Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE THURSDAY , MARCH Ifl , 1835.
AMONG THE MMLBAGS.
Inlcratiti Fads About Paste *
C.ntai's ' Office ,
IMloj of 1'aporft nml Ityimlreils of Let
ters Jnlly Paw Through tlio
Nlinlilo PliiKcrsof Busy
Mon nml 1'rctty
Lftillcs.
"THE IJKE sondi its reporter to trouble
yon for aomo figures this oroning , Mr.
Postmaster , that it may tell its readers
about the Omaha oflioo , " waa the way the
reporter mot the affable chief of our mail
matters yesterday. "With pleasure , sir ;
my assistants and I will enlighten yon as
( At ai wo can , " Mr. Coutant ropliod.
The reporter loarncd that the post-
office building was completed about Jan-
unry 1 , 1870. The building is 00x132
feet , of four stories , with n basement for
closets , store room , oto. The first floor
la occupied by the postofflco proper , with
these apittmonts : A money order room ,
n stamp room , two private ollico rooms
and the Ur o room for distributing and
opening and making up the great ma'h
that piaa through the hands uf the dis
tributing and delivery clerks and the nvnll
carriers. They are all nicely furnished
with every convenience , and are as or
derly arranged us a carefully kept bank
ing rocm.
The general growth of the business of
this ollico at this time la best shown by
n comtjjviaon of oflicial yeara , tny of 1878
and 1881 , fir instance. In 1878 the
total receipts from stamp and box rents
were § 15.023 ! In 1884 810-1,745 a g ln
of moro than fifty per cent in six yo.irs. .
HUE CMPLOYXS
Number 39 portonr , divided into 18
clerks end urshtatus , 2 money order
clerks , the reg ilar letter carriers , and U
substitute cnriiara. Among these ate
three ladies , whoeo gentle , patient and
pleasant minima have rendered them
favorites with the peoplu of the city and
visitors as well.
TUB HALE OF STAMPS
'n 1883 were in Deonmber , § 8,024. Same
month ii 1834 , § iB53 ) , In January ,
1884 , the silo of stamps was § 8042 ; in
January , 1885 , § 9,301 , In February ,
1881 , $7,730 , , and in February , 1885 ,
$8,727. In connection with stamps it
wan learned that tha silo of two-cone
stamps has Increased over tbat of throe-
cent stamps in former use , while the sale
of postal cards bus decreased.
The Omaha poatoflizo ia a depository
office of rnonoy order * end cf general
funds for all the fourth class postollicos
around it. Tnosyttcm of through malls
makes the work needed hero much less
than it would otherwise be , although the
force now hcra have tholr hands full of
work all the time.
Mr. Contunt kindly ohowod the re
porter through the various apartments of
of the postoffice , from the opaniug
through which a lot tar Is dropped into
the box , to tbo sack in which it ia taken
to the depot. Ln'fl take a view cf the
COUUSE A LETTEH TAKES ,
describing it in language loaned by an
other. Thn bulk of nil the letters and
papers milled in the city go into the
letter boxes on the lamp psia. The
carrier gathers them up when ho has
finished delivering ; the mall on his beat
and brings thorn to the office. His work
does not end hrra , for ho mnat separate
the city or drop letters from thoao
going out of the oily , and place
thorn on a table. From hero they
are taken by tha stamp clerk who puts
the postmirk on tho01 , canceling the
stamp at the came time. The city letters
go back to the carrier's department and
the others are place ! on thu stamp table.
They arc taken from the table by other
clorka and diatrlbutad ab mt a big case ,
filled with p'gaon holes. Tto letters des
tined for tli Urge cities are also kept
separate. For "tjinz out" the mall nil
clerks are employed , the stamp cloika as-
slating the others. Small slips of paper ,
about throa inahcslon ? by two inches wide ,
with the imraiB of the different slates
printed mi then are used to indicate the
destination of each package. Whoa the
clerks hava tlol out the mail for this par-
iioular clan It it weighed and placed in
Its proper poucli. Oao of the stamp
clerks stands randy to lo.'lr the poach as
soon as thu order ' 'Jock out" Is given by
the foreman. Some cf the stomp clerks
have acquired grout ended in Icclunp the
pouches , eo that' the moit diflhult
anil worn poaches ate kcVcd
In about twenty seconds. As soon
. .is the pouches era locked they arc
given to the driver of the mail wagon ,
who rushes away to tha depot with them.
Hero they ra turned over to the railway
postal clerk , and in n few mluntos the
irilu pnl.'s ' out of the depot , carrying
with it thotmndi of loiters to bo deliv
ered along its route. Many of these let
ters balong ta d ffrront towns on olhot
roads. Thceo ara sorted from the others
by the clcrke , put into other poncho * ,
and thrown oil'at the different junctions ,
Letters art )
ALWAYS 6KNT THE NEABKST WAY
and on trains that will got them to tholi
destination BS soon as possible. A simi
lar course of proceeding is tiua of lottcn
und paperinoaivad.
The authoiitios nto hopeful of arrnng
ing matters to that a clerk will bo seui
from thii cfliso to mott nod board tin
incoming mill car , and by tbo time i
arrlros butu have tno mail for Oinnh * si
arranged that it can bo handed to tin
carriers at the depot and nt/onco delivotei
throughout the city.
On an avoiage 1,000,000 letters am
postal cards nto handled per nnnth her
and the carriers hamllo uGO.OOO letter :
and postal cnrdn. Half-million paper
are handled in this cilice , and of thl
number 250,000 past through the hand
ofthe cmlerc ,
TIIK KKOISTKUEn LETTEHS
for 0119 qu rtor or thtco month * , nam
bured 3,008 , or about 15,000 a year. Th
amount of money orders was § 757,00 (
of postal notot , $0,000. The hankie
fati Itlos of Ilia pieaont day have canted
great decrease In restored packagei
Foio'gn moi ey orders in ono yoir sui
np $10,000 , while domoatla money ordei
paid , amount to 400,000 , and post ;
iioto to § 3SOCO. Foreign orders thi
have been paid In a > esr by tbii offii
nimuneil up $12,000.
This office in tha pisk year issued 15 (
certiOcates of deposit to depositing poi
offices , rqual to $1,000,000. And it r
inlttod eorpltu to Chicago , for 188
atiiQnnting to § 1,350,000. The profits
the ofttco for tbo pist year were § 74,00
And Mr. OouUnt yesterday received
receipt from the department at Washin
ton that hlacflice wai square and boo
correct to Docenbor 1,1884.
The poittll'uo vaulc , a moit tocnra ai
adui'rably Oviutnistcd cue , by the wo
coatalni tbinps and potttl cn-ds ini \ :
'tfusion. . They como in packages of
00COO 2 cent ones to n fackaso and 500
potttl cndj to ilio box. The oflico UBOS
§ 050,000 worth of 2 cent stamps
par quarter , 200,000 cue-cent stamps
and 250,000 postil cards. Iksidea
these 1,000 r. quest stamped enve
lopes r.ro used pjr month , The office
hours are , for general deltvf ry , from 8
n. m. to 7 p. ui.J for money
order and reghtry business , fiom 0 n. m.
to G p m , except on Sundays and holidays
tl-oy are from 12 to 1 p. m. j and the car
riers deliver from the delivery window
next to to the north door inntnni of at
the ronldenco of thi putloa to whom the
letter may belong.
The entire force of the postomco are
well known and polito. Pcstmnntor Con-
land and Mr. James A. Woodward , his
assistant , have the the thanks of the re-
porttr for their extreme courtoty extend
ed on the occitfon of hia oxamluation cf
the oflico.
Decisions of the Supreme Court or
Neljrnslca PJlcil Jliiroli 17 , 1885.
Shaw va oUto. Error from Lancaster.
Affirmed. Opinion by J. Maxwell.Tbo
csnetitutton docs not deprive the legisla
ture of the authority to Irnpojo a reasona
ble jary fao to bo taxed as a part of the
costs against a poison convicted of an of-
foase.
foase.Merritm
Merritm VB Homplo. Appeal from
Cass. AlVumcd , Op'nion by J. llccao.
Where the purchaser at a voldcalo cf r-al
estate for taxes pays the taxes It-Rally
levied upon the real estate for subse
quent yo&ra npon a failure cf his title ,
ho will bo cnbrogatod to fctho righto
of the county to the extent of tho\lcgtl
taxes to pa'd ' by him with legal intoreat ,
oven though the taxes upon which the
sila was hid were void by reason of the
default of the asjeesor in not filing the
proper oath with the asies&ment roll.
Frsdcrhk v. Kioner , error from Rich
ardson. Kovoraod. Oplni n by Cobb ,
Ch. J.
The instrncllons of a court to n jury
should ba confined to the IB moi presented
by the pleadings in the case r.nU the ovi-
dcnca bcforo the jury.
Konnard va. Hollenbcck ; nppaal from
Jeflowon. Unversed , Opinion by Cobb ,
oh. j. Upon the facts st out lit some
length in the opinion , held that the ap-
pellautu are entitled to recover.
Gregory vj. Hdgcrly. Error from Lan-
castor. Ravcrjed. Opinion bilax -
well , J.
1. Ono M. filed a petition in equity
against a judgment creditor and two
judgment debtors , co-defenriaata vrith
him , wherein ho alleged the racovory of
n judgment in 1870 againat himself und
a ltd debtors , which was aa apparent lien
upon his real estate. Ho also al cgod
that in 1878 ho was discharged in pro
ceeding ; in bankraptsy from the payment
of the judgment. The discharge being
denied , held : that the burden of the
proof was on him to establish it.
2. The attorney a for the creditor and
M , entered iuto a stipulation that M had
boon discharged in binkruptcy aa alleged
in the petition , held , thit the stipulation
did not affect the co-defendants with M.
in the judgment nor waa it admissible in
evidence aga list them.
Applegato vs. Kingman , error from
Lincuster. Reserved opinion by Max
well , J.
1 , Whera , sftor the foreclosure of a
morlgigo and sale of the mortgaged
premise ] to the benclichrics under the
decree , and the confirmation of the sale ,
the mortgagor tathfies. the decree , ( the
money so received by the beneficiaries
will , avoid the esla and confirmation.
2. Where a long period of time elapses
between the confirmation of a ealo and
the execution of the shot id's deed , the
debtor should ba notified of the applica
tion for an order requiting the then
ahcrifi to execute a deed to the purchaser.
Luddou vs. Hanson ; error from Jtfior-
son county. Affirmed. Opinion by Cobb ,
ch. j.
1. A tax deed purporting to have been
issued on a private eale mu&t contain a
recital that tha land had been previously
offered for calo for such taxes at public
sale , and not sold for want of biddora.
2 In aa action of ejectment , a ccrtifi-
cite of sale of tha land ia question for
tixes was offered in ovldonco ia connec
tion with an oiFir of proof that a tax
deed on such oertifica'o hid bson de-
minded of the county treasnror and re
futed , hold , tbat such evidence was prop
erly excluded.
Hanlon vs. Pollard , error from Dong-
las county. Affirmed. Opinion by
Cobb , Oh. J.
1. A head of a family without a home
stead purchasing a piece of property
within the homestead limit 0.1 to quantity
and value , with the banrtfido intention of
reaidtnt ; thereon uj a permanent hornc-
stead , but who is temporarily prevented
from occupying tha same by reason of the
unexpired term of a tenant thereon , ex
isting at the time of euch pur
chase , or other transient canto ,
and who does enter and reside
npon the same within ' . reasonable
time and without unnecessary delay , and
continue to reside tboreon will take the
ramo froa of the lion of a jiuUmant ex
isting at the time of sucH puichasp , 01
which may be rendered , previous to the
actual occupancy , or residing on aud
homestead.
Railroad
Through the courtesy of one of th <
U. P. clerks tha reporter gathers tin
following figuns aa to freight received
and shipped at and from the depot :
Carloads received from the west : Corn
44 ; h y , ! ! ; wheat , 4 ; hogs , 8 ; bullion , 7
merchandise , 0 ; coal , 10 ; ere , 2 , au <
oats , 1 ,
Carloads shipped east : Merchandise
8 ; corn , 20 ; wheat , 18 ; Hour , and lard , 1
Carloads shipped west : Lumber , 13
flaxseed , 2 ; coil , 4 , and mercband'sa ' , 30
Carloads thiooghfor the west , 84.
Carloads received bcra frm the ca < t
Merchandise , 31 ; lumber , 22 ; coke , ( i
a wagons , 2 ; implements , 4 ; ci1 , 3 , am
coal , 27. The S3 figures were compare' '
with thoao of days a few weeks past an
found to indicate a larga increase i :
This depot received its fiat freigl :
ehipmonta from tha Missouri Pacific yei
tsraay , as follows : Cars of lumber , :
3 ; hogs , 1 ; Hour , 1 ; coal , U ; merchandise , (
ties , 1 , Carloads forwarded over Ml
n court Pacific : Lumber , 8 ; merchandisi
8. 4 ; bullion , " , and lime , 1.
8.ni
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rs The I '
rallies' Muslcalo.
The tenth cf thostriea of ladles nm
CO icales , which tcok plnco yesterday afte
noon at Meyer'a hall , WM , asevor.Iattendi
DO by aselect and cultured audience of thoT
it-
ite nnlo wowhlppera of lymphony divine. Tl
e-
e4 , programme rendered is appended ;
1 , Note ) on Mecdolisolm
of ' ' ' '
2. "Morning Greeting" . , . . . . , .Mr.'Northri
10.a S , Piano Solo Allegretto and Vivace
a , , , . , . . . , Sins llor ; <
4. "In Autumn" Mm. Knat
ks 5. 'OnWlDRsof Pong" . ' Jlr , Northr
0. Bonga Without Words'
nd Arranged by Mr. Sat
7. "Sbephord'n Boug" Mra. _
8 , Concerta-G. Minor , Andante , Presto ,
ro Mr , Calmwith Quintette AccoinpacIiiK
THE COURTS.
Tie Kin < a Trial faring The Bid ,
Ilio Children Testify for Tliclr Mother
a till St\o Tolls Her Story
Other Matters.
hi the Ktusa Uial jcstord.ty
forenoon the evldcnco wni still
for the prosecution. About the only
Important witness examined was a Mrs.
Mitinio Olopaon. The lady testified
that the , In company with n MitsSladen ,
was passing along the sidownlk hi front
of Kldsa'a house , on tin night when ho
received tbo fatal injuries. Wishing to
es : pa the slippery sidewalks the two
hni pmcd through tbo llltlo alley
which loads near the house. Tholr atten
tion had boon attracted by a nolso
of scuflltng in the ttory above ; pretty
soon aho saw two mennnd a woman como
out upon the porch and the woman and
olio of the men throw the other man
who proved to bo Ktusa , npon the
ground. They then wont in and locktd
the door. In n few momenta the woman
c mo out again and commocuad crying
and wringing her hands. Cross-examined :
Mra. Clopson said that oho woa not poai-
tivo that the woman had helped to throw
the man over the long ntnlro , but
witness thought that ale did.
A pliyiicun testified In regard to blood
that hnd boon found on a Imtobut and al
so alntit the nature and ofl'oct of certain
wotmda and the coutt adjourned for din
ner.
TUB AFTERNOON HESSIO.V
was devoted to the examination of the
litile boy and girl , children of the defendant -
fondant and the dccaaacd , and the toati-
rnmiy of the woman bcrjolf.
The woman's story waa tbat aho and
her lunbind had company that day , hod
drank souio and wore not sober. They
got into a quarrel over n coat hanging on
the wall , the .husband thinking it be
longed to some ono with whom the waa
unduly intima'o , charged her with it.
This ltd to violence , and ho beat her over
the head. She went ilonn from their
place cf abode to a room occupied by n
Polish-Jew , and " J vshon oho rotnrnod
ho waa Injutol and bloody. This
IB the theory of her story.
The poor woman seemed to
feel deeply her situation ; nnhblo to speak
English and surrounded by atracgcrs.
The little children tcetltiod with remark
able intelligence , for they are very young.
All noticed and icmarked upon tbcir ex-
tramo tprlghtlintsj and good behavior.
It was u touching scene nhon the little
airl told c f remaining beside her dying
father and going without food ono day
bccjuso they "took mamma to the jail. "
ad Cuurta
DISIKICT COUHT.
The c sp of Jones vs. Oily of Omaha
still on trig } .
COUNTY COUUT.
No case of peculiar interest heard jea
terday in this court.
POLICE count.
Besides eovoral minor catca , that of
Wallis , chained with defrauding , was
under exaraioatiou/a d will bj concluded
to day. The Holmes ciao comes up tc-
dny.
Hon. Thomas Swan , "king of the cowboys"
of Wyoming , with hia lady , is nt the Mil-
lard.
lard.Kev.
Kev. J. G. Tito , the eagle orator of Baf.
ffllo county , who created such a surprise in
tbo state republican convention when he
nominated Scott for commissioner of lands ,
was in tDwn yesterday.
S 11. Galloway , general manager of the U.
P. K. It. ; A. , T. Poppleton , attorney for the
U. P. H. R. , and ex-Chief Justice. Lake left
for Chicago yesterday to lock after the tti
parts pool matter.
Jas. Marsh , Beatrice ; U. D. Daniel , Nor *
folk ; 11. B. Savage , Lincoln ; J. Newman and
wife , Blatr ; John Ingram , CovinRton ; W. W.
Pinch , Central City ; W. J. Moore , Sioux
City , arc at the Canfield.
Mr0. M. M. llogers and Mis. Vaughn ,
Fremont ; 0. C. Grows ! , Blair ; A. H. Levan
and wife , Cheyenne ; 11. D. Valentine , DCS
Mohiea ; J. A. Kberhardt ; Stanton ; A. V.
Base , lUndolph , Iowa , nra at the Millard.
A. Mclunlg , of the him of Mclnnia & Bus
say , left yesterday for Now Yoik and Boston ,
to make a second purchase of spring goods.
Ho will return by w.iy of Nova Scotiu , Can
ada , where ho will visit hia old licme , arriving
in Omaha about May l < it.
At th9 Motiopolitan : S. A. Williams , T.
F. Saxton , North 1'latte ; A. E. Anderson ,
Lincoln ; K. Standard , Utica ; M , Bowen ,
Oakland ; J. B , Chapman , Charles S. Garter ,
Arlington ; A. G. Hastings and w.fe , Lincoln ;
S. W. Rising and wife. Rising ; and E. R.
Kellogg and wife , of McCook , Nob.
Hon. Law. May , secretary of tha demo
cratic central committee , who , the depot people
ple say , is shipping prayers for appointments
by the car load to Washington City in lo-
half of hungry brethren , is in town and will
bo heard from before thu day'a sun sole. His
committed meets in the Paxton house parlors
at 7 p. ni.
Among thn piominnt arrivals yesterday
0. W. Wright , Cheyenne ; J. H. Mur
phy , Wood River ; W. T. II. Tutter , 1'lurc
Creek ; W. B. Taylor , Plum Cieek ; A. Haz-
litt , Beutrice ; W. J. Small , It-airfield ; J. P ,
Johnson , Kearney ; P. S. Real and daughter ,
Crafton ; 1M , Dorrlngton , PUtteinouth
Mrs. L. W. Russell , W. M. Lamb , Mrs. J
V , Hlnchmann , and Mrs. 0. B. Bosbyshdl
Glcnwood ; 1) . R. Daniel , Norfolk ; F. Bel
low * , Weeping Water , and N. W. Wells an
at the Paxton ,
THE WHOLESALERS
Ju the lineal Ijiquor Traftlo to b <
Immediately Kepm-tcd. Tlio
"Writ of MamlflinuB ,
Ltst we ok , it will bo reineiubared , tin
supreme coutt iuiuedawrltof poramplor ;
rnandaimu to compel Marshal Camming
to report the noiuas of the wholeinV
liquor men doing business la this city , t
the city council , in order that the
might ba compelled to take oat th
81,000 llconio in accordanca with th
tarms of tbo S.'ooumb Uw. Yoalorda
obe Sheriff Miller cervod the following wrl
be
of mandamus upon Mart 1ml Oummlngi
The state of Kebraitn , to Thomas Gumming
greeting.1
up Whereas , in action pending in tha tupreu
court wf Nebraska , wbeieiu the btute of Xi
sra brAikaand echoal district city of Oinah
3C8 were pUlntllfs , and you were rtipondan
up Judsmootwai rendered by ald coujt on tl
eleventh d y of March , 18)5 , tin ; a percm
ler tory writ of nandamui issue la said can
era you forthwith ui munhal of tl
city of Omaha , to njccrtaiu and rei > ort to tl
city council of r.vd city , at it regular inec
Icps , the numes of nil pcraons or firms cngnzed
In tha trftllic in tnid city , whnle.de as well M
r. tail'nnd the place of bmme 1 of each , anH
whether llcanicd or nnllc'nscJ , iinil to notify
any unlicensed liquor dealers to : it oneo ce.vo
tnid traffic , and ta make complniLl n alnst nil
persons who shall sell liquor In any quantity
whnUoever without llccnec.
Now , therefore , we command you immedi
ately upon tlie receipt of this writ , to do nnd
perform each nnd every ono of the matters
and things necessary to be done nnd per
formed in order to carry into effect the afore-
fl Ii ] judgment and command ,
Witness , AMASA Conn ,
Chief Justice Supreme Court ,
Guy A. Urown , clerk. "
Ofllcor John Turnbull , the rustling
secretary cf the interior of Gumming * '
cabinet , will immediately sot to work and
compile a Hat of the wholesilora in the
local liquor trnflio and report them for
notion to the city council nt the next
meeting.
1'pllco Conrt.
In the police court yesterday morning ,
Timothy Roadaon , n vagrant , was sen
tenced to four days on broad and water ,
but sentence was suspended on condition
of his leaving town at ones.
William Clark nnd Fred Eiuor , two
gentlemen whoso fondneos for drink had
overpowered their discretion , were fined
§ 5 nnd coats , In default of which they
were waltzed over the hill and will upend
eight days of misery with Jco Miller ,
John Mntchicb , n stimipor who had
fallen by the wayiido drank , and had
boon picked up by the Samaritan police-
insu , was reloaded on a faithful proniiso
to loavojat pnco for Iv&nias City , whither
ho had a ticket.
Dr Omar Morpnor appeared nnd filed a
comphint , charging Alonxo George with
( uaault anit battery. Gcorgo is in bed ,
nnd ia yet unable ID appear.
James Hlggiao , artoatodfortho larceny
of a tobacco cutter nnd n packogo uf
tobccco , pleaded not r > uilty and suatuined
a continuanca of his csac.
February Mortality.
The report of City Physician Loissn-
rlng for February 03 filed Tuouday
ahowa n total of dcatho for tbat month , of
33 , of births 77. The causes assigned cf
mortality were aa follows :
Whooping cough 1
Spinal fever 2
Kuvera , 2
Puerpiral fever 2
Ditirrluva 1
Inanition 1
O.mcer 'J
Consumption 5
Pneumonia 4
Convulsiono 7
Old age 2
Drousy 2
Hemmorrhngo 1
1'arsily sis 1
Miscellaneous 4
The greatest mortality waa between the
ages of 20 to 25. Twuity of the deaths
were of males , eighteen of females , thirty
single and eght ; married.
BALKED NEGOTIATIONS ,
The City and County Trying to Ar-
ranKOfor tbo Evchango or the
Old Court ilouHo Prop-
ox ty TlioKf tain-
IiiB AVal ) ,
The county commissioners are awaiting
with considerable anxiety the work of
grading for the retaining wall around the
now court house. It la , , , cjuita evident
that something must ba done very soon
in that direction , for the bank of earth
is already commencing to crack and
crumble.
The out building in which has been
situated the cilice of Superintendent
Coots will bo removed Immediately , lest
it too be overwhelmed in the general fall.
It is said that something rrlll have to bo
done immediately in the way of erecting
the retaining wall , for delay i ) danger-
OU8.
OU8.Oao
Oao of the commissioners in convora-
tion with a representative cf the BKK
yesterday , said that the city council had
not como to time in tbo negotiations pro
posed for the transfer of the old court
honso property , on the corner of SiiUenth
and Farnam. The commissioners had
proposed to allow the city that entire
property , building and all , with an extra
$5,000 if it would boar the expense of
erecting a 120 footretatnirg wall on the
north or Farnttm side of the court house
property. This wall ho s jd would have
co ba crocted fifteen feet
from the line of the portico ,
Instead of three feet , as originally in
tended. This will bo nocetuary , bcc&uao
the -weight of the court house building
something like 2,200 tons would over
come the 'pressure , if the distance of
the wall from the bisa were too small.
"Thisproposition"he said , "the coun
cil has aho nn no disposition to accept , "
"and I sappoto it is co'loctlvoly and in-
dlvldnally afraid to do so until after
o'cction. But us the necoulty of our
putting a ret lining wall around the court
nonsa was camed by the action of the
city in grading Farnam street , it seems tome
mo that the county's offer is a manifestly
fair one. "
Fucts About MontAno.
Springfield Republican.
Montaca la crowing over an Increase of
20,000 in population last year , making
100,000 people chimed for the territory ,
and an inoruaao of 200 per cent in tha
cattle export. Montana stands next to
Tdxaa In the amount of Ha grazing lands ,
something ovtr 170,000 acres , with Ari
zona a cloeo third , The exports last year
were 85,300 bead ngaliut : iO,400 the year
bafore. Crossed beef was also sent east
successfully in refrigerator cars , over
3,000 head being slaughtered for thu
purpose at Momlora , Stock cittlo arj
now worth from $115 to $40 a head against
$10 throa years njo. This' whole
business Ins grown np since
the wn'er ; of ] 873-4 , when
the poss'btlity ' of wlntonog stock In good
condition en tbo open ranges was discov
ered by accident. Some contnc'ort
drove their oxen to the British trading
posts over the line on the Saikatehewan ,
and , having nothing to teed them , turned
them looio. In the spring the cattle
were fit. Tha next year the same firm
eecnrod the contract to supply the Hon <
tana Indians with beef , drove 800 cow
Into the territory and began breeding ,
that started tha ctttlo business tbcr.i. ll
takes mcineyfta ba a Montana cattle king ,
but ahoep raiting Is the poor man's Indui
try. Sheep coat S3.CO to $3 50 a head
the annual wool clip will pay for thi
expense of holding , and the annual in
crease ii about 00 per cent Thi
export of wool last year was 1,248 ,
034 poundi , ngilnst 818,225 ponnda th <
year bolore , and oyor 20,000 aheep wen
exported. Lynching has grown up aa i
heP necessity for the protection of the vaa
ite P- ca'tlo and sheep ranges , and MonUni
he clalma 69 impromptu hanging" , or "neck
he tie sociable * " SB they are known on
there , from April to December l at year
most of the offenders being cattle thieves.
The Montana mines do a b g bualncis ,
tbo region right aronnd Dntto producing
moro tiivor ncd gilJ bullion in 1834
than Arizona , Catltornii < r Nuv&ila , and
almost an much AS Colorado. Cut cattla
ralslnglsthogreatlndtutry of the territory ,
as shown by the composition of the pres
ent legislature , which 1m fifty-four cow
boys , eight Ian yets , tix miners , thrao
merchants , ono doctor , ono cdltcr , nnd
ono lumber dotlcr. Montina editors ate
sentiliro to the criticism which the fre
quent lynohlngs nmy bring npon their
people , and point with pride to the fict
that many of the oxacutionors at these
festivities are college gtadcatoo , who can
paras n Latin sentence with neatness and
dispatch. This la no exaggeration. In
the cities and largo towns , llko Helena ,
Butte , Door Lodge and Bozeman , life
and property nro as secure as anywhere
In the country. The territory Is destined
to bo immensely lich.
n Scoundrel ,
The Curleux.
Alexander Danm contributes to the
Ourioux an anecdote told him by the lata
Henri Didlor , who was a deputy under
the second empire. Didler's father was
secretary to the minister of the interior
at the time when the Duchess do Berrl
waa ancsted at Nantes at the end of her
attempt to r.uso the country against
Louis Philippe and in favor of her son ,
the Count do Chnuibord. The traitor ,
DenlK , agreed to soli to the government
the secret of her hiding-plnco for 600.000
franca , and It was the older Didler's duty
to pay the scoundrel for his dirly work.
Ho took h's ' sin Henri Into the office ,
nnd said : "Look well now at what passes ,
and never forgot It. Yon will learn now
what a Incho it , r.nd the method of piy-
Ing him. " Deulz was then brought into
the room where M. Dldicr was standing
behind the desk , on which were placed
two pickets , cash of which contained
250,000 francs. As Doulz neared the
deik , AT. Didlor made a eign to him to
stop ; then , Inking a pair of tongs , ho ex
tended tbo packets ono after the other
Into the hands c.pan to receive them ,
Not a wcrd wan spoken ; and , when the
nmtfer was effected , M. Didicr pointed
to the do jr.
_ _ _
Toller's Trick.
Valentino Kepubllcan.
A notoriously 1 legal and pigmlis fraud
oomcs to light. On the third of March
the last of a onrlca of patents were signed
oy which 700,000 acres of land worth
$3,000,000 were given to a company
whcso principals arc Jay Gould and 0.
P. Huntington. It wan known as the
"Backbone Grant , " fassod by congress in
1871 , and .was originally made to the
Now Orleans , Vicksburg and Baton
Rocgo railway , on the condition that
the road should ba completed in live
years. No portion of the
road has ever been built , and though con
gress has been pressed to grant the pat
ents , and the interior depirtmont urged
to sign them , no congress or secretary of
the Inter ior has ever dared to countenance
such a fraud. Some time ago an extra
force of clorka in the lutor'or department
was set at work to rush through those
patents b of ere the expiration of Toller's
term in the cabinet. Theco , were com
pleted and signed , and now , by tha ac
tion of Teller , though congress had de
cided a alnEt it , the republican party is
accountable for a great steal.
Stio Onugbt Him on the Fly.
"Do yon think the cholera will Kaon
hero next summer , Mr. Doothbyi" eho
murmured , as aho brushed a microbe of
dan droll' off his nhculder wheio her head
had lately rested.
" 1 don't know , I'm sure ; doctors eeem
to think so. "
, 'It's awful , ain't It ? "
" ' "
"Terrib'c.
"A great many dlo with it i"
"So I've heard. "
HJ"Don't you feel alarmed ? "
"Why should H"
"I read somewhere the other day that
married men seldom take it , whereas
sinelo'men ara almost snro to. "
' Is that so ? " said Mr. Boothby.
"Yoj , and iVs almost' certainly fatal.
"Horrible , ain't it , " saidBoothby with
a shudder.
! 'I do hope you won't catch it Mr.
Boothby , " she whispered , tears starting
to her oyes.
Ho took the hint and popped the ques
tion.
A DYNAMITE DEXECJTOIt.
Description of n Boat by "Which the
„ Police of Liondon AVill Detect
Criminals ,
Globe , February If ) .
Last night an interesting trial was
aade of a new boat specially adapted far
olico purposes and tha inspection anc
fotoation of waterside promises. The ox-
oiimeuU were made on the Thamearound
bout Westminster bridge soon nftor 8
'closk , where , notwithstanding the
jldness of the nigh * , a score of oloctrl-
lans and other
gentlemen assembled on
ho Btoambaat pter at the Invitation of
Mr. Rcckonzann , the inventor. The
oisol conalsis of an electric boat pre-
Isely similar to that described in the
31oba some months ago. On the bow
s fitted nn electric are Isnip of
3,000 candle power ( effective ) , aurround-
oi by a powerful reflector , and fitted sj
as to bo cajlly ad justed to any angle
of declination. The electricity necessary
for the hmp is furnlnhod by the tame ac-
ccinuUtgrs whicli provide that for the
screw , nnd are arranged in bunkers ,
ormlng seats along the middle of the
wat. The vessjl when charged is cspa-
) lo of going nt a speed of eight miles for
four hour * , showing a lisjht all the time ,
ind the coat ia said to bo trifling.
The current consiata of fifteen
imporoB , having a force of fifty vcltj , und
; he light la tufliciontly powerful to illnin-
no bath bankn of the river with a pure ,
white light. The object of this particu
lar form of vessel ia the moro effective
juaidlng of river lunke , whorvof , etc. ,
than la possible either in beats or steam
launches , The vessel runs ailcnt'y , and
owtng to its low watf r line is practically
Invisible. The light can bo flashed on 01
oil'in a second of time , and most offctnal.
ly discloses anything hcnvevei
small , within several hundred yards ,
List night's experiments , which wc
voty successful , wore witnessed by i
number of members of Parliament frorc
tbo windows of thn house iiul West
minster bridge , while the crabankmon
waj crowded with people amazed at thi
phenomenon of so brilliant a light fissh
ing every few moments from what wai
apparently the middle of the river.
The plitol ht lirod about 2 o'clock thi
morning wag by n man shooting at a dog i
thu lumber yard towards the depot.
Among new songs for the musically in
clined ii , "When the Mouthfuls Downwar
Go , " by tha author of "When the Swallow
Homeward Fly. " And for lovers of poetr
will teen ba published , not from tha Bi
oBice , "Ha , Ha , Crow , " a parady ou Lall
Kookh.
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