THE OMAHA DAILY B.EE : FRIDAY , a 183,5. ,
THE DAILY BEE.
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mlclr ; Mil tn 'I UK IH.i. ri-in.i niMi CoviMsr.
OMAIIV. Dniflp. tlm-l.s ninl prwtofllro onler *
to tie innilp iinjntik- - tlic null rol tlio company.
m m POBllSHIHSliPAH , PflOPBIHOilS ,
r. . itosnwjvrnu. IIHTOR. :
Tin- Hill limit for Hie presidency prom
ises to lieu still hunt.
Ir admitting Jiikon ( into th.e union will
bnmk up licit bli//.ard factory , North No-
brask i will cheerfully vote iiyo.
WIII.N ( loiioral llnxen wants some
ri'illreliable : weal her forecasts , Ne
braska s own and only 1'rofessor Conch
I'iin furnish them with cheapness : iml
dispatch.
Nura bushel of grain was c.\pnrtod
from the Uniti-il States last year in our
own vessels. Our merchant mnrino is in
about the sanii ! condition as our govern
ment ni\y. :
Sic : uirr.vnv AViitTNT.v will accept lite
Dolphin. Mr. Itouch'K linunoial failure
will now rapidly bo mljustcd. It never
amounted to anything more than a trump
eaid for political sympathy.
SutAH Ai.riinv. lliu. is to marry her
latt' counsel in the Sharon suit , Col
Terry Sharon's death settled Iho matter -
tor tor time and Sarah's marriage will
dispose of il for eternity.
Si N viou VUUIIUKS , of Indiana , knows
more than he did , but ho isn't quiln as
handsome since he challenged Van Wyek
on those I'tnli commission statistics. Son-
nlor Vorhecs has a law partner on the com-
mis-ion This accounts for his readi
ness to pick up the cudgels in its delunso.
Tin , lir.st corn crop raised in Cheyenne
county wan recently marketed in Sidney
at fifty cents- bushel. The compliments
of the great American dcsciit are pre
sented to Kaslcrn Nebraska with the re
mark that it lias almost reached Wyomirg
on its trip toward tire Pacific.
Pmiitv nni.iioxr has won his fight for
the chairman.ship of the committee on
foreign tUVairs. J\lr. lielmont represents
liis family name , bis father's liuancial
ability and the kid glove demouracy of
Long Island. lie will be harmless in the
position for which he has been election
eering so vigorously.
Or course I\lr. \ Ford has swallowed all
the tally , and although ho can't write a
report himself he will probably hand in an
claboUato icvicw of the testimony in the
Cuinmings case and recommend that ho
bo dismissed on genenil principles. Char
ley Ogden will prepare the brief and the
typo writer will do the copying.
Tin : originator of Credit Jfobilior , C.
M. Hall , of Philadelphia , died last week.
l\lr Hall obtained the charter in 1S.VJ and
afterward disposed , of it to the Dnrnnt
brother * , ( u-orge Francis Train anil
others. Most of the original projectors
of the organisation are dead with Jlr.
Hall , but the baleful ellVels of it.s , opera
tion leave u largo section of the
country struggling to pay interest on the
great dcbtvvlnch it created.
Jens K. MfLii.vx , of the Cincinnati
Knqinrcr , is writing lurid editorials on
"Mom Kcpublican Fraud , " presumably
for tin ir oll'oet on the legislature which is
to elect Senator Sherman's successor.
"Let the villains bewaro. The poniten-
llnri is not far oil' , " screams the ward
boss of Ohio dunghill politics. It was
not many months ago Unit McLean had
his grip packed and his ticket purchased
for the east , in anticipation of a call by
the sheriff of Hamilton county , which
would have landed him bebind the buna
on charges of fraud , bribery and corrup
tion in the laslstato election.
Tnr.itr is 0110 appointment from Ne
braska that should by all means bo re
jected by the pcnato.'a refer to the
appointment of J , C. Morgan ns post
master at Kcarnoy. Morgan is a man
devoid of l.oncsty mid character goner-
nlly The men who recommended him
for appointment nro now heartily
iishameii of it , and will shod no tears if
the senate refuses to eonllrm him. Ho is ,
n barnacle , and if Dr. Miller .should diag .
nose Ids case he would pronounce him
nnother "ulcer on the body politic. " Jt
is generally the case with such men that
once they gel into a position they manage
to interest respectable persons Millloicntly
to seettro favorable indorsements.Vo
venture to say that Morgan's creditors
would no doubt sign n petition in his be
half ,
Tin : advocates of tlio Jand-grablxM's
mid stock syndicates , who have been or-
giiiii/.ing the crusadu against Commi.s-
ioner Sparks , nru beginning to weaken.
Mr. Sparks may have been over /.ealous
in some of his rulings , but the attitude of
the land olllcu since the present commis
sioner assumed olllco has been in the in-
tcrest of an honest ndminibtralion of af
fairs under his supervision. The records
of the department \Vashingtoij show
that not'a single complaint has come to
U from any settler who has honestly
complied with the provisions of tjio law
giving him a homo. With regard to the
order suspending patents , il was so modi-
lied a month ago so as to permit final ac
tion on all entries not subject to reasonable -
able doubt in natesvhore the rights of
jmrtles have been sustained after contest ,
where examination has been made by
fcpcclal agent and no fraud appears , and
in homestead entries \\lioro residence ,
improvement and cultivation have been
luudu accoullng to luw , Patents nru
imlng Issued ut the rate of from 6,000 to
4ilH u month , n rate never before ox-
cucdod by llui land dopartinunt. Lot the
jieathen howl.
An Important Cnic.
Thcro i now pending in the supreme
court of this state n CMM ? llril "imolir *
more than then' i * on it face Smno
months a-ro the attorney general rnlcied
suit against Dongbis county for the < um
of $ 'Ki.OOO claimed to be due the Mate for
head money on patientsin the Mnto
a ylum for the insane. This el.iim rests
upon the law wnflrd when the insane
hospital wn in its infancy and the stnle
levy simply covered the evpnn e involved
in the I'vcettnn of the projected a ylnm.
It appears tint , under HID law ,
Douglas county lias pnid her pro
portion of this special tax for
maintaining her insane up to thn lime of
liio adoption of thr present constitution.
Since then , acting tinder tint advice of
John C. Co win , the county attorney , the
commi-'siotiers have levied no .special in
sane la and therefore have had no
momto meet the demands for this pur
pose. Many other eonntie * are in the
same bold ; among them Lancaster , where
the asylum is located. Whatever may bo
the technical point * of the old law that
authorixc.s the exaction of this county's
head la\ , there is no Mtlid excuse for en
forcing its collection. Tor more than
ten years cM-ry Irgi'-lature has not only
proided appropriations to cover the cost
of building and repairs at the asy
lum but they have ale made
ample provision for defraylngthecnrrent
expenses of maintaining the institution.
The state board ot c < piali/alion has
always levied the full amount attthori/.ed
by the legislature , and for some years
there has been a small surplu * on hand in
the treasury over and n'bovo till expenses
for food , clothing , furniture , supervision
and medicines.
T.he state levy collected for maintain
ing the asylum has been duly apportioned
every year on the basis of
assessed valuation , and Douglas
county has borne her full share
and even more than her full share < > 1 the
burden. The fad that she ha sen ) many
patients to the asylum lor the insane in
counterbalanced by ( lie fact that su- | has
paid from one-tenth to one-twelfth of the
entire state tax for many years. Wherein
lies the justice or equity of compelling
any county to pay u head lav for any
boncvolenl stale institution ? If the pre
cedent sought to bo made in the case of
the asylum against Douglas county is fol
lowed lo its natural e.nd why should not
the citizens of Lancaster county be made
to paya back tax lor all the students in
the stale university that hail from Lin
coln , and Neniaha county for all the stu
dents in the normal school wno reside in
that neighborhoodt
Jf Hie supreme court sees lit in spite of
its glaring injustice and impropriety to
hold valid the olaini ot the stale against
Douglas county for the back taxes on in
sane account , there will bo sonie lively
music in the next legislature. The very
first question asked will be , what has be
come of the money paid in under this
double taxing scheme by some of the
counties ? Inasmuch as the general and
special appropiialion bills have more
than coveted all the expense" of tin- asy
lum what need is there for the special
head tax" , and to what use has it been put
np to the present tinieV What right has
the slate , anyway , to levy double taxation
for cliatitable institutions or reforma
tories ? Jf it KS just and proper to exact a
special tax for inmates in the hospital for
the insane , it will lie fully as proper to
collect .such taxes for inmates of the peni
tentiary , the reform school , the deaf'and
dumb institute , normal school , univer
sity , agricultural college , etc.
The claim made by tl.e attorney gen
eral is wrong in principle and iniquitous
in practice. It was trumped up princi
pally to make political capital for the at
torney general , who imagines that re
covering money from Douglas county
will make him popular elsewhere. There
is no telling just what the supreme court
will do. Its recent decision on the
.Mitchell ease has not inspired the people
with confidence in its judgment or with
roipect'for Us wdoin. ) If this was an ef
fort on the part of the attorney general
to collect back taxes from a railroad cor
poration , we could predict with safety
what the decision vonld be.
I'rotccliiii ; Ijali r.
The stock argument of the great indus
trial monopolists in favor of the mainte
nance of exorbitant tanU'clurges is that
the greatest. blit-siug of it high tarill'is Ihe
protection which it affords to American
labor. Amei'icin ini'clninics in the cast
arc slowly but Mirely being dj-ubuscd of
the fallacy that tin ; laiifl' is maintained
for their bum-lit. The closed furnaces ol
Pennsylvania and the long lock-outs in
Ohio in the iron trade , which have bacn
broken in some Instances only by heavy
importations of Hungarians and Pities
to take the places of the striking work-
ingnicu , have shown ( lie deluded c'n-
ployos | KMV seriously the great protir-
tiouisl iron workers have their interests
at heart. So long as the tarill simply
closes the doors lo the foreign manufac
tured product but leaves them opiai to
foreign \vagn workers it cannot be said to
protect American labor. It protects the
.manufacturer from the competition of
foreign manufacturers , but it leave *
them free to secure cheap labor from
abroad It forces consumers to buy in
Ihe dearest market and to contribute
lo HID profits of great monopolies already
heally protected by lucrative patents , ami
it compels laboring meniilso lo purchase
their necessaries of life at a co t greatly
enhanced by the duties imposed on them
by the tariff. The existing tariff protects
shirts by n heavy duty which is practically
prohibitory. The manufacturers who
pay their employes ! i3 cents a tln/.en to
make shirts will find il dillicult to make
tlicui undei > tand Just wlinro the protec
tion to American labor comes in in this
biT.neh of industry. That the tariff in its
present form protects capital no one will
bo inclined to deny. Just where it pro
tect * labor in a down lines of industry i.s
a qiK'ition more dilliciilt to determine.
llouiis Mutter Fraud.
Thousands of pounds of huttorino an l
oleomargarine are sold every month in
Omaha as the products of our western
dairies , The argument used by dishon
est dealers that it Is better than a great
deal of the butter that they market , docs
not help the case in thu lea t. The fact
remains that deception is dally practiced
on consumers In forcing them to pay for
what they do not wunt. The Mutu law
ou the subject is plain and explicit. It
requires the branding of each package
with thu iianui ot' the commodity ,
and forbids the packing of butter
substitutes in butter tubs , This pro
vision should lu > enforced , It is the
only pract'ral ' method of dealing with the
problem. Much ha been written and
more said about entirely suppressing the
manufacture and "ale of butter substi
tutes , but when half a do/on eastern linns
report each an niinn.il output of over
1,000,0011 , the talk about stopping
the biiMiio-i might as well eea f. Oleo- ,
inargineand bulfeuno will continue lobe
mnnufacturod. If they are sold for what
they really are , under the laws no one
will materially object. The courts in
New York have decided that the Icgisla
lure cannot prohibit and punish the man
ufacture and alc of an article solely be-
caiiso dishonesl per'ons may and do
sell il for somelhing cl e. This is
the gi'l of the fraud which
is being practiced on consumers- every
where by dealers who are palming oil'
spurious butter as the genuine article.
Our farmers and dairymen have a right
to the protection which Ihe law passed
for their bent-lit would give thorn if
properly enforced. The trouble is that
what is everybody's business is nobody's
biisines , and in the absence of food in
spection both consumers and dairymen
suffer from the deception.
A Scurvy Ansault.
Dr. Miller has is-tied a double-leaded
manifesto directing Councilman I'uray lo
withdraw at once from the committee
that is now investigating the charges
against Marshal Ciimmings. The grounds
upon \\ldch Mr I'uray is pronounced dis
qualified for acting impartially on the
committee of which he is a member , are
more frivolous than anything wo bavo
ever heard of. One of the witnesses
cited by the prosecution , Mr. William
Mcllugli , testified thai Travis , the man
whom Cummings released on order of
.fudge Itetieki- , had u brother in the terri
tories who was on intimate per.sonal re
lations vv'aU se\er.il prominent business
men of Omaha , among \ \ liom was Mr. John
A. Creighton. As a friend of the- latter
Travis Mr. Creightou volunteered to
advance $ ! ! 00 for expenses incurred in
employing lawyers ami doctors and to
defray the cost of transportation Irom
Omaha. The mere fact that Mr. Crcigh-
ton advanced this money as an act of
friendship is magnified by Dr Miller into
a criminal conspiracy to defeat the ends
of justice. Councilman I'uray happens
to be connected by marriage with a niece
of Mr. Creighton , and lie is , therefore ,
peremptorily ordered by the great dicta
tor to get oil' that committee anil lo ten
der his resignation to thai high-toned
democratic .sub-boss , Mr. Patrick Foul.
Mr. Fnray has for some time past been
a target for thu lit rahl , but why the doe-
tor .should drag -in the name of John A.
Creighlon simply lo gratify his .spleen
against Mr. Furay , pai-sc.s all comprehen
sion. Jf this man Travis was to-day on
trial and Km ay was on the jury he would
not be disqualified because his wife hap
pened to be a nieoo of John A. Creighton.
The next thing Mr. Kur.iy v , ill bo solic
ited to procure a divorce before he per
forms any more duties as a councilman.
"On what moat does our Cie ar feed that
he has grow n so great ? "
Tin"Chiiri7y luiT.
The movement for repeating the
charity ball in Omaha this winter has
cry.staliwd into a c.ill signed by many of
our most prominent eitienfor a meet
ing to make definite arrangements look
ing to this end. There can be no doubt.
of its success. The rcMilN ol last year's
entertaiiiinet.l proved that Omaha was
largo enough to follow in this respect the
custom of other citie.s , ami thai the pro
ceeds ot such an undertaking were
greater than could be secured by a sim
ple canvass for subscriptions. A year
ago nearly $ . ' , . > 00 were raised in this
manner for charitable purposes. The
charity ball was the uncial event of the
season , but society paid for its pleasure
by contributing handsomely lo relieve the
needs of those less fortunate. In addi
tion large .sums of money wens distribut
ed among our tradesmen and merchants ,
and business received an impetus in the
dull season from the preparations made
to properly .signalize the event. It may
be urged that a more unassuming method
of charitable contributions would bo
more appropriate than the one under
consideration. The elleelivo answer is
that all ex-perienco sliowa that none pro
duce the same results in dollars
and cents. An indirect tax
is always more easily collected
than a direct taxon the pocket-book.
The ltin now urges upon our citizens
that they combine to make the coming
ball -omething more than a repetition of
last year'n success , Omaha has had a
prosperous twelvemonths more prosper
ous than in years. Then * is no reason
why the receipts of the coming ball should
not be largely increased over those of
a year ago. The demands upon our local
charitable organr/ationn are heavier than
over before. The charity ball of lSSi (
ought lo assist materially in meeting
them.
- - - - - -
s-uN's , resolution
which looks to the abolition of the Ne
braska surveyor generalship has been
agreed to by the senate. Dr. Miller will
retain his interest , in Nebraska politics
long enough lo watch with anxiety tlio
glimmer of thu ollicial knife which seems
to bo dangerously close to Mr. ( lardner's
scalp. . . . .
r.
( lK.vittAi. : Pitivi : > iiirjAST : who annexed
ISiirmah is coming back to England to
claim bis reward from the crown. If
Prenderg.ist gets paid on the sumo basis
of results as Lord Wolsoloy ho will bo
made a duke with a perpetual pension of
several millions.
"A JIAN convinced against his will is of
the same opinion still. " Our democratic
contemporary refuses to lioliovo that
Marshal Cummings1 release of Travis was
not purchased , although Judge lioncko
swears that he ordered the marshal to re
lease the man.
CJIII'K.
No fewer limn 103 mt'mucr * , of this eon-
pie.ss were colle hms.
Silver-Dollar Jtlaijd wears a full brown
beard stu-.iUeil with gray. Ue has the style
of n leiaoto Mi&iintii tuiiner.
Hun. U' . It , Scott , thu Pennsylvania con-
gicsMiinn , has bought n ep.m of Kentucky
blue-grass hun > es for $3,000.
Coiigiessmiin Tovvnslieml says tlieie Is no
sentiment in southern Illinois In favor of
suspending silver colnaso.
Deliver papers accuse < 'ejrosstnan : : Syines ,
who sui'Cf etled Mr. Uelfunl , of already laying
tilpti to reach the United Suites senate.
Con iesman Honk of Tennessee educated
lilaisi-lf while vvwklns at the cabinet-maker's
trade , and by leading by jiieJIffht at night.
Congiessmau Caldvvell , of Tenm-bsee , says
UK ? life of .Taekson Jms never been wrltt ,
It is to be hoped he doe not mean toiif \ It
himself. ,
When Abe Hewitt of New Yotk s | > eak.s In
t he lioiw he gets Into tlte nisle , orossfs Ids
leics. leati > on n desk atfd pours out n copious
stream of words.
In the nnttoiint Jinu o of iepiecntnllvcs
theie aie foity-tvvn Johns , tnrntv-M-veu
foity AVIIliamse * , twenty-one
* . seventeui ( Thomases and ten
Colib , of the * oeond Indiana
district , a democrat , hns boon elected ll\e
times ami Is a professed el1 il service lefoi m-
er. On tlie o mound- - * patty ilvals hope
to defeat Id * . ie-olerliuii.
The Uot-AVnter Cure.
Die Low Is sajs that hot wafer will cure all
complaint * . In that ea e Improvident men
oupht to be health ) , fur they're always In it.
He On , till I lo lloiid the Kii lMi Paper *
.s'/ / . /.in' ' I'liinrrrl'ifK * ,
11 the president would lead the KnclMi
new ipapt'i * fin thii'o months , he Mould ai-
ilxent flirooiirhislim that there is a country
tinder the sun vvliPielyini ; fer iiolllle.tl put-
poses Is fni more venomous and vulgar than
It is In tin- Tidied State * .
Tlio Saddle Administration.
Thereof ! the lei'iibllo is curious to see
how Virginia will thiivo under the adminis
tration ol ( ti'ii. Itnbeil K. Lee's saddle. That
piece of equine ttpliuNleiyvas duI , > iiiaiiuu-
lated trovcinor last week , and we fully ex.-
l eet to see It sthuip the first tamilles jiu-tty
coiisldeialily iliuliu ; tie next two .VOM-S.
A Stall til the .Mitciulo.
( /iinii/o / / Tiiiice.
The prevalence ot the " .Mikado" is einistui ;
agieat deal ol dKtiesj In \er.v . pattol Hu
ll idled .Stales. Everybody who sect it hrlnirs
away soniDlhinc lliat he hums or whNtles
And what imikes the I'lilMiuuciulinllcly mine
unbearable Is that til thi-se " .Mikado'1 ails
weie old years liefoit that operatic erazy-
nulltvcic piodiirc-d.
( Iijoil Xcw.sjajier Town.
It is strauL'o vvli.tt stirles will gel eiu-ulated
abioad. For Instance , it lias long been
croaked about the country that Milwaukee Is
net a good lU'Wspapi'riovMi. And vetitNa
eiisiom In .MllwiiuKcelipon each holiday for
a blowing company tojeave u KCIC of hi'ora
eaeb dully new-paper ofllee. And theieare
Ihiiteen bteweiies in y'llw.iukee. '
Valentine at a I'roplici.
I'm //lues. / .
Valentine has beconu a piophot , and In
his visions he has heel . -liown that .Senator
Van U'yekcaniiutlieitj-olcotoil. Val is not the
only lonn-e.ued aiilmil that has prophesied ,
but wo are MI suciollums us to believe the
day of divinely insjilml donlceys is past. Val
undinibleilly got his insiii.ition ] Item a
small tiimliler. IfSeititor Van \Vvck is a
candidate lor te-olec-jbiij il will take piles of
lailioad money tuboiit him.
STATK AM ) TKUIilTOJlY.
The third hotel in IlAy Strings ] is being
shingled.
Nebraska City has been divided into
four wards.
A good quality of June has been dis
covered near liiishviile. .
A line brick block ivill be erected on
the site of tlio frame buildings recently
burned at Seribner.
The I'remont foundry did ! ? 5l)0l ) ( ) , worth
of business last yoai' ' . ' Thirty to fifty
hands were given'emiiloyinent. .
Ilenr.v rvi < .iit < iiiry , a Nuckolls county
farmer , wa killed by n runavvay team
near Superior last Satnrdny evening , llu
was formerly a residi-H ol'Cas * county.
On one day recently at North Phittu
( here were recorded ten limil pioot's ,
eight homenlead enlres and eight ] ire-
emption enfries , the total receipts being
§ loO. , : !
The board of trade of Plallsmouth htivo
taken preliminary steps to build a county
court house by .subscription. It is proposed -
posed to put up a $ - . > 5WO building for tlio
tistol the county.
The McDonald .stock farm , near
Dwight , liutlcr county , has been sold to
Lincoln parties for . ? ' lO.IHKI. The farm
compiles four sections , and is well
equipped with buildings , and has a largo
number ol cattle ,
Iowa Items.
Henry Ilnrtman , living near AVapollo ,
lost thirteen head of cattle in twenty-four
hours lust week.
Audubon scandal monger * eireuhited
reorts ] of a damning naluro agaitmt two
. \oung \ ladii-s , vvheri-upon the leading
citi/.ens signed a jiulilic card staling that
they per.sonally knew Ihe parlies and be- .
Moved the charge * lo be lulso.
A portion of the alley west of the Kirk-
wood house , Des Itlolnc * , embracing
twelve bv twenty feet , suddenly sunk
about six feet last Monday , carrying Ihe
pavement with it. The euii-e is supposed
lo be the sinking of loose earth inlo an
old well or vault.
The executive committee of the Stale
Temperance alliance has issued a
call for a meeting to ho held
at Des M oines at 10 o'clock a. in. ,
January Ul , for the purpose of consulta
tion anil more thorough organization , and
to devise in'casurcs for thn more effective
enforcement of the prohibitory law.
Sheriff Painter , of I 'oik county , "res-
pcctliilly dedined" the oiler of police as
sistance madu by the mayor of Des
Moines tosupprcss the saloons in llni cup-
itol city. The wily sheriff winked b.s
left optic and intimated that tlui town
cop- , could not bo trusted with loaded
demijohns. _ _ _
Dakota , „
A broom factory has been .started at
Parker.
The electric light question is agitating
Vanklonite > .
Minneapolis capitalist * are building a
largo hotel at Wuhpclon.
Tlui town of Andover wnnts a jirlst
mill and oll'era a boifii.s for the c > tabi-h- |
ini-nt of one , ' |
The dedication of the Jiow conrl
at Fargo has bien i ) ) > ljioued to the 11th ,
on account of the- death of lion. ,1. It.
Kaymond. ,
Deadwood liquor dealern have or nn-
i/.ed and made a pool to lest the legility
of the recenl action of the county com
missioners of Lawrc-nco-coimtv in raising
county liquor licenses to .fsuo Vfycar.
A distressing aeoldeut occurred at Oust
er ono day last week. A liltlo girhvas
carrying a baby when1 she tripped on
some object on the lioor and both loll Inlo
a boiler of hot wafer.1 The bad.v 4ied
from the effects ot its injuries. The girl
will recover. '
Co lorn do ,
Consldi-rablo spring wheat has been
planted by J'ort Collins farmers.
Kostorn speculators have grabbnl up
nil thu scltool land inVcld county.
Ouray claims that if railroad facilities
nro secured the camp will put out f.'i.OOO-
000 worth of mineral the present vear.
O
for
OOOj
000.
tons
mcnls
Bava Day , the Solid Muldoon of Onruy ,
is said to bo the homi'lient and heirtiest
mortal whoso shadow ever darkened crag
or crevice in the Itocky Mountairie In
bis Now Year's greeting Dave ik-livered
liimsulf of the following border epic
"With this issue thcMnldoon enters upon
Volume VHl , mid tlnring the e'liht ' j
that have gone gliding down th.1 distant
circles Ji < ound 8pnlt.vy 'll , don't ilvMf
receding ( enluries ( th'is i * \\-t\y \ tij > , too.l
we have hnd more fun nnd les- * money
than nny other publication in the Sun
Juun country. 1'ul we are still here , and
at present writing , on n iiiinnei.il basis
thai Injures to the printer * their weekly
salaries and the owners jie for dinner
and exhilarating bevernpes on demand. "
I/.V115II ON Tllli WAll I'ATH.
He I'ropDscstoClennOnt tlie
OMVH\.Jaii " . ft'o the Kdilor ] In
the ISepubliean of Tuesdnv morning , in
the di patch from Washington relative to
the Apache trouble , I see that Mr. Laird
has come to the front with an almost pos
itive assertion thai 1m is going , at once ,
to put an end to the eaiis-e of that trouble.
In order to accomplish this grout ob
ject his lifst act will bo "to call on the
president and secure his view of the
subject effeeltially settling the Apache
business. " Well ! Well !
Now , \vlmt does President Clovolnnd
know about the Apaches ? We leave that
conundrum to th Indian bureau.
Mr. Laird will try lo tuiro luee a bill to
call out the militia of Amonia and New
Mexico to run over tin- mountains and
caleb the wily savngc. Ho will do all
this , and only simply because the regular
troop * have not brought , and cannot
bring , ( he Apaches at bay , "The troops
cannot bring the Apaches at bay ! " Jlnl
Gen. Crook can.
.hist such bosh as the arguments pre
sented by Laird , and a thousand others
who do nol even know how lo begin lo
think about the mailer , are what 'blind
folds the whole country ; whilethe result *
of those arguments are that he who
makes them makes money out of them
the depredation" , etc. , notwithstanding ,
going on right along.
f * \ > o v #
So , ( ten. Crook is going to be .super
seded by ( Jen. Miles ! lly the time ( Sen.
Miles gets ivatl. > to suppress the Apaches ,
thai < ien. Crook can do nothing with , I
loll you , Mr. Ildilor , il will be a'cold day
for many a one oil Ihe frontier. icn. !
Miles may lie an extraordinary Indian
lighter , but just wail till lie gets after the
red man of Arixona. He had boiler look
closely to his laurels and keep his hand
on hi scalp , else Jm won't reach his head-
quarlers a * he left them. However , there-
is nothing like tring the change to satis
fy ( ! eii. Crook's ( -neinies.
This outgrowth ol all this Apache hub
bub , the eliantre from Crook to Miles ,
will be the loss of many more officers and
men of the army. As to militia , the
Apaches will handle them like the wind
handles the weather-cock.
Just wait. ( .Jen. Crook will have to bo
recalled to the territory to settle the new
entanglement made by his enemies.
Others may try lo solve the problem ,
and rise upon the renown he has acquired
by Ids power over the Apache , but their
iitlemp t will more than likely be a failure.
There is not an Apaeho in existence that
fears anv while man other than Crook.
Nor will that kind of Indian listen to the
advice of any other white man on the
face of ( his continent.
Ijrietly , and for the edification of Mr.
Laird , et stl , adept in "not knovying any
thing aboiil the Apache , I say ibid means
to study his history as connected with (
his reservation -the San Carlos , from the
year 1S70 up to date , bo patient , follow il
and him. unwind him from the meshes
of the most ras-cajly agents that even
breathed in Ihe air about government
robberies- , and \ < itt will find that the
Apaehe tried hard to live himself from
that mesh and made up his mind nol lo
be again caught in it. * * * * Driven
from his reservation through starvation ,
lack of clothing , etc. , for years lie 1ms
lieen obliged lo seek his livelihood by
preying on whom he ina3' . The Indian
agent taught him to be a terror and a
nuisance , and now the agents and his
friends are the first lo cry out , You can
only slop him in his wild career by anni
hilating him , but neither Mr. Laird nwr
his militmn , ( ieu. Miles , nor ( ho retained
Indian agents will find easy access to tlio
Apache * they wish to annihilate by their
plan. TINTEC.
Tin- Proposed Territory of Oklahoma.
Senator A'nnvek' . bill for "the or
ganization of the territory of Oklahoma"
has some peculiar features. It provides
for a governor , secretary , district judge ,
and no representation in congress until
the president M-I-S lit to call elections.
The hind ceded lo the United States by
Ihe Creeks and .Seininoles , higel her with
Ihe public land strip , i.s dccfarcd part of
the public domain , and the president
is directed to appoint n coinntision
consisting of two army officers and three
persons now in Ihe service of Ihe land
and Indian divisions of the interior de
partment to proeuro the assignment of
lands in severally lo the Indians and the
purchase of Hie relinquished and unoccu
pied portions b\ the United Stales. Any
agreements made by the commission re
quire ratification by congress. It K made
a misdemeanor to scltle on lands witli
the cxjiectationof afterwards acquiring
title. HnmcsU'nd settlement only is. per-
mittid , anil none of the lands are to sold
by the government. No commutation is
to be allowed , nor will the proisions of
the pio-omption , timber-culture , or desert-
lain ! acts apply to Oklahoma. It is made
part of the fundamental law that It per
cent hhall be the legal rale of interest ,
and all contracts calling for a greater
amount are declared void. The act of
congress providing a land-grant for the
Atlantic < V Pacilio railroad through Okla
homa is declared null and void. Noth
ing in the act ir. lo be construed us inter
fering with the government of the Indian
tribes as now uuthori/.cd by law. The
bill provides a number of radical changes
in the method of organizing new terri
tories.
An Improved I < ocomolivc.
An improved construction of locomo
tives is spoken of with much favor by en
gineering mil noriiies , Ihe arrangements
being such thai , while in ordinary en
gines the gases are generally thrown out
of the stack which is the cause of the
density of .smoke in Ill's case the gases
arn all burned , thus insuring Ihe ab-enee
of smoke , which reniilts oi course in a
saving of fuel. Instead of having a
large , conical -shaped smokestack in
front , the new locomotive has a
slruighl smokestack , similar lo
those in Use on Knglish and
l-'rench locomotives , in the rear
just in front of Ui < ! cub. The boiler has
two of I.s of Hues , smujl onrn in the lower
purl and larger ones in Ihe upper. The
smoke runs inch elect through the lower
Hues , and then returns by the larger lines
to the rear , where the smoKcsluck is
placed ; thus the smoke traverses twenty-
tour feet before reucliing thnsniokoMuck ,
unload of twelve feet , an In ordinary boil
ers. The heuv > cinders and dit t , not
being able to rise from Ihe lower small
Hues into the impvr large ones full into a
smoke arehinrout , and can bo emptied
on the ground at any lime.
Fort jSi ) von Your * JJn'ti-r ,
To llu > Kditor ; U - Mr. j'lu r K. L.
Cole's "Pti'r/rui Comtship" forty seven
"
y Ui's. "bettor. I have a jsumll work en
lillod "A Practical Discour.su Concerning -
(
ing a Futun > Judgment , " printed and
published in London , England , in tlio
year 111' ) ; ' , on inside of cover which it >
written in now almoat 'faded ink , "Mary
Milon , her book , given me by Thomas
Milon , Jnlyyo 10th , 170'jtichmond
AnderMin Can anyone better this ? i
: \UTR\M ) soumnis.
General Mrri'itt I > | CMIO Intllnn
right inc. West I'olnt anil Slow
1'i-oiiiotlon.
Xow York Tribune : General Wesley
Merrill , the cninmnndHiil at Ws | Point ,
is H tall man with a round , red face nnd
n ligjd silken inustnehc. lie stands as
straight "as his cadets are instructed lo
dp. He ha * a form , however , that delies
his ereel Mature in \tt \ } , rottndnos.s of it *
lontour. lie look * like one of Ihe old
Dutch ancestor * of so many N vv-York
iatuilio * . 'Ihe ( ieneral v\n * at Ihe Pifih
Avenue hotel last week , and 1 found him
an entertaining ami pleasant gentleman ,
lie told me thai Ihe > oldier ma * od in
the southwest on aeeouttt t > f the Indians
are much disheartened. Said he : ' 'Major
SnniTier , Avho has just come from Ati/.ii-
nu , told me that the soldiers see little
piosprot of anything but hard win k. without -
out either glory or lighting looompeus-aio
them. The mountain * of thai section
are a disadvantage to nil their tiitempts
to pet nl the Indians. There are great j I
deliles through which the ordinary travel I
lakes ils course in going into MOMOO , but i
the Indians slip oer the mountain * hen
( hey liud the .soldier * occupying the de-
lib's. There is nnie tnlk of using blood
hounds to ferret the Indian * oni , They
mighl be Useful , where a * tirrouud bail
been efleeted , to bring ( he savajjes out of
oover. Hut they would kill oil1 the dogs ,
llesidos , it would be looked upon with
disfavor by the public , who would sa.xjit i
was inhuman. The Indians are little
eKe than wild beast * , however. The
present band in Ari/ona is n ivmminl ol
( ioroiiitno's band , ( ten Crook is being
censured in Air/ona for employing an
Indian chief lo bunt them do\vn \ who was
a participant in the murder of Major
Mel'omas. "
1 asked (5eneral Merrill aboul the stud
outs at West Point , if the olas > po were
kept full , and he replied : "There are al
ways more or lesvacancies on account
of rejections. Theie nro about thirty
ro.jecl'oii-out of say 1 ! ! ( ) appointments
The class of students w ho oomo to West
I'olnt are somewhat belter than lonnerly
in point of oditcalion. The public school *
and the now general habit of congress
men in holding competitive oN.-uninn-
tions to delerminc selections have much
to do with the change. The public
school syslvnH * not , liovvever , fully ad
vantageous. They hurry seliolaisoti too
fast. Wo wanl cadets" who are well
grounded , and Ihen we will finish them.
The teacher * in Ihe public school * are too
apl to send a student on into algebra In
make a show before he has mastered
arithmetic. He is also given a suuitti ring -
ing ol Greek or ofierinan ( before ho has
sufficiently studied English. There are
some who think thai the competitive ex
aminations fail to bring us Ihe best stud
ents for cadets. 1 am inclined to think
that the boy who goes lo the front in such
a test has'good blood in his ancestry ,
which is the test that others would put on
his appointment regardless of examina
tions. "
In siieaking of the intention of Caplnin
S. V. ( Jroon lo resign his armv position ,
( Jen. Morroti said"We shall regret to
lose him at West point. He is a bright
man. The company that secures him
has done well , lie has only been with
us a short time , yet he improved tlio
course in practical engineering very
much. His ease will giv e yon an idea of
what u jonng man has in prospect in
the army , lie went carefully cner the
'list of officers ahead of him on I he list in the
of seniority and promotion and made a
calculation in longevity 1o see what his
chances would be. Ho lound that in 1if-
teen years ho might become i major. He
is now thirty-live. If lie had good luck
he miirbt become a lieutenant colonel
two or three years before he reaeheiHbo
age at which he would go on the retired
list. There iva n't iniieli in that to tempt
him to sla.y in the army , When he lold
the secretary of war the situation the
secretary said that while he was sorry
to see him decide to go out -ervicts , he
could not but commend Ins choice. "
I'P THIS IjOUI * VAMjI'Y.
An Intoi-eslliif ; HiHlj-ot of Xowi friini
lyont | ( 'lly nnil Vicinity ,
Lori" CITV , Neb. , Jan. 2 [ Kditor of
the Uiil : : Wo think the Hii ; will ha
glad lo chronicle the happy event to ue
noted. Al the residence of Mr. J. D.
Ford yesterday at a dinner party in hon
or of lion. W. II. Conger and bride , Mr.
Conger was delegated to present an ele
gant gold watch and chain to Mrs. AHio
C. Willard , the retiring postmaster of
this town. The speech was made in a
happy manner in Mr. Conger's usual
/style. / The gift was purchased from a
pui'sc made up tor that purpose by about
sevenly-live friends of Mrs.YilliirlI. .
patrons of llioollieu over which aim has
presided since live years ago. It was in
deed an appreciated token and coining
in such a way Ihe surprise was such aw to
completely overcome the recipient of the
honor , who could only enough control
horelf to say the fewest yet heartfelt
thanks.
Mr. Walworth. the newly appointed
postmaster , will probablytako po"ssion
ol the ollieo ne\l week.
The people of .Sherman county are
again considerably excited over railroad
mailers. On oiirnuiithern border 'railing
has commenced on the Grand Island ; V-
Wyoming Central I ! . It. On the noith i.s
a. Jt. A : HL surveying parly mil J'lom Cen
tral City. Triok-hiyiiig in being rapidly
pushed forward on thn l.oup Cily divi
sion of the Omaha it Itepnbliean Valley
railroad , while a new company recently
incorporated propose to run from Uynn-
dotte , Kan. , through Sherman coimly lo
Dakota. Tour railroads ought certainly
lo salisly a territory of twenty-lour miles
Mjuart ! .
The old nd.igo that u "green Christmas
makes a lal graveyard" lias boon n\ein-
plillod in this county , tno having died of
sad accident and several ol natural death
during the past fortnight ,
l.oup Cily has now ono ot the finest
silver cornel bands in thn stale , having
recently received their new instruments ,
for winch they paid in arlv seven hundred
dollars. Six hundred flollar.s of tins sum
was cleared by a band boys'fair lasting
only two nlgh'ts Iho lirst week in Decem
ber ,
Tin : Iiii ; : is still the leading paner of
our slate and none aru moru glail than
we of its sitcei s.s. More anon.
Very respectfully.
MAX I.r.s-iiAirr.
DRESSING SHOP V/INDOWS.
Tins Kino AM ol'Attracting Cnsiom-
ers liy n Display ol' Ware
arrangements and combinations
of goods in the-how windows of retail
establishment ) ! , known technically as
"window dressing , " has become a line
tirl , and persons displaying kill and
ingenuity in the production of noyel
and pleasing effects can alway.s
command a good potilion and salary. lo
K\ cry largo dry goods ami fancy goods
I'sliibJMinioiil eon l.inlly employea men
whoso oolo duly it Is lu place good * , in
the windows in such a manner ao to at
tract the attention of ( he pat.soi-a. Hero
it is not yet k > oL < i upon us un tin a * in
many fo'Xigu citiai. In Paris ! h-iv aru
" . ' .i"n who earn > er. > comfortable livings
going Irom ono jewelry store to another ,
in thu Palais Itojal , to anangi-lht windows
dews m their most altiuelive way.
Such a profession rc-quiivs a good
knowledge of the ( llii-i > u Itutus ol people -
plo , prev tiling fashion * nnd of the class
ol goods which the hoiiio In n\u.it \ duoir-
oils to H-ll. lleeideri IliU iiriuLloI'.iii ,
some knowledge of colors and the effect
of tlii' juxtaposition of decided tints ,
natural good taste and mechanical Mall , C.
are all necessary
The hardest tusk of the window dre-ser
that of making the show window of a
restaurant look inviting nnd nj.
The res I Ij lit-st-elas.s restaurant * tlo not r
ordinnnlj indulge in this sort of ndve
Using , and ilisdain to tempt passers bv
by any indio.Uion of Iho contents of Hie r
larder On the conlrar.v , the evident do
sirowith which the taste * of the bi.g.
majority of their patron * coinoide. , 1 * u
withdraw tlio interior of the din' ' t j
room as f r as possible from tit *
public : i o , bj Ihe orcelinn ofire
silk. velvet or plush screen *
before the lower part * of t ! .
window , Tinrostntnnit * of a -
grade , however , all want to pint
tinitslmvv windows snob article * of f ii
ami snob dishe * as are likely to : , ttr
customers and induce them to out i
Large and intomely jt-llow pumpkn ,
ol gigantic proportion * , snggt < slvo |
vas | ijiiaiititii's ot pie. with a tnlcni > i
of the place of growth and weight d v
iiltaeliid i * n Invor'ilo exhibition pie
! | riiUMiallv large lish of liner vnrieli * ,
j i such as brook and lake trout , < aliiii n.
. - has shad and
{ -iripeil * , tornipin *
lading on their back * , \ \ \ \
a label pasted on the front > '
bone attesting the weight , choice im-
or often whole carcasses ol venison , be , . , .
anlelope , bulValo , Knglish mutton , bn.
potatoes , U-eineudou * loblor , vorv hit
oyster * , or other shell tisb ami abnornnl
ly large frull * , tire .some of the nrliel s
shown. One of the plainest and iieale i.
. \ol most allraclive Oiovv dlhe * . i * n lu
red poiterbouse Monk , vvilh an ed.-ri-ni
siiow-v\ Idle fat , hud in the eentet t-f <
wroatb of given paisley or i-olet \
haiiiieh of venison in the sngge- ' ,
neighbot-hooil of small dishes , filled " -
currant or wine jellies , i * nl o oalem . ' '
to esciie I he nppetlto of t he hungry.
hi the * how window of an"iipl >
oyster saloon a laixe red lobster , sin .
ing with outstretched leg * amid a bo '
gigantic o.Vslera , is the central obtee' '
exhibition. In Ihe window of a lr ! <
wa.lestatirant . , ehielly frequented b > i
die * , are shown thcooinponcnisol ad. ,
ty repast. On htiTre Iruit and | ionnd ( .
are laid small sliee-of the same , rieln\ 1 1
raisons , almond * and eitron , whllo s'\ >
white eremi cakes , w ( . hat-lotto rn
crown the whole. Other confection
fanoiltil in slutpc , variety ami mtiten
is placed around all in a way to pie
the most delicate Vato. . Meats are n <
shown , and the suggestion of attsil
so gross is studiously tnoidi'il. Tin-
loft lo rosin urn tils' patroni/o I by i
who ale < npiosiMt | lo lind a stroniri
jteal in more solid and healthier loon
While the custom of showing fem
this manner may seem of douhilnl I
to the gourmand , and to thee who
nH'ord to dine in a llrst-ela " rest mr.
there can be no doubt ihal a large oust
is atlraetfil to the restaurants tmt ! re-
lo this form of advertisement.
ii no Ocean Steamer.
Few persons are aware of the cxlonsi
nature of the victualing on board (1 (
great ocean toumors. Kadi vessel
prov isioned : i * lollow * for the passongci - .
and crew : Three thousand live liundrc 1
pound * of biiller , o.ddOlianis.l.ljUO ] ) ounds
of bisenils , exlnsive of tho-e supplied
for the orevv ; S.OIK ) pounds ol grapes , almonds
mends , hus and other dissert fruits :
l"it)0-omrds ) ] ) of jams an.l jellioi , tiiinoii
meats , ( i.tlim jiounds , dried bcun , ! ! ,000
pounds ; onions , o.tino iiounds , ] ) olatoes ,
10 tons ; Hour , ill ) ! ) liarrels , and i-gg * , 1.201)
do/en. Fresh vx-gelables , meats and live
bullocks , slicei ] , pig * , geese , tnrKoy.s ,
ducks , fowls , lish amlgaine are generally
supplied at each port , so that it is dillicult
to estimate them.
ffiGST PERFECT & /1AOE /
l'n | MiPil with fpi'lhl rpk' nl to lioiillli *
No AnuiMrtiln , I. mi or Ahinu
PRICE SAKIh'O POWDER CO. ,
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Oun pnonucTioNS ncpnrr.criT THC
Plf.rtCTION OfSHOC-HeARING.
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IN nC/MJY-MADC EHOLSIB HCMOVCO.
7HCCIICCCS3 AT ONCE ATTfllNCO BY
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