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THE OMAHA DAILY BBJK , SATURDAY , MARCH 6 , 1880 , THE BAJLY BEE. 0 tAHAXPFiritN0.01l AXDDTAFAItXAM ST IfewYoiiK OFFICE. HOOM G5Tiunu.NK JIUII.DINO WARIIIKOTOX O ICK , No. 513 FOURTEENTH ST. PtitillOxrf every mornlnR , except Siimlnj- . The cnfy Monday morning rnuor published In the tlnfo. nr MAIM Ono Venr . f)0.mTlirrn ) ; Months . tSM Six Months . D.OOlUno Month . 1.00 r , Published TJrory Wcdnoscinr. TF.HMS , rosTi'Aio : One Vrnr , with premium . . . $2.00 OnoYcnr , ultliout picinlnm . . . . 1.85 Bit Month * , without premium . 75 Ono Mouth , on trial . , . 10 All oommiinlentloni rotating to news nml mil- torlnl mnttcrs slioilld bo ndilrosstd totholtoi- lOiior niEllr.R. ntidtsTss All Ini ilnc-si lotlert ntnl romlttnnros should ho nadrcMcil to Tun Jlrr. I'unt.tnitiNO COMPANY , OtAftA. Drnfts , checks nml po'tofflce onlera to bo nimlo payable to the order of the coinpnn ) ' . THE BEE POBLISHIlBliPllIT , PflOPRIEJOHS , 15. ItOSnWATBIt. EDITOR. SNOW pavements nro nil tlio rngo in Omaha at present. They nro cheap if not durable. IT Is announced tlint the books arc open lor the Uniiilia & Northern railroml. Wo hoar nothing us to when the roiito will bo open. Fou n temporary pavement snoxv bents ccdnr blocks out of sight. It looks iirst- into wlien lirst laid down and doesn't cost n cent. A DuiiUQUt : brass band has decided to move to Onialui. What grudge Dnbiiqtto lias ngnlnst our citizens the dispatches fail to stato. streets by inclies when cnts of many feet will double and quadruple the value of tlio adjacent property is n short-sighted policy , which Omaha lias tried long enough. NOKTHWESTBHN Nebraska has again begun to crow loudly. Tlio immigration of last year is to bo doubled in amount this season and overcrowded cars and numerous prairie schooners are already putting in their appearance to start the boom. THE most pleasing prospect connected with the trans-continental light is the as surance that permanent rates , when the contest is over , will bo many per cent lower than the extortionate imposts that have been levied on shippers and pas sengers in tlio past. Mug. HANCOCK has been appointed ad ministratrix of tlio general's cstato which figures up only $1,000. The Hancock fund , and the pension which congress should promptly grant her , will relieve the widow of tlio hero of Gettysburg from actual want. FHKD DOUGLAS ceases to bo an office holder from date , and a Now York col ored man who has never been a slave takes his scat as recorder of deeds in Washington. Tlio colored democrats of the District of Columbia are rampant over this slight , which lifts Dan Man ning's old bootblack to the most lucrative ofllco in the District. THE Illinois Central railroad has paid dividends amounting to 200 per cent in twenty-five years time and is now refunding - ' funding its 8 per cent bonds with now loans at 3i per cent. There- a sugges tion of prosperity in thcso statements , which seem to show that railroads , oven under regulation , can make fairly good protlt on highly inllated capital. WHEN common carriers liavo demon strated their right and power to fix the location of slaugliler-honscs and packing houses , and to dictate to consumers where they shall purchase their meat , they can take up tlio subject of other con densed products and determine that all Hour used in the east shall bo ground on the coast , because the bulkier product is moro profitable , for the railroads to haul. SENATOR HiiHLiuiitGEu : : has been mak ing an attack on the "private secretary" nbnso In Washington and denounces the practice because many of the senators' clerks are unlit to appear in polite soci ety. Drunken men and children speak the truth. Senator Hiddlobcrgor is not a child , but there arc occasions when he is himself in no condition to appear In the average Washington drawing room. IP Private Secretary Hoffman knows his business ho will bring that libel suit before Judge Haywnrd. llcmlil. This is a gentle hint for Governor Dawcs1 private secretary to have his case trlod by a personal nnd political enemy of the defendant. With the benoh packed by the governor , all Mr. Hoffman will have to do is to pack the Jury. A trial by a prejudiced court and a packed Jury would vindicate him of course. So far as damages nre conco/nod , the governor has already testified under oath that Hoffman has not been damaged , nnd the jury will doubtless agree with the governor. ' YOUK has tried the experiment of huge and lofty apartment houses , and it lias proved a failure. The fcalnro of residence building in that city this year isto , bo the erection of largo numbers of iuodorato-sl/.od and comfortable houses for individual tenancy. Five hundred liavo been already contracted for in the nrciv between Fifty-ninth and One-hun dredth streets , Ninth nvonno and the .tttutson river. Thu apartment house " system will bo quite abandoned , as it nhotild bo. Apartment houses are only tenements on a costly plan , with most of , the disadvantages of tlio meaner class. Air , light and privacy nro the three great advantages of a homo which they do not nud cannot possess. THK declining exports of the United Btat furnish cue of thu strongest argu- moats for such a revision of the tarifT as will enable 113 to extend our foreign trade. For January the exports show a decrcnso of 23 per cent , below those of last year. The decline in exports was from $ SOG33- 000 for January , 1833 , to $57,050,000 for January , 1PSO ; exports of specie , $3,071- 000 nnd $ r ,4SSGOO , repootivclv ; the im ports were , of merchandise $13,231,000 mid * 17M)8COOi ) of specie $3,107,000 and 13,878,000. Our total eiporU , including specie , for Eovcn months , have dcollncd 1 from $003,000.000 to $130,000,000 , while our Imports have risen frqrn $570,000,000 to $358,000,000. A policy which shuts us out of the markets of the world and has driven our flag from the sca , la a very questionable oue for thtt publlo benefit. Our Orowlnji Town * . The tendency of the day is towards a greater proportionate growth of cities and towns than the outlying country. Tlio increase of population in the agri cultural districts naturally increases the importance and size of the trade centers to which they are tributary , but aside from this factor there are features of town and city lifo which possess stronc attractions to draw population from olhor pursuits to those of trade and busi ness in largo communities. This is the case in Nebraska as well as in Npw Eng land , In the romarkaklo development of our state during tlio past seven years there is no moro interesting feature than the growth of the increasing circle of important Inland towns which stretch from the eastern border of our stale far into the region which a few years ngo was pro- nounecd unlit for habitation and forever useless for purposes of agriculture , It Is not alone the increase of population which is worthy of notice in such pros perous cummunilies as Beatrice , Hast ings , Grand Island , Kearney , Fremont , Norfolk and North 1'latto and half sv dozen other smaller towns which might bo named. That has been duo largely to the rapid growth of the surrounding country aud the development of its re sources. The enterprise of their citizen ship is evidenced in the suc cession of public improvements cither completed or in course of comple tion , and in the strong inducements which all nro offering for the location of private Industries in their midst. Water works , electric light system , gas works and sticet cars are one by ono being added to the attractions of natural loca tion. Brick and mortar are taking the place of wood , and substantial buildings are giving an air of permanency and of prosperity to thesn growing communi ties. Private enterprise and public spirit , together form a combination which is hard to beat. Nebraska's inland cities and towns are distancing competition in other btatcs because they possess both. A Hindrance to Our Growth. Omaha must have brick yards that are owned by men who are not contractors. The largest brick manufacturer in this city has yards with a capacity of 12,000 , 000 for the season and ho lias already contracts for buildings that will take up 8,000,000 , , or two-thirds of his product. Nearly all the other brick makers are in the same condition. As a consequence , tlio man who docs not own a brickyard cannot bid for a contract , no matter how well ho may bo equipped in other ros- pocls. This is not the worst feature. For the last bovon years the supply of brick has never been equal to the demand in the spring , and the result lias been that all the heavy building has had to be de ferred until after the first of July , and then the buildings have to bo rushed to get them under roof before hard winter sots in. Buildings erected under such high pressure cannot bo as safe and sub stantial as if ample time were given lor putting up the walls. Those who are obliged to begin building early in the spring are cither compelled to lay in a large stock of brick during the previous year or to pay such prices as are almost prohibitory. Tlio result is costly build ings , poorly constructed , and higher rents than would and should bo paid for build ings that are first-class in every way. Omaha has reached that stage of her growth where many millions of brick will bo in demand early in the snring of each year. We must have large brick yards.opcratcd by practical brickmakers , ready to sell brick to anybody who wants to buy , and at fair prices. As we are now situated four or live men can make a corner in brick and exact such prices as will make it impossible for any con tractor outside of the combination , to bid for work. Real cstato has become so valuable in the center of the city that high brick structures with heavy walls will now necessarily take the place of tlio two and three story buildings of times past. Tlio wide extension of the lire limits , which now cover the heart of the city , will also greatly increase the de mand for bricks for building. The pres ent condition of affairs is working a seri ous injury to Omaha and must bo remedied. Wo know of no industry in which there is a greater opportunity for profitable competition right hero than in brick-making. GEN. HOWAUD will undoubtedly secure the next promotion , which will come in two weeks timo. There is no good rea son for believing that the president is seriously considering the name of any other candidate for the major-general ship , _ Other Ijiuidfl Thau Ours. All reasonable doubts as to Mr. Glad stone's Intentions as to a nome rule pro gramme have boon dispelled during the past week by the soml-olllcial announce ment of Mr. Morley , secretary for Ire land , that the government expects shortly to bo compelled to appeal to the country shortly on the Irish question. This state ment is coupled with continued reports that the premier will introduce as his Irish reform measure n bill granting an Irish parliament at Dublin and Irish representation In the imperial parliament at Westminister. The week has boon noticeable for the attempt made by the tories to force the premier to show his hand before the promised duto of March 2'i ' , It is significant of the confidence that I'urnoll and hh followers feel in ( jladUono's nlan and purpose that the Irish party has resolved to oppose any inquiry into the government' : ) intentions until after that dale , The mo'jt intelli gent view to bo taken of th present situ ation between Gladstone and Parnoll is that both mun perfectly understand tholr own respective positions and the general state of British public opinion , and hence are working together for peace and the accomplishment of such a schema of local government and land reform for Ireland as will moot and carry this nub- lie opinion , in and out of parliament , and give Ireland at least a new fctnrt in the race of national manhood and prosperity. Cut to the quick , it is seen that it is the landlord clement in English conservatism , English whigism anil Irish loyalism that is now opposing the combined purposes of Gladstone and Parnoll and their ad- hctronts to dcaUn the most Jlbcial man ner with Ireland. But it has often ap peared in history thut the landed inter ests , which is always conservative , has acted us , a check tothe impulse * alike of patriotism and what is called humanity. To what extent this maj' prove true in the present crisis history alone can make clear. But that the intelligence- con science of botli England and Ireland are aroused , as never before on tlio ono side to grant and on the other side to demand justice is clear as the day , and as that condition of the n ational sentiment , well managed , always has resulted in bone- fioicnt legislation , there is every reason to hope that it will do so in this instance , though perhaps not just in the way ex pected or demanded by the popular clamor of the hour. . * . Definite information has at last been received as to tlio actual terms of tlio Franco-Malagasy treaty of December 5 , 1833. There have boon from time to time so many conflicting statements madu concerning - corning it that no ono , not oven usually well informed Parisians , seemed to have moro than the most vngito idea of its real Intent , Indeed , it is no secret now that it was tlio dollborato purpose of the French ministry to keep the world in a state of mystification on tlio subject until the war credits should be voted and all danger of serious opposition in the chamber of dep uties should have passed. It now turns out that instead of having , as was origi nally intimated , obtained a protectorate over the whole Island , and the consequent acknowledgement of French supremacy , the treaty only gives to France authority to protect tlio interests of Malagassy resi dents in foreign countries. As , in the nature of tilings , there must bo very few indeed , the "protectorate" of which so much was hoard shrinks into ? omowhat ridiculous dimontions. Thou , again , tlio war indemnity , which lias been variously stated at sums ranging from $10,000,000 to SoO.OOO.OOO.turnsoutlobe . only $2,000,000 , and that is not to bo paid to Franco at all , but only to such foreign merchants trail ing in Madagascar us were injured by the war , the greater part of whom are not oven French. There is a further pro vision giving the French the right to use a certain baj' , but as this can only bo of value by another very considerable out lay , the administration of the republic cannot feel that the people will regard tlio result of the war as any compensa tion for tlio blood and treasure expended. * Tin : eastern question has been some what simplified during the week by the cementing of the truce in the Balkans , and complicated by Montenegro's propo sition to fortify a post on tlio Adriatic. Servia lias at last come to her senses enough to sign a treaty of pcaco with Bulgaria , and tlio danger of a general European war growing out of tlic Eabt- crn question is thereby much lessened. King Milan and his people may bo thank ful that , they have fared no worse , and yet Servia lias lost power , prestige , honor , aml _ money by her son&olcss attack upon n neighbor , of wlio.se enter prise and success she was jealous. Tlio proposal of Montenegro to fortify a port on the Adriatic has wakened Aus tria to tlio significance of the act , and there is a manifest determination to crush in the bud any attempt that may bo made to give Russia a .southern outlet in tlio di rection of the Mediterranean. Tlio Mon tenegrins arc notorious for their sym pathy with Russia , and a fortified fort in Montenegro is equivalent to a strengthen ing of the Hussian position in that quart er. This is directly contrary to the policy of Austria , which is determined to con trol affairs in that part of the world , hence the Austrian protest.te * * The German raid on American pork is to bo followed by an equally vigorous at tack ou American medical diplomas. It appears that 3,400 Gorman physicians arc practicing in Berlin and tlio vicinity on tlio strength of credentials purchased from American colleges , a fact not par ticularly surprising when It is remem bered that the Gorman medical courses of study arc long and arduous , and an American diploma is cheaply and easily obtained. So tlio sales of diplomas have been largo , while the competition among physicians has proportionally increased , and thu avciago fee has diminished , until something must bo done or tlio emperor's faithful subjects will diminish in number as tlio doctors increase , and the empire endangered. So the diplomas are to receive - coivo some attention , but what nobody yet knows , for Prince Bismarck is not communicative , and the Gorman official is as close as an oyster. All that is cer tain is tlio fact that the government lias had its attention directed to the matter , and when the German government bccins looking into a subject it seldom rests from its labors until it sees through. * # Reports from Bunnah show that the British are having a weary time of it in trying to perfect their conquest of that country. It is evidently ono thing to overcome the resistance of a feeble and half-hearted regular army and seize the principal towns of a wooded country in a tropical climate , and n very different task to capture or disperse the irregular bands swarming in its forests or remote regions. King Thubaw was easily over thrown , but tlieio is every prospect of long nnd arduous campaigning before Btirmah shall become a quiet and peace ful British province- , * Signs of weakness in the Do Les ops canal enterprise multiply in spitoof the care taken by the company to suppress all unfavorable facts The French boom ers of the undertaking are beginning to talk about abandoning the tide level plan , upon which Do Lossops hail all along prided himself mo.st , and making a lock canal. Thorn are also ominous remarks to the effect that , even if tlio lottery loan which the French government is asked to permit should fail to provide money enough for the completion of tlio canal , it will bring the work to such a stage that "tho world" will not let it remain unfin ished. Whnn the le ) Lessops party bpgin to rely upon locks , lotteries , and "thu world , " they are evidently badly demor alized , * OTiie Sovereign of the Independent States of tlio Congo is the proud title now indulged in by King Leopold of Belgium , but it is well for him that ho lias Belgium to fall back on in case tlio In dependent States of the Congo do not come up to oxpcutations formed of thorn , for it is woithy of note that any hopes at all in thu direction of the Congo are likely to bo disappointed. In Epito of till the glowing-descriptions by Stanley of the tcrtiln soil and possibilities of the Congo yalloy , the fact remains that the climate is almost sure death to Europeans , and although this will'pi event unfavor reports being brought back by re turning emigrants , It will also stand in the way of any cons\dcrablo \ develop ment of the country. Franco being at peace with Annam and Madagascar , now thinks the time has como for her once niorij to put her finger in the Egyptian plo , and she declares herself ready to support the sultan in his demand that Egypt shall bo garrisoned by a Turko-Egyptian in Hen of a British force. At homo the republic is making itself unpopular by arlnoying in a petty fashion royalist oflicors , who are to bo found In a majority in the cavalry regi ments , as it has been found that the pro posed expulsion of the Orleans princes could not bo accomplished without a strong protest from the bulk of the nation. Greece , which Is noisily doing its best to make the world bollovo that it Is a nation , is the only ono ready to take a part in Franco's proposed international exhibition of 1880 , nnd so there Is every prospect of the scheme collapsing with out any other result than the making known the fact that the Greeks are still in existence. POINTS. Kx-Oov. Smith , of Vcunont , who is sup posed to lunc an cyo on Senator Edmunds' scat , has gone on a tiln to Mexico. Ex-Congressman Wren , of Nevada , Is try- IIIK to ( ret up a popular feeling that that stnto has been lomj enough represented by million aires. Gnv. Forakcr Intends that tlio now election nuuliliiciy fur Cincinnati , Cleveland aud Toledo shall bo put In operation for the spi bin elections. SenatorEvaits Is being vigorously crltl- eizud by the New Yoik papers for the Icnor- anco of southern allahs shown In his speech on tlio educational bill. (3. M , Steams the newly appointed dish Id attorney at Boston , says that a man with a personal political pilevaiico Is a bigger nuis ance than cats at midnight. Senator Wai nor Miller says that Ike senate is determined that the otit oliiK republican olllce-holdcrs shall have clean bills of health If they aio entitled to them. Tlio Now York Sun says : Tlio democrat who is now most fiemiently mentioned us likely to bo nominated In ISSSis Mr. Carlisle , and there aio reasons for supposing that lie nouldmako a stiong candidate. At any rate , if he could cairy the state ot New York tlieio would bo very llttlo dlfllculty about electing him ; but that is a question which may give us pause. Acoidlng to icport the Knlzhts of Labor aio contemplating measmes to reorganize the United States sonatu. It is stated that the leaders ot this reor.iaiil/.atlon aio determ ined upon a gradual extinction of wealthy men Irom the upper branch o the national legislature. The light is tp bo made irre spective of paity. Tlicic aie many wealthy men In the senate , and themaie a low who aio Idcntillcd with coipotatiou influences. The New York Teleglam tays : There Is a .strong similarity between ,1'iesldeiit Cleveland - land and l'icsldcntU/js / < : cS. Grant In ono pu ; tlcnar ! , and that may bo described as Ills fidelity to his friends. It will bo icmcmbercd that Gen. Grant at no time In his career could bo influenced by'lmbllc clamor or private vato villllication against tho'Jmaii upon whom ho had finally lixcd his aflecjlons. President Cleveland seems to hayo the , same finality in a very marked degree , and it must bo admit ted that his loyally to'friends ' is commenda ble as well as honoiablc ] There are now eight teriltbriqs : Arizona , Dakota , Idaho , Montana , New Mexico , Utah , Washington and Wyoming. Of these , Arizona , Dakota and Wyoming send repub lican delegates to congress. The delegates fiom the rest , except Utah , which sends a delegate elected on the "People's ticket , " although it is really a democratic territory , aio dcmociats. Washington , which sends a democratic dclegato to this congress , has a republican population and has hcietofoio sent a icpubllcan delegate . It will thus bo seen that , politically , the tcnltoiles are about equally divided , and if all wore admitted now neither paity would gain an advantage. Confusion AVoi-HO Confounded. Minneapolis Tilliinie. The dress coat in list go. Every llttlo while aSOOOcIerlc is mistaken for an 5SOO waiter. Yellow-Backed Jjics. Capt , Jade Ciaicfnnl. If 1 had my way I would Imprison for llfo all writers and publishers ot the yellow- backed lies that ruin many young men and bring them west to light Indians. Tlio Top Notcli. JirooMun Eanlc. The editorial piolession ' in Philadelphia has icached an uiiiivailed dignity and iiu- poitanee. The rminiago of an editor's coach man rises to the lank of a billllant social c\ont. Wlionco nnd Whither. Loutgflllc Cotirtci'-Journal. "Will somebody please tell us just where this Ilennt'pln canal is to bo built' ' " asks an exchange. Certainly. It is pioposcd to stait It Iiom the United States ticasury and extend it Into the mouth of the suckers. Wilson's Postage mil. Jlustnn Globe. Tlinbllllntioduced In the senate by Hon. lames V. Wilson , of Iowa , for doubling the rate of postage on fourth-class matter Is one of the boldest dellances oC sound public pol icy that wo have yet noted. It Is In ollccta measure to rob the people and oniich the ex press companies , and wo tiust that It may bo overw helmlngly defeated. Senator Pnyno and Ills Tootli-IJriinh .Si Lnuls Glolie-Dcinncrat. The quietest man In thu senate Is Mr. Payne , of Ohio. Ho has plenty ol things on his mind , but they are unfortunately not of a diameter to provoke him to verb U ciuptlon. Mr. Payne Is the man , by ( tup , way , who Illu minated the epoch , sooni atter his election , with the remark that the liAur had stiuclc when "tho Ange.in stablest political corrup tion must bo cleaned out wltl\a \ , tooth-brush. " It would bo intoiostlug to kno w how ho en joys the pieces as far as ho has got \slth It. AVI11 Hcmalu In t tutUnited States. Kew l"uifcb'iiii ! Tabor , the Colorado portoU twlm has paint ed hlmselt upon the cain'as pf history , so to speak , In a nightshirt licU aijd raio , denies that he has any knowledge olitho wicked lilt- hustcis who are plotting against the peace of Honduras. Any Idle hopes tliat the thirty- day senator will poisotmljy conduct on expe dition to Central Amuilca must consequently bo abandoned. Hu will icmaln in the United States. This Is good news for Honduras , but doubtful for the United States Our Government. Maine's Hook. The national government lips In thcso twenty ) cars moved Its strength In war , iti conseivatism In peace. The self-restraint v * hlch the people of the lepubllo exhibited In the hour of need , the great burdens which they bore under the Inspiration of public duty ; the public order which they maintained by their Instinctive obedience to the com mand of law , all attest the good government ot a belf-go\ernlnsj people. Full liberty to criticise the acts of persons in official stations fiee agitation of all political questions , fie- quunt elections that give opportunity for prompt settlement ot all Issues , tend to In- sum popular content uud public safety. No government of modern times has encount ered the dancers that beiet the United States or achieved the triumphs w heron ith the nation Is crowned. The nrnrlty of Life. . . Behold I How shoi t a span > > as long enough of old , To measure out the llfo of man I In tlloso well-tempered days Ids time was then Surveyed , cast up. and found but tluce-scoro yoau and ten. Alas I And what U that ? They come , and slide , and pass , Ucfore my i > en cnn toll thee what. r ho posts of time oroswIft.vUilch havlnc run Ihclr seven short stngeso'or their shoil-ltvcd task Is done. How soon Ournow-boin llphl Attains the full-aged noon 1 And this , how soon to gray-haired night. \ \ o spring , wo bud , \\o blossom , and we blast Lrcvic can count our days , our days they flee so fast. They end \ > hen scarce begun ; And eicP apprehend That we begin to live , our llfo is done. Man , count thy days ; and If they lly too fast 1' or thy dull thoughts to count , count ovciy day the last. STATE AND TKulTOUY. Nebraska .Jottings. The police of Grand Island run in eighty-one law breakers last month. At Norfolk last week tlinro were born skteon fnll-si/cd hearty babies , includ ing two sots of twins. St. Edwards , in Boone county , with a population of about 350 , has live church orgaui/ations and thrcu churches , with a prospect of n fourth. Hamilton Bttrtz , a boy of 15. living near Fremont , lost tlio thumb ami three fingers of Ills right hand by carelessly handling a shotgun Thursday. Blair , /I'okamali and -York are the latest victims of tlio canning craze. Stock companies liavo boon organized in uach town to operate a factory. The people of Blair are in a squabble over their water works. The contractors having completed them , us limy claim , according to contract , tendered them to the city , but the city refused to receive them on account of an insuilicieiit supply of water. The matter will probably bo settled by the contractors putting down more wolls. Wo violate no confidence when wo qivo it away that a prominent O'Nuill editor was an applicant for the hand and heart of Ohio's uig foot belle , as woil as the .OOO bonus oflured by her dad. His solo purpose was to secure sufficient under standing to buck an active oourt loaded at both ends. He popped too late to cap ture the pedals. There was quito a lively row in the opera house at Hastings Thursday night. Some time ago the house was leased fo Mr. Taggart by Morris Alexander , with the consent , it was claimed , of Dilloy & Campbell. Tlio lattur , however , denied the authority of Alexander to le.aso the houso. Thus matters stood when the show opened. Dilloy & Campbell sent a representative to tlio house to act as usher , but Taggart objected. Ono of the Dilley crowd" promptly tossed Taggnrt down stairs , and when ho struck bottom ho pulled his revolver and fired at his op ponents. Tim aim was no pood. Tag gart was afterward arrested and gave bail to appear for trial. Half a hundred of Plaltsmouth's best citizens liavo done their city and the country a lasting service , one which commends itself to all as a just , timely and singularly emphatic protest against a spreading evil. During the storm Thursday evening , ono of the dudes of the town started up Main .street cheerily whistling "The flowers that bloom in the spring , tra-la. " The echoes of the all- was a general alarm. Scores of men rushed out of doors , fell upon the indis creet youth and smote nini deep in a snowdrift , followed by a vigorous appli cation of shoo leather. With great care and tender nursing the youth may bo in duced to live , but ho will never recover his front teeth nor the Itomau contour of his nostrils. Last , Tuesday night the family of L. E. Washburn , of Pawnee City , canio nearly being asphyxiated from coal gas. They retired as usual at night with no thought of danger , in the morning Mr. Wash- burn found the house full of gas from the steve , but ho was able to open a window and regulate the damper of the steve , so as to relieve the room from gas. All day the family suffered from tlio ell'ects of the gas , but are now rapidly regaining their normal condition. This is another of the continually recurring reminders to tlioso who use coal particularly hard coal as fuel , of the necessity of nouses thoroughly ventilated before retiring nt night , and also to carefully examine their stoves and see that they are in a condi tion to guard against such results. Iowa Items. During February there wore 07 births in Scott county , 30 boys and 31 girls. In the same period there wore ! iO deaths and G3 marriages. Mrs. Charles P. Carman , wife of tiio proprietor of the Grand hotel at Cedar Rapids , accidentally discovered the other day that siio could light the gas by simply touching her linger to the burners. On Monday Vic Diinmit , a young Ger man at Swiss Valley , six miles southwest of Dubuque , was engaged in sawing wood with a horse power saw , when the saw broke taking off a part of his head and cairying it 200 feet away. John Wright , a former banker of Sac county , was arrested at St. Louis on Mon day , on tlio charge of grand larceny , and will bo brought back to' Iowa for trial. It is alleged that thrco years ago ho dis appeared from Sao county , u detaultor for moro than $10,000. , John Davis of Butte City , Mont. , en route to Chicago , jumped oil'a Rock Island train near Anita , In sjiito of a brakoman'b efforts to pro vent bun , Sev eral ribs were broken , his head was frac tured , and ho was injured internally. Davis was picked up and left at Anita. It in thought ho will die. James S. Tilford of Vinton writes a letter to the Vinton Eagle Mating that ho will deed to the state of Iowa forty acres of land near Vinton , worth at a low vlulu- ation $4,00(1 ( , with a clear title , provided the legislature will louatu thu holdiors1 homo on thu land. Tilford is an old sol dier and the original proprietor of Vinton. Dakota. The bulk of taxes paid by llio farmers of Dakota is for thu support ot schools. Out of twenty-seven births at LaMouro recently , tweiUjr-liyo of the children are females. Dakota has two judges named Church , ono appointed several yours ugo and the other recently. To prevunt confusion they aru designated as tlio now Church and the old Church. The Biown county farmers' alliance- will put in public scales ul Columbia , the council of that city havinjr refused to put them in. Tlio alliance is also talking of building nu elevator at that phioo. The farmers in thu vicinity of Canova liavo organised a company for the pur pose ot Imildiiiff an elevator at Canova with a capacity of 80,000 bushels. Stock to tlio amount of f-V-'OO has already been taken. _ t Colorado. Nearly $ " ' ,000 was ronlbed from the public auction of tlio 1,000 acres of state school hinds lying between Bear creek anil the Platto. The tide of immigration to eastern Col- orado-hab already bef in , Foity-ono ear- loads of household goods w.ere uujoaded at Akron last week. , , The B , & M. is surveying the now line' from the Choycnno end of the road to At- wood. Atwood people think their town is the best point for the middle division and shops of the now road. Dick Allen , the pioneer newspaper man of Loadvlllo. who was afterwards reduced to straightened circumstances , has made a fortune out of a mine In Now Mexico and Is ono of the high-rollers of that territory , It is proposed to reduce Lcadvlllo's siv wauls to threo. The mayor fays that a few loss alderman and a tow moro po licemen would put Loadvillo's city gov ernment on a much bettor basis and sim plify matters in many respects. A calf w.n born lit Villa lllra , Gft. , last verk without a head. Upon cutting the ani mal open the head was found in the stomach. A silver dollar , bright and untarnished , was found lodged in the Intestines of a laigo black bass which wai recently caught In a mountain stream In Idaho. At Birmingham , Conn. , the body of a young woman was disinterred and nil the linn In her hair and sliinud icmovod , to quiet her ghost that had been disturbing the neigh- boihood , Tlihtcon years ago an Iowa woman acci dentally dinppcd a pin In ono of her cars. It artcrnnid dropped Into the b.ick part of her month and was swallowed. Last \u > ck a surgeon removed tno phi fiom her loft leg near tin * ankle. In Uciinanynti unusual number of whllo vailetles or animals have been noticed lids winter. A while chamois was shot in the Totentrobirge , a white llsli oiler was caughl ncai Luxemburg * white p.utildgcs weioshot near lliunswlck , mid \\hito fox was killed In I lessen. Tlieio Is a nesioglil In Athens who claims that sin ; has a nog In her aim that tiavcls up and down her arm fiom her wiislloher shoulder. She says Hint another woman con jured her \\l\u\\ \ \ she was young , anil the frog lias been in her aim ever since. [ Savannah News. Capt. Tom Oregoi v , of Winchester , Tonn. , has a unique pair ol gloves. They were made by Miss Nannie Phillips who sinned a lot of lablills carded and spun their lur us If it \\isio wool , and fiom the yam Knit fhoglovcs. Shu dceoiated the bauk of eauh glove with the car of a lull giown labbit. Piehtstoilc pilnts ot human feet have been found In a stone quairy on tlio coast ol Lake Managua In Nlcaiagim , "which tluow b.ick tlmage of man on the e.uth to most iciiioto antiquity. " The stone In which these pilnts are impressed to the depth ot eight or nine centimeters Is called "tuff. " A dealer atEMob Jack Bay , In Virginia , icccntlv piesented a local newspaper man with what wore probably the champion oys ters ot the season. It took only cloven of them to fill a qiiait me.isiuo , while ten weighed sixteen and a half pounds. The largest ono of the lot was eight and a half Inches long. It is said thot In the stomach ofn vigorous foity pound cod llsh recently caught elf the lower coast of Massachusetts , was found a young duck which was apnarently unlii lined. and which tried to fly away when loluased from its captivity. A young pollock , weigh ing h\o pounds , was also lying In the stomach ot the lish. Naturalists assert that moro than 1M)0 , ) dif ferent kinds of fishes may now bo ioundln the waters washing the Noith Ameilcan continent. Ot these , 500 kinds belong to the Pacific ocean and about OCO to the livcis and lakes , while the greater part ol the remainder dwell only In the deep wntcis of the Gulf ot Mexico aud the Atlantic , miles Mom Hie shine. Nathaniel Tingl'i , colored , caino hero from Geuigla , and two yeais ngo mauled , llo was known as Die "goat , " because on his head , In front of the ears , were two short prolnbei- nnces which boio a icsemblancu to horns. MLS. Tingle KHVO biith to a b.iby. and it also has horns They aio now ever two Inches long , and with them the child dctcnds Itself In quaiiol , much as would a goat. A physi cian says the hoi us me of bone , but could bo icinovcd without danger. [ UctioU dispatch to New York World. After having been treated for years by the best physicians for internal pains which weio thought to bu produced bv a cancer In tlio stomach , ihc wife of a Clc\eland contiactor 1ms just been lelloved ot a small but vlgoions ll/ardby an Indian medicine man belonging to St. Xavier's mission In Aiizonru The icp- Ulo w.is ot a species common to the east , and it Is supposed that It was swallowed by the lady while Miu was drinkinc at a biook near PhUllpsbiiiK. N. J. , ye.us ago. Wlille a South ICaiollna gentleman was fishing near Savannah iccently , he saw a huge pcich dait under a lo' ' on which lie was stand mir. llo cait his hook for him , and at once tclt the tlnlll of a strong tin ; at his line. But the pull soon became so strong as to al most dislodge the angler , and when , after a shaipstuiggle the pn/.o was finally landed , It was discovered llmt alaige moccasin bad fastened its fangs in the perch. It caught the fish soon after it was booked , and boa to bo beaten oil with a club. Henry Lambcct , in the employ of a Ger man lainier living near Sqnhcv MHIt ) , on the llonsatonic. In Connecticut , got up early on Thursday morning and wont lolho barn lo feed his stock , while it was scarcely light. On opening the barn door ho waslmlously attacked by a hugu owl. In the bloody con test which took place Lambcct had his cheek badly laceiated and ono of his nostiils was much lorn. Ho finally dispatched the owl with a pllcbloik. It mcasuied over four teet fiom tip to lip of wings. ISUUOATIONAL. Nevada Is the paradise of the school teacher , wheio the average salaiy is SHO per month for males und S'JG for women. The Princeton piopai.itory school has been obliged to disband for a tew weeks on ac count of the appcaianco of scarlet fovor. Fiity-thico of the litty-clght principals of the St. Louis public schools are In tuvorof whipping children who need whipping. Dining tlio last fifteen months S"oO ! have been expended on the thlily-ono colored schools of the south by llio liuslces of thu John K. Sinter fund. Saiah Wlnneinucca. the Piute pi In cess , has built a school house at Lovelock , Nov. , where Iwenty-fivo llttlo Phites are learn lug to read and wiito frco of all expense. By the liberality of Prof. Hereford "tho Sabbatical grant" will bo established at Wcllesloy college , giving specified professors a year ot rest cvcijr seven years. The American missionary association has abandoned Uiiltnam , Ua , , where Us school forcoloied girls was iccenlly burned , and will open a school at Thomasvlllu , twenty- five miles distant. DTlio llaivanl conference committee , com posed of a number of tlio faculty and a select body ot thu students , has submitted n lepoit on cheating In examination and hi thu thmiiu weak , which makes thu pen.Uly for cilbhiiii ; sepniatlon from the collect ) Instead of sus pension , UIsliop Sp.ildlng. of Peoila , 14 generally legaided as thu man who will bo chosen ice- tor of the National Catholic unUersity about to bo established. llnhop ! Spaiding has al ways been very active In edncr.tlonal mallcis and Is icgaidcd as a standaid authinlty In nil ijucsllons pertaining lo Catholic achool * . Dr. Ulmppello , of WaHhIiii.'ton , will probably bu Ihupiofcssorof hlstoiy. Tlio antiquated and decrepit school district Is gasping nulsllv for a last bictith in no less than thioo Nuw Kinl.ind states. Most of the Vermont towns voted this week on Urn ques tion ot substituting llio town for thu dlMi let school sybtimi ; Now Jlampsbliu towns , gen erally with exceeding III gi.icq , will nlect town school committee's at the Mai ch meet ings , in placit of the old district committees , thus eonsolldallng under ( lie nnwlawlhu school dlstiicls ot tlio state : whllu In Con necticut , thuhtat- ) board of education has so nnspaiingly denounced thu distilct system ( hut even body Is mined up , mid the legisla- tine can hai.lly Ignoio the < juentloii. Thoa tbientcnlnx facts liavo bioiiRht the friends oC the doomed system to their feel , In Vermont and Connecticut , with nice tlmorles in juvor of thu dlslilct , whllo In Now Hampshiiu they are talking such arrant nonsense us th.it the law consolidating Hie dlsti lots will "kill uu'iy binncltaml lootof tlmtrcoot llbuty ; the distiict pioomty will be sold oil fora song , and all the school houses demolished. " It will be InteiesthiL' to learn just what tiio inotljo is back of all thli talk In favor of the dUti let school a system that expcilcnce bus- show n again and again to bo inr behind the town sj stem. _ A Cowboy IMuiuat , Now York Letter j The most extraordi nary muslcnl event of the past week lias been tlio sudden descent upon llo ( town of a parson calling hinuelf the "cowboy pianist. " I cannot romuinbcr when I struck another such pliunotJieiion. lie is the typical "jruy hooter" in appoaraneo. Long , course clack hair , brbsd.brvnmod , ( slouched h..t and bhiu shirt , with open collar , showine his brawny neck. ! ! ! name is Babel , llo is about 2,1 , and ho has como hero to challenge the world of pianists. Ho calls the instrument a "planner , " aud is spoken of by his ranch man ngont as an "executioner. " This agent , whoso name is Pike , told mo that ho hadn't found any ulanist vet , but ho'd hoard thcro was ono In this country some time ago called Rubinstein. Like all the men about Fourteenth street nud Steinway - way hall I regarded this strange appari tion as something of n guy until I heard him play. 1 wont with a small party of musicians and critics to John Pnttison's rooms to see the wild western youth macerate tlio masters and enjoy tlio nrairlo school. But ho astounded us. In facility , force , brilliancy and rapidity of execution I confess that ho amazed mo. Mr. PattU son is the best bravura player that wo haVe , ami this young man situuly took his breath away. I never , not even when Rubinstein was hero , heard such n stroke or such octavo playing. Ho does not know ono note of music , and declares that hu never received a lesson in his lifo. His antecedents are known. They corroborate his statement. Up to within thu last six months ho has beou upon n ranch on tlio borders of tlio Indian terri tory. Ho has all tlio characteristics of the cowboy , but ho lingers like n musician who lias given a lifo to the instrument. Ho played a sonata of Beethoven's , a sera } ) of Schumann thai ho had and then and there ho improvised. Wo laid a clotli over llio keys so that ho could not see them , and lie played with the same knowl edge of tlio key board. Of course , wo could see that that the sonata was turned into a romnn/.a and that tlioso wore not Beethoven's resolutions , but tlicro was was the marvelous execution , minus tlio technical knowledge. ins STOUY. This boy's story , if Iruo , nnd 1 have no reason lo iloubtil , for 1 have encountered singular tilings before , is equally strange. Ho told mo in a straightforward way that his father bought an old Chiekoring piano for twelve bushels of corn from u party of emigrants. " 1 was then11 said ho , "about sixteen years old. My father did not know any thing about pianos , but ho thought it would bo handy for mother to iron on. It was put in a corner and the old woman used lo cut our clothes on It , and when she wasn't using it , it was covered with old harness and potatoes. When I was 21 I blurted onu night lo go to a round up. You know what the boys are out there. Wo had a ride of sixty miles , anil wo stooped half way and got drunk. About 1) ) o'clock in tlio morning I started to go on. My pony got his foot in a gopher hole and throw me , for I was pretty full , and I broke my arm In two places. They had lo take mo back and go to Fort Sill , which was .sixty miles , for a sur geon. Well , 1 was laid m > for several months. One day I had a shock. I did not know what it was then , but I know now. It was electricity. It tingled down to tlio ends of my fingers. I did not know what was the mailer with mo. I was seared. I got up , nnd wanted lo look into that old "planner. " I took the harness off and got it open. Then I be gan to play , I hone' I may die hero if I know how I did it , but 1 played it. It made mo soglad 1 howled. The old woman thought 1 had gone mad. If I oversaw the inside of it before I hope I may drop. This exlraonlinary story is corroborat ed by several people , and , straugo as it may be , is not outside the range of psychologic phenomena. Tlio follow plays as one p ossusscd. Ho has taken llio rooms on Q'hirtcentli street foimorly oc cupied by Mrs. Langtry , and as arrang ing to give a concert hero , probably at Sleinway hall. If ho docs not attract a great deal of curious attention. I am very much mistaken. NY.M CIUNKLE. Sands that have been accumulating for centuries from the surrounding desert arc being removed from the base ot tlio Sphinx , and when llio work is completed a high wall will bo eroded lo keep out future encroachments. AGONIZING Itching nml liui-ning Skin Diseases Cured by Cuticuro , mREATiinNT. A woim luth with Cutlimrn JL Soap , and u slntflo application of Cutlcuiii , the fficnt Skin Cino. This lopuntod dully , with two or Unco doses of Ciitlcura Ilo olvont , the Now lllood 1'urlllor , to kcop thu blood cool , the perspiration puio und unlriltntliuj , the bowolg open , Iho llvur and klilnojH ncllvo , will ppcodlly curu Kc/.omn , Totter , ItliiKwonn , 1'soilasls , I.leh- on , Pruritus , Hculd-Heml , Dandruff and o\cry spucles of Itchliur , Scaly and I'lmply Htnnoisof the Scalp and Sltlti wlion the host plosiclous aud lomi'dlcs fall. UNTOLD TOUTUIIUS ENDED. I' . II. Drnko. Esq. , Detroit , Mich. , sulTorcd un told loilnics Iiom Salt Klioum , which uppumcd on lib Immls , head and fnco , and nunilydo- sltoycdhlsoycs. After the most careful doo- torhiR nud u consultation of phyMclana fallod to rolluvo him , ho nsud the Cnticurii Ilomedlos , und was cured , and lias remained o to data , SOUES ON NECK. Chas. Hindy. Somorvlllo , Mass. , who roforato Dr. J. .1. Wooddruggist , ol that cityccitides to n wonderful cuio of ninnlnu sores ou the neck which had boon treated by hospital plijBlcians without euro , nnd which yielded comulotoly to the Cutlourn Itomcdlcs. CURKD 1)Y ) CUTICUKA. My sltln disease , which icslstwl Bovoral popu lar lomcdlos and otliur lomodloi niivlacd by physicians , hag boon cm oil by your Cutlcurn Hoinedlos. They suipasbtd my most pant'Ulno OApoctatlons , nnd rapidly Directed a cure. J. C. AHKMUUK , Vhiconnos , Ind. KNOW ITS VALUE. AllofyourCiitlcinn Itomoillci t'lvo very frond sutlifactlon. ThoCutlcuru I ospcelully roeoni' mend lor the dlsoascg Jor which It Is used. I know lioiu cxpoilonco Its value. JH. 11. J. rilATT , Montollo , WIs , Bold ovorywhoro. I'l.'oo : Ciitlcimi , OOo.j Cutlciira Soup , 8V > i Cntluiira Howhunt , $1 , 1'OTTKII DllUn X Clll'.MlUAI , CO. , ItOStOll , M 88. Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases. " niMl'I.KS , Illnckhends.Bltln Hloiulslies and H\ljy : 1 ' " 11 iiiiioi a , use CutlcniH Heap , HACKING , counii , i'iiuitisv : , ClioM. Pnlns. Inlliiintnatlou , Dllllciilt llioutlilni ; , AMlinin , nnil B'iritnoss ' of thoCluDt and I'ectornl .MiiHoltH , at once lullevcd and itsslntcd to a Bpccdyonro by the Cirncuii.i Aim- I'Ai.N Sic. Nebraska National Bank OMAHA , NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital $860,000 SuplusMay 1 , 1880 85,000 U. W. YATKS , President. A. E. TOUZAUN , Vice President. W. II. S. lluanus , Cashier , ' ' W. V. Moi 3R , JQIIK S. COLLINS , 11. W. YATUS , Li'.ww S , RKBD. A. E. TOUY.U.JN , BANKING OFFICE , THE IRON J3AXK. Cor. 12th and Pixrrmm Strcota. Goncrdl ItanUtiK lluslnow Trar.-U3t31. WEST UAVKNl'OUT Furniture Mnnufiicturura ofj Bank , Office and Saloon Fixtures Mirrors , Uur Screens and Hotel 1'nrnl- turo , 21 S. Uth Street , Oinr.ha , Nebraska , . Wiito lor de l a uta IVuticulm.