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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THURSDAY , MARCH 11 , 18SG. - THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OrFirr.No.lil4 AJH OTftFAnJUM Sr ' NEW YOIIR Office , Itoou C5Tntnu it ItuiuiiNn WASHINGTON Orncr , No. C13 FOUHTF.EXTII ST. PuWMiCd every rnfirnlntr , except PumUj- . The only Monday morning paper published In tlio dnio. Trusts IIY MATT. : Onn Tcnr . . . $ iarOTlircn Months ? 2.W ) filxJIonths. O.UOno ) ; Month 1.00 TnE WEEKLY TEB ) , Published Every Wednesday. TERMS , POSTPAID : Ono Ycnr , with premium $2.00 One Vcnr , nit limit premium 1 > Plx Months , without premium 75 Quo Month , on trial 10 connr.sroNrtENCT ! All entnmunlentloni rolntlnp to news nnd edi torial mnttcr * fhould bo addressed to the Km- von or niK HER. HER.nusisrss i.irrrais ! All biulntss Mtcr * nnd rcmlUancosi should bo imdrefMxl to Inn UKR I'uiiMflittsn Coui'Axr. OMAHA. Drafts , checks nnd poMolTIca orders to bo made payniilo to the order of the company. 1HE Bit POBLISHIIfiliPHT , PROPBIEIOHS , E. nOSBWATEK. BOJTOn. Nr.i.sn PATIHCK 1ms joined Dr. Milter in Washington. Wo nmy soon hcarsomo- thing about these torpedo boats. Tun registrars have been appointed nnd confirmed. This looks us if the Ihnu is near at Imnd for the planting of spring candidates. THE sixtli daj' of April will witness a Itvolj' ficriminrtKo for six hard seats in the city council and thrco cushioned chairs in the hoard of education. IF the tirl auctioneer who sold the Morgan art collection m Now Y'ork is paid the usual commission o fftcen per cent , lie will rcali/o $180,795 , the total amount of the sales being $885,300. It is not often that tin auctioneer makes enough on ono sain to retire on. Tun house committee on inl'or-stnto commerce , in rcporlinr ; ho Reagan bill , gave the commissioner yslciu n black eye by characterizing it as unnecessary and expensive. If they had added "use- loss and easily controlled by corporation influences , " they would have completed the indictment. A msrATCii nnounccs that Secretary J < nniar hns reversed the ruling of Com missioner Sparks on the right of a pro- cmptor to commute a homestead entry. Mr. Sparks' ruling decided that a com muted homestead was in effect a pre emption , and that the commutation of a homestead by a settler who had previously made a pre-emption iiling , was a second pre-emption and contrary to law. In reversing the commissioner's ruling in the ease of Brillin , at Devil's Lake , 3 > akota , Secretary Ltimnr takes the same view of the commuted homestead law that has been taken for years by his pre decessor in the land oflico. ST. PAUL is discusing pavements for her finest residcnco street. Wo note that cedar block pavement is not even mentioned in the controversy. The Pioneer neer Press speaks of two competing pave ments , the Kcrr wood block on concrete tmso with bitumen scaled joints , nnd Trini dad asphalt laid substantially as in Onia- ha , which it characterizes as the most beautiful , cleanly and healthy pavement in the world. After the columns of praise which some Omaha papers Imvo devoted to cedar block pavements as laid in St. Paul , it is somewhat surprising to observe that the people of St. Paul have had quite enough of the wood block mil- Banco. Mr. Bruncr , who made a careful inspection of St. Paul's pavements under two feet of snow , ought to revise his opinion. THE heavy purchase of steel rails abroad by American railroads is attract ing attention cast and will attract more when it is known that the poor quality of the rails furnished by Pennsylvania and Ohio mills is the reason for the change. The Now York correspondent of the London Economist makes the statement that a recent order of the Chicago , Bur lington & Qnincy railroad for 10,000 tons of stool rails was sent to England because there the company "received a guarantee ns to quality ; " ho adds that "other Amer ican orders for rails have gouo to the United Kingdom for the same reason , nnd more are being negotiated. " This is n fact. The competition of American rail makers anxious to make up the loss of profits caused by the heavy competi tion is responsible for the trouble. Some months ago C. I1. Iluntlngton boldly Btatod that the steel rails turned out by many American mills were inferior to the old iron rails , and that the tendency of manufacturers of nil railroad material was towards cheap- John work. Ho asserted that sonio of the rails recently purchased for his own road were half slag nnd that their life was loss than throe years instead of the ton year standard , that the spikes and fish plates wcro of inferior material and workmanship , and that in fact it was growing a difficult matter to secure any thing first class , from a coupling pin to a , railroad lantern. Thcso are statements which furnish excellent food for relloc- tlon for American manufacturers. TUB St. ] f iu\ \ Pioneer J'rcss , which hns fcoon the champion of General Terry in the race for the major generalship , com ments in the following manner upon a recent report relative to the reasons for overslaughing Howard to honor Terry ; "Tho report telegraphed from Washing ton to Chicago that General Howard was jyissod over in making the promotion to tno vacant major generalship on account of his connection witli the unfortunate JTreedman's bureau , is probably without foundation. General Howard's relations to the huroau and the wrecked bunk were made the subject of rigid nnd impartial Inauiry by a military court , and ho came out without the shadoof a suspicion upon his personal Integrity. Ho wad not appointed major general to succeed Hancock for the reason that hu hiuisolf gave , m simple and manly speech , because it was considered that Terry had stronger claims to the ap pointment. Ho will probably bo chosen to succeed Pope on the hitter's retirement , , for the same reason that Terry was chosen to succeed Hancock , because he has stronger claims to the promotion than uiy other otllcor. His distinguished mll < itnry service , the honor conferred upon him by congress , Ins advanced rank and Hiltnirnbjo personal character establish r claim to the honor which Urn president can hardly overlook. General Hownrd'i ppoiutment us major general within tlu n < ixt two wttfikd is us nearly n certain f i * u * tu any future in-cut can bo. " Strifb Tor Promotion. The struggle nt Washington for the coining army vacancies is said to bo par ticularly intense. Every colonel high uw on the list is moro or less interested in pushing his claims for advancement. The recent appointment of General Terry WIT General Howard is taken ns n hint that seniority is not n necessary qualification for promotion and that political influcnco discounts records in securing increased rank. The hotels are swarmlne with officers nnd their fanilics. Every reception for tlin past two months lias been a lobby in which "good words" for pet candidates have been dropped into ears which wcro supposed to bo near the nominating throne , senators nnd congressmen nro besieged witii petitions and deluged with nbstracls of official records , nnd the ngony will continue until the final notion ot the senate upon the nominations puts nn end to the worry. This condition of affairs is a constant source of scandal at the capital. The strife for promotion ami advantageous details is only limited by the vacancies whore rank can bo ig nored under the regulations or favorites selected for transfer from the frontier to bureau dutj' , recruiting service or details on the staff. Promotion from a brigadier to a generalship means § 5,000 a year in crease in salary ami n corresponding In crease in perquisites. A brigadier gen eral draws at least $1,000 a year moro salary than a colonel and lias the added advantages of staff duly and high command. The vacancies in the quartermaster nnd com missary corps carry with them the ranks of a captain while these In the' pay de partment cntillo the holder to a major's commission. In all these , promotion goes by favor and it is not surprising that 'officers ' are anxious to sci/o every op portunity to better their rank and pay oven if the methods of the lobby must bo used to secure the prizes. The fault lies in the system which in times of peace permits the disregard of rank and makes promotion a gift rather than a risht. It is true that a rigid compliance with n regulation which made seniority the only qualification for ad vancement might in some instances bo detrimental to the best interests of the service , but it could scarcely bo as de moralizing to the army ns the present sy&tom , which makes political intluonco or private favoritism the stepping Btono to success. Officers unfit for promotion should not bo retained on the rolls. The regulations contain enough methods for disposing of improper material to purge the army if desired of men who nro not capable of filling posts of increased rank. The courts martial and retiring boards are always available. Rank should carry with it the assurance of long and faithful service , not of persistent importunity and the methods of ward politics. The Immigration Boom. Immigration is beginning to pour into southern Nebraska witli the same steady How that is canning thousands into the northern section of the state. Car loads of immigrants and immigrant movcables are crossing the Missouri at Plaltsiuouth and moving westward over the B. & M. towards the frontier. The now counties of two years ago will be the old counties of two years to come. The present season promises another extension west ward of the settled region many miles nearer the Rockies , and the peopling of a region from which the railroad company had little hopes of local traffic for 3'cars to come. Along the Republican valley homesteaders and preemptors are settling with remarkable rapidity upon table land and creek , filling in the valleys and spreading out upon the hills and prairie lands bo- 5'ond. In the counties north and towards the central portion of the state the over flow from the B. & M. and Union Pacific is already making itself felt. Northwestern Nebraska , too , will moro than repeat her wonder record of last year's immigration. The oountry along the line of the Elkhorn Valley extension is receiving the advance of the coming inrush. From Norfolk to the state line land hunters are already putting in nn appearance for select sites for colonies and farms for eastern homo hunters. The coming spring nnd summer will see the disap pearance of much of the available gov ernment land in tins section of the state nnd a doubling of the population. The most cheering feature of the pres ent immigration Is the sturdy and thrifty character of the now comers , Illinois , Ohio and Iowa nro sending hundreds of their best farmers and farmers' eons to seek free homes in our state nnd to build up now communities with' industry and intelligence us the corner stones. A largo proportion of the immigrants are in comfortable circum stances , able to subsist until the soil furnishes thorn n comfortable living , and provided with enough ready funds to improve their claims nnd erect their houses , fences nnd barns. The school house and the church follow quickly in the wake of the homo nnd ntoro , nud the nearness of the railroad has taken uway ono of the most disagreeable - able features of frontier life. Iicnroii Uoilcctlons. The Louton season has como and for six weeks society will take a respite from the gnyetics and frivolities with which it has boon surfeited during the winter. To many this will bo the only significance of Lout , a physical fast from wearying activity , and an opportunity for recupe ration from the effects of social excesses. It has been said that every orthodoxy and heterodoxy had originally business at the bottom of it , and when ecclesiastics wore appointing days nnd seasons ns typical of the mysiorins of the faith , they had n deep-lying conviction that the ob servance of these days would help men physically , stir up emotion nnd bontimout nnd make them readier to receive nnd to work for the spread of the doctrines that were taught thorn. However , this may bo , society at large , irrespective of creed , has grown into a recognition of church days , perhaps not always ns church days , and men of all creeds and no creeds now look with kindly interest upon Christmastldo and Easter , without Inquiring too deeply into their religious origin and signifi cance. Lent is the penitential season , the period of meditation , for inward com muning , for self-Qxamlnatlon , for self- sacrifice. Society nt largo may benefit from such an interval in the calendar and religious year. If the sacrifices made nre these by which others profit , if self-denial to ourselves means a more cheerful Iifototuo4e ; to whom denial is an ovcry-day necessity , if rest from social frivolities gives opportunities for nativity m works of charity among the needy classes of society , no ono will deny that there Is a secular side ot Lent which all can encourage , nnd from whoso opera tion nil may benefit. Just so far as the various phases of religious thought are Identified with the llfo of the people , nnd bear nn intimate relation to what affects the growth nnd prosperity of the stnto , they cannot bo ignored by thinking men. Lent may bo made not only a means of profit to the individual , but a season of profit to the community if Its significance is understood in its broadest sense , secu lar as well as religious , ns a time when sacrifices nro made by which others pro fit , nnd denials undergone which soften the misery of these whoso lives nro n scries of the never-ending denials which want and poverty enforce upon tlioir victims. TIic Core of the Trouble. Way behind all this labor trouble on the rnilronds lies the cancer of stock watering which is eating nt the vitals of producers and shippers alike. This fact is at last dawning upon the corporation papers who have all along jeered nt the demands of independent papers for hon est railroad management and fair rates. The Cleveland . /.carter , which has never before been staggered at the abuses of railway management , has this to say of the strike on the Gould lines : "There will bo few , Indeed , to sympathize with the Gould roads in the sonth- west in their present troubles with the Knights of Labor. Thcso corporations have a \ cry bad reputation for false re ports , tricky management , manipulation of securities nnd finances , nnd hist , but not least , for ill usage of their employes. As a warning to other offenders of similar character , and ns a just rcbttko to general cusscdncss , the defeat of the companies at nil points would bo hailed with satis faction by the public. " Down in Kansas City , where traffic to the southwest is paralyzed by the troubles on the Missouri and Texas Pacific , the Times , while deprecating the strike as damaging both to the business interests and the workingmen in it. strikes the koy-noto of the whole matter when it says : "Tho policy of the Gould compan ies docs not attract much sympathy from the public. They nro constnntly at tempting to pay dividends upon heavily watered stocks. The patrons of the roads and the employes have to contrib ute a frightful tax for this puruoso. It is well known that on all the Gould roads the ono aim m dealing with employes is to get all the work possible out of the least money. Officials know they will be sustained in almost any action fair or foul which grinds down wages and squeezes out more work. " There is no doubt that the walk-out of 10,000 men to redress an individual grievance is n resort to force hardly war ranted on its face. If no other question were involved in this trouble it would bo very much like firing cannon at a fly. When probed to the bottom the discharge of ono man was only the last straw to break the camel's back. There have un doubtedly been grievances deep-seated and of long standing , and the pent-jip fooling of underpaid nnd over-worked wage-earners has found vent in the pre sent difficulty. But back of it , as the core of the trouble , lies the rotten man agement , which has piled up mountains ot fraudulent debt and crippled the roads so that fair treatment to their employes and the public through" good wages and fair rates means bankruptcy to the cor ' porations. Industrial Enterprise ! ) . The announcement is made that n com pany has been organized in Omaha for thn purpose of erecting a canning factory with a capacity of 000,000 cans to start with. The company is composed of well- known business men , who have ample capital to successfully carry on the enter prise. It is just such enterprises as this that contribute to the wealth , prosperity and population of the city , nnd wo can not have too many ot thorn. What wo need is n variety of industrial establish ments that will give employment to largo numbers of working people. There is plenty of room nnd tlicro are excellent opportunities in Omaha for a great number of largo manu facturing establishments. Omaha can never hope to become a really great city until she affords opportunities for the employment of largo numbers of mechan ics and workingmen , nnd this never can ho done until wo linye manufactures and industries of all kinds on an extensive scale. It is n noticeable fact , however , that as n rule it is not the heavy capital ists who invest in manufacturing and in dustrial enterprises , but the men of mod erate moans. All the incorporators in the canning company , with one excep tion , nro men of modnralo means only. Wo l < now of a dozen other enterprises in this city of which the same thing can bo said. The heavy capitalists , with a very few notable exceptions , loan their money nt 10 per cent on gilt- cdgo securities nnd seem to take little erne no interest in the promotion of the public welfare , while men of limited capital nre tlio ones who mnnifust publio spirit nnd invest their funds in enterprises that aid in building up the city. The man who nssists in creating and carrying on n largo industrialestablishment , is a publio benefactor , nnd what wo need Is moro of such men. DR. WILLIAM A. HAMMOND says that work , amusement and sluop'aro of equal importance to a muu'a well-being , and hu advocates , both ns n physician mid as nn author , thotnkmgof eight hours for each of these pursuits. Eight hours a day , ho insists , nro enough for any man to work , This may all bo true enough , and it may apply to everybody but newspaper men whose profession seems to demand that they shall work from sixteen to eighteen hours a day. however , the genuine newspaper man considers his work more amusement , and hence perhaps after nil ho complies with Dr. Hammond's formula. Ouu Congressman Weaver has Intro duced a bill to regulate telephone charge : In the District of Columbia. That's right. There Is more expensive helloing going on in Washington than in any other city of the union , principally by men who want olhco and can't got it. Most of them have to borrow money from con gressmen to pay their expenses homo. OOK gifted follow citizen and states' num. , Hon. Pat O. Hawes , is missing , They have been trying to find him at Washington for several weeks , but lie hasn't turned up. Probably ho is down In southern Nebraska .gathering some moro musty militia claims and Indian depredation accounts , ' Tnr.tiE Is a secession movement on foot nrnong extra-select members of the Ne braska editorial association which will culminate in n riot , unless the governor calls out the militia. BETWEEN the outs on ono side nnd the strikes on the other tijost of the western rnilronds nro , ns the pugilists would say , in chancery. THKUK were forty-two deaths and six ty-two births in Omahn during the mouth of February. Thus do wo grow. KINGS AND QUI2ENS. King Tlicbaw plays poker , but ho can't get his chips cashed. It Is not Improbable when Queen Victoria resigns the royal gavel tluit she will lecture. Prince Henry of Battcnburg having got n heavy fall while hunting , Queen Victoria has foibldden him to hunt any moro. The princess of Wales Is reported to boa very tasteful milliner. She gives finishing touches to nil her lints nnd bonnets. The Emperor Doiu Pedro , of Brazil , Is planning the erection of an ncadciny of nrt < > , which will bo the lii at of its khul In South America. The queen of Knglnml Is going to the circus for the first time In twenty years. It Is pre sumed that she will recognize the clown's jokes nt once. The aged empress ot Germany is thought to be endowed with wonderful vigor , because ntn. state reception not long ago showoroa train of purple velvet , trimmed with ermine , twelve feet long. If Queen Victoria rcallv wants to sec n circus , says tlio llnrtfonl Post , Barnnm or Forepaugh would be glad to gl\e her n first- class "picss sent" and a smnll salary to travel with them next season. King Milan Is far from being the hand somest nmn In Srrvln or anywhere else. Ills head Is round nun largo too largo for his body his cheeks flat nnd wide , with a small nose and a little mouth. Emperor William still presides over the lit tle soirees at the palace from 9 to 9ro : in the evening , on his return from the theatre. Tlio guests number from eight to twelve , and nro composed of generals , ministers nnd ofliclnls having close relations with the court. Those receptions last about an hour and the emper or IB always In good humor , very chatty , nnd fond of relating episodes of his early llfo. Teals sprvod nnd his majesty takes a biscuit. The cakes and sand wlchas nre left untouched , for , as the emperor docs not partake of them It would not bo en rcgclu for any ono else to do so. There are no cigars , as his majesty docs not smoke. But nt grand military din ners ho gives the signal' by lighting n clgnrot nnd giving one ortwopufls. UnserPritz , however , is nu inveterate snooker. Blight Spoil Ills Appotito. New Oilcans -Picayune. The child who wants to swallow slcovo but tons should bo given a couple . ' ot cuffs. Poor Fence to Hedge on. Fart Wortli Gaccttc. Thcro Is ono objection ' ° . 'ho cactus as n fence. The candidate cannot ' sit upon it very handily , , Snd About Jones. Savannah ficift , Perhaps the saddest thing about the case of Senntor Jones ot Florida , Is 'that It seems ho Is not going to get the girl after all his trouble and notoriety. As Ho Helps to Make It. SI. Louis Republican. Senator Evartsls severely criticised for sayIng - Ing that congress Is only a place for tulklnir. btill he spoke of congress as It Is nud as he helps to make It On the Fly. Charleston News , The Rev. Sam Jones lias got Chlcagoans on the run nlready. By skilful manoeuvre at a meeting a few nights ago ho compelled quite a number of the resident church-goers to confess that they say tneir prayers on the fly. On the Smallest Capital. StLont Republican. If the Chinese government really wants to go into tlio business of railroad building on a big scale It should not forget that our American operators lead the world In build ing tlio longest lines on the smallest capital Mr. Conkling and tlio Party. Cincinnati Commercial. The accusation that wo are opposed to the return of Mr. Conkllng to the republican party Is unjust. We nre opposed to tlio re turn of the republican party to Mr. Coukliiig. Philadelphia Paint. Clitcaao Timss. In Philadelphia they paint all the theaters white. It being a superstition of the nctor that white Is a lucky color. The rest of the town however , follows the prevailing fashion nnd is painted red , Marital Destitution. dticaoo Triliunc. Polygamous Mormons nro being sentenced to prison nt the rate of five dally. When one considers that each leaves on an overage five widows , souio Idea of the extent of marl- rnl destitution in Utah can bo formed. Not Having Ho Mnch Fun. ITatMnaton Republican. The democratic party may bo wiser In these days , but It Isn't hnvlng so much fun ns it managed to enjoy whan It was on the outside , bearing no load of responsibility and having nothing to do but to abuse and v Illlty the op position. Perseverance Conquer * . Cl i tenon ; Vctt . | Senator Soues should iy > \ bo disheartened at the slowness of his unit , Perseverance conquers In most instances , nnd the matrimonial menial field soonis to bo a good one In De troit The Jlev.V. . J. Spears of that city , lias Just married n widow possessed ot thir teen children nnd $3ODOjba ( > i Cleveland' * FlrsKYoar. Albany JodruaV President Cleveland , beginning his admin istration like a reformer , has 'ended the first year of his term dosplseil byhlspaity , dis trusted by his friends and rejected by all. No better evidence ot the lacof a conscience In the administration is ijcedbd. The con scientious nets of a public man , right or wrong , always command public respect An Overworked Word. Etiuene field in Chicago A'eiej. Wo wake up nnd make up , We rake up and fake up , And use the word "up' when we can ; We drink up nud think up , Wo kink up nnd shrink up , And do up a Milrt or a man. We slack up and back up , \Vo stuck up and whack up , Ailcl hold up u man or nn ace ; Wo beer up and cheer up , We steer up and clear up , And work up ourselves or a case. We walk up nnd talk up , We stalk up nnd chalk up. . And everywhere "up" 's to bo heard ; We wet up and set up , But hanged It HO let up On "up , " the inuch-overwoikcd word. Enforced Arbitration. C7i icro Tritnme. The extraordinary strike on the Gould lines demonstrates the necessity of en forced arbitration between common car riers nnd their employes. In this instance n trivlnl dispute between two employes in a car-shop hns resulted in a strlko in volving nearly 10,000 men and a suspen sion of trnlllc on 0,000 miles of railroad. The controversy is not merely ono bo- Uvccu the railroad companies nnd their employes. Already largo manufacturing establishments nlong tlio lines affected nro preparing to cense operations , discharge - charge their hnnds , nnd wnlt until the embargo on traflic is removed. In the district where the strlko prevails it bears directly on farmers , manufacturers , merchants , drovers , dealers , travelers , mechanics , laborers and in fact nil clnss- cs of the community. If it continues any length of time business will bo deranged , contracts made incapable of execution , and thousands greatly injured in their means of support. The strike represents simply a dcmoralizinsr social war , which , if not brought to a speedy end , will in flict irretrievable injury on nil kinds of business nud every class of people in the southwest. It is a disgrace to the law that such a state of ulTalrs is possible and that the authorities arc not required to treat it as n conspiracy against the pub lic wclfaro. It may be admitted that-thcrcarogrnvo difficulties in the way of enforcing arbi tration in private business , but such ar guments have no application in the case of common carriers who arc chartered by tlio state to operate lines of commerce and travel for the advantage and conven ience of the public. It is the duty of the stnto to provide means of travel nnd traf lic for the people , and in order to per form this function it delegates the sov ereign power of eminent domain to private corporations. Thcso compa nies are created solely to secure improved public highways , and every man engaged in the ppcration of a rail road should bo hold immediately respon sible to the people. Mis employment 19 of a public character , and ho has no pri vate rights that authorize him to engage in a conspiracy against the general wel fare. A strike which is designed to sus pend traflic on a line of railroad should bo treated as a concerted effort to blockade - ado a public highway and deprive the people of the right to use an avenue of tradu and travel established by them for their own advantage. Hearing in mind that a railroad is noth ing moro nor less than an improved pub lie highway , the government should bo bound to see that it is open at nil times to the use of the people. For this pur- the law should require nil dissatis- Eose employes engaged m the service of companies transporting persons or property to present their grievances to a competent court of equity , which should investigate promptly nntt render n judgment binding on both pnrties. It would bo well to forbid nny company to employ n person who would not sign n stipulation pledging himself to submit to this method of settling grievances. The corporation shonl be forbidden to cut down wngeslcngthod the hours of labor , or impose other re quirements on its employes without first gntting their consent or the approval of the court of arbitration. It might be well to require all employes desiring to quit the service to give thirty , sixty or ninety days' notice tlio notification to bo regarded ns n resignation presented in advance of the time for it to go into ef fect. This requirement might be optional with the corporation , since it would bo needless to insist on it in the case of the individualbut it could bo used where workmen entered into combina tions to stop the running of trains. The law should provide n speedy , impartial method of settling disputes between com mon carriers and their employes , and parties should bo compelled by force if necessary to accept it. This is what the public interests demand , nnd it should not require many moro strikes like that on the Gould lines to bring it about. The American people nro long-sufl'cnujr , but there is a limit to alHhings. STAT1S AND TERKITOUY. Nebraska Jottings. An opium joint was disjointed in Chadron a few days ago. Algernon Whither is an applicant for a postollico in Sheridan county. Oh , Algernon , Whither art thou drifting ? The temperance revival in Plattsmouth the past week accounts for the strong endorsement of the waterworks propo sition Tuesday. Pawnee City is to have a foundry and machine bhop in operation inside of thirty days. A $0,000 Presbyterian church will bo built there this year. Farmers in the northern portion of Dodge county , a delegation of whom in terviewed General Manngcr Callaway of the Union Pacific recently , are confident that a branch road will be built through that section from Ames. Surveyors were on the ground running lines last week. Joe McKaln , n Hastings locomotive en gineer , has patented a lubricator for car nxlcs which will make him rich if it will do one-half of what ho claims for it. It is a chemical compound that will cool off a hot box in a minute , and run the car 000 miles at the rate of thirty miles an hour without heating the box. Iowa Items. Dubuque Is overrun with tramps. Tlio youngsteru in Sioux county are feruled by I'M touchers. Mount Pleasant voters rejected ] the water works proposition. The machinery of the municipal elec tion in Dos Moines cost $26U. The business men of Sioux City have organized a chamber of commerce. There are four daily , twenty-two week- jy and thirteen monthly papers published in DCS Moines , Chickens caught running at largo in Sioux Rtipids are bchurdcd , while old hens nro jailed. Anamosn is already preparing to paint tlio heavens with freedom's lirocruckor on the Fourth of July. The Keokiik opera- house hns been Icnscd to a Kansas city man for thrco years at $1,000 a year , A confidence nmn tackled six promi nent business men in Mason City last week , and scooped in $100. The "Uohemian outs" swindler har vested a crop of $1,800 in notes from far mers in Wuyno county. The Fremont , Klkhorn & .Missouri Val ley Railroad company is putting in new machinery in the shops at Missouri Vnl- Ry , H. S. Spauldlng , of Webster township , Hamilton county , finished putting in his crop of wheat last week. Ilu reported the boil in excellent condition. At n charivari of a newly-married cou ple at Kelley , Story county , Friday night , a young man namyd Johnson was fatally wounded oy the bursting of an over loaded gun. Mrs. ( ins Petit , living near Missouri Valley , wandered from homo last week and was found six miles wo&t of that place in n slough almost frozen. She had become dcrnngud and will have to be bent to the asylum. Ilenrr Kenton of Creston , a brnkeman on tie | Iturllngton roml , hns been unusu ally unfortunate of Into , havjng lost a linger off each hand inside of three months , after railroading twelve years without an nccidont. Dennett , in Cedar county , anew station on the Uurlinjiton , Cedar llapids & l orlhorn railroad , not yet ft year old hns during the time of its oxistonc ( shipped 17o carloads of slock , 100 carload ! of horses nnd 100,000 bushdls of grain All lines of business are well represented Burlington pnld $45,103 for teachers salaries during the yonr ending Febrnnn 1. It has n population of 88,451. Odui Hnpidi , willni population of 15,420. will $15,145 for the same purpose. Dubuqui city , with iv population of 20.CGO and r school population larger than any place In the state , pays $08,000 o yonr. A party of Wyoming cowboys exhumed n pel rilled body of n human in the bad lands of Dakota , nnd nro now cxhib Iting It to gaping crowds of callous people plo ui Sioux City. The "stiff" is that oi an ill-formed being nbotit thrco nud 11 half feet long. Tim arms nud body arc Very long , while tlio limbs from the Knee to the hip nro short. The head Is small , nnd judging from the sliano of the creat ure , when nlivo possessed n very small brain power. The eyes are gone , but the rest of the head Is in a good slate of pres ervation. The lower limbs are acluallv petrified , wliilo the body , arms nnd henil seem to bo dried. It weighs forty-live pounds. Dakota. Duffalo Onp 1ms opened up a cemetery for active business. The owners of claims In Tin moun tains have secured ample cash nnd will begin active operations nuxt week. A rich tin bearing ledge was discov ered in Tenderfoot gulch , nonr Ouster City , last week. It is said to bo the rich est strike yet mado. A largo vein of n line quality of coal was discovered near Bullalo Gap a few days ago by nn experienced coal pros pector. The vein is said to bo quite ac cessible nnd easily worked. Arthur Linn of Hlsmiirck , an old-time newspaper man of Vnnkton , has sued the Northern Pacific Railroad company for ? 10OOU for injuries sustained by hid young son while riding on their cars. AV.vomlnjj. Evanston was comforted with a dona- lion ot ? 30OUO for a territorial insane asylum by the sponsors of the cnpitol scheme in Choyenno. Ashworth & Johnson , whoso ranch is in the Hig Horn basin , on the headwaters of the Gray Dull , have sold their untiro herd of 0,500 head of cattle for $100,000. All citizens rcsidiugon the Fort Dridgcr reservation have received formal notice Lo move off. This is it form heretofore resorted to by the military powers to rid Lhe reservation of persons who may think they have rights there. The managers of the Cheyenne & Northern Railroad company have ap plied to the commissioners of Laramie county for aid to the amount of § 100,000 , "and that in consideration thereof the company would cause to b constructed seventy-five miles of the road lending northward within one year from the date of voting thu bonds , nnd fifty miles fur ther within two years , the work to begin within ten days after the bonds shall Do v'otcd. " Accompanying the written nil- plication was n petition with fifty signa tures , and also a bond of the company in the amount of $00,000. , The election was called for April 2. Ijitcrnry Notes. The March number of Outing is tlio first one issued under the new editorial management of Poultney liigclow. It lias nearly one hundred illustrations , and realizes what has long been desired here n gentleman's mngnzinc of sport , travel iind physical recreation free from all ob jectionable features. The new offices arc in New York , the move Irom Boston hav ing been made in January. It is one of the best magazines now published. The North American Review for this month covers a variety of topics. Professor ser Woolscy discusses "Tho Fishery Question , " and Mr. Cyrus W. Field writes in favor of "Government Telegraphy. " Edward Everett Hale answers the ques tion , "Why am I a Unitarian ? " and "American Landlordism" is treated by Henry Strong nnd David Bunnot King. A number of unpublished war loiters by Generals Grant and Halleck arc given to show the cordinl relations which existed between these two during the war. "An Unspoken Address , " by Gen. Sherman , goes over the whole ground relating to his controversy with Gen. Fry , and Hen ry Grovillc writes pleasantly and appre ciatively on "Modern French Fiction. " The first number of n monthly review , with the somewhat antique title , The Forum , has made its appearance. It is edited by Mr. L. S. Mctcalf , who was fern n number of years managing editor of The North American Review , nnd It is issued by tlio Forum Publishing company , Now York. The editor , it is undorhtood , intends'to publish articles for their own sake , and not because of the prominence of the authors. The contributors to the first number nro , however , well known , nnd include Prof. Alexander Winchell , the geologist ; James Parton , Dishon Coxe , Rev. Dr. Newton. Dr. William A. Hammond nnd Rev. Hownrd Crosby. "Science nnd the State , " "Domestic Ser vice , " "Newspapers Gone to Seed , " "Tho Coming Man , " "Vulcan , or Mother Earth , " and "Shall Our Laws bo En forced ? " nro nmong the subjects. There are some remarkable utterances in the article , "Is Romanism a Dnptisod Paganism ? " by Ilcv. llobor Newton. Among the many entertaining books published by Cnbsoll & Co. , for thu young folks " " is indeed for , "Ho-Poop , a treasury the little ones. It is handsomely bound with illuminated covers , nnd is beauti fully printed on huavy papor. The nu merous illustrations nro finely engraved , nnd will proven great assistance in touch ing object lessons. The slnto drnwings nro pnrticulnrly vnlunblo. The text js in large typo , nnd the book throughout is in ovcry respect n gem which ought to find n place in every intelligent household whora arc children. "Sunny Spain Its people and places , with glimpses of its history , " is the title of an entertaining nnd instructive vol ume by Olive Patch , published by Cns- sell & Co. It is intended for youthful readers , but will bo found interesting to persons of nmturo years. It is written in charming style , while the numerous 11- hibtrutions of thu picturesque scenery , the romantic incidents ; md historic places of the romnntio hind of Spain render it a book of moro than ordinary interest. It is history with dry ness left out of it. "Sunny Spain" ought to find a welcome place in every well suluctud library. "Little Folks , " a magazine for the voting is nmong the most intoruhting of Cnsscll & Co.'tijiivcnilu publications. The bound volume that we liuvu received is Dlcgnntly bound , beautifully printed , und profusely illustrated , while tno contents : iru of a most varied and nttractivo character. Tlio Itnmovcil Olllcalioldora. A Washington correspondent of the New York Herald , who has boon examin ing the list of 053 olllcers suspended by the president , finds some curious results. fn two itntcs , Maryland nud California , no ofllceholdcr ha been removed or sus pended. Appointments have only been made when vacancies have occurred , In some other status a largo number of re movals have been made in Indiana , 3U ; Now York , 31 j Wisconsin , 23 ; Illinois , 27 ; lown , 25 ; Ohio , 23 ; Kentucky , 0 ; Mn-.sa- oliusc-tU , 8 ; Vermont , 7 ; New Hampshire , 3 ; Maine , 10 ; Louisiana , 15 ; Mississip pi und Minnesota , U each ; Missouri , D : Florida , 8 ; Dolownro. 8 : Georgia , 0 ? Michigan , 18 ; Wisconsin , 28 ; Novndn , 1 } Now Jersey. 7 ; Oregon , 4 ; Ponnsylvnnia , 37 ; Texas , 17 ; Tennessee , 11Vost ; Vir ginia , 0 ; Rhode 11 nnd , 2. In the territo ries 29 removals wore made. Fihnlly , In the list of removals stand 10 chief osso- clato judges in the territories , 02 consuls general nnd consuls , 7 surveyors general , 4 governors and secrclarics of territories , 10 Indian ngcnts nnd inspectors and U secretaries of legation * The correspondent adds ; A study of this long list shows some curious features. In two stntcs , Connecticut nnd Maryland , tlicro have been nn removal s nt all. In Ohio , Indinnn , Illinois and lown there have been a total of 103 re movals. In four corresponding southern states , Georgia , Alabama , Mississippi nnd Arkansas , only 4fi ; Michigan nnd Wisconsin together show 48 removals ; Ohio and Indinnn , t > 0 , and Now York and Pennsylvania , only 61. In the whole south there hnvo boon 174 romovnls ; litho \ the whole west , 327 ; in the northern At- lantiu states , 101 , nud in the southern At lantic stntos , 73. On the theory thnl Mr. Cleveland hns removed men only for cause , it is cer tainly curious that ho should hnvo discov ered twenty-three unfit men in North Carolina and only twelve in Georgia nnd South Carolina together ; or that ho should have found twcnty-thrco unlit in Ohio and only nine across the river , in Kentucky , or that in Vermont seven should have proved unfaithful , and only eight in much more populous Massa chusetts. _ SNEEZE ! "SNEEZE ! KX.n until vourlionJ poems ic-nily to ItVoirj un til jour iioso iitm eyes ill - t'lmrffo o\co slvo qunntl- I tlosof thin , Iriltntlnir , wii- lory llulil ; until your noncl nclios , mouth mul tkroxt imii'lifd , und blood at luvor mint. This Is uu Acute Cut nt rl i , mul Is litniitly relieved ly ) n BliiRlo do i > , _ ami purumnciUly cured by OtlO ImttlO Of SANlOItU'8 UADlCAli CUItB roil CAT.UIIUI. Complete Trcalmonl with Inhaler , SI. 00. Ono bottle Itmllcal Curo. ono box Oilarrlml Solvent , mul ono linmovod mlmler. In ono pack- ntfo , nmy now bo Imil of nil drtifmlsts for fl.W. AfU for SANroim'B KAIIICAI , Cunr. "Tlio only i\b \ elute spocltlo wo laiow of. " ( Mod. Tlmo * . "Tlio liojt wo hnvo found In u 1IR > tlmnofsutTorltifr. " [ Hov. Dr. Wifnrln , llotton. "ATlorn lonfr stnipRlo with Cntnrrli , the ItAtu- CAI. Cuun ha < conquered. " [ Nov. 8. W. Munroo , I/3H UburRh , Pn. " 1 Imvo not found a onso ( lint it did not rollovo nt onto. " ( Andrew Lee , Mali' Chester , Sluss. 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