THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 24 , 1880. . , THE DATLY BEE. OMAHA OrFui.No.ni4 : AxnOlO FAUN AM ST. NEW VOHK OrriCK , IIOOM Ki.TmnuNE IIUII.THNO AVAgifiNOTOs Orncc , Nd. 613 FounTF.r.vni St. TuhllMird every mnrnlnir , except Stinclny. Thn only Monday morning paper published In the rrtuts nr MAIM Ono Vcnr t lO.OO.Thrrn .Months J2..V ) ElxMotitbS B.00uno ; Month 1.0) Tnr WECKI.V HEF. , Published Krory Wednesday. TEIIM * , MMTPAIDI One Vcnr , with premium , JS.OO Ono Yonr , without premium 1.2ii fix Months , without premium > OuoMonth , on trial 1U COtiniisrOMiENrF. : Allcommiinlcntlonsrclntlnirto nctrinml odl- tnrlal rnntlnr * should bo luldresstd to the Eut- /Oil -IIKliKK. . All InulnoM lottery nnd remittances nhoiiM b eaarosfcd to Tin : llm ; ruiiusinxo COMPANY , < ) > UM. Drafts checks nnd po tolllco orders to bo inndo pnynblo tu the order of the coinpnny , IKE BtE FOGLISHIIiGloiilPJlNy , PROPlllElflBS , r. lloanWATKH. lintTon. MH. St'AUKS Bhows no signs of resign ing. Tlio voice of the dlslionr.st land grahbor l.s liuard from buliind thu inaslc of thu "honest settler. " JrsTioK I'ATTKitsox of tlio New York Tombs police court liiis olllelnlly de clared that thorn is no such thing us hydrophobia. I\Ir. \ Pasteur , like Gnrdnor. nnd the Clilnnmun , "must go. " Mu. JIoititisoN's tarin'bill is still under going revision by the committee. It is wnfo to predict that the final revision will clcmlnatu all turlft reductions unfavora ble to the pocket-books of the highly pro tected monopolies. Kvrnv tradu has its tricks except the jewelry business. A Now York whole sale house Is prosecuting a CJilcago linn for not pitying Us bill contracted in the purchase of 10 knrat gold rings stamped 14 karat llmii The only stamped gold which carries its warrant of line ness with , it is the gold dollar. DISCUSSION over Dakota has simmered down In congress and it is generally ad mitted that there arc no reasonable grounds for ( he hope of the admission of the now state at the present session. Partisan reasons are alone responsible for the denial of statehood to a territory which possesses every qualification under the law and precedent. TUB Grant Monument conunittco , which started out to raise $1,000,000 , has given up the undertaking. Something over $100,000 lias been raised , and , un less congress comes to the assistance of Now York , which is not at all likely , the committee will have to bo content with Buoli a monument as the money on hand willl pay for. WHILK the Grant monument associa tion is as broken up as if it had been struck by a dynamite bomb , it is pleasant to note that tlio fund for the benefit of General Hancock's widow is growing rapidly , having already reached nearly § 3,1.000 with no signs of a decrease in the rate 'of subscription. This shows the dilVoreneo between a national anil a pure ly local object. STS Louis isieom laining bitterly that Jay Gould has it by the throat. Ho de mands u surface road through the heart of the city , which it is estimated will in volve a sacrifice of $10,000,000 , and threatens if his demand is not complied with that the city shall not have the de sired Union depot. A year ago St. Louis was dallying with Gould , and tickling him gently under the chin with the view of securing future favors. It has no reason to bo surprised that the veteran grabber now has "it by the throat. " AN indignant correspondent asks if there is not a state law in Nebraska pro hibiting the open fraud practiced by gro- corymon who soil to their customers for dairy butter such compounds as oleomar- gorino , bntterino , and other kindred imi tations. Wo know of no law except that which provides punishment for obtaining money under false pretenses. If the pro per stops wore taken wo believe that the grocorymon who soli imitations for pure batter can bo prosecuted under that law. This is a matter that the law nnd order league cotdd no doubt handle. LOUD RANDOLPH CIIUUOIIILT , lias bco addressing the Orangemen of Belfast , and in a hot-headed and incendiary speech urged them to continued opposi tion to home rule. Ho assured them that the time might como when civil war would demand 'sacrifices on their parts to preserve tlio Integrity of the empire , and bespoke for England their cordial co operation in the struggle. Lord Ran dolph's speech is condemned oven by the torJcH as ill-advised and dangerous to the . preservation of order. A little well di rected coercion In the neighborhood of Leonard Jerome's English son-in-law would bo of benefit to his party and the f 'public ' peace in general. ACCOIHHNO to the advocates of the Hoar refunding bill the Union Pacific is now being managed financially for the benefit of the poor widows and orphans upon whom Gould and Dillon have tin- loaded their surplus stock , and who we tire informed would bo bankrupted If the road is compelled to meet its government I ; obligations. If Messrs. Gould , Dillon nnd Sago would disgorge their ill-gotten { gain * and turn into the treasury of the Union Paolllo the funds which they eccured by such deals and the consolida tion of the two systems , the unhappy "widows timl orphans , " of whom Mr. "Adams speaks so feelingly , would no longer bo anelement in the yearly appeals jnado to the government for further lunlenoy to its dishonest debtors. CHARITY balls are now being denounced by Biuall-boru religious concerns. Ono vspect of some "religious" journalism is thus presented by the Hartford Gourant : * 'Tlu ) representative of one of tlio ( jrcat RO- culled jvllglous palters of the country railed t the oJlice of emu of onr largo Connecticut factories ami ottered as a personal favor to vrrlto up thu whnlo concern In hit ; slmpo for J.COJ The offer was declined In the sanio lioblu spirit of sclf-sucriticu with which It was Wttdo. Then U was renewed at S500 ( under the request for secrecy If accepted ) . This 'was declined , too , and the religious repro- pvntatjvo knocked himself down , step by step , ' \uiiu , whllo Ids first demand was for SlOrO , , 1)U ) last olTojvus to do It all for nothing it , they would take fifty copies of the paper con- tnliiliij , ' the proposed article ? And they wouldn't ncct'i't that ; they didn't so much ob ject to being written tip , but they didn't know to dp , they said , with the fifty papers. " 4 , , rtio Grcnt Cnko Strike. The prcat coke strike In the south western part of Pennsylvania has ended in the surrender of the operators to the demands of their workmen. Ik-sides the question of wages there were other grievances of which the operatives com plained. They charged that they had been defrauded by false accounts and that they had been cheated by tlo ; cor poration store system in which they were forced to expend a largo part of their monthly pay for provisions and clothing. The importance of the coke industry is shown by a recently published report of the census bureau. A few years ngo the greater portion of American pig iron was made with min eral coal , but all this lias been changed with the introduction of coke. The pro duction of coke * iron largely exceeds that of the so-called anthracite iron , and that but little iron , in fact , is made without a "mixture of coke in the burden. " It is for this reason that the strike in the Con- ncllsville region had moru than a local Importance. In the region covered by the strike there are over 10,000 coke ovens , producing more than 8,500,000 tons of coke annually , or fully seven-tenths of the entire product of the United Slates. This lnrge business is controlled by a syndicate of owners , who arrogate to themselves the right to regulate the amounts of production , prices and the wages to" bo paid. Early in 1891 the pool advanced the price of blast furnace coke to § 1.10 per ton , and one year later it was raised to $1.20 per ton. With the price of coke advanced the syndicate reduced wages in 1881 as follows : Minors from 30 cents per wagon to 27 cents ; drawing ovens from CO cents an oven to 55 cents , and leveling from 10 to 8 cents. These rates have ruled over since , and the government report shows that when running on full time the aver age earnings of miners will bo al.iout $3 per day ; that of drawers from § 1.03 to $2.0 ; while the earnings for levclors would bo about $2.40. It says , however , that during the past year , owing to the restriction of production , the earnings were not more than two-thirds the foregoing - going amounts , and in some cases not more than one-half. The operators claimed that the present price of coke does not warrant an increase of wages. The strikers contended otherwise , and held that with an advance of SOccnts in the price nnd a fair prospect of an enlarged business , the operators could afford to rcdtoru the wages paid in 1831 , which is all they ask. From the showing made it is evident that the striking operatives had right and jttsttco on their side. The Pennsylvania press with few exceptions championed their cause , and the result was a victory for the workingnicn. It is to bo hoped that the abolition of the odious "truck" system will follow. The Business Situation. Advices from eastern trade centers are to the effect that the distribution of mer chandise on western and southern orders has been moderately active during tlio past ten days , and that with the approach of spring there is quickening preparation to meet consumptive requirements. Ow ing to the recent floods in New England , trade in that section has been some re tarded , but in other sections of the coun try business has moved along uninter ruptedly. Operations generally reflect well-assured wants , and the trade fore cast continues cheerful and hopeful. This is particularly the case in tlio wjcst. Business failures in the United States anil Canada last week numbered 280 , as against 275 the previous week and 287 the week before. Cotton prices show a slight decline , especially in March contracts. This is the result of free offerings , encouraged by the dullness of trade at home and abroad and by the eastern labor troubles and weight of stocks in sight. The wool trade is sluggish and there is a less confi dent feeling among holders , some of whom are becoming anxious to realize and are quietly ottering to shade prices one cent per pound. There are com plaints of successful foreign competition in some branches of the trade in worsted yarns and fabrics , and the failure of some manufacturers to realize the ad vance expected as an offset to last year's increase in wool prices causes dissatisfac tion in certain quarters. Many makes of woolen goods , however , arc bringing a fair advance over last year's prices , and some mills have already booked orders for several months production. The gen eral outlook for woolen goods is favor able , but the prospects of higher-cost labor nnd closer competition among sellers have necessitated a modification of pre vious anticipations of a widening of profit margins to manufacturers. The cotton goods trade is fairly active nnd values , as a rule , Are very stiffly main tained. The jobbing distribution of all kinds of textile fabrics is s tctulily im proving. There is a very strong feeling in the iron trade , with an upward tendency in forgo irons'and Indications of an active business in nearly all branches in the near future. The prospect of an early resumption of work in western mills causes a weaker feeling as to prices of nails , but in other departments values are very firm. Uotwcon 80,000 and 40,000 tons of fltcol rails wore sold last weokand a good deal of business was turned away on account of the undesirable terms of payment offered by intending buyers , A further increase in the output of steel is said to bo under consideration. The situation us to gram is summarized as follows ; The movement of wheat from interior points continues light , nnd there has been a further decrease of 0fcJ,000 ! bushels in domestic stooks. Prices of corn are generally i to 1 cent per bushel higher , as a result of speculation encouraged by a free export movement , chiolly from iJaltimoro nnd Newport New ? , and the prospect of a corner in the Now York market. Wheat prices are without noteworthy change in the sea board markets. There is a more hopeful fooling in export circles , but actual busi ness in wheat on foreign orders continued very moderate. Hog products have slightly declined from lack of speculative support , but the changes in values tiro-unimportant. The consumptive demand for provisions has been steady but moderate , and exports are gradually increasing. Indications point to a total season's packing at west ern centers varying but little from that of last year , Dairy products are dull at about former prices. As to the Moot market , the Chicago Tribune says ; There have been enough bear facts and rumors iii the last fuw days to set the list on a long down ward movement in any ordinary time , but good buyers have been constantly coming in , anil tlio host operators , barring the room-traders nnd those who can be strictly called insiders , have been afraid to sell short. Tlio condition of the transcontinental business nnd the atti tude of the Pacific Mall Steamship company - pany have an ugly look , but a largo pro portion of the speculators believe that the war of rates was started mainly for speculative purposes and will not last long. The claims of the Drexol-Morgan syndicate and the Gowcn combination as to the control of the Heading road arc both very positive , and outsiders can now form no definite opinion as to the result of the contest. As for freight rates on the trunk lines there is no doubt that they are cut , but the trunk-line securities are among thn steadiest on the list. The cxportalions of gold last week were the largest this year , but speculators hayo ceased to bo much alarmed by thorn , Tun recent purchase by Mr. W. A. Paxton of additional property on Farnam street gives him posession of a majority of tlio frontage on the north side of that thoroughfare between Fifteenth and Six teenth streets. The location Is In the very heart of the business portion of the city and comprises little less than tin en tire half block. There are strong grounds for believing , that other things being equal , Mr. Paxton Is prepared to erect a magnificent hotel building on the situ .acquired , and to invest a portion of his ample means in a structure which will afford Omaha the same accommodations in tlio way of housing and entertain ing guests of which St. Paul and Minneapolis are able to boast. In common with all who are Interested in the growth of Omaha , the BEE trusts that Mr. Paxton will see his way clear to give this city the additional hotel accom modations which she so much needs. Wo are rapidly outgrowing tlio present hotel facilities. They are already too limited for our increasing wants. The excellence of our hotels has given Omaha u reputation for being a good place to stop over and the result is that with nil the increased accommodations of the past five years our hotels are continually overcrowded. A large hotel , three times the capacity of any now in Omaha , would bo at once a splendid advertisement to this city , a monument to its builder and a handsome source of investment. It is to bo hoped that Mr. Paxton is prepared to meet this demand. Ho is known to bo considering it. * Ax experienced financier shows in the New York Times that by the process pro posed by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads to pay off their indebted ness the government would lose in inter est by the end of the eighty years , more than the whole amount of the principal. Instead of paying the first year $1,300,000 , the eightieth part of the principal of $100,000,000 , and the interest on it at 3 per cent , the roads offer to pay $2,708,750 , a difference of § 1,481,250. They get at their method of payment in this way : One-eightieth of § 100,000,000 principal debt , $1,250,000 ; one-eightieth of all ac cruing interest , counting the average time , which is forty and a half years , for which 3 per cent interest is $121,500,000 ; this , divided by eighty , is ? 1.518,750 : total , § 2,708,750. In the second year , instead of paying $4,212,000 , the roads would pay , as before , $2,7C8,750 , a difference of $1,443,750 , and so on to the end of the chapter. This is a new mode of paying old debts , but it Is not likely to bo adopted. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ EVERYONE is predicting a building boom for Omaha , but when it opens up the question of paramount interest will bo where the orlck are to como from. The pig-headed economy of our brick manufacturers has left their yards prac tically empty. It cannot bo too often repeated that what this city needs most in the manufacturing line just at pre sent is a brick-yard with a capacity equal to that of all those in operation combined. Ouu highly educated contemporary , which has been picking flaws in the wording of local reports in this paper , is respectfully informed that its friend , Lindloy Murray , would never have en dorsed the phrase , "It did not , nor does not , " which appeared in an editorial in its last issue. The intelligent compositor may now come in for the usual reproof. DKTHOIT is quoted as being satisfied with cedar block pavements. The follow ing extract from its health oflicor's report to the city council under date of last year is pertinent : "I would respectfully rec ommend especially from the sanitary point of view , as well as from the eco nomic point of view , that wooden block pavements may bo abandoned altogether. " Tun Dcscrct News apologizes for Geo. Q. Cannon by saying that ho wont out on the platform of the car to get fresh air , and that a sudden lurch of the train threw him off. After his coming trial ho will no doubt want fresh air again , but he will find himself loft in the lurch worse than before SENATOII VANOK , of South Carolina , evidently knows how to make the most of nn opportunity. He certainly has ttiiccn good euro of the Vance family , six teen members of which hold government positions and draw salaries aggregating $25,320. , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tut : Philadelphia Ttincs makes t'.io as sertion that Chicago Is the city Unit re gards Hob Ingorsoll as n nineteenth cen tury hero. Wo don't wonder at Sam Jones taking n two weeks' rest before tackling such a city as that. Rosn EMZAIIKTII CLEVELAND is said to bo responsible for the re-appearance of pie on the White House table. Wo take it for granted that she has in the mean time taught her big brother how to use the fork in eating pie. Tun DEE is the champion of good pavements. It opposes wooden blocks because no impartial investigator of their merits dares to claim that they over have made , do now , or ever will make satis factory street pavement. THE wooden block craze is rapidly leaving Detroit and Chicago , and Omaha will soon bo convalescent. A year's ex-- pcrimcnting with the poorest of all pav ing materials will satisfy this city of its mistake. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE Hudson Buy' company was paid fJ,000,0X.for ( ) supplies , traiisyorte , com missions , < &e. , during tfie 'Hiel rcbi-lHoh. There is evidently more money In a first- class rebellion than there u In furs. PUOKESSOI : Coucit omcs , to time with h's ' predictions for a ( fry summer , The professor nnd the ground hog discount in Nebraska the predictions of llazcn's most skilled observers. Mit. PAXTON is already noted for his public spirit , but he will add now laurels o his reputation by giving Omaha a hotel structure worthy of its commercial im portance. Moxitr.vs' heads now ornament the handles of cane ? . This is appropriate. Monkeys arc uotod for raising cane. SKNATOHS AND COXOlllSSSStKNi Senator Kdmuads recently celebrated Ids fifty-eighth birthday , but bo looks at least ten years older. Speaker Carlisle Is opposed to the Blair educational bill. Ho considers that Kentucky doesn't need such help. Senator Stanford Is of opinion that ilor- monism will die out of Itself : If left to the operation of natural causes. Kx-Coitgrcssinan Ciiipo seems to have the Inside track for the republican nomination for governor of Jrassachusett * . Senator Wilson , oC Iowa , says that prohibi tion is "a fixed fact" In his state. It that Is so It Is nil the more demoralizing. Senator Morrlll Is tlio oldest member of the seimtrf in point of consecutive service , and ho Is thn father of the senate In years. Senator Allison Is regarded as one of the brightest and cheeriest men In the senate , although hchas had many deep family allllc- tlons. Senator Sherman recently drew a 53 suit hoys' clothes at a fair lottery In Washington. Ho will probably present them to Mahono , of Virginia. Congressman JMcKinlny thinks Mr. Han- dall will only need to secure twenty demo cratic voters to kill the tariff measure which ilr. Morrison brings forward. Senators Payne and Jlorrlll were born In 1810. In 1810 two other members of the pros- sent senate were born , and from that up to 1SM2 every year produced from one to five. Senator Hawley Is one of the most versa tile of congressmen , lie can make a good speech , write a good editorial , since a good song , paint a good picture or give good music on the pianoforte. Sixty-two members of the senate were lawyers or have studied law , forty-one are serving their first term , twenty-seven their second , live their third , throe their fourth , and John Sherman has been started for his llfth. Senator Fair , when on the Conistoclwears an old gray flannel shirt , in which ho plunccs down into the silvery veins of the old bonanza , slinking 'liamls with miners whom ho has known as Thn a.nd Sam and Joe for twenty years. i < New York Journal : When a United States senator falls in 'lovJ It is a terribly soul-consuming business. Hero Is Senator Jones of Florida , who onglif'to bo In Wash ington saving the country , chained to De troit , Mich. , with silken fetters. Samson has had his hair cut. lie Is at the mercy of the I'hllllstmcs. There is no law to prohibit a senator from falling in Jove- but the consti tution distinctly declares that he shall do GO between terms. The scrgcant-at-arms should see Jones. t A ruttcrlDnsb. Aljilltfoii Ttincx. It will bo a bitter dose for Dr. Miller to swallow all the loathsome lies ho lias told about Mr. Morton daring the past year , but he can , ho must and he will do it. Better than a Silver Mine. Chicago Tlmti. Senator Allison says that prohibition In Iowa Is a "lixed fact. " So much so , Indeed , that It Is better to go to fowa and open a drug store than to go to Colorado and open a silver mine. t = 3 Mucli I'lillculclplita Itccord. The question whether It Is proper to say "Thanks , " or "I thank you" Is at present troubling some of the great minds In western journalism. The great difllculty has always been to get the average western man to say either the one thing or the other. A Fine Koforiu Newspaper. I'latlsmoiilh Journal. For n concern that Is reveling and crowing rich on the stench from Its own political and moral corruption , the Lincoln Journal Is a remarkably line reform newspaper. From the way Its cdltorcrlticlscs others ono would suppose it was free from aepravlty. o Highly Comincmlnblo. Clitcaua Kewe , Commissioner Sparks' decision by which a tract of lanrt In Florida Is taken from Sen ator Call and given to a poor negro named Swahn Is highly commendable , and goes very far to establish In the public mind the opin ion that honesty Is the nilingrmotlvo in tlio land department , \VIion There Was 1'io iii tlio White HOUHO. A'cw Yuri ; Him. Our Albany correspondent is mistaken In supposing that ' 'there has been no pie In the white house since Buchanan's time. " Dur ing the four years of It. H. Hayes there was little else than pie there plo with thick , leathery varnished , upper crust and a sodden mass of pastry dough underneath. Ask Evarts , who evaded It. Ask William K. Rogers , who felt himself obliged to cut It.and broke down with dyspepsia. Another Victim of tlio Bell Monopoly. Huston Adi'trtlxcr. "Wo feel , " writes a western editor , "that an apology Is duo to Widow Grimes. In our issue of last week wo stated that she had eloped with an eighteen-year-old man. The truth Is that she was throvvn from nn eight- year-old mare , which she WAS riding in a lope , and which slipped jind fell. Mistakes will happen In tlio best regulated newspaper olliccs. and we are comment that when wo state the item was sent over h telephone wjro no other apology will bo needed. " CircituiHtniiGcs Alter Oases. IftwJlaven Ktwt , A photograph , some IcttcUs and A brace 01 pretty rofius , , A ulovo that held her prulty hand , My scantv stock composes , Some moons ago It happened , yet Though years have nmdp mo older , They haven't killed tlmtkcen : regret That some one elsoivasbolder. * For 1 was penniless hat ho (1 ( mean my hated rival ) Had shekels. 'Twas a case , you see , Uf littcat one's survival. Alas I that Fortune , cruel jade , Should make so sad a blunder ; Why couldn't I Imvo been la trade And ho in debt , I wonder , A Man AVitU a Head on Him. CMcaoo HenM. Correspondents at the national capital de scribe the recent appearance of Allen U. Thurmau and wife In that city very much as the letter-writers of an earlier day might have treated Daniel Boone , Davy Crockett , or Kit Carson. The venerable couple are cu riosities , and more than one man , just from society's latest whirl or the most recent swell dinner , costing more money than-tho Thur- mans over had at one time , doubtless marvel that persons of tmch simplu ways and of-such homelike demctuor cau be so distinguished. It Is pro-liable also Hint that the Old Itomnn was considerably surprised at some of the things that ho saw there. STATE AX TRimiTOUy. Nebraska Jottings. "Tup" Wilson , the noted slugger , is recreating in the llroken How jail. The Merchants' Protective association of Urokcn IJow disbanded last week in n tree light. Alexandria has a severe atlauk of the canning factory fever which promises to result in a ? 10,000 plant. The Hock Island engineers have reached Hoatrlco from St. Joe , and are outfitting for their march westward. Kditor Marvin , of the Hoatrlco Demo crat , has philosophically lllgp-cd up his sanctum for permanent quarters. A gang of sharpers are doing thn sa loon keepers of Plalte county with a bogus concrete for filling pool tables. /I'ho Grand Island & Wyoming Central right-of-way has been secured from all except six property owners between Grand Island and Itroken How. T.lio Amphictyonio society of Hellenic collcgoi publishes a neat and well edited maga/ine called the Star. There tire llfty-ninn students at present enrolled in all department * ) of the college. 1'ifiy-ono of these have been regularly matriculated for the pursuit of college studies. The others have been irregulars , pursuing such studies as music , penmanship and book-keeping. It is expected that the roll will reach sixty-five or seventy before tlio year closes. If the demand should warrant it , a young ladies' hall will bo erected the present year. Iowa Items. Heal estate in Sioux City is rapidly ad vancing. The reunion of retired legislators takes place in DCS Molnes to-day. A combination ticket , endorsed by four parties , 1ms tlio bulge on the municipal officers in DCS Moines. Two bogus detectives were run in at Dos Moines Monday for sending swindling circulators through the mails. Sioux City is supposed to bo within the pah' of prohibition , yet on Sunday last three bloody rows occurred , for which ' 'budge" under various names U respon sible. Ono'man was knocked headfore most into an ash barrel , the second was so mutilated that his mother did not rec ognize him , while the third , a free-for-all among the Sond.ini'zo , produced a corner on draped eyes and broken noses. A sad attempt at suicide occurred near Davenport last Saturday. The wife of Fritz Israr died Friday. Saturday morn ing , after sending for the undertaker , the grief stricken husband laid down be side the bodj * of his life companion nnd cut open tlio main arteries of his arms. Ho was found by tlio undertaker ti few hours after nearly unconscious from the loss of blood. While the doctor was dressing the wound Hriar cried out , "O , don't , doctor , let mo bleed , let mo bleed. 1 want to die. " He had been married twenty-three years. Dakota. The commissioners of Edmunds county have refused to grant license for tlio sale of liauor , and are arrestinjr the saloon men who violate the prohibition enforced by their action. The output of the DcSniot mine for 1885 was ! ? y81,0)7 ! ) , and the net prolit $105,51)0. ) There were 100S.M tons of ore milled during the year , yielding an aver age of sJJ.73 per ton. The rush to the Black Hills has already set in. The stages are unable to accomo- date the travel TJetwoon Hullalo Gap and Hapid City , and private conveyances are being pressed into service. Enthusiastic meetings arc being held at Woolsey and at Edmunds county points in the interest of the proposed railroad from Woolsey to Bismarck It lias been settled that right of way will be donated to the road. Sioux Falls has been visited by a com mittee from Pipestono , Minnesota , in the interest of the Diiluth , St. Cloud & Den ver railroad , and a public meeting was hold tit which tlio proposition was lavor- ably considered. The vigilance committee of Ynnkton is divided on the question of escorting the editor of the Press out of town or ( living him a coat of tar and 'feathers. Tho. unfortunate scribe , in a moment of delirium , mortally oflended the com munity by staling that the Mormon "Cannon was prematurely discharged. " "During the year 1885 , " says the Deadwood - wood Pioneer , "the Omaha smelting works reduced from Black Hills ores 30,515 pounds of lead , 15.311.21 ounces of silver and 2)1.01 ) ounces of gold. With the completion of the Deadwood branch of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Val ley railroad , the Omaha works will find the Black Hills on of the best patrons. Millions of tons of ore on the dump , and inexhaustible quantities in reserve will bo shipped to Omaha and elsewhere , begin ning with the opening of the railroad. " Colorado. La Plata county is in debt $130,371. The latest enumeration shows that there are fourteen candidates for United States senator in Denver alone. Dee Maynard , the pioneer printer .of Colorado , has been knocked out by whisky. Ho struck the territory in 1818. The Colorado state militia numbers 1,474 men of arms and 33 general and stall ollicors. The force includes thirty companies. Fiyo bids have been received for the construction of the stale capitol in Den ver. The cost of tlio building is limited to $1,000,000 , , and the lowest bid comes within $7 8 of that amount. It is believed all the bids will bu rejected. Utah. The banks of Salt Lake City report the receipt of $00,035 in bullion and $7-1,003in ore the pxst week. The Salt Lake Knights of St. Patrick- have protested against the trial of George Q. Cannon beginning on the 17lh of Erin. Samuel Hcnrv Butternut Smith , a nephew of the Mormon prophet Joseph , protested in court that no was obeying the law of God in taking unlo himself two wives , but Judge Xtinu dryly sug gested that "this court is run under the Edmunds law. " and gave Samuel six months nnd $200 lino. Tlio annual report of the Alice Gold and Silver Mining company , for the year ending December 31 , 1885 , shows a marketed bullion product for the year of 9940,448.01. Total receipts , $ lS5'3l ) J.83j disbursements. $1,980,11)3.40. ) which in cluded fl'J5,000 in dividends and $220- 821.45 discount on silver. The net earn ings of the company for the year were $217,080.27 , Montana. Business is reviving rapidly in Bulto. The Vulcan mine has been sold to east ern parties for $ ' , . ' 5,000. A rich vein of tin-bearing ore has been discovered at Virginia City. The banks of thu territory hold indi vidual deposits amounting to $5,320,503. The West Granite Mountain Mining company , capital $5,000,000 , has been Incorporated. The company will develop thu mines at Phillipsburg. The product of the Drum Lummon mine for January is the largest on rec ord. Sixty stamps crushed 3.4DU tons , re alizing $100,831.10 , Tliooro Is increasing { n richness and the outlook is most prom ising , Tommy Crnso , the bonanza king of Helena , with the furrows sixty years on his forehead is about to take to himself - self a bride of 21. Shu 1s the diurjihter of Thomas H.'C.trter , of Helena. The dis parity in 'ago will bo modified consider ably by the luvigoratiujj iiiUuwico of wealth , and the fact that Tommy will present his bride with a wedding gift of $ . -)00,000. ) Undo Cruse as ho is familiarly called , is an IrUIunan by birth , nnd a miner whoso grit and patient toll was finally rewarded. He lauded in the terri tory in 1800 , and with a partner struck a lend twenty-six miles from Helena , which was christened Drum Lummon , in honor of his native village. Hero they worked with indifferent success for a year , when the partner became disheartened and left. Tommy , however , stuck to the claim , nnd worked It for a number of years , securing barely enough gold to supply him with hardtack nnd bacon. Tor twenty years ho continued tak ing out gold with primitive tools until he was Induced to name a price for Ids property by nn English syndicate , llo lixcd $100,000 cash as the value , and when the money was tendered htm hesi tated , declined and demanded $250,000. This was Dually tendered him. Again ho refused , and placed the value at $ fiOO,000 , Jhon $750,000 , increasing $230,000 at n .lump , and each proposition accepted by the company nnd refused by Tommy. At last $1,000,000 was ollered and ac cepted , and the trade was consummated ; $090,000 of this was paid In cash nnd the balance in stock. The , shares were worth at the incorpo'alion $10 , nnd they arc now rated in tlio market In England at $30. His income from the mine is half a million dollars a year. The Pnulllo Coast. The city lax levy in Sacramento is $2.10 on $100. An ice factory has been started at Stock ton , Cal. Almonds and apricots are in bloom in Napa county , Cal. There are forly-fivo crazy coolies in tlie California asylum. Peanuts are the greatest crop in Tohoma county , Cal. Pinto srju'aws established a laundrv at Truckce , Nov. , and knocked out the Chi nese monglers. The water-works company of San Francisco want to sell their plant to the city for $4,500,00 ! ) , while the city engineer claims that the works can bo duplicated for less than half that sum. Lem Shave is tlio appropriate name of the "Chinese lawyer" of San Francisco. Ho was run in recently for holding up the Chinese gambling houses on the prelenso that the money thus collected went to the police. The Ciutir d'Alone country is not vexed over the Chinese question. Never a Chinese sandal pressed the gravel of the Couir d'Alene.i , and. never a pigtail waved In the breeze of those mountains. The miners said they should not come into the camp and they have not come. - - > "The I'onrI of Savoy. " Chicago Time * . American women visit Europe for a va riety of purposes. Some go for tlio sake of displaying their clothing and jewelry , others for the purpose of securing rich and titled husbands , and others to spend money. A few go abroad for the pur pose of studying art and music , and a still smaller number to learn something about the people of foreign countries. One American woman of wealth and fashion , it appearsby thn foreign papers , left our shore some two years ago for the purpose of discovering who was tlio best dressed woman in all Europe. See visit ed London , Edinburg , Paris , Berlin , Vi enna , Geneva , and St. Petersburg and _ mingled in the best society of those cities. She attended weddings , operas , and balls and numerous state receptions. She pro fesses to have soon all the reigning " beau queens-princesses and"professional ties" in Europe. She was not charmed with the dross of any of the women she saw. She concluded the long journey had been made in vain. So she went to Rome , as many people have done who wore the victims of disappointment. There she unexpectedly discovered what she had been looking for in vain. She found the best-dressed women of Europe , and she believes the best-dressed women of all the world. This woman who has mastered the art of dressing properly and well on all occasions is Marghnrita , wife of King Humbert of Italy. She thinks it not strange that her subjects de light in calling her "Tho Pearl of Savoy. " Her dresses are always be coming , always elegant , always uoauti- fill , but never very costly. Receiving visitors at the royal palace , a'.tondjng opera , on her way to church , or visiting the sick in charity hospitals , her dresses tire always becoming the place anil the occasion. Still the investigator declares that the queen docs notspend as much on dresses as many a rich woman in this country or England docs. If the wife of lung Humbert has dis covered the art of dressing well at a very small expense , it is to trio credit of a woman of our country that she has made the fact known to the world. Possibly , however , there may be homo mistake about it. Queen Margharita is a very beautiful woman. She had great beauty as a child , and she has never grown out of it. Quito likely her beauty heightens the appearance of her dress , as her dre s does lice personal loveliness. She is probably one of those women "who look well in anything. " That she is very sen sible anil lovely , as well as a most beau tiful woman , is the unanimous opinion of her Hubjects. Some htato that the beauty of her face is but the out want ex pression to her soul. When but 10 , and about to be married to the heir of the throne of Italy , she expressed the wish that all her bridal garments be made by Italian mod istes from materials produced on Italian soil. Though she married a prince , he was n poor man , for his income was not large , nnd , us king , ho voluntarily under took to pay all his father's debts by in stallments , To do this required many years , during all which time his wife spent very Iittlo money on dressmakers and milliners. It is stated by some that the dresses of the queen of Italy are to be the models for the fashions thu coming season. If this is tile case , Italian hico and dress goods will be in demand. It is to be hoped that if the women of this country adopt the style of dresses worn by Queen Margharita they will copy her sweetness of niannor , her habits of economy , and her practice ! ) of oaring for the sick and destitute. They will uUo do well to re member that she affords evidence of the truth of the oh ! maxim "Handsome is that handsome does. " A" CHICAGO SLEEPING BEAUTY. A Voting Woman Who Hloopi Mlfit ! HiiyH Without Wnlcunliiif. A special dispatch from Chicago , dated Fob. 18th , says : Residents in the vicinity of KHzabeth and .Nut stnmt.s on the west fiiiln have boon Interested for a month past in the rather remarkable illness of Miss Mary Ludwlg. She is it young woman who persists ingoing to .sleep and remaining in dreamland for days at a time without awakening or taking a bite to eat. The quarter is populated with Bohemians , and the facts of the case have been known but a short distance beyond the immediatu neighborhood. The "sleeping maiden" is twenty-four years old , and a daughter of ! ' , Ludwig , a saloon keeper on thu northeast corner of the streets mentioned. She is of medium statiiro , fairly good looking , but extraor dinarily fleshy. Prior to nor sleepiness she wobbled as him walked , and even now she weighs quite two hundred pound's. Shortly after the beginning of I ho new year she became alfeetcd with a contin ued drowsiness. She would drop Into a doze on any occasion and under any cir cumstances , and remain in that condi tion until vigorously roused. Her. parents diu not become uneasy on account of this until It was so pronounced thai she would go to sleep and remain unconscious for twen.y.four ( hours at a time , all efforts to awaken her bcinii futile. As time passed her "mips" became more prolonged unlil days would elapse while she remained In this condition. Then she would revive in a dazed way. remain awake lone enough to take nourishment and fall oil' asleep again. When she made o slrcteh of eight days and nights without waking up or cattng a morsel , they concluded It was about time to call In a physician. Dr. I'cnnoll , of Hltto Island avenue. The five weeks of fasting had thinned the patient down somewhat , but with ordinary treatment she was brought about. She was down stairs and out of doors yesterday for the lirsl tlmo since the early part of January. Her expression of feature is now dull ami lacks nnulmation , her eyelids droop and an appi'oranco of weariness Is on her faec , She is still inclined to nod while dohur light work about the house , but it Is thought she Is rapidly getting over her sleeping habit. Milk Crust , DnmlrulT , ICczonm anil All Scalp Humors Cured Ity Ctitlcurn. LAST November , my Iittlo boy , a7nl tliroo \cnis. foil nominal the Btnvovlilloliovua nmninir , mid cut lil * > lii'iul , mul , ilghtnllor Unit , IHI IroInout till oor liH hcnil , fiico mul lull imr. I luul a trootl doctor. Dr. .to iittotnl lilm , tint liumit worn1 , mil tlioitoctnrroiitil not euro him. lltowholo liciul , lit "omul loft onrworoln a IriiiTul Mute , mul lie anU'oreil trnllily. 1 imujfht thndlsca o Imm htm , mul It spread all over my dice mul m-uk , nnd even KOI Into my eyes. Xolioity tliniiKlitwoivnulil cvt > r ( tot hot- trr. I li'ltmirnuo wi > ru illsllfino.l | for llfo. I him iii of tlio Cutlcmm KoimMlos mul procured utiottlnor Cutlcurn ItiHolvont , n box of UutJ- einn , ami a I'uko nf Uiltlcura Soi\p. \ mid nsod Ilium constantly day mid nlitht. Aftur uMnir two bottle * or llMolvont , four boxuii of Cull- cum mul four utikro ol'Snnii , wo were perfectly UK red without iiscixr , Mv Uoy'fltkln Is now Ilko Blltlll. I.II.I.IK F.Ml.NO. 371 0ran 1 Plrrut , Jowcy filly , N. .J. Sworn to bcforo mo tills S7ih diiy of March , IS&i. au.iiF.iiT 1' . Jtom.ssox , J. I1. THE W011ST SOHli : IIRAD. Hnvobuen In Ihodniff nml inodlchioliuslnoiii twnnty-llvo yoars. llavobrrn srlllntr > our Cull- oiira romeilles slnco thpy cnmo woit. They loud nllothcrti In their Itno. Wo could not write nor could you print nil wo have liomtl said In 1'iivor the Cutlcnrii Hcmedli'S. Ouorniir nuo the Ciltl- cum nnd Soup cinril a Iittlo trfrl In our hoiiao oC tlio worst sere head wo over saw , mid tlio Ite.sol- vent mid Cullaiini nro now curing u ynuiiR won- tlcnuin of usoro ICR , whllo the pliyli.'liiiis ixvo trying to Imvo It imiiiitulud. | It will suvo Ida loir nnd iiorlmiiH lila hfo. Too much cnnnot bo siild In tuvor of Cutiojrii Hommllr * . a n. SMITH k lino. Covlngton , Ivy. CimcunA HrMiiniKS nro a posltlvo euro for every form of skin nnil blood illM'ii iis , I'rnin plmpicsto scrofula , yold uvvrywhero. 1'rlco : Cutlcuui.fidc. : Ko4olvi < iit.S1.00 ; Soup , ic. 1'ro- inn-oil by the I'OTTCII Dituu AND CHEMICAL Co. , lluston , .Muss. Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases. " lllomlslioj , pimples , blnukhuada , mid baby immnrs , use CUTIOUUA SoAr. Klfr.L OF AC1IKS AND 1'AINB which no humim skill proms idilo to .illuvlatu , Is the condition o ! ' tliou- Fiimls who us jot know nothing of ( lint now nnd elegant mitldrto to pain nnd inllnnmintlon , the CUTIOJIIA ANI- I'AlK I.ASTKll. > u. COIVSUMPTf01l/ 'S- AMD The swoct dim. RRthcrod from ft tree of the Bamtt niuno , Krowlnu along Ilia 0mnll etroanitt In tlio tjauthorn flutes , contains a BtlmulntliiK expectorant - pectorant iiritu'lplo Ibtit lee ons Ilia nblpRin pro- tliiclne the curly mornlnir cough , antf ntlmulates lliaclllOtoUirowoirtli rnlsoiuoinbrnriolncruiil > niul wliooplim-cmiuli. When combliXHl with thu hcaliim niuclliiElnoim principle In tun mullein Plant of ilia olrt Held * , prowmts In TAYI.ou'a bllUUOIEKi : IlKHEDVOPhWKBTOlIM AN | ) MUL- I.KIN iho Hnest known remedy for Conislia , Croup , WlMMjplnK-uniKhaniU'OMBUnipllon ! anil BO jinla. tnblo any clilia IB plcanml to taliu It. Ask your UriiRgifit Inr It. 1'rlro Jjrir. and Wl.OH. WAI.TKJt A. Notice to Contractors- ) Illds will bo rccrlvoil by the InilMliifT SKALKl of thu Corning Acndumy , until March 21 , IbBU. for the funilsilnff inntorlnl und bnilJInyu collutru hulldhu ; at Cornlnir , Adnras Co. , Io\rn. I'lims can liusi-un lit thoollico of the secretary , or at tlio office of U. II. l.oo , architect , lus ) Molnes , Iowa. The committee reserves the rlglit to reluct any or all bids , Adijross : II. SI. TOWKPII , fobl.MlUt Secretary , Corning , Iowa. DKESEL&MAUL , ( Successors to J. 0. Jacobs , ) UND E It TA KE R S , AND EM1ULMKIIS. At the old Kliuiil , IIU7 Kurnam.St. Ordnrs by tch'Kriiph hollclK'tl mid promptly mUnidoJ to. Tclonliomt N" IS CONDUCTHD 11V Royal Havana Lottery ( AdOVKHNMliNT INSTITUTION ) Drawn at HavaM , Cuba , February 13-27 , 1886 ( A UOVKHNHENT IMITITUTIOM Tickets hi I'lltlHi Wholes Wi I'Vuctlons pro Subject to no manipulation , not controllm ! by rJtu parlies In Interest. It l < the lalrujt llilnn hi tlio nature of chunuo In iiviHluneu. I'or tlekolH apply to HUM'S V & CO , , 1212 Hroad- wuy , N. V. City : if. OrriJNH .V CO. , 013 Jlalu f rc ( > t , Kansas City , Mo. , or I'M KM mam Mroct Oumuu. uilmiciw WKS'P DAVK.NTOIIT Furniture Co , Manufacturers of Bant , Office and Saloon Fixtures Mirrors , Uur Screens anil Hotel Funil- V'Hl'O. 2111 , S. lllh .Street , Oninliu , ' .U'rlti ; for iM'S g tnd I'urUeuUi %