THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : G'RIDAY SEPTEMBER 1C , 1881.
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Call for Rnpnblicnn State Conven
tion.
The Republican electors of the Stnte ol
Nebraska are hereby called to pcnd dele
gates from the Bovcral counties , to tncct It
State Convention at Lincoln , on Wcdnca
day , October fith , 1881 , a 3:30 o'clock , p
m. , for the nurposo of placing In uoinina
lion candidates for Mil following named
office * , vlzs
Ono Judge of the Supreme Court ,
Two Regents of the State TJnlvermty.
And to transact such ether business a1
may properly como before the convention.
The several counties arc entitled to rep
resentation in the Stnlo eonventlon.iw fol
lows , based upon the vote cast for George
W. Collins for Presidential elector , giving
ono delegate to each ono hundred nnd fifty
(150) ( ) votes , nnd ono for the fraction of
seventy-five (75) ( ) votes or over. Also ono
delegate at largo for caoh organized coun-
Counties. Vis. Del Counties , Vt . Del
Adams. . . . 1117 11 Johnson . .IOCS 5
Antelope. 577 5fi Kearney . . 550 8
Boone 071 fi Keith 32 1
Buffalo..1105 0 Knox 556 5
Burt 1010 8 Lancohtcr.3397 21
Butler. 038 7 Lincoln. . 377 4
Cass 1801 13 Mwllson . 070 5
Cedar 218 2 Mcrrick. . 819 0
Cheyenne. . 2315 3 Nance. . . 109 2
Clay 1517 11 Nuckolls . r/Jl 5
Colfax . . . 085 0 Ncnuha 1473 11
Chaso. . . . 1 Otoo . 1018 It
dimming , r.98 5 Pawnee. .1181 0
Glister. . . 190 ! 3 PlielpH. . . 420 4
Dakota. . . 328 3 Pierce . . . . 70 2
Dnwsou. . . . 347 3 Polk 0)3 ) 7
Dundy 2 Platto. . . . 851 7
Dlxon 459 4 UedWIUowSMl 3
Dodge 113'J 11 lUchrdkonirOI 13
Douglass . . .3290 23 Saline..1811 13
Fillmore .1101 10 Sarpy. . . . 491 4
Franklin. 585 5 Saunders..l717 12
Frontier. 133 2 Seward..l351 10
Funia-s . . . . COO 5 Sherman. . 308 3o
Gaga . .1720 13o Sioux o
Oosper 150 o Stanton. . . 180 2
Orceley. . . . . 182 Tlmyer. . . 83-1 7
Hall 1150 Valley . . 302 4
Hnyos WoslrtitonllOO 9o
Hamilton. . . 007 Whetilcr. . o &
Ilnrlnn 078 Wayne. . . 118 2
Ilitchwck. . 135 Wolistor..lOOO 8
Holt KM York 1111 11
Howard . . . . ( i37
Joirorson .1009 Total 441
It Si recommended First. That no
imixloa lft.admlUorl fa > Urn < M w iMnii nx-
coprauch as are held by portions residing
intho counties from which the proxies are
given.
Second. Thnt no delegate shall repre
sent an absent member of his delegation
unless ho bu clothed with authority from >
the county convention or is In possession
of proxies from regularly elected delegates
thereof.
By order of the Republican State Con-
ral Committee.
JAMKS W. DAWES , Chni'n.
V. J. llKNDKuailOT , Sco'y. pro torn.
Lincoln , Neb. , Aug. 31 , 1881.
Tin : residence boom is also the Rro-
cors * and butchers1 boom.
.
KANSAS is becoming aroused over
the anti-monopoly issuo.
JIM KEENK is sulking. The Han-
uibal & St. Joe "corner" is the causo. a
' NEW YOIIK has raised 510,000 for
the Michigan'Buffbrcrs. Chicago is yet
to bo hoard from.
:
OMAHA'S "atoro clothes" are attract
ing great attention from her them-
aandg of visitors.
, THE electric light at the state fair
is like tlto "electric light of Nebraska
journalism , } ' a Aickor and a fizzle.
TUB Chicago journals are laughing
at Denver's gush ever the English ;
opora. Denver is young and giddy.
THE Republican Vulloy extension
of the Burlington route moans an
independent route to the Pacific with
in two years.
TIIE bond boom refuses to rise in
Saundora county nUhquirh Galoy , the
railroad troubador , sings his aweoli'st
to tbo farmers.
MB. TJMJEN'B preliminary oxorcUo
lookB as though ha proposed to run
the Now York democratic machine in
the fall campaign. A new bung starter
or has been ordered.
JOPOK BLAKE , who has just boon
elected mayor of San Francisco , is a
man of integrity and ability , in whom
tkoro u a general confidence. There
„ is a marked difference .between Judge
Blake and the Rev. Iko Kalloch.
CoMEE-Por WAtLiCE , of PpnnBvi-
rania , is trying political galvanism in
the hope of becoming lively enough
for the governorship of the Keystone
tate next year , Mr. Wallace ha far
savory a record oven for the suc-
the Cameron dynasty.
TIIE MINNESOTA DECISION-
The supreme coiirt of Minnesota
1ms rendered nil Important decision
rolaliva to the debt of 18fi ! ) , which
has practicallybcon repudiated by that
stnto for a number of yonrs past. The
last logislatnro by special act crcalod
n commission to decide upon the va
lidily of the disputed bonds and the
bondholders had also agreed to sub
mil their claims to the commission
nnd accept in full payment fifty per
cent of the amount duo them , if its
decision * should provo to bo in their
favor. In I860 an nmnndmot was sub
milled to the people of Minnesota and
ratified by a large majority , by which
the legislature was forbidden to levy
a iy lax for the pnjment of the de
faulted bonds without the sanction of
a popular vole. The legislative act
of last winter , passed at the instance
of the owners of the bonds , was dc
signed lo effect n settlement of the
matter without submitting the qucs
lion to the people. Recognizing this ,
a number of the parties opposed to
the payment of the bonds under anjj
conditions , applied to the supreme
court to decide the validity of
the act which was in conflict
witli the constitutional amendment.
It was defended on the grounds that
the amendment itself was void because -
cause in conflict with the national
constitution , which prohibitfl the 1m
pairment of contracts by the ntato.
While upholding this viowof the debt
payers the supreme court of Mimic
sola went further and enunciated an
opinion , which is highly important be
cause applicable to every net of repu
diation , legislative or constitutional ,
in Minnesota or other states. The
court annulled the act of last
winter as conferring legislative power
upon the special commission. They
declared in effect that it is not compo
nent cither for the legislature or for
ho people of n state by constitutional
amendment or ordinary enactment to
mpair the obligation of the state to
Is creditors.
As the matter now stands the legis-
nturo of Minnesota's free to provide
or thoj payment of the debt , princi-
ml and interest. It is not probable ,
lowovcr , that public opinion willnsyot
ustify such action. The people of
tlinncsota have heretofore obstinnto-
y refused to take any action looking
pwardu the repayment of the bonds
n question and in some districts rop-
csontativcs would fail of an election
on the issue of a fulfillment of the ob-
igations of the state. Great pressure
s being brought through the press ,
ioubtless at the instance of the hold-
rs of this scrip , to create a sentiment
n favor of wiping out what they call
he disgrace of Minnesota. The St.
'aul Pioneer-Press calls for
- an immo-
iiato extra session of the legislature
o * make appropriations to pay this
lobt. Now wo never bavo favored
epudiatinn In nay form , and never
ntond to , but viewed from a
lisinterostod standpoint , it ap-
as if ths syndicate that holds
hcso Minnesota bonds was making a
> old and desperate strike for a bonan
za. Last winter these speculators
who in all probability had not paid
en cents on the dollar for the Minne-
scrip.oflorcd to sell for fifty cents
iii the dollar. Now they propose to
got dollar for dollar with interest that
nay run up to moro than throe times
.ho amount of the principal. If they
can got the legislature convened they
will doubtless bo able to oiler a
w
landsomo bonus for lobbying their (
claim through. It will bo a much
greater disgrace to Minnesota to allow
gang of speculating sharks to rob
ler under cover of a supreme court
decision than to continue under the j
odium of repudiation by firmly refus-
ng hasty legislation in the interest of
hcso parties. 'Wo take it that the
> eoplo ot Minnesota are just as anx-
ous to meet their honest obligations
as the people of Now York or Massa
chusetts , and wo apprehend they will
make fair settlement with their cred-
tors in duo time when the next leg-
slaturo meets. ,
Tun vacancy in congress caused by
ho resignation of Congressman 1-Yyo ,
who was elected lust winter to the
vacant seat of Senator Blaine , was
lllcd last Monday by the election of
thp republican candidate , Governor
Dinyloy. There remain to bo elected
Cl
Four Now Yorkura in place of Lap-
liam , Miller and Morton , republicans ,
resigned the two former to take
Conkling and Platt'u places in the
senate , the latter to accept the mis
sion to France and Wood , deceased.
Those will not bo chosen until
the election in November. A
democrat will bo chosen in Wood's
place. Morion's district is doubtful ,
Lapham and Miller's are reasonably
certain for the republicans. The
number ot democrats in the house , It
including Wood's seat , will bo 132 ; the
number of republicans , conceding the
other vacancies to them , will bo 147.
The other seats , 1-1 in all , will bo
mixed. William II. Forney of Ala-
jama , Emory Spoor of Georgia , Goo.
W , Jones of ' Texas , John Paul
and Abram Fulkorson of Virginia , in
are called independent democrats ,
loorgo W. Ladd , of Maine , and Jos.
tfoagrove , of Pennsylvania , are de
nominated greenback democrats.
Thompson II , Murch , of Maine , and
Nicholas Ford , of Nuw Jersey , are
straight greonbackers. Ira S. Hazel *
line , Thomas N. Ilico and J. If. Bur
roughs , of Missouri , Hyatt Smith , of
New York , and Charles N. Brumm ,
of Pennsylvania , are republican
tqrccnbackcrs. The majority ol
the straight caucus republicans dvor
all opposition is ono , and strength can
bo recruited from the republican green-
backers who wish to stand well with
the administration. TTicro is nodonbt ,
therefore , that if the oituation remain
the same , the republicans will bo nblo
to organize the next house.
GovniiNoit FUUMO.VT , who is now on
his way to Arizona , submitlcd n novel
proposition for the sollling of the In
dian question to the interior depart
ment before starting for the west last
week. Secretary Kirkwood is said to
bo favorably impressed and disposed
to urge the plan upon the government
Governor Fromonts plan' is that the
United States acquire from Mexico
by purchase n largo tract of country
in the northern part of California , on
which all the bad Indiansof the north
west may bo colonized. IForeprescnts
that n chain of forta across the upper
portion of the peninsula would effect
ually keep the savages prisoners where
they could bo fed by the government
at an'agency established He thinks
Mexico would bo willing to make the
cession for the purpose , bccauso the
ct
territory t is worthless , . and that gov
ernment has an much interest in put
ting t the wild Indians where they can
do no harm as has the United States ,
ay the Apaches and others make no
distinction as to which side of the
boundary they commit their outrages.
TUB statistics of railroad earnings
for August show a heavy increase ever
the corresponding period lost year ,
the Union Pacific leadingtho list with
$2,038,059 gross receipts , and 8725 ,
624 greater earnings than for August
1880. For the entire eight months
the increase is $20,810,087' or little
loss than 1 ! ) per cent , while only four
of the listed roads show a decrease.
This exhibit is on interesting one , as
indicating the increased volume of
trade of the country. Although the
crops which remain to bo moved this
autumn nro somewhat leas than last ,
it is not deemed probable that the
last quarter of 1881 will show any
less proportionate gains than the preceding -
coding period. The railroads are ma
king money rapidly , and such as have
not watered their stocks sufficiently to
decrease the percentage of dividends
are preparing to do so in order to con
ceal from the public the enormous
profits of a business which is support
ed by extortionate imposts on the people -
ple of the country.
SECRETARY KIUKWOOD proposes to
enforce civil service discipline on the
novornora of the territories. These
funr.timmrica are fr.r , the most part
conspicuous for their absence from
their posts of duty. Secretary Kirk-
wood insists that hereafter the gover "
nors must stay at their respective cap
itals until they are relieved by the
department , unless some extraordin
ary emergency should arise that
would justify their temporary absence.
Governors Fremont , of Arizona and
Ordway , of Dakota , fusnish two fla
grant instances of this abuse and they
Siavo boon notified in sharp and imperative -
porativo orders that the interior de Sdci Sda Sd
partment will not loloralo such con a
duct. In all probability both of them cizi
will bo requested to step down by the zin
Lime j congress meets. n
t
THE victory of Iroquois , Lorillard's *
famous racer , as chronicled elsewhere
in our dispatches ends a season which nit nw
tias boon full of triumph for the it
American stables. The Derby , the
Grand Prix do Paris and the three
c
great international races of the world , w
wcr
nil have been captured this year crai
by the Yankon. Two of these , the ai
O
St. Legor , are credited to Mr. Loril
lard's splendid animal , who , on Thurs
day lowered the record 22 seconds
from laat years time.
TUB reports from Michigan con
tinue to bo freighted with incidents
of the appaling forest fires which have
devastated the country. Homesteads
And crops embracing whole counties
in thoircompass have been destroyed ,
and to these are now added rain and
cold , entailing now hardships on the
people. It is ntatod that all the seed
corn and seed wheat are burned up
and that fully CO,000 bushels of the
In
latter will bo needed for the next liar-
vest :
THK Mormons are the best emi
grant agents. Another installment
of Mormons nearly seven hundred
strong has landed at Castle Garden
from Europe on the way to the prom ,
isod land. This fact M suggestive.
affords proof positive that the in.
Ilux of Mormons into Utah is un
abated , and the repressive laws , '
against the Mormons practically with
out effect.
:
TIIE railroads rob ( ho people of ed
Missouri and the people of Missouri jy
turn rob the railraods. Both wf
classes are banditti , who ought to be
brought under the operation of a rigid < n
aw. to :
TIIKHK were several screws loose in BUm
il
the management of the state fair that tii
will have to bo readjusted. si
Guru1 tolls ncrosi the river r.m
more frequent transit haa become a
necessity. [ Omaha Jlcrtld.
Since when have you reached that
conclusion ? Is it possible that oven
n Union Pacific organ grinder can become -
come impressed with the fact that the
bridge tolls are an outrageous imposi
tion and the present system of transi
altogether too inadequate to meet the
wants of the public.
THK slim turnout nt the firemen's
parade is another straw that shows the
necessity nf a thorough rcorganiza
lion of the fire department.
TlioDomoorntioVonliuosa. .
Sf rlnifflcld IlcpuMlciui.
Iii spite of the tide of popular synv
pathy with President Garfield , whicli
carries the fortunes of the republican
party along with it , democratic news ,
papers find daily encouragement ii :
the republican split in Now York , the
apathetic canvass In Ohio and the
independent oppsition to theG'amoroi
candidate in Pennsylvania , culminat
ing in the Wolfe bolt. These three
states hold one-fourth of the
population of the country , am
are as certain , unless the soutl
becomes debatable ground , to bo the
politic.il pivot of the country as dur
ing the last eight years. With any
one of thcso states democratic , the
4,000,000 democratic voters in the
union can elect a president ; withou
them , they cannot. Encouragomoir
in these states is encouragement n
the key of the situation ; but the diffi
culty with the democratic party is thai
it has reached the point where al'
signs fail in a dry time.
It has had its chance nnd lost it.
Seven years ago , and seven years is
half a generation in American tioli-
tics , the congressional elections show
ed that the democratic party had an
overwhelming majority of the voters
of the country. From a small minor
ity in the house , a moro squad in the
senate and next to no control over
any state governments , the demo
cratic party passed along from victory
to victory , until it had its term ol
power , briefer long , in both branches
of the federal legislature nnd the chiol
oxccutivo ot most of the important
states of the Union. What
was of oven more import
ance than passing success , the demo
cratic party began , for the first time
in ( twenty years , to attract young and
growing men. Tilden was the first
democratic presidential candidate in a
generation with numerous sympathiz
ers in the colleges. Independent
newspapers , like the Now Xork Tribune -
uno of its saner days , gave democratic
leaders a warm support. For a while
the active , growing , reforming agencies
ciesof politics gravitated to the dem
ocratic party. So did the masses ,
instinctn .sounder than reason.
Tilden received n popular majority of
a quarter of a million.
The democratic party had nothing
to do to prolong and expand this
blooming prospect , but to right open
wrongs. Instead , it did nothing or
did the wrong thing. Millions were
squandered en pensions , but the tariff
was left unrovised Patents , land ,
regulations and navigation laws were
left unchanged while false issues
were raised by meddling with
the election laws. In legislation
no jcivil service reform was at
tempted and in practice democratic
appointments becamea laughing
stock. The party was expected to
improve the currency , and instead it
"precipitated a panic last winter by a
false contraction. It preached econo
my , and , after short and salutary reductions -
ductions , practiced extravagance. Its
record in state governments was as
hopelessly incompetent as its work
at Washington was wrong-headed.
The ono serious democratic
achievement in state administration
during the past seven years has been
Tildon's canal reform and in local
government the reorganization of the
democratic party in Now York city
scheme still on trial and not to be
compared with the work of the citi
zens republican committee in Phila
delphia. The result , the inevitable
rrsult , ot all this has been that en
thusiasm ) cooled , converts dropped off
and ' wont back to their first lovp , the
republican party. The dead weight of
numbers remained democratic ; but
when the vote was counted a year ago
was found that the active , ' thinking "
fraction , whoso votes are fired at a
mark , had gone ever to the republi
can sido. They-arc there now. They
will remain there unless the republi
can party again fails and goes dovvn in
another panic. Meanwhile the demo
cratic party may win elections hero
and there , but it has bebind it no
growing public sentiment , no rising
tide of popular feeling. Fallacious
signs may point to its success , but
they will fail as they did last year.
The very accidents are against the un
successful and there is in politics no
insurance against a loss of confidence ,
save in well doing and on that policy
the democratic ! party refused to make
good ita promises in the brief day of
its power.
Genornl Sherman and Gaitean-
Chicago Times.
The owlish solemnity with which
General Sherman speaks of the absurd
affair at the Washington juil on Sun
day ovpning is excessively ludicrous.
fact the whole management of Gui-
tc.iu's imprisonment , ua well as this
latest incident and the proceeings of of
tlio authorities in connection with it ,
have been mirth-provoking whenever
they have not been vicious. To bo-
jin with , the fussy old general sent u th
strong military guard to the prison ,
because ho was afraid to trust civilians n
with the care of so important a per
sonage as the assassin , Then , when
soniogobbling idiots began to talk about
assaulting thb jail and seizing Guiteau
and hanging him , General Sherman , in
'reat alarm , concentrated a brigade of SI
troops that should have been em
ployed in fighting Indians to protect
ho murderer from imagined danger.
About this time Quitoau demonstrat
his ability to take care of himself
disarming nu" "early killing ono i'l
his guards , who had imprudently ra
ventured into his cell and didn't
now how to shoot. Thp next event
the history of the affair is the at-
emptof ono of General Sherman's
sergeants , said to bo ono of the best u
marksmen in the army , who took do- wl
iberato uim at the murderer-and wlh
made a hole in coat on the other u
aide of the coll. If the sergeant had
tried to shoot somebody a dozen rods
away , Guitcuu miirht have been moro
in danger. And now the genera
giavoly talks about cpurl-marttaling
the entire guard bccauso one of tin
men , in a fit of omotiona'
insanity , wasted A cartridge 01 :
the walls of tlio prison. "Tlio law will
follow its course , " ho says , "precisely
as if the sergeant hnd fired on an un
offending citizen. * * * Hud the
shooting been done by some insane
ruffian , there might have been some
excuse for it , but emanating as it du
from the rank nnd file of the Unitet
Slates army , I think it deserves the
severest punishment. " Everybody but
the general of the army ia perfectly
aware , of course , that the sergeant
was crazy , alid that if any notice is to
be taken of the incident except to
transfert him to the nearest lunatic
asylum it should incite the military
authorities to see that soldiers are bet
tor trained in thouso nf their weapons
Shooting at Guitoau may have been s
breach of discipline , but to shoot and
miss him was certainly a very grave
offense.
The prison authorities seem to bo
even crazier about this paltry affair
than the ganor.il or the sergeant.
Guiteau has been removed to some
mysterious cell , the location r > f which
In Ii i only known to a confidential few ,
and all sorts of precautions for the
saving of his miserable life from stray
bullets have been proposed. Ono o !
these fitly "caps the climax" of the
absurdities connected with the case.
It is suggested , in all solemnity , thai
n bullet proof receptacle for the pris
oner might bu made out ol
ono of the steam boilers
in i the jail. If this idea did not originate
iginato 1 with Guiteau himself , it must
have ; been evolved from the prolific
brain of General Sherman. The
only additional ' 'moral" suggested by
the acracant's eccentricity is that the
military having now been proved as
unreliable as common turnkeys or
prison guards can bo , the soldiers
might as well bo sent olt to the west ,
where proper employment awaits
them , leaving the civil authorities to
take care of the murderers in Wash
ington.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Tlio Independent party 13 at Saratoga.
Ho will return to his homo in Bloomington -
ton in n few days.
Georgia enters Undo Jo Brown ai „
comfJroiniBo candidate for temporary
president of the senate.
The republican * in Cincinnati have
nominated what appears to bo a fair average -
ago ticket for local ofliccra ,
Mr. Tilden's machine creaks a little
witli age and rust a * yet , but the old gen
tleman believe that a little "oil" from the
"bar'l" will Bet it going nil right.
Sara Randall is going to put son.e back
bone into the Iowa democratic party.
Samuel should read the story of the old
who tried to roll the
party stone up the
kill.The
The platform of the progressive demo
crats of Mississippi , is said to ho "fair
play for whites , fair play for blacks , and
the p election of property from the rapa
cious oflice-scekcrj. "
Judge'T. W. Brown , of Memphis , Tenn. ,
who is said to be one of the ablest south
ern jurists , is proposed by several south
ern newspapers as a woithy successor of
Judge Clifford on the supreme bench.
A California candidate for oflico clears
himself of the charge that he employs
Chinese labor in his household by the re
assuring statement that ho has seven
daughters , nnd has no occasion to hire
Chinese.
The republicans of Pennsylvania nomi-
niite < JGen. S. M. Bailey for state treas
urer , nnd Representative Wolfe announces
himself as an independent candidate. The
democrat1 ? will probably put forward Or.
ango LJ. Noble.
The San Francisco republicans made
a clean sweep last week. They elected
mayor , auditor nnd fiherifT by nn aiorage
majority of 3.000 votes. The democrats
elected only the tax collector nnd one
member of the board of supervisors.
The leading Republican paper of LaCrosse -
Crosse nominates Gen. C. C. Washhurn
as the republican candidate for governor of
tbo Badger state. It is believed that
Gen. Wnshburne , should he consent , will
ho a very strong candidate before the
forthcoming republican ntnte convention.
Mark Douloy , a republican , who was
declared elected nn alderman for the 21th
ward of Pittsburg , Pa , , in the election of
February 17 , 18SO , bv n majority of 10 ,
for n term of live yearn , has just been
ousted by the quarter sessions court nnd
the position given to William J , Breuna ,
his democratic opponent , as 02 of his rotes
were cast by unregistered persons.
Mnny inoro republican than democratic
members of the New Hampshire legisla
ture voted for the bill to prevent bribery
at elections. ' 'This fact is a conclusive
answer , " says the Concord Monitor ( Rep. ]
"to the charge of democratic newspapers
that the republican party of New Hnmp
thiro favors corruption at the polU. "
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
CALIFORNIA.
Chico 'has had a ladies riding touroa
inent.
Another grove nf mammoth trees has
been found on King's river , Cal.
Surveys for the Atlantic & Pacific rail
road have begun near Bakcnville.
Everybody fn San Diego is well satisfied
with the fut'no outlook of that city.
The republicans of San Francisco are
jubilant over carrying the city elections.
Largo number * of seals nra to be Been
near the mouth of Salinas river below Mesa
Landing.
About 150 now buildings have been
erected in Fresno during the past twelve
months.
About one hundred barrels of oil nre
hauled each day up the Santa Clara valley
from Santa Paula nnd vicinity to New-
hall.
hall.In
In Humboldt county , there are many
ihccp range * of from -,000 tu 0,000 ticre.i.
The county contain * ever 1,500,000 acres
land and nearly 250,000 sheep are
owned tiierin. _
MONTANA.
The probable yield of the Butte district
this year is placed at $0,000,000.
Rough lumber sells for $30 per thousand
Butte. This is an advance of 910 over
ast year. .
An ttonint woa made last week to burn
he Beaverhead county court house at
jannock.
Wool is coming In , in large quantities.
Sheep men state that the clip- this year is
considerably over the average.
All tlm graders have been drawn off the
Ine of the Utah & Northern railway bo-
wecn Sand Creek and iiuttu.
Tli a Now England mining district , In
2hoteau county , continues tu loom up.
'rospectiiu' Is going on there at a vigorous
rate ,
The strength of the Northern Pacific
orco engaged In grading went of Glen-
vttle and Allies City U stated at 3,000 "I
nen.
nen.Placer
Placer mining is about closed in Alder
Gulch for the season , and the Madison Ian
vises miners to turn their attention to
he opening of the many cold quartz veins
that county. of
A rich btrike ho * been rnado in the I
: % .
Swcnt I rouse district , but It is not yet de
veloped enough to know how cxtcn ivc it
K Two away * rcMilled In 8.COO and 3,000
ounces to the ton In giber ,
WYOMING.
Cheyenne's now freight house h com
pleted.
The Cummini mill l < working on Wy
oming consolidated ore.
Tlio headquarter ) of the .Sixth infantry
hive been vomovcd from Rnwllns to 1'ort
Do-uglo * , Utah.
What ii pronounced to ho genuine lead
carbonates have boon discovered some fif
teen miloi from Larntnio.
Parties will soon % islt the gold minei nt
Tnblo mountain In the intcieat of nn J-.nK-
lisli company , who have hendqnnrtorn in
New York.
The citizen' ! of Kiwi Ins subscribed over
$1,000 toward the construction of n new
road to the White river inillary j ; it
known as Fort Tliornburgli , and work li.-n
been commenced.
Tho'recent purchase of mines in the
Silver Crown district hrn caused n ro\i\al
in the boom of that district. Tlio gold
mines nro located near Table mountains ,
several miles dMant from tlio silver minus
that gnvo the district Its name.
COLORADO.
Over 400 pupils are in attendance at th
Pneblo public school * .
Carbonates have bacn found in Mug-
gins' gulch , near Breckenrlcige.
Another body of rich ore hns been dis
covered In the lircnt Robinson mine ,
A heavy gold f triko h reported In the
Little Kmma mine on Mosquito range.
A Fort Collins farmer cleared ? 5,000
from 300 acres of grain nnd hay this year.
The assessed valuation of property In
Fort Collins the current year Is $503,340.
The Denter itock exchange company
ar agitating the feasibility ot erecting a
new building.
A 'nrgo proportion of the ores received
by the Leadyllle smelters at present comes
from Iron hill.
It is stated that track laying on the line
hetweep Port Collinn nnd Laporte will be
continued In a few days.
Rails on the Denver k Rio Grande road
nre laid for a distance- six mile * out of
Gunnison in the direction of Crested
Butte.
The board of education in Denver ex
pended Mil , 157.70 last , year. The value
of ical property belonging to the board is
about § 100,000.
Reports have been iccoived to the ef
fect that n Htrikc of mineral haa been
made in the .Saliva claim , which joins the
end line of the Aftermath , on Kile moun
tain
The .Aftermath nnd Climax mines , oil
Elk mountain , recently purchased by the
owners of the American smelting _ com
pany , is one of the greatest properties of
the Ten Mile dfbtrict.
IDAHO.
Rellevue sent 60,000 pounds of ore to
Helton laat week.
A body of ruby silver ha ? been stnick
in the Ouster mine.
There is several inches of new enow in
in the Saw' Tooth range.
A forty t nmclter is being erected t
Kctchum , Wood rher district.
On Warm creek. Wood river , a Boston
company have mty men at work.
Gentile Valley farmers boast of the
best crops they ha\o ever had and they
feel boomingly happy.
Graven are at work about 12 miles
south of SoJa , and it it expccte.t they
will bo up us far as Soda in a week or ten
days.
The new quarters at "Fort Cour d'Alene
are about completed. The camp is the
most picturesque military post in the
United States.
A quartz mill has been ordered for the
group of mines at Gibbonsville , on the
north fork of the Salmon , owned by an
English company.
Work has been progressing on the Sul
phur mine near Soda , and assays on the
ledge , which is about 160 feet wide ,
shows from -J5 to 75 per cent , ( sulphur.
Nine brick Tjuildlnjjs are in course ot
erection is Boise City , Idaho , the largest
of which is the new court house. Two ate
private residences and the other six are
for business purposes , three of them being
nearly completed.
UTAH. -
Work is progressing rapidly on Ogden'a
water worku.
A Weber county farmer raised COO bush
els of wheat from a ten acre field.
Three thousand tons of rock were raised
by a recent blast in Parley's canyon.
- It i reported that Uintah Indians are
purchaiing heavily arms and ammunition
in Salt Lake.
A Cornith pump with A capacity of
2,000 gallons a miauto is being placed in
the Ontario mine.
Parties of railroad fiurroyor.i are nt
work down by the Muddy , surveying the
line of the Kurekn & Colorado railroad.
Work on the new university building ,
Salt Lake City is progrcssintrnicely. The
walls are already up to n height of five
feet above the first floor level.
Rails have been laid on the San Pete
valley railroad , n distance of twenty-six
miles , during the urescnt month. This
will be another coal feeder to the Union
Pacific.
WASHINGTON.
Colfnc is to hare n Methodist college.
Work on Cheney's grist mill i progressing -
ing rapidly.
An attempt was made recently to fire
the town of Cheney. , _
Wheat near Pouioroy averages 89
bushels to the acre ,
A seventy-five thousand bushel grain
elevator is to bo erected at Pataha city.
Eight thousJinJ fruit boxes have been
ordered for Columbia county contractors.
Thousands of feet of lumber a day are
being u > ed in the construction of buildings
t Cheney.
The wheat crop for Spokane county this 11
year will be 3Q bushels per acre ; oats from 11ci
40 to 45 , and corn from 10 to 14.
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OREGON. tcSI
Small pox continues at the Dnllcs , SIw
Plowing for winter wheat haj begun. SID
Chinese robbers uro operating in Port
land. tli
Tlio first cavalry are being transported inV
to the southern Indian country , V
The advent nf the Oregon Short line of lu
the Union Pacific is confidently expected. all
Benton county is agitated over the stop
page of work on the Ynqiiina bay improv. -
uicntn. in
NEVADA. loC
The track on the Northern & Oregon la C
now laid and completed for ten miles. The
grading is finished for 21 mllea. sopa
Pioche Nevada Is the para
, , possessor . of . a bic
and well filled graveyard ( , occupied ex-
iluihely by gent tleincn : who died with their
ra
jootB on.
The stone tablet contributed to the an
ah
Washington monument , by the state of
Nevada , 1ms been neiit east just as it was thV
niibhed. \ Wo
Senator Fair asserts positively that the po
lonanra tirm have not been after the con.
rol of the Sutro Tunneli that they are
content to let U remain where It Is.
Incredible.
* A. Scratch , lluthven , Ont. wrltea-
have the greatest confidence ;
nvuu
"
BuiinocK Bwon HITTEIM. Inone , "MO
with which I am personally acqtftintxl
their sncces ! . was almost incredible.
One
lady told me that halfabottlo did he ?
inore good than hundreds of dollar * ' worth N. .
PriceW1 medicine . m , she trial had tizo 10 ) previously ceni . 12codlw faken . '
A NEW
-TO-
THE BEST BARGAINS
Ever Offered
IN THIS CITY.
10 GASH PAYMENTS
Required of Persons Desir-
in to Build.
LOTS ON PATIENTS
O3E"
S5.TO81O
MoneyjAdvanced
-TO-
Assist Purchasers in Building.
We Now Offer For Sale
S5 Splendid
Located on 27th , 28th , 29th
and 30th Streets , between
Farnham , Donglas and the pro
posed extension of Dodge St. ,
12 to 14 Blocks from Court
House and Post Office , A'JL' '
PRICES ranging from
$300 to $400
which is about Two-Thirds of
their Value , on Smull Monthly
Payment of $5 to $1O.
Parties do'sinng to'Build and
Improve Need Mot Make any
Payment for one or two years ,
but can use all their Means for
Improving.
Persons having $100 or $200
of their own , But not Enough
to Build such a house as they
want , can take a lot and we
will Loan them
enough to com
plete their Building.
These lots are located between llio
MAIN BUSINESS STREETS of the
city , within 12 minutes walk of the '
Business Center.
Good Sidewalks extend -
tend the Entire Distance on Dodge
Street , and the Jots can bo reached by
way of cither Farnham , Douglas or
Dodge Streets. They lie in a part of
the city that is very llupidly Improv
ing and consequently Increasing in
Value , and purchasers may reasonably
hope to Double their Money within u
short time.
Some of the moat Sightly Locations
the city may bo selected from thcso
lota , especially on aotli Street.
Wo will build
houses on a Smal
Cash Payment of § 150 or $200 , and
sell house and lot on small monthlr
payments.
It is expected thai those lots will bo
rapidly Bold on these liberal terms ,
md persons wishing to purchase
ihsuld call at our oilico and secure
jheir lots at the earliest moment.
are ready to show these lota to all
persons wishing to purchase.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Real Estate Brokers ,
14OS
tforth Side of Farnham Street.
Opp , Grand Central Hotel ,
OMAHA , NEB.