THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , DECEMBER 15 , 1885. TIIE DAILY BEE. Oimu Orru-r , No fit * VKD oi NKTV VORK OrriCE , Koovt 06/1 llim.nir.0. The only Monday montm ? piper puti'laheJ in the nr MUI. : Ono Vcnr . J)0.mThr ) < f Mr > nth Six Mcntlix. . M ) Ono Mouth THK WKRRI.V nr.r , I'titllslioil'r.vorr TRltWS. I'OSTl'.UP. One Yrnr , with premium . if ) ? Ono Tfar.wltliMit piMWIurn . I.- * " BU MMillm , without premium . > OnoMoiilli.on trlnl . 1" All rnmmitnlrntlons rclntlnir t" nrwq tinil HI- KirlrltnnttcrR chould lf urtdlMvM tuthnhut * TUUOI ill ) : HER. I.FTTFM ! UnIn f ! "ltcrfi ntiil ronilttntK-cs sbonM 1m ndiirr"'Ml 10 lur.r.K \ \ I'tinMsittsu COMIUNV , OMAHA. DrnfUi. tliwkfl niiil | > o < t < > lTieo orient tolm nmrto im nWi-lntlinopdct of the cntnpfiny. IHt Bit FUBllSHIfiG COMPAH , PROFiHEIOE It. lUXMiWATRH. ICtilTOR. to Into.sl advices tlio sacred elephant at Mandakiy IB dead. ( Sono to join Jmabo. THE "dollar of our daddies" will cause : is nnicli Irotiblo iu congress as il has inado in Wall street. Jnssn TIIOM , aged ! ) l , wants to bo as sistant postmaster at Newmarket , N. il. This ia : x CIIHO of holler lulu than nuvur. THK Mormon = who are endeavoring to reform thn ( Jontilcs think il is very \ poor rule that will not work both wnjs. Bn.t.t are being na numerously intro duced in eoiitfies.s an usual. Already nearly WK ) bills have been introduced in the fconntc. OMAHA'S bank clearings for lint wcok umountcd to ยง aK > 7Wli. { She ndvnnced ono plnoo in the lislof thirty clearing- liouso cilic.s , her position being liftccnth. Sr Loins is agilaled over a high- jchool fcnnilnl. Onu of the teachers in accused of indulging in the flowing bowl to itn intoxicating extent. Turn Ihu ras cal out. NIUUI.Y GOO newspapers in the United Stales bear the name of "NowH. " Five hundred and fifty are ruinarkablo for the absence of Iho article for wltich they are mimed. Tiir.iu : is n rumor ulloal to the cfl'cct that Minister IViidlcton intends lo re sign. AH Mr. Pendloton is an Oliio man it is Mifu lo say thiit Hie rumor has not the slightest foinulalion. Arim'AN traveler * agree that elephant steaks arc very lough. Il look Faulkner half an hour .so cal a .square inch of ele- phntttmcat. This heals the oe.st record of Omaha boarding bouse stunk. Tin : next prominent death in all prob- tibility will be thai of Kmperor William. lie is now nearly HS yours of ago and is soriotibly ill. H is not believed thai ho will survive IIH ! present illness. Tun midnight closing of saloons is now being agitated in Chicago. The ordi. nnnce to fnr has boon treated a.s a dead letter. The Chicago reformers ought to send for Marshal Cumniings , of Umulia- HouJ-THE-FoitT is the name of a post- olliee in Kingmnn county , Kansas. The republican incumbent means to follow- out the title ot his ollico if 1'rc.sidcnt Cleveland's civil service reform practice doea not prevent. AUK HEWITT , il is said , cannot sleep. Wo would ndviso him lo visil the sleep , ing beauty nt Columbus , Nob. , who has been slumbering for over six weeks. When she wakes up she ought to be able to give Mr. Hewitt some valuable pointers in the art of "snoo/.ing. " THR nrmy officers take some little pride in the fuel thai Iho destination of thtit nrlillury battery was kept a secret in spite ot the vigorous ollorts of alert reporters , but the reporters tukocqunl pride in Ihu fuel that they correctly con cluded from the starl lhal Fort Douglas was Ihe destination. IT was Senator , Van Wyck , who , dur. i j Ing the hifit congress , started thu iiglta. tlon ngainat the secret sessions of the somite. Thu probability in thai Iho prop osition to uboll.sh the secret sassioii order while nomiimlioiid nre under discussion in the scnato will be carried into elleet at nn oarlv day , as the movement is meet ing with considerable favor in aomo un expected utinrtiir.s. i'.N'ib are all the rngo. Indiana proposes to rnino a monument to thu memory of HemlrlcKa , and in all proba bility Missouri will honor li. ( irnt/ Itrown in a wimilar manner. Mr. Hrown , v/ho enrned n national reputation , niiulo the first niiKUicipation tieech ) | in AlUsour in the legmlature of that state. Tha nlonu cntillcB him to a memorial from the friuniJu of freedom. THK romonptrnuce against locating the down-town viaduct on Tunth btruot , which we print utauwhuru , will Hardly itand dlssuetiou. The list of names is decidedly promiscuous. Ono would mil- urally biipposo that people who own pro perty on Tenth or Kluvunlli struct would bo fouud among the signur * . The fact is , however , that about one half of all the algnurn don't own ti foot of ground on either of those strouli , If the question is to bo decided by the length of petitions without regard to the owuun > hip of property on the streels affected n petition , reaching from the Unio i Pa cific bridge to tliu court house can bu got- lump iu short mut or in favor of Tunth street. Krun thoao who own property on Kluvunlli have undergone a changu of heartsmeo thuy slguud tliii romoiibtruiice fceveral wuoks ago. For instnncu , onu of these , Max Meyer , says that hu signed thu ronioniitraiicu just after hi.i return from Huropu , when hu didn't under > tund the situation , ilu now favors thu Tenth trrot viuducU Wo pn.Hunu > there are Other * in the s.tmu boat , Mr Herman KjMinUr , who ul ( kignud , would give onicthlug to pay the damages it the Tlndnct Is built ou TuutU liutead of KJorci.tb. ] I ! nottts Civil Serrloo flptrtrtn. The milk a id water mugwumps hnvo been greatly touched by Iho "butlful Bontimxnta" on clril .jervico reform with wliltsh the provident rounded off his mes sage. HcMiitifttl bosh ! No Intelligent reader of the Washington dispatches for ( ho past ten months need lo be told thai Mr. Cleveland hasnot allowed setitiinent to sl.ind in the way of removals from of fice. During that period thiro has benn an iivor.isfp of more than a hundred dis- plneeiiiDiits a day iti Iho. civil aerviee. Every presidential post/itllco of thn first class with the exception of New York has hern tilled by a domocratio paitisan , nine-tenths of the revenue agents and collector * of revenue h nve had their of- fieml bunds struck elF ; the chict foreign mlsiiiins liayo been thoroughly over hauled , ami every consulate worth any- tiling more than the .salnry has received a new ineiimbunl. Heads of bureau ? chief ; ? of dlvisloiH , judges and fjovoruors of territories , nvir hals and district at- lornpys , so far as was practicable , liave all followed the republican procession of the de-parting to the tune of civil .service reform and Ihe accompaniment of "of fensive partisanship. " Nolhing but want of lime has prevented a ole.in sweep , and Iho ollicial guillotine ia slack- iny up now , only because a conlirmation by the senate i * neen-isary , since oonpre-u bejritn it.i Rcssion before any change can be ma'lo in a presidential olliee. Forty thousand republican olliee holders have jtiveii place to Iho same number of dem ocratic partisans since Mr. Cleveland's llr-t announced "th.it public olliee was : i public trust. " TliU is civil service re form with a vengeance. The total num ber of public olliees under the federal Sjovornment is something over 11)0.000. ) Of these about Ki.SOO are alVected by the civil service law. Tlio remaining 81,000 are at ( lie disposal of the administration. Mr. Cleveland bus been an indu.s- triou.s worker. Nearly halt the names on the federal blue book * huvu been changed since ho as sumed ollico , and removals have averaged a thousand a week. Il would be interesting to learn how much faster the process could have been hurried if the president had not been such an ardent believer in civil service reform. Why is not ISlr. Cleveland honest in afiirming his real belief , which coincides with his practice ? His actions in this respect are daily belieing his professions. No one imagines for n moment thai in the ease of nine-tenths of the removals there was any other cause than the poli tics of the incumbent. Whv does no the president announce that he believes Unit olliees are the perquisite- parly. Il might check Ihe man-milliner typo of politicians , but it would merely bo to affirm a Jacksoniau doctrine firmly held by the mas ? of the democracy and acted upon by the pre.-idenl and hi.s advisors. H by Rrailiii > One-half of Ihe time of our district courl during the past few weeks lias been lakcn up with the trial of damage Miita agiiiust , the city. With very few exceptions these suils were brought by properly owners who appeal Irom Ih j appr.UM'iiH'iU of damages awarded li > r changes of established giade , or for euti and hlls adjacenl to their property , caused by placing the streets to the es tablished grade. Fortunately for Ihe city and her fulure growth , very few of these hiiiU have resulted in anything more than a lurgc fee to the plaintiff's attorney. Court and jury have refused lo recogni/.o alleged damages without also taking into con sideration assured benelits. A striking illustration is afforded in the verdict given by the jury in the case of Charles Turner vs. the city of Omaha for damages incurred by the grading of upper F.ir- nam street. Mr. Turner modestly claimed to bo damaged to the tune of 1-2,000 , but the jury brought in u verdict iigiinst him ami lor Ihe city HIUH throw ing the costs upon tlio plain till' . That this was a righteous verdict , everybody familiar with the history of the Fiirnam street grade must lulinit. While Mr. Turner will bo at considerable expense in bringing his twenty-four acre plot to gr.ulo , he CHU to-day realise more than live times as much as the property would have hold for before Far- nnin street was graded. Con ceding thai Iho growth of Omaha has raised Ihu value of hi.s property , as il has all oilier real uslale , from fifteen to titty percent , the prime factor in the increase of population and particularly in the im- medialo advance of Farnam street prop. erty has been the grudinir. Ono of Ihe principal witncaic'.s in this case was Mr. Joseph Darker , who has largo real oitate interests in tliKoily which Two boon nf- toclcd by grading and paving. Mr. Dar ker voluntarily made the admission that from being a "kicker" against radicaj changes in grading and costly improve. munt.s , he hud become thoroughly con vinced thai thu rumarkublo growth of Omaha and the rapid rise in real citalo is due almost entirely to the extunaiva system of public improvements carried jiito effect during the past four years. As dialed bufote It is very fortunate for the city that juries have broitd and intel ligent view * th.it the damage to property in any case must exceed thu bnnotit.s de rived from HID linprormnmits to secure a verdict atuiHt thd city Had il bueit otherwise the city would have suffered a serious relapse. All projects for beauti fying Omaha and making her a desirable place for iWidoncu would have to bu abandoned. Take for instance the pro posed boulevard. The grading of the grand thoroughfare will add millions of dollars to the ralito of property all along its line , but if everybody whose ground Is to bo out down or tilled could recover damages for the full amount , without regard to tl.o benelit.s derived by reason of the grade , thu project would huvu to be given up. So with vhvducU and all other important improvements which _ when completed , enhance the value of all adjiteunt real estate. the question of lightin ; ; the city htrecls and thu poor qir.ility of the gas ib being dUcuisud , it may not be out of the way to ituggusl that olhtr cilichdn not depend entire ] , ) upon the gas for illumi- imruusus. We. uutlco iu Uie Clovelnnd papers an advertisement for bids for-1,000 gas lamps and 1,403 vapor gasoline and oil lamps. In other words more than a third of the street lamps in that city nro Illuminated with other ma terials than gas. Next to n heavy police force , well lighted streets arc the bct protection against crim1. It would bo well for the city council to consider whether it would not bo a matter of economy as well a.s of advantage to the public to light the outlying streets with asollne or oil. In this way a 1 arge area nowwitlioiit street lamps could bo lighted at rt small expense. If the gas continues as poor as it is at present , the light would be a better one than that furnished by the gas company. Army Jcilslntlon. The prospects for extensive legislation on behalf of the army this winter are not Mattering. Of the two branches for the national defence , the navy is naturally attracting most attention. There is a prevailing opinion thai w need ships more just at present than we do an in crease in our land forces. In addition , old legislators shrink from handling any bill for the relief of the army , because they claim thai such measures are always opposed by haif thu service and promoted meted by the other half. The introduc tion of a measure for changing the or ganisation or promoting retirements is invariably the signal lor cheers of en couragement from one section and howls of disapproval from another. It has become - . come a maxim in Washington thai the army doesn't know what it wants , and thai many of the gentlemen composing it would mui-li prefer that an entire branch of the service should suffer than any remedial legislation should changn their own relative ranks or hasten their retirement from the active list. The ono masure which has acquired prominence is Senator Mandurson's bill for increasing the oilleiency of the in fantry by giving it a battalion organiza. lion. This measure , which has already been cordially endorsed by the 15ir. : , In creases by llfty the number ofeompan" ies of infantry , creates fifty now majors and leO captains and Jieiitenanls. The change is urged on Ihe ground thai three baltulions of tour companies each , which is the organization of the cavalry and ar tillery , are demanded by improved lac- lies and will enable the government at any time to put a largo and ellicient force in the field upon short notice bv merely enlisting a sullicieni number of privates to lill up the skeleton coin pan ics. It is proposed to use the officers of one of these battalions in each regiment as recruiting oliicur.s and the battalion itself as a nucleus for recruits. The bit [ will also allbrd ; v much needed relief to thu infantry , where promotion dur ing the past twenty years has been unjustly slow. Another measure ol interest is thai introduced for Ihe relief of graduates of the milita ry academy for whom there are no vacan cies at the time of graduation. This pro vides that all such cadets who have re. e jived diplomas from the academic staff .shall bo borne on Ihe rolls of Ihe army as additional second lieutenants until vacancies shall occur , when the president may appoint them second lieutenants , their commissions lo take elloct from date of graduation , and their assignment lo lie made according lo recommenda tions of the academic board. As the number of graduates of the military academy is certain to increase , owing to the increase in congressional districts , some provision should be made to secure to the army the services of llui.se surplus cadets , whoso education aid training coils llio goviii'niuuiit soul jibing like ? 5uOJ , apiece from entry to graduation. Although the question of nil increase in Ihu si/.o of the army is once wore coming inlo prominence it is not probable that in the present temper of congress any radi. cil ; change in the direction will be made at the present session. This iiiiial num ber of privale bills which have been pigeon-holed nl every session for the pjh > l ton years have made their appear ance again , bul il is &afe to hay that the greal inujonly will never reach si vote. Tun Into Winthrop Watson nilmnn , sa.vsan eastern exchange , in 18u"i pur chased for $ . ' ,000 lots in Milwaukee which are now worth $1.00,000. ! ) , Ho uover spi'iil a dollar to improve hi.s property and never erected a building in the city , but an old citizen says , ' 'he appeared regularly once a year to collect his rent and light oil' laves. " Omaha has a num ber of property owners , resident and non-resident , of Ihu Uilman type They never spend a dollar to improve their property , they oppose nil public improve ments und glory in their ability to light taxes. Thu boonur I'aesc venerable iuo s- backs arc retired from the scene , thu better it will bo for the prus purity ol the Mit. G MIIIETT says ho is the hardest worked man in the employ of the Haiti- more & Ohio railroad , lie seems to for gel that he is Iho bust-paid man in Ihe service of that corporation , and that there are plenty of employes who would like to trade places \vith him. B. GUATZ BIIOWN , the tail of the Greeley-Hrown ticket , is dead. Nast killed him politically thirteen years ago. THK annual record of tuibhapj from coasting has begun in Omaha. Several serious accidents have already occurred. The lives of oiti/mis are endangered every night on the Dodge , Farnum , Hnr- ney and Chicago slreuts crossings from heavily ludun sleds which rush down the hills and across Sixteenth , Seventeenth rtiul Kightucnth streets , Two broken lugs and a do/.en minor casualties are a trendy reported. Sport is sport , but a decent rugurd for thu safety of life and limb dttmundj that coasting in the busi ness part of the city should be forbidden by tUe authorities and thttt the police shall bu ordered to enforce thd prohibition. There are plenty of hills iu Omaha where thn d.nngMrou ? ptntitno of coasting can be indulged in without jeopardizing the lives of pedestrians. Saturday Droning three ladle * wre thrown violently to the ground by com ing in coulaut vr'th thu coasters iu Ihu liuurt of thu city , ii 1 high tiuio thai thu grown tip boys and girls , who Insist on plnjlngon sled runners , should be made to understand that if their own lives are of no value to them , the limbs of citizens who are gotntj about their businosi on our thoroughfares will bo protcotci against collisions v > ith the uncontrollable sleds which are dangerous both to these on them and these who refuse to risk their bones in this sorl of amusement. HAWKS roftitcd to partial Hen Cobb , whn .p petition v.na signed bj nearly every man hi Lancaster county If Cobb had shot-down nnd killed a one legged and unarmed daylight burglar ho might now be shanking hands with DC tcctive Pound. ii poi.vrs. Senator Rl.tckburn , ( > f Kentucky , will fire up , Ills thoii'iit ( , because hi * brother was llreil out. out.Mr. Mr. I'oreh Is Iho new consul general to Mexico. Fancy a poich in the halls of the Montczutims ! There seems to be mere political zeal to the square inch In Cre.it Hrit.Un thnn ill any other country In the world. Canada wunU Maine , it Is sidd. The New York .Joiirim ! thinks thai pel Imps Mr. lllulnu may Imve something to say about that. 'I he three democratic speakers , Kerr. Iiiin dall and Carlisle , were earh ol them In their 4 th year when they lit it assumed the chair. Senator lluulcy is hiimv n In Cnnmvtteiitu.s the iiisiii.incu mull. It is slid lib caiuust-u' ' are always conducted by reiircseiitatlu's of the great companies , William il. HnsUsh is Sported to be Iny- Im : pipes to scotue the Icndernhlp ol the In- illana democracy. It Is not known lo what tune ho will pipe Ills lay. Tlio Sivniinnh prohibitionists hava ru eeived a SIU.CO ) eiimp.iimi fund from the noith , nnd nowcotiiidnntlj evpcct lo poll a innjoiity ot the negro vote. .Senators Van Wyek , Sahin , TJltiir and Mitchell , of IViinsylvaniu.will ptohably imive klukers In ease of tin nttnipt to deal with ap pointments en a partisan basis. In the drawing fur Vats In COIISVCFS thp must cou'lcd places tell to the lot of new niemlicrsand territoilal ilclcialcs. Cungii'ss- man HImil , turnover , \\is : lucky. Governor Ahfcr , of Michigan , receives the niuiiilicent .sulai ) of Sl.n.Ma year. Michigan ought to be ashamed ot herself in putting a ban mi ambition that Is tiutli poor and huiiesl. O. O. Stcidy , Washington conesiiondciit , has been appointed Speaker Caillslc'h cluik. This is the place lormeily lilled by the brilliant - liant Henry \V. Nelson , now editor of the Boston t'ost. Mr. niaine's timber laiuls in West Virginia nionnid to he the be.st hunting grounds forbear boar , deer and all klniK of wild game in this country. Jle Is alter bigger gauio tlinn that , however. John W. Daniel , who will succeed Mahonu in the senate , was a wvond lieutenant in Stiuiu\Miiri > Jauksciirb eld hrigivlu at the ago ( it'll ) , lie was wontiiiud lour times. Since the war he has served iu both branches ol thu legislatiiie. Congressman Iia Davenport Is dcsribL-d from the hoiisugallery liiolcing like a man of ordinary p.uts. lie luus a thin angular fare , and pallid coiiiiile\iim. Ills hair and miistache.ir.Mi cross between a reddish brown and terra eotta , . , Donn I'iatt has Ijucn in Washinuton ; ic- cently. He says he has nothing but Time and his county commissioners lo complain of. The one makes his bnaid giay and gives him a tnuuh of ihcuiuaUsm.vlulc the others lea\e the reads in bad eoiubtion about his Uhiu hemu. Her a Sure The infanl ijueun ot Sjiain has inheiitpd consiuiiitioii. [ Her died so poor thill he had nothing else to leave hei. Gooil Old Tiim-H in Sfexlco. Dct.mll Ti lliiinv. It must seem to Mexico like the return of this good old ( iiue.s to Imu-cvon a little bix- by-nino levolutiuii going en. No Ijiick ol' Suggestions- . jVew Ti r/v / Journal. Congress ill not suffer for laulf of outside sugge.stloiin. Advice liuiu patriots is so thick thai it can bcctil with a i. line. Occurs Aliout Tulce I5ery ( Year. Jay Oould'.s fan-well iciuumuul Ls treated by wicked newNipoi ] ) > , \j' much as the an nual t'aiuwell touis o.fii ; star notoi-s and Sure , ICiiL liii | > raeliuiU > Ie. Another " .suru cuie" lur delirium tremcus lias been disco\eied. The Miicit cure , however - over , is In "don't" ever ) tiuio you leel Ilku taking iv di ink. Xo Keason Why l''armi ' > iM Slionldii't. H' coa < fmlii < r , If all other winkers and buhlness men are combining for mutual ailvanta e and protec tion , wo sco no reason why Iho tanners oheuld nut do t > o. A Voice Out ol'ilio Wilderness. W. Paul I'luncurVt ! i > . The jiresidunt appaieiitly iorgol all atiiiut DaUuta. it u hale tuay that UaluUi will take cam that the mi'iiiury 01'cua. . ieas la i Jy Judged. Jlaril to riitcli. C'/ife/iyii / Ttinct. It will not take tnu now meuibor nf the house of reireiunlativi-t | v ry luiu lo iliv uover that thu moat eluf.ive tlain ; iu thu v , uud Is the eye of the --jifakcr. Tlio Orniul Jury , Kew OrliMim WiitM , Nfthoily In civilized c.oiiimiiuity is charged with mure .solemn and uuioiUnt ) dink- * than a grnud jury. The province ol tlmir , n juixl- tluii umbrucca the whole doauin of liovern- muiit. _ A Vnluiilile Hint. I'Utabunj Uomwreltt liir.Me. No tniH ut'iitltniiuii li * .i ( o have ladies sijuauditnn , ' moiiuy | oi him on hmnlct'is' caps , tobacco ba s , pn-0-lioldt-r.s and all Hint iiMih-ss aurt ot G.ulbtuus ti'n'3'ry. ( : lictlur m- veat the niuiR > > in jnesriits < 1 good cigars. llncltcxtcr Jiuiiincnif , If poor , Illitiinte riiglihliiiun ran Iw In ( liuvd to diaplny a jioliliiMl.c.d Iliat mil-it uiaku the mo l earnest tipml.s jiolltician tiow much mure i'.tt > llj oagh Aiui'rlcans to bu induced tuvuik In of gtHHl guvcniment. Gooil Work. I'n iinml llernld. The settlers of not Ui Nebraska have been considerably HgiUted nt times over the report that Furl Uobluson was to be ulxnuluinvl. Thu uiuiiniiicu that it ulll n t IHI HO abnu. diitii'd und their lUe.s cMxistd tothti luurclem uf tUu cui > nuuuti indiuiij uumuo riuiu Con- gressmnn Dorscy nnd Senator Mxndcrson , who made a trip to the Sioux ngenci before doing to WnMiineton. They are both firm in thrlr Ifcllef lh.it ( ho foil should bo sttftaltied , nnd they n 111 see to il that It is not nbolbhcd. Common Iinrr ami Coniinon Hcnsc , The supreme court of Ohio has dctldcd that a railroad company has no rlphl to carry oil lor the Standard Oil company at one price ntidchirse another company n blither price for the same service. There Is no dmiht that this is com in on law as well as common sense. It will IKS a great day for the people of this state when the same lulo hall bu enforced Prlvolono IloyoottitiR. W , Lnnli ItepnhUctin. The federation of labor unions , in fcsslnn in Washington , denounces the "use of the boyeoll for trhelous , tiivial or Imaulnnry grlovaiices. " The action partakes of the en- llqlitcnmeut and common sense which ba\e becniuepcrcctlbleof ] late In the conduct of the affaiis of labor combinations. Used only In cases where leal and hPileus grievances exist , the hcncutt Is effective , and It may u | - pear excusable \\hclher justifiable or not. Otherwise Its u o cills < low n on labor orgnni- Tatloujuslcondemnalhiii for evctvislng the tyranny as that they cumplatu of. STATIi AN THU1UTOUV. Nclraska Falls City claims u population of 3fiOO. A cm net band is incieasing tliu geneial blow in Chadion , TheCuuid Armv bojs In Kails Clly xvlll held a "bean luice' to-inulil. The famous l-'iiday storm blew the bridles ' oil ol tUu teen hogs'in Oal > d , lie. Doichestcr'w jail has been uuoocupied for so hing a time that II can be puiciiascd nt hair pi ice. The Indian trnrli * , amounting to 515,000 a month , is one ot tnu bust iuauuc.s ol busi ness hie in liunlon. The lailrond nut tit of about eighty-live people ple , int'liidiiii ; men.somcii and children , me iiuaileied at ( . 'aminidge. Uurglars laided I'ulei-son's htoro on V stieci , 1 i fluent , Saturday night , and secured &MMiilh nl rash and lancy goods. layiifidci ! , the " .sticker' ' at the packing house in NeliiasUu City , was hc\eiely bitten bj a dj iiuho. , Katuittuy aitunioon. Serious lcsuil ale li-aicd. The people of Schtiyler have Just been In- tuxluced to Hie telephone , and their nr t ex perience with its use has been icplete with amusing incidents. he > eril cases have oe- euuvilheic jit'rsons haMiig Histiiiments in their iMabll.tiniifnts lm\e forgotten nil about their coinenient gossiping powcib and \\.nUed sevcial blocks loddhcj oiduis liursonally. Iowa Items. Tlieijioocry sloieof .1. ( ' . 1'iather , at Mis- souii \ alley , wus burglarized on the . " > th , and snme valuable papers and about jj'iO worth o gooib taken. The Chicago it Northwestern railroad paid ,1. C. Hixsen , of Mnrslinlltown , & 2"l > ; { lor li 11 cars of tio.'s and onu car of cattle lost In tile Moutour accident. At an election in Carroll county on the ' . 'Hi , on a proposition to N-ue bonds lor the flection 01 , i now cnuit hoilsc. tlio iiucsttun was defeated by a majority ol tliirty-itiur. An unknown man was louiid dead in bed in a Sums 0 ty hole ! Satuiday e\eniiir. ! lie leglstcrtxl as A. .1. IJeii'-on , but no turlher In- loimaiiiiii aliuul him could beobtaiuud. Tin : cause id Ids death waapoplexy. . The surveyors of Iowa held n cnnvcnlion at DCS Moines \Vedne-iday \ and made kn Ic lor higher wagct. Tliev .u.sii want ( lie counties to tmnish them withoilice luel and other IHT- iiuliites ol count } olliccrs geneially. A tabulated htalfinnt il criminal .statistics from tlieollice 01 thuse.'iet.iry i f late shows ' that diniiu' the year there we're i,3 j. ) erimimd cniivictions , is ol wl/'v / n wcie scat lo tbeie- forin scbixii , while I \\erehcnt to the tieni- tentiary , tlio si-nteiiccs ngun > iiliiu 1 , K ) je.us. Of the enlirc numb i-iuiMclcd srr > were able to lead and write , while tli < 1 status ol : w in this ieKct ] ; is unknown , nnd'fit who weiedcstituto of educational Coloratlo. The I'ri/.o mine In Uilpln county recently sold lor * .0 .lai'ies I'arlcv , a Denver lettjr thief , was captured -Michigan l.uit wcelt. The public s hool.s ot Koit Oollins have an euiol Inn-ill olIli pupils. * The lion silver mine of Li-ailvllle yielded SIUO.COJ net to the sto Jchold.-rs l.v.t . month. A treiieioMS clllzi-n of Denver has donated 10OUU lu.i\us of biead to Ihu poor of the cily. Proceed ings foi foicclo.siiie against thu Deiner.V. Km Crande ha\e becu begun in the United Stales courts. Colonel < iMlwln , a veteran of Iliowarof l l'J , in an inmate of the Cuslur couuly poor house , lie is ' .HI year ) of a u. The hecp raiders of lh < % stale .if a nir'Cting last week adopted .sliiiurt'iit luoasmos to .siaiii ) ) out iiiitvtjous disuasfs among sliitoii. Chailej .Scott , the mugwump treasiucr of Ar.ipahoe couuly. wlio is under liniids of 5-lii ) v.i ) . lor lorgcry. i : , nowaw-iised ot wcann bilk slocknmh and sporting diitmoiuU and bUilN'iill ' .S.lOIJUes. A pii.ili tic mlnist'T struck Otiray one day last week , and a gRia'iliT ' , a piiliiiehm , two chiiiuic diulilvfirds and ouu ' 'society man ' imiuciliaiuU ihn-w up ihcir lunds und .sol emnly promised to reiorm. A burro , loadeii with ore. recently fell six ! v feei oil a jui'cijiice near Jticu and landed on jus back. Tin4 iiackers Jooi.d over , e\pwt- inir lo see a thoroughly disinic raied buno , wiicn to tlieir snrpri.se tlio .iniiu.U Miuru'd uvo or tliree lim. " > , got up , sbojk hbuiull. and .stni''K ' fur new pictures. A iciuarkable iilienomcnav.'as\\Jtnesci ( by tno people of Ucnver haiurd.iy livening. KIOIII .slioitly attei darl. until about l > ; , ! i > o'clock , the period of the .s 'ttuiifof the moon , acr > distinc- and period cmsi loriacd by transverse lays of li < ht added a wonderful and \sterions Inteiest t/i her nppcar < ince. Tnron .s 01 people Kathcicd ii ] on tlm streets to wilucns whal they deemo < l an emblem or dun ot some nnuruml o'-currciK'u ' , but no sat- istu"tory solution of tie ! plienometm could l o given by anyone , save tliat thu iiiyr , of I ; ; ! 1 1 lioiii the luaiinary shajH-d tlieiiisclvus , iwmg to tliii highly j-.irindil condition ot thu .iu'ic , into tuts unusual louu. Montana. ( tov. Haiiwrhu-tpuiclUMid lha Australian mine lor 'i > , uou. Oversioo.ooj iu silver bullion fioui Hutto hist week. Twelve thou-mud dollar * worth of steel cAjHs will MKIII adorn thu JtutU ! jail. The threatened scheme of tlm Xoilhern I'.i- clue to bul d lo Kiltie has ! > u.ii ) uhauiloncil The I'nion ' Paciuc proposed to rl ilnitu by biiildli ) : , ' n standard iau'u ioaJ to llciuna , Hiitte papers complain much and ofl.ui of tliu | icriiicuiU4 practice of "kids' p.uadliitf tin * stieels with incaiiiis , olthur .sliutcliu liuai then pockclH , ortUill inoru badly cur/led oil thcli hhouldei.s. Hitter JtMt ( ranchusen have boon aiouscd bj tlii ? di'pradulions ol u iwn ot hoi-'e and cititle thiinvs Printed iioliccs have boon isiiieil vvaruint ; thu thieved tu luavu thu valluy iiibidoot It-li dayit. The Pad Ho Count. San Dlcgo lias < i l-W ) auro jwrlt. Ciitloiil.ill r.ibijltb aru lipc tu Idahn. A held uf lipu penult * was oueot the /all curio > itic.s at Ixiu intuit , Idaho. Minors iu the CinMir d'.Muiiu rot-Ion are miii-hiii ! ; out > > ) iw ciay tu a 111,111. StrawlicrnuA wuiu iu blu oui on a much lit at Salmon Fall * , hlaho , XuvuniJj r > . A wound crop ( il HaitlcU | > uars 1m * devel oped m ovcril of thu orvluidn of Totiluwuu uountr. Thu state * tnu r"ttuijs of f ) rctjnn for IS1 ? ! uhoWn a total | HiuiUitiuu | ol ) . , u"4 all Jli- lUfaM * Iruni 116. " U bliiu.- J j 0. ul'uiiiii ' ( Uiu p.ist year the Jnciease in the iHi ! > > oial ! | > ruiKtily ami ii-nl umatu vehuvliou 111 hus Xiip'flf * l ue.uly < 5 , OXOJJ. ) | Thu KnlKUla of l.abur au iHiconiln u-iy putvcrlul In Slioiliiuic , niid Ihe I'liiue.su vvushhounpM mid vcijiHaole mnwum huve lx.-en coiuptfllcil Ui i nil other nt'JUa of Ulior. Thu hutro Tunnel tuiiujiany * re imweni- | ) | Din'a ; li'ic-of twcntiuu uii-u. ( Minui- palli ontjaiioil In luakin/icjiaiis. Tlm com- jiany in roceivlns a daily royalty of over .sl.o'w tioiu tliu ore-iiro-Jui-Jiii lulnes of Ihu A Uujb CallfotuU Hull wu ; Xllled wlti.ln Ihrco mllw of ? sil lUfa-1 , Similar , by ft l' r- tueuoso of that Vlo nit.V. It iiioasurod s'x feet from tip to tip. It was on Im nonse niil- mal nnd has been a terror Lto Jho stock lor seine timo. THE SILVER PnoCLEM , IJvScnntor N. P. Hill's Vlovrs Prot > able - blo AtUliulc of the SHiorltCii. A recent WashitiRtoii special to the Now York Kvenintr Test says : Several of the leading "silver men" have recent , ly been in conference here. Among them nro ox-Senator N. IMlill , of Colorado rado , Congressman A. J. Warner , of Ohio , one of the fathers of the "buzzard dollars. " S. Dana llorlon , bccrelary of the lnleinsilional ; filonetnrv Commission , nnd some others wno nro not so promi- neiil in their relations to thin question. Tlieir meeting may have been inten tional or accidental. Kx-Scnator N. P. Hill , of Coloratlo , outlines the policy of the silver men with reaped to the recom mendations which the administration will undoubtedly make , nnd which the opponents of the silver dollar will en deavor to enact into a law , in Ihu follow ing interview : "We have had no formal conference. Of course , being hero , 1 have naturally talked over the silver coinage question with Mich freiialors and members as I have mut , and I have promised to come brick , us .soon as the f-essioii is fairly tin der way , and five whal advice and as- sisliinre 1 can. " "Is there : uiv particular line of policy marked oul that vou know ? " "Oil , ves , Treasurer Jordnit has one poliev , i\lr. \ Warner has another. There arc almost as many diilercnl policies a.s there are persons who htue given Ihe subject consideration. " "What dfi . > nu think of the plan advo cated hv Senator lii-rni.tn and others of increasing the weignt of the silvet dollar lar so us to bring it up to a jar ) with gold * " "There is this -vital objection lo th.it. No one can toll yet what the new ratio between silqer and gold should be. II we should increase the weight of silver , nnd there should then be a slight advance in the price of silver in the market , xyhich is almost sure to occur , jour coinage would all disappear , as the bullion would command a premium. If , on the other baud , silver should further decline , you would still be coining w lull is called a debased dollar. Ono fact everybody is bound to admit and that is that the tiro- ducliou of uold bus fallen so much that it is below tlio actual demands for con sumption in the arts , including the de mand from Asia. Jly belief is that the silver production , which has declined slightlywill decline still more. Th great silver mine.s of the world seem to be ex hausted , and there are no indications yet that any others will take their place. It is oiily twelve years since silver com manded a premium over gold , and it will i Obe at all surprising it within ten years it should do so again. If there was any immediate danger of any dis parity between our silver and gold coin , 1 should favor some change , but il is perfectly .safe to RIV thai we can con tinue to coin silver for the next fifteen . \cars at Ihu present r.ilu without bring ing about any depreciation in the value of our feihcr coin. Long before that time the course which this country liould pursue will become perfectly' clear. " "What will cnntrress probably do ? " "Nolhing , " said the ex-senator , em phatically ; "we have strength enough to insure that. Of nil Ihu plans lhal ha\e boon proposed for a comjuomise , noncof them is satisfactory to my mind. The proper policy is to wait , nnd thu silver problem will settle it-olf. When so man v uncertainties as to what the future will bring , it seems to me it would be t.vceed- iiiglv unwise to attempt at this lime to finally settle our monet try policy with ' regard to silver. And with the cv'amplo of France before us , where > . > 3.ilOui ) ; ( ) ) of silver are kept on an exact par with gold , to suv that we arc going to lie ' 'all broken UD" with iJ.'iiO.Oii.M'OJ , is , in my judgment , all nonsense. "No , " the sen ator repulod , "il will not be possible lo slop the coinage of silver at this session , n i' y judgment. UoiiLfro'-smun Warner , of Ohio , pro- Huts that the coinaire of silver will not be discontinued by the Forty-ninth Con gress. THE PURCHxXSE Or MAUD S. 3Ir. VamlorldU'fi Great Feat in Drlv- in ( let-with Aldinein'2ir : 1-U. 3Ur. Hamilton B isln-v , Mr. William H. Wilson , ot Oyminn , IC\ . , and other gen- ' tlomun who'nro idcnti al prominently witn the trotting turf , in discussing the death of Mr. Viuidcrhilt yesterday at the 1"cri'lt house , where the Her c Hrei'd- ITS' association is iu session , nnv Iho Is'cw York rimes of a recent date , hail a good deal to sav about .Maud S. "Yes , it is true , " h.iidMr. . Uiisbcy , "thai Mr. Van- ili-rbilt was vcrv much put out when Capl. Stone ta cd SjJl.iliOon the $ MUI , ( ) wlncii hu had agreed , lliniu-ili Mr Joseph H irkcr , to pav lor .Man 1 S. 1 was in Lexington at the time .she trotted in 'J lij , and in Cincinnati when be und .Stone wcrn exchanging tele grams about the mall T. Stone nuked me lo call and ecu Vunderbiit on my return In New-York and e\plain the bitiiiiti'.in , intone said that he had prom ised Uair if I.UJO in cacc ' 'i'll was beaten , and thai as Ihu performance wub M much { 'renter hen niilcii.itcd ! ] this $1,000 should be paid b > tile purchaser. I saw Jlr. Vaud-rbill , but hu was tint in a pleasant mood over thu nlTUir. lie thought lhal Clinic h id taltcn an advan tage of him. lie put Maud S. on thu road , but as he did not MiidcrMand her no VOIH temperament she acted badly and ho was surioasly dinat pninted in her. She wus Ininu nearly all the lime. It wus about thi.s period that Hair and .Stone .started the report that liurr had made her lame , which aroused the ire ot the latter , and Mr. Yandurtiill denied Ihe report at bin ivqncit. "Mr. Vaiiderjiilt was very much ( worked up in the summer of Wl , when Jnv-Kyo-Sco was throale.iiiig to beat Ihe in it m'i record of i-lU ! } . Mr. ( ' .11 had placed fi.OM in invhnndH for"it ! for n j race ot if H.ll'l ' ) u side , line the I'onlideiiee , of C.IKU incri'iisud his alarm. He .sent I j thu m IIM to I'lovolnnd to bu trainml on the quiet. .Should.o ' tail to bent her record , the oll'ort was not lo courl. lint should shu get below i 1 i then it was to stand. Mr. William Kdwanl.prcniduin of the Clovebrid track was in thu i-al. Mr. Vanderbilt trurt.-il him fullv. Jay- j Kyt'-See trott-d in -10 at J'rovideiiiNi , ' t and in fear ivnd IrombliiiK MMMI ! S WIH : j . brought out nc\t day nl < ! li vlmid and | made x'-'i'.ij. ' ' Mr. V ndurbit ! hovvi d his ' great appreciation of tlm triumph bv the long tulegiaiiii which heft-nt Ui IMwardK mid St.iiio al Clov.-luiid. lie was down 01 Bur nnd would communicate with him only through Mono. He paid 15-mr $ -'jun lor ilmiiiglhe ranie on that day. "Mtouu wnntudto keei ) and tiaiuber , but Mr. Vandurbilt ordcit-il hur houiu niul drovu her at .Saratoga a luw liaicit. Hu thuii bold hur to his o.d rival on the road , Mr Homier lie and Mr. itunii'-r , however , had gel on lo nodding txTiuw i j again bufor * thn Th gre-ilint per- ' furmanou evr m id by un am ij'-ur was when Mr. V.urlerl/iit ilrovis M.iinl Jand J Aldiuu double t a lop road iv agon In SJ 15' ' . Thu other fast t .uui. UorkM , Chnfuld's mid KoukfidlerV , wuie dnvuJi toskuk-loiis by MorinoiKloin's Ht'lilUl. If thn Moimon * are b > be buliuvod they n nru about the most harmless und inuo2 2 j cent puoplo in America. They go on i ij thninliiiiing federal nil'iccrs nud indiilg- [ 5 ing in priJposition.s to engiige in various ( > UliuU oi blood i.-Uiii until dually tUe ( ffovcrnmcnt takes thora at 1'ielr ' wnd and then they full to pet ticninc the l > ie < ldiMitto cnlloT his troops A person tiot neijuaintcd with the rci' situation of airairs in Utah would be l < d to bcheve from the tittvrnncut of tlm Mormons that they wore , trujjjilinint \ polite il nnd religious liberty against a mo t odious tyranny. So long as thov rnaint.'i n this pretense , and intimate by word an I not tint ! thov aie sincere in ilu , position they have tnken , it will be n , . . . es .iry for the government to be ptv- juxrod to sujipross tiny outbreak w hich thev nniy ptpcipitato. 'I'he ' qtti'sti ( n at issue is vimplronc of law. Mormons do not obev'the la.\r which other people cheerfully submit ' < > cannot 4-scape the penalties of it.s viola tion. They nrn n stupid ns well ni a vicious crowd , or they would perceive that in the present state of public si'nti- niont it is e\tremely foolish for them to keep up their masquerade any longer. _ BLUFFED BY HIS WIFE. Monuinontnl Clieok of n Uunnwny Wtfo-A Michigan Man'n INcupo. Detroit Tree Tress Three or font days ago n man arrived in Detroit fto u a farm in Ohio in Koareli of his wifewho had left Ins bed and board without giv ing him a hint of her intentions. Ho up plied to the police for assistance and a detective wns detailed to help linn to hunt up the woman. They were yoins ; down Michigan ave nue yesterday , when they ran full upon her us" she clung lo Ihe arm uf her abandoned Imslmnd's hired 111.1 n "So I've found eh' ' " .vim , exclaim'd the husband , as lie barred their path. "Sir' did you address me' ' " demanded the woman , u * she dicw hersi-lf up "SneiiUn' to me. stranger1 nddod ( lie hired m xn , with a lace a.s smooth as a Hat-iron. "Of course I'm talking to \ oiihotli of yon' ' " shouted the Imsiund "Maria , what did you no and run away for ? " "hir , V'"r language is outrageous" snapped the woman. "Maria ; Who und where is your Mnrins" "Yes. who iun | where is your Maria" " ndded ( lie hired man , us he bristled tip. "Look n hero , Joe Jn\is , don't von try to bluff inc. 1 know you. .So Maria ran off with you , eh nirly specimen you nre. " "Very Mrauge , very , " said the hired man , as lie put on a pti//Jod look "You seem to lul'or under the impression thnt you rccojini/.o me. " ' 1 never witnos ed such impndiMioe never , " added the woman. " .See lnT'.siid : Iho farmorns , he stared nl Ihem and rubbed his eyes nnd stared again. Am 1 blind ? Have I lost nivsens es ? Don't I know the wife I lived with f-evon years and the hired man who worked for mo over three ? Now , Maria , you are going homo with me " "Sir,1' she replied , " . \oiir friend hern should pour cold wafer'on jour lieud. You move on or 1 will call a policeman. ' "Yes , we will call Iwo of them , " nddid the hired man. "Uythe horn-spoon ! " howled the fann er , as he .jumped up and down , "kin I bo bluffed in Ibis ere btyle ? lxu\er ! ( Juicer. arrt" t them. " "Jiiil don't burn your linrjers.oflicer , by arresting thu wrong couple , " said the woman. "F.\nctly Pon't you do it , " nddod ( hu hired man. And the oflloor didn't lie and thu farm - m T stood .stock hlill and saw the couple take n nit cot eai.aud il was only after the ear was blocks away Hint the farmer fcnid- fcnid"Wall "Wall , by ( Jeorge ! It's them twofiiiru as sliootin' . and they've given us Iho grand bluff' ' Whv , I didn't suiinosu .Maria had the chock of a grasshopper mid , as lei t tat hired man. lie used to rail down on his ! , tiees anil holler whenever I .stai ted for him nilli n a witch. Wall ! wall I'm troin hack hum. " Couldn't Htiind the ! * rc siiro. Polroil Fri'i- Press : "Who is Ibis Doling follovy who luib been sparking \ on lor tliu lo-sl sinioiitlih ? " Middenly ) iniiircil | old man Fnrnkor the other evening sis ho looked tip : it his daughter. "Willie Hlunk. " nliu demurely an- 6 we red. "Worth " anylhiugV" "Not much , but lie has prospects. " "Humph ! i don't like bii looks. He has n bad temper. " "U hy , pupa , he's tin angel ! Nothing on earth can make him angry. " "Does he wear u plug hat ? " "Oh , i os he s hiht bought a now one a regular daisy. "I never -see it in the hall. " "Hul he takes it in the parlor with him. " "i see : you may run aloti" now. " "That evening , after Mary and hur beau had gut niniloj'labK mMted , the old man vvontiunighiiig and stamping into Ihu uarlor. The 1m. r'n plug bul Hal on a chair. KoroKor walked ovi-rlo that chair and sat down with all his might , smash ing Ihe hal Hal as a ten cent piece , and ob.-MTV'ed. "Fine evening , sir ? Wlmt do the eve- uinu ; | ) a ) > er.s hav c to suy about tiie Survi- an-Hulgariaii troubles ? " The joiiug man grew red and then whitJ * . He attempted to speak , but the words would not come. Ho tiually gel up , eahtone uiiiiihilating look on the old man , ignored tlm girl ciitiicly , mid ivaIl.cd Ktriij.hl out of the room and the lousi' . As he < lchiunei : < il the Mops thu irl ran to the door and called : " \\illah : Wiliuh : Won't you seak | to lie ? " Tint old innn followed her and culled : ' Hey : jou'll t-aUili cold in your head iviliiuut u hat : ' lint the. ) oiiiiginuii Jiul-l ! ( not or turned lis head , and when hi.s hool-bouU could m longer be heard on the walk the lath- T ( iinicd to the girl anil .said : ' 1 w.io ri ht , .sl.iry , in regard to Ilia onipiT. A iounu : iuun who won't lot his ather in-law snrtsh his I'liiL ' ; hut is no ) ha | 1or you t i m.irry. lluwaru ol him is you would Ino deadly biia-fiin.stno- .ur. " \ViiHTIrno to Go. said un uptown young ad > to uMih'fciM'll of thu icuiu duilu vht wouldn'l t.ikoa hint nnliMji n hoimo oil on him , "J rend M.iiieiliiiigiii n paper o-ilay winch rciinii'li-ii ' m of you. " "Aw , vvo.dlv , y'ii , a v tiatiiih me , bah love ! Aw , Hliai < ati it , iiw.1' "ilwaa i < n nniclu on 'Iho thinking lowers 0/ue.iH.1 / Hal hit1 hu1" lint Augusta didn'l nvi-n r > milu. He ih id. ) took hit hit nnd canu nnd feebly ntwk'd oul < il Ihu doar. n KAVOUITK MDMU IIIIMIJIO' H w-ir [ H A juiilitil not 10 MJlilitiil II faii-'lil | iir . JJ ijulii of lucitmrj ( > i-un 1-1,11110 , hut (8 ( J-fllH-V 1.1. oi UK AII , inaf.it " : itAMil 4isi : ot ill' ' . IfyourJivui l-i oul nl orji-r , llion your vi holii t. ) , n iii it liuiuiih' ' I 'I'IID M < 0J I * iiniuuo , tJiw Oiuiuli oHciiuho , you hut'u lii-ii'lut-lin , Jtxil lun.ru.'J. iU.-/iuu'l | jlllil nn i-ous Topri'mi i ililioil , liku Muntc rinuiv ; ; > , i' VJl'Tt HI'iJCI.A'loU. | | vo.i iliBll HID in-hiiiriir nliii Kji"i uoiJ > < iiiiiuji | > , wn'i tuku liivur liy/ii * M > r. Wnro lo rulii'o Jfjou Ijuvu cntuii niiytliliiT hv4of d ! ; ; i-li ; > n , ur lnul iitJi' ) ' nluir niUJl or tlix . 1. i ut ni.j.1. , l.i'.o u UK-HI nn. I you irlll lee I n'linuvj unil gjixtp | i-u-tml | ; ! ) , It you IMV u iiiUonildu uf ( ivr | | C < iMrir Tio.v. Ur i-n' M uml iiii , . < > i' > i- M.CH , MX > X M'lli'r M once hi MJIHIIIIIU l.itvt litfuluiiir 1 1 ilous not nvjuiio cxmilmuil < l' > liii ( , tui'J < x > t(4 ( tnil tnrto. It Milliiururou. If ) oa wuki ) up In tliu moriiliiiT iTllli 4 blltrr , lnul litiiu In yuur inoulh , Slmitiom J.lvci Uc uliiKir. Il corriwH iiju iiiio(0 ( rtiuiutivii , rt.vciulcim liiu . IIK > OlUXI limxl MHIIU ri I ) IxllllilrUC Itllll MIMIU i uycil Uj'iiiOAiiiinx rlrHiicM. HIIMIIKIIIH ' Iciiulutor will iclwivo loin- . UluU iiiu.auiil Iu i lu -ul tub * Ui