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THE BEE BUBLISH1NG CO , , PROPS ,
E. B03EWATER , Editor.
CotoiiAbo sandstone will bo a millstone
around the neck of every councilman who
ToUs to force it upon our citizens against
their expressed wjll.
TUB Chicago Herald makes the perti
nent query whether the secretary of the
navy will throw in the useless oflicors
when ho selli the useless ships.
NKIIRASKA fannora nro too busy culti
vating crops to write much for thopapcrn
or to attend many anti-monopoly meetings -
ings , hut they nro doing a powerful sight
* f thinking on the great issue of the day.
TUB Ohio supreme court has declared
the Scott liquor tax law constitutional.
The election music will now begin to
jilay in the Buckeye state with Hoadly
And Forakcr aa the riral band leaden.
DISMISSAL from the anny and eighteen
months in the penitentiary was the sen
tence of the court martial in the Waison
case , -while those who ought to know
claim that the president will approve.
No Monit letters have bcon printed
lately from Dorsoy and there is some
Anxiety expressed over'tho report that ho
haslias _ abandonodjiis intention of pub
lishing a "Complete Political Letter
Writer. "
THE investigation of thooflicoof'Supor-
vising Architect Hill , at Washington , is
. .bringing out some scandalous testimony ,
which , If sustained , 4 wiH p.lajo Mr.JHill
side by sida with iCpboSon , Babcock ,
Bclknap & Co , as anothoi' jnonuniont of
republican misrule.
is reported that Montgomery Blair
is dying , Mr. Blair. c6h\68 from a fam
ily of distinguished politicians. Ilis fa-
tlicr , Francis Preston Blair , waa
one of the founders of the republican
publican party. His brother , Frank P.
Blair was the democratic candidate for
the vice-presidency in 18G8. Mr. Blair
himself waa ono of the counsel in the
famous Drcd Scott case , and entered Mr.
Lincoln's cabinot-as postmaster general.
IN ordering a stricter enforcement of the
law against' gaihbling housds , Mayor
Chose has taken a Atop that will bo gen
erally commended by our citizens. With
in the last year the number of disrepu
table sporting men in Omaha him been
greatly increased , until the city swarme
-with crooks who class ihoniBolvoa " ns
gamblers in order to hiilo their * real pro
fcssion. If gambling cannot bo entirely
suppressed , gamblers can nt least bo madi
to ply thoif trade "behind closed' doora ,
* " 9T ° * t J.
and with a little display of energy the ;
can be clcared'out and'tho businusa Jof
in the hands of men whoso antecedent !
jure known to the police.
as usual loads Its content
porarics in a review.of . 'Omaha's school iii
terests and the 'full report * ofttho wor'
and condition of our city educational sys
torn will.to .Tpad with general gratilica
tion ? Omahtt cxpendsJ&lO pOOjvnnuall
on her schools , whoso standard ° fyO
cioncy is steadily increasing. Tbbro at
-littll many improvements that might b
nude , 'and th&t will doubtless bo made i
Uio near future when opportunity nn
tneons.permit ; but in their present coi
dtUon , o"ur scliools arc nomethliig 6f'whic
the city may'well bo'proud , ' ftnd thuy r- -
fleet , credit on both superintendent , prii
and teachors. y
THK Mississippi at St. Louis is said '
be higher than it lias been-in twenty-fr
years , but the. latest dispatches amuntn
the water as falling with good prospcc
tliat the bottoms will bo in sight again
a few days. The damage done nt En ,
St. Louis to railroads and manufacturii
interests is put at scarcely less than
million , while the overflowing of t !
bonks along the Illinois shore north ni
south of that point will almost equal tli
amount.
Although high water in the Mi so
and its tributaries has not reached t
"same stage as in the Mississippi , the
has been a great deal of damage done
various ports of Nebraska and Misiou
particularly at Kansas City and 1
Joseph and along the valley of the I1
uuiha in this state. The inccss ;
rains of the past few we (
'have swollen the smaller stroar
and railroad bridges and ombankmo !
by the hundreds have been washed nwi
The St. Joseph & Weetcru and the At
ison & Nebraska have been the lieavi
sufferers of the local roads , but all i
tnmk roads have suffered , ' more or Ic
For more than a week paat mailsn
passengers from the south and southr :
Jwvo boon forwarded irregularly n
with difliculty , In Nemaha county i
damage to propcity is reported nt ? 10
000 , and Johnson county is heavy s
i'orer. Northern Nebraska has cscaj
-with comparatively trifling losses ,
though wind and rain have combined
doing a small amount of damage eve
largo area. The Missouri at this po
lias not been at a'l ' threatening and
now falling.
NO ( JJlKAr&W3. . .
< 4inicro arc really no grout issues bo-
tw ? on the live pnrtius , " paid Abrain 8.
Hewitt the other day to nil interviewer.
That is the truth in R very small nutshell.
It would take a ( niworful telescope to
discover the question of vital public in
terest upon which the opiniom of the two
political parties Imvo crystallized mifil-
ciontly on different lines to inako it an
issuo.
There is no isiuo ou the tarilH
Both parties demand A tariff for revenue -
onuo with incidental protection for
industry and affording liberal compensa
tion for American labor. But the demo
cratic and republican leaders nro shrewd
enough to forsco that a campaign with
frco trade as the issue would certainly bo
a losing ono. Indian * and Ohio were
largely lost by the democrats in 1880 on
this battle-field. The mistake is not like
ly to bo repeated in 1834. Civil scrvico
reform is not nn issue between the par
ties. Each is interested in the civil ser
vice chiefly for the patronage
which it offers. A civil Borvico
reform which will keep the ins
in is as enthusiastically believed in
by the republican leaders , an is one that
will put the ins out by the democrats.
The politicians of both parties have a
supreme contempt for rules and regula
tions , excepting ns they will nllny popu
lar clamor nnd stop the mouths of the
theorists.
Nor is there nny issue upon the ques
tion of the finances. Resumption has
taken that 'rying question out of politics ,
and the steady funding nnd payment of
the public debt has removed all induce
ments for tinkering with the trcassury de
partment. Upon the advisability of con
tinued silver coinage there is some dif
ference in the opinions of party leaders ,
but no fixed consent in the party organi
zation.
No ono who has watched the records of
congress and the professions of party
platforms will venture to assort that the
restriction 'of monopoly is nn issue before -
fore the live parties. While no portion
6f { ho record 6f the republicans has been
more open t < > criticism by its opponents ,
the railroad and industrial lobbies in con
gress , Imvo been iis largely recruited from
ttio democratic as from the republican
ranks , and no democratic leader has
dared to arraign republicanism on this
ground for fear of hurling a boomerang
which would return to his own party
inks' ,
Mf , Hewitt is quite right. ' 'There
ro really no great issues between the
wo parties" because both of the oxist-
ig dominant parties are too cowardly to
lake nn issue of n score of important
[ Uostions which are pressing for political
olution.
TiiKiti' is a great deal of misapprohon-
ion about what the government means
> y pauper emigrants and BOIIIO high-
ninded philanthropists are protesting
igainxt its refusal to offer asylum to
ivory clasi of refugees regardless of their
irovious condition or present circum-
itanccs. Theoretically , it makes little
difference to our government whether an
emigrant is rich or poor so long as ho can
take care of himself when ho lands on
our shores and ' is , not at once made c
charge on public charity. Our countrj
Is big enough to absorb many millions ol
able bodied men and industrious
women who as producers will add to it )
wealth and increase its monoy-earninf
capacity. But wo do object to boinf
made the receptacle for Swiss boggan
and cripples , French criminal ;
and the poor creatures who an
cbllocted- from Irish workhousoi
And [ shipped by the hundred
from Quoonstown and Cork in order ti
'relieve England of the expense of careiiij
for thorn. Wo have enough native pau
pen and unfortunates withoutfurnish ,
ioftpitali } a d proves ( yj'ao \ \ fMht'otho
ouiiirios. Neither Now York m othti
caboard states cAil Afford to incrcas
lieir burden * in maintaining locid char
ics for the purpose of lightening tli
> ad caused by English misrule. That
ho" position taken by the state * dopar
nont , and it is thu correct vile. A\
rant all the able-bodied emigrants wl
can land , and wo are ready * to wolcon
hem and to furnish them opportunitl
to 'or bettering their Bocial and politic
ro condition. But decrepit old men ai
CO iTomim , beggars , cripples and criminn
is shipped by foreign govonimonts to tl
in United States , will not be received wit
stg out an energetic protest.
n IOWA republicans nro now in convu
ho tion at DCS Moincs. A governor ni
nt : ncmbor of the Biipromo court nro tl
tal principal nominations to bo made , b
interest chietly centers upon the poi
ir tion which the party will adopt in regn
irh to constitutional and statutory prohil
ire tion in the state. It seems certain at t
ii time of writing that there is n clear n
iiri
ri jority of prohibition delegates in t
ri3t
3t convention , and the party will ngf
commit itself to n policy which coinin
in sense nnd experience have proved to
ink but impracticable and destructible
us party organization. The record of p
nU hibition during thirty years of the tt
has shown conclusively that uu absoli
ch refusal to sanction the Bale of all into
ca eating liquors only makes free tr.ulo
111 whisky selling while it deprives the st
of the revenue derived from its tnxnti
in And the principal history
inas the past thrc'O years
in demonstrated that any party that v
th turcs to run counter to common BOUSO
10 , committing itself to that system will
u : disrupted within u comparatively BI
period. No ono is prepaied to deny
n evils resulting from the liquor trallle ,
ni i to underestimate the vuluo of any motl
r which gives a reasonable assurance
in restraining or curing them. The trou
ini i with nn absolutely prohibitory syston
that it has never boon enforced , i
tiovcr can be , btatasa n stale law cannot
rcntrnin n personal appetite. The true
method ol dealing with the problem is
that which Nebraska has adopted in her
high license system , which places such
checks and restraint * around the business
as to throw it into responsible hands , nnd
at the same lime brings our schools n
liandsome and increasing revenue.
NKW YOUK republicans , after n vigor
ous effort to restore party harmony , seem
to be ns far removed ns ever from the
point after which they have been striving.
The party machinery is still controlled
by the stalwarts nnd the 213,000 half-
breeds who refused to vote for Folgor
last fall are practically as much unrepre
sented as they were before that memo-
able campaign. A bourbon is n man whenever
never forgeU anything nnd never learns
anything. The bourbnn republicans
seem to bo doing their best to destroy
what little is left of the republican party
of fifteen years ago.
ST. 1'Ain , has just passed A rigid build
ing ordinance which provides for the su
perintendence of the erection of public
buildings , sewer connections nnd plumb
ing and nafcguards against loss of life or
property by fire. Omaha needs a build
ing law scarcely less than St. Paul , but
the effort made by Councilman Herman
more than a year ago fell flat. It cannot
bo revived too soon.
IHHUCH for 1HK4.
Philadelphia Hecord.
Our esteemed contemporary , The Now
York Sun , flings out the banner to the
breeze :
Turn out the Jiaimalsl
The JtcpuMtcan Party must go f
The Den of Thieves mmt be cleared
outlThe
The device is excellent. On the other
side of the banner should be painted :
Turn in the other Jln/icala/
It In lime for a change !
When there / 710 Quarrel about
Principles there should be no monopoly
of Plunder f
So emblazoned , on the ono Hide and
the other , The Sun's banner should bo a
hit.
Its Political KtTcot.
llilffalo Kxjircu.
That the common son.so of the country
Bhoiild hold the present administration
ultimately responsible for the hideous
mockery of justice in the failure of the
star route prosecutions is not a natural
result , though , nn wo have before said , it
does not appear to bo n just conclusion ,
itt least BO far as the president is con
cerned , The common scnio of the coun
try is not , as a matter of course , infftlli *
) io in judgment , though it is not very
'requontly at fault.
But bo that as it may , in this case , the
republican party certainly cannot afford
to take issue with the conclusions of the
country's common sense. The political
effect of this costly burlesque upon crimi
nal prosecution must bo taken into ac
count. Nothing could bettor servo the
Ambition of the domocratcy than to have
itn antagonist heavily handicapped in the
struggle by being forced to carry the dead
weight of Dorsoy. And the conspicu
ous part plnycd by the great Un-
convicted in the last election can
not bo forgotten nnd will not bo over
looked. The enemy is quick to see the
mischief in it. A noted democratic poli
tician was heard to say the other day
after dinner : "Wo'vo got "em ! wo'vo got
'oml By wo have only got to say
nothing uurl do nothing , and wo have got
"em sure ! " In commenting on this story
Ilarper'B Weekly shrewdly remarks ; "In
vine ycritas , and it is worth while to see
in this expression and in the tone of the
democratic press the probable line of UK
democratic campaign.
The way to thwart the democratic plai
is to do just the contrary of what iti
loaders expect. The republican part }
must not rest content with repudiating
all responsibility for Dorsoy and his pals
it must decline to identify itself witl
those who are by the country hold ro
Huonsiblo for the costly failure to convic
the star route thieves.
Whether that /ailuro is the fault o :
only the misfoffuiiq of the ndministra
tion , is no great jnnttpr from R poliiica
point of Ti5 . The real question ii
Vv.tn6r in Uw next fight vtho ropublieai
party can bear to bo put on the dofonsiv
in nn untenable position , merely to jus
tify the administration. Wo don't thin'
it can. The party will have enough t
liold its own , on the strongest jjgroun
with the strongest men at the front. ]
must not undertake to do battle with th
common sense of the country.
Crook'u Captlvcjf.
Bun Kranclxco Call.
s The question which punilen the wr
and interior departments is what to d
with General Crook's captives. The it
terior dopaitment sustains the India
agent at San Carlos in his objection i
receiving these wild Apaches , and tl
Is war department does not know what oil
to do with them. The situation is tl
lu
moro complicated by the report tin
there nro ono hundred and fifty to 01
hundred nnd Bovcnty-fivo warlike Chii
cahuas who propose to surrender upc
condition that Crook will guarantee goc
id treatment. The only thing that stum
out with certainty in this Indian busine
10 in that General Crook surprised tl
ut war department by coming back w ith
train of captives. The presumption a
rd imrcntly was either that ho would g
killed himself or kill all the Indians 1
might encounter. The time scorns
lie have arrived , if indeed it did not arri
Rome years ago , when n steady poli
ho should bo adopted toward , hostiles I
dians. If tribes or bunds are to bo he
1 nlosponsiblo for crimes committed by o
on or moro of their number , lot that poli
bo bo nroclaimcd and hostilities carried
toro with the understanding that captiv
would bo treated accordhig as'ovidon
ro-
against them might dotormii
ial The band could choono bo two
ito the surrender of the really guil
xi- parties and the punishment
xiin certain leaders who might or might 11
bo guilty of the crimes charged ag tii
the band. Thu Indians Crook has in 1
311. charge uro known collectively to hn
311.of committed many murders. Precisi
linn upon what terms they have surrendei
in not known , but probably not with t
1311- expectation of botng puniuhed seven
for their crimes. The ono hundred a
fifty Indians still nt largo , who propc
01 1 to surrender if General Creel cnn asm
the them of good treatment , certainly do i
expect to bo hanged , as tl
or really deserve to be. The h
led of n policy in the trcatmi
of of ' hostile Ravages has doubtl
caused many outrages to bo committ
bio There is nothing which touches the &
i is ago mind like keeping faith. If n m
md I tary leader declares his purpose to pi
sh a certain band for offences committed
nnd fails to do no , they lese confidence in
"lim. If ho is moro merciful than ho
promised to bo , they discover in that
manifestation a weakness which dimin
ishes their respect. But if ho slays ,
rvhips or otherwise punishes , ns he has
hrcntcned , they fear , respect and trust
lim. They place their lives in his hands ,
: onfidcut that they will bo treated well or
11 as they may deserve. The Indians have
-ho utmost confulcnco in General Crook.
! Io has always kept his word with them ,
md especially when ho has promised
hem n drubbing. Ho relies upon his
Indian guides under circumstances which
would inspire distrust in another gen-
: ral. It would seem to follow that h
cnows how to treat them so as to insure
.heir good behavior in the future. The
jowiluered war department might , there
fore , Bafely leave the solution of this In-
lian problem to General Crook , and place
means at his disposal to carry out his
r'ioMs. If ho has made any blunder so
'ar , it is in too much success. He brought
jack moro captives than the authorities
mow what to do with.
Tlio Antl-Sllvcr Fallacy.
it Louis Hepubllcan.
It is urged by the anti-silver financiers
, hat all the labor expended in silver min-
ng , while adding many millions annually
the stock of silver , does not at all en
rich the world ; that a smaller amount of
netal would perform all the olliccs that
; ho larger amount does ; and that , there-
'ore , silver mining , so far as the world is
concerned , after suflicient silver to meet
.ho uses of the arts in produced , is wasted
effort. So far as this argument has any
mint or force it may bo equally urged
vith respect to the great bulk of gold
vhich is produced at n vast expense of
abor. It would bo equally applicable to
o a vast range of human productions ,
which will Buggesttheniselves to the minds
of every person who gives thought to
economical subjects. It is Uto-
) ian. What are the advantages
ought by the opponents of silver ? Are
hey public and patriotic or restricted
and selfish ? These are the tests to bo
ipplicd to the single stnndaid movement.
. ' irst , it is certain the reduction of the
ncdium of paying debts would enhance
.he value of the debts. The advantages ,
.hcrefore , from this cause would insure
all to the creditor class and against the
debtors. This no candid and logical rca-
loner will deny at all. Those who desire
.ho demonetisation of silver on this
[ round act from narrow and Hellish mo-
ives. This would increase the 'public
obligations and burdens of the many for
.ho bcnufit , of the rich and the few.
Chore is no avoiding this conclusion. The
demonetization of silver would speedily
iloso most of the silver mines of the
United States and destroy an industry
vhich nowproduces 540,000,000 annually.
Would not this bo an important
and Berious nmttcr , especially to the
states and territories of the Rocky moun-
ains ? Would our commerce' abroad bo
n any way compensated by the adoption
of the single gold standard ? There has
not been ono reason olfered to show that
t would. Except only two or three
countries those with whom the United
States have commerce have silver as the
chief medium of exchange. Besides , the
actual handling of money metals cuts no
figure ii ) the world's exchanges , except
nn any other commodity is handled. We
pay our balances in foreign countries
with grain , cotton , meats and other prod
ucts , mainly agricultural. If these bal
ances should at any time , have to bo paid
with gold and silver they would go by
weight as other commodities. There are no
difficulties in this subject only such as
selfish cavilers and interested creditors
thrust into it. The moral features of the
argument against silver are not worth a
moment's consideration. The silver dollar
lar and its equivalent , as now constituted ,
is thofjiily metal dollar the people ever
knew inything about ; the only ono they
ever promised to pay , and is the basis of
the financial system of the government.
The accidents of time and discovery have
made it as respects gold somewhat loss
valuable than it was ten years ninco. If
such accidents had mudo it relatively
moro valuable not ono word would have
been said by any debtor about a change
of the contract. Nor is it true that with
respect to the whole range of the objects
desired , the silver dollar lias less pur
chasing power than when the bulk the of
public nnd private dobta of the
country was created. Any authentic
record of prices shows this fact
conclusively. The talk about an piglity-
vo-cont dollar in 1883 which will pur-
iaso moro than any dollar would have
urchased twenty or twenty-five years
go , moro than the promised dollar would
ave purchased when the present national
obt was created , is a presumption ole
o Ignorance on the part of those who niadt
\ the promise and have to redeem it. It it
o the credit of the good sense of the poo-
to that the clamor against silver takes IK
old on the public mind and docs nol
ven get a hearing among their represen
ativos. The facts and the argument , tin
ustioe and the considerations of gooc
olicy are BO overwhelming against tin
nonemotalisU as to make their efforts , i
iot disguised and surreptitious , wholly
ruitlcss.
1'nnnonKer Conduotoi-H.
ndUnapolU Journal.
An ox-railroad manager , who in day
last has ranked among the beat , am
vho well understands what is oxpoctei
if mssongor conductors , remarked yea
.onlay that ho did not approve of th
nethods now adopted to ascertain whotl ;
or conductors were honest. IIo though
the tendency was to degrade the some
and make dishonest men of these wh
wcro honest. This "spotter" business
10 naid , was creating a sentiment wit
the traveling public that all passongi
conductors were thieves. This , ho wt
satisfied , was not the case. Ho was coi
fidcnt that as a largo per cent , of tl :
conductors were honest as in any otlu
service on railways , in banks pr bu
iness establishments. Ho thought tc
much was expected of n conductor ft
the salary paid him. For instance ho
expected to dress neatly , and to do so 1
must purchase three or four suits <
c clothing a year , ns the wear and tear
great in railroad service. The conduct- -
is paid $90 to $100 a month , and tl
earnings of nearly two months are r
quired to clothe him properly. Usual
a conductor is away from his homo tw
thiids of his time , and ho is expected
boanl at a good hotel , to make frieni
to the road with which ho is connect *
by keeping his end up in treating
cigars , etc. In fact ho is subjected i
numerous incidental expenses , the ovai
inj ; of which would dnmngo his reput
tion and that of the wad. Ho rciwirki
that wo Liughed derisively u lion it w
said ho must have a good watch ; if ho hi
a jMtor ono it would not bo safe for him
run his trains by it. The fact was that
conductor's position , at best , was a t
aponsiblo ono and productive of lai-go o
u penscs , and ho should bo paid a good st
01 ary ono on which ho could take care
01jt his family properly nnd conform to i
jtu reasonable requirements of his positio
which ho cannot do on § 90 per mentHe
11 Ho thought were conductors paid 81 , &
or $2,000 n year they would value their
positions more , and , therefore , would bo
honest in their dealings with the com
pany. Ho was satisfied that the charge
of dishonesty of conductors was greatly
exaggerated. A ninn's honesty could bu
usually rated by his habits on the road
and at homo. Ho would not employ n
man who loitered _ around saloons , bucket-
shops and gambling-dons , and drove fast
horses. Conductors should be paid sala
ries which would permit of their laying
by something for old ago. Ho felt grati
fied aluays when ho heard n conductor
who had been on the road twenty-five or
thirty years had a nice homo or good
farm , and ho would bu the last man to
insinuate that because ho has so prospered
that such property had been purchased
by stealing from the road on which such
conductor ran.
TcIcplioiilcJI'mftinlly.
Cincinnati letter.
Mr. Pugh. a job printer , had a tele
phone in his oflice. Ho desired to be
put in communication with the Cincin
nati typo foundry , and BO informed the
exchange. Through BOIIIO minundor-
Btanding ho was put in communication
with the Cincinnati transfer company.
Thereupon Mr. Pir h got mad. and said
to the exchange : "If you can t give mo
the portion I want , shut up your damn
telephone ! " Whereupon it was shut
up and BO remained , and Mr.
Pugh brought suit to compel the
telephone company to restore him
the use of the instrument. There was
judgment for the company in the superior
court , and it wan affirmed on error in the
district court. The company set forth a
contract by which it had a ri < ; ht to with
draw the telephone at its option , and for
the use of profane and improper lan
guage. And the company also claimed
that Mr. Pugh's language was moro of
fensive than that above quoted ; but the
court decided the case on the assumption
that these were his words , and ho admit-
tcd that ho made that remark. The
majority of the court were of the opinion
that the word "damn , " whether it
was to bo regarded as a profane or im
proper expression , was in violation of the
contract. It was scarcely necessary to
inquire whether the word "damn" is pro
fane or improper. Although not obscene ,
or in violation of the statutes , it was
coarse , unbecoming and profane ; or , if
not profane , is an improper word , and
the manner and occasion of its use was
low and insulting. The court was also of
( he opinion that the rule of the company
was reasonable , because this association
includes not only the business cir
cles of the _ community , but
a great many family circles , and
that the manner of opening the instru
ments makes it possible for a message in
tended for ono person to bo sent to an
other and received by some family under
very mortifying circumstances. Many of
the operators at the exchange , also , are
females , and they have a right to be pro
tected from insolence. Besides , the in
ventors have a right to protection , for if
language of this kind were permitted it
would operate to the disadvantage of the
inventors.
Judge Smith , however , dissented from
the judgment. Ho said there was no
doubt that the company had a right to
establish reasonable regulations , but ho
was of the "pinion that it had acted with
too great haste. The testimony clearly
showed to his mind that the telephone
was cut off for the use of languoago ,
which Mr. Pugh never did use , and that
this exclusion was made permanent
because ho refused never to use
again language which ho never used at
all. . "It is said the word 'damn * isanro-
fane expression. Now what is profanity ?
If wo take the decalogue it says taking
tho. name of God in vain. If wo look at
our statute it is swearing or cursing , or
using irreverently the name of God ,
Jesus Christ , or the Holy Ghoat. Pro
fanity is an irreverent expression towards
God. If wo look for the word 'damn'
in the dictionary wo do not find it
among the terms of profane expressions.
* * * The question is whether , in a
business coir.munication , where a party is
somewhat excited , having failed to get a
proper communication and uses the
words , 'damn your telephone , ' that is a
sufficient ground for cutting off perma
nently the use of the telephone for
which ho had paid , and depriving him of
a vested right ] Mr. Pugh languishes
without his telephone , but he will , I be
lieve , take the case to the supreme court.
A Little Girl Sent by Express.
TitutUllc ( Pa. ) Hcr M ,
At the Buffalo , Now York & Philadel
phia station yesterday , on the arrival of
the 255 ; train , there stepped down a pert
little miss of possibly four winters and as
many summers. Upon her hat was
pinned a label with the words , "TituHville ,
Crawford county , Pa. , " and a similar ono
decorated her waist. These lables told
moro of her than she herself could tell ,
for she only know that she was Maggie ,
the daughter of John Bronnan. It seems
that she came from Smithport , starting
yesterday morning , and though without
i a ticket or money , had como through
E direct , and without missing a connection.
Inquiry further developed the fact that
several days ago Brcnnan , who resides at
Selkirk or Grand Valley , inquired at the
express oflico for a little girl who was to
como through by express. It was this
knowledge that enabled McVolta , of the
express company , to tell where the pro-
rocious child belonged. James Potti-
gross took her in charge , and she will be
sent to her father to-day.
THEGREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
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uid pallia.
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