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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JUNE 17,1881. The Omaha Bee. Publiiihed every morning , except Sunday , The only Monday morning dally. TKUMSNV JIAlIi-- : One venr. S10.00 I Three Monllu.$3.00 HinMonUin. . . fi.OO | One " . . 1.00 THK WKKIA * Hii : : . publi-hcd ov cry \Vrdnet d.iy. TMKMSPOST P\I1 > : - Onc Year. $2.00 I ThrceMonth * . . ft ) Hit Mouths. . . . 1.00 I One " . . 'JO COKUKSPONDKNCK-AH Comtmml cations relating to NewiiniidKdilorialinnt lers dhoultl \ > c addressed to the Klitioii o THE Ur.h. nusiNiss : IIKTTKKS- uusim- . Jitter * and IScmlttances bhouM be ad dre * < ed to THK OMAHA ri'iiUAiiiKit < ' TAXV , OMAHA. iJrnfUt , ChecJoi and Post- office Orders to be made payable to lit- order of the Comp.inj. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs ' E. ROSE WATER , Editor. John H. Pierce is in Charge of the Circu .ulion of THK DAILY 1 KK. Dowx with the dust ! How Mr. Couklinir < li > e wish that legislature would adjourn. SMALi-ro.v has made ils appearance among omigraiilH from Liverpool. CiiKAl1 coal by barge down the Missouri is onu of Iho ppssibililiun of the fulino. IT i n serious quosliuii whulher of the two , JJradloy or tScsiioiiH , m the t liar. OMAIIA'H imluHtrinl boom in noon likely to be increase J by the addi tion of nuvoral now manufactures. So long ns the railroad highwaymen dcvoto their energies lo culling their own thronls the people will not com plain. IT remains tt > be * seen how injur iously lhal "Granger .legislaluru" his : worketl against railroad building in .Nebraska- TlIKEK lit'MKKl ( ) TllOUHANIi business In New York city nnd live elsehove. At least 10,000 reside in other slnlcB. " KUOK" is Iho latest tiynoiiym for the Albany stalwnrls. The coming lay out might be appropriately called a "Huck bier. " OMAHA proposes lo have hornlieels hprinkled und close flslcd chronics wont be ublu lo defeat the wish of our niurchnnts. "Tuoguois" hns won his third raeo on the English nice courses. Another inducement lo Britons lo invest in "American " stock. KANHAH hns u monopoly on cyclones nnd prohibition just nt present , and it is difficult to know which is most de structive to property. PATH wants 8400,000 for a Ihroo iniuilhs' operatic tour in America. Thin is almost lee rich a patty for the American stomach to digest. THK court martial has decided against Whittaker. The historic earn will now be pickled in sumo other place thnn the niilitnay academy. TIIK transfers of real cstnlo on Om aha's nlreels nre lively so lively thai pedestrians have to rush in doors for fear of being knocked down by them. Nxw Jr.itsr.Y hns passed 11 law against fishing on Sunday. It is'nt s < much on account of thu Sabbath breaking ns n regard for the lyiiif. about thu weight of the fish. SINGH 18fi < ; , the United Stales has wiped out one-third of it's debt am : cut down it's interest charge two thirds. Every other national debt hns increased in the interval. ASOTHKU pastor is responsible for a female hair pulling. It is Tony Pas tor this time. He smiled on one n : the female members of his troupe will the lesull of a general free fight. TIIK Salt Lake JlcruU appears in new form and n new nnd neat dress It is now nn eight-pago paper and dis plays a commendable energy in col lecting nnd presenting thu news Itit renders , periodical denial of Ann Dickinson's engagement is going th rounds of Iho press , Of course Ann will remain single. The ordinary mai gels enough lecturing without marry ing a professional , OOUI.D is about to take n hand i ; railroading in Nevoda , und the Sa .Francisco Chronicle congratulales th much oppressed people of Nevad that a man is coming among thei who can make it lively for the Contra Pacific monopoly , A rr.w months ago Joatjuin Mille wrote a long eulogy on Jay Gould -a California magazine. lie has jus loat all hb nroperty on Wall street o ; a "pointor given him by Air. Gould Gould ia evidently like Senator Cam eron ; ho dou't like "thoao litontn fellers. " ELECTRICAL DISCOVERIES. The attention which is everywhere being paid to the subject of electricity in its application to the practical busi ness ol life , is nothing if not marvel lous. Every day chronicles new dis coveries , and the scientists of every nation are devoting their energies toward the development of the re sources of the electrical current. The electric light has become an old story , and "electric baths , " and "electric belts" hold their place in the adver Using columns of every well roRiilatod newspaper. IJut at the pieseiit mo moiit the electric railway nt Berlin , which has piovod an UMqualfied micccas is receiving the general attention , no ! only of the scientific , bnl also of the practical and common sense business world. Prof. Siemeti's novel experi ment had aroused the hope tlmt the days of the locoinotivo , with its deaf ening noise , ita disagreeable smoke uid cinders , and its deadly habit of exploding are numbered , and that its ilnco will noon bo taken by the silent nit none the less powerful electro motor. Mr. Cyrus W. Field , who has wiliie.ssod the operation of the Berlin electric railway , says that the adop. .ion of electric motive power is "only u question of time , " uul that the greater i-conomj > f such a mil way will force its use upon all capitalists who have any re- ; ard for good dividends and a cheap orvico. The now Siemens' motor has now loon in constant operation nt Berliner or nearly two inijnthi. It has proved .sulfunfo , economical and durable. Tt laintains with ease a speed of . ' 10 lilos an hour , and a car containing wonty persons proved itself under the lost perfect control of the engineer , such an experiment ought not to re- lain long without many successors , specially in America where railroads ro so numerous and whore cheap transportation is so essential to the ommorcial interests of the country. The application of Siomcn'H discov- ry to transposition purposes will bo { really aided by Sir William Thomp- OII'H experiments which prove that lectricity can bo stored in reservoirs nd laid away , as it wore , for use in a niny day. Professor Thompson has ucuceded in storing a good quarter of million foot pounds in a single "auro cell and has kept it for days , his invention will give ample necur- : y against the breaking down of any f the electro machines needed to keep p the current of electricity , for in aso of any accident , a battery of < * auro cells could bo called upon to upply the deficiency and to furnish ho necessary power. It requires no stretch of the imagi- mtion to see a wide field of usefulness or the electric motor. Applied to our iteam railroad system the new invon- iiin will require merely the ordinary rack nnd rolling stock , with the ex ception of the locomotive , which will 10 much less expensive than steam uul operated at a greatly diminished cost. Horse cars will undoubtedly loon bo fitted up with the ilectric motor. Professor Siemon's car at Berlin glides to nnd fro long the streets of that city , carrying wcnty persona nt any desired spued. Fust us soon as it is discovered that ho cost of running a horse car by luctriuily is less than tlmt incurred > y the use of horse Jlesh the question will bo forever settled. And why should the application of the electric motor halt nt rnilroad trnnsportntion 1 \n ingenious Frenchman , M. Trouvo , rides nt oano through the streets of Paris on a bicycle driven by .stored up electricity , and inventors aio al ready boldly predicting that with in ten ycais. there will bo a revolution in the form nnd motive power of carriage * and trucks. What in the past Imvu seemed the wildest dreams of impractical visionaries have lieen later on roali/.od nnd become ; mrt of our common life. One hundred years ago the locomotive , the toh > irnph ; , the telephone , and 11 thousand ether inventions which am now HO common that we have long ceased to think of them as novelties , would hnvo been laughed at ns imposmhili ties. Other equally surprising pim i bilities nio within our grasp and : thousand brains are working to make them available ns instruments for the advancement nnd benefit ot mankind. TUB gigantic swindle , the Freud man's Savings bank , has about $100 , 000 waiting distribution to parties who do not make themselves known RUSSIA seems honey-combed will revolutionists. An alarming discov. cry of nihilistic documents has jus boon made on board one of the ship of the imperial navy. THK monopoly hypocrites who are howling themselves hoarse over th chance of Dopow's election to the senate ate Imvelittlelo boost of on behalf o Mr. Conkling and his relation to tin present Now York legislature. Tin legislature was elected by Mr. Conk ling's machine , and both " Bucks" urn stalwarts have proved thenmolvcs vorj able friends of the railroads through out the whole session. While Dopow is decidedly objectionable on th ground of his record there is HttU possibility that any straight out am out anti-monopoly candidate woul run a ohunco of u election. TILE POSITION GENERAL RUSK WANTS. S | cci.\I Dlnpitch to The I'hlMdphU I'rwi \V.t Mltf < iTox , Juno 13J M. Hunk , ofVi coii'in , who was nominated by the Prcxidput and confirmed by the fenat * to be clmrgid'alfnircH nt t'rugtmv nnd ny , N expectnl to arrive in the city to-night. General Husk 1ms declined the appointment , but he is lieing urged to reconsider - consider IIH determination. The place fur uliich General Ku k Unn applicant Ix an- liter of rfiilrni.d accounts. I nr thin posi tion he i * incliTcod by the republican iiir > m > l > ent of the Wisconsin delegation , Governor Kontrr , nnd othem. The oflico of auditor of railway Ac counts is not n mere sinecure. It is one of the most responsible positions within the gift of the president. It requires not merely a man of inlegri ty , whom all Iho blandishmoiils of railway monopolies cannot swerve from the path of duty , but it demands also special qualifications not thu least of which is u thorough knowledge of the railway system nnd its relations to the national government. The an- lilor of railway accounts is not , as thu name would imply , n book-keeper or accountant in charge of a national lodger in which entries tire made of the debit nnd credit be tween the government and the rail roads. He Ls in reality n commission er of rail ways , , clothed with extraor dinary powers to compel the railways chartered nnd subsidized by congress : o live up to the ) letter and spirit of liuir charters. The present auditor of railway accounts , Mr. Theophiliufl French , is eminently fitted for the msition , nnd should , by nit menus , bo retained. He is a man whom railway kings cannot buy or bull-doze. He has horoughly mastered the railway laws uul made himself familiar with all the ntricate machinery of our rail wnysys- em. He knows wherein our piesent nilway laws are defective , and his ox- lerience will become an invaluable guide to Congress in the final solu tion of the railway problem. Wo have no doubt that Mr. French is regarded vith very little favor by the managers of the subsidized railroads who ho has ) ccn compelled to antagonize in the nithful discharge of his sworn duty. 'hat is the very strongest recommen- ation for kis retention. But wo nro told that General Husk ms net his heart on the railway nudit- rship. Ho comes backed by the state f Wisconsin and endorsed by thogov- rnor of Ohio. But whydoes General Husk insist upon this particular office ? Is it on ccount of the salary which is very uoderatu or is it because the oflico af- ords peculiar opportunities for mak- ng himself useful to the railroads ? Why should the president etiro a tried and trusty ofiicer .like. tlr. French , who hns superior quali- icattoiiH , for the sake of gratifying .he personal ambition of any politic- ; m , whether he hails from Wisconsin ir Ohio. The fact that the whole country views the consolidation of our entire rail wnyHystem under the control > f three or four men with alarm and ; rave concern , should impel the presi- lent to make no change in the head > f the railway bureau , unless Sir. Drench has declined to serve. TiiKiti : is n genial manner about Jilly the Kid , the notorious Now Mexican desperado , which is peculiar- y killing. "Do you work for John ChoBUiu ? " ho asked of a cowboy who vnfc sitting nt his meal. "I do , " was ho reply. "Then hero's your pay , " rejoined the desperado , shooting him hrough thu heart ; and after disposing if three of his companions in a like iianner , ho made his escape. Whou [ Jilly is "kidding" with his cemetery > romotcr , good citi/.ens como in out of .ho wot. OMAHA could get along a good deal > otter without a holt line railroad for i few months longer than she can sub- nit to buying wilted vegetables , rancid - cid butter and wormy cheese at con- 'ed currency prices. Wo need and mist have a public market where poor ivorking men can buy farm nnd garden - don products fresh nnd reasonably cheap direct from the producer. , cn.s. , CI.KUK ADAMS , of the house of ro- preset tatives , has placed the name of ( forgo Q. Cannon , thu Mormon delegate gate from Utah , on the roll of the house. Mr. Campbell , his opponent , who holds Governor Murray's certificate tificato of election , has brought suit in the United States court nt S.ilt Lake to show that Cannon is not naturalized. Ho proposes to spike the Cannon or die in the attempt. VnuiiNi.v is not the only southein ulato where the democratic party is divided , The Mississippi democracy is split into two factions , and thu question of interest to nil loyal hour bens in that flute is whether the Barksdulo or Lamar ring shall becure the spoils of otlice. Tim utory that Garfield is opposed to any further punishment of Conk- ling reminds nn exchange of A. 11. Stephen's story of the Jew who saic1 to the men who begged him not t < : ] K nmol the prostrate , "But dat isli do time to gouge a man , when he ith down. " WHKX Jay Gould gets throunl building that trunk line betweei Omaha und Atchison wo hope ho will pull down tlmt magnificent cow-shoe on the U. P. depot grounds and give us u respectable depot. PRIMARY ELECTION REi'ORM The Pennsylvania legislature during itn recent ression passed a law which hns been npproved by the governor , placing primary elections on an cqunl footing with regular elections and pun ishing bribery nt conventions , This is thu third state that has enacted laws punishing frauds nt primary olcC tiniiR. Ohio has had such a law on her statute bonks since 1871 and Cali fornia followed next three years ago , The new Pennsylvania law goes farther than the Ohio law by extending its operations to political coventions The first section provides in brief that any cnndidate for oflico who bribes an elector or in any way cor ruptly influences his action nt any del egate election shall on conviction pay n fine not exceeding $300 nnd bo nn prisoned for n period not exceeding three months. The second section deals with thu person who reocives Iho bribe or is corruptly influenced at such election , nnd for him a Himilnr punishment is prescribed , Tim third section extends this punishment to nn elector who corruptly offni to give his vote or inlluence nt any nominating con vention. The fourth section pro scribes a fine of 8200 and three months' imprisonment for nny person who , being unqualified to vote nt n general election , shall vote at the primary. The fifth section deals with the elected delegate who receives or solicits any kind of n reward for his vote in the nominating convention. His fine in limited to 8100 , and im prisonment three months , A mem ber of n county or executive committee , a judge or clerk of return board to count and cast the votes pollodynt a piimnry election , whoso action in thu premises is any way corruptly influenced , incurs the risk of 8100 fine and three months' ' mprisonmont , nnd any one who at- .empts to corruptly influence or to coerce these ofliccr.s in the discharge of their duty shall bo subject to n fine lot exceeding $200 and imprisonment lot exceeding six mouths. An effort was made four years ago to secure the enactment of the Ohio law on primaries by the Nebras ka legislature , but the bill having joen introduced Into in the season was smothered by the committee and never reported back. Last winter Senator Van Wyck introduced n bill modeled ifter the Ohio law and it was passnd > y the senate. When it reached the louse the railroad monopoly hunch- uen , who make their living by corrupt iianipulation of primaries.and convon- ions , had the bill pigeon-holed. This is not the end of primary re- 'orm in Nebraska. The systematic 'rauds and wholesale importation of non-residents at primary elections , tvhich disgraced every important po litical contest IiY Omaha nnd Douglas county , have within the past two years been practiced in almost every county on the line of the railroads. People nro thoroughly aroused to the necessity of discarding primary elections as they are now conducted. They know that they do not voice [ iiiblic sentiment. They are regarded is n mere farce , and nobody feels bound to support nominations made by organized gangs of repeaters and liired ftulldororH. The time is not very distant when Nebraska will Follow the example of the older states east nnd west by enacting laws that will punish fraud and bribery at pri mary elections. IT is commonly believed that as soon as Gladstone has got through with the Irish laud bill , if ho over does , ho will retire from active politi cal life nnd seek Iho rest ho has so well earned in the dignified retire ment of the peers. His health is now rapidly on the wane , and his appear ance in thu commons , except when under thu excitement of hot debate , is said to be perfectly cadaverous , givinf his friends the utmost uneasiness , Al ready the question of n successor to him in the leadership of Iho party is being discussed , n sure sign of the be lief that his powers are near their end. Who the successor will bo cannot yet bo said with nny degree of certainly. The liberals are opposed to the Mar quis of Hartinglon for various sins ho has committed in the past , and Mr. Forsterlio to many seemed the most likely man tit one time , has lost all chance by his mismanagement ol Irish nff.iiiu Corporate Taxvbirkors. NiIrKh lli'iuiMiniu. Some years ngo our government , in its untorpribo nnd magnanimity , gave certain grants nf laud to railroad com panies , toui : the odd section within ton miles each side of Iho track. \mong the roads thnt received th donations were the I' . P. and H. & M. Now ns these rends run parallel to each other for ipihu u distance ensl ot Konrny , and less than twenty miles apart , it must bo patent to every read , er tlmt they both could not have the odd sections granted by the govern ment , and ns the LT. I1 , was the lira1 to claim the land under act of congress gross , they of course were the ones who got it. Then Iho 13. & . M. seni out n viewer , who selected the bcsl land embraced in the odd sections thai could bo found in the unoccupioi territory of the state , and uinont other selections they claimei several thousand acres of land ii our county. Now it will bo romoin bered that the U. S. attorney-genera brought suit against the B. & M. to annul their title and the matter was kept in courtjor a number of yeare. i During this time the company refus ed to pay the taxes , for the reason , ns they claim , that they should not bo compelled to pay tax on land that wns liable to bo taken from them. Now , notwithstanding tlmt the courts have decided tlmt thii land was theirs from the first , yet they refuse to pay the tax , until nt this time their taxes amount to between S.'JO.OOO and 810- 000. And now they ask the county to give them from 812,00oto 810,000 for enough to pay the en tire indebtedness of the county exclusive of prccient. school house nnd other municipal debts. The question is , shall wo do it ? Shall we. because wo nro poor , allow a purse- proud corporation to put the iron heel of tyrraiiy upon our necks , after the farmer nnd mechanic hnvo come to this county nnd borne the burden of taxation for ten years , and these lands have increased in value in proportion on account of improvements they havu put around them' Shall wo rebate two fifths of Iheir taxes because the attorney-general thought thuy were not entitled to the land ? Wluit is it tlmt has made their lands valuable' Is it any thing they have done' If not , then why should wo donate twelve thousand dollars to this stupendous corporation ? Oh , says one , we had better do it , than to law them , they own the courts and they wilj beat us I YCH , cowering slave ! suppliant fool ! Thou art fit to adorn the Baslilo of an absolute monarchy ; thy courage nnd ndopcndencu would bettor become a serf of the dark nges thnn that of a fteo American ! You say , yes , lot us ro tate this tax , and give them twelve or sixteen thousand dollars , simply be cause they are rich nnd powerful , while wo nre poor nnd weak , [ hit we say no' ' If it were n man , oi ordinary means , asking to have 40 > er cent , of his taxes rebated before 10 obtained his patent on the ground hat his title might have been do- oaled ; wo would laugh him to scorn. Is the B. & M. 11. 11. any better' Wo say no ! and ns long ns this is a free government , we nre a free people , let is not truckle to any institutions , lowovcr powerful it may seem , but unintnin our independence and equal ly. Wo say make them pay every dollar they justly owe or spend what wo have in the attempt. " OCCIDENTAL. JOTTINGS. CALIFORNIA. Home parties in Gilroy me mining iheaxanta. Tulare farmerw pay one dollar per acre or heading wheat , The fruit , hay and grain crops were iii'rer as promisini' in Lateen county as now. A deN | > sit of pipe clay has been found lear Point Arena , which it is thought will x ) quitu valuable. It is Haiti that over 150,000 grape-vines lave recently been uet out in thu foothills near I.OH Angeles. San Diego was lighted with gaa on the cviming of .lime Ith. Nearly the whole uwn turned out to t < to the dispUy. The railroad contractors nt San Diego hid the Indians employed an fpmluiH hu lerior to either white men or Chinei > e. A water company , to supply 1'renno with vaterin the streets and _ house.s , i * oneof _ ho enterpriser now in contemplation here. here.Work Work on the railroad extension at Wil- ningtou ! H hein | pushed vigorously , ami it tt thought that in two weeks the track will have been lajd to I'alos Verden. Over 100,000 feet of lumbej has been lauled from Yreku to the Khuuath liver .nines . this s-eahon , besides large quantities tirniiihed from Simula county. . This uould indicate u prosperous neasou at Iho nines. The Hessian fly is doing coimideralo dam age to crops in Solano county. On one ttmi the grain lias been injuiecl to fuch an extent that it can only bo cut for hay , aud _ uii uther neighboring farms thu pest is in- lustriounly at work. IDAHO. A chemical neap factory will ho xtarted n JJellovue next week. A deposit of plumbago , unit ! to bd of a rery line grade , iia.s been found at Woud Ki > er. Ditiliop Tuttle is making lvpiscop.il visits : hrough Oregon and Idaho. He has estab- intietl new churches recently at Lewibton and Dayton. A heavy hail ntorm at Lewintou , injured 'mil , vegetation and cattle , and killed fowls. The hail stones worn from ouo ti ; hrce incheH in circumference. The fine iron bridge over the Snake river at Blnckfoot linn been swept aw y. It wiw 500 feet lout ; and especially valuable to itockmen , w ho drove cattle acronh. The Ttlaho Kntcrprimi claims to bo credi bly informed that the I'nion Pacific rail road company has purchased a half inter est in the town nitu of Hoda , paying there for thu mini of $10,000. , lleturneil Comstock minerK tell dihina Btories of the Wood Kiver country. They say its name is a mitmomer ; thut ihero is precious little timber in night , us it in a r gular sagebrush country likii Nevada. All thu 1'ampn are full of broken dowr primpeetorH , eagerly awaiting the arrival ol the tender-foot eapitalint. ARIZONA Tombstone , A. T. , is to hiive a theaU * and mining exchange , Arizona vloleta aru usually known eln where no onion * , and Arizona htrawberrien us blue beans. Coal of excellent quality has been fount : InUilu county , Amona , near the WHX I : road from Cilolio to Tucson , The Tombstone ( A. T. ) Union publlnhei the total tthipmenU of bullion for May at MBl.bOS , an increase of ? 01,000 over An ordinance luusbeen pinsed in Tomb tone c talli liiii | ; liru limitH , within thu HniitH of which it la iinlnwful to jiroject stove pijiea through wootl or canvatnlU aud tools , OREGON. liurxliu-b are operating e\ten ively ii Portland. lucUcon county hah ntillVifd fiom . < heavy w intl xtonu. A laige Immi'-'ratitm IK coining into Coo , county , Oregon , from Fiul.iml. The wool clip ot Umatilla tounty itt PI- jieclitl to exceed by 'JOO.OOO poundH that of last year , The Willamette and Columbia ritontun Uith rii-iiif ' , rapMly ami thu lower dockn o the city of Pol timid are Hitbmerged , A Milinon weighing eighty and one-hal pounds. uitl to bo thu largest ever taken in thu Columbia river , wus caught by fiHherman thu other day. Silver lake , l ikti county , Ort-gon , has Ik-en steadily rwing for two jeuw , and is now higher than ever known before. The ntui ID attributed to the piiuwfall. Owing to the boveritv of the past w jn ter in the Hnuku and Columbia lo in , great numberx of cattle havu been lout. One man lost 4,000 out of a hem of 0,000 , anil another firm lost 17,000 out of 24,000. Two men in llakercounty , Oregon , fount u den of California lion * on Xio to mot the other day , killing three ami capturing one. The longest lion killed meanum1 eleven fett in length. Several of the aui mult escaped. Cattle men report that an army of crick eU , veral railca wide , is IraTcling from the vicinity of Oooso lake , in Oregon , di rectly toward Modoc county , They mo\e nt the rte of two miles n day , and leAte littlu vegetation behind them , WASHINGTON TERRITORY. lift-In has been general in Washington territory und good cropn nre amured. Direct rail n IP d connection will noon be tnlili'lird between Walla WMlii , 1'endle- ton nnd Jiaker ( 'ity. The lime between Seattle Mid Portland ha * been reduced from V.f , to 11 ! hours un der the new mati.igcment. Hon. 1' . H Cheney has donated come fi.OOO to be expended hi erecting an academy building at Cheney. The Umatilla wool eliii thU year in the heaviest e\erkiiov\n. The fleeces a\cr ged from eight to eleven pounds. The Dayton dci > ot building will iniuirc 00,000 feet of lumber , over half of which is at the mills awaiting the completion of the flume. One of the youngest church edifices in the I'nited SUite * has the oldest steeple. H IK the Kpi cupalan ! church nt Tncoma , W. T. The building Is of lugx nnd the tower is a tall firtreo which has been cut off forty feet from the ground , on the top of which in a cross and bell. The lings of the tree show it to be 300 years old. Citizens of Ynkinia nre publicly do- uotincing the transfer nf the Northern Pacific to Vlllard , nnd asking for the in terference of the general KO\ eminent to compel the company to construct a load acrofcs thu Cascade mountain. ; ) .at the earliest practicable time , nnd claiming that ; ho development of the nection depends almost wholly cm the building of this road. NEVADA. Hamilton it to have a bank , Thn Wood Itiver fever is Btilisiding , Thnco otmnre troubling the innchvrs of .Monltcr Vnlley. Cherry Creek In the White Pine district a to have n coopcrntistore. . One hundred car loads of cattle Iwero ihippcd from Winnemucea Innt week. The Humboldt Sulphur works , at Habit - ) it Hoi.Nev. . , refined ' . ' 37 tons of brim- tone last month , Austin hos a genuinu building boom. There are more houses in process of erec- inn this sea-sun thnn during any season in , hn past ten years. It is saitl the Indians ha\e lent tied to Wi with ffiant powder , and tlmt they use t extensively in catching trout in the Jwyhec and its tributaries. Unless this s stopped the tish will be speedily exter minated in those Htrcamt ) , The ledge of terra sienna disco\cred lear the Carson ri\er has been testetl by louse anil sign painters in Carson , and all ironounce it equal to the burnt nienna * hich sells at Uli cents per pound. The edge is a blanket formation , und is eight 'cot in depth. The ravages of gophers in the vicinity > fNewhall art- almost beyond relief. A ocal paper declares that what wau at one. : imo a promising field of 5,000 acres of jarley has been wearly all destroyed by gophers , fully 4,000 acres of it boim' made worthless , The mine owners in Lewis district Mime .ime ago reduced miners' wiigen fiiim $4 , o $3 60 per day. The miners htruck , and .wo nt'hboring unions each contributed F500 to the strikers. After using up the nouoy tlie Lewis minerx went to work for & 3.50 per day , mid the contributing un- 'ons think that there money was wasted. More lumber will be manufactured this leasou at Lnku Digler , than oer before. I'ho mills lm\o commenced miming at cast one month earlier than in years past , anil the wood business ! H immense. Hun dreds of men are employed at different > oiiits of the Uke in cuttjng wood , most of which goes tt > Virginia City to timber the nines. TJTAH- l'ro\o wants u fire brigade. Silver Jleef had u ? 5,000 fire last week. Stockton , Tooele colintv , is electrically limited. Provo in flipping ice to Halt f.itku in largo tpjantities. An extensive gold utriko 1ms been made in Snake Creek. Thu game law is being enforced in differ ent localities in thin territory. Millions of jrrashopperH are hwarming between Salem ami Benjamin , Southern Utah. Carpenters are now commanding good wages in Salt Lake , Ogtlcn nntl Park City , First class workmen aie getting four dollars lars a day. > V great deal of metldow land on the shores of Utah Luke lies been overflowed to such an extent thin season as to cut elf the supply of hay from that direutiou. Over 100 ! teams fromDaviscounty.Utah , are engaged in grading the Oregon branch of thn Union Pacific from ( j ranger. Nearly 1,000 teams altogether are eagaged in the work. The limn Silver Miuing company ships , on an average , about eightcar loads of ore every day , from the mine at .Frisco to the smelting works n few miles south of Salt Lake. A very fine quality of black mnrbln has been dist'overed within three miles of Salt Lake. The ledgp is Haiti to Iw 100 feet wide and the nuwble is susceptible of the highest polish. MONTANA. Ho/vnfau is to have n steam nn ; engine. Large immigration Is coming into the Bit tcr Hoot valley. An offer of $750,000 In cash has been made for thu Livingston mine. Fifty thousand dollars' worth of bullion lion was shipped from Hutte last week. Dillon ha.s won thu tlay in the content for the removal of the county teat to Ban * nack. Thu i.iidtng Indians on thu Yollowbtnuu are guttiii' ' thu worst of it at the liunds of the settlers , From thu present pronpccU the pastnr < ago on all thu principal valleys of Montana Territory will he light. The season has been dry nnd the grass is heading out short. One hundred thousand buffaloes were slaughtered in the VelloWbtoue Valley , Montana , last wintei , which , nt $2.50each , means that > 350,000 will be distributed to the hunters. Seu-nty picked warriors of the Bloods havu started from near Macleod , Montana , tuuunl the liritMi line , with thu intention of going to the Yellowstone to steal horses , Thu settlers aio aroused. _ Track laying on the I'tali and Northern linu is lieinu forced ahead with all possible spied , and thu terminus iiinwHomu thirty miles beyond Dillon , nnd but thirty-five or forty from Hutte City , M. T. It will be but a few weeks beftnu the railroad reaches the growing und prtwpertitu city of Hutte. WYOMING. A tint lied nf marble has been dUcou'itd near Itetl Htittes. Cheyenne's new Huptist church is com pletetl. It miHt 7,000. A firm nt Chuyemio w ill engage in the manufacture of moss agates. ( 'heyennu has raised nearly % 1'JOO for Fourth of July celebration. The Hiirvey for the Larnmie , North Park X Pacific ro.nl is about completed , Ktil carbonnte assaying in thu thousands has been discovered at Kawhide Duties. TheCopjierapaH mining district , sixteen miles west of Tort Larniuiuhaii been organ ued. I-aramiit county ranchmen will coin- inenre cutting hay by the middle of next month. Fears are entertained that Green river will overflow its banks. It U higher than it has been for four years. Seventeen bend of hones and thre mulct , stolen over n week agu from cmt Kvanaton , were recovered lat * Saturday. Conductor Holiert WM ahot and badly .njured on the IttU incl. nt Cnrhtm by a gang of drunken cow-bojs. The afta.iil- mti narrowly pccaped lynching. The XionV mercantile co-operative in- titution has nlock ( of goods lalued nt ) ,000at Granger , for the benefit of the Mormon digger * on the newrailroad. . Slnco the otg&niiuition of Jnhiuon coun ty , the other northerh county , Crook , in making IniniirifH ns to the ulcp * necetwiry , o be taken to necure an organization of that county. The wnik on the Amen inonumont at Sherman i * progi-ecHini , ' rapidly , and it in . tpeuttni to have it fully compfetetl in one : iundred day * . The apex block Is n wlid itonc weighing fifteen tonn. The I'pper Plait round-up passed through Krtwlitm Tuenday , and the , Tour- I ml sayrt they were all happy oor the ftinnll icrcentago of locses timing the w inter , und t he magnificent crop of new grass coming 1 on this Benson. < | A very determined suicide occurred near Hitter Creek station Saturday. Frank West , a miner who hail been cmployo.1 nt lock Springs , deliberately threw hiinHulf in the mils before nn approaching train y mil remained there until literally cut to T iiec ; n. COLORADO. The govrniment will build a telegraph inc. from the Uncoinpahgru ngency to tn Jtc country. Iron nnd free goltl is found in fthc iron and nnd galena ore of the California nine , Cunter county. Iticli free milling gold ere hn been dl - covered on UuttlfMmk't mouutnin , in the URter county region , The Granite mine at Ko < ita is reported is showing ten inches of ore thnt mlllti fifty junccs of niUer to the ton. The Free MRHOIW nf Denver will cele- irate June 24. th , St. John's Day , and will ay the corner stoue of the new court louce. The Denver and Hio Granite company ropottes to upend $6,000,000 in building new roads into th- ' mining regions of Utnli mil Colorado. A railroad ollici.il taten thnt ho would not be surprised If 45,000 tons of bullion were moved from J.eadvillu in the year ndingMiiy , IHS'J. Work is piogretiHingigorounly on the TulcHburg brauch of the Union Pacific , omo'JOO men beiiiff now eniplojed. Thin ro.'ulwilj leave both Greeley und Evanx int in the cold. The Itohinxon Consolidated oflicern itatt ! that the mine is Khippiiu' n highci grade of ore than usual , to till n contract if 8,000 tons with the Argo works , anil .hat thu mine is looking well nt all points. At Silver City in one day 8" > 0.000 ihaui'etl hands in mining operation * . It s stated that this mini was paid by New York parties for property that last season could liay-o been secured at $3,000 , One itamp mill is running , nnd another will nun bo completed that will be : i large ad- lition to the town. Theru will then lw running .seventy stamps. The Now French Tariff. Sun Francisco Chronicle. Within less thnn six years from late , they now French tariff goes into effect. The' statement made some : imo since , that it proposed u change n the method , rather than in the imount , of duties , is subject to some Modification. Correspondents who mvo given the new tariff careful study , comparing the two systems of nd valorem and specitic duties in their ) ractical operation , pronounce the now : ariff an unqualified return on the jart of France to a striiu'enfc protec- ive system. It mnkes little difference : o the United iStates whether the French increase their tariff or not. Our industries are in no way depen dent on French markets. Our own protective tariff has prevented the im portation of such goods in the quanti- : ies that would otherwise been poured jpon ns , and our export trade with France is not large. The close culti vation of the soil ot Franco mnkes : hat country comparatively indepen dent in the matter of agri cultural products , mill in nany branches of manufacture Franco can beat the world. The gov ernment of Franco is always on the alert to serve the interests of her pee ple. The corner-stone of its policy is ihat prosperity begins at home. For eign trade is only an auxiliary , to be encouraged or disregarded according as suits the condition of the hour. England buys more of France than Franco buys from England , but in the adjustment of her now schedule of duties , the fear of culling off her En glish market does not seem to hnvo been given much weight. En glish journals have described the means by which the English govern ment might retaliate , but these mena ces have not deterred the French from carrying out their purpose. Ono of these English Journals reminded Franco thai the English were in nn sense dependent upon France , ns Franco upon the United States , and could consequently impose duties on French goods without disturbing the cost of staples in the English markets. The duty on French wines might bo doubled or quadrupled without serious consequences , as the bulk of so-called 1 French wines como from other Euro pean countries , and might bo shipped ' direct , instead of through France. It 4 is also intimated that in a stress , En glish ladies could get along without French silks. There are other mate rials than French silks which make up into handsome dresses , nnd no hard ship will fall on the country at largo by putting a duty on such manufac tures , which would prove a serious blow to that important industry. The classes who could afford luxuries would continue to gratify their ca prices , but all real wants would be supplied independent of the French trade. Tlie.su arguments do not seem to have had much effect on the French mind. The pointing out of the fact that England had purchased goods of Franco to the amount of § 2.'J,000,000 ! ( in a year , while § 90,000,000 was a high average of her exports to Franco did not deter the proposed no tion. The policy of England foi l-ears hns been to make a mar ket for her manufactured products , She hns made war and made peace , with that end in view. She has sought to make England at once the workshop and the trade mart of the world. A largo portion of her own . scanty territory lies idle in the form of parks and hunting-grounds , while y her people eat bread from grain grown f throe thousand miles away. Except as to iron , her factories work up raw material raised in the four quarters of the globe , This policy worked well fora time. While England had a practical monopoly of the markets of the world , aho grow rich on her for eign trade. Rut the weak point in her policy ia in the fact that at pres ent she has to buy her raw material and manufacture in oven competition with mills erected alongside the fields where the material grows.
