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A. II. Titch , Manager Daily Circulation ,
Qm'xha , Nebraska , _ _ _ _ _
IN the long llat of removals of the
fourth-class poatmastora wo have not
yet aeon the name of the poatmaater nt
Kentucky X Road * .
JOIIN L. SULLIVAN will bo on the road
within a month doing the atatuo bnal-
ncB9. Ho IUB taken to thla line G busl-
QOIB because the "ecBnory" la so coolly
Bat up. _
OUIOAQO gamblora are fitting up a
Btoamboat for a gambling hell on Lake
Michigan , beyond the jurisdiction of
Carter Harrison. It will bo ehool afloat
auro ononyh.
Tun yearly income from one of the
poatoflicoa In Elbort county , Georgia , Is
twcnly-fivo coniu. That's the kind of an
oflico that nceks the man , and not the
man the office.
THE Thomas County Cat ia the name
of a now Kansas paper. If It disturbs
the peace of the neighborhood as much
as the ordinary tom-cat it Is liable to
have Its subscriptions paid with boot-
jacks. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A CENSUS of the occupations of WashIngton -
_ Ington citizens ehovra that the principal
/ branches of industry 'thcro are holding
, fiicca end keeping boarding hooacB. That
ia defective na it h B omitted the
concoiniBg the occupation ol
V.
TUB Kc jjr. Leonard , prohibition
candldato fort-ovornor Jn Qhlo , promptlv
rleca to say thi * the yarn Of the Clncln.
call Gazette abVl fc hlm ; a nan jnfamon [
gimpaign lie.fa0 Btory , aa printed
With great dlBplay\waa ; that Leonard
drank ale three tlmoa H
oy at camp meet
ing , whlloafdlow olorgyi , nBtopd watch.
The ale , it to eald , waa i ftblbod in the
bnshen , probably becanao n t vt o c { ac
in the bush was worth two In tin open
camp mooting. . (
GOVERNOR SHEUJUN and AndlL-r
Brdwn , of Iowa , contlnuo to air tholi
x grievances through the press cf that
state. Ono day the governor occupies
four or five columns , and the nexb day
the auditor replies with equal brevity.
It ia a see-saw game , which , it seems ,
nothing will end except death or par-
alysla. Ono thing Is certain , and that Is
the paoplo of Iowa are getting tired of
the long-drawn-out quarrel.
THERE is considerable inquiry concern
ing Whiting , the democratic-greenback
nominee for governor of Iowa. "Who is
Whiting ? " is a question tint la being fre
quently asked. Ho Is a native of Now
York , la 05 years old , and has llvod In
Monona county , Iowa , for about thirty-
two years , where ho has followed the
pursuit of agriculture on on extensive
acilo. Ho Ia not known much beyond
his own Immediate neighborhood. In
1874 ho ran for congress , and was de
feated by Judge Oliver , also of Monona
county , by 5,849 majority. Ho ran for
the atato senate two years ago on a fusion
ticket , and defeated his old opponent ,
Oliver , by a small majority.
THE ofli fal organ of the railway com.
ml aion Informs na that the § 2,000 secre
taries will start out on another tour of
"Inspoo-'lon" next Tuesday. They will
coma -o Omaha and from hero thuy will
trav/1 over the line of the Union Pacific
an' Ita branches. The official organ
farther Informs us that they will "not
make inquisition on rates. " That an
nouncement la entirely superfluous. They
will simply take a pleasure trip , their
eolo duty being to wrlto and file with the
commissioner a puff of the Union Padfio
management , as they did for the B. & M.
system. Verily , the commission is an
excellent thing for the railways.
THE Omaha papers make wry facea nt tin
O. & N. W. road bicauso it will not run th
V. U. & M , V. branch Into that city , Omaha
seems to forget there are two such cities as
Chlctgo and Irtmont in xiatence. The
formtr cn take ' care of all the grain and live
stock raised In'tho up-country , while the lat
ter can supply the territory with all ( beef
of mercbandfsa from her wholesale establish
ments , Franont UYibune ,
The Tribune it seems is not willing
that the merchants of Omaha should
have a fair show , but that they ehcnld ho
unjustly discriminated against , In order
that Chicago and Fremont miy derive
special benefits. It ia not willing that
Omaha should have any benefits of the
lirestook trade of northern Neb ako ,
but that Ohlcogo should tavo It all.
Why Fremont thcold favor Chicigo In
preference to Omaha , the commercial
metropolis of the itale , ia something that
we can haidly ( understand , Omaha doea
not aik nry favor ? , but the doea demand
fair licolment end ( he is bound ( o have
It. Fair treatment to Omsha would network
work Injustice cr Injury to Freruant or .
any other place ,
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
The Omaha Herald repnbllshca from
an obscure country ahoot an attack upon
Senator Van Wyck , the doting sentence
of which It : "In order to succeed politi
cians tuna1 bo true to their parly , and
Van Wyok has not been. "
Senator Van Wyck is n republican. If
ho IIM not baen true to his party , 1th only
because the parly has not been true to
iteolf. Senator Van "Wyck has baen the
conalant fiiond and advocate of the poor
man , the laboring man , the farmer , and
the homeatcndar. Ho has been the nn-
coaalng fee of monopoly in nil H various
schemes. Ho was among the first ,
. { not the first , to urge the
forfeiture of unearned railroad l nd
grants , and ho bus fought the fight
through to the end by which millions of
acres have been restored to the public do
main for the benefit of the homoatoador
and the poor man. Ho was the first to
demand that the Illegal foncca bo re
moved from the public domain so that all
men might bo treated alike and that cattle -
tlo monopolists might not on joy exclusive
privileges to the injury of the small cat-
tlo-ralsor and the homesteader. It was
mainly duo to his untiring efforts that
the anti-fencing low was passed , and ho
U was that continued to urge the presi
dent to have the law enforced. It waa
Senator Van Wyck who , whllo chairman
of the eonato eub-committeo , to whom
the matter was referred , had Inserted in
the antl-fonclng law the clause
authorizing the president to order
the use of the military , if necessary , in
removing the fences. Senator VanWyck
has , day in and day out , fought against
railroad discriminations and oxorbltanl
rates , and lies endeavored to force the
railroads to treat their patrons fairly.
Senator Van Wyck has not been unmlnd'
ful of the Interests of the soldier , an hit
successful efforts In the matter of teeming
and increasing penolons will prove.
It would seem that all thcao thing !
that Senator VanWyck has accomplished
are In perfect accord with the principle ;
of true republicanism. Everything thai
ho has done has been for the bolt inter
cats of the people , and If that Is nol
consistent with the principles 01
republicanism then Senator Vat
Wyck Is not a republican. HIi
course In the United States sonata hai
gained for him a national reputation , one
reflected credit and honor upon the state
that sent him thoro. Ho la concaded tc
bo ono of the ablest aa well as ono of th <
most fcarlosa loaders of the senate , anc
ho commands the respect of the boat ole
msnts of both political parties. H ? la t
man of the people , and If the people o
Nebraska do not wish him to represent
them a second term in the Unitec
States senate ho will gracofnllj
submit to their decision. Ho neoc
have no toara , however , oi
any such result , if there is an honoil
expression of the people's choice. Thai
there will bo a united effort on the par )
of the railway monopolies , the corpora
tion henchmen , and political hacks tc
Defeat him In generally conceded , bui
whether the people will any longer sub.
mlto monopoly rule and tactlca , the
packings of primaries and conventions ,
and the pmchaso of legislatures , remaine
to bo aoon/\ In the eyes of the nation ,
however , NobV ska will simply disgrace
Itself if it doe's ot endorse Senator Van
Wjck by returning him to the senate.
HOSTILIT i TO OMAHA.
The statement , In this fsaun.if'tne
BEE , showing the treijmeni 'received by
n northern Nebraska stock-shipper at the
hands of the Slouxf Olty & Pacific rail
road , ought to bo convincing proof o !
the hostility of that corporation towards
Omaha. Simply bccanso the shipper
sent his atook to Omaha ho was subjected
to all kind a of potty annoyances and de
lays for the purpose of practically
demonstrating the disadvantages of ship
ping to Omaha Instead of Chicago. At
the same time the essence of meanness
on the part of railway officials seems to
have been also pretty well demonstrated.
The shipper made comphint of the
treatment bo had received , but
could got no other satiafactlon
or reply than the following : "Tho truth
of the matter is that wo didn't Intend to
ship stock Into Omaha , and wo have no't
made arrangements to do so' Why can't
yon ship to Chicago ? "
This Is only ono of numerous instances
of discrimination. Another striking ciso
afforded In the discrimination of rates
made in favor of Fromcnt and against
Omaha , by which the merchants of Fre
mont are given rates "on the quiet" to
points in the Elkhorn valley wbih oan-
bio them to undersoil the merchants of
Omaha. If the railroad commission o
Nebraska does its duty it will Inquire In
o such matters as these and make som
iffort to have the ovlls remedied. Bu
wo aupposo the commission will ignori
iheso complaints , and pay Its undivided
attention to broken pump-handles , leak ;
water-tanks , neglected out-honto ? , worn-
out wind-mills , shabby depots , ota. , al
of whioh they will recommend for repairs
at the hands of the railways.
A GOOD WORD FOR DENVER.
Considerable injury haa been tempera
rlly dcno to the city cf Denver by the
publication of articles intimating that aha
ia glng backward and that there are a
largo number of vacant business houses
and residences In that city , and that bus
Inessla paroljzed there. Some of these
articles have no dcubt been greatly ex
nggeratod , and the board of trade oi
Dsnvor Is endeavoring , by the circulation
of a statement of facts , to correct the
ftlio Impressions that have been created ,
The fact ( a that wLilo bntinets Ii dull In
Denver , KB it is In other phcer ,
iho ia by no means n dead city ,
Uthough aho hea net to much tron-
.lent population ts the had two or
hreo years sgo , aho nevertheless hta
a anbat&iii'al population of about 68,000 ,
whioh Is nn Incroiso of 23,000
ainco 1880 , when oho had 35,000. It can *
not bo said tlut n city laving such a
growth Is going backward. It Is trno
that she had A great boom , and aho la
liable to have another ono , although tak
ing a mat fit present. It la conceded
that Denver la ono of the most beautiful
Hies in the United States , and that aho
has ecmo of the finest buildings in the
country. Her citizens are an enterpris
ing people , and she has among them
qnlto n number of very rich men who
hnvo etiown their confidence in the city's
ulnro by erecting n Urge num
ber of beautiful and costly
tructurcs. Whllo Omaha has had R moro
remarkable growth than Denver , and la
to-day the larger city , by n email ma
jority , and full of llfo and business , It
must bo remembered that Omaha has re
sources back of her scosnd to nona in the
country , and nhlch can bo depended
upon with unerring certainty , while min
ing discoveries and enterpriser , such at
have been the means of building up
Denver , are at the best fitful and uncer
tain. Wo only wish that wo had some ol
Denver's wealthy and enterprising men
In Omaha. Wo have said this much In
favor of Denver bocauao wo believe thai
sio has not received fair treatment. She
In no way Interferes with the cities ol
the Missouri valley , ovoiyono of whlci
wo feel confident would like to.ECO hei
prosper. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE "BEE" AS AN IMMIGRATION
AGENT.
As on evidence of the wide circulation
of the BEE , especially the weekly edition ,
wo refer to a letter from Sargent , Onatoi
county , In this state , which wo publish
In to-day's Issue. In the opening of hii
iottor our correspondent says :
"In a recent descriptive letter to the BEI
from thta place , I requested all those desirlnf
further information to address mo at Bargout
I will never mnka the request again , m eacl
mail baa brought me hundreds of letters fron
all parts ot the union , which would hnvo Inker
qulto n clerical force to reply to , " &c.
This statement also shows with whal
eagerness the larmlng paoph of the
eastern and mlddlo states are looking foi
new locations , and that the ojoj of mnnj
nrc turned In the direction of iSebrnskr
is an indisputable fact.
The importance of affording informa
tlon to the people of other stato3 regard
ing the rasourcoa and advantages of Nc'
braslsa cinnot ba overestimated. The
railroad companies which luvo proporlj
advertised their lands are aware o ! thle
fact. Judicious advertising by the rail
road land departments has resulted in the
eottlcmant of the southern half of thi ;
state , and now the northern half la bolni
Battled even moro rapidly than was the
aonthorn. The conaequonca is that the
local traffic of the Nebraska railroads ii
steadily Increasing. In the abjoncD of
any [ etato immigration bureau , wo car
say without fear of contradiction thai
the OMAHA BEE , by reason of its effort :
In placing before the outside public much
desired Information concerning various
localities , fa the beat Immigration agenl
that Nebraska could have , and wo do not
hoalUto to say that the BEE is doing
more to attract immlgratlan than could
bo done by a otato bureau , which as i
rule Is very poorly conducted.
THE KEARNEY POSTOFFOE.
The norrpootmaster at Kearney , Mr ,
J. C. Morgan , Is already in trouble , al
though In has been In office less tliar
two months. The Kearney Press , ol
last Friday , makes aomo very serious
charges against Mr. Morgan charget
tha1 no newspaper would hardly dare tc
make -rrlthont good foundation. The
Press states , on what it cays ( s reliable
authority , that fifteen registered letters
were stolen during the first month oi
Morgan's administration of the poatoffico ,
and that he wan short in his acsountd
with the government to the extent of
$200. The theft of the letters Is charged
up to Morgan's deputy , a man named
Heath -rrho has for
, departed parts un
known. Ono of the missing letters , from
an Omaha bank to the Wcatervllio bank
of Cnstcr county , contained § 500 , and it
la reported that the entire Iocs of money
in these stolen registers Is about $1,000.
The deficiency of $200 in the postiffico
accounts has been mcdo good by Mor
gan , probably through the ata'starc } of
friends. Morgan ia charged by the
Press with having appointed Heath as
his doputyS in the face of the fact that ho
know him to bo n whisky guzzler and n
man of bad character. There wan no
exonao for the appointment , as vigorous
protests were made against putting
Heath Into the office. In addition to
hlf , the Press charges Morgan with bo
ng Incompetent , and that ho never
draws a sober breath.
Morgan wai appointed poatmastor at
Kearney upon the recommendation of
Dr. Miller , who started out to supply
very democratic editor In Nebraska
with a postoffico in order to build up and
strengthen the democratic proia
of this state. In the cass
of Morgan a great mistake has
been nude. Dr. Miller know that ho
was not a fit man for the p'aco. Ho was
made postmattor against the protests of
the people of Koirnoy , irrespective of
party. Under all these circumstances it
would scorn that this Ia another caao of
imposition upon tbo administration by
the would-be democratic boises of J Ne
br&aka democracy. It strikes us also
that Mr. Morgan can bo justly termed
ono of those "rascals" who ought to bo
turned out , and the sooner tbo better
both for the mall toivlco aud the demo
crat I o party of this ttito , if it wlahei to
lay any claim to respectability.
THE agricultural resources and oppar-
tinltleo of OhoyoDna county are fully aet
forth In a letter in this Isjuo of Ih ? BEE
the well-known elgnsfuro of Gen ,
John M , Thayer , whoso name la n guar
anty of reliability of the statements
onUinod therein. What Gen. Thayer
osoilboi in his letter ho has som with
Is own cycj. His turptlso ftt the agrl-
attnral advantages and dovolopmcns of
Ohoyenno county Is not greater than the
urpriso of n largo majoiily of the peo-
ilo of this state who have labored under
.ho improtslon that thnt county- which ,
iy the way , Is larger than some of the
Now England atatoJ was only fit for
grazing purposes. Such evidence aa that
f Gen. Thayer , however , will soon cor
rect that orronoons impression , and nt-
, ract to that county a largo number of
armors in search of homestead and pro *
eruption claims.
Now that the dsnaslon ! of the idea
of amending the constitution ao ns to
mike all oX'presldonts Ufa-members of
the senate has been revived , in connec
tion with the question "What shall wo
do with our ex-presidents' ! " the St. Louis
OlouC'Dcmocrat la led to remark "that
there is nothing to prevent cx-prcsldonta
from being sent ta the sonata at any
tlmo , and kept there for llfo if desired ,
by the people of the states in which they
llvo , and who may bo supposad to Invo a
special interest in their fnmo and wel
fare. " This ia all true onoogh , but it
does not follow that ox-prealdouta would
have a sure thing of getting there , or
staying thcro after they got there. There
is altogether too much of a contingency
in the Globe-Democrat's proposition to
suit thoto persons who are so solicitous
for the welfare of our ex-presidents.
SECKETAIIY WHITNEY'S announcement
that work la to begin at once in all the
navy ynrdo Is an evidence that he means
to entirely reconstruct the navy depart
ment. Wo are atsurod that ho Intends
to make the navy yards a ship-building
institution aud neb a political machine.
Under such circumstances the people ,
Irrespective of party , will heartily on-
dorao hla course , and will approve oi
liberal appropriations at the hands ol
congress for the carrying on of work ii :
the navy yards.
WHILE the wheat crop , both of fall
aud epring sowing , shows BO great t
shortage , the prospect Is now of the very
beat for the other trro great crops coin
and cotton. Both promtao ylolda above
the average per scro , and the noroago it
self is Increased in each ciso. A.I to
corn , the indications now are for D crop
greater than In any previous year oxespt
1880 , whllo cotton Is alao ahead of all
other years oxcapt that.
DE LESSEPS wants the trlflo of § 500-
000,000 to carry on hla Panama scheme ,
Wo would anggest to him that ho engage
the New York World to raise it for hirr
by popular subscription.
STATE JOtrlNGg.
Nancu county will have its first fair thii
fall.
fall.Wolf
Wolf hunters are harvesting in Tbayei
county.
Hastings is crying for moro hotel accommo
dations.
Sod Town is the racing metropolis of Buf
falo county.
atoam plowa are being introduced in the
Republican valley.
Fifteen companies participated in the Grand
Island tournament.
Fair Juniata erica out for a capitalist tc
build cottages to rent.
The Kearney base bailers have retired from
the field in disgust.
Potatoes are rotting in the ground in some
parts of Hamilton county.
Freight traffic is picking up earlier than
usual on the Ii , & M.
Hastings has been officially proclaimed a
; ty of the second class.
Sod corn is BuHerin ? for want of rain In the
neighborhood of Hay Springs ,
The treasury of Otoo county had a cash sur
plus of 532,050 07 on July Gtn.
The corn stories of to-day dlrcount the beat
efforts of the "oldest inhabitant. "
Henry MacMalien , of Plattamoutb , was
thro nn out of a carriage at Oreto and badly
hurt.
hurt.The
The lightning-rod man ia making himself
numerous and odorous in s&veriU sections of
the stato.
The Northwest News , by Verity brothern ,
recently of Valentino , has appeared at Hay
Springs.
Vivo Rlandorcd borscs at Greenwood ,
county , were ordered killed by tbo state vet
erluarian ,
The Hastings city council has decided t
submit tbo waterworks question to a vote o :
the people.
W. II. Blaine ! Geneva
Judge , o , ox-ropre-
sontative of Fillmore county , cliod nt hla boim
on the 19th.
The Columbus Democrat sports n row
heading with a Cleveland back slope and ro-
"orm trimmings.
Gcargo H. Johnson Is in jail nt Beatrice fo :
folding up two men nt West Liberty and to
: ivingthemof S3.0J.
Lara Petereon , the Bonnctt boast , who was
recently arrested for incest , was billed in57o'J
nd Immediately jumped tba town.
Tne Masons of Missouri Valley ezcurted to
Fremont last Wednesday and cavorted around
City park like youngsters on n frolic ,
Barpy county prohibs will dilute and dilat
at Springfield , September 8h. A 'full' '
Bounty ticket will be hurled at the voters ,
Agitator Montagno Is credited with having
n induced 777 Faltburynna to sign the
ledqo during his recent campaign thore.
Kmery Aluggoy , a Sterling boy of six ,
ilippecl under tbo wheels of a loaded wagon
net Wednesday , and was crushed to deatb.
The Methodist conference has generously
ffered to locate an academy at Arapaboo Ube
bo citizens put up § 10,099 casb nr.d forty
icres of land ,
The body of Obarlea F. Downing , who died
if consumption In Colorado , wai brought
lack to bis late home luGeneva , last Wednes
day , for burial.
Another delegation of eight Indian chll-
ren , four sirls and an equal number of bayr ,
left Fort Totten , Dak. , a tow daya ago for
the Nebraska Indian school.
There is no clua as yet to the tramps who
held up Mr. W. Dant , of Hastings and re
lieved hlui of $35 after giving their victim nn
unmerciful beating ,
A stranger foil from the "cannon ball" train
on the Hepubllcan Valley division of the B k
M , , between Hardy and Byron last Wednttn-
day , and broke his neck ,
A fifteen yetr-old boy started out as a horse
thief at Nelson , Nuckolln county , last wook.
Ho wai noon captured together with a revolver
and a "Wild Bill" novel ,
Thieves broke into a freight car at Cow.'oi
station , on the B , & M. , and woie lugging
away Btcka of flour , when the station ageut
pulled bis gun and made them "stand and
deliver. "
John Eclon , a former railroad LanJ , while
trying to board the Denver freight , while in
motion between Uoldreie ; and Axtel latt
Wednesday , was jerked node : the cars and
hla Arm badly crashed.
Groonjp , the mining member of "Tim Fc
certy' * freaks " t I'lattsmonlh , was over
hauled nt Miirouri Valley by the officers and
taken back to Creston. It is reported tlut ho
fettled up with the girl by marrying her.
" Wllo Whitney , n verdant from LaSalle , 111 , ,
was robb'dof ? 8CO by four confidenca oper
ators at Valentino , ono day lait week. The
thieves were arrested , but through tbo connivance -
nivanco of oittaiu ot the officials w ro allowed
to escape.
D. R. Sumbftrdo , the party who bought Ibo
gaming privileges at the grounds of the Gmti
IiUnd tournament , is branded by the Fremont
Tribune as n "plug hot swindler , " and gives
him tlua notlso that they have advertised in
that mancer ,
John Kobatz , a North Bender , was assaulted
nd terribly beaten by a tramp nor the
Ippot. The tramp insisted that Kobatr.
ibould fcod him. and impressed tba demand
in Kobatz' skalf with a coupling pin. The
ramp escaped.
Two hotecs were stolen nt Sorlbnor on
londay night , August 17. Ono of them , be
longing to Ilev , Mr. Ihtop. ot the M , E
churcb. was taken from n lariat , nud tbo sad
dle and bridle were stolen from a staulu near
by.
by.Lam
Lam Peterson , n Dane , residing near Ben
nett , WAR arrested Monday charged with the
: tma of incest , Christina Petcrioa , the
daughter , gnvo birth to n stillborn child some
time ago , which raited the iio of ono Jamas
Oloton , the girl' * prospcctivo husband , which
resulted In the arrest.
Thieves burglarized 0 o pottodlco nt Slater
Wcdnetdav niitlit , robbing the drawer of $7
In cash , Tbo safe , containing some $ 00 ,
failed to open up with the cbargo of powder
Riven it , nod the report alarming Iho neigh
borhood tbo thlovoa vaniihcd.
It ate La Dlvyli , late local editor olthella'-
lings Gazette-Journal , attempted to sheet K
K. Brown , of Harvard , his wife's parntnotir ,
on Wednesday night. Ls Dlvyh found Brown
in his wife's sjonplog apartments , and would
have killed him but his pistol missed lire. Ho
swears ha will kill him on sight ,
Mrs , 0. Lightfoot , the light-headed wife of
a Choycuno contractor , and daughter of a
prominent citizen of Columbnc , eloped from
Denver with a matber named Frank 10 , Whtto
lut : week. In a farewell lottcr to her hiubind
she requested him to give her "decent butial"
In CSBO of death , and very kindly infonned
him that fho was crazy , n fact fully estab
lished by her action ,
The B. & M. extension from Republican
City , Nob. , to Oberlln , Kansas , n distance of
ninety niilen , Is rapidly nppronchln ? comple
tion. Tbo Hm Is being worked for forty milee
already , and by tbo 1st of Snptombcr the
whole road willbe [ graded. A largo part of thte
line Is over a rolling country , with many cute
and fill ? . The construction of the roadbed ia
let in milo contracts , which materially hast
ened the completion ot the work.
A scalawag doctor of ijcrlbner who consort
ed with n girl of bad repute , putting up at t
hotel with her , ordering tbo homo like n mil
lionaire , when bis wife and children were at
home not three blocks away , starving foi
bread , came suddenly to grief. Seeing that
preparations byrope ncd tnr we 3 being made
for Him bo struck for the river , elnco wbicl
time he baa not been seen. Good citizen ? , il
would teem , wou'd bo glad to boar that IK
had ended his life by the water route. [ Ca-
lumbus Journal.
The Allen-Lo Dioyt factions of Hastings ar <
about ready to graduate as public nuisances
They are foul birds who ll ck iu n quarter o
the town several degrees below the zero of re-
spoctabllity. The last row narrowly escapee
a funeral. Old Lo Dioyt went to Kada L ,
Allen's house on Lexington avenno and forcet
his way in. Ho there found E , . Brown anc
J. P. Edwards , A fight ensued , lu which i
revolver nud n kmfo were drawn. Le Doy'
was ejected and his assailants followed him tc
the street and gave him n eevoro beating. Oi
complaint of the Alton womnn ho was ar
rested.
Qua Martenson , living eight miles north'
West of Holdrege , waa robbed of nboutoigbtj
dollars in caah by tbreo masked men lasttiuu
day night , between 1 and 2 o'clock. Iloariof
a noise nt the well , bo went out in his night
clothing to see what waa the matter , Sseinp ;
three men , bo naked , "can't you got a drink ,
boyt ! " Ono immediately covered him with E
tovolvpr , ordering blm to call oil his dog ,
Xbo f.ther two men went Into the house , or
dered Mr * . Murtenson to get her husband' *
pockecbook , but she escaped. The robbere
then proceeded to go tnrough everythtng-.onlj
dotting the amount as stated from Marton-
son'a trowsers , which were on the bed , A
short time ago Gus received S300 , nnd It i :
supposed bis visitors were after that.
The Crete VIdotto saye : "Tom MoNeill
hai been postmaster over nt Loyal Hill i-ince
1871. It pays him about S3 per year. When
the order to give n new bond was received ,
Tom sent back word that ho positively re-
fnsed to give a bond nnd would bail the ap
pointment of his successor with glndncsa.
The department replied that bo must notify
all patrons of the ofiico of the state of affairs
and requested the nnma of some applicant
Font In. It Is said that Tom wrote back as
follows : 'I ana nnxlnui to do everything in
my power to assist the pastoffico department
in facilitating the carrying of the mails , but
as to appointments , I nave none to suggest ,
as I w < mld have to go outside of my precinct
to find a democrat who can read and write , '
Tom still does up the mail pouch at Loyal
Hill. "
CUoXElt OOUNl'Y. '
TUB Bolt , CLIMATE , CRUnCH AND EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES A OBNKIIAL ANSVV1K IO 8COIIKS
OF INQUIRIES.
Correspondence of The BEG ,
SABdENr , Ouster County , ftcb , , August 20.
Iu a recent descriptive letter to the BEE
rom Ibid place I revested all those desiring
'urther information concerning this country to
ixddroes mo ut Sargent. I will never make
he request again , ns oaob mail brought to mo
uindrods of letters from nil parts of the union ,
which wonld have taken quite a clerical fora
; o reply to each one , and I soon gave up tin
aak and concluded to eend you a brief Icttei
.overintr about all the points naked by tbnei
coking free homes iu the good state of Ne-
iraskp , hoping they may BOO and read it am
, hu3 save mo ' 'worlds ' of labor. " The drlf
if Ibo letters received made inquiries as foi
owe :
"Wbat Is tbo nature of tbo soil ; Is there an ;
timber ; bow doap to water ; is there still tim
her claims nnd homesteads , and bow far wes
of Sargent ; where is the land oflioa situated
is the land broken or level ; what ia tbo bes
way to come ; how far 1s Sirgent from tin
railroad ; what in the price of land near Sar
gent ; are the crops good ; have you churches ,
tthools , etc.
Ana 01 ; It ia n rich black Boil , from thro
to ten feet in depth nnd utterly Inexhaustible
on the upland tue dark vegetable mould i
from eighteen to thirty-six inches lu depth
uaderhld by nclay soil from 33 to 200 lee
d ep , forming the best basis for a productivi
soil in the world. In the valley 25 feet on thi _
average ; on the uplands 100 foot on tbo nver-
1'ltnty of good government land 40 , CO and
70 miles west oi dargent ; Grand leli n 1 for
tbU district , and at Valentino ft r
tbo upper country , The land
very mui.li broken , but is A No. 1 soil.
Dome via North Loup , Neb. , il you take the
cars hack leaves North Loup for Sargent
every other day ; also by wagon , and from
Grand Island , Neb. , piai Brooka postofiice ,
Into Middle Loup vallev , t ) Loup City , frcm
Loup City straight up the valley to Sargent ,
DlUance from North Loup forty-two miles ,
from Grand Island nluty miles , from Loup
City forty-five inllfe , Land Is worth trom
S30J to § 8.000 for 100 acres. The crop * are
A , A No. 1 , cburchui and schools In M di
rections , and tettled by u first-class sot of
people. No finer part of tbo state than thla
for a home.
Owing to the Union Pacific railroad com
mencing to buildup thid valley , many seeking
free homes in advance of tbo coining of the
railroad , nnd tboio looking It r builnesa loca
tions , are beginning to come Ia very fast , and
to those who contemplate coming I would
' 'make haita and " before the
say , come , boat
is gone.
Farmers are buty now with their harvest.
Some are stacking whllo others nre thresliiutj ,
and still otboM putting up their buy. Buiineai
in consfquenio Is at n standstill , but all
Dxpect good tiuiCH this fall. The small grain
3 doing splendid and the crop In this section
vii'J bo simply Immense. The luv crop U
, lto excellent and there will ba no lack of
oed tl : tii ell around to the people of Ouiter
aunty , UA
WESTERN NEBRASKA.
Agricultural DeFelopmenl Readies tbo
Very Bailer onto Siale ,
Cultivated Farms In , KoRlon Deemed
"Worthless Ton Vcnrs ARO Ocn-
cr 1 Tlmyor's Glinngcd
Opinion ,
iVritton for the BEG.
A recent visit to the western portion
f Nebraska has given mo ssmo now
Ight us to the development of ngtical-
uro in that section during the present
oar. I nm ono of those who former
ly hod bat ilttlo faith in the Innds ns
ar west AS North Finite for farming
purposes , bat nrn glad to acknowledge
the error of judgment , for last year 1
had the opportunity of oeelng nnd
earning that Lincoln connty , of which
North Plfttto is the county nont , ia
npldly becoming n populous and proa-
porous BgrlcaHural county , but , it accrued
to mo to bo usoloso t o think of opening
up farming interests any considerable
distance beyond thnt coanty , and when
it WAS announced 5 year ago list spring ,
that Hon. J , T. Olarkson , now of
Sidney , w&a engaged in bringing Into
market the Union Pacific lands through
Kolth and Ohoyonno counties , I had no
faith in them for farming pnrpoaeu , re
garding them m suitable only for oattlo
ranges , and need to think if parlies
purchased ihcao lands ca an Investment ,
or for any purpose except grazing they
would bo grcnUy disappointed , and pre
dicted that general disappointment
would bo Iho result. Within a week I
have aeon the moat abundant evidence of
MY MISTAKEN VIEWS ,
and the fallacy of my predictions In re
gard to the matter. And I wan not alone
in entertaining thcso views. They were
very Rcnorolly entertained.
Pusiing westward from North Platte
hat week , I no'.icod ' from the care , on
towards Ogalkln , a field of stout , heavy
corn and also of apparently heavy oats ,
which Burprleod mo. Whllo the train
waa at Sidney , in a casual conversation
with Mr. CJarkoon and Mr. Paine , for
merly In the U. P. l nd coninmalonor'a
cilice , I remarked that I had seen fields
of corn and osts thirty or forty miles
this Bide ( weal ) of North Platte , that took
mo by surprise. They esld If 1 would
atop there r. day , they would Bliow mo
Borne things in that county ( Cheyenne )
that would , still moro aurpilso mo. On
my return from the west I availed my-
eslf of their kind offer , and I am com
pelled to nay that I waa filled with sur
prise at what waa to bo aeon there in the
way of agricultural development. Riding
into the country soaao seven or o'ght
miles south of Sidney , on the high table
lando , farms were mot tcitteroil all along
the way with promising crops. Last
spring tnero waa not a algn of cultivation
cf the soil there , not a foot of the prairie
aod had been turned. Farmers wont
there In the spring ; their first move was ,
of necessity , to provide shelter for their
families , and many of them have
erected comfortable houses , and the
next was , to tarn over the aod and qet in
the need , which they were late In doing ,
AB a result of their operations I saw crops
there , on ground into which the plough
waa never pat till last spring , that would
fill farmers from eastern Nebraska with
amazamont.
I SAW FIELDS OF POTATOES ,
some of which were dag in my presence ,
that would average from 175 to 200 bash-
els to the acre , as large and handsome
potatoes aa are found lu any market. I
aaw aomo fields of corn there , sod corn ,
that resembled the corn cropa in central
and eastern Nebraska where the fields
have been cultivated two or three seasons
and which thla year will average tliltty-
five to forty bushels to the aero. Also
fields of atoat oats which must yield
thirty to forty bnshelu to the acre ; the
wheat fields would average eighteen to
twemty bushels to the acre. Barley was
doing romarkab'y well. There were also
good crop ] of millet' . I oaw some rich
timothy and clover , which ono farmer had
sowed for an experiment. Also every
variety of vegetables grovt ing on those
farms lu abundance. At two places a
portion of the gardens were devoted to
beds of flowers in profusion , which the
female members of tbo households wor
cultivating and it was a very pretty algh
The cultivation of flax has boon trie
ucceasfully this nossou in that country ,
ao I waa Informed , but did not see any o
t.
In considering thla agricultural deyol
ipment two faca must bo berne In mind
mo la that the Eod where theao cropa an
being raised , wea never broken till th !
"a t spring aa before stated ; the other I
-bat all thla has been accomplished
WITHOUT IIiniQATION ,
ni on the npland prairie. The sod In
hat section on being turned over , very
ioaily and quickly became ) pulverized
Turn over the eod , then croaa plow'it and
"cllo\7 with the barrow , and the field IB
hen llko ono that has been cultivated
: hrao or four ycarj. There haa been nn
> bundanca of rainfall there ell througl :
this censon , and distributed much moro
equally than at the oaot. Therohaa been
a rain on an average of about once
week. Farmers have had no tronbio in
finding wtitcr at a depth of airly to ono
hundred feet , and excellent water , too.
On the low lands it can ba reached at
about fifteen feet. A field of handsome
corn , thick in growth , waa noticed from
the cars near Antelope station thirty-
coven miles west of Sidney.
The lands of which I have been writ
ing were purchased last apting at $1 to
$4. CO per aero , and similar lands are
being purchased at about those figures
now , but of conno , aa lands are taken
up and improved and the country fill ) np
the prlcea will advance.
In thla visit to Ohoyenno county Ihovo
witnessed developments in agriculture
which I never expected to sen this far
wojt. This letter describes only what I
have noon with my own oyca , and there
fore know whereof I affirm. If any man
had told me ono year ago of what I have
within a few d ya seen in Ohoyonno
coanty , and that It would bo there this
year , I wonld have
BET HIM DOWN AH A DRKAJIEIt ,
a wild enthusiast. But it la all a living
reality now , I have not a penny's worth
of interest in Sidney , or In Oheyenne
county , either directly or Indirectly , and
[ have not written this at the request of
my ono. No ono knew that I thought
if writing in regard to thoio lands until
[ massif-announced It. My object Ia to
1st the facia bo known in regard to the
law development of agriculture In the
western portion of the state , which has
iNierto been regarded ta comparatively
valueless for crops , nnd to let pooplot
who vrant to secure farms for themselves ,
know where they can obtain doslrnblo
lands at meliorate ptiooe. And , having
scon what 1 have in the hat few day * , I
do not hcsttato to predict that In n very
n verp few years Ohoyonno county will
rival many of the counties far to the cast
of It , in agricultural resources and
progress , nnd thai t * o people of Sidney
will bo treated to the novelty of agricul
tural fairs nt that point not iar lu the
nluro.
Mr. Olarlcion , who lisa certainly proved
n great blessing to that toclion of the
state in solving the problem of ngticulturu
there , and in bringing the landa into
market at reasonable prices , has laid oat
a park of about thirty acres , adjoining
Sldiuy on the south aide , which will 'era
lone bo nn attractive feature of the town.
It la interlined with walks nnd adorned
with shade trocs. Beyond the park nnd
adjoining it ho is cultivating eighty acres ,
on ono portion of which were over 5,000
trees of n great many varieties sot out
liut spring , aud all of which are growing
nicely , scarcely any having died , The/
are cultivated without Irrigation , and
they lock very healthy. I saw a field cf
atout corn west of Sidney. How much
farther wc&t crop ; will bo raised another
year , it ia not necessary to predict.
A NEW OAKEKU FOtt SIDNEY
has opened upon tha town. For several
years it has boon on the rotrodrado , and
at n standstill , but now it is advancing ,
it is on the upward grade. With the in *
trodnctlon of firming , the result ) of
which have been dcsonbod in this letter ,
prosperity la coming toll a aln. and it is
n prosperity that will bo permanent it is
coming to ntay. The rough element
which formerly gave to Sidney an nnon-
vlablo uaino at times , as It did to other
frontier towns , has nlmoat entirely dlaap-
poaiod , and Sidney ia now aa law-abiding
and woll-oiderod n community ns you will
moot anywhere , and the town has as
bright a future before It as any town In
Nebraska
When I was governor of Wyoming , the
subject of agriculture. In Western Nebras
ka and Wyoming attracted my attention ,
and Hi faturo prospects were a good deal
considered and dismissed , but not much
filth of hopeful results , and I fr&nkly
confosa to n want of faith at that
tlmo that fanning could ba
successfully and profitably carried
on , cay west of PJum Oicck. It
la a satisfaction to roillzo how erronlons
that view was. Buffalo , Diwson and
Lincoln cDuutios have developed into rich
and proapcroua agricultural counties , and
now Keith and Uhoycnno counties are
following in their wako.
THE CniF ! ' ATIRATION
to Sidney is the military past of Fort Sid
ney , which adjoins the town ; and it WAS
ploa&irjg to observe the ploae.-mt and har
monious relations existing between the
people of the post and the citizens of the
town. Gen. H. A. Morrow cimmands
the pasr. Ho wna a gallant and dlntln-
gulsbcd soldier In the late war aud hia
now a colonelcy In the regular army.
Prior to tbe war ho WAS a lawyer aud
judge in Michigan , and hla uama fre
quently appears in the reports of
of that state , where ho maintained a
high standing. Ho lua associated with
hlmeolf at the pott a corps of officers who
moat worthily wear the honors of the ar
my , nnd who will prova it by deeds
whenever occaalon demands.
Jontr M. THAYEU.
GKAND ISLAND , Augnat , 1885.
Guarding Agftlnot Small Fox.
WASHINGTON , Auj > iwt 22. The request of
the governor of Michigan for the appoint
ment of sanitary Inspectors to aid in pro-
vnnticn of introduction of Email pox into
Michigan from Canadian points , will bo
granted at onco.
HAGAN'S
Magnolia Balm
is a seirct aid to beauty.
Many a lady owes her fresh
ness to it , who would rather
not tell , zntiyou can't tell.
W ar u * * * * H W M IV M * mi r H Ci UT
t have opoaltlra remedy for thaabovo dlao/icoi / by 11
ia thouBandBofc&acsof tlio worst khidutidof fours'
landing have been cured. Indeed , to utronRUroyfnltli
InltaolUcacy.thHt I will nemtTwO IlOTThha IJtUfl ,
togetherwUnnVAl.UAIir.UTHlUTISKon tillsdlieaio
tuny lu Glt expre sund I *
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