Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 23 , 1886.
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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. "
SKIN J'lonifabw.jilniiiles ' , blmikbom4. * , and baby
until iitiiuiirf , u o Uuni/'i.'r '
_
VUI.1i Of AciTlJS A.NJ > PAINS
which no } iui im tUIll buoins ublo lo
l Jliorlnto , IB tlio condition of tbou-
muda wli'iic jet know nothing of
tbut IHIW [ > ; , < ] olfennt miUUrlu to jJiU
and lillttiuuu | lion , thu CuiiO'JitA Am *
LtiTI.II. i"j-