THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , THURSDAY , MARCH25 , 1886.
9 THE DAILY BEE.
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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.
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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 , „ , . , - -
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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 >
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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. '
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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
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dilution of Wltcli-
. HaiolAmerican Pine , Can-
I iida Mr , Muilgnlcl , Clover
Jllosnomstittt , uullcd Six-
lOiui's Kunc.u , Cum : , for
llio Immediate relict nnd
pcrmanont euro of every
( / ) ( \ lorin of ( 'iitnrili , from a
/ \ Blmpio eV > M In the lloml tot
\t > & of Hnioll , Ttisto und
Honrlnir , eougli anil ( 'n-
tarrnlml Consumption. Complete trout mont ,
consl'tlntror una bottln lludluiil Ctiro , one box
CutnrrlmlSolvent , und ono Improved Inbulor ,
In ono pnckniro , mny now be linclol'itlldniKldstu
lor H.o ) . Ask for BAKFOUO'S lUinc.nCUKE ,
Complete Inlialer with Treatment , $1 ,
"Tlio only absolute Epcclflo wo know of. "
[ Mod. Tlmos. "Thn best wo limi | found In a llfo-
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"Alter u lonjr BtmgfBlo wlili outturn tlio Itudlt-al
Cine lius conquered. " [ Hov. K. W , Jlonroo ,
Ixwlsburifli , 1'a. "t bnvo not louml u ujeotluu
It did not relieve ut onco.ndiovr J..OO , Jlau
chaster , Muds.
Potter Drug niut Clinmlunl Co , , Host ou.
"
. . , . . _ _ LF MUST GIVE UP. J cannot -
not boar imc painI ache nil ovVr , nii'l '
nothliiK I try ( lovs me any good. "
Uiickucne \ 04kup < 4t Uti-rlno p.-ilm ,
Borono s , LuracnfcsK , HauUlnt ; ex > UiU ,
, . . , rionrisy und client pains cured by
tbatneiw , orivlnul jtnd elPfant nntlaoto to vain
ami IntiauiHtrou tlio OvritAiUA ANTI-I'AIK rr-As
. Especially adapted to ladles by
lit delicate odor nud f unllo tuudlclnal qualities
drut'Bhts , ZGcjUTefcr | l. .Mulled irw. J't/ltw
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STRICTLY PURE ,
re coziTAttf s wo oritrat tit jurr FOIMI
IN THREE SIZE BOTflES.
PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS. AND $1 PER BOTTLE
OTTLEs.Mo put lip for the
f commortrttlcm of nil who doslro * goo
and low priced
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