Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1888, Page 4

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ROSEWATLER, Editor. ————————————— e —— THE DAILY BEE. = torial mat OF THE DK Sworn Statement ot Circulation, Btateof Nebraska, County of Douglas, George I3, Tzachuck, Hishing Company, does actual circulation of ') week ending November retary of The Bee Pab- emnly swear that the DAlLY BEr for t tnesriny. Thursday, Friday, Nov. Baturday, Nov Avsrage GEORGE 13, TZ8CH U CK, e me and subscribed fn my h day of Novemuver A, D, 1888, N.P. FEIL, Notary Public, | £worn o ) presence this State of Nebrask & County of Dou i I George B, Tzsc heing duly sworn, de- oS il suys thut he I3 secretary of the I bublishing company, that the actial average y ciccalation of THE DALY B for th th of November, 1857, was 13,226 coples; for aber, 1937, 15,041 coples; for January, 1888 16,206 copivs; FOr Fabrinry, 143, " 15,002 chples: for March, 188, 10,050 copios: for ‘April, 188 I8 coplos 181 coples: for 8, 18,0 ence this it day of November, 183 N. P. FEIL Notary Public, Tne city elerk is probabiy seeing the beginuing of the end. ABOUT the only thing a defeated ean- didate can kick against is fate. — PAT Forp believes in encouraging emigration from Council Bluffs on cer- tain occasions, Ji STErin IN was the only demo- crat nominated unanimously to the council yesterday, Tk great vailvroad trust, if perfected, will send a good many weak roads into the hands of the receiv Tie Slaven ecappers and hiveling’s did good work. They swept the stre ets clean---for republican votes. —_— A YOTE against nepotism and favorit- 18m among city officials and employes is a vote for the best government. e It SEEMS queer, doesn’t it, that the democrats are doing all the kicking be- cause the police were called at the Fourth ward republican primary to preserve order. THE unblu committed at hing fraud the democratic primaries indicate what will take place at the polls if unusual precautions are not taken to prevent illegal voting. Tie republican candidates for the council with afew exccptions are well known, reliable business men who can be trusted with the property interests and welfare of the city. IN ONEor two wards of the city, the republicans will undoubtedly put up an independent councilmanic candidate. It is their only means of preventing boodling in the next council. —————— Tie West Virginia election fight be- tween the republicans and democrats has not yet been settled. The country should be thankful that the selection of a president did not hinge on West Vir- ginia. —_—— COUNCILMAN LOWREY'S brother-in- law Slaven, the city street sweeper (?) delivered all the votes he agreed to yesterday at the Slaven house. Some- thing had to be done to keep that con- tract. Tie White Caps who have terrorized southern Indiann have extended their operations into northwestern Ohio. But 50 fong as little-brecches Foraker is in the field, no Ohioan need fear a mid- night visitatin. Tue affair of honor between Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, and Judge Rucker, of Colorado, did not even end in smoke. They fought their duel at long range through cold type, and both are alive to tell the tale, Nort EVEN in the bloody third was fraud as open and glaring as at Tom Lowrey’s polls. At the Third ward pri- maries Wednesday a total of 955 votes were cast for councilman as against 1,170 votes for Cleveland on Novem- ber Froy the vote polled in certain dem- ocratic primaries as compared with that of the republican primaries, one would think that there are two democrats to one republican in those wards. The “floating vote” must have been tuxed heavily. MAJor DENNIS, nominated for the council by the Seventh ward democrats yestorday, can point to a spotless publ record as a professional juror. In this self-sacrificing service he has devoted the best years of a harmless and unoc- cupied life, — ANOTHER state bank has turned’up its toes, this time in the rural districts of Minnesota, due to speculation in wheat. It is high time that the states pass stringent laws to protect the sav- ings and earnings of our farmers on- trusted to local bauking institutions. —— CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER will not be able to push his bill for the opening of Oklahoma through congress if his meas- uro is for the benefit of eattle barons who want to seoure the rich lands for grazing puwposes. If the territory is at all to be opened, congress must give aotual settlers the right to take up the lands under the houw:estead act. —— THEE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THE TALK OF TW0 HOUSES. The uncertainty as to which party will have control of the next house of representatives, and the determination of each to omit no effort to eecure the control, just now constitute the leading topic of interest and discussion atthena- tional capital. The democrats appar- ently have the advantage in the author- rity that is devolved upon the clork of the present house to make up the roll of the next house from the certificates that shall be presented to him, but as we have herctofore pointed out this 1ithor 18 limited, and its exerel ns plainly defined will not necessarily determine the political complexion of the next house, it certainly will go far to do so in deciding the matter of organization. The latest trustworthy estimates gi though the house to tl iblicans by a small majority, ana well-informed democrats are said to concede a majority to the re- publicans, but republicans ave still ap- prehensive that an effort will be made by the democrats, through the clerk of the present house, to steal the next house. This has led to some talk of a sccond house, to be organized by the republicans and to receive the recopni- tiongof the senate and the executive. The name of no prominent or influen- tial vopublican has been associated with this talk, but in any event it is to be deprecated as foolish, if not wicked. Were it 1o bhecome really scrious, as having the approval of any large num- ber of republicans with the influence to carry it into effeet, the disturbing cou- sequences on the public mind might be most matevial. The very nearly uni- versal sentiment of the country, we have no hesitaucy in saying, would conden n such a procceding as inimical to the public welfare a menacing to the peace of the country, and e.ther party responsible for 1t woula lose irreparably in the popular counfidence. The statute under which the clerk of the present house will n up the roll of the next is of long stand- ing, and consequently has been ob- served by republican as well as demo- cratic elerks. The course to be pur- sued is clearly and explicitly set forth. The clerk shall make a voll of the rep- resentatives-elect and place thereon the names of those persons, and of such persons only whose credentials show that they were regularly elected in ac- cordance with the laws of their states rvespectively, or the laws of the Umted States. He can do no more and no less than this, and having faithfully complied with the statute, the house itself is powerless to amend the roll. It m be that a mistake was made in devolving authority to this ex- tent upon the clerk, by which he is made absolute master of the situation, so far as the roll of the house is con- cerned, but it is the law and must be respected. The clerk can decide noth- ing affceting the integrity of the cro- dentials, He can exercise, in faithful pursuance of the law, no discretion or discrimination in the make-up of the roll. His functions are purely ministe- rial, and the credentials of representa- tives-elect are binding upon him, re- gardless of any questions that may be involved in their issuance. Al talk, therefore, of organizing two houses should be discountenanced. There is no reason for such a revolu- tionary procecding, and the party that should seriously propose or attempt it would from that moment lose the popu- lar support and confidence. There is ample time before the mecting of the next congress to ascertain who, in the close districts, are entitled to reccive credentials, and if, after exhausting the resources to this end, the democrats shall be {ound to have a majority of the next house, the fact must be admitted and submitted to. But the indications are that the next house will be republi- can by from threeto six majority. GOLD GOING ABROAD. The recent shipments of gold from this country, showing that the trade bal- ance is against us, is a topic of chief in- terest in financial circles. We obtain the information from a cireular of a leading New York banking house that there are several reasons for this out- ward movement of gold, which may continue until a considerable amount has gono abroad, One of these is the decline of cotton exports, amounting in value as compared with last year to nearly twenty million dollars, Another reason 1s the reduced shipments of breadstuffs due to the high price in the American market. Europe, it is remarked, wants our wheat in profor- ence to our gold, but will not take itat the price demanded. Tt is quite possi- ble that Europe’s obstinacy in this ve- speet will sooner or later have to yicld. Another reason is that European invest- ors in American stocks have lost their appetite for those securitics. The man- agers of tho Bank of England arve dis couraging such investments by main- taining a high rate of interest, showing in this a determination to force ship- ments of gold from the United Slates. It may be that the great monetary in- stitution needs the gold, and then again it may be that the managers reason that a depletion of our gold supply will lower the price of wheat to the point where English buyers will take it. In any event it is interesting to note what condition this counury is in to meet a gold drain. We referred some days ago to the re- port of the treasurcr of the United States, which showed our resources in gold to be on the first of July last ut least sixty-five million dollars greater than it was at the same date in the pre- vious year. Of this increase in twelve months it is cstimated that more than fifty-six million went into the hands of ‘bankers and capitalists. Of our enormous gold supply only a small part entered into the currency, much the greater portion of it lying idle in the vaults of banks and sufo deposit companies, largely in the shape of gold bars. It would seem, therefore, that we can better spare our gold than our wheat, and in any event there is no reason to apprehend any serious flnancial disturbance, should we be compelled to send abroad twenty or thirty millions of the precious metal. We arein a position to part with it without in the least damaging our- selves, and with the reasonable cer- tainty to look forward to that it will in tims return to our profit. A de- parture of gold always has an exciting effeot upon Wall street and the comparatively small movement thus far has started a chorus of appre- hension from that quarter. It is @ot difficalt, however, to see in it the ev! dence of financial strength. The United States is the richost among the gold- holding nations of the world, and as the supply of gold at all European centors has run low thew turn ta the hoard of this country to replenish. There is no danger that the drain will be so great as to give us any trouble, and in the end it will in all probabili rosult ma- terially to our profit N As a leading Omaha, possibly three, men have been nomi- nated to the council who are wholly unfit to represent any coustituency In municipal affairs the man, not party, is voted for, and it is a matter of the utmost importance to every elector in this city that honest and capable men " CANDIDATES. of the indifference of both parties n result citizens of in one or two instances and bo put in charge of our city government. The voliti- cal ward machinery in the instances cited have 1gnored this demand, and have foisted upon the voters men whose past records, made in this city, should forcver bar them from public ofice. They have been influ- enced by corruptionists, and can be influenced again. The only course left to the respectable and honest mass of republican voters isto put up good staunch men, and run them independently. The people can be re- lied upon next Tuesday to support such a movement., They have had enough ot boodle methods in municipal affairs. It appears that forcign governments are beginning to be as much troubled as ourselves with the question of how to deal with trusts. Recently it was asked in the British house of commons whether the government proposed to proceed against combinations designed to suppress competition and enhance the price of food products. The responso was more reassuring to the trusts than to the public, and its announcement caused an advance of two pounds in the value of the shares of the British salt trust. Several of the leading salt syndi- cates of Germany have united to ad- vance prices, and there, also, the ques- tion has been raised whether the gov- crnment can interfere, with no response thus fac from which the people can de- rive any satisfaction. The United States is thercfore not alone in the effort to determine what public policy requires in the treatment of these com- binations, and the future consideration of the subject by the foreign govern- ments will have great interest for this country. It isa matter that is rapidly assuming universal importance, — THE remarkable falling off in the number of hogs packed in the leading packing centers since November 1, as compared with last year, has attracted considerable attention. 1t is hard to find a cause for this condition other than a scarcity of marketablo hogs. The high prices, which have ruled the market for the past two months, have evidently had a tendency to exhaust all the available st in the markets be- fore the winter season began. As the pucking progresses, however, it is thought that the supply of curers, of which there has as yet been but little demand, will be suflicient for the in- creased slaughtering later on. —— GEORGIA has a statute in her state constitution which in effect is similar to the Nebraska laws prohibiting the absorption of one line by a paralicl line. The courts of the United States district of southern Georgia have just decided a case in point, holding that it was un- constitutional for certain railroads in that state to enter into a combination. It avpears that the people of the south are as much compelled toengage in anti-monopoly fights to protect them- selves from the rapacity of railvonds as the people of the west, It is morcover gratifying to learn that the courts in that section interpret the laws literally st of the people. for the inte ALREADY the advance guard of of- fice seekers is moving upon Washing- ton, and within another month the na- tional capital will swarm with them, The majority of those now going there are old office holders who lost their po- sitions under the present administra- tion and’ urge their sacritice as a suffic- ient claim to rccognition by the next administration, But there is a new clement to be considered which is very likely to have the preference. In any event there is certain to be a host of the disappointed, particularly if the civil service reform views ascribed to General Harrison are carried into of- fect. Tne total amount of railroad build- ing this year will probably not exceed seven thousand miles. On the whole, this record compares favorably with the twelve thousand miles laid in 1887, Last year was unprecedented for an ern of great railroad conmstruction. In all probability, it will take some years be- fore that high water mark will be passed in this countr; THE taxpayers of Omaha did not en- thuse at the two primary elections this week. They left the voting, as a rule, to the ward strikers. In case it should happen that the city till be rifled by the next council and the contractors’ rings, the hohest taxpayer will cheerfully re- plenish it. — VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. Nebraska City News: Attorney Genoral Leese is sald to be afterthe B, & M, in caruest, When he barcs his big right arm and draws his snickersnee there will bo lively times around the capitol. Wymore Union: The legislature should devote a small portion of its time to ascer- tain what good the horde of oil inspeotors are to the people of the state. If they have given us any better grade of oil than we have had heretofore, or have made it any cheaper, all right. If not, they should be dispensed with, Spriogfield Monitor: Tus Omaua Brs, by calling into question the source of the FRIDAY, OVEMBEK 30, 1888 ~TWELVE PAGES suddenly acquired wealth of a number of Omaha's councilmen, is developing to the hungry office,_seckers the possible resources of tho ofMce, #hich will in no wise tend to lessen their Sp re to serve the people in that particuld® cdpacity. Norfolk Néfvs: On the faco of the re- turns it would appear that Mr. Munger, of Fremont, wad a popular man and a demo- crat who might have hopes in the future. But when it is considered that Mr. Munger, of Fremont, ran ahead of lis ticket because the railroads tried to defeat his opponent and clect him, his future political prospects are not 80 promising. Grand Island, Indepondent: The same papers that subported Thayer for re-election to the United States senate, and by that sup- port defeated him, support Manderson now. The samo papers that supported Sc Hitcheock for re-clection, and by that port defeated him, support Seaator Mander- son now. The same papers that supported Senator Saunders for re-clection, and by that support defeated him, support Manderson now. These facts have some political sig- ficance. Kearney Hub: The Sabin scandal as re ported in the Omaba and Chicago papers is attracting the attention just now of the in- habitants of Beatrice, which ¢ , or was, the home of Mr, Sabin. Public opinion there is divided as to the merits of tho case, with a majority forninst, If it is the same Sabin who had something to do with the fraudulent benevolent life insurance company of Beat- rice, there will be no division of opinion un here as to what ought to be done with him. He ought to be hung, o he had. Howells Journal: John M. Thurston, the Union Pacific railroad lawyer and lobbyist is after Senator Manderson's shoes. Thurs- ton will no doubt have the aid of all the cor- poration tools ifi the state. While wo have no particular love for Mr. Manderson we deem him a much better man for the position than Thurston. If elected Mr. Thurston would go to Washington as the representa- tive of the railroads and not of the people. To them he would owe his election, and he would be bound to work for his masters, The paid attorney of the Union Pacific rail- road company s not a suitable man to rep- resent the great state of Nebraska in the United States senate. ' Stuart Ledger: Manderson surely would be an excellent selection for the cabinet, but Thurston's close relatious to railroads in the past stands against him. It is for a man to serve the peop! as it is for a christian to s mon. We want men whom we know will stand by the people, men who will arbitrate fairly, honestly and justly capital and labor. There is a growing tendency of capital to get the *‘cinch’ on the poor—to wake combina- tion prices which will insure good dividends. The time is coming when the people at the Dballot box will have to right some grievous wrongs. We want for ofice men whom we kuow will stand by the people. Beatrice Democrat: 1t really looks as though those Elgin people had crowded Col- onel Sabin into tue small end of the horn. ‘They have him after a spirited chase, in which he tore the seat out of his pants on a barb wire fence, locked up in jail, and they are saying all manner of mean things ahout nim. The last and most unkindest cut of all was the assertion of an Elgin vaper that i 1is a mere western cour- y." A man can stand to fight a dentist, be chased by the minions of the law over barb wire fences, have his clothes torn off, and be cast into prison, but when 1t comes to wiping out the military record, and re- ducing a colounel to the rauks, at one swoop, it is time to call @ halt and inquire, whither are we drifting. . They Spoak His Name in Awe. News, 'Lige Halford of Indianapolis is the first republican to getan office under the Harri- son admimistration. Many thousands of oftice-seckers speak his name in tones of awe. His Knife. Mr. Cleveland, after carefully looking over the election returns from New York Cit has coucluded that there is agreat opening in that locality for a first-class cutlery store. e i o Brace Up and Act Like a Man. Louisville Commercial, (Ind.) “What wili President Harrison do for the south?" is the silly cry that is going up from the columns of many southern journals, 1f the south conducts itself as a great, lubberly, muling infant, the presidout may givo it “rap” to quiet it, and then again he may turn it upon his knee and hit it as many licks as its pucrility deserves. iaeeri o L Is Finance n_F: Pionecr Pr The two proprietors lately in charge of the State bank ac Valpa Neb., have care- fully pat up the shutters, turned down the gas and gone on a pleasure tour, taking along with them for company about §203,000 of other people's money. It is understood that the excited depositors are now agitating tho question, **Is finance a failure?” and also ex- periencing uo little difficulty in finding some one to take the negative side of the query. — Not Eligivle to Office, Lineoln vall, It is understood that Goveraor Thayer and Attorney General Leeso refused to sign a petition circulated at the state house yester- day asking President Harrison to appoint John M. Thurston a member of his cabinet, The governor's position that the petition was somewnat too previous is eminently correct. Further than that the people of Nebraska, in whose cyes Jolin M. Thurston’s notorious record as a railroad lobbyist and oil room manipulator has made him ineligible to any important clective ofice in their gift, do not ask his election to any equally important ap- pointive ofiice, ure. ————— Jeffersonian Simplicity. Springeld Republican. A “general feeling” has been aiscovered Dby the Chicago Tribune that “it is unbecoin- ing, improper even, for one who has swpyed the destinies of the great republic,” to after- ward entor inte business competition with his fellow citizens, and 8o that newspaper advises President Cleveland to go upon a farm when he lays aside the robes of oflice. Thus “Cincinnatus went back to the plow, Washington, Madison, Jefferson and Monroe retired to their Virginia plantations, Ji son sought the peageful shades of his Her- mitage farm. Van Buren withdrew to the seclusion of Kinderhook, Buchanan buried himself at Wheatland, Hayes is' breeding poultry on a farm. It would have been far better for Graut, had he, instead of plunging into the turbid waters of Wall street, gone to his St. Louis farm.” There isnothing un- becoming about an ex-president’s return to old pursuits; on the contrary, it is highly be- coming under democratic institutions that he should do so. Butthe Tribune’s advice is not very bad. The farm will do for ex- presidents if they have money enough to buy one, and can extract comfort therefrom. There is that in it, too, that smacks of the homely and rugged simplicity of earlier days that made the republic possible. Besides, what might not be the influence so exerted to check the exodus from the soil that has become with us & vexed question! Poultry raising has been & mania here in the east since Mr. Hayes left the® white house, Ex presidents might perhaps likewise serve to popularize the farming wdustry that seewms 10 have become 50 distasteful to our young people. PROMINENT PiITRSONS, Queen Victoris, with the inconsistency of her sex, 0pposes vivisection, but encourages fox hunting, Benjamin Harrison's favorite exerciso is walking, There are yo flics on his ability as a runner, either, Senator Plumb, of Kansas, is spoken of for a cabinet position. It won't do. There are no plums in a cabinet pudding. The late William Warren, the actor, left an estate valued at $312,00 ~ This breaks the record for actors. Think of Shakespeare dying poor. At the breakfast given to the czar and_his wife at Baku recently by Mr. Rohel, Rus- sia’s “‘potroleum king," the host presented the czarina with o diamond boguet holder worth §60,000. The sultan of Turkey has decorated Sir Arthur Sullivan with the order of the Medji- deh. This honor ia the outcome of the de- light afforded the sultan by selections from Sullivan's operas, which were recently played to him, slish newspapor calls James Russell fhe Sweet Singer of New kKng- This gives strength to the report Lowell recently acknowledyed, in an unguarded woment, to a Londoner that be was an American by birth, Emperor William of Germany has con- sented to stana as godfather to the ninth son of a poor workman of Marlenbure, and to have his august name entered in the bap tismal register. He has sent a present of 50 marks to his prospective godson. Harriet Beecher Stowe continues to im- prove, and sho is now able to go about the house. At one time, flve or six w ago, it was fearod she would survive but a few hours; but she has so much improved since then that in everything but her. mental con- dition she 18 like another person. Citizen George Francis Train holds that flesh-eating is shortening human life. He has ouly contempt for people who dine upsa the carcasses of animals and bi He con- finos his diot to oat meal and baked beans, and this, together with abundant fresh air, promises to carry him through 200 years of plensant existence. Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson is said to be suporstitious on the subject of white horses. This 1way be due to the fact that his whiskers have a reddish tinge. At all ovents, he holds the beliet that the. sight of & white horse s brings him bad luck. He says he never saw so many in his lifo as on election d and by night he felt con- vinced that his party had been beateu, though he had heard no returns, g STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Platte county teacliers have formed an association. ‘The new brick school house at Ulysses is now ready for the roof. The town of Brewster is_expecting to re- ceive the B. & M. in the spring. Blaine county will voto on the question of issuing $5,500 in bonds January : Thete is need of a law in Plattsmouth to keep barking dogs off the streets nights. The Broken Bow hoard of trade has elec- ted a tull set of offic and hereafter will hold weekly meetings. Thomas Crawford, forme resident of Joh recently at an advanced ag The state convention of the Y. W. C. A., held at Hastines, proved both profitable and interesting and was well attended. Johnson county Las lost a staunch demo- tin the person of Captain A. Dreyhaus, who goes to o more congenial clime in Arkan- sas A North Plattc man hud his jaw broken in a runaway the other day. " He is doing uicely, but his princinal compiaint is that he is “wful tired of soup.” There are 245 inmates in the industria school at Kearney, 154 boys and 61 gir Lancaster county has furnished the number of inmates, 65: Douglas next, 83 hird, 34, and Buffalo fourth with 4. of Columbus, has disposcd and sixteen hundred head attle since Septem- ber 1, to men in Madison, Platte, Colfax, Polkand York counties, to feed. The spectacle of & ouce leading profes- man_being arrested and jailed for and exposure has_illus- ths to which manhood can sometimes descend. A Ulysses lumberman tried to swallow the twish-bone' of a chicken, but it stuck in his crop, and+a doctor with a'lonz rubber tube and o swab had to bo called into action. The bone was removed, and now rests in the lum- berman’s pocket, for luc William Van Brimmer was until recently an excmplary Gothenburg 1z man, but is now a fugitive from justice. He has gone out into the wide, wide world and carried off asmall portion of the funds of the mill com- pany by which he was employed. They have a very handy school house in Barton district of Blaine county. The Foof is wrought in willows and sod, and whenever an urchin meauders from the broad path of virtue the teacher has only to reach up, ex- a portion of the ing and proceed to apply it to the person of the youth so mean- dering. Farmers are warned to keep an eye open for an agent who sells the “corn binder,” who is swindling the farmers in the diffcrent parts of the stuate by getting postal card or- ders for one binder and raising thom to 100, The binder is asmall wooden stick about cighteen inches long, with o brass fernle on the end, on which there 1s fustened a string which binds the fodder that Mr. y a well known died in California lowa, Au cffort is being made to open house at Oskaloosa. The railronds of Webstor county | 051,17 in taxes to the county treas year. The state buildings and equipment cultural college &t Ames, The Toledo creamery has sold 40,000 pounds of creamery butter during the past wonth. Its value was 29,000, A rumor has beeu started at Sioux City that the Illinois Central has purchased -a $40,000 tract of land in that city for depot DUFPOSES. Dabuque_county labor vote, 285, of any a packing id §20,- rer this expended over $300,000 on at the lowa Agri- lled the largest union county in the state at the recent election, and Page county the largest prohibition vote, 200, John Gilmore, secretary of the Ameri Poland China Record company, has been in Cedar Rapids makivg arrangements for tho annual meeting of that company, which tak place January 16, 1850, The swine breeders’ institute also meets at the same place at the same time. John Kerfoot, between ninty and ninty-five years of age, died in the Wapcllo county poor house a few days azo. He settied in Wapello county before there was a railroad in the state, and was at one time a well-to-do and intluential citizen, but bad management made him @ pauper many years ago. As Mus, Rayson, of Wilton, who is ninety- rs of age, was trying to prepare some upper she made a mistake that cost s ber life. Her cyesight 18 very poor, and she placed what she thought was ten pot on the stove, but in its stead it was the kero- almost instantly andbefore the she was burned an, which took f and caught her clothing, flames were extinguishe frightfully and fatally. Dakota. ilding_and loan association is being d at Eden. were 793 votes cast at Deadwood at the recent election, A. B, Dobson, a farmer at Kampeska, has disappoarcd, leaving the money lenders of Watertown $2,000 out of pocket, The board of trade of Watertown has de- cided to make a strong effort to sccure the location of the capital of South Dakota. The Yankton oil mill ground 22,000 bushels of flux sced last week, the best run ever made in that time, producing 110 barrels of oil. General Campbell is mentioned by many nowspapers in connection with the Dakota governorship uuder the statehood arrauge- ment, Dalota cast 114,000 votes at the late elec tion—indicating a popuiation of 600,000, in- cluding unorganized counties, which' do’ not participate in elections. The last roaster ot the reduction works at Deadwood has becn put in place, snd work is 80 well along that there seems to be no doubt that the plant will be ready for opera- tion early in January. A syndicato composed of capitalists from Chicago, Sioux Fn!r- and Yanktou, bave pur- chased a corner ou Main street, Sioux Falls, of exquisite flavor. opposite the postofiico for 8325 a front foot, and will arcct thereon a business block 120 footfront by 100 feet deep and five stories high. A member of the speclal grand jury in session at Deadwood was fined & box of for tardiness, He fur. bt they were of the kind for the Iourth of July, and nd pyrotechnic display in the rs on T! 1the made expross there was a gr jury room when tle jurors got them well lighted, - The Death-Rare of Infants, Popular Science Monthly: It is a startling fact, which meets the studont of vital statistics {at the outset of his investigations, that fr one-third to one-half of all persons born into the world die before reaching the age of years. Or, to face the tervible from another point of view, so great'are the dangers of infancy, that a child which has completed its fifth vear actudlly has an expectation of lifo more than twelve years greater than it had at hirth The t proportion of deaths v greatly inditferent countries and local- tics, at different times and under dif- ferent circumstances. Statistics ave of value only in showing average results. TIn Notway, for example, the proportion dying under five is stated by Dr. Farre to be 2045 per 1,000 borni whilo in England iti per 1,000, and in Italy 566" per 1,000. In_fifty-one so-called “healthy districts of England and Wales, according to the thor- ity. the mortality under fi per 1,000 born, while in the Liverpool dis- trict, vepreseuting the most unfavo able sanitary conditions, it is 460 per 1,000 In the difforent parts of country, we find nearly as gr a vae riety as on the continent of Ilurope. Lven in the same latitude, tho propor- tion varies greatly, according as city or count districts considered. 1In the state our own are f of Vermont, which contains no large cities, and represents cssen- tially a rural population, the number of deaths under five, for the year 1883, was ver cent of the whole nnmber of deaths; in the state of Massachusetts, which embraces several large cities within its limits, for the twelve years ending in 1884, it was 84.74 per centy and in the city of New York alone, for the seven years ending 1873, it was ex- actly 50 per cent of the entire mortal- ity. ———— No Christmas Table should be without a bottle of Angostura Bitters, the world renowned appetiz: Beware of counter- feits. sl Coliars Mon Wear. General Grant was one of my custom- roporter, and wove a 17-inch General Avthur wore a 16-inch and was ve articular in what he bought. He wanted the latestst) lars if they were becoming,but hie would not take one simply because it was in style. DBoth Lawrence Barrett and 19d- win Booth buy their collars and under- clothing here. Barrettis a very nice n and is particular what he buys, out not extravagant. He wears a 153 standing collar. Booth,I believe, wear: a 15 Jay Gould comes in here quite often, and is 2 mighty nice man to wait upon. He wearsa 14 turned down col- lar and the smallest size underwear we sell. Mr. Blaine comes in all, He wears a 154 tu lar. J. K. Emrettisge wears the old-fashioned 164 turned over yle. Willinin Waldort Astor is one of my regular customers, and a more quiet, gentlemuuly man you couldn’t meet. He never buys more than he wants, nor is he exfravagant in his tastes. It is impossible to force goods on Mr. Astor. He wears a 15 collar. ‘ Berry Wall buys all his underclothing and neckwear heve and always wants the latest style. He is now wearing the o col here occasion- ned down col- ug stout, and latest thing out in neckwear, viz: the old-fashioned stock, long cuough to go twice around the neck. The ex-king of the dudes is not spend- ing s0 much money as he used to. Not only has he not got so much to spend, but'he cannot find as many storekecpers to trust him as he used to. A 153 collar is about the size, for Berry is growing a 1ittle stouter than he used to be. The late Wright Sanford was one of my best cnstomers, and wore a turn-down 164 Mr. Sanford was always very neat and nice in his tastes, but, in a quiet way, was very extravagant. [ baye sold him fourdozen linen handker- chiefs at a time, for which he paid the neat sum of $50 a dozen. Mayor Hewitt gets his things hore, but his wife buys them for him. The mayor wears a 16 turn down collar, The Vanderbilt boys, George and Fred, are two of my most modest and quiet customers. They want good arti- cles, but are not at all ‘extravagant. W. J. Florence wears a 174 collar, while John L. Sullivan, the last time re, d with a 17 ach, 1 guess he could wear a smaller one now, Pat Sheedy wears a 174 collar and Nat collar, he was smid a New York merchant to a Press l Goodwin a 16. General Harrison wears a 164 turn down, and Ed Stokes' neck ust fills a neat 154 stand up collar. Bo§ ngorsoll’s nock measures just about 18 inches. [ could tell you about many others, but T guess you've got enough. - Once Ho Was Supreme Judge of Utah, In adingy grog shop, 93 South Dose plaines street, Chicago, says the Chis ago Tribune, & man dropped dead. He appeared to bo more than seventy yoars nl‘{. Though dissipation had made his countenanco anything but pleasant to look upon, the massive frame and clears cut features showed him to be a man of more than ordinary birthand breeding, In his pockets the police found papars which led to his identity. Ho was W, W. Drummond, once the supremo judge of the territory of Utah. The "dead man was a Virginian by birth, and in 1851 was appointed to tho highest judi- cial position in the territory of Utah by President Pierce. He was then com- paratively a young man, and, although ving an interesting family, fell in with o dissolute woman named Pleasant Edgerton. This woman was the canse of his ruin, and for the last six years ho has beon known as a dranken paupor, Living in the low saloons on the West Side, T~ Election Fignres. Tho figuroes following of pluralitics in tho scveral northern statos in the general eloo- tions of 1554 aud 1858 aro official as to 1584 and from tho latest reports as to 'S8 1884, I | | [ STATRS. | Republican. Democrat. | Republican. Colorado ‘onuecticut 1ilinois Indiana Towa, v sas. Maine 7 Massachusetts.. Ohio Oregon £ Ponnsylvania Riiode Tsland Vormont Wisconsiil, Total..........| 40 Net republican plu Net republican plurality Republican gain over 1854 = McAuliffe Will Right Donovan. Niw Youk, Nov. 29.—Billy Madden, the sporting manager, has been authorizod by Juck MeAuliffe to make a mateh with Prof. Mike Donovan. McAuliffe feels roiled by ade by somo of Donovan's en- thusinstic friends that Mike can knock him out of time 1 six Marquis of Quoenshorry rounds, and says he will fight ‘for all the gate roceipts, or for a division of 65 per cont to the winner and 35 to the loser. pstitis ey The Strongest Man in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Rocord: Philadelphia can boast of a modern Iercules in the person of George Soptiman, a giant in muscle and stature. He stands 6 fe 4% inches in his stoc inches around his chest and weighs 2 pounds, scarcely a pound of which i superflious flesh. Iis proportions are admirable and he has amazed many an athletic expert by his display of strength, Soptman recently paid a short visit to a gymnasium on Arch street and gave an exhibition of what he coulddo. The pupils eyed him curiously whon h picked up the 100-pound bell an twirled it between his fingers as a dude might do with a bamboo cane, When he stretehed out his arms and asked all who could possibly do so to jump on his baclk, arms, shoulders nng head to take aride, eight sturdy an strong men complied with the réquest, and holding on to his cars, hair and col® lar botton, they boro their welght upod him. He carried them without much difiiculty, and the gymnasts who saw the perfyrmance were almost inclined think contemptuously of their own comparatively puny physiques. Not satisficd with this the young giant went to the strength testing scaies and pulled up the 2000-pound weight with case. Ho then wrapped two straps round his his shoulder and, and fastens ing the ends 1o 3,300 pounds of iron, ha caimly raised the weight and took Yrmlnmmdu around the hall with his oad. As his last actainstead of wrestling, with a Nemean lion, as Hercules of mythological fame did, he caught hold of a bear which a friend had express] brought, and hugged ihe animal so har that it grunted for mercy. Spotman has yet to perform seven more difficult ta and then he will pose himself as amodern Hevcules and the hero of twelve unparalleled feats of strength, k-3 Tet. = THE STUDIOUS MAN. Out through the gates of Ispahan A One morning rode a studious man. “Ah,whither bound?"" a traveler cried, It Who rested by a fountain side, It “I go to seck,"” replied the sage, T “'The greatest wonder of the age. It ““Then from your saddle now descend And call your journey at an end, For here within this sack 1 hold The greatest wonder bought or sold." A And stooping down, the speaker drew cake of IVORY S0AP in view. *No alkali this soap contains, leaves the lace and takes the stains; comes from oils, sweet as the rose hat in the palace garden grows; floats like cork upon the wave ; With this we may both wash and shave—"* Enough, enoigh!" the student cried; “You've saved me fom a longer ride,” nd turning round his wisdom showed, For back to Ispahan he rode. A WORD OF WARNING, There are many white soaps, each represented to be “just as good as the ‘Ivory' able qualities of the genuine, Ask for 1 Copyright 18, by ' they ARE NOT, but like all counterfoits, lack the peculiar and remarks vory" Soap and insist upon getting its Frocter & Gamble.