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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1882)
- \ r 4 i'fiJS OMAR A JDAjLGTt BUS : WEDNES uA Y APBIL The Omaha Bee Published every morning , except Sund ttta only Monday morning daily , TKKfiia BY MAIL- One Y r. . . . . $10.00 I Three Monthg,83.l Biz Months. 5.00 1 Ona , . 1.1 WEEKLY BEtt , published 6 ery Wedneiday. BKUMS POST PAIDi- One Year. . ? 2.00 I ThreeMoDlhs. . I . . 1.00 1 One t . . ' OOmiESroNDENOK-All Commun Iktlniu relating to News and Editorial nut en ohould be addressed to the Eorron c Tnc ItKE. BUSINESS LETTEI13-A11 Bualne > Letters and Remittances should bo IK dressed to THE OMAHA PUBUSIIINO Coi TAKT , OMAHA. Draft * , Check * and Pos office Ordei * to be mode payable to tl Order of the Company. OIAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rf Ei ItOSEWATEU. Editor. Proclamation ly the Govcroo OonventnfE thoLogklntur- WIIKBRAS , The coDBtitution of the tat of Nebraska provlJen thkt the governo may , on extraordinary occasions , conren the legislature by proclamation ; and WifKREAH. Important public Interest ese so extraordinary character requires th exercise of this authority ; Therefore , I , Alhlnns Nanco , gorerno of the stale of Nebraska , do hereby con vena the legislature of Bald state to moo InJspccUl session at the capltol in Ltncoli ' 'chWednesd y the 10th of May , 1882 , n 12 o'clock m. of Raid day for the purpoeei 1 heroin stated M follow * , to-wits First. To apportion the state into three congressional districts and to provide fet the election of representatives therein. Second. To amend an act approved March 1st. 1881 , entitled "An act to in corporate cities of the Brat class and rcgu < mum of their duties , powers and govern' ' merit , " by conferring additional powci upon cities of the first claw for the pur pose of paving or macadamizing strooti and ullovsand also providing for the crea tion and appointment of a board of public works therein. Third. To assign the county of Custei to Rome judicial district in the state. Fourth , To amend section G9 , chaptci 14 , of the compiled statutes of Nebraska entitled "Cities of the second class and villages. " . , Fifth. To provide for the expenses in curred in suppressing the recent riots at Oimhi and protecting citizens of the atato from domestic violence. Sixth. To give the asicnt of state the to the provision of an act of convross to extend the northern boundary of the stii'e l of Nebraska. Seventh. To pr ivIJo for the payment of the ordinary mid continuant cx-perno ) j ? of the loghlnturj Incurred during tile upecial lesalon hereby convened. " * In totlmony whereof. I hive hereunto act my hand and ouisoJ to bo nlBxed the great seal of the ctato. Done at L'ncoln , this 20th of April , A. D.J18S2 , the sixteenth year of the state , and of the Independence of the United States , the ono hundred and sixth. By th governor ; AiniNUS NANOB. _ 8. J. ALEXANDER , Secretary of Struo. PEHUA.ra the Lincoln Journal wants , i , omo further proof of the rapid decline - cline of Tn BKK rand the terrible shrinkage of ife'subscription ' liat. r SoJic'raonths ago Councilman Herman - man was interested in drafting a building ordinance. Many of our citizens would bo interested in know ing why it was pigeon-holed. TIIK Philadelphia Record thinks that when the star ronto conspirators demanded a bill of particulars before going to trial , they merely asked to BOO. the government1 ! } hand bnforo the firat card was played. Chicago papers favor liberal appropriations by congress for the ' ja nnopin canal , but they kiok furi- onsly ngainnk appropriations to im- jprovo the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. "Consistency , thou art a -jewel. " TUB newly appointed United States minister to the Netherlands , William L. Dayton , of Now Jersey , is the son of the man of the same name who ran for vice-president with Gen. Fremont in I860 , as the first vice-presidential candidate of the republican party. BENATOHS Dawos and Hoar are 1 greatly relieved to know that the ad ministration will not consider it a personal affront if they oppose the recently made Massachusetts nomina tions. There is yet a faint prospect of harmony in the cod fish state , IT is to be hoped that Governor Nance will inform ( the legislature in his forthcoming message at what parj tioular stage of trfe bloodless Omaha viols the militia become powerless to suppress the rioters so us to compel him to appeal to the president for federal troops. TALK about fiat journalism ! The Omaha city for 1880-81 directory - con- aius the business card of The Omaha Republican , in which the voracious manager of that shoot claims a circu lation of 0,400 for his daily , when ho hnovr that it was not circulating 1,500 dailies at that time and does not cir culate as many copies now. BKNATOB VOOHUEHS , of Indiana , is very much agitated over the condition of American citizens in Ireland , It is remarked that Mr , Yoorhoos has never uttered a syllable nor cast a vote for the protection of American citizens on American soil , especially in the outh. TUK confidence gang of The Repub lican is too busy to take notice of our challenge to publish a sworn state ment ot circulation. The confidence gang has time enough , however , to continue mailing out bogus reports to foreign advertiser * , representing The Republican as by far the most widely circulated newspaper west of Chicago , THE AVAX ANCHE OF CLAIMS The enormous pressure of privati drums upon congress calls for semi immediate remedy. Senators am congressmen complain loudly of tin time which is wanted in their consid cration and of the inconvenience t < which they are subjected by the persistency sistoncy of the lobby and the undyinj efforts of their promoters. Like th fabled Phwnix , the private clain never dies , Rejected by ono congress gross it calmly waits its turn for in troduction nt the next session. Kick ed out of the committee rooms , i vegetates in red tnpo in some claim ants pockets until a reorganization o the house or a change in the committee too points a second introduction , whet it comes up smilingly to the scratch with all the old vitality and redoubled argument why it should bo given pro ccdonco of all others on the calendar , The great difficulty in dealing witli private claims in any other , method than by congressional action lies in the fact that a majority of such claims can have no standing in a court of law. Hundreds are outlawed by time , othoro have already boon passed upon in the courts and decided adversely < vorsoly , and a large quantity have no standing before the legislature except in the equities which they may pre sent to the generosity "and sympathy or sense of justice of congress. Again many congressmen are un willing to surrender to any court the power congress holds over the disposi tion of these cases. There is , however , a general feeling thatsomo stops must bo taken to stem the flood of claims of all classes which is pouring in upon congress and four plans have boon proposed with this object in view. The first is the Bowman bill , which is that recom mended by the committed on claims , and which has boon under discussion in the houso. 'This measure seeks to avoid the dangers incident to passtntj claims upon oxparta testimony which w the only testimony available , for the claims committee in view of the immensity of claims which came under their notice. It proposes to refer all private claims to the court of claims with a view of having the facts judicially ascertained and reported to congress as a basis'for action. * The committee on civil service re form prepared another bill'which was reported by Mr. House , of Tennessee. They objected that the Bowman bill would afford no relief , as congress would have to examine each case when reported back exactly as it does now , and that it would merely make the jourt's judgment effective by voting an ippropriation. The House bill proposed ; o remove the , whole question of claims ml of congress , and to refer them to ho court of claims giving to that body ho power not only to determine facts > ut also to pass judgment upon the lability of the government to the do- nands made by the claimants. An ibjpction brought against the bill rhioh uocurod its defeat was that this ( loasUro would oxoludo all claims larrodbytho statute of limitations nd resting only on equity and accord- ugly the house voted the proposition .own . and amended Bowman's bill by sorting a proviso excluding from oferonco to the court claims , all laims for destruction or damages to roporty growing out of the war. 'liis amendment is still pending nd another bill is now rought forward to send all claims ot barred by the statutes to the cir- uit or district courts of the states in rhioh the claims originated and to javo all other classes of claims to ongaess. The subject seems to bo hedged nth a number of 'difficulties , but here is no doubt thai congress ought o bo relieved from the interminable liscussion of private claims. It is a rasto of time , and in nine cases out of on prevents the consideration of tlier and moro ( important buiincst. n addition the treasury , ! s annually ebbed of hundreds of thousands of lollars through bogus claims rushed lirough in the lait hours of the ses- ion. OVIT ton thousand bills invo already been introduced in ho congress nt the present session. A urge proportion of these are bills "for ho relief ol" somebody , which are lassod as private claims. No una upposes for an instant that the com- uitteos can make any invoitigation rhioh is at all searching , and the re- ult is that the only side heard is the laimants. Wliothor the court of laims is made the sieve through rhioh all private claims are run before icing aubmittod to the house , or rhether the claims themselves arorol- gated to the federal courts , is a mat er of trifling Importance compared to he necessity of relieving congress rom the avalanche of private bills , rhioh threatens to overwhelm it and cts as a serious obstruction to busi- ess. NEW JEUSKY has reformed alraoet verything but her railroads. Her ocont exploit has boon' staggering low to justices of the peace in cities f the first and second classes , wha ill hereafter bo deprived of all civil urisdiction , and will bo left only to xorciso the functions of committing lagistratos. Formerly civil suits of 1 kinds where the amour , t in dispute largo sums , and the offices , whicl were much sought after , we o mad < the reward for small political services Men wore elected to the position ! from the lowest grades ot ward politi dans. The result was that the ad ministration of justice by justices o the peace was thrown into dtsroputi and the justices became moro col lectors of doubtful claims , using thoii office to frighten defendants into sot Uing up. Four years ago an act wa passed establishing two courts in cact of the larger cities and ono each it cities of the second class. To these courts , presided over by a counsolloi of law nominated by the governor , was given all the jurisdiction ovei civil cases formerly exercised by the justices. The law was fought by the justices of the povn and a final de cision has just bjon rendered bj the court of appeals affirming the exclusive jurisdiction of the district courts created by the legisla ture [ and leaving the jestices of th peace in cities of Now Jersey to the small dribblings of foes which they can collect from the exercise of their functions as committing magistrates. Sooner or later some measure of the kind must bo passed in Nebraska. The same complaint ! which wore made against the Ifow Jersey justices are frequently hoard in Omaha against the men elected to administer the law in small causes. In a city of 40- , 000 inhabitants there are twelve jus tices of the peace. The business brought before them could bo easily transacted by two. With two men of established ability and reputation in stead of twelve of all grades and de grees of honesty , wo should hoar fewer charges that every shyster law yer owned his justice and that three out nf every four of the justice courts wore merely coat mills to grind out at the expense ot litigants. ON THE DECLINE. This paper is not in the habit of boasting about its business affairs. As the most widely circulated newspaper west of the Mississippi , its command ing position is recognized in this city Mid state , where its popularity and influence are best known. It is only when attempts are made by designing parties to create a false impression ibroad about the standing of Omaha lailies that wo doom proper to expose mposturo and challenge comparison. A statement was recently published by the Omaha Republican concerning its alleged increase of circulation in irhioh that paper boasted of having ) vertakon THE BEE both at homo and ibroad. The evident object of this > razen falsehood , which could deceive lobody in Omaha , was to impose on oreign advertisers. Because we did tot see fit to contradict and lonounco the imposture promptly omo of our exchanges , notably ho Lincoln Journal , indulged in ommont about the recent decline f THE BEE , which they ascribed to lie course it had pursued during the ibor troubles. For the informa- iou of all concerned wo herewith sub- lit sworn statements of the circula ion of THE BEE before and since the ibor troubles , with a detailed exhibit f city circulation during a period of ightcon months. Wo also invite ttontion to the sumrrary and dial- : ngo that accompany this exhibit : CITY CIKCULATION. TATE OF NEBRASKA , \ COOMTI OF DOUOLAB , J8S' Edwin Davis , being duly sworn , says lat he is leesee of the city circulation of uiDAiLTBtK ; that the circulation of us DAILY BBS delivered by carriers to ibacrlbers in the city of Om h , and ex- uslvo of aalea of newsdealers and news- ay * , wai as follows : ctober 31 , 1880 . 1,889 copies unuary 31. 1881 . 1 010 copies fill 80 , 1831. . , . . i . 2.W2 copies [ ay 31 , 1881 . 2,003 copies una 3D , 1831 . 2,005 copies nly 31 , 1881 . 2,031 copies .ugust 31 , 1881 . . . 2,037 copies opteraber 30. 1881 . 2,070 copies ctober 31 , 1881 . . . . . 2,078 copies 'ovcmber SO , 1881. . . . , . 2,134 copies 'ecembor ' 31 , 1881 . 2,24t copies anuary 31 , 1882. . . . . 2.4S5 copies oDiuary i8 ! , 1832 . 2ft78 copies larch 31 , 1882 , . 2,753 copies In addition to the above circulation to gular subscribers by carrier delivery , the ties through newsdealers and newsboys nco January 1 , 1883 , in the city of ruaha , aggregate. ! from 300 to COO copies ich J y. EDWIN DAVIS. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to afore me thta 22d day of April , 1882. JOHN It. MAXCHKHTIH , Notary Public. QENElU.Ii CIUCULAT10H. Two months ago the publishers of UE BEE furnished their patrons with 10 following sworn utatemont of gen- ral circulation ; STATE OF NEBRASKA , \ COUNT ! or DOUGLAS. { A , R , Bauer , bsIflK duly swotn , deposes id sayu that be is business m nag r of 10 Omaha Publishing Co. , publishers of lia DAILY and WXXKLY BKK , that the av- age dally circulation of Till DAILY BOB ir the three months ending February IB th , i82 , was 6,587 copies. ' That the average eekly circulation of TUB WJSBKLY BEB r the three months ending February 15th , 182 , was ? 5,7H copies. A. R. BAUBR. Signed and sworn to before mn thin 24th ay of February , 1882 , at Omaha , Neb , JoilK RoaiCKT , Notary Public. A still moro flattering exhibit of 10 steady and rapid growth of the sneral circulation of TIIK BEE will bo mnd in the statement covering there ro months ending April 15th. TATB OF NEBRASKA , ) Count * OK DOUOLAB , J A , U. Bauer , being sworn , p yi that he of TUB OUAIU DAILY March 15 , 1882 , was 157,410 eopiec , or ai arerag for each of the 21 publishing day in that month of O.f 59 copies ; that the * g gregate circulation of THE DAILY BKE fo the month ending April in , 1882 , wa 190,728 coptw , or an average for eoch'o the 27 publication days of 7,061 copies This includes the genual circulation of thi Daily by mall , the delivery by carriers and salei by dealers and newsboys Ir Omaha and Council Bluffs , and the salei on railroad trains. A. R. SADBB. Subscribed in my proaenca and sworn tc before me this 22d day of April , 1832. JOHN R. MANciiRHTun , Notary Public. Thus it will bo scon that the gen eral circulation of THE BEE , which aggregated 5,587 copies before the labor troubles commenced , reached 6,550 copies when the trouble wae over , and has grown to 7,004 copies during the four weeks that followed the evacuation of Omaha by the army , Right hero lot us make known a few established Incts : 1st. THE DAILY BRR has a larger general circulation than the combined circulation of all the other daily papers published in Nebraska. 2. THE BEE circulates fully throe times as many Dailies in the city of Omaha as are circulated by the Omaha Herald and Republican together. 3. The Herald "and Republican together cannot show forty subscrib ers in the city of Omaha that are not also subscribers of THE BBB , while THE BEE has fully 2,300 subscribers in this city that are not reached by either of these papers. And now wo extend an opportunity to the manager of the Republican to sustain the claims he has made about circulation. "HTho proprietors of THE BBE hereby offer and agree to pay ono hundred dollars to 0. E. Yost , manager of the Omaha Republican , if ho will publish a sworn stalomcnt of the circulation of the Republican , showing the number of dailies delivered by carrier in this city , and number sold to dealers and newsboys , mailed or otherwise for- ivnrdcd. The proprietors of THE BKE agree to donate ono hundred dollars to the 5t. Joseph hospital fund if ; ho manager of the * Republican ivill show by a sworn exhibit ) f the circulation of Tnn Daily Re publican in the city of Omaha and the : irculation of the Daily and Weekly Republican as compared with the ibovo statements that THE BEE does lot circnlato six copies of its daily editions in the city of Omaha for ijrery copy _ of The Daily Republican sirculated in this city during the same period , and five copies of its daily and weekly for every single copy of The Daily and Weekly Republican that is severed by the aggregate general lubscription. , Now let The Republican show up > r retract.x The above was published last Mon- lay , but wo are still waiting patiently 'or ' the acceptance by the managers of ho Republican of our liberal offer. Wilson is a goodnamo toconjuro by n Iowa politics owing to the number f gentlemen by this name who hold flioial positions. The Iowa State le"istor thus explains the difficulty , nd in so doing assists newspaper eaders to distinguish between the istinguishod office holders. It Bays lioro are four Iowa Wilsons holding ffico and three James Wilsons. The dree JamosWilaons have a little varia- ionjto their names. They are as follows : amos F. Wilson , of Fairfield , United tates senator elect ; James Wilson , E Tama , just appointed to the rail- md commission , and James H. 0. Wilson , of Iowa City , and long con- ootedwith The Republican there , ho holds an important clerkship in le organization of the lower house of > ngress. The other Wilson is Parko . Wilson , of Oskaloosa , who is atato ispeotor of mines. TWELVE hundred thousand dollars re now lying idle in the national oasury on account of postal money rders uncalled for at various post- Dices throughout the country , and 'ostmaster ' General Howe will soon istruct local postmasters to notify 10 sender of each unpaid money order lat the person entitled to the money as failed to call for its redemption , r'o shouldn't be surprised if Omaha ould get a largo shargo of this postal ouanza. ySoMH action ought to bo taken by 10 city council regarding the filling i of trenches made in connecting ouses and stores with the water and us mains. In other cities strict com- liance with ordinances compels the imping of the earth in the trenches ad settling by water before thepave- ) lenls are relaid. Farnam street is a accession of hills and gulleya where' 10 macadam has bean hastily .strewn n top a hummock of dirt caused by IB filling in of the water trenches. No public official ever held his post ith stronger marks of popular np- rovalor with more well deserved jmmendatiou from the press than ecretary Kirkwood. The Chicago hues has the following to say con- jrning the rumor that ho will bo a indidate for congresa/luring the com- ig fall : Homely as he is both in face and aners , the Iowa people have a do- dod affection for Kirkwood , who , ndoubtedly , is a man of the strictest itogrity. He is slow aud prosaic , ' t laborious and faithful , and poses to make him a candidftv ? th fall his election is assured without Ai effort of hfir own. It is not often , : as all , that anN ex-senator goes back : t the house ; but John Qulncy Adami service as a representative in congrosi after having had the tenancy of th white house , makes on illustriou precedent , fully justifying leaser lighl in accepting the humbler place. Th house of representatives may uot b what it was in Adams' time , but i will bo the bolter for the member ship of such a man as Kirkwood. PADDOCK is said ti have been agreed upon by the cabine as ono of the members of the Utal commission. That will mollify tin state of Beatrice over President Ar thur's choice of Teller for the socro taryship of the interior. DAKOTA isn't n good state for tin formation of a know nothing party. Forty per cent , of its population an foreigners. POLiriOAL NOTES. Maine will hold its Republican Stlc Convention June 1C , and the tosult is rcrj uncertain. Bvery member of Ihe present Legisla ture of Alabama is said to belong to the Democratic party. The Democrats of Iowa have decided on a campaign of tea weeks' duration , hold ing thrir convention on August 1C. The Louse of representatives passed a bill fixing the second Tuesday in October for the election of congressmen in West Virginia. Dr. Lorlng for governor and Governor Long for United States senator Is said to bo ono of the stalwart programme in Mas- MchutttU. The daughter of Bayard Taylor has tMDtlated Edwin Booth' * acting playn into German , receiving , it is snicf 51.000 from the tragedian for each translation. The Hon. Joseph S. Smith , ono of the richest men and largest land owners in the State , is the Democratic candidate for Bovernor of Oregon. He has been in Con- jretf , and is an arrant frea-trader. The republicans of Oregon nominated F. R. Mo dy for governor and M. C. George tor congressman. The plutfoim demands Lhe abrogation of the Hawaiian reciproc ity treaty , and condemns the attitude of .ho president in regard to the Chinese bi 1. The _ Anti-Bourbon programme in Ala- jam * ia , according to some of the promi- lent Independent * , to elect William M. Nowe Governor , and then send him to the 3tnate In Mr. Morgan's place. Mr. Lowe s a GracnbacDemocrat who claims the 'put ' in the House now held by Joseph ( Thesler. Harry E. Packer , con of tie late lea Packer , once s-ovornor of Pennsylvania , if. ipw thought to be the most available can- lidato the democratic p irty in that state us to put upagtintt Gen. Beaver in the i-xt gubernatorial race. Packer is the iroprietor of a barrel. . Tflis is called an off year in politics , and ret a full house of representatives is to be ilectt d , and state legislatures that will se- ect twenty TJuitrd States senators are to > e chosen. ' Besides the election of legisla- ures and representatives , twenty states rill choose governors. The year 1882 anuot , therefore , be considered an unim- 10 tant ono in politics. The earnest candidate in the Kansas ; ubernatorial race with on organized fol- nwiupis Capt. J. B. Johnson , of Topeka. le aeema to have a strong support among be younger element in the republican > arty. Ha has declared himself iu favor f the enforcement of the prohibitory law nd against a campaign of .personaltiet. 'he state will probably see the most rarmly contested canvass it has witnessed i many years. It is understood in Illinois 'that Green I Kaum , commissio er of internal rev- nue , is a candidate for the seat of acting ' 'ice President Davis in the United States enate. He Is reported to have written a ; tter placing himself in the hands of his riends. There will ba several otherstrong audidates for the place , but as the egislu- uro which is to chpcBO the senator has et to be elected , it is impnssitile to fore ast the prospects of any of them. PBRSOJNAJjmiilS. Judge Blatchford is said to ba the ealthiodt mm that ever eat upon the upreme bench. Governor Crittenden , of Missouri , and loveraor Murray , ot Utah , are half- rothers. Both were Union otficeis in the 'ar. 'ar.The The _ late lamented Jesse James and the sa ain of the president never used to- acco or whisky in any form. They had 0 email vices. It ia aald that Gen. SkobeloQ has 10- jived as many as twelve challenges ia ay , but he doesn't care to RO out and mss his jeftel-bilted sword. Chang Shi Sang , the new Chinese giant t the museum in Now York , in eightfeet x inches in height. His wife , who is loss tan five feet , calls him her "dear big og. " Madame de Strove , the wife of the new .ustian minister at Washington , is a eleh- sr and refined-looking woman , with the ilr complexion of the north , and blonde lro , lighted with gray. Barnum and Jumbo 'eyed each other itiously at first , but the old Connecticut lawman and temperance lecturer has ; ucb endeared himself to the gigantic east by treating frequently to a bucket of ourbon ttralght. Mr. Arthur s litcleMaughter is a pretty lild , cuubby as a cherub in an altar-piece , ad owning a pair of large brown eyes that iok brightly out from under a fringe of lort brown hair. Howgatti his again illustrated how hard is for anybody in the ( liTiuIal ring nt Washington to under > taud that a man wheals als public immey is u thief. Now if [ owgato had only toln a handkerchief , i.dge Wylie never would have given him a outing , Senator Jones of Florida learned the ad a of a carpenter , but he does nut handle le jack-plane and uaw as nimbly as he ice did , and when he wants exercise he owla over the couoiete street * of Wash- igtou behind a tail black hone. The venerable Alexander H. Stephens , ttiog In his invalid ( .hair in the open ria before the speaker's chair , is the moat npressive figure in tbe house of repreeen- itives a little old man , with the figure of je and the face of a child ; with eyes of nine , Ihe vole * of a mocking-bird , and the oida of wisdom , Henry Sullivan a Lead villa miner , put Is foot in a large oteel bear-trap to tee if would to off. It went off. So did [ eary't foot. The next tune he touches I bear-trap with hU foot It won't hurt im. Because he can do it with his pegS S- iKnglith papers announce the birth of a uighter to Mrs. llichard A. Proctor , he eminent astronomer will have to quit eking for planets now , and waltz np and iwn the floor , for fourteen houri every Ight , with that blet ed youngster. Mn. rector ia a Missouri girl , and her parents ) w reside at St. Joseph , Representative Robeson wears jeveral kirn cf eye glasses to suit special neces- ty , and changes them wit great precision 1 nls eye moves from one object to an- her. Ho has a well-cut nose , a promt- ; nt mouth , a retreating chin and scarlet toelu , which auggeat to the correspondent The Independent that Uie day of juJg- eut will be hastened in his cee by apo- lexy. When the crowds rushed to the James > use after the shooting Mr. Craig sent ie of hi * moatj trustworthy polldeuitn there. He was taking a view of the sitti atlon , and happened to pick up sort < purse that was lying on the table In th pTn where Jes ie l y. The seven yea old vpn of tbe dead man told the pollcema to put it down. He paid no attention t him , The boy picked up a large revelvet cocked Jt , almea it at the policeman , an ealdf 'That Is my nummve ; d - n you put It down ! " Wasn't he a chip of th old b.'ockT The Kov. Dwulel Ilealey , pastor of St Patrick's church , l iwrcnco , Ma j. , ha disappeared , and nJo a largo amount o money which bad bce.n collected for th purpose of building a church. Mr , Hea ley is evidently not so much of n foreign ; as his namt would imply. VlfJbla mpravemont. Mr. Noah Hates , Elmlra , N. Y. , writes "About four years ago I had nu attack ol bilious fever , and never fully recovered My digestive organs were weakened , ( .nd I would be completely prostrated fordava , After using two bottles of your Burdock HlooJ Bitters the improvement was so vis < ible th t I was astonished. I can now , though Cl yeara of age , do a fair and rea sonable day's work. " Price 8 > i A Plonoor Railroad. JouniM. The Mohawk and Hudson railroad company was chartered in 182G. Con struction was begun in 1830 ; in 1831 horse cars wore run upon it , and in September , 1832 , the first steam train was run over the road , It connected Albany and Schoncctady , a distance of sixteen miles , and is now a part of the Now York Central. The engineer was John B. Jorvis , of Homo , Oneida county , and the president was John I. DeGruff , then mayor of Schonectady. The first passenger train was run from Albany to Sohonectady September 24 , 1832 , and seventeen persons were pas- HongdW , including John Townsend , Thurlow Weed , Edwin Croswell , Eras- tus Corning , Joseph 0. Yates , Charles E. Dudley , Lewis Benedict , and Billy Winnie , penny-postman. There wore then inclined pianos at both termini , and three trains were run daily. The locomotive was a rebuilt English ma chine , a singular-looking steam-wagon , which is now a railroad relic at Mil waukee , wo believe ; there was a small platform car carrying two barrels of water and ulittlo wood , as a tender ; and two passenger cars , which wore stage coach budieseach mounted on four car- wheels. A very good illustration of this novel railroad train is sometimes seen in the collection of relic hunters. John Hamson , an Englishman , was engineer and fireman , and Billy Mar shall , the conductor , occupied the coach box seat. Marshall was the in ventor of a rude contrivance , which has been developed into the conduc tors' ' cord attached to the engine boll. The primitive passenger coaches were 30011 superseded by those of moro modern construction ; but it was many years before the locomotive approxi mated its present perfection , and the soachos were for a long time small ipartment cars , with aoors at the udes , until at last , gradually the argo , spacious , and convenient : oaches of the present were intro- luced. The original rail was the fiat ron-strap , which had the serious dis advantage of the "snake-heads , " laused by the end of the rails turning ip and penetrating tbe cars , often vith serious results. Four year * later the railroad was ixtonded from Schenectady to Utica , ho opening taking place in August of t83G. Three years later the Utica & Jyracusoroad was opened ; the Auburn fc Syracuse branch being opened a roar earlier. Later the road was con- inucd to Rochester and thence to 3uffalo. In 1854 the direct road bo- ween Syracuse and Rochester was iomplotocl , and a grand celebration , ook place , with a train being run 'roin Albany to Niagara Falls n seven hours , being given a clear oad , with switches spiked , etc. After , ho consolidation of the various roads naking up the New York Central , in L854 , Eras tus Corning , Dean Rich- uond , Henry Keep , Cornelius Yuti- lorbilt , and William H. Vanderbilt voro the successive presidents. Every ionsiderablo placu on the line of the oad had previously had its active and morgetic railroad men , who were jrpminent in the early history of the ailroadu of this state. The semi-centennial of the pioneer ailroad of New York , will be celo > rated in September next , both at Al- ) any and Schonectady. There are tot living several gentlemen who were : onnected with its construction and iperation. Very interesting reminia- ion cos may bo related of thin historic eriod , in which railroad history has teen BO wonderfully and rapidly made. Monopoly lasuea. IIoDnrk Pioneer. An argument has come from some if our Northern Nebraska newspa- lora to the effect that aa a section we re not overridden with monopolies , jid there is no reason for a fight on hat issuo. The Pioneer believes that 11 enterpises which invest immense .mounts of money should have equal irivilegos in matters of taxes and pro- oction of the laws , but also believes hat the representation of capita ] hould not bo tavored any more than ha smaller amounts represented by invuto indviduals. Because a rich nonopoly can demand compromises in axation , simply upon the ground hat wealth backs it up , it is no more hail just that the farmer who pays .ia . tax upon the full valuation of his iroperty according to the assessment hould bo entitled to a like compro mise. The point as issue with North- rn Nebraska at this time is not that ho is overburdened with monopolies , > ut rather that her people take ad- autago of the rule which has gov- med other portions of the state in hat particular. 'Monopoly demands ecourse while the farmer pays his nil ratio of taxation. And it is right .ere . where the issue of anti-monop- ly begins. The people demand that lie monopoly shall pay a full amount f taxation and that the private indi- idual , whether rich or poor , shall pay is full amount. Because a monopoly i rich , and brings capital and im- rovement , it is not to say that it liould be presented with gifts , for in- escments are not made with a view f gratifying any locality unless there i in that locality some future return , sme profitable object. The inner aids the monopoly and tie monopoly aids the farmer nly when equitable measures are en srced by combinations such as the eoplo seek. Let the people keep live to those issues , and the burdens f taxation will not fall alone upon hem. Allow monopoly , with its 'liming of depreciation and burdens , ain the upper hand , and we shall see oppressive operations in northern Nebraska in n few years. What The Pioneer seeks is n fairness toward those great enterprises , but not a lout of interest in them so that the mono polists can have full away against their weaker toilers in the vineyard. This is no discouragement to monopolists further thin to keep them , within their proper sphere and give them to understand that fair play is desirable and necessary for peace , comfort , prosperity and happiness. HIS GRATITUDE. llth nnd Poplar streets , 1 ST. Louis , Mo. , March 17,1881. j II. IT. WARNEK & Co. : Sirs For twelve ycnn 1 suflerod from kidney troubles until your Safe Kidney and Liver Ouro wrcmght a wonderful ro- sloration of health , aprlTdlw Jomr M. WARD , Consistency. Moot Polnl Prosre i. The Omaha Republican saya pros pects in Omaha were never brighter. Buildings and improvements will aggregate - gregato this year from four to six million - lion dollars. The same authority , a few weeks ago , said if the working , men succeeded in carrying the election the city would go to the devil. The workingmen did succeed , and the re sult is , according to The Republican , "times are propitious ; the present year will witness an enormous stride forward. " Will Mr. Brooks kindly inform us where the headquarters of his Satanio Majesty are located , so that wo _ may send a delegation from West Point to call upon him. Actual and Fictitious. Bchuylcr Sun. It cost the B. & M. company , wcording to Mr. Touxalin'a statement before a senate committee last winter , $12,000 per mile to build their road between Lincoln and Red Olould , Ne braska , and it is now quoted and itock issued at $48,000 per mile , and ; ho company declares and pays a lomi-annual dividend of 7 per cent m the latter amount. The producer ivho ships over this line is forced to iay this dividend on § 30,000 per mile > f watered stock. This watered itock represents a value of just three irnea the cost of the road. American Aid to Ireland. Philadelphia Press. Not even the rhetoric of Judge Black can 'add much to the popular mpression of tha wrongs ot Ireland. Vmoricau sympathy has boon numbed > y reiterated appeal ? , and a race rhich has always got all the rights it ranted by taking them lacks in cmo- ional appreciation of six centuries if bondage ; but the bare statement hat Ireland prefers to govern itself .nd cannot sums up a case ivor which Americana divide heir astonishment between rulers rithcut wisdom and the ruled with- mt rights. Speaking in defense of a loacoful agitation which culminates n five hundred citizens of a free lountry shut up by a "liberal" ad- nmisUation without charge of crime I ir the hope of trial , JrJ" ' Hack naturally overestimates' ' dluo of thia country as a ba if operations and source of supplil 0 prolopg thtf , 'woik ' ot the1 and league ; but this is not the Kill ervico of the United States to Ire-1 ind. Wo have served Ireland and ! 11 oppressed countries alike by de-l nonotrating that the only offectirtj ilan for seciiring quist is to let ile mind their own business. An oe j upation which relieves them ho strain of minding somebody > usiness. Irish independence is as mucj ream as I'm ' independence of Sotfvj 'jrolina , but Iriili homo rule , tem-r lored by federal law and federal ] ourts , olfevs no more difficult proti em than homa rule in South C.iro ina , tempered ley the convictions | j ecurod by Mr. Saunders and [ or. The London Times , with ti irofound appreciation forjtho fightir orce of a nation which put dor he greatest rebellion in hist iy burying it under the dei ? reisht of great' armies , said last wf | hat the United States would own Irish outrages- with a firm M 'ho London 1 imos does us too : rodit. England is-only learning. , . rliat wo learned some little time ij-jij nd all nations must learn some trfr hat the subjection of race to race } ecorno morally impossible. Itia nough to weight the safety-valv 1 impossible to prevent an * laJf a century ago evek , rriter was talking about' ' / rmies as the hut refuge of i * \J luasia lies to-day a huge obj hat a million of itrnorant'i rms cannot protect an adored gainst tbo wrath of the i n4 intelligent few. England" | ig the same difficult lesson j ito ; her , that while in sit on bayonets they' lake a comfortable seat , ju try tried it , and while vrol sed "troops" by the 50,000 , < | land is to-day , wo learned oaif ie only practicable cure foj iges" is not moro "troops" omo rule ; not thicker boile ut bigger safety-valves , ter England will profit nplo winch wo have writtj irer a continent , but whf atesmen , so far , find it in , . iply in littlo- island withfi : South Carolina and the : New York. IOUNSELOR - J. H. MoOULLf Room i , Crel hton Block , Fife ] LTTORNEY J . & .nd Notat D. S. B LTTORNEY AUUACn TO BUILDi Sealed propotali will to rec Iggi , at 8 o'clock p ID. 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