THE OSLAHA DAILY. BEE , MONDAY , JANUAKY 25 , 1880. THE DATI/Y BEE. OMAHAOFriertfo.914 ANI > 010 FAIIXAM ST NEW YonKrriCKHoow ev > , Tilinu.vK IU'IMIIHO WASHINGTON Orntn , No. 513 I'OUHTKEXTII ST. nlMlslied every morning , pxe-'iitfiinclftir. Thb ( inly Monday morning paper published In the stntej. TF.IUlS HV MAtli ! OncVeflr. . . . . . . J10.flO(7hrcp ( Moulin f2..V ) Blx Months 6.00 One Month . . . 1.00 Tnr. Wr.i.Kt.r Urn , rublMicil livery Wctlnusciaj- . TMIMI , rostrAit ) ! Ono T > nt % with premium , , . . . . . . (3.00 Oiii'Venr. without premium 1.- ' Pit MonOm , without prcinlutn In OnoMonth , on trlnl. . . , . . . 10 connF.ppoxtir.Nrr. : All eMnrmtnlcntlmn rolntlnir 10 ncw finil o.l . | . ( arlnl matters clionltt bo luldresseU to tlio LUI- IOH or "IIP HKK. iiustjir.ss i.F.Trr.nv. < il lmilnr < loiterand rcmltinncfs should ho n < Uie cd to TUB lien I'unusiiiNO COMI-ANV , ( ) M\nA , Drnfts , checks nnil jioMomeo onlcM to ho metilo jinynblo to the order or thu company. I IDE Bit PDBLISHIIIGliPWi PROPRIETORS , If- n ItOSnwATEn. Kmron. Tin : packing-house democrat ? nro em ploying George L , Miller us chief "sticker , " Turin ; will bo more building In Omaha during 1830 limn in the three previous years put together. THE poslofllco ofllohils.nl Washington say Hint Nebraska is growing more than any oilier slnlc in the number of new pojtofliccs and postmasters , llAVixei provided for Iho presidential succession , congress will now devote iU energies to making capital to prevent Iho succession passing out of the hands of the dominant parly. J'lir. Nebraska democracy is divided 'into two factions the packing-house democrats , headed by ISoyd , nnd the slaughter-house democrats , under the leadership of Morion. itv M. STAXLIJY lias acquired si World-wido famo. Ito now has an op- poi tnnitv to make an immense fortune. IIo has- been appointed manager of the work of building a line of railway into the Congo country. Tun short-horn breeders of Iho state have had a meeting at Lincoln. We are unable to say whether they have ma do contracts with the slaughter-house or packing-hongo democrats. The latter have the most money. TIM CAMi'iiKM , is referred to by some of the New York papers as the successor of Sunset Cox. So far as wo have been nblo to observe , his antics would lead some persons to regard him as a MIC- censor to the rod-headed rooster of the . Rockies. AT a recent meeting of the Now York Farmers' club member twenty-seven ? , representing sfno.OOO.OOO , sat down to the table. The particular branch ol agricul ture that they favored is not stated , but it is safe to say that shearing "lambs" in Wall street occupied the daily attention of most of the honest grangers repre sented. ACCOIUHKG to the Herald Mr. J. J. Brown , the republican brother of one of the slaughter-house democrats , is a lead ing stockholder in the Km : , and there fore is properly held responsible for the conduct of this paper. Ills true that Mr. Brown owns stock in the Omaha BIE. ; Ho owns one share out of the two hun dred. That gives him the lead. GCXRKAI , SHEUIDAK has been before a congresbional committee to recommend the transfer of the weather bureau from the army to the civil service. This is a lively back handed slap at General liazen , who has made himself exceeding ly unpopular in the service by the free way in which ho criticized the stall'some years ago and the unpleasant prominence iu which he has kept his name before the public over since. PHIL. AUMOUU recently informed the Wall street operators that "God is in joint account with every holder of St. Paul stoclc. Ho has left his earmarks all through the west and northwest where the St. Paul runs. " This is the first time that wo have over heard of the Lord being in partner ship with a railroad. Perhaps it is because - cause of the saintly name of the soulless corporation. At any rate , the assurance of Mr. Armour ought to send St Paul stock up about fifty points. TBIPAKTITK Commissioner Vining , who draws $5,000 a year in Chicago from the railroads on a live years' contract for pre siding over the tripartite commission , has been rudely waked from his reveries on Chinese hieroglyphics uy a call for a meeting of the managers of roads for which he arbitrates. Mr. Viniiig.is a greater success as an author than as a railroad man. His traflio shoots used to create n bigger sensation among shippers than his books do among readers , but they wore not half so interesting to the outside public. . SIXATOU : PAVNU denies any personal knowledge of the bribery which secured him his boat in the senate. Of course not. It was entirely the work of his friends. The senator's friends must bo a peculiarly disinterested lot to put up $30,000 out of their own pockets for the purpose of securing the election of the Standard Oil monopolist to the senate. \ \ u imagine that when the investigation for which Mr , Payne is clamoring , Is fur. uished , it will bo discovered that his . friends do not differ materially from those of any other millionaire candidate Whoso only claims for position are based on the size of his pocket-book. Dii. Mn.Lr.it goes off double-loaded and double-shotted against the slaughter- ( liouso democracy. Ho pretends to hayo discovered a great conspiracy to besmirch the character of as honest a Bian as lives in Nebraska , whoso only offense is in having received the appoint- ' 'inent of postmaster at Kearney. Now wo would like to hear the honest private opinion of James K , Hoyd , the chief of " * he packing-house democracy , concern- Ug this honest postmaster. Over in Council UlnlVs and ou this side of the fiver ho 1ms the reputation of being an honorable bilk , and it is currently bo- lieyed that his prhuipal backers are creditors who expect to repay them selves out of his salary , Mr. Juan 15oyl and the llnanojul concern , which backs Mr. Morgan , could give MJIIIO information * this point.if they worn' not Jntmstod § ; Morgan's ability Jo read hh title clear. A Monopoly Combination. Postmaster General Vilas i $ to bo the object of a combined attack of a powerful monopoly lobby , .composed of I'opresoiv tatlves of the 1'acllie railroad ? , the Bell telephone and Western Union compa nies the Pacific Mall stcaimlilji company and llio Now York Tribune. This state ment is made on tlio authority of a prom inent Wisconsin politician , Uol. Knight , who says that the cause Of tlio attack is the refusal of Postmaster General Vilas to pay over to tlio Pacllic Mall steamship company Iho $100,000 which the last con gress left in Ills hands to pay or not , as ho might see lit , The Pacific Mall steamship company is one of an aggregation of corporations , consist ing of the Central , Union and Southern Pacllic railroad companies , the Western Union telegraph company and the Boll telephone eojupaiiy. These siv cor porations are owned and con trolled by substantially the same per sons , and for years they have brought their combined powct to bear upon con gress for a subsidy to their Pacillc Mail steamship company , mid , falling to gel it in that form , succeeded in gelling $100- 000 appropriated by the last congress to bo expended for their benefit , under the direction of the postmaster general. This combination owns the New York Tribune and other papers , and has a corps of newspaper correspondents nl Washington who are paid to write such letters ! as may bo dielalod to them by the lobby. The postmaster general has cer tainly offended 11 most powerful com bination , but In all probability ho will not bo driven from the cabinet by the corporation strikers. Incidentally it maybe bo inferred that the same monopoly ring will wage an equally bitter warfare upon Secretary Lamar , ou account of his recent opinion regarding the Btll telephone patents. It would seem that tlio members of Mr. Clovelund'.s cabinet are rapidly developing into anti-monopo lists ; and il is to bo hoped that their sup ply of backbone will carry them through in the light with the corporations and jobbers , whoso lobby is said to bo more powerful nl this session of congress than lias ever been known In Washington. Tin-Can KftllronUInt ; . The method ot running trains between Omaha and Lincoln by tlio 15. & M. is , if such a thing could be , more annoying and inconvenient than the Missouri river transfer betwecii Omaha and Council Bluffs. No reliance can bo placed on tlio time advertised for tlio B. & M. trains to start. They may start at 8:10 : or 10.08 , or keep their passengers between a sweat and a frec/o in the Omaha , depot until cloven or twelve o'clock. When they do start on time , they very frequently are held for two hours at Orcapolis Junc tion , or go down to Plattsmoulh to await the arrival of a delayed train from Pacific Junction. These annoying de lays and the uncertainly of departures arc by no means merely an incident of bad weather or blocked roads in Ne braska. The road from Omaha to Hastings may bo in excellent condition , but if the Burlington train from Chicago has been delayed somewhere in Iowa the Omaha passengers and mails arc held until the delayed train puts iu an appearance at Orcapolis or Plattsmouth. Omaha is treated about like a water- lank station or some village at the end of a , stub road , instead of being recog nised and accommodated as the metro polis of the state should bo. In this matter Omaha people are not Iho only sufferers. The people of Iho whole south Platte country are also incon venienced. They can make no calcula tion as to receiving their mail or reach ing their destination if they happen to be traveling. Now il may bo economy for the B. & M. road to attach the Omaha trains to the Burlington's Chicago and. Denver trains , like a tin can to a dog's tail , but the tin-can method will no longer satisfy a city like Omaha , which has given the Burlington system the lion's share of its eastern and western business. Why should the trains running between Omaha and Hastings , which arc usually crowded , bo hold or delayed bccaiwo a train , run ning 500 miles between Chicago and the Missouri river , has lost time from some cause or other ? Why cannot the Burling ton run its Omaha trains on their own schedule time , regardless of what con nections they may make or miss ? Tins city and state are entitled to lee al railroad trains running on fixed time , ust as much as the people of Illinois anil Iowa cities are. This uncertainty in rail way travel has become a positive nui sance. The managers promise that when tlio A hland cut-oil' is completed they will give us local trains , but those prom ises are a little too remote to satisfy tlie present demands. It seems lo us that the B. & M. can well afford to eto away with the stub-tail trains , Our citizens are willing lo make duo allowance for bad weather , MIOW block ades and Hoods , but when the road is in good condition between Omaha and lied Cloud , they do not fool content to bo held for hours in the Omaha depot , or side tracked and switched around at Orcapo lis and Plattsmouth to await the arrival of delayed Burlington trains from Chi cago. A Mistake Corrected by a Funeral. The recent tragedy in Chicago a& usual provides a text for scnnomrcrs and moral lecturers. A young man of wealth nnd position b'lOt his mistress and then killed himself. IIo had married only n few months ago a beautiful and accom plished young lady. At the coroncr'h in quest It was shown in the testimony that before ho married ho told this young lady about his inislrobs , and thus exposed to her his true character. At the same time ho expressed the fear that the mistress , whom ho had known and supported some years , would give him trouble. In spite of lids warning and it was a warning thai should have been heeded by the young lady about to become his bride &ho married him , The most pointed nioinl to bo drawn from this tragedy , and ouo which wo have not seen referred to by the moralizers , is that it is a dan gerous thing for a woman to accept as her husband a man whom she knows needs reformation , and whom by her evangelizing efforts she hopes to reform nftor marriage , There is , of course , n possibility of reformation after marriage , but the chances are that nine times out of ten the rake will always bo the same. The young woman who liaa boon loft n widow by the Chicago tragedy has leai'u- eil this to her post mid sorrow. Yet bho was herself largely to blame , if she feoUi at all grief-stricken , for she well knew of Iho hazardous character of the alliance into which she was to enter. There is only one thing that can correct the disas ter of an alliancowith u bad husbnmt , says the Rev , DoWitt Talmage , and ( hat is n funeral. The Chicago woman ought to rejoice that her disastrous alliance has been corrected , even if it required a funeral. An Important Invention. Henry Guy Uarloton , the author , has invented n contrivance which promises to be a success as a preventive of lire-damp explosions in mitioj. No occupation is so fraught with danger as mining. Hardly a dny pas os by without the occurrence of some terrible mining disaster , cither from lire-damp explosion or some olhor cau c. The moat frequent accident1' , however , nro explosion * , and anything that will prevent tlioir frequency will bo hailed with joy by Iho hundreds of thousand ! * of men who are compelled 16 make their livelihood by digging beneath the surface of Iho rorlli. Mr , Carlolon feels confidctil that his contrivnnco vviH bo 6f great service. In that event ho will prove a great public benefactor , as ho proposes to bestow his Invention gratis upon the world , in ( ho hope of saving life. Exports pronounce it precisely what has bccm needed over since the earliest annals of coal mining. In describing this invention the Chicago Tribune says : The glint de-'ldeiuliim of a file-damn indt cater is to enable an ubsoivcr Uoni the super intendent's office to lest all units of tlu > mine for cven small Dcicciilaecs. The chief one- inles of all systems yet devised aie : First , varying baiennetilc pressures ; second , viuy- iiii degico of molbtuio ; third , the fact Hint llio income upon uhlch nil dllfiibloii appar atus woiks is only ntonicntaiy. Mr. Caile- lenS lii tiiunent is Independent ol ! nioisluie , baioinetrlc piessurc , amiorks ou spe cific ( ? ra\ily , which , ANitli a Riven poicentno of RUS , Is coiiblnnt. 'J'lic main achievement In the now Invention is llio means bylileli the most delicate tils- tin banco ot a specific siavlty balance may be acciuately mc.istncd lioniiiny distance and the means by which it Is imulo Independent otbiiinnictilcpiessnu * and kept fieotionitlio influence ol moisture. The expciintents v ith It jinvo Indications lo one-llilul of 1 per cent , v 1th a balance .sensitive to one-tenth ot a giain. The number of explosions caused by making fesls with .safety-lamps makes It obvious that other and moie accmatc means are gienfly lobedesiied. Tlieiecent explo sion in Wyoming was caused by llio tcsteis with safety-lumps. Shifting tliri ItcspoiiHlbiltty. A Douglas county farmer has taken il Upon himself to defend the county com missioners in their method of selecting juries. Like a hired attorney who has a client with a bad case , thU farmer in geniously sets up a straw man for Hie purpose of knocking him down. He as sumes thai wo have Censured the com missioners because the grand and petit juries for the next term were , drawn from the farming and laboring clement instead of from tlio banking and mercantile dement. He asserts that the judges would have excused the merchants and bankers if they had been drawn , and therefore tlio commissioners wore fully justified in choosing men who could not gel excused on account of their business. This may be a satisfactory excuse for the commissioners , butit will not bejicceptcd by the people. Nobody contends , and leasl of all the BIK : , that juries should bo made up of bank presidents and licit merchants , although this class should not bo exempt from doing jury duly any more than they should bo from military service in ease of war. Nobody pretends to find fault with the commissioners for puttins farmers and laborers on jury duty. Our protest was directed against the selection of profes sional jurymen , bar-room bummers , and men who have notoriously been law breakers. It is not necessary to hunt among tlio gambling dens and low re ports when the commissioners want farm ers and laborers to servo on juries. The attempt to shift the responsibility upon the court because judges often ex cuse prominent business men from serv ing on juries is too transparent. It was tlio duty of the commissioners lo place Iho names of responsible and reputable citi/.cns on the jury list. They had no right to presume that the courts would excuse them from service. Q'hey certainly must have been aware that the grand jury was called to take action in the Lauer case , and they knew that powerful influences would bo brought to bear to prevent an indictment. IN his semi-annual report of the finances of Douglas county , ex-Treasurer John Rush has made some valuable and timely suggestions , which tlio county commissioners should adopt. The sys tematic transfer of the money in the sinking fund to the general fund is not only contrary to the intent ot the law in defeating the purpose for which the sink ing fund was created , bill Ihis practice will seriously affect the credit of the county. There should bo some provision made for the payment of the bonded debt of Douglas county. What has been done cannot bo undone. The commissioners cannot levy a now inking fund tax to replace the money taken from the sinking fund , and the only way that they could replace il would be lo take the amount out of tlio general fund. If thai were done during the pres ent year the whole general fund would bo exhausted , without leaving the county in condition to meotitsrnnningoxpensos. But a halt must bo called from now on to any transfer of money from the .sink ing fund. The proceeds of tlio sinking fund bhould hereafter bo carefully invest ed , and principal and accrued Interest should bo applied to the payment of the county debt. SiiKiiiUAK has not 11 very ex alted opinion of the bravo cowboy , whoso reputation for fighting is based mostly on hh ability to tire his revolver in bar rooms and riding rougli-shod through the streets of frontier villages and terrorizing - izing over peaceful citizens. In support of his opinion ho cites a case in which seventeen cowboys asked military pro tection ngainst five Indians. IIo could have also cited the case of the cowboy raid on a Texas village the other day. Nine cowboys , who attempted to run the town in their usual bull-dozing style , van against the sheriff , who killed live of them and captured the survivors. Da , EASON of New York has begun a prusade against brass boer faucets ou the ground that they nro unhealthy. As presi dent of the New York health department ho issued 9,700 orders last week to saloon keepers to substitute iron faucets lined with porcelain. This Is a new fo"ru of temperance agitatloii vhich the manufac turers of beer faucols Will bo inclined to resent o\cn more than high license. Tiinitr. are 83iJ oasds oh Iho dookcl of ( ho Douglas county district court , and 07 , or about onq-twolfth of them , are divorce suits. Tills shows that domestic infelicity is on the incrcn c in Omaha , but the in crease is probably only in proportion to Iho city's growth. Thcio are. probably no more divorce can-s In Omaha than lliero arc hi ( jtlier clllos of 03,000 popula tion , i . . _ ' lXTj5uAIlijWS. A'IfiAVS AND . The Clmmlcltcr nt Hie Opern Hoit so. "Ineu-rsoe the opera homo chandelier lighted any more , " said a steady Iheatio- goer. "I think thfe Is A mistake on ilic part ol Manager Hoyd. It may be n lllllo cMia ex pense to light up the chandelier , butit outfit to bo done all the same. The cheerful cllt-ct of llio Illumination upon llioatidleneo is well worth llio extra expense. Tlio doiu of llio opera IIOUMJ Is very alliactlvo when illumln- Icdbylhc chandelier , and I hope Mr , Hoyd will order the gas lo bo lurnctl on hereafter. The nudltornun of Iho opera house Is gener ally kept too daik anyway. " llimlnc s nt the Stockynrelfl. "If you want lo see business Irausacled on a largo scale you ought lo go out to Ibo slock yauH , " remaiked a business man. "I have business out there ; sovoi.il times n week , and every Hmo I visit the yards Iho mom con vinced 1 am that they and Ilic packing bouses are bound lo bo Immense estubllsluneiiNal no distant day. Call lo and hon Hlul i daily bttjcns tlieie , and the supply jiisi now Is haidly equal to the demand. I suppose this Is ow lug p.utly lo the sevoic eold weather. Hotels. "Omaha could easily support another fust- class and one moie good second-class hotel , " remarked a piomliient clti/en. "Mr. Pu\ton ciiously contemplated the election of a bcaiillful six-story hotel building , 18J feet seiuatc , on hlspiopcity at the norlhcast coi ner of Farnnm and Sixteenth * tieels , locust 5500,000but has given up the Idea , und will put up a handsome and substantial business building Instead , next summer. It his name had not been used In the naming ot llio Paxton - ton house I believe he would have rallied em I his hotel idea , but as he could not very well call il the Paxton ho gave It up. However , Iho people will not grumble if he puts up a live ensixstory building. I umlcr.itanel a prominent business linn has already made arrangements to lease a latge portion of It. The Mm ray building , on Fourteenth street , next lo the Paxton , Is lo be u ed as a hotel. I understand that Mini ay has altcicel his plans so as to make a hotel ot It. It Is to bo leased to Mr. Joslyn , who Is to run a flist-class S'2.00 a day house. Joslyn undcistands llio busi ness and I believe will make It pay. The house will bo conveniently airauged , well furnished and equipped with all modern con veniences. It is to be called Ilic Mm ray house. " I The Best Patrtina of Hotels. "Omaha Is a good hotel tc vvn , and no nils- lake , " conli nued Iho gentleman. "It has become headquarteis Ibr the duimmeis In thlspaitof the country0. They all try lo get hero on Salmday , so. that they oan spend Sunday comfoifably. If Itlweio not for Iho diummers some hotels would have a hard low to hoe. Theio aid about 80,000 liavellng salesmen in llio United Sta'les. Their ex penses , at an average of § 1,600 n vear each , loot up 5120,000,000 a j car , and their salaries amount to S'-JOO,000,000 ti'yoafi ' This Immense sum Is scatleicd all over tup United Stales. It keeps up the ho'lcl . and is one of Ihe ' mostimpoitanlr.items 'pf rn'ihoad passenger icceipts. The character of the havcllng salesman has changed within a elccado past. You will find very lew boys and fewer diunk- aids upon the load. The competition is so gieat and the expense so heavy that linns have to semi out their boatmen , and salailcs of 83,000 and SVJO'Ja ' year aie by no means uncommon. " _ _ The Traveling Salesman. A piomino.nt salesman recently said to a lopiesentatlvc of the Clevclanil Lender : "These traveling men sell all sorts of guoeK Some of Ihein carry a half dozen heavy trunks and olhcis carry their samples In their ovcicoat pockets. One man I know gets § 3,000 a year for selling the skins which butch ers put around sausages. He diesses like a Broadway swell and canles his samples In a bag no larger than a lady's shopping satchel. The best of such skins are made in Emope , and butchers buy of him every wheie. Then thcio Is a man I know who travels from Bos- Ion lo San Francisco and sells nothing but OHO grade of boot blacking. Some traveleis sell by pictures of the articles they have to sell. Clothing forms the laieest class of diummers , and next come those who sell boots and shoes. Then we have the ehy goods salesman , the giocer , the liarelvvaie men , hats and caps , and otheis as nuniur- oiis as tlieie are trades and factories. Traveling men are as a nile bright , gene rous follows. They spend freely and iiAl'ay ot them when they become old and leave tlio loael find themselves poor. Wo have now a project to take care of disabled traveling men. It Is a tiavellng men's home , to be endowed by traveling men and to be devoted to their use , The ideals that each one of the 80,000 traveling men Is to glvo&l ayearfor the next thico years to such an Institution , This will makoa total of S'340,000 , and liom this wo will buy a farm in Kentucky or some other good locality and erect comfortable buildings with rcadlug-iooms , pallors anil chambers , so lhat the occupants can haveall of the com- foit.s ot life during their declining ycais. Wo will f uither endow the homo by a year or two more of contiibulious and Iho Inslitu- tlon will bo under the earn of a competent boaiel of munageis. This piojcct Is , I undcr- slaiul , lo bo submitted to the next annual meeting of merchant travelers. It has many supporters among tiavelmg balcsmen and. I will not bo surpilbed If it Is can led out. " A Little Check uu Drummers , "What's new In the boot ami shoe busl- nessV" asked a Cincinnati Inquirer repre sentative ot a traveling salesman recently. "Prospects good. Fewer failures In Iho last six months than over befoie but Wo are In- tiodticlng anew system wlh | regard to trav eling men something In thOiiatuio of a re ( ) form. Yon know that heretofore liavellng men wciosent out vvltii samples , and were supposed lo take a cerlalh route , \Vell \ , liom tliuo to Hmo ordois came'lii'and ' ' by and by , In the course of tvyo of tlneo ) months , the man tinned up. Hut we never could tell vvheio ho was. He vvasdikoj the Irishman's flea. He might bo tolling stories In Omaha , singing Hongs In YokquamaIlliting / with n mauled woman in Hong , Kong , or chasing a porpolso ou the saud ban ) of Now Jersey. II was terrible on the hous5. Well , now , there are 2 jO traveling men tj-nt fo out from Qlp- clnnati In the boot anil t > lioo Iraeto alone , draw ing salaries to the amount of § 500,000. Now , each of those traveling men Isptovided with a number of postal cauls endorsed to the home house ; on the backs aie blanks for statements showing when the agent arrived , when lie leaves , his destination , wheie he le- ceived mall , and orders mailed. These cards ate mailed each day. Then , besides this , the agent makes a weekly report , which Is de signed to facilitate the work eif t he ofllce by having the accounts ot the favelmguiaiiin a permanent form convenlcn t for reference , but It Is also Intended to make it aiecoid to which the otlk-eiB ot the company can icier at any subsequent time and know what par ties were solicited and Interviewed. Tlio wholesale clothing mm havehrul so.iuethiiif , ' like it tor something over a > 'ear. " Capt. Jack , tlio Wet Beaut. Capt. John AV. Crawford , belter known as t. Jack , the IVet Scout" of the Uluck tfew York pieparlng to publish h volume of frontier icmlnlccncps.and pochy. He was formerly n resident of Omalm , niui was for a while employed by the IJnr. , which sent him to tlio Black Hills nsconcspolident , nnd Cqulppcel him for ids scout with General Crook in the Sioux campaign , "lie Is n sttlklmt figure in his walks on llroadttay , " sr ys the New York Tribune , " with his lone nnd silken light-brown hair flantlng on the breeze , coveted In part by n huge white som- biero. Ills clothing smncks of n dcslro for notoriety , being llghi-coloted nnd somewhat loud for Xc\v \ Yolk stylo. But I doubt if nuy one would care to tell the captnln. so. Helms tlio reputation ol being one ot the best plainsmen nnd scouts of the west. Ho Is n native of Iteland , whence his patents came in 18M. His fath er Mas addicted to slioug chink nnd died fiom nlcohollMii. The ) son has never touched Ilfiuor. Ho wns one Ot the first men loonier the Black Hills , ami foitndedsovci.il towns In Dakota , lie distinguished hlm clf in the Indian campaign of IStf by n tide of fhe da > s. In which lie coveted -100 mlle-i , pass- luir tluoiii'h n countiy nll\o with hostile In dians. Tlio lido was made In icipoiuo ton lelegtam from the govcinmcnt , which scut him from Medicine Bow , on Iho Union IV clficioad , to the llosehud nnd Llllle Big Horn , wheio his piosenco was needed. He wns again in government sen ice in 18iO , and \vnsiiistiuiiicntal Iu Fecuilnu ; tha filcniily netlon ot Chlet Ouiny and his Ute follower * , with whom dipt , Jack wasnfuvoiite. In splto of llio lack of ciilllvntliig Influences and education , I nm told dial the captain lias gUcti evidence nf Hide but creditable poetic talent , which has found rxnresMnu In one volume nlicady published , nnd Hie poems soon to be biought out. " THAT IJHKtj SUIT. Ceilnr linplds ( Xcb. ) Ite-publlcan : Mllktn S. Holfimui , pilvato scciclary lo Clov. Unwes- hns oom.inn.nccd n libel .suit against Itose , water , the editor of the Omnhn'lll : ! : , claim ing 830,000 damage * . It l founded ou .somo cdltoiinls Iu the Bii : : of last Match , dunging Hnll'mnn with IIOIMJ stealing and other like offence's. The outcome of it will be Hint the claimant will glvcgienlcrpubhcltj to bis past ciooUedness. Fnhbury Gactlc : .1. M. Hoffman , piIvate seciclaiyof the povcinor , has sued ] ' , . iiei e- water , of the Bin : , lei libel , placing his dam age * at fc30,000. llotowaler , we believe , called him n lior-e thief and vniloiis other pet names. It iMJCIHS n smnll thing lor ft fel low to go lo law about however , nml Iho iiill will be likely to qonvoy the impression that tlieie may be ( .01110 tiuth In Ihe cluugcs. Chicago Hcinlcl : Theio is a limit , it seems , lo the patience of piivate secie- tarics. An Omaha newspaper was luiv- Ing lots of fun with the young gen tleman who holds that relationship to the governor ol 2cbiaska , nnd ho sued It for libel nil of a sudden because It Intimated that he once had n gieat fondness lor other pee ple's boises. As the piivnlo ficcrctiuy asks lor 530,000 llieio Is a piospccl that be will have some fun with the newspaper beloielie gets tlnough with it. OUIl NATIONAL JEGlSIjATNKS. Speaker Cailislo isiaiely seen in see : ty. lie Is a vvotkci like the piesideut. The Iowa congtcssmen me unanimously In favor of letting Ihe silver law alone. Senator 1. eland Stanfoid la-S about twenty-five begging Ictleis cvoiyday ol his life. Senator Gorman took Iligijliis with 1 im to the democratic caucus at Anapolls and not n vote escaped him. A coirespondeiil s-ays Iho now eoupiessnlon nro carrying elf the honors lor wind and bottom In sin'Ccli-miiking. liCpiesentalivo Bland has been a clti/en ol California and of Utah. Ho bccnmc acquainted with the silver in its home. Senator Edmunds has got himself into a fecinpe nnd has no one bat himself lo blame for It. He has thanked a poet for n poem seal him. Senator EvaiIs' lessaie pretty long , but he cannot ildo the gold hoi e and Ihe silver horse too. They nro nbout to lui n off ou dltfeient loads. The ndvancement of Congicssmnn Del- inontlo the head of the foreign affairs com mittee , I.s , In Xevv Yoilc , ascribed to the in fluence of his father with Cecictary Bayard. The United States senate is without a .lone ? . Both the Joneses are absent Irom Washington , and It is said the Floiida Jones Is coiutlngasweethcait In the hope of early mati i many. A tepublican senator says If the piesldcnt will loll Iho senate that he removed otllcials forpaity ications his appointments will be confirmed at once , but they Intend lo bring him lo lhat. Bepiesentative Holman ayshchas diiven llihly miles nl a stictch over line laud in Da kota without seeing n slnglo house , yet he leained that every aoio was taken up under homestead , timber cultiue and oilier laws. A Republican Washington conespondont says .Senator Wilson of Maryland Is a little , whlte-haiied man , who sits down moie lo Ihe fionl , and who Is the very oppossto iu nil ic- speuls or his colleague , ( Joimun. He is small and rollilng. Gorman Is 10 years old ami Wilson Is W. A Plain , Truthful Publication. I'lllelmiaChioiilcle. ' Wo like tlio Congiesslonal Keconl. It nevei pilnls landscapes and labels them with the names of prominent Individuals , Diplomatic Secret ItovealccJ , New I'ni/f / Star. At a recent clmilty fair In Beilln the ciown princess oCCoimany sold small sausages nt S15apiece. Xo wonder that Blsmnipli will not admit the Ampilcnu hog. Can't Uo Very Sick. Cltlenuo Xcifi. King William has just opened the Prussian diet. As thoPiussIan diet consists In pait of sauerkraut , LImbiuger cheese niulFuuik- fort sausage , the king ran't be very sick. No Use to .Make it Better. ClilciiUii Tlinet , A popular cleigymnn In Boston delivered n sermon last Sunday , entitled , "Maka the Woilcl Better. " But what's the- use while &o many persons want the entlio cuilh just as it is ? Ono Wuy to Kuko tlio Correction. Tatniagi ; Theio Is only one thing that can coucot the disaster of nn alliance with u bad husband , and that In a funeral. The police routtsof llio world cannot correct Ihe evil. A nils- take once made nbout marriage is made foiever. How WJIi It Wonc In New fi'tiv I'ntk Motntii'j Juiiiiidl. A license ? How shocking I the glils ex claim , Why can't wo get married in peace' . ' Shall bald-headed lawyeis with souls like parchment deal romance oul , like law , by the pleeo ? Instead of a license the city should pay a bonus to loyeis to wed u * , wo say , 'Tls to nice to elope by the aid of a rope. X.ow must weddings be prosy as home without soap. To the Point , Clilca'jn fl'ctw. Senator Cullpm's bill to regulate Inter-state commerce provides that no common caiilcr sllall charge a greater rate for a Mioit hau than ior a lout ; ojie , except when rt can be shown that such chamo docs uot constitute nn unjust discrimination. Senator Ciilloni , Is tei bo toncratulatod on lu\ylng piepiictt ; a hill r > HlfJi Ktiay as fur bnckuuid ami &IOJH ni piecUeiy * tii9 point of ' However , as the bill provides for llio appointment * pointment of Aye commissioners nt a snlori ot $ rfiOeach ) it cannot bo said thai the MMia tor's bill accomplishes absolutely no re/form lie NevctIVoitlcl be Mlsiotl. San IVnrictoo llmnlttt , Some punishment ought ( o bo devised foi thocilmliinlc.irclcssness which icsiills nearly everyday In tliovvoundlngoi Killing of some one by the man who didn't know the plMol or gnu was loaded. The fnct that no malice px- Isis In such cases does not exonerate the guilty peison any more limn in the Mips of hunting accidents ol which Iheio has been so laigc a number ( his season , A Hhot at Stanley. St..out ? ffrimhtfcetll. Mr. Henry M. Stnulei. laloof Congo , and not Unknown In St. I , oul ? , hihlscs the Kng- ihh people to fcelllo ( lie lilsh troubles by "flishtliiK' ' the liislt pconle. .Stanley , since his alleged exploits In Aft lea , hasbceli much petted and palionlwl by lie ) Kugllsh nils- tonaey , and so sides with them In their views of the situation In liclniul nnd the best leme- dy thcicfor. Ho Should either go back lo Congo or come to Ameilca. In eltlior. cnso hu would be likely to have it wann icceptlon. In Allllctlon. iVcic I'M A Sim. Cold Is the meal thai the while bear eal.s On hli table of lee and snow ; Cold it Hu1 1,1 H that the with us lakes In his shallop ot chilling Hue. Cold | the plimibei'ti heart when his eyes Witli oMilhitlim Milne : Cold 1 > > the Incaktiist vollec served At this boaidlng house ol mine * . Cold Is the biith thai Ihe wild bhd finds In lih pcich on thu distant hills ; Cold ih the erase \vheio thu Illllcs sleep By the banks of the frozen ill ! . But colder than all things under the beam Ot tin1 twinkling noitlit-in Mai1 Isu two-mile i hie of a wlnti'i's night In n Bioadwuy sin liiee ear. ST.YTK AND Tninnxoitv. Nebraska Tlic > waterworks epidemic has .struck AMilitnd. A si\ly-aciv cemetery has boon laid out near lla lln s. Holt comity has a cash balance off 10- 111 m the treasury. The bank of btellti has Hied niticlos of incorporation , t'apilal , fcM.OOO. Quail and prairlo chickens were killed by the thousands in the late . lorm . The voting and wrowinp : town of Mead , Sauudors count3' , has been incorporated. Thirty thousand dollars was laid out In school improvements in ( .Sago county lusl year. The cvprcss company has made peed Ihe loss by the robbing of Ihu Cluulron conrh. The waterworks forces in Wosl Point ares bucking Jack Frost vigorously , and makin" good progress. Thu commissioners of Bicliardson county pslimatti the expenses lor Ihe present year at 1411,000. Four -ehoc > l house- , and fifteen teachers guide and shape the joiing idea of Blair , at an annual eo < t of $7'lU."i. Belva I/eickwood , attorney , Ircturer and presidential candidate , is' gathering up stray pennies m the small towns ottho state. A Wayne youth with a swell front , agrees , lor u stipulated sum , to get out side of four elo/.cn oyster-friers in thirty minutes. Tlio .surveyor general's ofVice in Plaits- mouth pivH'nts a calm and iinrulllcil ex terior , notwithstanding the "merry war" of wind. Miss Dishncr , the seven ly-day sleeper , has recovered the use of her arms anil limbs , which were paralyzed at the great awakening. Paul H. Uawlins , who elied in the in sane asylum lasl week , was formerly ; i prominent business man and politician of tirand Island. A Madison bog buyer , who swindled hjs patrons by lalso weights , was con- viclecl and fini'd if > l and costs , tlio latter amounting to # oOO. G. W. Tapper , an old man resident of BenKleman , and J. II. League , a Cul- burtson liarnossmakcr , wore fro/.en to death in the lale stornia. L. E. Jours , a Dixon county farmer , struck a seven foot vein of coal on his farm 430 feet from the purtace. The coal is1 paid to be of good quality. "Baldy Ford , " the lough who suddenly sprung into eternity , near Ulmdron , some weeks , agy , Wiis it is claimed , materially assisteelby a vigilance committee. A bnikcman in the Crete yards slipped under the cars Monday and had several ear.s pas.s over him. lie was considera bly bruised , but had no bones broken. James Mitchell , the oldest white settler in Harpy county , died lust Thursday , lie settled in Believuo in 1SJ8. IIo leaves a family ot seven children well provided for. for.A A Saundcrs county blacksmith is llio possessor uf aiiKngli.sli t-ilvur watoh 228 yews old. It was made in Liverpool in 107 > 8 , ; md keeps time with the best watch of modern make. The managers of the I'lkhorn Valley road have nmjptcd tlio estimate of the right of way through Fremont , and Ihe work of building will begin in Iho spring. The estimate i5,000. . Mr , A. W. Yardwido , the BHE'S cham pion corn busker of North Nebraska , has been promoted to n leading position in the logishituio by the eastern press. Un sought honors are falling thick upon him. Tlio cily council of Plaltsiuoulh has passed an ordinance levying an "occupa tion tax" on all classes of business , in sums ranging from $3 to $25 per year. Hawkers , peddlers and non-resident drummers uro taxed by the day. The Mayflower farmers alliance of York has resolved "that wo will not pat- roni/.o merchants who will not on or be fore the lir.st day of May , ISrfO , have their goodn so marked that the purchaser may at all times know how much money ho pays as tarifl'on said goods. " Cards are out announcing the sudden doparluru from Ale-Cook , of Hiram C. Hider and Mrs. Mat Itolllns. The former Irnvofc a , family behind , ns docs also his uoklocoinpanum. Itidur is quite wealthy , and is now Minpo&cd to bo basking in the wrinkled Mimes of his male in Florida. Friday , .v. vuiu .n. , . lioivo and-was kicked by the frightened animal , producing concussion of the brain. The doctors think bho will re cover , The city council of Plattsmouth has submitted a draft ol a waterworks or dinance lo Gc'orgu B. lumaii of Now York , who has1 made a proposition to build the works. In t'ase ho accepts Ibc provisions of the ordjuunco , it will bo submitted to a rote of Ihe people for rat ification or rejection. Jovva Items. There are 231 students in Simpson college - lego at Indianola. The ice harvest at Davenport is esti mated at 31,000 tons. The treasury of the , stale agricultural society contains ? 0,500. The Vinlon Canning company liar- YdMod 700,000 , cans ot corn during the past year. Bishop IVrry , hf the Kniseopal diocese of Iowa , hus joined tlmhiiiglib Templar of Davenport. The town of Watnrloo defendant in damage suits amounting to fvvwO , for iujmii/s ( o perso i li ) bruntn sidewalk * * . A Davenport lady. n.cinrd.Il.rnpfon lias sued her soa-iii'l.iw fi-i' > ? ! .ru dm ? for bonrdt c'lolhlng , etc. , furnished hhnfeel' ' "and wife since Juno last. IJx-ioV'ernor ( U. 1' , ( ? uo , of DCS Molnc * . is forlnulalingplnnsfora reunion of all Iho Ijviug old lcgi lalors of the plate , Iho reunion to bo held in DCS Moines some time during llio coming winter. Notices hayo been orvc > d on Iho owners of building ! ) in DCS Moines In which sa loons nro locale-el that they will bo held liable for the co.-ls , lines and judgments obtained against saloonkeepers. A son of Mr , Talbcil , living five miles from Muthrlo IVnler , while loading his gun preparatory to n hunt , accidenlally di-eharged it , blowing away a portion of a fi-yoar-old brothor'.s leg. T.ho litllo ouo elle-il live hours lalor aflcr having thu injured limb amputated , Father Lonolian , paMor of SI , Mary's < nlholio church , bioitx Uily , is about to K-avo Ids ohargo and enter Iho .losuit order in hi. Louis. The revoron I goullo- man is ouo of Iho MroliccM and mo t ao- coniplNied orators in Iho stale , and hit public lectures mid momorlul addresses always drew largo nttdiotioes. The 12-yoar-old daughter of C. C. Lin- vlllo.Vcst De-corah , was burned to iloath la. > l 'I Inn-Mlay. This t-hlld was crippled , and imbeoilt' , nnd her molhor having boon at a neighbor's a few minutes , em returning found Iho room full of smoke and the child King on Iho lloor dead , the hair burin-don , and llio llosh on the upper parl of the body buruod to a erlsp , Dakota. The Diiuluith ooal mines turn out Ihreo lous of coal per day. A treaty of peace has been signed by the warring railroad factions at Vanklon. Sieutv I'alls will vote Kobrittiry on the proposition of giving aid to the Hurling , loll , Coclar Itupiels' iv : Noilheni rnihoad. A I'ierro invo.nlor has evolved u straw burner , which ho olalnm will i evolution- ixo the fuel ( | uoslou ! , Thu contrivance is cheap and can be lilted to n cook stove. A half ura/.y Fioucliiuan arrived at llismarek a few days ago and e-roaled epiilu a sensation by announoiug that ho had been sent b.v tlio h-tlf-brcecl mid In- dinu followcts of Louis Itiol te > nurchaso ammunition and arms and tniiko other in-ciiaradons for a general Urising ] ) next Hiring. Kiinball's arlosiun well has boon lclod by Iho council unit found to run 11,000 barrels anil over in twenty-four hours. A How was lir.4 struck al 11(55 ( feM , but siiR-o the extra pining ha be-on laken out adotliof | l.OIW fool has been reac-liod , with a How of 10,000 barrels a day , which is { satisfactory to ovorybody. Govoinor Warren lisuvos the popula- lion ef ) thu territory sit 05,000 , , a gain of 10,000 iu live j ears. liovernor Warren has recommended that this loxi-duluro - take stops looking to the erection of a capitol building. The territorial tieasury conlaius $ ! M- 17 < "i. 10 in hiivd cash. Tlio aggregate in- eloblodiH-ss of tlio several counties is .Si\l.y-nino territorial convicts are con- flncel in Iho Joliet ] ) onitontiarv , , whom they : Uv Kent for their labor , and nine in the Mubrnska penitentiary. \Vill II. Kent , formerly of Omaha , has ro6lgnod the editorship of the Laramie lioomoruitfr. . , owing lei ill hoalth. H. W. Itobins lakOti Iho vacant chair. The assessed Vnluatton of the territory Iiasineieased Irom SlO.GO.'V-'O'-J in 18711 to $ : ,0,7ir.'Jill in 1885. The rate of tnxalion has tlocreaseil from 4 mills in 1831 to I mill the present vear. Train Tulle. "Thai was n queer game of poke-r vvi * had out In Iowa the other day. " suiel thu drummer , as ho look < ome celtulolel chips out ol his pocket and put ( hem uwav In his grip ; "Sam Slooiun , of Omaha , ami two or tluvc more of us wore amusing ourselves with a little game e > f draw as tlio train ereopcd along through liio snow-drifts. 1'relty opn wo stopped at a little stalion , and waited a long time for another train. While we were there I opened a big jackpot for $10 , and everybody stayed , After Iho draw I bet ijlO more , and everybody dropped out but Sam. lie got his hands on bis chips as if ho meant to , ee me , when a man who hnel just come into the ear , called out : 'Hero's a telegram for Samuel Slocinn. ' " 'All right , ' says Sam , opening the cn- vclppo ami looking at his mcv-agc. a smile coming on Ins faee. 'I was just going lo catTyon , but now I'll see your $10 and I'aiMiyou the limit. 1 give you fair warning that 1 have a remarkable hand. ' " ' 1 elon'l care bow remarkable your hand , is,1 .says I : 'it will c-ost yon just ! ? 'J."i morn lo SPO what l'\o got. ' " 'I'm your inun. ' suys Sam , with an other chuckle , 'and I'll raise1 you another J.20. I'd bat-k Ibis hand with my life. ' ' : 'That's a nice blull',1 1 retorted , 'but ' you've struck Ihe wrong customer. I'll call you. " "Anil at Ihis I was sn excited that T threw down my band showing three kings and two ae-es. " " 'That's a nice hand,1 said Sam , look ing it over and chuckling again in a way that was quite exasperating to me , 'but it is no good. Gentlemen , ' ho went on , 'I've just made ejiie e > f llm most remark able draws on record. I held up nn ace , took lour curels , and now I hold three pairs. ' " 'Then you have , .six cards , ' I exclaimed - claimed , 'and the pot is mine. ' " 'Not so fast , ' f-ayr , Sam , coolly ; 'I have two pairs ot hoveu spots and Ihis. ' "Ami lirro ho handed us the telegram , grinning like a monkey. Tim telegram read : " 'Twin boys born to your wile Ihis morning. All well.1 "Sam took the pot , but before the eliiy was out 1 guess ho had spout i > very dollar of U in honor of llio third pair in that remarkable draw , " , . i i' ' The ) Uunlc Statement. NKW YOIIK , Jan. 2J. The weekly Inulc statement shows the following change's : lleseivo Incic'aso , SJOOTr 7.r > , The banks nenv hold sSo.lO'ilb ) In excess of legal inenlb , A vv el 1-d leased youiiL' man , MylliiK himself J , \ \ liltnuy , has swindled the hanks ot Kan sas City out ol SHooo on elults puiportlii to bosk'nud by Omaha banks. 'nn7.n until your homl IS U'Uily to llyoll ; tin- til your nose nml ojon ills- tlo-t ol tlilu , In llullngMTU - Iwy Illllil ; until ) i > w lie-nil nclius , month nnd Iliroiit imu-lieU.uiul blood in fove-r hunt. 'I'hIs H uu .Arulo C'lituiili , Mini IB instantly ii-lluxcil by a slnulu elriso , 1' nml iKinuuifntly uuiud by one botllo of SASIOIIU'S lUuieu , CUICB ton C.tTAIIIlll. Complete Treatment with Inhaler , SI,00. Onu liottlo Iliulltiil Cnio.onu box CiiUirrlial Foluml , imil emu linpio\e < d JnlinlciIu onejiock - UK" , miiy now lie luul ol' all Urnytflats lor l.OU. A k lor H\Nfoui'h luinatijCuiiu. "Tliei only nlisoluiu siieelrtoo \ know of. " [ Mm ) . Tlno9 | , < 'Tliu UsUuo huui found Initlllo- llniool siilloilng1. " Illuv. Dr.Vlnt'li. ( . lloiton. "Altai-a InnirHiiU-'Blo with Ciitiirni. thu ltti > iCU i- CU , CUtk : lni3c-oiiiUoioil. | " [ Itcv , 8. VS' , Muiuoo , 1/iwlslJUiKli. I'll. " 1 liavonot leiuinl u t-aso Unit it did nni rt-lleii ) ut uucu. " lAndrow I.eo , ihui- Pollfer Drug and Chemlcdl C , Boston , HOW'S YOl'H HIinriUTI/- Qifostiou thut iinmialstouvuir Kniiiicd vlcllin e f Hliem- nuitlsiu , wlietlluelii the unllnuiy pjiis- Mm. 'i'o bucli tlio ( 'UTClJHA j l'itsrLll U uu ciU-iriintuiuliiovcr iHlliiiK boinco ol ic'lluf , buiilshlnir , ihoumiitio , ntiiiiuUU' . sclallu , sndUen , . - . . , , , iml IMMOII ) | pilin us li ) inii lc. ejui , oi'ituiiii. ' MM i-ly , will * . 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