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    THE OMAHA DAILY BBJK , SATURDAY , MARCH 6 , 1880 ,
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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.