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TUB Illinois legislature , being unable
to that a senator , h s corjcludcd to rcgn-
l to the prlco for tha use of tjlcphonos.
LONDON has bean BtarUcd by another
dynnmito explosion. The London police
have as yet no clno , but it is hoped that
they wllltmccood In ferreting out the
perpetrators of the outrage.
It was just as we expected. O'Dono-
van Roisa has hardly recovered from
Yasult Dudley's bullet when another dy-
namlto explosion occurs in London.
There Is Bomethlng singular about this.
\Vhllo Rossft was laid up the dynamite
fiende gave the English n rest.
TUB commissioner of agrionlturo has
called a convention of all the agricultural
colleges 'for the .purposes of consultation
aa to the beat means of making such in-
Btltutlons moro efficient. The commis
sioner la evidently aware of the fast
that there Is a great deal of room for Im
provement in agricultural colleges.
THE B. & M. bridge over Thirteenth
street is a span of one hundred feet , and
it strikes us that the Union PaclQcBhould
increase Its span to the same length.
The present Union Pacific bridge is not
moro than fifty foot long , and the abut
ments are obstrutions In the street. The
oalglnal idea was that it should bo n span
the whole width of the street so aa to
glva an unobstructed passage to the traf
fic. Thirteenth street is now one of the
buweflt thoroughfares In the city , and it
should at no point bo obstructed in any
FOR somo-yeats after the completion
of the Union Pacifio that company de
pended almost entirely upon its through
business for ita revenue. This business
was of coaraa immense BO long aa there
was no competition , but now that there
are several trans-continental lines It haa
dwindled to a very Insignificant amount
compared to what It was when the com
pany had a monopoly of through traffic.
Daring the year:1884 : the through freight
business emountcd to only § 1,000,000
out of a total of $10,000,000. Thla la a
Btriklng evidence cf the rapid growth cf
local traffic owing to the development of
the trans-MUsourl country during the
last few ycara.
GAS INBL'BCTOR GiLUKRT has earned
hla salary twice over in the money ho haa
aavcd to the city by thorough and oner-
getio work. The city is now paying only
for the lamps actually in uso. Wo arc
getting a better quality of gas and moro
light , ai larger burners have boon put
upon the laropi. The lamps are being
painted white , the glass Is kept clean
and many other marked Improvements
are being made. Wo would suggest , in
this connection , that the street names
upon the lamps should bo in some strik
ing color , which will ba in marked con
trast to the white lamps This is essen
tial , aa there srj BI many strangers and
now-Boraora in the city. Buatdos , a per-
feck and attr&olivo system of fltroet slgna
is evidence of a well roguHtod city.
TUB ownora of properly on Oapitol
avenue , between Twelfth andThirtjontb
have made a protest against the market
house being placed upon that street be
cause It would bo an obstruction and edam
dam eo to them. Of course this is u
matter of opinion. If wo bad our way
about it wo would have the market house
placed upon the triangle on St. Mary'e
avenue , formerly occupied as base ball
grounds. This property is not a part ol
the streets. If the city does not intend
to put up any moro expensive building
than than It proposed to erect on Capitol
venue , it could louo the ground from
Air. iKoantzo foi a market , The location
on fit. Mary'a avenue U central , and la
becoming moro BO every day , and besides
it is convenient to the street cars , In
that location it would really be moro con.
vonlent.to more people thin it would be
if situated on Capitol tvcnuo.
A mi CAT many people are already talc
ing It for granted that General Grant is a
cured mau.and the story la now being
circulated that ho owes hla recovery to a
Brazilian vegetable remedy for cancerous
affections. Ttio knowledge of the plant
came to the stito department last Octo
ber from United States Counsel Atherton
at Pernambuco , who finally sent soiuo of
the preparation to this country some
time in January. A friend of the Grant
family about two weeks ago induced the
General to try it , and ho began to use It
about two weeks ago , -The name of the
plant la alv loy , and tha milky substance
which exude * from it is Uio portion tint
Is used. The official reports to the state
department repre4ont.it . aa vary potent in
ulcerous affections , and in some forme cf
cancer. Of course ihero is natunlljr
groit Interest felt among General Oraut'd
friends to know whether there is really
any truth in the story , and if S3 to what
oxtonvliVhttfuied the remedy.
FLOUNDERING IN TUB MIRE.
The llcjiubUcan It floundering In the
oep mlro Into which it has voluntarily
lunged itself by Its support of J. E.
; oyd for mayor of Omaha. In vain
oca it plend the baby Act , and beg to bo
xcused on the ground that no prominent
opnbllcan business man in Omaha was
ispcsed to accept the nomination. In
ain doca it eot ap a straw man to bo
necked down , and conjnro up the po
Uical ghosts of the dead past aa an ox
uao for its recent and uncalled for
roachory and cowardly desertion of the
> arty. There are scores of republican
Business men in Omaha who are qnal <
Cod for the petition of mayor ,
and any one of < it least four
or five of them would have been willing
to take the chances of success or defeat ,
I nominated. But the Republican do
serial brcoro a gun was tired. It wont
over bag and baggage to the enemy , nnd
made a secret treaty , oiTonalvo and defon-
ivo , for the support -of the member of
the national democratic commltttco.
How it can talk'abont non-partisanship in
: iio case is something that wo cannot quite
comprehend.
The day after the election the asso
ciated press dinpatchcs in the east en-
nounccd a glorious democratic victory in
Omaha in the election of a most promi
nent democrat and national committeeman -
man to the mayoralty. Who Bent that
dispatch ? Mr , Yost la president of the
Northwestern associated press , and Is at
present the agent of the as
sociated press in tin's city. The fr.mouu
victory oyor which the democrats In the
east were -jubilant was by no moans so
swooping aa might have beem inferred
from the dispatches , but it was neverthe
less regarded as another victory following
the election ot Grover Cleveland. There
is no feature in the conduct of the Re
publican , In thia instance , which can bo
condoned or explained away. Mr. Cas
per K. Yost is the chairman of the repub
lican state central-committee , and as ouch
ho la in honor bound to stand by his
party nominations. He la not In position
to act independently. He cannot play
mugwump one day and a regular the next
day. The republicans of Nebraska have
been assured by the Omaha Republican
that the editor of that paper gave
his Bupport to Mr. Boyd on his own vo
lition , but at the simo time
ho desired it to bo understood that Mr.
Yost gave Mr. Goyd his vote and cordial
support. The question naturally arises
if the chairman of the republican state
central committee can vote for the mem
ber of the national democratic committee
for an executive office next in importance
to the governorship of Nobrask ? , how
much roliancD can be placed on Ills lead
ership of the republican party.
THERE has boon in progress In the
legislature of Pennsylvania a vigorous
fight to aecuro Borne railway legislation
that would benefit the people of that
state. It is a fight of the paoplo sgalnti
, the corporations , and aa usual the people
are getting the worst of it. When the
anti-discrimination bill came before the
house a few daya ago there were HO
'votes against the section which provided
for publicity of railway rales , and thirty
five members failed to voto. Tb.fr showc
pretty plainly that the corporations have
the state of Pennsylvania completely
- within their power. The publicity ol
rates la clearly in the public interest
while at the same time it Is not unjust to
the railroads. There is no reason why
shippers ehonld not have the same information
mation about freight rates over the public
,
lic highways that the railroad agent sta
tioned at each depot possesses. If the
shippers cannot have such informa
tion , the railroads can continue their discriminations
criminations in spite of the law. The rejection
jection of this provision virtually kllh
the whole law. The action of the mem
bers of the house has aroused the wrath
-
of the Philadelphia Record , which print *
a black list of the names of every man
who voted against this feature of the
bill , and calls upon the people of Penn
sylvania to end the political
,
career of every Icglelator who
obstructs the enforcement of the
constitution , "Every ono of those
men , " says the Reoord , "by his action
in this matter has put himself on record
aa holding a corporation above thn con
stitution and above the intoroste .of the
people , " Aa it la In Pennsylvania so It
is In Nebraska. The average legislator
in this state la timply the tool of the rail
roads. If ho la not at the start , ho seems
to fall by the wayside , ai a trap la settfor
him at every turn , and if ho does net al
low himself to be ensnared before the
end of the legislative session ho Is re
garded as a remarkably eccentric porion ,
as the railroads look uponhonesty among
the "servants of itho people" as an ec
centricity.
Now York , and Ne
braska are among the atatea that will
take a census thia summer. The work
In Maceachusetts la in charge of Carroll
D. Wright , chief of the United Status
bureau of labor , who is a Massachus
etts man. In order to secure accuracy
without the sacrifice of economy the col
lection of statistics In regard to the popu
lation and products of the state will be
divided into three periods. The first
period relates entirely and only to popu
lation and the tocial statistics naturally
connected therewith. The only change
from previous decennial reports in the
character cf the information obtained will
ba the addition ot parent nativity , which
la now adopted for the first time in
Massachusetts. The firtt period bp >
gins May 1st , and for this work 6 0
enumerators have been selected and commissioned - '
missioned upon the approval tf the
mayor and aldermen of cities , and select
men of towni. The second period relate *
to the gathering of statistical informa
tion In regard to manufactures , com-
crco , trtde , etc. , and will begin on
uly lit , The third period begins on
ovombor 115lh , and relates to agrlcul-
oral atatlstica , It would seem that the
( vision of the work into those throe po
ods simplifies the undertaking , and will
avoa tendency to make It moro com-
iloto than having it Ml done at ono
Ime. All the consul returns in Maisa-
ihugotts have been made confidential by
aw. In cities the enumeration la to be
made by small sub-divisions , which will
nablo the enumerators to do their
work moro thoroughly. The taking
) f our ccnani under the direction
f Superintendent Lane , will bo the first
census over taken under the auspices of
ho atato authorities in Nebraska. Mr.
Lnno la busily engaged in preparing for
the work which ho will endeavor to make
very complete. Ho will begin the taking
of the consul on the first day of June.
According to act of congress , parsed
March 3 , 1870 , the national government
will render material assistance to the
state authorities of any state if they take
soml-doccnnial census. To secure
this aid they must begin the census-
taking on the first day of Juno and re
port the result to the oocretary of the in
terior by the first day of September.
tVny atato will thereupon bo entitled ,
upon the requisition of the govornorto a
sum equal to fifty per cent of the amount
which was paid to the United States
supervisors and enumerators employed
within Buch state in the taking of the last
United States census. The scope of the
census will bo confined to the subjects of
population , agriculture , industry and
'mortality.
TIIEUK are in Omaha several streets
having the some namo. This naturally
loads to some confusion at times , and the
council should take some stops to do
away with this duplication. No two
streets should have the same namo. An
other piece of foolishness was the naming
of a part of Sixteenth street as Sherman
avoHue. No ono knows exactly where
Sherman avenue begins , and the name
ought to bo dropped and the whole stroat
should bo called Sixteenth. Another
defect in our street-naming system la that
aomo of our streets , from First to
Sixth , are iu the river or on the Iowa
side of the stream. It strikes us that the
cross streets onght to bo ro-nnmbarod , so
that wo would have no fictitious streets.
This might cause some inconvenience at
first , but the improvement would bo ap
preciated iu the long run.
TUB cum of $900,000 has boon paid
into the United Statca treasury during
the past few days by the Union Pacific
under the Thurman act. President
Adnmi , who has caused this money to be
turned over to the government , Is en
titled to proper credit for this proof ol
his Intention to carry out the promisee
of the company. The fact , however
that the company haa paid this large sun
of money shows that the Thurman act
has proved of material advantage to the
government. It la doubtful whether the
road would have taken the trouble to set
apart $900,000 towards tbo cancellation
, of its bonded debt and for that mattei
it is doubtful If Mr. Adams would have
been at the bead of the road had it not
been for the Thurman act.
, ACCORDING to latest advices from Pan
atna tbo condition of affairs In the re
public of Columbia is anything bu
cheerful , Our government has been jus
tlfied In its prompt and energetic intervention
vontion for protectlug'lts citizens and Ii
fulfillment of Its treaty stipulations , re
storing traffic on the line of the Pananu
railroad. But now comes the report oi
further trouble. Ono of the rebel chief
tana has issued a pronnnciamonto and
opened a guerrilla war upon Americana
It In now in order for Uncle Sam to chastise
tiso nd disperse the rebels if the
Colombian government can't do it.
IT IB etlll maintained by the friends ol
Auditor Brown , cf Iowa , that all hit
recent troubles are duo to bis attitude
> ,
toward the local insurance companies
into whoso Affairs ho made such a search
ing investigation in the courjo of a strict
performance of his duties. Ho made It
hot for some of them , by showing up
their true condition , and in turn they
have made It hot for him. Meantime the
fight between the auditor and tbo gov
ernor goea bravely on , and the contro
versy promises to play an important
part in Iowa politics at the next election.
GENERAL LAwrov , the newly appointed
minister to Russia , over whom a contro
versy has ariien , &t it la doubtful
whether hla political dlslbilatloa have
been removed , has at last declined the
appointment for the present at least , ac
hie does not wish to embarrass the ad
ministration. It strikes us that Mr.
Lawton is aibont aa much embarrassed as
the administration. Meantime tha RUB-
tian talsslon will bo loft as it Is , and
when eongresi meets Mr. Lawton will
porhapi condescend to ask for the re
moval of his disabilities.
TUB Boston Advertiser think * tbat the
general condemnation of Mark Twain's
"Huckleberry Finn" Indicate * a change
for the bettor In the public taste , since
"It Is little if at all worse than earlier
works bjr the amo author. " It IB not
worse than "Torn Sawyer , " but the chief
difference IB this the publication rf
chjplers from ' "Huckleberry Finn"
ft k fittl-clew magazine brought It to the
jojlce of critical readers who , for the
mojstpirt , never eav "Tcm Sawyer , " and
whtt.jve.re shocked ot Its vulgarity , lie
irers'on ' the pres did not , as a rule ,
tTbia'8 wyer" until it was aa old
OUR CONSULS ,
Reports From All Paris of tte
World ,
Tolling What Other Nations Want
to Pursohasa from Us ,
Ana ( Jiving Needed KnowlodKO to
Manufacturer * .
The United Statoa employa nearly 500
men to represent our interests in foreign
countries. These are divided Into minis
ters-plenipotentiary , envoys-extraordina
ry , ministers-resident , consuls general ,
consuls , commercial ( gents and a few
other grades , and they are paid salaries
averaging Ml the way from $1,000 to
$17,000 a year. A few of the commercial
agents do not servo for fixed rate , but de
pend upon foes for compensation. It is
the duty of the ministers to negotiate
treaties and regnlnto the general dlplo
malic business between the nation ho
represents and the ono h * is visting. The
work of consuls Is generally confined to
looking after American citizens and car
ing for American Ballots and shipping. Of
course sorao of those men assume other
duties , like attending big dinners and
bull fights and bullying American chip
masters , but they are , In the main , at
enmed.
By an act of congress consuls nro also
required to make written reports on the
commerce , manufactures , and the general
demands and resources of their consular
districts. As such reports are published
at the government's expense they are too
frequently made up of dry compilations
of facts and statistics token from local
aourcos , which may b'o all right in Intent ,
but which are published several months
later than our leading commercial papers
have them. The result of such efforts
has been a book tbat was widely distri
buted fatid generally neglected. The
book has been Issued just the same
however , and the latest of its kind is
now at hand. Owing , perhaps to the
election of Cleveland and a consequent
fear of having to return homo , the vol'
umo is far bettor than ita predecessors
although not up to what it should bo.
Still the consuls have made an eifjrt ,
which should count for something ,
For instance , Consular Agent Luz-
zaro's
KEl'OKT FROM MACEDONIA
sums up our relations with that country
briefly as follows :
Except petroleum , _ the imports into this
country from the United States are almost
nil. Macedonia ceeins to bo entirely unknown
to American manufacturers.
"Almost nil" is a good ward-caucus
phrase , and wo all understand it thor
oughly , but we conjecture that it rarely
. finds a place in diplomatic correspon
dence. If auch a precedent is allowed to
go unchecked , wo shall soon find u. g.
and other barbarities encroaching on the
hitherto purely formal stylo. Agent
Lazzrara atones for this In the next para
graph , in which ho shows a keen obser
vation. Speaking of the way our mer
chants advertise , lie pays :
Advertising , although efficacious in other
countries , is of little uee in this , for the reason
that manufacturers advertise through medi
ums which do not reach the people of the
country , and if the advertisements did reach
them they could not ba read , aa they are in
English.
Iu visiting a foreign port and trying to
converse with the natives , it is a good
, plan to speak their language. Thla re
mark refers as well to advertising aa it
dcej to talking.
Consul Dunn , of Valparaiso
CUILI , FU11NIS1IES A VERY GOOD AC-
it COUNT ,
of the nitre dcpoalta in that vicinity. It
will be remembered that Chill took1 all
jr
the guano and nitre beds from Peru dur
ing the late war , and still retains con
trol of them. At that time they were
supposed , to ho an Immense fortune to
tbo nation that holds them. The follow-
In ? facts prove tbo contrary regarding
the nitro bods-
3WhenChih took possession of Tarapscatho
works belonging to the Peruvian gorernmeat
it were told , tuouo which bad been eel zed but
not paid for were restorrd to their riphtful
owners , nnd the production of nitrate was
declared to bo free. A considerable impetus
was thus given to tne production , which was
already In excoaa of the demand , when ,
rather moro than a year ago , a sudden col
lapse in & largo consuming market brought
about a crisis In the nhrnto business.
if tJomawhero about throa beet
years ago grpw-
ifd era commenced to ueo nitrate as a fertilizer
and with wli.it appeared to bo the beat of re
d sults. The mots attained an enormous eize
and the weight cropped per aero far exceeded
tbat obtained by the application of any otber
fcrt'lizor. ' Unfoitunaiely , however , for tua
nitrate producers , experience foon demon
strated that although the boot roots attained
an unprecedented tizo under the influence of
the saccharine matter contained in the rapt ,
and , what was worse ( till , it was discovered
that the f.lit had n deleterious effect upon the
sugar In the act of granulation , and oven upon
the sugar itaelf The result of this diecuvery
baa been the refusal of the beot-sugar pro
, ducers to purchase roots to which citrate has
baen applied , and bonce the almost total col
lapse of the German market. To meet this
altared condition of _ tiTui , the nitrate pro
ducers have combined not to produce moro
than 10,000,000 quintals per annum , and with
the object of rmiuclng the stock on band they
suspended production duiing tbo month of
November lust. The value of tlin nitrate ot
soda exported in 1863 was ? 32 , ( 43,672 , of
which the United States took $840,167 , while
Great Britain figured for the enormous Burn of
820,303,404.
Further on our consul tells the folio IT-
tale about
.
TUB PRICE Of LAI10U
In that country :
The price of labor varies considerably , ac-
cordinc to the aectloa of the country. In
the extreme south tbe wagei of an agricul
tural laborer do not exceed ten cents ft day ,
wbila as we proceed north they ilse until they
reach thirty cents , with rations , which coniiat
almost exclusively of boani nd c'oan o bread ,
The wage * c < common laborer range from
thirty and ! forty cents a day in the south to
evenly and Ciahty cenU in Santiago and
V&lpamsu.lADd from $30 to $80 a month in
the mining pod nitrate districts of the noitb.
Artisans' wa < ec vary very much , and" * carp -
p Dter'a earnirgi may be taken as an aver ge
specimen of all trades , A journeyman cu >
pentar rarni , according to Ability , from $1.25
to $2 50 nd $3 a day. Foreign workmen
command rnfich higher waxes on account of
their superior skill , The hours ot labor are
generally from sunrice to turiset , and In some
trades the practice has been introduced in
Valparaiso of working from G a. m , till G
p. ro.
Statistics from the wine-producing re
gions of France show that there were
$2,786,266 woith of champagne exported
to the United Sla'es last year , sgtinst
83,037,625 for the year before. This
does not indicate that wo are using less
champagne than formerly. It simply
shows we are producing it at homo and
having a million dollars a year by the
operation. There is also a great falling
off in brandies and the commoner kinds
of wine.
Our consul at Oolima , Mexico , devotes
oinnlderable space to a description of
Yolcin do Fuego , an eruptive mountain
near the city , regarding which ho says ;
The perodlcally recurring ejtctioni or erup-
I ttons of these two trators ( every four or eight
I hours ) consist of whitewjneoe *
sulphurous ) , which rise balloon nbapo often to
n enormous beghtwhore ! their vertically up
ward working force ii overcome by tha winds ,
and they are driven away M flat clouds or hover
'or A long Umo as thick cloudy masses over
he top of the volcano. Almost with each
ruptlon are ejected ashes , cinders and scoriro ,
, nd frequently at night can bo soon glowing
naaBOs of lava or scoriru meTing down Uio
one , apparently slowly , from the crater * , un
it they disappear In some of tbo uppar
caches of the many barrtncai. Sometimes
ruptlvo Btoncn oi some 100 to 300 pounds are
ound , which have been hurled out of the era
ots to a distance of from five to ton miles.
How an act authorizing an account of
the
COMMEUCE AND MANUFACTOUES
f the different placea can bo made to In-
ludo volc nocs is a mystery. 1'orhaps
Ooniul Mahlo mentioned the volcano at
, n implement of war which Mexico could
use in case of war.
Consul E. R. Barker , of Buenos
\yors , comoi down to hard pan and tolls
what the Argentine Republic needs from
ho United SUtos , nnd what articles will
oil best in the markets , Of those he
makes particular ment'on ' of ngrlcullura
implements , and tolls our merchants
what kinds to send and how to sand
hem. Wo make moro and bettor grl
cultural tools than any country going ,
The great plains back of Buenos Ayrcs
are destined to rival the United Stiles
n wneat raiting. Wo should ondeavo
to furnleh them with threshera , plough
nd reapon.
From Para , Brazil , Mr. Clayton sends
i lot of useful facts regarding India rub
ber , cacao and veneering woods. The
following facts concerning slavery In
Brazil nro Interesting :
Until the beginning of the present year
slavery existed throughout tbo Brazilian em
pire. But on the l5th ! of last March the
province of Ccarn gave liberty to all the
slaves within her borders. This action woke
an enthusiasm for emancipation throughout
Brazil , especially in tbe northern provinces.
The province of Ainszouns on tbe 10th of July
followed tbo example of Coara , setting free
about 1,000 Blavew , paying , on nn average
$120 nploco for their freedom from tbo pro
vincial treasury , and declaring the province
free soil , In the provinca of 1'arn n great
many ulaves have been liberated thia year
Eomo for a nominal price , some gratis , and
, some purchased from their owners by the na
tional fund created for the purpose of eman
cipation. The public sentiment in favor of
abolition is rapidly gaining ground , and the
December elections will probably send aboli
' tionists to tbo national congress. The cm-
, porer confers the title of baron on any man
who liberates ten slaves , and viscount on anyone
ono who liberates fifteen ( titles not heredita
ry ) . The province collects a Ux of § 400 for
every slave brought into the province , and as
the slaves of the province number only 23-
COO or about 10 per cent , of tbe population , It
i ) hoped that a few months will Bee them all
free.
8TATH JoiriNGS.
The Talrnage creamery will begin churning
next month ,
Lot buyers are as thick in McCook aa cy
clones in Kansas.
The Methodista of McCook are preparing to
build a churcb and parsonage ,
Tecumsans have planned 823,000 of
building for the spring openings.
The farmers of Knox county are sowing
an unusual amount of ll x and tame grass tbia
spring.
"Boy Preacher" Harrison will begin tbe
oocond round with the sinners of Lincoln.
July 31.
The Lincoln Democrat is oflicially 'desig
nated the band organ of Cleveland's adminis
tration.
Nemaha county will have another county
eeat contest on May 28. Auburn is tbe most
hopeful point.
Tecumeeh will abolish prohibition on bock
bsor day , May. Swell heads will be numer
ous next morning.
Dodge county's Hooper is whooping with
spring rush. New and substantial building
are going up on every side ,
The postmaster tf Beatrice keeps open
house Sunday to accommodate the people and
increase bis clmncea of roappointment.
H , Bradley , of Orleans , left on old musket
- looao in bia barn and his seven-year-old boy
, wul , paddle through life with one arm.
/ 'Jerry L. Farthing , of Cedar Creek , Cass
cotlnty , knocked the bark out of a mad dog
just as tbe cur was leaping on an old citizen
Holdrege has grown from a cornfield a year
ago to a town oi 1,009 inhabitants. That is
only a sample of tbo average Nebraska town.
Tha council of Wymoro has fixed saloon
license at Sl.OCO a year § 510 for license
proper and the Kama amount as occupation
tax.
Down ia Tecumseb , according to a local au
thority , it takes only 50 cents to tie the matrimonial
menial knot , but the lawyers charge 10 for a
divorce ,
Monday btgwind bad a soft 'glove fiqht
with moveable tilings in the neighborhood of
Papillion , A milu of railroad fence waa
knocked out.
The Castor divorce case at Wilberdoveloped
as much moral faith as a presidential cam
paign , Tobe is the headlight of democracy in
the southwest
Tbe police of Lincoln are making a genuine
raid on tbo garbage heaps nnd ash piles and
laundry nuisance * of the town. It is proposed
to have n regular spring clean-up ,
The commercial hotel property t.t Wahoo is
going to bo diapnped nf m a lottory. There
are to bo sold 1,400 tickets at 35 each un I
' the present owner will draw the winning
'The B. & , M. lands in Antelope county have
all been graded , and are to bo put upon the
market May 1st. Sales will commence at
Nt-lixb Friday , May 1st , and continue two
daye. They will then open in Oakdalo , Mon
day , May 4th , and continue three or four days ,
after which time cilices will bu openo-i in butb
places for the sale of the land * undisposed of.
These lands comprise ever 0,000 acres of the
best soil in northern Nobrrmkn , and as the
terms are favorable they should go oi ! like hot
cakes ,
The feiry between Covington and Sioux
City on the Missouri Is permitted to charge
twenty-live cents only for a team , wagon , and
tbe mornbora of one family each way , The
word family baa been clist'cally ' construed by
come patrons of the ferry to mean everybody
tbat can climb into the wagon , and this broad
construction -gave rite to a serious unpleasant-
nets on the boat the other day when the cap
tain took exception to what hi considered an
imposition , A Csht occurred in which tbe
bead of the "family" WM vanquished , and
ferriage waa collected in accordance with tbe
time honored custom.
India Jttnllway Projects ml the
American Wheat Grower ,
Chicago Times.
The wheat growers of the United
SUtes , or such of them as have been led
to fear future competition from India ,
will bo interested to learn that the gov
ernment of that country haa decided to
borrow $17,500,000 yearly in future for
the construction cf railways. They will
further bo interested to learn that In or
der to push forward the work on tbe gov
eminent roadi it is proposed to expend
$27,000,000 during the fiscal year 1885 0
and a total of $110,000,000 within six
Dioal years. It must not ba inferred ,
hottevor , that this means a very
extensive mileage or a very
rapid construction. The roads
which have been projected are of two
classes. The firit comprises those roads
which are so urgently needed for the
purposes of defense at well as for com *
merclal purposes that the government
has pronounced them indisponsible.
This clats embrace ] 3,8'J ? miles of line ,
and it Is upon thii class tint the eipeudl-
uioof $110,000,000 within elx fitctl
oar a Is to ba made. It appearhow -
evar , tbat tin average ra'e ' tf cciutruo-
tion is tJ bo not quita 050 miles a year ,
and th t the construction for the first
ear will be cnly 974 miles. | Thla doee
ot look like a very formidable matter to
us Americana , who have witnessed the
construction ot over 12,000 miles of road
in a year. But it Is to bo observed that
the Indian roads for the most pattaro to
traverse a country already densely
populated for which reason It may
that the Increased quantity of
heat sent to market may bo largo
in proportion to the mileage opened. An
ther class of roads , embracing 3,432
miles of line , Is regarded as of nacondary
'mportanco. The government hopes to
ecnro the completion of this secondary
ystcm by private capital , aided only by
rants of the nccoesary grounds. It is
orthy of remark , however , that private
: apltal has thus far hold aloof , and there
s as yet no Indication that its owners will
irlng It forward. It looks as though
irlvatn capitalists did not care to go Into
iHsIness in competition with the govern
ment ; and if they decline to do tlut , all
ho American farmer will have to disturb
im I * the comparltlvely slow process of
government construction and the govern
ment sort of economy and push In the
matjagomout , which are not exceedingly
"ormldnblo things.
THE AVOND13II \VONDKUH. .
, STIIAXQB CASK AT KMrOllIA , KAN. , IK Tilt
ASSK11T10NH ARK THUU.
The people of Kmporia , Kaniat , are much
melted ever tbo case of Hurry Liobfrlod. A
man alleged by his physician , family , attend
inta and dozens of friends who have called on
him , to bo deaf , blind and dumb , na tbo roaul
of n recent stroke of paralysis , recognize
every acquaintance nnd reads co.trto prin
nbjvo pica size by tbo touch of his rtgh
land finger tips alone. If deprive *
of bis other seme ; , as alleged , h
exhibits tbo most wonderful exaltation o
tactile sense on record. If not deaf o :
blind , the deception la wonderfully skillful
and ia sustained for no apparent object. Ilii
physician , Dr. W. P. Parr , Judge Robert Kl
stun , H. W. Bundrcin , Monen Coppick , Citj
Marshal Thoj. Fleming , Cliff Burg , C. B ,
Thtcs , N. B. Ireland , U. W Paxton , ant !
, many other well known and roipectnblo cit
izens , unlto in stating that they have testet
Liobftted nnd found him in the marvolou
condition stated. Ho recognized you
, correspondent by feeling of bis hand , fac
and bead , nnd has made n
mistake in a dozen cases of ovcu
slight acquaintance , but his marked
sensibility _ and aversion to notoriety
is given as bis reason for refusing other testate
to newspaper men or in their presence. Ho
- receives communications on the palm of big
right hand and replies by writing on a slate-
as readily sa If in perfect health , dots Ills "i' , "
crosses his "t's" and seems to read what no
writes by touching the wards , After reading
print , such as newspaper display lines , or re
- cognizing portraits of public men , bo writes
the words , sentence or name on bis slate.
Further tests nro being prepared , as the
chances am that ho will not recover , and the
case is of great scientific interest ,
\VITIHH AN ACE OP DEATH.
JOHN M'CDLtOCail , THE ACTOB , MEKTS WITH A
8KIUOUS ACCIDKNT.
Dispatches from New York city state John
McCulloutth , the well known actor , bad a
narrow escape from death there , Monday
noon. Ho haa boon in the habit of wander
ing about up town unattended , nnd takes a
long walk generally each morninc' on Fifth
avenue. He came down by the Worth monument
ment and started to cross Broadway on the
. diagonal walk that loads ever to the Fifth
Avenue hotel , junt aa a Broadway car carte
thundering along , Mr. McCullough nopenroil
utterly oblivious of its approach mid walked
directly Into the horses. The driver saw him
In timeto put on the brakes , and
being n muscu'nr fellow stopped the car with
a shock that eont the passengers reeling oil
the peats and throw the conductor off tbo rear
platform. Mr. McCullough meanwhila was
thrown under tbe horees and lodged between
them and the car. One of his feet waa caught
c in tbe break chain. Detective Prior , who
! waa on the sidewalk , was the first to reach
him , and the actor was with difficulty extri
cated from bis perilous position. Had tbe
car gone two feet further it would nave sent
sharp flanged wheel across bin neck. Ho was
carried to the Fifth Avenue hotel , whera an
excited crowd quickly gathered. His injuries
werfl found to be alight.
"My God , what a narrow escapol" was his
comment ,
"Didn't you see the cr.r coming ! " bo was
, oakfd.
"No ; I was thinking , I didn't ate any-
thin * . " _
.
KAIJJUOAl ) RACKET.
CUT I1ATES O.V LrjIDKn TO OMAHA.
CHICAGO , April 23. A 10 in place of the
old 12 cent rate on lumber to Council Bluffs
and Omaha , was initiated to-day by tbo St.
Paul road. It is said that it was instantly
met by tbe other linea. The cut , though
email , it is believed here , will assure the con
tinuance of war on the western freight busi
ness. Telegraphic report * wore received to
day from New York and Pcoria that a 15
cent rate to the eeabmrd had bcon made on
150,000 bushels of grain appeared to receive
corroboralion by tbo shipment to-day nnd
vesterday of that amount by n local chipper.
The Union Pacific road gavn notice to-duy of
tbo cent re 'uction ' nn grain ratu , naaconcea-
sion to the Nebraska farmers during the dull
" " 'imlii bo restored on Mny 1 ,
PonTLAND , Oregon , April 23 The war of
rates betweu the Northom Pacific express nnd
the Wolln Fargu & Co , from tbo cant to
Portland ended to-day , both companies hav
ing ciguel an agreement to restore tbe rains
to what the Northern Pacific were before the
Wells , Fargo & Co , entered
Gen , Urnnt'H Condition
NEW YonK , April 23. The tetnperaturu in
Gen. Grant's roam Iat night was so bigh
that ha did not sleep continuously , only slum
bering for about six hours. Ho would have
arisen at 7 this morning , but Dr. Douglas ad
vised him to rest at case for an hour moro ,
which he did , sleeping about an hour between
that time and 8:30 : , wbeu bo arose , feeling ra-
ffothed nnd better.
NEW YOIIK. April 23. Gen. Grant re
turned from driving at 120. : While returnIng -
Ing he was weighed. His weight was 141
pounrlB. "When Init weighed , nearly tbrei
months aao , bis weight was 1GL' .
CINCINNATI , 0. , April 23. The citizens
Imvo arranged to bold a public meeting next
Monday night to celebrate the anniversary
of Gen , Grant's birthday ,
GEN. GIUNT WILL GO TO TUB CAT.HKILLS.
PHILADELPHIA , April 23. Tbe following
will appear In the Inquirer to-morrow : "Tbe
invltition to spend tha summer at the Hotel
Kaaterakill , in the Catakill mountains , New
York , extended to Gen. Grant and bis family
hn been accepted through the general' * , BOD ,
Col. Fred Grant , who writes Mr Paige , man
ager of the hotel , ns follows : Gen. Grant d !
directs mo to answer your letter of yesterday
and say tbat it la his Intention , If alive , to
visit the Catsklll * during tbe month oi Au
gust , and if convenient will accept ycur kind
nvitation for tbat month. "
What svn ICj-o AVltnoiB Saw at Colon
New York Evening Telegram.
Mr. F , L' . Converse , general agent of tbe
Tbompson-IIouitoa Klectrio Light company
'or Central and Houtb America , who arrived
rom tha city of Colon on Friday last , WM
teen to-day by a telegram reporter , nnd In
: oursa of converiaticn ( aid :
11 left Guatemala on March 20th , after
making up tbo military telegraph service for
uie among the Gunteinalian troops. On ar-
Ival at Panama wo laid off In tbe harbor for
, br e daya on account of the troubles
m Panama and Colon , the Pacifio company
not caring to land their paiisen-
ers just then. I arrived in Colon eight
§ ays after thi fire. Viewing tbe ruins on the
morning of that day I couato-i same twenty-
hree dead bjdiea lying charred and disfigured
> n the otreota , No efforts were made up to
, hat time to bury any of these bodies , and the
act that they ara left o IOHK to pollute the
tlr is a tad commentary on the Ineliideccy of
.he United StaUi of Columbia. Tne lois ot
the docks and wuorvea of the Hamburg-Am
crlcnn and Royal itoamihlp companice will
serlonily Interfere with transportation for at
loait three months. Krery elTortli bell g made
by the Pacific. Mail Steamship Company And
the Panama Knllroad company to get the
transportation of trafllo back Into the usual
channels. Their efforts will naturally be
greatly hampered owing to the laigo loin of
rolling stock of the Panama railroad timing
the Dro and the further loss of materials for
handling freight in and about Colon. The
American and French merchant ! of Colon
have alrcrdy commenced rebuilding , nnd have
given largo orders for lumber. Hitilled mo-
chunks have left for tbo econo of tbo fire from
hero and from the Mexican ports.
I'JUKU 1lO-PNttUMONIA.
BLAt'OIITKIt OP A Ilgnt ) AT t'KOUtA , ILL.
PiouiA , III. , April 23 , Under the dircc
on of the state veterinarian ton head ol cato -
o belonging to O. J , Bailey , of this city , In
'hois ' herd plcuro-pnoumonla has recently
eappoarod , wore slaughtered to.day. Three
f the number showed unmistakable evidences
f the ditonso. Two of these were thorough-
red Jerseys and tbo third n high grade ol
liort-horn , having no Jersey blood what-
Tcr. The ton animals killed were valued by
ho appraiser nt ? 1,7 J Mr , Bailey hail
iroviomlv slaughtered twelve head at bit
iwn expense , which makes tbo total loss
rom his herd to date twenty-two. Ho still
ins about tlilrty.fivo bead , which are divided
nto two eeotiona and kept in quarantine.
\o further slaughter will bo made at present
unless the disease devclopoa itself in tbo re
maining hold ,
Grnntl Enuntnpmont nnd Drill tilo- |
lille , Aln.
Mouiu : , Ala. April 'J3.Tfco following
comp.iuloa will take part in tbo drill and en
campment , which begins bora May 4th.
Clio Chickns.w Gtiards.of Memphis , Hilles of
Mobile , Washington Artillery Battortop , A.
! . and 0 , , of Now Orleans , National Hlfloe ,
of Washington , Buich Xouavos , of St. Louis ,
araj'iJt of Montgomery , Ala , Guards , of
Iniitsvillo , Wig , Crntcant JllHos , of Now
Jrlcixue , Xouavoj , of Chicago , Company
F o Louls\illo , Ifgion of Louisville ,
Light guards of Houston , Texas ; Company
3 , of MmotUine , Iowa : linriu aitlllery of
Nashville ; Itlchnrdeon Xouavos of Indianap
olis ; Battery G , Alabama ; state artillery of
Mobile ; Light guards of Detroit ; Branch
guards of Columbus , Ga ; Louitiatia Field
IJattery B , o' Now Orleans ; True BltiM ol
Mottgnmery , Ala ; Eecampia Killca of Pen-
sacolaFloiidaguardRofMonmoutbIll ; ; guards
of Selma , Ala , Treadwny Kilos of St.
Louis , Guards of Taylorville. 111. , Lomax
Kiflen of Mobile , Light Artillery of Indianap
olis , Evergreen City Guards of Sheboygan ,
Mich. , Pettls Hides , Selma , Ala. , Light In
fantry of Puns , III , Hutler Il'flos ' of Greenville -
ville , Ala , and tha Sou'.huru C deU of MAcon -
con , Ga.
Manhattan Glut ) Keceinlori.
NEW YonK , April a3. Secrotarys Bay
ard , Manning and Whitney were all compell
ed to roiLaia at nn important cabinet mooting
in Washington this afternoon and could not
attend the reception nt the Manhattan club
tins over.ing , nnd JMiinttors I'helpn. Pendio-
ton and Cox were p oatnt , as were Gov. Hill ,
Gen , Fltz John Porter , Gen. Horatio C.
Collins , of Boston , Perry Belmont , Mayor
Hutcninssn , of Utica , ox-Senator W. II.
Barnuui , of Connecticut , Governor Abbott ,
of Now Ji-isey , Henry Wnttoraon , ot Ken
tucky , ex Goy. John T. Hoffman and Hubert
0. Thompjoa. There wore no speeches.
Celebration of Gram's Uirtlulny.
CHICAGO , April 23. It is proposed to hare
a national celebration of General Grant'e
birthday hero next Monday In the new bal
wh'ro the opera festival was recently held ,
The festival chorns will appear under the di
rection of its leader Mr , Pratt , accompanied
by n largo orchestra. An invitation
baa been cent to Hon. Roecoo Conkllng
to deliver tha address. Hon.
Henry Watterson has been naked to
bo present to represent thn south. General
Sharman lias also baen invited to be present ,
A number of personal telegrams have been
eont to Mr. Conkling by friends in this city ,
urging bis presence. The proceeds of tbs en
tertaiumcnt will bo devoted.to tbo Foundling'e
homo of this city.
The " \VintiobJfi Indian Itcbcrvntiori
FAIWO , April 23. Altornay-GenerU Hice
left hero this evening for a trip over the Win-
- nebago Indian reservation , He baa written
for instructions from Governor Pierce to
ascertain the condition of tbo aettlera located
en tbe reservation , where they ball from , nnd
their reiaon for locating there. It is alleged
that the locators represent speculators , Klco
la furniehed with n printed proclamation from
G jvernor Pierce , and authorized to distribute
it if deemed necessary. It U to the effect
that tin locators will bo troatad as trespassers
and if they remain can bo regarded only as
being engaged In an unlawful act.
Tlio ClituKgo City Council.
CHICAGO , April 23 , The city council at un
adjourned meeting to-night rejected tbe
proposition to appropriate $30COO to ba ex
pended in the investigation of charges found
In connection with the municipal election ,
but adopted n resolution authorizing tbe
mayor and chief of police to take such action ,
tha expense incurred to bo paid nut of the
coitiogent fund. A resolution was adopted
condemning " putizan prca * " on account of
its attitude o > i the election fraud ( -uostiou. [
Tlio Viclcslmrjr Holocaust ,
VlCKSlicno , April -Search for bodies
has boon prosecuted all day among the ruine
of the late firo. Six were recovered nnd have
been identified aa follows : Wrn , H , Mulcahy ,
Win. II. Phelan , and Joseph Dent ( white ) ,
Iliydan Canada , Klcbard Johnson and
Kpn Bell ( colored ) . Snatch will bo continued
until the debris ia cleared uway , It is now
thought moro than twenty livea were loet.
The Omaha School Board observed Arbor
Day by planting a number of trees around the
Leaven worth echool.
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