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THE DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 2,1885- THE DAILY BEE. OMATIA Omen No. OU AND 010 FARXAH ST. KF.W YORK Ornce , HooifCT/TRiBONC itviLu < 1.SO. I'nbliVd etcrj m rntr ( r , except Bunftir. The only Mon < uy morning dill ) * fUhtlshed ln < ho state. One Yeir . $10.01 IThrco MontXl . $ 2 PO Six Months . . . 6.00 I Ono Month . , . 1.00 The Weekly Dec , PtAiItdinl ovoiy Wednesday titnxs mirAtu. One Year , wMiprcmlum . . . . , , , , . . . , < 2 CO One 'ear , Mflliontprrtnkim , . , . . . . 125 fllx 11 mths , without iiremuim . . . . . . . . 75 Une Month , ( .11 ttla , . . . . . . . . . . 10 CORMiroXDKVCtl All CornmtinlcatloBi rcUtlng tf > News and Editorial tnattora ehoulil bo a-Jdrcised to the KDIIOR OF nil EES. E03ntr.sn All llrslncn Tetters and Hcmlttances ( hsald be vlilrcfvil to Tim Ilp.n TuRiivitNa COMTAXT. OMAHA , ritts.Checks anC Vast ollicoorlors tj to made pay. Ma to 'tho onltrot the comjiany. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props , 13. HOSEWATKU , Knirotu A. 11. Filcli , Manager Daily Circnl-xtiou , Cmalm , ALL tra want now h fair ircathor foe iho Onnha f lr and oxpoiitlon. A MOWNO Bpoataclo the cattle herds coming out of Indian Territory. TUB Omaha exposition can onlf bo m&do a Buooosi by a long pull , a pull , and a pull oil togothor. WHEN Mr. Boyd and Dr. Miller ha resolved ( solved the labor problem they will tacl tlo the Onuha poatoflico. PAKK will bo the ce ater of Interest ia-morrotr for 'horsomoo M&ud S. will attempt to boat her ruoon ol 208J. ; JOHN SIISUMAN'H epcocH h not no ; mere severely crltlclecd by the doiriocratl press than it ia by aomo of the leading republican paper * . SULLIVAK and Paddy -Ilyan. nro to hare a eot-to la Baltlmoro on the 15tb The Boston Hlaggor Trill probably give Paddy what Paddy gave the drum. IN the dairlog homo reports Omaha atill leads Minneapolis , Cleveland , In dlanapolle , llarkforJ , Oclnmbus , and nlno ether oloailn home ci'.los , and la next to Dalrolt. Her clearings last wsok amouatud S2,078,47G. . TUKR-C "fora racelvod nt the Ohloigo al.ocky'ijcs ? labt week 49.708 head of cat tle. Tljin it the Urgent number of cittlo ever reuoirtd In CHt go during auy one wouk , v.-ah ouo or two cxcsptloas , olnco the uatabliihmont of the stockyards. TUB democratic aud ropabllosti atto conventions of Novr York will bo hclc this month , within & few days ofeach ether , at-Sirdtoxa. Tha landlords of the oammsr .hotels nro accordingly happy. There IE nothing llko a big political con vention to wind up the au inmor season with. JUDGE "WALKEit , acting commissioner o ! the general land office , ia authority for the atatomont that the Illegal fences on the public- domain must bo removed Im mediately. Alottoc IB "balng prepared which fixes a date , end a copy of thU let ter Is to be sent to ovary trespasser. If the troapaaaera do not than obey the order of the president , they will bo sum marily dealt with , even if it Ia ntcaesary to order 'the'military to remove the fences aud arrest thorn. "One thing may bo put . .downos certain , " says Jndgo Walker , "tiio administration moans busi ness. " If the trespassers wish to avoid t trouble , it would scorn that they ought to act upon this gentle hint without any ' further delay. GoVEUNOi : PIEIICK , of rDikota , has ob tained 30,000 from the national treasury as the govornineni'a oh are of the orpon- 03 of the territorial census. Nebraska trill proaently como In for her share , which will amount to $34,750. The claim la b.uod on en act of congress passed In 1&70 , to the effect that any atttto or ton ttory which shall take a con- tin beginning the Crat llocdiy In Juno , mldiray botwiicn two decennial coasutos of tho'United State ; , complying with the { forms of the 1'cdonl census , and file a copy thereof \rlth the secretary of the ( ntarior , then , upan a rcqalaltion from the governor of nuoh etato or territory , tbo United Statifl shall pay one-half'tho amount for tikl.ig . the last preceding consul. In addition ) to one-half the per centage of gain In population. WHEN this p poif stated that it was presumptions for homo talent to Inth that it ahall bo allow * cd to compote fo the plans of the clt.r hall building , wo meant oxiotly what wit said , it is pra sumptions for any a rohlteot , who has never constructed a ( ire-proof public building , to Insist tbat this city shall take the tlik of osperi matting with hli plans aud trust to lack for the outcome. Ifr. Long , the oldest member of the board of education and for a long tlmo Its president , do elared publicly at the hit me.itiag of the board that nearly ev y one of the four or five arohltocti employed upon our Bohool buildings had failed to plan a building that had not settled or cracked. This may bo hard on homo talent , but U li tine , The .en'y ' school building In is Omaha which line ( toad the toit of years Is the high lohooL Th t was plannwd by an outside expert , who in&kea school buildings B specialty. Wlicn the .high school , which cost 200,000 , WCB built , wn had several tix-psying arebitocts in Omaha who doobtleu thought tb y were bid y treated bjeaus ) they were not otn- ployed. In splto of their known lit1 * of oxpfrlencaon public bulldiu ts , ( haruure doubtleu sovaral "brilliant young arohl- tooU" who feel confident that tboy could excel Myori or any other apacUliat If thry cnly hid the ohnnco , In their case the adage " /ooli raih la whera augola /tar to tread" FiJ hold gcod. A BUliSIDIXBt ) BRANCH. Omaha cillf.eni are good dwl upltitsd at prcatntover claimed dlrcttminftllon DR int he Interetts ol that city b ; the Chictgi & otthwestcrn and 1U Nebraska ( eedert. The act of the matter Is oath road Is loallog attet ta own Interests joat u aoccesstnllyASclrcura' tancos * will permit. Succetgful railroads make business cllter. id necessarily benefit he country trlbatnry to Ihora. Tha Omaha iiB Is opposed to voting bonds tj railroads , but in this c a thinks U would be bansficUl to donate leads and money to build o ping road simply lo bo used as a leter by the U. P. and O'jiaba to eecn.ro trade and traffic , tforthetn "Ntbraska is beginning t "patldlo lor own canoo. " Hot trunk line baa never practiced any snch cut-throat dlicrlmlnatlona aa havelv n the Union Taclfio ira unsavoiy record , ad J It ia Billy to cry out "discrimina tion" baforo Oraabo oilers Inducements to fctock shippers over Chicago. I LI doubtful whether a northern road woult be a ny ndvantago t 'Omaha'but It would bo nthwp experiment If the mrol districts coulc bo bamboozled into votlcg heavy bands and tharlfiht of way. ' "Discrhnlnalion" in thl ca o to a good drive to Rot up an agitation on b'nt it wou'.d bo a Wlio Idea to watt until there fa a trade to discriminate against. How mucl atoific lm been ehlpped from Blair to Omaha in'thopartsirmonthi ? Very little ; not be cacao of rates , but because Chicago holda th proatlgel So long as our trunk line Is ns pop uUr OB now , 10 long as Us rates nio ns fairly equitable , -Siinilliean can conceive of no greater folly tbau assuming an enormous deb to Lelo maintain a grip of Omaha or the U r. railroad , oa the doubtful plea that dis crlmlnatloaa would bo abrogated which hav little existence except in the minds of schem era. IHair iRtpMiean , The Blair Republican bus not only distorted whit the BEE did say , but It ox hlbita acplrlt towatdi Omaha that is certainly tainly malicious and ungrateful. It aho makes statements that are not trno. How any paper iu northern Nebraska , am particularly a paper so near Ojaclia a the Blair Republican , can atsamo sucl an attltudo towards the coramercla metropolis of the state is nomothlng w find ft very difficult to understand Omaha baa a great many thluga to con tend with , ono of which is the jealousy of unthinking people who have not brain enough to sco their own advantage , ant who Boom to take no prldo whatever in the greatness of their ojm ttato. Qiv Omaha 150,000 * people , and the land within a rcdlns of fifty miles would b worth moro than double what thsy ar to-dy. Property in Blair wouU b moro valuable if it were a sab nrb ot Omih % than a village tributary to Chicago. As a suburb of Omaha it would fuvo some prospects of growth. There cro any number of tonns within thirty miles of Chicago that have boon built up by Ohloigo builnosa men who have made their homea in the suburbs. If the people of Blair havo'any ssnso they will see tha it ia to their advantage to assist In build ing up Omaha rather than contributing to the prosperity of Chicago. The bridge across the Missouri at Blilr can not In any way make a great city of tha town. It simply affords the people o Blalrji little shorter route to the oaatj'.bnt If they can ship their cattle and products to a good market distant only twenty miles what sense Is there in going to Chicago cage , 500 mllca dlttant ? Omaha prices are as good as thoeo of Chicago , and our market possesses advantages that mike It superior In some respecbu. The people of northern Nebraska should not forget that Omaha pays ono- tenth of the entire etato taxes , and II would seem that the fact would entitle her to the sympathy and support of all settlers cf the state. The Blair Repub lica.il asomt t ? forgot that Omaha capital built the first railroad to that town , and contributed largely ta make it the thriv ing town It Is to-day. The Rciiublican , in denouncing the proposed northern road from Omaha as an intended eubI- dized onterprisa , forgets that the Sioux City , & Pacific , in whoso interests It seems to bo laboring , is a cubsldfccc road. It was originally ono of tbo fro.uoot ; frauds In the country , and wan controlled by a sot of rogues muoh moro . .mcrupuloui than tha Credit Moblllor ring wnlah manlpulatad the Union Pa cific. The oharga that the propoeoc road from Omaha Is to ba in the inter est of the Union Pacific Is almost too silly to notice. Bow can au Independent line , with ita terminus In Omaha , bo a feeder to the Union ] Pacific ? The RcpuUtoan asks how many cars of stock have como to Omaha from off the line o : the Siour City & Pacific ? Very foir , in deed , and wh > ? B Imply because of the unjust discrimination of the Chicago & Northwestern and ita ally , the Sioux City & Pacific , against Omaha. Stock slip porn of northern Nebraska ara anxious enough to send their cattle and hogs to the Omaha market , but they cannot do so because they ctnnot tocnro cither facili ties or fair rates. So far as the Chicago . & Northwestern Is concerned , If it per slsta In its diacrlmlnationsand warsgalns Omaha , there will bo found a tray to bring it to torins even if wo do not got a direct railroad of our own into northern Nebraaki. When the people of Blair are aakcd to assume "an enormous deb to help maintain the grip of Omaha" il will bo tlmo enough for the Republican of that place to sot up a howl. The people ple of Blair may consider themselves lucky If the proposed road paseos through their town. If the ronto should bo laid tut to tbo weat of thtt place wo venture oo assort that the Blairltes , Including the yubllcaH editor , would rntko every effort and offer every Inducement to have It chsngod so ai to atrlko tholr town. TUB llercdd appreciates a compliment 'roin the BEE , but it has a peculiar way of acknowledging It. It was not slow to reproduce what we nld in pralio of Us Sunday itauj , but It takes pains to tollttla this paper by giving prominence , u the "Evi.viNO DEB' * as the source Iro-a which it draw * Hi faouey , al though our compliment fint ap peared in the morning edition Tfco ryjtematlo way In which tho1 prefixes Iho Trord "avonlng" to he BF.K is an attempt to convey to i's ' own patrons the impression tbat the BEE s a small atttraoon shoat on a par with he mushrooms tbat flourish and dlo in ) maha wlt'A oflch succeeding seisin. Wo are not in the habit of boasting about oar growth and enterprise , preferring to et the piper show for Itself. It m\y not De out of plaas , hoirover , to remark thai the BEE publishes three editions dally , end that our two morning editions have a larger circulation than all the Omaha dailies combined , whllo the evening edition will rank in quality and quantity with any afternoon paper In .America. In Omaha the evening edition of the BKK has n larger circulation than all the Omaha dallies put together have both in and out of Iho city. CL1UNING OUT THE FRAUDS General Black , cammlsiioncr of pan slons , Is progressing very satisfactorily In tha work of weeding out of the pension list all fraudulent pensioners. It hi long been known that so veral thousand ! o peraons have for years boeu drawing pee a'ona ' to which they were In no way entitled titled , Investigations , whloh word begun recently , develop the fiot that at th Philadelphia agency the names of deceased ceased pensioners and ro-marrlod widow were borne on the rolls and that frandulcn payment ] had boon madu to parties who personated the dead men , or who pretended tended that they were still the widows o the deal aoldlors. About § 20,000 had boon paid out in thfa way. Examiaa tions Were made at other agencies , wit ] llko results. The fact b now made pub- lie that the examination of the Ohicag agency shoved that 500 fraudulent pen elonors wore on the rolls , and that th agent had bean dlractei to drop them Even the Washington agency has been carrying a number of such frauds , and i all probability there Is not an agency ia the country tint is entirely free from them , It Is to bo hoped that the gooc woik will bo carried through to tbo em until there ii not loft a single bogu pensioner on the list. Only those wh are honestly entitled to pensions shouli bo permitted to receive any of the bene fits of the acts which have been psaae < for the relief of the soldier , nnd th soldier's widow and orphan ; . Commie timer Black , who was himself n soldier cannot bo criticized for his efforts in thi direction. Bo should bo commended fo the work ho baa undertaken. THAT TORPEDO BOAT. If there is anything that the govern ment needs moro than another just a the present time it In a torpedo boat. VV notice byilato dispatches from Now Yet that a torpedo boat is being constructed near that city , which , if a snccesa , will b n tnbmarlno wonder. The builders do clara that it will revolutionize snbmorin warfare. The building of the beat > ha been conducted with great secrecy , one the name of the inventor and the per sons interested with him have boon so fa kept secret. The description of this tor pedo boat Is-ai follows : It ia shaped like a cigar and Is fifty feet Jon , and eight feet in diameter. The head Is de elgned to constitute a sharp ram , which , when driven by the prodigious strength contem plated In the power of the boat , will pcrfo rate the iron plating of a ship , and then by n retrograde motion quickly withdraw itself Tail ram looks like the enout of A hog. It I built of st'el and has peculiar edges of Eharj Eurfttcss , intended to f icilltato its operations Oa tha top of tha craft ia a small iron turro surrounded with little electric lights to aid In steering. Between this turret and the rain a the head la an aperture at the mouth of which la a dynamite gun hidden from view. Direct ly over the gun and on tbo nook ot the VCBSO Is a sharp , thin p ieco of steel. It ia intendec to use this to destroy small craft or other tor pedo-boats by rising suddenly from under neath them and piercing a hole in them. Whllo this destructive craft may bo a nine-days wonder In the east , the won der in this part of the country will be whether this Is the invention in which Dr. Miller is said to ba interested. If i Is , wo suppose that nf ter it Is launched upontho ] water , an * effort will ba made to launch it upon the government. Wo await future developments with moro than ordinary interest. "There's mil lions In it. ' | THE fool friends of home tclant have already dona Omaha architects moro damage ago than they can repair In ton yoaru Out of pure malice towards the editor of this paper thuy have forced us to talk plain about Omaha architecture and cal attention to defects which otherwise would hava pasted unnoticed. The lie vublioan building Is a conspicuoni mon ument of this jlm-crow architecture , anc a careful Inspection of ether great struc tures wouli close the debate. To th credit of homo talent , bo it siid , there are at least two Omaha architects , Messrr Voss and Fowler , who openly admit thit fire-proof public buildings are a specialty whloh they do not carojto attsmpt , and yet the Onnha buildings designed and surer/Intended by the o two architects are among the most substantial In the city. ONE o ! the bouea In the Union Pacific shops Is to be appointed a member ol iho board of public works in place ol Mr. Gray , who baa resigned , Bis seleo. tlon is saM to bo at tha urgent request of the workiugmen. Oar experience with Union Pacific basses ia the council and board warrants us in the belief that the nteresta of the railroad will bo looked after first , the interests oftho city next , whllo the workiugmen will come In at the tall end of the procession. MY.EKS does uot piy taxes In Omaha. Phereforo ha must not bo given preference over mm who pay taxes , but are not known to hava ever phnncd a building that would not burn dowu iu * oaly mluu'er , This is about on a par with the plot tha * , bjouiio women ate axjd they must bs glvou the privilege to ota. Suppose t la city should dccido to brldgi Sixteenth street with a $100,000 viaduct. Would wo have to advertise for all the specialists in Amount to present plans , If wo know that by o doing wo would got no batter plans thau those ob- .alnaMa from some celebrated viadnct cnglneot ) Would the council bo in duty bound to invite plans from all the "homo talent" unftincora who had never designed Anything moro than a culvert or a com * mon railroad bridge ? TUB ipnoranoo displayed by some o our contemporaries in the discussion o city hall architects le , If anything , moro inoxcneablo than their malice. Ono o thceo Ignoramuses actually asserts tha the people of Omaha don't know any thing about Architect Myers or his abll Ity. Porbnps wo cm enlighten the bril liant young -journalist by pointing to the Douglas county court house. THE now odltOM that have boon 1m ported Into Omaha within the last three months are very indignant because homo talent is not employed to make plans fen n $200,000 fire-proof public building These upstarts talk os if they were heav ; properly owners and had resided here sluca 1804. THE nrt of button-holing is becoming all the rage jast now. About every otho man you moot on the street stops you and , confidentially informing you that ho is a candldVo forcfiico , asks your opinion as to what his chances aro. To all sue ! wo rai'ly that "politics is m'ghty ' uncor- THE real fight between Sullivan anc McOiffray la now In progress. It Is eve the poajcrsion of the receipts of the ! recent burleequo performance in Cln clnnnti. 1 ET ns grade Harnoy street this joir so as to ave something to show In the way of progress and improvement In th center o tha city. THE TRA.DE OUTLOOK. There is now a steady Improvement In commercial circles In all the largo busl ness centers , and the outlook for a heav ; fall trade la decidedly encouraging. Th feeling is that no nutter what miy occn in the speculative ups nnd downs of Wai street , legitimate business for the res of the year will bo steady and active , anc constantly improving. The fall trade Is now approaching its full height. Althougl the immediate demands for goods , owing to the IOTT point which country stock had been allowed to reach , has boon uup piled , the purchases from now on for the next six weeks will bo very heavy. The dry-goods dealers of Now York , Boston Philadelphia and Chicago generally repor that their trade Is oatlafactory , vrhil mme of thctn do not hesitate to say tha It is somewhat better than they had been led to oxpcctr Tlio cotton markets have developed llttlo of interest , aside from the pacdlng manipulation of August can tracts in Now York , where prices hav fluctuated considerably under the Influence enco o ! speculation. The price cf nstua cotton Is generally about the eamo as : week ago , and legitimate demand is moderate orate , as there la a disposition to dcfo largo purchases until the now crop i ready for market. The cotton good trade is fairly aclive , and farther frac tlonal price advance ] have [ been made on staple fabrics within the vreok. The en coaragiag report comes from Baltimore that the cotton mills at Woodberry , four in number , employing over 2,000 opera tlves , ore making arrangements to go to werk on full tlmo. The Meadow mill which has been idle fora yearhas startec up with a full force , GOO men , on fol time. The Woodbarry , Clipper & Park , Druid and Mt. Vernon mills will be run on fall tlmo on Monday next. The volume of business In wool has continued large , and on aomo descriptions prices have slightly advanced , but the general range of values is unchanged. The feeling of confidence among holders Is stronger , however , aud in some cases stocks have been withdrawn from the market lu expectation of bettor pi ices later In the season. There is Incroitcd activity in nearly all lines of woolen ; oods. Bu3 era are pressing for deliveries lu execution of orders for fill clothing woolens on which the looms nro now em ployed , and many of tbo worsted goods mills have already maiketed tholr entire production of light weights for the omlng season , The whole mar ket is stronger , and hero and fioro was a slight cdvanco in prices noted. The worsted yarn trade isory aotivo and the recent ndvanco Is wol maintained. The average Improvement within the month is about 10 cants par pound , tl though ia some cases 12 to ID cents per pound advanoa has been paid ov'ofi the lowest prices acoptad under strata of ompetltlon In exceptional In stances. The general iron-trade situ ation and outlook are inorj encouraging , Taera is a alight improvement in de mand for standard brands of pig rn , and a fairly satisfactory inn of orders Is noted for 'wrought ' ilpov , ( hoot , plato and brldgo Iron , on whloh prices are maintained with greater firmnojs. Inquiries for about 100,000 ons of steel lutis wera on the market ast week , and soma good-alzad orders lave been pUoad , bat it is doubtful if muoh or any airanco has been obtained , except on small lots. In western Pdim- ylvania a tteady Improvement U noted n nearly all branches of the iron and teol trades. The decline in who it haa not bad the fleet of stliuulitlrg the export demand o atiy extent. The Uaoiuitlons for the month of August , ai shown btha closing Chicago quotations , fjr September de- itb , 80 } oente ; Augait 24 h , 78 | ojtits ; very wtio ; Auguit 1st , 89j coatsAugust ; August 28tb , 7l ) § cent * . The Interior movement of irrata ii tmill for thU tlmo of your , nnd there ii evident rolactnnca on the part of farmers to sell freely at current prices. The sentiment of opera tors on the principal exchanges is still very bearish. The prospect of an only improvement ta export dcnund , which in generally regarded as the prc-ioqalslto condition of a healthy reaction to higher prices , Is not very encouraging. The de cline In corn Is duo to the depression In wheat , favorable crop prospects , and & gain of 1.037.0CO bushels in the visible supply consequent upon the recant falling off in exports and larger shipments from the Interior. There la still comparatively llttlo speculation in earn. Sj far noth ing has occurred to impair the prospect for the largest yield on record. The Hit of buslnoio failures keeps up ta the recent average , but few Important suspensions are Included in hat week's ' report , which makes the total for the United States and Canada 189 , as against 177 the previous week aud 1G8 the wojk before. The largo reserves In the Now York banks have been materially reduced durlnij the month of August. This is taken as a sura Indication of Improvement in buelnoes , RUBE FENTON'S ' FOLLY , Reminiscences of One of New Yuri's ' Noted Political forte Tlio Grcclcy Revolt of 1872 nnd the Chief Actors in it Spoilo ami the Principal Ingredients , Written for tbo BEE. The death of ex-Oov. Reuben E. Fen- ton , of Now York , recalls BOIBO romiuls- conoes. Ho was a conspicuous iiguto In political alFatra fifteen and twebty years ago. Ho was not a brilliant man , or of marked ability In auy respect ; but ho possessed exceedingly agreeable manners , a very attractive personal appearance , and great political tact and shrewdness. Bo was a skillful political manager. Ho passed from the honno of representatives to the chair of governor of New York , and from that to the United States sen ate ; but In 1872 ho made a political mis step which blighted his future political prospaots. It was his support of Groe- loy. When the presidential election of 18G8 was coming oa , it bacamo apparent dur ing the whiter of ' 07 nnd ' 8 that Gen. Grant wonld bo the nominee of the re publican paity at the convention which was to meet in Chicago the next May. Gov. Fenton bccamo the most prcmlnmt candidate for the vice presidency. The Omaha Republican , of which Mtj. Bal- oombo was then proprietor and m n gor , was a very earnest advocate of Fonton for that nomination. Es-Gov. Morgan , of NOT York , then in the senate , was also a candidate for it , and was exceed ingly JEALOUS OF FENTON. Ho cimo to my desk one day on asked me why It was that iho Oman Republican was advocating the nouilns tlon of Fenton for the vice-presidency , and seemed to bo In bad humor about It Ha said ho thought I ought , out of cour tcsy to him , a brother senator , to hnv the Republican from support' ] g his rival. Ho was disposed to hoi mo responsible for the choice of the Re publican. I Informed him very plainly that-I vrai not responsible for the action of the Republican , bad no control eve It , and that Fenton was not my choice Furthermore , I reminded him that , when Nebraska was struggling for admission a a state , ho , ( Morgan ) voted every tlmi against It , and theretcro , had no tpca' ! ' claim for its support. Ho WAS unfriendly for nemo tlmo , but after a while appeared to forgot the matter. My choice wai old Ben Wade , the noblest Roman o i horn all. Ho led the fight for the ad mission of Nebraska. But when the convention mot , Wade , Fonton , and the others wsro distanced by Sohuyler Col fax , Gjn Grant having bean nominated by aclamatlou for the first placa on the ticket. The cause of Gov. Fonton'n defection from the republican pjrty Ir 872 crew out of tbo appointment of Inomso Mur- iby to the oolloctorship of the port of .Now York In 1870. Gov. Morgan'a sena torial term expired on the 4th of March , I809and Gov. Fenton was his successor. Ho nnd Oonkllng wera not harm unions When President Grant sent in the nnm > > of Tom Murphy for the Nov York ojl , olotshlp in place of Moses H. Giiauoll , rimivid , inEiu : WAS WAH IN inn OAMI- of New York politics nt once. Oonkllng suppxtod the confirmation of Murphy , and Fenton oppoeod it , and they joined Isiuo. It was a protracted , bitter strug gle and formed ono of the memorable scenes of executive session. Fenton was not much of a debater and was a very poor antagonist to b ; plttoi a aloat the great Now Yorker. , who , in t'jo writer's opinion , has no superior In the forum. He treated his colleague in a gentlemanly manner on that oaoaslon , but ho bastow od on him eomo of his most cutting , fm Ished satciun. Ho dealt polished blows which told every tlm ? . Fenton WAS com pletely discomfited. When the vote was taken on the confirmation of Mur- pby. whloh involved th removal of Grlnuell , only three republicans voted with Fonton agaiust the oonfitmatlou , They wore Sumner , Trumbull ( if the writer la not mistaken ) and 1'lpton. I'huiuoota became public at tbo time , : hsrofore ho cun refer to them. Fr jm hit time onFoaton was soured against ; ho republican party , and in 1872 was Ipo for the Groeloy movement. His rouble resulted from the question nf the division of patronage in the state cf New York , And tlii was true In regard to each one of t'uoio republican senators who switched cif Into that insane Greeley oberao of that year. Net a shadow of irlnciple had anything to do with their iftliiioal action at that tlmo. Carl Sebum jocimo angry with Grant became he would not re-appoltit his brother iu law. Jdmuud Jti'son , collector of Internal everiuo at Chicago , and ho also was then Ipe for the Gratio7 folly , the only inem- rabid result of which was TO KILL J'OOIl OKEEtBY. The angry controversy which spring p between 0)nklln ) and Fouton over tie appointment of Murphy , and the rc- osil of Gen , Grant tu ro uppalnt Shutz's rother-ln-law collector of Internal - - rave- no , aud a few similar disappointment ! ; n the part ot certain senator/ , really j nued the organization of the liberal movement of ' 72 , whloh nominated the editor of the Tiibnno for the presidency. The molivo was , to overthrow Grant nd the republican puty ; and the result was , AS all the woild knows , a memorable , and moat lamentable , political fizzlo. The anbonncement that some tflioor ? , who have boon absent from their regi ments so long that they have forgotten to what ones they bolotig , will resign rather than comply with the secretary's order to rejoin them , is refreshing. They cannot resign too soon. Such ox- creccencios ought to have been lonpod off from the army long ago. "Uapt , Wharton , on Gen. Hancok'a staff , has not boon with hid regiment for seventeen jom. Oapt. Whorry , ono of Gen. Schofiold's staff , has not been with his regiment for eighteen years. What a commentary upon fivoiltlsm , which should not bo known in the army. Lieutenants have performed the duty of captains , haVe ren dered hard scivlco on Jtho frontier , but WITHOUT TIIF. H.ANK AKD PAY to which in justio ? , they were cntltlol. The qnoitlon might well bo asked , of what earthly nso are division headqusr * tnrs on Governor's Island lu Now York harbor or in Chicago ? The de partment hoadquirtora at St. Paul , Oma ha , Fort Laavonvrorth nnd San Antonio have jurlidistlou over all that portion of the country where the army ought to bo except enough to guard the forts on the eastern coast , which could report direct to the army headquarters at Washington , Going Into Gen , Sherman's office a few yoara ago when ho was at ( ho head of the army , the writer found him busy ever a map of the United States Asking him If ho was stud ) ing geography , he replied "I am trying to carve out a UOTT depart ment to fit tbo rank of major-goupral. Wo have B3 much rank in the higher grtdes of the army that it is difficult to tind or create places commensurate with it , " In other words , there waa so much rank that places had to bo criatod for it , and that a good deal of It was orna mental. JOHN M. THAYEH , GRAND ISLAND , August 30. POlATlCAt/ . That candidate ia considered by the workotB to ba the most magnetic who can draw the largest check , Allan G. Tlnirrann'd rod bandanna will wave in Oaio from the Hump like an auction flag at a eheilll'a tale , Benjamin I" , Butler's head is level. Ho lias promised not to attend the state convoution of tbo Maseachucotts democrats. If Hnadly accepts Leonard's challenge to a joint discussion of the issues of the catppaipn , there ought to bo some rare fun in Ohio poli tics. tics.Tho The Iowa republicans have uot been far behind Senator Sherman in heavloR a dea-i cat on General Grant's tfrava. Philadelphia Record , Tocumech Sherman haa one moro job to a- oomplish before ho cliea. Ho should get an ax helve and convince hia brother Jolia that tbo war ia over. Chicago Herild. The Sun is apnln asking , why should it cnn- Kreteravn bo bmied at public cxpensa ? Tbu Suu must not ba too crittc.il. The burial of some congressmen Is a great public duty and pleasure. Albany Turns , Governor Hoadly'a opsnin ? of the campaign in Ohio is called "striking the key note. " The toy note of the Ohio cimpaittn la 82 , and tlio voters usually sttiko it ou election day or the evening before. Chicago Herald , It took the Mississippi democrats four days to make their ticket. Tbo Ohio democrats did up tha job in four hours. Tha distinction represents the difference batwsen a dead sure thiu ? and a sura do d tliicg. liutfalo I2x- press. If there ii an institution In this country which requires the best civil eorvlco of which our government Ia capable , and where busi ness bhculd ba conducted strictly on business principles , It Is the New York custom home , the daily receips of which avocgoabout ? 350.- 039. 039.Tha Tha newspaper correipoudent who hunted up the pretident in the wilds of the Adirond- ixc3 wns unkind enough to make a note of the fact that the chief magistrate's pnutaloons were torn. Mugwumps take a good deal of comfort in the reflection that he did uot tear them in turning republicans out of office. The postmaater at Toledo , who has gone over tu the democrat * , is repotted as eoying : "Holding the views I do. I must most em phatically decline to march in the republican processions this fall. " A case of bid proof reading , probjbly. "Holding- nflico I do" Is what he said undoubtedly. [ Milwaukee Sentinel. Undo John Shermin Ii IB been stirring up the democratic menagerie out In Ohio , and the Bourbonj enjoy it in much the name way that n coon with a sore biok enjoys b ° ing prodded wlthothMrp stick or n hot poker. Uncle Sherman eeoma determined to have name od-faihioned ! fun , however , oven If it breaks up tbo whole circus , [ Philadelphia Press. Gen. Butler's repetition of bla grand somer sault act , In a letter declaring Cleveland to be 'the greatest president since Jackson , " and coming out ia support of hia administration , will surprise no ono who remembers his past porlormaccea of this sort , Agility in chang ing political petitions does not diimnieh , but rather Increase ? , with cge. And so eupplo Bpnjunln again vaults into tbo ring with his "Whoop la , here wo are nf ain. " Pullman Robbery wo. ! , The tblovo ] liivo taken a naw "lay,1 aa they would call it , In ether words they have found now fields of ooeratloi which in this part of the railway world they are operating assiduously. Until n few days ago , the pluudaring of a Pall- man coach wag a rarity , but in the past week tha BEI : haa had the task of re porting four such ooiiiriencea. The first two happened on two successive nights on the 0. B , & Q. train between Chicago and this iiolnt ; the the third on the St. Joe & Kansas Olty train and the fourth happened Saturday night on the Mlssiurl Pacific. On this train three gentlemen U. B. Plnnoy , of the Hurlbut Paper com piny , of South Leo , Mast. , Ohas. J. Cbrlf , of Clark Bros , & Woldron. Sioux Olty and W , W. Oloon , a coramcr- citl agent from Clnolnnattl took Pallmin aoeommodatloni together at Kansas Olty bound hither. Upon awakening In the morning Mesirc , Pin- neyand Clark found their wallets had been stolen , the first losing $45 and the seoind bslng out 838 , thoroby. Tha two plundered gentleman took an unfortnu- at auipl-lon of their companion , Mr. Oloon. and upon rjachlnjj Omaha em ployed Detective IT , Lndlow to work upon his character. The wires iroro uad : ) to mauy pilnta to which the en quirers were referred and tbo best of teatlmon'als for Air. Clocn answered jaoh message , Apologies followed , but tbo lost money was not recovered. Tbo Pullman Company baa a job before it in stopping theto thefts. A ne vjr Amount , The fines collected from gsmlfcera iCil sporting womeu during the month of August"said Officer Turnbnll Mend y , ag- ; ro a'.o the largest aiiouut ever received n ono month frou tbeso tourccs , in the iletory of the city. The auvjuut win il,103. There are now t-l li . ( rambling > limes In the city , paying $2 ? 05 etch , I'herj ate nineteen disorderly houses with 23 sporting women. "Thoro are now 143 faloons in the city nylug Jlccme. Two dropped out Itot nontb , because they could not make uoney under the nor doting law. " J RRHOIDS Illlm ) , Ulccdlrtfr , Aiitl Itching , Post * lively ciircil by Cutlonrn. A tt-armtnth lth Cutlcnra St p nnd a tingle ap plication cf Cullctint Id ln * ' nty ! Ml y the IntcnM It bin ? ol the most mcravtttd ate ol Itchlnr Mien. This treatment comhlmdnith imalldrocsClCutlcv- rn Kc ol\cnt Ilirco times per diy , to rogtiUto and strengthen tbo bontln , otereooio constipation and remove th > citue , ni,1 euro mind , Illcoolng , ami Itrhlnjr I'llol when nil other remedies and oicj | > hyt- ITCHING PILES. , ( or the flrsi tlmo In mr life , with Dllnd I'llcs , to severe th t I conl 1 hardly keep on my foot , lu eil vatlom tcrr.odln for three neiVs , ithon the ill-CMC took the lorm ol It hlnjf Pllei , aud ir/ow- Ing worse , Ilyailrlcool an old irvntleman I trlM the Cutlcura. One * | > pllcntion relieved the Itching , Mid I * TM soon curotl. Inlth to tell the world th In OHM ol Itchlnn I'ilca thcprlcaot theCutlcut ilot no account. Kroni MI unsolldt quarter. 0.0. KIDBT. 62 West Street , Con , N-'oord ITOHINO PILK3. I began theme of yciir Cutlcui * llcmcdlcj when you first nut them on the murkit , nd know ol two CMOS ol Itching Pilci that IIM been cured br the nso atmy luggeitioii. blthctc remedies. F. N , MAHT1N. Vlrdor , III. THAT YOU I ha\o tried your Cutleura Remedies an < i find them all that you claim , aud the demand for them in thla ( ectlon In great. AUGUSTUS W COLMNS. CXITICUKA IlK'otATsvr , the now Mood purifier. and CCTICUIU nml CUTICURA SOAP , the irroat ikln cure * and lioautiners. are sold o\crywlicro. Price , CUTICU&A KOcjSoAr25cKiuioiVKNr ; , $1. 1'ro , atcdby the POITKH DHUU AND OUEUIOAti CO. , IIOSTONl Send for "How to Cure Skin ISl llorrdslio I'lmDle . Ulaokhea-la and Ua o \ | \l ) > , * O rv I I hv , Humors , use Cii'lcum Soap. _ Ti "EVERY MUdOLK AOUE3 tvnd dreadful pilng rob me of shop and lest and ttrtngth. " To eucti the Cutlcur * Matter cornea llko an impel of merry , b lining rdlel and UicuBth'tD thou < andaupon lom allotbor < listen ( live been pufferies * for ( rood AWrran- tola new aud poifccr antlo'oie tn p ln and lnn > minitlon , and the bo-t ptlnklll * - . . > ur In tli world o' ' moJIcloc. At diupglstu , 25C.J flvo fr Jl.Oj , milled frco. Potter Drug & Chcmicnl Co. BnMon. PROTECT ANIIZTUOTIO deitroya tbo germ ) ot al toirta- glous diteatcs , ANTIiruono wilt deitroy a'l ' ojor and keep the air ol your tlcq > ln , ' roomt corl tnd frcih. ARJ > ANTIZTIIOIIC U wlthiut color or odor , and ii harmlojs t j clothing or Ueih. It is Invaluable In the sick room. If persona wll uo Atlivmotia In tliowntcrln which thuy Inthe , Hicy will find frrcnt "Met It [ Oft- cns tlio watir , and docs not dry tto flesh llko ktn- tucnii. AGAISTST Doea Iho clr In rout bnu'o Bmcll musty or Im pure ? Ara j ou tnno3 cd wl' h the odor of coonlnpj Doyen yon w.uit tn etop It ? Ant'zyinctlo ' Bjirlukled nbont will Irishcn aud jiuilfy It oviry tloip. Wither' Antizmotic Solution Htit'ntlcj ehow thi' tbo oiorUlltx amcnr cillltcn I ) far greater In the summT month ] than any ether icascii. Htnl h ajd rtrfcoi action ol Iho bawtltaro nBsuritl by tto u.eal hi iri'sFocd. It II ueutrUiii ! tn-tlD ( , Is rcar.lly ta'ioubytha llttlo ones , fcia- tlorn notnxupni thodl tBt vuomane ; , andli ass'm'- lateil whun t'lo atnmarh rtjccti all cl'o K.JK..G-KOTTE . 719 South 8th St. , Omtba , telephone 602. Correspondence solicited . NEBRASKA OMAHA. NKBKA8KA. ? AID Ul1 OAPITAI . . . . | JCOOC DHPLU8 MAY1,1RHS . . B04n ori-icxEs : FJ , W. VATIS , A. B , TOCZAIW , Prwident Vloo President. W.V.&IonsE , JNO.B.OOLLINS , Liwia8 , Una W. II , 8 , Hughes , Oaahlor. UANKINQ ornoc : The Iron Bank , JOE , 12th AND PAENAM STS , 4 General Banking Busi ness Transacted. Did - ese Mustang Liniment only good ar horses ? It Is for Inflamraa- Ion of all llesh ,