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Now York liquor lloonso board ro-
fuaos to allow any liquor dealer tobocomo
auraty for nnolhor. This Is n ralo that
ought to bo ndoptod in Omaha.
WE tsko It nil back. Nebraska demo-
crants are getting to the front. Omaha
hu boon given a bank examiner , and
Wilberand Plattamouth have each re
ceived a democratic postmaster. Next !
WHAT Is the matter down at Platta-
month anyhow ? There seems to bo an
epidemic of resignation In that city. The
twonty-fonr-yoir postmaster stops down
and out and , Is followed by the surveyor-
general , _ _ i _ _ _
Mu. STEniBNSON , Burvoyor-gonoral of
Nebraska and Iowa , has resigned. Hero
is a rloh plnm , worth $2,000 a year , for
aomo eminent Nobraekan of the demo
cratic faith. The duties of the office can
bo easily performed by an inexperienced
man. All ho will have to do Is to sign a
rocolpt for hla salary.
THE old adige regarding office-holders ,
that few dlo and none resign , does not
hold good jnst now. Resignations are
being sent in all along the line , but not
so fast as the Impatient democrats with.
In the language of the Hon. Charles II.
Brown , " the boys want the offices , and
they want thorn quick. "
ACCOKDINO to the Slocumb law the ap
plicant for a liquor license cannot bo the
piinclp&l of the two bondemon , and thai
no person shall bo holdon on moro tfian
erie bond as ptincipal er surety. The
excise board , consisting of the mayor ,
president of the council , and the city
clerk , In examining the licenses have found
that two-thirds of them are void under
the law. The liquor dealers who o bonds
are dofectlvo will of course bo called up
on to famish bonds th&t comply with the
law in every respect , as the bonds are an
important feature in the high license
oystom.
Anbotwoon Gorman and Oummlngs the
public fooling Is decidedly with the lat
ter. Gorman Is a little too late In bring
ing his charges against Marshal Cum-
tnlngs , who , by the way , promptly and
satisfactorily answer * them In full , and at
the aamo tlmo calls for an Investigation.
In this matter the council should eccom-
modato him. If there has been anything
crooked In his official conduct ho ahoulc
be made to step down and out , and if ho
has been traduced ho should bo sus
tained. To an Impartial man up a tree ,
it looks aa If there is considerable eptta
work in this matter.
WHEN no other cauio for removal can
bo found against a republican office
holder , the "offensive partisanship'
do3go will bo brought to boar upon him
Recent experiments with this Ingenious
dovlco shows that It can bo worked sue
cessfully. Ono of the latest subjects
upon whom it has boon tried is Post
master Palmer , of Chicago , who has been
suspended from offico. When an ofilcn
holder Is removed on no other grount
than "oflenslvo partisanship , " yon can
not it down that as an official ho has done
his duty faithfully. Euch is the case
with Mr. Palmer , who has boon on ex
oellont officer , thoroughly devoted to hi
duties and the interests of the public , bn
being an ardent republican ho has neve
hesitated to exorcise his privilege of hon
orably working for his paity.
THIUUS has been contiderablo tal
about the necessity of a larger polk
force , acd wo have no doubt that an in
croasa of the force would materially 1m
prove the service , and insure better pro
toctlon to citizens and property In th
outskirts , The fact is that the polio
force , while It ought to bo ( lightly in
creased , should bo first thoroughly roor
' ganlzad on a civil service basis , anc
graded with regard to pay , tlmo of ser
vlco , and efficiency. The service shonk
bo shlctly non-partisan , and the mom
bora who are well qualiGed to porforn
the various duties should be retained dur
ing good behavior. The systen
of appointing a lot of politics
favorites as policemen every time
now mayor ii elected Is simply
method of disorganizing the forco. Som
other way of pa ; Ing political debts ahonl
bo devised. For ttio first year's servlo
aa policeman the pay ought to bo as
about $50 per month , for the secon
.V year 855 , for the third year $60 , and $7
I.1 . , par month thereafter , with a prospect o
promotion to a lieutenancy at $75 , and
captaincy at $80. This gradation of pay
according to line of torlco , would Intur
good and f ithful conduct on the part o
policemen. According to the present nn
just system a mm of experience , who ha
Borvod sever * ! year * , gets no moro p
than the greenhorn who has joat bee
appointed. Under the system that w
have suggested the average expense wl
bo sufficiently reduced to allow a emal
increase of Iho force without making th
aggregate cost of the serrlco muohgreate
thin it Is now.
A FOOLISH CONTROVERSY.
Under the contract between the city
ouncil and the county commissioners ,
made in pursuance loan ordinance passed
> y the list council , the principal city
fficos were to bo removed to the biso-
mont o the now coutt homo on the 1st
ay of May. Moving day has como and
ono , and the city offices still remain In
heir old quarter ! ; and they are likely to
onuln there for some tlmo unlois the
mayor and commlsiionora arrive at some
mioable understanding , It np'poara that
under this contract the city wai to occupy
four rooms in the new court house , but
now the mayor and the committee , ap
pointed by the council , decline to nccopt
ho quarters assigned to thorn because
ho beat room in the basement has baon
pro-cinptcd by the county surveyor.
? here Is a good deal of captions oppoal *
Ion on ono sldo and tom-fooloty on the
other.
The council at Its last meeting adopted
ho report of this committee , which was
o the effect that unless the commission
ers gave to the city the nso of the room
now occnpicd by the county surveyor ,
ho contract between the city and county
ihould ho annulled. This , on Its face , Is
imply preposterous. The city can no
moro cancel a contract , entered into In
mrsnanco of on otdlnanco , approved and
, lgnod by the mayor , than any Individual
or corporation can cancel a contract with
out the consent of tbo other contracting
party. The commissioners know this
and if they accede t ? the demand
of the city aulhoritica it will not ba
lecauso they are at all frightened
nto the belief that they cannot celled
ho $5,000 which the city haiobllgatedlt-
self to pay. So far as the officials of the
city are ooncorned , their objections are
of no moment ; whatever from a business
standpoint. The government of the city
a vested in the mayor and council , and
whenever the mayor orders the removal
of the olty offices to the now conrl
louse , the officers will bo compelled to
obey bis instructions.
There is a great deal of risk incurred In
; his needless delay. The main object o !
, ho contract was to eccuro fire prooi
quarters for the olty records , and it is oj
the utmost importance that these records
should bo moved at once. All other con
siderations are secondary. Wo are ,
lowovor , inclined to the opinion thai
his controversy can be amicably aottlec
f Mayor Boyd will take the matter into
ila own hands. The commissioners
realize the fact that the city of Omaha
pays for seven-tenths of the cost of the
noir court house , and that any accommo
dations given to the city are in the inter
est of the county. It m y be frivolous
'or the county surveyor to Insist on oc
cupying the best suite of rooms on the
ground floor , but if the commissioners
desire to favor him they can easily
; ivo him ono or two gooc
rooms on the first or eeconc
leer of the court house , which
will bo just as aocoptable to him. There
Is ample room in that portion of the
building , and since the city is not likely
; o be an occupant of the basement for
moro than three ypara there is no prob
ability that the room will be needed be
lore the end of that time. This , it seems
bo us , will be a satitfactory way to settje
this silly controversy , which Is liable to
breed a good deal of discord if allowed
to continue for any length of time.
POSTHASTES GENERAL Vilas has In
formed democratic congressmen tha
whore there are several applicants for a
postoffico the candidate considered mos
fit must be so designated by the membe
from the district. Some of the congressmen
mon have already oxprotsod thomsolve
as opposed to this method , as they do no
care to make one man happy and incu
the onmlty of scores of others. To avolc
this unpleasant dilemma they are endorsing
ing all the applicants as good. Thl
shifts the responsibility back upon the
postmaster-general , who eays that h
does not propoco to assume It , and tha
unless the cougroismon designate thol
selections they need not call upon him t
make changes. The question arises wh
will do the endorsing business and msk
the selections in such a state as Ntbras
ka , where there ara no democratic con
gresemen ? It has boon intimated tha
Dr. Miller has boon , designated as th
dispenser of postofficea , but ho recontl
published a card to the effect that ho wa
net in the petition-signing business. Th
fact is that the democratic postoffice
seekers in Nebraska are pretty much a
sea. They do not know whom to at
for endorsement.
IN the United States of Colombia ( he
treat rebels with a little moro teverit
and promptness than they do in onr ow
United States. In onr country they ar
elevated to the senate and to congress
and ether high positions , and are son
abroad aa our foreign representatives , bu
In Colombia they are taken out to so
and dumped overboard , a hundred at
time , to become food for sharks. Tb
tire rebel leaders who took part in th
burning of Colon have had a period pate
to their existence by being hanged , an
others will probably ho treated In th
same way. To say the least , the Colom
blans execute their business with neatnec
and despatch ,
IK his icquisltive o'rcular ' to appli
cants for postoffico inspectorships , PCS
master-General Vilas asked , among othe
questions , "Have you over been Indlcte
for a crime , " &o. That importlnen
question naturally earned a great deal o
Indignation , but Mr. Vtlis , who is a law
yer by profession , knew what ho wa
about. He wanted to diminish the num
her of applicants1 , and hla question hs
had the desired effect. Rather than an
wor that inquiry many of the appll
cants have loat all desire to become post
ffico Inspectors. They would rather
orvo their country in tome ether depart
ment , where the Inqulsttlvoncsi Is not
nlto BO pointed and searching ,
THAT considerable Interest Is being
akon In Bilk culture In this country Is
iown by the fact that a very larqo num-
> er of the letters rocotvod at the depart
ment of agriculture relate to that subject ,
lut of 300 letters received ono day
ocently , 100 were about silk culture ,
'hone letters como from all parts of the
country , and nine-tenths of the corres
pondents are farmers' wlvos and daugh
ors , who find In silk culture an interest-
ng occupation. That silk can bo sue-
ossfnlly cultivated in the United States
as been demonstrated In various sec-
ions , and notably so in Flllmoro county
u this state , where a Russian Monnonlto
olony Is qulto extensively engaged In it.
THE surveyor general's office of Nobras-
ca and Iowa is temporarily vacant. There
s no longer any earthly use for it. There
s'nothlng moro to survey in Iowa , and
iut very little in Nebraska. It has bo-
: omo a supernumerary office , but the
lemooratlc admlnittration is not likely to
discontinue any offices just at this season
f the year. If it Is to bo continued ,
lowover , the surveyor-general's office
ihonld bo moved cither to Omaha or
Jinooln and located In a government
mllding where the records will bo safe
'rom fire and where the government will
mvo to pay no rent , as it is obl'god ' to do
at Plattsmonth.
LEGISLATION regulating railways has
again boon declared constitutional , this
tlmo in Oregon. In the United States
circuit cuurt the Ho nit railway bill , as it
s oiled , has been decided to be constltu-
lonol on the two disputed points the
imitation of passenger fares to bo no
moro than four cents a mlle , and the
'rcight charges to bo no higher than they
wera on January 1st , 1885 , with no dis
crimination. The railway managers will
n the coursa of a contnry , probably no
tnowlodgo that the legia'aturo has some
powers superior to these of the railroad
companies.
PADDY RYAN , the notorious bruiser
: as been refused a liquor license In Now
York cily on account of his record as a
prize-fighter and law-breaker. This is
an example that ought to bo followed by
the license board in every city of the
country. In this way many disreputable
mon can bo kept out ot the liquor bnsl
ness. Men who are known to bo constan
.aw-breakers and who bear a bid roputa-
ion generally are too frequently grantee
saloon licenses. The license board chouli
inquire into the character of every appli
cant , and endeavor to raleo the standarc
of saloon-keepers.
IT was entirely unnecessary for the
Mormons to send Messrs. Taylor , Can
non and Oalno to Washington to deliver
to the president ; their formal prates
against the enforcement of the law. Mr
Cleveland has already read and digestec
bhat protest , and when the throe com
mlttaemen present themselves ho wll
probably hand them a copy of his inan
gnral address and refer to hla declaration
upon the subject of polygamy. Mr
Cleveland can't go back on that verj
well.
THK Britishers have received another
black eye In the northwest territory
Chief Poundmakor's Indians , armed witl
a dime museum variety of weapons
including muskets , war-clubs , spears
bowa and arrows , and tomahawks , b&dlj
defeated Col. Oiler's forces. The Cana
dians who fell in the fight no doubt suf
fered a variety of deaths equal in num
ber to the different kinds of weapon
ncod. They were probably shot , clubbed
spearedtomahawked , scalped and piercet
with arrows.
GEN. LOGAN may after all bo ro-olected
to the United States senate. The eloo
tion In the thirty-fourth Illinois distrlc
to fill a vacancy in the hgislatnre caused
by death , has retulted in favor of the re
publicans. This will give the republican
103 votes on joint ballot , and If they al
unite on Gen. Logan or any other mar
they can carry the day. The junketing
commltteo , now In Illinois , will confer
favor on the long suffering people o
Illinois by eomlnqhomoand voting bofor
any moro deaths occur.
IT was Mr. Maxwell , the perpetrate
of the St. Louis trunk tragedy , wh
wrote In a letter that St. Louis was
beastly town , and that a hundred dollar
had not been spent there for public iai
provements in a hundred years. Mr
Mexwell has been captured and will b
brought back. Mr. Maxwell need no
fear the result of his trial for murder a
much as the vengeance of the indlgnan
citizens of that beastly town.
Iz begins to look very much ai if th
"offensive partisanship" charge will b
sufficient to remove any man. That It I
Intended as an ovaslon of the civil ser
vice law there la no doubt , and that !
was Invented for the purposa of glvln
Proiidont Cleveland a plausible prater
for removals that he conld not otherwlt
consistently mike seems to bo the gene
ral impression.
TUB counting of the cash In the treas
ury has been finished. There was
shortage of two cents In the many ml
lions of dollars. Ex-Treasurer Wyma
and his bondsmen stand ready to mak
good this deficiency. It is hoped tha
his successor will prove no bigger "raa
cal" than Mr. Wyman.
EVEN among cow-doctors there ar
quacks. It Is hoped that Governo
Dawes will not glvo the position of itat
ftew *
eterlnatlan with its handsome s Ury of
2,500 to any but an experienced and
tillful nun , as it is a responsible and
mporlant offico.
THR heavy frost Wednesday night woa
ot confined to Nebraska , It extended
ver Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin , and
thor parts of the wost. Ice was formed
n many places from ono-slxteonth to
o an eighth of an Inch in thickness. Con-
Iderabh damigo has been done to fruits ,
arly vegetables , plants and flowers , but
mall grain has not been affected. It was
ortalnly remarkably cold weather for
ho Oth of May.
THE gas bill having boon defeated In the
Sow York legislature , at an expense of
170,000 for votes on the put of the gas
ompanlos , It Is now aild that another
attempt will ba made to pass a bill to
heck the rapacity of the Now York
monopolies. Under the circumstances It
ooks aa if certain members of the logis-
aturo are anxious to make another haul
> y the sale cf votts.
THE department of agriculture Isjotlll
wrestling with Lo Duo's experiment of
ca raising In this country. That It can
> o grown in the United States haa boon
iroTon , but as Its production costs about
ivo times as much as It Is worth , the
American people will continue to pit-
ronlxo the tea-ralsera of the celestial
empire.
Conscientious TlioruiiKtinoBB In Neb
raska Journalism.
Dhlc ? o Tnbnno.
Mr. Edward Sprecher of Sohuyler ,
Mob , is a man who has a claim on public
sympathy , so phenomenal was a recent
iad adventure in which ho nolTeied. Mr ,
Sproohor , who Is a young , unmarried
man , had started on horaobaok to attend
a social gathering , when his stood became
inmanngoablo. Mr. Sproohor Is a hus
bandman , not a professional equestrian ,
and in the coursa of the occentulo move
ments In which the horse Indulged ,
ho and his rider parted com
pany. Unfortunately tbis incident
occurred In the immediate neighborhood
) f a barbed-wire faces , upon which Mr.
Sproohor was deposited with moro or loss
violence. As this was the first case iu
the neighborhood of a rider's impalement
an a barbod-wiro fence though such
fences are common in Nebraska the
local paper devotes considerable space tc
a dcssription of the affair , paying special
attention to the condition ot Mr. Spen
cer's Sunday pantaloons. It says graph
ically that these were "ripped from
Dan to Boersheba In ona direction , and
tarn from Alpha to Omega in another ,
and an irregular abrasion commenced
at or a little before the preface and extended -
tended in a southwesterly direction clear
through finis and about an Inch into
erratum. " Mr. Sprecher is now an ob
ject of Interest to everybody in his part
of the state , and , in his own county , a
man of more than note than the Omaha
editor who expected a place in the
cabinet. Attention is here called to him
not only because cf the oddity of hla
experience but to illustrate the con
scientious thoroughness of journalism on
that part of Nebraska
The Penitentiary Management.
Flattamouth Herald.
The Oman's" BEE rises to ask why the
state penitentiary management Is allowed
to remain after the direct evidence of
thievery against Warden Nobes was given
to the attorney general , at the close ol
the legislature. Senator Hjen , cf this
county , at the ho d of the committee oi
claims , made a thorongn expose of the
way the warden of the penitentiary
robbed the state , and that reporl
ought to have been acted upon. Warden
Nobes has no right to stay at the head of
tne penitentiary an hour , and If that evi
dence is not enough there Is the evidence
right In the county cleark's office Ir
PUttsmonth where Warden Nobes iriec
to steal fromCasB county by false charges
made and sworn to as a claim agalnsl
Oass county , presented by Nobes. It
seems as Pthough there Is no earthly roa-
con for keeping a men in a position n :
importance after ho has been proved unfit
and dishonest.
LABOR AND
Mattora of Interest to Employers and
Employed.
Philadelphia Record.
From a great many c'ties and towns
east and west comes encouraging nowa o !
Increasing employment and bdttor
wages. Labor is relatively hotter off to
day where fnliy employed than during
the days of higher prices. The bulldlnf
activity will exceed last year's opera
tions. Capitalists say prices are down
this year , and can't tell where they wil
ba next year.
May , 1886 , is the one fixed for a gen
eral eight-hour movement throughoutthc
United States. Within a few days re
ports have reached various labor head
quarters of deep Interest felt In the
movement , It arlrog out of tbo iucreas
log employment of labor and the more
frequent advances In pay. Labor thlnkc
the demands next iprlng will allow s
shorter hour movement a chance. By
that time builders will have supplied ur
gent requirements. The movement wil
ba of large proportions , whether It sue
coeds or not , and will cccaslon muct
temporary inconvenience.
Cincinnati Btonomsons have organized
a union of 185. Many moulders are stl )
Idle. The cigar trade is active , bat tbi
lookod-ont men have not been re-em
ployed. The International Assoclatloi
gave a grind ball last Sunday.
The St. Louis carpenter * and joiner
are organized to enforce uniform rates
The building trades are active. Th
stonemasons gained several advance
without striking. The Knlghta of Libo
are growing rapidly.
Tao Knights of Libor are gathering It
the Michigan workers. The negioe
there are organizing. The Bay Cltj
ship-carpenters struck for an advance o
25 per cent. , and got it.
Tha workmen on tha Denver and Rlc
Grande road are thoroughly organized
Men are plenty. Western mining town
are overrun with men seeking fortunes o
employment.
The New Orleans car drivers , by con
ference with employers , fixed the follow
log as the rates of wages ; Drivers , SCO
starters , $55 ; watchmen , $45 ; hostlers
841 ; all Inside employes , ? 4l per month
fifteen honrs to be a day' * work.
The Ojlumbns , 0 , , carpenters are h v
Ing a boom. The bricklayers have formec
a union , The tailors are all employed
nd Assembly No , 2795 , K. of L , I
flourishing.
The Journeymen Horjeshoert * N
tlonat Oonvent'on ' will bo hold at Milwaukee -
waukoo , May 18
The South Norwalk co-oporativo hat-
tm have begun to open branch shops
The BuDalo Central Labor Union will
start a co-operative clothing and sheo
stow. The striking csrpot weavers of
Yonkers , N. Y. , arc roclving abundant
npport.
The Amalgamated Bulldlpg Trades
ouncil has Issued orders for all members
) report defects in house building , so
bat a record can bo kept for use where
. will servo the unionists most. The
Brooklyn bricklayers have established
ino hours as a day's work , at 42 cents
n hour. E 0. Thompson , the Now
'ork tailor , Is still fighting the union.
The Brooklyn bikers hold a grand mass
meeting next Saturday. Two printers
no from the Herald and ono from the
Vorld , will cngaRo In a typo-sotting r co
n Jnno 4 for $250 a side. The contott
i to last three hems , solid minion typo ,
without a paragraph. They are to cor-
cot their own proofs , and ono line is to
> o deducted for every minute or fraction
hereof consumed.
The coming session cf the Internatton-
1 typrgraphical Union will bo an impor-
ant ono , and great preparations f jr a
oyal entertainment arj being ; made.
The Now York shoemakers , mon and
women , are being as compactly organized
as the Philadelphia workers. Many largo
otail dry goods houeos favcr a half hell
lay for tholr employes. The Jewish
workmen of Now York intend to start a
abor paper in the Hebrew language , and
ho tailors have donated $35 toward it.
-ho grocery clerks have organized to rc-
tuca tholr working hours from seventeen
o fonrtoon. Thn machinists of the city
are unorganized.
A co operative company of watch case
makers is to bo established in Brooklyn
when they have $40,000 gathered np
The Brooklyn Watch Case company
started eleven years ago with $10,000 ,
and is now worth $5,000,000. A co-
> pratlvo ehoo factory ia also projected
hero.
The Knights of Labor Co-operativo
if at company , of Hiverhill , Mass. , can
.urn out 100 dozen hats per day , and
alosmon are starting on the road. It has
510 000 worth of machinery , all paid for.
Richard Trevellle , the labor loader , is
reviving Now England. A co-operative
ihlrt factory is to ba started in New York
, o employ girlo who struck and who have
since been blacklisted.
A labor oig nlzar writes : "It is unf"r-
unatoly true that a state of dissatisfac
tion , jealousy and rivalry exists in nearly
all our organizations , and not only pro-
rents the extension of the organization ,
but kills Its effectiveness. " This is true ,
and it is a sorry fact , and ono that bai
driven scores of honest , able and true
men out of the labor movement in dis
gust. The tame cause will hold the
wage-workers of this country in indus
trial subjection for yrara to como.
American strikes fall often because
American workmen are unwilling to pay
nora than from one-fourth to ono sixth
tbo amount of dues that English wage-
worken willingly pay. Thi ) necessitates
a sjs'em of bogging ; of concert and ball-
jiving ; cf urgent and piteous appeals ,
Wego-workors pay In twenty-five cents a
iroek , and then dance a war dance unless
; hey are paid $8 or $10 a week when
; hey strike.
It fs evident to students of soda'
ecienca that industrial straggles must In
crease aa we go on. The elements are
at work for moro trouble. Arbitration
and co operation are all nice to think anc
talk about , bat they will not proven
contests.
A Knights of Libor assembly com
posed cf colored men has jnst been or-
ntzjd at Sadalla , Mo.
Lait Tuesday the labor tlckrt was
elected at Now Anstordam , N. Y. , by
783 majority.
The well-known Parko Goodwin wil
leoturo In New York on Wednesday
evening before the Social Science Insti
tute , which is composed of advanced
thinkers and able men who believe some
way out of existing tystems of produc
tion and exchange must bo and can be
barmoLiously established.
A high coal authority reminds the an
thracite coal Interests that it Is remarkable -
able that none of the companies and in
dividuals make any systematic testa to
determine the best system of mining
coal. At present they are losing one-
half of their coal and are nreparing thorn-
stives for a terrible expensive future in
the "falls" or "caves" that must Inevit
ably occur ,
Litest reports from Great Britain show
that the Yorkshire miners are still on
stnke ; that extensive war preparation
have made a favorable effect on the snip
building trades ; that the cotton indus
tries are depressed , and that the amonn
of unemployed labor In the cities .8 vor ;
great.
The war between employers and work
men as to the ex'ont to which the former
should bo hold peunlarily accountable
for Injuries received while at work atll
continues. After a stubborn contest in
fchU country the slates of Ueorgla. Iowa
Kansas , Mississippi and Wisconsin , anc
the territories of Montana and Wyom
ing have abandoned the prevailing ex
ceptional rule and ro-oMabliBhed the gen
eral principle , to far SB railroads are
concerned. By the English Employers
Liability act 1880 a complete reversal o :
tbo English policy has been established
the principle now operative being this :
When an employe is injured through the
carelessness of a superior whom ho li
bound to obey ho shall not bo excludec
from damages because they are fellow
employes. But this statute has been
rendered practically null by tbo permls
ion which is accorded to workmen "to
contract out of it " The rule cf non
liability prevails ia the United States ex
cept in a few Instances.
Building societies organized and com
menced mainly by working people are
established in New Jersey , Maryland ,
Massachusetts , Ohio , Tennessee , and on
the Pacific coast. The oldest of these
was the Oxford Provident , established in
1851 , In Frankford , this city. Tbo inlt
fatten fee was $5 arid the monthly dues
83 , In ten years and six months the
dues and profi'a brought the shares to i
value of $600 each , Thora are no w abou
1,000 such societies in this e'nto. The
average number of shares Is 1,000 , at a
par value of $200 , They run out in
about eleven years The building
associations of Pennsylvania ara disbar *
log to their members nearly $30,000,000
annually , and hold about $100,000,000
securities. Prof. Thompson says that In
twenty years from 18G2 the Philadelphia
building associations erected houses to the
one-fifth valno of the real estate of the
city.
Philadelphia promises to teach the
country how to successfully conduct co
operative enterprises for distributive
purposes. The Co-Operative association
has seven branches , 833,000 worth o
real estate , and did $231,000 worth p
buiinoss during the year. It started in
1874 In a twelve by fourteen room oi
Front street. While co-operation doe
not go to the core cf the labor question
no more than any of a half dozen otbe
palliatives , It is a good expedient to de
velop in the present transitional perlo <
rom lawerto higher conditions. It will
y the foundation for simelhinj ? bolter ,
nd drill the wage-workers Into united
itlon ,
Thousands of men ate Idle , waiting for
mplojment in several branches of in-
ustry. The volnmo of business is about
5 per cent below last year , but , casting
out the Inactivity iu railroad construc
tor ) , the decline over last year in the
volume of Industrial activity is slight
Oar local Iron , and steel manufacturers
ro surprised over the action of the
Amalgamated association in demanding a
cnowal of the old ecalo. They appro-
lend a lockout , Ono result Is sure to
olluw , vie : That the new stool process
will bo moro rapidly introduced. The
western manufscturors have boon com-
ilalnlng of the Amalgamated association
or yore , and had hoped that surely this
oir the workmen would reduce their pay
voluntarily 10 per cent at least. The
employers have never been able to agree ,
rhilo the workmen have stood shoulder
.0 shoulder through contest after con
test. The cistern Iron makers have
never been seriously bothered by the
union. The spirit of trades unionism in
eastern mil'a is IB mo. Mon dislike to
strike , are moro easily prevailed upon to
rotutn to work and are more easily natls-
iod. They are now working at $1 50 tc
; 2.00par ton less than in the nest , and
, here are very few really lire branches ol
the Amalgamated asiocUtlou east of the
muntaiLB.
Moro About the Apple Tree The First
Meeting of Grunt ana Loo.
Uorrespondonco Cincinnati Knqnlior.
There are abont two or three obscure
looking houses to the north behind the
: onrt house , and in a few stops ono comes
in sight of tha two or three memorable
spots of that brii f occasion. The first is
the spot where Grant met Gen. Lee for
the first lima during the war. A thorn
tree formerly stood lijrht opposlto where
is now n Inrgj gum tree at the roadside.
At that point the road drops in the bet
toins of the Appomattox liver , and rlghl
at the crest it appears that Lee had tithe :
coirio up with his horse or had haltoc
there , and Grant coming through the
court house cluster , mot Leo at this crest.
They saluted each other , exclaimed a
few words without sny ceremony , ant
arranged where to meet to complete the
event , and ihon Leo went clTnotthwarc
to his hoadpuartcra , which were in a
pleco of clear woods ubout ono mlle dii
tant , on the top of the opposite dope , to
the right of the road. 'Ihe rrad from
the spot where theeo gentlemen first mot
winds a little downward , and Is of a
nearly blood-red clay hardly any stones
are to bo seen in this vicinity.
The Appomattox river Is such a slim
little brook or creek that ono has to look
cirtfully to distinguish it at the bottom
of tbo fields. Juit beyond the stream
which gives a mere fora at the road is a
field of no great size which had been
ploughed and harrowed a day or two
before I came ; in that Gold stand about a
dozen , hardly mor < > , large old apple
trees , probably the remnant of a former
ly laJgo apnle orchard , The trees appear
to have fif y years' growth. It Is a tradi
tion that Gen. Leo raised a white flag ,
or that his executive e Hi cor did soInthia
field , by ono if the appla trees. The
neighbors , or the moro intelligent ol
them , think thio Is only the foundation
for the apple tree story. My driver was
positive that some kind of white flag liac
been raised , either a handkerchief or a
shirt or anything that could be founc
whit ? , after a dusty march and an army
depleted of every comfort , including
wardrobe Mr Poor , however , said ho
had never heard anything reliable abont
raising a white flag , but that the apple
orchard really marked the neutral line ,
and being the forefront of the confed
erates , was probably a plaoo of gathering
frtm cflicers cf both sides. Besides , in
that orchard , and perhaps under the
shade of one or two apple trees , Leo hac
assembled some of his leading comman
ders , and they had there agreed to sur
render.
David Davis ' Advlco to Young
Lmvryer.
Cleveland Leader.
A young lawyer fiiend of mine from
Chicago , about to bo admitted to the supreme
promo court a ked ex-Judge David Davis
for his advice In rrgard t ? his conduct on
the occasion of his hrat caso. "You neei
not be afraid to speak before the supreme
court acd if ono of those duffcrs in a togi
interrupt ) youinthomidstof an nrgumtn
by same irrelovent question , don't ge
frightened and spoil jour argument b ;
stopping to answer him. Just cay quiet
ly , 'Excuse ma your Honor , but 1 wil
reach that by and by , ' and if yin don'
reach it , it won't matter. Yon rood no
be afraid that you will bo c.-llad up to
answer it after yon have talton yon
seat. " Thoyouug man took his advice
and gilncd his case last week.
TIio Brooklyn Calamity.
BnooKLTK , Hay 7. From tbo ruins of th
terrible fire in South Brooklyn on Monday
parts of two more bodies were taken ou
to-day raakln ? the total number of victim
14 , The number o' perrons reported missing
at 11 to-day was 21. The general opinion
however , is that thla will not cover all tha
victims of the calamity , nod that more bodies
will bo found when ether parts of tha rain
are searched. All these injured are doing
well and will probably recover.
IEST YOUR BAKIN& POWDER TO-DAI
Brands adrertlMd an ktaolutel/pur *
THE TEST I
an top down on a liotitov * until heat < l.tti
rmnoT. th.eor.ranii imill , A chemUt will cut bi r
ialr4 to d lot tb. proenc. ot aromonU.
DOES NOT CONTAIN AMMONIA.
in uiiiTurcueta Hit NEVEtt " qowriou ,
In a million hora.i for a quarter of a Mntury It Lai
a conium.rt' nlUble Hit ,
THE TESTJFJHE OVEH.
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FOR THH
IFIEOIFLIE !
3emts' Ilenl KsUto and Iiorvn Agency 15th
nod DongUa St , has
Beautiful and Cheapest .Res
idence LotsD
In tha city of Omnho , for &lo at from
$225 UPWARDS
AMD ON
ANY TERMS.
And In ANY LOCATION. OH.010H
LOTS. In
Lowe's 1st and 2d ad'n.
Prospect Place.
College Place.
Park Place ,
Parker's Add'n ,
Shinn's Add'n
Credit Foncier Add'n
Grand View.
And all other additions and local ]
itics.
Near Union Pacific and Burlington & Mia *
touri railway depots.
All of the forcgotn described kt arc loca
ted within cno to ono and-a half nuloa from
the postoffico.
Call at office and get Plats , Maps
and Full Particulars.
TO LOAN
On good Heal Estata security as LOWEST
RATE OF INTEREST.
BKMI3' NEW MAP OP OMAHA TUB
OFFFIAL MAP OF THE CITY , 56 00
EACH.
MIS'
Real Estate Agency
16th and Douglas Streets.
THE AMERICAN DISTRICT
Office , 1304 Douglas St.
Lotve orders , call by dUtrlot box or te'cphonc ; DO
charge for messenger * to order cirrldRO or transfer
baggage. Te photo Wo. 177. J < iioKSu > r , < Jr. ;
Uontger
BtgttKO checked to nd from the depot to ny
put ot the city. Cir.lactos ( urul.htd for Itinerate on
short nobler : Office op n day Md night : ' r >
II. G. STRIPE ,
LAW AND GENERAL
STENOGRAPHER
Type writing and copying ot all kit da on ihort not co
1511 Farnam iitreet , Omaha.
Telephone No. 95.
H. O. BXLLI 13LH. r. n. liiconxnrw
iJBAH A EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
1120 Farnai Street ,
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Ide'lrmi ; Eood altuitlone ; both mala and fo-
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cvtn illr
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ALIST. VK r ntb itrecl , between Kmctm and U r ,
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lor anyone Kluioe In the DM ) and pieiwnl , and on
oerUlnoondltlonilQthe fniure. lk > ot and ho l
ujude to order Perltot tttUlutlon KUtranlerd
DISSOLUTION NOTICE ,
The on-pMtneriMp eilstl"f ( between Ellion ! & Ol.
ten li ihli il y by mumil inttrcit dljtolved. li Kl-
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