OAiATTA PAfi/V .HFJB WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBERS , 1884 ;
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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
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2-tuti ! tf
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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.
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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
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lUiachct the Iwst portion of tha hUto , Speolil
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SIOUX CITY & PAOIFIO RAILROAD
Trilo. over tht 0. , fit. I' M , A o , lUllmy to
Cov
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Fremont , Oakda.e , Nollgh , and through to
entwe.
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