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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WJEjDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 10 , 1886.
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B , IlOHEWATEFl. EDITOR.
TIIK lirlllsh bull dog must go.
TIIK English papers which have been
reading American lucltiros on mob rule
now know how it is tliumaulvcs.
t CONOHKSSMAN WKAVEii , of Town , has
lived oft * hla silver spuucii. For fttrtlier
particulars sue small bills.
COMMISSIONKU Sl'AltKS gOCS tight along
about his bitslnuss just the same : IH if
Congressman hairtl had not tlirouteiiud
to annihilate him.
WASHINGTON is ngitatlng iiigli license.
It Is supposed that the "cold tea" room
of the senate will bo especially excepted
from the operations of ilio luw.
WmtK the east is fighting tlio importa-
lion of cheap European labor the west
continued to impress upon the Mongolian
mind tliiit his room SB better than bis
company ,
CHICAOO has quite a number of small
pox cases- nil duo to the conduct of Dr.
Diirtholdi in failing to report the original
outbreak. Clucngoans feel like using
him for the pedestal of a Jiartholdi
monument of indignation.
SINCE the Fryo controversy , Gen. Sher
man has been elected a member of the
Kansas Historical society. The members
of that organixation have a fellow feeling
for anyone caught tripping in his state
ments of historical matters.
DUHING the last session of congress
Abe Hewitt made- war on the barking
dogs of Washington , and now ho lias
been reinforced by Senator Van Wyck.
With the house and senate united on the
clog questan ! the Washington canines
will probably hnvo to surrender.
ALL agents of the general land oflico
who are not attending strictly to business
and doing their duty arc likely' to hear
something drop. Commissioner Sparks
says all such agents must go , and he in
timates there arc a good many of them.
MONDAY was aday of riots. Labor dis
turbances were reported from London ,
Pennsylvania and , Washington territory.
The English rioting is said 'to have ex
ceeded in extent and violence any dem
onstration since the "No Popery" riots
of the last century , led by Lord George
Gordon.
Ax army officer from Arizona writes
that Capt. Crawford was murdered by
thn Mexicans , who know perfectly well
with whom they were talking at the time.
This charge undoubtedly comes from
Gen. Crook's headquarters and demands
a searching investigation on the part of
the government.
A liONUS of $10,000 , half of which is to
bo returned to the subscribers at the end
of five years , lias secured to Falls City a
canning establishment with a capacity of
40,000 , cans a year. Omaha's present
polioy of iudiHerenoo means the building
ing up of her neighbors throughout' the
state at her own expense.
ANY person who will hereafter bo do-
ceivcd into investing in corner lots in the
paper cities of Florida deserves no sym
pathy. Ho does not read the news
papers , which , from the Atlantic coast to
the Kooky mountains , have reproduced
more or less fully the Now York Herald's
recent exposures of the Florida land
swindles.
GKNKH.U , HANCOCK'S death makes a
vacancy in the ranks of the major gen-
orals. Another will bo made in March
by the retirement of General Popo. The
two senior brigadier generals are How
ard and Terry. There is every .reason to
believe that General Howard will receive
the Hrst promotion. General -Terry ,
whoso friend * have boon urging Ids name
in preference to that of General Howard ,
will now probably withdraw from the
contest Generals Wileox and Uugor are
the ranking colonels whoso claims for the
vactinoies made by the probable promo
tions of Howard and Terry will bo con
sidered by the president.
TIIK suggestion made at the last meetIng -
Ing ; of the board of trade that a company
bo formed to encourage the location of
manufacturing enterprises in this city ,
was an excellent one. President Meyer
was mistaken when ho intimated that the
board had u committee which performed
the same functions. The committee re
ferred to may have boon organi/.ed for
( hat purpose , It has not , however , and
It cannot take the place of a company
with power to attract and retain capital
by placing capital in now enterprises
us an inducement to tholr location in our
midst , Such companies have boon in suc
cessful operation in soverul cities of the
west. They have proved valuable aids
to the communities where they have
boon located and profitable investments
to the btockholdors. Within the past
Jive years a do/on industries could have
bovii attracted to this city by the assur
ance that the small amount of capital
lacking to make thn change would be
promptly furnished by our capitalists.
Omaha has now reached a point whore
hor.futuro depend * largely upon the de
velopment of local industries , She can
not afford any longer to be blindly iii-
UiQVrnnt to her own interests in this re
gard. It takes mouoy to muko money
in Omaha as well as elsewhere. It often
requires capitnl to attract capital. . Kvory
manufacturing Industry 'attracted to our
midst makes , real tstiUo firmer , increases
ti\e local market nnd-adils'to.tho import
une of the city.
General Hancock's Dohtli.
The announcement ol the death of
General Hancock was a painful shock
to the country. No intimation of
his illness had reached the public through
the columns of the press. On the con
trary It is scarcely a week slnco his ar
rival at Washington on a flying trip from
bis command was noted , and comments
passed upon the case witli which ho bore
the weight of his sixty-two years. The
suddenness of the fatal attack which de
prives the nrmy of ouo of Its most bril
liant ornaments , and the country of a
gallant , honored and beloved soldier will
add to ( ho general regret at his loss.
General Hancock was a sol
dier by training and profession. Gradu
ating from West Point on the
cvo of the Mexican war , lie pervert , with
great gallantry in the hottest engage
ments of that conflict. Transferred to a
stall' position at the outbreak of the war
of the rebellion , ho applied for active
duty in the field , and rose by meritorious
services to the command of the 3d corps
of the Army of the Potomac. Ills
bravery and military judgment pushed
him rapidly to the front , whllo his con
tinued micci ! . scs as a corps commander
made him the ideal of his men. General
Hancock did distinguished military ser
vice in every important engagement in
which the Army of the Polomuo
took part. At Centorvlllc , White
Oaks , Fretlorlcksbttrg , Chancellorvillo ,
Antietam , and a score of minor battles ,
his gallantry made him a conspicuous
figure. Ho shared witli Meade and
Howard the honors of Gettysburg , com
manding the left centre in the limil
charge which won the day , and falling
severely wounded at Its closo. For his
valuable services on this occasion lie was
honored by the thanks of congress.
General Hancock's triumphal tour north ,
where ho was sent to stimulate recruiting ,
is a mallor of history. His immense
popularity and personal influence assisted
greatly in securing the needed levies to
supply the gaps made in the ranks of his
army. Returning to his command he
added now laurels to his fame in the
Wilderness campaign , and in the famous
charge of his corps which carried the day
at Spottsylvania Court Houso. Although
suffering greatly from his wound , General
Hancock took part in the campaign be
fore Petersburg. Subsequent to the close
of the rebellion he served on the frontier ,
being transferred in 1872 to the command
of the division of the Atlantic , in which
he died.
Goncral Hancock enjoyed the distinc
tion of being the most prominent and
successful democrat among the union
generals. His unquestioned loyalty , bril
liant record , magnificent presence and
great popularity mndo his name early
mentioned as a'candidatc for the highest
gift in the hands of his party. Ho was
prominently canvassed as a candidate
for the presidency in 1803 and in 1872 ,
and in 1869 was tendered and de
clined the democratic nomination for
governor of Pennsylvania. In 1880 ho
received and accepted the nomination
for the presidency bnt was dotcated in
the ensuing canvass by James A. Gar-
field. General Hancock enjoyed the dis-
inction of coining out of the campaign
unscathed by the tire of partisan criti
cism' . Ills record nnd character stood
the test and his popularity WPS scarcely
weakened. Two years only ot active of
ficial service remained at the time of his
death before ho would have retired to
private life.
In his death the country looses one of
its most brilliant and honored soldiers
and the army a historic liguro whose
name will forever be associated with
these of the most renowned defenders of
national unity in the grandest civil war
of modern times.
Selfish Obstruction * ) .
It is a singular fact that the principal
opposition to Senator Manderson's bill
to increase the cfllcioncy of the army
comes from officers of other branches of
the service than that to bo affected by its
provisions. The columns of the army
papers are tilled with criticism of the
measure , the solid objection in nearly
every instance being that the artillery ,
cavalry and engineers will not secure
any benefit from its provisions while pro
motions in the infantry branch will bo
greatly hastened by its operation. Dis
patches from Washington bring reports
that a strong army lobby is being formed
to prevent the passage of the bill
in its present form and to
force a compromise which will divide the
now majorities and captaincies among
the other branches of the service.
Such obstruction is unworthy of officers
and gentlemen. The Manderson bill was
not drafted and is not being urged to pro
vide promotion in the lino. That will bo
a natural consequence of the change to a
three battalion organization , but it is not
the essence of the measuro. The reform
is needed to place the infantry arm of the
service an a more solid footing of ad
vanced tactical foimillion and to liar-
moni/.o the organization of the army as a
whole. To make the change twenty-five
additional majors and fifty captains will
he requisite , and those Mr. Manderson's
bill provides oliall bo chosen from the
infantry. No branch of the service lias
soon Ktich slow promotion since the close
of the war. The captains and lieuten
ants who head the infantry list In the
army register have served more than
twenty years in thosogrades. They have
scon year after year brother ofllcors in
other arms of the service pass over their
heads in the line of promotion. The
Mandorson bill only places the Infantry
organi/.ntion on the same basis as
the cavalry and artillery. It is the
height of selfishness in officers of these
arms to threaten obstruction to the
measure because they are not to share in
its bonelit.s.
Kvnr sinca the close of the war and the
reorganization of the army it has boon
the crying complaint of the sorvioo that
it has linen impo.ssibli ) to procure proper
army legislation from congress for the
reform of existing abuses and the inaugu
ration of needed changes. As a matter
of fact the chief obstruction ( o proposed
legislation hns como in every instance
from the sorvioo itself. An insane joal
ottsy which preters to sen a hundred oil !
corsutler rather than to lind themselves
outranked has boon responsible for most
of the obslrucliqns placed by oflicnra in
tlio army in Urn path of remedial
legislation. The compulsory retirement
bill hung fire for years beuauso the stafl
opposed any measure which would cut
.down their years of sari-lco on full' pay ,
The Harmer lril | to facilitate promotions
might possibly havn received favorable
consideration , but it was hardly draftPd
jeforo it was assailed by the older officers
n thn service. Senator Mandcrson's bill
i acceptable to those who dd riot allow
personal considerations to override their
sense of justice , because it will place the
United States Infantry on a basis ap
proved by all the leading military author-
tics of the age , because the organi/.a lion
proposed conforms to tlio requirements
of modern tactics , and because an inci
dental result of the change will be a mer
ited promotion to many of the oldest vet
erans in the service. It the cavalry , nr-
tillcry and engineers arc wise they will
refrain from .meddlesome interference
and selfish obstruction in tlio matter.
Tlio Ijomlon Hints.
The rioting of Monday in London
seems from all accounts furnished to.
have surpassed in the number of these
engaged nny similar disturbance of the
century' in England's metropolis. The
singular fcattiro of the affair is that no
lives are reported lost. The pollco early
saw that armed resistance to a mob of
nearly fifty thousand excited men would
be worse than useless. As a conscqnonco
the business heart of the city was turned
over to their undisputed control. For
three hours houses were wrecked , hotels
sacked and stores pillaged. The
fearful cry of "bread or blood"
rang through the streets of the
most fashionable quarter of London.
From the reports furnished by the cable
it is evident that the outbreak was not
premeditated. A gathering of laborers
out of work mot at Trafalgar square ten
thousand strong. Its object was to secure
parliamentary legislation for the assist
ance of the unemployed. The conflict
with the police was precipitated by the
use of the pedestal of the Nelson monument
ment as a platform , by a defeated social
ist candidate for parliament named
Burns. The attempt of the police to re
move him from his station was the sig
nal for the outbreak which ruled London
with a reign of terror from five o'clock
in the afternoon until midnight.
The London riots will prove a costly
warning to parliament that prompt
measures must be taken by the govern
ment to relieve Ilio prevailing distress in
England as well as in Ireland. The sta
tistics collected by the commission ap
pointed by Lord Salisbury show that
there are at least a half a million labor
ers and mechanics without means of sup
port in the United Kingdom. In the
country among the agricultural laborers
the want and distress is almost as great
as in the large nmnnfactnringccntcrti like
Sheffield , Birmingham , Manchester and
London. The situation calls for legislative
interference which parliament can
scarcely refuse. Agricultural and indus
trial England alike demand relief. For
the first , the division of the great landed
estates into smaller farms with provi
sions making real estate transfers more
easy and the abolition of the laws of
entail are asked by the radical leaders.
For the second the inauguration of
public improvements , which will furnish
employment to labor , is demanded. Mr.
Gladstone , in advance of taking oflico ,
has already pledged himself to largo
measures of relief for the agricultural
laborers and farmers , arid the troubles
ot Monday will undoubtedly have
their effect in hastening the passage
of bills for the beginning of public works
to give employment to the unemployed
in the great cities. Back of the profes
sional agitators and roustabouts who
doubtless instigated the disturbances in
Trafalgar square was the genuine deep-
seated grievances of the honest and law-
abiding- workingmen of England. To
those a liberal government cannot turn
n deaf ear.
TIIK building season will soon open ,
and the city council should no longer de
lay the passage of a building inspection
ordinance , providing not only for proper
inspection , but the issuance of permits
and the recording of useful 'statistics ,
such as the names of owners , location
and cost. If these statistics are recorded
it will bo an easy matter at the end of the
year to ascertain how many buildings
have been erected and how much has
been spent in such improvements. For
years this important information has
been gathered by the HUE at consider
able expense ami trouble. It seems to us
that the secretary of the board of trade
should interest { fimsclf in this matter and
urge upon the city council the importance
of passing a building inspection ordin
ance. It will assist liim in gathering sta
tistics tor the annual report of the board
of trade , to which body tlio public gen
erally looks for all such information.
A MOVEMENT is on foot among the
saloon men to have the midnight closing
ordinance repealed. The saloon keepers
are making a mistake. They ought to bo
satisfied witli doing business twenty hours
a day. Some of them never fcccm to
know when they are well off. They bet
ter lot well enough alone , and not stir up
any more agitation on the liquor ques
tion. They will only do themselves injury ,
and they will have no one to blame but
themselves.
AT every session of the Nebraska leg
islature where the reduction of freight
and passenger tradio has been discussed ,
the managers of the railroads have pre
sented carefully compiled sworn state
ments to prove that their earnings from
local business barol3r paid expenses.
And now comes the government direct
ors of the Union Pacific and Insist that
the earnings from the branch lines are
the only salvation of the system from
actual bankruptcy ,
ON Sunday evening a member of a
church choir at Boxeman , Montana , was
taken out of church by a masked mob of
twelve men and hanged to a tree. Ho
was released by a friend in time to save
his life , The dispatch docs not state any
reason for the hanging , but it was proba
bly because ho was a little oft' in some of
his notes and was othorwisjD an element
of diseord. A tenor who makes any bad
breaks and offends the musical oar of the
Bozcmimites is treading on dangerous
ground. _
AN Impecunious Now Yorker recently
acquired wealth by inventing a rat-trap.
Jay Gould made his fortune with a
mouse-trap. The man with a rat-trap
ought to do much hotter.
MANUFACTORIES form the solid basis
of oyory great city , Omaha's boom to
bo long maintained must bring with it
largo additions to our labor employing
enterprises.
The now Homo for tjio Friendless at
Lincoln nas just been completed , nnd.tho
designing architect , Mr. F. M. Ellis , ot
this city , left yesterday to inspect the1
work. . .
POINTHD
Jtlss Cleveland object * to smoking in the
whllo house , and fjjo president 'seems ter
banker up In It. , , ,
President Cleveland la nld to prefer n min
strel show toolhcrtlic.Uilc.il per ornianccs.
It Is strange he never , atttomls the sessions of
congress. , i
Men don't always ; mean what they sny. A
hotel clerk may yell "ffont , " but you may
find your room overlooks the back kitchen
just the same. ' '
"Xola wixs an unsuccessful Jotunnllst In
early life. " Wo should tlilnk ho would have
been , so far as rcsiic'cto'llo ( ) journalism was
concerned.
A new fashionable dance is called the "but
ton dance. " Yes. we've seen It. The wife
neglects to do the but tons and the husband
does the dnnclng.
it Is rather hard , but yet U is a mournful
fact , that In tlio general sweep ot economy ,
a first-class baseball player this season will
receive only twice as much salary as a Now
England governor.
The papers say that the most notorious and
successful of safe blowcrstn Amcrleanroopor-
attiiK In Huston this winter.Vo \ didn't
know that O'Donovan Hossa had left Xcw
York , and ho Is about the safest blower wo
know ofln tills country.
Shows lllH JIlRli Forehead.
Mt | > ! IK < m Timt * .
Ionics K. Boyd shows his h Igh forehead
when he refuses to approve Miller's plan for
disrupting the democratic party of Nebraska.
Not Worth PnyltiK For.
IWlaatlpMa. lltcrml.
.The special delivery system Is a failure.
The main reason for it Is'llio regularity nml
certainty of tlio regular delivery. The Im
provement Is so slight as not to bo worth
paying lor.
When Horace ChntiKcd Ills Mind.
WiiJTnto Ktprtiai.
Lllllo Dovorcux Blake's story about Horace
Grceloy rims that II. ( } . was a warm advo
cate ot "tho cause" till ho found Mrs. dree-
ley's name on a petition to the legislature for
the passage of a woman's suliraso bill , after
which ho vigorously opposed the movement.
Oiifjht to Have llecn llovcrscil.
Chicago Timo.
An exchange says : "To save themselves
from starvation ' Tom's '
, an 'Undo Cabin'
company while caught la a western blizzard
ate their donkeys. " It would doubtless have
been less destructive to the dramatic talent
of tlio combination II the donkeys had eaten
the company.
Quooii Victoria In Tears.
Cliicaaa Herald.
The picture of Queen Victoria in tears for
ball'a day , as drawn by the tory organs , be
cause she was compelled to send for Glad
stone to form a ministry , Is calculated to
melt the hearts of all Britons except tiioso
\vlio belong to some other party. It Is all In
a lifetime , and politlfs'Is politics. Perhaps
the queen forgets tlmlj'fclio'jiiuulo ' the liberals
weep tlio other day vyhqji , slio led the tory
procession to parliament house.
Will Have to Adopt Other Tabtlcs.
BipfHfilH Tlinet.
Jim Lalrrt will fnuHhat'I ho lias n different
class of men to deal \vltli \ Svhon ho wants to
be elected to the UniteiliStatcs senate from
what he had when ho ran for congress. Then
he could put on a cowboy hat and go out
among the grangers a'nd [ ranches in his dis
trict , and by doing 'amt Jalklng as they did ,
secure their votes. This ) won't win among
tlio members of the < > legislature. Jfm will
have to adopt other tactics when ho wants
to secure Van Wycksont. . . , . ,
: ,
A Hint to Nebraska Jcmocrnts.
Kansas t//y ? / / Times.
Dr. Jflllcr of Omaha stopped off in Now
York long enough to say to a reporter that
"the administration was proving very satis
factory to the Nebraska democracy , and
would do much toward making Nebraska a
democratic statn " The administration is
all right ; It Is tlio quarrels of tlio local lead
ers which have prevented Nebraska from ob
taining even a smell of patronage. If Dr.
Miller and one or .two others will go on to
New England and stay there a year or two ,
the democrats o Nebraska may stand some
chance ol reward.
A Good AVord For Mamlcrsoti.
HaM } Ctty ( Dak. ) Journal ,
Senator Manderson , of Nebraska , Is an
active worker lor thn passage ol the Dawes
bill to open the Sioux reservation. The sen
ator takes- warm interest In legislation de
sired by the west , and when ho puts his
shoulder to tlio wheel something Is apt to
move. Mr. Manderson Is making a good
record in the senate , and the republicans of
Nebraska can perhaps not do better than to
give him an opportunity to make It a long
record. It is seldom If ever a senator from
Nebraska succeeds himself , but Mr. Mander
son will come very near deserving the suc
cession ,
f .
s : Every Timo.
rnmcrny'g Democrat ,
Every time I speak a kind word lam ad
ding a brick to my temple of manhood.
Every time I tell the truth 1 add to my
strength o ( character.
Every time I reluso n drink ot liquor 1 am
improving my manhood.
Every time I buy an article I am encoura
ging the nmntifaciurcr or producer ,
Every time I speak cross nnd Impetuously
I'm weakening mv nerve-power and adding
to the misery of some one.
Exery time 1 pay a debt I am doing right
and helping to put money In circulation.
Every time I pay runt I am taking that
much away from a homo of my own.
Every time I refuse to do n favor when I
can as well as not I prove that I am growing
mean.
Every time 1 refrain speaking In defense
of a friend I prove that f am not a friend.
Every time I spend a dollar foolishly 1 am
opening a pauper's grave.
Every time 1 give to distant charities to the
neglect of these at homo I am guilty of giv
ing only for vain glory.
Every lime 1 hire an employe who uses
liquor as a beverage I open the door to mv
own robbery.
Every time I borrow a newspaper I do a
very small act
Every time 1 oppress'a servant I am guilty
of a sin against God. _ _ . . j
Go nightnd .Wronc.
Alas I how easily things mi wropg ;
A sigh too much or ati po lo\ig \ ;
And then follows a mm and a weeping
' t : |
rain ,
And life Is never t
Alas I how hardly thlhfcVfcb right !
'TIs haul to watch onui tuiiimer'a night ,
For the sigh will coinVimnwtlii ) kiss will stay ,
And the summer's nlulit i a winter's day.
" "STATE ANI > irn/fIUTOJlY.
A democratic papi5/s / about to blossom
at Madison.I ' '
The creamery at Wayne churns 200
pounds of butter a week.
A trade journal will bo started soon by
the Fremont board of trade.
The Waterloo creamery is to bo resur
rected for the summer trade
Tom Berry , of Wayne , had his Jog
skewed out of shiipo by a hay prass.
A $10,000 foundry and a large roller
Hour mill are to bo started in Chadron
next spring.
Norfolk is preparing rules and regula
tions and will soon become a city of tlio
second class ,
A train of thirty-four cars of building
material for the Grand Island & Wyoming
Central , has been lauded in Grand
Island.
The North Loup Cattle company , four
old , owns 9,310 acres and has
fears invested in COO head of cattle.
The company will invest largely in horses
nest season.
The famous Brighton ranch of 11,000
acres in Ouster county lias boon traded
for CO.OOO acres in Montana. The land
will bo divided into small farms and
Placed in the market in a few weeks.
The trade will bo beneficial to Custcr
county ,
There is a queer state of affairs ntCum-
mmsville , Wheeler county. The post
master left several mouths ago , leaving a
merchant named Mnnkcr in charge as
deputy. Manker sold out last week nnd
left. There is no one authorized to
handle the mail.
The suggestions of an Omaha paper
that the H. & M. shops nt Plattsmouth
ought to be removed to Omaha , has given
Plattsmouth. especially the editors , a
severe attack of wind colic. It Is now
feared the town will refuse to become a
suburb of the metropolis.
A little son of August Halm , who llvos
about seven miles west of Poncn , met
with a distressing mid fatal accident last
week. While playing around the house
the little fellow swallowed a bean which
lodged in his wlndtiipo. Medical aid was
summoned , but before It arrived tiioohlld
died.
died.A
A sad accident occurred nt Wood llivcr
Saturday , causing the death of Mrs.
Samuel Uny. While standing near the
kitchen steve her dress caught lire , and
although the linmos Worn extinguished in
n few moments , she had inlialedsullioiont
of the scorolling air to cause ilealh in a
few hours. She was 00 years of ago.
Jack Philllns , of Uurnolt , went hunt
ing one day last week. Becoming tired
ho started nomc , but had not gone but a
short distance when ho had a paralytic
stroke and fell down In the snow. In this
condition ho lay for twenty-three hours ,
when ho was found hv a neighbor ami
taken homo. He cannot recover.
A lean and hungry looking str.ingcr
dragged himself tip to the bar of a Fre
mont jjotol and called for a morning
bath , with lemon aujl sugar. The decoc
tion disappeared in less time than it look-
to make it. The stranger smiled sweetly
on the mixer of drinks , and with "I'll-
see-you-later" turned to leave. The bar
keeper , however , gently suggested that
ho had forgotten something , but failing
to receive a cash response , started to as
sist his early guo ! t to the door. A spirit
ed discussion cnsueil on the wliiehness
of the wherewith , and a possibility of a
panic in tlio region of the till should a
chinook strike the iced accounts. Sud
denly the barkeeper led out with his
right leg and attempted to caress the
stranger's pantaloons , but his aim was
fatal. In a moment the stranger had
knocked him up agr.inst a window ,
smashing his no.se and three panes of
glass , then boosted him with botli feet
over a billiard table , and as a farewell
salute tapped him between the eyes ,
closing Ins peepers in three minutes.
"That was the first chance I had to exer
cise since my vacation , " said the stran
ger , as ho turned and smiled on the
crowd the commotion had gathered.
"Here's my card , gentlemen ; 1 receive
callers at all hours when at home. " The
pasteboard was illustrated with a grin
ning skull nml crossboiioH. and the sig
nificant words : "Chief Editorial Kicker
and Exchange Fiend Finisher of the
Omaha Press. "
Town Items.
The Catholic society of Fort Madison
will this year build a $12,000 church.
Crcston is to have n new depot 55 feet
wide and 250 feet long , including an eat
ing house.
A Pennsylvania man will start n
creamery at Audubou to use the product
of 000 cows.
In twenty-two raids on saloons in DCS
Moincs § 10 worth of budge was captured
at a cost of $31)0 ) to the taxpayers.
The number of hogs cut by the Sin
clair Packing company at Cedar Kapids
this season , to January 30 , was 1(50,818. (
liev. J. W , Price , pastor of the Baptist
church at Ottumwa , has been fired out
by his congregation because he already
had four wives and was making prepa
rations to take unto himself another.
Vice President Potter of the Burling
ton road , has given a second check of
$100 to the Ottumwa public library. By
this moans employes of the road and
their families are entitled to membership
in tlio library at reduced1rates. .
A young man by the name of L. Long
committed suicide at his homo in Pleas
ant township , Lucas county , last Thurs
day. The deed was doiie by placing a
rille against his breast and touching tlio
trigger with the ramrod , ( lie load passing
through him in the region of the heart ,
killing him instantly.
Dalcotn.
Several of Yankton's-Bolid businos r.ion
will go into the wholesale trade in tlio
spring.
The library of the Dakota university at
Verniillion has just received an addition
of 400 books.
Centervillo expended $ ; ! 3riOO.-18 in im
provements in 18S5 , and expects to do
much more in 1880.
The gross rccnipld of the Sioux F.ills
postplhco for the month of January , ex
clusive of tlio money order business , were
$1,000.81 , , the net income to the depart
ment being $578.
The mound spring , the only one in
Dakota , on I. F. Iloxie's farm near the
foot of the Bijou hills , rises and falls with
the barometer pressure , and is a true
index of an approaching storm.
Dakota will bo represented at the com
ing convention at Chicago of fourth and
fifth class postmasters. Ono of their
hpocial grievances in Dakota is that at
railroad towns a great portion of the let
ters are mailed on the trains , depriving
them of their commissions.
The largest shipment of treasure ever
known to the Hills left for Now York
Wednesday , consisting of 88(1 ( pounds ,
avoirdupois , of pure silver from the Iron
Hill , $100,000 from govern ! Homostako
mined. $15,000 from the Caledonia and
other lesser shipments , bringing the total
value up to $250,000 in bullion and valua
bles , all taken from mines in close prox
imity to Duadwood during the last two
weeks in January.
Colorado ,
Snow slides are harvesting a largo
number of Leadvilleians just now.
The celebrated Maxwell land case was
recently decided against the government
by Judge Brewer.
Longinont fanners have bcon plowing
for ovur a week , and in some eases spring
wheat has been sown ,
Tlio silk stocking and llannol shirt fac
tions of Colorado democrats are lighting
for nostiu&hion of the Denver News ,
Trinidad Uoasts of the bust coasting
hills in tlio state , A slide generally
means the death of several residents
and the burial of a scorn of houses.
Pueblo's Chinese doctor has got mar
ried. Ho purchased his wife in China for
$1,000 , spent $500 in San Francisco for
her trousseau , and $500 for railroad fare
and incidental expenses ,
The Groton Iron Bridge company have
taken the Grand Junction bndgo con
tract for ? : ,8'JJ. ' ! The structure is to be
710 feet long , in four spans of iron truss ,
and a section of KiO feet in short spans
resting on iron piles driven to bed rock ,
and is to bo finished by Juno 1.
I < lt wary Note.
Bob Van Slyek is not only a dude , but
ho is also addicted to writing poetry. At
a social gathering on Fifth avenue ho
asked Miss Flora McFllmsy of Madison
ijquaro if she had read his hist poitm.
. "Oh , yes , Mr. Van Slyck. It is really
beautiful. Jt'uso nice. "
"Voth.but do you think it hath weal
ineritr Do you think it will tlmrvivpY'1
" 1'vo no doubt of it. It will bn gener
ally read when Byron , Scott and Burns
are forgotten , but not before ,
MILK INSTEAD OF WHISKY.
A Change. In Drinks BroiiRht About
by Ellen Terry nml General
Sehoitok.
New York Times : Mllkmon ought 1o
make Ellen Terry , the actress , their pat
ron saint. She has certainly sot a fash
ion among young Indies which has bone *
fitted them very materially , When she
first came hero she brought with her her
habit of drinking three or four glasses of
milk at each meal. It is n habit she is
said to have followed for years , When
the young ladies about lown hoard that
Ellen drank milk they followed suit ,
for she was then the rage.
What was begun as a freak of
fashion has been confined , because the
women have grown to like milk. It is
also a fashionable medicine just now , ami
a mcdiclno that has proved very ullectnal
in the treatment ot persons sull'ering
from nervousness. This is because it is
nn excellent nerve tonic ami blood crea
tor. Particular attention seemed to bo
directed to this fact throughout the coun
try at large at about the time of Miss
Terry's ' arrival here , and so milk lias had
a boom ever slnec. Gen. Schonck also
called public attention to the lacteal lluid
by his use of large1 quantities of it for
kidney troubles.
There is hardly a street in town devoted -
voted to trade that hasn't somewhere on
it a store with tiio sign , "Milk by the
Glass. " There are a half do/.en places
on Broadway , between Union Square nnd
Bryant park , that display such a sign ,
and all of thimi are well patronized. "In
bar-rooms the same sign is frequently to
bo seen , and tlio sale of milk in res
taurants and its use at hotel tables has
been more than doubled within the past
three years. Every proprietor of sucit
places has noticed the increased demand
and has wondered. A prominent physi
cian whoso practice is largely among
actors said he could c.xplnn in part the
reason for this increased consumption of
milk. Actors find in its use a stimulant
which prevents nervous p.xhnust'on nnd a
bettor reviver generally than liquors , because -
cause it has no evil after-cfi'eets. Ho had
prescribed it.s use largely for nervous
troubles of all kinds with excellent re
sults. Ho know , too , of very many phy
sicians who were pursuing the same
course.
As a natural re ° ult of this custom of
regular physicians the drug stores have
now on sale numerous "patent medi
cines" with high-sounding names which
are nothing but simple compounds of
milk with some other tonic. Milk can bo
had by the glass at most of the drug
stores that have soda-water fountains ,
and many hundred quarts are daily solti
in that way in this city and Brooklyn. A
mixture of cream and milk , known in
restaurant nomenclature as half-and-
half , is quite popular nowadays. At
lunch-rooms this same combination is
largely used to serve oatmeal , cracked
wheat and other grains in. It is this
mixture of half milk and half cream that
is given considerably to people suffering
from lung troubles and who find difficul
ty in retaining on their Momachs cod
liver oil iirany of its emulsions or other
prep'orcd forms.
Wall street has the mill ; fever to a very
considerable extent , and brokers , their
clerks nnd messenger boys alike , drink
from one to a half dozen glasses daily.
Every little sidewalk stand where apples ,
cakes and pies are sold , at from 10 o'clock '
in the morning until , ' ) o'clock in the
afternoon , has also its can of milk.
Mixed with more or less water usually
more it is sold at 1 , L' ! ) , or 5 cents a
glass. Nearly every down-town bar has
it on sale at cither 5 or 10 cents a glass ,
and many hundreds of bowls or goblot.s
of the lacteal lluid are daily disposed of
at the Broad and Nassau street dairies.
One enterprising sidewalk merchant has
had a wagon converted into a traveling
dairy , and every day , when the weather
is not too cold , ho drives down to the
corner of Exchange place and Broad
street , and there dispenses to thirsty
patrons his couple of hundred quarts of
milk and cream by the glass. His busi
ness is a very profitable one when milk
can bo bought at wholesale at less than
8 cents a quart , returning him a profit of
from 100 to ! 500 per cent on his invest
ment. In tile three or four months of
the summer , when milk is a drug in the
market , and when the demand for cool
ing drinks is greatest , his profits amount
up to about 50D per cent. His profits
leaked out in some way toother sidewalk
merchants , and ho has now fourteen
competitors that ho knows of , but none
of them have yet so elaborate turnout as
his. All the other sidewalk milkmen are
satisfion to sell from push-carts , and ho
alone requires the service of a horse to
dnighis "pure Orange county milk" to
market. _
Politics In the licpublicun Valley.
Bi.oo3tiNC.TON , Feb. 0. [ Correspon
dence of the BKK ] Democrats and re
publicans seem to favor S. W. Switxcr
for representative from this district.
Though the republican party will bring
forth upwards of fifteen candidates , from
Whittaker Joyno down to George Adams
and Robert Glenn , yet Mr. Switxcr , wheat
at present occupies the position of regis
ter in the land ollleo at this point , seems
to bo the favored one. All tlio others
claim to bo Van Wyck men liutlittlo con-
fidcuco is placed in their professions.
Switxcr is positively a Van Wyck man ,
and would vote for him "first , last and
the time. " Swit/.er's
all / term of ollico
expires next year , and it is possible that
if ho sees a pretty sure thing of being
elected representative , ho will resign and
pull for that. Should lie n > &lgn his posi
tion in the land ollico , lUuro are several
nsin-.anl.s , foremost among whom are
Tom Ahhby , of Hiverton ; F , M. Vaneil , of
Bloomington , ami Montgomery of Lin
coln.
ISr n tinman at North IMiittc ,
NoitTii PLATTO , Fob. I ) . [ Correspondence -
once of the BKB. ] Mr. Hogan spoke
Sunday night to an overflowing houso.
His subject was "Christ as the Leader of
Men. " Ho handled it very practically ,
Kept the audiiiiiii : ) spellbound for an hour
and a half. The Lutheran minister lead
tlio choir with the clarionet which wns
very chinning , The choir was made up
of about twenty-live of the difi'eront de
nominations. Itov , Hopkins lead in the
closing prnvor. The interest hint night
was about llin people's expectations , The
people liavo been wakened up to a pitch
and rcali/.ation ol tlio future welfare of
this city , Forty thousand dollars paid
out monthly , gJtf.OOO spent for drinking
nnd gambling. Mr , Hogun said U be
hoves every business man to take a hold
of this work or they Ihoinxttlvcs must go
into bankruptcy us wdlatithapoor prodi
gal that is working for the gambling hell.
Yours truly , \V. C. 'fi U.
A Truthful Homily.
"The synlem of treating.practiced * o ex
tensively in this country. " remarked
Duinloy , "is senseless and has brought
untold misery anil disgrace to thousands
of happy homes. A man meets a party
of friends at a bar , in invited to drink ,
and tno result is everybody treats and
oycry body Jiasd rank more licfnor anil spent
more money than ho ought , it's an absurd
ciintom and should bo done away with. "
"It should indeed. What'll you have ,
Duinlevif"
"A Ifttlo , "
. . straight whisky
Avenged ,
First Southerner Arc you going to
apologi/.oY
Second .Southerner Now , pee hero -
First .Southerner Are you going to
apologi/.eV
.Second .Southciw > r No , sir.
Fir.-t Southerner I'm glad to hear it.
I accept it in the sanniopcn-lnmrlc'd spirit
in v/hich it is tendered. Guutlemon ,
there will be no dud.
Perry Itelmont nt Washington.
ir < uhnXoi ( ( Corrtspdndanct Cltttaga Kent ,
But there is one house hero whlcV
won't bo gay , and never has boon gay ,
the inoro's the pity. Tins is Perry Bol
mont's. the young representative from
Long Island , who Is now serving his
third term in congress. Perry is the sou
of the American Rothschild , August Bel *
mont in fact , the Bclmont-s arn , and
have been for years , the financial agents
of the Rothschild in this country. When
Perry cnmo hero it was confidently pre
dicted that ho would bo the curled
darling of society. But Perry didn't
show any Inclination that way , and kepi
very quiet , except down at the capltol ,
where ho lias always been very chipper.
Two years ago. though , ho took u
splendid , great blpr house hero on Uhodo
Island nvonno , and people began to say
that Perry would at last come out of his
hole and give * balls nml dinners like those
in the "Arabian Nights. " But they were
too previous , Perry got sulky bccausa
there was so much talk about what ho
was going to do , so ho planted hlmrclf
squarely on the platform that ho wasn't
going to do anything at all. So there ho
Is in tliis splendid house , with long draw
ing-rooms and huge reception-rooms , and
ho lives in a corner of it like an oyster in
his shell. Ho deserves credit , however ,
forono thing : Ho is trying very hard to
bo something else than merely the rich
Air , Bclmont , and as chairman of the
house foreign affairs committee is work
ing like a Trojan , despite ho wears
pointed shoes nnd curls Ins mustache.
The 1'lcttii-o
Now York Times : Gentleman ( to pro
gressive journalist ) How much Will it
cost , sir , to insert a notice of my wife's
death in your paper ?
Progressive Journalist It depends
somewhat , sir. Do you want h/
illustrated ?
I-YstorliiR , Watery null Haw from
the Finger Tips to Wrist Cured
by Cutlcurn.
TXTHKSl'INO oC 1SS4 ua nruptlon njipoarcil
Jon llin ImckB of my hum ! ; ' . I HUi | ] > o < pil I wns
polxoneil liv Ivy. My hands contlmioil to irraw
wni-NO , until tlio full , wlion I consulti-d tncrtkmt
ndvlce , uiul used miuiy ronicdlps to no purpose.
Inslvml of BGltlnK bctlm' lln > y rnphlly grow
worse , behitf ti IIIHBS of water } ' , foutorliifr , raw
llejh , very offensive nnd iimmvlnfr. Whenever
u purl would liL'iil up II would iiu tmbjcct to too
most violent itulilntf. mid tininodlntoly bioakout
nnfRu than before. Iilttlo wntory spots then np-
pcari'd on my llngnr jolutH , nnd fostcrlnir would
spread ever Inwo surfnco. In this condition
I hnu-im tlio IIHU of the Untlcura Itomodlea. In
one wuck'a tliiioiny linmls wi > ro almost well , nttJ
In a short time entirety imrocl ,
.INO. D. VAUtiun.
Wer U7 , S Wharves , Philadelphia.
A COMPJKTK ! CUBE. .
T hnvo giilTcroil alt my life with skin diseases
of illllnronl kinds nnd hnvu nuvur found perma
nent relief , until , by tlio ndvlco of n Judy frloiul ,
Iisod I your viilunblo Cntlctmi Itcmodlos. I irnvo
them n thorough trial , ualiiff six bnttlnsnf the
Cntlcuru Hesolvont , two boxes of Cullcurn , nn'd
Fovcn cnkcu of Ciitloura Soup , and the rt'Milt
wns Just wlmt 1 hixd boon told It would bo-n
complete cum. Hnr.i.i : W.AUE.
Hluhmnml'a. .
Reference , O. W. T.ntlmor , Unitfiflst , 800 W.
Marshall St. , Itlchmond , Vu.
rnos.
Jfy wlfo iifod the Cntlcuru Homcdlra for n sore
loff , caused by vurlcoso veins , with entire nnd
perfect snlhlnctlon. ' Mrs. John l-'lnrctv wns
nlso cured of n sortIcff of lonjr stmialnj ? by the
snmo treatment.
JOHN M. Coorr.n , Druggist.
Greenfield , 111.
_
GUTICUIIA. HKMI3DIKS
Arosold everywhere. Cuticuni.tho Hrrcut sliln
ouro.no ut . ; Cntlcnra Koap , tin exquisite fkln
benutlllcr. 'irts. ; ( Jiillcurn Resolvent , the new
blood purltlcr , $1.00. Prep.u-ed by the I'otTtli
Unua AKi > Ciiu > iiuii Co. , Uoston.
Send for "How lo Cure Skin Diseases. "
IN . rcny. | pimply , and oily skin
bfantiflrd by Ciitleurn Honp
IJ U'lCACIIU. WEAKNESS , titer
Ine Pnlns , Soreness nnd LainQnes-s
Mieertllv cured by that now , orlftni'l ,
clcxmitnnd Infnlllilo antidote ton li
mid Intlnmiitlon , Ilio Ci.tleuru Anti-
rain Plaster , At dniuiflit-t. 2. cults ,
ESTABLISHED 1803.
CHANDLEpROWNCO.
GHAUT AND PROVISION
Ol'VlCKUl
Hoard of 'J'rndo , Clmmbor of Commerce ,
Milwaukee.
II , C. MILLER , Western Business Solicitor ,
. 3 ? .
Business Solicitor , 12)01 Doug
las St. , Oniulia , Noli.
HAMBURG - AMERICANA
A milUCT LINK KOK
England , France & Germany.
The stonumhlps of this well kmmn line nro
built of lion , In wntor-tlKht comp.irlmoiitd , uud
nro furnished with ovury ro iiilsiui lo muko the
| iaf-KUo both sui'o nnd itKrccuhlo , Tlioy curry
the United Slums nnd Kurnpmni jn'i'Kn' " ! li"ivo
Now Vorl ; ThurRdnvfl nnd itaturdays for Plv.
mnulh. ( IXNUONCIj-liout-l'AHIH ) | ( mid HAM-
Itutuniliw , the stcmnors lutuo Unmliimr on
Wednesday * nml Hmnhiyn , via. lluvru , luklntf
pjiHsnihcrrtut Houllminplon nnd Ixmdun.
First fiibln f. > ) , } Uj nnd $75 ; Btconuro fiJ. :
Hull load tlcKi't.4 Irani I'lymoiitli U ) llrlstol. Cm-
illir , l.ontlim , or tn nny plnco in IlioHoiilli of
I'.nijliuiil , r'ltKli. .SU'mMifi ) from Knropo only
? - ' . " > . Bund lor "Tourist ( Ju/.t-tti- . "
( MUIKHIAIID&CO.
General I'nKteiiju'iAK'mtfl ' ,
ill llroudway , Now York.
Red Star Line
Carrying the llolirlum Hoyul nnd United Btutu.i
Mull.nillliiK every Fuliirdiiy
Between Antwerp & Hew York
TO THE RHINE , GERMANY , ITALY , HOL
LAND AND FRANCE.
finlon from $ ROte flbO. Kxcurslon trip from
JllOlo SIB ) . HoiMiiid ( Jubin ? " < ) , uud i : > om > lon
S'J'J. tilroniKO piissiiuo nt low iiiles , 1'ulor
Wriffbt Jc Konsf , ( lencrnl Aecnln , M llrmnlwny ,
Now York. "
Oimilm , .NYtra iiu , I'r.ink 15. Moorrs , W , , Bt , I/ .
& I' , ticket nsont.
JIAH1IY ItKV Kit
Tlio ( 'alluiaph Is rapidly dUpluclnv Ihn pnn.
itenson how you inny you cuunot ullord 10 do
without It ,
No oilier lnborsuvliiK Invention hus so loss-
im d drudKory or brnln nml bund , or saved
biicli u Inruo purconliiKO of dear | nl > or.
Fiifuro Ihiu It turiiHOir but twien as much
work in u nivcMi tlinnusiliu' * tlio pen ( U easily
< l < > < * ll > icotlniCHi6iiiiicliiiiul | ) It Hives > OUMIV
era ! Ireo liour * daily i'.s iui'1 futnrcut on your *
Investment l-'or cln ulum nnd MXK-imuns ap
ply to II. C. Ki'HU'i : , ninulin , Nub. ,
iliiiil. Ax" " ! for Nebraska and Wiistoi-n low *
ItllllloNri.a nJcnvood'a Ucwll for nil kludi I
writing .umchiucj' , on imiiJ. . 1'tice ( I cncli.