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54 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JUNE 15,1881. The Omaha Bee , Tubli hedevry inoiiilnp. The only Monday niotuinff daily. TKUMSUY.MAII- Onc v ii- . . $10.00 I Throe Moirtlis.S3.00 " . . 1.00 THE W11KLY : ! : , cv. cry W liielay. TKKMS I'OST VA1I- : One Vonr. . SJ.OO I Tint * Months. . W ) Kit Months. . . . VOO | One " . . M All Communl. relating to Ncw * ml Itdltftriftl mat ters -fJioultl ho ncldretswl to the KDITOK OF THE Hr.fi. IJUSIXKflS IKTTKH8 All' HnJnc JiottoM mvl ItdiiitUiicc * Miotild l e iuU dretwdto Tun OMAHA i-nit.Hiiixo I'O.M. J-ANY , OMAHA. lr. ft , C'hcckH niuJ Toil- office Onlcru to IMJ made payable to the enter of the ( Tom | > nny. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs E.ROSEWATER , Editor. .ToliE II. 1'icrco N in Charge of thoCS'rcu- .atimiof Till : DAILY l\KK. has suffered another do- icat in the cliuiubcr of deputies. ANOTHKK cycloni ) has struck Mi - * ouri. iMisKouri ia noted for liur wind mid bonrlxmism. A nf stir commentakor remarks that Colliding "flow high , but lit low. " Tliis covers thu ground. GIIANT thinks Garfiold'n administration ! M a failuro. That's what a Jiunibcr of people in 187(1 ( thought of Grant's executive. A SUMUEU of lazy cadet * in West Point want Whittnkor to lend ( hum his ears. They seem to bo a paying investment. E.vniNTiit ; Pease estimates that it cost only ton thousand dollara a mile to secure the safe naviagation of Iho Missouri. Our farmers are inter- - cstcd in Hoeing thofcthumonoy is forth coming /rrtnt congress. KKM\VIO : outrages are reported in Ireland. It is an outrage that the condition of the country for which irovernmonlal misrule is responsible flhould call for such a system of pro test. Tin : Chicago Jnfar-Ommasks if the Cincinnati Comtncretnl did not mipport Greeloy in 1872 , and Mr. Hatatcad an swers : "Yes , wo did wo did it openly - ly , and not as Colliding supported Tilden in 187 < . Wo did it for cause because wo then , as now , opposed the one-man business. Go to , old Hwill-buckot ! ' ' Wiu : > ? our slow jogging contempo raries of Omaha and Council Hind's , in the duo course of tinio , shall print the report on Missouri river improve ments , which was read by the govern ment engineer , Mr. i'caso , before our Loard of trade , wo hope they will re member that the unabridged report of Mr. Pease and the full proceedings before the board of trade Monday night , appeared in the morning edition of Tin : Ur.i : Tuesday. TIUSH Americans should nui//.lu O'Donovan Hossa. Such infamouB acts as-the blowing up of public build ings in England and the endangering of the lives of innocent persons will do moro to hinder thu ouso of Ire land than all thu tnry opposition it parliament. If O'Donovnn Itossa will his famous " ' "skirmishing fund' wrung from thu earnings of poor labor ing men and servant girls , were hot ) thrown into thu sea , the Irish cause would bo immensely benufitted. Tin : proposed clmngu of grade or upper Farnbam street has been indetl nitely postponed for thu very sulli- vient reason that thu amount to paj damages is not at thu disposal of the city council and thu county commis nioncra have no authority to taki § 17,500 out ot their couri IIOUHU fund or thu genera county fund , to bo paid for assessei damages in grading thu street Nobody exnccts thu damaged parties to waive their rights to the damage allowed them byjtho appraisers , am the only way the proposed change CHI ho made is by raising the 917,000 b ; private subscription among parties 01 lower Faniam and west of Eighteontl ivho expect to bo bcnofiUeil by tli lowering of thu titreut. ANOTJIKH day of fruitless ballottin lias closed at Albany without yieldin any evidence of a speedy turminatio of the struggle , unless a gain of on vote for Mr. Dopow can bo rcgardo us pointing in this direction , Thet Booms to bo no further danger of a adjournment before electing a senate : but rumors arc current and recoiv general credence that in case ( the election of Mr. Dope to the senate , Ilia seat will be contes cd on the ground of briber } ' befoi the national legislature. Mr. Con ] iing by this move hopes to secure tl defeat of his antagonist , TVS the sena in the absence of liimsolf und M I'latt will have a working democrat majority. It remains to bo sot whether the plan will prove succes M GENERAL GRANT ON THE SIT UATION , General Grant can be an intcrctA- ing talker when he feels so inclina\l. His trip around the world and the speeches which ho made at n hundred banquets and receptions proved that ho is by no meanstho sphinx which ho was believed to he. Hut of all the speeches and interviews of the Gener al which have thus far been reported , his late talk npon the situation in Albany seems to be by far the most unreserved [ and , too , we must add , indiscrete and open to criticism. General Grant's defeat at the Chicago cage convention seems to rankle in his breast. Ilo can find no words strong enough lo-comtcmn Mr. Robertson for opposing the unit rule chiefly because it was the defeat of thu unit rule , which was responsible for his own failure to receive thi > nomination , His hitter words of denunciation of President Garlield leave the impression of en vious detraction of a successful com petitor for national honors , This is all the moro surprising when thu speaker admits that the most mire- mirved ( gratitude was expressed by the president for General Grant's services in the campaign and the offer of reciprocal services was made by President G.ufiold in return for the support given him during the campaign by the ox-president. Hut it is when General Grant touchiv ) upon the subject of Mr. Conk- ling's r < ! Hignatiou and his subsequent canvass at Albany , that ho lays him self most open to criticism on thu ground of inconsistency. No presi dent no generally ignored thu laws of senatorial courtesy when it suited his personal convenience , as General Grant. The appointment of Collector Simmons at lioston was madu in oplKiflition to thu protests of both the Massachusetts senators , thu entire congressional delegation , and the general oppposition of the best classes of pcoplu in the common wealth. The appointment of Tom Murphy as collector of the port of New York was equally objectionable to onu of thu senators from that state and wholly distasteful fo the majority of Now York republicans. Instances of a like nature without number might bu multiplied to show the utter disre gard in General Grant's own case of the law of senatorial courtesy for which ho is now so strenuous. It makes a threat deal of difference to thu General whoso ox is gored. Whether it is Senators Boutwull and Kenton or his personal friends , Sena tors Colliding and Thomas I'latt. The General frankly expresses his opinion that Now York state cannot bo carried without the aid of Mr , Colliding. In this a largo number of Now York republicans will differ from hi rn. ft was not thu votes of the ma chine whose fidelity to party was measured only , but by the value of parly patronage who carried the last election in the Empire state. The six thousand federal and statu ap pointments would have voted the re publican ticket whether Mr. Conkling represented the state in congress or any other man filled the senatorial chair. It was the votes in the independent republicans whom Mr. Conkling is now so bitterly denounc ing , the merchants , the manufactur ers , the rising generation of voters whoso salaries were not drawn from the government cotlera and whoso bread and butter was entirely inde pendent of political influence who rolled up a 22,000 majority for Garfield - field and the republican ticket. And the hearty concurrence of this impor tant and influential element in the course pursued by the administration in the present controversy is only an index of the slate of feeling througli Now York relative to Mr. Conkiing'f foolish and childish exhibition of tem per. General ( Smut has earned a reputa tion of sticking by his friends. Nu doubt his vigorous advocacy of Mr. Conlding's position in the present cast will increase that ropntion in certain quarters. Among the mass of tin people generally we are convinced thai it will ho received only as an obsti nate refusal to look upon public af fairs from an unparti/.an standpoint and an equally obstinate refusal t < forgot a personal defeat at the handi of the last national convention. I l.v California the railway commis sioners are vested with full authority to regulate railway transportation a IK' suppress unjust ducrimiimtionandox tortion. A complaint was entered be fore the California nilway commis sioners last week , alleging unreason able discrimination by the Central Pa cific railroad * company in the loca freight rate on grapes from li.\on t < San Francisco. The rate charged fo : this distance by the Central Paclfn monopoly on green fruit shipped ii carload lots of ten tons is 1 ! > A cent per hundred pounds , or § 111) ) , while tli o charge for transporting a car load o wheat , containing ten tons , is enl 822.50 , It is the standing rule of th Central Pacific to charge thu liigliea rates for articles of the greatest valuu It was shown that grapes only nvoi age from 820 to JO per ton in Sa Francisco , while wheat averages froi 830 to 40 per ton. And yet $10.0 more is charged for transporting te tons of grapes than is charged fe currying ton tons of wheat over th same distance , The Sun Francisc Uhronidc characterizes this dincrim- lation as unjust a.nd manifestly .gainst public policy. Moro especially it view of the fact that the shipments f grapes in California over short dis- aiiccs already equal in quantity the ipmonts of wheat and it is the ex- essivo railway charges are an ern- iarg < i on these fruit shipments. The point most interesting this complaint is the fact that the iiilway company has reversed its : anding rule about charging accord- ug to the value of the commodity ransportcd , and its abandonment for casons of its own of the principle hat rates of transportation should bo ; oveniod by what the article trans- iorted can bear. TIIMU : arc nearly three hundred railroad corporations whoso officers ave either refused or neglected to urnish the statistical information re- nired by the national census law. It now announced that if they con- iiiuo much longer to neglect to pur- orm their duty in this regard the overnment will enter suit against hum to enforce the penalty which un- or the census act is the payment of a urn not * less than $500 , nor more han § 10,000 to bo recovered inaction f debt in any court of competent urisdiclion and in addition thereto very president , treasurer , secretary , ; cnoral agent or managing director of , uuh corporations shall on conviction 0 declared guilty of a misdemeanor ml be imprisoned for a erm not exceeding one yoar. iomo of the railwao managers ilaim that thin provision of the census aw is invalid and they deliberately efy the government authorities. Sow if any law ought to bo rigidly cn- brccd it is this act requiring railway orporations to report full detailed tatumonts under oath to the national .tithorities . concerning the cost of onstruction , operating expenses and icomo of their respective roads ac- ompanied by an exhibit of thu londud debt , amount of stock issued nd an inventory ol their road bed , tiling stock and other moveablc prop- irty. Such statistics nru of the mo4 ital importance at this stagu of our ational existence in furnishing a cor- ect estimate of the magnitudu of the ailway business and its vast resources. The country must bo placed in pos- ission of these statistics , and if there any flaw in thu census act that will table the monopolies to evade their .uty to furnish this information , con- > . fit. i't ' n > \t session should P.TJS 1 ironclad act that will bring them ) time. In any event , congress ught to pass a law. requiring every nilroad company in the country to eport scmi-annually , or at least once very year , to the national commis- ionor of railways full and explicit in- brniation about thoiroperations. Con- rcsH should also provide the severest enaltics for punishing railway ofli- als who furnish bogus statistics. Ivory railway corporation should bo impelled to keep its records iu con- trinity to a uniform system cstab- shod by a national commissioner of ailways , subject to inspection by ox- ierts employed by the government , ust as national bank records are sub- ect to inspection and supervision by , ho bank examiners of the treasury opartmont. "Without such a uniform lystem of accounts and records the tatistics of railways as they now roach ho public are worthless. Gn.sr.itAiVAiKin : , < > f the census Hircau , finds that his estimates ( for ho work fell far short of the actual xponditure. The act which created the census bureau fixed $ :5,000,000 : as the maximum cost of the work , and appropriations wore made aggregating $2ti2n)000. General Walker proceed ed to appoint special agents and enum erators in accordance with thu author- ty vested in him and he soon found hat thu estimate was really below his wants. The work in the teiritories , n several branches throughout the country , such as the educational , iliml , deaf and dumb , eta , far ex ceeded his expectations , and he now says that it will require ? f > 00,000 noru to complete the census according to his plan. Ho made his estimates upon the basis of the census of 1870 , and endeavored to bring everything within the lowest possibly cost. ISefore ho had proceeded far , however , ho was impressed with the'fact that thu coun try had not only grown in population , but that business had extended into new channels , opening up fields of in quiry which were unknown in 1870. For example , under the head Of agri culture , in 1870 there were forty in quiries , and in 1880 there were over five times this number. Had the full appropriation de manded been granted , the work could have been carried on until De cember with a reduced force , on the pay-as-you-go principle. As it is , it must entirely cease , or the employes bo compelled to await for their salar ies until the next congress moots. After consulting with thu president and the attorney-general , General Walker decided to proceed with tlw execution of his original plans , and depend upon the next congress io foot the bills. IF the li. & M. don't take active stops , its territory along thu Missouri will bu soon occupied by Jay Gould'i itouthwcstorn system. SPRINKLE THE STREETS- Immediate steps should bo taken by Omaha property owners to sprinkle the streets of this city. The dust nuisance has already begun. Travel on the principal throughfares has become disagreeable in the extreme , Mer chants arc growling over the damage done to goods , by the dust , visitors are complaining of the annoyance and a great majority of our citizens are willing to do anything to abate the nuisance. The last legislature in its regulation of cities of the first class provided for the special assessment of property abutting on streets for pur poses of street sprinkling. Sec. 50 of House Koll No. 251 entitled "A biil for an act to incorporate cities of the first class and regulating their duties , persons and government , " reads as follows : "On written petition of not less than ono-half of the owners of feet front on the land fronting on any street , or any specified part thereof , the mayor and council may order such street or specified part thereof , to besprinkled sprinkled with water at such time or times as thu council may deem proper. Such sprinking shall bo done by con tract awarded to the lowest bidder in each case , or for the entire city or specified districts thereof. To pay the expense of such sprinkling the council may make special assessments on the lands.abutting uponsuch street or specified part thereof , either on the valuation thereof as listed for taxa tion , or by foot front. Such assess ment shall bu a lien on thu lands charged from the time the council de termines thu amount assessed against each parcel of laud and shall be col lected as special taxes. " It will be seen from the above that a written petition of at least one-half of the property owners is necessary for the sprinkling of streets by gen eral assessment under the new law. This provision does not , however , prevent our merchants from raising a purse to secure the immediate sprink ling of the streets in case such consent of property owners cannot bo ob tained. The laying of dust last year by private subscription proved a very .successful and remunerative enter prise to our leading business houses. Under thu present circumstances it could bo repeated with profit. It is far from likely that any scheme for general assessment can be carried out before the completion of the water works system in our city. Until that time it would moro than repay our merchants on Faruam , Douglass and Fifteenth streets to obtain , by private subscription , what cannot bo obtained by a general levy. And in the bene fit which would result in such an ac tion the whole city would bo partakers. It is now said that Archibald W. Campbell , late editor of the "Wheel ing , W. Va. Intelligencer , is to re ceive the Berlin mission. Ho is an applicant for the position , and his claims are being pressed by promi nent republicans of his state. Gr.NintAi , opinion says that that al leged bribery case is decidedly too thin. Harper's Magazine for July is an unusually interesting number. Mrs. Champuoy contributes a charming de- .scriptijiiof Oporto and the Oporto vineyards , with beautiful illustrations. Mrs. Annie Howel , as Frechette , de- icribcs the life of Lord Lorno and the Vincesa Louise at Ilideau hall giv- ng all those- details in which the pub ic has a legitimate interest. This ar- iclo is illustrated with excellent por- iiiits of the Marquis and hia royal : onsort , and with interior views of Ilideau hall never before published. T. 15. Aldrich contributes n delight- "ul nrtielu or rather the first > art of an article entitled "A Day in Africa1' ; a description of mo day's adventures in Tan- ; ierwith line illustrations from draw- ngs by H. H , and .1. C. Jones. Sani- lel Adams Drake's "White Moun- : ains" series , illustrated by W. II. 'ibson , is continued , h ! . Mason con- : ributos a paper on "Old Dutch Mas- tors" including Domv , Metzu , and Mieris , with portraits and engravings from their paintings. Asa H. Waters gives an interesting biographical sketch of Thomas HIanchard , the inventor of thu essentic lathe , with u portrait. A patriotic poem by Julia C. U. Dorr , entitled "Tho Parson's Daughter , " is finely illustrated by Frederick ; and Mr. Abbey is repre sented by another of his characteristic 'nil-page illustration of Hurrick's looms. George 11. Holdon contributes a sketch entitled "Hawthornu among his Friends , " containing u character istic and hitherto unpublished letter wiitten by Hawthornt ) to his friend , William II Piko. The article con tains other novel and interesting matter. Among the especially timely arti cles are "Uailroads in Mexico , " by F. K , Prendcrgast ; and''A Bioyulo Era , " by Kdward 1 lowland. Dr. S , Austen Pearce contributes a curious musical paper , entitled "Iho Music of the Spheres. " The serial novels by Miss Woolson and Thomas Hardy are continued ; and short stories are contributed by Ed ward Everett llalu and Arthur Hast ings. Among the poems of the number are two especially noticeable "First Appearance at the Odeon , " by the late James T. Fields ; and "My Juno Hey , " by Christine Chaplin Brush. The editorial departments are , as usual , full of entertaining and in structive matter for all classes of read ers. Post-Offloo Changes- In Nebraska during the week end ing June 11 , 1881 , furnished by the Win. Vanvleck of the postoilico depart ment : Established : Conrad , Mcrrick county , Win. T , I omott , postmaster ; Slocumb , Jellonon county , Phebo A. Smith , postmaster. Discontinued : Elysbcth , Stcarnl } county. NEW MEXICO. Its Sheep and Cattle Interests Discussed SpnniUi Land Grants and Titles. Fnotn Abont the El Dorado ot the Continent- Cincinnati Kmiulrer. Col William Urccden , formerly as sessor of internal rcveuoand afterward attorney general , at present a member of the territorial sonata of Now Mexi co , was corralcd with the lariat of an Enquirer reporter yesterday at 80(5 ( George street , and plethoric with the information of a seventeen years' resi dence in that at present interesting country , was induced to say a few words. Thus ho spoke : "Now Mexico ice is a good country , there is at pres ent a demand for live men with capi tal , but a large influx of men without money would be injurious. The prin cipal interest or products of the coun try have been sheep and cattle. It is favorable to sheep raising. On account of the mildness of its climate the sheep can run at largo the year around and find forage. There is a great extent of unsettled , open country , tolerably well grassed , and there being very little rainfall after the grass matures , it cures on thu ground without losing its strength , BO that sheep and cattle live on it well during thu winter , and no feeding is required. " "Where do you sell your wool ? " "Chiefly east , in St. Louis and Philadelphia. There are not less than four million sheep in the territory. At present , com mon unimproved wool brings from lOc to He pur pound. The sheep are gen erally small , native sheep. Consider able effort has been made in thu past fuw years to improve thu quality of sheep , and a good many line sheep havu been brought in. Most of thu sheep-owners who have the means are importing fine rams , and grading them up in that way. Another thing , sheep Hulier very little from disease. " CATTLE IJfllUHTKY. "What of cattle ? " "This has only become important in the last ten or twelve years. I can say that almost without exception all engaged in this business have done well , many grown rich in the business. They are improving their stock very rapidly. Only hist week two car-loads of young bulls of Canada stock came in. " "How do owners distinguish their cattle ? " "Each man has a brand , which is registered. The great thing in the first place is to select a spot where there is n good water supply. Hero the cattle range , there being no fences for miles about. The threat trouble in the cattle business , however , is ( 'ATTLK-STK AUSO. Bands of men have been organized and fifty or a hundred head stolen and sold at once. In the northwest portion tion of thu territory there was a man named Stockton , who defied and still defies the auth > vitie : , , and carries on his cattle-stealing on a collossal scale , flu has from fifteen to thirty outlaws in his band. Only three weeks ago , a friend of mine , having some § 00,000 invested in cattle business , went up to lnok after it and was murdered. At a late term of the court some sixty indictments were found against these people ; and efforts have boon madoto arrest them , but being near the Col orado line , they crossed into that state , and being in a remote portion of it ; the officers of that state have not l > ecn able to render materiil as sistance. I think the Colorado au thorities are aa anxious to catch them as wo are , and that they will either bo captured or driven out of the country. The penalty under the law is impris onment not exceeding five years , but many have hung for the offence. " LAND TITLKS. "How me your titles to land" in New Mexico ? " There are a largo number of grants of land made by Spain and Mexico , many of them very largo. The largest in the territory comprisus about 1,750- acres. It was known as the Maxwell grant , and was originally * granted to Beavion and Miranda , and is now hold by a Holland company , of which Frank Tt. Sherwin is president. This grant IE. in the northeastern part of the territory and extends into Colora do , talcing in the towns of Cimarron , Springer , Elix.abothtown , Itayudo and ho small towns of Dorsoy and El- dns. There is a great deal of agri cultural land in the grant , well ti.n- bored , good grazing country , as well is valuable miniii' ' interests. Coal ind plumbago are found on thu grant. "Our largo grants are the Mora , Santa Clara , Las Vegas , the Montoya , the Beck , the Anton Chico , the Terra Amariila and many others. Under the present regulations the Spanish and Mexican grants arerequired to bu proved before the surveyor-general und submitted to congress for confirm- ition. Forty-nine in all have been confirmed so that only one buying under these has a perfect title. These forty-nine includes most , of the very large grants. Each of these continued land grants is recorded , with a plan of the survey , in the otliee of the record er of the .county where the land is situated , The continuation of congress suttlcs all question as to the extent of grants , "Another question that has dis turbed the people a good deal has bi'en whethop thu grants from Spain and Mexico carried thu minerals whoru tlioro was no reference to thu mineral in the grant. As to the grants by congress , there is no question , as they are an absolute quitclaim by the government of the United States to tbo owners of the grant , and confirm ations were all witliout any reserva tions. " TAXKS "How about taxes in Mexico ? " "Wo pay 1 per cent , for all purposes , and each taxpayer is his own assessor , One-quarter of this goes to support schools , which , in a Catholic country , is a great thing , since they give one- quarter to the support of freu public schools. All property is subject to taxation except that actually used and occupied for religious services. This does not include property that churches may use for other than church purposes. Government and school property is also exempt , and 8300 to each head of u family resident in the territory. The territory is now entirely free from debt , and this year's collection will give us quite a surplus in the treasury. " "Win , NEW MK.MCO UK A STATE. "What is your population and the feeling in regard to your coining in as a state ! " "Thero is some dissatisfaction in re gard to the late census , The super visor did not have means enough to take it accurately and ho so reported to Washington. Ho foundabout 112- 000 people. Wo believe that wo hon estly have from ltO)00 ! ! ) to 140,000 people , and are increasing rapidly. 1 think a largo majority are in favor of state government. " "What is the objection to a terri torial form of government ? " "We have no power. A man is sent from Washington , who knows little , and as a general thing cares very little about thu people or their wants. Be yond this we need capital to develop the country , and we must have a state government and laws to protect such capital. A territorial government does not have this power. This _ is the great argument with tlio thinking people. Wo know the territory has great resources and wo need capital to develop them. The laws are well en forced now , but a statu government would inspire n confidence among thu people abroad. " MINUS. "What have you to say of the min ing interests ? " "Mining interests have not attract ed much attention until the last two years , _ Since that time many valua ble mines have been discovered , and are being every day. There has never been a geological survey of the terri tory. " "What arc some of your mines ? " "Tho San Pedro mine , forty-five miles from Santa Fc , probably is one of the most valuable mines for gold and copper. It is on the San Pedro grant and is owned by a Boston com pany. George W. Ballon , who formerly published a magazine , is the president and gen eral manager. This company has put in thirteen miles of six-inch pipe to bring water from the reservoirs in the mountains to wash thu earth , which is rich in gold from the grass- root to the bed-rock. They put in this pipe by hydraulic placer mining , and have spent $700,000 already in the past yoar. Silver mining is car ried on extensively at Silver City , and there have been promising discoveries at Hillsboro , San Simon , Black Kango , L.ake Valley , "White Oaks , Nogals , Cerrillos , Hull Canon , Picur- is , Arroyahando and many other points. " ULIMATK. 55"I am frequently asked if it is not a relief for mo to get into the states in summer. It is just the contrary. Wo never suffer from.thu heat in any part of the territory , while at such points as Lis ; Yogas , Santa Fe , Taos , Silver City , and , in fact , all thu mountain region , the summers arc de lightful. As to cold , wo never suffer from cold weather , and at Al- buquerqo , Socorro , Las Cruccs , Mcsil- la and the valley of the llio Grande and Pecos , south of Santa Fo and Las Vugas , the winters are as line as in Florida. There are no prevailing dis eases of any sort. There has never been a case of diphtheria in the terri tory , on account of the rarity of the atmosphere , and consumptives get fat. As soon as the hotel accommodations are supplied it cannot fail to become a popular resort for invalids and tour ists. MEOICAL SWINGS abound in thu territory. Sulphur , iron , soda , iodine springs are found. These springs are all hot and are very effective in cases ot rheumatism. I have known men to be carried in the arms of attendants , so crippled up were they from rheumatism , and after several baths were cured. The most mportant of these springs are Las Ye- , Ojo Caliento , sixty miles north of Santa Fe ; the .lame/ , fifty miles west if Santa Fo , and Hudson's , near Sil- , -or. City. KAIUIOAUS. 0ur great road is the Atchison , Topeka and Santa Fo , which branches ivt La Junta , Colorado , one branch oing to Santa Fo and the other to Pueblo , Colorado. The main line is low completed 1500 miles below Santa Fo and within about 40 of El Paso , ivhoro it will unite with the Mexican Central and run to Chihuahua , and hence to the City of Mexico. This road will Lo finished by the 4th of July , By connection with the South ern Pacific of California , this Atchi son , Topuka and Santa Fo railroad completes a through line to San Fran cisco , now in full operation. " PERSONALITIES. Lc Due \vill leave a eanniiter full of tea for hit auccesMir. It is understood that Mr. Wheeler will change hid bail , Iuly 1. Brady make * wry faced when forced to take a donu of hi n\ui bittern. lieu liutler lookx forward to the time when Charles I'rauci.s Adams hluill be cold n dentil , Mr. Hiiht has been airoitcd in Chicago. in irons i , hnwuver , no new tiling. lio'ton ( tlobc , The disease of the I'rineess l.oniso U a iiotasto for "the unspeakable dullneM of Canadian life. " Conkling has always lieeu considered a Krcut gun. This is the first ca.su on rerord if a gun Bjiikiii itself. General Lonbtrcot ; will reach homo ibout Angubt 1 , It is hardly nrcuKsiiry to t-tato that lie is cnming back to an otliee. iToaijnin Miller t > nyn he wept on rending fomo nf his own povniK , Signn of iciient- ince arc really cheering , as it KIOWS thut a man ! H nut wholly depraved , "Clara Hello" U dear off her nest when hho triex to ( lencrilit ! horsu toggery. She makes thu martingulu uf a harne * * "the loop utthu mix , through which the hollo's tail ! H thrust. Bishop , thu American mind-reader , in making u great HIICCUIH in London , It in a noticeable fact that when Bishop wax in thi country hu carefully avoided tackling any St. LonU editor * . John .Tuckium , the celebrated burglar whom the New York police recently ar- rented , is M ) crippled by rhcutnatUm as tube bo unable to walk. Tina explains the cap ture vcrv HatUfuctori ! . The Karl of Hosebery is mentioned an iKinsible llritibh minister at Washingtou. He in a very i-btimablo gentleman , ami owna u race-home that came very near beat ing 1'arolu two yr.im ago , Having been htung by a locust , Mra. Btoltherg , of U ration , 111. , wan given a ( mart of whuky by her husband to neu tralize the ] > oi > mii of the insect. Her fir nernl U generally attributed to the liquor. It it Baid that at the Woman's Suffrage meeting in Philadelphia , when la me morial im-dal wo.s presented to Miss Au. thoiiy " * he blunhvd pleasantly. " It look * as though Mother SuipUm wun right , aftei all. Dor cy proposes to leave Washington for IM cattle ranch in New Mexico , to IK present at the round-up. The detective ! wl'l doubtless keep an eye on him that he may bo present at the round-up of the stnr route rascal. " . "Hitf Foot" Wallace N now living n liort distance fiom Sun Antonio , Texas. He is noted for his heroic deeds in the arly days of Texas , and his nets and fiuno 'mve pawd into history among the more ] ii'roic adventure ) ) of the brave pioneers of f this country in the Ions a o. There is scarcely n. t-chool IMIV or yirl who has not heard tell of "Uiff Foot , ' or read the novels t that havu been written , based upon hi life. life.Tho The Duke of Cambridge , lliitixh com- nauder-iii-chief , has a round , mellow voice. Ik-has fine limbs and very small feet , anil iln. > si'H well. Ho would "become- fnt , but he eats only two meals a day. Ho liscs early nnd works hard before bivak- fast , which he takes at limit. He does nut think the1 functions of a Hritish army are those of a cent iii'iital army , ami does netlike like all the ways of the liernmii system that is , for Dritish ti oops. Whim mice ho fees a man ho nuver forgets him. His life 's methodical , and he is e\en-tempered. FROM POST TO PILLORY. Enorgetio Work on the Docket ofy the Fourth District Court , One Hundred Cases Disposed of by Judge and Jury at Columbus. Tlio Great Railroad Blow-Ont- Corrcspomlem-o of Tlio Dec. COI.U.MIIUH , Neb. , Juno 14 , 1881. The business of the district court- 'or L'lattu county was finished on Sat urday last at 10 p. m. , after a live days' crowding and rushing of buni- icss. icss.This This was a continued term from ast March , when , owing to the ice carrying away the railroad and bridge , its honor , Judge Post , could not J reach the metropolis of the BtntOk- " ( ? i calendar of over one hundred cases , there were but three tried by tv juiy. The first was Marshall Smith vs. Friedhoff & Co. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants had rented a store building for two years on a verbal contract , occupied the building part > f the time , and then left , paying for the time they had the building. The : lcfendants sot up the statute of 'rauds. The jury returned : v verdict 'or 8210 in favor of the plaintiff. The second jury case was one that excited considerable interest , occupy- ng two and a half days Fred Thien- lard vs. Roderick MeKenzie. Plain tiff sued for § 1,400 damages and doctor's bill , on account of MoKenzic trading him a glandered horse. Jury returned a verdict in favor of plainCilf : or $201. The third was a criminal case , and nvolved some of Omaha's hard citi zens. On the 5th of last May , about 11 p. m. , the comity treasurer's office IVOR entcro'l , the p .fc blown open nnd about 80 abstracted thcrcirom. The olficers had a very slight clue to work on. Chief of Police McMahon followed two suspicious characters to Omaha , and arrested them , one C. H. Wilson , ii cigar manufacturer , and the other , Jack Lewis. Wilson WAS finally in duced to "squeal. " He implicated another named George Clark , a former resident of Omaha , but for tbo last six months a denizen of Columbus. Clark s n noted thief and gambler. He was ; dso arrested , but taking advantage of the absence of all the main movers in Jic investigation , ho skipped out , Irst appropriating a gold watch and other articles of value that belonged j to his pro tempore better-half. Wilson - ' son gave \ \ hat purported to be a full account of how the job was carried out , from the time they left Omaha , ' intil they returned. Lewis took the stand in his own behalf and corwbo- rated all that Wilson had sworV to , about their trip out and back , wVh ' thu exception that Wilson left hi ? < ' about three hours , from nineVliiit'V ibout twelve , when ho did not knowV where Wilson was. The story appeared - 1 peared rather fabulous to the most of ' the outsiders , but the jury took tho'- other view of the matter and acquitted - J ted him , probably thinking it too bad to convict on tlio evidence of a tell tale , as one of the attorneys put it. Chief McMahon deserves credit for the way he has worked up the case , oven if the jury were lenient with the * , boy. f The heaviest tornado that ever j , itedthis part of the slate struck V phroyaBtution onthoC.N.ifc IJ.l'J roadabonteightecn miles north lumbus , The storm moved fromv cast , was about ten miles in ' and lasted about ton minutes , house and furniture of Low Schroederj were totally destroyed ; his wife felt ! the house going , and picking up the , child she escaped just as the house' ' went to pieces. The next to go was' ' n house occupied by Priggo. Three of his family wore in it , one boy about eight years old had his leg broken , which was the only casualty reported * so far. The hails accompanying thci storm were as largo as hens' eggs , andj lay live to six inches deep , ; i The 10th inst. will bo u gala day fon. Columbus. There will bo given o that date a grand excursion from Al bion , Norfolk and the intermedia. ' country to celebrate the completion o' ' the C. W. t U. H. Railroad into Co , lumbus The exercises will consist o ; speeches by Judge Thurston o ha , Hon. F. C. Lark of Albion , Hear of Norfolk , Hon. Thomas Ryaij * of Platte Center , and others ; follower by tv grand parade nnd good time geiQ ) orally. The largest crowd is expecte that ever collected at Columbus. , OMKCA , . , .Vcb Pigeons for Sport. * " j NKW VOHK , Juno 14 Seven thoil sand wild pigeons from Indian TeriJ tory are now in coops hero , and oigli thousand moro will arrive on the 17 ij inst. They are birds for the use j the New York State Sportsmen's ; | sociaiion tournament at Coney Jslai next week. ' j A Pleasure Bath. National Associated 1'rcsa. MAUTJIALLTOWN , la. , Juno II. party consisting of Sam Jones , lA Kribs , Charles Mallory , Win. Sant ] and Charles Lincoln , started out ! night for a pleasure ride on the ri L and were swept over the dam , Jo - land and Kriba were drowned , but the rif struggled ashore some distance < the river.
