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THE DAILY BEE FRIDAY , ' AUGUST ? 1885 THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OFFIC-K No. 914 AND 010 FAIINAU ST. NKW YOIIK OFFICE , HooM G5 TIUUDNE litriLU * 1M ) . t'ub'Miwl c ory morning , except Sunday. The only Monday morning cUlly published In the state. TXRU4 tlT MAlb , One Yoir . 810.00 I Three Months. . . . $280 KU Months . 6.00 I Ono Month . 1.00 Tlie Weekly lco ! , 1'ublUhed o\ cry Wednesday TERMS , rosirm. Ono Year , with premium . < . I 2 00 Ono Year , vlthout | > remlum . 125 Kit Monthi , without premium . 76 Unc Month , on trla ! . . . 10 All Communications relating to News ami Editorial hmttera should bo addressed to the EDITOR or tin lien rdlNESI LITTBM. All IluslneM Utters and Ilcmlttinces ( houl.l be tdJroisclto Tine n it I'musiiiMi COMPANT , OMAHA. Drafts , Checks ami Po t olllca orders to bo mide i > aj- able to the order ol the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props , K , KOSmVATKK , KniTotu A. II. 1'itch , Manager Daily Circulation , Uinalm , Nebraska. Eg" GIVE us bettor eldowalks , " is still the cry all along the lino. Ir wo arc to have any new sidewalks 1.1 Iho business confer It la to bo hoped that there will bo no further delay In tbls matter. AUSTUIA has qurantlnod horaclf ngaiust cholera and Kolly. She may perhaps bo forced to take the former , bat slio can't bo compelled to accept the latter. Mu. FIUNK SWEESY , who has taken ctnrgo of the Bun's Lincoln baroan , is on experienced newspaper man , an easy writer , an J a superior nowrgathcror. "Tnc fineatpavod city In the woat , " la ono laurel that Omaha wears smilingly. "Tho lost supplied with parka and drives , " ia what aho la now ready to reach for. TiiEi'.r. ia only ono member of the legis lature hi Georgia that has boon refuted a paaa by ono of the railroads , and ho la the only legislator in the state that haste to pay railroad faro. Ho ought to bo ex hibited as another Georgia wonder. Mu GAUDNKU , the now Burvoyor-gon- tr.il of Nebraska , has baon made a target of by the torpedo ahoator of the Jlcruhl. Air. GsrJnor , however , will continua to draw hla salary until the end of hlaterm notwithstanding the tcrpodo blasts of th disgruntled doctor. TIIK Prince of Wales his taken the Jer 8oy Lily under hla wing once more. The ntrical speculators conalder thornsolve under obligations to the gallant prince ao hla recent attentions to the Lily wil glvo her a boom daring her next profes atonal tonr. TOM HENDIUCKS breathes eaalor since the civil aerv.'o commission has given a report favorable to Jones , hla Indianapo lis pssttnaitor. The commission after Investigating Jouoa cornea to the conclu nloii that ho has not violated the service law in any respect. IT was a Field day in London oa Wednesday. Cyrus W. Field gave a banquet In celebration of the twenty- aovonth anniversary of the completion of the Grot Atlantic cable. There are now ever 700 different submarine cables making a total length of about 100,000 miles. TIIK oliy conncll onght to devise semi way of giving na bettor cross-walks on lower Farnam street. The expense o : putting down two rows of ilat stonee such na ara now being laid on upper Far nam , would bo very light. This ia an Improvement that ia demanded by tb public , and should not bo delayed any longer. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WE rogrjt Dr. BIHIer'a resignation from the committee on resolutions , on ac count of the Jicpublicnn'a publication estate state political extracts from the Herald It was to siy the least most unseemly on the part of the Iijublican to open old sores at a time when a nation , foigotfu of the past , ia uniting to do honor to the memory of her dead hero. NOT long ago Lord Chief Justice Cole rldgo , of England , Interfered with the matrimonial affairs of hla daughter , and hla daughter and son now object to thoold man marrying an American woman , who threatens to auo him for broach of promise if bo doesn't ' take her as hla wlfo. The Lord Chief Justice now knows how it himself. THE appointment machine at Wanning ton which has boon growing a little ruaty of late liaa jnat received a thorough oiling up. The now first assistant postmaster general la now cutting off the heada of fourth-data postmasters at the rate of ten an hour. Wo publish this llttlo Item for the benefit of the army of patriots in Nebraska whoso anxiety to ahod rod ink for tholr country has not abated during the late warm spell. TIIKIIE thonld bo an eiiort made at once by the executive committee of the Grant memorial services to got as much lumber as possible from the various dealers to bo uted temporarily In the construction of teata on the high nchool grounds. This much ought to bo done for the comfort if the people , irho will find It very wearisome to aland for two or three hours in the sun. Seats ought to bo pro * vldod for the ladles at least. A speakers' aland should also bo erected and appro priately decorated , A handsome cata falque , which could bo provided at email expense , would prove an Impressive feature of tbo occasion. While the cere monies are to ba held upon the high school grounds , the weather may possibly interfere with the outdoor programmetnd therefore , the opera houto should be held in rctervo to cover euch any contingency. A HARD YEAR. What between railroad wreckers , dis honest and Incompetent management , parallelism of competing roads and n general overprcductlon in the eaat of In ternal transportation facilities the rail roads of the country for the past year have had a hard time to pay dividends on tholr enormous capitalization or to float now bonds and atock on a public which was willing to bo bitten no longer. The brief summary of Poor's Railway Manual for 1885 , which waa published a few days ago in our telegraphic dispatches has now boon supplemented by a fuller sjnopals of railroad oporatlona which will possess an interest for the general public as well aj for those engaged In conducting the railroad serviceof the country. At the cloao of 1884 there were In the United States 125,150 miles of railroad. The coat of the entire tya- torn , Including an additional 21,34 ? mtlea reported oa sidings and double track , and rolling stock , was $0,024,554,444 , or something ever fifty-five thousand dollars lars per mile , The roads represented , however , a total Investment of S7- 070.399,054 , of which § 3,902,010- 080 was capital stock , $3GG,115- ! ) , 772 bonds , and the babnco un funded debt. In 1883 Poor had com pleted returns from 100,938 miles of road , while 113,173 are embraced in the re turns for 1884. On the latter mileage wo loam that 331,570,700 passengers were carried last year , whoso average trip of 20,24 mtlea made a total passenger mlloago of 8.778,581,001 miles. The passenger earnings amounted to $200- 790,701 , which represented an average otiarco of 23.50 per passenger mile. The pacsangcr carninga of 1833 were slightly In oxcecs of this , while the number of patsangera carried in that year waa nearly 7 per cent. lota. To transport thcso passengers required a passenger train corvlco cf 2CG- 510,118 miles , an increase eve : 1883 of 18,500,000 mllea. Goographlca ly considered , the railroads in the No England group earned 70,283,760 pasaeu gors. The average distance traveled b each was leas than seventeen miles , an the receipts per passenger a little eve two cents permllo. In the middle state there were carried 138,019,967 passon- gore , each an Average distance of ofghteo : miles , at an average charge of 2 1 centi per mile. In the south 10,972,970 pas sengora traveled an average dlstanc of forty-six mlloa each. The charge pc mile traveled was 2.8 cents. The western orn states show a total of 92,598,45 , passengers , each of whcso average trip o nearly forty mlloa waa made at a cost o nearly 2.5 cents per mile. The railroad In the Pacific group carried 10,095,01 passengers , whose average trip cost abon three cents per mile. In the matter o freight tonnage there was a falling off o 10,378,990 tons during the year , aa oem pared with 1883. Notwithstanding thl reduction in amount , the actual Imnlag reached o total of 44.725,207,007 tons c freight moved one mile , an increase i : that respect of 060,284,382 tons , om mile , ever the figures of 1883 , thi average haul per ton In the roa pectlvo years being 114 GO , an 110.OL miles. In Now England the average ago rate of hauling a ton ono mile waa 1. cents ; in the middle states losa than cent ; in the south 1.5 cents ; in the wes 1.1 cent : ; and in the Pacific group 2. cents. In freight traffic Pcnnaylvanl heads the list among the states. Obi stands second , New York third , and Illi nols a good fourth. The manual show , that only 3,977 now miles of railroad wer constructed In 1881 , a falling off of mon than 40 per cent from the construction o 1883 , and more than 65 per cent com pared with the returns of 1882. Accord' ' ing to the manual the falling off In con struction waa moro noticeable in Now York , Ohio , Illinois , and Indiana , than elsewhere. The total of now lines bull in thcso stale i during 1881 waa 15 miles , while In the three procedln years the construction was 4,959 miles or an average of 1,053 mlloa per year , The figures showed a decrease in grosi earnings , compared with 1883 , amount ing to $53,083,010 , and a doorcase o $25,261,027 In the not earnings. Th first is a decroasa of about 0.4 per cent , while the second ehowa a decrease oi nearly 9 per cent , In 1883 the avorog gross earnings per mile were $7,461 and in 1881 the average fell to $0G73 pe mile. In 1881 not earnings average $2,318 per mi'o of road , against on average ago of $2,702 In 1883. In 1883 the op crating expenses were 03.78 pur cent , o ; the gross earnings , and in 1884 the oper < atlng expenses consumed 05 21 per cent , of the gross earnings. THE protection of Inventive genlua ia right and proper , both as u stimulus to Invention vontion and a defense against piracy or the part cf others. But when It li calmly announced that Sir Henry Doste mer has pocketed $000,000 a year tor the last twenty-one years from hia steel pro- cots patent * , while American consumers have paid five times that amount yearly Into the pockets of the Bosstmer mon opoly , it begins to look as If there might be such a thing aa overproduction oven to jreat genlaa. THE carping of runny of the leading lapera of the country egaitiat the selec- lou of New York as Gsn. Grant's burial ilaco ia decidedly unseemly. While on o inmbor of grounds other places may have lalma for ( ho honor which at the first Ight appear greater than Now York city , 11 expressions of preference should bo loaned before the dealro cf Mrs. Grant nd her children th&t the remains ol their sved one should ruet in the neighbor- oed of the homo in which they have hoasn to spend the remainder cf their fo. Tha ( election of Central Park was shock to the country , which felt that .a great pleasure resort waa an unhallowed spot for the final reatlng phco of the nation's wartlor hero. The focatlon chosen on the banks of the Hudson amid the boautlfcl rolling grounds of Riverside assures the tomb immunity from sur roundings snch as were feared In the former caao. It la now moro appropriate for the press and people to bo engaged In preparing enduring honors to the memory of the dead general than to keep up a useless crltlcitm of the judgment which selected the little spot of ground whore hla ashes will reat , at least for the present. Ultimately , when the nation's wishes are expressed through congress , there is reason to believe that a moro fit ting place of Bopulturo at the national capital may bo provided , THE cucumber joke Is now going out of fashion and hard up paragrapbors are pinning tholr faith on the watermelon. If It were not for the vegetable garden at the present time , American humorists would find their occupation gono. PitESiDEjrr CLEVELAND goes to the Ad irondack mountains next week to remain until the middle of September. Mean time the ofiico-B3okors may aa well save their ho has directions postage-stamps , as given rections that uo letters bo forwaidod to him unless of the utmost lmp rtanco and requiring his immediate attention. IT la announced that Gen. Logan haa written a book of war experiences , and that it la ready for the press. Gen. Logan as a to'.dlor ' and politician has es caped the venomous shafts of criticism , but aa an author no are afraid that ho will bo cut and elathod without mercy. lo bettor stick to politic ] , and lot literature alone. THE Spanish povonment has leaned a guitar to every to'dlor on the garrison at Saragoaea OB a remedy against the appearance - poaranco of cholera. Wo venture to sug gest , if the cholera Is aa sensitive as this would eoom to Indicate , that a cornet in the hands of every other soldier would bo twice as effective In keeping the dls- eaao at a good distance from the camp. FRENCH CANADIANS promlao to make tronblo In caao 11 lei , the loader of the half-breed rebellion , is hanged according to sentence. In Montreal , especially , the excitement la said to bo at fever heat. England's ' subjects in Canada are not and will not for years bo thoroughly amalga mated , and there ia no doubt that Riel's execution will still farther wldon the broach. POSTMASTEK BllADY , of Stoolvlllo , Mis- aourl , aged 70 years , who was first ap pointed to the postal service by Andrew Jackson fotty years ago , has been re moved from hia postoflice , where ho haa served for twenty-five years , to rnab room for a successor named Andrei Jackson. It was the Jackson famil that was credited with originating th political aphorism , "To the victors be long the spoils. " THERE ia a proving belief among leading democratic papers that on9 of the greatest needs of civil service reform is a primaty re form in the civil service commission. Onto/Mi / Iltrald. Tbla Is the nnklndest cat of all. Com ing aa it does Immediately after the civl service commission haa whitewashed Tom Hondrlcks' man , Postmaster Jones , of Indianapolis , It ia absolutely crael. Bat in view of the belief that aavoral buckets of whitewash have bean plastered over Jones , perhaps the Herald la right , WHEN a railroad corporation , as rail roads are at present managed , gets a llv newspaper man on its track fur is certain to fly. Mr. Keep , editor of the Wai Street Xeiva , who was sued for llbol b ; the Elevated railroad , la bringing out In hia defense eorao curiosltlea of railroad bookkeeping. The "construction ac count" Includes taxes , assessments , lega expenses and damages to persons and property , and the system generally was described by a lawyer as ono where the company could provide for Us operating expenses by sailing bonda , DO long aa I took in enough money to pay a dividend declare ono , and swear it was paid out of its earnings , A bona fide eult , which moans fight , will elicit moro interesting information from a top heavy railroad company , than throe government expert ) and half a dczjn state commissions controlled by the management. Ii ( a rather a late day for anybody to pay a judgment recovered for the value of negro slaves , but Governor PUree , of Dakota , has just paid $100 to settle a judgment , which was obtained against him during the war. While ho waa quartermaster at Padncab , ho employed about 1,500 negroca , moat of whom were slaves of roaldenta of that part of Ken tucky. IIo refnaed to surrender them to tholr owners , and had aorno tronblo over the matter , the last of which was the re covery of a judgment by ono owner for : ho value of a negro boy and girl. The judgment has been kept alive , and with : osts now amounts to ever $6,000 , It : ama Into possession of a Cincinnati nan , who haa from time to Urn ? dunned jovernor Pierce for th ? full amount , rho governor , rather than be annoyed , ny moro about the matter , o Herod the ullow $100 , which he accepted. THE day is not far distant when our kcloton army will bo Increased without Itaent from either of the political par ies , Even with the present extension of entimenta it ia proving much too small ar the demands made upan it and In bo years to coma the added drafts on Its esources for Internal police purposes , Dlnol to a propjr guiiionlng of our pro- acted sea coast defenses , will compel a increase in the organization. Since onrly in the iptlng at Icsst a half dozen Indian and frontier troubles hav demanded the attention cf the nrmy The Third , Fifth , Sixth , Ninth and Tent regiments of cavalry have boon In th field slnco apiinp opened , patrollin Oklahoma , guarding the Kansas borderer or punning Geronlmo and hla hot til Chhlcahauas In Arizona and Now Mexico The Fourth , Ninth and Twenty-first regiments monts of Infantry In thla dopattmont are still In the field assisting Inthofinalsettlo rncnt of thoOhoyeuno troubles while apprc henslon of trouble with the Canadian hal broeda , the Crows and northern Choy onnoa haa kept the troopj in the north west In daily expectation of ardnon campaign duly. Join to thla rumor o trouble between the cowboys and Ute In Colorado , and apprehensions rogardln the Mormons in Utah , to qaoll whlc other regiments were held In roadinois and It will bo aeon that our llttlo arm haa had plenty to occupy Its attontto besides the monotonous but nocotsar routine of garrison li'o. Suckers , Chicago Tribune. The following corroapondonco speak for Itself : PKOHIA , III. , JulySS. My Dear Mr. Clova land : Aa I informed yon on my recent via to Washington , mv services to the democrat party nro invaluable , If I may any it. Ind virtually , I hnvo been a wlieel-horso ; t lm\ attended the democratic national convention nj n delegate nod , na you may remembc visited Mr. Tiklen last spring , when no am supposed the democratic ticket would b elected , and obtained from the sngo of Ore ; stouo n positive promise ) tlmt ho would not t a candidate. I also catisocl myself to ba interviewed torviowed and myaelf cent Ilia Interview an by associated \iiese. \ My paper has reall hold tbo democracy in central Illinois togotho Rovoral times when it WAS falling to piece It has been ono of the moat solidly democrat papers ( price ten cents a week cordwooi and vegetable , , taken on subecnption ) the hnvo been published in the state. It lin never bson recoRmzod , except that my associate ciato editor has been mode imperintcndeut o the publi : building here , which Mr. Mnnaiu mid the Johet convicts pec pose to erect. . ' thought sure that I wni going to get that 111 Janeiro conculslrip , but it teems that I wn mistaken. Personally I rare nothing nbon clHco , but I would lllto to eee the services in paper has rendered tha democracy proper ! recognized , 1'ay no attention to Oborly. 11 is a bald-headed fraud. Yours truly , W. T. Dow-DAtL. WASHINOION , D. C. , August 1 f Private Dear Colonel : I perfectly appreciate you delicacy , and have therefore this day caused commieRion to ba issued to your n aistan editor , Mr. Horace H Clinsp , na snpotintem eat of the Indian Industrial school at Genoa Neb. Yours , G-n-v-u OLi un. "Well , " aald the colonel , when h received this , "if I am ever too modoa again may I bo d d. " Xho Red Prince- Killed by Ufa AVIlo A profound sensation haa been osclto in Berlin and Vienna , says Londo Truth , by the appcaranco in a wol ! known German newspaper of what pnr ports to bo a true account of the death o Prince Frederick Charles. This journa asserts in plain terras that the Rod Princ did not die of apoplexy , but that ho wa shot dead by hla wife. A Belgian jcur nal makes the following comments o : the narrative : "Tho lied Prince did not live on goo terms with hla wlfo. Some grave scene had taken place scenes aa serious , i tact , that the old emperor hid to aati to Priuco Fredarick Charlea an isolate castle for his resiiencn. It waa a dn grace to bo thus almost excluded from tbo contt , where Lii presence hid cause ecandala incompatible with the severity of morala there obierved. Two year ago the princess wanted an absolute dl vorce , and wished then to retire to he brother's home. The emperor wa obliged again to interfere , and a som bianco of a roconclliition took place Bat their troubled mode of Ufa still con tinned , and only ended the other day whoo , after a oceno moro violent oven than usual , the prlnco , whose harahnes waa proverbial , struck the prlncoss , who in a moment of ragp , solz'd a pistol an fired. Prince Frederick Charles fell mortally wounded. " DOINGS ABOUr DORCHESXKR. DoiicHESTEn , Neb. , August I Th town of the above name is situated on the B. & M. railroad , about twenty eight miles west of Lincoln. The coun try foe mlloa around la the best in th state of Nebraska , and the land ia tillet by mo it experienced farmers. This yea crops are fine and everything it in abnn dance. This , of course , makes the mer chants of our town feel happy , for whoi crops are good the farmers sro In gooi spirit ; , money ia more plenty and trad la brisk , Dorcheutcr ia beautifully laic nut and the streets are in excellent shape as are also the eldovralka. Thnrston & Gilbert represent the National bank in a very neat building on Washington avenue. The Citizoub' ' bank will ba ready for bnsinoas in a few days. It will occnpy the elegant brick building ] ust erected by our enterprising towis man , John Oberlles , The amount o ! capital stock will bo fifty thousand ( $00,000) ) dollars. The mines of the incorporators - corporators are : John Oberllns , Wm. Trayor , n. J. Ferguson , II G. Ferguson , of Dorchester ; Charles Band , J. R. Johnson and George D. Stevens.cf Crete , They will conduit a regular banking busi ness , and our town iccls proud of this now addition to her basilicas circles , The Methodist ilook are watched by Ror. G. W. Southwell , while those of the Ohrlataln chnrch are looked after by El der Jaa , Shields. Tha Baptists have a jood church but no regular paator at present. The Odd Follows , Masons , 3. A. R , Sons of Veterans and W. 0. T. IT. have nourishing orgtnlzttions. Darchietorboasta of considerable litor- iry and musical talent and many fine on- ortalnments era given by our homo tal- mt. Coats post No , 107 and Uarfiold samp No. 3 , S. of V. , have made arrange- nunta for memorial services at the M" E. ihnrcb on Saturday at 2 p. in , , in memo- y of the beloved general and hero U. S. rant. The church will be appropriately [ raped In mourning and It ie likely all iiiiineaa.honaea will ba cloecd until after ho services. The town ia continually Improving and tew bulldlnga are constantly going up , , tnon them la the addition to the school lonset When finished the achool will bo radcd Into four rooma aid the beat of oachora that the district can afford will Mnsch the young Idoaa how to shoot" Property tooro ia advancing and bnei- lexa la brlak. If you wish to locate slept t Dorchester and too the advantages she as over many towua , 11. The colored people o ! Chaileaton , Va. , ro building a akatmg rink in which no rlato ( raih will be allowed , STATE Football and faro hold the board ! at Valen tine. Several northwestern counties are suffering for rain. Howard county has fear horse thlovca awaiting trial. Fremont Is trjlng to Induce Omaha parties to Btut a pork packery there. C pt. Alphabet Cobb commands company E , Fremont National Guards. KiTho Boston "Tea1' man has been swindling farmers in Madison county , Charlie Campbell , n 12-yo.w-old lad , was drowned near Crete Saturday , Tha body wna recovered , There uro 6elds of wheat near Brownsvillo that it is claimed will yield as high na 33 bush els per aero , Congregational church societies have been rfceutly formed nt Iluslmlle , Chadron and Hay Springs , The convocation of the North 1'Iatto dean- err , of the llplicopal church , will ba hold at Columbus , September 1G , 17 and IS , Fred 3-lvortoa shot and fntnlly wounded Will Eigate , in tha town of Star , Holt county , last WOOK , Kvetton Is under $1,000 bouds. The state encampment of thn Nebraska Na tional guard will ba held at Lincoln dining the dates of the state fair , September 11 to IS. Tha fourth Annual reunion of tlio old Bottlers tlers of Ulxon county will ba hold At liilemnn'a grove , eovon miles southwest of Dakota Uity , on August 122 , A free reading room will BOOH grace tha intellectual hill tops of Grand Itland , The detailed census of Hastings will nut bj given n place on tha center tabla. The title to the si to for the postollieo In Nebraska City has been approved by the na tional authorities , Work on the building will commoiico about the first of October. Grand Island's proppsition lor water works Is to Includi a S3.UCU building for city purpo ses , live miles of mains , n hundred foot standpipe - pipe , bonds asked for , not moro than ssr.coo. EGeorco Ginger , who mutdorcd his partner IJavid ShsiFer , at ] Ui h\lllo , July 25 , was ta ken to Siduoy for n preliminary hearing , wncro ho waa hald without bail to await the action of the grand jury. A railroad grader named Hegan , who wan struck on the head with : i monkey wrench by another grader natnod lilack , eomo three weeks KRO nt Gordon , Ima just died from the clTccta of the injutioa , Gus , ICu-hlor , of Graud Island , ia taid to have an artificial lake covering three ncrcs about six feet in depth , that ho has success fully stocked with the celebrated variety of German carp. The editor of the North Ueni Flail , during n mtettng : of the committee arranging for this Grunt memorial aervico , asserted two or three tirnea that Dr. Kllwood was a liar. The Flail now wears a two-lino pica border around its optics. A Swcdo boy named SaJeloks , living near Wilber , wns bittou on the hand by a rattle snake on Saturday , nnd although Iho hand and arm were badly stvoleu before medical attention was given the wound , tha lad ia re covering , Mallory & Gushing , the railroad contrac tors , nra working 200 tcama on the Sherman county extension of the Union Pacific. This linn is under contract to grada , Uo and Iron the road to Loup City within 100 days from tha dnto of the contract , The Brown county county-seat contest , be tween Ainsworth and Loop Pine , was decide on the 81et ult. There wtra found to ba 10 illegal votes cist in Long Pine , 123 in 13aiset lerumg Ainsworth the county seat with majority of 115. Mr. George Hartley , of Sterling , who wai indicted batore the grand jury on the charpi of falsely swearing to the age of hla mtondec bride in order to obtain a marriage license and who left the country about that time camu back and delivered himself up to th authorities ono day last week , The body of Shclbv Drew , who wai. drowned at Plattamouth , waa found at Urown villo at 8 a. tu. Thursday , about thirty-im hours alter. As the theriff there dia no know who would pay for a telegram , ha bur. ied the body nn the bank of the river at 11 j m. Thursday \ > ilow fifteua inches of earth.nu then sat down and wrots a letter to Plattc. mouth , informing them uf the fact. It ia no stated whether ho requested a return of tin postage. Congressman Dcrsey has selected the fo' lowing board as examieera of the for tha next uadotship from the Third congrca Uonal district of Nebraska : Hon W P Unir ! * , Ponca ; ProfB eor W P Jones , Fremont ; J W Love , Ml A , Fremont ; Professor J II Wood ward , North Bond , Dr L J Abbott and Dr / L Stevenson , Grand Island , medical nxami iiere. The examination will tjko place at thi _ high school building in Fremont on Wednesday day , August 12th. The Weeping Water newspapers have parrot time hurling chaste and genteel cpi thets at each other , The Kagle intimated that the editor of the Republican "equ rted lie" at tlia former , and asserted that he wa kicked out of a certain house in Omaha , a waa compelled to borrow a fiilt of clothei with which to return homo. Xow comes th Jlepubllcan man with a libl suit ia the die trict nourc in which he asks for 310,000 to repair pair the damages t ? hla gocd iiamo and repu talion Hie letting cf contracts for making the bi ditch that is to drain the Dakota count elough in postponed till the 27th inst. 'Hi ditch is four and one-quarter miles long , i estimated to contain -10'J.ji cubic ynids of ex cavation , is to bo ton fuel tvido on the botton and fifteen feet ui Jo on top , nnd from tivi mid one hi'f : ' to poven and one-half feet deep , with eight feut burin. Hid * will ba received for the entire job , or for nay one of the DOV enty-four sections into which Iho work ii divided , "WVbtern Theatrical Detroit Free Press. "No , It Isn't the tramps I complain of , ' eald a W&yno country ftumor , as ho called forgiugor ulo yesterday ; ' 'lean drive LrampotTby simply bringing out my dhotpan. hut with this ether clasa It Is dlflerant.Whftt class ? " "Why , these ousted theatrical people who are hooting it back to DatroU. They como alone ; ut all houra of the day and nicht , and in all sorta of shapes. When a chop turns Into four qato and announces that ho is Damon , and that Pythias la In a fence comer half a milo back , too far gene to oot It another rod , and ho back * thia np > ? quoting Shakespeare and giving you ho route of his company for tour weeks , why you've got to do acmsthlng. " W0f connse. " "llomeo cimo along the ether night and roused mo np , and I went [ own to find Juliet on the grass under a pew tree , resting after n walk of twunty- wo miles. They had to bava something o stay tholr stomachs and pnt now llfo nto 'em , and I thought they'd eat mo ut of house and homo. 1'vo had loading nen , leading ladies , villains , loverj , harnber-malds and property men walk u on mo singly uud by droves , and I vlsh the aoaeon was over. Gurus how hey all tell the same story. " "What Is / ' "Why , they had the boss play and bo keenest manager. Every thing was alcnlatod right down to a cent , company raa the best on the road and there oaldn't bo DO such thing as failure. But lero was. The treasurer skipped with he funds wenther too hot , too many oiler rinks allus some good reason for ustlug up. Poor critters' ' Whenever 1 m woke up at night by n voice cslling ut : 'Mo noble lord , a stranger begs a lass of buttermilk of the , ' I nit Into my othca and go down , feeling as If til the old meat iu the house llkowlto belonged o him. " An Kmlnont Colored Bian , aw York Tribune Correanondenco. Prif , Juhn M. Ling t u'a return from Jnyti recalls some Intoiciting incidents i tbo history of the nfgro race. Fred- ilck Douglt'.ba ts thn moat distinguished ilatk mftii of the Unltsd States ; I'rof. angiton tlu bcai educated. Ho was a indent of Obsrlln Cullege , among the irst to receive the benefit of ita open doom at A time when no other college dared to receive the colored man. Ling- ston wont through the early ordoal.i to which n bVick man waa tubjoctod in Ohio withnn untlinohiDg courngo. IIo raised up friends by reason of his excellent scholanhlp , who urged him to study law. Col. Pholomon Bliss , of Elrrla , became hla preceptor. Bliss was ono of the moat scholarly lawyers of his day in Noithorn Ohio. Sherlock J. ndtovrs , since A dls- tlngulshod judge in Cleveland , gave the young black man some of thogroundwork of hla future success , When ho had mastered the legal framework and was ready for admission to the bar , his ex amination Ttns porfct. In his applica tion ho wns described as a whllomnu. All men were white In Ohio who could vote. The mulatto who could prove himself on the white aldo by a hair's stralghtnoss could voto. The report of the committee was favorable. It was presented to the five judges at Elyrls , ono being a member of the Ohio Suptomo Court , who raised the poiut that the applicant was black. Judge Carpenter , of Summit County , was the only ono at first to oppose- the higher judge. Carpenter , who Is n Con- prcgatloualist , from Connecticut or Now Llampahlro , with sturdy old Puritan blood In hla veins , said : ' 'With the quoc- tlon of color wo have nothing to do. Ws luvo n report from the commlttoo which najs ho is white. Wa can not do other wise than roccgnlzo the work of our com mlttoo. " The black man won by this early declaration of a since famous prin ciple , that it is Impossible to go behind the returns. The Supreme Court zakcd tn aeo langjton , IIo looked for a mo ment nt the young man , nnd gave up his objection , enylnp , "Why , ho'a as white as any of ns. " Lingnton's admleslon to the United States Supreme Court was on motion of Gou. Garfield , In QUO of the moat elo quent speeches ever made by him , An lutcroslug hnldcnt accurcd just after the Professir was admitted.VhiIu OarQold was making his aidrcss Judge Jeremiah Black vtaa standing by , apparently well pleased with what was taking placo. Litiftaton qot the idcn that ho was Th.iddcna Stevens , with whom IShiclc wns nt enmity. When ho wont to the olork'o room t ? got hla papers Black cnmu in to got a § 10 bill changed. The clerk was unnblo to accommodate the Judge , Ling- slon volunteered to do it Ilopnllrd cut n roll of bills and advanced toward BInck , who had hla bill In his hsnd , osylng , "llavo I not th'o honor of addressing the Hon. Thaduons Stevens ? " The words were iinrdly out before Black began to back nil' , saying , "No , sirl By bland , no , sir ! No , sir ! By blank , no air ! " until ho had backed out of the door , Langaton meanwhile advancing and extending the emnll bills. Thu } ouug man turned to the clerk in aatonlsrucnt , when the httor exclaimed the queer action , saying , "Why , Mr. Laugston , that ia Jerry Black and ho would rath or have you spit in hla face than cjll him 'Thad' Slovens. " MEMORIAL EXERCISES , The Programme at the nigh School Grounds on tlio Day of. Gen , Grant's Funeral , The various committees who have iu charge the memorial services on the day cf Gen. Grant's fanoral , have boon push Ing their work , and nearly everything is In readiness for the day's programme The exorclson are to ba hold on the nigh School grounds , Saturday , August 8 , be ginning at 2 p. m. If the weather ia fair there will , It la expected , bo from 10,000 to 15,000 people present at the cxerclnfls , not only from the city , but from the nurroundlng country. Judge Svag ) and the committee have completed the programing of exercises which ia appended. rnOGHAJIMK , 1 Call to order by the chairman of the im-atincr , Hon. Jumea K. liayd. 2 Music by the band. -Prayer by Jlav. John B. Maxfield. 1 Presentation of the resolutions by lion , E. Kosow&ter. 5 Addre > sby lit. Eev. .Tomes O'Connor. 0 Sloping by the pleo club. 7 Address by llov. W. K. Copland , . 8 AOdresa by John M. Thurstou , l q. ! ) Music by the band. 10 Address bv John C , Cowln , J'eq. 11 Address by lit. Itev. George Worth- inRton. 12 Singinpf by R ! O club. 18 Addroes by lion , A. Saimders. 1 1 Addrefs by Gen. GeorRO M. O'Brien , Jndgo Savage has withdrawn from nil connection with the incmcrhl celebration , as he has bson called caat by pressing bualnoufi. It is understood tlmt if the weather is not gocd the. exorcises vail bo held in the opera lions ? . TIM : OLD VtTEltAXS In addition to the general meeting tiiu Omaha veteran club has also made ar rangements to hold memorial services in the council chamber Saturday night. They have prepared and announced the following programme : Music Dirfje . Omaha Glee Club Address . Col. C. S , Chase Music . Omaha GIoo Club Address . Gen. Goo. M. O'Brien Music . Omiha Oleo Club i\ddrean . W. S. Hhoomuker , JCeq. Music . Omaha Glee Club Address . Simoon ISIooin , Kri | Music . Omaha Glee Oluu Address . Kdmund Bartlett.Htt ] , Mutlu . Omaha Glee Club Short addresses , reminieences and selections by volunteer comrndea. MusicWo Shall Meet But Wo Will Mtsa Him , " . Omaha Glee Club ienediction . HQV , John 1) ) , Mnxfiold Km HON lii.ooii , ommittee. W. . , J , H. Gt'SOADEK , J ASucccBBful BnenJc , Yesterday afternoon sneak thieves on- ered the store of Adler & Iloller , the 'amain street liquor dealers , opened the : ash drawer and got away with tbo con- enta. Although thura was BOIIIO one in ho otoro all afternoon , no one hoard any inusual nolaa nor eaw any strangers altering about. The thieves toourcd § 51 i cash and two chocks , ono for $20 and nether for $5. No clew has yet been iscovu-id as toTrho are the thieves. Tlio SawMill TroublrH. I3.\6i SAOINAW , Mlcb , , AupuitG For the ast hour or two rquadu of men have been 'ending their way to the south end of the ity , where it u reported sn attempt will bo mdo to shut down the mills of Huit , Brother . Co , und Katon , Pdttee&Co. , which utartid p yesterday ut eleven hours , The polled of oth cities and tlm uhcnlf have been notified nd if an attempt u made trouble will onbiie. IN BOTTLES. Haiarla I Culmbiclitr . ItavarU lluicr . liolicmlaii I KaUir . . . . . . . uJwclncr. . . St. I-ouli I Aiihauser . St. Loud lctt'8 . Ulw ! ui ! u I Bclilltz-l' lMi r.Mllwaukce iuf' . Omah * i Ale , 1'urtvi , IivinoatloaoU Uluu'j Wluoi 3D MAURER. . 1213 Farnam St , TEEOOOIOnS PEEAOHINlJ. Xlio MnhdU of Methodism In tlio Northern 1'nrt of I > OUJAS | County , Correspondence of The VJEK , IICVINGTOX , Nob. , August y A homo occupied by n renter , Mr. Johnson , a Dane , WAS burned last Tuesday afternoon near hero. IIo had n now planter and cultivator nnd riding plow , I think , up stairs , which were nil consumed , nnd from $100 to $200 In money besides. The Gro began nt or near the roof. Ono of the bridges nt this place Is un safe for further servica. It Is to bo hoped it will coon bo repaired , as Its present dilapidated condition Is A croat Inconvenience. Some Free Methodist young men have boon holding meetings up nt Punka and Florence. They nro a lively , stirring sot of boys. They are zealous , but if their opinion cf churches is correct , It IB n very grent pity that the Lord did not think of the matter sooner nnd start out Free Methodism centuries ago. AccordIng - Ing to those fellows , there Is little or no religion In nil Christendom except among themselves , nnd they nro only n. very small handful In the world. A bnd state of atliirs , euroly. Ono of tLeso fellons said in n sermon UU'ly that thnu-fourths of nil the min isters In the country are "dumb dogs and hypocrites. The question now Is will the regular ministry nnd churches aurvlvo such n rovoln'ion ns this , for If this nine- toon-yoar-old boy la n prophet this awful fact must bo true , and there are thoto of his followora who seem to think aa ho h. If. therefore , you uhall BOO a rising up of the great cbrls'.ian brotherhood , nnd threo-fouriha of the m'uistorn ' hitE- tlod out of the synagogues and trampled down in the streets you may know the cause. Thla boy nays they nro dumb dogs and hypocrites ! aud don't ho know ? Surely this young follow Is not a dumb dot ? . You will not think ho Ia were you In ono of his meet ings or were you to Hatou to hln barking at the ether denominations. Ono of these saints of the now order 1 am told , called at Mr. B's recently nnd reproved Mrs. B. for having some Ihwora In her bay window , faying that "Ibwors wore created for the devil and hla angola. " So there is n now revelation. Now lot nil those benuliful yards In the city be spangled with ilowoM ba plowed and planted to potatoca and those conserva tories of Ibwora turned into hen houses for such a solemn revelation ought not to pass by unheeded. But tbo masses of the people , and especially those who con- tidor themselves endowed with BOIHB do- gruo of Intelligence , nro slow to believe all these propnots have spoken , for after three weeks of mooting In the aohool house of Florence , they were requested by the school oflicora to withdraw. Pos sibly after they shall como to accept the relations already delivered they will re call this for the blcsslnga of further light for only n few of tholr strange "deliv erances" have been given hero. Ono thing they S3cm to utterly abhor is a fine houto Docs the world move ? It BOOUIS not only the Fica Methodists. They are the only ones that nro ' 'free" to move. If tbo advice of an uninspired friend can bo considered , 1 will nay to those people that they had batter go right along and mind their own business , nor violate tlio ninth command In bearing fills o wit ness againtt their neighbors , while they may teach und practlca the others. Thla command may bo aa aacrod ns 'ho seventh or the eighth. BUCUUYK. R.JR.GItOTTJ J 710BouthSth St.OiUha ] , rclejihono 602. Ccirc | iouJiicosolicited 'OOL BIRTH AND OTIIKU 1'IIIVI LKGK3 VOll SALi : ON THK GUOl'N'DS Olf Tllfi OMAHA , NEBRASKA , FAIR. All Ijldi must bo on flli In the ficcietiuj'fl hi 11 or hefuru Aug. IB , 'Jhu rl lit ii rcecricd to r xtell lilJ . Puraem and other premiums offered , ! $ ! , - HI , HELD KKl'T. Mh to Uth. Address , KdH , \VJiKKIjHIt , Rouruiary. DODi 1 , Crclubton II ojk , Omtha , Ktli. HAGAK'5 Magnolia Balm i a secret aid to beauty , lany a lady owes her fresh- ess to it , who would rather ot tell ; and vw can't tell. m