Nebraska Newspapers

    HIE OMAHA DAILY BEEt THURSDAY OCTOBER 13f 1831
The Omaha Bee.
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iOKAHA PMJSHINQ COM Prop'rs
E. ROSEWATEB. Editor.
Edwin DnvU , Manager of City
Circnlrttion.
John II. I'lerco Is In Chnrco of the Mall
Clrcuitioti of T1IK DAILY 1JKE.
A. II. I'itcliicorresponilentnnilpolicitor ,
Tun worst" cranks" nro those which
grind the monopoly organs.
OMAHA should extend goncrous and
liberal relief to the suffcrors from the
cyclone in the Elkhorn Vnlloy.
THE Cincinnati Enquirer wye : "Tho
Indians arc becoming restive. " Cold
end is an excellent thing for restive-
mess in an Indian.
TILDKS'S Italian hand manipulated
the Albany convent ion. Old Gram-
inarcy is Rotting his pins for the Now
1'ork governorship.
BOMB moro wooden street crossing :
l bu pulled up in Omaha next week
to bo replaced by crossings of the
Mtuo perishable material.
ST. Louts is to try the experiment
of a penny morning paper. It is a
Tory doubtful experiment in any city
where pennies do not circulate.
THE democratic Kilnenny cats wcro
refused admission into the Albany
convention , and they went back to
New York supremely disgusted with
Sam Tilden's tactics.
JOUK H. SDBKATT has been discov
ered as the clerk of the Norfolk steam
boat company. The last time John
-was heard of he was in the yel
low trowsers of the Papal Zouaves.
JIM KEESE has sent $2,500 to the
Michigan sufferers. As Mr. Keene
xoado ' $450,000 on his late victory
with Foxhall , n contribution to the
Xngluh sufferer ! would seem more in
order.
CHICAGO is the greatest grain market
in the United States , New York , Bal-
iimora and St. Louis following in the
order named. The Omaha board of
trade should bring forward their grian
{ statistics.
THE Iferald' * defense for its dis
graceful abuse of General Gariield
while living and its malicious slanders
of the policy of his administration , is
ihat some republican journals years
-ago abused Mr. GarEeld while a con
gressman. This excuse is contemptible
and cowardly.
THE Nebraska senators have made
their formal call at the "Jones House , "
whcro President Arthur is playing
Santa Claua for Undo Sam's stalwart
boys. Whether the president will
fill the empty political Ntockings which
the Nebraska senators left in the
"Jones House" will ho seen within a
very few days. Some people in tlicso
parts are anxiously waiting.
KAKSAH Crrv proposes to hold mo
nitorial services for the late President
Garfield , and Secretary Blaine ha
been invited to deliver the eulogy.
Mr. Blaine Buems to bo looked upon
AS biographer of General Garfield , and
rumor has it tlnvt lie will use his leis
ure , after retiring from the cabinet , in
writing an extended life nnd editing
the speeches of the late president.
IOWA farmers are warned against
new swindle which is being ployed in
eastern part of the state and which is
traveling wostwiud. An agent ropro
renting the "Detroit Spring Bed com
pany" visits farm houses and wants
ijitorago room for a number of his beds
offering a hod as pay. An Iowa farmui
Juul $80 of beds unloaded on him and
what ho guvo na a receipt proves to b
a , valid note which ho will have io pay
The hods were worth about 81.50 fo
old kindling.
TUB opium lubit is increasing witl
terrible strides iu this country , Phy
aicians say that four thousand is
juodorato estimate of the total numbo :
of native American victims to tli <
vise , and thimo consuinu ono hundrui
gru/ns of the drug a day. This give
a.diJIy consumption of four humh'oi
thouund groins , or nearly ninetuei
thoimud pounds during thv your. I
is UUd ihat about three drains of th
atnoking opium , equivalent to si :
crud opjum , uiako the average quoL
of ft d y' consumption.
THE N.7JW COURT HOUSE.
When t'.io ' proposition to vole $1'JV , . <
iOO in bonds for building n now co irt
louf.o for Douglas county was first
lubmittcd by Uio commissioners ,
wclvc months ngo , it was urgrd with
reat force that n lira proof building
o protect and sccuro our publiu rec-
irds was nil absolute necessity. A
Inrgo majority of the people that voted
for the court house bond * would never
liavo voted a dollar hud thcro been
any intimation that the now court
louse wai to aIord no hotter protec
tion against fires than the old ono.
At the time the bondn wcro voted the
commissioners wore assured by com
petent architects thatuO,000 would
bo nmplo to build n Imndsomo tire
proof Btnicttiro. Since then labor
and material have advanced fully
twenty per cent. nnd an u
consequence the estimates made a
year ago have fallen short. The com-
nisstonors , hampered by repeated do-
ays in procuring the plans nnd speci-
fi cations , and ndvorlisingfor bids , found
that the amount authorized by the
onplo at the last election would not
enable them to creek such n building
xa was nt first proposed. Modified
ilans nnd specifications wcro drawn
'or n building that would como within
ho limit of the authorized cost nt pros-
tnt prices , nnd after submitting bids
o responsible contractors it waa discovered -
covered that no fire proof building of
ho requisite dimensions could bo
milt for the $150,000. Under a law
pa-sod in 1870 county commissioners
ire expressly forbidden io con-
ract for public buildings at a
; rcatcr cost than is authorized at an
lection by the voters of the county.
Thin is n very wise law , but it precuts -
cuts our commissioners from legally
ntcring into contract for the now
court housn nt n greater cost than
? 150,000 , oven although they had the
ntiro surplus on hand.
In compliance with the law Iho poo-
ilo of Douglas county have therefore
been invited to decide at the coming
lection whether they favor the con-
truction of a fire-proof court house ,
built according to the original plans
of Architect Myers , of Detroit , or
whether they are willing to have these
piano BO modified ns to permit the
erection of a less substantial building.
A contract has been ectcrod into on
behalf of Douglas county by the com
missioners with n responsible Detroit
builder to erect the new court house
according to the original plans and
.pecifications . of Architect Meyers for
the sum of $196,000 , providing the
people of this county grant authority
to increase tho.cost of the court house
to that amount. In their proclama
tion , ttyo commissioners propose no
additional issue of bonds , but they
merely ask authority to draw 825,000
in the year 1882 and ? 25,0001n the
year 1883 out of the surplus fund * in
the county treasury. In other words ,
DO more bonda are to bo issued , nor
is the tax levy to bo raised. All they
ask is authority io iuvest $25,000
of their surplus funds each year for
the next two yean upon thu new
court house. Every level-headed
man must agree with us that it would
bo very poor economy to build n new
court house that will not endure for at
least two or three generations ; and it
wouhl bo the most reckless folly to
put up a court house that U not fire
proof. Omaha is already a metro
politan city , and wo should have a
court house not merely safe nnd com
modious but a building that would ho
an ornament to the city.
In this the farmer is just as much
interested as the mechanic , merchant
and manufacturer. Even those who
opposed the court house bonds should
now insinUthat the commissioners
shall orcct the building according to
tbo original plans , because it in in the
end most economical.
SECRETARY WINDOM SPEAKS
Secretary Windom has ropudinicd
portions of the interview published ii :
the Boston Globe of the 8th inst. , hut
the main point , in which ho stated
that the treasury department would
not bo used as a medium to rcgulat
the condition of Wall street , undoubtedly
odly expresses his roul sentiment.
There has been a tendency on the
part of eastern bankers to rusont this
declaration cl the secretary of the
treasury as rank financial heresy , nud
some Imvo been even bold enough to
declare ihut such a statement by Mr ,
Windom should nt once result in his
enforced retirement from olllco ,
the country nt largo will ap
plaud. the nttitudo of Secretary
Windom. The treasury dopartmon
in times past has boon too much nl
the bock nnd call of ( ho gamblers ii
Wall Htrout. During the war , whoi
heavy "deals" wore mudo in gold und
speculation ran riot , the tonuo ? ? o
scandal did not spare several sub
troosurorH in New York city , whos
knowledge of the time when gold wa
to bo sold by the government Io relieve
liovo the money market was put t
good advantage in Helling on margins
Ono sub-tri'axurur , who is now n
ollicur in a prominent financial insti
tution , retired from his salaried ollic
in 1804 with nearly a million dollar ;
on thu credit side of hii bank hook
derived from speculating on thu strue
through hut oflicial information
prospective soles nnd purchases o
gold by the treasury department.
The crjj of the eastern aleck K in
ilcra that it la thu duty of \\0 ] \ ; ov-
rnmcnt to relieve any ' . .wrlngoney in
io money market Is iVicur noimonsc.
t is a notorious f.ict that money for
ogitimato invcHtmont has never been
nero plenty than nttho present time.
European capital is nt n positive ) dis-
lount in the cast. Millions of dollar *
'ormorly secured in government funds
nd liberated liy the purchase of
> ends in the refunding operations nro
coking sato investment. The holders
) f these moneys will not use thorn for
ipcculntivo purposes ; many of them
annot do no ns the funds nro hold in
rust for estates , liunco the stock
, ' : unhcra ! who have borrowed nil they
: nn to keep up the inflated prices of
.heir watered slocks appeal to the gov-
rinnent to relieve n stringency in the
nonoy market which la caused solely
iy their own groed.
Secretary Windom very properly
Ays that lesa npocuhtion
Mid not moro government
ssistanco is the proper remedy , and
.hat for ono ho will rciuso to loud
limaulf ns a tool to further designs of
lie Wall street sharks. The people
ire beginning to learn more and moro
> f Mr. Window's clear huad , sound
ndgmont and fearless v.xprcssion of
lontimcnt , and ho will win no less
sommcndation for his mnnly utter
ances on stock gambling than ho did
'or his outspoken opinion on the dan
gers threatening the country from
monopoly aggression.
THE YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL
The coming celebration at York-
o\vn celebration promises to bo in
nany respects the most interesting of
11 the revolutionary centennials of
which it is the lost. An elaborate
rogramino had boon prepared by the
oinmitteo in charge , covering two
weeks in its details nnd lasting from
.ho < > th to the 21st inst. Fortunately
inch n white elephant is not to bo on
.he hands of those who have the nf-
rair to carry out , and interest will
: enter on the four days of festivity
arranged by the congressional
cominis ion. This includes the
aying of thu corner stono'
f a national monument on Tuesday ,
ho 18th instant. The Masonic order
will conduct the exorcises nnd fully
ix thousand Masons nro expected to
bo in line On the 19th , Mr. Win-
.hroo's oration , Mr. Hayno's ode and
Mr. Hope's psalm will bo the features ,
preceded by President Arthur's ad
dress. On thu 201h tliero will bo a
; rand review of troops on Temple
'arm , in the rear of the line of the
irst parallel of 1781 , Major General
Hancock commanding , and on the
21st a naval review at Hampton Roads ,
in which the French fleet will partici
pate.
pate.France
France , in that spirit of fraternal
and international courtesy which has
always marked her intercourse with
our government has sent a number of
representatives to be present at the
historic spot which marked the close
of tlie great rebellion of 177G. Do-
ccendenU and representatives of the
French soldiers who fought nt Yorktown -
town will also bu present nnd the
French fleet will give to the occasion
an international interest.
Americans arc apt to forgot the im
portance of the assistance rendered to
the colonists by the French govern
ment. Lafayette , with 2,000 men ,
arrived in America in May 1781. He
WOK followed in Juno by Admiral
Dcstoucho with the French fleet.
Early in the summer the British fleet
were ingloriously beaten by the
French in Chesapeake hay and driven
north leaving Cornwallis in the Caro-
linns. Baron Steuben's Virginia
militia and General Lafayette's com
mand forced him northward in Vir
ginia , when General Washington con
ceived the idea of penning him up in
the Yorktown peninsula and capturing
the wtiolo British aimy south of the
Chesapeake. The subsequent opera
tions in which the French and
Americans bore oil'equal hon
ors were successful , nnd on October
18th , 1781 , Cormvnllis surronderod.
Gun oral Washington never failed to
pay the highest tribute to the gallant
co-operation of his French allies.
Without their aid the capture of Corn
wallis , nnd the termination of the war
would have been impossible , At this
time , then , when the campaign at
Yorktown will bo reviewed by so many
of our people , the cordial feelings
which have so long existed botwoct :
the United States nnd Franco are
likely to bo strengthened. It will not
bo forgotten that the bravo Frunoli
volunteers who fought on our soil
were neither adventurers or hirelings ,
They lent their urms to n fcublo causa
from n love of liberty which they
could not oxovciso in their country ,
but which was none the Jess inspiring
because in abstraction. They insisted
to win a triumph in which they could
liot bo sharers , and nttho conclusion o !
the war returned to their homes to bo
themselves the apoatlos of n croud
which Bwopt Franco like n whirlwind ,
The French revolution , which wax the
legitimate outgrowth of the America !
war of independence , was in turn the
forerunner of the happy nnd
prosperous French republic of to
day. Of nil the great nations
of the world , the United States and
Franco nlono posses a republican fern
of government. They have over boon
and will doubtless always ri'inain
but it is especially fitting on
an anniversary like that which will ho
celebrated next week that the two
nations should bo drawn even closer
together in mutual iCRnrd nnd mutual
congratulation.
AN editorial in the 2ftw Wurlh
Wcl throws n side lijht on the hith
erto mysterious operations of the
Utah it Northern nnd Northern Pa
cific companies in Montann. The
amount of railroad built thh year in
Montana has been very small , less
than seventy miles. The Jtah t
Northern , which is owded by the
Northern Pacific , was empowered by
its charter to build to nndthrough the
territories of Utah , Idaho nnd Mon
tana "to n connection with the North
ern Pacific. " Now the Northern
Pncific in 1872 located their linu
through the Deer Pass route , nnd
when the Utnh & Northern had reach
ed Brown's KidRo it touched the
located line of the Northern Pacific
nnd so has no further right of way ,
From that point on it was building on
sufferance , or by agreement with the
land owners , of the projected line.
This accounts for the delay of the
Utnh & Northern in pushing its line
towards Butte , and also for the pro
crastination of the Northern Pncific in
abandoning its located line for the
Mullnn Pass route , which seems to
have been decided upon some months
ago by Iho engineers of the company.
Both companies wished to reach
Butte with their roads , but both
have been playing a game
*
of stand elF to the othor.
Now the Utnh & Northern has organ
ized a new company under ho terri
torial laws and has secured the right
of wny for n number of lines io con
nect with or to bo emerged in the-
Utah & Northern. The Northern
Pacific has also organized a company
called the Rocky Mountain railroad
company , and covering branches from
points on the main line to Benton nnd
the National Park.
THK 'superintendent ' ot the Free
Delivery service in the postoflico de
partment has completed his report for
delivery io congress. It covers the
iperations of 109 free delivery post-
offices , and will show that during the
car there were delivered 202,425,608
mail letters , 59,908,550 mail postal
cards , 2,12Ci(09 ( registered letters and
130,417,114 newspapers. Thvro was
collected at these 109 free delivery
offices during the year 284,759,945
otters , 85,793,125 postal cards and
34,075,47g newspapers. Thu cost of
the service for the year amounted to
$2,492,972.14 , or 3 mills apiece ,
Five now delivery offices wore ostab-
Wished dttifng the year at thu follow
ing points : Leadville , Col. ; Mans
field , Oh'io ; Meriden , Conn. ; Znncs-
villo , Ohio ; and Richmond , Ind The
free delivery system pays the government
mont handsomely , and is always fol
lowed by an increase in the use of the
mails. Its efficiency has boon greatly
heightened in many cities since Post
master-General James' incumbency in
office.
CO.VOKKS.S must bo given credit for
relieving the country of ono monopoly
by legislation. In September , 1878 ,
quinine sold stiflly for § 3.90 an ounce ,
The duty at that time was twenty per
cent , and the quinine monopolists pro
dieted that if the duty was removed nol
only would the American quinine in
dustry bo swept away but quinine
would actually bu dearer than whoi
protected by an indirect tax on tin
people. The duty was removed in
Juno , 1879 , und the price of the drug
has steadily declined until the prevail
ing price for American quinine is $2
per ounce nnd the best foreign can b
bought for 51.80 to 81.85.
WK are glad that Howgato has
como hack from that litllo privat
polar expedition. Ho would huvi
curried bad customs to the innocent
barbarians of the Arctic regions , and
ho can do the world a great dpal o
good by lottin ? us know how it is tha
hundreds of thousands of dollars c.u
bo filched from the treasury and ou
republican watch-do s never K"'o
Himilu warning bark. St. J ouia Re
jJitWiccw.
This is particularly good ns coming
from a democratic source. Howgat
is a democrat of * hu rankest growth
If his defalcation has any political sig
nilicanco it indicates the folly of plac
ing democrats in positions of trus
under the government.
ALL this talk about the democrat !
county ticket being objectionable to
our citizens on account of the predominance
dominance of Irish candidates on i
is thu sheerest bosh nnd is not con
sidercd for a moment by any respect
able republican. The tickets will b
compared man for man only in tin
light of the reputation of each candi
dntu for honesty und sobriety and hi
capacity to fill the oflico for which h
seeks tha sum-ago of Donahu count )
voters. Nationality or crted shoul
have no influence in making a soloo
tion of oilico-holdora. All that ou
citizens will insist on is that the met
of their choice shall bo capable and
honest.
Virtu * Acknowledged.
Mr * . Ira Mulholland , Albany , N. Y.
write * ; "Kornevernl yearn I have suffered
from oft-recurring bllloui headachve , con
Htliatlon | , dy j > m > ui > anil complaint * p cu
liar to my vex , Blnce tiling your IluiiDOC'
JlLoon llimiw I am entirely relieved , ' "
Price 81 , trial Uze 10 cents. lOewll v
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE OJ .Y UUMHtlY.
Clnclmiiktc Commercial ,
Nothing hut n stout rope around
iis neck will take the conceit out of
Guiteau. It should ho applied with-
ut delay.
KKDUI'I ! TAXATION.
Globe Democrat ,
The reduction of the public debt
'or .September reached the unprc-
edontod figures of $17,483,011. Thia
, vill fond to strogthun the demand for
x reduction of taxation.
AN oniotrs uoMi'AiiiROX ,
tlrpubllron ,
Hugh Hastings says that Gcorgo
William Curtis has boon a "disturb-
tig clement" in the republican party
'or yoars. Spiders whoso nicely spun
webs and prospects for bluebottle for
linnur have been rudely swept away
nidor their oyea probably take this
iow of the broom.
MIL KIKKWOOD'S I : I'AHTMINT. :
New York Times.
Whatever the fate of 3Mr. Kirkwood
as the head of the interior department ,
he can point with satisfaction to the
brief record of a straightforward ,
common son.so and successful adminis
tration of the mont important branch
of the business committed to his
charge.
now Moxr.v is MADK IN iiAit.noAD.H.
Kow York Letter In lltiflalo K\iro5. | .
A man I Imvo known for yearn , and
formerly worth perhaps half a million
was in 187C practically dead broke.
His wit , however , had not deserted
him. Being elected subsequently a
director of ono of our elevated rail
ways as a sort of mako-weijjht ,
ho first conjured the schumb of n
nuw company to lea.so thu others
and run the whole business in ono
onsolidation , the now company
( called the Manhattan ) to guarantee
Ic everything and issue practically an
unlimited amount ot stock , which had
about ns much substance ns a church
fair oyster stow all water and no
oysters. The public swallowed the
bait , millions of stock were shoved out
till the price was on the point of
breaking , when my ingenious friend
lightly skipped out with between two
and ono-half and three million dollars
lear profit , and the old companies are
about taking repossession of their
roads. ' The lambs , as usual , are blcat-
"g-
Saline County-
To the Kdltor ot TIIR BKI.
The Union in its last issue contains
the following :
"By what species of political leger-
.lemain or idiotic nonsense dries Rosewater -
water run his paper ? The Omaha BEE ,
in English , favors the re-nomination
of Judge Maxwell. The Pokrok Zapa-
du , in Bohemian , advises its readers
in Saline county to defeat the Dawcs
delegation , because it says "Dawes
and his friends are supporting Max1-
well , and ho ( Maxwell ) is a temper
ance manhavingprovon hiimulf ono by
his decision on the constitutionality of
the Slocumb law. If the Pokrok
Zapadu persists in raging an unmanly
warfare against the republican party
of Saline county , it is nigh time that
this fact is known. How would a
stalwart republican Bohemian paper ,
with Cunuk Duras ns editor , strike
the average Bohemian citizen of Sa
line and adjacent counties ? "
The whole nrticle seems to be a re
sult of misinformation of the Union.
In the first place the Union needs in-
fbraiation that Rosewater has as little
to say about the management and
contents of the Pokrok Zapadu as he
has of the Union.
Equally misinformed in The Union
on the Maxwell matter. The Pokrok
Zapadu did advise its readers , nut
alone in Saline county , but through
out Nebraska , who are known ono
and ] all to bo anti-temperance
in their sentiments to vote
against Maxwell or any ether temper
ance delegates , not because Maxwell
has "proven himself ono by his deci
sion on the constitutionality of the
Slocumb law , " but because ho is
known to bo ono of the fanatics.
The fact that The Pokrok Zapadu
is not friendly to Mr. Dawes , because
it docs not consider him a man of
honor or principle , is not now , and
has boon known for years , nt least
to The Union nnd interested parties.
But it does not fallow from this fact ,
that The Pokrok Zapadu , thereby is
waning wnrfnro on the re
publican party. The repub
lican party indeed would
not bo worthy of the support of hon
est men , if the Dawos , Hascall's , et
tutti qunnti , wcro the true represen
tatives of thu party , und because 1 do
not consider thorn such , I do nnd
shall not ccnaoto wage warfare against
thorn.
The Union seems to bo in need of
information , that The Pokrok Zjpadu
was for years the only republican
paper published in the Bohemian l.in-
gungo in the United States , and to the
efforts of the eamo it is duu that a
largo majority of voters of that na
tionality in Nebraska are republicans ,
wliilo in lown , Minnesota , Wisconsin
and ether states nino-tontliH of them
became democrats.
The Union writes inavoinnsiflwos
in duty bound to support any nomi
nation , any slate , made by any boss.
Rcaso keep cool , Mr. Wells , and bear
in mind that I do not ewe the repub
lican party one iota ; that the Pokrok
Znpidu , whatever it has done , hns
riouo it without fcnr , consideration ,
favor or ob'igotion , always on principle -
plo , which is saying moro than the
Union can truthfully claim for itself ;
that while I will in the future con-
tintia as I have in the past to pronch
the sound republican doctrines , luhall
certainly reserve to myself thu right to
criticize any action of any party and
oppose any unprincipled rogue , bar
nacle or bastard republican foisted
upon the party , or any man with
whom I may not agree in principle ,
and it will not bo your's nor any
body else's business.
As to the silly threat , 1 will only
nay go on. This is a free country ,
und before all , lot not any considera
tion of my interests stay in your
way. I will only say , if Mr. Duras'
caper will get such encouragement at
the hands of the stalwarts of Saline
county or of the republican party of
the state for that mutter , as nunu did ,
why , I hope it will thrive.
T. UO.SIUKV ,
Editor und publisher of Pokrok Xaj > -
adu , Omaha , Neb , .
STATE JOTTJN3S ,
Hcnllc coachc * are all the rage In Lin
coln.
coln.Lund
Lund hunters nrc heading fof Kail *
City.
City.York
York rotinty fdr was a financial sue-
l K.
K.Cohnnhui
Cohnnhui In t ? 2r.OO by the Into cy-
clone.
A now ] ! ft .M. depot is being built nt
Unadilln.
Corn hrlmrs 10 cents a bushel .it Supe
rior Citv.
new Catholic church will
cost $3,000.
Mxcter is nlxmt t" invert Si,000 * in a
Rohcol building ,
The typhoid let or U raging ulth fatal
efTucts nt Wisncr.
Weymoro is cnercptically moving for
school and mall facilities.
Capitalists from [ Wisconsin nrc about to
i tiit n creamery at ltc < l Cloud.
aised 8100 for the rohef of the
sufferers by the cyclone at Ktnnton.
The jirl/.e watermelon at the Merrlck
county fair weighed forty.clght pound. ! .
A wlfo-lcntcr in IJawnoii county received
twcntj-ftiur hours to cross the boundary.
Hnrxo thletesHtlll linger in Knox county
and leave in their footprints many empty
The location of Iho ncupo.tollico is n
Kimrci ! of Krcnt discontent to the inlmbi
tanU of 11 listings.
Harnum'M ImmmcrH Mugged a number
of persons In Lincoln nnd ( secured consid
erable m ney and jewelry.
Oov. Nnnco had nolccled Judge Amasn
Cobb to represent Nebraska at the Yorktown -
town centennial celebration ,
A bntlo named Hunt outraged n little
girl in Gage county recently und escaped
punishment through defects iu the com
plaint.
Frank Ifatenx , eon of K. M. Haven B ,
of IVickcrson. was thrown from his hnno
while liei ding recently , receiving injuries
from which he died.
There aru rival Ktaco lines between Trtble
Keck and 1'awneo City. The stages have
frequently made ncck-nnd-ueck races for
the distinction of being first in Pawnee.
David City u talking of organizing a
vigilant committee to Hccure the enforce
ment and observance of 1'ttv ami order ,
and to notify certain characters to leave
the town ,
x
The IT. 1 * . company made a proposition
to the citizens of Ord to vote bonus to the
amount of $5.000 to run the road there
and locate n depot. Tt.cy have consented
to call an election for that purpose.
The hail-storm in Gage county killed
aoveral sheep in Mr. Holmes' Hock. Tim
Htorni was ono of the most destructive that
ever visited that section. < The tuncs fell
with such force that they crushed through
tin roofH.
An extensive xound house 'in to bo built
at Falls City , which indicates that through
trains nre to bo run to nnd from Atchiaon
to the magnificent 15. & M. country of
brnska. leaving the Atchison i jNebroaka
at Table Itock , mill running over the now
branch to Wyinore.
A sad accident occurred recently near
Manchester on thu Middle I/otip. A
Swede , in company with his little girl ,
was hauling wood from a canyon when the
oxen , by some means , overturned the load
upon them. The inan'a back was broken
and the unfortunate girl was buried under
the load with her face in the sand and was
dead when found. Tim man ha * nil :
died.
, lint Not Jastlco.
Sin Francisco CliroMlclo.
The American judicial system is
modeled after'that of England , but it
has lost the sterling common sense
and the disposition to sternly punish
crime which obtains in that country.
It may now be compared to the an
cient city of refuge in Judea , whither
murderers fled to bo secure from pur
suit and punishment. Criminals and
corrupt corporations turn to it with
confidence , and cover ib with adulation.
It strikes the fetters from the thief ,
liberates the murderer , and robs the
hard-working poor man of his land
to donate it ' to men so rich
now that no ono can accurately
compute their wealth. It is no
only n. system which has survived its
usefulness , but ono that exorcises on
Bocioty a pernicious influence. Insti
tuted for the purpose of protecting
life and property , it lias cheapened
human life , and by the injustice and
uncertainty of its decrees has impcr
iled the rights of property. By ex
pense , delays , and countless annoy
ances , it gives to the rich man a decided -
cided advantage ovcr-the poorer litr
gant. It enables corporations , when
human life has been destroyed by the
carelessness of their agents , to evade
their rcsponsibilitief , or to intimidate
widows and orphans who lay just
claims for damages. Jt imprisons
poor men for daring to assert their
rights against rich men. It pardons
the murderer , swindler and thief , but
refuses to pardon the good citizen
unjustly convicted. It per
niita corporations to defy it
with impunity , and to despise -
spiso nnd evade its mandates. Its
operation in all the states of the
union is faulty in the 'ex t re in o. The .
law that ono court pronounces consti
tutional another declares unconstitu
tional ; the knave that ono judge
solemnly sentences another judgu
turns loose ; what is good law to-day is
no law to-morro\Vj and the bigamist in
ono part of the country is the hus
band in another part. Thu deciding
opi.iion of a part of a supreme court
is contradicted flatly by the dissenting
opinion of another part of thu same
court. Pedantry nnd imbecility char
actcrizo all its operations. "Tho laws
are good enough if they were only
executed , " is thu cry of the
peoplo. They will never bo
properly executed until techni
calities nro totally swept out of our
courts , and until thu present bombas
tic trash , misnamed legal lore , is no
longer of practical use to attorneys.
To denounce such a systemto ; exhibit
iU imperfections to the public ga
nnd its acts of injustice to publioscorn ;
to ridicule its absurdities and preten
sions , nnd to ceuso to shield it from
general contempt has bccomo a public
duty no longer tobn evaded.
To-4 > vorthrow or completely remodel
the present judicial system of the
country would require pertinacious ef
fort and the aid of a powerful public
opinion , but it is utosk that should bo
attempted. Society is continually approaching
preaching the verge of temporary an
archy by reasc n of the total failure of
the courts to punish undoubted crimi
nals.
Heliroika State Normal School.
A now class composed of practic
teachers and others qualified to
plote an outline review oj the
mentary Course with rofcron
graduation therein by the nnd
next June , will bo formed the fir
of November , 1881 , Students
ing to secure nil outfit for to
should Bvuil thenuolvca of this
tnnity ,
CHEAP
LOTS.
A NEW
ADDITION !
-TO-
Omaha ,
TM BEST BAEGMS :
Ever Offered
IN THIS CITY.
NO CASH PAYIMT&
Required of Persons Desir-
in to Build.
LOTS Off PATIENTS
$5TO ; $1O
PER MONTH.
Money Advanced
-TO-
Aseiet Purchasers in Building.
We Now Offer For Sale
SB Splendid
RESIDENCE LOTS ,
Located on 27th , 28th , 29th
and 30th Streets , between
Farnham , Douglas and the pro *
posed extension of Dodge St. ,
12 to 14 Blocks from Court.
House and Post Office , AT
PRICES ranging from
$300 to $400
which is about Two-Thirds ol
tbeir Value , on Sin * 11 Monthly
Payment of $5 to $1O.
Parties desmng to Build and
Improve Need Not Make any
Payment for one or two years ,
.but can use all their Means foi
Improving.
Persons having $100 or $20O
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 the
MAIN BUSINESS STREETS of the
city , within 12 minutes walk of th
Business Center. Good Sidewalks ex
tend the Entire Distance on Dodge
Strcot , and the lots can bo reached by
way of either Farnham , Douglas 01
Dodge Streets. They lie in a part ot
the city that is very Rapidly Improv
ing and consequently Increasing in
Value , and purchasers may reasonably
hope to Double their _ Money within a
short time ,
Some of the most Sightly Locations
in the city may bo selected from those
lots , especially on 30th Street
We will build houses on a Smal
Cash Payment of § 1GO or § 200and , ,
soil house and lot on small monthly
payments.
It is expected that ihcso lotswill ) bo
rapidly sold on these liberal terms ,
and persons wishing to purchase
should call at our office and secure
their lots at the earliest moment.
Wo are ready to show these lots to all
persons wishing to purchase.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Eeal Estate Brokers ,
14O8
North Side of Farnham Street ,
Opp. Grand Central Eotsl ,
3MAHA NHB.