Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1890, Page 4

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B, v Public. the Burlington indicates that the co ‘poration has adonted a pace too lively for old blood. IN rLACI Omah Sioux ( +of busine their surplus c: industrics, the moneyed men of y show a commendable degree agacity. DEMOCRATIC organs are grievously annoyed because Senator Quay will not resign. The senator is never so com- fortable or immovable as when under demoeratic fir "1 prohibitionists have placed a state ticket in the field in California In Ne- braska thoy arh carrying water on both shoulders dnd dispensing the fluid from non-pa jugs. Trz alarming increase in the number of religious, political, moral and social eranks bombarding the occupants of the white house, goes to prove that our luna- tic usylums are not effectively guarded. Tue Chicago Inter Occan threatens to read out of the party all papers opposed to the MceKinldy bill in its present form. Fortunately the independence of repub- licans is not in the keeping of this orgun. WirH a public building assured, two candidates for governor n training, a ~congressman in harness, and a liberal as- sortment of political patriots ready to sacrifico their private interests to serve the public, the capital of Dodge county 8 blessed beyond measure RMERS in eastern Colorado propose “to follow the example of their brethren in Nel , Dakota and California, in cultivating sugar beets, Should the re- sults of experiments be sustained on a large le, thore is little doubt that the new industry will cause reduction facto- ries to spring up and multiply in the western states, DENVER papers send up a consump- tive yell of joy because the Burlington runs a train through to thatcity without touching either Omaha or Kansas Y. There is really no oceasion for hilarity. The train referred to is intended to hurry the lungless residents of the ‘Windy city to the mountain hospital and husten the vemains back to the friends of the deceasod, Such cargoes can be re- plehished with cod liver oil at any way station. Speed is necessary to prevent the victims dying on the company’s hands. Iris waste of time and money to at- tempt the permanent improvement of the present garbage dumps. The steady growth of industries on the levee and the necessity for inereased railvoad facilities | will soon absorb every foot of ground. Itisun outrage on thousands of ewm- ployes and a positive injury to health to | maintain these filth piles on the front. cheapest and most healthful means of disposing of garbage is by cremation or desication. The amount of money al- ready;squihdered on dump boats and the salaries paid dump watchmen would al- most pay for deodor! ing the garbage. rive ARTESIAN well irvigation will soon be put to the test in South Dakota, propriation of twenty-two thousand dol- lavs hus beon made by congress for this work, and the money is to be expended under a commission appointed by the president. A private artesian well re- cently sunk near Huron tapped an un- derground basin and secured a large vol- ume of flowing water, This and other wells are to be thoroughly examined by the commisgion and new wells sunk in various portions of the semi-arid region, 80 as to practically determine the truth | of the geologie theory that a vast area of water underlies that section. The work of the commission will be watched with keen interest throughout the west. rotary of The Beo | Experience shows thut the best, | ing and decompos- | Anap- | THE MAY MEETING. Trustworthy advices indicate that the anti-monopoly republicans of Nebraska | fully realize the importance of the con- ference to bo held at Lincoln May 20, and that it will be very largely attended. THE BEE has already expressed its un- qualified approval of this movement, the purpose of which is to determine the | bost methods to be pursued in order to id the republican party in this state of poration influence and dictation and elect public officinls who will honestly represent the people and carry out their wishes, It is not necessary to repeat what has been so often said, and must be pre- sumed to be familinr to every citizen, regavding the past course of the rail- rouds in connection with political affairs in Nebraska. Their uniform corrupt practices, their unscrupulous methods in cauncuses and conventions, and their defiant domination of legislatures, have for years boen a reproach on the integ- vity and intelligence of our people. It | has long been time that this dark | page in our political history were turned | down and a new leaf opened upon which torvecord the triumphof the popular will, | Every interest of our people, and -the | welfare and progress of the state, de- mand that the republican party shall throw off the blighting incubus of corpo- ration control and reassert itself as the friend of the people and the foe of mo- nopoly. The promoters of the proposed confer- ence believe that the true way to purge and reform the party is from within rather than by organization outside the party and antagonistic to it. They be- lieve that ther o sufficient force in the pavty ranks, if united and wisely di- rected, to destroy the power of the cor- porations without endangering the suc- coss of the pavty. They contend that the anti-monopoly element among the vepublicans of Nebraska, if fully mar- shalled at the caucuses and in conven- tion, is strong enough to rule the part and to nominate and elect its candidat, and they insist that the only places at which the power of this clement can be safely e ave the primavies and conv hias shown to be peril- Party fealty then assects itself with too great force, in most cases, to be overcome Tiue B fully agrees with these views. It does not béliove that there is any present necessity for independent organization in schemes of the corporations, but that this ean bo fully accomplished by thor- vepublieans and bringing them into ac- tion at the caucuses and counventions. We are therefore heartily in favor of the proposed conference and confidently hope that its success may be commen- surate with the overwhelming import- ance of its object THE LABOR SITUATION ABROAD. The events of today in most of the countries of Rurope are certain to be memorable, and may prove to be mo- mentous, in the history of labor agits Ltion, For more thana week past the dispatehes from Burope have conveyed ominous warnings of possible widespread and serious disturbances to happen to- day in connection with the labor dem- onstrations in various countries. In ance, in Germany, in Austria and in Belgium labor is in a state of restless discontent that has caused grave apprehension. French states- men, doubtless remembering how near the second republic came to being over- thrown in 1848 by the uprising of the workingmen of Paris, have been looking forward with serious misgivings to a re- currence of such an uulmuvul arranged for today. The government has tuken precautions to suppress any demonstra- tions of a threatening character, and the appearance in Puris and at casily ac- cessible points of a body of troops sufli- cient to cope with any probable emer- geney may prevent serious trouble, but there is manifestly on the other hand the danger that these very ade- quate precautions may excite and exasperate the people and invite tho consequences they ave dosigned to avePt. Undoubtedly in any event the govern- ment will prevail, but if it should hap- pen that law and order could be main- tained only at the price of a conflict be- tween soldiers and citizens, it is casy to understand that the cost might be very serious, Doubtless there will be no lack of influences, political and otherwise, to inflame the workingmen to violence if there should be the least excuse given for it. In Austria the situation is even more threatening, for the reason that the authovities have adopted a policy of ex- asperation. The governors of pro inces have b&n publicly and ostenta- tiously reminded of the'r powers of pro- claiming martial law, and military of- ficers have heen ordered todisregard the mereiful formality of fiving blank cart- ridges at mobs beforo resorting to bullets. Everywhere the authorities have been showing their power in the most velentless form, an example of which was furnished in Gallicia about « week ago, when ordinary street brawls were treated as organized mobs and un- armed and unoffending men and women were shot down, In Bohemin and Silesia there is widesprend discontent, a t number of miners in the latter province being on -strike whose ranks will today be augmented by many thousands more, In Hungary the state of affairs is not so grave, but the situation in Belgium is represonted as wearing a serious aspect. Bismarck has been veported as having no fear of any trouble in Germany, and | although out of power his judgment still has greater value than that of any other man in the empire. The government has not neglected to take all precautions deemed necessary for the suppression of disturbances, Outdoor meetings and sions in most large towns have been prohibited, and an ample military and police vigilance will be everywhere exercised, but doubtless the atest security agninst serious out- breaks is the fact that the friendly atti- | tude of the young emperor toward lubor has disposed a very large portion of the working classes to have fidence in the government as the con- servator of their interests and welfare In Italy, Swit oughly organizing the anti-monopoly 4 rlund and even in ! Spain, the artisan classes will today celebrate what the international council | terms the ‘‘festival of the resurrection of the working classes,” and only in England will there be no general demonstration. In the contest between the trades-unions and the so- clalist organizations as to which should have control of the demonstration the former were victorious, and the English workingmen will make their display of organized strength next Sunday, when it is expected England will witness the greatest demonstrations of the forces of labor in her history. In the events of today in Europe affecting the laboring classes the workingmen of America, though not directly concerned, will yet be profoundly interested A TIMELY SUGGESTION. President Harrison, in his message vetoing the bill appropriating two hundred thousand dollars for an addition to the public building at Dallas, Tex., which was shown by the statement of the supervising architect of the treasury to be double the amount requived for an ample extension, took oceusion to sug- gest the necessity of greater care than is being observed by congress in making this class of appropriations, The con- struction and enlargement of public buildings where it is necessary in the interest of the public business, or where it is to the advan- tage of the government, the president, in common with all others who take an unprejudiced and practical view of the matter, approves, but the present con- has manifested a_ degree of care- sness in this matter, of which the vetoed measure is an example, that the president has done well in ealling atten- tion to. Undoubtedly the public building at Dallas requires an addition, but after the ing architect of the treasury, is pronounced to be com- petent authority in such matters, had reported that one hundred thousand dollars would provide an ample extension and that amount was originally stated in the bill, why was it subsequently doubled? And if there is no apparent reason in this case why con- gress should have doubled the amount of an approprintion which the proper official of the treasury reported to be sufficient, does it not furnish a reasona- ble ground for presumption that con- gress has been doing a great deal more of this sort of thing than is prudent under present conditions? What i meant by liberal expenditure i this matter of public buildings must not be construed so broadly as toallo -ava- gance which will turn publie sentiment against this class of expenditure The suggestions of the president on this subject are entirely judicious under existing circumstances, and their influ- ence upon congress ought to be beno- ficial. ONE MORE 14 TER. Another tax-eater is to be added to the city pay roll. An ordinunce has been introduced in the council to pro- vide for analyzing the milk sold on our streets, and the city chem ceive fifty dollars per month for making milk tes Now, we heartily approve the propo- sition looking to the protection of milk consumers from impure milk, but what is the necessity of puying out fifty dol- lars u month to u chemist when the city already pays two hundred dollars a month to a city physician, who ought to be qualified for making chemical tests of food products? Less than three years ago the city physician’s salary was doubied for the special benefit of a favorite of the late mayor. That gentleman made way for a favorite of the present mayor at the same liberal salary, Why should the taxpayers be loaded with an additional burden when they are already paying for work that legiti- mately devolves upon the city health officer? The city payroll is being increased every month and no cutting down of ex- penses anywhere. Where will this reck- loss policy lead to? Supposeprohibition carries and two hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars arve added to our city payroll for the public school cm- ployes; how will we meet the enormous drain unless we double our present valuation, The experience of Towa and Kansas is thut property values shrink enormously under prohibition Does not prudence dictate that rigid cconomy be exercised in the manage- ment of our city affaivs; that supernu- ‘meravies be dismissed and no new offices created under any pretense. AS T0 BRICK PAVEMENT. The report of the council committee which visited the Indianapolis paving exposition agrees substantially with the views of THE BEE on brick paving. An examination of the various methods of laying the pavement, the quality and durability of the material and the cost, goes to show that its success in Omaha depends on home manufacture, Unless brick can be produced here, possessing the requisite compactness, and capable of sustaining a reasonable amount of traffic, it would be folly for property owners to encourage brick pave- ment, or for the city to permit it. It would be necessary to import brick whenever repuirs are necessary; thus placing the entire cost on the city. The fact that B ice and Lincoln have produced brick equalling in quality the Galeshurg product, ought to stimulate experiments with the clay in this vicin- ity. heve is no doubt that paving bricks manufactured from kuolin clay near Louisville at the junction of the Missouri Pacific and Burlington roads would be as good as any paving brick that has yet been mide. The only question will be the cost of shipping this brick to Omaha. If the railvonds will give the brick- makers reasonably low rates the brick pavement will bo almost as cheap as the wooden block, which has at best been only o makeshift and must be replaced every six or soven years. | event Tue Order of Railway Conductors is on the eve of dissolution in the west. Heretofore the gentlemen of the punch groater con- | Were indepondent of all kindred organi- zations, and declined to afiliate with them, In fact a member of the order | was compelled to subscribe to an oath | not to strike famany cause and to stand by the comphing‘in svery struggle. The seads of fedofitf8n have taken root among the membersyhowever, and it is quite certain that'@élther the clause against strikes will o #tricken from the consti- tution or the! order will be abol- ished by '""the new tion of rallway employes. In that oneiof the most formid- able federatfons of railrond men will have been pevfected in the west, It will include the engimeers, firemen, conduc- tors, brakesnien and switchmen. Against their united power few corporations will invite a contest, —— MAYOR CUSHING'S veto of promiscuous hydrant planting is timely, In the early days of its career the council adopted a resolution against an increase in the number of hydrants until n reasonable reduction of the rental was secured. This spasm of reform was soon forgotten. The limit of the water fund having now beer reached puts an end for the season to hydrant planting. As Much as Conld Be Expected. Loutsvilie Courter-Journal, A Pennsylvania congressman is mentioned as having uttered a half truth. If he did, we should be very thankful. We could not, of course, expect a Pennsylvania congressman to tell the wholo truth. —_—— The Hat in Politics. New York Tribune. The wearing of a soft felt hat by a politi- clan in Europe is sufficient to radical proclivities, and in the B s of commons Mr. Bradlaugh and William O'Brien are almost the only members who af- fect that particular form of headgear, Every- body else makes use of the high sill hat. Mr. Gould's Bland Ways. Kansas City Times. Mr. Jay Gould, in his southern tour, shook hands with the good people of Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso and other enterprising Texas towns. Then in his bland way Mr. Gould told the people of each town that their place was the finest lie had seen for a new union depot, for a new railroad or anything else the people were clamoring for. He has worked that racket threadbare in other regions, but it seems to work well still in Texas. gaihed o iriacs Tied to the Wrong Man. The Epoch. Miss Jennie Hartof Tribe's Hill, N. Y., burst out crying the other day just after hey wedding ceremony had been performed, say- ing that she had “mérried the wrong man.” Th's just the way New Yorkers feel to- s young Mr, Grant. They got hold of the wrong man 100, and elected him mayor of this great eity a year ago last November. And now decent citizens are crying just as hard as did Miss Jennie Hart. But they will dry their eyes next November when Mr. Grant’s successor is elected. ¢ S e Betieve a Word of It. . A'he Epoch. Harold Frederic says in the Times that English politicians “work ten times as ha as American palitfeians.”” We do not believe vor "I'hzcmuf work of an American politician is to get offices for his friends and constituents. To',accomplish that he must strain every netve, for if e fails to secure enongh “pap" to djstribute amone his and . thirsty followers, he will nev re-nominated by the ~boys.” No matter how hard English politigians may wotk, grappling with scrions questious of - statecraft, their la- bors arenot a cireumstance compared with the woery, the anxiety, and 4he wear and tear inseparable from the impertunities of th hordes of office-seekers, to which American politiciaus are exposed day in and day out. i LAl ) VOICE OF THE STATE PRI Doy Bértrand Herald. Fora set of narrow-minded mend us to the Omaha Ministers They are afraid of the truth. Their petty spirit of intolerance would do credit to the sixteenth centur Murphy s worth more to the world than the whole out- 1it, and his great work of reforming drunkards will go grandly on, notwithstanding the re- fusal of the Ministers' association to endorse his efforts. bigots com- Helen Badly Disappointed. Mead Advocate. Holen Gougar, the prohibition orator, did not succeed in sending Edward Rosewater, | editor of Tk Oxana BEe, to the pen, as she had expected to, The case was tried in the district court at Tekamah and Mr. Rose- water was discharged and the case dismissed at once. A Profesional Sailor's Opinion, ll'a‘ Point Progress. John Sahler, a professional Nebraska byist, is of the opinion that prohibition will carry in Nebraska, nnless something in the way of stimulating is done by its opponen The “‘stimulating’’ that John has reference to object to per: the article, Something in the Wind, Newport Advocate. What's the idea of the railronds in Nebraska issuing free passes to the county officials over the state at this stage of tho anti-monopoly game! Do the officials of the several coun ties of the state hold the balance of power While the poor farmer is scouring his plow and wading in dirt, the sly railway magnate is laying his trap he game. It will take hard work and lots" 8% rustling this summer and fall to elect-a legislature that will reduce railroad rates and thus give tho farmers a chance to market their produce. Osgood as a Candidate, Tecumseli Republicaii, Pecumseh’s candidate for attorney general —Hon. Daniel F.Qsgood—when asked how his prospects were, answered, that for the pust month he had been so busy that be had no time to think or talk politics, but that he constantly received Jettors from all parts of the state promising ~support, and urging him out in the ra he fact that Mr. Osgood is not a railrond attovrey brings to his support a strong following. A Wrong to Be Righted. Red (oud Chief. organiza- | | hun- | e bo | lob- | Ournext legislature should pass a law | making it ne gage property th its value. people in this regded. Often a man's prop erty is bought in nder execution und for less than ono-fourth of its value. wrong and should b’ remediod. Th ought to have some rights that even i are bound to vespect ary in selling chattol mort- it bring three-fourths of people h wen Waiting for a Protest, Madison Reporte The Reporter asserts there is not a line of railroad in the state of Nebraska, including nominal cost, that cost §1 over $10,000 a mile to build and equip, und yet every one of them are bonded and stocked for from 55,000 to $76,000 per mile and their freight rates are graduated to pay heayy intercst on from $15,000 to $66,000 of blue sky. No wonder people kick under such circumstances and re- fuse to be robbed any louger; yet has any wman ey heard the Hon. George Washing. ton Effervesoent Dorsey utter one word against the iniquity! No; his is a cloar case of the fat dog and the brass collar. There is a great wrong done the | sold | It is all | | | | looking at him & womient, | instead o is undoubtedly cold cash and he would uot | nally handling a good share of | ANNEXATION. One of the strongest arguments in favor of the joining of South Omaha to Omaba is the fact that the former city will be benefitted by securing a lower rate of taxation. On this point most of the home builders and wage workers of South Omaha lack infor- mation, At first thought the fact that Omaha's city levy is 41 mills on the dollar against South Omaha's 27 mill levy is to them o reason for opposing annexation. But there is more to this point than thoy huve ever given thought and where they thoroughly undorstand conditions they will be found to admit that in Omaha a lower rate of taxation prevails than South Omaha now has or ever will have as a separate city. (/The first thing the assessor in South Omaha must look out forin assessing property for tax- ation is to mako the aggregate valuation high ough to produce enough money on the char- ter levy limit to vun the city government, If the aniount necessary to meet South Omaha's annual financial obligation was §100,000 the property valuation must placed at a high enough figure to realize that amount on an 18 mill levy. So long as aseparate city govern- ment is maintained the valuation must an- nually be increased to meet the financial re- quirements of separate government, This in- crease of valuation falls most heavily on the I\m-kinn housé employe who has purchased himself a home, for which he is paying, und without getting improvements to- correspond with the lrigh taxes he must meot, If on this high valuation city taxes alone were assessed the property owner would have less cause for grumbli But it is the means of causing him to pay a much higher rate of taxation for county and state purposes than ‘his Omaha neighbors, To tell the plain trath about the matter the South Omaha property owner is paying double the amount in state and county taxes on his actual property value than any other section of Douglas county, and so far as state taxes are concerned double the amount paid by any oth tion of Nebraska of equal area and actual value. The assessor is a_county and not a city offi- His returns are made to the county . and after the commissioners are through with them,Omaha and South Omaha alike use them for making up the city tax lists, Omaha, with its costly buildings, man- ‘tories, residences, and expensive Stocks of merchandise, keeps her valuation down low, so she will not have to pay an unjust proportion of the expensés of the state South Omaha, with her ate city government, must place herval uation high so she can enough money to pay the running expenses of government and thus pays move than her proportion of the state and county taxes. To illustrate the aifference between valua- tions in Omaha and South Omaha, six blocks on a principal street in each city have been taken and the valuations for city taxes se- cured on two lots in each. The South Omaha blocks are the three facing on N strect on the north side and the throe facing on N street on side, from Twenty-fourth street to t. The Omaha blocks are six facing on Sixteenth street,threc on cither side from Dedge street uorth to C the Ma- nie temple craft and Jefferson square prop- ¥ bemg omitted beca re exempt lots immediate acing on the streots named were taken for comparison in valuation and they are sed as follows OMAHA. SOUTH OMAHA. Total: of the Omali lots givi the block selected by the govy new postofiice ana fc ieh $00,000 is to be paid. A conserva te of the value of the Sixteenth stroet p in Omaha is age of #5600 u frout foots that of the street property inSouth Omaha The Sixteenth str s s much as the N street prop- ity taxes at the rate of 41 ), while the N street proper aha city taxes at_ the rate 400, When actual values are compured _with assessed values between Omaha and South Omaha your South Omaha owner is paying ‘dear for the privi- leges of a sepa tv Fovernment. What it shown by the figures in regard to business property in South Omaha is true of the loss valuable residence property owned by the workingmun. He is paying over b per cent in city, county and state taxes in South Omaha on u valuation of from one- thivd to oue-firth, against Omaha’s 6lg per cent on valuations of about one-tenth. Tt is avgued that South Omaha business property pays a revenue in rentals g than property in Omuha of double its valne and thus can stund a higher valuation and pay aheavier tax, Admitting this to bea fact does not prove it unwise to annex, Property owners would save money by the joiniug of the two cities in a lower rate_of taxation and a lower rate of insurance without rendering their property one iota less desirable than it is today for business or residence purposes. Property is valuable that pays 10 per cent on its actual worth, but it isn't any the less val- uablo if it pays 15 per cent. But a small portion of South Omaha's pop- ulation is being benefitted by the separate government that is now being maintained. They can afford to pay heavy tuxes because it comes buck to them through the chunnels of the city exchequer. The great mass of the population is reaping no benefit but is anuually walking up to the cap- tain's desk and paying a high-priced fiddler, Annex and the high property valuations will be reduced to the Omaha ba and the cost of the city government paid by 100,000 people by B000. Lower taxes, better schools, cheaper insurance, better fire protec- tion and other benefits will follow. As for public improyements, tno benefitted property pays for paving, sidéwalks, ete., in South Omaha.just as it does in.Omaha. nnex and you can have these public im- ovements, if you are willing to foot the bills, You'll have to do it if you remuin South Omaha. The difference between a high valuation and ulow levy and a low valuation and o high levy is worth looking into carcfully by the workingmen and yoters of South Omaha before the aunexation election., THE AFTERNOON TEA. 1 above a rnment for the A new woman’ 1don, the Somer- ville, has already 800 membe Au English literary statistician has dis- covered that of the 563 heroines in last year's novels 472 were hlondes and 190 brunettes. Mabel—How is that anti-kissing club over on the avenue getting along! Maud—It's about dead. Nobody that's kiss- able hus ever joined it yet. s tell when m, » suid a young w 52 suid another young wife. I know it the moment he iisses me.” S can also tell when my husband has been e said tho other. husband has When he doesn’t kiss me. and—Well, Ethel, how do you like mar vied Ii Ethe husiastivally) —It's simply delight- ful. Wa've been married a week and hay had eight quarrels, and I got the best of it very time, Physician (veflectively) —H'm! The case is oue, I think, that will yield to a mild stimu- lant. Let me see your tongue, madam, plea " Husband of Patlent (hastil tongue doesn’t need any stimul Mr. Venerable (who had not years)—How beautiful, Mrs. were in your youth. Mrs, CGrayaire (vemember And how idiotic you were. Doctor, her ing. cen her for irayuire, you his weakness) Then changed much,” Muude—Why hav overboard { Madge - L broken nose. Maude—kHow did his nose get broken Madge 1 struck him playing tennis, Pirst young lady (at railroad station) “What time is it now, dear? lady (looking at her watch)—Meroy'! mast begin suying good-by, de The train will be hero in half an hour. A “congress of beauty” is to be held ir Rowe in May. Ouly Roman ladies of *th strict four grand branches, viz, brunette, blonde, auburn red and flaxen,” will be al lowed to compete, und they must be between f sixteen and twenty-five. you thrown Clarence couldn’t murry a man with a | now in Charles Mix c f you | ment near after | And you have not | | out sev There | will be only two prizes, the fiest #,000 and | had a balance due in the the second §1,000. “Young Fathead seams ta be paving par. tioulat attention to Miss Dulwit Vhat & match that would be. They were made for ench othor.” ‘For shame! That's the cruelest speech [ over heard.” “Cruel to which?” “To both,"” R —— STATE JOTTINGS. Nebraska, The Custer county editorial association will hold its next meeting in Broken Bow May 9. Paxton is to have a branch of the Nebraska signal service, The new Baptist church at Gibbon, costing $4,500, has been dedicated. A new orchestra is to be organized at rup.-ri.n- and incorporated under the stato aw. The barbers of Priend have given bonds in the sum of 100 not to open on Sunday on and after May 4, Jefferson county voted #40,000 in bonds to build a court house at Fairbury by over six hundred majority. “The house of a widow named Collins near Hubbell was burned Tuesday afternoon, in- flicting a loss of §1,000. A mass convention of York county pro- hibitionists will be held at York May 24 to organize for the campaign, The Ulysses Argus has Herald. The latter was de Argus announces itself as lican.” The barn of O. W. Johnson near Grafton took firo from heated manuve piled against the building and was destroyed. = Three valu- able horses were cremated. While County Surveyor Pollard was on hi: way to Elwood he encountered a black bea in the road. A pacty of hunters started after the brute but failed to find him. Colonel D. . Jamison, president of the Hall county agricultural’ society, starts for Scotland with his family in a few days und will be absent for three mouths. A warchouse in the rear of Darrah & Co.’s store at Auburn was destroyed by firo Tues- day fternoon, Bonsfield's’ bank ond Hat- field’s bakery caught five, but the flames were extinguished. A_farmer near Filley, wishing to remove a lar® «tmmmv of potatoes which he had buried last fall, set fire to the straw covering the vegetables and now has two tons of baked potatoes on his hands. Lee Moreland, who lived on the Niobrar river in Brown county, was in town Tuesda; with a pocketful of silver bearing rock from his farm, says the Atkinson Graphic. He had just received returns from an ass of e sample that he had sent to Omaha, which panned out $352 to the ton, The Thurston county jail_at Pender is haunted by the ghost of Bz Bear, the Indian who died last summer while undergoing con- finement. Tom Seymour, who has j released from the jail, had a terrible - exper- ience with the ghost the other night and was scared into declaring that he would reform. The Club ranch property situated north of Lodge Pole has been sold to an_ eastern syn- dicate which starts in business with a paid up capital of $110,000. Twenty-five hundred head of high grade cattle have been pur- chased and will” be shipped the last of June. A fine geade of draft horses will be added to the other stocic during the summer. The McPherson military rveservation in Lincoln county, which was transferred to the public domain three or four years ago, will be surveyed the coming summer and opened up 50 it can be settled upon. The rescrvation ns in the neighborhood of ten thousand but as the Platte river runs through it wt of ite extremity rough, the available land is about six thousand acres. George Smith, who resides in Turkey Creck precinct, was in’ town -last Saturday “and al- owed our reporter to interview him, says the Friend Telegraph. Mr. Smith is perhap what might be termed a hermit. He has ided alone upon his farm for the past nin teen or twenty years,occasionally visiting our city for the purpose of procuring s 5 Pointing to a pair of well worn boots upon his feet hie remarked, “those boots have not been off my feet for six months.” Again he marked, “I haven't had a shirt washed for twenty years, ssed for an ox- planation, he's 7, 1 put on a new one, wear' it until it is worn out, then get an- other one.” Soap he does not consider good succeeded the nocratic, but the raight repub- | for one to put upon the flesh, lowa Items, A brick and tile factory is tobe located aj Ralfe. The artesian well at Boone is now down X 1 balance in the state treasury of $157,237. A convention of bee-keepers will be held at Onawa May During the Murphy meotings at Marshall- town 1,400 people signed the pledge. One thousand dollars have heen expended in improving the fair grounds at Waukon. The Marshalltown glucose company will ercct an additional building at a cost of $25,- 000. Dr. M. O. Bunn, formerly of the Boone sanitarium, died Tuesday night of consump- tion. i According to the Dubuque Telegraph, 1,000 hogsheads of bock beer were consumed in that city Sunday. An Emmetsburg justice of the peace mar- ried a couple of children last weck—the groom being sixteen and the bride twelve years of age. Charles Coonrod, living near Manchester, celebrated his one hundred and tenth birth: day recently by walking to town and hayving i ‘aph tal . hington Press s responsible for 3 ) 8 While sian well at that place the other day the drill penetrated a piece of wood ata depth of 224 fect. Among the debris fipm the well camo up a number of twigs still wearing their native bark, and a_seed which is described us looking like an_antique apple seed. The seed was cracked, but it was planted and carefully tended, and now it has sprouted. The shoot is over an inch long and bids fair to develop into a healthy tree, Reputable citizens vouch for the truthfulness of the sto aveyard Point’” is the name of a spot in the northern part of Washington county, on the west bank of the lowa river, says the Press. Mounds andearthworks abound and bers of three distinet races aro said to been buried there—the moundbuilders, of whom so little is known, the red Indians, and the whites, Skeletons have been un' earthed, all found in sitting_ posture, faces to the east’; others were found * lying prone bo- neath the mounds. Above these excavations were found remains and relics of modern In- dians, the pre-historic men lying far below them. Above these, still, are tho graves of white settlers, dating beyond 1540, The Two Dakotas. pid City is to have an cxtensive cracker drilling an has commenced on the Vermillion are thivty-two Grand Army posts in Nortn Dakot. Mitchell will try to secuve the republican state convention this year. Small grain never looked better than it does anty The Farmers' allinnee of Lincoln county will start a paper at Canton. Brookings county has purchased a poor farm 4 short distance from Aurora. annual round-up of stock on the Fourche dnd Cheyenne ranges will be May 10 Mus. St has disappe her necounts. Within 1 Qied durin ounty postmistress, cker, o Hydo sged 1o e short in d und is past six w five women have childbivth in the Russian, settle- ion, Turner county, owing to the ignorance of widwives in attendance A farmer in North Dukota figures from his own expericnce that @ man can pay all ex- penses and get fair wages for himself in rais- ug wheat when the yield is ten bushels per acre und the price is 68 cents, A farmer named Duhamel, near Letcher, set ty-five trees on his farm the other day, and when ho arose the next morning to adnlire his embryo forest he found thut a thief had visited it during the night and car- vied off the entire lot. In default of 81,000 honds, G. W. Foster will cemain in the Chamberlain jail until the next term of court, when he will haye a chance to explain how he came to be wearing W pair of pants b Richards ) which into his At the date of division Hutchinson county | est rutes'c rial treasury of $2,500. The treasury ited out of oxistence, and the only redress that can now be expected will be to put in a claim at the final settioment of the two states, An effort will bo made to have the two states rofund sn ©eqiiui snare of the amount. The 1itt o town of DeVoo is excited over an attempted murder and suicide at that place, Some time ago J, D. Oliver and his wife quar- reled aud the latter left her home and took up her residence with a neighbor. The other nflrhl while she was alone in the house her husband called and tried to fnduce her to re turn home with him. Sne refused, when ho drow a revolver and shot her, the bullet tak ing effoct in ber leg. He thon fired a bulley into his own breast, but missed a vital spot Oliver is now under arrest at Faulkton. prasiabaibos’-ahdhed IN THE ROTUNDA. Dr. J. T. Armstrong of the fnstitution for feeble-minded was at the Millard last evens ing. T have boen kept right down workimg like a slave for three months past,” said the al- ways very genial doctor, “and haven't had time to scarcely fook at & paper, say nothing of o chanco to get out and hear for myselt what is going on I was in Lincoln today and tried to get out and see if T could catch whift of politics, simply for my own satis- faction, but it proved to be impossible, “Inecd some help at the institution, and badly, too. This wivter will see me making u big effort to get it from tho legislature, And in this I think the papers should turn in and help me. I'm not ready to make the needs of the institution known just now, moro for the reason thatIhave not had time to formulate them as yet. Thero is nothing new in our big household.” Thomas Brennan was heard to remarl 1 evening at the Millard that on last Saturday ho bought 105 acres of ground & mile and half from the center of Dallas, Tex., for §100 an acre, paying one-third cash down. On Monday he received a telegram offering him $200 an acre for the property. “But I do- clined it,” said he, “and for the reason that Dallas is having one of the greatest booms in the country, and I have reliable advices o which I consider sufficient guarantee that [ . will treble my money on the deal within o 1g year,» h Mr. Brennan will pay his fiest visit to tinief, place of his comfortable little deal next wee some “In a few days,” continued the distin- ide guished son of Ireland, “I will begin tho erection of & block of as hundsome vesidences B as there ave in Omaha on my property at | Nineteenth and California streets.” Captain Black of Fremont, whom nearly every one who visited the last session of tho legislature will recall ns occupying the re- sponsible position of doorkeeper of the senate, was at the Paxton yesterday, accompanicd by the gentleman who assisted him in that capacity, B. L. Erwin of Furnas county, He thinks that Mr. Dorsoy hus a big stru gle on his hauds, and it also looks to him though Licutenant Governor Meiklejoln and Judge Kincaid, if they really go in to win, can produce an anti-Dorsey situation. Should they do this and remain logal to each othor they can have the pleasure of tossing up to sce which has the plum. If, however, tho lieutenant. governor and the judge ecannol come to such a desperate understanding, then the captain ho of tho opinion - that either ome of them an make or unmake Mr. Dorscy o far as his getting another term is von ccrued. Furthermore, he vouches for 11 assertion that Judge Kincaid will e the one to help return the present repres tive of the Third district. Captain Black added, by way of a parting remark, that he had done considerable truy- eling recently and thought ho Knew pretty much what he was talking about. The Silver Boom. San Francisco Chronicle, The mining men who congregade in the ridors of the Palace Hotel were t high spir its last night over the risein silvip, Notin many years has there been such excitement and enthusiasm in mining _circles as day, when the pr quoted was £1.07 inent mining men 3 smplating a north- ern trip are lying on oars _waiting for the ultimate results of the silver boom. John ¢ , who owns valuable mining properties in Aluska, told a Chroniclo porter last night that the rise in_silver meant millions of dollars to that possession aud would assist wond opment of that territory, Colonel S. Wenbon, who has large silver interests in Nevada. said: “The spurt in the mining murket and the sudden rise in silvor are giving a groat impetus to the min- ing business, especially in Nevada. The boom has strick us in_carnest, and there will be a general increase in the product of cver. silver mine in Nevadu and_ California. day silver reached $1.05. If it goes up to $1.10 the result will be that the mining inter ests of this const will bo doubled, atleast. Jie,_ will be a hoom that will mark a new era 0. . the coast and create a bettor foeling in wision circlos of business. There are lots of miritor, in both Nevada and California that are Iyt e idle simply because the owners cannot obtain the necessary capital to work them. But the outlook now s excellent, Things avo bright- ening up, and I expect to sco the biggest mining time ever seen on the Pacific coast. i ————— HE WELCOMED PETE JACKSO) A Colored Divine Gets Tnto Trouble by | Attending the Pugilist's Banquet. { Special Telograin ion here of the A . E. chureh conference a heated debato tooi | place over the charge of the committ: against W. W. Wilson, pastor of Calvary church of Baltimore, The report stute that he was guilty of flagrant improprioty in making a speech at a banquet in honor of Peter Jackson, the colored pugilist, and rec ommended that he be reprimanded in the con fere Wilson in_defense of himself suid L was invited to this reception. [ hearl Peter Jackson, and he had tatked with kings queens, lawyers and doctors, and I was i formed that some of the best people of this city would bo present. The president of tho club told me lie wanted me to make n speecl of welcomé. 1 told Jackson he had achieved at success i his line, which was some at difforent from mino [laughter], and loped he would use his_ strength in bringing souls to Chvist.” [Applause. | 1t was finally voted that Mr. Wilson ho told of 'his_error, and this action wus amid much luughter and applause. _a% shall “ator ‘When Baby was slcx, wo gave her Castoria, ;L When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, | ‘When she bocame Miss, she clung to Castoria, ‘When she had Children, she gave thew Castoria COMPANY. Subseribed and Guaranteed Cupital. ... & d In Capit . 14 Buys and sells stocks and bonds conmne s agent and trastoe o Argo of property; col SAVINGS BANK. E. Cor, 16th and Douglas Sts. d in Capl 50,0 Subscribed i 100, Linb} 200,000 5 Lid on Daposits ANGE: Uashier 3., Heown, v1 i, LreARE Millnrd, J. J. Brown Thoman J. Kiwbal!'? 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