THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JUNE 17,1881.
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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.
