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rLATTSMOUTIl WEEKLY HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE J, 1887. lqtlsiiioii jl People io Kxpeirieiiccd sicl q GlojliiiiH Sensqtioii oi MMY Yeqi's, qs Pi'oehiccd :33"Y" IWTEODUCTIOIT OF :S. C. AJlIYEtYS PERFECT FITTIJrQ TAILOR AilDF SLTJ'SI THE T OXjXiOWiaSTG- X'JLHOES : ( A. R. Suits, complete outfit, $1; JJIue Flannel suits, and uimards; Corkscrew Worn tod suits, 8 to $15; Boys' suits, 11 to $15; CliUilrcii'H suits $l.ri5 and upwards. VTTliis Slaughter Sale will continue fox the next Thirty Days. All goods eold and guaranteed to he as represented or money refunded. This is our style of doing business. S. C. AfilYKl, Opei'q l(onso Glo"lliGis. y IU ir iii I i.oin'iii ii .,'"'. - KNOTTS 3 ROS-, Publishers & Proprietors. T II. KNOTTS. Eclitoi-, A. IS. KNOTTS, ISuainess Manager. TlIK l'LATTSMOUTII IIKUALI) Is published every Thursday morning. OMee, i (iiner ol V ine and Tilth streets. WEEKLY, by mail. One copy one year $i U one copy one year (in ad vanee) 1 One copy six montns " Keglstered at the Post Office, Platteruoutb, &i second class matter. Sknator Isoallh, of Kansas, is stump ing the state iu opposition to woman's '3 suffcrage Senator Wilson, of Iowa, is a firm friend, of tlic republican anti-saloon movement. "Two hours to git out of the county," was the sentence of a Montana judge in the case of a man charged with saying "ither" and "nither." i Gov. Hill of New York state has taken a decided stand against any and all legislation designed to curtail the rum power. Hill is a democrat. "Whether it is Blain, Sherman, Alli son or Ingalls in 1888 makes little differ ence, either of them is better than any man the Democrats can put in nomina tion. The death of ex-vice prsident Whcler is announced. To Wheeler is due great credit for the statesmanlike qualities which enabled him to satisfactorally ad just matters in the South pending the troubles of those exciting times when rival governments threatened the peace of the state. Wheeler was an admirable officer, a worthy citizen and will be ac corded an enviable rank among the states men of the times in which he lived. There are some people in Plattsmouth who imagine that nothing is being done in the way of securing additional railroac: facilities or other desirable interests un less public meetings arc held every week, and while we do not deprecate the public spiritedness which seeks to imbue the community with new energy and vitality we doubt very much whether the aver ago public meeting accomplishes any good. A half dozen business men as a rule will do more effective work than that many public meetings, and what is wanted more than loud sounding speech es is quiet but effective work. Party or No Party. Our daily contemporary, known as The Only Reliyious Daily of PlatU mouth, came out of its den last Thursday and looking around saw every thing was quiet, made the following startling asser tion, and then darted back, and thought it had done wonders. "There is nothing in the condition of the country or people to base a political argument on." We will say for the benefit of The Only lie iyioua Daily of Plattsmouth that the usefulness of the Republican party did not end when it established the national banking system, did away with elfivery, suppressed the rebellion, ana recon structed the rebellious states, and preserved the faith of the nation with its creditors. There are still one or two ab sorbing issues still before the country. One of which is to see that every man, of whatever race, color or creed, is permit ted to voto as he pleases, and to have his vote counted as cast, when this is accom plished the Republican party may be at an end; but not before. Bribing Jurors- The attempt to bribe jurors in the Sharpe trial at New York City again calls forth the usual periodical criticism upon this venerable institution which has thus far so successfully withstood the warfare which has been waged against it for several centuries. That it has with stood the repeated attacks of small-bore lawyers and 2x4 editors is indeed a mat ter of some surprise, but we note with pleasure that the custom which has be come inseparably identified with the growth and developement of civil liberty still lives. That much said about jury trials is correct we doubt not, but the question is not whether the present sys tem is absolutely perfect but whether a better system can be secured. The at tempt to bribe the New York jurors only .illustrates methods adopted in other parts of the country as well, for there is a gen- -eral suspicion, oftimes well founded.that criminals provided with means find less difficulty in securing favorable verdicts than their more destitute confederates. The trial of Arensdorf , at Sioux City K - f w:i hugely a fnn-t; I -n 1 1 of tin: int'T -I t:iken by -i-v ei-.il jlirviii. ii in ,-"cis! in u' . tin' (lel'-mlaiit a lUiital. 1 In fact it iii lcmai kablo that weulthy defendants entertain hopes of acquitalby reason of their wealth which is too fre puently spent "where it will do the inoxt good." And now while it is true that there are many imperfections in the triat y jury and while any reforms in that di rection will be gladly hailml we believe much of the discredit and abuse heaped upon this ancient privilege is due to the manner in which sheriffs organize juries. As an illustration it is said that out of the original panel selected in the Arens dorf trial there were not twelve men of unprejudiced minds and hence the slayer of Haddock gave himself little uneasiness after the jury was made up. The jury system is by no me&ns complete but we believe that if the critics and re formers of society would spend hnlf as much time working up methods of im provement as they do iu ridiculing the system the result would be more benefi cial to the world at large. Oil and Cas Wells. We clip the following from the Wash inyton Daily Reporter, of Washington, Pa., of the issue of Friday June 3, 1887, which shows that $1.40 is a good price for drilling per foot. We think it would be well for our citizens to examine into these things a little before they let the contract for $2.00 per foot for drilling: The Citizens Oil tc Gas Co. commenced spudding at their Weaver 3, Thursday morning. . The Wolf-Whittlesey No. 2 is drilling in the break between the Gautz and 50 foot sands, ller output for 24 hours is about 17o barrels. The Forest Oil Co.'s Woodburn well, at Taylorstown, produced 22.3 barrels of oil yesterday. Nine bits have been run in the Gordon sand at Gordon 7. She has plenty of gas, a good quality of sand and made a couple of flows.- Drilling was commenced at the Edgar gas well in the Cauonsburg district, a few days ago, but was not drilled much deep er when a heavy flow of gas was struck If the gas is not too strong it will be drilled to the Gordon sand. A special to the Dcrivk, from this place, dated the 1st inst., states that the Wood- burn well made 225bbls. in 24 hours,end ing this morning. The Wheeling Natur al Gas Co. well, on the Hamilton farm, is due to hit the sand this week. The Guf fy well on the Donehue farm is likewise close to a finish. This well is 75 rods from the Cundal well, in a northwesterly direction. Tne Jlarshau Uil to. a, on the Blaney farm, will get the sand in about four days. This venture is 600 ft east of the original producer. The Wood- burn well opens up a deal of territory. The nearest well to it that shows oil, on the north, is the Leech gasser, which sprays from G to lObbls a day. The Leech well is 300 rods northeast of the Woodburn well, and 100 yards east of it is the famous Donaldson grasser. It is safe to say the Woodburn and McMannis wells open the way to from 25 to 30 wells, and allowing 20 tho 30 acres pro tection per well. The drilling is better in Taylorstown than in other parts, the Woodburn well being drilled in less than 00 days. The Best drilling in the hole is found below the second casing, where it is deemed no trick at all to run 100 ft. in 24 hours. Prices for drilling are coming down; if 1.40 per foot is now considered a good price and some contractors are working for ?1.30 per foot. At this writing it would seem that Taylorstown would be the battle ground for the ensuing sum mcr months. In the older sections many of the wells hold their own with the ten acity of a torpedo judgement. Ben Campbell has no cause to complain of his No. 2 Wade. No more hayc Craig sc Lowrie any room to kick aboct their Fer gus No. 2, which has not varied a barrel from 250 bbls. a day for a month. The old timers are pulling out and seeking new pastures as fast as their contracts ex pire here. Undesirable Immigrants. The statement is made that the British government is again trying to unload upon this country destitute and pauper ized persons whom it is unwilling to sup port, evidence of which appeared in the fact that last Sunday the steamship Scan dinavia brought to Philadelphia a hun dred immigrants from the west of Ireland whose passage had been paid by the gov ernment representatives. Sixteen of the number evaded the inspectors, but the others were detained for examination. Inquiry showed that the landlords of the district from which these immigrants came were requested to make lists of per sons who were unable to earn a living and whom tho local authoritiei were un willing to support, and that to each of the persons whose names were thus re ported the government gave a steerage ticket for a passage to America and a draft on New York for a small sum of money, ine descriptions given oi tnese immigrants present them as a worthless lot who if they remained here would al most certainly become fci public charge, as they had been bcfcXvming. M'.'Ci-ull v nbli.'.ln-d -lali.-tics in regard to t!ic- number of inx.-uie peiuii in York l it v- ami -lati- show an inerea.-e which would be alarming if it were not explained by the fact that most of the ad ditions to the insane population have come direct from Europe. A New York contemporary aflirnis that of late years the European governments have made use of this expedient to get rid of their insane poor, and hayc shipped them by hundreds to America. Every steamship arriving from Europe brings to our shorts among its hundreds of steerage passen gers, a large number of physical wrecks persons either already insane or on the verge of insanity, and destined soon to become inmates of our asylums and jails and almshouses. There seems to be very lit tle reason to doubt that this statement is entirely true. ThTC will be no difference of opinion regarding the course to be pursued with respect to such immigration. The laws intended to exclude paupers, lunatics pod criminals from abroad must be vig orously enforced, and if they are not suf ficient to accomplish the purpose ade quate laws must be promptly provided. We believe there is still room in this country for people coming here from other lands with the intention of making homes among us honest, industrious and law respecting people who will become usef ul and respectable citizens, but there is no room for any others, and they must not be permitted to remain here. It is evident that this subject will be urged upon the next congress, and it is not un likely that more rigid laws than now ex ist for the regulation of immigration will be passed. The tendency is rather to an extreme policy in dealing with this ques tion, and such facts as we have noted will undoubtedly have the effect to in tensify it. Bee. A New Assailant of the Soloon. The ramifications of the masonry are universal. Whatever touches the interests or welfare of one part of this great organ ization is of concern to all the parts There has developed in Missouri a matter which it is presumed will attract the ser ious attention of the Masonic fraturnity throughout the country, and perhaps ev en of other countries. This is nothing less than the issuance of an edict by the grand master of the state calling upon all Masonic lodges to enforce the law of the grand lodge which declars saloon keeping to be un-Masonic and requires those who are Masons and are engaged in the business to abandon their vocation or quit the order. The issue is not entirely new. It ap pears that in 1882 the grand lodge adopt ed a resolution declaring the business of saloon-keeping to be a Masonic offense, and those engaged in the business liable to be dealt with for un-Masonic conduct. Subsequently a saloon-keeper was sus pended by one of the lodges, and the case was appealed to the grand lodge. The grounds of the appeal were that the party suspended was a saloon-keeper prior to and at the time of the enactment of the law, and that it was not the pro vince of Masonry to interfere with his business as a licensed saloon-keeper under the laws of Missouri. The action of the subordinate lodge was, however, sustain ed, and the grounds of appeal were dis posed of by the decision that it was with in the province of the grand lodge at any and all times to determine what was or was not a Masonic offense. It was also declared that the adoption of the resolu tion was only a specific declaration of what had always been recognized as Masonic law, and saloon-keepers must exercise the option of quiting the busi ness or quiting Masonry. Two lodges that elected saloon-keepers officers were forbidden by the grand master to install them. The order of the grand master to sub ordinate lodges is clear and explicit. It insists that the law of the grand lodge in reference to un-Masonic conduct,in which saloon-keeping is included, must be en forced, and if the inferior bodies fail to act the grand lodge will proceed against the offensive members of such bodies. The grand lodge has waited long and patiently for the violaters of the law to change their business, and it does not pro pose to extend its teleration any farther. The saloon-keepers in the order must renounce their trade or abandon Masonry. It can easily be understood that this edict has created the greatest consternation, not alone among those upon whom it fixes the charge of un-Masonic conduct, but among all members who understand what must be the consequences to the or der at large of the enforcement of this law. Such fear that the effect of intrud ing into the organization under the prin ciple involved will jar the Masonic struc ture in iK Yi'rv fiiUlitbitions. Tin- ir,l.-r inciili ato temperance in all tilings. Ilabiiii il di iiukeiiin-sy is au oilonse against its laws. But it has never, until the ac tion taken by the grand lodge of Missouri, refused admission to the saloon-keeper, who has been allowed to enter on an equality with men in any other kind of business. The principle expounded by the grand master of Missouri is that it is not just to punish those guilty of habitu al drunkenness while sparing the saloon keeping Mason, whose business it is to make drunkards. The thousands of saloon-keepers who are Masons will not read this imputation with complacency. There is evidently in this matter the possibilities of a very serious disturbance in the ranks of Masonry. But that great order has survived many difficulties, and it will doubtless find a way to avert any great harm to its welfare from the present threatening innovation. Omaha lite. Slow Progress With The Nayy. Very slow progress is made in the building of the new American Navy. When the present Administration was in stalled the first of tho Roach ships was completed and ready for acceptance, and the remaining three were in an advanced stage of construction. Two years have elapsed and only one of the three has been tested in a trial trip. If a just and non-partisan policy had been adopted, the Dolphin, Atlanta, Boston and Chicago would all have been in commission dur ing the Administration's first year. After twenty-seven months mechanics arc still tinkering with the Atlanta's gun-carriages and tracks, the Boston awaits a trial trip. and the Chicago is not yet finished. Contracts, meanwhile, have been awarded for two cruisers and two gun boats, the specifications providing for rapid construction. Only one of the four keels hag been laid The Baltimore is in tne most advanced state, but worK is greatly retarded even on this vessel, al though one-third of the allotted time has elapsed. The Charleston in San Francisco is scarcely begun, the keel not having been laid and material for the hull being heavily in arrears. The gunboats, which were to be completed in a year, are in a most backward state. Neither keel has been laid, although six months of the twelve have passed. The Admin istratiou does not get on much better with its own than with the Roach vessels. After twenty-one months it has the Dol phin and the Atlanta in readiness for cruising, and one new keel laid. A new set of plans and specifications ha3 been prepared and is now ready for inspection at the Navy Department, These are for the Newark, which was not contracted for last fall, and for two 19 kuot cruisers and two gunboats. The designs are the work of American experts, the attempt being niade in cruisers No. 4 and 5 to furnish the Navy with faster vessels than either the French, English or Italian fioot now has. Eighteen knots is the limit of speed obtained in theEng lish Navy under the most favorable con dition over the measured mile. The Italian Government has not done better than this, and the French Navy has one ship which has made eighteen and a half knots on a trial trip. The Navy Depart ment seeks to surpass the best efforts of other governments, and will speedily in vite proposals for two nineteen knot ships. Whether it will succeed in find ing a contractor who will guarantee the results in sea-speed and horse-power re mains to be sesn. No decision has yet been reached respecting the two 6,000-ton ships for which foreign experts were in vited to furnish designs. As Sir Edward Reed, the English naval architect, has come to Secretary Whitney's rescue, it is possible that definite recommendations may be made by the Naval Examining Board. The Baltimore and the Charles tons are building from Englsh designs, and the Secretary apparently will be well pleased to have the first two armored 6hips planned by one of the chief English authorities in naval construction N. Y, Tribune. There is absolutely no reason why the United States government should pay today and cringe to British insolence. The thing to do is to simply pursue the course of American honor and interest, and wherever that course runs caunter to British insolence to go forward without the slightest reference to the roaring of the "lion." The British lion will roar furiously, but he will stand all the kick ing America may give him, and even get down on his belly and whine and eat dirt. The last thing on earth that England would do would be to fight the United States. England would eat dirt, from year's end to year's end before it would fight the United States. England doesn't lre fivflit the I'niti-d Stnti s f vmi innl' banded. War would be the Mgnul for a wildfire of insurrection in Ireland. Worsa for England than that, Russia ia ready for a rush on England tho moment a favorable opportunity presents. Russia would strike a blow that would paralize the British lion from the tip of his tail to the end of his nose. England under stands these things even bftter than wo do in this country. It is time, therefore, for the United States government to as sume to a more aggressive attitude, to stand on its rights and to force England to a respectful attitude. All that is re quired is a little independence. - Hiuiix City Journal. Secretary fairchild apparently re pented of his design to withold the bal ance of the 3 per cent, bouds until the close of the present fiscal year, June 30, and issued the HUth call for their redemp tion. The call matures July 1, so that the bonds will be applied to the sinking- fund requirements of the next fiscal year. After that date there will be no more 3 per cents drawing interest. The loan of 1882 will then have disappeared from the market. The redemption of the bal ance of these bonds will liberate and put into circulation about $20,000,000 of tho Treasury surplus. The steady accumula tion of this surplus was, no doubt, the cause of the hastening of this last call. Government receipts duriug May were unusually large, and tho expenditures un usually small; hence the surplus increased faster than was anticipated. Bankers Monthly. TnE Council Bluffs Nonpar iel, when it traces the cause of the rough handling which the saloon men have received in Iowa to their own fanaticism and intoler ance, finds a truth which cannot be kept to prominently in mind. It is the very core of the temperance contest in Iowa so far as practical politicians are concerned The Nonpar iel well says: We talk about fanatics in the ranks of prohibition believers and thinkers, and of a truth they are there, but they are not a whit more intollerent than men who think and believe that prohibition is a curse; tnd all prohibitionists are fools and that the country will go to the dogs if whiskey is wiped from the face of the earth, of the two we are inclined to think sometimes that the temperance men arc the more liberal. It is this intolerant dis position which the leaders of the anti temperance movement show toward those who do not always sec as they do, that makes men who are not naturally so, prohibitionists. Those men, whose inde pendent spirit will brook no dictation, when they once espouse the prohibition cause, or any cause which they may be driven to espouse, because of ill-timed opposition on the part of men who have no better sense, become the bitterest fight ers in the camp because they possess the courage to fight for principal and inde pendence. The liquor men in this state are alone to blame for the condition in which they find themselves today. Had they been more liberal and let polities alone we should have had high license in Iowa instead of prohibition. Again we say, the intolerance af the liquor men has hurried them to destruction. The death of William A. Wheeler leaves but one man living who ever held he vice presidency of the United States. That man is Hannibal Hamlin. Andrew Johnson, who was chosen in 18G4 on the ticket with Abraham Lincoln, when he ran for presidency the second time, died in 1875. Schyler Colfax, who was cho sen vice president at the next election, when Grant first became president, is dead about two years, and Henry Williamson, who was elected to that position for Grant's second term, passed away a doz en years ago. Chester A. Arthur who was elected in 1880, on the ticket with Gar field, and Thomas A. Hendricks, who went in with Cleveland, have died re cently, the former a few months ago, and the latter in the closing days of 1885. Those gentlemen comprise the men who have been chosen to the vice presidency since Abraham Lincoln's first election, twenty-seven years ago. There is but one ex-president still living Rutherford B. Hayes. Only two of the unsuccessful candidates for vice president on the tick et of either of the great parties remain with us these are George H. Pendleton and William H. English. Pendleton who is at present the American minister to Germany, ran on the ticket with George B. McClellan in 1864, and English on the Hancock ticket in 1S80. All the gentle men who have ever unsuccessfully run for the presidency on the ticket of either of the two big parties are dead, except James G. Blame. T ithin the past two years two ex-presidents Grant and Ar thur four ex-vice presidents Colfax, Wheeler, Arthur and Hendricks four unsuccessful presidential candidates McCallen, Seymore, Tilden and Hancock three unsuccessful vice presidential nominees B. Gratz Brown, Hendricks (in 1876) and John A Logan haveo-iss-ed the dark river. Globe Democrat f TnoYAUssitui! J ,. NlfSf Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of pur ity, utreiitfMi aud wholi'snmeiii-ss. Morn eco nomical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot bo sold In competition witli the multitude of low teet, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Hold only In c.ins. linVAi, Hakino l'owD&a Co.,100Wall St. New York. 3ut48 CO H O H r o W in s 2? t-ia: o i? zi SALE Our Seventh Public Sale of Thoroughbred Short-Horn cattle will be behl at Iied Oak, Iowa, on THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1887. and will comprise twenty bloeky Bulls and forty choice Cows and Heifers. All female a of proper age will have calves by sides, or be bred to either Imp. Cruiekshank bull Prince of Oraiige (51916). or the Bates bull 1.3th Duke of Woodford Sale will be held under shelter, rain or shlae. Terms, cash ; or approved note due June 1 1888. Write for Catalogues to C. C. Platter, oi 8-4 John Uayks, lied Oak Iowa. OoL F. M. Woods. Auctioneer. -The Iowa Weekly State Register- ana tne Jr lattsmoctii Hbrald one year t for $2,25. All VinrU of lfrrl l,lont-a of tl - - awqm wauu y v , ITER ALT) Office. r 1 I r iinot 4 1.
