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TOE DAILY BEE-OMAHA TTIUESDAY , JULY 0 , 1882
The Omaha Bee.
rnbMshcd every roomlnR , cicspt Sonriny
ho on.y MonJny looming ll > .
TERMS BV MAIL -
One Yew . 510.00 I Three MonUw.C3.00
Blx Months o.OO | Ono . . LOO
THE WEEKLY BKE , pnbllibodcv.
f y Wcdi.C3day
DRUMS TOST 1'AID.
One Ycnr . ? 'ZOO I Throe MOD th . . 50
BliMritli. ' . . . . l.OOl One . . 20
AMFIUCAN Xr.ws COMI-ANT , Ho'o
or f W8dcftlcr8 in tlie nitetl Stfttc .
OORUKRPUNUENOK All Communl
0 ttonr itslntinK to Is'nw nndKdltorlnlnii t-
ers uliouH ' ' ivUlriMtd to the Unnon or
ffns ' v" .
BUS1VESS LKTTERS-All Utiflniw
tiS M-tn nml Hcitiiltiiiicojt nhutilit bo < !
dro'il foTitE OMAHA 1'nBf.isnjsa tcji !
ifAKT , OMAHA. DrafU , Cliecloi nnd i oH-
-fKco Onlcru to bo made payable to Hit
t trier of the Compiny
riie BEE PUBLISHING 00 , , Props ,
Rt ROSEWATEK. E Hfcr.
NooNBiiwd bo siiiprised to learn
that the drclors found
tc.iu'a brains.
Su.f strokes and lirowurka got in
their work in the east , on the glorious
Fourth , to the tune ( if twelve victims.
UKI.MOST thinks of running
for governor of Now York. Mr. Blninc
will not take n hand in the cnnvain
honcc 1'erry'o ' asauranco tlmt if nonii
nntcd ho will bo elected.
Tin : government library job
been sat down upon with a
thud. Klevcn milliona of dollars for
ground and building is n plum which
would tnako oven the eyes of Uoos
Shophard green with onvy.
Kvp.iiY time the railroads frivo ro-
ducad rates on holidays they commit
themselves publicly to the known fact
that cheap fares bringing increased
travel are in the end the moat profitable -
able to all concerned.
\Vv : were aorry to BCO Mr. O'Kcoft
join the "IJappy Family" department
of our municipal monuuerio in oppOB
ing Mr. lUrion'n nomination the other
night. Jlcrnld.
You are misting your tally on the
wrongtnan. Mr.0'KcefoalwajsBtandb
on bin own legs , llo opposed Guj
Ihrton'a nomination because ho did
not regard it aa a fit appointment , and
this is the sentiment of in * ru than
nine-tenths of our population.
CfliiMKNTi.se > on the Iowa election
the 1'hiludJphia J'rcss says : "It is
ono of the niuntil udvuuluges of ifrd -
oral system that einylo communities
can try ccpcrimrnto of this sort with
out affecting others. With IVUIBCQ ot
the anne way of thinking , a clour field
offers to tent the advantages of pro
hibition in n gran ing ntate ; its influence
fluenco on the increase of population
nnd wealth nnd the decrease of crime.
Tlio Maine experiment linn not , from
all the fucta accessible , been ncconi-
paniid by u decrease of crime. In
Massachusetts , liconeo years ahow less
crime than yean * in which jiruhibitory
legislation was in force ; but the emu
is not yet made up , and the rural
communiliea of Iowa , by u ctimdy ,
r.ipid advance in morality und educa
tion , should dumonutrnto the advan
tages of prohibition. "
TUKSIIAV wus the pioncora day nt
Grand Island , nnd the umpiring metrop
olis of Hall county was u continual
C'nu : of congnttulation upon the BUG-
ceta of the Bottlemont planted twenly-
five years before. It was the day for
thn Jleddo , Stalley , Snsa , M.ichelaon ,
Ruby , Koenignnd other families , nnd
right royally they observed it. The
little aettlement has grown nnd pros
pered in the quarter of n century ot
its existence , and ia well entitled to
the credit and glory of its work. Thu
day was nindo the occasion of n re
union , and the pioncciacamo from old
ly
"Lono Tree" on the cast to Kort
Kearney on thu wett , to mingle und
recall the j rivations of their youth. it
It was ii festive occasion long to b *
remembered , nnd the BIK : hikes pride
:
and pleasure in giving to ia ( readers u fr.
history of the event in all its details
:
THE UIK : appears to lie very anxious
for infoi million iigarding ( ho where-
ubouta kf lion. 8. J , Alexander , our
ftccmlnry ot elate. Wo can inform In I
Iilr , Ed. Hoecw.iti-r , tltut , ucuordingto cc
cur lutiKt new , Hon. S , J , Alexan ccol
der on Friday lau had nn audience olhi
with rreciduut Chester A. Aithur. bo
cc
Wo nro pleased to know that the iii
valiiint brigadier pr.id hii rcipocta to fn
the pretident , but theio are parlies le
at the oilier end of the nvcnue atill IK
looking for him. Congressman Hob- IKM
iiiEon and the judiciary commitloo of M
the house uro very anxious to find the 31
whereabouts of ono 5. J. Alexander ki
kiki
( bat eigijod a certain document undir ki
the great seal of Nobraeka as secre ro
tary of state , which document proves dice
to have becui n falsification of thn records co :
cohi
ords in the etfUo archives. Congress hi
man llobiueon and hijcommitteo luivo o\
telegraphed to Lincoln several times
for an explanation They want to
know why the honorable teeretary haa
imposed upon them , and they want to
know whether Con < pcBimau A'alon-
tine was the clikf conspirator or
merely an accettory to the fraud. So
far they hear nothing in reply io their is
ditpatches and they n&turally fear
r that General Alexander has oithur
boon loat Bomowluro or ho it the vie- 1 di
tiui of foul play. i w
THK UUSIAESS OUTLOOK.
|
R. G. Dunn , t Co.'a ' Mcr
cnntilo Agency haa iaaucd it
somi-nnnufil circular of the failure
in the Unitad States for the pa t IW
quarter * of the current year , with a
comprehensive nnd inter < atini { com
pilation of reports on the businca'
outlook from mnnagors of loca
agoncioa in different portion * of tin
country. The figures proacnled arc
ronsaurinj * to thoao who have antici
patcd n crnali in hiisincsa ns the rcaull
of high prices and thocxiuaeivo epocu
lation. For tlio llrst Imlf ol 1882 ,
according to a c irof ully prepared tablu ,
the number of failnroq were J1.B7I ) a
comparud with 2,8li2 for the first six
months of 1881 , while the liahilitiu'
were J 0 000,000 oa nguiul SIO.OCO ,
000 for the same period in 1831. Nu
branka ia credited with 7 i failures nii
8)0tl)2 ) ; ) , ' ! of liabilitica , ns ciunpnnd
with ( M f.rilurun nnd 13. > , GOO of lia
biliti < ? s during the first hulf of las' '
year. Mesara. K. C5. Dunn & Uo
comment aa follow , ! on the ntntisliod
prcBcntvd :
In viuw of tlio unormonn incroaio in
transaction ; ) which the lant t'iuMvui '
inimtha liavo witiiL'tncd , the lnu'1 '
prices which liavo bern touched fin
almost every Rpccics of property , and.
above nil , the Bpccul.itivo xci sai'f
which provuilud towardn the clo.io ol
1881 , it ia rv nmrveloua revelation of
the utioi gth and ntubility of the tr.idc
of the cMinMy , that BO few failino ,
comparatively , liavo occurred. I
nuiitt bo berne in mind thnt the mini
bur ciiL'Hged in business haa yrcntlj
incrunfud. Our own records flhcw
that thorp worn 7 0,000 ) ) rRdim ii
busini'M in 1878 , while in 1882 ihnrc
are 80,000 ! ) , an incrtano of ij,000 : ! )
The pr-oportionato niimbur of failure * .
in 3878 wan 1 in every 7'2 tradcra , while
in the present year , unding with Jinn
the fuilii'os have not bci > n moro thnn
1 in every 128tradora. Tlipse sUtiatic
thuroforo , judged by comparison with
prccidiiiK youra , indiciito a condilior
of business BO healthy as to cruato nnr
priao that ao mncli apprehension
should bo ontortninod as * comatolm\o
been pruvalont of late. The loaseu b }
b iLdobtain proportion to the volume
of business transacted never weio.so
ainall. The R'gnificanco ' also of the
failures that have occurred haa bot'ii
rth ht , na the ranli and fllo of casualties -
ties are confined to the omnlliir CUSH ! ,
rouaidingilioin some apociliccanau for
failure can ultnimt alrtaya bo apsigiud.
Excersivo competition provaila in cer
tain localities , and the abaencu of c.ip-
icity and ndrqnato c.ipi'nl \vill alwayH
risulb in disahter , but that any gonentl
bliuht or want of f.ivorrfblo comlitlonu
exist Biirniiiiiding the triidmg com
munity would aeem tube entirely without -
out foundation.
The local reports dwell largely on
the cotiditiona of the crops , aud nhow
how closely the interests of the far
mer are identified with those of the
merchant. The cheering news from
the Held of corn and grain ia attended
by reports of n brightening trade in
every line of bininesn. With thu
heavy harvest , which nny confident ! }
bo exptcted willcortninly como nfall in
prices and a docre.ii < ud cost of living
The promiBO of the coming eouson ii
a cheoifiil ono , and if no unlookui
accidunlfi oc ur , both funnel- and mer
chant will ronp the benelll of goud
time at no distant dttc.
TIIK man liohm stated in the coun
cil th.it i\lr. \ P.ixton did not want thu
place aa member nf ihc < boird nt ] > ub-
ho works , und that Me. Pax tun hud
told hint BO , and that ho would not
Hdrvo Tim WIIB literally true , but
Air. Belim forgot to tell the o uncil
and purpnecly Hiippres ed thu fuel that
Mr. P.ixum h.ul told him ntehm )
afterward tlat : ho would nccipl thu
appointment und would survo it con
firmed.
* # * * * *
linn. William A. Paxton waa re-
j1 ctrd by the inoimsieriii branch of iho
city coniictl under the lead of th every
man who WHB elected by the help ot
IMr , P.ixtoh'n inlliiuncd and numoy.
Why waa Mr. Pitxton n > jvtcd ) Was
it bt'caiiBO ho hud nut "oarmul his
bread by the awrat of hia bron ? ' Or
waa it became Mr , Paxton ia a man
of properly and wcitlih. Herald.
Air. Paxton was appointed to the
board of public woika without hia
knowledge or consent , und ho public
notified the councilmen when thu
nomination was announced , that ho
would not servo if continued , bte.iuao
wai it ualariod position , and further ,
bccnise hu would bo unable to dia-
bir e the duties on account of his
. ijuonl ubscnco from < ho citjThu
ouncil aimply did not want to thrust
MI ( .Hiso on a m ui who rtfusud to
turvo , and wlr > could not givu it the
iiict'BSMry attention. Mr , Paxton
ully opprovea the action of thu
jouncil , mid ho elated to the editor
THI : lhK : Monday that
could not have tervul had ho been
onlirmed , His only regret waa that
the hurry of other buaineca ho had
'orgotton to rcnui'st Mayor IJoyd by
ettcr to withdraw hia name wl.ilu the
lomination waa still pending ,
lint the erccodilo teurs ehid by l > r.
Miller over this ull'air donotdicoivo
Mr. Paxton or his friunda. T/iey
now that the editor of thu Herald IK
(
aiifiiii ; Paxton while pretending to
each for Itehm'a calp. Such cun-
lucl is in full keeping with his recent
ou o towards Mr. Paxlcn , whom ho
iaa been abusing aud slurring nearly
ivery day eincu the purchase ot the
tVithuell IIOUBU jiroporty.
Wo have nvitlier time norapaeo just
low to expose the motive f r thia
jjwardly warfare on Mr. Paxton.
Among our bufiiio.ss men the treat-
limit Mr. Paxton is receiving at the
liands of the publishers of the UurM
regarded aa dithonorablu.
UKCI.K SAM paid oil his national
debt at the rate of MOO.CCO daily last
week. Excessive taxation is alone
renponsiblo for this rotnrukiblo aho\v
ing of n national indebtedness moltin
away before it cornea duo.
"Win * should nnt railroads bo n
lowed to earn ns heavy dividends B
they can ? " nsks the Lincoln Jotirnal
and immediately branches out hit
thostnlo r.tid worn-out comparison between
twoen corporations and private bu i
ncs" . The question has been answered
swerod so many times that it act in
hardly necessary to reply. Conmun
carriers and private merchant ! , so fa
as their bustncan ia concerned , nro nf
footed by entirely ditTurent interests
In the ono caao the public welfare i
intimately concerned , Jlighta am
privileges of the moat valuable char
ricter nro accorded by the cjin
munity in return for a norvic
which the law demands nhnll be
reasonable , uniform nnd impirtial , No
private murclnuit in granted the priv
and immunities of n public cor-
porntion. No private moiohnnt cat ,
mniinpnliiio as easily Iho tradu nnd
, ' fllo nf n country. No private mer
chant poKsesaos such extensive powers
to siimiilnto or crush out whole town *
> r communities. It is on account ol
ht'so that thu laws grant the people
ho right to rcguhuo common carriers
md nil corporations vested with a
lublic interest. lleognigtui ; that un
restricted power is nlwiiya tyrannica' ,
hey phicd in the hatidB of those like-
y to nllVictcd by the nbuso of p > wcr
ho instrument to curb it. When cor-
) onitiona like highwaymen luvy
ribute upon n whole country to lev A
heir dividunda nnd fill their collars
jy extortion nnd oppression ngainst
which thu ordinary ecunomical lawn
ail to operate the riuht and duty i f
ho people ia to protect themselves by
lie best means in their hands , oven if
uch methods prevent thn railrtada
rom earning ns heavy dividends aa
they can.
KTS1NO CITY REMARKS. .
Coirtxpoiiilinco ill Tlu It n.
Ri-i.so CITY , JSTob. , July ! . Our
town is rapidly leeoverimj fri < m t'u '
Inimigo done by thu recent hail ntorm
ThuhgbtH nro mostly in Hiram , and I he
LmBiiiihB hotiRua nru risuming their
Former appearance.
Tin1 reports that the churches wore
struck by lightning were erroneous ;
ihey weru badly torn up by thu wind
and hail , nothing moro.
The Independent issued last week ,
notwithstanding the seveio dunihgu
done by thu storm.
Rev Eastman , i f Oacoln , prcnchod
io tlio Cniigrcgatioimlist Suiulny. It
is said thnt Roberts , prment p later ,
is to bo removed and E istinan to bu
call od.
D 0. Verity , who ha i boon in the
east nil ( if thu summer has returned ,
and , iioUithBtauding the hnil Btorm ,
thinks Butler county it better i ft" than
any ouction hoisited in thu ; nst.
Though the Btorm destroyi d nil tin
smull gram in it atrip nix miles wide
ncroBH the c unity , yet thu corn wil"
amount to aomuthing. Thuvofnt cal
liuldu prumiitt to yield tun huihila am
upward. Outside of this district thu
oiop * nro immemu.
'I'hu Lidi pendent Bays wo do no
want aid It will bu actually ntoes
airy for Homo of us Io hav. this md BI
Indiana' tly rejected.Vo know < > t
fiirmi 10 that stand no show uudir
God's o.uiopy of getting sued for nux
yuir' crop , unleSH privatu or pull"
aid bo Uve'b them. Thu ma : tor tmonle
bit broug'it ' betoru the legislature ) thia
n inter. NICK.
Priced for i'oocl to Co mo Down
Now Yi r * S iii , Jimu 1:8. :
The nigh prices fur food cannot last
longer , tn < ler > a , purhapa , muata
bo excepted. The siMaon throughout
has been untisutlly propi-iuiis for vesj
tablor nnd fruits. Already vi u'etiibloi
have npp.ared in the markets in mi eh
nbundauco that prices hn\u In cum
compnraiively cheap , bat not until uv < ,
or thri'u wuuka huneo will the great
supply fn in our iminediitto neighbor
hood cjinu in , to brii gdovsn thuiro
to tigures which will seem very low
after iho prevailing rates of the sprnu1
nnd early summer.
The high , rices obtained for pota
toes laet year lud to thu p anting of n
largely increased ncreugu with thia
\egutuble , which is one ) of iho most
profitable of crops in ordinary euaHoi \
Sj far , however , early potatoes have
not been cheap , since they oimo from
n distnnci- ; but the crop neur nt li.irut
is ul mot t ready for thu market , and it
will bu abiind int. Wo nro , liieniforo
iiiitrly btyond the peiiotl of pheno
menally hi.h prices for poi.it iea
Enough must come in of thu eurlv
jorta t put their cost down to nbuut
the nvcr.1 0 for the auniniLr. When
the fall ciop is gathered thi'ro Uuve'ry
it'aaon to expect n supply so gioat that H
potntnoi cin I > u bought cheap
Fruitf , too , promiuo to be nbundant.
The supply of utiawbeirua it now ao
largo that prices uro Jikuly to bu cVwn
this week to from ten to fifteen centu
a quart , Hholu alo. Contrary io thu
cariy prodictionr , the crop nt peaches
vvill liu enoiiiMiif , Thu Maryland nnd
DJaw.iro oieluuda v. ill send enough it
to iiEsuru clieiipnesjB , and the crip
e'.icwhere ' piiimiuea to bu pleuteoua.
The grain crops are h.oku.g well
thruiighout thu country , nnd tiiert ia at
'I'tlu ' ' doubt tlut thu yield will bu
much nho al of lust year. For wlu > ar ,
rye , corn nnd oats thu reason has beuii
favoiablu , as it has been for thu crops
join rally. The beautifully healthy
condition of vegetation ia especially
observable. Wo do not hear as
many o implnints of noxious insects ,
and nowhe'ro has there been reason
yet to cry out for more rain. The
grass ia remarkably rich , the pastur-
auu abumlaut and of the best quality ,
making butter vxceptmimlly good ,
and its quantity larger than tidual.
rthilo thu hay crop is ull wo could [
hopu for ,
Under tu h circumetaticcs the day
of a great decline in the uiieeafir
iood oennot bo much loneer delayed.
Possibly butchera' meat may keep up in
to higher figurts than ruled in fcrmur
years , nwnn ; to nn nctiul decnuse
In thu supply rent to the matkut , but M.
thu lo er ratei fur other article's of
food mutt tend to dinunit-h the con-
miinpti'iu of hi'flf and mutton and to
reduce their price ,
BUaTLING BLAIR.
She Oolobrntcs ihe "Evor-Olo
lious" With Becoming
Eclat.
The Exonrnf on of Cmlor Po < t of tlio
Urnnd Army n Grnml Succom.
Tuesday 'morning the pretty little
town of Hlair presented very gay
.ifpoaratico at an early hour , and by
noon between five an i six thousand
pcrtona had aHScmbled to celobratu
the glorious Fourth.
Q lito n largo number of persons
wunt up from Omaha and the Omaha
St. Paul excursion train wao packed
'o Bulloration. A detachment , ol
Genre , A. Cuscur post No. 7 , C ) . A.
II , in clurgo of thu commander , Mr
F. Moore , with their fainilicn , also went
up in the same train , nnd being
ic ompanied by their band , enlivened
tlio journey considerably. The Omaha
letitchment. was met nt Blair
station by ihe Blair cor
nit band and a detachment
of tlio IJIair miltlia. Tney thun tornied
in imposing piucer.Binn nnd ninrchud
to the park , wh'oro vorylhing waa pro-
mrctl to riueivu Ihom.
Cul L W. Oihnrn , who noted ns
master of cerenionus fur tlio occasion ,
innouncod thnt the UlairGleo club
would open thu uxtrciscs with a soltc-
ion , which thuy gave very beautifully.
Oapt. Patrick , chaplain of the 0 A ,
I , p'ist 1 , stationed a > Ulair , then do-
ivurtnl n very nppropii'ito prayer ,
vhich win iolloweil by the reciMil oi
ho Declaration of Independence ,
vhich c tiled forth bursts of patriotic
applause.
Tlio Glee club , which in really re-
narkably ellicitnt , gave an
undition of "Tlio Star Sp.tnglul
Banner" nnd the wull-known anthem , .
"Ainertii " both of which
, were re-
cuivod with enthusiastic bursts of up-
plhU < e.
The master of ceremonies then
uindu a bhort Hptccb , in the course ol
vihiuh he reminded them that once
again they had mot to celebrate thu
.innivorsary of American indcpoi
Tnoy were there to talk over
ho old ECOIKB and it count ail thu
rent liugi > liB they had gone through
ud they had also met to strengthen t lie
KB ixiBtmg butwton thosu who had
ought on iho field of battle together ,
' ( day a distinguished citizen of our
ate had b on invited to b prts- '
unt and uddrenn tin m. He wtia there ,
nd aa n matter of cour-esy , nnd by wy
f ahdWing that respect which citizcmi
f Washington county nro alwaya
oady to show to those who deacrvo it ,
10 bvgged of them to maintain pt > rfect
ilence and order while the .speaker
waa uddreasinir tht'in.
Gun Ouailea F iltnderson being
hen formerly inin duoed stepped for
ward and delivered ono of thu
lueat and most ehquent orationa
irob.ibly thnt was uvur delivered
n the city > f Blair , in the course of
which ho satd that he touk isauosome-
what with the president of the day.
Ho did not beliuvo that that was n day
for silence or order. This was indu-
pondenco day , and hu thought that thu
beat p , anblo way in which they could
obsurvei indcpendeneo day was that
every man woman nnd child should do
he or she mitjht please. ( Laughter }
Let thu fun go 01let , thu voice of thu
child bo heard ; lot thu gossip of thu
mothers bu heard UN they cjiupuo the
mfnnti o faces of their < tiipMiij.- , for
this WHH indupondenco d
The GdiiiT.il then paia u beautiful
tribute to thu memory o * the mirtyred
picstdent , who was juit ay ear ago
* tuik dowa by the oj.viirdly hand of
the us.'useui. Ho nleo give a viviu
picture ( if the civil war and related a
number ( > f interesting incidents con-
ctruing the tttiuie , ; ; ! , and gave n
i description of the heroic conduct -
duct of the mnn who left their homes
and fr.milnu to fight fur thn atari and
Htrip'3. Ho likuwi.io re\i.vu.t thu
ncuiit history ofAmerica anngards
iU improvements in every branch ol
BCiencj and art , and in literature , com-
ngiiuulture , manufucuro : and
mechanics.
Ho nl o if uclicd upon the piwer of
modern nowspapar press for good
or for evil , and puintud out that in
cm junction witn scho > 1 education
theau two ngoncies had produced moat i
of the physical progress of our coun
try. Thu eirator closed his address
with n very tine peroration , which waa
rtcuived with enthusiastic npplnuau.
\Vo regret that want of space preventn
our gmiit : thia oration in full , i\a it
would well beam careful purtnal , but
wo nro compelled to content ourselves
by giving the merest outline.
Later on in thu day there waa a
camp-tiro in which n Inrjo number of
p > eutors were much intm-sted.
In the ovotiii.jj "Tha Union Spy"
was yiven in Grrinnma halt by forty
Judifs and ge'iulenu-n of U'air ' undcir
Mo individual i upcrvision of Cul. K.
'lVmple\ The piecu waa put upon
tlio boarda in n highly ttticient man
ner and doc ? both thu colonel and his
amateur tr itipo great credit. S une
of thu tabhaux were exceedingly tine
The orchestra , though amall , reiidtrcd
sumo beautiful martial music.
It appears theru was quite a misun-
deratiinding nbout the time the Omahu ,
St. Paul ficursion train was to re-
turn , nml in ojimequenco quite nnum
her of uiBconsolato young cji < 1
were to bo seen sundering nbt ir. t
night in search of somewhere t < i 11b
lay their weary huads nnd
On thu wholu , the culHbration of
thu Fourth of July at Hhir may be
safely pronounced n gtand succees ,
mid e-veryono proeunt appeared tjur-
nughly eatutiod with tlio bright little
town nnd its genial citizens ,
g
gt
Postottlco CUangea.
j
The following ; nro the postaflico (
shangos in Nebraska and low a during M
thu week ending July 1 , 1882 , furno
iahed by William Van Yleck , of the
loati.llica department :
Eitablijhed Ohrisinanvillo , Knox
jouaty , II. Walker Olirismam , P , Al ;
Kva , Harlan county , Frank \V. \ Stov-
, P. M ; Kirk wood , Holt county ,
JeihnN Huvoy , P. M.j Lonolm , Slmr-
man njunty , Jonathun Arthaud , P.
. ; Muriaville , Holt coun y. Thomas
Peacock. P. M. ; Parker , Holt county ,
James McDonald , P. M.
Postmasters appointed IJradhaw
Vork county , William Miller ; Ever-
ott , Dodge county , Joseph 11. Skin
wr ; Kiowa , Thayer county , Hernia
Sclmckenberg.
low i.
Established Iluxloy , Story county
Jacob Stevenson postmaster ,
Discontinued Lucas Grove , Marion
county.
Name changed Portlandvillo , PJy
mouth county , to Akron , and Fran'
T. Shophcrd appointed postmaster.
Postirmstors appointed -Arm trouc
Orovo. Errmct county , E. B. Camp
bull ; Lirchwood. Ljon county , John
Downs ; Liberty 0 nfro , Warren coun
tv , Robert A. Mi FrtrJnnd ; Quarry
Marshall county , llobort G. Gregg.
Mrs. Walt CP , liiiffrtln. N. y. . write *
"I have iiseil III IllnfK ] 5tooti UlTTKIiH f < > :
nervous nnd liiilliiiH litMtl.ii.lib' , nii'l ' lmv <
ice moiciulc'l ' thorn to my fiiemN ; t lie
llnvti them t I o superior to any otliei
mo icino 1 Imvp used , anil cin ricommem
them to i mime nquiriiiK' a cure Fur I , ill !
Price 81 juljIdA
FREMONT'S FOURTH.
A Boynl Time at "tho Prettiest
Town in the State. "
A Rcp.nlnr Proginnimo nnd thn
Burlc.'qno.
A number of Omaha citizenc , in
cluding E. F. Smytho , Mr. Max Horg.
mann and others , wont out to the ncal
little capital of Dodge county , when
Ool. Smytho had been invited to de
liver the oration.
Upon arriving nt Fremont Col.
Smytho and party were mot nt the
doper by tlio reception committee , the
gallant chief of the lire depattmm.t
of Fremont , J. Cloland , nnd i ist :
assistants , LJU May nnd Thomas
Frahtn , nnel escorted up to the Now
Vork hotel. The Ninth infantry
band wnich was engaged for the day
marched at the head of the proces
sion.
sion.At . Iho caily hour of 8 o'clock hun
dred * of people were coming into the
city ! from nil directions , nnd at 10
o'clock wh Mi thu grand procession
farmed , thuro were nt least 10,000
people in the streets waiting for thu
coming events.
The weather was delightful nnd the
merchants mid business men of the
city bad decorated the fronts of their
n Kpective otore.i in grand atyle , with
thousands of tligs. The procession
'orrned under the command of Mr.
J. G. Cleland , who acted ns marshal
of the day , assisted by Messrs. L joints
and Finlim nndns it moved on through
thu beautiful streets toward thu
paik , it presented ono of the most
charming sights that one could behold.
The procession was fully a mile in
length nnd headed by the Ninth In-
f.imry band , drisoed in their parade
uniforms. Then came the did ' 'Conti
nentals" on horseback , about twenty-
live in number ; thu grand urmy men ,
elegantly dreasud ; the tire b iya
iMth their oncines ; the carriages con
taining . the orator , Col. Stnythe ; Rev.
Mr. Swing , the cliaplin , and L'ju.
May , E' ( | , ; flou. Charles Ling , mayor
of Fremont ; members of the city
council nnd visiting guests , fallowed
by nt least fifty piivatu vehicles from
the city and country.
After arriving lit the beautiful park
( which , 1 venture to say right here ,
e.m not be equalled in the matt ) , thu
ixeircisea cuuimei.cod. First was
piuyer by thu chaplain , after which
tliu uhoir < f Frummt ttung n btautifu !
King , then Mr. Lnonns , attorney nt
Fremont , delivered thu wolcomii g ad
lirer.B iu u very able m timer. Then
Mr. Rogers read the Duohiratitin of
Indipfaiidencevhioh was wannry received
coived , and tins > vjs t'u'ljwf ' d by fciii'Z-
i.'g by thu clu ir , wln.li suddenly the
tund S'ruck up the ol 1 \v r soug ,
' 'Marchii.g down to Georgia , " ami the
cannon which was b ougat from 0 nt ;
ha b.irracks b.irktd .i.-u _ > , nnd amidst
all this e'xcito.nent Col. bmyiho < % uur
gallant cvnoiiel1' waa introduced by the
marshal of thu day.
Tnu co onel gave one of his peculiar
bjua nndsmiloa and had liu attempted
to ttirt right oil' to apeak every word
would have been drowned by the
uhuora of thu 15(01) , ( people who
greeted him , I am not able nor will
1 attempt to give the colonel's speech
here at thia time. S-flL-o it to eay
hat ho spoke with so much feeling
that it went right to thu hearts of
everyone preae-nt.
"Our Colonel" took the town by
Btorm and made himself the lion ot
the d-iy. Immediately after the oration
tion followed singing and muiic by the
band , then recess.
Duiing thu afternoon came the bur-
IOMJUO procession , fully ns largo as thu
morning parade , and to say ttint it
wan the bunt of the kind over pro
duced in the state ia not saying too
miioh. Tno balance of the Afternoon
wm taken up \\ith datiCing on thu
Jaigieieiuiit ; plattorm in thu parK ,
ttna driving ub nt the city , and the
wiiotu celubnitioii concluded with a
gr.iidexhibiiion of lire works , over
tiOl ) worth , of ull descriptions.
Ki'e.noiit "takes thu cake , " and it
hai go ( d reasons to be proud , fur as a
whole thu Fourth nas n grand Suc
cess indeed. The celebration was '
gotten up under the auspice of thu
Fremont tir.i departmeiit , of which
thu gallant J. U. Clelund it the chief.
Everything went ull' pleasantly und
quietly , null wo were bu v.'ull entertained -
tained by the imblu Freinontun thai
tnia Fourthcf July will bu remem
bered by us t.ir h t . M . U.
_ 4 prumuea si'ine-
times end in pultry perfonnancoa. " A
in.iuiiiticent txctpiion to this IB found
in Kiduuy-Wort which
invariably per
forms even more cures than it pro in i-
soj. Hero is a single intuanct :
"Mother has recovered , " wrote an
Illinois girl to her eastern relatives.
"She took bittcra for a long time but
without any good , So vhtm she heard
of the virtues i/f Kidney Wort the got
box und it has completely cured her
Iner complaint. "
Tit lor Tut.
When Nellie Oatruiu and Frank
Beldcn , of 1'ilttliuld , MUM. , wt.ni
courting , they found time to talk
about the love stones in the maga
zine * , but they did not think that bo-
fi.ro another summer they would
figure in a mil love story , with brok
en vows , tcaldiug tears , revenge , and
that tort of thing peppering "iho
romance from beginning to end. It 9 ,
n-ns young beldcn's fauU , The wed
ding day having boon fixed about six
riionthfl ahead , iMias Nellie wont will
her parents to visit relatives in Mis
souri. During the few weeks suc
ceeding his swcnthoart's departure
IJeldon did his whole duty. Ho gave
up his cigare to , and the money ho was
saving astonished the whole bank into
which it found its way. Then , as the
local paper explains , on Jho aunshino
of his love there came a lowering
cloud. In other words , lleldon began
to pay attention to another girl.
Miss Nellio'd Pittsfield fiionds lost
no time in telling Miss Nellie
nil about it by post , and in
pont-hastr , nnd what Bidden n.cn
tinned as "a ucorchor" came in the re
turn mail. Tno receipt of thi
scorcher fanned the loier's sp rk ol
liking for the now girl into bitch n
[ l.iino thru lie wrolu to M ! > si Nvlho ,
breaking oil' the unuagoment. 1 hat
was about the time of the great
Mississippi Hjod , hut whether the
"
jilted girl"wtpt such an inland ocean
the chr nicler uf the all'iir fails to set
forth. But in duo time Misa Nellie
returned to I'lttslield , nnd to her
friends it seemed that nil lu'rweddini :
; .iko was betrothal dough. Why
IMdcnncninfoll head ovprhetls in love
with Nelliu no ono understand ; but he
did , bejjxod forqivcms. ' , Bought , rec > n
cdiation , and nil oi < ce inoro hppaiently
> ecame Ecrcne The woddinu day was
ixid for last Wednesday. Alony thin
Wednesday came , nnd liclden , in his
jroiidcloth , appeared at the brido'o
muse. Mms Nelliu mot the bridi-
groom nt the door ; taking him into
lie kitchen , where she wai steaming
strawberries , nho said : "Fred , I am
; o bo married nust Monday , not to
day ; my future husband is now on his
way trom Missouri. " Belden falls aud
ao does the curtai > .
Puot.
Th" cheHpe t me litino in u. e Ii THOMAS'
vcnLcrnn1 On. , I'eciuie bo very Httla nf it
sit < | > nrudto effect a cute. FT cinttp ,
l ] i htria , on I dU-ntes i < f the lunga and
hront , whether uecil fur hittiiiti ; tlie clieot
> r throat , fir tikin iutcriully or nhn ini > ,
tisii uiatehless .nitiiniuid. j > ily4 ' & > v
A SHOCKING ACOJDENV.
rour Persons Burned by tlio Explo
sion of a Korosonc Lump ,
jincoln Journal.
Ono of the most shocking accident
dat has occurred in this city since the
Tour.h of July , 1881 , took place nt
ho residence of Mrs. Rtcecci Ljo , on
[ 10 west side nf Fourteenth street ,
ear J , nbout 0:30 : last uvening A
ournal representative , who visited
esidonco siiirly af'or the accideni
iccurred , found two of the family nuf
ering the most excruciating paine ,
nd the mother of the unfortunatH
oung ladies nnd a younger aistet
) urned slightly about the h.ituU.
The pirticul.m if thu ascidont we
Mther from Misa Anniu Leo , sister of
ho victims. She sayj that nbiut (5 (
o'clock in the evening Emma nnd
Sallie , aged respectuely 10 and 18
vero in the kitchen heating n curling
one over a kerosene lamp , intomlini :
o curl their h lir. She heard n fright-
ul scream from ono of the yirls , and
ushing into the ro > m found tin u-irla
enveloped in il unes , nnd ono of thmn
list darting out of the door. By ihi
imo her mother entered the room ,
nnd mother nnd daughter wcntto A-OI k
vith a will to queneh the firo. The
oidrst cirl , who is burned ilu worst ,
lad got out doors and was laying bu-
side the wall , and to her thu sister
gave special attention , by throwing
vater over her ard toari.'j' elf her
clotl s. Mr. McMurlry , v. ho hap-
) eiud to be passing ( it the time , went
o her iwiiVri'ice , cuvriod the poor gi {
nto the hoiwrt ui.d dispatched nusatn-
; er for physioians and nursaa.
Upon osamination , it was found
the oldest grl , xrns burned in a
ihocking inanuer from the kneoa to
ler Khonlder ? , on one Bid-1 , lur face
escapngtho ( hrn a. The other girl
wa.i aUo oorioirly burned , but not
inito" BO b.id 3 her ulster. Tin-
nether nnd Miss Annn , wliilc
enga ; pd in touring the clothca from
liu g'.rls , were bumcd slightly
he hands and wrists.
About oighfc o'clock last
hreo pt'y iciaus and tivo nur.iea wore
vaiting upon the victims of the ncci
lent , who were suffering lorribly. !
Ofrned to bo the opinion of of tin-
ihysicinns that one of the girh could
lot live moro thin a day or two ,
vhile the othur migh possibly siirvivo
A Solclior ° 8 Fuuornl.
"fttloiul Airttt. . i i'jm <
COUJMHUS , 0. . July -When the
s-soldiera nnd eailord associition had
sembled this morning to ntti-nd th > '
uncrnl of T. J. Lirken , n dtc aaed
omrado , n communication was recoiv-
d from Father Frz orald , of the c-
hcdra ) . 'J'ho letter sot forth th it
on Catholics could not bo permitted
o participj o as such in the Catholic
liurch , but nil could n'tond ns friends
nd private ci'isjns. A fenv membera
f thu associat'on escorted theiom-iiim
o nnd from the church. The affair
ccaaioiri much cn
Ciithu io KuigUts-
tat m al IV i A al tion.
I'Kniiu , lil , July 5.--Tho Catholic
CinnhtH of Americi are hdlding their
rat nnninl convention hero to-day.
, ii r.d Iret3 wan delivered by Hov.
'aihtr Spauld'iii' .
It H ud tlio List
'f ' nil mli'T p cpir tiiri ( or medlcluM , In
MO i f iKttisKi , licutluctit , ( l//.infi-H ! or i > .
ecll'antica ' < i' tliu i-VBtcin , Kuiil'OCK liHIOI )
ilTTKiw live no cfjii d The > never ( ail
u ttf irdnijj immeJute rotef ! , Price $1.
jiih-liiiw
FORTHEPERPflAMENTCUREOF
o CONSTIPATION.
E l > o other ditcasa is 60 prevalent in tUl :
country u Couitlpation , and 110 remedy
e kM ever equalled too celebrated KIDNEy.
- WOUT u a euro. Whatever the cause ,
bowover cLstiaato the cue , tWs rene ! y
will overcome it. _
Ci Dll . ( ETC THIS dlitref-stas com-
| -Bfi.kCi puunt la very iiptlo be
with oansUpatloa. Kidney.
Wcrt itrenfthens the \vcn\tcned \ parti nrd
J quickly cui 3 All klnda of riloj even when
physlclani end modirtaes have before ftU-
ed. IViryouhavooitherofthototroublcs
P RICE 0 I.I USE JDrURHlEtBGoll
V
:
EUROPEAN HOTEL , .
Corner Eor.th and I.anut Stic t * . .
(
STT. S OXTXfci IWCO. .
J II JiUKSr. . . Prop. M
RooniB , 7oo , SLCO and SIDO IVr Day
An elegint Hcl urint l ccuntil with tM.
in
> ca < l&f ttuii
J NOTKH I1HT tJNTITI.i : ! ) AVOAIAN.
IVrom Oi * Bo-ton Olobt.1
The ftbovo Is peed lllfcnrsj nf MM. r.yill E. Onk-
liam , of Lynn , Ma s. , hn atMirpnll otlicr liu imn In tnirt
may lx > truthfully cnllodtlio Dcnr Frlitid of Woman , "
nifomo of lirr < orrwKindcnM | lovoturall her. She
l-ucalmi I.TdcTottd to IHT work , Mch l < thooutcomo
nf n llfctuJr. . find It obllzwl to Keep rix lady
n. l tant , to liclp IIP r nmw iTtho lirgo correi'ondence
\i nieh ilAlIy jionro In iiion | Jn r , i-ftch Iworinff lt < f | > cclal
burden of Min'nlnir , or Joy tt rtltn'ofrom It. Her
VeireUblofuinpouiidlsa mi Jlclno for coed and not
rvil pnrpojrj. I liaxo jwirsonally Inri , l Igatcd H and
amsatlinrd of th truth of tliK
On account of lt prorninerlta.lt l recommended
ndrrescrll dbytiiobe t pliyiiclani In the country.
Ono fays i "H work * llko a charm raid * avc mncli
1-oln. Itwillnirc entirely the worst form cf falllnc
of tlm utcni' , I ticrt-liir.i ( , lrrcrul ( unnd painful
Mi mtraitltin.all Oral Ian Troubles , Inflammation and
Ulcerntlnn , nomllniri , all W ] ) U ineiiU an 1 the con *
iipntrtilntl wea1.ni > Mmid tj isjicclally adapted to
tlio Chance of Ltfe. "
It permealM every port Ion of the Astern , nndrlvej
new life omit Icon It mnovc ? falntn < s. ( n\lulcno' ,
de lroya all en Inff for ttlmulinta. rind rcltfvc * weak-
nc" of Ihcttotnach. U etn-ei llloatlni : , Headaches
Nervous Proclrntlon , nenciiU Debility , SlccplessneM ,
Depression nnd Indlgc llon. That fctllns of bcirlriit
downcau-lng pain , weight nnd backache , Li alwayn
pemruiently cured by Itau-o. II nllatnllthnt ! ! < , aml
lind rallelrciinutanre , nrt In harmony 1th the law
tint CD * emit ho female yst cm.
It eosts eulj SI. l r liotllo or rK for $5.and Is Bold iy
dnissiitny ndvleo txiinlrol as lu c ) > eclal ra. cn , and
Ihenamc' of many who lint o been restored to perfect
henlthby the ii oof the Vcirclnl Io Compound , can be
obtained lyucMrca-JnifMin.1. , Mlth ttampfor reply ,
at her homo In Lynn , Mam.
I'nr Kidney Complaint atrithcr reir till ? eompoujid 1
mnurrafl.vd ns abundant tcptlmonlals ehow.
"Jlra. I'luLharn'R IJicr 1'IllVfays onowHter , "are
thrbrtt in Hie irartd for the ruio of Constlp4itlon ,
] ] lllon < nfu and Torpidity ot the llrcr. Her Blood
iMrLlvr orl.s wonik-n In Its spcrinl llnoaml bids falr
to ciruil the Compo'ind In Its popularity.
All rin t respect lier a.t an Aneel of Ifercy hoao solo
ambltlnn Ii tn UopjoJ to othcn.
I'luUJelphla. 1'a. (3) ( JIr J. H. n.
THE MoOALLM
WEIGJ { WILY 100 IBS ,
4000J
rWAGON
BOX
Can Be Hand ed By a Boy.
The box nccil never lie tiken ott the wagon and
all the hilled
Grain and Grass Seed Is Save
It c stales ) tlnn tha oM stxlo CKS. Every
atantlard wa on U ruld with nur rick cample o
BUY NONE WITH3UT IT.
Or buy tlio attachment * n"d app'v tliom ro
; our on ! A-iiiin box. For sale In l > rai.n by
J. C < 'LI K , L luoln.
MAVMNO IlKSi Otrtha.
KRED KUDU e ; > ind N nnrt.
IlAiiai.frrr A : < ] IIXK , Hiiit ii'rs.
eilARi. -CIIKullhBK , CD UlllblM.
SVOOt.Kt ( TUSK , llU'l Uiilllll.
U. II. LE\NE & i o , Kvd OH , town ,
LV. . HcstKi , , G c'lwoo , 'owri
A'd > vcr/Intelk-Rdo.iii-r.il ( the wut. A'k
thi.ra for Uuji.rlp.hu circular or no/M / direct' /I'i
to tn.
J , McOallum Bros. Hauufg Oo. ,
Olllce , 21 Wc-t hike Strco' , ( Jh'cncn.
inat'31-lw
75,000
THYKEK-SPRNG ! ! VEHICLES
M O VI K IT S S.
y f < ff ?
TiJ ss y . ' .f ; V-ii3r .
ftr--
r-\
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* * * & & '
Thoj ftirpa na 1 other \chlelejfjr
itylcnnddurobiliti ,
, GGAR < & BODIES
For bain by
Henry Timken
,
fur . | > llfd
MONITOR OILSTOVE
Improvril lor 1882 ,
THU BKST AND
ONLY ABSOLUTELY SAFE
IN TIIK
Every hiiwi.leeier ) ; | foo's the want of
JoniotluiiK that will cui k the daily
Food anduvoid the excoaiiiru heat , duat ,
littur and aalies of n coal or wood atovo.
PUB MONITOR OIL STOVE WILL
DO 1 11 , bdttor , quicker ami cheaper
thnn any other means. It istlioONLY
OIL STOVE mndg with the OIL
IIBSEIIVOIR ELEVA'nSD at the
Ijack ot thu steve , a way from the In-at ;
> ' ' > 'ch ' ninmgciiu-i.t AUSOLUTE
lAl'h1 \ ia
sccun-djHs no gus can bo
frit > ruttd , fully twuiiiy per cunt moro
ioat is oltaimsd the wicks
, ftre pre-
lorvod tvucoua long , thim earing the
Eroubluuf cojutaiu trimminc and the
.npfiiso of novr ones. EXAMINE
HIE MONITOR and you will buynu
niier.
M nrifactureJ only by th-
Monitor Oil StovBlK Oleyelanfl 0 ,
Solid lor dojcriptiro circuUr or cull
ftl Rogora it Bon , amenta for No-
jroaka