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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , FRIDAY , APRIL 16. 1880. ' THE DAILY BEE. , OMAHA OFFicr.Mo. 914 AxnoiflFAnjUM ST 1 NEW YOIIK Omen , HOOM c5TnintiNE ncir.mso , WASHINGTON OmCK , NO. M3 FOUIITEENTH St. rtibll he < 1 every morning , except Sunday. Tlio only Monday morning impor published In tlio etntc. TETIMS TIT MATT.S One Yfflr . $ iaooTliron ; Months . * 2.M Blx Months. . . . . . . . G.0oono ! Month . 1.00 i THE WEEKLY HEK. Published Kvory Wednesday. TF.IIMS , POSTPAID ! One Vcnr , with premium . . . . . . . . , . . . . . .t-.fr > One Ycnr , without pi ninlum . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. > HLt Months , without premium. . . . . . . . . 75 One Month , on trial . 10 connr-sroxDENCEt All communications rclntlnir to news nnd mil- torlal mutter * should bo luldrosscO to tlio Hut- ion OP nit : line. HHSISEPS t.r.rntns : All Iwjlnrsn letter ) mill romlttnncr"j Rlionld ho n < idi-e ! Cl to TUB HER PimufuiiNd COMPANV , OMAHA. Irnfl. , cheeks nnd iiostolllco onlors to bo nindo pnynblo to the onlor of tlio company. m m puBLismiifcipJiiiT , PROPRIETORS , E. OIIAIIA cnnnot Imvo any too many irmmifiiclurus. JAY GOULD always did dotcst the umoll of powder , mid Ills dlsllko of 1'ow- dorly Is but natural. IT begins to look llko the genuine old fashioned article of spring. Business wtll sprout with the buds. CYCLONE collars arc becoming quite fashionable. Pcoplo do not laugh at the idea quito so much as they did when it was originated. FIVE heavy guns for sea coast defense have been cast in IJoslon recently. The next question confronting the war depart ment is to ilnd a sea coast defence strong enough to stand their recoil. Mil. GUILDS , of the Philadelphia Ledger , has presented $100 to the Now York Press club to aid in the purchase of a burial lot. This ought to secure to Mr. ChiUls the honor of writing the obituary poetry and epitaphs for the Now York newspaper men. Mu.PowDiniLY'soompliinonls to Gould are of n pointed character. The master worKiuan. who was so confident a few wcoks ago that a conference with the railroad spider would cause him to re lease his grip on the Hies caught in his net , has found ample reason to change his opinion. THE Asphalt company should begin at once the work of replacing their broken pavement along the street car tracks on Sixteenth street. The experiment made lias proved a failure and stone should bo promptly laid between the tracks nnd along the rails. In its present con dition tlio pavement is dangerous nnd unsightly. _ THE striking epidemic has at last struck the school children. Five hun dred school boys at Troy , N. Y. , struck for a single daily session of four hours , and endeavored to force their demand by throwing stones and mud at the po lice. They succeeded in compelling the school board to listen to a statement of their "grievances. " It is now in order for the teachers to do a little striking With their ferrules. CAIJFOHNIA is liable to feel a reaction after the rate war is over which will have a very depressing effect upon her com merce and industries. The cheap faros Lave glutted the California labor market , and the merchants have overstocked themselTcs in their anxiety to take ad- yantago of the cut-throat freight rates. When the artificial boom which natural- iy follows the influx of vast numbers of tourists and [ slght-sccrs subsides a collapse - lapse will follow that will paralyze everything in the way of business on the Pacific coast. Thousands who will bo unable to find work will lack \t\io \ means of returning to their former homes , and when the bills ma ture for the immense stocks of goods the merchants will find themselves hard pushed by their creditors. The Pacific jailrond wnr , which lias foolishly benn regarded by some as a great blessing for California , is liable to bo moro dam aging than a grasshopper invasion or a drouth. CHICAGO has a genuine dramatic sen sation in the person of a young colored tragedian , named Wood , who is sup ported by a colored company and a colored orchestra. Mr. Wood , who re ceived his tuition from Prof. Lyman the gentleman who lost his teeth at Boyd'g opera house in this city made his debut in Richard III. Ho combines all the qualities of the eminent tragedians of the past and present if any depend ence can bo placed upon the Chicago Herald's critic who says lie is ponderously resonant in declama tion , which suggests a study of Forrest ; mnd , again , ho is softly winning and so- fiuctiro , ( ia in his scene with Lady Anne , which would indicate a familiarity with the methods of Lawrence Barrett. In the great battle scene ho shdoks to the limit of a youthful voice , and there , of course , Wo liavo Tom Kceno. Mr. Wood really created a very favorable impression upon the critic , and perhaps ho Is the coming tragedian. At present , there is plenty of jroora for him , notwithstanding the prejudice - dice of color may work against him. His next attempt will bo Otltollo. IF the laws rotating to pro-eruption , timber culture , and desert-laud are re- 'Denied ' , as they are very likely to bo , the homestead entry law will bo the only one under which settlers can secure land. Upon this subject of the lr.nd laws , the Chicago Herald says : Tlio right of pre-emption has been in force elnco liMd , ami was \\\o \ \ \ thstof the general laws under which people might ncQiilio title to the pubho domain , Under It tlio gicnter portions of the vast territory cinbrnc- ng tlio states of Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Ne braska , Wisconsin and Minnesota liavo boon settled. There is no special icason for the reucAl of the law now , cave that tlio homo- toad law Is practically identical with It , anil therefore It Is thought to bo unnecessary to wlalu the older act. The timber culture act Was loosely drawn In the first place , and has 'Jwen made the vehicle of gross frauds and buiai , but linger It thousands upon thousands et ncroa have beoii taken up by the people who , not being re- 4ulte < t to eottlo upon the laud , Imvo no tstentlon ot violng It , The desert land act WftMtjobin ths nm place , aud under It oint ) 'California grobbtus got title to laud enough for an. empire at the ridiculous price pf 99 cotU ) 4i ) aare , The "desert" lauds tliat ft * good lor anything have long since been absorbed , inl thure | a 110 longer any need t the J\Yt Homo llulo'f ) History. A few yearn ago homo rule and Irish abstraction wore considered as one and the same thing. The history of the movement extends backwards scarcely moro than a decade , The beginning of the agitation for local government in Ireland by Irishmen arose partly in con sequence of the disestablishment of the Iristi church under Mr , Gladstone's great "reform" administration which ended in 1871. The year 1873 saw the lirst organized advocacy of the move ment. In the Irish elections of that year the "homo rulers" were successful in several boroughs. The leadership of the new party In parliament fell into the hands of Mr. Butt , a man of ability and culture , who had once boon a conserva tive opponent of O'Donnoll. The move ment was one which English statesmen failed to understand. Mr. Gladstone , in deed , shared a disposition to understand the now agitation ; and this disposition did not help his popularity with those Englishmen who wore inclined to disre gard It altogether. Homo rule made no headway in English polities then , al though Mr. Butt and his followers had begun what was destined to grow with singular rapidity. The accession of Lord Bcaconsficld to tlio premiership checked the onward march , of the homo rule agitation , but Mr. Butt and his party kept themselves before the public by obstructionist tactics which made them a sharp thorn in the conserv ative flesh. In 1870 Charles Stewart Par- ncll entered parliament as representative from Meath , and at once took Mr. Butt's place as the real leader of the homo rule agitation , and his brilliant tactics an noyed and discredited the government. One of Mr. Parncll's lirst practical move ments toward tliu furtherance of his schemes was the organization of the Land League , which the distress caused by the bad harvest of 1878-80 greatly aided. Previous to this time his influence among the Irish people had not been particularly marked , but at the many meetings which the league called forth he grow to bo the most popu lar speaker , and his power increased to a wonderful degree. The agitation which was now developed into a movement for wide reaching reforms in Irish govern ment and land tenures swo pt all Ireland south of Ulster botoro it. The objects of the league wore , in the first place , a re duction of rents , which were not to bo paid at all in the event of refusal , and in the second place , an entire change in the land laws , by which peasant proprietors were to succeed the landlords. The league was suppressed in 1881 , tlio 5'car in which Mr. Gladstone's government transformed the whole system of Irish land tenures , but it was immediate ! } re vived as the National league. During the previous year Mr. Parnoll visited , the United States and collected funds for the object of the league. Despite every effort of the government the outrages con tinued , culminating , in 1832 , in the mur der of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke , in consequence of which the stringent crimes act .was brought into force , apiece of legislation since repealed. But coercion and renewed "outrages" could not stay the progress of the na tionalist cause. The last general elec tion was a remarkable evidence of the results of Parncll's genius for leadership. The nationalists carried five-sixths of the Irish scats , taking in all Ireland except in the extreme north , where Orange sen timent prevails. "Homo rulo" was the battlo-cry of the electoral campaign , and the result was the return of 80 national ists to 18 conservative Irish members , the former representing four and u quarter millions of people , the latter less than a million. With his accustomed shrewd ness , Purncll saw that the more even the balance of British political parties in parliament the moro effective would bo the Irish vote , and Irish ballots in Eng land wore cast to further that end. The result was the election of a parliament consisting of 033 liberals and 251 con servatives. With the introduction of a bill renewing coercion , the conservative ministry foil by the Irish vote combined with that of the liberals , and Mr. Glad stone cftttie once morn Into power , under pledges to deal with homo rulo. How well ho has carried out his pledges is seen in the introduction of the measure whoso advocacy all England is now pre dicting will result in his downfall. Tlio Prospects or Turin" Hoforin. Within a few days at the farthest Mr. Morrison's bill for reforming the tariff will bo the subject of debate in congress. The measure as agreed upon in commit tee is a decided improvement over that introduced at the last session. Under its provisions the tariff taxes will bo re duced by about $31,000,000 a year. The reduction is largely in the duties on articles of general necessity and general use. The free list is largely extended and luxuries are forced to boar the greater portions of the custom's import. With a view to stim ulating American manufactures a modified tariffis retained on most articles of domestic production which would fool most heavily the competition of foreign labor. Taken as a whole the measure is well considered and adapted to the de mands of the time. It possesses the ad vantage over last year's bill that it is capable of division so that if the whole cannot bo carried through parts of it can bo saved. For all this the prospects of its passage are not cheering. It will not receive the support of Mr. Morrison's party despite democratic professions of revenue reform which have decorated all their party platforms for the last twelve years. The fact ia patent that the democracy are as badly aplit on the question of the tariff as the republi cans The south , which for half a century was the stronghold of free trade has now so many industries bolstered up by tariff discrimination * that it can no longer bo counted upon to support a movement for tariff revisions , Mr. Randall nnd his fol lowers tire as btrong us ever in their op position to any measure which will affect unfavorably the man ufacturing monopolies of Pennsylvania , Mr. Hewitt may bo expected to "protect" the protected wire industries in which ho is heavily interested. Senators Jones and Beck have also interests to look after and u score of other democratic senators and representatives wilj bo on hand to oppose any provision of Mr , Morrison's bill which , will take money out of their own pockets , So far us the republicans are concerned the tariff reformers will find few com forters. Specific interests find their supporters - porters eTon more generally in the re publican than in. the democratic ranks. While both parties are pledged io reform the glaring irregularities in the present tariff each is too fearful of parly disad vantage to commit itself to a measure which may lose voles In different sec tions of the country. Hero lies the diffi culty of tariff reform. Light tlio Streets. Next to making a largo increase in our police force , lighting the streets is the best moans of protecting our citizens from foot-pads and prowlers. In many re spects the money expended for moro lights will bring bettor returns than moro policemen. Thirty or forty policemen added to the present force would only have one policeman to about every ton squares. The high price of electric lights prevents the use of that Illuminator to any great extent , outside of the business center. The gas mains cover a compara- ly small area of the city with its three hundred additions. The use of gas must tnercforo also bo very limited if the design - sign is to have n lamp at every intersec tion on our residence streets. The only cheap nnd available medium for street lighting where electric light nnd gas cannot bo used is gasoline. It is used in some of the very largest cities in the country. The city of Philadelphia which owns nnd operates its own gas works , uses five thousands of gasoline street lamps. They servo all purposes which a gas lamp does and cost but a trillo. The people living in the outlying districts are now left entirely in the dark. They have neither police protection , lichted streets or pavements. It is all a man's life is worth sometimes to traverse thorn in the night. Those property owners pay their full proportion of taxes and there is no good reason why they should bo deprived of the advantages which the lighting of the streets would confer. Quito apart from the conven ience of lighted streets for its residents comes in the general convenience of the public , and the avoidance of damage suits by parties who suffer injury from broken limbs and smashed vehicles. Money invested for street lighting : will pay handsome returns. THE idiotic dispatch in the licpnbli- can , about the so-cnllcd Van Wyck con vention at Columbus , is in full accord with the course which that paper ha1 ? all along pursued. According to that vera cious sheet "tho Van Wynck syndicate of political wire pullers held their long ad vertised district convention at Columbus Wednesday , and proved itself to bo a very feeble affair. " The truth is there was no Van Wyck convention , district or otherwise , called at Columbus , nor was it ever advertised. The gathering was made up of members of the State Central Van Wyck clu b organized at Hast ings some weeks ago. The object was the adoption of a. 'constitution nnd the clco- tion of oilicors. The attendance was as numerous as usual at state central com mittee meetings. It was a purely pri vate business gathering of a club designed - signed to promote the re-election of Sen ator Van Wyck. There were men pres ent from every congressional and judi cial district. This is all that was desired or expected. In duo time , when the feeble efforts of this gathering make themselves felt all along the line , the Republican will go into a spasm of im potent rago. THE imports at the port of Now York for March show an increase of nearly ? 3,500,000 , , , nnd the exports a decrease of $3,000,000 , while nearly $1,000,003 in spe cie was exported. For the month the duties on foreign dutiable goods thrown on the Now York market were within $10,000,000 of the value of our merchandise exports , or within less than 50 per cent. SENATOU MANDEIISON'S bill to make Omaha a port of immediate delivery for dutiable goods has passed both houses of congress , and will now become a law. This is good news for Omaha merchants who have long boon subject to annoying delays in importing foreign goods , which are usually delayed at the port of entry from * heep ( gjs weel > a. NOW they will bo able to receive their imported goods by immediate trans portation , without delay at the port of entry , and they will bo on equal footing with the importers who are located at the seaports. This is a great advantage and will benefit this city in many ways. This law makes Omaha really a port of entry for Nebraska and all the territory that is commercially tributary to this city. THE usefulness of the cyclone cellar as a place of refuge was demonstrated dur ing the cyclone on Wednesday afternoon near the town of Bray ton , Iowa. Tlio pupils in a country school house saw the funnol-shapcd cloud approaching , and with the families in the immediate ! neigh borhood ran into a cave , which had been built for such an omereonoy. They had hardly Beached this shelter when the cloud struck the school house and several dwellings and swept them away. PUKSIDENT CLEVELAND is considering the advisability of making a trip to Ne braska this summer on the urgent Invita tion of General Thayev. From recent reports on good authority , the president will make a wedding trip about the same time as our G. A. K. reunion. Ne braska is a charming climate in which to spend a honeymoon and Mr. Cleveland will not act wisely if ho passes over the advantages of a prairie schooner for a trip on the Tallapoosa. WK publish elsewhere the annual re port of the oity qnginoor In full with the oxooplionof tubulated matter and draw ings , and commend it to the careful readings - ings of interested tax-payers. The report is full of moat nnd contains a comprehen sive review of the engineering operations in Omaha during the past year with many valuable suggestions which wo shall take occasion to comment upon moro nt length in n subsequent issue , THE first appointment prollered the now council by Mayor Jloyd Is a coloicd police- man. Now , here's a chance to buglu opposi tion , If this , colored man is competent , sober nnd respectable ho bhould bo confirmed. If ho is one of those wretched bummers who delivered their votes to Pat Ford on election duy for $3 apiece ho should bo rejected. Pjnuurs if moro section men were em * ployed on the Omaha & Republican Vul- loy railroad , such an ac.cJ4.eat as that of Wednesday morning a.t the Blue river would bo less liable to happen * Too much economy sumetlmes is very costly , particularly in the case of railroad tracks. I Du. MILLER calhfupon the democratic party in Nebraska 'to ' ' 'organize. " Com ing from the man who jias done so much to disorganize the obrasKa democracy , this advice will douiitlcss bo received with enthusiasm by the' rank nnd file of tlio party throughout tlio state. PIIKSIDEKT CLKVKLAXD is rca lly going to marry. Senator Jones of Florida is dead in love , and now it is reported that Secretary Lamar is abont to lead a Geor gia widow to the altar. Cupid is ovl- dently getting in Ills work among the big guns of the democracy. A DEMOCRATIC liouso has refused to give Frank Hurd the scat in congress for which ho was defeated by his Ohio con stituents. For the remainder of the pres ent session Romcis will bo seen , not Hurd. SENATON LOGAN has promised to at tend the reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic of Nebraska. Ho will liml Nebraska a great soldier state , and the "boys" will give him a hearty welcome. Mu. HUUD , of Ohio , now knows what a congressional bounce is. THE FIELD 0V INDUSTUY. Tlio lialMiollilny movement 1ms taken deep root In Now Yoik. In I'lilliulolphla but n small fraction of It ? great labor aimy is on strike. The estimated number of idle wagowoikers in the United States is SOO.OOO. In Cinclnnattl most of the organizations have resolved to work only eight hours. Now knitting mills are projected In New York in suite of the complaints of no profit. Even the grave-diggers of Now York and Brooklyn have organized against graveyard wages. A federation of bookkeepers and ofllco clerks In Now York has already become n strong organization. The number of unemployed in Now York city is estimated at 50,000 , or less than oue- lialf tlio usual number. Most trades throughout the country seem to have compromised upon n nine-hour instead of nn eight-hour day from May 1. The printers In the calico-making mills of Connecticut refuse to impart the secrets of their trade to any but their own sons. Louisiana farmers are organizing a general movement to plant less cotton and raise mote hoi ? and hominy until such time as tlio price of cotton advances. A good many New England textile manu facturers are Improving their plants , putting hi new machinery , buying stock , taking or ders and preparing for a btyr fall production. A Fitchburg ( Mass. ) firm has just secured an order for 500,000 projectiles from the En glish government. $01110" of the most sub stantial men of England aio members of the company. * Owing to the allowed oppression of the ' Pennsylvania railroadj tho'National& Amer ican Tuba works ai'e to , bo removed to Youngstown , Ohio , wliere n SCO,000 plant will bo erected. c The master builders' of Washington will not accede to the eight-hour day , but the la bor unions have considered the subject and Intend to make the eltort. They have strong financial backing. The New York Central Lhbor Union , com posed of upward of 1 0 brooches , ims J(1QP ( O&llg&l to make a how cbustiuiiiou tor Itself in order to transact the enormous amount of business which is being crowded upon it. Tlio nine hour system has been largely adopted In Boston. .New York , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Plttsburg , Memphis and Kan Francisco. In the latter city some trades have been running on the nine hour rule for three years. The molding of car wheels by machinery Is likely to attract widespiead attention amoncr railroad men. A machine has been made at Scranton by which COO wheels can bo com pleted In ten hours. By the old process two men made eighteen wheels a day , attcr which axle wheels liad to bo bored. A com pany has been organized to push the manu facturing. Organized labor will bring a Stronir influ ence to bear upon congress to pass Senator Blair's bill to Incorporate trades-unions. Tlio Federation of Labor Is taking the lead in this movement , and the National Association ot iron-workers , miners , clgarniakerfl , coopers and other crafts have promised their support. Tlio hardware manufacturgrs pjJliorUuIled. | * } Yiiioporfc6t. \ . iuclu'dYng firearms , agricul tural implements , nails and ornamental iron work. Connecticut makes about one-third. Foreign countries send us about as much In a year as wo make in a week. A great deal of money Is being put into hardware estab lishments , ami the export of hardware "Yankee notions" Is increasing. Want to bo Jjot Alone. Providence Star. Tlio motto of some employers of labor is that of Jeff Davis. They want to bo let alone. Ought to bo Arbitrated. lloston Ilecortl. It would save a great deal of .suffering If the base ball cliamplonhhli ) could bo settled this year by aibltration. Straddling is Plnyod Out. Philadelphia Record. The democratic party has cither got to "llsli or cut bait" In the struggle for tax reduction. It cannot always sUaddlo the fence. A Hint to Florida. IiKltanajioKs Sentinel. When the Florida legislature elects an other senator It should elect a man with a wife and at least nine children , On a Naughty Little- Boy , Sleeping. lint Unite , Just now I missed from hall and stair A joyful tieble that had grown As dear to mo as thatgiavo tone That tells the world my pldor care. And little footsteps on the lioor \Voro stayed. 1 laid asldu my pen , I'orgot niy tlicmo. and , , intoned then Stole softly to the library door. i i No Bight I no sound I a/moment's freak Of laney tlulllod my puhes thiough : "If no , " and yet , that fancy diew A father's blood tram heart and-cheek. And then 1 found him I Th ere ho lay , Surprised by sleep , caitsht In the act , The lObV vandal who had sacked His little town , aud thought ) t play. The shattered vase ; th&'brok'cn ' iar ; A match still smolderDig on tlio lloor ; The inkstand's mirploi > ooof { coio : The chessmen scattered ficar and iar. Strewn leaves of album < i'lightly ' pressed Tills wicked "Habyoftho Woods11 ; In fact , of half the household goods Tins son and heir was seized possessed. Yet all In vain , for sloop had caught ' 1 ho hand that reached.ho ! feet that strayed ; And tullen in that ambuscade The victor was himself o'urwroupht. What though torn leaves and tattered book Still testified his deon disgrace 1 1 stooK-d | and klused the Inky face , With Its domuie and calm outlook. Then back I stole , nnd half begullod My guilt , in trust that when my sleep Should come , there might bo Ouu who'd keep An eaual mercy for His child. The Difference. Atlanta Constitution. A Chicago paper has n regular Saturday depajtmeut headed "TheYcek in Kuiopc. " It should bo distinctly understood that t > week in Europe is equal Io about seven min utes nud a half In Chicago. Always Coin I up to tlio Front , Trnlftburv AmeriMn. The constitutional objection Is always the first to bo brought nnd the hardest to main tain acalust popular legislation. Also AVItli the Tclcurnpli Company , Boston Htrald. There Is considerable icason for believing that dispatches from.Tcxas are not altogether and absolutely Impartial. Mr. Gould has a good deal of Influence with some pcoploldown That Should ho the Cnso. Peorta Trawcript. It must DO icmoinborcd by capitalists nnd laboicrs that , while their separate Interests are of gieat importance , above each stands the law of the land. In Its majestic presence both . ) ny Gould and Martin Irons , the dweller In palatial l.nl.'s ' end the luhabitantuf the must stand uncovered. STATK AND T Nebraska Jottings. There are 141 parsons of school ngo in Fairlleld. An $8,000 hotel is to bo built at Tal ma go this summer. Another daily threatens to bloom in in Grand Island next month. There nro seventy cases in the district court dockclotl in Johnson county. The corn area in Gage county will be much greater this season than heretofore. Hastings is on the brink of a mayoralty contest , in which Fraud ( with a big F ) will pose as a chief iiguro. G. M. Harris , of Pawnee Cily , has in vented n m.ichmo that will chow until and turn out 00,000 bricks a day. George Downey , a Pierce county far mer , living in the southwestern part of tlio county , was struck in tlio head with nn ax by a Frenchman named Krsktno , Saturday , and will die. The town of Hickumn has shed its win ter clothes and donned the toga suitable for spring activity. The roads in the vi cinity are rapidly drying up nnd farmers arc now able to come to market. Fully 100,000 bushels of corn are cribbed there. There are live grain merchants and two largo elevators in the town , and all branches of trade and professions nro fully represented. A cheese factory , a bank and a doctor are wanted to hll her measure of happiness. A newspaper will bo launched there next week. The BEE correspondent at Burnett writes a quarter-column correction of a three-lino mistake which crept into those jottings fiomo days ago. It was stated that tlio prohibitionists of the town were boycotting the saloons nnd tlio business men who supported them. An invcsliaa- tion proves that there is but one saloon in the town , nnd that has no.t boon boycotted nor has a disposition been shown by the temperance - anco people to injure tlio business. Tlio town is now enjoying a season of unpre cedented prosperity , and all residents are united in upholding the material and moral interests of the town , hoping to make it the banner burg of the Elkhorn valley. _ Iowa Items. The estimated expense of the schools of Davenport for 18S7 is $70,000. , An Ackloy saloon man was taxed $000 for bucking prohibition , and was sent to jail in default. A. II. Perry , superintendent of the Eureka Coal Mining company , of DCS Moincs , is short $7,000 in his accounts. Several Salvation army brigadiers and female lieutenants wore jugged in Clin ton Sunday for indulging m a scrapping match. Mrs. Phffibo A Bu rt , wife of the vener able Judge Jiuiies jlurt , iljed nt her horrio Ti Dniruojiio , Saturday ntternoon , aged 77 years. Mrs. Burt had been a resident of Dubuque for thirty-five years. Mrs. Nancy Frazee , one of the oldest settlers ol Cedar Rapids , died Saturday afternoon , aged 78 years. She has re sided at Cedar Rapids since 1810 , and has been bedridden for the past six years on account of paralysis. .The grand jury in the United States district court , now in session utDubuque , found a bill of indictment against N. M Pago.for fourteen years postmaster at Fort Dodgo. His ollbnso was tlio embez zlement of funds and falsifying his ac counts. . John Ryan , a Dubuque tailor , died from strangulation Sunday evening. While at the supper table at his boarding house ho suddenly stopped eating and be gan to breathe hard. Ho was placed on a lounge , but died before a physician Ar rived. A oljunjk gfJoCf w-J ! 5u la ms - tr.ro a _ Dakota. The arrivals at Buffalo Gap average 100 a. day. A baby show is squalling at Wbon- socket. Yankton's skating rmk will bo turned into a canning factory. Bcadlo county has 1,300 male candi dates foimatrimony. . Now , girls , don't all pop at onco. Iowa capitalists will build and'operato a Hour mill , capacity 1,000 , bushels per day , at Buflalo Gap. The pursuit of tin is the principal occu pation ot Black Hills , prospectors just now. The restof mankind are similarly ' occupied' The Custcr County Chronicle- thus pic tures the mineral outlook : "It is gratify ing to know that the spell is broken , that the long period of comparative inactivity has reached its close , and that wo are merging upon the advent of , a progressive era , that will advance iu to a standard of commercial prestige , unsurpassed by any mining region under the , canopy of heaven. " Seventeen Inches of snow fell nt Laramie - mio on tholUth , The court liouso and jail in Laramie are lighted bv electricity , A Chinese pugilist offers to polish off any sport in Buflulo for n small stack of chips. Lander , the county seat of Fremont county , is full of strife over the proposed $25,000 court house. Fred Hugornmn , the alleged wholesale horse th'uit , has been hold to appear be fore the di&tnct court in bonds which ho caunpt give. A Mrs. Beach , of Cheyenne , has created a social sensation by taking her children , deserting her husband and leaving for purls unknown. The affairs of the Rawlins Savings. Loan and Building association wore wound up on Monday , an ass6ssmont of 85 cents per share providing for the out standing shares. This association , was iu existence lifty-eight and three fourths months , the monthly assessments amounting to $58.85 , for which each shareholder received $100 , less the pre mium paid for his loan , Utah and Idaho , A fire destroyed $12.000 worth of prop erty in Kutchum , Idaho , last week , The llvo-voar-old son of Harry McCar- dell was killed by the cars at bait Lake last week , Cnldwoll , Idaho , will soon ship 600,000 pounds of wool , and Ontario about 800- ( XX ) pounds. The clip of that portion of Idaho is steadily increasing , A company of Wood River capitalists has been organi/.od to explore the Lucky Bar chums , and will nt once put on the ground a $27,000 plant of machinery. The Huiloy Times says t.hcro are in Idaho for every twenty men not moro than one woman , and urges that an otl'ort bo made to induce female im migration. This would furnish wives for the hoys , and clomosHo help , whereby - by the Olnncso would bo driven oiit of the territory. Oniahn cracksmen rifled Sadlo Noblo's dive In Salt Lake city recently , nnd cur ried olT every thing portnblo. They did not disturb tlio reputation of the house. Farmers along tlio Sovlcr river in south ern Utah are ottering live cents per head for the destruction 01 jack rabbits in or der to protect their crops. Boys corral thousands of them In u bunch and drive them into the river and drown them. John Conloy , n poverty stricken polyg- amlst , who could not pay n line of $ v00 ! , swore in court that his two wives wore worth 57,000 each , and that ho worked for them at a salary ot $50 a month.which they paid promptly. They would not pay his line , and ho was sent uack to jail to work it out. Colorado. Loadvillo is enjoying n real estate boom. Fort Collins la talking of establishing a canning factory. One gentleman stands ready to put up $1,000. Mrs. Van Colt's roviv.il in Denver , which closed last week , netted 000 con verts. From Denver slio goes to Kmniets- burg , Iowa. Tlio plan of driving a great tunnel under the city of Londvillo , to drain the wet mines to the eastward , is daily gain ing in populuritynnd the possibilities are that work will oc commenced In a few months. Sterling is having * building boom. The lumber dealers report heavy sales this month. They are sending out moro building material In a week than they sold in a month during the busy season of last year , nnd it is with dltu'culty they keep up their stocks. The Pacific Coast. "Tho knife seems to Imvo taken the place of the revolver over in Virginia City , and its use has bouomo somewhat epidemic. A pig was born near Dixon , Cal. , re cently which is a great curiosity. The head resembles that of an elephant , hav ing a nose nbovu tlio eyes similar to an olonliant's trunk. Work on the now Catholic cathedral at Sacramento will , bo begun the last of April or the lirst ot May , and it is thu in tention to push the building to as early a completion as possible. During the past four weeks over 500- , 000 gallons of wine and brandy have been shipped from ho1 ! Angolcs. Tlio United States gangers are busy from morning till night in gauging California brandy before it in placed on the cars for overland shipment. The ladies of San 1'rancisco liavo hold a meeting and decided that the "mash- ors" who liang about street contort ) to annoy and insult ladies who pass must go. They passed resolutions denouncing tlio corner loafers , and appointed a com- mittco to wait upon proprietors of stores and persuade them to discountenance the "living statues. " "Tho Vicar ol' AVnkofleld. " Saturday Review : Every ono knows Boswcll's carefully worded account of the romantic circumstances in which Johnson relieved Goldsmith's distress by soiling the manuscript of his novel to some unnamed bookseller for GO. Bos- well's story is professedly Johnson's "own exact version , " and corrects what ho calls the "strangely misstated" facts of Mrs. Thralo and Sir John Hawkins. With these varying accounts , Austin Dobson collates that of Richard Cumber land , and observes , in conclusion : "Bos- well's story alone wears an air of vorac ity , and it lias generally been regarded as the accepted version. " The novel was pnbhshcd March 27th , 1700 , and was advertised in the Publio Adver tiser of the same date , together with "TJie TiaVQjpr , " wjij li.wjis JiuWifilied in 1704. Trough the indefatigable research of Mr. Dobson , a matter ot great interest that has hitherto remained obscure is now clear. Possibly through mere care lessness , though probably because she recollected the date of the publication of "The Vicar of Wakoficld5 Mrs. Thralo thought the eventful dinner with John son , interrupted with Goldsmith's urgent message , could not have occurred later than 1705 or 1700. Johnson , however , told Boswcll that the novel "was written and sold to his booksellers before his "Traveler , ' but published after. " Although Boswell unfortunately gives no date of the famous interview , it is clear that Mrs. Thrale's memory served her badly. There is now no need to attempt to re concile Mrs.Thralo's date and Boswcll's account of Johnson's version of the inci dent. Mr. Dobson has discovered that as far back us October 38 , 17 < > 3. Collins. th Salisbury priiitOT , ha'u purchased of "Dr" Goldsmith , the author , " for 21 a , third share in "The Vicar of Walceficld. " Tins' interesting fact is disclosed by an old ac count book once belonging to Collins , and now in possession ot Charles Welsh , 11 member ot the firm of publishers sue ccsso 'S to John Nowbury. Several cur ious items connected with the sale of tlio novel are communicated by Mr. Welsh. It appears from the memoranda of Collins that the fourth edition started with a loss , and Collins sold his third share for 5 guineas. "This unhopeful view , " says Mr. Dobson , "is borne out by the circumstances at tending the production of the ilfth edi tion , which is generally supposed to have been issued in 177U , the date upon the title page. As a mutter of fact , its issue was deferred till April , 1774 , the month in which Goldsmith died ; and not withstanding 1119 statements of Forster and others , the sixth edition was not pub lished until March , 1771) . " The impres sion has boon general that this immortal work enjoyed a brisk Kale , at least in the early editions , and that the original pur chaser delayed its publication for some fifteen months , The strange truth is now revealed that for moro than three yours did its three owners agree to keep it from the light , and that oiio of them was f > o hopeless of its permanent value Unit ho sold his slmro for a paltry sum four years after its publication. It Doesn't Pay to JBo Too Familiar. Chicago Herald : "I have only been away from home three weeks , " remarked a young man in the smoking-car , "but in that time I have learned one lesson , and that is that u man shouldn't bo too in fernally famlliiir with people with whom ho is not well acquainted. I've boon traveling out In the mining regions of Colorado for u couple of weeks. The lirfet night I stopped in ono little town 1 was in the bur-room of tlm hotel , where I got acquainted with a mine owner , and wo had several drinks together , 1 thought I know the man pretty well , nnd so , next morning , when 1 saw him walk ing along the street a llttlo ahead of me , I quioknnod my stop and caught up with him. Slapping him vlgorou&ly on the back , I oxolaimcd : " 'Where ? ' are you going " 'None of your d d business. What dp you want1 ? was the roply. Ami in the sixteenth of u .second my friend had turned toward mo und put tlio muzzle of his shooting-iron into my face. " 'What do 5'ou want ? ' lie repeated savagely. " 'Oh , nothing'says I , us t snoaUcd back to the hotel. Ho didn't scorn to recognize ui'nt all , and when I ulnp a man on the buck after this it will be when TTQ uro us well acquainted as brothers. " When IUbf wla elt * , "a fi"e h Oittoria , When ilie vrta Child , the cited for Coatoria , When ike became Ul > * , &ho clang to CutarU , ) , ? ho giro thun Oaitorfa , STRICTLY PURE. n CONTAINS ivooricst i w Asrrona SB CEBTS Ifop Cough IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $ t PER BOTTIE ffJKCEN I BOTTLES.iu put tip for tlio A rfWlJIcommodatlonor oil who dcslro ft BOO and low priced Gfiueh , ColdandCroupRemedy TIIO.'K DKSIII1NO A UKMKIir FOH CONSUMPTION ANr RhLUira DISEASE , Should BCCUVO tlio lur to ? l bottler. Direction nccompnnylnir onch bottlo. Bold by all Modiclno Doalors. 017 St. ClinrIcsH < . , .SM.onlHMo. Nervous Prostration , Deblllly , Mental rnjslcal Weakness ; Mercurial nnd other I | L ° , it.ltole"l1M ; * " \ " ' " " ' " / 1" Ml * | ' jSA I > l ° r7 ° > . rrmoiluttlon , od minj-moto , Thoie mirrltd . eonlcmfl.triii . ! n rrl r ttoulif r. ' 4 k l'-VrUr * aillnSf U.me , MPtrcotcr.gao. AHH ( i > C C..WhlieI-5 GHHUS iSTIUIA ClHl1 Inttiintly relieve * the moil Tlolrnt utucli * . ana lnurt rnmftrt. inhalation. thu > narhtng lh 09 the pMin , fncihutirt free oipoctoratlon. and KPITOTfi "hew ill . etbtr r rdln Ml. A Irl.l , , | nm ( b > IfHIr.l of It , InmedlitMlrrrt indntTFr-hlUn * tlf t nil 1.1)01 of , lru ill , or hr nail.TflO PAUL L WIRT FOUNTAIN BEST IN THE WORLD. WnrrnntoJ toglvoentlafno- JIoii on miy work mid hi any bauds. Price $ 2,50 JBTricl < ey&Co WHOLESALE JEWELERS , Lincoln , r Solo Wholesale agents for Ncbraflliu. DEALERS SUPPLIED AT FACTOJIY RATES. ' ' ' - * N. U. Tills 13 not a Btylo- grnph pencil , but n flrstclnsi Iloxlblo ffolJ pou of tiny do- elrod fineness of point. IOODBRIDGE BRO'S ' , , State Agents FOR THE fo'sPianos Omaha , Neb. VosUlVflTeL. _ nGU da > byjr , Homo flKlrot -MuiincCI < ilU-lt. [ JS only ono In tlii > worldr > nnr tinjf acontlnuout ttlntrlo tt Maanttlj 'current , Kclcntlllo ' 1'owerful , Duiaklo , KComtarUlila ftiul KfTfcllTe. 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