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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1882)
OMAHA DAUL , BfJi ) : FREDA ? MARCH The Omaha Bee I'nbltshod every morning , except Bon Any The only Monday morninj dally. CJfiltMSBYMAIL- 3ne V ar. . . . . $10.00 I Three Month * . 83.0 Biz Months. 5.00 One . . 1.0 THE WEEKLY BEE , pnbllAedov ory Wednesday. ; 11E11MS POST PAIDs- One Year. $2.00 I ThreeMontlu , . 6 3irMonthi. . . . 1.00 | Ono . . Communl i lation * relixtini ? to News And Editorial mat ' ' ere should bo addressed to the L'DITOB 01 ! THK BEE. BUSINESS LETTEnS All Bnslnc * Letters and Remittances should be ad i drcpeed to THE OMAHA PunusiiiNO COM fANT , OMAHA. Draft * , Checks nnd Poil office Ordeis to be made payable to th < order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , .Prop'rs . , Ei KOSEWATER. Editor. WiiirriKKn has boon dismissed from West Point for deficiency in his stud ies. The consideration of those can didn't enter into the question. SmriiEun is trying to pone as a second end Oak Ames. It is eafo to say thai ho lies when ho assorts that General Gar field approved of Mn Peruvian guano scheme. 'Tun Chinese must go. Both houses have pasted the anti-Chinese bill and the heathen Chinese question is for- oror taken out of politics. I1 IT takes four hours to tfot a photo graph by monns of the electric light. The woman who can "look natural" for this length of time can secure ono of those prizes. TUB only Colorado man who hasn't boon precipitated on the interior port ; folio is Tom Bowcn. Every ether "prominent politician" hao boon men tioncd for the place. Iv the mines on the Pacific coast ro yiving out , agriculture is doing her verybeutto make uptho deficiency. Wheat is reported as the most promis ing for acreage In many years , and seeding is actively progressing. ' A niUj has boon introduced in the Ohio scnato prohibiting the railroads from giving passes to public officers | or delegated to political conventions. . - . Ohio seems to bo taking the "anti- | , monopoly disease" as the monopoly organs call it. j , OHIO and Michigan have both com [ ' pletod their redistricling. In Ohio [ I seventeen out of the twenty-three congressional seats nro reported as safe for the republicans , vrhilo Michi gan expresses confidence in securing a solid republican state. Old Elbridgo Gerry's little schema still brings forth political fruit , TUB patent office is ono of Iho self- supporting departments of the gov ernment , The OXCOBS of receipts over expenditures last year was $2-18,493.- 01. Over thirty thousand applica tions for patents were iilcd last year , and 17,620 wcro granted. During the year 4,038 pa- expired. COLLKCTOH ROBEIITHON laughs at the idea that ho is to bo displaced from the Now York custom house , IIo has just1 returned from a visit to Wash ington and assorts that President Ar thur and himself have u perfect un derstanding. Mr. Robertson's laugh will bring sadness to a number of hun gry Now York politicians. INDUNB arc interfering with the progress of work on the Northern Pa- oific and a company of troops from Fort Hondo has been ordered out to protect the laborers. This is a much inoro praiseworthy occupation for the federal forces than the overawing nnd intimidating of laborers in a quiet city on the ground that they were a riotous mob and needed to bo kept under control by military force. men ought to bo specially interested in n bill now before con gress , requiring all freight cars to have the "bumpers" of a uniform height. Ono of the most frequent causes of death from coupling cars is caused by the foot that the bumpers aio of different heights , and , parsing ono another , crush the brakeman or yardsmon between the opposite pint- forme. Different manufactories of cara have no uniformity in the height of tbo'bumpon from the track. The bill should certainly pas * in the in terests nf human safety and human lifo. ACCORDING to the voracious and veracious war correspondent of the Lincoln Journal , Omaha merchants have boon very rude toward the mili tia that came hero to protect us from a red-handed mob. The voracious and voracious war , correipondont says Omaha merchants refused to sell Iho boys oven a collar , cuff or handker chief. This is very moan , but there isn't a Word of truth In it. Wo have never known an Omaha merchant to refuBO the money of anybody that , wanted to patronize him. ) It is poa- Bible , however. , that flom9 pf .our inor- OUR NATIONAL SIZE. Our atlas compilers will bo compelled polled to reverse their figures of stati areas since 'ho publication of tin final census bulletin relating to th subject. Great care was taken ti secure absolutely correct figures as fa as possible and the result is a numbci of important changes which affec nearly every state and territory in th Union. Texas still loads as the largcs state territorially , having 202,801 square miles , and Rhode Island is th smallest , with 1,085 sqvaro mil01 The largest territory is Dakota , will 147,700 , which will bo decreased upoi the ndmusion of the southern portioi as a state nftcr the taking of n ccnsii in June. Nevada boasts of tholnrges county in all the states , which coven an nrca equal to the three states o Vermont , Now Hampshire and llhodi Island and is larger than the states ol Massachusetts , Now Jersey , Conncc ticut , Delaware and Rhode Island combined. The smallest county it the United States has the largest pop illation Now York covering onlj twenty square miles. Custor county , Montana , loads territorial cotmlici with an area of 00,500 square miles , which is larger than the stale oi In diana. The whole United States comprises 3,025,000 square miles , With a pop ulation of over 50,000,000 this givce aixtoon and n fraction parsons to the mile. In the order of sizes the states rank as follows , the figured showing the square miles : 1 Texas 282,200 2 California IGS.OSO 3 Nevala 109,74'J ' 4 Colorado . .103Mr ( 5 Oregon 9J.KGO (5 ( Kansas . . . , 81,700 7 Minnesota 70,205 8 Nebraska 70,18s 9 Missouri 08,735 10 Georgia 081)80 11 Michigan ' . f,7-30 ! 12 Illinois 60,000 13 Iowa 66,475 11 Wisconsin. , 64,4riO IS Florida . ' . ' 51,210 10 Arkansas G,04f : ) 17 Alabama pl.&lO 18 North Carolina 48,680 10 New York 47,620 20 MiHui'tippl , -10.310 21 Loulilann -15,420 22 Pennsylvania -I l)8."i ! ) 23 TonnciEce 41,720 21 Ohio .10,700 25 Virginia 40,12.f 20 Kentucky..v 10,03 27 Indiana , 35,91' ' 28 South Carolina 30,17' ' 29 Maine 29.MO 30 Wctt Virginia 21,615 31 Maryland t ! ) , BGu 32 Vermont 9,155 33 New Ilnmpahhe 9OT > 31 Massachusetts , 8,010 35 New Jersey j. . * . , , ' . .i 7,455 30 Connecticut 4,340 37 DelawHre : 1,000 33 Khode Island 1,085 CURIOUS CUSTOMS According to an observing Wash- ngton letter writer some curious and Irno-honorod customs , which are fit ubjccta for congressional Invostiga- ion have clung to the United States upromc courE over since its first CD- nblishmnnt. Most of thoeo are very ucstionablo , and make demands upon lie national treasury. ( On this ac- ount their discussion by the public unnot bo considered as an unwarrant' bio intrusion upon the privacy of the omuro 'gentlemen who wear the som- ro gowns and drowsily read over IBCS which are already three yoara ohind the calendar. Ono custom has eon the allowance of certain foes to 10 clerk of the court which fro- uontly aggregate , it is said , $40,000 year , or $30,000 moro than the sal- ry of a justice. Ono expensive cus- i in is the exaction of two dollars a > go for copies of decisions which ; her copyists would gladly write for in cents n pago. This custom , in the JBOIICO of the printing of decisions , a rich harvest for the clork. An- ; her custom prevents any ono , news- ipor reporter or lawyer , from writ- g notes in the presence of the court , ith the irosult of forcing all who do- ro to secure a correct report of a do- oion to pay the clerk's fees for a copy it , and to wait his convenience and casure before Dotting it. The salary of a justice of the au- omo court is $10,000. It will sur- iso many to learn that there are a imbor of perquisites connected with o oflice. Custom allows him his rriago and a body servant. Tim > dy servants are paid $1,200 a your ' the government. Oustom forbids 0 justice to select his own attend- its. The newly appointed ofllcial is ihged to retain the body servant of s.predecesBoi , and it is not known at the custom has over boon viola- d. It is stated that the servants' rtlis become family inheritances id no new mor. are over lot into the ug. If the question is raised wliy ngroaa has permitted such curious atoms to prevail the answer is at nid , Custom has decreed that as matter of courtesy all bills relating the court must first bo sent to it r inspection. This effectually pro mts any uprooting of these time- mored customs , which would , it ap- uira , bo much moro honored in the each than in the observance. The gnity of the court ought , doubtless , bo preserved , But there seems to 1 a great deal of fuss and feathers in nnection with practices of a very icstionable nature which might bo iry satisfactorily dealt with by the ngreesional pruning knife. I'ui IKON KKLLY , who is also chair- an pf the waya and moana commit- o , has found himself forced to bow the decision oftho , republican cuUr i ] , and has reported a bill to' ' the house which loaves untouched the tru on whisky and tobacco , Mr. Kelly , on behalf the extreme protectionists , had determined to make such a rcduc tion in the revenues of the govern ment that any tariff tinkering would have been put out of the question , The republican majority , who wen scarcity prepared to father a radica measure of this nature , which woult have prevented any tariff adjustment interposed their veto. The result i a bill which , instead of ditninishin ; the annual revenue by $70,000,000 takes only $10,000,000 from the receipts coipts of the national treasury , The bill repeals all other internal revenue taxes except the liquor and tobaccc tax , and that on bank circulation The only argument for abolishing n portion of the tax on tobacco ant whisky was that a greater revenue would bo yielded by a smaller tax. No article * of consumption are so well able to boar tax as those , and the object in lightening Iho grcsont revenue nuo derived from their taxation was too plain to bo concealed. Tariff adjustment justmont to the disadvantage of a number of very oppressive monopolies is sura to come. Mr. Kelly and hie committee may bo able to retard , bul they will ere lontj have to yield. A DANGEROUS MEANCE. MATCH itovi ) informs us that he has instructions frnm the state au thorities to call on General Orook , under the standing order of the presi dent , for the services of the regular troops at Fort Omaha in any emer gency which may hereafter arise of a character similar to that which neces sitated the presence of the troops in this city. It , therefore , remains to bo euggcsted to the riot and strike leaders that discretion in their case is still the betfor part of valor. [ Re publican. How long do Mayor Boyd and the corporation j.apurs propose to keep up this criminal futco ? Upon what moat docs thin our Ciusar food thai ho as sumes to put this city under martial law at his option ? By what authority can Governor Nance delegate powers to Mayor Boyd which the constitution of the state has vested in him alone and for whioh lie alone is personally responsible ? By what authority -can the preai- lent issue a standing order to placa a itanding army at the disposal of the mayor of any city , or even of the gov- jrnyr of any state ? The president : an only plnco regular troops at the liapCBal of the governor of any itato in case the military force of such itate are unable to suppress domes- .ic insurrection , provided the legifl- aturo of'tho etato is not in session. iVhonovor the insurrection has boon lupprcssod the president is bound to vithdraw the troops and ho cannot egally order them back without a new rquisilion fiom the governor or the ogislature. If the president could SBUO standing orders to army oflicers 0 occupy any city at the call of its nayor ; the mayor could ai [ pleasure ) ccorrio military usurper. The only tuthority to call out troops in case if domestic insurrection is the gov- irnor , but ho can only oxorcico that > ewer upon requiation from the nayor and sjioriff when they certify hat the police and constabulary ari ) oworlcss to make arrests or' ' onforci ho process of the courta. State am nunicipal executives must not tram ) lo low under foot under pretense > f enforcing law and ordor. This talk about riots and mobs , anc hose throats of military rule anc nnrtial law , are a menace to the iborty of every law-abiding citizen. ) uring the recent military occupation f Omaha martial law was established 1 this city without the shadow oi jgal authority. If wo wore not un- or martial law , as Mayor Boyd main- tins , how could any soldier put a itizon to death while in the perform nco of duty ? What iluty could any aldior perform in a city where 10 civil law was supreme that would How him to kill a citizen without jbjooting him to punishment , un- 133 the killinr/ was done in self-do- inso , to save his own lifo. With this outrage fresh in the pub 0 mind , the threats made in the amo of Mayor Boyd are , to say the laat , decidedly ill-timed. Tokuumh Items. Jltor oi Tin UKE ; TKKAMAJI , March 20.St Patrick's ay at this place was celebrated by a rand ball given by the members of 10 Pleasant Hours association , Not- ithstunding the numerous engage- lonti of Prof , Mossir'tt orchestra , of ort Omaha , the president , Mr. Xtn- or , had scoured the services ot this jntlomau , and , in company-with Mr , ands , , Mr. Shotlechor , Mr. Rublin , nd Mr , Understood , Prof , Messir ellnhtod the aiidionco with his exool- int music. It far imrptvaod uuythilu ; f the kind ovorgium before , mid thu ll'ortB of the olllrernof the association 3 make the entertainment enjoyable ro highly appreciated by all the mem- ors. Mr , Harry Underwood pre- intcd himself with aboautifaj cornet , nd the first tune displayed on it waa isorved for the occasion. Mr. Un- or ( rood deserves special mention for 10 very able and efficient manner ith which ho played his solos , nnd ) Prof , Mcssir , aa well as to all of la men , many thanks are duo for the voly interest they take in our enter- linnionts , The effect of beautiful onion in elegant toilets , of the buzz E merry laughtpr and voices , wan to scall pleasant reminiscences ot Durlgor days. Al 1230 ; a. m. they 1 departed for hoino , well satisfied ith their pleasant evening. A VETERAN'S ' VISION. How the Old Boys of the Arm ; Will Run Politics , By Electing Gen , Thuyer Sena tor and Our Own "SI. " Governor , VftndervoortforCongress from the East District Part of the Scheme. A Story that Xtoiultod from T < x Mnoh Camp Fire. Bpectal Corrcupondcnco ol Tin - . LINCOLN , March 23. The moro enthusiastic thusiastic members ot the Grand Arm } of the Republic have been hero thii wcok to welcome the advent and speoc the departure of their most worthj commander , General Merrill. Having accorded him a hearty reception am swapped atones all around concerning their individual exploits in the lah sanguinary episode , they have gone homo again. There is , by the way , a auspicious amount of activity minis onoKn jnst at present , which betokens an in tention of taking a somewhat active part in the coining campaign. Moot ing ono of the warriors last evening who waa a little too deep in his cups , your correspondent tackled him as to the wherefore of the G. A. R.'s present onomy. "Wo are going to shako up the politicians a little this fall , "he ans wered. "Why , " asked the correspondent dubiously ( for ho has heard many rigorous denials of the fact ) , is the 3. A. R. a political organization ? " "You hot ] that is , it is when wo want ii to be. It proposes to have A LITTLE FUN , hii ye ir , anway. ' "What is the programme you have sot for yourself ? " "We're going to make .Tolm M. Thayer our next senator. " "How do you propose to do that ? " "Got up a boom for him , of course , [ 'ho ' next otato oncapincnt is to bo lold at Grand Island ' ( Thayor'a home ) n August. That wiw a cut-and-dried jorformanco. Then Thayer is going around to addreaa all the posts , and organize now ones in his own interest. ' "Aro you going to endeavor to pack 1\ next legislature with veterans ? " "You tumble to the scheme. Then we are eoint ; to elect Alexander gov- rnor.1' ' ' "What else ? " "Ed Roggon is to bo the candidate or secretary of state. " "What else ? " "Vandervoort for congrees from the astern district. " , This last' horrible suggestion BO tuggored your correspondent that ho was unable to > TDIISUE HIS INVESTKIATIONS urthcr. When ho recovered his jquanamity the veteran had departed. ? he question which now arises is- Was the man drunk enough to toll ho truth ? The governor atill refrains from ailing the legislature together , on ho indefinite plea that ' 'there is ilonty of time. " Numerous members af the legislature have been here dur- ngthopast week to gain some post , ivo information on this subject. Parties are now engaged in number- ng the stores and residences in this jity , preparatory to inaugurating the system ot letter delivery by carriers. The Philadelphia system of number ing 100 to a block will bo adopted. There is talk of putting Judge Ma- lon up as a candidate for mayor on a temperance ticket. The republican : ity convention moots on the 1 st of Vpril. Alderman Do'olittlo will prob ibly bo the nominee- for mayor. The report of the county poor farm ihowa that it cost , last ycat , $2,5101 The AVERAGE NUlinHK if inmates was twenty , and the , yoragq cost per head per week lighty cents. The Itiolman English Opera com- > any in "Patience , " Diiproz & Bono- lict , and Thomas W. Keene , are the ommg theatrical attractions for next rook. Ana us. NINE YEAES FOR NOTHIN& , LnOutrnp.e Equalled Oily by the Heartless Landlords ot Ireland. 'he ' St. Joe Si Denver Land Sharks Tlio Eviction of Farmer MoOonald. OHIOWA , March 20 , 1882. 0 tin Editor of The Bet : * L Writ of Ejectment Served and Exe cuted by thn U. S. Marshall , 'ho ' old St. Joe & Denver City 11 R , Co. vs. Allen McDonald. March 17 , 1882. Now , sir , I fjivo you the facts of the iso as Mra , McDonald gave them ) mo. Nine yoara aye McDonald homo- leaded the quarter acoMon in qties. ou (8uc. ( 11 , T , 5 R. 1 vn ) at oarico , paying the regular lauda lib i ie. The family at once moved upon 10 plaoa and commenced itnp.ovu- outs , or , in ether works , wont to ork and worked hard ou the place oni that day until the 10th inst , After living on the place five years id aoiiio months , McDonald waa iiir irmud by ono of the railroad ofllciala mt the railroad company claimed his ud , and fqr the oonsideration of 200 ho could hare a quit claim deed om the railroad company , McDonald now goes to the land Ice at Beatrice with two witnesses 1 prove np havinu faithfully fulGlled is part of the cohtrac with the goy. ninont. The government oflicial in ie land omco now informs McDonald to St. Joe & Denver City railroad atcader his entry Ice , but "go wes young mnn" and homeatend again. However , JfcDonald had confidonci in U o government , nnd felt BfUisfiet his rights as n homesteader and as at American citizen would be fully ofttab lished in a short time , so ho stuck U his homo , "who would not , " na tin scquonce shows lo his Borrow. List autumn Me. received notice ic attend the U , S. court nt Omnlu ( with m ny others ) , to show cau why ho should not bo ousted , No-v , sir , with us farmers inonoj fails U > grow on bushes , no Me. failed to attend the railroad court. On the evening of March 8th and the morning of March 9th , the U. S marshal terved a writ of ejectmonl upon McDonald , ordering him off the place forthwith. McDonald informed the gentleman of goodly proportions , ho ( Me. ) would have to bo carried off , upon which the maihal gave him ( Me ) company claim his farm. No olFet b'im ; made to return the homo one week to pack up and bo gone. As a natural course of events the week passed , the ICth of March came and the marshal returned. Mrs. MoDonild was loaded into the bupgy and 'crossed over the section line where all her household goods had proceeded her , where die and her four little ones were left , "whore , oh , whore ! " The husband arrested and marched off to Lincoln. Now , sir.thia man McDonald paid the entry ice for his land , got his entry papers , lived up in his farm nine years , broke the prairie sod , put on what improvements ho could paid three years taxes.Now if govern ment officials make blunders , and supreme courU decide in favor of railroads , has this man no rcdreas ? "Consistency thoii art a jewel. " H. B. OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS. CALIFORNIA The democrats will meet in itnte con vention at San Jnee , on the 20th nf June. There uro C00,35-l ncroa of land Assessed n Snlano county , of which 69,000 are > lantcd In wheat and 13,000 in barley. Th § "Farmers' bank'1 wai organized in freino last wealr , with a capital stock of 1100,000,20 per _ cent being paid up. L wia .each In president , Orer forty-snow slidoj occurred in the ! ojc ! district in less than a week , burying hirty-eight men under forty feet of enow. All were ( saved but seriously injured. Tht San Francisco Trades' Assembly ent greetini ; to the Omaha striker * , con- emnlngtha calling out of the military mil extending hearty gympathies to the eailors under arrest. The assopspr is listing i ropcrty in Ta- larua county for 1883 as follows : First Ixei laudu , $30 per acre ; common lands , 1.25 per acre ; nheat , SI per 100 poundaj p , 81.50 per htad. IDAHO. Over 200 Wood Kiver claims must have ohanged owners during the past six month" . Four smelters nro now on. Wood lliver , and four en route , Refining works in Col. Green's smelter nt Kotchum , two stamp mills , four steam hoisting works nnd nine more will come in the spring. A snow-tilde nt Bullion , in the Wood River country , the other d ly , buried the dwelling of Mr. Dobbins , smashing it to splinters. An infant child was killed ocd Mrs. Dobbins considerably injured. The Blackfoot atage arrived at Hailey , NVood IUver'thc ' other day , having'been ' six days on the road. The Eufforinca of the patsengers had been very severe. Five men hid become utterly snow-blind ; the eyes bulged out of their sockets , and they were utterly unable to nee. 'On ' a part of the road , the sleigh had sixteen horses n' tached , andiouly mada five miles duriu the day , _ WYOMING. Laramie had a $2,000 fire on the 20th. Newt. Major has sold his ranch an- - rattle , on the' Upper Platte , to Charle Hecht , of Cheyenne , the cattle bringini 522,50 per head The head writer of The Laramie Time is * , genius on pyramids. Their construe Lion is by all odds the most symmetrica ind unique specimen of the blacksmiths art of which u prairie city can boast. Th anxious reader stubs his too on n 2-em dash whore a , period h usually found , an reaches u full stop down the center o the next line. The editor has a weakues for ' 'slugs , " Another lich copper strike has been made in the Silver Crown district , eight ten miles from Cheyenne. Prof. Stanton the territorial engineer , lias assayed anc jxamined the ores and pronounces them riuartzites , with iron pyrites nnd sulphite carrying silver from 62 to $5 in a veil three feet wide of chrysocalla or greei illlicAte of copper , with copper glance nl through it carrying 2(5 ( per rent copper which ut present tow It worth nt leas 152 per ton , COLORADO. Denver bai 200 saloons. Alma has received a steam fire engine md citizens no beside themaelren with Over S15.000 have been subscribed to .he . building fund of the new ChristUt : lnu li at Denver. The second artesian well at 1'uobl truck pure water nt n depth ot 1,000 foot I he flow is very large. The town of Teller , North Park , sup lorts n public school of thirty-six scholars md numbers between " 800 nn-1 400 I nimbi , ant , Denver is to have nu oleomargarine fnc , ory. Th proprietors claim they can uantifacttiru tha article so thut it annnl iu detected when cuojpared with the ben ; r dts of butt"1 , It will coat the Denver & Bio Grand iompnny to complete the San Juan line 0 Silvert ; n , a distance of twenty-seven idles , 3.iOOlOO. lied Cliff to Boulder i-m lock Creek mine * , u distance of three , nile * yet to Int completed , $100,000 , iuu he Salt Luke connection with Gunnlsoi ity to Utah border , n distance ( if 10' uilo , $1 , 27,0'0. NEW MEXICO. Sheep iu New Mexico average he.ivli r loec'o * than those of Texas. "Gray liigle" mine Water Canon , near locmr , ' , assays $148 per tun. Gener 1 Grint nud Hob Inijersoll ate nt'r , Htediu mine * iu Lake Valley. The Vlziim comp-iny. uf Tomhst no , has 1 lid un to .late $ lJi : ) I'OO ' in diude il . A no''tu < if onu il llnr it in , inud in very able borlia i uri e hilmblunt nf the- muter , , > vai meav < it tu < .ui > > < uu juira whether a citizen or Ml n. A silver brio1 * weighlu } three thousand uneea was expressed east from the Tor- tnce mine at Socorr.i , on last Friday , 'his ' mine sold for $7,000 List fail , The survey of the A. , T. & S P. 11. H o's branch Hue from Sjcorro to the luck Itnngd bus been completed to a oint C5 mile from Sooorro , and over the Orel part of the route , Valuable copper mines are reported to ave been found on the middle Gila river , runt 1-ounty , in what in supposed to be a lountiiin of copper anil au extension of ie famous Clifton mines , They are * ne4 in Silver City , Geu. George B , MoPlellau in president t the Slhor City Mining < Ss Mill Co. . re- ititly orginized in New York , that 'nave urcnosed the interests of the Carrollton o. , including | a atauip mill aud three iine in and ne-ir Siher City. The Ooper co | per district on the Po-oi twcnty-hve mile * south of Lai Vcgac , fourteen miles from the tnilroad , anc easily ncce < sible i * tu uln < out very rich , Prospectors are miking good iino > , ore assaying from 817 t$300 per ton , DAKOTA. Mnrlon hni n sth iol compoced of sixty- two pupils. Elk Point ban tha meailca in it most malignant form , The nrteainn well nt Aberdeen in clnnn nine hundred feet. The Ynnkton railroad shops arc egnln in booming con llion. Forty dollar * for he d wa paid for cows in Swan Lake lant week. Like county has thirty-two Fchool m ts , most of them good , milMlantlal I uildings. One hundred carpenters lould lind i > ieady employment In Planklnton i < t tbo present time. The fir t house in Chamberlain \ elected last June , now the town is largo enough to support n good weekly paper. A Norwegian reading sicUly U about to 1 c organ 7.ul in Flandrnu , composed of nil the residents 'of that nationality in Moody county. Sioux Fnlls hns a Jn i > er Stdn Quarry company with n cash capital of 6100,000. The qunrruH are to be extensively worked this BI.BSI n , Th river hai not yet opeaed nt Bis- irikrck , nnd but for the chunk of solid ice which sticks at that torrid streak there would bo clear water all th * way to Bn > ton. ton.Two Two Indinnn gentlemen are in Kedfield 1 ( eking for locations for fifteen families who lire ready to otnrt as soon ns they are notified by telegraph which point to make. G. L. Barnard , sixty-seven years of nge. proprietor , of a Deauwood second-hand store , wns ( < und dead in his bed on the morning of the ICth. Twenty-two watches and a small sum of money w ro found in the bed with him. The Mennnnitcs , located three mile * from Bon Homme , are contemplating a removal to the Pacific slope. Agents sent out for that jiurpoEo have found de- lirublo locations in Oregon , nnd repori ; sayi tliat if they can dispose of tWir large estate they vill remove at an early day. MISCELLANEOUS. The Methodists of Washington Terri tory have decided to ( stablish a collage nt Spokane Fnlls. At Spokane Falls the complaint is made thnttke sawdust from the mill * is killing ; ho fish in the river. Wyoming nud Utah Legislatures have this winter passed laws prescribing fcee for the Secretary of Territories for the perf rmanco of certain official work. Owirg to the high rates of freight in Ne\ndi , several flouring mills nro being erected in various localities , s > that the wheat may 1m grnund into Hour uithotil the expense of two shipment ) * . PERSON ALITIIOS. Joaquia Miller is reported hard up. Vanderbilt's recent ball cost § 20,000. Jjcob 11. Shiplicrd has arrived in Wash ington to open his package of coric : > pond- euce. euce.Lt. Lt. Dnnenhr.uer telegraphs , via St. Pctersbatg : "Left eye ruined nnd must come out ; right eye affected by Hyinpathy , but can be saved. Health splendid. " Uev. W. B. Affleck , of Toronto , declar ed in a sermon that it was a libel on justice to send Sergeant Mason to pr.son for c is iharging A rifle at the grinning assassin. Dr. Swavely , of Chester , Pa. , who ( barged the estnte of old Peter Kurts J3,77o for 151 visits , haa had hin bill cut down to $115.25 , by n jury of farmers , A close fri nd of Roscoe Conkllng says the latter'a plan is to inakahimself , inde pendently rich by his'law practice by thd time the next senatorial election ia bold in New York. John G. Ehrin , f Uticn , made a Tracer that lie could drink two quartz of whisky nt a fitting. Ho d d soi nnd Hied in a few hourf. It's always well to deal gently with the Ehring. [ Lowell Cquricr , Congressman and Mrs. Cox's eight months' journov abroad cost juat S8,00 ( , I'hey went tj Europe with that to spend , ind when it was gone returns < home with their beads full ot interesting stories about foreign places. The opinion is gait ini' ground tbnt Oscar Wilde bears the same relation to a liotuvfide priest of the beautiful that a second-hand tea-store chroma or a ginger bread elephant bears to the fine iirts > Tew York Tribune. Gail Hamilton is writing letters to a Washington paper and vehemently de- nanding the passage of the Chinese bill , rile Chinaman who failed to return Gail's itrijcd ( Blocking- d ubtleas beginning to realize the magnitu 'e of his mistake. What , a fickle jade U fame ! Dr. Tanner , who not so long ago starved himself into internationnl notoriety , ia now living luietly in Buffalo , the unobserved of all ibservers , with none fo poor as.to do him ; ho reverence that goes with n polite rt- jumt for an autograph. A dispatch rein Constantinople Eaya ; httt "Gen. Lew Wallace , United States nini.iter , spent seven hour * witli the S'll- ' an yesterday , talking about Aincrlc.i. " Unless Gen.Xallaco told lhat story about what the governor of North Catoliuasaid .o the governor of South Curolioa , the . hancea are that the Sultnn had a pretty iry time. Isabella do Bourbon , ex-Queen of Spain , s Htlil royal , writes : i corr spon > cut , m her ixtravagance and geaocoaity , Ai an ex- unplo of the decree to which she exercises lie last-named virtue , it in said that she econtly allowed nil American painter iu Paris to make ' etches nf the whit- * mule i u her stables fir bis next Rnlou picture , vitliout chargiog him n co > t for it ! What n falling off ia here ! In the Lou- Ion Gaz-tto there Is the following an- luiincemenl under thn head of Bankrupts ; 'Htiggins , Ilorutla Janus , Hennerf-hM , lUsing-hlll-Btruet , 1'entoiiMlIe , and Horn- oy.i.rk-to.v ) , Ilonvey , formerly Chlif- lu tiu oi Sierra Leone , now or lately cnr ying on bo. inc3 with William Whitlicld lorner ns n mmufacturer of bottle-wash- n ? machines. ' Deuster , a Wisconsin congressman , lias i true iUi'ii of the congresamaii'a [ ewer .nil position. In nn after-dinner speech 10 si-'d , recently : "My experience in that lody ha > tau.-ht me the amo thing it did i CLrtuin judge , who said to me onc- < : Deuiter , n man thinks hlmH < < lf uwful big , t liouie ; but jiiht let hitn gtt here o cu nd take his cent In congress , and inbide of our wr < lc ) ini f.ni buy him fur n i-ong , ' . 'hat wus my ixpenence , too " And that J the expvrfcice of prutty muih every 'outig ' inn wh < | f ei toV hhin0'ton , FARM KUS AND MECHANIC'S. If y n > . * ir ! > i ivoll g.'jat u..nqp ) nd trouble , beaidos a no small bill f oxpunse , at this season of the year , ou should take prompt stops to keep ieoase from your household , The > stetn should b < > uluansed , blood untied , stomach und bowels rofula- jd , and prevent and euro diseased rising from spring malaria. Wo know f nothing that will so perfectly and urely do this as Electric Bitters , und t the trifling coat of fifty cent a bet > o. ' [ Exchange. Sold by Ish & McM ahon. 1 Oddities of Southern Life , " I By Henry Wattenon , Jitor of tht Louiiville Couritr-Jo\irnn\ \ , r . ' ' ' See the April HOUSE / . ' LOTS ! For Sale By AND DUDIMS UTS , 178 , Hondo 8 room * , ( nil Irt on rtrrcc tiutr ZUth street , $1CU > . 177 , House 2 rooms , full lot on Dougl/M Hour 26th street , 3700. , 17G , Demit Kill residence , full lotcti OMI n ar 10th Direct , J12.000. 171 , Two housesunJ > lot on Dodre noor Oth street , II.KX ) . 176 , House three roomr , two cloacU , etc. , hilt lot on 21et i rnr Qrnco street , ? 800. 172 , Ono &nd one-half ptory brick houxo in two lots on Douglas near 28th street , tl,7CO. 171 , Houeo two room * , cllci tcrn , stable , etc ( ull lot near I'ltrco and 18tb Btrott , 1950. 179 , Ono and one-halt nlory house elz rooms and well , halt lot on Cotivout street near St. Marj's a > cnuc , $1,860. No. 170 , Homo three rooma on Clinton ttroot near shot toner , { 325. No. ing , House anJ 33x120 ( eet lot on street nonr Wehst. r fitted , ? 3BOO. No. 10R , Hruso of 11 roon B , lot 33x120 foot on 19th mar Burt etrcct , $5,000. on 167 , Two story house , 0 rooms 4 closets , pond cellar , on Ibth ttrcet near 1'oppleton'B M0eo. No . 1C5 , Now house of 0 rooms , half lot on Jzard n > ur l li street , $1,860. No. 161 , Ono and ono half etory bouts 8 roomi on 18th street I car Leucr.worth , ? 3,600. N 161 , One apd onchalf utory touso ot 5 rooms near Hanacom Park , 91,600. No. 158 Two houses 6 rooma each , closets , < teen on Burt street near 25th , (3,600. No. 167 , house 6 rooms , full lot on IBUi street near Leaxennorth , $2,400. No. 166 , Houee 4 largo rooms , 2 closets half aero on Burt strcci near Dutton , SI,200. No. 1BE , Twolionsi-8 , ono of 6 and ono of 4 rooms , oh 17th street ncarllarcy $3,200. No. 164 , Three hoil e , one of 7 and tire oti reoo e each , end corner lot , on Casj ntar 14tb street , SI.OOO. Nr. IDS , small house and full lot on Pacific ncaj 12th street , $2,600. No. 161 , Ono story house 0 rooms , on Lcnren worth no.r 16th , $3,000. No. 1BO , riot so thiee rooms and lot 02x11 near 26th and Part hnra , $2,500. No. 148 , New houeo of elpht room * , en 18th street mar I/mermorth $3,100. No. 147 , House of 13 roorna on 18th street near Marcy , 85.COO. No. 140 , llou'o of 10 rooms and Hlots on 18th street near llnrcy , $0.000. No. 14 , House tuo larffo rooms , lot 07x210 fee im.Shcmtui a\uiue (16th street ) nuxr Nlcliolie ,600. So 143 , UOUBO 7 room ? , barn , on i0th ! etii-ot icar Lcavennortb , $2,600. No. 142 , Home 5 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 10th street near Nicholas , $1,875 No. 141 , IloUto 3 rooms on Douglas near 26tb itreet , $ ! > 50. No. 140 , Larpo houfo and two lota , on 24t icnr Farnhametrott , $8OtO. No. ISO , House 3 rooms , lot 00x166 ] feet , tanglju near 27th street , $1,600. No. 137 , House 5 room * acd half lot on 0 iplto kvonua near 23d euect , $2,800. No. 186 , House and half acre lot on Cutnlnc itreet near 24th $350. No. 131 , House 2 roc ma , full lot , on leant loan 21 t s-.rtet , $400. No. 129 , Two houses ono of 6 and ono of ,4 oems , on leaded lot on Webster near 20th Btroct. S.50J No. 127 , Two story rouse. 8 rooma , half lot on Yebetor near 10th $3,500. No. 120 , House 3 rooms , lot 20x120 feet on Iflth 3ir t near Uouclosb76. No , 125 , Two etory house on 12th near Dodge tre ot lotV3iW ( feat $1,200. No. 121 , Ijxrgo house and full block near Tarnham and Cen'ral street , $8,000 No. 123 , llouuo 6 rooms and lar e lot on Saun- lers street uear Banacks , $2 100. No. 122 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Web- ter near 16th strt-et , $100. No. 118 , House 1(1 ( rooms , lot 30x00 feet on ; upltol avenue near 22d street , $2,060. No. 117 , HotEo 3 rooma , lot 80xl2t } feet , on Japltol aenuo near 22d $1,600. No. 114 , House 8 rooms on Douglas near 2tth treet , 4750. No. 113 , FJouso 2 rosms , lot 66x00 foot on icar Cumlng street , $760. No. 112 , Itrlik house 11 rooms and half lot on hs3 near4tb strict , $2KX ! ) . No. Ill , House 12 roonufonlDa eniiort nea ' 2th street. $7,00. No. 110 , Brick houEO and lot 22x132 fee on ! aE3 street near 16th , $3,000. N'o. 108 , Largo hoiiso on Harney near 16th trjjt , $0,500. No 109 , Twohou ° es and 86x1 foot lot no 'nai near 14th street , $ J,500. No. 107 , House 5 rooms and half lot on fzar ear 17th str et , $1,200. t-o. 100. Ilouno and lot 61x103 feet , lot on 141 la car I'lcrco street , iWO No. 1 > 6 , Two btory house 8 rooma with 1 j lot n Reward near Blunders street , (2,800 No. 103 , Ono and one half story bouse 10 roon i debater near 16th street , $2,500. No. 102 , Two Louses 7 rooms each and J lot uu 4th near Chicago. $4,0.0. No. 101 , House 8 rooms , cell r , etc. , 1 } lotaon outh a\cnuenear 1'aclOc etreo , $1,6(0 , No. 100 , HOUAO 4 roorafl. cellar , etc. , half lot n Izard street ntar IBib , $2,000. No. 99 , Very Urge house and full lot on liar ey near 14th street , $9 000. No. 97 , Largo hooso of 11 rooms on Sherman Venue near Clark street , make an offer. No. 96 , One and one half story house 7 rooms it 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , on Hhorrnaa uvc- ue near Grace , { 7 ( ,00. No. 92 , Large brick hou o two lota on Davcn art street near 19th $18,000. No. 00 , Large ho'.eo and full lot on Dode car l&ih ttro t , $7.003. No. 89. Largohauso 10 rooma half tot on 20th ar California street , $7,600 No. 88 , J arge house 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful jrncrlotonCassmar20th , $7,000. No. 87 , Two story tiouso 3 rooma C ocroa o IDd on Saumlers street near liarracka , $2,000 No. 86 Two utorcitanda reslmnco on leased alf lot.near Jlison and 10th street , $800. No B4 , Two story houio 8 rooms , closeta , etc. , 'Mi5ai.reaof grmind , on Blunders street neat malm lUrVjcka , $2 600 No. 83 , lloniool U TOOTS , half lot on Capitol lonuo mar 12th BtrcU , $2,600. JNo 82 , One and ono half story touse , 0 rooms all lotou I'lurce near 20th street , $1,800. No. 81 , 'iwo 2 story houses , one ol 9 and one rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000. No. 80 Jloui ) 4 rooms , closets , etc. , largo lot a 18th stiu t fuar White Lead works , 81,300. No. 77 , 1 argo bouse of 11 rooms , closeta , eel- , r. et ; . , with 1J lot n Farnham ncarlOth street , J.OTO. No. 76 , Oi caul one-half story house of 8 rooms , it 60x8 feet on Cam near 14th street , $4,600. No , 75 , 110113(1 4 rooma and basement , /Jo 11x132 fctl ou Murc > near Bth ttect , $675. No , 74 , Large brick house and two full lots on atcnportncar 16th btrctt , $16,100. No. 7J One and ono-ha f story house and lot 1x132 feet on Joe eon mar 12th street , $ lg09 Nn. 72 , Large bilck house 11 rooms , ( ull lot u Da\u ] K > rt i.iar 16th street , $6,0 1. No. 71 , targe hou e 12 rooms , full lot ou Call. rnla near 20ih street , S7.00U , No. 05 , Stable and 3 full lota on ran In street ar Saunders , j'.OOO. No , 64 , Two ttory frame building , store below id rooms aboMi , < in loi.l lot on Dougu uuar ithutfeet , { a 10 No. 13 , Uuini ; 1 riuiiii , basuamit , etc. , lot H2i0fou en l th btnot mat all Woriis , o. L2e , * h u o 1 r om < ono s'cry , full lot No. 63 , lloux ) of 7 ruonu , ull lot Wcbttut : ar SUt etreet , $2,600. i Hurney near 2Ut street , $1,760. No. 81 , Large house 10 rooma , full lot on Bur ar 21st street , $5,000. No. 60 , House 3 ro < ms , half lot on Dtvenport ar 23d street , $1,000. No 59 , Four houses and half lot en Owanoar th ( tract $2500. No. 12 , House a rooma a > * d full lot , Huner r26thstrctt1$2COO. No. 9 , Three houien and full lot on Cass near th ttreet , 3J.200. BEJVIIS' EAL ESTATE AGENCY 16th end Douglas Strebt , TFT A , - -