, Illinois and Colo- rado—the area of density which focuses in the Republican office. INSURANCE companies have been heavy losers for the past six months in eastern cities. Omaha, fortunately, has escaped costly conflagrations. As in- surance is a business of equalization of losses, it looks as though to raise vates in Omaha is to indemnify the companies for losses back east. OMAHA has the reputation of being the best paved cityin the United States, but its streets are to-day in a worse condition thau those of any town in the country. The mud and slush should be removed at onee, particularly from the crosswalks. The city authorities should devise some means of having this work done. JUDGING from reports and expressions of the Portland Oregonian the ther- mal breath of the current from Japan which has been in the habit of temper- ing the winter climate of the Pacific coast must have been hypnotized by an Alaska wave, as it reports that the aurora borealis is the only comfort Pu- cific slopers are now enjoying in licu of the customary strawberries and sweet violets. ———— THE BrE is glad tosee Beatrice stand- ing up for her rights in the matter of railroad diserimination. A strong peti- tion was filed with the inter-state com- mission by her board of trade asking for investigation of the rates charged by all the railroads centoring there. If every city and town in Nebraska would follow the example set by Beatrice, dis- crimination by railroads would soon be a thing of the past. —— IN view of the trial of a lot of demo- cratic leaders of the Hon. Allen O. Myers and Hon. Simeon Coy class i Ohio and Indiana for frauds on the bal- lot box, and of the more recent out- rages 1 the city election at Jackson, Miss., by the president’s confidential federal officeholders in that eity, it would seem that the democratic star- eyed goddess of reform has become rather highly colored—a sort of a scar- let woman, as it were, S G Cattle Losses in the West. The severity of the winter in the west has resulted in an immense amount of damage 1o range cattle throughout Mon- tana and Wyoming. The reports from Nebraska with regard to damage to stock are more meagre than usual, but this is chicfly due to the rapid disap- pearance of range cattle from the state, ed by the sottlement on the fron- tier and the occupation of the ranges by ordinary farmers, The reports from Wyoming, and tho adjacent territories indicate that the losses of stock as the result of the prevailing severe weather will far exceed those of any preceding season. Last year alone the loss to Mon- tana cattle men from storms was placed at four million dollars. This year, if the stories told of the widespread star- vation of range cattle are to be believed, it will greatly exceed the figures last quoted. The history of le past five years in the raising of caffle on the northwest- ern ranges has fairly demonstrated the difficulty of acclimating southern cattle and the high-bred and delicate animals with which our stock- growers have been endeavoring to raise the meat-producing quality of their herds. The disastrous losses which have been caused by the inclemency of the seasons have already driven into bankruptey a number of firms and com- panies who believed that previous ex- ceptional seasons in which snows were light and the thermometer high could be taken as a sample of what they could expect for the future. Operating on this assumption, they brought to the conduct of the cattle business on the plains the methods of the professional stock-waterer and Wall street thimble- rigger, and floated the stock of water- logged companies on the eastern and gn markets. The inevitable reac- tion, when personal investigation failed to verify the book accounts, hae set in, and the various suits in United States courts in bankruptey proceedings and on petitions for the dissolution of part- nership simply show a natural result of such reckless business methods. The certain result of the great losses on the ranges will be the creation of a large number of small stock growers in place of the few heavy ranchmen, who have numbered their herds by the thousands. Thiseffect hasalready been noticed throughout Nebraska during the past five years, where our farmers have been rapidly bestowing more at- tention upon the care of sinall bunches of cattle, and finding to their great profit that corn on the hoof brings in larger financial returns than on the cob. There are scores of farmers scattered throughout Nebraska to-day who are feeding from fifty to one hundred head of cattle from the products of their own fields, where five years ago there were scarcely ten. Even the great cattle companies, learning something by ex- perience, have found it profitable to build feeding establishments where the cattle can be protected from the weather and fattened for ghe market, and those who have made this wise provision against emergencies have found it very advantageous in offsetting to some ex- tent their heavy losses on the ranches, The day is not far distant when the cattle ranges of Nebraska, with their thousands of cattle left to secure shelter and sustenance as best they can, will give way to prosperous small stock- growers with means for feeding and housing their herds. This will be found in the end to be the only success- ful method of stock-growing in a state where the winters are severe, the snow fall heavy and the ranges in conse- quence unfit for the raising of such herds as thrive and fatten in a warmer section of the country. The Omaha & Yankton Road. The county commissioners have under consideration a proposition to submit to the people the question of voting $300,- 000 in bonds to the proposed Omaha & Yankton railroad. The petition asking that the people be given the privilege of voting upon this proposition is signed . prominent man in Omaha. While it is proper for the commissioners xercise due caution in the matter, ought not to delay final action too long. They seem to be divided in opin- ion as to the amount of bonds to be voted. Some are in favor of $300,000, while others think that $200,000 is sufficient. It strikes us that this is a matter that they should leave to the peoble todecide at the ballot box. The projectors of the road ask for $300,000. They will not be sutisfied with $200,000. If the people do not want to give 3300,000 they can de- feat the proposition. 1f the promoters of this railroad enter- prise are in earnest, and we be- lieve they are, and if it is pro- vided that not a dollar of bonds shall be paid to them until they have completed and put in running order 150 miles of track, the pmlnk of Douglas county can afford to give tln-m a generous bonus. The \ through this county will cost a larg sum. It is nolonger an easy matter to obtain rightof way in such a county as this. The money paid out for this pur- pose comes back to the prope owners. The worst grades on the nm- posed line are in Douglas county, and consequently a great deal of money will have to be expended here for labor, which will be of great benefit. If the line runs to the northwest, as it prob- ably will, there will be about twenty miles of road in this county, which, if assessed at $8,000 or 810,000 per mile, the same as other roads, would make this road return to us sufficient money to pay the interest on the bonds voted. The bonds will not be due for twenty or thirty years —not until the next generation, It is understood that a guarantee is to be given that Omaha is to be the south- ern terminus and that the headquarters and shops are to be located here. This will prove another great benefit to Omaha. But above all is the fact that the road will run through a rich section of country and make it tributary to Omaha. We are at present almost com- pletely shut out from that region, the people of which are anxious to veap the benefits of Omaha's markets, especially the live stock market. Eventually this road will also prove an important factor in building up a grain market in this city, It will give us an entry iuto N southern Dakota, a section rich in cat- tle and grain and other resources. We are nearer to southern Dakota than St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the peo- ple of that part of the territory are de- sirous to be commercially united to Omaha, The only way they can bring about this result through the build- ding of the Omaha & Yankton railroad, which they propose to generously assist. The sum of $300,000, which is asked from Douglas county, is not one-tenth as much a burden as $350,000 was when that amount was voted to the Omaha & Northwestern and the Omaha & South- western, This county then had a pop- ulation of only about 16,000, while now it contains about 180,000. Of all rail- road propositions, this one scems to be the best one ever offered to the peo- ple of this county, and appears to have the proper safeguards thrown around 1t so that the people will get value re- ceived. The objective point of the road is Yankton, with branches into southern Dakota and northwestern Nebraska. This road will in all probability hold the key to the situation so far as Omaha is concerned, and compel fairer treatment on the part of other roads. There is no doubt that the Omaha & Yankton will be of incaleulable benefit to this city. The Proposed New Territory. The bill before congress providing for the creation of the new territory of Oklahoma, to be formed from a portion of the Indian territory, is mecting with vigorous opposition from the civilized tribes of the territory. Representatives of these tribes were heard on lust Mon- day by the house committee on terri- tories, each.tribe having a special ob- jection to the bill, The most important ground of opposition of course is that the creation of the proposed new terri- tory would be a violation of treaty rights, hitherto fully recognized by the government, besides which the Indians, or those who speak for them, express greut apprehension of evil results to their material and social welfare from an unrestrained inflex of white settlers to the regions that would be embraced in the new territory. There 18 a disposition on the part of the committee to give the Indians the fullest opportunity to present their ob- jections, which will undoubtedly re- ceive the consideration they merit, but it is not probable that they will be re- garded as sufficient to prevent the final passage of a measure creating the new territory. That action must come sooner or later in rosponse to a demand for the settlement of the large and rich area in the Indian terrvitory, now practically unoccupied and un- producti\'e, which congress can- not ignore. The pressure of popu- lation in that direction must in time be- come irresistible, forcing the Indians out of the way regardless of th rights. It will be much better for them in the end to accept toa fair arrange- ment now that promises them immedi- ate benefits and will enable them to form a peaceful and mutually advant- ageous association with the whites. Both the secretary of the interior and the commissioner of Indian affairs, in their last annual reports, call the at- tention of congress to the necessity for some additional legislation regulating the occupation of Indian lands by indi- viduals and associations of whites, a large part. or all of which is without warrant of law. The secretary of the interior said that “‘the occupation of these lands by white men with their cattle under so- called leases for grazing purposes, if of any present benefit to the Indians, is not conducive to their future well-being nor in any way promotive of the general policy of localization of the individuals of the tribes upon separate allotments of lands.” These are the people who are believed to be most largely con- cerned in inciting the Indiaus to oppo- sition, and who impudently prate of treaty rights while obtaining privileges that have no warrant of law. It is the agents of these men and of the land grabbers and speculators, the schemers for coal land leaso and timber cutting privileg whono doubt are prompting the In- dians to hostility against the territorial bill and supplying well-paid attorneys to formulate objections. These men will not be able to conceal from con- gress the interest they have in this matter, and when that is made appar- ent it will not be allowed to stand agninst tho obvious public interest to be subserved by opening a large and fer- tile area to settlement, with immediate and permanent benefits certain to re- sult to the Indians greater than theys can possibly realize from continuing the present conditions. The bill to create the territory of Oklahoma proposes no injustice to the Indians, involves no violation of their treaty rights, and is clearly in the line of sound public policy HoN., WILLIAM O'BRIEN, the [rish patriot, who hus been made the special | target of Balfour’s spite, is hardly out” of jail when he is again in danger of spending another fortnight or two at Tullamore. It is so self-evident that free speech in Ireland cannot be put down that it is only the obtuseness of the tory ministers which keewvs up co- ercive measures. It was the policy of Foster, when he was secretary of Ire- land, to send a great many Irish orators and editors to jail and to treat them with the leniency due to their station. This policy failed to stop their tongues in the cause of Ireland. Balfour picked out one or two prominent leaders and tried to scare the National league by treating these men with extreme harsh- ness. Buteyen a convict’s stripes and bread and water diet has not had the de- sired effect to crush the league. What Balfour will now do, since O'Brien and others have again taken the platform in proclaiming English oppression, re- mains to be seen. Perhups he has pre- pared a chamber of tortures, ora cell filled with snakes and scorpions for the next unfortunate liberal who falls into his drag-net. THE increased police service which Omaha will have from now on ought to insure a diminution of all forms of out- lawry and an efficient protection to the life and property of our citizens which will speedily place Omaha among the best policed cities in the country. Tun view of past conditions, the tendency of which was to invite the ecriminal classes to this city, the record of Omaha in regard to erime might have been much wor Itis to be hoped we shall never again have to encounter similar conditions. There will be noth- ing unreasonable expected from our en- larged police forde, but the public will look for prompt and effective results in ridding the community of the lawless classes and keeping them out. ,There is every reason to believe that in this it will not be disappointed. The efficiency of a police force is in its discipline rather than its numerical strength, and there is every assurance that Omaha’s police will be thoroughly disciplined und every man held toa rigid accountability for any deviation from the faithful performance of his duty. THE evident gratification of Senator Manderson with the prompt passage by the senate of his bill to give Omaha a suitable postoffice building is fully shared by the people of this city. The need of such a building as the bill con- templates is unquestionable, but none the less Mr. Manderson is deserving of cordial commendation for the zeal he has shown in pushing the measure to its present stage. I'he duty of getting it through the house will now devolve largely upon Congressman MeShane, who is a member of the committee which will hnv‘»h.ugn of the bill in the house. Undoubtedly he will spar no effort to get the measu through the house with as little delay as possible, and there is reason- able probability that Omaha will soon be enabled to congratulate itself with- out reservation upon the complete as- surance that it will have such postoflice facilities and accommodations as its present and rapidly increasing requir ments demand. PERMIT if at all, to peddle should be issued, ith'most careful discrimina- tion. Only persons whose condition fully justifies such consideration should receive it, and their character should be so well vouched for by revutable citizens as to warrant entire confidence that they will not practice any imposi- tion. The allegation is made that the mayor has not been sufficiently careful in this matter, or at all events that deception has been practiced upon him by which upworthy persons have received permits to peddle and abused the favor. We have no doubt that the simple suggestion to the mayor that greater care is required in extending peddling privileges will produce the de- sired result. THE building contractors and the var- ious mechanics should not delay e ing into some agreement regarding prices and hours of labor for the coming seasan. The contractors will soon be called upon to make bids upon various buildings, but they canuot do it unless they have some certain and fixed basis upon which to figure. It is tothe inter- est of contractors, mechanics, and the city generally that an agreement should be made, and that too, at an early day. Unless this is done Omaha will “fall far behind last year’s building record. Such a result must and can be prevented by prompt action. It will doubtless be of interest in Omaha, where the fuel problem is in course of solution by the use of coal screonings, to learn that a device has been perfected and tested in the Ches- ter (Pa.) rolling mills, whereby pulver- ized coul is sprayed upon a fire in such manner as to insure perfect combus- tion, obviating ull the waste hitherto experienced in smoke and ashes. The saving in fuel cost by the device is said to be 50 per cent. Mayhap the future of manufactures in Omaha is brighter than is generally belieyed. PROMI NT PERSONS. Miss Braddon i of her novels. Congressman Barnes of Georgia, is known n Washington as the man with the patent adjustible abdomen. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain is said to be the most popular society man in Washington since President Arthur, General Lew Wallace has received $7,000 as royalties on “‘Ben Hur,” the sale of whiclt 1y 200,000 copies. € Ismail Pasha, the ex-khedive, tells the sul- tan that he has no ambitious plans, and only wants to live a quiet, private life. Mr. Alvan G. Clark is still on Mount Ham- ilton, his work on the Lick telescope being greatly delayed by the intensely cold woather. 1t is stated that Timothy Sullivan has writ- ten in prison a voiume entitled “A Poet's Pays in Tullamore” whigh he has dedicated to Balfour. Mrs. Mary Barrett, who died last week at Cincinnati, was one of the very few Ameri- cans present at the coronation of Queen Vic- toriain 1887, Mr. R. B. Browning, son of the poet, will 800n visit Boston and the various Hrowning clubs are pretty nearly tickled to death over the prospect. aw Richard Storrs Willls has been elected a commissioner of thes, Detroit public library. He is a brother of the late N. P. Willis and “Fanny Fern,” Congressman Burneg, of Missouri, is a man of immense physical ize and a decp bass voice and is known In he reporter's gallery as *'Sitting Bull.” & Mrs. Clara 3. Bloofifield Moore keep up her faith in Mr. Koa:find his motor. She ain to clear £4,500 on each says his wicked pal have hindered bim from perfecting his t invention. Sir Morell Mackduzie, the distinguished physician who is treating the throat of the crown prince of Gesnliny, has received an offer of $30,000 to come to America to see & patient in Michigan. A Ground-Hog Oase. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Ground-hog day is approachjng. On that pay we propose to nominate Grover Cleve- land as the domocratic candidate for presi- dent. It is a ground-hog case with the dem- ocrats. ———— Congressional Tlliteracy. Charleston News and Courier, Tf all the bad grammar, worse rhetoric, and villainous orthography that appoar in the manuscript of many of the speakers could be embalmed in the Congressional Record the great American people would have to hang their head with shame. Instead of giv- ing every member of the house & clerk or A NI secretary it would be better to appoint a revision of with standing committee on the speeches before they are delivered, power to usc the waste basket, . ——— Will Loos Chicago Herald. Mr. Gould writes to son George that he was not impressed by the pyramids. Any thing that Mr. Gould can't get away with is profoundly impry y for overybody clse, and to all future visitors the great pyra wids will loom up with a more imposing grandeur than ever befo St. Paul Pioneer Press, Among the rules of the Boston cooking school is one that says, “Always be carcful not to slam the oven door.” A breach of eti quette like this would so shock the feelings of awell-bred New England gobbler that he would refuse to brows The Star-Eyed Goddess is Lonesome. Chicago Herald, An eastorn paper inquires as to the where- abouts of the famous Mr. Higgins, And where is Higgins anyway! Everybody wants to know, above all the star-eyed goddess of reform, who is getting very lonesome without him, e Hating to Die. 1 love thee, love thee, life! I fain would divell with thee thy much-loved guest. Oh fold me nearer to thy pulfing breast; That I may feel thy heart-beats throb in mine, So holding it in unison with thine. I love thee, love thee, life! oh, hold me strong embrace, Uplift me, bear me onward in thy race, Impart to me thy soul's exulting power ‘0 be mine heritage, mine carthly dower. T love thee, love thee, life! I fain would wear thy brightness in Oh, gi to me thine animating g Iuspire me, thrill me, love me in return, It is thy noblest gifts for which I yearn v face, e, v I love thee, love thee, hfe! Bear not so swiftly toward my journey's end; Ior oh, I dread to part with thee, my friend! Surround me with thy warm, entrancing breath, And leave me nl;\ too soon alone with STATE Al Nebraska Jottings., ncmm'r.lw have planted an organ at Brewster, the heart of Blaine county. It is a democrat in name and profession, with W. C. Ellis as editor and pro- prietor. Brakeman Fent, injured at Pacific Junction last week, died last Monday from the shock produced by amputation of his limbs. The remains were sent to Grand Island for burial. Henry Meilenz, while operatingTan vlevator in Cedar Bluff, had his pants caught in the nuwhmulw was carried aloft, and was plucked from his peril before the elevator started on the r turn, Masculine developement is at a low ebb in Fremont when it is necessary import a plaster model of a man to the high school scholars the anatomical wonders that flourish outside the tiest. Where is Smails and the ing form of Lou M? The workmen on the railroad bridge at Nebraska City expect to have the first span in place by Saturday night. om the present outlook the bridge 1 bo completed much sooner than an- ticipated. The piling for the east ap- H-onch are being driven as fast as possi- le. The time for plain talk has arrived in Lincoln. The Democrat says: Dave Rowe has a good job as manager of the Kansas City association. We are glad Dave has a good job, but we are glad to see him on the pay roll of some other town. Now, that base ball is buried, let us proceed with the boom. Mr. Wilson McClure, living twelve miles west of Broken Bow, while en- deavoring to tighten a wire on a hay rack, the wire broke, one piece pene- trating the eye-ball destroying the sight. The severe inflammation follo ing the injury made it necessary to re- move the eye n order to save the other. The refuse of Sioux Citv bask and brawl in the liberal and liquid air on the Nebraska side of the river ever, Sunday. Three hilarious females dis- ported on the streets of South Sioux City last Sunday in base ball attire, and rished the residents with a capacity Teuton that drained the town. ash- A. M. Bligh, farmer living about four and one-half miles northeast of Culbertson, committed suicide last ri- day with a shotgun. Mr. been demented for some time past. He placed the muzzle of a shotgun near his )u id and literally biew his brains out. He leaves a wife and three children. The silly story that fifteen persons pevished i the ard in Custer county, is going the rounds of the pr and is given a place in pape home, when means of contradiction are ample. Among the hundreds of bli zard yarns afloat that ahout Custer county is without a single thread to conneet it with the realms of truth., The only refusal met by the commit- tee soliciting aid in Grand Island f the teachers who struggled in th Bligh has near zavd, came from Rev. Brown, th. vivalist, who is shouting for ¢ benevolence, and christian prineiples for puy. Thoe Independent believes that Brown is one of the large class afllicted with chronic diagrheea of christian words and a horrible constipation of christian acts.” lowa Items. Clear Lake is out of debt and has $100 in its treasury. Armour has taken out alicense to butter Davenporters with oleo. Railrond Commissioner Coflin is still fighting for the abolition of Sunday trains. The f«u'flwnmlng report of the state railway commission will place the value of first cla ds at $60,000 a mile. A little_child of George Knapp, liv- g near Waterloo, died Satur from dnnl\'iug wuahing fluid containing con- cent lye. R lrmul Commissioner Coffin says that fifty-four brakemen were killed and twelve maimed for life in the state dur- ing December. t Ottumwa claims to have the largest artesian well in the United States. It harges nearly 2,000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours. At a depth of 775 feet the drill in the artesian well at ‘uu'xp er struck granite, and the enterprise has been abandoned after expending $2,000, Moody and Sankey a tussel with the sinnc lu»\uum-y 19 and 20. Qisplay uncommon wisdom und fe: ne in tackling the gr of wickedness in the northwest. A man by the name of Stew s of Sioux Cit, The famous pai liv- art, ing alone in a shanty near Des Moines, has been sick with pneumonia for some time, and had no attention whatever. A fow days ago a nfin dropped in just in die. He was well time to see hir known and had seen better days. Wyol Bishop Talbot has decided to make Laramie his “seo city.” Fourteen thousand tons of ice have been stored aw mer coek-tails, The legislature threatens to passenger fares to 8 cents o mile. Northwestern graders arve operating at St. Mary's a point forty miles distant from Lander, The Congregational church of Lusk was dedicated last Sunday. It isa con- venient structure 28545 and will seat 300 }wr.‘uw. e total cost including the oundation was #1,889.80, A party of Cheyenne & Novthern sur- veyors are now camped within fourth of a mile of Bob Walker's up on the Horseshoe, and are poin in the direction of Dougl The receivers of the defupet Maverick bank of Douglas have filed & schedule of its affuirs with the probate judge of Albany county. The sworn statement yh\uw the liabilities at $26,305.04; asscts, H23,726.04, a shortage of only $2,670, “0ld Ned,” a Cheyenne dog owned by G, W, .Iunns. was brought to Omaha eighteen months ago. The metropolis was too rich for his blood and he walked back to the sedate capital of the terri- tory, arriving there lust woek. here has been discovered near the line of the Cheyenne & Burlington, thirty miles below Cheyenne, on Crow creck, a bed of several feetin thickness. Another discovery of conl was recently made onthe line of the Colorado Central about twenty-five miles from Cheyenne, This bed of coal is now five feet thick, and has greatly improved since it first opened. — Frontior Herois ¢ in Cheyonne for sum- reducc St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The record of loss and distress in the recent great storms in the northwest serves to indicato most impressively the measure of danger and trial that must be endured by the settlers on the front- ier. Those of us who live in comfort- \omes, surrounded by all the con- veniences and advantages of civiliza- tion, do not find it casy to comprehend the vastly different conditions which il in the new states and territories e life is a battle not only with poverty and all sorts of privation, but also with the sinister and remorseless fury of the elementsas displayed in such visitations of cold and wind and snow as are without parallel in any part of the country. It is ostimated that at least two hundred people have perished from these causes during the last thirty days; und it is impossible to conjecture the much larger number that must have sustained injuries of one kind and an- other. We are in the habit of talking pathetically about the hardships of the brave and devoted first settlers upon the rock-bound and inhospitable coast of New England; but we are slow to real- ize that the descendants of these hardy and adventurous spirits are to-day un- dergoing the sdme severe descipline, with the same courage and fortitude, on our wNV‘ru] ries. It is duubtful if the Pilgrims ever had anything so for- mld‘ll)lv to contend with as a Dakota ard; and we may be quite surc that in their utmost efforts of mutual sym- pathy and succor they did not surpass the splendid behavior of these later pio- neers of progress undes similar circum- staices. It is like turning the pages of an old book of romance, in fact, to read the stortes ot eager and unpretending hero- ism which come to us out of the wreck and dismay of this far-reaching catas- trophe in the northwest. Take the case of the young schoolmis- tress, for instance, who tied her little flock together, three abreast, with a coil of twine, and taking the youngest one in her arms, made her way through the fierce and blinding storm to a place of safety; or consider the service of that other daring and unselfish young women who 1n her ef- forts to save three children was so frozen that she will lose one or both of her feet. These aro only two instances out of scores that might be cited to prove how readily and fearlessly the demands of the occasion were fulfilled. 1In all the long and sorrowful list of perils, sufforings and disasters, there is not a hint of neglect or refusal to render all possible assistance to those who were unable to help themselves. No personal risk was avoided where there was a chance to rescue a victim from an un- roofed house or an overtaking drift. Men and women alike seized every opportunity to testify their earncst and unflinching desire to be useful'to others. But for this general spirit of her the losses would have been infinite larger; indeed, if heroism could ha accomplished all that it was willing anxious to do, there would not have been a life lost nor a home destroy all the ter energy of the blizzard. The value of such a manifestation of heroie virtue does not stop with the im- mediate and ‘tical benefit which it permanent addition to our stock of sound and wholesome influ- ences, and we cannot well fail to derive from it both an increased respect for human nature and a better opinion of the tihe in which we are living. We necessarily see and hear so much of the littleness and baseness of mankind that a e amount of cynicism 15 bouund 10 creep into our views of the race and of the age. Thackeray was moved to ask, not without reason, how it comes that the evil man does should app: ently spread so far and be remem- bered so long, while the good does not seem 1. ke root and come to blossom. " he wrote, in the ston rts of lndnluml these pretty flow can find no place to grow?" Let us not so believe., Ruther, let_us conclude that they do take root, and contribute steadily to the improv ment of the world. We can not doubt that there are true heroes among the sumple and plodding homesteaders on 1h-- 5 for the fact was ‘the othe ay. It duu for duty’s sake. of a particilar day or r outnumber the good ones |m~~|hl\ but when noble deeds are required by any decisive test of humanity they ave ulwiys performed, and in the loug run it is by such deeds that our civilization is shaped and con- trolled. A Complicated Case. San Francisco Call: Some weeks ago Constable Glaze, in order to collect a judgment of $10 "from John H. C hurch, r., levied on one of the latter’s fast ilhl . The horse was sold at public auction for #60. The costs of the suit were $55, and therefore there were only #5 to satisfy the $40 judgment. After the sale of the horse Mrs. Church brought eivil suit against the constable for unlawful conversion of the property, alleging that the he her private possession. In the s court judg- ment was given Mrs, h for $110 and taken on appe : superior court, where she se judgment for #100. When the ¢ L oap- sealed Church bet the consts bl 20 th P e e ar appeal. The money was put up inasta lder's hands, when Church called on the stakcholder to tako the 340 he was pained and angored to discover that the constable had levied an attach- snt on the #40 1o satisfy the unpuid $40 s rmeit of yore, REWARDING THE HEROINES. Noarly 82,600 Ralscd for the Threo Teachors. LIST OF THE CONTRIBUTORS. Communications and Items Appro priate to the Movement—Gener- ous Offers From Various Persons—Notes. More Nebraska City Friend Nenraska Ciry, Nob, Feb, 1.—[Special Telegram to the Bek | —The grand ball given last evening for the benofit of Miss Shattuck by Messrs, E. A. Brown, of the Press, James Reed and F. B, McMillin, assisted by Missos Cora Mollring and Fily Wilcox, was o grand success, £115 boing netted, wh added fund, making 8155 dy on Soveral private parties circulated a subscription paper and sccured 113, which has been forwarded to Miss Shattuck. The children of the city schools are raising i fund, which already amounts to considerable The Press expects (o increase its fund to 50 at Atkinson. Atkixsox, Neb., @b, 1—[Special Telo gram to the Bre]—A subseription for tho Etta Shattuck fund was circulated to-day among the busincss men by Will Hulbert, The procecds we r Lt. This does not include the schools, church socictios and G. A. R., who arc raising separate fun Wahoo Subscril W00, Neb., Feb. 1.—[Special T 10 the Brk.]—Havoe started a subsc Wahoo for the Shattuck fund of §8.00; also for Miss Royce, $.00; for Miss Frecman, £.25. W'he churches will all take a subserip. tion Sunday morning. Will report Tuesday. slogram ption at Th ttuck Special Fund. Miss Etta Shattuck, the young sehool teacher who lost both limbs from the ex posure in the recent storm will be incapaci tated for any service by which she may do- rive aliving. Itis desired that $6,000 be raised. 17200 persons will cach _subscribe not less than $30 this amount can be raised. The money need not be paid until the ful amount is subscribed. This is_to be known as the “Shattuck Special Fund.” The following pledges to this fund have Dbeen recerved : John J. Monell. Bennison Bros., cash’ pai ¥ W. G. Albright..... Misses Annie and Maggie Truland. ... 30 00 George W. Rathbun, cash paid...... 30 00 Wm. A. Paxton. L8000 Olive Branch 30 00 Who will join them? ’I‘hl\ Barbers. The Journeymen Barbers' Protective union is raising contributions to add to the ‘‘Bee fund" for the heroines of the late blizzard. What other unions will follow this laudablo example? At Crete. Cuutg, Neb.,, Feb, 1.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The Crete Mwnnorchor, at their meeting last evening, resolved to hold a grand ball next week, the proceeds thereof to be forwarded to you for distribution among Nebraska's heroic school teachers. Tug PRESIDENT. Prof. Gaynore. Prof. Gaynore has most gencrously decided to give the entire receipts of his dance Thurs- day evening of this weok to the “Ber fund," to be equally divided among the heroiues of the blizzard. The hopisto be held at his usual place, Arlington block, west of the postoftice. A Ball. At the last regular meeting of the Omaha Bricklayers' union it was resolved that all money over the actual expenses of our sev- enth annual ball, to take place on February 3 at the E)r(}mnll.iou hall, shall be donated to the three Nebraska heroine school teachers, the Misses Shattuck, Royce and Freeman, LEeg Frost, President. 0. P. Sunun, Secretary. Urge It Upon the Pastors. OmAmA, Jan. 31.—To the Editor of the Ber: I think your plan for a collection from all the churches in Nebraska for Miss Etta Shat- tuck an excellent one! If carried out it will make this noble, suffering heroine independ- ent for life. No heart can resist the eloquence of such a plea. Urge it upon the pastors! 1 enclose you §1 for the Etta Shuttnck fund. A. H. Davis. oPupils of Hic Editor of the Ber: Inclosed find #5.15 for the fund, given by the 100 pupils of the Hick ory school, many of whom arc the children of day laborer “Tne children are deeply touched by the story of the dear little Pythias, who took tho wrap from her own freezing body to put it on her little sister. Divide us follows: Miss Shattuck. .. Westphalen monum ory School. $ 383 197 He Knows Miss Shattuck. Ne! Jan. 30.—[To the Kditor of w me a small space for rofer- Jtta Shattuck’s misfortune. 1 the article on the 27th it wrung my heart with sorrow, for L know the family and I have known Miss Etta. I bave been their pastor for two years and was personally acquainted with them and their cwcum- stances before they went to Holt county, Nebraska two years ayo. Mr. Shattuck is not only a veferan soldier, but a worthy, honorable, upright Christian gentleman, having the respect of all who know him. 1 knew Miss Shattuck while in Seward as a Young woman struggling to prepare for aching, with aught but their \Vlmn bravi the w own labor to aid i ing of those ‘‘se can compute the loss nr those this brave young teacher as il come and go bv.” Lherefo Miss Shattuck by teachers' association, (|| viduals will be worthily betow « n tell the suffer- ours{’ Who two limbs 1o o years shall y nation o ction, ate indi- | W. MoRey. OF HONOR. Have Recognized Courage and Devotion. If any one thought the people of Nebraska were lacking in generous impulses the ovi- dence of their error is before them. Most nobly havethey responed to the call in be- half of the heroic teachers, and though the Bee fund has reached quite a handsome sum there seems 10 bo no disposition on the part of the people to call a halt in their liberality. ‘When the fund reaches an amount tnejintercst of which will support Etta Shattuck for the remainder of her life then will it be time enough to stop in the good work. Have you contributed. If not see to it that you are en rolled before it is too late. The Bee will ac- knowledge all contributions through these columns. THE ROL Those Wh ETTA SHATTUCK FUN Amount reccived up to January . .#1,160 65 5 Hill & Young 0 T. A 5 00 5 00 10 55 9 50 700 100, 15 00 A1 Dayis S 100 Geneva, N list 25 00 John Arth A 100 I'May Rundlett, teacher, Danbury, I 4 Traveling man Pupils Hickory school B. Welch list House on 1leasant s George J. Sternsdor! list . 12 50 | Employes First National bank 1 0 mployes Rosenberry mill 14 10 loyes government corral, 2 78 at, Towsley's list