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THE DAILY BEE. feuiAOmnno , m urn IU JTtxttx B * . KKW TOM Omci , Boon ea Tintnra Brno- IMt. nr i ii 8 * u 4 7. ti oiilng dillj . bU. 4 U Ib. ! . TIMII IT K1HL. . . . . tlO.M I Thm Months . JW . . " . " 1.00 | On * Month . - ! * h W * klf B , Pnbllhi d every W dnesd y mm , wsturak . ° ° . eniYtw , wHhpremlnn On T r. without premium . * " Klx Itontbf , wHhoul premium . On Monlhon UlU . " All Oomrnunlcaioni teUtln to N w od WltertU Ihould b ddrM d K > Sb * Bsiwm 0 THl Bu. minus LRTIM. AU BartneM UtUn nd RemltUnet * tddrMitd to THI Bu POIUIBUIO Oorm KifU.TO.St nd Voit omo.orJ.rt to U m kl * to U > . ordei ol th oompmj. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props , E. ROSEWATKR , KDITOB. A. H. Ftteh , Mn ger D ily Clreaktlon , P. O. Bo , 488 Om h > , Neb. THE next city olotk will probably not have tnoro than tire initial letters to bio name. AMONII the things that remain to bo aeon la whether a republican council will contlmia to elect n. democratic clork. Sioux CITY objects to prohibition. Like Council BlufTi aho Is too near the muddy Missouri to take kindly to water. O'DYNAMITE ROS.HA has at la.it invaded the loeturo field. "SclentiQo Warfare" ia his subject. Now , then , lot Yoonlte Dudley bo turned looao. IT ia a little atrango that lightning should have struck the Washington monument umont when there nro BO many office aookera in Washington who are waiting to bo served In that way. THE Illinois legislature Is an expensive luxury. Six weeks ago it bad cost the stkto over $100,000 , and that amount has alnco been doubled. If the session con tinnoi until the 1st of July the total bill of expense will foot up In the vicinity of § 400,000. ° RECENT developments have Increased the number of readers upon the snbboct of civil service. The membora of the civil service commission say they are receiving mora rcqaes's ' for their annual report than they can comply with , and that they could easily distribute 50,000 copies. * * THE democratic newspapers are now getting tholr oh are of the federal patron age. Although but faw democratlo edi tors have been rewarded with office , their columns now contain the federal adver tisements that formerly helped to swell the income of the republican news papers. THE president's advlco to the office- Backers in Washington Is to go homoand It is said that he moans it. There maybe bo no p'aco like homo , but the office- seekers think that there is no place llko Washington. When they have spent all their money and exhausted their credil they will leave Washington , and not be fore. THE Now York senate has passed a bill , which may become a law , to proven all transactions In stocks , certificates , re i colpts , rtc. , which are not accompanied by the actual possession or transfer of the articles dealt in. The stock gamblers are naturally enough considerably oxercisoi over the matter , and will , no doubt , exert ort every effort to defeat the bill. The object joct of the proposed law la a good one but It would bo difficult to put It Into ex ecution. IK Michigan the democratic and fusion 1st congressmen have divided the fodera offices among themselves , and they pro posa to vlolt the president and tell bin whom to appoint. This fact causes th Now York Jlcrald to remark that Wash ington is to aeo the most remarkable se of political idiots it has over behold , am It expresses the hope that what the preal dent says to them will bo made public fo the instruction of any other congreamen disposed to commit a similar folly. THE Illinois Icg'slaturo has had a some what remarkable cxperionco during it session so far. Besides being unable to elect a United States senator , it has had three of its members removed by th hand of death. The last death Is that o Reprcsontativo Shaw , and it makes th second that has occurred in the demo cratio ranks , the other death being among the republicans. Any definite action In regard to the United States senatnrship la thus postponed igain for throe weeks as no election to fill the vacancy caniei by Representative Shan't death can b hold any sooner. . THE lower house of the Connecticut legislature has adopted a proposition f o the submission to the people of a consti tutional amendment authorising the legia laturo to arrange for the transportation of its members from their homes to th cspIUl nnd return at public expense This U a atop in the right direction , km It Is to bo hoped that such n lair will be adopted not only in Connecticut but in every state ol the union. The wholesale giving of passes by the railways to mem bora of the legislature ia nothing more nor lets than bribery by which railway logiilatlon Ia largely Influenced to the detriment of the public good. The Con nooticut plan it ( o be commended for 1 puta the members of the legislature in a position to be Independent of the railway ! If tieo la any BUte Jn the union where uob a law it needed ttis Nebraska where railway pates by the hundred are issued , at every seislon of tholeglala tar f * other purpose than that o } brjjpryf It certainly bas grown to be a great eyil , and * It is high time that i should be luppretssxJ. ' CHEAP TRAVELING. A telegram from Minneapolis anya that bo movement of 100,000 emigrants from Curopo boa commenced ; that all of them will locate In the west and northwest , nd that all will bo c&rilod from Chicago , by the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul * fllroad , ever which line 5,000 or 0,000 rrived in Minnesota on last Thursday , t Is oxpeoted that the work of transfer- ing these 100,000 emigrant * will take a'l ' ummor , and that largo dally special rains will have to bo run to accomplish hia work. This Is the first fruits of ho silo of a hundred thousand "cheap Ickots , " which wore thrown on the Duropcan market by the Pennsylvania lallroad company at ono dollar each , rom Now York to Chicago , thii "cut" > eing the result of a war between the runk linos. The tickets wore taken up by the steamship companies , and used as an inducement to Europeans to emigrate to America. The un > larallolod reduction enabled the tcamshlp agents to make a rate of $8.50 rom Liverpool to Chicago. Owing to ho fact that the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul enters a union depot with the 'onnsy.lva.nla at Chicago , that road uo- ured the transportation of emigrants to ho northwest and west , as the latter ompany refuted to pay the transfer barges which would have boon required tad the business boon given to any of ho other lines whoio depots are distant rom that of the Pennsylvania. The rate rom Chicago to Minneapolis ia $7.50 , making a through rate from Liverpool to Minneapolis of only $10.00. No such cheap traveling was ever offered io em- grants , and probably never will bo again , for the Pennsylvania road it will prove a oslng game , as it coata sixty cents each o got the emigrants out of Caatlo Garden and twenty cents for the transfer in New fork , thus leaving to the company jus ) wonty cents per passenger for 1,000 nlles travel , or only $20,000 for the ransportatiori of 100,000 persona rom Now . York to Chicago. But the question tbat chiefly ntercsts Nebraska in connection with hla remarkable transaction is how many of theaa emigrants ara coming to this state ? It would acorn from the Minne apolis telegram that the Jhicago , Mil waukee & St. Paul proposes to carry the Milk of .those emigrants to the uorthwes , o populate Minnesota and Dakota. Al- rhoagh it baa a western line to Nebraska , , t for some reason or other seems in clined to favor Minnesota and Dakota [ t may ba moro to the interest of the comp'any to transport these people to the northwest than to the west , but it strikes us that Nebraska ought to get some o : ; heeo people to locate within her bound arles. If Nebraska had a live immigra tion board , or on energetic agent , a largo number of theco persons could tiavo boon induced to settle in Nebraska. Perhaps it is not too late yet to Induce the Chicago , Milwaukee it St. Paul to land eomo of these emigrants In Nebras ka , If they are the right kind of people If they are penniless and helpless the northwest can take them without an ] protest from Nebraska. Their condition could easily bo ascertained by proper par ties , if any such persons could bo Inter ested In the matter and authored tc act In behalf of the state. No matter who is mayor of Omaha we cannot afford to have fraudulent olec tions. Wo cannot afford to have mot swear In votes when , they know they arc committing perjury. Wo cannot aflort to let nou-resldonta vote fn Omaha a city elections. Wo cannot afford to allow imported voters to debauch our system o government- , and carry elections for mor who have not received a majority of th votes cnat. It Is no excuse that all thes things should bo permitted In Omaha be cause they have been allowed elsewhere A wove of reform , however , Is boglnnln to manifest itself in some of the larg cities , and It Is high tlm'o ( hat true re form In elections should bo instituted Ir Omaha. In Chicago they have con vlcted several ballot box stnffer and forgers , and they pro peseta prosecute' hundreds of cloctloi judges and others for olectlor frauds. If wo had a citfzona1 astoclatiot In Omaha , such as there Is In Chicago the portons who committee frauds in the recent city election wouk bo promptly ferreted out and punlshoc to the full extent ot the law. Althongl wo have as yet nosuoh association , whlcl is greatly needed here , It Is the duty o officers of the law to see that froudnlen voters and others who have become nc ceasorles to these ciimes are not allowec to go unpunished. It is tlmp tha an example should be made and It Is JDS as well to begin now. UNDBK the laws of Connecticut a ma jorlty vote la necessary to elect atat < officers. Twloo within ton ye ra th democratlo gubernatorial candidate ha had a plurality over hla republican com potltor , but was loft In a minority because cause of the vote cast for tha prohibition and labor tickets. In both Instances the conititutionil provision , that In and cases , the legislature shall fill the office from the two leading candidates for each place , was to the republican advantage as tbo legislatures wore in their hands Thla lost Governor Waller hia re-election list fall , when ho .bad a plurality o 1,018 ever the republican candidate , bn fell 938 * 'abort cf a majority owing to the prohibition and Butle tlokoti. Theoo results have no proved generally satisfactory to ( ho pee pie , among whom there 'hs' \ of late aprons np a strong feeling In' favor o election by plurality , ad an attompt'ww ' recenlly mido to h yo a constitutional amendment tofthat effect submitted to the electors , l T lt wai rejected In Ihe bonus by .aBtrMftj parttun vote , It ii believedfthat If It retch the people at the polls It would bo pprovod. The republicans , however , lave an Idea that they can control ( ho cglsUturo , and hence object to yielding bat advantage. In the debate ever the iroposed amendment the domocrato urged bo falrnots of the plurality system , and were mot with rejoinders that the ancient ystom U well enough , although It de oats the popular will. PUBLIC LAND FRAUDS. In the report of Inspector Greene , of ho general land office , the statement Is made that fraudulent entries of the pub- io lands , in the region which ho has ox uninod , "include a largo per cent of the whole number , except possibly cash on ties. " Ho shows that under the timber culture act gigantic frauds bavo boon committed , particularly In Nebraska , tansis and Dakota , in which sections not mere than ton per cent of the land Is mprovod in accordance with the require nunta of the act. Mr. Greene fully ex icaes the system of fraudulent entries hat has so successfully beoq practiced by coir-boys In the interest of their employ- era , and soys tbat If a law had boon enacted solely for their benefit it could scarcely have been moro successful. Mr. 3rcono eays : ' o "These entries of ton voiy nearly , If not quite , occupy all the watered lands In a towmhip and render the remainder undo- s'rablo for actual settlement for farming nirpo3os. Our land officers are largely to } lame for abnsa of the land laws In gene ral , and the homestead law is no excep tion. It scorns to mo there should bo some way to distinguish between a fire ; uard of a few furrows plowed around quarter section nod a corn-field ; some way to determine whether a description of a house 'fourteen by sixteen' referred to inches or foot tquaro ; whether the leer was bored or board , or whether the 'shinglo roof meant more than ; wo shingles , one on each side. I have found ono land office where the rules were so lax that a house six by eight feet , built of unbattoncd boards , was accepted as a 'comfortable residence' In latitude 40 degrees north. A sett It r once importuned mo to advlso the land office to allow him to make final prool before the expiration of the full tlmo , because 'his family was anxious to go back to Chicago and would be liable to freeze to death In the thinly If they remained mained on the homestead. ' This man was a minister of the gospel and a highly respectable citlzan , but his moril percep tibilities wcro fearfully blunted when ho came to consider land laws. " It Is to bo hoped that the land office will continue its investigations into the frauds and take Steps towards enforcing a complfanco with the provisions of the land laws , all ot uhioh are yet in force The timber-culture and pre-emption laws under which most of Ufa frauds are com mitted , came very nearly being ropoalo1 : by the last congress , and it is to bo regretted grotted that they were not. In all prob ability , however , they will bo repealed a the next session , as congress cannot an ; longer , in the face of overwhelming e\l denco of the frauds that have been am can yet bo committed , allow such laws which are not obeyed or enforced , to re main on the statute books. THE correspondent of the St. Pan Pioneer-Press , with the fojoes of Gen Middleton in the northwest , gives a mo * Interesting account of the situation B seen from Fort Qa'Appelle. Ono of the moat valuable aids to a clear understand Ing of iho causes that have led to th present disturbances Is the statement fur nlshed by an educated half-breed , and which presents with admirable clesrnes the questions at issue between his rac and the government- . The half-brord claim that the Indian title to the north west territory has never been extinguish ed , and that , having Indian blood they have the * aamo rights , a occupants of the soil , tha the Indians havo. They claim cnly to ask to bo dealt with as were thoi brethren In Manitoba ; in other word ? that each half-breed who would hav been entitled to an allotment in Man ! toba should bo given 100 acres In the northwest In satltfaction of his claim to participate in the Indian title. The re view of the hlttory of the governmon survey Is clearly stated , and whllo It ha failed to convince the dominion authorl tlee , It shows that there are at least two sides to the qnealicn , The Pioneer Press thinks that perhaps the government mont commissioners now on their -we ; will succeed in smoothing over tbo dill'ar oncos to some extent. Now that the Iowa saloon-keeper bavo at last been downed by the prohlbi tlonists , they are taking every advantag to fight the druggists. There appears to bo a conflict of opinion as to the rights o dragglats under the pharmacy law. The circuit court at Das Moinea , for instance holds flint licensed druggists are requirec to take out a permit to sell intoxicating liquors , even for medicinal purposes The district court , which la the hi'ghe .court , holds tbat the law does not appl ] to druggists. The state temperance alii ance Ia also inclined to this view , and are therefore not disturbing llceniod drag gists. But the question has already go Into the courts , the entiro'atook of liquor of the president of the atata board o pharmacy having boon eeleed and cirriei off by the police , on coraplajnt made thane no permit bad been given by the county supervisors to the defendant to zel liquors. It will probably puzzle the BU preme court to decide what powers are given under the pharmacy law. No two lawyers construe It alike , and the lower courts disagree upon it. CYRUS W. FIELD , who retires at the ago of sixty-five from an active career o fifty years , has been the originator am pronuter of uny ) of thegreat enterprises of this century1. Aa the projector "of tbo first Atlantic cable bis nime will forever jjire [ infcp hittory of the great achieve ments aTinodeni times. MARY ANDKMO.V Ia credited with hav * ngjrecently presented Tennyson with a ) ottlo of twenty-year old Kentucky whisky. Wo are not Informed as to how econtly the presentation occurred , but f , as Is suspected , it was just before the poet laureate wrote his "Ode to Free dom , " that poetic effort should have been entitled "Owed to American Corn- Juice. " INASMUCH as "reform" won the day , wo prctnmo Mayor Boyd will follow the example of Mr. Cleveland , and see that civil service reform Is carried out during his administration. Tois Is merely a presumption on our part , however , and no ono need take It for granted. j the slain president of Gauto mala , was a man who looked out fo number ono. lie was the richest man in Gautomala , his fortune being $10,000- 300. Two years ago ho .bought a man sion In Now York for $240,000 , also ono In Paris and ono in the City of Mexico. THE probability is that the next city clerk will wo r a turn-down shirt-collar. General's Article. Arkansaw Tra\olcr. Gen. Mecklobam , in Imitation of great er men , decided upon writing a series of war ar.icles. "Why shouldn't I , Mary ? " io asked tf his wife , who belongs to a Iternry society and who is considered an excellent critic , "I should just llko to inow why I ought not to give my oxparl- enco ? I went through the war .and served with distinction , If 1 do say It myself. Another thing in my favor ii that I know how to write. I understand the construction of sentences. I under stand the use of vigorousEngliih. Whal do yon say , Mary ? " "Why , by all means write your experi ence. I do not BOO why you should keep back anything that mipht prove of inter eat to the public and result In profit tote to yourself. " That's it , Mary ; that's It. You have lilt the nail tquarely on the head. While I was at college , tbo students used to laugh at me for continuing to devote BO much attention to rhetoric. It will come In handy now , you see. Well , I shall go to work at once. " The next evening , when the light had been lighted , the general said : "Mary , are you ready to hoar my war papei ? " ' Yes. " Ho read it to her. "What do you think of it ? " "It is good. " "Don't you think it's first-cUsa ? " "Yes , I do. " "I have never said much about' it Mary , but I am a writer. Many a time while visiting newspaper offices , I have ta'd to myself , 'Ah , well , yon follows think that you ara great waters , but yoi haven't learned your first lesson. ' So yon think it's first-class , eh ? Now , I abal wad it up and sand It to a magazine. . ' ought to- get at least $1CO for It. " Yon ara going to copy It , are you not. " "Oh , no , not necessary. It's as plain as print. " "I didn't know but yon might want to make a few corrostions. Lot mo tee the mannecrlpt a minute. Listen to this par agraph. 'Gen. Beaurcgard , seeing tha the left wine ; was weakening , dotermlnet to reinforce them. ' Don't you think tha you should Bay 'it' instead of them ? " "Why ? Refers to soldiers " "No , it means wing , which should b "Well , go on , go on. " " 'The general at ono time , ' contlnue ( the woman , finding another objectionable paragraph , 'was much moved to son a soldier dragging a gun with a broken leg. ' " "What's wrong with that ? It's a fact forleaw it myself. " "Yes , but how did ho drag a gun wltl a broken log ? " "Confound It , don't you see ? The fel low'a leg was broken , but so deterrcincc was he that he attll stuck to his gun " ' But ho didn't ' drag It with hla broken lo . " . "Hang It , tbo follow'u leg was broken " on- on"I understand that " "Well , then. Leg war broken , bu unwlllirg to retire from the field , ho crawled along dragging his gun. " "With his broken leg ? " "Mary , haven't jou got any sense a all ? The statement Is us plain as day light. When you strike a woman 01 military mattorr , dad blurae it , she can1 BOO two inches. " "I understand it well onongh. The man was dragging bis gun with his bro ken leg , which , I ehould think , woulc differ very little from dragging hlsbrokei gun with bis leg. " The general wheeled around in his chair , shoved both hands intohispocketa and in a calm voice , slightly trembling 01 the bosom of a strogglo , said : " 'When I married , I thought that my wife Mas a sensible woman. I though that she was a woman of literary taste Ah , Lord , Mary , your blamed blindnei hai confined mo. Head the paragraph again. " "Tho general at ono tlmo was mnol moved to eeo a soldier dragging a gun with a broken leg. ' Ah , I sae , " she ex claimed. "I am glad you do. Mary. " "The soldier was dngging a gun wltl a broken leg the gun' ' leg war broken , ' "Gimme that piper ! " he exclaimed. "I'll be eternally burned If I allow any oneto , Mary I am ashamed of you. Go on away and leave mo alou e. To sudden ly discover such Ignorance totally crushes me. Do yon think a gun has legs ant arms like a man ? Do yon for a , minute Buppoeo go on away , I toll yotu" "You mean that a soldier with a brok en broken leg was dragging hla gun don't you1 ? "Hah ? " She repeated the remark. The general took the manuscript , fold ed it with meek precision and put in the stove. "Why do you burn it dear ? " "Oh , I was afraid It might break one of its Irgs. I reckon its aifo enough , now , The next time you ask me to write anything , I'll do it. Oh , ye * , I'll aelre a broken-leg pen , and write the life out ol It. A prophet Is not without honor , anc so on. Yon have beaten mo out of $10 ( In cxsh , and I hope you are satisfied. " THE BOOMEItS. IN TUB C4 P OK THE COI.ON1HT.S IVKBITHINQ STAKED UPON CAPT. COUCH'S WASHINGTON VKNTDBB. Special to the Chicago Times , ' AIIKANSAH Cur , April 12.Tha OkUhoma boomeis are thawing1 signs ol restiveaeu They are evidently tired of the do-nothin ; policy of their leaden , and have seat Capt. Couchjto Waihlngtoo for the purpoce of try- ng what Influence his eloquence will HATS upon the president. Th y built largely upon he hone that the now administration would ftko a ( Jiflcront vlow ot the matter than did ha last , but when , nfter giving n hrtrlng ( to ho reprcaentfttivrs of the would-be colo- liters , the president issued his proclnmv ion tnJdntr his stand upon tha same ground bis prodecoitor , their hopes were blatted , Their romnining hero in camp so long hw jeen rather expensive , ami , as they see no mmcdlnto possibility of their getting Into Dklnhoma , they are about concluding thst the jest thing they can do Is to go back homo ; at oust that Is thh way the sensible people rea son , Of course , those who hnvo gone into the movement n they would into any money- mnkinc ( clieim countol holding out , nsaminp the most gullible that they will tire out anil : oorco the government into compliance with thair demauds , In the meantime , the troops iu cnmp on Chilocco creek , six mlles distant , are k coping up tholr discipline ( ind drill. GOD. Hatch , whoso headquarters are hero , keeps hlimcH informed of the coming and Ruing of the "boomers" so tlmt they can not piako a move but tlmt ho Is cognizant of it , and it is absolutely impossible for nny con siderable party to got past the command nnd antor the coiotcd country. If they do slip In in small dototchmonU , there nro other com mands BCAtterocl through the tonltoiy , in communioUlon with each other , making it an owy matter to eject all trespassers. It Is generally understood here that the "boomers" hftvo atnltod their nil upon the re sult of Couch's mission to Washington , nnd that if hu fails to Induce the Authorities t n favorable consideration of his claims , they will depart in peace. SUl'UBMK COURT DHOIalONS. MECHANICS' LIENS. LINCOLN , Nob. , March 8 , 1885. The following decisions were filed to day : Ballon v Black. Appeal from Caea county , llovorsed. Opinion by Cobb , Oh. J , 1. The act entitled "An act to amend chapter 42 of the Rcnoi.il statutes of Nebraska braska , entitled Mechanics' Lions , " op- proved February 28 , 1881 , examined , and hold not inimical to the provisions ol sictlon II of article .T-of the constitution , which Is in the following words : "No bill shall contain moro than ono subject , and the same shall bo cluarly expressed In Us title. And no law shall boamondod unless the now act contains the coot ion or sections BO amended , and the section or sections BO amended shall bo repealed. ' Nor is the said act affected by any irreg ularity attending Its passage throngh the various stages of legislation. 2. The building contracted for and erected being a unit , nnd the contract for Its erection containing a convenient method of apportioning Its cost between the two owners , the same will bo adopted by the court as a proper method of ap portioning the lion upon the separate lots upon which it Is situated. 3. The lumber furnished by plaintiff for the erection of defendant's building was delivered In five parcels , of nearly equal value , 0110 on the 12th , ono on the 14th , ono on the 17th , ono on the 20th , and ono on the 28th daya of September , and the sworn statement for lion was filed for record on the 25th chy of No vember , o ! the eamo year ; hold , that the same constituted but ono delivery , and that the Hen was filed in duo tlma to cover the whole. PnOMISSOHY NOTES. Milford va. Laruo. Error from Valley county. Affirmed. Opinion by Max well , J. Where In an action on certain promis oory notes the maker as a defense alleges fatso representations of the piyoo bj which ho was deceived and sustalncc damsges. Held , That if the evidence fails to establish false representations' ' technical objections based thereon nil not bo considered. UNSUPPORTED JUDGMENTS SET ASIDE. Hunt vs. Mowls. Error from Pinrco county. Reversed. Opinion by Mix well , J. In an action on an account where a jury is waived and a trial had to the court , if the judgment Is not supporlet by tbo evidence it will bo sot aside. LIABILITY Fell COSTS. Johnton V. Sutliff. Error from Sew ard county. Affirmed. Opinion by Max well , J. In proceedings In ad quod clamnum , where there is no resistance , the plaintif is liable for the coats ; and the provisions of flections ! ) G5 and 670 of the ccdo in regard gard to permit ing judgement for a speci fied sum to bo rendered against the plain tiff do not apply. A UEPLEVIN CASE. Wolton vs , Baltczoro. Error f rom Holi county. Affiirmed , Opinion by Reese , J. 1. Ordinaiily the filing of a super- Dodoaa bond is not essential to Becure a ravlow of a cauto upon error. Such bond Is only necessary if a Bt y of pro- ceodlnga fa desired pending the review of a judgment or final order. 2. It is not neceisiry that excsptlons bo taken to a final judgment to entitle a party to have it reviewed. 'J Where the defendant in replevin lawfully held the property by virtue oi a levy under an execution , the amonni of which ho was required to collect ( the verdict being In his -"favor ) the measure of his damages within the value of the propeity , was the amount duo npon the execution with legal costs and charges. 4. All payments of money made by the contractor to the plaintiff or their exoou- tpr , on general account , or the applica tion of which were not made by him , am which were received after the firat deliv ery for defendant's building , should bo apportioned between the suveral accounts cf plaintiff's for lumber by them fur niabed , for the several buildings , of the aald contractor , then In conrao of con struction , in proportion to the amoun due and remaining unpaid for each , at tbo time of each of such payments. GKNEHAIj GRANT. HAS A GOOD REST CnAFFKB'u OPINION. NEW YOIIK , April 13-8:15 : A. M. Genera Grant slept in a chair from midnight unti 0:30 : A . M. He was disturbed occasionally by attacks of coughing with expectoration. He awoke exprtisalog himself as feeling quite comfortable , lit has just taken nourishment without pain and is resting quietly. 1'ulio 71 ! ; temperature normal , Senator ChaUTeo , who left the homo of Gen. Grant at 9:15 : , stated the disease wan spreading , The senator wni with the general an hour. The cancer in the throat wan nup- perating , but the general seemed no weaker than yesterday and during the hour ot the senator's call the patient coughed only once , and then the expectoration of raucua was ac complished without difficulty , rio long as the cenaral was nourished aa now the senator be lleved be would survive until death resulted from the g adual count ) of the cancerous dli- euu , The Vlululo Bupply of Grain In tlio United Btatea arid Canada , CHICAGO , April 18. The following figures ( taken from statement compiled to-day by Secretary Stone , show the \ulbU supply of wheat , corn , oati , rye and barley In the United States and Canada on Saturday , April 11 , and the amount of Increase or decreee for the week ending on that data , Wheat , -iq.r51.iJ3J ; decroate , 710 08ti. Corn , OOSg.-lUG ; IntroMn. 1,071 ! 503. oats 2,418.310. docreasa 230,188 ; rye 312,70 ! * , decrease 4ftHU : hurley 765,170 , decree 110- 8GJ. The stocks of grilu in store in Chiogo April 11 were : Wheat 15.M5 42'J buthela , corn 2,368.559 buiheU , eaU 420,919 buelioU rye 129,073 buiheb , barley 60,4B : LutheK THE BLUFFS COUNCIL , of the Mayor's ' Visit to Wash- ii Election of City Officers Post poned Again. Miscellaneous UtiftlncBH Trmsnctcil The council met last evening ; all pres ent except Alderman Bennett. . A petition of property owners on Seventh street was presented , asking thkt contract for curbing and laying brick sidewalks bo nullified , the fill got being aoltled Bufllolently yat. Referred. Aid. Shugart moved that the engineer in giving grades and filling should place n permanent monument on the corners o ! each jslrect. Carried , and thocitv attor ney inotructed to prepare an ordinance , Petitioners asked for Avenue E to bo opened Into Eighth street. Ilsfcrrcd. A sidewalk aeked for on tbo east side of Scott Btrtot from Broadway to Willow avenue was referred. The sidowa'k ' asked hr on Mynsttr street , between Seventh and Eighth streets , was laid over until Monday night next. next.Tho The city attorney reported in favor of paying Win. Brlr $385 , the nmount claimed for personal injuries ciunccl by a dofootlvo sidewalk. lUferrod back , with request to got itemized bill , The city attorney reported on the mat ter of gottlng the right-of-way from the Hock Island Hallway company , at the end of Olive street , for atralghtoning In dian creek , and presented a contract with the railway company providing for the injunction to bo dissolved , and the work to go on , and the disputes concerning the right-of way , between J. T. Stewart , the railway company and the city , to bo decided afterwards by the courts , the city In nny event not to bo liable for moro than $902. Approved. The city attorney reported in favor of paying Sam Paluo § 300 for personal In juries by a dtfectlvo sidewalk. Referred. The petition of Dr. Plnnoy for rebate on taxes was reported on favorably by the attorney , and referred to committee on claims. An ordinance waa road providing for tbo raising of the ticket brokers' license. Was passed to a second reading and laid ovor. ovor.Aid , Shupnrt , by permission of the council and to i\io' \ delight of the crowd In the lobby , read the following tidings of the missing mayor , aa appearing In the cilumns of ono of yesterday morn ing's Chicago papers : VAUQ1IAN ItiVAIJKS THE CAriTAL. WASHINGTON , April ID. [ Special ] VauRhan has ar rived , lie waa expected. Ho is widely known aa the most modest man In the United State ? , and It wns only without his knowledge and content that a few of the countless admirers succeeded In letting Wash ington know what a great man was about to visit it. Vaughan's constitutional shyness would have impelled him to como Incognito had It been possible ; but inppito of hia uncon querable reticence about himsiIf , hia great deeds htuo made hla name and face B familiar to the world that it would bo easier for Bis marck to travel Incognito than for Vaughan. But Vaughan dooa not realzc ! ] hat adreadlul- ly famous man ho is , nnd ha thinks it neces sary to put a small amount of information about himself on bla card. This isuherohia diindenco comes out strong. The n\erage man is BO puffed up with conceit that ho has nothing on his card but Ins nnmo , foraetimes hia residence , and occasionally his ofhco. His vanity leads him to assume that nil the world knows the rest. But Vaughan in humble , very humble. He supposes that nobody knows anything about him , and so ho puts a lHUegeno-aI [ information absut himself ou ilia CARD. This is the inscription OB the circus poster that announced him at the white homo yes terday : W. It , Vaugh.in , mayor of Council Bluffs , Iowa ; second term of office expires March 17 , 1880 ; noble grand-Arch of Iowa , TJ. A. O. D. ; representative to United States grand ro\e ; naiit grand prelate K. of I' . ; representative to Iowa grnnd lodge ; population of Council Bluffs m 1870 , 10,000 ; in 1884 , 33,000. A Virginian by birth , nad a resident of Alabama until 1860. By turning the placard up edgewuo it waq found possible to get it Into the white house , and the right of it aroused BO much curiosity in the mind of the prculdentthat ho exprcssod n wish to look at Vaughan. So Vuughan was taken into the white house , nnd the presi dent looked at him. After the crowd had had its fun ever ( he above tlio council got down to buoi- neis again. The claim of Mrs. Whitney for personal injuries , which has been in court for two years , waa referred by the request of her attorney , to the judiciary committee. The blda for ajwcrago on Fifth avenue were returned to the proposers , the council not having decided how to ar- rancjo f r paying for the uork. As foon an that decision ia irmdo the work will bo rcadvertlsed. An ordinance for the protection of hydrants on the street was presented and laid over. Complaint wai made that there IB a very dangerous place on the Mosquito creek road now Ball's place , which hys ouls'de the city limits should bo attended by the town trustees. On account of the absence of Aid- Bennett , the election of city cfliccra was postponed until next Thursday evening. Tbo city engineer was instructed to devise - vise some plans forgiving some tempo rary dratnago to tbo Fourth ward. The council then adjourned to Thurs day night , ALARM. The Council Binds fire department was called out lost night by an alarm being sounded , which was occasioned by tbo bilging np of the rulna of the dwelling which wai burned on last Friday night on lower Broadway. The ruins blazed from i omo cause not known. The prop erty belonged to . ] . M. Farmer , Kaq. at Oakland. Great preparations are undo for tha Q , A. R. , camp fira at Oaklandthla evening. A number from hero will participate. The following Is tbo programme as ar ranged : Muslo by the band , Song by Alrr , Nash , Prayer , Klder Morris. Address of Welcome , Key. JUms y. Recitation , ' Drummer Boy at Hhllob , " Elvis Caldwell. Hong , Mr * . Null. Address , Col , Keatley. Muiio by the band , Addret * , Major Lyman. Bon ? , Mrs. Wa h. Address , Ool. Dally. Kong , N , D. Mann , Addreaj , Kev. Uartlett , Band music. Addrexfc , Ilev. lUnuey. Song , N , U. Mann. Address , Dr. Thomas. Band muilo. OS A soldier. Hong , N. D. Mann. Short speechcH , etc. > AMI TI1I2 NKUKO. Chicago Times Special , I WABIIUIOTO.V , April 12. The premdent will rocogbl/3 the colored people of tha country t political element , but he wlihet to do It without making the color line conspicuono. All that ho candoho will do to obliterate that , ! no and ronko the colored people feel that they nro American citizens nnd not a special variety a sort of natlon.il ward * , for ovamplo. Severn ! colored mon have been urged for the position of register of the treasury becituo Itcpis- ter Bruce is a colored man. No colored man wilt succeed Mr , Bruce. The Idea that ono office belongs to one cUss of the community and another office belongs to Another class will not bo encouraged. The president In- totids to appoint n colored man or two to otlice and ho wants to do it soon , Ho ( cols that it Is time to do It , nd ho in trying to decide what plaoo.to put a colored mau In. There nro so\cral members of the colcroil rsco whom the president knout , nnd of whom ho think * very well. HIS 8RLKCTION bo rnnilo from such men as Uov. C. & Smith of Bloomington , Wright , of Cincinnati , Mathcws , of Albany , nod Qeorgo T , DownIng - Ing , of Hhodo IiUnd , Yestorilav , when bo crtu'.icd Chad' , the editor of The Bco , so thoroughly , tie defined his position \ery fully to the other members of the declaration , He asBined the in that ho should protect them In all their rights ; that the party ho represented would redeem all the pledges It had made for the full and equal protection and recognition of the colored people. Ho told them to respect tiifimsoKcB , to respect the law , to ncqutro the habit of thlukim ; of themselves as American citizens on a perfect equality with white citi zens , nnd not as n particular sot , apart from the white pcoplo , with ppoclnl necessities nnd nmbitlone , and above nil ho warned them to bownro of putting too much confidence in dls reputable loaders of tholr own color , Their grent dancer , ho told them , wns of trusting theimolvos implicitly to unworthy men of their own rnco Ilka Chime , who used them simply to promote their private ambitious mid interests , SEARCHING PBISONERS , How tlio Occupants ot tlio < ltl are "Held Up" A Can of Dynamite. 'Got any valuables with you any money jewelry , knives , revolvers , in- zors , or any thing of that sort about you ? " asked Ed Gorman , the Apollo , who pre sides over the city jail and rejoices In the Title of Deputy Marshal , to a prisoner the other night. The unfortunate was made to "shell out" the cntlro content * of his pockets , which amounted to a small fortune , and being thus lightened was stotrod away in ono of the cells. "Why Ia tbat you rob the poor man of. allhohas ? " asked a reporter , who witnessed the operation , "Why ? welt for ono thing wo w nt to ba sure that ho Is carrying no concealed weapons about him , with which ho canld hurt himself or any of the other prisoners. Very often prisoners hive tools about them , tco , with which , as Econ as they are left alone they will try to effect an escape. Of course , it la not very probable tbat they would sacseed , but we don't propose to give them any chance. Then , nRain , most of our boarderj , when they enter npon their sojourn in thia hotel nro. pos sessed of various amounts of money , jew elry , and valuables of every description. Wo very often have to put two or more In a cell , and you can BCO that if a man wcro allowed to spend the night with hi * pockets full of cash or valuables , iu com pany with a crook , ho would bo very liable to wake up In the morning , and find hlmeclf minus. So when wo clear a man of all ho lisa on hla person before assigning him to a cell , we pub all the atuff in ono package , mark itithhie proper name und stow it away. When he IB released , his po-uesaloiis are turned over to him. " "I eupposo you make queer finde on some of your prisoners ? " "Yea , it Is a vary common thing to Gnd all sirta of outlandish trinkets upon them , but I think the queerest discovery ' I ever made In this way was about ton o'r twelve months ego. There was darkey who was run iu for diMnibln the peace , claiming to riail from S . Louia. I asked htm hU name , tu which ho replied very readily ; I booked him on the jail "blotter , " and then proceeded to empty his pockets. I noticed that ono of them appeared to have a largo cn of aomo ma terial in it , and while taking it out I a ked the "cullud pueson" what It was. Ho told mo that it was dynamite. I didn't bellevo him at the tlmo , but yon may depend up3u it I handled the object with rare and affec tion. I stored it away in a secluded place and the noit day ttok It to a chem ist who at once pronounced it dynamite. Since that time 1 am always very careful how I handle pnaanora with cans In tholr pockets " WORLD OF SPORT , The Onmlin Gun Cluh-ltnso Dull 1'rosprcts. The Omaha Gun club hold a mooting Saturday night and oleotcd 'officer ! and board of macagera for the entiling eeason aa follows : Prosldont Gaorge T. Mllla , vice prcm- dent , J | W. Balford , secretary , and treas urer , 0. B. Lane ; board of management , Dr. II. A , Worioy , Goodly Brncker and F. S. Parmalte. The club will hold "flhoota" every two wookc , on grounds hereafter to bo arranged for. It baa also been decided to hold a state tournament during the coming ctiniaior , to which al ) other gun clubs of Nebraska will bo in vited. IEST YOUR BAKING POWDER TO-M1. absolutely pur * PI e e ntopdownon * dot tov until h t d.ta miiiure tb > COT.P and miwll A elitmlit will not t > > ulr4 ta il trt tli > pro nc or aromont * . DOES NOT CONTAIN AMMONU. . rrs inuLTuriuius ms NEVER MM ( In a million homti tor a quirUr of a c nturr 1 1 tu lived the coniamtn * rIUbU t it , THE TESTJJFJHE OVEH. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. , uinu or Dr , Price's ' Special FlayoriniEzlraols , Tk < ilrMM < tuM ! < < IUUiiiu4a lBrall4i r , 3r. Price ! * Lupulln Y ast dims Tot Light , UnJUij linvt , Th * U t Dry lUp Y u in tb World. POR SALE BY GROCERS. CHICAGO. , T. LOUIE ,