THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JUJSTE 9 , 1881.
The Omaha Bee.
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livUon of THK JJAIIiV KKK.
ttfTht Indication ! for Wcdnnday , in the
Upjxr Mitnippi Vnlley : Pair wather ,
northerly trinili , Itcnming rarialtle , Italian
nry or hiyhcr tctnptralure awl Utromtter.
Ttovtr Mitioitrii Warmer , clear or cloudy
vxathcr , north varying to lotitheait wiwli ,
ilationary lanintttr ,
IOWA'S governor is auldoin out of
Gear.
IOWA'H greonbackera havo'lust fully
one-half their strength since two yeara
ago.
TUB Slocumb anti-treat lawa have
boon suspended during the Siongor-
foat.
JT looks like a concentration on
Dopow , to the exclusion of both Conk-
ling and Platt.
JAV Gouu > didn't stop long in
Omaha , but ho dropped another rail
road on his way.
Mu. JAMKH WILSON will find
harder to pack a convention than
Marshal county primary.
for
Tun operations of the null-treating
law have boon suspended until the
closing of the Sniiigorfest.
ALMOST every star route has proved ill
r lo bo a very Milky Way , and the con
tractors seem to have done very lively y ,
milking. his
JAV COOKK and Jay Gould used to and
bo called the two " .lays. " Since adjai
Cooko's failure ho has been a very trull
blue .Jay.
as
RIOTING : in becoming general in asMr. \
Ireland and the sight of a scarlet coat
acts on the peasantry like a rod rag in nor
the face of a bull. as
Y has engaged Bob Ingorsoll pool
for his attorney. Before the trial is CO
over both client and lawyer are likely East
lo believe in the existence of a hell. bless
THK Empire state docs mt enjoy
the humiliation to which she is sub bo
jected by a senator who has placed the
himself in antagonism to her wishes.
THK Buffalo glucose works hayo not oral
definitely decided upon DCS Moines ,
and will take into consideration Oma
the
ha's advantages as a place for locating.
FUANK TWINKLKII , a coal minor at
Canton , Ohio , has fallen heir to § 45- , is
000,000 in England. A man could to
vroll afl'ord to twinkle on such a for Jim
tune.
has some soft official
positions , and Fred Douglas seems to
liavo fallen into ono of thorn with a
$7,000 salary. His predecessor said ,
that his oflico hours were from half-
past twelve to a quarter to ono every
other Wednesday. (1
Mu. Co.NKi.iNu evidently feels thu
weight of public opinion against him
in his own . state and ia determined
cither to wear his opponents out by a
protracted dead lock , or else to com
bine with the democrats and force an
adjournment of the legislature until
full. It remains to bo soon whether
the republican legislature of Now
York will permit itself to bo led by
the none into the trap prepared for it
by a wily schemer.
INDIANA farmers are very despon
dent over the crop outlook thia sea-
HUH , The wheat crop of Indiana will
not roach more than one-third the
average of the past throe years. The
acreage is fully equal to thut ol last ,
but instead of twenty bushels the
yield will not exceed seven bushels
per ucro. The corn crop ia not very
promising , and the fruit outlook is
ulso decidedly discouraging. a
WK were told time and again that
capitalists would no"cr invest another
dollar for railroad extension in Ne as
braska if ever the legislature should
pasa u law prohibiting and punishing
discrimination and extortion by rail
road corporations. Such a law , al
though not very stringent , has boon of
passed and la now in force. But cap
italist a , including Jay Gould and the
0. , B. & Q. Byndicato , don't appear to
be frightened about those laws , judg-
ingLby tlu > various Nebraska railroads
-they are now constructing or liavo pro
jected in the near future.
A NEW TRUNK LIKE.
The filing of articles of incorpora
tion of the Missouri Pacific in Ne
braska , of which Jay Gould is lo bo
the principal proprietor , ia an event
fill of promise lo this city. This new
line will close a gnp which has long
boon in exiatonco between Omaha and
tin fertile counties of Cass , Otoo , Nc-
nmha and Richardson. Apart from
more local considerations , it will put
Nebraska producers in direct commu
nication with the whole of Gould's
southwestern system and will bring
the southern markets and the sea
board in commercial connection with
our people.
In the days of overland stage and
wagon traffic a very brisk trade was
carried on between Omaha and the
counties along the Missouri river.
Ten years ago the subject of a down
theM river railroad was actively can
vassed by our citizens and preliminary
stepa were taken lo build n line which
should give a through connection with
the Gulf of Mexico. The completion
off the Kansas City , St. Joe and Coun
cil Bluffs ro.ul by the aid oi liberal
subsidies was the death blow to the
Omaha and Galvcaton scheme and
since that time this city has been
practically cut oil from a largo portion
oft the Irado of this state owing to im
perfect transportation facilities along
the West bank of the Missouri river
and the embargo of the U. P. bridge.
The now line , which wo understand is
to bo begun 'immediately and
pushed forward to rapid completion ,
will bo of the highest com
mercial importance to our
city , in the extension of fields for our
jobbers and wholesalers. It will bo
no less I important to our producers in
funnelling thorn another market for
their ! grain and in bringim ? them
nearer to the Atlantic seaboard. Con
necting Mr. Gould's gigantic southern
system with the most populous and
wealthy portions of our state , the Mis
souri Pacific will afford a now and
computing outlet for our cattle , grain
and corn. St. Louis with the barge
line : , and n river free from ice all the
year round will bid against Chicago
Nebraska ] produce. The great and
undeveloped south will offer our pro-
lucers another field for their com- lo
noditicH , and receive " hog and
lominy" in return for cotton and
cane .
01 course , wo do not know posilivo- ed
what Mr. Gould's programme with
new i ! road is to be. Extensions
feeders : may bo run out into the It
uljacont countioa to compete for the
traffic now controlled by the Burl-
nglon syndicate. So long
those are built with
. Gould's ' own money and operatcdl /
undc the law in an equitable man- for
, Nebraskans will fool grateful. If ,
seems probable , the now trunk line of
result in disrupting the Iowa
eel which for years has lliroltlcd 'all
ioiiipetition ] between the West and
Eastern markets , it will provo a great
ilcssing.
IOWA fence-riders are putting up BO
then ligh thing rods. They expect to al
struck three weeks hence , when of
state i republican convention meets. .
Tm : attempt has boon made by sev for
Iowa stalwart correspondents to
make it appear that a largo portion of
republicans of the state are indig
nant at the course pursued by the ad
ministration against Conkling. This infl
the sheerest nonsense. Iowa went has
the Chicago convention solid for An
Blaine and rolled up 80,000 ma "
jority for Garfield and ngainat Hie cit
third term doctrine. They admit for
Conk-ling's abilities , but don't like his am
figure. goi
mu
A HAMi'LU of the manner in which wh
railroad companies swindllo the public bii
before a pound of freight is transport- tin
over their lines , is shown by the an
iiannor in which Gould's NDW York , its
Lackawaniia and Western road is bo- wli
ig constructed. The line is inton-
led to add to the traffic of the Dola-
rare , Lnckawanim and Western , and
lao to connect Gould's ' Wabaahsys-
em with the Lacknwana linen. The
building and equipment of the road '
mi in the hands of a construction com-
mny , composed of railroad niun , who
realize handsomely mi their invest-
nenl. Only ! JO per cent of their stock .
)
lias been paid in , and already it is quoJJ
ted at MO , with the probability that jj
there will bo no further call upon the
holders. Sidney Dillon is the nomi
nal contractor , and thus the
profits of the project are kept
within the family. As soon as
the road ia completed the construction
company will pass out of existence ,
and the Now \'ork , I ackawnnna A
Western Railroad Company , which
nuw exists only the name , will become
fact. The road ia being finished in
convenient sections , and will be put
together like u flute. Thia permits
the work to bo done quickly , as soon
each section U completed bonds
will issue upon the certificate of the
President and General Engineer lo
amounl of SUD.OOOa milo for construc
tion and equipment. The entire cost
the road to the construction com
pany will bo less than $15,000 per
milo and § 10,000 in clear profit is ex
pected to bo swindled out of the bond
holders of the road and subsequently
out of shippers who will bo forced io
pay dividends on the t-xceus of capital
stock.
GERMAN SOCIAL INFLUENCE.
The largo German immigration ,
which in pouring inlo this country , has
given occasion to a number of eastern
journals for moralizing over what they
are pleased to call the Germanizing ol
America. They inform , us that for
eign thought , foreign morals nnd foreign -
eign aocial customs are rapidly displacing -
placing native American institutions
and thai Iho United Stales is degcnor-
aling into a now Teutonia with Kurotin
pcan manners and German methods of
lifo.
There can ho no doubt thai the
largo influx of Germans ia making its
influence full in America. It made
itself felt in thu civil war , when
thousands of Germans shouldnrod
their muskets and fought in the ar
mies of the Union. It made itaolf
atill moro strongly felt in Iho reconia
struction period , when the greal mass
of German voters were unflinching
supporters of republican measures and
the republican party. It boa mode
itself fell politically for good in every
election since the civil war , when the
largo majority of Germans liavo cost
their ballots for the heal candi-
dales and in the interests of
purily of government nnd liberty of
political thought and action.
German influence has made itflolf
felt in Iho broad acroa of Iho woat ,
where the sturdy , plodding German
homesteader has .insisted in building
up Iho ngricullural wealth of whole
atates and in leaving his impress aa an
orderly and industrious citizen upon
Iho community , of which ho waa a
member. In a thousand lines of
labor , in the workahop and factory , in
Jio mill and at the forgo , in our col-
egos and universities , in our high
schools and seminaries , Gorman
brawn and brain has boon fell and
noted.
Hut it ia in the ofl'ect of their social
customs upon thu communities in
which they reaido that German habit
has made itself moat powerfully felt
and has exorcised a healthy and bene
ficial influence. A sound , healthy
mind dopcnda greatly upon a vigor
ous , healthy holy. The American of
Puritan extraclioii , with Puritan lifo
and habits , ia given lee largely
Iho business of money get
ting. Ho makes lifo dreary
and cheerless by habitual intemper
ance on work to the exclusion of need
relaxation. The consequence is
that Iho young American generation
grows up enfeebled in mind and body.
ia only through the infiuion of the
vigorous blood of a people who know - -
how to work during working hours
and enjoy themselves during leisure (
hours , thai Iho now generation of .1
Americans are laying the foundation
longer lives and hoalt'jior descend
ants. The influence upon Americans
the Germans is manifesting
itself moro strongly in Iho largo
cities where . . they are HO
numerous. They are instilling
among Americana a taste for musical
and nhysicnl culture. This is notably ty
in Cincinnati , Milwaukee , Chicago
and St.Louis. The annual festivals
the German singing and gymaatio low
societies have developed a taste among
Americans for music nnd bodily exercise
cist and increased their capacity
social amusement. In other ed
words , the Germans are teaching
iiiericans how to live happier and of this
lat ia cerlainly something worth
nowing. Right here in Omaha Iho
ifluenco of German customs and lifo ,
as wrought a beneficial change among
.mericans. Such festivals as Iho f
Siengerfest" now in progress in our
ity , is a meana of education which 11
orccs ilsolf upon Iho public attonlion
ml exorcises a powerful influence for
ood. And the whole soulcd onjoy- i
lent and hearty social intercourse at
Inch tliu members of Iho ' "Siungor-
imd" and their families' o'xhibit in j.Jl "
teir relations to each other is an exif >
tuple which cannot help but leave
;
ts influence upon every witness of
hataoovor creed or nationality ,
l.in
CHAUMK FoxTKit rouoniinatcd by o
cclamation. Tl nit's almost aa good
is being booked for a foreign mission
getting confirmoiH > y tlio grace of .
/ml Roscoe.
nn
hn
A YKAU ago John Sherman couldn'l nil
mister votes enough to nominate hin
rosidonl of Iho United States , am th
low ho has boon made president ol all
the ( Ohio republican convention with tha
out a dissenting vote. Glory enong ]
ror an Ohio man. 'j
JOSEPH ltouK , formo7ly city troaa
uror of Jmflnlo , has boon'convicted o Tl
embezzling § 100,000 in bonds. Th th
thwl
jnrora were out lifty-ono hours , 1 wl
Uork had stolen a brass watch , o f
robbed a henroost the ffa
, jury woul fa
have found n verdict in ton minutes til
tildl
dl
WHY do the Gcrmana emigrate i It 1 |
such largo numbers this year ? Ilig Fi
taxes , low wages and compulsory mil th tli
itary service are forcing thorn to
expatriate 1"
triato themaolvea and seek now home
in the American republic.
THE street car accident which killo
off a span of horses and came vor ,
near killing and maiming a dozen mo :
and women is very suggestive. I :
the first place , il is a forcible romindo
of Iho tcrriblo danger -to which ou
people are constantly oxpoaod by be
ing compelled to cross half ; n doze
railroad tracks every lime they go t
or conic from Iho dcjwl. In Iho noxl
place / , the accident shows the criminal
negligence of leaving the high onbank
inent i > n Tenth street without a safe
enclosure.
BKOOKH thinks ho can get along
very . comfortably without the aid ol
the yoiiiig-mnn-afraid-of-liis-unclo.
Tim competition of the Erie canal
s making itself so powerfully felt on
tin New York Conlral road thai
; oneral ] reduction in freight rates will
> o immediately ordered by Pool Com
uissiniicr Fink. .With the Missouri
and Mississippi open to barge linca ,
tlu western rnilroada would quickly
X ) brought to terms.
"A KAPOLBojf of Financo"is what the
Pall Mall Gazette calls Jay Gould. It
ia now i said that in addition lo his
elcgraph nnd railroad consolidations
. lay ; Gould controls three-fourths of
tlu entire anthracite coal interests of
'omisylvania.
MOUNTAIN AND SEASIDE
lii'iiernl ' Joseph E , Johnson will upend
the . summer at Wnnn Springe , Virginia ,
Admiral Almy nnd family will end their
Hoawm'ii ) aimtiTitigs < at' llich field Springs.
New York and Philadelphia , unlike
other cities of the country , are surrounded
by mimmer place * of recreation.
There are now about one hundred cot
tages at New | > rt that can \m \ had at from
$1,000 to $ liOUO each for the season.
MM. .Tulia Farmstead of Boston , pister
of Mrn. Colonel Jerome- Napoleon Bona
parte , has just purchased a building site in
Nowmrt. |
The highlands of the lelewaro is n wild
nnd rugged region in which the IJelewaro
Itivt-r wrestles with Iviltatinny of Blue
Mountain , forcing itself through this bar
rier to the celebrated Water ( Jap and tak
ing in many of Pennsylvania's prettiest
The New York and University clubs
have taken cottages nt Long Branch for the
season. Koine of the cottages there are in
the Queen Anne style , and liavo nine or
sixteen rooms exclusive or servant * ' quar
tern , an * ! rent for from Sl,000 to $1.800.
Schreiner's orchestra of sixty-two pieces
from Kurope is engaged at an expense of
832,000.
Kev. Dr. O. II. Tiffany , wife and daugh of
ters , liavo gone to Martha's Vineyard. Dr.
Tiffany has been appointed delegate to the
MethctdUt Kctimenical council in London ,
and with .Mrs. T. will sail the last of June
and will probably upend some time on the
Continent previous to the meeting of the
council in .SejttoiDber.
Kx-fovcrnor ! and Mrs. Van Zandt have ed
sold a valuable parcel of land at Newoort ,
which is bounded southwesterly on Rhode
Island avenue , and southeasterly on Kay
street. The lot contains home 87,82-1 square
feet , and the price per foot in 25 cents.
The purchaser is Air. John Whipple , of
New York , son-in-law of cx-Gove-inor
Thomas Swnnn , of Maryland , This is the
largeht sale of real etttatu that has been
made in that vicinity fora long time.
Long Branch has a beautiful spot ou by
Park avenue which is termed "Actor's of
Colony. " In this place there are cottages
occupied by J. W. Wallack , Mrs. Kdwin
Adams , Arthur L , Sewcll , Mrs. W. H.
Floyd , Thomas Eaton H. T Paddock
-M-UJVI 1 llVSlllltil - I V'II , * * O. 1 llllVIUUft. tit
Maggie Mitchell's cottage , Thomas I { .
Kiiiney , in Kdwin Booths cottage , and
ieorge Wallack. Close by on Cedar
venue arc the cottages of Mis.s Mary by
Anderson , J. W. Albaiigh , Frank S.
, William Henderson in "Kose-
and John Itussell Young. N.
The mountain land extending westward
rom the Delaware Water ( ! ap over North
H 1'endsylvmiiu , embracing the valleys of wa
10 Leliigh and the Suwiuehanna , is cole-
jrated fur the strong contrasts of it land-
Hipes Hcriioa of navage grandeur alternn-
ing ' with others full of repose and ( pilot )
leauty. Of the latter character the world
anious Wyoming Valley , which is watered
the 8iiwiieliamii | , may l > e taken a.s an by
ixainjilo , and of the former region of which
lunch Chunk , in the Lehigh Valley isthe
A seashore report is being projected be
Norfolk. The Landmark Hays that a ,
company of that city have purchased a
number of farms of the Atlantic coast , be
ginning al > oiit seven miles below Capo
Henry ami running southward along the
bench for six miles. They have also secur
the right o-f way for a railroad from
Norfolk to their Iwach property , a distance and
only fifteen miles. It is claimed that
property will make ON attractive a
minimer resort as Long Branch , on the New
Jersey coast.
The backwardness of the season does not
lay the preparations for the summer bu-
iness , though it may postpone thu arrival of
visitors. There is an expectation that
lie visitors to the seaside resorts will
really outnumber those of last year , nnd lic
along the Jersey beaches the arrange-
iicnts In jirogress look for n greatly in-
rinsed biininess from the class that do not
ind it convenient to leave the city , but
an run away frequently for a few hours or no
day. On the north and south shores of '
lie state mechanics and laborers are busily
work , and the summer visitors will bo
urpriacd at the changes tli.it will have
"yen wrought sinee the closu of last season.
Hie ( improvement will embrace the routes
travel , as well as enlargement of the fa-
Hities for the lodging mid feeding of
uei < ts ,
J ?
Making tlio Iiaw Odious ,
.Incoln Globe ,
The B. & M. railroad have decided
ruin several flouring mills along
heir route in order >
lo make Iho poo-
understand Hint there must bo '
.ninporing with the laws. They
iwvo commenced on Iho mill al Fair m
mont. _ In times paat they claim to himi
Imve given the Fairmont null special mi
rates , thereby killingoH'other millafor
Mn
thu benefit of thia one. This law does
not compel the road to raiflo im
their ratea but it ox-
shall
says Ihoy treat *
ali
nhko and if
find
anybody can
any
ful
thing wrong in thia wo would like to On
have them explain where it ia. Wlior
railroad ollicinla say that they have
given certain parties special rates thoj ing
simply mean that they have beet
RUilty of robbery in every other case , .
i'his is the plan by whicl
they propose to repeal the Inv
which provides that n common man can
shall bo treated na well as a governor ,
but \vo mistake- the metal of Nebraska
farmers if they do not elect n legisla
twro in the your 1882 which will Imn-
die this question without gloves. Tin.
: * M. Jtailroud have selected out to
Filinoro county as a good to bogii
their grinding , because the people o
that county have declared their indo and
poiult'iico.
Killed TJJ-
National Associate.
FOWLEH , Ind , Juno 8. During th
prevalence ; of a heavy storm yt'sterdaj .
Wm. Sharploy was struck bv lightC1J
ning , and Miss Delia Sliarploy and 1"
Airs. Samuel Hooper _ instantly . killed
Z.
- - no
THK length of the railroads built
the United States in the year endin of
April 1 , 1881 , waa 6,113 miles , Iwic
Iho mileage of the preceding twolv
months. At 825,000 a milo , thos
railroads would coal 9152,800,000.
GREETING THE LADDIES.G
The MonstDr Procession of Fire-
men in Council Bluffs
Yesterday ,
Dearly Twenty Thousand Visit
ors Coming Down to
the Bluffs.
A Grand and Successful Colobrn-
tloii.
Still did Iho weather contiuuo to
inilo on Council BluftY grand cole-
iration. Yoatcrdny was n charm-
_
ng day over there for ft parade ,
"roin early dawn , the city \VM alive
with pedestrians , vehicles , and propa
ations to receive now thousands.
Tno chief event of the day , next to
ho regular programme , was thu ar
rival ; of the Omaha boys , accompanied
> y the U. P. band. Pioneer Hook and
Ladder company proaonted itself to the
lowana , and was received with cnthu <
si.vm ' ' , The magniticont team allached
to the t company's truck was the familiar -
iar ono hero , belonging to E.igino
company No. 2 ; but in Council BlulTs
it ; was difficult to aay which had the
beat reception , Iho mon or Iho horses ,
bolh were so hearlily applauded
The parade was to liavo begun at
10 n. m. , but it was noon before it
got into motion. A moro creditable
display could not have been expected ,
nd all along the route thousands ox-
ircssod their delight at the spectacle.
The slight rain during the night had
aid the dust , nml made the day moat
iropitious for a street demonstration.lf
Col. John H. Koatly was the chief
marshal of the day , and the following
waa the order of the parade :
The first division waa commanded
by Assistant Marshal George Duggan ,
Denver , with Assistant Marshal J.
G. Sheoley , of Omaha , as nido , nnd
consisted of the following companies
and organisations : Dales learn , Den
ver , Colorado , and Moline and Omaha
fire departments.
The second division was command
by Colonel Lyman Banks of Mu-
acantino , with Assistant Marshall C.
Woodruff as aide , and consisted of the
following organizations and com
panies : Cedar Rapids , Muacantinc ,
Walorloo , Independence , Marshall-
town , Cedar Falls , DCS Moines , Bur ot
lington , Toledo and Nevada.
The third division waa commanded
Assistant Marshal W. T. Stafford
Atlantic , with Assistant Marshal G.
Van Doran of Davenport as aide , and
and consisted of the following delega
tions and organizations : Atlantic ,
Boone , Ottumwa , Marion , La Porte ,
Manchester ; , Clinton and Iowa City. §
The fourth division was commanded
y- Assistant Marshal John Dugan of
Creston , with Assistant Marshal H. of
. McGrew , Ilarlan , as aide , and con
sisted , of the following companies and
delegations : Creston , Ked Oak , Ona-
, Wall Lake , Denison , Oskaloosa ,
Ilarlan , Ay oca , Odobolt , Carroll , Clarinda -
rinda , Orinnoll , Stuart , Sioux City ,
Dunlap , State Contnr and Council
31uT flro departments.
The fifth division waa commanded
Assistant Marshal Crenel D. B.
Dailoy , with Assistant Marshal J. II , of
Marshall as aide , and consisted of the
following organizations : Council
Bluffs Light Guards , Post Grand
Army of the Republic , Potlawattamio
County Veteran association , St. Pat
rick's Benevolent society , and kindred
civic societies , Governor Gear and
aides , etc. , mayor , council , city officers
clergymen in carriages.
Arriving at the park , there was an
address by Mr. J. W. Chapman , to
which Governor Gear responded. The
addresses wore happily short , and '
swept , aa I might be , and the crowds
listeners did not grumble on that
account.
The writer has attended many pub
festive occasions in populous dis ,
tricts of the cant , but the scenea in
Council Bluffs for Iho past two days
were now to him. No drunkenness ,
disorder , nothing to mar the feasl ,
'lit everywhere thousands of men ,
vomon and children. Everybody
ippears to bo salisfied in advance , to
IMVO come to the jollification with , '
lotcrmination not to become diaaatis-
iod. The city had over 15,000
trangera to accommodate yesterday.
ho hotels kept a continuous run of
neals all day long. At the Ogden ,
able after table was served , and the
igned rogistory liat for the past 30
lours at this hotel covers about forty
ages. From llus a reapectablo idea
nay bo had of the influx of viaitora.
L'ho Episcopal and Methodist churchci
mvo , established eating houses , and
hey provo of great value to Iho
iiingry multitudes.
Omaha made n good show yesterday.
Many gentlemen attended the parade , '
mil a shining light in the streets was '
ox-Councilman Jim Stephenson , wit !
Thandaomo team and a most beauti-
, ailver colored carriage. The
Omaha boys spent most of their time
ilaying pool al Iho Ogden and whirl
to the strains of the bands.
Tlit ) several committees in charge o
ileuping accommodations report thai
.heir resources are not yet exhausted
and that all wanting accomodatiom
hnvo it by applying at the lire *
men's headquarters on Broadway.
At 2 o'clock about 10,000 people
began to Anther al the tournament
grounds to witness the contest ii
steamer and hand engine tests. ITJ
5 o'clock but three tests had beei
made , us follows : The Rescue Engin
Company No.3 , of Council Bluffs
distance in throwing water 137 fee
tl inches ; Red Jackets of Avoca
listunco 175 foot and 10 inches ; tin
Cataracts , of Independence , 150 fee
and 10 inches.
There will bo little spirit in th
contests till Saturday , when the excitement
citoment will roach a tromendou
pilch.
An adjourned meeting of Iho stat
association waa hold last evening it
the town hall to locate the next plac
holding thu annual toiirnamcn
and to elect officers for the comin
year.
year.About five o'clock l&al evening
concert was inaugurated in front c
the Ogden house in honor of Got
Gear. At half past seven a lovco was
bold by the governor , lasting till late
in the evening. In parlors Nos. 1
and 2 of the Ojrilon the governor and
lady received the long stream of call
ers , with a brave cood-cheor , that did
not lose genuineness by unliftng
hand-shaking and continuous con-
verso. . . .
The city was very generally illu
minated ! last night , and viewed from
Omaha , what could bo seen , looked
very imposing.
The following is the programme- for
to-day :
10 a. in. , trial of hook and ladder
companies. First prize , 81 0 and
siato championship belt. Second
prize , S7o. Third prize , 850.
1:30 : p. m. , trial of thohoso compa-
lics. First prize , $200 and the state
clnnnpionship belt. Socoml prize ,
8100. Third , 975. Fourth , ? 50.
Fifth , 20.
20.DOWN
DOWN IN TEXAS.
A Blnok Wnlnnt Forost-Tlio Ma
Who Wiw Murdered Rolls
lously.
Correspondence ol tlio Chicago Tribune.
SAN i ANTONIO , Juno 3. The smarl
cal < Tuxan , and in fact Iho Binaries
farmer I have over mol , is old Sin
Graves , who lives on A ono thousam
acre farm weat \Vaxahatchio , i
central Texas. After Mr. Graves ha
Jiown mo his cattle and cotlon h
look mo over lo sec hia woods.
"Well ; what of it , " I said , as h
pointed to a ten-aero forest.
"What of it ? Why , them's black
walnuts , sir. Ton acres of 'om
Planted 'cm myself ten years ago
Sec , they're nine inches through
Good trees , eh ? "
And sure enough there were toi
acres of hand planted black walnu
trees. They stood about twelve fee
apart , 200 to the acre , in all , 2,000
trees.
'Well , how do you got your money
bad * ? " I asked.
"Black walnuts are worth 82.50 a
bushel , 'aint they ? I'll get 400 bushels
this year. That's $1,000. A hun
dred dollars an acre ia uood rent for
land worth ? 15 an acre , 'aint it ? "
"Well , what elao ? " I inquiredgrow
ing interested.
"Tho Irpca , " continued Mr. Graves ,
"aro growing an inch a year. When
they are twenty years old they will bo
ninelcen inches through. A black-
walnut tree nineteen inches through
is worth $25. My 2000 treoa Ion years
from now will bo worth § 50,000. If I
don't want to cut them all , I can cut
half of them , nnd then raise a bushel
of walnuta to Iho tree that is , get
S2,500a year for the crop. Two hun
dred and fifty dollars an acre is a fair
rent for S15 land , ai'nt it ? "
Now , any farmer who has ten acres
overflow land on the Illinois bottom
can do just what this smart Texan
has done. Ho can make it worth
more than ten acres in the suburba of
Chicago' inside of ten years. Any
Chicago man can buy fifty acrea of
low bjack prairie within fifty miles of
Chicago at 825 an acre , plant it to
black-walnut , and make it pay him
15,000 a year.
The more I examine into the possi
bilities and probabilities of ten acres
black-walnut trees , the moro ns-
lounded 1 become. There is no crop
on earth that will come within fifty
miles of it. Calculate it any way you
may , ten acres of black-walnut trees
will pay § 250 annually an acre for the
first forty years. Ten acres of black-
wa ut'lreca fifty years old would bo
worth 8100,000. There ia no truit
tha will pay S2.50 a bushel , the mar
ket price of black-walnuta. Ten acres
black-walnut trees , at any ago ,
would always find a market , like a
marble quarry or coal mine. It could
always be sold. Mr. Graves says ho
has never seen n time since his black-
ralnut farm was two years old that ho
ouldn't have sold it for more than as
lany crops of wheat.
A UEUOIOl'H Ml'KDEU.
Col. Albert C. Pelton , whoso bcau-
iful 20,000-acro ranch ia out toward
lie Rio Grande , near Laredo , has
icon the Peter the Hermit of the
'exans for yoara. Ho lias believed
hat ho has held adirino commission
o kill Apache Indians.
Col. Polton came from Texas in '
844 , a common soldier. By talent
nd courage ho gradually arose lo Iho
ank of Colonel , and finally in 1850
omandcd Fort Macrae. That year
10 foil in love with a beautiful Span-
all girl at Abequin , Now Mexico.
Ier parents were wealthy , and would
lot consent to their daughter's going
iway from all her fronds to live in a
'arriaun. The admiration of the
oung people was mutual , and paron-
al objection only intensified the
uffeclion of the lovers. The nature of x
ho Spanish girl is such , that , once in
eve , aho never clmngca. Finally , af-
or Iwo years of entreaty and dovo-
ion , Col. Polton won Iho consent of
lie parents of the beautiful Spanish
jirl , and they were married. Then
commenced a honeymoon such as only ;
overs ahul up in a beautiful , flower- :
environed fort can have. The lovely
character of the bountiful bride won the
icarls of all the soldiers nt the fort ,
ind she reigned a queen among these
'rontiersmen. Ono day , when the
'ovo of the soldier and his lovely wife
ivns at its severest , the two , accompa-
lied by the young wife's mother and .
twenty soldiers , rode out lo llio , hot
springs , six miles from Iho fort , lo
Uiko a balh. While in Iho bath ,
which is near the Rio Grande , an In-
Jiiin's arrow paased over their heada.
Then a shower of arrows fell around
thorn , and a band of wild Apache In
dians rushed down upon them , whoop
ing and yelling like u band of demons.
Several of the soldiers fell dead , at
pierced with poisoned arrows. This
frightened Iho rest , who fled.
Another shower of arrows ,
and the beautiful bride bo
and her mother dropped in Iho waler ,
pierced by Iho cruel weapons of Iho
Apaches , With his wife dying before
his eyes , Col. Polton leaped up the
bank , grasped his ritlo and killed the
leader of the savage fiends. But the
Apaches were too much for tlio Col
onel. Piorctd with two poisonci
arrows , ho swam intw the river am
hid under an overhanging rock. Aftoi
the savages had left the Colonel swan
tlio river and made his way back to of
Fort Macrae , Hero his wounds were ty
dressed , and ho finally recovered , bit ia
only to live a blasted lifo , withou
love , without hope , with a vision o
liis beautiful wife , pierced with poi
aonoil arrowa , dving , perpetually before
fore his eyes. till
After the death of hia wife , i
change came to Colonel Pelton. II
seemed to think that ho had n sacred
mission from Heaven to avenge his
wife's death. Ho secured the most
unerring rillcs , surrounding himself
with hravo companions , and consecrated
crated himself to the work of revenge.
[ Io was always anxious to lead any
md all expeditions against the Apa
ches. Whenever any of the other In-
liana were nt war with the Apaches ,
Col. Polton would soon bo at the head
of the former. Ono day ho would bent
nt the head of his own soldiers , and
.ho next day ho would bo at the
icad of a band of Mexicans. Nulli
ng gave him pleasure but the sight
> f dead Apaches. Ho defied Indian
arrows and courted death. Once ,
with n band of the wildest despera
does , ho penetrated a hundred miles
nto the Apaoho country. The
Apaches never dreamed that anything
jut an entire regiment would dare o
follow them to their camp on the
nountains. So , when Col. Polton
iwooped down into their camp with
en trusty followers , firing their Henry
rifloa nt the rate of twenty times a
niunte , the Apaches fled in collator-
lation , leaving their women and chil-
Iron behind. It was then that there
darted out of n lodge a white woman
"Spare the woman , " she cried , and
hen she fainted to the ground.
When the colonel jumped from his
addle to lift up the woman , ho found
0 was blind.
"How came you here , woman , with
damned Apaches ? " ho asked.
"I was wounded and captured , " she
aid , "ton years ago. Take , 0 , take
no back again ! "
"Have you any relatives in Texas ? "
iskod the colonel.
'No. My father livea in Albcquin
My huaband , Colonel Polton , and my
uothor were killed by the Indians. "
"Great God , BellaMa it you my
vifot"
" 0 , Albert , I know you would
ioinel" exclaimed the poor wife , blind-
y reaching her Imnda to clasp her
lusband.
Of course there was joy in the old
ancho when Col. Pelton got back
vith his wifo. The Apaches had
arried the wounded woman away with
horn. The poisoned arroAvs caused
nflammation , which finally destroyed
icr eyesight.
"When I saw the Colonel ho was
eading a newspaper to hia blind wife ,
vhile in her hand she hold a bouquet
f fragrant Capo Jessamines , which ho
lad gathcrqd for her. It waa a picture
f absolute happiness.
DEAD DEMOCRATIC TOWNS.
1 do not know why it ia , but in
'exas , aa in Missouri , all the live
oung towns are republican. Dallas ,
STCW Braunfels , Palestine , Brenliam ,
? ort Worth and Austin six leading
owns arc all republican. If you sco
dying town like Bryan , you may put
t down as democratic ; and , if you see
in utterly dead town , you will find no
epublican vote there. Republicanism ,
find , in Missouri and Texas , means
outh , enterprise , and prosperity. St.
> ouia , Kansas City , St. Joseph , Slater
nd Warronsbiirg , in Missouri , old re-
mblican cities , prove this statement ;
vhile Hannibal and Jefferson City
> rove that democracy is the twin
lister of death and decay. Somehow
rothertho , immigrant dreads a dem-
cratic town aa ho dreads n pestilence ,
suppose thia is because the Southern
emocrat is not a democrat at all , but
n aristocrat. The Southern demo-
rat docs'nt work. He looks down on
lie laboring man. Ho was once a
slave-owner and a slave-driver. The
vorking emigrant doesn't like to live
lext to the undeinocrat democrat. Ho
irefers to live in a community of dem
ocratic republicans. Many immigrants
isk the question , before settling in a
own : Is it democratic or republican ?
f it is a republican , they stop and
ook at the land ; while , if it is democratic -
cratic , they pass on the other side.
ELI PKUKINH.
Awalio ! Arise !
Communicated. )
Irishmen of Nebraska , are you
uvaro of the condition of Ireland ? Do
rou know her wants , arc you con-
craant with her heroic sufferings ?
lave you forgotten the solemn prom-
so of fidelity you uttered , as the last
icad-land of the Emerald lalo floated
'rom your vision , or the curse of
mtred and revenge which you regis-
ored against her oppressor ? Surely
fou have not become degenerate
ons of patriotic sirca. Now ia your
imo to show your loyalty. Away
vith pseudo-patriotism and curb-stono
oratory. Bo men. Show that you
are Irishmen. Never in the checkered
liatory of Ireland liaa there been such
crisis. On ono side wo behold fivu
nilliona of people imbued with thu
irinciplca of nationality , mid acting
iiulor the influence of modem
civilization , quietly but firmly
lomunding their right to live ; and on
ho other a feudal governmental sys-
om which knows no law but force ,
which adopts no principle but expedi
ency ; n government which employs
Lho moat brutal means to carry out its
ends ; a government , which , had it
jxisted elsewhere , would have boon
long ago blown into oblivion.
Irish Americans do your duty. A
.jroat deal ia expected from you. Do
not shirk your responsibility. The
Concord and Lexington of Irish indn-
pondonco have already been enacted.
See that Yorkstown will follow. No
more pcaco otleringa. No more Bor-
vile petitiona. Let 'irishmen use crcr/ ;
intunn that modern science has
invented. Wo begged and prayed ,
now lot ua iforl ; . Give the men
homo a chance. Send them your
dollars and blesaing , Buy pow
der and dynamite. A ferocious
tyranical , infamous government must
dealt with acording to its own tac
tics. That will enforce respect. It
will oven create friendship. What are
the livea of Queen VictorianndGlad-
atone , and Foratcr , and the six him
dred scoundrels who make "laws , "
compared with live millions of people ?
What is the destruction of \ \ indaor
palace and Aldorshot , and Atlilono to
the starvation and sufferings of an en
tire race ? No moro acruples , England
has no conscience In the language
the great apostle of God and Liber
, Archbishop Croke , "What wo want
a chance for our lives in our own
country , and wo will forgot the past. "
Wo will not forget the past , however ,
until the blood of our martyrs ia at-
toned for. Landlords must perish un-
the account is balanced. Irish
men do your duty , and future meliora
tions will bless you. MAYO.
