Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; . THUBSDAY , MAY 13. 1886.
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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
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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-
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