Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 03, 1884, Image 4
OAiATTA PAfi/V .HFJB WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBERS , 1884 ; THE OMAHA BEE OniAlm OfTlco , No. OtO Fftrnfiin St. Council Bluff * OfllcfV.No 7 lenrl st , Street , Nenr Kronclwuy. New York Olllco , Koom 05 XrUmno Pnbllthed every n-ornlng , except Sunday' Che Oil ) Monday morning dally. HS M Mill. One Yo . liaoo I Thrc Wonthl . IfJJ BliMonms . 6.00 One Month . l- ° ° Tor Week , SB CenU. TM WBBUT BI1 , rUBUiniD ITIM , WIDKWDAT. THUS KMTTAID. OMTeit . ftOO I Three Month * . I M billionth * . . 1.00 1 One Month SO American Newi Company , Salt Ajontf , Newideal- en la the United SUtos. A Oommnnlattloni rotating to Kom nJ Kdltorlil nation should be tddrecitd to the Emrou or Tni DH.J All nmrtnoM Lctten 'and Remittance * ihoald be addressed toTniiBii rmuiniica CoiinsT , OMAHA. Draft ) , Checks and rostodloo orderi to b mode pay able to the order ot the company. 3BE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS' ' B. ROSBWATE.R Elltor. A. II. Fitch , Monitor Dally Circulation , P. 0. Hoi , 488 Omftbn , Nob. THE railroads of Nebraska are out of politics. They are willing to trust the conduct ol the campaign to Caspar B. . Yost , Oaptain Phillips nnd John M , Thuretou. IF the men nominated on the atato reX X > ablican tiokot wore called on to moo the people and stump the oiato , the cam paign would bo a very nlcopy affair , and they would stand a very slim chan co of election. TIIEKH is no doubt that Mr. II. II. Shodd is a great improvement on the re tiring Agoo. Ho is an excellent presid ing officer , and while not a man of posi tive convictions or pronounced views on the vital issues of the day , more especi ally the aggression of corporate monopo lies , ho in disposed to bo fair in hia rul ings , and is always courteous. Tun democrats are making a vigorous effort to capture the atato of Maine. The republican managers say they have posi tive evidence that the democrats have , oont $55,000 to that state to bo put whore it will do the most good , and that moro money will bo provided if neccs- Hiry , Maine will certainly provo a. rich Hold for the professional ward politician this yoar. SOME people never know wiion they are well troatod. Of that class the stool pigeon of the Union Pacific , who ostensi bly conducts the Jicpnbllcan , is a con- spicuons example. 11 io villainous defense of tramp incendiaries invites pitiless cna- tigation which wo propose to administer to him and his associates just as soon ns we can conveniently refresh our memory concerning n few matters , which hia un provoked r.33ault has stirred up. UNDER the civil service rules sixty- tlvo persons wore recently ap pointed special examiners in the pension oflico. They wore selected from a list of about three hundred persons certified by the civil service commissioners aa having passed the necessary examinations to qualify them for the positions The ap pointment of those examiners has boon very fairly made among the different states. From Now York there are aovon appointoea , from Pennsylvania six , and from Illinois six. Ohio and Indiana have four each , and Maine , Michigan and Massachusetts are oaoh credited with throo. Now Jersey Kansas Kentucky , Miasouri , Maryland and Iowa have two each. No other state is credit ed with moro than ono appointment , and moro than one-halt of the examiners just appointed are veterans of the war of the rebellion. The duty of n special exam- jnor is to make a personal examination of claims for pensions coming from the dis trict , to which ho is assigned , and for this norvico ho receives a salary of $1,000 a year , nnd § 3 a day for living expenses , his transportation being paid by the gov ernment. TUB front door-bell is in a great meas ure a nuisanoo nimply because it is rung tit all hours of the day by persons who take advantage of its exposed position to gain admisiiou to a residence where they are not wanted , and to which they would not bo admitted if thuir business could bo learned in advance. Wo refer to book agents , canvassers for nil aorta of patent inventions , and peddlers generally. Those agents tramp from house to house , walk up to the front door , ring the boll , and when the servant opens the door they inquire for the lady of the houeo , or frequently call for her by name , having losrnod it at the resi dence which they have just left. The L\dy , whoso baby is awakened into cryingiby the sharp ring of the door bell , goes to the door only to find some impudent canvasser who wantsto ] soil hora [ book , or "some article that no household can get along without. " She slams the door , and returns to her duties , only to go through the aamo programme again and again , The bell-rJnglng nuisance by tramping agents has been suppressed in noino cities , and it ought to bo in Omaha , The grand jury of Philadelphia has ser iously considered the matter , and has undo the following recommendation ; a There is another ovll which wo res. is peotivcly suggest should bo speedily rorn * idiud. Moti are properly licensed to soil truck and articles of common ueu on the Btrcet. They cry thuir wares with a eUmtorian voice , that can bo hoard in is ovcry part of every house which they paai. Wo think that this la abundantly fluUielent , But , to odd to this , a habit of ringing every door boll is an outrage. ho JMo one within can tell who may boat the door , and from the most distant part of the house , under the most trying circum- B tan cos , again and afjain in every hour of the day , the bell must bo answered at ns the call of Borne huckster or peddler , Wo respectfully present this cr.so as an outrage , and beg that stringent regula tion * ho adopted for Jta suppression in < ho interest of overburdened wives and a A C1 ALL A XT aiiNKKAL The fact having become known that Major-Qcnornl John Bcnton Is in a penniless ytl condition and actually guttering for the ncccesarics of lifo , a fund is to bo raised for his relief. A committee , con- titling of Generals Hancock , Terrell , tiP Porter and McOlollan , has boon ap pointed ' to take charge of the subscrip tions and BCD that General Benton is tiP' properly ' cared for. The story of his career roads moro like n romance than a stern rere reality , and will no doubt excite n deep sympathy among every class 85ol oltl people , and particularly among the union ofllcors and soldiers , tlG General Benton has a brilliant record , and rendered gallant service to his coun aitr try. IIo was educated nt West Point , trai and the opening of the war found him aioi engaged iu literary pursuit ] nt Nashville , oiT Tennessee , where ho had married into t wealthy family , whoso sympathies wcro entirely with the south. Jfotwithatand iral Kiis family tics/Botilbti remained loy al to his country and joined the 'Union alni army. Thereupon his southern wife deserted - sorted him , taking with her his children. This desertion nearly broke his heart , Tai and made him desperate and reckless of aial all danger in the campaigns in which ho participated. IIo was ninny * at the front courting death , As if anxious to fioi end his unhappy lifo gloriously on the oibi battle field. IIo won a brigadier's stnr bial al Murfrooaboro , and added the double star of ft major-gonornl at Chattanooga. It was at Chattanooga that ho had some personal difllculty with General Grant , his superior , as ho allowed his tamper to "got the bettor of him. General toBi Benton next campaigned with Sherman or li'.s march to the sea , and captured Charleston witb an advance body of troops. At Charleston ho again quar relled with his .superior , General Sherman rom man , who caused him to bo court-mar tialed. Although not convicted , ho resigned signed , , and going abroad ho took an ac tive port in the Ruaso-Turki.sh war , in which ho fought on the side of the Turks , in command of a division. After the fall of Plovtm ho came into thdi disfavor , and had a narrow escape from being strangled because ho was the friend of Mohomit AH. IIo finally re turned to the United States , broken down in health and spirits , and attempt ed to earn a living by his pen. IIo is ocnc now an old man and has but a few years ncm moro to live. That the remainder of his life should at least bo made comfortable . is eminently proper , and the money con tributed for this purpose , will bo a do- aorvcd tribute to a bravo and loyal fiol- dlor. Gon. Benton is undoubtedly a man Of great pride , and it was probably on this account that ho has concealed his , nc verge of starvation. Now that his case has boon brought to the attention of the . public , wo would suggest that contribu tions bo taken up at the various soldier's reunionsand that the Nebraska veterans , now in camp at Fremont , make up n handsome purse for the old warrior , whom many no doubt remember. TOJl ANTHONY. The sudden death of Henry B. An thony removes ono of the most distin guished senators of the United States , aa well as ono of the ablest of the republi can loaders. Mr. Anthony was nearly seventy years old , ho having been born in 1815 , in Coventry ; 11. I. , of Quaker ancestry. Ho graduated at Brown Uni versity in 1833 , and in 1838 ho became the editor of the Providence Jourixtl. As an editor ho displayed great ability , and wielded a powerful influence through hia paper for over twenty years. In 1817 Mr. Anthony was eluctcd governor of Rhode Island , wan reoloctcd in 1850 , and was urgently called upon to nc- copt the nomination for a third term , which ho declined. Governor Anthony became United States senator in 185 ! ) , ho having been elected as n union republican to succeed Philip Allen , a democrat. Senator Anthony has over einco retained his tout in the senate , the people of his atato returning - ! ! turning liim at the expiration of each term. For twenty-three years ho aorvud aa aonator , and hia present term would ' ' not have expired until March , 1889. L During his long ( senatorial career hu performed many important duties , and was always regarded aa one of the most I- efficient and popular members of the national logislatuo. Ilia record through out is free from apot or blemish , and his death ends a lifo thnt has boon of great , aorvico to his country and an honor to himself. IT is estimated that between ? 2,000- * 000 and § 3,000,000 had boon made out of the great Chicago pork corner , which fJ ( has bcon engineered by Phil. Armour. As usual most of this money has buon ho spuoczod from the pockets of speculators in outside of Chicago. Of course Mr. Armour - , mour is praised for his great shrewdness , -t and admired for his wonderful financial : ability by men who do not understand g. the methods of the great speculators. The fact is that Phil. Armour ia nothing * but gigantic plunderer ( if the pooplo. IIo a gambler in the necessaries of life , and owing to hij vast resources ho is enabled to manipulate the provision umrfcut to suit himself. * It but said of him that hu either owns or ' controls all the pork in this country. By tlo his operations , which are called corners , two not only bloods the omall-boro specu lators , but robs the people by forcing up the prica of food and giving it a fictitious vnl uo , The business of cornering provisions carried on by Armour mid other greedy DIII ) unscrupulous speculators is not only pal demoralizing to the country , but it is the ruinoui to legitimate trade. If wo are not mistaken the runniinj of a corner is to violation of the law of Illinois , but wo suppose that Armour and his crowd are SD rich that they can boldly defy the law. TUB Jltpublicaii prints the boasKu and self-glorifying speech of Congressman Laird at the Hastings convention , in which Mr. Laird dwells at great length upon his own gallantry during the war. Mr. Laird's patriotic war record has not boon called in question , but it is his rec ord as n railroad attorney nnd corporation congressman that fails to meet the wants of his constituents. It is the method by which ho was nominated nnd elected two years agothrough the political machinery and corrupting agencies of the railroad forwhich for yoara previous ho had been political attorney , that makes him objectionable as n represent ative in congress. It is the repetition of this unropublican method this year that will induce hundreds , if not thousands , of good and true republicans nnd loyal soldiers to scratch their ticket in favor of his opponent. When Mr. Laird went to congress ho promised to turn over n now loaf with regard to his relations to cor porate monopolies. Dow has ho kept his promise ? IIow has ho voted in the important issues involving vital reforms ? How can ho justify hi collusion with Knovols in the St. Joe & Denver land grab ? How does ho propose to justify hia connection with the Stinking Water land swindle ? Wo have carefully preserved Mr. Laird's extraordinary letter of vindication of last year , but wo nro unable to vindicate him on the acoro of his plea. The Bocond district is republican to the core , but the old soldiers who constitute n majority of Mr. Laird's constitutonta do not propose to bo again misrepresented because Mr. Laird has fought , bled and died for his country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE chief of police of Pittsburg , who ordered the Austro-Hungarian consul to take down the Austrian flag because ho regarded | it as n violation of the awing- ing-sign ordinance , has boon very properly - orly not down upon by Secretary Fro- linghtiyson , who has ordered the legal proceedings against the consul nto bo dis missed , and that a courteous and fitting . explanation bo made to him. The communication oxmi munication of Secretary Frolinghuyson is directed to the governor of Pennsylvania isni nia : , who has sent it to the mayor of Pittsburg. The mayor replica that ho ? will take no action until ho consults an . . attorney. It may bo that the mayor of . the smoky city proposes to stand by his chief : of police , and in this event Mr. Frelinghuyson will probably take it upon himself to apologize to the consul in behalf - half ! of the United States. The officials , of Pittaburg are certainly acting very . discourteously , especially in view of the fact that the consul , under the treaty of provisions , has a right to display his flag in the manner that ho did. The local laws in such n case as this must give way to national and international laws. NINTH street is well paved with Colorado rado sandstone , but it remains to bo soon how long this material will cnduro the wear and tear. It is a fact that sand stone blocks cannot bo tamped down like granite. A heavy blow splits nnd crum bles the rock , and therefore makes it un fit for paving purposes. Wo say this 2 from no desire to diacourago the use of Colorado sandstone in Omaha for build at ing material or for any other pur pose for which it is suitable. This paving question is n matter of public concern , nnd should bo treated bo from that standpoint. Where the ma jority of the pronerty holders are in da favor of sandstone , the council cannot do otherwise than comply with their wishes. But where no preference is absolutely expressed the council and board of public wj works nro in duty bound to regard thoui interest of the tax-payers rather than that of * lie railroad that wants to earn ) , tolls for hanlim ; stone from Colorado to Omaha. CO TUB idea that a fusion between the on ) dnmucrutu nnd groenluckors of Iowa will nuiku lowan doubtful tel " state is absurd on its face , lown flincu 1808 has never given loss than 50,000 republican majority in n In prcsidcntinl campaign , In 1872 it was 8Hj ! ) in 1870 it was 50,171 ; nnd in 1880 Gurfield's pluraliy wna 78 05 ! ) . List year , notwithstanding thu faot thnt the prohibition fight had unsettled the par ties in Iowa , Governor Sherman wus . elected by a plurality of 25,081) ) . Ono might ns well expect Missouri to go re bo publican as to think that lown will go on democratic in n presidential year. tu BKN BuTJ.iu : has a "bar'J , " and the question that troubles him moat ia nf whether he will tap it. Ho had a coiv foronco ] with the greenback state contra ! committee of Michigan on Monday , and it the committco waa to decide whether should put $10,000 into the campaign that atato or not. As nothing further has boon hoard concerning the matter , is very likely that the committed de cided , not to call on Butler for the ' $10,000 , the decision no doubt being rendered at Bon's request. IIo knows well enough that a bird in the hand ia _ worth two in the bush. 'I in Mu , FUA.NK RANSOM can fdlbrd to bo ' counted out in republican atato conventions fora the republican party , which makus a o 'free ballot and an honest count" its but- cry , has for the second time within years invited disaster for its state dotr ticket by o uutenanciug trickery and dis v honesty in the nomination of its candi dates. him lie ' NKIIIUSKA Is still without an Episco bi hop , Dr. Potter having declined honor. This nnakes the third at- nra . tempt to fill the pUco. It ia suggested JMMIM ; the Episcopal council that before it , for ' holds another election it should appoint 1 I I th a committee to find aomo man who will accept the high oflico. TUB democrats of the first congrctsional district have called their convention at Omaha on the llth of September. It rnmains to bo aeon whether the conven tion will have brains enough to nominate a man who can ouccunsf ully cope with Mr. Weaver. THE Omaha ttcpubllcnn is congratula ted upon its enlarged and improved ap pearance. The daily Jtcpubllcan is now metropolitan in its dimensions , and with its elegant now dress affords a striking proof of the enterprise and good taste of the publishers. TUB Farnam street pavement is now completed , and the direct sprinklers ought to lay the dust on that thorough- faro. The merchants are waiting for the sprinkling contractors to como round with their subtcription paper. THK Herald calls special attention to an excellent history of Grover Cleveland. \Vo wonder if that excellent history con tains any reference to Maria Halpin ? A history of Grover Cleveland cannot bo complete without aomo reference to the Widow Ilalpln. POL'COHN. Was thera eror inch n campaign teen b9' fore. fore.Jiifit Jiifit nt this time both parties would bo do- vontly grateful for donations. From his long-continuucl Mlcnco wo to fear that Chuuticuy It. 1'illoy has follwi in tlio sower. By the way , n fusion between Tammany and the democratic party would tuoui to bo the first scheme In order. llcmbicks Ima onn cnnpnlatlon , nt loast. ITo known hu left enough Ink In tlio bottla fern n hundred letters of acceptance. Hondricks la not as enthusiastic over his position on Ihu ticket ns hit * frlonds would like him to bo. It Is not pleasant fur n first- class musician to play second fiddle , 1'omeroy , who , it should bo explained , is one of the cirdidntcs for president , in , naya the Phllabelpliiii Pips ? , going to Hlmplify the campaign by withdrawing in favor of St. John. Jay GoulJ tolls n reporter Unit ho shall not make up his mind whom hu cliall vote for until lie sees St. John'n Inttcr of acceptance. 1111Mi . Gould will probably support Mr , St. John. Gould incliues to watered stocks. During tha past week n veteran union sol- iljer In Jursnv City blow n tobcl bullet from his nc.so. Wo can now expect to eo in tlio Atlanta Constitution and otber mmtliiTii fire- eaters I'ditorlals on "An Insult to the South. " 1'rivatu Dalzell hont n campaign poem and SBNo to the nationnl republican committee in Now York , nnd Bubaequcntly received n letter Hrom ( Imirinan Join. " , thanking him fur tlio S5. 1'rivatu U.ilzult is titterly contemplating voting ' the democratic ticket. Cleveland shrank from the ta k of explain ing the Democratic taiill pl.uik Mku the man who hail the Lord'H prajer piintoil on a piece of cardboard ho points to thu plank and says "them's my sentiments. " | 13ayUity Tri bune. Amid the sizzln and gurgle and sputter effusion fusion anil fiuioniats it ia consoling to hear the still , Binall voice of It. G. Hurr rahtd above all the uiimiiotion likn tlio permeating t-liriek a i clariont in ft full brass band , as&uiing lllH follow countrymen that Michigan will btick to Ulalno and Logan likn a xlieot of lly paper to the roar elevation of the family cat. This year will bo marked in history as Mio year ; of "kickers. " , Th.o kjckers are runuing the campaign. Tlr4t"tliBy kicked against Arilmr. Then they kicked against lilainc. Then Clovelond wan 'nominated ' and the kick- era appeared on the democratic bide nnd kicked agaioHt him. Then Butler arose nnd he kicked aguiust nil other kicker * . Nuvr , om , two , throe ! All kickl WESTEUN NEWS. DAKOTA. Sioux Falls has twenty ono aalonns. Work has bcon commenced on a city hall nt' Vermlllton. nt'I Sovon'tin mine claims , in the Black Hills , wt'ro recently told to eastern parties for § 21 , 000.'Iho 'Iho ' penitentiary building at Bismarck has just been completed , and in a few days will ready for Inuinusu. An nrtFuian well I ] to bo sunkat 1'ortltnn- dnll oaiiooii as the contract can bo made with responsible wall borers. Tin ; corner tone of the new ICpiscopal col. logo at Sioux Fulli 11I bu laid September 11 , with appropriate ceremonies. The a'sencmont roll of D.-vvison county , of which Mitchell Is the motrop Us , reaches theory \ory resi eetable figures of Sl.Ol'JjCTO.S. ) , The barracks at Fort Sully are to 1)3 rebuilt - u built , ami laiyo quantities of maturml are now beii'g shipped them by bo.itfiom l'ino. . parties atq thinking of putting in wnrku for reducing lla < c ktraw , by a now pro con , Into pulp for thu manufautiiro of paper. The Mipremo c-ourt will meet at Yankton ) ) tlio L'Oihof Scptembor to pronuiliati writ ten om'nioLH of the cases decided at tlio last term. IVtor Goodman is tlio largest farmnr in lUiiHom couuty. Hi ) had 1SOU area of orop thfx year , ono Held nf ouU gnoi over 100 1 t'l the a'jro. Northern I'uclfiocninpiny will henceforth - forth fell iti a riciilliii.il laniU in qiiintitips not f-xccciliiig IlL'O ncrey , nu tun year's time , to ] p.irlicH . . . who agn-i' to . nrcoinu nttual BOttlurj within oueyuur from data of purcbaso. Q WYOMING n The hay crop of Wyoming this ncason wilj mimenso far ( jreuter than over cut bcforo , Gt'iiornl Sheridan la expected at Cheyiinnu thu Bth , nnd preparations ere being made glvo him a reception , Auditor big irrigating ditch ! m been planned in Linmii : county. This canal , when completed , will water over 30,000 acres I laud , all within twenty-fivo miles of Laramie - mio city. There is coiiMilcrabla awsinient and de velopment woik going on in the 1'em's miii- Ing distrlLt , a tmirlter being talked of , which is said will without doubt be erected there early in the spring , Thu rich galena nnd cop per ornof this camp all linprovons depth h reached in tlio ( hafts now living sunk , Kl ii piittintr .on metropolitan airs In ' many wnyn. A prominent llvory man was inro-tod recently the cliargn being criielty to ci iinlumlu , and was for whipping n balky hem > . 14 'Iho court , nfii'r iniiulring into tni matter an- 14hi BenHOil the damages at S37 60 , including fmo hiy unit coats , y Tlio Albany County L nd anil Cnttlo company - 01oi pany I'm ' o mplctod the pnrclino of n laritu oici tract of l nU from < th Union Pacific company. h1 * land ptirdia il la at pr ui-nt ocuupixil irOi tly bv stockholder of tin uomptny nniler Oi I'li-o Actual Duttlum on any of tlio himU in- at oluilril In tlnn piirchaio who liaru not hcieto- si iiciiulrril n titlu to their pliiwitimi miy siPi y o thin company on anil after September IStli , Pihi hi j-nting l > oy , thn ROII ot ( rt > n- ti poctablo paicuU , who wni bit i > n by a piu tim twu yearn ngo and now at regular hit i- m la uulfurH I mm Minting lotembllng bydro- 1ai phi.bla. Whllo in Uils condition it requires ai three strong mon to hold the boy and prevent aiV from iiijiiiiug himself or others. Whan in roi-orern from the'o attacks ha his uoreo- o'ltc'lou of what has occurr < d , Tlia cise ox- tcof clUs much aitentlun among doctors , of cl A surveying corin ol the Burlington road ! working north of Ctiuyenne. Thu Lniuler tl thinkx "thn mtr0so ' of thu Hurllngtnn it Mis i in causing ur\oy i * prolubly to fe Doinn point which is liablu nvpiitually tu txf rc&ched by tlia Sioux City & 1'ivcilio wad , al- though at thia time tlia intention of the com- pany In Mirvoylng north Is nothing but a more matter of conjecture. Time , however , will reveal mere about it. " Two inltirro named Simmons nnd Mnckcy bad a dliol t short raugo at Itunning Water liit ; wcfk. While both men were KtAiidlng in the strfct and about fivi' paces apart , Mackoy pretended to turn his face away from Simmons tthen the latter suddenly pulled his revolver , Mackey was looking at film , however , and had bis pistol out in a ( lath , and both men nhot at the saino inttant , Mnckey'a bullet knocking Simmons hat olT , cutting a hole through it , and Simmons bullet went through his antago nist's coat under the arm. The tirst exchange of shots was followed by two moro , in which Mackoy's hat WBB pierced twice nnd his bul lets cnt through Simmon's clothing. By * cUndoiH ru. hod In and disarmed tlia men at this juncture. COLORADO. Thp state convention of tlio democracy will meet at Denver September 24. Ono ol the attractions of the Donvvr expo sition is the dog show , The recent strlko in the Umliiiominoln Klk mountain , is reported uimsunlly rich and ex- tensive , tebr The Catholics of Denver have started a ! ! brury association and opened up rooms in Tabor block , The Llllar school building , at Colorado Spring ? , editing 920,030 , has been completed and accepted , aiwl Tnoro is a cabbage head at Colorado Springs which measure ! ) 105 inches in circumference , and a diameter t f four nil J a half feet , Arnold , alias Howard , tlio notorious deeper- ndbe and cattle thief rf Southern Colorado , hasat been captnrcd and jailed end hid gang broken up. Thodairymua" of Don\er have formed a Union and the price ol milk will go up. All the i prominent , , . dairymen of.tho city are mom- bera of thu union. A. W. Yaton , a brakeman on the Julosburg br of the Union 1'acllic , was run over by a train i and killed last Tuesday night. His body was found laing across the track the head almost severed from it. The coal miners of Coloradh and Xcw Mexico ice have formed a protective union. There aroU.OOO In Colorado and 1,000 Now Mexico. For some time past some ( JOO have been on a strike at Coal Crcok , Colorado , thalr employ- cis , tlia Colorado Coal and lion _ company , having attempted to reduce the pricu of dig ging coal from oca dollar to ninety cents , A horrible accid nt occurred on the after noon of tlio IMth up Virginia canon about two nnd ono half miles from IJJio ; Seringa which resulted in the killing of ouu man and seriously if not fatally injuring three moro. Five voung men from Centr.il City nnincd Harvey Miller , August Doveskey , Joe Vatifer , Gcorgo Uittlo and xMr. Bruner lilroJ a cniriaga and started up the cannon. The hureos run away and started up the eido of a steep bank. The horse * set in motion a lui o boil dornhich rolled down and crushed the otrriage , killing Vuufor and Dovesky and injuring the others. The Denver NOWH says the blatno for the 10- ccntbnrrjiiiiof , the- circus car Mid the cronuti in of twulvo employees , icsts ou the circus own ers. The managers of the clicua wcro cumin- ally negligent iu carrjing such a high explos ive as gasoline in thu same ear m which , to save expense , they crowded Iromtixtyto eigh ty men nightly. Some nf the mon objected to thogasolino being in the car , knowing its dan ger , but as circus employees nro treated like so many cur dogs , their complaints wore nev er given a second thought. The men ivero forced to sleen in this car if they gut any rest at all. The loss to property in not large. The bu-ned ear belonged to the circus company , and the loss will hardly exceed $1,000. The losi to tlio railway company was only nomin al. IX GBNKKAL. Tlia latest sliike in thojcelelir.-itcd Old Man mine , iu New Mexico , essajs 8900 to the ton. The woolen factory nt Ashland , Oregon , makes about § 75OOJ worth of fuhrica annu ally , The miners of Lake Valley , Now MexicD , keep business eood there by earning 30,000 per month , Utah's wool clip for ' 84 roaches 4,000,000 Its all of which has been marketed except about 'OJ.OCO pounds. A collection of the products of Boise Valley , Ida * o , has boon madu by thu Union Pacific company for exhibition at the Omaha , St , Louis : ind Bcstun fairs. The Salt Lake Tribune Bays Utah has three mines that aru yielding moro ere and making less fiifs about it than any other three mines in the Union , Ono of them has never levied aa nseeeainant , and has paid about $3,000,000 in dividends. A kangaroo snake was brought to Haw- tborne , Nevada , tlia other day by a prospec tor , who captured it in the mountain * east of Walker Lake. It is probably the lint species over found outside of Mexico , Mid oven iu that country they are very rare Its peculiar ity , from which it derives its name , is that it lnw a pouch extending along its belly into which thu young crawl when ularmod or when they wish to sleep. , 1'OtilTlOAIj. Ben , Butler's Bln i'lnr Speech to Pennsylvania Farmers. WILUA.MS' GHOVK , PA. , Augusts ! ) ° Gen. Butler arrived at noon and waa met by 5,000 pooplo. Ho waa escorted to the Grange huudquartera , whore ho hold uhurt reception. Every available seat near the grand stand waa early occupied. At 2 o'clock G n. Butler was escorted to the grand ntarid by a very large num ber of people , a b < uid of music and a squad of lifty policemen. As ho ascend- uU the steps to the platform hu was loud ly ohuered , and a few momenta later vms introduced by Worthy Matter Leonard P. Hone , of the State Cfaugo. b EX. IIUTLKK'S MI-IIOU. : y ( ! on. Butler in hia speech said : Usually a upcech to farmers commences in tolling thorn how happy they are and how much thuir lot ia to bu desired to till others | , and lion1 excellent a thing it is to plow in the ground , and to drive cows and to milk them and to make butter and , have o-.lur people eat it. I am not going to begin my speech iu that way. 1 was u fanner's buy , brought up in my early youth on a farm , nut like thuce , but so rocky that when they aunt mo after thu cows 1 could jump a milo f-om stone to stone and never touch the ground know something of farm life. It ia n hard lifo if well followed. It ia a stern lifo if well followed. The farmer , aa u rula does not got rich , but ho alwaps has comfortable oubsiutanco , and if ho ia in- dtiatroua and frugal ho lays up a compu- tonco for hia children , It' hu has t.uight thorn to work with him and not lot them got foolish ideas in their heads , such an that Ihu highest vocation a man can have is to measure oil' calico with a yard stick behind a counter , llever do that. Stay at homo , boys , on the farm. Let mo tell of you one ortwothings.iuul this ia politics , only you do not know it. Ninety-nine out of every 100 men that go into the city and go into business do not succeed a high degreeand moro than ninety out of every hundred fail entirely. The > Buccc ea you ho.tr of. But the failures sink nv/oy into cbjcurity and your sons who are gene into the city find thuir phco nt last in the poor house , whom > history does not deal with them any considerable rxtont. And It ia as much worse tor a girl as you can think apeak like un old man to young men aud women nnd moth era and fathers. Find n good honest farmer or mechanic your neighborhood and marry the girl oit them anil lei them bo happy parents fiiia children again to marry with that class upon which the very foundation of the ! government reata. I you produce. Look nt the agricultural implement ! I see hero. How much has the power of the farmer bcon increased f8 the improved machinery ? Moro than two hundred fold. You can produce two hundred fold ns much in the same timo. hiN Now , why is not the condition of the fa two hundred fold butter now than it wad before the good gifts of God to him in the shape of machinery were given or him to make an increased production ? orH Ho either ought to got 200 hundred times richer , or ho ought to work 200 times less than formerly. But ho don't. Where has this money gone ? Who has got it ? [ A voice in the crowd : "Tho monopolist. " ] Not always the monopo list ; but ho gets the most of it , The farmer hasn't got it. Ho has got his land a little bettor or little worao , but all this great production haa gone some whoro. It has not boon eaten up. It has not been burned. It has not taken wings nnd flown away , You see it in these immense / fortunes which have boon acquired. I am not hero to say ono word against these men that acquired them. 1 am hero to arraign the laws of the country which allow them so to accumulate the wages of honest labor and honest pro duction. [ Applauso. ] I am hero to say that laws nnd legislators thnt can bo BO manipulated ns to make the rich richer nnd the poor poorer ought to bo changed. There nro fifty billion dollnra' worth of property in the country , of which the farmers own moro than one-fourth. Well , why have they not got rich ? He- cause , first , their riches don't flow in piles to them. It is a steady stream nnd than you pny all the taxes substantially. Why do I any that ? Why , if wo could got all this § 50,000,000,000 property taxed , your taxes would bo nothing at all. They would bo a flea bito. But Mr. Vanderbilt Biys that under the low ho is not taxable nt all for nny taxable property by your laws , and yet ho had at that ti no § 25,000,000 national debt and other Bccoritics , and the law would allow him to escape taxation. A SINGULAR SILENCE. Do you say a word nbout these laws ? Oh , no ! You got up all manner of quar rels over states rights and old matters of nny kind that wore matters of importance long ago , and ono will call himself repub lican mid another democrat and got vexed and angry nnd make a great row. and nro bled every day while you are quarreling , nothing more nnd nothing less. Why does the farmer pay BO much tax ? It is bo1 cause nil hU property lies where it can bo seen and the tns gatherer can't miss it , whereas my bonds , if I hove got anynnd my utoek , and my notes , nny my securi ties lie away in my safe , and the assessor can't find them. The farmer ia worse of ] than the workingman , because ho has got something co be taxed that can bo seen. Thu workiupman has got his capital , which is his capability of doing a day's work , and thia is not taxed. But a far mer having one-fourth of the property in tbu counlry pays three-fourths of the taxes. Gn. Butler then considered the sub ject of transportation , and said : "Railroad companies league together and make discriminating rates of freight. And now , without going into Una matter at length , lot mo sketch you ono thing. Chicago beef ia nnd hns been cheaper in Liverpool ' , England , than in Boston oven when that beef has boon through Boston. You say that ia very remarkable. Not at all. It ia effected by discrimination in rates ngiiin&t the Boston purchaser. I only want to call that ono thing to your iniitU to show you how these great cor poration of necessity almost act against the farmer. THE I'AOLT OF COIU'OHATIONS. A corporation loaves the individual manager entirely roliewd from all res ponsibility. You go to a railroad cor poration and complain to its manager. l'0h , " fcaya he"I'd relieve you if 1 could , but the company have voted so and so , and such is the order. " And who is the company ? You can't find them. The company has neither conscience nor Houl , and the individual ia relieved from his responsibility , and that is the worst thing I have against corporations. Cor porations nro necessary , but what nro they ? They are agents of the people , created by the law of the people [ applause ] , to bo res trained ' by the people , and they are to act only for the good of the people , and they are allowed to take tolls and fares nnd freight for tlio purpose of just nnd fair remuneration , nnd if they may do that , and thnt nl ino , they be come the friend of the workingman , nnd the friiuid of the farmer , as moans of communication and interchange of freight nud passengers. But if they transcend these hmita then your legialatureB should have full . It hns pawpr. in theory a con stitutional right to restrain them , but now * low is it iu Pennsylvania ? Do you believe honestly there ia power enough in any dnmocrat'c ' or republican legisla ture in HIM state to cuntrol the Pei'iiHyl- vaniii railroad ? There is not a man of you believes ( this. It has bojn tried every year < , and missed fire every time. yhi Con. Butler then nddresaod himself to hia democratic hearer. "Who haa bien throwinz nway his vote , " and to hia republican hearer. "Who has boon doing worse sustaining A the party th t has brought about these of thinuhj" He said it ' didn't make n bit of difference which parly won , the Ponn- BylvAnia railroad controls them alwnys , just as you would if you were the Penn sylvania railroad Men nro pretty much Q alike in this world. The great party of men nro nil right. The mass of the people ple nro nlwnya right , nnd they are always intelligent , for everybody knows more than anybody. Ocn. Butler next considered the low prices ruling , and gave his reason there- for as "underccnnumption , not overprotl " duotion nnd beliovoa there ia " T - - > w v f wi * i * 1 VI U JO n wioo nnd vital difference. Overproduction is ' when there's moro of anything produced than nil the world could consume it they could got it. Underconsumption is when 'l ' there is moro produced than these who o wnnt it nnd ' can't nt it can consume. Iho trouble is , it is because the means transportation nro so high , it keeps youjmor. It n discrimination , and thnt you want to remedy. VOTINO FOH O.NB'H HEW , . Now won't you vote for yourself awhile ? Ill V o have got to start n now party n 11 peoplu'a party. The people must come upandsUndtnguthorand renovate the fh old parties. } mi can doit " , you men , if ou will stand together Now ' , , don't nnybodygoawnynndBiy , 'Gen Butler wants us to vote for him. " I am not nn- xious on that subject at all. You can do mo no good by your votes. If you should elect me Pros dent , however , next November , you would do mo great- possible harm. An old man doesn't want to bo driven from pillar to pout for prl four yeara by a continual scramble for 81 otlico by all sorts and coudili ms of men , i wnhout power unless you would glvo mo congress , without power to do any iood ; , and only to ba annoyed and fretted to death because I could not do anything. or came hero not to aak you to throw away your votes. I want you to lay the foundation of n people's party which shall remedy those tilings. Gen. 13utlor was loudly cheered at the close of his address , and was driven to the station and convoyed by special train to Uarrishurff , whence ho loft for Now York , where ho speaks tomorrow evening. SALT RHEUM. And Every Spoclos of Itching and Burning Diseases Positively Cured. TTIC/CEMA , or Salt llhcum , with ltd mrcnlilng Itch- I It Inir , and burning InstMitly i < ) lo < * l by wurrn ! > Mli with Uutlcurn So p , uml single application ol Outleurt , the Rrekt Skin Cure. Thu repo tcd il r , with two or three dosci of Cutlcuia llwolvcnt , the New Blood I'urifkr , to keep the blood cool , tlio per- jplratlon pure nd unlrtltfttlng , the howeli onen , the Ilier and kidnvjactive , will uptcdlty cure Ec7cm , Tetter Hlniworm , TsorlMls , Lichen 1'iurltus , bcallcd Head DnnilrnD , and every epeclen ol Itching. Scaly ind Pimply Humors ol thoWcntp mid Skin , when the bostplijelclanj and all kncvvn remedies full. Will Mcl > on ! d , 2M2 Dearborn Street , ChlcnRO , gratefully acknow ledges n euro of Kczcma , or Salt nhcnni , on head lace neck , arms and legs lor seven teen } cars-not able to mote , except hand ! and kncoa tor ono ysnr ; not able to help incell ( or eight yean ; tried hundreds ol remedies ; doctora pronounced Ills Cftso hopeless , permanently cured by the Cutlcura ItctoUont ( blond purifier ) Internally , and Cutlcur * and Cutlcurn Soap ( tlio grand akin cures ) externally. Chas. Houghton , Ksq. , lawyer,23Stato street , Bos ton , rcporta a coso ol Salt Uliouin under lila uhscr- \atlon for ten jcart. uhlch colored the patient's body and limbs , ami to wlilch all known methods ol treatment had been applied without benefit , which \iMcomplctclycurodBOlely by the Cutlcura llcmo- dies , Icmlntr a clean and healthy skin. T. II. Drake , Esq. , Detroit lllch. , suffered untold tortures from n Salt llhcum which appeared oo his hands , head and face , a"d nearly destroyed Ilia ejei. After the most cnrcful dootorlnu and a consultation of phjsldnns failed to rclle\o him , housed the Oil- tlcuraItomudles , nnd was cutcd , and haa remained so to dato. Mr. John Thlcl , nllkcsberrc , Po. , writes : I have Buffered from Salt Hhrum for mor eight yrars , at times , so that I couM not attend to my business for weeks at a timo. Thrco boxes of CutIcura and four bottles Ileiohcnt , haio entirely cured tno for thia dreadful disease. Sold by all druggists , Cutlcura , 60 cents ; sol' vent , $1 ; Soap , M cents' I'onim DRUG AND CIIKMI < OAi.no Poston > ! . Send for 'How ts Cur SWn DI flTTTT - An i-viulaite Tollot , Hath u * * nnd Nurtcry Sjnatho. THE MILD POWEB CURES. In iisoSJyciri. Knob number thn tjwlnl pre- Rcrlptton of mi eminent physic-Inn Iho only Simple , H/i f nnd tiuru Metl.cluea for the p mplo LIST rillNCIrAI , MM. OUIIEJJ. 1'ilICE. 1. IVMT" . Congestion , Innimntloin SB 2 , Worms , Worm 1'ovcr , Worm Colic , . ,2 ? . ' ! . Crvin ; Colic , orTcpthlnsof Infant * /-M I. Illnrrhen of i hllclrcu or.AilnltH tt.1 A. llj > .oiltnrv , flrlplng , lllllou ! < " ; ullc , . . i35 ( i. ChoN'ra .Morljnx , NomltlnB , . -15 7. < : imzhi , Uold. llronchltlfl - ! , % H. iV'iirnlgli , Toothache , 1-ncp.icho ! . ! . lon < lnchc , fclck lleadnchf * . NcrllBo , S. % IO. lly j > n ia. lllllloiis btom.U'h 25 'I. HiMipri'Hicd or I'nlnrul I'rrlnd * 1 ! % IB.Vlill04 , tool'rofiuo IVrloiIa S5 I I. Croup. CoiiRh , Ullllcult llronthlnv : ! % I t Knit lUirnm , 1'rjslpplai. Ilnilillonfi , .2,1 in llheninallini , Hlic'iiniallo I'alna 2n Iti. KM cr ninl ACIIP. Chill , Fever , .Agues .flIV 17 rilcu , lillml or JilcetllnR nil ) ll. ! ( tainrrh , ncuto orchronlc : Inllupnza 5O 311. Whooplne Couch , violentcoiiRhi. . . . .to 21. ( ii'i'er.'il DcUilltv , 1'hjslcal Wvaknou.AII 27. Ktdnoy Di.rn.c All 2 * . fWrvoii * Drbllttv t.OI ) MO. IMnnry Wi'nlinr-is. WettlnRthobetl , fll ) S3. lllsenxcorihcflenrt. I'-ilplmtlon. l.OO J-old by ilrtiKgUti. or sent by the fnso , Orsln- < rle VJ.H , frcd of rhnrw , on receipt of price. f > end for Dr.lliiiiinlireyvnnoko-i l lsen t > Ctci ( lUn.ineil , nlsolllMKlrntLMl Cnlnlncne VilKtj , Aduri' s , llnninlirevii' lloineKnatlilo Alca > " - < : a mOFiillnn Direct i\ow York. Tlio Leading Agricultural and Live Stock J. ilrnal of the West. 20 PagGS { E-JTBEOTXHEAB H. S. SMITH & CO. , A W. FUHXAS , Secretary St Board of Agriculture , Associate Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PIUCE , 1.00 per year In aUvanco. jtaTAOENTS WANXED.gr .iJ 'Jil - - CUlUi , VIS 2-tuti ! tf . KEPHESENT8 Phcsnli Aoaaranoa Co. , ol uoodon , Cath Ateeta $ SSMECI.Oi osccnester.N. Y. , C plt > l OOO.OOC.O dakferahanta , of Newut. N. ) . , Cipltnl 1,275,000.08 Qlrard Flro , PMUaoliblfiti \ 1,100,030.0 Ireneo'i > tiDd Cat.U-l . . . . . l,2J,31f. HAS NO UPERIOR. The Stcck is a Durable Piano. TUK STECK HAS SINGING QUALITY OF TONE FOUND NO OTHER PIANO. SOLD NLY BY V700DBRTDG : ; BROS , , Of the Northwest , Detroit , Minn country of WOODS A\D LAKES , MO miles went lit Paul. T .roo . trains dill ) on thu N I' , H. B. , lth30Day Kxcunion. Tickets nt about one-half rated. HOTEL MINNESOTA , \ Au elegant house with ascDmniod'vtloni ' fet 200 rnests. R. R. COLBURN , Proprietor. WlUI-ID Kin CIIU'UHBHIHVISIl KIIM , PA Boynl nndU.S , MallHteBincra SAILING EVERY SATURDAY , BETWKEN HEW YORK AND ANTWERP fliclthint , Germany , Italy , /Itilluml and France BteeraKo Outwardeo ; Prepaid from Antwerp , 81s- xculrSn' ? ! ? 39 < ln lu < Hurf b daiuK , etc , ! d Cabin Iso- ° u"jl Trh , , oawj Excursion. 00 ; Balooafroi WO $ JO ; Encurslon 110 to SIM. Br0a < | f Cild Co. , Omaha. 1 P. , ALONO THK LINK OK TUB Chicago " , St , Paul , Minneapolis and It OMAHA RAILWAY. now eiterurfon of thU llna from W kofleU np \e BEAUTIFUL VALLKY of the CAN tbroiuhCoutorJ and Oolendgo - . . - lUiachct the Iwst portion of tha hUto , Speolil ' 1 SIOUX CITY & PAOIFIO RAILROAD Trilo. over tht 0. , fit. I' M , A o , lUllmy to Cov " ° UX " * l > I-W NoTfolkf ' OUCi' - Wn"J , .r Fremont , Oakda.e , Nollgh , and through to entwe. CTFot raUl and U Information call oo V P. WlilTOEY , Oeom