Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE-MONDAY ; JULY 27 1885
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Omalia , Nebraska.
JIM LAIRD'S bajo-ball players are llko
his political henchmen. They are pretty
good striker ? .
JK that nngratoful wrotoh Tlpton
wants to go back on mo and Boyd , I'll '
nhow him up by the card. " Dr. Wilier ,
SIxcc the British lion has hoard that
ono handrod Texas cowboys are willing to
join Kamaroff , ho has slunk away with hla
tall between hla logs.
Dn. MILLER deplores and laments the
logaltzjd murder of poor Smith , the wio ?
mnrdoror , at Oacoola , as a crnol rolio of
p
Jwrbarlsra. Thodoctor ought to omlgrato
to India where the Hindoos' weep over
the death of a louso.
JUDOINO from a recently published In
terview In the BEE with Capt. Fralney ,
of Council Bluffr , who pnmmolod an
Iowa Congressman , wo should say that
ho la aa handy with hla mouth as ho Is
with hla fists.
TUB Omaha Republican in common
with other organs of jobbery and plun
der would bj pleased to hnvo the fail
ure of John Roach made n national issua.
A'party that would bo foolish enough to
make a national issue out of n oubsldizad
ahip-bulldor would sink deep than any of
hla leaky ships.
THE scramble and scnfllo over the re
mains of Smith , who was hanged at Os-
ceoli , will bo as fierce and deeporato be
tween the rival medical colleges of Lin
coln and Omaha aa ia the struggle between -
twoon the lawyers , ahorlfij , marshal * ,
creditors and auccassora over the remains
of Smith , the merchant plrito of the
prairies.
THE union veterans ought to Invite
Gen. John M. Thayer to participate In
the public services In memory of Gen.
Grant. Gen. Thayer was not only ono
of Grant's most trusted commanders ,
but numbered also among his most ar
dent admirer , ] . Tire years after the
war , when Thayer was elected United
Stateu senator , ho was among the first. If
not the firat , to urge Gen. Grant's nom
ination for the presidency.
IT will bo a gratifying surprise to the
friends of Mr. Louis Wcinatcln , formerly
of Omaha , to loam that this outorpridng
Gorman-American has become the man
aging editor of the Burlington Hawlwyc
under its change of proprietorship. The
next thing wo shall expect to hoar Is
that Mr. Wolnstein is a candidate for
postmaster-general. The Bawkcyc edi
tors are noted for their high aspirations.
MANY of the loading papers of the
country are endorsing Senator Mandcr-
flon'a attitude with regard to Now Mexico ,
and under the circumstances ho can no
doubt stand the assaults that are being
made upon him by the politicians of Now
Mexico through their territorial organs.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat says :
Now Mexico has a t3t.il population of about
125,00) , and of these fullfourfifths nro ot
Spanish or Mexican race , the latter denom
ination including Indian hslf-brceda , while of
the remainder probably not ono fifth are of
the average. American Intelligence. In other
words , to introduce this territory into the
"Union of States would immediately open the
market ; for bribery and corruption of the worst
kind ; would ba to swamp the faw educated
and upright people under thoseof the pur
chasable mob of greasers , and to work local *
culable injury to the country. Tlia United
States is a pretty Bubitniitl.il Institution , but
ono such oxparlmont an Nevada ought to be
euUlciout for at least one generation.
Tin : Mormon outbreak failed to mate
rlalizo on last Ftldsy. If the Mormons
really had any Intention of creating a
disturbance on that day , the precautions
of Gen. Howard and Gov. Murray In
having the troops retained at Fort Douglas -
las no doubt had the oilect of Inducing
them to postpone the outbreak until a
more favorable opportunity present ]
Itself. There was really good ground for
expecting tronblo on that day , which was
the thirty-eighth anniversary of the set
tlement of Utah. The Mormons always
flock into Salt Lake In great numbers to
celebrate this anniversary , and It was be
lieved that being still excited over the
Fourth of July Incident , they would at
tempt eonio similar Insult to the flag and
thus provoke a collision with the gentiles
nnd the federal authorities. Had the
roops been sent away from Fort Doug-
lai to the Indian Territory they very
likely would have made some hostile de
monstration. The discussion cf the
Fourth of July Incident together with
the expected outbreak on the 24th hat
boon qulto general among the loading
newspapers of the country , and the sen *
ilmentj expressed have been carefully
weighed by the Mormons whr , In all
probability , became oonvlncoi from the
tenor of tin press that It would net do to
create any lebsllious disturbance just at
ihls time.
OMAHA AND THE UNION PAOIFIO.
Mayor Boyd must stand firm on the
platform npon which he planted himself
In hU letter to Charles Francis Adams.
In that position ho Is sustained not only
by the property owners of Omaha , but
by every cltlzou who Is not absolutely
under the control of the Union Pacific.
Omaha asks nothing unreasonable ot the
managers of that road , and wo express
the overwhelming sentiment of the com-
munlly when wo Indignantly resent as an
insult to tholr Intelligence the attempt of
the Herald to act as a mediator between
our citizens and the Union Pacific.
The tlmo has long slnoo gene by for
bran-collared morsonarlos to mould pub
lic sontlmont in Oanha. Mr. Adams
aadly underrates the intelligence and
spirit of Indopendonca of our citizens II
ho thinks that a subservient and sub
sidized organ , voicing the wish and will
of the Union Pacific , can exert any Influ
ence In behalf of his road ,
Dr. Miller , who claims "to speak by
the card , " pleads the poverty act in behalf -
half of his client , the Union Pacific , and
advises our cltlzjns to acquiesce in the
dilly-dallying policy which would delay
for an indefinite time the accommoda
tions and safo-guarda to which n city of
sixty thousand paoplo ia entitled , If the
managers delude themselves into the be
lief that Oanha will tamely submit to
such shameful treatment , they will pres
ently discover that they ore very much
mistaken.
There is no disposition on our part oren
on the part of our people , in whoso be
half wo speak , to cripple the Union Pa
cific or make any demands that cannot
bo reasonably complied with. "Wo re-
allzo that Omaha hai some material in
terests in common with the Union Pa
cific , but wo also firmly insist that the
Union Pacific shall discharge its obliga
tions to Omaha In good faith , and give
us accommodations equal to those
enjoyed at its hands by
other cities which have never
contributed a dollar In bonds ot
lands , while Omaha has qlvan moro than
n million dollars in subsidies. The con
ditions upon which these subsidies have
boon given have never boon complied
with. The company Ins taken our
$250,000 county bonds , and built a
$200,000 depot on the other aide of
the river. As if to add Insult
to injury the company has
erected a moro shod on the depot
grounds , donated by this city at a cost of
$200,000 , and this wretched depot has
been made a thoroagafara for all its
freight trains to the annoyanoa and dis
comfort of the public. The approaches
to this depot shed are dangerous to life ,
limb and property and have become a
nulsincj , which the city Is in duty bound
to abato.
When Mr. Charles Francis Adams was
respectfully petitioned by citizens and the
city council to negotiate foe a viaduct
system across the tracks , ho wont out of
his way to make throats and treated us
to an insolent and insulting locturo.
Mayor Boyd's response was timely but to
the point. It not only expressed the
prevailing public sonttmant but firmly
assorted the rights of Omaha nndor ex
isting contracts with tha road , and the au
thority of the city to enforce proper reg
ulations for the protection and accommo
dation of its citizens.
President Adams has made no re
sponse. But Dr. Miller has the Impu
dent assurance to present himself as ar
bitrator between the Union Pacific and
Omaha. The people of Omaha repudiate
his assumption to speak or act for them.
They have a mayor and council to repre
sent their interest , with ample power to
onforca their rights. Mayor Boyd has
demonstrated his ability and willingness
to discus ] our grievances and no hired
interlopers will ba countenanced. If
Manager Oallaway desires aa amicable
Botklemont of tha Ioal damanda , ho
shonld deal dtrostly with our city author
ities Right here 1st us say that the plea
of no money to build dopota
and viaducts in Omaha Is preposterous.
Suppose that a passangar train with an
engine and a dozan coaches were wrecked
by collision or ether accident , would the
company wait a year or tyo to rnlso
money enough to replace the onglno and
cars ? Would it not consider it absolu
tely necessary to pnrchasa or construct anew
now train at once so as to keep up its
equipment ? The cost of such a train
might bo from $75,000 to $100,000 , but
the money would bo raised. Why should
not the road treat the Omaha depot and
crossings as a part of its uocssairy equip
ment ?
For the last fifteen years the road has
saved from $15,000 to $20,000 la city
taxes every year. It has secured rights
of way worth hundreds of thousands of
dollars , which If not granted would have
taken so much money out of its treasury.
Is It just or decent now to refuse Omaha
proper facilities 1 Aro. not the tax-ex
emptions alone which it enjoys In this
city more than equal to any outlay it
might make for depots and viaducts J
WHEN the Mormons learned that the
services of thirty-five members of the
Glondlve , Montana , G. A. R , post had
been tendered to Governor Murray of
Utah , they Immediately subsided and
indefinitely postponed the proposed an
niversary circus. It had the eamo effect
upon the Mormons as the tender of ono
hundred Texas cowboys to Komaroff had
upon John Bull ,
WAR hai been declared openly bo.
tivcon Grand Island and Haitlngs , and
wo expect to ace the fur fly. Grand
Island charges that Hastings has ttniljd
the ballot-box with Grand Island repeat-
ore. In other words the charge is made
by the Grand Island Independent that
Hastings has Icllited the cenane , and
instead of being the third town in point
of population It is the ninth. The Jritic *
pendent Insists that the proofs are on
land , and It proposes jto how that the
names of Grand Islanders h&vo not only
boon purloined and added to the popula
tion of Hastings once , but thht each
name was inserted in several different re
turns by the enumerators. If this ia
true n recount should be ordered with
out delay. Grand Island probably ob
jects to being mtdo a suburban addition
to Hastings.
GRANT AND THE JEWS.
The attempt of an Impudent Impostor
by the name of Browne who officiates as
rabbi In "The Temple Gates of Hope , "
in Now York , to give himself notrloty by
the disclosure of a great secret concernIng -
Ing Gen , Grant's famous order No. II ,
impels ns to expose the pretender and
glvo a correct version to this historic
Incident. Rabbi Browne who profoscca
to have boon an intimate friend of Gen.
Grant assorts that the general , ton years
ago , made known to him the secret which
ho had kept these twenty
years , namely that the order
expelling the Jews from the
military division of the Mississippi came
to him from Washington direct and was
promulgated against his ( Grant's ) wil !
and protest. This is the first tlmo Rabb
Browne has been hoard of outside of an
obscnro synagogue in the city of Now
York , and wo venture to say that his In
timacy with Gen. Grant Is as fictitious as
his revelation.
The history of order No. 11 la by
no moans a dead secret , and while there
may bo some uncertainty as to the origi
nator it certainly noverjdid emanate from
Washington. Only throe men at Wash
ington had authority to Issue orders to
Gen. Grant. They were Major-Genoral
Halleck , then the commandor-in-chief ,
Edwin M. Stanton , secretary of war ,
and Abraham Lincoln , president. Inas
much as the order included civilians out
side as well as within the rebellions
states , Gen. Halleck never would have
dared to Issue such an order without di
rections from Stanton or Lincoln. That
neither Stantou nor Lincoln directed
Grant to isauo the offensive order , Is
patent on its face. Why should they
have directed the expulsion of the
Jews from Kentucky , Tennessee and
Mississippi , and allow them to remain in
Virginia , North and South Carolina ,
Georgia , Florida , Alabama , and Louiti-
ana ? If the order emanated from the
war department why did Lincoln revoke
the order within forty-eight hours after
it was Issued ?
The writer was in the war department
as a military telegrapher when the order
was issued , and personally received
the first copy transmitted to Mr.
Lincoln with a remonstrance from
leading citizens In Kentucky , Tennessee
and Ohio. Ho heard the case fully dis
cussed and remembers meeting Rev. Dr.
Wise and the late Dr. Llllonthal , who
had come to Washington a few days later
to take some action to proveutjthe repeti
tion of such orders and also to have
General Grant censured by congress.
The redoubtable Rabbi Browne was not
thero. The chances are ten to ono that
he had not yet landed In this country.
A resolution censuring General Grant for
Issuing order No. 11 was introduced In
tha senate by that notorious copperhead ,
Senator Powell , of Kentucky , and as
might be expected was tabled by
moro than a two-thirds vote. Had the
introducer of the resolution been a re
publican oc a war democrat it is possible
that the resolution would hare passed
under the state of feeling then existing.
Grant was a democratic general and
had not yet captured Ylckabnrg.
The facts concerning order No. 11 , are
these : In the winter of 1802-03 , while
Gen , Grant was operating down In Mis
sissippi the confederates were smuggling
supplies and medicines through the
union lines , and receiving a great deal of
aid and comfort through the smug
glers , a majority of whom were Jews.
Grant became annoyed and exasperated
at this class of Intruders , and determined
to put an end to their traffia. Daring
the first week In January , 1803 , an
order was issued from Grant's headquarters -
quarters , expelling all Jews , regardless
of sex , ago or previous condition from the
entire department , which included the
states between the Ohio river and Lou
isiana. This order required all Jews
living in Kentucky , Tennessee and Miss
issippi to omlprato within a few days ,
and very naturally aroused not only the
Jews directly affactod , but the Jews In
every part of the union , That Gen.
Grant had over given any serious thought
to this order is hardly probable ,
The rank and file of his own army in
cluded thousands of Jowa , and order No.
11 embraced the loyal and law abiding
Jews as well as the disloyal and merce
nary scamps who were carrying on the
business of smuggling. The obnoxious
order wai revoked by President Lincoln ,
but the Jews very naturally came to look
upon Grant as a Jew-hater.
When the republicans were about to
nominate Gen , Grant for president In
1808 , order No. 11 was resurrected with
a vengeance , and It was almost certain
that nearly all the votea and Influence of
the Jews would ba thrown against
3rantnnlesi some satisfactory explana
tion was made. At this juncture the
editor of the BEE , who at that tlmo was
still connojtod with the telegraph service ,
addressed a letter to Gen. John M.
Thsyor , then United States senator from
Nebraska , requesting him to urge upon
lien. Grant the propriety of a prompt
and definite explanation of order No. 11 ,
Within less than thirty days thereafter the
late Gen , Iliwllns issued a card through
the prcsj in which ho assumed the full
responsibility for the order. A * chief
of stair Gen. Rawllna had drawn a much
moro sweeping older than was conta-m
plated , and Grant hid hastily signed it
without taking tine to reflect npon its
effect.
In 16G8 when Rixwlins fathered the
order , Lincoln and Halleck were both
dead , and Stanton -was at sword's points
with Grant. If , as Rabbi Browne pre
tends , General Grant against his
will and protest was compelled to Isiuo
that order by Halleck , Stanton
or Lincoln , ho certainly would not have
hesitated to toll the truth and place the
responsibility where it belonged , A moro
charitable and moro plausible view ol
Gen. Grant's action is that ho was rash
in signing a decree which was much
moro swooping than ho intended. It was
a blunder of the head and not of the
heart. When Gen , Grant became pres
ident ho made amends by extending
many favors to Jews , nnd the fact tha
prominent Jews , and notably Jesse Solig
man , were counted among his int'mato
friends shows that ho had no
prejudice. As to the Rev. Mr
Browne wo would say , in charity , the Iocs
ho boasts of his personal relations with
Gen. Grant the better , The great score
ho has divulged is about on n keeping
with the appellation of "tho soconc
MOBOS" which ho has graciously bostowoi
on Gen. Giant. Everybody knows tha
Grant was neither a law-giver nor an
emancipator. Ho was not a meek am
holy Moses , but a Joshua who took de
light In smiting the confederate Phil la
tines hip and thigh when ho had his fight
Ing harness on. The Rabbi Browne ha
secured some notoriety , but it is as an
Impojtor rather than as a rovolator.
THE Sioux City Journal boa&ts that
on Friday last it printed 4,224 , copies
That is very good for Sioux City. The
Omaha BEG on Thursday last printed am
sold 10,128 copies , and on Friday 10,44 ?
copies. This Is very good for Omaha.
ANOTIIEK republican office-holder has
resigned. Mr. George W. Wilkinson ,
agent at the Omaha and Winnobago
reservation , has volunteered to step cut.
Ho was not an offensive partisan ,
STATE JOTHNGS.
The Kmcraon Echo has vanished ,
Blair is talking up water works with wind
mill pressure ,
Knox connty farmers are harvestingja boun
tiful crop of small train.
Hastings emphatically denies that the cen
sus of that town was an over-production ,
" "
"Another" brick school house , 32x42 , is to be
built at Crete. It will cost about $2,000.
lied Cloud cries out for street lamps , tele
phones , muzzled doge , and now sidewalks.
Weeping Water ia making preparations for
the annual show of grain , stock and spuds ,
Burt county threatens to tnrn itself into a
cattle ranch and fatten 0,000 lie.il of stock a
year.
year.Candidates
Candidates for county cfliosa can be singlet
out In n crowd by the breadth of tnotr
smiles.
The census enumerator Is the most popular
man in Hastings ; in Nebraska City lie is
outlawed ,
Nebraska City's new packing house will be
112x190. Work on the building will begin
August 10. Q "
The spire of the Episcopal church in
Beatrice was splinderod by lightning , lasl
Wednesday.
Lots in Chodron are selling high. The
town expects to ba the winter terminus of the
Northwestern ,
Three valuable harccs were killed by light
ning , Wednesday , in the barn of L. Batten ,
near Raymond ,
Charles Bacon , of Grand jlsland , is laid up
with a broken hip and arm , having been
thrown from his horse.
Thieves plucked § 70 from the pockets ol
J. C. Pedersen , of Grand Island. Ho iu
loaded for the next caller ,
The Fremont base ball club is an Alaska
brilliant with nickel setting. If you don't
believe it feel cf their shins.
Lightning fired a haystack on the farm ol
Shadrock ( Jole , near PlattamouUi , Thursday ,
and burned it to the ground ,
" Omaha is becoming the Chicago of the
west , " says the Columbus Journal , " and is
developing at a marvelous rate , "
Steve Long , ono of the Brighton ranch
thugs , got four years and a halt in the pen for
killing old man Province , last spring ,
A Cro bug attempted to make a bonfire ol
several stores In SprlngGald , last week , but
the calamity was throttled in its infancy.
An old lady named Johnson , living near
Plattsmouth , sought rest iu a dose of strych
nine last week , but was pumped out In time.
The census gives Holdrege n population ol
1,021) and its older neighbor Minden , 1,001.
jUmden failed to catch on to a gradlnz gang.
Kearney county is going to sue nil road
supervisors who neglect to notify persons In
the road districts who lira subject to road tax ,
Fremont has resolved that § 25,000 In water
works would bo n good investment. It is
propoEod to ISSUQ twenty year suvon per tcent
bond : ) .
Since n Fremont merchant advertised ladies
hose by the yard , the editor of the Herald
has vainly eought the foiemanship ef the yard
slick.
slick.Minden
Minden is jealous of the glory gained by
Oacoola last week , having made several un
successful attempts to have a hanging boo
herself ,
A block trooper , belonging to the Ninth
United States cavalry , wan found dead alongside -
side the railway track near O allnla , Tuesday
morning ,
John Beddy , a homesteader in Holt , is said
to be heir to t30OCO , , John has mora warm
[ rieads and advisors now thanhohadacquain
Lances before.
A brace of housebreakers tipped the store
of Mayor Bros. , I'lattamoutii , Thursday
night , and smuggled $500 worth of clothing
over the river ,
J. D. Stoddard , charged with the murder of
James Moehan at Republican City July lUlb ,
was bound over to the district court In the
sum of § 3,000
The ladles cornet band of Ord are all en
gaged -to Hall county , Grand Island mash
ers are bathing their heads In Ice water to re
duce the swelling.
Thirty ministers and sixty school teachers
exhausted all subjects in Tukamah , last week.
Solid chunks ot silence are now rolling
through the town ,
Anthony Stanek , a Johnson county farmer ,
vas run down while crossing the A , & N.
.rack Tuesday , and instantly killed , Ho
eaves u wife uud six small children ,
W. S , Stretch , formerly chief clerk In the
surveyor funeral's ' oliico , and more recently
editor of the Falls City Argu ; . died of sun
stroke In Atchison , Has , , on the L'Olli ,
Tobiai Castor , of Wither , came oil victorious
n his divorce suit. He wai given custody of
bo two children , but must pay § 1)00 ) annually
o Mrs , U. The latter will appeal the case ,
The Saline county fair at Crete this fa [
will undoubtedly bo a fine one , .Stock uud
iroduce will be the principal exhibit , and in
hose lines of Industry Sailno challenges the
world ,
Fifteen hundred men are nt work on the B ,
: III , extension to Uberlin , Kansas , It is ex
acted that the line will bo ready for limitless
October 1st. The cauntry adjacent is settling
up rapidly ,
A Cedar Ilapids blackimith , in a fit of
meutul depletion , placed the muzzle of a
loaded rills under his cbin and bis bi # too on
the trigger. Ho was 30 years old and ought
to know better ,
A noble red man , fed nnd clothed nt the
Rosebud ngoncy , entered a school house fair
miles distant from Valentino on Thuriday
morning nnd brutally assaulted the teacher.
Miw Mnynnrd. Ofliccri are on the trail of
tha red devil.
A scandal of huga proportions threatens to
nxplodo in Hastings at nn early day. There is
considerable ngno among the higher grades of
nritticncy in consequence , Omaha will tup-
ply n carload of disinfectant nt the lowest
cash rates , freight nddcd ,
Anton Koyzer , n liutlcr county farmer , nt-
tcmpted to rcscua hit son from n wagon at
tached to n runnwny team , Ho mis sod Iih
footing nnd fell under the wagon. The hind
wheel crushed his ankle so badly that ampu
tation was necessary ,
Regular pastongcr nnd freight trains wil [
commence running to Chadron , over the now
Northwestern line , Augnst 2d. Chndron Is
340 miles from the Missouri , A stage line
will run from the end nf the road to the Blnck
Hills a llttlo over 100 miles.
Kdltor Shermnn of thi Plnttsmouth llor-
nld , was thrashed by S. 1' . llollnwny for n
"broach of social etiquette , " to put It mildly.
The rotund nnd rotary Journal-ist should
dun his lady subtcribors by mail nud not
tackle them on the streets niter dark ,
A farmer by the name of Deodley , living
near Meadvillo , had his eyesight bully In
jured n few days ago by the accidental explo
sion of a cartridge. On returning homo ho
discovered , blind as ho wns , that his wife had
just eloped with a neighbor named Rogers.
Mnrehall Field , a boy of twelve , living on
the Iowa side of the river opposite PJntts-
mouth , wna instantly killed by lightning
Thursday evening. The lightning struck
him near the temple and Us course could bo
traced down the side of the face nnd lelt side
of the breast.
The Union Cattle company of Wyoming
has completed arrangements to food SJ.OOi )
cattle near Omaha , The Cheyenne Live
Stock Journal says steamed food is to bo tuod
nnd the first bunch will bo put in nt an early
date , fattened nnd turned out late In the fall ,
when another lot of 2,000 will bo put In nnd
fattened for tha spring market.
The unklndost cut of all was thnt which
barred the nobby Nat Smails from n champion
base ball game In Fremont recently. The
challenge contained the clause , "No bachelor
or ether unfortunate who has made diligent
efforts to marry , but still has not proposed
over twelve times shall bo barred. "A count
of "mittens" showed eleven for Not , so ho snt
on hla heels and watched the game.
The Nebraska City Press delivers a loft-
handed slap at the mugwumps of the rebellion
in the following prelude to n sketch of Gen ,
Grant : "Here Lurks No Treason ; Hero No
Envy Swells ; Hero Lie No Damned Grudges ;
Nothing But Silence nnd Eternal Sleep , The
Dusty Grains of Lifo nro Spent , and the
Great Soldior-StntoMnan of the Ago Is Dead. "
General Manstrcr Iloldrege whispered into
Plattsrnouth's capacious ear last week.
"Business men of i'lattsmout can rest assured
thnt the B , & M. will glvo them every ad
vantage in freight rates that Omihi can get.
It ia the policy of the company to build up the
business of the towns and country in i ts
territory. "
Saliuo county has n woman who is BO chock
full of business that she has no time or space
for sentiment. On Monday of last week her
husband died nnd on Wednesday his remains
were placed under ground ntnld the lamenta
tions ottho widow , who reasoned. "Tears will
not relieve him , therefore I weop. " On Friday
the widow shod her weeds , donned her bridal
robes , and became the wife of a man named
Hnnsen ,
Willie , the donf-muto son of Kichard Ship-
man , ot York , miraculously escaped being
crushed to dotth by n Iccomotiva one day lass
week. The boy was walking along the track
nnd of course did not .hoar the warning whis
tles of the engineer. He was struck by the
cow-catcher nnd thrown from the track. Ba-
yond a few severe bruises ho escaped with
out serious injury.
There is n private poker room flourishing
in North Bend. Constable McDonald peeped
over transom and \iewod the tiger unbidden.
A warrant brought the keeper of the zoo into
court nud the constable and lawyer wound up
the case with a free fight. It was n wild time
with justice clapping her bands and shouting ,
"Give It to him Jimmy ; chaw his ear. " Tno
tiger is laid up for repairs and Mac ij still on
the boot.
The amendment passed by the lait legisla
ture makes it unlawful to kill , trap or ensnare
any srrou o between the first day of January
and the first day of September of each year
the time of protection , as to quail and wile
turkey , being extended to October 1. The
penalty for the violation of the law is n finn
of S5 for each grouse or quail killed or trap
ped , and S'5 for each wild turkey. Don't
mistake the date for August 1st.
Joseph Haupt , of Karl , confesses that it is
dangerous to ba within range of n compau
ion'it pun when a jackrnbbit invites n dose ol
lead. I/astMond.y Joseph buckled on his
armor and started out with Fred Schmilzo
on a gunning tour. A jock rabbit bobbed up
between Fred nnd Joe , and the former blazed
nwoy. A yell from adjacent shrubbery prov
ed tiiat something was hit , and nn examlnn
tipn showed that Joe's body was well plantec
with No. 3 shot. None of the wounds are fa
tal aud Schmitzel is relieved of all blame.
The Nebraska City News tells of the mean-
doriugs of the railroad commiision : The
railroad commission who visited this city
Thursday , are out on a tour of inspection to
ascertain "tbo public accommodations fur
nished by the B , & M. in the way of depots ,
sidewalks and shipping facilities , " They
have n special train of two cars in which they
eat and sleep. As ono of the railroad boys ,
who accompanied the train here , remarked
"Thoy had every thing they could think of 01
want except n corkscrew , nnd that got lost. '
Engineer George W , Vroman , of Nortl
Platte , was presented with handsome badge
by the _ members of the Eikhorn Icdgo o
locomotive firemen for substantial services ns
n member of the Rriovncco committee. The
badpo boars thn usual brotherhood monograrr
of "B , nf L , F. " in various colors of gold am
"Div. S8 " in enamel. It is about nn inch In
fil/,9 anil nearly square. Below it and at
tached to it by two links nt each end of the
bidgo is the mpdal , bannc n wreath and the
monogram of Mr. Woman's initinls. On the
ravoruo it boars the legend : "I'rnsented to
George W. Yromnu on n Token of Esteem by
Eikhorn Lodge No. 28 , B. of L. F. , of Nortl
1'Iatto , Nebrnskn , July 18,18S5. "
An Endorsement of Senator Blander-
eon.
Denver Tribune.
Some of the people of the east are in
clined to attack Senator Mandcraan oi
Nebraska for hla report ngilnst the ad
mlitian of New Mexico into the union as
a state. If more were known in tbo
oist nbont the utter uufltness of Now
Mozloa to become a state , tbo refusal to
admit it would bo received without a
word of disapproval. There are but tire
territories that are now ready for ml
mlsiiou into the union. They erj Wash
Ingjon and Dakota. Dakota should bo
divided , and only the southern part of
it should be admitted , The northern
half should , bo erootod into a now ter
ritory.
Sowed tlio Wind to Itcnp tlio Wiilrl-
wliid ,
Fremont Tribune ,
When the Republican endorsed and
worked for Jim Boyd as mayor of Om&bn ,
It eowod the wind to reap the whirlwind ,
Boyd , true to nature ana tnio to baur >
bonlein , makes partisan appointments to
public oliico nnd turns up his nose at the
protects of the mugwumps who rushed
to his support without oven toini ! solicit
ed ID do go , The Republican therefore
fools grieved that ita counsels are not
recognized by the mayor and democratic
national ccrumittooman whoto causa , hs
says , WKB only damaged by its support ,
The wages t f sin Iu death ,
Crooked HuiiIInm.
PJITHDUKO , July 25. The Commercial Ga
zette this morning states there was shameful
crookedness In tha management of tha Tee-
mer regatta. It states that those who partici
pated did not pet half the money they were
promlud and that Tooiner allowed himself to
ba beaten , that those who had charge cf the
affairs could get even on pools ,
EARLY LIFE IN NEBRASKA.
The Trials ana Tribulations of Army
Officers on the March ,
Destruction ot n Five Gnllott Jug , x
Quart Uottlo nnd a Mcsi of
Doughnuts Clmrixctcr-
Isttca of the L'lo-
ticcrs ,
Written for the BKB.
BKB.NO.
NO. vn ,
I'robabljrPotar A , Sirpy was the first
whlto settler In what is now Nebraska , as
ho came to Bolloviow about the year 1837
and established a trading post and con
tinued to llvo there until nftor the organ
ization of the territory in 185 1 , when ho
removed across the river to St. Marys ,
whore ho kept a store until his death.
Ho was n character In his way , and the
writer may some time give n sketch of
him. Following Sarpy ai the first settlers
tlors , were Commodore Decatur , another
strange character , and the mission pooplo.
About 3,000 Mormons passed the winter
of 1817-8 , at what Is now known as Flor
ence , but called by the Mormons , "win
ter quarters , " Trhllo Brlgham Young , his
twelve , and a supply train had gene to
spy out n homo In the mountains. But
tholr stay at Florence was only tempo
rary.
rary.A military post was first established nt
the mouth of Table creek , now Nebraska
City in 1845 , and w s commanded by
Capt , Bon Moore , till the commence
ment of the Mexican war. In the spring
of 1847 , the president made a requisition
npon the state cf Mitsonrl for a battalion
of five companies of mounted volunteers ,
to take the place of the mounted rlllea of
which Fremont was first colonel , which
was sent out for the purpose of opening
up a line of communications with Oregon ,
but which had been diverted to Mexico ,
to join Scott. This battalion wintered at
this post , which had boon named
FOHT KEAirNEY.
In the spring of 1818 the battalion
moved up the Platte and located and es
tablished Fort Chllds , on the south side
of the river not far /rum where the B
M. crosses it. Old Fort Kearney a
Nebraska City was then abandoned ant
the name of the now post wan change
from Fort Childs to Fort Kearney i
honor of Gen. Stephen W. Kearney.
* In the battalion , Gon. James Craig , o
St. Joe , Mo. , was captain of ono of th
coinpinlce. Thoco who lived In Omah
during the war will readily recall him
then u brigadier general of volunteers ,
command of the district of Nebraska. .
with headquarters In the old Hermltm
honso , now the ( J. P. offices , BS the
writer has boon informed , ho being In
the south at the tlmo. Gen. Craig 1
an honored and worthy citizen cf Mis
sourl. Subsequent to the war , ho served
his district faithfully In cangross. Ho is
ono of the most genial , pleasant am *
honorable citizens to bj found in thi
Missouri valley. The writer thus takoi
care to make himself all right with the
general in advance , for ho is about i
disregard an Injunction of the Mlssourlnn
which was not to publish his lotto
written in answer to ono from th
writer , asking for some information in
regard to the establishment of a post a
Nebraska City , and subsequently of For
Childe , ( changed to Fort Kearney ) . As
the writer does not expect to visit St
Joe In the near future and has no reason
to apprehend that Gen. Craig will put in
an appearance In Nebraska for some tlm <
to como , ho will take the chances of pub
Hshlug an extract from the general's
letter , describing
A IIARROWIXa INCIDENT
that occurred to him while engaged in
service on the frontier. Ho eays :
While at Fort Kearney ( Nebraska City ) I
was ordered with my command to relieve an
other company escorting a train of wagons
containing 300 boios of silver destined to
Ciancll Bluffs to be paid to the Pottawotta-
mies as part of the price of Western Iowa ,
ceded to the government by treaty the year
previous. My orders were to guard the money
till paid to the Indians , and protect thorn
from gamblers , thiovcs and whisky traders ,
who , at that day , nlwaja congregated nt In
dian payments. Before leaving Fort Kear
ney , our sutler , Bob Wilson , always watch
ful for the comforts of the officers , placed a
five-gallon Iceg _ of old bourbon In my wagon ,
marked "Copt. Craig. " As I approached
Traders' Point , where the Indians were as
sembled , I found tha country filled with
Mormon camps nnd settlers' cabins , not n few
of them prepared to trade with the Indians ,
and especially In "firewater " I stored iny
kfg with a Mrs , Fergusor , throe milea out ,
hiding it recurely , ns I supposed , The next
morning I found it necesaary to Issuoau ord r
ciHialn ? all the cabins aud camp * to bo
searched , and nil liquor found in the country
to bo destroyed. 1 started my sergeants in
different directions with the order , and to my
utter horror nnd mortification , the first f quad
that returned in tbo evening reported the
spoiling of five callnns of whisky nt Fer
iriison's , marked "Uopt , Craig. " Now , General -
oral , if you have ever been ICO miles beyond
the white settlements , in good health , dry ns
n contribution box , and have had ono of your
c/wn officers understand and obey an order
like mine , literally , you may have some Idea
nf my and iny olIicerH1 doplorabla condition ,
I did not kill the sergeant. Ho is nllvo to
day , I complimented him In orders but it
was my opinion at the time that ho was too
peed for this nicked world , aud ought to have
died young.
The writer suffered a more agpravat
ng loss on ono occasion , but not by the
same moms. Ho had been appointed In
1655 commander of the mllltla and vol-
nntoorr , when called out , and cense
qaently when the Indians caused trouble
.ho governor was euro to oil npon him ,
Dno day in tbo spring of 1855 , Governor
fzard cima to my honso and said a
courier had just arrived from the Elk-
lorn , reporting serious depredations ,
stealing cattle , etc. , by the Pawneoi ,
and that the settlers were hurrying in to
3maba , and desired mo to proceed to the
Pawnee village at once , and hold a coun
cil with the chiefs and Insist on thrso
depredations boliig stopped. Mr. Alice ,
.ho Interpreter , living at St. Mary V , was
sent for , Ex-governor lUchurdeon kindly
oflored to accompany mp. The party
consisted of him , Alice , J. K .Allen , and
nysolf , travelling with a pair of horses
ind farm-wagon. My wife prepared a
> ountiful supply of rations , including
nearly a half bushel of nice , fresh dough
nut ; , and other things to match , for we
could not toll how many days wo would
> o out , and some ono pieced In the
wagon , a largo
FULL OK CHOICE IIHANIIY.
The village of the Pawnees was then on
ho south side of the Platte on a high
ilutr , a few miles southeast of Fremont ,
Vo drove to the Platte opposite the vll-
ago , and signaled that wo desired to ]
ro.-s to their side several of their young
neu came over and wo requested them to
> llot us biok , for fording the Platte was
tot a very mfo undertaking , Governor
tlchardson mounting ono of our horses ,
nd I the oilier , without caddies , the
ndlans furniihlng a pony for Mr , Alice , >
and Mr. Allen remaining with the wagort
and supplies , wo started across the river
In single file , piloted by the Indians.
When towards midway over , my horse
began to sink Iu the treacherous quicksand -
sand , _ nd to flounder about in his efforts
to withdraw his logs from It. I Im
mediately slid off into the Platte
and giving him n sharp blow
with my stick , ho quickly extricated him
self , and getting on to n firmer bottom ,
I remounted , and wo reached the vllUgo
In safety. The whole trlbo were out
npon the banks watching our progress
across the perfidious stream. Then the
chief and warriors , and ns many moro as
the big council tent would hold , and it
was very largo , composed of poles and
skins , gathered there. The writer ad
dressed the chiefs , laying the complaints
before them , and declaring to them that
tholr plundering and robbing the settlers
tlors must cease ; if It did not , they would
bo subjected to severe punishment. The
chiefs charged the wrongs npon thole
young men , and aa having boon commit
ted without tholr knowledge. They
promised faithfully enough to put an
end to them. The calumet of pfaco
was then passed around , of which wo
took H few whiils , and the council
ended. I was in constant dread that wo
should bo invited to partake of a kind of
black stow in an immense black kettle ,
over a fire in the center of the lodge. A
refusal would , of course , have boon re
garded by them ns a contempt of tholr
hospitality ; but , fortunately , that hospi
tality was not tendered to us. Wo re-
crossed the river in the simo manner ,
thinking of the supply of tempting food
awaiting ns at our camp , when , on arriv
ing there , wo found to our amazement
and horror , sorno twenty young braver
HAD BEEN OVER THERE ,
overpowered the ono loft In charge of
the wagon , and had tnkou every ntticlo
of the food wo had brought , boiled ham ,
rolls , doughnuts , coffee , and the bottle
of brandy. While wo were holding
council with the chiefs and they were
promising everything in the way of good
behavior , the young rascals were robbing
us of everything wu * had to oat. It was
just at night , nud wo were cold , wet and
hungry. Oar condition was slightly de
plorable. It can ba roadlly believed that
wo started on oar return the next mornIng -
Ing with heavy hearts , and with no en-
largal views of Indian good faith aud
hospitality.
The mention of Gov. Izird TAU hardly
fail , with these who know him hero per
sonally as governor , to call up some
amusing reminiscences of him. One
cornea to mind now. On ono occasion ,
when closing an address to the legisla
ture ho eald :
"When the final summons shall como for
mo to go bunco , my earnest prayer is that my
humble body shall be Inid away in its last
resting place on some ono of the beautiful
promontories that adorn nnd embellish the
beautiful banks of the lovely Missouri. '
Ho long ago wont to his rest , but not
where ho expressed the wieh to bo laid ,
but down In his own beloved Arkansas ,
on the Bframpy banks of the murky St.
Francis. The last intelligence the wri
ter over had of him nlivo was from aame
soldiers of the First Nebraska , who dar
ing the rrar passed his placa and
TOOK SOME MULKS FROM IP
o replace some in the train broken
down. They recognized him as ho stood
in the doorway looking wistfully down
the road at the mules as they disappeared
from his sight , probably fooling very
much as the Methodist protcher , Brother
Crawford , felt down In Mississippi , on
an occasion. Ho had served his stated
time with the church and was to start for
his next field of labor on Sunday after
noon after preaching hla farewell sermon.
His mode of traveling was on horseback ,
with bia aaddlobjgs. After concluding
the services ho took a position in front of
the desk so that all could pass before him
and take him by the hand ; and as they
did so they exclaimed with tearful oyeu
and sobbing honrts , "Farewell , Brother
Craffnd ; " each repeating , " Farewell ,
Brother Crafftid. " When the last one
had uttered the parting words Elder
Crawford hastened from the house and
mounting his mare , started down the
road. A few rods from the qatoway there
was a pond in the middle of the road , at
which the animal shied , and as quickly
laid her rider upon the ether side , and
then , kicking up her hcols and throwing
up her tail , aho galloped riderless avrny.
Gathering iilmsalf up he stood for a few
moments looking anxiously at the rapidly-
receding mire , and was than hoard to
solllcquiz ? to himself , ' 'And she also
seems to nay , 'Farawoll , Brother Graf-
fud. ' "
GOV. RICHARDSON ,
montlonod above , was ono of the first cot
tiers in Omaha and Nebraska. Ho had
been lieutenant governor of Michigan ,
and when Nebraska WAS opened for occu
pancy , though much elder than moat of
the plonoera , ho came to Omaha and
united his fortunes with the now country.
Ho and his worthy companion helped to
make that plossint aocloty in Omaha in
thoao early days , now long gene , but
novcr to bo forgotten , They were Rood
and true In all the relations ot life , and
were hold In the h' ' hebt esteem by all.
They lived to a ripe old ago and tholr
lives were beautifully rounded out , for ia
death they were not long divided , ni
both , if the writer is not mistaken , vroro
laid away on the BHIIIO day , into that rest
which will remain unbroken till the ush
ering in of the now day.
They were the parents of Lymnn Ilich-
nrdnon , Esq. . of the Herald , Mrs. Knight ,
wlfo of Mr. Knight , of the Herald , and
Mrs. Gaorgo I. Gilbert.
The writer has been Hitting around
Nebraska and Missouri , keeping Lowla
and Clark waiting for him two or three
weeks , but ho will rejoin them next Sat
urday evening and Monday morning fol
lowing , and journey with them to the-
northwest. Joim M. THAYEIS.
GRAND IHI/AND , July 25th.
To Ming With Pftttl , ,
Savannah ( Ga. ) News , July 18.
In 1870 Louts R , Nonmayor , a boy
about 18 years of age , came to Savannah
to take a position in the shipping homo
of his uncle , Capt. Joseph A. Roberts.
Ho did not exhibit any special liking for
tbo business , but developed a marked
talent for muolo Prof. Malletto , former
ly this city , said that ho ws possessed of
a voice of marvelous power. Ho will bo
remembered by many as the boy basso in
the amateur concerts and operas produced
at that tlmo under Prof. Mallotto , His
ancle , falling to make a business man of
him , sent him oil' , but the hey clung to
his niudo , and about tire years ago ec
cured an engagement with the Thomas
Orchestra and Concert company. Some
lime ago P ttl hoard him sing In Ban
Francisco , nnd requested Col. Maplesou
to Heciiro him , which WP.H done , and the
ut of September next the young man
jcoj to London , under a five year's en
gagement , to slug in Italian opera , This
sa marked and wonderful instance cf the
lovolopmcnt of n special talent under
Hllicultios , as the youug min'd relatives
ind friends discouraged aud disapproved
f his course In every pcsjlble war ,