THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY , FEBRUARY 15 , 1886.
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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.
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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
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tics ol- thin , IrilUUtnir , wu
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nchcs , moutli and tliruut
jwrcliod , and blood nt luvcr
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Ciitarrh , mn1 is Instantly
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nud ponimnoiitly cured by
ono bottle of SANI-OHU'S llAincAt , Ounu FOU
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Complete Treatment with Inhaler , SI. 00 ,
Ono bottle Itudlual Cuio.ono box Cnturrlml
Solvent , and ono Impiovcd Inlmlor. in oiui pauk *
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Aftk lor SANKOUII'S ItAinc.u , CUim.
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Mod. Tliiico. "Tlio best wo Inivo found In u llfo-
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