THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , FRIDAY , MAUCH 12. 1886.
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WE BIE poBiismifimiiT , PROPRIEIORS ,
E. nOHEWATHll. EDITOn.
Acconmxo to tlio Herald , Jolm B.
Fumy is a bold , bad innn , and "must
to. " Mr. Fumy la now placed in tlio
Bnmo bout with Gardner mid can pull
for the shorn as fonrlosaly as .that long-
threatened oniciul is now doing.
CoNOiinssMAX ANUEHSOK , of Kansas ,
continues to maintain his record as aeon-
Riutcnt , stnunuh anti-monopolist and a
represent alivn of the people. The Kan
sas City Times commends Mr. Anderson's
example to the entire Kansas delegation ,
1'irry-TWO marriage licenses wore
Issued in Qhicnjio on Tuesday1' . U wna
The largest number granted in any single
day during the present year. It was the
last day before Lent , which explains the
rush , nevertheless it shows how Chicago
grows. She believes in home industries.
KANSAS CITY has followed the example
of Omaha and organized a business incus *
club. The first formal reception , held on
Tuesday evening , by the Kansas City
Club is pronounced to Imvo been a very
swell affair. Kansas City can lind sev
eral other metropolitan institutions in
Omaha which she can pattern after with
profit to herself.
BY the death of Senator Miller , of Cal
ifornia , the democrats will gain another
vote in the senate. Gov' Stoncmau , of
California , who in the legislative recess
will appoint Senator Miller's successor ,
is a democrat , and will doubtless select a
democratic senator. This will change
the political complexion of the senate
from 47 republicans and 3-1 democrats to
41 republicans and 05 democrats.
ROSCOE CONKUNCI is credited with
making a great deal of money for the
first time in his life , and it is said that he
enjoys the sensation too much to permit
anything , not even politics , to interfere
with it. This ought to satisfy the public
that Mr. Conkling has no idea of reentering
tering the political arena , as there is no
money in politics. Mr. Conkling's head
is perfectly level on this matter.
Mu. HENLEY , of California , wants more
daylight thrown on _ the past manage
ments of the Union Pacific company and
calls for n boloet committee of inquiry
iuto the book-keeping of the road , and the
stock jobbing operations of the leeches
which have fattened oft'tho company. It
is a heavy job which Mr. Henley wishes
to impose upon his fellow members.
The record i ? over inailo up will bo an in-
tpjestlsg commentary of the power given
to conscienceless sharpers to rob the
public and gull the government.
SAM'Joxns'is having a hard campaign
among the Chicago sinners. The fact
that out of a congregation of 5,000 he
managed to persuade only twenty-seven
people that they wore in danger of the
judgment leads the Chicago Herald to re
mark that "although this speaks well foi
Chicago's self-consciousness of morality ,
it limy bo remarked that more penitents
than that frequently rise in the Ada strcol
Methodist church revival out of a possi
bio two hundred. "
THE Herald has discovered "a knavish
political scheme" itMr. . Bailey's rcsolu
tion extending the lime in which choice
of paving material can bo made. Tlu
milk in the cocoanut , according to the
organ of the cedar block contractors , if
that "a gang of conspirators" "are trying
to coerce , " "a firm composed entirely ol
democrats , " who , it says , "will ncccssari
Jy Lo largo employers of men the comhif.
season ana might , if they would , wield t
largo influence in the spring elections. '
The opposition of the Herald to any suel
a plan of operation would bo sufllclont Ic
prevent tills scheme of offensive parti
Bunship.
JJoSTON has become a high-licence cltj
notwithstanding the vigorous protests oi
Iho liquor dealers. Iho licenses , whlcl
hnvo boon rather low , have recently been
increased as followsi Innholdurs' 11
censes , class A , are increased from $00 (
to $800 ; innholders , olass B , from $850 tc
(500 ; common vlotualers , from $250 tc
$350 ; common vletualurs , second class
from $135 to 215 ; to sell malt liquors am
cldo'rs to bo drank on the promises , $135
wholesale dealers solling'.loss than $30,000
from $1150 to $150. Brewers are all olassoi
uiulur one head , and the fee is $100. Fo
the last two years brewers selling up
wards of 00,000 , barrels per annum hav <
been charged 9450 , The revenue dorivei
from this source will amount to a largi
BUIU , and will materially reduce the bur
den of general taxation.
SOMF. ot our contomponrs are pro
scribing In advance of tlio city olcctioi
who shall and who shall not bo nomlnn
ted by the party caucuses for tiio nex
council. Such attempts to bulldoze electors
tors are a little previous. The city election
tion is still some distance oft' . Candidate
will bo as plenty as > Missouri river wate
nt the Juno rise , There will bu an abun
dance of material from which to mrxl ;
selections and the people of Omaha wil
exercise their choice in accordance will
their best judgment. It is a llttlo earl ,
to baxmi anxious candidates-by-assailim
members of the present council who ma
possibly come up for re-election. O
the other hand , assaults for purely polit
cal ends on councllmon are more daugei
CUE to the assailants than , they arc to tl :
men assailed , They create sympathy o
the part ot the public .and stimulate-
creased work for H vindication at th
polls , It is important that the now com
ell hhould be men of energy , charade
and ability , muoh more important tluv
that thdy should be " 'packing-house
democrats or I'tUIroiul republicans.
The Labor Troubles.
Tlio extensive strikes now in progress
in the various portions of the country
arc causing general discussion among
tlio public , and well grounded alarm in
the ranks of labor employing capitalists ,
The evidence is conclusive that labor has
at last formed an organization so close
and so well disciplined that a single word
can throw out of employment the wage-
earners of an entire section by their own
voluntary action , and paralyze business
over thousands of miles of tcrri'
tor- . Of the merits of the
controversy which has precipitated
Iho strike upon the Gould system the pub'
lie knows little. The charges and
countercharges are 'Conflicting. Thaf
there are grievances outside of Iho discharge -
charge of a single man is undoubted ,
Such an excuse for the suspension of rail
road traflic over a whole section oi
country would bo too trilling for a mo-
mont's consideration. Public sentiment
is Inclined to credit the Knights of Labor
in the present strike with n desire tc
secure a full adjustment of all causes
of complaint by a demonstration of the
power of their organization and
to believe that all other reme
dies had boon exhausted before
the last resort of organized warfare was
put Into execution. While there is n
doubt tlio publio will bo apt to give It te
the employes as against Jay Gould and
his management. But , for all this , there
is a growing apprehension as to the fu
ture. It is only frank to say that there is
a fear that the tyranny of labor Is tc
take tlio ulnrn cf t'r.o ' . lyfotillj ? of capital
Kxcessive demands and domineering
methods on the part of labor organiza
are as much to bo criticised as unreason
able demands and tytannical methods or
the part of capitalists. The or
gunlzalion of labor to protccl
its rights is something whicl
a sound public sense will applaud. Tlu
banding together of wage-workers to en
force demands which good judgment aiicl
reason cannot endorse by moans whicl :
afl'cct injuriously not only capitalists bill
the community at largo vail not attracl
sympathy and support outside thcii
ranks.
The Knights of Labor have it in thcii
grasp to bo a great power for good or ji
great power for evil. By biudingtogethci
tlio great labo'1 interests of this countrj
in nn organization for mutual bcnolil
they can successfully resist the nggrcs
sions of capital. The size of the order i ;
at once its strength and its weakness
Sustained by an overwhelming public
sentiment in any struggle involving the
rights of labor to good wages and fan
treatment on the part of employers , theii
position cannot bo successfully assailed
Numbers carry weight in any argument
Properly managed , arbitration , the principle
ciplo which the Knights hold as so im
portanl , can settle u large majority ol
an3' disputes which can arise. But the
resort upon slight provocation to strike ;
involving thousands of wage earner ;
and bringing financial loss to whole com
munities , in no way participating ir
the controversies raised , will certainly it
the end bring disaster and ilt&hlcgrntini )
to the order. When once n labor organ
izalion falls into bad bands and impru
dent management it is apt to break it :
back in attempting to show its strength
The value of the Knights of Labor t <
the country will depend not upon it :
ability t ? demoralize industries by tin
inauguration of lookouts and strikes , bn
by its power to enforce a peaceful settlement
mont of the difficulties which arisi
between' capital and labor. Peace anc
quiet are as essential to the laboring ftiai
as they are to capital. They are more so
for they involve the employment of labo
and the maintenance of the laborer' ,
homo. _ _ _
Mr. Ectmumla' Inconsistency.
It is dillioult to see what advantage i
to como from the controversy bctwcoi
the senate and the executive which Mr
Edmunds and bis friends are working si
hard to foster. The president holds tin
whip hand. Ho alone can remove fron
office and make appointments. Th
worst that the senate can do is to rcfus
to confirm during the session. When th
session is over the president can nominate
nato during the recess and the nominee
will hold their offices until rejected bj ;
the senate when it reconvenes. If Mr
Edmunds is attempting to prove tha
the professions of Mr. Cleveland are in
consistent with his practice ho can res
on his oars , The publio will cheorfull ;
concede the point. But what is there t
bo gained by the concession. There ar
three more years yet bcforo the demo
cratic record is completed. The prc > si
dcntlal campaign will not take place fo
some time to como. When it docs th
issue of civil service reform will not loser
or win enough votes to count in determining
ining tlio result. From the standpoin
that matters connected with the civi
scrvico should bo { rented with th
utmost publicity , Mr. Edmunds himoJ
is open to attack. No sennto
has more bitterly opposed the throwin ;
open of the doors of executive session
than the senator from Vermont. If pul
He polioy demands that the sunlight shal
bo thrown on tlio reasons of the oxeoti
live for appointments , what argumon
can bo made in favor of drawing th
shutters on the causes which induce th
senate to acquiesce in or decline to con
linn tiio presidential nominees.
Profltlne by Homo Mnrlcotp.
The advice of a local grain firm to Nc
bruska farmers not to plant flax is crlti
elscd severely by the Omaha oil mill , an
the figures produced seem to fully justif
the criticism. The crop of llax sec
raised in Nebraska has never been cqm
to the demands of the local linseed o
manufacturers. In fact all the stimuli !
which the loaning of the seed and th
collection of the crop direct have give :
to the cultivation of llax in this state lin
come directly from the mill owners , wh
are to-tluy Importing largo quantities c
the seed to supply the demands of tlioi
works. Farmers in Nebraska who hav
experimented wlt'n good seed claii
that no crop is moro profitable in propoi
tiou to the space occupied and the tim
bestowed upon its cultivation. The iuai
ket for the seed is steady and less Jiabl
to fluctuation than that of grain , whil
the prices paid per bushel are more tha
a third above those whloh wheat bring
in the market. Our farmers cannot I
encouraged too strongly to vary the ;
crops. To sow a whole farm in corn c
wheat is to place the owner at the mere
of a single market , The moro divorsific
the . farm products within roosor
able bounds tha better the clmuci
for a profitable outcome of tli
yoar's work. As n general rule
products for which there is a homo de
mand for local consumption are moro
profitable than those which must be
shipped hundreds of miles bcforo passing
into the hands of consumers. Corn fed
to hogs and cattle brings a bettor return
than corn , on the car bccauso looal
slaughter houses at once condense the
product and supply a steady market. In
the same way the llax seed Industry has
proved profitable bccauso every bushel
raised in this state has found a prompt
sale at mills within our own borders.
Condensation of products should bo
the aim of western producers. Trans
portation charges are saved , n
local demand is stimulated and
satisfied , and quick returns are secured
on the investment. Every mill and fac
tory which takes the agrieultur.il wealth
of the state and turns it into a smaller
bulk and moro valuable form is a publio
benefactor. The canneries and cream
eries , packing houses and flouritig-niills ,
each local industry however small assists
in making the-farming communities moro
prosperous by making them less depend
ent ou foreign buyers and foreign mark
ets.
Onneral Pope's Successor.
A Washington dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune says that the president may as
tonish a good many people by the ap
pointment of Brigadier-General John
Newton , chief of engineers , to succeed
Pope as major-general. This will not
only bo astonishing , but wo bnl'evo it
V.'lll bo generally regarded as a great in
justice to General Howard , whoso claims
arc conceded by every fair-minded per
son to entitle him to this promotion. Tlio
following are some of the points urged in
favor of General Newton :
In the first place , ho Is one of the oldest of
ficers on the aetlvo list. Ho enteicd West
Point at the same time with ( ionuial Pope ,
biitciacliinted hlcherln tlio class , anil his
original commission as lieutenant is pilor to
nny other. Ills rccetd Is clear ami second to
none , either In the field or In time of peace.
Jlogiadimted at the academy twelve years
beloro General Howard , ami it appointed
major general ho will retire In a year and a
halt , and Howaul will not retire lor dulil
years. General Newton commanded the
famous First corps nt Gettysburg , and his en-
tito war record Is good , lie was in the battles
of Autlelam , Gettysburg and 1'cach Tree
Creek. Ho is a Virginian by blrtli and n lite-
lonp democrat It Is argued that ho failed to
icceive the recognition which his services de-
bcrvcu dining the wai , nml that It is only
piopcr now that ho is to near rctiicmcntho
should be honored with piomotlon.
The probability is that the fact that
General Newton has been a life-long
democrat will have moro weight with
tlio president than any other part of his
record , and if , as is claimed , military
promotions are now being made by favor
and through political influences , it is pos
sible that General Howard will again bo
disa ppointcd. If the promotion is made
upon seniority and merit , wo feel confi
dent that General Howard will bo the
successor of General Pope.
Tun Philadelphia Times , in an article
on the selection of the transcontinental
routes , says that when the first Pacific
railway was built the ripest engineers of
the nation chose Iho only one of three
routes tliat witf never have a green iTold
to cheer the traveler for n full thousand
miles of joumt-y , and that it can
operated with any certainty at all in
winter becaiisc of snow blockades. The
Times then , goes on to say that the
Northern Pacific and the Southern Pacific
sire run free from snow blockades.
Whatever else may bo said of the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific route , it can
not be truthfully said that snow mtor-
feres with the running of trains. The
Philadelphia Times has done a great in
justice , whothcrintontionallyorotlicrwi.se
wo do not know. The fact is that there
has been no serious blockade on the
Union and Central Paolfio since 1871 ,
when the roads were without Iho snow-
sheds which now protect them in exposed
places. During the pa.it . winter no road
hi the country was us free of snow as tiic
Union Pacific , and its trains have been
run with the regularity of clock work ,
The route is not only the shortest , but it
is the most attractive on account of the
varied scenery.
A Dr.CLAnATiON of war is al ways a ser
ious matter. Nations in such cases are
anxious that the sympathy of the world
should be drawn to their cnuso as a jusl
and reasonable one. A war waged on
trivial grounds and without a fair excuse
rarely succeeds unless the nation whlcli
incites it is muoh stronger than its adver
sary. When popular support does nol
hold up the hands of government , it IE
pretty certain to fall. Strikes and look
outs are social warfare , nothing else ,
They should bo the last resort of laboi
and capital In adjusting difTereneos , only
attempted when diplomacy has failed ,
To succeed , they too , must have the sup
port of the publio.
THE rumor that the president propose !
to uomjnato ox-Senator b. K. Bruce to be
n member of the civil service commisslor
causes tlio Chicago Times to say that tc
the bourbon mind his complexion wil
constitute a far more eorious objoctior
than his record , and the genial mossbucki
who represent the administration , part }
in the commission will hardly greet hi1
appointment with enthusiasm , Tlio Time ,
thinks that Messrs. Kdgorton and Tron
helm engaged in reforming the civil ser
vice alongside of a "Mississippi niggor'
will bo a spectacle to make the ( democrat
lo ) angels weep.
Tin : republican railroad job office will
a newspaper attachment chimes in will
the democratic railroad printing concern
in questioning the republicanism of Sena
tor Van Wyck , No republicans wlthoul
the railroad branu on both checks neec
apply to that outfit for endorsement , urn
no railroad republican can expect on
doraement from the voters of Nobraski
in tlio coming election , Mr , Van Wycl
must stay.
IK speaking of Lent the St. Louis He
publican says that society will proceed t <
mortify itself after the usual manner
"Wo will have less , dancing , " says tin
Republican , "and moro scandal ; less the
ntricala and more tea and tafl'y , and thui
wo will como to the end of the soasoi
greatly chastened in conscience am
toughened in moral fibro. " It should bi
borne in mind that this docs not apply t <
society in general , but to St , Louis society
in particular.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says that Gen
Terry is a republican candidate for tin
presidential nomination. Wo give Gen
Terry credit for too much common sens <
to have any such ambition. In the firs
place he is'.no politician , and ho doc :
not llvo in Now York , Ohio or Illinois ,
from one of which thrco states the next
republican presidential' nominee will in
all probability bo
TJ1E FIKrjiT"bp LVDUSTUY.
About 100 assemblies per week are being
oigaulztd In the Knlgiits of Labor.
The makers of coal-cutting machinery
have more orders than they can fill In thrco
months. i
Lost year the Hnltlmof'o builders erected
2OtO houses , an Increase ot 511 over the pre
vious year.
An abandoned skntltig-rink at Plnlnflcld ,
New Jersey , 8K2CO ( tout , Is to bo turned Into
a S50.COJ silk mill. Silk weavers' wages have
been advanced 10 to 2) per cent.
The Chemnitz , Saxony , knlt-goDils manu
facturers have tried over and over agiln to
put up prices , but arc prevented by the com
petition of the tenement-house system.
The silk manufacturing Interests ot Paterson -
son and Philadelphia nro qnlto hopeful over
tim Improving trade prospects. Sixteen car
loads or silk reached w York last week
via San Finnclsco , containing 830,021 pounds
valued ixt 51,003,000.
Discriminating delimit rates ou hemlock
lumber dectcnscd the supply of 1S85 over 1831
to the extent of 15,000,000 feet In favor ot
Mlclilgnn lumber. This winter's hemlock
output Is estimated at 100,000,000 feet , against
220,000,000 feet for last winter.
The sphlt and body of monopoly Is
nbioad In Alabama. Ono coal company has
purchased and controls 90,000 acres of the
best mineral lands In the slnto. Jt I ? build
ing 300 coke ovU3. n ; l oXpocls tohavc ioo6
In operation in a year , with which to meet a
growing demand over the south.
The carriage and wagonnukcrs both cast
and west report something of a boom lor
wheeled work. That Industry has been se
riously depressed , but business Is beginning
to look decidedly better. Ono concern near
Philadelphia , which has capacity to turn out
1,030 , carriages per year , has four months work
on hand , but the employes do not seem to
have heard o It.
CABINET PUDDING.
Secretary Endlcott docs not spend much
money in society entertainments.
Postmaster Gfcneiiil Vilas Is said to give of
fence by snubbing public men who call upon
him.
Secretary Kndicolt Is said to keep a ficicp
dog which lias to be called oft at times to al
low visitors to enter.
Secretary Manning Is said to bo moro wil
ling to give official information than any
other member ol the cabinet.
The entertainments given by Mrs. Secre
tary Whitney are said to rival anything be-
tore seen in Washington. It is estimated
that her receptions cost § 2,500 a week.
Secretary Lamar Is credited with having
lately rebuked Colone ) Ingersoll for his ag
gressive Infidelity a\id \ expressed a hope
that ho will some day become a Chilstlan
picachcr. _
Never Goes on a Strike.
CMeago H'rlbyne.
St. Louis can still by leached via the Mis
sissippi. The Father otjTators gels tmbu-
lent at times , but ho never goes on a strike.
A Pointed ; Question.
Clilcaanillerald.
Jay Gould has been known to precipitate
strikes on his railroalis for a purpose of his
own. Is theio any stock lying around that
ho wants lo buy now ? '
Prolwto iPrnbUcc.
Senator Jones , a man of fheUirst _ Florida
watorx can set up the claim tlmf he Is fin-
gaged In legal business lu Detroit. Ho is
trying to set aside a young lady's will.
AValtlnjj for Admission as a State , n
i'oi cat Cttn ( DaAota ) Press.
The editor of tlio New Salem Democrat
says he can't live on "wind and hope. " Wo
guess he'll have to If ho urns a paper In Da
kota very lo.il
Disinterested Advice to the Ladies.
Sf. HIM ! Globe.
Eastern young ladles anxious to pie-ompt
ICO acres of good land and a husband in Da
kota are advised to make no delay. There
Is a stiong probability that congress will soon
repeal the pre-emption law ,
They Como High.
CMcago News.
A Now York widow has brought suit for
breach of promise against William Voorhls ,
the wealthy ex-commodore of the Now Yoik
Yacht elub , claiming that her affections have
been damaged to the extent of 5100,000.
Shatteied second-hand affections come high
when the elmtteriug Is done by a millionaire.
The Herald's "Caooclcmon. "
Korth Plaite TfelraOtan.
The Greek editor of the Omaha Herald In
timates that there Is a ' cacodomon" conncct-
ep with this office. After this attempt to floor
us with such apolj'byllabicbattcrlng-ram , we
cau but quote the language of Shakespeare
ao being peculiarly applicable : "Who art
thou ? Have not I as big an arm as thlnoV
A heait as big ? Thy woids , 1 grant , arc
bigger , for I wear not my dagger In ray
mouth. " _
Complimentary to St. Ijouis Assessors.
C/itc / < io / 'flmcs.
The St. Louis papers are drawing many
flattering Inferences ns to population , giowth
and so on from tlio fact tliat the assessed
value cu * rfcal npu "personal pfupuity Is flinch
larger than In Chicago. But tlio only correct
infoicnco to bo drawn fiom this fact Is thai
St. Louis assessors ; uo iiioip efficient , not tc
say-honest , than those of this city.
Blair's ProhlDltlon Dill.
St. iMUli ainle-nsmicMt.
Senator Blair presents a bill proposing pro
hlhltion In all the United States after A. D
11)00 ) , As the world mpycs very lapldly Ir
these days , and fourteen years' tlmo nia\
comprise a good many cvvcnts , lor all practl
cal purposes ho might aii weal have suggests
A. 1 > . llt.ooo as iho time 'to carry his icuolu
tion into effect. > *
InuoououB Dofluotudo.
A'ew Yurli yrliiunt.
Innocuous desuetudeIIShdos of Llndlcj
Murray , i
Did over language show a neater form ?
Pause , Btiangor , pause , lit ) life's insensate
hmry , . . i
And view the phrase that took the town by
btOlIll. '
Innocuous desuetude ! i shades of Thomas
Jeiler- ;
Son , uowKrandlysimpJolsths ! verbal team :
Methlnks simplicity heif > elt'illd , never
In nil her life assume a simpler mien.
Innocuous desuetude ! lo your Undo Sammj
Heading the plmiso his beaid doessadl )
pluck ,
And sighs , whllo envy makes him cold and
clammy ,
" cherished 'usufruct' "
"This eablfj leads my
Innocuous desuetude ! from Maine to fni
Montana
The Cleveland clubs assume It's only just
To Wrlto the phrase upon the paity'buaiiuci
In place ol "Office Is a public trust. "
Innocuous desuetude I lost In utter wonder
The crobh-roads bouibousut the phrabO dark
scowl ,
"Tell us , " they murmur' , "what In name of
thunder
'Docs Grover mean lUli , flesh , or something -
. thing foul ? "
Innocuo.ua 'desuetude 1 O nojcr forgotten
aiial ) Grovel bo whllo men that Icgem
shout-r
Don't lose It , Grover ; keep It wrapt in , coitou
On Ice , In oil , and tale patent out. .
NobrARkn Jottings.
Hartlngton andColerit'go ' arc connected
by telephone.
A. Methodist church and a Knights of
Labor lodge are the latest additions to
Rushvillo's growth.
The special water works election in
Hastings is billed for the loth of April.
Bonds to the amount of $30,000 are to bo
voted.
Within six weeks after fair weather
sots in the B. & M. folks ospoct to have
the iron laid on their extension from
Aurora to Hastings. r i
Members of the 0 , A. R. In Grand
Island have organized a slock company
to build a commodious hall for the use of
the society. The capital is $10,000.
Tlio school ofllcors of Sheridan county
will moot in convention at Hushvlllo ,
March 20 , for the purpose of discussing
matters of vital interest to the schools of
that county.
The Fremont Paper company has been
added to the wholesale trade of "tho
prettiest. " C. 1 > . Marr and Hammond
Brothers are the owners , managers and
drummers.
Amass meeting of citizens was held nt
Ciilbertson last Monday night to consider
the question of a now court house for
Hitchcock county. It was resolved to
build a court house costing about $5,000.
The jolly and preserve factory in I'latts-
mouth is to bo enlarged immediately.
The proprietors hail Tjoen holding off
awaiting tlio result of tlio water works
election , and since thn people emphatic
ally endorsed that publio improvement ,
they have already decided ou an in
creased produrt.ion this season.
Altogether the 0. & II. V. railroad car
ried : J2aiJ ( tons of freight out of Butler
county last year after the crop was raised ,
and tlio company received $111,70(5.75 ( for
transpoitmg the same. The B. & M.
railroad carried 00,182,010 , pounds out of
the. county during the same period and
was paid $07,100.70 for their labors.
A now gas company is talked of in
Grand Island. A Now York capitalist
named Lnnner proposes to establish a
$50,000 plant hero on trial for sixty or
ninety days , and at the end of a reasona
bly fair test , if satisfactory to the mem
bers of the present electric light com
pany , tlio two corporations are to com
bine their stock and lurnish our people
vyith gas and electric light at their op
tion. The system Mr. Lanncr represents
is a coal oii gas.
Iowa Ituius.
An otter weighing twenty-nine pounds
was killed near Kcokuk on Saturday.
Clear Lake wants nllourlng mill. There
is only one mill of tiny consequence within
a radius of twenty miles.
Since tlio special delivery service began
last October , 024 special delivery loiters
have boon received at Davenport.
Tito salvation arm.y. which has been at
Dubuuuo for about six weeks , has suc
ceeded in making eight converts.
A bootleg prohibitionist is going
through the state selling "JufTorsoninn
Simplicity" in pint bottles. The article
is warranted to cure snake bites.
Melissa E. Harrison died at Dubnquo
Friday morning from the oflects of a par
alytic stroke , bho was one of the oldest
settlers of Dubuque , locating there in
1833. She owned n largo amount of val
uable properly in Dubuquo.
In a drunken brawl at Cedar Rapids
Saturday night George i-'oust killed his
brother , Jolm Foust , by beating out his
brains with a coupling pin. Ho tlicijleft
the body on the railroad track , whore it
was discovered by the engineer of u
switch engine.
Ono of the oldest soldiers living who
served through lUe rebellion is David
Aycrill , of Sblgj , . H.C was bonj .in
Westminster , Vt. , February u , 1803 , whore
he lived , for many years. He went west ,
and early in the war enlisted in Company
A , Tliirtj'-seventh Iowa , served through
to the end , and is a strong , hearty man.
Vnlcotn.
Buffalo Gap has quarries of fine build
ing stone that will prove of great value
to the town.
A now line of steamers will bn put on
the Missouri river nt Bismarck this
spring. It is expected that Iho river will
break up about April 1.
A herd of seven or eight buffaloes has
lately appeared fn the hills some forty
miles west of La Mouro. A buffalo cow
was killed from there the past week.
Among those who have been ordered
by the land department to remove In-
closures about _ school and publio lands is
an association which has about 3,000 ,
acres in Charles Mix county.
At Rapid City one evening last week
while , the man in charge of a hazard
game loft the room for a few minutes ,
some parties tampered with the dice ,
loading thorn with quicksilver. As a re
sult the bank was soon cleaned out of
? ! * Qi wjiou business WAS suspended.
There is probably not an equal extent
of as fertile ami populous territory on
the continent without railroads as that
comprised in the Missoun river counties
of I'ottor , Sully , Faulk , Walworth , Camp
bell , Mcl'hcrson , Mclntosh , Kmmons
and Logan. It is a strip about 100 miles
wide and 200 long , with a population at
the last census of 14,153 , and tilling up
rapidly.
Colorado.
A nine foot vein of anthracite coal has
boon discovered on Rook Creek , near
Crystal City.
Sorghum will bo grown In the Grand
river valley this year , and a sorghum
mill set up In Grand Junction ,
Colorado Springs people are agitating
for decent publio school accommodations ,
auil a $35,000 , building is wronosod ,
A JIDW ditch company has umt been or-
guiilz6u in Chafloo county with a capital
of ? 400,000. , A ditoh will bo constructed
running across tlio count } ' , taking water
from the Arkansas and emptying into
tliu South Arkansas river.
Sterling farmers are finding plenty of
water at twenty-live and thirty foot.
Water was struck last week at n claim
leu miles from town on one of the high
est points on the tnblo , and tit many of
the ranches back from the valley the
fatookmon got water at a depth of from
twelve to thirty foot.
Tlio Union 1'aciflo hospital at Denver
has u valuable artesian well , as a recent
test has boon demonstrated. A three-
quarter inch garden hose was connected
with the nppor pines in Iho V/uilding and
the othoi end , after being fastened to a
twenty foot polo , was chivatod that
distance nbove the peak of the roof ,
which is lifty-fix foot from the ground ,
making a total ilolght of seventy-six feot.
The water rushed through with such
force as to indicate that it could have
boon carried yet twenty feet higher.
XIIK FEOhlDA'oi' ' ' THE WJ28T ,
Southwestern Nebraska and Xortli-
wostoi-u KiinsnB ,
Biiti ) CITY , Kan. , March 8-To the
Kditor. ] The immigration to northwest
ern Kansas , and especially that portion
of Norton , Ducutur , Sheridan , Thomas ,
Kuwlins , Cheyenne , and Sherman coun
ties , through which the Burlington &
Missouri river railroad passes , and will
pass ere the spring of 1887 , is simply im
mense and reminds one of the vast army
of homo seekers fourteen years ago , to
Nebraska , when the railroad pushed for
ward from Lincoln to the. Republican
valley and on to Denver.
This county , Cheyenne , in which are
loqafcd the towns of Bird City und Wane ,
*
is being rapidly located by Industrious
fanners , who como to stay , ami vmake
thorn a.happy home on as rich and pro
ductive soil , healthy climate and pure
water as can bo found anywhere. In
fact northwestern Kansas and south
western Nebraska are now or soon will
bo the
FLORIDA. OK THE VKST ,
where the best of fruits are grown and ns
the country becomes fully developed onual
to the same variety cultivated further
cast and south.
What I commenced or Intended to pay
in this connection was how to reach herewith
with the least expense to those who
como.
First. Como bv wagon if you can.brlng
your horses and catllo , a coop of chick
ens , a few pigs and don't forgot the dog.
Second. If you .ire destined for
Cheyenne , western Rawlius , Sher
man and western Thonma coun
ties , and travel by rail , ship
to lienkloman , Dundv county , Nob. , on
the line of the B. & M. railroad. This is
the nearest point for either of these
localities and is a general distributing
point for this whole western county ,
Third. If you wish to visit or louato , or
have located cast of the territory bcforo
mentioned , ship over the B. &M. toObor-
lin , the county scat of Decatur , from which
place you can go in any direction by
stugo.
A now stage line from Bonkloman ,
Nebraska , though Bird City , Wane , Vol
taire and Leonard to Wallace on the Kan
sas Pacific road Is about fully equipped
ready for passengers , anil these visiting
this part of the west had belter travel
this way. tor the reason that it is cheaper
and much time is saved.
saved.J.
J.y. \ . 1'jUitM.vp.
P , S , Gliy.1 to learn , through the Br.n.
of course , that my old soldier friend
Thomas Morton , of the News , has been
appointed postmaster at Nebraska City.
This , I presume , is considered a Miller
and Morton victory , for 1 read Miller's
letter commending Tom Merion for the
place some eight months ago , and I fuel
sure that thu sago of Arbor Lodge did
not object to his old friend's ' appointment.
Stripping the I.mml of Timber.
San Franrtnco Call ,
The public press has for a long time
sounded a note of alarm , and in Iho most
emphatic manner called attention to the
rapid rate at which the country is being
ripped of its forests. The process of
denudation continues , however , and the
amount of timber cut each year seems to
bo steadily increasing. Only a few weeks
ago , for instance , a sale of 30,000 acres of
pine land along the Dead River , on the
upper peninsula of Michigan , was made
to a Now York firm , and where now is a
dense forest will soon be a barren ex-
pause of country. Tiio New Yorkers
paid $300.000 for the land , n very low lig-
uro , apparently , as it is estimated that
there are ! iOO,000,000 feet of standing pine
upon the tract , but it is explained that its
cheapness is owing to its inaccessibility ,
Between $200,000 and $300,000 will bo re
quired to put the river in condition for
running logs , and in that will bo included
the construction of a railroad either live
or eight miles long. Included in the
transter are all the water privileges.
This is given as an example of the scale
upon which the work of tree-cutting is
being carried on. It is assumed that the
presence of trees insures moisture , run-
nlnpf streams and oven rivers , whereas it.
has boon noted in sections of the country
where ) immense forests have been cut
down thilt brooks have dried up and tlio
smaller rivers suffered a marked diminti-
alien in the volume of their waters , while ,
there has been a radical change in torn-
noraluro and crops , caused by lessoned
uumidity and prccipation of moibturc.
In Nebraska , though the act of a wiser
legislature than common , "Arbor Day"
WUS established and made u gcucrnl hoi' !
day. Cm this c uy- nearly every person
who Is in a position to do so plants trees
or the f-eeds which produce thorn , and the
one who does the most of this kind of
work in every locality receives a money
prize. The day has proved to bo a great
success , bunco iho state is growing trees
faster than it is culling them down. It
is also stated that in thus creating
forests , or in thickly marking the face ot
the country with trees , Nebraska has dis
covered a moans of groaty reducing the
amount of damage caused by cyclones
and tornadoes , which do not appear lo
attack u wooded country , with Ihe
severity whioh attends their passage
across the bare plains. Somelhing like
Nebraska's plan should bo adonted in
every state , and then if the forests can
not be preserved they can al least bo
renewed.
Tlio Buffalo ns an Knjjliicor.
P/if / ! < rdej ! > ; ifn Ttmct.
When Ihc idea of a transcontinental
railway was regarded as only the dream
of erankn less than n generation ago ,
the late Thomas II , Bcnton was sneered
at by the engineering experts of the
country for declaring that the buffalo
was the only engineer whose judgment
was unerring as to the climate of the
Roeky mountains. Ho noted Iho fact
Ihat the herds of buffalo canio down
from the north lo summer in Iho valley
of Iho 1'lalto , but retreated back to the
north whenever the blasts of winter
came from the mountains. Accepting
the instinct of the buffalo as unerring ,
Bcnton declared that the practicable )
route for a Pacific railway must bo in
tlio north , ns Die buffalo proved that the
bettor winter climate was there to bo
found.
But Bonlon believed in a Pacllle rail
way and Ihe engineering science and cap
ital of iliftHity-itgurdiid him aa a dotard
or a dreamer ; ana when war came , and
Ihu golden status of the Paeljie had lo bo
bound lo Iho union by bauds of iron and
and charmed by the rude music of the
iron horse , the ripest engineers of the na
tion chose thu only one of thrco tnuih-
continental routes that will never have n
green Hold to cheer the traveler for a full
thousand miles of journey , and that can't
bo run with any certainty at all in winter -
tor because of snow blockades ,
Wo now have tnrco transcontinental
railways , and Iho one on which the gov
ernment luvibhed untold millions und
reaped great running sores ot scandal as
its cliiot reward , is often blockaded in
winter , and has a sloriln country for half
its distance west of the Father of Waters ,
whllo Iho Northern Pacllio railway has
vindicated tlio buffalo us an engineer , by
running every day during this exception
ally seven ) whiter without blookado from
aiiow. The Union and Central Pacllio
railways did much to develop the country
when their oflicon wore greatly needed ,
but the great highway of the world's ' com
merce on our continent will bo by the
Northern Paciflo , and thu Southern Pa-
ciitic , with its semi-tropical ulimato , will
always bo an Inviting route for travel
and trado. What Benton's buffaloes
taught us about railways thirty years ago ,
is now the dcmioniituuted solution ot the
engineering problem of transcontinental
railways ,
*
A GERMAN S EXPERIENCE.
Mae Days Wltljout Food 01- Drink in
n Hox-Ciir.
A policeman carried iuto a local drug
store of San Antonio , Texas , on last Fri
day. March ftth , a bundles of clothes that
contained the remnant of a man. Ho but
ilonlho chair and exclaimed : "Give il
something to eat. " The clerks crowded
around aiid u physician promptly admin
istered tlio proper remedies , \vhon the
attenuated untity had boon nursed back
to consciousness , it * was found to bo n
German who spoke no English.
Ho presented a pitiful sight. The Cones
bhowod clearly through his drawn
skin' , and -the eyes wore sunken to an in
conceivable depth. Ills pulse wns very
fecb6 ! and ho breathed with diflicuHy ,
lie had no money and no friends. An
interpreter was furnished and ho told hid
story. Ho came to America with son o
money but little oxporlonco. Ho drifted
west until some days' ago ho went broke
In St. Louis. Ho tried for work there ,
could got none , asked for succor nnd
got none , nnd without a cent of money ,
pint of water or ounce of food ho boarded
an empty box-car standing In a railway
yard , and curling up In the corner wont
to sloop. The yardmen unwittingly
locked film in , nnd when ho nwoko tlio
car was In motion , and ho did not know
where ho was going and did not aaio.
As the days wont on he made frantio ef
forts to attract attention , but without
success , always tlto train was cither
pounding along or ho was
backed on a siding or the patent fact
that the car was void of contents kept
the railway hands away from hint. Ho
used to sometimes hear the tramping of
brnkomon over his head , ho says , out
they passed too quickly to catch his muf
fled cries , Ho fir.st unused , then ex
hausted himself in efforts to escape ,
When the train flnnllv drove into tha In-
tornntloiial & ( 'real Northern yard hero ,
his car waa sidetracked. It was Ids last
energies that thumped its side nnd nuulo
his wants known. When Iho policeman
opened the door and dragged him into
the light ho was blimied , and threw his
hands to his ojc.s , begging for water. Ho
was a mass of dust and filth fiom head
to foot. When the efforts of the physi
cian had partially restored him. howqs
asked to. compute elapsed time since en
tering the car" In the St. Louis yard. Iln
hesitatingly stated thrco weeks. He had
just been nine days on the trip.
COL. FORNEY "AS AN ACTOR.
An Untoward 8tu o Incident That
Saved Him Ibi-loiirniiUsm ,
Lancaster Intelligencer : Following on'
the heels of these theatres thatlhtno
montioiied eonie.s that which .stood on
Chestnut street , between North Queen
and Prince streets , where the disused
foundry of Harborgor and McCully is
now situated. Its entrance was near the
northeast corner of the building on
Chestnut street. The stage was at Iho
wcsl end of the place and was elevated
jive fee.t from Iho ground floor. It was
in this old-timo theatre that Col , John
\V. Forney , who afterwards played suoh
a prominent part in national journalism
ami-polities , made his bow to Iho public
as an : mtor.
And , by Iho way , this reminds mo of
an Interesting story of Forney , the truth
of which 1 can myself substantiate , for 1
was present al llio occurrence. The
Connor Dramatic association , of which
1'orncy ' was a member , had long been
preparing to present the play ofvillinni
Tell. " Cards of invitation had boon ex
tended lo tlio friends of tlio membois ,
and on the night of the proposed presen
tation a largo and expectant crowd w s
in attendance. Forney iissumcd Iho title
role of the piece and as William Tell
was to shoot the apple from his son's
head and defy the tyrant Osier. It was
understood in advance that there was
only to bo a mock shooting , the boy to bo
placed behind one of tlio wingb of the
stage ; hidden from the audience. After
tno discharge of the bow an attendant
was to rush upon the stage with nn apple
pierced by an arrow , \oung Forney , in
his excitement , shot the arrow into the
audience. The attendant , knowing noth
ing of this , brought out the apple and
arrow , as was his i list motion , whicli
brought down the house. The young
nctpr's face was suffused with blushes ,
which became tenfold deeper when u ,
small bo.y picked up the stray arrow ,
brought il lo the stage , and presented it
to Forney , with the piping exclamation :
"Mister , hero's your arrow , " Hud it not
been for tins untoward i.nciijun.l , Mr ,
Forney might have won high hjstrionio
laurels , for il seems lo have effectually
iluiupened his Thespian ambition.
A GREAT INVENTION.
A. TclGRrnpttio Typewrit or for Send
ing Printed MOSSHKOS byVlro. .
An Ohio man by the name of Samuel
T. Essiclc has invented an electrical type
writer which transmits messages by wire
long distances , nnd it was exhibited to a
number of capitalists , electricians , and
newspaper men at No. 145 Broadway ,
Cleveland , on Saturday last. It is a sim
ple arrangement with a key-board which ,
when the key is touched , brings the right
letter down on a wheel of paper which
moves along automatically at one side so
thai words are prinlud by an ordinary
typewriter , and the machine at the oilier
nnd of Iho wire acts in unison , printing
the message in the same way. It does all
the work of the operator at the ordinary
telegraph instrument. It is intended by
Iho National Printing Telegraph com
pany , which owns the patent , to put it in
use in the manner of the Boll lejcphohcT
instruments , connections to bp nitufo at a
central ofl'ico. Mrs , Jones , ol Now York ,
will ho able to call up Mrs. Brown , ot
Cleveland , and while Mrs. Jones is talk
ing , Mrs. Brown can be dressing the
baby and reading the message from the
machine. Every reader of a mcbsago has
it duplicated for himself.
Whisky WJIB Wliut Atlod Him.
Tramp Will you please give mo 10
cents , sir ? I'm on my way homo to die.
Gentleman ( handing him tha money )
1 don't mind giving you 10 cents for BO
worthy a purpose ns that , but your
brcalh smells terribly of whisky.
Tramp I know it does , sir. Whisky's
what's killin' mo.
A writer in a Maine paper snysi "I
hnye heard of finding nil kinds o ! curious
things in rags , but of the oddcht discov
ery I waa told a few days ago by Mr.
Grant , foreman of Iho rag-room at the
Dounison company's works nt Mechanic-
Falls. You never would guess what it
was. It was a baby. Yes , a bnbyl They
found it in a bale of rags , jilmmod and
squeezed till it was Hat , yet recognizable
us n human being.
ffiGST PERFECT MADS
rroparad with special regard to boalUi.
No Ammonia , I.lrao or Alum ,
PRICE BAKMO POWDER CO. .
CHICAGO. ST. I.OUIB
WEST DAVKNPOH.T
Furniture Co ,
Mmiufiicturors of ]
Bank , Office and Saloon Fixtures
Ulrrprs , Bar Screens and Hotel Furiil ?
turo.
2ia S. , Uth Street , nmnlin , Nebrnsitiu
Write for cHl's'm HiiO J'futlculurs.
