THE DAILY BEE MONDAY , AUGUST 17 , 1885
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" .V PAMlliY Alj'EMIU.11 '
BY HDOHCOXWAT ,
In this i 8uo of thfi UEE will bo fonnd the
Introductory chapters of the ln t iitory by
this celebrated nuthor. This is unquestiona
bly llogh Oonway's greatest story. Ilia two
previous novels , "Called Back" and "Dark
Days , " bavo boon tbp most popular ttoriea
oror printed , with the oxcaptlon only of
"Undo Tom'a Cabin. " No novel written by
Dickens attained so largo o ualo in the aarao
length of llmo as either of lliono two stories
by Huth Conway. The new story , "A
Family Affair , " though only a little more than
half completed as n ferial , has made a pro
found sensation in England. The right to
print It tn newspaper form baa benn eolil to a
small lyndlcato of nowspapera in England for
ten Ihoutanil jniuitls. The atory will bo con
tinued from day to day in the BEK , and its
completion will bo followed by stories and
ikotchea by other noted authors ,
A SAN JOSE bank was robbedtho other
day of a tray containing $10,000 in gold.
It would acorn that tliij is placing alto *
gothor too much raonoy 01 the triy.
FuivrnEU ItwcaUgitlons nhow that thai
cholera case at Carudcn , N , JM was nol
of tha Asia'is utrlpo. It was only green
npplo cholera , which la Hablo to occur In
the boat rcgulatoil commutation.
Foil forty years the conest frlondn ol
the "noblost Rirmn of them oil" ha7o
no' known what the luttor G. rtood for
in hla num. It haa juat boon discovered
tint his full name is Allen Cranberry
Thuroian.
A uouuEsroNDEXT aikfl If a county
treasurer cm ba ckctod for a third tcim
in uucccoiion. The law piohibita any
mau from holding the cliica for more than
two terms in enccceaicn , bat ho can bo
elected a third tirno If a term intervenes.
COL. TOM MOONLIGHT la to bo the first
doputv of the now United States marshal
of Kansas. Moonlight will probably
make hay while the nan shines , but it
does not oeom quite the proper thing to
appoint a moonshiner to a responsible
federal position.
THE Herald joins the BEE In the pro
test against the whistling nuisance. II
the power of the press really amount ] to
anything this combination ought to ba
Buffislent to put an end to the whistling.
The probability , however , is that the
whlstlo ) will continue to whistle , and the
people can do the same thing.
THE cable Informs us that the Russian
army is being mobilized to move the czar
to the place of meeting with the Gorman
emperor. This certainly looks like reck
lets extravagance when the nihilistic dy
naiuitora stand ready to move the czar
free of all ozpcuto. All they want is the
opportunity.
Tun death of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
eon ends the career of a good woman anc
charming writer. Mr. . Jackeon was bee
known to the reading public as a con
trlbntor to Iho Century and other peri
odicals over the tignntnro of "H. H. '
Her work has been vailed and volumln
our , including descriptive articles , stories
and poems , acd , at a time when good lit
oratnro and gifted authors wore lee
common , would have won her no little
fdtno.
IT now turns out that Jndd , the Colo-
redo borso-thlof , was recommended for n
federal poiilion by prominent republi
cans , and hence the odium of Hi appointment
mont falls .upon . the re pub , ban party. I
ie about time to call a lultia this kind of
business. In ilio first place
wo do .not baliavo iu re
publicans recommending democrats
foroflico , andun the nrxt place , if the ]
will persist in doing it , wo would naggee
that they carefully inqn'ro ' into tbo ante
ccdoulo of thoeo.democratic office-cockers
whom they wieh to ntelet. At any rate
wo hope no morj ihorso-thlevcs will bo
appointed to cfllco.
MAUSIIAL CUMMINO ) , who 11 endeavor
ing to perform his daty , de.iorvos the
support of the publlo in tbo position ho
has taken in the controversy wl Ui Judge
Stenberg. So long as the miyorV order
closing the saloons at midnight l in
force , tbo nnrjhal declares that ho < pro
poses to 830 ( t onforjod as ho uadorsl ands
it. Any attempt to sell liquor after Lild-
night behind looked dear a and curia Ina
is a violation o ! the low , and Iho nit V
ahal la eminently correct in hla efforts ( o
put a stop to it. It Ii not fair for ono
ealoo > keeper to ba compelled to coie ,
while another la permitted to sell liquor
on the ely , after midnight , as is probably
the CMO with sotnu of thcso who are lo
oatcd beneath gambling rooms. If thoto
gambling rooms w o orlerod clciod at
midnight , alonjf with tbo a. loon , it
wculd have a c&lnfnry o fleet , Tfco mtr-
* h l Una the power to cloeo them entirely ,
and if ho cxeic'scu that power ho will
receive the thanks of IJjBiespccUblo portion
tion of the oamrauulty.
THE MAYOR AND THE SALOONS.
Mayor Boyd atoms to have a very
queer idea of the moaning of the words
'closed nt midnight , " as applied to the
aloong. Ho is of the opinion that the
proprietors have o Tight to Itosp their
surtalns down after 12 o'clock. Ono
might infer from this that IE they keep
iholr cuttalna down they c n let
, n pcnona all night long by a timplo turn
of the door-dcy , in answer to a gcnUo
rap , and thus bo enabled to continue
their traffic without interruption. If
that moans closing at midnight , the may
or's order amounts to nothing. The doors
might as well remain wide open with the
window curtains up. The mayor's opln
Ion on the curtain question la in direct
conflict with the law , which distinctly
Hayo , in eoctlnn 20 , chapter Cl , laws of
1881 , that liquor dealers mutt keep
the windorra and doors of their places
of business unobstructed by screens
blinds , paint , or other articles , and a
violation cf this section Is a uilsilamoanor
pnnlshabo ! with a fine of not less than
$25 , or Imprisonment in the county jill
not loss than ton days , or both , to bo
followed with a revocation of license. II
this section does not cover the curtain
question then wo do not understand the
English language.
Wo do not believe there Is a saloon
keeper in Omaha -who strictly obeys the
liquor law , and for any of them to objecl
to the saloons being closed at midnight
is certainly exhibiting a spirit that is in
marked contrail to the liberality that Is
displayed towards thorn bj the author
ities who parmtt them to keep open
not only twenty hours a day , but also
on Sundays , through the back doors , al
though Sunday liquor-traffic is a violation
of law. If they are parmlttod to do a
back door business on Sunday , then per *
hapa it is proper enough to keep the
curtains down , butwhan curtains &ro
used as a acioan t > hldo from view the
drinking crowd bitveon the hours of
midnight and 4 a , m , It i > certainly con
trary to the meaning of the mayor's order
ai originally promulgated. The modifi
cation of the order , aa oxpi cased by the
mayor in an Interview , certainly looks
like a caao of hedging , So t\t as wo know
no ono has asked for a strict enforcement
of the liquor law , or oven demanded thai
the saloons bo closed at midnight , but
pablis eontimont h overwhelmingly favor
of the saloons balag strictly closed al
that time , and tint no liquor ahall boeold
between that hoar and four o'clock In
the morning. It is to bo hop d , thero-
forj , that the mayor will insist that the
curtains of saloons shall not obstruct the
view between thosa hours SD that the
polica cm sco that the order is obsyod so
long as it Is In forco. What did the
mayor Issno the order f jr in the firsl
place If it was not to ba o&forcod ?
lUlLROADS AND STOCKYARDS.
f tha editor of the Omaha BEE had sent
reporter to any of the railway officials of thla
city , or had taken the trouble to make the
slightest personal inquiry , he would not have
published the editorial in which ho accused
every Nebraska railway of the little lesa than
crirao of working against the Oinnba stock
yards , Indeed , if ho had gone through the
somewhat ordinary procoaa of thought , ho
would not have published it.
The facts seem to bo that all the Nebraska
roada are doing everything they can to favor
the Omaha stockyards , and that Commission
er Ifalthom endorses their action , Omaha
In this particular Cghtthoonly Nebraska
road that is really endeavoring to help
Omaha and the Union vtockyards is the
Union Pacific , and Commissioner Fait
hoin does not endorse its action. Thai
the Burlington and Northwestern ,
through their Nebraska allies , the B. &
M. on the south and the Sioux City
Pacific on the north , are discriminating
against Omaha IB an Indisputable fact.
The B. & M. and the Sioux City &
Pacific , by virlua of their connections
and the discriminating manner in trhicli
they are operated , may much more prop
erly ba called Chicago lines than No-
bruka roads. Of the tno the B. & M.
la inclined to make moro of a show
towards treating Omaha fairly. But it is
a fact that the Burlington rates
from Chicago to Lincoln are lois
than the distance justifies , when
compared with the ritoa from Chiotgo to
Omaha , The same may bo slid with re
gard to the Northwestern rates from
Chicago to Fromon1. The fact Is thai
the only fair rates from Omaha to No-
braki towns by the B. & M , aud Sioux
City & Pacific are for common points
reached by the Union Pacific. Will the
Omaha Jlepubllcan please Inform ns how
many oars of stock the Lulon Stockyards
company hat received off the line of the
Sioux City & Pacific slnco the establish
ment of the stock yards ? Docs it know
that the rates on that road aio made so
high that it is impossible to ship stock to
this market , which possesses advantages
superior to thoeo of the Chicago market'
Is it not aware that tbcso rates are In
tended to freeze Cnuha out and
glvo Chicago the ontlro possession
of the northern Nebraska held ? And
jot Commissioner Falthorn endorses mob
action. If tbo Republican wants to
loirn any thing concerning discriminations
against Omaha let it Inquire of our mor
ohanta and sblppcn , who ondorsj the
course of the BEE In denouncing theie
outrageous practices. The editor of the
llepulUcan would not have published
s editorial denouncing the BEE'S courio
( f ho had as much soiuo at the local do-
p irtmont of his paper , In which wo find
Iha folloniog agreting with what the
BEK ald In the firs' ' ! place :
"Th o adoptiou of Faltborn'd report would
limply leatroy the Omaha mtrket without
adding to the reoipti of tha
We are siuiod byJudgoBtenbcrgthat
ao far as xvho enforcement of Mayor
Ujyd's order i losing the taloons at uild-
uight la concerned ho agrees with Mar-
thai Commingt , but ho holds that ho has
a right to use his discretion regarding the
ball bond , which is only taken to accuro
, ho tppoKranco of the aceuiod at the
police couit. In the case , which Ins
created some llttlo controversy , ho re
leased the ecsnccd on his own recogni
zance. The only point ie whether ho
made that raoognizinco in writing , Al
though thfs is a technicality in cases
whcro there la no doubt about ap
pearance for trial , yet it should bo ttrictly
carried out , end made a matter of
recoid. Judge Stenbarcc auures the BKE
that ho proposes to do his duty impar
tially , and that the llttlo dliagreement
with tha marshal was merely n eldo Isino
having nothing to do with the merits of
the Hlggina case.
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
The liquor question will figure very
prominently In the Ohio campaign. The
prohibitionists are moro than usually
active , and nro resorting to , taatlos that
would do honor to the most experienced
politicians olthor among the republicans
or democrats. Ono of their statements
which Is emphatically characterized ns "
campaign Ho" la to the cffjot that the
Scott liquor law , while in force , onoour-
cged the liquor t raffia ani largely In
creased § the number of saloons. In refu
tation of this statement figures , ob
tained from the commissioner of inter
nal rovonne , are produced , showing Iho
number of retail liquor doalora doing
business in Ohio , April 30 , 1883 , to have
been 15,753 , of whom only 330 dealt ex
clusively In malt Hqnon. The Scott hw
became operative when the tax impoood
by its provisions fell due , which was
Juno 20 , 1883 , The paymonta nnder this
law wont on nntll the month of September
ber of the simo year , nt which time ,
according to the records of the itato
auditor's office , 10,631 liquor collora hid
complied with the act by paying their
taxes. This embraced obout all who re
mained In the business. Comparing the
number with thee who had paid the fed
eral tax at an earlier data It will bo soon
that 5,104 liquor dealer * , nearly 33 per
cent , of the whole number , were forced
out of onsiness by the Scott law. Not
withstanding thla redaction and the col
lection of a revenue amounting to
$1,785,508 in 1883 from the saloons , the
prohibitionists united with the democrats
to nlpo out this law , the usefulness of
which had bocn practically domomtrated ,
The united forces succeeded In electing a
democratic legislature and a aupromo
court. That settled the fate of the Scott
liquor law. It was declared unconstitu
tional , and the decision had the effect of
Increasing the taxation to an amount
equal to that which had been paid by
the liquor dealers. Besides , the number
of saloons Immediately Increased again ,
and on the 30th of April , 1885 , thera
were 14,020 retail liquor dealers paying
government tax. In the face of all theec
facts the prohibitionists are again work' '
ing hand in hand with the democrats.
Do they suppose for ono moment
that they will over succeed in
forcing prohibition upon Ohio cr any
other state by helping the democrats Into
power ? They certainly must know that
the prohibition doctrine is as repulsive tea
a democrat as water is to a mad dog.
The democrats will n o the prohibition
ist vote , but will never give anything in
return for it. The majority of the tax
piyora of Ohio had become catibfiod with
the frorklngi cf the Scott law , which
lightened the burden of taxation to the
extent cf nearly $2,000,000 , and they
feel pretty eoro over ita
defeat at the bands of the
democratic-prohibition combination. The
probability is that there will ba a great
many honest tax-payora among the dem
ocrats who will vote with the repabll
cans if their votoa will assist them in to
curing a law that will regulate and tax
the liquor trallic. If the peopla of Ohio
are opposed to free whisky and pro
hlbition means free whisky they will
elect the republican state ticket this fall.
THE BEE has never charged that the
Union PAclfio has ( hipped stock from
Valentino to Chicago for loss money than
from Valentino to Omaha , the Lincoln
Journal to the contrary notwlthatand
ing , The Sioux City & Pacific has , however
over , made rites discriminating against
Omaha to such an extent as to shut out
stock shipments from Northern Nebraska
to Omaha , end vre believe the eamo to bo
partially true with regard to the B. & M. ,
with reference to Southern Nobrcska.
The B. & M , , tro admit , h Inclined to
give Omaha fairer treatment + hnn is
accorded to her by the Sioux City & Pa
cifio.
WIIETHEK the "Immediate delivery"
system in the mall service will become
popular la a question which can only be
answered by ita tricl. It would seem ,
however , that with reasonably cheap ti lo
graph rales and the present mail carrier
system itwill not bo very generally
taken advantage of. The now sohomo
goes into effect October 1st In all cities
having a population of ever 4,000. The
delivery is not to extend beyond the
usual carrier district ) * though made by
epeclal meutengeis , or , in towns whore
there are no carriers , within a radius cf a
mile from the office.
BESIDES the $100,000 raised by the
World for Iho pedestal of the Statue of
Liberty , $35,000 moro rill bo needed to
complete tlo work. Now Yorkers bet
ter make up that amount before they call
upon the country for any moro subscrip
tions to monnmontr. If the Statue of
Liberty had been Bent to Chlogo that city
would have raleed $150,000 in a week.
P. D. .Anxiouu , who knows moro
abut csrnerlng hoga than any other man
In tbo world , has come tD the conclnilon
the Chicago field bos bscomo too
for his talent , Ho has accord
ingly applied for mombcrshlpln the Now
York ttock exchange. Mr. Armour may
discover that Wall ttr.ot has swallowed
rip as big men ni ho Is.
IN order to demonstrate the facility
with which tignatnres aio obtained to
petitions n Lincoln paper soys that an
Omaha lawyer not long ago presented to
the governor n petition elgncd by the
principal citizens of Omaha , asking for
the execution of tha governor himself ,
Some people may pcaslbly think that the
signers to that petition did not know
what they were signing , or that they
worn only joking , whllo others may con-
cludothat our principal citizma are tcrrl
bly prejudiced agalnat our dlotlngcuhed
governor.
Tits Omaha BKK 1ms opened tip its batter
ies on the snide iusuranco comptnlca doinf
business in thla ttiUo. It Is quite certain thai
the BKE hat a big work to perform. Fremont
Tribune ,
Very true ; and If the mnthraom Insur
ance business la not checked Nebraska
will aoon bo "worked to death" by the in
Buranco peats. Nebraska ought to take
warning from the state o Iowa , whcro
bjguo Insurance has flourished to an
alarming extent. There has been an
overproduction in that state , and the
overflow is Booking an outlet in No
braaka ,
THE feet that ono of the recent demo
cratic appointees has turned out to be a
horse thief htxti ravlrod the cutting obsoi
vatlon , credited to Horace Ore cloy , that
not all democrats are horao-thieves , bnl
all horac-thlcves are democrats. It w
.bo remembered that Iho democrats once
endorsed Horace Groeloy for president.
HTATJ3 J01T1NG9.
Nomaha'a now court house at Auburn is oc
cupied.
Nelich Ina contracted for a school building
tojcost § 5,439.
Nebraska City is about to indulge in grnno
litbic sidewalks.
Packard's now elevator nt Croighton will
hold 23.0JO bushels.
The Beatrice street railway company has
been incorporated.
Fremont detectives are cnmpicc on the
trail of the Dro buga of the town.
Six hundred dollars have been raised for a
Grant monument r.t Central City ,
A now flour mill , with n capacity of 113 !
barrels a dity , is to bo built by homo capital at
Ilfd Cloud.
The town of Jackson , Dakota county , pos >
eescea moro rowdies to the equaro inca than
any other town in the state.
Tbo Cincinnati house , ono of the land marks
of Nebraska City , ia being torn down to make
room for the new poatollice
Nebraska City ia promised n section of tbo
"Q" fastt mail * , though tbo town is well
stocked with fast males already.
Mrs. Carl Kalzlaff , wife of a York county
farmer , and mother of several children , com
mitted suicldo by hanging recently.
Fremont is discussing the projpct of COD.
verting its old cemetery into n public park ,
giving it the name of Grant park.
The Lutheran synod of Nebraska consisting
of eomo sixty ministers and forty laymen , will
meet in Grand Island the 24th of next month ,
Misa Town&loy , of Fairfield , has been or
dained a minister in the M , 1C. cburch , being
one of the very few ladies who havu attained
Bcch evangelical distinction.
A vicious cow gored the two-year-old son
of William Gardner , in llastingp , last Tues
day. The little fellow waa dangerously
wounded in the loft breast.
C. D , Jonoa , of Uio gas and electric light
company of I'lattsmouth , planked down a
forfeit of $500 aa a guarantee that the works
will be completed by November 1C ,
The Fremont water works committee , who
t-avo been Investigating different pystems ,
have reported in favor of work * similar to
tho'o of Boone , la. , which cost § 22,000.
A servant girl at Beatrice is said to hnvo
fallen heir to a anug fortune of § 10,000. The
freckles bavo loft her nose and elio is other-
wlso improved in the eyes of Ilia young men
of the town.
Molchor Nehor sold hia little iron-grey toatn
a lew weekn ago to Mr. Creighton , of Omaha ,
for § 400 , One has eince been sold for 50U
and $800 hag been offered and tofused for the
other. Possibly the bnyera can sea some un
developed speed In them [ Crete Vidette ,
lr. Scbuthardt , a Scribner character , waa
Invited by the citizens of the town a few dnys
ago to leave the county for the county's good ,
A bucket of tar , a whip and a rope being ia
sight , the doctor , who hid become notorious
as a moral leper , accepted the Invitation.
J. S. Harrow , a hog doitor from Shenan-
doaii , Iowa , dcnerted hia wife and four chil
dren at Nebraska City , leaving them destitute
and dependent on the charity of stranpcrs ,
The perfidious narrow ought to bo raked fore
and aft , wherever found ,
The annual meeting of the north .Nebraska
conference of the Methodist Kpiscopil cimrch
will convene at Ponca on Tuesday , September
3. liishop Andrews , of Washington , D. C. ,
will preside ever the 100 to 1110 ministers ex
pected to bo in attendance.
John Kuan , of Seward county , is building a
thirty ; foot Iceel boat , on tha river bank near
the distillery , with which ho expects to maka
a trip to Florida , accompanied by his rmsll
family. It will take six weeks to finish the
craft , and ho counta on two months for the
journey.
Will Waugb , a North PJotto machini.t' ,
started in to destroy- the appetite of Dick
Grace at a dinner tnblc , ono day last weak ,
und failing witli hia iista he pulled o popgun ,
but failed to hit the mark. He wai put un
der S5CO bonds , then jumped Iho town , luuv
Ing hla friends to settle withtbo court ,
T. J. Moore , n Polk county f urn or , was
killed by lightning during the storm of the
10th. Ho bad partly dresior ] himself to eeo
that the window. ! and doora of the liouso were
securp , and aa be went down tbo stairs the
electricity came dawn the chimney , killing
him and tearing most of tha clothes from his
body.
.AmcDg the tranefeisof real estate in Sioux
county last week wore the following : O.
Frost and wife to Guy 0. Barton and P. J.
Nichols , 291 acrea near Gilrnore , for § 16,000 ;
A , Egbert to Jacob Tex , 1GO acres of raw
land , three miles northeast of 1'apHIion. for
88,000 ; L. A. Butterfield to A. Kase , 100
flcree , In Uollovua piocinct , for $7,000 ,
Farmers from different parts of York county
report rather unfavorable neips concerning the
wheat crop. The wheat wai not BO heavy oa
previous reports had indicated , and tbo ruit
did much injury during the last few days that
wheat was ripening , The frequent rains , fol
lowed aa they all nro by such excessively Lot
wcather.have worked great injury to tha small
grain generally.
lit is amusing to see the actions of some of
the present republican incumbents of the
United States land offices catering to the
wiihea cf the democratic prers. Under a re
publican administration they were t launch re-
publicanr , aod we bavo heard of one at loa t
tnat aspired to represent hla district in con-
greet. How long it will take with democratic
patronage to transform tlioie Incumbent ) into
futl-iledgod democrats time will tell. [ Oak-
dale Journal ,
Gen , Gro. B , McClellan , having been in
vited to attend thb Beatiico reunion of the
Grand Army , wrote tn Onptain Hill , from
Manitou , Col , as Hlowe ; "I am on the
point of leaving for Texas to bo absent some
ten day * and cannot determine until my re
turn what my future movements will bo. I
fear it will ba out of my power to enjoy tbo
pleasure of meeting my coemadts nt Beatrice
in tfepteinber , but should It prove practicable
I will cginmunicate with you on my I'jturr.
I can ateuro you tint few thing * would afford
mo more picture than to ilcd myself once
more in Iho mfdtt of BO many old soil tried
THE STATE IH SLICES ,
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Porte of Male ,
Uoono Comity Afr lrs And the Ail-
vcntlst Cnnip-Mootlnj ? Tlio
O , A. It. Inspection
Tour ,
Brown County Affairs.
Correspondent of The BIE.
ALAIOX , Nob. , Aug. 15 The citizen B
of Boone county , realizing the Importance
of organizing an agricultural county asto-
clatlou , have met in convention and resolve
solve ! to purchase tnonty-Bvo acres ad
joining the village of Albion , for county
fair purposes. At the lust meeting It
was decided to hold a county fair 01
September 20 , 30 aud October 1 , of this
year. The grounds are being put In
nhnpo by grading and preparing a half
mile race track , and in erecting suitable
shoda and building ) for the exhibition ol
llvo stock and agricultural products
Thus Boone connty Is keeping pica with
our neighboring counties.
A fire , burning one of our sgrlonlturn
Implement warehouses , last week , has
arouacd our citizens to the nccestity ol
making oomo provision for the protection
of our town from the ravages caused by
Qrv. The chairman of the village board
of trustees has called a mooting of the
citizens for Saturday evening of this
week , for the purpose of adopting nome
measures for the safety of the comrmmlly
against the fire fiend.
Tbo Boone County To : chor'a asssooln-
tion haa been in cession since the 4th
icat. It will close its cession on Saturday
of this week , The convention has been
largely attended jomo eighty teachers
being preeont and the evening lectures
hare been given to houses crowded full
to overflowing , of our cllizins ns well aa
toichcro. Iho convention haa boon em
inently Euccotsful and interesting not
only to the teachers , but also to our citi
zens who have largely attended the in
stitute.
The political pot is commonc'ng to
boll. There aio numerous candidates for
connty clerk , county trozsurar und
sheriff. Hand shaking and "glad to BOO
you" is being expressed by candidates to
our citizens , and many of our f rmeri
wonder what it all moans , until the ques
tion IB atkod "whit do you think of my
chances for an election thla fall , " then
the interest manifested in their welfare
dawnu on them. The county conventions
will not probably bo called uatil early in
October , .
List neck n wind and hail storm did
considerable damage in certain portions
of the cocnty. In many places the
ler.vis on the cornstalks were entirely
stripped cff , and the ahow fur a crop is
gloomy. Bur , with the exception ot tha
damage done by this storm , which is con
fined to a narrow strip , the prospects of
an abundant rrop were never better in
Boone county. Small grain has already
been cut , and the corn In nearly every
field Is glazed aud out of the way of oven
an early frost. Weather cool and plaaa-
ant. Farmers are ull busy stacking und
preparing for haying. Buainees is qaiot ,
but cer merchants are content , knowing
that farmora ara Improving every mo
ment in taking care of their crcp .
OLIO.
Tlio Ailventlsts' Gamp Mooting at
Kearney.
The second day of the mooting opened
with 83rvice3 in the morning at 0:30 :
o'clock. This was so conducted that
every ono could take pirt by bearing a
short toitlmony. At 7 o'clock all took
their meals in their tent ? , at
had family worship. The camp Is divided
into sections , and thoao within their re
spective sections moot in a tent and ihoro
worship 18 conducted. At ! ) Elder 0. A.
Johnson gave instructions in Bible study.
Ho introduces the boat methods of study
ing subjects so as to arrive at the proper
conclusions In the ahortest tltno possible.
At 10:30 : there was proacnlng In the
large pavilion , Elder Johnson delivered
a vi ry ublo discourse. The principal
thnno of his ecrmon waa the coming of
Christ , and the importance of being pre
pared for that event. He showed that
the oventa prodlotoJ , In the book of
Daniel , that were to tike place before
the sjiond earning of OarUt , are all In
the past , except the very closing ones ,
nod which wore immediately to proceed
hia coming. Alto the signs have been
fulfilled ard are now In tbo pist , and
ion the greatest of all ovtn < s will take
place , that of the coming of Christ ,
At 1 o'clock all took their dinner.
At 2:30 : a bible roidlng waa given by
Elder Oudnoyupon the coming of Chrin ,
and as question after question WBU usk < l ,
belni ? au&wered directly by texts from
the bible , the polu's ' wora uroven beyond
controversy.
At D o'clock there wns n mooting for
tbo children. Elder Oadnoy talked to
them for a short time , showing thorn tha
importance of ahunnlng the evila that ara
so common among the children , such aa
swearing , using tobacos , oto. Then a few
momenta were devoted to asking ques
tions , in which the little ones nhawod
their Interest , by putting many questions
which wo might anppoio would trouble
their little minds They were all an
swered , however , to the satisfaction tif the
children. This mooting waa very Inter
eating , aud parents conul havelearr od by
attending , but whilu the children were
assembled In the largo tent , the older
ones were having a meeting in another
tent. Itsaoms that all h , ve eamo to wor
ship , snd they try to Improve the time.
At 8 o'clock there was preaching again.
Eld. Johnson spoke upon the perpetuity
of the law. Tha congregation was largo ,
and the very bast attention wus c.ivon to
the words spoken.
At 030 ; the silence toll ring ; , after
which all loud talking Is prohibited.
Thua ends the programme of the dty ,
This will b > the proceedings of each day
during the meotiug.
People continue to come ia from
abroad , and now the attendance is larger
than w s anticipated. The uoither thus
At hai been bsautiful.
Tlio Ortnil Army Inspection Tour ,
Corroipordence of The BEE ,
According to the notice I read in the
papara last week that Department Com
mander A. V. Cole and ataff would ttart
oa the grand ronmh through the North
Platte country , and finding after arriving
up hero tint the BEG ia the most { gen
erally circulated papar In this country , I
thought porhaH a few lines from aa
might bo acceptable , Wo left Fremont
the nntnlug cf the 10th Inat , , on the
Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad , and ncordln ( ; to programme ,
the Qrat pest visited was West Point.
There wo found several of the comrade *
on guard nt the depot commanded by
Hon. E Iv , Valentine , who Is alvrayn
roafy and willing to do all ho can for his
comrades. Af'or ' being escorted through
tbo city nnd shown till the sights anc
valuable Institutions , of wliish they have
many , wo tmomblcd In the Grand Army
of the Ilepnblio'a hall in the evening ,
which la very neatly furnished
nnd after mustering n rccrnl
aud being Instructed In the Bccrct vntk
Ings cf the ardor by Commander Cole
and Inspector Lewis , there were rpccchc
made by Comrades E. K , Valentino MM.
L D ll'chards , of Fremont ; Commander
A. V. Oolo and Department Inspecto
J. 0. Lewis and others , which were very
interesting , and oil exprotsad Ihemsclvc
as having a good montlng. On the lit )
wo wont to Ntrfolk , and on arriving
there tvo did not find Iho post asleep , as
wo were halted aa soon as wo stepped on
the platform , our grips taken put of our
hnnde , and wo rrero nahornd into n fine
carriogo nnd driven to the Pacific hotel
nhoro a fine dinner wns in waiting , af > er
which wo wore taken around the cltj
aud Introduced to eovorat of the nlc
comrade ? . As they had arranged for a
camp fire in the evening , and cxpoatlni
a largo crowd , they had amused t
hold it in the grove * , Before the cani (
fires were lighted the crowd ba
gan to gather in. At 8 30 p. m.
the address of welcome was delivered b ;
Comrade Ilalnbolt , which vita rcspocdei
to by Commander Coir. Then Comrade
Lanis was introduced and made ono o
the lineal speeches over heard in Norfolk
In faot ho Is the Robert G. Ingnrsoll o
the party except in politics. After bin
Hon. J. 0. Shcrffin , late congrcsamar
from Illinois , and comnnnder of the pos
at Norfolk , delivered a very fine nddrotf
and after ninglngtwo or three army songs
about three hundred of the andlocco repaired
paired to the largo skating rink , whore
they partook of beans , cofL-o and crackers
ors , and nftcr about tire hours spent In
blnglng old army nones and having n general
oral good time , ovcryocdy went homo
feeling happy. It was a splendid meet
ing.Wo
Wo loft Norfork at 2 p m , , and arrivec
ot Orofghton at about 5 p. m , , simo d
where tro found about ssventy of the
grand armr boys In line , headed by the
Creighton brass band , and on stepping of
the train wo were invncdlattly surround
cd. Wo saw thcro was no use la making
any rcslatanc ? , BO waving our white Lmnd-
korchlcfd wo were tnken In charge anc
told to form In line when wo marched to
the beautiful hall built and owned by
Croighton post No. 70 , and fitted up l'i
good abapo. Hero wo mat Comrade S.
Drapir , commander cf the ppat at Nio-
bratp , nnd about twelve of hia peat who
had driven about twenty-five miles to
attend the ctmp-fira. Also Comrade U.
M. Gable , commander of the poet , at
Plainvlow , and several of hi * post , who
had driven I on or twelve miles to take
peri in the meeting. At 9 o'clock p. m ,
Corarr.do G. D Mnlllhan , commander ol
the post at Creighton , called iho meeting
to order and Introduced Comrade Draper ,
who delivered the addrcts of welcome to
the department commander and staff ,
which was very good and to thu point.
After this Commander Cole responded In
bin happy nnd pbssant manner. Then
Inspector J. 0. Lawa was called out and
made ono of the meat enthusiastic and
finest speeches over heard In thla place ,
which pleased the largo audience present
and loft a good impression on all who
heard him.
After the camp fire the ice cream was
served np tO'tho boy a , and aftsrirard the
post was opened and four recruits were
mastered , and I must sty they were mut
tered In the bast shape and the comrades
the b > st posted of any peat wo have
visited on the trip. We go to-day to
Nollgh , but cannot expect as good a
mooting , for our Jumbo comrade , Lewis ,
has a little white elephant at Fremont
which ho thought should bo looked after ,
and ho left ua this morning for homo but
will join us again nt O'Neill to-morrow ,
from whence wo will cominao our jour
ney west , vleitlng Stuarr , Long Pine
AinEWorth , Gordon aud Ohadron. The
old eoldlors turn out in lirgo numbers to
the meetings and ere very enthusiastic
for the good of the order , and express
their determination to attend the reunion
at Beatrice , commencing the 7th of Sep
tember next" .
Crops are looking fine up in this conn
try , everybody Is happy , and a largo oml-
jmlon is coming in.
S. J. SIUBLEY , A. A. G.
IVliar is a Mttnml Insurance ?
To the Kditor of the EBB.
In reply to Otto Lobeck'a communica
tion of August 12 , I wish to say I em nol
now , never have been , and never expect
to ba an agent for an old line insurance
company. I have carried old line in
surance , but do not now and never expect
to carry any more. I therefore do not
attack mutusl aid societies in iho Interest
of any other ciiuso than that of humanity.
It has boon my fortune during tbo past
Sv < J yeara to investigate the Inner work
ings of thcsj Institutions pretty thor
oughly , and these investigations have led
mo to tbo same belief of the inauranco
commlsfilonor of the state of Iowa , and
that ia that they ebould ha suppressed by
law.
law.What
What is a mutual insurance ? It Is
where two broken down baainesg men ,
or tired Insurance agauta from an insur-
acca company on wind. Ono nets as
secretary aud the other as gm jfol man
ager. They then induce a few respect
able business men to allow their names to
bo used as directors , president aud vice
president , etc. , oto.
A mutual concern In Counoll Blufia n
few months ago uted the name of Wil-
, iaoi A. Mymtor , ( a prominent attorney , )
without his permission. Another Insti-
lutlontoaio two years ago at Council
BlulTa , used the cawo of Col. Sapp ,
'oinnber of congress , ) in tbo auno way ,
.2Will Mr , Otto L-beok toll us what
iromlnent citizen of Omaha he Is using
a a figure-head to the Omaha Mutual
Benefit association , Thoto Institutions
ask the publlo to trust to their honesty
13 collect assessments from the living pol-
cy holdora to pay to tbo farnllioi of tha
deceased. If they fail to do their duty
ha insured have no redress In reality. If
heollicera collect the money and fail to
iay it over , the burden of proof lays with
hu insured to ehow how much and from
whom it waa collected , and to do this It
would cost moro than the value of the
claimi. Attorneys about the country
who have had claims of this kind have
given them up mdlfgust.
Many of these Institutions have Dwin
dled the publlo out of thousands of dol-
ara by drawing fraudulent assessments ,
a , for iiatnnoj , tbo Chicago Lifo Aseo-
elation. They employed a phyticlan and
undertaker to Bottle H f one dletant lo
cality , from which pi ice a death loia
wotilu bo reported , this physlcUn and nn-
ierrakcr certifying to the death. In
irao iho author ! i a dlsiovtroi the fraud ,
) ut not until the parpotratora had UlleU
heir pccVcti and ttctped.
Ho IT msny fraudulent death claims
have been paid by other Institutions nlll
bo known only at the judgment day.
, Thoto Institutions fail tbrocgh to
causes : first , through frAnd , and , second ,
through lack of ooniidecca en the part of
the policy holder.
The average man piya his money Into
an Inauranco scheme and dcca his Investi
gating afterwardr. Ho finds ho has bosn
induced to insure through misrepresenta
tion and ho drops out pocketing his lois ,
acd the ngont pocketing hia $10.
Any company promltlrg to give a cer
tain fixed sum of money upon the death
of the policy-holder , upon the si ! < l
policy-holler paying the oompftuy a cer
tain sum per year , ia considered an insur-
r nco company under our law , nnd tbo
gtato authorities under the law coropal
such companies to glvo security that they
will hive the money to pay the Insured
at such time as his do&th may cour ,
Our lawa heretofore tavo given us no
protection against the mutuala , simply
btciuso the mutuals proviso nothing ix-
ccpt under a proviso.
Will OltoLobock toll us what thcro is
to prevent ono of thcso muttin's , tending
a phyticlan , undertaker , and even a
prcacbor into arms crossroads in Dakota
and reporting a death lots ? It has been
done time and again by other Institutions ,
and wo would like to know what thcro Is
to prevent Us being repeated.
Agalu , I wish to oek Mr. Lobcck what
kind of a repreBcntatlvo government cure ,
would bo if wo were compelled to go to
Washington to vote for our president or
to send a proxy. How long would our
government retain its representative
form ]
In the lodge system of insurance all
power emanates Irani the policy holder.
It la purely representative. Ollicera are
elected from the representatives yearly.
Death losses are paid only through the-
ollicera of the local lodge , Jierco there IB H ! * <
no opporlnnity to draw fraudulent assess
ments.
Some twenty lodge ryatema of Insur
ance have been Instituted In the United
States , None have failed. All are
growing otrongor , whllo on the othcc
bond some two hundred rnutnala in the
ntato of Pennsylvania alone , have sprung
into existence and died during the past
ton years.
The wreck and dobrla of mutual in
surance etrow our pathway of life count-
leas aa the forest leaves of natoma.
"BuitNT CHILD. "
Omaha , August 15 , 1885.
Mr , mlrvm',1 Dciully AVc.ipon.
From tbo Philadelphia Press.
The otory to the efldct that Charles
Francis Adims threatened to shoot a
Danver ropcrtor "full of holes" in case
the latter reported him incorrectly , is
hardly worth noticing. Mr. Adams
doesn't ' talk In that msnnor , and , fur
thermore , if ho wanted to warn the re
porter , ho would simply have threatened
to stab him with an Icicle.
IIAGAN'S
Magnolia Balm
is a secret aid to beauty.
Many a lady owes her fresh
ness to it , who would rather
not tell ; and tftf emit tell.
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