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INDICATIONS. For the Upper Mis-
Mssippi and Lower Missouri Valleys :
warmer , fair weather , variable winds
shifting > to southeast , followed by sta
tionary or falling barometer.
THIS is a year of dead-locks.
LORD DuFHKKi.v will not succeed Sir
"Edward Thornton at Washington.
This will lot some other duffer in.
IT ia summer weather in Albany ,
jtut the politician should know no
nummor. Ho should always bo cool.
ONK-THiuuof the Republicans of the
Hew York legislature support Mr.
Conkling , and one-fourth Mr. Platt ,
THK Old Guard died but refused to
nurrondor. The modem Old Guan
won't die , nut frequently deserts.
THAT $30,000 house which Senator
I'lutt bought about a month ago a
Washington will shortly bo for sale
or to rent.
TUB Presbyterian gononil assembly
lias located its Temperance committee
in Now York. This is a slight 01
Jtonsas.
THK quacks since the medical law
Jios gone into effect have discovered
tli.it Nebraska is an inhospitable coun-
try.
SKNATOH CONKI.INU is alone renpon-
iblo for his misfortunes. "Hit by
Iiis own boomerang" will bo the general
verdict.
AKI now the paraijraphors have a
.rich field for remarks on Lorillard's
"plug. " Hovutiil Afiiou'uui.i at .Epsom
Downs found it good to-back-'or.
SKVKIIAI , of the monopoly journals
are climbing the fence and apparently
'taking the side of the pcopl o on the
transportation question. They are
"donning the livery of heaven to
orvo the devil in. "
ODII dispatches forshadow the con-
Bolidation of Gould's ' entire south-
wentcrn system at an early day. Con
solidations are popular with railroai
kings because they destroy competition
tion and diminish expenses.
A CONNECTICUT MAN has invented i
liroach-loading pipe which can bo dis
charged and reloaded without bohiL ,
relighted. If the same genius cai
only invent a breach-loading pocko
Look for husband's use about the time
of millinery openings , howilhiot have
lived in vain.
THK Manhattan railroad company is
a corporation whoso capital consists ol
$35,000,000 of stock , all water. Mr.
Conkling has been retained as its
counseltin suits brought against it by
4he city of Now York for evasion of
taxes. This ia another link in the
chain of Conklings antimonopoly rec
ord.
IT has boon feared that there would
Io trouble in shipping grain by way of
Now Orleans during hot months in
consequence of the liability lohoating.
On this point the St. Louis Republican
eaya : "There 1ms boon no complaint
about hot or swelling grain on the
barges , not oven the faintest whispor.
There has boon some heating of grain
and meal shipped by rail to interior
points of the South , but'tho grain
shipped by river has gone all right.
The heating on the cars proves , what
lias long been claimed , that the admi
rable arrangements for ventilating the
liargos make the danger of grain heat-
inc in transportation by river very
much loss than by either rail or lake
and canal , "
THK medical bill passed by the late
legislature went into effect on Wednes
day , and all of the physicians qualified
under the provisions to practice in
Omaha have complied with ita re
quirements under outh. It is under-
atood that a number of quacks who
Jmvo been preying upon human in-
iirmity in our city have also registered.
3Jy so doing they liavo committed per
jury and made themselves amenable to
-the laws of our stato. The physicians ,
not only in Omaha , but throughout
the state , ought to take the matter in
Land and appoint a committee to fer
ret out the impostors. The grand jury
of Douglas county soon meets and an
investigation of the offenders will bo
4ho next tiling in order.
A METROPOLITAN DAILY.
Having fought its way inch by inch
n the face of most formidable opposi
tion and distanced its local conteinpo-
raiics in commanding influence , THK
Hut : now enters the front ranks of
nurnnlhm to take its place side by
side with the leading papers of the
country.
During the ton years sineoTiiK BKK
was founded Omaha has more than
loubled and Nebraska more than trcb-
cil her population. The circle which
en years ago was circum < crihcd
> y the boundaries of Om/xlm
ios enlarged , and extends now from
ho Mississippi river to the great Salt
ako. In this vast field no motropol-
tan journal has as yet been estab-
ishod ; mainly for the reason that mi
lapcr commanding the necessary capi-
al of money brains and pluck hai com-
nemled itself to public favor and con-
Idenco by a fearless , honest , outspok-
jn , aggressive championship of the
nterests of the producing and Indus-
.rial clauses , and an earnest
advocacy of needed political reforms.
The flattering success that
ias attended the carrier of THK Dr.r. ,
and the widespread patronage it enjoys -
joys warrant the belief that our en-
leaver to establish a metropolitan
laily in Omaha will not only bo ap
preciated at homo but will materially
lid in the building up of our rapidly
growing city and contribute to the
material developcmcnt of the whole
west. What ban long been needed in
Omaha , and the west is a widely cir
culated popular paper that can match
the papers of ether great cities and
is not dependent upon the patronage
of politicians or corporate monopo
lies. Wo confidently believe that THK
BKK will meet this want. Wo are
aware that the publication < f A first-
class metropolitan eight-page daily
that can make pretensions to rivalry
with the dailies of other great western
cities , is a laborious and costly under
taking , and wo have made ample prep
arations to meet every emergency
Wo have in our press rooms the most
sujMjrb set of newspaper printing ma
chinery west of Chicago and north of
St. Louis. Wo have the first ami
only latest improved double-cylin
der Hoe press extant either in
Iowa , Kansas or Nebraska , and
wo have the first and only folding ma
chines in these three states. Our font
of typo is larger and moro complete
than is possessed by any ether paper
west of the Mississippi , and in every
ether respect our facilities for publish
ing a first class ffiiily are unrivalled
by any paper this side of Chicago.
The exhibit wo make elsewhere of our
circulation shows that THK BKK hai
reached a stage of growth that maku.s
sucli costly ami extensive printi'i/g /
facilities an absolute necessity.
It will bo our aim in the future as in
the past to keep abreast of every ad
vance in journalism. The enlarge
ment of the morning edition of TIIK
BKK does not merely moan an addition
to the quantity of paper , but an in'-
crcaso in the quantity of general
news and an improvement in the qual
ity of its reading matter.
The principles wo have championed ,
and the doctrines wo have advocated
in the past wo propose to maintain in
the future , with all the y.eal and vigor
at our command. At no time moro
than at the present has the demaiiil
for cheap transportation been moro
general and the relations between the
railways and the people boon moro
clearly defined. The necessity of
railway regulations ! * now univer
sally recognized. The imperative
need of a thorough reform in the
civil service and the divorce between
the national executive and congress in
the distribution ot patronage is rapid
ly forcing itself upon the public mind.
The rigid accountability of public
oflicora to their constituents , and the
weeding out of dishonest and incom
petent barnacles is becoming the pop
ular watchwnrd every where.
Public sentiment is gradually com
pelling the press to fall into line upon
the platform upon which Tin ; BKK
hud planted itself years ago , and this
sentiment has boon created in a largo
measure by the persistent efforts of
this paper.
Encouraged by the fruition of its
labors THK BKK is not unmindful of
the fnct that it owes its success to the
backing and liberal support of the mer
chants , farmers and laboring men , who
have accorded it generous patronage
and uphold it in iU hand to hand con-
diet with ' powerful combinations they
soughtto'crushor muzzle it. The com
bat in which wo have boon engaged
for BO many years ia by no
means ended , and THK Bin :
realizes the fact that its
influence and usefulness in the future
must depend upon a continuance of
the moral support it haa received at
the hands of the public. While Omaha
moro than any other locality will bo
benofitted by the costly enterprise wo
have undertaken , the entire State , and
not only ( his otato but the great west
and the country at largo , is in
terested in the maintenance of a met
ropolitan daily that advocates the
principles of THK BKK ,
WHEN steamers land at our lovcca
and turn to the aide our surplus
wealth of food products , Omaha and
Nebraska will begin to realize the ex-
tortiona Mndor which they Jmvo boon
Buffering for yoara past at the hands
of the monopolies.
THE SENATORIAL BATTLE.
The end of the fourth < hys' contest
n the Senatorial battle at Albany for-
wiles the inevitable defeat ( if Messrs.
> onkling and IMatt. Mr. Coukling ,
lolwithstaiiding the crowing of the
stalwarts , the uflicial pressure of a
icnre of prominent federal ofiice-hold-
era .ind t ! 10 undignified electioneering
jf the Vice President of the United
State * , Iws been unaWo to add to his
strength ) f the opening day. Out of
100 Republicans in joint convention
iho i it-Senator has received a scanty
U voles and Mr. Platt , his
camp follower , only ,10. In
other words , Mr. Coukling
acks 20 of a majority of hisown party
vote and would require 47 moro votes
.o secure an election. No candid-
minded spectator believes for a moment
.lial these can bo secured and the
lefoat of both the ex-senators is cer
tain.
It has not M yet been the policy of
the opponents of Mr. Conkling , to
concentrate their forces upon any on e
candidate for successors to the ex-
senators. Their one object has been
lo effectually ensure the defeat of the
stalwarts by compelling them to
exhibit their weakness. Mr. Robertson -
son and his followers have also
lad in view the powerful of-
'eat of public opinion upon
, ho senators , operating through the
icarty support which their con
stituencies are giving to the adminis
tration. They desire to crystallize
the wavering judgments of a number
of senators and assemblymen who are
waiting for the turn of the tide and
to avoid all dissolutions in their own
ranks by permitting , for the present ,
the fullest expression of individual
preference. Two names seem , however -
over , to have much positive strength
among the anti-Conklingites , viz. :
Governor Cornell and Chauncoy M.
Ucpcw. A ticket with Cornell and
Depous a the administration candi
dates would bo a concession to the
stalwart wing , Mr. Cornell having
heretofore been classed among the
faithful followers of the ox-Senator.
Mr. Dopow hai been ono of the most
determined opponents of Conkliug-
ism , but is open to the strong objec
tion of being a corporation attorney.
Among the ether candidates ox-Yico
Pioiidont Wheeler has a strong follow
ing. Mr. Conkling should now , in
self-respect , withdraw from the con
test. It is evident that his state 1m
lost CMiifidenco in his qualifications for
the oflico to which ho aspires , and that
his own party refuses any longer to
rcco nizo him as a lender.
THK funeral ceremonies for the tle-
funct Empress-mother of China , are of
a most complicated character. The
Chinese Embassy at Berlin , not hav
ing a temple in which to perform the
customary ioli ious ceremonies , will
observe the solemn act in private. Ad
dresses of condolence can only bo left
in writing. The members of tlio Em-
'bassy ' yrill wear deep mourning-foi ; the
first tw'oiltj'-soven ' days , and during
the first one hundred days thoyjxro
not allowed to shave. After the above
twenty-seven days mourning of the
second class is worn , and thereafter
that ot the third class. The grand
uniform in which the Embassador'and
functionaries appear at Court is strict
ly excluded during the duration of
public mourning , which , in this in
stance , has been reduced from three
years to twenty-seven months.
' THK Kingdom of Greece has gaindd
a portion of the Turkish territory
which she demanded under the treaty
of Berlin , but there has also been
turned over to her a portion of the
Turkish debt. It seems to bo conced
ed , however , that the debt should be
divided up with the population and
the land in some unfixed proportion
which is to bo determined by future
negotiation. This may prove a diffi
cult question to settle. It is a fact
perhaps not generally known that wo
have a difficulty of the same kind in
this country. It haa never boon defi
nitely decided how much of the debt
of Old Virginia should have been a -
sumod by West Virginia , but no ono
doubts the justice of the latter state
assuming her share of the burden.
BiNMAitcK lias emerged from the
cloud , and snaps his fingers at the
Reichstag , informing them that they
can deliberate and vote as they please ,
but ho proposes to have his own way.
Ho threatens Wurtemborgand Bavaria
for obstructing the business of the Kin-
pi ro with their petty .squabbles and
appears particularly lively over the
prospect of a rough and tumble con
test.
Mu. EuwAiii ) ATKINSON has furnish
ed some admirable utatiatiaticu on the
ilocroosoof freight rates. If § 12,000-
000 have been saved to the people by
the voluntary reduction of tariffs by
the corporations , who notwithstanding
have been able to pay their enormous
dividends on watered atock , it remains
to bo aeon how much more can bo
saved by legislative enforcement of
equity and justice ,
STALWAUT ; ournaia uro frantically
appealing to the Republican members
of the Now York legislature to "heal
the breach. " It isn't the fault of the
Republican party that Roscoe can't
take his seat. Let him who suffers
from the tumble heal the "breach. "
LATTER DAY EXODUS.
The onnnmms immigration which is
pouting uit this country affords an
interesting commentary upon the
political and industrial condition of
Europe. Two thousand immigrants a
day or ovi-r 700,000 people a year arc
landing m ur shores and quietly dis
tributing themselves throughout the
country. The immigrant class are
with fu inceptions producers. They
ndd immediately Ut the productive
capacity of the nation , aid in the
development of its resources and
rapidly .assimilate to its custom * and
political ideas.
This unusual exodus shows plainly
that Roinethiiig is wrong or else this
enormous influx would not occur.
Idlu curiosity , H roving disposition , a
desire t increase gains none of these
explanations will suffice to account for
the depopulation of whole villages and
towns. One-fourth of the entire popu
lation of Sweden has taken passage
for America , thousands of Oernmny's
strongest and most substantial indus
trial and agricultural classes are crowd
ing the wharfs of Hamburg and IJro-
men , vhilo the steady stream
which fur a quarter of a centu
ry has boon flowing to our
shores from Ireland shows no sign of
decrease. A people docs not leave its
fatherland and cross the seas to niin *
glo in a stranger's nation unless homo
associations have become unbearable.
Farmers do not emigrate from a pros
perous country , or mechanics from a
centre where trade ia successfully pros
ecuted. In all such mighty move
ments there must be and is a deep un
derlaying cause.
That causa in the present instance
is not difficult to discover. Europe to
day is sufleriiiK under a crushing
weight of political and industrial op'
prcssion. Taxes are wrung from the
poor to support the pomp and extrav
agance of royalty , . to support class
privileges and furnish a livlihood to a
lazy but landed aristocracy. Enor
mous standing armies are feeding on
the substance of the land , and forcing
into their ranks thousands of able-
bodied and ambitious youngmon. The
producer has become the slave of the
consumer. Drudgery has taken away
the greatest incentives to cheerful and
honest toil , and wealth mocks at the
miseries of poverty or adds now burdens -
dons to an already overweighted pee
ple.Tho
The political atmosphere of Europe
is not less discouraging than its indus
trial condition. Kingly rule and im
perial despotism rest heavily on
classes whoso education has inspired
in their mind newthoughts on liberty
and constitutional government. The
shadow of a great war appears and
disappears yearly on the political hori
zon. The intrigues of diplomacy and
the mutual distrust of monarchies
may at any moment p"recipitato a gen
eral conflict which will drench the land
with blood. Even the semblance of
peace now maintained is enforced Ly
the bayonets of millions of armed sol
diery and. Iho stability of the throne
is secured only at the expense of the
vitality of the nation. "Under such
circumstances only , two remedies pre
sent themselves , revolution * or "emi
' '
gration. - ; , / ' , . , ; ' "
America : \yolcpmcs \ gladly to her fer
tile lands , her busy factories 'and fier
fields of labor this vast army of weary
but ambitious foreigners. Hero they
will find laud for the landless farmer ,
ami good wages for the skilful and in
dustrious aitisan. Wo have no kings
to support except our railroad kings ,
and they will soon bo dethroned ;
wo have light taxes , an
.insignificant army and a
government of which they may soon
bcconio constituent parts and to the
presidency of rfliich their children
will bo' eligible. Wo have mines , yet
undiacove. ? d , to develop , rich prairies ,
unbroken by the plow , to till and vast
industries now in their infancy to bo
fostered. A thousand lines of endeavor
Ho open to them. What wonder ia it
that they come ? The dread of over
population by reason of this throbbing
tide of immigration ia groundless.
Long before the United States is un
comfortably crowded , Europe will bo
forced to moot the movement which
ia draining her of her life
blood. Retorm measures looking to
the retention of the working classes in
Europe must soon be undertaken ,
Franco has solved the problem in her
change to a republican form of govern
ment , Italy , with a limited monarchy
and a representative chamber of depu
ties , has mot the question half way.
England is struggling with the first
practical attempt at land reform to up-
pease a discontented peasantry. Ger
many , Austria , Russia and Norsoluud
must soon follow. A contented peas
antry will bo the consequence of a
liberal and just government , and emi
gration will cease just us soon as the
causes which brought it into effect be
come inoperative.
IN hia desperate contest for control
of the Now Yoik ; patronage , Senatoi
Conkling had in view the practical
control of nix thousand federal ap-
ppintmenta furnishing support to
nearly thirty thousand people. Few
governments in Europe have larger
emoluments at their disposal than the
patronage of the state nud city pf
New York. The collector of the port
of Ninr York haa 053 distinct salaried
places at his disposal. The collector
draws a salary of ? 17,000 a year , and
many of the jtonitions at his disposal
ire worth from § 3,000 to § 1,000. In
Lho internal revenue branch a vast
army is employed at similar rates of
compensation. A correspondent who
is familiar with the subject says that
there are not far from six thousand
appointments under the United States
government within that state , all of
which depend upon the collector or
the clique of politicians who make
the collector. There are about three
thousand appointments under ( he
state governor , and a very largo mu
nicipal patronage , which has been
diverted by the legislature from
municipal officers to state officials.
The police of New York City , number
ing 1200 " ointod by com
missioners who derive their power
from the legislature while the state
offices pay salaries to three thousand
employes , having fifteen thousand
people dependent upon their earnings.
The head centre of this vast circle of
officials , federal , state and municiprl ,
would bo the Now York senators ,
under the rule Mr. Conkling contends
for. Wo can froui this rough estimate
form some idea of what C nkling lost
when the president appointed Robert
son as collector.
Tui : supreme court of the state of
Maine has decided that "a church is
not a corporation with authority to
create debt in erecting a house of
worship. " If this interpretation of
the law wore to prevail throughout the
country it would revolutionize the
church , building business .by putting it
on a cosh basis and cutting oft so
much of it as is now managed on
trust.
ONE reason "why wo laugh : " The
semi-annual dividends payable inBosi
ton in Juno aggregate § 4,378,405.
lifjwblican.
One reason why wo don't laugh : A
largo part of that trifle of four million
was skinned from western producers
by exorbitant freight tariffs.
Oun esteemed contemporary the
Laramie Times appears in a bran now
dress and a newand ; attractive head.
This change in the Times is in full ac
cord with the growth of the city of
which it is DUO of the most valuable
exponents.
I.v the financial statement of the
Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul road
the announcement is made that the
Missouri will bo bridged twice by the
company. Ono of these bridges will
bo opposite Omaha.
Tills in the f-cnator , sulky anil worn ,
Who worried the cow with a crumpled horn ,
Who xkiiipud from hii Kent
In n petulant heat
And retires all t.itteml and torn.
[ From Albany Kpics by It. C.
A niiANiTK monument has been
erected to Xachariah Chandler. The
granite ia not moro unflinching than
the fidelity to republican principles of
the man whoso life and.deqtlf it will
commemorate.
COKKCION , eviction and clubs area
( ] \a principal topics of conversation in
Dublin. ' Tho'govoriimont are playing
a game against dangerous , odds. With
thfei Irish , ] hea'rts are always trump.
THKUK is trouble in the U. P. news
paper concern. The manager says
that an ox and an ass never have been
able to plough together , but leaves it
undetermined which ia the ox.
Jiii WILSON'S bid for anti-monopoly
support has not attracted much atten
tion. It is impossible to erase a rec
ord by a single speech.
THK Inter-Ocean has published an
anti-monopoly article andtho , Hepubli-
can suddenly' discovers that it has
been deceived in the character of
Robbing. >
AMUIUCA in .giving England -another
scuro'and is exporting flour 'to ' Great
Britain in such quantities oa to cause
great alarm at Glasgow.
AnciiniHiior CUOKK , the famous
Irish prelate , deliveredaspceeh Thurs
day which should remain ono of
the classics of Irish eloquence.
QITKKN VICTOKIA lately refused to
receive a titled lady who had married
within a few months after her hus
band's divorce. The Queen would pine
in aolitude if aho visited Indiana.
THK RKV. I OCKWOOD prayed earn
estly at Albany that the legislature
might have moru faith. One section
of it had plenty of faith , but wanted
moro votes ,
JiulRo Savngo Sick.
There is some probability that the
Juno term of the district court will
not bo held owing to Judge Savage
being confined to his house. The
judge has Buffered for n long time
with an aihueiit which requires that a
paiuful operation should bo performed
about every two years , ' and ho has
just been undergoing this operation.
The clerk may open the court , and
adjourn from day to day , until
the judge may bo able to
appear , but it ia * believed the term
will bo jKissed over , as Judge Savage
would find it unbearable to hold court
in his circumstances such weather as
this. The judge ia by no means dan
gerously ill , but auffora greatly.
THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT ,
Or a Tour of the Central Counties
of Nebraska ,
Saunders , Dodge , nud Platt
Booming Under n Bright
Sun.
A Mental Delusion nml n Sunro.
Corrwpondcnc * of the Ilco.
ITuofKit , Neb. , June . ' ! , 1881.
Riding on the rail between David City
and Valparaiso affords the rider a no A-
and not altogether disagreeable expo-
rienqe. IIo wonders what gifted
' { eniua In the sister sciences of civil
engineering and uncivil geometry was
entrusted with the dclicala and intri
cate task Of establishing the zig-zag ,
in-and-out , out-and-in , come-and-go ,
up-and-down , front-face , face-front ,
horEC-shoe , niulo-shoe , ox-shoe and no-
shoo loulo for tlie Omaha A Republi
can Valley rail road. Wo doubt whether
for crookedness it has its match on the
continent , the "star route" always
cxccptcd. At times one seems to be
in a wilderness of telegraph poles ( for
they surround him on every hand ) and
to bo inextricably mixed in a multitude
of railways ; and yet there is but a
sinplo track , and a single line of poles
and all this the result of a determi
nation to avoid deep cutu and costly
fillings , and td keep to the hard-pan of
a reasonably expensive grade. Brok
en hilly and gorgy , as is most ' of the
country in this portion' Butler
county , and totally unfamiliar as it is
with the plowshare , it is yet a mag
nificent region for stock. 'Tho grasses
are luxuriant and nutritious , and the
water sulliciont ; and it was a ical
pleasure to look upon the frequent ami
extensive herds of cattle contentedly
grazing in the ravines , on the hillsides
and on the table-lands. What at first
suggests itself as a misfortune to But
ler , is therefore an agricultural bormn-
za , and it is being comuiondably
utilized.
On the train we met with and formed
the acquaintance of Sirs. Bittonben-
der , late of The Osceola Record , and
secretary of the Nebraska woman's
suffrage association. She is a lady of
decided talent and liberal culture , and
whether one concurs in her ideas of
political policy and economy or not ,
ho is bound to respect her v.eal and the
cour.igo with which she asserts her
convictions. She will devote what
time and eneigy she can to the new
political departure , with her hand
steadily on the lever of the law , to
whoso study she 'has been devoting
considerable timt will probably re
ceive a regular course at the Iowa City
University , and in duetime enterfully
upon the practice of her profession.
Through Saunders county the crop
outlook was hopeful , even llattering.
Wheat and other small grain , us also
the grass , never showed more favor
ably at this season of the year. Corn
was less promising , though many fields
prvHuntccl a good stand anil u thrifty
growth. But much corn ground re
mained unplowed , owing to'the un
usual and excessive dampness. Farm
ers , however , thought that there would
still bo time to plant , grow and har
vest n good croi , unless Jack Frost
should put in an unduly early appear
ance , of which they had little fear
The Platte was once more out of its
banks , irrigating the expansive bottoms
toms and irritating the bottoms pro
prietors , who weie grieved at having
their grazing and prospective haying
privileges thus wetly interfered with.
But no fear ; thevo will bo much more
good grass in Nebraska ( millions of
tons ) tin's year than all the mowers in
thoistato can get away with.
I VAU'AKAISO
was floundering in the mud , caused
by the frequent rains , and did not pre
sent her usual attractiveness. Though
a moderate "railroad center , " the
town will never attain the proportions
of a great city. An active commeicial
point it will always bo , for it lias bus
iness men with vim and grit. It has
a good agricultural shrrounding , and
owes much of its prosperity to Senator -
ator White and his flouring mills , the
latter being kept in constant motion
to meet the demands upon them.
FUKMONT.
The city is of course pushing on to
the prerogatives and perquisites of a
not yet rounded empire. Horgrowth
and business expansion arc certainly
noteworthy and encouraging. Some
of _ the business houses and private
residences hero are among the finest
in the state. The severe winter and
backward spring have teste'd the Fro-
monter's nerve to some extent ; but
the day brightens , and with the Platte
bridge restored and made free , and
the Lincoln , Waliop and Fremont
railroad oncoj in operation , look
out for such a boom all along the line
as never boomed befoio. Messrs.
Nye , Dprsoy and otheis , in the way
of stock improvement are doing much
for Dodge and surrounding counties ,
and are entitled to no small mued of
praise ,
HOOl'Kll ,
This stirring town is located in the
northeast corner of Dodge count } ' , 15
miles from Tremont on the S. 0. it
P. R. R. , having a population of ! )00 )
or 400 , It is ono of the most pictur
esque points in the valley of the Elkhorn -
horn , and has surroundings of unex
celled apricultural richness. The
school building located upon a com
manding eminence , alibi-ding a view
for many miles in every direction , is
a two-ktory brick of attractive piopor-
tiona , and cost 81,000. The presid
ing genius is Prof. Day. The prcsby.
toriaus have an excellent brick house
of worship , and have Rev. Mr. War
ner as pastor. There are two exten
sive grain elevators , ono of them con
ducted by K. II. Harris , Esq. , ono of
the financial "heavy weight a" of the
town , a flourishing mill conviently
near , and a goodly number of business
houses , prosecuting all the depart
ments demanded by the nacessitics of
the people. Among the more promi
nent are Charley Eisely , a patron of
THE BEE , and several times a repre
sentative in the state legislature ,
where ho discharged his duties
with credit to himself and satis
faction to his constituents. Ho ia en
gaged in the general hardware trade ,
besides having u farm of 400 acres ; is
doing well , and of course is deserved
ly popular with nil that appreciate true
manhood.
The business of the town has been a
little slow this spring , owing totho
difficulty experienced in crossing the
Elkhorn , the bridge having gene down
with the early freshets and the waters
not yet having subsided nulliciently to
pel mil of re-bridging. However the
contract 1ms been let , and the bridge
will bo in place shoit of sixty
days. Hooper needs it good hotel , i
presents a good opening to some ex
perienced hotolist who possesses a
moderate capital. A newspaper here
ia by no means an impossibility in the
near future , and for such the location
is promising. Stock-raising is ono of
the leading features in this vicinity.
All things are adapted to that kind of
pursuit , and there are "millions in
it. " .Several houses have recently been
erected , and others are in course of
construction.
Great Mpu in Free Government.
Vhllailclihla | 1'rc't.
President Garfield was lately re
ported to have said , in substance , that
no man was so great but that ho
could bo spaied and his place readily
supplied. This , at first sight , is
rather a startling thought , and in
some cases cannot bo accepted with
out qualification. IIo cited the case
of President Lincoln and said that
when ho was taken off in the midst of
his usefulness the Union cause did not
fail and hardly suffered a chock. But
this was because the Union then did
not depend on ( the life of
any ono man. It was mighty and
pdwerful in and of itself and had
many men qualified to lead in the
work of reconstruction. Mr. Lincoln's
namo'had a prestige which would have
been useful in the work which re
mained nt his death , and which nix
ono else could command , but it was
not essential to the completion of that
work. The critical , dangeraus
period had boon' passed.
But there certainly is a tide in the
affairs of men when the support of a
great leadcri s all-essential , and when
his loss brings disaster and ruin on
the cause of the enterprise ho supports.
History shows this clearly enough.
Mr. Lincoln's death at an. earlier day
might have ruined the Union cause ;
certainly there were periods during
the war when , if ho had been assassi
nated , so far as finite minds can see , it
would have proved an immense disas
ter. And yet no ono can bo positive ,
because no ono can tell what might
have happened had something else
happened which did not happen' '
The president's main idea , however ,
is correct. Only those will be em
phatic to deny it who possess the
consuming vanity which obscures a
just estimate of their _ own powers.
Because certain men , in politics or
business , occupy leading stations , it
is no proof but that they could be
dropped out and their places filled
without jar or hindrance to the cause
or the interests they represent. When
the war opened and hundreds of thou
sands in all walks of life at the north
abandoned their callings and hurried
to the front it might have been sup fe
posed that the inteicsts to which
they had been devoted would certain
ly suffer. There wei e individual cases
of hardship , no doubt , but as a whole
the country soon prospered amazingly.
Allil SO in buamcno nil nrouml uu , mpii
die who have originated and carried
through vast enterprises requiring the
highest order of special talent , and
yet it is rare that their work fails.
They have builded so well and taught
others so well how to do their work-
that it goes on very much as though
nothing had happened.
Nothing is easier than for the ad
mirers of a great man or sometimes the
great man himself to over-estimate his
importance after achieving distinction.
The case of General Scott may bo \
cited. When the war-cloud of seces
sion burst , the nation turned to him
as the military Moses. His former suc
cess and proved capacity warranted
the assumption that , supplied with all
ho could demand , ho must und BOOH
would crush the rebellion. But his
day was over , and another leader had
to bo found. Ono after another fol
lowed and were set aside , and no ono
can toll even yet whether some _ of
these might not have succeeded with
further trial and opportunity. We
only know that the cause finally pros
pered in spite of many reverses , and
are reaoonably sure that it was never
in a condition where the Ions of any
great leader would have ruined it irre
trievably.
In literature , journalism and art the
same thing occurs again and again.
Nobody doubts the remarkable ability
and towering personality of such men
as the older Bennett , Greeley and
Raymond , nor that up to a certain
period in the history of the journals
founded the death of any of them.
have been exceedingly dangerous , if
not ruinous , to their prosperity. But
as their prosperity became apparent
others learned from them , and m
some cases improved upon them , and
when at last each took his place in the
silent halls of death the enterprises
they built up with HO much care , labor
rnd anxiety moved on without
jnr or hindrance although
some of the peculiar qualities
nhich marked each of them were not
and could not be supplied. And it is
a just pride and glory of our system
of fieo go.'einmont and univeisal
education that it enables every young
man highly endowed by natuio and
ambitious for distinction to quality
himself for high positions , sotlmtwhui
the opportunity comes ho can take-
a vacant place and fill it creditably
and successfully. Aimy officers found
during the war that when men
were needed to run a locomotive ,
grade a road , lay tracks , build
bridges , set typo , or edit a camp newspaper -
paper all they had to do was to ask
qualified men to step to the front , and
the demand was supplied. Men ot
original genius are rare , but when
genius and great executive ability aio
applied to bmiiness a host of Btudedts
sprung up who not only imitate or ap
propriate what is really great and uso-
Jul , but to whom methods and plans
are suggestions to new and better
methods ,
When u great man dies , then there
need be no fear except In extraordi
nary cases his absuico will have any
serious business eilVct. This should
bo consoling to all such people who ,
from much adulation or innate vanity ,
think themselves absolutely nccessarv
to the success of enterprises which
they may have founded or are manag
ing. President Garfield was right , and
the thought should tone down the
vanity of some ill-balanced natures.