THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY. MARCH 23 , 1886.
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All biulnfw IMtors ntul re-mltlnnens should tie
nndro sed to Tun HI.K Puni.iMtiNn COMPANV ,
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lilt Bit POBLISHIIsliPAIT. PROPRIEIOBi
K. UOSEWATIJU. KniTOlt.
Two weeks more to tlio city clculion.
In whom slinll wu put our trust ?
Tin : first of tlio month will soon bti
nrottntl , nnd the man with the inllutoil
gna bill will also bo around ns usual.
Oxn report snya tluitGoronlnio Inn surrendered -
rendered , nnd nnothur duclnros tluit ho
lilts not. Now you sco him , and now you
don't.
Titr sudden doimrturo of lion. Charles
P. Mnlhowson for Canada makes one
leis candidate in the Nebraska gubertm-
torial race.
FASTINO is not so popular ns feasting
nnd thanksgiving in IMabsaehtisctts , and
hence the abolition of the old-fashioned
Puritan fast day is urged by prominent
clergymen.
Tin : St. Louis ItejniMican tolls the story
of strikes in a nutshell : "Strikes are
grout evils. So nro billionaires. Wore
there fewer Jay Goulds tliero would be
fewer strikes. "
TUB Connecticut senate passed n , bill
for the compulsory teaching in the public
Bcliools of the evil ell'eets of alcohol nnd
tobacco. There is said to bo n. $150,000
text book job behind it.
NEW rumors nro Hying across the
waters that Gladstone's cabinet is going
to pieces. The owner thinks that the
liberal glue is strong enough to hold the
piece of furniture together for some
tvcoks to come.
COLONELS Kuoiu : nml Murritt are to bo
named as the two brigadiers to atop into
Terry and Howard's shoos , lloth up-
polnlmcnts comment ! themselves to the
army nnd the public ns judicious selec
tions of nblo veterans and popular sol
diers.
Tin ; Turnbull International Telephone
company , which proposes to invade Ne
braska in opposition to the Hell monopo
ly , is tlio owner of what is called a long-
talking telephone. What Omaha needs
most is a good short-distance and clear-
talking telephone. ,
SOMK of tlioso days the inilltmiiini , so
lomg predicted by the Milleritcs , will
come. When that glorious time docs
arrive white democrats in Mississippi will
lay aside their sholgnns and negroes can
attend court or walk the streets without
first gelling their lives insured.
NKISUASKA recently received consider
able notoriety on account of the diseov-
try of a postofllcu that no ono would no-
aupt , and. which remained unfilled for
mouths. Now comes Colorado with n
discovery equally astonishing a demo
crat who declined a postmastcrship.
Sr.NATOK VAN WVCK has stirred up the
Washington gas company , and proposes
to make some remarks upon the si/.o ol
the dividends. A.s the company luu
divided § 1,000,000 in liftoon years on t
capital of $500,000 there seems to Ix
implo grounds for remarks in the prcm
' 60S.
OMAHA , last week , led every city In
the country iu the percentage of increase
of clearings. Her increase for the wool
jvor tho.corresponding week of 1885 was
? } per cent. Her clearances for the
week amounted to $3oiV100 , nnd she
> to9d fourteenth in the list of thirty-cm
Clearing house cities.
Tin : patronage mill : \t \ Washington i :
( rinding out yory few appointments foi
Nebraska democrats just now. Whor
Dr. Miller wont east to irronso llio whneli
( hero worn strong hopes that the machine
would begin to strike its gait. Pohtica
lard oil from the pftcklnc-houso IJHS oac (
more failed lo got in Its work.
TUB tragedy at Oakland reads like t
dime novel romance. An on raged work
amu kills his employer because ho hai
iischargcd him , escapes to a neighboring
Darn , holds a crowd of citi/ons at ba >
R-itli his revolver for hours , kills ono o"
his pursuers and finally burns to death ii
< hc barn set on lire to ofl'cct his capture
SKKATon JOJ.T.S , of Florida , having los
his head in n hopeless love a Hair , is nov
tlablo to Jose his senatorial sent. Tin
probability is that , owing to his long niu
iontinucd nbsonco from the senate , tin
{ ovcrnor of Florida will oxorcho his au
Jiority to make a temporary appoinlmnn
o till u vacancy "caused by resignatioi
ir otherwise. "
LAST summer the city council ordcrct
property owners on our principal busi
less streets to lay down substantial side
valks. Tim board of public work
crvod duo notice on thcso property own
.rs and then advertised for bids to com
ilete the walks that these parties failed ti
113 % Then they dropped the matter urn
.he wretched sidewalks still remain. Th <
pioslion is whether Hit board of publii
corks proposes to overlook the dolinnci
if their order. With streets that arc
rtsll paved and kept clean at an oiior
nous expense wo have breakneck wootl
m sidewalks , above nml below grade
vldch make the streets almost impas
riblc. There is no nso of mincing mat
ars. The protouse that property owner
n Fiirimm street cannot tiflbrd to la ,
tout ) or concrete Mdo > rulk , is sheer non
icnsu.'Tho owner of A lot which ho hold
.tf 1,000 n front-foot can allbrd to pu
* " ; .l wn n dccent.sldownlk. If lib r-jfuses
bVolty houkf.utittlown ) tor him-ai'n
him for the pxponse.
Strengthening Frontier Post * .
Bills hnvo been Introduced. In both
houses of congress calling for appropria
tions to strengthen our frontier posts ,
Forts Itobinson and Nlobrnra. This ac
tion will meet with general approval.
Each of these Nebraska posts holds an
important position on our northern
boundary. Fort Niobrara guards the
right Hank of the Sioux rescrvo nnd Fort
Kobin.oii the loft. The latter post is lo
cated at the roost commanding strategic
point in the state , standing at the south *
western corner of the great
quadrangle of garrisons which
surrounds the largest of nil
the Indian reservations. The war de
partment has been prompt to recognize
Its needs , nml General Sheridan nnd the
secretary of war have united In au earn
est recommendation for Ha rebuilding
nnd enlargement to a capacity equal to
the importance of its bUuatlon and the
wants of the country over which it stands
sentinel. Congressman Bragg of the
house military committee has prepared n
bllP which ho will report this week to the
hou'-o , appropriating $175,000 for Forts
Robinson and 1) . A. Russell at Cheyenne ,
from which enough will bo sot aside to
make Fort Robinson n ten company post.
Senator Mandorson yesterday introduced
n bill in the senate appropriating $200,000
for the throe posts of Forts Robinson ,
Niobrara and 1) . A. Russell. Whichever
measure succeeds in passing the house in
which it was introduced , tlio Nebraska
delegation may be counted on to actively
urge its passage in the other. With the
construction of tlio Elkhorn Valley road
across our btato , our two frontier posts
become of greater impoitaiico to
the region which is now settling
up so thickly along tlio bor-
iler of the Indian country.
Public safety demands that they shall bo
made large , strong and substantial garri
sons , largo enough nnd strong enough to
protect the frontier from any possible
Indian incursion , and substantial enough
to insure their permanency and future
enlargement if necessary.
BIr. Edmunds' Hooinct-anj ; .
The crusade which Mr. Edmunds has
been leading in the senate threatens to
prove n boomerang of largo dimensions.
The debate upon the right of tlio senate
to a secret inspection of papers which in
duced the president to make suspensions ,
has directed popular attention to the
right of the public to a knowledge of the
proceedings of secret sessions of the
senate. Instead of strengthening senator
ial prerogatives , the quarrel witli the
president 1ms threatened seriously the ex
ecutive session nuisance , and aroused n
demand that public business in the senate
as well as in the house shall bccomo pub
lic property.
The only authority for the socrctscssion
is found in article 1 , section 5 , of the con
stitution , which provides that "each
house shall keep a journal of the proceed
ings and from time to time publish tlio
same , excepting such parts as may in
their judgment require secrecy , " and
"each house may determine the rules of
its proceedings. " It will be at once
noted that these provisions confer upon
"each house" the authority which the
senate nlono has exercised. The house
of , representatives has never found it
necessary to transact its business behind -
hind closed doors. It ha < < dealt
with an important questions of public
and international concern ns the senate ,
and yet no member has ever oven sug
gested secret session. The senate , on the
other hand , began its deliberations with
closed doors. It was nn aristocratic body
which at first considered itself solely
representative of the individual htates
and responsible only , to their respective
legislatures. For eix years nnd nine
months after it came into existence il
conducted all its deliberations in sccrcl
session. It was not until December 9 ,
1793 , that a resolution was passed that
t ho gallery of the senate chamber bo
permitted to bo opened ovcrj
morning us long ns the scnato shall be
engaged in its legislative capacity un
less in "such cases as may iu the opinior
of the senate require secrecy , after whicl
the said gallery shall bo closed , " Pro
visions were made in llio rules ( Rule CO'
for the consideration of executive busi
ness with closed doors , nnd in Rule 73 ,
that nil the business referring to nomiua-
lions in executive session ( should bo kepi
secret. Taking advanlago of a constitu
lionnl clause applicable to both house :
and intended to bo u&cd only in cases ol
national emergency ilia senate has created
within itself a star chamber whose pro
ccedlngs are by the rules made the
conlidentlal possession of the members ,
although relating entirely to mailers oi
public concern and public interest.
The creation of the secret session by the
senate was an assumption supposed U
add dignity to that body. U has been re
lii'ilied for j'euM &fter & 'IFs "oiTglnaF pur
pose was exploded as valueless. The na
lion looks upon the senate as equally responsible
sponsiblo to individual voters with th <
house for their conduct of public business
They see in it only nco-ordinato legislative
body with lengthened tenure of ollico am
possessing llio added power of considering
presidential nominees. They rccogni/ <
no reason why star chamber method
which would not bo tolerated in the housi
of representatives should bo pcrpotualct
in the upper house. The secret scssioi
long since ceased to retain its privacy
All the rules and penalties of the nenati
hayo not succeeded in closing the mouth ,
of senators whoso personal interest :
hnva led them to reveal the debates of tin
executive session. It is n humbug and i
fraud , an unwarranted and nn unncccs
sary assumption of superiority niu
power. The secret session must go. Mr
Edmunds has fashioned a boomerang foi
the destruction of his put.
M'hut loDotvitli Kort Umnha.
There is naturally much interest mani
fcstetl In this city as lo the disposal o
Fort Oinnha , in rase thngarrisoni' * trans
forrcd to a now nnd more conunodioir
location on the line of the railroads. Tin
bill introduced by Senator Mnndcrsoi
proposes to have the grounds , on whicl
the post is now located , ulntted inlo lot ;
nml bold at public sale to the highest bid
tier , in rase this is done , tlio most nd
vnntngeous features of llio present site
will bo lost to our city fomvcr
Fort Omaha is now ono of U.i
most beautiful spots in the suburbs
Nearly half a million dollars has bour
expended from time to time In draining
grading , tree planting , lawns and build
ings. To break up the grounds nnd dl
vide the property among speculator ;
would bring a comparatively siunll sun
into the national treasury ! The build
ings would go for less than what the ma
terial is worth , nnd the land would sell at
aero prices ,
But even If it would yield $2,000 an acre ,
which is an extravagant estimate , the
amount realized would not cut much of n
figure.
Why not turn Fort Omaha into a state
military school ? The prople of Nebras
ka have nn nniplo educational fund.
They have at present no institution for
purely military training , The so-called
military instruction at the stale univer
sity is more child's piny. It Is a volun
tary exercise giving students a chance
for military gymnastics. It is merely an
infantry drill nt its best nnd can in no
way bo regarded as fitting n young man
for active military command. The
wc&t lacks military schools where
rigid training will fit voting men
tor emergencies which may and certainly
will arise from time to timo. West Point
can only accommodate n handful of
young men selected from a population of
llfty-live millions , it Is not expected that
the government will supplement llio Mil
itary Academy by another military
school in llio wcsl. Even if it should elo
so , the chances nro ono hundred to ono
that it will not bo located in Nebraska.
The southern states have always main
tained military schools nnd some of the
best Confederate ollicors were trained
In them , The west is full of soldiers ,
and Nebraska has a larger proportion of
veterans than any other state. But they
are rapidly passing away. They would
very gladly give their sons a military
education if they had the chance lo do so.
If llio general government would do
nate Fort Omaha to the stale of Nebras
ka for n military academy , wo have no
doubt whatever that she would accept
llio gift and execute the trust. The fort
is admirably lilled for such purposes.
Us grounds are ample for drills and
parados. The quarters and barracks would
for years bo largo enough for school
rooms , barracks and quarters. They
would require very slight alterations.
AVliilo Nebraska would prolit by such an
institution and lake great pride in ils
work , Omaha would enjoy material ad
vantages from its establishment. Why
cannot Senator Mandcrson reconstruct
his bill ? If it is absolutely necessary , ns
ono of the conditions , Omaha will raise
the money to buy the grounds for the new
post. At present the transfer meets with
some objections. Thcso would bo en
tirely obviated if Foit Omaha were trans
ferred into a military academy.
How to Relieve Imljor.
Public men in this country have , up to
this time , lamentably failed to grapple
with the labor problem. They realize
that something must bo done to oil's el the
effect of labor-saving machinery , which
has crowded millions of wage-workers
out of employment ami caused an over
production of industrial commodities.
They are beginning lo see
lhat proloclion of capital by special
legislation docs not furnish bread and
butter to laboring men. They reali/.c that
the tendency of the day to monopolize all
employment under the control of great
corporalions has eompolleel labor lo or-
gani/.o and pool its issues for its own do-
feuso.
The only remedy proposcel so far by
our great statesmen lias been buncombe
resolutions , labor bureaus nnd junkelling
committees of investigation. The great
nostrum of a high tarift'lias mainly served
to enrich wealthy manufacturers and
btimnlnto overproduction , but it is no
longer regarded ns the cure-all for labor
troubles and the shield of safety
against low wages. As a matter of fact
the lowest wages paid in the country
during the past live years have been in
Ihe iron and coal districts * of Pennsyl
vania , where while men earned from .sixty
to ninety cents a day , and were out of
work half of the year besides.
What labor wants and what it needs
above all things is employment at living
wages. Labor bureaus do not feed any
body , and elo not employ anybody , ex
cepting a few political workers whoso
labors have chielly been in ward poli
ties. Committees to investigate tlio condi
tion of labor are all right so far as they go ,
but they elo not allbrd relief to idle and
starving men and women. In foreign
countries the surplus labor is oflen dis
posed of by war. Blood-lolling is the
great rcmcely of Ihc landlords and barons
of Europe , nnd they tax themselves by
keeping up standing armies as the price
of relief from mobs nnd communes.
There are theiso in this country idiotic
enough to imagine that a large standing
army is needed to protect capital and
property from the rniels of the hungry
laborers. Jay Gould would rather pay
out millions of dollars for Galling guns
and bayonets than to tax himself for bet
ter wages to his army of employes.
If the capital and property of America
c ! ! P.P.0'J ! & ? ? y- for 1CO.QOQ men in
armed idleness why cannot they afford to
place 100,000 , able bodied men at work !
U it will pay to put bayonets and guns
inlo the hands of n hundred thousand
idle men , and supply thorn with food ,
clothing , quarters and fair pay in addi
tion , why will it not pay bettor to arm
the same number with tools and imple
ments and set them to work on needed
national improvements nnd needed
national defences , Louis Napole
on pnllnd down the city of Paris
and had it rebuilt in order to give his
workiiigmen something lo do. Ho con
structed the greatest naval stallon in llio
world at Cherbourg , built docks and har
bors , bridged river.s and tunneled the
Alps chielly with n view of giving the sur
plus laboring population a chance to live
without rioting. To-day the French re
public proposes to spend $300,000,000 for
improving the waterways and enlarging
the eat.ills ,
The true solution of the labor problem
in this country will bo found in giving
the unomnloycd something to do. There
is an enormous surplus in the national
treasury. All sorts of schemes to reduce
it are devised except the right scheme ,
If congress instead of wrangling aboul
the educational bill would devise a lib
eral and broad system of public works
the labor problem would solve itsoll
without bayonets or guns. With n rot
ten navy to bo rebuilt , with canals that
do not admit of steam navigation , with
harbors without dcfuncos , nnd interior
waterways entirely iustslHcicnt for the
demands of commerce , there la nn
immense field for employing labor
profitably with funds from the national
treasury. Wo also need ruuny more pub
lic buildings than we havu. There should
be a public building In every city over
5,000 inhabitants. There is Ho reason
why the government should pay t'ent for
postofllccs ami oxpbstxtho malls to etos-
truclion in fire lraf > 3. Instead of para
lysing commerce by raising k their hands
In horror over labor strikos.lel them roako
labor slrikcs scarce , by giving workingmen -
men something to do. A man who has
plenty of work ; has litllo time nnd no in
clination to engage In disorder nnd vie
lence. If there was work enough for the
Idle men. all differences between labor
and capital could * bo sctllcd wilhout a
resort to strikes.
P. MATIIRWSON is ono of the
last men in Nebraska whom the people
would hiivn oxpcctibd to become nn nb-
scondcr , but it Is llio unexpected that
always happens.
I'OLtXtCAIi POINTS.
LnkoJ. Poland I.s ono of the republican
possibilities for Rovcrnorot Vermont.
Gov. Pioctor Kiiottof Kentucky considers
Moses the greatest statesman that ever lived.
The Tennessee republican convention to
nominate n candidate for governor is called
for Augusl 19.
The Richmond State estimates the white
vote of that state at 173,113 and the coloicd
vote at 115,048.
The Rhode Island loqlslattiio has voted to
submit to the people a woman sultingc
amendment.
The Memphis Avnlanclte recommends that
the Tennessee democratic convention skip
life tariff question.
Henry Cabot Lodco. who 1ms congicsslon-
nl aspirations , Is In Washington \\oiklng on
his life of Hamilton.
The fnrnfciiJof South Cniollnaaro tn hold a
convention April 23 to devise means for se
curing legislation in their Interest.
In Pennsylvania the llrmor dealers nio or
ganizing to picvent the nomination of ( Jen.
Uiown for governor by the republicans.
Some people consider thn men of colossal
fortunes arislocrnt.s but Henry George says
llto ical aristocracy ol llils country is
made up of the ward politicians in the great
cities.
Ex-Govornor llullock , of Georgia , who
was at the head of affairs in icconstiaction
days , I.s now out of politics nnd Is occu
pied In stimulating several largo enterprises.
In New York there nio minors that Lev ! P.
Moiton Is working for Hie United States scn-
ntorshlp.
Notwithstanding the little value generally
attached to petitions with long lists of names
attached , the number of thcso documents
neldiesscd to members of congress and of
ficials I.s constantly Inn casing. The growth
of the Knights of Labor Is shown by the great
number of petitions they send to congress
tromnllqimiters.
Rather Significant.
Chicago Nova.
The oleomargarine nicn rcsard it as sig
nificant that the Rcv.'rMr ' IJutter has been
appointed chaplain of iho'seimto.
A Pootj fjbpw.
'
CMmgn jVc'jiv.
The employment of pickpockets nt regular
wages is ono of Now York's established
fonns of business cu.torprjiiej Between the
aldermen nnd this class of thieves the people
of that city stand a boor.show of retaining
what they earn. p
Tlio Prisoner.
7f. .7 , ItmilMc f VrooMyii Kciijlc.
1 sit and watch the lain drops tall ,
1 cnze out nt the dull gray skie ,
I only sco tlio rain el6ucls. ' urtll ,
Or watch the irhostly njlsts'that rise.
1 do not tin n my hcauto&eo
The narrow room that holds me here ;
I watch the rain and long to bo
Far from my prison room.so drear.
Why , laughter walls for mo out lliore ,
And heiuly cla-ip of loving hands ,
And merry songs and laces fair
Conhl lunt bieak my prison bunds ,
Bat here I pine ns one in ban ,
Forbidden by the fates to roam ,
Until that laggard tailor man
Shall scuu my only trousers homo.
A Rcstiaiiiing Effect.
St. l\iul I'ltwtcr l'rc t.
Iloriiblcas were the clicumstnnces under
which Ford and Murphy were hanged In
Now Orleans , the state of Louisiana is to bo
congratulated nuon the demonstration that
white men of local political prominence can
bo made to snlfer the terrors of the law. That
Is something comparatively now In Louis
iana , nnd the Impression produced by the
Into execution must have n restiainlng
effect upon the lawless spirit so long domi
nant In the slate. >
Tlio Lawlessness or Coruorations.
Clenlaml Leader.
Ono great lesson taught by the labor
troubles now distracting the country is
that rich anel powerful corporations must
bo forced to obey the spirit nnd the letler
of Iho law at all limes and under all
circumstances. Common carriers must
treat all shippers with exact justice , and
the extortion of high rates under cover
of stock watering must cease. The Now
York Central railroad has robbed the
stale of Now York of millions of dollars
by increasing ils slock whenever its
earnings thow n surplus after paying 8
per cent dividends , the limit allowed by
its charter , and some bankrupt roads , so-
called , earn and could pay a fair interest
upon their actual cost. And the
railroads must avoid oven llio
sfihMmSTr gr slng omrpT " " ? ff ftf-
moral 'meianTto irniiion'co legislation.
Lot them cease giving passes to members
of the state legislatures nnd dismiss Uiolr
lobbyists at stalecapitals. . The swindling
nnd deception of small slock holders
must also bo stopped. Not many years
ago the bookkeeper of a great coafcarry-
Ing road worked nil night before the an
nual stockholders' meeting , doctoring his
accounts in order to make the earnings
of the company which were available for
dividends appear smaller than they really
were , and the reports of .tho Gould roads
have always been disbelieved in Wall
street. The laws must Do respected in
regard to the consolidation of competing
line's. Schemes such'i ' ns that for the ab
sorption of the Soutlu Pennsylvania
by the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany tire ilngiant uttepipts to evade
the statutes nnd tend to/oxasperato / nil
classes against the greijit public corpora
tions of tlio country.Q'J'uon lot the man
agers of these great companies bo fair to
their employes , and Ilioro will bo little
trouble from striked. Wertainly poor
switchmen and track hands would bo
more apl to refrain from interfering
with the property of niilronds in ease of
trouble it it were generally believed that
the managers of thosoicorporations were
always careful not to violate tlio moral
or civil law. Labor never souks to strike
Iho numerous.small stockholders of great
Corporations run by unscrupulous mag
nates , ll hears of Ihe widows and or
phans dependent upon Union Pacific
dividends , for instance , only when
Gould wants lo molt congress with their
tears , and It knows that lite management
of powerful companies is often more
cruel to small capitalists than toils wage-
workers. Accordingly it strikes at its
real or fancied oppressors with a haired
largely duo to the general feeling against
their lawlessness and tyranny , its blows
are maelo dangerous only by popular
sympathy. The knife must cut to tiio
root of the ulcer , if the industrial situa
tion is to bo permanently improved , and
that means punishment and ullimate pro
vonllon of law-breaking on the. part of
the rich nnd powerful. There is no
other way to secure public peace and
"
safety. . . .
LETTERS FROM LIVELY TOWNS
. . _ ,
Thriving Communities in North , South
and Central Ncdraska.
THE TIN-CLAD CITY OF OUSTER.
lluslivlllo nml Chaelion Growing ltn-
pully Tito Present Condition nntl
ntul Prospects or Settlers on
Otoo Reserve.
, Sheridan Co. , Xcb. , March
10. rCorrcspomlonce of the HKB. ] Tlio
sand lulls of Cherry county for many
years formed a gicat barrier which kept
back the lido of civilization from the
northwestern part of the state. Ucyond
these barren mountains few had dared to
venture except the cowboys and the
noble ( ? ) red man.
On the broad , fertile prairies , largo
herds of cattle roamed at will , annually
bringing into the collcrs of their owner. ?
tin abundance of llio "evil root ; " 1831
sealed the verdict that the caltlu kings
"must go" and make room for the tlelvor
of the soil. Then the mad rush for homes
began. The railroad only increased the
cll'ort until counties wore formed , as it
were , in a day.
Sheridan contains more square miles
than the slate of llhotlo Island or Dela
ware. It is gently undulating , lias an
altitude of about IluO ! feet above the
sea , and is , therefore , one of the most
healthy locations in the state. The coun
ty is free from swamp lauds , the air is
mire and bracing , and malaria is un
known.
The water is clear , cold and soft , and
could not but please the most ardent ad
mirer of St. John.
The soil Is a rich , dark , sandy loam ,
with a clay subsoil and well adapted to
the growth of oats , corn , wheat and veg
etables.
Small streams and lakes bedeck the
landscape , and Ihu dark green pines
wave their bows from many an'elevatcd
height. Other forest trees are found in
abundance. Wild plums , grapes and
cherries grow profusely along the
streams.
Deer and antelope arc scon upon the
prairies , wild geese and ducks are nu
merous , both in spring and fall , and
groiibc are very plentiful.
In the summer time the prairies are a
solid mat of beautiful flowcra.
/1'ho spring boom has commenced.
From every quarter men are arriving.
The greater percentage is from Iowa.
The government land is rapidly being
occupied , shanties arc springing np like
mushrooms giving the whole country a
look of animated life.
The rulings of Commissioner Sparks
have done away with the loose mode of
residence and cultivation practiced un
der former administrations. The law is
now being complied with.
Hushville , the county beat , has spread
a full sail to catch the spring breeze.
Store houses , residences , flouring-mills
and churches are building. A new ad
dition is being laid oil' to supply the in
creasing demand of town lotChas. .
Verity has sold the Northwest News ,
published at Hay Springs. In the future
the paper will represent the simon pure
democracy. The Alert will drop the
government teat , and its supplies will be
bhut oil' from the Valentine land oilice.
A position on both sides of the fence is
extremely unsatisfactory , even to an old
time liourbon.
The political pathfinder is already
snifling the air ami longing for the au
tumnal breeze to waft him into power.
JAS. Si.Asiir.it.
From Southern Nebraska.
UAUXKSTOX , Neb. , March 18. [ Corres
pondence of the J3iu. ] Your readers
have heard of the Otoc reservation which
was sold a few years ago by the govern
ment to actual settlers on time payment
of .one , two and three years. Through
great excitement at the sale the land
brought far beyond the actual value ; but
the settlers went to work with a will , and
what was then a wild prairie , is now laid
out in line farm and beautiful homos.
A dark cloud is now hovering over
them. The land ofiicc sent out notices
that all back payments must bo paid
within sixty days. To do this it would
lake about $100.000 from the settlers ,
which they could only obtain by mort
gaging their farms to eastern or foreign
loan companies at double the rate of in
terest the government is charging them.
The result would bo that in a few years
the people that improved those lands
would be deprived of them nnd the very
ends the government wished to be accom
plished would bo defeated , as those capi
talists would control the reservation.
With these facts in view nearly two hun
dred of the settlers met iir the school
house in Uarneston , and after deliberat
ing on the subject , agreed to send a peti-
tiou to our representatives in Washing
ton from this Mate praying for relict.
They ask for live yoiyo1 time on deferred
payments with the privilege of paying
the interest annually , and hope by that
time they will overcome the ravages of
the hog cholera and the stagnation in the
grain market , which barely pays Ujp post
urojluciJi it k ! " ? e4 jut1 vsprosiilip-
lives wiii .tct llilrncelmtcly and do all in
their power to protect those people from
this impending harm.
THE KOUMKIl A'lI.I.AOE OV THIS OrOF.3
\vas where the town of Barneston is now
situated , in the heart of the reservation ,
about 100 miles south of Omitha on the
Republican branch of the Union I'acllio
railroad and four miles north of the Kan
sas line. It is situated in the valley of
the Uig Ulno , surrounded by choice land.
well watered by numerous streams and
having an abundance of stone and timber
for building purposes , The town is
about tliree years old and comprises
about littecn business houses , including
lumber and grain firms , The trade is
about equally divided between Omaha
wholesale houses and those of .Si. Joseph
and other towns. The merchants all had
a good winter trade , but collections itro
slow owing to the low price of produce ,
Corn is now selling here at 18 cunu pur
bushul.
A now bridge lately built across the
Nine river gives us access to a new tradu
that formerly W3iit to other towns ,
A fine hotel built by thn Town com
pany Is now awaiting an occupant. The
school building accommodates " 00 schol
ars and is a credit to the town.
In politics the people are mixed , but a
a majority are producers they will keep
a sharp eye on the public ; servants and
guide themselves accordingly. 1'nrty
lash or bo. ism will nut work in this part
of our state. _ OTOE.
Chadrnn ns a Metropolis.
CIIAIHION , Neb. , March CO. [ Corrcs
pondeneo of the HUE.- ] The spring
boom of northwestern Nobranka
has now commenced , everything
presents a very lively appear
ance. Hundreds of land .seekers , tourisU
and travelers are now Hocking to this
country and as Cliudrou is the mr.topolis
of the northwest its town boom is ap
parent. I'roin twenty-live to thirty resi
dences tire now under construction and
numcrpus business houses also. Cliudrou
is now , as it always has Ijeen styled , the
"Mugio City , " -and it deserves Iho appel
All our business men report
business good and Irado Increasing.
i'he infant ciiy of Cliudrou should bo
seen to bo appreciated. With numerous
buildings going up , with the streets
crowded with visitors and with hundreds
of tons of merchandise freighted west
ward from this place Chadron is indeed
enjoying a wall merited boom ,
Custcr City's llovlvnl ,
CUSTKU Cm1) . T. , March 17. [ Cor
respondence of the 13m : . ] Very liltlo has
ever been said about this town , and very
few know that there is suchn , place. Al
though the oldest town in the Ulack Hills ,
there are not many who remember the
foot-soro days of 1873-'C-7 , and the hos
tile reds that made life a burden. There
are a few of the old-timers hero , but now
settlers are being added daily. In the
days of ' 7I5 nnd ' 0 , the town had a popu
lation of from 11.500 to 7,500. This was
early in ' 70 when the largest crowd
was here , and ns soon as the bigstiikcs
were made up at Deadwood , then thn
town took n dump and remained dead
until ' 70 , when there were sonio now tils-
covcnes made that proved to be very val
uable. The town is very beautifully lo
cated on Kroneh creek , on n big bar or
lint. Tlie town site has been patented
ami titles to properly lire solid. The site
consists of ( MO acres. It is57W ! feel above
sea level The air is pure , healthy , nnd
tin-re is very little sickness. The popula
tion is ( WO. Have had one of the pleas-
antest winters ever experienced hero , and
to-day the store doors are open and the
air is soft aud balmy. Ou > Tniuii.
I'amorn'H Prospects.
PAMOKA , Neb. , March 10. [ Corro
spondencn of the UKK. ] Pamora is n
thrifty little town Minuted on the Nebras
ka railway , a branch of the H. & M. , sev
en miles west of Seward , in Seward conn
ty. We have a good grain market , but
few towns can compete with us in that
respect. We have tliree permanenl buy
ers , Hand .several transients. Our mer
chants are all doing a very good busi
ness. Wo have several dilleronl kinds of
business represented here. Our throe
grocorymcn are carrying heavy stocks
and doing a fair business , each having
also a stock of dry goods and clothing.
Wo also have two restaurants doing a
good business ; one drug store , one har
ness shop , one meat shop , one hardware
and implement store , two good livery
stables , ono blacksmith shop and two
churches , Methodist and Presbyterian ,
with services every Sunday. Vfo have
two grain elevators , and the third under
process of erection. Them is also a new
hotel to be erected soon. There is now
being erected a new blacksmith , wagon ,
carriage and repair shop , which will be
ready for occupancy m a short time. Sev
eral now dwellings are being ami will be
built the coming season. It is a
caution how the corn cribs
and grain bins have been goiiig
up the past two or thico months. Wo
have a population of about ! . ' 00 aud ex
pect to double it in less than u year. Wo
are now getting ready for a new school
house , two stories. ! ! 2.\tl : , to bo erected
between now and the coming Scpt cSar.
Wo also have a doctor , and last but not
least , is a lumber yard , owned by the
National Lumber Co. , of Chicago , carry
ing a full line of everything necessary to
make a lumberyard complete.
There i.s home talk ot our potou"tce be
ing moved to another building soon. Our
well borers , Kmorson & Williams , are al
ways ready to do do a good job of work ,
and for as little pay us any ono in that
business. We expect a building boom
here this season. Vacant lots on either
side of the railroad track are lor sale
cheap to locators. The heavy .snowfall
of a week ago is disappearing rapidly.
Some of the farmers arc thinking of
gathering their corn soon. 1J. it.
Kxetcr's Cannery nncS Crcflmnry.
KXITIH : : , Neb. . March 20. [ Correspon
dence of the I > KI : . ] Mr. John Stewart ,
of Anamosa , Iowa , returned to Exeter
Thursday to organize a creamery com
pany.
At the meeting Friday night all the
stock was subscribed ( $0,000) ) , and taken
by the following men , .f500 each : 11. ( > .
Smith , C. C. Vennuni , Lew Koherlson , C.
S. Cleavoland , T. II. L. Leo , W. II.
Taylor , W. II. Wallace , David Forsylhe ,
( ) . S. Crane , John Stewart , and O. P.
Faling.
The ollicors elected were II. G. Smith ,
president ; T. II. L. Lee , vice president ;
W. H. Taylor , treasurer ; ( . ' . C , Vennuni ,
secretary.
Worn will bo commenced ns soon as a
site is .secured. The old spirit of faction
i.s broken ; our people have awakened to
the fact thai "union is strength , " and
henceforth it wijl bo u strong pull for
Kxetcr from nil sides.
The Exeter Canning company is con-
trading tor produce sulHcienl for UOO.OOO
cans this season. The machinery has
been ordered , nnd work on the building
will be commenced at once. U
/V'Cab Strike In Rome.
London Tunes : This morning the
streets ot Homo were nl together deserted
by the cabs , which of late had got to bo a
perfect nuisance to the passengers. For
some time there have neon complaints
about the idle way in which the empty
cabs go about Uomo , the cabmen Miowing
the greatest carelessness in driving , put
ting In danger not only the lives of I ho
ion but causing accidents which
.
municipality , in cftnscquonce of this , has
iiitido rules regulating the cabs , but the
cabmen will not accent them , and so they
have btrucl : .
A Good Use for the Dlg-Vontod Girl ,
Dem'tr Ti ( bimc-TfrjmLIJciiii.
A Chicago ilimo museum exhibits a ( , ' 1)1 )
whoso fctt : are so bis that nothing luis tlmn
No. : ; o shoes will fit them. The democrats of
Colorado ought to get her to do the klukln ? .
The course * of a California stream has
changed lately , rendering entirely nsu-
less an oxpenMvti bridge built over it lat
year. The water now rolls past each end
of the bridge , which cannot bo up.
proaohed , except by boat , nearer than
several hundred yards.
The SymptomsJSiS. , ; : ;
AIPU bitter or tmu tnito In mouth pnin In the
lurk , 6idt 3 or Joins , oltcii iiilaluken fur ilicii-
Wf.tldm.boiu-stoiiucli , loss of iipi'Ollto. ' UtmU
ulii'nmtfly eosilva niu ) lux , lu-ml.icliu. loss of
memory , lili a painful Bfiisntloii of liavliu ;
lulled to < 1 < ) sonutlilni- winch ought to liuvo
been tlono ; < JclIII | > - . low splilla , a tblc-U yellow
ui'pcuruiifool'Ihu bkiii mill uyt-Sj a dry cough
olU'ti uiiMuUoii lor consumption.
Sometlw-a iiuuiyol tlioyj symptoms attend
tlio disoiHo.utothsia very fuw , but tlio Liver ,
thularsrost oigun in the body. U KonuiiOly the
io-it ol tliodlsoabu , uiitl U not icsiilntcd In thno
IfieiUsuUerliUJ , wiotsliciliiuii and tieutli will
coniu.
The HalHinoro Fpiscopal Methodist ,
"Simmons lA\cr jlcyuliuor Is ucVnowl-
ccl to Imvu nn miniUjisLifer inodiclnu ,
ooutvjnh ) ? tlioso aoutliorn. roots nncl
iicrus , nliluh an ui ! > o I'rovldonta bus
iJneod Iti-conatrtfji where liver ilhoas-
us | > rvvnll. "
STRICTLY PURE.
IT 4
IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES.
PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE
OKCEN I BOTTLES nro put > p for the n
OrnmmoiUtlonof nil who doslro n goo
nnd low priori !
Gough , ColdandfiroupRcmidy
A IIKKKDV rOH
CONSUMPTION
ANT
LUNG DISEASE.
Should soctiio tlio Inrxu $1 bottle * . Uh-ootlon
ncutmiMinylnir | cuoli liottlo.
Bold by nil Moclicmo Doaloro.
R TORED.UrmfA ' ,
) ' .TTiT * ! ot" ° f > fH 'i
I once oAutlni
IIIUBIBIVIJU ! uiis jolJllly.iJt , . M. ,
liooil. Aic.lia\ trli,1 In \ alnovory itio'wn rrimily
| iiii ] | rcn-crcil ( ilmi > l fclf.o-arewlitchlic\ cuiX
lIMil.tn 1 * t . . tfl.ti.tr. h | < follow. f i . . . _ iitrcror . . _ . * . _ - Aililrpn . . . 1 * . .
R'hoio V1TI.11'Y li falllnr , nraln IMtAINKI ) and
ftXIIAUKTiatorroirtrl'ltKMA-limri.Y A T.
cure In I
.
rall I'roncli I'lirnloUnjuncI liclnf rnpldly and
BiiccoPifuliy Intruilacml liort * . All v rAVrntn loatui and
itmliis limmptlT cncckcU. TIIKATJMK cl > iBf news.
| viKT nJninlcxlonJoi > cm-nUt < ; .KlUTK. Con ull/v
lion ( nilloo or hv mall ) with nix rmlifl'nt doctors Fit Kl
CJVIAI.E AHEHCr. No. 174 Fulton Street. Newjforh.
Or Ilic I.lquoiIlntill ,
Cured by AiliittiilHtrrliif | Ur.
Il.-iiitrs' Oolclcii Siiocltlc.
It cnn. bo given Inn cup of coOoc or lennltbont
the knmvloilRoor thopornon tnklnK 11,1snbsolulely
hnrmlBii. audnlll olTccl a prrmnnont r.ntt sprrdy
cure , nhetbrrtho patient Ian muttcralorirlukcror
in alrohollc wrcrk. It b been clvcn In tliou-
aa.ids of canes , and In iivcry Instincct perrpctcure
has ( ullonPil. It nnrnr falls. The system once
ImproRnatPd wItli tlie UpccCIc , It bcconiOMaa uttot
Impo lblllty for tlio liquor appetite to exist.
FOH SAI.K HV FOLLOWmci DUUOOI3T3 :
KtlHN fc CO. , Cor. 1,1th nnd Dauelaii , aud
ISlh it CiniilnK SIB. , Umnha , Mcb.l
A. u. yo.3TUit < & niro. .
Council Illun , I mm ,
CJnll or write fnr pnmplilct conl lnliir hundreds
c ; tollmo luU ( romtbubct womuu nnd men Iron
all uaruof llio lountrv. „ , „ ,
017
Ar | nUrKrft(1u t or ivo U t2tcalCottcei , lit * b en lonflf
trftar d ID thnipeelal troatturnt of CMKONIC. NfcMout. a ltt
aoJ ItiouD UiBiiil tbfco any olhfr I'bvtleuo luSt. Lailf ,
aicltf i ) p ri iboir and nil oUretldrnli\DOIT
Nervous Prostration , Dehllltr , Mental and
Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Attic-
tlons ol Throat , Skin or Donos , Blood Poisoning ,
old Sores and Ulcers , are trgatcd wiih cnr.r.ii.i.i
eueceii , on Utcit irkuttao prluclplc * . Bnrelr , Prlmt ly.
Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excel * .
Exposure or Indulgence , \ > hiet > iitotuco eoa or ih
loNowlPg illcctil nenouiuot. , dclillllr , dlnnoii of tlcbl
KDadcfeellrem Taorr. I'lmplea ' ou tbo f et , | lir letl JMK/ ,
aferilon tolbft lueletjor trmzlei , eonruili/a cl Idol , te.t
reudorlnc Iarrlaio iraiironor or ttnliappy , > '
rrrcianflnllj cured. PiuphleKSopngcijon lb ibora , i4nl
io BcMlrJ urrloi > e. n-eoto nj addrri * . CoUuutl ! aatof *
Her orb ; mill tret , Invllf4 mill ittlcllj cinOdiulUI ,
A Poslllvo Written Giiarantco iiren intTirrn *
tAblt Re. Uedlcln catovtr > nter < l7 m ll crtiprtilB
CARRIAGE GUIDE ,
SCO PAOES , FINE FLATES , elotint clolh ml tilt
tlDillui : . Benlcit rorCOo. lnioitKiur | urrra0r. Over afty
.
voiili.iritt | . a rldturaf , true to llfu J article ! on tbc followlal
ume , fafer coTir , 30o. Jtdarcn > i .Wklltl r.
A FINE LINK O
AT
WOODBRIDGE BROS1
USIC HOUSE
OMAHA NEBRASKA ,
.
Alif < ei | > crlcicc , RenarfctUiiiidqclcLeurei. TiUlpicl-
Zci. > > uil8i ! Dn ror tl d i krtleulirtM.m ,
Dr. WARD & CO. . J.OU1S1A.SA , MO.
HAMBURG -AMERICAN
2aclcet Gorxxparxy.
A DUIKUT LINK VOtt
England , France & Germany.
Tlio slcurnalilp of this well known lln rn
built ol lion , \vnici--tltflit ooiiipuniiioiitc , unj
mo liirnlalitHl with every ro > inlsito to niiiko llio
patsiuru Ixjth eiifo and uirrotmblo. Thuy ont-iy
Lliu Unitul Ktaiiin iiiul Kiinipoiin m'l'Kuncl ' ' lomo
New Vork Thursdays nnJ Siitnrdnya for Plv.
RinulliIONUUNChorbouil'AlUU ( ) ( nail UAH-
'miS uVl rlTifidiiyHla. . Ilitvio , tttUInt'
pus--enKTN nl Soutl'iimptun uiul London.
first ciitihi (15) , tuj nnd $75 ; .Stuoniffe $31 ,
Itulli oitil tlvkutd hum 1'lymmith In llrlnlol , ( 'ar
il ir , London , or to any pliu-o In llio riouth of
ICiiK'limil , ntKK. Htmimxo fiuin Kuropo only
fSi. Bond lor "Tourl.st IJii/otn- . "
c. lutujiiAun&co. ,
( lonoinl I'nfsciiKcr AgwiH ,
Dl Hrottdway , Now Vork j Wusliliiulun nnd I.a
Sitllo fcts. , Chlunuo , III.
AI > n.iioi iiiti III.I.TM roit jiini\hi : : .
D8. HMHE. iHVEIITOn. I'JI VMBMH AVC. . CHICAGO ,
Do you Avnnt a pure , bloomIng -
Ing Coiniiloxiou I 11' so , A
low nniilicniious of Hagon's
MAGNOLIA HALM will grat
ify you lo your heart's con
tent. It ( lees uwny with Hal-
lowiess , Kodnoss , Pimples ,
Blotches , nnd all aiscnKos ana
UnporTcclions of tlio shin. H
overcomes the 11 iidiotlapjicar-
nnco of heat , fiiliyuo and ox-
cifflinent. It makes a lady of
TirillTir appear but T WfcN-
TY ; and HO natural , gradual ,
nnd iiurfoct are its eflocls.
that It is Impossible ) to detect
ils application.
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