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    THE OMAHA DAILY BETE : FRIDAY , APKIL 23 , 1886.
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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 ,