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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , MARCH 13 , 1880.
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LETTERS :
All l l jlnrM lottrrn ntul remittances KhonM bo
nuoccwtil to Tin : IIKK I'uni.ifntiNn CoMi'Asr ,
OMAHA. nrnft . check * ) nml jioitofflco onlors
to lie inndo pnynblo to thoortlcr of tlio company.
IKE Bit PUBllSHUCliPAIT. . PBOPBIEIORS ,
r. . nOSEWATKU. IJniTon.
AN attempt was nmilc an Wednesday to
nssassitmto Jules Vcrno in Paris. Ills
Jntcst lie exhausted tlio public patience.
Tin : time for assessment is near at
Imml , It is to bo hoped that the assessors
for once will bo honest in their valua
tions.
SENATOR VIST says that lie anil Gar
land got their Pan Klectrlo stock before
the nomination of Cleveland. There is
such u thing as antc-dutiug slock.
Wr.nsrnK Cm" , Iowa , is tlio proud
possessor of a hen that lays eggs of a
bright vermillion color. She is doing
what shn can under a prohibitory law to
paint the town red.
THE organs of corporate monopoly
seem anxious to force the Van Wyek
campaign in the state. Their anxiety for
an early opening of tlio senatorial battle
will bo piomplly gratified.
TUB proper place for tlio men who as
saulted Policeman liloom is in tlio pun-
itcntlary. They have got a pretty good
start , and If justice is not fide-tracked ,
they will got there In due season.
SHAKSITAHI : is a Kalamazoo oflice-
holder. Mr. Cleveland know the gentle
man by reputation , and no doubt
thought it was about time to recognize
his merits by appointing him to
ofllco.
TmitTV candidates for tlio council are
already "in tlio hands of their friends. "
Several of the number will find that tlio
nitnation will bo much more unpleasant
if a nominating convention puts them in
the hands of their enemies.
CHOLERA has made its appearance in
Greece and Italv , and it is also raging to
some extent In Japan and Corca. While
it may not visit America this 3'car , it : s
advisable to take early precautions.
Cleanliness at all times should bo the
vulo everywhere.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has vetoed the
bill quieting the title to tlio Dos Moincs
river lands on the ground that tlio courts
are competent to settle tlio question. If
Iowa could soltlo Mr. Cleveland ho would
never have a chance to write another
veto.
THE Itcpitllican's assault upon Dr.
Miller , " in which tlio doctor is heartlessly
reminded of the numerous railroad sub
sidies upon which ho has boon fed until
ho has become a bloated bondholder , is
decidedly cruel and unkind , lint it
strikes us as being simply a case of ket
tle calling pot black.
"WHEN thieves fall out honest men get
their duo. " The Kilkenny eat light be
tween the editors of the radical organs in
Omaha is bringing out some interesting
developments. Charges and counter
charges of venality and influence pur
chased by tlio railroads turniah instruct
ive reading to tlio general public.
ST. Louis still continues to crow over
ttio fact that her assessment of real and
personal property for 18&1 was $74,000,000
greater than that of Chicago. There is
nothing strange about this when it is
known that tlio assessment of Cook
county , in which Chicago is located , lias
fallen off from $310,000,000 , in 1873 to
$ M1,000,000 in 1883. The assessors are
responsible for this condition of affairs.
TENNYSON has again informed his many
correspondents through an open lotlor
that lie cannot answer them. It is stated
hundreds of letters are daily delivered at
his homo and are dumped into the waste
basket unread. Mr , Tennyson treats his
unauthorized correspondents in about
the same way that the average editor
would treat a great deal of Mr. Tenny
son's poetry if his name wcro not signed
toil.
WITH the opening of spring the rail
road oxtciibion boom is beginning to
ho\v itself. A half dozen now schemes
f railroad extension in this state have
tisou added during the past week to the
Hat of the preceding six months ,
Northern Nebraska seems to bo the
fnyorto ! tracing ground for the railroad
projectors. It is a good field. Tlioro is
/oom and to spare to several lines in the
territory bounded on tlio north by thy
Northwestern system ( \nd on soutll
.Oun ostonincd contemporary , the Phila-
dolphin Jlccord , is dis.gus.tcd . with the con
fusion of parties in congress. It notes
thut republicans and democrats respond
with muoli alacrity to dead Issues growing -
ing out of the civil war , but that upon
every vital Issue of tlio day party lines
uro broken and party ranks disintegrated.
Tarty names have lost their old meaning ,
nnd have not yet found n now one to
which the popular mind attaches any
slgtiilicanco. Party platforms nro BO
constructed that r.vnry voter may use
them to suit his own purpose ; and when
the election is over they are Bent to the
lumber room with the rest of the political
fubblsh. The two parties nro divided
Into two great camns , without captains 01
or leaders , and on their faded banners
nn bo deciphered only the nearly oflacei !
legends that were Inscribed upon them
in a period of sectional strife. Hut on the
turning questions of the currency , the
' tariff , civil service reform , and the powoi
of the general government to interfere
with the iifl'alra pf the state , the twc
camps are in most inoxtrlcablo disarray ,
i Individual gain and personal cowardice
f seem to bo the two leading motives now
' jtdaya of party leaders.
Asunlllng Uio Patent.
The government has completed its bill
agnin&t the lioll Telephone company and
it will bo lilrdin a.few days by Judge
Thuniianin the United States district
court at Columbus , Ohio. The govern
ment attorneys charge that the letters
patent Issued to Bell in 1870 and 1877woro
illegally and improperly procured and
that Dell not only failed to meet the re
quirements of the law , but misled and de
ceived the examining officials of the pat
ent oflice. It is asserted that Belt was
anticipated in the discovery of the elec
trical speaking telephone by Phillip Hois
Cromwell , l-'Ieetwood Varloy , .Antonio
Muccci , Kllsha Gray , Thomas A. Edison ,
Asabol 1C. Eaton and many others. It Is
claimed that this valuable dis
covery is cither the property of some
one of these prior discoverers , or ,
having been abandoned by the original
discoverer , is now trco to bo used by tlio
people-of the United States. The bill
concludes with a rcasscrtlon that Uoll is
not the inventor of the instrument which
ho now claims to own and operates
through the American Hell Telephone
company , and with a description of the
monopolistic character of tlio company.
It is alleged that Uio telephone is of great
public Interest and importance and that
the Hell Telephone company , by receiv
ing and demanding large sums of money
for use of tclenhones alleged to bo cov
ered by its patents , is oppressing the
people of the United States , nnd that the
United States is Informed and believes on
invalid grounds.
On these grounds tlio court is asknd
either to wholly repeal the patents , or if
not , to decide in what part They are void
and to make a decree covering that portion
tion of the patents which is wrong and
illegal.
The question of the maintenance of llio
telephone monopoly is now in a fair way
to bo promptly settled. The suit brought
will bo pushed rapidly to a decision , and
the appeal which is certain to follow to
the supreme court will bo given pre
cedence on the docket. If the principle !
involved is declared nnpateutablo , or if the
inventions of I'eis and others are
adjudged to cover the same features
as those subsequently included in tlio Bell
patents , the right to manufacture and
operate tclcnhono systems will bo thrown
open to the public. With the consequent
competition the enormous telephone
charges of the present will at once dis
appear , and the business will bo placed
on the same basis as any other enter
prise. The people of the country who
have suffered from tlio extortions of the
telephone monopoly will watch with much
interest the outcome of tlio suits.
Help I'licm Out.
The capitalists of Omaha are reciving
a great deal of well deserved cnnsuro for
their persistent refusal to foster local in
dustries and assist in the location of now
manufacturing enterprises in this city.
A dozen valuable mills and factories
within tlio past two years could easily
have been attracted to Omaha , if reason
able inducements had been offered to
their owners , to make tlio transfer.
Scarcely a month passes that some en
terprise is not canvassed , only to die
out from lack of encouragement.
hottcr.3 of inquiry to merchants
asking what chances there arc of
obtaining local stock subscriptions
for our industries are common and the
answers returned are not of a cheering
nature. Omaha's loading men of wealth
are turning their money over too rapidly
In real estate speculation to listen to
overtures which ask the investment of
their means in other channels , and they
scorn to bo too short sighted to under
stand that no real estate boom can bo long
maintained without having1 the substan
tial backing of an increasing and perma
nently employed population of working
men and laborers.
What Omah'a needs most at tlio present
time is a slock company which will make
it its business to assist worthy enterprises
to locate in our midst by providing suita
ble sites and a portion of tlio capital when
necessary. Such an organization lias
worked magnificent results in St. Paul.
It would provo as successful hero.
WHEN the city has made the necessary
cut on Lcnvcnworth street to the munici
pal limits and the county takes up and
completes tlio work of grading beyond ,
another important and valuable thor
oughfare will bo added to our streets , ex
tending on easy grades into tlio adjacent
country. Good country roads loading in
and out of Omaha are only less Impor
tant than properly graded and paved
streets in the city itself.
Otlici Ijniulg Than Ours.
Spring has opened in Europe with the
war clouds , whoso bursting have been so
often predicted , lowering less ominously
than for many months past in the Kalkan
peninsular. Scrvia and Bulgaria have at
last signed their treaty of peace , and for
the moment all .seems tranquil. Never
theless , the culm conceals passions and
ambitions which it seems impossible to
believe capable of long restraint.
Austria is supposed to bo desirous of ex
tending her dominions houthward. ihis-
sla is incensed because Bulgaria has not
only secured Roumoha but pledged aid
and comfort to the Turk. Scrvia is rent
with internal dissensions regarding Iho
rlynl olnims of tlio reigning nrinco and
the pretender , Knragcorcovlch , nnd her
pcoiue nro by no means contented with
the humiliating results of their late cam
paigns. Monotcnogro , encouraged by
Russia , Is developing a policy of self
as.sertivene&s which offends Austria , and
the ( Srcoka are merely biding their time
until a quarrel between other powers
leaves them free to carry out their war
like plans against the Turks. No such
qimrrol is at present visible. The great
powers are , for the time , absorbed each
with its own affairs. Their parliaments
are keeping thorn busy , thus contributing
prnot that wars in Europe are lofcs
likely to oc-cur when the people nro in
control than when uneasy ministers
are loft to tlH'ir own devices. England
is completcfy wrapped up in her homo
affair * ) , Tlio land and Irirh problems arc
occupying tlio thought of the governing
bodies ami the people. The Afghan
boundary is forgotten. Little is said of
militaiy movements on the Kilo , and
1-81'1't ' , ns a whole , seems to have lost its
charm , So , in Franco , tho. now ministry
has wound up foreign affairs as qtilekiv
H.S possible and turned its attention to in
ternal quarrels , ' Spain Is on tlio eve of n
general oluatioii , and Austria nnd Ger
many uro considering bills against social
ists uml other matters of home' interest.
Thus the spring opens with no Visible
shadows of war to mar its pleasant
promises. If troubleis brewing , the
world at largo has no intimation of it. It
is not oven certain that cholera , which
for thrco successive years has ravaged the
coast of the Mediterranean , will reap
pear. Spain , Portugal , western Franco
and England , perhaps , have most reason
to dread it , but they have had ample op
portunity to prcparo for its approach and
to render causes for Its development few
and far between.
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The political prophets r.t London are
now agreed that a square and outright
homo rule bill will bo laid before the
house of commons within a month and that
a dissolution of parliament will occur not
later than July. The best Information
coincides in the view that the homo rule
nml land measures will bo embodied in
the same bill and that the premier is con
fident of Ills ability to carry the measure
through the commons In spite of the op
position of Lordllartington and his whig
followers , If the measure is defeated in
the hoti.se of commons parliament will be
dissolved Immediately. If successful in
the house of lords it is the present inten
tion of the premier to renew tlio contest
nl the autumn session , without an appeal
to the country. Tlicro nro , neverthe
less , strong indications of increased
hostility to home rule in the liberal parly ,
which Gladstone leads , and which
makes its success doubtful. Not
only Lord llartinglon , the whig leader ,
but Sir Henry James , the former alloruey
general , and a liberal member for Wales ,
is decidedly hostile to any plan embrac
ing a separate narliamont for Ireland.
Tlio embarrassment of Gladstone's posi
tion is sufliciently revealed by Secretary
Morley in his admonition to the liberals
to organize anew for another appeal to
the country in anticipation of a speedy
dissolution of tlio present parliament.
This expresses the despair of obtaining a
majority for homo rule which is felt
among the prime minister's nearest
political friends. While Gladstone is
wrestling with his Irish programme Uio
lories are making tlio most of the situa
tion. Though they failed in llicir
attempt to compel the government to
make a premature disclosure of its plans ,
they are making decided inroads on the
ministerial forces in Uio house ot com
mons. The crisis is fast approaching.
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Tlio action of thn French chamber of
deputies in rejecting tlio motion to expel
the members of the Orlcanist and Bona
parte families has been giving general
satisfaction in Franco. It was a victory
for Do Froycinot mid the ministry , which
increases their hold upon the public con
fidence. Tlio question was upon tlio ex
pulsion of the princess , which was re
sisted by the government. M. Clemen-
ceau , who stood sponsor for the ministry
at its birth , led the opposition , and wns
completely overwhelmed , the majority
against expulsion being almost two to
one. Tlio chamber then passed a vote of
confidence in thogovernmcntly3o3toll2.
The result is creditable alike to the good
sense , moderation and patriotism of the
deputies , and will materially strengthen
the position of tlio FrenchTcpuhlicboforo
tlio world. The expulsion of tlio princes
wouldjiavo been u fatal confession of
weakness. Nowhere could they bo loss
dangerous to the republic than in Paris ,
and if it is not strong enough to survive
their presence there it might as well give
up the ghost at once. If they arc disposed
to hatch treason , it is safer to keep them
under the eye of the government than to
send them out of the country. This was
the view taken by M. Do Froycinet , and
its adoption by the chamber is highly en
couraging to all well-wishers of tlio re
public. As for the ministry , its position
has been materially strengthened , and
the present indications arc that it will
enjoy a very respectable lease of life.
But it is never safe to speculate on tlio
lo-morrow in French politics.
The conference of the powers at Con
stantinople has given its assent to the
Pioumolian ngrcc'iient as modified by Rus
sia. The original agreement stands , ex
cept that the clause relating to a military
alliance between Turkey and Bulgaria
has been eliminated , and that the title
"Prince of Bulgaria" has been inserted in
place of "Prince Alexander. " From this
final stage of the Balkan setllcmcnt Rus
sia alul Franco secure each a concession.
Franco obtains an assurance that Rou-
melia will not impose additional duties
at her frontier upon French goods that
have already paid a customs tax to
Turkey. Russia eliminates the clause of
tlio agreement that created between Tur
key nnd Bulgaria a military alliance mid
gave the former the control ot the Bul
garian army in a war of defense.
This modification of the Roumolian
agreement only makes it clearer that the
Bulgarian administrative unity , which
at first scouted as impossible to permit ,
has been achieved , whllo the relief of the
Bulgarians from a military obligation to
Turkey , which they had been willing to
assume , increases their independence.
With the relief of Bulgaria from lior
compact to aid Turkey with her military
forces , when attacked , her freedom of
action becomes inoro assured , and her
hold upon Roumolla , through their com
mon ruler , not lessened. Whcju the last
formalities of tlieii- hiatus nro arranged
WO shall probably see efforts steadily
made for the closer unification of the two
Bulgarias , as they at first liked to bo
called , through tlio bonds of government ,
commerce , common Ijvws , military sys
tems and highways of intercommunica
tion.
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The reichstag has virtually rejected
the spirit monopoly bill , which it has been
considering , To pasg the bill would bo to
ffx the heel of Bismarck even inoro lirmly
on the neck of the Gorman people. It
would enable royalty to support a gigan
tic standing army without apparently bur
dening the .people , It would give cur
rency to a principle of state interference
with private enterprise which is demor
alizing and dangerous ,
"
A representation of the powers has
been called lo meet in Constant- !
no'jlo to consider the situation in Greece.
The little kingdom still insists upon her
rights under the treaty of Berlin to a
share of TurKish territory , and professes
her determination to fight for her
rights. The immediate objective point
is the possession of Crete. The Cretans
nro all but unanimous for reunion with
Greece. In popular assemblies they
have declared that unless such a union is
effected constant troubles nnd sanguinary
iusurrcotiqns may bo looked for. Tlioro
is little doubt that annexation to Greece
will bo proclaimed , that the king will
accept the offer , nnd thai ; the Greek flag
will soon uo floating lover Crele. It re
mains to bo scon whether the powers
will attempt to place ? tit Cretans again
tinder the Ottoman yoke , or will follow
the precedent made hi recognizing tlio
union of the Bulgaria .
TUB subscriptions' for llio- board of
trade building nro .coming in slowly ,
much too slowly for the- good name of
Omaha. There are a dozen men on the
list who ought to quadruple their portion
tion of bonds subscribed for It is nec
essary that the funds to begin the founda
tion should bo on hand atonco. The
bonds for which our business men are
asked to subscribe bear 8 per cent inter
est and are redeemable at an early date.
OVER 50,000 voters personally saw
their names placed upon the roglstrallon
lists In one day in Chicago under the now
election law. This Is about half the
number of voters who cast their ballots
at the last presidential election , The
probability is that about 80 per cent of
the total number of persons cnllllod lo
vole will bo registered , and that this will
in a great measure do away with repeat
ing and other election-day frauds.
THE republican job printing concern of
the railroads accuses Its old partner , Hie
democratic job printing concern , of sell
ing Us inllnonco lo Uio railroads. This is
enough lo make a horse laugh. Now let
Dr. Miller's ' organ respond with the ar
gument of "you're another , " and the
public will endorse Uio posilion of bolh
papers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SENATORS AND CONG11P.SSMEN.
Senator Dolpli , of Oiegon , bcaul ami all ,
looks like "old John Brown. "
Senator ( loriiian is said to rccclvo more
callers than any other man In the Hciintc.
Mr. I3v.ii Is complains that they treat him
far Ironi what ho should expect as the young
est member of the senate.
It almost moves one to pity to know that
Senator Edmunds Is extremely sensitive to
newspaper criticism ,
Congressman Mills , ot Texas , has a mar
velous memory. History Is his passion , and
he can quote it by the yaid.
Senator ISvaits promises that his speech on
the coinage question , when It comes , will bo
a speech for the whole people.
In their Washington homo Senator and
Mis. hosan use a dining table once owned
and used by Charles Carroll "of Carrolltou. "
Senator Vooihees has always had Ids pie-
lure taken standing on a card especially
lengthened for Iho purpose.roorhees is a
jolly good fellow.
Republican senators from the Pacific coast ,
who were so boisterous mbotit Ku-Klax out-
outrages In the south , ? are * keeping quiet
cnouch about tlio Chinese outrages in llioir
section. [ , '
Senator Call is said toibo Ihe only member
or congress who cannot appreciate a joke ;
and whenever another senator utters a witti
cism , he asks to have it , explained to him ,
with a diagram. , - \
Senator Ingalls of Kansas lis quoted as de
fining Senator Evarts as a "political nrcha > ol-
oglst who has made subtle explorations Into
the suhleirniicousiecessesot the constitution
and the inner consciousness of the found
ers. " 1' '
A AVroiiR Impression Corrected.
Chicago Itlbutas. '
The Impression is rapidly gaining ground
that It was not the children Rent over the seas
to Pasteur but Joseph Cook whom the K
Jersey dog bit.
An Overshadowing Topic.
Clilcaao llcrttltl.
Attorney General Gailaml was right in
supposing that the Pan-Klcclrie business
would blow over. The 'Ostler Joe discussion
has given him an opportunity to take a little
much-needed rest.
Kcaily for a Dime Museum.
Chicago Kcics.
Longfellow's son 1ms submitted to an elaborate -
orate tattooing at Yokolmnm. He was for
three months In the hands of the operator ,
and is now ready to lake a lirst-class position
Hi a museum , lly this means we are remind
ed that a poet's child may make himself sub
lime by appearing as a youth who bears a
strange device.
Gen. Tlmyor For Governor.
Oahdale Joiininf.
Gen. Thayer is spoken of as a candidate
for governor. The general Is a Nebraska
man , an old settler , n scholar , and a states
man , and wo know of nothing in his iccord
that could possibly mitigate against his can
didacy. No child's play can bo Indulged in
next fall , the canvass will bo too close for Die
party lo lake up men that are not statesmen ,
or statesmen who will not reflect credit
upon Iho paity.
Hefusccl to Dine WUli the Prince of
Wales.
Chlcaao Kcu't.
Joseph Cook says a great many foolish
things , but his lemark that ho hopes "tho
day will come when some pmo American
actress will rot'tiFo to lake dinner on Invita
tion of the prince of Vales , " was not one
of them , though it should bo called to Mr.
Cook's mind tnat ono American actress did
precisely that thing not Ionic aso.
Didn't Got Their Money's Worth.
CMwjn llcrnltl.
Parson Downs drew 3,000 people at 10 cents
a head , In Boston last Sunday , not ono of
which cared whether he was guilty or Inno-
cp ill , They did care about the nature oC his
address , however , and , as ho had nothing to
say concerning Iho woman jointly Indicted
with him forndultry , Ihoy went away feeling
that they had not quite HSd the worth of
their money.
Pronounced
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Tim prohibition queitlonfjsQ far asltro-
Inte.s to Iowa , Is better uijtlerejood away from
homo than It U by -Volilbltloii party In
the stato. There Is ronpon ( for tins. The
Iowa prohibitionists do iot want to nor will
they bee or adinll the uttct/a'Uuro of tlio law ,
I'oihapsthls stubbornness oh their part 10-
suits from a peculiar trail Inl human nature-
which wo all take pi ido In boasting posses
sion of. _ } . , }
Ono Stick TOO FT.nny.
"Say. see hero , " said the ' .theatrical mana
ger lo the managing editor , "that was an
awfully unjust criticism of my bhow in your
paper this morning. " Do you think bo1' ' 10-
luriied Iho managing editor , 1 haven't read
It. I told Mr. Johnson , our dramatic critic to
give you thrco Btlcks. " Well , " complained
the theatrical manager in a disgusted tone ,
"ho did , and that's just what I'm kicking
about One of them was the man ho sent up
to do the performance. "
In tlio
l\\\mce \ \
The republicans who Imagine that Gen ,
John M. Thayer would not provo .a very
formidable opponent in the contest for the
nomination of governor on the republican
ticket can now see that they were badly
mistaken. Ills selection as department
pominanilcr of the O. A. It. In this state puls
111 111 in tlio lead , and ho is now lu a po&itlou
to make It decidedly Interesting for Iho oilier
aspirants. This selection was something
tlint was not exactly Ifi accordance with the
rules of the ' 'ring. " The picfcired candi
date ot the News Hon. Mi L. Hnyward
will have to hump himself pretty lively or ho
will bo badly lefl In the race.
In Need of Change.
ujc.
The dollar that's coined In the mint ,
Tra-ln ,
Kims short of one-fifth of Its "par. "
Whom no trust the coin gives n hint ,
Tra-la ,
In welly nnd legible print ,
Uul Iho trustee Is rallicr too far ;
And that's what wo mean when wo yell , with
n smilnt ,
Oh , bother Iho dollar that's coined In the
mint.
Tm-ln-la-la-lala - Tra-la-lah there. Mr.
hvnrts.
Oh , bother Iho dollar that's coined In thn
mint.
STATI3 ANI > T13U1UTOUY.
Nebraska , IottltigH.
Tokainah is now considering electric
lights.
The Plattsmoulh skating rink will con
tinue business as a jam. factory next sea
son.
son.Central
Central City will henceforth enjoy the
blessings of the ward caucus and six
aldermen ,
The people of Sioux cof" ly are mov
ing for temporary organisation. A
county seat light Is In order.
Sntton and Fairmont are negotiating
for extensions of Iho Stromsburg branch
of the Union Pacific to those points.
A company lias boon organized to
thoroughly test the aoplh nnd breadth of
the coal find atSt. Helena , Uedar county.
The railroad builders of Columbus
have laid out another road. The princi
pal capital is the enthusiasm of the
boomers , with a bonus in prospective.
The A. L. Strang company , of Omaha ,
offer lo build and operate a S''O.OOO Hour
mill In Novth I'latte fora bonus of ? 3.fiOO.
A meeting of townspeople will be held
next week to lake action.
Malhow Leonard of Chicago , died on
Iho H. & M. train between Dorchester
and Crete Wednesday. Ills malady was
consumption , and ho had gone to Colo-
iado for relief , but failed to find it. He
was only 20 years of ago.
Hugh McCargar , of Crete , took an in
voluntary bath in a creek near town , one
day last week , and naddled around for
an hour before being fished out It was
a cold day for Hugh , but ho still lives.
A Piattsmoulli school teacher has been
favored by an unknown admirer with a
leather paddle , trimmed and polished
and always loaded for game. Tanned
hidn is a relic of the past generation ;
these are palmy days in school.
Out at Louisville last Saturday , M. D.
Ruby and Alex Mclntosh had a violent
collision. Me. started the melon with a
stinging swipe of his tongue , but llnby
countered on liis suction pump and
knocked him out. Nine dollars and costs
each.
Building associations are multiplying
throughout tlio stale. No better help for
building up a town and providing homes
for people of moderate means can be
found than an organization of this kind.
When properly managed they are profit
able to borrower and investor alike.
Editor McDonough , of the O'Neill Tri
bune , has been in Omaha the past day or
two searching for an appropriate necktie
for St. Patrick's day. Mac is hale and
hearty notwithstanding his collision with
Judge Tifl'any , and apparently enjoys the
steady How of "pliat adds" from the
miblic crib.
Mr. Ilicr and his daughter drove into
Franklin behind a spirited team ono day
last week. While Iho old man was hitch
ing tlio team , the horses suddenly shied ,
threw him down and slopped on him.
The horses then dashed down Iho road ,
struck a stone pile and throw Iho buggy
and Mjss Hicr over their heads. No
serious injury wns sustained.
There is a great deal of dry pitch pine
scattered through the sandhills in Sheri
dan and Cherry counties , neartho head of
Snake river. It appears that a long time
aglho hills in that vicinity were covered
with a beautiful growth of pine timber ,
similar to that on the pine ridgp. Mr.
Ostrandlor , who owns a claim in that
section , says that ho has found logs half
covered up in sand , and some almost en
tirely covered , and when dug out they
appear to have been trees from Iwo to
three feet in diameter. They are full of
pitch , and make excellent fuel. The
stumps are found yet in the ground ,
which stand as monuments to the memo
ry of the "departed forest. "
lown Items ,
Dubuque is chewing poor meal , and
cries out for mi inspector.
Clinton's municipal debt is ? , ' 55G12.0.'i. '
It has been reduced ? 3S01.05 during the
past year.
Davenport has abolished the offices of
city marshal and sidewalk inspector , sav
ing thereby $1-100 a year.
Algona has voted bonds for a $20,000
school house , and South Ottumwa has
voted $15,000 for a similar purpose.
Grant & Grant , pf Davenport , have the
finest law library in tlio United States ,
not even excepting Chicago , Now York ,
Urooklyh and other large cities.
Last Saturday a 0-year-old boy of J. J.
Harries , of Oseeola , fell into a tub of hot
water which had been prepared forscrub-
bing the kitchen floor , and was so badly
scalded that ho died in a few hours.
The fast typo-setting mania has reached
Ottumwa , At a con test at tlio Press'
ollieo on Monday , between the hours of
7:20 : p. ni. and 1 a , m. , Ed A. Jones sot
0,0000 ems , while Oassius C. Howell put
up a string measuring 0,800 cms. The
typo used was brevier.
Diilcola.
The Yankton tow mill is in running
order.
A cracker factory will bo .started at
Sioux Falls this spring.
Yankton has eight miles of plank side
walk which cost $ i 1,000. ,
Union county claims the most cattle
and hogs in tlio territory , Spink the
most horses , and Hutohinson leads in
sheep.
Ilugiics county fariricrs believe Hint
the late fall ot snow has been worth
more as a crop stimulator than an inch
of fertilizer ,
Yankton county produced last , year :
Wheat , 85,700 bushels ; oats , 803000 ; ; rye ,
1,500 ; barley , 55,000 , ; flax , 1-15,000 , ; corn ,
1,750,000 , ; potatoes , 82,031 ; butter. 215,000 ,
pounds.
The Buffalo Gap Telegraph company ,
for the purnoso of erecting nnd operating
a telegraph line from ISuflUlo Gap to
Hot Springs and Ouster , has been
organized.
The coming town of llultlo Creek , on
Ihe Northwestern branch of the Itlaclc
Hills , is the nearobt location to the tin
nnd mica mines and the hupply of gypsum -
sum is said to bo uncmmlled. A big
boom for the place is looked for this
season.
Hutchinson county claims n population
of 0,000 , it also claims to have pioduced
more llax last year than any other county
in southern Dakota and that it contains
moro sheep than any other county in the
whole territory.
Wyoming.
The Cheyenne & Northern road pro
poses to build , 125 miles of road within
two years' .
A number of prominent Union J'iic'.fic
oiliciuls examined tho. IcgiMaLivo museum
this week and pronounced us workings
satistuctory ,
Willi'am.Nuttall , r. Cheyenne prospeo- ,
tor , announces the discovery of u vein .of
natural gas coal at the mouth of Deer
crcok , twenty-five miles west of Fort Fet-
torman. nnd wlthm 100 yards of the sur
veyed line of thoJN'orlhwcstorn road. The
vein of clear eonl is seven font and six
inches thick , with a pitch of llvo degrees.
A largo party of Northwestern sun-ov
ers nro working on the Swcotwaler river
two miles from St. Mary's. They will
run through South Pass at a point known
as the Paclfio Snrlup pass , and strike
straight for the Old Emigrant crossing of
( > rcpn river , about forty miles below the
old Lander cut oil' crossing of the same
stream. From there there will bo two
routes surveyed. Ono will cross Green
river aud make as straight as possible for
Salt Lake City. The other will turn to
the northwest , pass through the Boar
Hiver mountains between tlio heads of
Iho Green and Snake rivers , and on into
Idaho.
Montana ,
A street railway is lo bo mull in Helena
this summer.
The clean tip of the Drum Lummon
mine for the month ot February was
A contract for grading 2 ! ) miles of the
Montana Conlral railroad from Helena
lias been let.
Butlo and suburbs are lighted at night
by twenty-two electric lights , maintained
at the cost of the city and county.
A company has been formed with a
capital of ? r > 00,000 , for the purpose of
building and operating a largo smelter
at Helena.
Stock inspectors rpportcattlo and horses
in Lewis aim Clark and Choloau counties
as being in unusually good condition for
this season of tlio year.
In 1881 there weio 250,000 head of caltlo
on Montana ranges. At the close of
1885 , only four years later , there were
1,100,000 head on thesamo ranges. These ,
together with 150,01)0 ) head of horses and
180,000 head of shei-p , now represent a
total value In live stock upon Montana
ranges in round figures of $ 10,000,000.
MUSlOiVlj AND DUAMATIC.
Uoonp , fowa. Is to have a now tluec-slory
oncra house to cost 810,000.
Call llosa's English Opera company has
given a new opera on "lluy Ulns , " by Man-
chettl , at Llveipool.
Pauline Lucca writes that her health Is
completely lestoicd , mid that she will resume
the duties of her piofcssiou in Berlin in
Apill.
Mr. ( Jus Williams has a now play by
Mr. Wallace , ol Philadelphia , entitled "Kop-
pier's Fortune , " thai ho Isiclicarslngtoriicxl
season.
Messrs. Uobson and Crane positively refuse -
fuse to net any moro on Sunday nights ,
whether they nio In Chlcago.St. Louis orany-
whcieelse.
Miss Ada Kenan made her professional
debut at the same theatre in Louisville and
the same season that Miss Mary An
derson did.
Mr. Frank L. Gardiner , manager of the
"Jack In the Uox" company , Is negotiating
with Mr. John A. Slovens as a btar for next
bcason.
Thotltlo of the Herman play by Julius
Itoson on which "Naney te Co. , " now cunont
at Daly's , is founded , Is "He Seeks Ills Run
away Wife. "
A play written by Mr. Kyrlo Bellow called
"Ever and Aye , " Is soon to bonded in Lou-
don. Mr. Bellow has been re-engaged for
next season at Wallaek's.
Actor Bydo has challenged Herbert Stand-
ins of the Olvmp'o ' theatre , London , to a
prize light with gloves or bare lists , for the
championship ot the stage.
An Italian version of "The Gladiator" by
SignorSalvinl. will bo In the repertoire that
Mr. Fiodcrlok Ward a will present during his
next New York engagement.
Mr. Arthur Hehan says there is a dearth of
comedians ; that he can go on Union square
any day and pick up tucnty Hamlet * ,
gloilous ones , too , but not a single good com-
dian.
Indianapolis has a great deal to say about.
the "Naiion" kiss. Its fascination has just
reached there and they labor under tlio im
pression that there is something peculiar
"
about it.
It Is stated In San Francisco thai the Kiral-
fy brothers will become the lessees of the
Grand opera hoiiho there next season and
that Mr. Gustav Kahn will be the loaldcnt
manager.
Mr. James "O'Neill is rcpoited to have be
come wealthy by the "Count of Monte
Crlsto , " so the btory of the revengeful mil
lionaire has nil added slgnlliuancu whan set
I'oitti by him.
Mrs. Mary Maddern , who Is playing mo-
tronly parts with the .Salvinl company is the
mother of Miss Minnie Maddurn , who Is
making qulto a reputation "In Spite of All"
on the western circuit.
Aniilo Claik letlros at the close of the sea
son Horn tlio Boitoa museum and ills an
nounced that Isabella Kvo-tsou will take her
place. Another repot t claims that Sara
Jowett has been lendered Ihe position.
Negotiations are pending between Kudolph
Aioiibon nnd Frank Sanser , who lopresenlK
the owners of the opum ol "Krmlnl. " which
has been itiunlncat the Comedy tlieatioln
London since November U , looking to the
production of that work , to lollow "The
Gypsy Baron" at the Now Yolk Casino.
"Pep Ita , " the new comlo opcia by Alfred
Thompson and Teddy Solomon , lo bo nio-
duced at the Union ( jquaio theater , Now
York city , soon , will have the following people
ple in the cast : Alum Slunit Stanley , Lillian
Hussell Solomon , Jacques Kiugcr. Ohauucoy
Olcott , lain of Thatcher , Prhnroao & West's
minstrels , and Harry Brown. Including a
largo chorus nnd ballet. Bill Voegtlln Is
painting lliosconeiy.
Mine. Modjo.kn Intends to have the best
company in Amcilcanexl season. She does
not believe In the star system , and she Is go
ing to experiment with u buppoit evenly bal
anced nnd competent to play on , not up to ,
her level. JUiuir' Barrymoie has been en
gaged for lending man , nnd It is piobablo
thai Miss Mary Shaw will bo ictalued for
lending lady. Modteskn's liiuiband , Count
BtucnU , Is very anxious to secure Henry E.
Dlxoy for the comedian ot ( ho company , and
Ills probable that the creator of ' 'Adonis"
will bo ullorcd a remarkable inducement In
the .shapo of a big salnry. Modjuskn is a sin-
Ctftt admirer ot Dlxey , and she thinks it In n
pi oat pity that ho Is toollngatvay his time In
burlesque when ho Is capable of thu bust kind
of comedy woik. Sol. Smith .llussull la nil-
other comedian she gieatly admires ; she
says slm Ins never seen thu delicacy of his
humor equaled. Of Nat. C. Goodwin she
does not npeak so highly , reirntdhi ! ; his tal
ents nnd woik of a coaitio nature.
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Blind , lUcoJInu nml ltchnff | , Posi
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A WAHM linth vrlttiCtltlcUrn Sonp , nn oxquls
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ITCHING PILl'.S.
I wns tnkcn for tlio first tlmn In mr llfo nlth
lillml pllo , so sovcro tlmt t coulJ Imnlljr keep
nn my foot. I used various remedies for tluoo
wcuKft , when the dliouo took the form of Itch-
lutf piles , mid KrowltiR worse , lly ndrlco or nn
oldKoiitlomnn , t tried tlio till curn. Ono nppll'
enllon relieved the tlctilnir nnd I WRI soon
curtil. 1 wl h to toll Iho worlil thnt In cno * of
Itelilii ? i > lr ] < ) tlio prlco of tlio ill lourn Is of no
account , from nn unsolicited qunrtrr.
Concord , N. II. 0. C. ICinnv.
ITCHING PILKS.
I botm the U9o of your Cutlourn Itomcdlc ?
when you Ilrst put tiiotn on the innrkct , mid
know of Iwo cnsrs of Itching plloa tlmt im\o
boon cinoJ liy the use , nt my siiKfwitlou.of
the o remedies K. N. MAUTIN.
YlllDU.N , 111.
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llmvn tried your Cutlourn rrnitillcsnml flml
thorn till tlmt you clulm , nnd the ilonmml fur
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Cittlciirn Iloinodlos Imvn itlvtm ftpteitilM sntls-
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occasion to use thorn ,
HINIIV : OiatMANN , Druggist ,
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CUTIUIIIIA KliMr.niF.s nro n pogltlvo euro for
every Conn of skin mul blood dlfcnso * , from
phiip.osto serofnln. Hold ovorywhoro. Piico :
Cut lentil , BOo. : Hosolvont , $1.00 : Soup , 'i" o. 1'ro-
pitted by the I'OTIKII Dnun AND CIIKMIOAT. Co. ,
llnstun , Muss. Soiul lor "lloir to Cure Sltlu lls-
CII80S. "
Ot/IH nioml hc , plmplo3 , lilnckhondj , nnd Imby
OIUll humors use CUTICUIIA SOAP.
Tlltni ) MUSCLES struiiRthcnod ,
1'iiln mmllillntnil , Inllniiimntioii Riib-
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imiUltlA . Ktll AmllS4.MiiyS3Junl , jiiyir
UEUV1A , . .n.tllfttla ) l.Mny C9 , Junu , ta , July 1
Fast Wednesday f t > re service from Boston.
ORKnON . tolls Apt II 21. Mny 1 > . June Id. July II
MJYTNIA . IIK AilllS8 | , JI T . JulxSJ , Jlijyai
UAU.1A . nll MnV fi.Junel ! , JunoM , July 28
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Boston l > ctit(7 ( ISO mltcH ncinvr Liverpool , than New
York , IheOtraon li ca-jwctnl lo make the IHHSIIB * In lesi
than fj * days.
Tlie nbovu Hoot l < the fflrprff , fustrit anil mou
nnaulflfrnl nltimt. mnny ofllifslilin hilnRovurKOfiH-t
Imitf. ! M fret n hlr. 7.NH ) loin nnd ll.Oix ) hurrcpowcr. This
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Nervous Prostration , Debility , Menial and
Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and olhor Afloo
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