Nebraska Newspapers

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IHt Btt PUEUSHIIIG CDMPHiy , PROPfllEJOHS ,
I * . . nOSKWATIilt. KUITOII.
Asr-mtANT Secretary Coon MIJ-H ho id
ready to cotno down tia soon UN Ids { .lie- .
cc or l.s appointed.
] ' \T Font ) litu become Iho Dean Richmond
mend of the Omaha Jfr.ruId. This is
enough to nmku u horse lauxh.
I'AT Fniin may bu tin honest man , but
why was ho put on the Union Pacific
) > ay roll within n few weeks after ho be-
a councilman ?
l'imAi > r.i.rincables ifl'J.OOIt lo Par-
iiell. Ireland on this side of Iho sen wil |
nttnid to Mr. I'arnell's needs with neat
ness , promptness and dispatch.
PAT Folio proposes lo run thoolllcoof
Blioriir through n t-ompoteut deputy.
"Why didn't ' Iho democrats nominate the
deputy nnd let Ford attend lo his hash
liousoV
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Fr.itu WAIHI'.S " "
. next "contract" will be
lo break stone. There won't be ns much
money in it as he claimed thorn was in
his old "oontraotinjj" business but It
won't ruin so many people.
TIIK county clerkship will be wife in
the humid of Charles 1' . Needham , ami
that in why the people of Douglas county
will reqneHt his jircscnce in the court
house early in the coming winter.
NKAL Dow is denouncing the liquor
dealers of Mnino as "remorseless nssas-
hins. " Taking the Htiitt'inuntsof onr pro-
liibltion friends we Im'd been led to bo-
llevo that liquor dealers in Maine were
like snakes in Ireland , "there were
none. "
Art-Kit that fatal day in November the
otl'ensivo partisans will bo the importu
nate ollico seekers who attempt to r'niK
Iho White House bell. The change will
P\o Mr. Cleveland much needed leisure
lo continue the spread of harmony among
the unsatisfied democracy.
Tin : man who ruined Gen. Grant , and
tent James 1) . Fish to the penitentiary
vill now wear a convict's suit on testi
mony furnished by bis old comrade in
crime. There is n prevailing impression
that n do7.cn more of Now York's hi h-
, . . . ri'jpoctability should keep him
company ill Sng Sing prison.
IT-makes very little" difference who
Imildstho now railroad us lon as Omaha
gets the guarantees she wants for her
money. II Mr. Clark or Mr. Gould till
the bill let them step forward. The ques
tion of former prejudices will not be al
lowed to stand in the light of the best in
terests of Douglas county and its me
tropolis. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No ONE wants to "throw cold water , "
us the llcmlil suggests , on the railroad
preposition , least of all the BEK. What
the BEK demands on the part of Omaha
is definite assurances in writing as to the
route to be traveled and the men who are
to construct it , before it advocates or re
fuses to advocate any donation for a
much needed rail connection between
this city and the northwest.
( ! I.K. HAZKX has ordered the court
martial of the class of signal service
privates nt Fort Meyer for insubordina
tion. The insubordination consisted in
protesting against profanity und abuse
from Lieut. Green their insjruetor. it is
only proper to state that Mr. Green , who
wears shoulder straps , received u repri-
jnand while his-feoldier pupils will prob-
: ibly receiove"a blind" of live and ten
n dtiys for daring to resent hia maltreat
ment. Mr. Green ought to bo investi
gated , but he probably will cheapo to re
peat hia olVenso. The privates at Fort
Meyer will learn some of these days that
in the signal service the reporter of
blackguardism is worse than the black
guard.
L
Ouu bright and vivacious contempora
ry , the Philadelphia Call , corrects us as
follows : "The Omaha Br.u remarks that
Philadelphia 'in proportion to her popu
lation1 contains more dwelling houses
owned by their occupants than any city
in the country. The qualification is un
necessary. Philadelphia contains more
dwelling honsea than any city in the
country , nnd also inoro houses of all
kinds than tiny other city , beating Now
York by moro than ' , ' 0,000. Philadelphia
is growing at the rale of 0,000 honsos u
Year , and lliero is no danger of any city
equaling her phenomenal growth. " This
gives still greater point to our showing
of the bonelitrt of co-operative building
fioeiut'rs ' in advancing the prosperity of
that city. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is noted that a largo marine dredg
ing machine for use on the Panama canal
haa arrived at the Isthmus after n voyage -
ago under steam of eighty-eight days
from Glasgow , by way of the Straits of
Magellan. The speed of this mud scow
JsHomuwhat greater than that shown by
our man of war Mohican , the details of
\vhoso cruise were related u few days ago
In the press dispatches. That remark-
itblo vessel , constructed at a government
iiavyyard , broke down live times in a
trip ilown Iho 1'auiiio count , and under a
full head of steam exhibited a speed
which would disgust nn average canal
Imrgonwn. The imvul defenses most
needed at present tire defenses from in
competent constructors und dishonest
contractors ,
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It. McCldlnn.
The announcement of the dentil of
( tciieral Gcorgn B , McCk-llan comes wilh
n M'liiso of shock to thn people of the
country among whom ho wai recently
( raveling in the flush of apparent health
and manly vigor. Ill * but n few weeks
since the old commander of the Ann.of .
Iho Potomao pTR od through Nebraska
liotnnward bound from n visit to the Pit-
cllio eoa t. The interest manifested In
hli movements and Iho warm words of
welcome which he received wherever ho
went , evidenced that the inlliicnco of
that nittgm-ti-m und popularity which
once made him the idol of his mighty
t'ommund had nol yet worn away. HH
sudden nnd unexpected death from neu
ralgia of the heart removes the last of
the commanders of thn Army of the
Potomac , and joins another Mildior to the
great and silent majority of veterans
which has reaped such a rich increase in
every sin-ceding year slnco the close of
tliu rebellion.
General McUlelltm was a soldier by
training mid profusion. A graduate of
the Military Academy , hisstndicsittWcst
Point were cnrielted by years of .service
in the engineer corps and emlx-HNied by
Iho information acquired by extensive
travel and research abroad. Like Grant
and .Sherman , ho resigned from the army
some years before the war , and obtained
in civil life another and hardly less iin-
portant linsine and profc"sioual train
ing. Volunteering at thu onlbreak of
hostilities Ills remarkable engineering
kill and loyal enthusiasm pushed him
rapidly to the front ; and within a year
ho had successively risen lo a major gen
eralship , iho command of the Arm.of .
the Potomao ami the leadership of the
entire union armies. From this lime lill
his resignation in November , IS ! } ' . ' . Me-
Clellan's .star .steadily declined , its fad
ing light only once relieved by the vic
tory of Antietam. Brilliant military
achievements were demanded by the pop
ular clamor and the less .showy but
no less important work of army organ
ization did not , perhaps , receive Us
proper appreciation. Ttie weary months
of .seeming inaction , the fruitless and
apparently useless marches and counter
marches , the fiasco at Mantissas , the
bloody and disastrous campaigns in tin ;
peninsula , following Yorklown , created
such dissatisfaction throughout the
north and at Washington that General
McClellan's release from command became -
came inevitable. lie retired lo New
Jersey and intensified the antagonism by
opposing himself to Mr. Lincoln in 1801
as a candidate for the presidency. Hon
ored later in his life , by the state of his
adoption in being oho en its governor ,
he was also the incumbent from time to
time of various ollices in the line of his
profession , which he lilled with distin
guished ability. But the inglorious end
ing of his once brilliant prospects for
military renown could never bo forgot
ten , and soured the closing years of
Ms career. IJo lived Jc sec the war , id
which lie was once n chief figure , pushed
lo a successful close by generals whose
.success was in no small measure due to
his splendid orgaui/.ation of the army of
the Potomac. Ho lived to witness the
deaths of Moadc , of Hooker , of Bnrnside ,
and of Grant , his successors in command
of his old army. His last appearance in
print , only a few months since , was a de
fense of his tactics in the Virginia cam
paign ; and while he lies dead , in his
home on the Orange mountain , his name
is berne on the advance notices of n
coining article upon his last armed con-
Hid before his retirement.
General McClellau's ability as the com
mander of a great urmy is still in dis
pute. The lierce controversy , which
burst into fever heat after his removal
from the army of the Potomac by Pres
ident Lincoln , Mill inlluences the judg
ment of thousands of his old comrades.
There are many to-day who believe that
the enmity of Kdwin M. Stauton warped
Ihe judgment of the president and ham
pered MeClclhin in the execution of bis
carefully developed plans on the
peninsula. In u recent article , in
ono of the leading monthlies' ,
MeClollaii himself openly charged Stan-
Ion wilii purposely lying his hands in tlm
peninsular campaign by frequent
changes of orders , by the removal of
troops to independent commands and by
undermining the confidence which Lin
coln had given him early in Iho great
conllicl. Bo this as it may , the bast mili
tary judgment has been steadil.y crystalli/-
ingforyearsinto theopinion that Genera !
McClellan , great as an engineer and
wonderful as the organizer and eqnipper
of a magnificent army , lacked the ag
gressive qualities of a great lighter. The
engineer instinct for defense overnowcrcd
. the desire for olVeiisivo tactics. The cau
tiousness born of a wisli to guard against
every possible contingency of attack
prevented the exercise of an aggressive
ness , which in other hands put the
enemy constantly on the defensive ,
nnd made extensive engineering of little
use. The battle of Antietam proved Mc-
Clcllan to bo * no coward , as was openly
charged by some of the
"on lo IJIelimond" party , but
under Grant or Sherman or Thomas ,
who now doubts that that dearly bought
victory would liavo boon followed up by
a series of crushing blows upon a demor
alized enemy. General McClellan's
retirement was the inevitable result of
the stern loglo of war , whoso snecesi is
always measured by results. The work
which ho began was carried to a finish
by others. To his successors he handed
over a magnificent army of veterans
which ho had manufactured out of raw
and ragged recruits , u field for cam
paigning whoso topography was llior.
oiighly known , and u national capital
surrounded by a strong and scientific line
of defenses. History \\ill not fail to give
him the credit for important achieve
ments. Great as an enginour , efl'eetivo
; u a disciplinarian , brilliant in all tho-o
qualities which go to make tip a valuable
ami enlcient hlall olllccr , ho tilled a place
in the great conflict which will grow
more and more in importance and in Ilio
estimation of students of thu civil war ,
iis the years roll by.
JUDCI : SiT.xiiKitr.'s version of the high
license ordlnancu is to say Iho least very
ohiatie. The law has notoriously received
the longest stretch that the oily authori
ties can allow. There uru not more than
n half dozen saloons In Omaha who live
strictly tip to the 1 nr On the other
hand , thorn nro not moro than a. half
( I' on who < | i liber iMy refuse lo pay
nny attention to iho order.-i of the mar
shal compelling tlirm to close at mid
night. It is the manifest duly of thu po
llen judge to hold up the hnnd ? of the
marshal in his efforts to enforce this pro
vision instead of ruling In favor of Ihu
law breaker ? . I f there is nny technical
loop hole to ercop out of the court should
give the benefit of tlm doubt to law and
order and not to dlf-ttirber * of the peace
and \iolalors of Iho law.
Dealing In I'nuper Dond.
Under tbo above caption the
prints a highly colored report of a politi
cal meeting held tit Waterloo , Wednes
day nluht. According to the llirahl ,
charges were openly mode nt this meet
ing that roticnncss exists among rerialn
of the county officers and that a league
of men , banded together for dishonest
purposes , oxUls. "Further it was strong
ly intimated , " says the IferaM , "that
most horrible practices prevail - ut
the county poor farm. " Amid "great
ovcllcmont " " . "
, "rampant .speakers"
charged that
" --theie was poslllvo proof Ihat the superin
tendent of the pour tarin was enriching him
self , or , at least , uildln to his share of rlt-hes ,
11) solliiitftiiobi.llosof Uiu pripir dead lo
medical collP os and pilvntn stnilenls lot pur-
POM--of dls'ccllon. Tie. ! niiforiun.itus who
have Just died liavo not hail tinii ! toKrowcnld
when their bodies are stolen , ami In the nl-jhl
placed in w.i ms anil driven .iw.iy lor ship
ment. The speakers did not halt thoie.
They asserted that U rould bo pto\ed that
lids fent till condition of fuels was well known
In Omaha , in llioco.inty ImlliUn , ' , wht'ie per
sons bl h in authority. in ; ; a ioit.l part of the
money leeclved by the p < mr farm Mipciin-
lendent In iiiyni"iit forel.ilniliu corp e in
tended tor the cold slab of a ili-scctliu table
and the iiu'roilesi scalp. " ! . M.'S.TS. < > ICwfe
and Corliss heard these black eh.ir.jes opuly
proclaimed , und , as nuy wjll lu i mi-hud ,
their teclln s wore U'.irlnll.y wrought up.
After repeating llieso statements In their tel
egram they eoiR'luilo with the demand that
the mutter be .silted to the bottom at once. "
The report of the Jkm'd is in many
respects incorrect and overdrawn. The
charge with regard to pauper bodies go
ing to the medical college was made by
only ono speaker , the editor of ( ho BEK.
It was the last speech of the evening and
really Iho conclusion of that speech as
supporting the necessity of ! t radical
change in the management of county
affairs. It is not true , as
staled , that the speaker charged
Mr. Pierce , the Miporintendcnt ,
of the poor farm with selling the bodies
of paupers , but the charge wna that the
bodies of paupers were taken from the
poor farm , dumped into ti cellar at the
college , and after being dissce'ed ' in due
lime , were reduced by quick lime and
ashes. The main point in this connec
tion was that if the laws unthori/.eJ
such u disposal of pauper dead it was
downright robbery for thy county < y nay
for collins for corps' " ? that wore to be
t-iken up within a few hours after burial.
The aiidienea was doubtless startled , but
the surprise of the commis'sionors
seems to us affected. The object
in telegraphing a demand for full partic
ulars at two in the morning is patent on
its face. Mr. O'lveofe is evidently fear
ful that ho will be held responsible and
Mr. Corliss is anxious to place Air.
O'Kcefo right before the Voters of thu
county.
Since the commissioners appear so
anxious to have the exact facts and learn
the authority upon which the charge
wa-j made , wo will accommodate them.
Several months ago a prominent citizen
of tliis county informed the editor of the
Bin : that there was a great deal of crook
edness at the county poor farm. Among
other things wo were informed that in
mates and employees of the poor farm
were maltreated and abused ; thai bodies
ot paupers were convoyed during dark
nights to the medical college for dissec
tion , and our informant expressed the be
lief that the superintendent was selling
these bodies. This charge wo regarded
as so serious that we thought best to make
further and more thorough inquiry.
About two months ago the man who
claimed to have handled these pauper
corpses as they were brought from the
county infirmary called at this ollico to
corroborate what he had heard before.
It was a debatable question ivith the ed
itor whether he should give immediate
publicity to these disclosures or should en
deavor to put u stop to abuses without
making them public. On ono hand it
was un excellent newspaper sensation
too bad to bo lost , while on the ollim *
hand it would have been cruelty lo the
wretched and helpless inmates of thu
poor farm to have them distressed by the
knowledge that their bodies were to be
cut ii ) ) and dumped among the refuse of
a medical college dissecting room. Upon
the whole , it was deemed more humane
to suppress the matter for the time being.
The attention of at least one of the com
missioners , Mr. George Timme , was
called to this matter and if memory
serves us right , Mr. Corliss w.is also
notified. At any rate , within a few days
afterwards Mr. Picrco himself called at
this ollico and asked what the nature of
the charges weru against him. He was
frankly and fully inform ul with regard
to them. He admitted that bodies found
their xv.iy from the poor farm to tliu
medical college but disclaimed deriving
tiny pecuniary piofit.
Thai Mr. O'Keefo should be entirely ig
norant of this matter , seems incredible in
face of the fact that he had steadily re
fused lo make a change in the farm not.
withstanding \arious charges of misman
agement and abu.se. That there has
been roUonm-ss at Iho farm U does not
require special investigalion to prove.
If the commissioners will glvo us a day
we will produce- the witnesses to sustain
the charge openly made at Waterloo.
TilT a new broom Is needed to sweep
out the court homo every well-informed
per-ion mu > t admit. Wo do not charge
that there ia a ring , but there is a grual
deal of looseness and carelessness in the
management of county affairs. That was
shown in thu disolousurns made in Ihe ,
investijjalionof the county clerk's ollico
and a great dual moru scandal would be
created by overhauling thu county poor
farm and thu UNtravagant board bills of
the county jail.
Iiel Itrnvofjr ) tjj Itowardcd.
ThopliKjk iiml during exhibited byCnr-
Dm or Wooldrid 'o should not go unre
warded. In n iletyotMlo i-noounlor wllh
tin tinned highwayman ho risked his Ufa
nnd put a bullet through Ihu heart of a
villain who had nvdnclously played the
road ngont in | ) io $ trrcU of Omaha for
nearly n month. There is very little
doiibl Ihnl this dtporado ( , who has come
to a timely end nt Iho hands of Mr.
Wooldridgo , Is ( ho single-handed burghir
who , during Iho piist.'flix ' months , has in
vaded the honu $ of our oltlzons In the
dashing style of Dick Tnrpin and Cliuido
Duval.
\Vooldridgo \ has liccomo n pnblio
bunefaclor in ridding the community of
a dangerous crook. Whether the blrcet
ear company rewards its champion oar.
driver or nol , Iho citizens of Omaha
should by all means e\'ilbll ' their appre
ciation by a substantial testimonial.
Tbo County Kai-m Proposition.
The p oplu of Douglas county will vole
next week upon a propositiot for the sale
of u partof tin ; county poor farm. It is
proposed lo dispose of eighty acres nnd
lo apply the proceeds lo Iho erection of
a county work house. At a meeting held
last night in the county , the editor of
this paper called the public attention of
Ihe county commissioners lo Ihe fact that
the proposition , as published , was too
indefinite mid left wide loopholes for
jobbery and collusion in the sale. It fails
to provide how or when this valuable
properly -hall be placed on Ihe market ,
and leaves the methods of sale and the
sale itnelf cnlirol in the hands ot Ihe
board of commissioners wilhout u
single oilier cheek or balance lo
protect the public inleresl. Under the
proposition as Mlmiittcd , Iho commis
sioners could sell the property at private
sale at any price the commissioners are
willing to accepl. It could be sold in a
body to one man or to a syndicate of
speculators.
Thu proclamation cannot now bo
amended , and unless the commissioners
place themselves on record officially , and
give thu tax-papers definite assurances
that the properly will bo duly udvcrlisoJ ,
honestly appraised and sold to the highest
bidder at prices no lower than the tip-
praised value , the proposition will bo de
feated at the polls. Wo can better alford
to wait until next spring and submit Ihe
question under proper rosirktions than
to leave any chance for jobbery for spec
ulative enterprise at Ihe expi'iise of the
county. , ,
I.MrutsoxMr.XT for Uebl still continues
in New York. The case of a man who
has been in jail fapven years for debt is
now before the courtS on a motion for his
release. His hoard i bus been paid all
these years by his tormer lawyeis < vho
have a Halm against , him for securing
him a largo amount of money , and as
these lawyers still believe that he ha * the
monnv und i * ! * . in1 tav ) tlmm , it ia not
likely that he will obtain his release un
less lie can .show that ho is bankrupt. Al
though imprisonment for debt in Now
York is intended foe dishonest debtors , it
affords opportunities for revengeful cred
itors to persecute honest debtors and in
many instances force money from their
friends and relatives' The law is a relic
of barbarism , and a disgrace to the state
of New York. It should be abolished.
MH. II. K. BtJiiKKTr , the republican
nominee for coroner is a man of superior
qualifications for the place. He has pro
fessional qualifications outside of mere
collin selling. Being a skillful embalmer -
or he has fair knowledge of anatomy and
would bo able to discharge the functions
of coroner in u satisfactory and otli'
cient manner.
TIIK idi-a tint Doc-tor Miller has of the
qualifications of a sheriff is that heslionld
be able to knock a man down with his
list and stamp upon him with his boots.
He may bo ever so ignorant and nnablu
to tell the difference between a warrant
of arrest and a land warrant so long as
he can stand lip for four rounds in the
ring.
The Hir. : 1ms only one stliif , ' for the republi
can ticket this year , and lh.it is almeilat the
best man on it , Charles II. ( Sore.cmW. .
Birds of a feather Hock together. It is
very natural that Iho Hu'itltl should
think that Mr. Gere is an excellent man.
Ho is commissioner of railroads and
editor of a railroad organ.
Tin ; tax-galheriiig tiulhorities of Da
kota county do biisine.-s in a business
like way. They havu hcuud three loco
motives of the Omaha i cSt. Paul road for
tuxes , and the company will pro'uubly
bettle the mailer.
ONLY two days moro of grace remain
for theoflice-seekcrs lo annoy the presi
dent. Afler the 1st of November it will
require considerable circumlocution and
red-tape to yet a hearing with the chief
executive.
Tun of G.L..Miller
name ; on a promis
sory note ought to lie a good endorse
ment at u bank , bjit hs ) initials attached
to nn endorsement of character for Pat.
Ford will liavo no weight with the pee
plo. ' ' ,
FKKDIXANH W'AUD/ha.s ' been convicted
of grand larcen.yl Il s Intimated that hu
will bo sentenced Jlo ten years In Iho pun-
Itenliary. Miiory lofcs company , und
Ward will piobuldy Uavo it.
Tlie lnlIroalCoifiiiUhion ( | Junket.
ifjh LoaderThu Nebraska State
Kuijwnf comml'islon passed through
Ncligh W"dneniay ( on an inspection tour
of the F. 1' . * V M , V. line. They wi-ro
'
taken over the road in a special 'train of
two cars. They report having a pleas
ant trip , and from the appuaraneu of thu
train and surroundings , there is nodoubt
of it. They wore accompanied on their
trip by Fred Nve , editor of the Omaha
Hopnblioan. With I1. H. ( lore , the railroad -
road capper , on the comm'nsion , and
Fred Nye tin tlr same busbies , ) along to
give them pointers , lurmers and business
men Maud a poor nhanco of having
irievuiices righted , if they havu any.
Whilu thu Irani stopped at the depot
( 'apt. K , S. Hntlur. Judge fiurnoy and
Hon. P. H. Trowbridgo called upon
them , bill more in n social wav than as a
matter of business. No complaints wore
tiled hero by any ono against the com
pany. After stopping hero for about an
hour thu train pulled out for the west.
BTATtf ANI > TKUUITOUT.
Mr. nnd Mrs. William llneto , ° r dm ml
Isliind , celebrated Ihe iwenllolli anniversary
of their wedillnir day , last Monday.
T. > f. Howard , R prominent business man
Of Hat.iMa , N. Y. , lius left that eily lor Weep-
Ins \Valer \ , Un s county , where ho III KO Into
business
.Iiiines Cannon 1ms declined HIP democratic
iiomimdioii for sheritf of Ilnll county , and K.
A. Wedmnvood , of Wood Itlver , has been
chosen to ill ) the vnrnnc.y.
HnstliiL's ptopiwos to offer lintsifomonls lethe
the Fort Scott A : IJIsiniirck railroad company
to build through the ell j . Tim proposed road
has made fjiiat projtioss on paper.
The stale velerliinilan Is ln\e llirnllnK
Rlandeied her esln Dakota county. Klu'hly-
one oomplii hits ha\e been rood veil anil placed
on tile Irom the vicinity of .Ineksoii , I'oiira
and Dakota City. The disease was Hist
noticed In Unit locality nlmnl four weeks aio ,
ami the atlllcted aiilmnls were killed , but the
disease had secured a foothold and luus been
uploading nt an nlarmliiK ralo.
Iowa Items.
Dnrlmrllm present year 5,000 books have
b -en added to the Slide library.
Cedar Itnpld.s boasts of two hen o s nieas-
nrlnj ; seseiinnd cli lit Inches In elieuinfer-
cnoi1.
Horace S. Hinnls.in , n blind solillor of
Maiinokctn , has lecelved W , o.x ) b.iok | Miislnn ) ,
and will have an allowance of Si- pet month
hoieafter.
A sneak thief entered Iho Coinreicntlonal
elmieh at Maiinnkclaiind stole tlm cnntrllm-
lions of Hie infant biuiday school class ,
amount ! ) ) } ! to ST.
While working at Mlssoml Valley Monday
nlu'ht. Hunter , "a lirakemaii on Hie Xoith-
wotom ro.ul Kiit his tool ran -lit In a unard
rail , and near passing over n , the fool was
cut , oil'coc ! lo the ankle.
A watch iloj in a Klikwocd si ore made a
iiinniin ; coupling on ( he pants of a thief who
was tinlnir tlnoimh it b.iidwaio stoic , and
held the iolib > > r mull his master camn up and
put on the nlppois , when thu tile marched oil
lo jail.
At .Manchester , the other nminlinr , a the-
atticul manager Knocked down Hie station
butafremnster ; ; because he would not violate
orders and put unchecked ba 'ii e on Hie
ttiiln. The manager was piomptly attested
and put In jail , and the lionpe went on with
out lilm.
In a runaway nt Musnn Clly , B. P. Klik ,
the i cpnbllcan candidate for hhc.il If , was
thrown aiiiilnsl a post. He was knocked
senseless , bis rlijht mm broken and dislo
cated at the elbow , the rl ht cheek badly
bnii-od , and his mouth tern. He was othei-
wisu badly shaken up.
A workmen In n lime stone qiiiiirv at Ma-
imoketa the other day found Imhcililcd in Iho
rock , I went ) -mo loot below ihesiirlaLV. a lly.
Thn f.is-,11 l.s perfect. The feelers and loirs
and delicate wines , as well as th body , ate
as complete as when the Irseot ; illixlilcd and
stuck in Hie oo/.e awaj back In the upper
slim Inn period aies ago.
The town of Waterloo has a heavy dama-jo
suit on Its hands. 0. J. Hajc1 * and S. O.
1'iescoit ol Chicago , havoentoied sail In the
I'nlled States circuit t'oint lor 8W.OJ ) dam
ages fortaNo Impiisonnient. The complain
ants wvnt \Vateiloo In February , l i , and
niiiMtnok lo ncddle without takhu out a
city license. They were anestod , lined , and
in delimit of payment weie sent to jail tor
.scuta dayseneli. Tbo point is made that the
on''imiiiv ' ' under whlc'i ' they weio prosecuted
Inlihuos upon civil ildits. The oidinance
in ( [ iicstion is based upon Iowa srilulos , hut
the latter docs not punitlo for punishment
In cast ) of lef nsal to pay the lliviiso.
Dakota.
1'lf-ne will be the huh of the pioposcd state
of Dakota.
Lawrence county's outstanding Indebted
ness amounts to 'iTO ) , OW.
Isaae Hawthorne , a well-to-do farmer , llv-
! t' > ! near Mil er , has built a huso iruiarv
wilh a iMp.icilv of 4W ( bushels , and will
"hold Ids irrain distend ot soiling i { ,
' Jf > * ! ! i i" . Sweoay , Incaiconiteii in Ilio county
.hi ! at Itipid City , upon the charge of killlm ;
( ioor.ro Boomer last August , made his escape
.Saturday ciouing , and at List accounts had
eluded capture.
MatedHros. . , near Pierre , iaisedV09 : ! bush
els of Xo. 1 wheat limit HOueies ol ground ;
MOO bushels of oat % 'Ml bushels of barley ,
i'.tH ) bushels of sod lorn and " " > bushels ol
llax. Xo < ct season they will cultivate ' 3" )
tieies. Three yuai.s aio they came to this
country with comparatively nothing.
Colorado.
Thooalpnt of ore fiom the Ciested Unite
mines this yeai is expected to icacli 50J,000.
Ciilpin comity produces , on an tiveiaue.
horn two and a half to Hnee millions of rod !
j early.
( ! lnneonl buniimr has become quite an In
dustry in Itico , and a large number of men
aie thus employed.
The assessed valuation of piopcrtyln Las
Animus county tor IfciCi is 4-ii-3U. * Last
1 ear it was 4,790,1)17. )
A St. Louis speculator is about to brlmr
suit for possession of 1ST lots In the city of
Denver. The .St. Louis man claims to hold
an miiecorilL'd title Irum back in 1XW.
Of the ( Niloindu counties Arapahon eomos
lirst with : i total valuation of xil,4-j'josr.oi ; ) .
I'lieblo county is second , with it total of
t-7iistrn.0 ( ( ) , and Kl Paso thiul , valuation
Montana
The Silver TJ'iw eomvany has just shipped
six bats of silver woiih SlU.Otil.
l-'our Indians and two while iii'-n ' were ar
rested near Unite tor horao sleallnij near
Idaho.
A prairie ( ire thai .stalled Iwoho miles east
of Coal HatiHshas but uc.il all Ihe country lor
mill's iironnd.
The Conrad-Prien cattle drive will learh
Foil licntiiii in a lew dtivs. Then1 are il.ODU
head in thu band , dUldcd Into t-vo beids ,
ono otI.DJJ and ono ofJ.OOO. .
Theie Is some talk of Incorporating Ihe
town of South Hutle and dividing It into two
wards. That section has over -J.OOJ Inhabi
tants and over 61OJJOOJ woith of taxable
piopcity.
The Nlobrara cattle company have Just
completed the laut doll\ory under their con
tract with the Mai-mils do Mores , under which
llioy have delivered to him since Hie begin
ning of July , : i.o ; > 0 bead ol cuttle.
Charles Silos , Sale.svlllo , from eleven acres
of Kiomid , moasined , secured an avcrairu of
lorty-throe. bushels , m chine moasiircd , of
Scotch Kile wheat per at-io. lie had also
eluht aies of white Hussiati oats , which
yielded nlnctj b.ishels to the acre.
The Pncillo Coast.
Los Angeles Is hiyin ; ; the hccond cable
raihoad.
The Chinamen of Slocklon have bc.cn or-
d > r d lo KO.
The total nuniU'r of gallons of wine mide
In Sonoma cuunty this year N estimated at
1-.W,000.
A company \\ith a eanllal of S50noi ! has
boon oixani/.ed to establish smelting works
in I'oithind.
Tin * assessed valuation of Santa Harbara
city Is about llT.n > , i. and the lax luv > 1 ner
cent , m.iUliiL' the city's levenuu lioiu tills
-
An old limn hiisboen brmiKhl Into Ilailny ,
Idaho , from Louis Creek , Camus pruhlc. His
only looil fern lonu time was tar weed , which
ho boiled In a kettle. He wore old piiui )
backs asoloihlnjr.
Miners lioni all Rcotlntts are lloddng Into
Hawthorne district , N'cv.tda. and now loca
tions aio made dally. All sitfns full In Hie
old dl uiiiKs , but when a piece of rock eon-
tains plenty of Kohl they all iifiice It is lich.
Thu Cottonwood nickel mini's have been
sold to an caitorn company. The price paid
has not IK-CM made piihllo. but It Is believed
to exceed Sil,000. | Thovari said to consti-
tutu the irreatesl nickel dcpuilt u\vr dlscuver-
ed on the coast ,
( ieorfto'IVrrv , who lias lii-nn itni vaiulnltit ;
the new silver nilnos In ll.ikei conniv , Oregon
gen , says the now ilnd Is 7. lou ted hijjli and
M'cnl.miles fiom anv place. Thoeamp con
tains a iiopulaiiun of TOO men , who ate wait-
In iur 'utuc one to coinu In und buy them
out. _ _
Tbo Champion Old I-uly ol' Iiullnnn
Camdeii ( Iiul. ) J\po ! ltor : On Monday
of last week two residents of Cumdon ,
Dr. Camp anil Mr. Sumuel Thomp > on ,
made a pilgrimage to Unsiiaville for the
purpose ot seeing what is said to bo tlm
oldest readout ot Indiana. Mrs. Coller ,
whose maiden name was Perry , suiil to
bit a sister of Commodore Perry , of
revolutionary renown. This old lady
was born in thu State of Delaware , in
April , 1701) ) , making her present ago HU
yprtrs. 8hn rotaln * all her faoulllcs , PS
ccpl hearing , wtiloh Is impnircd lo Homo
rjxlent Her father was iii the Continen
tal Arm ) , nnd lieeanuMin intim te tornn
with ( Jen. Washington , who \isiled their
fiiinil ) after the war , und with wh mdm
retiicmber.s con versing on Hiich oee isloiis.
Think of a lady living now who cann1 on
th stage of action in ihe lime of Uoorgn
III , und has li\ed tinder ovury President
Hnen Ihe origin of government. From
what our informant * pithorod from her ,
her career has been no oxooplum to Ihu
old , old Mory of a 11 fo struggle with
fortune , she being compelled in enrly
life to perform nil kind * of outdoor
labor. Her MIII. with whom he live * ,
ami xvho is himnelf 8)yours ) of age , told
of having reaped wheat by he'r ' xhln many
( lays. Site is said to bo the ohh-sl Mctho >
( list living , hnvliig unlled wltn Hint
nhnroli ? fi yours pince. and hho Is st | | | H
membnr in good stn tiding.
SHE WOULDN'T TAKE A SEAT.
A Htronjr-MlmliMl Wotiinn Who In No
InlVrlor.
New Vork Telegraph ; Sharp's yellow
Hroadway cur No. 18 halted yoMtordiiy
tiflernoon at Murray slreet , wlion n wo
man came on hoard. Her features vveru
sharp , her eyes1 black und plorcins ; and
her ilress plain , without rulll-j or ornii-
ment of any kind. In her hal waved a
bunch of Haming rod arti'lclal ' clmrrios.
Thu car was crowded. A g.-ntlcman nt
once arose from IIH seat and bowing ,
said :
"Take my neat , madam. "
" 1 don't want your seat , sir. "
The gentleman politely insisted.
"I tell ) oil 1 don I wun'l your -eat , " she
retorted sharply. "I am jiK ii well
able lo altind up ns any man , sir. "
The gentleman dropped back Into his
weal confusedly , amid the tillering of Ihu
other occupants of thu car.
"I'm just us well able lo Maud up as
any nun. " sin ropoatml , glaring ut Ihu
uiiiused pass'iijor.s us If ohullo. ngd
some one of them to dispute her , "and
every woman should bu Independent
enough not to be beholden to any man.
A woman's just as good us a man and
has just us jrood a right to vote , too.
And we're K'/n' ' lo vote right in New
York Ihisyour. It is an insult when any
one livuls' her us an inferior by giving
her a seal. "
And the ch'-rrlos ' on her hat bobbed up
and down vch'Miimilry. as if nninhusi/.iiig
her uaustle words. Shu held on to the
straps all the way up town , n.s no one
could screw his courage up lo the point
of oUering her anotlur seat after her
plain declaration.
- . .
IjHte Siiproino C.tnrt Decision * ) .
I'rown vs. Kramer et al. Appeal Irom Mer-
tlck count ) . Hovelled mm cause dismissed.
Opinion by ALuwo 1 , ,1.
1Vhere \ u county board advertised
for bids for the creoliouof a public bridge
which will co t to e\ejiul $ > ) J in a news
paper printed and of general circulation
in tne county , and also with a considera
ble Circulation throughout the state , but
one advertisement continued for four
consecutive weeks , is necessary.
2 Where thu county board acts in
good faith their decision as to the selec
tion of a paper in which lo advertise ,
c-innot bo atlached in a collateral pro
ceeding.
II SeetioiiH 87 and 8.1 of thn road law ,
merely anlhori/.e the tne county boards
of counties separated by a stream to meet
lo elhcr and confer together in regard
lo the eroelion joinlly ol a bridge across
such slrcum , and to enter into : i joint
contract for llial pnrpo-o ; but in thu ab-
ucnue ofju'outriK't there is no powvr of
one ijoara to erect or repair u bridge
across such stream , and compel the other
board lo pay part of the oost.
I The court will not control the dis
cretion of iho comity board as to whul
bridges they shall erect or repair , unless
there is a clear ubuso of the trust even
where l hero are not snfiieicnt funds
available lo erect or repair till necessary
bridges.
o So lonj as such board act within the
scone of their authority , an injunction
will not lie to restrain them.
( i Where the middle of the stream is
the dividing linu between two counties
and n bridge is erected across said
.stream by the county board of ono of
such comities without the cooperation of
the county board of the other , the county
erecting the bridge may use precinct
bonds voted for that purpose to complete
the bridge in tliu county not cooperating
in the erection of Iho bridge. The right
to use Hie road and bridge fund in the
completion of such bridge not decided.
7 A taxpayer who sei ks to enjoin Ihu
payment of money for Ihe ereclion of a
public bridge , which ho claims is being
constructed in violation of law , must , act
with reasonable promptness. If ho is
guilty of gross laches and knowingly
permits the contractor to incur liabilities
m good lailh in tint construction of ihu
givulor portion of Ihu work , an injunc
tion will bu denied.
in Hotels.
Pall Mnll ( ia/etlo : Hotel proprietors
and restauranteiirs have long ago dis
covered the fascinating power of innsio
upon their customers. We know from
.statistics that. Wagner calls for a demand
of lager beer , and that Strauss exhilar
ates and causes chamim in ! to bo largely
ordered , and perhaps CJwyllym Crowe in
fluences thu consumption of brandies
and soda. Wo liavo yet to learn how
appetite is uli'cetod. In London the pro *
priclors of the Holborn give their cus
tomers a dinner band. The Criterion
has a chorus of glensingersto while away
waits through leu courses , and the hills
of St. James resound nightly with Iho
combined forces of dinner baud , Moore
and Hnrgoss. etc. These faels fceeiii lo
prove that iho throo-and-sixpoiiny din
ner , rather olVects miiMO with his meal.
Wo have often thonghl Ihul the Messrs ,
( lutti might give their customers music ,
but customers might linger an hour over
a cup of cup of collet' , which would hard
ly bo remunerative. It is a notable fact
however this may bo , that there , is u
movement union" ; thn proprietors of
dining-rooms in this direction.for among
the now applications for music licenses
are the proprietors of the First avenue
hotel , thu Cafe Manico and Ihu ( iaiety.
Kliui'p-.Sliootliir. ;
With reference to sharp-shooting at
Fort Omaha , the following interesting
communication from the post has been
received :
"Speaking in your issue of this ( lain of
Col , Henry H visit to Fort Douglas , where
he witnessed thu bkirmisjiing of thu
shtirp-sliootors of Ihu Sixth i , fun try , who
made 0. > hits out ol .7)0 ) shots , or 11 per
cent Col. Hnry could have witnessed
some pretty good shooting nearer home.
Yesterday company D , Fourth infantry ,
with a team of -i ( men , composed of
murk-linen , lirst and second class men ,
made tlm haiuUome ncoru of lb ( ! hits out
of r > . ' 0 shots , or about ; | (1 ( per cent. , under
the same rules , targuts , etc. , as governed
thu l-'orl Douglas sharpshooters. liy
firing some seven or oighl men who were
debarred from shouting in Ihu above
team , it looks as if this company 1ms the
ability to c\eued 11 per cent. , though
limy have no mun classed as sharpshoot
ers. "
.
Delt Line Appraisements ,
Thu special board of appraiser.liavo
filed in thu county court statements of
damages appraised on properly taken by
Ihu Iiell Line as follows :
Max Meyer , 18-100 of an tiers , $ S1.
< 1. W. Doanu , 71-HKlof an aero f JiK ) .
J. S. Collins , IHO of tin aeru , $1 , , ' ( ) ( ) .
Heirs of KHzabutL Crolt , LiiU-100 of tin
acre , ifl.UVJ.
N. 11. Kendall , GMOO of an aero , fOOD.
THE CHARCOAL FIEND ABROAD
Kearney Treated to a Dose of Atllitfo Da-
lirinm Tromom.
tmlioolli' D.iulii Pnlmeil Off on Ait lfn
MiHpeetlnjf t'uti.lo A Minor *
nltln Cnrrlcnturo ot a
Thriving Town ,
Ivi\nsr.v : , Neb. , Oct. 28. ( To the Kdi-
lor , ] An enlerprUlng genius , represent
ing Dr. Miller , has pcrpolralod a sllok
' swindle on our cili/.ens and a hldoouj
1 pruc.tleal joke on our city , by publishing
in the Sunday edition of thu Onwhn
Herald u series of charcoal sketches of
Tliu nriistlo. skill displayed in thn nforo-
said -ketches HUH only bo erptuled by the
cdil irinl ttisio exhibited in their approval
mill pnlillontlon on ( he partof tliu Herald ,
That tlif iirbanu and iito.lluolual | editor
of tin1 lli-rald lias had no good will for
Kearney wo liavo known wull enough ,
but Iliul lie would go to the nxtroinu of
hurli'jxiuti in hi. * dislike , wo would liuvo
Imeii nimble lo holicvi' until wo saw his
oarii-atuni pictorial kclekos of Kearney
published in hisi sundu.v's Herald. '
If ho intended thus. ) pie'uros ' to ropro *
, s"iil onr city , ; ind not in the wit ) of a
bnrlcsiio ( ) , Ills cf\cs 111111 havii been sot
IlkotluMii df Sir Toby Hclo.li , and the
proof hheol of thii iljustrntioiis inii.st liavo
been viewed allr his third bottle. fun
it IKI possible tli.it thn good doctor win
full tit pcnt-tip amiability after thou | >
elections and wanted to slop over wluui
hit printed thoio pictures ? Was the nim
ble genius who drew them for the doctor
troubled with dulurium trcincns ? Wan it
because tile pictures themselves all ap
pear to be nllHctod with chronic jlm jams
tliat they lilled tindoctor's eye to the top
of admiration ?
Wliiit lias become of that wonderful
artist. , mi ) how ; Our cili/ons would bo
delighted to bunipiul anil ( oust hinu The
doctor's ow n Juan Hoylo , who introduced
tlm wonderful artist to Kearney us u"pt r-
feet Nusl , yo know , by Jove ! " is ashamed
of the good doctor and his artist , and
declares thn pictures liavo no ijo.sein-
blaneo to Ihu doctor's U'form politics
'Ve know , liy .love ! ' And even Mor
gan of the Connor , demoralized by Ilio
scarecrow appearance of the Sunday
Humid , hays "its a d d outrage , anil
that if Or. Miller hud desired to Iionollt
his ptuly he ouuht to h.ive .sent that ar-
ti-t down to Arbor Lidgu for sketches of
kid glove democracy. "
Tin : fact ih the city of Kearney deserves
better Ireatnienl at the hands of Dr. Mil
ler than to bo caricatured and miserably
.set in ( hullof imbt'cilityon thy pictorial
page ot tin ; Sunday Herald.
'I he city of Kearney is in fact second to
none in Nebraska for the beauty of ita
location , its liaiuKoiuu parka , w-idostrocts
and shadi d avenues , the thrift uud cul
ture ot its inhabitants , its substantial
biiH > n-s ( blocks , its many pluasant homes
and magnificent lesidonees. Though
Kearney has now but f > , t)0 ) ) inhabitants ,
tliu pioseiit ratio of increase both in
wealth and population confidently bo-
hpeaks for our city in four years an in-
babilaney of at loust l-iUJ > l. Also r
$10.00 hotel if Dr. Miller will kindly
keep his own charcoaj artist away from
us. Those hidei.nis pictured in tliy Hun-
l-y ' ' "l-- ! ! , r-i.H"ly ) ' ! iiial diabolical
"bird'.s-uyc vio\v , " have no more resum-
bliMieo to Kearney thaiiuToxus steer and
a Mexican bronco have to the doctor and
his artist. Very Truly ,
A. K. AITKIX.
TIio aiorso Murder Trlnl.
OUAIIA , Oct. an. [ To the Editor. ] A
dispalch appeared in the HER some days
ago. from Itaitricc. in connection witli
Ihe Morse murder Irial , which sought to
discredit the export testimony of Dr.
Clark , of Sntton , who made a c.hcmical
analysis of thu contents of the stomach of
deceased. During the closing argument
to Ihu jury Col. Colby , counsel for
prisoner , drank a portion of the contuntt
of a bottle said by Dr. Clark to conta'n
strychnine from the stomach of Mrs.
Mdr.siin a solution of chloroform. As
the draught had no visible effect on the
counsel no endeavored to convince the
jitrv that Dr. Clark's testimony was
worthless. As the jury found jMor. > )
guilty of murder in Hie first degree , C < J ,
Colby's success in lliis otl'orl was not very
marked. In reality it was a moro triefc
of thn conns d , as the following from the
"Sntton Ke-Jtistor" shows , which it is
hoped " you will publish in justice to Dr.
Clark :
The sensational oplsoJe by which Hie coun
sel lor the defense In the Moisc lilal at
Ut'iitrleo emlu ivored to throw discredit upon
Dr. Claik's analysis of the stomach nftho
deceased wnmin Is ex-plained by the Kxpiosi
in this wise : The strychnine was preserved
in chloroform , with which Itenteis Intofolu-
Hun. Into this Iho counsel poured n lttlo |
water , which does nut iniv with chloroform ,
and as the solution sank to the linttimi of thu
Blass Hie draught was simple am ! hirniluss ,
buhif ? nnthlii mure Hinn water. II is said
thai the jury experimented In the same way
after retiring to their dollhoratluiis , und lived
tobrliitfln avenllcl i
Ij COMPLAINTS cured nnd prevented
vented by lUKr\'s I'LMII : MAI.T WIUHKIIV
lieconiiiiciiili'd by Icailin-f phyaiulans. Hold
by
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Hulijuit lo no mitnliiulntlnn , nol rontirilloil hy
thu illinium In lntoio.it. it in tliu I'nlioat Ililnif in
tlm inttuin ( if L'luilicu III uxiKtencii.
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WHAT WOMAfl
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IN CHOC3 *
Isl. K Neat , Ctozc-Cttintj and Cr
[ ' .sped Shoe ,
2J , No breafti'ns'i'n torture , fay at
first , anil always snug ani/Tiandsome ,
ALL THESE DZCIDCRATA SHE CAN FIHO III
Tf > Bcetebrztctl"J. & T. Cousfns'NcHT
Ifcrifjlhoes , ' ' cft-ll kinds and materials , in
ifwidtfiiTanJ 10 shapes ofloes aniiheelj.
they Hill not rip ; willjiotslip at thshai/l
TJiTiiot winkle , antTaro tfio perfection
of "aciiiwement iiTtho stioemakcira irt
Lo k on Solo I tor ( Jim ind Aitd'oit ' ol
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voxtic.