Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAJLA DAILY TO3E : MONDAY , OCTOBER 11) , 1885.
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lo lib miMe pnjntiH'to tliconli-r of Hie nmiiuuiy.
IHE BEE fUBUSHIHS C8HFW PROPRIETORS ,
K. HOH\VATKlt. HIIITOU.
1'iin dirt is Hying along the ISell lino.
Tin : proTnlling iMrtirbon complaint i.s
Unit lliw mugwump rooita liigh this year.
iNi'K the Ohio elections , Now York re
publican stock lint * risen twenty per cent.
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I'jYiittv voti'i1 in Omaha mint resistor
I lite frill. No moro iillldavils , if you
please.
TIIIJ republican victory in Ohio i.s mak
ing ninny u solid vote for Davenport , in
Now Vcn-k.
TIIKUI : was no railroad liuilt from
Onialiti to the nort Invest to-day. It was
u dull day in Omaha.
Tun Douglas county republican ticket
is unexceptional. Kvon the democrats
linvo not u word to nay against it.
FIITOX ) county , Coorgia , believes in
high license. The pieo of n rotnil liquor
lioon.se in that county is $2,1100. ,
IT is intimated I lint the president would
like Curl Sellur/ accept thu presidency
of the civil service commission.
IK Mr Hraudes is nominated by tlio
donioonits for jtislioo of tlm peace , the
people will make lirandcs smash of
him on election day.
PAT 1'Vwn ' boasts that ho has : \ purse of
$1,00 ! ) to upend to ninko himself , sherih" .
Wo hope ho will spend it. The b'hoys
fool very dry this fall.
fowA has four calves that cost ? JO,03i ) ,
whioli loads tlio Macon 1'iilcyraph to remark -
mark that Freddie Gobhardt cost his
parents live times as much.
Itf his great work of "clearing out the
Augean stables , " as it is called by ( ho
democratic press , wo trust the president
will not overlook Cincinnati.
IUA DAVKNPOIIT has congratulated Mr.
Forakor upon the rosultin Ohio. On the
4th of November Mr. 1'orakor will prob-
nbly have mi opportunity to congratulate
Air. Davenport.
Tun democrats don't propose lo put a
county ticket in the Hold until a week
before eluotion. That will be time
enough , however , for a ticket that 13
doomed to defeat.
Mil. ConuiiN will be the next sheriff of
Douglas county. Mr. George Guy id
wasting a good deal of Ids time in elec
tioneering , George will hare to cut ioe
for another Reason.
A AV < MAN has just been tried and con
victed for witchcraft in Minnesota by
the minister and deacons of a Swedish
tohuroh. Minnesota is beginning whore
Massachusetts left of ] ' .
PKNDKU , the Knglish telcgraib
king , has resigned his place in Iho West
ern Union directory. John couldn't
quite understand the business methods of
American stock jobbers.
. Mn. BiUNDioa wants tlio democrats to
nominate him for justice of the peace in
the First district. By all moans lot him
bo nominated. The people ought to get
fionio of their money back out of the
liraiides cost mill.
Tilr. joint debate is about to desolate
Now York. ( Jov. Hill will mout Ira
Pnronpnrt on the stump , but the real ,
solid work of the democratic party will
botlono 119 heretofore , m the rear of
Uowory saloons mid dark alloys in the
metropolis.
Tan democrats are so hungry that they
ore willing to face the yellow fever rather -
or than miss au ollieo. Hence wo sue aNew
Now Jersey man sent to Yarn Cruz as
the Auouosior of Mr. Bruno Tiwoliuok.
tTorsoy lightning may bo Jiroof tigalust
Yellow Jack.
IT Was supposed that with the inaugu
ration of the immediate delivery system
those commissions to Messrs Pritohett ,
Herman , ( jalhighor and other federal of-
( lee Bookers would put In it speedy up-
l > onuince , but they do no materlali/o for
fume reason or other.
PUUSIA is anxious to import some
American railway kings to "develop her
country , " As the treasury of tlio shah i.s
guarded by a regiment of armed oiiiiuelu ,
mo-it of our railroad magnates consider
Dm opportunities for development Iu
Persia very unpromising ,
JX ( Jov. hxousii , oi Connecticut , will
buck < 3ov. Waller for the United States
liomitorsliip If the democrats control the
UjiM logidlaturu , KnglMi is worth
t510,000,01)3 , ) , but if ho iu like old Bill
Knglish , of Indianapolis , ho won't let go
of u cent for Waller or any other man ,
Tun BKU has been oll'orod n bundle of
' uflldiivlls showing up-tho record of Whit-
'ing , tlio democratic candidate for
/eovornoc / of lowu , but the ullidavits
uro respectfully declined as thulr
jiubllnatlon U unuucuvsary. WhitIng -
Ing will bo snowed under so deep
ijthntlt will lake several allidavita after
IQ convince anybody thut ho vyius
Lincoln. .totirnnlUm.
When sonin four moiilli.s ago Iho Hun
established a branch ollieo at the state
capital Iho Lincoln papers raised u howl
the otiterprlso. They worked
into ft perfect freii/y and
warned the. people of Lincoln againU the
danger that wa.t menacing their city
from un imoupcotod quarter. That an
Omahii paper should dare to establish a
news bureau in Lincoln was .something
unheard of , and could only result in dis
aster , wreck nnd ruin to the people of
Lincoln. With this ple.tum hold up be
fore them It i.s simply a marvel that any
body in Lincoln dared to rent an ollice.
to Iho HKH , or that our reporter
W.-W allowed to vrntk the streets. Intelli
gent und rational people , who happen lo
comprise a largo majority of the popula
tion of Lincoln , were nut In the least
alarmed by Ihe terrible predictions of
their local paper.4. They saw in this new
departure an enterprise that was in keep
ing with metropolitan journalism , and
hulled it a.s n b ! < : card for Lincoln. They
realized that Lincoln ns the capital of
Nebraska bad beeomn au important , news
center , and that tlioKF. \ \ was taking Iho
initiative to keep not only the people of
the stulo , hut the whole section covered
by it.'i extensive oiroulalioii , fully informed
concerning Iho affairs of their city.
They did not sow any .serious loss of
patronage to their local press by reason
of the HF.K'.S enterprise , which was in no
respect different from the course pursued
by Chicago , St. Louis and Kansas City
papers with reference ! to Iho capitals of
Illinois , Missouri and Kansas. If Spring
field , Jefferson City ami Topeka were not
advertised by the metropolitan journals ,
they would hardly bo heard of except
through Iho limited medium of their own
papers.
Having como to Lincoln with no other
design thnn to make itonoof its important
news-gathering points , there i.s no excuse
for the which
dog-in-thfc-maiigcr policy
has been pursued all along by the papers
of that city. Wo have taken away none
of their palronauo , and solicit , none of it.
Our liold is peculiarly our own , and we
certainly have us much right lo gather
news and sell papers in Lincoln a.s the
Kansas City , St. Louis or Chicago dailies.
In fact , wi ! have a good deal better
claim , because wo have for years labored
and contribuled largely to the develop
ment of Nebraska. And Lincoln has no
reason to complain of ill treatment
at our hands. In the few months
since it has located a bureau in
Lincoln the Bui' has done moro
to advertise Lincoln and bet rapid
growth , onlorpri.se and advantages than
the local paporj could do in as many
years.
Having failed to alarm the people of
Lincoln about the lerriblo enemy whioh
had invaded their city , the Lincoln pa
pers have recently changed their method
of attack. They are now Iryiug lo make
it hot and disagreeable for
Iho representative of the UEK by
assailing him personally in their col
umns. This is , to say the least , not very
creditable to Lincoln journalism. Taking
advantage of a prejudice against Omaha ,
whioli they themselves have created and
kept up for years , they have tried to im
press upon the people of Lincoln the idea
that bis comtuc.iit.s upon the Missouri Pa-
cilio bond project were an evidence of
deep-seated enmity to Lincoln. As a
mailer of fact Ihoro was noth
ing improper in the incidental
remark that the Missouri Pacific was
bound to go into Lincoln , bonds or no
bonds , and the aid voted was so much
money needlessly thrown away. The
Lincoln Journal , which claims to bo the
great champion of Lincoln's interests ,
did not say a word in favor of the Mis
souri Pacific bonds until its managers
were convinced that they wore sure to bo
carried by an overwhelming majority.
Us advocacy of Iho bonds at tlio eleventh
hour was unnecessary. The bonds would
have been carried oven if Iho Journal
had openly opposed them.
This bond pretext under whioh the in
decent and cowardly personal warfare is
being waged upon our reporter , is too
transparent to deceive anybody. The
HUB has coma lo Lincoln to slay , just as
it has at Council HlulTs. Its branch of
fice is permanently located , and its pros-
out manager will retain his position so
longas he gives hisemployors satisfaction.
\Ve have never meddled with the inter-
rial affairs of thu Lincoln papers , nor
have wo over discouraged any of their on-
lerprlsos. ' If they want to establish a bu
reau in Omaha they will ba welcome. If
; iny of their employes shall locate in
Diualia Ihey will not bo subjected lo per
sonal attacks and pensucutiou at our
luinds.
Territorial
There must bo something in the atmos
phere of Now Mexico whioli unfavorably
\lfrorij ollioiftl hrmo.sly. It has been tilled
ivith official scandals ever since Its
livlsion as a territory. The Ior.st ) ys nnd
( Ukinsons nnd Princes , not to speak of a
( cure of Indian agents juvl minor ollioor.s ,
.nivo . kept up the flagrant record for
y'eur.s. Land thieves and star routers ,
corrupt contrftclor.s and jobbing mall
-arriers have held high carnival in the
; orritory , while decent men have boon
jrowiled to the wall lo make room
'or imported ticalktwag.s and seonnd-
els. The last scandal is
'no removal of the chief jus-
ice , Vincent , for appointing Dorsey
is ono of the grand jury of the United
States court iu that territory. Asa largo
lumber of Dorsoy's friends arc under
iivcstlgation for crooked practices , the
iiirnllieaiico of Iho appointment was too
ippareul to escape atloption. It was
iromptly followed , as it should have
jcen , by the removal of Judge A'inccnt's
> lllcinl head , Kvery instance of Iho
; iid | gives more emphasis to Iho demand
mule by both political pur tins in the Into
uitio'iiil campaign that territorial ap-
lolntmeiit.s should bo made from roii-
Icuts. Mr. Cleveland has not seemed to
ecognlxo lo any great extent the platform
loclnratious of his party in this respect ,
t Is true that several good iippolnmoiita
if residents have bucn made in the ttrrl- ;
orlcs , but the mus.s of the new of-
IclaU cnmu us buforu from thu slates ,
lust us long as territorial olllcera are
Dado general party spoils , und iiioiim-
tents of ilium arc relieved from thu bafo-
of local responsibility , U-rrltorin
may bo oxpe.cted .lo eoutimi
tin * order of the d y. Mot of our wesl
em territories conlaln ample tnateria
for their own federal otllclalftin men wlu
have grown up With Iho country , who *
Interests all lie In the. line of rllieieiit ad
ministration , nnd who cnn expect am
receive the. hearty support of their law
abiding neighbors and friends In making
territorial government what it should bis
honest , capable and above reproach.
The UntlroiMl Committee.
The committee appointed by Prcshleu
Max ; Mo.yor , of the board of trnde , lo so
llcil old for the immediate construolloi
of a railroad to northwestern Nebraska
is n strong ono. It comprises such name ,
ns A. L. Stranr ; , S. H. Johnson , W. V
Morse , J. A. McHlitino , Lewis S. Heed
H. T. Clark , Clark Wixidman and Max
Meyer , wilh others In 'whom Iho public
will have equal ooiilhlonoe. Largelj
composed of successful merchants am
capitalists , who know Ihe pressing neet
of rail connections with a part of NebrasKa
brasKa from which Omaha i.s
now excluded , its me.mbers wil
bo able to bring the argument
of personal experience to beat
upon capitalists both at homo andabroai
to whom lids important subject will bo
presented.
There should be no delay In the orgaui'
t ion of the committee. The work of so
Uniting subscriptions should begin juntas
soon after the organisation of the com
pany as possible. Wo believe Ihat Iho
public is ready to respond handsomely to
any pnu'lioal move to give Omaha this
much needed oullet towards the north
west. There is a strong feeling thai
whatever i.s done by outside cor
porations , whoso termini are in
Chicago , Kansas City or elsewhere ,
no other enterpriser should be
allowed to conflict with one whose ohiel
object i.s to prevent thediversion of trade
from this city , Stub roads and connect
ing link' * of cither syslems will bo one of
little help in the long run lo Omaha. Its
merchants and citizens demand direct
rail connection with their neighbors by a
line which cannot bo used a.s a club to
beat the life out of our wholesale trade
and lo build up competing manufactures
in other states.
For this reason it is unwise and prema
ture to prophesy tnat : the proposed
railroad will in lime become a
branch of any other railway
extension. That matter will take
care of itself. Tlio oheif present con
cern is the orgaui/.ation of a company
to start the enterprise ; to siiciire enough
aid to place it on something but n paper
basis , and with honesty and ability
enough lo insure whatever future
changes of control may Like place , that
the interests of Omaha shall bo-is fully
protected as if every olllcer and clerk
were personally interested in the growth
nnd development of the oity. When that
i.s done and the road assured there will
bo time enough to discuss changes of
management. Meantime Ihe BEK in com
mon wilh the entire presd of Omaha be
speaks a generous response on behalf of
our citizens to the appeals of this now en
terprise whoso success i.s so essential lethe
the future growth of this city.
Special Ocllrery.
Thospecial delivery system istv failure.
[ t is as much of a failure in Omaha as it
has proved , after two weoks' ( rial , iu
other cities. The public did not demand
it , do not want it , and will not use it.
Messengers cannot earn pin money at the
business , and nro resigning all over the
3ountry. The department at Washing
ton admits that the special stamps will not
pay the carriers' wages , Mid thinks that
aongress will have lo appropriate money
for this purpose at its next session.
The best thing that congrass can do in
the matter nt its next suasion is to repeal
the law and make appropriations for ex
pediting the regular carrier delivery.
I'll is is the opinion of every leading post
master in the country who dares ex
press himself against this pet scheme
if Postmaster General Vilas. There is
no reason why congrosj should appro
l > riitte money with which ( n pay for the
[ rompt delivery of n few letters on
irhich Ihe sunders are obliged to pay six
' .lines the amount of ordinary postage ,
when the same appropriation would se-
mro equal promptness in the carriage of
til letters at the n ular rak'fl of postage
What is. needed , in the nhsonoo of postal
-clegraph , is an inertias j in the force o f
lostal employes in tfio largo poitoflioiM.
Many of Ihom are now greatly embar-
asaed by niggardly appropriations. The
itamping and forwarding departments ,
ind the carrier foroo ought to be largely
ncroasod. With more frequent collee-
ions from boxes and a moro rapid do-
ivory of letters received , thure would bo
10 earthly need for any special servleo.
L'his is the public view of Iho case and it
s the only sensible ono. What i.s wanted
H not new fangled attachments , but a
Ceneral improvement of what even in Its
> rcgont form is , in many respects , the
> est admlillstarud postal berviuo ou the
flobo.
TIIB lee dealer is letting go his grip oiJ
ho Buffering publio us November up.
> roaohcs , but his place will bu more than
illed by the retailer of coal , However
Ilicient may bo inspection of weights
ind balances by the oity Inspector , there
s no inspector but a dealer's own con-
donee , which can bo of much use in pro
ecting the purchaser of coal in broken
on lots. Fro in the numerous coinplainls
vhieh come in , lolling how Iho poor are
Jiealud by short weights , it scums to bo
i question whether the average small
ioal dealer has a conscience.
TiiEMonniouth county grand jury in
few Jersey has resolved Unit gambling
mist cease at Long Branch , and that pool
oiling must stop at the Monmouth park
'ileus. The season has closed at both
daces. It looks as if the resolution of thu
< cw Jersey grand jury Is it little aubso
[ ueut. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
VAN WVCK Is now in Wash-
iigton , to hasten the oroullon of n gov-
rnmont building li Nebraska City. It
rill now bo In oraur for domu of the sc-n-
tor's enemies among thu railroad cdl.
urs , to make a f iv IIIOIM remarks about
an unholy iillhiuco" with the udmiub.
ration.
A'f. ! . C. A >
Aii earnest appeal is mailo by the ofll-
cer.sof the Voutig Jj > il's Christian asso-
ciittiou for fund * viiflt Vyhieh to buy a lot
and building Wo hiiptythal the public re
sponse will ho proiript tttiil generous , tfor
nearly llflpon ycarS jia& the Omnha n.4-
.siK'lation has ploiltUyl along through dis
couragements whk-h , t.f > * l hvss earnest
and plucky orgiiimnhlon , would have
been quite dlslipqijtvntiig. Voluntary
contribution * froniin Miher.s and others
have been alone dojiiMided upon to fur
nish a temporary hf/md'for / ' the yearly in
creasing work. A reading room , library ,
gymnasium and employment ollloo ban
Ilium maintained for the use of imnh
young men as would take advantage of
them. The work of the ooiulion < has
been of benefit to the public In this city.
And the public ought now to roclprocalo
by being of benefit to Hut association.
It i.s proposed to raise SjoO.OOO to pur
chase a lot and erect a building whioh
will bo both of use and at the same time
an ornamnlit to the city. In doinjs this
the assueiatiou will bo following in the
footsteps of its si.stor.s in every city of
Omaha's .size in the country. These
buildings furnish places whora younjf
men can find harmless amusement , in
struction and recreation , and where em
ployers can secure oonipo'ont clerks. In
many of our cities tlio lectures , addresses
and classes of the Y. M. C. A. make it a
center of culture in Iho community.
Such au organisation , which proselytes
for no oliurdi and asks no questions ex
cept whether it can be of assistance , is
well worthy of liberal support at Iho
hands of our oiti/.ons.
We hope , before spring opens , that
we shall be able to record the success of
the OuiJ'.lia YouiigMcii's Association in
securing every dollar of Iho funds
needed. _
Co.MMT.S3iONr.il Si-.UiKd Is after a few
moro laud-grabbing corporations , and
proposes to hi ing suits to recover ille
gally obtained laud. If any hiieh suits
win , the companies will be promptly
overwhelmed by suits on the jiart of sot-
tiers who have bought rolinquishmeiils
and purchasers whoso litlo will bo invali
dated by the success of the government's
proceedings. The old plea that the prop
erty has passed into Iho hands of inno
cent purchasers will probably bo used
with successful effect by the jobbers.
Tin ; lion parlisan oilizcn'tyconvention
of Cincinnati is vigorously engaged in
unearthing democratic , frauds in that
city. Ono of Thuriuins ; ] lectures on re
form would l > o appropriate just about
this time in the home of John McLean
and bis gang of democratic repeaters and
ballot box .stullers. '
-grand jury has pre
sented Chestnut stre.et Us a nuisance on
account of the poor pavihg and dirty ap
pearance. Omaha , cai > , give a largo-
sized volume of poults to a cily whose
pavements principivlly dousist of a hun
dred miles of cobblo'-kon'e-S. '
Twutrrr-six. nioroM.orinoi saints have
been indicted. OHO feature of Utah's
growth whioh is securing a good deal of
attention is the growth of her peniten
tiary population.
WHAT the Philadelphia Times calls the
"corkscrew issue" in politics received a
jhick eye in Ohio lust week , from which
it will not recover for some years.
sx AND
Jfiirk Twain bids fair to become a "bloated
mmlholiler.
George W. Curtis , the novelist , Is only forty-
one years old.
Dr. Alary Walker i.s as purticubr about the
style of tier hat as most dudes.
Car ) Scliurz Is very busy with his pen. IIo
ove.s literature better than politics.
Canon Knn-.tr is as much pleased with the
u'oplo of this country as thev are with him.
Kx-Oovcrnor lloadly's health i.s much moro
robust thiiu was the recent campaign in Ohio.
The rumor of the euir.iijoiiieiit of ox-Presi-
h'.nt Arthur ami Miss Tilllo Frelliighuysen is
bolnj ; revived.
Kx.CiOvnruor Hoailloy Kotstip.h a Blinking
ti ) In the last campaign thut ho feels as U ho
iul ; nail the malaria.
Governor Hill's mim.slncho Is much bettor
rained than some of the politicians who have
given film the cold shoulder.
Maillson Morton , the author of the famous
'arco "Box and Cox , " Is n pauper In London.
le i.s n arly ninety years old.
.lay Ciould'.s family have nil Inroino of
ll.4tX ) , ( > : > ( ) n year from their investment In
fls.sourl 1'aeiiic railroad stock.
Mr. Whistler , the American painter , who
las boon so limi' domiciled in ignition , will
\rrlvo in New York In a few ilayw.
John 1' . St. John hits had cohl water thrown
in him by Ids enemies , wliocitll him "a pro-
e.sslonal jirolilhltlunlbt for revenue only , "
'Jn.'uiiibi Mlllnr hasdeuliiKVl a position In
he Interior department. Ho prefers Ihe poo-
ry of nature to the prose of government ser
vice.
( iconro Augustus Sala writes that Geno-
, -iovo Ward has made "PJ.OW in Australia ,
mil that Boiiulcault is doing "tremendous
justness. "
It Is thought that Jfrs. Van Cott , Iho rovl-
rallst , would nellie able to jwrform so Hindi
iiburhmw work were It not J'or tier bplcndld
> hysiime.
Klla Whcelor-WHcox's recent poem enti
led "At forty-olnht" does not refer to lier-
olf. Slie nnisthtill boon the minny biiloof
hlrty or forty.
Ken ) I n and Ward's baby , which was called
' 'ordiiianil Grant Ward just before the fall-
iru , has been K'iven a n'uw 'name , and i.s now
[ y'liu-onco Ward , ' ' :
Sullivan isilolm ; tho'slnCubnrt In a mln-
' , " 1 < ujuipaiiv. 1 Ic learned the varlon.s po-.es
cry cnoif ? ' . "ilh lii ; ? exception of "M.in Ue-
'iisms n Orliik. " JJcitouiHl " Impossible to
nastorHhnt position.
The KhiK of Denmark Ins a wart on ' 'la !
bin. to remove whielilio IMS ottered SIO.OM ) .
'hyslchms are afraid of fatal rcMilts If they
nidurtnko an operation.1 UK I.s more worried
iver that wart on his ujiln titan many a nr.m
vith a carbuncle on his iu e ,
Ilosroo Conkllu I.s wild to have rhancrd
lis style of dreashinbo liiH rotireiaunt Irom
iiibllu life. On onlimify oinasloiis he no.v
isually uear.su luii' ' jtu.i javKct , Hoher , loose
routers and wulKiiib' ' bouts. His powerful
.hoiildurs. . ( tlear eye , ooiV color ami ruj > id
uuvumuiiUi ludiciito pejiegtjiealth.
V 1'reiHoU-a Victory That Failed to
Materialize.
Chicago News : Last Tuesday morn-
ng from his umbr.'igi'oiis cutalpa grove
iway out on the Nebraska prairie , Dr.
jo.jrgo L. Miller , the innplrcd editor of
hu Omaha Herald , said : "U will be
afe to predict that the btin will go down
o-niglit ona demooratic victory in Ohio.
I'ho legiiilaliire will certainly bo captured
ly the domouraU. " The predicted vie-
ory did not take place , and ( huro is
; rave doubt about the legislature , al-
hough wo HUO Ihat thu democratic load-
rs In Ohio are pursningtlio tactics which
nvvailod in 18711 , when Dr. Miller sent
certain ciphur tolugniui to Mr. Samuel
. Tihlon.
lOWKfj COWPijAlNTS ciireii nnd pre
uiiU'il by Duvi'r'H l'i IIK MAI.T WIIISKKV
by Jeailiiis phyuiclim * hold
A BLOOD-BRANDED OUTCAST ,
Aaron Blur's 0 roer After the Murder o ;
Alexander Hamilton.
BttuntuMl by All < 'ln. < ws , llo
Into tlio ATHilK of ilio
to llntutionsplfjitlos Ailnst
tlio
[ \vniTTiv \ : rou rur. mr. : . |
NO. n.
On the explra'ioii of his term as vice
president , Col. Burr"did not duro lo re
turn to his homo In New York , for the
poignant sorrow evoked by Ihe untimely
taking off of Hamilton , ami the deep-
seated hostility toward his slater which
pervaded the public heart , had not been
obliterated by Iho Intervening period of
time , and ho deemed absence the safer
coiir.s. ) for him. llo was then tt disap
pointed man , homeless and almost
friendless. He had Ktond an equal chance
for the presidency with .lolforson in 1HDI ,
when each of them hail received precise
ly Hie same number of votes in the elec
toral college (71) ( ) , which threw the elec
tion into the house of representatives ,
whore Jolforsoii won the pri/.o. That
disastrous politieal reverse , followed by
his taking the life of Hamilton , then one
of the most popular , and in our day , de
clared to bo foremost statesman our
country has produced , followed by a
feeling of almost utter execration against
him for that act , Hurr foresaw that all
hopes of politieal preferment iu this land
were forever blighted , and hu therefore
turned lo other fields for adventure.
Ho left Philadelphia early in the
spring of 1H03 , and proceeded via Pilts-
burgj Cincinnati , and through KunlueKy
to JNushville. After remaining ( here
some time , he engaged a boat , which
took him down the. Cumberland river
into Iho Ohio , and then into the Missis
sippi to New Orleans. After passing
some time in thai city , he returned via
Nashville , whore he remained several
weeks. This trip was a kind of an ex
ploring expedition wilh him , for ho was
then , unquestionably , laying his plans
for an empire in the soul Invest , and be
fore his mind were flitting visions of
glory nnd renown.
On the 13th of August , ho wrote : "I
am still at Nashville. J'or a week 1 have
been lounging at. Ihe house of ( Jou. Jackson -
son , once u 1-iwyer , afterwards a judge ,
now a planter , a man of intelligence , ami
one of those prompt , frank , union t souls ,
whom 1 loyo to meet. " IIo laid his
schemes before Jackson and sought lo
enlist him iu them ; and ( lien ; is reason
to believe thut the lallor did for a time
contemplate joining the enterprise for
establishing an independent govern
ment to _ be created over the
ciutlern provinces of > v hat i.s now Mexico ,
but liiiding it would bo likely to involve
him in clillieulty with his own country ,
by levying war in the United States
against the friendly power of Spain.
Jackson declined to connect himself
with it. Iturr had purchased ' 100,000
acres of land on the lied river iu Louisi
ana and Texas , wilh the purpose , a.s
ho alleged , of establishing colonies there
from iho middle and western states ,
l''rom Nashville he wont north
us far as Piltsburg and Phila
delphia , making his preparations.
Ho fixed his ronuevous on IJlcniiorhag-
solt's island in Ihe Ohio river , in the jurisdiction -
risdiction of Virginia , now West Vir
ginia. BlennerhasMitl was an Irishman
who had settled upon this island wilh
bis wife twenty or thirty years ago. All
Ihe school readers contain au extract
from the speech of William Wirt , who
unstated in the prosecution of Hurr for
treason , which pictured the island a.s au
uarthly paradise , having been made such
by lileuncrhossuU , into which Hurr
.mtercd as Iho tempter , and
left it it scene of desolation ,
jiaving induced the former to join him
in his schemes of conquest which led to
hi.s arrest for treason , and to his uller
ruin. Bodies of men assembled on the
island , and a quantity of arms were
gathered Ibere. and Hurr was wilh llicm.
There was so much secrecy about their
plans and movements , tnat suspicion
was created and agents of the govern
ment were put on the watch. 15urr went
south again , and was in the Tombigbeo
egion in Mississippi , trying to secure re-
jrnit.s to join his cause , when bo was
irrested by orders from President Jeffer
son , and wis taken prisoner under guard
> f a squad of cavalry , he riding on
lorsoback all the way to Hichmond , Va. ,
ivhero he was indicted for high treason iu
itti'iiipting to levy war against Iho
Jnitcd Stales , it being charged that he
n tended to unite a portion ol our south-
vestern states with the Spanish jirov-
uces , and thus form a now government ,
> f whioh ho was to bo the head. He was
mt in jail , but was afterwards admitted
0 bail. Ho was also indicted
'or misdemeanor , in attempting to
nvado the territory of a friendly
lation. The trial for treason began in
tlarch , and ended in September , and was
mo of the most celebrated trials which
lave ever taken place in our history.
The illustrious jurist , John Marshall ,
: hiof justice of me United Stales pro-
iided , The prosecution was conducted
iv George Huy , son-in-law of President
rionroe , at the lime United States allor-
ley for Virginia , Alexander McKuo , a
it-lobratoil advocate , and the famous
awyer and orator , William Wirt ,
vho was atloruoy general under
ifonroo. The deionso wiwt man-
iged by John Wickham. ISenjamin
Jetty , Kdmunil Randolph , who had boon
.ttornev general and sooroUry of stale
nidor Washington , all of them ranking
.moiig the most celebrated lawyers of
heir time , and the brilliant , far famed
nwyer , advocate and orator. Luther
ilartin. Hurr himself , one of tlio grcat-
st advocates of his day , took it promi-
lent uart iu his own defense. It was
Iterally a legal battery and each of the
( intending forces contested every Inch
> f the ground with incomparable
kill and ability for months. The
hief justice rendered many elaborate
pinions on the numerous questions
abed ; before him. and which have be-
onio maxims of law. The whole trial
. .i * i ; remarkable display of forensic
ewer , Is.Tniiifc and ability. The jury ns-
urnod a rather { " 'OUti. ; : ' . verdict , which
, -as : "Aaron Hnrr is not p ! " vuu ' ' " 'Hy '
ndiir the indictment by any ovi. . 4I1CC
nbmitted lo us. " and he was discharged.
Soon after this trial , Hurr left for
lurope , and remained abroad some
oars. Ho tried to induce the Dritish
ilnistry to aid him in the fur-
leriug of his plans , biitwithoutsuecess.
lo became intimately acquainted
rith tbo celebrated philosopher and
MMijteal author , Jeremy llentbam , ami
asset ] much tiffio TTttfi' ! " ! . riu liiuiS
cut to Paiis and bought to enlist Napo-
: ou in hi.s enterprise of coiumo.st in.Mex-
jo , but with no belter results. The lul-
ir was biispK'ioiis of him , and detained
im virtually a primmer , refusing to give
im passports to leave 1'raiico. Ho was
1 great poverty , and snll'ored even for
10 ordinary comforts of life. Hu was i
millv permitted to leave Franco , ami re- <
initi'd lo the United States ami resumed >
10 practice of law , but uovur recovered I
Is feiiindiug again.
The extracts from Ids letter whioh ]
gave in my late letter do- iI i
Tiling his duel with Hamilton , I
iniNh the strongest ovldenuii against 1
im.ielf of that obliquity of his moral 1I
Hiuu which cast shadows over his whole I
Te. It is dillicnll lo noui'iivu tb'it one *
mid write ilium uuulli and
in which he WHS Involved , and the luc
ibat ho did write tlinm betrays an title
indllfercneo nud eonteinpt for piilil !
opinion , an entire absence of any sons !
lullty ns to the terrible ungutah and Soi
row he bad called lo cuter the family o
the man he had Main , and of any eon !
'
puiiclioiis of eoii.HoiicO < for thn'i-rlini !
Ye.t this man , b , > virtue of his ollice
president i > f Ihe senate at the uex
session , presided at the Impeach
men ! , trial of Samuel Chase , :
United Stales judge , charged will
bribery wilh sued remarkable impar
lialf.y , thai If extorted the highest , eiico
minms from Ids most , uiironltiig foes.
$ UIIIT jnust liilve lM eti a wonderful ! '
fane.iiiMliiifj timli , itiid especially so IP
Ills powo.ru of ipeeeh. On the \plrnUoi i
of Ids term as vice-president , lie do
livereil a forcible address to the . > nale
which , according to the chronicles o
Ih'it liny , was one of the mo.st sublime
dlgnilied am ) impressive ever uttered
The whole so'iato ' were In tear- ! , and i
was a half hour before order' Van restore !
' Ihat they could elect a sueee.ssor. A
senator saitl thar the next day the viee
president's address was ono of the mosi
o\lraordiiiiry eVent.s Ins ever witnessed
Ono senator asked how long HIIIT spoki' '
Another replied that be could form nt
idea ; it might have been au hour , and i
might have been but a moment. When In
name to his M-IISCS he seemed to havi
awakened from a kind of trance , sucl
was the power of Hilrr to inllueneo am
lo fascinate men and women.
The utter indilfereiico of Unrr tt
serious filings , even under the most sol
emu circumstances , i.s well illustrated bt\
an incident that oceurreil but a day o'l
'
two before his dealh. ( JEetieral Jn'mc ?
Walsou Webb , formerly editor ol
the New York Courier and Knqiiiror ,
who died about two years ago. in
company with ( iiiliali C. Verplauk ,
culled upon Hurr. In their presence *
the doctor told him ho could not live till
morning. Looking up to them ho said
"The physician is an infernal old fool ,
open Unit bureau drawer , " which was *
done. "There is H letter which look at ;
it i.s from a lady who says she will call
lo morrow. Anybody who thinks I will
die with such an appointment as that on
band , don't know Col. Hurr. " Ho met
the appointment , but , the day niter ,
death made an appointment which , with
him , ended all. lie died on Long Island
in I8UO. JoiiNM.TiiAVicit.
( > HANi > ISLAND , Oct. 17.
Itolibintj the INihlio Imntl.s.
New York.Star : It. is reported from
Washington that , the general land ollieo
had directed a prosecution to begin
against tlie Montana Improvement com
pany , which i.s charged with taking lim
ber unlawfully from the public domain.
The company is owned by Ihe Northern
Pacific railroad. Representatives thereof
had submitted that they had not taken
timber from the public hinds knowingly.
They had confined themselves , as they
thought , to the alternate : sections of the
grant of the Northern Pacific. They
have ottered to reimburse the goveiii-
ment upon the proof of depredations
upon the public domain. The depart
ment has concluded since this statement
to further invcbligale Ihe matter before
ordering suits.
Timber spoliation by the land grant
railroads has been for years a fact well
understoo.l by all familiar with the west ,
especially with Iho trans-Missouri region.
It may bo in this case a.s the company's
attorneys assert but the investigation
should bo made very thoioiigb.
Three years ago , when the Mexican
Central railroad was being con.struetoilt
it was understood that nearly all the tics
for the northern section of about 70 ! )
miles were brought from the forests of
northern ArLont : : over the Atlantic & Pa
cific and the Alchison & Topeka road.s to
Paso del Norto on the Kio Grande , the
northern terminus of iho Mexican Cen
tral. This timber no ono doubted was
taken from public lands.
In the Francisco mountain .district of
northwest Arizona there are at least 10- ,
JOO square miles of fine pine lauds. Per-
Imps it should bo said there were such
nine lands , for thesaw ; mills started by
lioslon capital must , ere ihis , have made
Lbc saddest liavoe therein. In Califor
nia , Oregon and Washington terrilory ,
; imber snoilation is carried on upon a
argo scale. It will bo well , then , for
Joniinissionor Sparks to push his in
quiries lo the utmost. Ho will bo sus-
.aincd by the administration and sup
ported by the country.
"Tho Short Hours I cnRiio. "
Now York Kveiiing Post : An organ-
zation in Kngland , called "Tho Short
lours League , " whoso purpose is Kiifli-
iientlx indicated by its name , hns taken
ip a matter of much importance in at-
aekiiifj railroad companies for requiring
inch long daily periods of service by
heir employes. Startling tigures are
riven as to tlio number of hours of con-
iiuiona work exacted , not only of fita-
ion-hands , but of conductors and im-
jincers , the last named having tiltccn-
lours shift on one of the leading roads.
I'hero is necessity for a similar agitation
n the United Stnles. Not a few KO-
ailed "accidents" railroads
on our are
luo to the fact that hrakcmcn , switch-
lien , or engineers are not capable of
heir best service because- they are kept
oo long on thcstreleh. Only the other
lay a brakeman on a Pennsylvania road ,
vho had been sent back to
lag it following train , was run over and
Lilled by its engine , and it was found
hat ho bad been working so many hours
hat ho bad fallen asleep as ho waited on
he irack. A disaster to a Irain was
.verted in this case , but a torrinlo col-
iniou is likely to occur whenever an over
worked and sleepy man man i.s given
ueh a commission , Wo believe thai the
hiof railroads of the country have seen
ho folly of requiring too many hours of
f daily service from their men , simply
s a matter of business policy , but there
re many lines which demand far too
nioli of their employes. Such railroads
dd a now and unnecessary peril to the
lovilablo dangers of travel , and ought
j bo made lo mend Iholr ways ,
Wnrtlail Kloqucnuo.
Kx-Senator David Davis lolls
- the fol-
jwing Htory on himself : Ono day on Ihe
lump , at the end of a bust of eloquence ,
o exclaimed : "I know no cast , no west ,
north south. " "Then " said
o , no , one
f his hearers , "you'd belter go homo
ml study up your je ( > gen > liy. " ' 'It broke.
10 all up , " .said Dims , "and from that
u till the close of my address there was
0 pui > oiii ) ] magnetism in my bnrsl.s of
; impaigii eloquence. "
Johnny MoKoiin CnicIibiK Ir. .
Wiwihiii'iton Post : Hotter Thurimm
inn u iiii'fi4"1" ; iil'onnaijs ' , bettor Slier-
inn than n democrat Vluj > - ! ' ( yiif"su ,
! 1 honor to snob a man as tlio C)3 ) > w- .
1 im
"Tlio UttluOM Ooi'wln. "
Chicago Herald : "I see the little old
erwin has again been distinguishing
M-self. " said a revenue marine man at
10 CMihtoiri iloiiwi ? VT.inil'd.ny. "Uncle
im owns a good iimny hliip.s and lias a
agnientary navy , hut ho does not own
single vessitl ( bat has hmm of such mir-
oo to mankind as that miserable little
d hliip. She isn't much bigger than n
iwl , and Is uglier than one of Iho mud
OWN that go .scooting under the Chi-
uro bridges . but NIU | has a frame of
Jid oak and is built like a wedge. She
is engines mid boilers powerful enough
r n vessel tliroeiimes her ci/o , and
lien up in the arctic rogionsnlio sees an
i > lion nliu walks right through it lilce a
life through a wedding cake. She bo
ngs to Hie I'uu'iini ! service , but she
ight to have a special pennant iu thu
c.saMiig corps , That little old tub has
veil mu-'u lives aim relieved more Im
till nuuiii'uig inan any other vc * > ul that
own ( loalcd. She Is i\ kind of slotmt
ici.&l always lo be found in bleak and
plbihlo regions. She It was the lit
tle witch that tore through .the ice In
St. Lawrence Bay , aw.ay tip on the Hu *
sijinsldeof Bohring's Straits , and res-
ctioil the crew of the Rogers , which had
been sent to thu relief of the JcAn >
clto. As all remember , this Wai
a naval Vessel. She had taken lire and
burned uii and her crow were camped
aihong ( lie Ksiiimaux ( | and being kept
alive on walrus hide and dojr meat. Tlio
next year thin little 'pilot ( isTi1 crushed up
through the ice and took awny the iirmy
signal station people at Barrow Point
Lieutenant Ray and command. The next
year she went on : i free laueo cruiso.aiid ,
like a snow plow , wont to the rescue ol
the crews of some wrecked whalers
found : iway uu beyond Barrow Point ,
And now , " continued the enthusliustio
revenue man , "the little old craft hui
been up again on the blenk const and
brought down thu crews of Iwo or thru *
other whalera , whoso ships had been lost
In thu lee last July. She is a perfect litllu
Samaritan. Nothing can daunt the caj > -
tain , whoso minus by the way , is Healy ,
and ho i.s an irishman. Ho knows liii
ship , bo knows the awful region -in
which ho sail.-i , he knows the ice , ami
when he feels the time has como for hit
little vessel he drives her Into it , nnd ,
though his search may be a blind one ,
ho usually lind.s a eargo of Wrecked ai'iJ
helpless people before turns her head to
the south. Thu little Oorwiu ought to bo '
Iho most honored vessel today under tlui
flag , ami her marvelous career .should be
embalmed in verse , like the black horsi
which look Sheridan to Winchester. "
The I > ur jr of Nevada.
Chicago Herald : Maj. W. W. Randall ,
who has for years been with the Froh-
mans as advance agent , landed in Chica
go yesterday fresh from Nevada , lie
had especially been in Virginia City ,
where he used to bo a newspaper man.
He says Hint nobody now recognize in
the half-deserted town , the tumble-down
buildings and the wrecked mining ma
chinery , the once famous town of tlm
Comslocklode , with its IM.OO ! ) people4 and
its millions invested in mining machine
ry and appliances. The two great mills
Which cost half a million to build , and
crushed the ore of the great bonanza , are
idle and rusty. The enormous hoisting
and pumping works of the Yellow Jacket
and Gould & Curry have been moved
away , and all the prospecting on the
deep levels is now done from one shaft
il/iOl ) feet down. The last hope of the
Comstoek depends on a little knife-blada
streak of ore which they are drifting
alongside of iu the Halo and Norcross.
It shows bow people will cling to hope
when judgment and sense would tell them
that the. game i.s up. Yet they all own
property there and they do no't want to
abandon it till actually compelled. In
1875 Virginia City bail US.OIJO people.
J hero are not , now il.OOO. The enure fu
ture of the town depends upon that little
seam beiug followed in the Halo and
ISorcross. If that fails the whole town
and region will probably bo abandoned.
There have been over $301,000,000 taken
out of the Comstoek lode , but it i.s a ques
tion if pretty nearly that sum has not
been put into it in the way of useless ex
ploration and costly maofunory ,
Didn't. Quito UndorHtnml.
San Francisco Chronicle : Shoemaking
and business never seem to go together.
Did you over notice that oven a big shoe
maker , with tt big store I moan a prac
tical shoemaker never gives you change
from a drawer when you pay his account ?
He always takes it from his pocket. A
shoemaker never seems to keep accounts.
lie mils the money yon pay him into his
pocket and always counts it two or three
times over , am } tries it with his teeth <
before he says it is all right. A fellow -
ordered from a small working shoe
maker , the other day , a pair of boots ,
Ho went in to pay for them. They were
$7 ,
"Well , " said the customer , "I .want
yon to mend these others. What will
you charge ? "
"Two dollars and half. "
"All right , " said the customer , as a
joke ; " $ J.OO from ? 7 loaves $ l.ii ! ) . Here
you art. . "
"That's all right. " said the shoemaker.
Next morning the customer found the
shoemaker silting on the steps of hla
ollice when ho wont to business. Hu was
distressed , but very polite.
"I lay awake all night thinking that
thing out. Seems to mo you've made it
mistake. I don't quite understand it yot.
Yon forgot when you paid me that 1 am
the shoemaker and you own the boots. "
Truth is stranger than fiction , and
some of the testimonials to the merits
af St. Jacobs Oil at lirst read almost like
romance. But they have all boon ver
ified and been the means of inducing
thousand * of people lo use the gruub
[ jonqucror of pain.
- -
1'rlotl It on n Dog.
The Paris Figaro says that ( lie hair of
[ Cing Humbert , of Italy , is turning very
ivhite , at which Oiieen Marguerite la
greatly troubled. She is said to have
irocurcd a case of hair dyes from Paris ,
ind presented it to her royal spouse , beg-
; ing him to try them. The next day who
yiifl surprised to Iiud that the hair o'f her
'avorite white spaniel had changed to an
ipjile green. The king explained that
luiore using her present he bad deti.r-
nined to try its elrcot and had used one
lye on the dog. Next day ho intended
o experiment on her parrot. Tha queen
mmediatoly carried oil' Die box of dyes ,
CATARRH
riYriioOrcnt lliilHiimlo Dla
* Illliilloii of Wllo.'i
Hn/ol.Aiiii'rteiw I'luo. I inn
rilii Hr. MnilK Jil. Cloror
HIOHHOIIM. Did. , culloil Hvr < -
KOIIII'R lt\i ICAI. t'tiiiii , Tor.
HID liiiiiMKlliiln roller mill.
liorini'iiuiit ' mini ol uvury
liirin ol Cuinrrli , litun
Kiinplo ( 'did In HID llniiil to
of Hindi , Titfltii unit
iirrnlml CotiAiimptlua. ( Oinplnto ,
otixlutlmr of unn lxntlu Itivilioul Uuru , emi box
latnrrliul fiolront , HIM ) ono limirnvml Intiulrr ,
ii ono | inpkH - . ( , limy novr Im lii'ilol' iillIruilii4
or II < M , A all lor HANkomi'n lUniu.u , ( 'linn ,
lompleto Inhaler with Treatment , $1 ,
" 'I'lio only nMiliilo | hroullUi vro ! ; iuir ol' , " _
Mrxl.Tlimn. "Tlio ! : < ) * ( wci Inwii louml In > > llfit-
linoof milliirlnilltov. . Dr. Wfi/Hlns , liik ia.
Aflnriiiiuiitrii ] Kli ) ultlieiitiiiTli the lliilu'l |
'uro ' linn txiiiiieii ( | < l. " | ltiv. S W. .Miiinoo ,
( HTUburxli. 1'iv. "J linvo noi luunil 11 CUM ) Hint
lill'l lieu relldvn ul oiit'ii ' ( Aiiiliew IA > U , Mull
Jriiaml | ( 'liomloal Co. , HOHIOII.
"I MYSELF MUST GIVE Ud , I win-
no ! iiit.ir HIM i ! iiI iiitiiii nil oviir.uiiil
untiling I Iry IOIM | in" iiny J : ( , < K | . "
jliimli.u > ) i ( > nnniiiioii. I'lunnii | I.IIIH ,
WtllBll.
N ilnllc'iiKi Diiiir mill KHluijiiiil ui.'liOU. * .D
ruKtflnlH , & < u ; llvn lor < l. .Mullud luo by J'otior
i-uif mill UliuialuuJ Ui. ,
Many a Lady
is beautiful , all but her akin ;
; mtl nobody has ever told
lic-r how easy it is to put
beauty on thu akin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.