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Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17


Tomorrow at noon it is expected that
all the railways running into this city
will set all their watches and clocks to
conform to the new standard time, nine
minutes slower than the time now used
by the pool lines, and known as Chicago
time, and t%wenty-four minutes faster
that the local time. The postoffice, city
building, slso the public places, and most
of the business men will conform to the
new standard. A petition was circulated
yesterday and received signers, asking
that the Boomer school clock be chang.
ed to the new standard. Council Bluffs
has been particularly bothered by the
various times. The Chicago
pool lines run on one time, the
st. Louis roads on another, an6
local time was still different, and in fac,
watches and clocks have been of but lit.
tie use except to the individual who used
them for his own special convenience, anG
strangers are always getting badly mixed
1t will be n greater convenience here
than IN most places if the new standard ii
generally adapted, as it now promises
to be-.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
N~EIGHBORHOOD NOTES..
New Hallway Projects - McDume'f
Candidacy for the Judgeship.

Coon RAPIDS, Ia, November 15.-Our
new school house is now complete and
ready for occupancy. 1t is a credit to
the board and IN ornament to the
town.
The District court docket is light this
term in both Carroll and Greene coun-
ties, in Greene county exceptionally SO.
In a late trip which we took through
Greene and Carroll counties, we were
somewhat surprised to find a strong cur
rent of feeling in favor of Mr.. McDuffie,
of Jefferson, for Circuit Judge, and we
also learned that his candidacy was fav-
orably regarded in Crawford county. We
say his candidacy, yet we do not know
that he is a candidate except in the sense
of one who is q suitable man for an office
must always BIO regarded as a candidate
for that office until he refuses it.
The railroad talk, of which l spoke in
my last letter, still goes on, and the all
is full of flying rumors. Frank Whitney,
Of Atlantic, and his corps of surveyors,
spent the greater part Of last week and a
portion of this in town. They were here
locating the line of the Kansas City, At.
lantio 81 Northern railway. The
line has been run into and'past our city
but its location on that route is not 9
fixed certainty, although many of our
people 30 consider it, yet all tho proba
bilities favor Coon Rapids as the objec
tive point. The Rock Island people ar,
surveying from Guthrie Center with tn,
view Of extending the plug road to THU
pace. The survey will be completed il
a few days. There is also a rumor, O
how much foundation your correspon
dent cannot say, that the Milwaukee
folks are surveying with the intention o
locating the much talked of Sioux Cit,
branch, and of starting it from Cool
Rapids. All these rumors tend to max,
us happy and say ''let the good work g
on" Coon Rapids can dance to the pip
ing of many locomotive whistles. SO
MORE ANON.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
PERSONAL.

Miss Kittie Ingoldsby, manager of the
Council Bluffs telephone exchange, spent Sun.
day in Avoca, the guest Of Mrs. Alice Harlow,
manager of the Avoca exchange.-Avoca
Herald.
j. @. Adams, of The Avoca Herald, has
started for his new Dakota home.
Charles J. Beckman, tho harness dealer, has
o new boy at his home.
H. +. Hattenhauer has gone to Chicago on
a brief business trip.
Judge Clinton, who has been in i'll health
for some time, is planning 10 spend the win
ter in the south.
L. g. Reed, of Chicago, reached the Pacific
yesterday.
Nelson Forth, of Boston, took up his
quarters at Bechtele's yesterday.
Horace Jones, of Batavia, ILL.,, is at Bech.
tele's.
Governor Hale spent Thursday night at the
Ordep, and left yesterday morning.
j. Y. Stone and Smith Mcpherson, were
among the prominents here yesterday.
Wm. II. Eddy, of Auburn, N. Y, arrived
at the Ogden yesterday.
L. G. Hopkins of indianapolis, was an Og.
den house guest yesterday.
G. L. Hopkins. of Chicago, was at the Pa
cific yesterday.
W. N. Palmer, of Logan, visited the city
yesterday.
Bob Harris, and wife. of Missouri Valley,
were at the Pacific house yesterday, as was
also Mrs. l.. j. Williams. Mrs. Harris
started for an eastern trip and visit.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
PUT THEM OUT.
Another Reason Why the Present
Fire Alarm Boxes Should be
Done Away with,

Dohc fhWhy WILL
About 6 o'clock yesterday morning
fire was discovered in one of Captain
Wilson's houses on Vine street. The
alarm was turned in from box 5, but it
registered at both engine houses as box
10. The engines of course went where
the registers indicated, at box 10, being
on Main street, the thought of the pos
sibility of its being ONE of the large
agricultural machinery houses being on
DANCED, caused the boys to fly. The
department never got out quicker,
or speeded along more swiftly,
but on arriving at box 10 found
no fire in that vicinity. They came trail
ing back, and found out the real location
Of the fire. The blaze fortunately did
not make much Roadway, and the hook
aud ladder boys, got there and suppress
ed it. The loss wa about $50. No in
surance.
These instances Of the f~aultiness of the
present fire alarm system, and its unre.
liability are getting very numerous. The
department is all right, but the best de-
partment in the world would be of little
account, if sent off on q foolish trip while
a fire was progressing In another part of
the city. The present boxes should be
thrown out entirely, as the old alarm of
the ''ire" yell is infinitely preferable.
The city cannot afford to rely largely on
such faulty apparatus.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
II NEW

f. II. Hurlburt has opened, at No. 81
Pearl street, a steam dying and French
dry cleaning works. Plumes and tips,
~velvets, silks, %satins, gents clothing,
merchants shelf worn goods, all made as
good as new.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

EoTICE.-Special advertisements, such as Lost,
Found, To Loan, For Sale, To Rent, Wants, Board
ing, ETC., will DO inserted In this column at the low
rate Of L CENTS PER III for the first insertion
and FIVE PER LINE for each subsequent In
sertion. Leave advertisements at our office, No. 7
Pearl Street, near Broadway
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
Allow Us To Say

That a good deal of the suffering in this world
can be avoided by purchasing Dr. Thomas
lEciectric on, and using it as per directions. II
Is an infallible cure for all aches, sprains, and
pains.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17

Cut rates to all points at McAllister',
ticket office, 800 Broadway, Council
Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
DON'T STAY AWAY.

Go sure to Cassidy a. CIRCUITS to,
night and see the beautiful Lace and
Turcoman curtains.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
MAURER ~ CRAIG'S.
Holiday Opening.

Monday afternoon and evening, No
vember 10th. A call respectfully so
licitcd.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17
GREAT SALE.
The New Time.

of Lace and Turcoman curtains tonight
at Cassidy & ORCUTT's.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17

Save fuel and keep out dust by using
Perfection" weather strip, the latest
and best thing Of the kind. Call and see
Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-17

Cassidy & circuit will offer you some
bargains tonight at their great sale
come.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
Postal Cards

When postal cards were first issue J..
about six years ago. their novelty pro
yoked some fault finding. and they
were made fun Of as 'stingv.' shabby.
unsafe etc. But they were cheap,
and the people used them and the
critics soon followed the example Of
the people, now, (as an exchange re-
marks, the postal card has only two
enemies man who receives duns
on it, and the manufacturer Of writ
ing paper.
The little postal causes decrease of
from twelve to fifteen million dollars
every year in the business If the writ
ing paper trade OF this country.
Postal cards are made at Holyoke
and forty men are continually employ
ed in their manufacture. The card
board is furnished in packages Of
three thousand each, and every sheet
is made into forty postals. Three press
es are kept going night and day. y
machine Sits the sheets into strips OF
ten cards each and these in turn are
cut into single cards, dumped in piles
of twenty five each, when they are
packed by girls, in pasteboard boxes,
containing five hundred cards \
government officer is constantly on
hand to see that no piIferng Of cards
is done. The Holyoke mandatory
turns out about one million cards d
day.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
Mistakes in Newspapers.

The Poughkeepsie Engle. in an arti-
Gle on "How Mistakes Happen in
Newspapers" figures up the number
of type used in "a newspaper the size Of
the E'lg'e at 100000; that is. the ac-
tual number of bits Of metal arranged
for each newspaper in preparing a
newspaper Of that size for the press
We suppose few people think Of the
printing trade rs one Of the most exact
and particular handicrafts, but 1t is.
In making type, variations that might
be allowed in the finest machinery
would render typ useless. 1t is very
rarely that the type furnished by two
separate foundries can be used together
without great deal of trouble, even
though they should try to make it
after the standard. We read once in a
while Of a wonderful piece of cabinet
or mosaic work containing ten, twenty,
or fifty thousand pieces, the maker of
which has spent month or even years
of labor in producing it, and the peo-
pie go to see it as curiosity; but the
most elaborate and carefully fitted
piece Of work Of this kind ever made
does not compare, for minuteness Of
detail and accuracy of fitting, with
that which the printer does every dav.
The man who does the first is looked
upon as marvel of skill, and, if a
hundred of his pieces are put in wrong
side up or turned around, it is not
noticed in the general effect; but if
the printer, in lifting ten times as
many pieces together in single day,
puts one the wrong way, everybody
sees it, and is amazed at The "stupid
carelessness of those printers"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
farmers en- NM.
Flowing and Ridging Tobacco.

AS the tobacco plant is a rapid grow
er, AMI natures lis crop in short per
iod Of time, too much attention can
hardly b. given to fitting the soil
The more the soil can be stirred and
turned, the more thoroughly will it be
pulverized and the more fully the man.
ure incorporated through it. If the
soil is stubble land it is usually piow-
ed in the fall, and again in the spring
Us early as its condition will allow, and
again still later, or shortly before the
time for planting. If a timothy sod
is to be planted with tobacco, | should
prefer to plow it early in the spring so
that it may be partially rotted by the
time the plants are set out. In this
case a thorough cultivation and har-
rowing should be given preparatory
to marking and ridging for the plants,
Glover ground usually leaves ground
in excellent condition when turned
down, and may be left until late in
May before being plowel. which will
give it time to make considerable top
growth, which will prove advantage
Gus to the soil and to the tob1cco. In
all cases. whatever the nature or con-
dition Of the soil, it should be reduced
to fineness on the surface by use Of the
harrow and roller Next in order is
to work off the patch into rows three
and one half or four feet apart, with
corn marker. Tobacco in Lancaster
county, Pa, is usually plante | in rows
four feet apart and are about two feet
apart in the row. | think this the
best distance for setting the plants on
strong soil. and where the large grow
ing seed leaf varieties are grown. With
Havana seed. the rows should not be
more than three or three and half
feet apart at most, and the plants may
be set nearer together in the rows.
When the rows are marked ont they
are passed over with Il cultivator with
the shares adjusted so as TO throw the
earth into a ridge directly over the
marks. These ridges are then rolled
down with light roller having cleats
nailed on at the proper distance apart
to form marks into which the plants
are to be set. In small patches the
hills or 'spats' may be made with a
hoe. | have in use a ridger aud roller
combined, consisting Of IN Alden Till
cultivator, to which is attached a sin
gle roller thirteen inches in diameter.
to which is attached two small knobs
fastened at equal distances upon the
outside surfac, which form marks for
the plants. This makes an excellent
implement for the work, and saves one
passage over the field in the prepare
ton. This size of roller in theory
would make the marks for the plants
about twenty inches apart, but an al
loWance must be made for the slipping
Of the roller as it passes over the soil,
which makes my roller work nearly
two feet apart.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
spoopendyke Stops Smoking.

Nv l.,r' sail VI : noa.u lvl>
my dear, do YOU know think smoke
too mech: 1t doesn't agree with me
at ALL
Just what | have always thought"
chimed Mrs. Spoopendvke, and be
side, it makes the room smell So. Gou
know this room
I'm not talking about the room,
retorted Mr.. Spoopendyke. with snort
I'm not aware that it affects the
health of the room. I'm talking about
my health this trip. and | think I'll
break OFF short. You don't catch me
smoking any more. and Mr. Spoopen-
dyke yawned and stretch d himself,
md pumped down in his EASY chair
and glared ont Of the window at the
rain.
How are You going to break off ,
inquired Mrs. Spoopendvke. DRAWN
up her sewing chair, and gazing up
into her husbands 'ace, admiringlv.
L suppose the best way is not to think
of it at all.
The best way is for YOU to sit there
and cackle about it,, growled Mr.
Spoopendyke. If anything will dis.
tract my attention from it that will
Can't We think Of something else to
talk about: Don't We know some sub
ects that don't smell like a tobacco.
plantation:'
Certainly. cooed Mrs, Spoopendvke,
rather nonplusSed. We might talk
about the rain. suppose this is real
" the equinox. How Ions Will it last,
DEAR
Cast the equinox" spntted Mr..
Spoopendvke. .Lon't Won know that
when man quits smoking it depreSSes
him? What dive want to talk about
depressing things for: Now ; the time
to make me cheerful. If We don't
know any cheerful things. keep quiet.
of course assented Mrs. Spoopen
dyke. Won want subjects that will draw
your mind away from the habit of
smoking like Won used to. Won't 1t be
nice when the long winter evenings
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
An Cx-Team for the Farm.

For hauling about the farm and for
breaking up land, oxen are, in several
respects, preferable to horses. In the
item Of feed they are much cheaper,
and this alone is weighty considera-
ton And then as to the character Of
their work, while they are slow they
are strong, sure and trusty; they do
not pull with such violence and sud
denness as many horses do. and hence
do not break so much harness or so
many carts. Wien they hitch a tree
or stump, they stop until the driver
can turn them aside This disposition
makes them much better than horses
for hauling IN the woods or in new
grounds. Many horses, as soon as they
make hitch with vehicle. begin to
pull harder or become fretful, and u.s.
uaIly end By breaking the cart or some
part Of the harness. For hauling rails
wood, liter, &C., about the farm, oxen
are the best and safest team, though
little slower, generally, than horse.
On the score of economy the scale is
altogether in favor of the OK. A pair
Of oxen costing much less than one
horse, will do more work than horse
making it unnecessary on tso horse
farm to keep but one horse. Thus
there is a great annual saving in both
corn and long forage, and the manure
from two steers is more than that Of
one horse. The board Of farm horse
for one year would buy three or four
oxen. And then, when an OK gets too
old for profitable work animal, it can
be fattened, and its hide, tallow and
flesh will sell for enough to buy an
other OK. For breaking up land, a
a pair of oxen does excellent work, but
they are not we'll adapted to field work
in summer time, though entire crops
are frequently made with no other team.
Even where there are plenty of horses
to do all the work of farm, it is best
to have one OK, or a pair, to do the
rough work. For getting out litter
for compost, the OK is just the animal.
-Petersbury Mder-Appeal.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23

The most diminutive plant known
in nature is the Arctic raspberry, it is
SO small that six ounce vial will hold
the whole, branches, leaves and all.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
The WONLEN DEPARTMENT
Hosiery, Gloves & Merino Underwear

Includes ,r.-rj~ for MF\-> AMI BOYS " r. VI
lu al the y. - ~Iy3t> 81 ~oai5hE-f H-s-t cot
Cloths tiI>~i1u RS. and I: $50 y t.ri" and trtHf'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-28
R,vER InpRovEMENT.
The MississIppi COMMITTEE Issues u Ca
fDr N CnnyentiJn,


for CanventiJn.
ST.. LOUIS, November 27.-The Mirsissip.
pi River improvement Committee met
and adopted a call for a convention for the
improvement OF the Mississippi river and
It's navigable tributaries, 10 be held at
Washington, D. O., February 5, 1884. The
call is addressed 10 the people Of the Mis-
sifsippi Valley and 10 those communities
which are in hearty sympathy Of the OBJ
iects to be attained: "ln view Of the mag
nitude Of the interests involved and the re-
suits to be accomplished, we cordially and
earnestly invite the commercial bodies OF
the valley and all those sections Of our COM
mon country interested in the question OF
cheap transportation to send delegates to
the convention. II Is all important that
those who are cent as delegates should
fully comprehend the necessity Of this
action, and potsees the ability TO rep
resent the great interest at stake. The
basis OF repTt sentation in the Convention
will be as follows: Ten delegates atlarge
from each State and five from each Terri
tory, to be appointed by the Governor;
from commercial bodies, i've delegates for
each one hundred members, said 5Odles to
be entitled to at least FIVE delegates; f:om
each corporate city, where no exchange
exists, three delegates, TO be appointed by
the Mayor. The President and Vice Presi-
dent OF the United States, members Of the
Cabinet, Senators. and Representatives in
Congress and Governors Of States and
are invited es guests Of the con.
vention, and to be assigned seats on the
floor during its deliberations"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-28

A Wisconsin Town Nearly Biotted Out
hum ber of People Injured.

hum beF OIL PeOpte lnlurca.
CHICAGO, November 27.-The Daily Nesrs'
Albany, Wis, special says; A fire early
this morning almost completely destroyed
Albany, situated near the eastern line Of
Green county, this State. The flames were
frat discovered about l o'clock and spread
rapidly, sweeping away before them every
business building in the place, including
the rostcfice and two newspaper Offices.
There we're no adequate facilities for fight
ing the progress Of the fire, and it made
such rapid headway that number Of peo.
pie barely escaped with their lives, and
Will Roberts, Charles Roberts and Fred
Roberts were severely burned in making
their escape from the building occupied by
them. Edward Dodge, young man, was
crushed by falling timbers, and Thomas
Dorman, John Samuel, Thomas Gravener,
Charles Mathels and Thomss Felloway
were probably fatally injured from the
same cause. The weather Is at zero and
the suffering OF many towns-people Is
great.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, November 27.-An
Albany, Wis, dispatch says: Forty thou.
sand dollars' worth Of property, in the
business part Of the town wss destroyed by
fire this morning. It is thought several
lives arelost. The list 30 far includes: Eddie
Dodge, killed by falling walls, and Thomas
Dorlnan lies at the point OF death. Seri.
ously injured are: John Lemmel, Thomas
Groanes, Charles Mathels, Thomas Fallo-
way. Dangerously burned are: Will,
Fred. and Charles Roberts. Bo.h printing
Offices and the post office are DESTROYED.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-28
BRIEF TELEoRkMs, =

John Holland, ex.boiler inspector at St.
Louis, was arrested yesterday afternoon on
a bench warrant, charged with bribery In
connection with issuing licenses TO engi.
neers. He gave bond.
The International Arbitration League
met yesterday at Philadelphia. The object
Is to promote the adoption by nations oil
the principle OF international arbitration
in the settlement Of disputes.
Henry P. Butler, about 24 yearsc age,
supposed to be hrother'in-law Of VIM.
Bnrnee, OF the firm OF Burnes & 0'Reilly,
PIttsburgh, drank heavy dose OF lauda-
mum last night at st. Louis, evidently with
suicidal intent, and died in the City Hos
pital.
The Pennsylvania Senate yesterday re
considered the appropriation bill defeated
Friday and passed It by vote Of "a TO O
after a long debate. The designations o
Senators Afnholt and Upperman, said Il
have been rendered, were not read. Arm
holt was present.
Four hundred miners at Gamble & Rish
er's mine, third pool, Monongshela riyer
struck last evening against reduction Of
quarter OF cent per bushel on the mininj
rate. The men also object TO free coal the,
are compelled to dig, which passes througl
an inch and Q half screen,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-28
CARLIsLE,s CHANCES
For the SpeakershIp Increasing, But
Randall may Pull Through.

WASHINGTON, November 27.-Disinter
ested observers say that the SpeakershiE
contest hes developed remarkably even
race with the chances slightly in favor ol
Carlisle. The intimate friends Of The lat
ter say that II pledges mean anything then
their candidate will have fifteen more votes
than enough to carry the caucus. On the
other. hand, the friends OF Randall contir-
ue the plan oisaying but little, refusing to
show their hands, and expressing con-
fldence that their man will win. "If you
know OF anyone who has any big bets to
make on the result" said one Of Randall's
intimate friends 10 reporter to-day, "tell
them to come and see me. The other side
Is doing deal Of talking, but you will see
that they will be disappointed"
The Randall men say there is no doubt
that Carlisle will find, when he goes into
the caucus, that many votes he counts
upon will not be with him when he wants
them. However, the Missouri delegation,
which was claimed by Randall, appears TO
be for Carlisle-at least the advance guard
Of 1t. Judge Buckner and Hatch are for
him, and they say he will have tws.thirds
OF the delegation. II is thought that un-
lees Randall can show up strongly early in
the balloting he will be defeated, as he
will doubtless get votes at first from men,
bers who believe his prestige will carry
him through, and for many reasons prefer
TO be themselves upon the winning side;
buf II Il should be shown that he is likely