Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1890, Page 4

AdAau Unmnaaaa o DATLY Y. ROSEWATER, Bditor, ;l'lll ISHED v I{V MORNING. TERMS OF RIPTION. Daily and Sunday, One ¥ . Bix months i Thyee months, .o Bunday Hee, One ¥ y I s Y BEE THE Thet Re hi, Corny i1 Bl neree. s Bullding, CORRESPONDENCE. ations relating to news and Jid be-nddressed to the NESS LETTERS. AN business letters and remittances should ] d 1o The Beo Pubiishing Company, hecks and postoMice orders Dle to the order of the Com-= nam and Seventceenth Sta, 1-\\ RN KTATEMENT Hl~ CIRCULATION Bunday, Mondny Friday. Baturdi Avi Eworn o Yatore mo and this 25th youbscribe Tune. A. T ¥ir, Notary Publfe. ebraska, oty o Dowetan | pan © B, Tzschuek, being duly sworn, de- “ind says that he is secrotary of The Publishing Company. that the actual duily eirenlation of Tik DATLY BEE for une, 1880, was 18,358 coples; for for Au , 1880, 18,651 coples; for xS i A coples; for Octohdr, 1840, 19,007 coples; for Ne 10,410 coples, for December, 1559, Tanuary , 1890, 10,55 copl or Mar: July, 18, | for April, 1800 %) copies. ok Swor and subseribed n my e 27 THrE awar by the French salon to an American lady artist rubs the patriotic fur with the grain, It 18 among the possibi »s that the government will read its title clear toa postoffice site in Omaha within the pext centur, s are ground out in Connecticut shows that the Chicago gait is growing in favor in Ne od valuation of nchised 2orpo u caleium light on the profitable results of actively partici- puting in niunicipal campaigns. Now that Tie BEk has its Washing- ton correspondent immortalized by hav- ing a Banner county postoffice named wfter him, we feel that the country is safe at last. T THE way of the transgressor is hard. Joe Mackin, the d hed worker” of Chicago, stands a first ¢ chance of another term in Joliet for political vascality. HAVING held up the government for exorbitant prices for lots in block cighty-six, the beneficiavics ave enjoy- ing the boodle while an important pub- lic improvement is retarded. Tie vast inerease in the appropria- tions for the maintenance of the German nrmy goes to show that Emperor Wil- linm is determined to preserve the peace of Europe if he has to fight for it. Tue proposed sugar beet palace at Grand Island can be made a success without importing attractions, A model of the methods by which the Union Pacific squeezed sugar out of the town would form a unique center piece. Tu® prompt and decisive victory gained by the lottery men in Louisiana loses none of its force because an item- ized statement of the costs is not fur- nished. The membersof the legislature, bowever, are in position to retive from active business for a year or two. THE unofti sus reports of the enumeration of the large eities of the state leave no room for doubt that the popu'ation of Nebr: will ¢ »d ono million, a gain of over half a million peoplo in ten y This Insures at least six members of congress for the stato. Tue painful lack of demoeratic organs in Nebraska justifies the Denver News in tendeving a few chunks of advice to the party. The lack of information on the political situation in the state ex- plains the assertion that “There is a good fighting chance for the democrats of Nebraska this year,” The market value of the property of Omuha's franchised corporations, esti- mated at fifty per cent of the stocks and Bonds they have Issued, exceeds ten mil- lions of dollars, But the a: tion is less than two hundred thousand dollurs, And yet the mayor and tho council committee are puzzling their brains where to increase the ussessment roll, Tue report of the government on- gineer places the total cost of the Hen- nepin canal, main line and foeders, at fraction less than eight million dollars. Compared with the importance of the work to the granarvies of the west, tho cost is trifling. Water transpor from the would in two years save that sum to the farmers in reduced transportation rates. Lake navigation regulates rates from Chicago eastward, REPORTS regarding the outlook for the corn erp in Nebraskaand Iows are very patisfatory. The past week was po- culiarly fivorable, and very generally throughout the corn belt the growth is excollent, The Nebraska crop on an average is fairly clean, but has not been cultivated as much as usual., The pros- pects are that the crop will not bo less than lust year. In southern Iowa corn is in first vate condition, but in the north- ern part of the state it has not received the usual amount of cultivation, owing to the continuous rains, and is about two weeks late. The present indications are that the corn supply of the year will bo ample, essed valua- | tion | Mississippi to the seaboard | | | | petition whose v | enabled to avail | conside PER LAKE COMPETITION. The solution of the problem of reason- able transportation betwoon the | country and the east, and tho roloass of the former section from | the exacting domination now exercised | by the old Chieago railvoad lines, must | come from utilizing the upper lake com- ue in reducing rates has already boen demonsteated by th of St. Paul, Minneapolis and | Sioux City. This matter is one of the | very highest importance to Omaha, and | if the business interests of this <-ity} really desire to be relieved of the disad- | vantages under which they ure placed by | the existing situation, and to obtain | complote and permanent independenco of the demands of the ecorporations at whose mercy they now are, the way to obtain both is clear and easy. We print elsewhero in this issuec a letter from Sioux City setting forth the benefits to that city that rosulted from the construction of a line of rail- road—the Sioux City & Northern—con- necting it with the Great North- ern or Muanitoba system, thereby onabling it to take advan- tage of the upper lake competition. Be- fore this was done S y asked in vain for i consideration from the Chieago roads as would enable her busi- ness interests to meet competition in her tributary tevritory, but now that she is herself of the upper lake competition it is no longer neces- merchants to sue for favors, 15, ns our covrospond- ent states it, now “hustle” for business in Sioux City, and no longer manifest the arbitrary and arrogant spirit shown before she became independent of them. The benefits of this enterpriso of Sioux City have not been wholly local, the fact that rates at Omaha are lower than for three months being largely or entirely due to the effect of upper lake competition at Sioux City. The sugges- tion of our correspondent is that Omaha should construet a line of rond to Sioux City to connect with the Sioux City & Northern, and if this wera done he predicts that the Missouri Pacific would be glad to make arrangcments, while there would be forever fixed at Omaha the competition of the low lake rates which have been so important a factor in the progress and prosperity of St. Paul and Minneapolis and have alveady revolu- tionized the transportation situation at oux City. The experience of those cities has most amply demonstrated the importance and value of the upper lake competition in solving the problem of transportation rates, and what has been zood for them could not fail to be bene- ficial to Omaha. Tl ter cortainly mevits the serious attention of our busi- interes su THE BUSINESS SITUATION. The prosperous condition of business in Omaha for the past six months is evi- denced by the clearings during that period in 1880 as compared with 1890. They footed as follows: r cont I'ul' the six months indicates a very healthy con- dition of alfai and the jobbers and manufacturers of the city confirm the showing of the clearings by their books, which show an increase of sales during the period named of about the same average percentage. Interviews had tho past week with the heads of Jeading in cach line of trade prove that Omaha increased an average of 25 to 30 per cent during the past six months, some reporting an increase of 15 per cent and others 55 per cont, the largest percentage being cluimed by manufacturers and by firms engaged in selling stoam and water supplies and plumbers’ goods, and these merchants say that the trade of the city apidly expanding as well in circum- ference of tevritory covered as in the amount of goods sold in dollarsand cents. Our merchants are shipping goods in carload lots as well as in smaller quan- tities to all of the towns and cities of the Pacific coast from Portland to Los Angeles, and making a stiff fight against the jobbing centres of California and Oregon by delivering merchandise at their back doors at lower prices than they, who have heretofore cluimed a monopoly of the coast trade, have deemed it necossary to offer; and ave in a fuir way to be able to assert that the t trade is much Omaha’s as Collections were never so casily made in Nebraska as now, show: ing that the prosperity of the city is backed by the prosperity of the state, and, s the prosent crop of coreals prom- ises to be at least as heavy as that of t year and money is easy, with no in- dications of any undue stringency likely to come in the fall, the situation may safely be said to be very comfortable. house as PENNSYLVANIA The political situation in Pennsyl- vania this year possesses rather more than ordinary interest, and the course of the campaign in no other state will be regarded by voliticians generall both parties, with equal concern, is due in an important degree to the re- lations which Senator Quay’s personality will bear to the There has been a very vigorous and per- sistent effort for some time to destroy the political influence of Quay, who has shown himself a manager of uncommon ability and skill, and was hoped this would be successful in the republican convention of last week. But it failed, the senator’s candidate for ‘nor the nomination, while the other candidates chosen were not objectionable to Quay. Thore was n able minority very h dissat- isfied with the result and a numbor of loeal leaders were more or less demon- strative in expressions of displeasuro, but none thdiuss the friends of Senator Quay proclaimed the action of the con- vention as an ample vindication of that leader and an assurance that he is still strong in the confidence of the masses of the part This Is the apparent fact, but the ex- tent of the disalfoction is evidently not inconsiderable, and unless this can be overcome there is danger to the repub- POLITICS. ™ contest ro ng | cominittee, Magoe, | burgh Times, lican ticket. How earnest the displeas- wre is appears in the suggestion that an independent republican ticket may be put in the fleld, and fn the exprossions of such leading republieans in the state as B, F\. Jones, ox-chairman of the national republican editor of the Pitt: others of equal prom- inence in the party councils. Tho can- didate for governor is not objected to on the ground of any flaw in his republican- ism or any lack of qualifications, but solely because he is believed to be the creature of Senator Quay. All this sort of thing is not uncommon immedi- ately after every state convention, and it may be found not difficult toovercome it, but the ardent natuve of the disaffection among the republicans of Pennsylvania warrants a fear that it will be no easy task, if it be not impossi- ble, to bring the party into that perfect havmony which is neces to suc The result will very largely depend upon the selection for governor of the demo- atic convention, which moets next Wednesday. It is thought that if senator Wallace should be nominated the chances of the vepublican party would be very erially improved, but if ex-Governor Pattison should be the candidate the re: sult would be rendered extremely doubt- ful. He has a record that smakes him very strong with the peonle, and partic- ularly with the eighty thousand mine; who vote in Pennsylvania. The indica tions are that Wallace will be the man, but it is by no means improbable that the convention may be convinced of the expediency of nominating Pattison. COLONEL NETTLETON, government en- gineer in charge of the artesian well in- terests of the west, has forwarded to con- gress a report of his résearches for the past three months. The question of ar- tesian wells as a means of irrigation in- duced the present congress to appropri- ate a small sum for practical tests ifi*the semi-arid sections of the west, and the work thus far accomplished strengthens the belief that beneficial results will follow. One of the most significant deductions made by Colonel Nettle- ton is that in the western sections of the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas the scmi-arid region, once reclaimed, will absorb sufficient moisture to make further irrigation needless. This has been repeatedly demonstrated in west- ern Nebr: and eastern Wyoming, where cultivation: materially increase the rainfall and demolished the wide- spread belief that farming in that se tion was impracticable. The results ob- tained from three months’ work have been most encouraging., They more than justify the expenditure and war- vant the vigorous prosecution of the good work. The republican platform is of the pe- culiar Pennsylvania pattern so far as the tariff is concerned, endorsing the McKinley bill in the form in which it was passed by the house. It declares for a federal clection law, for service pensions, for ballot reform, and for such legislation by congross as will, while se- curing the fallest use of silver as money, most certainly maintain a parity be- tween the two metals, ANOTHER special civil service examin- ation is to be held in Omaha of young men who desire appointments as topo- graphic aids in the geological survey, This will afford an exccllent opportunity for some of the brilliant riprappers of the Twenty-eight club to secure a job, which most of them have not had for many ye: THE redoub has blossomed out into a specialist at Lincoln, with a certificate of efficiency from an Omaha dyspeptic, has made a demand for damages on a Lincoln paper, based on his fractured reputation. What Tie will recover is not likely to pay his board bill for any great length of time. Ir the mayor and council honestly de- sire to incro sment roll with- out doing any injustice let them re- s the assossments of franchised cor porations which are appraised ridicu- lously low. After the St outers, New York Tribune, The postoffice authorities deserve commen-- dation for their action in compelling the star route contractors to live up to their agree- ments. e Sccretary Blaine's Position, Minneapolis Journal, A mistaken view of trade and-a narrow- minded policy- have kept us from being mas- ters of this Spanish-American trade. Secre tary Blaine sees the error and he would have his countrymen tako a new and profitable de- parture. This advice is sound and should bo followed. e There's Where it Galls, Kansas City Times. Minneapolis will stand no more of St. Paul's insults, the Tribune of the former city do- clares, adding: “Minncapolis knows when she bas cnough and she has got it.” St. Paul also, 1t 1s suspected, knows when she has got enough, but she hasn’t got them. That's the whole cause of the troublo. e = Humilia Mummery. One A. Victor Guelph, al Clarence by grace of his grandmother, was sworn in as a member of the British house of lords on Monday. Think of it. This com- monplace young fellow would take dence of Gladstone, Huxley, Tennyson and all the rest of England's really great men, in any company gland, merely because he is the descondant of a gross and in many in- ) imbecile Hanoverian family of do- It is inconceivable that Eng- lish common sense shall long endure this me- dimyal mummery, stanees e PROHIBITION OR HIGH LICENSE. The Great Debato at Beatrice July 5§ and 7. Mr. §. 8. Green, secretary of the Beatrice Chautauqua assembly, sends Tug Bee the following for publication There will bea jolut debate on the ques- tion of “Pronibition vs. High License” at the Beatrice Chautauqua assembly, boginning at 10 . m., July 5, and ending the afternoon of July 7. Samuel Dick national commit debate prohibition. Hon. Edward Rosewater, editor of ‘Pur Bek, und Hon, John L. Webster of Omaha will argue for hagh license. - The new mill ut Atherton, for Howebridge spinning company, is being rapidly com ploted. Thero will be 104,000 spindles.” Work of settiug up machinery is expected to com mence in July, wairman of the prohibition , sud Rey. Sam Small will STATE JOPT Nebraska. The Seward county. republican convention wil be held at Seward July 10, The Antelope county republican convention will bo held ab Neligh July 19, BThe Perkins county republican convention will bo held at Grant July 14, The Furna¥ county republican convention will be held at-Beaver City July 19, The Richardson connty republican conven- tion will be held at Falls City, July 19, Tho PnlrnYmL Signal brings out Poter Youngers as candidate for state treasurer. The Columbus Knights of Pythias will probably build.a $20,000" castle hall this sum- mer, Rev. S. F. Myers, pastor of the Episcopal church at Holdroge, will deliver the Fourth of July oration at Wellfleet. A. M. Franklin, a brakeman, had his foot s0 budly crushed ' by the cars at Broken Bow that an amputation Was necessary. A man and woman were arrested at Guide Rock charged with breaking into o freight car and plead guilty, The man was given three months i the county jail and the woman released The body of an unknown ma floating in the Missouri at Nems City by fishermen, There was nothing by which tho remains, which were badly decomposed, could be identified. Harmon Budka, a young man residing eight southwest of Hubbell, was killed by a hich attacked him as he was passing throuzh a pasture and goved him in a fright- ful manner. The animal was subsequently killed by the ncighbors, J. A. Nason has a hen that has brooded over the wrougs of her sex for a number of_years, until she has become a thoroughbred wom- en's rights hen and now has ra spurs an inch long, says the Scr But it breaks her heart to know that sho can't crow. Four young men were convicted and fined $1 cach for distributing stale eggs on the son of Ray Schofield, editor of the Str Reporter, while Lo was making a friendly upon a young married lady. Now if hé find thé man who pied the type in his oftice the blind-eyed goddess will be avenged. One of the soctions of Cole’s circus was ad- vertised to exhibit at Wellflect Thursday. The outfit left Wallace, twenty miles norti- west of Wellfieet, in the morning, but the band wagon and several other vehicles lost the road and did_ not reach their destination until_about 8 o'clock in the evening, having traveled forty miles over sand hills, and it was nearly 9 o'clock before the show com- menced. Mr. and Mrs. B. . Good of Wahoo, who returned Friday night from a two weeks' wedding trip, were given a grand reception by the P, K. O. chapter of Wahoo, at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sanford. The grounds were beautifully illuminated and at the entranco was a decorated arch from which was suspended a gilt star bearing the insigma of the P. O. E. order. Over three hundred of the fashionable people of tho city were guests and were served with clegant refresh- ments, was found Towa Items. Wright county wants a new $10,000 court house. Muscatine boasts of an eloven-y egraph operator, ourteen new business blocks have been erected in Oskaloosa since January 1. A Storm Lake citizen is experimenting with sugur cane, the seed of which was seut him by a friend in South Africa. An effort is being mude to establish an in- ter-state racing circuit, consisting of the towns of Luverne, Rock Rapids, don, Rock Valley and Canton. The $75,00) endowment fund for Parsons college, at Fairficld, has been raised. Plans from the architect have been received and the worlk of building will begin at once. At Oskaloosa a .city ordinance provides that where owners do not remove the weeds about their property they are cleared away Dy the eity officials and the expense charged up with the tax. There are now forty-seven more patients in the female department of the Mt. Pleasant asylum than can be properly accommodated. Dr. Gilman, notwithstanding the inconvel ©, manages to take the best of care of his cges. George K.nfl'mml, the Brlghmn farmer who was buncoed out of $1,245 by a fakir with the Wallace show, lll',cmpted 1o escape future sharpers by taking a huge dose of arsenic. He took too much and the poison refused to operate, thus saving his lifo, Dr. J. Jackson Crider of Ottumwa has an autograph of General Andrew Jackson at- tached to a warrant for the avrest of *“Ihon Hendryx for stealing a_horse valued at &£ from one Phillip Shiekler,” in Davis c North Carolina. It bears the date of lox, when General Jackson was states attorney in North Carolina. A man named Fink, living near Jefferson, had a close shave for his life the other day. He was blasting some boulders, ana while tamping the powder with a crowbar the charge ignited from a spark and an expl took place. The crowbar flew into the air, just missing his face in its ascent, and taking off his fingers, leaving his hands in a badly lacerated condition. An interesting suit for slander has been brought in the Poweshiek district court, in which Minnie Lamb is plaintiff and M. v Mo Intyre defendunt, Both young ladics live at Montezuma and are well connected. The complaint avers that Miss MeclIntyro has on divers occasion maliciously and falsely ac- cused the plai of larceny, robbery and theft, and has in other ways injured her good reputation, for which damages in the sum of $25,000 s asked. Nellie Kimball, a_sixteen-year-old Burling- ton girl, while walking along the railroad track in that city, became puanic-stricken at the sight of a train and was unable to move. The engineer attempted to stop the train, but was too late, the pilot striking her and throw- ing her from the track. She was picked up and taken to the hospital, when 1t was found that her injuries consisted of a scalp wound, a broken “collar bone and several bruises about the body. Her escape from death is looked upon us miraculous. r-old tel- The Two Dakotas, Fargo has voted to issue waterworks bonds. "The Tndian school building at Rapia City is nearly completed- Union county old settlers will hold a re- union at Elic Point July 4. Bert Steele, a nincteen-year-old Madison boy, became suddenly insane and has been confined in the county jail. The third annual meeting of the stato in- stitute of theology will be Leld at Yankton July 8 and closing July 15. Waltor Storrs of Pierre has been bound ver to the United States court charged with hing original packages to the abori- gines, The Pierre Free Press mation has been’roceived from Washington to the effect that the 81,25 per ause in th bill which opened the reservation will be r pealed before another spring, and that settlors who take up landy will never kave to pay $§1.25 per acre, Henry Fenner, winted at Cooperstown, N, D., for grand larceny, was captured at Cham- berlain, and consentod to return to North Dakota' without putting the officers to the trouble of procuring requisition papers. He is charged with stealing wheat frem a neigh bor Cattlomey the Bl excited o sures of extousiv aud butchering of their cattle. Tha a butcher namod Brightman, was searched and a large number of branded hides found. Brightman us been arrested and warrants aro gut for a number of other men, some of whoul are prominent in- county affairs, . Colonel £ Yankton 1 says private infor- on shop of Hert tt W, agent for the , says thero are between 1,000 and 1,700 Yankton Sioux on the resorva tion and that the doath rate exceeds that of births. ‘The discases most fatal serofula and consumption. A large new school buil ing is now being built at the agency in whic six white teachers will be employedl. ———— Commissions on Loans. According to the decision of the supreme court of Minnesota, in the case of Pect vs 5h s et al, the rights and duties of a broker employed to secure s loan depend upon the same principles which govern the broker who unde s to find @ purchaser of prop erty. He is entitled to his commissions when he hiss procured lender ready, willing and upon’ the authorized terms. On the other Land, the borrower when employing such a broker always does 50 upon the implied couditions (if theve be no oxpross stipulation in_respoct to the matter) that he has the ability and will make or render to tho lender & title free from in- firmity or debt. . RUSSIAN STUDENTS IN PARIS, Some of the Privations to Which They Are Subject. The Paris papers are giving a minute deseription of the Russian student’s life in that city. The picture is rather gloomy, but the details aro worked out well enough for a study, says the Now York Sun, At the present time the Russian col- ony in Paris includes about one hundred and fifty students, male and female, and about thirty refugees. Thev live with the must rigid economy, for their resources are v limited. Twelvo to 820 a month may he con- sidered as the average of their income, out of which thoy have to pay for their terms; and moreover there is an onerous diseount on the paper money which they receive from Russin, From this it is easy to see that they ave obliged to en- dure considerable ations, and cons quently they are forced to make their headqua '3 in la Glaciere, Saint Victor and Croulebarbe, where the facilities of cheap living are abundant. When a student or a refugeo arrives he notifies his countrymen. There is a society among them to which the new comer applies, With its help he is en- abled to t‘ml a lodging, which costs from $15 to 825 a year, He brings along with him his furniture, which consists of s! and bed clothing, If he is rich, comps atively, he buys a trunk, some straw and abed. If he has not sufficient means to procure these luxuries he does without them and sleeps on the floor, like Mlle. Eroquine and many others, patiently waiting until he can” save up, cent aftor cent, enough to buf’ abed. If he iscom- pletely destitute he is placed with an- other comrade eoqually embarrassed, whose home and misery he shares., It is not a rare thing to find among them room-mates, men or women, who pay from $8 to $10 a year for their apart- ments., In food the Russian student is also ex- tremely economical. He eats black bread and cabbage. Meat is a luxury which he enjoys only once a week. The quality of his food troubles him little; quantity with him is the main object. Therefore he fills himsclf with cheap stale bread, including the refuse crusts of the restaurants. When he is able to have a more substantial meal he goes to one of the Russian boarding houses, where he gets the national at a cheap enough The most impor- tant of these blishments is the Students’ resf b kept by M. Koch in the Rue de la Glaciere, It is in the car of the building, is clean and spacious, but there is, of course, no evidence of luxury in it. The gardens of a religious com- ity can be scen from it, and the the poor students, some- times almost worn out by havd study in their garrets, with little light and less air. This restaurant has about eighty customers, There is only one meal & day, the dinner, which for some begins at noon and for othersat 5 in the after- noon. The price of ench dish never ex- ceeds 20 centimes, and the entire menu costs about 14 cents, Those who come to dine a la carte and have no cash write down in a book the amount of their debts af the end of each meal and pay hen thei : : Another re kind is in the Rue Flatters. In this, as in the other one, the dish which forms the main portion of the daily mean is kacha (ontmenl and lavd). o arvisian pal- ace thi ther tough; but it is very filling stuff, and for 4 dents a stu- dent can have enough of it to last him for twenty-four hour. ‘When the Russian student finishes his course of studies and becomes a doctor he will go anywhere under the sun to seek his fortune, —— PEPPERMINT DROPS. Pittsburg Chronicle: Tho butcher's honor is always at steak. “Texas Siftings: A pawnbroker, after all, is but a poor, loan man. New Orleans Picayune: by the cigar he smokes. Washmgton Star: Of course a man who would **hook” a fish would lie about it. Milwaukeo Journal: Sin always has a plausible excuse for appearing in company. Washington Star: A man on a Puliman may sell his berthright for more than u mess of pottage—in case of a crowd. ‘Washington Post: The man who finds music in a clartnet is doubtless of the opinion that Apollo was a tootle-ary divinit Lowell Courier: A Lowell teacher re- ceived in one pupil's grammar papers this illustration of ‘tho degrees of comparison: Positive, first; comparative, next; superli- tive, last. New Y A man is known ke Weekdy: Mr, n up from his paper)—The doctol 5 Sovored anothes nov discases - Mrs, Chipps— Well, T wish they'd stop looking for new diseases long enough to find a cure for my old rheumatism, Philadelphia Call: tion in knowin himself out over two scats in a horse counts for onc only in the census, Boston Transcript: The man who b that he is always bound to speak his mind wonld do quite as well if he would occasion- ally mind his speak. per’s Bazar: Am whose namo he has forg: pardon, but Boston Budget: is divine. Do you e doctor!, There's some satisfac- 1 (to Englishman 1 bog your 3 vl of ¢ Beacon—This waltz dance the lancers, —Noj but I sometimes lance : “My husband has been gone nearly three hours from the house, and I can't for the life of me imagine what has be- come of him.” “Perhaps ho has gone fishing ©0h, no, he hasn't gone fishing, for the whisky fladlc is on the dining room table.” Clothierand Furnishe Swigger—Gentle- man’s dress remains about the same this year, doesn’t itt Twigger—Mine does, Texas Siftings: Colonel Yergor—How did you like the picnic Gilhooly—1 was 50 glad to get home again that I was glad 1 went B Proe Press: chicken dressed for Almn Hanuah—Yes'm. Mistress—Well, then, comeupand dycss me. Mistress—Is the Big Fam Oswego county on n New York. county, which borders this the north, is 1 for both the longevity and fruitfuluess of its people, W a Syra 3 spondent of the St. L crat. The present cc just been completed, shows that in tl little town of Parish, within a radius of n miles, live thirteen familios which rate of 195 childron, o apportioned us follows: n Adams Jacob Kellum John Kellum, David Eaton Eben Brown.. James Adams, . Josiuh Colo John Phillips Oliver Billinzs, James Brown Willia v 4 Ty Thomas which P, Todd. . . With the ption of ' who has twenty-nine olive hranches to his credit, none of these men have had more than one wife. Todd has had two, Pavish has not of late years been con sidered a desivable point in the bridul tour route, exce hom THE CAPITAL CITY GRIST, A Movement to Organize an Episcopal Dio- cesan Ohoir Association. AN AGED CONVICT TO BE PAROLED. The Second Baptist Church Socioty Formally Dedicates Its New Struoture—Sandbagged - ©Oity News and Note: Neb,, June Tue Bre,]—A movement {5 on foot to organ- ize a diocesan parish choir association of the choirs of the Episcopal diocese of Nebraska the object of which is to lmprove and further the progress of church music in that church. Alltho Episcopal churches of Lincolu aro heartily in favor of such a move, and it is be- lieved that all the other clurches in the diocese will also fall info line and give their hearty co-operation to tho scheme, The proposition is now under consideration by Bishop Worthington, and itis bel ed that he will heartily endorse it. The association will compriso the best chureh singers in the state of Ncbraskn. These musicians will nold an annual festival at one of the cities or towns in the diocese, and the music for the occasion will bo selected three or four months beforchand, so that each choir will have ample time 'to thoroughly master it and make the festival a grand musical success, An asso- ciation director will be chosen from one of the choir masters in the diocese and_during tho preparation for the grand fostival hoe will visit all the choirs in turn and personaliy lead each so as to make & harmonious musical assembly when the great festival is held. systom is a common one in the Bnglish LINCOL, | the and the result is that in England the parishes can furnish as good church singers s the larger towns and cities. The benefit is mutual to both city and village, as i olves under a rthe best musi- and the stimuius valry causes cach long conrse of training und. cal director in the dioc excited by the spirit of r choir to attempt to outdo all the others. As a result some fine singers are developed and the worshipers in the diocese not ouly get tho benefit of a grand musical treat cvery year in which there are several hundred singers, but also the tone of the music in cach church becomes permanently improved. Mr. H. J. W, Seamark of Holy Trinity church of Lincoln, and the most prominent Episcopal choir leader here, is taking a promi- nent part in attempting to bring the scheme to a reality. Heis very enthusiastic in re- gard to the matter, and declares that he will do all he can to make the proposed associa- tion a success. AN AGED CONVICT PAROLED. Not only will John Kountze and Walter Hardin he released from the penitentiary the coming Fourth of July, but old Dutch Frank, as he has been known for a quarter of a cen- tury, and who is by far the most aged convict among the 375, will be paroled for o X Old Dutch Frank has been a couvict for over twenty years. He cutered the institution in the prime of manhood, but is now an old and decropit man of nearly seventy. During his incarceration Lincoln has grown from of 500 inhabitants to a while all the other cities state have grown with a almost equally surprising. During that time all the friends and relatives of Dutch Frank have either died or moved to places where he cannot find them. La ar the boand of pardons offered to grant him his liberty, but he refused the offer, saying that he was 50 old and weak that he was unable to support himself and he preferred the peni- tentiary to the poor house. Of late he has been in fairly good health and yesterday copted the offer of the board of a year's pi- role. At the end of that time he will proba- bly return to the penitentiary to pass the few remaining years of his life. ‘I'he crime that blighted the old age of Dutch nk was murder, but the old man is now as harmless as a child. NEW BAPTIST CHURCH DEDICATED. Tho new Baptist church of the t Lin- coln society was formerly opened and dedi- cated tod uro is u model of ele- gance and taste, and possesses that best of qualities for a home or church—coziness. 1t has a scating capacity of 400. The growth of this society has been remarkable, as it was ss than five months ago, aud now has a membership of 130 and a beautiful pluce rship all paid for » dedication exercises oceurred at 3 p. m. y and the_structure was_crowded with hipers. Rev. O. A. Williams, D.D., che dedicatory sermon and was lis- tened to with wrapt atteution, NDBAGGED. Asa man named Sloan was passing in front_of L. A. Skensky’s saloon on near P street,last eveni © Was Appr from the rear by & highwayman and strucl onthe back of the head with asandl Sloan was knocked sen and fell heavily on the walk, but_before the thug could go through the' pockets of the prostrate mun Mr. Skensky came running out and put the follow to flight. Ho ran east on P street and was out of sight when the police arrived on the scene, CITY NEWS AND NOTES. John Hagensick, who had his leg broken and sustained other’ injuries by being thrown «from his wagonon last Monday, is dying ut the Tabitha "hospital, Blood poisoning set in and the doctor ean do nothing to saye him. He was, at the time of the accident, in the employ of John Baucr. Mavor Graliau, Major, Bohanan and Mr. en_appointed i oy of Lincotn for th constructing his two lnuleg‘ de the late tornado, Tomorrow these will personully make a tour of the portion of the city and solivit funds. olished in sutlemen business A Wide-Awnke American Strips the Glamour from the City of the § Inthe opinion of a recent vis Venice, divested of false history and ialse sentiment, scems filled wivth con- temptible travesties upon the inexpress- ibly superlative claimed from time im- the . *Adriatic Queen.”” There is not a city of 50,000 inhabitants in continental Iurope which does not own, and \\il.hmn, endless bravado and iise about it, equal stores treasure and cqual if wsure in puinting and A)[ ocel not supe sculptur One rveads of her “‘domes and minarets” until the mind’s horizon is fretted with the flashing silhouttes of some magical city of the Ovient, Venice has no mor domes than Bostony no more minarets than New York, writes Edgar L. Wak man in the Columbus Dispateh., Any one can ¢ those on_the fingers of “hoth hands. Such as she has are squatted and pinched s though the appropri tion had suddenly given out and the buildors had *knocked off” right there, awaiting the funds of some future goldon The ecclesiasticall Mark is portion, state religious structures in t Tho erumbling, tumbling, rumbling city hall of Ch , that architectural lnug! tstocle of the w isa bhetter building in every rospect, L with its mammoth caryatides and gtremendous polished granite columns, presents a move impos- ing facade than the ! Ducal palace of Venie h wro a thousand stone ble bridges in private grounds and within the public United States more oxpensiy tiful and mo ste expre ideas in stone art than can b most-raved-over canal bric Senator Farwell of Illinois built house for Texas, that geand \L com- monwealth of the “*m gronser 0 iltree. vaster, symmotric and a better of true architectural opu- and magnif an anyone who famouns eathedral Lin beauty, pri majesty by exceed and b of St restore and garde rks of u- 5 of in infinitely 1ce ever lived in Parvis ever saw. And when 20.—[Special to | it comes to the matter of “palaces,” who that has ever read has not boen fired with glowing descriptions of “‘the counte 'V|~«'ux\||v||| palaces of tho quesn city by the s 1 tell you there has never boon n more cruel or Infamous imposition in the hise ry of cities and the literature of travel, risco, Denver, even Kansas Louis, Minneapolis and St. icago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, New , or Boston, each possesse moro palatial residences than this pre- tontious, water-soaked old fishing (uul piratical port ever contained; and there are half a hundred country palaces in half a dozen New York and” New Eng- Iand counties that I could name, whero Americans have built palaces for homes, costing more money:, representing o more chaste and exquisite conc eption of the purest form of architecturalart, and, in overy manner in which they may be contemplated, representing each, por se, a more refined and improssive monus ment to generous wealth and perfect civilization t an the most splendid single n\\-h- (1l Venice can show And this, t00; at Venice's best. No structure that ever added lustre to the ‘fame and magnificence” of Venico is hidden by the sands of timo or engulfed by the waves of the sen, - Ever dilapidated or *‘restored,” occupied as rat-swarming hotel or lot to modern noveau riches, who strut and cacklo to attract notice to their modern rookerio whether utilized as barracks for ga cating, spider-waisted sold still, deserted, moldy and silant, echoing only to the carnivals of the ghosts of a dost here for your inspection today. Come and look ut them. Seo them and observe how they shrink and dwindle, as though you look from the wrong lenses of your gl Puma and Dogs Refuse to Fight. About five hundred people paid $1 ench to witness the fight between the puma and the bulldogs, and when the excitement of the first round broke loose fully 500 more broke through the gates in such a rush that the gatekeeper was swept aw says the Dallas News, The fight was a failure, turned loose in the cage, paired off ang began to chew each othe They came i 't with the puma once or twice, ' the attacking dog was simply pped over. The dogs were pulled ont and put in one at a time, but neither of the heasts to fight. A second time all were put in the cage_together, and, as before, they paired off and fought each other, while the lion lay down and looked upon the scuflle in an unconcerned manner. None of the brutes was hurt. The crowd was disap- pointed. et e ey No Wonder He is Wanted. A Chinese detective is here looking for I"oo Choo, who is wanted in China for an awiul murder, says an Albu- querque special to the Galves- ton ~ News. oo Choo loved a maiden named Nankin Pan Yan. Hor father forced her to marry a rich old man, Wun Lung. A few "nights after the wedding Choo crept into the bridal chamber and nurdered the couple. After binding and gagging the victim he deliberatel murdered them by inches. e first cut off the fingors of the bride’s hands and then the toes. Then he dismembered her body, and finally cut her head from her neck. Her husband was treated to a like fate, and the murderer then fled. It is under- stood that his whereabouts are known, and that he will soon be caught. - State Convention. The republican eloetors of the state of Ne Dbraska are requested to senddelegates from their several counties to meet in convention In the city of Lincoin, Wednosday, July 2, at83 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the followlug stato offices: Governor. Licutenant Governor. Seeretary of Stato., Auditor of Public Accounts, Stute T're Attorney G Commissione Xepublica neral. of Public Lands and Bulld- Superintendent of Public Instruction. And the transaction of such other business us may come before the convention, PLORTIONMENT, ties aro entitlod to ropro- ws, being 1 uvon’ the George H., 1888, wlving on v, andone for each raction thereof Duwes Dawson, Deol Dixon Dode Dougla Dundy Fillmore Frontier. 1 . 14 Valloy Humilion . 15| Washington Harlan Hayos Total Johnson It 1s recommended thi mitted to t nvention. ites prese vote of th t no proxies be and thatthe dele- RicuARDS, Chulrman. tary. The dogs, on hcmfi/ 3 1409 DOUGLAS--STREET. On account of our large and incrensing Practico, we have REMOVED to more spacious and con- venient offices, Drs. Betts & Betts, 1409 Douglas St. Omaha, Neb, OMAHA LOAN AND TRU COMPANY. eribed and Gu 1 in Capital Buys and seils st ST #500,000 W00 ks and honds: n lul Omahal.oan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S.E. 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