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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1881)
The Omaha Bee. Miod t\ fry morning , except Sunday. The only Monday morning dully. TKKMSHVM'AII- Onc venr . 510.00 I TlircpMontliR.S3.00 Six Month * . . . MO I One " . . 1.00 THK WKK1A * 11KK , ev crvVc < liie < lay. TKRMS 1'OST 1'AID- : OneYenr. S'.OO ThrceMonthv. M ) Six Months. . . . 1-00 One " , . VO CORHKSl'OXDKNTK All Conunnni. cation * relating tn Xovsnmi Hditori.il mat ters olionld be adilrwetl to tlic KlHTOH OK THE U .K. 1JUSIXKSS LKTTKHS-A11 Hu lne n Letters and Homittaneci ulionld lie ad- drr < nl to THE OMAHA rcnt.nmsn C'ost- J-ANV , OMAHA. Draft * , Checks and I'nxt- office Order * to 1 > e made payable to tlic order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs E. ROSEWATER. Editor. .Tohn If. Pierce is in Chat-Roof thfCircu- .atlonof THK DAILY BKK. THAT Grant inturviuw is gonurally considered as nn unfortunate opening of the Spliynx's innutlt. Tin : paupcr-Btrickuii iool linen cn.it from Chicago have reduced tlic freight tariff on grain lo twunty ceills. HEN HITLER is to defend the star route thieves in Washington and pro poses to twist the truth as crooked an his own UVCH. .JiM KEKNK has sent a tnwty agent to St. Louis to purchase for him a line of Misissippi river barges. Jim in Kcone for nny'now inoann of invest ment which promises large profits , anil bargu lines will certainly till the lull. SKSATOU HAUNIIKKH can doubtloim put a bright plinno in his helmet by 7 > ulling through a libenil appropriation for the proposed improvement of the river , but he must nee to it there ho no more bogus rip- rapping. CIVII.I/.INC the ImliiuiB is progress ing with a great deal of vigor in south ern Colorado. A new ntation of the Denver & Kio Grande road has been tistablished on the southern Ute reser vation with the usual accompaniment of saloons and dance houses. Du MIU.KK very generously offers to pull Senator Saunders through with the barge tow line , but Miller's to\r lines can't be depended on. They have always broken in every senatorial campaign and left his preferred can didates high and dry on the sand bank. PHOVKHHOK Aumii'.v and Perihelion Taigo occupied the H.uno'bod Tuesday night over in Council iiliiffti , and wo .shall look for another marvellous revelation foretelling dire disaster to the inhabitants upon this globle when the tail of tliu next comet strikes the vliptic of thitt planet. RAILROAD "rivalry" means that certain big companies agree upon cer tain rates and a curtain pro-rata sbaro of the business. The arrangement goes into effect' and pretty noon each road finds that all the other roads in the pool are playing it a little too fine. Then there are protests and a now arrangement , which works about the same sin the old. Kivalry of thw kind itj very spirited. Tin : Ming by Jay Gould of articles of incorporation of the Missouri Pacific railroad of Kansas , with a capital of 8500,000 to lay a track from Atchison to Omaha , indicates that Nebraska is at least to have a down the river line , which will not only open up a portion of. her territory hitherto closed to active commerce , but which will also connect her lead ing commercial metropolis with the great Boutliwost. LATEST advises from Mnino repro- Kent that Justice Clifford , of the Uni ted States supreme court , is gradually recovering. When hi- engages in conversation it is noticed-that his memory is very defective. While ho may'linger on this side of the grave for many montlm longer , and possibly for years , he is not likely to ever resume - sumo , his place on tho' bench. His successor is now being acttively canvassed vassod in New England , whore it is conceded the candidate will bo chosen from. . TJIKIIK neeius to boa likelihood that the Burlington and Missouri roac will not permit Mr , Gould to trespass on their territory without retaliating. It is rumored on good authority that they will eon construct a line fron Beatrice , Nebraska to Sulina , Kau nas , which will cut three Gould roads , and divide the live stock traffic of the Union Pacific. Other minors hluto that the first move toward tho. con atruction of the down-tho-rivor line by Gould , will bo followed by the building of a road by the B , & M. , joining PlatUmouth and Nebraska CKty. This sort of warfare would prove beneficial to our people. When rogues fall out , honest men get their due. & - . THE NATIONAL LAND OFFICE. The wbolo country , and especially the jxjoplo west of the Mississippi , anxiously await the choice of the suc cessor of General Williamson. The national land office 1ms for years been the nest of jobbery and fraud , which when fully uncovered will overtop the star route swindle. As the custodian of the national domain the commis sioner < > f the Tinted States land oflice had at his disposal millions upon mil lions of broad acres on Uncle Sam's farm , and the way ho farmed it out to the giant monopolies would furnish u most interesting chapter of knavery. The Pacific rail roads alone were endowed with over fifty millions of acres in the heart of the continent , and we may rest assured [ hat their interests were well taken care of by General Williamson , who was appointed chiefly at their in stance. The great mineral bolt on both sides of the Rockies , and the vast .racts of government lands from Texas ; o Washington territory , oiler an ini- nunso field for land-sliarkH and job- jcrs of the Dorfluy brand. With a corrupt commissioner in collusion with land rings , there is no iinit to systematic plunder ind robbery of the government. No wonder there is such an active in terest shown in certain quarters about lilling the vacant commissionorsliip. One report that reaches us is to the oiled that General Williamson's right Imndman and former chief clerk would be promoted to the full rank of commis sioner. Wo know nothing discredit able to this worthy chief clerk , but deem it safe to remonstrate against it. Any man trained by Williamson must have been associated more or less with the corrupt gang of sharks that made it their business to control [ tublic survcyx and managed to gobble vast tracts of valuable lands by bogus claims. Another report represents Senator Plumb , of Kansas , urging the appoint ment of a candidate of his own choice. It will bo safe for Secretary Kirkwood to fight shy of Senator Plumh'ti pots , for no-other reason then the notorious fact that Plumb is an active capper 'or the railway monopolies If Mr. Plumb has influence enough to pro cure the appointment of the next commissioner ho will have influence enough to control his conduct in mat- era in which he or his associate mo- lopolists liavo a vital interest. What the people of the west , and especially the homesteaders and lioneers who have settled or intend to settle on the public doMain - Main , demand , is a commissioner who comes into the oflico clean handed , vith no obligations' for his place to any corporation , corporation attorney or land jobber. They demand n man vho has been tried in positions of ; reat responsibility and was never charged with or even suspected of a urookod act. There nru many such nen to bo found in the west , and if he west cannot supply such a man , lion Secretary Kirkwood or President 3arfiold should find a man that pos sesses these primary qualifications , vhorever they may bo able to find lim. "t is true Uncle Sam's farm is grow- ng smaller every year , the lands have 'or the most part been donated to subsidized lailroads , but millions of acres west of the Mississippi .hat still remain under the con- ; rol of the natural land ollice must ho taken care of by a commis sion who is competent and cannot lie bought. It is most edifying to read in the Omaha Hr.K an elaborate defense of Chaiincoy M. Depew , the railroad at torney , now running for Unitnd States senator in Now York , coupled with the declaration that because a lawyer is retained by a railroad , it is no sign that if he is elected to oflice he will bo the tool of a railroad. It is absolute ly true of every honest lawyer in the land , but it is unusually refreshing to read it in a sheet of the MIIK'H calibre and character. Let it be remembered. Lincoln Journal. THK HIK ; has made no defense of Chauncoy M. Dopow , nor has it pub lished any such a statement as that credited to it by the Lincoln Journal , This paper is opposed to Mr , Dopow's candidacy on the ground that all his past ulliliatioiiH have been with the monopolies , and it has" expressed that opposition a score of times during the present canvass. THK Jinn quoted the 'Now York Times , n paper which is equally op posed to Mr. Depew'a election as the senator from Now York , in order to tdiow that in some of the strongest anti-monopoly journals of the country Mr , Dopow and Mr. Conkling were both placed on the same level as hav ing been retained by corporations , to defend their interests against those ol the people. Wo do not believe that Chauncoy M. Depow is a necessity , Aa wo have said before , there are score of republicans in New York fully as able as Mr. Dopow , and with a clearer record on the great question of the day , who would fill Mr. Conk- ling's place at Washington with greater credit to the republican party alild the Empire state. Hut why are the two ropublicar monopoly papers of Nebraska BO violently lently in favor of the return of Sena tor Conkling. Why is every westeri journal in the pay of the great cor porations and who , like the Lincol Journal and tlib Omaha are owned body and soul by monop olies like the Burlington & Missouri , and Union Pacific railroads , in favor of the defeat of any antagonist of Mr. Colliding ? Isn't it suspicious on the face ? And is it not tlic height of impudent presumption for these tools and hirelings of corporations to charge their opponents with inconsistency on a question for which they have been 'or years forced lo struggle agnin.it the opposition of just such lickspittles and fawning monopoly creatures as the Lincoln Jnnrnul and Omaha llepubli- ' ( Ml. TIIK failure of the Grand Central Hotel scheme , which was rumored some weeks ago , is now made certain. The Kitchen Tires , have announced heirinability to carry out the contract , and have informed the successors of , ho hotel company that they are ready .o turn the properly over at a reason able valuation to any parties who will erect a hotel upon it. This action of lie Messrs. Kitchen is right and just. When the first announcement of the 'ailue of the plan was made , this : iaper was beset with requests to"show ip" the Kilchcn'f ) and expose what was believed to .be a scheme to gobble up tin ; property do- mted by our citizens for hotel imposes. While all the circum stances looked suspicions wo were nero than half inclined to wait for further developments and Ihe out come has proved the wisdom of our course. Now that a clear and unincumbered .itle can be given to this magnificent ocation for a hotel it is to be hoped .hat active measures \\ill at once be aken to secure the erection of a juilding in every respect as largo and landKomc as the old Grand Central , i'hero is ample room in Omaha for , wo first class hotels. The new "Millard" will find its accom'moda- .ioti.s strained before the close of its : irst year. With the present population > f our city two hotels , of the first- class would find a largo and paying tatronagc. Hut when we take into consideration the rapid growth of Omaha , which is manifesting itself in every branch of business and in a .vonderful increase of population , it will readily bo seen that within two rears time our present and prospective lotel accommodations will be totally nadcquato. II is therefore pleasing to the RIK : o announce that steps are already in irogress to secure upon the old Grand Central site a now hotel in every ro- pect commensurate with the impor- anco of Omaha. The matter is in .ho hands of men who do not propose o lot it drop until it is an acconi- ilished fact. IN accordance with the universal 'itncss of things the Omaha Jfcrald low attemptR to monopolize the credit 'or the Missouri river barge project. Years ago when THK DKK urged the irganization of a barge line at Omaha .ho Jlcritld throw cold water on the imposition and published column after column of figures to prove that he channel of trade never could bo liveried from the east and west to a uirth and south line. It was the siine tvhen Tin : BIK urged the building of jrain elevators in Omaha six years ago , while the Herald insisted that ; aain elevators never could be made .o pay in Omaha. IN Now Hampshire the transporta- .ion question and its relation to the senate IB undur discussion. Senator Holliim , the present iiicunibuiit , in workiinr hard for a ro-eloction , and ilthoiigh known for years to have beun n pliant tool of the Onion 1'acilic in congress , ho has felt compelled to come forward and deny any aetivo hostility to the national regulation of railroads. Mr. Rollins was shrewder in his votes in the senate than some othur senators nearer homo. On the Thiirinan hill , in the earlier stages of the discussion , Mr. Rollins quietly voted against the hill , but when he saw that the railroads were curtain of defeat , he changed his vote and re corded himself among the senators who voted for the passage of that measure' WITH all the exact information on the subject that it is possible to ascer tain , and the closest estimates in the casca of inexactness , the money in the United States was composed and held May 1 , 1881 , as follows : IN THK HANDS OK THE 1'KOl'I.K. Cold $ ii7,0ir ! ! > , ( m SiluT and certificates t > l,077ll3 ! Paper currency KW,72Syu3 Total held by the people. . . . $8'0i)01l10 ! IN rUlll.lt ) IIKKM1TOIIIK.S. Cold $302,001,091 Silver and certlficuten 8,080,7111 Paper currency \rt9KiVIi Total in public depositories , $ l"0r > 38S9 ! Total all kiiuU of currency outstanding 91l21-l3i,4lK ! ) ) That the sum total now exceeds slightly one thousand three hundred millions there can bo no doubt. CLAYTON county , Iowa , has declared or Larrabco for the governorship. You can tell a fellow nowruUya who haa a utahvart utar-route tote on hu back , l > ) the vigor with which he denounce * the em ployment of A. M , ( illwon to tell the tnitt about the innldo worku of the lyatem ol transporting empty mail b K8. It thiiuhl be undentood that Mr , Gibson wu eu > K ged on account of hit accumulated and anilvttd information , The fact that he had tor yti.ni abated the lirwident ] * non- ally , wu nothnportant. { Cincinnati Coin u rcal. ! THE STREET RAILROAD PRO- JECT. The project of another slrccl rail road for Omaha seems to bo meeting with a great deal of favor from our citizens , and should such a proposition 1)0 subimttrd to the people , it would indoiiblcdly carry by a large majori- } ' The wholesale discourtesy and ack of enterprise which has marked ; ho conduct > f the iiresent horse rail way management has made a good ipening for competition , and a new ino , taking in the limits of the city and extending its operation to Hans- coin "park would doubtless bo a paying n vestment. Hut before the privilege is { ranted to any new corporation to oc cupy our public thoroughfares , Hie city council should take the greatest care to throw around the concession every safeguard for the protection of ; he public interests. Privileges for street railroads in large cities are tmong the most valuable of municipal grants. A Philadelphia paper gives .hu following exhibit of the capital stock and dividends of .street railroads n that city : Total paid in Divi- of capital stock. iloiul.H. S ll'J,000 ! $100,000 'nntiiiental . .180,000 : tS,000 Union . -l'r.,000 llTi.OOO Krimkfonl .ind South- wnrk . 500,000 10l,000 ! 'Jcniiniitown . 071,000 I'JO.OOO irccn and CoatcH. . . . 1W.OOO 05,000 lIcHtonville and MIDI- tan . . . . . ' . " .I'J.OOO . Lombard and South. . 105,000 7,7 % I'eoiiloH1 . 1'AOOO 7IIO ! Philadelphia Citv . . . . | 7oMH ( ) ! CKX ( ) I'hil.nn.l Cray's 1'crry : t08XKt 31,077 KldKo Avenue . IIM.OOO 7.1,000 Second ami Third. . . . 771,000 1o : > ,000 1.1th and Mill . ICM.OOO 70,000 West I'hlliiilflpliiii.100,000 . 17th and littli . iVI.CKX ) ' . ' 0,000 Total . SU.O'.IS.OOO . ( JM ( , r.31 The average of the dividends paid jy the companies was 10 2percent. ! ! . , jut some of the companies paid divi- lends of over 50 pur cent , on the ; apital invested. There were ! )0,8M- ) ! 705 passengers carried at a cost for naintainini , ' and operating the roads of 82,0l.lOt ! ) : ; from all other sources , 8252(54 ! ) ( - total receipts , ? 4M7,8(57. ! ( The difl'cicnco between receipts and cost of maintaining and operating was ? 2ir > 7)14 ) , leaving more than a mil- ion to bo devoted to taxes , interest and expenses before dividends were declared. While in Omaha it is not to bo ex pected that the receipts for a number of years will equal those of the Phila- lolphia companies , still such earnings and profits strongly suggest that such concessions are a valuable considcra- .ion which cities should not part with without securing to the citizens sub stantial guarantees of accommodation , and fair contributions from the com- nies toward street repairs and city expenses. Not nn Opou Question- St. Uiiln ) Tlmci. Ill a recent number of The North American Review , Mr. George Tickler - lor Curtis , as the paid advocate of ; hp railroad corporations , was per mitted to present such arguments VH liis ingenuity could fnuno in support of the doctrine that the roads and franchises are the absolute property of the corporations , and that they liavo the right to regulate charges for service and methods of business with out restraint from the state , unless the latter explicitly reserved to itself the right to interfere when their charters wore granted. The gist of liis argument was that the state , in granting charters to railroad corpora tions , with the privilege of charging undefined tolls for carrying pas sengers and merchandise , made a eon- tract , the obligation of which cannot lie impaired by subsequent legislation. We do not care to raise any inquiry as to the ethical or professional pro priety of Mr. Curtis's coiylnct in em ploying his talents for pay in an at tempt to make out a cane for the extreme pretensions of the railroad companies , under the guise of dis cussing as a jurist a question of great public importance ; but wo do pre sume to maintain that the position he took in his Review article is not sus tained by any respectable body of le gal opinion. It luis against it all the foundation principles of public law and all juridical authority relating to the subject. Hut the legal aspect of the railroad quest ion is one that few understand or feel nn interest in. The number of persons who have made a thorough study of it , unless in a strictly pro fessional way , is very small , and the number who are disposed to make any such study is scarcely larger. Those who do caro'for discussions relating to the fundamental principles of law af fecting railroads and their relation to the state probably read Mr. Curtis' sophistical argument , and the same persons will take interest in an article in the Juno number of the periodical in which itappearodsetting forth theoppo- site doctrine. The writer of this article is Mr. ) . M. Mason , a lawyer of con- siduralo local repute iii West Virginia , who appears to have had occasion to give the subject a thorough investiga tion. Ho shows how and to what ex tent the ancient principles of law in regard to public'highways and com mon carriers , the power of eminent do main , and the franchise of charging tolls affect the modern railway , and makes perfectly clear the logical basis ml the legal sanction of the right of the state'to regulate their charges in accordance with the higher and wider interests of the community , Hut while all this is interesting to a few students of the subject , it touches u side of the railroad question for which the people at largo care little. More than that , it is putting in controversy , or treating as if they were in controversy , questions that have long been settled. We have no doubt of the soundness of Mr. Mas on's conclusions , but they are thor oughly established , not only as a matter of argument , but as a matter of jurisprudence. The right of the state to regulate the action of railroac corporations in matters affecting the public interest is not really open to question , whatever their paid attor ney * , like Mr , Curtii , may pretend. There is no civilized country in the world where serious ques tidn is made of it. To the ordinary mind it can only appear as an absurd ity that a corporation created by the state and e erasing n public fran chise granted to il by the state for a specific purpose and with a view to public benefit should be at liberty to .ibuso its privileges and virtually plun der and oppress the community while the slate is incapable of exorcising au thority over it and compelling it to re gard the obligations which accompany the Use of public rights and functions. 1 ho people care little for the legal discussion , simply because they have no manner of doubt regarding thn rights and powers of the state to do what ought to be done in the pre mises. The question of living interest is not what can the state do , or what are the legal limits of ils power in dealing with corporations , but what is it nec essary or expedient to do. Hero is a liscussion that is by no means ex hausted , and one in which all intelli gent people take an interest. There is growing more and more every day a vague dread of the power of corpora tions to which privileges have been granted by public law. It is felt that a lime may come when the people will have to grapple with this power and wrench ils clutches from the institutions of the country. It is not only absorbing to itself the friiitfMif labor and the grain of trade ind pilling up wealth in the hands ol the few , but it is controlling legisla tion and endeavoring to sway the de cisions of courts in its own interest. Wo are now at a stage ill the conical where the people may vindicate their authority and place these opportuni ties under the regulation of law with out a struggle. They need to bo con vinced of the occasion for doing this and to bo guided to the best metlioi if doing il , but to argue to them thai they have the right to do it is a waste of brealh. Ol this there is no doubt. CnrfosUloB of Commerce. St. l.ouU Ulobe-Dcmocmt. The balance of trade in favor of the United States for the "year ending Juno 30 , 1880 , was § 107,000,000 , but .ho statistics of our foreign commerce iiresont some curious details not gen erally so well known as tie ] aggregate excess of exports uor imports. Wo sell to every country in Europe more than wo buy from it , with the single exception of Greece. Our trade with ; hat little state is so trifling that the exception is hardly worthy of note , so .liatit may bo said that in the present trade relations of the world , the con- : inent of Europe is , throughout its whole extenl , our deblor. Our ex cess of exports to that continent , over imports from it , amounts to $348,000,000. During the year un- iler consideration Great Britain took 'rom us in excess of what she sold us , § 2411,000,000. The sum of our im ports from that country was § 210- )00,000 , so that she paid us cash for nero than half her purchases from us. This enormous cash balance was not settled entirely by an actual transfer nf money , but the equivalent of money was paid for it all in some way or other. Of the other nations of Europe , France owed us a cash balance of over30,000,000 , Belgium § 22,000- 000 , Russia § 12,000,000 , Netherlands ? 10,000,000 , Spain § 9,000,000 , Ger many § 5,000,000 , Portugal § 4,000- 000 , and Italy § 2,000,000. Wo are not a profitable customer for that con tinent whose civiliwition is old and whose labor is cheap. Wo do not want its cheap products to a very great extent , and we draw on it largely for its money. It is perhaps an injury to the prosperity of Europe that it is not ible to control the best market in the now world , and more especially is the industrial enterprise of Great Britain cramped and deranged by our policy of governing our own exchanges. When it is remembered that her trade with us exhausted her of 8243- 300 of her money in a single year her violent tendencies to free trade will not excite surprise. But it must also lie remembered that there was no free trade in British statesmanship until Great Britain achieved through pro tection the complete control of her homo market that is to say ; until there was no danger of competition with her home manufacturers at lioine. Her example is too instruct ive to bo cast aside by us in order to relieve her present necessities , and wo must reach the stage of develop ment when free trade will become profitable to us before adopting il. But while wo draw so largely on Europe for ils money wo expert - port very little to the rest of the world , ami here the balance ot trade is against us. We are largely over-buyers in the rest of the new world , where , it seems , Europe finds markets for the wares which she can not sell to us. Wo paid § 54,000,000 in money to Cuba , which was cliielly on account of sugar. Out of a total import of § < ij,000,000 front that is land , only § 11,000,000 was paid for by exported merchandise. To Brazil we sent a cash balance of § 43,000,000 , having bought of her to the amount of § 51,000,000 , without selling her more than § 8,000,000. This iu mainly a coffee bill , so that wo paid for sugar and coffee , in cash , to those two countries nearly 8100,000,000 , China also took over § 20,000,000 from us in cash , and only § 1,000,000 in merchandise , to pay for our purchases there. The British East Indies drew from us § 10,000,000 in money to pay for § 21,000,000 of imports , thus showing a payment of nearly § 40,000,000 to the great silver- using countries of the east. But our silver dollar , containing as it does , 15 per cent , of fiat , is not available for the payment of this balance , our sil ver producers , strangely enough , be ing determined , if possible , that their product ahull not be used as money anywhere else than at home During the railroad tem pest about to sweep over Mexico ; npl a dollar of our silver can be used in thst country , although it is just the money the Mexican laborer wants. The fiat in the silver dollar is not good over the boundary. Our trade with Mexico is very light , yet she is capa ble of producing all the sugar am : coffee which we need. Instead of less than $8,000,000 of imports and ex ports , if Mexican production were properly stimulated , our commerce with Mexico would soon equal thai with Cuba and Brazil combined. Nor would it be so one-aided an af fair as it is with those two coun tries. Wo export to Mexico now nearly u much as to Brazil. Al though we buy of her but little , be- cause she has little to sell , we pay her entirely in merchandise , thus show ing that their consumption of our wares is limited only by her own scanty production. The transfer of our Cuban and Brazilian trade to Mexico would prevent the annual drain from us of § 100,000,000 in money , and cheapen the staple pro ducts , for a supply of which wo arc now chiefly dependent on Cuba and Brazil. But it should be remembered that it is only through protection that wo have been enabled to evade Mexi co for a purpose mutually beneficial to that country and ourselves. CITY OF SHADES TREE , How Blair is Prospering in the Dog Days ; Correspondence of Tnr. I > K. BrAlit , Neb. , .lime ID. Blair is among the most beautiful and prosperous - porous towns in Nebraska. Greater lasle has been exhibited in the beau tifying of yards and shading of streets than is usually seen in western towns. Some credit is due Major Barretl , one of the early superintendent of the Sioux City it Pacific Railway , for the start which was given this enter prise by him personally. It is asserted the two parks between the depot grounds and the town that to-day occasion so many happy re marks , were started under his orders , and at his own personal ex pense. The Sioux City it Pacific railway company owned the town site , ind in giving tille lo any lot insert the proviso that at least three trees shall be planted on Iho slrect in front > f it. This insures endless shade , and truly no town can boast of more beau tiful streets. Blair was founded in 180 ! ) , and named in honor of John 1. Blair , then chief proprietor of the Sioux City it Pacific company. Its history is one of moderate but steady growth and continued prosperity. The present population is 1,700. It has sixty business firms , fourteen pro fessional men , a steam tlouriug mill , five churches , two railways , and a ; radcd school , employing eight teach- j'rs and attended by 049 pupils. The increase in attendance dunnij the past year is 101. The Blair Pilot of ast week contains an admirable re view of the city , in which the city : rcasury islreported in a flourishing con- .lition. An excellent trade is enjoyed hy all her merchants , and Blair is viiown to all the traveling men as a prompt-paying town. . A number of fine brick buildings i.ivo been urected on Iho business sheets during the past year , and a lumber will be added to the list this season. .1. H. Hungate is preparing to build i brick building for his bank on the corner ot Washington street and Walker avenue , and Gus Lundt will erect a brick building on Walker avenue adjoining it , for his hardware store. The blacksmith and other shops are being moved 'rom the busy part of the town : o make room for mercantile house ? . The steam mill has been purchased by 3cott it Webb , a firm from Iowa , and s kept very busy. The St. Paul & Sioux City and the Sioux City it Pa cific will build a union passenger depot it the crossing of the tracks. The St. Paul it Sioux City will build a freigln depot n little to the south of it , and Jio Sioux City & Pacific a now freight warehouse somewhat to the west of ; ho now passenger depot. The hotel accommodations of Blair ire better than ever. Messrs. Jhonoy & Clark are running the City [ lotel in fine style. Major Cheney "s known as one of the best hotel men n the west , and this is the fourth heel - , el in this section with which his name is connected. A sad accident occurred Sunday , n : ow miles south from here. .John llosenbourn , twenty yerus of ago , was Irowncd while bathing in a water bole nown as More's lake. The lake is not more than ten feet deep , and ninety feet wide , and was not consid ered dangerous for anyone who could take care of himself in the water. It is said that Ilosenbourn was an ordi nary swimmer. POLITICAL CENTER SHOTS Mr , Bradley never Minpccted what an extraordinarily gifted liar he was until the iiewripapen , bejran telling him altout it. [ Cleveland Leader. ' The last ballot at Albany showed Plutt to be gainnif { on t'onklini , ' . Thid istho firat instance in hUtory where the tin-kettle threatened to o\ertaku thcdoj. ( [ W.-vh- ington Capitol. \ stroke of modetty would kill an Ohio mail quicker than a ten-gallon kef , ' of hundred-rod whisky. You nee they can't itand what they are not ncenstomed to , [ IVoria Democrat. Secretary Windoni in naid by observer * at Washington to be very neveri'ly afllietrd with the presidential itch , lie hliiuild i member the futo of Uristow and John Sherman , [ Com ier-Jourual , "Honor will not buy a brcakfiifct , " saya Mr' Frank Blair , readjuster candidate for attorney general in Virginia , Thin iu particularly - ticularly the case when "honor" lias puid nothing for previous breakfastCornier [ - Journal. Thelion. Montgomery Blair hah emerged from hirf ailence to remark that , with the exception of Mr. Tilden , Mr. Conkling in the moi > t popular man in New York. In it iMiiuible that Mr. Blair hau overlooked Tommy 1'latt. [ Atlanta Constitution. Thin is only the neconcl time in a period of fifty years that the New York legisla ture has run its bession into June , But the circumstances are a trifle unusual. Perhaps the example net this time will pre vent the beubiuii ever again being BI > ex tended for the same cause , [ I'eoria Tran script. Mr. Hayes having stopped building chicken-coop * long enough to remark that Mr. Conkling is umlouteilly a lunatic , lien. Cirant utopt ) smoking long enough to remark that Mr , Conkling is a high-toned gentleman und exceedingly level-headed- All the ex-presidentu having spoken , the chicken-coon building and smoking will now proceed as usual. [ Chicago Tribune. .Senator Seasiuns , who is charged with bribing Assemblyman Bradley at Albany , is a smooth-faced , clerical looking man , with a white tufted beard and a eoft lint. Mr. Kessonslike ! many other Albany poli ticians , has the reputation at the state capitol of holding a stiff hand at poker. At home he is said to l > e prominent in camp-meetingi ; but l > oth these reports may do the senator injustice. 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