Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-25

made this concise statement: 1. That under
section ia Of chapter Is. there was no con-
solidation Of the stock. They claim the
section does not authorize a
The The act Of 1887 is unconstitutional in
so far as il permits a sale of property, stock
or franchise to a foreign corporation unless
such body incorporate under the laws Of the
state. AS no federal question arises, 1t is re
spectfully requested that the motion of the
defendant for removal to the federal courts
be ovcrruled and that the court proceed to
try the case on its merits.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The following letter, received by THE BEE
representative to-day, tells its W story:
The editor OF the Omaha Herald seems
anxious to hear of a farmer who has aban-
doned democracy on account of its free trade
policy. This information / am able to give
him. We have quite a number down here
who lave done so; but as he makes the mod
est demand for only one, l will go him but
one better, and name two. Here they are:
John Dalton and +. Ball, postottice address
Palmyra, Otoe county, Neb.
The Herald makes a great mistake
when it assume that grain sacks are
| dearer here than in England. The reverse
| is true; our sacks are the cheaper. No intel
| ligent farmer will grumble when called upon
to pay only 20 cents tor an excellent grain
! sack, and they can now be bought for less by
the dozen. The last sack that ! bought in
England cost go cents-a four bushel one-of
| good quality. On a visit to the old land four
years ago we made q complete study and
comparison of the price of goods there and
here, and was very much surprised to find
many things cheaper in Nebraska, let alone
| New York, where more than half the ar
| ticles that are used in common, every day
life, are much cheaper than in England. My
farmer friends in Norfolk, England, are
paying more for plows, wagons, harness,
sacks, forks, rakes and many other imple-
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than we Nebraska farmers are paying. The
railway charges for their products per ton
per mile are also higher than ours. / know
a farmer in Lincolnshire who sent a ton of
potatoes to London. The charges on them
were II shillings and he sold them for Is.
Now let the Herald man make out a worse
case. We bought some goods in England
and some in New York. If you want the
English goods on this side of course you
nave to pay the duty. The goods are marked
English and right by their side is always to
be seen our goods and marked much less,
and often the better goods, too. If the Her
aid man will come down here we will show
him goods bought on this side that can not
be duplicated for the same money in all Eng
land. Yours truly, r. X. WARD. :
MERITEp RECOGNITION. Y
There has been, perhaps, no appointment
to a position in the state university that
Mr.. II. X. Wolfe. who has been offered and
accepted the lectureship on modern philo-
sophy, to take effect the first of the new
year. During his student days in the uni
versity he gave this department of scientific
study the most thorough and careful atten-
ton, and after graduation went to Europe
and spent several years under the foremost
instructors of the world, and is therefore
fully abreast with modern thought in this
line. Mr.. Wolfe graduated in the class OF
80. During the past year he has been teach
ing in California. He will leave his present
place of residence for Lincoln just before
the holidays.
THE COURT HOUSE CORNER STONE,
The corner stone of the new court house
will be laid Saturday, October 81, and the
event will be tittingly celebrated, but under
what auspices has not been fully determined
The matter is in the hands of the county com
missioners, but just what they intend to dc
The BEE man has not been able to gather
Street rumor has 1t that the stone will bt
squared" under the direction Of the Ma
sonic brotherhood, and If this proves to bt
true, the ceremonies will. doubtless. be i'm
posing. The contractor, Mr.. w. III. Is. Stout
is wholly in the dark as to what steps have
been or will be taken by the commissioner
to celebrate the laying of the corner stone o.
the county plant Of 100000, coming on at
snail's pace. You have me, " he said, las u
that; l only know that the stone will be lail
on that date" 1t is not stated whether thu
stone was dressed at Joliet, H., or at tn,
quarries in Ohio, where the principal part o.
the stone has been purchased that Is goinI
into the building, The stone cutters of tn,
city will not go out Of their wayt to be pres
ent. But for all that the time -honored Gus