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    I THE DAILY BEE---MOJVDAY MARCH 23 , 1885
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THE soft service brigade must go.
VAN WYOK and Manderson , like
"Botay and I , " ara at outs.
SENATOH MANDEUSON'S proposed summer -
mer trip to AUska is likely to bo in
definitely postponed.
SRNATOU VAN WYOK keeps on amusing
himself and the pnbllo by stirring up Iho
sanatoria ! menagerie with a nharp stick.
Ix Is very singular th t councilman
Hascall is so very enthusiastic for Mr.
Boyd. The question In , what is Has
csll'j object !
IT has boon reported that tire Omaha
wholesale liquor houses have threatened
to tuovo elsewhere if they are to bo com
pelled to p y the thousand dollar llcenio.
Wo would aivlso thorn to move eve * into
Iowa.
THE workingmen hold tha balance of
power in Omaha. If tha republicans act
prudently they wl'l ' nomlnato candidates
whom the worklngmen can heartily sup
port.
"VYn want above all things a competent
and honesb city council. Lat every republican
publican attend the primaries on Monday
and BOO to it tha1. a ticket Is put up thich
republicans can support.
Iff it is posiiblc wo would like to have
the candidates for councilman at largo
chosen without reference to the wards
they miy live in. This is the intuition
of the law , so that wo can got the very
licit men to serve la the council.
AcconniMj to the Republican the citi
zens of Oaulu will have to choose bo-
twoan Boyd and "Ilink" Hornborgor.
Arc wo to infer lint the republicans will
make no nominations ? Has the republi
can pirty disbanded , and is it dead ?
IF thera is to ba any non-p rtls < m busl
ncia in this election , wo want it In the
boird of education. We are In favor o
selecting candidates Mho will got the
unanimous support of all classes so tha
they will bo under no political obligations
whatever.
TUB water works company ought to
give us more water and leas mud. If il
would improve and use Its filtering pro-
cos j more It would only bo doing its duty
to Its patrons. Wo suspect that the
water Is not filtered at all but pumped
dlreatly from the river into the pipes.
Tun UK Is a ttdo in the aliaira of men
wh'ub , token at the flood , leads on to for-
tr.no. Thera are between forty and elxty
thousand po&toflicis at the disposal of the
, l > Dstmuter general and his fust assistant
If orory oao < f them had subscribed for
the Omaha Herald during the Miller
boom , what a boost It would have been
for the great religious dally.
ANOTHKU ] attempt will probably bo
made to Eottlo the federal patronage
question In Nebraska. Wo understand
that tha democratic members o
the legislature will hold a meet
ing at Lincoln on the 110th for the pur-
poao ofat ranging a plan by which they
lie pa to become dispensers of the fedora
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p.IT
IT Is currently reported , and It is very
likely correct , tint a raid is to bo made
upon the republican primaries by wan
bummers and hoodlums , undar demo ,
critic d o3tlonfortho purpose of making
a frco of them and breaking up the
republican convention on Tuesday , so
that it will mike no nominations. This
proposed raid should bo carefully guarded
ag'iinst. Every raspojtablo republican
abonld turnout and protest the primaries
nnd rjpol the rtiders.
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IT is hardly ncceatary for us to ozplaii
why wo supported Boyd for major four
ycats ego , and why wo refuss to bourn
him now , Four years ajo the hoodlums
and ward bummers took charge of the
republican convention and forced Haical
upon the party. That mido an issue be
tween good and bad government , and wo
accordingly supported Boyd , If wo bad
to chcoso between Boyd and Hoscall now ,
wo woud ttill bo for Boyd , but we do ivJ
think that Mr. Boyd Is the only mai
who can acceptably fill the major's office
and wo don't believe that he thinks so
blmtolf. Quito apart from all this we
don't bellove In nominating a man by
petition and ignoring the most numerous
element , which is composed of tha work-
ingmen. Furthermore , four years ago
Mr. Boyd was simply an enterprising
business nun , and was not prominent in
politics , but now ho has become a polltl
cal boBj , and as a member of the demo
critic nation * ! committee ho will ba tht
chl f diipenscr cf federal patronage ii
A COLD WAVE STRIKES THE
JUNKETING TOURISTS.
Senator Van Wyck in his attack upon
lie South American commission has
truck a tolllcg blow at ono of the most
; ! aring abusas that have over been fos-
orod by congrois. Thesa senatorial
unkcting tours at the nation's expense
ro of comparatively recant origin , and
luring the list ton years the evil has
; rown to alarming proportions. It has
iccomo the fashion to make the people
> ay fur the extended summer pleasure
rips taken by our senatorial represents
lives. Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have thus been cqnandorod , and wo arc
not surprised that Senator Van Wyck
mi called a halt. Whoever hoard of onr
old-tiino representative senators Benton ,
Clay , Wobs'or ' , Calhoan , Sumner , Seward -
ard , or Douglas going upon junkotlng
tours at the nation's expanse ?
Of all the junketing tourj that which
was taken by the South American com-
nlsiion has undoubtedly been the most
expensive and useless. When , in the
anguaga of Senator Vnu Wyck , two
men and a boy can pile np expenses to
the amount of $40,000 in traveling like
nabobs In a special palace car , occupying
pacloui parlors in grand hotels , and on
eying all the luxuries and pleasures In
volved in a trip across the continent to
San Francisco , thence to New Orleans
and South America , It certainly becomes
a matter not only of criticism bub invcs
tfgation. Senator Vest , tha Missouri
oourbon , became very indignant because
Senator Von Wyck saw fit to stigma-
tiza Es-Uovornor Reynold" , of Me- (
aourl , who is a member of
the commission , as no better than the
burglar who robs the government by put
ting his hand Into the national treasury.
Why should Governor Ilsynolda bespoken
spoken of in a manner any more respect
ful than other moraberj of the com' '
mifltion , when by his conduct ho has put
himself on theic level ? General Sharp ? ,
the chairman of the commission , whoso
only work consisted of a trip from Al
bany to Now York and Baltimore and
back , certified to the vouchers and drew
his full pay at the rate if § 7,000 a year ,
juit as if ho had actually gone to South
America. Governor Reynolds was no
batter tlun General Sharpe when he
quietly permitted the imposition on
the part of Sharpe to bo carried out ,
and at the tame time ho was
guilty of rocklocs extravagance himself ,
whereby thousands of .dollars wore filched
from the pockets of the tax-payera. Cen
tennial Hawley , who has bosomo InfUtud
with his own importance and became an
aristocrat , rushed to the dofemo of Cur
tis , whom Senator Van Wyck referred teas
as "the boy. " Now this fellow Cnitis
has been hanging around Washington for
years under the cover and prctensa that
ho represented the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Like the radonbtable Uriah Painter , of
the PhiladeipUyhgHiVer , who got § 25-
OUO for helping to engineer the purchase
of Alaska through congress during Sow-
ard'a time , Curtis has rnaJo a
living by his access to committoBs ol
whicli ho was the clerk. Meantlma hn
employers of the Inter Ocean have been
at very little expense In maintaining him
at the national capital. As clerk of the
committee cu territories , dining the
clmo of Senator Hitchcock , ho was a
contributor of libals and slanders to tha
columns of the Omaha llcpubllean , whose
present boy editor , formerly Valentino' *
six-dollar clerk , ho very mnch rcaombles
in many Important particulars. Genera !
Logan , who well know the character anc
calibre of Curtis , very emphatically op
posed his appointment and cotufirnutlon
on the ground that ho was an imprcper
person ] to represent this government in
any capacity. It is evident that
Gen. Hawlcy ban taken up
the cudgels of defence In
behalf of "that boy" simply because Cur
tis injected a lot of gai Into the general's
little boiin for the presidential nomina
tion , or because of eomo aoft-scap contrl
button.
The press of the country Is almost a
unit In applauding Senator Van Wyck'u
fearless arraignment of this South Amcrl
can scandal. No honorable or honor
nun , in or out of the senate , can dffent
it. The retort made by Senator Mander
son , and taken up by Senator Harrison
was puurllo. Being unable to defend the
junketing system , they endeavor to be
little Senator Van Wyck by point
ing out the fact that a resolution
had passed the senate , at the las
( OBslon , authorizing the committee on the
Mitsisslppi river to Investigate the con
duct and character of the Improvements
This was eminently proper , oven if it did
require a trip up and down the river
on the part of some of the members
Such a trip was in the Interest of econ
omy , with a view to ascertain how the
commissioners and officers wore expend
ing the people's money In the Improve
ments. But what was Senator Mander
son's proposed Alaika trip conctivod for
It may not ba known to Senator Van
Wyck , but wo know tint thora is in
Alaska a syndicate of speculators carryIng -
Ing on a larga and lucrative business
without any Investment or risks , n
Uncle Sam'a expense. This syndicate
is nude up for the mcst part of govern
mcnt officlah , and ii interoited in the
seal fisheries and fur trade of Alaska
Some of its tilent pirtnora lave prom
inent positions under the dome of the
national cipltol. It is an open secre
that a relative or very intimate friend o
Senator Mandcrson occupies the position
of government inspector of the coal.hunt
ing grounds or Islandr , Potslbly onr
junior senator yearna to visit this relative
or friend , as the cato may be , during the
inmmer months , and hence the Alask *
'rip has been proposed with a view to
business ns well as pleasure , Senator
Van Wyck does uot know this , but he
knows enough to know that the trip to
ilaska , as well as other junketing touts ,
s an impoiition on the people , where
ro tmd enough already. The sooner
his y tom Is broken up the bitter It will
> o for the country at Urge and the repn-
atlon of the men who represent us In the
national legislature. When Senator
ilanderson introduced his resolution pro-
idlng for that junkotlng tour to Alaska ,
IB little Imagined that it would start a
cold wave that would sweep down from
hat far-off rcplcm of snow and ice nil the
way to the national opltal , and spread
hence all ever the country.
WE are not surprised that Pat Ford
hould bo so cntbslss'ic ' for Mr. Boyd.
Mr. Ford wants to provide a place on the
pollco force for all his boarder * . *
IT is the duty of the sheriff to close
every tnloon doing business within the
imita of the two-mile prohibitory bolt.
EIo should not delay any longer in the
mformanco of Ills duty.
TUB republican primaries take place
, his afternoon. It Is hoped that every
republican will bo on hand to prevent
any raid from the ward bummers and
loodlumi , or from the democrats. Lot
ns have fair play so that wo can pnt re
spectable candidates in the field who will
jo acceptable to the wcrklngmon.
ASKING TOO MUCH.
Isaac S. Hascall and Patrick Ford have
clasped hands over the bloody chasm ,
and have agreed as to who shall bo the
next mayor. So far so good. Nobody
takes exceptions to the effort of Mr.
Boyd'd friends to capture the democratic
convention , but when Hascall and Ford
join hands to capture the republican
primaries for the benefit of Mr. Boyd , on
the ono hand , and for the benefit of Has
call on the other , wo romons'.r.ito most
emphatically. It h all very proper for
Mr. Boyd'a followers to exert themselves
in his behalf In the democratic party
whore he properly belongs. It Is not
Improper for them to use their in
llucuco and Mr. Boyd's cash to
carry the democratic primaries , but wo
object most decidedly ajalnot their
raiding the republican convention o'ther '
with democrats or with Qascairconfodcr-
atas. Mr. Boyd , it strikes us , ought to
be ra'isfied ' with the nomination of two
conventions. Wo know that ho Is a pork
packer , but it would bo a little too hog
gish for htm to insist that ho must go
into the mayor's ofiicn by acclamation.
Lat him give the poor republicans some
chance so that the glorious democratic
victory on the 7th of April will bo worth
telegraphing all ever the land. It does
seem to us that the ci izans who want
Mr. Boyd for mayor art ) overreaching
themselves.
SINCK the recent prohibition decision
the saloon-keepers in Iowa are pulling
tbclr signs and preparing to quit the
business or move to suma other stabs ,
The prohibitory law will probably now
be strictly enforced in all parts of Iowa ,
and it at the next legislat
ive olocfion the Issno will bo pro
hibition or high license. The prohibl-
sista , It Is true , arc very strong , but
the enforcement of the law will probably
make it eo odious that the coming contest
will bo very close. Should the prohibi
tionists ba defeated , It is safe to say thai
a high-lice lisa law , similar to that in Ne
braska , will bo adopted.
IF tbo $1,000 liquor license is paid
promptly In quarterly Installments , arc
a guarantee is given that the whole year
ly license will bo paid , wo think perhaps
i hat this is the most satisfactory way to
dispose of a vexed question. But every
lquor : dealer In Omaha , whether retailer
or wholesale , must pay n license. There
Is aUogother too n.uh evasion cf the
law in that respect. Let everybody bo
trtated alike. It won't do to let ono
man escape payment nltogo'her ' , and make
another pay in full. Nor nlll it do to
permit ona dealer to g-1 savcwl weeks or
months behind in his payments , and
force another to pay promptly. Wo ba-
lluvo It would pay the board of education
to employ a policeman specially to look
up the matter of these license payments ,
which go Into the sehcol fund , and see
that the bu ineis la attended to prompt
ly , thoroughly and impartially.
ARBOR DAY.
"Arbor Day , " which was first estab
lished in Nebraska when it was ranked
as a treeless state , has prcducod good re
sults noi only here , but nil over the
union. The custciu cf general tico-
plant iug on a certain day now prevails In
a dczen or more states , and now Penn
sylvania proposes to ca'abllsh an arbor
day. A concurrent resolution has been
introduced in the logitlaturo of that sla'o
requesting the governor to Issue a proc
lamation establishing a tree-planting day.
The Philadelphia Call , which heartily
Indorses the idea , says :
The objoot IB to promotn forestry by
having a day when along the public
highways , in the yards of school build.
Ings and o'sawbcre trees shallbo planted.
Such customs ox st in other states and are
worthy of being adcp'.od here. All olio
aside , it will promote tree planting by
calling attention to the subject and ,
parbapi , inveitlng the occasion will
apodal formalities. At Ocean
Grove this custom has
done to much promote the increase ol
forest trees. It became necessary to
have an advance in tree planting to cuve
the place from being denuded of trees
The'sandy soil and the sea winds were
unfavorable to the trees , and there wac
danger that the grove would dla out
The plan of having a treo-plantlng day
was adopted and deceived with grea *
entbiuiaim. As a ratult thovainds ol
trees have h en plintod , to the great
advantage < f the pi ce J
In Pbiladelpnta and oilier cities ached
fu'ds are In many cases utterly bare ol
shade. Tccsa are the play grounds for
the children. Onr ichool buitdlrg
should have amp la thade , both to shelter
ho btilldlpg nnd to aifotd a suitable place
or the children to pl y. So with our
oads and highways. The itrtots of
Philadelphia hnvo been improved in this
this respect , but the state would bava tly
richer In a fewytars If tree-planting be-
cimo a general cutiom.iVAnd wcro a
day et apart , say in April or near tlio
hst of May , and the p'an ' nude popu'ar ,
thousands of trees would bo annually setout
out , and the hco of the itato in this re-
sjsoct completely changed. This Is the
period whin such a re-solution will attract
wide attontkn. The do.truetlon of
forests is being earnestly discussed in
several states , and the value of trees In
affecting climatic conditions is generally
understood. So wo hope Ihls resolution
will pus.
THE law-abiding and pious people cf
Council Binds are In a quacdary wbat to
do In leg ard to prohibition. If the law
Is enforced many of Ilia eminently rt
spootable citizens , who era drawing com-
fortab'c renti from the saloon keoporr ,
will have imply bulldlcgs on their handr ,
and bo compelled to rant them at very
loir figures , There are sixty saloons In
Council Bluffs , and the number of build
ings that would bo vacated would have a
tendency to bring down rents all ever ( he
city. Hence it will ba" seen that on
forccmont cf the law will ailed ovcry
person that has a business building to
rant. On the other hand if the law Is
not enforced , the ealoons will continue to
run , the wicked will flourish , and the
good and pious landlords will not have
their rent-rolls reduced. Prohibition
may ba a good thing , but when it seri
ously affects a man's pocketbook there is
sudden shrinkage in conference and
principle.
SCRAPS.
"I was in Washington a few duys
o , " remarked a friend of mine , ' 'and WI.B
much surprised to lind among the hurtle of
office eookera not ouo from Nebninlm. I could
not understand it , for I supposed that Ne
braska would bo ns numerously represented nt
the national capital oa any other state. Uul
thomjatcry was explained to mo wlion I
stepped into the 1'nxtou hotul Thursday
night and saw that crowd of prominent demo-
crnts from all pnrta of Nobr/ibka. / They were
waiting to eoo what action the state distribu
ting committee would take before they begnu
to mova on the capital. Now that the com
mtto3 ! has failed to iv rcu upon any plan , nnd
ordered Secretary May to return nil applies
lions , I suppose they will BOOO purchase tickets
to Washington. I understand , howevertlmt a
call is to be Issued for the dotnocrnUcmembora
of tbo legislature to meet at Lincoln on the
30th of tliin month for the purposnof consider
ing the patronage qufwtion and forward their
8Ufrgn8tiom to Mr. Cleveland. Thii rcrimble
for office beats anything of tbo hind I have
over neon for the lut : twenty-four ycnin and a
half. "
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"While in Washingtsn , " continued the
eame gentleman , "I saw Will D. Eaton. Ho
IB growing old in nppaaranco veiy fast.
hair has turned gray. It may surpiiso as well
as pleuan hlo Oiraba friends to know that
during tbo last two or three years ho has
made about 3150,000 by epecu'aling in coal
lands and other lands in Dakota. Ho is now
specuUtiug in Arkansas lands , and is inter
estcd in a now invention that IB destined to
create a revolution in a certain trade nnd make
bush ls of money for the owners of it. Besldf s
nil tliia ho has a handsome memo from his
littiary woik. Daton is a splendid fellow ,
and 1.1111 glad td see that foituna has smiled
upon him ,
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A streut car driver told me the oilier
day tliat passengers managed to get rid ot
punctured coins , particularly U'-cent pieces ,
by dropping them into tbo fare boxes. "Yen
would ba astonished , " said be , "to BOO the
number of punched , mutilated nnd counterieit
nietol ? , half dimes and dimes that go into the
fare box. We ctn't help ourselves. You see
wo can't very well toll the coins in thu box
that is whether they are punch oil or countor-
felt and maaago our horses nt the same time ,
and if wo do dhcover any such coins it is
bard to tell to a dead certainty who dropped
tlum in. It is surprising to HPO the way
respectable uirn and women will fire all their
bad coiiiB into our faro brxop. They da it
with jmt the same uaso of conscience with
which they drop their begin money into the
diurcu contribution boxes. "
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Lieutenant Scbwatka , the arctic explor
er , who wai formerly stationed in Omaha , i *
contrit uting a serial to the St. Nicholas nmg
azino entitled 'Tho Children of the Cold. "
It is nn enteitaining Hikimo story. Schwatka
tendered bis resignation from the army not
lone WO , lie was dissatisfied with tha do-
putmont became it would not grant him n
leave of absence so that be could make an
other exploration in Alaska an a private en
terprina under the patrona o of several
wealthy gentlemen of 1'orcland , Oropon , Thu
leave of absence was withhold on n techni
cality , which was that bo bad not forwarded
his application from the headquarters of
his icgiment at C-imi ) Thoman in
Southern Arizona , Ho attempted afterwards
to withdraw his resignation , but this was nut
allowed. Ilia resignation was accepted on
the Hist of last January , and he is now a Chil
ian. At piesenl he is in Js'aw York , where ho
Is engaged in lltorary work , ISesides contrib
uting to magazine ? , ho lias two books nearly
completed , one of whirh is upon hunting in
the northern regionr. At the same time ho is
at work getting subscription ? to a stock
company to put cattle on the AlentUn
Islands and make a business of 'raining them
there. There is excellent grazing , and all
ha wants to start tbo enterprise is $50COO ,
About four weekn ngo ba had secured S3\000 ,
and hehas probably got tbo other 15,000
by this titn .
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A well known otlicrrot tha department
of the 1'Jatte told me recently that the widow
of Gen. K. O. 0. Ord , who was once the com
mander of this department , is the onnor of
tbe table upon which tbu articles of capltuliv
tiou were written when Cen ! , Kobart 1 ! Lee
surrenders ! at Appomallox Court House ,
Gen. Ord commanded a corps in tbe federal
army , nd was present when ( irant and Lee
agreed upon the terms of surrender , Iinme.
diately afterwards ho purchased the table and
presented it to Mrs. General Grant , but she
declined to reeivu it. It was taken to Gen.
Ord'a home , and has been in tbu possession of
tbe fartily ever since.
I'oliilCH In Oniulia.
Plaltimoutb Herald.
The Omaht Republican is jast now
making o peculiar speotac'o'of itaolf. It
seems to ba going out of politics , or per
haps , rather , republican politics. IU
double lotded editorials era an endorio-
mont of a democrat fur mayor of Omaha ,
ono of the mrst uncompromising demo
crats in the slate , the Nebra-ka mem
ber of the nsti inl democratic commit
tee , the Ucn Jamej E. Boyd , a demo
crat of the Cleveland sWIpa in numerous
ways ; the position of the Omaha Rrpnb-
Hem , lnylnjf claim to bolns the leading
repnb'iesn papor.ln the sUte , Is n eorry
ouo. Thobucolloicpubl.can press , and
the republicans in tno itato , ara already
rsprosslnR pity f r it. Itj position la
nuiniliAtln ? to itfclf and its readers The
city of Omaha is lopubluan , politically ,
and jet a republican paper advocatps n
mrssback democrat for maycr. liow is
nis , anyhow ? 1'orhaps Mr. Buyd OWLS
Omaha and republican | apors there. If
BO , the Omaha Republican had bettsr
abaudrn boirg the state republican or
gan , that i ) no better businefs than sUbbing -
bing the republican party in the largest
city In the sta o , by supporting nn "of
fensive partiian" of the rtomocratic
school for mayor.
STATK
liellevue had a mad dog scare last week.
1'ranklla county is entertaining a number
of land buyers.
1'rpinont feeds tramps on broad and water ,
a la llmchor.
She refused to giro any names , but the police
nra investigating.
A steam flouring mill Is ono of the wants of
Columbus ,
A now iron bridge sspani the Nlobrara near
Valentine ,
Owners of stock In Codnr county arc now
obliged to herd them ,
Nnneo county is sending n largo number of
fat cattle to market ,
Dr.V. . IL Smith , ot Crete , will set out
C 000 trees on Arbor day.
Thu slate university threaten ? to import
prLfcssor of Sanscrit.
Kepubllcan postmaster ) are doing bnsiuos *
at the old stands in this state.
The street railway is now in operation between -
tween Wyinoro and 151uo Springs.
Oeceola is offered a 815.000 Hour mill for a
bonus $5,000. The citizens are considering
tbe utfer ,
Knox county farmers are going Into Ihx
culture heavily. Considerable wheat will also
bo sown.
Tha site of Kastport , opposite Nebraska
City , will soon bo in the bottom of the Mis-
acuti mer.
Locan county anxiously awaits tbe return
of ( Joy. Dawes to urxaniru and call an elec
tion for permanent ollicers.
Alfred Simmon' , n Waverly Ind of 12 will
the rupuUliou of a born thief , has been etui
to thu reform school ,
Joseph HOP o of Osceola. was nipped to the
tnmi ot SiOO. and costs for selling corn juice
without a peimit.
The stockholders of thu Nebraska City
barb viro worko lira rowing m court , and the
lawyers uro emptyiuy the treasury ,
lUrney 1'itr.timmona , who shot and killer
his patumour in Lincoln last fall , was fount ,
guilty ot murder in the tccond degree.
Tbo new Presbyterian church jint com-
plettd In Mira V.lley J'oclgj coiiLty , at i
cost of 813,600 , was dtdi men Sunday.
William Dorrol , of Craig , lust 53.500 by tbo
failure of a Chicago firm to wuom bo bat
shipped nixty cars ot coin. The loss brokuuj
bin business.
Saciuino ! : socials are a novelty in church
circles in Central City. Maplu tugar c ktH
are used to keep the jawa and pocket : books
open.
I'lattdmouth boasts of n man who lias livci
there nineteen years and never visited Omaha ,
He in afraid some of his ox-bourdcra are laying
for him ,
Tr * nips nro said tn bo as thick as flics in
Juna throughout the Klkhorn valley , and the
auihoiitien nrf in a q.iaudary as to what dU
position to make ot the veruiin.
A Nebiaska Wiggins prophecies that April
Ua will co\er the Btuto wilh two feet of BLOW ,
and tint the month of May will bu colder
than the mouth of April prccsaing it.
Allan Ernst , a tarruor near .KImwood ,
narrowly escaped being kicktd to ilautli by
n horde latt week. TUB animal smashed three
libs and knocked him unconscious in tbe Mis' '
round.
It cnst J. II. Jones of Plattsuiuuth 311780
to let hN daughter attend a party tbo other
night. The old man left thu door unlocked
for nor , but u bold burglar called early : .ud
captured Li * roll of hard earned money.
Prospectors in the north part cf tha state
are convinced that the town which will soon
b locjtod on the White river , at tha F , E. it
AI , V. junction , id dtutined to become the
largest city in the tliito west nf Omaha.
A farm of KO acres belonging to W. H.
Murphey , near Plattsmoutb , has started for
the Gull of Mexico via. the Missouri river.
The owner witnessed the departure of the
last equure foot one day last week.
A couple of land seekers hired a livery at
Hluomington a few iliy * agonnd while trying
to ford a smull creek drowned ono o ! thu
horses and otticrwitu damaged the outfit.
Their tiip and expeiicnce cost them $176.
A fubstanti.il oridge over tbu PJntto was
completed and opened to traffic at Wood
River hat week. It wa ? built by Contractor
Moana , of Grand Island , uud la suid to bo ouo
of iho Lest btinc'tires spanning that mer.
An unfinished buildup in U'ysses ' collapsed
last fntuniuy week , burning sev , ral boys who
were nlayinp in it. Wilbtrt A , un otTan -
per ] , ) U6rta , was instantly killed. Two of
his playmates were severely injured.
Two crar.y Frenchmen jumped from a
morning train near Plum Oieuli aud com
menced all manner of drunken japutH on tha
pruiriu near town , After they had driven tbe
makes from their biuta they boarded a train
for the court1 ,
Frank Odell and a companion went out
gunning from Wahoo. Frank uoon returned
wiih the contents of bis pard's pirn iu his
ariL. Thus is i.ii'.ther limb added to the
mountains uf evidence that boya and guns
are m\oterato enemies.
The liiBCU'iti boer thin was the innocent
cause of a bloody low at Kobr ska City , Tlio
participant were Ueoi > u Campbell and a.
muu named Ingalla. Th" .stomach of the
former was ripptd open , Ingulls cecapod ly
animming the liver.
A young couple from ( ! age county put up a %
a Lincoln hotel as mauuuu wifo. Tliey worn
idrntiued und arrested on thu thargoof adult
ery and jailed The young > aan dtulrod tj
legalize his prelousncsp , but the girl declined ,
They occupy separate colls.
The Indians now eccupjin ? the Hantuo res
ervation wnre among the mont blood-tliiraty
scalpers of women and children in the Minuo-
Kola innssHure of lElii. 'ihey have been in ni-
ceipt of annuities ficiii the government over
tinco that date.
The Valentino Kjmblicau says : "It is
currently reported on our streets that thu
Milwauken road lias let the contract for grad
ing the find hundred miles of thu road from
NiobMra to tbo O'llara llrou. The turvoy
rum within eight inliea of Valentino , "
Touy Maber , ft Dakota county farmer boy
reached for the wrong end of his gun and
Bent the contents into his vitals , dyintf of IIIH
wound * last Friday. No better way haa yet
been fnunil to driva awny Uie bluri than foolIng -
Ing with the muz/le of a gun ,
tthoUon opium up the building record of
1835 with a fine opera house of brick and
st'ine , costing $18,000. It ia well equipped
with scenery anil the necuwrv tagn
paraphernalia , and ia owned by Mr. MeUeiibr ,
A new Presbyterian church , just completed ,
costS3nOO.
Kill Donaldson brought fitit against Dan
Myer.i forSU , in bsward. A jurv wrastled
with tbe case but failed to aeron. Tlie coats ,
however , piled up to SIOO , brides attomeyV
loftt. They dividml the conU between them
and drnppnd tbe law and lawyers. Tne 911
\t \ Ktlll uupaid ,
Charley Maddox , Hiving II vn miles from
North li ( nd. Dud a cuiinty , Hintiiinod a su-
vere loan by ( iru la t week. His barn , con
taininq four head of how , r.K ( ) huxhols i.f
corn , bifetn of banicuH , und and a number of
farm Implements , vat debtroycd. Thu origin
of the firoina mjttery.
PUttsmouth i < lei king arouctl for a fitn for
a park , Thu numerous wcojud hills and vol.
leys surrourding the town would furnifh
varinty of sites , if some nf the old iiiossliacks
cou'd be induced to pariiotnato their name *
in the front en'r.mco uod in thu memory of
grateful citizens.
Thirteen doctors were turiud loohofrnm the
ui i e ity last wurk , Tha yom K M. D.'n art
Mmtiinei H Farmer , Willis Ii fJuck.Charlfs
r.mnbul , D It. J5 U , J. A V nOimp , O
Mulvane , A , A. litmiy , H. C. Curumins
M > a > P3 Mary U.tvin .md Aibuckle , Mri. H.
Jliiword ard Mm M. K Uaso.
Daniel CoKina U the name of a nice young
man who Invented Nobrpska City on th aj -
"oich of his wedding ilny. Daniel was a
member of the liaptlst church nd ft moving
pirit of the Y M. 0. A The expectant
> tide h just cause mid nutiety for the IHOUI
young inou'a return.
Aubuin give * shelter to a being who has o
Ittlo of tha feclibg ! ) of n boKSt much lo < a n
iiunAti , that hn would not go to the bedside
of his ilyinp child until ho hftd finished A
gair.e of bUliards. Thn Gro t J''ftthcr wu
ii 01 cl fill anil closed forever tbo ryes of tbo
ittlo ono before tlio gairo WAS liiii'hed.
Tlio youthful inrouts tf the Sargent an 1
hcrt families In Indlanob , were iiatteil on
ho backs by their daJs while mngcd In a
gouging mutch. When tha youngsters tired
ont the men took up the battle cry aud hum-
inorcti each other around till very fauoo
b ard ulthin remh wuro reduced to kindling.
The battle was declared n draw.
Adams Shcckj , of Urnnd Islnnd started
out with n team on n homontpftd oxplorntion
tour , lust week , and when fifteen milui out
stopped. While unhitching ho was kicked
bv tno of the horses and seriously injured.
His right hip was bruitcJ , jaw nnd two ribs
broken , nnd hii right oar torn. Ho will live ,
but the doctors will buvo n long bill.
The H. fi M , railroad company hayo at lutt
decided to inske Falls City the division bo-
twecn Kansas City nud Columbus , nnd to
this end hkvo ordered a roundhouse built ol
suilicient mzo to accommcdato the oncinos
necessary to operate the road , niul other sub
stantial improvements in the way of extend
ing the ynul * and building switches.
_ Lincoln has n tonaatlon iu'-olvlne a skatinp
rink , n married woman , n genttmnu friend
and her hushnml , The latter found his bettor
half returning from the roller mania with thu
mutual fri nd. the other evening , Ho ob-
jectfil pulled his revolver and blazed awny.
A police whistle was blown nnd both men
vcampcrod away , leaving the woman alons.
The law-abidim ? citizens of Sntton In moss
meeting virorously dcnottncpil tbo lynchiiigo
Mrs. Taylor ami her brother , Thos. Jones ,
tbe not nils of which ap , cared iu a recent is
sue of THE ] ! KK , A resolution was pussei
pledging "our nrdivided aud unqualified mip
port to the ehonlT , tbo district attorney , juilgo
and governor in their endeavors to bring the
perpetrators ot thia outrage to jmtlco. "
Tlie " ' " .
"IlopiiMlunn's" HoiuilillcanlHiii.
Fremont Tribune.
If there 1ms ever born published In
Nebraska a newspaper unruitsouablo anc
vlndicatlro in itn par'isaniem ' It is the
Omaha Republic tn. If a publio man
or a nowpjpjr has over hud the un
warranted audacity to dlller with Ita
rulyhty editor oven npon matters with
in the party , he hos wHttKd hia tp'oen
into a p. n atd punctured his gall with
It for the purpose of wii ing them out
of the party. It is generally conceded
that ho is not well balanced , but the
most cormtiint and pralstont oxtu'ora
of his journalism are astonished that h
uhotild oodoiss and work for the tltctu i
tf Jlni Uoyd for mayor of Omaha. Boyi
may bo a good man , but ho is a demo
crnt and the Republican has never jo
been abla to find faogimpo ; atrong on out ; !
to cordemn a republican who would look
with favor upon wny democrat , or evei
upon a in n v ho might bo an independ
ent republican , and why cliould It now be
supporting Boyd ? Does it pretocd to
body of republicans In Oaiuhn theroisno
ono to bu found who can fill the office o
mayor ? Uai nrt the prtsjnt ac'ing '
nwyor , IMr. Murphy , shown himself alto
gether capublo ai < d able ? But Boyd is
snppotod to stand close to Grrvor Clave
land , ft'jd iu all probability the Orcivha
Republican is willing to go back on its
principles , vliit few it has , for the pur
pete of having a li't'o ' ' InfiDcnce with the
admit islra'ion , through Boyd. That'fl
about tha siz'j of it ,
THE CIOIT11TP.
UNITED STATES COUIIT.
A nnlt pending , whcroln the Wyomlnj ,
Company is plaintiff and John A.
Stewart is defendant , was recently de
cided In thia court , a judgment bein { ,
rendered ncalnst ; Stewart / r S5o,000.
On Saturday the defendant gave notice
of a rnotiou for a now trial upon the
ground of crronojua ru'ingaby ' the court
in the former trial , which motion will bo
heard ere many days. The oral testi
mony In tbo c.i'o has been roducnd to
writing and imkoa a vtrltteti document cf
about I8CO folios.
W.VTKICT COlMtT.
Before Waktley The entire day Sat
urday being motion day was consumed
in hearing arguments on motions and do-
muriur' , the most important of which
U'it ; in the Jnnos vs. the City of
a case. , which was submitted and
taken under considi mioa by Judge
Wukeloy.
Before Xavillo D'atrlct Attorney E'-
'olle entered a noils in tlio ctso of the
Stito vs. CliJirlm Westergard , clurgecl
with tiorso atraling. Other tliin this
fudge Nuvillo had no cases bifuro him
Siturd y.
In tlm coTrt Chnrlos Wa'sin entered
ptiit ag irHVVIIhrd A. Clark nnd T. W
T. Rhbard * for $ ( ! ,500damogu for use of
a mashirio for excavating dirt , which nu-
chlno bilongi to pluntill' .
To-day Gtz/.ola nnd Orabne , for mur
der In Ilie aecotid degree , and GBlI.ijher
for obttiniog money under falsa pre
tenses , will bo aentouoed by Nuvillo.
I'OLICU OOUHT.
The cases of John Nugent and Robert
Green for keeping a disorderly house ( the
Buckingham thojUr ) was continued for
ono wotk tr in Saturday.
Mrs. .liibk ink's camplalnt against Con
stable G. B. Striker for asfault and V > at-
lery wan head by the court aud taken und -
d r advisement.
George Richards- entered complaint
igainst Henry Sincere fur Lsuilt and
Mtko Bontarlmor ontared complaint
ttnBt one whose name Is unknown , for
obtaining raonoy under f ilso pretenses.
De.tlers' Aulinu.
On Friday night the saloon men hold a
nucting In the Klkhorn Yalluy house for
the pnrposo of auditing aud settling the
costs and accounts of their corami'.Uo
who went to lobby at Lincoln In Febru
ary latt , and also for thu purpose of iak-
ug steps to sccuro tbo prirllcgo of pay-
'n"tiio $1,000 yearly license In ( ( iierterly
isyminta cf $250. Mr. Duncin , treav
uivr , WAS not jiresont , hence the
auditing of the lobby comraitteo
did net take pint ; ? , but u
committee of five with Col. Pratt us
chairman ai appointed to look aft r thu
defdoiV Intorusts in the matter of qnar-
iorly paymcnlu of the liquor license tin.
It is said that tuvetal of the city mid
shool authorities favor this practice if it
can ba legally dor.o , and the whltky men
claim trat the $1 000 ep.t cash
Is more thaa very many can stand ,
who codel pay in quarterly inttillmenta
In this connection a repoitrr learn to
that since the recent decision tf the No-
Diuska Guprcmo court upon the Hiloon
law that wholesale spirituous pud malt
Iqnor dealers miibt ray tbe 81,000 ( ox at
ICHDOO , these ( .dealers pretty gcneiall )
will pay the tax and conlinuu bu > lntf
A few are stid < o have determined to
uiiko their wholcialu and retail placet
mo and the aame , tbni saving oao licenic1.
Two houses , it is learned , deal
inYioib' beer end will rtfasi
to pay tha tax , thus railing thu
| uetU ° n jf ( bat beer is Qne Q ( the lluicU
ontctnplatcd by the Slosntn Inw. Oflictr
Ttirnbull , who has boon getting n list of
all the BO wholositlo drnlorc , In obedience
o the writ of the cnprpino coor' , finds
hey nnmlcr thirteen ( III ) firms In Om -
iii , nnd wi'l ' psy under the hw seine
? li,000 ! to the ichool tutid. Ono firm
will cloio np , thinking Its business will
lot warrant laying mi * 81,000 in ( ate * .
Hall of Coiiiimny K , Mmrlli Infantry ,
St. Patrick's d y was rbsorved nt the
post by Ci mpiiiy K , Fourth infantry ,
Riving the second ono nf tholr sticcoioful
dances. This year they succeeded in
eclipsing , In point of dtcorattoiif , any
thing before attempted nt the pott. Tno
b ll-roim was decorated with national
and r. gimontnl colors , Htondnrdc , guidons
and mtrkorn. The floor was
waxed smooth as gloss , and these
who participated were amply
repaid far the preparation of It. The
costumes rf the Udlos wnre rich and ole-
gant. Tha nnlfirmsif the otlicars and
men mingling with the richer toilets of
the udlca pave the scene an appearance
at once brilliant and gr nd.
The sapper room was stilt moro spprc
cUtid on account i f the tempting display
of Iho tables , which were loaned with
eatables of all kinds , aud no ono was
turned away hungry.
Qtnta a number of people from the city
participated.
"SURRENDhR OR DIE. "
A Iilvely Time at Uxttlc Orcclr , Mao-
MMI County ,
On Thnrtday of last week a party era
a half dizeu hoadtd by Liwaou Millef
cuno into Brtttlo Creek fjr the purpoao
cf provoklug a quarrel with Troy lialo ,
whom Miller claimed had beaten him unfairly -
fairly In a horse race or hnrso deal of
some kind. Both M Her ai.d Dale are
Boinetrhat noted as j ickcjs. llalo was
apprised of tholr pmp.to and kept out of
thi ir way. The party romaiuod In town
all day Thursday and Friday without
accomplishing their plans. Oc
casional y ono of tlm pnrly would meet
Hale on the street and give him an inti
mation of thi-ir purpose , but Halo de
clined to ba dtawn itituuquarrcl. Exas
perated by their failure , the crowd on
Saturday fitlid up with liquor nnd be-
CAUIO very bolliguruut , aud tried to run
tbo town in a m uy cow-biy f ation ,
blandishing tholr fire-arms ill a threatening -
ing way. Truy dirt s < mo damage in a
K-roomrind hssuu rod Herman Ilogrofo ,
an Inofl'umvo cit'z.u ' who stood
as HiOLO tf them , boatinc him
severely ever the head wilh a
lovolvor. _ Thlfl last act aroused the lorg-
ontlurlrgcitizeut , to a luiise of tholr danger -
gor , Pirn n party if about tvrenty-tivo
armid tbcmeo'vea ' with rluitguns and prepared -
pared to c.ipturo . the riotous crowd.
Uea-ud by F. J. Hole and the c mUblo
the puity ttartcd out with Guns Joided
aud primed , and the loader shon'cd
"Snireudor cr die ! " Blillor } ioldidas
also did the i thew , but ono of the num
ber ( a Mr. Baisl ) o.mlrg In whore Miller
was , and u t knuwltg ho Lad
surrendered , brondiihed his jovol-
vor , when a dr.on cons
were roii.t d at him. Ho dodged
down behind a counter nnd 'saved I itn.
gulf. It was a moment of peril for him ,
as there w < ra trios of ' 'ihoot him. " Then
ho was orJeiiid to hold up his handi. Ho
did so , but discrostly kept his hi ad bo-
low. It was a maivpl tint tbo citizens
rtfiaUud Irom chottinz , and n credit to
thtir jui'grneEt that they committed no
set of viultnca. When they were nil In
tbe custody of the citizens etojB were at
cnci tikcn to prosecute the of
fenders ngitinot law. Attorney llaiub.'ilt.
of'Norfilt , was telegraphed for find on
Sunday afternoon R conveyance was sent
In for him. Ifo wont out and prosecut-
td llio ras'a on Monday before Jns'ico
Itoso , Brown , of Mndlac n , dvfendlng.
They were all found cu.Ity of the various
oO'enaoi chsrged. The law abiding citi-
JIBDS of Battle Creek ro determined note
; o allorr such proceedings to " o uiipun-
shpd.
On the 18th Lawson Miller was brought
.o Norfolk by Cmutablo Phillips and arraigned -
raigned bef ro Justice Goiockc , cm a
shunj o of veiiuo from Thoa. Rjts , of
Bat la Creek , and plead guilty to an as-
aault upon Herman Hrgrofo aud was
ined $10 Mid coils. This IB the lest of
the cases growing out of the disturbance.
lift Hail Iho True llnllroud Instinct.
Atlitabula TeleRrnpli.
"The m int remarkable accident In my
oxpcriouco , " said Superintendent Couch
in answer to the question , "happened on
the Newcastle road to the track-master.
Ho wai running down grido cna hand
oar and making fast time. The last glow
of twilight Wcs all that was left to ilium-
inato thu scene. Suddenly the man flaw
the sheen of the two cylinder heads of a
locomoliio. Thn I'ght failing en their
bright BurfucfH tended to dlsclosa them
first of all. Itealix mj Hat the engine
was clone on htm , and tlmt what he did
must bo done ( jiiicldy , ho sprang
f 0111 his hand car and plunged
rionn a high ombankment.
Ho struck on a pile of stones
aud sustained eovore , but not fatal , in
juries. Curlona to know what train had
been at that point at that hrur , ho nmlo
It ( [ iiiry , nnd found that there was no
tiam. The cylinder heads that ho tup-
posed ho saw wore dinner pails. Two
section men were ruturnlng homo from
work , walking ono on either aldo of the
track with thc'r ' dinner pall in hand , and
the vault i * light fell on the pilhi in such
a manner as to give them the apjnaranco
of thj cylinder headi of en engine. It
was a curious accident , but U showed
that the track matter had Ihu instinut of
a true railroad nun. There wan no time
to wait and Investigate , frr had he dorio
po ar d it had proven ti bo an engine , it
would h&VB b.un ovorlastinply too late1
SNEEZE ! SNEEZE !
NWhr./.K , until jour
bead ocoma rte < ly to lly
oil ; until your IKIHO and
'lututitlca > f tliln , Ir-
rltatlic. watury lluld ;
in til jour huad nclicH ,
mouth ard throat
iiurihud , ucd lilocxt at
inurliu-it. TliU lian
Acutu Catarrh , and la
liirtaiitly rclluiud liyiv
eliiU | ; d < > 3e , u'jil [ itrnii.
Iiuutlj curedbvunoUit-
l o Banford'a IladlcalCuro for Catarrh ,
Coniiiloli ) Trentiiunit with Inlialcr $1 ,
Ono bottle Kaalcal Cure , n . box C.itarrliil Hal
ont , and one [ rnprcnu < l in > ir In onu < i\ackaKO
may now bu ) ia < l ol all druvpii > < ur 91,00. ' Ask la
anfurdV IUillr.il Ctiru ,
"Ihu only ab elute iicrlllo wo know ol. " Mud.
rjracu. "Tf o bent wo hit u found In lilctlmu uf
ufferln-K | > . l > . Wlln. . H < Hlnn. "Alter aloni ;
trinrto ! with Catarrh , tlio Ilailcil Cure ba-i con-
utrud1 I'ov. ' K. W. Jlonruo , I Hlnbureb , t'a.
J Imtu not found a cu.no that ft did not rcllciu at
ncu. " Andruw Leo. Manihntor , Haw.
I'ottfr Drup-anil Chemical Co. , Uoaton.
hoi the rclltl and riroventlua
the IcHtaut It U aiijillu ] , ol llhcu.
rnallmn , Neuralgia , BcUJlcn ,
C/ouKhn , Colda , Weak lUok , btom-
aor , and llowul , Bhootlnj
1'aliia , Numbnesg , IljxUiU , Ku-
. Malaria , ' 4 d Ejililiai-loB ,
W ) Cu.lu'i ! I'la-.tora ( an Electrlo
JtatUty co bl d with a I'urou *
' ole i 4