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    TMJiJ OMAHA. DAILY BEE , MONDAY , MARCH 22 , 1886.
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All communications rolntlnjr to news nml mil-
torlnl matter * Klioultl bo addressed to thu Em-
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All liinlnr9 letters nncl rcmlttnncos should ho
undressed to THE HER I'unusiicto COMPANY ,
OMAHA , Drafts , checks nml | > oMnfflco onion
I6bo mmlo jmj-nblotothoordcrof the company.
1HE Bit POBUSBIlfciPAII , PROPBIEIOilS ,
E. HOSEWATKU. EniTOtt.
CINCINNATI Will pill llo\Vll $1,000,000
Worth of grniiito block street pavement
next siiininur. Oni.ilin will put down
ninny thousand yards of wooden block
pavements during the same period. Com-
inoiit is needless.
GovEiiNou En MmtiiAY , of Utah , stops
gracefully down and out by presidential
raqucst. The old gnnlila war cry of "Got
there Ell" will no longer bu hoard in Iho
region of the tabernacle and endowment
liouso.
G. M. HITCHCOCK proposes to defeat
W. F. liechel for the city council by a cit
izens' movement. If G. M. Hitchcock
does not have any bettor success than ho
illd with the last citizens' movement Mr.
I3onhcl will continue to represent Mr.
Hitchcock's ward in the council.
WHAT is the republican party gaining
"by Mr. Edmunds' contest with the presi
dent ? Republican leaders apologize for
the waste of time by claiming party ad
vantage. Where Is it and from whence
is it to come ? This is what both party and
public are anxious to determine.
Tun civil service commission has been
reorganized. A new line of questions
will now bo submitted to candidates who
liavo been busy for weeks in figuring out
the distance from Jupiter to the moon
nml in wrestling with the problems of
the higher mathematics in order to secure
n § 1,000 clerkship in the postoflico de
partment. The civil service commission
Is a first-class humbug , and Messrs.
JSdgcrton , Lymnn and Oberly cannel mj- :
torially change its fossilized usclcssncss.
Tun sccrot session of the senate is a
lumibug and a snare. It is a humbug be
cause its proceedings arc always made
more or less public if it is to the interest
of any senator to do so. It is a snare be
cause when removed from public gaze
nnd criticism senators say and do things
of national concern which they would de
cline to say and do if the busy reporters
wore on hand to publish notes of the de
bates nnd transactions. Senator Van
Wyck is right. The secret session ought
to go. It is contrary to the spirit of our
government which is founded on the
transaction of public business in
public by representatives of the people.
The secret session is virtually n star
tbamber. It makes each senator who
aiartakes of its deliberations responsible
only to himself for his conduct ami his
vote. It removes the transaction , of pub
lic business from public gazo. It is un
democratic and contrary to the spirit of
' the ago.
THD announcement that Hon. Charles
P. Matthowson has absconded nnd be
come n fugitive from justice will create
EVVat surprise and rcprotj not only in the
Elkhorn valley but throughout the state.
JMr. Matthowson was ouo of the most
prominent men in the state nml one of the
wealthiest citizens of the Elkhorn valley.
Ho had occupied important positions of
honor and trust , and was prominently
( mentioned nmong candidates for gov
ernor. Ho had boon iv very successful
business man , and Ids reputation for in
tegrity from a financial stand
point had never been questioned ,
lie was popular and millionth ! ,
obody dreamed that ho was Insolvent
or that ho was engaged in any hazardous
enterprise. The news that he has been
ruined by speculation and that others
will be ruined by hia broach of trust will
shock alike friend nnd foo. Mr. Matthew-
sou has doubtless fallen by the wayside
ixs so many other rich nnd respected men
have fallen , through the mania for gam
bling. It is a sad commentary on the
prevailing practice of a largo number of
business men who are not satisfied to lot
trull enough nlono , nnd who desire to increase -
crease their wealth without n correspond
ing increase in labor.
Ur to the present the United Gas com
pany , otherwise known ns the Standard
oil monopoly , has treated with contempt
pud indithmco the efforts of the council
b 6ompel u reduction lU the price of gas.
It will now begin to realise that U nil ?
trilled with its own interest ns
much ns it has with that of the
public , if not moro. The now CHS
company Just organized by n syndi
cate of Omaha capitalists liaa ample
moans to duplicate the gas works ,
nnd is determined to take advantage of
the situation. Whatever vested rights
the old gas company or thu Standard oil
nnoconda has hatt in this city by reason
of contracts nnd charters It has for
feited by reason of refusal to obey
the city ordinances nnd by repeated
violations of contracts. If the city
now exorcises Us right to repeal the
franchise , the gas company will bo left in
n very poor plight.Vhilo such a repeal
would serve it right nnd entitles the
company to no sympathy , It is a question
whether It would bo proper to do so at
this tinin , Thorn can bo no harm , ol
course , in granting right of way to the
now compny under reasonable restric
tions , but the experience wo have had
with ttio water gas versus the coal pas
companies , warrants the conclusion
that the nuacondn will swallow the
now company or the now company the
anaconda. Two gns companies will no )
'operate in Omalm for any length ol
time. There may bo a good deal ol
coughing and choking while the swallow <
iiur process is going on , but the Omahn
company will have no trouble la making
the trip. For the citizens of Omaha the
onlyqucstlon Isyfll they got ohcaporgas
by tlio mere promibu of it ? The last com-
ijuiy ; promised very cheap gas and } t
ted need the rate from $3.00 to $ 3.50. Bnl
the metres made up 1ho dltlcrouco and
the bills ura larger , if anything , than tliny
vrero before.
Pull Together *
Whether Omaha is to keep tip her pace
this year nnd forgo ahead of her commer
cial competitors depends very much upon
the efforts of her business men nnd cap
italists. Wo hnvo hero most of the con
ditions favorable to making u3 n great
and a growing city. Wo hnvo the loca
tion , the territory , the population. Our
city has reached a point where her size
makes her the competitor of jealous ri
vals. Up to the present time there has
been n tendency on the part of such cen
ters as Kansas City , St. Paul and Minne
apolis to sneer nt our pretensions. That
time has passed. They are now working
with united energy to meet the competi
tion of Omaha trade. The Hnn takes
occasion to speak n few plain
words to the business men and capitalists
of this city. 'Iho coming year will bo n
critical one , In some respects , in our his
tory. Eastern capital seeking western
investment will investigate the claims of
Omaha ns a location. Tlioso claims will
bo compared with those of other citlc ? .
The condition of our public Improve
ments , the financial status of the city , the
energy and push with which its mer
chants arc reaching out Into the territory
mound us , the spirit of enterprise of her
citizenship all these will be weighed
nnd considered.
The time has como when nil must pull
together for the intorestsof the city. The
envies and jealousies of the past must be
buried. Private enterprises must bo en
couraged through n spirit of public en
terprise. Our men of business must bo
willing to spare , \ little time from their
offices and warehouses , nnd a few dollars
from their bank accounts to assist in
building up the fortunes of the city in
which they live. There has been too
much factionalism , too much petty jeal
ousy and lee little of that far-sighted
wisdom which looks beyond the present
to the future , and which sees in the rapid
and substantial growth of Omaha the
building up of the interests of individual
citizens.
In the reorganized board of trado.Omaha
has u weapon of offense and defense
which can bo made powerful in pushing
and in defending her interests. Lot the
Omaha men of business pull together in
in the board of trade. Lot them attend
the meetings and work for their own in
terests by promoting the industrial and
and commercial interests of the citv.
The spring election is approaching. If
the business men of Omalm would make
up their minds to take an active part in
the contest they could pull togethei so
that whichever party won the interests
of the city would bo in safe hands.
A long pull , a strong pull and a pull all
together is what wo need to advance the
interests of Omaha us they should bo.
Such a pull in the encouragement of now
enterprises , in the welcoming of
strangers , in publishing broadcast the ad
vantages which this city is prepared to
offer to capital and labor and talent ,
would give Omaha such n boom as she
has never had. An earnest , united and
business-liko effort to assure this cityn
government of honest and capable men
would still further increase the solidity of
the foundation ! ) upon which wo arc
steadily building.
Dangers of Ocean Travel.
The loss of the Cunard steamer Oregon
on n clear morning in n calm sea , and
within a few miles of port , is an tm-
pleasant reminder just at the beginning
of the season for ocean travel that the
skill of naval architects nnd the appli
ances of modern science have not yet
removed the dangers incident to crossing
the deep. The Oregon wa the fastest
and most costly vessel of the Cunard
licet. She was supposed to combine nil
that was newest and best in naval con
struction nnd yet glie fell iguominously
before the blow of a throe masted schoon6i' '
laden with coal. Fortunate no loss of life
resulted. It was eight hours before the
vessel sank , and n calm sea and the approach
preach of other boats enabled every pas
senger to bo transferred safely to the
land. Hut no one can help wondering
what might have been the case if a high
sea had been running , or if the collision
hnd occurred n hundred instead of eigh
teen miles from the nearest land. That n
great sacrilico of human life was not
added to a costly sacrifice of property ,
seems to have been due rather to good
luck thnn to good management. The
fact that the collision could have taken
place is n surprising ouo. The little
schooner which sent this huge float
ing palnco to the bottom was
sighted fiome time before thu fatal
blow was felt. The night was
clear nnd by the law of the sea a sailing
vessel has the right of way when approaching
preaching a steamship. Nothing but
criminal carelessness on the part of the
oflicors can account for the accident , lint
quite ns alarming food for rollcctlon ns
the fact that the Oregon could have been
struck at nil under the circumstances , is
the behavior of the steamer after she was
hit. The vessel wag of steel and of the
most recent build. She was lilted un
with no loss tlmn nlno > yj | oHlght trans
verse hulkhoada. Yet In spite of the
theory that tbo Oregon would llont if four
of these wore Hooded she sank in eight
hours oftor two were penetrated by the
schounor's bow.
Perfection in the construction of the
transatlantic steamers nnd the careful
choice of skilled olllcers to command
them have been supposed to huvo decreased -
creased the dangers of ocean travel to
the minimum , How largo an clement
still remains can bo scon from the loss ot
the Oregon. It takes no violent stretch
of imagination to picture what might
have beun if this grnyhound of the ocean ,
so strong in promise , so weak in fulfil
ment , with its nlno hundred passengers ,
had encountered the unknown schooner
in a storm or gone upon n rock , or met
with any ono of n sconi of mishaps which
wcro moro likely thnn the 0110 wh'.oh '
really occurred ,
Give Us Small
The first slop towards the nolivn and
practical encouragement of manufactures
was made at the lust board of trr.do
mooting , when Mr. Mayno stopped for
ward and offered $1,000 in cash and one
aero of ground to tiny manufacturing
concern that would locate in Omaha. II
oyory heavy property owner in Omnhn
would follow Mr. Muyno'a example , thif
city would have n population of 100,005
within three years. It would not bt
mushroom growth , but a substantial in
crease based on steady employment for
working men , The next most feasible
plan to the one of Individual donation -
nation , to now Industrial enter
prise , is the formation of a
cocjptiuy to promot the location of mills
nnd factories by liberal loans and cheap
building sites. Such a stock company is
now being organized nnd the promoters
should have no difficulty in securing the
necessary $100,000 subscribed to their
stock. It Is hardly necessary to point to
the advantages of such a movement ,
Every Intelligent man ought to know
that Omaha can never become a great
city by simply swapping real estate or by
the addition of n few jobbing houses to
its commercial directory. While whole
sale trade is very desirable nnd neces
sary for every largo city , the mechanics
nnd laborers who loll in the work
shops and mills are the backbone because
almost every dollar they ear.n is redis
tributed among the small trades-people.
What is moro , tin average factory em
ploys live times as many hands ns the
nvcrngo jobbing liouso. There are moro
men employed in the Omaha Smelting
works than there are on the pay rolls of
two-thirds of the jobbing houses of this
city combined.
Wo need a largo number of small fac
tories rather Hum n small number of
largo faclorics. It is the small factory
that diversifies and usually expands with
the city growth. Give us n large number
of small factories and mills , and Omaha's
future will bo planted on a solid founda
tion that no financial panic or single
strike can seriously imperil.
The Verdict.
In finding John W. Laucr guilty of
manslaughter the jury extended to the
prisoner all Iho reasonable doubts pos
sible in regard to the mysterious killing
of Ids wife. The story of the tragedy ns
related by Lauer was incredible , and
under the conditions described by him
impossible. If the killing was not acci
dental it was a crime , and Iho mildest
term for that crime h manslaughter.
While there was no evidence to show that
Laucr had had n quarrel with his wife
previous to the fatal shot , the fact of his
previous conduct coupled with the incred
ibility of his own story , loft as a rational
inference that the shooting was done
upon sudden impulse. That conclusion
would have justified a verdict of murder
in the second degree. Had Lauer been
tried by a court alone without a jury that
would probably have been the verdict of
the judge.
The verdict , like many others , is a com
promise moro or less favorable to the ac
cused , and while the public will fool that
the prisoner richly merited imprison
ment for life there will bo general satis
faction that ho has not been set at large
by the specious pleading of a reasonable
doubt.
MB. BEI.L , the engineer of the pro
posed cable railway , assures the Bii ; :
that , all reports to the contrary notwith
standing , work upon the enterprise will
bo begun as soon as the weather will
penult , probably during the early part ol
April , nnd that the road will bo operation
some time in November. The route will
bo substantially the same as published in
a recent issue of tiio UID. :
SURVEYOR GENERAL GARDNER how
reads his title clear. The senate has con
firmed liis nomination. Dr. Miller's paper
"Slottcr-houso Gardner must
per -says ,
go. " Wo presume ho will go right on
and send in his resignation.
WOODEN block pavement has boon
voted by the council. Five years hence
property owners will begin to got in
their profanity.
SPRING is duo , but the train seems to
bo side-tracked somewhere up in the
Arctic regions.
THE next burning question is who is
to command the Department of the PlattoS
THE talk of tbotovrn'is the verdict i.rj
the Laucr trial.
Why It Grows.
Mr. Jameson , of Lcavenworth , writes
in the Standard of that city an account
ol a late visit to Kansas City , and reads
the people ot Lcavenworth nn interest
ing lesson regarding the causes of the
growth of the metropolis of the lower
Missouri. It is nn instructive lesson , too ,
and the people of Omalm could very
profitably take it to heart. The methods
which Kansas City has adopted will build
up any community. So far as they have
prevailed in Omaha they have assisted in
furl boring her interests. Wo produce the
article In full'
No ono will contradict mo when I say that
Kansas City has hnd n most womleifnl
growth , and I had not been in the city nn
hour when I tllscQvcied one of the main
causes of its success.
I was Introduced to every gentlemen who
happened to bo In the olllco I visited , nnd In
almost every Inatanca It was , "I am glad la
meet you , fir. I suppose you are seeking n
location for business ? "
When 1 answeipd no , It was pointed out tome
mo the nil vailing * of Kansas City over every
other place for a business man , and how
glad they would bo to have me as a citizen.
Jjefoia n\aht \ vTis uffeiiMl flio afiGUC/Ol
two now additions of forty acres ench , wltli
one-halt of the niolits , without my Investing
a dollnr.
All of. this was on condition that I pull nj ;
stnUca nud innUe Kansas City uiy home.
The kindly treatment and inducements
ollorod weio tmnpthit , ' .
fiomo people will wonder why I declined
them.
In another letter 1 will point out the a *
bous , which I hope will satisfy others as well
as myself , that Leavemvoith Investments arc
better tlmn tho.se of Kansas City.
Can not l.ea\enwoilh learn from Kansas
City In her tieatmontof stiangns ?
I think xLo can.
In Leaven worth our business Is run byfoui
paitiep , demounts , icpiihllcnns , prohibition-
Ihts and { 'mubk'rH ; in Kansas City there la
but one pnity , nnd tlmt Is business men.
In Lcavemsoi tb wo nro afinld of stiangers ;
they may Introduce something new nml
damugQ ilio iruclo of some old citizen.
In l.i'Rvomvoith wo have lots of people
who spend tliolr llmo In pointing outwlml
the city would liavo been II they had ftnil
their wy ,
In Kansas l-lty the men who liavo run the
city nnd the men whonrojiuinliifjlt niothc
best fellov/6 lu the woilil.
In I/eavenwoith wo unite lor n few weeks
on some entoiprho and boom it light alonu ,
nnd then wo spend tbrco or four mouths lu
pulling It down.
nvcrytliluc lu Leavemvoith 13 n big steal
unless wo ( lo it ourtoUo.1.
In Kansas City the citizens of twenty years
and the clllr.cns uf twenty das nro both tug-
gingntthosauiucndof the reps ; oveiybody
la Uor.pst , ttiue me no steals to expose , nnd
lints everyone Is hearty , full of Lope and
liappy.
Evury last ecnl Is Jnvcstccl and lots of bor
rowed money also.
You can scarcely meet a man who does not
expert tobo'worlh a million In the next ( wo
years.
VARIETY , TI1I3 SPJCE OP
Borrowed money Is of all things , the most
scrupulous nboui keeping ; Lcnt ,
Jennie Juno says tlmt "low necks nrons
full dress for ladles ns swallow-tails tfw for
gents , " '
( las bills are not the w6rst things In the
world , Walt until you cot the footings of
the cost of the Easter bonnet.
"Tell no sectets lo thy servant , " says n
Japanese pro verb. It Isn't necessary. Hho
has probably heard theln through the key
hole.
The flowers that bloom ir ! the spring , Ira , la ,
( I would tut < liolr beauty efface. )
Aio just like tin * hands of n watch , tra la ,
'Case thcy'vo nothing to do with the ] case.
Tlio Uoston Post says that the printers that
tramp in the spring , tra la , liavo nothing to
do with the caso.
A ciltlc with n statistical turn of mind cal
culates that by the time Miss Mnrtreo gets
through -with her story In the Atlantic she
will have hauled the moon several times over
the Tennessee mountains.
II Is thought to bo somewhat singular thnt
those who oblecl to the wearing of bird-wings
In woman's hats on the ground that the fash-
leads to the slaughter of birds have nollilug
lo say against scalskid sacquesor kid gloves ,
or calf boots or pearls.
thoXnvy.
Jiostun Itceonl.
The Oregon was not a war vessel , and
yet she succumbed to thosamo kind of ns-
sault which bent our Tallapoosa to the
bottom ,
No Crumbs of Comfort Thorn.
Nothing recalls to the mind ot Iho married
man Iho joys of his single life so vividly as to
find that thu baby has been eating ciaekeis In
bed. _
A Frco Country After All.
C/ic / ( < i/n ( liitcr-Occan.
Attlio Nlargain Falls town election last
week , for the nrst llmo within the memory
of tlic ancient village , the hackmen's ticket
.was defeated. _ _
Let the l'a pern Do 1'roiluccd.
Clitcauo Kcwf.
A good nmny ghls out this way ate just
dying to know whether the rumor tlmt Piesl-
dent Cleveland Is going to br married is true.
AVill the senate please demand the panels in
the case ?
Hero's n StiUc
llitleuMpJita Times.
Pennsylvania is a great state. Wo have
banks that tall , murders that will not out ,
detectives that detect the wrong man and sol
diers' oiphans who have both parents living.
Turn the uiscals out.
Minneapolis Wind.
CMcngo JVctw.
MlnncaDOlis Is to have a hotel 10,009 stories
high. She is now engaged In building the
tt.UbU stories , and hopes that some one will bo
Induced to como along j.with money enough
to build the other cloven of moro substantial
material. > , ,
on Pope.
Chtcuuo Hcrabl.
John Pope , who goes on the retired list as
a major general , there to iccelvo a largo sal
ary for doing nothing , will not have to
chanie ; his habits of life in any respect. Ho
1ms not done anything for twenty-live years.
The few attempts Hint ho lias made to break
this marvelous record hnvo been failures , and
ho goes into privacy with' the consciousness
that ho has accomplished less than any other
man whoever losoabovothdgiado of captain
in the army. ,
llc&lcr Ficcman in Chicago Current.
We meet and pait tbo woild is wide ;
Wo journey onward side by side
A little while , and then again
Our paths diverge. A llttlu pain
r ! coinp.
Wo meet and pait , and then forget ;
Ami life holds blessings lor us jet.
STATE AND TERIUTOKV.
Nebraska Jottings.
Heatrico paj-s interest on § 233,000 , city
and cosnty bonds.
. .Work Jias bosun OU thejoundations of
Un } planing mill and machine shop at
Blue Springs.
Twenty-six saloons will compound pro
scriptions for the drought in Grand is-
iand the coming summer.
Antelope county people are consider
ing the question of uondd in aid of ono of
the lately organized Columbus roads.
A freshet at Wilbor swept away the
dam and demoralized the roller mill to
the extent of several thousand dollars.
Dllaiglor , a now town in Dundy county ,
makes a strong bid for settlers through
the columns or the Hoportor , just started
there.
A coroner's jury in Oroto defines whis-
kyphobia as "inllammation of the brain ,
superinduced by excessive draughts of
alcohol. "
Nelson Thrasher , a man of 70 , living
near Valley , Ord county , tied ouo end 01
a rope to n rafter , adjusted the other end
around his neck , and jumped into eter
nity.
James Carney , a much wanted man.
was nippcrod at Harlan last week nnd
toled back to Iowa to confront a vnrioty
of crimo.
Sheriff Kitld of Clay county scooped in
a female kidnapper at Superior last
week. The youngster was found in her
possession ,
Kiro bugs hnvo finally roused the wrath
of Goorso Conklln , of Nebraska City. Ho
has sufl'orod the loss of throe outbuildings
In the past * maatli | &ud is now loiidcd tor
game.
A lumber merchant of Pierce named
Treslor is said to have tumbled onto a
fortune of $2,000,000 in Now York real
estate , and received a preliminary feeler
in the shape of a draft for § 100,000 , ono
day last week ,
A thief got into Al iWorth's barn in
Plattsmouth Thursday night and made
off with an old sorrel mare ; blind of ono
eye. Worth otters SOO'.for ono bqutiro
welt at the thiof. , j
A committee of business men of Do
Witt. Saline county , visited Nebraska
City last wcok.nnd unfolded plans for a
railroad between the two I6wns. It is be
lieved tlio Hock Island \A \ in the back
ground of the bohomo. '
The York Canning company has begun
work on the necessary ; buildings to bo
completed in thirty days. The company
will pack 600,000 cans of vcjjotablos dur
ing the coming season.
The AInsworthNows commends tlio re
form Introduced by Sheriff Coburn to relieve
lievo thu tedium ot jury duty in Douglas
county , and suggests tfint brass bands be
substituted for lady vocalists.
Sam Sutherland , n cowboy from Camp
Clarke , and Richard Gougli , from Mon
tana , embraced in a saloon In Sidneys
Result : Sutherland's stomach cut in two
places and his arms and wrists gashed.
Cards. Hospital.
A boy babe , only a few hours old , was
fished alive out of a vault in Crcighton
last Tuesday. The heartless mother
throw thu infant into the horrible hole to
hide her shame. The alleged father of
the youngster lias been arrested , as well
us the mother.
A late departure- an Oakland citizen
Is thus described : "Calmly , trustingly
nnd gently ho left his physical ( out to
laku up his abode among the fadeless-
glories and beautiful summits of Iho
celestial world. " The locality is kept
secret to pruvont a rush.
One George Prince , a .fugitive from
lown justice , was neatly captured nt
Hampton , Hamilton county , by Sheriff
Workman of Wapollo county , lown , last
week. George is wanted at Ottumwn for
aiding and abetting in Iho murder of n
babe. When the bracelets were slipped
on his wrists , n pair ot revolvers wcro
found strapped to his waist.
A prominent Ognllala divine was ex
pounding the pious pcculinrilics of Hit-
laam and his patient ueast of burden , Iho
ass , when n Colorado cowpuncher swair-
gored up lo the pulpit and declared , "It's
n d d hoi it was n mulo. I've been
there. " The c. c. was suddenly invited
out.
out.A
A massive pillar of grnco and pious
propriety in Ulysses , has issued nn edict
ngninsl "the pollution of God's frco nir"
in that vicinity with tobacco smoko. The
author of tlio latest bid for notoriety is a
minister whoso lips never tasted the
seraphic swcots of a corncob plpo nor
sucked consolidation from the balmy
bowels of a ' 'tufor. " His llocl : threaten
to smoke him out.
Iowa Items.
The stale industrial school nt Eldora
contains 1140 boys.
Tlio Melbourne postou'ieo was robbed
ot $175 ono night last week.
Saloons in Donison must put up $20 a
month or pull down the blinds.
Dick Dtiniiu , n Crest on boy of 15 , lost
nn arm while fooling with a revolver.
Survivors of the Thirty-fourth Iowa
regiment will hold n re-union atChariton
on Iho 20th.
Some unknown miscreants lirod and
( H'Stroyed thu residence of Congressman
Strublu at Li'Mars , Friday morning.
David Mulerono , an old man , while
testing the strength of the lee in tlio river
at Davenport Tuesday fell through an air
hole and m.sbody was swept out of sight.
The Mhuriir of Dubuque county took
possession of the olh'co of thu Dubuque
limns , on Tuesday , upon a levy for un
paid counti taxes amounting lo about
? 250.
250.Dr.
Dr. W. O. Davis , residing near Sioux
City , i.s onu of Ihu heirs to the estate.
valued at sliiO,000 , loft by Mrs. K. (5.
Iv.istman , the noted miser of Rochester ,
New York.
The saloon licenses in Dubuque for the
past year were $18,001 , against ? 12J3.jtho :
previous your. The bonded debt is now
? 7GJnOJ ( and the floating ? .W,348. The
city paid $7,531 of the bonded and ? S,403
on the lloating ilubt during the year
At Independence on Monday Mrs.
Mien llrady received a judgment : igainst
the Hurlington. Cedar Rapids & North
western railroad for 810,000 damages.
Her husband , an employe of the road ,
was killed while on duty last fall. The
suit was for $20,000.
A boy by the name of Stoindeckcr , who
resides several miles northwest of Lenox ,
Taylor county , was assaulted by two men
Tuesday and emasculated. The boy says
ono of the men's name is Ueer.s , nnd that
Beers became enraged because he dunned
him for $20 due him for labor.
A pensive plodding mule in Gresham ,
Black Hawk county , can scent evil from
afar , and lay for it. A serenading party
tackled a newly married couple vecontlv ,
and while grinding heartrending notes
from cow bolls , cans and foghorns , this
mule charged on the party and put thorn
to flight. Ono sweet singer narrowly es
caped being kicked to death.
W. A. W berry , jr. , agent for the Amer
ican Express company at River Sioux ,
skipped out with § 100 of the express com
pany's money last week. It appears that
ho commenced a regular system of em
bezzlement upon the very day that ho
took charge of the ollico. Besides pock
eting the fun Js of the company ho car
ried away considerable money which he
borrowed from private individuals who
placed undue confidence in him.
Two neighborly Crcston families , whoso
names have been withheld from public
print , have furnished the rest of the town
with a lively sensation. The wife of ono
and tlio husband of the other , quietly
sneaked out of town , and "mot by
chance , " the usual way , in St Joo. They
were enjoying each other's society in the
peaceful privacy of n room in u hotel
when their legal mates arrived. They
met in tlio hotel corridor ; the men pulled
their guns and the women pulled hair ,
but a muscular porter pulled them apart
before blood , was. ghesL Tuny returned
UOL"G iy uiit'crent trains.
Dakota.
Rapid City is to have a street railway
and the Edison electric light.
Dakota's first legislature convened in
Yanlcton twenty-four years ago this
month.
An effort is being made to secure the
encampment of tlio Dakota soldiers and
Bailers at Mitchell next fall.
While thawing out some giant powder
near Rapid City , u man named Johnson
had one side ot Ins face and head blown
oil' .
The rush to Rapid City and other Hill
towns continues , and the hotels nnd
boarding houses are reaping an early
harvest.
The charge ngainst the Cnstcr county
commissioners , indicted by the grand
jury , is that they allowed on a contract
lot uy them for the county a difference of
15 cents on the dollar between the market
value of warrants and cash.
Rev. Stewart Sheldon , for the last six
teen yean * general missionary nnd super
intendent of homo .missionary work in
south Dakota , has been appointed to the
field secretaryship of the Congregational
Union Church Building society , ISoston ,
Mass. , whoreho has to commence work
by the 1st of May.
AVyomiim ,
Work on the now depot at Cheyenne
began last wook.
Laramic's now directory figures tlio
n nt H. * . . * . ,
The I late legislature not only swept out
the treasury , nut also cleaned out the cal
endar and bnded every dead bill ,
There is quite a stampede of gamblers
and toughs in the direction of I-etturman
to receive the spring rush of tenderfoot.
Tim Wyoming Fair association , capitnl
§ 23,000 , hns boon incorporated at Choy-
enno. The association proposob to hold
annual stock and agricultural fairs at the
capital. _
Colorado.
Durango Is to liavo a now court liouso
costing f35,000 ,
A now coal strike has been made three
miles north of Golden.
Grooloy has organized a board of trade
with nearly 200 members ,
In the eastern part of Weld county the
farmers are plowing quite extensively ,
There is an agricultural boom in Cole
rado. Another year will sco the nrcn of
cultivated land increased one-fourth.
The Denver & New Orleans railroad
was sold at auction Inst week to J , Sid
ney Brown , trustee for the Mcrcnntilo
Trust company of Brooklyn , for $3,117- ,
058.
058.Tho Rev. Mrs. Mugglo Vnn Cott has
lackled sin in ils stronghold ! ) in Denver.
Tim mourners' bench is crowded daily
with repentant sinners praying for salva
tion , It is the richest lead struck by the
widow in a life time.
The Aspen mine is tlio best developed
mine in the San Juan. It has been worked
fourteen years , and is now producing
more ore than over before , shipping regu
larly ton tons per ilay , and the ere is of
ns good n grade as over.
Utah.
Work hns begun on'the proposed Union
depot nt Ogden.
The banks of Salt Lake City handle
ovcr.$100,000 , worth of bullion and orb
every week. .
The commonest nuisance in Og'den just
now is the cowboy with n scab on his
smeller and n lariat for n waistband.
It requires 110 cnttlo nnd 050 sheep , ng
gregaiing nboul 70,000 pounds of beef
nnd 85,000 pounds of mutton per veek. to
feed the dnnirons of Salt- Lake City , be
sides the fish nnd game consumed ,
George Q. Cannon , the noted Mornu n
apostle who was captured and brought to
Salt Lake City last month , fnilci' to appear
for trial when his case wns called last
Wednesday. Ho abandoned home ,
wives , friends and bondsmen , and took
to the woods. Ho was out on ? 15,000 bail.
Two young girls were burned lo death
In : t house in Mound Fort , a suburb of
Ojjdcn , ono night last week. The liouso
destroyed was occupied by Ambrose
Slmw and family , Ins only daughter ,
and Olive Jones , n lady visitor , were suf
focated before help could roach them.
The remainder of the family escaped.
Anent the request of President Cleveland -
land for Governor Murray's resignation ,
Iho Salt Luku Tribune says : "Tuesday
was a cold day for this territory. The
chilling blast tlmt came from Washing
ton and struck down Iho foremost repre
sentative of the nation in Utah , was re
sponded to by tlio elements , ami u lierco
storm of sleet nnd snow enveloped thu
earth as a shroud. "
AN ITALIA T ( TiTuONAI RE.
Queer Ways hy Which n Princely Kor-
tuncwas Atndo.
Corrospondunco Philadelphia Tele
graph : Last evening , about ( i0 : o'clock ,
died Prince Alexander Torlonia , at tliu
advanced ugu of 80. Hois said to liavo
been Ihu rieiicht man In Italy. Ills wealth
was really ureat , ovuu when compared
with the great fortunes of other countries ,
and ho expended a large portion of it in
works of charity. The greatest outer-
pri o with which his name is connected
is the draining of i.akn I'uoino , which hu
carried through successfully , anil which
has been an immense boon to
Iho agricultural population of
Unit district. The list of his
titles comprises principalities , dukedoms
and maiqui.-tatosgaloru. But thu original
source ot nil Ids greatness was a ped
dler's pack , administered , it must bo said ,
by a very clever peddler's ' brains Prince
Torlonin's father made a colossal fortune
in the time of the great Napoleonic wars.
In those days the carrying of contraband
goods between ouo country and another
was a service of serious peril , and of pro
portionate gain If succcbtful. The original
Torlonia was bold , prudent and keen-
.sighted , and he Mioeocded. The deceased
Alexander made largo sums of money by
farming the tobacco monopoly under thu
papal government. Ho was a banker of
wide and influential conncctions.Tho balls
in Casa Torlonia were a great institution
in Rome some half century ago. All
foreignuis who had any transactions with
the bank were invited. ( To bo sure the
number of foreign visitors were much
more restricted in these days bofouu the
invenlioii of the steam horse and tne
avatar of Mr. Cook of touring celebrity. )
But every one was not quite prepared for
that particular form of the amari aliquid
which followed those festive entertain
ments It consisted in the visit , next
morning , of a flunkey in the Torlouia
livery who gracefully demanded "a tip"
from every visitor who had enfoved tlio
princely hospitality ! The thing was
quite openly done , and was a recogni/.ed
institution. The very sum given
was Iked by custom at 1
scudi about a dollar and 1 know
many persons in Rome who perfectly
recollect having given it. A .still moro
curious feature ot the affair was that the
wile of the then head of the liouso used
to sit witli a. huge list before her and tick
off each name as feorvants returned with
their send ! which were handed to her.
Whether anv portion of the sum thus
collected , or , if any , what proportion ,
was divided among the servants after
wards , I am unable to state with cer
tainty. History is vamie and doubtful on
that point. But the fact of the collection
of money from the guests may be. accept
ed with absolute certainty. The deceased
Prince Alexander married a daughter of
tbo noble House of Colonna. It was
thought a terrible mesalliance for her in
those days , nnd some jndignnnt Roman
aristocrats veiled their column symbol
of the Colonna family nud their arms
withcjap o.n.U\odi \ : ef t 5 nr.trnago.
ui'it nu widen might nurt pride of race in
that alliance has long ago boon decently
covered up with tlio richest cloth of
gold , if not completely obliterated. As
to the deceased old man , ho will bo
mourned by the poor and needy , tbo
fatherless children and Widows , and
many who were desolate and oppressed ,
and that is a glory which outshines the
blazon of princes.
A. Strong Endowment
is conferred upon thnt magnificent insti
tution , tbo human system , by Dr. Pierces's
"Golden Medical Discovery" that forti
fies it against the encroacfimonts of di
sease. It is the great blood purifier and
alterative , nnd as a remedy for consump
tion , broncliitis , and till diseases of n
wasting nature , its Inllucnco is rapid ,
ellicacious and pormanont. Sold every
where.
A Co-Operativo Colony.
A scheme is being worked up to estab
lish u co-operative colony at thu termi
nus of the projected Topolabompo rail
road , on the Pacific coast. There uru
870 stockholders , who have subscribed
for 10,01'J shares. When 15,000 sharcH
nro taken tlio colony will proceed to its
destination , or such ns see fit to go. Em
ployment will bp found in manufacturing ,
in mining nnd in dealing in the products
of labor to bo stimulated in this new boo-
tion. Col. A , K , Owen , the chief engi
neer of tlio proposed road , is thu pro
jector , and ho is wrapped up in it to thu
point of enthusiasm. It is u Vineland
schema on a lurgur hcalo , with n trans
continental rnilrtw'l ju'ojeot to help
it. ! * i * Culled jIO | Credit Foil-
ciur SlnfiloR. It Is to bo a co
operative colony , whore the wealth produced -
duced by labor will bulong to all. The
scheme is a beiuilif.nl ono , almost an
ideal ono , and if roali/.ud would trans
form this otirth Into n little heaven. It
would bo unkind to oiler an unfriendly
criticism to the unthn'Jastln supporters
of this scheme , Its details are porfeet ,
its projrrnmmo is simple and its object
most ereditablo ,
CATARRH
pIIK Orfiit llAhuralc Dla-
tllltitlmi of Wlluli.
el. Ainorlrim 1'iiio. Cnn-
" 'In ' lir , .MmlfoM. Clotni
l < l * s. uto. . ca\tc \ < l KAN.
poiiii'sHAiiiUAi.mu : , lor
tlin linmoilliito iclicf ana
jiurmanont iuro of every
f/l ' V lonn of Onliirrli. liom a
/ " 4 \ eltnpie Colil lu ilu > lleml to
SJIH of riiuoll , Tnstn uiid
Ilciu-lnir , ( 'ouj/li mill t'a-
tairnluil Consumption. Comploii ) treatment ,
coiulMliiirof olio boUlo ] tnili-ilCm ! < < , tMub < u-
l.'iiliu rtiul Solvent , * nd onu Jnipiwocl Inhaler ,
In ono pnckuirc. : nny now bo ! n < lol' iilliliii.'iflsts
for II 00.sU for a.vHronn's ! 1 UHCU. CUIIE ,
Complete Inhaler with Treatment , $1 ,
"Tho only absolute ispoc'Jlc wo know of. "
( Mod. Times. "Tuu bo t wo IMVO lonr.'l In it llfu-
time of 6iiner ii * , " lltov. Mr , M'tailnu , notion.
"After ixloiidbtrii/fKl'i / ' vllli oafnriij iho It.iOiuil
Cum 1ms { oiiquornJ , " ( Itov. B. W. Munioo.
l.u Ubiiii-li , I'u. "I huvu uot ruiMid : i vnw tlmt
It did not ri-llnve ut once.1' [ Amlryw Lev , Man
clu'iicr , Muss. .
I'ul tor HI-UK tuiaoiioiulcal Co.IIo lnn ,
< * Jh.'Tl MYS&LF MUsT'C'VE'up''To ' nT
levft1 * ) " " ' I'Oiir ' tula , "Uul neliu ull ov < sriiiid
0.JSfyjOnotliiint , 1 try dooj ino 'iy i-ood. "
/R\fe'ft Jluckuciie wjaVuos , IJturiuo ( inlnl ,
vk-i' BoronosS ; I imniioaa , Hit'iLljisf rouKh ,
, .IM- I'lourUy nud ctsoit
thr.tjimr , aiigliiHlniut cloxmit Hull-Jot * to imlii
nnJ InrtHnmikm tlio Orncuiu Avn-l' . < UN 1'ns
ibli. Kiipi-elnily uilaptml to Jiullos by
IK ilclk-Mo odor iin-J pontlo mcillclnill
driiirirtflkiKtel flvo lor. SI. Mallc-d ! ica. 1'olU-r
lj ) Hiuii'J L'liC'inlcnl Cy. llojicin Miiii.
STRICTLY PURE. '
rr COHTAISS ivo orirai IK AXY ronat
IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES.
PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE
O CCCEN I BOTTLES nro nut JiP r ° f > °
/w . * cotnMioili\tlonot all who Uoslro A goo
and low prlcoil
Cough. Cold and CroupRemedy
TIIO'i : DKSIIMNd A Itr.MKIIV VOH
CONSUMPTION
ANV
LUNG DISEASE.
Bhould secure tlio1urio $1 bottles. Direction
nccoinpnnylitir cnoh bottlo.
Bold by nil Modicliio Doalora.
TO EUROPE
IN A TUIKI.i : OVKlt
esrsix DAYS ,
ll-jUblht.cJ . 1119 1
FptltiR ami Summer salllni ; * AS fnllowgt
I'a t E.vtnnlnr < - > l > n s mail M rrlro from Now York.
UMIIUIl . f ll AIM II Id , Hoy8. Junnfi , Julys
MMU.su . s.ill April l7.M yftJuiioiJJulr W
KCltl'tllA ' . nllrAprllI.MnyKJuiiulO.JulylT
tl.H\l.\ . . . . . Kills Mny 1 , liny J , Juno. 18 , July i
Past Wotlnciday oxprcM fcrvlca Trom BostOHi
ORFttOM . . . . . . . . mlM Apill JI.Mny l , Juno l .Jnly II
. . . . . .Mil * AIM net , MM se.Jniion.jiiiyii
IIM.I.IA . . . . . iill 3lo.vftJnnc'ZJiinti ) .Jiilyia
i > .MIi.Mu.v liJmip , Jul7Auguil
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Boston ticlni ! ISO miles ncnicr Liverpool , thnn Xow
YurkIAi > r > nviin Is rfpcclnt ( otnalcde t\atta < itlnlen
fAiu air itatfK.
Iho nlroro licet I * the tnrffeit. ftmtrnt nnn nont
miii/l ( < -fiif nllimt , ninny of Iliv wltlii ix-ln ovorCSOfii't
loiiir&rictwlc | { , . , MOtpn nml irwoliorMpowrr , Thl
line 14 Ute filtket In < ixli > trneinnd tmft never lOBt a
PaBBOHH r. Cabin. HUcrngn ur Inlcrmeillnto pnv
* n u nt i niL-ii mi low an by uti ) Uritt-class iWAHnnircr tine.
For fiullier Inrorinatlnn trnournerntii In luo-t ot tlio
pilntlpnl town * ntult'ttltu tluonRmmt tlio i-nmilrr , or
K n. WlliriNII , Mutineer < > f WcMrtn tH-pnrlnn-nl , 131
ilnmlolplililrcct , lUmler Slicimnn Uouno ) , rlilrifo , lit.
wanted - vro Are not represented.
< > M : UK MOKI : AT tvnoi.r.sAi.r.
I PAV nil < xprp < clmrs" lo ll points within 3W )
inlle . l.noi'carrlnBiR to mlect from. Bcml l o ctiiA
Ktiunp rorllliulratoiicut.iJOKUO. Mention HUB | > a | > or.
L , G. SPENCER'S ' TOY FACTORY ,
221 W. MADISON ST. , CHICAGO.
Or tlie Liquor llnblt ,
Cured I > y AilnUiilMtcrliig Dr.
Haliics' Uoliluii SirclIlc.
It c.in bo h'lvcn 111 n cup ot collco or ton without
tlio knowledge ot the person taking It , Is absolutely
Lnimloii , mid ulll ellVct a prrmnnrnt nnd speedy
cure , whollivr the patient Is a inortuiRlo drinker erin
in alcoholic wivclc , It Imt been Riven in tboa *
nv.ids at c.\sc3 , nnd In ovcry InsUucc n perfect cure
bus follo eit. It nrrcr I'nlK The nystcm ouco
Impregnated nllh IhoHpccl.lc , It ueconininu uttci
Impojilulllly for tuo liquor uppcllte toaxlst.
FOIl SAI.n 11Y FOLLOWING IJUUflClIbTS :
IUIHN & : CO. , Cor. 10th unit Uanalnn. nnd
18th & Oinnlni ; Sla. , Oniahu , Ncb.
A. I ) . FOSTI'.U iV HK.U. ,
Council HliifPi , lown.
Call or wrllc tor pamphlet conlftlnlnc hundreds
cUr Umi > Mlal. fromtlmbcH women and muutrcui
o.prrtaot tliu coanlrv.
Whoso VITALITY la falMtiir. Drain I > KMN1'.I ami
KXIIAUHTii > or rower PJIUM.A. ' ! tJUllV | W.
Kll
ductu here. AllvrnlPiunalo& :
_ . checked. TllliAllHi : Riving . . . ,
paperftml modIOA ! ender omcntj , An * 1 JlHIC. ConRultaj.
llon ( otllco or by niatl ) wllh at2 cmliant docturs rJcl.H.
CIVIAI.E AOENCY. No. 174 Fulton Street , Now York.
GOLD HEDAIi , FABIQ , 1B73.
Warranted absolutely pure
Cocoa , from which tbo excess of
Oil lisa b n removed. H Ian t fir ft
tlmtt the strength of Cocon ralicJ
with Blarcli , Arrowroot or Sugar ,
anil U therefore ; far more economi
cal , casting tctr. than one ctnt a
tvp. It U ( lelldoui , uourUblnff ,
etrcngtbcnlng , easily digested , mil
admirably sJuptcd for Invalids as
wtll s for persons In bcoUb.
Sold tij Orocorn etorynhere.
BAKER & CO , , Dorchester , Mass ,
017 Nt. ClinrIe Ht.Ni.
ArtiiltririliiiUor ! MtJlc ICoU ! | , < , u bun lanitr
FfBKtd iathlipet'tl triktmentof CHvuNir , DiMroc * . HMIH
and KUDU DiiuiM ttnamr eUir mrilciio UEI.LouU ,
M eltr f lri ihow tLd f II old riiUrnti Kuoif.
Nervous Praitratlon , Debility , Menial and
Physical Wcnkneis ; Mercurial and other Altec *
( Ions ol Throat , Skin or Denes , lllood Poisoning ,
old Sores and Ulcers , tr < ire t < d with o.it nci4
, . . . . . . . . . . , - . , . ; ; . . . , ,
Tinkntoin mini at fiutUi , ufailv eMJ < ( , < U. ,
rendering Mtrrjaite Improper or unhappy , an
pripiko.oll ) ' tur.il , J-imphUl (16 ( 1 iffMcn ) tbf fcfn , UBt
In iiilo * ] enra'opi. rr to aor * 4drt i. C'oniuluilenftt flt-
tetor > ! in. II Iret.luTtlelinit ( IrUCIr exiUJfUtU : .
A Pnslllvo Written Guarantee ( Iran ucrirjt * .
tttUfui , UcJIcInf ialoTn"L nbjujlcicj-nii. | [
GUI 13 13 ,
300 PIIfH PLATES , tn1 | !
f r6Oo. In p * t l w ' ' ' ' .
> ,
m'jjfelii wbfi w / n riy. VWMII. wSji ran-h- '
hi.jl , | tTiIenl irc 7 , H ct ! ' * / * * ' ic
joUrr of rfiirftluium , i. < l w a > more. , jk < i
' >
Do you ivauj ; ft pure , bloomIng -
Ing ( Joninloxion { Ji' BO , ft
few applications of irngnu's
II AdNOLIA JJALM will grsit-
ii'y you to your heart's con-
lent. It ( lees awny with Sid-
IOHHOSS , KodiiosH , l'lniplc.7.
Jilotohos , ( ! all diseases aiut
imperfections of ( ho skin. It
overcomestho flushed appear *
nnco of heal , fatigue and ox-
r.foment. { Itmahosuln < ly oi1
tuiu iiuuuv.i' in u iin t/iniL3.
that ft if ? impossible to detect
its applications . . .