Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1888, Page 4

4 THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF RUNSCRIPTION. Dally Morning Edition) including Sunday BER, One Year , . For Rix Months For Three Months The Omaha Sunday dress, One Year.... dses , OMATA OFP1CE, NOS TUAND OIS FARN AN STRE NEW YOIK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRiBt DiNG, WASHINGTON OFFICE, NoO. 613 FOURTEENTH BTRERT, 110 00 CORRESPONDENCE, Al communications rolating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to the Epitoit OF THE TIER, BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should be nddressed to THE B ISHING COMPANY, Drafts, chee postofce (& payable to the The Bee Publishing Compay. Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor, THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraska, [ County of Dougliss, (% ® Tobert Hunter, clerk of The Tea Pub- Jshing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dail for the week ending Feb, 3, 15, was as follows: Snturday, Juiy 28 ... Sunday, Jan. Mond: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Féb. 3 a 4 Sworn to and subscribed in my g’ Lhys 4th day of February, A. D, 1888, . P. FE1L, Notary Public. Etate of Nebraska, to.s County of Douglass, | %8 ng first duly sworn, de- I8 secretary of The Hea y, that the actual average the Daily Bee for the month coples; for February, or March, 187, 14,400 cople pril, 14316 coples: for May, 1866, copies: for June, 187 14,147 coples:’ for' Jui or Augzust, 11957, 14161 cople for Beptember, LE87, 14,340 coples;’ for O 1687, 14,88; for November, 1857, December, 1687, 18,041 copfes. GEO. B, TZSCHUCK. Eworn and subscribed to in’ my presence thils ,tff BIERIL, 20day of January, A. D. 188, otar; TiHose who think the gun trust is not leaded should be careful how they handle it. — RECALLING the recent agitation for cleaning the streets, it scoms as though providence had come to the rescue of the city treasur, THE public should not lose sight of that little junket resolution introduced by Councilman Snyder. It has the color of a petty steal and it should be headed off at once. A CASTOR-OIL trust has been formed to force the article up, which is plainly contrary to the best interests of the people. What castor-oil most needs is & bear movement to force it down. TnE Standard oil monopoly is said to have a new rival in an oil company with twenty-five million dollars back of 1t. Thissum is probably so far back that it can never come to the front in actual competition, % E————— THE Chippewa Indians, of Wisconsin, have sent a delegaiion te Washington to make a complaint against an agent appointed by Vilas, He ischarged with selling timber, from the reservation to favorites and without competition. Here is a chance for the new secretary to begin turning the rascals out. He should do so even if they are his own creatures. DEMOCRATIC exchanges are squab- bling over the question of Cleyeland’s renomination. The New York Sun. with truth on its side, affirms that he cannot become a candidate without stultifying himself. It will be remem- bered that the president declared him- self emphatically in favor of one term once upon a time, if he did not actually pledge him: to that id. THE bill in congress to require the Pacific railroads to construct their own telegraph lines, agreeably to tho terms of their charters, has already elicited some discussion showing the feeling in congress regarding these roads, and more is to come. There is favorable promise that in one way or another the present congress will bring these corpo- rations to a better performance of their sbligations. As a commentary on democratic economy it is noted that the preseat house of representatives has 820 em- ployes on pay, or nearly one to every member—a greater number than has ever been known in the history of the house. Perhaps the country ought to %o congratulated that the army of em- Ployes is not greater, for it'isa very large and hungry crowd that the demo- cratic party is called upon to provide for. e—— SENATOR EDMUNDS, referring to the bill to allow the purchase of certain mineral lands by aliens, said he could not see why there should be any distine- tion made . between mineral and agri- cultural lands. Several other senators scem to be equally stupid, but as it is not difficult to make the distinction very plain to a mind of ordinary intelligence there need be no doubt that these sena- tors will receive the required enlight- enment. The bill in question is to re- move the prohibition of foreign invest- ments in mining properties contained in the bill passed at the last session, the effect of which has been very damaging to these properties in the terditories. — MR. CLEVELAND paid a very fine tribute to the political wisdomand char- acter of Samuel J. Tilden, in his letter read at the banquet of the King’s county democratie elub, and it is to be supposed he was sincere. New York democrats, however, will not need to be reminded that while Mr. Tilden was alive Mr. Cleveland did not exhibit any such es- timate of the distinguished democratit leader’s wisdom as he now professes to entertain, He not only sought no ad- vico'from Mr. Tilden, but both as gov- ernor and president pursued a policy in certain matters known be contrary to the views Tilden, and it was gener: understood that he studiously disr garded every suggestion that pro- ceeded from or was supposed to be in- spived by the democratic chieftain. His tribute to the dead leader would possess more value, and not be so sug- gostive of the politician’s art, if he had shown less disregard for that leader living. Local Intorests jand the Tariff, The promise of an early measure for the revision of the tariff has already failed, and the present indications are that it may be a month yet before a bill is reported. The ways and means com- mittee, or rather the majority of 1t, has been pretty steadily at work since it was organized to get a measure into shave for reporting, but the latestadvices state that there is still a great deal to do be- fore the matter of tariff revision can be brought before the house in the form of a bill. Some delay was caused by the illness of Mr. Mills, chair- man of the committee, but the chief obstruction comes from the numerous local interests which de- mand consideration. Our Washington dispatches state that wrangles occur almost every night in the room of the ways and means committee, and the men who were selected to work harmoniously find themselves as badly split up as ever the republicans were. Chairman Mills is quoted ns saying that the majority of the committee is going siow with the idea that when their task is completed it will be of such a charactor as Will commend it to the full support of the democratic majority in the house. A very commendable purpose, but one that it is to be feared will not be realized, however carefully and worthily the com- mittee may do its work. It is per- fectly certain that there are democrats in the house who will not be fully satis- fied with any bill the ways and means committee shall report, and who have already determined to oppose in part whatever measure shall.come from the committee. Local interests have always been an obstacle to tariff revision and will con- tinue to be so long as they are not made to yield toconsiderations for the general interest. At present they are probably more formidable than heretofore, for the reason that the south has developed many such interests that want iff protection. In half a dozen -of the states manufacturing in- dustries that have been started within a few years demand to be regarded as infants that require government nursing, and from sections of the south the clamor for a high tariff is a8 Joud and earnest as ever came from Ohio or Pennsylvania, And it is likely to be more effective with the majority of the present committee on ways and means than a similar demand from the northern states. It will take a good deal of courage, in view of the political possibilitics, to deny the demands of local interests coming from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Cavolina, Virginia and West Virginia for specia consideration, and yet manifestly no fair revision of the tariff in the gen- eral interest can be made without denying these demands. It may be desirable and proper thatthese interests should be heard, but if the committee is laboring with the idea that it can frame a measure that will satisfy’all or the greater portiou of them it is pursuing a vain work. The plain, straightfor- ward course to be pursued, and the only one by which a satisfactory result is to be reached, is to revise the tariff with reference to the general welfare and regardless of local interests. No plan or system that could be devised by human wisdom would meet the demands of these interests and at the same time do justice to the whole people. The Jail Investigation. The report of the grand jury on the condition of the jail will be something of a revelation to the people of Omaha, who nhad not conceived that we had here a place of incarceration almostas bad as the infamous ‘‘Black Hole of Cal- cutta.” The grand jury,after carefully investigating the jail and taking ample time to deliberate upon its report, is constrained to use the strongest adjec- tives in describing the condition of that public institution. The presentation is disgraceful to the authorities and humiliating to the commun- ity. There is mno reasonable excuse or palliation for such a condition of affairs, and its existence shows simply that there has been a gross neglect of duty. It is true that the jail is not provided with adequate facilities to secure thorough cleanliness, and it is continually overcrowded, owing to the incarceration there of city prisoners, but it is evident that the jail authorities have not made the best use of the facilities they have, and as by reason of neglect the difficulties to be overcome grew steadily greater it would seem that the authorities became at last content with simply a surface ap- pearance of decency, while below the surface and away from the public view there was a condition of things re- volting to humanity and dangerous to the publie health. Of course there must be immediate steps taken td remedy this. Before summer comes the jail must receive a thorough overhauling and such facilities must be provided as will enable the jail authorities, if they are disposed to do their duty, to keep that institution in such condition that it will not be a plague spot in the heart of the city and a disgrace to the commu- nity. The county commissioners must proceed to the businessof reform without a day's delay. There is not more time than will be required between now and the opening of summer to cleanse this augean stable and provide it with whatever shall be necessary to prevent a recurrence of the present condition of affairs. Theintelligent recommendations of the grand jury should be promptly carried out so far as practicable, and we donot see why they cannot all be fin time adopted. At all events reform in the jail administration should begin at once and be continued until it 1s made thorough and adequate, The grand jury merits hearty comméndation for its foarless statement of the results of its investigation, — THE banquet given Senator Sherman by the Home Market club of Boston seems to have been a memorable affair. As the name of the club implies itis an organization devoted to the preserva- tion of the tariff, and the banquet to Mvr. Sherman was designed to attest the club’s approval of his position. The significance of the occasion was in the very large attendance and the enthu- siasm thut greeted the distinguished guest. Some days agoa Bgiwn alder- fHE OMAHA DAILY BEi: man was binqueted, and the opportun- ity was taken advantage of to commit the republicans of Massachusetts to Mr. Biaine. The addresses on the occasion and the private expressions of prominent republicans in attendance were widely accepted as convincing testimony that Massachusetts republicans were mar- shalled under the banner of the Maine statesman and would be found in that position when the national convention assembles, It would seem, however, that there is at least a good deal of re- epect felt by a large number of influen- tinl Massachusetts republicans for the Ohio statesman, and it may transpire that the Bay state will not be found wholly in the Blaine camp when her representatives in the republican national convention - are called upon to act. The fact {is that the effort of certain politicians to create the impression that the re- publicans of entire states are unalter- ably committed to one man is not prov- ing a great success. It has met with several defeats, and none more signifi- cant than that contained in the recep- tion and enthusiasm accorded Scnator Sherman by the Home Market club of Boston. Other Lands Than Ours. * The opening of the British parliament was signalized by no event more inter- esting than the speechof Mr. Gladstone, drawn out by & statement of Salisbury that he had misrepresented the conserv- ative party. The reply of the great liberal leader was strong and epirited, declaring among other things that the diminution of crimes of an agrarian character in Ireland was due to the progress of sell-commapd among the people rather than to the policy of coercion, He promised that the oppo- sition to the goverament would assist in forwarding beneficial legislation, but clearly indicated that efforts to impose additional burdens upon Ireland would be combatted. The question as to the administration of the crimes act is expected to be raised by an amend- ment to the queen’s speech to be brought forward by Mr. Parnell. Through travail and pain, through ecivil sprife "and party discord the Ivish question is gradually working its way to a solution. The parliamentary recess which the tory managers looked forward to with pleasure as a period in which the new crimes‘act could be put into untram- melled operation, has only added new fuel to the flames of the burn- ing popular excitement. Mr. Balfour’s cruel and vindictive persecution of men whose names, on both sides of the Irish channel, have been for years synony- mous with uprightness, patriotism and statesmanship has made thousands of votes for the cause of home rule in Ire- land. With a maliciousness and vin- dictiveness unparalleled in all the his- tory oi the unhappy struggle botween the two countgies, the home secretary has ferociously carried on his policy of attempting to suppress free speech, free thought and free institutions in Great Britain., The imprisonment of Editor O'Brien, aund, lately, of Sir Wilfred Blunt, were mistakes so momentous and 80 far-reaching that their results have a d and astounded theirauthors. If the Irish patriots themselves had laid down a plan of campaign which would most thoroughly and most rigidly arouse the houwest thinking people of Great Britain to the enormities which have been practiced upon Ireland, they could not have suggested one which would have more thoroughly fallen in with their policy than that which Mr. Bil- four has been putting into operation. Liberty, the freedom of the individual, the right of the citizen in his own home from unwarranted assault on the part of the government, the privilege of free speech within the &ounds of reason, the rights of public assemblage and of petition and of remonstrance, have all been ruthlessly trampled under foot. The men who, in defiance of all that is most respected and most revered in the traditions of English law, with packed juries, perjured witnesses and o court room encircled with bayonets, have been thrown into Irish prisons and treated with all the indignities towhich the commonest felon could have been subjected, have by their silent endur- ance and patient fortitude done more to awaken the people of Great Britain to the real issue involved in this contest than an entire session of parliament could possibly have secured. At the opening of the session Lord Salisbury’s ministry will be assailed and harrassed by charges of gross inhumanity, of the subversion of popular liberty and of the inauguration of a policy repugnant to all that 18 most dear to the freedom- loving people of Great Britain. For the first time in the history of the struggle English homes and English liberties, which have been in- vaded by-the ruthless application of the crimes act, will be defended upon the floor of parlinment, and the men who hold their offices at the hand of English voters will be called to a rigid account for their action. The tory ministry have been given the full length of their rope and they have stupidly used it to hang themselves. The eight years' struggle for home rule and the right of self-government is approaching its cul- mination, Six years ago, in an edito- rial on the subject, the BEE boldly pre- dicted,at the very height of the popular indignation against William E. Glad- stone, that the banner which would be ‘earried in front of the victorious hosts of Ireland’s friends would finally be found to be inscribed with his name. Time will verify the prophecy. The grand old man, who sacrificed his polit= ical prospects two years ago for what he believed to be the cause of justice to Ireland, has made a more brilliant fight in the opposition than he ever did while at the head of the ministry. He has ral- liedaround his standard the great middle class of England, of Scotland and of ‘Wales, and month by month, since he boldly threw down his gauntlet in front of the treasury trench, he has added new recruits to the cause of free govern- ment and fair play. With a resolute heart, and with a wmind refreshed and invigorated by the parhameuntary re- cess, he is found at his old place at the opening of parliament, ready to do val- iant battle for the cause upon which he has staked his all. The brave, conserv- ative and brainy leaders of the Irish party, headed by Charles Stuart Par- nell, have done mugh to make the com- ing vietory possible. Their conserva- tive counsels havel paved the way for success, The friends which they have raised up in Amdrica for Ireland’s cause, the funds which have been so lib- erally contributed iy Irish-Americans to furnish the sifews of war for the battle, the steady apd gradual support whieh has been givén to the movement by the press of free} America—all have had their due effect} in forwarding the great movement, Constituoncies may waver, but the | power of ' casto, the pride of insular prejudice and of aristocratic traditions will all yet be broken down when the honest, untrammelled and unbiased expression of British opinion is given its sway at the polling places. The British peoplo during their struggle have learned, often to their sugprise, that the cause of freedom in Ireland is, after all, only the cause of freedom in England, Scotland and in Wales. They have discovered that laws which deprive the citizens across the channel of those prerogatives dearest to all freedom-loving people may be applied equally well to deprive the people of England and Scotland and Wales of those rightsand cherished traditions which are to them most dear; and, when the time comes for passing upon the actions of a ministry, bul- warked behind prejudice and bolstered up by the traditions of aristocracy, they will not be slow to plant themselves firmly, and shoulder to shoulder,behind the banner whose onward progress is only the advance of the ideas of liberal government and of thefullestexpression of the popular will through the chan- nels of constitutional rule. * s The speech of Bismarck had a reassur- ing effect upon Europe, chiefly for the reason that it was a declaration that the efforts of Germany would be directed to maintaining peace. So far asit could do so it indicated that the German gov- ernment was in possession of Pacific as- surances from Russia, and that it had confidence in them. It also with suf- ficient explicitness announced that there were no present differences be- tween Germany and France that could result in hostilities, and that under the present government of the latter country there was no reason to appre- hend any serious differences. At the same time the: duty of Germany to be prepared was pointed out, warranting the inference that even Bismarck believes war to be probuble at some time in the future, though farther away than those who want war profess to think. The publi- cation of the Austro-German alliance is regarded as evidence that these powers believe Russia tp be entertain- ing designs more or less hostile to the peace of Europe, and that it was expe- dient to let the world know, and Russia in particular, what that power must en- counter if she enters upon a war. This alliance is purely defensive in its char- | acter, to take effect only in case either of the parties to it is attacked by Russin. Coupled ‘with the vigor- ous declaration of Bismarck, . en- thusiastically received by his countrymen, that Germany fears noth- ing but God, and the assurance that she will be prepared to defend herself and to conserve the welfare of Europe, it must cause the czar and his statesmen to gravely doubt whether Russia, even could she be sure of the assistance of France, which at present she is not, could have any hope of success in a war with Germany and Austria, assisted by Italy, Bulgaria, Servia and Roumania. The evident fact is that Bismarck is master of the situation, and as he has de- clared that he detests war, being in this in full sympathy with the aged emeror of Germany, there would seem to be very little reason to apprehend war in the near future. Such reason as there is will perhaps be found chiefly in the tremendous pressure there is on the czar to gratify Russion ambition for conquest, which grows less likely to be gratified the longer an effort to do so is postponed. - *"x The report that Italy intends to with- draw her Abyssinian expedition, to be prepared for an emergency in Europe, is hardly creditable, The troops in Abyssinia form only a small part of Ttaly’s war effective, and while they would undoubtedly be withdrawn on the outbreak of a European war to which Italy should be a party, their present recall would properly be regarded as a retreat and failure. This loss of pestige Italy cannot afford, however she may wish herself well out of the Abyssinian business. The forward inovement to Saati, where the troops are intrenching, and the recent dispatch of a balloon corps, point to a campaign of aggression. 1t is true that a threat- ening demonstration to mask a retreat is a most familiar device, but it was not for 50 feeble a conclusion that Italy as- sembled 20,000 troops, of whom three- fourths are now on the plains lying be- tween the Red Sea coastand the African highlands. Nor can the Italians afford to wait long in inaction at Saati. They must soon attempt to ascend through the mountain passes to the plateau where King John is encamped, since the pres- ent season is the one most favorable for this operation. They would probably like first to be attacked on the plains below, but the king may, wait on the de- fensive in the hope/that heat and coast fever will soon be his most effective allies. | Asiatic Turkey is the scene of a sad state of affairs. People are starving to death there by the/thousands, and the American board, which has been trying almost single-handed toallay the suffer- ing, has just received word that its relief fund is exhausted. There are two famine centers, one in Central Turkey at Adana, about 400 miles southeast of Constantinople on the shores of the Mediterranean, the other at Murdin in the mountainous district of Eastern Turkey, 800 miles further east. In the Adana district, which in- cludes Kars and the site of ancient Tar- sus, the suffering is occasioned by the drought; in Eastern Turkey the destitu- tion is caused by locusts, which have devastated 10,000 square miles of terri- tory. Within a few weeks word came from Mardin that 10,000 people were in @ starving condition, &and the relief afforded since that time has been wholly inadequate.. The latest cry of distress comes from'Adana. Under the most favorable conditions no relief can be looked for from crops before June, and in the interior great loss of life from starvation is apprehended. * ' The statement made at St. Petersburg that Count Tolstoi, minister of the in- terior, has submitted to the couneil of the empire a proposal to abelish the pro- vineial nssemblies confirms the fear that tho czar hae fallen into the hands of the reactionaries. Perhaps the two most conspicuous acts in the reign of Alexander L. were the founding of seven great universities and the intro- duction of provincial assemblics. It looks as though Alexander IIL. was bent upon sweeping away these monu- ments of his famous relative. The uni- versities are practically silenced for the time being, and the provincial assem- blies, or zemstovs, seem doomed. PROMINENT PERSONS, President Cleveland tips the beam at 234 pounds. The widow of the late Rear Admiral Nich- olson is in destitute circumstances and it is proposed to raise $20,000 for her benefit. Miss Elizabeth Stewart Phelps, is so much an invalid this winter that she is obliged to stay indoors very closely in her Andover home. Jacob Sharp, the New York boodler, who was 80 near death’s door while in prison ten days ago, is now in'the country enjoying life and his dinners immensely. Mrs. Reid, widow of Mayne Reid, the nov- elist, is engaged in writing her husband life, and is searching for nformation of his life and adventures here before and after the Mexican war. John W. Mackay has for some time been laid up at the Pacific hotel in San Francisco ‘with an acute attack of rheumatism, which has no more respect for his millions than for the rags of the mendicant. Isham White, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, says that he was born in 1776, that he was a soldier in Jackson's army at New Orleans, that he shot the bullet that killed General Pakenham, and that he'is the oldest man in the Keystone state. M. Meissonicr, who has completely re- covered from the partial paralysis of the thumb which affected his painting, has just finished a large water-color drawing of an in- cident in the wars of the first empire, and a picture in oil, both destined for England. General Ben Butler walks the streots of Washington in a big.fur-tined overcoat and leaning on the arm of his colored valet. He shows signs of having nearly reached the border of the shadowy land, where the law- yer's occupation will be gone, but he still keeps his place in the ranks. “Colonel Richard M. Johnston, who has become prominent,” says the New Orleans Picayune, “in the new school of southern writers, is sixty-five years old and was a leading lawyer in Georgia before the war. After Lee's surrender he became a school- master in Baltimore, but of late years he has devoted himself entirely to literary work." Chaplain Milburn, of the house of repre- sentatives, continues to deliver remarkably pertinent prayers. The day after Congress- man Randall's defeat in regard to the chair- manship of the democratic state committee of Pennsylvania, the blind chaplain asked that divine comfort and aid be granted all who were suffering disappomntment and defeat. Mr. Randall sat with bowed head during the delivery of the prayer. Too Much lmagination. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Senator Stanford’s explanation of his vote in favor of the confirmation of Lamar isa good deal like his testimony in Pacific rail- road investigation; it is sadly defective, that is to say, in the respect thaiit ieaves too much to the imagination, —_——— The Kesult of High License. Phitadelphia Record. A high license fee of $1,000 has resulted in the closing at St. Paul, Minn,, of 350 saloons out of 640. The most earnest advocates of the law are the 200 saloonkeepers who have paid the fee and those sincere friends of temperance reform who find in such a statute a promise of an improved social con- dition. e A Woman's Song. Clement Scott. She took her song to beauty’s side, Where riches are, and pomp, and pride, ‘There in the world, amidst the crowd, She found out hearts by sorrowed bowed; And midst a dream of lights and dress She saw the pain of loneliness, Her voice's magic held a tear, She made the weary ones draw near; And all the passions of the throng Were melted into peace by song. She took her song along the street, And hushed tho beat of pussing foct; ‘And tired toilers stopped to fill Their hearts with music at her will, She sang of rest for weary feet, Of sea-moan and of meadow sweet; Her voice's ploading stilled the stir, And little children wept with her; Soall their sorrow, grief and pain She softeued into love again. She took her song to those who rest Safe in the clasp of Nature's breast, Amid the waves, along the shore, ‘Washed with salt tears forevermore; And then she sang: How long! How long! Before we hear that perfect song— That angel hymn, that mystic strain, ‘When those who love shall love again, When life’s long struggle shall be blest ‘With music of Kternal Rest! —— STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The price of coul has dropped $1.50 a ton in Hastings. John Bechtele, of Crete, has success- fully dehorned fourteen head of cattle, large and small. The enterprising people of Schuyler have subscribed over $2,000 towards a canning factory. ‘Walt Mason, of Lincoln, the bard of Salt creek, has gone to Kansas to nurse an affectionate dose of rheumatism, There were twelve deaths in the state insane asylum last month. The brass band of the institution is doing a flour- ishing business. The body of an unknown man was found about a mile from Fremont, last Wed- nesday. It is supposed to be a case of suicide as among the papers found was a note reading, *‘I cannot live without her.” Poor Tellow ! The Seward Reporter says: ‘The Elkhorn Valley road contemplates put- ting another passenger train on the Seward line so as to allow people to go to Omaha, do their business and return the same day. This would be & great convenience and we hope to see it done as soon as the business of the road will warrant it.” One of the greatest mortgages on record was filed in the Colfax county clerk’s office. It is given by the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quiney railroad com- pany to the New England Trust com- pany, There are four amounts in the mortgage as follows: $11,784,400; #6,- £24,400; $4,000,000, and $960,000, making a total amount of §23,568,800, The Blair Republican has relapsed into a chronic grumbler in matters that do not affect the concern or its limited SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1888 rospects, The painfully . humorous Bflnru of the nhunpt“hld' 'x\);t‘s a vacnity of intellect that deserves more sympathy than consure. The commissioncrs of Douglns county are thoroughly compe- tent to take care of the interests com- mitted to them and are not suffering for advice from the Blair bantam. Monday evening of this week, after a slight family jar over some trivial affair, Mrs. Fedder, wife of F. Fedder, 4he rocer in Hastings, left the house un- eknown to bher husband, and since which time she has not been hear from. She wore a green woolen dress and had with her a large red shawl and rubber over-shoes. The cause of the misanderstanding which led to her dis- appearance was a lettor found in Mr. Fedder’s pocket, which. Mrs. Fedder in- sisted upon burning, and which Mr. Fedder desired to keep as a memoran- dum, and took from her while she was in the act of burning it. fowa Items. Dubuque has passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of watered or adulterated milk. The coal miners at the mines near Des Moines have struck for an advance of 20 cents per ton. The piers for the new bridge the Cedar river at Waterloo are com- pleted. When finished the bridge will cost 832,300, There is a hole-in-the-wall shanty near the Sioux bridge at BElk Point. A gloved hand hands out the pizen from an inner room, Cedar Falls is to have asystem of water works. The money is raised, the contract let, and the work is to be com- pleted by June 20. Vinton's gas well has reached a depth of 1,600 feet. Work will be continued until a depth of 2,000 fect has been reached unless coal or gasin paying quantities is sooner found. A large number of Sioux City girls met one evening last week for the purpose of forming a “Ladies’ Anti-Slang so- ciety.” The meeting was called to or- der,and Miss Sadie De Pork elceted president. Before taking her seat she said in a clear, calm, well modulated voice: “Really. girls, I am too much rattled by ‘the honor conferred upon me to give you much of my guff. It'’s the first time I ever tumbled to anything of this sort, and hardly I know just how to catch on. However, I'll try to be suf- ficiently up to_snuff not to eot any flies light on me while doing the president of this society-act. I'm with you in this move, and don’t any of you forget it. All over our land slang words and phrases are multiplying liko flies in sorghum time, and it is our duty to help knock this erying evil as silly as possible. Let our motto be, **Shoot the Slangist.” Monticello has closed a deal fora milk condensing factory. That the reader may get some adequate idea of the milk producing qualities ¢f Jones county, it is stated that 5,000 pounds of milk are now shipped daily from Mon- ticello to Cedar Ravids, where the con- densery is now located. The 10:30 pas- senger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul takes the milk car west and returns it at night. This milk car is a neatly arranged thing, and has the cans 80 stationed that no swashing or churn- ing hly the motion of the train is experi- enced. When this condensery is located at Monticello, Jones county will have two of the largest milk handling con- cerns in ‘the state of Iowa, the other being the famous Diamond Creamery company, whose butter took flrst pre= inium at the World’s fair at New Or- eans. across Dakota. A new, court house is being agitated for Canton. Clark county has voted in favor of is- suing bonds for a new court house. It is thought that the great Sioux In- dian reservation will be opened up for settlement in a few weeks. TheeWessington Springs Republican says that cattle ave finding good grazing on the prairies of Jerauld county, and fresh, green grass is from one to three inches long. A school teacher in Buffalo county, whose wife was one of his pupils, had occusion to punish her one day. The next day the school house door bore this inscription: *School closed for one week, owing to the illness of the school teacher.” e Financial Diffi Houser & Woodland, the Sixteenth street cigar dealers, gave a bill of salo to the Bank of Commerce yesterday for $,000, cover- ing their stock and book accounts. Their liabilities are placed at $15,000, with assets amounting to $16,000, but principally in stock and book accounts. Their failure was in- duiced by their inabllity to make collections in Dalkota, where they have £6,000 or 85,000 out- standing, and their own indebtedness ma- turing within thirty and sixty days. The h“lnk is now in possession under the bill of sale. Bradstreet's reports the closing up of C. D. Stoddard, general store keeper of Do Witt, with liabilities of 3,000, Ackerman & Bennett, of Stanton, general store men, have assigned. Their liabilities are §5,000. A Now Surgcon. ‘The new assistunt to Dr. Galbraith, the Union Pacificsurgeon, is Dr. . C. Gibbs, who has ontered upon'the duties of his oftice! i e R Ty Have You a Humor of Skin or Blood? 1F 80, THE CUTICURA REMEDIES WILL CURE YOU, Iwas induced, after all other remedies had failed, to use the CUTICURA REMEDIES on my boy four years of age, who had running 5 from his “thighs to the ends of his toe: nails fell off.” His arms and face wer 1, and he was & horrible sight, The Curr A and CUTICURA S0AP were all that T used. Two duy ter their nse we could see i change for the £ better, and in’ six weeks the child was ell. 1 was then induced to try them further, as my wife had what we termed dry scalo tetter, or psoriasis, for pearly fifteen y and 1 tried everything that I could get f and asked the advice of the most emine the profes- sion, but all in vain. It was all o A SoAP, he began thelr o n change tor the better. It i now nearly one year since she stoped using the CUTICURA REMEDIES, and there IS 1o return. pronounce her entirely cured. No one, only those who have the disease and those whio are constantly about diseased patients, can realizo the torture in which they are placed, 1 have recommended the CUTICURA REMED! to all whom T have met that were in any wi need of a skin cure. One man to whoin'T recom- mended them had suffered for over twelve. years, und in that time spent noarly o Ured dollars to be cured: but nothing ¢ hottles of s of CuTl: CURA, and ul Of CUTICURA BOAP, rejoice- in having found u cure. 1 have others ai pres Jent under treatment, and with good prospects nno case, to my kunowledge, have the Curr- adled. » in sending this to you, trust yproves blesing to you wnd to DR. L. MILLIRON, Kimball, Brule Co., Dakota, CuTICURA, the great skin cure, and CUTICURA S0AP, an exquisite skin beautifier externally, and CUTICUIA RESOLVENT, the new blood puri: fler, internally, are a positive cure for every forin of skin und blood disease from phnples to Price, P the sutfering, CUTICURA, Be; S0AP, the Porrei EMICAL Co., Boston, Mas: §#-Send for “How 16 Cure Skin Diseases,” 64 pages, 50 11lustrations, and 100 testimonials. FNEED wich e lovelient delicucy fs the skin [ CURA MEDICATED SOAP | CAN'T BREATHE, Chest Pains, Soreness, Weakness Hacking Cough, Asthma, Pleurisy, » and Intlammation RELIEVED IN ONE MINUTE by the CUTICURA ANTI-PAIN PLastER, Nothing like it for Weak Lungs, rved with( ARTISTIC DRESSING. Whv the Ladies orfiina Look So Bean- tiful, Alegant Coastumes, Dressos and Wr «~A Counc'l Bluffs Dressmake Experience With a Relentless Knemy: Ever since Columbus discovered America there has been & steady westward movement until to-day the western states are becomin with thrifty people of all y city, village and hamlet workshop! Employed therein are poople of every nationality, as well as both sexes, Wht department of irade mostly Inter: ests the ladies? I8 it the fashion delineator ot ome mechnnical institute where labor saving machinery is manufactured, or what is it? 4 eautiful to behold than the stght 14 nicely itted sult made in the perfect sud highest style that art can d 7 The cities of the west have many Blantiril women, and to clotite them property with nice fitting garments is 1o easy task. To o 0 first-class mantus maker one inust Council Bluffs is not 3 y if one is to cent and splendid fitting worn upon the streots' by the wives and dnughters of tho citizens, That a dress- maker doos not always have ensy sailing on the storm s of 1ife 15 fully demonstrated by the following conversation, ‘which recently took place between Miss Milito Boggs and one of the $lufts’ most relinble and best artists in that e During the interview with Miss Hogey that youn lady said: “1 have been afilicted Yith catarrh ever since 1 was n child playing in the sunny climate of West Virginia, 1 leit thero three years ago to Join my sister, who resides in Council Bluffs, My symptoms were a stopped up nose, a ringiug and buzzing noise in my head, ENTIUE DEAFNESS IN ONE EAR, A continued hawking a spitting with an almost incessant cough and raising of mucus, 1 would blow hard scabs out of my nose, which would De dry, and my breath was so offensive that m friends n aceident. bout it and o room. Of course, it would wound iy fesiings, but T could not help it, and T would worry and fret about it, - 1 got spells of despondency und often wished the good Lord would take me to join my parents, who were d ave nodoubt ie 1n heaven, 1 was r without u cold in the sum. ¥ very time u draft air would pass over me while I was in doors. Thut i% not the case now, and 1 don't gag or vomit in the mornings as L used to_while trying to clear my throat. Neither do I have those Aizzy spells after stooping down to pick some- {ling up. Wiy | used (g et 5o glddy that wiien 1 would hiave fo_stoop down and rise up quick that I would_have to have support or I would fall down. I ne kuew whit it was to be without s headuchie until within the last few weeks, and my appetite was 80 poor that [ searcely ate enough to subsist on, and that I forced m: Tlost in weight until TO A MERE SKELETON. 1 have an excellent uppetite now. 1 sleen sound and awake in the morning greatly refreshed, something I do not over remember of doing before taking treatment with Drs, Mo- Coy & Henry. My eyes were sore and_inflamed and would “Water very much. 1 was afraid [ would go blind from tlie pains over my eyes and hoad. 1liad @ sharp shooting pain in my breast and through my shoulders. My feet and hands were always cold and clammy. Last summer, aftoran abscence of several years, I visited the scemes of my ehildhood, thinking a'change of cli- mate would dome good, but I returned feeling as bad as ever, and was a3 miserable as 1 could be. So, nfter reading Drs. McCoy & Henry's success. ful trentment of cases similar to mine, I visited their office at 707 First avenue, Council Blufts, and began treatment; and 4o you Know that to: duy, after tive weoks, T win almost entirely cured of niy catarrh, and cannot thank them enough for what they have done for me. 1 heartily,and without reserve wi vmmend them to any one suffering fr in the Lnad o7 brincbigl affections.” MIS8 MILLTE BOGGS. The above portrait fairly’ represents Miss Boggs, who now resides with her sister, Mrs, 8, M, Shephard, at 506 Fifth avenue,Council Blufts, where she will corroborate the above statement. A Few Symptoms of a Disease That May Prove Serious to You, Do, you have frequent fits or mental depros- sion: Do you experience ringing or buzzing nolses in your ears? ; Do you feel as though you must suffocate when lying down? Are you troubled with a hacking cough ahd goneral debility? ‘Are your eyex gencrally weak and watery, and frequently inflamed? Does your voice have a husky, thick sound, and @ uasl sort of twang? Is your breath frequently offensive from somo ntablo cruse? 57 und cough’ frequently in ort to clear your throut? ou losing “your sense of smell, and is nse of taste becoming dulled. stopped up, fore ur mouth? vory 6 of temperature give you a cold? Are you annoyed hy a constant de s to hawk and spit out an endless quantity of m? ways tired and_ indispo of business, work or amusement? Is ort required to keep your thoughts fixed upon matters that formerly were ecusily performed. : 1o you rise from bed 48 tired and weak as you were the night before, wnd feel ws though you ofovery filled_with phlegm 1n tho n only be dischurged after . und hawking and spitung? Do you oceasionally wake froma troubled sleep With a sturt and feel as if_you had just es d & Lorrible death by chokin you lost ull futercst in_your calling or f ' all _ambition t whether to- morrow uds you all Are you troubled with o discharge from the head in the thront, sometimes watery and ex- cessive, sometimos mucus, thick sticking to hatever it touches, sometimes bloody and riy always putrid and offensiver above nre some of the many symtoms of ning of lung troubles, Not one case i @ hundred will have all of them, but overyone affccted will have . few of many of thent, [0 greater or I0Fo serious your syp: dange rous v ondition. This ntos. ums of the dully papors h statement published 13 he patient uie, Dr. Henry, and o Substantiafly the <ame as given cured. Dr. and his issa us secret nOStrums, but munner, ) : ighly recom: nded wp s known to the profession, thus produce results that speak he many patient Jors th s achieved i ice few or no other doct J, CRESAP MeCOY, Late of Bellevug Hospital: New York, AND Dr. Columbus Henry (Late of University of Pennsylvania,) Have Oflices nd 311 IN RAMGE BUILDING, frcenth and Harney sts., Omaha, Neb., able cases wre tronted With Kuccess. Medieal diseases treated skilifully. Consumps tion, Bright's disease, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, and all NERVOUS DISEASES. All disenses pet culiar (0" tho sexes @ speciulty. CATARIH CURED. CONSI 'TON at office or by madl, #1, Office b 9701 a.m,2t04p.m, 710 8 n, m,, Sundays ‘nc. ded. Corresponisice recélyes prompt attention. Many discass are treated successtully by Drs, Metoy ury through the matls, and it is for those unable to make the jour- in successful hospital treatment at them- ‘answered unless accompanied by 4o in stamps., i r s all letters to Drs. McCoy and Henry Roows 310 and 511, Ramge bullding Owake, Nebs