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THAT European war cloud seems to
have rolled by.
So long an this cold woatlior continues
there nocd bo no fear of cholera.
THE question now la has Con. Gallagher -
laghor boon "called" by Mr. VHas ?
WIIAT surprises ns Is that the Atlantic
cables can stand the strain of Tonny-
sonlan poetry.
OVI'ENSIVE partisans In the Omaha
poalofBso have boon spotted and placed
on the black Hit.
THE president has made Saturday hie
day of rest. Under the now rules no
visitors ara now admitted to the White
IIoiiHo on that day.
COMMODORE GAIUUBON loft an estate
worth $3,000,000. This is doing prottj
well for a bankrupt , upon whom a groal
deal of sympathy was wasted.
POSTMASTER GENERAL VILAS has giver
ono of his cousins a comfortable berth a1
Washington. Ho will take cara of hii
slaters and his aunts In the near faturo
GEN. HAZKN will confer a favor on i
long-suffering people and the carl ]
vegetables by giving the cold wave flag i
rest. What wo want just now is warn
weather , with a few rain showois , am
plenty of sunthino.
THE Washington Critic denies tha
there has been a mob of oflioo-soekors a
the national capital. Well , If the crowi
that Is there does not constitute a mob
wo would like to know what alza th
crowd will bo when the mob does put L
an appearance.
WHILE Mr. Loopor la the apparen
contestant In the election in the thirty
fourth Illinois district , Horizontal BU
Morrison Is the party who is most Inter
torooted In the movement , The defoa
of Loopor upset his senatorial plans , am
lionco the contest.
TOE Russian nihilists have given th
cv.ir two years tlmo in which to docld
whether ho will Issno the conntltutloi
which was signed by his father on the da ;
of his assassination , Meantime the nlhi
lists will not dynamite the czar , but If a
the end of the twVyeara h'ovdoes no
comply with their demand ho may 02
poet to be blown into otoinlty. Ho cei
talnly hai been Riven time enough t
think the matter ovor.
LELAND STANFORD'S statement , wbic
first appeared in an Interview In th
Omaha BEE , that General Grant's In
proved condition is duo to the use <
clover tea has attracted widespread a'
tontlon and caused considerable con
mont. According to the Boston Glob
the UBO of the clover plant on cancers I
not now. Fifty years ago thera woi
"dcctori" who traveled ever the count :
selling receipts for a' cancer olntmei
made by boiling clever heads ddwn to
viscid compound llko tar , which was i
bo applied to the diseased part.
IT may bo amusing for the tlmo bolr
to have a llttlo fun at the expense of tt
doctors on account of General Grant
Improved condition , but that ho
afllloted with cancer no ono can doubt fi
a moment In the face of the atatomen
of eminent physicians and surgooiis wt
knoir what they are talking about , Hi
it not boon for the skillful , untiring or
devoted treatment of his doctors Goner
Grant would have been a dead man lei
before this. The doctors are entitled I
the credit of prolonging the general's llf
It may ba only for a few months , and
may be for years. His caio hai so f
proved a remarkable exception.
EUMA , queen-dowager of the Sam
wloh Islands , Is dead. She was U
daughter of a high native chief by i
English woman and the adopted daugl
tor of Dr. Rooke , ran English doctor I
the Islands. She was born In 1830 , at
received an excellent education by Ame
loan tutors. In 1856 she was married
King Kamehamoha IV. , who had so.
coedod to the throne two years provlon
ly , and who died In 18G3. On the deal
of King Lunalllo , In February , 1873 , h
successor not having boon proclaims
Queen Emma and the present King Ka
akaua proclaimed themselves caudldatt
for the throno. The legislature wi
called together in extra session to elect
sovereign , and Ktlakaua wai succesifd
Queen Emma only receiving C votes ot
ot 45. When the result was announced
a mob of her partisans broke into the loj
Islatlvo chamber and furiously attacke
the members. Aid was asked of th
Amorioiu and British was vessels at th
port , which wai granted , and the insni
gents were diipenod. Ivalakaua wa
proclaimed king , and the queon-dowago
rjtlrod to private life.
OIL UPON TROUBLED WATERS. '
The question whether a alorm at sea
can bo calmed In the immediate vicinity
ol a vessel by pouring oil npoa the
troubled waters his boon dismissed from
tlmo to lime , and oiperlmcnta hare
lately boon made to ascertain whether It
is really practicable. Such experiments
have boon made at Glatgow , and it la
a&ld that they demonstrated the fact that
oil will calm the waves , ao Important
la this matter deemed br these Interested
in navigation , that the bydrograpbio
office of the navy department has for
several months been engaged in collect
ing data to determine nndor what cir
cumstances the nso of oil is most effica
cious In diminishing the danger of break
ing seas during gales of wind. When
onflicient data have been gathered it
ia proposed to Issue a pamphlet
giving such directions In regard to the
nso of oil as common experience of sea
men may determine to bo best.
Among the statements recently re
ceived nt the department is ono relating
the oxporlonco of the steamship Venice ,
bound from Savannah to Europe with
cotton , in November , 1881. She was
running before a heavy northwest gale
and was boarded by a tremendous sea.
The captain determined to heave to , and
men were stationed to pour oil down the
closet chutes forward and io throw waste
soaked in oil to windward. The vessel
came ronnd without shipping any wator.
As she kept falling oil it was concluded
to put her again before the sea , which
was done without trouble , and it was
found that she kept perfootly dry as long
as the oil was used. Again , in January
1884. while crossing tbo Atlantic to Now
York , after running before a northwest
gale for some tirao , she waa laid to with
out difficulty or danger by using oil in the
manner already stated.
There are several ether well authenti
cated accounts , among them being that oi
Captain Ritchie , of the English atonmoi
Fern Holmo , who while on his last voyage
from Baltimore to Shields used oil bags
I while runningiboforo a west-southwest
galo. Ho hnng ono ever each aide , jaat
forward of the bridge , and they offoetuallj
prevented the ship from taking water or
deck. Firat Officer W. Molt jon , of the
I Gorman steamer Colon , in December ,
1884 , used oil bags with remarkable
effect. Two bags filled with boiled oil
were hnng over the bow. The oil spread ,
ing over the surface prevented the wavoi
from breaking , and the ship redo quite
easily during the continuance of the gale ,
The brig P. M. Tonkor , Now York tc
Cuba , In 1872 , enconntored n northeast
gale when four days out. Several hoavj
| seas came on board , doing great damage.
A small bag , with holes punched in the
bottom , waa filled with oil and hnng ovei
the atom. The oil prevented the aoai
from combing , and the vessel ran foi
1 aovoral hours with dry docks.
Captain Jones , of the British atoamei
Chicago , while rescuing the crow of th <
brig Fodoro , nsed oil with best results
It was blowing a heavy gale , with verj
high seas. The Chicago ran to the wind
ward of the Fedore , and during a lull , oi
having been ponrod on the water , thi
port lifeboat was successfully launchec
and started. A can of oil was taken Ii
the boat , and by using this thi
seas were kept down in the Immedlati
vicinity , though they broke In mssies ol
foam a short distance away. As the boa1
approached the Fodoro the crow of tha
vessel poured oil on the water , which si
calmed the sea that the boat got along
sldo and rescued the shipwrecked crev
without sustaining any Injury. Abou
half a gallon of paint oil was used by thi
boat during her trip.
It would seem from these account
that oil has boon and can bo succcssfull ;
nsed In calming storms , and a remarkable
markablo featnro of the procoa th
small quantity of oil required. Th
calming of storms by the oil proces
ought to bo thoroughly tested by all so
captains at the first opportunity. I
would bo a great comfort to ocoai
trrvelers to know that whenever a storr
arises the waves can bo mastered by th
ship's oil can.
The physicians have been at a loss t
ascertain the cause of the typhoid feve
plague In Plymouth , Ponn. , where thor
have been ever 750 esses and about 8
deaths , but It Is now pretty general !
conceded , after a thorough investigated
that Impure water from the wells Is tb
origin of the epidemic. Plymouth has
system of water works , the supply con
Ing from the hills. This system was 01
tabllshed some years ago , and then th
wells wore pretty generally abandonee
Sometimes the water supply from tli
hills falls , and In that event water froi
the Susqnohanna river la pumped Int
the pipes. The people , however , do ne
llko to use this river water on account c
Its Impurities , and they accordingly fa
back temporarily on their wollr. When i
became known that the people wore nc
using river water , the wells wore Invest :
gated , and It was found that tha water 1
them had been polluted by the content
of the many cesspools In the town. Th
sanitary lesion taught by the droadfc
expotlenco in Plymouth Is ono tha
should bo hooded In every city and town
It shows how seriously the health c
people may be affected by the use of pol
luted water. In cities and Urge town
there should be no wells. In Omaha , fo
Instance , and particularly in the mor
thickly settled portion , there are bun
drods of wells lhat are in reality nothln ;
but cesj-pools. All the water In then
may be clear and sparkling , but wo hav <
every reason to bellevo that It cai
be shown to bo polluted wit !
poison that has cooped through the sol
from cess-pools and vaults not more thai
ten feet distant. Yet people will dellb
erately persist In using water from sue !
wolli , when there Is a healthy supply to
be had In abundance at a-trifling expense.
It Is true wo have a sanitary sjslom of
sewerage which has to a large extent done
away with cess-pools and vaults , but the
danger still exists sufficiently to make
people very careful as ta what wells they
ct their water from.
THE supreme court of the United
tales Is , to say the least , a very leisurely
ody cf easy-going gentlemen of ad-
ancod age. Notwithstanding the fact
hat the calendar Is three years behind
boy think they are entitled to an annual
cation of five mouths. Is It any won-
cr that with such a slow-going court it
takes years and years to roach'tho final do
ision In litigation ? It certainly doctfnot
; oem fair to litigants nor jait to the tax
ayers of this country that justice should
o administered In such a tardy manner.
There are nine justices , and they are
ooklng forward to the tlmo when they
ihall bo 'put upon the retired list ,
, nd bo permitted to draw full pay for
; ho rest of their lives. They must hare
erred ton years , and must have reached
ho ego of seventy before they can bo ro-
rirod. Seron of them have already served
, ho required number of years , and all of
bis nambor with ono exception are close
ipon their seventieth birthday. It
would bo a good thing for the country If
, hey could all bo retired at ono9 and a
onnger sot of men bo substituted for
.hem , who would do a full year's worker
or a full year's pay and catch up with
ho calendar. There Is altogether too
much leisure and ease among the fat
alarlod justices of the supreme court.
ACCORDING to the latest reports from
ho principal wheat-growing states It Is
afo to eay that there will be a consider
able decrease In this year's crop. A great
deal of damage has been done to winter
wheat by the cold weather and the storms
n various sections. The area of spring
wheat is also limited , as compared with
nat year , owing ; to the lateness of the
season and the unfavorable weather.
While wo shall have a smaller crop this
season , there need bo no fear that It will
be a serious matter. Our wheat product
as t year amounted to over five hundred
millions of bushels , giving a surplus of
over a hundred million. Prices were ac
cordingly depressed , and the producers
did not realize from this Immense crop
the money return which a smaller crop
would have yielded. The surplus makes
t sure that there will bo no wheat fam-
no. There is danger , however , that the
speculators will take advantage of a small
crop to advance prices beyond reasonable
lmitjbnt In case there Is no European
war , and It now looks very much as If
there would not bo any , the foreign de
mand will not bo more than ordinary.
Consequently there will bo no legitimate
canne for an unusual advance In the prlco
of wheat.
IN speaking of unequal assessments
the Chicago Herald says that corporation
property is specially favored by the as
sessors , and that the small property
owners bear the brunt of taxation. This
is just as true In Omaha as It Is In Chi
cago. The Herald says :
With a rich corporation taxation becomes
an Important matter , and to avoid a large
tax bill the company may well afford , in the
money aspect of the case , to retain the sor-
vicea of a lawyer skilled In the statutes affect
ing revenue. This vigilance brings its
reward to the company , while the bur
den to him who cannot command the means
necesiary to secure special and skilled
representation in the various processes of as
sessment is all the greater. Thus wealth
which needs the least secures the greatest pro
tection , and the small owner , who can least
afford the burden , finds it heaped upon him in
the proportion of immunity enjoyed by his
tidier and more adroit neighbor. * * *
Assessors and boards of equalization have
fallen into the habit of making the assessed
value of taxables low as compared with actual
valua. Tbo problem ia Illinois is to secure
uniformity. If too values arbitrarily assigned
bear in all cases the same relative proportion
to real values no injustice will be worked. As
it ia the burden falls unequally , and the
smaller becomes proportionately the largei
taxpayer , . _ g _ _ _ _ _
The International Arbitration League
will probably hold a conference In the
city of Washington sometime In 1887 tc
make arrangements for the assambllng oi
a general peace congress In London in
1890. The object of the league Is tc
have all International disputes settled bj
arbitration. The league hopes to entire ! j
do away with wars among the civilized
nations , and to bring about a gradua
disarmament , commencing in 1800 , tc
continue annually until 1000 , when It li
expected that all armies will have beei
abolished. This Is a laudable movement
;
but wo question whether It will over suc
ceed. Empires and kingdoms depend
upon their military establishments foi
their existence , and the present rulon
would never consent to the disarmament
and the dlsbandmont of the standing
armies and navies. Furthermore , thi
armies give employment to too manj
persons ever to be abolhhed.
THE Philadelphia Bulletin calk atton
tlon to the report of the library oompanj
of that city as an Illustration of the Inv
monso difference In degree of public use
fulness between free and private libra
ries. The Philadelphia library belong !
to the latter class. Daring the past yeat
the number of books taken out wa
45,000 , or less than one-third of the
whole number of volumes In the library.
On the other hand , the Boston free
library with ever 400,000 volumes , at
tains an average annual circulation of
over ono million. "In other words , "
( ays the Bulletin , "A free library circu
lates about eight times as miny books as
a private library ; or , to put It In another
fashion , a book In the Philadelphia
library does only one-eighth SB much
good as Is done by a book in tha Boston
public library. "
ARNOLD , THE INFANT.
A Sii Mentis Olfl TowDlntasLiTely , )
Ilapla Htttlcmont of the liotip Valley
Frm Ltxml Advancing
In Price.
Correspondence ot the BIB.
ARNOLD , Ouster Co. , Nob. , April 28.
It may bo Interesting to some of the
readers of your valuable paper to know
something about the now and growing
town of Arnold , Ouster county ,
Llttlo more than six months ago this
now fully-developed Infant town was
born. Your correspondent has seen
many Cue locations for towns and cities
in Nebraska ; among which wo might
mention Omaha , Lincoln , Falls City and
Beatrice , cities and towns of which any
state might well feel proud. Wo have ,
however , never soon a more beautiful
place for a town in this state than at
Arnold. It the truly picturesque the
town eito of Arnold la unsurpassed , if
not unequalled.
Arnold la on the banks of the Loup
Ivor , and about seventy miles from Its
lourco. The valley at this place Is about
five mllcB wldo , and becomes narrower
ast and woat , thus presenting a
basin-shaped appearance ; the surrounding
hills are Irregular and mountainous , and
as wo watoh their faces looking skyward
wo exclaim with the poet : "Ye crags
and peaks I'm with you once again. "
South of the valley wo have immense
pralrio or table lands , the soil Is rich ,
deep and dark , and the crops raised on
them last year were equal to , If not
superior to these raised on the valleys.
The vegetables raised in this vicinity
were Immense If "bigness" is any sign of
quality , and "takes the cake" In the veg
etable lino. Your correspondent gath
ered corn on the cod hero , and could not
find its equal In grand old Otuo county ,
and yet wo find men paying $25.00 and
$30 00 per aero there for land no morn
Improved and no hotter than land to bo
found hero for from $5 to § 10 per ncro.
"Oh , consistency , thou art a jewel. "Fine
roads and improved farms are to bo
found on this table hind. Neatly
alt good government land Is taken
There will bo some good pasture lauds
loft. Good claims sell on the tables at
from $150 to $450 , deeded land at from
to $10 per are. Some claims near
Arnold have sold for $1,000 to $1,500.
There are , however , some splendid
bargains In land still to bo found at low
figures. There Is another tract of beau
tiful table land lying north of Arnold
This land extends from east to west about
thirty-five miles , from north to south fif
teen or twenty mlloa , covered with bine
atom a fine hay grass. Between this
north table and Arnold wo have h splen
did range of canyons , running from east
to west. Thceo canyons are sublime In
appearance ; au artist brush could not do
them justice , and a word painter , unless
Indeed ho be a Homer should not at
tempt to describe them. The practical
utility of the canyons Is found in the
excellent shelter they offered for stock ,
the immense hay to bo found in the can
yon valleys , and the timber. These canyons
yens abound In cedars , box older , elm
and aib , much of this timber has been
destroyed by settlors. In many places ,
however , the timber Is protected In all
Its picturesque beauty. Wild fruits such
as plums , cherries , gooseberries , currants
grapes and raspberries are to bo found In
great abundance.
IHB lour RIVER.
The channel of the south Loup hoio Is
narrow and at about equal depth at all
seasons of the year. It is fed by Innum
erable springs and on account of these
springs the water Is cold and clear all
summer , and it does not freeze during
the winter. The stoop accent from west
to east cause the water to flow rapidly ,
thus affording an excellent
MILL POWER.
Wo have ono large frame flour mill
hero now and another five miles east of
hero. As the country develops and
more milling capacity Is required mills
can bo built every milo or tire apart
without danger of backwater or overflow ,
RAILROADS ,
As yet the nearest ratlrnad point Is
Gorhanburg , on the Union Pacific rail
road , a distance of some thirty-five or
forty miles , The B. & M. railroad com
pany have made several surveys up the
Loup valley. This is the nearest route
to the coal and oil regions of the great
northwest , aud a railroad will certainly
bo built In the near future.
LOTS
have been selling nt very reasonable
figures. Good lots huvo been sold at from
fifteen to thirty-five dollars. An advance
will in all probability bo made soon. Mr.
J. H. O'Brlan , of your city , ( Omaha ) has
a plot of the town for public inspection.
CHURCHES.
The Methodists have just completed
a church building , a pretty
square roof structure , largo , the material
is sod , our western brick , but It Is floored
and ceiled and will bo cemented within
and without and will look , when com
pleted , just llko a building made of solid
limestone. This church , the M. E , num
ber , I bollovo , about fifty members. The
Rev. Nathan English Is the pastor. The
Discples or Christians have some fiftj
members here , Elder Correll preaching
for them every Lord's day. The mem
bers of this body have made arrange
ments to build a largo frame ohnroh
structure this summer ; already some foui
or five hundred dolUrs have been prom
ised for that purpose. We have twe
Sunday school * : the Methodist and
Union. Both are well attended. Of secret
cret societies we have two ; the G. A. R
and the Good Temphrs. The last named
order numbers some thirty-five members.
Temperance societies abound In Cutter
county. At the county seat , Broken
Bow , there la a lodge of 100 members.
Tbare are no saloons in the county.
Your correspondent will write again in
a few days , giving a description of our
business houses and what some of the
homesteaders have done In a year. We
not only have men with families but
many young women htvo come Into this
county , taken land and improved , and
are thus securing for themselves homoj
and Independence. PANSKY.
The Czur'a Domain ,
One-seventh part of the land surface ol
the earth , and one twenty-eighth part ol
Its whole eroa constitute tbo dominion of
the Czar of All the Russiai , More than
lOO.OOD.OCO people call him f&thor , and
are under his absolute government. In
Russia a child la born on an average every
eight seconds throughout the year , aud a
death occurs every eleven seconds. At
the present rate of Increase the popula
tion will doubled in about sixty years
But Russia Is far behind most clvllitod
nations In the ciro of children and in the
preservation of Hfo. Statistic ; show that
GO per cent of all the children dlo under
the ago of 5 years , The average duration
of life In Russia Is only 26 years , which Is
much below the average In the Western
con Ulrica sf Europe and In the United
States.
ON THE WAU PATH.
Reil Devils of the North-west.
The question whether any of our border
Indiana inll cross the line and take part
with their belligerent congeners In the
Northwest territory has assumed great im
portance , writes a Washington correspon
dent to the Now York Herald , and many
inquiries are being made as to the number
character , and location of such of our
aboriginal wards as , by their proximity
to the disturbed district , or tholr affilia
tion or Inter conrso with the Canadian
Indians , are supposed to bo within the
reich of temptation. The only Indians
In the United States nho would bo likely
under any probable circumstances to
yield to such temptation are these located
on the Devil's lake , Turtle mountain , and
Fort Bcrthold reservations , and the north
ern portion of the Slonx reservation in
Dakota , and on the Blaokfoot reservation
in Montana , There are all together
about eighteen thousand Indiana on the so
reservations , about forty-eight knndrod
if whom are males ever eighteen years of
ago.
ago.Tho Davit's lake reservation Is seventy
miles south of the Manitoba frontier ,
and la occupied by 851 Cut heads , Sissa-
ton , Whophoton Sioux , 218 of whom are
young men and warriors ; but at they boar
ho character of being good Catholics who
tttond church regularly on Sunday , work
the rest of the week , and don't got drunker
or use profane language , there need not
ba any apprehension that they will go on
the warpath. The Turtle mountain In
dians are quito another itamp. They
consist of thirty-one families of renegade.
Chlppowas from Minnesota , and about
twelve hundred Individuals of mixed
blood , and are rcpresontod to bo In a
state of abject poverty and Ignorance
with an InEatiablo craving for whiskey.
The Indians and half-breeds are only five
or six miles from Manitoba , and can not
bo very desirable neighbors. The nnmbor
of grown males among them is not known
but assuming that they average about the
as the other indian tribes 25 percent.
there will bo moro than 340.
The Upper and Lower Yanktonnals ,
Uncapapa , and Blackfoot Sioux with 113
Indians of mixed blood , making altogeth
er 5,721 , of whom 1,107 are males ever
18 , are at the Standing Rock agency , in
Dakota , about 200 miles from the British
line. Their agent reports that every
family is engaged In cultivating individual
fields or garden patches ; that the late
hostllcs of followers of Sitting Bull have
been qnlto Industrious , and that the loadIng -
Ing young men have had thair hair cut ,
from which it may bo Inferred that they
are trying to bo "good Injuns , " but the
little their old-time diver-
chance of a of - -
Dion with rifle and scalping knife may up-
sat all the good resolutions which their
agent has formed for them.
The northern boundary of tha Fort
Berthold reservation is In some placa
thirty-five In others sixty miles south of
the British lino. The occupants are 544
Arickarecs , 347 Gros Venires , and 311
Mandans , who ore represented as
"largely honest and truthful , " also peace
able and friendly to the whites , but in
some fear ot their old enemies the Sioux ,
as well as the Canadian Ohtppowas , who
are at deadly enmity with them , steal
tneir ponies , and plunder them by whole-
B lo. It would soom. therefore , that If
these Indians "tako a hand" In the exist
ing troubles it should not bo against , but
on behalf of the British Battlers , for the
purpose of getting even with the thelvlsh
Chlppewas. There are 358 Arlckaroes ,
Gros Venires , and Maudans capable of
bearing arms ,
The Blackfoet reservation In Montana
Is the largest In the United States , ex
cepting only tbo great Sioux reservation
in Dakota. Thera are three agencies on
It namaly , the Blackfoet in the western
portion , the Fort Belknap agency in the
center , and the Fort Peck agency In the
Bothwostern part. The Black feet , Bloods ,
and Plegans were formerly known as the
Blackfeot nation , but are now called Pie-
guns by the authorities of the Indian
offica. They number 2,300 , of whom
about 7CO are males ever 18 years old.
Prior to 1870 they were considered very
bad Indians and were blamed for all the
depredations and , murders committed in
tholr vicinity. In fact , SD bad worn tholr
reputation that In the winter of 18CO-70
Col. E. M. Baker , of the 2d cavalry , with
several troops of his regiment , wai sent
to chastise thorn. Ho surprised a band
under Chief Rod Horn on the Marias
river , killed 173 , and captured as many
more. Since then they have been submis
sive and generally well behaved , but as ,
for two or three yosra bick , the government
mont hat kept thorn on the brink of star
vation It would not bo very surprising if ,
forgetting the severe lesson they received
fifteen years ago , they wore to dig np the
rusly hatchets and join their namesakes
and relatives , the Blackfeot , Bloods , and
Piogans.
The Fort Belknap agency , which Is
some twenty or thirty miles from the
frontier line , Is devoted to 1,150 Gros
Vontras and 1,000 Aulnabolnes , who
are said to bo friendly toward the whites ,
but poorly fed and often , like Oliver
TwUr , asking for more , which the agent
unlike Mr. Bumble , would bo glad to
give if ho had it. It is not Impossible
that hunger and tbo example and solicita
tion of their brethren in the northwest
territory may load those Indiana Into mis
chief. They could muster between five
and six hundred fighting men.
The Fort Peck Indians consist of 1,105
Assinabolnes , 3,542 Yankton Sioux , 423
Santee Sioux , and 205 Ogallala and
Teton Slonx , who era said to ba obedient ,
well-behaved , and Industrious. In case
of hostilities they could muster from
1,200 , to 1,400 muii. The same trouble
exists here as In all other agencies In
Montana short rations. For the last
two years congress has had to make spec
ial appropriations for the relief of the
Indians at the Blackfeot , Fort Bolknap ,
and FcrtPJeck agencies.
Having given a brief account of the
Indians on the northwestern border , it
seems proper to state how the troops
who are supposed to bo looking after
tbom are distributed. Montana and
Dakota , with the adjoining state of
Minnesota , form the department of Da
kots , commanded by General Alfred H.
Terry , with headquarters at Fort Snoil-
log , Minnesota. There are two regiments
of cavalry , the 1st and 7th ( oxcjpt troop
G , which la at Fort Liavoawortb ) , one
light battery of artillery ( F , of the 4th )
and seven regiments of Infantry the 3d ,
5th , llth , 15 , lth , ( except company G ,
at Fort Leavenworth ) , 18th , and 25th
under General Terry's orders , distributed
as follows :
Too light battery and four companies
of infantry at Fort Snolllug.
In Dakota Two companies of infantry
at Fort Slcseton , two at Fort Pemblna ,
one troop of cavalry and thwo companies
of Infantry at Fott Totten , four compa
nies at Fort Rindall , four at Fort Sully ,
one at Fort Bennett , two troops of caval
ry and three companies of Infantry at
Fort Yatcs , six troops and four oampa-
nlos at Fort Meade , four companies at
Fort A , Lincoln , and tire troops and four
companies at Fort Bnford.
In Montana Two companies at the
camp on Poplar river , ono troop and eight
companies at Fort Kcogh , five troopsand
four companies at Fort Ouster , two troops
and eight companies at Fort Aislnabolno ,
ono troop and two companies at Fott
Ellis , four companies at Fort Mlssoula ,
four companies at Fort ahaw , and three
troops and two companies at Fort Magi-
nnls.
nnls.Tho
The five forts last named Asslnabolno
Ellis , Misioula , Shaw , and Maglnnls
are In the district of Montana , comman
ded by Col. Thomas H , Roger , 18th In-
fantryJwlth headquarters at Helena , Mon
tana.
If all the regiments were fullnndovcry-
ono present for duty , Gen Totry would
htvo a force of 345 officers , exclusive of
taff officers , and 5,194 men. As It is ,
about ono-fourth of the officers are on
detached service , absent tick , or absent
on leave , and about 700 men are needed
to fill the rauks up to the authorized
standard. _
AN AUlORtATIO SWITCH.
How It IB Expected to Prevent Kali
ronil Accidents.
Ban Francisco Call.
Yesterday nltoruoon , at Mastic Juno
tion , the Automatic Railway Switch
company arranged to demonstrate the
value and practicability of 0. S. Drake's
discovery and patent. The tire sidings
at this place had Inou adjusted for the
nso of the switch in connection with the
main lino. Though necessarily the workIngs -
Ings rrero crude , and the trick-bod far
from being In good order , yet every
thing attempted was accomplished most
successfully. Tbo cngino was run from
left sidings to main track , and from main
track to right siding , with a satisfactory
accuracy. So far as the locomotive is
concerned , there Is but trifling additional
machinery necessary , a lover and an ad
justing foot-plate are all. These connect
with a cylindrical bar firmly
fixed between the forward driving
wheels , which bir Is the hand that
changes the switches. On It are three
Btool projections which terminate In a
revolving ring. This ring fovolvos that
it may reduce the friction which Its
pressure would bring to bear on the irog
which Is placed between the rails of the
track , and the moving of which adjusts
the track to the desired aiding. The frog ,
which Is now BO celled until a moro cor
rect name can bo found for It , ia really a
long lover consisting ot two rails fastened
together like a small narrow-gauge way ,
with ono end firmly secured by a bolt ,
but which allows the other end to on ing
In such a way as to turn a largo horizontal
izontal wheel around which passes the
wire cabin'hat reaches out and effects the
change ot rack for the approaching en
gine. This Is accomplished by what Mr.
Drake calls a "double cam , " which
is located parallel to the rails and at the
point whore the change Is to bo made.
It Is shaped like an angular S in Its mid
dle , and terminates In a straight bar at
either end to which is attached the wire
cable. Agal t the curves of this letter
S press the bars which rest against the
moveable end of the rail. The friction
is here too reduced by steel wheels and
as the curve of the S Is , so must move
backward or forward and Into place the
stiff iron rail. An engine whoeo business
Is always on the main line has the guide
beneath the locomotive always sot for the
main line , and if the passage of a previous
train has ao left the switch that ordinarily
an accident would result , the guide fcols
It at once and when within seventy-five
feet of tbo possible danger the rails slide
back into the proper line and the train
moves in as safely as though a whole
board of directors stood watching the
crisis.
Ic th of n Ex-Governor.
NRW YORK , May 11. Ex-Governor Gilbert
C. Walker , of Virginia , died nt 3 this morn
ing In the f > 2nd year of his ago , of consump
tion and heart disease.
PILL !
25 YEARS IN USE.
the Greatest Medical Triumph of the Ago-
SYMPTOMS OF A
IjfHioCnppeiUe , IloweUcoitlTC , I'aln In
the bead , with a dull enintlon In the
fcncU part , I'nln under ( ho ibauliler-
blade , Ifullne niter eatlnir , wltb adli.
IncllnntloD to exertion of bodr or mlnri ,
Irrllabllltr of temper , /.o\T plrlt , wllh
a feeling ofhavlnir neglected lame dutTi
WearlncBi , Dlzzlncm , Fluttering : BI tbe
Ilcnrt , Data before tbo eyes , Headache
over tbo right ere , ReRtleionei * , with
Qtful drenms , HlcUlr colored Urine , and
CONSTIPATION.
TBTT'S ril/LB are especially adapted
to such cases , ono doao effects such a
Jiango of foollntrns to astonish tile-sufferer
They Increase tlio Apuetltc.snJ cause tbc
body to Take on Kle > li.tliua tbo rstcm ti
nourlilieiltond by their Tonic Actlou CD
UialllffeiUveOrcani.ItraiilarMtooUare
produced. l rtKc. ) ! . 4 Murray Ht..lV.Y.
It
_ _ _ _ . II
GHAT lUnt or WHISKERS changed to a
OrxtflsT liLACic liy a sliiRlo application of
this DTE. It Imparts a natural color , acts
Instantaneously. Sold by Druggists , or
ent by ezprcsH on receipt of tl ,
Office. 44 Murray St. . Now York ,
All"Sorts of
hi | > lv ! l
hurts and many sorts of ails of
man and beast need a cooling
lotion. Mustang Liniment.
urxcd on Horllck's Food , " wrlto liundrods ot
tTJtcful mothers Mother's milk ccuti.lu no
larch. An artlndal food { or Ii.fuuta nboulit
jontfln no etarcti. Tbe Uxt and UiWt uutrttloui
food In bealth H M B " B BOer B '
- -
er flcknpwi for
ISrAMH.and
! hc tilietfnr
ALiitaDY t > 7 ( ) BTEt"f re * f ran
nUrcJi unil nxiuircu no couVluK
JU-coinjiiiiilw' by 1'bynkUun.
HlKhiy iMiencial to Nur lnK
Mothira as & driuk 1'rlcu ! ( )
i. * * * r - J mill TTiwlJts lIv'ulldrlijr lHtH.
KcndforUookoutlieTreaUncntof L'blldrenfrou
"f ullr < lleiicd ul o t ( U uiU.W , Jitati.
if U.filialtlk .Y J
fia it tu iintccuH ud < iiic < -r.r , u ,
ll' > n Jf&tuti.
Xo bf ilune ; In troQcuneloz II interior to tor
IblOf Ml.nl X i totuni * " IVm , V. r.
A'lll tx Mnt br mall on rerolpt of pflca lu L jnpi
r.lCK'h FOOD CO. , Uurlpe , WN.
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: Uonucx'aVuiEsi
Omaha National Bank
U. S. DEPOSITORY ,
J. H. MILLAHD ,
Frettdtnl. C KU
OAPITAL SUHPLTJS
$500,000.
Flro nnd DurRlnr Proof Snfoo.
Foi rent l torn J5 lo 160 p > * nnnm
DE. DYSAET
1222 FAUNAM , Con. 13th.
TlroaUiis Heart
SPECIALIST
(14 ( yonn liDpttnlamlprlvato prncttco. ) COK
BULTATIOK KnKK. Office liuun-10 to 12 aio
2 to 6 and 7 to 8 p.m. Sundays 2 to 4 p. m.
Dr. . Hmeiia Burroughs
OITFIOB AND 11BSIDKNOK >
617 Dodge St. , - Omaha ,
TKLKPHOK1C NO.
II. G. STRIPE ,
LAW AND GENERAL
STENOGRAPHER
Typo writing and copIng of all kit. da on short not Co
1511 Farnniu Streeb , Omahn.
Telephone No , 95.
It 0. BKLLB IBI.R.
I MAHfl EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
1120 Farnam Street ,
Prompt attention \tlllboclvcntothoea desiring -
( siring ( ruoJ help at short noticeami oliothoso
1 de'lrlnc ( rood situations ; both inilo and female -
/male / , office Hours : 8 a m , to 12 in. Ito7p.m
BELLE-ISLE & LANOIIKINK.
MKS.L. J. DUNCAN ,
FASHIONABLE
DRESSMAKER !
Perfect Work Gturanlood. Room 13 , Crounso
Block. Residence , 100 South 29th Street.
HENRY BODDELINV.
Carpenter and Builder ,
No 031 South 17th Stbetween Jackson and Lcivcn-
woith Omaha , Nob. I am nrepired t j build house )
In any style and to do all klmls of carpenter worka
tcasonnbla prices ; H'BD ' repairing done on short no i
Fashionable Hatter
MBNI ?
A.
Merchant Tailor
318 South 13th Street ,
3 DOORS SOUTH OF FAUNAS ! .
First-class tailoring in all Its branch ,
O. STAN SON. Aua SCIIIITORUT
G. SVA SON & GO
1116 Farnam , Bet Illli and \ 1St. \ \ \ . ,
Fino't selection of Spring Suit
ings , Perfect Fit , and complete sat
isfaction guaranteed.
Omaha'sPopularllliner '
AND
HAIR
Ill S. 15th IIP - - . Opp. Postoflio
H. K. BURKBT ,
AND EMBALMER ,
111 N. Iflth Street OMAHA NED.
EDWARD KUEHL ,
UAOIJTICR OF IVfUnrSTKIlT AND CONDITION
ALI8T , SOS Tenth street , Lutwwn Farnam and liar ,
ney will , nhh theald of ( cuardl t Jclilta , obtalolnc
for anyone glanoa In tbe past and present , and on
certain conditions In tha future. Boots and shod
made to order Perfect utlaltctlou irnarantard
Proposals for Lumber.
Sealed propMala will be received by tlio undersign
ed until Friday , May 15th , 1885 at 4 o'clock p m.,1or
all kinds of lumber Ibat may be needed by tbe city
of Omiha , for one ) ear ; said bids shall specify tha
prices In deUH , and shall bo accompanied wltb tbe
names of proposed > urcty who In the event ot tbo
awarding of tbo contra-t , will enter Into a bond with
the city f Omaha , for the true performance of eald
contract.
Tbe City Council reserves the right to reject any
and all II Js.
Knvelopes oor Ulalngsald proposals shall bo marked
"Proposals for Lumber , " and addressed to tbe under-
Signed. HBKN K , IONO ,
Omaha , Neb. , Hay 8th. 1881 , Auditor ,
m 8-9-1112-18 11
CITY 8TONK FOIl BALK.
Sealed proposals will bo receUed by the under-
tlgntd until TuoJuy , Mar Uln , 1835 , at 4 o'clock p.
in for tht purchase cf all loo-o e'ono Uloniflujj to
tbe city of Onsaho.
KnvelorwB containing said proposalshall be mark ,
ed "Proposals for 1'urcbaso of Htone , " and delivered
to underlined not later tb n the time above speci
fied. The city resenes the il btt rejert any and
ttllbHs. J. B. bOUllliKu , City Clcik.
118 9-11
JABHPEABODYM.D.
Physician & Surgeon
SUelldeno * No. liOT Jones Bt. Omce , No. 1(09 F P
cam street. Office boars,1 ! in. to I p. m , aa4 ( rotate
to t p. m. To'epbor > tor offloa 97josidtaoo 1U ,