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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY , FEBRUARY 15 , 1886. THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA. OFFICE.N'O. 01 AND 010 FAHX&M Si NEW YOHK OFFICE , Iloovt G&.TiunuNi : Iltritmsc WASIIIMITON Omen , No. fill rociixitrsrH BT rtilillMiril rvrry inornlnff , oxc"pt Sunday. The only Monday morning paper published In tin Btotv. TT-HMS nV KAtfi ! Onn Vrnr . ( lam.Thrro . Months . * 2. BI.T Months . t.OOOno ; Month . l. Tun Wr.r.Kt.r tlni : , PublMiocl Every Wednesday , Ono Vcnr , ivltli premium . . . , . $2.f * Onn Vcnr , without premium. . . . . . . 1.21 Pl.t Momlis , without premium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 : Olio Montli , on trlnl . , . < . , . V comuwoNWxcr. : All communion ) loni rclntlni ; 1o news nnd oi1l < torlnl million should bo nddresjtd totlioIUn Ton OF in : III-.B. . . All biulnrps letters mid rpmlttnncoq should ht Htlctrtfsnl to Tun UIK : Vuiit.iUHttrn COMPANV OMAitA. Drafts. clicc'1.9 ninl po tnfllco onion lo bo innilo jmynblo to tbo onlcrot the company 1HE Bit POBUSHIICliPlllI. . PROPRIEIOBS , K , HOSKWATP.U. KtitTOrt. j , ' THU Now York It'jtisliililro lias undoi consideration n bill to < ; lalilisluin"Arboi day" on Mnrch 25. The Nebraska Ittes keeps marching on. 'i ' r Sr.XATouMrroiiKU , , of Oregon , has In S Irodiiced a now anti-Chinese bill wliiel prohibit absolutely tliolr ImiiilKralloi into this country , accept ns aecreditci diplomat ? or agents of llio em ir , Tin Tfll will bo supported by tlio entire Pa cific coast. The Chinese must go. IT appears tluxl the French treaty will China , concluded lust June , and rutiliin In November , contains the clanio "When China shall have decided to con struct railways it IH understood that sin will apply to frenee industry. " If this I true it puls an end to tlie talk abou American capitalists building railways it China. IT is decidedly cool and refreshing tt hoar Paddy Ryan talk about Ids ultima turn. lie will never know what an ujti matitin is until the cultured Boston professor fossor knocks the Chicago conceit out o him. Wo advise Mr. llyim to go lo St Paul and breathe on the ice palace t < keep it from melting. SOMI : steps ought to bo taken by tin Council to Mirroimd the pawnbrokin ; business with stricter regulations , f largo number of the pawnbroker shops li Omaha are notoriously the fences foi thieves , burglars and highwaymen. Thuii proprietors place a premium on crime bi furnishing n market for the proceeds o theft. In addition , they seem to thin ! that they have a right to resent police in spcctlon. The gentlemen of the sign will the three balls should bo promptly brought to lime. TIIK St. Louis Republican republishc ! a resume of the charges made agains General Howard in the minority repor of Fernando Wood's committee to invest ! gate the I'rcctlmiinVi bureau and urge : that the mere fact that Mich charges wen laid at ids door ought to disqualify General oral Howard from succeeding Hancock This is very email business. Genera Howard's work on behalf of tno negro ii a matter of history. Fernando Wood" ; work against Howard was a matter o political spite , which miscarried in iti execution. the colonels who are suggestec for one of the coming vacancies in tin ranks of the brigadiers is Col. Carlin o the Fourth infantry , stationed at For Omaha. Col. Carlin has a line record m a gallant olllcer in the war of the rebel lion. It is true that since that time In was once reported by an over-zealoui inspector general for wearing a seodj uniform on dress parade , but aside fron this ilagrant otl'enso , wldch civilians wil not bo-inclined to judge too harshly , hli record Is unsullied. Col. Carlin wonh make u good brigadier , and the snhir ; attached to the ollice would undoubted ! ' enable him to put on all the lace am feathers demanded by the exigencies o : the service. Tun bills creating two additional lam districts in Nebraska are well on Ihel way towards passage. Both have re coivcd favorable reports from the com mittces and the delegation will push then as rapidly as possible to a Haul consider ation. The IJr.i : has already urged tin importnnco to our settlers of these measures. In the northern district wliicl it is proposed to subdivide , Valentine is now the nearest land olllco to tin White river valley. Final proofs of homestead stead and timber claims cannot bo madi elsewhere. As the bulk of all entries li the extreme northwest are now made a a distance varying from 100 to 100 mile : to the west of Valentino , the necessity o another olllco for the convenience of set tiers needs no argument. The same i ; trim in the western portion of the Nortl rinttii land district including Keith ant Cheyenne counties , which are Bettlliij up with unparalleled rapidity. THE refusal of the grand jury to pla : into the hands of n faction of the demo oratlo party in this city by indicting Mar Bind rmnmings will moot with genera approbation in Omaha. I'air-miudci mi'ii , irre pootivo of party , long ago be catr.e disgusted \utli the malicious j > erse ou'luu ' which lias hounded the inarslm 'or tli past six months because he re 'wed to resign Ida ollieo at the demand ; of political partisanship , All the mm batti'rli's of the Herald , the political ' pros wire of the mayor , and the gyra liniiw of his puppets in the eounci have failed to convince the pub Jo that Marshal Cummings' faul has been anything else than the po lltieal ono of not belonging to the pack ing house faction of the democracy. Tin investigation by the council of tin charges against thu marshal settled tin matter so tar as the public was concerned The bottom fell out of the Travis case 01 the second day of the inquiry. Hut tin gang of political harpies who have boei pursuing the marshal hoped , as a las resort , to secure an indictment from tin grand jury on the the strength of wide ! Cimimiujjs could bo removed from ollie ° v i If a pofit jury afterwards throv thu case out of court. Unfortunately fo tlie lleruld and Mayor Boyd , the gram jury has declined to lend ittelf t carrying out n programme of politico revenge , After a full Investigation o the i > aso Marshal Cummings has receive a vindication at the hands of tlie gram jury. There was not a blmdow of a shad of evidence produced on which any mi biased juror could have based an unfavoi able verdict. And uow the heathen wi ! pnce moru rage. \Vootlen Pftvcmonlfl. There scorns to bo a disposition tin the part of many of our property owners in the now districts to select wood block as the matrrinl for paving the streets on which their lots abut. The arguments now being used on behalf of such a pave ment in Omaha appeal forcibly to many , and especially to those who arc holding their property for speculation. It is urged that the ordinary wood blocks laid on plank and sand will last for five years without the need of extensive repairs , that it is noiseless and cheap if not dura- bio , and that when destroyed by wear the city will bo forcctlto replace it under llio name of repairs. The question of the selection of mate rial Is left entirely to the judgment of properly owners. The mistake , if made , is largely their own. The public at largo , however , has nn Interest In the decision. All Omaha has reaped the benefit ot the public improvements made in this city during the past live years , tlioso who own property oil' the paved and sewered districts as well us those whoso lots abut on the streets thus Improved. The dur able and substantial Improvements made have been an evidence not only of present nrosperity but also an earnest of future growth and enterprise. Having begun well Omaha cannot all'ord now to make a mistake. And the UKE , without the least personal Interest in the matter , behoves Unit a seri ous and < i\ponsivo mistake will bo made if wood block pavements * , to any extent are laid in this city. For the rcsi- dent-o portion of Omaha , and especially on the hills where stone is objectionable on account of noise and expense , amlas- phaltout of lite question by reason of its smoothness , a wood block pavement will bo preferable. But oven then this paper favors the best and most durable of its kind. It does so for the following reasons : The experience of every city in this country and on the continent where the ordinary wood block pavement has been given a continuous trial is against its use. For durability every civil engineer places wood lastin the list of paving materials. It stands lowest for healthfullness. Its power of absorbing tilth and retain ing it in its' ( ibrous blocks , the impossi bility under ordinary processes of making it impervious to water and proof against decay have been proved wherever its general use has been attempted. It is noisier than asphaltuin and less so than stono. It is more dillicult to replaces properly than either. When laitt on plank and sand it is cheap and short lived in both foundation and super structure. When laid on concrete the blocks pound out quicker , but the whole pavement can bo relaid more satisfactorily and cheaper than when the base Is a yielding one. This is the verdict of experience regarding woollen pavements. They are temporary substitutes for a good paving material , satisfactory for a few months under ordinary travel , but dangerous and a con stant source of expense for repairs after a short uso. There is no reason to believe that the results of experiments with cedar blocks In Omaha would bo any different than they have been in other cities. Blsmnrck and the Poles. Nothing sTipw.5 inojrjLcloajij jije firm ness of Prince Bismarck's gfipiipoii fyjj people of united Germany than tho' small dissent which the chancellor's plan of depopulating Prussian Poland has raised in the parliament at Berlin. Such a proposition , including nothing less than the exiling of an entire people , would raise an insurrection in any other country with a representative government. Ger many , however , under the chan cellor's irou rule , has learned to fall into line when I'riueo Bis marck announces his policy. Even Poland is silent. The decision of Bis marck to Germanize the Polish province which fell to Prussia's share when that country was dismembered , is a natural outgrowth of the chancellor's steadily pursued policy of national unification. Poland and the Poles have been a thorn hi his patii since the constitution of 1818 was forced upon King Frederick Wil liam in the diet where young Bismarck fought so fiercely for the prerogatives of the throne. In every subsequent move ment for an increase of the powers of tlie people and a corresponding check upon those of the monarchy , the Polish representatives have been ardent participants. The Polish press hayo forged many of the weapons which his opponents have wielded against Bismarck's domestic policy , and the lib eral ranks have found a yearly ac cession of strength from Poson and its surrounding country. As early as 1803 Bismarck evidenced his hatred for Poland by his famous bocret treaty with Russia , which permitted troops of both countries to cross the fron tier in pursuit of insurrectionists. Nor lias the chancellor forgotten that Ids "Kultur Kampf" was most bitterly op posed by Polish archbishopSjPollsh prlosts and a Polish press , while the representa tives of that country wore the most ardent followers of llorr Windhorst and Edward Laskor in their battle against the Falk laws , which ended m the famous journey to Canossa. Falling to overcome the obstruction by parliamentary battle and legal restriction , Bismarck has now determined to wipe out Prussian Poland from the map of Europe , to dlsposhos its people of their hums and to fill their placcs vitli Germans rom oth or parts of the empire. And Freedom , which is supposed to have shrieked when Kosoiusko fell , holds her breath in silence while the Gorman rolohstag falls into line with the iron chancellor and makes ample provisions for funds for the greatest act of tyranny which has disgraced modern times. A niiiisy Pretext. The proposition to rolet the bids for county grading because a "non resident" secured the contract for removing 100,000 yards of dirt over au ex-county commis sioner , looks a little suspicious on its face. The tax-payers will fool like being assured that this is the only reason before they endorbo any such action on the part of the board. In the first place it is a stretch of license to call a resident of this state , Mr. Condon , of Columbus , a non resident under the usual meaning of the term. In the next place If only bids of residents of Douglas county are to bo considered by the commisblonorb that fact should hayo appeared in the advertise ment. To put Nebraska contractors to the trouble and expense of a personal visit . , ' , , . . . , K1 to Omnha to Investigate conditions ol proposals for grading on which they bid , and then lo throw out the lowest bid on the ground that It is made by a non resident Is decidedly thin. The public will bo inclined to look further for the real motive. As n matter of fact , there are very grave suspicions that the pro posed relctting of bids is made In the In terests of a single contractor , who failed to underbid the lowest bidder for this year's grading in the county. Kvor since Mr. B. P. Knight retired from the board of county commissioners Ids old col leagues and other associates have managed to find him employment in ono way or another. Last year ho se cured a large part of the county gradinir with frco use of the machines purchased for road building and repair by the county. During the last campaign tlio Bii : ; received numerous complaints of tlio inside track which Knight was given in county work and charges of favoritism at the expense of other parties were openly made against the commissioners. In the present case , Mr. Condon , of Columbus underbid Mr. Knight In open competition under the advertisement. If the bids arc re-let on the flimsy pretext of the non residence of the Nebraska contractor because he does not live In Douglas county , the public will bo prompt to draw their own in ferences. Those -rell-Tnlo Iicttors. Tlio publication of its editor's political correspondence connected witli the sur veyor-generalship circus has thrown the Herald into paroxysms of excitement. After flatly denying that ho had over rec ommended any candidate for the olllco , Dr. Miller is brought face to face with his indorsements of Messrs. Clegg and Ham- soy , applicants for the position , and is confronted with Ids back-handed slap at Mr. J. E. House , who was considered a formidable candidate for the'olllco. Ho is finally brought to confes ? that ho "wanted either Mr.'llamsoy or Mr. Cleirg for surveyor-general" and that Ids discov ery that the ollieo ought to bo abolished was not made until both the gentlemen were defeated in the race by Mr. Gard ner. The entire episode is cldelly inter esting as proving tlio purity of the good doctor's motives in howling so vigorously for tlio ousting of Gardner and the clos ing of the Plattsmouth smvcyor-geuoral's ' ollieo. When the cry was first raised by the Herald contortionist , it was charged that Dr. Miller never discovered the necessity of reforming tlie surveyor-generalship out of existence until his pel candidate had been defeated. Tlio editor of the Herald replied by denying that ho had any candidate , or that lie had recommended any ollice-sceker for tlie position. He challenged any one to show a letter from him endorsing any man for sur veyor-general And now confronted with tlio proof he wriggles and squirms and calls upon the packing-house democracy to denounce the ' surreptitious manipu lation and conniving" by which tlie evi dence of his duplicity was obtained. This is a beautiful exposure of the political methods and ruling motives of the leaders of the packing-house demo cracy. The spoils hunting brigade who are so pulled up with their own import ance that they prefer to wreck their party rather than to admit that there is any political virtue outside of their fac- ion ] , stand revealed in the unpleasant light of a moritetV pfibjjclfy. Republicans at large will stand aside and watch with much interest the outcome of this politi cal racket , which promises to equal the palmiebt days of factional fighting in Ne braska. THE death of Horatio Seymour , which occurred at his homo near Utica , N. Y. , on Friday , removes another prominent participant in the struggle of the great storm and stress period which ended in tlie war for the Union. For more than thirty yoara Mr. Seymour was a leading figure iu the politics of the Empire state , respected for his abilities , admired for his political consistency , and beloved by a wide and constantly increasing circle of friends for those admirable qualities of heart and mind which make up tlio genial gentleman , steadfast friend and good citizen. His unswerving fidelity to tlio Union made itself powerfully felt in the opening days of the rebellion. No northern state responded more promptly to tiio call for troops than did Now York , and no republican governor entered with more patriotic enthusiasm into the work of upholding the principle of national unity than Horatio Seymour. Ho was nominated by his party for president in 1"08 , but was defeated by General Grant in the ensuing canvass. Since that time Mr. Seymour took no active part in poli ties , bul resided quietly on his farm of Dccriiold , whore ho died. IK the oily council really wants to strike a blow at the saloon keeping In terest in this city it can do it m no better way than by favoring suoh an ordinance as that proposed by Councilman Loader. Its passage will bo in migrant violation of the state law. It will bo a direct challenge to law-abiding citizens to in- sibt on u more rigid enforcement of the statute which has boon loosely .Interpret ed in lids city for the benefit of tlio class which Lcciior is pretending to champion. Lot well enough alone is a good motto. It applies with significant force in the pres ent caso. IN speaking of the exposure of Dr , Mil ler's double-dealing method of letter- writing , tlio Jfarald asks , "What do dem ocrats think of it ? " They think that the doctor is iv very slippery customer , and that ho will anyone thing to a man's face and then turn round and say another behind - hind his back. Mr ? PATKICK EOAN , in presenting to the Irish national league of America his salary of $3,000 for Ids services as presi dent of that organisation , has done the handsome thing , THE Herald says that Cummings must go , but the grand jury says that ho must stay , Wo think Cnmmings must go right on in the performance of his duties as city marshal. ATTOHNEY-GENEHAI. GAW.VND can't mid anybody to accept his Pan Electric slock. Tliis shows that people take no stock in the Pan Electric. GAIU.AXD intimates that he doesn't know what to do.with his § 1,000,000 Pan Electric stock. Why not donate it to some ono of tbii numero'iis monument fundt , that are languishing for want of a stimulant ! ' Why not give , it to the Now * York Oranl momimcnt'fund , wldch lack ! nboul 1000,000 , of Iho1 original amount roposoti t This would * make the fund pan out aboul $ l,100',00fl and oleclrlfy the New Yorkers. THE constant shout of the Herald that Gardner must go , may lend some people into Iho belief that llio Herald lakes Card' nor to be a Chinaman As a scalp-taker the untamed savage of the Herald is not a success. P. S. Dr. Miller ishould have burned those letters. 1'OLlTlCAIj POINTS. The English detliie a mugwump as a man who neglects his political duties. February 10 Oov. St. John opens tlio pro hibition campaign In New llnuipshlu ; by a speech nt Manchester. Uopkwalter , the Ohio millionaire , Is besln- nltis'tonEO rapidly. Ills political ventures cost him much money. Tammany and ( lie Now York county de mocracy are still charging each other with having jiold outGov. Hill. S. W . Dorsey is determined to bo ono ot the ilrst senators from Now Mexico. Ho has pur chased a Santa Fo nc spnicr. The Boston llcialil thinks the next icwibt llcan national convention will be guided by a desire to please the mugwumps. It is suggested that the silence of the lepuu- llcan senators on the silver question Is for the pmposotif getting the democrats to tishlitig each oilier. A 1'ldlauolplda mugwump editor exclaim1) ) , "wli.it Is the use of tnlklnt ; aboul the people wanting honesty and nbllily in otllpeV" They want nothing of the kind. They want bosses , and they have what they want. Gath iccalls the fact that Gen. .Tamos B. , Fiy , who limned In tnc Into controvcisy with Cou. Sheim.in , is the same man who brought nbout the famous "turkey gobbler strut" pas sage bchvcea Colliding and Blalno. Tlie spectacle of Wayne MaeVelgh and Koscoo Colliding , holding a pleasant comcr- sation In a coiner of a New Yorlc court-loom , Is commented on as fallowing hpw the lapse of time disposes of the bygones. The cx-hcn- ntornml ox-attornoy-geneial were not very good friends a couple of j o.irs ago. An eastern paper Is moved to say : Why Col. Wattcrson has not shaken llio gallers oil Secretary Endlcott for the lattcr's rudeness tohlm when ho called the other day at the war department , is the most mysterious thing inourreiit politics. It can be accounted for only on the hypothesis that Wotterson Is en listing 100,000 men to do the job for him. A concspondent says the lirst two senators from Montana will probably bo Gov. llo.user , a democrat appointed by President Cleve land , and A. T. Sauudere , the loading lopub- lican of the territory. Saunders Is a very slender man , and it lias lueii said ho could wear a double-barrelled shotgun for tiousers. The combination nnuic'd i based on the the ory that in tlio present composition of con gress no territory will ] )0 ifdmltlud except on an agreement that eacli parly shall Imcono Ecualor. ' _ Ho Docsn'tuGo. O'A'efi JVuiilfrr. Gardiner doesn't go.1 Auhthcr of Iho Oma ha Herald's Idols broken. Query. _ Hasting * Gazette-Journal. Will Hastings' comlng-'postuiaster bo a packing-house democrat or n slaughter-house "feller ? " : The Truth Tctscly ? Tolil. I'tiiladelpM Record. A great many people who turn up the whites of their eyes and cry "GoJ help the poor I" never try to help God. A Ohiongo CMeaya Herald. With portions of the courthouse falling down Irdilliillltly , to the terror of pedestrians. It looks ns If tlio toinnlo of Justice might oveitako some Chloiuoans one of these days , whether justice ItscKdoos or not. - < . - f > An Umluo Advantage. V Chicago Sews. Whllo the mayor of Crestou , Iowa , was off tolling the state convention of mayors that the prohibition law could not be enforced In his city the people of Crcston arose and closed every saloon In Iho place. When the mayor returned and found that the law had boon en- foiccd ho thougbt somebody had been taking undue advantage of Ills absence. A Good Law. Ynih Times. Senator Vc.n Wyck's bill allowing soldier's widows nn Increase of pensions from eight to twelve dollars , has passed the lower house. Our soaator championed Ittlnotigh the senate last winter and 1ms secured Its passage in the other branch of tlie national legislature. It is a good law and Its passage Is hailed with joy by all fi lends of the soldier. Tooting Their Horn About Tootle. Kansas City Times. There Is great excitement in St. Joseph. Mr. Thomas Tootle , the millionaire philan thropist , Is about to erect a four-story brick building , and the llcinld gleefully exclaluis : " is the of all "St. Joseph to-day cynosure oyes. She Is being closely watched by the entire business world. " Wo congratulate St. Joseph upon their last evidence of prosper ity , and trust that Mr , Tootlo may live long to enjoy the fruits of Ma benevolence and the gratitude of his follow citizens. and American AVorkingmon. St. Lout * CHulit-Dcmncrat. The worklngmon of this country are some times discontented at their condition during seasons of dopiession , but If the icports from England are to be credited , nil the distress among our working people Is tiivlnl when compaicdwllh the privation existing among the lower classes in Gro.it Britain , In this country Iho stoppage of mills and manufac tories means seiious Inconvenience to the cmuloycs , togolher with , considerable loss at tending the removal to another locality , but In Europe the closing , of . ( mlustrlnl estab lishments Is to those employpd nn awful dis aster , for every othen place Is as badly crowded as Iho ono they It-'ave , and most of the workmen me not n le lo save enough from year'to year to povlijo ( for a season of idlencss.or to emigrate , foia'tho | country. So , although there is comparatively little cons o- Intion to bo derived fnrtn.th6 ! fact that others are In n worse condition , than ourselves , w o have whatever can arlsop from that source. Inscribed lu n Visitor's Hook. Wulttr IfcnlM Pollock. A recoid this of pain and pleasure , Joy born of memories treasure ; Itegret that marks past days more white , As each In turn his name dotli write. Here , as Sir Mnrmaduko happily sings , Hero do we "baiibh all worry and sorrow row , " Hero \\elook forward to every tomorrow row , Except to the morrow thnt parting brings. The guest who huio can moon or mope Shall lose of gnyetythe hope , And nothing can bo found to say Of him vtho thankless goes away , So may wo live In thanks nud trust That when wo go as go wo must \ \ e In each host's nil-generous mind Lea\u more than but n name behind. The property owners of paving districl , No. , South Tenth street , from Centre to Martha blreots , are respectfully re quested to meet at Engine House No. 4 on Monday , February 15th , at 8 p. in. , to take into consideration the paving , and to determine the kind of material j * to bo used on. siiid btreet. . , . , ' . ' STATR ASI > TRUTUTOUY. Nchrnskn Jottings. Wnkofield's charity ball nclted $24. Mumps are in full bloom nt Juniata. Fremont has the canning factory fevci bad. bad.Kikhorn Kikhorn had a slight touch of hydro phobia last week , Papillion has n mild dose of the can nlng factory craze. The now M. E. church at York cos ! $18,000 and is free from debt. Blair ami llumboldt are wrestling witli canning factory propositions. Central City indulged in a Dishnci snoo/.o for ninety hours lasl week. Dawns county Is now indulging in its lirsl experience wllhn district court. The bridge over the river nt Republi can City went out with the ice last week , The right of way for the Ashland cut-ofl of the U. & M. has been secured through harpy county. A tidal wave of temperance threatens to swamp Nebraska City. Nearly 2,000 tipplers have signed the pledge. The contract for building n StfO.OOQ court house at York will bo let and work commenced as fcoou as the weather will permit. Harry W. Claire , the Norlh Kcnd masher and liorso tliiof , was tried in Richmond , 1ml , , last week , nud gout up for live years. The Emnmt society Of O'Neill 1ms just received two beautiful Haps , an American and an Irish one. tlio latter costing $150 , and is tlio finest in Nebraska. PfMra. Cora Anderson of York , who was charged by her husband with smiling too sweetly on other men , was acquitted after a tedious and smutty trial. lion. A. V. Harris , county commis sioner of-Dawcs county , was accidentally shot Tuesday evening. The wound , al though serious , is not considered fatal. Competition is so great in Rising City that the price of marringes has been re duced to twenty-live cents , witli cradles thrown in. Now is the time lo hook on. C. J. Mcacliam , of the Cambridge Democrat , had the mournful duty last week to write tlio obituary notice of his son , a promising young man of nearly : M years. James N. Grimes , the firebrand of his uncle , charged witli firing tlio B. & M. bridge at Republican City , was bound over to tlio district court in the sum of § 1,000. Cedar Rapids is confident lliat a cream ery would bo a public blessing to tlio sur rounding community , and holds out a cash bonus as an inducement to capital ists lo invest. Aaron Smith , of Spring Hank , Dixon county , was compelled to kill two hogs and a cow recently which had been bitten by a mad dog. The creatures became foaming mad , The Beatrice city treasury will have $80,000 , to lay out in improvements tie | coming fiscal year , and square men are wanted to run for the council and see that tlie money is put to good use. Mat Goldsbury , a prominent tiger buck of Hastiiigs , having dropped his last chip in the hole , suddenly shook Hie town and a raft of money lenders. His borrowed trifles netted him § 000 and over , his mother being the chief victim. A man named Welhelm Roimers , from Bcllwood , was arrested at Columbus for mortgaging his wife's property without her consent. He was released , however , on a writ of habeas corpus. It is re ported lie was to meet a fair damsel from licllwood and join her in an eloping epi sode. sode.Deo Dee Baling , the Paiijllion tough who attempted to do up the Irclr.'uu family early last week , has skipped the country for a cooler climate. A reward of ? f50 ia offered for Ids capture. Tlie hohool which Ids sister taught is idle , all duo to chew ing gum. A Red Cloud divine jvoro his son's \yalch and chain to fi ministerial associa- tjpn. Ho could not understand the extra amount of attention lavished upon him until a good brother pointed out that the queer watch charm which he sported was nothing more than an ivory poker chip. Ed Billiek was arrested at Tekamnh last week for robbery committed on tlie Iowa side of the river. Ed had been out on a hunt for game , but failing to fill his bngf ho atlackcd a farmer named Lindloy , and relieved him of S12 and a good sup ply of groceries. Billiek is a hard nut with a bad record. Tlio Dakota City Eagle says that Charles Mix , a blind Winnebngo Indian , who has made his living for several years back by going from house to house bogging , on Monday received a cheek from Uncle Sam for $1,003 back pension , being al lowed ? 72 per month. Mix in the early years was an Indian bcout. The Standard Cattle company , of Wyo ming , has purchased 5,000 , acres of land in Dodge couny , seven miles west of Fremont , paying $100,000 for it. The company will at once put up a barn 400 by BOD feet in sue , covering eight and one-half acres of ground , which will accommodate 5,000 head ot cattle. The progressive euchre craze has as sumed such proportions throughout tlio state that full sets of pasteboards hold the place of honor beside the bible in every pious parlor. Out at Albion last week tlio best men and women of the town Hied into the opera house and put in lurpo solid hours at the game. Eighty- four persons and twuntv-ono decks were in action nt ono time. The excitement was so great that the funeral of a prom inent citizen was postponed for twenty- four hours. Iowa Jtcma. The cost of the state legislature is § 038 per week. Algona propose ? to go in debt for a $1OUO ! ) court house. The city treasury of DosMolnes took in § 5G83 during January. A 0-year-old boy in Bromor county weighs eighty-seven pounds , Li//.io Fnhoy was killed by a runaway team in Sioux City Thursday. A woolen and a planing mill will bo addeit to Crcoton's industries tlio coming spring. Mitchell county has another saloon war brewery , but the red-eye gets there just the same. A now hotel , 100x150. ground dimen- sipns.to cost $200,000 , will bo built in Sioux City this year. Dubuque claims to have a jobbing and manufacturing business of ? 10,000,000 and § 10,000,000 respectively per year. Throe creameries in Madison county pay to tlio farmers from $ r3OOQ to $150- 000 annually for milk and cream. Mrs , Henry Gelso , of Davenport , took a dose of laudanum to ease her pains and give her sleep , She was successful in both. A two thousand lamp incandescent eleotrio light plant will bo erected at Cedar Rapids , Tlio dynamos will bo run by water power. The chief feature of tlio coroner's con vention in Des Homes lust week was a post mortem examination of a game din ner washed down witli chnmuagno , Mrs. Bridget Flannagan , while at work in a laundry at Davenport , had both arms drawn between the rollers of u largo mangle and fearfully larcorated. The Dubuque Union Depot company has purchased a site for a union depot to bo built tills year. It is the block on which the Illinois Central's freight depot now stands , and tiie consideration was $100,000. Gco. C. Johnson , of Oskaloosa. Is said lo have a monopoly on broom corn , now qwnirijf about all in 'Bo'ulhern Iowa. , .ills block is ab large that au udviiucu of pue cent a pound is understood to monnabot $000 net gam to him , nml it is estimate thai It will advance twelve cents a poun llio coming summer. II. A. Burroughs , for many years resident of Waterloo , has deserted hi wife and gone to Salt Lake City , whor ho will join the Mormons. For nbou twenty years Burroughs has been a min ister , preaching the doctrine of Advent ism. ism.II. II. D. Smouso , of Washington lown ha been arrested by revenue ollloers fo running a nrlvato still. There is a loin pornnco drink called "zoodone" afloat h that neighborhood. Smousc invested ii a small "warm"to tcstits alcoholic properties orties and while engaged In the to.sl tin revenue olllccrs gathered him in ant look him to Davenport for trial. II. W. Mercer , of Winterset is nnxiou to know tlio whereabouts of the Bniloys Swarts , Clmpmans , Blnegars and Cutter llns , who are descended from the Join Mercer who owned the land occupied In the government for forts at Now Yorl harbor , something over one hundra years ago. The estate In Now York am New Jersey is worth ? , )00.000,000. , "Cal early and avoid the rush. " At a social parly at Hose Hill , Mnhaski county , Robert Curroll put In his timi with an old liorso pistol , snapping it a people , claiming that it was nol loaded Ho didn't know anything about it , fo : tlio thing went oft" and its contents , lim bjiushot. perforated the person of Mis : Nettle Puhlur , the shot striking her righ hand , thigh and breast , About third shot were removed , and the woumla an not considered dangerous. Dakota. There are eight counties in the territory that have lady superintendents of beliools A large colony of Philadelphia people will settle in Charles Mix county as sooi as the Sioux reservation is opened. Real estate at Dead wood 1ms taken r boom. Property is now sold at doubh the price asked for it a few months ago Tlio quality of the coal taken out of tin Turtle mountains improves as tlio shafts go down. Experts are confident thai hard coal will bo found 00 or 000 feel down. A boy 13 years of ago , and his sister oi 10 years , arrived at Grafton tlio last wcel from Glasgow , Scotland , traveling tin 5,000 , miles entirely uy themselves. Thuj arc evidently good material for Dakoli citizens. Ayoun lady in ono of Iho soullien : counties in pacldng a barrel of eggs foi Now York , put her name and address upon one ot thu eggs with tlio requosl thai Iho finder , if eligible for matrimony , should write to her. As a sequel , a young man named Frank Nolan will become i resident of Dakota and the voting hulj will not teach school next summer. ODDS AN1 > I2NDS. Stray Leaves Gathered from the Ho > porters' Note-Books. The Knights of Labor are about to boycott buttcrlnc , so they say. Buttcrine , olhorwiso oleomargarine , is llio dairj product of the slaughter house , and is an ornament of the great American dining table. Did the Knights of Labor ovei consider the enormity of assailing BC great an institution ? Did they over con. templativoly regard the sacrilege , of rais ing hand against a feature so typiealh national ? Did they over consider tne an guish of heart , the bitter remonstrances and tlie sore privations winch would attend n ( suppression from the markets of this great staplel Bultpdnc is the most union * f i/ 8 - - " > " * " ( taining the public lieoltli. "bTdyou"cvoi see it made , gentle reader ? Did you ovei see the fat and grease , entrails and all internal refuse of the slaughtered cow and pig , thrown into a cauldron as bic as an ordinary bed chamber ? Did you over sec the grimy fiends standing in jack boots on a lloor slippery with blood and horrible ofhil , stirring the unsightly , seething mess within the cauldron ? Did you ever see the tobacco-chewing , reck lessly-spitting beauties who scrape the floors and add. the gleanings to the caul dron's ' contents ? Probably not : but you have spread the product of this charm ing business upon your morning buckwheat cakes and bought it at dairy prices. It would bo too bad for any or ganization so powerful and so closely identified with public interest and the great principles of the declaration to rob the breakfast table of so pleasing an ad junct. Doctors disagree , as they usually do in any case , as to whether butterinc is injurious. Those doctors who hold to the negative of this great question are certainly at fault it is ridiculous that a food manufacture , passinc through such cleanly processes is at all harmful. Uu- side that , every man has to eat his peek of dirt , and whether he gets it nt once In a lump of grease , or by installments otherwise is of little importance. A reporter was shown Saturday a copy of tlio firht issue of tlio NowYork Sun dated Sent. 3,1833. It is torn and worn , and yellow with ago. The paper is a little four-page concern , each page having three columns of twelve inches in length. The columns are 15-m's in width , or about 2-m's wider than those of the average - ago newspaper nowadays. The whole paper does not contain as much reading mutter as is to bo found in a quarter-page of the Now York Sim at present. The prospectus announces that "the object of tills paper is to lay before the public at a price within the means of every ono nil the news of the day , and nt the same time afford un advantageous medium for advertising. " Tim subscrip tion price is fixed at $3 per annum , tlio cost per copy being ono penny. "Do you know ? " asked a young old- selllor of Omaha.of a BEI : reporter , "that Omaha is in .1 certain manner interested in the family of Frank James ? " The re porter had not heard of thu Interest men tioned. "Well , " said the young man , "Hie outlaw's wife was formerly a resi dent of this city , Her lirst name is Annie , and she has often played witli me and other of the boys of years gone by. She Is the daughter of an old army otli- cer whoso family used to reside in tlm only brick residence in these days , on Sixteenth street this side of the dutnnct North Omaha Creek. The house is still in excellent repair , ami until recently was perhaps the most fashionable pri vate boarding house in Omaha. 1 always think of it as I pass by the placo. No , 1 don't want you to publish the name. It would bo displeasing perhaps to some of her trlunds , ' 1 can toll you something about Stanley - loy , the African explorer , " said a gen tleman well acqualntcd-with the history of Omaha's early days. "Stanley was out hero as a correspondent for a Buffalo paper and the New York Herald , In tlioMi days ho was about as worthless a fellow as one could find , and very worthless - less lads wore not then u. curiosity , A fa vorite occupation of his when short of cash necessary to placate the average board ing mistress was to dispose of lii ample form upon ono of the rickety tables of the old Republican oflico. There his frontier dtvams were nightly indulged , After ho had risen to distinction , when acting in Europe as a correspondent of the New York Herald. Stanley fell In levi > with a Grecian Judy. Before he would bo accepted by thu father of thp girl , the latter wrote to n wellr known gentleman of this city and nuked him for a recommendation of tlio amor ous acribu. In view oi the hitter's career In Omaha the gentleman -addressed did not feel justified In sending a recommen dation and ns n consequence Stanley did not secure his brido. Later on , Stanley'- ? eminence placed him beyond the need ol 'characters. ' " _ _ "I see , " said n legal gentleman , the other day , to n BUK man , "that certain newspapers feel satisfied Umt both Gen eral Howard ami General Terry are to bo promoted to the position of major general recently vacated by the death o General Hancock and the prospective re tirement in March of General Pope. Now , I do not desire to reflect upon the record or nbility of either of the generals niontloiiod , but , so far as I am concerned. I should prefer to see another man raised to ono or other of the vacancies. That is Brigadier General James M. Nowton. He has been a most gallant ofllocr , hav ing distinguished himself on several fields , while nt tlio sumo lime attained lo remarkable distinction as an engineer. Ho graduated iu tha lead when ID years of age at West Point in 18111 , in a clns * containing , among other distinguished soldiers , tlio names of Generals Pope , ' \ an Dorn , Rosoni'rans and Longslrci't. His achievements as an engineer have been remarkable both iu tlio field and in private life , the last being his dual destruction of Hell Gale in New York harbor , If either Gen , Howard or Gen. Terry Miould bo promoted , that would leaVe Newton to retire without over attaining to the portion of major-general because his retirement will lake place some time next September , when ho reaches ids tilth year. If ho should be raided to the vacant position it would enable these other men to come up and still have nix or eight years in which to retain the position after his retirement. 1 am not so certain that Howard and Terry are to lie preferred. 1 think Mr. Cleveland will look well over the whole field , and it is not improbable that , In such an event , lip might recognize the justice and advisability visability of honoring Gen. Newton , Tlio Nebraska Surveyor General's Ollloe. New Ymlt Tlmct. Senator Manderson , of Nebraska , ap pears to think that his state can gel along now without a federal surveyor general. Not long ago ho caused the senate t'o ask Secretary Liunnr If the government's in- leresla in Nebraska slill required Ihe ser vices of such an officer. In reply Com- i ssloner Sparks 1ms given Iho senator some information wldch will undoubted ly surprise him. All the public land in Nebraska , ono township excepted , lias been surveyed , and if tlio work had been honestly done the national govern ment could safely close the surveyor general's ollice. But the surveys made in the last few years were mauo under the deposit system , which lias been large ly used for ' 'speculative and fraudulent purposes. " Many of those surveys , Mr. Sparks says , are "wholly fictitious. " Contracts for surveys cover ing land grabbed by the cattle corpora tions were not long tigo "rushed through with great haste , ' appaiontly for the benefit of the grabbers and fraudulent entry men. For these reasons Mr. Sparks does not propose to close t lie surveyor- general's otlieo at present. Thc'senntor apparently did not remember that it was in his state that the land grabbers stopped the United States mails a year ago , and that an examination of the Brighton ranch ease in Nebraska directed atten tion to the wholesale frauds by which the hoijest settler has been robbed" . Somo" one must have deceived hjm , It could I \ * . 'C.C 1..1&4 inA < > uu n.tve uetin vyimgrcbsimm u. . . . . . . . .v Inspector Greene's reports show thai Mr. Laird h very familiar with the work of the surveyors on the public lands of the stale. your lioad eooms loiuly to My off ; un til jour iioso ami oycs ilia- olmrjru QxcoMlru ijmuitl. tics ol- thin , IrilUUtnir , wu lory Utilil ; until your li end nchcs , moutli and tliruut jwrcliod , and blood nt luvcr heat. This is un Aouto Ciitarrh , mn1 is Instantly rollovod by n single iloso , nud ponimnoiitly cured by ono bottle of SANI-OHU'S llAincAt , Ounu FOU CATAIHW. Complete Treatment with Inhaler , SI. 00 , Ono bottle Itudlual Cuio.ono box Cnturrlml Solvent , and ono Impiovcd Inlmlor. in oiui pauk * ana , may now bo hud oC nil ilriifriasts for $1.00. Aftk lor SANKOUII'S ItAinc.u , CUim. "Tlio only nliFolnto Bpoalflo wo Itnow of. " Mod. Tliiico. "Tlio best wo Inivo found In u llfo- ( linoof Riiirurlnir. " [ Ituv. Dr. Wliwln , llostou , "Aftrr u hum Striifiwlo with Cntiiirli , tlio ItAUI- OAI , CITIIU has eonriiorofl. ) " [ Hov , S. W. Munroo. I/owlsbia-Rli. I'll. "I bnvo not found u cuso that It did not icliovo at onco. " lAndrow Lee , Slim- Chester , M nss. Potter Drug and Chemical Co. , Boston. HOW'S VOUU imntlMATIZ ? Is n Hint appeals to every tortured victim of Itlinu > inntlRm. wlm Omit the ordinary iiliij * tmtuuKl HiilniPiitRpouoiloRAto inlluvo Mm. To Riiuh thu CuncttilA ANT ( . 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