Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BBK WEDNESDAY , APRIL 7 , 1880.
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1HE BEE POBllSHINSliPJlllH PROPRIETORS
E. ItOSKWATKH. Entron ,
Tin : packing-house dntnocrnts have
both eyes draped in mourning ,
i out of .six councilmen is the full
ness of the republican victory in yester
day's election.
Mu. LOWEKY was elected , hut it is
hardly probable that he will bo "presi
dent of the next council. "
MAYOU Hovi ) promises to resign in
four days. That expected cndnr&emcnt
failed lo materialize at the polls.
W. F. Iticmr. : , like the unmentionable
bug without the "gohlon wings , " suc
ceeded in getting there "all the same. "
1'oM.Y is still calling fora cracker in
the I'ourth wntd. Air. Garncnu's dream
of ambition has faded uway into nothing
ness.
Tun state veterinarian lias rcslgnid.
Hero is an opening for .some Nebraska
cow doctor. A salary of $2,500 is not to
bo sneezed at.
Tin ; Chicnyo Grocer locates the big Gil.
more calllo barn "at Cheyenne , near
Omaha. " Wo shall next expect to hear
-of Omaha being located near Chicago.
TUB lionso has passed the bill appro
priating a half n million dollars for a site
for the new congressional library. Wash
ington real estate speculators will lloat
their hope < in champagne for several
weeks to come.
Tin : French government has recently
given a medal to Monsieur iJuquisch , n
strong , hearty man , who lias saved the
lives of many by allowing his blood to bo
transfused into the veins of others. This
is a distribstion of "blood mon cy" which
will bo generally apurovcd by the public.
ANOTHER now railroad hascomo to the
surface. It is called the Omaha &
Southern , and is to run from Omaha , to
Jefferson county , througii Douglas , Sar-
poy , Otoe , Johnson , Lancaster and Gage.
Beatrice men are the organizers of the
company , the capital stock of which is
placed at $2,000,000. It is hoped that the
pmahn & Southern will materiali/.o more
rapidly than the Omaha & Northern.
SECRETARY ENDICOTT and General Sher
idan both endorse General Mandorson's
bill for the removal and rebuilding of Fort
Omaha. There is nothing surprising in
this. The move is a good one and com
mends itself to every one. The only ques
tion is ono of appropriations Can they
bo secured from a democratic house ?
While bills of urgent necessity for re
building and strengthening our frontier
posts are delayed in their courso.tho pros
pects for the Fort Omaha measure do not
seem of the most flattering nature.
AMONG the oflicors soon to bo retired
is Cawt. J. Scott Pivyno , Fifth cavalry ,
"tho here of Milk Hivor. " Capt. Priyno
had the distinguished good fortune to es
cape from the Utoa through the assist
ance of Ciipt. Dodge's colored troops ,
who \vith their glittering sabres carved n
way out from the hole in which ho was
caged. Capt. Payne lias been more suc
cessful as a politician in Washington ,
boon "revised"
n where his record 1ms
several times by act of congress , always
to the detriment of brother odicers , than
ho has been ns n soldier. Ho ought to
have been retired on general principles
some years ago.
THE effort of the department of agri
culture to protect the farmers from
swindlers and frauds may bo commenda
ble , but it strikes us that it is entirely n
superfluous work on the part of the de
partment in view of the fact that news
papers are the first agents to expose
frauds of nil kinds. The intelligent
farmer generally takes three or four
good newspapers , nnd therefore keeps
himself posted on nil the news of the
( lay , including the latest tricks of the
swindlers who make n specialty of at
tempting to defraud farmers. The
ignorant farmer , however , will contintifl
to bo swindled notwithstanding the ef
forts of the newspapers and the depart'
uiont of agriculture in his behalf.
uc A LATE spring has hampered to some
lo
extent tlio promised activity of Omalm ,
loqtt Cold winds and bleak skies dampen !
qtt torpribo as well as depress enthusiasm ,
fS With a foot of snow on the ground iii
April and an inch of ice in the gutters ,
plans for building and schemes for Indus'
trial extensions are apt to bo laid awaj
in a warm place for the return of suiv
an Celine , Still , for all that , Omaha is boom
Ifrj 3ne , advancing with a steady growth in
Teal estate values , in permanent populn
1 * tion and in daily accessions to the list ol
visiting mon "of means , ready ami
anxious to plant tlioir monej
where it will bring in large
and certain returns on the investment
The croakers have hiul their turn dur
btr ing the winter. Springtime and sunshine
will give opportunity for the energy o !
our mon of push wut enterprise , who sei
Ca
Bo' ' In our prosperous city n litting Hold foi
their activity. Five youw have ohangoi !
CO ) Omaha from a town of mire and rut am
If iroodou shells to a city of brick and stone
ot well paved streets and handsome busi
to .410S3 houses with prospects second t (
!
in the area
ihoso of uo other community
section which fiho is making tribti
fi r tary to her resources , Shu lias ull tht
WP natural elements necessary for a groa
metropolis. Shu has tha citizenship am
if Mta ( the territory and tlio solid basis of a popu
! 3atton of seventy-five thousand souls. I
the signs do not fail , Omaha's boom L
' only in its bud. A spring and summoi
'f1 ! Jiot with enterprise and wide-awake activ
ity will bring it to its ' bloom.
Tlio City Election.
The election of four out of sis ropubli-
: an couucilmon and tlio entire school
board ticket is a significant victory. It
assures republican supremacy in the city
council for tlio next year and prevents
, hc democratic bosses from converting
the oily government into a political ma
chine. The contest was short , sharp and
decisive. The republicans from the out
set wet o at a disadvantage with regard
o the sinews of war which were furnished
so liberally by tlio heavy capitalists who
are at tlio licaO of tlio democratic party.
I'lio packing-house oarried the First ward
n which it is located , and a free supply
of whisky and dollars of our daddies did
the business in the Third ward , but the
rest of the city , in spite of democrats
masquerading as citizens and independ
ents , who wore anxious to serve Mr.
Hoyd , refused to surrender itself to tlio
unlimited control of tlio V. II. machine.
I'ho result will bo hailed with general
satisfaction by all classes of citizens.
Tlio Closing Strike.
If the results of the strlko on the south
western system of railroads arc not what
its leaders and their followers hoped ,
tlu-y must lay the blame at the door of
the men who have committed the long
series of blunders which have attended
its course. It was a blunder in the lirst
[ ) lnce , as all lovi'l headed laboring mon
now admit , that the strike was ordered before -
fore any attempt had been made to settle
Lhe oxistintr dilVerence ? . It was a grave
blunder , in tlio next place , that organi/.ed
labor throughout the whole region made
in extending the scope of the strike on
insnllicient information of its causes and
without reference to cooler heads , It
was a mistake in the lat place that hot-
lieadod district loaders made in not
checking at once the first outbreak of
violence on the part of the few evil in
clined men who damaged property and
committed acts of lawlessness. 1'ublic
sympathy was naturally with the weaker
side , although thoindircetly-alToctod pub-
lie could not bo expected to understand all
the points at issuo. Just as long as the
strike was carried on without violence
weight of public opinion was on the side
of organized labor , lint it cannot be
denied that there has come a
a revulsion of feeling since the
lust hope has departed that the dispute
would bo amicably settled by peaceful ar
bitration. Now that trains are again
moving and vacant places are filled to
within a fourth of the entire number , it is
plain that the strike is practically over.
It should bo so accepted. The honora
ble and manly course for the knights to
pursue is lo rccognixe the usulcssnessof a
further protraction of tlio struggle. Let
them obtain what concessions they can ,
and make a record for the order by sup
pressing every attempt towards violence
and anarchy. There is such a thine as a
partial defeat more creditable than a
dearly purchased victory.
An Iiicfllcicnt Majority.
Wliat has it done ? It has been in ses
sion tour long months. The warm season
is approaching , when a largo portion of
its members will bo devoted to keeping
cool in every other place but in debate.
Less than a half dozen important bills
have passed both houses and received the
executive sanction. The appropriations
arc weeks behind the record , the navy
reorganization bill still hangs fire , the
silver question is skulking in the lobbies ,
afraid to show its face on tholloor in lion-
est daylight. Where is the promised re
duction of the tariff , the measure
to put in free Mexican reciprocity , the
bankruptcy bill , and a scoru of other
promised measures of legislation ? Ask
Colonel Morrison , Mr. Carlisle , and the
bulwark of protected monopolies , Sam
Ilandall. The inuillciency of the present
house of representatives beats the rec
ord of democratic stupidity. Its member
ship lias introduced 7,000 bills , and so far
has stopped with their introduction.
AVhatovor important work in the way of
legislation has been accomplished has
been duo to the senate initiative. The
presidential succession bill wont through
by a lucky chance , but the Hoar electoral
count bill , the Edmunds Utah bill , the
Dakota bill , the Sioux reservation bill ,
and the Indian severally bill are still
buried in the committee rooms of the
house. It is a poor record , revealing in
startling colors the inferiority of the
democratic majority , and the inability to
sink the rivalries of factionalism in tlio
interests of the public which has elected
it to power. Legislation is impeded , valuable -
uablo time is wasted in valueless discus
sions , and every consideration of public
necessity is brushed aside from the path
of party expediency.
The UuHliioBs Situation ,
The general tone of business through
out the country has been dull during the
past week. The situation , as a whole ,
shows the reslraming effect of the labor
Iroublcs , and conservative trading in all
lines is likely lo continue until the more
important labor strikes now disturbing
confidence in commercial and manufac
turing circles come to an end. The
business failures in the United States for
tlio first quarter of 188'J ' number 8203 , with
liabilities slightly ever 0,000,000. The
failures for the first throe months of 1835
numbered 8058 , with liabilities of
$10,000,000. , , 'Iho liabilities for tlio last
quarter ? 29,000,000 , are less than in any
similar period stneo 1873. The decline in
tlio middle states is very marked , the lia
bilities for Ihe first quarter of 1880 being
0,859,030 , as compared with ? 17,71U,000
in the lirsl quarter of 1835 , and ? 13,000,000
for Iho lirsl quarter of 1831.
The textile markets continue inactive ,
Cotton is dull and wool stagnant. The
dry goods trade is reported as moderate
ly active , with staple cotton goods steady
at last week's prices , and prints a few
fractions lower than when lust noted.
The iron trade situation is quiet. Thara
are indications of a largo demand as
soon as the labor troubles roauh a sotllu-
mont , but for the present buyers prefer
to hold off as much as possible , and very
fuw largo contracts are being placed in
departments.
Speculative influences in the wheat
market have boon pretty evenly bal
anced , and neither interosl has gained
much advantage from the week's develop
ments , One of the largest Hoots of vessels
ever cleared from lake ports is already
loaded with grain at Chicago and hi readi
ness to sail whim navigation opens , about
the middle of the month. It is paid that
800,000 bushels of spring wheat have been
purchased in Chicago for shipment to
Now York , und the bulk of this is proba
bly told for export. This business and
the growing political complications
abroad have contributed to check the decline -
cline in prices , and would , doubtless ,
liavo been used as a lover to advance the
market but for the counter effect of the
labor troubles , the hardening of rates
for money and the encouraging crop
news. The weather lias bc6n very favor
able for the growing crop , and trade
authorities generally represent its condi
tion as much bolter than at this time last
year. The export outlook is more promis
ing because of the continued firmness of
foreign markets and the prospect of an
early cheapening of transportation rates
by the resumption of shipments over the
water routes from Iho inlorior. Corn
supplies have increased a liltlo in spile of
the freight embargo in the southwest ,
and the general sentiment of operators
has continued bearish in anticipation of
a much larger movement after the settle
ment of the strikes , as farmers are gen
erally disposed to market their corn freely
al current prices.
The KnovnlH 1)111
Senator Van Wyck's bill for the relief
of settlers on the so-called Knovalslands ,
was taken up in Iho house on Monday
and passed , with only twenty-two dissent
ing voices. This action of the house con
firms the previous aclion of Iho senalo ,
and Iho measure now goes lo Ihe prcsi-
dent for his approval , which can scarcely
bo withhold. The people of southern
Nebraska will remember with grateful
appreciation the labors of Charles II.
Van Wyekfor their relief. The struggle to
obtain justice for the honest homesteaders
who wore placed at the nu-rcy of the hind
sharks through criminal negligence on
the part of the government has boon
carried on by the senator for the pa t Iwo
sessions of congress with unremitting
energy. Twice the Knovals bill was re
ferred to a senate commlUpo and twice
it was favorably reported. It was passed
by tlio senate nl the last session only to
fail of recognition in the houso. Each
report was stronger in favor of the set
tlors. The justice of the claim of Ne
braska Cfiirmors that the government
should pay for its own mistakes was
universally ail milled aa soon as Ihe real
nature of the claim was made clear to
the country through Senator Van Wyck's
work on Iho floor of the senate and in
the committee room. The bill as paswd
appropriates $250,000 for the satisfaction
ot the claims of the Knovals syndicate.
This is a handsome sum for tlio land
sharks who waited so many years before
they discovered lhal honest farmers under
government sanction had trespassed on
the lauds of the railroad grant whoso
plat was not on file in Washington at the
time the entries were made.
To Kueotirago Manufactures.
Now that active efforts are being made
lo organize a slock company for Iho
encouragement of manufactures as so
often urged by the BEE , our citizens
should lose no time in pulling llicir
shoulders lo Iho wheel and especially
llieir hands in their pockets to assure the
success of the now enlcrprise. The
object in view is the formation of a com-
puny with a capital stock of $100,000
divided into shares of $10 ! ) which shall
promote Iho location of factories in
our midst by assisting such enter
prises to secure suitable sites , and if
necessary make np small deficiencies
in capital. This is a well approved plan ,
which has boon successfully tried in
several cilies in Iho northwest. The re
sult has been most gratifying wherever
the experiment has been made. Stock
holders have reaped good returns direct-
)3T ) from the investment , while indirectly
every citizen has shared in Ihe profits re-
sullingf rom increased manufacturing
facilities and permanent employment for
workingmen and mechanics. A dozen
now factories in Omaha , started on the
right basis , would moan , in a"1 short
time , H dozen hundreds of thou
sands of dollars added Jto the
wages fund of this community.
Omaha can bo made an important manu
facturing center. It is becoming so in
spite of past indifference. Its shops and
smelting works and a hundred smaller
enterprises form a largo part of the solid
basis of our present prosperity. Steady
and well paid employment means a steady
growth in ajcontontod'and thrifty popula
tion. A largo wage fund is distributed in
every channel of trade , building up the
commercial importance of the city and
showing itself in the growth of private
improvements. The board of trade will
hold an important meeting * this week lo
discuss and perfect plans for Iho encour
agement of manufacluros. Every seat
should bo filled and every member
present. _ _
AT tlio municipal election in Cincinnati
on Monday the republicans made unex
pected gains , and claim a majority of
about 8,000. This is the result of keeping
ballot box stuffcrs and thugs away from
the polls and permitting an election to bo
conducted honestly. Loafers worn not
permitted inside the Hags posted ono
hundred feet from the polls , the saloons
were closed , and the judges and clerks
were sober nml decent men. For Cincin
nati , where trickery and dishonesty have
hitherto ruled , the election was certainly
a remarkable ono. It was high time for
the wave of reform to slriko that city.
Tun body of the gallant Captain Em-
molt Crawford will reach Kearney lo-
day , whore it will bo interred in Nebraska
soil. Much of the bravo and unselfish
labors'of the dead soldier , who foil by
Ilia hands of Mexican murderers , was
accomplUhcd on tlio frontier of this state
under command of General George Crook ,
who swept its borders from savages in
Iho campaigns of 1870-1877.
Now lol Mr. Mori-ill and George F. Hoar
bo promptly road out of the republican
party. They servo the royal notice on
Mr. Edmunds that they fool it to be their
duty as senators to acton oaoh appoint
ment according to its merits and not in
accordance with the third resolution of
Mr. Edmunds' series. This is where
Charles II. Van Wyck keeps them com-
TUB "Mormon women appeal for an
executive who knows their wants. An
other Kcntucklan will bo sent to Utah in
tlio place of Eli Murray , retired. What a
blue-grass man doesn't know about
women , not to speak of corn juice , is not
worthy of mention in any well compiled
encyclopedia.
PAT Foitu told a friend last night that
"buying niggers was what done it.1 ' For
shamefaced bribery of voters in open
of all Tut Ford's
sight comers perform
ance at the polls , of the Third ward yes
terday has never been equalled in Oud
Botmtor Vim VJrck's Position.
Senator Van Wyck sends us the fol
lowing communicnUori regarding his
stand on the Edmunds resolutions and
his position as a republican senator in op
posing the third resolution :
SKX.ITH , )
OS , April 3 , 18SO. f
To the Editor of Tm : UKK : Ills not my
Imblt to nnnoy papcrs.or the people with de-
nlnlsor explanations , but the mistakes so
frequently made as to my votes on the Ed
munds resolutions rdiuler an explanation
necessary. This much Is iluo lo the people of
Nebraska rcgnnlloss of jiolltlcs ; It Is duo to
republicans. 'I am hpro as their representa
tive to vole for thcin , and thny should bo
fnlrly ndvlsod , to know whether they liavo
been properly represented.
Vou will loineinbcr Mr. Edmunds submit
ted a icport and four resolutions from the ju
diciary committee. They would have been
considered In seciet session had not tiio sen
ate by a small vote otdorcd their considera
tion In open session. I voted , ami the
Ilccnnlwttl show that I voted for the report
anilult the resolutions decent t/jct/iln / / ? .
The icnott fully states the Issiio between
the pivsltlont nnd the semite , and the lirst
icsolutlon incicly declares Iho adoption of
Ihoiolioit.
The second resolution censures the attor
ney general for withholding the papers ,
"miller whatever Influence. " Helievlng that
the administration should famish the papers
In all cnsus lequIiiiiK action by the senate , I
voteil for this , confident that In so dohiR I
was fnhly icpruscnting the pcoulo o Ne
braska.
The third resolution merely declared that
In cases \\heiv the executive refused the
papers , the senate , binding ItsolC In n < t-
vnnco logarithms of the necessities of
the sci vice , the propilety of tlio clinnge. or
character of the aiipolntmcnl , should rejcel
Iho nomination. It was the declaration of
an Iron uile of action In all such cases , anil a
rule which the futtiio will show cannot pos
sibly bo applied. Some senators \vlio voted
for that resolution stated that they could not
bo bound by it. I feel also equally confident
thai my vote n nlnsl this resolution will meet
the approbation of a largo majority of the
peop'.oof ' Nebraska. The icfusnl oC the
administration to do Its duty as Ihe senate
resolved It ouilil , could bo no reason or ex
cuse tor refusal on the pait ot thu senate to
discharge Its own dutv.
Al'-eiuly ' some o the men who voted for
that resolution have seen the folly of It , and
tlio senate Itself , In seciet session , has iltsic-
gardcd It. Tlio fact that It cannot bo put In
practice shows It was a fau-o to adopt It. If
enforced , the spectacle would be presehted of
the piesidentand the semite of the United
Stales making faces at cadi other.
0. II. VAX WYCK.
Rufuur.ic.vNs have every reason to be
satisfied with the result. They elected
two- thirds of their candidates for the
council against the heaviest odds of
capital and influence which they have
over met in Omaha. > t
Tun biggest knock-out of the season
occurred at the People's theatre last
night. The audicncoj wa knocked out of
nearly § 800 without any consideration.
MAIISIIAL CUMMIKGS feels very good-
natured over the situiUioij. There wasn't
much of Ihe "must .go'i business in Ihe
returns of yesterday evening.
The settlers on the Knctals land pinned
llieir faith on Sonat Tali Wyck , and
Ihoy liavo not been disappointed.
SENATORS AND
Gen. GolT , the only republican congressman
from West Virginia , declines a renomlnntion.
Senator Logan contemplates a tiiplo Cali
fornia , presumably in Iho Interest of his sup
posed piosldontial boom.
git Is said Unit Afr. Ilogan will soon retire
from coup-ess , and will probably bo a candi
date for governor of Texas.
Senator Joe Brown of Georgia has the most
complete collection of newspaper clippings
in Washington. Tlioy arc all about himself
and his sayings and doings.
Congressman llndd of Wisconsin , who
succeeded the late Joseph Kankln , snys ho Is
a bimctalllst without any specially refined
; dcas on the financial question.
Congressman Iliscock received 110 votes in
a beauty contest at a Washington photograph
gallery , against 10D for Daniel ot Virginia ,
and 03 for AJcCoinas of Maryland.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : Congressman
Giienther rojolces that ho has never been
"inugwmnpizcd. " And now ho may expect
a pop-gun fire from all along tlio mugwump
line.
Senator Conner affects tlio violin , but his
wife lias not a high opinion of his musical
taste nnd ability. She says ho thinks ho
plays , bill she can scarcely distinguish the
tunes.
Senator Aldrlch , of Rhode Island , Is ono of
tlio republican politicians who nio In laver
of passing at once such legal enactments as
may biinplitf and improve Iho iclatlons be
tween capital and labor.
Senator James G. Fair of Nevada , who
visited a shlpynid a short tlmo ago , it was repelled -
polled with the intention of building a steam
yacht , writes to a gentleman in New York
that ho "does not Intend to either build or
chaiter a yacht at the present time. "
ana Doings.
A'ew ( Mentis Picayune.
The saylngsof many great men would fill
volumes. Their doings could bo wrltlon on
a postal card.
Urmi Mnor. |
IK < uMn0o ( Orttic. a
The Ursa Major Is Iho now name for the
most tashlonablo full dross worn by Indies.
Ursa Major means Great Hare.
High
A. high license that limits mbetter than nro-
hlhitloii , which makes'nearly every man a
wholesale purchaser.
Should Stick 16 1'mvilerly.
Ktw Yoil ; Sun
The kn ; lits should stick closely to Pow-
tlcrly. Then the public will bu apt to stick to
them. ,
Flat Money unil JFJat Hut tor.
N.CW Yoili 'iro'rH.
General lien. Kutlnr Uirns up no\v as the
Irlend and adviser ot ol ouiiirsarlne. It Isn't
much of a jump from llatlnonoy to Hat butter.
Alarm In tlio llallroail Camp.
Vau Wyck's prospects ] for1 ro-oloctlon are
Improving at n rate so rapid that there Is
great alarm In thu railroad camp.
Not Tills Vear.
Keto Yiirh Journal.
\Vocannot move this spring , lovey ,
\Yocuiinutinovo tliUspimg ;
Ourliirnttuio Isold , love ,
'Twould perish on thu wing ,
Its only satcty Is In rest ,
And this Is why Isliu.
> \ o cannot move this sjirlng , lovey.
\Vecannot \ move this spring ,
Omuliit , the Metropolis.
Way Springi flewt ,
Omaha Is fast becoming the metropolis of
the northwest. No other city can hope to
rise to that Important position. It means
much for us , too. It means that we are to
liavo a near market for stoik , grain nrl other
produce , od D * J b r / " iu ' .u > ' . With
the rnllrond competition that Omnlm has to
this east , U can bo nhnc-st aa good ft market
nnd furnish supplies almost ns cheap ns Chi
cago. It will save the western fanner the
payment of freight on f > 00 miles of railroad ,
STATU AND TI3'uUlTOUY.
\cbrns1in .Jottings.
Ponca business men will build a num
ber of substantial brick blocks and resi
dences this season.
The Odd i'ellows of Nebraska- City
have decided lo celebrate the anniversary
with tlu-ir brethren in Omaha.
Coleridge has an altitude 200 foetliighcr
than Harllngton , and Is disposed lo "look
down" on her thrivinc neighbor.
Compressed llax straw is coining into
prominem-o in the country as an article
of fuel and ns food for milch cows.
Scores of natural gas wells were in full
blast in the vicinity of polling places yes
terday. No dangerous explosions are re
ported , however.
Qnlnn Bohannon is writing his auto
biography in the shadow of tlio gibbet in
Nebraska City , lie hopes to hurl it at a
suflVrlng world before the sheriff chokes
him oil
George 11. Inmnn , of New York , has
filed his acceptance of the proposition to
build and maintain waterworks in Platls-
mouth , and tiled a bond of $5,000 , lo
faithfully carrv out the contract.
Charley Hess is no more. He resided
in the town of Curtis , and incautiously
got under a bucketful of earth at the bottom
tom of a well. Ills skull was crushed.
Ho leaves a wife and Iwo ohlhlron.
The Fremont Tribune shows up the
business methods of the Dodge county
commissioners in a bad light , ono that
docs shod a halo of glory on their work.
From January I , 1881 , to the llr.it of Ihe
present year , they have spent ! fjr,8 ! ) ! > 8.i)7 )
on two bridges , and the work done at
such cost was was insulHcinl lo resist Iho
recent floods.
Morris O'Unurko and Harvey Sago , two
Platlsinoulh hunters , fasted for tliiyo
days and nights on an island in the Mis
souri last week. Two of their com
panions made oil'with the boals and left
Ilium to hunt for salvation with an empty
stomach. The water-bound hunters were
reduced to .such a thin and sickly con
dition that they have been invited to stand
as living skeletons in a local museum.
The Grand Island Independent says :
"The Union Pacific has several construc
tion trains and gangs of men at work between -
twoen tills plauu and Omaha , putting in
now steel rails , and otherwise improving
tlio road bed of their main lino. I'ho old
mils taken up are brought to the mills
hero , worked over and used to extend
their branches and build several new
linos. A number of carloads arrived this
morning , the mills now being run to
their full capacity anil giving employ
ment to a number of laborers who would
otherwise remain idle. "
The farmers of Valley county are or-
cani/.ing alliances , and already a nutn-
bei have reached n strong numerical
basis. The principal object , of the order
is sot forth in the following resolution
adopted by the Mini Valley branch :
"That it is the sense of the Valley alli
ance that in order lo remedy the great
and growing evils under which the far
mers as a class arojaboring , we will use
pur influence individually and collect
ively for thu purpose of scouring a bet-
ler class of men lo represent ns and our
interests in the halls of the legislature
and congress ; that the republican or
democratic parties need not expect our
support unless they put forward men for
olhco men whom wo can in justice to
ourselves support. "
The editor of aGrccnwood paper boasts
that "a little black-eyed woman one of
the fairest , and best in the hind , to his
notion does up her household work ,
washes and dresses a little bhirk-oycd
'rascal , ' and then goes lo the printing
ollice , rolls up her sleeves , goes to the
case , lakes a handful of copy , a ' .stick'
and rule nnd sets a 'string' of typo as
long us the moral law , each day. " Dur
ing nil this bustle among tin pans , sticks ,
rules and quad boxes the editor cocks his
pedals on the table , ga/.os pensively at
the columns of an esteemed contempor
ary , sciisors paragraph after paragraph
of bristling wit or burnished opinion ,
jabs his thumb in the convenient paste
pot , and lo , a "loader" is born. Mean
while his "dome of thought" throbs and
perspires , nnd the mottled fringe on its
summit grows weak from frequent mop-
pings. Mayhap ho essays to put the
copy on the hook , or hunt up sorts for
his black-eyed better half , or dumn hoi-
sticks , or do other little chores that help
roll up columns of matter , but his great
est delight is to watch his wife pull out
for a "phat take" or polish Iho young
idea with a shooting stick. Of such
great mon are made , as well as galley
slaves.
Iowa Items.
Calliope is negotiating foi'a woolen
mill.
mill.A
A whistling ghost is one of fho curiosi
ties of Pacilic City.
Muscatino will celebrate her liflietli
birthday on July 4.
Alton expects lo put up $00,000 worth
of buildings this year.
There are 37,211 ex-soldiers , sailors
and marines in tlio state.
The factory girls of Dubuque have
joined the Knights of Labor.
Tons of wild ducks are being killed at
Spirit lake and shipped to Chicago.
The telephone has 1,000 patrons in Dos
Moines , 400 in Davenport and 200 in
Clinton.
Ottumwapacked 74,515 , hogs from No
vember 1 , 1 85. to March 0 , 1830 , accord
ing to the official report.
Waterloo is becoming the haven of
Iowa drummers. Nearly ono hundred
sample cases make it their homo.
David Urigsbv , a young man who for
merly lived at Piano , Appanooso county ,
has been arrested at Kcokulc on the
charge of counterfeiting.
A syndicate Is being formed at Inde
pendence for thu purpose of pnrchniing u
tract of laud in Tennessee on which to es
tablish a colony of Iowa people ,
Dubuque county has 421 ox-soldiers ,
sailors and marines now living within its
borders. Polk county has 1,113 , the
highest number of any county in the
stale , and Knimol41 , the lowest number ,
George burroughs , of DOW.S , fooled
with a loaded gun on Wednesday hist ,
while the mu/.islo pointed towards his
brother Edward. The cun wont off , and
the question now is whether Edward will
dlo from his wounds or bo a cripple for
life.
life.Tho
The vital statistics of Davenport for
March are as strange and peculiar as
the weather of Iho lioulo month. Thoru
wore seventy-eight births , forty-one boys
and thirty-sovon girls , and ono pair of
twins ; sixty-two deaths and forty-two
marriages.
U. F. Knapp , editor of the C.illlopu
Hindu , claims the credit of being the
voungost Iowa ox-soldier in thu state.
lie "jlncd the army" in July , 1801 , about
a week before his lUth birthday , and was
discharged In November , 18i ( ) , on ac
count of ill health
Knuist S. Dennett , head bookkeeper in
the dry goods house of Ur L > . Wndsworth
& Co. , of Davenport , forged the linn's
name and raised $8,000 , , with whioh ho
skipped for Canada. Ho was arrested at
Suspension bndgu , N. Y. , Saturday. Hun-
nett is 33 years of ago , and has u useful
penittmtiary career before him ,
11,11. Mutlook , a former resident of
Davenport , will remove to Melbourne ,
Australia , having accepted the position
of superintendent of the works and op
eration ! ! of the Western Kleotrio company
in that city , ilo will recolvo n salary ol
ftt 000 yenr ami eyponsos. Mr. Mattock
* LumiM. r for th < ! WuMcrn Union
Telegraph company in Davenport from
1805 to 1881.
_
Dnkutn.
Deadle county farmers figure 550,000
benefit from the last snow storm ,
Rapid City is to have a new democratic
paper. The iirst number will bo issued
about May lo.
Johnny Morgan , a shift boss , was
crushed to death by falling rock in the
Old Abe mine , Lead City , last week.
Spearfish will issue bonds for the pur
pose of procuring a water supply. It is
thought that a good supply can bo secured -
cured for § 25,000
llapid City is enjoying a lively season
in the building and real estate linos.
Settlers are llockimr to the town and
surrounding country by tlio thousands.
Tlio Scotland Citizen says thai the early
riser witnessed a striking mirage Wednes
day morning. The blulls along the Mis
souri river on the Nebraska side , thirty
tnilc.s distant , were distinctly seen in all
their snow-clad grandeur and irregu
larity.
The richest silver ore in largo bodies
ever discovered in the United States was
struck in the Iron Hill mine , near Deadwood -
wood , last week. Much of it assays $ ! & >
000 to Iho ton. A live-foot breast lias al
ready boon opened , ( treat excilo.nent
prevails. The slock hns gone up to $250
in one jump and is steadily advancing.
Wyoming.
Cheyenne's debt in bonds and warrants
amounts to $101,810.
The rush of laud-seekers to Central
Wyoming is immense.
Lnrainic was treated to a thunder and
snow storm Thursday.
A pickle company , capital ? 0,000 , has
been organized for business in Cheyenne.
The attempt of the Cheyenne kickers
to enjoin Governor Warren and the ter
ritorial auditor from paying any inonev
appropriated by the late legislature was
squelched by a decision of Chief Justice
1 .uey.
A bold , bad crook broke into llob Max
tor's residence and looted the house of
everything valuable and portable. The
raider turned out to bo John Mnllin. an
ox-crook at the Thornburg house , anil ho
was arrested.
Information was received in Cheyenne
from Washington on Saturday , to tlio ef
fect thai an additional appropriation of
$75,000 , would probably bo made by con
gress for tlio purpose of finishing the
work of rebuilding Fort Russell.
The residences of the Chinese in
Evanslon are but one mass of filthy-
looking dons , and the roof of nearly
every ono of them covers n report wherein
gambling , opium smoking , liquor soil
ing or pro-itilnlion is curried on , contrary
to law. The Kvanston Chinese have in
the past ten years committed four foul
murders , in each instance taking the life
of ono of their own race. Tlio number
includes two men and two women.
Taking into consideration the small Mon
golian population , this makes a ghastly
record.
A ThunkloHS Task.
New i'oifr Ttmra.
Gen Crook has for more than i\ year
had so thankless a laslc in the de
partment of Arizona that lie can hardly
be blamed for having asked to bo relieved
from it. Early in 1885 ho made the same
request , after certain views of his as to
managing Iho lately hostile Indians had
boon sot aside for those of a civilian
agent. Although ho had no longer wished
the responsibility of their control , his re
quest to bo relieved was not then granted ,
and aftorGeronimo'squtbreak Lieut. Gen.
Sheridan , having visited Gen. Crook , of
ficially pronounced himself satisfied with
that ollicur'd muthods , past and pros
pective , allliongh thu people of Ari/.onn
hud made many complaints. When the
promised surrender of the hostilcs ap
peared lo have completed his imme
diate work. Gen. Crook seems to have
one more asked to bo relieved , and his re
quest for transfer to the department of
Ihe Plalto , vacated by Gon. Howard , has
now boon grunted. As hostilities are still
in prospect in Arizona , itis fortunate
that the successor of Gen. Crook is Gen.
* N. A. Miles , the conqueror of Chief Jo
seph and an Indian fighter of the highest
reputation , who will probably bo wel
comed by the people of Ari/oua ana Nojv
Mexico.
" " "
"It"is found that wlion parall'me is thoroughly -
oughly mixed with linseed oil , cast into
small blocks and cooled , it may bo used
to make any fabric , as cloili felt and
leather , waterproof , by rubbing it with
such a block and ironing afterwards to
equalize the distribution of the material
in the pores. If too much is not put on
the material may be made to bo only im
pervious to water but not to air , the .email
greasy pores repelling water but not air.
U
Diseases from Pimples to Scrofula Cured by
Cuticura.
Hundreds of loiters In our possession , copies of
whluh may bo Imd by lotiirn of mull , lonont this
story : I fm\o boon n toiTlblo snllcrur lor yours
iioin nisuasoH of the skin und I Hood ; have licen
oltllKOd to vliiiu public plucus by lUitson of my
dlstlKinliiK liumois ; hiivn Imd tlio bust pliynl-
clans : IIHVO Bnoiit liunilivdHol' dolliunnd trot
no rolldf until I used tlio ( 'iitlunrn Uoimxllon.
which Imvo cured mo , find left my shin mid blood
as pure us u child's.
COVKHKD WITH 8A1YT UKHUJI.
Cutlcuiu Ilomodlos uro tboKrcutnat rnndleliioa
nil LMirtli. Had tlio womt case of Suit Ithnuiii In
this country. My mother Imd It tnontyyuuig , In
f net died 1'ioni It. I bolluvuCutluuni would Imvo
gnvod liurlllo , Mynrms , Incnst und tiuiul worn
covoiod for Hi i-oo ytmra , ulileh nollihw relloved
or 0111 od until 1 used ( he Ciitfonrti Resolvent , In.
toiunlly , and Cutlcuiu nml Cutloiua Bonn , tutor-
imlly. J. W. ADAMS.
Nmwlc , O.
HEAD , FA01 ! AND I10DV HAW.
I commenced to use your Cntlciiru Homndlot
lust July , Aly lirnd und luce and boinn purls of
my body woio iilmnst nnv. My hcud ivuscov-
ered with heabs urn ! Mro , and my hiiirorintr was
Iriirful. 1 hud trlod ovwyllilitfr fluid hoard erIn
In tlio KiiRt and West. Mycusu \ > us eomldored
a very hud one. 1 Inno now not n pnitluln of Skin
Humor about mo , mid my onin Is ronsldurod
womlorful. BlttS.S. 13. WHIl'l'l.K.
IH'cauir , Mich.
E07.RMA ritOM IIKAI ) TO
ClmHos Duyro HlnUlu. Jersey City HolMrlitt , N ,
J. , willos : ' , My son , a Imlol twulvo yuars , was
completely cm od ol' torrllilocaso of KiYuumby
the UutlimiH llnmedlen. Kiom tlio top of hla
hund to the goluaof his foot WUH ono muss of
miba. " Dvury other lomody and physicians
had boon tried In vulii.
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CutlouYit Komodlos tire bold nvnrywhoro.
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