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Omaha , Nebraska.
THE paving contractors on upper
Farnnm street have dissevered by this
tlmo that Mr , Gees Is no spring chicken.
IN crops Nebraska and Ohio this year
rank above all other states , bnt In the
crop of offices Ohio Is a till way ahead.
Dn. MILLEII believes In free trade for
railroads , and hu thoioforo opposes pro
tection to the pcoplo who are compelled
to traverse their tracks at dangerous
crossings. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _
JCHT as wo are about to have a little
skirmish between James E. Boyd and
Charles Francis Adams , Dr. Miller as
usual p cks hts dp-sack and loaves his
friends ta fight It out among them-
Bolvon. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Du. MILIEU thought that Mayor Boyd's
oplstlo to Oharlcs Francis Adorns was
written for moro buncoinbo , bnt Mr.
Boyd resents the Intimation ns an Insult.
Ho declares that ho was In dead earnest ,
and meant just whit ho said.
Two robbers dttgulscd as plumbers
entered n residence at Chicago , and after
blndlnp the lady of the honso ransacked
the promises , Parson ] who have paid
plumbing bills will not very likely con
sider tbo disguise adopted by these rob-
bars na any libel upon the plumbers.
TUB uao of the electric light as a loco
motive headlight has been demonstrated
to bo a success , and a great improvement
on the oil lamp now used. An engineer
who tried the first electric light for a lo
comotive headlight recently says ho can
BOO the track plainly a mile ahead , whllo
with the oil light ho can aoo only ISC
foot ahoad.
THE Nebraska atato census glvos
Omaha a population of 01,835. The
federal census of 1880 showed a popula
tion of 30,052. Omaha has moro than
doubled her population In five year * . At
the same ratio of Increaio she will have a
population of 122,000 trhen the next
national census Is taken. Omaha does
not claim to have a Kansas Olty boom
with 40,000 population In the suburbs
within a radius of ton miles , bnt she
makes a very satisfactory exhibit of the
people within her city limits.
Missouin Is a great agricultural state ,
and it has produced two great farmers ,
Mr. Ooloman , the head of the agricultur
al bureau , and Col. Swltzlor , of the sta
tistical bureau. It was eminently proper
that these great agriculturists should
originate and conduct the national con
vention of agricultural colleges. What
Mr. Ooloman and Col. S wllzler do not
know about farming Is not worth know-
Ing. AB the publisher of a farmers ,
weekly In the fourth story of a St. Louis
block , Mr. Coleman has had abundant
opportunity to ccqulro valuable practical
experience , while Col , Swllzler. who
lias odltod a country piper for half a cen
tury , has , as wo learn authoritatively
from the Kansas City Journal , printed
in season many posters for the stock
brooders of Boone county , Missouri ,
Tin ; celebration at Niagara Falls nest
Wednosd&y , upon the ocislnn of the for
mal surrender of the reservation to the
ntato of NOT Yorkf will bo qulto a nota
ble ovont. The first thing on the pro
gramme h the filing of ono hundred
guns. The icvltod guests , among whom
are President Cleveland , Governor nil ) ,
and the governor-general of Canada , will
bo conveyed Inoirrlagoa to Prospect park ,
whore a chorus of 000 voices aided by
an orchestra of sixty pieces will furnish
music , the roiervationwlllbo accepted by
tha governor , J. 0. Carter , of Now York ,
will deliver an oration , and the presl-
dontand governor-general are expected
to make abort addresses. There will also
bo a parade of t hoinilltlaand a big dinner.
The work of drafting resslutloni and by-
lawa for the government of the reserva
tion his bosn delegated to Sherman S.
Ragera , of Buffalo , and Presldont An-
doraon , of Riohestorlunlrerslty.
QnovEU CLEVELAND Is the first presi
dent , since Lincoln , who has oxercltod
his prerogative as oomnundor-In-ohlof of
the armies and navies of the United
States BO far ai io order the general of
the army away from Washington and
Into the field. Even Grant , when pros-
Idoat , never ordered General Sherman to
take the field In person against a band of
Indians. It strikes uj that thora are
several major-generals and brigadiers of
the regular army lying around loose who
ou ht to be competent to auppross the
Obeyonucs or any other troublesome red
skins. It Is creditable to General
SUoiidan , however , that he promptly
obeyed marching order ? , just the name as
If bo were only a lieutenant acting under
orders from his superior officar. Sheridan
baa been In the field and the saddle bo *
foro. P sdent ! Cleveland evidently pro *
poses to go down In history as a military
aarrlce reformer as wjll as a reformer of
tbo civil icrvlco. '
DISARM THE INDIANS ,
The prompt concentration of a large
number of troops in the vicinity of the
Chcyonno reservation in the Indian ter
ritory ehowa that the government means
business. It is not onlp the Intention
to completely corral the Choyennos , but
In all probability to disarm them also.
That they should bo disarmed there Is no
question. They are supplied with the
best Winchester rifles and have an abun
dance of ammunition. Thcso arms and
ammunition they have not secured from
the government , but have purchased
them from tlmo to tlmo from the traders
and merchants in the frontier towns.
After ( ho Ohoyennes are disarmed , every
other Indian tribe ought to bo treated In
the same way , and at the next session
of congress a law ought to bo passed mak
Ing It a penitentiary offense to sell arms
and ammunition to the Indians. They
have no moro USD for rifles and guns than
the people of a civilized community. The
game Is all gone , and thoraforo there Is
no hunting for them , and In fact no
necessity for It as they depend for thol
subsistence upon government rations. In
place of their rifles the govornmen
should give them agricultural Implements
and In place of ammunition they ahonli
bo given seed of various kinds , ant
taught how to till the soil. This plan
will put an end to Indian outbreaks , bo
cauao without their arms they can do no
harm. The sooner this plan Is put in
general operation the bettor It will bo.
WEAVER'S INGRATITUDE.
The basest trait of man is Ingratitude
This detestable trait In Ho most mallg
nant typo is personified In A. J. Weave
moro than In any public man TTO know in
Nebraska. When Weaver was a candi
date for re-election to congress wo pro
dieted that ho would reward Senator Van
Wyck for his old In that campaign as h
had rewarded Gon. John M. Thnyor , who
had trusted him and had been betrayed am
traded off by him. It Is only a few
months ago when Weaver , who was desperately
porately struggling In the political mael
strom , appealed to Van Wyck to save
him. Despite the warnings of his warm
est frlondo , Van "Wyck plunged In and
extended a helping hand to the notorious
Ingrato. Ho vouched for his loyalty to
the popular canto and commended him
for his dlllgonco and fidelity. It was a
blunder which Senator Van Wyck
will rue to the last ol
his days. Hardly had Wea
ver got seated in the saddle once
more than ho dropped the mask , and be
gan a bushwhacking war upon , the sen
ator who had helped to resurrect him
from the political grave. For month ;
tbero has not been an iasuo of Wcavor'i
homo organ , the Falls City Journal
which. If not owned by him , as Is gener
ally understood , Is absolutely under his
control without containing the moa
bitter and malignant assaults on Van
Wyck. The valiant blackguard who delights
lights In such contemptible warfare at
the behest of his master Is none other
than the young man whom Weaver senl
to West Point as a cadet , without giving
the boys of this district a chance to com
pete , and who disgraced Nebraska by
falling to maintain himself in the mill
tary academy. A specimen brick of the
despicable work of Weaver's hireling
libeller Is contained in the following edi
torial In last week's Issue of tha Falls
Olty Journal :
The OMAHA BEB talks about "vigilant and
vigorous efforts against land-grabbers and
land sharks. " If the BEB knows of a worse
land-grabber in Nebraska than Van Wyck ,
will it please name him. By the way , tbo
BEE has never published Van Wyck'a land-
grabbing record. And yet with brazen ef
frontery it has the cheek to call itself an
anti-monopoly sheet. lloaoy will no doubl
consider It a sufficient answer to the above to
call the Journal a " hoodlum " paper.
Whllo these systematic and cowardly
attacks have not boon resented up to
this tlmo , they afford ample proof that
wo had not placed a wrong estimate upon
Mr. Weaver's character when wo declined
to recommend him as a proper ropresen
tatlvo for this district In congress. It
will bo just like Weaver to deny that ho
dictates or Instigates tha assaults upon
Van Wyck , but oven the most orodulons
will refuse to believe him in view of his
relations to the Jovrnal ani Its editor.
Perhaps Weaver vr111 explain why ho
wanted such a notorious land grabber as
Van Wyok to vouch for him In lib travels
through this district last summer. Thai
wretched Ingrate know as well then , as
ho knows UOTT , what trntli
there Is in that land-grab-
blag story. If ho had any manhood ,
principal or decency ho would not allow
inch Infamous flings at hi ] colleague to
go unrebnkod. Ho would not compel
the BEB to report what it eald only a few
weeks ago to Charles H. Gcro , In rofnta
tlon of the same libel. In the caoo ol
Gero there was at loiat the oxonso that
ho is a hopoloes monomaniac npon the
subject of Van Wyck , and goes into
spasms at the favorable mention of his
name as a mad dog does at the sight of
water. For the benefit of Mr. Weaver
and all the rest of the disgruntled otow ,
wo herewith reproduce what wo said In
the BEG of May 28h : :
Van Wyck's land grab , like no many other
mlly canards which emanate from the dis
eased bialn of Mr , Gere , has eoino foundation
in fact , bill the foundation IB to flimsy that no
sane person would attempt to build upon it a
charge of fraud or Intention to monopolize
the public lands. Van Wyck came to Ne
braska immediately following the Kansaa-
Nebraskn excitement. Nebraska had only
been carved out o ! Louisiana five or six yairs
before , and land in the territory was almost
worthless. At the time Van Wyck pre
empted his Otoo county farm , land within the
present city limits of Omaha cculd be bought
from Uncle Sam for one dollar and twcnty-
five cents per acre. The so-called land grab
which the Von Wyckphobla-atrieken canine is
barking about so furiously was nothing moro
cor less than an exhibition of confidei co lu the
future of Nebraska , Van Wyck was then a
young man , lie might have located his farm ,
with land scrip , in Kansas , Iowa , Minnesota ,
or even \Visconsin or Michigan at that early
day. lie chosa to locate in Nebraska bccansi
ho was far-sighted enough to recognire tha
this would become the garden spot of Amer
ica. Had he taken the land for speculation
nlono , ho would have sold It years ego , at a
round profit , And Invested the proceeds in
other and cheaper lands In this a Into tha
were su n to advance , But Van Wyck has
held on to his Otoo county farm even at the
risk of becoming notorious as a land-grabber
This was written on the spur of tin
moment without exact data as to the
Van Wyck farm , but if the champion In
grate of Nebraska desires full particulars
wo will produce them just as soon as wo
can conveniently Interview the senator
NEBRASKA DESERVES CREDIT.
It Is rather singular that most of tin
wrltora npon high license and prohibition
fail to credit Nebraska with being tin
first atato to adopt a high license law
With few oxcopttons they all refer to
other states that have simply followoi
the example of Nebraska. That the Ne
braska high license law has not only
proved a great success but has done a
great deal of good In establishing a pro
ocdcnt for other states there Is no qncs
fclon , and she ought to have the credit fo ;
it. Onca in a whllo , however , wo ECO tin
Nebraska law discussed In an Intolligen
manner , and the proper credit given ti
our stnto for Its enactment. The St
Joe Gazelle , for instance , says :
Nebraska has the most stringent license law
that has over been enacted , nnd it ia therefore
tha best. It is hich llcenso , with open doors
and no ecroens , and with ample police surveil
lance and ample protection , It la seldom
that complaints are hoard in any part of tha
state on account of the liquor traffic , Witl
strong bonds and heavy penalties tha dog
gerics and dives are forced out of existence
nnd the business is made moro reputable than
in any other western state.
The Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican
In commenting on the above statement
eaya : "Tho Nebraska pipers , too , ar
proud of their license syetem , and the
liquor question Is not an appreciable
factor In ctato politics. In Iowa , on tbo
other hand , It is a leading feature of the
situation , nearly as prominent In the
dlecusjlona Indeed as It is In Ohio , where
the traffic is not regulated at all. "
Wo are surprised , however , that ouch a
person as Gail Hamilton , who has made
high llconun and prohibition a study ,
should make no reference whatever to
Nebraska In her article on "Prohibition
In Practice , " In the July number of the
North American Iteview. In her efforts
to ehow that high license is far preferable
to prohibition , she cites statistics from
Minnesota , Illinois and other states and
fromfabont twenty cities , where hif-hes
license prevails , bnt not a word docs she
s y about Nebraska , where the hlgl
license is exacted. The city of Omaha
conld luvo furnished Gall Hamilton her
strongest argument In favor of high
llcenso. Not only has the number ol
saloons been confined to a reasonable
limit , but they have been kept under regu
lations thatbavoraUod their standard , and ,
furthermore , with a license foe of § 1,000
a year the [ school fund derives an In
come from this source of § 140,000 yearly.
We do not bollevo there Is another city
outside of Nebraska that demands s :
high a license as Omaha , yet the ma
jority of liquor dealers are well satisfied
with It. The people certainly are , and
there is no probability that any attcmpl
to reduce the license or change the law
will over bo uuaccssfnl.
A STATEMENT In a recent Isjnc of the
BKE to the effect that a man In search o
frco lands , accompanied by his wlfo nnc
thieo childrcd , reached Ipswich , Dakota
net long ago , from the state of Now
y.ork , having traveled the cntlro distance
on foot , and the head of the family pnsh
Ing all their worldly possessions In a
hand-cart , leads the Philadelphia .Record
to remark : "So wonderfnl are the vicis
situdes , so boundless the potsibllltles o !
American society , that ono of those chll
dron , pushed to Dakota in a hand-cart ,
may come oist twenty years hence In a
palace cir on a congressman's pans. "
EVEN the cltlzjns of tno tloepy oki
town of Loavonworth have at last suc
ceeded In Inducing the railroads center
ing at that point to erect a commodloc
union depot in that city , It will bo CO
fcot wide and 100 feet long , and thrco
stories In the center. When tush a Blow
slow going town asLsavonvcorthcansecnro
a union depot , It otiikcs un that Omaha
ought to ba able to cot something cf the
kind out . 'of the railroads that have
obtained 83 many privileges and contrl
buttons Irom this clly.
CHARLES FIUNCIS ADAMS has within
the past two or threa days Invested heav
ily In Kansas City real estate. For ono
ploco of property he paid $50COO , and
for another $120,000 , and is said to bo
negotiating for more. Perhaps his fond
ness for Kansas City explains why ho
wants come of the principal streets of
Omaha fenced In. If ho will only per
mlt as to keep our streets open wo shall
not care If lie Invests a million In Kansas
City.
City.Ax
Ax the Nebraska Ohatacqna assembly
Jim Laird's alter ego , John B.irjby , cf
Fairmont , entertained the Sunday school
people with a BDDg , Mr. Barsby has a
rich baritone voice , and his vocal effort
was highly appreciated , according to the
Omaha Republican. The people of
Fairmont must feel highly complimented
Hr. Bareby'a baritone voice has hitherto
jcon applauded only by the bartenders
and patrons of negro minstrel shows.
OMAHA has a directory population of CO.CCO
and a census population of 40,030 , It would
ij a poor hand at figures that could not toll on
he spur of the moment that Omaha's popu-
atlon Ii exactly a round 100.00J. Cliicui/o
Tribune ,
The attempted witticism by the would.
> o funny man of the Chicago Tribune
may please htm , bnt it Is cot nt all appre
ciated by too citizens ot Omaha. The
population cf Omaha Is not based on any
census directory , bnt npon the state cen
sus of Nebraska , which is now being
compiled at Lincoln , from the reports
from the various counties in the stale.
.According to this census Omaha has Cl , *
835 within her city limits. Add to this
the popul&tion In the suburbs of South
Omaha , West Omaha nnd Saratoga ,
which together contain over 4,000 people ,
and it will bo soon that Omaha , with Its
suburbs , has really nearly 00,000 popula
tion. Omaha does not need and does
not want any exaggeration In her popu
lation figures , aa It Is not desirable to
build up our city on falsoprotonios. Wo arc
having a steady and substantial growth ,
and are satisfied with it. Wo hope the
Tribune will ECO fit to correct Its state
ment. Wo cannot understand why It
should wish to bollttlo Omaha , especially
when there Is no occasion for It to do so ,
SINCE her victory over Commissioner
Black , Chicago's fair pension agent , Mua
Ada 0. Sweet , haa blossomed forth int
poetry. "Summer In Town" is the till
of n contribution to the Current from ho
pen. Had she not triumphed over th
pension commissioner aho might hav
written "Summer in the Country. "
THERE has not been an unkind won
Bald lu this paper about A. J. Weave
since the last campaign , bnt ho and hi
friends don't know when they are wo !
treated. Hence wo are compelled to pa
our compliments In n manner that i
moro emphatic than polite.
WHE\ two high-toned Baltimore lawyers
yors Bottle- dispute by n sot-to at fhti
cuffs , and then vnako up and take a drla
together , It is pretty good evidence tha
the duello Is losing Its grip in Maryland
Ho that fights with fiat a will live t
fight another day.
THE Juno report of the agriculture
department estimates the wheat yield c
1885 at 303,000,000 bushels. Thin wil
glvo every man , woman and child In th
United States about seven bushel
apiece to carry them through for the nox
year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THEKE Is no truth In the report that
the Union Pacific has elevated Its splna
column and proposes to ehovr its Independence
pendenco of Omaha by erecting a vladnc
entirely at Its own expense.
TIIF. Cheyenne Indian scare Is now said
to bo a hoax. Nevetthcless If it results
In the disarming of the Choyonncs It wll
be productive of a much desired result.
GENERAL BLACK , the commlsiloner ol
pensions , Is himself a pensioner , drawing
$1,200 a year on account of disabilities
received during the war.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Dakota City is assessed at $10,000 ,
Dogs thrive and grow Cut on a three dollar
tax in Clarks.
Surveyor-General Gardiner has assumot
the chains of office ,
The Table Rock poatoffico was robbed of
$10 the other night.
The ICatlo Reaso ploughs the raginp Mis
sourl at Flattamouth.
Koarney'a celebration was a suncessful fail
ure , owing to the rain ,
Gas and electric light companies threaten
to illuminate Fremont.
The Ponca Indians received a cash annuity
of $2.35 each , last week.
The foundation of the college building at
Central City is being laid.
The contract for tbo $12,000 school building
at Central City has been let.
The North Auburn creamery was butaec
down Wednesday afternoon.
The colored soldier who was shot by the
marshal at Eastings is recovering ,
Henry Goetz , a lunatic from Laramie , was
confined In the state asylum last week.
A first grada certiGcato is necessary to se
cure a job In the Central City schools.
The lied Cloud creamery made 14,679
pounds of butter for the month of June.
Tbero Is not n vacant store in Grand Islanc
a euro indication of the city's prosperity ,
Crete Is agitating the subject of water
works to round off her claims as a summer
resort ,
William Wentel , of Denton , patriotically
blew off a portion of his right hand on the
Fourth.
The coal prospect hole nt St , Helena has
depth of iGO feet , with plenty of yellow clay
In sight ,
The Ponca city council and the saloon mon
are having n Ro-as-you-plenso tuaslo on the
question of llcenso.
Alonzo Mecbam , a former resident nf Otoo
county , was thrown from a horeo at Niobrara
and severely injured.
Western Nebraska , the center of the an
cient American Sahara , experienced fifteen
days of rain during June.
George Dulany , a Blair storekeeper , is un
der bonds for arson , his store having been
fired on the night of tha < ltb.
The Nebraska City Guards , n company ol
thirty-two youths of warlike disposition , will
soon toek the van of tbo N , N , G.
The city council of Nebraska City refused
to limit the flow of booza to 11 p. in , Mid
night is considered "the propah capah , "
A storm on the Sd did considerable damage
in Antelope county. The hall shattered a
largo amount of window glass in Neligh ,
Ned Gore , of Kansas City , visiting Table
Eosk , got a souvenir of the "glorious Fourth"
in his right leg , Doctors extracted the ball ,
Grant City is the name of a new town laid
out by ( he Lincoln Land company on the new
railroad southwoit of Alma about ton miles ,
Congrettinan Dorsey now holds the ribbons
on Arlington Bell , a Fremont Lores of consid
erable speed. The price approached $10,000.
A Columbus elevator , weighing thlrtj-three
, ona , wart moved a quarter of a inllo ou flat
caia Thursday. The bnilding IB forty-two
'eet in height.
A monster steam ti Ip hammer , for modol-
ng locomotive frames , has been addad to the
equipment in the Burlington & .MiesourI shops
at Pla'.temouth.
Dick Bunker , an employe of Wilson & Davie -
vie , cf Niobrara , nttempted auiclde last week
jy takin ? sugar of loud. Richard had a weak
ness for "sugar in his'u. "
Fred Keyser , of Nebraska City , played the
Smith confidence game ou a small scale on the
msmess men of 'IVmsge , and fled with all
ho money ha could gather in ,
Surveyor-General Stevenson was caned by
lis admirers in tbo Plattsmauth cfllce prov-
ous to ha ! retliernent last 'eok , Tha staff is
a masilve goldheadod ebony ono ,
It. J. Sklles , the victim of an incontrolla-
> le deslro for other people's money , who is
iow In jail in Omaha , left a trail of crooked-
, ea aud quarrels in and around Oakdalo.
The Mulbatton of the I'lattsmouth Journal
s responsible for the etory that a dog belong- ;
Dg to 0. M > Holmes , which that gentleman
urled to Kearney cud turned loose there ia
the hope of retting rid of him , trumped homeward
ward , n distance of 190 ii.lles , with no othe
pilot tlmn his smeller. That canine Is pos
seued of were scents than the AverARo of th
rate.
rate.K.
K. W. Barnum , of Liberty , was thrown I
front of a rcnpar by a runaway toarn , Wcdncs
day , end narrowly escaped death. Ono hei
was cut off nnd ho wa i otherwise bruised.
An old resident of Unadilli , past 70 year
of ngo , is a natlvo of the island of St. llolooa
and entertains the village with tales of th
great Napoleon , whom ho knew In his cxllo.
Inquiry at Weeping Water failed todiscoy.
the family of Charles B. Fitchnor , the ma
who waa drowned In Chicago on the -Hh , Th
note found on his budy stated his wife- live
hero.
hero.Ground
Ground has been broken for a $30,000 flou
ing mill at Rod Cloud , Mr. Skeou , the ownc.
proposes to equip It with the roller system
throughout. It will haven capacity of 10i
barrels n day ,
The froo-for-nll purse of the firemen's tour
uamont at Grand Island will contain SCCl
nnd it is oxroctoJ that the Thurtrlon * , c
Omaha , Bluff City , Clinton and Wnterlo
teams will run for it. It will bo a rod ho
rnco.
rnco.Mrs.
Mrs. Armbrmler of Plumb Creek , crnzo
by the brutalities of her husband , suicided o
the 3d by eating the phosphoric ends c
matches. She had previously attempted he
life with a dull razir but only caught a ser
throat.
David Keys , of Weoplng Water , fell amor
strangers nt Avoci ou the Fourth and was 8
badly pounded that hts friends did not rocog
nizahlm when ho returned , His injurlo
resulted fatally , The aarallants have not beu
capturoo.
McCook ii petting big. It has jnst had i
roller tlnk sensation , A pretty young wil
was crushed by the winning ways of n tin
dude , nnd whllo tha latter was otcortlng lie
homo the hubby came along and painted bli
rod with a cane.
A woman , srJd to bo 100 years old , died a
the Santee Indian agency last week. At th
time the Americans and British fought ia th
war of 1812 , she was a woman grown , an
had children who were nlso neatly grown
She lived to BOO her great , great grauclchi
drou , fiva generations nt one time.
EnrHIawkins , of North Bond , was throw
from his horse near town Thursday , In th
fall ono foot was caught iu the stirrup and h
bo was dragged spmo distance by the frightened
oned animal. His head was badly lacerate
nnd hia back and tide covered with biuisc
His injuries are dangerous.
A couple of Fremont's society young mon
accompanied by their sweethearts , started to
gether to attend a country dance the othe
evening. Trouble arising over eoino old Bore
they halted the team , which ths admirlu
young ladies hold while the two young ban
tarns blacked each other's eyes , when the joui
uoy was resumed ,
A traveling quack from Iowa was arrcste
at Dakota City Tuesday for having abductc
a sixteen-year-pld sirl from Akron , Iowa
The quack is said to be a veteran rake of eixt
years , nnd claims to bo incapable of commit
ting the crime confessed by the girl. As
consequence all local medical experts are elt
ting on the quack.
Love laughs at parental locks in country a
well ns city. Henry B. Tomlinaon , of Plum
Crook , and Miss Minnie II. Rice , of Ring
gold , celebrated the Fourth under the oyea o
the lattor'a parents , but toward dusk the
flopped out of Cozad and hurried to Plutn
Creek , and wound up the day'a festivities in
marriage. It is hopedjtho young couple wil
as successfully oluda tha storms aud tempest
of life.
Governor Dawcs has appointed Julin
Gortb , recently from Washington , as stat
veterinlnrian. It will be remembered tha
Dr. Gerth was sent west by the authorities n
Washington for the purpose of making in
vestigations into the hog disease which ha
prevailed iu Nebraska to such an alarming ex
tent for a year past. His observations in
Douglas county were tekeu from the cushioned
seat of a carriage and occupied nine minute ;
by the watch.
Filindla J. Schurr , the legal rib of Joseph
0. , of Weeping Water , solemnly affirmi tha
tier pugilistic husband "did cruelly and with
clinched fists11 beat aud blight the felicity o
lier honeymoon ere they had been marriec
two months , nnd that the said Joseph has ex
ercised hia maulera on her regularly Bince Jan
uary , 1SS3 , Besides she was continually com
pelled to breathe the fum-js of stalu benc nnc
iecayod whisky which Joseph swallowed to
keep his muscle up. A divorce is prayed for
The premium list of the tenth annual fair
of the Hall County Agricultural society is
received , Tha fair will be hold at Grand la-
land September 2let to 25th , Premiums to
the amount of $ GC03 are offered exhibitors ,
and the caeh will bo paid as soon as the awardi
are raado. Hall county haa always captured
rbe hon'd ehare of the premiums ut the state
Fairs , nnd when her people unite in showing
their products at licine , the exhibit will un
doubtedly bs n credit to the county nnc
state.
Referring to the Omaha nnd Lincoln fairs
the Blair Republican aaya , "An undue
amount of feeling generated aa between the
itate fair and tha Omaha exposition will have
the effect to make both fairs more complete
md representative of their peculiar secUona.
Previous Omaha fairs have been conspicuous
for an absence of exbibita from ] various
South Platte countio9Luncaater in particular.
There nro abundant reasons why each section
should have its own fairs. The elate ia broad
nnd varied iu resource ? and productions. Con
vnnience nnd cost of transportation will bo
materially lessened , consequently tha aggro-
; ate of attendance nnd exhibits will ba largely
ncreased nnd corresponding benefits must re
sult. Lively competition between Lincoln
and Omaha will conduce to the fullness and
nnd excellence of each exposition , "
Evolution of an Undergarment ,
I know I ahull astonish a good many
people , eaps a writer In The Benton Hor-
aid , when I say I think that vulnerable
and highly-respected article of female
dress , the chemleo , may advantagooti'ly
ba wholly dbponsjcl with. Evarycno Is
supposed to h&vo a chemise "to her bade'
bnt that thh supposition Is not wholly
true was proved to me some tlmo ago ,
When nt tha seaside , last autumn , two
eirlr , mutual friends of mine , and whom
I introduced to each other , wont ono
worm dr.y with mo to batho.
Ono said to the other : "I am afraid
you will be awfully shocked when yon
see mo undress.'Shocked ' ! Wh > ? ' '
"Well , I hardly llko to toll you ; but the
fact is tbat I have so llttlo on. " "I don't '
wear much , " sold the other , "all I have
la combinations , slaps , and ono petticoat
under my drese. " Curiously enough ,
both these gltla were dressed In precisely
the tame way , in woolen combination ; ,
stays ( wdll-jluped and not tight ) , one
petticoat- , and a drois , which , from ita
elegance , gave no suspicion of the state
of affairs underneath. Aaljiad an op
portunity of observing , these young lidfea
were dressed In perfectly sanitary style ,
although none but myself had any Idaaof
the fact ; and , in splto of It , they passed
for two of the bojt-dromd girls at the
fashionable watorlng.placo wqero wa were
staying.
1 have slnco had several opportunities
of observation , and I Qnd that qulto a
number of the best-dressed women of my
acquaintance have renounced the nso of
the enemleo in fayor of woven combina
tions. The majority , however , I believe ,
are not Induced to do so by sanitary con
siderations , but ( Imply because the
chemlsa la a bulky article and makes
them laok stouter than is natural to them ,
whereas the combinations , being made In
a stretchy mitoalal , fit somewhat closely
and ehow the symmetry cf the figure ,
Tola ia , to my mind , a very good reason
why the ohemleo should bo given up ; bat ,
from a health point of view , no can find
a fctlll better ono. Chemises are gener
ally made of llnon or cotton , bath of
which materials , as I have already said ,
are unsuitable for clothing , because they
are good conductors of heat , bad absorb
ers of moisture , and bad ventilators.
J. 1) , Linpineott , the book publisher , will
Eutnmor at Atlantic City.
A Inrgo party from Nashville , Tenn. , bat
amjved at Asbury 1'ark ,
A BUILDING BOOM.
Tie Eiposifion Billing Conlract-A
NcwHolelinMiOiHilia ,
Notes of Buildings , jjarRo awl Bnt Mil
In Omaha.
The exposition building directors hold
n meeting Saturday evening nnd opened
about twenty bids for the construction of
the edifice , No fnithor ac'lon was
taken , however , than to merely open the
bids , as some of them propose to ( urn
over the building completed and others
only propose doing port of the woik.
The board will meet again to-day or to
morrow to award the contracts.
The dimensions of the building will bo
120x161. The clear space Inside will bo
80x144 ; around the sides cf the interior
will bo galleries 20 fcot wldo. Tbo outer
wall will bo brick to n height of 40 feet ,
the total height of the building being 00
foot. On Fifteenth street nnd Capitol
avenue , the first floor of the build *
ing will bo occupied by stores.
X NEW SOUTH OMAHA IIOTF. ! , .
South Omaha la to have a now hotel ,
nnd that Immediately. Mondclatohu &
Fisher are now ni work upon the plans
which will bo ready very ahoitty , The
designs contemplate the erection of a
brick structure , three stories hlpb , with
Mansard roof , giving practically four
stories. The main ttnicturo la 40x100
foot in siz ? , with a wing 40x100. The
lower floor will bo occupied by o Dices
of stock and commlcalon mon , together
with a bank , whllo on the upper iloora
will bo rooma for guests. The con
templated cost ia about 840,000.
BUILDING NOTES.
The four etory btlck buildings of Clark
& Co. and J. B. Kitchen on the north
side of Harney street , have reached the
third story. The buildings premise to bo
handsome ones , and will have ornament
al front trimmings of terra cotta nnd
steno.
The concrete foundations for Col.
Clowry'a block on North Sixteenth atroot
near Chicago , nro nearly In. Thla block
will bo of pressed brick , foir atoiies iu
height , the lower psrt to furnish room
for six fitorcs , the uj-psr part for flats.
Work Is rapidly progressing on the
double atoro building of HlRgins & Lee ,
on Howard street , botwcsu Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets. The building i * ill
bo three stories high , with baeomont. The
members of the Danish church are also
talking of building en the corner of
Eighteenth and St. Mary's ' nvonuo , a
largo brick church building , though this
ia by no moons definitely decided npon.
Henry Bolln will have n ono story
brick addition to hta store on Sixteenth
street.
Me } or & Hiapko are putting up n four
story brick building on the south eldo of
Harnoy street , botivoen Fourteenth and
Fifteenth.
The story brick building of F. Streltz ,
on Twenty-third and Comings Is nearly
ready for the finishing touches.
Dr. Mercer will have a magnlfhent
four story brick residence cf very ornate
and substantial design , In Walnut Hill
addition , to cost $35,000.
C. L. Erlckson is going to build In [
Walnut Hill addition a large frame resi
dence , as alto Frank D. Cooper.
J. A. Wakefield will erect a two story
residence corner Fernam and Twenty-
fifth. Dr. Jonca will build a residence
corner California aud Twenty-sixth. F.
Gaylord will put up a now house on
Georgia avenue , in the vicinity of Hans-
come park.
The Bohemian Ctthnllcs are putting
up a frame church building on the corner
of Fourteenth and William streets. An
addition cs large as the present building
will bo made to Poor Clara convent In
Shlnn'a addition this season.
Two-atory frame dwellings are In pro
cess of erection on Eighteenth near
Grace , for Mia. Baumann , and John
Smith , and Councilman Dalloy Is having
two residences put up on Sixteenth street
near Graco.
A double brick block of three story
houses is being pat up on Twenty-Second
street , between California and Webster.
W , A. Clark Is putting up a fine two-
atory resldcnco near Hanacom'a park.
On Harnoy street a frame residence is
nearly completed for Fred Motz.
The bnilding association la doing a
great deal to build up the city. The
Walnut Hill addition acoclatlon has in
process of construction sorno twenty-fivo
houses , the cost of which range from
81,200 to § 2,500. The Woitsldo associ
ation Drill erect thla acajou sixteen now
housoa , nf different drslgq , ranging incest
cost from § 1,000 to § 2,500.
In south Omaha Mr. George Wasson ,
of Flalnwell , Mich , has purchased a
block , and ia pnttlug up four nowhoiuoa.
The plana have bson prepared for Me-
Cord & Brndy'a building on Thirteenth
shoot. The btructuro nlll bo five etorlcu '
high , of brick very substantially built
and finlthad ,
Work baa already commenced npon
the now addition to the ampltheatro nt
the fair ground ? , which will add ono-
thlrd or one-half to the present capacity
of the atructnro. The building wlllba of
cubstantlal and ornamental design , and r
will hnvo four towers. It ia to bo completed - a
pletod by August 20.
i
A. Sudden Doatli ,
Mrs. E. F. Cook died very suddenly
bout 10 o'clock yotttrday at her resi *
encs , No. 522 north Twenty-second ,
treot , She arose yesterday morning
pparently as well as ever and cat a very
icaity broakfait , Soon thereafter , Iiovr-
ver , she was attacked with a severe
lomorrago of the lungs , and bled to
oath. Mrs. Cook had been a resident
f Omaha several years and had a large
irclo of friends , who with ono common n :
eellng of sorrow , extend their heirtfelt
ympathica to the grief stricken husband ,
The time for holding the funeral baa
ot yet been announced.
b
Target IVnclioe , tl
The fol'owlng are the figures and order
if merit of posts and regiments in the
lepaitmentof the Platte In rlflo firing
or the period ending Juno ' 85 :
v. M , onnEB , >
? ortBrldger 72 8
" Douglas , C8 7
" Laramie 09 0
" MoIClnney 74 2
" Niobrara 70 4
" Hobmion , . . . , 63 8
11 Huisell < M 5
" Sidney -15 10
" Bteela 60 0
" WashaUla 77 1
Fort Omaha not having any range Is
tot counted.
th Infantry. , , 05 2 Cos. 0 F and H [
th " . . . 68 4
th " . . . 08 1
th " . . . 62 3
lit " . . . 61 5
) ort. Platte. . . DL
The highest companies are K of the
Seventh nnd Ninth Infantry , with 88 for
figure of merit. The loweut company Is
B of the Seventh infantry , with fignro
of merit of 44 , At the end of last son-
eon the lowest figure of merit was 37 ,
and the hleheit of any company was 124
that of K of the Ninth infantry. The
highest pott , Lunmlo , had only 84.
The protpgct Is now , unless the Indian
troubles Interfere with target practice ,
that the figure of morlt cf all tha com
mand at the end of October will bo f r
ahead of last yoar. That of the depart
ment is now Gl against 55 last yoar.
FEOLIO AUD FUN ,
of Labor 1'lc'nlo at Has-
call's Park Saturday.
The spirit of Saturday enjoyment for
working people , recently inaugurated In
the largo eastern cltloa , seems to luvo
reached Omaha and is destined to bo *
como a permanent feature. On Saturday
last the Knights of Labor hero hold a
picnic nt Hascall'a park , which stands
por-omlnontly the moat tmccossful event
of Us kind over hold at that popular picas-
nra resort.
Fully 3,000 people were In attendance
during the day , and nil sorts of attrnc *
tious were announced on the programme
to furnish enjoyment nnd mirth. The
Union Pacific shopi wore closed , nnd
from ovoiy cstabliehmcnt In the city
where mombora of the society earn their
dally broad wont ( quads of happy mon
with tholr wives , children nnd sweet
hearts to enjoy the bright sunshine , the
cooling shade nnd oraclng air.
Prizes were offered for n alt zing , racing ,
etc. , nnd various Innocent games were
liberally patronized.
The prize for bust lady vrnltzer , a fine
gold watch , waa won by Mlai Mnry Ca
sey , daughter of Mr. Thonus Onoy , over
several competitors. Mr. James C. Mahoney -
honey carried away the gold-bonded cano
a being the best gentleman wallzsr on
the ground.
A thtoa-legfted rnco created much fun ,
and the prize in that , consisting of five
silver gold-lined cups nnd sancora , was
won by the Stevenson brothers.
Charles Meldrnm took nway the silver
water pitcher nud gold-llnod goblet for
being the boat and swiftest man in the
sack race ,
All day the best of order prevailed.
Not a solitary unpleasant feature oc
curred. It h to bo hoped that the
"Knights will turn out ngMii soon In this
most delightful manner.
CABVED WITH A KNIFE ,
An Old Man , Driven to Desperation ,
Arises in Ilia Wrath nail Creates
a Sensation.
Saturday evening , people who live at
the City hotel on south Tenth etrcer , & ?
witneaosd a bloody cutting affray in which
John Eberlino , the assistant cook , and
Charles Hochstein , a porter , were the
prlnclpala. Eborllno is sovonty.fivo yeara
of age , and very much depressed with
ho wearing iff acts of a hard life. Ho
nraa titling in the back yard Saturday
uvoulng , peeling potatoes , and a pot pig
lay near him , grunting ftlond-
ly appreciation of an occasional
blto tossed over to him by his aged keep-
jr. Hochstclnhappened to piss by and
itoppsd to have some fun with the pig.
Ee carried his sport to the extent of
throwiog a bucket of water over tha old
man and the pig both. At this Eberlino
iros9 furious In bis rage , and made a pass
it Hochstoln with the knlfo he used to
peel potatoes , caught the young man on
hia loft jaw , and slashed a deep gash
icroaa the aide of hia nock , just under the
) ar about six Inches long. Ho also cut
ilm In the loft arm , on the right wrist
md In the loft breast. Eborllno was ar
rested , taken to the county jail and
ockop up. After Dr. Edmiston , who
ivaa called , had dressed Hochstoln'a
rounds , his frlonds moved him to St.
Icsephos hospital. Yesterday ho was
f sting very qnietly , bnt his wouuds are
> f a Hsrious nature and may prove fatal.
Military Matter * .
Capt. Charles F. Humphrey , assistant
inaitormuster , United States army , bav-
ng reported nt thcso headquarters , lu
lomplianco with paragraph II , special
irders No. 109 , current i cries from the
leadquartcra of the army , la assigned to
luty ai depot quartermaster , at Choy-
inuo depot , Wyo , , and will reltovo
'apt. James H. Lord , nsahtant quarter-
nastor. United States army , of hia duties
H duput quartermaster nt that plaoa.
Col. Morrow , of Fort Sidney , was
'fstcrday ordered to take command of
he troopa that have been asnt to Cross-
old , Kan. The throe companlei that loft
iuro Friday night arrived ut their dosll *
tatlou yesterday morning.
TnfAiiillliar with Civil Service Itulcs.
The routine business of the Internal
ovouuo odioo , lu the postofiico building ,
ija a Boston apodal to the Now York
Sun , wen enlivened by a llttlo incident of
humorous character. A man stepped
ip to one of the clerks and eald ha want-
id to nuke an application. Ho was ro-
erred to Deputy Collector Gray , who sat
bent the preliminary questioning.
"Do you sell liquor ? " ho asked ,
"No , sir , " was the reply.
"Tobicco , then ? Have you sold any
obacco alnco the 1st of May ? "
"No , sir , " again responded Iho appll-
ant.
ant."Hold up your right hand , " said the
opuly , and no proceeded to awoar the
tan , Then ho sent him to the oashier'a
oak , where the $2 was paid , and the
fllclal license to sail tobacco was handed
ver ,
The man departed with a happy face ,
ut In half an hour ho returned , holding
10 paper aloft in hia hand ,
"What'a the matter , " queried the rove-
uo oOicial.
"Why , thla Is a tobicco Hcanse. "
"lan't that what you wanted1 ?
"Wo ; I was applying for a poaltlon ca
tter carrier In the posloflico.
The would-be letter-carrier got hia
lonoy back. Ho said ho thought the
epuly's quoitlonn were the now civil-
) rvlco examination , and that the $2 was
io foe for making out hia paper * . The
oatoflico cashier's rooms ussd to ba where
10 revenue rooms no w are.
The silk worm buslneia is fairly begun
i Ojconla this summer. Mrs. Painter
nd daughters have n million , Mrs. J. W.
elloy has 8.COO , Mrs. J , R. Beard nnd
[ las Delia Kennedy 4,000 or 5,000 , each ,
[ re. J. M. Beard a number , and perhaps
thora of whom wo have not heard ,
bey are fed on osage orauga leaves , aad
row , perfectly healthy , upon thora ,
