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WHAT has become of Ihoao Ilcr-
dics ?
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THIS may bo an "off year" in party
politics , but it is nn on year for hide-
pcndont movements.
NKXT to frco passes railroad con
tracts are the neatest rewards for po
litical services. "Jim Kynor. "
THE merchants of Northern Ne
braska are courting commercial Oma
ha , and their attentions will be mot
more than half way.
WITH construction and comple
tion of the South Omaha sewer ,
Omaha's available businoBfl property
will bo greatly increased.
OMAHA must put forth her bust
energies in the time which will elapse
bcforo the coming exhibition. None
but the bravo deserve the Fair.
Tnuiu : are seven hundred thousand
physicians in the United States and
the nation rejoices that only nix got a
chance to practice on the president.
Tiru heartiest prayers of all these
ollbred for the president's recovery
came from the iniurancu companies.
General Garfield lias $ JO,000 in poli
cies on liis life.
TIIKIIK are likely noon tojbo two va
cancies ou the supreme bench , Justice
tice- HUNT is seriously ill anil is re
ported as Haying that ho will never
: . ' 'ain resume his soat.
Tin : fanners of Polk county must
foci highly honored to bo represented
'in the republican state central com
mittee by such u homy-listed granger
as Patrick O'Hannon Hawes.
LlKUTHXANT GoVHHNOU OAKNjt Was
on baud with his proxy to legulato
the convention that is to nominate our
supreme judge. Mr. Curim is deeply
interested in the supreme bench of
Nebraska.
IK that portion oi our citizens who-
are so anxious to Imvo the laws en
forced would bestow some of their at
tention on the low dens of the third
ward they would receive the thanks
of the community.
TIIK Illinois railway commissioners
have adopted u revised tarill'of max
imum freight charges which makes
swooping reductions from current way
rates , and the railway managers arc
again preaching that any interference
with their private business is com
munism of the lowest order.
, ) UI > IIK MAIIMM , who wauls to occu
py a seat in congress as the ropro
from Nebraska , gave hi *
to Casper K. Yost to represent
his district in the republican state
committee , .Judge Uarnes evidently
expects to put on Val.'rt nhoea in
coiujreja us the representative- the
ruilronds ,
DiiNviiu journals mo noted for their
excollencu , but the recent changes in
the Denvnr Tribune
places that paper
among the foremost in the west. Its
now typp , haiidsomo mako-up , well
filled iiuws columns and forciblu > nnd
spicy editorial puijo are uvidonces of
Mr , Hothacker'a brilliant talents as u
journalist and iidmirablo judgment as
ft managing editor.
TIIK remarkable improvement noted
in the president last Sunday calls to
mind the fact that the Prince of
Wales , when ho lay sick of typhoid
fever ton years ngo , began to inond the
Sunday on which the doctors declared
him as past hope , and which had been
selected as a day of prayer in the
United Kingdom for his recovery.
Charles O'Connor , six years ago , was
given up by his doctors , who left his
bedside and pronounced him past
hope and recovery ; but the old man of
7-1 rallied , even after the closing rites
of the church had bacn performed and
the consecrated wafer placed in his
mouth , and called for what ho had
long been bcirging , a pear , ale it , and
is alive to-day.
SHOWING THEIR HANDS.
"Whenever the political machinery
of Nebra Va is set in mo-
tionlhc railroad cappers show
their hand. The meeting of
the republican state central committee
at Lincoln was ono of these occasions
when the railroad henchmen gathered
to do service to the corporations. The
committee WAS called at as late an
hour as possible , in order to afford
excuse to the members for deferring
the convention until the month prior
to the election.
The railroad attorneys and eminent
statesmen like Pat Iliuvea made it
their business to gather in the proxies
from far and near to make sure that
the anti-monopoly dement in the
committee should not bo in the ma
jority. When an effort was made to
put. thcso patriots on the record , the
chairman had the cheek to expunge
from the minutes the names of those
who voted to admit these irregular
proxies. His excuse for this high
handed proceeding was that it was
common practice.
If Mr. Dawes had brushed his
inomory ho would have been forced
to admit that this wns most uncom
mon kind of practice. The call for
nearly every convention in the past ,
ten years has expressly notilied dele
gates that proxies from non-residents
would not bo admitted in convention
and what is common practice for the
conventions ought to be common prac
tice for the committee. Hut we will
not dwell on this any further , suMice
it to say that the republicans of Ne
braska cannot much longer all'unl to
have their conventionscalled by notori
ous corporation attorneys and cappers.
With all the twenty thousand ma
jority , which the party legitimately
can count on during the national cam
paign , it will not bo safe after this
year to repeat the outrages committed ,
by the packed convention of 1880.
What has brought out a revolt against
the bourbons in Virginia and Missis
sippi will cause- revolt against mo
nopoly republicans in Nebraska. The
people of Nebraska will have a free
ballot and n fair count. They can
never have a free vote as long as
the conventions and committees are
packed by monopoly henchmen. They
cannot have a fair count as long as
the ballot boxes at primaries are
slulied by repeaters and democrats
lonir as conventions are carried
by counting non-residents and exclud
ing the honestly elected representa
tives. At every convention wo hear
these monopoly blatherskites bemoan
ing the fate of the downtrodden negro
but they ignore entirely the fact that
the down-trodden white man in No-
brabka has been intimidated from
expressing his honest sentiments ,
at the primaries by thrwtnned loss of
employment or commercial ruin , and
that when men have , in spite of such
threats , elected their representatives
to convontioiiH , the delegates were
either counted out or bought up with
money and with lucrative places and
contracts.
But ix day of reckoning is coming ,
and it is not very far off.
THE NATIONAL PARK.
Wlulo thousands of Americans are
crossing the ocean to Europe , loung
ing in London , parading Paris , or
sauntering through Switzerland in
search of the picturesque and beauti
ful , there lies in their own land , near
er home and easily accessible by rail
road , ono of the grandest regions of
natural wonders on the face of the
globe , of whose very existence , nine-
tenths of our people are in ignorance.
Wo refer In the Yellowstone National
Park ,
Sut apart by congress for n
perpetual pleasure ground for the people
ple of the I'nited States , the multi
plicity of itu tvoudors and the beauty
of its landscape will be a rich heritage
for coming generations as well as
an unending source of admiration
and astonishment to those of the
present day. Tjio grandest moun
tain peaks enclo.su it. Numberless
and beautiful parks are contained
within their embrace , while a con
stant panorama of meadow , geyser
mid stream delights the eye and enchants -
chants the senses of the tourist. Its
climate is hc.iUhgiving , llnndreusof
springs , iivaliii' > Carlsbad in their
medicinal properties are constantly
llowing. Kiuld and forest , mountain
and plain , mighty cataracts and silver
streams , stupendous gorges and pic-
tuvesquo canyons to offer a never
ending variety of scenery which can
bo found grouped within such conducted -
ducted limits in no other country in
the world ,
The yearly appropriations of con i-
gress for the improvement and repair
of this American wonderland have ;
been sadly disproportionate to the
great expanse of territory to which
they must bo applied. The
work of laying out roads ,
clearing fulling timbers and
protecting the curiosities from
the mutilation of vandal tourists 1ms
not been adequately done during the
past year simply because aullicient
funds wore not available for the pur
pose. As the government has re
served this largo area of territory
from settlement its development by
private enterprise cannot bo effected ,
Such being the 'case , it is plainly the
duty of the government to render the
wonders of the Yellowstone readily
accessible to our people. Much of
the reservation is practically unknown
and totally unsurvcycd. The en
gineer corps of our army lies
idle while this important
work remains undone , and a single
superintendent with wretchedly inad
equate appropriations is expected to
put in repair and render safe for
travel , a tract of land larger than sev
eral of the eastern states.
During the past year some excel
lent work has been done , notwithstanding -
standing these obstacles. The great
er portion of the known wonders have
been rendered accessible to travel ,
either by wagons or saddle. A trail
has been made to the foot of the
Grand l-'all and a wagon road from the
springs to the Tower Kails , < while
work is progressing upon a road from
te Lower Fire Hole basin to the foot
of the Yellowstone lake via Sulphur
mountain. All last winter the super
intendent remained among the gey-
sci : , experiencing as ho says , delight
ful weather , during which his family
were in excellent health and his cattle
grazed incessantly. In fact the salu
brity of the climate renders work
possible all the year round , and if
congress , awakonini' to the necessity
of the case , should pass a sufficient
appropriation , work could be hurried
forward in time to make the most
pressing improvements before the
railroads reach its boundaries and
discharge thousands of tourits at its
gate.
gate.Two
Two lines of railway are now hur
rying towards the park. Mr. Oakcs ,
of the Northern Pacific , has declared
that it is the greatest card any line of
railroad over had , and ho is making
every effort to reach it before all
competitors. The Utah & Northern
branch of the Union Pacific is also
pushing its way rapidly in the direc
tion of the Wyoming wonderland.
] { y next summer it is confidently ex
pected that both roads will bo able to
lam1 tourists at the entrance to the
park.
It will bo a poor economy for the
national government to neglect ample
provision for the development and
preservation of one of nature's great
est treasures. Placed in proper con
dition it will rapidly become the va
cation Mecca of hundreds of thous
ands of Americans who would other
wise spend their money in other coun
tries to much less profit.
A wsuussioN over the prohi
bition amendment , which will
bo considered by the next Iowa
legislature1 , has thrown into
the shade another amendment to the
state constitution , now pcndin 'ol
which will work n very important
change in the enforcement of claims
for debts. This amendment contem
plates Hucli changes in section one , article -
ticlo eleven , of the constitution , as
will extend the jurisdiction of justices
of the peace to cases involving claims
amounting to $300 instead of ono dollar
lar where there is no contract between
the parties , or consent thereby , and
to ? 500 , instead of § 00 only , whore
such contract is entered into or such
consent trivcti ,
Commenting upon the proposed
changes , the Davenport Gazette says ;
"The proposed changes are far-reach-
inc. The immediate effect of their
adoption will bo to greatly simplify
the collection of debts and the pro
cesses of litigation. Now , in the case
of every claim involving more than
$100 there must bo resort to the cir
cuit or district court , unless the
sum in issue docs not exceed
SJtOO , 'and both parties consent
that the suit bo tried before a justice.
Even by consent , as the constitution
now reads , thu case cannot bu deter
mined buforo a justice when the
amount involved exceeds $300. Two
evils result : dishonest debtors have
full opportunity to abscond from the
state , no process of attachment beim ;
available , and thu expenses of
litigation aru needlessly increas
ed. Uy extending the juiisdic-
tion of the justices' courts , as pro ,
posed in the pending amendment , thu
just creditor is made moit > secure ,
through a readier onforcumiuit of his
claim , while the constantly lengthen
ing court duckets will be largely cur
tailed and expensesnaved to tliocoun-
ty. Litigations will bo proportionally
discouraged also , for there will bele.s.s
opportunity to middle on the county
thu county court coats ; thesu will bu ,
paid by thu litigants in thu courts of
thu justice.
TIIKHK are now about a dozen va
cancies in the Nebraska legislature
caused by death , removal from the
district ami appointment to federal
oflice. Notable among these are thu
scats of Senator A'an Wyck in Otpu
county , elected to the United States
senate ; that of lion. T , L. Schick of
Nuiiwha , and 11 , H. Kaluy of Web )
ster , who have died since the elosu ot
ithu last session ,
Under our constitution , the govern-
or isqharged with the duty of calling
Bpeciul elections by proclamation and
wo would urge upon Governor Nance
to do this as early as possible so as to
give the various counties ample time
to iill thuso vacancies at the next gen-
oral flection ,
It is to thu interest of the jicoplu
that the representation in the legisla-
laa
turo should bu .
always full. An extra-
ordinary emergency niayj arise at any
utime which may require thu calling of
the legislature , and in viuw of thu
fact that congress may require the di-
vision of the state into congressional
districts it is of thu utmost importance
that the vacant seats in the legislature
be filled this fall. U is almost need *
less for us to urge that the greatest
diligence should bo used in the solccP1
tion of men to fill thcso scats.
The incKwinK growth of pri\ ale schools
and nenilnariei m our city is evidence that
our public M-linols are not doing the works
expected frmn them by the people.Ojiu |
BKK.
BKK.Not
Not necessarily. It may mean that
the people have become BO "shoddy"
that CO MI".I schools nro no longer
Rood enough for their children , Tarn-
ilics develop shoddy ideas with amaz
ing suddenness in this country. J > n-
vcr lki < lli-'tii.
Experience shows that the attend
ance upon I ho public schools is exactly
proportionate to their excellence. In
cities like I'coria , Cleveland and Cin
cinnati , where the most improved
methods of education are in practice ,
under the supervision of the best
teachers , a largo majority of the
parents patronize public schools. I'n-
vato schools Hourish as the puMic
schools decay or ore deficient. The
advantages of a free , liberal education ,
such as the bent of our high schools
offer , arc not carelessly tossed aside
without strong reason. It is only
when the parent feels that the priyato
school affords better advantages than
tcoso offered by the schools for whoso
support the public is taxed , that chil
dren are transferred from the ono to
the other.
TIIK Lincoln JJemocrat is making
merry over the fact that its prediction
concerning the republican state con
vention has been verified. For our
part wo can ecu nothing amusing in
the systematic imposition upon the
public by the brass-collared Nebraska
politicians , whether they wear the re
publican brand or the democratic
brand. The fact that the convention
is to bo held just four weeks bcforo
thu election shows the design on the
part of the corporation attorneys , who
are drawing salaries from the railroads
for running party politics , to give the
pcoplo no chance or choice. In some
of the remote districts they will hard
ly know who have been nominated the
day before the election , and it will bo
Hobson's choice with them.
This will do for the year 1881 but
it is the last time that the party will
dare to risk such scull-duggery in Ne
braska. This is a republican state
but the republicans of Nebraska are
not cattle to he lashed and driven to
the voting pen by a gang of political
cowboys.
n recent issue of the Herald wo
printed"an interview with Senator
Voorheos , of Indiana , in which ho
expressed decided preference for ex-
Senator McDonald as the democratic
candidate i for the presidency. This
interview has been widely copied by
the eastern press and the views of the
Indiana Ronator severely criticised.
Omnhii Herald.
In a recent issue of the Jlerahl you
stole bodily an interview with Senator
Voorheos , which appeared first in the
St. Louis Pott-Dispatch a week prior
to f the time it was transferred to your
columns without credit and with the
date changed to make it appear as
original telegraphic news. Every
day this literary piracy is carried on
by wrocisuly similar methods in your
columns. If the eastern press are
blind enough to bo gulled by such
barefaced robbery , they are more
credulous than your Omaha contem
poraries nnd their readers.
TIIK condition of the president con
tinues favorable , and there has been
no return of the dangerous symptoms
of a week ago. The prophecy of the
physicians that three days of con
tinued improvement would place their
patient on the road to recovery seems
in a fair way to bo verified. The
temperature , which , after all , is a
much more important indication of
physical condition than the pulse , re
mains nearly normal and the respira
tion equally so. AH soon us possible ,
the president will bo removed from
the malarious atmoapheiu of thu
White House , probably to some BCII-
side resort.
SKNATOH I'uoii , of Alabama , was
reported as saying that ho would join
Si-imtor HECK in voting for a con
servative republican as president of
the uuiiato in the event of the elec
tion of Vice-president AKTHIMI to the
presidency. Mr , JL'l'ou shows himself
to bo a rock-rooted , mosa-backed bour
bon by indignantly denying the report
uit
port and announcing that it will not
only bu thu duty of thu donate to
elect a domoer.it , but also to deny their ;
seats to Senator. ? Mn.uni and L.vriUM
on tlio''iMuntls that they vcro not
electud by a majority of the legisla
ture
Sympathy.
Umilon Cnlilu to Jfcw York Word ! :
with duup agd general rojjret the bud id >
news concerning President ( Jarlield ,
and much sympathy is expressed for
him and his family. Ilia pathetic
desire to bu taken home to Mentor
touched the whole community. Mrs.
Oudiuld's heroic endurance under the
tt'iriblo strain of the bust twoj months
is thu universal topic among wives
and mothera. The bulletins from
\Yashington nro read and discussed , I
venture to say , almost as eagerly as
in Now York , and every scrap
of information is caught at.
The queen , who is now in Scot t.t :
land , receives the bulletins by cablu
as soon as they arrive , and they are
also duplicated to the prince of Wales.
The American legation ia crowded all
day with visitors and messengers , and
the bulletin boards at the newspaper
stands are conned closely. Not einco
the English pcoplo watched the des
perate struggle thu prince of Wales
made for life some ycais ago have
they been so interested in the sick
bed of nny ono man. When the pres
ident was shot , a New York correspondent
pendent of 8omo of the morning pa
pers cabled that his death , and the nc
cession of General Arthur to the
presidency , would result in confusion
panic , and almost anarchy , The Eng
lish people , as you know , are still de
plorably ignorant of American affairs ,
and for a time thcso lying dispatches
received general credence. It was
said by the correspondents referred to
that in case ho became president ,
Gen. Arthur's great ambition would
bo to briny about a rupture with Eng
land , and this ridiculous canard , in-
toijded to aH'oct English confidence in
American securities , was accepted as
true. Tl'o public mind , however , has
been disabused of thcso notions
( which actually influence ) persons
closely connected with the govern
ment , who questioned mo on the sub
ject and Gen. Arthur's true charac
ter is now understood. It is felt that
if ho wcro called to the oilice , he
would show himself worthy of it ,
and cut himself clear of those maliirn
influences which forced him into a
dubious position at Albany. llegrot
would bo felt , of course , at the cause
which made him president ; but for
him personally the .warmest good
wishes and respect would bo enter
tained. There is no agitation in the
monuy market in consequence of the
president's desperate condition , other
than that created by the stir in Wall
street ; and , if the worst comes to the
worst with Gen. Garficld , the public ,
while mourning his loss and his tragic
taking oil , will receive the news of
Gen. Arthur's incumbency without
any loss of confldonco in the stability
ot our institutions and without fear of
any untoward complications , interna
tional or otherwise.
Governmental Control *
There seems to be a growing con
viction with all classes of the commu
nity of the necessity of national gov
ernmental control of railroad freight
and passenger tariffs. It is necessary
in certain casc.s where there is no
competition to prevent the oppression
of the people. In other cases the
pooled trunk lines combine , which
loudly calls for government super
vision , lint latterly the railroads them
selves arc demanding the interposition
of government authority to prevent
ruinous competition , which in some
cases is desiroying the capital invested
in competing roads. And another
strong reason presented for legally
regulated tariffs ; is to prevent rail
roads temporal iiy reducing rates when
competing with water routes , com
pelling ' the owners to retire with their
vessels , when the loads can return
with their greatly increased tariffs.
The people and the government want
stability in all thing's , and espe
cially in money matters , and the trans
portation of the great representative
of money , the produce of the coun
try. And there can bo no certainty
or stability unless the strong arm of
the government holds this great power
in i its steady grasp. The safety of the
money invested in the roads , and the
safety of the people demand this con
trol. It must come. Sonic roads arc
now loudly calling for it. And it is
only these roads which have limited
or no competition in business which
oppose I it. Wisely managed , it will
give stability to business , to the value
of railroad stock , and a man who
plants his crops can calculate with
some certainty what it will cos to
have it taken to market. And this is
destined to become a national political
question until it is settled.
POLITIOAh POINTS.
Anti-boiirbonism , says the New Orleans
Times , ia thu refusal of the young men of
the Bouth to think backwards.
The republican tttate convention in
Minnesota has been called for September
L'.Stli. It will be composed of 1108 dele-
gates.
A "serene" canvass in Massachusetts
next fall it looked for by the Jiostoii Post.
This means that Hen llutler has his eyes
fixed on other things.
, lubil ; Kary | IB stumping Virginia , an
nouncing himself as an uncoiihtnietoil re
bel. Jnual has evidently forgotten that
1'hil Sheridan is still on deck.
The straight outrepnblicaiiHof Virginia ,
it IK faid , will endeauir toholi ) thejialance
of power in the next Virginia legislature ,
ami i thus win ti fitir chare of thu xpoils of
oilice.
The Cleveland Herald ( roji. ) jiraites the
taut and good-fellowship of .Mm W. HooU-
wnltrr , the democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio , at a eamcaign worker in
persi'ii l content with tho.so who.-o votes ho
geek- ) .
geekTho
The Ihron republican nominees fur ( he
U'gHaturo in I'olk county , town , cro in-
fctruetfd for ' 'that able , < afo and brilliant
staUHiiuiii , our neighbor and fellow-riti/.i-n ,
.lohii A. Kabroii , " for the United SUte.t
senate.
Kx-UongroBfin&n Itainey , of South f 'ar-
olina , a colored bi-ntlu-r , is a camiidulf for
tilt * cWkxhip of the llmi-iMif Ucpieseiita-
tivrf. lie was ii'iiuinated by a lepublican
caucus when election W.IH impoi ihlo tuo
years ago. Now that nu election N pns. .
Bible , no anvil lightning will ttriko him.
[ Angela ( Cin. ) Chronicle.
! Only fv'H'n states in the Union have an
nual fcc * i > > nsof their K'gihlatmei' , miduoine
of tliem will probably HIIIII move into the
biennial line. The next lefurm should bu
the limitation of eveiy legii-lativo boilv to
ft-ll ( : > y K's-lon , mid n pay to members
if they htay minute longer.- [ viNvillo
C'ourii-r-.lournal.
The di mocratio naity of NYUcoiHin i * in
fesimir trouble , ( 'ener.ilV. . K. Viui mid
emigres'-man Itia 'g , its twoublest loaderc ,
liavi bt'cumu ds'ii4eil ! \ > itli party rottenness -
ness and empty pritcntions , anil openly
nicvti3 < : the formation of a new organiza
tion with Millie tangible purpose and MHIIU
reputable piincipleti ,
At the head of the Enquirer , published
nt ( 'ha e's Mills , in the otato of Maine , by
Kolnn Chase , chief of the New England
greenbackertf , is the following nentimeiit ,
in italic caps : "No fusion or eiitau-liiiif
alliances with either of the old parties. " If
Uncle Solon had given utterance to this
sentiment and backed it up by lib jiorson-
al influence a good many months earlier ,
it might have been better for himself and
friends. They cntanglingly allied themselves -
selves with the democracy very much M
if they were of the democracy ,
The state ticket in MiskUsippi upon :
which flreenbackers , Itepublieaiw and In
dependent Democrats liavu united is lias
follows. : For Governor , Hen King ; Lieu-
tunant-tiovernor , ! . li.Yellou-lv ; Auditor ,
A. T , Wimberly : Superintendent of Ed
ucation , W , D. Howze ; Attorney ( Jem-ral ,
W , F. Fitrgoraldj treasurer , Dr. Hyrum ;
secretary of btate , .1..1 , Siielnmn ( colored ) ;
All the elements of opposition to the hour-
bon democracy seem to bo raniest in their
support of thin ticket , and there are
enough white men engaged in the move-
incut to make it very unhealthy for he
Keruper or Yazoo phu to be ed
u ninst it.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
CALIFOnNIA.
( Mil hai been found near round Vnllcy ,
Mendocino county , Cal.
Kleven thousand sacks of peanut * were
shipped la t Fall from Vinn , Tchama
comity.
\Vell . Fargo & fo.'d trcaKuro bov wai
captured from the coa t . Ugo lail week by
ma-kod uibbtr * .
The fi\c lioys at Stockton who Mere ar
rested for causing the tb'ath of a ( 'hinam.in
by throwing liim off a bridge , hate been
diselwrgiil on the ground of liiiultlclent
evidence.
In Humholdl county them are many
< hecp ranges of Irom 'J,000 to ( ! ,000 acres.
The ( -utility contains over lf > 00,000 acres
nl land , and nearly 'J * > 0,000,000 sheep are
owned there ! * .
The first cxierimcr.t | with the steam
jnciibatnrdctiviiiKitshe.it fiom the C'nl-
iUog.i Hpriugi" , lias proven very sncco"sful.
a large proi > ortiim of the tbree hundred
eggs having hatched out thickens.
White neogulh , nflcr an absence of
several j'ears , have reappeared at Donner
lake , and in many nooks the water in
thickly dotted with them , Superstitious
people Bay that their advent portends
great events.
HeahUburg , Sononm county , has been
paying # 10,000 annually to the local
Chinese laundries. Such a heavy contribu
tion to the heathen fecm.fUo much , nnd
there is a call for the united support of a
white laundry recently established.
A grove of big trees has just becii _ dU-
covered in Frown county , south of King's
river , which , it Is probable , had never bo.
fore been seen by a white man. The dis
coverer belietc that two of the trees arc
larger than nny yet found in thg > other
groves.
Mining claims have been located near
the junction of Hay Fork with the South
Fork of Trinity river , in Trinity county ,
Cal. There is much excitement among
the residents of the locality , and thirty or
forty claims , each l.r > 00 feet frontage , have
been located. The surface ore la said to
contain gold , silver and copper ,
NEW MEXICO.
The Mau'ijalcnas con'nm siu-ral pios-
pectivc millionaires.
The miners at Socorro are dropping the
pick nnd shoulderiir , ' the ritle.
Sonin heavy contracts have been let on
some of the claims in the Pueblo district.
The ha Joya smelter , at Soonrro , finds
gome dllliculty in procuring snllicient ore.
It is said that extensive reduction works
will at oni'e be erected in the Hurro moun
tains.
A number of rich discoveries have re
Gently been made at Dry Creek , Mogollon
district.
To tttriku a \eiti carrving free gold is
not Bucb arurc thing in iS'e\v Mexico as it
was six months ago.
The 15ed Cloud is mud to bo one of the
best mined in the Gallinas. The ore is
free milling and assays high.
The rich vein in the Cash l-'ntry , Car-
bonateville , which "petered out'1 some
time ago , has not yet been restruck.
Th Thorn district has received large
additions to its population since gold was
discovered in some of the inides there.
Socorro claims to have in that immcdi
nto vicinity an inexhau-ttible hiijiply of
fine fire clay , and proposes lo supply New
Mexico with brick.
WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
Ten building were destroyed by the
Dayton fire.
The expenses of Umatilla county for the
year ending .lime 30th exceeded the receipts -
ceipts by § : ! 0,180.tl. :
The expenses of the last term of the cir
cuit court , held at Pendleton , exceeded
fifteen thousand dollara.
There are 187 prisoners in the Oregon
penitentiiiry , nearly all of whom are en
gaged in borne kind of profitable labor.
Lieutenant Fred Schwatka has been lee'J
turjng nt different towns in Oregon under
invitation from the leading men of the
State.
CJeo. A. Ilartmaii threshed , near Wcs
ton , five acres of oats that averaged 8 (
bushels to the acre. Wheat averginjj fron
35 to 40 bushels to the aero and as tine as
ever grew.
The new and promiiiet town of ( Jarficlci
is located MX teen miles northeast of Col
fax , ami eight miles southwest of Farm
ington , on the railroad snrey up. Silyei
Clff.
Clff.A
A firp occurred in fioldendale on Angus
8th which destroyed the Pike Hestanrant
Burcka Market and a small one itory
dwelling. There wan no insurance on th
propeity destroyed. This makes two fires
and two attempts within six weeks ,
The government is building an Indian
school house at the foot of the Dlue Moun
tains on a little stream nfartho htace road
in the vicinity of Cuyuse station. The
building i < to be quite an extensive ime.
Already yO.OOO feet of the lumber is Haw-
cd. The school wo understand is to bo un
der the auspices of the Roman Catholic
cluirc. . .
NEVADA.
The po'alo ' crop in the vicinity of Bit-
reka , Nov. , is immenei > , and the ranchers
fear i ho demand will not pive adequate
to the supply.
Cattle men In Nevada are becoming
thoroughly alarmed over tin ; Kprend of
that dreaded di-e.iso , the black-log , in the
eastern part of the utato.
The CI-ITIII > ny of formally laying the
corner stone of the now Insane asylum at
Itcno tool : place last week. The ( iraud
Lodgu of .MaMiiiii df Nevada olliciatcd.
Thu hciip uf Lincoln c.mnty . now com-
mamU a > erv fair piice , Paper that a
pcrsun cutild not give away a few tlay *
ago is miw i-agerl v nought iiftcr by never-
Tin ) mines of field I'ark , a promising
di. < trirt hituutfdA miles noithe.i t or
I > rant4/Hle , Njf county , Nov. , are do-
vrlojiing lundi'imely , and bid fair to cre
ate an excitement in the near future.
The Pltitt-i are having a big fand.ur.'o ,
or pint-nut il.iuve , at Hlg Meadinvs. Tlie
febtivitius will oontinuo M > veral days.
From L'lvi'lucl : tinIndiaiM will go cant to
Tublv Muimiain to harvest the > iiiie-nut
crop , which if i id to bo unusually heavy
this heuKuM.
According to the Virginia Knterprho
the people of iiutro , Neb. , hiv n good
thing in thu largn nrtiliciul lake near the
town , About fi.000,000 g.illom of hot \vn-
ter tlnw into it daily from the tunnel , thus
keeping the temperature at all reasons
ju.t right foi bathing purpOBM.
MONTANA.
Cit ) ' land league xent cTOO to
Irvlaiui , la t week ,
Denton is growing more rapidly than
any town in tnu territory.
The church bell rang in Hciitnti , Sunday ,
Aug. nth , for the iinst time.
llutte is talking up a 850,000 hotel. A
good hotel li ono of its great necesiitim.
Large herds of buffalo are rejxirted on
Milk riee , in the vicinity of Fort llelkuap ,
A one hundred and forty dollar nugget
was picket ! up near Diamond City last
week.
week.Within
Within thirty odd miles of Den ton it a
rich coal mine , which ii being Micvecfully
worked ,
The Miners' Lrnou ! is aliout to erect a
hall in liutte 50x80 feet , at u cobt of about
eight thousand dollars.
The Bale uf the Broadway mine , at Silver
Star , was perfected Monday , Thu amount
paid for it was S250.000.
A tire at Darker , recently burnwl over
600 ncres. A force of 150 men was al
work night and day , tightiug the fire , butte
to little purpose.
It has liven demonstrated this season
that wheat can be Bueteesfully raised ii
the Ydlo\V3tpne valley , Montana , ami m
that embraces n vast ( "ystora of country , J
there li n fine opening for hnulv agricnl- ;
'
turist.1. N
Hntte IH oneof thcinoster.terpri'ingciticK . " 1
in the uest. Four years ngo it was a. , / / (
cnmp with < " > 00 inhabitantr ; now its people ) S ,
number nearly 7,000. /f \
The gradintf of the T'tah & Xorllicrn *
railway will be completed to within a milo / /
of Silrer Himin three or four day. All
the gaps In the grade will bo closed by
that time.
The Caslner foal % ein near lien ton is
seven feet thick , in which coal nnd clalo
altctnate. Tun men mine from 4 to 7
tons a day nt d the llccnrd says .1,100 tons
have already been taken out.
A few days since a loud noi e was heard
in the mountains , on the west side of the
Hitter Itoot , in Montana , the report rc-
pcmhliii' ' the firing of cannon and rc\erbrii-
tlons. It was caused by the falling ot .a
high peak , and was distinctly heard for
several miles. Thousands of tons of rook
came down In the grand crash.
IDAHO.
( ialena's smelter will soon start up.
Lcwiftton , Idaho , in to have a paper-
mill.
mill.Two
Two rich Kcnms have been struck in the
Subo Hosa mine.
Nineteen men are workinc in the Stan
ley Hasiu place * .
Another strike has lately been made in
the Charles Dickens.
The Mayflower mine in the Hood river
region is to have new bolstering works.
The Wood Hher , Idaho , Times nay.s :
It is evident that several thousand tons of
ire will bo snowed uii on the dumps thin
"all. There is already more ore ready to
( hip than can be hauled by the teams , and
as the beacon advances the ore will accum
ulate until it dial ! become almost iinpos- .
cible for prospectors to get their ore to '
tlic railroad.
Sawtooth City in reported building up
rapidly , nnd the Columbia & Beaver Min
ing company have built u road over the
summit at a cost of 310,000. , The road
lias twenty-four bridges capable of stand
ing the heaviest Inads , nnd the heaviest
grade is twenty-seven inches to the rod.
A saw mill , wcii'hing 15.000 pounds , ha *
been taken over by the Heaver k Colum- . " 4
bia company , winch will also put np a. - * ,
twenty-stamp mill to be running by the
t of October ,
WYOMING.
Denver now wants a custom bouse.
Cheyenne had a ? . " 00 blaze on Sunday.
Work will be pushed ou the Douglnu
creek placers.
The Union Pacific is opening a newcoal "
mine at Almy.
Cattle fccales have been put in at Hock
creek station.
( Same is abundant in nil sections of Wy
oming thin year.
Cunnison county is building a $3,000
{ ail and § 1,800 hospital.
The _ approximate daily output of the
Lcodville mines Is 1,070 tons.
Ore from the Endomile mine is rich in
brittle and antimonial silver.
The transfers of coal laud on Hay creek
during last month amounted to $85,000.
The Wyoming Territorial Library has
added 2,500 volumes during the past year.
1'leasure parties for the full campaign
of hunting and fishing are beginning to
ariive.
A miner in the Honk Springs mines wan
recently M > seriously injured that amputa
tion of a leg was necessary.
Forty-seven miles of the third rail ia
now laid between Denver and I'ueblo , and
the grading is all done between thu
Springs and I'ueblo.
Arrangements are being nindc.it Carbon
for n largely increased output of coal the
coining winter , the yield of the mines there
probably doubling what it has e\er been
heretofore. "
The Granger branch has twenty-live W
miles of track laid , about 100 miles graded V.
and is laying track at the rate of one and
one-half miles per dav , Its surveyors tire
also working in the Wood river country.
UTAH.
Ogden has its building boom.
The Sai.jieto ATalley railroad is expected
to be running by the 15th.
The Presbyterians have engaged sixteen f
new teachers and ministers for Utah.
( traders are i-till pushing work in Par
ley's Canyon. A long portion of the grade
is ready for the ties.
The damage to the road up American
Fort Canyon by the storms hiht week
imounts to about § 1,000. %
Two stacks of the Horn Silver smelter ,
.t Fraiiklyn , are running constantly , ami
there will soon be started up.
Uriel : arc selling in Salt Lake at from
> 7.50 to $8 per thousand , and the makers
ire unable to supply the demand.
The graders on the Lehi extension are at
vork nearly fifty miles out on the line , ami
are pushing work in a lively wny.
A canal is to be built to carry water
'rom Snake liver , at a point ju-t below
he mouth of Haft river , to irrigate thu
ifio.se Creek valley , which will bring an
nimen-o amount of god land under cul
.ivation.
The ( treat llain mine , Stockton , is
L-ccping up its Kplcndld recoid : IH an ere
iroduciT , and its Hhii.ments to Malt Lake
ire very large. The ere is bringing good
> riccs and the mine is making money for
U fortunate owners. According to re
cent ( . ' "timate-H then ; aio at lea-t L'0,000
: mis in Hght ,
COLORADO.
( ireeley bids forC'olormio'xcapital.
Colorado ha < nv about 10,000 milex of
million biicU will be inamifuc-
turul this ( -ea > on in I'ucblo.
The Denver , Wcolern k I'acitio has laid
vi n miles of trauk noith of Denver , ami
is pushing track laying ahf.ui at the rate
of one mile a day.
A rich i-trikc of c-hloriik'beuiing me luii
been mailo in the llcnritttn mine. The
mineral a-say.s oni' thoiifimil oimi.-tH to the
ton , nnil cxifth in a large body ,
Too Fastidious
Some wouUMxi llyious look on with ( lis
t-not
At the rhyme * of Keb-etiio Oil "poet ; "
Hut we have the be t article known to thu
world ,
And intend that all pert-onHxhall know it.
It rules coughs , cohU , asthma and cit : -
t in ill ,
Hrnnchiti * and complaint * * of thatkinil ;
It does not eo.-t much , though ilu-uinuticH
it ClllVr.
'Tis bent Oil in the world \ < > n can tiud ,
Jll-eodlw
GREATEST UEMEDY KNOWN.
Dr. King's Now Discovery for Consumption -
sumption is certainly thu grcatcbt
medical remedy over placed within the
reach of suffering humanity. Thou
sands of oiico helpless sufferers , uovr
loudly proclaim tiieir praise for this
wonderful discovery to which they
owe their lives , Not only does it post- S.
lively euro Consumption , but Coughs , > *
Colds , Asthma , Bronchitis , I lay
Fever , Hoarseness and all directions of
the Throat , Chest and Lungs yields
at once to its wonderful curative pow
er as if by magic , Wo do nut ask you
to buy u largo bottle unless you know
what you iso getting. Wo therefore
earnestly request you to call on your
druggists , Isn it SIcM.uioy , and get a.
trialbottio free of cost which will con
vince the most skeptical of its wonder
ful merits , and show you what a regu
lar onu dollar sizu bottlu will do. For
sale by Ish & McMahoji. (4) )