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THE OMAHA DAILY BETE : FRIDAY , APKIL 23 , 1886. THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OFFICE o.UM ANnotoFAntfAM ST NEW YOUK Omen , HOOM Kl.TninuNt Ituii.niNO OmCK , NO. R13 VOUIITBE.VTII ST. 'hrd every mnrnlnfrfxc'lpt Sunday. T10 only Monday morning paper published In the elntc. irtiMs nr MAIL : Ono Vcnr . . tlO-fWiTJiron Months. . f2.M Eta Months . 6.l ; Ono Month . 1.00 TDK WEEKLY Ben. Published Kvrry Wcdnosdar. TKllMfl , POSTPAID 1 Ono Yenr , with premium . . . . . $2.00 OnoYenr , without Jiromltim. . . . . . . . . . . 1.23 8lx Months , without premium. . 75 Ono Month , on trlnl . . . . . 10 connEproNni'MCi : : All comtminlcntlons rclntlnst to news nnd oOl- tnrlnl mnttnrn diuuld bo addressed to the lint. iunot riiKllF.c. nnsiNr.sq r.irmiu : All Ini jlnPM letters nnd remittances should lw > nndrifscil to Trip lir.p. I'unusin.vo COMPANY , OMAHA , DniftK. checks nnd poMnfHco oidow to bo nmdo puj'iiblo to the order of the company. 1HI BIE POBUSHIKliPAIT , PROPRIETORS , E. HOHBWATEH , TillDAIhV ! B15I3. Sworn atntoinctit ufClruiilnUoii. State of Nclnnskn , I - . County of Dotitrlas. f " 3 < N. I' . Fell , cnslilor of the Hoe PubllsliliiR company , < lo < " 5 solemnly s\vcnr that the ac- timl circulation of the Dnllv Uco for tlio past fifteen publishing days ot April , 1880 , wains folIowHj JMt MornlniiKMlton. EvcnlntlKilUtm. TVifrtt fi.K ) ) 12,001) r > ,770 11.U70 riKn isiio r,7no , i2'nTjo ftl)70 ) 11,10) U,8I ) , l5770 | 5 , ( 9J . , 5,72" . vitro 0,101) ) 80,83) ) 152,000 6.7HS 12,178 N. P. Fun. . Sworn lo anil subsoilbod before mo , this 17th day of April , A. 1) . 1SSV SIMON'.I. FISIIKII. Notary 1'ubllc. N. P. Fell , bclnc llrst duly sworn , deposes nnd says tliat lie is cashier of the Ueu Pub lishing company , that tlio actual average dally circulation of thn Dally Hen for the mouth of .January , IbSO , was 10,378 copies ; for Fcbiuniy , IBbO , 10,0'J5 copies ; for March , 18SO , H.KI7 copies. Sworn to and subscribed before ino this 17th day of April , A. D. isyj. SlMOtt J. FlflHER. Notnry Public. TUB gcuural iirosponty which was looked for this year has been kuockcd into a cocked hat by the striking epidemic. Had it not bcon for the striking mania 1880 would probably huvo becnonoof the best years that this country 1ms had for some time. THE march of Improvement throughout Nebraska is keeping pace with the rapid settlement and development of the state. Now public buildings , court houses , schools , gas and water works , plants for electric light and street car lines are be ing constructed in numbers of our in. torior cities nnd towns. Enterprise is holding the fort with a strong hand nnd paving the way for such an enlargement of municipal boundaries as promises to double our urban as well as our rural population at the nc.xt census. Back of nil lies the state , fertile in resources , and rich in soil and thrift. FROJI a statement prepared by the cml service commissioners it appears that the wliolo number of federal ofllces Is 110,000 , and of this number 53,032 , , or yearly ono'lmlf , are postollices. The number of appointees subject to confirma tion by the senate is 4,013 more than half being in the postoflico department. Only about 15,000 , ofl'ices , or one-seventh of the wliolo number , come within the scope of the civil service law. This number ought to be suflicient to satisfy the most voracious patronage-hunter. Mucn of the anxiety felt by thoughtful I citizens pf the United States concerning ; the accumulation of enormous fortunes 1 by succcssossivo generations of wealthy families would bo removed if the great _ truth wore more constantly kept in mind that n child born rich to seldom the equal of its parents in the power of increasing or oven retaining property. If history teaches anything positive or unmistaka ble it is that a luxurious childhood usual ly results in an cnfeobjdd manhood , and that a few gquovatlona of wealth and ease Jiro almost always sulliciout to re duce a vigorous stock to helpless ness. All the devices of primogeni ture and life interests which have been framed at the expense of justice and the best interests of the htalo to porpetu- the power and wealth of the aristocracy ofi Great liritam have scarcely mifllccd to. save old English families from the ruin- nous effects of luxury nnd idleness , and , under more equitable laws , their wealth and social power would long since have gassed away. In this matter , nature is i over ready to do her part to prevent the crushing of the many under the feet of < the few , and it is only necessary for man ito see that the rich are mudo to obey the ( Same laws as the poor , nnd obey them with the same adherence to their spirit as ; their letter in order tomako impossible the existence of an hereditary moneyed aristocracy. R are signs of a revulsion of foci- Jug manifest throughout the country in { regard to the labor troubles , which is growing stronger with every display of force on the part of the strikers. Public sympathy was not withheld at the begin- uiug of tlio strike on the southwestern System , but is now being slowly with drawn , In the cast , where the epidemic of strikes is raging as furiously as in the west , the performances of the striking oar drivers in New York have aroused general indignation. The public , nnd without the public no general strike can prove successfulhave declined to accept as an excuse for paralysing the tralllc of n great city , the explanation that eovou men on a single line did not belong to n protective union. When to this inconvenience was added the terrors of an incipient riot , people generally de clined all aid to the men \ < ho were responsible for the trouble. Labor lias a right to organize for mutual protection. Such organization is proper and com- ruotidablo. ' .Their right to refuse their } abor to others is also undesirable. But orRAuiZO'1 lalior has no right to assail tno freedom of action of tl't'so ' ' who do not own allcglanuu to labor organizations. The moment that they do &o they place themselves in opposition to the Jaws and to an orderly organisation of society. Public opinion , which is the ruler , in a free oouutry because it sooner or Jator Makes itself felt in the enactment and enforcement pf laws , will not sustain lawlessness , When labor organi/.ationa placu themselves in opposition to it they invite I'Oi'Uiu downfall. AVhy They Oppose It. The house of representatives ' HS de clined to set a day for tlio consideration of tho. Hcnnopin canal bill. This action probably kills the bill for the present ses sion. Every railroad from Chicago to the Missouri is interested in the defeat of a measure- which , if passed , would reduce thn cost of transportation to farmers of the west at least one-half. And this is the true inwardness of the opposition to the improvement of the inland water routes , and government aid to great enterprises for the furtherance of closer nnd phcapor commercial connection between section's ' of the country. Every mile of the Mississippi nnd Missouri made navigable , every harbor on the lake ren dered safe , every- canal deepened or constructed which parallel * tr line of rail road , menus a steady nnd growing eom- petition and ti formidable enemy to ex tortionate charges.Vh { ! ; o proposition to throw open tlio Erie canal to the traltio of the west free of all charges for tolls was pending in Now York , the railroad lobby at Albany moved hcavun and earth to prevent its submission to llio people. For years , the canal had held the mono polies in check nnd a steady rrduclion in rales on all products which the canal could transport was in consequence. Meetings of managers could not adjust that sort oi competition , pools could not regulate it and the pur chase of legislatures nnd railroad com missions was fruitless to remove the ro- morsclc.-'s reduction which a free and open waterway forced upon the com panies. The railroads nro shrewd enough to know that the moment the Hcnnopin canal joins the waters of the lakes and the Mississippi the sumu results will fol low. low.liut liut sooner or later the people of the United States , consumers of the east as well as producers of tlio west will unite in demanding that this government shall devote its energies and a portion of its surplus to cheapening food products by improving tlio interior avenues of trans portation. Franco is to-day expending millions in enlarging and extending her canal system. England Is preparing to follow in the same path. The United Slates w ill uc obliged to imitate their ox- ample. Ordinance. After u throe years' fight led by Iho lii ! : : , the city is at last in possession of nn ordinance to regulate thn construction of buildings , provide for the safety of Iheir occupants and register the progress and value of priv ate enterprise in Omaha. Details of Iho ordinance as passed by the council have already appeared in our news columns. It provides for n joint board of inspection consisting of a super intendent of buildings , the city engineer nnd the lire chief , The only new ollicc created is that of superintendent , whose salary will bo derived from a system of fees proportioned to the value the buildings for which permits are granted. The oflieo work of this official will bo heavy , nnd it seopis to us that provision should have been made for proper clerical assistance. This matter canhowever , be regulated by Ihe council at some future date when Iho workings of the system nro more freely developed. The ordinance is the result of careful study of those in operation in other cities nnd follows them in the most valuable features. Its rigid enforce ment will bo of lite greatest advantage to Omaha in improving the character of buildings and lessening in surance rates. There- have been scores of buildings erected in tins city during the past live years which , while appar ently substantial nnd lire-proof , arc more lire traps , and would never have been built if their plans had been ollicially in spected before their construction. The rapid growth of Omaha nnd the largo amount of property stored away in the heart of the city demanded long ago a careful supervision of buildings. This will result from the enforcement of the now ordinance , while wo shall linyc an official record of building operations by which to compare our progress with that oj other cities. Intolerable Negligence. The property owners on Farimm street and other streets have paid out hun dreds of thousands of dollars for paving. ' \\ith proper care and timely repairs these pavements should last a lifetime. Hut tlio gross negligence on ( ho part of the ofliciais in charge of our public im provements is liable to result in n general wrecking of the costly pavements in a very few years. A ride down Fnrnnm or Sixteenth street speaks for itself. Trenches have been dug by gas and water companies , nnd plumbers in almost every block. No sort of care is taken to relay the pavement. Broken rock , sand and dirt are dumped in without tamping , and the stone is laid loosely on the sur face , or loft in heaps by the side. On the streets payed witli asphalt these holes hayo boon covered with planks. It is about time that the board of pub lie works , and especially its chairman , should show some signs of life. Mr. House is n very competent man , but the best man on earth is worthless if ho fails to attend to his business , If this wreck ing of our streets goes on much longer wo might as well prepare for repaying bonds on tiio paved streets within the next throe years. The leniency shown by the board to property owners on the principal slrcots witli regard to sidewalks , is aim * ply nsrgrnvating. If a man owns prop erty worth from ? 50a to § 1,500 a front foot ho ought to be nblo to lay down a substantial sidewalk and keep it in repair. If he refuses to do so the city should lay it down for Him and tax his properly , More than nine months ago the city council ordered all sidewalks on Farnam and Douglas and oilier leading thorough fares to bo put to grade and paved with stone or concrete. The board of public works wont to the expense of adver tising tlio order of the council and there they stopped. A fuw enter prising property owners obeyed tlio order - der , nnrt the others were allowed to defy the council. To-day wo have the most wretched sidewalks in front of tlio most costly buildings for no other reason than the lack of ellioionoy on the part of the olllcials in charge of our streets. Every § trangcr who comes here notes the con trast ill tbM respect ootwoen Omaha and other cities of her pretensions. Our streets are elegantly paved , while our sidewalks are wretched and unsightly. They remind one of a man with a fine broadcloth suit and a pair of worn out aud torn shoes. How much longer this condition of . / fairs will bo permitted wo do not know , but our most enterprising citizens feel that wo are paying enough for public improvements and for supervision to hnuo our streets properly taken care of and kept in a passable condition , llfnd Them Out. A republican senate has tlntly refused to carry into effect the third Edmunds resolution. Only sixteen out of the entire republican majority in that body could bo whipped into line to endorse in execu tive session a position against which , some two weeks ago , Charles II , Van Wyck had the manhood to openly pro test on ( ho floor of the sonnto. Even the thunderous eloquence of Senator Ed munds failed to secure the rejection of a nomination which the senate had pledged iUelf' to reject under the resolution referred to , AVheti SBUR * for Yau Vj'Clc bVavoly protested against the passage of Iho resolution which pledged the senate not to confirm nomi nations of the president made in opposi tion to their Ideas of civil service , he de nounced the proposed action as imprac ticable and declined to vote in public for what ho with dozens of other republicans would certainly decline to endorse in prl- vtito. For this action ho has been read out of the party by the yelping hell hounds of monopoly in Nebraska. And now what does the kennel propose to do with the remaining republican sen ators who swung promptly into line with Charles II. Van Wyck the moment the question was put to test ? Has George ! ' . Hoar Covered his life-long connection with republicanism ? What will Vermont do without the valuable services of Justin S. Morrill. who must also leave the party ranks with Van Wyck ? Who are ( o fill Iho gaps left by the retirement of ado/en other prominent republicans who refused to follow Edmunds' leading in a revolu tionary and idiotic course with which their party has no sympathy ? Head them oiiLI Hupublumns wholmvo the manhood lo decline lo commit Iho republican party lo a policy which would certainly wreck it if carried out , and lliost ! who refuse lo carry out the policy when the question is put to the test are certainly dangerous characters. Tin : public spirit which prompted Iho orcclion of Iho exposition building seems lo luvvo vanished. The directors have actually taken under consideration n pro position to rent the building for a dry goods slore , because Iho public does not patronise liberally enough Ihe twenty- live cunt concerts. If the stockholders wanted to build a dry goods store why didn't they do so in the ( irst place accord ing to proper plans and specilioatious ? They arc evidently weakening n little too soon , notwithstanding they have so far received a very fair income from Iho building. It was their boast that they did not expect to make money for some time out of the building , which Ihey built more for the public good than for private specu lation and prolit They better give Omaha a fair chance before abandoning the enterprise. We venture to assert that at the end of the year , when tiie receipts from public mcclings , balls , conventions , musical festivals , concerts , the exposi tion , and other entertainments and gath erings nro counted up , they will find that the enterprise is by no means a losing one. We say again , give the exposition building and the people ot Omaha a fair show. advocates nro finding comfort in the olause in the English budget - got recently presented by the chancellor of the exchequer. The chancellor an- Bounced that the diminution of revenue from alcohol was 071,000 below Ihe csli- matfl , and 1,179,000 below the receipts in 1881-5 , and that within the last ten years there has been a decrease in revenue from alcohol of 4,000,000. "This 1ms been due , " says Sir William , "to changes in the habits of the people , and 1ms been concurrent with an enormous increase in revenue derived from the comforts of life. " The falling oil'in re ceipts from alcohol , the chancellor found , had been compensated about one-half by incrc"\sed receints derived from tea. to bacco and fruits. The moral pointed is a strong one , and is doubly valuable in consideration of the source from which it emanates. The figures in so carefully prepared a document as the English budget do not He. TUB "treacherous Van Wyck" has pioneered the way for a republican re volt against the tyranny of party gov ernment by resolution. The action of the senate on Wednesday knocks the everlasting underpinning out of the yawping numseulls of the Nebraska press who have been reading their brainy senator out of the republican party. IK the face of Iho vole in executive ses sion on the liradloy nomination a few more editorial leaders from the kennel brigade about Van Wyck's treachery will bo very much in order. Every republi can but sixteen in the senate endorsed the senator's position. ACCORIMNQ to Mr. Powdorly the entire membership of the Knights of Labor does not exceed 500,000 , though the order has been credited with ten times that num ber , A half a million workingmen could bo made an innuenso power for good in following out the peaceful nnd protective features of Iho order. EASTKII eggs are gelling ready to hatch and the tapping of bills on the shell is heard in the land. It is nothing , how ever , to the tapping of bills for Easter bonnets which will bo heard when collec tors begin their monthly rounds on May 1st. THK whirr of mills and the clatter oi machinery is the music to which the song of Omaha's future prosperity will bo ECt. EvF.nvBODV secnw to bo on the strike except farmers and editors. They will continue to work sixteen hours a day. AN epidemic of btrikos is unfortunately often followed by a tedious convalescence spent in idleness. CLEAN j-our back yards nnd alleys. Disease loves a well-filled swill barrel. DAKOTA is still striking for statehood. The following states have regular bu reaus for tlio collection of statistics on the labor question ; California , Connecti cut , Indiana , Illinois , Jowo , Maryland , Massachusetts , Missouri , Michigan , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania aud Wisconsin , , " - . ' , TIIK FlEIiIXOF 1NDUSTHY. The KnUhts expect tolncrc.iso their mem bership to 1,000,000 'within ' the next twelve months. ' Thpro nro 233 coko-ninklnc firms In this country , having COUO ovens , nnd turning out coke with S7,0 ( U8. A co-opcrallvo lobacco' ' company has been organized nt IlalclRhi NVC. , with S10.000 cap ital , In sliaies of Si'O each. The factory Is In full trim , nnd the management is competent. The latest \\arcry entered by the Knlqlits of Labor Is that all striking nnd boycotting be stopped aud that .nil .energies boconcen > trnlcd against what Is termed the Gould tyianny. In Connecticut the employment of children under 13 ) mrs ot ao in lactorlas has been prohibited ; also in mercantile establishments. The bill for weekly payments and for n ten- hour Inw failed to pas ? , The demand for foot-ge.ir is Incieaslnp , nnd there are smoial projected onteipilses , but work Is delayed until business Is moio settled. Many employers believe that the terms of settlement of disputes between them and their workmen will not bo permanent. Germany Is growing rapidly as n textile manufacturing country ; her cotton pioilticts Imc Increased since l&fcO In the proportion of SO loffi ; her wool pioducts tiom 13 to 111 ; ( lax fiom 7 lo 1ft , vhllu her hnpoils of textiles ha\ogicatly declined. Theio Is a piojeclon font on tlio part of a number ( if German textile mautifactiucrs to lit out two lane ocean stoameiM , each lo bo fin nlsheil with an assortiaunt of samples ot ou'iy kind of textile goods nmmilactmcd and to visit tiaiisallnntlc countiles. A Kiench syndicate Is unduitaltlng practically the Mine tldin ; . Theio are coinpniatlvcly few strikes now throughout New England. With all the dtillnt'-s a gic.it dcul ot iiiachlneiy is going in. The remodeling of mills and the put ting In of new maoltlnoiy point to the exist ence ol gicat coiilldence among textile man- uiiiutuicis gonci.Uly. Tliu Scotch iion-makcis arc bnvond doubt face to face with thn seilous iiioblem of over- pi ( idiictlon. The ovei supply now 1 caches 1,000,000 tons of lion. The only icmcily BUZ- gcsteil Is a sevciu cut In the late ot wages to all blast-furnace nml minim ; labor. The textile manfactiiiois of New Knuland , especially those ol cotton coeds , have pooled their IhMics and lia'.u ellectcd a combination bylilch mutual piolcctiou can bo extended In caseof striken. A number ot mills now lying idle in Now Kimlanil without any ex planation to the woik-peoplo aid diiuvlng suppoit linm the gcnci.il I'm id to ucoin- peiiho the owueis lor the silence of their ma- chlneiy , Hallway mutineer. * , especially on some of Iho lunik lines , aie coiniUeilnu the aihls.i- bility ol lolaylng n poition ot their tiack with eighty and nlnntj pound mils , lather than lltty-slx to Mxn pound mils because of the liiuieaslmr loads of tielght cats and the increasing \\eight ot locomotives. Unit makers can easily adapt tlicir machinery to the making ol heavier mils , but the Increased cost of such tails will likely prevent any sud den or gie.it demand tor them. About U.800 opciatlvos aie on a stilkoor shut out In \v Kndaml , airainst 7,7.10 thiec weeks ago and 8rjK , ( ) u month neo. A him- died of those arc In tlio Iwot and shoe tiaito , 1,000 among the cottuli goods mills nnd 500 among the \\oolon mills. ' ' Among those who icctiiitly rctiuncd to woik weio4,000 boot nml shoo opeiatlves nt lleverlv , Mass. , and 800 hosiery mill hands ntXe\v , Uiltnln , Conn. A I1 B Jpl ) . Chicnao Ilcrall. Boycotllng the Western Union telegraph company will be a good deal like boycotting air or the United States nlalls. Kvcry Employer Not a Jay Gould. C/ltalU / * IVf/illHC. The tioublo with sSmottf Iho stiikcrs iu some pails ot the cou'nfiy'ls ' that they sec a Jay Could in cvciybii li | Every employer is not a Jay Gould cllller iu instinct or prac tice. Speaking from Personal Experience. Mr. W. A. Crotlut , a tfow Yoik journalist , has been lectiiilng to tlio effect that capital ami corpoiations aio the wage-earners' best li lends. Mr. Cioffnl has just published n his tory of the Vanderbilt family , and Is proba bly speaking fiom personal oxpeiiencc. Street Sl us Wanted. Columbus Democrat. If Omaha has any self-respect , and desires to make it convenient for her visitors to tind their way about , whether they nro on busi ness or aio sightseeing , she will go to work at once and paint the names of her streets on the street lamps. Kvcu old lesldenls are obliged to iiujuho the way in some parts Ihey do not frequent , and visltois , well , they just swear , Au Unsuccessful Venture. ficw I'orfc Sim. "No , " said a bankrupt merchant , sadly , "advcitislng doesn't p.iy. I tried It just before - fore I tailed , so I know what I am talking about. " "Whatnowsnapcr did you ndvei- tKe In ? " "Not any newspaper. I pasted 500 dodgers on a barn just oat of town , nnd I'm a slnnpr If a wind storm that same night didn't scatter that barn over a tcu-aciocow pristine. Don't talk to me about ail vert Islng. " Smiles. CariieL. llonncy. I met her Easter morning , In the old cathedral aisle , And , early at the service , { Shegave mo bow nnd smile. The sexton old had vanished , The organUt asleep : I asked if ancient customs It weie not well to keep. "Oh. yes , " she gravely answered , "To which do you retort" ' "Tisonetho Greeks now piactlco ; 'TIs pleasing , 1 aver. " "Oh , something nnalnt and olden 1 And could we do It hcreV" Slyly I glanced about us , And saw no one was near. 'I think wo mlKlit , " I answered , For how could licslsti1 * * * I wonder If the pieaclicr Know some one had been kissed ? BTATK AND Nebraska ? Jottings , Hi there , Hostonl , The misguided maidens of Fairbiiry1 uro cultivating their muscle by sacrilegfousjy slinging bean bags. ) Democratic paporj arb bmldincr rapidly nt various points in the /Unto. / The Pul veriser will begin throwing dust in the eyes of Ulysses voters this week. Amid the opidemfp of striKcs through. out the country , non/J / wf/1 / start an auroral blaze of lordly cheer c uul to that of the Itiibhvillo husband , 'who struck against kindling the kitchen lire last week. The Wahoo base pnlUsts uro pounding sand on the Plutto ibqttpms with u view to toughening thoicJlWofl for Die summer campaign. Tno catcher ts an ox-drummer who has discarded the muzzle and lung protector , and uses his No. M's as a back stop.An An Incipient hydrophobia scare has tackled Nebraska City. Andrew Hoas , the brewer , was bitten by n foaming cur Tuesday , and tlio usual fears of a fatal result are entertained byhis friends , The measly bark was silenced. Hero's a Pool chip from the Johnson County Journal : "Tho tendency to do wrong increases toward night , " says a well known minister , and ihis is very likely to be true , for when Adam ate the forbidden fruit it was near Eva. A sad accident robbed Mr. and Mra. Alec Dobson of their household treasure , -1-year-old girl , in Ulysses lust week. The little one hud climbed on the edge of n water tank , and unknown to any one had fallen in anil was drowned. Ncopolis is the name of a new town lo cated in the northeastern part of Buffalo county , fit the crossing of the Union Pa cific ami the Grand Island nnd Wyoming Central , about equally distant from Kear ney , Grand Island , St. Paul and Broken How. A hank Is to bo started at Donlphan , tinder the management of Mr. Schwyn , and backed by ample capital for the lo cality. Mr. bchwyn worked a few years ago as a farm hand for $15 a month , and his success in gathering np a fair compe tence is a luminous example of what am bition and energy will accomplish. A shocking accident occurred at Au rora Saturday. The sou of S. k. Stilson , who hud been load ing cartridges , left a quantity of loose powder in a bowl. In tlio even ing his sisters wont into the room to light the lamp , dropping tlio watch iiito ij. powder , which exploded , burning tlio younger child very badly. It set iiro to the house , and but for the timely arrival of help , house and girls would have been burned. loxvn Items. Dttbuquo claims a population ' of15 , - 000. The total appropriations made by the legislature foot up $1)05,680.21. , lieorjro Steiubergur. a brewer at Red Oak , suicided by hanging , Tuesday. Pro hibition drove him to it. A petition is in circulation at Marshall- town to get the .saloon men imprisoned there out of jail. Their families arc suf fering. A Davenport genius has secured a patent for a "lightning bung push and expander. " It is : i third cousin of the corkscrew. W. M. liitrrclt , of Dos Mo'uios , chal lenges any man in the slate to walk against him for a distance of 200 yards for fcoOO a sido. Charles Reagan , a farmer living near Scranton , was smothered to death in n well which ho was cleaning. He loavoa a largo family of Miiall children. Hill McComb , a sample caSe rooster , sutlering from an attack of snakes in Sioux City , caressed a policeman with a pitcher , mangling his faeo buyout1 iccog- nitioii. A brother cop then sailed in with a billlo and bolted McComb to the city coop. Heal estate values are rapidly advanc ing in Woodbury county , under thu in fluence of the two now railroads which are now being built through the county to Sioux City. It is estimated thatlhcso roads will distribute 4-500,000 in wages in the county this year. Under Warden Martin all newspapers wore o.xcludcd from the prison at Ann- mosii. This order Warden Harr has re voked , and ho will allow the prisoners to receive and read all the newspapers they choose to send for or that their friends choose to send them. James Hrucc , a well-to-do farmer living near Rockwell , Cerro ( iordo county , shot himself Sunday morning and was found dead in his granery by a member of his family. Ho had been despondent by spoils , and it is supposed ho committed the act while temporarily insane. Schneider Uros. , brewers of Springfield - field , Ohio , have brought suit against the state of Io\ya tor $ r > i > ,000 , based on the re cent decision ot Judge Bro\yer concern ing the indemnification of citi7cns whose property may stiller injury through the operations of the prohibitory law. Schneider Uros were brewers at Marion when the prohibitory law went into ef fect and they were compelled to leave and go to some other state. Their build ings have stood idle ever since. Dakota. Natural gas has boon .struck in a well near Hillsboro. Buffalo ( Jap claims to be the best trad ing point in the Hills country. The water works now in course of con struction at Rapid City will bo owned and controlled by the city. The New York mica mine near Custcr is astonishing its owners. It is now yielding up gold and silver in paying quantities , in addition to mica. The estimated cost of the sewerage sys tem to be put in at Sioux Falls this year is $2.ri,7U1.40. Of this amount the city pays $15,257.40 , , the property holders the balance , The artesian well at Aberdeen cannot furnish suflicient power for eighteen elec tric lights as expected , but gives enough for ton , and the city will soon be lighted with electricity. Plans for the new Hotel Harnoy , at Rapid City , have been adopted , and the work of excavation has already been com menced. The Imtel will bo one of the finest of its class in the territory. . Sportliif * Notes. TulHeld , the runner of the Lincoln hose team , will arrive ju Omaha on Sa.timlay , and will inako a twenty-fivo-milc match with John llourihan , the sprinter of the Thurhtons. The latter oilers to give the Lincoln man two miles in the twenty- five. The race will bo for $100 a sido. W. 11. Haydcn , the champion "dead- shot" of the South Platte country , was in the city yesterday greeting his brother nimrods. A game of basn ball , between the fire men and policemen , is on the tapis. It will probably be played one week from next Saturday. Manager Kay , of the Athlntic park , concluded arrangements yesterday with the Leaven worth ease ball club for a game with the Union Pacifies on May 23. A. Surprise Party. Miss Carrie Lr.nge , who left yesterday for Europe , was tendered u very pleasant siirpilso party Wednesday nt her.resilience on South Fointeenth street by n number of her friends. The evening was pleasantly passed with mimic , lefrosliinonts , etc. Among those pm > ent were : Miss Tony .Met/ , Miss Annlo Kiclmrd , SUM Tmo Itlclmid. Miss Polly Miirbchncr , Mlh $ Kppen- etor , Miss Pomy , Miss I'oiny , Miss Jlitter , Mis. Kemper. Mih. Henry Jtlcfiard , li. Kent- pur. Messrs. Julius Pejcko , llemy Klchaid , 1J. Jobst. Fred Met ? , jr. , II. I , . DaUMr Pomy , jr. , Max Jieclit , Mr. lipponetcr , jr. , A. Smith. Notes. The Passover services at the Je\\isi ! synagogue wore celebrated with unusual solemnity this your. The attendance both on the evening and morning ser vices wore exceedingly largo. The closing day ot this Hebrew feast will bo next Monday. Suivices will beheld held Sunday evening and Monday morn ing. The subjects of Habbi Bonbon's lectures will bo announced in .Saturday's BIE. : llnlih ! BoiiHou's Iiocluro. At the Jewish synagogue this evening Rabbi Benson will lecture upon the following subject , "Tho Indie Solu tion of the Problem , Who is Kntitlcd lethe the Kingdom of Heaven , " Dtvino ser vices at thu synagogue will commence at 7:230 : o'clock. A special invitation is ex tended to the Omaha clergy. Ho Made Throats. Hurt Patterson , an ex-waiter , WHS ar rested yesterday , al the instance of Mr , C. S. Higgins. Mr. 11. says thai Patterson came to him ana wanted some money lo get out of town with , and upon his refusal to give up the cash , threatened all man ner of personal violence , Patterson will have u healing to-morrow , Ijlly jTTvlslon. Lily Division , Uniformed Hank No. 8 , KnighU of Pythias , will be instituted on Friday nhrht , nt ( ho Myrtle DIvisou armory. ' An urgent request has been is- siind for all Knights of the uniformed rauK to bo present. ' A BOSTON BOOK AGENT. Her Address to Two Poor Buffalo , Ke- portcr * . Two Buffalo Times men wore recently besieged by R Boston book agout , who took possession of tlio only remaining chair in the sanctum ami began to pour in her broadside. "My name , " said she , "Is Miss Alice McAllister , and 1 como from Boston , ( ho seat of culture and the homo of all good women. " "What made you leave it Alllot" said the reporter , seeing thai the combined indifference of the two newspaper men had brought the woman of culture lo u sudden halt. "I'm a traveling nilvocnto of women's rich's ftnd a wandering book-worm. " The reporter was about to ask her if the walking was good , but by this tlmo she had bhauen oil whnl llllle embarrass ment she might have foil nt llrst , nnd would not give the reporter1 n chatico to utter a word. " 1 have been to nil the eastern cities , nnd nm only stopping In Bull'alu for thrco months lo take a few orders on Ihls work of 'Kminonl Woman.1 1 am no every day book agent , as you will per ceive. 1 carry my sample book In my mull , in which I had n pookot made for the purpose. 1 do no advertising through the papers. 1 despise very young men and yory old men. Neither can appre ciate my work. 1 llnd out the names of every man in Iho olllcu nnd what posi tion they hold before 1 enter It , so that I can call 'vcry person by name , 1 payne no nttunlion in the signs over doors which forbid agents to enter. They never know I'm an agent until I'm fairly settled , and then the whole.ollleo usually makes up one or two subscriptions for my book MI us lo get rid of me. 1 nm uuver in a hurry. If people do not subscribe , or remain immovable after I have used up all my exertions , then I faint and work on Ihulr sympathy. 1 got into a railroad olllon once , and they gave mo a pass to Chicago if I would leave the town , 1 once recited the llrst verso of u poem of my own production in a newspaper - paper ofliee , and the editor ofl'ered to subscribe for my book if I would omt | ( he remaining stanxas. When I called around to eofleol my money they told mo thai he was dead , and lliat there was nn money left alter paying his funeral ex penses. " All this , nnd oven Ilia Ihronts of ( ho lady that she would recilu Ihis enlire poem and scan every meter , failed lo have cil'ect on Ihe newspaper men , wiio could witness anything up to u death scene , or listen to u funeral oration without Ilinching , and she departed in disgust , saying that she would never call again ; that newspaper men had no money , anyhow , and that , if they did subscribe , they could never bo tound when she wauled to collect. So the lady look a walk lo nerve herself for a new attack. Joliu O. Fremont. Dmvtr Titlninc. General Frcinont and his wife have sot lied in Washington City , where they uro both at woiIcon his memoirs. Mrs. Fre mont is a daughter of Missouri's ' great senator , Thomas II. Bunion. She lias much of her father's good scnso and iblrougth of character , and she is of great assistance lo her husband in the work upon which ho is now engaged. In Ihcso days when so many pf the public men of the country are writing books in which they give their recollections of the events of Iho last thirty years in the political history of the country , it is a pleasure lo sec lliat a man so well qualified as' Fre mont is to contribute interesting material to llio historical record of the. United States is engaged in writing lire memoirs. The majority of such works soon drift away into the oblivion to which Ihey belong - long , but it will probably not be so with the work that Fremont is engaged upon if he live long enough to complete it. Ho occupies now a strange position be fore the public. So lost to bight has ho been during the past ten or littuen years that probably there arc many persons of the younger generation who , although familiar with him ns an historical char acter , hardly know that he is still nlivo. Ho seems ns one risen from the dead. Ho belongs to the past , and although Ins uctivci work was a great and important one , it is now all done. There is nothing for him to do now but writu for the bene fit of future generations tlio record of his eventful life. Ho is well named tlio "Pathfinder , " for he opene.d the way across the plans from tlio Missouri river to the Pacific const ; and to him belongs the credit of thn early capture of California during the Mexi can war. Ho seems to hayo recognised from the beginning the truth of the fa.- mons declaration ot B < jit6n : who , speak- injj of tlo importance of n franscouti- ncnlal railway , point"gd westward toward the Pacific ocean and sum : 1 here's the east. There's India. " Both Benloii and Fremont were early advocates of the construction of u railway to the Pacific ocean , and nllhough Ihe former died be fore the first transcontinental road was built , thu htttor has lived long enough lo see live diflercnt traiisconlinenlal rail * way routes open and in operation. 1-rcmonl lniK also lived long enough to sec the character of the country lying be tween the Missouri river nnd the Pacific Ocoun changed. When ho first marched out from tlio Missouri river toward the Pacific Ocean the country before him was nn unexplored wilderness. It was the homo of roaming tribes of savages nnd of droves of thousands of buffaloes. Now Ihe bufl'aloca are enc , and the In dians are driven nwuy into reservations. The country that Ihcu was u wilderness is now looked upon as , in many respects , the choicest part of the National domain. Fosiolllco Changco. Postoflico changes in Nebraska and Town , during ( ho week ending April 17 , IBM , furnished by Wm. Van Vleck of the postoflico department : NK1WAMCA. Established lioduro , Sioux ( /'o. , John W Hunter , P. M. ; Divide. Sherman Co. , Mosud II. Smith , J. ' . M.cn ; ( ! < ! tCiistorCo , , Robert Farley , P. M ; .loy , Holt Co. , Christopher W. Hagonbcoo. Postmasters Appointed Almoria , Lotip Co. , Mrs , ( inbelln Bower ; Bassott , Brown Co. , Mrs. Susie C. DnllonHooper ; , Dodge Cu.tJWm. I' . Basler ; Pleasant Home , York Co. , MM. Rebecca Brabham ; Kay , Holt Co , Wm. M. Wetlierell-.Tiillord. Custer Co. , MuryC. Bniininir : Wcslcrvilhi , Cans Co. , JameaN. PenJu ; Wilsonyille , Furnaw Co. ! William S. Dart. IOWA. Kslabllshcd University Place , Poll ; Co. . Thomas O , Merghon , P. M.j Wood- biiilgo , Cedar Co. , CharJcs Dickinson , PM , V&stmnslers Appointed Cold water , Franlvlin Co. , William Kurnan ; Glhnoro , Pocahontai Co. , J 1-3. Beei'fi ; Jmvnll , Hamilton Co. , John P. Clark ; Mount Pis { rah , Hanison Co. , Lucoy L Peyton , Pot- orsoii , Clay Co , , F. H Dinner ; Sand Spring , Delaware Co. . L. Lolfethol/ ; Truro , Madison Co. , John D. Ilillmuu. Ten per cent of the present freshmen class at Cornell are girl.s and Professor Jones of that institution is qiiol'Ml nsiy ; - ing that ( ho average scholarship of the young women is superior ( o tluit of the young men. Wben Paby WM ricV , w g v her Cistorli , V7hon the WM Child , tlie cned for Cutori * , Wb a > bo became lilts , ih cluug to Ututoria , YHim ( bi bad CUliica , ilia S TO tktrn CMt&ri * , STRICTLY PURE. n : CONTAINS NO opiuw iw AST roim IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. PRICE 25 GENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE OC CEN I BOTTLE * "o put up for the a Uloommodntlonof all who desire a BOO nnd low prlcoit Cough , Gold and CroupRemedy Tiitm : HKSiiuxrt A iiKMiitir ran CONSUMPTION ANY LUNG DISEASE , Should Becuro the Innro fl bottle * . UlicOtloa nccoiupnii ) Intr ouch bottle. Bold by all Medicine Dealer * . O17 Sl.ClinrIcsNI.fjMonlfJIo. lrfl"1 'cr < itnUor two Ut.1leilC n fr ) , k > i btea lonrtr eiiyac.4 In Iht titeUl | IrcAlmeulof Cnaoir. NitTBC * . SUM mil HiooD Diuitti ihtnaDr olber fbtileUn InSl. Louli. > i rllj | np tj iliow > n I nil oIlrciMenli kioir. Nervoiis Prostration , Debility , Menial and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Alc ( > lions ol Throat. Skin or Danes , Blood Poisoning. Old Sores and UlCCrS , rc Irr lrJ with ninntllclil ucctii.cn linn icknllne prloflhlti.HirilT , Pllr.itl , Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Exce . Exposure or Indulgence , nhieb produce , on. o < u. follol cDecti I uct.uu.Uf , , , deblllti , liloinen or it * tnddcrcetlTimmorr , , . tier . . . pimple on tli. , pkjrita.U.e.r , .milonlolbe .ocleljof ttm.Ui , e ru l of Men , , u . . renaorlnff JJcrrlaeo Imiiroptr or untie.upy. ti. r.rn.cecll ) cured. r.mplilet ( I0rici ) UeHwif , ioa % IniMltdcntrljiM ! , frcclonu/.Jditn. Con > nll ilon gf. ' L ° J IrM. Inrltcd and ihlcllj r.onj.t.ii.1. . A Positive Written Guarantee sl , . i > ttirrev. nbletue. lltJIllnoicol etcrjitberebjBalloreirr.il. MARRIAGE GUIDE , S80 FAOES , FIND PLATE3 , dtcut eloth an 3 .III blndl fr.if.ljror6Oo. ln.oilreoreurreti | . jt. Ottr n wooJetful pen | lotnrn. truele Ufa ) tllclio Ibc rolloxloi iObJjcHi who mtjr BurrWI B I.IIJ | n.ntiooj , vomln lio.J , ftril.-.l dp r , rTecli ofctlll.cj .nil iKni.lhn ckri. lolngr ofttprc-tucllnn - , o.l m.nr I.ort. ttoig mtrtl'd or ooQlrapUtliig tmrrlac * ibould rtftd It. lHj rUr 0AUIon r cor.r , Ufio. J lr i . * bo Ut.WhUtler , BtmtrlaMc anil quick corn. Ttlaltut. lM. Send Hump rarif > lta < rtleul > r < A44tfii , Dr. WARD A. oo. . LOUISIANA ; no. PAUL E , WIBT FOUNTAIN PEN BEST IK THS WTO. Warranted toirlvosiitlsfao. lion on ituyoik imd m uuy Price $ 2.50 JB.Trickey&Co WHOMJSAI.K JJ'.WELEUB , Llncola , Sole Wbolcsale neonts for DKAMilU Suri'I.IKD A7 FACTOUIT RA.TKS. N. U. TUU U not n Stylo- Biapbpnncll , but a ilrct clii 3 lioxllilo gold pen of any do- alivd Uiienou of point. Do you want a pure , Tilooiu * ing Complexion * Ji' so , n few niitmcaUons oi' Jfntrtm'g IIAGNOLIA BALJl irfll grat ify you lo your licnii's con tent. It docs away with Sal- loM-noss , Kcdncss , Pimples , ttlolcho.s , nnd nil ( licenses and Imporftctlons ofllin Hldn. 16 overcomes the Hushed appear- nnco of heat , iiitigiio and ox- riloniont. It inoke.su lady of TIIIItlT appear but TWEN TY j and so natural , gradual , and perfect nro its cilccls. that it is impossible to detect its application ,
