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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JANUARY 1 , 1880. TUB DAILY BEE. K , I103KVVATEK. KDITOR. OMAHA Omrr , No. mi AND Old I'.vnxvM 9 M.w VoiiKOrnrr. . ItooM ( n.Tiunu.S-B llim.m.so W.\sllNnT | ( ) > OirK'K , Xo , . " 13 I'otJKTKGNTI ! ST. I'liWMird every mnrnlnif.rTrppt Pimdnj- . The cri . Monday morning jmjior i > ul > llslic > J In the emit. ri.tnn nr MAIL : Oni1 Vrnr . . . ftOIOTlirf'p Months . $2..7) ) Hi Jlonlli" . r > . ( Ono Mowli . l.CU Tur WU.KI.V HI.E , 1'nhtUliml One Vcnr. wllli jirnnliini . JI.f < ) Om Yrnr without pii'lHlum ' . ! . " " > KIT Miiiitli" . without premium . " " > One Month , nit trial . , . 10 All foimmiiilc.itloin iHntlni ? to nmva atn1 n < ll- inrinlninttrr * olioiililiv \ nil < lrt ) ! > sct ] totlioKoi- ion of TIII. linn. islni'Vi Irttersiuiil riiinlttiitiOM should lie Cd III Till , IlKl : rnm.lSIIIMl rOMI'VNY , OMAHA. Unifls. tliii'ks ntiil | Mi lolllw oiilrrs to l > o ninth' iinrnbfftotlit'onlt'ror tlio compiuiy. IHE BEE PUBLISHIHElJPIiiiy. . PROPlllEIIlRS , OMAHA ought id .swear oil' erecting four story brick buildings on 11 vo .story busliis block * . IK Mar-hid rummings and Maurice SiiIliMiu would swear oil' swearing at nl t'lii'li olliiii1 everyone would be grat- ftil T.VI.MAUI : , the \vifo of tlio Brook lyn preacher , lectures uvcry Sunday to a class of ! ! ' ) ( ) men anil women , Tlio rust of tlie week she lectures lier husband. Ml ! I ! VMUI.I. will once more head the committee on appropriations , but with : ill tlio principal bills in the hands of other committees his wings will bu pretty well i lipped. Wi : tispcel that tliu proposition to or- gani/.o a balallion ot cowboys to clean out I ho Apaches Is nothing more nor lesj than a ily sclieine to { jot rid of a mimbur of cowboy. 11' the warm wave that has been linger ing iiroimd Omalia for the hisl few duys bhould happen to strike St. Paul , wo would advise the enterprising eiti'/.ens of that i'Ui to get thejr ice palace insured. 0i.i ! thirty tlioiisand Chicagoims have not paid their water tax , and the delin quency iimounH to ? ; JOO,000. Tli ey pay their whisky tav much more promptly , if the tact that there are now three thousand Jiei'ii.sed saloons in Chicago is to bu taken a.s evidence. AT the while house reception on Wed nesday , HID president in shaking hands averaged Mxtcoti shakes 11 minute , lie is getting his hand in to give home of the ollioo seekers the shako with the opening of the New Vear. \iewofthe fact that a hydropho- biae waye is about to spread o vor the country the que tiou naturally arises what shall we do with our dogs * We would suggest that they bo taxed and compelled to contribute to the public welfare and treasury. A i' Russian railway stations passengers find u "grievance book" in which they may enter , complaints. This record of wrongs reaches the central ollico onee a month , when the complaints : ire investi gated. Probably they have never heard of the Nebraska commission out in Kusshi or ii copy of the grievance book \\ould be on lile in Lincoln. 1'Asrnt uS method in treating hydropho bia is very simple indeed , lie inoculates persons who have not the disease , and of course they escape. This would seem to be the method pursued with the four New ark children , who , so far as we have been able to learn from the dispatches , luivo not been attacked with the hydrophobia , although bitten by dogs. Tin : Chicago A'cios forms u correct es timate of the parties who are making sueh vigorous iiisniilu on Land Commis sioner Sparks , "Tho mendacious howl ers , ' ' says tlio Xciua , "opened their yawp ing Intterics on William K. Svvit/ler some months tig * ) . Finding this task nnpr.jfit- able , they turned their mud-guns on Land Commis-sioner Sparks. Failing with this public servant , they will pres ently choose some ether target for their cheap blackguardism. The mendacious howlers must have u victim ; it doesn't particularly distress the victim and it gives the mendacious howlers employ- SOMI : of the political wiseacres arc cudgelling their brains to know what will bo the official status of suspended ollico holdeis who-o successors arc not con firmed when the senate adjourns. It is reported that Justice Miller has said that such parties are entitled to their original positions. The Globe- Democrat strikes the null srjnaroly on the head when it comments as follows ; "It is doubtful if Judge Miller has expressed any opinion upon n question that is liable to c.ome before - fore the supreme court for decision ; but granting the view attributed to him to bo correct as a point of law , it does not fol low that suspended olllecrs could derive any practical advantage from" it. With the adjournment of the senate the pros- idont'H power of suspension will bo re vived , and ho will only need to repeal the process by which the ohango was cllbotcd in the lir t pluco , and the restored ollloinl will go out again. As a matter of fact , a suspension amounts to a removal , and it is useless to discuss it in any other _ _ _ IT is a mortifying fact that the Apaeho atrocities continue in spite of all the ef forts' nuido to suppress them iu the south west. ( Sen. Crook's report clearly places the responsibility for the present out break where it belongs , and Unit is not on his own shoulders. Divided responsi bility at San Carlos and the meddling of the Indian department with Capt. Craw ford's management of the Chiricalmas throw the Hrsl spark into the magazine. But the question is not now ono of causes , Jt is simply how the outbreak pun bo suppressed most rapidly and ( ho depre daters punished most cfl'eetively. More troops are needed in Arizona and they bhould bo sent there iiimtmbar.3 sulllciont to meet the emergency. Fresh liorsos are nlso wanted , ami some arrangements i l > it o ! . tipit nf should bo mndo permnun , , u . - . - horses of civilians while troops are iu pursuit of hoslilcs , the owners to bo ro uubursod by the government. As matters - tors now go the ogilo Apaeho run travel a hundred miles on : i stretch wlulo the poorly mounted and overburdened cav alryman weaken in marches of half the distance. The Presidential Succession , Mr. Hoar's presidential succession bill will come up in the bouse immediately after the holiday recc s. Tlio measure has been changed in an important feat ure since Its introduction in tlio last con gress. Instead of providing that the in- ciimbrncv of the cabinet ollieers as sue- ee = oi > ' in line of tlio president and vice president shall only continue until an election can bo held to decide who is the people's choice , Mr. Hoar's amended bill empowers the secretary of Main or nil- other member of the cabinet to act as president until the end of the four years term for which the dead or disabled presi dent or vice pre idi'ut was elected. This provision is likely to prevent the pa sage of the Hoar bill. It is diflicult to under stand why it was incorporated in the measure. It is repugnant to the ideas of the framers of the constitution and to the spirit of that instrument which sought to make the provident the people's choice and provided for n new election with this in view in case of the dea'h ' of both presi dent and vice president. The succession through the cabinet U only intended as n device to prevent u gap in the ofliec of the chief executive. It should be a tem porary means for the attainment of a speeilie end. The statutes delimtely pro vide a remedy when once the chasm of a few mouths of possible va cancies in the ollices of president ami vice-president are bridged over. It wan the intent of the fathers of tlio republic that the sense of the people ple should determine the incumbency of the presidential chair. UnderMr Hoar's amendment bill the appointment of the ox-president finally fixes his own suc cessor for a term which may be nearly the entire four years. Mr. Uandall , in the house , has framed a bill on a different basis , but which is quite as objectionable. It provides for the continuance of the electoral colleges and tlio choice by them of a new vice- president in eu o of the death or disability of the president and vice-president. To carry such a law into effect a great deal of additional legislation would be nec essary. Vacancies might and often do occur among the members of federal colleges before now bodies are chosen. Provisions would have to be made for the instant convening of these bodies , who > o members , owing to the ex igencies of business , might be scattered across tlio Atlantic or o'n the ocean when the necessity for their action arose. In addition , the change lias nothing to com mend it over Mr. Hoar's old measure , which was a simple and practical solu tion of the difficulty. The proper thing for the house to do will be to amend Mr. Hoar's measure to iis former provisions. To the temporary incumbency of the presidential chair by cabinet officers there can be no objection. Uut as .soon : is possible the people should be afforded an opportunity to make their choice. New Yeir'n : Day. New Year's day had its origin in the superstitious of the lioiminsv\ celebrat ed the lirst day of the calendar year with propitiatory sacrifices to Janus. The entire - tire day was deemed sacred. Upon it magistrates entered upon their incumben cy of ollico , The streets wo o decked in festal array and visits of compliment wore general among all classes. The Germans and especially tlio Holland Dutch dedicated New Year's to the cementing of friendships , and nearly three centuries ago brought with thorn to New Amsterdam tlio delightful custom of New Year's visits. According to the magazine of American history , tlic cus tom of New Year's calls was confined strictly to New York. No other Amcricab city or town even so much as contemplated borrowing it. To Washington , when bo came to re side in Now York as the first president of the now republic , it was a novelty. Now Year's came on Friday in 17HO ; Mrs. Washington was therefore at home , it being - ing her usual day of the week for receiv ing calls. The president stood beside her , with all the stillness for which ho was remarkable. Guests began to arrive at noon , and during the afternoon hours came the vice president , the governor , the senators , representatives , foreign pub lic characters , and all the principal gen tlemen of the city ; while in tlio evening , such as remained were served with tea , coffee and plum ami pan cake Washington's curiosity found expression before tlio company finally departed. Ho asked a New Yorker whether such Usages were casual or otherwise ; and. be ing told that New Year's calling had al ways been a feature of New York life , observed , with emphasis : "Tlio highly favored situation of Now York will , in the process of years , attract numerous emigrants , who will gradually change its customs and manners ; but , whatever changes take place , never forget t'.io ' cordial and cheerful observance of New Year's day. " Since then the custom has winged its way to the remotest corners of tlio land , from oeoiui to ocean , until nearly every place of any Bl/.o on the American continent maintains an inter change of civilities on Now Year's day. OrnciAi , changes in the Union Pacific management seem to bo tlio order of the day as they have been the order of the year. There is a general elcnring out of the old associates of the Clark-Gould management , and a reorganization of tlio staff , who arc to carry out tlio policy of General Manager Cnllaway. The now regime cannot help being an improvement upon the old. The lays of the Vining dynasty in tlio freight department are still painfully remembered by every patron of the com pany , aud the antagonisms which that autocrat of the tarlli'sheut raised in Ne braska have not yet disappeared. Mana ger Callaway has proved himself to be the possessor of ono fmporlant qimliluation of u business man , which for years was almost an unknown quality at the U. P. headquarters. Ho does not repel every patron of the road who dares to approach him , and he is accessible to suggestions which have for their object tlio mutual advantage of the company and of the public , Competition nowadays is too severe , and the Union Paoilio is in sueh ilnancial straits , owing to reckless stock jobbing and bad business management , Ihut ( hit nimjtinii uf lt general manager is no sinecure. So ft : .HS Omaha and Nebraska are concerned they would gladly see the old antagonisms wiped out , Uoth the public and the railroads have suffered from their existence. Our people ple only ask fair , impartial and consid erate treatment at the hands of the rail roads , aud the maintenance of such rela tions as should exist between business men and their customers , regulated of course by the laws governing common carrier and their public patrons. If the railroads of Nebraska withdraw their political capppr ? from our politics , put nn end to favoritism , which has nrousud hostilities In every section of the state , mid show an inclination to repair the mistakes of the pa t they would reap a heavy harvest of resulting benetits. Tin ; high license law , wherever it lias gone into effect , ha given quite general satisfaction both in ( lie production of a revenue and the decrease of the number of saloons. In regard to the effect of the law in Illinois the St. Louis ( .Hole-Dim- orrrtl says : Those who have the cause of temperance reform < < lnccicly : it heait should not oveilook the repoit of the operation of the hlRh licence law of Illinois. The testimony liom all lnirts of the state Is to ( lie common effect that tlio number of saloons tins diminished nud the amount of revenue lui'ieasud. A show ini ; of tills kind counts for more than all the themli's In the world , ami the expoileuce of Illinois is not dillVlcMit from that of other localities vheic a similar law is In force. It may be tlint high license will never thmouih- ; ly supjuoss the' liquor tmille , hut , certainly , Its practical elTeets In that direction surpass those of utiy other piece s that has jet been devised. We do not begrudge the labor and ex pense incidental to the collection of building statistics , but it seems to us that Omaha is too largo a city to depend upon private enterprise for such work. If we had a building inspector with an ollieial record of every house constructed , the ex act facts and figures could be had at any time. In all the largo cities the newspa pers simply have .to copy the record at the cud of each year , which is a trilling matter when compared to the laborious canvass of every street ami alley in a city which covers an area of fifteen miles square. Si.Kin-v old St Louis is trying hard to keep awake. Sam Jones failed to wake ii ) ) the sleepers to any great e.xleut , and now it is proposed to introduce the mad- dog excitement. Although there is no hydrophobia In St. Louis , arrangements have been perfected for a hydro phobia hospital where the dis ease is to be treated according to the latest Parisian methods of M.Pas teur. Already mad-dogs arc being dis covered in largo numbers , and the next thing in order will be mad men and women , all bitten by the hydrophobiac canines Hydrophobia is bound to become - come all the rage. Mi : . Gruriv : , the originator and super intendent of the free delivery mail ser vice , has received a New Year's call from Postmaster General Vilas. Notwith standing ho lias been a very efficient ollicer , Mr. Vilas has called for his resig nation , as an ollice-scoking democrat wants the place. Of course this is in entire accord with the average demo cratic idea of civ il service reform. THE Bin is tlio only Nebraska daily that dares to take its readers into its con- lidenco and exhibit its business condition , its receipts , expenditures and manage ment. The figures which will bo found elsewhere in this issue will repay study as showing how the lir.ii has kept up with the rapidly advancing procession of our city's developments. SnxA-roit VAX WYCK is still bo\viur. ! IJtit at present his gentle nni , persuasive bieath is directed toward the encouragement of a senatorial llame in Nebraska. [ i'/ou-i / ; Cltji Journal. That flame will bo blown into a regular old fashioned prairie fire by next full , and it will very likely sweep the state. HAVING failed to get its own man into the surveyor general's ollicc , the Ilemld now urges the abolition of the office altogether. From a purely business standpoint Dr. Miller may bo right , but ho should have discovered the uselessness - ness of the surveyor generalcy before Mr. Morton got in his line work t Wash ington. Accoitm.vo to a foreign item , King Thoelmw has four queens. This leads the Chicago Times to conclude that the stories of his brutality as a husband are undoubtedly slanderous , as one king can't beat four queens. Jt might have added that a king-full can't do it cither. COI.OXP.L Cir.vsi : returns from Kansas City with his tail feathers erect. Ho has carried his point in locating the next river convention in Omaha. When the Kansas City follows como up in Septem ber they will bo floated back in chain- pagne. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ir the regular army cannot keep down the Apaohos and other hostiles it is cither too small or poqrly bandied. The propo sition to call out volunteers to hunt down fifty savages belittles the government ami makes the army appear ridiculous. WE cheerfully present our local con temporaries with a complete review of the business of the year. They are now at liberty to copy and enlarge upon the work wo have done. OMAHA enters upon the now year with a good deal of confidence. The boom of ' 80 will bo a land-mark to future gen erations , WE leave the doctors to light out the question of moat poisoning. What wo want is a market house and inspector. Wi : still want a market house In Omaha and a health ollicor who will inspect meats and vegetables. HAIM'V NKW YM.Yll'H. The drinker will swear oil ajjalu When HID old year is gone , Hut the man who uses word's profane Will probably swear on. I'caolutlous are now In order. A determined resolution needs no illaiy. New Year's calls are becoming like last year's blrd's-nests out of fashion , Sweating off is fashionable just now , but If you date your lutteis lbS5 you are liable to swear on. Jiesolutlous for the Now Year are now on tap , but they will inn out as ciully us witter llovvj down hill. The gentlemen who pay 51,000 n year for illC privilege of dispensing liquid refresh ments Will rftCflYO uiu.t ! calls than anybody to-day. When a holiday falls on Friday , Saturday Is ot no account. It Is like u lullw.iy tinln imilling between two big towns with a little way station between , ut which it stops 10- luctnutly. Wholesome LAWS Needed. Htr < htnil ) iV. V. ) ( itVliiM ( "Mrf , Wo have millionaires , double and triple millionaire * mid billionaires excrespcncps upon society utteilv unknown In the days of our fathers. All of which means that v\e arc approaching the condition of tilings Hint has prostrated the peasantry of the old woild , ami which vv III destroy the llbeilles of the people unless checked by wholesome law . A ( li'ini Monster. r rM t(7' ( ( .1/0.1 //TH . Usury Is n grim monster that never sleeps nud never tires : -SUht nud dny It laps suto its capnrloiis maw all the surplus pioduccd Ity labor and gloats over the misery of Its en slaved victims who are dully dilveu to lunk- inptoy , cilme and ulcldc. This minister must be1 stnumled or civilisation Is n failure , ami history will lepi'nt Itself witlt another cycle ol thedaik aie.s. Too Mtuli I'altti In tlio Old Parties' , Tlio labeling ctnssi > s have bad a period fioin the cieation of the world up to the pics- cut time In which to gain supremacy. In this age they are as they weie n thousand } cats ago , slaves. They forge their own fet ters , make the chain * that bind them aud bring about their prcmatuio deaths. And jet it dilUt-iilt to make some men believe Hint the Min rises ami sets In anything but either of Hie old parlies. STATIi AMI TIjltltll'OllY. Nebraska ilottlnjjq. Now swear oil' . A cord of wood costs $1 in Hushvillo. Sheridan county has six newspapers. A milkman's bell is used as a lire alarm iu Hebron. Four legal sproufs in Gage county are named Uibb , Gagg , Uodd and lligg. Hon. Samuel Watt" , a pioneer of western Nebraska , died at North Plutte on the 27th. Hey Vo o. a 2-year old in Fremont , tojeil with a red hot stove Monday , and was badly burned. A prominent Fremont bachelor sagely Fitggcsts that love letters should bo writ ten on foolscap paper. The Kpiseopnliaits of Valentine , are planning to build a $1,700 church. Over if.SOO has been subscribed , John T. Meker , charged with murder. escaped from jail in Albion last week ami has not been recaptured. i'our tipplers in Springfield have put up a forfeit of § 75 each to abstain from the cheering wine-cup for one jear. Tin eo propositions to build water works have been submitted to the city council of Hastings. They range in price from $75,000 to SUKi.OUO. W. C. McLean of Papillipn in all prob ability has the oldest piece of paper in the state. It is u copy of an order of court issued from tlio queen's bench in the colony of North Carolina in 1770. Frank Crosby , of Grand Island , squan dered ! ? . " > , 000 during the past year and at- temntetl to drown iiovcrlyVTDlnchcs in a final drunk , tapered "with morphine. A stomach pump saved him from the core ner. ner.Conrad Conrad KcllholV , a German farmer liv ing near Daniiebrog , stuck the yawning end of his loaded .shotgun in his mouth , and pulled the trigger with his big t'oo. The ceiling was decorated with his brains. The piospccl of a llood of January duns upset his feeble mind. Peter J. Mat /.a was killed by a passing train ou tlio Union Pacific bridge over the Lonp , north of Columbus , on Christ mas day. The unfortunate man was st. Hiding close to the track waiting for the train to pass. It is supposed the cur rent of tlie train threw him against the ears , breaking his neck ami killing him instantly. Ho leaves a wife and six chil dren. _ _ lomi Items. The Janesville Grand Army post has raised ? 2o,000 to build u hall. Ualph Potter , of Waverly , closed his career and a protracted spree with lauda num. num.William William Pohlman , a disheartened Dav enport bachelor , suicided Sunday with a razor and a rope. One of the handsome h.dy hello * in the DCS Moincs olliee , icceived iJSO in cash and other gifts , Christmas. A pensioner of the war of 1812 , and a relative of the Marquis de Lafayette , is in the Jackson county poor house. Samuel Hell , of Jackson township , Madison county , hanged himself to a rafter in the attic ono day last week. An'Anamosa man throw a stone at a dog , but missed the dog and struck a little girl in the face , breaking her nose and inflicting a bad cut over the eye. William I' . Oehlman , of Davenport. aged f 2 , a butcher by trade , committed suicide Sunday by hanging with a bailer strap iu his barn while tiio family were away. An old oaken bucket hanging over a well in Kookuk , dropped on the head of a darkey , forty feet below , and was dashed to pieces. Tlio darkey came up smiling with tlio rim on his arm. Jt is reported that an attempt to poison two families at Aspinwall , Crawl ord county , was ntado recently by a man mimed Soliullor , who put Paris green in their coffee. Ho made the nustako , how ever , of inittiiiir in too much , so that it colored the coffee and was discovered in time to prevent serious results. Dakota. Forty school houses were built in San- born county during the year. Sioux Falls improvements for the past year foot up .f.W.OOO. The army telegraph line between Wain- diiska and Larimore Is for sale. Tlio contest for the territorial fair will bo decided January 1. , when the oids will bo opened. Klkpoint is said to bo the newspaper cemetery of tlio territory , yet n demo cratic paper has been started there. Ipswich has sent east a handsome and nopular young Imsiness man to secure a batch ot iouug hidies anxious to got married , Clilton , in Siillyjeounlv , has lately seen beautiful mirages , the buildings ot Fort Sully , twenty mies | away , being dis tinctly visible. Hapid City saloon keepers are still fuming over the raise in license from $100 to $501) , and the council's back grows stiller with ago. Miller is trying to arrange tlio neces sary preliminaries to bond the town fur § 10,000 , , to sink an artesian well and so- euro a tire department. Ipswich has shipped of this year's crop 220,000 bushels of wheat and 5SfiUO bushels of barley , mid two-thirds of tlio crop is yet in farmers' hands. Larimore houstH of clean , graded and well drained streets , good sidewalks , an i-l 1,000 school house and one of the bent graded schools in Dakota. Her munici pal debt is only 1,000 , and Unit ifor a lire engine and apparatus and water supply. _ The mad dog scare has struck Choy- cnno. Cheyenne and Salt Lake City are con nected by telephone. Two man engaged in a duel with shot guns near Fort rcttorman recently aud both died at the first fire. John McPherson , u carpenter , fell from n scaffold in Hvauston , a distance of sixty feet to the ground , and was daiitjerously injured , The people of clioycnno ami ? * . 9nl' lins have petitioned the Union Pacific management to reopen and operate the Colorado Central railroad between those towns , The road u thirty-five miles lone and has not been operated since 1SS2. 1SS2.A A dashing : 3-oung torn-tit of a dude nnmod Ilyhind , 21 years of age , has de serted Ins bride at Cheyenne , having tired of her. The grass widow had her fare paid by triends to Laramte , where perhaps she may catch him. John MeFnrlnnd , cattle foreman for Sung Bro . , cattle growers on Powder river , is arrested at ihilfalo on a requisi tion from the governor ou n warrant from the sheriff of Corsiranna , Texas. Mo- Furland is accused of killing : i man in Texas in 1877. Colorado. Taxable property in La Platte county is worth Ss-.OTiJ.-t.sl. Pueblo people have raised ? t.V)0 ) for u new opera house. Delta county harvests $1,000 a month from tin horn gamblers. .Colorado has sixty seven div idem ! pay ing mining companies , California , sixty- eight , Nevada fitty-two , Ari/onu fourteen , Monta-na twelve , Utah twelve , Idajio eleven , Dakota nine. A grand ball to raise funds to improve the local cemetery , was held at Kico recently. Knough money was secured to fence Mo local bone yard , and prevent cattle Irom trampling on tin-fellings of the deceased. The local undertaker , standing on a pail , called off the dances , making the necessary motions with a hoarse plume , the collection was taken tin in a miniature collin , the leader of the "German" wa.s attired in a shroud of the latest pattern , ami the "favors" were black , and white funeral rosettes and sprats of weeping willow. The order of dances was headed hj a skull and bones wood-cut , and the luM quadrille was "Hark Fiom the Tomb a Doleful Sound. " MURDER ED 13Y MORMONS. The SirniiKc Carcofnml Tragic Death of ilosopli Morris. The career of Joseph Morris and his death , formed one ot the jrr.mdost ami most romantic episode in the history of Utah , writes a coi respondent Irom Salt Lake City to tlie ban t'raiieisco Post. He claimed to be a prophet , seer and rcvelator , and declared against the cor ruptions and shortcomings of the Mor mon hierarchy , lie was persecuted from city to city and from place to place , and at last retired to tlie beautiful canyon of the Weber river , ! new St. John iu tlie wilderness. There-many liundredsof people gathered around hini , eomjiig from all parts of the territory , leaving their farms and all they could not bring with them. They came with their teams , provisions and stock , and there for nearly two years they remained listening 'to tint revelations ot this desert seer , who possessed a wonderful power to hold the people together under the most trying circumstances. They formed some companies.of infantry , well armed and equipped , and the seer Joseph was mystically hailed a * lord of the whole earth as tlie representative of Jesiis. Tills was in Ma.iyG2. . . lint tlie time soon drew near when it became evident that they who take tlio sword must perish by the sword , for the next month Itohcrt Burton ami the Mor mon militia made their appearance on tlie hills around Weber. They numbered about 500 men , vycll armed aud supplied With cannon. The Mormon leaders ap- proat lied and were told that they could come into the fort with perfect safety. They did so , and presented the warrant for the arrest of the MorrisiU's , but they would not yield , ami tire was sent for and the warrant burned in the presence of the Mormons. After a short time tlio attack began. Holigious services were being held and the people were sealed in their accustomed places men , women , ami children. Acannon-ball _ was tlie lir-t salutation. It killed two women , one a nursing mother \\itli a babe in her arms. Then tlio .veils of the attacking party were hoard all around. For sonic time alter I > firing conn.ieiieed not a man in the camp of Weber took up arms. Filially the word was given"Protect your families as best jou can , but avoid shedding blood if possible , " was the or der. Only niuty men in the camp ear ned arms. Burton poured shot and shell into the fort for throe successive da.vs from Friday morning till Sunday even ing , the fifteenth of Juno. Ho even sent to Salt Lake for rockets to fire the camp , but a heavy rain fell all day Saturday so that they could not take effect. Mormon ferocity had no pity for women or children. The men dug pits in which tlio families could take shelter from the deadly storm of missiles. Sunday arose with u clear , brilliant .sky , after the pour ing rain of Saturday. Late in tliii after noon a bugle sounded in the fort and a flag oC truce was waved. The men whose names were mentioned in the writ of ar rest went to the prophet in a body , telling him that they thought their brothern had done all they could , and thai they were willing to surrender and give their lives for the sake of tlie peojdo , if necessary. But tlio white ling was disregarded and Burton and his men continued to ad vance toward the fort , liri'ig all the time. One of the men mentioned in the writ of arrest came forward and said : "For God's sake , and for the sake of humanity , Mop your firing. " To this Burton and his men paid no attention , but rode into the tort ami ordered the Morrisitos to stack arms , which was done without hesitation. Al ter this , Burton called for Joseph Morris and the oilier four men mentioned in tlie writ of arrest. On their presenting them selves ho-aid : " 1 want no more of your infernal apostasy. I don't know how yon have escaped as well as you have. I have fired over .1,000 rounds of cartridges into you and 100 cannon balls , besides shells. " Then ho said to Joseph Morris : "Are you willing to give unv" and on receiving no reply , tried to ride the people down with his powerful horse , but .Joseph , slopping quickly forward , look hold of the bridle with both haniN and sent the h'jiMi back again upon his haunches. Then lie turned to tlio people and said : "I have taught , \ou righteous principles from heaven. " nud then raising his head ho exclaimed : "All those who are vviH- ing to follow mo lo the death como this way ! " The general cry was : "Here 1 am ! " with the exception ot it few persons who formed a small circle and said they could stand it no longir. Joseph then stopped forward. Burton , boiling with rage and followed by some othois , rode up to him and commanded him lo give u ] ) ill the name of tliu United Slates. Tin ) prop'lict calmly replied , folding his arms and lookiuir up to Burton : "Never ! no never ! " These were his Iriit words , for Hurion IIred live shots at him , and at the fifth lie reeled itnd fell. Ono of hi- > fol lowers caught him in his arm- , and laid him gently on the groun 1. After the first shock of tlie death of the prophet , a joung woman , holding in her arm ? the bubo of a mother who had been killed , came forward and , fear lessly , confronting Burton and hii men , said : "You bloodthirsty hell-hound ! Why did you kill that goud man ? " Bur ton took deliberate ] ! ) aim at her and shot her dead , and the bubo was for the second end tiino taken from tlio arnisuf tlio mar tyred woman. Another woman was also shot ut tlie same time , and the wife of one of the arrested men , holding ni > hurdivss , which had been riddled with shut * dur ing tlie light , oxcUiimed : " ( J God ! Is thus another Mountain Meadow massa- crov" As this time , also , one of Bin ton's follower : ! going behind ono of the arrested - rested mon , fired and wounded him severely. The mon wore encamped and put under u strong guard till the following morn ing , wiion they vvure marched to Salt LIIKO City , where they where Imprisoned for a short time , but obtained pardon Irom tliu governor. Acii-nrcym-uTu'C- ' 'alol ) C1 " ! ' ting shoes and a bottle of It. d si u-1 onb , , l'uru will miiku a man huHO' und cuu tented. RUNNING Dfl 'N A CONVICT , The Infallible Scents of tlio Southern llonnds Tested. An Inhibition or TlieliAVonilefftil Nosp * at it ( .cot'uln Convict Camp. nnifllliill-m. Wiille at Oldtown 1 saw n race between a convict and the hounds. It came about in tills way : Mr. Williams claimed , ami he was backed by dipt , .lames , that any convict could be selected out of a hun dred and sent oil' lo circle through the wood's , puling throttgii a do/.en squads of convicts , that an hour after he could put his hound.s on the convict's track and Iho.v would thread him through the qtiads of oonviels , never ho shaken from his individual track end finally bring him up. 1 remarked that I could uudciMaiid how the hounds might carry a convict's track through a crowd of outsiders Irom some scout of the camp , but how they could separate one convict from another "There may ben hundred convict * , " lie said , "clolhod precisely alike , and wear ing precisely the same shoes. 'I'lioy may feed together ou precisely the same food , and sleep in bunks that touch each other under preeisvlv the same cover. And .vet each ol them lias a spent that marks him j st us distinctly to m. ) hounds from hi.s lillmvs , as his appearance marks him under your deliberate study. " "And do yon expect me to believe that the dogs can catch this scent from the ll.ving touch of his thick shoos on tlic haul ground ? " "Undoubtedly. And further , lie may Mop in a squad and eliau''v shoe * with a convict , aud the dogs will Mill follow him. Ou tlio hardest ground , his scent will be plain lo them , though his shoo solos are half an inch thick. When he runs through the woods where his clothes touch tlie btishos , tho.yvvill trail him heads up , in full cry , lifly yards , running parallel , but aw.y from where he ran. " "Doyou moan that yon can take fifty convicts , all chid in convict suits , let them run through the bushes , then send the convict the dogs are trailing through tlie same bushes , and the scent of his boil.v , lett on the yielding twigs as his clothes brush them , will lead the hounds through the ma/.eV" "Yes , lifly yards away , they will run il parallel at full speed. To prove this I will start a convict. I will let others fol low him through the woodn , I will lot him make a semicircle in the woods with lifly yards radius. When tlie hounds come to ibis , instead of following the curve thej vyill scent the opposite side of the ciicle , fifty vanK away , cut across to it , lake the track up thoro.'and follow il. " A gaunt convict , long of leg and flank , was selected for the run. IIo was told to put oil"quickly , circle in the woods' , take a swift run over Holds , roaih , and through every squad of convicts he could lind in his way. This ho did. The hounds were then loafing about the stockade , \aril , as listless a lot of dogs as over wore SUIMI. "I'm tempted , " .saul Mr. Williams , "to let Ilii ! convict ride a horse for a mile or two after he has run awhile 1 have had dogs trail a convict on horseback four miles , and then take the track where ho jumped from the horse. " JJy this time the Hying convict was a small speck on the broad liolds , und in a moment more had melted into tin ; horizon and was gone , as if. indeed , lie found that liberty lor which his .soul panted and had gone as the sliong-vviiigod bird * go vv lieu they vanish' in llui blue ether. In an hour wo mounted our horses. The hounds wvre still louling about in the .sunshine. .Suddenly ! klr. Williams , squaring himself in llic saddle , blow throe quick , short blasts on the cow's horn thai hung at liis side. As if by magje , the hounds awakened and charged at his sad dle -eager , baying , frantic. "Nigger : ' he Slid seiitonioiisly. Like the wind they were oil , nose lo'lhc ground , tails up , circling like beagles , larger the circles grow , the Iiound.s silent its specters , eyes and uoso eating the earth for its secret. "They will pass over the tracks of con vict squads , but will open on tlie lir.st single track ( hey lind. If il is the trad ; , wo will simply sit still. They will run it a hundred yards or so , noting our silence , will thrifty it oil' and search ngain. When they got the right ( rack. we will holloo and start after the hound thai has it Tlio others will join him , and the race is opened. " At last a rod hound , o.irenrins like mad across the Held , halts suddenly , tumbles over himself , laces about , no-cs the ground flagorly , lifts bis head , "A-a-o-o- o-vv-u , " and is oil' like an arrow from a bowstring. "That's lint tr.iek , " shouts Williams , ami after the howling hound we go. The other dogs join in pell-mell at lirst , then i > ach hound true to tlio track , in full cry and at a rattling gait. Awa.v oil' to the west L'upl. J.imcs. calls attention lo a moving speck against tint sky. "That is the convict circling back to camp , " he said. On the dogs wont , keen ; ii the wind , inexorable as fate , following the trai-K of the convict as true as his own shadow. Aciosi the tracks of hundred of others , along high roads , over fields , through herds of cattle , by other convicts thai smiled grimly as they passed , the hounds went , holding the track ot the Hying convict where it had been laid as light as thistle on the linn earth , but where it left the tell-tale seem till the same. Nothing could shako them oil nothing check their furious rush. Over other tracks made by convicts wear ing .shoos Irom the same last und same box they went without hindoranee , led by some intangible miracle of thu air , straight on a single trail. "Now , we'll see them wind his scent fifty yards awai , " said Williams' as W ) noiiriid a patch of forests Close to tins was a squad of convicts. Thcso wo had sent through the woods an hour boforn. We had nuido "trusties , " walking singly , touch every bush und tree. Then ihc convict wo were trailing was run through making a half circle , with at least sixty yards' radius. Tlio hounds entered the lores ! at a hustling pace , a small red dog taking the load. Suddenly the leader lal- lentd lor an instant , with no.se in air , then bui'sl with liotce cry to tlio left , run obliquely for full hfty yards with head up , when lit ! took up again the track of the convict , ami lowered his head to the ground , lie bad simply mudo a short cut tieros.i the semicircle , having caught heent of tlio convict on thu bushes i ere thun 100 feet away. 1 am aware that ( his is incredible to those who never Boon it. 1 e.tn not explain why it is that the 11 } ing man , clad and shod us n hundred others , fed on the Kumci food , chained daily to the same chain , and sleeping in tlio * anu ) bnnka at nights , impart , to a g twig touched b ; > his ololhes o that it attracts a hn-.ind fifty i.irds away Kut it certainly does just that. Thu last test was now coming. Wo were moving toward a umnd of oonvicU at v , ork in ii culioii field , Wo had sent the fugitive convict through Iliirttimiud. U'o bad then made them walk in a double circle around him. 'I hey then cro "ed an I rtcroisod his tracks , many of them wearing exui tly Mich shoes as ho wore. One hour later the hounds struck tills point Them wa not an instant' * paiiiO. There v\.i no deviation , no let up in llie pace. Through the lab.\rinlh of tracks tliu hounds went , as swallows through tlio air , hurrying inexorably on the ono track they had 0110011. The end was now near. The COIIVK t , having run hl race , was seen leaning against a tree and watching tlio hound.s plunging toward him. "Won't lie climb the trout" I uslai'l ' "No , Hie hounds are ( ruined lo silllliK bay Ihu i ouvii tf > when i i ruin. ; up with ill. m OUiinv-o the ' ' I'UllVlltft tV U 'l hill I I - tiu luuu h ii.x i o.g.u-t .iuii 1 h-'y Juilau I abitl twenty yards avraj * from the trc ° against whien ho stood ami bayed him furi'Mi ' * ! ) . Pretty music they made , nml not deeper than 1 have heard oflon nn I again under it'po Mtm tree. Mr. Williams railed thorn oil' , and the convict came forward. "Dem puppies1 is doiu' mighty well , eap'n , " ho said , grinning , ns he lazily swung on his vva.v lo the stockade Tlie o dogs are not bloi dhouniK 1 doubt if there is a bloodhound inCJpoiyla , tlmiith two are reported near Cnrtcr * villo , di-sceiided from a pair owned Irv C d. dell'Johnson in Iho ditvs of Maus" The Oldtown dog5 ! are fo\ hounds of t .0 , IJcdjiiiiio breed , trained for several pn ' orations ( o hunt mon. They are tie r , tempted with other game They ari | neil nor fierce or powerful , an d are relied j MII solol.v In trail the convict and lead hid pursuers lo his lair. PROSPERITY'S RUMBLES. ofl'iiMlp Works In TlcntHco Wnloi'Moi'ltM nmlov Uliitd- IIIUN Planiioil. IH : VTiiia : , N'eb. , Doe. 29 [ To the Kdilor ] With its streets lighted by gas , and resonant with the rumble of street ears , itoatrioo has taken onto itself ad ditional airs by having under contain' , plation and ordinance authorizing the issiio of $ - < iUiW ) hnnds to I'rovido ' for a system of waterworks which will bo voted upon .January VO and of It cari\vlu.'t tliere is sciireely a doubt. Tlio prosperity of the past year has boon very gratifj.n. , to the city if the numerous public an I private improvements nro tiny eriter > n and the outlook lor the coming year i equally encouraging. Among ( lie ii" enterprises contemplated is a lin- Masonic Hall , to cost not less than ! * ' . . . ' 000 , a now opera bouse waterworks : t considerable extension of the street r \ way s.vstem , numoious oostly ptibi \ buildings , the now asylum for imbecile a driving park , and an indelinito mini her of trunk line railwa.vs. Within the week past Hie city has been .surfeited with a number of Mmsutio..3 that materially enhance its claim' ; lo metropolitan dignities. The trial of A 15. Morse lor wile poisoning , .somo tint > .since , it will bo remembered , resulted i i a verdict of murder in tlie lirM degreo. the most important testimony tuhtiiced against him , being the analysis of Mrs. Morse's stomach b > Dr. Clark , of Stilton. Nob. , who declared Iho presence 01 .strychnine-in the stomach , and who sub- milted a. vial purporting to contain u portion of the said stomachal contents in a. ehlorot'orinie solution. Morse's atlor- noy , Co I. Colby , in an able.argument before - fore the inry , demonstrated the fallacy of Dr. Clark's amilv.sis by drinking u large proportion of the content * of tlie vial in tlie presence of the court and jury. Withal this tlio jury returned a verdict against Morse as staled. Judge Mroudy deterred Fcnleueo und postponed a final Hearing in the ease until the DIM of .December , in order to give tlio defendant's attorneys an opportunity to file a motion for u now trial. Half ol Mr.s. Alor.se'- , Monmch was subsequently given to i'rof. Nicholson , of Lincoln , lor anal.vsis , who discovered the presence of strychnine , but who after a most critical examination faijed to dis cover any in llio eliloroformic solution submitted by Mr. Clark. In view of this lact Jud o Ilroady , ou tlio1st hist. , granted the defendant a new trial , and his attorneys are now endeavoring to se cure his release on bail. Morse is quite an aged man , being past 7t , and his long eonlineinent in jail has seriously im paired hi.s health. There is considerable .sympathy fell for the old man , and the popnJar impression prevails that hois innocent. The ease of Jack Marion , who is iir jail here under seiitcneo of death , will probably be thrown out of the supreme court , owing to the apparent negligence of his attorneys iu filing iho necessary docnmoniA to procure him anew hearing. MarionS Iriends who have stood by him thus far seem to be growing indilierent as to his late , and the prospect of an ox- edition in tne sacred precincts of J5oa- trice m the near future is encouraging. The lieatrice Keiiubliean was levied iilon yesterday by tlio holders of a ohut- tlc mortgage against it , and it is adver tised for constubjcV sale to lake place January i0th. ! Alraiigcmonts will bo made to continue its publication however for the present. Its friends are not in clined to relinquish the field entirely to the K\pross and .Democrat especially in view of thu ajiproaching political cam paign. The hxpross is ordinarily classed as the or < jan of ox-Senator 1'addoel : and will boallcd upon to push the gubermi- toriiij aspirations ot Mr. S. C' . Smith of thu city. The Republican friends of Mr. VanWyok are not disposed to have him without an organ horn oven though the wily Dcmoi rat is giving tlio senior sen ator numerous very friendly boosts. Iii Ibis view il is then very probable that flic Iiopubliean will bo resuscitated and placed 011 a firmer bu.sis than it has horo- toloro on jo ) cd. Tip ) ppslollieo war lias relapsed into a very quiescent state. Tlio Knowing onca claim thai Mr. Drum bus sent in his re signation , and will upon his retirement from the cares ami turmoil of the ollico , go to Klurida to recuperate his health , liifrg s fnends arc not qmtn so con lid out of his elmnoos us Drum's successor , us they were some weeks ago. ( ! . i' , Mar vin .seems to lead his competitor by sov- cial lengths. He lias succeeded in unit ing the democratic factions to all intents and purposes , aud unless all signs fail , ho will he the next postmaster of Heatricc , at li'.int such seems to be tliu popular im pression and apparent wish. The Waistband null I In ; Sliowar ol' Pall Mall ( iiixottoMr. . Slreetnr , the jowellor , told our reprohimtativo this sto ry : "Just alter the lull of I'oltin n sus picious fellow culled upon mo , and , talc ing mu aside , snid he had jusi returned , imd had something lo show IIIK 'Where isilVlsaul. 'jJown at ( Iravcsond1 ; and a day or two afterward , haying got the rcnue/vous , a friend and iiiv ell set out down tin river , each with his revolver. Wo got down , went to n house in alow quarter , and were passed into the man's bedroom , where ho was living 'Now , my man , what him1 you got * ' lie wild , ' ( .omo licio , and 1 will show jou , ' mo- tioiiuirr me to go behind the bed I didn't quite like it. but he reassured me und when he bad mo face to lace , keeping my eyes on him , and my hand on ni > pistol , ho let down his trousers and bade me put my hand on a bit which wan strapped round his waist. 'I waul UJO.OiiO f r th tit , im said , softly. 'Wil ! you gno it * ' At- tor some persuasion ho opi indJin bclt- iiiid poured out a tiliower nt d ninoiul. which lighted up the shabby rooms 'lA here Hid you gel them from t1 He ro1 fused to say , and after some bargaining wo came to forms , lie ban. led mo the diamonds , and then 1 turned round and said , 'Now , my man , il , vou will call ut - my baiiker'rt , ) on will lind n check read ) for you at id it. m. lo morrow morn- ing. But before that I mint hav refer ences -iiiil an account. ' Ho guvi I lion to me v\illi < nit u murmur , and 1 touiid them all i lulu " _ HURG- AMERICAN A mincer UNI : con England , France & Germany. 'Iluibi. aiii lnia | of Hal well known lluu lira nil of Iron , In nuicr titbit ( oiiipntiini iii , luislio- llllllixllllt IWlll CM-I.Uhllf IU IIWKO llHI | > IUSIi > fO boili mU' jui'l iu.'iucut > lf Tin ) carry lliu l/imuj M.UIB m.il I , mill ' , | i ) " ' . 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