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OMAHA'S compliment * ( o licr wosleri
sifters ami presents liur figures of growtl
for the year pa-t.
AiTiit : n weok'n delay Ilnzon's eel <
wave has put in an appearance. Predictions
dictions for July aio now in order.
IT is prrmoicd l < > arm the cowboys ti
watch tin1 Indians in Ari/.ona. The ills
patches fail to stale who ! iru to watcl
tliu cowboys.
Ilinu licence has given Nebraska :
more lavorabh-advertisement lliroughou
the country than anything else oxeop
the remarkable development of her lent !
ing city.
ISn.vi. oMato is holding lirinor than ovoi
before in Uinaha al the opening of tin
new year. The continued sales and
steady inquiry indicate a boom in tin
spring which will make the croaker * and
mossbaeks puluilh astonishment.
Wi rn viaducts bridging the tracks be'
Iwccn the north and south portions of the
city , Omaha's growth next year will be
in more than ono direction , and thousands
of dollar * of valuable residence and bus
iness property will bo made available by
rajiiil transit.
\\'i \ : haven't heard an.v tiling of Judge
Totirgoe lately with his literary studies
in charcoal and chalk. Mr. Cleveland's
inauguration seems to have shelved the
groal apostle of sectional literature , and
'to have left thn New York Tribune solo
master of the field.
! Mit. lii.ADsioMcelebrated : his birthday
on Tuesday and was overwhelmed with
presents. The ex-premier failed to re
ceive the present of a parliamentary ma
jority which just now would have been
the most acceptable gift which could have
been offered him by hi.s .supporters.
IT is proposed to turn bloodhounds
loose in Ari/.ona and New Mexico with a
view to clearing out the little band of
Apaches who have been deviating the
country. Several broken up Undo Tom's
cabin troupes can h'-ar.soine.thing ' to their
advantage by turning their footsteps in
that direction.
lloscoi : CoNiu.iNU emphatically denies
that he has any further ] > olilical sispira-
tions. So long as } ! laino is out of the
senate , and his law practice rolls in
$100,000 a year Mr. Colliding will bo
fialislied to work for the corporations and
to let private revenge and the interests
of tin ) dear people look out for
themselves.
Tin : ISr-i : is the only Nebraska daily
that dares to take its readers into its con
fidence and exhibit its business condition ,
its receipts , expenditures and manage
ment. The figures which will bo found
elsewhere in this is-Mto will repay study
as showing how the lri ! : has kept up
with the rapidly advancing procession of
our city's ( lev clopmenls.
Jon onoo expressed a desire that his
enemy would write a book. Jf Job had
Jived in Nebraska and was in as high
u .situation of prominence M.S he oneo oc
cupied in Ciialdea , ho would probably
bo satisfied if his enemies edited oppo
sition newspapers. Ju > l at present the
best advertising that Nebraska's senior
senator is receiving conies from the
brass-collared brigade who oppose him
in politics.
CoM.Missioxr.il Si'AiiKb says ho proposes
to hold the fort in spite of the paper bul
lets with which he is being bombarded by
the tishington correspondents , lie de
nies that he will recede from his opposi
tion ( o the hind sharks and corporation
grabbers until forced to do so by a de
mand for his resignation coming from
the secretary of the interior. Mr. Sparks
may cause some present inconvenience
to speculators and claim jumpers , but the
honest homesteaders and pre-cmptors of
thu west will not Miller materially from
his linn enforcement of the land laws and
\ his courageous conduct of the land olllee.
Tin : attempts of sonic. Ill advised edit
ors to create and to fester antagonism
between Omaha and the nourishing
towns ot the state will never succej-d , as
they ought to fail. Such n spirit of rivalry
helps none of the communities concerned.
Omaha and other cltica and towns in Ne
J braska are too closely united by common
Interests to in such
proliiaUly engage con
troversies , Whatever boneliti the one as
sists in thu development of Iho west ,
llohlnd them all stands our state with \la \
marvelous advance in agricultural pros
perity , with ilb farms and villages and its
rich btore of food products whose con-
gumption and sale is building up
our cities and increasing the com
mercial importance of every com
munity which is at once tributary
tq and the recipient of the tribute of our
fanning region' . . Kvory increase in tlio
nrpspority of our interior towns ulVonh
Ay opportunities , for Omaha to advance
ir trade interests. Kvory commercial
, /ioility / added to Omaha imikes her at
once u better maikct and a butter center
Jor supply to the .state at large. IVtty
jealousies and envy mny have their place
in fcomii smalMmro eastern state , whose
et/.a scarcely e\eetds : a couple of Ne
braska counties , but they ( should bo care
fully OM-hnti'd Iroin a mairniliccnl domain
like ours where there is more than room
for all and wiiero united dlort is building
up one of the grniuluil of western com-
luutiwcalths.
The Story of tlio Yenr.
Omnha may be congratulated upon tl :
handsome exhibit which we present i
the carefully prepared and compact n
VIPW of her growth during the year wide
elotes to-day. The story related by ii
disputable fact- ? and figures is interp tin
and in tniclivo. Itnflunls stable grounr
for abiding confidence in the brigl
ilcMlny of this city. The census take
during the present year 1ms been full i
gratifying surprises , ll was an oflicir
certificate to the world worth to Omah
many thousands of Inhabitants. Th
statistics which wo publish to-day are
guarantee that the next census will fin
more than a hundred thousand people i
Omaha.
Tlio commercial growth ot Omaha i
practically exhibited by Iho clcariii )
house returns , her wholesale trade ani
railroad trallic. Among the thirty-oil' '
clearing house cities in the United Stales
Omaha ranks fifteenth , The si nationa
banks in the Omaha clearing hoti o carr ;
over eight millions of deports and the !
exchanges are more extensive that
thoi-c of cities vvho boast double am
treble our population.
Ton years ago when vvo published tin
Ural reliable annual review , the jobbing
trade of Omaha , including sales of com
mission houses , aggregated $7,0(5T ( , ( > ljO
In the year 1835 the wholesale
trade of Omaha reached the handsonu
liguro of $ . > ( J'USO,000. This moans tha' '
Omaha has quadrupled her jobbing tradi
In ten years. In 1831 the nggrogati
wholesale business was $ MH2bl. : ! ) This
shows an increase of over ? .j,000OOiJ . dur
ing the year 1HS5.
Manufacturing in Omaha , which was
in its infancy ten years ago , has assumed
vast proportions. The value of thia
year's product of Omaha's shops and fac
tories aggregates S'.Vi.l'-'S.OOO. The wages
paid for labor during the year by the * ( !
manufacturing concerns aggregate
. - ? : , 100,000.
The establishment of the Union stock
yards and erection of beef-packing houses
have opened a now industrial era for
Omaha. Twelve months ago beef-pack
ing in Omaha was regarded as an experi
ment. To-day it is a leading factor among
her industries , and one of the most im
portant and substantial promoters of her
growth. The figures presented elsewhere
speak for themselves. They demonstrate
beyond any doubt that Omaha is destined
in the near future to bo one of the great
est live stock markets on the continent.
Omaha's substantial growth during the
past year is furthermore attested by the
building record , which we have compiled
with great care. Omaha has expended
during the year 1S85 for public improve
ments , factories , storehouses mid dwell
ings , $ :5,7l : ,120. Of this amount ? ! )2i,707 ) ,
represents the aggregate for public im
provements. This is a splendid exhibit ,
and should certainly Do satisfactory to
everybody interested in the welfare of
Omaha.
{ Jrcvy'H lie-election.
The enemies of Iho French republic
who counted on the defeat of M. Urevy
tor the presidency have been again dis-
ippointed. Al. Grevy enters upon his
second term of seven years with as
nearly support as could bo expected from
i party which delights in live factions of
litlering shades of republicanism. The
; erlainty that the conservative and up-
ight old statesman will bo at the helm
'or another septennate is suflicient asaiir-
nice for the continuance of the republic
luring his administration. His entrance
ipon the duties of his oflioo in 187 ! ) was
nude when Franco was trembling on the
, 'ergo of revolution. Thiers six- years
u'oviously had lo-it his ollice by an ad-
: or e vote on his proposition for tlio do-
initivo establishment of the republic.
tlcMahon , though are publican in priii-
iplo , had declined to rocogni/e the sub-
irdination ol the ministry to the popular
oico of the chamber ol deputies. He
ell from power under the vigorous
itlack of Ganibclln , which changed a
loiiservallve vote in the senate to a hand-
omo republican majority. On the last
lay of .January , 1871) ) , .MoMuhoii resigned
mil .Jules ( ifovy was selected as the
( resident of the French republic , Air.
Jrovy's first term has been a turbulent
mo. It was the mo t trying period in the
Jiango from practical anarchy toward a
ettled representative government. The
ducational and amnesty bills were
lassed , the seat of government was re-
uovod from Versailles to Paris , and the
( olicyof foreign exploitation condemned
t the polls ol the October election , was
mslied in Tunis , Madagascar and Ton-
uin. Cabinets rose and foil with .scarcely
year's tenure of oflico. Hut , on the
/hole , there has boon a decided advance
award n more stable government and
progressive education of the people in
heir political privileges.
Tiir.ui ; is a loud demand for the recall
f Minister l'help.s from London. It
omes from the bogus oslato sharks who
ave boon reaping a rich fortune for
ear.s by blooding credulous Americans
mler promise of securing for thorn llc-
ilious millions locked up in Knglish
hancery. There are probably a do/.on
family associations" existing in this
ountry to-day whoso members are pay-
ig monthly assessments to eminent legal
omibel for their cervices in securing ovi-
eneo of kinship to some assumed Kng-
sh inheritance. The Jcnuens iissocin *
on , with headquarters in 1'hila-
ulphhi have been contributing $10,000
year for several years. The Hopes
ave expended sj-n.OOO in legal advice ,
ml u number of the claimants have
ropped their dollars in the hopper in
roporlionate amounts. .Minister 1'lielps
ovv announces that the entire unclaimed
mount awaiting all heirs , home and for-
Ign , which the KnglHi chancellor has in
ami is only * "i,000OOU and of the various
itatc.s of which Americans claim a part
o is unable to liml a single one which
as not long ago been distrib-
te.il to its rightful owners ,
'ho ' consternation and disgust of the
.merican claimants may bo imagined ,
ut it isn't a circumstance to thu disgust
ml consternation of the confidence men ,
ho as promoters of estate hunting liuve
boon making a hnndsomo living fro
their gullible victims. The average Enj
li h estate does not wait long for heir
They are uromptly on hand to claim the
own. The soundest advice to people i
this country who are waited upon by tl
oMale reclaimer , is to lock the front doc
and lo call for the police.
To Open tlio IJcsei-vc.
Dakota mid Xebra ki are more intei
csted in the ollbrts which , will bo made i
open a portion of'the great Siouv rc en
than they are in the Indian territor
problem. Oklahoma , while a desirabl
Section of the Indian territory , is not sin
rounded on every side by settlement
and does not act as a bar to travel an
transportation- The Sioux ro ervo i
Dakota is a wall across that territory , j
is much larger than there is any need o
and occupies the best parts of the be *
agricultural area. In addition i
cuts oil' all direct acco-
from the cast to the Hlack Hills rcgiot
The proposition to open a belt across th
reserve from the east to the west and concentrate
contrato the I ndlans north and south o
smaller reservations will be brought u
again for consideration in the prescn
congress. There is no doubt that b
wisely conducted negotiations the Indian
can bo induced to sell that portion bu
tween the White ami Cheyenne rivers
including millions of acreof desirabli
lands. The proceeds could bo safely in
vested for their benclit and th
interest devoted to tlio promo
tion of education and agriculture
So much of the land as might bo roqnirei
for this purpose could bo cut up mtc
farms in severally and allotted to the In
dians. The remainder when old wouli
furnish a fund sulllcient for the sttppor
of the Sioux- until such time as thoj
found it to their interest to become self'
sustaining. The Indian problem will
never bo solved satisfactorily so long si :
thousands of lu/.y "coll'ec coolers" an
allowed to monopolize in idleness vsisl
tracts of the public domain. The divisior
of the reservations and the allotment ol
lands in severally will bo the lim practl
cal step towards civilizing the savages.
I2\coiillvc Session IIiiinlHtj ; .
The revolt against the farce of senatorial
rial secret sessions is spreading. Alan
of the democratic senators at Washing
ton are freely expressing their opinioi :
that it would bo bettor for all concorncil
if nominations wore discussed openly
and as several republican senators , led ly
Van AVyek , are of the same mind , it is
not considered improbable that a motion
to this otl'eet may bo made when congress
reassembles. Tlio public have long had
their eyes open to the executive session
humbug. The secret session long ago
outlived its usefulness. Desire for notoriety
riety on the part of senators and a fear of
misconstruction of their action by their
constituents have operated lo prevent any
maintenance of secrecy. Within an hour
after the adjournment of any executive
session the reporters have lound no dilli-
culty in securing full details of the debate
and vote. Senator Van \\yck threw a
bomb hcll into the camp of precedent
when two years ago he proposed to dis
cuss the Sp.inish treaty in open house ,
but ho scored a point in his speech which
has borne good fruit.
There is no roa&on why the public
should not know what agreements are ef
fective in disposing of the claims of ap
pointees to ollice or in securingthoireon-
Urination. The practice of discussing
nominations in executive session has led
to corrupting bargains , gross abuses and
very often to disgraceful intrigue. From
the lir.st pressure for u nomination to the
linal ralilic.ilion by the senate an attempt
is made to hoodwink both the general
Diiblic and particular competitors. A
transaction involving the important qites-
.ion of securing the services of compo
nent public servants is cloaked in the veil
af mystery behind which personal favor
mil .secret wire-pulling ply their trade.
Senatorial prerogative should not bo al-
owed lo operate to the public disadvant-
igo.Tho day.s when tlieUnited Status son-
ite could arrogate to itself a monopoly
ely of the wisdom and brain of tlio country
lave passed. In the much vaunted at-
lompt to place the civil service of the
'ouiitry on a surer and purer footing
iVhat is most needed is the utmost pub-
icily of all moans by which nien got into
) llico. And this is , just at present , what
ho executive- session is materially assist-
ng in preventiiiir.
Tin ; Xiearaugua canal promoters mod-
istlyask only sixty millions from con
gress for their scheme. If the 1'acifio
uilroads would square up that little in-
lebtednoss the treasury could stand the
Icmand and have as much remaining to
mild the Honnepin canal and improve
he Missouri.
Tin ; St. Louis water-gas company think
hey can all'ord to .supply that city at
' 1.2/5 / with a proportionate reduction entree
tree ! lamps. As water gas costs in the
icighborhood of CO cents to manufacture ,
hero i.s a fair margin of profit for the
ompany oven at these figures.
SIXTY representatives in congress have
Iroad.y given notice of their intention to
nako speeches. A hundred and sixty
dll "print" their undelivered remarks in
he llccord liberally interlarded with "ap-
iliuise" lo suit the taste of their conutitu-
Ills , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mi : { Ev.vinV .speech on the silver ques-
ion will bo delivered in words of seven
yllablos immediately after the holiday
eces.s , Several senators will bo unavoid-
bly detained at homo for a few day.s
Jiiger than they expected.
UNPHK existing circumstances it lakes
largo siml telescope to discover thodif-
3renco between promotion and retire-
lent along the Union 1'acilio.
Cmr.uio wants a world's fair in 1802.
r iw Orleans is satislicd with her first cx-
orionco and will gladly donate the relics
f the cotton exposition to any citj that
ill pay the cost of hauling them away.
I'UOMINKNT I'KUHO.VS.
M. I'astenr , when a lioy , never tied a tin-
id lion poor JlUUulog'ft tall.
( Jcoi'K'o Francis Tr.iln U having his book
limed in Washington Territory.
Dion Umii-lcaull , with the salt of thoAiis-
ulian seas In bib bcurd , is duo at San Fian-
co.
DoVoe , the we.Uhor prophet , predicts a
ud winter , lie has many friends In the
luiublni ; business.
.Mr. Cox at the ( hue ho accepted the Turkish
was not awuru Unit Abdul Humid
vv.is t.iklni ; music le'sun ? . > fr. Cox wonl
rather hear the mldiihjlit ] iiawl of fourttv
native American r.ifs than practice diplomai
in the vicinity of a'fort'l ' ? ! ! plnno.
The sultiui of Tin key has reduced the tun
bcr of his wives to 'H ) . And jn t nt a tin
when sealskin sacnues nro so cheap.
Mrs. JJarrlo ? , widow itf the hto pioslilont .
( iuntPiuala , is staying in Xew Orleans th
vv inter. She hn a fortune of Si,000,000. ?
W. W. Coieorau , of Washington , who hi
nhc.idy clven away more than a niill'on ' dt
Inis , was sevonty-elElit years old on Sanda
Colonel IJoberl 0. Inspisoll now surpris <
many of hi friends who have not won hi
foi some months by his noticeably mlucc
size.
size.A
A Boston lady has presented Mr. Clevt
land with a cane. In the Uostom-so lanciiac
of lliitation this ine.ins , " Y'oiir message ii
cciveJ.1
Kovvell. the pcilcMiian , Is coming to till
country asraln to CIHMO in a wnlkln
inatfli. Ot course it will bo his "List ati ) > o.i
anco" hcie.
When ( he prince of W.ilesand Gladston
vroicin Norway last summer It was ( ilail
stone who iceelvod all the attention. Th
grand old man t'oiitinui-s to bo theeynosiu
ot all ojcs.
Joanuln Miller is oxtiemely sensitive , bu
he Is not n recluse. Tlumih ho never enter
the jray social life ot Washington , he I
fieiiuetitly seen on tha streets about tin
oupitol and abuut tlio vat ions deiMi'tmcnts.
Fanny JJ.ivonporl , who was tidily year
old littceii jt-aM ano , is now In her tlilitj
.sixth jcar , nceoidinj ; to a iieisonal item
How time does lly , to be sine ! Wo ilhtn' '
suppose she was any more than tvvontj
bCVCIl.
" ( Jucen Xalallc , of Servia , has bought for
tyAinorlKiiisovvIni ; machine * . This Is al
very well ; but wait till tliesewlng-inachiin
agents bi'uln to yank at the door-bell of tin
p.ihieo every day to know whether slit
doesn't want to tr.ulo her machines foi
some other kind , " icmaikod an c.xpuilcuuei
Not Itoroi-o 'HMK In His Collln ,
JJii'tcill AVil" .
When the lid of Jay Mould's oollln Is linn
Iy screwed down it will bo time enoith t (
believe that ho has letiied from Wall stii'et
AVliy Not ?
iV * . V. Jiiirnmt.
CoiiBiOssmon aie anxious to gel lid of tin
eiowilsot otlicL'-seekci's who be et them ot
every side. Why not turn a few mules loosi
among them ?
PeiToetly .Natural.
MucuH Tcleuniitli.
Miss Murfiec , the novelist , devoted a large
portion of her last novel to Tennessee scen
ery ; but then theie is moie sceneiy than any
thing else In Tennessee.-
They Had a Comfortahle Time of It.
,
Rathera dismal picture to set before the
Ameiie.iii ppojile Is , that of 0110 old bachelor
and one old maiil dining in lonely state in
the white house on Chiistmab d.iy.
A Question.
3"'i ) , Tlind.
Lastyo.irMi. Laird succeeded in gettins : a
pension lor himsoll ot c5.UOU. ! Wonder it he
will be able to do as much for the district this
j ear as ho did last. All vvo want of a con-
giosMiiaii anyvvav is to get pensions for him-
sell. Jim haiid must bo his own successor.
localities ol *
lij'lnn Kfiilicj Iticniil.
Chicago Used to take in 8 03,000 fiom
llniior licenses , but nuw get a lovomie of
; -lot > O.OOU a year Irom.tho high license sys
tem. The number ot saloons has decreased
l0 ! per cent within the vear. II this keeps on
pictty soon there will be no saloons left , ami
the levcnue will bo increased bcjond compu
tation.
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No Strenk or'lViulci-nc.ss.
Clitcauo iYiu- < .
Tliorc soL'ins to bu no streak nf tenderness
or mercy in the nature of Mr. Henry Walter-
ion's star-eyed goddess ol rcfoun. Tlio way
ilio bits on Samuel J. Itandall's jugular vein
indicates that bhe l.s no ix'ttcrthan the uver-
go Aniitron , and we think siic would look
ivell rigged out in a suit of Lr. ) Mary Walk-
ji'b biluicated toggery.
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Uctter Than Ponderous Walls.
.
Making tills a country where every citizen
'ias ' a happy home , all liis own , and iiuliib-
rhil , ccoiioniio and litMiiciul policies that In-
iuie hiiii labor at leasonable wages tor the
> uppeitof liNiuiully ami the education of
ilsulilldien , is an iminilcly bcttci defeiiso
igulnst Invasion and coiKiuosl than pernicious
ls mound our city.
Addition , CniiKi-c
1'iilcnon ( .V. J.i I'M.
Gentlemen ol concuss , stop fooling away
our tiinu ( loins nothlntr.in.l studying how
lot to do anything , anil give ooaiu atteu-
len to the great question of the cuneia-y ,
ho bankttipt lawlliu presidential .siieecssion ,
ho doctoral count , anil ( ho hundred other
natters that liupenilivuly demand le isla-
.ho autlon.
ASIiol at Our Collector.
i'lilttitiiliilitii Ittinnl.
When a caigo of tea , diieot lioni Yokoli.i-
na , aiilved .it . Omaha the other day In the
ars , the collector at that jioat , uiiiisi-d to the
cceipt ot the flagrant coinmuilily , vvus
ibllted to send samploi to Chicago lor 111010
iliicatedsmulllnj ; and ) i.uniting bt-loio ho
ould collect the duty and deliver the oods.
I'hcre would have been no such trouble with
, caigo ot nun.
ioulU-IycilTraitor ) In York State.
\Vatoitown , X. Y. , furnishes a traitor of
uchan extreme typo that the bloody shirt
nay have to bo called fiom Its icllraoy to
iipprcss him , fjiiitl traitor Is a pensioned
nlon soldier , but , iieins In easy clieiim-
laiiL-ns he hits his pi'iisiua money rcfiiihuly
flit to a disabled ex-viinlL'tioratu soldier in
rlrsinia. Tliure is ninteilal here for 11 New
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'oikTilbunoeditoiMI , ,
Speaks , l''alsely.
( imnil ll < iH'li In i'pnJej | [ ,
The Inilop.'iideiit knows somuthing of the
i\tcsin \ loieiga lauds as well as ot the rales
11 America , and wasiprpjiaioil to show that
\-ciotary ( iero speaks Jl'iisoly ' when ho makes
lioicckloss statement th.it a\oraio latein
Jcbiasku aie no higlu-i than ( lie average
; itos In any ol tlio tiiiplgu countries , ( ieio
light to malio lailio.iii i.itcs a study tor u
taUo a loison t'\u \ > In veracity.
Aiiollior One All | ui' OiuSleeper. .
. .
A young lady out -S'obraska was doing
10 lamily wiishing ( imo day uboiit two
ninths ago when she laid down ami wont to
loop. She I.s still as ! ji > p , and her Iriends are
liable to wake bur. That's the vva > of 1 1.
fliul a yoim. ' lady to a hall ovoiy night in
lu week ami let her ll up with her best fol-
iwStiudaj nights anil she will never feel
kogoliu ; lo .sleep , but put her at wink over a
iislitnl ) and in ten minutes nho will bo tiled
iiough to bleep all vv inter.
Sudden Death ,
.S ( , l.initi ittimijltwn.
Sudden death may bo inconvenient , but
hy is it essentially undesirable ? It ii aleck
lock to those who remain , but to him
ho goes i it not a blessing lather than
10 reverse ? Tlio shock argument
gainst it is that sudden death gives no
iportunity for that spiritual propara-
[ iii which should precede a change of
orltU. To this it may be answered that
ho who has not so lived n < to bo alvvai
rcadj to die is not likely to derive mile
benelit from death-bed preparatioi
Aside from the shook argument there
really none worth discussing on Unit sit ;
of the ca < e. Heath must come to each at
all , in one shape or another. Dying
not Mippns < < d to lie an agreeable expn
cncoj and in the vast majority of instiu
cos it is , when prolonged , o\qui itcl
painful. Then is not the sln > rk-M roai
when fate ordains it , the best ? AVoul
llondricks or Vandcrbilt have boon mm
mercifully treat-d had they died at III
end of a lingering and torturing sicklies1
[ f they could have had their choice , is
not highly piobable almost pertain , ii
deed that they would have eho en lo di
a * they did ? Undoubtedly they vvoul
have preferred to live longer , bit' ' know
ing that would bo denied them the
would have asked to die suddenlv rat In
than slowly. And such , we believe.
the decided preference utmost intolligeii
persons who have given the matter an
serious thought. Certainly to him vvh
dies nt least sudden death 'is not. Irom
human point of view , a calamity so terri
bio that it justifies praj r lor dellvei
anco. The undents who wont to th
bottom of mo-l things , did not regard !
why should the moderns'1 !
General I'opo'H datcst.
It there was u pompous ineaj > able o
the northern side in the struggle for n :
tional union it was ( icncrul John Pen ]
Ho was lull of sound and fury. Ho ri
joicod in proclamations , and , like mo-
men who boast as Ihe.v put on the armor
ho had no occasion to brag when ho pu
it oil' . Having sustained a crushing di
feat tit the hands of the enemy , ticnora
Pope was relieved of his command , an >
in order to explain away hi * failure it bo
oamo necessary to make scapegoats o
others. Among these was I'll.lohn J'oi
tcr , _ with whoso twenty \ eurs'slriiggl
for justice the whole vvoild ifamiliar. .
In writing of the second battle o
Mauassas in Iho Ccntur.v series of war papers
pors lioneral Pope naturally revives tin
old and exploded charges against Porte
and seeks under their cover , to palliali
his own short siglitedm-ss and folly. Tin
hisl lew jcars have done so much to re
veal the animus ol the attacks thai wen
made on Porter that Pope's return to tin
charge si cms like a section of some an
cient stuinp speech rather than an at
tempt to describe si historical event witli
which everybody is familiar. History i' '
clo ing in on the second battle ol
Manassas , and the record which is be
ing made to endure is not Unit vv hid
John Pope would like lo have liandei
down Iho ages. Ho gained much sym
pathy of a certain kind lor a lime , Out ,
with the falsity of hi * charges ugaiiisi
Porter made clear , ho has nothing left
him except a vvillimrncss cm the part of
the public to concede that ho meant
well.
General ( Irani devoted a largo portion
of his last 3 ears ot hie to.an ell'oit ti
drum into prejudiced and stupid oar the
truth as to Porter's case. How well IK
succeeded wsts shown b } the unanimity
with which the last congress , without re
gard to party , supported the bill rosier
ing him to the army , ( ieneral Pope'-
revival of the old slander is probably it-
'
last appearance. That ollicer will' luifj ;
it to his bosom as long as he lives , for it
is the solo foundation of the elaborate
slruc lure of apologies which ho regard
as his war record , but other people , con
vinced ot its error , have discarded it as
no longer worthy of credence.
TAIjKS WITH TltAVIjLI-JKS.
Sliort Interviews Gathered in the
Hold Hiitiiiulus.
fol * ' Xinhrurn A'i'i.--"Tho
Hon. Drapi'r , , - -
trouble over the removal of the Xiobrnra
land ollice appears to have been settled ;
in fact you hear very little now about its
being taken Irom our city. The agitators
who wanted it taken to O'Neill City or
CreighUm , are now very few and far be
tween. Yes , our section of the country is
'
booming-being settled up very fast. W'hat
we would like to have i.s better rail
connection with Omaha. Your city
needs a railroad directly northwe-t built
and run in her own interests , buch a
line would bo mutually benelicial to our
country and to the city of Omaha. Our
comity , for one , I am sure , would bo will
ing to vote substantial aid to the enter
prise. "
L. 'J' . Ail-cn , Kttll Luke City , Utah ; "Ap
parent peace prevails in our city at pros-
out and , .seemingly , there K little or no
danger of an outbreak. Hut il seems to
me and 1 believe that an.v one oKc who
ha * at all carefully studied the situation
will tell you the same that the bla/.e is
merely suppressed and that the llamcs
HIT ready to break forth at any time.
There is a certain clement of the Alor-
man church which is restless jmij ready
for bloodshed , but this clement is held in
.shock by another and more conservative
'
iiarly. 'Still , as 1 intimated before , 1
; hink that any sudden jar would pivuipi-
a'o senoiis irmible. anil 1 vvouldn t bo at
ill surpri Sid il thai trouble wcie to come
ivilhm tiie next month or two. The mil-
lary are prepared for ai.y outbreak and
iould easily handle an insurrection. "
.S. .S' . C < nil ] > l > i.ll , ( ili'nwuijilnirtt : "Sur
loyois are at work upon the propose !
onto of the new Chicago , St. LonU A :
'acilie road , which is to connect St.
. .onis with Omaha. 'Tho survey is now
H'ing made between Tabor and ( lion
vood , and will bo continued down af
arusMoxico.iMo. It is understood Unit tin
inc is to bo built by the Chicago it Alton
nad , which extends , as you know , from
. 'hicago , through Alton , to St. Louis , and
las a branch running soulhwo..terJy from
{ oodhoiiso , 111. , to Kansas ( Jit y , passing
hrougli Mexico , Mo. From tiis ) latter
loint il is believed the line to Omaha
vill bo built.11 : . .
"AN OPTION DKAK. "
1'lie Decision In tin Inlcrcstini ; Cane
lEonilei-eil by Judge "McCulloeli
Ycsierday .ludgo McCulloch ren-
icreil decision in the suit of McWhortcr
ml Kollhis against F. U. Cooper , the op-
ion case , rclcrciico to which was maito
ii Ihi'so columns , yeslerdnj. lie decided
hat I ho conlracl alleged' have been
iiide between McWhoricr and K | | ins ,
'rain comniissiun men , and C'ooper ' , was
iuiil ) > an "option deal" and not aalid ,
'hiding ' contract. It serins that on one
lorning several month ? ago Cooper
tcpiod ) into the oHico of plaintilVand
nrchasod10,01)0 ) biisheK ot wheat , pili
ng up as u margin on any possible do-
line Iho sum ol iOD. Grain took a tuin-
lo that day and when noon had come
: ie $700 vvit nearly exhausted Cooper
orks in Iho Union Pacilip hoadiuartcr | ,
as loloihonod the condition of allaii'i
nd ordered his agents to dee enl ihc
eal. As ( * onsiderablc time elapsed be-
> ro this could bu done wheat had sunk
ill lower , and the -1(1,001) ( biishols were
nloaded at a sacrilieo of ! )00. ) l'ooior ]
fused to make good the balance , $ . ' 00 ,
nd suit was instituted ton-cover it.
Thorn did not appear lobe nn.s'i int
bout Iho amount in controversy except
> far as to whether or not the purchase
as boiiit lido , Iho ( iuc tion being , was it
u.V oiilioii deal. One of the plaintill's ,
Ir. M c\\'horter \ , testified that as he un-
[ > rsood | the bargain the grain was to
j delivered , and added that ho had pla
ints posted in hi.s ollice stating , "do-
very is contomiilalcd in every deal. "
ho defendant Cooper to > tilicd that his
iircluiM- was a pure option deal , and
lib his evidence the case was con-
n. led.
According lo .Indgo McCulloehS do-
iion ( Joojior will not bo obliged to pay
us > 00 balance to Mc\Vhoitor and Kol-
us. 'J'his will not in all probability bo a
iry ) ilea ant precedent for the trrain
in as it establishes a principle which is
iblo to prove dangerous lo their biui-
THE INK-STAINED TUMI
A Detective's Storj of the Peculiar Mainer
nor in Which It was Verified That
Murier Will Ont.
y of n Su-anjjc Tragedy \Vhlc
Occurred. In a Mississippi Klver
Town Tlio C
Sad ral
A few evenings since a St. 1'atil t'innec
I'rc's reporter stepped into a small reta
establishment on a side street of St. I'.u
to iiinku the ptirchao of a cigar , an
after securing the weed , was turning t
leave , when tlm proprietor remarked
"Somo time ago I noticed an item in you
paper which said that in Sail Krancinv
they photographed the thumbs of Chi
nc e , and that there seemed 1 < > l'i %
greater dill'eroneo in their thumb nail
than in their faces , Now. that is u wronj
imprc--ion of the matter. It is tin
tinder part , or sole of the thumb , wine !
is photographed , as the lines and circle
in the skin are not the ame on any twi
people in the universe. This fact is no
generally known ; but , if 1 am not mi
taken , is taken as u subject of illuslra
lion in Mark Twnln's 'Life on the Mis
sUsippi , " in which a murderer If ferretei
out , but at the end the wrong man pay
the penalty of the crimes. For man ;
years I was in the detective business am
in one case the only clue I had wa tin
imprint of a man's thumb. It i.s not :
very long story , and if you arc not in !
hurry I \ \ ill tell you about it " Ik-ing ro
qucMed to ivl.it o the incident , ho ro >
.sinned : "At the outbreak of the war 1
enlisted from Illinois ; anil , after receiv
ing my discharge at Memphis , I nude m.\ \
way up the MN-Nsippi to a city situatei
on the river the name of the place I wil' '
omit lor various reasons for the purpose
of M.siling iclatives before returning In
Xew York , my native state , where 1 had
been offered the portion : i- head of a ( Uv
let-live agency. The dl.y where I wu-
visiting then liad a population of perhap-
eight or ten thousand inhabitants , and hy
the lime set for my departure I had culti
vated quite an extensive acquaintance ,
among whom was a very eccentric old
man living alone with hi > granddaughter ,
i young lady just verging into woman-
iood , and bYluccn whom there was
a strong attachment. Very little
was known conceining them ,
nit from the young lady
lerself I altorward heard a very remark-
ible history concerning her parents and
grandfather. They had tormurly lived
ii Virginia , whentiie old man had been
lighlv connected. His only child , a
laughter , married against his wish
to a shiftless , la/y fello\v and was dis
owned by her father , her mother having
( lied several years before. This man ,
finding that lie would get none of the for
tune which rightfully belonged to his
wife , soon tired of her , and , before they
had been married a year , lie kicked her
out of the house on a winter night. She
returned to her fathers house and asked
forgiveness , but he was relentless , and in
a week's time f\w \ died in an alinshoiisc
after giving birth to a daughter. When
it was too late the old man repented of
the manner in which he had treated her ,
and took his little grandchild ami left for
the west , hiding from the disgrace to
wliicii he had hiibjecled himself. ISiiying
a home , lie devoted his litu to the eiiuea-
lion of his grandchild. The house in
which they lived was situated on a high
bliitr overlooking the river , and was
gained only bv u narrow path running up
the .side of tinbluff. .
i r WANO r Tin : sri\iiv ; : :
This path , 1 m\\- \ \ ( . confess , I had
traversed almost daily for some time
previous to my intended departure not
for the purpose of viewing the scenery
atter reaching the summit , but for the
plea-lira of an hour's chat with the old
man's granddaughter. On one of these
occasion * the young lady told me that
[ > ne of the peculiarities of her grand
father was thai he had for 3 ears kept
[ piite a largo Mini of money in the house ,
not trusting the hank lor sale-keep
ing , ami that she was always in fear of
her life in coiiM'iiqrnee. Tins story 1
liad la-aid from my own relatives , and
ivas not greatly 'surprised when , on my
ivsiy to -te.-iinhoal landing one morn
ing to secure passage to St. Louis , I
u-ard that during the night some one
lad broken into the old man'.s house.
nnrdcred him a.s lie lay in bed , and
made his escape wil h the money. This
lew.- , banished all intention of leaving ,
ind I at once hastened to the scene of
he tragcd.v and prevailed upon the
roiing woman to accept the hospilaliljr
> 1 my relatives until the matter could bu
itraightened up , which she thankfully
icccpted. I then M't.to work to ferret
nit the murderer. The entrance and exit
itul been nimle through a window in tin-
ear of ihc building , ami , while looking
or tracks under the window , J noticed a
ilack mark on the sill , , which had been
minted white. I'pon close examination
[ proved to be the imprint ot a man's
limnb. Tlio manner in which it came
here was easily explained. The money
rhich had been stolen was hidden in a
ommon writing desk , in the old man's
ledroom , and in the hurried search lor
lie treasure the assassin hud overturned
bottle ol ink , getting some ot it on hi.s
anils , and in leaving the hon-e had , by
liis means , loll the mark. This , J soon
iscovercd , was the only clew 1 hail , but.
oor as it seemed at first , it attorwanl
roved to bo a good one. I immediately
L-iit word to the agency in .New York ,
sking to hn released troin the engage-
lent , and then .settled down to work on
10 case. The lir.st thing I did was to
ivy out the piece of the w.indow sill on
Inch was the stain , stud 1 Kept , the
loco of wood secreted in my
link. The only chance for me to
UT find the murderer lay in tlm
ope that ho would not leave the
it , ) . but if he had gone the probability
.is that he would never bo apprehended.
ieking out those whom I suspected , I
ained their fricinNiin , and in time would
invv thorn the peculiarity of the imprint
I a thumb , attergaining posse.sion ol it ,
lid would compare it with the one on
10 block of wood , 'filings went on in
iis miinncr for several months , and J
I'gan to got discouraged ; and , an winter
line on , I partiall.v loM , interest in ( he
ork , devoted my rime to social onjo.v
cuts.Vhileat ai social gathering mm
> i-ning , I became acquainted with tin-
ishier of one ot ( lie leading hanks u ( llm
ly.nnd as hu was a bachelor lik
\\arni IricniNnp MOOII existed
As we wore parting for the night ho
vitod me to call at his room in the i ear
the bank the next evening and we
uuld visit the opera houso. Ivv.ison
mil at tlm appointed hour , but , ahu
id a little writing to do , lie handed nm
i-igar , with the request that J should |
ake myself at homo for a low miniiics.
bile tlnin waiting I allowed my mind to
; mder back owr the past few months ,
nt was thinking of murder when no
mpanion announced that h vvu >
oiigh with his writing.
fill. .sKCIII.f COMI.S. otT AT l.VsT.
I'or want of an.v thing dso I made the
mark that it wu ; rather t > trangu that no ,
tco had eyer been found nf tinminder -
01 the old man on the hill. A > I said
is a deathly pallor came oycr Ids lace
d he r-hoolc fiom head Id foot as if with
hill. JJi ) arose and commenced to ar
iigu the papers on Iho desk , vainly irj
i to conceal agitation , but in doing
pjrlly upwit a bottle of ink. Not pre-
iding to notice his dUooinlituiv , J mailn
me jovial remark , and. when ho
might a cloth to wipe up llm ink. ! aik-
him if lie had CUT notn-cd tin- j/cciil
inrltyof the tinder pnit of .1 pcr n i
thumb. Ho bad never heard of it , , >
entered heartily in the experiment. * ,
rog.iinini ; liis self composure. With i
lie trouble I secured one of 1'ie ' piece- '
paper on which he hail jihi'-ed his thn-
and we were < eon on our wa.vtothcth
ter. I paid liltle iitlenti u
the plav , and when it vyas C"
rushed home to compare the iv
on the piece of paper with ( lint o >
block. They were identical ; evei , j
and curve w'.ii the same. I know .t .
was proof enough to convict him , i > t
the next day n warrant was sworn n 11 > i
his arrest. I accompanied an oll'n t. tj
the batik..aud tin1 warrant wn foad 'o
him. Ho seemed cool and collected in
and requested to bo allowed to onlei
adjoining room for his lint. H.- ! i
hardly disappeared before a slio' \ t
heard , and , rushing into the roo'i. i
which ho had gone , wo found him ! .j
on the lloor with a revolver in his Iml ,
and the blood streaming from liis bond
lie was conscious , bnl lived only lo ;
enough lo make a confession of thoorhi
lie said thai gambling was lhoenn coi *
all. Ho had lost heavily of the bti :
funds , and , Knowing that detection
imminent , ho resolved lo rcplu <
by robbing the old man , Im
hoard that lie kepi quite it sum of HID
in the house. The old man had nw
died while ho was searching for
money and reeognl/ed him , ami he
foi cod lo commit the murder. The i
cause of Iho Miloido was never gone
know , the affair having boon hu hc (
much as possible by Ids relatives ,
morsoful that I w'as the cause o'
death although it was far bullor ;
for him to have spent the remainder
Ids life in the penitentiary I resolved
give up the profession , and marry
old man's granddaughter. 1 moved
Minnesota. This may seem a very i
probable slory but il is nevcrtiiel-
true. "
Kvarts Mas n Ith-nl.
Senator KvarN will have lo look to !
laurels as the champion long semen
spinner. Senator Heck of Kentucky I
appeared in ( he Held as a competili
The latter dors not keep quite so eloai
in vievvMvhat ho is talking about astl
Novv York senator , but for keeping
straight on without catching his brent1 !
tijl his hearers are tired out he surpasses
him. In the Congn ssionul Record report
of the. little till between Hock and Kd-
mnnds on the presidential succession bill ,
the former launched on the senate the
following remark , all in one breath :
1 happened , however , to say at tlio
opening of the present congress , after
the people of the I'nited States had de
clared that the executive htanch of this
government should bo in the hands of tins
democratic parly lor the next four years ,
if by reason of death or inability' thorn
had been in-itlii r a president or a vice
president thai I , however high my per
sonal regard m.i.v be. entertaining no re
spect for the political methods of the dis
tinguished senator from Vermont , as ho
assorts he had none for those of the pres
ent secretary of state , and being as pro
nounced a democrat ys ho avows himself
a republican , having no sort of faith in
his political sentiments , | might not
have been in hot hasle to rush up to
the senate on the firs ! day of its session
'
to make him the acting p'residont ot the
United States , and thus overthrow the
expressed will of the people of tlio
United Stales , a.s expressed al the polls ,
by electing him president , pro temporu ,
in order to turn over the functions of the
executive branch of the government into
his hands to be managed in liis way ,
ivlien a house of representatives demo-
jratie to the euro , and mooting on the
ame day at the other end of the capitol ,
tvould almost t iho same minute elocl a
lemoi ratio spcak < r in accordance with
he people's expressed will , and do it tin
ier the forms of law.
ri-plf > tilou College.
This institution is now in its seventh
, 'oar , and is under Iho direction of the
lev. M..J. Howling , tae president. Ho
s assisted by a corps of eleven profes-
ors , the majority of whom are members
lithe male religious order of Jesuits.
There are four lay teacheis in the liicnl-
y. The attendance , this year , ol scliol-
TS has been about 100. A numborof im *
irovoments have been made in the col-
i-ge niid labyratory , especially in the
orlhcasteru p.ut ol the campus. In this
ilaco will be mounted the magnificent
descopc of ( ho college , the munificent ,
illof.lolm A. C'roightoii , of this city ,
'his work , with the other improvements ,
, -ill cost $1,0(10. (
In Trouble A aio ,
Yesterday morning John Maxwell , the
otorious spiritualistic ciook , was ar-
L-stcd by Capt. C'ormiek and lodged in
lil.
lil.It
It appears Ilial immediately upon bis
lcaKo Tuesday , Maxwell procee dud to
bowl up" and before night was in a
retty thoroughly intoxicated condition ,
o went down on Capitol avenue ami
roeecdcd to clean I he house ol a woman
limed Annie Post. Je ] assaulted lief
ivngcly , and vestei day hohud a war-
mi ftvvorn out for his arrest.
DATARBH
lli ; Cic-iit naUniuloUU-
- dilution ol Wlte.V
Ilnclnici Ic'iin I'Inc , ( 'mi.
i
'lulu ' Kir , Miiilfjolil , Clover
llliishoiii , tile * . , ( . 'nlli.'U SAN-
lOIID'b 1MDUMI , Cllllli , fur
Ilic liniiieillulo rtillof mid
Iii'iiiiiiiuiiit oinii of inory
lot in ( if Ciilnirli , from u
hlniilu | ( nlil In the HuuJ to
I. < iss n ( Hintll , TuMu Hiici
llriuiMK. I'oliKh inn ) C'll-
rriilml ( "oiiniuiitlon. | ( oiiigiluto iri-aliuuiit.
ii"istlii.r ol IIMU liotlln Itailical Uiiiu.onu box
liiiTltHl hcilM in , ninl onu linpmviil Inhulor ,
one iiuc'Kni/o , inn ) nou Im limlol iilliliiiKKi8tn
rSI.'iO. ' Abk lor hANiomi's lluncu. Cum : ,
iraplete Inhaler willi Treatment , $1 $ ,
"I'lic only iilisolnlo Bpei'llle wn Xnow of. "
! IH | , TiiiK'n.Tlio luisli < liuve InimJ la u Ill'o-
in uf kiilli-rlnir. " | H v. Dr. WUmiio , lloslon.
JUT u limn ntini-'Klc wlih taliiii Ii ( lie Jliullutil
. " . S.V. . Momoo ,
ir < liitf niiiiiii-u-il. | | lli-v. !
A\j biiriili. ] ' : i. "I Imve not tiniinl ri eiisotlmt
Mil in I i.-li\c ill IIIILU. LAnUicM IMU , JIuu
I'sici. MM > .
iltcrDrn mid < 'lieml'al Co. , 1 lost oil ,
"
I MYSELF MUST GIVE UP , I c-iin ;
tot IHMI ihif | IIUM , | .irlm nil omr , mm
g 1 iiy IIIHH mo uny K < > ml. "
'lK' Ul'.lkllCl- . , I'll lllll ) ptlllH ,
s , ( .tiiiinni'-s , lliickliif ; COIIK ! ' .
_ demist mid 'liesi pnlns cured \ > y
U iii-iv , oriurinnl and nlo iuit 1111 lidolo to inila
; i inliiiiiiuiioii \ Ciiirui v Avn-rvi.v I'I.A. )
II. r.riK'lllll | ) Hlllitei ( | | to Inillos ll ) idorll'K
ili'llcnlu oilnr nii'l ' ( : cnilii nieilii liuil ( | Hulltloj
iWKinlh , 3.V : Imtor l. Jl lli l tioo. 1'otier
UK ami Cliuiu.uil Co. ) ! ol.ii M.i-M.
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Not.il.v I'nblie ,
Paulsen & Co , ,
raalia Land Agency
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ii i , Neo.
ebraska National Bank
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\V. \ VAIK3 , J'nuident.
L K. Ton/ r IN , Vi.-o IVcsidunt
\V. U. S. llin.iii , Cashier.
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A. \ \ . TOIVVI.IN ,
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