Nebraska Newspapers

    UAJLJUX JBJKE JUUDAY APRIL 10 , 1885
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AOCORDINO to the Herald it was trca-
uon to the democratic ticket for any tlem-
ocrnt'ti lag behind and fall to work for
Boyd , bat It was not trcoion for Mr.
Boyd , member of the national democratic
committee , to neil out nndtrado oil half
of the d moctatlo city ticket to Insure
liia own election.
AIEU getting hla own man Friday ,
JaokniiD , ta telegraph to the Lincoln
Journal that the Nebraska city and Lin
coln rings of the disgruntled democrats
woll-nigh defeated Boyd , Dr. Miller asks
in the JlcraUl , "What does this mom ? "
The doctor proponnda a conundrum to
hinnolf , nnd then ho wants somebody
else to answer it.
WE repeat it again that James E. Boyd
is not olootod by the honest of thin qjty.
If ho takes his scat ho does BO by bribery ,
fraud , wholoialo pot jury and corruption.
Ho will not do it with his eyes closed
either , for ho knows what moans iroro
lined. There wore no leas than five hun
dred votes cist for him by men who had
no right to vote In Omaha , and by re-
psators who voted on dead men's
names. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
BoYD'6 letter was Boyd's. best cam
paign document. Don't burn it. Hcr-
aUl.
aUl.No
No , indeed , wo will not burn It. Wo
want to keep It ai n memento of Boyd'a
monumental concoll-nnd his lamentable
wont of discretion. The Idea of a man
who wants to bo senator writing such a
letter and making a confidant of J.'B. J.
Ryan. If anything was needed to show
the soft spot in Bayd'a composition that
letter does it.
AN expression WAS made in the edito
i. . rial on the election of Mr. Boyd and the
good mon chosen to the ojty council in
the llerald yesterday morning which
. soemd to cist reflection upon the "citi
zens" movomont. It was not so Intended
.13 is oloowhero shovn In the paper this
morning. llerald.
This sort of crawfishing and apology
may do for the decoy ducks that worked
the citizens movement , but It will not
satisfy the republican business mon , who
were snared Into Miller and Bpyd's dragnet -
not for the glorification of the democratic
boEaos.3 _
Tuu lower houao of the legislature of
Illinois has done one good thing at least
during its several months' stesion. It
1ms pasted a bill providing that employes
shall bo paid in cash for tholr cervices
and not in trade. It is to bo hoped that
the donate will concur , as tills law has
long been needed In Illinois , where it haa
been the custom of rnlno-ownera to
pay the mlncrj In orders on their own
storec , thus compelling them to take tholi
pay in trade and submit to extortionate
prices. This Eystom has been nothing
moro nor leas than robbery , and hae
made slaves out of the minors. The Bye-
torn haa also been practiced to some ex
tent in other branches < of indnttry. whore
largo numbers of workmen are employed.
Its nbollahmont will not only prove bene
ficial to the wprklnqmcn , but it will put
an end to the monopoly stores of the
employers and allow competition In trade ,
which will result In cheaper prices ,
Tlioro are other states in which such o
law as that contemplated by Illinois IE
needed.
IN its desperate attempt to justify it *
uncalled-for bolt of the republican tiekol
the Omaha Republican rceortu to pottl.
fogglnq and falsehood. Even admitting
for moro argument's sake that our strlo-
turos upon Governor Dawcs and our op
position to the election of Laird and
Weaver wore wrong , the Jtepullican ,
whoso principal proprietor la chairman of
the republican state central committee ,
can not justify ito support of James 13.
Boyd for mayor. But when that papoi
charges that the BEE supported Morton
for governor it utterj a malicious
barefaced falsehood. It Is a notorious
rious fact that oar editorials against
Motion wore published by every rcpub <
llcan paper la the state , Including the
Omaha llcpublloan , and 100,000 coploi
vvnra struck of ! in the JLiepttblican jol
oflico and circulated as .campaign docu
ments all over Nebrukt. The BEI
has never pretended , and , does not now
pretend to bo the organ of the ropubllcac
party. Its principles are republican , atic
.whoa the party nominations an
inado by republicans Instead o ;
.railroad hirelings It aupporta them ,
But the HepuUloati hoa sol
Itiolf np as being the official organ of the
paitr. Casper E. Yoat , 1U male pro
prietor , la chairman of the state central
committee. As long an he holds Uwl
position , he U In honor and duty bound ,
not only to support the tarty nominees ,
but tn uso.vU honorablemoans , to secure
their olootlou. When be faih to do so ,
and hla paper goes over to the enemy , he
Incomes a Inltcr to tha paitjr nnd com
mits a breach of tnut which Is simply
Infamous , ' All the quibbling and lying
which the Republican may do oannot restore -
store U to the couQdanffl of republican.
IDOYD'S SPEECH.
Mr. James E. Boyd , mayor-elect , made
a serenade speech , which like nil other
his other speeches was carefully prepared -
pared and ready to deliver to the re
porters before it was delivered to hla ad-
mlrora. According to Boyd there waa
only ono Isino In this campaign , and that
was whether troops wore to bo employed
n Omaha to suppress riot , and whether
10 was justified in putting Omaha under
martial lav when ho was mayor three
years ago. Mr. Boyd declared , with his
usual bombsat , that ho made no mistake
hrco years ago , nnd that to him Is duo
.ho honor and glory of giving confidence
to onr people and prosperity to our olty.
iVhy did not Mr. Boyd plant him-
iclf g/juaroly on this platform before
.ho election ! Had ho done ao Instead of
resorting to donblo'dcallng palaver with
working men It would have burled him
under a mountain of dissenting votes.
It Boyd had delivered that serenading
ipotch before the olooiion Murphy would
have beaten him a thousand votes with
out lifting his hand. There Is no poll-
leal capital to bo made out of this matter
no tr , bub wo repeat what wo have BO often
said , publicly and privately , that Boyd's
conduct in calling for troops three years
ago was an outrage upon the people of
this city and a robbery of the tax payers
of this state who had to foot the bills for
his moral cowardice. Think of a valiant
mayor who vaunts himeclf on his gr nt
braveryslttlng In his carriage looking from
Kountzo's hill down upon the dump to
BOO an expected conflict between the po-
Ice and the working pooplo. In the
Drat place ho violated his duty by im
porting ipolico from Plattsmouth when
: iis own police had done nothing to sup
press the trouble , and In the next place
lie was too cowardly to face the work-
ngmon himself and order thorn to dis
perse as ho 'was In ' duty bound. Ho
made no attempt to arrest any of the
ringleaders , but Induced the sheriff ,
whom ho had not even asked to assist In
maintaining order nnd arresting the dis
turbers of the peace , to join in a lying
dispatch to the governor , stating that
they had exhausted all tholr authority
and wore Incapable of suppress
ing n dangerous insurrection. Suppose
Mr. Boyd was mayor of Chicago ,
how often would ho have to call for
troops ? Hardly a day passes without
some labor trouble occurring in that city
of much moro foimldablo proportions
than that in Omaha some three years
ago. How does Mr. Boyd justify the oc
cupancy of Omaha with troops for two
weeks in the face of the fact that three
days after the trouble on the dump , and
while the troops were on tholr way and
before they reached hero , perfect order
prevailed , and nobody was molested ? If
there was a dangerous Insurrection in
progress , OB the governor and presi
dent were agvlsod , where waa the insur
rection all that time ? How was It with
the great Missouri Pacific strike a few
weeks ago , which < raachod all the way
from Texas to the Nebraska line ? Did
the mayors of St. Louis , Kansas City and
other towns show the whlto feather and
make arsenals of themselves because
working men were obstructing travel and
traffic ? Instead of proclaiming martial
'law ' and calling on the president for
troops , the governors of Texas , Missouri
and Kansas , called upon the officer. ] cf
the Missouri Pacific to treat with tholr
employes and accede to the reasonable
demands made by them. The railroad
anthoritieu did BO , and the trouble
was over without bloodshed.
Wo defy Mr. Boyd to show another In
stance where a democratic mayor waa
scared out of his boots in a city like
Omaha and called upon a republican gov
ernor to put his city under martial lair.
And yet Mr. Boyd oayj now that ho
made no mistake. Was there no mis
take In his failnro to close the saloone
while the troops were hero , and was there
no mistake tn conniving with the con
cealment of the murderer of Armstrong ]
The ( ruth Is that Mr. Boyd is ono of
these mon who bcliovo themselves Infal
lible. They make no mistakes. They
are like kings and omporora
who never can make mistakes.
But hotr does Mr. Boyd justify to the
busldefm men of Omaha , and particularly
that class who believe ho did not make n
mistake , his alliance in this campaign
with the very men who organized and
led these labor troubles ? Mr. Boyd , foi
the past week , has been cheek by jowl ,
an arm , with Ed Walsh , John Qulnn
and other instigators of turbulence who
were Indicted at his Instance. Mr. Boyd ,
posing as the champion ol law and order ,
and at the came time while ho owes hie
very election to the dirty work of mer
cenary labor agitators , In about
of the game pleca with hli
other false pretenses in thin spring's cam
palgn.
THE last congress finally passed a bill
authorizing the payment of the Frond
spoliation claims , which had boon bofon
congress for many year * . These olaimi
grow out of the treaty entered into be
tween the United States and France it
ISOL In the treaty of 1778 between
these nations , the United States agreed
( a protect the French West India Islands ,
The government , however , did not live
up to the treaty In the ' war which fol
lowed between England aud France , bal
took a neutral ground and violated the
treaty in other ways. During the wan
waged from 1703 to 1800 on the monarch !
of Europe by the French , American
vessels and goods were seized by'priva-
teorimen commissioned by France , and
the claims growing out of these seizures
_ re what nro known as the French spolia
tion claims. In the' treaty entered into
between Franco and the United States in
1801 , Ihey mutually renounced all claims
against ach other , Aq these claims
gatlnst Franco belonged to citizens of
the United t tes vrhcsj goods and
I were totted , it rested with
Utts country to Indemnify them for their
tosses , the United States having assumed
the obligations of Francs when the gov
ernment used these claims to effect a
compromise. These claims amount ,
with Interest , to about $10,000,000. The
special commissioner who has boon ap
pointed to go to Franco and Spain is
Col. Broadhead , of St. Louis , frhoto
sB it will bo to 'bbta'n ' all possible
nformation from the Archives of these
jovornmcnts. The distribution of this
10,000.000 will bring a fortune to quite
Minmberof persona whoso claims amount
bo hundreds of thousands of dollars each ,
while to a largo number of claimant ! It
ill bring smaller sums , ranging from {
$1,000 to $10,000. The claimants of |
course are the descendants of the persona
whoio property was destroyed , and the
majority of them no doubt long ago gave
up all hopes of getting anything. The
persistent efforts , however , of those who
had the largo claims were at last crowned
with auccois , which was to the great tna
ority an unexpected result.
THE BRANDING IRON.
The Herald proposes in the future to
deal with the so-called democrats ; - without
out much regard to persona , who conspire
against tholr own party to strike down
their own mon , oven at the coat of pun
ishing such mon as Boyd who dare to do
tholr'duty ' Intho public service. They
shall bo duly branded at the right tlmo
that the democracy of the state at largo
may know what manner of men tboao
traitors to the democratic party and to
good government are who "wear the liv-
cry t > f heaven to aervo the devil in. "
Herald ,
The crack of the whip of the demo
cratic bees resounds over the land. It
sounds very much like the lash of the
Yankee alavo driver , when ho outdid the
native-born southerner in dominoorlng
and bull-dozing. Those poljtlcal bullwhackers -
whackers propose now to have n regular
round-up. ' They look npon the masa of
the democratic party as a herd of cattle.
They propose to nso the brand "B & M. "
( Burlington & Missouri ) , on the flank ,
and "M. & B. , " ( Miller A Boyd ) on
the nock. Thoao brands , ' of course , will
destingulsh the faithful who nro to be
fattened on political awlll , while the dem
ocratic steers that stray from the herd
are to bo branded with a "D" on the
foroheai aid starved into subjection.
It will bo cither a feast or a famine.
Loyalty to Boyd and Miller means
plenty. Opposition to boss rule moans
the lash and tortura.
But how about the republicans who
voted for Boyd ? Are they to _ bo
branded , with "M" for "Mugwump , "
and are they to bo properly cared for at
the democratic crib ? It would acorn that
a rule is not good unless It works both
ways. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Miss SWEET , the Chicago pension agent ,
who refuses to resign at the request of
Commissioner Black , without some good
and sufficient reason being given , ia
backed up by the represantatlvo "mug
wump" newspapers , the Now York Times
and the Evening Post. President Cleve
land will bo very apt to pay Bomo atten
tion to the protests of these papers. It
is a civil service test and there being a
woman In . the caae , wo predict that
plucky Miss Sweet wity continue to hold
the fort. The Times says :
It Is not easy to see what oxcuao Gen.
Black , the commissioner of pensions , can
give for his coureo which -will seem suffi
cient to the secretary of the interior or to
the president. Ho haa himself officially
admitted that Misa Sweet's case comes
with the class of whom Mr. Cleveland
stated in hla letter to the national ctvil
service reform league that no removals
should bo made merely to make places
for other persons. She is obviously not
an offensive partisan. She has confess
edly filled her oflico well. Her removal
admlta of no explanation other than that
her place is wanted , and the presi
dent has said that no removals should
bo made for any such reason. It ia to
the president's own Intelligence and sense
of public duty that Miaa Snoot appeals
Her case is In no sense political. She
has not hold her place as apartisan , and
has Indeed held it so far against strong
partisan oppoaltion and some not very
honorable plotting on the part of the
politicians of her state. The president
can , and wo have no donbt , will , make
her appeal the occasion of renewing the
evidence of his firm attachment to sound
administrative principles and showing the
country that there is to bo no exception
to his logical application , of them.
ALL this eentlmontal gush about giving
women aud handsome girls employment
around the legislature as clerics is a very
expensive luxury. Aa a rule very few
girls , except these who h&vo been
specially engaged on such work ,
are competent copyists. Moat of the
girls employed during the last ses
sion of the legislature wrote a poor hand
and were very incorrect In their work.
Several Important bills , which coat the
state thousands of dollars ) In perfecting ,
have failed to become laws on account of
clerical errors made by auch incompetent
clorkr. Ono of these bills waa the one
creating the offics of register of deeds
The Intention of the. bill ( was to create
auch office In counties having 15,000 in
habitants , but the bill was engrossed'
as to road 1,500 Inhabitants , and in that
shape it was passed. We believe that
the legislature should employ none but
competent and experienced clerks hero-
after. It may coat a little more , but it
will provo much cheaper in the long run.
TUB question now Is , did Boyd and
Miller vote the citizens' ticket or the
straight democratic ticket ? If they voted
the utralght democratic ticket , then they
are both knaves and hypocrites , because
they claimed that they wera in favor of
throwing overboard the bad men in both
parties and voting a ticket which the ex
tra select commit too pat forward in the
interest of good government. If they
went back on the democratic- ticket and
voted for Stenberg , Long , Hitchcock ,
Bailey n.d Goodman they were rank
tricksters and traitors to the democratic.
parly , and ought to bo branded as suoh.
Will Dr. Miller and James E. Boyd toll
this community which of those two tick-
eta they voted ? They dare not do it.
TUB prohibition wave haa at last
struck Council Blnfli , but as yet the
wave cannot really bo called anything
moro than a gentle ripple. The petition
to the city council , signed by some 400
persons , asking that the saloons bo closed ,
has been "referred , " which probably
moans indefinite postponement. The
council docs not seem disposed to bo tn a
hurry to doprlvo the city of the $24,000
annual revenue that is being derived from
the saloons. Beaidoa , Council Blnffa Is
and always haa boon too much of a fr o-
and-oaay western town , and too near the
Missouri river and Omaha to toke kindly
, o prohibition.
SOUTH CAROLINA has a model civll-
scrvlco bill. Under this law , which is
very stringent- iti provisions , colored
people are entitled to equal accommoda
lions for equal price , and they obtair
thoao accommodations without questioner
or hindrance. There are no separate
cars for colored people on the railway ?
Thoao who pay first clais faro rldo In the
first-class cm , and the so who pay second-
class faro rldo in the second-class cats.
In eomo southern states , turnover , the
colored man is not treated in such an im
partial manner , and probably will not bo
for aorno yoari to come.
IT waa thought that with the conviction
of two of the most export democratic
"fine workers , " the election In Chicago
on Tuesday would pass off without being
tainted with fraud. But It seems that
the Citizens' association was mistaken in
this belief. Not only did the "fine work-
ira" get in their work , but they wont so
far as to break Into a store-room and steal
a ballot-box. - This of course occurred in
a precinct which gave the Citizens' candi
date a handsome majority. The Citizens'
association will have to Bond another
batch of Carter Harrison's strikers to
Jollot.
BEFORE Miller and Boyd begin the
branding of democrats it is hoped that
the society for the prevention of cruelty
will make a vigorous protest ngilnat any
such barbarous proceeding. It may dote
to brand deserters from the army , but If
such a custom is adopted by the bosses
with regard to the democratic party in
Nebraska , that parly will not coma Into
power in this state for a thousand yeara.
THE latest war reports from acre33 the
ocean have given another boom to Ameri
can food products. Pork and lard have
taken a big jump upward , and in ono day
Mayor Boyd has made moro than enough
to cover his recent campaign expenses.
Again ara wo led to repeat tbo oft-quoted
proverb , "It is an ill wind that blows
gocd to no ono. "
THE Central American troubles have
done some good in the way of giving onr
navy a little needed exercise.
VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS ,
First Result of Cleveland's Klcction.
For tbo first time slnco Ita existence
the Omaha Republican carries the name
of a democrat at the head of its columns
as a standard bearer for its party , and
fights for him a most gallant battle.
Tliis is the first result of Cleveland's
election , and it thus , too , vindicates the
Omaha BEE , which moro than once has
refused to support the regular republi
cs n nominees , but which has always
been belabored by the Republican for
so doing. As the editor of the Republi
can grows older ho growa wiser , and he
cau't do any bettor than to follow the example -
ample of Mr. Roiowator. Wo would not
be surprised at all that the now depart
ure on the part of the Republican Is the
first gstep toward its becoming a full
fledged democratic paper. Republican
editors have so long been in the habit of
being on the bread and batter sldo of
American politic ] that Ihey can'c very
well reconcile themselves to being left out
in the cold and wet. It should not be for
gotten that the democratic candidate of
the Republican is the Nebraska member
of the national democratic committee , in
whoso keeping , It BITS , is all the federal
patronage of this atato. [ Lincoln Demo
crat.
Halt.
"Although the Plattsmouth Herald ia
twenty-ono years old it is decidedly fresh
and green. It ought to bo called.
Omaha Republican.
It Is bettor to bo green than to bo rot
ten. If the Herald was located In Oma
ha in Boyd's ' bailiwick it undoubtedly
could become "salted. " Judging from
the Omaha republican campaign , it la
easy for a paper of greater pretentious
that the Pattsmouth Herald to become
"salted. " Mr. Boyd aa a pork packer
deals largely In "salt , " and the present
spring there is nothing fresh about the
Republican. But tbo offensive aroma
from the Omaha Republican roaches the
nostrils of reputable republicans in the
atato , despite its liberal "falling ; " "salt"
will not save it. In certain stages of decay -
cay it is good , but when a republican
paper of atato circulation and acquaint
ance takes up an offensive democrat like
Boyd , the head and front of the demo
cratic party in Nebraska , and gives him
cordial support for an office little below
a state oflico in worth and power and
prestige , the Plattamonth Herald sub
mits that It ia a question beyond the
roach of "salt. " This support of the
Omaha Republican , la given to James E.
Boyd in the face and in opposition to a
straight republican ticket that wan put In
the field by many of the boat , and moat
influential' republicans in Omaha.
The Omaha republican would have
done well to have remembered that
tbera ia another day and another
tlmo coming to the voters in that
city. The tlmo will come when the Om
aha Republican will bo clamoring for Its
party support ; what reply can It expect
then to its importunlugs from Mr. Mur
phy and his supporter ! at the present
time )
What then will bo the result of the Re
publican' * ridiculous attitude now ? When
the Omaha Republican demands support
for etato and legislative tickets , what can
It oxptct from Mr. Murphy and tlioboneit
fighting republicans in Omaha ? Will
they have any use for the > Republican's
idvloothon ? The Omaha Republican la
now engaged in supporting A rank and
rabid democrat ; it It sowing the wind and
it will as surely reap the whirlwind. The
little PIfltsmonth Herald prefers to bo
and remain forever fresh and green rather
than to bo a republican of that calibre.
Plattsmouth Herald.
Abdication ,
Fremont Herald.
The following which appeared In the
Omaha Herald on the 4th Is A solemnly
serious announcement that the great , and
politically virtuous George L. Miller , M.
D. , hai retired from the partnership of
Miller & Boyd ( see Boyd'a letter ) tn con
trol of federal patronage in the state :
A NECESSAUY NOTICE.
I find it necessary to request of friends
In the state tn ttop tending petitions for
appointments to poatofiicos and other
ollicos In our state. I am not signing any
petitions , nor shall I forward any petitions
to Washington for an > body after tbis date
GEOIIOE L. MILLEU.
This is rue of the most romarkabl
edicts of the nineteenth century ! It Is i
sharp and ringing peal of thunder In a
clear and cloudlet \ olltlcnl sky. What
does Lt moan ? Much import is there in
thia question. Aa men Boldom do any
act without an object In view , it is onl.
fair to assume that editor Miller had
some personal object to accomplish in
issuing thia ukase. Aa ho has not soei
proper to disclose his object the question
repeats Itself in every nun's mind
what docs it mean ? In order t (
relieve the inquisitive mind of an arouecd
and expectant public wo toke upon ourselves
solves the task of explanation and wil
throw a broad stream of light upon tin
darknoaa now enveloping the meaning o
this autocratic proclamation.
Miller and Boyd cot thornso\vo3 \ up as
the almoners of federal ofllcos in this
stata ( ace Boyd letter ) ; transacting thti
business upon these lalso protcuaes they
used the proiniaoa of these offices to ob
struct and prevent the democratic party ,
through its organization , the state com
mittee , to advlao the appointing power in
the matter of the bestowal of thcao offices
for the benefit of the party. As uaual in
such cases ono office was promised to a
largo number of official seekers , while in
truth and fact as far as in them lay they
bad pawned it , each office , to a slnglo
representative of the gilded political
three-ball shop. The offices are being
pawned "put in soak ; " the many
promises for thorn are still outstanding
and to bo mot. The malls bring to the
aonlor member of fie Mrs. Mnndolbaum
firm reminders of these obligations. The
day pf payment draws nigh , and to escape
writing twenty letters in favor of twenty
men for the simo office , M. L. George
withdraws , throwicg the responsibility
upon the surviving partner poor Boydl
The Idea Bought to bo convoyed In Mil
ler's open letter is that ho is BO pressed
with business that ho had not time to
glvo answer to solicitations , under former
promises , for his aid in obtaining offices ,
and through hia plea thinks to got re
lieved from the consequences of former
promises. It 18 oaalor to promise than to
pay , and refusals nnd neglects , to pay are
evidence of bankruptcy. An assumption
of power and greatness Is attended with
difficulties and meanness.
A C&KD-WKITER'S
Departing from His Regular Business
to Write Applications lor OJIlco ,
Chicago Inter 6coan.
"How's buslneai , Dick ? " cnsked a re
porter of a card-writer in ono of the
down-town hotels. "Yon mean how la
card writing ? Well , that's N. G. just
now. I haven't written a dozen cards in
a week. But I have struck something in
which there ia a good deal moro cash , "
and Rschard , who slings a mighty fine
quill , pointed to a shoot of fools-cap on
which were the words , "Ins Hon. Dan
iel Manning , Secretary of the Treasury
etc. "
"What ia it ? " queried the reporter.
"Why , that's an application to Dan
Manning. "
"An application , oh ? "
"Ya-up. I don't write any more visit
ing cards now , as I have aa much as I
can do to fill orders for this kind o' work.
Oh , it's improving , I tell you. Why , in
the last three weeks I have done noth
ing elsa than make out applications for
office. Seems everybody in town wants
something. Say , 1'vo written eight ap
plications for the collectorshlp. "Vo ! ,
air ; that's honest. Why , you wouldn't
believe mo If I told you the different
mon who wont that position. Thin is an
application for that office. "
"Fact ? "
"Yea , sir. Say , quit tbat now , " said
Dick , aa ho noticed the reporter waa try
ing to discover the unmo of the appli
cant. "Ob , No ! I can't tell you who
they aro. All I have to do is to copy
tho. form , and then the signatures are
pait'od on. When 1 got this order I was
asking Dan. Manning for the Marahal-
hip , I don't believe you could hit the
nemo of the man who wanted it In a doz
en giierssa. Every democrat In the city
seems to bo looking for something. An
application I wrote yesterday had the
words : "If not at your disposal , would
bo willing to take n clerkship , as I
moan to move to Washington with
my family , anyway. ' Yes , sir , and that
gentleman hag a pretty aott s'nap In the
county building. I wish this thing
would keep np , as It's bringing in the
ducats. Say , what office do you want ?
I'll wrlto up an an application for you
half prioe , and I'll iurnlsh n score of
'alga. ' You have about as much chance
of getting an office as some of the follows
I've be-on writing fo. "
"What are your prices ? "
"Well , if you say anything about the
applicant's character and the work he
performed during the last campaign ,
'which , air , ended so successfully and
gloriously for the honorable gentleman
who now occupies the executive mansion ,
and through him for the democratic
party , ' I charge $5 , If it ia merely a
recommendation from bntiness men I Rot
$3. A looommendatlou for marshalsblp
of this state which I wrote covered three
pages of foolscap , without .counting the
signatures. I got $8 for it. Wolf , sa
long. Coras around when you want any-
think , " and work was begun on another
man's "want. "
Another Itroken lianlr ,
NORFOLK , Va. , April 9. The Fanners'
bank of thli city made an amlffnment to
Walter F , Irvine , for the benefit of creditori.
The atrtgDiuent was caused by the euenenMon
of tha Exchaoge bank of tliU city , Tbo last
ttatoment of the back allowed the paid up
capital to be $50.000 , end the surplus 84OCO.
Galdwell Hardy ii president of tlio bank ,
Killed by OaruleHH Druggist ,
Special Telegram to the DEU ,
WAHOO , Nob. , April 9. A farmer named
Arthur Keyes dropped dead in the drug store
of J , B , Lamb to-day at 10:30 : , The coroner'i
jury brought In a verdict that ho came to bis
death by an ovprdoso of strychnine nod medi
cine ia tbo improperly compounded prescrip
tion by Dr. Lamb , The deceased leaves a
wife and two children ,
A BORDER HERO.
Life Scenes in Kcnlncky in Earlier ana
Wilfler Days ,
John Sellers and Ilia Contemporaries
Tronic and Striking Imlldcnta
of A. Stirring Life , nnd
Ilow it United ,
Snn Francisco Call.
John icllcra was born In Kentucky
early in the present century , of obscure
parentage , according to aorno statements ,
there balng oven n cloud upon hla birth.
However true the allocation , It did not
prevent htm , when grown to stalwart
manhood , winning the affections of an
attractive Kentucky datnsal for whoso
nvor n young man by the nnmo of
Baker , ono of n wide-spread nnd power-
fnl family , had long sued in vain. As a
matter of courco the disappointed eultor
could not view with equanimity the sue-
ceti > , where ho bad failed , of ono whom
ho had regarded t u vastly 1m inferior ,
nor were the other nvjmbots if hfs .clan ,
who considered that u slight had boon
pnt upon thorn all ia the rejection of
tholr representative , any boltar pleased.
That the Individual whom they considoed
the caueo of that rejection should pay fo'r
it , oven with his wife , was a determina
tion the soon anived at , but not caring
ty risk , not law but lynching , by a crlinu
too palpably inardor , they awaited an op-
portnnlty for accomplishing tholr fell
pnrposa nndor circumstances ( Which
might glvo a different color to the nll'air ,
moanwliilo treating tholr intended vic
tim with great apparent friendliness.
A DEAniA" AKFHAY.
Being invited to n ' 'log-rolling11 nt tht
farm of ono of the Baker's , Sellers wont
there , since , though ho suspected some
ulterior object , ho nevertheless consid
ered it hotter not to remain nway lost by
BO so doing ho shonld convoy an idea tc
those whom ho felt to bo his onomlec
that ho feared them , and thus invite s
series of prosecutions , almost certain tc
finally culminate in his destruction. He
was accompanied to the scene of thc
"log-rolling" by n friend , who , also sus
pecting the trnb state of a flair a , would
not consent to eea him go alono. Sus
picion became n > certainty when the twc
discovered upon reaching the ground thai
no onn but themselves were proeenfc whc
did not belong to the Baker family or ttu
Hills , tnelr relatives and allies. Thcj
affected , however , not to notice the clr
cumstance , and the work of tno day wai
accomplished without incident. But the
recreation pf the evening , which com
bincd drinking and athletic sporto , hac
hardly begun before a quarrel nan forced
npon the two friends in spite of tholi
earnest eilbrts to prevent it. A "free
fight" ensued two opposed to ncarlj
thirty In the courao of which the twc
were separated for some moments Seller1 !
strong arm soon having freed him from
immediate adversaries , ho looked
about for his friend. Ho saw him some
distance away , held prostrate npon the
ground by two of his foes , while a third
stood over him posing a huge stone
whorowlth to crush In his skull like an
eggshell. The man hcd periled hi ) life
in Seller's causa , and the lattcr's blood
boiled in his veins. Fiercely ho shouted
to the man who was about to do murder ,
but the wretch gave no heed. The etone
was about to descend. No movement ,
however swift , could avert its fall. There
was only ono way. Unerringly the bullet -
lot aped , and the wou'td-bo murderer foil
lifeless to iho ground. Pistol in hand ,
.Seller rushed to the spot , tore loose the
grasp of these who hold hia friend , and
before the consternation caused by the
fall of the dead man had tlmo to abate
the two , driving back the few who at
tempted to oppoeo their prrgress , had
loft the spot in safety.
IX TUB MEXICAN WAU.
Sellers duly surrendered himself to iho
sheriff , and was tried for the killing , but
acquitted , public opinion being strongly
in his favor. Ho enlisted for the Mexi
can war among the/irat of tho'volunteors ,
and served with distinction in
many engagements. A particular
Instance ot his bravery was
shown in ono of tbo last conflicts of
the war when ho dashed alone into the
midst of a troop of Mexican lancers ,
captnred the standard and bore It safely
back to his comrades , though charged
upon by the whole troop of his enemies
with levelled lances.
Another example of his steadfast cour
age may bo given. Around the campfire
ono evening during the campaign ho became -
came Involved in a dispute with a noted
tire eater and duelist , Georga Diwklca by
numo , finally giving the latter the Ho ,
Diwklna' ' sprang up livid with
passion , and leveling pistol ,
exclaimed in tones which could
not bo mistaken , "Say that again nnd
I'll kill yon 1" The pistol was within n
yard of Sollors's head , and the Inttf r
know of too many bloody pages in Daw-
klns's history to doubt his Intention , but
ho gazed unfalteringly into the lattor'ii
blazing eyes and eald with a stern em
phasis. " 1 say you'ro on infernal Harl"
In the very Instant of pressing the trig
ger Dawklns' attention was arrested by
on amlnons clicking sound with which ho
was only too familiar. Every man cf
those around bad seized his riilo nnd ho
know the report of hi ) pistol wonld bo
the signal for Ilia riddling of his body
with bullets. With a sullen oath ho
rushed from the spot. There is a peculiar
. -juol to this incident , The two did
not moot again for some time , as Sellers
was a few days latter attacked with ma-
liria and convoyed to the hospital , where
ho eny for several weeks. Ono day when
convalescent , ho walked ontsida the
bounds of the camp , and while fitting ,
weak and Hstlois , by the roadway , no
ono being in tight , steps approached , and
in a moment ho was confronted by
George Datrklns , stalwart and in per
fect health , and armed to the tooth. The
two mon looked at each other in silence
for a moment , when Dawkina's lips quiv
ered and hia eyes filled , and bo s ld hur
riedly : "John , oldfollow , you're awful
sick. I know yon'ro oat of money.
Here take this take it , I cay I and
whenever you want mora , you know
who got it for you. Good-bye , and ho
strode away before his astonished audi
tor could spsak.
ANOTHER MAN SHOT.
Upon hU return from tbo Mexican
war , Sellers , now immensely popular
with his old neighbors , was elected to an
Important local office , though not with
out an affray with a rival' candidate ,
whom ho nearly cut to pieces with the
only weapon lie had at the tlmo ,
pcokot knife , while hluitolf
wounded slightly In six places by a
many bullets from hia adversary's pistol.
His old enemies , the Hills and Bakers ,
were aa bitterly hoetllo to him as over , a
feeling which ho naturally reciprocated
most cordially. Not caring to mutest
him , they had lately exorcised tholr turn
for mischief by tormenting a quiet and
Inoffensive phytlclan , who being a new
comer and without "clan" connection ,
aoomed a safe object for tholr mal'gnlty. '
Sellers , however , look hla part , and
counseled him to resist tholr annoyances
advice which the doctor followed only
too faithfully , a shooting scrape and the
death of ono of his tormentots.bolng the
mtnodiato result. Sellers aided him to
icapo , and not long afterward himself
wont to Iowa for a time upon matters
1 buslnetB While ho was absent an
other bloody affray occurred between
Evans1 two sons and a number of their
'athcr's ' enemies , in which the former ,
singular to relate , though moro boys , not
only escaped unharmed , but killed sev
eral of tholr assailants ontright. They
were thrown into prison , and their father
and Sellers immediately returned to the
atato to render them all the assistance
joaslble , though both null know the
risk they Incurred. Sellers particularly
was now once moro bitterly hated by the
Hills nnd Bakcra , who swore openly that
they would take his Ufa , and sent him
word of their intention , Ho replied
hat ho would not unsay or undo any of
his words or deeds for all of their tribe ,
who had over diegracod Kentucky , and ,
pending the trial of the Evans boys ,
busied himself with the care of hla farm.
A TKUU111LK BATTLE.
One day , while at work In n tobacco
Cold at some distance from the house , ho
saw fifteen mon , the whole fighting force
of the Hill nnd Baker clans , ride up to
the fence and dismount. Ho saw In nn
instant that a final struggle wai on hand ,
and'havlng chivalrously insisted that his
hired mnn go to the honso nnd got out of
harm's way , ho himself entered his
stone honso , which otood in the centre of
the field , nnd within which were Us
weapons a whole arsenal. Ho
barricaded himself in by wedging
barrel tightly in the doorway ,
aud awaited the attack. Through the
numerous cracks of the bulling ho could
watch any movement of his fees , and in
a moment ho saw them leap the fence
and coming rushing toward him. One ,
two , throol As many times as his rllle
cracked , and the three foremost of his
oncoming foe * foil in tholr tracks , deader
or dying. But these remaining did not
falter , but rushed fiercely on. Their
blood was up. They felt that this in
deed must bo n death struggle , and In
tholr minds nil other thoughts were lost
in a mad dcolro to bo the first to strike n
donth blow at thia hated and dreadful
enemy of tholr raco. As they drew
nearer the pistols of tholr. solitary fee
took effect , and two moro of their nnm-
borfell. Still they rushed on , and in
another moment thronged the doorway.
Sollnra kept stem guard , and the man
who would have leaped the barricade
sank back dying , with a bul
let in hia brain. But now
from the many crevices in the walls
the leaden missies rained around the
environed man , while ho himeclf know
hardly where to turn. HealiV.lng the
disadvantages of his poatlou , ho fprang
out through the doorway , weapon in
hand. While yet in the air , a bullet
fired from behind passed directly through
bis heart. Not a cry escaped him , not a
sign that ho was hurt ; but alighting
firmly on hia feet , hd turned in hia tracks
and fired his last shot , spattering the
walls of the building with the brains of
his own murderer. Then his iron limbs
stiffened and grow rigid , his deadly oyc
fixed and glassy , and ho fell slowly for
ward upon his face , dead , still grasping ,
the smoking weapon which ho had used
to Buch terrible purpose. Aud the
wretched remnant of thoao who had
Bought his lifo that day , stood over him
in alienee , awed Into respect for his body ,
and for the moment forgetting tholr own
dead kinsman In savage admiration of hie
awful struggle for lifo.
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Brands adrcrtU d as absolutely para
THETEST :
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MASTER'S SALE.
In the Circuit Court of the United Slatei , far tit
Dittrict of Jfebrarta
Monodiiock bavlogs Bank )
M. V ID Chancery.
AIonzaMoe and Marina Voe. j
KOKKCLOUUIir. Or UORTOAtlK.
Ptitilln notice Is hereby gtxn tb&t In purtuinct
and by virtue of a cjccrco entered In thu above cause
HI the 23d dayofDeocraU'rlSSt , IKlli r < Blerbowor ,
ineolal master In chanoeiy In said court , will on the
lath day of April 19Sf , it the hour of 10 o'clock In
he forenoon ol the ( aid day , at the North door of
.he United States Court House and Post otllco buildIng -
Ing , In the city of QirahaDoUKlu County , State and
DlHtrlctof Nebraska , tell at auction the following du-
scribed property , to-uit :
Raet half ot North' eat quarter aud the West hall
Cl the North-east quarter of uecllon twenty.one (21) ( ) ,
'he South-wott of motion tvronty-two (23) ( ) , township
wo (2) ( ) . North of tango sixteen (16) ( ) , West of the all
' . M. In Franklin County , State cf Nebraska.
D. II. ETTIKN , KLLI8 L. UIKKUOWKB ,
Bollcltor ( or Cam [ > hinint. Sn'I MutCr In Chanoerj.
FINE LJNE OP
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