Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 09, 1885, Image 4
THE DAILY BEE. K. ROSEWATER Editor. COUNCILMAN Fuiuv thinks that Mayer Boyd wants too much turkey. No one can blarao Mr. Boyd for taking all the turkey bo cangtt , but Mr. Furay objects to the-conncil being fed on crow all the time. _ MAYOR Bovn's appointment of Mr. J E. HOUSJ to the position of chairman of the board of public works will no doubt prove satisfactory. Mr. House la well qualified for the place , and will make a official. MAOKIN , the Chictgo fine worker , has been denied new trial , and must go to the pcnltent'ary ' , under a five-year sen tence. As ho la a well-behaved gentle man , ho will probably graduate In less than four years. Mn. BUIIEN SiiEiniAN , governor of the great prohibition state of Iowa , started out to pulvorlz9 the mm power , and end ed up by attempting to pulverize Auditor Brown. According to latest advices ho haa lamentably failed to do either. Tnn city council has taken the proper stand In regard to the Thirteenth direct bridge. It roqulroj the Union Pacific to make the bridge the full width of the ctroot , thus leaving the thoroughfare iroo from obstructions. Now lot the Union Pacific proceed to do Its duty In the premises isos without further delay , TOM BOWMAN has failed In his effort < to step Into the shoos of Mr. Armour , the Council Blnffi poitmastor. Mr. < Armonr has made a very efficient and sat isfactory official , and the president could BOO no good reason for his removal. Ho will , therefore , continue to hold the fort for some time yot. Mr. Cleveland prob. ably thought that the man who owns the Globe ought to be satisfied. THE fact that the railroad construction no far this yet r foots up only 895 miles which Is a much less amount than has been done for a corresponding period during several years past leads the Phil adelphia Jtccortl to say that "between railroad building and wrecking the latter has turned out the more profitable Indus try , and the builders appear to be waitIng - Ing until the mockers have used up the present material at hand. " NEBRASKA and this trans-Missouri country want a few more railroads , only a few. One of them Is the Omaha Northern , with a mnu by the name of Jay Gould , and a railroad by the name of the Missouri Pacific at Its bade. Omaha wants this railroad more than .worda .can tell. Herald. Omaha needs a road Into northern Ne braska , and that road should be built and controlled oy Omaha capitalism. If that can't bo done , the next best thing will bo such a road built by Jay Gould or any other wrecker , oven if It is bonded for .all it Is worth , and watered throe times ovpr , as It very likely would be if Jay < Gould had any thing to do with It. The .extension of the Mlasouri Pacific Into northern Nebraska would no doubt prove .a profitable enterprise , and , as we have already ( aid , would bo the best thing that could happen to Omaha In the near fu- 'laro , If eho does not construct a northern lllna cf her own. BiuaADIEU-GENERAL Auaun , who goes upon the retired list to-morrow , graduated from West Point and wau appointed second end lieutenant July 1,1843. At the breaking out of the civil war ho had risen to the rauk of major. He became brlga- dlor.general of volunteers on the 12th of. 'Novombar , 1801 , and on the Oth of Acguat , 1EG2 , ho was appqintod major- general of volunteers. Ho was mustered out.of tlio volunteer service iln Septem ber , ,1800 , having boon promoted In March of that year to dho rank of colonel in the regular army. The year before , just r.s the war wai closing , ho was made brevet major-gonoral. < Iul8G9 ho was made brJgadior-gonoral In the regular army. .Among the officers most prominently mentioned for the brigadier- ahlp that will bo made vacant by Gen. Angur'a ' reliromont is Ool. Gibbon , .who li well-known In tto department of the Platte. M&jor-Goiicral Pope will bo ro- tlrad next npiiog , and certain brigadiers will than bo on tbo anxious seat , as a number of colonels now aro. Tlio three most promlent candidates for the majar- generalship are GanoraU Howard , Terry jtnd Crook. THE Maxwell land grant in New MoxU < CQ , about which ea much his baon said la times past , was origlnillr- made by the government of Mexico and WAS after wards confirmed by the .United States government. According to the Maxlcan law ? , however , no laud grant could con tain more than eleven square leagues or ninety-nine iquaro miles , but the Max- troll grant , elnco New Mexico became a part of this country , haa from tbio to time boon enlarged in Its boundaries by Interested land-sharks until now It in eludes over three hundred aanara leagcea or two million acres. While congreai very prqpeljr recognized the validity of the original grant , the general land oflico hat through tlo manipulations of lobby lats Issued patents lor nearly all the lands claimed by the tharks. These patents , according to the position now held by the government , were fraudulently obtained , and stops have accordingly been taken to have them annulled. This is an ha portant matter to the uttlera who have meantime located upon tht lands fraud a-1 a lently claimed by thollind-grabberj who g have been trying to eject them. All I it such cues will of course be decided In favor of iho aaltlofa If Oommtoiloner Sparks oirrtjj ont hU oxpreued dolor mlnation of ptfng that justice il don In Jfi | matter. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The people of Blue Springs will have occasion to tojolco over the doctolon of the supreme court to the effect that the B. & M. railway mintgen mnst glvo them proper rhllway accommodations. The dncislon was not unexpected as the demand of the poaplo of Blue Springs was In pzrfcct accord with the principles of law and justice. The B. & M. managers - agers when they built the branch known as the Republican Valley railroad became Involved In a dispute with the people of Blue Springs concerning a depot silo , and as the citizens of that place , as wo re member the circumstances , would not donate quite the amount of ground de manded by the railway speculator , ! , the management concluded to revenge itself by Ignoring the town entirely. When the read was completed no depot was built at Blue Springs , and the trains ran through the town , without stopping , to a point about three miles boyond'tho placo. At the same tlmo the railroad company and an Inside ring of speculators did all In tholr power to build up the rival town , In which they had become largely Inter ested. All this , of course , worked n great damage and annoyance to the people ple ot Blue Springs. Their appeals to the managers of the B. & M. railway system for relief proved In vain , and at last they carried the case Into court , kwhcro they are at last victorious. The railway managers , who have able legal counsel , undoubtedly well know that the result could not ba otherwise , without a gross violation of well established principles of law , Tholr obstinacy In continuing tholr outrageous discrimination can therefore only bo accounted for on the ground that they wished to continue to annoy the citizens of the Blue Springs as long as possible. The order ot the supreme court Is very explicit , and speaks for Itself. It establishes a precadent in this state , and forever sots at rast any doubt on such questions as have been raised in the case of Blue Springs. The dictum of the supreme court only confirms the recognized principle that railroads are common carriers , and as such must not only furnish proper acsomnr datlons for the public but must not practice discrim inations to the damage of ono town in order to benefit another. The order of the court to the respondent , the Repub lican Valley railroad company , is as fol lows : The respondent Is ordered to forthwith change the order , method and mannorjof run ning its trains on its line between Wymoro and Beatrice , so that all passenger trains run ning thereon shall stop at such point as may be established for a depot at Blue Springs , as hereinafter provided , sufficiently long for the receipt and discharge of passengers , and that a sufficient number of fieight trains on saidjlines shall atop at such depot as shall meet the de mands of the business at said Blue Springs ; which said order , method and manner of running said trains shall be adopted and maintained by said respondent so far as not to discriminate against said Blue Springs or its business , or the depot to be erected and established tharo aa hereinafter provided. Also , that the eaid respondent is ordered within sixty days from this data to lay down , erect and establish at iomo point on its said line within the corpor ate limits of the city of Bine Springs suitable sidetracks , switches and depot building ade quate to the business of said 'Blue ' Springs , and that it hereafter keep and maintain the s me so as not to discriminate against the said Blue Springs , its business or depot. THE OAR-DRIVERS' STRIKE. The Chicago street railway strike was caused by the discharge of fifteen old and well-known employes who had demanded the removal of an unpopular superintend ent. The cftUBO of the discharged em ployes was taken up by the entire body of drivers and conductors on the road In question , and a strike followed. The difficulty , however , has been adjusted , the men resuming work upon condition that the case of tbo discharged men bo submitted to disinterested parties for hnal decision. This IB the most sensible way of Bottling ouch troubles. Had the officials of the company in the first place made such a proposition wo have no doubt that It wonld have been gladly accepted by the men. But instead of doing that they attempted to defeat the employes by resorting ta the tactiei usually employed in such casoB. Their obstinacy caused serious Interruption to travel for several days , aud nearly precipitated bloody riots. The street railway officials seem to forgot that t hey ewe a duty to the public , and that they have been granted valuable franchise for perform ing that duty. It was tholr duty , undar circumstances , to have made fair concessions to their .employes and to iiavo submitted the arbitration proposi tion at the very outset. Had they done AC , thosireefc cars would hav continued moving with their usual regularity , and ths public wonld hardly have known that thexa was any trouble. Whatever trouble tbora WAS wonld in all probability have been eotUed.jiult.tIy and eatiifactoctly , The fact Is that the owner * of street railways all over the country eocta to eon aider their employes no better than mules , They work iholr employes from fourteen to elghte a hours a day t wag00 that are no baiter than what an average nan should earn in ton hour * . Street : tilway employes hare to bo ont at all icars i\nd In all seasons. The drivers uiLtanhrly have a hard jroud to travel , Choy have to endure thg red-hot sun of ummtr and the piercing w&ds of winter , n meal titles the driven are obliged not nly to keep clear of obstructions and rfttch thehieauis closely , but they have < o iako change .and see that the pacaeugers et on and off nafely and drop their nfokels ito the contribution box. There ought to o some legislation In regard to the opoi- lion of street railways. A law should B passed prohibiting Cho employment of iy man for more than i.en hours a day , id the gtioet railways thouW employ two or three different gang * of men , especi ally n the largo cities where the can are rnn twenty-four hours a day. IT would seem that letter postage had reached its minimum of reduction , but It Is now Intimated that Postmaster-General Vilas will recommend In his annual re port to congress a universal postage of ono cent for letters and newspapers. This Is not altogether a now Idea , as Son * ator Sumner advocated the suuo thing for several years , but the proposition was oppotod at that time by the past-offica department on the ground that the gov ernment could not afford it. His an swer was that the government could af ford to do anything that was for the ben cfit of the people and that vras right ; that there never was a tlmo when the post oflico department did pay Its ox ponsostbat ; such a thing was not to bo expootod j that it delivered the people's letters not as a moans of raising a rove- uuo. but beciuso It was n duty the public Imposed upon U. If Snmncr's Ideas , which are In accorc with popular sentiment , are adopted by the next congress upon the rocommenda tlon of Mr. Vilas , wo may look for ono cent postage within the next two years. Hitherto the postoffico department , ai a rule , has opposed nearly every reduction and Improvement , until compelled at las to yield to the popular demand. Tom Ballard killed hla man ho remarked , "I have got a nock. " The jury In his case has juat decided that his nock must bo stretched , If a verdict of murder In the firs degree means anything In Ne bratka. Taking other murder cases as a criterion , It is pretty safe to predict however , that Ballard's nock will not bo stretched In the near future , If at all There nro at present eight or nine con vitod murderers In this state who have have been sentenced to death , and who ought to have beeu hanged long sgo. Ono has been convicted and sentenced three times , another his had two trials , and 1 likely to have another , a third has had hi day of execution Indefinitely postponed a fourth has had hla sontnnco commuted to life imprisonment , aud so on throng ] the entire list. "When Tom Ballard i hanged ho will bo a much older man than ho la now , If ho has the Bamo good lucl that other cold-blooded murderers have had. NOYES , of Ohio , ha declined the appointment of Union Pa clfio government director. When the an uouncement was made that ho had baon appointed as onu of the directors a groa howl was forthwith raissd by the Tllden organs of the democracy because he wa a republican and was ono of the visiting statesmen who superintended the Florida count In 1870. It is Intimated that Mr Noyes has resigned at the request o Governor Hoadly , who recommended him In the first place , in order not to em barrass President Cleveland. The nox time Mr. Hoadly recommends anybody to President Cleveland ho better firs consult Samuel J. Tllden , whoso friend evidently want it distinctly nnderatooi that Ho is still in the land of the living and has a voice in democratic politics Wo presume that If any man concernoc in the attempt to steal the state of Oregon gen In 1870 had been appointed instead of Ex-Governor Noycs , It would hav been perfectly satisfactory to the Sago o Cipher Alley. THE Pall Mall Gazette by Its graphl and detailed exposure of vice In London has raised a lively breeze , particular ! among the nppsr tondom , many of whoa members are "given away. " Whllo th Gazette has created a great sensation , I claims that It has undertaken the exposure uro with a pura motive and for the publi good. NovortholeEB , we shall look In few days for an affidavit In regard to th Immense circulation ot the Gazelle. I Is a question whether tbo evil effects o distributing broadcast such publication will bo counterbalanced by anything tha may bo accomplished in the way of mora reform. THAT prohibition does not prohibit in Iowa is shown pretty conclusively by th statistics of the Internal revenue office a Dabaquo. The collections for Juno In that district , which embraces forty-nine counties , Is S17-M4 , of which § 7.245 1 for boor stamps. According to the inter nal rovennoreporta Iowa haa 4,424 llqno dealers , Including sixteen rectifiers , In the state. la the last year the tate pro duced 2,501LtJd gallons of whisky ant 7,397,748 gallons of beer , upon which there was a revenue of $2,543,025. MAJOR LLEW HLTAH'S Meacalero Apa ches are reported as becoming hungr and restless , Wa don't wonder that the major suggested a. few days ago that the Indians should be .disarmed. A diet o prickly pears and Mexican c&ctns does not .agree with tha average ) Mescaloro. Wo are glad to tea that Mr. Lamar haa ordered the military to temporarily supply thoai with hard-tack andjowbolly , until their digestion ha * been Improved , and to charge the came to Uncle Er.ro. THE suloooa In Dabaquo continue to dp business ba splto of the prohibitory law , but the keepers are now being threatened with B cyclone of prohibition Injunctions , which may posMbly ca > J8o them to pull down their front bllnd.t , ind open up a rear entrance. TIIEHE will bo two democratic state sonventlons in Iowa thU year. One will JB held by the democrats , and the other iy Mayor Vaughan , of Council 31nffi. Nsw YORK has her Bartholdl statue nd Council Bluffa ha ; her Vaoghan. WESTEUN NEWS. DAKOTA. The Rapid City school of mines will teen be under construction. A convention of South Dokotn editors is to ) o held at Watcrtown Jnly 20. All towns nenr the Missouri river necuret [ ndlftn contingents to aid them in celebrating he glorious Fourth , The vote wni very light throughout the tcr rltorr on the election lor delegates to the con stitutional convention. 3 Miss Jennie McCauloyhas taken two claim ibout four miles from Dunselth. She ha Jilrtjr acres of breaking already. The Father De Smct mine paid out $29,01 n dividends for Juno , making a total o $120,000 for the first half of the year. A company of fifty New York farmers wil visit Slonx 1 alls , nnd South Dakota generally next week , to look up a location for a colony The total number of homoiteadi , tlmbo culture entries nnd pro amption filings mad in the Dcadwood laud ofOca last fiscal year 1 1,533. HogS3 . $225,000. Old residents in the vicinity of Yank to report the crop prospects in that locality a surpassing any season since the settlement o the territory , A man named JacJb Jordon was drowno in Day crook , near llapld City , last week. / cloud burst suddenly , swelled the crook , nni lie was caught , In the Black Hills region the prospect of bountiful harvest of all kinds of grain w never brighter nt the enmo coasou of yea than at the present tlmo. The BlaoV Hills Oil company"hnve'"rnadb ' contract with an experienced oil minor from Pennsylvania , to sink a well 00 feet deep , i noccsenry , at a cost not to exceed $3,230 , Tree rosoi abound In llipid City , Flv varieties of roses nrp grafted in the dogwooc tree , which Is easily protected in winter Lach tree bears eighteen or twenty fine roaes The North Dakota penitentiary WAS opcncc for the lecoption of convicts July 1 , at whlc date North Dakota prisoners inmates of th Sioux Falls Institution ware removed to th Bismarck pen. The city authorities of Pierre haxo ordorot an election for Auirutt 12 , lo Vote on tha iesu nnco of § 5,0 0 7 per cent bonds for the pur pose of buying fire apparatus and provldln for Its proper keeping , A herd of some forty head of buffalo recently cently appeared within sight of the town o Windsor , seventeen miles from Jtir.estown Citizens pursued the animals into the coteaus where they disappeared In the coollos. Jacob F. Jordan , a B'ack Hilh rancher was drowned last week by hit horse fallini backwards upon tha rider while trying t ( c'ircb the steep bank of the stream ho hue Just forded. A companion of the unfortunat man witnessed the accident. Pierre In losing the Black Hills freigh traffic in the construction of the Sicux Cit and Pacific , is casting about for business t take its place , the important question bein the extension of the Northwestern across th reservation lands to the cattle ranges am mines of the west. A four-yf tir-old daughter of Mr. Clark , o Chamberlain , fell from a platform fifteen foe high the other day , her head striking wit tucn forca as to leave the imprint of her fac to tba depth of three inches In the hart ground , Strange to say the child was no killed nor seriously injured. The country along Battle , French , Beaver Squaw , Horsehead and other creeks , and eve the intermediate divides are rapidly filling u with settlers in fact none nf tha agr cultural lands about the Black Hills have eve bean settled as rapidly. Where whole town ship ? were vacant only a few weeks ago equal tors' cabins may now bo oen in almost over direction , and each succeeding day the rus increases. WYOMING. The Stock Growers' Rank of Cheyenne de clared a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cen last week. Bill Booth , the murderer of Jnoo Schmearer , near Buffalo , last March , has bee convicted and sentenced to hang October 2d DeWalt , the defaulting prcaidont of th Leadvillo bank , was discharged by the terr torial court last week and was immediate ! ro-arrestod by tha Colorado authorities. H embezzled. § 40,000 , which will materially ai him m the caurts. The Kiown Cattle company is tha latcs addition to Oheyenne corporations. The cap ital S5f 0,000 , and tha incorporators are Hear S. Bush , Gorman B. Goodoll , Thomna Stu gls , William Sturgis and Frederick : P. Yoor hoes. hoes.A A powder magazine near Camp Carllng owned by Cheyenne merchants , was struck b lightning Thursday afternoon and oxplodec the explosion shaking the city. A smal house situated near the magazine was blow into splinters , fatally _ injuring Mrs. Walke and child , who wore in the houeo at the time Alex. Parry , D. E. Brown , andotbere , wit teams , collided with a rain and lightnin storm on Horse creek , twenty miles north o Cheyouno last week. AH of the lightnin from a largo area of country appeared to cen ter about them. It was terriflc. Th silver plated metal on tbo harness and car rlngos turned black from the repeated am successive shocks. The occupants of tha car ringes got out and lay prone on the ground t otcape the danger of being struck. An ince sanl glare of lightning prevailed for eigh minutoa. Tbo horses trembled nnd were e frightened that they were unable to oven at tempt to run away. COLORADO Fort Collins' census enumerator Fays th population numbers 103 ( ! , The refreshing odor of polecats can cu with a cheese knilo nt Guanison , It is said that the census returns will roper that Loadvillo has 11,1,00 , population am I'ueblo 13,000 , Twelve thousand cattle were shippei through Greoloy from New Mexico to NVyo in Ing last week , The Silverton , Colorado , Miner eitimate the output of Pan Juan county mine for the present season at not less tha S2.000.0CO , John Wood , a Denver brute , thumped Miss Wayna because she refused to marr him , nnd v/oi given six months in tha pen o broid and water , A Pueblo man , with a patent , coppor-lmoi inside , has proved with repeated doses o of strychnine , enough to kill fifteen men , tha his vitals are impenetrable , Mrs , R , Davis died in terrible ajrony I Denver , last Friday , Her dress caught fir from a cooking atovo and burned her BO tern bly that the flesh pealed from her body , A remarkable game of base ball was playe in Denver Monday , The distinguished dis ciples of the sphere and willow were state am United States officials , the former hooded b ; Gov , Kvana , as catcher. The proceeds wer given to charitable institutions. TheAme rican eagle engaged to take par In the Tomichi Fourth of July celobrntloi could not stand so much notorieny. It turnec up its toes and passed peacefully intJ the happy hereafter just before the holiday ar rived. Jim Buih , now now on trial for murder n Buena Vista , has freth fruits of every klnc sent to his hotel every day and put on the able for those attending the trial with hi ! compliments , He ilso seta up the drinks be ore breakfast to everybody and hands arount he cigars after breakfast. WO.VTANA. The district telegraph service kas b en ft- ibliihed at Butte. jThe bullion product of the Moulton mine t Butte , \uragee § 09 , COO per month , Tha report of the United States burfou of aUstics credits Montana with 1,109,000 . attla. territory is negotiating for the It * prlioners in the BUroarcIc Twent'Y thousand dollars worth of new the count ) of conitructlon at Jieat Falls , Mrs , Huyck' tha wallipg widow of a Eutto alclde , dried n't' ' t US 'n ' a wee acu < married masher named . Twelvethou and . , , lid down upon the Is WllTS ? * clfio UftClf 8 short distaoca west ot Livingston last Satnrr dar. dar.Iron Iron Bull , A noted Orow chief , turned up lit toes recently. He was one of the Indians present nt the driving of the golden spike and kttracted ngood deal of attention , especially ! rom the foreigners present , by his Imndeome beating and elegant trappings. Iron Bui wn ono of the twenty-six chiefs of the Crows recognized by the Indian Department. CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles is to hold a special election to determine whether the city thatl issue $215- 000 lor Improvement purposes. Small fruit farms of from ten to twenty acres nro accumulating around Chico , and tin glvea increnscd value to town property. Sceaks rob the poor boxes In Snn Frnnciicc with strips of whalebone dipped In mucilage The coppers on the eyes of the dead are nov guarded , At the golden wedding and fiftieth nnnl vertnry of Bishop Kip's ordination ns a ckrgy man Wednesday night ho wns presented wit n purse containing $5OCO in gold. A farmer IMng nt Shell Beach , ncnr To raaloi bay , found a whale stranded In front o his place recently , Ho succeeded In getting out of the cuctss ICO barrels of oil , besides largo amount of bono , Northern California has nn area of GI.CO square miles , or more than C 1,000,000 , acres Tula region would furnish COO OCO farms th average size of these in New England and th Middle states , with a farming population o 2.5C0.030 people. The grasshoppar plague continues , nnd scorn inply the Insects increase in destructiveness They now give attention principally to or chardf , vinoyntds and vegetable pardons , da straying whole crops of fiuit where they wer thought to bo doing but littlg harm a fo\ weeks ago. Melons , cucumbers and squashc are nearly all destroyed , STRAY CLivri.vag , Therols $123,000 In the Nevada school funi for investment. A totnl of 583,098.60 worth of bullion amore ere were received in Salt Lake during th weekending Julyl. Mrs. 1'lorcnco 0. Cannon , of Denver , in fit of despondency o\er the dentil of an enl child , tufcidod last week in Salt Lake City , The total yield of wheat and barley from Indian farms nt San Carlos for thu currcn season will aggregate , nt a moderato estimate 760,000 pounds , ( | A Swede unmad John Westberg and his SO were thrown off n wagon ns the team was run ninR away in Salt Lake City. The boy wa killed nnd the father seriously hurt. In Lincoln county , New Mexico , near th Pattos mountain , can be traced tha walla of once largo city. Insida the walls nro growin , monster cedar trees , sold to bo thousands c years old. Tliurlow Weed , The lata Thurlow Weed , who wa sometimes called "Tho Priam of th Preep , " bocansa ho was the father of si many nowspnrcra , once told mo an In torcttlng Incident of hla life which ha been Inadvertantly omitted from his mo moirs. It was during the war of 1810 when ho was living In Cooporatonn , Y. , the homo of the yet unQodge novelist , and was setting typo as a jour neyman printer. " [ was 19 years old and I fell In love with Catherine Oatrander , my landlady's daughter , trri yoara younger than I was. Her folks ob jooted , very properly , to her marrying strolling printer , without money or any thing ola , and I agreed to wait , "About this tlmo I got Into a bat tcrapo. I with three other young fol Iowa , who were rather a bad lot , wer arrested on complaint of four girls whom we mot at a prayer-mooting. I hat never seen them before , but wo walket homo with them , and they made a charg of Improper conduct agamst ni all. The others got bail , bat I had no rich rela tives and prepared to go to jill. At th examination I told the justice I had n < lawyer and no money to pay for one when , to mv qreat sucprlso , a loadln , attorney of tbo town1 , whom I had neve spoken to and did not know , stepped for ward and gave ball for mo and offeree to defend mo. It was Ambroao L Jordan. I was delighted. I did not g to jail , and at the trial the girls volun tartly declared that I was not a puty t the olTonslvo transac'lon. I loft town fo A while , but came back In a year or two and Catharine Ojtrandcr accepted me and we word married. 1 never forgo Jordan , "Somo fifteen year * after that , when was In Albany in a position of some in tluenca , we were making up the whl | state ticket In convention. The prlnclpa olDcera had bqen placed in nomination when somebody said : 'Now for attorne ; general. Wo must have a man down ii the middle of the etato. ' "I named Ambrose L , Jordan , and h was made our candidate and elected , "When ho came up to Albany ' 10 sail to me : 'I hayo some conscientious acru pies about accepting this oflico. You gave it to mo becansa I defended you Ir Cooparatown when yon wanted a friend. " 'Not entirely or exactly , ' I said. ' merely reasoned that a man who noul como to the reecuo of an unknown anc penniless youth for the a ko of teeing justice done had the right Ideas to mat u Rood attorney general. ' " " 'Well,1 ho answered ; 'I cm not entitled titled to tlio credit you glvo mo for oitho sagacity or right fooling. I gave ball fo you and defended you elmply bocnua Catharine Oat rand or came and made i fusa about you , and wouldn't give me an ; peace till I did it. Better appoint you wife attorney general. ' "It was the first I know of her agonc ; in the nrnt'or. She had never told m during all those happy married years. " Wlion IJliilnoV 8 a Democrat , Cor. Cincinnati Commercial , When a boy Clalno was a democrat Two of his youthful chums were th Ewlugs Tom and Boylo. During i presidential campaign ( It was when Taylor ran , Mr. Sohnltz thinks ) , young Blalno and the Eivlng boys took a trip to Columbus from Lancaster In a wagon Opposlto the Blue Ball tavern , In Fair field county , a democratic palo had been erected , As the boys passed It in tholr wagon young Blalno saluted It by wav ing his hit and giving three rousing cheers. The Ewlng boys chlded him , saying that their father waa a whig can didate for an Important position , and thai it was highly Improper for anybody traveling with them to ealuto a demo cratlo polo ; and they warned him not to repeat tha ofTonaa on the return trip , or they wonld "ehellroad" him , After remaining la Columbus for several dayr , ; ho party jogged homeward In tholr wagon. In the meanwhile nothing more jad been said about the democratic polo ncldent. None of the boys had forgot .en it , however , and when again opposite ha polo Bojlo EwJng pulled up the torsos and said , grimly : "Well , Elaine , what are yon going to do ? " "I'm going to cheer , " dauntlessly re plied Blalno ; and ho did choor. The Ewing boys kept tholr word and 'shellroadcd" their companion and drove off. Fcr ten minutes , SB long as the wagon was In sight , young Ulalno stood n front of the pala and vociferously hoorod ; and then ho trudged homo to -ancaster a full six miles. A French lion tamer is providing a new ensatlou for P riiians In allowing thorn to coompany him in the lion's cage nt the rate f 100 francs the tiip. Judcre Dandy wa 111 yesterday and I rpts ) ] to appear in th < r Ufiited States court , j DEVOTEES OF THE WEED Goflglp About ClRara nnd smokers in "Yes , sir , " said n cigar merchant to a reporter for the BF.B last night , "I am Inclined to bellovo that the smoking habl is spreading In Omaha to a ratio grcnte than the lucroaso of population. " "Can you account for M" "No , I cannot , but 1 have noticed th fact and think other cigar dealers \Ul boar mo ont In the mattor. Did you over walk down a crowded thorocghfar and notlco how few men there are whos lips do not encircle a clgt ? Not Well just try the experiment and you will b surprised , "I lind in the course of my every day business that the habit of smoking Is in dulged In to the greatest extent among the classes of men who are probably leas f\lo to afford It. It has been ray obaorv atton that the big business man of Oma ha , or the professional man who has an Income which may bo rated from fair to largopays less tor smoking than docs the clerk , working for a salary of § 00 , 500 or $75 a month. 1 have tniont ; my patrons several , whom I could name with Incomes far Into the thousands who always call for a C-cont cigar , at the earn tlmo that your $ (50 ( dry goods clerk wll pompously call for a 10 cent straight. "Yos , sir , the expensive cigars ar always bought by the very men who really can't afford to smoke a G-con cigar. Of courie , however , there are a largo number of rich men who bu ; nothing but the very finest goods. Yes I sell n great many ID-cent c'gara , asnla 20 and 20 centers. " "What class of men Binoko the bos kind of cigars ? Tha sporting men without doubt. A great many of then smoke , and smoke constantly , the 2-for a-quartor , or oven the quarter c'gar. ' Ont sldo of this class of patrons , I should B I that the clerks dry goods , bank an' others are the best class of customers. "All men don't know a good clga from a bad ono by its taste. I'll wager that there are plenty of men hoio who In tholr own estimation are good jadgoi o cigars , and yet can't toll a 5.cent amok from a 10-cont ono. To bo a thorougl judge of a good article ono must bo ac qualntod with the mechanical make up o a cigar , mnst be able to toll the quality of the kind of filling and wrapping used mnst be able to detect at once any rot tcnnoss or Inferiority In the leaf an < above all must not allow their taste to become como vitiated by continued smoking o bad cigars , I bellovo it tnkoj years to become a strictly first class judge of to bacco , and I can toll you that they an not to bo mot every hour in Omaha o anywhere else for that matter. " WAS IT SUICIDE ? A Tramp Hun Over and Killed by B. & HI. Construction Xr ln j It waa at about 11 o'clock yesterday Dan Shanty , a hotel runner , saw a dl lapidated tramp silteugby tha aldo of the St. James hotel -with slouch bat pullet down over his eyes and a deep [ look o ! despondency settled upon his face. The stranger was noticed shortly after ward to got up and leave his seat , pro ceeding down tbo B. & M. track west Nothing moro wa seen of him alive. At about five minutes after 12 o'clock the B & M. construction train , with en glno No. 30 , came thundering down th track , toward the depot. The ongln was reversed , and the engineer anc fireman of courao could not sco In fron of them. Just as the train passed ovei the bridge , it ran over the tramp , who had been aeon sitting near the St. James hotel. None of the trainbands eaw th man until ho had been rnn over. Tin train was stopped and the dead body wa taken from the wheels In a bidh mingled condition , the head being cruihsd , and aims and legs being broken The corpse was removed to Draxel Maul's , where it now awaits a pssslbl Identification. Coroner Drxl at once hastened to the Kcsno of the disaster , and early In the afternoon a jury was impanelled and an inquest held. The following Is the verdict : "SVo find that the deceased whoso name Is unknown to the jury , came to his death by being rnn over by online No. 30 , of the B. M railroad , Wo , the jury , further find , that the deceased cither negligently 01 for the purpose of suicide laid hlmeel on the track , In euch a man ner that he could not bo eoen by th train men. Wo the jury , attach no blame to the railroad employee. " John Butler , foreman ; Duff Green , Michae Whalon , John Hyan , Morri'z ' Oongon Frank Roberts. The deceased wns n man apparent ! ; about 30 or 40 years of ago , aud poorl ; drescod. There was nothing on his per son that would servo to establish hi ; identity. A eimll bnndlo which lay bo sldo him was found to contain nothing but a half-dczan empty liquor bottloa Opinion la divided as to whether the unfortunate man deliberately throw him , self under the wheels of the locomotive , or whether ho was deaf and could no hoar the approach of the train. The former theory la probably the moro cor rect of the two , LATER. It was ascertained at a hto hour yesterday afternoon that the unfortunate tunato man was a Bohemian , named Jamss Blazeck , and that bo had been In Omaha only about six weeks came here from Chicago. When picked up by the coroner his head and body laid about fif teen feet apart , Blood and hair were strewn along the track for a distance ol 100 foot , and the body was badly man gled , It was also ascertained that ho had thrown himself on the Burlington & Mis souri track , down by Boyd's packing lionto about two weeks ago when a train was approaching , but the engineer saw him in tioao to atop , Stnto Atlas of Nelr sk , Wo have roctivad from Everts & Kirk , publishers , of Philadelphia , n copy of ; he State Atlas of Nebraska. The pub- ishors state that their work has been xoparod with the determination to make t as complete and accurate as possible , and with this object In view the patient and persevering labor cf n largo corps of urveyori and mappers for almost two pears has been devoted to this enterprise. 'ho work embraces a general map of the tate , showing the relative position of ach county , the location of railroads , Itles and vllhgeaandtheprlnclpalstrcama 'his Is followed by separate maps of ho dlfforont counties of the eUto rawn on a much larger calo , on which bo details ara moro thoroughly given ; beto are also plans of the leading cities t'U YJIK'ea , All Ilia Echool hollas in the itkto nro located and numbered , also all the wagon roads , road districts , . churchoF , etc. , whllo qnito * number of illnitratlons add Interest to the work. Besides all this there Is A business direct ory of each county and city , besides many other useful features. Omaha , of course , occnplf a considerable apace In the atlac , ai does also Lincoln , In the preparation of this work , which contains over 300 pages , the compilers and publishers have botn materially assisted by state , enmity and city officials. Tbii atlas no doubt will bo houtlly welcomed by the people ot Nebraska , among whom a largo num ber of subscriptions have already boon taken. They will find it a very useful work. A largo number of espies have already been sent to Europe nnd to par lies In the east who own property In No- broska and are otherwise Interested In the state. Mr. G. M. Monroe , rtproionting the publishers , is now in the oily for the purpose of delivering the book to sub scribers and others who may doslro It. RAILWAY BTTMBLINQS An IntcrcHtlng Collection of Itcinr > 1'rcpnrcil for tlio Headers of Tlio Bco. W. F. Grlfllth , assistant general freight ogont of the Union Pacific , returned homo yesterday from n thrco frocks' sojourn at ban Francisco. Uo reports having enjoyed himself while gene to an unlimited and very satisfactory extent. The Pacific coast la reported by him to bo n very delightful place about now , nnd the various summer resorts are crowded with people. . \V. B. Lindsloy , general manogcr , nnd 0 , M. Lowe , general superintendent , of the Slonx City & Pacific road , wore In Omaha yesterday Inspecting that non- derrick car recently purchased by the U. P. company with a view to BO sating one llko It for their road. Mr. S. a. Slovens , general agent at this point for the Hock island road , who has been confined to his bed several weeks with a severe illness , made hla appearance down town a few hours yes- torday. On the Slit of last April , George S. Barney and J. B. Uaynoe , of the Union Pacific general passenger cilice , entered Into a contract that neither should smoke during office hours for a period of ninety days , a forfeit of $10 to bo put up in case the contract was broken , but they both kept it faithfully. The ttmo was up yesterday , and the boys celebrated by procuring a box of cigars and enjoying a good smoke. NOl'ES FKOM THE COUNTIIY. The Burlington & Missouri Is laying a side track from the main line to the dis tillery In Nebraska City. Rushvlllo people have prevailed upnn the Northwestern folks to make n Hag ; station at the town. This Is the town which the railroad people thought to kill by starting a rival town four miles east because * they wore refused a largo tract of ground at their own price. The state supreme court haa ordered the Burlington & Missouri company to ootobllsh and maintain a depot and side tracks at Blue Springs , Gage county. The track of the Northwestern exten sion has reached Hay Springs , a point eoveral miles beyond Rnshvillo. 0. S Stobbinu , general ticket agent for the Union Pacific , la sending ont a circular , to conductor ] , calling tholr at tention to the law , which authorizes the co'lectlon ' of 25 cents extra , for faros token on the train , but that a check mnst bo given the passenger that ho may got the excess faro back , at any station if ho so desires. The Toxaa cattle fever In other stated has boon the means of an order being issued by the Union Pacific people that they have been prohibited from hauling Texas cattle over their line In Nebraska. The atato sanitary board haa demanded this kind of an order. The little boy run over by a freight train at Schnylor , Monday , and killed , was a son or Dr. Schafl'er. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that ho came to his death by an accident , for which no one was responsible. The man who was run over at Fremont lait Saturday night aud bad both legs cut off , died yesterday. GULLED FKOM THE COURTS , iKrli'l Digest of the UuslnCHa Trans uded YestcnUy in the United StiUcu and District Courts , The CBEO of Henry F. Hainan vs. the Burlington & Missouri river railroad compiny , In which plaintiff sues for $1,000 damage ? , Is on trial before Judge Wakoley. Plaintiff claims the damage on account of hh Jackeou street property , which ho says has boon rendered melees as a plaio to live by reason of defendant trick , which passes along Jackson street and causes the water to back up and ovoiflow him. The jury In the caeo of Gsnntner vs. the Omaha Bolt line lUllwoy company , returned a verdict yrntorday , bringing In a judgement for defendant. E. L , Patrick commenced a salt against James M. Parker In the district couit yesterday , stating ai a cause of action that ho Is owner of certain property In the town of Florence which has been eold at an alleged illegal tax tale , and which thus fell into the defendant's hands. Plaintiff desires to refund amount of taxes paid by defendant on the property and thus secure an unclouded title to the land. Jim Lulrd In Chicago. Chicago Herald. "Stop the train ! stop her ! " shouted an excited passenger on board an Alton train a fow.daya agoas the cirs passed through Bridgeport. The conductor pulled the > ell > rope and then inquired : "What's the matter ? " "I want to got off hero , " said the excited - cited passenger , "Tho darn fool that aold mo my ticket said It would take mo wo days to reach my destination , but mro wo are in less than an hour. Where am I going ? To Stinking Water station , ? ebraka , and If this alnt tha place It md better take in Us sign. " But It wasn't the placo. " " Xho Hurrah lor iHgftllB , Chicago News , Senator Mandenon's nomination of Senator Ingall's for the presidency la not ecolvod with that outburst cs popula r nthuslasm which should greet the poo- lo'a choice , Senator Insalls Is a great nd good man , but his disposition was polled In early youth by u habit ho bad f sitting do * n on tacks. During the first three months of thii year ! Vencb manufacturer * imported boots and looa to tha value of $4 fOO.OOO , or about ilx met as much an the United States tends whole year.