THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 4 , 1886.
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M m pueusiiiiiGlipm , PROPBIEIOBS ,
R HOSKWATEIl. Kmron.
TIIK question seems to bo whether a
senator is a bigger man than tlio presi
dent.
dent.Mn.
Mn. GI.AUSTOXK , who lias been n woodchopper -
chopper for some time , is now a cabinet
maker ,
Now that the contract for the Klovonth
street viaduct has boon let , the spring
boom in.Omaha will shortly begin to gel
in its work.
"Tnr Ilcnnopln canal stands a poor
allow in congress. The railway monopo
lists tire opposed to water in anything
but railroad stocks.
TWKI.VI : hundred thousand tons of
steel rails will bo laid In thoUnilml Stales
tlds year , of which Nebraska will nso
nearly it twelfth in extensions and re
pairs of old and new lines.
Mug. HILKX : SAUAII FAKO has recov
ered $10,000 from Frank Parmcleo's 'bus '
company in Chicago for personal injur
ies. This is one of the heaviest winnings
made by Faro in some time in Chicago.
The jury gave her a square deal.
A CHICAGO paper urges that a arstcm
of collecting and distributing mails by
moans of the street car lines bo established
in Hint city. Such a system might do in
Chicago , but it would never do in Oma
ha. In this city it would prove the slow
est mail on earth.
THK organ of tlio packing-house demo
crats "hopes this Uccliol business will bo
settled without delay , " as it has more
"rods in piokle. " The Ucchol business is
settled. As for the rods , they are injured
by the character of the briuo and are use
less for the purpose intended.
PRESIDENT DECKEL'S record speaks for
itself. The record 'shows that ho was a
property-holder when ho was elected to
otlicc. Ho is a property-holder and a tax
payer to-day. This is all the answer he
need make to the spiteful attacks of the
organ of llio packing-house democracy.
suil'rage lias madn another ten-
strike. The city council of St. Johns ,
New Brunswick , has adopted ti resolution
permitting all widows and unmarried
women paying taxes to the city on $1,000
Worth of property to voto. This , how
ever , is hardly a fair deal for tlio married
women ,
s
WE would suggest to the members of
the finance .committee of the charity ball
that there should bo no delay in the dis
bursement of funds for the relief of the
destitute poor. Now is the time that they
need assistance. Lot the money on hand
bo ut once properly expended , and it will
accomplish great good.
NEBRASKA is interested in the opening
Of the Sioux reserve , but she is also in
terested in the protection of her frontier
which bounds the great reservation. The
inaiuteaunco and reinforcement of the
two garrisons which guard the agencies
nt Rosebud and Pine Rulgo is ono of tlio
strongest necessities of the present time.
Coi , . MOKHISON surprises the public by
the announcement that a larifl'bill will
bo reported within two weeks. Ho says
it will bo short and to the point. The
lobby of protected monopolies arc preparing -
paring for action , and music may bo
expected along tlio entire line before
winter has climbed from the lap yi
spring. , .
ii state department is to investigate
Ih'o killing of Captain Emmutt Crawford
by Mexican troops , while ho was engaged
in the pursuit , of hostile Apaches. If the
investigation is carried far enough , it will
bring out the fact that the Greaser ban
ditti on the border are more dangerous to
lifo and property than the Apaches whom
they pretend to hunt.
ONI : of the questions upon which the
people of Omaha should bo allowed to
vote at Ihu spring election is that of ad
ditional paving bonds. Petitions for
double the amount of paving , which can
lie doiio under tlio bonds voted last fall ,
would readily bo forthcoming if mean ! '
for paying the share of the city in such
improvements were provided.
Tu a Jh'.i : f > f last oven Ing sahl :
No ODD denies that the president of the
council was propeily mmlnled as a property
owner whun ho took his seat under the char-
toflrestrletions. As a mutter of fact , ho 1ms
bcon a real estate owner over since.
The best answer to the llr.r.'s unsupported
.statement Is found in the open challenno tc
Us client In another column. Ucmhl.
Tlio best answer to the Herald's chat-
lo'ngo will bo found in the records ol
County Clerk Nocdlium's olllco and in the
stubi ot City Treasurer Buck. Will the
Jlerahl kindly attempt to rob anothoi
'mare's nest ? "
OVEH a thousand tickets have been sen )
out by the exomitivo committee of the
charity ball. A largo number of re
sponses and enclosures have bcun re
ceived in roply. Many , however , arc de
laying to forward their contributions
until Inter. The Uir. ; urges upon tnich to
remit at once , The funds derived from
the sale of tickets tire l > ciii distributed
ninuug the poor of Omaha in advance ol
tlio ball iUulf. The continued cold
weather makua demands upon thu re
K sources of our oharitablo organi/aiions
spuclally pressing just at the pro i'iit
time. By the wise decision of the man-
Kgors of thu forthcoming ball Ihu money ,
its It comes in , can bo immediately ni > -
i/liml for the intended pitrpo.so. If all tin ;
clU/.on'uppiwl ) to come -promptly for
ward wo chall bo able to double Uiohand *
seme.receipts of hiil year.
The Country Postmaster.
The coming convention of postmasters
of third and fourth class offices will be
held shortly in Chicago to discuss nicas-
nrcs for a redress of their grievances in
the matter of salary and allowances.
Thcru in tovcry prospect that tlio conven
tion will be largely attended as it ought
lo bo. The recent changes In the postal
laws have berne heavily on the country
postmaster. The reduction In postage
from three to two cents has cut down the
receipts of fourth class olllccs nearly a
third. The cutting down of newspaper
postage decreased their commission on
newspaper business a half. While the
public was beneiittcd , the postmasters
in nil ofllecs whcro the salary depends
upon commissions on cancelled stamps
wcro mulcted of a largo part of their for
mer compensation. In addition to the
smallness of the pay , the fourth class
postmasters complain that they arc re
quired to report box rents as part of their
salary when they are forced to furnish
the boxes at their own expense , and that
they are compelled to do extra work and
take extra responsibilities at separating
ofl'icos without adequate allowance for
clerk hire. Tlio third class postmasters
complain of the Injustice of allowing lirst
and second class postmasters rents , lights ,
fuel , stationery nnd clerk hire , and deny
ing it to them when they are classified in
exactly the same manner. They protest
against the government taking the entire
receipts from box rents when the boxes
arc the Individual properly of the post
masters and they are held accountable
to the last cent for all government funds
and denied an allowance for a safe. 'I'licso
with a general complaint against the
inslgnilicantcompcnstitlon for transacting
money order business form tlio sum total
of thu grievances of the country post
masters for which they ask congressional
redress.
Tlio lot of the country postmaster is
not a happy one. lie is the servant of
a neighborhood without regard lo size ,
sex or color. His store in which the
ollice is located is common property.
Every delay in the mails is charged up
to his personal account. "Wrecks on the
road , blockaded coaches , the mistakes of
ollices and clerks on the route , the failure
of correspondents , arc all laid on his
shoulders , llo must bo civil to incivility
and smiling to stupidity. When the con
tents of the stamp drawer run out , owing
to the economy of the department in
refusing to honor hia requisitions , ho
must cheerfully shoulder the blame and
do violence to his conscience as lie
promises "a full supply by the next mail , "
and writes in desperate anxiety to tlio
next oflice for a loan to carry him over
until "next quarter. " He is supposed to
know the contents ot every postal card
which lie handles and is po pularly be
lieved to have some means of discovering
tins information contained in the letters
which he ponchos. Over and above all
hangs the dreaded regulations with their
seven hundred paragraphs of red tape ,
the violation of any ono of which is cer
tain to call down on his devoted head a
dozen reprimands from oflicial
superiors with threats of the
cancellation of his commission if re-
Dcated. Postal clerks "check" him , inspectors
specters raid his ouico in search of acci
dental mistakes , and chiefs of depart
ments deluge him with instructions. If
ho happens to bo tit a "separatingollice , "
whcro mails on side routes arc made up ,
his troubles tire redoubled and his work
increased in proportion. For all this the
country postmaster receives a compensa
tion of from 49 cents ( the least salary re
ported ) to $1,200 a year , and is supposed
to hold a berth of suflicicnt importance
to have his appointment published in the
papers.
We sympathize cordially with the
country postmaster. Wo have been a
member of that unfortunate class our
selves. The cxcttomont furnished is
ample , but the compensation for Ihe gray
hairs and wrinkles incurred in the per
formance of its variegated duties is
shamefully small. It ought to be in
creased.
to Prejiulloe.
The appeals to prejudice which are be
ing macte in the case of Marshal Cummings -
mings , now under investigation by a
grand jury of tlio district court for Doug
las county , arc made for u purpose. No
disclaimer on the part of the partisan
sheet which has for months been hound
ing thojriity nwrfch-il to please tlio ptttron
Suint of the packing-house democrats ,
will convince fair-minded men that its
present fusilude of abuse is not fired
with the intention of hitting a mark in
the near neighborhood of the grand jury
room. The revamping of the old charges
and the direct appeals to oflicers investi
gating the ease wcro timed with tlds in
view. The BEK repeats that such a
course of conduct in any newspaper is a
gross violation of propriety , without war
rant , unprecedented , and deserving of
the strongest condemnation.
The city marshal , whether guilty or in
nocent of the charges made by his politi
cal enemies , is entitled to a fair and im
partial consideration of his case , by a jury
of ills fellow citi/.nns. His position should
bo determined solely by the evidence pre
sented , in proper olliuial form , under
oath and without bias. Newspaper re
ports colored by personal fooling and
twisted to suit the partisan malice of
their authors must not bo allowed
to prejudice his standing in the in-
vosllgnMon. The men who for months
vainly tried to oust him on no charges
and only discovered that ho was a very
corrupt oflicial when the majority of the
city council flatly declined to play into
the hands of the mayor and his editorial
backer , should bo forced to keep their
hands oft'until the matter is finally set
tled in the court.
The UBK Ir.is no axe to grind in the
case , It has never thrown a straw in the
way of the fullest investigations of any
alleged oDlchil malfeasance , It is not
and has not bean the champion of Mar
shal Cummings or of his frionds. Its
position has been the frank and open ono
of freely commenting on the progress
of a'vindictive and violent par
tisan contest in city nfllairs in
which , from the outset , it has not had
one whit of personal interest. With the
majority of all good citizens it do noiinced
the disgraceful conduct of the Investiga
tion ol tlio marshal and the unfair pres
sure which his enemies in high political
phee.s used to smirch his name on
clearly iusuRloiont evidence , It knows
enough , ( o know why the editorial and
lo'-.al columns of the 7/cra/ciarc lillnd just
at the prosonl time witli assaults on the
man whoso reputation is In the hands .of
a jury of judicial inquiry. And so does
every oilier fair minded man in Omaha ,
not including the sticklers for profession
al etiquette in the ofllco of the Hcrahl ,
The GlinllciiRC Accepted.
The organ of the packing-house de
mocracy , whoso assault. " on republican
ofllclnls for purely political ends are only
less violent than its attacks on members
of its own party who do not bow the
knee to its editor , continues to assail
President Bcchel's property-qualifications
as a member of the city council. With
the records in the county court house
staring it in tlio face and publicly giving
the He to its statements , it brazenly re
news its falsehoods and challenges Mr.
Bcchcl lo prove that "he Is or has been a
properly owner during liis term of ollice. "
With an utter lack of decency and dis
regard of the commonest rules of prop
riety It insinuates that there was a
scheme between the president of the city
council and the city attorney to "gull"
the public , and intimates thai Mr. licchcl
has obtained his scat in olllco through
fraudulently using the property of "rela
tives" as a real estate qualification.
Xo ono knows better than the crank
who grinds tlio organ of the packing
house democracy thai there is not vlie
shadow of a shade of foundation for the
charuos made. The indices of the county
clerk's olllco and the tax stubs of the city
treasurer give the llo direct to Its dirty
assault on the president of the council.
It was uncalled for , malicious and
groundless , made for political ami par
tisan reasons , and cannel bo defended on
any grounds satisfactory to men of honor
and reputation.
Thu Herald can answer its own chal
lenge by sending its reporters to llio court
house. II assures its readers that "it will
cheerfully print for Mr. Hcehel any evi
dence from tlio county records thai lie is ,
or has been a property owner during his
term of oflice , be it a deed or a receipt
for taxes paid. " Doth these evidences are
there and have been there for several
years. Tlio challenge is accepted. Will
the Hera hi make its promise good to prove
itself a malicious slanderer , a brazen
faced distorter of facts , and a newspaper
so warped by partisan bias tlialilgocs
out of its way to assail public men whoso
only ofl'enso is that they decline to bob
their heads with tiio gyrating puppets of
its editor in tlio city council.
SKHATOII VAN WvcK'sbill to quiet titles
acquired under the general land laws pre
vious to Mr. Sparks' accession to oflico is
a sensible and u practical measure. It
provides thai any entry heretofore made
under the land laws of the United Stales ,
in conformity with the rules , regulations
and decisions of the general land ollieo
and interior department sit the lime such
entry was made , is conformed to that ex
tent , and shall be perfected and proceed
to patent the same as if the rules , regula
tions and decisions had not been reversed
or modified. The additional and neces
sary provision is made that such entry
must have been made in good faith , and
no charges of fraud have been made
against the same , and that in case any
charges of fraud have been nuulu , they
shall be investigated in the same manner
and with tlio same cfl'ecl as if the rules ,
regulations and decisions under which
the entry was made had not been modi-
lied or reversed. The larger part of the
hue and cry raised against Mr. Sparks'
rulings in the cases of homestead , pre
emption and timber culture rulings ,
arises from his refusal to issue patents on
receivers' certificates of purchase given
prior to his incumbency of tlio
land oilicc. It has been claimed
that the commissioner lias no right to
make his rulings retroactive or to delay
the protecting of titles acquired tinder
the decisions of his predecessors. So far
as ho keeps within the law liis rulings on
procedure in the securing of proofs and
the final issue ofjmtcnte for which stops
wcro begun unuoT his flWtt ndnTlnlStra-
Iralion cannot bo assailed. Ho may re
verse or modify any such rulings as he
sees lit on grounds of public necessity.
In all eases , however , an appeal lies from
the land commissioner to the secretary of
the interior with the supreme court as the
final arbiter. Under Van Wyck's bill , if it
becomes a law , llio suspension of patents
will at once be raised on all entries per
fected prior to Mr. Sparks' assumption
of oflico where charges of fraud luivo < ; ;
bech inn.'lo. ' W ! 5Tb suoh charges have
been preferred Ihoy will bo investigated
by the proper tribunals. No honest sot-
ller need fear for the result.
From Moving Trains.
Tlio problem of transmitting telegraphic -
graphic messages to and from railway
trains in motion , which has for some
time been discussed and considered
practical , has at hist boon solved. The
new method has boon practically demon
strated lobe a success , It was tried on
the Stalcn Island railway on Monday ,
anil proved eminently satisfactory to
leading railroad men who wcro passen
gers and witnesses on tlio experimental
train. The dispatches state that a battery
was placed in ono of the cars with a
ground wire connecting with llio axle of
a wheel and the track , the ether wire
connecting with the tin roof of tlio car ,
The car roofs were conncoted.by an insu
lated wire. A common electric magnet
worked by a Morse key was used. From
the car roof messages wcro transmitted
by induction to permanent wires on the
poles along the line of the railroad , a
distance of twcnly-livo lo thirty feet.
Messages were sent to and from Now
York and other points with perfect
facility wliilo the train was run
ning at thirty miles nn hour.
The .system will at once bo introduced on
the Illinois Central railroad , and no
doubt upon all the leading roads at an
early dtij' . Under this system it will bo
possible for t\vo moving trains lo com-
muniealo with each ether , or with any
station , and many ether improvements
will naturally follow in the method of
handling trains. It will work a complete
revolution in the railroad telegraphic
scrvico.
SENvrou VAN WVCK has introduced a
bill for the erection of a public building
at Beatrice to cost not less than $100,0011.
This ought lo make him solid with the
stuto of Beatrice.
Herald is gelling very bilious and
dizzy. A great many people arc begin
ning lo think that the packing-house or
gan is being run by a crank.
THK prospects are quite favorable fop
the opening of a largo portion of the
Sioux reservation , as the Duwes bill has
passed the senate without a dissenting
vote , and it is claimed that It will pass the
house with little or ho. opposition. This
will throw open to settlement a largo
tracl of land , whleh1 will bo rapidly taken
up by persons seeking ) new homos. The
land Is said to bo very dcsirablo on ac
count of Its adaptability to agriculture.
MEN AX1) WOMEN .
Sarah UcinlmnU Is trying to get a lien on
fat.
John llussell "fount : ils recovering his
health , and thinks o } ' reontcrlng : the world
of journalism. '
Mrs. Admiral Daiilpren , the authoress , has
a sad face , a gcntlo manner and a soft , sweet
voice. She has just completed a third novel.
Mrs. Conover , having lost § 75,000 trying to
run the Olympic theatre in London , bus de
termined to return to the stage ns an octiess.
II. W. Lucy , the new editor of the London
Daily Xews , holds that every man who ap
pears in the public arena Is "fair game for the
writer. "
Senator Voorhccs Is one ot a company just
Incorporated for the manufacture of starch
and gllicose at Danville , 111. , but ho Is not at
all "stuck up "
Them Is no probability that Prince Alexan
der of liulgnrla will marry the Princess Vie
torla of Jlohnnzollern. Aloxim dor's family
Is not of royal blood , and no llohcnzollcrn
girl would wlpo her feet on one of them.
President Arthur , according to his law
raituer , Mr. Itansom , Is not a sick man. lie
Is not snlfcrlng from Indigestion , nnd can
enjoy a good dinner jtiit as much as he ever
did.
did.John
John Sherman Is said to bo growing old
fast , lie Is thin of flush , Ihn Hues on his
face have grown pcivopllbly do eper , and
there seems to bo a certain contraction of his
features.
( Sen. Nelson A. Miles Is the youngest man
of Ids rank In the Un lied States army , and
the only one who bus come from civil life.
When the civil war began ho was n drygoods
clerk In Boston.
Kx-Sneakcr ltnndiill.who suffers from the
gout , says that ho leels as though ten thou
sand needles were plcrciinc his legs and feet
In every direction and squirming about to
find tlio temlcrcst places.
Kdmuntl Yntes writes In the London
World that Patti will visit America again
next Autumn. " 1 fear she Is netting lazy
because she lias just refused 0,000 for
fifteen coucoris In llussln , because It Is too
cold. "
Volunteer AIils.
JJi > sl ji UcmM ,
Tlio men -who arc shooting themselves
throughout llio country on account of jeal
ousy of lotiso woman , are simply performing
the functions of the fool-killer.
A ColU Wave.
C/ifrayo / TfiiifA
Itcports of the discovery of crookedness In
the accounts of llio signal service , warrant
the prediction that a coli'l wave is about to
swoop down on that bureau , accompanied oy
barometric disturbances and angry clouds ,
No 1M Intake.
Lincoln Dcnipcrat .
The Omaha UKE mhy add such names as
Poppletoa , Woolworlli , MeShane , llinmnu ,
Sawyer , Savage , an'd all sttcli men , to the
number of the slaughter house gang , without
making any mistake. *
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Pndillhtg Jlijr. OSLVII Canoe.
Jjoiiltellle Courier-Journal.
Phoebe Couzens ( or Cojisins or Cozzcns or
Couzins ) says that tlip wqjiiaa suffrage feeling
'
ing comes in waves.Lel'ino doubter , there
fore , venture to declare that wouuui cannot
puddle her own caiior.
A Question of Drains.
naltliiitn-c Hcratd.
Several of our esteemed- contemporaries
are engaged In an animated discussion ns to
whether Mr. Horizontal W. Morrison lias
brains. It will tickle Mr. Morrison immense
ly to know that there arc a few people in
doubt'on the subject.
He Probably Didn't Say It.
St. Lonla Gltibc-Dcmocrat ,
Iloscoe Oonkling is reported to have said
that G rover Cleveland Is a fcccond Lincoln.
Wo do not believe Mr. Conklingsaid tlils.and
our disbelief is founded on the well-known
fact Ihat Mr. Colliding Is not ambitious to
enjoy the reputation of an ass.
The Greatest Political Phenomenon.
St , Louis Ilpii1 > Ucan.
Tlio original union , composed of thirteen
slates , had a population of 4,000,000 , There
are persons still living who saw it formed
and have seen it expand Into a great power
of thirty-eight states , wltli a population of
60,000,000 tlio most , surprising political phe
nomenon ever witne > seit on the earth.
llo TitlttN nm.l AVj'-tis'Xoo Itluch.
St. I'Mil Ptimetr Prtu.
Nobody believes thnt ( ! en. Slienuan would
willfully He , but everybody knows that he
tnlks and writes too much and too recklessly.
The natural and obvious explanation of the
controversy between him and Gen. Fry about
the Grant-smith incident is that bo made the
remark attributed to him in ono of his in
numerable bursts of Indiscretion , and forgot
it as soon as it was made. An army friend
makes fur him the acknowledgment that tills
Is so , adding some severe strictures upon Fry
for Ids ingenious plot to entrap tlio general
Into nn apparent falsehood. The strictures
are deserved. Gen. Sherman Is not to bo
dealt with like oilier men , in some little
matters.
Tlio Imtost Ornze.
Columbia Dlijvttcli.
The latest thing they've brought across the
sea
And engrafted on elite society
Is the Mongol kalfeo klatscho
And that other tiling to match
Which they plcturesiniuly style a yum-yum
ten.
The Mongolian himself we may revile
For bis iilthy ways , ! dw cheaimess , and his
guile ,
Hut we'll have his yam-yam tea
And his kall'eo klatsclie , for we
Might as well be out of Hush as out of style.
STATE ANDi TlJliniTOIlY.
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ISobniska JgttlnjjB.
Masquerade- socials are epidemic in
Grand island. ( ,
Nebraska celebrates her 10th birthday
as a state March 1 , r * .
A Long Pine prospector has discovered
a bed of pottery clay near town.
A number of cotil'thiovos have boon ar
rested at Fairmont.by tlo | U. & M , detecl-
The Union Paciflb paid into the treas
ury of Hall county.last week , ifl5.-l81.-U '
taxes for 1885. , ,
The clandestine marriage of a young ,
girl only M years of ago caused quito a
sensation tit Salem last week.
The commissioners of Richardson
county have contracted for a supply of
steel cages for the county jail.
An unknown man was tapped bv a
snow plow on the Missouri Pacific in "No-
inaha county and almost instantly killed.
The quad boxers of the Loup Valley
are arranging a lypo-setling tournament
for a diamond pin andthocTiampIonsliip.
The attention of variety show pro
prietors is called to tlio fact that Hiverton
claims to have more bald-headed men
than any other town in the stato.
The editor of thu Fnllerton Journal
calls for an old fashioned spelling matc.li ,
and oilers to donate a year s subscription
to that paper to anyone who will spell
the town down.
A farmer's wagon -wus paressed by n *
cowcatcher near West Point and tossed
over a telegraph polo. The driver and
the loam struck the soft side of a snow
bank.
Charles Potter rifled a trunk In a llvory
stable in Fairmont , found two certificates
of deposit , got them cashed nnd hurried
out of town. Ho was overhauled in Iowa
and brought back for trial.
The dead body of a child wai found In
n hay rick on the farm of John Tigho In
lltchardson county last week. Who the
parents are is tlio question which worries
the people In the neighborhood.
M. F. Garrison , of FHImoro county , re
ports the finding of a stomach stone In a
beef recently killed by him. Tito stone
Is about the sl/.o of a turkey egg , and of
similar slmpo. It is supposed to bo n
genuine madstonc , anil is quito a
curiosity.
Mrs. Patrick Farley of Columbus , de
ranged by venturinc out on the great
Hrooklyn bridge during its construction
years ago , attempted self destruction Sat
urday evening bygaslilng her throat with
a case knife , but was discovered in time
lo prevent fatal results.
Snow drift stories are coming in slowly ,
but a sulheient number have come to
hand to warrant the belief that the crop
will bo above the average in quality.
Down near Harvard a farmer dug out of
a drift a live porker which had been
thcro nineteen days ,
The Grand Army post of Table Hook has
been presented wit liagavel. thn handle of
which has been mudo from the spokes of
the biig < "y in which Jefl'orson Davis rode
out of lUelimond when ho vacated that
city , and the gavel is made from a portion
tion of a tree under which Grant and
Pemberton agreed upon the terms of tlio
surrender of Yioksburg ,
Jake Peterson is a Grand Island nrtisl
whose genius runs to uceordcons and
other Rqueaking abominations. Last
Monday , wliilo Jake was lulling his cher
ubs to sleep , his better half begged him
to chuiiKo his tune , which ho tieeordconly
did. llo caressed her jaw with the in
strument anil knocked out several teeth.
An oflieor wivs called in nntl jndneed
Jake to load tlio grand march to jail.
lown Items.
Hill Nye and HufValo Hill are rival at
tractions at Hurlington.
Public saloons in Greston have disap
peared , but corn juice can bo had there
tor a wink and a tip.
Tlio G. A. H. post of Eldora has con
tracted for a $5,000 soldiers' mnnuniont to
boerceted in the public park in that city.
K. M. Pomcroy , treasurer of Shelby
county , has boon found lo bo a defaulter
to the amount of $14,000. Ho convoyed
to his bondsmen enough property to
make up the delicit.
John Van Noslrand , of Washington ,
who recently had n streak of good luck
in a pork deal , redeemed his farm which
had been sohl for laxes , anil deposited
S ! > ,000 in the bank.
The sixty-seventh anniversary celebra
tion of Odd Fellowship by the Northwest
ern Iowa association will bo hold at
Cedar Falls April 2(1. ( Representatives of
over lifty lodges will bo present.
Dakota.
An antelope which weighed eighty
pounds when dressed was killed near
Ilighmore one day last week.
At the election held last Tucsihij' llio
Scotland people refused to bond their
town for $7,000 for walcr works.
Tito farmers of McCook county met at
Uridgowater Saturday and organized a
farmer's grain buying and shipping com
pany.
The hog supply tributary to Yanklon
by wagon routes is nearly exhausted , the
pork house having cut up most of the
winter crop of the neighboring farmers.
Shipments from adjoining counties by
rail will hereafter b'e depended upon.
Seven indictments have been returned
at Deadwood against John McCarthy , ex-
deputy county clerk , live against Colonel
Tracy , another deputy , and ono against
James Christy , alleged to have assisted
in selling stolen county scrip. The debt
of Lawrence county is $000,000 in consequence
quence of loose operations.
John R. Hrcnnan , who has filled most
satisfactorily tiie position of postmaster
of Rapid City ever since the establish
ment of the oflice in 1877 , has forwarded
his resignation t" Postmaster General
Vilas. The salary which attaches lo the
oflice is no longer suflicicnt to afford any
compensation to the ono holding llio po
sition. _
The Puoltlo Coast ,
A SHOW Slide jicar Hailoy , Idaho , on
Iho 27lh , killed four men employed in tlio
llomestake mine.
It is estimated that fiOO Chino e reside
in Ormsby county , Nevada , and annually
ship away $250,000.
The Arizona legislature distributed
government money with a lavish
duriiifj the Just session. Tiio total exp -
p " .5Ss 01 tlio assembly was ever $40,000 , ,
nearly double the amount appropriated
by congress , 1' iffy clerks anu an army
ot pages , janitors and doorkeepers were
employed at a salary of $0 a day SD.OTO
were expended for newspapers for the
members , besides voting themselves $10
each in audition to their salaries and $ ! )0 )
eaeh "for services not paid for by the
United States. " Some of Iho clerks re
ceived $510 for forty day's work , and
§ 1)07 ! ) ! ) were paid for ( irinting. Tlio ben-
elieiarics , however , can preserve tlieir
drafts for future reference ! , as mo.st of
them have boon vetoed by the treasury
ollicials.
_
DEVOTION OF A WIFE.
A Cincinnati AVoinun Plays Dotootlvo
anil Foils Her HiiHliaml'B
A recent Cincinnati specials says : About
eight years ago R. M. Duval became uu-
nuainlcd with Miss Kmma Fnhrmann.
Thu intimacy brought trouble , whleh
JJuval Ihought iio hail settled by paying
$500 without a lawsuit , llo was a poor
man , but ho was ingenious , and finally
in Vented a barbed-wire fence. Litigation
with tlio firm of which he is an employe
followed , and ho was lately awarded $75-
000 , Meantime- married a Miss Hayes.
After Duval got rieh blackmailers got
hold of Miss Fuhrmann , who now lives in
Hneyrus , anil , failing to get their de
mands cashed , two suits were brought in
her name against him. Duval mudo a
clean breast of it lo his wife. Site justi
fied his conlidenco by declaring that she
would not only stand by him but would
help him. Taking an assumed name , she
visited Huoyrus us a book agent , bocumo
acquainted with MisFulmnann ) , won
her confidence , and wormed out of bur
and her accomplices a full knowledge of
their deeds and their plans , which is ex
pected to be a complete defense to llio
suits brought against Duval. Thn wife
has now returned home , and receives con
gratulations on the clover way she had
played detective for her husband.
An Alaska Oano for Cleveland ,
Seattle Chronicle : "Dick , " tlio native
policeman at Sitka , Alaska , has made a
beautiful cane for President Cleveland ,
'Iho olllcor finished the stick some time
ago and gave it in charge of Gov. Swine-
ford of Alaska , who was to forward it to
the great chief. The governor failed to
tint it abroad the steamer Idaho in time ,
jtiat before she left Sitka. and il will be
another month before it will bo fairly on
its way to Washington , The cane is
made of yellow cedar.boautlfully carved.
The carving represents the History of
traditions ot the boar , that animal
ll.lUHIUIla Lit ItIM UUUI family , lllttt ,111111. l
being the ' 'totem" of iho ICahtwatotiti ,
the most numerous of the two Indian
families that eonatitiitu the entire popu
lation of Sitka village. It is finished
with a forillo of Alaska gold.-The cane is
a unique present , and will no doubt bo
appreciated by President Cleveland.
JUDGE DAVID S , TERRY
Hitherto Unpublished Reminiscences of tin
Slayer of Senator Brodorlck ,
How He Tried to Slash n Witness It
Court His Narrow Ksonpc Irom
Hanging Mobbing n Po
litical Opponent.
The late marriage in the sacristy of tlu
Roman Catholio church tit Stockton
Gal. , of Sarah Althca 11111 and David S
Terry , who lirst became united an cllcnl
and counsel , and then within so short r
period having lost the former her bus
band , Senator Sharon , and the latter hii
wife brings to mind , writes George C
Bales in the Chicago Times , some
reminiscences in the chivalrous career oi
the now-made husband which , if ovoi
hitherto published , linvo been long since
fonrottcn , ami will throw some now light
upon this last extraordinary performance
of this lire-eating Texan.
It happened to the writer to witness
upon the stage at tlio Washington Street
theatre in Stn : Francisco , in 18r > 3 , a pur-
feet performance of Shakspoaro' great
comedy of "Tho Taming of the Shrew , "
in which Mrs. Catherine M. Forrest , nee
Sinclair , played the part of Catharine ,
and Edwin Booth , then the brightest ,
handsomest , and most perfect actor ol
his ago , took the part of Potrucio , and
before the performance Was over it was
easy to see by what means Catherine , H'o '
shrew , became tlio most docile , quiet ,
and peaceful of all wives. That was an
era in the drama of San Francisco , and
if I am not mistaken Judge Terry was
among the audience , ami from h'is pe
culiar characteristics and coiuiuet in life
as heroin stated , it seems not unlikely
that this now nmrnngn will eventuate in
another drama of the same kind , and
that the judge is likely to prove a second
Pelriteio , and is certain always to remain
tlio head of the family. As no man has
over conquered the jtulge.so it is unlikely
thai Sarah Althea Hill will over accom
plish that feat , as wo shall see.
In Juno , 1851) ) , the district court of that
district convened a term at Stockton , one
of the holiest of all places in California ,
and at that time inhabited by u largo
colony of Texans right fresh from over
land marches from that republic of which
Gen. Sheridan said "If he had to choose
between it and hell as his home that ho
would much prefer the latter place. "
Those colonists wore a free-and-easy
set , full of fun and frolic , like old Jumbo
in his playful moods , out each man was
always clothed with his bowie-knifo and
pistols , and when aroused to anger woo ,
woe , to the man that dared to vex them
or crosh their purposes. Having a largo
majority of voters , and being all intense
proslavory , or chivalry men , they had
elected a most estimable and amiable
gentleman as district jndgo and the cele
brated lire-eating Bon MoColough as
shurill' , wliilo David S. Terry and his
partner Pcrley , were the loading lawyers
and advocates of that then wild but beau
tiful hamlet.
The court convened at 0 o'clock , and
the usual crowd of native Californians ,
tlio rough and hardy sons of Missouri ,
known then as now as the pukes , tlio
lofty and lordly F. F. V.'s of Virginia ,
and a sprinkling of the sons of the Carolinas -
linas collected , with bore and thorn a na
tive of Now York or a Ynnkoo from Capo
Cod or Connecticut , all of whom were
exceedingly modest and silent in the pres
ence of their more lofty and lordly follow-
citizens of tlic south.
Thn lirst case was called by the court ,
the jury impaneled , and wliilo waiting
for the next ono on the , calendar I scaled
myself at the bar table to watch the pro
ceedings , and to my great joy found an
old law linn from Saginaw. .Mich. , to
keep mo company , and that the foreman
of the jury was an old friend of mine
from Now York and Michigan. The case
was opened for llio jury , and in walked
David S. Terry , then about 2(1 ( or 37 years
of age , over six feet hijrh without coat or
craval , with slippers but no stockings ,
but under his vest hung the duelling pis
tols with which , Jong afterward , ho killed
David C. Brodcriok , and a regular Texan
bowie-knifo by which in IBM ho stubbed
a policnman of the vigilance committee
of San Francisco , for which he was ar
rested and imprisoned for a long period
of ( jme , and would have boon hung had
not tlic beneficent climate of San Francisco -
co kept that man alive , as ho is to-day.
JmjEO Tony , taking his seat and plac
ing his feet upon the table , ooijiinnnovil
tho.cross oxanimfttiOU Of thJ.7Ml { , wjlne.su ,
nil iiival'i * n tin ) just , stages of consump
tion from Massachusetts and m a very
rough , rutlo manner , interrogated him
somewhat in this wise :
"What's your name , sir ? " The poor
follow , half frightened to death roughed
out his answer , "Williams , sir. "
"litivft you over been indicted in this
court , Williams ? " to which he answered
as his eyes glistened more frightonodly
and the hoe.lio in his cheek spread more
rapidly. "Yes , .sir. and you caused me to
bo indicted , and tlto indictment was
nollo prossod. "
"What's that you say ? " said Terry.
"Answer my question and nothing else , "
and thereupon the judge spoke and said.
"Confine your answer to the question ,
please , " and when Terry repeated his
poor Williams , strong even in
oath , repeated his answer , and there
upon Terry , jumping across the table ,
drew his dowe-knifo , ami , rushing upon
the poor , sick witness in his slaniUlko an
Apache Indian , out away at the railing of
the witness-stand , and had ho not been
scl/.ed and grappled with by the judge
upon the bond ) and Ben McColougli , tlio
.sheriir , would have cut that poor innkeu
witness Into mince-meal. During this
scone the perspiration was running from
Terry like water , and his dislievelud hair
and frothing month and gleaming Knife
presented the most uxtraoriilary spec
imen of an advocate and counselor at
law that I have over mot at the bar in
my practieij of fifty years.
I at once closed out my professional
IniRinoPs in Stockton and turned ever my
casiH to my old friends , Hall & Dnggins ,
of Saginaw , then and there.
The noxl occasion on which T mot his
honor Jnilgo Terry was at Sacramento in
tlio spring of 1850 , when , having been
oliallungod by the mavor of thai city ,
Col. Xabriskie , to a political discussion ;
a meeting was held by moonlight in
front of the Orleans liotol , and every
thing proceeded quietly and peaceably
until just , ut its close , when , in an effort
to reply to Xubriskio's arguntont ,
whoso guest 1 was , a mob , led by Jndgo
Terry ana his friend Jim Hardy , as
sailed the bland with atones , egg * , and
other missies , overturned it , and quito
severely injured Mavorabnsl.lo , while
1 escaped unhurt under this protection
and hospitality of a half-do/.un spotting
nonthcrn gentlemen , and thereupon
Terry organized a mooting , with Jim
Hardy in thu chair , mid passed a re.iolu.
lion "that the speaker was a traitor , and
if ho ev < n nmo to Saenimonto again they
would hung htm. " But they dnln t , for
faio had decreed otherwise.
Thu next meeting with Judge Terry
was after ho had slabbed thu policeman
In Han Frunulsco , and had Hod with WO
law anil order men for protection into
imo of the nw-.iivu f > quarp * of buildings
iii that city , where with arm * and mill-
Uiry equipments , they were drilling to ro-
si.il : tiy | arrest from the vigihmcu 'emu-
inlfU-M , in SuptBinbur , . 18 0. Thu old vlg-
ilauco boll bounded its Ihrco ominous
laps , and every man rushed th the arson-
id on Battery street , ' whert' with light.
ning spetsd live batteries of uVtiilucy , lvo
thousand Infantry nntl nboul 1 wolvo linn *
drcd cavalry termed In columns of com
panics , marched up lo the square where
Terry and his confreres wore drilling ,
anil with double-shotted guns brought to
bear on the pediments of the building ,
demanded its surrender within five min
utes or its destruction with all who were
in it. Thn Inmates asked for time to con *
suit ( iov. Howard , but were told ( hat but
three minutes remained to "surrender , "
and as they looked out upon the gleam *
ing batteries and the gunners with light
ed mulches , they Instantly surrendered ,
and David S. Terry , then n judge of the
supreme conrl of California , with pistols
and bowie knife in his belt , was inaunclcd
arm-and-arm lo a bummer , placed with
the other 1GO in the center of the column ,
and was escorted down to our prison at
llio armory on Baltory street , where ho
had a fair trial and was convicted of the
stabbing. But ns "our policeman would
not die , Terry was finally discharged.
Tlio last meeting ever had with Judga
Terry was at White Pine , in Nevada , m
tlio winter of 1800 , whore , on coining
down from the court house in company
with a dozen or more old California
brethren of the bar , Judge Terry was
noticed some distance in the rear , with
Ills slouched hat drawn ever his eyes , his
tfiganlic frimo : relaxed , and bearing in
liis whole manner and demeanor cnnctu *
sivo ovidtmeo that the death of Brodoriek ,
although naltl to have been in a perfectly
fair duel , had stamped him with the in
evitable punishment that follows him
"that sheddotli man's blood. " On inquiring -
quiring of a mutual friend whether Terry
was still u dangerous man. the answer
e.amo : "O , no. Poor Brotlerick sloops
in Yer Buena cemetery , anil Terry would
gladly exchange places with him. " But
Terry Mill lives , has jusl taken ids client ,
Miss Hill , as a now wife , and from the
.Rocky mountains of Colorado that
brother in the law whom ho sought to
hang at Sacrament ) in 18. > l ) wishes him
and his wife "great joy. "
LIKE A BIT OF FICTION.
Harvard Mini Followed Tliroiigh
Adversity to Success liy n Girl
"Whom Ho Had Itcnounucil ,
The recent quiet marringo of two people
ple belonging to well-known Lowell
( Mass. , ) families has a romantic history.
Many years ago Maurice Johnson , the
only son of a wealthy Lowell ullixon , on-
lored Harvard university to bo lilted for
the practice of medicine. The young
man was supplied with plenty of money ,
and his name and his purse soon placed
him at the head of it lively spendthrift
sot. His freshman year was ono unbro
ken series of wild exploits , and several
times lie narrowly escaped being expelled -
polled from college. Handsome , dash
ing , and rich , he became tlio hero of
many love adventures , but dually it became -
came known that ho was engaged to the
young daughter of a Lowell merchant
a petite young girl , with the customary
fair hair , blue eyes , anil susceptible heart.
Their romance had hardly begun when
it was rudely interrupted by the disas
trous failure of young Johnson's father.
When the news was announced the
father of his fiance broke oil' the match
and forbade the young man his house.
The girl had to submit and for three
years she never saw her lover. The
young man meanwhile underwent a com
plete transformation. Ho sold his luxu
ries , did everything in his power to earn
money , paid his own way through col
lege , studied hard and finally graduated
at tlio head of his class. Commencement
lay ho was awarded all of the college
lotions. That night as ho was entering
liis lodgjiig house no was accosted by u
young gin whom ho recognized instantly
is Ins former betrothed. She had loft
her homo to coma to him and qll'or to fill-
till the vows of two and a half years be
fore. Her supposed desertion angered
dm and ho repelled her , reproaching her
is a coquette.
The next day Johnson went lo Now
York , Ho failed in liis profession , took
o drink , and dually was found by an old
ihissmatc , a brother physician , in tlio
lospllal on the verge of delirium
rcnions. His was rescued , started again
n life , and this time succeeded. Ho bo-
same well known in his profession ,
wrote books on sppcial subjects , and was
ho envy of Ids rivals. Ono day ho was
suddenly culled to attend a lady at the
louse of Mrs. Eliza B. Merrill , on Coral
street. His patient was the girl ho had
oved years before. She had followed
inn everywhere ho wont , living near
lim , but never letting him know of her
presence. She was dangerously ill , but
us skill saved her. His love for her re
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