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OMAHA J > AILY BILETUESDAYAUGUST 12 , THE OMAHA BEE. Omnlin omcoWoUO F rn m St. OettnclllDluir | omcoNo. ! 7 rcurl St. Btrect , Near Broiulway. | | Now YorUQOmco , Hoom O5 Tribune BulldlnR. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Published erery rrotnlnir , except Sunday' The enl ) Monday morning dally. IUH8 BT UAtU Ons Year. . $10,00 I Three Months . tS.OO BlxliotHM. . . . . . . . 6.00 j One Month . , . 1.00 Per Week , 25 Cents. T1TK WB.HIT III , rDBUSHBD IVI2T. WIDSMBiT. mvsrosrruD. Cn T r . . . . . .ezoo I Three Months . I 10 BU Months. . 1. 00 | Ono Month , . SO Amor-bin NOTTS Company , BolefAgentf , NewsdeM en In the United States. COBBUrOSDBSCI. A Goramunloatlons relating to Kewt and Editor ! * Batters should bo addressed to the Eorroa or Tni DH. i turner. All Uailnew tiettors and JlomltUnool lhonldb ( kddreesod toTniBHB PtrBUsnmo OoxrAKT , QUAIIA Pratte , Chocks and Poitofllco orders to be made pay able to the order ol the comnanv.R SHE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS' ' B. ROSBWATER , dltor. A. n. Fitch , Jlan&KCr Dally Circulation , P. O.Box IBS Qtnaha , Neb. JlDQ'rn'H nm-tinttcix STATR t'KtTMti COUMITTKR , ) FBIIVOXT , Nob. , Aujriut llth , 1831. f The different lines ol railway in this data n ill sell tickets to the delegates elected to the republican stile convention to lie held at Omaha , August 27th , ' 1 , ( or ( are ( or the round trip , and to the district conventions to do held at Beatrice , Hastings and Columbns , Auguit 20th , ' 4 , ( or ono and ono fouttli fire. The delegates will present their credentials to locil/iftnut ! ho uro authorised to sell tickles upon uoh presentation. Qr.o. W. E. lonsnr Chairman. THE triangular fight over the district ftttornoyship in this district is a tempest in a tea-pot. No attorney yet men tioned for the place on the republican aide will have a walk-away as against Farko Godwin. Taniu : appears to bo a general fooling against having a banker placed on the ticket as n candidate for state treasurer. It is well based. Denver Opinion. What ir the diQcronco between having n banker for n elate treasurer , or a ntato treasurer who is the bondman of a bank ? TUG fall trade will soon begin and the business men on Farnam street who have lost so much this season by the barricade of that thoroughfare have a right to ex pect all obstructions in the shape of loose paving material will bo promptly re moved as soon as the paving ia finished. The street railway company is atill lag ging behind with its part of of the work. It seems to us that there is no cxcuso for this tardiness. Tno board of public works should insist that the street rail way company should employ enough men io complete the paving within the tracks during the next ton days. It is high time the principal thoroughfare of Oma ha should bo made pasaiblo at every point. Tin : Waring system of military sewer age , which has been in operation in Omaha for over two years , has boon intro duced in Paris , whore it gives great satis faction. It was first laid down in the quarter of thoMarais ( the marsh ) a part of Paris , which , notwithstanding its low level , its stagnant water and general in salubrity , is thickly inhabited. In spite of all the unfavorable conditions of this quarter the Waring system has boon ouch a complete success that it will soon bo extended all over the city of Paris. It may interest some persons in Omaha to Inow that oven in Paris the pipes are no .larger than those used in Omaha , and during the five months that the system has boon in operation In Paris no com plaints have boon made against its effi ciency. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TUB Iowa republican state convention will moot at DOB Moines on the 20th of thia month , and the Nebraska republi cans will hold their state convention at Omaha on the 27th. It will bo iho duty of thcso conventions to place in nomina tion presidential electors , and they should Tie very careful not to aoloatanyman who holds a federal or state office , ns such a person , under the constitution is not eligible to the position of elector. It is proposed in Nebraska to nominate as ono of the electors n national banker , and thia at once raises the question whether the oflicor of n national bank can hold the position of presidential elector. Wo are not positive on thitr point , but wo are inclined to tho'opinion that the rela tions sustained by thu national banks to the government make its oilicors quasi national oilicors. IK his address before the National Oivil Service Reform league , delivered nt the annual meeting held at .Newport last week , George William Curtis paid the following high compliment to Pres ident Arthur : ' 'President Arthur came to his great oflico with no prepossessions for reform in the civil service. But his honorable treatment of the now policy Is ouo of hit chief titles to public regard. Under the forms of law ho could readily Tiavo bafllod its operation and do- Seated ita purpose. But his candor .and good faith secured the fair trial ol the now system within the proscribed limits , and the conspicuous and honor able fact that.during hia term and with his friendly co-operation the radical re forms by law of the monstrous abuses o ! the American ystem of apppintmontu and removals in the civil service began , will bo the chief historic distinction ol his tranquil and conservative ndminiatra Uon. ' Thia flattering tribute to President Arthur ia like D bocjuot of choice flow era laid upon the coffined remains of t public man by his life long onomy. 'Wh ; did not the gre&t civil service reformer whoclamors for laws that will retain in th publlo service efficient and faithful pub lie officials during good behavior , enders President Arthur for re-election ? Wh did bo not rise in his seat in the grot national convention to express his BJ provalof his tranquil and conservativ Administration ? It teems to ua that tl civil service reform , which ia confined I department clerk * , mail carrion * ai minor employes , is at boat a inaro and delusion. ROTATION IN OFFICE. The next stop of the civil service re formers will bo a movement to create life tenure in oflico. lu his recent address - dross before the National civil service re form league , Mr. George William Curtis strongly urged the repeal of the law which limits a federal commission to four years , that the tenure of oflico should bo during good behavior , and that the operations of the act should bo extended to all appointees. At present every public oflicor who receives n com mission from the president , with the ex ception alone of foreign consuls nnd rove * nuo collectors , holds his oflico for a term of four years from the date of hia com mission. If the suggestion of Mr. Curtis should bo carried out it would make all government employees nnd appointive officers a life- holding class , their retention in oflico being - ing dependent alone upon good behavior. This would certainlybo proceeding to an extreme that would not bo relished by the pooplo. It would bo creating n grand army of well-behaved civil pensioners. . Every man now in oflico would remain in service for lifo if capable of filling his po sition , nnd discreet enough to maintain good conduct. From the day that such n "reform" goes into effect die in centive for political activity cease. Civil service would no longer hold out to any ono any inducement or hope , except through resignations , deaths and removals for incompotoncy and din- honesty. Such a system might work well enough if this government was n great railroad corporation , in which the stockholders wore simply co-operating for the purpoao of earning dividends. But this a government of the people and by the pooplo. It is a government in which all nro enabled to 'participate , and being maintained at the { public expanse it is supposed to oflbr to every deserving person a reasonable opportunity to share in ita bonofita. The popular vote of the country is very even ly divided between the democratic and republican parties , and it ia but reasona ble that upon a division upon aomo vital Issue the governing power may bo trans ferred from ono to the other. Should the suggestion of Mr. Uurtia bo carried out whllo the republicans are in power , the consequence quence would bo that every federal ofli cor and employe now holding a position would continue in their places until death , unless they resigned or wore re moved for cause. Now , there are certain positions in this government that will necessarily deter mine the manner and method of' execut ing certain policies. To place trust in these who are opposed to adminis trative reform , decreed by the people , would defeat the purpose which the people plo had in view in making a change of presidents. When the republican party came into power in 1801 , and nearly all the officials of the government wore in sympathy with slavery and the policies of pro-slavery democrats , what chances would there have boon for the accom plishment of the great reforms that were brought about oinco that time by the re publicans had the proposed civil service reform boon in vogue prior to Lincoln's accession ? Would any sane person trust an important enterprise in the hands of any enemy ? Suppose that to-morrow a radical change should take place in the head of our government , by an overwhel ming popular majority ? Would It not bo proper tiiat the policy decreed by the electors , with regard ( .to vital issues and measures , should bo carried out ? Would it not bo contrary to the principles of our government that the chosen representa tives of the majority should bo blocked from the outset in every attempt to bring about reforms by public officials known to bo opposed to such measures ? There certainly must bo a limit to ten ure of oflico , and that limit should not bo regarded ns an'injustice to the oflico holder. There should bo no monoply in ofilco-holding in this country. Jt is true that in thu army and navy the officers are retained during good behavior , but our naval nnd military oilicors are educated and trained at the oxnonso of the govern ment , and thu government ia entitled to their services. But to put the onliro civil service on the sixmo piano with the army and navy would work an injustice , and create n caste of office-holders , which can only bo countonnncud in n mon archy. It would bo eminently proper that mon in the highest stations should bo strictly accountable and subject to cortajn regulations as to their compu tonoy. Mon in high offices should bo required to give proof of their qualifies tionsjustaa well as their subordinates. This is as far as wo can safely go in the direction of civil sorvicu reform. Unless wo are prepared to establish an offico-holdlug bureaucracy , we cannot af ford to Introduce the old world system of lifo-toituro. Yet this Is what Mr. Curtis really advocates , and wo are surprised n man who has devoted - voted so much time to the study of this subject , should have inado euch a serious mistake. The BEK has always boon an advocate of gonulno civil service reform , but at the sauio time it holds that there can bo no political reform without rotation in'oilico. Rotation is a healthy thing in oviTy de partment of the publlo service. It haa boon carried out ainco the foundation of the government , and should never bo abandoned in favor of an unlimited tenure. It would bo n gross Injustice to say that oat of r > 5,000- )00 ) people 150,000 should bo created by aw into a privileged class of Ufa-holding officers. Wo are in favor of a civil ser vice that will not exact personal loyalty to congressmen and senators in prefer cnco to fidelity to the government in tin discharge of duty. Wo are in favor of i civil eorvico that will prevent the romova of a man because ho does not belong to a party faction. Wo nro opposed to the perpetual olfico holder , and believe in rotation in oflico at fixed periods of reasonable length. GOVERNOR JAWIM AND THE SCHOOL LAND FRAUDS. The Omaha BIE ; must bo hard up for subjects of discussion , when it deliberate ly charges the complicity of Governor Dawos in the Koithcounty land steals , In the firstplaco | , there were no steals thoro. In the second place , the governor did not know of them , In the third place , ho could not know of them. In the fourth place ho could not have prevented them if ho had known of them. QTm ; BEH will bo n Hourco of strength to these hem it attacks if it doesn't show moro discretion. Crete Globe ( home organ ) Tins ia n weaker defense than Gen. Horatio King has made for Grover Cleve land in the Buffalo scandal. It is pleading - ing the baby act where n man charged with the moat sacred responsibility has utterly failed to discharge it. Is Gov ernor Dawos willing to stand before the people of Nebraska as a know-nothing whoso executive intellect is too feeble to enable him to know n fraud when ho BOOS it and is a party to it ? In the first place the land commissioner admits that an attempt was made to perpetrate a fraud in the solo of Keith county school lands by the first appraisers who purpose ly withhold the lists. In the next place the board of public lands , of which Gov ernor Dawcs is n momborhas by its action last week acknowledged that the charges of fraud published in the BEE were sub stantially truo. They have cancelled the order of sale and ordered County Clerk Bloasdalo to return nil the leases by ex press. Wo cannot do hotter than repro duce the editorial that appeared in the North Platte Telegraph last Thursday concerning the frauds : The state board have weakened. If , as they soy , they have complied with the law , why not make a fight and vindicate themselves ? In the face of serious charges , backed by a suit in court , they throw up the sponge , thus admitting the truth of the charges. In the above article Kendall and the attorney gen eral are quoted as saying that the law docs not require them to give notice in regard to leasing land. The fact is thut the law does not give them authority to lease sny school land until they have boon properly appraised and offered for sale alter duo notice. Sec. 7 , , chap. 7-1 , laws of ' 83 , provides that where school lands have boon appraised , the commis sioner of public lands HIIAI.I , offer them for sale after duo notice. The board de rives their authority for leasing from BOO. 17 of sanio chapter , as fol lows : "When any of the lands provided for have boon offered for sale and not sold for want of bidders , the said board may lease the aamo on the following conditions : " Now there has boon no protonao of complying with those plain provisions of the law in regard to these Keith county landa. Mr. Kendall says that thcso lands have boon leased to sixty-eight persons , Including several residents in Keith county. Wo will venture the assertion that ovorv ono of those applications were in ono hand writing , and woro.all filed at the onetime time in the cqinmissionor's office , and that there were no competing bid. Lot ua BOO , out of all the residents of Keith county , who were desirous of securing - curing a portion of these lands who succeeded : H. 0. Bloas dale received several sections as hia share for assisting in the conspiracy , the county treasurer five sections , the editor of the Ogalnlla lleiloctor four sections , and the balance waa tnkou by Dorn and his friend * . Some idea of the extent of the fraud on the state can bo formed from the fact that a largo portion of the land can bo leased for a greater annual rent than the sum they have boon appraised at. This ia not the first fraud that has boon per petrated on the school fund through the agency of Glenn Kendall. Now Governor D.uvos is just as ropon- alblc , as Glenn Kendall or , if anything , inoro responsiblefor the school land frauds. .As chief magistrate of this com monwealth it ia his aworn duty to execute - cute the laws and exorcise supervision over all the departments of iho stole gov ernment. It is clearly his duty to pre vent all schemes of fraud and jobbery that may bo attempted by any state o di cer or subordinate. Do should bo intelligent enough to see n fraud when it is curried on under hia very nose. Governor Dawcs in not only the chief executive but also n member of the board of public lauds and buildings. No illegal contracts could bo entered into by the board without his approval , because ovou if the majority of the board should conspire together and outvote him ho has the power , as governor , to put a veto on their action by an executive order. It is plain nnd palpable that Mr. DAWOS is either too imbccilo to discharge his duty intelligently or ho is a party to the frauds hich Glenn Kendall and the landaharka t Lincoln have perpetrated in the traffic u school landa. THE BEK la not un- ihnritnblo enough to charge the governor with criminal complicity in those frauds , but wo do say that ho is a very unsafe man to bo in a position of such great ro- .ponsibillty. . THE railroad system of this country It not alone in finding the past year ono ol diminishing traffic and profits. English , French , and Gorman railroads show foi the opening months of 1881 decreasing traffic on enlarged mileage , and in the case of Australia this amounts to nearly per cont. The only railroads making moro money this year than last are it South America , and ovou there signs ap pear that the period of expansion is abou over. THE Rov. Dr. J. 1'inkuoy Hammond who died suddenly in Baltimore on Sat urday last , was for a short time a resident dent of Omaha , soon after the close o the war of the rebellion. Ho was quito i distinguished Episcopal minister , am was a brother of the late ox-Surgeon Gouoral Hammond , of Now York. Boal of North Carolina Tobacco is th host. JOHN U. AIiLBV. Uol ) Ingcrdoll'fl Partner on the Pollt Icnl Outlook. Knnaan City Journal August lOtli , Hon. John B. Alloy , of Boston , the millionaire ahoo manufacturer , ox-con- grosaman and partner of ox-Senator Stephen W. Dorsoy and llobort G. Ingor- Boll in the ranch and cattle business in Now Mexico , arrived In the city on Fri day night on route to the southwest nnd is spending n day or two in the city. Ho took rooms nt the Coates house , whcro ho was called upon yesterday by n Jour nal reporter , and interviewed upon _ the political situation. Mr. Alloy ia a staunch republican and in conversation ho said : saidVo " \Vo are going to carry Massachusetts thia fall for Blalno and Logan ; of tint I do not think there can bo any question. Their majority will run anywhere from 20,000 to SO.OOO. " "What will the independent vote amount to , " "Very little , I think , although it ia now n totally unknown quantity. The independents are very nlco mon and ex cellent clti/.ons , nnd wo nro sorry to lese them ; but if they must go wo cannot help it. " "How will Butler figure In the cam paign ? " When I loft Boston , two wooka ago , ho had not decided whether ho would run as the third party candidate or not , but I ace by the newspapers that ho has decid ed to do so. Ho will poll n largo vote nnd draw very heavily from Cleveland. Ho will not hurt the republicans to any great extent. Mr. Butler and 1 are inti mate friends , and I have had many talks with him since his return from the Chicago cage convention. What ho said to mo ia of course confidential. " "Dooa ho want to bo covornor again ? " "No , ho doea not desire that , neither docs ho want to return to congrosa , nor yet doca ho look for a cabinet position. " "And yet ho ia an ambitious man ! " "Decidedly ao. " "Then the only thing loft ia the presi dency ? " "Yes. " "Doea ho hope for that outside of the democratic party ? " "No , ho does not. The only point is , docs ho see a chance for it inside the democratic party ? Gen. Butler is now GG years of ago , and will bo 70 when the next presidential campaign arrives. Ho would then bo almost too old , although I know old mon never consider themselves too decrepit to hold office. Ho does netlike like Cleveland , nnd from what ho has said I do not see how ho can consistently and decently support him. I do know that Butler io a power in Massachusetts politics. The laboring mon believe in him , and do pretty much as ho tolls them , ana think ho cares only for their welfare. Whether they are right or not is another thing , but ho tolls them they nro. " "But why do you hope to got their votoa for Blaine ? " "Tho laboring classes believe firmly in a protective tariff , and will vote the re publican ticket because the party's plat form advocates it. I do not think they undoratand the tariff question. They have simply boon told that free trade would lower wages. " ' . 'Suppose the question waa thoroughly debated in Massachusetts so that every voter ahould como to undoratand the tariff queation ? " "I think that then a tariff for revenue only with whatever protection might bo Incidental thereto would prove a very popular cry in that" atato. Ao' a mnttor of fact there is hardly a manufacturing industry in the country which nooda pro tection , and there are many to which the high tariQ now existing ia a positive det riment. Take the business of manufac turing shoes. There was a time , years agor when it needed "protection , but that time ia long since past , and you can take off the entire tariff if you please and wo can stand competition with all the world. In fact , if you will also take o& ' the tariff on raw maiorial , wo can aoll in any mar kets in the world. " "And not have to reduce your wages ? " "Not a cont. I believe in the old omocriitio doctrine of 'tariff ; for revenue nly with incidental protection , ' the obey under which the United States .chiovod ita greatest prosperity. " "But Mr. Blaine says that it waa un- or high tnrifl that the greatest prosper- ty was achieved ? " "I can vote for Blaine and < yet not wollow all the statements in his loiter. am like ficn. ! Butlor. Ho nays ho is a hoorotical free trader , but ho does not olievo that ho can porauado the labor- ng classes that ho ia right. I do not hink that the tariff issue ought to cut itiy great figure thia year for the douio- rats nro not proposing nny violent reduc ions in the present tariff , while the ropub- icans are simply fighting to keep it as it is , rory vain attempt , by the way , because ho people will not Icng eta./l the luainoas blunder of keeping § 200 000,000 urplua in thu treasury nnd taxing them .o do it. I do not think it will bo long ) oforo the country , by united aasont , onios bock to a tarill for rovonno only , lid iii' ' the meantime , n3 I said before , the ariff , isaiio ahould not lightly cut much iguro. But it undoubtedly will in Masaa- ihusotta , and , as I said bufaro , wo are going to carry that state for Blaiuo and Mr. Alloy will remain in the oily until ilonday morning , when he will leave for lia ranch near Springer , N. M , , where ho will bo joined In a couple of wooka by Colonel Ingoraoll , who ia ab present so- lourning in Oregon. Html to Unllove. It ia hard to believe that a man waa cured of Kidney disease niter his body waa swollen aa big as a barrel and ho hot been given up aa incurable and lay nl death s door. Yet such a euro wan ac complished by KidneyWort in the per son of M. M. Devorcnux of Ionia , Mick who says : "After thirteen of the bea dootora In Detroit had given mo up , . was cured by Kfdnoy-Wort. I want every ory ono to know what n boon it is. HomlrlulCB. Indtaunpolia Jourual ( Hop ) . It was Tildon and reform in 1876 , am now it is Cleveland and reform. The party organs never say turkey to Thomas No Dubuque Telegraph , dom : Some moi who are actlvo and prominent in th douiocratio political organisation of thi county , are reported to have rocentl , threatened to boycott certain forme democrats who now propose to work ant vote for Mr. Bl&iuo. There Is no goot reason why any citizen who has voted th democratic national ticket in the pas should decline to vote it this fall. Thi boycotting business should have no plac in American politics. It ia repuguan and dangerous , and qulto as likely to in jure thoao who practice It aa these agalns whom it is diroctod. Wo trust wo shal hoar no moro of it in Dubuquo. The mat who by throats of any sort endeavors t prevent a citizen from supporting or op posing particular candidates U not , a goot rriom or ° ROC' ° ty nnd if such throats ire rnW.5 n ° roaftur wo shall publish the amcs of u1'090 w'10 ' make thorn , that the 'ublic ' msv kuow w ° 's "ia wants to ipnduct A'n.'cric3i : campaigns on the Uus- ian . plan. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ An Act -Ol Courtesy , gen .TYLER , August II. To the Kditor of TIIK ll f. A Clarkson's ' dispatch td the Herald , August 9 , aays : "At the rop.nbllcan pri maries to-night the Clarkson ticket car- iod everything by ICO solid votes. " The intention of the above dispatch is o convoy the impression that hero was a fight [ against Mr. Jlarkson and that his popularity waa irovon by a majority of 100 votes. which is uteraliy false. There waa no opposition ticket to Mr. 0. in the field whatever. The fact is Mr. Clarkaon ia a ory unpopular man hero , and if there lad boon an organized opposition ho could not secure the delegates of hia nwn county , Many of his friends admit that \Ir \ , Clarkson haa no chance of the nomi nation , but ask the delegates of his own county aa an act of common courtesy. A Ho AVfts n Casliler. "Hero you I1' howled n bank cashier , ; oing Into the Cincinnati Star editorial ooma , "what do you moan by pulling ny picluro in your paper ? " "No liarm nt all air " , , meekly ro- ponded the editor. "Wo are merely publishing the portrails of men holding imminent position ! in business or the irofcssiona nnd put youra in with the others. " "Well , sir , I don't like it , and I am not going to have it. " " 1 am sorry that you do not like it ; wo coitalnly meant all right. " "Oh , you did , did you ? Well , why lidn't you do it ? That picture of mo , ir , looks exactly like n thiof. " "Well , ain't you a bank cashier ? " tammerod the editor , in an innocent way. Somehow after that the cashier hadn't mylhing to say , and the oditor'a back- lone stuck right up over the top of hia ollar. _ _ _ Points for I'artlons. Ian Francisco Argonaut. Governor Vance , of Ohio , in the early daya of Iho atalp's history , on coming into office paid a visit to the prison , and or- orod that every man there bo permitted , o como up nnd talk to him. The result rna a purlost storm of petitions for par- on'a , every man pleading innocenco. ) old and " " stood no grizzled "tough" nparl nd added nothing to the clamor. The ; ovornor called him up. "What are you in for ? " "Stealing. " "Well , were you guilty ? " "Yes , it's the way I make my llTing. " The governor went back to hia office ud pardoned the man. When romon- Iraled with , his only excuse was : "Well , I waa afraid Iho thief would ontaminnto thoao other follows. " lu Utuh. Jonver Republican. Utah haa now 20,000 amall farms aver- ging twenty-five acrea ; and the whole nust bo irrigated. There ia but ono argo farm in the territory , and that is wned by a company. The great Salt jiko , according to Elder Cannon , con- , ains enough salt to supply America for onturies. Alt that is necessary in pro- mring it lor the market is to drive to the > dgo of the lake with a wagon , and a man with rubber boots on can load it with a shovel. The salt lies on the bot- .om . of the lake in small coarse crystals. After loading it is taken to a grinding nachino , and after being run through it B fit for the table. A PREMONITORY PINCH. The Predicted' Frost Puts in an Ap- pcarnnco at Various Places. KAST TAWAS , Michi , August 9 , A heavy ro.st here lost night ruined the potato and. mckwhcat crops. DKTIIOIT , August Ot On Thursday night liero was a severe froit in seine parts of north- rn Michigan. The dnnmgo was not nscer- aincd. A severe Croat lint night at East ' .iwaa greatly dnmogod garden stuff. CHICAGO ) August 0. Up to a quarter past o'clock to-night report * received from iwlnta n the Ohio > Volley nnd upper lake ri-gion nil t verify In n single inatanco the eignnl ervlco prediction of frost. I'lrisnuno , August t > . At midnight tliero vi > ro no indications of tlio Croat predicted for ho Ohio valley by tllu sign.il hurvico. Tliu cmpuraturuuns 05 , which is t\vo dsgrcca il liin- than lit the Hanio time last night * CINCINNATI , August 1) ) . Midnight , local imo Signal service theremomotar C9j two octrees warmer than thu fuiuo hour last eight , fho air is n dead calm ; thu sky ia partly o\er- ast ; nom n of frost. ] .ouif vii.t.K , August 9 , The iwlicitons nro liat thtro will bo no frost liero to-night. # # # # plQ tumors , rupture and istulns , radicallj cured by improved nothods. Book two letter utAtnpa iVorld'a Diaponoary Association , Buifnlo , ! l. Y. tu , f. aud wkly. Polllent Powder. MY , lUiu'nu nrrrml at Bar Hirbnr Saturday mon. 11 < " .Tliij Miveiith Missouri district. , democratic ( invention , af tor taking 579 balloLj , ndjournod ivturday nfteaioon without mukiug n nuini- ation. AtNnwbur.TSaturday General Logan anil jirty ; ilrovo to Nowlnirg anil viflitoil Wash- nigt < in' headquarters. There wns a largo nnii , mtlnulustlu- crowd in attendance , Thu etntaaxecutiru coininitt'.t ) nf the repub lican party inut Saturday and lassod re.ixlu. lions hivorvug the running < > . candidates for ngri'-w in all Georgia districts. The Clayton county ( louu ) republican con- \ention raSnturdny , elected prohibitionist ( U-l- cg.itoj to * tate niitl congressional conventions A motl' u to luHtruct for J.Vrtlirock for judge- WO-H Initi on the tnblo 411 > J-1. ) Tim "Welch Qimrymon's LONDON , Augutt 11. The Welsh quarry- ineu'a union liavo askf ,1 the owners of tbo im&rrr to hold a conlurenca with regard to the collapHU of trade under the pressure of 1m- portntiona from Ainulcnn ntatea. The own ers will accede to the request , but at the tame time hnvn made rejjy to the elloct that the buiino-8 stagnation W B more owing to over production at hojuo than foreign Importa tions , _ MotliliiK Miulo in Vain , Wo are told that nothing was made in vain ; but what can bo said of the fashion- ublo cirl of the period ? I n't she maiden vain ? Hood'a Sarsapoiilla is made in Lowell , Mass. , where there are moro bottles tles of it sold than of any other sarsaparilla - rilla or blood purifier. And it is never taken in valu. It purifies Iho blood , strengthens Iho system , and gives new lifo and vigor to the entire body , 100 doses $1. Fred Sharon's Honeymoon. SAN I'liASciaco , August 11. Prod Sluron1 bou of tbu ex-senator , nd bride , left this nf tcrooon vast enroutu to Europe , JLABRUPING LAIED , How Itrns Accomplished In Kcnrnoy dCoiinty Gasllu's Boom n-Booinliip , August llth. The church members of the Presby- [ orlnn church united with the tmloon < eopsrB in favor of Laird and put two dealers in sour mash as delegates on the Laird ticket A still hunt of ton daya ordered by lion. Jim's lloutontmt , so certain - tain waa Laird of carrying Kearney coun- y that ho did not como down , except in n the filthy lucreand the notasaotsof the amalgamated mongrel ticket was 33 vote * , whllo Onslln carried 99 votes and all the onthusiaatn , leaving poor lion. lim not A single maverick o show for all hia ducats , and his lieutenant didn't deliver the joods either , but to-day they are singing . 'anhna "By the river of Babylon there wo sat down ; yea , vro wept when wo roinomborod Laird. " Laird waa defeated in order that ho might have a chance to go west and grow up with the Mormons. The whole congressional district haa spoken in the same voice , and now Jim's rioudfl can unite with him in the fervent and eloquent prayer that ho sometimes delivers , beginning , "Lot us pray. 0 , uord if there ia any Lord save my soull if I'vo fiot any soull" otc. Laird's friends are swearing s'holp .hem . Moaoa if they don't buy enough delegates to nominate him , como what rill , nnd they are showing up full hands n the business , but not n gudgeon will they get. The Hastings Gazotto- Journal concedes jaird'a defeat and attributes it to THE JEE , and would very much like to know who is its Hastings-Mmdan correspond ent. Ilopublicana do notsondmontocongress ; o misrepresent thorn twico. Douglas voted several times in the sonhto against his own sentiments bo- : au30 the Illinois legislature instructed um so to do , but Hon. J. M. is not a 3ouglu3. The second district wants a man for jongross that can discern loyalty from , roauon ; it wants a man that has sense inough , and honor enough , to vote with lis party ; it wants a man with decency mough to protect the settler n his homestead and pro-omp- ion rights ; it wants a man with loner enough to keep out of the ) argains and sales with democrats and in- ntead will not stab republicans in the lack and will scorn the Stinking Water thieving laud business. The republican > arty wants a man with sense enough to mow how to vote , and with statesman ship enough to stand by hia party and his 'riends ' , n man that will do something for ho soldier at the first and not at the tlovonth hour , a man that M true , broad n intellect , brains , honor , and ono that s a republican ; a statesmanship that ia aa > road as America and a loyalty as true as iis party. The man possessing all these lualitios in full and rounded measure is Ion. Judge Gaslin , the other man from Maine. SOLDIKKS , SECOND BISTIUCT. Crops AloiiR the Milwaukee. DuDUQUf , August 11. Crop Inspector Wil- ox , of the Chicogo , Milwaukee St. Paul lilroad , arrived hero to-day after n tour of in- pcction through northern Iowa , Minnesota nnd Dakota , _ Ho pronounced the arops in ex cellent condition , and not nt all injured by the cool weather. TORPID BOWELS , ; DBSORDERED LIYERi and MALARIA. . Froitttlicsoaourccs nrlao tUico-fourthg of ilia discuses of the human rncc. Thcso .lymptomsimllcRtoUioIrcxistcncotXnas of .Apiietlto , Itoivcli costive , Siclc IIcail > iRclic , fulliieal after eating , av r lm to 'exertion of Imdy or mind , Jlrucrntloii off food-Irritability of temper , " I.ow 4 > plrlti , A. feeling of having neglected loine duty , IllzzluciB , Fluttering at the ITrnrt , J > ot before the eye , hlfrhjycol- srcd TJrliio , CONSTIPATION ? Hnil do- round the wso ofa remedy thnt nets directly on trwLlvor. AaaLlvormcdlclnoTTJTT'a I'lr I.S liavo no equal. Their nctlouon the Kidneys anil Skin Is nsoprominTcnioving ! ; nil impuiltlcs through these three "scav enger * of the Hy C m , " producing nppo- tlto , sound digestion , rcRuliir stools , n clear Bldnanduvlsorousbocly. TUTT'S I > IIIM crwso no nausea or gilnliiK nor Interfere , with daily ivorlr and aio u perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALAR2A. KoMeverywhere,25c. OUIco.41 MurraySt..N.Y. GIIAT IfAiu on WIISKIMW olmnRi'il in- Bluntly to aCr-osBV ULACIC UynsliiDlo np. plication of this mi : . Sold by Diuggleis , or Bent by express on rpcnlpt of S t. Or/ice , 44 Jturrny StrcntNewr York. tUn'Ji MANUAL OF USEFUL BEQEIPT5 FRE . n & UEFRESENTS I'hornlr Aunrinoe Oo. , ol iioodoa , C h . Y. , 0 1 > ! U ! . 003KIU.C , ol Nerate , K , J. , Cipltd 1,276,000.01 Gliard Tire , PMWclrLU , * pltl. . . .1,100.000.0 ! JHromeu'N Sund Oac < tM . 1.439,316. O3E3C23.fik.2P 2 E. KESTIHI'S PAXTON HOTEL ninety and Hair Dressing Parlors Hair ! Hair ! Hair I Cheap I urCountrv Orilota Solicit * ! I. W. WAITE M D. . . , , . , Physician & Surgeon ( Formerly ot lleroy Hospital , Chicago. ) Nervous Diseases and Diseases of the Bye and Kar a StHiclnlty. OTOfflco-Odd Ktlliws' llfock , N. W , comer Uth and Hedge streets , Unuhix , Neb. OrHce hours 10 to 12 B. a , Z to I and 7 to 8 p. m. Sand * ; * 10 to 12 a. in. All oallt promptly ttcnd > d. New park , Bherinan Avenue llilll'rrk. In consequence ol the inclemency ol the weather and by request ol the runners , the 120 YAEDB 'HANDICAP ' Is postponed to Sunday afternoon , August 3rd , /jrAdffllsslon Zi Cents 9 WEDNESDAY , JULY 30TH , S4LOON KEEl'EllS VS. PICKED NINE. tJTUembors with Member Cards Freo. EDWARD KUEHL , MAaiSTXn OF PALiryfeTEIlY AND CONDITION AL1ST , 803 Tenth street , between Farnam and liar , ney. will , with the aid ol guardian spirits , obtaining anyone glanoa or the past and prownt , and the certain condition In the luture. IJooU and iho j made to orUer , Perfect tatlsfactloa guaranteed , MERCHANTS oae * Authorized Capital. - $1,000,000 Paid-up Capital , - - 100,000 Surplus Fund , - - 70,000 BANK17IO OFFICE I N , W. Cor , Farnam ana 12th Sta OFFiomsi FmixK Mtrarnr , PreoMsnt I SAM'J.E. Rooiu.f DJU. B. WOOD , Cashier. | Lvrnm DBAKI , A Frank HarphyBamuot K. Rogen , Den. B. Wood/ Charles' 0. noQMl , A. D. Jones , 1/cthor Drake. Transact a Gcncr l Banking Utnlnw * . AH who bare any Banking business is transact are Invited sail. No mutter how Urpo of email tbo transaction , it will reecho our careful attention , and wo ptomllt always courteous treatment. Para particular attention to business tot parties. residing outsM * the city. Kxohwigo on sH th prln. olpalcltlei of the United Btatoa r Tory lorroet rates. AooaunU ot Banks and Bunker ? received on favor able terms. Issues Certified of Depoelt betting B pat con ntorest. Buys and sells 7oieUrn Exchange , County , Oil and Government oocufltlM UNITED STATES 01' OMAHA. S , W Cor , Farnam and 12th St3 , Capita ! , - - $100,000.08 C. W. HAMILTON , Proo't. O. n. CAUDWSL ! . , V-Pros't. M. T. BARLOW , Cashier * DIRECTORS : S. S. OAIDWELI , B. IT. SMITH , 0. W. HAMILTON , M. f. BAnum * 0. WILL HAMILTON. Accounts solicitor' and kept sub loot to olght check. Certificates of Deposit ! sou < 3tJ ( jav nblolnS C and 12 rnontha , bearing ntoroot , or on dorrmnd without In- torost. Advances made to customers on approved securities nt market rnto of I ntoroot. The Interacts of Customers nro c'osoly ' guarded and every faallliv compatible with principles of oound banking freely extended. Draw sight drafts on England , Jro and , Scotland , arid all partoofEu- 'OPO. Soil Kuropcnn Panrm o Tickets . COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. United States Depository O1T OMAHA Cor. 13tli and Farnam Sts. The Oldest Banking Establishment in Omaha , SUCCESSORS TO KOU1F3ZR BROTHERS. Organised in 1800. Organized as a National Bank In OAPITAIi . SOO.OOO SUXtFXiTTS AND PROFITS . yjKO.OOO 077IOB1U1 EI230TOB8. Hiutun KntCTrzi , Prceldeni. JOHN A. CRnonTO.i , Vloa President. A ccBTCg KonurzH , Sd'VIceProsidenl. A. J. PorrLBiOR. P. n. DAviB , Cajhlei. W U. WioqnriB , Aeslatant Cashier. FTransaofs a , general banklni ; buslncoa. lata rtlflcatea boarlni ; Interest. Dra'ra drafta an clsco and principal dtlos In the Un | > ej o Lend on , Dublin , Edinburgh and tbl tl thlj oontlnontand ) v * Cor. 13th and Douglas Sts. Capital Stock , - - - 8150.000 Liability of Stockholders , 300,000 Five Percent Interest Pail on Deposits LOAN8MADE ONJiEAL ESTAZ& O El-oorej tSa JAMES E.BOVD . Pro nl L. M. BBHXKTT . Vlco President \V. A. PAXTON . ! J naing ! Director JOHN K. W1L11UH . Cashloi CIIAS F.MANDEI1SON , TH01\ . KIMIJALT , , J. W. OANNKTT , MAX MEXHIt , UENIIY PUNDT. E L. STONE. MCCARTHY BUEE.E > E18 14TH STREET , BET. FARNAM AND DOUGLAS ( SUCCESSORS TO JOIIH O. JACOBS ) UNDERTAKERS ! a the old ttand 1117 fcuiuLm etrect. Orders fc-y giapb solicited and promptly attqated to CHARLES RIEWE , UNDERTAKER , AND DEALER IN Helalic Cases , CofflMasKets , Shronfls , ETC. , ETC. , 1000 Farnam St. , - OSIA.IIA , NEB Telejfrophlo orders promptly attended to. Telephone No. 3211 H , K , BURKET FUHEBfu. OIRECIOR AND EMBALMED 111 North Utb Street Omm A. CAJORI , IDiinuLgrg'ijsl ; ! Removed to 121 N. llth St. SODA WATER ! PUESCIUPTION8 CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED JAS.E.PEABODY L if , PHYSICIAN & SURGEON , ddcnoa No. IMT Jonea Bt. Office. No. 1W a Street. Offloe hours IX m. to 1 p. in. , and Sia.4 Tolopi ) ] * ( or offloa 81 ,