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E.UOSEWATEB , Editor.
John II. Pierce is in Chaivo of the Circu-
ntion of TJIK DAILY BKK.
Tun railroads in politics must bo
anut by the ueoplo in politics.
Tun medical bulletin "aeo-saw"
still continues in operation nt Wash
ington. Now wo nro up and now wo
arc down. _
railroads on the people's
inonoy and maintaining tthom by
plundering the pockets of , the public
lias ceased to bo popular among Ne
braska farmers.
THE increasing growlh of" private
achobls'and seminaries'- * ?
- oQrJ clty'is '
evidence that our publicHctiools are
not doing the works oxpcctod. .from
thorn by. tito people. * , i , *
* *
Tnn heated term in Nebraska has
Tcon productive of Ja very slight in-
crcasn in the rate of mortality. In
this respect our state compares moat
favorably with nny in the Union.
TIII ? nrr.in omcnla which are daily
Lcinij-porfccted by the managers of
the coming exhibition of the Ne
braska state ngiicultiiral society indicate -
-cato that it will bo the fairest of the
fairs.
Tin : Queen has given her royal as
sent to the Irish land bill , and that
measure has become n law. Glad
stone's triumph is complete. It only
remains to bo seen now how the re
form will operate.
WHITE TaiJNunit , the Sioux chief ,
grandly refused to take pay for lands
which the Poncas desired on the Sioux
reservation. After thin when Indian
tramps want n homo nn > ] free 1 tin ell
they will bo lold to go to Thunder.
'IT is evident that the Denver Jfc-
m has'ft personal spite against
the editor of the Herald. It remarks
that Tin : BIK'H : statement of Nebras
ka's wealth in. Ubgs < wofl tukcn from
observation of our Omaha contempo
raries' headquarters. -
JAY GOULD has consolidated the
two rival barge lines on the Missis
sippi. Ho will find it moro difficult t
to consolidate the two great water
highways on which , in the near fu-
L i * * * * "Vd' * * " * * *
a i r & * !
turo , llcuts of barges twilllbring * our
farmers' proJncodown : ? > the "riverto
the sea.
LAND monopolists are the bane of
Great IJritnin } Ono hundred ajul four
men own 10,439,4332 acres of land in
the .British Isles. Tlio Duke of Suth
erland controls J,200,57 * ! acres. Oven
38,000,00 { ) rtcroa W cdnttwllclb'y twol
thousand * oio. | , , Jmndt'od jium jmirtoont '
, . fifrf , * , v , Jw vf te Kr
subjects of the ( juoon. of
Utica
plo
platform of principles adopted , Tlio
platform say j t'F/mnora , - man
ufacturers and niorcjiants alike
demand- they alialf Jmvo
vantages which accrub to thorn
from their favorabjp , position , and
that the railroads they have chartered
and endowed with privileges shall bo of
operated for their benefit and no for
their ruin , " TJio abolitions of frcq
JWJBCS by railroad corporations to leg the
islators is urged , and the enlargement inj
of canals and'frco tolls advocated ,
irq'of the council to pass
the filocumb'ordinance . ' at ils lasti BO -
- - * 4fcA * * *
uion killed that ordinance , and the
-wholu proccediig | .most bo ( 'ono
1hroutjh > wth ixs if the ordinance
had never been introduced. No
ordmaiifq .cap ' p jt. ' .o'jio' sitting
vltljout A suspension of , the rules ,
and the rules cannot' bo"Buspcndod' '
unlet > ajtwo-ihirds of the council sup
port the proposition. > As Jong'-p iiyo
councilmen oppose the suspension1 of .
the rules to allow the proposed"ordi - ]
lint
iianco to bo read moro than once at
cncli C8sionIio ( ordinance cannot boat
1 * * rrjno - ' " ' - i * Tl
itt Hivcefofo , irhporlant 4tlfat
ihe lnw and order cou be
who/avor flic enactment of tlio nrdl It
nance sJio + ilJ Introduce it at lo-nitht's ; ' l
f A * * * * * * * / * - # - * \
at-Mion. Even ( lien it will take jirtw
> vetka ) to j s it unlcas ( ho council ud , :
journs for lcs than ono weyk ul a
ARMY SERVICE REFORM.
A great deal is said and wrilton in
these days about civil service reform ,
but not a word do wo hear in any
quarter about army service reform.
Every political reformer tlmt rails
the present civil service takes
it for granted that tlio military ser
vice always has been nnd always will
bo honestly adminifltorcd. Guitonu
fired n revolver nt President Oar-
field nnd all , . the political
icformfcrs of the country
tlcclaro iliat this crinio is the fruit of
our demoralized civil service. Had
Guitoau been an army oIL'ccr , soldier
or camp follower , nobody Would have
thought that the military service must
be1 * radically reformed. N intelligent
person doubts that olir civil service
breeds corruption in our body
politic , but the military service is by
no means frco from contaminating in-
ilucnccs. There is almost as much
need for army service reform as there
is for civil service reform ,
and wo maintain there is
fully us much integrity in
certain branches of the civil service as
there is in the military service. The
only difference is that scandals 'and
defalcations in the civil service are
mercilessly exposed , while scandals in
the army are frequently condoned and
publicity is suppressed. During and
after the war many millions were lost
through detnuUing in the commissary
quartermaster nnd pay dopdit-
monts. How many of those army defaulters -
faulters wore over sent to the peniten
tiary ? Tliero was corruption among
the whisky crooka under General
Graua administration , and there was
nlaoJJabcock. During. the past five
years . thp , internal .revenue bu
reau . . lias * * collected and dis
bursed moro than six hundred
millions nntlTtlioloBSCs ] byVdcfaultcrs
nro. less than -a quart crj of i- ono Vper
cent. But the
civil service needs re
forming for nil that nnd so docs HIM
military service. A few instances of
army crookedness within our own
knowledge will suflico to show that
greed and venality are not very rare
in the , military service. Wo. remem
ber how , some years ago Lpromi-
nont bankers and merchants of Oma
ha made n present of n $15,000 brick
residence to a HtalF officer who con
trolled ' the purchase of army
supplies , and wo presume- this
was a profitable investment , but if
nny officer in the civil service had ac
cepted such n munificent gift ho would
have boon cbnrgod with bribery nnd
jobbery. Wo remember how the
commanding officer of this department ,
n major general of the regular army ,
was in partnership with nn army gut-
tier at thn largest military post in the
department , and wo presume such
partnerships by officers of rank in the
civil service would bo' looked on as1
decidedly improper. Wo remember
how another commanding general of
this department had the indecency
to demand $1,500 n year from citizens
of Omaha to compensate him for the
outlay ho incurred in renting an elo-
gent private residence for his numer
ous progeny , and this demand was
coupled with the threat that if it was
not complied with , ho-would move
the headquarters ever to Council
Bluffa. * ,
In the civil service such conduct
would bo called blackmailing. Wo
might mention other instances of
mUitaryJliriftrfin the "ifreTn'tibr that
w.ouldvjustify n1 deinamljVpr army , ser
vice reform. Just now the Howland
embezzlement shows that integrity is
not exclusively an nrmy virtue , and
vvhilo 'woj ' doplro tbftnslj | ibjqll : < ) cUl > iiJ as
on army ollicors in general , wo must
remind the political sootii-sayors who
imn"blQjthat corruption , '
incompqtonoy ; only o
'sorvicoftiiatS there
-r > 4 . * . Ss ; * * ? tU * ' KUT.
our government wlioro the reform
brooin QguldbQ used with bonofioial
1
THE PRESIDENCY-AND THE
VICE PRESIDENT ,
' *
* ' I
ilt in bocqining nidVo anil'mora'cloar '
that a , gravq governmental crisis is im l-
pending , in which jho country witlrn
living president may practically bt
without { i , chiofi , Qoeuyyo ; , General
Garfiold's illness as yet shows no signs $
termination. Wnekonod by oyor bo
seven weeks of , pain andover "hoi ; ifa
unntyo t porfprm the " ' lf' , f '
presidency and incapable of fulfill I-
; the duties of his ollico. The
question * is forcing 'Itself upon
the nation whether presidential dis
ability , nmy. . not tdovolvojho ibatios
and functions of *
chief magistrate npon
the vice president. If ( jonor.il Garfield -
field i > dostjno to recqvor.loYory indi-
catloij points to n long and lingering '
convalescence. Under these circum-
etdnpcs it iBjuBfrious qucBtiomvlintht'i *
itisiot onjy , the priyilpgo but.tho
duty of-Yico President Arthur to as'm
sumo the duties which the constitui'i
n ( . declares his wl/ou the chief
executive is himself unable to perform
' ! > '
' - I d * i 0 ly
Ihoin.
to
The dispatches regarding an alleged
cpuferejjcq of leading republicans 'H tUo
Nft\v Yorkito discuss Ibis omorgoijcfr
nro contradictory and may iot
baso49 specific facts.
is , however , certain that the fool-
tJ A ?
t * m f * lO i
iliflrfirt YGt'tLrti'tn ' tlio 91
iintiAiulinfr . npces-
. , . P1 c ident is
growing oeiin \ uarteri vvherp Get H- ) \
eral Arthur has not boon pcpulnr.
The voiy name , vice * 'prcsiUen ' * < /in- /
| pling the duty to net in the place of
the president. It was doubtless the
intention of the founders of the ro-
public that there should always bo a
nmn in the executive chnir capable of
pcrfonning tlio active duties dovolvbo
ing upon the chief magistrate of a n.v
tion.
The only matter for iliBCUsiion is
whether President Oarfield is now
"disabled" under the constitutional
provision quoted. If ho is , there can
ho nb question aa to the right and
duty of the vice- president to nsstnno
the responsibilities of tha chief oxccti-
ttvo
An instaiico of executive inability
almost precisely similar to that caused
by f the illness [ of President aarfield
occurred in South Carolina. Very
shortly after the re-election of Gov.
Hampton ; in November ho had his leg
inbro ) by a fall , which confined
him to his bed and threatened
to have a fatal result. The
South Carolina constisution has n pro
vision for meeting tlio disability of its
governor very similar to that of the
federal constitution. It devolves the
powers nnd duties of the oilicVi upon
the lioutcnant-govcrnor , and , accord
ingly ] , Gov. Hampton , on the Kith of
November , made proclamation to the
following
"It is my duty to make public an
nouncement that Borious injury , re
sulting from a painful accident , has
produced ' physical inability on my
part to diecliarco the powers and du
ties of the ollico of 'the governor of
the state of South Carolina. '
and that the constitution of this state ,
in such case , devolves the saino upon
the Hon. V. D. Simpson , lieutenant *
goicrnor.oLtliiB siatoi' '
genT
Tat very day Lsout. Gov. Simpson
announced' by proclamation that ho
had entered upon the discharge of the
duties nnd1 powers of governor. A.
few months afterwards when the legis
lature chose Gov. Hampton United
States senator , ho sent in his resigna
tion to the Acting Govoanor Simpson ,
who thereupon issued a proclamation ,
assuming ; tlio office of governor the
powers "and duties having been taken
on himself 1 bcloro.
1I
In the case of President Garfield n
formal noiico of disability could not bo
served on the vice president , but the
fact that the president has for weeks
bee unable to perform any of the
functions of his oflico and is not likely
to bo in condition to perform them for
several months affords Buflicicnt notifl-
cation to the vice president that the
emergency contemplated by thojcon *
stitution had arisen. The personality
'
of Mr. Arthur docs not and
cannot complicate .tho question.
Elected by the ueoplo of the United
States'with the full knowledge of the
contingency of his temporary or per
manent succession to the presidency ,
ho .will ; bo rcsp6nsiblo to them for the
performance of his public duties , and
they , in turn , will have only them
selves to blame if ho proves an un
worthy substitute for President Gar-
fieh Much as Tun LKK would regret i-
grel the necessity of such n stop , iit
holds it to bo the duty of !
the vice president when ho
becomes assured of the executive desi-
bility to assume the powers of the
presidency and to perform its duties.
Just as soon as President Garlield
recovery [ sulllciontly ( to resume the
active functions of his ollico the vice
prcsiilenbvilliof course , bo relieved.
In our owii state and > in many otlio.t
Still absence from the state of the
governor crcatoM a temporary vacancy
during thcrbxistonco of which the du
ties Of governor devolve upon the
lieutenant governor , but just as soon
J-ho governor sots foot on the soil of
his state the authority under which
the lieutenant governor performs cx-
o'outiro fnuqlinns is at an pnd ,
I )
bos , learned by expe
rience how to grapple with the mil-
road taxation question , mid imposes a
taxpayi\blu somi-nnnually , of 2 per
coji\nf the gross earnings ever § 1.500
per mile of the road in addition to
license of § u a milo on the length of
the road-bed , Tlio ofn
- somi-uiimml tax on
Wisconsin business of ( ho Chicago , St .
Paul , JIinnoiipois ] t Onmhn railway
into the state treasury last jvock was
>
$2a&7.45 ! ) , ami the total -"tax of
this - ' , fm.188l
cjn-pdratfyi' . < will (
over ' § 58,000. Uiulor n , system'
lilco * t'lht ' of Wisconsin , Nebraska's
railroads would bear the burden of
maintaining the the state iorernmont.
Thu St. , 1'atil road haa nearly us many
miles of road in this state ns it has i
Wisconsin , Any system would be of
butter than the present ono , by which
monojKjly | eels are permitted year
nftor year Jc ) brazenly exempt corpo
ration property from its share of taxes
nnd to saddle the deficiency upon the
"Is-
Indiana , who
boon irreverently dubbeJ "the
tall gas-bag of Jho Wnbash , has de jt
scended 'from his' high horse sufficient
to pornjit n J'ott'Ditijxitfh reporter
interview him upon the political *
outlook. Mr.
Vooihens looks upon
pqssibility of Prealdolit Garfiold's
death 03 a great misfortune to the It
country , not because it would bo hoa
misfortune to hit ) party but because lic
Gcijeral Artliur'wuVm ucccod hinu&
chief exocutivpn riircforonco to the
next national catnpaign Senator ; ,
\oorhces oxpresiod the opinion
that i the democracy will 'sweep '
th'tmrniitry with Genor.il Hancock ns as
the probable candidate. The last
election , ho remarks , was lost by two
unfortunate blunders which gave In
diana ami Now York to the republi
cans ] > olh of these crrois will not
bo ropoatcd. It'will bo remembered
that the " "
"Tall
Sycamore" wai oven
mere confident of party success two
years ago than ho is now.
TiiKitt : nro nbout ns many shysters
practicing < law ns there nro quacks prac
ticing medicine. The American bar as
sociation ! , which hold itsnnnual session
last week , has taken up the subject of
legal education , nnd recommends n
three ycaro' course of study in nil law'
schools , andnlso that diplomas granted
by the I schools shall entitle tlio holders
to admission to the bar. Tlio first
recommendation will meet witli general -
oral approval ; with regard to the second
end , there would bo no objection to
civing a diploma this weight , if the
course of study were nhvays such that
tlio diploma really meant something.
But there are many law schools which
give ( diplomas after n very brief period
of study , nnd without nny adequate
examination of the student's fitness to
receive it. To permit the diplomas ef
such institutions to entitle the holders
tor admission to the bar not only lowers
tlio professional standard , but it is unfair -
fait to other schools of established
reputation. .Most young men pre
paring for the bar nro chiefly desirous
of getting , admitted ns speedily ns pos
sible , and will bo likely to selcfct
schools where diplomas are most easi
ly and quickly obtained. The exper
iment has been tried in this and other
states , ' nnd it has never worked. 'Well ;
Presidential Inability.
Now York World.
Mr. Thurlow Weed discoursed Jast
evening of three occasions in the his
tory of the United States when thn
vice-president became president by
the death of the president who was
elected.
"Tho case of Mr. Tyler , " said Mr.
Weed , "was the first case of tlio kind
under our govor.iment. The question
tl01 came up in the senate how Mr.
Tyler should bo styled whether
acting president , president ad interim
or ptcsident. I do not think it was
under consideration certainly not in
tlioso precise words whether ho
should bo considered n vice-president
discharging the duties of president.
The discussion was not confined
to the senate , but was taken up very
generally by the newspapers. No
conclusion was reached , and Mr.
Tyler ] was variously styled during his
term. I think ho was nut generally
recognised as president , moro particu
larly ! because his course was such ns
to subject t him to n great deal of criti
cism. The larger parj ; of hi ? own
party displayed nn unwillingness to
recognize him as president. Ho was
more commonly called 'Vice Presidenl
Tyler' ] than 'President Tyler. ' "
When asked what Daniel Webster's
views were on the subject , so far na
ho gave thorn public or private ex
prcsaion nt the time , Mr. Wood sail
ho could not recall them , although ho
was . . intimate with Mr. Webster at the
time.
"Was it not n curious coincidence ,
when viewed in the light of subsequent
quont . . . . . historical events only eighl
. . _ .
years .7 later , that Millard I Fillmore
then in the house of representatives
should have voted against John Me
Kcon's resolution presented when the
message came in to call Mr. Tyler
'acting president ? ' "
"It was only n fortnight ago , at the
Manhattan club , " said Mr. Wood ,
"that I
was talking over that very
question with McKoon himself. Fillmore -
more , of course , had no expectation
that ; ho was forming a precedent for
himself . and ho must have been cm-
barr.xssod by it when ho afterwards
found himself '
occupying Tyler's posi
tion and claiming to bo full presi
dent. "
/'Tyler 1 was frequently , if not gen
erally , called 'his accidoncy. ' was ho
noti"
"Almost universally. I think I
was present in the house of represen
tatives when in debate ho was called
so for the first time ; but I cannot re
call tlio name of the member who used
the expression that clung to Mr. Ty
ler to bis death. "
"Can you oxpjain'or suggcsi a pro- ]
nblo reason why congress never de
fined the word ' '
'inability , ns applied
in tlio constitution to the president ,
or provided a mode for example , a
medioal certificate filed with the secre
tary of state of determining 'inabil
ity * ' "
"I was reflecting on the1 subject
and talking on it yesterday , nnd wont
luck to the constitution to got the exact -
act language. My impression is that
alLsuch questions are postponed until
here is uu emergency demanding nn
answer ; nnd that emergency only oc
curred in the attempt to assassinate
General Gaillolcl , In the three pre $
ceding cases , the death of Harrison , lant
Taylor and Lincoln prevented nn
emergency involving 'inability. ' "
"Do you think congiess was a f raid
the question ? "
"No , I do not ; it was never settled
because there had arisen no necessity and
for considering it , Now it cannot bo
postponed , If congress had been in tics for
session during the Jive weeks since tor
Clou. Garfiem'a ' '
'inability' to act as
president occurred , it would have nec
essarily received attention. And
now , when congress moots .Ag'U1' ' .
whether Gen. Garfield survives or
the
pusses away , the question presents it
self as one of so much importance that
will bo settled , "
"Could the vice-president determine
wo question for himself f
" ' " ! hu result
of un attempt on the
part of the president to settle that
question tor himself would ilopoml
upon the circumstances of the caso. row
would bocpmo a popular question ,
nnd if the vice president should as
sume such 'inability' to exist the pub road.
judgment would dctqnnjno the
question after all , in spitd of "tho vice are
president. Our people ura sulliciontly
intelligent to comprehend thntques-
tion mid if'an ' * '
, 'inability ! in'point , of '
fact existed the people would accept
UIQ vice president and recognize him v
president nt once , "
' 'Does not an 'inability' ' net like n
resignation ? "
' 'I think it does. In effect they nro
synonymous. ' They vacate the ollico
"Would Aaron llurr , if Jefferson
iad been lihot like President Gariield ,
lave forced himself , nnliko Vice-
[ 'resident Arthur , into the full prcsi-
leiicy ? "
"Most undoubtedly , I think Ar-
.hur in this emergency has acted witli
enlightened consideration and the
greatest doHcncy. "
In concluding the intcrviow Mr.
NVcdcl said ho u iilicd to add tliat Mr.
Pillinuro , after the dealli of President
Taylor , was recognized and spoken of
every wlioro as President Fillmore
nnliko Tyler's case there was no "nc-
cidency" and ho was Very generally
recognized as full president.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
CALIFORNIA.
Diphtheria is rafrfntfqnlte intensively In
the lower portion of Anindor county.
In ITumbolt county there lm\o been
s'athcml about 10,000 buahch of wild
blackberries this Reason ,
Telephone communication has been es
tablished between Snn JOPO nnd the xntn *
mit of Mt. Hamilton , a distance of tucnty
miles.
The blight has attacked the potato
crop of tnrintH fixrnm along Cooi rl\er ,
and considerable daina o 1m already re
sulted.
A band of elk , numbering from leO to
200 , has been several times teen , recently ,
near the Klamath river , In Hiskiyou and
Del iNorto counties.
The grape outlook in Sonoma Valley
was never more promising tlian at present ,
nnd , no doubt the exceptionally large crop
nf lost year \\ill be exceeded this season.
The phylloxera scare is over.
A fire , originating from the carelessness
of hunterx , hai been raging for ncxcral
days in the Gabilan moimtnins , nouth of
Hollifttcr. It has burned over 3000 acres
of rovcrnincut land , besldca an extensive
area owned by individuals , and lias de
stroyed a large amount of timber and stock
feed.
Sierra City has n population of 400 , with
250 at the mine , three nillea distant. The
rock is only worth from $2 CO to So per
ton , but by economical management it is
made to pay n dividend i acb month.
There nro tnirty-thrco ahistrns on the
f team below the mine , to work the slum
from the quartz mill.
WASHINGTON TERHITORY-
Colfax has ha3 an $3,000 blaze.
The coal recently discovered on the
Palottso Is causing more or less excite-
ment. '
Over 100,000 feet of lumber was're'
ccived at 1'uyallup during the month of
Columbia county will have built not less
than 12 school housen by next October
during the past year.
There is a great demand for all kinds ol
workingmen on the Hound , on farms , in
losing camps and b.i\v mills and un the
rtiihoadf ,
The nsMCSMinent on all coal lands in King
county was raised to the government price
of § 20 per acre. This move will adc ]
about $80,000 to the taxable property of
this county.
OREGON.
Coal . has been discovered near the head
of Uig Butter creek.
1D
Diphtheria is raging in some portions ol
Jackbon , many malignant cases being re
ported.
portP
Portland witnessed last week the impos
ing ceremonies of the investiture of Arch
bishop Seghern with the pallium.
About 15,000 bushels of flaxsead will bo
harvested in Paradise valley , and nearl >
100,000 bushels have been contracted for at
05 cents.
cB
Blight has attacked the potato crop on
various farms along the Coos river , Coos
county , nnd considerable damage has al
ready resulted.
, ,
The j Oregon R. & N. Co. has laid its
track to a point eleven miles boyomi
Bollc's Junction , where the road branches
to Washington territory.
A Inrgo natural cave has just been dis
covered at the head of Williams creek ,
Josephine county. It connects a perics ol
subterraneous caverns or chambers , throng )
which n person can walk some 400 or CCK
yards from the entrance.
UTAH ,
Watermelon * nnd all kinds of fruit are
in the market in abundance.
The floods have done heavy damage to
property in the American Fork can3 on.
Lumber is coming to Salt Lake froir
Cottonwood and licavcihead canyons ,
Idaho.
Work on the S.ilt Lake k Western rail
ro.id is being hindered by a scarcity o
surveyors.
There are peed prpspectsof jsomq worl
being immediately done on thu noutheii
Iron mines. '
The fruit trcs in Beaver are literal ! }
breaking doy/n under1 their loadH. Thu
town never saw a'more plentiful crop o
fruit.
The Ut.ih tenuity boird of trade' ' has
been awarded a contract to supply tin
Denver & Kio Grande railroad with 7 " > , .
000 ties.
MONTANA.
At Beuton coal is selling nt SI ! ) n ton.
The water in .Smith liver is verylow.
Deer Ixxlge county wants more laborer ?
Fancy prices in real ustatu rule at
ton.
of the Judith \alleyar
reported to bo wonderful.
Four weeks run of a mine on of
Gulch gave a retort of S-1000.
The old school house ntSunri\er 1m
been bought by the people , and uill b
used as a Catholic church in the future.
A fire at Hugh City , Baker mining dls
trict , on the ( ith inct , , destroyed building
and other property to the amount o
$3000.
A gentleman from the Judith saya tha
spring , when tie moved there , thcr
were but seven r .inches in sight , but iio\
there arc forty. * ty
The western eheep drive in airi/ing
to
month earlier ( his season than usuu !
This will give the ( locks time to recupcrat
get in good condition to winter.
Glendive It prospering. The contrac by
500,000 bi ict in.idu with Mamlan par
1ms been cancelled and a new contrnc
1'JCO.OOO tntoifdiiito foriallroad woi
alone ,
TJiobuilding activities of Helena x\er
never more noticeable than now. Xot lc >
tlmii fifty Btnicturcs of all kindu are i
coun > e of erection , ninting them ninny n
largest and most coutly tneicantil
blocks and ningnilicent residences y t con
structeil in Montana. It is f attainted tha the
upwards of $100,000 will hruc been ex
peju'.ed In incrcaiitilo eatabluliinenU nn
home * within the city during the pm > en
year.
NEVADA , \
1\irk tin the .Netada aud Oregon nar
gauge in going forward rapidly.
There are about 1-3 or ISO men at wor and
Rriuiinff on tliu IhircLa am ) Colorado rid'
road.About
About twenty-fit e wxcka of jvxclccd sno\
daily tola in Vjrginja City by yn
dealer , for UMJ in place of ict ,
Pjyp thousand iiead of cattle have l > ce
shipped from Wiimeimicca tld < tea on
'about two thirds uf the number omii | t
California.
Eureka Cou. ha * declared it * rrgtila
monthly ilirjdcnd of 60 cent" , tt\
25.000 , and dw-cllliiB the grand total of
hidenditoHrW.000.
The discovery of a rich ledge near Pnl *
fade is creatim ? great excitement. A new
Strict has been laid out , called Snfford
istricl- , and fifty locations arc already
iftdc.
Work lias commenced at Mnja\c , on the
ailroad cnnncctiii ? the Southern Pacific
ith the Crntr.il Pacific , t Wndwortli.
'ho line will POPS throiiKh I me Pine and
ndcpcndenee.
WYOMING.
Uuffftlo is prospering and growing rap-
n/ .
ohnsnn county has nn assessment of
1,000,000.
( Jrcon river li to have a library inil
cudinirrooin.
Laramlo's new fire bcll is in place. Its
one fa good.
Cheyenne's opera house will be com-
ileted by December 1st.
Continued developments are reported
rom the Coppcropolls district.
It iii believed that a cnng of horse
hievca arc operating around Larnmic.
Government surveyors are in Green
tivcr locating a roml to the South PASS.
Woik will at once be begun on the niir-
ey of the railroad from Laramie to Noith
'ark.
About 150.000 he.id of sheep have been
men to points on the Union Pacific rail-
aid from Ogden this Bcason.
Thirty-two coal chutes are being built
.t Medicine Bow , and a large force of
nen are now at work laying tne foimda-
ions.
Theverdict of tLc coroccr'a jury In the
illlng of Dawson at Cheyenne , charges
J. II. Landreth , Jas. Crawford or Frank
inrnes with the murder.
A mien mine lias been discovered about
ifty miles west of Cheyenne , Largo sheets ,
8x24 inchc , have been taken from it.
The inlca is as clear ns glass. Thirty-five
hoiusand dollars has been refused for a
lalf interest.
COLORADO.
Gunnison haa driven out the gamblers.
Gunnison has decided to const i not two
ire cisterns. ,
The dally yield of the Ten Mile mines
ti nbout 41)0 ) tons.
Tlio Kclipse smelter at Silverton is in
successful operation.
tuccA
Alma's new watur reservoir will have a
capacity ; of 20,000,000.
Nine Leadville mines have jiaid divi
denT during the year 1881.
The grain crop on the Mancos is a large
one and harvo-ters are busy.
Fort Collins is looking to Cheyennb for
a mipply , of ice to mend its waning store.
Ifi\o new mining companies fi'ed articles
clcsT of incorporation in Denver Monday.
The right of way through Port Collins
fjp ( the Greeley , Salt Lake & , Pacific will
cost the town 50,000.
The St. John's mine , , at Alontczuma ,
Summit county , is valued by its picjcnt
nvners at § 400,000 gallons
The mines of Colorado have paid SZtti-
000 more in dividends than those of any
other state in the Union , during this year.
Throe thousand acres of valuable coal
nnd have just been located in the North
Park by the North Park & Pacific railroad
compjiiy.
The Grecley , Salt Lake and Pacific has
about 400 teams working on the guide be
tween Fort Collins and Greeley and up .
the canyon. The grading contractors lire
advertising for 200 moro teams.
The Alma Smelting company has been (
organized at Alma with a capital of S2)0- ,
DOO. The necessary money to build n
thirty-ton furnace 1ms been raised , ira-
chinerv purchased and hhipped , and
ground purchsscd upon which to build.
Gold Park camp if ab ut to come out.
This week the newly-erected stamp-mill
with a rapacity of 75 tons per day , will
start , and lumdraU of tons of ore are
ready for delivery. Gold bearing veins
abound in the vicinity of the camp , and
those most interested in the place ha\e
strong hopes of a great fntme.
IOWA BOILED DOWN.
Ked Oak want a stieet railway.
There are forty-six licensed wiloons in
Clinton.
The Jasp'r county normal was attended
by 225 teachers.
Le Mars business men arc moung for )
the organization of a liio company.
Ustherville , in l.mniet county , expects
to be a lailroad terminus , thii winter.
Monticello , dining July , shipped 180- ,
530 pound * of butter and ltS80 iiounds of
The Tuni Veroin of Musoatine , is about
to erect a buildiiig ( ! 0\130 feet and two
ories high.
The Clinton c.unty ) agricultural society
will hnvfo its fair at Do u'itt on September
30 , 21 , 22 and 23.
It it expected that the new Catholic
church at IJtnmctsburg u ill bo ready for
use next spring.
llgeC
Ono hundred nnd
M-unty-fUe handH nro 1
at present employed in the
cauning v-orl > a.
A ilozen buildiii h iuu in conrre of con-
trllctioTl in Siblt-y , and in the _ country
nbout thiS town no unu Idiotv.i liov many ,
AtMonticelli ) , Aiii'ii't nth , ilr. . .TY. .
Anthony dropped dead 'while ' In the ni-t
.if tithing for b.ut in the Mmpiokbta
liver.
At
The fifth annual meeting of the Ninth
District Editorial A&mci.itum will be la-Id I )
nt Welntcr City , Thurnday , October 20thj
1881.
1881.An
An old landinnrlc nt Dcx Molnes if about
to disappear. The old Aieiiuo Ilouso i
lieiiitt torn down to make loom for u new
building.
| >
July there were in Iowa , acconl- last
ing to I'rof , lllnrichV repoit , vlevtn cute : cd
fatalMinutroleand , tevtw.cates of dc tl
by lightning. 10
The Blaiulon fnnn , north of Tilntuonre tlon
cently tunicd off 100 uteer * at K\ \ cents for may
ncr pound , wlilcli would bring their uver- of
age < up to $75 or 380 , tice
A gang of burglam went through Shells- ,
burg , Tuesday nlglit to the extent of seven (
011
houst-K , securln ; nbout § .TOO. Among1 tlia
victims w.vi the poitinastcr. day
1'ottawattamlu cx > unty hint obtained
judgment of ) ? 1,100 agalntt Madipon coun
for maintaining In thu iiifsne asylun
for several yt'itrs u pcrxin raid to belong
Madlnon county.
The tint annual ciicanipment of the Htnto
Iowa national BimnU linn been poiitponed At
Adjutant Ucneral Alexander to Oeto
her 3. It will bo held in Dw
continue ) five days ,
The body of Charles 'Mnc , of 1011
ton , wa $ found in thu basement of his
hoiueon the llth , partially decompose ! 8 ,
with evidence nf death fioni a nmskei last
tliot , but ubctht'r murdered or iniciilo is the
>
At Den Moiiio.s the Buffalo Glucose nic.1
company ai j putting i ; iteaw pumii P a
cajiacity ( if j > ,000OUO gallons i / water
daily , to tent the capacity of Dean lake t <
supply water for their worku If fouiu o
satisfactory the bulldiiiLf will be bcjjun ni
unce
On the Kith iutjt.pvhlloChifctnvo l' , > lc ke -
\vta digging out mme fund In the batik
jnst soutli of Malccmi , the earth ana BIIH
above fell in on him anil killed him in (
btantly. lip \ro3 a fanner ; leaven a wife
cliild , and wan 20 yenw of uye day
tivdof GerniAny ,
The neMilxinj of Mlw Kate Shelley , the
railway heroine , have lit Id a meeting to
appoint u cinuuiittce to rcctivo the contrl <
butions now bein , fiU ed for her ftiul to
take ? uch utlicr t > tej > s AD may bo ncciusary
for her the benefit
ol all that a
Kenerou * public may bettow.
The Urgent nodal gfttlierlng held In > cute
Crcston for jvnr was giren In honor of the i'or
ttwity fiftli annlvcmni y f the Ml
of Cnpt. H. M. Way and .wife , ftt the'
ijiera house the llith iiut. Cnpt. Wivy i *
.be pioneer of that city , and it w idely
cnown in Southern lown , nnd esteemed
iy everybody. The captain , lil < wife and
laughter received many valuable tilver
ircsentc.
Ited Oak's water works cost nbout $25 ,
000 , and the city I i bonded for the debt ,
lie bonds to draw t.l\ per cent Intcicst.
Tim city owns the works nnd rents tlio
vnter privileges t the citizens at a very
o\v figure , and receives cnmlgh froln these
rents to nioio than pay the running ox-
tensc.s nnd interest on the money. And
low 1'nlrlield in clamorous for a similar
Frank 1'i-cstipo and other Hamilton
county boys raided the orchard of Win.
tyicer. ! 1'iank 1/onl , an fcinphno of Mr ,
Spiccr . , oidncd them to halt. Die bojp ,
itt complying , Lord g.a\o them the benefit
of the contents of n , fchqtgmi. A number-
of Kinall slidt found lodgment in the fide
if voting < 1'reotiire , one thot takinij effect
over his eye. HH wound * , though painful ,
nro not dangerous , l ordVM nnestcilnnd
icld In $800 ball.
icldA
A little child , 3 or4 year * old , was dis
covered in front of a moving freight train ,
nboii eight mllcH west of Dnvcniioit OH
the 121 ! h. The heavy train could not bo
stopped In tinio to gave the toddler's life ,
and Fireman W. Uender went out on tho-
'oot-bward , rcnchcd out beyond the pilot ,
ns far nn he could , grabbed the child and
naval its life. The train was stopped , nnd
the little ono r/08 handed ovir to its
nothcr , Davenport lady , visiting at the
IOUKO of Fanner Schraeder.
lOUfFi
Frank Alumb.iugh , the temperance agi
Into , was arrested
at Kxira recently , on
: omplalnt ] of a saloon keeper named .lohti
Workman. Alumbaugh'x alleged offense
jcingcxposinghis person. The Atlantic Tel
egraph relates the affair as follous : "Jlon-
day evening after Alumbaugh's lecture ,
; ho night being warm , ho retired to hia
room in the Houston House , undressed in
a _ room _ in the second utory , put on his
light shirt , and sat down before an open
window to cool off. John Workman , a sa
loon keeper , saw him by the window and
called another witnesi , and then had
Alumbaugh arrested for Indecently ex
posing hli person. The trial w.-w held the
amo night before the mayor , D. L. An
demon , and Alumbaugh was acquitted. "
Bradstrcet's has a review of Iowa in
dustries , and the promiiicntoHe8nre'Agri- :
ricultural implements , employing 1,000
persons ; brick and tile , 2,600 ; flour and
grist mill products , 3,000 ; lumber , 0,000 ;
cheese , nnd butter , in factories , 1,000 ; .
slaughtering and meat packing , 2.COO-
more , 6r borne 15,000 persons in all. The
admirable water power , the fine coal fields ,
and the ' dairy advantages , says Urnd-
street's , are opportunities in strong com
bination in Iowa , but adjacent states
wliarj them , and her growth in manufac
tures in but a typo of the expansion of"
such industry , especiallyiin the west.
Bou't Throw up the Sponge-
When suffering humanity are cnduring-
the horrors of dyspepsia , indigestion , or-
nervous and general debilty , they are too
often inclined to throw up the sponge nnd
resign themselves to fate. Wo say , don't
doit. Take BftinocK.lJr.oonBiTTnKHtho
unfailing remedy. Trice $1.00 , trial size
10 cents. codlw.
KOI ;
the Fastest fciiliip Book of th- ) Age )
foundations of Success.
BUSINESS AND EOUIAL FORMS ,
The laws of trad , 'o-ful fnims , lioir to 'rane- '
ict Imbrices , valuable tal/lci , eo ial etiquette ,
.rarllameiitary us co , how to deduct public
biu-lnn-8'i ; f ct K la a roini-lt'to Gu'Je to Sue-
ceto for all claj : < a A family nece ol y. Ad irraa ,
or tlrci'Ure wd special term ; , INUliOlt FOB.
Kr l.o'llo. Mn
OMAHA. July n , tSSl.
To Lucy A. Zeller , non-resident ; defendant.
You are hereby notified that on the 31st day of
May. tSSl , William Zcllcr fllcda pt-tltlon ajpilntt
you In thu OUtrlct Court of I > ougUi county , Ne
braska , the object and prajcr of .Uiichnro to ob
tain aditorculroni3ouon the ground that you >
ha\e heen iruilty of extreme cruelty toward * the-
plaintilt , without rood l-aupc. Yen are required
to answer paid petition on or before Monday , the-
ail day of August , US1.
US1.Wil. . ZEMtn , riaintlff.
By SIMEON ELOOMlila attorney. Jyl3-n4t
ailCARPET
CARPET HOUSE
d. B. DETWILER , .
1313 Farnham St. , OMAHA , NEB.
Bodv Hnisicls , 51.25 to 1.75 ; Tnpebtry Brus-
eels , S1.1B to § 1.35 ; S-ply Carpet , S1.25 to $1.40 ; .
Ie t 2-ply In nUn , $1,00 to 1.15 ; Cheap 8-ply
Ingrain , 40o to CSc.
Mattings , Oil Cloth and Widow Shades ,
at Lowest Market Prices.
Largest Stock and Lowest Prices.
Samples furnished at yard-rates
mAKEN UP A red yearling bull , on 3 <
J. llrown's /arm , six miles west ol Umtiha '
augld-wSt II. I , . McHI.DOX.
6000 Agents wanted to sell the Life of
PRESIDENT GARFIELD
,
Including a full nnil accurate account of his brief
hut inentful administration ; the uroit conllct
with the "atvlMarh" | ic d < ja Uv Coiiklln ; tho.
illabollcal nttcmnt to ns viriliiato liini , ultli full
artlcnlam of lil < cane , ono of the most critical
nnd runurkalilB on ucord. TJi
? litcn-u | Interest ,
ujcltcd laiisesi thourotidii to ilcslro full
jnrtl-
citUrs , hvnc-a this hook iirast acl | linincntciy.
Tirinillbital , Outfit. We , t'irculart free. 'Ad-
Jrcss tiVKUAKl ) KjH- ) . , IMU .
aiiJO < T | Kanns
city , JIo ,
'
PROBATE NOTICE.
Mltn ol ? "tl r.ls'.u
> , Daiitf iisCniilitj' , s :
u ' ounty Oinrt , htM 11 tlm County Court
com , In ami for tall r , > untAuL'tikt Ifitli , A
lEcl. 1'rt.uit , JIO VAUIJIl. SlalTH , County
Jllllgl ) .
In the matter of the eslatoof FerdinandThum ,
wiHtd :
On rcadlir.- and flllni ; the petition of Kindle
Thuiu , m-ajln ; ; tint the instrument , thin cl.iy
nicjnnd iiurjiortlnftolKi tlio last will and ( cata-
mt'titof Uiewild doccaxed , may he rirp\cd , ap.
ro\ed , allotted , probated and ruiordcj an the
will and tettinicnt of xald deccatul , and
thatadiiiliiUtratloiiofea'.d CtfUitomay liegmnt-
' -
toeald I'nillleTlmnia vxoiuirl\ :
OniiKiiKD ' , That September 10th , A I > . iSSI. at
o'clock a. m , la asultmcil for hearing raid rwtU
, H lien all ] > orbQin inturuatul in Mild matter
appear at a County Court to bo held. In and
ald County , and thow cause why the prayer
petltloncmliould not bo Kranti J ; and that no
of pcndcnry of tald peiltlon and tlio heanri ;
thereof , be Kit en to all pcrHoinliirested lutald
natter , by puhllBhin. a copy ol thU order In Tim
uu U KKkLV Her a nu 8wjxr | ; 1'rinted in tald
County , for three ui.t.u > pUa ttrekH , i rior to eaiJ
of hcarliifc' . IIOU'AIII ) IJ. SMITH ,
IA true wpj.J County Judjrc.
J ROBATE NOTICE.
of Nebraska , Doujjlaii County , e ;
a County Court , hild at the Count } Court
Itopm , In and for * ald County , Aiiirutt Ivt. A.
D. . '
ibui. j'rcsout , iimrAitu a siuru.
County Judge ,
la the matter of the estate of Joseph If , \cl-
, dc < uu ( < d : ,
On roadlnj- and minx the , ; tltion of Martha
Nclion , lirojln ' that the Instrument ,
pur-
iiortliiL' to bo
a ilulyauthentiiutcd
uoiivof
tlio
w ill and testament of wtd ilcu-akui , mid oi
probate ( hereof , ty thu Circuit Court of
ountalii County , State of Indiana , and thU day
. in till * Court , may bo allow < .d and recorded.
the la < ttll | and testament of Mild Jojcnh 11
Nclkon . , dccetwcd , in and for the State of Nc-
Orderc lTlatA , isu3t tliA , J > , JB3J , at 10
clock a. in. , iai ltrnwlforlicarlni . .
: aid.c.titlon | ,
MiioiiBlllwrsoniiliitercktodln
nald matter
may
appear at a County Court to ba held , tn and for
wiUtXuutyaiid hotv
iuso hy the > >
j rati r of
pj-IIUoncr houldnot be Krant l ; and that notice
pfthupccdcncy of * dd petition mul the hearinc
thereof , Ui BIVEII to all | Hrsoii ) Jnttrctted in nald
natter , bv | mblUliliir | a copy of thU order InTuK
OiiVM VVzmv IlU ! . a nt , pcr printed In MlA
County , ( or three mccessivu ca.k
, prior to ealdi
of hcarinir. r
IA true . copy. ) HOWARD B. SMITH ,
. -
aiil.-10.a8t
_ County Judjc.
PUBLIC KINDKRUAKTKK ,
Council Uluffj , lotto.
qoaduitcd by lllu Bura Udjy , ol Clilcago ,
MIHtci'lnEopt. * , 1881. iSUn Eddy will re- '
a few tll-Kratlfled Udlo to train Jn the
orinal h Courte.
lurtlcujan apply uadj Ausrunt 20th , fy
iioutoc bt "
, Chuago.
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