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THE OMAHA DAILY lilAlS : FttlDAY , DEOEMliEB 4. 1885. TUB DAILY BEE. OMAHA OmnR , Xo. tin AND Olfl FAUSAM Si NEW VoitK OrncK , HOOM I'lio ! cvptT trvoruInc.cxcfplPitnilny. The only Monday monitnp pnj/or putllsUcd lu the Mlitl . milts nv jun.s Ono Year . SHUn.Tliron Months . $2 Six Months . rj.WJ.Oiio Month . 1.00 TUB WI : : KJV HIT , I'nlillfitiwl Kvcry Wwlnostlny. mim , rosTi'Ain. Ono Ycnr , wlllt | iromlutn . J2.CO One Ynr , wltlimilir | < milum . i' ' Ri.x Months , M-ll limit ] ircinliini . Onu. Month , on lilal. . ' 10 All cmtimiinltntloin vclntliiir to now * nml evil- fmlnliriHttm-K thoiltil bo udilrusscil to the Lotion - ion ur-JHi : I ! KM. iit'siXKW t.r.TTr.us : All Imslnofi leftnr mid reitilttmiop * MiouM 1 > o fuMriwtrd to Tut : llr.K I'l'M.isiiiMi COMPANV , OMUIA. Pi-nits , checks nml po-tonicf orclfri to bo iniulo i > u ) nlilo U ) the onlorot the company , IDE PUBLISHING COMPUT , PROPRIETORS , K. H03K\VATntl. KtitTOtt. .So long iis the line weather continues the building boom in Omaha keeps til Nothing will slop it except a very cold wave. KINO THKHAW is u prisoner to the Knglitli nrmy of invasion. As four special commissioners have loft England lo govern llurinnli , Thebaw's kingly titlu may bu considered a thing of the past. DKTKOTIVI : Pou.su , who killed the one- legged victim of u put-up job. has boon pardoned by ( Jov. Duwes. This was not unexpected. Jt was n case in which thu governor ami the detective had to stand by each other. Muxioois having annthor revolution. It is the whirl of Mexican politics caused by a change of federal officers. The United States docs things better. With out waiting to bo kicked out the olliee- holders resign if there Is no chance for the retention of their scats. ONI : of Iho first results of Sheridan' * trip to investigate Urook is an enlarge ment of his eonimnnd by the addition of the district of New Mexico to the depart ment of Arizona. This is the kind of censure which will not bo satisfactory to General Crook's enemies. Ki.iiVATOits in buildings have become u necessity. The man who invests in a three-otory brick tind neglects to provide elevator accommodations makes u fatal mistake in those days. People seriously object to climbing stairs when they can save time and labor by using the ele vator. THE city attorney has his hands full tlieso days in defending the city against damage suits. These extravagant claims against the city for changes of grade and fructnrcU ribs are very much like libel suits against newspapers. They generally terminate with : i verdict of Jive cents. Tin : republican senatorial caucus is called for 1-Vidny. The choice of presi dent pro tent of the senate lies between Edmunds and Logan. So far as quulifi- cations for the otlice are concerned , Sen ator Edmundsstands : head and shoulders above any of his colleagues. The argu ments used jn favor of Senator Logan's election are purely sentimental. IT begins to look like business when substantial three-story brick buildings are "being torn down in Omaha to make room for live-story structures of more modern design. There is plenty of room , how ever , in the business center for three- Ktory buildings , and we wish we had more of them to take the place of the wooden rookeries that yet remain to mark the pioneer period. Tur.ui : is no use of a controversy with the Ikruld over the law and order meet ing. When Dr. Miller returns and looks over thu list of signers to that call lie will at once plant himself in the edi torial chair and hurry on"an editorial be ginning , "Nothing that the Herald has said can in any way bo construed as tin- Inondly to the organisation known as the law and order league. " Our weather-cock contemporary can take duo notice and govern itself accordingly JIJSTICI : SIiu.iuof : the supreme court at Washington takes the ground thai Senator Edmunds is still president pro tern of the senate and remains .so until his successor is elected ; and the Jioslon Globe refers to this opinion as ; i novel one. In our view , as expressed , on the night of Mr. Hondrioks' death , it is the only reasonable ground to taico in the nmorgenoy , It is in accordance with the theory of the tenure of olllous hold by the Honnlii , vlthat ; they are continuous from fiC8.sion to session ami are never vacated. The wpoakership of the house lapse * with the session , the pro- hiding olllcer ot the senate holds over till relieved by his .successor. I'ou an introduction to an audience which , was certain to win for its sim plicity ami honesty commend to us ( . 'anon I'arar's remarks before opening hislcoluro in Chicago : " 1 am perfectly destitute of any power of oratory , and 1. have had absolutely no training in elocu tion , The American press , which is a jiiaryol of porfcot frankness , has said that my voice is monotonous , nml that 1 do not know what to do with my hands , uiul with equal frankness I um con strained to admit that what the press has said is so. " If some other lecturers less gifted understood as well their defi ciencies Iho lecture platform would gain -J > 3' their absence. ei : Mtu.ui : IB quoted in Washington n-i being of tlieopiuluii thatIvilmunils is still president pro tern of the senate. lie holds tlnit the sonata Is a body in perpcriiu , and that when it has elected a pr tsldliii ; officer tie holds the place until Ids successor is elect ed. This , It will ho remembered , was ilr. 'J'hurniAii'ti-viuwn feu- days Hgo. fiJiicoJn. Junrnnl. This is the position taken by the ligi : without coiuulling uuy great constitu tional lawyer. It is thu natural and common tense interpretation of the con stitution and the laws passed in pursu ance thereof , coupled with the idea that thU government ilou * not expire with the death of any one nuui , especially as the United Statesscnuto ton continuous body , whoso president cannot vacate Ids ofUco until relieved by a duly elected ollltvr. The Coming Session. Congress will convene on Monday next l-'or the first time in more than twenty years the administration and the lower iioiis-e will bo in political accord. The senate remains republican by a majority of eight , and will prove a valuable check on purely partisan legislation. A large number of important questions arc press ing for early consideration. Foremost among them is the presidential succes sion. Sir. Hoar's bill , passing the suc cession through the cabinet , was fnvoin- bly acted upon by the senate at the last session , but failed in the house. The death of Vice President Ilendricks , and the fact that the country has been twice during the past four years without either a president , of the senate or n speaker of the house , forces the subject with ve- doubled importance upon the attention of congress. The necessity of immediate action on the matter is ho universally admitted that Mr. Hoar's measure , or one of similar character , .may bo ex pected to become a law before the Christ mas recess. Another question which de mands action is the suspension of the coinage of the Ulaml dollars , and the necessity for legislation to maintain the value ol silverns thu circulating medium. Congress is greatly divided upon the proper action to bo taken upon this issue. It is safe to predict that no measure look ing to the adoption of a single standard will bo passed. The west is n unit against thu demoneti/alion of silvet , while at the same time it is prepared to support any rational bill which will enhance the value of the silver dollar or decrease the pres ent ratio botwcen the metals. There is no reason to expect that the tariff will not again bo a disturbing issue at the eomingsession. Hoth parties are pledged to a reform of the iniquities of the present laws regulating the tax on imports and the leaders of each are as strongly pledged to leave untouched im portant industries in which they are dij rectly or indirectly interested. Any bil introduced , however much of a compro mise it may bo , will meet with violent opposition. Among the most important questions which will be raised is the regulation of inter-state commerce. Senator Cullom has already prepared a bill which will call for strong legislation to nrevcnt extortionate charges and un just discrimination between shi ppers. The passage of ti national bankrupt law will also demand attention. A bill for this purpose passed the senate at the last session but failed in the house. The ne cessity for Btich a measure is too appar ent for discussion. Among other ques tions which will force themselves to the front is that of the upholding of our merchant marine. Wo are now pay ing a hundred and lifty million dollars annually to foreigners to do our carry ing trade. A wise policy would seem to demand such .stimulation to American enterprise as will enable us to maintain the existence of our Hag in foreign waters , from which it has bc.cn steadily driven. With American steamship lines to South American ports our export trade would receive an impetus winch would well repay the cost of such bonuses. Da kota , Now Mexico and Washington are asking admission to the sisterhood of states. Whatever may bo the arguments against the admission of the first two , justice demands that Dakota's pica should bo granted. She has the perma nent population and possesses all the re quirements for statehood , and congress will fail in its duty if it dualities to re- cogni/.o her claim. The passage of ti proper electoral bill , and of measures to carry into ell'ecL our commercial treaty with Mexico , are also demanded at the coming session , together with legislation for tiie improvement of the navy , the strengthing of our coast de fenses , and tiio improvement of our in land waterways. All those questions call for the oxereiee of broad and liberal view. The most cursory examination of them shows that the long session of the forty-ninth congress will have ample work to occupy its attention. A New Motor. While Kcely continues his experi ments on "etheric force" and the pock ets of the stockholders in his motor which does not move , a practical experi ment in explosion as tv motor has been made in the launch of the Eureka from a lirooklyn ship yard. This little vessel , which has been quiolly undergo , ing construction for nearly a year past , is expected to prove the ollleienoy and economy of explosions of gas from thu submerged sides against the water as a propelling force and a substitute for Meam , The Eureka is a vessel of about 75 tons , being 100 feet in length by l'j in width , with a depth of about 7 feet. Two lid-covered port holes tire placed cm each side about 8 feet forward of the stern post. Thoynro connected with chambers , these ftho two aft ports pointing to ward the stern and those of the two for ward ports toward the bow. The dis charges will bo through these ports from a central point , the stern battery for driving the vessel forward anil the other for flinking her. While the exact explo sive material used is kept tt secret , it Is generally supposed to bu gas , goiioratcd from coal oil and ignited by electricity. Several su < , 'eo.ssfnl trials of the now motor have been made and there are strong hopes entertained that the inven tion will prove one of the most valuable of the century. A rate of 6peed of six teen miles an hour has been secured and the dinieultyn'rst experienced of control ling and graduating the explosions has at last boon overcome , Any number of pulsations up to forty a minute can readily be obtained and the rate of speed can bo regulated accordingly. The great point gained in the Eureka is the saving in the cost and cnmbor.s.oinenes.s of machinery. The Now York HUH , from which the facts in in relation to the vessel have been ob. tained , states that thu enginu takes up only a space of six fee.t in the length of the vessel and presumably the space oo. cupicd would bu proportionally smaller in larger vessels. Enough power only is required in the Eureka to compress air into a steel globe two feet in dinmetur , whoru also vapori/ed petroleum has been forced. "The same small coal boiler runs a little dynamo engine to furnish the electric ppnrk that causes the explosion. The economy in coal and in the space taken up by coal seems to bo clear. However over , with this device , as with submarine boats and manageable balloons , the main point is to lirat find whether it will bo successful for universal application , With that determined , prospective ad vantage * will take care of themselves. The present experiment , meanwhile , has nn interest among the many now making to drive steam from thn throne whicli only a few years ngoitseomcd certain to occupy for ages. " Klcctrio Street Denver proposes to try the experiment of lighting her streets with electricity. The Denver municipal electric lighting system will comprehend twenty circuits , with twenty-seven lamps to a circuit when each circuit lias its full complo ment. The lamps will bo placed on the prc.-cnl gas-light posts , extended up some four feet , whence the light will bo thrown a gieator distance limn if nearer the ground. The light will be fully three times greater than the present gas llame. The lamps will beef _ the latest improved .Edison make , m. , the incandescent lamp with a filament bamboo carbon are burning in a vacuum the same as in the platinum arc lamps. We have always supposed that the illumination of thu streets could not be done as cheaply by electricity as with gas. It was only n few days ago that the statement was made in the New York papers that the aldermen of that city were diiousslngtho proposition of doing away with eleo trieity on thu streets on which it had been ntrodnced , and returning to gas , as a saving of $100,000 n year could thus bo made. It may be that gas can be pro dueed cheaper in New Y/ork / than it can in Denver. The cost per electric lamp in Denver is $ ' . ' 8 per year , against ? ! ) . ) , the lowest oiler the gas com pany would make , thus saving the city on its ' 1SO lamps , $3,150 per year. The street electric-lighting plant for Den ver will cost only fc'O.OOO , and it is ex pected to have it in operation within thirty days. If thn Omaha electric com panies can do the .street lighting as cheap as the gas company , or cheaper , we have no doubt that propositions from them would be favorably considered by our city council. The cost of producing electrici ty has so far been the main obstacle in the way of its coining into general use , and another drawback has been the un certainty of the light. . The expense , however , is being gradually reduced , and the light is constantly being made more steady and reliable by the improve ment of machinery and material. It is certainly the most desirable of all illuminants - nants , and with the cost reduced ami its reliability insured it is destined to become - como the universal light in cities , both for streets and buildings. The Hanks nail the Currency. The report of the controller of the cur rency his ; been made public. To the majority of the business men it will be the most interesting of all the govern mental reports because it indicates the state of internal exchange and the char acter of the great bulk of financial trans actions whicli are conducted through the medium of the- national banking system. The number of national banks now in existence is 2'J7J. , ; Of all the banks or. gauix.ed hinco the founding of the system only lot have passed into the bauds of re ceivers. This fact speaks volumes for the safely of the system to depositors and for thn public confidence which has bcon the bulwark of the banks during their career. During the past year 115 now banks have been organ ized with an aggregate capital of nearly seventeen million dollars. Notwithstanding this increase in the number of institutions , the decrease in circulation amounted to $15,515,101. In ( ho opinion of tlm controller , this con traction in the currency is duo to the tax on circulation and for the purpose of preventing its continuance lie advises the abolition of the tax and thai the banks bo allowed to issue notes equal to the par value of the bonds deposited with the government to secure circula tion. tion.Wo Wo bolievs that the coming congress will take no such action as recom mended , The continuance of the national bank currency is no longer a necesiity to procure a market for the government loan * . Treasury notes and silver certificates can bo safely issued to take their plaeo as fast as the bonds are called in. The national banking system will be continued even if the associations under it cannot issue circulation at a profit. Evpcrionco has nhown that it is for the best interests of both the banks and the public thai thu business should bo carried on nniUir a general law having ofl'cot throughout the whole country. As a matter of fact banks are no longer or- ganixed for the more ptirpn.su of issuing circulation , and in the great majority of eases only the minimum amount of bonds required by law is deposited for the purpose of securing circulation. The people have been educated to a knowl edge of the governmental supervision of the banking system and the inert- title of national bank is valuable in securing pntronngo. Tin ; Omaha committee on law and order will meet to-night to perfect somu sort of licrmunett OTKani/UI ; < > | i. A certain amount of attention to law and drdur would not be out of place In this community. For thu l > i\ t seven yearn bttrglarlc.i.havo boon ex tremely frequent in Onr.dia ; during Hint time uittaslnslo burglar has liuon punished by the law. The detectives In and out of the police 1'orco have been tit poivnrlpss to pre vent or imnlsh bur0'lary as a child In arms. ncpiiLUciin. Any man who makes suoh absurd as- ficrtious docs not know what ho id talk- nig about , If he will search the records of the district court or go to the penitenti ary ho willflnd that quite n number of persons have been sent up for burglary from Douglas county. IT is to bo hoped that Nebraska dairy men , who are to assemble in annual con vention at I'rotnont next week , will not overlook the fact that there id altogether too much bogus butter , commonly called buttorine , palmed on" on the unsuspoct- 4iig people of Omaha and Nebraska. As a rule Hie vile-sitdlVis not sold for what it actually is , buf for butter. The gro cer who sells a customer butterine when butter is called for is guilty of a crimin al ofTeifoobtaliung money under fahe pretenses ami Ire can and ought to bo prosecuted for it. The interests of the dairymen are being materially injured by these compounds and the people are being continually imposed upon. It la high time. lhutthu dairymen should take vigorous action in ttils matter with a view to having butlerlne sold us butter inc and not as creamery butter. IMMtSOXAl , AM ) Senator Cameron has chosen Frank llurr forhlsblcyraiiliL-r , and the biographer of hU father , Simon Cumuion. llatoncss Uuiddt-CnutU worked like r beaver to secuie the election of her husband and he was icturned. Henry ( iiwKu'.i eldest son is heading m Into a political economist. Old Simon Cameron li slill in politics ai Ilnrrlsbnru' , Pa. , in an advisory evpaclly. Congressman tiiirlclph , of New York , Is fiilb'cly , and can't sit still IhomlnutoJ at : time. aThu wife ( if Thomas Power O'Connor U : ' handsumc Ameiiean fiirl. She was a Miss White. ( tovoninrlloiidty , of Ohio , will ret tun to his law pnu'tieo in Cincinnati , which him f ilJ.OOO a year. Mr. Iluiulrlcks' fortune Is estimated nt 5100,030. Mrs. Ilendricks has for a long timt- litid charge of tholr business Interests and In vestments. Joseph Areh. the English nKiidillitral la bnrer , is a preacher or the primitive .Metho dist persuasion. He is a candidate for the pailinmcnt. CSencr.it f.on > , " > treet Is writing articles 01 lie war which will appear In the Centurj magazine. A Soli Sardonic Smile. AViw rvrk Will' . There was a soft sardonic smile on the face of I hit Wall street broker when one atioku of Jay ( iotild's retirement from Wall street. A r.evol Hunilod Statesman. Clilcuijo Inter Occnn. in choosing a president pro torn , the senate should make choice of an acknowl edged and level-headed statesman rather than a more partisan. , anil Chlmyn 7V//'iic / / ( , We notice that the German rciehstag enjoyed a healed debate on the budget the other day. Wo don't anticipate any - thing of that kind in our own roiohslag , which meets in a fuw days ; but. judging from the actions of the whisky men , it is not improbable that there may be a heated debate on the budge. Dakota ntul'llic Democrats. Kl. I'niil Pioneer I'nvs , Governor Pieroq thinks it quite proba bio that the democrats in congress will agree to the division of Dakota into two distinct territories-as this course would enable the president to appoint two sets of territorial pllieers. There is little doubt that any plan which involves an increase of patronage will find a demo cratic welcome. < A Now fidlfor's Salutatory. J'jllji'ni ( On. ) Courier. Wo close with the trust that when the corroding tooth of time shall harrow its no more and the tangling pcrphmlius of life shall no longer harass the soul , when we shall gather ourselves toguljicr anil Kurrcndor to ( lit ! black , bnnner of dciith , 111:13' : tin ; comfort of a life well .spout anil the eoiismousiica.s of duty performed usher us into grander realities , where the refrain of angels is hushed in the hong of eternity. Fay Tcmplotou Siiotl lor Divorce. ' Chicago' Times , SOlli : William II. West , the "negro" minstrel , will ask the superior court to-day to grant him n di- vorcu from his wife , Fay West , boiler knoxvnas Fa.vTomploton. The bill for divorce will bo filed this morning. "P.illy" claims that Fay has deserted him. 'They were married in Nashville , Tenn. , May -'Olh , 1S83. A few days after the marriage he wont to New York , whither his minstrelsy called him. Ten days later Fay followed him , and for three weeks they lived in Now York as man and wife. They then cninu lo Chicago cage , where tor throe weeks they enjoyed connubial happiness. Then- Fay left him anil went back to her first love her profession. Mr Wusl says that when Fay married him she promised to renounce' stage and attend strictly to domestic duties , but thai Mm lias iorgottun her promise. During his six weeks' n.xpuricncc as a " " ho did the husband "Hilly" says very best he could lo iniiku Pay happy , and that Hinou felio deported him he has used every endeavor to get her to return tote to him. She , however , refuses to live with him as his wile , or to give up her profession. He asks thalKhu bo summoned heforo the court at the next .January term to nmko answer lo tlio hill. Mrs. West is at present playing with- Ricu's "Kvangelino" company in Now York. The Champion Pmloslrliin. The whole stor.v of Habbi Hrownc and ( Ids funeral march to llivcr ido park is very picturesque and of no little moment to the Hebrew communities. He was in vited by Gen , Hancock to represent the lowish faith in 1,1 , 10 Grant funeral proces sion and the day bujng Saturday Habbi Browne nslccd'icrmssion ] ! to walk n * the USD of a carriage w.is a violation of the .lowish Sabbath Through the unpro nounceable stupUlty of somebody , the request was denied him , but the ( Irani family learning1 thtf facts , overruled I he veto and the distinguished and honored rabbi walked in the. procession trom the city hall to the -park some eight miles. Now it is knou-n that there Is an ortho dox and a progressive wing to the Hu- brew faith in this country , and Iho jour ney of the rabbi ImS'Kineo then boon the theme of sharp ! dispute in many of thu synagogues' , the * re.torm Jews being annoyed - noyed that ho should have undergoui' so much pordanu ) discomfort m ofuur to rebuke progressive icluiy. 'J'ho orthodox party claim that Ktil'bj Hrowne got there just as quiokb' SSif ho had taken a car riage , tutd "thai this was progressive oiiough for any one. So impressed havo' Ids orthodox friends jjocomn with this thcologlco-fuuoral jfumt thai during the Thanksgiving ceremonies in Habbi Hrowno's tomnlo the representatives of ten synagogues presented him with a gold modal representing him in high re Hef manihing "From Oily Hull to Riverside - side I''irk , " white on the obverse was the Hebrew ; "mossed bo ho who sanctified the Sabbath. " Hubbi Urowno thus be came the champion Hebrew pedestrian , having broken ail previous orthodox re cords ; Dr. Fierce's "Favorite Prescription" Is everywhere ) acknowledged to bu the stiinittird remedy for fctnulu eomphiints and weaknesses. It is sold by STATE AND TEltltlTOtlY. Nebraska Jotting'1. Sheridan eountv has organised an asrlctil tural society. A cemetery piomotion society has been orgnnl/ed nt rimdron. Frank Kendler , n H. t 31. hrakPinnn , Is l.ild up with n cruihed ankle at Holdiege. Tiie Mnsonle fraternity , ot Keatrlcc , have decided to Imild u temple nv.\t frenson Hint will cost S.'K'.Oi'O. Two street railway companies have licpn organized at Hastings , ami buth will opeiiite on the council fora eliaiter. Tlio unsold school land * of Hie state amount to l , : rtKX ( ) acres , minieienl to keci tlio school fund out of poverty for some time. The pile brlduo nt Nebraska City has prac tically killed the Iowa Mihnrb. Trains are now pulled OUT Iho road by n pony engine. South llend , Cuss eountv , has discarded Iho duds of bahyhood , and Is now robed in the red top boots and short pants of an in corporated Vill.lSC. Thn'JO per cent money lenders of Xchraskn ( Ity are afraid to Invest in a canning fac tory le t some of the prolit would bo lust In varnishing the label. Doe Conner ot Nebraska City slid down the stair bannisters In the Sta'ats Xeltnnt * Imlmiiiic and cracked Ids shoulder on the nuwell post , lie was hurried home in hack. In addition to a comt house. ! union depot , n Jew vhurc'icfl mid a windmill factory , the aching void In itiishvllle is .1 roller skating link. Tlio nntl\c.s are anxious to polish their shins. An enthiisinstln Wayne mixu has piepnred n man of a feasible route for the Onmlm iNoilliein road which he proposes to exhibit to the originators of the scheme In this city. The c. W. m. , Is probably unaware of the faul that the brllll.int prospects of the load aie on the wane. A costly bit of ciKsstp was welled in the district com tat Nebraska City ndny orh\o OKO. Mrs. Kwh , wife of a piomlnenl Tnl- mnie ] > hysieiiiii. was slandered l y n Mrs. IJoiul. and sued for . . \iXU damaires. When the ease was called Mr * . Itoud failed to ap pear , and judgment wnsenteied lortlie full amount. liennctt P.ell , of C'ass county claims to ho ( he champion eorn hiisler ; of the slate. In chiillt'iiKliiK the world IIUMI > S ho lias imt In the cub live loads of corn , each load contain- 111 ! ? twenty-live bushels , and one load of Jllteen bushels makiiif ; HU bnshelN. Undid this between lircaklast and snpnor , on Tues day. November iil. The coin was nicasiiiod in th wmon by Keltin ; ; the contents In cubic feet , and Inkliij * : tour-tenths of It lor tiie bushel. Oneliiindied and tu utfour ears of this corn weighed seventy-live pounds , or one lin-hel , ami the total number of ears husked was estimated at 1T.OOO. At the election on last Wednesdnv In Westside - side mid Westnmrk townships for urldifo houils to build nbtiilKC over thu Platte liver south of Ovetton , the former township ensl sixty votes for bonds and none asalnst , ami the latter township east sixty-nine votes lor and none m.ilnst. ; The people of the above towlisldiis have done just as we should have done Imd we l > ecn one of their number. The fact that wheat brings from ten to fifteen cents moie per Im.shel on the Union I'acllio lailroail than on the Hurlimrton A : Missouri is snniuicnt in Itself to drive these farmers all to the Union Pacific markets. [ llolrirese Nugget. Iowa ItcniR. The supreme comt docket shows CU : eases set for trial at the December term in Des Mollies. The wife of John Davis , eountv treasurer of.Ioflerson county , died suddenly of heart disease at Fairlield last l-'iiday night. Davenport Is nrejiariiiK to treat itself to a "Central Park , " thirly-thrcc acres in extent , and "of hiirpassing boauly In its natural state. " SamantliaA. Hunt has commenced suit in the clivuit court al ICcoknk ngaln.st Ameiolta Dickinson ami Im band and others for iinrti- tion and ownership ot real estate valued al Frank Itildridge , living near Des Molno * , was i rightful ! v injured last Hatucduy after noon by the niiml'iir away ot his huiscand being dragged by one foot caught In the stir rup. Ills ankle was broken , Ids lelt upper arm was fractured and he was kicked and bruised upon nearly all portion.1 * of his head and body , lie was insensitilo lor hours , hut at last icporls there was some hope of his llnal recovery. Mrs. Abe Tiott , of Creston , wife of Hie Imikcnmn who vva' < killed in an accident on the hi ! ! eastol lied U.ik last spring , lias lieen ( alien * o the asylum tor insane at .Ml. Pleas ant. Her husband's death left her di titule and with four young children to provide for. The shock of her sutldon affliction and the strain of keeping the wolf of Iniinrcr away from tin ; little ones was too much for her , and her mind became unbalanced. imkotn. Whealland has a married couple whoso combined ages are only 33 the boy IS , and the girl 15. The stage fate between Duffalo Gap and liapid Oily is § ! i by the day coach mm § 5 by the night coach. The auction sale of lots in HulYalo ( Jnp last week was unusually lively. Some ot them sold as high asSl,7.w. The Dcadwood Time1 ? , commenting on the letters of ( ! en. Hrisbin recently published In the HKI : . says he has not ulvcn the lerrilory and the Hlurlc Hill country a fair show in his statistics. "His Jigurcs ore derived from trie tallies of 1SSO. Since then the cattle interest hasgrown mightily in this territory ofDakota. The last cen.sus shows that Dakota lias si- : . ' ) ! ) : ) cattle on thn ramres and in her liens , with evaluation of gSi ooo.noo. This show.s that Dakota's cattle intcie.st has more than doubled the past four years. If the general's calcula tions are all made from the same source of In formation , it Is easy to i-ee that the cattle wealth of the west Is htill lartrer than the gen eral shows. In the Hlaclf Hills country the increase has been much nioie than that east of the Missouri. Herds iiom every dliecllon have liNiii continually headed this way until the cattle now in this ncluhhoihoodest of the river , can be placed at over 4i ( , ( iOi ) head , with a valuation of about Jil' Property Kxcinptioo l < 'rom Tavntion ( /Vciv/dwZ / Lattlcr. With each passing year there is an enormous increase in the properly cv empted from taxation. According to a recent statement made by the tax com missionore of Now York to an investigu ting committee of the state senate , the value of such untaxcd property in tho" municipality alone amounts to 1207,000- . ion. The liguuvi are simply iiimmng and the question may well bo askedi what is the sum total of exempt property .hroiighout the country ? The great mass ot the exempt property in the city of STe\v York , belongs to sectarian bodies , ind some little ot it , suoh as the Acade my of Medicine and the Masonic Temple , ( oneeular organisations- is not church wildings alone whicli escajio taxation , jut valuable l.indsund institutions which ire a sonroo of money-making to their nvner.s urn included in the list. For instance , the Hlooiningdalo asylum myu no taxes , and yet no one can bit- onto an inmate ojvcopt at cost ranging from 9lf > to 50 pur week. Thv co'ivnnl ' of Iho Sacred Heart enjoy a rich patron- igo , its doors buiuj ; olosod to charily M'holurs , uji'i yet the entire properly lays nolhing to the .support of the gov- irnmont from which it receives ptoteci- ion. One of the comniitiiionora t > aid lethe the committee that it was bccomlngquilo common for a few men to buy up outl.v- n ng properties , consisting of old nnin- sions and grounds , naino thorn nflor t , supply them with afewin- Hgenl inmates , secure exemption from axatlon , and in a few yearn find thoin- solves in nossoMion of nrst-clasi invest- mints. When thu property becomes val- mbio the inmates are turned u drift , hut n the meantime the owners have es caped all taxoi. Through these methods ind the temporary investment of their neans in government bonds by the wealthy , the oily tnmsurv is robbed of nillions annually * . The practice which obtains in New York is lollowtd in nil arts of Iho country , to lh great detri- ncnt of honest taxpayers. J hero should > o some means of reaching the wealthy who shirk taxation by a temporary eon- version of their wealth. Such transac- ions ought to be made misdemeanors , lunishable with line and imprisonment , or it is us much ot A crime lo cheat the state or the municipal corporation as to rob an individual on the public highway. It is time too , that the attention of legis lators us turned to the property now wrongfully withheld from taxation. No property except that belonging to the national , slate and local governments should be exempt I n the absence of any union bel ween church and state in this country there should bo no support given to sectarianism , iis is now done by the exemption of church property. Itlidue to the public that every dollar of such property should be taxed for the sup port oflho government which gives it protection. THE BLIND EDITOR. Unulo Hilly Ct-iuiioi1 , of Mllwnnkuc A Uomnrkuulc .Journalist. William Cramer Is one of the most con pieitou-i , and by all odds the most re markable , journalists In the northwest. He is almost totally blind , and has been deaf since his boyhood , and yet ho is one ot the hardest workers and most thoroughly posted men in the newspaper profession. The range of his informa tion is really remarkable when his afflictions are considered , and he has long been regarded as a veritable walk ing encyclopedia. His infirmities have , if anything , sharpened and quickened his naturally .bright intellect , and his memory is something to be wondered at. The loss of his cyc ight is due to exces sive work in and out of season. His deafness is the result of an accident whun In ! was a mere by Mr. Cramer , or "Uncle Hilly , " as ev erybody calls him , is one of Hie familiar figures of Milwaukee , and lie is known l > y sighl ul least to nearly every man , wom an and child in the city. Although gen erally accompanied by u lilllo boy , Mr. Cramer can without the least diilieull.v visit any point or house in the city , and gets around about as wejl as the ordinary run of people who are in possession of their oyp.sighl. Mr. Cramer lias been the editor-in-ehief and senior owner of the Evening Wisconsin for forty years. H.y hard work , frugal habits , and the closest application to his business hi1 has amassed a very large fortune. Ho is married , but has no children , and lives in handsome apartments at the I'iankinton house. Air , Cramer was born at W\terford : \ , Saratoga county , New York , Oct. . - ' ! ) , 1817 , lie graduated at Union college soon after attaining his majority , and fliibseimently .sludjcd law anil was ad mitted to practice in the court of chan cery. Mr. Cramer began his first news paper work in 1KJJ1 as a contributor to the Albany Argus , ( he organ of the New York state democracy. Mr. Cramer eanio to Milwaukee during the year 1NIO , upon n visit to a brother who had net tled hero Ihreo years previous , lie was greatly nleasod witli the village and formeil tne acquaintance of many prom inent democrats. In compliance with \vishesot _ several leading politicians of that political failh , and tempted by the Haltering inducements ottered , Mr. Cra mer returned to Milwaukee in the spring of 1817. Mr. Cramer has always held aloof Irom pfiiee eokingaltliough'lio was a presidential elector at the second elec tion of ( ! en. liranl. in Cnlifocnln. istwrinncnto lia'ord-Vnlon. Whoever has closely observed the ten dency of public opinion must have noted its rapid drift toward the application of the high license system in municipalities. The pocket nerve of the taxpayers has been touched , and has brought Uiem to a realization thai the liquor trailic can justly bu made to bear more of Iho costs of government than it now docs , Avitlioul launching any temperance lliumlerbolts. The two ends high license accomplishes are to reduce general taxation by putting heavier bunions upon the Honor luxury , and to lessen the number of lowgrogger- ies that curse all communities ot any considerable size. In this hitler accom plishment ito happens that the better class of liquor dealers see good results for themsylves , and so they are very gen erally falling in with the idea of high license. It is argued that the .system cuts bhort the right of the poor man to make : i living by soiling liquor. Admitting this to bo true though it cannot be shown that it demands any { 'router capital to bo invested in tlio business it may bo replied that if that was n prime object in advo cating tlio system it would bo defensible on the ground that nothing better can lie done for tiie poor man than to make it extremely dillienll for him to engage in the business at all. In ninety cases out of a hundred the poor men who will ad vance the objection referred to will bu found to he keening places of such low degree that tliat they are immedi ate agencies for their dogradalion and linnl ruin , tind are looked upon by communities generally IIH nuisances oi'the worjt order. The high license ex periments in Colusa and hos Angejes counties will be watehed with great in- tercKl by both thn friends and the oppo nents of the system. A year ago we pre sented for several weeks ( lie current ar guments of the license shin of tlio cities- lion , with many citations of trial of the system in various parts of Hie Union. rfineu ( hen observation of the experi ments hits strengthened the allirmativo of the issue. _ A .Saturn I Salmon Tea ] ) . 0. F. Holder luis an interesting paper , entitled "How Fishes Climb Hill , " in the Christmas St. Nicholas , from which wo extract tlio following : The salmon , the cousin of tin ; trout , is famous for its method of going up stream ; it darts at falls ton or twelve feet high , leaps into lliu air and rushes up tliu falling watt1 ! ' in a marvelous manner. Ho determined ire the salmon to attain Iho high and nrc placed beneath Ihu falls , into which the fish tumble in lliuir repealed attempts o clear the hill of wot-T. Other than human hunters , moreover , profit by these hcramblus up-hill. Traveler.runort that on ( ho banks of the Upper .St. John river , in Canada , thorn was oneo a rouk in which a large circular well or pot-hole , had bt'on worn by thu action of ( ho water. Al Ihu fialmon season , this rook proved n favoritw resort for bear * , mid for ugood ivnson. Having nn especial tiihto for Mil- moii , ( he boars would watch til thu put * hole , and its the salmon , dashing tip Ihu fall , were thrown by its force into the rocky basin , Iho boars would quickly scrape them out of thu pot-hole , and thu poor salmon would bu eaten before iliuy liuii time to wonder al this unlooked-for ucptinn. Thu Dominion govurnuierit ) linnlly aiithoir/.eil a pnrly of huuturd to llcslro.y tlit ) pot-holoiuul , thus break up the fa > All rjliKl | > lo < Jaiulldalr- . , - Itandall , will yon please use your pollytneklu eii//wenuo / to got me an Lippintment in thu navv yard ? " "I fear the yard is prnclicully dosed , " iinswurod Mr. Uandall , "and no work ivill bo done until congress makes the ' necessary appropriations to continue thu work on thu now steal cruisers. " "Thu custom house would bhuitmo just i as well , " rejoined Pat. "Ihit are you not nwnro , Patrick , that Lho government requires that all appli cants for places must pad ! ! u civil survlcu y.\anfiimtlony" "Oh , sure and I'm all right Ihcro , and Is thu uMiininntion I want. There's lothlng thu matter with mo at-all--it-iill , I'll &th rip oil' lorniiibt any uiuu. " RAILROAD ADVERTISING. The Vnrloit.t Dcrlcen to Attract I'Hl > llo Attention. One of the most important depart , nienls of a railroad says the Chicago News , is thai which has charge of the ad vertising. Itullroiid advertising has be- ccmn a science , especially hero in Chicago , and you can wager your under- ino l sinioleon that the printers and lithographer : ) are doing tnoir best to make tiie roads think their salvation de pends on it. Hivnl roads running through the same territory nrbo-twc.cn the s.tme points find itnecess'ary totempt trav.-lcrs over their lines bv mcniiR of multiplied advertising , from the plain "folder" costing n cent or two to the ex pensively gotten up guide books costing several dollars. Then Ihero are n thous and varieties of printing , such as litho graphed eard-boards.taeked against walls and fences or framed and placed in hotels , theaters or depots. The lashion in these is capricious ; \ a woman's fnnuy.and the continual rivrlry inspires frequent , changes , each one necessitating a largo outlay of money. The simple "folder * " are a largo item , thu qhanges of time , etc. , causing frequent issues. Each sea son of Iho year brings n nhango in thn advertising of railroads. The advertis ing agent is generally a live business man , keen ami alert , quick to nol/o a parsing event or a prominent personage and dtili/.e them to the credit of his road. He is continually wnlchlng public events and popular fancies , that no may take advantage of the same in his work. Tlio methods ol agents dif fer , bill thu general principal Is the samei. i. . , to "get there. " Thu u cnt , among other tilings , has lo keep i rack of all the newspaper advertising. It is this olnss of work that brings to the " frugal editor of thu country weekly his annual iiass. These papers all have to be watched ( o see that thn "ad" is not dropped out , rales of publications which do charge have to be kept track of , and 1(1,0111) ( ) pate.nt-medieine almanacs , thcalor programmes , and oilier advertising "snap.s" have lo be favored to ( lie exten t of an inch , a half or a whole column , as the ease may be. Some of the roads , thu Alton notably , have issued burlesques od ( illicit and .Sullivan's operas , illuslralcn in colors. The same road has issued beau tiful eolored litograplis of Mrs. hangtry and Mary Anderson , the line of the road with the towns thereon being out lined in thu Moral trimmings of the la dies' dresses. Another road has issued colored lithographs of Messionier's and other artists' pafulings. The Michigan Central ha.s several beautiful photograv ures of paintings repnisentiugiscenes on thai road. Any of these pictures framed would be a creditable work of art. Onu Chicago road has now in preparation u job which will cost $ . * iOM)0 ( ) when finished. Some of ( he advertising- departments employ upwards of thirty people. CONKLING'sTc'REAT CATCH. I tow a Itevcroiul Gentleman Scoured a Fortune of $ itOOUOOO. The Uev. Nathaniel W. Colliding of Now York appear- , entitled to rank as a "little magician" in financial operations. According to Iho account given in New York this "fascinating clergyman" in duced Mrs. Mary Jane Morgan , an old woman in Her second childhood , to transfer to him a fortune aggregating about $ ; lOOtW. ) ( ) ( The old woman was the widow of Charles Morgan , formerly known as the , owner of "Morgan's LOUIHI- iina & Texas Railroad and Steamship line. , " and out of his estate , which was valued al ! ? 11OU,001) ! ) ) , she received some thing over three millions in estate and $ ! il,00 ) ! ) ! ) in cash. Mrs. Morgan died n short time ago , and llui administrator found that her estate was not worth over 'itO'l.OUl ' ) . The other three millions had vanished. The Hev. Mr. Colliding was her spiritual and ghostly adviser , and in the course of his ministrations induced the imbecile old woman lo transfer more than half her entire estate ! to him. She began by presenting her dear , good clurgyninn with a house valued ut $ ri3UU , ( ) and furnishing it an u.Npcusu of $ li,000. ) , Then she sent him and his family on a pleasure trip to Kurone , and shortly after they lefl forwarded § 110,000 for 1 raveling expenses. About two years ago Mr.s. Morgan transferred ( o Mr. ( /onkling ! 5iOUOil ( ; ) ) in I per cent govern ment bonds. The other gifts have not all been traced out in detail , but them is little doubt that the clergyman secured t lie lion's share of ( ho largo fortune ) left Mrs. Morgan. Weak in mind and sink ing into second childhoodIho old woman pn.s od her declining years frnimforring lier fortune to the fascinating pastor , whoso financial tranKaotionn stamp him as an operator without a rival or peer. It would lo ) hard to suggest any means of gelling a fortune uasiur in practice or more .shamofnl in character than that employed in this inslanco. A li ? Jvcl ami nn l-lol Story , liarford ! Courant : There is a mons trous eel now calmly reposing or MVI'III- mingin Ihu big fountain al Ilcublin'sres taurant under the opera house. It is 4 feel long , weighs 7j pounds and is what is generally Known n * thu silver eul. How ileanmlo bu captured is told by Dr. ISullock , Thu doctor and Mr. Henry Roberts wore out riding yesterday morn ing , and were going along the west road in the West Park , near tlio tool hoti.su , whun the horsu started at n lon ' dark object lying in the road. The , doctor . jumped out and investigated and /c I'ound this monster eel covered with dlist. Apparently il had Blurted lo make an overland trip. It was well known that eels can make good progress overgrass , especially when it is wul , and they have often been seen sumo dUlanoua from tlio water in the early morning when thu dew-was on thu grass , going just lilui Hiiakes. This eel presumably started early and went all right nnlil ho reached Iho dirt , where ho stuck until found. Many people who heard Iho htorv of lliiH find of Dr. Hullouk' ' * were inclined to think a gigantic hoax was be ing perpetrated mid that while Ihu uul was geniiinii if was nent here from somu other place. Thai eels of this sort live in Park river is , however , undoubtedly Ihu fact. In 157 Muni. Kynn was living nn thu old Bliss Hlruol , in n housu near U'horu thu tool housu m thu park iow htiimlB. A littlu up thu Htrc'im had Uood thu old mill long since burned town , and below it was a deep pool. Ono mining thu lieiiluniint went out after nipper'and. without any special u.xpifo- lalininf , FotuHiin fishing. Prusonlly ho mil a bitu ami pulled In a bijj eel. Iho io\l niovu WHS to ijiuHiti thu uel'rf head , ind in trying'n do llils thu hook was jroUoi : and thu eel wigirh'd into ( ho wn- zr. The nuxr. day K.vnn was near thu dgo of the river and saw a bl < j eel in mallow water swimming near the snr- CHI. Ho plunged in and scooped Ihu ol out in his hands , nml finally got It out m thn haul ; mid killed It. Thu uul was ike thu ouu imughl yostunlay , of the j.11- -er variety , and weighed tlirco pounds ind one-quarter. JIo'll Do. Kdltor "You ilcvlru a position us n. lolitieal writer'/ " Applicant "Yos , Mr. " 'ditor "You i'tin wrilu a vigorous idlloriaU" Applicant "Vim sir. Nail campaign lie , and fittingly rebuke tlio & naliciou.H mcnducUy of the faeilu fabri- mtor who penned it , repel calumnies , trick bubbles , make stinging retorts , and Ire hotshot in the camp of the enemy " Editor " ! guess you'll do. " If yon buy lumber any whore , without irnt getting Hoajjlund's prices pou will osu money.
