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OMAHA DAil-lt BtJS : THURSUAJf MARCH 2 i8 ! . The Omaha Bee Published every morning , except Bnnday , The only Monday morning dally. TBHMS BY MAIL - One Yt r.$10.00 I Three Months. $3.00 Bit Months , 5.00 One . . 1.00 WERKLY MKB , published ev- OH511MS POST PAID- One Year. $2.00 I ThreoMorir.bg. . CO BxMonth ! * . . . , 1.00 | One . .20 CORttESPONDKNOK-All Communl. latloni relating to New and Editorial mat ers should bo neldrcsacd to the KntTOll OP THE BEE. BUSINESS LKTTEnS All Bt ! ncm Letters and Ilcmittfinros nhoukl bo nd- drowsed to Tun OMAHA Ptmtisiirao COM PACT , OMAHA. Draft * , Chocks nnd Post- office Order * to bo mudo payable to the order of the Company , I . ' OMAHAPUBLISHIN& 00 , , Prop'rs It 1 , EiROSEWATETt. Editor , GKNEHKI. VAN WYCK is proving liimsolf an active investigator. JUSTICE CoNKLiNn will sound utrangoly to oara ncoustomed to "tho aonator from Now York , " FEMALE trnffrngo is acnin worrying the Massachusetts legislature , whore a bill has boon introduced to confer upon women the right to vote on municipal n flairs. DOUOLAS street property owners have decided to take the bull by the horns and pave from Ninth to Six teenth street on their own responsi bility and without asking the credit of the city for the prosecution of the work. ' DB. BUM is tn got $25,000 for his profession services rendered to the la to president. The weight of the bulletins and the muscular exorcises in writing them was taken into ac * count. GENERAL ROHECIUNH objoctH to Mr. Blaino's opinion that the Army of the Cumberland was greatly disorganized at the time Garfield became connected with it. Mr. Blaine has several his torians and many army officers on his side of the caso. THE plan of dropping Secretary Xirkwood from the department of the interior and making room for him in the Austrian mission will not moot with general satisfaction through out the west. Mr. Kirkwood is mak ing an excellent secretary of the inte rior and any change would not bo in the line of .an improvement. ONE of the most monopoly ridden of states is Now Jersey. Under a law lobbied through its legislature some ten years ago , all railroad property is exempt from local taxation. Taking advantage of this grossly .unjust pro vision , the railroad companies center ing in Hudson county , opposite to Now York city , have acuuircd by pur chase vast tracts of valuable river front which before was subject to tax ation , in Jersey Oity and Hoboken , and assisted largely in carrying on the government of the two cities. Since its purchase by the railroads the loss to the citizens of Jonoy Oity in taxes alone has boon over $200,000 annual ly. A bill has now boon introduced in the legislature making all property hereafter acquired in cities by railroad corporations subject to local taxatinn , and notwithstanding a vigorous fight by the monopoly members , it lias passed the house by a vote of forty-six to eight. The anti-monopoly movement is bringing forth good fruit in Now 'Jersey and is spreading rapidly in all the counties. Tun BEI : has been a consistent ad vocate of the interests of the laboring classes , and a staunch upholder of the rights of labor. It believes that labor is entitled to living wages. It has Always insisted that well-paid workingmen - ingmon nro more profitable to em ployers than employes working on starvation wages. It has further in- .sistod that labor has the right to chose its employment , and to change whenever , in Ita opinion , its best in terests will bo subserved by such change. The right of laborers ta strike for higher wages cannot bi denied. Any nun has the privilege ol demanding more pay for hia servicoa whenever and asoften as he wishes Combinations formed far tbo pur pose Are called strikes , ono of whiol now exists in Omaha. But while atrikoa are permissible BO far at they represent individual < lotuands ior in creased pay , no man or body of mot liavo the right to prevent by force other laborers or mechanics from working at the wages which they themselves refuse. This is an in fraction of the la ( TB which is certain to prejudice public opinion agitins' ' their case , and in the end to rcac injuriously against the end whicl they aim &t by striking. No rensona bio man in Omaha believes that a dollar lar and and a quarter a day is enough to aupport a family ou , And the de mand of the laborers for a reasonable Advance above this flguro will mool with A general sympathy which can only bo destroyed by acts of violence offensoi against law and order. EXCESSIVE RAILROAD BUILDING ING- Some months ngo Mr. K. P. Vining , general freight agent of the Union Pacific , WAS interviewed by a San Francisco paper upon the rapidity of western railroad construction. Mr. Vining expressed the opinion that the country tires being overstocked with roads nnd that inoro lines wore being projected and built than were de manded by present needs or than could bo profitably operated for many years to cqmc. Thcro may be some difference of opinion as to the soundness of Mr. Vining's judgment as applied to rail road construction in the far west. This is a country of magnificent dis tances , thinly settled as compared with the Atlantic seaboard nnd rapid ly filling up with nn industrious agri cultural clais. The development of the mineral resources of the tcrrito- torics is an yet in its infancy , and for many years to come may bo'oxpoctod to yield n constantly increasing reve nue to transportation lines. But capital in the cast nnd abroad is al ready becoming alarmed at the heavy expenditures of the trunk lines for heir construction account and the re cent heavy decline in stocks and the argo sales of American sccuntics in England are said to bo largely the re sult of a feeling that the roads are pushing forward the development of a ; reat system to an extent unwarranted } y the present and prospective traffic and prejudicial to the dividend paying Dowers of the corporations. For several years past there has ) eon n rage for consolidation among .ho railroad managers. Vast systems lave been created by the purchase nnd linking together of isolated bank rupt roads and connecting lines have been built in all direction/I to join the smaller links into a single great chain. Throe yc'ara ngo Mr. Yandorbilt said hat there wore five trunk lines from Chicago to the coast without traffic enough for throe. Since that time 'our ' additional systems have boon bo- gun. The Chesapeake & Ohio has icon completed so that it Is enabled , o compote with the Baltimore & Ohio. The Wabash combination has entered ; ho arena. The New "York & Chica go is being constructed parallel to the Lake Shore. The Lackawanna ex tension is being pu thcd rapidly to wards Buffalo and the Ontario & West ern is rapidly approaching completion as an additional link between Now York and the lakes. Immense sums nro being invested in these now lines In the hope of future dividends. Each ono will divert a portion of the traffic from the older lines , which are now stocked to their full capacity. Vast amounts of stock and bonds ara being issued and thrown upon the market for investment purposes and .specula tion is rioting in the stocks of roads which sooner or later must fall into the hands of the courts and litigating stockholders. So far as the effect upon the gam blers who deal the railroad cards in concerned , the general public cares lit tle. It is more interested in the cer tain results to the money and loan markets , which nfTecta all prices , and more than all , in the fluctuations in tariffs and the war and truce policy which is euro to result from the fights of the rival lines to secure traflic and alternately cut their own their own throats and those of the public. Nothing in inoro certain than that every ono of the fierce wars of rates by the trunk lines is followed by an advance in the tariff sufficient to more than cover the losses of the war , nnd for which the public have to pay. Railroad competition lias always boon a sham , and the over-production of railroads will bo used ns an excuse by the management to maintain exorbi tant rate * by showing earnings insuf ficient to pay inoro * than ordinary dividends on the capital invested. So long as railroads are unrestricted by law in their charges , nnd the pub- lie nro at the mercy of whatever. chnrgn their management may choose to inflict , just so long will capitalists continue in their belief that railroad ing is the most profitable of invest ments and that the dividend paying power of the lines is only limited bj the avarice of the managers undth ; power of the people to boar the tariffi imppsod oifhbir products , It hai boon the unbridled license granted t ( the railroads in this country mod than anything OHO which has boot responsible for the state of uilairi which is now BCJ loudly deplored 01 the Now York stock exchange , urn the difficulty will only bo adjustet whoa the transportation Hues nn brought under the control of Inwi which will compel publicity of the ! transactions and put a utop to tin outrageous plundering of the publii which lion mndo them in the past tin moat powerful nnd prosperous pirate : on the facu of the globe. WJIKN the time comes to lot pavinj contracts the city council should bo 01 ite guard against a class of sharki with which Omaha has had aomo experience porienco in times post. Those men , who are unfitted for the work , botl ; by inexperience and character , go into the business of contracting for the purpose of making a &tuko by nol carrying out their contracts , As they are entirely irreapijnsiblo , it Is impos sible to dpply nny'remedy for the lose which accrues to the city. THE EXPRESS CASES. The long leqal fight between the railroads nnd the express companies haa finally resulted in n victory for the latter. The opinion of Justice Miller , which decided the controversy , was rendered last week in 'the circuit court of the United States at St. Louis and is of the highest importance as defining the relations between trans portation companies and other com mon carriers using their lines. The caao upon which the decision wes based was that of the Adnms express company vs. the Atchison , Topekn & Santn Fo. About n year ago the at tempt was made by a number of rail roads to oust the Adams company from off their lines. This action waa resisted by the express company who claimed that they had a right to travel on the railroad as long as they paid n reasonable compensation for the pas- Hago of their messengers and for the use of cars for their packages. Thereupon the railroads refused to take cither the Adams express company or th ir messengers , and the latter sued out nn injunction to prevent the railroads From putting off their messengers and to compel them to transport theit merchandise. Justice Miller in rendering his decis ion states at the outsut that the ex press business has become known and recognized as a distinct n..d nocesiary branch of the transportation trade and to deny to the companies the right to carry on this business through their mcsscngcss paid to protect and assist in the rapid forwarding of the parcels is distructive of the business and of the right which the public have to the use of the railroads in this branch ot transportation. The court further decides that it is the duly of the railroads to furnish every convoia- once for the safe and proper transpor tation of express matter on their roads and that the use ottheso | facilities shall bo extended on equal terms to all who are actually engaged in thu express business. Only reasonable remuneration for this service can be demanded , and the right of the court to determine what such reasonable re muneration is is distinctly affirmed from the bench. Thin decision is of the highest im portance. It marks another advance in the rapidly accumulating decisions which define the powers and duties of common carriers. It settles the question that railroads nro for the public use , and cannot bo used for the private ends of an unscrupulous man agement. In addition it reaffirms ( he decision that the service by common carriers must bo rendered without favors or discrimination , and that charges must bo fair nnd reasonable. The most interesting point advanced is that which affirms the right of the courts to determine what charges arc just and reasonable , and gives to the victims of railroad extortion a safe and secure remedy by appeal to the courts. ACCOKJJIXO to the new apportion ment bill if the states having an in crease of representation which neces sitates a now apportionment do not make a now redistrictricting before the congressional election the in creased number of congressmen must bo elected at largo. .Some of the friends of Governor Nance are urg ing upon his excellency that an extra session will bo expensive and useless and at the same time distasteful to the railroad politicians. It is easier to control ono convention at which throe congressmen are nominated than three separate conventions , at each of which only one candidate is selected , Recognizing this , the rail road managers are opposed to the calling of an extra session , and argu ments against it may shortly bo ex pected to appear in the monopoly or gans. It may bo well for Governor Nance to remember that the senti ment of Nebraska is overwhelmingly in favor of redistrictiug the state , and that the earlier the legislature is con vened for this purpose , the hotter it will bo for all concerned. Falrbrother Galls the Turn. THK OMAHA BEK is without excep tion the beat paper in the state. [ Tecumseh Torchlight. Not by a dam's height , Al. Read the State Journal und Omaha Repub lican before you decide which is the bent paper in the state. You might road the Courier , too , while you are about it. [ Ualvort Courier. We'll go you two bolter , and call you down. Wo said that THK OMAIIA BFK was , without inception , the best paper in the state. That's what wo meant when wo said it , and that's what wo said when wo meant it. TUB Bin ; is fearless in its criticisms , op posed to all evils , when they are known to exist ; is 'ably edited ; a friend of the people and its enor mous circulation in this and other states corroborates our statement , "that It is the best paper in the stato. " When Tin : Br.i : , iv few weeks ape , was trying to purify the mor als of Omaha ono of the hardest towns in the west - the Ropublic'ni simply pimped for the 80.odd boll- holes of that sanctified city ; it is sub sidized by the monopolists , and , like the State Journal it always on thu fence. To say anything about the Stuto Journal would bo foolish , as wo all know it is simply a taffy machine which exists on stnto steals. The Lincoln Democrat is by far the best paper in Lincoln , and the second best 111 the eta to. And Mr. Courier you know it. [ Tecumsuh Torchlight. Fifty now oars are bo ing built at the ehonj of the Virginia & Tcuckco railroad , at Carnoij , Nev. , for the G'.won & Color ado road , It la fuuud that Jhey can be built more cheaply there than tnev could bo purchased In the ea t. STATE JOTTINGS , A cnno of Mnnll-ixix In reported nt Wf t 1'olut. The Wayne llcvlew In the sunflower of Ncbrnitkn journals. An Town otpltnllnt IIM mndo nrrnngc- iiicnts to Mnrt n bank nt Wymoro. The city of Calvtrt l troubled wllli wolves , four ami two-legged lieruti ol prey. prey.A A llhlf Sprlnss genius hnsi coralleil the U. 1' . boom at Hint town nnd now clnltm a pnUnton perpcttul itiotl > n. Four hundred acres of broom corn will be planted by Orrin Sherwood. He offeM to tuainntco SCO per ton to i ny one whc wnriU to ral c broom corn nnrl deliver It nt hia own died. IlarlanCoimty Nevvn. A member of Kock Creek Alliance ; Xo , 201 , .telTcrton county , writes tli.it farmer ) arc taking grett interest in the progrex * ol the orgnnlzation. Very few funnein rec fuo to j''ln tlm AlllAncc , A man ntuncd Klrby , an employe of tin It. k M , ot Lincoln , who lately nnivcd itl Cnnadn , waa taken with einnll-i > ux on Sat unlay , nnd fur want of nny pest house , WA < < elepoittod In the council chamber fet two dnyn , nnd the city council member nro besulothemselvtn with rft.-e , feir mul grief nad have u-fuieil to occupy the room , Another county he.ird frum. G. W , Kcklby , of Newcnmb ( tiovc , Mndhoi cnuntv. write * : "I tco in Tun Hr.K i.l February 14th ihut U > val Utick , nf Hoi Willow county , claims tlio ribbon for the b-m h-g , it weighing f i2 when cpldec acil scraped. I Imd two liogn tlml weighed G2o pound * each , live weight. I hud 10 ho s that averted fill poutuU , f of them Uv-lvo month ) nnd o nineteen months t Id. They were of the L'oland China bn-cel. " It take * a riattfimiuUi mvttcithnrnuglr ly engineer an eeiito ill puff , hist wte , tneto\vner of new restaurant elown there decided to open up with a grnud flourish nnd in order to gt\o it thi remiislU amount of respectability nnd tune , he In vlted n 1 the scril ea of town to 'Veo him1 during the quiet hours of eveningThrj came In jiairA. armed uitli patient elastic ban-els nnd bur isLe I teeth w.tfatbnndi prepared for an emergency and nppetitei sharpened for a square meal. The meui ories of the feast were visible in the nexl edition. Deacon Btislinell " 'piwed thi col imded air" with pious1 exclamations ; Sherminpaiute _ < l the emotions of a full stomach in glowing colors , aiulMcMurphv loudly clapped his palms for mora. It i ; alw.iys nalo to strike the scribes of Qnalitj Hill I elow the belt. RAILROAD NOTES. The Pan Handle roa I linsIUM tirt-clas : giuca in use on its linca Already $87,000,000 In railroad nub i dies have been promised by the govern ment of Mexico. The business of the Pennsylvania Cen < tral system of roads for the calendar yeai 1881 , amounted in grosa to the unexampled sum of 811,124,000. Pen d'Oreille Lake , one of the most pic turesque points on the Northern Pucific , 5i 2.0JO feet above the sea level and is 1GC miles cost of Portland. The men nt the he.ul of the Denver 5 TUo Grnude Railroad company made ar rangement * to push forward into Mexico , a distance of 7-0 miles. Locomotive engineers on ( iermnn rail ways receive from § 225 to § 340 per year ] c uductor * , S1CO to 8180 per year ; br. ke > im-n from § 150 to S1C-5 per year. The Leavenworth , Topeka & South western railway Is said to be a'i offspring of ihe Chicago , Hock Island & P.icific. Kight of wiy has been grante I for 2oC miles west of Leavenworth , and construc tion work is wll advance , ! between Jjenvenworth and Topeka , The Wabash company now campeh ite brakeaien and switchmen to u.se in ash ( tick in making a coupling , nnd have tup plied such articles to the employes of that branch of the service. Making a coupling without u-iing the stic' < is cause for imtnal discharge of the employe. The Mexican Central railway ha * beer completed tu a point 104 miles" fr.un Pasc efel Norie. " The Texas Pacific Kailwaj com nny it end avoring to secure a Mexi can grant to construct n brielgo over the Rio G i ande at El Paso to tap the M-xi can Central nt I'nso del Nortc. The gross earnings of the Northern Pn cific in Minnesota for 1881 was § lG09 125.01. The classification of these earn ings is as follows : Total freight earnings 81,2 3,583.91 ; passenger traffic , 6282- 512.60 ; mai'8 , S13.U24.32j telegraph , Sl.7o2.fi7 ; rents , 81,588.43 ; miscellaneous $2,018.64. The sta'e tax on the gross sum nt 2 per cent is $32.182.fO. A uyndicate , of which it is surmised the Milwaukee railroad company is the prin- cipd member , has purchased 3,003 acres of coalfields of the Philadelphia Coal Com pany , thirty miles northwestof Deaehvood. The beds have been thoroughly developed , showing veins eiuht feet thick , of nn ex cellent quality of lignite , valuable formill , locomotive or domestic use. The New York , Lake Erie & Western Railway Company hiu- decided to build a doublet track on the line west of Hornells- ville , nnd for than purpose has made a sale of its "prior lien" bonds which amount to $2,500,000. The Erie road now haclou - i le tracks from Jersey City to Hornells- villo , and accomplishment of present pur pose of the company will make it etouble track the entire length. Mr. Henry Hitchcock resigncel hia posi tion aa superintendent of the naledburu division of the Chicago , Jiurlington & Quincy railroael company a few months ngo after twenty-five ) years of efficient servie ? , nni the directors recently pre- Edited him nn elegant gold wntch nnd chain , which had been appropriately In scribed , tcgether with a copy of compli mentary resolutions Imndsonio y eiigraved on parchment. Too Fltchburg H ilroivl company ( Hoo- sac Tunnel route ) lias greatly increased it ) terminal facilities in Boston for the re ceipt nnd shipment > , f all descriptions of me-roliaidipo nnd freight , exports I and Imported , Anew covered dock , the first of live now in course of construction , large enough for the Invest class of steauiuhlpa afloat , nnd a grain elevator of 000,000 bushels capacity have just been opened for business. An Inventor c'aims to have produced a railroad switch that can bo operated by levers controlled by the engineer in the cab of a locomoth o by which the switch can be successfully closed or opened when a train U running at tbo rate of sixty miles an hour. The levers operate on a Balance wheel between the rail * opposite thu switch In Buch a manner tint tin shifting rails can bi move 1 cither way at the will of the engineer The articled of incorpoiatton of lilt Iowa North-ru railway caupany hive been filed In the > Ilico of the secretary of orate. The principal place of business ol the company is at Newton , and its object is to construct nnd oper.co iv railroad , commencing ut the town of Colfux , .las IT or-iinty , and running thf wi in n north- WH .rcriv ii-d ] | | 11 to i j eilnt in n northern 1' ' " t rv Im f the bin e of lawn ; also to c n tiuctuiu operate ) branches or exten sions thereto. Capital i-tock not to ox- cerd $3,000,000 , ellvidud into shares of $10C each. DO NOT BE DECEIVED , In these ) times ot ( { unck mpdiciiiu advertisements everywhere ) , it is truly gratifying to find ono remedy that it worthy of praise , ixml which really docs us recommended. Electric Bit- tcra , we can vouch for na boiii } , ' a truu and reliable remedy , und one that will do as recommended. Thoyinvari- bly euros stomach and liver complaints diaoasea of the Kidneys and Urinary difliculticH. Wo know whereof wo speak , and can readily say , give them a trial. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by lah & McMahon (3) ( ) niftht Kov. Bishop Lynch , Cunrloston , South Carolina. No Roman Catholic , prelate , cler gyman or educated layman , within the limits of our states nnd tcrrito- rios will hear without abiding regret , oftho _ death of no distinguished n churchman na Bishop Lynch , for nearly a quarter of a ccntnry the Catholic ordinary of the ccclcciastical diocceo of Charleston , South Care lina. Thousands of clergymen -rep. rcacntativcs of various Protestant denominations will riympathizo with the Konian Catholic hierarchy and people of our republic for the loss of such a distinguished "Master of Christian theology. " No Irishman in the old land or settled in ' 'far foreign fields" will fail to join in the sorrow which the death of an illus trious follow countryman usually evokes .iimongat all classes and creeds , The Right Rev. Patrick N. Lynch , whoso singularly brilliant career as citizen and bishop closed last Sunday forenoon , at Clnrlcston , S. C. , was born in the county Moiuiylun , Ireland - land , in the early daya of March , sixty-firo years apo. Within a year of his birth his parents emigrated to South Carolina nnd settled on a farm not fur from Charleston. It appears thai young Lynch inherited his tran scendent talents from both parenU , who were quito remarkable specimens of Irish culture in the first quarter of this century. The celebrated John England , an other great Irishman , and thu first bishop of Charleston , had ample op portunity for appreciating the promis ing seminarian under his charge , and when Huflictcntly advanced in his classical course adopted him ns a diocesan cesan subject for clerical education in the colubralcd Roman college for mis sionaries , popularly known ns "tho Propaganda. " It is highly probable that Bishop Lynch was among the most prominent Irishmen who over pursued ecclesiastical studies in any Roman college. Having received ordi nation at the hands of his illustrious diocesan , Bishop England , in 1840 , ho was immediately appointed as semi nary professor , cathedral assistant , priest , and episcopal secretary. Within a few years he was president of the seminary and vicar-general of his diocese , and about twenty-five years ago ho was raised to Episcopal rank. Daring the war of Secession his early associations had so influenced his mind ns to make him one of the most prominent Catholic secessionists iu the southern state ? . In 1805 ho p.ccepted the issue of the war as a truly loyal citizen , and for nearly twenty years , in his social relations among northerners , nobody could fail to feel for the overwhelming losses entailed by the war on this noble but sorely distressed prelate. As theo logian , philosopher , lecturer , preacher , essayist , linguist ; and general scholar , he was scarcely over supassed and rarely equalled in the United States hierarchy. Within the past two years his name was forwarded to Rome as "diguis- simus" to boco-adjutor to the cardi nal arbishop of New York , and had. not his physical infirmity so influenced the Roman authorities , in all human probability his remains would belying lying in state to-day within the walls of the magnificent cathedral in Fifth avenue , Now York.Vo take a mournful satisfaction in giving this summary biographical notice of this eminent prelate , and wo ex press our earnest hopes that no member of the American Catholic hierarchy , of his varied eru dition and eminent services to church and country , will bo called for many moro years , to swell the list of deceased - ceased prelates whoso memories are revered by every liberal-minded citizen within the limits of our en lightened and progressive republic. 'Postofflce Changes in Nebraska , During thu week ending February 25 , 1882 , furnished by William Van Vleck , of the postoffico department. ESTAULISIIKIJ. Anawsm , Knox county , James H. Nickorson ; Carson , Nomuha county , John W. Ford ; Ilatton , L ncoln county , William A. Vroman. rOSTUiSTBUS APl'OINTKD. Baird , Nuckoll.s , county , SamuolC. Baird ; Brooks , Howard county , James A. Howks ; Congdon , Dawson county , Emmon J. Godfrey ; Elk Valley - loy , Dakota county , James Knoi ; Gi- nml , Saline county , John Blackmore ; Pleasant Ridge , Harlan county , Mrs. Alary M , Carlilo. Iowa. ESTABLISH Kl > . Bromloy , Marshall county , John C. Armstrong ; Galtvillo , Wright county , Robert H. Hatnhn. I'OSrMASTEUS AVl'OINTEl ) . Adol , Dallas county , Walter A. Noel : Castle Grove , Jones county , Charles 0. Scott ; Corwith , Hancock county , Oliver II. Stilson ; Danforth , Johnson county , Berthold Byer ; El Dorado , Fayettu county , Paul Buocu- ser ; Mount Sterling , Van Buron county , Aaron H. Thatcher ; Nugeut'a Grove , Linn county , 0. J. Nugent ; Woshburn , Black Huwk county , James Brown. ROMANCE IN REAL , LIFE. Elopement , Exciting Race , .und a Happy FiniUo. ' son Co. I'n-si. Theiu win a little duncu on the Botith side of the river , near the Qos- per county line , n IW uveniii"s siuco , and among thu merry people there , was a prominimt 1'lntto prtMiinct fdimur ( a middtu , ig < > ' , vvdl 'u .1. bachelor ) and his best t'ii'l , to whom ho was to bo mnrricel on the follow ing Sunday , lie was happy and had a jolly time , when the party broke up assisted hia fair fiancee to mount hur pony and then went to gut his own atuud , but returned to find the damsel gone- und with her a certain Gospor county youth. Ho returned home , uttering curses , not loud but deep. The next day u brother of the young lady proceeded to the rosi- deuce of the Guaper county youn man , found his sister there alone , and induced her to accompany him homo. They rode several miles to gether when suddenly the girl scorn ed to change her mind , wheeled her horse , nnd took the back track nt a dashing gallop , followed by her irate brother , but the girl had the best pony nnd won the race , her brother following nt n distance until ho per ceived that his horao showed signs of exhaustion then ho tinned home ward , hut had to hoof it part of the way , the poor horse dropping dead by the roadside ) from having been ridden too hard and far. A day or two after another brother of the girl heating that she had returned to the Gospor county chap's "doby , " and was frying his venison for him , otc. , buckled on his artillery and rode over to the "dobj" determined to have his sister or blood , hu found the girl engaged in household duties , and endeavored to induce her to come homo with him , but was un successful. The Gospor county chap appeared on the ncono and i > rovonted a tragical termination to this I'.il'uir by showing up a marriage certificate , and otherwise convincing thu big brother that things were straight. The big brother loft the young couple to enjoy their romantic honey moon , and murmured as ho rode home , all's well that ends well. The portion are all well known in this community. A GREAT RAILWAY URIDCJE. Crossing n. Ravlno In tlio Allegheny Mountains SOO Foot Deep. N. V. Hcrnld. On thu top of thu Allegheny moun tains , at the point whore the Brad ford extension of the Etio raihvay in to pass , is a slight impcdi i out in the way of a rnviuo 300 teet deep. The chief engineer of the Erie , Mr. Cha- mite , yesterda ; exhibited to a re porter of thu ller.ild his plans tor getting over this impediment. For some time it has delayed a railroad connection between that section nnd Pittsburg. It is virtually a valley , running lengthwise the mountain range , whoso nails are 2,200feet above the level of the sea , and whoso bottom is washed by the waters of Kinzua creek. In some places the depth of the valley is 700 foot , and iiOO foot was about the first favorable crossing point that was to be found. The place is about twenty-seven miles from Johnsonburg , the terminus of the extension , and about thirteen miles from liradford. Work was be gun last fall upon a structure which , when completed , will bo thu highest railway bridge in the world. The length of the bridge will bo over 2,000 foct , that distance to bo covered with twenty-two piers of iron and twenty- three spans. Trinity church and its bteeplo might be putbesidutheloftiest spun and yet bo hftuon feet short of it. Two low stone piers will underlie each iron ono , the total masonry work amounting-to 2,200 cubic yards. The country thereabouts is ex tremely wild , nnd Mr. Chanuto said that tne masonry work , which is nearly completed , r * Bembleel from the approaches a forrest of piers. The length of the piers will bo 40 feet and the length of the spans CO feet. The piera will bo 110 fuet wid j at thebaso , tapering gradually to a width of lii feet at the top. Mr. Clarke , of the firm of Clarke. Reaves & Co. , of Phou- nixvilld , Pa. , the contractors of the iron work and the builders of the ele vated loads in this city , called the re porter's attention to the fact that the piers at the base would bo one- third of their hight , which was considered by engineers to be the cor rect pioportion ior a staunch struc ture. The Tay bridge , whoae fall re cently cost so jiiany lives , was con structed , hu said , of piers 80 feet high and only 10 feet at the base. In a few weeks they would have a small army of men employed in the ravine putting up the iron , and they xpocted to complete the structure by about the 1st of Juno. Its total cost will bo about § 300,000. Mr. Clarke said that some railroad bridges across wide ravines were lowered in the mid dle , leaving a downward and upward grade. This would not do for the Erie at this point , because no engine could pull the heavy freight trains up such a grade. There will be a consumption of 2,500 tons of iron in the whole structure , and some of the hoisting methods employed in putting up the string pieces of the elevated road will be used again there. Work can bo continued upon several pieces at onco. Both Mr. Chunute and Mr. Clarke * agreed tlmt there was no railway bridge in the world of ao great height as this will be. The Kentucky river bridge is 270 foot high , the great Pe ruvian railway bridge in 235 feet , the Portage bridge , on the Erie's main line , is 234 feet , and the Niagara BUS- pension bridge is 275 feet. A Seat for iBores. Domcr Tribune. " Forsomo time pasta dilapidated chair has occupied a prominent place in one of The Tribune editorial rooms. It occurred to one of the gentlemen of the force to utilize it as a pitf.ill for bores. So ho carefully cut the cane seat out of it , pasted a paper over the yawning hole thus created , nnd ar ranged a lot of old exchanges over the pasted paper in such a manner as to create the impression that they were thrown there from the exchange table. Very naturally , the visitor would plank himself in this inviting chair , and as naturally , tumble through the papers upon the floor. Mr. Ilenry L. 1-eldwisch , the gifted editor of The Inter-Ocean , hud heard oft hia little scheme of entertaining strangers , and in his paper of Satur day made an elaborate notice of it. .Last evening he paid a casual visit to The Tribune edituual rooms , und 'or- yetting ull about his expose of thu treasured secret , ( hopped into that u.iino chair with a comfurtuble hoil of u sigh. There came u crash like the burning of a mill-dam , and Mr. l < 'cld- wUch went through the frail scat of tlm * rhiir'iki ' xruaied li > ; hti > ing. Hu iloulili-U Ui , 111 , .t JUKI. K > 111hie knuca utrikuig him in iJn. chin and knocking out two front teoth. Hia ears caught on the aides of th chair and were badly lacerated , It took two printers and a reporter to extri cate him from his embarrasuing pre dicament. Thu next time ho gives away onu of The Tribune's practical jokes , lu will perhaps have a carp not to tamper with the object of his bo- trayal. Ex-AnkUtant Postmaster. CINCINNATI , O.Sept. 2 , 188. H. H. WARNEII , & Co. : Sinn I iiavu used your Safe Kidney nnd Liver Cure for chronic dys ntory , contracted while in tlio army , with the most bappy results , fob 28-dlw JOUBVH H. THOKNTOM. HOUSES -A.3XT3O For Sale By I FIFTEENTH STS AHDJOUQLM , , 173. Home 3 rofjinn , full tot nn Plorexj roar Sutli direct , gt.CDO. 177 , IlonaJ 2 rooms , lull lot on Dou lM ne t ! OthsTcct70n. 17C , llifiuilfiil residence , lull lot on CnuncM 10th n'rcot , 812,000. 174 , Two houstsanJ J lot on Dcxlro near Oth- Btrcot , 81 COD. 170 , UOIHO Ihrco room' , lun cloiele , B.C. , liilf Iotoii21st tnr Uracontrcut , SbOO. 172 , One nnd one-hilt story lirlek lio\ise an two loin on Douglas ncnr 2Mb ctrict , Jl,7' ' 0. 171 , House two rooms , wellextern , etible , o e lull lot near 1'lrrco nnd 13th sire t , TOO. 17U , One and olio-half utorj lioiifo six rooms- vnl w ll , hsll lot on Coiivcnt s'tcat ncur St. Mnrj stt\cnuc , S1.3M1. No. 170 , UotisoilircuroQiri' on Clltiton street Mcnrshot owcr 326. No. 1HD , House nn 33il20 feet lot on street ncur Welnt r strcut , ? 3ttO. No. 1CR , llniua of 11 rnon n , lot 33x123 fcit on 10th n. . nr Hurt fctrict , 85,000. No. 107 , Twobtory house , 0 rooms 4 closets , , cooil wl ar , on IMIi tticun mar I'oniilcton't e , iK , No. IOC , New houfro of ( I rocmv , half lot on UirJ n ar 10th street , Jlf60. J > 'o. 101 , Onu finil ono hill ston house 8 roomt on 18th street i car Leaver uortli , $3,600. N. 1(11 ( , Ono and one-hull ttory ' oueu of C > rooms near llanpccrn Park , $ lt > 00. No. 163 Tun IIOIIKCS 6 rooms each , closets , etc on Hurt street mar 25th , $3,600. No. 167 , house Ororme , full lot on 10th Mrcet near Lea\env\orth , $2,400. No. 110 , House 4 largo rooms , 2 closets l.alf aero on Hurt ( treat near Dution , $1,200. No. 166 , Two houses , onu of 6 and ono of I room" , on 17th street near Maroy. 93,200. No. 164. Three houses , one of 7 snd two of E roenm each , nnd corner lot on Cass nor 14Uv street , 91JOW , Nr. 163 , small hou-o and full lot on Pacific near 1 , th ttrcct , $2,600. No. 161 , Ono story houio G rooms , on Leaven- worth near 10th , ? 3,000. No. 160 , IIo < so thiee rooms and lot 92xllE > i car 20th and Karnham , $2,600. No. 148 , Now house of eight rooms , en 18th street n-ar Lroomiorth $3,100. No. 147 , Homo of 13 rooms n 18th street near Marcy , $5,000. No. 140 , Hou'o of 10 rooms and IJlots on 18th street near Matey , $0,600. No. 145 , House two largo rooms , lot 67x210 foe otihljcrnan ; ucmieieth street ) near Nicholas 51,600. No 143 , House 7 rooms , bnin , on 20th sticot near Lca\enwortr , $2,600. No. 142 , Ilou'O 6 roemi , kitchen , etc. , on lCtk street near Nicholas , $1,675 No. 141 , HoUiO 3 rooms on Douglas near 26th. street , S0. No , 140 , larpe house and two lotc , on 241 near Karnhumxtrot , $8,0 0. No. 189 , Hi u. e 3 rooniH , lot GOxlSGj feet , on Douglas near 27th street , $1,600. No. 1ST , House 5 rooim at d half lot on Capita avenuesnear 24ii s.roet , $2,30U. No. 136 , llou-c iind hilt acre lot on Cumlug * street mar 24tli ? r&0. No. 131 , House 2 ro'nw , full lot , on I turd nuin 21 t street , SSOO. No. 129 , Twuhourcs oi-o of 0 and one of < rooim , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street , $2 , Eft I No. 127 Two story 1 oueo 8 rooms , half lot on Wcbiter near 19th $3,6i > 0. No. 126 , House,3 roomx , lot 20x123 feet on 26lh s'rcf t near DouclisS07. . No , 125 , Twoftory hou-e on 12th near Dodg * street lot'3x6t ) feet $1,200. No. 124 , Largo house nnd full block near' Farnham and Ceirral street , $9OU * > . No. 12.1 , Homo G rooms raid lar 'O lot on Saunders - - dors si reel near liarmcKs , 91100. No. 122 , House 0 rooms and half lot on Web ster near 16th street , $1,600. No. 113 , House 10 rooms , lot 30x90 fe t on Capltoi a\cnuo near 22d street , $2,050. No. 117 , House 3 rooms , lot 30x120 foct , on- Capitol avenue near 22d $1,600. No. 114 , House 3 rooms on Doughs near 2Cth > itrcct , S760. No. 113 , Uouso 2 rooms , lot 60x90 feet on ncur Cumii g htrect , $760. No. 112 , Itrlck house 11 rooms and hall let on Ctsa near 14th street , 82,6UO. No. Ill , House 12 roomhlon | Daenport near k20th street , $7,0 0. No. 110 , Itrlck house and lot 22x132 feet ou Cass street near 15th , $3,009. No. 108 , 1 argo house on JUrncy near 16th strtct , 38,600. No 109 , Two houses and 36x132 foot lot on Cos * near 14th street , $3,600. No. 107 , Homo 5 rooms and half lot on Iiard u car 17th gtrct , $1,200. .NO. 106. Hoiifoandlot 01x198feet , lot on 14th neir Pierce street , SOCO No. It 5 , Two etory- house 8 rooms with 1 } lot" on benard near Saundtrs street , $2EOO No. 103 , Ono and one naif story house 10 rooms- Webster near 16th street , $2,500. No. 102 , Two houses 7 rooms each and j lot on 14th near Chicnso , $4,0.0. No. 101 , House 3 room * , cell r , etc. , 1 } Iota ou- South iwcnuoucar Pacific stres1 , $1,650. No. 100 , House 4 rooms , cellar , etc. , half lot eB Izard street near 16th , $2,000. No. 99 , Very hrgo home and full lot on Ilnr- noy near 14th street , $9 000. No. 07 , Largo honeu ol 11 rooms on Sherman' avenue neir ; Clark ulrtet , make an odor. No. 00 , ne and one half s > orj house 7 rooms- lot 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , on Sherman ave nue near draco , $7100. No. 92 , Large brick house two lots on Daven port street near 10th $18,000. No. 00 , Large hoi se anil full lot on Dodo near ISihtro t , $7,00) . No. 89 , Largohause 10 roomi ball lot ou 20th near California street$7,600. . No. 83 , Largo house 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful corner lot on Cass n ar 20th , $7,000. No. 87 , Two story route 3 roon > 6 acres eland land LI ) Saundcrd street near Barracks , $2,000. No. b5Two stores nncl a rcslmnce 011 leased half lotnear Mason and 10th street , $ 00. No 4 , Two etory hou o 8 rooms , closets , eic , , with 6 acres of ground , on Sauudcra Direct near Umaha H.rrncKs , 82 600. No. 83 , Ilouseof 9 roors , hall lot en Onpltol' avenue near 12th street. $ . ' , (00. No 2 , Ono nnd ono halt story I cuiii O'roomt * lull lot on Pierce near 20th street , 11,800. No. 81 , 'I wo 2 story houses , ono of S > and one 0 rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000. No. SU House 4 rooms , closets , etc. , largo lot on lEth street near Whlto Lead works , $1,300. No , 77 , large house of 11 rooms , closets , col. hr , ct. ; . , with Ijlottn Farnham iiL.'rlDthnireoS : . I3.0CO. No. 7U , Orcan j one-half Etory house of 8 rooma , . lot 00x81 feet on Caen near 14lh street , $4,600. No. 76 , House 4 rooms and basement lot' 16Jxl3'2 Kct on M rcy rieur citli street , $ d7t > .l - - ! No. 74 , Large brick house and two full lota on Da\cnportrcar 16th street , 816COO. No. 73 Onu and one-la f story haute and lot 36x132 feet on Jac.son near 12th street , $1,8CO. No , 72 , Largo brick houho 11 rooms , full lot on Da\o port near Hth street , J5,0-K ) . No. 71 , I argo hou e 12 rooms , full lot on Call- fornU near 20h struct , 7OJO. No 6C , Hlatile and 3 full lots on Franklin street mar BauinliTJ , f,000. No , 64 , To tory frame buildlnsr , store below and ioorn ftbote , on lened lot on Dodge near 16th ttrixt , (800 No. dl , Home 4 roomx , bi iment : , etc. , lot 93i2'Xicet on It til itrat ixai > all Works , 1,7W po. 02 , New lic/u u 4 ri-oino one itory , lull lot on Hartley near "Ittttitet , $1,760 , No. HI , Lar t huunu 10 rooo. ) , full lot on Bur near 21 i utrtot , $5,000. No. CO , llontc 3 ro ins , half lot on Dtenport near 23d utri-.l , l,000. No 69 , Kuur housm and half lot on Conn mar miintrcU $26-'iO. No 6d , lloubo ol 7 rooms , full lot Webster near 21st ttreet.t2,60(1. ( No. 67. homo of 0 r OIIIH , lot CO\HO feet on 21't ktriet near tit. ilarj'anveniiu. $1,000. No.tU , Houxeol 10103IH9 , full lot on Califor nia near ilht street , $ jtOO. No , 60 , HoutoO rooim , tun full | i.tx on 19th bt'e-ct r nut I'iul. $11,01/1. NoI'J ' iUl. h u * II ' MMIH lull lot nn Karn > li.un n Ar ' tit str < .tt # 0,000. No. 48 , JlouBO of U roaiiis , lull tot em i'aclfl near 9th stre'i't , $ JOOfl No , 10 , Lirgo huuto with full block near ch to ti , $2,000. t-'o. 46 , Largo liouso 7 IOOUH , closets , etc. , 18th .trrtt niarC'ark ' , $3.000. No. 44 , House ami full lot on Chlea o near 21nt Btrcut , $5,000. No. 43 , llou'oaml two lota on Chicago IifA 22d strut $7.6UO. No 37 , llotmu of 8 rooms , 1) ) lots on 19th near MchuUa street , $3,060 No. 26 , Two 2 story brick houses with lot Hxl32 feit on Chicago near 18th street , $5,600' each , BEMIS' REAL ESTATE AGENCY 16th and EHjuglu Street ,