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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 23 , 1886. THE DAXPY BEE. OttAtfA.OmCK.N'o.flU AXnOlfiPAIIXAUST Nr.w VOIIK Ornci : , HOOM CG.Tntnii.NK llt'it.MSO WASIHNOTON Oincn , No. 613 FOUITEF.NTII Sr. PtitllMiortovorymornlnif.axf'pt Similar. Th ° only Mondny morning paper published In tlio Unto. ir.iiMS nr irAir.j One Year . . . . tlO.OO.ThrMi Month * J2.50 ElxMonths. 6.00OnoMonth , . 1.00 TIIK WKEKI.V Ilr.K , I'tiMMicd r.vtrf WodnusJay. rr.itMS. POSTPAID : Ono Yonr , wilh premium 1..J2.0Q Ono Your , without piomltim l fi Hlx Month * , Miltiout premium , . . , . "f > Ono Month , on trlnl 10 COHIIF.SI'ONDF.KCKI All communlcntlons relating to new * nn < l oill- torlnl mntlrr * Miould bo nddroMCd tothoUifi- tenet -111 : llr.R. i I.F.TTEIIS : All binlnrM tattrr * nnd remlttnncos fOinnld bo tuidfi'Sfwl to TUB IIKK PuiiLinnt-vn CoxirAnr , U.MA.IA. lrnfl ) . checks nnd | io tninco onlcra to bo inndo piu nblo to the ordur of the vompnuy , ItiE Bit PUBLSnlHE ! illPJliy ! , PROPeiEIOBS , E. HOSKWATEH. KoiTOn. TIIK council meets and the council ad journs , but the greatly needed biilhliiig orelinatico .still hangs lire. CONQUESS will grapple this week with tlio appropriation bills. This is only six Weeks behind the record of the last re publican house of representatives. HASTINGS now proposes to go her nnigh- borsono bettor in friendly rivalry by erecting a $50,000 hotel. Thcro is noth ing too good nowadays for Nebraska's in land cities nml tbwns. COSOIUSSMAN : MILLS of Texas grinds Ottt hm speeches at tlio rate of 216 words n minute. "The mills of the gods grind slowly , " Tills is evidently where they ( Illl'drfrom Mills of Texas. FitOM ( ho continued delays in that "war of extermination" it begins to look as the democratic leaders of tlio packing-house brand had "walled down" their candidate to await a favorable turn in the market. IT c'ost $100,000 to build the Uroadway surface railroad , and $ ! 510,000 for "legal advice" in connection with the construc tion , ItoUvecn tlio luwyura and tlio alder men the whereabouts of Jake Sharp's $0)0,000 ) , suoms to bo pretty well accounted for. UASK-HAI.L players arc always "catching on. " A baso-ballist last summer rescued a young lady from drowning at Atlantic City. The grateful young lady formed a strong attachment for him and the other day she died , bequeathing him $00,000. This is what wo call a lly-catcli the best on record. Tin : model monopoly from the stock holders point of view , Is the barb-wire combination. But two unlicensed barbwire - wire manufactories now remain in tlio country , -The patents under which licen ses are issued are held by a wealthy cor poration , which drives a perfectly safe ami an exceedingly profitable trade with farmers elsewhere. LIKE the king of Franco , the Nebraska railway comir/issioners have "marched up UioJ&i nnd down again , " They pub lished far and wide their correspondence In the Schwenck'discrimination case and ordered the offending corporation to an swer the charge made against it of violating lating the Nebraska statutes. Having re ceived an admission from the railroad that it committed the offense , joined with u promise not to do so again , the clhcicnt commissioners send up a shout oi triumph , drop the case and point the public to this surpassing result ol their earnest labors on the part ol the people. The Nebraska railroad commission is about as valuable to the public as the seventh wheel to a wagon , It was constituted so as to all'ect the cor porations even in tlio hands of the honest * nnd well meaning men. Under its pres ent auspices it is worse than useless. II is a shield to the railroads againt ollec tivo regulation and obstruction to tlu public in tlio way of remedial legislation IT is a heavy rollcction on naliona gratitude that congress up to the proscni time has utterly neglected to rowan : Lieutenant Greeloy and the surviving members of his Arctic expedition Grooley himself , broken down in hoaltl uud unfit for active duty , is in Washing tex | living on his pay as a first lieutenant ono of his men lies in a hospital supportci by private charity Braimml , his bravt Bergoant who carried the American llu { to the furthest north miles beyond tin point reached bv the English oflicoi Beaumont , draws $ li ( a month us an en listed man , and Sergeant Long is takiiu observations on top of the Equitabli building in Now York city at tlio sanit generous rate of compensation. The na tion which sent these men on their peril ous journey in the interests of scionci and then through cruel olllcial blundering deserted them to slow starvation at Capi tiubmo , owes it to itself to provide goner oualy for the reward of their uncomplaiu 7 Ing bufferings nnd unflinching regard foi V duty , Their exploit has honored the American mime in Arctic exploration and congress would honor itself in sooinj .that the remainder of their lives shall bi passed in comfort. Tin : rapid succession of deaths in tin ranks of the old military comm.imluri / 'brings forcibly bofo.-o us the certainty Hint should wo ever bo engaged in an other great war the United States wouli X to forced to develop tlio military com , , nmndora by tlio Biimo process of solectioi , Hmt wo wont through between 1601 am 'l6W. Even now very few of the moi 1 who hold conspicuous rank during th elvil war remain in the service , and Gun oral Hancock's death removes tlio las of the great soldiers who wore idontifici with tlio Army of the Potomac. All o the commanders of that mo& splendid army in modern histor ; McClolhm , Iturnsidc , Hooker , Mead nd Grant are gono. Bo are most o ; the great corps commanders Reynolds Beiljjwlok , Warren and Jhorest , Ucncni Howard is about the only corps com nmudcr remaining in the service , and h JIBS no Mich identification with the Arm ; 1 of the Potomac as many division com 1 Nmndors had , like Newton , Ay res am . others , who still remain. Franklin , Pot Ver , Slocum , and ono or two others * o prominence arc still alive , though not it the service. There tire also some of th > staff olllcers. like General Hunt , who ar 1 - plot to bo forgotten , but of the men win wore really conspicuous before the publi Ji the long years when the eyes of th MMtry wore all turned upon the Arm M Uio Potomac there Is.scarcoly ono rti The llctrcatlim Desert. The Xow York Times , in an extended editorial under the above heading , notes with surprise "tho gradual transforma tion of the so called arid lands in the neighborhood of the ono hundredth meridian into agricultural lands by an Increase in rainfall , " and thinks that such n phono-motion "deserves more attention than it has received. " It pub lishes the letter of a settler from Wichita , Kama ? , which states that the rainfall is steadily increasing in western Kansas , and that at the present rate ol Increase fifteen years will rcndci irrigation in Colorado unnecessary. The Times thinks that "probably some allow ance should bo mndo for the enthusiasm of a settler who is naturally unwilling tc use any except the brightest colors m describing his homo to his old m-lghbors In the cast , " but adds that the "statement ! simply corroborate those of others , " and quotes the following report from a scttlei in Nebraska : A settler In Nebraska , living near the ninety-eighth meiltllati , declares that land In the central part of that state which now yield ! heavy ci ops was reirnnliM as a deseit twelve years ajo. It was then dinicult to raise haj even on sinnll patches of ground In the valleys ; but now , In the same region , the fanners easily cut Iwc tons fioni an acie. Hills that wore then almost covciud with hnrieu sands , showing scarcely a blade nt grass.now support then- fcands of cattle. As Into us 1873 , it Is said , nc water abo\o ground could bo found between Heaver and Ccdnr decks , just west of tin ninety-eighth muiUllan. Now , it Is icpoitctl , thai region ami a stretch oC country for NX miles to the not ( Invest are dotted will .shallow ponds varying from an acre to live acres In extent , around which exccllcnl Krnzlng Is found. A few years ago settler- nil the nincty-clghlii meridian In Nebiaslcr supposed that ( hey had reached the western limit of corn culture , but since these day : corn lias been shipped fiom a legion 100 mile ; westward. The "settlor from Nebraska" is well informed. Tlio great American dcsorl has retreated to tlio extreme western limits of this nourishing state , and ii making preparations to take its depart ure into Wyoming across the state line During the past two seasons crops have been grown in the westernmost counties of central and northwestern Nebraska , and the rainfall has been ample for til the needs of the agriculturist. The advancing - vancing line of sutliciont rainfall ha : pushed by all artificial barriers of geographical graphical lines. It halted at the ninety-fifth meridian , stopped for r few years at the prophesied impassable ono hundredth meridian , and then bear ing with it a tide of adventurous settlement mont s'wopt boldly across the hundredtli and second. For twenty years Ncbrus- kans listened to the croakings of the meteorologists. They have learned from experience that civilization brings rain fall as rainfall increases civilization , The "arid lands" of .Nebraska . are rapidl } disappearing. Their place is. taken by nourishing farming communities , by prospering towns and growing settlements monts , Practical investigation of cli matic conditions has put to iliglit the antiquated theories of the past. So fin as Nebraska is concerned there is nc Great American Desert. Tlio Broken Pool. The trans-continental pool has gene tc pieces , and the various lines between the Missouri and the coast are engaging in a desperate struggle for business at eacl : other's expense. Passenger rates have been cut to a basis of jibotit 3 cents c mile , and freight rates are unsettled am cannot well bo prevented from sharing in the decline. The pool went to pieces as the natural result of the increased competition following the construction o : the. Northern Pacific and the "Sunse route. " This latter system , including steamer from Now York to Nou Orleans , nnd rail from thence b.i way of the Texas Pacific am Southern Pcific to California , has bcei the prime factor in the disruption of tl agreement. For a year past it hascarriei 70 per cent of all Ireight from New Yorl destined to California points and ha been steadily increasing the proportion The war which has been begun si savagely by the five transconlincnta lines promises to bo n long and bitter om in which the public will at first suffer b ; demoralized rates and afterwards bcneii bj an inevitable reduction in both tin passenger and freight tariffs. For fifteen years past the people of tin coast have been mercilessly bled by tin gang of cormorants who have fattenei froni the fruits of their labor. While th Union and Central Pacific formed tin only transcontinental route , rates wen fixed at figures which wore little short o prohibitory. The Pacific Mail steamslii ] route across the Isthmus was heavil ; subsidized to prevent competition , am the route by tlio way of Capo Horn am the clipper ships was paralyzed by fore ing San Francisco merchants to plcdg < themselves not to use its facilities undo pain of excessive rates on shipments b ; rail , Tlio extension of the Southern Pa clfic south nnd eastward to its junctioi with the Texas Pacific , the constructioi of the Atlantic & Pacific wcstwan from Albuquerque to the Needles joining the Atchison , Topeka & Sant Fo and the Southern Pacific , and th competition of the Northern Pacific t Portland added three competing roads I tlio original line and forced a combimi tion of interests which was subsequent ! , reinforced by the liurlington and Donve & Hio Grande in connection with th Central Pacific. Tlio light now in prc gross must result in a permancu lowering of rates between coast tun coast. The discontinuance of the sul niily to the Pacific Mail has made tha line a factor in tlio contest while th rival ambitions of the other lines aroto llerco to permit a compromise until long contest finally settles down into a agreement which will recognize the wholesale robbery of patrons is nr. tlio best means for tlio btimul ; tion of tratllo to a poin which will be profitable to all. As matter of fact the exorbitant rnllrnii rates have been almost suicidal to th best interests of the roads themselves They stimulated the construction of con poling lines and restricted tlio oxpansio of business which would have boon ae companicd by a corresponding cxpansio in transcontinental traffic. Owing to th excessive rates the population of Califoi nia to-day is little more than it was tc j-cars ago , alul has grown entirely b , natural increase. Immigration to th coast has btpn stopped half way by th increased inducements oili-ml for settlement mont at intermediate points. A perms uuut reduction in both freight and. pa : scngor rates will bo the regeneration of the Pacitio coast , and if it comes as the result of the broken transcontinental pool no ono , not even the railroads , will regret its disruption. If all the land grants condemned by re ports of congressional committees should bo restored to the public domain fit the present session , many millions of acres would bo added to Unolo Sam's available real estate. Among the most flagrant cases of unearned grants is that of the California and Oregon railway. This tract was granted in 1800 upon tlio con dition that the road should bo completed by July 1 , 1875 , and tlio time was after ward extended ( o 1880. It was provided that if the road should not bo completed in the period allowed the act should be come null and void , "nnd all the lands not convoyed by patent to said company at the date of any such failure" should "revert to ( lie United States. " When the limit was reached about half of tlio road had been built at a cost of less than $5,000,000 , , and for this work tlio company had received patents for $10,000,000 , worth of land. Not until a year or two ago did the Central Pacific complete the road upon which work had been suspend ed in 1873. Although the lands not pat ented , which hael become very valuable , had clearly been forfeited to tlio United States , tlio Central Pacific applied for thorn , asking for tlio appointment of commissioners to inspect tlio road. At that time a bill declaring a forfeiture of the lands was pending , Ulidcr the advice of tlio general land commissioner , a notorious tool of the railroads , Sir. Arthur appointed the com missioners , though his action in so doing was made tlio subject of a resolution of inquiry. It is a matter of congratulation that under the present administration of the land oIlico the decisions of tlio com missioner are not written by type-writers in the olliciis of the railroad managers. PKOPKHTV owners in the new paying districts will bo blinil to their own inter ests if they look onlylo the present cost of the material with which they improve their property. In Elizabeth , N. J , which was swamped financially by the wood block craze , lots abutting on tlio streets-payed with this material are less valuable to-day than those on unpavcd streets. Trafllo was soon diverted from the ruts , jogs and hummocks of the short-lived pavement. Residences lining tlio decaying filth of the wooden blocks are to-day teimntloss , and prospective purchasers decline to invest in property which to bo made profitable must again boar the burden of taxation for repaving. Washington property owners were forced in solf-defonso to demand the re moval of wooel blocks. San Francisco followed suit. In Chicago the rotten pavements in the heart of the city are being removed instead of being replaced , and the health department and board oi public works , reinforced by the press , are protesting against the further use of the material. St. Paul has entered upon the first period of tlio craze , but we con fidently predict that her enterprising cit izens will revolt before the five years of prophesied life of the wooden blocks have expired. OMAHA Is at present absorb" . ! iiTillgciissIiie the Iclatlvc merits cf wood , stone auet asplmll pavements. The BKK says that wood will l'.ut lust thrco years and that It is cheap nnd nasty. The Herald maintains that wooden blocks make the best pavement possible. In order to decide this interesting controversy , let a committee from Oinnln , where pave ments are unknown , come to Kansas City autl inspect tlio paving hero. Wo have stone pavenu'iits of two kinds , also wood. People who are Ignorant should not bo afraid to ask for Information. Kansas City Journal. The Journal makes a maliciously in correct statement when it says that pave mcnts are unknown in Omaha. The facl is that Omaha has nearly cloven miles oi stone and asphalt pavement , and is to day ono of the best paved cities in this country. The business centre is all paved The paving that wo are now talking about consists of extensions , and will in clude sixty-six blocks. TUB Bnu repeats , and it cannot repeal it too often while this issue is being forsoe upon Omaha , that wooden blocks are the rejected pavement of the past and pres cut. The argument that they are stil ! being uscel has nothing to do with the case. So are cheap systems of sewerage waterworks and bridging , although condemned demnod by all competent authorities Omaha has started well in her public im provemonts. She has laid broad founda lions for future greatness. Up to tlu present time she has selected the best because cause her good judgment told her that i was by far the cheapest in the end. I will bo worse than unfortunate at thii day to change policies and inaugurate wild-cat improvements which will insure continued expense for repairs and indl vielual loss for replacement. WHY do not the contractors who an moving heaven and earth to piaster ( hi ! city with a cheap and unhealthy paving material , publifh some certificates of tin value of wooden block pavements wliicl will carry conviction to impartial readers They have given an extract from a four year-old report of a Chicago street com missioner to the effect that wood is nose so noisy as stone and that a largo area o Chicago has been laid with that material Against which , stands the verdict of tin chairman of Chicago's board of publh works under elate of 1880 , that the pave ment has absolutely no redeeming qual ity but it's temporary cheapness. CKNTHAL Wyoming is jubilating itsol over the certainly of a trunk line rail road , connecting the ranges and tin lands along the valley of tno Platte wltl the eastern markets. The "sago brush1 territory proposes to add 50,000 to it population this year nnd to show tin world how productive in mineral niu agricultural wealth its soil is when prop crly tickled by the hand of capital am enterprise. Tin : heroes of the war of 1812 and thei widows are going fast , Last week Pen sioncr Commissioner Black dropped 1,75' ' from tlio Itoston pension roll. They hi : < been dead for years , but some ono stooi ready every quarter to draw their regula ration from the treasury department. IF THE county commissioners wouh spend more time in examining the need of tlidr constituents , and less in discuss ing such schemes ns tapping the Elkhori hud lowering .tho pourt house , the publii would be correspondingly benolittcd , Convict Lmbof'M A Discount. Tlio convict labojuf ( ho Illinois pcni tcnliary has donojinich to disturb tin honest labor clcmeWt , jiot only of tha state but several ) qthcr states , in eluding even Nebraska. The cut-stom from llio Illinois penitentiary has fo years been extensively ijscd by contrac tors for building Jitirppscs throughou Iho west in Ilio faec ojf emphatic protest from honest labor , POIL whose interest it has had a depressing ! effect. Durinj the last two or three 'years ' , however contracors have found considera'bli trouble in using con icl'fcut-stono , owinj to the vigilance of the labor organiza tlons. It will bo gratifying d honest labor ( o learn tha the commissioners of tlio Illluoi penitentiary are at last tinaulo to lint purchasers of convict , labor. After ad vcrtlsing for a luonth for proposals tlio ; met on tlio lUtli inst. to open the bids They wore considerably surprised to llm that none had been received. There i no doubt that this is tlio result of the agi tution of the convict labor question. Con tractors have evidently became afraid ti handle convict labor , and it is accord ingly becoming a elrug on tlio market The change has hopn rather sudden , foi only a year ago there were nuiuprou : bidders for tlio convict labor of ( ho llli nois penitentiary. Tlio commissioner ; are now in a quandary as to what to el < with the men. The convict labor question tion will , it is believed , bo submitted ( i tlio'voto of ( lie pcoplo nt the next genera election in Illinois , and in that ovcnt it i safe to predict that it will bo abolished b ; an overwhelming majority. At any rad honest labor has so far "scored a notabli victory. Tun city of Denver , which after a ban light banished the notorious Doc. Haggi and his gang from her limits , now pro poses to actually license gamblers , al though such a course isln direct violatioi of law nnd decency. It will bo in ordc for Doc. Uaggs to return to Denver am apply for a license. PROMINENT P13HSONS. The estate of the Into Gov. Cobilrn o Maine foots up 31,000,050. Goldwln Smith will remove from Canad : to England In tlio spring. Louis Kosstttli , who Is now at Naples , re tains all hLs faculties. James Uussell Lowell is the finest Spanlsl scholar in the United States. Kev. John Jasper , the Illclinioitcl clergy man , still claims that "the sun < lo move. " Judge Tourgeo likes to read the love-letter : of hdiool girls. He's just like all the rest o us. ) y ' 'I ; C. AV. Couldock Is seventy-one yeats old and ho has been acting1jforuearly half acen tury. J'k' ' ' ? O'Donovan Uossa's 'notoriety as a ilyna miter "having subsidclf , "htj 1ms taken ti poetry , , 'n * 'Mrs. Don Cameron and' .Sirs. Eugene llali aio considered the best dinner party givers Ii Washington , i The czar of Kttssla is grooving fat. Dyna mite does not ai.pear tovoVry him tis mu ; as It used to. * " * Ellen Terry , tlicactrfcss. ' . seriously ill ane has gojie to Uottrpp oatirfol- rest. She i suffering fr 7n nervous protrallon. Aiian O. Tlmrman IsJn fbbust'hcalth. Hi wears his skullcap and carries , n large rci bandanna handkerchief as "efaccfully as o old. old.Dlsmarck's Dlsmarck's wife Is descilbod as a tell , aris tocintle looking woman with decided bti pleasing features , and of elegant but shnpl taste in dress. Jay Gould has expressed his pleasure eve the management ot his affairs by his soi George. George drinks nothing stroiige than milk punch. Thomas W. Kceno's manager , according t the New York Graphic , suys that the actor' days are probably numbered and denies tto report that ho will net acaln this season. Evangelist Moody recently refused SS.OO to slt'for bis photogragh. It Is thought tha some other person sat lor the portraits of bin which have boon appearing in the nowsp.n pors for some years. KoCers to Gardner. tfcliratka Cltu Ifcws. . Tho"must go" business fccems to bo a fall ure-as far as wo have hcaid. Alukcs Money Without Advcrtlsiiifi I'Mlailclplila KintJi American. There Is one concern In this city that make agicatelcalof money and doesn't advertise It Is the mint. Gen. Tlinyer an llcpnrtmont Com mmulcr. Faj > tlllnn Time * . Probably no selection could have , boci made that would have given more unlvcrsa satisfaction among boldicrs. Ail CMeagn Nttii. It Is feared that by the time Mr. llolman' special Indian committee gets around t submit its report the house will have to hlr an archuiologlst to read It. The Next Presidential Campaign. St. iMtts niiilic-lJenncrat. The talk about presidential candidates fo 1SSS has already begun ; that Is to hay , th democrats have commenced to let It bo dls tlnctly known that they don't want Clove laud again under any chcumstaiiccs. Give Us Justice. lluillnutcin Mominj Juntlce. Don't manufacture laws favoring tlio work Ingman. In ( ho first place they would nebo bo enforced. All wo want isa fair chance Glvo us the same law thp j lc1inaii submits tc Itcmovo thelaws which jnakdtho poor pooro anel the rich richer , Qly. ? injustice. A Mornl Gului In flostou. CMuvja TliHM. A Boston paper says ; J'Anothor nov the-atie is projected in Boston. This on wipes out a skating rink * TUo last ono tool the place of a church. " ojftral train Is n doubt accomplished whijn a Uieatro wipes on a Boston skating rink , oijilvith } untmgraii memories of Parson Dowis still fresh In th public mind , ( hero are il so'j'.ulio ' ' will clah that ( lie same is true w | > cD,9a tlieatio suj : plants a Boston clmrcli.t ; Ono Ono little grain In the sandy birs ; Ono little llower 111 a fluid of llowrrs : One llttlo star In a heaven of stars ; Ono Ilttlo hour In a year of hours AVliat If It laakes or what If it narsV But the bar is built of tlio llttlejrrnlns ; And the llttlo flowers make the meadow And theNttlo stars light the heavenly plains And the llttlo hours of each llttlo day Glvo to us all that lito contains , In the Lieatl. AUiradca CUv Ketci. The republicans who imagined that Gen John M. Thayer would not prove a very foi mhlablo opponent In the contest for the non : inotion of.govenior on ( ho republican tlcke can now see that they were badly mistaken Jlis.selectlon as department commander o , ( ho U.A , K. In this state pulaiiliu In tlio lead uud-hc Is'uow lu a position.to make it decid cdly Interesting for ( he other aspirants. This selection was something that was not exactly In accordance with the rules of ( ho "Hup. " 1 IIP preferred candidate of the News Hon. M. L. liny ward will have lo huinp himself pretty lively or he will bo badly left In thei race. STAT13 AM ) TKUIUTOltY. Nebraska Jottings , A daily paper is ( o bo started nt Crcigh- ton. Holdrogo will build n $10,000 school house this year. Norfeilk proposes to hold a little re union of its own. Tekamah has four saloons and four temperance societies. Wnhoo is discussing ( ho proposition lo vote aiel to the Elkhorn Valley road. Kxelcr 1ms raised the bonus of $2,000 required ( o secure a canning factory. Joseph Moore of 1'airliold dropped three lingers In a corn shelter last week. Norfolk wants a canning factory , nn agricultural implement manufactory , u good foundry and a wooden mill. Tlio first newspaper In Nebraska was called tlio Nebraska Palladium. It was published at Uollovue , November 15 , 1851. It is now suggested that Grand Island employ ( ho ce > nsus compilers of Hastings and do the city duriiiii the Gratiel Army reunion. The work of track laying on the Lin coln extension of tlio Klkhnrn Valley road lias begun on the south bank of tlio Platto. W. C. Starkoy , n Pawnee City ex- editor , eh'scended to ( he liquor business , and was run in last week for selling copper ( an without a license , William Hurnot , a boy of fifteen died suddenly at Mend , Sannders county , last week. While playing with a companion tlio latter slapped him on tlio back , caus ing instant death. iE. . Boiler of Poncu butchered a cow last r Itiesday , and. in her stomach founel a pound of nails anel n Ii inch screw , all being worn as bright as if polishcel on an emery wheel. Fairliold is torn up with a scandal of metropolitan proportions , in which a minister figures rather luridly in dealing out prayerful consolation to a fickle and faithless wife of a town merchant. Work will be resumed this spring on the great Kearney canal , which , when completed , will furnish the best water power in the slate. The enthusiastic ) Kcarncyito is confident that its banks will bo lined with factories of all kimis in a few years. The Kearney Press charges Register HiggiiiB , of the Grand Island land office , with raising the price of publishing "final proof "notices from $3 to $3 each , and turning the entire advertising business of the ollico into the capacious purse of ex- Postmaster J. C. Morgan of Kearney. The bourbon mass of the fifties still clings to John G. Still the opposition press should not kick. Higgins was a pub lisher in the palmy days of republican ism , and never got u taste of public pap. Iowa Items. There is a scarcity of houses to rent in Paullina. There are twputy-fcix prisoners in the county jail at Sioux City awaiting trial. The Hawkeye Reduction company , of Pelln , has filed articles of incorporation. Capital , $100,000. . A * 20,000 , opera house is likely to follow i the wake of the proposed 200,090 uotel in Sioux City. New coal discoveries have been made near Collins , Story county , ami Jeffer son , Green county. The grain men of Sutherland in the six months following August 15 , 1885 , shipped - pod -157 car3and stock. The estimated expenses of the schools of Burlington for 1880 is $ J5,000 ; esti mated receipts , $17,000. The flouring mill at Missouri Valley last year consumed 72,000 bushels of wheat and sold $18,000 worth of Hour. The Chicago , Burlington & Qnincy .Railroad . company will complete ) the work of building a double track through Iowa on its main line this year. Muscatino has entered suit against the Chicago , Rock Island & Pacifies railroad for over $18,000 damages for failure to grade a street and establish machine shops. Franklin Prentice , of Deloit , claims tb be the oldest settledm Crawford county and ono of the pioneers of tlio stato. IIo located in Crawford county in the spring of 1810 , and has resided there since that time. time.Walter Walter Fitzjcrald , who was scut to the reform school two years ago for the kill ing of a young man in Grand Meadow township , Cherokee county , died two weeks ago. His death was hastened by the horrors of having killed the young man. Polk Wells , the notorious murderer and bank robber who is serving a life sentence in the Fort Madison peniten tiary , has written a book entitled "The Lifo ami Trials of Polli Wells , " which is now in the hands of the printer. It is to contain a portrait of himself and Sliorifi U. A. Farrcll , his captor. Dakota. Very rich ore has been developed at the Coats tin mine. The piling for the railroad bridges bo- twcen Buffalo Gap and Battle Creek have all been delivered on tlio ground. Carson , in Sully county , is now a "do- sorted village , "the last building having been removed from the town silo last week. A syndicate is negotiating for the pur chase of the millions of acres of Dakota land owned by tlio Northern Pacific rail road company. The fair grounds of the Southeastern Dakota Indu.srial ( association , located at Ynnkton , and all the valuable improve ments thereon , are udvortiscd to bo sold uudcr the shurifi''s hummer on the 0th of March. John Brennan , who lives sixty miles north of Bismarck , was attacked on Sat urday by an Indian , to whom his wife had given a meal. Brennan Mived himself by Hoi/.ing the Indian's tomahawk and kill ing him , The Indian was drunk. The Citi/.ons' league , which was organ ized at Yunkton a bliort time ago lw en force law ami order and suppress vice in the rising generation , has been noticeably inactive of into , and tlio organiKation bids fair to expire in a natural way , A WHOLE TOWN ON WHEELS. Tlio Iteccnt Exodus Ironi Silver Cliff to WoHtcllnc. Denver Tribuno-RonubHcan : A novel case was argued before Judge llallett , in ( ho United Stales courts , yesterday. It was that of Downing vs. The People ple ) of Silver Cliff , wherein the plaintiff asks the court to issue an injunction , to prevent the inhabitants of Silver Cliff from moving their town to tome oilier locality. A similar proceeding was probably never heard before in a court. The causes which lead to the suit dale back to the early days of Silver Cliff , whun that town and its mines had a world-wide reputation. That was in 1870 and 1880 , and the population was ( hen between 5,000 and 0,000 , people , the ( bird largest city in the stato. The silver city began to wear metrono- litan aspects , and among the other city improvements was a costly system of water works which the people voted ( o have put in. The bopds for the water works system were placed for sale at Denver , and Mr. Downing , the plaintiff in the present suit , became the holder of the larger share of the bonds. But Silver dill' , likjj other miulug towns , could not hold their own , and j-ca by year the town has continued ( o grov smaller , until now there are considcrnbl' ' less than 1,000 people within the corpor ntlou limits. With the depopulation tin town began lo degenerate. Taxes grov exorbitantly high. It ia said that rt ( tin present time tlio accumulated ( axer amount to a large'r sum ( ban ( ho total as sosscd valuation of tlio properly. Tin taxes nw\ \ debs ( on public Improvement : went unpaid , with tlio rest of the city's debts , Wlien the Hio Oraudo road built lute Silver dill' Iho company locatcel its dope on Grnno Creek , nbout a milo from Sllvoi Cliff. Soon a new town began lo built there , and It was known as WcslclllTo. With the Increased prosperity- Hit new ( own came1 ck'innrnlixation of the old and In roe-cut times ( hero has boon whal might proporlv be called an exodus fron Silver Cliff. Pcoplo were not content with moving out themselves , but ( hej took ( heir houses as well as ( heir house hold goods. Thus Silver Cliff was beltij gradually but surely wiped out of exist cnco. The now town was just oulsido ( he cor poradon limits of tlio old , and n rcsl donee in Westohffe meant a release from ( ! in burdensome taxes of Silver Cliff , pro viding the person so removing did not leave any tangible properly behind him , Mr. Downing still continued to hold hi ? bond in the Silver ClitV water-works , The interest on them remained unpaid , but ho kept his peace , in the expectation of bettor times , until tlio Silver Cliff pco plo began niovinjr their houses away. Ho draw the line thoro. Sallsliod thai tlio wholesalu moving was but a gigantic f-chemo to get rid of paying taxes , and that milcss ho look some steps in his hi' torcst pretty f.oon his wator-workf property would bo almost valueless , he applied lo ( ho United States Court in Denver to issue an injunction ( o prevent ( lie pcoplo from moving their houses away , and also asking that a rccoivei might bo appointed , with powers lo col lect and properly disburse tlio taxes. Anderson II. Jones , a colored ma n who tfontto Liberia six months ago from Missouri , writes homo from lirowcrsvillo , ti village fifteen miles from Monrovia , giving some account of the country , lie says that tbcro arc no horses , no mules , and no oxen in the whole settlement. All the farm-work is douu with the boo , the rake , and llio ax. IIo says : " 1 have neon all over the settlement , and I found the largest number of people in a suffering condition for something to oat and foi clothes to wear. There isn't nnydoolni in this settlement the settlement is too poor lo support ono. Calico is 25 ecntf per yard. A common laborer , wlmn lie can get any work to do , is paid 25 cents porchiy. Pickled pork is 45 cents pot pound ; shoulder meat 25 cents poi pound. All the Hour and meat used here is imported from England and America , Corn-meal is 10 cents per quart. Com mou flour is $15 per barrel. The only way the settlers have lo imiku money here is by raising mid soiling coffee. It will take a newcomer like myself from live to six j-ears to get a colfeo farm in trim for selling coffee. The public schools are poor. There is a class of people over here who do not want the true condition of things written back home. " Swindlers ns nilile-Distrllmtors. Madison ( Wis. ) Journal : The ubiquit ous swindler has evolved a now plan bv which to swindle the. honest farmer. A chap in clerical broadcloth and choker ontorri a farmhouse un d asks for loelging or tinnier , as the case may bo. Duriui > his stay ho announces himself to bo a traveling Bible-distributor in the service of a religious institution , and he general' ly goes so far as to present lo the family a handsome Bible from a well-filled valjso. Ho is careful lo say that his society requires its elisribuling ( members lo pay ( heir own way , and exhibits vouchers therefor. After partaking ol the good folks' hospitality lie prepares to leave , anil asks for his bill. He is generally told no charge is made , but he calls attention to "the rules , " and insists on paying 25 cents per meal. Then he mildly requires a receipt on his blank form , "a voucher , you know , " anil he cots the farmer to sign it.In ninoly days there is a notice from a neighboring bank to the pious farmer to call and pav the note for $120.20 which it bought ane ! which bears the farmer's signature. A Slight Mistake. Portland Oregonian : The announce ment among the church notices in yes terday's Orcgonian that Rov. Mr. Caswell would pre-uch on the subject "How tc Reach The Dalles , " drew an andioncc not accustoiped to church-going. Among those who might have been scon movhi" churchward before the hour of service were the private secretary of Manager Prescott , of Ihe Oregon railway and Navigation Company , with instructions to take down the .sermon in short-hand ; Superintendent Rowe , with the boss oi hip shovel brigade ; u squad of Columbia River pilots , and a delegation of hold overs from eastern Oregon , headed by Pierce Mays , who having once before been iusidp a church ( on the occasion of his marriage ) was best filled for lead ership , Wo failed to learn if Mr. Caswoll suggested any now method of snow- ploughing , but no doubt llio attendants heard wiiat was quite as good for thorn to know. The next lime Mr. Caswoll preaches on "How to Reach the Masses , " wo hope ho will write' announcement so plainly that the compositor and oven the proof-reader cannot err therefrom. A Decaying Connecticut Town. Now York Times : The town of Oxford , in Now Haven county , about twenty miles duo north of Bridgeport , is a good illus tration of what is becoming of some oi the country towns in Connecticut. Tim returns for 1685 , just made out , show n decrease of thirteen voters , or about fifty pcoplo , and u loss on the grand list of $1,000 , The only increase is ono in kine and three in bhoep. This is a town where a few years ago a largo part ejf llio Iradmg of Danbnry , Lilohliuld , Watcrbnry and all olhor lowns within a radius of thirty miles , which are now from live lo twenty times as large as Oxford , was carried on. Hero tho.peuplo of I huso towns sold their horses , cattle , corn nnd wine , which was exported thence in exchange for foreign coinmodUicH , not excepting brandy nnd ruin , which figured largely and Imu pow er then as now. It is still recalled that in u parish meeting in which it was voted to build Chriit church at Quakers' ' farms , near bv. Iho presiding nlllcei promised live gallons of Iho hon at. Croix rum to the man who got the firol main stick of timber on the grounds. It is need less to say that that night saw the first stick of timber coming for the church. Mule Lotto's Few of the people who see Lotta kick ing her heels and playing all the tricks oj a httlo girl on the Btiigo would place her ago at the correct figure. The little mitei ol a body doo.Mi't look It , but hho was born in Na sau street , Now York , Nov , 27 , 1817. Her father , John Ashworth Crabtrco , was mi Englishman , and kept a bookslprei. which ho abandoned lo go to California during Iho gold erazo ofIt ) . Lolla liitH boon on tlio tago since l&M , and she is credited with the largest pile oi dollars of any woman in the profes sion , the greater part of which she owes to her mother's shrewdness. Thcro is said to bo n romance ripening between herself and her ( rood-looking loading man , Mr. Flunk ( Javlysle , although she lias hitherto kept her baud , if not her fancy , free. * _ Mr. J.W. . Patilloormerly wilh J. II. Walker & Co. , Chicago/is in the city , with a view of embarking hi the dry goods business. TWO BOYS FROM PALESTINE. They Mnko n Successful Tour of Mendicancy. San Francisco Kxamiui'r : A most striking illustration was presented in the probate court yesterday of how n phllan' tliroplo public may bo imposed upon by the schemes of unscrupulous persons , anil whal peculiar methods are tuiopcd by the latter to obtain money by arousing sym * pathy. The Examiner published ( ho fact ( hat two boys ranging from 0 ( o 11 ycarii of ago , had made tlio perilous voyagO from Jerusalem to the city in sc.ircn oC relatives who hnd died hero slnro thcip departure from ( heir nnllvo laud. Tlio.f were penniless , autl efforts were made t * provide for their comfort. In fact It waC suggested that funds should bo raised t * have ( ho little waifs sentbaok to the Holy Land , where , It was statH , their brother * ami sisters resided. The beautiful story. hoivovcr , has bccui exploded , and it is shown that the boys were simply tool * in the hands of scheming foreigners , who usi'd them for ( ho purpose of begging , thereby obtaining the means ( o lead a Kfo of idleness. James Jirash , us the youngest is named , is 0 years old and an oxeoedlnglv bright litdo fellow. Although ho has uoen in the Unitrd Slates a little over a year , ho spouks Knglish fluently and with as pure an accent as though ho were a natlvo born. His pleasant smiles' and quick , decisive answers to tlio questions uskcu him , put him on good terms In a very few niinmes with Judge Coffee , who oxumj hied him closely as to his wanderings since his arrival in this country. It WHS learned that ho is conversant with live dillorent languages , whlcli ' 10 speaks witli Iho utmost c'a&o. Ho was neatly and plainly attired in a buhlni < &s htiit. mid his only anxiety seemed to bo for his com panion , Joseph Dewood , with whom ho has traveled from Jerusalem lo Prisco The lallor is 11 years oldand , appeared to menially and physically inferior lo ( ho other boy. Ho would frequently burst into tears and was very reltiutant about replying to questions put to him by the attorneys. Jame-s Jirash loft his parents in Syria nbotitn yeai ago , in company wilh his undo , Joseph Khrmot. His father is said lo bo a wt'll-to-dc ) butcher in that place , and , nt the solicitation of his uncle , the little fellow left the parental roof under the guidance of tlio latter , who expected ( o lind u fortune awaiting hint in the United States from the sale of alleged rel ics from Palestine. The stock in trade consisted of some bracelets , lockets and similar triukels madu of beads , pictures anel a variety of bric-a-brao. But the main reliance for the uncle's success was the boy's attractive manners , winning ways and smooth tongtio. They vlslled Now York , Philadelphia , Boslon , Denver and tlio principal cities in the east wilh varied results. Ehriuot sold his wares , but his hopes were not fully rcallaod , MIICO the expected fortune came iiot. ' They proceeded lo Chicago nut ! tho'w nlot Joseph Dewood , the other boy , In company with a man named Amiuorntt. It was soon found that the boys were Da tives of tlio same city , and a plan was then matured by thcirguiirdiansuy whloli the latter hoped to make moro money without working than by selling : their wares. The boys wore provided with redcaps caps , with long black tassels , and word f r told that future in they must Impress the public with the idea that they were traveling in search of relatives anel liiuf nci. money , To this end liliYniot dovlseo ; a ' bcliomo. giving the younger boy a book in which n certificate was pasted , stating . that the boys were strangers anel recom mending tliom lo Iho charily and good will of tlio public in general for tliu pur1 pose of returning them to Syria. Great care was taken to send thoboys ubbUl I three or four days ahead of their older I companions lo the iMiierent cities , nnd after they had aroused the sympathy of the pp.biio and raised sufficient money they were joined by the schemers who took the mimoy from the little waifs and were sent onward on their missions. James was instructed by his uncle lo tell the pcoplo that his father was killed in a railroad accident at Denver , while Joseph was warned to say that Ammeratt was his lather , who was sick and unable to work. Under llicsn circumstances the boys landed nt Reno , where ( hey were taken charge of by Iho Catholic sisters , who kindly provided for them , and sunt them lo Sacramento in care of llio sisters there. In the latter place $28 was raised for them in one day from the school children and they were forwarded to this .city. Their traveling expenses were nominal. as kind-hearted conductors were founil on all railroads who" were willing lo asist the little fellows , and who , bosiilefl giving them a free ride , frequently supplement ed their generosity with com. IIo Undortsood Customer ( in Chinese laundry ) Can you understand English , John ? Jolin Yop. Customer If I leave some collars and cull's to bo done up whim cun 1 get them ? John Allo yito. Customer 1 want to know when I shall come for them ? John Yop. Customer I must have them not later than Friday afternoon. John You takce cheokco ? Customer You pig.tailed linen de stroyer , I thought you said vou could un- stand KnglishV John Yep. Customer Then why in thunder don't you answer my question V John Mo unstlan English ; nospoaUco. You louvo wiishoo , SCALL-HEAD L. Milk CrtiHt , DnmlrutT , Hozoina anil All ( Sculp IIiunorN Curoil by Oiitlciii-u. LAST Novrmbor. my lltllo boy , 1171x1 tluco yours , foil Utfuliisl tliu btovo whllo ho wus rumtinif , nml cut Ills liuuil , nnd. rlulil iillortlmt , hobrolvu out nil ever his lieml , Inoo nml loft cur. 1 liail u trootl doclor. Dr. - . to iittuml him , lint ho pot worho. mil lliu ilouinrcotilil not cuio lilm. Ills whnlohuaJ , Jucouiiil lull unrworoln u frarful Mule , um ! ho millm-ud turilhly. 1 cmifflit tliti illscnsn Horn liini , nml it Bpioiid all nvormy iaoo iiud iiixtk , anil oyon poulnio my iij-os. Nobody thought no woiilil nvir Hot bol ter. I ffltHtirawo were ilisllirmol lor llfo. I lii'itul o | ' tlio Ciitluiiru llomoUlos , mid iiroiitrod uboltloor CuHcnni KicMilvunt , n IMS or Cutl- emu , unit 11 rake of Cuticuru Sou p. mid nrcd them constantly day mid nl'-ht. jUlcr iiKlnir two botllii ! * of JlcM > iViit , four boxoaor Uutl- ciiiuiiud four cnlics o ! ' Soup , wo wuru jiorfi'clly fulfil without H6ciir. Mr boy'Hi kin Is now llku Btltlll. I , II , Ml ? P.I'TJMi , HT1 flrnn 1 Blroot , Jersey City , N. .1 , tiwwn to Itcforn imi tills anh day of Mnich , 1883. UlMIKUT 1' . JIOIIINSOK , J , 1' . TIIK WORHTSOJIK HKAD. Uovo liorn in tliudniK mid tnodldiio InislnoEi twnnly-llvo yours. Jliivobotn Bellini ; > our t'litl- cnrn loinedli-s him o they winio wool. They loiul nllotliL'ftilii their line , Wo could not wrltu nor coiiia you prliu nil o Imvu lioiuil mild In liivor the Cutlciini Itenio'lk'K. ( ) no your UKO llio ( 'utl- curnimil Honp ( Hired n llttlo Kirl In our hoiibo of the worn ! tore liom ! wo uvur SHW , itiul tlio lUisol- vent iiiul Cntiuuiii nro now ciirlnif n younir ton- tliimtinor iiboio Inx , whllo tlio iiliynlcliuis nro trying to Inivo It ninputntod. It will cuvo his lot ; mid pi-i hans hUlito. Too muili ennnot be tuld In 1uvor of Cut.ouni KiunoiUo * . _ , K. ( I. SMITH ft Duo. Covlngton , Ivy. CirncMiu ItKsip.ntns nco n positive euro for oyury form of skin untl blood illsoasos , from lo Hurofuhi. Bold ovoryuhnio. I'rleo : Cliujijos . . . . . . . . . . ' Ituuilrout. . tl.OO , l nr .won. out Vltvij ; 8uiii ( , MOU. I'ro- . . /tlioPorxEn Jiiuo AND Cnr.mc.u , Ce > . , lloetoii , Alai)9. Send for "How to Cyre Skin Diseases. 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