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THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA , . FRIDAY , MARCH 21 , 1884.
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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 )
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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
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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.
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