THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JULY 14 , 1881.
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ixtion ot THK DAILY BKB.
Tun lost official bulletin issued b ;
tlio doctors yesterday indicfiloa thn
the president is hourly growin )
bettor.
TUB Inler-Ocean llobin is chirpini
from Council Blufls.
Ir you wish to make a innn hot ir
' Uioso'ilnys ' tell him to "koop cool. "
1 MANV of the roads lending fron
Oinnlm into the county nro in a dis
graooful condition.
ln. BUMS is gutting a grout deal ol
gratuitous advertising now-a-days , aiu :
lie seems to deserve it all.
THK Misioun Pacific will atriko the
main line of the Union Pacific neat
Papillion nnd come to Omaha ovoi
that road.
AH a precautionary measure tin
'Chicago Board of Health have order
cd the vaccination of all immigrant
that locate in that city.
Ii' spoils bunting receives n cliccl
Tor n little time , President Garflold'i
and the nation's misfortune will not b <
without ita practical lesson.
CHAH. BnuHii , of Clovolnnd , has invented
-vented nn improved method of ator
ing lightning This is a shameful in
fringement uppn the average Arkan
sas whisky.
THE Denver Republican publishes tweed
wood cut of the now Denver courl
house , which in it's principal dotaih
resembles the structure shortly to b (
erected for Douglas county.
TJIR movement of grain down the
Mississippi in barges continues not
withstanding the hot weather nnd
the trunk lines are fooling the influ
ence of the diversion ot tmdo.
> i Miu D. It. LOCKE ( Nnsby ) is devot
ing himself to the study of the liquor
business in England with rare energy
nnd nuccess. Tlioro is no bettor judge
of genuine corn juice than Rov. P. V.
Nnsby.
THK hay crop this summer is im-
inon&o , but it can't ' holdn candle to
the crop of fltraws witjin'inint julep
on ono end and a young man'a .mouth
on the other/ Which can bo daily Boon
at nil popular watering places.
COLOKAUO now stands at the head
as'a silver and gold producing atato.
Wovadu carried the flag for years ; bui
in 1880 Bho had to yield it up Colora
do. The list runs as follows : Gold
nnd silver production for 1880 Colorado
rado , § 23,000,000 ; California , $19-
000,000 ; Nevada , $15,000,000 ; Utah ,
§ 0,000,000 , ; Dakota , $4,000,000 ;
Arizona , $ a,50Q,000 , ; Montana , $3-
nOO.OOO ; Idaho , $2,000,000 ; Oregon ,
81,000,000 ; Now Mexico , $000,000 ;
total , S77COO,000. Colorado in
creased her production of the pre
cious metala from $17,000,000 in 187
to § 23,000,009 in 1880 , and those whc
liavo the best means of judging of tlu
production for 1881 put the nmounl
down at $35,000,000.
THE rapid destruction of our foresti
is creating just apprehension nnc
alarm among eastern dealers and man
ufaoturws. The supply of pine am
hemlock in aoveral of the states ii
Hearing exhaustion and the resource *
ot oak nnd walnut are little bettor off
The market for walnut lumber has nl
ready been seriously affected by the
n'pnroachinij scarcity. A' 'conjor" hoi
oven been attempted by a few partic
ularly ehrowd dealers , and manufao
turera of furniture are considering
what course they shall adopt when the
time comes in which they can nc
longer oven at a heavy advance obtain
this uiuch-desirod material. Nothing
else is so well adapted to the purposes
for which it is used ; and oven of the
unsatisfactory substitutes proposed
tti'o supply U not to bo depended on.
A I.UCKT ESCAPE.
Senator Bock , of Kentucky , in a
interview with n Louisville rcporlci
Brtid tlmt the reason why the dome
crnts failed to elect n president of th
senate wasbccauso they had no chance
"Tho republicans agreed to go into a
election if the domocrntu would olet
Senator Harris. The democrats hav
n high regard for Senator Harris , an
Senator Harris , who ia nn unsclfis
democrat , refused to accept the oflic
thu.i tendered. There was consequent
ly no election. "
Thus the country mndo nnotho ,
lucky escape.
The elevation of lohnm G. Ilnrri
to the presidency of th
United States Senate wouli
have been nn insult to every loya
American. Among all the ox-rebels
not excepting oven Jeff Davis , th !
man Harris is the most infamous , .Tel
Davis , Bob Tpombs , Judnh P. Benjamin
min nnd other firo-eators , openly pro
claimed that nllegianco to the never
cign states was nbovo the nllcginnci
they owed to the Union. When thoii
states passed ordinances of scccssioi
tlioy loft the United States scnntonnc
buckled on their swords in behalf o :
the confederacy. In 1801 , while ao
cession leaders were organizing armed
resistance to the national authority ,
lahnin G. Htrris was governor ol
Tennessee.
The confederacy was formed IE
February , 1801. The proposition tc
sever connection with the union 'and
join the confederacy was voted down
ly the people of Tennessee by ovci
60,000 majority in the same month.
Before the vote was taken Ishain T.
Harris , who waa known to bo in sym
pathy with the secession movement ,
pledged himself to faithfully nbido bj
: ho decision of his state. Instead of
keeping the pledge this infamous
irnitor , while professing loyalty tc
th'o union , was in conslani
communion with Jon" Davis , and he
oven wont BO fnr as to organize and
equip troops in Tennessee for the
confederate armies. It was mainlj
> y his treasonable intrirnics that Ton
\osflco was finally dragged into tin
rebellion on the 8th of Juno , 1801
by a fraudulent election. Ilavinj
plunged his state into a bloody nm
costly wnr , Ishnm G. Harrii
showed the white feather nnc
disgraced his people by his nr
rant cowardice the very first timi
n break was made across the Cumber
land river by the Union army
Within ton hours after the capture o
Donaldson by General Grant this val
liant governor of the sovereign state o
Tonnoasoo packed nil his traps ant
precipitately ran away from the stati
capital. His cowardly flight fron
Naahvillo nrecipitatecl n disgracefu
nnd ludicrous panic among the peopli
of thnt city , and wound up with i
bloody riot.
Harris kept on the run , nlthougl
the gunboats of Commodore Foot <
nnd the armies of Grani
and Buoll did not put Si :
nn nppoaranco at Nashville
until ono week nftor Harris had fled
ho crpitnl. During the romaindnr ol
ho war Harris kept out of harm'f
vny , and when Richmond had fallen
and Lee had surrendered ho struck
out for South America , swearing he
never would again live under the
intod Yankee flag. Ho did not re
main down there very long. The
3rn/.ilinn sinvo plantation was not what
10 had expected to find it. Mor-
ifiod , but not repentant , ho
oturnod to Tennessee and indue time
irocurod a pardon from A. Johnson ,
whom ho had helped to burn in ofligy
t the outoreak of the wnr. In duo
time this reconstructed qunkor gun
vrnrf returned ns ono of the roprcson-
ogives of Tennessee 'in ' the national
onato. ' How any reputable * republi
can could aupport n man with such n
ocord for the presidency of the soil-
to posses our comprehension. A
rebel brigadier who fought1 for his con-
lotions is entitled to some
ospoct , but a poltroon like
sham G. Harri * , who urged
n the fight nnd then ran away be-
ere ho came within rnngo of a bullet
s not fit for doorkeeper of any rep-
utnblo legislative body. The coun-
ry is to bo congratulated on its es-
ape from such an acting president of
ho senate.
GtJITEAtTS INSANITY.
Amid nil the
conflicting opinions as
o the insanity of Guitoau , the would-
jo assassin , there is ono authority
who not only disbelieves in the dis
eased mental condition of the prison
er , but gives excellent reasons tor his
opinion. Dr. Charles H. Nichols ,
toad of the Bloomingdalo Asylum for
ho Insane , declares that ho sees noth-
ng in the actions of Guiteau which
will indicate anything more than nn
unbalanced mind , with a mania for
getting n living out of the world
without paying for it. The plea of
omporary insanity , says the doctor ,
s nothing but a legal fiction. Men of
sound mind do not go at
crazy a mo-
nont's notice , even under the strong
est kind of excitement , and men of
oven eccentric behavior , such as that
of Guitoau for several years back , are
lot , as a rule , to bo feared as liable
o break out into homicidal furor.
n epilepsy , as in insanity , homicidal
uror may manifest itself , but
hero are usually plenty of warn-
ngs , and moreover when the furor
comes the patient wants to kill , nt
necessarily n particular person , bi
Homo ono it may bo n nurse or
nurse or friend or the first porso
mot. Guiteau did not kill the fin
person that came nlong when th
homicidal frenzy appeared. The fn <
thnt he laid his pinna to kill the pros
dent nnd no ono else is prcsumptiv
evidence that ho understood perfect !
wIinMio wn.i doing ,
Dr. Nicholls enters n very camel
protest ngainst the present legal metl
ods of dctcrming insanity , which li
denounces ns absurd nnd poniicioui
The usunl method is to keep n jut
for months listening to the ovidonc
of o ports , confusing them by hnii
splitting technicalities nnd ondlei
supposnblo cases until at tli
conclusion of the argument the
nro utterly unnblo to innko u
their minds whether such
thing on insanity existed or nol
The result in nine cases out of ton i
n "reasonable doubt" nnd the prisoi
or is ncquitted , In opposition to tin
system , Dr. Nicholls quotes th
French method. In Franco the oj
ports nro not allowed to confuse th
jury with hypothoticnl cases of tech
meal testimony of any kind. A * com
mittce of experts appointed by th
counsel on both sides , with the np
proval of the court , examines th
prisoner , listens to the ovidunco nm
decides ns to his sanity or insanity
This decision is read to the jury , am
f the facts in the cnso seem to tli
ury to warrant such n decision , it i
accepted , If such n jury of expert
were to sit in consultation upon ' Gui
toau's cnso the result would not bi
loubtful for n moment.
Ir is n lending characteristic o
American journalism that it is alwayi
iroparcd for any unforsccn call upoi
t's resources. No emergency seems to <
sudden nnd no demand too great
With its thousand nowsgntherors scat
, orod throughout the country it cai
at nny moment by the aid of the tclo
jraph and railway throw it's resorvei
; o reinforce any weak position niu
meet the demand made upon it b ;
circumstances of unusual interest o :
gravity. Nothing , in latter times
since the close of tin
war has BO clonrly showi
the infinite resources of tin
press at the Into tragical event a
Washington. Without n momont'i
warning , when a large portion of thei
regular force nt Washington were enjoying
joying a summer vacation , the news
Anthers wore called upon to chronicli
in the fullest and most complete manner
nor the attempted assassination o
President Garfiold. Within twontj
minutes nftor the firing of the she
the telegraph wires wen
teeming with dispatches ti
every portion of the continent. Al
newspapers of enterprise gave fortl
From hour to hour , rapidly succectfmj
editions t/iving such details of the casi
nnd such reports of the president' !
condition ns could bo hurriedly gather
od. During the day nnd night sue
ceoding the nttnck upon the president
nearly 800,000 words or 400 news
inper columns were transmitted bj
telegraph from Washington with i
rapidity nnd correctness which wil
always remain ono of the marvels o
.ho times.
FJJW of the citizens of Omaha know
that many of our most valuable citj
records nro at the mercy of the firsl
ire which may nttack the city hall ,
fono of the city otlicoa have vaults ir
which to store the city records. Tin
: ity treasurer and clerk have each r
small safe which is scarcely adequate
.o protect the monthly business trans
ictcd in the office. In the clork'i
aflico the valuable tax lists and assess
nont books for ninny yonrs past are
ranged in shelves around the room 01
stowed nwny in such nooki
ind corners as are most available ,
3ity Clerk Jowott informs us thnt t
fire would bo most disastrous to the
: ity records , and would work misohioi
uul occasion loss which could not be
remedied. With the plats and maps
} f the city the case is still worse.
' 'or lack of accommodations in the
ity hall the city engineer is forced to
ook for quarters elsewhere , nnd to so-
uro such protection for the documents
indor his charge as can bo obtained
without the aid of fire proof vaults.
Such n condition of affairs calls for
irompt investigation nt the hands of
ho council , Until bettor nccommo-
Intionsfor the city ollicors can bo so-
-uroJ-vaults should not be built nd-
oining the present city Jiall. Doubt-
ess the consent oi J , M. Pattec
ould b6 obtained nnd the cost would
bo trifling.
THK OMAHA BUB was the only pa-
3er in the state of Nebraska that la-
jorod to convince ita readers thnt
Donkling and other stalwart ronubli-
Jins had something to do with the at-
muptod assassination of President
3aruold. It succeeded only in more
horoughly disgusting its readers.
iincoln Qlobe.
The Ghle shows the effect of it's
hango of management by following
n the wake of the rest of the
nonopoly small-fry and sneezing
vhonovor the Lincoln Journal and
) maha llepubltfan take Banff. It's
ditor knows very well that THE BUB
over connected Conkllng , Arthur or
lie stalwarts with the attempted
jJSAssinatiou of President Garficld.
n quoting Guiteau's words it
did insist , however , thnt the nt
tack on the president was th
legitimate outgrowth of tin wa
which had been made by stnlwnr
lenders on General Gnrfiold , nnd thn
the deed would never have boon com
mittcd but for that wnr. In thi
opinion TUB BKE was upheld by overi
leading journal of the country fron
the Springfield Htfntbtican in Massachusetts
chusotts to the San Francisco Chron
Me on the Pacific coast.
Tins city needs n workhouse. Tin
grand nrmy of tramps and bummer
are being fed nnd cared for nt tin
city's expense nnd they ought to b <
made solf-sustnining. The city couk
even afford to make them n small nl
lownnco nbovo their board nnd lodg
ing that would cnnblo thorn to subsis
for n few dnys after their discharge
or pay their transportation to some
other ploco.
A workhouse could bo cheaply con
structcd nnd need not necessarily beef
of fire-proof materials. Wo simplj
need n largo yard whore rock can be
landed directly by the cars and where
men can bo under shelter , rain 01
shine , summer or winter , while break
ing rock. Broken rock can nlwnys b
utilized on our streets , and will in fac
bo in demand more nnd more fron
year to year not so much for the bus-
incss streets that nro bound to be
paved ns for the suburbs where the
periodical washouts render unpavot :
streets impassable.
THE Lincoln Globe , which mndo n
very gallant fiht against the nbuses
nnd extortions of railway corporations
last winter , nnd was rapidly gaining
friends among the producers in the
South Platte country , was
bought Inst week by n stool
pigeon of the monopolies.
Having effectually silenced thn nnti-
monopoly bntterios of the Globe , its
now proprietors , whoso name has as
yet not appeared at the masthead , nrc
showing their true colors by repro
ducing nn nrticlo ngainst the new
railroad law written by a Union Pa
cific stool-pigeon of western Nebraska.
Wo apprehend the patrons of the
Globe if there are any still left
cnnnot bo deceived by such chaff any
more than the people of Lincoln can
bo made to believe that the man who
edits that shoot is a free agent.
THE mints of the United States
coined $100,788,011 of money elurinj ;
the past year , an increase of $22,000-
000 over the proceeding fiscal year.
And yet the rural editors are calling
[ or wood to bo taken on account ol
subscriptions.
CONKLINO didn't follow the example
of Chauncoy Dopow by withdrawinp
from the Senatorial race for the sake
of party harmony. Ho still persists
in his dog in the manger policy.
Prohibition in Kansai.
St. Louis Gisba-Dcmocrat.
Kansas appears to bo in a very un
comfortable stow over her experiment
at prohibition. The friends of the
measure , headed by Governor St.
John , proclaim that it is a success ,
nnd is being enforced nil ever the
state , except in three or four towns
where the municipal authorities are
"in league with the rum sellers. ' The
opponents of the law , on the contra
ry , with ox-Governor Ilobinson at
; heir head , declare that it is not cffoc-
; ivo any whore save in the remote ru
ral districts , and that liquor is openly
md constantly sold on every hand.
To make the issue still warmer , it is
charged that the prohibition outcry is
driving all the foreign immigrants
away from Kansas to Missouri nnd
other states ; and Governor St. John
retorts that , while the foreigners nro
avoiding the state , other immigrants
) f an "improved character" nro com
ing in , I'und consequently the state is
; ho gainer , as everybody can see. "
and were n dual bettor in localities
whore they lacked the popular sym-
iathy nnd support. Wo npprohond
: hat such is the case in Kansas. It is
useless at this day to scout the fact
that sumptuary laws are not leaked
upon by people in general with the
lame respect that is nccordod to other
aws. There is something in human
mturo which instinctively resents lo-
{ al interference with personal liberty
n such matters. It may be that time
and education and the moral elevation
of the masses will change this ; but a
janio of chess must bo played with the
uen on the board , and nn experiment
nt prohibition must take people ns it
finds them ,
The truth regardinp the onforco-
nont of the law probably liesbetwcom
ho two extremes. Wo observe in
.ho Kansas papers that jftiits nro
jrought almost daily in the principal
owns for violation of the law , BOIIIO-
inies resullint' in conviction nnd
oinetimos in discharge- verdict
lopending , wo are inclined to jueigo ,
ipon which side of the question gets
ho jury , rather than upon the nature
of the testimony. This phase of tom-
loranoo by statute is not peculiar to
Cansns. It is an old story repeating
tsolf. The general experience , wo
mliovo , in efforts at enforcing prohib-
tory liquor laws has been that
hey . operate with reasonable
uccoss in localities where the
> ropondomnco of public sonti-
non was heavily ii ) its favor ,
It is unfortunate for the cause of
irohibition , ns well as that of ordin-
iry temperance , that this Kansas law
was made so excessively , and in some
ospocts so ridiculously sweeping and
trmgont. A moderate law , having
10 appearance of bigotry or vindic-
iveness , could probably have been
nado generally and bonoficiftlly opo-
ntivo. Such a law would at least
mvo commanded the respect and won
ho co-operation of thousand of sober
nen and good citizens who opposed
ho prohibition policy , But instead
f this , resort was had to the fanat
ical nnd impracticable thoor
that the law cures ovorythin
ir made strong enough ) nnd nil othe
conaidorations were sunk in the on
purpose of framing n , statute so rigii
will comprehensive thnt it could no
h * escaped or ovndod. The result i
that the ultra prohibitionists only cai
bo counted upon to sustain nnd pro
mote the experiment , nnd the grea
body of moderate temperance mei
nnd people who would bo glnd to se
prohibition fairly and thorough ! ;
tried nro compelled to stand nloof o'
to give the movement only a passiv
support.
The friends of the measure , w
notice , are nlready beginning to cal
for further legislation , which mny b
regarded ns n good sign. Perhaps b ;
the time the legislature convenes , th
effects of the present law will have become
como so patent nnd so convincing tha
wiser nnu fnoro prudent counsels wil
cnuso the substitution of Boiiiotliinj
which , if not so radical and sweeping ,
will at any rate compel popular ro
spcct nnd insure n substantial gain foi
temperance. Until then , it is sato te
preelict , the present conflict will gen <
on as it hns begun , the lawyers reap
ing the priucipal advantages.
Mormon Roornitn-
St. Ix > uls Itcpubllcan.
The other dny n vessel arrived a1
Now York with 800 Mormon converts
recruited chiefly from Denmark , Sweden
don nnd Norway. They consisted ol
men , women nnd children , dnuu
mostly from the peasant class , wh <
had doubtless consented to cmigraU
from their homes to bettor their tern
poral condition , rather than from nnj
deep conviction of religious duty
Monnonism in this country recruit !
from Europe nt the of about two sucl
ship loads n yenr. nnd the Now Yorl
payers nro troubled nbout the immi
[ , 'ration whenever n cargo of convert !
nrrivca , ami they say tlmt this rolig
ious traflic in bodies nnd souls ouphl
to bo stopped somehow ; but how
The Mormon church has deposited ir
the Bank of England a largo mis
sionary fund to send theii
preachers out proselyting , nnd te
transport their proselytes to the prom
ised land of Utah. They take good
care of their converts from the time
they catch them until they land then
at Salt Lake City , and there is noth
ing unlawful nbout thnt. After thoj
got there they nro subject to the law ;
of the United States , and if they com
mit a crime they have n right of tria
by jury , according to the America !
jury system. If in Utah , one or more
of the twelve happen to bo Mormohs ,
the system is responsible , nnd proba <
bly Utah juries como as near to justice >
tico as juries do in other places where
religious matters are involved in thcii
findings. But the arrival of Mormoi :
recruits two or three times a year are
reminders that thorp is a pending
Mormon question , which , as Mormonism -
ism spreads nnd strengthens , becomes
more nnd more difficult of solution.
PERSONALITIES.
Jeff Uavis'is called the Prince of Bour
bon ,
Plaft retired from the senatorial race b
rapid transom.
Guiteau handed the arrestinp officer hii
card on the way to jail.
Troctor Kuott has been delivering
temperance lectures lately.
"Truth is stranger than Eli Perkins , " ii
the new way of putting it.
Guiteau lias at last Rot into a place
where he can't dodge his board bill.
Bishop Harris of the Episcopal churcl
in Michigan was a confederate soldier.
\Virt Sikes luia written another book.
Wirtis well known as Mr. Oliver Logan
A wild'eyed Indian paper Bays thai
Prince Leopold in "a skinny little runl
with a tunied-up nose. "
Major Pond , diyorco unit notoriety , hai
been viaiting Providence , hunting up evi'
dencc , it is alleged , but another lawsuit.
Robert Tirrol of Cambridge , Mass. , o
: olored student of Harvard Collece , is
liead waiter nt an eastern summer hotel.
The young Duke de Morny is naicl to be
one of tha coming golden youth of Prance
clever , witty , discreet , sceptical and a
sportsman.
Donnlelaon , who jumped from Higli
Bridge into the Harlan , ia to jump from
the Brooklyn bridge into the East Itiver in
four weeks' time.
Secretary of the Navy Hunt , like the
me fihl-pchool southern politician that he
* , has nil his sonu in office , in ono depart
ment or another.
The Latest item about Mrs. Langtry ia
.hat she looked worn and faded ana waa
plainly dressed nt the Covcnt Garden
Theatre a few nights since.
Kalloch says he will give up politicti and
levoted himself wholly to religion hero-
ifter. Religion ought to have the sympa-
by of every honest man just now ,
The German papers say that Count Vo'n
Sloltke gets but three hours' sleep per
light , Mrs. Von Moltko must have the
; reatent cose of cold feet on record.
Wickedness from the Boston Post : "The
lerald came out yesterday with the big
loatlhne : 'Thank G od , ' and we thought at
irst thnt General Butler was dead. "
Susan B. Anthony says nno has been
ircaching female suffrage for thirty years.
What she preached during the earlier and
greater portion of her life in not stated.
Jay Gould works seven days n week and
ifty-two weeks a , year. Small and deli.
: ate in figure , he toils with tremulous
nergy. He carries fifty million on hia
jack.
jack.Mr.
Mr. Charles Stewart Paniell has two
jrothers ( one of whom ia a cotton-planter
n Georgia and n Land Leaguer , while the
> ther , who owns an estate iu Kilkenny ,
rrlancl , ia a strong Conservative ,
When MIdhart Pasha , the fallen Turk-
sit minister , was brought into the pres-
nee of the eultan lately , ho waa dragged
ilong the ground like a bundle of rags.
Vhen deposited ot the foot of the throne
IIH majesty bent down nnd spat in hia
ace.
ace.President
President Garfield's
relatives iu Ohio say
hat , with the exception of an attack of
ever nnd ague years ago when a boy , and
iccasional touches of dyspepsia in late
ears , he hasnever been ill. His habit has
been to live on plain , substantial
oed , and lie has never indulged in late
uppers.
"Long John" Wentworth , ex-inayorof
/hicago , is entirely bald , except n little
utt of hair behind the ears , and on one oc-
asion , when riding in the cars , lie fre-
uently took off his hat nnd scratched the
lack of bis ears , when A waggish back-
troodsinaii shouted : "Stranger , drive 'em
n in the clearing and you can catch 'em
U in five minuses. "
Galliraith McMulleu , aged 103 , in visit-
ng in hrie , where he wa in 1812 as one of
Joinmodore Perrv'n men. He is hale for
ne of hit great age , has fair eyesight , and
t highly entertaining in con * ersation. He
as issue sixteen children , whohave among
liera 113 Brand-children. At near aa pos-
ible a count was made on the great grand-
liildren , and they figured to nearly 240.
L few of these are married , and so far
bout 40 gre t great-grandchildren 1m o
een bom , being children ol the fifth gen-
ration.
The Denver News positively utate.3 that
Vm. H. Salisbury , illias Win. H. Canty ,
\\\o wan hanged ftt Denver recently
w < w a nephew of Ben Butler. It Rays ; "j
niece of Gen. Butler Miss Sfvlinbury-
VM married to Gen. Wardrop , one of th
most prominent citizens of Mnsscchusett <
Gen , Wanlrop was n prominent general i
the Union arm , nnd now lives at Benter
Mrs. Gen. Wanlrop was n sister of Wir
II. Salisbury. If this doesn't make Ber
Butler Salisbury's uncle , we would like fc
him to explain the relationship. "
STATE JOTTINGS.
Corn in Thnycr county is in silk nni
tassel ,
Farmers nre cutting uhcnt In Kcarne ,
county.
Picrco hns n good prospect of a grai :
elevator ,
Two nrrcstfl have been made at Alhioi
for arson ,
Oakdalo's now bank building is in cours
of erection ,
The Ashland Platte River bridge will b
completed in September.
A fire nt Albion on the -1th dcstroyci
83,000 worth of property ,
The totnl assessed valuation of Ncmahi
county is $2 , 172 , 624. 50.
thousand people attended the cole
brntion nt Sheridan on the Fourth ,
A church nicnlo nt O'Ncil on the -1th o
July realized between 8500 and $000.
The surveyors of the Missouri Pacifii
will reach Sheridan or vicinity this week
Loyer'fl packing house in Lincoln wa
destroyed by fire on Saturday. I osa 81 ,
200.
200.Tho
The amount of money required to run tin
municipality of North Plntto for the next
year is $4,8T > 0.
Twenty-five hundred dollars worth of i
poultry house went up in n blaze at Syra
cusu on the Fourth.
Journals in southern Nebraska are de
nouncing the Grand Circus lioyal as at
unmitigated fraud.
A young man named Georeo Curry wai
fatally Buimtruck in n cornfield near Blni
, on the 5th.
A division headquarters nnd round hotisi
oi the B. & M. IIOH been located at Wy <
more , Gage cormtj' .
The new town of Wymore , Gage county ,
} H booming Fifty new houses have beer
erected in ninety days.
Manager Touzalin , of the B.iM. donated
8100 toward the establishment of the Y ,
M. C. A. libraiy nt Hastings.
ThoBonof Mr. Wolfe , ot Berlin precinct ,
Otoo countv , was struck by lightning am
instantly killed last Saturday.
Adams county farmers are coinj * to rur
Alliance ticket next fall. The vote or
tliH proposition in convention stood 42 tc
21.
Half Wjrekman , aged 23 , was clrownetl
while bathing in the Hklmrn river , ncai
Hooper , on Thursday evening nbout J
o'clock.
A North Platte robber , who jumped hii
bail bond about two years ago , waa recent'
[ y captured in Lenvenworth , and is now
on hia way back to hia old quarters.
The Odd Fellows of Firth assisted bv
five or six of the neighboring lodges will
lay the corner stone of the First Prcsbyte'
rian church on Saturday , the 19th inst. , nf
4 o'clock , with appropriate exercises.
A forger attcmnted to pass n raised
draft at the First National bank at Platts-
mouth last \ \ eek. The name of the en
dorser was fotfccd and the amount raised
from ? . ) to $000. The sheriff embraced
him.
him.The
The B. & SI. managers will endeavor to
checkmate Jay Gould's west side line to
Omaha by building a branch from Falls
City , Richardson county , to Kansas City.
The surveying corps nro laying out the
route.
The son of Mr. J. P. Stricklett , of Blaii
precinct , aged eight ycara , accidentally
stepped in front of n mower on Saturday
afternoon last , cutting hia foot throne h
the instep so that it only adhered by the
lower ligaments.
The C. B. k Q , , railroad company have
85,000 worth of material lying nt East
Nebraska City , with which to construct a
permanent transfer landing as sion aa the
government engineer succeeded in keeping
the river from cutting the bank at East
Nebraska City.
_ A we go to press we learn that light
ning struck the New Poscnstore , ownedhy
Frank Wateleski , about 10 o'clock Tues
day night and burned the titoro , goods and
all , to the fjround. The hired man , whose
name wo did not leam , was killed. [ St.
Paul Phonograph.
The returns of the assessors of Butler
county make the following showing :
Horses , 45fl8 ; cattle. 9110 ; mules , 311 ;
sheep , 1915 ; hoes , 10254 ; lire and burglar
proof safes , 31 ; billiard tables , 11 ; car-
iages and wagons 1 124 ; watches nnd clocka ,
45i ( ; sewing machines , WO ; pianoforts , 11 ;
melodeona and organs , 09. Number of
acres of improved lands , 118,280. Number
of acres of unimproved lands , 217,129.
Total number of acres , 335,410.
The headquarters of the Republican
division of the B. k M. were moved from
[ Tastings to Red Cloud on the 30th tilt- ,
and tliu whole business of this line and the
Hastings line will be operated in Mr.
Campbell's name na Hunerintondent. It ia
low thought , that by the 15th inst. , trains
will go straight through to Chicago via
Beatrice and Lincoln. This move indi-
: ates that the time for thia change is draw-
ng nearer nt any rate. [ Hardy Herald.
Manager Touzalin is negotiating for ten
acres of land adjoining the town of Endi-
cott. The price offered , 875 per acre , waa
not accepted Ho waa offered it nt 8100
an acre. The trade will probably be com-
ileted , in which event Mr. Touzalin will
irobably jnake some improvements. Sir.
Touzalin is now erecting in ti.wn , n store
wilding that will bo of clone nnd brick ,
22x00 , and two stories.
A young man by the name of White ,
working for Sheriff Groner , nt hia ranch
eight miles Bouthwest of town , met with a
serious accident last Sunday morning ,
Using early , White decided to ride some
listance after fresh water , and rounded up
& young horse that had never been broken
0 the naddle , and mounting him started
iff at a full run. The horse became fran-
! o and dashed against a barbed wire fence
vith great force , cutting itself and rider in
1 horrible manner. The right thigh and
eg of White were fearfully lacerated , and
arge pieces of flesh torn out by the jagged
wire. Dr. Donaldson waa sent for and at-
ended the injuries. Young White fortu-
lately had no bones broken , but was badly
aceraled in ilesh And muscles. He waa
ble to travel , and left Tuesday for his
omo in Clinton , Iowa. The horse Is so-
iously injured. { North Platte Nebras-
an.
DYING BY INCHES.
Very otton wo see n person suller-
ng' from some form of kidney com-
hunt and is gradually dying by
nchos. This no longer need to bo so ,
or Jiloctrio Bitters will positively
uro Bright's disease , or any disease of
lie kidneys or uriniary organs. Tlioy
ro especially adapted to this class of
iseases , acting directly on the
tomach nnd Liver at the same time ,
nd will speedily cure whore every
thor remedy has failed. Sold at
fty conta a bottle , by Ish & Mc-
lahon. (3 (
Taken Up ,
A DAY Mare , with halter on , clghlmj about
t000 poundi , msll hlte spot in the forehead
aj taVdi-up June 17 , by John fatuben , half milo
oat from tin deaf ami dumb a v luin , Th ou n-
r can obtain the same by proving property and
tuiliiK pxtwnso ol keeping and
-
WAGES promptly paid.
LOAN Jj CO. , 308 George St. , Cincinnati , OV
CHEAP LAND
FOR SALE.
1,000,000 Acres
OF THE
FINEST LAND
IN
EASTERN NEBRASKA.
SKLKCTKD IN AN EAKLT DAT KOT'UAIL
UOAD LAND , HUT LAND OWNED nr NON-
UESIDKNTS witc ABE TIRED PATINO TAXES
AND ABB OFrKHlXQ THE1II LANDS AT THH
LOW rnioH OF 80 , $8 , AND $10 PKB AOHK ,
ON LONQ TIME AND KABT TSHMB.
WE ALSO OFFER FOH SALE
IMPROVED FARMS
IN
Douglas , Sarpy anfl Washington
ALSO , AN IMMENSE LIST OF
OmahaCityEealEstate
Including Elegant Residences , Business
and Residence. Lots , Cheap House * and
Lots , and n largo number of Lots in most of
the Additions of Omaha.
Also , Small Tracts of B , 10 and 20 acrcoa as- . '
In and near the city. Wo have peed oppor-
tunitica for making Loans , and in nil cases
personally examine titles and take every
precaution to insure Bafcty of money BO
invented.
Ho o\v wo offer a small list of SrKOiAL
BARGAINS.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Eeal Estate Brokers ,
140S
North Side of Farnham Street ,
Opp. Grand Central Hotel ,
OMAHA , NEB.
CAI IT A beautiful residence lot on
OHLC California Ictw ccn 22nJ and
23d streets , glGOO.
HOGGS k HILL.
CHD CAI C Vcry nlco house and lot
riin OHLC on 9th and Webster Btrceta.
\\itli barn , coal house , well cistern , shade and
Irult trees , c\er } thing complete. A desirable
pleco of property , figures low
UOS & HILL.
Cm ? CAI C Splendid buslncs lota S. E.
rUn OHLC corner of 10th and Capita
Atcnue. BOGGS&HILL
CAI C Uouso and lot corner Chicago
OMLL ami 21et streets , 55000.
HOGGS & HILL.
OAI C Large house on Davenport
OHL.C street between Uth and 12th
goou location ( or boarding house. Owner wil
null low BOQC3S& HILL.
CflD CAI C Two new houses on full lot
HUH OHLC in Kountza & Ruth's addl-
Hon. This property will bo sold x cry cheap.
BOGUS & HILL.
FOR SALE A top pheaton. Enquire ot Jos.
Stcpuenson. mi-It
CflD CAI C Corner of two choice lota In
rUn OHLC Shinn's Addition , request to
&t once submit bcbt cosh offer.
offer.HOGGS li HILL.
CflD CAI C A S ° ° d an desirable rca
rUll On LI. dcnce property , $1000.
HOCUS Si HILL.
RKSIDENCE-Not In the market
Ower will sell for Sfl.EOO.
BOGUS & HILL.
CAI C * ° ° < } lota , Shinn'a 3d ad
OMLt dltlon ? 150 each.
BOGGB k HILL
PflR CAI E Averyflno residence lot , to ,
run OnLC some party desiring to build
i fine house. $2.300. UOGG3 i HILL.
FflR CAI P About 200 lota In Kountee i
run OHLC Ruth's addition , fubt south
3f St. llary's a\enue , fJ50 to JSOO. These lota
ire near business , surrounded by fine improve
menu and ore 40 per cent cheaper than any otho
pt in the market. Save money by bu > inc thcs
M * BOGQS i HILL.
FflR CAI P 10 lots , suitable for ilno red
fun OttLL. dence , on Park- Wild axenuo
1 blocks S. K. of depot , all cot end mlth flue lire
trees. Trice extremely low. 8000 to S700.
HOQOa & HILL.
FOR SALE 2SE.3M."P ? lote In
BOGGS & HILL.
PflR CAI P Che" ? corner lot , corner
I Ull wrfLb Douglas and Jefferson 8ts.
BOGQg & HILL.
PflR CAI P 03IoU on 20th > 27thas * .
rUll OHLC 20th nnd SOth Hto. , between
arnbinn , Douglas , and the proponed extension of
X > difl street. I'riccs range from 9200 to 8400.
Ve haxe concluded to glte men of small means
me more chance to secure a home and will build
louses on these Iota on small payments , and will
ell lota on monthly paj mcnts.nonoa
nonoa & HILL.
CAI C ICO acres , 0 imlos from city , I
. . . Uttl-E about30 acres \cry choice t
alley , with running water ; balance fc-cutly rollluc m
irrirle , only 3 miles ( jom rallaoaJ , 810 per aue. t
JJOOOS & HILL. f
CflD QAI C < M acrts In one tract Uelv
run OrtL.1. miles from city ; 40 acres cu -
hated , Mi Ing Bpringof water , some nlco ia "
c > 8. The lanJ 1s all first-class rich prairie. Frlo
10 per acre. BOaos A HILL.
PflR QAI P 720 acres In one body , 7 miles
I Ull yfAI.1. c t of Fremont , I nil Ie el
Mid , paodutlnu heavy growth ( grass , In high
alley , rlih boll and J mlei from railroad an
Ide truck , In gooJ settlement and no better Ian
an be found , 1)0008 ) & HILL.
FflR SAI F Ahlghly Improved farm of
rUll OHLC 240 acres , 3 miles from city.
me improvements on this land , owner not a
iractiiial farmer , determined to sell , A good
'peniug ' for some man of means.
means.BOCGS & HILL.
FflR SAI F 12l000crcsof 'and ' near Ull.
"Ull OHLC land Station , 3,500 near Klk.
iorn. $3 to 10 ; 4,000 acres In north part of coun.
y , $7 to 810 , 3.000 acres 2 to 8 mllei from Klor-
. " 'l. JlSiv6'000 acres * Mt0' theElkhorn ,
' 8cattcreltl'rouB1 ' > the coun.
6 to 810
'Vhe above landi lie near and adjoin nearly
icry farm In the county , and can moatJy bo sold
n small cath pajment , with the balance In 1-2-3.
and 6 wear's time. BOCGS & HILL.
flR .CAI F Se\e l nne residences prop
Us ! UnUt. cities ne cr bcfrr0 offered
nd not knoM n iii the market as holn for sale.
ocatlons ulll only be made knowu ta tmrcliascrs
'meanlnr ' bunincs. BOUG8 ii HILL
MPROVED FARMS S.tott $
nprov e farms around Omaha , and In all parts ol
touglas bari.y and Washington counties ! Also
inus In Iowa , let description and prices call on
' BOGUS i.HILU
OlmslneM I ) U for Sale on Farnam and Doug.
Us streets , from tJ.OOO to 83,600.
BOUGS & HILL
"FflR CAI P 8 business lota next west
.rUll OHLC Of Masonic Temple prlco
h anted of UOOO each. BOGGS & II ItL
'flR CAI P business lots \\cttof O.U
Ull OHLC Fellows block , $ J MO each.
HOGGS 4i HILL.
"flD CAI C 2 business lota south > Ida
lin OHLC Douglas street , beUeen 12tli
id 13th , $3,600 each. BOGQS li HILL.
'flR CAI P ICOacres.ocvcred wlthjoung
Ull OALC Umber ; living water , sur
lunded by Improved rms , only 7 tui-is l m
t . Cheapovl U&d onhand.
00003 fc HILL.