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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 ,
