THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 24 , 1880.
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tnrlal rnntlnr * should bo luldresstd to the Eut-
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All InulnoM lottery nnd remittances nhoiiM b
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< ) > 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.
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"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 %
