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A. H. Filch , Manager D ily OlrcnteUon ,
ff. O. Bo , 488 Omb , Neb.
Mn. PIUTCUETT has not boon made
United States dial riot attorney as yet
There's many n slip between the cup
and lip.
OMAHA , is to have a new cemetery
Some of the old motn-backa that have
for years stood In the way of Omaha's
progress onght to bo planted there.
THE Una violates no oonQdonco In at
Ing that Oapt. Herman would not sccopt
the consulship to Dablln. With the cap
tain It Is the Internal revenue collector-
ehlp or nothing.
A BOOK has just been published ontt.
tied'Tho Llfoof John Kelly. " Wha
the old ohiof of Tammany has over donu
of sufficient Importance or Interest to be'
como the subject of a biographer is some
thing wo cannot find out without wading
through the volume , and life is too nhor
{ or thai.
Tun rush of office seekers at the poet
office department Ilia become nogroat that
the firat aaais'ant postmaster genoral'i
office is to bo reinforced with twelve new
clerks. And yet a Washington paper re
cently flair into a passion bocauto the
spoilsmen wore called a mob. If the
offico-ooakera now in Washington do not
coiutltuta a mob , wo do not know th
moaning of the word.
THE charge is made that some of the
census ennumerators are not doing their
work in a satisfactory manner. * Super
intendent L no should at once invest !
gate this matter. The people of this
city do not want any inflttion , bnt they
do want a census that will give us all the
population no are honestly entitled to ,
Thla work should not bo allowed to bo
done in a slip-shod way.
THE display of the Douglas county
horticultural society , to be held at the
rink in this city on the 17th , 18th , 19.h
and 20th of this month , promises to be
a very attractive til sic. It is the firs
effort of the kind on the part of the SD
oloty , and It ia hoped that itwill be
euccoss in every respect. It is not in
tended for the purpose of making money
and the management will be satisfied
it pays expense ; .
Mn F. M. MAoDoifAon , who died in
Omaha on Friday , had been a life-long
journalist. For many years ho was the
editor of the Watchman , a paper which
ho founded. He wan a man of good ed
ucation , and an easy and fluent writer.
Mr. MicDonsghlwas bold an'd Independ
ent , ever ready to expose wrongs and to
advocate the interests of the oppressed.
Hla sarcastic wit was always [ aimed at
ehams and frauds , and had n telling
effect.
Tun strawberry crop this season is one
of the most abundant over raised. This
is particularly the case In Illinois. On
Saturday the fruit train from Oontralia ,
oonsls'ing of thirty-four can , ' carried
500,000 quarts of strawberries into Chi
cago. This would supply nearly every
man , woman , and child in that city with
a quart each on Sunday , and if the town
vraa not printed a strawberry color yes
terday it was not the fault of the berry
TUB original marble tablet on which is
Inscribed the memorial epitaph of Thomas
Jefl'eraon la the proparty of the Unlvor-
nity of Missouri , at Columbia , to which
Institution it wai presented by the heirs
of Jofloraon , It was this piece of marble
that was unveiled the other day , and was
nsod an a text by Secretary Bayard in
hia eulogy of Jefferson. The most ap
propriate thing that the University of
Missouri could now do would bo to have
the tombstone placed where it rightfully
belongs over the unmarked grave ol
Jefferson , in Virginia.
BLANCH K. BnuoH , who hta for sever
al years been the register of the treasury ,
U succeeded by General Roseorans. The
book-keeping of the treasury is done in
this office , and it ia said that the general
doesn't know 'any more about that arl
than a Texas steer does about theology ,
However , with a competent deputy , the
work no doubt will bo efficiently done ,
and the general will bo enabled to draw
Ids salary without any trouble. The
principal object of his appointment wll
thus bo tatiefactorUy accomplished.
TUB injunction , preventing the expend' '
Uuro of $5,000 by tha New Orleans oltj
oonnci' ' , to defray tha expenses of <
junketing ommlttoo that was to accom
pany the Liberty boll ou its return tc :
Philadelphia , is a dampener on the
would-bo touriilr , while at the same time
it hoi nude glad the heart of tha oyer
burdened t x payer , The members ol
( ho junketing committee now l lk ol
railing the money by subscription , bal
before they get through they will prob
ably conclude to return the Lbirty bell
to Philadelphia by express.
OMAHA DRESSED BEEP IN BOS
TON.
That Omaha Is destined to bccomo n
no distant day ono of tha greatest cattle
markets in America Is no longer a du
bious question. Daring n recent visit of
the editor of the BBH in St. Paul , Minne
apolis , and Chicago ho hid occasion to
mtot prominent business men connect
ed with the board of I ride in osch of
those cities. It was a gratifying surprise
to find that Om'aha is regarded as the
most promising cattle market of the
future in this country. Mr. Sam Aller-
ton , the Chicago millionaire , who made
his fortune in the meat packing bntinesa
and handling of cattle , made the unre
served prcdlntlcn that Omaha wllhiu a
very few years will rank next to Chicago ,
and possibly become oven a greater cattle
market than Chicago. Mr. Allirt > n first
set his stakes for cat tie shipping atBnffalo ,
whence in duo time ho was compelled
to locate at Chicago , 525 3 miles
west. The distance from Chicago to
Omaha is twenty-five miles loss than that
from Buffilo to Ohlcigo. The sam6 law
of trade which made It advantageous to
slaughter and concentrate cattle at Chicago
cage twenty years ego , Is to-day more
forcibly brought to brar In favor of
Omaha. The great oattlo region is
literally at her door , and In this respect
she enjoys superior facilities over Kansas
City , slnoo she In not only within reach
of the vast ranges of Nebraska and Wyo
ming , but can also draw from Colorado ,
Utah , Montana , nod all the territory
tributary to the Oregon Short lino.
The advent of Omaha dressed beef in
the Boston market hat Monday bronchi
out the fallowing article from the Boston
Herald , which speaks volumes for the
future of Omaha as a slaughtering point
and cattle market :
AD important event for Boston , in a com
raorcial eonso , took place yesterday , though BO
quiutly that few outside of those immediately
interested were cognizant of the affair. It
wan the opening of the first carload of dressed
beef ever received In this city from Oraaha-
the furthest western point at which a'aughtor
ing ia now can led on. Before tha advent of
refrigerator cars , it waa the cu torn to tbip
western catllo to eastern slaughtering points
"on the hoof. " Theconsfquenco was that by
the time the animals bad reached their
destination thny had becomg greatly
deteriorated , on account of the man
ifold discomforts which thov encountered
during their long journey. With the
introduction of "Chicago dro'sod beef
long etep was taken In the right direction , by
bringing the slaughtering pnmt comparatively
close to til9 great grating section of the west
where the cattle are reared and fattened.
Within a few dayg , however , ctill another
advanoa in this respect has taken place , and
the slaughteilng of beef cattle his been begun
at Omaha , Neb. , by the H.mmond company ,
which has an extensive establishment. The
first carload of tha beef slaughtered and sen
east covered /,00)-mtle journey to Boston
In six days , and was opened yesterday morn
ing by the Boston agent of the Hntcmond
company. Other carloads will follow in
rapid succession. The cattle were raised on
the ranges of the Bay Stito Live Stock com
pany ( a Massachusetts enterprise , as its nam
indicates ) In vestern Nebraska , and were fat
tened near Omaha. The beef arrived in the
bsst of condition , and its quality was pro.
nounced equal , if not superior , to any which
ever reached the Boston market , the average
weight of the dressed carcasses being 1,895
pounds. The Bay State company w&s organ
ized in December , 188 ? , and owns a larg
tract of desirable grazing land in Nebraska
and Wyoming , recently purchased from the
Union Pacific lailroad. Upon its range
there are at present 80,000 head of cattle , con
dialing largely of the Hereford and abort
born breed i , some of which are the finest im
ported full-bloodod stock.
THE IRON STRIKE.
It ia oitlmatod that the general Mint
down of the Iron mills , fully ono hundred
being closed , his thrown out of employ
ment 50,000 men and taken § 116.000 a
day out of circulation In the districts con
trolled by tbo Amalgamated arsiolatlon.
This is , indeed , a lamentab'o nta'o of af
fairs , especially at a time when it was
generally hoped and believodjthst every
thing in the industrial world would move
along smoothly for the season , after hav
ing emerged from a long period of de
pression. Ia the opinion of the Cleve
land Leader , which paper has made a
careful study of the situation , the
suspension is only temporary , and
the next sixty days will witness
a general resumption all along the lino.
This Is the regular time for making re
pairs , the Iron trade Is dull , and prices
extremely low , and the refusal to sign
the scale affords those mills that are not
crowded with orders an excellent oppor
tunity to shut down , taka an account of
stock and overhaul their machinery. The
fact that the work of repairing is boinp
actively pushed In nearly all the BUI-
ponded mills , would Indicate that the
proprietors anticipate a rcsnmptkn of
operations at no very distant day , not
withstanding the assertions to the con
trary from the headqnirtera of the. West
era Iren nss-oolatlon. The Leader rays :
In our opinion tha new scale is not particu
larly objectionable to oUhir elds , and luch
points of difference as exist can to e&iily ad-
juitoj when it becomes really desirable to do
10 , Ten of the forty-Bvo miles in the 1'ltte-
bnrg district have signed the scale and are
running right along. These are understood
to bo full of orders , and it ia but reasonable
to suppose that the balance will drop Into
line as Boon as their bminesi beglne
to crowd them , Tha Iron
workers appear to take a philosophi
cal and good-natured view cf the situation ,
and are coolly and couCdently awaiting de
velopments. There Is none of the bitterneii
that uiually characterize ! a strike. In fact U
U straining a point to call it a strike. It In
mure properly a suspension on n agreement
to disagree , \vith etery th tig to indicite thnt
all differences will ba speedily settled and
wcrk returned whenever the demands of trade
require it ,
THERE Is an evident disposition on the
put of tha "fine-workers" under the
preamt admtnistra'Ion to oucroaah upon
tbo jirlsdlo Ion of the civil icrvloo law.
This h shown in tha appoint meet of the
ex-confedcrato tocrotary of state to a
fourth-class clerkship In the general hud
ofllce by calling him n cvhf of iliviilin , a
grade that does not como within the par-
view of the law , ai well as the more re
cent appointment absolutely of a clerk of
the third chss in the oflioo of the third
auditor of the trotsury , on the ground
that ho had botn latsly a chief of division
in the same bureau. .After the more
prominent offices have been disposed of
ho war on the civil sarvico commission
ill bo begun In earnest all along the
no , The law will bo atralnad to Us ut
most In order that a democrat may bo up-
olntod to fill ever potslblo iffico.
THE GRAND JURY.
The Republican's aeiault on Mr.
ames Urolghton In charging him nith
onsplraoy to defeat the ends of justice
, nd to prevent a full and fair inquiry Into
; ho conduct cf our public works Is un
warranted and malicious , It Is a grave
ihargo which should only have been made
pen positive proofs from reliable sources
f it were true it does not only Involve
Mr. Crelghton , bnt Sheriff Miller and
thor county oQic'nla ' who make up onr
rand juries. It cannot bo denied , how-
vor , that the make-up of the present
; rand jury affords grounds for suspicion ,
t was manifestly Improper for Mr.Cr , < igh
.on to allow himself to have bean made
'oreman of the grand jury , and it decs
ot look well , to say the least , for Frank
Hanlou and Hugh Murphy , bath of
whom have hold contracts under the
board of public woikt , to bo members ot
, grand jury which is required to invcs-
Igato the methods by which contracts
were let and carried out. This Impropri
ety becomes more glaringly manifest
when it is uuderatood that five of thii
; raud jurors who wore properly drawn
n the first place by the sheriff nnd com
mlssloncra were excused , and Messrs.
Crolghton , Hnnlon , Muiphy and others
were substituted by the sheriff. Wo do
not propose to mlnco matters in dlscusj-
ng questions of public Interest
even where downright rralico and
pitofulnoes are dlsplajod by other news
papers. The attempt to couple the name
if the city engineer with Mr. Crelghton
n an alleged conspiracy Is preposterous
n its face. Wo are aware that Andrew
Rojowator will never bo abl > > to acqul
himself in the eyes of the JRepubllcan o
the crime of being a brother cf the editor
f the BEE. It makes no difference how
honestly and faithfully ho has discharged
ho duties of his pfliie , ho will still re
main subject to the vindictive , malicious
and stupid accusations concocted by the
mall-jouled specimen of humanity wh m
providence , for some myetarloiu reason
has blessed with a parent wealthy enough
o buy him a newspaper.
It i ) a well-known fact that the city
engineer gave public notice , buth before
and since the city election , that ho would
call bis accusers before the next grand
ury and compel them to dUcl.-so wha
hey know about his conduct in < , fibe ,
Ho kept good his word by going before
the grand jury within forty-eight hour
after It was organized and demanding a
ts hands a full and fair Investigation , Hi
did not dream that Mr. Oreighton wa
ho foreman of that grand jury , o :
oven a member of it , until he appeared
n the jury room. Ho was surprised t
find upon entering the jury room tha
the jury In its make-up differed materially
from the original panel as drawn an
published. For his own Interest it would
certainly have been more desirable tha
nobody associated with him as an office
or connected with contracts should be on
the grand jury. For our part wo woul
urgeupon Messrs. Creighton , Murphy an
Hanlon the propriety of resigning at once
They cannot fail to see that their pros
erjco in the grand jury will bo a aourc
uf public scandal. It gives a handle t
men who charge crookedness upon th
biard of public works and upon the con
tractors. It has already given the Repub
lican & biala for accDcatloos wbio , If
cboy were trno , would lay the eheriff and
nil the parties charged with fixiog up the
( { rand jury liable to criminal prosecution.
By rotir ng from the grand jury Messrs
Orolgbton , Murphy end Hanlon nil ! not
undo the work already concluded by tin'
boily. They will simply leave the
investigation into the conduct of the
lie works to bo renewed for the informa
tion of their eueccssors. In this matter
the citizens of Omaha will not bo satis
fied with anything less than an impartial
and searching inquiry by disinterested
grand jurors.
Tan postmaster of LowUton , Idaho ,
has served a very useful purpose. He
has demonstrated beyond the shadow of
a doubt that the postal money-order sys
tem Ia sadly defective , in that H can bo
manipulated by an ingenious yet simple
plan to yield a very profitable return to
the operator. Mr. Hlbbi , the inventor
of this device , drew false money orders
on various poatoffioos In Idaho and Wash
ington , payable to the order of distant
banking houses. The usual letters of ml-
rice to the postmaster were then for
warded by him , and under Cotltone names
of payees JMr. Hibbs wrote to the banks ,
enclosing the money orders and request
ing that the sums des'gnited bo placed
to his credit. At the tame time he
would glvo notlco of his intended vltit ,
when he would personally draw the
money. Bis next step was a notification
that he had changed hii mind , and
wanted tha money sent by registered
letter. He always named tomopostcfllo ?
to reach which the registered letter wou'd
luva to pass through bin own office
When these registered lo'tors struck hi *
hands they went no further. For the
practical demonstration of this method of
robbery , In order to prove that some
changes are neceatary ia tbo money order
fytc > m , Mr Hlbbi has chirg d between
$25,000 end $50,000. He did not trait
to bo turned out , but has tiken his de
parture for some unknown whereabouts ,
which is generally supposed tobo Canada ,
THE first concert of the season in Cen
tral Park , on Sunday , May 31at , was at
tended by thirty thouiand persons , not
withstanding a lain storm. The Sunday
concerts will bo continued throughout
the summer , and will , as they did last
scnion , prove a great pleasure to the pjor
people irom the tenement houses for
whoso particular benefit they hare boon
arranged. Iho effects of those concerts ,
in a sanitary way , cannot bo over estim
ated. They uill draw thousands upon
thoutauds of poor people with their
children to n delightful breathing spot
and intplro them with renewed hope and
vigor , Woto It not for those concerts
the majority of them would find no at-
raotlon away from homo , and would re
main in tholr close , crowded , miserably
ond'ated ' quarters. In such a great city
is Now York open air concert ] onght tea
a given every evening and Saturday nf
ornoon in Central Park for the amuse
ment of these who cannot afford any ro-
xcation where expanse Is incurred.
Tup. financial columns of the Chicago
Tribune Indicate n noticonblo "oaticg
p" of money rates throughout the west
ispecially in the rural districts , Debts
, ro being paid , collections In agricultural
communities ara easier , and people ore
aid to bo In n much moro hoprfiil
ramo of mind than they were a few
months ago. The decline In interest IB
olievod to bo duo leas to the aacumnla
ion of idle capital than to the Improved
financial condition of the farming classes.
Ail this is very encouraging to business
men everywhere , It indicates that the
ow prices of the last year or so have left
moro profit in farming than has generally
ally been supposed , and that the ogrlcul-
urol prosperity of the United States has
not yet been seriously affected. So long
s this ii the case the country cnu rest
easy concerning Its industrial end com
mercial future , The farming class in the
United States Is to vastly moro numerous
nd important thsn any other , that its
prosperity implioi that of the whole
country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
OMAHA has an opportunity now to sc-
cure two colleges a Lutnoran > college -
lego which Is to bo established at aomi >
plao west of the Mississippi river , and a
Baptist college to bo located In some
city or town of Nebraska. If Omaha
hulds tha proper Inducements she can no
doubt capture these two prizes , which
will add greatly to the material Interests
and reputation of the city. The firs
matter to consider is the Baptist college ,
as the committee appointed by the Nebraska
braska state convention to visit the vari
ous towns for a location Is about to make
tour of the state for that purpose. Our
Jbuslnoas man , irrespective of creed
ihould at once interest thcmsaivos in thU
enterprise and take stops to offer such in
dncements as will bo too tempting to bo
rejected. Omaha la the proper place foi
this college , and the opportunity to so
euro it should not bo neglected.
TUB dlsbandment of several profes
slonal base ball clubs is said to bo due
to n lack of patronage. This is an en
oanraglng sign. It Is an Indication nol
of hard times , bnt that peopla are begin
nlng to attend to basinets in preference
to wasting time and money on alleged
games of base ball. The trouble with
base ball , an in almost any ether bus !
neB i is that there has been an overproduc
tlon , and the market has been glutted
with cheap material.
TH.B latest advices from Washington
Indicate that Sam Randall is not trou
bled 89 much with the filling of offices In
Philadelphia as ho Is by an attach of thi
gout , from which ho is Buffering.
GENERAL GIUNI continues to fight i
out on that lino. Ho maintains a pation
campiign against n foe to which ho mas
inevitable surrender within a few
months.
GENERAL ROSEUIUNS , the now reglatc
of the treasury , is oald to bo an origin *
Ohio man , It is a very cold day who
on Ohio man gctj Me.
THE Fourth of July will bo celebrated
by Omaha in her usual style , The pro
gramme will cotsist of ioe-creom , lemonade
ado , and Ore crackers.
Before mui Alter Taking.
Washington Special.
It Is marvelous what a change It make
In the mind of a domeorat to got an office
I wrote you n paragraph eororal week
since about a Indiana democrat complain
ing about Mr. Cleveland going BO slow
snd txpreealog hit fears that this WM i
"Damn mugwump conoarn. " Wei ) , tha
Indiana dem crat got a place a short tlm
alnee , and going home the ether ovonin
I met htm in Lafayette park looking B
happy as a lord , and evidently dolightoi
with the world. After shaking hands ,
asked him how ho liked bis now place
"Oh , the boat kind ; it ia a nice position.
"Many moro llko It in the treasurer
ruked.
"Yes , a dozen or moro. Why do yo
nekJ Want one of 'em ? "
"No , bnt I have aomo mood dpmoora
friends I would like mighty well to se
take tha places of the republicans I
there. Seems to mo the president am
bis cabinet officers are going mlgnty slow
I am afraid the concern is too mugwump
Ish"
"Ob , no ; you are way off , old boy.
tell you the changes are being made jus
a fait ts they can You see It won't d
to bo sudden ub > ut making changes. 1
might cripple the public aorv'oa ' ; noUiin
of the mugwump order about llils adrnii
itlratim. I know tin * , eventh'ng ' wl
ba all right In a abort t < me. You bet tb
president and Daniel Manning know wbt
they ro doing Just wait , at d yon wi
see 'l ' the rids walk the plank , "
Thi < is tha cas before taking and a
ter taking an cili-o
Fourhun'lro'1 and tw ntj-fivt Vorth Fern
or * hive pul > Uc'y pledged tbetnielvea to tak _
g ttronger than water during the hot
rAlEOOTUN(3S.
Ifartluglon la considering plans for an ar
tesian wall.
The Blessed valuation of Indlnnola precinct
is $211,695.
Coriar Rapid * wants a bakery , creamery
and checja f.ctory.
Crooks and confidence men hold nightly
matiucca In Valtntlne.
Thn nssesatd valuation of Alexandria ,
Thayer county , Is 560,000.
Ilia condition of small grain throughout
the sl.-Uu WAS never batter.
A $10,030 rmdenco is ono of the sub
stantial additions to Albion's appearance.
Georga Sanner was suffocated by thn amoko
of n powder blast in a well near Valentino.
A score of inoffensive partisan democrats
have hid nifgo to the postoflico in Table Ruck.
Several mloons in Cedar lUpidi have dried
np from alack of custom and moved to Al
bion ,
A tramp with a bruised skull was pick np
near Oreopolls and taken to Plnttimtmth for
ropnira.
The Fremont National Guard has just re
ceived a handsome and costly eillt banner
rom Columbus , Ohio.
\V. E. Mulligan , n 10 year old tramp , wa
ounced from a moving freight train near
lambrldgo and broke n log ,
Dr. .T. 11 Lamb , of Grand Islsnd , hai boon
cnuitted of tha charge of poisoning "with
iteut to kill" Arthur D.Knjes.
Twenty-six thous tt d dollars' worth of now
nachinery has been nd to i to the pUnt in tha
5. & M. shops at PJaltsmoulh ,
Morrlck county farmers are confident of a
eautiful barvoat. The pro-pect at the
irosent titno surpasses the record ,
The Ord City bank hai been reorganized
under the name of the First National bank ,
with a paid up caplt .1 of 350 , ' TO
Picf. J. B Monlux , of FairQold , In. , has
cceptcd the prcff.rtd . position rf superin-
endentuf the tiaitioga public schools.
Gen Morrow , commandant at Sidney , has
leen made cunmnnder of camp O , 0 , How-
id , the icunton ground * at Beatrioo ,
On Saturday last a young aon of A. D.
iIcNecr , of Pawnee City , aocldontally shot a
youpgar brother , aged ulno years , inflicting
criuus injury.
Forty car loads of cattle , valued at $60,00 } ,
were t hipped from Cretn In two daja last
week. This is why Crete boasts of its promt
nonce as a atock centre.
A tavor callo t thn wedding1 fever has ben
nita prevalent at Wayne and has now reached
Vnlctfield. A good many are aillicted with
t aud javornl cisea h ivo proved fatal ,
It tikes three hnura to transport the Omaha
maU across iho Missouri nt Nebraska City.
A little star route expedition there would
10 a boc/n to the patrons of the postoffice.
Eugona Blsber * , son of Oapt Biabeo , post
commander at Fort Niobrara , hai received
ha Appointment of postal clerk from Missouri
Valley to Valentine , vice L. it , Luntry , re
igned.
The Elkhorn Land & Town Lot company ,
capitil S'OO.iOO. baa bren Incorporated bv
John I. BlairWilliam W. Wulker , Dowltt O.
Hair , Clarence G. Mitchell and Samuel P.
WiMiur.
Gordon land sharks are aa keen and unprin
cipled as their species found in other rapidly
eoltli'g Kentities. They taka the pilgrim
sucker and locata him on lauli located a year
ag > , nud charge him anywhere from 810 to
? 5U far their services.
An incendiary fire Tuesday night destroyed
the barn of Mr Iurpea < , on wh t is known
na the Blue Valley farm. Three h'.rsea , In
cluding a valuable blooded Block animal , ware
cremated. A reward of 5500 is offered for
.he apprehension of the firebug.
R A. Hindman la doing a successful bufi-
neaa in the toaalo canning line , noir Niob
rara. Laitje r bo put up COO c < wes from
; wolvo a < .res of vine * , and tins year will can
about dcuble the quantity ha did last , and
will also experiment on sweet corn.
The Young Men'a Republican club of
Plattfmouth will celebrate tha first nnnivflr-
inry of the organization of the club with a
innqnoi ; next Wednesday evening Senators
Vau Wyck nnd Mandarson nro ex > ectcd , also
iho atatn officials and several republican edi
tor ? , p > liticlana , and "offenetve pirtisant. "
The Red Clourt Chief any" : "A big dred
: onveying Komo 100,000 acres of land to the
Midland Pacific r ilway by the state , was
placed on r cord in J. P BayhVg this week ,
10 OCO acroa of which Ijea In Webster county ,
Thin deed wn ? given t1 * remove n cloud from
the title to the land. "
B- > fides the lota of life in the cloud burst at
Tndlanola ten daje ago , $551 in greenback * In
the poet eta of ono of the victims , and S8 09 in
zoliin a cuffea pot , were carrlfd away by the
food Onlv two of the bodies have been
found. It ia Ruppoaed the balance are cov
ered up with dire und rubbish and may never
bo found.
An aged toper'named Jonew , wan run over
by a west-bjut d Burlington < fe Mi nomi rlvei
freight train Wednesday last , and Instantly
killed. The accident occurred at a point three
miles ont from Frlendvllle , wbero the in-
ebmto had Iain down on tbo track for c
snooze. Ilia body waa horribly mangled and
torn.
torn.The
The falls City schools ara in a flourishing
condition. Tha report nf thn tuperintonrirnt
fbowa the cumber of cblldren.in the diatiict
between the agea of 6 and 21 , 71G ; numbered
rolled in the four primary departmeuta , 3 > ,
number enrolled in the grammar grades , 1 5 ,
number enrolled in the h gh tchool , 7) ; num
ber of colored children , 10 ; total enrollment ,
CIS.
CIS.A
A Central City correspondent writes that
thprela a squabble over the postoflio there
that the present pi atmaater In in le < puo witl
Dr. Miller to scour * the appointment of an
allegtd "bid irmn. " lil < cliitf olTmieo orcrime
ia th t he ia n carpet b gger The aa . o cry
co i ei fr < m altpnotlom of the atatoj ao com
mon is It that lift ) ia too short and epasn to
limited to record the criea and Jarmlitation
of the hungry at the political flenh put.
Henry Bo chor , a farmer neir Schiiylfr , ria
earned au uxcillrnt p nltsntiary repu'iillnn
Last week a hfteon year old girl nni/icd Sic
died in bin hou o in thu agonlea cf mat-rnity
beiiiK dcnltd rnrdlcal attendance or ( .ven thu
attpnti'iri thit worncn only tan giva , Thi
paternity of thn chi'd , also dead , cantot b
fixed , but the rt-ppuisibiliiy for tha mothpr'i
do > th can bi eanily placed If the authentic
preen an fnvectlgatlun ,
The I'apllllou Turica aaya the ataternen
that hog cue oru cutied a loai of 8J.\000 ( t (
farmi n lu 8 < irpy county is berne ont by the
aBsecsnrri' returna. When the ai'-anment wa
tuken last aprlnc them wein 11,201 hoga in
the county , assessed at $23,010 , to-day thrre
uro 8KiS hone , aerated t 512'H8. Thu
glvci a decrenae of 817,000 in valuation , KB
compared with last year. Hoga nro rart Inly
not rseisad ) at more than one-fourth nctua
value , and at this rate tha Joia in the county
since last prig foots up $63,000.
Mr , Fred Bolden , vald to ba a resident of
Fremont , after along continued courtship by
letter and otherwise , went lo Janif-ttown
Dakota , to wed hii aflUnoed as per promlie
and contract , when the jonng Udy unao
oonntably bucked flatly , refusing ; to marrj
thn young mnn from the land of corn anc
blizzards. Balked , bnt not beaten. Mr. B l-
den promlaes to right It out on the pruen
line it it takes all summer , and with that f c
in view baa taken the contract for the atone
work nn a large school building In the native
Village of hla enchantress.
Among tbo corporation * whoso articles
were filed with thoeeorotnry of state
list week wtrcTlio Dawion _ County
Building and Loin asioc''ioa o
Plumb Or efc , c p'tol ' stock hm
Ited to l.COO shores of ? i 0 e ch Incorpora
tora , W L Wlllard , R U. Biker. F. A.Uu-
ptr. W. J. L ram , MuKnight llnUday om
T. W. Smith. Tha Simth Platte Lonn t
Trn tjonmpady nf Iloldregp , prid up ntou
? 40,010 , authorized stock 820 ' .O * 0. Incor
pxrUors , J , n. Tln-fl , O. K. Ilanson and J
U , Shreck. Th Columhui Milling compiny
capital ttock 830.000 Incoruoratorn , Chaa
Schroeder , 3. K. Wilson and J , 11. Ifogan.
Tha exuminatlon of c Ddlda'ei for the An
capolU cadetshlp took plao at Fremont Fri
day. The cuntrst wav vary clcaa b twrxn
Oliver W , Ohlldi , rf Nurfulk , and Matt H
ScKOor , of Pjum Cr-ek , tbo fernier leadlni
with an nve-nm of 81,22 per C'nt In al
branches thx latter receiving a elixir- fraction
over 8' ' per cett , Mr , O iilda WUB , t > erefur'
the ucce > elul upphouut , aud bit haa bee
recommenrlHd by CoDgre'smtn Dvrirv to
8iciet iyVliilnny for appointrnerit. lie I
a bright toung imn , aeventieo yeara : ld. am
ol good phy-ji al condition ) iu will rep' rl rt
AnnapolU f'eplomber , and will be it quip d
tu Hast auuther examination thoio bofuio in- ,
I te.IoK the naval ao demy. . t |
THE DEAD JOURNALIST ,
Resolutions tf R sp ct Dyer ilio Mm-
ory of Francis A , MuDonauli ,
A. Meeting ot Nowepapor Tllon nt
BoyiVs Opera tlnuso flio Ontlio-
llo KnlRhts ( if AiurrloA Kv
total Tliolr Synipivtlilon
Xlio Funcrrtl Ocrcnuintcs ,
At 5 o'clock Saturday evening a num
ber of Omaha's newspaper men mot in
the ladles reception roomof Boyd's opera
houEo , to oxproin their sorrow over the
death of Francis A. McDonngh , editor
and proprietor of iho Nebraska Watch
man , and to rrmko necessary arrange
ments for nttonnlng the funeral. Mr.
Alfred Sorensen , of the BEE , was made
chairman nnd E , A. O'Broin , nocrotary.
In obodlonco to n prevailing motion the
chair appointed Thomas fllzmatirlce , of
tho.BBK , J. B.J. Ryanof the Herald , and
Harry Morrlam , of the Sunday Morning
News , n committee to attend the funeral.
Thereafter Messrs. Sorcnscn , Evan and
Obaso were solcctod and instructed to
draft and report suitable resolutions , ex
pressing the sympathy of the press for
their departed brother. Thoao gentlemen
submitted the following , which was
unanimously adopted ,
Resolved , Thai in the death of Francis
A. McDonagb , wo loose a member of the
press who was ever known to us ai n
worker , conscientious and enthusiastic :
That his alms in Iho j jurnaliulo world
were of a cbariotoc suited to thnt region
of which ho waa so fund , the west.
That ho was n man of recognized
billty , caustic as a writer , pungent as a
thltikar , and lt y na a speaker. That ho
was a nun true to bis friends , and of a
loyal heart to all who were li yal to him ,
That ho was always the friend to the
pcor end down-trodden. That ho devoted
voted his paptr to thocuiaa of the irork-
ingman , and fearlessly txposod wrongs
aud shams. Tlut wo extend to his
family the sympathy of fraternal feeling
which prompts ihismcetlcg ; end , bolt
Resolved , That these resolutions be
[ mbliahod In the nowjpipera of Omaha ,
atid ihit the state papers bo requested to
( inbllth the tame and send a cupy to the
family of the deceased.
THE KN10UTS
Saturday rilRht the catholic knlchts of
Am IT ca , Sr. Lee branch No. 292 , of
which decaatod wes an honored member ,
hold a mooting and passed the following
resolntlons ot respect :
Whereas , Almighty Gcd , in bis in-
scrutbble wisdom , has deprived this
branch of catholic knights of America of
onoofils most brilliant members and
enurge'lo ' workers. It Is there ore
Rtailved , That while wo bow with be-
coir ing humility to the will of Htm who
In his omciaiont wisdom does all things
for the best- , yet we uiunrn the loss of
Brother F. M McDonagh as ono who has
done incalculable cercice in the causa in
tthlcb , as an organization , wo are to
vitally Interested.
He solved , That wo tender to his be
reaved wife nud the little ones whom beloved
loved BO w oil , our tenderest sympathies ,
and with them wo real z * that a roan of
moro than ordinary ability in the perain
of F. M. McDonsgh has passed away , let
us hope to abettor and brighter home.
RiBolved , Taat as a chiziu his chanc
ier was irreproachable , as a man of Irish
binh ho Iiai well sis ainod the character
of the echohr and the linguist , and aa a
journalist wo feel proud in the record
which bo has made , believing that nl
though "Littlo Mo" bo resting from la
bors , his memory will remain grten with
those who have had the plecsare of his
acquaintance- the value ef his friend
ship.Resolved
Resolved , That a copy of theae rosolu
lions bo sent to the sorrowing family and
that they be published in the Omaha
papers.
JOHK Busn ,
J. A. WHALEN ,
W , M. UDSIIMAN ,
' DR M. J. O ROTJBKB ,
T. F , BRENNAN ,
J. E ROACH ,
0. BllKNNAN ,
Committee.
THE FEJNEIIAL.
The remains of F. M , McDonnph vrere
'aid ' In their final res'ing ' pltcj in Holy
Srpolchor como'ory ' Sunday nf ornocn
Loig before 2 o'clock , the hour of tlu
funeral , the family residence and grounds
wore crowded wiih sympithiz ng friends
and the streets surroundicg ill od with
carriages nnd buggies. The cssktt ie > tcd
in the center of the parlor , surrounded
by a profusion of flixrors in wreaths ,
crosses , nnchois and pillows , the tribute
of frimds in His and other ci lea. For
nearly nn hour au unbrokm stream nf
people filed into the parlor to tnku a look
at rho poicuful fttC9 of 4'Llttl > > Mac , "
and bid farewell to him whneo llfo strug
ul had been for homo , for faith , tor
fatherlar.d ; to do In his limit id nphrre
" iho grnateet good for the greatest num
ber. " The pallid fentiirj" , with bnt u
gaunt outllno of a face f tmiliar to all ;
the sparkling eyes woru d mined , and the
lips which had cheered and encouraged
thousands In tbo bittlo rf life , -wore
cbsrd forever. The casket bora the
simple inscription ;
F. U. McDONAQII.
liu Jim 6 , 1FBJ ,
10BD it TBiM.
The religions sorTloss at the residence
were ) o ndootod by Rev. Father MoO r.
thy , after which tbo remains vrero b < rno
to the hoarse , and the corttpo , headed by
the Omaha Branch of the Oathollo
Knlghta , wended ita w y to the cams-
t-err. Do'cgatloua of friends were proi-
ent from Lincoln , Platttmouth , St. Jo
seph , Ma , , and Council BlulTs. Thj cor
tege was an unoummonly largo one ,
strongly attottlng the eeUotn In which the
deccattxt was held in this community.
The pall humors were lion. John i < t-
geruld , of LlooolnjUon , Willlim Neville ,
i f Pl&tifcrnonth , aad R 0. Ouahlng ,
Thomas Sivlfr , William Oontleman , aud
James Mc3hano , of this citr.
At ttie cetuBiiry the burial services of
fie church were read by Father Mo
ChrUy , md tnt < caeliot , strewn with flowers -
ors , nas lowered into the grave amid th
lioirt-iroa ing eoba anl tilent t ais of
the f.mlly tnJ fnondo. It wa" , indeeH ,
a sid Bcetio. Iho lonely wife and widow ,
with h r group t > f ncepini ; children , en
enl > sis ir who came toj late tu find her
bro her livir g ; and n score of Immtdate
relallvai ill inlnglcfl their tears frith
the culd , hollow si u id of tbo o'orls ' that
ouvv'op ' d husbai d , ftthcr aad b oth. r.
Amonj , thcirn pc icnt from noighb rIng -
Ing o i were Mar. Uani 1 , John nud
Jamts LBftlir , of 8 ; . Jotoph , Mo , brjth-
ersof the widow ; Mrs Daniel L/sivqht ,
ilster of the deceased ; Mr * . John
Lys < ght ARC ! chlldu-n ; lion. John Fi z-
ger : ld , of Lin oln ; \VilliamNevi11o \
and lion.V. . II. Gushing , of 1'Jatts-
month ; Mr. and Mifl Patlul and dntigh-
tors , of Council BlnfTj. f
Mr MqDoiugh WAS nn nctlvo nunibjr
of the Omaha lirAiioh of the 0 thollo
Knights of America , nn insurance organi-
zft'ion , tbo ben tilt tf whlob , $2000 , {
will i of cnnno go tu his family.
The Nebraska Watchman , the prldo of
' LUtlo Mac , " will bo continued by
the widow , assist ! d by her trlpht and
II promising I ynung son , Robert MoDonngh ,
I II Diul every clFoit will bo mudo to nialntatn
I the high standard and ropnlalion estab
I lished by its founder. Mr. E. A. O'Brien ,
I the well known j lurnnliat , who had Im-
media I o charge of the WMc'uuan during
the ( last illncsa of Mr. McDonngb , will
Jonbtlesa continue in charge of tbo cdi'
torlal nnd HOTS dopsrtu onts , an addl-
lional guasauteo that the ptptr will con
tinue to bo a wolouio visitor to thous
ands of homes every Saturdsy.
On a Hiirco ,
About ten dnyn ngo thcro arrived in
Omaha , Father A. Giiinnn , n Osthollc
priest of Sm Frnuciaso. Father Gulnan
bis been cngngul In churoh work In Gall-
foniii , nnd ttattod for Colutnbuf , Ohio ,
for the purpoto if visiting friends nnd
recuperating from the severe strain of
pastoral hbor * . When in Omaha ho
could nut retiit the strong temptation to
Indulge which was thrown in hla way.
Hu allowed his nppolito to assume full
BPTDyand for the paUiow days has been on
one prolongeddobiuch , Ills notions bavo
boon a Kra t unnoysnau to the bruthron
of the priesthood h ro , and Frld y night
vrhon ho wont down tu n house in the
vicinity of the Ninth street cathedral and
commenced to raise n tour , ho wai ar
rest * d at the instance of Father
McCarthy.
Father Guinatt ws rml nod before
Judge Stoukrg Saturchy morning. Ho
ii a man tfgroat intelligence ana broad
learning , and appeared to fcol drcply the
digrnco which had fallen upon liiin. Ho
saiU that ho hud otmio etraight through
from 'l < 'rleco , but whllo stopping off in
Omaha had "fallen by the w js'de. ' "
Judge Slonberg rtlfuted him upon hia
promlto to quit drinking and leave for
nls destination at once.
Attempted Hurj-ldry.
Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday
morning a burglar attempted to afloat au
entrance into the residence of Gen.
Lowe , on Sixteenth street , but ho noon
found the attempt ( o be an extremely
hazardous one. Whau ho nuda his 5p-
pearanca nt a window of the servant's '
room , Gen. Lowe's hired man ,
Qua Wagoner , happened to
bo owako and naw him. With the
nerve of a knight Wagoner oecnrcd
his revolver and tired ttroahoto through
b iuds , glass aud all , directly at tha bur-
glar'a bdy. Whether ho euccodod in
hitting him or m t is a c-juundrum , but
the belief ia thst Mr. Burglar got aw y
from that window with a chunk of cold
lead under his skin. The police were
notified bnt they fuiled to irake any ar
rests Several times burglirs have made
attempts to rob Gun. L ivre's mansion.
Tha Rev. F.V. . Bookmaun , Sr , of Long
Branch , Nernaba couuty , dird on ehipboiril
on thn Atlantfc on the 26th of M y. The
Elk Creek Ejho says thu Kev. B'ckmann
left there In April nnd in com ] auy wl h tno
old friends from Rjckpnrt , Mu. , started on a
voynge to G rmnny. He t nd been in hi
U UAI peed ho. 1th nnd at the time of his deiUh
hud b-on BIX duya out. lie bad an appolnt-
racnt to preach on rtecfc that day , aud was
just ready to cnmmonou hia dlacourre , when
he puddenly put bis band to MB bread and
sank upon the dcc , death being instanta
neous Tha cause in suppused to bavo been
heart disease. His fiitndi wanted to convey
the remains to his old homo in Germany for
prnp > r interment , but tha captain ot iho ves
sel Infornud them that It would be impossible
and ha wai coutigned to a watery grave in thg
fathomless mid-AtKntlc.
lur Bride.
PITTSBUBO , Juno C A bare knnokle prize
fight between J , Donnelly and J. Murphy ,
local pugilists , took place to-night in bam
on Thirty-third street. Sixteen rounds bad
been fought , when Murphy wti knocked out.
Thn prlre wan the bund of a youmr woman
ibo witnessed the fi ht. gQ
CURE
Wltch-IIozcl , American Pine , Canada Elr , UulgoM
and Clover Ilut om .
A single dose ol Sanford's Radical Cnro In
stantly relieves the mott violent Hncciln ; ; or Head
Gelds , lears the head aa by magic , stoi.B watery dls-
charBoa from the Nose und 1'yes , iiro > onts Kliiirlte
folae In the head , Curea Nervous lliulacbo and
subdues Chlllu and Fc\er. In Chronl : Oatarili II
eleaiibes the naeal nuiwogfe of foul inu"uy , cstoros
ho eciiBea of emelf , taetu and hourlrii ; nho i utTectoil
Irccfl the head , throat and bronchial till is of offen
sive matter , awectona and purifle * the ri th , Btoni
the cough and arrests tUo piogrraa ol ( .tturru to-
warda Consurrptian ,
Ono bottle lladlcal Cure , ono box Cntnrrhal Sol
vent and Kanford'e Inhaler , all In one package , of al
dniggUUfor tl. Atk for Hihrouu'd IUDIOAL CORK.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co.
uobroft.
For the relict rnl provonttoa
the It nta t It It pilln0 , ol Ithen.
mallBin , KeuruJ U. Solatlc * ,
Oougba , Uddg , Wtak Hook , Htora.
aoi , anil Uo ol , Shooting
PalnH , Numbuew , liyetorU , Ke-
male I'tlna , IVIplUtlim. IKvnep'
ia , LJrer 0 i plaint. lilllioi
{ 'over , IfiUrU , uid Ej'lderulcs ,
UK tolling PlMt rf ( an Kloctrla
Battery cctobliiod illh * Pucomi
aud laoicb at pain o
HAMBUSu-AIERICAI
PACKET COMPANY.
direct Itina for Knguatiel , F/auca
and Germany.
fho trecnntilpi of tbU w * < l kwnm ttna ui tmtll
ef Iran , la w ler-t1ht [ oomputuwiki , uiJ are far.
i lihod with ererr rwiule1bo to Make th paeuge
bitb nf ao < 3 ktieeable , Tbej e rrj the United
Ulea and Baropoin mails , and ltar New York
Tinidari and fiatardajs foi FlyuionUi ( IXHDON
Otiiihonr.PAnc ( and HAMRUttU ,
IlAtei. Flrrt Cabin. t 0-0 [ . BWcrtro , to or
Irom namburg , | 10. 0. U H'CII/UIO / A U0acn.
era ) Pasa Agon IB , 81 lfOaJ r , New tork and
Waghlnvt-in n IA tielle ttreett , CU tgo.ut Henry
I'undt , Uark Ilainen , K E. Unorei , lUirr I'euel In
Omaba ; Oronewle * Schoeuegm , U Council Ulufli
Town Lots in Denver Junction ,
Weld County Colorado ,
Denver Junction la new town nl about 200
Inhabitant * , laid out In 1B84 , on the great
trnoU railway acroaa the a ntitipnt , at the
June Inn of the .lult burg Iltarith , 107 mlloa
rruin Denver The town is in tta uid bottom
l nd of the 1'latto Stiver , tlm fint-st location
U'twoen Umahaan'l Denver , ui.d la eurioiiDil-
ed by tlm > n-t-lniiK ) luudg writ of Kearney
Jui ctlou. Ntb. ; tllrnatu hrallhy aril bracing :
altituie | 3,0 li fret , leiiT ) r Jnuctl b'ds to
bfcmiio nil Important I > ilnt , u > t i < U. V. U ,
H. OA , ra puiili-p npm nyn | Iholrtinlldlnxi
her- , while the 11 & M K , H Co. arefxpecU
td B ( > ( in to connect at thU pluon , Th pieeeut
chancu fi > r Kood iiive lm > nU In town lot * will
icarculv ever b regaled ulinwUrrH. I'onala
by the lot or block In good tf rini by
H. M. WOOLMAN ,
Agent , Denver Junotlo * Oolo ,