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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; TUESDAY. JUiXE 14 , 1881. J THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JUNE 14 , 1881. "The Omaha Bee. \ iMUMiodtsvery inorninp.MCeptStindiiy. The only Monday morning daily. TKUMS HY MAII- : Oney r S10.00 I Three Month-.SS.OO . Blx.Siotithi. . . -VOOlOne " . . 1.00 T1IK WKfcLY 11KK , published ev ery Wednesday. TKUMS rOSTPAH- : Onc Year , . , . $ i.CO I ThrceMonUw. . t < 0 SixMonthi. . . . 1.001 One " . . M COIIKKSVONDKNCK All Comrmmi- cations relating to News and IMIlorial mat ters fhould l > c addressed to the Million W THK HKK. BUSINESS TiETTKKS-Air Itwine * * Letters nnd llcinlttnnces Miould 1 c ad- tire-wed to Tun OMAHA rrnu.siusfl COM- TANV , OMAHA. Drafts , ( 'heck * and Po-t- office Orders to l > c miulc payable to tlic order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs E. RQSEWATER , Editor. John II. 1'icrcc is In Charge of the Circu- .ation of THK DAILY MA : . CONKI.INO find Platt Btill remain fin the ragged edge and the legislature -won't ' adjourn. CAHI , Scum/ has placed a three ply piano in the livening J'osl editorial room , and makes things howl. VAI. will shortly puhlish his remi niscences , "What I know about Star Routes and Hock Creek. " THE UEE in its new dross is rccciv- inga shower of compliments from the editorial fraternity . .throughout the jttatc. TinniB was onu kind of monopoly { o which Senator Conkling was nol opposed monopoly of federal ap pointmcnts. HOU.MKI.IA. has nssimied tlio title of ; kingdom. The all-absorbing question with royalty is where to levy taxes miflicicnt to pay the royal wash bill. EWAIW TitiOKKTT , the great Austr.i ] ian sculler , is in New York. Ed will find that American oarsmen can teach him a Trickott two worth knowing. Tin : London Times advocates stern remedies for Ireland. The Times ought to know enough to know that the Irish won't'stand kicking without A fight. As between Depew mid Platt it is Ilobsons choice for anti-monopolists. Dupow is the principal attorney of the If ow York Central monopoly and 1'latt IB the president of the United States express. Jon EMMRTT failed on Thursday evening to put in < in appearance at the Prince of Wales theatre. His mana ger put in the plea of indisposition , Lut the gallery saw the point and ( itruck up the tune "The Old Man's Drunk Again. " Tin : Huprome court of Missouri lias just given a decision that a passenger "holding a limited ticket cannot bo put off the train if ho presents his ticket before its expiration , whether the end of the trip could or could not bo reached before the time wpocifiod on its face. THK wish is father to the thought in the many current rumors relative to the retirement of Mr. Blaine from the cabinet. Mr. Ulaino will neither lie driven out or retire. He is a bad man to drive out. AH for his retire ment , nothing in further from Presi dent Carficld'H intention or his own wish. Tin : ignorant blatherskite who edits the the Wahoo Thuen thinks that the UKK is howling for the Irish without taking the trouble to point out the -causes which have brought Ireland to her present condition , The BIT. ' ; apace is too limited to make an exhaus tive review of seven centuries of bar barous oppression. If the editor ol the Times would drop his' insane dis cussion of greenbackism and devote a little attention to live issues , lie might eventually publish a paper that some one would road and profit by. GKNKIIAL SIIKKMAN , who ia always original in everything he says 01 writes , made out ) of his most sensible speeches to the Tgraduating rluss a West Point last Friday. "Up to thii time , " ho said in concluding his re /narks , "you have had n fairjahow Now you have a ] harder course "to pursue. Acts speak louder thai words. Anybody can talk , you knov that. Now it is a matter of deeds There is no use in your srtying 1 an going to bo a great general , and al that sort of thing , you Imvo got to do , It is the man who has tot ; to do who will win , and though ho is the last ii the class here , ho may not bo a year hence. If the graduates ef thU class will only do half as well as they know they will bo much better than the av crago of mankind , and all the govern mcnt expects is that they will do al the people have paid them to do. Bo respected and beloved by your associ ates. Don't look down on citizens You are employed by them , paid by them , and they are entitled to a fair return for their money. " VALENTINE'S USEFULNESS. Soiiiu men arc born great , others chicve greatness , ! while others have greatness thrust upon them. If any- wily had predicted ten years ago that K. Valentino would some day represent half a million of people in -ongrcss ho would have been put in a straight jacket as nil incurable lunatic. Thirty months ago Jay Gould's ' vice regent in Nebraka , General Manager Clark , cast about for a man who could nakc himself useful to the great inon- ipoly , nnd Valentino had greatness uddciily thrust upon him. Valcn- ino's first nomination , brought about jy corrupt use of monopoly patronage intl money , was generally resented as ,11 outrage , but grave national issues vero pending nnd loyal republicans wallowed the dose. Nobody outside of the monopoly action expected anything from the jrass-collared congressman beyond licit service as his owners re quired , and nobody was diaap- minted. Last ninumor , long Before the republican state convention was hold , a man high in authority with the Burlington it Missouri road who had not favored Valentino's iiom- nation in 1873 nmdo the prediction lhat Valentino would bo rcnominatcd. Why should he be rcnominated ? Be cause he has proved himself to bo very useful. We did not comprehend then to what extent our stalwart congress man had made himself useful. It has since transpired that Valentino tine had made himself solid with the B. t M. managers by making him self useful in helping to secure postal ear service over their road , and this , CH is asserted by well-informed par ties , was brought about by carrying largo quantities of Valentino's con gressional documents over the road , back and forth , during the period when the mail transported over the road was being weighed for the . annual maximum , his usefulness of "ourstalwarts" met with duo recognition. The two great Nebraska monopolies pooled on Val entine and their cohorts simply took charge of the utate convention and forced his nomination upon the re publican party. Against this outrage thousands of staunch republicans re volted and nearly four thousand of them entered their protest by scratch ing Valentino's name. They did this in the face of his assured re-election which was a foregoneconclusion first because in a national campaign yuarNo- jraska's 20,000 majority insured the election of any republican nominated on .he state ticketand second because the nonopoly influence was in full control of the Nebraska democracy through Miller and Morton , nnd they had ar ranged that no democratic candidate ihould take the field against Valentino. Having been elected for a socon d orm Valentine at once began to en- argo the circle of hfo usefulness joyond the boundaries of Nebraska. To procured one of Brady's celestial [ lobes , traced out the milky way and eon mastered the entire system of itar routes. Ho discovered that the ) eoplo of Wyoming and Montana vere sadly in want of better mail fa cilities and he made himself useful by championing their cause. His elo quent plea in defense of Unulynndtho star route swindle , made him a host of idmiringfriondsamongthocontractorR. His great speech on the obsoluto ne cessity of u daily mail from Hock Creek to Fort Ouster is a masterly production , and we publish it with this issue for the bwicflt of his con stituency. Rock Creek is inhabited solely and chiefly by the proprietor of a railroad eating house and the cooks , waiters , etc. , that are employed there in , but Valentine in his great speech casts his mind's eye on the constantly growing population of Hock Creek and the great need of these thousands in the Wyoming wilderness of daily mail communication with Fort Custor. According to recent disclosures , the entire mail on that route did not weigh as much as the pouch it was carried in , and on some parts of that route it was scarcely an ounce per day , but our useful Valentine ex hausted his talents in persuading congress - gross that there would bo terrible dis tress among the populous settle ments on this starry way if they were denied the privilege of a daily mail. In life light of that great speed in favor of the star route ring , wo cai comprehend what u useful public ser vant wo have in Valentino and the only question is whether this com monwealth will ever bo in a condition to spare him from his arduous duties , TiiniLow Wiiu : : , the veteran Now York editor and politician draws i striking historical parallel between the the action of Secretary Seward am that of Senator Conkling , respecting federal appointments. When Presi dent Fillmore appointed the collector surveyor of customs , a judge and dis . trict attorney , all in Now York , am opposed to Mr. Seward politically , instead of resigning his seat , ho voice for the confirmation. General Taylor , however , sooi discovered that ho hai discriminated unjustly , and in all hi subsequent apiunntmonts Senator Seward was not only consulted , bu conlided in. In 1800 , when Mr , Lin 6oln was inaugurated , Mr. Seward passed from the senate chamber t ( the state department. Immediate ! Hiram Birney was appointed collector Rufus 8. ' Andrews Surrogate , am George Dcunieou naval officer , In the appointments the secretary of states ras ignored , The republican party in his state was then divided between .idicals and conservatives , Secretary Seward representing the conservative ind Secretary Chase tlib radical clo- nont. These appointments were dis- astoful to Governor Seward , but in- lead of resigning ho devoted himself oalously and cheerfully to his duties. Mr. Lincoln was not long in discover- ng that ho had nmde a great iiHstnko , 10 that after the first two months of lis administration the closest and < indc.it personal relations existed bo- ween the president and secretary of tale. This contrast , says Mr. Weed , cveals on the one hand the enlight- ned and patriotic statesman and on ho other n domineering and selfish MISSOURI RIVER IMPROVE MENT. Among the problems that demand .11 early solution none command such general interest as does the proposed mprovomeiit of our great rivers. While railways will always remain the nain arteries of commcrco chiefly be cause they arc always available the water ways to the sea will furnish us an outlet at certain soasoiiH for the jniin nnd cattle that wo export abroad , and maintain a rivalry that can not bo iicutrali/cd by ] ( pooling. ! ) m.iha , and for that matter the poole - : > lo of the whole Missouri Valley , are deeply interested in the proposed improvements in the Missouri river which are to bo made by the na tional government and conducted un der thj ( immediate supervision of the war department. The engineer in charge of the river improvements at this point has been ut considerable [ tains to outline the plans for the pro posed river improvement before our board of trade , and THK UKK de votes considerable space in this inane to the publication of the information furnished by Mr. Pease. A careful perusal will enable our readers to grasp the most vital points and can not fail to be both instructive and in teresting. Whether these proposed improvements will meet all the local wants is a problem that time and ex perience alone will determine. Much depends upon the honest disburse ment of the funds and the proper sel ection of materials that are to bo used in carrying on the improvements. GAMBETTA'S DEFEAT. Gambetta's Scrulin de Lisle bill , which provided for district roprcsenta- ion throughout the republic , lias been lofoatod in the French senate. The object of the bill was avowedly to still urthor increase the following of the hiring French loadorby practically de stroying all minority representation ind electing all members of the cen- ral government by a vote of separate districts throughout the various do- lartments. The passage of such a ncaNiiro would have dealt a serious ) low to the Monarchists and Imperial- sts and members of f.ho older fami lies of the aristocracy who under ho present system of elections have nanaged to preserve a strong minori- y in the sonata and a considerable 'allowing ' in the chamber of deputies , jjambotta's bill was introduced a few vcoks ago in the house of deputies andvxcitcd an animated'opposition , "t was recognized as a measure radical n the extreme and which , if it once ) ucamo operative , would practically ilaco its author in the position of cgislativo dictator. It passed the liouso by a handsome majority and was delivered over to the senate in its original form , whore it was de feated through the efforts of the bourbons and imperialists. Nothing now remains for the French leader to do but to appeal to the people through a now election. Gambetta has an nounced his intention of'fighting to the bitter end for the success of a measure which ho considers essential to the maintenance of the integrity of the republic , and a most determined and bitter struggle is likely to ensue at the polls between his supporters and the conservatives. Indications point to the eventual triumph of the measure. Gambotta has shown singular powers for attract ing to himself the support of the masses. His brilliai\t audacity has won for him the admiration of the French p'eoplo who when they chose a chief follows him with blind adoration. He has staked his all on the carrying through of the bill and nothing which can intluenco public opinion or nianipulato popular sentiment ment will bo loft untried. If the ac tion of the chamber of deputies is sustained by the return of a majority of representatives favorable to the measure , Loon Gambetta will bo placed in a position to curtail still further the waning power of the sen ate to control legislation. If , on the hand the contrary views of the situa tion is maintained. Gambetta end his followers will bo entirely shorn ol every vestige of their political power. .The stakes are high und the liberal leader will strain every effort to con vert his temporary defeat into u perm anent victory. GKNUUAL GIIANT is not in favor of any administratron except his own. The ivpublfoau state committee of North Carolina nun agreed to oppose the bill pro poning to.prohibit the manufacture niul hale of spirituous ami malt liquors in the utate , to be kubinitted to the people fur ratifica tion or rejection on the first Thursday of Auguit next. An addivmi wilt be iuueil In a few dayd embodying the reasons which impelled the committee to take thU action. A DUKE'S SURPRISE. The Duke of Sutherland , who is one of the wealthiest landed proprie tors in England and a heavy owner of English railway shares , has been pay- ng a visit to California and inspecting ho transcontinental lines of railroad , The duke naturally expressed aston ishment at the magnitude of the American railway system and voiced lis amazement at the extent of their ; jolitical influence and their reckless and open expenditure of money 'in Bribing and * corrupting the represent atives of the people. In England , ac cording to his Grace , a railroad corpo ration bus no ambition to influence elections , or else never attempts such a proceeding , and it is therefore aston ishing to the duke to find a widely and lamentably different state of affairs on thin sidu of the Atlantic. The distinguished visitor should ivo a few years in Nebraska , where 10 would find still greater opportuni- lies for expressing his "amazement at ; ho extent of American railway cor ruption. ' In no state in the union , f wo except Now York , has such shameful and bold-faced interference with the free expression of public ipinion beun practiced and defended. At the caucus and primary , in the convention and at the polls , in -ho legislature and state ofiices them selves , the pernicious and corrupting influence of railway threats and cor poration' gold have made themselves known nnd felt. No oflico of public trust has been too sacred for the blighting touch of the monopolies and no reputation too unspotted for their corrupting overtures. Representa tives supposably elected by the people to voice their demands for relief from corporation oppression have been purchased with passes and bought up like cattle for the .small consideration of a corporation posi tion or a potty lawyer's brief. City councils have been packed with their ; eels in order to prevent the railroads from sharing burdens of taxation rvhich railway bond holders have sad- Hod on already tax-ridden communi- , I'OH. In every department of public ollicc , state and municipal , which by my means could exercise a check on corporation oppression , the political nanagcrs of the monopolies have [ ilaced , or endeavored to place , jheir tools with only 0110 object n view the aggrandizement of the corporation and the disadvantage of , ho people. If the duke who expresses such surprise at this "amazing condi- , ion of affairs" would extend his ob servations over other and more popu lous portions of the country , ho would nako no effort to conceal his astonish ment. Ho would discover localities in which railroad managers were "re publican yhcn it paid to bo republican , democrat ! where it was to their : ul- vantage to be democrats , " but monopoly ely advocates all the time. Ho would see towns ruined by corporation oppression , cities groaning under monopoly oppression , whole districts paying toll to corporation cormorants , ind oven our National Congress in vaded by the creatures of this mighty anaconda daily strengthening its coils iround the American republic. But if five years hence the Duke of Suth erland comes to this country wo confi dently predict that he will see a change which will turn his surprise into "amazement" at the power which lies in American political institutions to remedy such crying evils as now excite - cite the wonderment of the world. STATE JOTTINGS. La Poite is to Imvo a brick yard. Hurt count } ' linn fivu brass bandi. Heal estate in T'cumseh is booming. The cat shaft at Decatur is 201feet deep , Alexandria is petitioning for incorpora' tion. lllne Springs has orguni/ed u board of trade. Weaver will xpeak at Wahoo Valparaiso IIUH organized a ] * ojt of the O.A.I ! . Fho new brick blocks are erecting in lastlngH. ' Work has been begun on Ashland'H now opera house , Over ' . ' , r > 00 cattle are feeding on branches of the l.osaii. Kearney county has a population of 1,071. In Kl pieeiiictn. A Gage couiityjfarnicr sold 5HJJ cattle lasl Week for JIW.OOO. lliiffalo county never luid HO 'great a promUe fur crops , The skeleton of an Indian was dug up al Schuyler last week , Forty-seven Bohemian emigrant1' arrivei : In Wahoo last week , Pierciuiiiuity real estate has advanced fifty per cent. In value. Hunting * ' now Methodist cnurclr wll bo dedicated ou the titith. The Second AdvcutUts tire conducting a tent revival nt Columbus , Firth has a no * brass band , and a flour ing mill in coin-so of erection , ' The Clothier house , nt Columbus , was struck by lightning liut week. A Swedi hchureh is to be- built hi Mon eiiao precinct , Fillmore comity. Nearly fifty houses liavo been erected a' ' Noith 1 'hit ' to already thisseason , The foundation for the U. P. blaeksmitl fchnp nt Grand Island la finished. A Cntlmllo church U to be built a Plun Creek. Citizens subscribed $7CJ. The thigh bone ' of a mastodon was un earthed a few days ago at Norfolk. Davis Creek mill , in Howardcoduty.wa : Mvt-pt away by the flood la.it week , A large amount of the foreign element i settling in Ciimlng connty.thU year , A Young Men's Christian Assoclatioi wn organircdin Fremont last week , Frank Huberts , of Iticluwlson county hanged Imnself last week in his barn. Sheeji hhcarera nt 83 SO ier day ar board are in demand ut North 1'latte , The Presbyterian society at Alexandria have begun work on their new church. North 1'latto contains a population o : 1,1111 , according to this cpring'n census. The German colony tea niilw north o : Hebron It fftM , improvint ; . teed building are going np in every direction , Siitton'n KwcitMi residents are preparing tnlmlld a church four mile * wret of town. Susie Haitort of David City wan bitten jy a rattlesnake la t week , but rccovcicd , j > , Three span * of the l.oup rhcr bridge at St. Taul were taken out by the Hood last week. A new bank will soon he opened nt Hub- jell , which will prove an acquisition to lhat ) . At Ashlnnd last week > afc robbers at1 tempted to blow open the safe "f F. O. IVlier. Dan .Sullivan of St. Paul was cominittci , o jail last week for nn Imleccnlawault on a lady. The residence of S. II. Calhonn , nt Nora - > ra ka City , was burglarized last week o : SIG'J.50. Mr. ( icorgo W. Parish , of .Silver Creek , whllo bathing lait week was accidental ! } Irowncd. Fred KhinU of Norfolk was ccvcrclv In ured last week by n wagon passing over ils body. The 15. & M. now have ten side tracks at Wymoie , and will put In Home more asHoon a.t possible. A branch of the Merchants aiu Maiiu * acturein' Union has been organized in West Point. IScnnctt'H nun- creamery in Dixon county rill have a capacity Lvpial to about eight inmlred cow * . A stone weighing three tons , that came lown with the flood , wan left on the Green Bland bottom , Frederick Itchuckcrd , of Bennett , cojn- iiltted suicide on Wednesday by hanging limself to a true. Charles Urookc , of North Platte , wn run > ver by n hand car last week and received very puvero injuries. The residence of Mr. .T. ] ) , Derdrour , of Seward , was entered la.t week by burglars and § .ViO in money taken. Alexandria Odd Fellows contemplate giv- ng a grand hall in their new hall on the eve of thu Komth of July. Eight thousand dollars worth of tickets vere Hold nt thu II rand Inland station of hu U. P. during thu month of May. A young man 17 years of aged , by name ttyan. was drowned in a lake , near Tim- jerville , Dodge county , last Sunday. District Attorney Ulerbnwer met with in accident near Ogallala last week , being cickcd in thu face by a vicious broncho. Little AVilbur Flam , residing seven miles ast of Alexandria , was bitten by a rattle- nake on Friday and died the next day. Sahy Strahm , of Green Island , has gath- ; rcd over 100 cords of wood left on his arm by the late tlood , and hu is not done yet. yet.A A mail carrier on the Nelixh and Cache cieek route lo t lii.s horse and mail hack his week while crossing a bayou just south of Nt-ligh. Thu Cmter county round-up outfit left icre last Thursday for thu xcenctof their la- mra. I. W. Olive is tliuir captain. [ Plum /reek Pioneer. Scandia has voted bonds for a free jridgp across the Republican river at that ilacu. At prchent , crossing is done ovur a lontoon bridge. Thu house of John Frishku , in Stanton irecinct , Fillmore county , caught firu last veck and thu bady was so badly burned hat it died next day. Fifty-two footmen , twenty-seven horse- nen and one hundred and ninety-two earns crossed the new bridge nt Republi can City one day last week. A heard of 317 film younij cattle passed hrough Blair a few days since from east- : rn lown bound for the grassy hills of . 'iercu county in this Btnte. Owen Fagan of Norfolk , was drowned ast week in the North Fork while vainly endeavoring to nave thu Hfu of Iteinbold Maun. Fagan's body was recovered. The St. Kdwanl dnm has been sadly de moralized by the late floods and we under- itand will have to be entirely rebuilt , oil a iliirurent wte , as thu Beaver lias cut its way around one end of it. A severe hailstorm patted over Imljaii- ola last week. Gardens miffered severely , is well ns small grain , but the corn in un injured. Thure were about 350 window lights broken in that vicinjty. Mr. llopwood , of Kearney ; has fifty acriw of thrifty growing forest treec , con sisting of white cottonwood , yellow cottonwood - wood , black walnut , soft maple , honey locust , gray willow and cedar. Wednesday evening Kud Willow county was visited by a terrible hail htorm. Hail as largo a.i small sized eggs full , covering the ground to the depth of eighteen inches. All the north window lights were broken in the houses , and grain wns _ nomcwhat cut , hut nothing Kuriotts. It hailed along a belt running north nnd inouth through the entire county. Arapahoe Pioneer : The Kiehard Molony stock farm , near Humboldt , is composed of 3,000 acres , and is fitted up with extensive and modern nta- hies , nn accurate half mile track , nnd every other convenience for conducting the hum ; * breeding business in a lartj'u way. Mr. Ma- lony Is now building a residence at an ex- pen > u of Si,000 ( , anil in the course of a few years his block farm will be one of the Ixmst of Nubraska. [ Atchison Globe. II is reported that the old road lied be tween Falls City and Brownsville , graded and abandoned several years ago by the busted Midland Pacific company , is to be honed nt once by the B , k M , , and exten ded southeast to Hiawatha , Also , that thu B. & M. will occupy the gap between Ni'hnuika City nnd Plattsniontn , making a continuous nnd short line on this side of the river to Omaha , [ Atchihon Globe. POLITIOAL NOTES. General Arthur in one yearyounxcr than , anil will be.ril next tober. < ludru } ItoburtKon H to enter upon bin ilutk-M as collector of the port of New Yoik about July 1. IJoth the Pemiftylvania and New York tures have wit until tht-ir regular nal- havu all gonu. Thu general election in I owa this year occurs on the second Tuesday of October , whieh is the llth diy of the month. United .States District Attorney Wood- fonl , of Now Voik , gets u salary of Sl',000 a year , and is a firm friend of the presl- dcntV. Governor Cullom , of Illinois , has reappointed - pointed an canal commissioner * JoHeiih A. lilover , Benjamin J' . Shaw , and Martin Klnginan , Senator I.aniar Is the "boss" of tho-Mis- His * ! ] ) ] ) ! democracy , und all thu candidates for governor are now paying ; him assid. uoua court , Senator John Sherman presided , over the fitt convention that > t republican j-tute - which in 18.V > nonijnated .Salmon 1 > , Cha-e for ( 'ovorm > r of Ohio , Secrutary llhdno h understood to be do- tiroua of staying just where ho is for the next four years , and will , nn matter what in said , until the piesldent tells him to u'o. Hon. John 1-,1. cwl , readjustcr candi date for lieutenant governor of Virginia , was originally a whig , and was once a re publican member of the United States sen- a to. to.ly ! a vote of 'M to 27 the Michigan house of representatives have defeated a bill jia * > eil by the sen-ito to prohibit the com mon practice of treating to i > iritmms and mult liquor * . The Hon. Theodore Cook of Cincinnati , is a most probable demwr.it candidate for governor of Ohio. Mr. ( Jook IIOH a barrel , and the democrats cannot rally the rank and file with any other kind of a candi date. date.The The Providence , H. I. Journal , Senator Anthony's paper , maintains complete si lence with reference to Mr. Conkling , bay ing nothing either for or against him. Per- hajw this in a part of the courtesy1' of the senate. The New Hamix-ilaro legislature is charged with the fell design of firing W. K. Chandler into the United states senate chamber. Then he can settle the wore with thnie who were opposed to hlf ftp- jiointment ai solicitor general. A reform democratic organization in lialtimore , hostile to the Herman H g , has nominated cx-Sennlor Whyto for mayor. It is said that the movement H so strong that the regular * will drop Mayor Latrobc and take the ex-senator. A curloim and Interesting fact has juit become known , A dhort tune before the Chicago convention < ! ener.il Vadeau ar rived in New York fromJjondon with nlcr- otyped plates of a campaign life of General Grant , which had been prepared abroad in anticipation of hit nomination at Chicago , The plan was to put the work to prcs Im mediately upon receiving the news that General Grant was the nominee , Theduty was paid on the plates and they were taken away. When the result of the convention became known General Uadcau brought thefn hack and made application for per mission to re-export the platen and recover the duty ho had paid. This request would not be granted , since the duty had been paid ou them nnd they had been removed , VANWIOKAiiHIS WAYS , The Farm Life of the Junior Senator and His Wife. Character Sketches of Nebraska - ka City The Missing Links. Correspondence ) of Tun lls . NKIIHASKA CITY , July 13 , Ne braska City is the oldest town in the state nnd is supposed to bo the homo of Senator Van Wyck. Xo doubt many Nebraskans imagine that ono of the most lordly of the towering mansions that crown Nebraska City's bluffs is the aristocratic homo of our worthy senator , but "many Nobras- rcans" are wrong " * 5n their imagina tions , for an ancient mud covered , yet serviceable buck board brings the sen ator to town from his farm , seven miles away , excepting _ whcn ho is liauling hogs or wheat , and then a [ umber wagon answers all require ments. Those who have met Mrs. General Van Wyck at Washington , Omaha or Lincoln would bo astonished at seeing that cultured lady with a huge plow behind her and a largo old gray nag in front of her starting out on a buckboard alone on n seven-mile drive across the country. Still , that was just what your correspondent nnd the Nebraska City people saw on last Thursday morning. Independence and physical vigor are not incompatible with refine ment and exalted ntation. The people love the general and his lady all the bettor because they are not afraid to work whenever there is work to be done. Farm duties and senatorial du ties may be very unlike , but the best farmers have always been 'our best rulers. When the people learn to ig nore aristocrats , wo will have no more trouble with Lord Rosco'es. The crop prospects in Otoo county are good , in part , and very good for small gmin. 1'ruit is riot promising , owing to the wonderfully severe win ter and the sudden transition from cold to summer heat , leaving spring entirely out of this year's calendar. Corn is weedy and late , and- yet it is growing so rapidly that many pro phecy an average crop ; and still , unless - loss wo Imvo'n very Into fall , the yield must bo light. A sensation was created here this morning by the appearance of a preacher's wife ( a Mrs. Link ) in the character of a runaway. She boldly announced that she was going to Den ver with "her own true love. " Her husband and children are in Cass county. Thus rudely severed , the maritial links no longer bind. The distillery is now in full blast. The Grand Central hotel has reopened , every store in upper town has an oc- cupan , and Nebraska City is booming. RANOKK. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers were recorded - corded Saturday at the county clerk's office , as reported for this paper by John L. McCague , real estate agent and conveyancer : Andrew J. Haiiscoiw to Edward II. Howland , lots 21 and 22 in block 17 liaiiscom place , w. d. § 000. Peter J. Johnson to Anna Moo , lot 8 in block 12 , E. V. Smith's add. , w. d. $500. Henry A. Moo to Peter J. Johnson , lot 8 in block 12 , E. V. Smith's add. , w. d. S" > 00. Union Pacific railway to Hannah M , Heed , o A of nw } section 31 , town 10 , range 10 cast , w. d. § 700. Boggs it Hill to Isaac Wilt , so .j of section ! 5 , town 10 , range 11 cast , w. d. 81,000. Aug. Ivountxo ot al. to Walter 11. Sanford , lot 5 in block 12 , Kountze & Ruth's add. , w. d. S525. Alex Nathans to Wilson Reynolds } s. w. } ; section 11 , town 10 , range 11 , east q. e. d. § 500. Ivnut Kastman ami wife , to John H. Bonnovier , parcel in section 15 , town 15 , range 13 , cast w. d , § 000 , Caleb B. Boyco , to James Nichol Hudo , A of wi , lot 1 , in Griflin and Isaac's addition , q. c. d. $250 Mat tie S , McGown , to Geo. P. Bemis , lots 10 , 11 , 12 , in block 4 , Parkers' addition , w. d-8300. ; Wilbud Hawcs , to Matilda Albert , w. A , lot 10 , Re-dick's addition , w. < L § 102.50. B. E. B , Kennedy and wife , to Geo. P. Bemis , w. i , lot 2 , block 200 Omaha , w. d. § 175. Thomas Martin and wife , to Reloy Fouls Hudo , A of No. A of n. w , j , section 8 , town 15 , range 10 , etst w , a.100 , Undoubtedly the best shirt in the United States is manufactured at the Omaha Shirt Factory , The superiority of material and workmanship , com bined with their great improvements , that is reinforced fronts , reinforced backs , and reinforced sleeves , makes their shirt the most durable and best fitting garment of the kind , ever manufactured at the moderate pric * of § 1,50. Every shirt of our make is guaranteed first-class and will refund the money if found necessary , Wo make u specialty of all wool , Shaker , and Cmton flannel , also chomois underwear , made up with a view to comfort , warmth and durabil ity. To invalids and weak-lunged persons we offer special inducements in the manner these goods are made or their'protection. PU. GOITHEIMKR , 1807 Farnham St THE BIG MUDDY. Difficulties That appear in Its Improvement , Paper on the Subject by As sistant.U. . . S. Engineer Pease. Public Improvement a Primary Consideration. How Omaha is Benoflttod by Works Fifteen Miles Above. A Grouping of Solid Fticta ou nn Interesting Subject. A meeting of citizens was held in- : ho Board of Trade rooms last even ing to discuss the improvement of the Missouri river and the matter of plac- ng the harbor in condition. Among those present were .T. IJlickensderfcr , , chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad , Mayor Uoyd , Win. C. JJ. Allen , Mr. Davis , assistant in the- water department , John Evans , Thos. ibson , Prof. 1'ontz , Win' . A. Gwyer , Li. 13. Williams , Joseph Slleely , Max Meyer and Charles A. Pease , assistant United States engineer in charge of. river improvement. The latter-named e'cntlcman was sent on hero by his. chief , Major Suter , to give informa- ,1011 in regard to the improvement of , ho Big Muddy. Mayor Boyd presided sit the mcet- ng nnd introduced Mr. Pcaso , who- read a lengthy paper on fhc subject of iver improvement. The Missouri Irains 572,072 and has a length of 3,000 miles. Its annual discharge is. only about three-quarters that of the- Dhio although its basin is two nnd a mlf times as largo This is. owing to the fact that in ts head waters and of its tributaries comparatively little rain falls. Hence , ; he size of the river is disproportion- itely small measured by its draining , irea. At Fort Buford the river di- rides into two branches of about equal size , the Yellowstone and the Upper Missouri. The Yellowstone receives. ; he Big Horn about 280 miles above is mouth , and the Upper Missouri nt LOO its three forks , the Jefferson , Gallatin and Madison. Mr. Pease ab ; his point read a lengthy extract from , ; hc official report of Major Suter on ; ho general subject of the Missouri. Ho then continued : The amount of sediment in suspension rose greatly with the stage and velocity of the current , being much greater during : he floods of spring and early summer han at any other time. The maximum observed at Omaha in the season of 1879 , when careful observations were ; taken , was sixty-live Jiunareiltlis per cent by weight. In the winter during low water ivhen there is little bank erosion , only \ very small quantity is found. This , is usually finely divided bright sand. After standing for two hours , but two and a half per cent of the origi nal fsediment remains in suspen- ' in , and at the end of four hours , none remains that can be weighed. The water then has a milky appear , ance. An analysis made July 30th de termined that 11.4 per cent of the sedi \t ment or about 1-3,000 of the origin.il sample wasorganicmatter. In regard to * hardness , taking the distilled water > as a basis of one , river water will rank two and well water six. Experiments show that for domestic purposes in the laundry the river water will bo satis factory. If all the materials cut from the banks for the last four years between Florence and the U. P. bridge in Omaha were concentrated in a holid prism , its dimensions would be 120 feet square at right section and 12.2 miles long , the distance between these two points measured upon the channel line. line.Great Great changes have taken place in the river during the late floods , and the most important is the partial straightening of the channel way. At Omaha the height of the crest of the highest rise above January 1 , 1881 , was 171 feet against 12.3 feet in 187D. This is usually noted at high stages , but is now most marked. Last fall the length of the channel below the Omaha bridge to Bellevuc was lfi.53 miles ; since that it has been reduced to 10.91 miles. This loss occurred almost entirely at the cut-off in Bcllevuo bend and in thu first four miles below Omaha. At the hitter locality the old bar , which has since the old survey made under the direction of Major Suter , resisted the assaults of the spring iloods , is moved down stream a mile , and , across the channel. Oji the upper side of Bellevue bend there wore about four miles of almost perfect river , and I had planned to take a series of systematic observations of velocity , slope , fill-back and scour during the coming season. But I fear- that the disturbances occasional by thu late Hoods will so alter it that the work will not bo worth while. The laws of stable riven , such as wo find in the east , do not generally apply to our stream , and in a scheme for general improvement con siderations arise that apply solely to the Missouri river and its class , newer or detrital rivers. It is hardly necessary for mo to urge hero the benefits of improvin the Missouri river , for that is no almost universally granted. Wo have the raw material for n transportation route to the seaboard , why not mould it to practical use and profit by the immense opportunities offered ? The railroads of Pennsylvania with their equipments cost neprly $00)000 per mile in 1807 ; of Now England. $40,500 ; of the middle states , S55.000 ; of the southern states , SJ30.000 and of the western states from $30,000 to 840,000 ; in the United States-aver , age , 552,400. Now Major Suter s es-