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THE DAILY BEE , OMAHA Omen No. OU AND 016 FAHNAM Sr. Nuw YOHK Omc * , ROOM M TWDDNK BUILD- IKO , IWIshM ertry Tnorntnjr , tfrwt 8tind y. Jh cnly Mond.\y nfornlnir < UI1y published In the SUM. TMMl BY MATt. . Ow > Vo r liaOOl'n.rcoMonUu . * 2 EO SHMonthi 6.00 | Ono Month 1.00 The Weekly Bee , Published o\ery Wednesday TfRM , rOttPAID , OnoTeir , Uh premium 2 00 Ono Year , without premium I ZA Six Montr-i , wllliont premium Jj > Ono Month , on trial All Communications rcUtlng to New and Editorial tnittcrs houU bo addressed to the EDITOR OP Tn Die. RCfllSRS * MTTMUfc All TttHlnew letters nd lUmltUoces rtiotild b sddrosso.no TUB linn rrni.nnivrt COIIMNV , uwjiiv DriftsChcck n.l 1'oit office orders to bo m lo ! ' > nble to the order ol the coini > n- . THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Prop * , K. UOSr.WATKIl , Kmtoit. A. II. 1'itch , Manager Daily Circulation , Omaha , Jicbraslta. THE commission system has become EO common that commissioners are now a numerous as"colonels. . The woods are full of 'em , Ir has boon decided that ( t Is a viola tion of law to proaoh on the common in Boston , but wo suppose it ii no offense the minister * talk on the square. FIIE.SIDENT CLEVELAND proposes to tnko a rest. If ho succeeds In finding i retreat where the office-seeker canno discover him ho will indeed bo a luck ; man. TUB oGlco-seekers objocb to Mr Cleveland taking a vacation. The office holders , ho trover , hope that his vacation will last nil summer. They want a roa as well as the president. THE coming contoit In Ohio will , It I Bkld , ba n barrel campaign. St.John has * recently been In that state , and it 1 HUapoctod that his visit was for the pur pose of sizing op the barrel. I ? la Intimated by the friends of Hr Hoacb that had ho been a democrat hi Dolphin would have boon accepted Ion ] ago. It is but natural that the democrat want nothing to flo with a republics craft. GOVERNOR BUNK , of Idaho , has mad loom for a democrat by resigning. Hi career la Idaho has been brief and no very'brilliant. [ About the only thin : that ho has done by going from Fhlla dolphla to Idaho Is to acquire the title o governor. RUSSELL B. HAKHISON , asjayor of th mint at Helena , Montana , has boon en tlrely exonerated by the ( solicitor of th treasury from the charges recently mad against him. The evidence was careful ! , examined and ia no particular did It BUS tain any of the charges. THE New York World has suecooede In raising 8100,000 for the pedestal o the Statue of Liberty. This la anothe evidence of what an enterprising and in Jlaontial journal can accomplish. Th World IB certainly entitled to a grea deal of credit for what it has dono. THE statement la made that Sam -Jones , the revivalist , made 400 convert In Waco , Texas , In one week , and tha ho was paid 81.GO aploco for them by th olty council. Mr. Jones has an Immons field before him in Texas , and ho ough to make a fortune there In a singl .season. THE Indians are breaking loose over ; where , and wo shall not bo surprised to see even the clgar-slgna go on the war path. Fortunately for Omaha , however Fort Omaha la only three miles distant and Is connected with military boat quarters by telephone. GENKUAL JOSEPH E. 'JOHNSTON , thi newly appointed United States cornmls eloner of railways , has entered upon thi discharge of hit ollijlal duties. Ao thoai duties consist prlncipa ly in making an .annual tour of pleasure and obaorvatlui In a pa'athl private car over the Pacific roads , wo venture to say that the aged soldier will appreciate the kind consider ation of President Cleveland In giving him ao-oft a borth. WE are going to have telegraph com patltlon in Omaha In a few weeks , the city council at Itj lait meeting having granted a permit to tko Pacific : Tolograpl company to erect Its poles and string it tdrca within the city. If the competition takes as lively a turn in Omaha aa It did last week at Had Bank , Now Jersey , the aoda-fonntain will play an important pan in the war. At Red Bank ono uf thi competing telegraph companies sent mes nagea to Now York for fifteen cents ant throw in a glass of soda-water. Perhaps the lager-boor vendors of Omaha wonlc like to stand in with the telegraph com pany that adopts ibis method of securing business. A wmzEii In the Now York Commer cial Advertiser states that the sum of 8100,000,000 is annually paid in this country for fire losica , Ho points out that this loss Is equivalent to doatructlon yearly of one-third of the wheat crop of the United Slates , or one-thlrd of the value of the cotton production , while , last year , It exceeded by $10,000,000 the total value of gold , silver , lead and cop per yielded by the mines of the country , In other words , It Is estimated that the property annually burned up throughout the United Statoi njuils about one-sixth of the profits on all our Industries during the came period. This great destruction of national wealth Is attributed in the main to the carelessness and recklesiness of our people , the statistics showing that only SO per cent of the louei are to b& to Incendkrlam , MR. ADAMS IN DENVER. Mr. Oharlei Francis Adams has caused ooldnets lo spring up between hlmielf nd the people of Colorado. In the first ilaco he deliberately Intimated , In Ian- rrjage that was both plain and bold , that allroadtng In Colorado , as far as the Union Pacific is concerned , Is an unprofit able bminoss , and thst the Union Pacific would bo very much bettor off If the Colorado lines could bo cut off swal- owcd by an earthquake , or otherwise ost. " This was no slight shock within tsolf to the overage Ooloradan , but when Mr. Adams asiorted that the best ro- Bourcos of Colorado wore neglected in the nsano search for gold and ( .llvor , ho caused a violent vibration of indignation 'rom center to circumference of the silver state. "If the people would turn their attcn tion to those Industries and lot gold and silver go to the devil , " said Mr. Adnnu , 'they would bo batter off. " When Lo aggestod , In this emphatic manner , that the people bettor abandon the gold and silver mines anc dig for coal and paving stone bo struck the most sensitive chord of the Colorado system , and that , too , at a time when the most enterprising men of Denver wore discussing tha project of getting np : grand silver pageant or spectacular expo sition , by way ot an advertisement ol Colorado's greatest Indus try and as/'aliv ing protest against the demonetization o ; silver. " Mr. Adams is evidently a sand stone man. Ho holds that Colorado possesses better paving stone than an ; other etato , and wq can nnaorstand wh ; ho Is so enthusiastic for the adoption o sandstone as n paving material. There Is more sandstone in Colorado than nn ; other material , except sand , and If a demand mand could bo created for it the Union Pacific quarries might bo made toglvothi company's lines In that state anffioicn business to put them on a paying basil The inference to bo drawn from Mr Adams' observations la that the people c Denver onght to got np n eandeton pageant instead of a spectacular silver show. However , Mr. Adams' appeal in behalf of sandstone has already had chilling effect uoon the silver enthusiasts The Denver Zribune-ltcpublican now opposes the propoaed'eilvor pageant , anc says that "Denverjnnstcnltlvato contlnn lty"whatovortbat ] may mean. Inciden tally wo are lodto remark that Mr. Adam is now no doubt surprised that the Union Pacific has In times past done BO mncl for Denver and Colorado and BO little fo Omaha and Nebraska. It la to ba hope that in the future the Union Pacific , nn der Mr. Adanu' diicreet management will adopt a more liberal policy towarc this city and state. This hope Is base upon his poiltlve statements to a Denve reporter that the Union PaclG had no Intention whatever pjst present , or future of moving It shops and headquarters from Omaha to Denver. This puta at rest forever th rumor of removal , which is periodical ! ; started and Hot afloat by the Djnvor boomers. Mr. Adama In concluding hi remarkably bold Interview threatened ti have the reporter shot fall of holes If ho was not reported correctly. The reporte evidently thought the fications Mr. Adams was In earnest , and ho according ly made no mistakes in reporting wha ho said. The wonder Is that Mr. Adams escaped from Denver with hia tcalp. His audacity porhapj saved him. It certainly won the admiration of the Denver Tri bune , which eays : The Boston friends of Charles Francis Ad' ams , Jr. , will doubtless bo shocked to learn with what facility ho falls into the wayg o the wild west , and there will surely be a com motion in the staid old town of Quincy when It becomes known there that Mr. Adams , with the sang froiJ of a desperado , threatened to shoot a ! Tril > unc-ltejml > licaH reporter "lull o holes" if the latter snould misrepresent him In repoitinp : m interview. Hr. Ad ams is reported to bo something aua tere , He may be , in the chilly am effete east ; but in Colorado he ij in warn , a the sun and as free as the ambient air of our Italian climate. Mr. Adams will maki friends in the west by his od-hand manner It is especially pleasing to westerners to see an caatorn man citch on to the vernacular o the Rockies ; and wo must nay that there ii not a professional or business man in Denve ; who could have told n reporter that hi would "shoot him full of holes" with raoro truly western grace and abandon than Mr Charles Francis Adams , Jr. did it. THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE. A great many people In thla city seem to labor nnder the Impression that prop orty-ownors cannot ba compelled to lay down now sidewalks or Improve old ones without sorno further legislation by the city council. Thla is a great mistake , as anyone will BOO by consulting ordinance No. C53. This ordinance regulates the construction , widening and repairing ol sidewalks , and provides fov the levy ol taxes to pay for the name. It covers ev ery material point. According to this ordinance , which waa passed October 3d , 1882 , the construction of all side walks , as well as the widening or repair ing of the same , shall bo under the di rection and supervision of the board of public works , and nnder such rules and regulations not Inconsistent with the or dluanco as the board may from tiso to Imo adopt. Sidewalks shall ba laid to such permanent or temporary grade aa the board shall direct. The materials , If walks are required to bo laid to a temporary grade , shall bo plno or oak plank , but if ordered o bo laid to an established grade they shall be of such materlil as the board shall designate. All sidewalks mutt bo mlform at to line and grade In front of ach block , whether laid to permanent ir temporary grade , and all walks shall nclino from the line of the lots outward t the rite of one -third of an Inch to ha foot , Any sidewalk constructed in ny other manner than as required by his ordinance shall bo deemed a nuls- nee , and a fine Is provided for every ay inch nuisance it permitted to re main. Furthermore , It is the duty of ho board of public works to cause inch nntianco to bo abated. Power la given o the city conncll to require by resolu ion the constrnctlon , widening or repair f a sidewalk , and U Is the duty of the > oard of public works to coo that the roporty owners have this work done in accordance with iho plans and ipoclfia- lens , and if the property owners do not comply with the published order within fifteen days , the board shall direct the city sidewalk contractor to lay the required walks , the expense of which must ba charged against the property and paid for a tax levy. This la the substance ol : ho sldotralk ordinance now In force , and wo cannot see that anything mete ex MM h needed. The whole matter la virtually placed In the bands of the board of public worka. It has all the power necessary , and If U would only exercise Its power , fnlly and Impartially , wo would soon have a uniform system of sidewalk on our Lnsldeea streets , all of which have a permanent cradc ; , and therefore re quired to have durable material for side walks. If the property owners do nol lay down proper walks , the boird has the Doirer to do it for them , On Fornam street now walks of durable material are being properly laid to a considerable extent tent , but the old walks are permittee to remain In their present position , thai miking bad breaks and stumbling placci where the now and old walks unite. I ii the dnty of the board to Immediately cause the old walks , that are othorwia unobjectionable , to be raised or loworoc to the same grade with the now ones , s that the walk would bo on the same Hn the whole length of a block. Notwlth standing the powers bestowed npon It by this ordinance , the board permits certain walks to remain at their old width , in stead of being extended to the curb line whllo certain other walks have been widened by the owners upon the order o the board. This partiality is Bomothlnj wo cannot qnlet understand , as pnbll officials are supposed to bo Impartial in the performance of their duties. I wonld perhaps bo advisable for the mom bera of the board of public works to rea this sidewalk ordinance , and post them selves thoroughly aa to their duties After having done this , It is to bo hope that they will do their duty promptly and impartially. COL. JOHN GIDBON , who has been pro mo ted to be brigadier-general to fill th vacancy caused by the retirement of Gen Augur , has been a life-long soldier , an has made for himself a gallant record Graduating from the West Point mllltar academy in 1847 , ho was In September o that year assigned to regular duty a second lieutenant In the Fourth artillery When the war of the rebellion broke out ho had attained the rank of captain , an In May , 18G2 , ho became a brigadier-gen oral In the volunteer service. In tb summer of 1804 ho rote to the rank o major-general , and In March , 1865 b waa brevotted major-general In the regu lar army. Upon hia return to the regula servlco ho waa made colonel of the Thiity sixth Infantry , and In 1809 he waa trans ferred to the Seventh infantry , of whlcl regiment ho has over since boon In com mand. Since the clote of the war ho ha been stationed moat of the time on th frontier , and has done eomo hard cam paignlng and fighting against the Indians adding fame to his reputation as a aoldle and fighter. His promotion to the brlga dlershlp has been faithfully earned , anc his many friends in the department o the Platte will take pleasure in can congratulating him. SOME officials are altogether too fre and handy In the use of tha revolver Such appears to have boon the ciso wit ] the marshal of Papilllon , who fatally wounded a tramp fjr not halting at hia command. The tramp was with four others , all of whom wore anspostod of having committed trivial larceny. His companions were ar rested , examined and discharged , thor being no evidence agiinat them , and in all probability the wonndod tramp waaoi innocent as they were. How any oliice : cm bo justified in killing a man who Ii merely suspected of a potty offense , oven If ho does start to run away , Is something that wo have yet to learn. If wo are no mistaken , an officer before making arros has to have a warrant , although this rnli is not always followed , owing to varloni reasons. It Is true that the dying man ia "only a tramp , " but oven tramps are human beings , and are not to bo nho down like dogs. Tar. fact that the last Pennsylvania legislature passed a law requiring licenses to bo taken oat for marriages haa attracted tractod a great deal of attention and caused much favorable comment at the hands of those newspapers whoio edilors labor nnder tha impression that such a law Is a new thing. The fact is , that Nebraska has had such a law over since she became a state , and wo suppose other states have similar laws. Pennsylvania , ihorefore , is not entitled to any credit for originating the marriage license law , which it ought to have adopted long ago. THE introduction of hone-cars upon Broadway drove tbo stage-lino equip * ments into the auction rooms. Eight lundred hones , three hundred stages , and five hundred aats of harness are now > olng Bold at auction In that city , Val . uing the horeoi at $75 each , the ttagos at he low figure ot $300 , and the harneea it $20 per set , the total value of this property foota np $1,000,000 , but It is nfo to a y that It will not bring anywhere near Us valce , de TUB Oraahi Herald , following In the wake of other democratic journal ? , con- inues to Had fault with Uen. Logan'a 'bad grammar. " Gen. Logan's grammar does not Interfere with his common sento nor did it prevent him from making a gallant ro cord aa n loyal and bravo sol- dier. His grammar compares favorably at times with that of the odltor of the Omaha Herald. THE Des Molncs Leader has been temporarily suppressed by the sheriff , inancial embarrassment being the canao , The proprietor , however , assures the public that the publication of the Leader will be resumed In n few doys , There must bo something radically wrong when a democratic paper is compelled to sus pend jnst aa the democrats are about getting their hands on the ( polls , PHINEAS T. BAIINCM celebrated his seventy-fifty birth-day last Sunday. Eo has lived long and prospered. May ho continue to do so Is the with of the ad vertislng columns , which ho has BO liber ally patronized. Printers Ink has done wonders for Mr. Barnnm , and wo have no hesitancy in recommending It for general oral use , Ir the Hartford Courant Is to bo relied - lied npon , Yolo college will bo oponoc next fall as usual , Tills statement ha been necessitated by the fact that Har vaid'a victory In the recent annual boa race led the public to believe that Yali college would go to the dry-docks for an Indefinite period for repairs. ROSE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND is a strong advocate of silk culture as it affords oni more avenue of solf-BUppjrt to womoa Wo venture to siy that moat women wil continue to cultivate silk over a dry-goodi counter , and lot the Bilk-worms take can of themselves. WHIH3 flOUSE MANNERS. What Miss Cleveland Wears and How tbo President Looks at Kcceptions. Washington Correspondence of Philadelphia 1'ross. Miss Cleveland baa a thoughtful , re fined face , not at all handsome , and neat at all ngly. She la decidedly sallow , anc looks as If she might bo about 48 or 40 years old. She came hero with shorf hair , rather gray , and slightly waved al over her head. No woman over looks dignified with short hair , but U was not unbecoming to her , and did not give her "woman lec an absolutely aggressive turer" look. If oho was BO soon going to succumb to popular opinion on the sub joctof short hair for women , it la a pity aho didn't "pin on" her "colls and pnflY before she came here , for so marked a change hero wonld have caused common In private life , and In her case It has made no end of talk. Tbo women who laughed and sneered at her for wearing short hair now do the same thing because she has followed the fashion. Poor woman ! She looks anxious and worried and the sooner she loams to follow her brother's example and "gang her aln gait , " the sooner she will bo happy. Her dresses are not remarkable In any way ; she has quite a pretty figure and might look better than she doea If the would biro some woman who hna perfeo taste to dress her and stand over her dress-maker when her clothes are fitted. She appears like a woman who Has given her attention to better and h'gher ' mat- ten than clothee ; bat , then , clothes are onn cf the minor matters that a woman In her position must attend to herself or must have some ono else to attend to. Her manners are parfostly courteous , but not cordial ; she has no society man ner of any kind , and It Is qulto easy to BOO that , although sha means to do her dnty as mistress of the Whit o House , 1 la simply dnty to her and no more ; that she is really very much bored and very tired ; that she receives guests every day because she must , and that flho ia a very thankful wcman when her hour Is fin ished. The pretident comes down stalra after 1 o'clock on the day when Miss Cleve land receives , unless ho Is tie busy. Ho stands In front of the folding doors in the east room , and shakes hands rapidly with all those who wait to have that honor. To uco the society phrase , Mr. Cleveland Is a very "common-looking1 man. " Hia best friends , his most ardent supporters admit , what Is certainly true , that when ono firit looks Into tbo president's face , ono sees just a coarse face. But there Is a great deal more there. No par son , no matter how prejudiced , can help seeing In his face anct figure a calm , pow- efnl repose , and full of dignity of the moit simple and Impressive aort. Ho looks like a man against whom any cir cumstances , any people , any powers might beat until they tire thcmsalves out , without moving him a hair'sbroacth from the position he bad originally taken for himself. Ono feels instinctively that there is a man who Is president of the United States In truth , and who is going to follow out his own convictions If the world turns upside down because of them , Some peopla Bay Mies Cleveland haa much Influence over him , but people who have talked with him do not believe ir , and ono woman RODS BO far as to any : " 1'ooh ! Influence the president ? I don't bollevo that If the most enchanting angel ; of the female porturson in heaven itself should fall at Its feet with wings spread out she would have any more Impression npon him than the rest of ns do ; and goodness knowa that Isn't much. " His manncri are perfectly courteous. Ho haa , a pleasant voice , shakes hands cordially , Bjys a few pleasant words If ha has time , and makes It qulto evident to every one when their turn Is over , and in a perfect ly simple , courteous way. A StiuotliiK Match , ' The shooting match for $50 a side , Wednesday afternoon between H B. Ken nedy and Ed Leoder.reaultod In a victory for Kennedy , tbo total of each man's score being as follows : Kennedy . 8G Leader . M ' The shooting took place at Athletic nrk in the presence of a hundred or nore Interested spectators. Peoria > lack birds were sprung from a irap at . .00 yards distance , As Mr. Leeder dc- Iros satisfaction another match la being arranged. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ llu.ua Kail. a CHICAGO , 111 , July 0. Chicago , 8 ; Prow- tenet , C Dwiiorr , Mich. , July 0. Detroit , 3 ; Phlla- phU , 2 , I'UTSBima. Pa. , July 0 Pittsbarg , 17 ; , 0. CINCINNATI , 0 , , July O.-CincInnati , 4 Athletici , 2. LooiBViLLir , Ky. , July S. Louisville ; Baltimore , 1. AN ESTIMATE OF IINCOLN. His Guato as a Benefactor and States man BcTleweil , McCnlloch'ft Travesty on Truth Pot llttonl Komlnlscencos [ l' st niul Present. WRITTEN FOR THE BEE. Hugh McOnlloch , Into secretary of th transary , recently published a letter in the Now York Tribune giving his view and his estimate of Abraham Lincoln In that communication ho withhold from Lincoln a high position as a lawyer a statesman or an orator. I am quoting from hia opinion from racollcclioii , no being able to put my hand on the loiter at this timo. A part of the letter appoirod In thi BEE a few days ago , bub not the part t which I refer. In the writer's humble jndgment Mr. McOalloch falls far shor of a proper estimate of Mr * Lincoln' real merits , in the characters mentioned Ho seems to have very little appreciation of Lincoln's greatness. To have fille iho sphora which the latter filled , to hav accomplished what ho accomplished mtis create the conviction that ho did glvi evidence of the possession cf man , of the elements of greatness That ho ranked high "ns a lawyer canno bo disputed. The man who , being lawyer by profession , could maintain tha great debate with Stephen A. Donglus as Lincoln maintained It , cauld dovelo such extraordinary reasoning powers a ho developed , could not ba other wit than A LAWYER OF THE FIRST CLASS. Mr. Douglas was ono of the groatos debaters of that period , but Lincoln wa more than his match. It la not Intonde to convoy the Inipression that , beciusa man ID an able debater , ho la therefore great lawyer , but , having a thoroug knowledge of law , a wonderful amonn of practical common sento , and possess Ing extraordinary powers of argumon and reasoning , the conclusion must b that Lincoln wonld stand In the fron rank of his profession , and there 1 where ho did stand ai a lawyer. As a statesman , none but a small mln can deny him greatness , and the comma ; judgment of mankind has enrolled him on the list of great statesmen. Probabl no ruler in history had to pass through moro trying crisis than did Lincoln , anne no ono over passed through It moro sue cotsfnlly. In every emergency that arose ho ROSE EQUAL 10 THE OCCASION. No man over read and nnderstood th character of the American people botte than ho did. Ho BO managed them , am so shaped public gontlmcnt , as to leac them to believe that they wore leading him , whereas , ho waa all the time loading them , and bringing them np to sustain ing measures ho wanted to carry for ward. In theaa respects ho substantiate ) the claim to ba admitted to the circle o" the first statesmen of the world. A few months back , certain men , be lieved to bo competent and impartial were selected as judges to pass upon those questions : Who are the three great cast benefactors In our history and coun try ; the thrae greatest statesmen ; th three greatest generals ; and the thro greatest orators ? The judges wore Davit Dudley Field , the eminent New York lawyer , Gen. Thomas Ewing , of Ohio Prof. Yeamans. of Kentucky , A. J Mold , of Now York , and ono or two other ? , names now forgotten. THEIR DECISIONS were as follows : The greatest benefac tora were Washington , Lincoln am Hamilton ; the greatest statesmen wore Hamilton , Webster and Lincoln ; the greatest soldiers were Washington , Gran and Lee ; the greatest orators wore Web ster , Clay and Corwln. It is thns seen that , in their jndgment , Mr. Lincoln ranks among the greatest statesmen auc benefactor * this country has over pro duced. Their judgment Is qntto as con elusive as that of Mr. McOplluch , It may be remarked Incidentally , thai Gen. Grant's estimate of Lee diffois fr that of the committee. The writer has heard Grant say more than once , that ho wonld much prefer to meet Gen. Lo a commander of &n opposing army which ho was going to fight than Gen. Joe Johnston. Johnston certainly provec himself to bo a general of the firat rank , though all throogh the war ho was undoi the ban of Jeff Davis , whllo Leo was in high official favor. It Is evident that ilngh McCnlloch hac very little In sympathy with Abraham Lincoln or that ho greatly mis judged him. When William Pitt Festonden , of Maine , who succeeded Cbosa as secretary of thetreasnry , reslgnedjtbat oflicoLincoln promoted McCullocn to that poeltion. Aa great a reader of human nature M Lin coin was , ho sometimes made mistakes , ; though rarely , In the selection of men ; and this selection of McOnlloch was ono of them , aa subsequent events very soon proved. Not long after Andrew J ohcsan had become established in the presiden cy , ho Johnson , most grossly and t roach eronaly betrayed the republican party. Ho Bet about CREATING A. NEW I'AUTY , of whiah ho was to ba the head , and un dertook to establish "my policy , " as ho called it. It was one of the worst , one of the meanest betrayals , ono of the baa- at acts of treachery ever recorded in the history of political parties , In this conrse } f treason and treachery , McCnlloch Felloired Johnston , and sustained him right through It all , and acted with the democratic party. McCulloch followed ho offica ho held ; bo followed the pa- ronago and spoils , just as others did , for the same purpose. McOulloch has never since been known as a ropnbllcin , and jet rilESI DENT ARTHUR DOO HIM VV 'rom the purlieus of democracy and made him secretary of tbo treasury , I suppoto to embarrass the canvas of Blalno and to emphasize his indifference to the inccBss of the republican party , because 10 was not nominated for the presidency tnd Blaine was. Henry Ward Beocber , or some other 'ellow , has many a time delivered a loot- ire on "Shams , " Now , here is a sham jo ' or Henry W. to add to his list , If be Is ho ono who has made shams a atudy , .nd the subject of some of his lectures ; bo Is not the man , ho cm make this ho subject of one. The announcement that Capt , Beecher , aon cf Henry Ward Beecber , was an pplicant for the colleotorshlp of cus- oins at some point on the Oregon coast , was quickly followed by the laconic and mphatlo announcement that Henry W. rould not write to the president favoring he appointment , and bad forbidden any member of his family doing so. Pretty utocratio for tbo Brooklyn preacher , for o ill family ere all of age ; the nmlamo Beooher did wrlto a letter to our friend U rover , ia.it autumn , In the midst of the presidential campaign , without the knowl edge of Henty W. , as ho publicly slated , and It may bo presumed ihe wonld do BO again if the apttit so willed her. VTAEREFORE , AND WHY NOT ? Why should not she , and ho also , aid the ton In securing the object of his desires - > sires ? It was an honorable ambition for j tbo aon to tcek thoco11octotshlpalthougii ho was doing BO in opposition to the wishes of the democracy of Oregon ; and and If Henry W , did not want him to have It , ho is an unnatural father. But stuff , shim , ha did want him to have It , and ho know it was wholly unnecessary for him or anybody else to write for his sonbecame ha know , as everyone else know , the moment they hoard ho was an applicant for the place , that ho wonld receive the cfliso whenever Cleveland Icntnod that a son of Becchor desired It. Boccher played the sham In this matter as ho did when ho proclaimed the monstrous docttino that the greater n man's sins the greater should ba his re ward , if ho occupied a conspicuous posi tion , bociuao if his ties were found out his mortification would bo so much greater. Every democrat the writer meets nown-dsys Ii down In the mouth , disappointed , so to speak. A loading democrat said hero the other day , "If I lipd to do it over again , I would vole for Blalno , rather than lor such a president ni Cleveland has shown himself to bo. "Nebraska democrats are traveling A ROUGN , WEARY , ROAD ; the I'.no Is long , nnd thcro seems to bo no prospect of turning. Charles Brown , head centre of ono uf the three factions of Nebraska democracy , was reported not lone ; ago , to have expressed hlmtclf in very vigorous denunciation of Mr. Cleveland and hia policy. Mr. Brown published a dental , which woe , of course , accepted ; but then , It is self evident , that , If ho would express his real senti ments , they wonld bo the very sentiments imputed to him for that Is the way they all feel. Our friends , Dr. Miller and Mayor Boyd , were specially invited to Washington to consult with Mr. Cleveland land in regard to Nebraska appointment They wont , and having boon kindly as snred by him that all vacancies In No braika as they occurred by expiration o commissions or by deaths , wonld bo Clio by good democrats , they walked dow : the White house stops In n modltatlv mood , Boyd looking at Miller and Mlllo ; looking at Boyd , and both leaking lathe bewildered. They were overheard t exclaim simultaneously in the langnag of the Texas statesman , Flanlgan "What In Sheol ore wo hero for ? " An ex presslon of their real genuine feelings o this mattes would ba entertaining. Can't you accommodate us , gentlemen ? JOHN M. THAYER , GRAND ISLAND , .Nob. , July 7. . k * IT WAS K 01 THE OAT , A Lively Scrimmage Among Italian In Police Court. The Italians , Michael Gornuis , Wl liam Kordorat and Augnst Kordorat who were arrested Tuesday for disturbln the peace by fighting , had their trial be fore Judge Stonberg yesterday afternoon and the latter two were fined $3 each Snch a trial as it waa has probably neve before came Into public notice , Testimony of nil kinds wai given. { Gernusa swore that ho heard ii nolso during thu night on his house-top and ii thought that it was the cat , but wont i out to ECO. Ho discovered that the supposed fellno waa none other than William Korkerat , and knocked hlai off with a club. They grappled to deter mine which was the best man. Angus Korderat hoard the noise and wont to hi ; brother's assistance. Gernns succeeded In whipping both of them , but not before fore they had torn the clothes all off o bim. " " " * " STATE JOTTINGS. Graf ton hns a population of 447. Fremont is moving for a town clock. Falls City has a population of 2,070. Johnson county has organized for a fall fair. Harttngton is considering measures for fin protection. Saturday' * storm damaged crops in the vie inity of Beatrice , A rain storm dampened the enthusiasm of the Grand Islanders , The residents of West Point , 1,080 in num ber , are guarded by ono policeman. UlysBei liquidated her patriotism on the Fourth for a < u h cotmUera'.lon of $102 , HarvofitiDp hai commenced in Sarpy county and large fields of rye have been garnered. The Luthoraui of Grand Island have te cured plans and epjcltioatlona fur n $5,000 church. Kearneyitoj are agitating the canal schern again , in the hope or saving prairie schooners from dry rot , Nine companies of United States soldiers ook put iu the celebration at Kearney on the Fourth. Otto Shaffer , a Schuyler boy , while playing cap-frog ou a moving train in the yard , foil jotwcen the cars and was crushed to death , Annie B , PInney , daughter ot Mr. John Pinnoy , formerly of Ouialia , died of diphtheria Juuo 28 , at Cedar Rapid ? , nxed eleven yean , A soldier belonging to the battalion en campmcnt near Kearney wag arrested a few day a ago for a burglary six miloa north of that town , Grand Island granted an exclusive franchise chiso to a gas company , which now refuses to either carry out the bargain or allow anyone olio to do It , J. F. Grave , of Springfield , mourns the osa of a horse and buggy , which has been ulssing nearly two weeks , A fellow named McVoy appropriated both. "Corn ia beginning to look grand , " says the Johnson Countv Journal. "Lvery field was as clean aa the eye and then came a aeiioj of nice rana ! which have let the farmers up with ilfjh hopes , " During the month of Juno nearly 30.COO icrea of the public domain was entered at the tfeligh land oflica under the homestead and timber culture acta , nnd about 8,000 acres under the pre-emption lawi , Another packing house will soon bo added o Nebraska Oity'd industries , The paokery will be 19ii92 ( , and will have a capacity of ,000 hogu u day. It la calculated that the milding will ba ready for business by Jau- uary 1st An association of Beatrice horse fanciers ias arranged to have a series ol runniup , trot- lug and pacing races there during the week f the Grand Army reunion. The races will September 9 , 10 and 11 , The purses offered mount to $1,500. George K. Parp , of Grand Island , writes : That the Colby gang was not captured In Central City and by tbo no-called Detective tallgh , of Omaha , is known to none better ban myself , who captured the gang on the ight of June 12th In Ifatniltcn county , bout nloe miles from Aurora. Noligb knew othlng of it till apprised of it through tha fern ] , " To-morrow , F/lday at C p. m. wn shall Ive an exhibition test of tbo Eclipse fire Extinguisher on Harney St. , oppo- to the Herald oflico. Wo cordially in- Its business men and property owners came out and wltnesi the superior bility of this agent. 10 HELD FOE EMBEZZLEMENT , Wjllo D. OlCRC Placed on Trlrtl Ixs- s gal Notes. The case of Wyllo D. Clogg , accutcd of embezzlement , last October , of $1,800 from the Union PAcIGo railroad company , was taken np for trial in Jndgo Neville's ' court yesterday. The defendant was a dork in the nudllot'a office up to the time of his arrest , and was occupying a trusted position. It ii claimed that whan his accounts came to bo looked ovcrllioy vroro found short about $1,800. Gen , Co win and Judge Savage appear as attorneys for the dofonso. It i > understood that the defense will endeavor to prove that Clogg did not take the money , and hence Is not guilty of embezzlement. Falling to successfully sot up this pies , it Is believed that an attempt will bo made to provo that Olcgg is Insane and hence irresponsible for any acts that ho may have committed in his official poei > tion. Ono curious circumstance which will probably bo called np in this connec tion is that of an attempt made by Olegg to substitute himself as defendant for another man who was arraigned in police court n year or so ago for atsiult with Intent - tent to kill. It Is alleged that as the prisoner was about to bo remanded to jail Olegu , who was proiont , spoke np and sild , " Judge , lot ute go to jul In place of that man ; 1 can afford to ilo it bolter than ho can. " The ontcomo of the case will bo awaited with considerable In terest. CIVIL CASES. The case of Ilcrmann vs. the B. < t. M. Railroad company engaged Judge Wakoly'a attention nearly the entire day Wednesday. The jury retired Wednesday evening and came in yesterday morning , after being out til night , add reported that they wera nnablo to ogrco , They were dismissed. E. L. Eaton has commenced salt nstalnst the city for 81,000 dainngos to hie Eighteenth street property on account of grading. Mary F. Ponlson has commenced suit against the Connecticut Mutual Llfo In surance company to secure a nonforfolt- ing paid np policy of $1,100 on the life of her hnsband , Wosly S. Ponlaon , la place of a $3,000 policy , payment on which has lapsed. I'EUSONAJj. D. C. Clark tai Rene to Hock Spring. A. C. Colton , Uoitrlco , is n Pn\ton guest Wm , Patterson , of Central City , ia at the Pnxton. E. F. Warren , Nebraska City , is nt the Pnxton. Mrs , Ulanchard , of Boston , la at the Paxton. ] 3. V. Warren , of Nebraska City , is nt the Paxton. Dr. J. 0. Davis returned , yesterday , from Eaiton , Pa. C. Toft , of Chicigo , ia in the cjty visiting hia brother , Col. Henry A. Morrow , of Fort Sidney , ia at the Paxton. Dr. 0. P , Wilkerson is at the Pnxton , n guest of Dr. Grndy. Itsv. C. S. Albert , of Baltimore , Md. , Is in the city , a quest at the Paxton. W. A. Wilton , of Kansas City , is among yesterday's arrivals at the Paxton. 0 en. Henry ( ) . Morrow , of voit Sidney , and wife , are guests at the Pnxton. Mr. and Mrs , Thos. Swoba and ch'ldren eft for the west yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs , D. V. Barkalow started Wednesday evening for Cheyenne. Mies Blanchio Hellman left Wednesday evening for Cheyenne to visit friends. Mrs , M Hanson left for Davenport this morning and will ba gone several daya , ol. Ira Wilson , proprietor of the Pacific hotel at St. Joe , Mo , and wife , are guests nt the Pat ton. Mrs. Hulst and Miss Miriam Chase , of thi city , who have been visiting hero for some time past , return , to-day , to Columbus. Mr . William P. Payne and daughter Mies Jessie Payne , of Nebraska City , nro vititiag at the residence of Capt. D. W. Wiloor. A , J. Reuck , Lincoln ; 0 , D. Thompson , Norfolk ; It. B. Cunningham , Kenrnoyj G. P. Farn&wOrth , St. Pan1 , are at the Arciclo. Mrs. Ed. Honey nud children left for Chicago yesterday where they will spend a : nontb visiting with friends. Ed , already looks lonely. Misses Mapglo and Mamie J'rosnan , o ! Washington , D. C. , are vlnlling their Bister , Mrs. Juhn E , Davis , of this city. They ex pect to remain hero until fall. U , K. Klttridgo , night clurk at tha Paxton , who bad been in Now York state for the past three weeka visiting hia sick wife and other riondf , returned last evening , Mrs. D , M. Havorly and children loft for Soda Springs where they will spend the sum mer , They will put in Bover.il weeks in camp life and no doubt will have a jolly timo. Joe BrusselU , who has been connected with \ > ho firm of Max Meyer & Co. for the past light years , leaves yesterday for Now York , ivhera ho will go Into tha importing business or himself , Mrs , Capt. Copciand , aceompaniod by her daughter May and son Walter , left yesterday day for Macklnack , wbero they will remain during the hot weather , and viiit with Lieut. 'ratt ' and wife , E. P. Savage , Thos. Price , Lincoln ; Ceo Innls , II. Christ , J. E. Wilson. Chicago ; G. I. K'ncald ' , Bioux City ; J , E. Ulackman , , oup City ; O. Bailey , Schuylor ; J. A Adams ; -louroo - , Wis.V. ; . E , Davis , Oaleaburg , III. ; V. O , Dlmmick , Apple I liver ; J. D , La Course , Denver ; T , Powers , Button ; areat the Canfield. At tha Metropolitan : L. V , Fryar , Clay Center , Neb , ; Wm. Kirsh and wife , Kane * ville , Neb ; II. Ponwer , Blair , Neb , ; Mrs. F. A. Alexander , Sulton , Neb. ; Major W , G. Franklin and children and Frank linrr , Lin coln , Neb , ; Mrs , Harmon and daughter , Van Meter , la , ; J , F , Chetham and lady , Kansas City , Mo. ; E. O. Ilnby , Granvllle , III. ; J. H. Smith , Saratoga , N. Y. ; A. E. Slyter , Milwaukee - waukee , Wis. ; D , W. Cofley , Denver , Col. ORIFFIN-In this city , July 0 , at 3 a. m. , Elwood I ) . , ion of Mr. audMra , A , W. Or I Hin , aged 8 months , Funeral from reildence , 2512 St. Mary's avenue , Friday , July 10 , at 8:30 : a , m , Itev. Willard II. .Scott ollitlating. DeVINE-In this city , July 'J. at C a , m. . Mr * . EIrina S , , wlfu of Jni. DaVlne , aged t > 3 years. Funeral from residence , northweit corner Saundem and Decatur streets , Friday , July , at I ! > . m , , Rev , Contland officiating ,