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- vvy * * - - . * - THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA , . FRIDAY , MARCH 21 , 1884. THE OMAHA BEE. Omixlm Onioc , No. 010 F/wnnm St. Council muffs Oflloo.iaNo , 7 1'cnrl Street , Ncnr lJroml ny. Now York OnicoHoom 05 Tribune Building. . . _ Pobllthcd every trpmlnc , except Sunday' The enl ) Mend y mornloK daily. IRKS BT yAlk Ont Y sr . 110.00 I Three Month . W.OO BlsUontn . w One Month . ul.00 1'or Week , 2S CentJ. tHI VHMiY MI , fOBUJIlHD V RT W10XMD1T. TURKU rosrrAiB. On T r . 8-J.OO I Three Months . I 60 Six Months. . 1.00 | One Month . SO American News Compiny , Solo ARcnlf Now > Jo len l- en In the United State ) . oRmr A OommnnloAtloni telitlnif to News and Editorial mitten should bo addressed to the EDITOR or Tin Oil. nositiwii MTTHIUI. i All Bmlneii fatten ivnd llomlttinoe * should lie . ddrouod to Tim Bun PuntUltlNO OovriNT , QHJIIA. Dntts , Check * nd tVHtollce order ) to bo made p y able to the order of the oompiny. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS , B. ROSEWATBR. Editor. A. II. Fitch. Hunger Daily Circulation , P. 0. llox 483 Omivlj * Neb. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tin : prevailing opinion in the third congressional district is that Val , like the Heathen Chinoo , must go. WHAT will Lincoln do for the state fair of ] 885 , now thai she has sold her fair grounds to a stockyard syndicate ? MK. MOUKISOX is ao deeply interested in the bonded whisky bill that ho will lot his revenue reform bill go by default , if Randall will only aid him in putting through Iho whisky bill. As a great champion of reform commend us to the democratic party. THK newspapers of the country are commenting on the fact that the county jail at Cincinnati is crowded with mur- dorors. But nil the murderers , saya the Cincinnati Commcroial-GascUc , who ahould be there are not there no , not by a jug-full. The sunsota have not been rod for nothing. THK attempt of a Boston professor to provo that the Garden of Eden was lo cated at the north polo is not received with any degree of warmth by those who know anything about the Arctic regions. If Adam and Eve over lived at the north polo then the story about the fig-leaf costume falls to the ground as a more fiction. Fig-loaves are too thin for clothing in the region of the north polo , oven in the summer tlmo. TUB live stock associations of Wyom ing and Colorado will moot in Cheyenne on April 7th. The mooting will bo the largest over hold in the territory. The local organization is making preparations for the entertainment of 200 delegates from Colorado , and as many more from the provinces. The object is to discuss matters pertaining to the bettor growth and cultivation of the cattle industry in the west and the consideration of methods for excluding infected stock. BAKKII PAHIIA , who in figuring BO prom inently in the war in the Soudan , is un English officer none other than Col. Valentino Baker. It will bo remembered that ho created a sensation in England a few years ago by assaulting a young lady in a railway car , for which oflenso ho was sentenced to a short term of im prisonment and dismissed from the army. Upon serving out his sentence ho wont wont to Egypt and there ro-ontored the military service , in which ho has dis tinguished himself. A movement has now boon started in London to have him restored to his former rank in the En glish army. COL. DAVID S. STANMCY , who is to bo the successor of Brigadier-Onncral Mackenzie konzie , entered the anny in 1852 , gradu ating from West Point as a brevet second lieutenant. On the outbreak of the war ho was appointed captain in the Fouitl : cavalry , and in September , 1801 , was given a volunteer command as brigadier general. In 18G4 ho was promoted to major-general of volunteers , and in the meantime received a number of promo tions in the regular army. Ho won thfcso promotions by gallant and meritorious ( services in the battles of Stone River , Besaca , Ruffs Station , and Franklin Ho was appointed colonel of the Twenty second infantry in July , 18GG. Tin : Pacific railway committee in the house is endeavoring to discover > some plan whereby the subsidized Pacific rail ways can bo compelled to , pay their in debtednoBs to the government. There are now two plans under consideration One , which is approved by Secretary Folgor , is to extend the time of payment over sixty years. The other ia an in crease of the amount required by the Thurmau act to bo annually turned into the treasury. Under the Thurman act 25 per cent , of the not earnings is re quired to bo paid to the government. The latter plan is more in favor with the democrats , and the committee will proba bly recommend an increase to 50 per cent , for the Central and 40 per cent , for the Union Pacific. The court of claims is in a fair way to arrive at a determina tion of what is a fair and reasonable al " lowance for the transportation of inaili over these roads , This point 1ms boon at iuuo for years , and when settled there will bo no further contest as to what the net earnings have been for the past foui yean. These disputes have afforded tin Union Pacific an excuse for not comply tng with thu Thurman act. In a recon letter to the senate Attorney Genera Brovrstor exprcsecS his Intention of puds ing tbo case to judgment during the proa cut term of court. lie added that if th companies , after n judicial settlement shall show any reluctance in complyiu with the decree ho should proceed c once to enjoin the payment of dividend ) * _ * Jfc < * AFRAID Of THE NK\V \ ItRlUOK. The scheme to erect another bridge over the Missouri between Omaha and Council Blurtswhich has recently assumed very tangible shape by reason of the probability that congress will grant the charter , has stirred up the Union Pacific to do what it ought to have done years ago , namely , to construct a wagon bridge in connection with its railway bridgo. The Union Pncifio managers nro aware of the fact that if another bridge is con structed at this point it will bo a serious blow to their monopoly bridge , the receipts of which are enormous , and constantly growing in proportion to the development of the country and the consequent increase in traffic. By con structing a wafton bridge the Union Paci fic hopes to defeat the building of the proposed now bridge , and thus retain ill monopoly of traflio and the control of its bridge rates. It may possibly succeed in this object. Its engineers are at work upon the plans of , the wagon bridge , which in to be added to the railway bridge , and they are to bo completed and submitted for approval early next month. It is proposed to have the work completed this year. The Union Pacific originally intended to have a wagon bridge in connection with its rail way bridge , but abandoned the project because the Nebraska legislature passed a bill providing that tha mayor and city council , in any city nf the first class , should have the power to license and regulate the keeping of toll bridges , and fix the rates of toll. That bill ia still on the statute book , and remains in force. It is claimed by some , however , that the true reason for the abandonment of the plan was the scarcity of funds at the time the bridge was being built. Even if the Union Pacific should defeat the proposed prrjoct , the addition of a wagon way to its bridge will bo a great improve ment upon the present accommodations. In any event , the granting of a charter for a now bridge by congress is bound to result beneficially for Omaha. FORKION OWNKIlSlIll' Of AMERICAN LANDS. Senator Van Wyok persistently keeps up his inquiries. Ilia latest resolution of inquiry , which was agreed to , directs that the committee on public lands inquire in what manner largo quantities of public lands became transferable to or possessed by foreign corporations or syndicates , and what , if any , legislation is advisable to prevent such transfers or possession. The object of this resolution is to pre vent landlordism in the United States , which is inevitable if the great capitalists of Kuropu are allowed to buy up vast tracts of railroad lands and public lands , winch have boon acquired by Americans. Already many millions of acres , in large blqcks , have been purchased by English , Scotch and Gorman syndicates , and near ly all our unoccupied lands , whioh can bo bought in largo tracta , will soon pass into the hands of foreign capitalists , who really have moro money than they can profitably usu at homo. If something is not done to chock this movement there will grow up in this country n system of landlordism similar to that existing in the countrioi of the old world. The landlords will live luxu riously in Louden and Paris , while the farmers will simply bo tenants. A mo nopoly in land would bo a gigantic evil. Now ia the time to nip it in the bud , a.d such is the intention of Senator Van Wyck. The ownership of land in the United States ought to bo made coudi tional upon the owner being an American citizen , either by birth or naturalization , and if an American citizen becomes a citizen of another country , and declares his allegiance to a foreign pocentnto , the forfeiture of ownership in American lands should bo made the consequence of such action. None but Americans ahould bo owners of Amoiican soil. n the part of rail roads it not GJmlinod to any particular locality. It is practiced , moro or less , ii nearly every atate of the union , and the people are beginning to fight it througl the legislatures of the dillornnt status. That the people have a right to control the railroads by means of legislation thorn is no doubt , and they propose to exercise that right by electing roprosun < tativcs who will carry out their wishes , Even in the little state of Con nocticticut the people are fighting against railroad discrimination. Ono of the most important contests in the log' ' islaturo of the nutmeg state this year has boon over a bill to prevent discrimi nation in freight rates. This provided that no moro should bo charged for a short than for a longordistauce , and was a dead ly blown at the through rate system. The bill was practically identical with the law for some years working well in Mas sachusetts. The committee on railroads , however , has at last reported a substitute bill which defeats the intent of the original. It merely provides that if a railroad company in its freight business gives any undue prof eronco to any person or firm , the aggrieved party may appeal to the superior court or the railroad com missioners. No penalties are provided. As usual the railroad lobbyists are on hand in full force to defeat the will of the people , and are very likely to succeed. This result , however , will only make thu people moro determined at the next elec- tion to elect legislators who will represent them instead of the corporate monopo < " lies. It is a long lane that has no turning , . Mil. HATTON and Judge McUrury tin talked of for delegates to the Chicane convention. Both these gentlemen an President Arthur's particular friends um appointees , and in case they are delegate may bo expected , as a matter of course * \ t uupnort him in preference to any 0111 at t olao. Council JlluJ } ' la. j Judge McOrary is no longer an olllw holder , and , what is moro , ho was under no obligations to Mr. Arthur for hii ap pointment as circuit judge. Mr. Mo- Crary stopped down from the cabinet of Rutherford B. Hayes to take his seat on the bench. Mr. Hatton is of course ono of Mr. Arthur's appointees , and wo presume - sumo ho makes no secret about his pref erence. ROM ! KRY 01' TAX 1'A YKRU. Ono of the most important safe-guards provided by our city charter against cor ruption in the construction of public works is that the work shall bo inspected by the city engineer , and accepted by the board of public works and city council. This affords a very effective check against any collusion between public oflicialsnnd contractors. So long as these provisions of the law are strictly and faithfully fol lowed , thcro is very little danger of job bery , but it scorns that the present coun cil has departed from the spirit and letter - tor of the law , and opened the way not only for the robbery of tax-payers but for endangering the public safety by badly constructed sewers , the use of inferior material , and poor workmanship. Our attention lia.t been called to a case in point that of the North Omaha sower. The ramirk.i- blo course whick the council hai pursued with reference to this sewer will , no doubt , create astonishment and indigna tion among the tax-payers when they become - come fully informed as to how it is pro posed to make them pay double fora portion of tins sower. The contract for the North Omaha sewer was lot to Win. Fitch & Co. , who went on and did the work. After its com pletion a break occurred at Twenty-third and Gumming streets , for a distance of ( i ! ) feet. Fitch & Co. took up the upper arch , making the oxcnvation for it , and pulling it back. There had booa no ac ceptance of the original work by the city engineer , nor were final estimates made by him , and ho did not accept the work of repairs or make final estimates on it. The city council let the contract for the repairs without tko advice or approval of the board of public works. When the break in the sewer became known. Councilman Anderson introduced a resolution that the board of public works immediately order the necessary repairs , and the resolution was adopted. A communication , however , was road from Fitch & Co. , petitioning for author ity to repair the break , and the matter was referred to the committee on water works and sewerage , with power to act. Fitch & Co. was authori/ed to go on and make the repairs , and the committee on waterworks and sewerage , of which Mc- Guckin is chairman , has prepared a re port allowing Fitch & Co. ? l,090 for repairs. The whole proceeding is irregular and unlawful. It is simply a Bchomo to help Fitch & Co. out of a bad hole. As the sewer had never boon ac- coptcci , the contractors wore bound to m.iko the repairs at their own expense. The broken section of the sewer had been condemned by the city engineer , and that officer ordered the contractors to repair it under their contract , and consequently at their own expanse. The contractors , however , in order not only to avoid this expense , but to got pay for the work , manipulated the council as above stated. It remains to bo noon whether , under the circumstances , the council will authorize the payment of this "extra" to Fitch & Co. If the council dares to do it , an in junction will bo taken out to prevent this robbery of the tax-payers. IT has boon reserved for the Denver Tribune to discover that high freight charged may under certain circumstances have the virtue of a protect ! * o tarill. In Cojoraclo , for instance , this paper sol emnly points out , "budding industries" receive all the protection they nerd from tin ) steepness of rates on the railroads across the plains , said rates shutting out competition us effectually as tne most ex- urbitant duties could do. Wo do not remember - member * lut thin point has over been made before , and it is certainly entitled to notice un 11 novelty in the line of polit ical Hciencu and logic. St. fiouin Globe- Jcmoorat. The Qlobc Democrat would not have been surprised at the bold and original utterances of the Denver Tribune had it boon aware of the fact that the Tribune has boon converted into n railroad organ , and that it is now being edited by a young man who has received his training in the literary bureaus of the Union Pacific and Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fa railways. Now that Governor Dawes has deliv ered an address to the medical school of the state university ho ia entitled to the degree of P. P. professional politician. This is moro than Harvard would do for Ben Butler. But what about Lieutenant- Governor Agoo ? Perhaps ho will got his diploma whore ho distinguished himself in Indiana , when ho was invited to go west. MINISTKK SAIIUKNT will dine with Prince Bismarck on Saturday , and the price of spring sausage , made from American pork , has advanced 25 pet cent , in Berlin. BILL SrniNflKU says the house ia sad ! ) olllioted with the mouth disease , and thai the chances for adjournment before thi dog days are very slim. R.MUtOAU passenger agents are liki policemen They want people to movi on. Thu passenger agent , working ii the interest of the railroads , is respousi bio for much of the rush to the Coou d'Alano mines. TilKUK is iv proposition before emigres tn make Good Friday a legal holiday Kill it. Next we will have St. John' ' day , and St. Patrick's day , and goodnrt knows how many other days , made put lie holidays by law , until the country b < comes dUgusted wittt the truckling t Influences that ehould not weigh Jn matters - tors affecting the public business or the general pubTic.--Leavonworlh [ Times. Our sentiments to a "t. " Not n Parly Test. Cincinnati CoramercUt OuMte , Hep. It is a wrong for soma republicans to bo making a party test of the Fitz John Porter case , and it is a blunder and an impertinence to bo abusing Senator Sabin , chairman of the national republican com mittee , for his vote. We suppose Gen. Grant ban a pretty clear idea of soldierly duty , and ho telegraphed his congratula tions to Porter , notwithstanding Senator Logan wan able to remark that the old commander was not a lawyer. The sccre- tary of war is , w o presume , credited with moro extravagant expressions against Porter than ho over mado. If not , his discretion has failed him tlm time. Thu chances are that if Abraham Lincoln had lived , and had reviewed the testimony as it now stands , ho would have changed 1m opinion as Grant baa done. STAT10 .JOTTINGS. IISCOI.N. Vrchio I'mlcm If slowly rocovcriiiR his shape , ilia horse foil on him n few il iyt < ago. Sm-nk thieves aru BO nuineroiu nml bold At the ( InpolH licru , thit they rob tbo rucks o ! tlio p.ifs'jnor ; ; CAM whilu tr.uolorrt are at dinner or iisloop. The iYmvn B iyn : "St. 1'atrick'iiy wn for tnorly colobrntoil yettenlnv in Omnhn nml manofclmr ylaroi. " Tlie Xowrf ia a ton'por- UULO origin A r.imoln syndicate recently purchased 2i , CO m roa of land In Ivcitli county ; another 5MX ) in Choyonni ) county , and now a Hynili- u-ito in forming to take in fi7,000 AUM moro In Choyennu ooimty. irasi&Mitchoir-ii > ikp-\ckory caught fire on Hitimlay aftprnixjn , roHiiltin in a loss of .Jl.fiHO to SI.HOO. Tlio jiacHnR house proper v.u lint little Injured , but the smoke-hoiMO with iti content ! WM a total lowi. Conclu.-lor I'1. .T. Dnntlor. of the 11. k M. , l > loail guilty to the cluirfjo of cmlxwlinp tick ets t < > thu amoiinS of $ M5W ! , and wa. < hound over to the dutrid ; court. Trui U the l-CRin- nim ? o ( a raid on disliorost oinployra. liowaro ot thodrawlmdc. ' A praml frwtivnl of Nebr.i-tka's vocal aitisti ! H announcuil for the Ox | > rft house , March ' . 'ilio profrrninmo coiuJhti of ramliiiR ) . BOH S anil jcunpi from Shakapuaru and Hchillor In cofltuma A. nuinlnip of jiotod voc.Uists and olocutioiiisto will participate. Member * of the Soldiori' colony are prepar ing to move to their futnro home in north western Nobraikn. The colony numbers ever 'J50 person * from different sections of this and ether states. The proposed town site of Logan has not yet bwou survey o < l. Ov or 1,000 quarter sections of country has boon taken. IfllKSIONT. The Hpring freshet in the 1'latto ii causing much autioty here. The people of the Baptist church are mak ing .irrangementH for an excursion to Sioux city via tlm .Blair bridge. The Hay brothers h ivo sold the Porchoron Btallion "Docilo" to Charles Plxloy of Kvans- ton , Wyoming , for SL',500. The Saturday livening Journal labont de- HortoJ. Charles Schoetler , Frank Sharp und Will Crandall have retired from it. THE STATE IN OKNKRAL. Fremont 13 now talking of a glove factory. BuslncHH ia rapidly increasing at the Cirnud Island land oflico. The proposed Congregational church at Fre mont \vill coat SJJ.OUO. Professional gamblers are doing a thriving buoinosH in Koainoy. The republican convention of Ciss couuty will bo held at Wooing Water , April 12. The Inavalo Cheeao factory in Web ter country paid for milk lout season -So,523 78. The building of a Catholic church will bo begun in Ilartington about the 1st of April. The demand for farms in the mmthwostorn counties ia Increasing rapidly and priced tend upward. The Jimiata Herald hart put a good looking youu g woman t < > work collecting delinquent MubBcriptioiiB. A \v ifo beater Is Iltucoe township , Buffalo county , WAH hauled into court by his neighbors and fined $50 and coats. The people of Nelson , Nuckolls county , are rojolclug o\er the announcement that the Ii. & . Al. will extend its road irom Hebron to that pluca The Blue Springs Motor ventures the pre diction tl-at the coming presidential campaign "will 1)0 the dirtest and meanest ever held ia America " A maslior tmmod Staples , In Brown couuty , was hllod with buckshot for making Improper ovurtmtM to the wife of John Little. Staples novur knew what struck him , Thn Journal nay * : "I'latUmouth people may rejoice that they don't live in the mud bound town of Omaha. " lloapoctfully ro > foned to Charley Uuko , ot al. , but don't give it away. Twriity-iiino poraons are employed in the freight uuil ticket office of the U. 1' . 11. 11. ut Grand Inland. Their Halarioi average $80 | x > r luoiitli. Frank I'lachy , a Bohemian farmer living south of Crotu , wan found dead in the field last Sunday iifteinoon , shot through the brrait Tha nk-joting U .luppoaod to have been accidental , The lonfj contoxtnd ciicn of Adams county agaliiHt Jiunoj 1) . C.irl for legil poinowiou ol the public Hiuuro , I olng block number fiftoou in iLutingd , hu4 been iloci led in tuvorof the oounty by the Kupreme court of the Htatu. A llhiir attumey by the name of Hard- poucn , lu > hiLH inudo nliimolf iirominont 0.1 a timid ty tchoot ttutoher , WOH arrested Saturday ovoiiiug fur Ktoullng coal from Helcicrllg co.il bin. On Monday ho wu.1 Houtencod to five iluyn in jnll. A dozen brave women at Firth recently fol upon u brutal wifu beater and lamiuod hiu with club * until he begged fur mercy am prumijoU to reform. Thu UWMIII uanathor otigliaiul euiphiitiuono , and might bo trans pluutbtl with HticceiH , Tlii Pnwdur Itivor Cattle company offers a rt-wanl nf 5 > for information that \\lUtm. alilo thotii to hud about IXH ) noad ' f good wbthtfm l > nt Biiniawhuro in tlio weaturn part of the HUto , It in told thuy wnro Bold at Koiunuy BOIIIO time ugo by oua of the herders of the cou'i > any. "ThoShilling Way" atlDjvM City lx en\el. oped In a fog and tha ungndl ) xlnnrr etrug * gling on that pathway to glory In in dauber < > t being lout , lloncu the editor Call < fni ' 'tho praj erf , as wnll UH the mental , manual and material arnlbUnco of tha saints lu all thia gloriuua war. " In pluiu wozldly words ho uunU cash , The Barton residence at NortU 1'latte has boon weld by Sldnoy Dillon to the Union 1'a- tllio for an omployeu' liospitaL Over four acrca of ground ID Included iu the purchase. It in mippliiHl with all modem convenience , etoam heater , goo , hot and cold u.tcr ami U tory well adnptod to thu purpose to which it will IMJ dovoted. | The Journaller of Su | > orior was allghtly "eiitluurd" bv the milrit of Uio occasion at the marrlugoof John W. Sanpand Miss Amelia Carman , _ nd per | > etratoil tha following com plicated knot of tion : "Tho bridegroom I a stop son to hia stop-mother and inoUior-ln- law ; ho U a etep-brnthur to hU wife ; they ar "toimlstora and dtep-hrothm in the sam f.imlly ; tlio iitep-molhor Is his mother-in-law ami hla father is hU wife's futher-iu-law an ut the name tlmo U tha Bt p.father to his wife "titl us hU father Is the stop-father tn hU wife he ii tlm btep-father-lu'law to his own son. Ami by rnajou of lielng otop mother U ) the no who married her daughter , the mother U stop in mother-in-law to her own daughter. " Kliodo Island Kopubllcatm. PKOVIDENCE , March 2X ( The ropubl can utato convention mot thia iiiornint , Uoorgo A. Wilbur , of Woonaookot , wa ulucU'U permanent chairman. After th congratulatory resolution to Senator At th fiiy , adopted by a riaing vote , the proa unt utato oiiicora were rnnominated , and b- t no present central state committee ro- 10tu ujoctod. Oov. Bourn was presented to tu Uio convention and made a ipee-h , RICH MEN'S WOES , of the Torlnres of a Super- alinDiaiicc of Wealth , lotv'I'lioHo Wlir > Have I'lcnty to CJUc Are Hotlicrcd l > y Those Who Have Plenty to Get. 'hllodcfphla I'ccord. Duforo Jay Gould started south on his achtiiiK trip ho told a friend that if heave ave away a dime for orery dollar that a * aakud of him by beggars , ho would ot have a cent lott within two years. Bo , is with Vanderbilt , who , though in ) ue > esii n > f nn incotno of 0 pnr cent ponu foituno -03,000,000 , is con- antly besieged by begging letter-writ- rs. Kino-tuntha nf his mail is made up ; tliuao missives. To the fugitive critni- al uvery buih is an olh'cerj so to the riusus of Now York every now caller is beggar. Gould and Vanderbilt , being mmoiisely rich , are , therefore , big tar- jots for the impecunious. But there is iinthor man who , wlnlo not quite so ch , is notoriously free with lis gifts , and consequently ro- fives more begging letters lan any rich man in America , llofor- nce is made to Mr. ( Joorgo W. Clulds , f the Philadelphia Ledgor. His income rom the Lodger is said to bo over s lousand dollars a day. It is n private lint that ranks next to the Now York lerald , and ho hits ether Sources of in- oiiio as well. Nearly all of thia goes out n clmrity. Mr. Ohilds has no children ivo hio newspaper boy * , for whom ho irovidcs with lavish hand. IIo recently itnsioncd oil' his financial editor. Though yorth § 400,000 , this gentleman was re eved from uctivo work , but was con- nuod on the salary roll just as if ho had > eon nn impecunious reporter. A UECOKD man mot Mr. Ohilds yostor- ay morning at the corner of Sixth and /hostnnt streets , just as the publisher lad finished a five milo walk with banker irexcl. These two friends are like ) amen and Pythias. Mr. Childs walks ut over the Shuykill every morning to moot Mr. Drexel , and together they mblo down Chestnut street to their flices. The banker goes on to his count- ig house , whore he handles moro capital inn the thirty-throe national banks in 'hiladelphia would have if they pooled 11 their dollars into ono pot. Mr.Childs urns in at Sixth street to look over his norning mail and to dispose of his callers. 'hero were five women and two clerical- ut men waiting to BOO him on this par- culnr morning. Six of the seven wanted nonoy , and the lads who tend the door lad sized up every one of them. These oungsters are trained up to a study of shots , and they can scent a beggar aa [ stance of ten yards. Mr. Childs' private secretary says that s many as 200 begging letters are ro- jived in one day , and that the total of 10 applications for money made to the jodper publisher by letter often average 20,000 a day. Ono afternoon while a riend waited outside to get an interview rith him , a woman , a perfect stranger , rent in to ask if Mr. Childs wouldn't . off her debts , amounting to § 3,000. talks will como from a distance of COO liloa to beg a small loan. Some want to ) o educated at his expense. Quite a num- ior of young womou have been sent to Europe through him to study music , but iono of thorn have ever reached public istinction. Not a few of the beggars say lioy are ambitious , and want Mr. Childs 0 pay for courses of study that will ena- ilo them to outer the ministry or other irofession. I A young lady in Indiana , who says she ias hoard much of Mr. Childs' generosity writes an introduction of herself to him nd adds : I como in the simplicity of a little child to k you to please make mo a present of a cntch colly eluophord pup of the inalo sex. I ! Hide In Indiana ami highly appreciate any ling that comes from dear Pennsylvania , OH. eclally a praxmt. I would bo greatly obliged a you-indeed for your kindness. Should you rant my petition I will name It after you. Very respectfully yours , S. ( ! . A. Another applicant writes : I wish to oak a considerable favor. It la the oan of $100 , to holr > ma with my education. am an orphan , ana have no brothers , nor eis- ors. ors.One One weakness Mr. Childs has is afond- ICBS for clocks. Ho has thirteen in his rivatp office ; some valuable for their listoric associations , some because of heir exquisite -workmanship , und some ) ccauso of the rare value of their cases no , in particular , made of lapis lazuli , > oing worth its weight in gold. Altogeth er in his three residences and at his oflico 10 has fifty clocks , worth § 30,000. It is nut strange , therefore , that ho should get appeals from all ever the world to buy old clocks. _ A few days since a woman called on him to induce him to buy a clock for $25,000. She did not know vhat ho could do with it , but thought ho ought to present it to the government. A man in England wioto a note asking 'or money to send his three sons to school. Appeals , for money to pay off .ho mortgage on the farm are a daily oo currenco. Hero ia a specimen brick : POCOilOKB , March 1 , 18S , My Boar Mr 3hUli ! : There ia a mortgage of 3,000 on our [ arm. It b hold by a cruel man , who is op- prixaiug us , aiul threatens to nell our farm over our heads if wo don't pay the interest. Won't you buy the mortgage ! I know that if you hold it you would not ho hard on lu. If youwiUdotbUI and my little children will pr-y for yea nu-ht and day , What greater consolation and satisfaction can you huvo thau to know itouia one else Ia always praying for you ! Aniwer Immediately. lUapectfully u > J. W. L. If after two letters have been sent no answer hao boon received , tlio beggara will impudently write : "I ha > a written twlco to you and hate ro- colv od 110 answer. What doea this mean1' Occasionally , when Mr. Childs goes out of town for two or three days , ha ia greeted on his return by boggara , who say : "Why , I have called here three times thus far without seeing you. " Church fair committees and designing men stumble over each other in their processions to and from his Ulico. Sup pliants fcr his money chase him to his summer retreat at Long Branch ; they civil at his country residence ; they be siege his white marble palace in the city. EAory rich nun is pestered the same way , and all who are not pestered want to bo. llrdulinn t > r Hnntem Freights. Kuw YOHK , March 20. Notice has boon given that east bound rates will bo reducoa on the classed named to the fol. lowing basis. Chicago to New York , eighth claw ( grain ) 10 cents ; vovonth cliiss , ( provisions ) S > 0 cents ; ninth class , ( bulk moaU ) 25 cents ; live hogs to New York and Boston , 20 cents per one hun dred pounds. The Cedar HitplclH Gn fttc. CKIUU lUniia , March 20 The Even ing Garotte to-day passed into the hands of a stock company , L. II. Post , former 'proprietor , president ; Fred II. Faulkea , Jvicu-pnssidont ; Clarence L. Miller , aocre. j tary aud treasurer. Faulkes haa ed to 1 rial cliaiyo. 3TEELE , JOHNSON& CO , , II. B. LOCK WOOD ( formerly of Loclnvood & Draper ) Chicntro , iTsm- nger of the Ten , Cignr nnd Tobacco Departments. A full line of all grades of above ; also pipes and smokers' urticJss carried in atoclr. Prices and samples furnished on'application. Open orders intrusted to U3 shall receive our careful attention Satisfaction Guaranteed. AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & 'RAND POWDER CV Double and Single Acting Power and Hand Engine Trinnnlngt , Alining Machinery , ? Bolting , Hoao , Br.ws nnd Iron Fitting Steam Tacking at wholesale and retail. HALLADAY WINJO-MILLS. OHOROB' AJTD SCHOOL BELL& . Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omaha Neb. THE BESTTHREAD FOR SEWING MACHINES < $ Williniuntic Spool ; Cotton is entirely the product of Homo Industry , and is pronounced by nxperts to be fshe Ix > st sewing mncliiiie thread iuiha- world. . FULL ASSORTMENT CONSTANTLY ON HAND , rind' ' "or s : a by HENLEY , HAYNES & VAN ARSDEL , m&e Omahn. Neb. C , F. GOODMAN , Wholesale Druggist ! AND DEALER IN OMAHA , NEBRASKA. J. A. WAKEFIELD , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN -H11 j MJLEXJLC lUUj SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , LIMB , CEMENT , PLASTER , &C- STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY. Union Pacific Depot , Dr. CONNAUCHTON , 103 BRADY ST. , DAVENPORT , IOWA , U. S. A. Established 1878 Catarrh , Deafness , Lung and Nervous Diseases Speedily and Permanently Cured. Patient * Cured at Home. Write for "TiiE MEDICAL-MIKSIOMAUY , " for the People , Free. Consultation and Correspondence Gratis. P. O. Box 292. Telephone No. 226 HON. ED\VARD RUSSELL , Postmaster , Davenport , says : "Physician ol ivea ADliuy ana Marked Success. " CONGRESSMAN MURPHY , Davenport , U oAH ; i onurablo Man. Fine Success. Wonderful Curos. " Hr.nrfl. R tn 5 [ SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO Our Ground Oil Cake. U la the best and cho-pont teed : or Btoc * rt any Had. One pound la equal to three pounds of corn stock tcxl with Ground Oil Cake ) u the Kail ana Winter , luauaa ot runninff down , will Increase In weight ana be in good marketable ootn'.tlon In the spring. Dairymen , k rfell aa others , who us It can toitily to Its merits. Trr It and judro for younelvce. Price $26.0u iwr r-.u : DO charg lor.Baoks. Address WOOT * , LliVHKKn nrr. < VIM' > ; JY Omaha Nab ' PERFECTION IN Heating and Baking In only attained by using ss , fM CHARTER ® A ? < lihss stoves and Ranges , WIRE GAUZE OVER 0000 , Vci sale by ' fj ? HILTON ROGERS & SONS JfcL H DEALERS IN Hall's Safe and Lock Comp'y HEE AND BUEGLAB PROOF 0. M. LEIGHTON. H. T. CLARKE. LEIGHTON & CLARKE , SUCCESSORS TO KENNAHD BROS. & CO. ) Wholesale Diwsi Paints- Oil * . &ruttftaa % * OMAHA. HENRY LEHMANSV JOBBER OF EASTER * PRICED DUPLICATED ] 118 FARNAM STREET , . . OMAHA SUB.
