THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JUKES , 1881. The Omaha Bee. 1'ubl Wied every morning , except Sunday. The only Monday morning daily. TKlttlg IY ) MAIL- : Xnc yenr. S10.00 Three Mo'nths.$3.00 Six Monthi. . . fl.OO One " . . 1.00 " TH B WK KLY 1JKH , pnWished ev < cry Wednesday. TflllMS 1'OST I'A 11)- : One Year $2.00 I Three Moulin. . M ) Six Months. . . . 1.00 One " . . i0 ! COHUKSPONnKXCK All rnininimi- cations rclatiiivr lo Newami Kditnrial mat ters fihould be adilrcK nl to tlio MlUTOli OP TUP. Ikr. UUSINKSS LKTTKtlS-All Hiuinera Letters and Keniittance.i dhotild IMJ al- dre t l lo TIIK OMAHA i'L'nt.Miiu * COM- I'Asr , OMAHA. DrafUs'hecks ( and 1' < mt- oflicc Orient to Jo made payable to the order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'ra ' E. ROSEWATER , Editor , John II. 1'lerco in In Char o of the Circu lation of THK DAILY JIKK. Titiuu : is a great deal of popper sass in the Irish stow. QTitK barge line question m becoming of vital importance to western produ cers. J ( GENKIIAI , GHAOT has arrived on the field of action and the stalwarts have taken heart. JIM HI.AINK says ho wouldn't bu in 8 Conkling's shoos just at present for a million dollars. COMU.INO and Cornell is the stal wart ticket. Poor Plntt has been lost in the crowd and can't bo found. DHATHH by lightning are reported as numerous throughout the country. Albany i the next place to bo heard from. of AMKHIUAN interests in Mexico is shown by published statistics , which prove that within seven months § 08- , 000,000 has been invested in railways nnd ming enterprises. EDWIN UOOTII lion dined with the Prince of Wales , and several of the tonNe English papers , which have before de ' nied the fact , now suddenly discover ciat that ho is a good actor. o part "TiiK greatest nhow on earth , " ad hap vertises a circus whoso tent can seat coin 10,000 Bpoctators. The old lionmna niVn ( gave circus exhibitions to 00,000 people nov ple at a time and never published the pros facts on their hand bills. have , Tun late Thomas A. Scott left by stab Atk -will properly to amounting nearly prctii > . ? 20,000,00a Ho especially directed Uon" in his will that Jio inventory of his alia personal should bo nor property tiled. ortl HK.VUY VIU.AHI the ) , the laloet railroad claii king who has sprung into notoriety , was formerly a newspaper reporter. date This affords another glimpse of the r.itic .rich field opoii to journalists. any his " - THKld text : "Uy their works yo culn nhall know them , " lias not boon drop goll ped from the revised edition of the bein disci Now Testament Jim ' Wilson's at Uni tention is respectfully directed to this usei fact. powi out MK. CONKUNO knows that ho is in the minority and proposes to use the the . teiu Hatno tactics which ho pursued in the Chicago convention lasC Juno. It re and mains to bo seen whether they will bo con any more successful. nes [ El THE reports presented at the Na aft tional Millers' convention at Chicago , ofAn ' indicate that the An 'yesterday , crops of Iowa and Nebraska will compare Crt pot favorably with those of the rest of the 1103 grain producing states. and rini AVjiv don't Nebraska put in a bid Vf for the vacant land coinmissioncrahip 1 mn INobntaka has vital interest in the evi public land business , and inasmuch as im uho has been littorally ignored in the tin distribution of federal patronage she Nc wa is justly entitled to that bureau. bu AS i Tun Paris anti-smoking society offers beT fers a pri/.o for the host answer to the question , "How can children bo kept from smoking Y' Locking them up in a safe with a time lock warranted not to open for twenty-one years soonis to bo the only remedy. ed ! T will bo n desperate expedient , but the stalwarts at Albany , failing to It carry their point , propose lo combine with the democrats and force an ad journment. Buch action will seal the political doom of orery republican who takes part in the performance. TUB Philadelphia 1'rtu has been in vestigating the earnings of a number of street railway corporations which profess themselves unable to reduce fares. Several of the companies re port annual dividends amounting { < > nearly ninety per cent. This is pov erty on the half shell. THE feat of. the French in annexing Tripoli has incited Italy to a like performance - formance in respect to Tunis. The of * Sultan , who was caught napping in the first instance , has ordered forward the troops intended for the war against prcoco and they will inimodi- of ately occupy Tripoli nnd prevent sure - o in that quarter. lic THE NEW MEXICAN LAND RING. When Governor Hayes became prcs- idenl i ho jroclaimod as his mission the thorough reformation of the civil service. ( Ho selected his cabinet mainly with a viaw to purifying the federal offices and enforcing rigid econ omy , strict accountability and thor ough compctencyin every department. 01tt With the scandals of liolknaplSahcock A Uoss Shepard fresh in public mem ory , the county was disposed to re gard the reform administration of Mr. Hayes with much favcr. Had the eminent nlatesmcn of the late admin- istratioii lived up to their -original programme by dismissing from the service : every man tainted with cor ruption and replacing them by men of known integrity and high character the country ' would have been spared the nhock it has lately experienced at the exposure of star route swindles. And the star route rogues are by no means the only ring of plunderers that flourished under the late administra- tion. As was foreshadowed by TIIK IJn some weeks ago , the most in- fai frauds were hatched and suc cessfully accomplished right under the nose ! of Secretary Schtir/ , who had plumed . himself on living up strictly to civil service reform rules. A late number of tlio Illinois Slants Xcilnny gives publicity Qiti the scandalous frauds perpetrated by the Now Mexican - can land ring. Translated the article reads as follows ; The discoveries of the Btupciuluotis star route frauds , made by the present administration , being closely followed up , , led to the diHclosuroof a land grab swindle scarcely less gigantic , and certainly more corrupt , which had hector nourishing during the whole term of the late administration. Ex-Senator ] Dorsoy seems to have been the connecting link between the confederates I of the star route and the robbers of the land grab ring ; , the . hcadipjartors of which were in No v Mexico. al lly bribing the U. S. officials and by performing the most daring feats Dwindling and forging , this ring of has succeeded in gutting possession of of most of the valuable lands of that section tioi of country. The head chief of this ring is lawyer Catron in Santa-Fa a and the leading moinburi Judge Prince , U. S. territorial court nnd the- nirvoyor General of no * Mexico , GoiIi . Henry Atkinson. It is even assorted that IkoStock - ,011 and his band of road agents in 7. No\ Mexico and Colorado , are usso- effo liates of the ring and have been used the defeat the ends of justice in such arts of the territory where the ring in lapponetHo operate at the time when n ourts might have interfered. One iftl act 3 indisputable nnd to : iVnificant that Judge Prince and lever made an elfort to sup- ' iress tin's band of robbers Political , prejudices do not seem to ave existed in this ring as the most tax talwart Ilopublicans like Catron and' pro itkiiison worked side by sidb with end roihiiiont Dcniocratn like Waldo , /'oifnolly and Wilson - like brothers anxiousto got'jhold ofgtho land ; did it make any difference whoth- whi the lands were public or private by property of a rich man or the ing laim : of some poor minor. The existence of this ring is uaid to back to times before cite inaugu- mas ilion of Hayes , but if o"it nov'er , at con time llourished so well , as during . administration. > o About the time the ring reached its is ulminatory point Special Agent An- happened to got on itu track , and oing a very trustworthy man , ho soou i.scovurcd that Catron , at that time lie Jnited States district attorney , mu- his official position for the pur- Cor of furthering the dillbr- ber land grab schemes , that fou argo amounts of money belonging to United States wore illegally ox- .ended by him , that charges of black- nail could bo proven against him , mi also that Elkins , then delegate to and otigrcss , was his partner in this busi do\ ness. Elkins ami Catron were part- . thu nor in the law business at Santa Fe. Elkins left Now Mexico soon there after < to escape prosecution on a charge wit alleged murder. ] The result of Ev Angel's investigation and of his re wo ports was the forced resignation of Crtron as United States district attor , who returned lo his law business continued to act as chief of the ring.The the The appointment of his successor , . Boudin , a brother of the post- V01 master of Santa Fo , having boon made mt evidently in the interest of thu ring , instead of being an impediment , turned out to bo a great advantage. other of this band of swindlers was molested or prosecuted , and the business went on and nourished. The , assistance ! of the now district attorney became of great value to the ring. In 'Tho means most frequently used wore bogus or forged pre-emption , homestead and land grant entries in the United States land ollices. HO that there appears to have been criminal collusion between the several ollicors , An idea of the extent of can bo form when it is stated thai the ring is now in possession of the most valua ble and nest lands in the territory. " is too late to lock the barn after thu horse is stolon. It is to bo expected that the fedeial ollicmls implicated in these frauds will promptly bo asked to stop down and outi and it is barely possible some of them will bo com- theao crooked officials would have been deposed long ago had Generol Wil liamson boon disposed to dislodge them. But why was Williamson , whoso connivance with the Nebraska surveying rings was so notorious , retained during the whole term of Mr. Hayes } More than two years ago the editor TIIK BEI : called attention to Mr. Williamson's peculiar associations and antecedents in a letter to Mr , Bchurz and subsequently pointed out some the flagrant violations of the laws and rules in connection with the 'pub ' surveys verbally. But Air. Schurz for reasons of hid own retained Wi ! . . liamson at the head of the most im porlant bureau in the interior depart mcnt. Whether willing or unwillin Mr , Kchur ? must now share Ih odium which falls upon his adminis tration of the interior department h reason of the high handed frauds com milted by the Now-Mexican Ian ring. THE SAENGERFEST , The opening of the Siongorfest which takes place this evening ii Omaha . , is an event of more thai slight importance to our city. Th preparations for the coming festiva have j been matlo with n willing hear and an open hand. The id a had it origin in the brain of our Gcrmai , citi/ons , but Omaha merchants , with out respect to nationality , have aidot and , . encouraged the undertaking The Snjiiffcrfosl has been planned 01 an extensive scale befitting the com mcrcial . importance of the city ii ivliicli it is to bo held. It wil bring to Omaha thu largest body ol ; raiiind singers over gathered in No > broska. . AH the local singing socle- . , ies , will bo fully represented. The full chorus will number nearly five hundred voices and the orchestra fort } pieces. Both chorus and orchestra have been studying and drilling con stantly since the inception of the festival tival ! and have reached a degree of cfli cloncy that is highly gratifying. The concerts will bo given in the building erected for the purpose on Fifteenth street and Capital aveiino which for convenience and accossibilitycannot bo surpassed. Every preliminary detail has boon successfully carried out , and nothing now remains' but a largo at tendance to assure the success of the enterprise. The Saongorfo t building .should bo crowded at every concert. Stichan opportunity forgonuinomusic- alpre enjoyment may not soon again bo presented lo Omaha. Tlio excellence oft the programmes and the efficiency in the participants in the exorcises of the foslival are sufficient guarantee of rich treat for our people , which they oiujC not and will not neglect. On behalf of Omaha the HUB Wel comes to our city the visiting socie ties They will receive from our citi- Lho .ons a cordial appreciation of their ifforls on behalf of musical culture in 'or Missouri valloy. They will find : thai our Gorman citizens are notalono their love for the saenger-bundoven : > they are foremost in enabling other * iso enjoy tlio results of careful study ri id training. , \ . : ' ) BIHMAIICK has levied an additional on tobacco. This is intended to rovent his financial schemes from .he ending iiiHinoko. ; o jr LK Due ; raised two pounds of tea csf vhieh cost only 825,000. This is said , exports , to bo very cheap considor- the unique quality of the tea. ho THAT telescope with which Post- nastor James is searching for now io lonstcllations of star routes seems to f of 40,000 power. No guilty star likely to escape. rati les Tun administration caucus of tiio Uy York republicans have offered vill senatorial succession to Governor 3omell. Mr. Cornell will be. reniein- OIL jcrcd as the individual whoso father founded a boating college in Ithaca. IT is bad enough for a iwan to bo mixed up in the star roula business to have his compensation cut down § 88,000 in one year on a route that carried only one ounce of mail n i daj But to connect him in addition with Cronin's nose is rubbing it in. Even in Nebraska such a thing won't work. on A NUW industry lately organized in eli London should at once bo imported to he United States. A company ml o vortises to keep an eye on the gas ed meters in private houses , and for t 'rai Himtll compensation to prevent over charges in the gas bills. To do this they employ a staff of men1 export in ho the operations of the motor , whicli ro mostly recondite- mysteries of machinery ihe chinory to the ordinary housekeeper. support of its claims to public patronage ronago , the company publishes cortili catos , showing that they have savoi for their clients the value of 1,47 > ) ,00 < eet of gas which had wrongfully boei out charged to them , and which the gas ttu companies have had to admit as over five charge. THK French uovornmont is actively up pushing forward a plan for incroasinj the thu settlement of Algeria with French men , concerning which The Akhbu gives some interesting particulars The idea appears to bo to make a coli has nization grant of 50,000,000 franc cas with which are to bo erected UOO vi net lages , containing churches , ' school and all conveniences for th colonists , whoso well-being is t bo the concern of thu governmei until they may bo supposed cap ; bio of caring for themselves. It i calculated that in this war 15,000 fun ilics can be settled in Algeria , formin so much of an increase to theagricultu nil population , and 3,000 families , th heads of which shall bo masons , brick layers , carpenters and the like. Th land for the villages nnd farms is to b purchased by the state from the Arab and hired or sold in small holdings t tor the colonists. t t < A HEALTHY ORGANIZATION. The healthy growth of Iho Farmer's Alliance in this state may bo seen from ft circular letter of Secretary Burrows which is published elsewhere in our columns. There are at present in Ne braska according to the secretary's re port 2 IS organized alliances. These bodies contain a largo portion of the most intelligent , best informed and most thoughtful of our agricultural population. Organized in January last , the growth of the society has far succeeded the anticipa tions "f its friends until at the present time the Farmer'j Alli ance bids fair lo be a powerful major ity of Nebraska's voters , which will soon li'ikl in their hands thoclolermin- ntioii of questions of most vital im- parlance to every producer of the stale. The course of the Farmer's Alliance BO far has won for it the confidence nnd respect of the people of this state. It hat devoted its energies toward silently influencing public opinion and banding in an unpartisati organ ization all farmers who felt that certain great issues must bo met by a determined stand of Nebraska producers for principles of juslico and equity. The very con- scrvatium hitherto maintained by the organization has been proof of its sin- ccritv and the care taken by tlie nub- ordinate bodies to examine into Iho ' * record of applicants for admission , and forbid the use of its name for partisan political purposes , indicates the earnestness of those who compose its meiiibeiahip and aid in controlling ts organization. The annual meeting , which con- . ones in Lincoln on September 7th , will bo awaited with great interest by very friend of the Farmer's Alliance , f our producers expect , as they erlainly have livery reason , to control ho election of the next legislature and v iiid in filling the state offices with men sympathy with their aims , there is much work to bo done before the con- volition. There the policy and future bo sour.se of the alliance will bo deter mined upon. It cannot expect to re main a pisiivo spectator of tno ed which will take place during next two years against monopoly lomiiialion. Ea er bids will be made its support by men whoso past re- sf ord will give the lie to the professions in ivhieh they then make. Scheming nliliuians will endeavor to the Alliance for personal ends. such men the I < armors Alliance will , . , . , , . . , it > ; , . .uH I'tiiuvo , lutiiso to assist or sen iiiiteniuice. Their influence as a po ion-partisan political force depends cat ipon such action. Unlike the grange , 10 Alliance confines it's membership actual farmers. Jt ha ? : i still grcat- ih advantage over the grunge in pro- in essing ) its intention of making itself cell lt as an active force iu politics. The ltHi ive. Uliunco ; now proposes to take ext course so successfully fol- fuel owecl by the monopolies. It will bin republican in republican localities rhe honest and efficient candidates are twc lomiiwtod , democratic where demo- am irats. will best carry out their princi- toi , but anti-moiujpoly all thu time. bei the yill such action Nebraska producers wh ill work a revolulion in this state cap ivhich will sweep ) from power every in ruiuU ; and dishonest official and cor- , , , oration tool. onT larj The HKK counuenda to it's readers in ecrotary liuuiimvs able letter which cnt ontains a great deal of practical andi lu' Lxcollcnt advice. ' THK Mahonc readjust era in Vigiii- bri have nominated an excellent state wit ickot on a platform calling for equal of Hilitical rights to every voter and iuis ty djourncd for active work in the ciun- Kiign. The real issue involved in the em ontest is the fair treatment of the art olored voters and the declarations of 8C.1 for Readj lister's platform will attract nu its i support thousands of the color me people ; who wore practically dis- 81 'ranchiscd under Hourbon rule. otl di TIIK length of the railroads built in en United States in the year ending hil April 1 , 1881 , was ( J.ll.'J miles , twice JM ha mileage of the preceding twelve INI mmtliB. At § 25,000 u mile , these US railroads would cost § 152,800,000. , caKi IK any poor fireman from Iowa 11 conies over the river this week with BU knowing enough to purchase a ia ticket : first ho will bo robbed or twenty- ' ' cents by the Union Pacific bridge swindlers. OUH own Yal will probably come among the active coparceners of star route ring. It squints Unit : way. i1 ; TIIK commis.ionor of Indian affairs y ordered the payment to the Pon- of the money duo them under the passed by Iho late congress. Bumod 011 the Water- National Associated 1'risx. NEW YOIIK , Juno 7 1 p. m. The Bteamship Glen Logan which sailed from this port for I'ornambuco , Dahia and other South American ports on May Oth , was destroyed by fire. The imsoiigcra went landed at Maranham , lirazil , and the crow escaped in boats and landed at a port called Clara. The Glen Logan was an iron steamer , 220 feet long and insured. She had a largo cargo of miscellaneous freight. Foil Through au Elovutor. CHICAOO , Juno 7 4 p. m. A boy named Alberts fell through an elevator shaft in O'Brien's tinware factor } * this morning and waa killed. THE ELKHORN VALLEY. A Trip Through a Region Teem ing with Agricultural Plenty , Booming Towiis , Their Business Men and Manufacturing Interests. Two Men Drowned while Bath ing Near Norfolk. Corrcspondcnco of llio lice. . Neb. , JiinoG. Our con tinued jaunt up the valley of the Elkhorn - horn has not been withuut interest. . , Previous conceptions iu regard to the soil , character nutl other fo.itmes of this feature of Nebraska have been thm materially , modified by personal in spection. It is by no means so clc- nerty tind sand-hilly , as generally un derstood , south of the Platto. On the CO , it possesses attractions that re ! and strongly commend them selves to the favorable regards of the most fastidious searcher after a land . "flowing with milk amUioney. " Does ho wish to engage in cattle-raining , sheep husb.inday , manufacturing en terprises ! , or general agricultural pur suits ? Then let him come , and he . . will find abundant opportunities and ample encouragement at hand. To bo sure , the Elkhorn has been on . , a general and very unusual "tear , " this season ; jumping its banks , floating - ing around and over a largo territory of ns fertile terra firma as can bo found in . the world , svnd HO has kept back the naual spring and summer work. Indeed , wo noticed corn gathering being - iiiy prosecuted us late as June 2 , and that thousands of acres of corn ground remained unplowed ; but , with the warm , dry weather Hince and now prevailing - vailing | , the wort may yet bo success fully accomplished. Outside of the immediate valley , as well ! ns upon the higher points within , the oiDii prospects were all that could desired ; and the numerous and sleek-looking herds of caltlo and flocks of sheep so frequent eiicountcr- were assuring indexes that Nobr.is- kans are rapidly learning which is the buttered side of their bread. WKHT l-OIM may bo properly regarded sis the town oft the beautiful and lovely valley of the . Elk horn. Tljo name originated the fact that at the time of its idoption it was the Western most point at which any settlement had boon made in the valley. The site iras admirably chosen for . city , which will one day become m the proper ncnso of the term , having already a population ] of 1,000 , or 1.200. The lo cation : is upon Iho east side of the Elk liorn , with a gently sloping hillside in the back-ground , and the beautiful riysr flowing in front and glistening the I sunbeams. Though luiving es- sellout agricultural tributaries , tlni West Pointers , do not depend exclus ively upon these , but to a considerable uxtont turn their attention to manu facturing pursuits. So that , hero i ) most extensive paper-mill in the state , and this , need never bo uUo for ivunt of water. The mill is a long , kwo-story strucluro , built o brick , in a most substantial manner ; to ' it 'quite oxtttnsivo additions are now being made. Near the paper mill ores largo and famous flouring mills , , which are being run to their fullest , capacity , and yet experience ) difficulty meeting i thu lar > , o and increasing , dem.ind for their excellent products. There i.s also uear at hand one of the largest and nuttt successful creameries Iho i west , largely engaged at pres in condensing milk. A handsome : percentage is. returned upon the capital invested , The court house built in 1873 by Krausct- brothers , is an imposing brick structure , comparing favorably with any iu Nebraska. As a specimen ' architectural ; taste and substantiali of construction , it rivals the besi ; and front its towering cupola charm views can bo had in aJl directions , > embracing water courses , natural and . artificial groves and v&ricgatcd laud- scapes. Ground is now being broken a new brick school house , that will > meet the rapidlyrincreasing recjiiire- incuts of the communityand will cost 810,000. Five church organizations have , good houses of worship , while others make use of Kniuao's commo dious , hall , which ia also used for gen ' eral lecturing purposes , theatrical ex hibitions , etc. There are throe nowa- iKipcrc , ( one of them Grrman , ) which nave good offices and appear tobo well pntroni/.ediifl tlioydeservetins being especially ] the case with the Republi , The Masons , Odd Fellows , Knights of I'ythias and Knights of Honor have organizations , and are successful in their operations. There ire two largo hotels , ( the Pennsylvan and the Noliyh ) , complete and ex cellent in their appointments , as also several smaller ones , adapted to the means of guests. A largo number of l > business houses , including the two banks , are built of brick , evincing en terprise , liberality and good taste as well as good sense. Busincs was more iotiye than wo had noticed anywhere during many miles' travel , The people ple were in good heart over the abun dant ! crops in prospect , and the brisk business sure to follow. Wo found Congressman Valentino > intensely busy ; for , in addition to his public duties at Washington , ho has a of largo legal practice , and lias a watch ful care over the varied interests of his state embracing constituency. There is at West Point a grand op as ening for n woolen factory. The water power is unfailing and almost concentrated , and could bo utilized in the factory line with most satisfactory results. What capitalist will come forward and garner this ripened per simmon. KTAXTON. This cleanly and beautiful village bears the honors of the capitalship of Stanton county , having n population nhout 300 , and made up of first- class people , in nil respects , knowing how to make- stranger fool at homo. There ia a court house and Masonic hull , four church organizations , with ixgoodhouso o. ' worship , two grw warehouses , ft bat. * , hotel , and sever al first-class busine * t houses , nlso th county napcr , the h\'g \ > * ttr. John A Ehrhanlt , Esq. , it > , ' o , / * wlj of the village , besMcs being local 1 , practitioner , a , notarj public ' , M. W. of the Maso.'nc Jodgo and a good fellow generally. Severn fine residences are in course of erec flli lion , nnd there is evidently a bn h future in store for Stanton. 1h > crops last year were excellent , nnt' this has been uniformly the case , as it | | will bo this year. That the country has not filled up more rapidly appears almost ! miraculous to olio as ho looks UDOII the inducements everywhere held out , and the munificent gifts be stowed by nature. One reason is found in the fact that railroad facilities fcti ties are of but comparatively recent enjoyment , but the S. , C. t 1 * . r.ul- road has removed that impediment. Another reason exists in the fact that n . considerable portion of the land is in the hands of speculators. This land , however , is now on the market , and may bo had at prices ranging from ? ; ] 50 to SO.OO per acre. As it is mostly of a choice quality , home- seekers can certainly do much better by purchasing than by emigrating BO far west as most of them go in search of homesteads , taking what is now left , and being so far removed from market and the other advantages of civilized life. .VOHFOLK. Wo now reacli the shire town of Madison county , having a population of GOO. Hero wo find the junction of Iho North Fork with the Elkhorn river , a.ul of the S. , C. & P. , with the O. it N. W. 11. It. , it being thus point of much commercial import- nice. To a considerable extent , the .own site was unfortunately located , : ho ground being too low , and thoro- 'oro subject to North Fork overflow ind the usual muddy concomitants. The early spring freshets poured their uaddcncd torrents through the main nisincus streets , and the effects are atill disagreeably apparent. Theep un- "avorablo features , however , are not loyond remedy ; for the banks of the river may bo readily protected , and a not very formidable expense. Up to the present , the town has not been incorporated ; and so , every man being ing * a law unto himself , Ihero has boon no organized or systematic effort made to secure the advantage of protection. A movement is now being made , in the direction of incorporation , ami its good effects will not bo long in mani festing themselves. A preliminary survey is being made for a now town at the S. , C. & P. depot. A few buildings there may bo the result ; but the old town has the inside track , nnd will hold it ; for the residences and oven business can bo crowded back to more altitudinous locations , and all will be well. Norfolk is certainly a lively and thriving town , and has some of Iho best business men in the state. Mathes'oii's bank occupies a command ing position , not only in the commu nity , but generally in the monetary - world. He is a line financier , and is ably seconded by Cashier Lowe. Brick business and dwelling ; houses exist to some extent , and business is being pushed with a vitiu The is churchcB'aud schools are creditable to the community , and are by no means unp.itronixed. Tlio Journal iaix wide awake , able paper , and is having de served success. The flouring-mill is a largo , good structure and is. kept in constant motion. There are two good hotels the Valley Homo ojid , the Nor folk , whicluaro well kuyb. A woolen , factory and a creamery could n ) t fail of success licre ; . and wo advise competent and proper parties como and. survey the ilokl. at Norfolk was for a long time- the homo of the-lato Hon. Frank Welch , and. his memory is kept green in the hearts of tlm people , for they loved him for his many genial qualities of to head and lieart. T\VTi MKH IIlOW3fJW. On Fridayeveiling last a larg num ber of men and boys were- enjoying the pleasures , of bathing ini the- North Fork , near Norfolk , when souio rea son probably simple , a German rail to road omployo began to > sink , and cried for helpi Mr. Fagan , who had dressed , plunged into , the water with ' hia clothes , on , foe-the purpose of res cuing the drowning man. The latter 'iad sunk , but probably seized hold of no of Fogan's boots , and pulled him o the bottom of tlu ) stream , where oth drowned togetlwr. Search was .t once made forthu bodies , and that if Fagan.'s recovered on Saturday mor- < ling , minus one of his boots. It was laced in a coffui and despatched to lis somwing fiuuily , living in Trugno . Bounty. At tliis. writing the body of " ho Gorman ( probably twonty-fivo or went.y-six years of ago , ) lias not boon ecovercd. Pagan's ago was about 'orty , and he. leaves , a wife and. several children. THK Ui'.K'a now dopartura-now dress and now innko-up , is much com mented upon , and highly commended by the people , who wish it the fullest measure of success in its contest for . the right , JAUXTKII. . INDUSTRIAL. Vl The emery-wheel works at Wcinsport , n Carbon county , I'a. , nre to bo enlarged. ' Cotton factorien are Increasint ; intho Dooc' uunion. Two naw companies have just val een al St. 1'aul expects to rival In the n.ami facturo of boots and nhoen , even the Lynn , if Matjxachusettu , TJiera are 3 , : X ) men employed in the lo wmotive workn at 1'iiterbon. TheirJwaKea amount to sJl.li.'W.OOO annually. The I'ajje Hcltiiij } company , of Concord , X U , , are _ to rebuild , on a large hcale their bnildiii ) , which were recently de troycd. The copper rolling mill at Hough ton MichU , now rolling out about 3000 pound ; copper per day , giving employment t borne -00 hands. Tlie Lchigh Valley railroad company i preparing to experiment with electricity a substitute for pas , in lighting the car on all tltrongh trains- , The Variety Iron Works company Cleveland , Ohio , have he-cured more lam for the purpose of erecting a large building They employ 133 hands anil report trad glKXt. Since January Pail Reventy-elght bhipa with an aggregate of 118.000 tons have bvc- launched in Kngland , ami on April IH < there were 800,000 tons in course of con btruction. The Ualilwin locomotive works , 1'hila delphia , turned out tifty-two locomotive during April , which , with one exception the largest month's business the firm ha ever done. An effort Is being made to brinj [ th Missouri car works from St. LouU t Kvnnsville , Ind. The entorprl'c Ii a nion Herone , giving employment to fifteen hun dred hanu * . It in re ] Kir ted in Canada tli.it an Ott.iwjv manufacturer of friction matches linn been paid 5100,000 In Consideration of his withdrawing - drawing from manufacturing matches in this country. The Diamond match company , of Xcw JTa\cn , Conn. , with ft capital of $ : ! ,2.X > ,000 , has recently swallowed up every one or the twenty-nine other large match cumpaniert in the United States. A new industry is Bringing up in tlio ftotilhthe cullivnticn of jnte. In good ) il , properly cultivated.1,000 pounds of .lio fibre can liu product-d. A mill it to bo built at New Orleans to work nji the sea- eon'n crop , Tlie American iron works , I'iltsbnrtf , I'a. , employ in their rolling mill , chain and jolt factories , foundry and machine shop * and at their blast furnaces and coal and coke works , about 3500 men. In their mill .here are. 7 < i puddling , H scrap mid 'M hent- ng furnaces and 121 trains of rolls , heeden ! ill nail machine * in their nail department. Mr. W. II Vanderbilt 1ms recently order ed 10.1 new standard eight-wheel loemno- tivcH , with live-foot drivers and Kx'JlMnch cylinder. Of these , iifty for the New \ ork Central , and thirty for the Lake ilioro and AlichigMi Sotilhern , will bo milt by J'Jlis Brother * at Scheneetady , and .weiity-five . for the Lake Shore at the ) ( .taint Locomotive Workn , Patetvon N. ,1. A new kind of celluloid is wild to bo ibtained from well-peeled potatoes which ire treated for thirty-nix houro with iisolu- , ion i ( of eight part * Hiilphuriu acid in 100 > arts of water. The mas * is dried between dotting . paper anil then prew-ed. It in ttrthcr ( Htated that in Franco Mucking > ipes are manufactured out of this new iiuteri.il which are quite- equal in appear- inn to the meen-chaum. lly heavy prep are the material acquires such a hanlneM hat billiard balls tan be manufactured with It. The production of steel in thU country las grown to greater proportion than irf ; enerally BtippoKed. _ There are now seven- .y-tlirve . uteel works in operation , against hirty iu 1870 , and the manufacturers of hln article are greatly encouraged from the act that ntecl in , in many instances , being ised where iron was supposed to be the nest desirable. The greater durability of teel makes it the most economical despite ho greater first eott , and the gain in the olumes if consumption of hteel lias been ; nater in proportion than that of iron , 'he value of jtteel products , therefore , inmiises at no distant day to largely ex- . etl the Kiuie class of product * of iron , A watchmaker iu Newcastle , 1'enn. , ays a 1'ittsbnrg paper , has completed n net f thu'e gold nhirt stncw , in one of which is watdi that keeps excellent time , the dial eing about three-eighths of an inch in iameter. The three studs are connected y a strip of silver iuxidu the hhiet bosom , ind the watch contained in the miildle one a wound np by turning the stud above , tnd the liands are set by turning the one lejow. ] 5ut perhaps , the most remarkable ling about tlie liliputian machine , Is that t works with a pendulum , like a clock , ml the pendulum will act with e.ici and ccuracy in whatever position the time- iece is placed , even if it be turned own. POLlTICAlT POINTS. It haw been Tuaolved by the Legi laiuro ol Pennsylvania to adjourn on June 'J. 'ongre.s.smaitiScoville , of Buffalo , N. V. , will leave New York this week foe a two mouths' run in Europe. A non-partisan prohibitory ntato conven tion , is to bo held , at Jackson , Mins. , July -0. Tlue grangers in Iowa arcplottingsgniriht the jjtace of miuiLof the railway pool eom- Geiu Thomas Grosvennr in naid to 'ie Ui comiiii' man for olidtor general , and as ho an Ohio man it miems iil.tiuiblc. Sumtor Hen Harrison leadi the war on Commissioner of Internal Revenue I'.auiu , and wants the place , for Will Cumback , of Ituliuna. Prominent republicans and democrats of St. IjOtiis have ju.-ti organized an asMicia- tjon , known an the Civil Service Assoeia , - tion of Missouri. Unbelinving local journalists do not see that woiiiun .suffrage in Utah and Wyoming has purified the ballot to any appreciable extent , [ Chicago Tribune. Mr. Kiddleberger M no more ] > otcnt iu helping himself I at lirahmoml than hevas \ fashii'gton. Suuia further reodj'ut * \ ment in necessary in. his ease. Therq are many aspirants for the gov ernorship in.Minnesota , but the suggestion that Cov. 1'lllsbury remain in ollice seiuus V ' be well received by the people. 'What a model institution in the Illinois s > j Legislature ! During its present ses.siou.lf ty' 135 bills have been introduced , and UHH far only twenty-heven of them have 'by- come laws. There is a prmwr-f ; feeling amoiifr.the democraU of Ohio that the men they wont vote for thin full in onu Allen ( . Thur- ' man , late a senator of the United States , now enjoying ; himKdlf at Paris. North Carolina proposes to vote , irAit- 'list , on the ctiusti | n of prohibition of nil itoxicants exoapt wine nnd hard cider. 'hese leverages , if well mixed , wonlil bu iitliciently stimuuvting for the tar heels. The liver-pad ! delegation from howljng looHienlom in ill WaHhinton ( clamoring or a change. Tluey ouht ( to have Rrejt i iiisiiioiiH homawhure , and the more foreign tie better. Thuy a > e too noisy s \vll ai DO numerous. _ Jerome 15 , C'holfee ' , whose daughter inar- ied Hen. ( ir.int'H on , is to return tor Colo- ado and go inUi active bubine s witlkSena * or Teller , and. to rim for the senate , 'haffee is naiil. to have milfered material OKhcrt in his mines , and to he wnnth neb ver SXK,000. ( ) CJov. I'laiijtet ) , of > fnine , 1ms oHtred n peciitl election uf representatives , in con gress to be hulil in the hecond district of hat ntato September VI , to fill the vacancy lattsed by thit election of Mr. I'Yyoto ' thu Jnited State * kenate. At JfarMiallton , Iowa , the f-tabi ftrecn- i i.ick convention expressed sympathy for I .he Irish Load league , mid all dinva-trodilen * teojilo of the L-lobe. A resobttion wan f .litHbed fiucoring tlio election of. jiret'tdi'iit , * rice-jiresid < nt , and United Statiw hCiiatnw ly direct vote of the neople. Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama , in letter tua relative in Kentucky , express 's the opinion that Senator Heck , of Ken tucky ' , is the moat useful man on the dem ocratic vide of the senate , uiul it would ho calamity to the democratic putty , and alxvo all , to the south to lei > o his bervice * n tlat body , The { treenbackers have nominated Mtv. M'arj * Xsish for ht.itu sitpwrinteiulent c-f instntction in Iowa , regardless of tbo fact that she i.s barred by tlio btatuto. The last lrginlaiuru pansed an iR-t iiiukini ; > rfik- meii eligible for county , but not btato su perintendent of schools , lint it is all the - htuuci whether a greenback camlidata in ( ft Vg eligible or otherwise , Lord Angus Cameron is booked fcirT inl Uoscnu'd seat ill the houseof lords at Wash- Ington. Imagiliu the mantle of the late jorilly perbonago from New York descend ing upiiii thu shouhlent of the htiitesimm from Wisconsin Ho would bo jwiily ed by the gaze of blue and bluck-eyed beau , ties from the galleries , looking in vain for the blonde Adonis from Utica , "I feel , " Bald the fat passenger , as the Irain crossed Iho Ohio hue , "that 1 am in thu land ( if btatei > men. There is a smell of the pobtollicu in the air , and the low , sweet bound of a consulate is heard in thu dewy distance. 1 bee the blmilowy fonn-i of marshals yet to be , mid out of thydivamy gates of thu impossible I bee tlio t-ad pro cession of never-to-be supreme judges. It a dear and favored land , this grand old Btep-motlier of president ) . [ lUtrdette. Lowest possible cash prices always guaranteed and but one price asked at Hushman's Dry Goods StoroUouglas east comgr Fifteenth and south- streets ,