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THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA , MONDAY , MARCH 24 , 1884. I THE OMAHA BEE. Oirmiiri Omcc , No. 010 Furniim Bt. Council KlufTs onico , No. 7 Pourl Street , Nenr llrnnilwny. New York Office , lloom 05 Tribnno Bntlillnfi. _ _ Pabtlnhed trtrf n-ornlni ? , eioopt Snadajr' The enl ) itoodajr morning dally. IRKS BT M1U. GDI T r . $10.00 I Three Monthl . 1300 BllUoncna . R OO | On Month . 1.00 Ter Week , ttOcntt. tni WIIKIT sti , njBU niD ITI I WIDKUDAT. TIKIS WTTAID. OvtYear . W.OO I Three llnntbj . 9 10 BUMontha. . 1.00 | On * Mouth. , . JO Are lonHew Company , Sol Agent * New d al. ew In th United 8Ut s. . A Oonmnnlmtloni rotating to Nem and Kdltorial matter * thould be addreawd to the Kmroa or Tni Bn. Bn.All All noMnem fatten and n inlttano < tbould bo addrwooJ to Tin HUB PcnustiiNa OourANT , tniiAitA' Draft * , Chocks and Poatofflco order * to bo maue pay able to the order of the company. ! HE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS , H. ROSBV7ATBR , Editor. A. H. Fitch. Manager Dally Circulation , P. 0. DOJ 4ES Omaha , Keb. NOTJIINH Jma boon hoard from Ilia trmrck since Ochiltrco's brondaido. TUB election is to take place in one week , and yet Pat. Hawcs is fifteen him- drod miles away. PUESIDJINT AuTittm paid a long viail to General Grant , at the lattor's hotel ir Washington , on Saturday , and the polit ical vriao-acrcs are now all out of joint. IT ia now claimed , after a thorough investigation vostigation , that the cattle plague at Neosho Falls , Kansas , is not the infect oua foot and mouth diseaao , but foot rot This is comforting news to the cattle men Tin : insult ofloroct to the Amoricai hog by the Gorman chancellor ia to b ( rcaontcd by the citi/.ons of the capital ol Dakota. They propose to change the name of the capital city from Bismarck to something clan. It is suggested thai they ro-niwno it Pigvillo. WYOK does not care the snap o ) his fingers for the opinion of the state otlicials in matters of federal appoint ment , and ho is right. Our delegation in congress are responsible for thorn , not the state officials .Lincoln New * . The state ollicora , who are sending in structions to our senators , do not scorn to understand that they don't own the earth. They may presently discover that thoyaro putting their hands in hot water. THE BEE says the reorganized Denver Tribune is a monopoly organ because ita now editor was once in the employ of a railroad company. According to the I 'S1 ff name reasoning TUB Br.i : is a tool of the r Western Union Telegraph company because < cause its nditor was once in the omploj of that corporation. Lincoln Journal Birds of a feather will flock together. Touch a monopoly organ and all tin other brass-ollared gentry rush to hi defense. Tun lir.r forms its .estimate o the present editorof the Tribune not fron his past vocations , but from his proaon uttorancoii , coupled alao frith the fac that the ownership of the paper whicl ho edits is believed to ho vested in certain tain capitalists who are connected witl the railways. A UANDiDATi : for assessor in Denver ox poets to bo oluctod on the promise to raisi the valuation of property in the city fron thirty million dollars to forty millions. It Omaha the man who will promise to re duce the valuation liaotliO'inaido track. lAneoln Journal This may bo n little overdrawn , but tin fact that Denver with an assessed valua tion of $30,000,000 insists .upon the as BOBsed valuation buing < raiaod , is a strik ing commentary upon low iksaosamonts it Omtlia , where last yuar the osacsainon was a tritlo over 67,000,000 oa againa $11,000,000 in 1872.Real estate to-da ; in Omaha is worth from fifty to one thou Band per cent moro than it was in 1872 The population has nearly tripled , tin area of taxable property lias boon ox tended' for miles , and millions have booi expended In now business > houncB , facto rica , and dwellings. IT ia now claimed that there will b BOino difficulty after all in carrying into effect Senator Dawos * bill providing fo the opening of thn Sioux reservation , 01 thruo-fourChn of the male adults amoii ( the Sioux must give their written con sent. It ia assorted that this conaon will not bo easily obtained. The government ernmont annually expends on the thirtj thoutands Kioux $ GOO,000. The majoi portion of thia sum is spent for provision ! and clothing. < So long as theeo are furnished nishod in abundance , as is the csao a present , the Indians refuse to work o acquire the knowledge which will onabli them to support themselves. Tndini Agent McGillbuddy does not favor thi cutting oil of these supplio on the ground that such an oc would result iu < iho rum of vorj ettlor within a radius of ono hundnx milca. Too hizy .and idle to work , th fiiour would run off tin atock of the set tiers until that sourceof supply was ei hausted , , and thea ini\rdor \ and pilltg would speedily follow. 'Under the pi tent condition of thiuga 010 trouble is ex periencoi. Mr. McGilliauddy , however ia not oppotod to the opening of the roa ervation , * a proposed ia Somtor Dawoi bill , but hetoaintaina thitjf carried int ctfect the ludiui supplie * should not ini mediately bo oal off. In this 4io is cor roct. The supplies ehould Iw gradual ] , reduced , and whea the Induno iocoru elf-tupportiug , M it is propoted to uiak them , then they will no longer need cup plica or assistance fiona the government Mr. McGillicudy jtaya that the purcliasi of the fourteen thousand equaro milca or dercd in tha Dawea bill would open uj a aplendid b lt of country , ud the com pletiou of the two railroad * now project ed through the territory would give U immigration an iiupotus ucJl at hat Ji ( he n9rtbwe t. our or POLITICS. Ix the coming city election , which akos place ono week from to-morrow , .ho only officers to bo voted for on the gen eral city ticket arc thrco mombcro of the ) oa.rd of odtication. Every patron of the public schools is deeply interested in the result. Our schools under the adminis tration of the present auporintondont , VIr. James , have boon brought up to a ligh standard of efficiency , and the people ple generally are well satisfied. Owing X ) the excellence which the schools have attained , the attendance has very largolj ncroasod and continued to grow , There are now between 5,000 and GOCK , aoys and girls in attendance upon oui public achooli. In 1882 the nttondanci woo about H.700. The incroiiao has boot nearly 50 per cent , while the populatior of Omaha has not increased moro thivr 25 per cent , during the same period Two years ago the attendance of the higl school was about GO , while the prcson enrollment is 1.75. This marked increase cd in school attendance must bo attribul cd largely to the increased otlicioncy ol the schools under the maiia oinent of the present superintendent , > r. James. Wo understand that there lias been i movement Btartcd by the friends of Mr , Lane to have him reinstated aa nupcrin tondont of the public schooli of Omnha , While it may not really amount to any thing , wo deem it adu'sablo in the in ercs and the public wul faro to chock it in its inclpioncy. Mr , Lane has the reputation of being a good tcachtfr , but our board of education , it the interest of the public schools , elected another man , in whom the people ol Omaha have the fullest confidence. Air , Lane made a good principal in the St. Louis nchools , but his experience as BU- porintondont , before ho came to Omaha , wan limited to an Ohio village. Mr. James was for many yearn assis tant superintendent of the public schools of Cleveland under Superintendent Uickoff , who ranked at the head ol American educators. It ia a well-known fact that the schools of Cleveland arc classed among the very best in America. It was in such a field that Mr. Jnine : acquired his experience and won for him nolf a moro than local reputation. lie did not como to Omaha as an applicant U displace Air. Lane , but upon the urgent invitation of President Long and tin ofllcora of the board of education. II ( accepted the place with reluctance , enl ] upon the assurance that ho should hi continued undisturbed an long as hii management gave satisfaction. Upoi leaving Cleveland ho sold his property there , and located in Omaha with the intention tontion of making it his permanent homo Under all those circumstances a changi of superintendents would bo detriments to the public schools and unjust to Mr .Tamos. 23o advantage can possibly bt gained by the change for any ono , u\ copting Mr. Lane , and his frionda mus concede that the attempt to reinstall him would domorali/o and soriousl ; cripple the entire school system. Tin plan of Mr. Lano'a friends is to olcc members to the board at the comin ; election who \\i\\ \ \ order Mr. James t atop down and out to make room for Mr Lano. There are nine members of th board , and the terms of three of then expire this apring. Mr. Inne by elect ing three of his frionda in their place ma ; possibly bo able to accomplish his object as ho fools confident of the support o three of the nix members who holt over. over.Mr. Mr. Lane , it seems , is moro of a politi cian than n school superintendent , bu wo hardly think he will bo able to pre vent the outgoing members of the bean Messrs. Points , Long and Connoyer- from boiiifj returned by the people Thoao three gentlemen are the oldest am most efficient members of the board having boon members for many yeara They have acquired a valuable expo rionc. They have served the city's ' in tercet faithfully and conscientioualytwith out pay , and cnrtainly ought to bo re tainod. Jn the coming election politic ; ought not to enter into our school affaira The boat men foi the board of aducatioi ahould bo voted for without regard t < politics- and wo believe that no bottui men can bo found for the place thai Meaara. Points , Long and Connoyor. h view of the fact that there are no othoi officers to nominate ttio proper and grace ful thing for the party conventions to d < ia to endorse Messrs. Long , Points am Connoyor , just as Judges Neville uni Wakoly wore endorsed last fall. Thai will effectually take the schools out 01 politics. DUATll 01' aKNKllAL WKITZKL. In the death of General J. Godfroi Woitzol the United States army has lov ono of ita bravest and most efficient elli com. The parenta of Gen. Woit/ol cami from Rhoniah Bavaria and located it Cincinnati , where ho waa born in 1835 Ho received hia primary education in thi echools of OincinaU. In 1850 ho recoivoc nn appointment to West Point , fron which institution ho graduated in 185 ! with distinguished honors , standing aoc end in a clasa of Uiirty-throo. Youtif Woitrol was appointed brevet eocom lieutenant of onginoera July 1 , 1855 , anc promoted to second lieutenant August 1850 , do first lieutenant July 1 , I860 , and captain March U , 18G3. From Novom her 1 , 1850 , to August , 185'J , ho aorvoc aa aasistant engineer in the coustruotiot and repairaxif the fortification ! in Lousi ana , and WAI ordered to the mihtarj academy * dcrling aasiatant profouor ol civil and nJJitary engineering. Ho served in thia capacity until January , 1801 , and then reported to First Lioutcn. aut J , 0. Duane , eommanding Co. A , Engineers , and with thia company pro. coedod to Washington city. Durinx the inauguration of President Lincoln , it wai hla body-guard. In April Lieutenanl Wojtzel ovcompauied h'a ' command tc Fort Pickons , Florida , and while at that port , twice crossed the bay and pone- icatcd the enemy's lines to reconnoiter under confidential orders from Colonel Brown. IIo returned to the west on the let of October , 1ST.1 , but shortly after oportod to General Mitchell , then com manding the District of Ohio , as chiol engineer , and also to recruit for Company D , onginoora. Ho waa ordered to report with the engineer battalion In the Army of the Potomac , and waa placed in com. mand of Company C , and assigned to the special duty of placing together sorno ol the pontoon trains for the army. When Gen. Butler's expedition to Now Orleans was determined upon , Lioutonanl Woitzol waa selected aa ita engineer. Hii advice and suggestions in this oxpoditior wore followed and proved very valuable , as ho had spent four years in the con atruction of fortifications In Louisiana and hence possessed a knowledge of tin country that eminently qualified him foi signal service. Upon the capture of Now Orleans , Lieutenant Woitzol , in consequence quonco of hia intimate knowledge of thi city , country and people , aa well as thi Bound judgment ho hnd displayed in tin previous operations was appointed asaia tontmilitary commander and acting mayoi of New Orleans. Ho was also placed it charge of the organiition of troops li Louisiana , and under liin supervision the First and Second Louisiana infan try and companies A , B , 0 and D of the First Louisiana cavalry wore organi/cil. After the batth of Baton Kongo ho was ordered to roporl there for temporary duty , and while at that peat he laid out the intrcnchmonti which have since served as the basis foi the fortifications at that point. On the 10th of November , 1802 , the young lieu tenant was appointed brigadier genera of volunteers , and immediately followim lie concluded a brilliant campaign. Hi waa ordered to Ohio on the recuiting ser vice in December , 18C , ' { , and upon rc < turning ho applied to the war department mont to bo roliovrd from duty in Louis iana. IIo reported to General Butler in Virginia , in April , 18GJ , and was as signed to duty in two capacities m chief engineer of the department and ir command of the Second division , High toonth corps. As chief engineer of the department partmont ho constructed the various line of defensive worka and bridges on tin JamoB and Appomattox rivers , including the approaches and piora for the famoui pontoon bridge by which the Army o the Potomac crossed the James. Ho wa ; subsequently assigned to the command o the Eighteenth corps , numbering enl ; 5,100. Ho was attacked on the aOth ol September by two rebel divisions , as > aisled by the entire Hoot of the James The assault was handsomely ropulnod. li December , 18Ci ho was assigned to tin command of the Twenty-fifth corps , col orcd. Ho hold the position until the corps waa disbanded , and ho was mustered torod out of the service. Ho was engaged gaged in the final operations agains Richmond , and was in command of al that portion of the army north of Appo mattox and James rivers. It waa hi good fortune to clutch the pri/u whicl for tour yeara the armies of the cast hat Bought to secure. Ho entered Richmond unsupported , with about 11,000 men on the lird of April , I8G5. Ho took up hi headquarters at the residence of Mr. Jell Davis , abandoned by him only the evening ing before. Hero ho received Prosidon Lincoln on the occasion of his memorable able visit to the fallen rebel capital , am hero occurred the interview with Judg Campbell and others , in which the craft ] rebel functionaries sought to secure fron Mr. Lincoln a recognition of their stati government. After being mustered ou of \olnntoor service , General Wei t KO ! was assigned to duty in the onginoc : corpa. General Woitzel waa highly lion orod for hia share in the suppression o the great rebellion. His skill as ar engineer commanded the confidence o his aorpa and of the army. A FOOL t'ltlKND OP TUK JIAILJIOADS Denver has a board of trade. It alsc has Bovoral newspapers that mold public opinion for the railroads. The Douvoi board of tradn ia to bo ruorgani < : odinto [ : chamber of commerce , just as a theatre is sometimes changed into an "open house. " Thia affords the fool frionda n | the railroada an opportunity to tondoi disinterested advice to the Denver men. chanU. The Denver Tribune , which ha < recently been annexed to the rail road interests , exhibits great anxiety to have the now chamber of commerce properly organised. The business men ofjDenvor are bluntly notified thai "any merchant who keeps out of the Chambei of Commerce with the idea that by so do. ing ho will please the railroads and got inside favors makes a great mistake aa to the aixo of the brains of the men who control the railroada. The latter do not want their friends to bo absurd and use- losa. The bettor course for such mor. chanU ia to join the Chamber of Com. inoroe and always bo on hand to fight any violent anti-railroad measures. ' The fool-friend of the railroads n.aj have given himself away in exposing the inside methods by which boards of trade and chambers of commerce are packed ir the interest of giant monopolies. "Tt bo on hand to tight any violent anti railroad measure" tuoana limply to bo 01 hand to vote down any resolution thai would express a desire on the part ol businosd men for fair-dealing and rcdroai agaiuat abuses that cripple commerce , The < umo influences have been employee time and again in Omaha. Tito boards ol trade iu Omaha , Denver and oilier citiei have IMMOQIO simple cat'a-pawa to pul railroad chestnuts out of the firo. A TJXAH : matt waa recently convicted of two offonsea iu Galvcston , for ono ol which ho waa condemned to fifty years iinpriiomuont , and lor the other to be li&nged. The latter sentence the court lias ordered to bo carried out on the 25th of April , but the prisoner objects , con tending that the first sentence has priority , and oo must servo out the fifty years before ho can bo hung. If the con vict wore in Nebraska Governor Dawca would have allowed him to servo out the fifty-year term and then commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. VAN WVCK'H inquiaitivoncsa has boon the moans of bringing about an impor taut now departure. Heretofore United States attorneys and marshals have de pended for their income on fees , and aa c conae < | uencomany persona have boon dragged into court to answer for pottj offenses , merely to make fees for the court officers. The appropriation com. mittcea have practically determined tc aboliahtho fee system , and give attorney ! and marshals a fixed salary. Tin : Maori King sails from Auckland for England via Kan Francisco on April 1st. Hia Moorial Majesty will pasi through Omaha , and thus alfard oui four-time mayorial ( ) chief executive ar opportunity to give him a reception , Col. Chaao hai not entertained royalty since Kalakaua honored Omaha with r visit. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tin : democratic reformers in congres ! are still wrestling with the \\hisky bill. CITY WALKS AND TALKS. - "Did you oxer BOO ono of thono bilU bo foroV" asked Mi. Thomas Suift , as ho hamle < to THE HPK'R Man About Town a two dolliv bill on the old bunk of Tokamah. " 1 no\c : did , " was the reply. "I kooj ) that bill OH i souvenir o tlio wilil-uit banks of thu oarlj days lit Nebraska , " antcl Mr. Swift. " 1 nlwnya romindd mo of mmio Interesting c\out of tlioho days. In lHr > ( i Omaha was very proa pcroiu and money was plenty. J5ut early it W 7 there c imo a depression ulilch wai foi lowed by n gonornl mute all ovnr the country Kvorybodywlio hul bills of the uild-c.it bunks ni they were Sculled , not bi41y stuck. The : fullod here and there ono after the ether , nndi W.IH n told day u hou a mnti found hitiiHoif with nit hnIng ono or moro bills on busted banks I reinombor th it n party of eight of unvonl up tu Dakota comity to lay out an addition U St. Johns , r.verybody was then speculating in town loU mid laying out town eiton. li our party there wore besides inyaolf , Thomiif O Connor , John A. Croighton , Mine Murphy , Vincent Uurkloy , 1'at Gurnet , and two others , whoso namoti I can't recollect now. We stopped at Tokamah oor night. Wo got uj early next morning , and waked up the cashier of the jtank of Tokamah and live ol im cached in sovornl hundred dollars apiece , receiving gold for our bank notes. Wo drew out between ? -,500 ! and ) ,0U. ( ; Shortly after this the bank suspended , and \vo all though ! wo were lucky in luving oxchangnd our pnpoi for coin. This bank had § 100,000 in ( .irculn tion , and WOK doing a big buninoHM. I romem. bor that after It suspended .John M. ClarU ( offered Sli.OOO in bills of this bank for S'-'UO ii gold. A friend of mine , nainod liaueh , wlu wuskoopingn small store , where Holhnan'i building in now located , ono day , when thi banks were breaking , handed mo § 500 in bill and said , 'Tom , take that money nnd ppend i for mo in BOIIIO way , right elf , us I don't thinl it will bo worth iv cent In a few dnvn. ' I tool that money oer to Council Bluffs the noxi morning and bought bacon and corn for it Thu bunk whidi imuoil the bills ulikh liaugl burxtod that \ory afternoon. " - "Yoi , I roinembur a great deal nbou the panic of lh ! > 7 , " said another old hottlcr , ii .uisuerto n impiiry from the line's Mm About Town. "During the year ISW 'saii the old Bottler , "there was un iiillution o thn currency all o\or the country Times were good o\ cry where , nn < particulirly so in Omihn. IJoa estuto sold at high pritos , and corner lots wen iu big doinand. Speculation r.ui wild , am ovorylody ilabblo < l in ro l estate. The Bpritij of 1H37 , after a hard winter , opened uunpic loualy for Umahu in every ret-puct. Jteal os tito w.ifl liold lit as fancy figures as over , um was about as aitho as iu the proiious juar JSut in a short tinio , turnover , real estate bo gnu to get u little heavy , anil did not neil ( [ 'liti ' on roudtly. The finuncial roll ipso begin witl the Huspoiihion of the Ohio Trust company which w.w followed by the failure of the 111 ! nols binku mid others all o\or the wost. Then were numerous 'wild-cat' banks in Nobraski at that time , us there were obowhnro in thi neat. Two or three of those banks were lo uitoU in Oniuha , and ono or moro at o\en village through the ri\oi countlos. The banl that did the iiuvoat InisiueHU in Omaha ant Xobmska was the Western IXcliango l'lroiui < Muilno Inauranco coinany. ] l > . ft. Tuttlt was tlio cashier , and A I , Wyinan , after- wuuls cashier of the Omuhu National bank , but now treasurer of tlio United States , was the toller. Tlio Western Kxchango failed , nnci noailv all the ether banks in the tonitory ful1 lowed suit , \\tthiu four months o\ory No. brauku bank had closed its doors , with thq. ox. cnption of two or throo. Ono of these banks that withstood tlio general pronsuro wild the ISank ol Dakotuh , wlitch was operated by Augustus JCount/o. Tills bank redeemed its entire cir culation at par. Thin was coimidorod a big thing at that time. It was during tne summer - mor of 18r > 7 that the city of Om tha i.isnod $1 ( 0,000 In city tcilp for the purpose of com- pletlnt' the capitol. This acrip posnod at p ir until the cauitul building w.u oiiclusod. It then begun to fall off , until linully tlio dia. count was greater than the Mini for which It would pass. A largo amount of ' this scrip was either lost \irtually repudiated , except what w OH received in payment for citj tu\os. The financial depression continued through IH'.S. Iu IH'U ami 1SC.O the city began to the 1'iko'u 1'oak pick up again owing tu travsl , which made Ouiamv an Imjmrtant out fitting point. Omaha merchants kept their stores open d.iv and night , tSundtiyi not e\- ceptod , ix'ing dotormlnod to make hay while the sun tthono. These were bu y times and our merchants coined money i ight along. Thia Colorado Immigration lasted until IRIil. " - "Tho people of this city ought to con gratulate thomsolyou upon the fact that such a man aa Alex. II. Swan ha ? booomo intortwtod In Omaha , " said a prominent cattle on nor at the 1'axton hotel the ether evening. "Do you know anything about Mr. Swans hUtoryl" askoil TUB Ita'a Man About Town.Yes , I liavo known him for some time , ' replied the ; ontleman ; "Mr. Swan came from Pennsylva nia to Iowa In 18.13 , when ho was about twen ty-two years of ago , bringing with him about $1 000. IIo located ou some wild land , made some Improvements , and sold out at a prjfit. Ke-ln\ outing some of his money in wild laud , ha wont to Ohio , after he hud boon In Iowa a little aer two years. In Ohio ho bought a farm and remained thnro HO\OII years , when ho returned to IOWA and engaged in buying ami elllng cUtlo , In which ho met with great euc > r < ws. He finally wont Into p.vtnnrship witli hU brother , niiil entered Into the business of raining cattlo. In addition to what capital they poHieated they borrowed oino mouoy and etartod a cattle herd In Wjomiug. They bo- KAII uitli about 3,000 head. The businuM of the Nuoni Imi rapidly lucroased since thotlino they U < gan cattle ruining in Wyoming , and they and their assi > ciutod own and control i u luimenbe mimbor of cattle. Alox. Swan Is now the loading c ttlu man of tlio wust. His per- ijonal wealth U o-tlmuted at beUooii S'.I.OOO , . XX ) and $3,000,000 , while at the name time he hwtlie control and tnaugomont of 200 , . 000 head of cattle , valued at § 0,000,000. Ho hai organized and consolidated under his management at Jeaat iialf a dozen big cattla ooinpwileg or nyiidicaUa. The lait one tliat he orgaiiized was the Ogallala Land and Catt'o ' cumpany , of Nebraska , with he a < iiurtorii In u"Ja" Thli company owns 00,000 head of cattle. Mr. Swun own 160.000 acres ol * " " ! * } " > "nd. with ton houjai , el ht barim , ami nty ( corral , for tha branding of stock. He ? w Ii"ul tot tv mllc * frow DM Moiuei.la. , Worth f 350,000. ilr.SwanortfaniwaamI lo ! cite ! the OmnliA stock yards entorprisa and , ho dresiod beef buntnoss in Omaha. These ) ntcrpri cswill make a blgltoom lor this city , tn fact it has already begun. You can't find a hoiuo for rent in Omahn to-day , and ono of the First things that our canltalittn should do Is to build n largo number of houses to rent , to providn for the fncronso of population. Yes , It's a big thing for Omahn that Alox. Swan lias become interested hero. Ho hns induced n large number of Scotch capitalists to in\c t In this cntonirlfto , and At the same time ho hns given ftovoral of Omaha's capitalist * a chance to make a mint of monoy. " "You remember Lieutenant Trout , who had charge of the government rollof supplies In Nebraska during the groKshoppor plague ! " anked n gentleman of Tun ULK'H Man Abjut Town , who replied that ho did. "I mot Lieutenant Trout the other day , " laid the gentlemen , "on a west-bound Chicago , Uur- lington k. Quincy train. Ho Is now an inspector specter for the Pullman car company , and was making a trip over the road in ono of the now bullet cars , just Introduced on that road. Trout Is on the retired list of the army. Some tlmo ago ho hurt ono of his nnklos , and received n permanent injury. Ho now drn\sn half pay from the government , and receives a good salary from the Pullman company. This combination provides him with acry com fortable Income , " Col. Prank P. Hanlon and Charles Ogden - don , KS < I , , were hoardconxorslng in French In the olh'co of the Millard hotel , last evening. Mr. Ogden Is n native of Now Orleans , and talks Trench fluently. O1. Hanlon , although ho only spent two weokx In the Crescent City , comes back qnlto n finished French echolar. Owing to his natural modesty , however , ho prefers to converse in the Anglo-Saxon tongue rather than display his \aried linguistic ac complishments. "Colonel , what aiojourim- pros'Ions of Now Orlcitisv' ho was nskn I. "It is a place well woithlsiting , " said hf ; "it is ono of tlio oldest cltios ou the continent It's a regular old tumble-dimn town , The bulldlngj ate old Krcuch and Spanish from ono end of the city to the other. There are only four or Iho modern buildings In thoholo city. The buildings are all low , and there nro no cellars on account of the \\ntur. Pronch issp > kcn bv nearly everybody thoro. All the ncgioes talk ltmul\ory ; few of them o\cr tilk Kuglish. Many of thorn can't speak a word in KnglUh. I was groitly amused to hoar a netjroo and an Imhmun iiiarrolng | ! in French. The ) > oo- plo arn the la/ieit set I oor saw. All thny scorn to care for is enough to eat , drink and wear , and they spend most of their time taking sun-baths. Grub and sunshine make thorn perfectly contented. They remind mo o the la/y alligator , which crawls out of the river anil lies on the bank in the sunshine nil day long. 'Ha\o a shlno , massa ? ' said a bootblack to mo , and u hen I wanted him to stop into the shade to perform the plantation contract , ha said , 'Maim , como right hoah , in do sunshine. Hoah's a warm placo. ' And 1 had to wnlk into the sunshine boforn I could got my boots blacked. I saw the finest dressed woman in Now Orlnaus that 1 oversaw in my life. They get their styles direct from Paris. There are several Parisian branch houses in Now Orleans , and they do a big business. The newspapers do not compare with thoao of the north. They are very slow-going , and pay but very little attention to the general news of the country. They print quite full market reports , howov or. Tlio people of Now Orleans are looking forward with great interest to tiio world's fair and cotton exposition to bo hold there next fall. I was there during the Mardi Gras festival , and saw the city in its holiday uttiro. It is a holiday city. I saw people from all parts of the north. There are only two first class hotels in the city , am' they shut up during the summer months. There are hundreds and hundreds of restaurants , and thousands of lodging rooms. " Although written by a Now York Join1 mil rhymester , the people of Omaha , who aro- now wading through seas of mud , will appreciate - ciato tlio following , which is probably more agpliciblo to Omaha than it is to Now York : Oh , the mud , the boot-clinging mud ! Splashing and dashing with sickening thud , Climbing 'way up on the back of our coat , Tr > ing nnci sighiug to slip down our throat. Oh , soft , sticking substance , too soon you'l ! bo < iry _ , And , turning to dust , you will fly in our eye Spattering , Scattering , I'altering mud , Wo sigh when wo spy theo , and cry out , " 0 Lud ! " "Independent KcpultllcaiiH. " CIUCAOO , March 22 , Tlio followiiij call for th o formation of an independent republican association has boon made public hero to-day. It ia ondoiicd b ; fifty leading citizens comprising the most prominent business and professional men of Chicago , and it is expected to increase the list to five thousand : "Tho undcr- ai ucd citiVons of Chicago are members of the Republican party , attached to ita post and hopeful of Ita future. Ita vic tory at the next election depends , in their opinion , upon timt element of the party which by reason of ita indepen dence of action and ita patriotic motives lias in ita hands party success at the polls. They bpliovo that it ia essential thia year to nominate for the presidency and vico- prcsidoncy men who are committed to the work of administrative reform and total removal of the spoils system and ' 'boaaiam" from life and public , they are convinced that the independent republi cans will refuse to vote for candidates whoao rocorda , characters and opinions do not illuatrato these principles. They Fool that there ahould bo an organization in this city to represent these views , and they inyito all republicans in sympathy with thia movement to unite with them in the formation of the independent re publican association of Chicago. " Among the signer * are N. K. Fair- bank , A. A. Sprague , William L Baker , A. C. McClurtf , Franklin MacVeagh , Murry Nelaon , Henry W. King , M. D. Wolla , Henry Field , and othera. An Important Step , ClK'jcnno I.iiJir. The Union Pacific railroad company hoa commenced at North Platte to con- atruct weatward wire fonccH on both sides of ita track , and it ia intended so to fence It all the way through to 0 den. It ro- quirea no extraordinary process of reason ing to domonatrato to the mind the im portant bearing thia step will have upon the cattle interests of Wyoming. It has been the hope , wish and desire of many of our citizens for years that the company would fence the road , but now that wo are mot face to face with tlio fact of ita so doing it looks a little different when wo come to consider the matter. Ever since the territory waa organized , and before u well , the cattle on theao vaat plains liavo been permitted practically to roam at will from the North Platte in thia par ticular portion of the territory to the South Platte , and oven beyond in our neighboring state of Colorado. 'i'he erection of thia fouco will practi cally bo to place a barrier between the locks and horda north of the railroad and those on the south. There may and probably will bo openings or drho waya loft open at stated intervals through which cattle can roam or bo driven , but after all especially tl Jrmg the prtn alunca of aovoro atorma in i ho winter w lieu the cattle , horses nnd sheep naturally drift vith the atorm theto oponingii that may ; o loft will bo of little account , and it will bo found that practically a barrier ma boon interposed which will almost orally stop tlio drifting of cattle acroas ho Union Pacific. Whether or not the construction of thia fence will be benefi cial to the great stock interests of \\y- oming and eapocially of thia portion of the territory , wo do not at thia time undertake to predict. It ia a matter well worthy of the consideration of our atockmon. STEELE , JOHNSON & CO. , Wholesale Grocers ! H. B. LOCKWOOD ( formerly of Lockwood & Draper ) Chicago , Man ager of the Tea , Cigar and Tobacco Departments. A full line of all grades of above ; also pipes and smokers' articles carried in stock. Prices and samples furnished on application. Open orders intrusted to us shall receive our careful attention Satisfaction Guaranteed. A GENTS FOR BENWOOD HAILS AND LAFLIN & WAND POWDER CO Double and Single Acting Power and Hand Engine Trimmings , Mining MachineryJ Bolting , Hoao , Brass and Iron Fitting * ' Steam Packing at wholesale and retail. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , OHUROH AND SCHOOL BELLS. Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omaha Neb. C. F. GOODMAN , OMAHA. NEBRASKA. J. A. \VIIOLESA1E AND ItirTAII , DEALER IN iMfjlfl 5 , SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , PLASTER , &C- STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY. Union Pacific Depot , SPECIAL NOT10K TU Growers of Live Stock and Others. WE CALL YOUR , ATTENTION TO Our Ground It Is the beat and cheapest tool tor'stock of any Vioi. Cne pound IB o.u&l to three pounds ol ootn Block IIM with Ground Oil Cake tn the Fall and Winter , Intucad of running donn , will Increase ID weight iml bo in good marketable ooiii'.Uon ' In the spring. Dalrjmen , M rfoll an others , nho use It can toatily to ts merits. Tijr It and JuJco Jor > ourwlres. Prlco 825 CO par > ' . ! no charge for sacks. Address woonU , u. SKirt nn rT > M KY Omaha Kob. aiCHA-RDS & CLARKE , W. A. OLAllKH , Proprietors. Superintendne Omaha Iron Works U. P. RAILWAY , JL7TH & 18TH STREETS MANUFACTURERS OP AND DEALERS JIN WATER WHEELS , ROLLER MILLS , ill and Grain Elevator Machinery f. MILL FURNISHINGS OF ALL KINDS , INCLUDING THE Celebrated 'Anchor ' Brand Dufour Bolting Clotl STEAM PUMPS , STEAM' WATER AND.GAS PIPE. BRASS GOODS AND PIPE FITTINGS , ARCHITECTURAL AND BRIDGE IRON. i * I I i i "We are prepared to furnish pinna and estimates , and will contract for the erection of Flouring Mills and Grain Elevators , or for changing flouring Mills , freraStono to the Roller System. ' JSPiUepecial attention given to furnisning Power Plants for any pur pose , and estimates made for same. General niachin \ \ repair attended ; o Dromctly. Address EIOHA.RDS & CLARKE. DEALERS IN Hall's Safe and Lock Comp'y FIEE AND BDBGLAB PROOF XOHOx ; > Araatxx3. tr ot. O All
