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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , THURSDAY , MARCH25 , 1886. 9 THE DAILY BEE. i < 1 OMAHAOFricr.No.OH AND otoFAns Ait Si Kr.w YOHK OFFICE , ROOM CS.TntnuNR Mtm.mMl Vi'Aamttaron Orncr. , No. 613 FOUHTEENTH Sr , Published every rnornlnir , oxcfpt Stindfiy. Tlic only Monday morning pnpur published iu tha time. nr MAIM Ono Vcnr . tlO-OOiTlirr-o Months. . . . . .J2.S ! BUJIonths. . 6.00,0110 Month . l.OC THE WEEKLY HEE , Published Every Wcdnosany. TEAMS , J-O9TPAID ! One Vcnr , with premium . $2.0C Onr Ycnr , without premium . , . . 1.2.1 Fix Month * , without premium . . . . . . 78 Ono Month , on trial . , . 1C All comrmtnlcntlotH rrlntlnt ? to news nnd odl- torlnl innttpra should bo ndrttcsstd to tbo Km- von OF MIB Ilr.e. All business loiters nnd rrmlttnncos should bo fiod ' t < l to Tut : HP.F. Pum.isiuno COMPANY , OltAitA. Draft * , chccki nnd postofflco orders to bo inndo pnynblo to tlio order of the company , 1HE BIE POBLISailGliPJIIT , PBOPBIEIOBS , K. IlOSEWATRIl. EutTOn. No > v THAT the ca9 company has eta clelctl lo glvo us cheap gas , the anxious public will bo on Uio look-out for a slo\v motor. I'AKNAM fctrcct sidewalks should bo all brought to the curb , and all wooden walks should bo rcplncud with storm granolithic , asphalt , or other durable material. Tun Missouri river at this city has boon falling for the last two or three days , but when the ice-gorge above Klk Poinl breaks wo may look out for a llood thai may do considerable damage. OMAHA must , materially raise her as ocssmcnts this year. The market value of taxable property in Douglas county is fully $100,000,000 , Nine millions as a ba sis for a tax levy is an outrageous cou < cession to the great tax fchirkc.rs. Tun mikado of Japan has sent a con trlbution of $500 to the New York Grant monument fund. The mikado is ti gen tlcman and a scholar. It is Intimatet that his contribution was the result of the recent visit of Hon. C. H.JJowcy , ol Omaha , to Japan. ONE of the streets that ought to be paved is Capitol avenue from Si.xtccntl street to the high school. Capitol avenue is the widest street in the city anel il could bo greatly bcaut.ih'ed on the hillsidr by parking it in MIS contof tmd putting r ' puVcel roadway on each side. ' i OMAHA will bo largely what the enterprise priso , pluck and spirit of her business Wen make her. Lot all differences be Bunk nnd a united cllbrt made to furtnoi her interests , and a few years will see ui wjth 100.000 inhabitants and a trade which will bo only limited by the require men(3 ( of the tributary country. Wort wins. Pluck and push win. All com bincel make success certain. TIIKIIR is a good deal of scnso in the bill , recently passed by the Iowa senate to suppress intemperance. It punishc ; the drunkard as well as the liquoi dcalei who soils to him. The penalties pro vidcd $ or drunkenness are made very sc voro. While this lg an Jnu rtmi meas tirsi it uoos scorn strange , however , tha it should be necessary to pass such a lav ina prohibition state. It only goes te show that prohibition does not prohibit SENATOK VAN WYCK has passed hi : bill in the souato which confirms lane entries made under rulings of the lane oflice prior to Mr. Sparks' arrival. Nov lot the bill bo pushed in the house. Mr Sparks is honest and fearless , but ho ha made somu sad blunders in his ruling which have affected the rights of weston Bottlers. lie has been so straight that hi has loaned backward. Between Secretar ; Lamar's overruling pen nnd Senate- Vim Wyck's continuing bill the wostcn homesteaders and pro-cmpters need hav < Jio fear that injustice will bo done t < their interests. THE vote in the English house of lord to open all national museums and gal lerics to the public on Sundays is acren victory for liberal principles. The rose lution declares that this Sunday roforn is demanded "In the interest of roligioi nnd education. " Not a member of th bench of bishops voted for Sunday open ing , but the resolution was supported b ; nil the peers of ability , including Granville villo , Spencer , Ripen , Wolsoloy , Napio nnd Bute. Lord Brnmwcll , formorl ; JusticeUrnmwoll , in advocating the res olutlon referred to Prince .Bismarck' ; recent dismally humorous description o an English Sunelay.but the high authorit ; of liisnmrck and his contrast betwcoi Sunday observance In England anel Germany many made no impression on the bond of bishops. There is no doubt that tin honso of commons will speedily coucu in the resolution , and the change wil luivo a most salutary Influence on tin masses of people in London and otho largo dtloH , for whom Sunday is the onl' lay for Intellectual ro creation and cnjcr mo in. Mil. HOUI.VN will 1)0 ) given a clianoo ti rnlso Jiis objecting voice when the bil comes in for Senator Miller's funeral The extravagance of congressional funci nls nd the manner of conducting thui : Is a public soaiulul , It cost the government mont about $30,000 , to bury Senator Mil lor. A special train of four cam was con sitlaroel necessary to convoy his wife am daughter , bis remains ami ono senate ) nml tivo congressmen to the Pacific coasl What the expense would have boon hiu theT death boon belter timed forapleasur trip unel ihua attracted a. full committc of senators , it is only possible to surmise All congressmen do not , however , com from ? o distant a state , and the ordlnar ; expense of a funeral is from $ j,000 t § 7,000 , luxurious apartments at hotels champagne ad libitum nnd gonorall1 high living , being , according to con grcssionrvl usage , ossontlal for tlio propo expression of poignant grief. Tlio im propriety of turning a funeral journey o this kinel Into a junketing trip was cm phasifccel by General Hancock when h was In ohargn of tlio train bearing tin . . body of ( iunor.il Grant from Mt. Me Grcgor tq Now York. Looking One' ' from his coitoh lu.- saw some I'cnnsyivanl : lullltla otlicurs onoyii { ) < ; thonuclvo * will their wiuo ur.d cigars nnd sent a polit request that the smoking bo slopped Ti ! play soldiers declined to ucoedo t hU wibli , wuu ! ; ho ordered Out conduolo todrop ! h oarci utainlug the nlfcmlor ut the next stution if the smoking did no ce * within live minutes. TUn cigar dlnniiiK'uhxt and wu : not rceuiued durlti tbo trip. The Boss nemlsirmn. While the president anel the somto arc quarrelling cheerfully away over a mat ter in which the party and the public have liltlo interest , First Assistant Postmastoi General Stevenson is going right along with the work of beheading republican fourth clns ? postmasters , anel filling their places with fourth class democrats. It matters nothing to Stevenson whether the senate acts in executive session , or declines to close its doors on a curious public. His machine has no such clog to its cfllclcncy. Ho la the anpolnting nnd confirming power combined , and the solo udgo of the qualifications of the demo cratic Nnsby. From March 4 , 1833 , until February 1 , 1830 , Stevenson's guil lotine cut off several hundred heads a weak. By that time the pressure had boon so much rolicvcel that only sixty or seventy removals dally have since * , been mado. Mr. Stevenson i ; naturally the idol of his patty. Ho ha < played no game of sham civil service re form. Ho needed no charges to bolstci ui ) his partisanship. Believing in the grand old democratic doctrine of spoils and their relations to victors , lie has con dtictcel lilsofllcc on that basis. Ho is deserving serving of a good deal more respect than some of his oltlcial associates who have accomplished the same enels while hypo critically singing hymns to the goddess o ! civil fecrvlco reform. Ellicioncy within the party is a goot enough qualification for oflica. So loiif as parties rule in politics it will bo the principal recommendation for olllcia recognition , Spelling bees and classes ii gcograpiiy will not nil'uct it. A few clerk ships may bo apportioned out on the basis of a knowleelgo of astronomy , bin the bulk of theofllccs will bo parcelled or the old basis just as they have boon elone under Mr. Cleveland's administration Much of the antagonism which the pros ! dent has aroused within and without tin lines of his own party can bo direct traced to the belief that his profession * of devotion to competitive examination ! and such nonscnco arc hollow and insm cere , made to catch and hold votes , note to secure anel retain an improved class o oilice-holders. Mr. Stevenson seems to bo a goot ofllcial and ho certainly is a good parti san. Why should remiblicnns object Their turn has come. It will como again So long as the active Jiandsnmn of the postofllcp tlcpar ehl kcc S witlilu Ui < law , who has a right To'object ? Tin guillotine is not llio perpetual property of any party. It changes ownorshi ) from time to timo. Its glittering bladi will rise and fall with equal regularity when Stevenson sleeps with other oustce ollicinls , anel a rcuublicnn first assistan postmaster general touches the litth spring. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . The Principle Involved. No change is reported in the situatioi of affairs along Gould's system of rail roads. The railway officials whoso dut it is to exorcise their public functions a common carriers arc1 still- standing , ou obstinately for an unconditional surrcn dor of their striking employes. Tin workingmen are as firm in demanding that the question winch cjiuscd U ; tnki shall bo eoltlwi u- ere th cmb7.co j ruiScei. Meantime the public is suffering trade is being seriously injured , tnifllc i suspended , nnd labor is living ou it small surplus savings. What is the question which organizc < labor insists so strongly is involved in th present dispute ? So far as can bo dis covered , It is the right of labor to Organ ize. The discharge of Foreman Hall wa made because ho attended a Knights o Labor meeting in Texas. His brothc laborers are resenting such a cause fo throwing a man out of cmploymonl They claim that when employers boycot organized labor , organized labor in tun has the right to refuse its services to en : players nnd all who assist them in mair tainiug such a principle. This is the UQ derlying cause for the extent of the pros cut strike. The discharge of u single ma ; is a small part of the real rcr son for the existing troubles. Th Knights of Labor fcol that thcr is a principle at stake and that prinoipl is labor's right to organize. They ar persuaded that the trouble on the Texa Pacific has made a test case which muf bo settled decisively in one way or th other as the ground for future peaceful re hitions between organized capital an organized labor. The public who are suffering from th effects of the strike have a right to knov the reason for its continuance. The , are entitled to learn on whom the blnm for the struggle rests. Organized labo does not deny the right of employers t discharge incompetent and charactorles workingmen , They do not insist tha capital shall bo forced to employ labo which does not give full returns for it "wages. " That would bo to reduce th value of every competent nnd faithfu w orkingman , and to place him on a pa with the poorest nnd most worthless o his follows. If the foreman on the Texa Pacific road had been discharged for in competency there would have boon n strike. But the blow aimoil at Foromai Hall was aimed at organized labor , am organized labor is returning it with in torcst. The public should undurstnn anel understand clearly that there is not ! ing standing in the way of a settlement mont of the strike on th Gould system except the prideo the railroad oillelals. The strike woul cease the moment that the haughty rail road magnates yielded the point nt issue Receiver Brown and Manager Hoxio nr in ouo and the same boat. It is a misci able subterfuge to talk about courts un the offended dignity of the law. Mi Brown needed no decree of the court t discharge Foreman Hall. Ho will nee no judicial decision to reinstate bin Mr , Hoxiu is standing on his royal dij. utty anel posing as a champion of assaile capital , while ho in fact occupies the pc sition of an oppressor of organized laboi Both Mr. Brown and Mr. Hoxio are drav Ing their salaries , however , with unvarj ing regularity , nnd will continue to d so , strike or no strike. Public sentiment is rapidly turning t the side of thn striking worklngmor t'coplo are. beginning to sec that thei di nily of offended railroad magnates , wh are too bull'hcudcd to admit tnoir blur dors , is sovoly responsible for the coiUU nance of the trouble. Receiver Browi and Mr. Hoxio must yield. Organize labor will never yiolel its right to orpw ko , or admit that such organization give employing capital the right to refuse 1 employment. SEKATOU MANPKUSON'S speech m ropl to Senator llaloromarkson Mr. Logan' ' bill to Incrnaso the olllcaoy of the urmj is spoken of in the dispatches as nu nbl effort. Mr. Mandorson appealed In strong terms for increased military pro tection for the settlers on our northern frontier , and pictured very vividly , because - cause from personal observation , the dangers to which they nro exposed under existing conditions. The facts as stated are boyonel dispute. The entire northern line of Nebraska borders directly on the Sioux reserve. The Indians there located could rally an effective fighting force of 0,000 warriors. To protect the frontier the government has two small garrisons containing barely five < hundred men. The necrcst other military carrison by rail is Fort Omaha , four hundred miles away. In case of outbreak the entire northwest ern section of the state would bo nt the mercy of the Sioux before assistance could reach it. If the army in the west is intended for service it should bo con centrated largely in positions of danger. The most Important posts are those which guard the Hanks of the Indian country. They should bo maelo the largest and the strongest. The time for "posts of eibsorva ration" lias cone by. Wo need posts for offensive and defensive operations , garrisons of such size that tholr ycry Importance and ability to make short work of any Indian outbreak that may occur will bo the strongest guarantee that no such outbreak will take placo. Two regiments of troops ought to bo stationed in northwest Ne braska in the two posts of Robinson and Niohrara. Both garrisons are now on the line of the railroad. They can bo maintained as cheaply as any posts in the west. In case of trouble their com mands , if nceeled elsewhere , could bo at once moved by rail to the sccuo of dis turbance. Every argument of military expediency , public safety and economy demands that whether the army is in creased in size or not , that portion in Ne braska shall bo concentrated where it is most needed cl Revising tlio liutlrcel Lists. Messrs. Thomas , of Illinois , and Rea gan , of Texas , are inaugurating an in vestigation of the retired lists of the army and navy which is already causing many llutterings of hearts in Washington. Mr. Thomas is particularly devoting himself to tlio navy nnd the sub-committee , of which lie is chairman , claims to have made many alarming discoveries in the coursooj HS JosjjajciicSk It assarted ( i ; i tjio 'lisl is' filiceTwittr ofllgjjrs" who have been retired on three-quarters pay because of incompoteney , drunkenness , and incapacity for the bcrvico resulting from dissipation , that in many instances men Im o been sliclveel from active ser vice because they were- morally and physicallv unlit for command or wcro mentally incompetent to pcrlorm their duties anel that the tendency for years has boon to save officers from court-mar tial and dismissal by ordering them be fore a retiring board and making them a charge for life upon tlio national treasury. Judge Uctigan , of Texas , proposes to do a similar sen ice for the army. IIo lias offered a resolution calling oil * ' ' " secretary of war fr > - jst of "Cufoei officers of tlio nrmv with the specific reasons for their retirement. Air. Reagan doubtless inclines to the opinion that the frequent cause for retirement , "disability incident to the service , " like charity , "covers a multitude of sins. " There are doubtless goinn such CiiSCS , but wo believe that investigation will prove them to bo infrequent. Dissipation in the army Is yearly growing less. The heavy drinking and carousing which was once considered a necessary incident ol army life , has gene out of fashion. Tlie strain for promotion is so intense that oflicers who disgrace themselves and their profession are very apt to find themselves brought promptly before n court martial with a prospect of dis missal staring them in the face. There arc many applicants for places on the re tired list whose disabilities were actually the result of hard duty in war and on llio frontier who cannot secure retirement because the list is full. Retiring boards are not apt under such circumstances to lean favorably towards those who seek tc make their habits of dissipation the ground for securing a life annuity , especially as the law permits such men to bo "wholly re tired , " or virtually dismissed by action ol a retiring board and without the publici ty of court martial proceedings. In the navy the proviso of the law which places on the retireel list oflicers who are found on examination to bo incompetent lei promotion has undoubtedly acted in swelling the list to its present bloated di mensions. This abuse could bo chocked by changing tlio law so that sucii officers should bo wholly retired with a year's pay and allowances. That would bo B cheap way of getting rid of oflicers , who , while perhaps faithful in the perform' anco of their duties , nro menially incapa- bio of rising lo posilions of higher com mand. It should , however , bo borne in mind that the retired lists of both the army and navy are now much largci tlian they will bo twenty years or oven ten years from date. The veterans ol the wars are dropping off rapidly. Four- fiflhs of the olllcors on tlio disability lisl wcro retired for wounds and disabilities resulting from the war of the rebellion , Many are old and feeble and cannot remain - main long on earth. Others in the nat ural course of time must in a few year ? bo dropped from tlio rolls. Twenty years from now there will be little cause for complaint as to tlio size of the armj rotireel list. There will bo sufficient va cancles to accommodate all found disabled - abled by reason of service. The separate list on which the names of all oflicon reaching sixty-four tire placed will rap idly niljust itself to the size of llio armj anel aflor a few years will remain ns : \ constant factor to bo considered in tin annual appropriations. TUB announcement that the Hurling' ' ton road has let llio contract for graeling an addilional 160 miles northwest fron : its Grand Island extension , making 800 miles in all , Jins no basis in fact. Nt finch contract lias been lot , as wo are in formed on the best authority. Work is being pushed on the present contract through Custer county nnd tlio routl is pointing signilicanlly lowarels Iho Dako ta boundary , but that is all. Whether the main line of the present extension will turn northward or whether il will fitrikei west along the val ley of tlio Niobrara or Running Water is us yet undetermined. But foi all that , jt is not at all a question of eloubl whether Iho Burlinglpn system proposes to invade thoroughly this summer the still undeveloped country of northwest ern Nebraska. It will strelch its irou arms in several directions through that promising region , opening up an empire of rich grazing anil agricultural land to the sesltler and giving to Omaha now rail ronel facilities with ; n section which is rich In possibilities to our merchants. It is highly probable that the Burlington officials will not leave the Black Hills in the loxclusivo contro of the Northwestern , nnd equally prob able that they will divide the traffic of- northwestern and western Nebraska with that system and lho , Union Pacific. Thcro are significant symptoms of a desire - sire on the part of its officers to cross the state linn west nnd reach into the rich mineral nnd range regions of western Wyoming. Aggression is to bo the motto of Nebraska railroads eluring the coming spring and Bummer. It is a free for all race for traffic in which no one's territory will bo respected. THE Rcjinblican has again secured the arrest of its * penitentiary "old man Ben der , " alias John Piorsoii. Piorson's value as a sensation has long ago been played out , and this latest effort to boom him as a dime museum attraction will at tract a languid Interest on the part of the public. KINGS AND QU13UNS. The emperor o Germany docs not llko the piano. King Humbert ot Italy never looks a clft glass of champagne in Uio foam. r-x- The Emperor William has sanctioned tlio erection ot n monument to the poet Lessing , near that of Goethe In thoThlcrgailcn. Queen Victoria lias given her royal com mand that a icnl Boston bean-pot sliall bo In troduced at Windsor Castle. ' 'Poor Carloltn " the bcnutlftil , once em press of Mexico , is repelled as Hearing llio close of her trade career at tha old cnstloof Bouchol , near Biussels. The Crown Prince of Germany needs two trays lo carry his orders when ho appears in full regalia. IIo has more orders than a bcv- cnlh Regiment velcran. Prince Augusto Lcopolo , son of tlio empo or of Biazil and atlmiial of the Brazilian navy , will visit the Now Orleans exposition , and will probably bo invited lo visit Wash ington. Kins llumbeit of Italy dislikes court bulls and royal lotos , and when Ho has to atlcnd thorn he looks painfully bored. Ills majesty picfers to remain in bis private apnilincnts pjayj.ng billiards , i- * Prince and Brincess Edwaiel of Saxo- Welmaraio rapidly gaining popularity in Ireland They are plcasaully cultivating the acquaintance of llio Irish themselves in- slead of setting up an exclusive ciicle. Prince Napoleon figures in Cora Pearl's incmohs as "Duke Jean , " and llio slory of her iclations with iUm is unbliishliigly re lated. She says that she received from him hundreds of thousands of francs. The Princess Isabella , heir to Iho throne of Brazil , is oxlrcmuly rellgieVus.'and sometimes Iho astonished and faf-frolrt-gratlflcd subjects of her father have bjChefd her sweeping the lloor of the church , clad ' in a coarse gown ami humility of spirit , , . , - - * * " Tllfl w - " jaicry of King Thobaw's reckless blnir at the Biitish lion when lie hael nolhlng at all to back up Iho bbld face lie assumed la explained. lie is said to be inordinately fond of playing poker anel applying his fa- vorilo method of play lo th'o game ot foreign affairs lie was caught , ' The crown prince ofc Portugal , who is to marry Princess Amelia of Orleans , has nn abundant supply of nnin.es. When bo "signs _ hj3 uamns in fiill they are Charles Michael Raphael Gabriel Gonzngua Xavier Francis of Assls , Joseph Simon of Bragauza , Savoy , Bourbon , Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , Duke ot Braganza. Fur no Indication. Oft gtty Sttsmra. Tou can't toll an actor by the amount of fur on his overcoat. The Mugwump Stamp. St. I'm . Pioneer Pro * . AVhntover the occult reason behind it , tlio fact Is clear that the most violent and uncom- l > romlsingorgans ( In the country to-diiy arc those which bear the mugwump stamp. A Chinaman * Who Wont. Chicago Herald. Ono Chinaman has obeyed the command to "go , " and everyboely Is in mourning. His name was Hop Sing , and ho was a banker at Yaklnia , Wyo. AH the deposits went with lllm > - A Crusher. Lmitmtlle CourlctJournal. When a woman wants to t ike a mean rc- vongo on her husband for some fancied slight or injury , she has only to read aloud to him one of his old lovo-lctteis four years af- Icr liis marriage. No Need of a Tallttiiff Machine. Chicago Ifcu-t. Prof. Fabcr , who Is oxhibillng his talking machiiio throughout the country , lias como nt a very inopportune timo. Tlforo Is too much competition. Congress Is still in session. A Word Tor the Boys. Boston Post. A Cincinnati paper invents Iho word " . " Ibis is such "clrcumbicycling. an express ive word lliat it is feared that stiaugcr.s to the language will mistake it for profanity. Several other qooel words could ba built on the same model. Why can't Iho boys lalk of "clrcuinbummlng the town , " for instance ? Slashed and Flopped. Lincoln Juin nal , The Omaha BEK publishes a tally of the ballots of the jury In the 1/increase , from the first to the twentieth. If the record i.s correct , llio jury slashed nnd Hopped anel bushwhacked around about ns much ns a democratic convention .nominating nn alder man In a cily wlicro the olllco is moro lucra tive limn honorable. A Good Word Ifor Kli. Denver Ti tbunc. Unless the president shall bo able to glvo a very good reason lor the removal of Oov , Murray , of Utah , men of all parties will con demn his action ; for tbo entire country has great faith In Mm ray and bcUlovo that ho 1ms done much to brim : tho'Monuon evil directly under the eye sf the lav. IIo Is the nmii of all others for the place. ' ' I'm tired of Its elaiicing , its lancers , and prancing , ? / J Us "Tuesdays , " "At/Ionics" and its "Five o'clock teas , " % * j It's social lomnnolng. its gossip entrancing , I high for llio elespit , to live as I ple-aso. And now I nfUnn It , and lime will confirm I'm t > o Hied and poor that my sins I'll re pent , And I'll Ite , as they lornl it , a pious old he-null The holiest man on the earth during Lent. Innocuous Desuetude * "I say , ma , " shouted Jimmy Tuffboy , ns ho rushed into tlio house , ' 'aro you up on dictionary words ? " "Not very muchmy , son.-What troubles you now ? " "Nullin much , ma. only teacher said this morning that by the way J acted she should think your slipper hael fallen into innocuous desuotuelo , Unit's nil. " "Thoro shall bo no further complaint of that kind , young man. You walk up stairs. " Jimmy saw that lie hiul made of hi * curiosity a decided .enemy STATE ANDTRtiniTORY. Nebraska , Jottlncs. Wymorenns nro wrcslllng with the waterworks problem , Hastings' now cemetery is reaely for the spring crop of defeated candidates. The brielgo over the Elkhorn river at Crowcll has been swept away by the Workmen have begun digginq the trenches for the water mains in Grand Island , Tlio opera house burned at Central City recently will bo rebuilt on nn en larged plan. Tlio Ponca Journal asserts that the toxvn only lacks a coal mine and capital ists to discount Sioux City in size and population. The "beardless cubs" of democracy nro getting a firm grip in the interior of the state. A new automatic organ will bo tuned and turned loose in .Sidney this wcok. John Rclnns , a recent arrival near McCook , while in tlio act of hanging up lus gun , tlio weapon fell from his hands nnd its contents plowed Ids abdomen. IIo dicel in Iwo hours. Amid n profusion of premiums offered by citizens of Plnllsmoulh for big pump- klim. prize calves and fat babies , Hon. William Neville rises above all rivals with an oilor of $10 for tlio largest and best assortment of packing house pro ducts in the stale , a slaughter house com- inillco lo act as judge auel jury. Another republican paper has been rudely fired from the federal fleshpots in this state. The editor of tlio North Bond 1'lail , whoso antique thresher ornamented the poslolllco of llio town , was ejected Inst week lo make room for Horborl Williams. It was an outrage on vested rights , the lliatt of infamy. The Union Pnciiic loaels by twenty miles in Uio railroad race lo the north- west. Tito 13. & M. company , however , is making giant-like strides to close the gap , anel by tlio 1st of April contractors will have 1,000 men nnd 1,000 teams at work on the Grand Island & Wyoming Central grade. It is oxpecled lhat both roads will reach Broken Bow about July 4. The outcrpppings of mineral wealth continue agitating land speculators in various parts of tlio state. Coal veins have temporarily subsided , nnel gold elis- coverics have como to the front. Two years ago a farmer near Scotia , Grcnloy county , found a golel nugget in tlio craw of a chicken , and his "dome of thought" has been worried ever since to discover whence that craw fished tlio nugget. His researches now appear to have placed him on the IhrcshhoUl qf wealth , with its * ? & ' $ Ol ielcncss | unel ejvil. D'oop down in a well , seventy feet from the brow of Mother Earth , be discovered Ihe glltler- jug sand , laden willi gold nuggets vary ing in size from n pin's head to a pea. Scores of people flocked to thn find and wcro permitted to fish up the rich sanel and analyze it , but no thought of salt penetrated tlio unsophisticated mind. An olel mine prospector was found , and his opinion that it was pay dirt increased tlio excitonient. In addition to her golelen laurels , Scotia promises to unearth a coal vein of paying proportions in the course of a month. Chicken "craws" now po maud tv premium. Ittrtva Items. " A calf without eyes or tail is a Spencer product. Cheese factory meetings have taken the place of euchre parties at Oranjre City. Oskaloosa will'add a gas works , paper mill and street railway to her list of im provements this year. A medical fakir ran up against thj ) license law in Mason City ; and wsS"iihed $50 for offering to irG nil the chronics in tO'.vu without a permit. A Burlimjlon alderman's "greatest ef fort" was the capture of ty.-b" burglars and marching them to the calaboose a few nights ago. His unanimous election as city marsivi : is threatened. Frank-Kelly , in jail at Sac City for n burglary perpetrated at Storm Labo , os capcd on Wednesday and stole a horse from the barn of Jeilm McClosky to aid him in his ( light. Ho has not yet been re captured. Crcston has a doctor whoso naino is Othello Sunrise. Ho was arrested on Friday for practicing without a license and tineel S IC anel costs. The doctotr would riot p"ay the fine , anel went to jail to servo it out. The house of Charles Black , who lives about two miles east of Fort Dodge , was struck by lightning Thursday night. The gable end ot the building was torn out arid a stove in one of the rooms was de molished. Tlio inmates barely escaped injury. Jacob Ginthor , of Manning , has just had a large beetle extracted from his oar which crawled in there twenty-four years ago , while Mr. Ginthor was on the battle fields of Kentucky. His hearing , which has been imperfect during that time , is now as good as ever , The soldiers' homo committed visited Dubuque Monday. The city offers to the homo , if located there , 100 acres of choice land commanding an excellent view of the city , river anel surroundings , which is ruined nt $400 an-acro. Tho1 visitors ad mitted that Dubuque is far ahead in point ot hculthfulness , and beautiful grounds , and scenery , any they had yet visited. Dakota. The treasure coach from Deadwood last week took out $250,000 , bullion. The Deadwood telephone line will bo extended to Custer City , Hot Springs and Buffalo Gap. The advance guard of the spring in flux of gamblers , toughs and free bootors has landed in Rapid City. The Dakota Agricultural and Llvo Stock association organized at Mitchell , anel resolved to give § 10,000 in premiums , The authorities of Doaelwood nro economizing by cutting off the supply of soap and candles from prisoners in the jail.At At Huron one day recently a hungry follow at one meal ate twenty-eight eggs with ham , turkey , bread , oto , , in proportionate tionate quantity , auel the necessary trim mings ol n first class meal. The Deadwood road agents are determined - mined to punish Von Bodungon , who re cently swore that Bill Tillfcon was one of the gang that murdered Johnnie Slaugh ter , a stage driver , in 1877. Ho has boon arrested for perjury and if that charge fails ho will bo prosecuted for falling to squeal before , A four-story brick hotel , with steam and elevator , an Odd Follows' hall , clue- trio light , artesian well and six or eight brick blocks are a few of the improve ments sottleel on nt Huron for 1830 , Twenty-live residences luivo boon built this spring , or nro being built , several of them two stories high. Vast eloposits of feldspar have boon discovered - covered near Custer City. It is as white as alabaster , free from mica unel other foreign substances , ami can bo utilized in the mannfnotuia of wurcs much superior to any hitherto manufactured in this country , ami equaling the celebrated wares imported from China. Custor City proposes to bait a hook for the B. & M. if that company builds into the Hills , The impression prevails there that the company will build north via Cheyenne , whereas tl.e route will bo northwest from Grand Island , The road will be known as the Omaha , North Platte & Wvomlng Cemtral , Thousands of men will'bo employed on the line this summer. August Bcckman , a prosperous farmer nnd philanthropist in tlio north part , of La AlOuro county , recently published nn article in a Chicago paper betting forth the demand for marriageable fcmules in Dakota much after the Dontm style , am conmuding witli vho enthusiastic pledgi to himself find husbands for 10,000 for lorn females. It is learned that a grcn number have token him fit Ids word , am the little poslofiico of Barnes is iloodoi with missives. Active operations on the grade-bolwcci Buffalo Gap and Hnpid City have beoi Inaugurated , U78 men anel 200 teams beinj now employed , and the number is bolnj constantly Increased by squads of labor crs arriving by eastern trains. The bij rock cut at Lame Johnny creek will bi completed in time to prevent delay. The ties will bo nil delivered during thli month , nnd trncklaylnp. it is stated , wil bo commenced by April 1. Superintend cnt Zuch Shrop has three eight houi shifts nt work on llio big cut on Lanit Johnny , who work through sunshine niu rain , ami the Hapid City Republican ro Ih'cts the unanimous sentiment that the town will hear the toot of the whistle on the' 1st day of Juno , when the crnmlcsl celebration over witnessed in the Blacli Hills country will take placo. JUectrlcity. Clitraon TrMwif , Our columns of yesterday contained n report of nn excursion over the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad last Fri day. A-couplo of hundred railwaj' , tele- gtaph , anel newspaper men assembled to witness a practical lost of the latest in vention with which tlio name of .Kelison is prominently associated. They were treated to a wonderful exhibition ol power over the ? forces of nature obtained by Iho knowledge that comes from ex perimental study when rightly applied , The ! electric current was maelo to jump back and forth between the telegraph wires by the roadside ami Iho roof of Inc. car. a distance varying from twenty-Jive to one hundred lo st each way , anel car ried with it messages through "llio in- trenchant air" to and from stations on the line. In llio baggaco-carsat nn oper ator with a couple of receiving-cups buckled to his car. and on a little table before him an ordinary Morse dispatch ing key. The metal roofs of the car were charged with electricity by means of a simple cloetro-maanel , Iho wires ran thence to the operator , and from him to a copper ring around ono of llio car-wheels. This gave connection with the iron rails , nndflj they in turn were conncclcd with the wires on the roadside by meant of a ground wire at an intormceualo sta tion. That tendency to "induction" { leakage of the lightning ) , which so often interferes with llio practical telegrapher nt bis work , did Iho rest. That it did so was amply proved by the ell'ectivo somj- lug 6 ! some Sou messages during ihe joiltnoy. Ono of these messages was the first train order over sent lo a running train. It read : "Pass No. 15 ! at Oakland and run to Minerva regarelless of No. 10. " These words are probably the precursors of an infinite scries which will revolu tionize tlio business of train-dispatching , ns nil orders hitherto sent them by wire could onlj ; be received at stations , anel in ease of intermediate stonjijijra. I1 * \a \ highly probable that Hys f.lu'itional facil ity and security \yhich this method of commjuiti yon'flffoTelg will cause it to QO' ' Ti into general use for Iho rcgulalipn of traflic on our lines of railroad , in spile of lhe > increased expense which it may bethought thought to cufajl. It is open to question , however , if this greater cost will not bo moro than compensated by the introduc tion of a new order of business on our moving trains , among which may bo the communication of the news of the day to passengers in transit , with ' ehu" " j'\ , \ market quotation ? L l , < - ffrin'cip-xi " . . ing ccjitoru Allc mvn ( interested in tlio Course of business could receive informa tion nnd transmit orders while on route , in tlio same way that he now utilizes the the telephone and llio telegraph wire while standing at ono end of tlio line of communication. TKis would actual ly place the merchant , Iho doctor , the lawyer , and all otlior classes of persons whoso atlvico or direc tion is needed in mo.ro reedy communica tion with the world than that which most of them enjoy at their homes , and equal to that which they command at their o'fliccs and stores. Not tlio least wonderful feature of the innovation is found in tlio fact that this method of tele graphing does not interfere with the or dinary use of tlio wires. They can bo utilized to the same extent as now , un hampered by the passage over them of the mysterious messages which at the word of command leap through mid-air to carry news of weal or woe tj > upnum- bored thousands of tlio traveling public. Tlio messages are sent by the Morse method or indicating lotfcra by greater or less intervals belwoon the clicks of the sounder , out they are received by the telephone appliance , which permits the signals to bo heard without mtcrforonce by the moving train. Already the inven tors have demonstrated their abil ity to convoy the signals through nn air space of G80 fcot , and it is thought not improbable that cro long the limit will bo incrcoscd to half a mile. Perhaps it may bo a good while before this distance Is much exceeded , but it is far from being among the impossibilities of tlio future that the electrical impulse can bo sent through leagues instead of feet. Perhaps also the water as well as the land will yet bo employed lo form a "ground" connection , and in that case the sending of messages to ships on llio ocean would bo no moro strange or un common than will bo witnessed a few years hence with regard to moving trains. Still another step forward into tlio do main of tlio nt present unattainable , and our successors on this earth may find themselves placed in communication with the inhabitants of other spheres , ex changing ideas and facts with nho people on far distant Neptune , anel perhaps oven signaling with tlio domain of the fixed stars. Who can essay , after wit- nofsing the progress of tlio last few years to set bounds to the possibilities of the future ? Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley , who died at , Walhul , Iowa , a few days ago , had lived 100 years. The Britisli queen's j'acht Osborno for this year cost the people "only" 520,000 , for repairs. CATARR3 UK Qrcttt Dnlsamlo Dl3- dilution of Wltcli- . 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