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AT list the gratifying nown has beer
rocolveel tint thn ao-ctllod Omnlu biso.
bill club Is going to disband.
Now that Mr. Kittle , of Sow&rd , Imi
bson made postmaster , wo imy oxpod
Prof. Klltlo , of Fremont , to loom up In
a position In the ontomolofiioil depart
mont. *
AT lust wo have discovered when
Punch gets Iti froah jokoa. An aim nun
3,000 years old. found In Egypt , ia io th- -
British musoum. It Is nuppoaod to b
the oldest In the world.
r CuMumas contlnuos to holi
the fort , and It now looks as If the republican
publican members of the city conncl
propoBO to fight Ib oat for him on thi
line if It takes all summer.
ESGLAND has had considerable tiiflicnl
iy with the Rnsdan boar , and no'
Canada 'is wrestling with Big Boar. ]
would oeora that England'a depression i
owing to boar movements , and that he
troubled ara constantly brain.
Tain oourl of claims has adjourned
Among Its last transactions Traa the com
putatlon , by exports , cf the amount du
the government from the Union PaclG
under the act of 1802 and the Thurma
act. According to this computation th
sum duo is something over $1250,000.
THE Indian outbreak In the doparl
ment of Arizont ia now acknowledged b
General Crook to bo of a very eorlou
character , and that It will bo a dlfficu ]
matter'to nuppreaa It. It is hoped tha
Gen. Crook will make some good Indian
out of the murderous savages. "A dca
Indi&ads a good Indian. "
IT ic & little singular that not ono No
braaka democrat bai applied for the , pc
altlon of Indian ogent at tha Sante
agency , which SB now vacant by reaioi
of the resignation of Agent L'ghtnei '
There mujt bo some mistake abont thle
It has probably been overlooked owln
to the excitement caused by the ssrambl
for postofficca. It Is a $1,200 prize tine
should not bo allowed to bo captured b ;
any ontcldo man.
Tun general synod of the Lutheri
church , ia session at Harrisburg , Penn.
has selestod Omiha as the place for ih
nest annual moatirg. This will bo quit
an event for Omaha , as the Lnthciai
chnroh IB cno of the most nourishing re
llgious bodies in this country. At th
protout ey&od the establishment of a college
lego woat ol the Mississippi was prott ;
thoroughly discussed , and the matter wa
finally referred to a committee of mem
hers from the western synod. Perhaps i
Omaha makes the proper effort she cai
secure this college , which would bo quit
n prlzi. So far &a location is concernoi
wo doubt if a belter phco than Omahi
can bo selected.
Ail , the public buildings in Washing
ton , oxcapt the cipitol , have water
coolers distributed throughout their cor
rldors , The reason that there are n
water-coolers in the capital is oxplalaei
by the fitot that according to the con
tracts or piivileqoi given to the keeper
of the senate or house reslaurants th
restaurant keepers reserved the right t
keep water-coolers out of the building , s
that it would not Interfere with their sal
of baor. There is a law on the ntatut
books which specially prevents the sal
of beer or any other Intoxicating llquo
In the capital , and yet beer and all othei
liquors are constantly sold there openly
and no effort Is made to prevent thi
t radio , notwithstanding all that has boei
said on the subject. Hero , then , is i
splendid opportunity for Miss Cleveland
If she esc only succeed In having water
coolers placed la the capital , eho will bi
doing a practical temperance work itha
will make her famoni.
A niLL rdatldg to convict labor , In
troduoed in the Illinois legislature , pro
ivldea that tcertain percentage of thi
revenue derived by the state therefron
shall bo set aeldo for the support of thi
families of ccnplcts who arc left In deatl
tnte clrcumstano3i. Thla Ii a now departure
parturo In deallng rlth the difficult question
tion f prison labor , and li certainly j
huinana provision. The plan haa beet
suggested from time to time , and it It if.
to hoped that It will bacome a law In II1 <
inols , as well ai in .every other state.
In .connection with thli plan , a curtain
percentage of the proeeida of hla labor
ahould bo act aside for the benefit of Ilia
convict , so that when ho ii released from
prison ho will have jsome fanda with
which to supply hfa immediate jvants aud
keep him from committing crimes f jr the
purpose of Rotting money. The convict
knowing that ho will not ba turned oat
upon the world penciled will have tome
Inducement to tohavo hlmeelf while in
prison and to continue his good oondcot
when set free , j
m THEiNKW YORK ELECTION.
TTho coming campaign In Now York
iromises to bo a very exciting political
vent. Atido from the beating tliat it
may have upon national politics , the 1m-
monsa local patronogo that la dependent
upon the roiultwill bring oat the fall
orco of the two contending parties. The
republicans having no federal offices , will
naturally make every possible effort tc
carry the day , not only for the utato patronage
ronago , bnt In hopen of eccuilng and ro
alnlng control of the itato adralnlstra
ion nntll tlianozt presidential campaign
The oflicos are many In nnmbor , ane
some of them are lucrative enough t
justify the politicians In planning , evci
at this oatly day , to capture them. Th
railroad commissioners , whoso -term I
five years , each rdcolvo § 8,000
suporlntccdcnt of ntato prisons
lotm five years , § 0,000 ; super
Intcndont of public works , § GOOC
superintendent of banko , $5,000 ; tupo :
Intendentof lnsnranc , $7,000 ; one member
bor of the court of claims , $5,000 ; thro
quarantine commissioners , $2,500 each
ono health ofllcer , paid by fens , amount
ing from $40,000 to § 75,000 per yoai
ojmmlsslonor of Immigration , $ COOC
with fat pickings ; deputy at Oastlo Garden
don , $1,000 ; nlno port wardens , $3,50
to $4,000 each ; commitslonor of laba
statistics , $3,000 ; three state atsseson
$2,500 each ; three civil service cominl :
slonera , $2,000 each and traveling ex
pauses ; commissioner In lunacy , $4,00 (
These are but a small portion of the aj
pointivo oflicos. The list includes BO\
oral hundred , among which are 'India
ogonts , salt snporintondoats , attornoyi
gaino nnd 'fish ' protectors ; ooinmlssloi
era of the { Niagara reservation
commissioners of state survey ; stal
entomologist ; managers , trustees , an
commissioners cf the various state Inat
tuttons , and so on. Most of thesa ofl
cers have a good salary attached and tr.
terms of nearly all of the incumbents e :
plro during the next-two years. Bosidi
the governor has a largo number of po
oonal appointment ! , Including a privu' '
secretary , a military soorotnry , and a ha
dczan executive clerks , messengers , an
stenographer , and n , staff composed of tl
adjutant general , Inspector-general , con
mlsoary-gonoral , englneor-ln-chkf , jndgi
Ddvocato-gonoralquarier-master-gonora
paymaster-general , general Inspector <
rifla and six aldea-dc-cam
practice , - - ]
Then thora ara numerous "ornament
and sentimental offices , " as the pollliclat
detcribo them , to bo filled by the rjovoi
nor , who generally appoints to sue
places men of wealth , lolaun
cultnro , and Influence.
The stoto officars to bo elected are goi
ornor , secretary , controller , treasure )
attorney general and state engineer , a
of whom draw good salaries , employ
largo force of assistants and have
heavy salary list. So It will bo seen tht
the Inducements for exerting every effji
to capture the state government are <
the most tempting character. Shonl
the republicans bo victorious they coul
with this immense ) local patronage b
able to bold the state and give it to th
next republican candidate far presldonl
The republicans under ordinary clrcnm
stances can , according to the New Yor
[ Times , elect a majority of th
thirty-two senator * , and unless the
ara very much moro demoralize
than oppears on the eurfaco , the
are very likely to do eo. The democrat
roallza this fact , and it Is intimated the
they will UEO extraordinary eifoits t
copturo the senate. Some of them nr
sanguine enough to assert that the nos
governor will bo of their own faitri
Conservative observers , realizing tha
nothing Is certain In politics till it 1
actually settled , are willing to bdo ! the !
tlmo before making predictions ,
the Omaha
taken snuff the Lincoln Journal snoezee
JMo matter what position the Republics
taken on any question , the Journc ,
promptly supports it. The colored pec
plo ot Omaha need not be surprised
therefore , that In the civil rights con
trovcrcy which has arisen In this cli ;
the Lincoln Journal endorses the attitude
tudo of the Hcpublican , and at the sam
tlmo attempts to ridicule and belittle th
matter as if it wore a question of n
moment. It asserts that the men wh
have taken sides with the negro li
Omaha "havo rushed In for a littl
buncombe appearance as the champion
of a colored man irhosa grievance i
microscopic , " and "tho Inception of tin
affair" la declared to ba ridiculous. ThI
Is , indeed , n remarkable position fo
a stalwart republican paper to assume
The case which Mr. Woodby has instituted
tutod in court la not so much In his owi
posonal behalf as it la in the Interest o
every colored man In Nebraska. Th
object la to establish the fact that th
negro In Nebraska IB entitled to "equal
ity before the law , " both under the con
atltntlon of the United States and fltat
legislation. It Involves the qnestloi
whether ho Is to have acceis to public re
aorta , such as theatres and hotels , am
to have accommodations upon , railway
upon the tame terms aa white men. Thi
grievance la far from being microscopic
It Is visible to the naked eye , and thosi
who are so blind that they cannot nov
see It illl ba made to see it through thi
medium of tbo courts ,
EXAMINATIONS are to b * hold at varl-
ous places in Nebraska for admission tc
he state university. It la hoped thai
he young men and women of oar state
will take advantage of this opportunity
uoro numerously than they have in tbo
a > t. So far the university lus been
moro of a Lincoln Institution than It has
state college. The list catalogue shows
mt about 140 students out of a total of
73 came from the city of Lincoln , while
IB balance are from other patU of the
tato. Thta Is creditable to Lincoln , but
cos not opoak well for the ttato at largo ,
'hero ' ought * o bo five pupils from the
ther sections ot the state to ono
ram Lincoln , With the attendance that
t-onplit to have out of a population
I n early "SOOjOOO , tbo university could bo
made ono of the best Institutions of
earning In the west. The local examin
ations as proposed by the culvert ity
authorities , is , M the Lincoln Journal
aps , "evidence of the doairo cf the uni
versity faculty to co-operate wllh the
loading public echools of the state In n
harmonious nnd'systomatlo way , as well
cs to bring the subject of attendance
upon the university close to homo to a :
many as possible of the young people
who ohould attend It and to facilitate
their matriculation. Incidentally i
exposes to vlow a freak and doslrnblo in
fusion of energy Into the management
and an activity that will result In thi
moro rapid growth of the institution It
numbers and Influence , not to speak o
the wider diffusion of its good work. "
MAHSIIAL ODMMINOB has requested thi
city council to Increase the police forci
from 28 to 50 mon. Wo admit that thi
present force la too small , bat the In
croneo asked for by the marshal is a llttli
too large. If the force wore Increased ti
forty men wo think it would bo abou
right. Bnt wo are opposed to any In
crease whatever of Iho police force nntl
It is thoroughly reorganized and the ap
polntmonts are made upon an entire !
different basis. Civil service rulta shonle
govern the appointments , The mei
should bo selected with some re
gard to slz3 , phyeical condition
character and ago. Wo want young
active , well-built , Intelligent and sobe
men on the police force , and they ahouli
bo appointed without &ny question as ti
their politics , and when onca appointee
they should not bo removed withou
some good cause , no matter how of toi
the administration may change In It
political complexion. When the polic
force is reorganized upon such a bas
wo shall be in favor of Its increase t
forty or fifty mon , but not boforo. Ther
are some good policemen now employed
bnt there are some that are utterly unfi
for the position , The first thing to do i
to wood out the latter , and roplaca then
with first-class men.
THE Rev. Heber Newton's recent cei
anon on funeral customa has attracts
considerable attention owing to his cover
denunciation of the praotico cf following
the dead to their burial placea and o
mourners standing beside tbo now-mad
grave. The frequently fatal illness con
tracted in this way should bo a suflicion
reason for doing away with the practice
It should bo remembered that the buria
of friends generally takes place when thi
mourners are exhausted by watching o
grief , and that they are , therefore , mud
moro liable to contract disease than whoi
the body and mind are In ahoallhfnl con
dltlon. The lesson sought to bo im
pressed by the Rev Newton Is that ou :
duty to the living should not be lost sigh
of while attending to our duties ta thi
dead.
Ay effort Is being made in Kansas Cltj
to create a fund for tha erection of i
Young Men's Christian association build
ing , and the prospects are that It wil
prove successful. It is regretted that i
similar attempt in Omaha was a failure
The more public buildings that a city hai
the moro ovidenca it affords of enterprisi
and liberality. Wo hope tbat anothoi
effort will bo made. There Is no gooc
reason why money enough cannot bo secured
cured to purihaso a central site and erccl
a handsome building , which , beeidea fur
niahing ample quarters for the associa
tion , would produce a good revenue fron :
rentals. The way to accomplish this ob
ject is to organize a stack building com
pany , on business i rlnoiplea.
ACCOIIDINO to a recent letter fron :
Agent Gasman , in charge of the Or or
Oreek reservation , the proclamation oi
President Cleveland ordering the white
sqnattoia off the Indian lands has beer
obeyed by only a portion of tbo in-
trudera. Ugly throata are made by thest
who remain , bnt as yet the Indiana have
kept the peace with astonishing patience ,
The agent also tays that the stones of the
loss which will accrue to'tho white squat-
tore when they are finally ejected arc
greatly exaggerated , as the shanties they
have built do not average In value more
than ton or fifteen dollars. The squat
ters have engaged counsel and have sent
an agent to Washington to make a special
effort In their behalf.
THE pleasure that Is afforded First As
sistant Postmaster General Hay In decapi
tating postmasters has restored him to
health to saoh an extent that ho now
confidently states that ho will not be
compelled to resign. His physical condi
tion Is 10 much Improved and bis appe-
tlto la BO much Increased that it require !
about a hundred postmasters a day to
satisfy him. .
THE proposed Eogllah tax on beer and
spirits has created great Indignation
among the guzzlers of the United
Kingdom , Diead and butter csnld
prob bly be taxed without a protest , but
when It Is proposed to derive a revenue
from beer there is a great howl all along
no line.
WE notice that several base-ball players
have been convicted and fined In Cleveland -
land for playing base-ball on Sunday ,
Iho Omaha .club would ba perfectly safe
u Cleveland. It cduld not ba convicted
if playing base-ball on Sunday or any
ither day.
IJT the matter of widening the walks
on Fflriwm street to the curb line every
ought to be treated alike. Some
persona have boon compelled to widen
tholr walks , while others hftvo done noth-
ng. They either pay no attention to
ho orders of the chairman of Iho board
of public work ; , or else , for some reason
or other , they have not boon notified.
N Iho last batch of postal appoint
ments Nebraska waa not overlooked.
John Ivtttlo captures Iho postoflico at
Soward. Nevertheless the Nebraska
democrats continue to boll over with Im
patience at the slowness of the adminis
tration In displacing "offensive partisans. "
STATK .JOTTINGS.
Two ttccl cells will bo put In Iho county
jail at Dakota City.
Crops in the Wood river valley are repotted
3 looking unusually fine.
The Methodists of Bonv ° r City have raised
81 , ( 03 as a starter for a now church ,
The bank of Nelson , Nuckolls county , has
been reorganized with a capital of 550,000.
Columbus cries out for moro toncnieut
houses , The domaud far exceeds the supply.
Tha Ueatrlco creamery has closed tip because -
cause there wera not cowa enough In the
country to keep It growing.
It is reported that Ord and Grooloy count ;
are ready to give n bonus to the Union Pacific
to build through the county.
The horses stolen from Morris and Wagon-
knoch at MhideD. were found loose on the
prairie twenty miles west of town.
_ B. lindo , of Nlobrarn , has been awarded n
contract for furnishing 70,000 net pounds of
beef nt the Snnteo ncency the coming soar.
Mrs. Mary Callnwny , a woman of D5 , eliod
suddenly of heart dlsonso nt tha residence el
] J. P. Draper , in Nebraska City , Sundnj
morning.
The twelve year old sen of Anton Kramci
o Nebraska City , waa drowned while swim'
minp in a pond near town , last Saturday ,
The body was recovered ,
Two hundred guests nosomblod Saturday
evening at the residence of Charles A , Spiell ,
in Columbus , to calebrnto the silver wedding
of the host nnd hostess , who have been resi
dents of that city tines 1SES.
Tracklayiug on the Sioux City end Pacific
had reached a point last week sixty-six niloi
west of Valentino. Eighteen miles moic ol
the tand bills country yet remain , when the
fertile region of tboVhito river slope will b ;
reached ,
Chas , Monamy , a boy of four teen , wa :
drowned iu the lake at Timbervillo , Dodge
county , Sunday , The bout in which ho wltt
others wera rowing , cip ized and being unabl ;
to swim , sank to the bottom. The body wai
recovered.
The Bancroft Journal says that it If
ixuthoritjvely informed that that part of the
reservation lying north of the railroad track ,
and consisting of saven or eight thousand
acres , will bo appraised and come into market
In the early part of June.
The Wyoming Stage company , it is p.iid ,
will change its base to Chadron on or about
July 1 , connecting with the old route at
Buffalo Gap. A lareo number of men ate
now engaged building stations , etc. , prepara
tory for the contemplated change.
The Dakota county commissioners are mak
ing assessments for the drainage of the big
slough. The strongest fight against the ap
portionment of expense was mtdn by tin lit.
Paul and Omnha comyany , which had be-.n
assessed Sl.'JGO as its share of the oust.
Congressman Dorsoy , oi the Third congres
sional district , hai selected Profs. W. P.
Jones , A. H Clarendon and Dr. li , J. Abbott
nnd Munloy Rogers , of Fremont , and Prof.
G , H , Woodward , of North Bond , as a com
mittee to examine candidates fur the West
Point cadotshtp ,
The reunion grounds at Beatrice contains
2-10 acres and are situated on bath sides ot the
two roads , two miles southeast of the depot
there. The parade ground is south of the
tracks , nnd the camp ground 10) ) acres on a
slope facing the southeast , and laying north
of the tracks.
Syracuse society is hiphly wrought up over
a case of scandal , wherein a young man of
that village of hitrh standing is eonn to be
come a father. The young man's father will
fight the case in court , thus siting publicity
to his sou's evil ways and give the erring
yourg lady some notoriety.
The Fremont city council has passed an
ordinance requiring two days labor from
evsry mala resident between the ages of 21
nnd 00 years upon the highway , or fay a com
mutation of throe dollar * , excepting these who
are by law exempt by being inerabors in peed
standing of the lire department of the Ne
braska National Guaids.
Arthur H. Loveloy , a son of the defaulting
land ollice roplstor , writes from his homo iu
Wilininaton , N. 0. , to the Norfolk News ,
stating that since big father's troubles some'
two years ago , himself nnd mother have
offered the father a home , sent him monoy'ht
different times , but all to no purpose. Whisky
had the upper hand nnd kept it. The man ia
n complete wreck nnd ruin
The body of Henry Finke was discovered
hanging from n tree in Kobert Hawke's farm
near Nebraska City , last Friday. The body
had boon hanging there for about four weeks ,
and was almost entirely decomposed. Ho
wore n "Jersey jacket , " n pair of overalls and
a cheap pair of shoes. Uy the side cf the
tree was his hat , handkerchief and pipe and
tobacco , where he had laid them before jump ,
ing into etoruity. The man was a German ,
and had bean m _ this couutry some twenty
years. Rheumatism drove him to death.
The Lincoln Democrat brings out the fact
that the bill providing for the erection of the
pflico of register of deeds , is shown by the
journals of the two houses to have passed the
senate in ono form and the houEo in another -
the senate bill providing that it should apply
to counties liauog more than 15,000 inhabf.
tnnU and the house record shows thst it
bhould apply to counties having moro than
1,500 inhabitants , There is no record of
amendments in cither homo. It was signed
Jy the governor with the record of the two
houses in this form , and on have no binding
fmco. us the constitution provides that every
bill shall have the concurrence of both house ? ,
as well ns the signature of the governor , be
fore it can become a law ,
\VESIEIIN NKWB.
MONTANA.
"Tho contract for building the new Miner's
Union boll at Butte has been let for $12.000 ,
Thomas McLees , a brakeman , was killed at
tha Northern Pacific tunnel near Livingston ,
by falling from the train.
Helena's new water company has a reser
voir with a capacity of 100.000 barrels. It
cost $25,000 to construct it.
A Deer Lodge Valley man has undertaken ,
on a wager , to hatch out a dozen hens eggs by
tha process which the hens pursue ,
The round upa of cattle is progressing very
favorable , The weather is fine nnd the calf
crop meets the highest expectations.
The output of tha Drum Lummonlmins for
May is estimated at at $100.000. If it keeps
on increasing comparatively with the last
three mouths it will soon equal that sum.
Forty-four new buildings for residences and
business purposes are in course of erection In
Helena , with twenty-one others prbjected
and yet to be contracted for tbo prcaen
season.
_ W. 0 , Child , of Helena , has advices from
his Meagher county flocks stating that the
year'd increase amount * , up to the 21st to
about 95 per cent of the total number of
iwes , Of 6,000 Iambi dropped leas than a
core had been lost ,
Petrltz , the man who shot at Postmaster
Mooie , of Annaconda , was tried at Deer
Uodge last week , the trial ending on Satur
day lait , and was fined $1,000 , That be was
i ory drunk when the crime was committed ,
daved Pertlz from thn penitentiary ,
William CourUworth , a etone maion , died
in Helena last week of suffocation produced
by excessive smoking. Tha doctors say is it a
' 'clear cue of strangulation occasioned by the
combined effect upon tha throat and lungs
earned by incecsant utaof tobacco. "
The spring round upg fn eastern Montana ,
now about over , point to the Lrgett calf crop
ever known In that part of the territory , In
some Ui-iUtlea the lucreaio is 75 per cent , and
some others even above tbat figure. Late
rams h&ve cauied a fine growth of grass and
cattle ore in. ft Cue condition. Never befoie
In the history of the > ncidd of the totlhwfs
1m vo there lern tuch premising remits ns at
the present tlmo ,
Thn influence of the "refined enst" is mak
ing glMit ktiiilo in 1'ovcrty Gulch. The best
evidence of Helena's growing greatness and
metropolitan nirs was shown ln t week when
the saloons reduced the price of whisky
straight nnel trimmines from 25 to 12J cents
n horn , or two for n quarter ,
CALIFORNIA ,
Bids were received by the postoffico com-
iniuionrra for n roslollica site nt Sftcrnmento ,
tnsging from S1B.OOO to S38.0CO.
A few Menticnites frcm Southern Kussin
have already settled in California , and moro
fro expected , both from the states and
Kuropo.
Borers on lha Dobbol oil ranch , nbovo Pes-
cndero , have juit completed ono well , Having
struck oil nt n depth of CCO feet , nnd tboy nro
preparing to sink another near by.
Millions of small bugs have npptmred in
vineyards , nenr Cnlistogn. Thny nro believed
to bo what Matthew Cooke terms the "false
chinch bug , " nnd have done no material dam-
ngo eo far this season.
A reduction of about 20 per cent in Iho
force of the United States branch mint in Ban
Francisco , hns boon ordered from Washing
ton , There nro nearly 170 persons employed
in the mint , so that about forty employes will
bo dismissed ,
Flth nro dying in great numbers in Suitor-
villo lokc , uenr Sacramento , nnd in other
ponds. The treubln is attributed to grass *
hcppurs , which , ns food , nppear to be fatal to
fish , when taken in largo quantities , as well
ns to turkeys.
Tbo board of education of Oakland is con
fronted with n piexpectlvo deficit of 810,000
to 420,000 in tliu fund of next year , with no
apparent wny of saving , except by reducing
the salaries of teachers or closing the schools
or a wbilo ,
A cave inhabited by an old Spanish hermit ,
has been discoveied iu the cliffs overlooking
the ocean Iu the vicinity of Santn Barbara.
Tbo man is supposed to besoma fugitive from
justice who has for years made this uninvi
ting locality his retreat ,
Ono day last week , as eomo laborers on Iho
Coburn ranch , near Pescadoro , were cutting
down thistles near n ledge of rocks , tboy were
horrified to find themselves iu Iho midst of n
den of rattlesnakes. After a lively skirmish
they killed cloven of Urn reptiles ; some others
crawled off and hid among the rocks. Iho
snakes killed were nil laruo nnd well grown.
The number of standard dollars in the
branch mint in San Francisco has rapidly
grown of late. At preterit there are about
$33,009,000 in silver coin in tbo vaults , and in
addition to this , there is a largo amount in
the sub-treasury. The branch mint in San
Francisco coins the bulk ot the gold in the
Umtod States , nbout 82,000,000 a month be
ing transformed from bullion into money.
Information has been sent to the office of
the state board of Viticulture of serious rav
ages committed by tha grasshoppers among
the vineyards of Napn and Sonoma counties ,
At present these pests confine themselves to
the foothills , and having not yet gotten their
wing8 their only means of locomotion ii their
legs. In attacking a vineyard they commence
with the nearest row , and aitor eating the
vines down to the old wood , proceed to the
next , nnd so on.
81 It AY NOTES.
Watermelons nnd figs are ripe in Yuma
county Arizona.
The present populntion of Portland , Oregon
gen , exclusive ot Chinese , is 629,000.
Reno , Nevada , has 685 children between
the ngos of G and 18 years , aud UGO under 21
jears.
The tin mine recently discovered in Anto-
iopo valley , Nevada , Is pronounced by ex-
parts to bo the true metnl.
' ' Tbo owners of the famous Tintic mines of
Utah have leorganlzad a company with a
capital of § 2,000,1.00 to operate them.
Tbo editor of the Ogden Herald congratu
lates himself nnd his subscribers that the re
cent investigation of the grand jury failed to
find a plurality of wives in his possession.
Revenue collections in New Mexico nnd
Arizona during the past year wera § 75.1)03.89 ) ,
an increase of nearly § 1,000 over the previous
year.
year.A
A number of now lead strikes have been
reported this season nenr Leadville , which
offer more encouragement to the smelters this
year.
year.Tha assesfment roll of Tombstone , A T , ,
for this year , shows § 634,680 in real Obtate and
880,000 in personal property , a falling off from
lass year of nearly half a million dollars.
A prize fight for $250 a eido took place at
Eagle Itoclf , Idaho , on the 30th , between J.
J. rfarlau , nt Idaho , aud John Murphy of
Montitm One round nnd a blow under the
our settled the fight in favor of Murphy ,
Tha now school Uw in Nevada prohibl
the appropriation of county school funds I
school distiicts which have less than tei
children between the ages of ( i nnd 18. 'ih
uien of new pchool districts is limited to eigh
miles square.
Tt is alleged that the Maxwell land gran
contained originally 80,000 acres , Lut a resurvey -
survey demonstrated that it requires not les
than 170,000 acrcs to make n respectable sizei
errant. The claimants doubtless think
about tlmo to make another survey.
Boston Post ,
Cjl , R'.ib-rt G. Ingorsoll Is cfton sale
to hnvo formed in boyhood a piojudlci
against orthodoxy , because his lather , i
Congregational clorgynun , reared liln : ci
rigorously as to duprivo him of every
rational pleasure. The exact contrary ii
true. The patorn l IngeisoH. cf when
wa3 extremely fond , w s remarkably llh
ern.1 , and on account of his liberality wa1
al wo ; a lit trouble with the members o :
his church and other e.vangollcal goasons
who made him very unhnppy. Thi
seemed so narrjw ana unjust to Rober
that ho cima to h&to the imrno Calvinism
and all Its teachbga. Ilia hatred 1m ,
iucroEsod with his years , and Is rigor
onsly expaessid In his anti-religioni
lectures. A native of this state ho wa
born In Amsterdam its family led i
wandering llfu until they settled , when
ho was 10 years old , In Southern Illi
nois. For years ho eallod Peorla his homo
but cf late ho has spent most of hli
tlmo in Wathington , where his lega' '
practice la reported to bo wurth $10,000
per annum , Albeit an ardent politician ,
his as never held any public ollico ex
cept tbat of Attorney General of Illinois.
Ho having been beaten in 1800 ns
democratic candidate for congress from
that state , ho resolved never again to
seek the snflVagea of the people , and ho
kept hla resolution. Ho refuted In 1877
the mission to Berlin , which had
been tendered him by the state depart
ment. He Is doubtless aware that his
aggrestivo attitude toward orthodoxy
would be successfully used against him
at the polls. At hla house In Pcoria ono
day , a visitor seeing a Cno edition of
Voltalr'a worka in hla library asked how
much It I cost him , His answer was ,
"The governorahlp of Illinois , " Per
aonally Ingorsoll la exceedingly popular.
He Is a delightful talker and Companion ,
being full of Interesting reminiscences
and humoros anecdotes. He numbers
among his ftiends many persona whose
theological opinions are diamotracally
opposed to his own.
HI ilio NowBt , LioiiU-Sr. Paul Line ,
UmtLiNeJTON , la , , June 3 , Today n meet
ing of prominent officers of the Burlington ,
Cedar Hapids & Northern railroad waa held
bera to arrange for the opening of the new
passenger line between ot , Louis nnd St.
L'aul , via Qalncy , Keokuk , Burlington and
Dedar Ilaplde , to go into Hfect Junu 14 , A
passenger train provided with Pullman cars
will leave St. LOUH every night , arrite at
Uurlington at 5:25 : a , m , nnd Minneapolis at
7:20 : p , m. The time between these points
> nd St. Louis will ba 23 hours.
Ferelinaml "Ward Indicntccr ,
NEW YORK , June 3. Th grand jury has
ound an Indictment against Ferdinand Warder
or grand Jarcfpy , The cane will be tried at
nee.
WOMEN OP IiETXERS.
I/endcrs ol Society nnd Iiltorntnro nt
the Nntiotml Capltnl ,
Correspondence Philadelphia Times.
It cannot bo aald that society women
at the capital show the same Inclination
toward literature as the statesman. In
fact meny leaders of fashion hero have no
moro literary taato than the mulds who
curl tholr hair. They can , of couno ,
converse grammatically , give n borrowed
opinion ou the litest novel and even
know the namcn tf the loading pot.ti and
novelists ; but beyond this they elo not
penetrate. There are eomo , however ,
and thu number Is not small , who deserve
all praise for thtir talent and learning.
Among these two stand pro-eminent ,
Miss Cleveland nnd Mrs , Dhlgren ,
widow of the admital. A great deal has
been written about the literary require
ments of the president's sister , and per
haps they have been somewhat exagger
ated. Still it cannot bo denied that for
solid knowledge , wide reading nnd ab
sorbing bvo of books , Miss Cleveland Is
clearly lirjt htnong the women of society.
Mrs. Dfthlgron Is not such an extensive
scholar as Miia Cleveland , nor quite her
equal in intellect. She ia just M devoted
to lotterj , however , and a great deal moro
ambitions. She ia known as the author
of three volumes of variable merit. Her
first work was the life of Ulrlc Dahlgron ,
her stepson , who foil in the famous raid
on Richmond. Of course thin volume
was n labor of love end well written -
ton , if wo judge from the favorable
criticisms with which it met , "Legends
of South Mountain , " her next produc
tion was not BO successful , bat showed
considerable vermtlllty. The latest
work from her pen , a novel caricaturing
high Ufa at the capital , lisa had such n
wide circulation and has been so much
talked about that every book reader has
raid or heard of it. She is literary au
thority in social circles and was the lead
ing spirit of the very oxclnsivo belles-
lettres society which flourished heron
few years ago. The moet noted members
were PresidentGatfield , George Banoioft
and a half dozan senators. Mrs. Dihl-
gren lives mcsi of the tlmo at her country
residence on South Mountain , overlook
ing the bittlo field , She is a very prond ,
handsome woman , resembling In appear
ance and in style of living some of the
stately duchesses of whom wo road In
English novels. Her estate oxtondi over
several square miles and Is a perfect typo
of Middle Ago feudalism. Her tenants
are like BO many vassals , nnd very faith
ful ones , too , for a kinder "L iy of the
Caatle , " wai never seen. Her Income is
spent largely In building churches and
school houaos for the poor. For mllea
around she la an object of veneration to
the paoplo who prosper ou her bounty.
All alone , without husband , child or
near relative , she rules her llttlo domain.
It Is said that she h&a received more
ofFers of marriage than any woman In to-
cioty , bnt nho aeems to find enough
happiness in occasional social enjoyments
in tha pleasures of her country homo and
In literary work. -\v. \ L. it.
The Kearney Poatolllco Squabble.
Kearney Prcs.
Mr. J. E. Gllleapio , a democratic law
yer of Kearney , wrjto to Dr. George L
Miller a Utter , on Monday , of last week ,
in which he gave the Dr. a severa castl-
gatlon for seeming the appointment of
the "Carpot-bagger" Morgan , to bo post
master at Kearney. Dt. Miller returned
the letter to Mr. Jaun Boyle , the boss
democrat of this tection , and asked him
what it meant , and directing him to
wrlto him the "wowt side" of the
Morgan business. Mr. Boyle conferred
with aornp democrats and desired the ono
who futniehod us this Information , to
write to Miller , and till him tbat
Morgan's appointment gave entire satis
faction. Our democratic friend declined
to do so. He cauld not Ho to aid Mr.
Boyle. This letter has caused a declari-
tion of war by Morgan and Gillesplo.
This declaration of war hsa brought to
light Bovoral letters written by Gecrgo L.
Miller to democrats here , which go to
show him up , as ono of the most Infam
ous political liars In the state. Oan gent
leman requested that , In the light of recent
events , ho desired to publish a letter
Miller had written him Miller answered
hurriedly and said no ; but If wo wore the
party holding the letter , wo would pub
lish It and let Miller stand convicted of
lying that all might know and measure
him at his worth. Mr. Boyle fa showing
confidentially e/f course , the Gillospto
letter , and Miller's reply to Boyle , In
regard to it , and there is blood on the
touta of the democracy of Kearney. But
Mr. J. Gillespia Is too much for Morgan
Miller , Moylo , & Co. , Intellectually and
will down them all In the near ] uturo
The spalls huntoro , of the democracy , do
not control a dczan votoa In Buffalo
county , although our frlond Boyle , told
Doc. Miller , that when ho came to the
Bounty , the highest democratic vote
polled was 280 , nnd that after ho and
Morgan organized the prrly , they polled
over 1,200. Tnls was a most barefaced
falsehood. The combined fneion vote
was over 1,200 nnd at least 750 of these
srotoa were polled by anti-monopolists.
Iho campolgn In this county , waa organ
ized and carried on by antl-monopolfste
md three-fourths of the work waa done
by them , and yet , Boyle and Morgan ,
iway from homo claim all credit for the
Nomocracy , and assort that they did it.
Smoke Seal of North Carolina To-
3acco ,
Ibo Official Strut at tlio Capital ,
Washington Cnr. Philadelphia Times.
Department officials , high and low , now
mt In appearance and soak the presence
rom which flows the milk and honey of
) fflciil life. It IB not generally known
.hat . these men are the very pillars of the
; ovormntnt In their own estimation at
east. Every ono cf them has a grand ,
ilmott tragic , strut , as characteristic as
.hat . of Henry Irving and scrupulously
mitated by the lowest clerks in the do.
> artmonta. Men who bavo made a
itudy of the matter can oven de
ed seven distinct varieties of strut
> ecullar to the divisions over which
ho seven cabinet officers preside ,
mt an ordinary observer would not no
lee this. Moreover , it is whispered that
; race In the art of strutting waa the aur-
ist recommendation for advancement
mder the last administration , especially
n the ofiico of Judge Lawrence , eoa-
rollcr of currency , who was a perfect
wagon In this respect. These pillars of
tate nourish a vast conception of tholr
iwn Importance , They regard thorn-
elves BB tbo skilful manipulators who
: ecp tha machine of government iu
action , and congress as a mere
ubsldary power , whoso doty it Is to
o a llttlo rapairlng once In a whilo.
'hoy are Batltfiod with only the highest
rado of Booltty , and look down with
leilablo contempt on the private cltizsn ,
iot ono of your Philadelphia banker or
lerdmnt millionaires oomo to Waablng-
igtan and thoio petty officials will con-
der It a matter of condescension on
iolr part to receive hlrn , although iholr
icomes average less thou $3,000 a year.
There Is n general opinion hero that tholr
ridiculous vanity and strutting should ba
Bnpprcsiod by presidential enlist.
$ IiOn. Minute ,
Country Gentleman ,
Night and day , and ovcry day In the
your ! This ii about the rnto at which
the United States government Is now
paying oflflts Indebtedness , mil Is hardly
ono third ns fast an dining several pre
vious yours. But $100 n mtnuto amounts
tn only $42,5GO,000 annually , or scarcely
75 cents during n whole year for each of
the inhabitant : ! of onr great country ,
The most of it , however , is pnid by the
wealthy , who elo not fool It , and by a
tax upon n few articles ot luxury.
But were It equally divided , there are
few who would not cheerfully contribute -
tribute this small amount (75 ( cents ) for
the sake of sustaining the splendid repu
tation our country enjoys throughout the
world as a prompt , honest , debt-paying
people. The United States could now
borrow money at a lower rate of Interest
than any ether nation under the sun.
There nro several advantages in this.
To nsino one : A nation's strength depends -
ponds largely upon Ha ability to provide
the "sinews of war,1' ' of which money la
the grcatoit. Great BrlUIn ia nlronger
from thi3 cuiso than from the actual
number of fighting mon aho ooulel
r.Uso among her own population
proper. For thla reason wo are
nblo to got along with almost in standing
army or navy barely enough to aot aa a
pollco foico , and toke care of the fortlfi-
c&tlona to cave them from dilapidation ,
and to keep a score of skilled ollicera In
training for any emergency that might
arlsu demanding the sudden action of a
largo foro3 of citizen soldlcw. Nearly
every other nation haa a hr o percentage
of Ha most vigorous men In field , or
camp , or fort , or on shipboard , with another -
ether heavy percentage tolling to sup
port thcio and the expenses tnoy Incur.
Lincoln ns nn Economist.
Washington Latter ,
President Lincoln , ttarod In the lap of
poverty , was very economical. When ho
came to Washington ho had saved from
his professional earnings $20,000 nnd ho
did not ewe a dime. During his presi
dential term ho aaved from his Hilary of
$25,000 a year , $00,000 , which Henry
D. Cook Invested for blinin government
securities. Ho was not a slovenly man
but ho bought cheap clothes , and
cared little whether they
fitted him or not. After he came to
Washington , Mrs Lincoln used to see
that ho waa alwaj s proEontablo , but ho
often rebelled , and regarded white kid
gloves ns an unmitigated nuleanco.
While clothes were to Mr. Lincoln only
something to cover him up , ho only ate
because it was a duty , and did not know
what was good to oat any moro than ho
did what was good to wear. Ho never
drank intoxicating liquors or used to
bacco In any form. Neither did ho
know how to play any game respectably
well. His Illinois friends Bald that it
was as good aa a circus to see him play a
game of billiards. While ho occasionally
told stories which were "off color , " no
ono over charged him with an immoral
act , and the moat accomplished olrens of
the capital failed in their attempts to
beguile him.
Faintinc nn Olel Homo Keel.
Lafayette ( Ind. ) Courier.
A comical incident iu the Illlnola cena-
torial contest transpired nt Wataoka , 111. ,
yesterday. Major Patera , editor of the
Republican of that place end republican
member of the legislature from Iroquols
county , when assured of Logan'o election :
telegraphed the boys from Springfield ,
"Logan Is elected. Paint my old homo
red. " Ho meart , of course , for them to
hold a jollification in Watseka. but the
boys look him at his word , and showing
the message to Mru. Peters gained her
consent , aud forthwith the ontlro male
population turned out and procuring the
brightest rod paint imaglonablo painted
the house , barn and oat-houses scarlet
eoof , chimney and all , not sparing oven
the tree-trunke. When the major hoard
Df the nffilr this morning ho waa the
saddest man In the nation , notwlth-
itanding Logan's election.
Complete Treatment with Inhale
for every wrm of Catarrh $1.
Sanford's ' Eadical Cure ,
Head Colds , Watery Discharges from the NOSOBPBI
lyes , Ulnglns Noises In the Head , Nervous Dead-
cho and Fever Instantly relieved ,
Choking mucus dislodged , membrane cleansed nnd
caled , breath sweetened , smell , taste and hearine
stored , nnd ravages chocked.
Coughs , Bronchitis , Droppings Into the Throat ,
'alns ' In the Chest , Dyspepsia , Wasting of Strength
nd Flesh , Losa of Sleep , eta , cured.
Ono bottle Kmllcal Cure , ono box Catarrha ! Sol
ent and ono Dr. Sanford's Inhaler , In ono package ,
f nil druggists , for ? 1. Ask or SANTORD' JUDICAI ,
emu , a pure dlttlllatlon ol Witch Hazel , Am , Pine ,
ia. Fir , Marigold , Clover Blossoms , eto. I'orrin
EUa AMD CnKMICAL Co. . Iloston.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co. , Iloston.
, New ll/o for fluttered
Corves , Painful Muscles and
woaVened Organr. ( Mlina1
Voltaic Electric Plistcr , In
stantly aOects the nervous
ny > tem and banishes pain ,
norvousnew and debility. A
pereoct Eleo'ro flalvanlo bat.
tcry combined with a highly
medicinal plaster lor 26a
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