THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA , THURSDAY , JANUARY 24 , 1884.
THE OMAHA BEE.
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THE BEE PUBLISHIM CO , , PROPS ,
B. KOSEWATBR. Editor.
FOR levying taxes the Omnhn council
inkos the cnko.
is ono thing that wator-gas excels -
cols in , mid that is in propelling balloon .
Tun republicans of Iowa will hold their
state convention to elect dolcqntcs to the
national convention on the 7th of May.
No NEW telegraph company was or
ganized yesterday. What is going to
hnppcn ? It must have boon a cold day.
MIL KUYSER still has the floor , not
withstanding the Jtepubllaan saya ho
"road butid not say very much while
ho stood. "
FBEDUIB GBIIUKRUT paid 512,000 for n
colt the other day. The question is
whether Freddie will break the colt , or
the colt break Froddio.
JAMES Nurr , who was declared emo
tionally insane on Monday by n Pennsyl
vania jury , has fully recovered , and is
now as sane as any member of the jury.
TjiuMnino republican convention to
nominate a candidate for governor and
elect delegates at largo to the national
convention will bo hold at Augusta , April
20th.
IT is now definitely settled that Abe
Hewitt will not attend the reception to
bo given next week by Hon. Lionel Corn-
Willis Sackvillo West , minister of her
Brittani cmngcsty.
VENNOR has provided us with a Feb
ruary weather progatn mo , but his Janu
ary guesses have shot so far from the
mark that our confidence in Yonnor is
weakened and all bats are declared off.
GOVERNOR SHERMAN , of Iowa , wants
the women of lowato vote. If Governor
Sherman hod liyod in Utah and Wyo
ming a few years ho would probably re
vise his opinion ot purifying politics
through woman suffrage.
No OFI-ENSE is taken when TJIE BEE
mentions a councilman as being con
nected with a job or a steal , but when it
charges that ho was a stockholder in the
defunct Omaha Union , it becomes a
fiorious matter , and is considered ground
for a libel suit.
A cmiUT deal of inquiry is now being
made concerning the presidential prefer
ences of prominent persons. But few
persons of prominence are willing to di
vulge their presidential preferences.
Most of them are on the fence ready to
jump off on the side of the winning man.
are horrified to learn that a mem
ber of the council threatens a libel suil
against this paper because wo connected
his name with the ownership of stock in
a newspaper abortion , which was made
the official organ. Wo don't blame the
gentleman n bit.
EVERY time a man gains notoriety
committing some terrible crime , whether
justifiable or not , the museum man is
promptly on hand with an offer. tiorgoanl
Mason is now on exhibition in a Pliila
dolphia museum , and James Nutt had
hardly boon acquitted before ho received
an oiler to put himself on exhibition.
THE grammatical dude of the Jlcjnibll
can tolls us that the newspapers o
Omaha , ten years ago , were "amply ado
quato. " If the redundant verdant , who
prides himself so much upon his gram
mar , would lay aside his syntax and pic ]
up his dictionary , ho would make himsol
more intelligible and loss ridiculous. Ho
picked up all ho knows in some littl
country grammar school. Grammar wil
bo the death of him some day. JPoo
thing , ho needs milk.
THE consumers of gas in Omaha uhoulc
carefully road the article on high gas bill
which is reproduced in our local column
ram the New York Jloenlng J'ost. The ,
will find in that article a solution of th
mystery of how gas bills have lately boon
swelling in size although the consump
tion has not boon increased and the rate
are lower. Before this article roacho
Omaha the editor of Tun BKB oxpresscc
to Mr. Fulconer almost the idontica
view * presented by the Jtvcnlng Pos
regarding the effect of water gas upon
metres and burners. Water gas being s
much lighter than coal gas , it natural !
follows that the burners , which ur
adapted to coal gas , are altogether to
Urge for water gas , the proasuro from th
latier being so much greater. A reduction
tion In the size of the burners will doubl
lew result in a reduction of the gas bill
without decreasing the power of the light
It is not to the interest of the gas com
pnU * to instruct their r trons how to
reduce th Ir bills , and Omfa is no ox
copllcn to the rule.
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TIIKXKW11A.XR.
For domothlnff llko n years Mr. Edward
Roeowfttor IIM boon cngncocl In jnibllnmnB t.
newspaper In Ihu city. For ft much loiifror
t'mo ' Mr. EzntMUInnl has been nn Omaha
imnkor ot acknowledged ulurowdnosii , capacity
and Judgement. When Mr. Kowwaier em
barked In journalism 1m had no money , no
education to upcnk of , nml wan in no wny fitted ,
no far ns ouUldo circumstance * are concerned ,
to achieve success In the profession ho liad
adopted. In ft newspaper way ho occupied , at
that time , ft barren field. Omaha w i n small
nnd n not conspicuously successful dty.and the
newspapers which It had were nniply ade
quate. If nny biiMncm man of common sense
had been asked what ho thought tof Mr. Hose-
water's venture , the answer would have boon
that ItVM simply nonsense.
There Is no hank In this city to-day with a
capital of o\cr$2oOOOOand In the past ten
yeirs , during which o\ cry other Interest has
doubled or trebled , the bushier of banking
has by no moan * Increased proportionately
that ii to say , while the vojumo of business
has undoubtedly Increased , the number of
banks has not kept pace. Notwithstanding
the universal depression In business circlew
have banks In Omaha for whoso stock hai boon
offered S2.10 on the dollar , nnd the holdon
have refused to noil. This seems to demon-
utriUo the ability of the city to support an
other bauksu.h ns Mr. J'zra Millard purposes
to start. JltpiAhean.
There are none so blind as these who
will not see. The Jicpublican persists
i throwing personalities into a question
uroly financial and economic , and were
ro compelled to moot the issue as it is
orccd upon us. When Edward Rose-
valor embarked in journalism , ho had
inplo moans for publishing a small af-
ornoon daily , and if the concern lud
ot boon destroyed by fire during the
rat year ho would have met with no cm-
arrassmont. His capacity , measured
y the amateur standard , may have boon
ory small , but the success ho has
chiovcd shows that thirteen years ox-
erionco in the school of practical tolo-
rapy , coupled with reportorial worker
or Chicago , St. Louis nnd Now York
ailiou , gave him a better education for
ournalism than can bo obtained by four
r five years attendance in third-rate
ountry academy.
When THE BEE waa started there was
.0 uftornoon paper in Omaha , and the
lankot morning dailies did not fill the
ublic want. Eight afternoon ventures
ave been started since THE BEE
as occupied the field , nnd every one
as failed. The editor of thf > Jtcpublican
amo from Fremont with ample capital
rival THE BEE , but ho found no pa-
ronago for his afternoon shoot , which
o soon laid away in the journalistic
ravoyard. There is no more need of
nether bank in Omaha at the present
imo than there is of another daily pa-
or , or another opera house. It Li true
hot 8250,000 ii the highest capital of
ny Omaha bank , but it is notorious that
t [ least two of our banks .havo availa-
) lo capital ranging from $500,000
o 31,000,000. The reason why the cap-
Lal stock has boon kept low is to avoid
axntion , but the capital is there and til-
wayn will bo. It is not true that the
number of banks has not kept pace with
ho growth of Omaha , Within less than
wo years wo have added the Nebraska
National , the Savings bank , and two pri
vate banks , besides a loan and trust com-
lany , which docs a largo business. These
mnks , together with the old established
concerns , certainly afford all the facilities
or banking which Omaha will need for
.ho . uoxt ton years , no matter how much
iho grows. The public interest is sub
served by solid and prosperous institu-
ions rather than by a largo number of
> oorly patronized banks.
Right hero lot us state that our views
on the propriety of establishing another
> ank in Omaha have not boon inspired or
suggested by bankers or othorjiutorostod
mrties. Our conclusions ate such as would
jo reached by any practical business man
who has given the subject duo consider
ation. Since our expression upon this
matter has called forth some discussion
wo have taken pains to ascertain the
relative standing of Omaha and other
cities in the banking business. By
reference to the bank directories it will
bo found that the capital and surplus of
the five national banks of Omaha aggregate -
gate $1,341,500. It is fair to estimate
the aggregate capital of our throe private
banks at $75,000. That would make
the agqrcgato banking capital of Omaha ,
81,410,500. , The city f St. Joseph ,
Missouri , with a population of very
nearly the same as Omaha and a very
heavy jobbing business , supports two
national banks with an aggregate capital
and surplus of $200,000 , and throe in
corporated banks with an aggregate cap
ital of $300,300 , making the total bank
ing capital for St. Joseph , $500,300.
Doa Molnes , the largest nnd wealthiest
city of Iowa , is a great money center.
That city has five national banks with
an aggregate capital of $1,085,000.
Her four private banks , added to
the national banks , swell the
total banking capital of DCS Moiues
to $1,35C,000. The city of Denver has
at least 15,000 more population than
Omaha , and in point of wealth is far
ahead of this city. Denver has five na
tional banks , with an aggregate capital of
$1,440,000 , and two state banks with
$177,000 , making a total of $1,017,000
banking capital. Kansas City has a pop.
illation of over 30,000 more than Omaha ,
and her commercial transactions more
than treble these of Omuha. That
city has two national banks with aggregate -
gate capital of $705,000 , and five state
and private banks , with an aggregate capi
tal of $2,131,000 , making tbo total capital
of Kansas City banks $2,890,000. And
now lot us look at Chicago , the second
commercial metropolis in America , and
the greatest grain and cattle market in
the world , with a population more than
twelve times that of Omaha. Chicago
with nil lior wealth and population has
only thirteen national banks and fifteen
state and pm ate banking houses. The
thirteen national banks of Chicago liavo a
capital of $14,382,000 , and the private
banking capital is not made public.
Summarised , the above shows the fol.
lowing facU : There are three moro
banks in Omaha than there
are in St. Joieyh , and the banking
capital of Omaha ia over $900,000
moro than that of St. Joseph. Omaha has
as rainy national banks ns Dos Moincs ,
and abou * the same number of private
banks , with moro than $100,000 of bank
ing capital in oxccsi of DCS Mionos. Omaha
as the same number of national banks
s Denver , nnd ono more private bank ,
mt Denver has nearly $200,000 moro
anking capital. This is not nt all
urprising ns Denver is n much larger
, nd wealthier city. Omaha has throe
wore national banks than Kansas City.
, nd the whole number of banks in Kan-
as City is no greater than the number
Omaha , although her banking capital
about $1,500,000 larger than that of
) maha. In Chicaga there is ono nn
.ional bank to every 60,000 people. In
Omaha there is ono to every 10,000. No
tlicr comparison can bo made between
Omaha nnd Chicago ns there is no coin
lariaon between the commerce of the
wo cities. It is oafo to say that Chicago
OOH moro business in ono dny than
Omaha does in n whole year , nnd yol
Omaha is n very prosperous nnd growing
ity , nnd will compare favorably will
.ny other city of equal population
> Vith all thcso facts before us , will nny
ntolligont person contend that Omnho
iccds another bank.
KSYSKll'S KONVNDRVM8.
About three weeks ngo a communica
ion signed "Oscar Koysor , " waa rocoiv
sd from Bellevue , Nebraska. Mr. Key
, or addressed some very pointed and per
incut questions to the Omaha Organ o :
the Union Pacific , and they were pub1
ishod in THE BEE withoutcomment. Newt
t happens that the party who had writ
on this communication signed the name
> f Oscar Koysor without nuthority. Mr
ICoysor , fearing the wrath of the rnilroat
bosses , has como forward to doin
.hat . ho had written the nrticlo
n question , to the great doligh
nnd relief of the brass-collaret
gentry. No sooner hnd Koysor dcniec
.ho . paternity of these naughty canun
drums than the Lincoln Journal , whicl
Always yelps and barks loudest in th
nonopoly kennel , sot up n howl over the
10-callod forgery , nnd Koysor's conun
drums are pronounced "more than usual
ly idiotic. " The Omaha Republican
promptly takes up the refrain as follows
'Oscar Koyaor rose but did not say very
much while ho stood. Ho ought to have
nstitutod a little investigation , especial
y so when THE BEE scorned so slightly
concerned over the forgery of the gentle
man's name , and the deception practiccc
upon itself. "
Mr. Oscar Koysor need not bo asham
cd of having his name appcndci
to the article which is pronouncec
ao unusually idiotic. The author , whoever
over he may bo , is neither n fool nor an
idiot , nnd may bo pardoned for the impo
sition and so-called forgery. For th
benefit of the Siamese twins , the Jtcpub
llcan and Journal , wo herewith repro
duce Keyset's conundrums and ask their
to point cut wherein they are "mor
than usually idiotic : "
BELLVUE , Nob. , January 3,1884. Ii
to-day's Republican I notice in its eel
torial columns a letter concerning rail
road extortions , and comment , as mad
by the editor of that concern , statin
that the Republican wanted to got a
the truth of the business. Now , 1 hav
few questions to propound to tha
establishment , and a further curiosity t
know whether they will ovndo thorn i
the same inconsiderate manner as the
have the gentleman from Tokamah. T
bo brief :
1. Why can a merchant secure a car
load of freight cheaper from Baltimore
Maryland , to Omahn , than from Oraah
to Sidney , in this state ?
2. Why is it merchants of Pupillioi
and Springfield can haul their iroi h
cheaper by wagon than by the Union Pu
cifio and Missouri Pacific railroads ?
3. What is the reason the Burlington
fc Missouri will not receive froightfor intermediate
tormodiato stations along its line whoi
shipped by way of the Missouri Pacific t
Louisville {
4. Why is it some groin dealers can ob
tain a rate one-third oil' when other
have to pay the fixed price ?
5. Why is it they withhold amount
duo the vnrious road districts , and plac
it in the hands of men who thus got fat
on this now method of working out rail
road road-tax ?
( i What is the reason the last legislature
turo didn't talio up this railroad question
and handle it for the benefit of tfio pee
plol
7. Why do congressmen , judges , edit
ors and members of the legislature rid
on annuals ?
8. Can you inform the people of No
braska why it is there is not ono cent o
taxes collected on over 400 miles of side
track in this state ?
9. Do you know why it costa moro t
send a bushel of corn from Albion , Boon
county , to Omaha , about 150 miles , tha :
it does from Omaha to Chicago , near !
000 miles ?
10. Why is it the railroads run the po !
itics of the western counties throug
which their road passes ?
11. Why waa it they discharged nnum
bor of their conductors and loft a fou
odor around their names , then to tur
around and make the biggest thief amen
them a railroad superintendent ]
12. Why is it they control state con
volitions by the aid of their henchmen
and allow John M , Thurston and Olios
J. Qrcono to asauino who shall bo th
successful men.
SOMEBODY by the name of Dobba ha
boon appointed register of the Beatric
land ollico. When was Dobbs a mombo
of the Nebraska legislature , and whoi
did ho support for United States senator
If ho has not served in the legislature
why this abrupt departure from cstab
lishcd precedent ?
Dit. UTTER adjudges John Brown
have been "a felonious poltroon , an im
poster , and an assassin ; " Senator Ingall
declares him to have been "a hero ,
patriot , and a martyr. " Both of thos
great debaters nro partly correct. Brow
was a border ruflian , inspired by grea
liato towards slavery and slave holders
Ho was not by any means a poltroon
becauio ho know no fear. In his bor
or struggle ho wns sometimes compelled
o play the impostor on the ground that
lie end justified the means. In his
immature effort to wipe out slavery ho
lad to become an assassin nnd that made
lira a hero nnd a mnttyr.
Jt'noE PAYSON , of Illinois , predicts
hat Logan will have Illinois ns solid in
ho next convention ns Grant had it in
ho last. Judge Pnyson forgets that
irant didn't have Illinois solid in the
ast convention. It was packed for him
> y Logan , but the convention omtod
moro than one-third of the Illinois dele-
pates who had no rightful claim to scats ,
nnd Blaine delegates took their places.
\\'jsr \ \ OF Tin : MISSOURI.
There are n number of railroad rumors
loathly through the Dress of the state ,
which cannot bo traced to any reliable
source. Surveying parties nro skipping
around lively , nnd the speculative tlior
momctor rise rapidly with their approach
to n town only to fall flat the moment
they move nwny. The cold weather has
no apparent effect on thcso chain gangs.
They nro ns deaf ns posts to appeals for
information , and they leave a trial of
mystery everywhere.
The Croighton Pioneer recently stum
bled onto n scheme which convinces it
that the Union Pacifiic has its hawk eye
on Knox county. "Wo nro not
phophot , " says The Pioneer , "but ven
ture the nssoition the the Union Pacific
company intend to build n branch from
Norfolk north , nnd that it will run
through Knox county aomowhcro between -
twoon Croighton nnd Hnrtington , nnd
probably follow up the Elkhorn as far
north ns township 32 , range 2 or 3 west ,
to intersect the largo tract of land re
cently purchased by the Union Pacific
company in this county , ns railroads us
ually have n purpose in purchasing such
largo tracts of land.
"Tho question arises , what docs the
Union Pacific railroad company want ol
20,000 or 25,000 acres of land in Knox
county , if they nro not going to utilize it
some way. Should the Union Pacific
company build a railroad into Knox
county the coming season , it will cause
the rapid settlement of the county. "
The plans mapped out by the fertile
and far-seeing brain of Mr. A. E. Touza-
lin , when manager of the B. & M. rail
road in Nebraska , are being carried out
to the letter. Thcao included besides the
Denver line , the short cut from Hastings
southwest , now being built , the extension
to Nebraska City and that to. Nemaha
City , through Nemaha , Johnson nnd Gage
counties , both of which are completed.
The last link in this great system of rail
way , which cover the South Platte coun
try like n spider's wed , will bo a second
bridge over the Missouri river at either
Nebraska City , Rule or Nomaha City.
The coii.pany have already secured a
charter for a bridge at Nebraska City ,
which will doubtless bo utilised at an ear
ly day. Senator Von Wyck recently in
troduced a bill in congress for a bridge nl
Rule , which , it appears , is intended also
for the B. & M. The company engineers
have been engaged at this point for some
time past searching for rock bottom ii
the river bod. On the cast side they
have found a firm , rock bottom at a
depth of about ono hundred nnd thirty
foot. They are now nt work on the wesi
side and will soon ascertain nt what doptl :
the piers for the bridge will have to go ,
It is generally believed , and appears to
bo the opinion of the employes of the
railroad company , that a splendid bridge
will bo stretched across the river at thai
point during the coming summer. If such
be the case , the distance from St. Louis ,
Kansas City and Chicago to the moun
tains would bo reduced to a minimum.
This would not seriously injure any of the
northern towns on the B. & M. , as they
derive no particular benefit from through
traffic , which would naturally go over the
lower and shorter route.
There is considerable excitement in al !
the mining camps over the reports from
the Coour d'Alono ( pronounced Corda-
lone ) mountains in northern Idaho. As
usual the reports are highly coloicd for
the reason that the few persona who
have returned from there were too en
thusiastic to bo disentorcstod. A gentle
man who visited that region last summer
and who staked a claim , informed the
writer that ho did not BOO nny extraordi
nary riches thoro. Ho lomainod there
several weeks , buc fearing the severity
of a winter in the mountains , ho returned
to civilisation after disposing of his claim
for n trifle. Ho believes a syndicate of
minors are engineering a big boom for a
region almost inaccessible and that the
railroads and towns adjacent are assisting
by highly colored accounts of the wcaltl
to bo found there. The only wny to
reach that camp in winter ia by snow
shoes , and nil nocossarics of life , prin
cipally bacon , flour nnd whisky must bo
carried by pack muloa. There arc no
wagon roads yet and the beat route ia
fiom the west sido. It is believed that
there will bo 30,000 people in the dig
gings the coming summer. Already
minors are gathering in towns along the
line of the Northern Pacific , awaiting
favorable weather in the spring to ( re
into the El Dorado , and many of thi
most fearless and hardy have braved tb <
ctorms of the mountain passes and are
already on the ground building cabins
and making preparations for ear y spring
operations. As an offset to this con
sorvntivo report , the following letter
from a minor will show the golden sid
of the picture : "To begin with , it is th
richest thing I ever saw. I have taken
in all the mining camps on the coast
There are only three or four claims open
as yet. In what is called the Widows
claim they clean up from $100 to $176
per day with oiiht ; men at work. There
are two miners in the gang ; the rest are
hay pitchers. The other claims make
about $5 or $10 per day. Now the bed
rock is frozen so hard that they don't
got one-half of the gold. It boats any
thing 1 ever saw. All the hills arounc
will run from 20 cents up , to the pan.
Five hundred foot above the creek the
best claims , so far , are on Prichord
creek. It is located for twenty miles.
A lot of Loadvillo mining men came in
lately. After looking the mines over
they laid out a tow n for over n mile in
length. Freight ia $20 per $100 pounds.
For forty miles the river is full of boats
fro/on in with goods mostly whisky , "
The Utah & Northern railway contin
ues to have all the freight business it can
handle , in Montana , though the pansen
gor travel is light. The liberal policy of
ho road In the matter of reductions on
salt , etc. , has made it many friends in
ho Butte district , nnd the uniform cour-
osy of the local managers has still fur-
her added to its popularity with the peo-
> lo. While the present policy is contin-
i d , both the company nnd the common
mity nro benofittod. The success of the
Jtnh & Northern railroad and the fact
hat it is the best paying branch line of
.ho Union Pacific or nny other system in
.lint country , ia a strong ndvcrtisomcnt
'or the great camp of Butto.
Cattle stealing in Iho ranges of the
west has reached sufficient proportions to
alarm stock men , The different nssocia-
; 5ona have employed men whoso special
duty is to watch all places whore cattle
nro sold , especially the slaughter Louses ,
ind butcher shops of the towns and cities.
Several noted thieves have boon recently
: un down in 'Wyoming and Colorado , and
they will bo vigorously prosecuted by the
cattlemen. There was a time when the
loss of a cow or two was considered too
Lrifling to investigate. The thieves grow
bolder , nnd thefts bccnmo of so common
occurrence thnt thn cattlemen throw ofl
their indifference nnd began to keep n
lookout for prowlers. Stock stealing can
never bo entirely stopped , but n few proa-
pcutiona now and then will do much to
intimidate the robbora.
-
Repreaontativo Smith , of the Wyoming
legislature proposes to inaugurate radi
cal changes in the jury system of the ter
ritory , provided a majority of that body
agree with him. Ho proposes to abolish
the professional juror , who make n living
by hanging around the court houses oi
the country. Too ignorant to read or
too old for any other occupation , they
generally provort justice through incom
petence not to say corruption. Fifty or
seventy-five years ngo the jury isystum , ns
nt present constituted , was ndmirnblo.
Men were moro equal in character nnd
intelligence nnd homogeneous in nation
ality. Now the condition of affairs ia
changed radically. Seven or eight na
tionalities nro found in nearly every com
munity ; and oven moro in , the woat. Aa
many nationalities as there arc , there
nro moro dcgrcca of intelligence nnd char
acter. The result is that men of neither
good judgement nor too much honesty
mo on the juries everywhere.
Mr. Smith's remedy ia to elect a num
ber of men , Bay ono in every .ton voters ,
from whom both grand and petit jurora
are to bo choaen.itli double the pay of
jurors at present. The privilege of chal
lenge to bo limited , especially the per
emptory challenge of twenty-four jurors
by the prisoner in a criminal case. Ho
would also do away with the foolish cur
riculum of questions to a juror , as , "if ho
had over heard or road of this case , " and
others equally nonsensical. By this
means it ia behoved jurors could bo secured -
cured from the sensible , observing ,
thinking , honest men. There will then
bo more justice and fewer appeals and
expensive delays.
The Denver & Now Orleans railroad
company has brought suit against the
Union Pacific in the United States cir
cuit court of Colorado , for $1,000,000
damages alleged [ to have boon sustained
by the former through the refusal ef the
latter to pro rate with it on the same
terms ai with the Rio Grande. The
Now Orleans road haa been driven to the
verge of bankruptcy by the opposition
roads , but its grit and fighting qualities
were so effective that all barriers hereto
fore erected have been leveled to the
ground. The present action ia based on
the fact that the Union Pacific Railway
company charge the Denver & Now Or
leans the same tariff from Denver to
Omaha as is charged to nhippois on the
Denver & Rio Grande from Pueblo to
Omaha. This charge necessitates the
Denver & Now Orleana to carry freight
for nothing from Pueblo to Denver , or
olao refuse to take freight consigned to
points on the line of the Union Pacific.
The Denver & Now Orleans state that
the loss they have sustained , with the
damage done to that line by reason of
being unable to ship freight over the
Union Pacific ia $1,000,000 , nnd for thnt
sum they sue.
A case covering similar points , in
which the Denver it Now Orleans is
plaintiff and the Atchison , Topeka it
Santa Fo defendant , is now before the
United States supreme court , and the
former company , anticipating a verdict
in its favor , started the preacnt ono to
replenish its treasury at an early day.
Sheridan at West Point.
General Ilideaii , ID February Century.
A vacancy occurring at Wcat Point
when ho waa 17 , Sheridan applied to the
member of congress from his district for
the appointment. The answer inclosed
his warrant as cadet , and directed him to
report at Weat Point , Juno 1 , 1848. Ho
brushed up his spelling and graniniar.and
passed his preliminary examinations with-
our trouble. When ho entered the acad
emy ho know nothing of algebra , geome
try or any of the higher branches of
study. But Cadet Henry W. Slocum ,
ainco major general of volunteers and
member of congress from Now Yoik , wns
his room mate. Slocum waa nn indus
trious , hard-working student , and from
him Sheridan derived much assistance ,
especially in the solution of knotty
points in algebra. The two boys were
very much in earnest , and after taps ,
when the lights were put out and every
cadet wns expected to remain in bed ,
Slocum and bheridan were in the habit
of hanging a blanket over the window ,
and then lighting their lamp and pursu
ing their studios. At the first examina
tion Slocum wont up towards the head
of the class , and Sheridan stood several
files higher than ho had expected with
his disadvantage.
In 1852 , in his graduating year , he
had aomo trouble of a belligerant sort
with another cadet , which resulted in his
suspension. Ho thought at the time the
punishment was unjust , but riper exper
ience convinced him that the authorities
were right and ho was wrong. Ho was
suspendid for a year , after which ho
joined the class of 1853 , and in this ho
wns graduated.
Coal.
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WHOLESALE SUll'FERS AND DEALEIIS IN
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II. B. LOCKWOOD ( formerly of Lockwood & Draper ) Chicnjro , Man-
nger of the Ten , Cigar and Tobacco Departments. A full line of
nil grades of above : also pipes and smokers' articles carried in
stock. Prices and snmplps furnished on application. Open
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J. A , WAKEFIELD ,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IK
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PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING
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BEND FOR PRICE LIST AND SAMPLES.
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( ( SUCCESSORS TO KENNAUD DUOS. & CO. )
Druggists
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