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i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 14. 1885. THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OtTICK , No , DM AN ! ) OIC I'AIIMAH St NKYT \ HIIK OtHCK , JfOOM ( Vl.TlllltUNU Hui.ltlMi , PoMMied ovrry inornhur , except finidny , Tlio only Monday montllivr | iupt > f published In tiio ttnto. TKims nr MAiti ! Onn Ycnr . ilO.WThrwi Months . &M Fix Month * . fc.OO.Ono Month . I.OJ TIIK WKKKI.Y HKK , Published livury'odnw < ltiy. TKIIMH , rOMTI'Altl. Ono Ycnr , wild premium . J2.W1 One Your , without prcmilum . } Xi Six Mnnt Im , without promlum . 75 Onn Month , on Irlnl , , . . 10 All c'ltmmiriknlloui i-clnthiR to news mid fill- ttirlnl mnltprn nhoilld l' ' i nililtwwil to the lul- ! ton or TIIK IlKK. All IniMmwH letters mid rotnlttnneos Rliotild lie ixUlrumril to Tin : IlKt : 1'UiiMHiiisn COHI-ANV. OMAHA , limit * . clucks nnd | ntofllco ordore to lie iimdo pnyitlilu In I ho order of the company. IKE m PUBLISHING coMpm , PROPRIETORS , 11. IT was a fiunuiiH victory , but It wits dearly benight. THK pork barrel Is n fireul.motor in Omalm democratic primaries. . . OMAHA must liavo that railroad to Uio northvvcKt. Thu buuiu has been started. Let her boom. Sixer llin blowing up of Hell Ciato tbo nliifiHicitl ficholar Is led to rotnurk : Facilis cstjlcsccnsus Avcrni. IT was u big-sized "bur'l" tbat was tapped at the democratic primaries. Some portions bay it was a hogshead. MK. Piiricmn-r will go to the state con vention , but it isn't all Bottled yet. whether ho is to havii llin district attorncy.shlp. CoMMi.ssio.VKit Si'Aicics is after thu tiin her thieve * , the biggest one of whom ia the Northern L'aeilio railroad company. SINGH the democratic primaries , tlio ru ] > ublicans of thia county feel pretty confident of riveting their ticket by a rousing majority. MK. PAT 1'oiti ) carried the bloody Third and now he thinks lie roads his title clear to the sherifi"'s olllco.Ve shall bee what wo shall see. Tin : Ifrrttlil asks the qnention " Who Wantsa I'ostoflleo ? " Arc Nebraska post- oflicc.s goin bcf ; in ; ? or ia there to bo an atietion to the hi"he.st ; bidder ? MK. Pirrrrmvrr wears a 11x15 smilo. lie says the machine worked like n charm in the democratic primaries. It reminded him of the It nit's new press. It is a perfecting machine. AITKK ti most refreshing sloop the Omaha board of trade is gradually wak ing up. If it kcops awake as long as it has been asleep it ought to accomplish wonders between now and next summer , JAV GotJU ) expressed the opinion Unit Kansas City is getting to bo : i big town from way back. Jay has a way of giving tally in largo quantities to Jlio people of every city where ho has railroad inter ests. A LAW regulating primary elections , Biioh as lias been enacted in Pennsylvania nia- , California , Ohio and recently in Illi nois is a prime necessity Primary elec tions as at present conducted in this city are a mere farce. Till ! Kansas City Times asks : "Is a mugwump a republican ? " Sometimes lie is , and sometimes ho is not. It depends - ponds upon limo , place and circum stances Kor instance , this year in Now York the mugwump is a republican. Tin : ( . ' 'out-lit ward mustered more dem ocratic voters at the primaries than it ever east at the polls. Mr. Hoyd's friends claim that a lot of republicans have gone over to the majority but the other side in sists Unit the voters wcru imported from the other wards. TIIK Now York Commercial remarks : "Judge Hawos has made a reputation in the city court that for hi direction , learning and probity deserves to bo re corded in letters of gold. " Wo were not uwaru before that thu fame of the judi cial labors of the ex-police judge , Patrick - rick ( ) . llawos , lias readied the scouo of bl.s old pie-stand notoriety. TIIKUE will bo it general wail among .Nebraska county clerks over the decision of the supreme court that the making of tlio annual tax list by tlio clerk in part of ' -his regular duties for which ho is paid by Ilio salary allowed by law. Kxtni com pensation for making the tax list has al ways boon considered ono of the per- < iuisiles of the county clerk's olllco and the claim has generally been allowed by the commissioners. The decision of the unpntmo court , whiln not forbidding its ulluwancn in the future , Mates that the.ro IH no moral obligation on the board to continue a custom which in many cases iHjinnecussary and in all open to .serious pbjeetions. THK UKK'S now web perfecting press on Monday was run at the rate of yV > impors , eight pages , per minute , or 10,1500 per hour , and this morning it printed SiO.OOO four-page MipplomontH for the weekly In one hour and iifteen min utes , including stops , The press is work- in- ; l > lcndidly , and at the tame time tlio stereotyping of tlio BKK U improving every day The appearance of the Hun is now nearly up to standard , and it is ndmlttnd by all who have any knowledge if typography that it is a handsome billet , The llrbt few dajs alter the ulwiuw was Hindu la thu cttulmucmt the print of the paper was pale and blurred , owing to a Kories of unfortunate eireinn- BUnccs incident to siieh u revolution as KKS boon made in tl.e lii ! : : establishment , I Jlirt we do not think that anyone can now ! consistently lind any fault with thu gon- r l iiji | uaranco of the paper , although it is not ( jnitu as perfect us wo intend to waku it. Tlio Hotllcnicnt of linltor Troulilcs. Thu resull.s of Into labor trouble * tlironghou ) llm country indicate * pretty clearly that ( ho principle of arbitration in Kittling dispute- * between rinplojc-M and ninplo.X'd will never come into prompt and general Ufagountll ( he labor organizations niv strong I'liotigh to en force it , jnwl a ? Ihc KnighlM of Labor did with llmViibash road. The Mriko at Cleveland very fully illustrated the fact brought out by Mr. ( iluddcti til Saratoga lastsumine.- ! , that it 1 the employcr * and not the worklngmen who stand in tlie way of arbitration. The national coal minors' union. nrgani/ at Indianapolis last month , gave point to this when it de clared for arbitration in preference to striken , and added : On a federation of all lodges and branches of miners' unions lies our only hope. Slnule handed we. can do nothing , 1ml federated there Is no power ofnniK tlnil we may not openly tlefj. Vciloitdlnii will act as a stimulant and Infuse new life into all of the lorn I , dlMlih't and Mute orpinlzntlons. The wrongs of federated capital can only bo met by lho.poae.o.ful might of'fed- ' crated labor. Power commands a liear- ing where weakness is denied audience. The thorough organization of labor un der intelligent and sensible direction will mark a longMrido towards the more stable - blo adjustment of the relations between it and employing capital. With a proper understanding of existing condition * , and a mutual respect for tlio means which employ and tlio power of the men em ployed , strikes will be.como yearly of rarer occurrence. The Hoard of Trmlo IMcclliifi- The last meeting of tlio Omaha board of trade was an encouraging one. It was business from opening to close. The subjects noted upon were timely and im portant , and tlio way in which they were handled by our representative business men , who made up that largo gathering , is an indication which speaks well for the present life and future activity of the body. A committee , to decide upon tlio expediency of organi/.ing a chamber of commerce , wai appointed and the ques tion of the advisability of a railroad from Omaha to the northwest thoroughly can vassed. Within a few days , President Meyer will appoint a commit lee of cili/.ens to take firm hold of this last and most pressing cpiestion of an additional trade outlet from Omaha , who will be empowered to properly stim ulate the necessary action of capitalists and others. Every wholesaler in this city , who has felt the iro-i barriers that have been raised against Omaha's exton- tension of trade into the northwest , will doubtless join with helping hands in working out tlio commercial salvation of our city , which such a line will assist in bringing about. And men of wealth , whoso largo and growing real estate in terests will be still further increased by such a line , will not , wo fool certain , re fuse a prompt and generous assistance to tlio undertaking. Important action was also taken by the board , in approving the adoption of a resolution by the directors which cells upon members to subscribe § 100 eacli for bonds to bo used in the immediate con struction of the foundations for the now building on Famum and Sixteenth streets. The membership of the board is now MO , and $11,000 should bo promptly secured for this purpose. This sum , expended in stone and mortar , will readily enable the board of trade to obtain the balance necessary to complete the structure. Such a building will bo at once a stimulus to the business pros perity of the new chamber of commerce and an ornament to otir city. Tin : thick liido of Ferdinand Ward has finally been penetrated by the htinging attacks of the public press. Tlio man who plunged a whole family into finan cial ruin and enveloped in shame the closing days of Ulysses S. ( Irant has finally boon forced into a defense of his bold confidence game. Ward's .state ment covers nearly two pages in the New York Herald. It completely exonerates Gen. Grant from any knowledge of the details of the business of the linn of Grant & Ward , but it tulh a story of busi ness incapacity and blind avarice on the part of the Grant boys which every friend of tlio family might well wish had never been writt n. AT lording to W.ir I's ac counts , which ho shows wore after all carefully kept by himself t. show each transaction , Huek Grant received $575- 210 as nominal profits on his various ven tures. This maney was "reinvested" and stood to his credit on the books when the firm failed. I'rom the mus3 of tig- nros wliioli Ward prosjiiU as his "ac counts" it is plain that the losses of the Grants became the profits of men like Win. Warner , J. Nelson T.ippan , Win. Grace , Jas. 1) . Fish , C. K. Garrison and other prominent Now Yorkers , whoso names are now first given to tlio public. Fish , who Is serving his sentence in the penitentiary , was thegreatest bonolioinry of this eonlidonco shop. While the bold game of rolling over millions of other peoples money in fatal jugglery was in progress , the sons of Gen. Grant seem to have stood by and taken the MatomenH of Ward as to profits and returns , "contracts" and investments , in blind and ignorant confidence and with out the slightes. Investigation as to their basis. "Profits" onoo made were imme diately "invosti'd" on the other side of the ledger. The books of tlio linn showed on the day of the crash nearly two millions of dollars to the credit of the Grant family , without a single dollar of coin to furnish the basis for its pay niont. Wanl'sdofensa does not exoner ate htm from the responsibility of drag ging others to disgrace and ruin. Hut it shows clearly that that responsibility must In part at least bo shared by &omo of the men who have denounced him as being alone responsible for the disgr.ico- ful failure of the firm of Grunt & announce the forward movement of Servla troops into Turkish territory , the raining of n Joan of seven millions by King Mlliin , the letting of lurgu army contracts and general prcpar- tioiiN for war on n heavy scale. This is Bwvla's method of presenting her < lo- iniuid for a slice of ( he. Turkish posses * in Knropo us nn offset for the tooth- tome moracl of Katorn Itoumelin which Ihti roprc.jfnlalivcs of Uio powers pro- enlcd last week to Ilulgnria. If thn re. ' ports are confirmed Iho tinder box on tholtalkaii frontier hasbcon lighl < ul with n vengeance and the glare will Illumin ate nil Europe. Greece ia joining the proo.c. nlon with an armed force to enforce her demand for Turkish terri tory ( o the north and east. Macedonia is ( veiled , Her/ogovlnia and Montenegro are feverishly waiting development ; ! , and behind all these inflammable clcmcnta stand. " Ihn lowering mass of the Russian nrmy anxious to assist their Selavie brethern against the. Turk and to plant the ( ! reek cross over the minaret-crowned dome.s of Constantinople. Turkey in the face of this threatening array of rebellious va.ssals and ancient enemies pro'enUs n pathetic spootaolo. Held together by nothing but the difllciil- ty which the great , powers of Ktiropo find in apportioning it.s fragments the Turk ish empire seems onjho oxo of a dissolu tion" whoso end cannot bo much longer deferred. The moment that Iho shares of Kngland , of Knssia , of Franco , Ger many and Austria are amicably settled , that moment the Turks will cease to bo a factor in European intrigues and Turk ish territory a blot on Iho face of nine teenth century civilization. Ni\v : YOUKI'.KS are complaining that they pay a disproportionate amount of the stain tax. In New York as In other municipalities , the state levies its taxes on tlio valuation , made by the city. As tills valuation is made for municipal pur poses with a view of securing the highest possible revenue , it is miic.li nearer the worth of the property than is the valua tion in the counties outside. This is a common complaint in all largo cities. It arises from the failure by legislators to enact a proper revenue law fixing the basis of valuation throughout the state. To make any general valuation equitable it should bo based on the actual market value of the property or a fraction ( hereof which could readily bo ascertained in a number of methods. Such a system of valuation throughout the entire state would ensure a levy which would leave no grounds for com plaint as disproportionate. The trouble with present methods of assessment is Unit caeh assessor is a rule to himself , and is too often a tool of the wealthy property owners. Hut in nine cases out of ten it is the men whoso property runs into thu hundreds of thousands of dollars who raise the loudest cry that the cities are paying a share of the state taxes out of all proportion to their population. TAX-PAVCIW of the Second judicial dis trict are determined to bring tiio ques tion of the legality of Mr. Mitchell's tenure of ollice to an immediate test. The supreme court has not rendered a decis ion on the application for a writ of quo wnrrnnlo. For fear that the press of business might necessitate a delay until after the republican convention , applica tion was made to Iho bench to-day in Lin coln for a peremptory writ of maiuktmus against the clerk of Otoe county to com pel him to insert in his notice of election that an additional judge in the Second district would bo voted for next month. Tlio application for the writ is made in the name of J. Sterling Morton , through his attorneys , Lyman , Ireland & Warren , and will bo at once answered on behalf of the clerk and the people by Messrs. Ransom and Watson. This will raise squarely , by means of a friendly suit , the question of tlio validity of the act of the last legislature creating an additional judge in the Second district in disregard of constitutional provision which for bids such increase of the judicary oftener than once in four years. It will also show to delinquent public oflicials that there are ways to test the validity of laws , oven though the oftice.rs whoso duty it is to bring such matters before the court refuse to do so on personal grounds. Washington dispatches announce that General Sheridan will appoint Major lienteen , of the Ninth cavalry , now sta tioned at Fort McKinney , in this depart ment as ono of his new aides. Major Honteon served through the war , and at its close was made a major In the newly organized colored regiment , the Ninth. Ho cavalierly declined the appointment , saying that he would rather lie a captain in a white regiment than a major of u colored ono , and was accordingly made a a captain in tlio Seventh. After serving twelve years as n captain , Captain Heon- teen was promoted to bo a major , and by a strange chance his promotion brought him into the very regiment a majorsliip in which he declined twelve years before. If ho had gone there at tirst ho would have been now a full colonel of cavalry. The ma jor's love for the colored troops i.s on this account not very enthusiastic and ho will probably send hia acceptance of tlio posi tion of aide on the staft'of tlio lieutenant general with a special delivery stamp on tlio envelope. JAV Gouuisays that hoboliovos Oma ha has a great future. There was a time when he gave Omahh's future a black eye at every opportunity by threatened removals of the Union Pacific shops , headquarters , and everything else except tlio bridge. Hut times are changed , and the day haa.como when the various rail roads are contemplating securing a big foothold in tills growing metropolis , PiTTSiiuita's facilities in the cheap iron manufacture , through the use of natural gas , has induced extensive explorations in other places , Hoth Cleveland and Cincinnati are now sinking experimental wells , wcatern Iron masters recognizing tlio fact that they cannot purchase coal and compete with the cheap fuel of Pitts- burg's wells. THB * county commissioners should im- mwliatuly Investigate ui3 i iTulr * of tlio county poor form. It is a public Institu tion and Hlmtild bo Investigated at fre quent intervals , willioiit Bcnii-btoaslonni domandri being nnitlo formioh action by diflcroni complainants. Wlle'ro ( hero id so much fciiioku ( hure may be a fllUo fire. Tlic Hiytlncss Sltimllon. The volume of trade during ( ho past week , an reporu-dclfront the various com mercial centers1. * sliowM little change from that of its predecessor. It more than ex ceeds ( ho c.xKactrttiinis | funned early in the .season and Vihffws signs of a steady improvement , u'liicji will provide an out let for Iho inurchjiidiso stocks accumu lated during ithopnst few weeks by jobbers and rc'tailcVs. ' The weeks * fail ures as repot t&\ \ jew | lit ) increase of in over last ueak , .yioslly furnished by small trader.fi KviUi small o-ap'ral. An advance is noled | ii wheat , of from 2 to ! 1 cents and in * utjni of 21 In Chicago andI cents a bushel in Now York. The strength In both of' these product * was largely dun to speculation ; less so perhaps in corn than in wheat , for which there i.s now a grout export and homo trade. Tlieso absorb the bulk of deliveries from tiio hands of farmers and prevent any material increase in stocks at commercial centers. The movement "of supplies has fallen oil'owing partly to the exhaustion of stocks and partly to the. advance in east-bound freights. The ullcct of thu splendid crop promise is seen in ( lie relative cheapness of next crop options , although the latter have a'dvanccd slightly this week in sympathy with the stroifglh of the market for nearer deliveries. The improvement In wheat jiric.es is mainly llm result of manipulation by the long interests in the speculative market. Tlio legitimate .situation is , however , more encouraging in sonic respects. A comparison of statistical statements shows that while the United States visible supply has in creased about 0,000,000 bushels since July 1 , the amount on passage from all parts of the world to Great Britain and the continent has decreased about 11,00,0 ( ) < iO bushels In the same time. During the same period last year the increase in the domestic supply was upward of 10,000,000 Ifushols , while tlio decrease in afloat stocks whs only Sl.fiOO.flOO bushels. As an oll'set to this favorable showing it is pointed out that the total stocks at chief ports in the United Kingdom have increased nearly 0,1)00,1100 ) bushels since July 1 , while the American markets are weighted with a visible supply nearly 20KiuiW ( : ) bushels larger than at this time a year ago. The bulk of this surplus stock is old wheat ; which has been carried along from month to month in ( lie hope of an ulti mate advance in prices that would enable tho."biills" to recoup their .serious losses. The pivsont bull movement in wheat lias the support of strong parties in New York and in thu.wcsll , but while thorn is less reckless bear .stilling on the leading exchanges there is'compiiratively little buying , except by professional traders. In Iho iron trade there is a continued firmness in prices anil a fair degree of activity in demand. jThe cotton markets ' have ruled firm , 'but there is a less decid ed feeling of confidence in the textile trade. Wool hiW cofttinued in well-sus tained demand \yith i reduced volume of business. The sunpojision of nail manu facture in oui"w itern factories lias made this artil'lc11 'especially strong. Wholesale mercjianis generally look for a renewal of activity in the demand toward the close of the month. PiinsmnsT CrivKiANi : > , Col. Lament and ban. Manning will go to New York in November to vote for Lave ) Hill. Mr. Hill needs their votes , and no mistake. "AVIS HIIOUljl ) H "M'nio. Adam is the best dressed woman In Palis. " History icpwits itself. 31 inc. Adniu was also the best dicssud woman in tlio gar den of Kden. Mis. Marie Hopkins lost a train out of Ios- ! ton the oilier day by waiting for : i cents change. She Is worth only iwooo,000 : , and needed the coppers. "llns yer ruin ; do b ll for cbcnln' snr- vlcesV" asked I'.irson AVIiaiiKdondle liavter ot the sexton. "I done 1'orjrot u | | abnut lilt. 1 didn't tech do boll. " "Ncbur niiiul , don , as loiiK as nobody heerd yer. " The new swift-delivery system Is now fair ly established in the Clilca " liostefllco. The administration is inuk'i. stood to have trot the Idea originally from Clarkbou , the Chicago pitcher. A ilch nr.in's son at Harvard has 'snout Slii,00 ! ) nttliiK up Ids college looms. Some day , lingering tlio buttons of a well-worn coat , ho may say , In the luimuago of the clill- dien : "IJIch mini , poor man , bcggur man , thief. " "Dodtjo Hi-other * & Pray" Is the mime of a San Francisco mm. in aland whom them aiosoiiiiiiiye.iithiiiinkuHandibinikeiMiiJiiers on a bender their si n ic.illy looks very up- propriate to a stranger. Sam Jones : "You must excuse me for atraln lelening to wlilskoy , but I am coin- pulled to do It in all my sermons , for theio are so many red nosed fellows sitting all around mo , blowing thi'lr breaths tin : it me. that I can't help talking about It. " To all who dltl'er with him he simply suvs : "if von throw a stone Into a lot of dogs tlio one who howls Is sure to bo the one who has bcon struck. " Konsihlo Talk. Hastings Gazette-Journal ! Wo trust Omaha will build a railway into the northwest , or any other direction best calculated to make that city a Chicago. It will bo a great blessing to every man , woman and child In Nebraska , Let Omaha become a great metropolitan trade center , and its benefits will accrue to the state. _ _ Unprotected halior. Hoston Herald : The glaesworkcr * of Pennsylvania haVw consented to go to work at a red notion1 of 10 percent. In their wages. Their employers would not consent to any reduction in the tarifl'and they still enjov an avoragoof 05 per cent. protection. In WOO , ( fiecording to Mr. Wright , glaBsmaknr received $ -.3.110 per day. In IbSO they wol'o paid but $1.7lMi decrease of 70 por'jconT. ' And they must now consent to wwk for only n portion of the year and at''rcdficod ' wages. Yet the republican platforms continue to talk talk of maintaining high duties for "pro tection to labor."l v Soldiers , ) Attention ! On Thursday anir FcMa.v , Oct. IS and 10 , Mr. Frederic Uoiijamin , represent ing Louis K. Gillhon , Uaim Attorney of Chicago and Washington , 1) . C. , will bo at the County Clerk's Olllco at Omaha to examine the casus of any who may call upon him. Many of tlio petitioners in this losality are entitled to more than they now draw and there are ollicers who are entitled to pay under recent laws and late decisions as well as some soldiers who had charges of desertion against them , which can now bo removed and Pay and Hounty so- cured. This visit of Mr , Honjamln affords an ! ' ° rsoldiers to x e--iii | iippcrJ" " J consult with agoji.lloman 01 lurgo Ci' luneo In such mutters' . , tforstnsofl ( k-llove.l . rmd byITI'T'S / , Pj' ' ( [ / ift : f Wiifrw v. HimitKUtd ty leiulliij : l.lfrMlan * . Sold UnJfe'Sl t nnd KftJeenL THE COUNTY POOR HOUSE , The Management of Superintendent Pierce Criticised. A. Hallicr Sliaej ) lititlet 1'lorco'n Itc- plj' to tlio Charges Tlio loo- Ce.rltllonte.s. Kililor of I he HKI : : I wish to Inform ( lie public through ( lie. medium of the Hut : , of certain facts regarding the man agement of the Douglas county poor house and farm , which I believe Iho county commissioners and ( ho people generally ought ( o know. I came to the poor farm on the 20th of September tak ing the position of foreman at. a salary of $ . ' 0 per month. Manuel Nelson , a Swed ish boy , who had b on employed on the farm for live months , was taken sick on the < ltli of September. Hoing a country man of mine , I Interested myself in his behalf. I would have done the same for any other man. When I canto there I found Nelson in a very low condition. In the first nlaco he had no one to wail on him properly. Ho had not been decently cared for during his entire illness. Nobody went Into Ins room to see him nxeopt once or twice a day. His room had not been cleaned tor seven days. The dust , and tilth had ac cumulated so that it was no place for a sick man. 1 made complaint , and then they cleaned it up at once , and Mrs. Pierce cleaned the room a little , and had Nelson changed and washed for the first time since no became sio.k. This was about a week ago. The iihysician , Dr. Itcbert , was called on. lie cam. ! out there , but didn't do ajiarticlo of good. In fact he got. Nelson into such a condi tion that he gave him up. Ho would not consult any other physician. Mr. Pierce paid no att"iilion to Nelson whatever until the hired help of the farm took the matter into their own hands , and engaged Dr. Coll'man , who came up to see it bo could raise the hey up. The hired employes agreed to pay lr. Coil- man's bill out of their own w.igos. Dr. Coll'man said ho Imd lillleor no hopes for Nelson , but since that time the doc tor has somewhat improved his condi tion. In dii" time I shall lay ( his whole mallei , in connection with other facts , before the county commissioners. If Nelson dies there will be a chance for the prosecution of Mr. Pierce on Ihe charge of crinfu.al carelessness. Nelson has about $ ! 5.0 in bank , and also his summer's wages coming to him. lie is not a pauper , and is able to pay his own bills , and will do so if ho recovers , but to make sure of proper medical at tendance the employes guaranteed the doelo'-'s bill. I hired Dr. ( 'oilman and told him to come out. lie asked me where tlio county physician was. I told Dr. Colhnan that' Nelson was not a pauper , that I had taken charge of tins boy because I believed that they were going to let him die. As soon as Mr. and iMr.i. 1'iereo eamu homo they m.'idu remarks to the eiluet that the next em ploye who got sick w.mld b" sent aw.iy at once. Mrs Pierce went on to s.iy that if this man died I would have to pay the bill. bill.The The nurse , a man named Gibbs , who is paid i-.0 a month , goes to theatres and other entertainment * , and neglects , his duties in a .shameful manner. This nurse i.s a cousin of Ir. Robert , and is not in m\ ; opinion a skilled nurse. Mrs. Pierce has stated that .she would not have him wait on any of her family. The niir.se did not do as Dr. Coll'man directed. The order that Dr. Coll'man left for him to do at I p. m. , was not done until ! ) : ! ! ( ) ] > . m. I made a complaint and thej' finally tele phoned to Dr. CotTman to know what ho dad said in regard to the wrappings on tlie boy's loins. At the same time they sent a prescription to Kuhn's drug More that they would not lill there , the nurse telling Dr. Coll'man that they had none of it at the farm before ho ( th doeti > rleft ) the house. Alter I had hitched up the horse for the nurse to go to town for the medicine , ho jrot some- inferior drugs mixed up in a bottle and said the pre scription was filled. Ivcmember that he told Dr. Coll'man , before the doc tor left , that the drugs they had hero were old and no good , Instead of staying and waiting on the man that the doctor had given up , ho wont to the theatre or some other place , leaving a pauper to wait on the patient , and this pauper , a man , lies in tlio room and sloops. Now , 1 would ask , under these circumstances , is Mr. Pierce the proper man to have charge ot the county poor farm ? Anything that I have written in this letter can bo proven by oyo-wit- nesses. J. W. HITTEU. The author of the above letter in an interview with a UIB ; representative made other statements rclleeting upon the management of the poor-house , When asked how the patients are treated he said : "Tlio doctor is supposed to coino out once every two or three days , but then * are patients there who need his earn every day. Mr. Pierce i.s making the paupers work whom the county sends there for support , and at the same time he i.s charging for their work. Ho makes fifteen of them do manual labor. Most of them are suH'cring all the time. Ono man reports that he refused lo work for Mr. Pierce , who thereupon told him that ho would tie him and whip him if ho didn't. I would advise the county com missioners to go out to the poor farm and make an investigation. They may find a great many things that need cor rection. Pierce , instead of being at homo to attend to his business , places certain paupers as monitors over the rest. " Mr , Hitter alr > o charged that Mr. Pierce was in the habit of docking the time of employes and sending in the full time and drawing pay for the same ; that the food given to the paupers was not only scant , but in many instances unlit for a human being ; that ho discharged him ( Hillor ) without a man there to do the farm work , that the vegetables are lying on the ground fro/.cn. and that other things are neglected. Hitter claims that there are some patients ( here who could bo cured in thirty days by proper atten tion , and bo discharged , thus saving ex pense to the county. All of the above Hitter states of his own knowledge. Ho mentioned several other things that he knew by horcsay onlv.and which were said to have ocoured at dilleroiit times before he came to the county farm. TUB oTiir.tt fainr. . Superintendent Pierce having become aware of the fact that Hitter proposed to publish the above hitter and tliat ho had made various statements lo the Urn : , called at the HKI : ollice and requested the publication of the follow ing cerlilicatoH : OMAHA. Oct. 10. To whom it may concern : Thin is to certify that Kmil Nelson , an employe at the county poor farm , has had the best care from Air. and Mrs. Pierce and as sistants during Ids present attack of ill ness , ( typhoid fever , ) tlie contrary asser tions of J. W. Hitter , a Into hired man at the farm , are lies without foundation , prompted by revenge for his discharge tor his meddlesome disposition , imper tinence and general Inofllcienoy. He- bpodfully , M. A. KKUKKT , M. D. . Conntv Phvbioian. OMAHA , Oct. ID , 18 . This is to certify that I was reipicnled to treat professionally K. Nelson , sick at county house , who was attended by - muv' .physician Dr. Hubert , and I am mj'ro lie Hn5 -f'L' ! * rf ' ' " 8 ' } 'i' ' ' . ? i.J * ir- attention .from the attendants ; nnd Mrs1. 1'ltffco. . None eftilit | " ! y 'C ' } ' y" . II ComKK , at. . Suporintcnden't Pierce s.ij.s " 1 had to } remove. Iho pauper. * from the pauper * liing'iu waril in ordci'tog'nn ilto Nol POII. Hitter snld ho would lvivc ( if Itlidn' do il. I was short of hands utid didn' want him to leave ill ( hat linii1. I was li Nelson's room at least three ( lines a da.\ although it is not c\pei > ( vd nf me ii nllond personally lo ( ho sick. II Is true thai NcNoti is u ver > * > ek man , but wi far as aiii ansucr to' Itillt r'tt charges is concerned I think il is only neeeHs.irji lo refer lot he certificates of DM. Cotl'mat and Kelierl. His other charges will , tin on investigation , be shown to lie equally groundless , and I want vou lo demani through the llr.B thai lite eoiiiily com- missioncr.s make a ( borough invcstlga lion of llm management of the poor farm. Insist upon It that It shall be til impartial investigation- whitewash ing afl'air. I invite such an Invest galiot at any limo. The fact i.s ( hat Ilium hits got lo bo a iircat deal done ( here. \ \ \ nave got to have more room , and the pa tients must bo classified. I'hero is no niiyo room to-day limn when I went then seven years ago and found twentIwt , \ paupers , To-day wo liavo 00 , of when J are insane. The commissioners an about to build an Insane ward , and w' < l have il done in a few weeks. Then wo can classify ( ho patients ami manage llu jnslilullon more systematically and oat isfaelorily. My position is by no means a desirable one , as it constantly trios one's patience. I have been there sevet years , and have tried to nniniigo the plnci in a proper and satisfactory manner Paupers , as a rule , are a hard class t < please , as they get cranky and are given to complaining without good grounds. ' liiuul Orant-H to Kallronils. Harper's Magazine : In sonio instances these roads have been partially con structed , in others no attempt has been made to build , , > et in all oases the en tire grant is claimed , and the hind thus covered are withhold from settlement The supreme court of the United States haing decided that "a failure to com plctt ! the road within tliotimc lived in the grant does not forfeit thn grunt , " tin binds thus withheld must remain so unli by act of congress the respective un earned grants are declared forfeited. It has been truly allirined "that , title lo ' nearly lOO.OOn.o'llO acres of land rightfully belonging lo tlie people of this country i ° in such a condition tliat it may bv ' crafti entanglement of law bo oontinm'd in the interest of grasping and corporate monopolies ; yet congress remains pas sive , refusing to assert the righls ot the people , all hough well advised of the im- jieralivo necessity for action. " A fair illustration thai tl'io government is or lias been in danger of losing these lands is the case of Iho "Maek'iono" ' grant , made in 1S7I lo the New Orleans , Vicksbtirg A llalon Hongo r.tilrond. Ono of the con ditions of the grant was that the road t-'hoiild be completed in live joars. Nol a yard of earth was ever moved by this company. They did , however , issue and soil nondri , ( lion transferred the grant to the New Orleans & Paeilio road , which company Mild Us charier rights to the Texas Paeilie , ivs.'nin ; Its assigned grant , and transfcring it to the American Imimwinent Company. The "Hack- boners" have repeatedly importuned congress for confirmation , always meet ing with refusal. The eulini- niilion of this all'air shows hoxv great Iho power and how little the care exer cised b.y high olliciaU in disposing of or protecting the public lands. During the last weeks of the retiring administration there was great , and unusual animation noticeable in Iho general land depart ment. Kxlra clerks were busy night and day filling out papers with precipitous haste , and when tlio present , secretary assumed control of the ollice the mill was still in full blast , grinding out what proved to b patents for lands of this "Hackbono" grant , 700,000 acres of which were already deeded , every revolution of the wheels Fevering from the public domain , without adequate , it' any , compensation , great tracts of land. At' once the machinery was ordered stopped , saving to the government thous ands of acres , anil inaugurating , it i.s to be hojied , a new era in the methods of disposing of that portion of our public domain which still remains. The wanton and wholesale plunder of our public lands the past ! ( ) years furnishes material for tint most astounding chapter of American h story. In what terms may wo fitly ( iharactori/.c a system which permit * ; one man by questionable methods , to secure a grant of lands covering a narrow strip extending for miles along the banks of a largo stream , with all its tributaries , comprising in itself a small acreage , but rendering inaccessible to others and de priving the government of the sale of millions of acres of the adjacent lands ( a notable instance of this kind occurring in New Mexico ) a system which winks at the building of fences by cattle kings around vast areas , excluding therefrom the honest settler , pulling iin in effect a barrier to the progress of civil isation , and which enables railroad cor porations , after receiving patents to over V,000,000 ! , acres , still to set ii ] > , with fail- prospect of success , claims tor 1WUOOUOO ( more ? IVater Transportation. Now York Star : ( Jov. Seymour's recent - cent remarks upon the Now York canals will call forth a deeper echo from HID west than from tin : cast. No oiio who has not passed some years on the further side of the Mississippi can rcali/.e the difference between railroads and free water. The fact tliat most iinprofsos the imag ination in one's travels over this country is ( hat , in thn very heart of the continent at Chicago , Duliith , and still more at St. P.iul , you could bo enabled to stop aboard an ocean ship that might carry yon lethe the four corners of the world. In this respect , the United States enjoys facilities for commerce which are not approached preached by those of any other country of it.s magnitude. The waterways of China , India and Hra7.il do not compare with that double system , inland and ocean , which unites Now York City with St. Louis. On this scienflflo fact is bused no small portion not only of our material , but of our moral prosperity. Kast of hi Paul one hours comparatively few complaints from farmers about extortionate rates. Nature has ranged herself on the side of justice and free trade. Went of the Mississippi the burden of every farmer's speech is that ho is ruined by railroads. Gov. Seymour well says that the I-'rio canal is the crown of the Empire state's prosperity. Htnto Elections or IMJI5. Now York Times : The state elections of the current year are not many , but some of them are Important. Following is the list : Arkansas will elect , at a special oloc- lion to bo held on Tuesday , November 10 , an associate justice of the supreme court to lill the nne.spired term of tlio lion. J. H. Kkln , deceased. Colorado will olcot on Tuesday , No vember ! i , a judge of its m lire me court. Connecticut will eh ct on Tuesday , No vember ; id , one-hull its Male mmato for one year only , and the members of its house of representatives. Florida elected on Tuesday , May fith , the members of a constitutional conveii- t.on , which mut In Tallahassee on Tues day. Juno nth , and framed a now consti tution for the state , and provided that it should be submitted to Iho vote of Iho people on Tuesday , November ! ! < ! , IBM. Iowa will elect on Tuesday , November "d , governor and other state olllcera and legislature. Kentucky elected on Monday , August 't , the democratic candidate for state treasurer and rejected a proposition Ui hold a contention lo ri\i i > thecoaslltn - ( Ion of llu > Male Miirjland will elect on Tuesday , No- vpmbcr , controller and clerk of the court of appiwh MK' > h" " Us will elect on 1 uesday , F3GST PERFECT MADE VrppnrM with | V > dnl n-fiiint ( n lip l U. No Amnorl.i , I.lmnor Alum. PRICE BAXIHO POWDER CO. , CHICAGO. ' RT. tOUIO. November ! ! , governor and other state s nnd legislature , nnd vote upon"a' proposed amendment to the constitution of tlio state providing for precinct voting in towns. Michigan elected on Monday , April 0 , ' the fusion candidates for supreme judge and reuenls of Iho state university. Mississippi will elect on Tuesday , No vember : ! , goutrnur and other stale olll- cers and legislature. Nebraska wilj clod on Tuesday Novem ber il , supreme , judge and regents of the state university. Now .Jersey will elect on Tuesday , No vember It , part of its senate and llio as sembly. Now York will elect on Tuesday , No vember ! l , governor and other Mate olll * COM. live justices of the supreme court , and both branches of the legislature. Pennsylvania will oicot on Tuesday , November ! ! , state treasurer. Hhodo Island elected on Wednesday , April 1 , the republican candidates1 for " ou-riior and other state ollicor.s and leg islature. Virginia will elect on Tuesday , . NoVember - Vombor 3 , governor , llentonant govern or and attorney general and legislature. Wisconsin re-elected on Tuesday , April 7 , without opposition , the republican candidate- associate justice of the su preme court. LJ n Skin Diseases Instantly Itollnvnd l > y Cut Icit ra. rpUHATMnXT.A nann Imlh with Cutlotira 1 Keiii. | unit u sinulu iiiillciitloii | | of Cullctini , I he pi cat Milu ( 'me. Ilil * lopcntod dully , with luo or tliicc ( lotos1 ft I" Ciitluirii lte olvout , tlui Now Illooil I'mlllor. 10 ki'uptho Word cool , tlio l > orsirution ] | pine mid iiiilriilntlup , llui bowel * open. Hit1 llxcr mill UihioyH nvtlvu , will xpoedlly ciiri1 Kc/eniii , Toiler. ICIiiKWorin. I'MirlnsI" , l.loli- en , I'ruitins. HniM-llenil , Diniili-iitr nnd in-ory MH-OiOs of lit liluir , Sruly nnil I'lniplv Illimois oC I he Sculp ntid M.in whoa tlio liubt pli lull. r.rzr.MA ( IN A onir.n. Your ituiit vnlmililo OillcMirn Hemodlos luivo item1 my child MI much jrooil Unit I fool like HIIV- Inir Iliis fortlio lienutll ol'llioso who mo troubled wllh t-lliulNoa * < > . Mv Illllo i > Mvut troubled ullh Itocinn , mid 1 tried t-ovonil dontorH and mc.llL-lnt't. hut did not do lior nnvironil mull 1 used Uio ( 'iillfiini Humilities which Hpoinllly cinml her , for which I owu jou many tlnuilis and many nl 'Ids of tost. ANTO.V Uo-isMiKii , ndhiburuh , I nil. TTTTIK : OK Tin : SOAU . I wnsnlmml pcMToelly luild , caused livTottor on lliotopol'llio poitlp. 1 usud .voiir Outtoiiru Itpuiedlos nliout six wookf , nn 1 Ilioj' cnrod my -ualn iinrl'ocMly , nnd now my huhIs coming' Imok u.s tliluk aa It m or was. J. I1. Cunict : , \Viltosloro'Toxu3. ! covnitnn WITH I want to loll 3011 Hint \ oiu'iitlnnrn Hotol- vent is ma > riillcimt. ! About tlirou monllis iu ; my fiieo wus covered with lilotchosiiiui nllor iislnjr thrco Ijolllo ! ) or Jlosolwnt I wns iiorfnclly L-UU-ll. I'lOMlKUICIC M.UTUU. SI St. Clmrlos St. , Now Orleiuis , Jji. nr.sT FOU ITOHINO msiusns. Ono of oiircustomnrspiiyM your Out Ion in rom- edlos iiro tlio bust ho cnn llnd for llchliuol' tlio hkln. He tiiod all othurd uiul found uo rollof until tie e.'rii your. * . K.l.AI.DItlUII.Drilimlst , ItHIng Sun.O. Fold nvorywlioio. I'rfro. Ciitluiiru , fi'J ots ; f'oap , "i cts. ; Itcwolii'iil , 31. I'lopmod tiy thu I'OTTKII llli ) : < ! AMI I'lll-Mieu , Co. , Ho-tOII , MlUiS. Sund lur"llow to Cum Skin DlioasiH. " PU'.S , llhieklicMiKHkln Illomhlius nnd lluby HiiiiioiM , usoCiitluniii Soup. HOW MKB 011 , AND WINK lo the fuinlxhoil of old la u riitlunru Anil- I'aln I'liistcn-to the nc'hiiw sldo-umd ImcL , tlio wuiik nnil piilnlnl nuiscltiH , jtlio MIKI elii'si nnd Iniuklni ? ooiiKli , iiiid i-very pain and nctio oC dully loll. JTx ; . Uveivhoro. . IS CONnillTliU 1IY B oyal Havana Lottery ( A noviiiiKMUNT INSTITUTION. ) Drawn at Havana , Cuba. Every 10 lo 14 Days. Tlokululu I'lIlM * . Wliolut , Vrrnctloiis pro I in a. Subject to no nmnlpiiliitlnii , not controlled by the imilios In Intfirusl. It Is Iho I'ulrtwt tlilnjr la tli d niituro ol cliunc'O hi oxlstonco. Kor tlckulH apply lo SIIII'.sKV & CO , I''U Jlioiulwiiy. N. Y. ( 'lly : M. OTTHN8 & CO. , IDMulu licul , Kaiis.ia City , Mo. A nlccoof nilno. nlnnyiinrtf iwi , " miyM D , It. Mllilkon.tlii ) wiill-Uiioivn piililMinr ( of Coitnico lloiirtln , "UIIH lul.un lit llnc'O months liom \ \ coiiiRiiinpllvu inotlior'H urnomui'lntod , mid daccd on Itldiro'H 1'ood nxolilKlvoly At onto , It 'Oininciiood loirnlii , nnd V.H * MIOII plump unit lenllhy ; und tlie child Ktlll lives. " Siieh tusrl- nony im thli shown boyumt nil cavil \ \ true vuluu. Nebraska National Bank OMAHA , NEBRASKA. & 'j.vra'r ) fH , Ma ) i , issi iij.ojj.yj II. U' YATI-.S , 1'rcHldont A H. TOIY.AUN , Vice I'rohidont. \V. V. Mousn , JOHN .S. C'oi.i.iNs , LKWIS.S. HIII : : > , \V. 11. H. HcnriKS , Cashier. BANKING OFFICE : WJII3 JliON MAN 1C. Co , llli : ! nml rurimni Stnxilx. A ( Ibiicrnl lliiNiiuis < < TniiiHiioloil. Many a Lady is beautiful , all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on tin : bkiu , Beamy on the skin is Magnolia Balm.