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    4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. AUGUST 18 , 1881.
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John II. Pierce i In Choree of the Clrcu-
ation of TIIK DAILY BEE.
Tfebrnilcn Ropnblioati State Central -
' tral Committee.
The members of the Republican 9Ulc
Central Committee of Ncbranka , arc here *
! > y culled to meet nt the Commercial Hotel
in the City of Lincoln , on Wedncmlay , the
31 t day of August , A. D. , IflSl , nt 2
o'clock p. in. , for the transaction of such
ImaincRS as may properly come before the
Committee. JAMIW W. DAWKH ,
Chairman ,
CHETK , Augimt 12,1881.
HriUNKLE , sprinkle , little cart.
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Dn.-Br.iss would mako'R1 splondod
life insurance agent. ,
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in Omnlm keeps pace with
the rise of the thermometer. . .
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GENERAL GAUPIELD'H marvelous vi-
iality may pull him through yet.
OMAHA , always manages to got up
thro'o'or ' four fires on the same day. '
Is the only state
where politics are discussed in' ' the
Iicatod term.
T'iKcily council must extend the
Cro limit down'Thirteenth street i to
the U. P. bridge.
CHEAP transportation will at no dis
tant day bo tlio great 'issuo ' * before the
American people.
OMAHA and CouncirBlufTs' ' demand
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and must have a free 'wagon ' Abridge
across the Missouri. < „ "
SHORTER hours for overworked' la-
Loring men moans bettor and more
Trork turned out for omployors.
DOUGLAS county is preparing for n
development which \yill surprise her
neighbors on the north and south.
IF the president could only rid himself
selfof two or three doctors his
chances of recovery would bo excel-
.lent. - i
_ Corm.iCTiNC ! bulletins from the
"White IIouso and Dress agents agree
upon one { i&t , and that la that the
president is very seriously ill.
OMAHA has furnished another vic
tim of kerosene explosion , It wo
men are bound to have something to
play with lot them invest in a toy
pistol.
TIIR grain gamblers are in clover
just now over tjio prospective shortage
of grain crops iu'tliis country and the
Ijrisk demand for American grain
abroad.
Tun line of packets between St.
Xouis and St. Paul is the forerunner
of a fleet on the great rivers which
cannot bo monopolized by any one
corporation or controlled by a single
took jobber.
candidates are now pa-
xadlng * their virtues throughout the
atuto and explaining that agriculture
is the noblest of professions. Of
course this has no reference to the
farmer's voto.
AOOOBPIKO to the Cincinnati Com-
\ menial the outlook for the republicans
- of Indiana is not very encouraging
Ibis fall. This is moro especially true
of Indianapolis , where there appears
to bo great dissatisfaction with local
republican officials.
TIIK South Carolina constitutional
commission , which has just closed its
session , recommends amendments to
make the loams of state and county
officers , including- members of the
* * legislature , four years , thus dimin
ishing the number of elec
tions ; another changes the time
for state and county elections ,
making them on a different day from
, tLoio1 v.ii. ' for i , the i * national , . , offices . * , ' : another , * , . ,
makes the
election of judges for life
* . or good behavior ; another provides
i tor HI ) improvement in the education-
A ! department of the state.
THE SAME MAN.
To t i Editor olYheBfC.
Dr.An BIF. : I sco so many allusions
to one TiV"blen in your and also many
other papers that 1 thought I would
nsk $ ou just what it all means. I
have not read your paper very long
but have others and have failed to
rend anything of his recent history ,
and perhaps others of y ° ur readers
fire in the same fix. I used to know
T. Henry Tibbies well that used to
live in DCS Moincs county , Iowa. Ho
left there about 1870 or 71 ; was asort
of patent rights man and Methodist
exhorter , pettifogger and dead beat
generally , lathis the same man ? and
how about his marrying n equau ? Is
ho the same ono that paraded the
Ponca Indians over the country A few
years ngo ? A brief sketch will greatly
oblige , Yours truly , S.
Wo take pleasure in informing cur
correspondent that his T. Henry Tib
bies is the identical Tibbies , the nat
ural born journalists of Nebraska nnd
the collection box passer for the Pen
ca Indians. Tibbies' history may bo
summed up in n very few linos. After
leaving Iowa lie settled in Nebraska
first no grasshopper martyr nnd ox-
liorlor until. , retired by the Metho
dists from his position on account of
too much devotion to female frailty.
From preaching Tibbies passed to the
next boat profession , that of an editor ,
and wandered from ono Omaha paper
to another in his search for notoriety.
The troubles of Standing Bear , n shiftless -
loss Indian who had no standing
among ins own people , gave TIIIIH.EH
another opportunity to pose before
the public in the role of a philanthro
pist. Leaving his wife in Omaha
with two children to support , TIIUILES
started cast with Standing Dear ,
Bright Eyes and Ins Indian show , en
dorsed by * n number of prominent
men , who ought to have known bet
ter , played upon the credulity of the
eastern public , .and passed around his
hat with golden results. "While this
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J * ( W
imoojitCr was on the trampjhiriAtifo
died nnd wna 'buried by * BtrYiiigo/3j'
TinpLKHboing too-much absorbed in
his work to 'return'to pay the last sad
offices of affection. Returning to
Nebraskaafterft , year's absence , Tiu-
DI.EH hasioncOj .inoro bocomb a ( family
man , by marrying his latest afninUy. "
It is supposed that ho is pre
paring for another startlingdeparture
* n his chase nftor notoriety.
ONE of the moat serious drawbacks
this city has in tttd past experienced ,
is thb high rate of taxatioii. Whon'
foreign capitalists who dcsiro to invest
in Omaha are tpld that ? ' our city md
county tuxes aggregate nearly five
percent. , they generally shrink'from
making an investment' . If property
in this city and county were assessed
Impartially , 'according to its absolute
value , the "aggregate taxwould'not'bo
moro than two per cent. If nil the
property of individuals and corpora-
atioris was "taxed nnd the tax ' as
sessment properly equalized , thecity
and county -tux would not np-
grccato pvor ono per cent. ;
As long as most of the property is
assessed at .one-third orone-fifth of
ts sheriff sale vnluo ; as long as our
wealthiest men and corporations can
shirk the burden of taxation entirely ,
the tax levy will continue to bo from
four to five per cent and then our revenue -
enuo will fall short of actual require
ments. Much of this unjust dis
crimination of the nasessniint of
property , and the absolute exemption
of millions of'norsbnhl property from
taxation must bo laid at the door of our
county commissioners nnd city council.
Both of these bodies are authorized
and required to revise the assessment
rolls nnd equalize taxation , Every
year they moot us boards of equalization - ,
tion , but have never attempted to revise -
vise the assessment roll. It is not HO
in other cities. A few days ago the
board of equalization of Ilamsey
county , Minnesota , of which St. Paul
ia the capita ] , hold its annual session ,
and as a result the St , Paul press has
publlsluid. n revision which shows that
this board of equalization does not
abide by the returns of assessors.
They raised the assessment on cattle
nnd horses from fifteen' to forty per
cent. They overhauled the returns
made by merchants and manufacturers
and bankers nnd raised their assess
ments from the amounts reported by
assessors in the aggregate over 9176- ,
000. They furthermore selected the
heaviest capitalists who had failed to
report any personal property * and
fixed their assessment at amounts
ranging from $25,000 to § 50,000
each.
each.Had
Had our city council , sitting as a
board of equalization , made u careful
revision of the assessment rolls this
city could have added from § 25,000
ta $50,000 , to its annual income , In
stead of being too 'poor to vngago in
any system of permanent improve
ment * wo should have money enough
in the treasury to put our streets nnd
thoroughfares in first chas condition ,
and that without unjust or unreasonable -
able taxation of anybody.
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KX-SKNATOH HAULAN is about to reenter -
enter public lifo in Iowa as state HOUII-
tor from Ildury county , Hta jiomi-
nation is received with cordial appro ,
batio throughout the state , The Dos
Moines liegittcr says ;
Thd nomination of ex Senator liar-
Ion for , the state senate in Henry
county is tho'beginnin/6f ( something
notable , -.It is jtho right pa th for hia
return to public life , as the Iltyistcr
stated thruo or four years ago. It
has never been possible for him to be
gin again at the top. But there lias
nlways been the open way on which
ho has never entered , of beginning anew
and possibly rising to his former es
tate. In the legislature , identified
with and leading now measures and
popular reforms , and winning the
people to him in his renewed leader
ship , the hill of difficulty will not bo
too high for his ; ( . 'rnunal stops- lie
will come to the legislature and its
debates to make other men look small
and fo show to the state his own great
strength , If ho goes on the right
side , and there is Tittle doubt of that ,
ho can go forward moro rapidly iind
go higher than any new and untried
man. Intellectually ho is perhaps
the equal of any man the state has
produced , if indeed ha h not in
sheer nigged strength , not accounting
moro brillirnuy , the ublcit * of all
the moil wo have had. Hoill
wield actual power in the Sen-
ale , nnd wo believe ho wil oxcrt
it for the best interests of the state.
Consequently wo nro glad to see his
return to public lifo. With his foct
once moro placed on the hard ground
of Actual power , the weaker men who
have been moro popular in the few
years past , and who would be his ri
vals in public favor oven if thny can
not be in the true quality of grcatnoss ,
may well seem timorous nnd uncertain
an to their own future. Of the public
it may bo said , wo believe , that Mr.
Harlan will be greeted in the sonhto
with ardent and almost universal qood
wished , and many will fcol that ho
re-enters public lifo at the door
which is best both forjiim and the
state.
THE nddrocs recently delivered by
Comptroller of the Currency Knox
is a particularly valuable nnd inter
esting document. It presents statis
tics which show that the greatest cir
culating medium of our people is in
the form of bank checks nnd drafts ,
and that wo use $20 in checks und
drafts where wo use $1 in monoy.
The transactions of the banks during
the year ending Juno 30 aggregated
tiio onromous sum of' ' nearly $100-
00,000,000. , Of this amount $95-
000,000,000 Is put in circulation
\yithout the use of money by
moans of paper tokens reprcsonting
money in reserve. Mr. Knox's in
vestigations show in what proportions
thosn payments nro made to the na
tional banka in checks and dcafts. In
Now York 08.7 percent of all finan
cial transactions through the banks
are on paper. Philadelphia shows n
proportion of 90 per centj Bostou of
OO.S'por cent ; Ohic.igo 01.0 par cent ,
andatwolvo cities outside of Now
York onjnii nyorago of 'Oi.l- per contr
This statement throws an important
ight on the discussion concerning the
amount of currency necessary for the
transaction of business. Our money
of coin , legal tender and national
bank notes is but a small portion of
actual 'circulating medium. Prac
tically less than 4 per cont. of the
augrogato yearly payments arc made
by paper money , .05 of ono per cont.
in gold coin and about .1C of ono pur
cent , in silver' coin. The largest portion
tion of mercantile business is transacted -
acted through the banks and nine-
tenths of it without the handling of
any money whatever.
INDIAN AGENT LI.TAVKI.I.YN hai fur
nished a report to the Interior de
partment relative t'j the depredations
committed by u band of Mescnlero
\pacho Indians now on the warpath.
Under date of July 28th he writes as
follows :
"It seems some few months ago n
lieutenant of the United Status army
then stationed hero gave n written
permit to three Indians nt this agency
to go to Old Mexico , nnd bring back n
party of their friends , whom they
claimed had left at the time of the
Victwria troublcn. This party was duo
homo three wacks ngo , nnd at that
time attempted to come in , but were
chased nnd diivoii into the mountains
thirty miles from the agency
to Soult. Since that time they have
made , according to the statement of
oiio ' of" Parker's scouts , thrco
ineffectual attempts to got into the
agency , being proventented each
by scouts and soldiers. Finding
they could not return to the agency ,
ns they had been led to believe
liovo they could , they concluded to go
on the war path. I learn on good
authority there nro nbout seventy In
dians iu this party. The Indians
here feel badly their friends could not
be permitted to return , but all unite
in tolling mo they will keen quiet ,
and show the jreat ; father their hearts
are good. "
GKOUOIA is becoming excited over
the success of Mormon missionaries in
her midst , and a bill is being prepared
for the legislature making the propa
gation of polygamy in that state a
felony , If Uoorgia continues in her
moral development wo may soon ox-
poet the passage of a bill making bal
lot box atuHing and frauds at elections
a misdcmonnor.
TUB Omaha Herald ni usual seeks
to make political capital for the dcm >
ocracy out of the recent decision on
the Slocumb law , It is in accord with
the eternal fitness of things for Dr.
Miller , who lias boon advocating high
license for u number of years , to
arraign the republican party for a law
that ho has favored.
THE latest advices from Standing
Hock ngeiioy , where the great body
of recently hostile Sioux are located ,
fofeshiulow trouble unless somo'do-
s '
them at work or 9rnploymertl is found
for their young men that will keep
them out of mischief ,
Now Credit Molilier * .
Over seven thousand miles of
railroad were constructed last year in
the United States , Unless the crash
which Ilufus Hatch promises us shall
come before next January the miliago
of track laid this year will bo still
greater. The west , southwest , north
west nnd the pacific coast are covered
with the surveys of projected lines
in actual process of construction.
The older states , north and south , nro
little , if any , behind in adding to
their present linos. Some exception
al roads , hero and there , nro lot out
to contractor under competition and
nro paid for in cash as the work ad
vances. By much the larger proportion
tion , however , could never bo built ,
except that an easy market makes a
ready sale for bonds of all sorts , and
many of the largest of them nre
pushed forward by the device known
as nconstruction company.
Dradstrect's of August contains a
very suggestive article on thcso com
panies and the character and extent
of their operations. Nothing is
clearer ns a question of morals or of
policy than that the directors and
officers of n road should not bo pocu-
larliy interested in its construction.
They nro in the position of trustees ,
and their manifest duty is to have
the road built as cheaply and as well
as possible. The straightforward
method is to lot out the building of
the road to contractors. There
would bo no objection to letting it tea
a construction company if the latter
were entirely dissociated from the
directors or officers of the company.
But 'that ia not what construction
companies were invented for. They
nr& composed' exclusively of those on
the inside , the directors and'officers
of the railroad and perhaps a few
chosen friends.
Then the directors on behalf of the
stockholders of the road make a con
tract with themselves as a construc
tion company. They are no longer
interested in building the road as
cheaply as possible , but the moro they
can make the company pay the
greater will bo their profits. It is
usually stipulated that tliey.tako their
pay in bonds. They in this way
receive in bonds per milo about twice
the cosb of the road. Thcso bonds
they sell to a confiding public , and as
soon us the road is finished they care
not how soon it goes into the hands
df n receiver. The stockholders are
crowded out entirely and the Bond
holder is fortunate if ho finds that his
bond is secured to the extent of fifty
cents oh' the dollar.
The public wcro first made familiar
ivith this faim of enterprise through
the Credit Mobilier developments of
eight or nine years ngo. That was a
construction comp my' ' for building the
Union'Pacific , railroad. There area
largo number of these companies now
operation , and BO profitable nro
they found to bo that their stock ,
when obtainable at nil , commands n
high premium. "Tho American
Cable Construction Company" was
organized to lay now Atlantic cables ,
though it does none of the work. It
manages to catch enough between the
cables nnd , Siemens Bros. , who lay
the cables , to make its stock $158ijt
and no sellers. "Tho Pacific Im"
provomont Company" his on hand
the Texas Pacific , and its stock is
worth g2CO. "Tho International
Improvement Company" is extending
the Missouri , Kansas and Texas , nnd
its shares are quoted at $120 to $123.
"Tho American "Railway Construc
tion Company" is building the Now
Orleans Pacific , with its shares at
$22i. ( Bradatrcot's give n list of
thcso companies , all of which nro
promoting the Bales of bonds in quan
tities Builicient to build their road or
lay their cable and enrich the stock
holders of the consti uction companies
in addition.
Thus it comes that now roads cost
ing $20,000 a milo are bonded to the
amount of $40,000 , with often an
equal proportion of stock. So great
is the confidence , so abundant ia
money , HO good nro the times , _ that
both stock nnd bonds find ready 'sale ,
llailrond stocks , new and old , ate
exceptionally high , many having
doubled and tripled their price within
three years without the roads having
increased in paying capacity in any
thing like the same proportion.
There is much to support the confi
dent predictions which are made of
an early reaction and decline in the
whole line of stocks to n basis of
something like real values. Until
this comes construction companies
will probably continue to flourish and
their members grow rich by wiping
out the property of the stockholders
whoso interests they woio chosen to
guard , cud by floating all the bonds
they have the courage to issue and
can find capitalists trustful enough to
purchase. *
The Iowa Bouatoralilp.
Dem Molne ItcgUUr ,
There is undoubtedly a rising tide
in public opinion all over the state in
favor of Senator McDill for the Kirk-
wood succession both longoind short
terms. It is growing rapidly und en
tirely of its own motion , as absolutely
nothing ia being done to promote it ,
while the friends of the so-called two
leading candidates , who are working
with remarkable energy , are working
actively against it. There iu a rooted
and grounded public faith in McDill ,
his integrity and reliability , and this
is increased by the growing knowledge
of his ability. lie is to thosu who
have known him longest and beat , as
well qualified for the senntorship as
any of his computitors , Hu in not so
brilliant in speech-making ns Wilson ,
nor perhaps so great a man in details
as Gear. But , to make up for the
things in which ho may f-ul short of
them , ho has qualities that neither of
them has , und qualities that go to the
making up of the trusty and best of
public servants. On the Slope , where
no ia so well knowiij it only
needs Ilia assent for that portion
of the Btato to moss to his support.
And as it is , with his icfusing to en
ter the canvaaa for the long term , pub
lic opinion is surely settling in Inn
favor. In another place wo give extracts -
tracts srom various leading papers on
the Slope , whoso tone clearly indicates
the growing tide of which wo speak.
AH over southwestern Iowa there is n
partial fueling in his favor , as there
would bo , too , iu all western and cen
tral Iowa if Mr , Kasson were fully
understood not to be candidate. The
western half of the Btato , begins in
feel that it has , rights to defend and
interests to servo , and that it has men
amply able to represent the state , But
so far this almost universal feeling has
has not taken definite or walking
shape , and meantime the active can
didates , who know ' and fear this great
sub-current of p'ubtio opinion , nro in
diistriously working the state nnd get
ting legislative candidates instructed ,
a practice which is not meritorious in
itself , and prejudicial finally to the
best interests of the party and state.
What , between men chosen for the
legislature because they happen to be
for Homo certain nun for United
States senator , and others chosen because -
cause of their views for or against the
temperance amendment , woare likely ,
to nave legislatures not chosen for
their capacity for general business.
About next winter , the people will
Keo that it would have been bettor to
choose a legislature well qualified for
the duties and re ponsibllit'ca of gen
eral legislation. But it will bo too
late to mend it then.
Of course all this is treason in the
eyes of the factions who would make
two questions the only questions in
politics just now , and who would
drag the whole parly at the heels of
some one man's individual and selfish
interests. Doubtless wo shall catch
hark for it from the men who nro in
ono pool or the other for geneial nnd
special benefits But wo con
sider the interests of the party and the
state of moro importance than ( hose
of any man or faction. The practice
of instructing candidates for the leg
islature on the question of United
States senator , wo have always op
posed. It is something no man has
an actual right to nsk for , and is an
evidence of weakness on the part of
any man who asks for it , wo don't
care who the man is. It involves the
party in quarrels and endangers the
party candidates to chances of defeat.
In the Uarlan-Allison contest a num
ber of Rooublican candidates were
defeated because of this policy of
insti uction. Wo doubt not the same
will bo true this year. For human
nature is the same now ns then. We
know of no fair excuse which can bo
made for any candidate for the United
States senate imperiling the elec
tion of any party candidate for the
legislature. Opposition or sup
port of nny applicant for United
States Senator is a personal matter ,
and there is no warrant nnd no excuse
for a party making n personal matter
a party test on any of its members.
High-spirited and hi h-minded men
always have resented ducli tests being
placed upon them , and they always
will resent thorn. Why uhttuld it bo
made for nny mnn who is strong , or
whoso friends claim lie-is strong ?
There is no danger of our Iowa legis-
"aturo elccting'a weak or unfit man to
lie United States Somite. A man
who cannot bo trusted to do what is
right had better bo defeated outright1
in n county convention than sent to
the legislature witb'n , public pledge
made in advance of his public oath , t
All this will start up the big and
ittlu wheels of the big nnd little ma
chines. But ns the senatorial can
vass is getting BO sharp , and is being
prosecuted in the interest of1 some of
thei candidates , with an activity and
industry nnd system never before
known in Iowa , and which is all the
more to bo noted because of the socro-
: y of n , great parb of the work , it
would 'seem it were time that some
body said a little something in behalf
of the general interests of the paity
nnd the state. They nro two things
not to bo lost sight of , even when
compared with any individual man
however great , or any faction however
strong. Lot the _ practice of forcing
instruction of legislative candidates bo
continued in Iowa a few years , and
the party will weaken under it to that
same result of doubtful strength to
which the same practice , moro than
anything else , has brought the party
in Pennsylvania and New York.
Whenever the patty gota on an in
clined piano , where the interests of
nny loader or any faction is made
major to the general interests of the
party , and the unity of the party is
held junior to the passing ambition of
some ono man , it is on the road to
small majorities nnd early decay.
Baron Steubons Descendants.
Secretary Blaine has transmitted
the following cordial invitation to
Baron Steuben's descendants to at
tend , the Yotktown celebration , in
common with the descendants of La
fayette :
Hon. Andrew D. White , Minister ,
Boilin :
Snt During the darkest period of
the revolutionary war , a German sol
dier of character und distinction ,
tendered his sword in nidi of Ameri
can independence. Frederick Wil
liam Augustus , Baron Stoubcn , joined
Wnshumton nt Valley Forgo , in the
memorable and disastrous campaign
of 1778. Ho attested the sincerity of
his attachment to the patriotic cause
by espousing it when its fortunes
were adverse , its prospects gloomy ,
and its hopes , but for the intense zeal
of the people , well nigh crushed.
Baron Stcubeii was received by Wash
ington with a most cordial wrlcomoand
immediately placed on duty aa
inspector general of the army.
A detailed history of hie
military career in America would form
an epitome of the revolutionary strug-
gl o. Ho had served in the seven
years war on the staff of the Great
Frederick , and had acquired in the
campaigns of that master of military
science , skill und experience , so much
needed by the untrained soldiers ol
the Continental army , drill and disci-
pit no and bffectivu organization ,
which under the commanding patron
age of Washington were at once im
parted to the American army by the
zeal and dilligence of Stcuben , trans
formed the volunteers nnd raw levies
into veterans , who successfully mot
the British regulars in all the cam
paigns of the prolonged contest.
The final surrender of the Britisli
army under Lord Cornwallts , occur
red at Yorktown , Ya. , on the lOUi ol
Octqber , 1781. Baron Stoubon bore
a most conspicuous part in the ardu
ous campaign , which ended so aus
piciously for the Continental army ,
and it fell to his lot to receive the
first official notification of the pro
posed capitulation , and to boar it to
the illustrious commandor-in-chiof ,
The centennial of that great event in
American history is to bo celebrated
with appropriate observances and
ceremonies ou the approaching anni
versary.
I am directed by the president tc
tender through you an invitation to
the representatives of Baron Stou-
bcn'a family in Germany to nttoiu
the celebration as guests of the gov
ernment of the United States.
You will communicate the invita
tion through the imperial minister of
foreign affairs , nnd will exprois to
him the very earnest desire of this
govcinment that it shall bo accepted.
Those who come ns representatives of
Baron Stonbon will bo assured , in our
day of peace and prosperity , of ns
waim n welcome ns was given to their
illustrious kinsman in the dark days
of adversity nnd wnr. They will bo
the honored guesta of 50,000,000
Americans , n number of whom have
German blood in their veins , nnd con
stitute onoof the most woithy and val
uable [ elements that make up the
strength of the republic. Devoted ,
with patriotic fidelity to America , they
yet retain and cherish nnd transmit
most affectionate memories of the fa
therland. To those n visit of Baron
Stouben's relatives will have some
thing of n revival of family tics , while
to all Americans , of whatever origin ,
the presence of the Gorman guests
will afford n fitting opportunity of tes
tifying their respect for that great
country within whoso limits nro in
cluded so much of human grandeur
and human progress. 1 nm , sir , your
obedient seivant ,
JAMKX G. BLAIXK.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Hebron lias street uprinkllng.
New hay nt Hebron Is $3 a ton.
Tcciimsoh lia a building boom In solid
brick.
Nance county.U boasting of glorious
crops. . .
Washington county has com nineteen
'ect high.
Cnlvert listened to it * first sermon last
Sunday.
A Baptist church U to be built at
German.
Hon. S. H. Haley is l > ing vciy low nt
Red Cloud.
The Orleans .Sentinel enters upon its
ninth year.
Ord in calling loudly for a hook and lad-
iler company.
Hebron precinct , Thaycr county , lias
organized nu alliance.
The post of "tho G. A. It. at North Platte
have been mustered in. *
Talrfield has organized a xlnall but
ofTectivo fire department.
North Platte's Kpiscopal cliuich has or-
; anizeil a Library association.
The foundation is belnif laid for the
Jlnrkfow school at Ninth I'lattc.
Wheat in Hamilton county Is said to
average about ten bushels per acre.
Oxford's Catholic church building Will
be completed by the first of October.
Sarp.v county will have thirteen more
nile.s of railroad next year than this.
The comer stone of the Congregational
Academy at Pranklm was laid lust week.
The corner utone of Syracuse's German
K\angelical church was laid on Wcdnus-
.lay.
.lay.One
One lumberman from the Superior sold
cr ! ? 3,000 worth of lumber within a
, vcek.
The Orel Jieople Jia\o Drained $1050
.oward building a Baptist church at that
> lace. '
More hay is being put up in Lincoln
county this beacon , than during nuy pre-
\ ious year.
The Lincoln Jc Fremont j-ailroad has
rganircd and elected oliicerH with John
Fitzgerald as president.
The re-union of the liepublic.in Ynlley
Soldiers' Aeaocintion will be held nt Ox-
ord on the --d of this'month.
The village of Udgar lias passed an
ordinance prohibiting the erection of
wooden buildings on the mam xtreet.
The Missouri I'ncilic is being pushed
rapidly forward. _ ( itaderx in largo num
bers are nt work in Cuss nnd Sarpy coun
ties
A. lad named Cunningham , living near
Lincoln was bitten by a rattlesnake on
Monday , and died ironi the effectH of the
wound.
A few Jays sinfo nt-nr Ord a Buffalo was
killed by n paily of hunters. Ho was n
straggler and the tir.it been in that section
for many j ears.
Sixty-four brick busincim hoiihex are in
jirogresB of construction in Lincoln. Sc\
era ! of them are three btory , and they cost
from ? 2000 to § 10,000 eaclf.
Managers of the Central Nebraska Dis
trict Fair are making extensive prepara
tions for the coming exhibition , which
( .ill be held fiom the 10th to the 1M of
next month.
Two men stopped at the Hoover House
DUO night last week. One of the men wa *
busted , and the other uian loaned him $ Ti
out of ? 0 which he had. During the
night the scamp stole the remaining § 35
and HUipped out , and has not ninco been
heard from , [ Nimalm Times.
Step * looking to the building of the
Missouri i'acifie from Nebraska City to
Crete , thence up the West Blue to York
anil Grand Island , are being taken , nnd
with n good showing of success. The
company that first geta this territory getH
the bt'Ht thtro is left , in that part of the
state.
state.A
A soldier named Monagan uiva killed at
Sidney lafct wei k. It seems that hu was
playing a game of poker with KOIUU t > oj-
dler companion * , nnd attempting to
"draw out" of the game , the othern ob.
jected. To enforce their objection they
belabored him \\lth a clmir , thereby injuring -
ing him tn such an extent that hu died in
a few days , The murderers have been
turned over to the ciII autboritlfs.
The Woatlior.
National Atwoclatixl l'ie > a ,
WASHINGTON , Auguijt 17. The
chief signal ofiicor furnishes the fol
lowing special bulletin : A hurricane ,
with its track yet undetermined , is
centered west of Southern Florida.
The temperature has lallon in the At
lantic H tat oa and risen in the lake
regions. Iowa , Missouri /md / Ohio
valleys generally below mean for the
month. Hast of , the Mississippi
river local rains are indicated tor
Thursday in the lake regions.
A Resolute Snloide
National Anodatxl I'rttti ;
SIIKLIIV , N , O. , Auzi'Bt 17. Win.
Brooks , a farmer , had trouble with
his wife nnd notified the neighbors
that ho would hang himself. Yester
day ho wan followed to the woods by
a crowd , and ho perched himself on
the ton of n tall oak tree with a rope
around hs ! neck , nnd before ho could
bo prevented ho jumped fiom the tree
and broke his nock.
" " * " " "
Mexican Matter *
National Aiuomtva I'rau.
CITY OF MEXICO , August 17. The
president signed a bill to-day incorpo
rating the Kranco-Egyptian bank in
the name of the Enaelzlin bank. It
will bo opened at onco.
The report that the Gould and
Huntington concessions may not bo
ratified by congress is without founda-
tjon. 'All concession ? decreed will bo
approved without trouble. The pres
ident reports his doings to congress in
September , and ' no further action is
necessary to 'mako the concessions
valid.
ANOTHER FIRE.
Baumer , the Jeweler , This
Time the Victim.
Share Fight With the Flames
Which Soon Succumb.
About midnight last night flames
wore discovered issuing from the root
of the building on Farnham street oc
cupied by John Baumer as a jowclry
stoic. The fire spread \\ith wonder'
ful rapidity , and by the time the do-
pat tmont could arrive the entire roof
was enveloped in a nhoet of flames.
The adjoining building is another
frame structure , occupied by Lehman
& Co. , nnd filled with inflammable
material. Owing to the high wind it
was thought that the lire could not bo
prevented from spreading nnd a
second alarm was sent in calling out
the whole department. The fire waa
first attacked from the front of the-
building but n line of hose was soon
run over the roof of Lehman's store
and from that perch the firemen did
fine work.
While this work was going on a
party of friends broke into Mr. Bau-
mer's store , that gentlemen not hav
ing yet arrived , and began to carry
the exposed stock to a place of safety
in Peavoy's , across the way. In this
manner the entire stock was finally-
removed.
Having extinguished the roof of
the building the hose was , withdrawn
to the ground nnd run in between the
buildings. Another line was run up
stairs into the oftico occupied by Dr.
Chiirlos , the dentist , and there suc
ceeded in extinguishing some flames
that burned stubbornly. In loss than
an hour nftor tlio' alarm had boon
sent in the fire wna completely ox- ,
tinguished.
The building , which ia a common
frame structure , is badly gutted and
may bo considered u total loss. . It is )
ownedby Frank Smith , of New York , (
who will lose about 81,000.
Baumor carried a stock worth about
$20,000. The most valuable articles
wore , of course , in the safe , but the
clocks and silverware in stock were
damaged to the extent of § 2,000 by
water. Mr. Baumer's policy of insu
rance expired only a couple of days
ngo.
ngo.Dr. . Charles will probably lose about
$800.
Lehman's stock may bo slightly-
damaged by water.
THE HOTTEST YET.
So the Signal Seryico People
Remark About Yesterday.
Thermometers Everywhere
Take an Aerial Flight.
Yesterday was the hottest , thus far , of
this summer. At an early hour yester
day morning it becamoapparentthat tho.
day would be scorcher , and' as it ad- . /I
vnncod the most confirmed talkers on * I
the heat were astonished. Men gon-
crally have sought the coolest places
possible , nnd given themselves up to
repose , and case.
Some , however , have kept up their
different avocations despite the
warmth. Those who ventured out
stole quietly nlom ; in the shade of
buildings , audit was almost impos
sible to BCD any ono on the sunny
side of streets. Every one were a dejected -
jected nnd sort of "played out" look ,
and those who are the possessors of
largo bank accounts talk of emigrating
immediately to.moro northern places
if the present state of the
weather continues much longer. Had
it not been for the hreozu during the
d.vy the wcathor would have boon
almost insupportable.
The workmen engaged on the
"Millard" quit work nt ! J o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. They resumed
yesterday morning , but quit again.
Men employed on other buildings
succumbed and laid ofT. The
signal service thermometer gave the
temperature at 80' nt 5:45 : in the morn
ing , and at 9i5 ; o'clock it had run up
the tube to 03J' . Along about ono "
o'clock it became considerably hotter ,
and the signal service indicated the
highest point it has reached at any
similar hour during tlio year , viz :
! ) DJ ° . When it ia considered that the
thonnomotor there ia nt nn elevation
of over sixty-five foot from the side
walk it will bo BOOH that it in
dicates only the temperature of the
air. Tlio highest point previously
reached at a similar hour was 00. At .
two o'clock Max Meyor'o thermometer
showed 102' und this
, is probably a
better criterion of the actual heat on
the streets in the shndo. At 2:30 : the
same thermometer showed 103i.
At 3 o'clock Schroter & Becht'o
thermometer showed 108 dogrt'cs ,
Saxo'a 100 and Max Meyer's 104.
Sisters of the Sacred Heart-
The Sisters of the Sacred Heart
have rented and will hereafter occupy
the largo brick structure nt Ninth
and Howard streets. It was * rented
for $050 a year ,
*
Mr. J. Marsh , Bank of Toronto , Ont. ,
writes : "Hilluuaneflrt and dyepeptiia seem
to ha\e grown up with me ; hating been ft
tuflerer for year * , I have tried many rem
edies ; but with no lasting mult until I
used your UUKDOCK BLOOD llirmw. They
have been truly a bletuting to we , and I
cannot sneak too highly of them. " Prioo
$1.00 , trial the 10 cents. todlw