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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; . THUBSDAY , MAY 13. 1886. , . , THE DAILY BEE. OmCE , No. UH AND 810 PAIINAM BT NKW VoiiKOrriCE.HooM GC.TIUBUNB ilyiLDtNO OFFICE , No. 613 FouiiTEicVm St. Pnlll hort every morning , except Sundnjr. The only MonOiy morning paper published la the rtntc. irtivH IIT MArr. : One Tcnr tiaoo.Thrpn Months $2/jO EU Months , C.OOlOnoMonth 1.00 THE WEEKLY HKK , Published Evnry Wednesday. THIHS , rOSTI'AlDt One Ycnr , ivllli pri'tnlum . . . . $2.00 One Ycnr , without promltim 1.25 Bl.r Months , without premium > . 75 Ono Month , on trlnl , . 10 conitr.sroNDEfCEt . All communications relating to ntwa nnd < vll- ( orlnlmnttorx should bo addressed to the Hot. 'ton OFHK llr.n. DtJSIHEPS t.r.TTER9t All 1)11 sines * letters nnJ romlttnncci should bo nadrofiMil to TUB Ilr.K Punt.iBittNO COMPART , OMAHA. Drnftn , checks mid postntnco orders to bo nmdo pnynblo to the order of the company ; 1HE BIE PUBLISHINfiliPJIIIT , PBOPRIETORi K. HOSKWATKU. EDITOR. TIIK V BKE. Rworn Statement orotroulntlon. State Nebraska ) of , . ( s. s. Coutitv nC Douglas. N. 1 * . Fell , caslilor of the lien PtibHshlnn company , duos solemnly swear that the ac tual circulation of the Dally Uco for the week ending May 7th , 18SO , was as follows : Morntna Keening Dale. EdIJtmi. KilUbm. Total Saturday , 1st. . . 0,500 O.rtiO 18,530 Monday , ! ! rd. . . 7,050 5,070 12,7'JO Tuesday. 4th. . . 0,300 5,725 13,035 Wednesday , nth. 000 : ! 5,975 13.27C Thursday , Cth. 0,900 5,800 12,71 * ) Friday , 7th 0,000 5,850 12,4-)0 Average. .0,003 5.857 12.4C5 N. P. FKH , . Sworn to and subscribed before mo , this 8th day of May , A. D. 1880. ' SIMON- . Fisitftn. Notary 1'ubllc. N. P. Fell , being first duly sworn , deposes and says that he Is cnSliier of the Bco Pub lishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of January , 18SG , was 10,378 copies ; for February , 1880,10,595 copies ; for March , 1880 , 11,537 copies ; for April , 1880 , 13,191 copies. Sworn to and subscribed before ino this 5lli day of JEa.v , A. D. 18V . SIMOX J. FIHHEO , Notary Public. HOLDFAST is the dog that wins In grow ing cities , especially where real estate is the bono involved. A Minneapolis man was induced some years ago to purchase a hnuso and lot for $1,200. for which ho was recently offered f 105,000. This dis counts some of the remarkable advances In oity property which Omaha has wit nessed in the past five years. PETITIONS for paving and grading are pouring into the council. If the necessary funds were at the city's disposal , Omaha could easily invest double the amount which she will expend this year in sub ] stantial public works. 'Our citizens and tax payers have learned the lesson of the past five years that every dollar wisely spent in needed improvements is re turned twice over in increased values of the adjacent property. INOKEASED activity in real estate after the fall of tho'past two weeks evidences tho.retatuiug confidence that the danger of labor troubles is over in Omaha. While there is a certain amount of specu lative trading a largo part of the trans fers recorded will be followed by imme diate improvement of the property purchased. There is no better invest ment to-day in the west than Omaha realty and eastern capital seems at last to have opened its eyes to the fact. TUB movement on the part of the rail roads centering in Omaha to put on su burban trains is a commendable one. ! the better the facilities for reaching Om aha the greater will bo the patronnjro of Omaha merchants by country tradesmen and retail purchasers. Within a few years the growth of the city north , south and west will result in the building up of suburban trains and a largo railroad pat ronage. Nothing will stimulate the growth more than rapid transit facilities into and from Omaha. Mil HoLMANis again objecting. Ho thinks there are two many military posts ground Indian reservations. Last sum- mm Mr. Holman visited Pine llidgo gonoy to confer with Red Cloud. Sov- nty-four hours after lie arrived the Hoosier statesman , who is distinguished ehlolly for his boast that ho never wears night shirt , wis breathless with fear while ho telegraphed to the nearest mill- tary post to have troops in readiness to protect his committee from a threatened outbreak of the Ogallala Sioux. A thous and miles distant from the Indians none . - , l < braver than Congressman Holmaa. TnE steady and continued complaints ' ! strangers und now oitix.ens of Omaha .about our neglect to have our streets pro- ferly identified by signs ought to rouse MM council to action in the matter , v- ry corner should bo marked by a sign on MM building giving the name of the street which it linos. Strips of glass inside the afreet lamps are valuable for use at night , but small signs with the name of the treot in plain white letters should be yUcod on every corner building. Much * tbae and patience are now wasted every 4iy by strangers in attempting to find titeir way about this city. The oity conn- 41 could not expend a few hundred dol- ( * * { * from the general fund more oeonom- Jeftlly and wisely than in marking and identifying our streets. IN view ol the fact that tlio anarchists K ofJEuropo have for years boon clumped flndibcrl minutely on our chores , would I1'it not bo well to require from ha- . ' migrants in the future n certificate of 1 ohaniotur signed by the Jchief oilleial of the cities from which they come ? There re fully 1,000,000 people out of work in the United States nt present , ami a cheek of some kind upon immigration would | i do no harm , especially if it can in uny way keep the scum from floating across tbc Atlantic to this country. If imml- , gratlon is to continue , wo ought /to bo able to auloct from MM multitude such as are will ing and nblo to become good and Industrious American citizens. Wo want < mly those who appreciate the benefits of free country. Wo want no more an- -ifchrstB and jiaupurs and cheap im- IMjrtod laborers , who coino heie under Mttraot uotwithstundinir tba law Cgntust imported 'Contract labor. In ttutti wo wont no more enemies of labor , School Ijniid Frntltlo. A correspondent of the BUR from Kloomington notes the indignation of the farmers of Franklin county over the notion of the commissioners in the ap praisal and sale of school lands in that county : Section 15 , chaptnr 85 , laws of Nebraska , 1885 , makes the county commissioners the appraisers of school land , and says that ' 'any lessee of any educational laud may apply in writlnsr to the board of county commission ers * * to have the land embraced in Ills lease appraised , for the purpose of the sale ; and It shall bo the duty of said commis sioners , or a majority of them * * * * * to vluw the land so dpslrcd to bo purchased by such lessee , and return a true and correct value of said land , under oath. After the foregoing proccedlriRS have been had , the ap plicant to purchase 'may pay to the county treasurer the appraised value of said land , and shall then bo entitled to ro- cclvo a deed for the samu , upon torwimlliiR the proper evidence of such appraisal , and payment of the purchase price to the com missioner of public lands and buildings. " This same section fuither provides that the puichaser need pay only 10 per cent of the purchase price In advance , giving twenty years' time on the balance at 0 per cent In terest , and further piovldcs "that no land shall bo sold for less than 87.00 an acre. " After calling attention to the law our correspondent says : "Jteforunce to the statutes Is necessary in tirdcr that the following tacts may bo mom clcrcly understood. Section 10 , town J ) , raiiKO 10. In FiniiKlln county , Is the llniat whole section of land In the county. Two years aijo this section was appraised by disinterested oarllrs , under the old law , at 313 an aero. Land around It , decidedly In ferior , Is hold at 320 per ooio. The lessee of this section a non-iesitknt speculator pe titioned the board of county commissioners to appialso It for sale. C. 11. Townsend and IX M. Wlant , of the board , appraised the land at 87 an acre the lowest penny they could put It under the law and It was sold at that figure. TlieMi men ate on record as having sworn that 37 an acre was the true and coi- icct value of tills hind , when either and both of them knew that the land Is worth at least $12 an aero. If they do not know It , they are too Ignorant to hold any position of public trust. If they do know It , then they are branded as too trlclcy to occupy any trust This is strong language but it is fully warranted by the tacts if as stated. The school lands hive : been for years a fruit ful source of fraud and chicanery. Hun dreds of thousands of acres have been leased for merely nominal sums through collusion with the appraising ollicors and criminal negligence or worse on the part of land commissioners. Sales like those in Franklin county of fine farming land in a well settled country at the mini mum price are not at nil un usual. . They will continue to be frequent until public opinion throughout the state brings itself to bear upon the ofllccrs accountable for such transac tions. Nebraska lauds have bcconio so valuable that they are eagerly sought after for investment and speculation , and the legion of land sharks arc on tlio keen look out tor school sections wherever they can bo purchased at way down fig ures. The law is elastic , and properly so. If applied with a fair regard to the interests involved it is mutually bcncli- cial to the state and to the settler. But it must not bo distorted into a bonanza for the land sharks and non-resident specu lators. If ether correspondents , and the newspapers published in counties where transactions of the kind reported from Bloomiugton would make public such frauds , there would soon be an end to tills species of robbery. Mr. Hewitt Protests. Mr. Abraham Hewitt , of New York , whom the democratic party has no sound er or abler representative in congress , felt called upon the other day to raise his voice against the "JolTorsonian ( simplici ty" which has been ladling appropriations without stint from the public treasury under the banner of the star-eyed goddess of bourbon rofoim. The occasion for Mr. Hewitt's remonstrance was a bill strongly supported by Laird giving bounties to veteran oflieors of the late war. Mr. Hew itt snoko as follows : I remember standing at the corner of the speaker's desk when the bill giving arrears of pensions * was under consideration by this house , and I hoaid the question put to the gentleman In charge of that bill , Mr. Itico , as it has been put here to-day by my frjond flora Kentucky to the gentleman from Nebraska , what will the bill cost ? And ( lie answer was , alter the most careful computation , it could not exceed 820,000,000. And yet under that bill some hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid out of the treasury , and I su ] > - pose hundreds of millions more will have to bo paid. 1 did not vote for that bill. 1 was told It would not bo safe for mo to go homo to my district. I have never heard of It In my district. 1 went back ; I have been often u candidate bejoio them since , and no man ha ? ever repioached mo with that vote. And I now say hero , whether I shall bo a candidate or not for ofTico , I am prepared to take the responsibly ity of saying that It Is time to call a halt on these bills giving untold sums from the treas ury of'tho United States , which can only beget got out of the ' 'coined sweat , " as my friend from West Virginia called It out of the coined sweat of the laboring men of the country. We have not nny money to give away. The working people of this country uro to-day In the presence of starvation. Tlio avenues for woik are being closed up , and closed , as I believe , mostly as the result of ovei taxation , Thene were bravo and manly words from a sound , clear-headed business mini , They emphasized broad and vital proposi tions which the people of the country , irrespective of party will endorse. There are no party lines drawn in the great gumo of grab at the national capi tal. Congress has been gutting the treasury and the men who have had the the courugnto protest have been threaten ed by their associates with the wrath of Indignant constituents. Constituencies are not apt to rise in political wrath oyor the honest positions taken on grounds of national policy by their representatives. What the people demand is an honest ad ministration of the government and a careful guard over the public funds. The Oity The passage of Councilman Kaspar's ordinance to properly uniform tlio police force of the city is n step in the right direction. It should bo followed by others more important in the line of a complete reorganization of the forue. Sooner or later , and the bobnnr the bet tor , the police must bo taken out of pol itics. The system which makes the ap pointment of the police dependent upon the will ol the city council is a wrong one. Incompetent oOicors are sure to creep into the force , and are almost as certain to ttay in after they have received their slurs. Our city police.force sulFors from two causes. It is ridiculously yimill in num bers and the system under which It operates - atos places no premium on efllcloncy. The personnel of the force is not what it should be and what it would bo if n police commission had it la charge. Small and insignificant looking o Ulcers of the law can not act as ofllcicntly as men of she and strength. A tall , muscular , well- built policeman of the Broadway squad kind carries enforcement of the law in his looks. A reorganization of the police force , with rules requiring applicants for positions to come up to a certain physical standard , is greatly needed. So long as the funds available for po lice protection are what they are the po lice force cannot bo Increased. Low and unequal assessments nro responsible for this , as they are for so many other defi ciencies of our municipal administration. "IlulnotiH Competition. " Senator Van Wyck has been putting Lcland Stanford on the rack of a cross- examination into the methods of the Cen tral Pacific railway in crushini ; out com petition in transcontinental tralllo. Mr. Stanford frankly admitted that it was the policy of his corporation to suppress all "ruinous competition , " among which lie pretended not to include sailing vessels which had tlio auducity to carry freight from Now York to San Francisco around Capo Horn at cheaper rates than Mr.Stati- ford's road charged across the continent. But Mr. Sanford neglected to add to this Information particulars regarding the infamous "special contract" sy.stom. Ho might have thrown n great deal of light , if hu had desired , upon the ingenious plan whereby the merchants of San Francisco were taken by the throat and threatened with financial ruin hi case they dared to ship u pound of freight by the clipper .ships from Now York. For months Cen tral Pacific ; detectives haunted tlio wharves and checked the ad dresses of merchants who pre ferred not to patronlzo the great monopoly. Exorbitant tariff rates wore charged these rebels against Central Pa cific rule whenever tiiey were forced to ship by rail , while tiieir competitors wore given heavy rebates in consideration of binding themselves not to use the free water route around the South American continent. Tlicso are some of the meth ods used by Stanford and his Central Pa cific gang of highway robbers to throttle "ruinous competition" and to drive the remnant of American shipping from the California trade. Fortunately for Cali fornia the scheme was not entirely suc cessful. The ship owners had money to spend in the light , and San Francisco con tained , a number of merchants bravo enough to defy the great monopoly and to conduct their business as best suited themselves. KANSAS CITY has disproved the truth of the popular belief that tornadoes do not strike largo cities. The terrible wind storm which wrought such a loss of life and property in our neighboring city w described as exactly similar to that which so recently passed through Minne sota. Tlio tornado is extending its scope year by year , and Hie season opens with two of this class of calamities in which more lives have been sacrificed than fell victims to the whole of las > t year's tor nadoes. GENERAL HOWARD predicts that Gener al Miles will have better success in pursu ing Geronimo's Apaches with mounted infantrymen than if ho had followed Crook's plan of using Indians to catch Indians. General Miles is a good soldier but ho is likely to discover the difference between pursuing the Sioux on the open plains und trailing the Apaches in the Arizonian and Mexican canyons. THE depot improvements of the Union Pacific arc beginning to materialize. The big freight depot will , wo are as sured , be begun in u few days , and the construction of the union passenger depot will bo commenced in the near future and completed at about the same time with the now Union Pacific bridge. IN Omaha trade is good , the streets are thronged with busy people , buildings are being erected In every quarter of tlio city , real estate continues to hold up , public improvements are going ahead , and there is no apprehension of any labor troubles. Jn fact everything is moving along pretty smoothly hi this metropolis. PRESIDENT ADAMS , of the Union Pa- ciflc , is heavily interested in Kansas City real estate , and Vice-President Amos is buying some splendid business property in Omaha , bo haying decided to put $509- 000 into real estate in this city. Honors arc oven between Kansas City and Oma ha. OJIAIIA. needs foreign capital , and it is beginning to get it , The opportunities for profitable investment in real .estate and business enterprises are becoming noised abroad , and investors are coming to this city to look over the field. THEUE was n time when Jeff Davis could have been hanged with justice and decency. It was a gioat mistake that the government made in not hanging him , but it is too late now to even express regret for that mistake. The loyal people plo of the country will have to grin and boar it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ OMAHA'S streets are bustling with an activity that comes from tlio use of spades ami shovels and picks in the hands of in dustrious workingnicn. The striking opidomiOj fortunately , failed to gain a footing in this city , and the danger of its appuarance is now over. THE suburban trains which the Union Pacific proposes to start in the near fu ture will no doubt prove n profitable en terprise for the company. They will , unquestionably , prove a m'eat benefit to Omaha. THE union freight depot is one of the flr&tof the proposed railroad improve ments to materialize. Now for the union passenger depot. WILL some one please give us some reliable information as to when the Belt Liuu railroad will bo completed ? Now if a tornado would only strike congress. When wind meets wind then comes the tug of war. GEN. HAZEN'S patent cyclone prophet must have been off duty on Tuesday. HERK MOST is at last under arrest. He is u dynamite agitator. He ought to be be made a target for albomb. A dose of his own medicine wouUl euro him. INTEUESTINCJ FACTS. Kansas has 604 newspapers nnd periodicals. It costs Maine S3.0M annually lu bounties for bears. . t Over ono million trees were planted In Ne braska on Arbor day. The Kentucky legislature has Just defeated a high license bill by a close vote. A special police fore ) ) Is iooe organized In Ithodo Island to enforce the now prohlbltot laws. o 't Santa Anna's cork lei ? has been presented to the state of Illinois , ' and placed In Memor ial hall. The largest BUvor-prodticIns mine In the world last vearwas the Ontario of Utah , which yielded 32.31:1,387. : During 1885 Colorado produced $4,000,809 in gold , and 315,427,973 in silver , a total decrease of 3202,123 as compared with 18SJ. There are at the present time 33,000 school libraries in the United States containing 45 , . 000,000 books , or 12,000 more than all the pub lic libraries In Kuropo combined. Bllllnls' celebrated painting. Biibbles"has been bought for 811,000 by a L ondon soap manufacturing firm , and a lithograph copy will bo used for advertising purposes. is Needed In Clitcauo. ClcrcJrtnd Leader. Tbo American people sincerely trust that some hanging will bo done In Chlcaco before many days stilctly judicial hanging. Proclnmattons Don't Proclaim. SL Latilsrepublican. . Gov. Lnrrabcc , of Iowa , having discovered that prohibition doesn't prohibit , and having Issued a proclamation for the enforcement of the law , Is about to discover that pioclama- lions don't proclaim. A Warm Spot in Their Hearts. Cimiirf ! IHnfft A'mtparclt. On next Saturday night Gen. Thayer will addiess the ( hand Army boys at Lincoln , Neb. The surviving members of the Fourth Iowa have a warm spot In tholr hearts for Gen. Thayer. Paiitnloons on Piano liegs. C/itoi'ju / A'ciw. SInce that Montreal judge convicted a jeweler of criminal Indecency for exposing for sale copies of Michael Angclo's famous figure-pieces , "Night" and/'Afornlng , " the people of that city are putting pantaloons on their pianos and otherwise making efforts to get well within the law. Character Counts. Philadelphia llcconl. Ghlcnco and Milwaukee both boast fre quently of tholr rapid pi owth of population. Both cities could spare several thousand of the element * of population that have made themselves conspicuous during the week. The greatness of cities. , as well as of states , does not consist In tft'o 'number but In the character of their Inhabitants. A Talc of Tliree. Months. . .j In May. will the river entice the small boy ? It will , oh , It will , oli. . It will , oh ; Will spoit , ami not school , bring him solace and joy ? 1 ; It will , oh , it will , oh } It Will , oh : Will he llv his big kite lioiu the top of the And be , when thcio'g. flslillig , for study too lilt u - \ Will a thought of his maiblps Insure him a thrill ? It will , oh , It will , ol it will , oh ! In June , will the sea shore.fcialm lair Isabel ? It will , oh , it will , olttrit'VYill , oh ; Will each wave havu % tale ot llhtatlon to tell ? I . It will , oh , It will , ohVit will , oh : Will her sweet losrbud lips melt the soothing Ice cream ? Will her big , lustrous eyes on the dry goods clerk beam' ' Will his pocketbook rudely awaken the tlu'am ? It will , oh , It will , oh , It will , oh I In July , will the weather bo awfullv hot ? It will , ob , it will , eli , It will , oh ; Will remorse and despair bo the poor plumb er's lot ? 'It will , ob , It will , oh , It will , oh ; Will the sheep in the churches decide it is best To u'lve their dear shepherd a much-needed rest ? Will the dude wear a bang and a polka-dot vest ? It will , oh , ft will , ob , It will , phi 8TA1E AND TEttRITOBY. Nebraska Jottings. The Kissahl "lambs "of North Bend arc not a Liltol out. The contract has boon let for a $10,000 hotel at Broken Bow. Eighty marriage permits were issued in Uichardson county in the last four months. A cattish weighing sixty pounds was yanked out of the Missouri at Niobrara last wcuk. F. L. Sisson , grocnratSt.Edward.failed last Saturday. Liabilities about $1OUO , assets about $700. Hastings despairs of n now depot this season Tlio old shed is being patched up and painted red. A Valentino youngster , named White , dropped two fingers while polishing tiie , business end of a loaded shell. A dehorned oik has been captured near Gordon. It is believed to luivo escaped from Omaha , and will bo shipped hcnco , QTho now towns of Mason and Ashley have been planted on the line of the Grand Island & Wyoming Central , and town lots are on the run. The Sioux County Test , with Thomas Joflcr.son Smith on the pennant , nmdo a Chesterfield bow last week and proposes to Post up the locality on current affairs for a moiety of tribute. Broken Bow is congratulating itself on becoming a railroad Center in two years. Branches of the 15. & M. , Union Pacific and Elkhorn Valley roads are expected to converge there within that time. The Fillmore County Democrat , of Geneva , is another candidate for local provender und promintm.ee. It promises to bcconio a live paperf with Jollursoniiin virus burcing through ita veins , A mad dog run the g-uiiiitlot of n score of guns , pistols and oliibs in Nebraska City Saturday , but finullyibarked against an ax in the hands of U muscular pork packer. The cur wa9 sane enough to know his preserver.r' ' ' ' . A lightning bolt tupljled'ftho residence of Joseph Snyder near Republican City , ono any last WCOK , sinashud the chimney and stove , toro up a section of the floor , and knocked the oeoiipanH out of breath for a moment. It wivsj1 a , stunning hot ono , Nebraska City refuses 3 to bo comforted by anything less thuu uu iron bridge over the Missouri at tbut point. All eyes are now focused on a number of moneyed nion who are organizing a bridge com pany with a capital oi $800,000. Tlio papers will bo filed in a few duys. Seven hundred men and 400 teams are leveling the route of the Elkhorn Valley road from Fremont to Lincoln. Thu grade to Wahoo will bo completed by Juno 10. Speculators are hanging on the oaries of the railroad oflicials , anxi ous to secure a nod or a wink as to the location of new towns on the route. Tlio newspaper field in the state is being pretty thoroughly cultivated this spring. Now pastures are to bo plowed up and patent inside poesies planted where they will do the most good and make money. Fully fifty now pitpors have blossomed.since the 1st of January mid every week adds two or more to tlio list. The Wisncr Chronicle , by G. A. W. Davison , is the latest candidate for local patronngo nnd power. A gang of country loughs noarUrokon Bow forcibly expressed their approval of the marraigo of Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Prcd- more. Guns and gongs pealed n merry lay , nnd nn occasional clod crashed through a window. The door was broken in and a bullet shaved the Jaw of the bridegroom. Finally the shorm in vited the uoys to town , whore they were treated to n fine amounting to $300. There were cloven of them. Clarence Uarbco , the 12-ycnr-old tumbler in tlio Nicklo Plato circus , jumped out of tinsel and tights In Fre mont and sought the protection of the police. Ho claims to have been kid napped from Ills homo in Savannah , Ga. , ana has received for Jiis work nothing but whippings and poor grub. If thu camel-shaped girl would now shako her patent hide and assume the garb of her sex in public , the country would bo ono humbug less. Iowa Items. The Cedar Rapids packing house is now packing 1,000 hogs u day. The treasurer of Polk county gathered in ? 25,772.0 during April. A company has been organized nt Ot > tumwa to invest $100,000 in a hotel. Burlington proposes to plant a packing house on the site of the soldiers' home that was to bo. A scries of caves of vast dimensions have boon discovered on the banks of tlio Iowa river near Coralvlllo , Johnson county. ' Fairficld furnishes n prohibition uointer. Only four arrests for drunkenness - ness have been made tiiero this year. The population of the town is 3,5CO. A teamster was lined $100 and costs by a Knoxville justicit of the peace for hr.ul- ing cloven kegs of boer ironi Ottumwn to KnoKvillo. and ho did not have the sat isfaction of tupping them. Hobort Styles , well known amon" Ne braska teachers , received u certificate from the county superintendent last week. Ho is 71 yours old , and has com pleted his sixty-sixth term of school. A neat and merited compliment was paid to bravo Kate Shelley nt the recent organization in Itopno of n lodge of the Brotherhood of Kail road Brakemcn. The ollicial name given was that of "Kato Shelley Lodge , No. 204. " A leather-lunged socialist from Kock Island opened his mouth at a meeting of his kind in Davenport , und the city -marshal his foot it. Ho - put in was es corted out of town , and ordered to scour his brains before rocrossing the river. Mons. O. P. Smith and Professor Brooks , ditto , collided in n street corner in Sioux City Saturday. Smith climbed the pinnacle of Brooks' form in nn in stant , and painted his mug a deep Tus can. Both spent Sunday in jail , and ca lled in $20 each next morning. Friday afternoon , at Murray , Clarke county , Mr. Howard , proprietor of tlio Howard house at that place , was struck : by a mail pouch thrown from the fast mail train which'passes thiouph that town without stoppingand was seriously , it is feared fatally , injured. On Saturday a farm house owned by Frank Bcnoit , in Silver Lake township , Dickinson county , twelve miles north west from Spirit Lake , burned up with his three small children , who had boon left locked up in a room while the mother. Mrs. Benoit , had gene to work in the field. Mr. Bonoit was also absent from the house during the fire. Dakota. Vormilhon is offered a Hour mill for a small bonus. The first steam whistle woke the echoes in Rapid City last week. Brown county is six years old and re ports 2MO ! school children The latest specimens from the tin dis trict received in Rapid City are from the Equinox , owned by Francis Brothers , Mark Thomas and Charley Jones. The vein is seven and a half feet thick and be tween granite and slate walls. The de velopment consists of a forty-foot shaft. The owners have several ou'ers for the claim. In a recent case in Hutcliinson county , Judije Palmer gave a decision virtually settling the question ' that in Dakota parties cannot recover damages from counties for neglect to keep tlio high ways and bridges in order , or to build bridges. Persons who travel must take their chances on the roads as they find them. Wyomlnjj. A hook and ladder house to cost $8,500 is to bo built in Cheyenne. Forty miles of the Cheyenne & North ern road will bo graded "and ironed this year. The bids for plans for the capital build ing in Chcyonno are all in. There are six competitors. The Cheyenne printers unanimously agreed to raise their own wages 0 per cent last week. The publishers kicked hard but had to come down. The striking brakemen who got the .bounce at Laramie , were photographed in a group. They solemnly agreed to meet , if living , in Laramie two years hence for a reunion. The Owl Ureck portion of the Shoshone reservation is to bo thrown open to set- tlomont. This rrcion is thirty miles long and ten wide. It has rich hay and farm ing lands , with an abundance of water and timber. The foot hills are line graz ing grounds. Laramie enjoyed a variety of weather in a hinjjlo day recently. A strong wind prevailed during the forenoon , nt noon there was a falfof snow and hail that whitened the ground in a few moments and at 1 o'clock the sun was shining down with summer heat und not a breath of air stirring , Utah. Tlio 13-year-old aon of Charley Welch was killed by the curs ut Ogden Satur day , U. B. Young , the Royal descendant of the sainted Rriglmm , hits bcpn comiclud of supporting too many wives. Governor West was banqueted by the Gentiles on the day of his ai rival , feasted with tlio Mormons the next day , uud on the thiul took tlio oath , of oflico. The banks of Salt Lake City report the receipts for tlio week ending May Cth , inclusive , of iJlL'y Tli.-IS ) in bullion , and $28,11 7,01 in ore , a total of $102,103.00. The Utah & Northern is getting a lurgo lot of liew steel rails for relaying its track north of Pocatello , Idaho , The old Utah & Northern .shops at Logan nn : being - ing torn down and shipped to Eagle Rock. It is understood that the Wasatch build ing , in Salt Lake City , is soon to b con verted into u hotel , On the removal of the court and federal ollicus from the building it is to bo overhauled und fitted up at a cost of $10,000 or 00,000 fur a first class hotel. 'ihero was shipped from Salt Lake City duriug the week ending Saturday May 8. twenty-nine cars of bullion , 701,018 pounds ; nineteen cars slag , 030G7B pounds ; four cars ore , 123,850 , pounds and three cars sulphur , 80,000 , pounds , mak ing a total of luty-flvo oars , aggregating 1,635,470 pounda. A Now York iurniturp dealer , speaking of bo us antique furniture , says : 1 know men who can take a modern ward robe and in a few hours make it look as if it were built a century ago , Some dealers buy up all the old furiiUuro lliuy can around ut unction sales a d fix it up a little , und then sell it at a high pucd. There js kind of stain mada which- used proporjy , will transform u homlouk * plank into a good imitation of English oak' . " The EftRte of the * West. JVeic Tori : Commercial Adrertlter , The fact is that America ia now the fashion , and the old mother Is fast becoming - coming proud of the naughty boy who wouldn't bo spanked nnd who loft homo in a pot "to forage for himself. " A proat company of Englishmen have been com ing over here of late years , to hunt , to earn a living and to lecluro , and their united voice of astonishment lias nt last beat it into the head of stay-at-home England Hint this is indeed "a great and glorious land. " The latest witness Is Mr. Carnegie , the wealthy Scotchman who is n largo iron manufacturer of Pittsburp. whoso book. "Triumphant Democracy , " wo reviewed yesterday. This is lu many rospocte a romarknb'o ' volume. It states broadly nnd frankly that the United States Is the best country on the globe , the freest , the purest , the happiest. And what is even more gratifying , the author proves it. Wo wish every American who has fallen into the contemptible habit of snporing at his own country would pot this book and road it through. It ho is still discontent ed after the reading , ho ought to emi grate. As we said yesterday , It is Impractica ble to follow Mr. Carnegie through his GOO pages of closoly-pucked figures , citations and proofs. Ilo sums up his views toward tlio close of the volume in the shape of "tho record of ono century's harvest of democracy. " These fruits ho immus as * follows : The majority of the English-speaking race under ono re publican flag at peace ; a nation pledged to international arbitration ; Hip imtion with the fcinnllost proportion of illiterates ; the nation that spends least on war and the most ou education ; tlio nation that provides most liberally for those who stake their lives in its defence ; tlio nation in which the minority is most secure ; the nation whoso fla is tlio symbol and guar antor of the equality of the citizen ; the nation which lias a perfect constitution , and is contented with it : tlio nation with the iilcal second legislative chamber , the .somite ; the nation with the best supreme court ; the most consurvativo and yet tlio most progressive nation ; the wealthiest nation in the world. There , that is catalogue of perfec tions foi you ! And , as we have said , thn author fortifies every position ho takes with cogent proofs. Nor docs ho spare old England in his comparisons , thoujrh it is easy to see lie is u loyal Briton still , and scolds her more in sorrow than linger. But it would be almost worth a trip to England to watch atypical country squire read Mr. Carnegie's book. Wo can fancy the pulls nnd bluster and high color and strange old English comedy oaths with which this nmiablo but archaic person would respond to the author's sharp thrusts at the leaden weights of tradition and privilege which have kept England tied down while her truant offspring has been "foraging" with such daz/.ling suc cess that ho has now come to bo the hope ot the world. ' JJOYO and Politics. Chicago Herald. Secretary Bayard's ' son , appointed to a territorial ofllce some time ago when ho was said to be under his father's displeas ure , is soon to be married in West Vir ginia to the young lady who was the in nocent cause of the estrangement be tween father and son. As the matrimonial question appears to have taken precedence of all others in Washington , it is not strange that tlio so ciety gossipers have turned from the approaching preaching white house wedding to con template with more or less interest the fortunes of young Bayard and his pros pective bride. Ho met her quite romantically. Stopping at a rural hotel in tlio mountains of West Vinrinia after a day's sport , ho noticed that the girl who waited on the tajilc at supper was a vision of loveliness. Ho loitered about the place , made her acquaintance , interested her in himself , proposed mar riage and was accepted. Hero the stern parent stepped in , Mr. Bayard. senior , had other views. Ho was proud.jind , as evil-minded gossips had nhcady circulated a story to the effect that the young man intended to marry a waiter srirl , the secretary of state threat ened to disown the youth if ho persisted. After a stormy scene the young man solicited an appointment in the far west and Grover Cleveland , who had been a young man himself , gave it to him with out consulting his secretary of state. It now transpires that the young lady is the daughter of the hotelkeeper , and that she sometimes in a rusli of business ofliciated at the table ; that she has had a fair education , and that , so far as good looks and amiability go , she can double discount some whole tnmiliesof would-be Washington aristocrats. Wherefore Mr. Bayard , the older , pleased with his son's ' independence and devotion , revokes his refusal , and promises ut'tlte proper time to sanction the murriago and to bestow his blessing. Thus do democratic institutions assort themselves in spite of family pride and the splendor of oflicml station. Once out of the atmosphere of Washington and in the wilds of the west , the average Ameri can sovereign , us 1m contemplates the newly married pair , will probably won der whore so pentlo and attractive a lady picked up such u common looking man. Base ball short atop hit in eye. Si- Jacobs Oil removes all pain. 50 cents. Carl Pretzel's I'hUoBophy. National Weekly : Der deuiplurenz question in bolidicks VIIH yoost der sumo hko dot blade of Imsh , vliich vas shkit- uated bedweun ice-gruam und der nut krncker. Der bolitician dot itond vas dry vas yoost so scarce in dia vorld iko asunglos' bustles. Vhciu impudences vas vlt , it was fool ishness to said somctings. Vhon you got your heart und lifer. und bruni.s. in dlmir right places mid keep 'cm dlicru , you could vheur iv cunus und uliplid your hairs in der centre of your head , Vhon your face vas got a shmiill vart on its nose , dot Imssur you lull' about it myself. It vould been a good scthoko ender der fuller dot dond got seine wonnnvtion.s for nudnral iinborfcctions. Catarrlial Dangers. Tob s fioid fiom the dnngorB nt aulToauilnii wlillo lying JOWM ; toliioiuliuliccly , sloop suun < l- y mill unillstrulied ; to rbo luliosliutl , la-ail clear. In'uiii active iiml 1'ion fiom pulu or ncho ; to know ( lint no poisonous , putrid mutti'i defile - filetlio lii'jntli unJ lots a > .iy Ilia dcllcato ma chinery of miio'l , liuto and liOHiliiit ; to ( mil Hint tlosjMfni ilixia not , through Us veins mid urt- iirlos. sucliup ll.upoUnn tUut la sure lonriilor- inlno ait't di'alruy , Is iinUnil n blosiliiK tiojoml nil otliur human cmjo.tntinU , To - Im munity fiom Hiu-h n Tntu elmuld bu tlio object ot nil iillnrtO'J ' , Hut tliuso wiui liuvo trlud imtny tomuUlus nnd phyelcl.uii despair uf relief or cure. SiNroun's Ku > ic\ri Com ! moots ororv plmso orcaturruli , fiom n eluiplo liond uolil to Hit most loutliHmui niul ilMtriU'llvu .statin. It Is louid und uongtltutloiml. iiii-tnnt lu u'llo/ln ; , puuimnont la fining , uafo , uoouutolcnl und novor-fnlllnir. . . . Siimmu'i * ItAnitur. ( Jiniu coiu'sts ' of nno hotllo of the JUwi'.u. Ouicn , oiiu box otOv- TAHUIIAI.SOWSST.IUUlOnelMI'llOVKUlNIMMill , nil inuppod In ono p.ickuiro with trcntho ittnl dlroulloiH. und Hold ) nil dnifrplsis for ? 1 OU. ixi & . OIIUMICAI , UD. , ACHINGMUSOLES IIKI.IKVKU IN 0 > ? I5 M1NUT15 by that new , O'vlnal , floijnsit , uml Jn- fiUIIIilolHtla'imiH'loii 'buCUTHIUKA ! ANTl-lM IN WiAHTKlt. No uylie or puln , or l-rui " or eirnlo , or couch _ _ _ > or wM , or mu'JOiu woiiUiiew but yield * to its bwudy | , ult- ? : > u rftl mill iiov.T-lnil- ) iuirH'llu.'l"U r proirji t'S. ! 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It ( lees awny ivifli Sal- lownoss' , Itotlnoss , I'iuiplos , Jtlotclios , and all dlscasos nnd imperfections of the skin , II overcomes tlio f lushed appear i ance of heat , fnticuo and ox- cllcmnnl. ItiuaKesaladrol' TJJIItTY appear hut TWJiN- TY j and so natural , gradual , uud perfect , are its olfecte , that It is impossible to Uotcr-t il.s application.