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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JUNE 22 , 1880.
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THE proprietors of the Piixlon liottso
IKIVO no inoro right to obstruct travel iu
dcGauco of law tlmn Tom Murray.
WE can never hope to secure honest
nnd impartial assessments until wo re
peal or revise the present assessment
laws.
OMAHA , again ted the procession in the
percentage of increased bank clearances
last week. Her increase was sixty per
cent over the corresponding week of last
year. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A CHICAGO paper lias a loncthy article
on "Chicago's big bores. " A careful pe
rusal of the article failed to reveal any
biographical sketch of Mayor Harrison.
' , r.uero has been a bis oversight on the
part of some one.
A NEOKO who stole § 13 has just been
imprisoned for life in Kentucky. If ho
had stolen if 13,000 ho would have been
rich and respectable , and in hardly any
danger of going to the penitentiary.
Verily , the ways of justice arc some times
past finding out.
WHY docs'tho board of mibhc works
allow Harncy street , which has just been
graded , to be obstructed by monstrous
cottonwood trees planted thirty years
ngo In the middle of thosidowalk ? Why
does it allow property owners on that
same street opccial privileges in leaving
their sidewalks above grade ? .
J. STERLING MOUTUN is going to Eu
rope , and it is now an open secret that
Dr. Miller intends also to visit the old
world once more , ho having made ar-
rnngoraojitj } tojje. nbfjont for six months.
The question that now agitates the friends
of the two gentlemen is whether Europe
is largo enough to hold Miller and Morton
at the same time.
FAVORITISM should have no place in
eur public improvements. Wo cannot
countenance a privileged class of prop
erty owners , who may at pleasure violate
late sidewalk ordinances , obstruct the
streets , and defy the city authorities.
The law Is no respecter of persons , and
the ollicors whoso duty it is to enforce
the law have no right to favor anybody.
ACCORDING to advices received from
Washington the bill to re-locate Fort
Omaha is being pushed by the parties in
terested and it is expected to pass the
house daring the present week. If our
citizens desire to defeat this Job they
must bestir themselves. A remonstrance ,
numerously signed , stating the true facts
oftho case , would , in our opinion , cause
the committee on military affairs to hold
the bill and make inquiry as to its merits.
The sonata rushed the bill through with
out consideration or discussion.
UNTIL a few days ago Now York had n
law , one ol the "relics of barbarism , "
authorizing unlimited imprisonment for
debt. Last week n now law wont into ef
fect limiting the time of imprisonment ,
for debt to six months , and yesterday the
Inmates of Ludlow street jail , the debt
ors' prison , who had boon incarcerated
there for six months and oyor , wore re
leased. Great injustice and hardship ro >
Bulled from the old law , and it is not
creditable to the former legislators of
Now York that it was allowed to remain
until now on the statute books of the
state.
L
THIS voice of Nova Scotia is overwhelm-
inply for secession from the Canadian
, confederation. The United States cannot -
not consistently encourage the sentiment ,
Imt it Is undoubtedly approved by the
majority of the people of New England.
What ofluct the determined stand of the
* people of Nova Scotia , which reflects the
fooling in all the maritime provinces , will
have iu shaping the future policy of the
dominion in its commercial relations
with the United States , cannot bo cer
tainly foretold , but it ought to bo safe to
. nssumo that it will tend to at least reduce
the arrogance of the government.
THE decision of the supreme court of
Ohio , sustaining the action of the state
seriate iu unseating the Hamilton county
democratic senators and giving the seats
to the republicans and declaring the sou-
nto to have been legally constituted and
to have hud a legal quorum , nolwith-
Etandlng the doinooratlo desertion , is
quite as important in its practical as iu
its uolitlctxl bearings. The principal
measures that would have boon destroyed
by u contrary decision are the bill author-
faring the state to borrow half a million
dollars , for wldoh there la most pressing
necessity ; the Dow bill taxing the sale of
Iiquorfrom which u largo revenue will be
derived for municipal use , aud the bill
restoring the congressional districts as
hey wuro before the domocraUo gerry
of four years
Reprobate * nnd IlencRfxlofl.
The war Is on. The curses that the would *
be booses have so carelessly expended during
the past ten years are going home to roost ,
The men who have been abused arc prepar
ing to sccuie reprisal and Immunity. The
republican pnrty of Nebraska Is making
ready to assert Itself and to punish the dema
gogues who have attempted to ruin It.
I Omaha .Republican.
This is an excellent text , but It comes
with bad grace from reprobates nnd rene
gades. The coarse and vindictive tirade
to which the Young Men's Republican
club at Platlsmotith has been subjected ,
because forsooth it had committed the
unpardonable offense of Inviting Senator
Van Wyck to its annual banquet , shows
what a small pattern of manhood can
aspire to party leadership in Nebraska.
He has the conceit and insolence to
institute comparisons between his per
sonal labors for republicanism and those
of General A an Wyok. He has the arro
gance to hurl curses and threats at republicans -
publicans who dare to lunoro his preten
sions of political autocracy. Van Wyck
was expounding republican doctrine in
the halls of congress while this pusll-
animous blackguard was still in charge
of Ids wct-uurso. Van Wyck was fighting
the battles of his country In the rauks
of the Union army while Nye was a mere
stripling.
"On what moat dotli this our Ctesnr
feed that ho Is grown so great ? " Have the
reprobates who iissall the Plattsmonth
Republican club forgotten that tlfoy live
in glass houses ? What right have they
to set themselves up as model ropttb-
Henna I What have they done to make
the parly strong , honored and respected ?
Let us rolresh their memory , and present
them to true republicans in the light of
political history. '
When republican supremacy was im
perilled by the political treason of Andrew -
drew Johnson after the close of the war ,
Casper E. Yost and many of the
swashbuckler stalwarts who now seek to
rule the party deserted and went over to
the enemy for n , mess of pottage. Yost
nnd his clan supported J. Sterling Mor
ton for governor of Nebraska iu 1807
against the regular republican nominee.
As n reward for political perfidy Andrew
Johnson retained Yost as United States
marshal. When Grant became president
ho promptly dismissed these renegades
from ollico , and put tried and true re
publicans in their places. Then Yost
and his associate stalwarts hurled curses
loud and deep at Grant. General
Thayer , who was then republican sena
tor from Nebraska , came in for his share
of abuse and slander , just as Van Wyck
is receiving it now.
In 1870 Yost and the renegades turned
bolters against the regular republican
legislative ticket in this county , which waste
to elect a successor to Tlmyor. They
imperilled republican success in the elec
tion of a senator out of rank venality
and vimlictiveness. When the republi
can legislature met in caucus to nominate
a senator , they broke up the caucus , ana
finally defeated Thaycr by a combination
of renegades and democrats. Eleven of
the democratic members wore bought
outright with money.
Tliis was the beginning of n reign of
jobbery and reckless public plundering
that must forever remain the most dis
graceful page in the annals of Nebraska.
Six years of renegade rule , in collusion
with the railroad bosses , who made use
of the republican party to subserve the
greed and rapacity of Jay Gould and his
minions.
From being the party of equal rights ,
free speech , free press , and an honest
ballot , the republican party in Nebraska
degenerated into an engine of oppres
sion , a cloak for robbery , and a refuge
for plunderers and embezzlers. Those
were the days of chain-gang republican
ism , when an Omaha postmaster boldly
broke open the seals of letters containing
returns of the vote on the now constitu
tion of 1871 , and had these returns
changed before they were returned to the
secretary of stato. Those were the days
when Boss Cunningham carried on sur
veying frauds with n high hand , and a
small army of political bummers was
quartered upon Undo Sam from the pro
ceeds of crooked surveys.
Those wore the palmy days when Paul
Vandervoortjpacked republican primaries
and conventions with vagabonds and re-
poatcrs , and honest republicans wore
driven by rowdies and roughs from the
polls.
It was chaingang republicanism that
foisted Dick Adams upon the Deadwood
postoulco , and kept the embezzler there
until the penitentiary yawned for him.
It was during the reign of thcs o confed
erated plunderers that jobbery at the state
capital became popular , and honest ra-
publicans who dared to raise their voice
against the corrupt loaders were de
nounced , hounded down and ostracized.
As a natural consequence the bettor
elements of the party resented this ty
ranny , and thousands ot them rose in re
volt. What else could they do while rail
road attorneys , section bosses and subsi
dized editors were at the helm , deter
mined to rule the party or to compass its
ruin ?
The young republicans of Plattsmouth
are old enough to remember all this.
Some of them remember how John M.
Thurston , was defeated for district judge
by the Omaha Republican bolters. That
was before Thurston became Union Pa
cific attorney. They remember how that
staunch republican , W. J. Connell , was
bushwhacked and beaten by order of the
Republican , when ho was a can
didate for district attorney. Tlioy
remember how Yost and Nye
treacherously defeated the party fifteen
months ago and helped to elect Juruea E.
Boyd mayor of Omuha. They remember
that last fall and again this spring the
Republican gave no active support to the
republican county and city tickets. From
such model republicans , good Lord deli
ver us !
"But the war Is on , " and curses , like
chickens , are coming homo to roost. The
republican party of Nebraska has been
cursed long enough by treacherous load
ers. It Is making ready to assert itself
and to punish the rogues , jabbi'f ! and
railroad cappers who have brought disas
ter and disgrace upon the party by their
nefarious schemes and misrule ,
A. Sltfnlfloaut IlcsulU
Republican politics in Vermont ana
there is none other worthy of serious
consideration is of general interest , not
so much by reason of immediate effects
in promoting the ambition of local
leaders and politicians as of the influence
likely to be exerted by the results upon
cvouU two years hence. We some davs
since noted the apparent fact that a
formidable opposition to Senator Ed
munds had developed in his state , and
that according to the estimates of corre
spondents , evidently sant into Vermont
to give the opposition to the senator as
much importance as possible , there was
great probability that Mr. Edmunds
would not find his pathway to a renewal
of senatorial honors so free from obstruc
tions as it had hitherto been , If , indeed ,
he did not find it quite impassable. It was
given out that the course of the sen
ator in the last presidential cam
paign had created wide dissatisfaction ,
and that if Vermont consented to further
honor him it would bo chiefly because
the republicans of that state were mag
nanimously disposed to subordinate their
own feelings to the wish of the repub
licans of the country that Mr. Edmunds
should continue In the senate. The re
publican convention met last week nnd
its result demonstrated how very little
there was In the reports , surmises and
predictions that preceded It. Out of a
vote of 003 , the pronounced Edmunds op
position could muster only GO.
It Is charged that the effort to organize
an opposition to Mr. Edmunds proceeded
from the close friends of Mr. Blalne and
was encouraged by that gentleman.
Herein lies its far-reaching signifi
cance , for whether or not it bo
true that the Maine statesman
was a pnrty to the schema to
defeat the senator , having entered , as is
alleged , Into ti combination with Poland
and Kx-Governor Smith for that purpose ,
it is hardly to bo doubled that ho will be
compelled to bear a very considerable
share of the responsibility for the move
ment , and that his enemies and the
friends of Edmunds will not bo back
ward in giving it all the importance it
can have. Equally is it a matter of cer
tainty that the unquestioned unfriendli
ness of the Vermont senator to Mr.
Blaine will not bo diminished by the
alleged fact of the latter having used his
influence to foment discord and dissen
sion among the republicans of Vermont ,
but rather may it bo expected that when
the proper time comes it will assume a ,
much more pronounced form than it did
two years ago. In short , Mr. Blaine and
his friends have good reason to count
Senator Edmunds hereafter among the
most formidable opponents of the aspir
ing Mniuo statesman , and to expect not
only no quarter from that source , but an
active hostility that cannot fail to bo
damaging if not disastrous.
A Blntnnt Demagogue.
Of all the demagogues who have ever
sought cheap notoriety iu this community
none could hold a candle to the blue-
blooded editor who proclaims himself as
the only outspoken foe of the wealthy
tax-shirkers.
Years before this impudent hypocrite
had taken possession of Jay Gould's
boodle , which caino to him by inheri
tance , the BEE had denounced the out
rageous partiality of assessors and ex
posed the operation of the system by
which the burdens of taxation have been
sh'ltcd from heavy capitalists and
wealthy corporations upon the shoulders
of the middle classes whoso homes are
often mortgaged for all they are worth.
Three years ago ox-County Clerk Man
chester was employed by us at consid
erable expense , for the special purpose
of compiling the assessments upon prop
erty in our principal streets and acre
property held by heavy land owners in
the heart of the city. Wo then published
a comparative exhibit of assessments ,
and urged the commissioners and city
council to equalize them. Last year the
BEK hired n special reporter to compile
the list of property exempted from taxes
in the city. After three weeks' labor
this report was presented to the public.
It made the startling exhibit of COO city
lots exempted from taxes as railroad
right of way. This exposure was
followed up by a call upon the assessors
to do their duty impartially. The tax
shirkers were severely overhauled and
the present system of tax evasion
thoroughly ventilated. It was mainly
through our efforts that the assessors last
year raised their assessments very mater
ially. The wholesome sentiment in favor
of tax revision created by the BEE has
had its salutary effect this year in one or
two wards at least. It is the height of
impudence for a pampered nabob , whenever
never earned a dollar by his own labor ,
to pose as the valiant champion of tax
reform in behalf of the laboring clas.scs.
It takes sublime cliook for such a
person to claim all the credit
for tlio sentiment that prevails in Omaha
in favor ot impartial assessments. It is
the essence of meanness for him to
charge the BEE with shirking this issue ,
and mounting tlio fence for fear that
it would injure the chances of Van Wyck.
It is decidedly amusing to hear the
closest landlord in Omaha , who inherited
(200,000 , ana has never been known as n
philanthropist , rant about tax-shirkers ,
and proclaim himself as the , only man In
Omaha who has the courage to grapple
with glaring abuses. Would it not bo
well for this conceited young man to use
the broom before his own door before ho
runs the sweeping machine in front of
the promises of his wealthy neighbors ?
Tlio Business Situation.
There Is but little change in the busi
ness situation , the tendency being towards
greater quietude , as is generally the case
with the closing days of Juno. The vol
ume of trade , however , is fully up to tlio
summer average , and in some depart !
meats there is a much bettor demand
than had been anticipated at this stage of
the season. Crop conditions have been
much improved bj timely rains , which
have materially bonotlttod the growing
grain throughout the west. There is
abundant evidence that tho'commercial
and industrial interests of the country
are ou an improved footing as com
pared with this time last year. While
the business of the half year shows a de
cline in seine directions , the gain in
others more than balances the loss. Pro
duction and consumption per capita are
larger in spite of the discouragements of
the labor strikes and agitation , but the
profit on employed capital has been rela
tively small , and in the unsatisfactory
returns from such investments is to bo
found the chief ground of complaint in
business circles. The situation as n
whole is an improving one , as indicated
by the growing confidence of traders ,
the encouraging crop outlook , the activ
ity and rise in the wool markets , and the
large prospective increase in rail
way construction In tlio west ,
The change ( or the better is not
likely to become general for some
weeks yet , but there is growing expecta
tion that it will bo widespread nnd pro
gressive as soon as -midsummer lull is
over. There was d largo decrease In
the failure list In nil sections of the coun
try last week. Thoitotal for the United
States nnd Canada was 155 , as against
209 the previous week nnd 187 the week
before.
Cotton prices aro.n shndo easier on en
couraging crop reports nnd slow trading.
Exports for last week were comparatively
light , and speculation was very tame.
Cotton goods have b'ccn ' more active , and
n few lending makes of bleached shirt
ings have been advanced 2J per cent.
Printing-cloths arc nlso n shndo
higher , and all standard brands of staple
cottons are steadily held , with Supplies
under very good control. Wool prices
advanced 1 to 2 cents per pound us a re
sult of larger purchases for consumption ,
reduced slocks of old wool and stimulat
ing reports from foreign nnd domestic
markets. There are Indications of a
growing consumption of fine wools ,
which have stiffened tlio views of grow
ers in the washed-wool sections. The
primary markets everywhere show nn In
creased firmness and activity. The rise
iu wool values at homo and abroad has
caused a firmer fooling in the woolen
goods trade , but there has been no ap
preciable advance in prices. Buyers
show more confidence , but are still oper
ating conservatively in all lines.
Wheat prices have declined and par
tially recovered under speculative in
fluences in great part governed by crop
conditions in this country and in Eu
rope. The foreign crop advices have
caused some covering of short lines in
domestic markets , which has contributed
to strengthen prices. There has been n
better export demand for corn , but very
little speculation , and price fluctuations
have been unimportant. The market
is a shade weaker , however , ou account
of timely rains in the corn belt.
INTISKKS'JCIKG FACTS.
The steamer Great Eastern will hereafter
bo used as a coal barge at Gibraltar.
A solid bed of alum 600 feet thick has been
riiscovwed in Graijani county , Arizona ,
A Now Haven linn nianufactiues over 400
kinds of barometers and thermometers.
In the fifty-two Maine savings banks on May
1 the deposits aggieguted 530,19i,5W.93. :
A look Is on exhibition at the French Crys
tal palace which 1ms 3,747,1375 combinations.
The object glass for the Lick university
telescope weighs 450 pounds , and cost 551,000.
The Japanese government has ordered
120,000,000 feet of lumber troin Oregon mills.
The presents sent to tlio white house for
Mrs. Cleveland are estimated to bo worth
5100,000. '
Bell's Life , whichrecently throw up the
sponge in London , was < started hi 1SS3 by
John Bell. , \
It Is thought that over 3/000,000 / tons of Iron
ore will bo shipped , from Lake fauperlor ports
this season.
This season's orange , crop In Southern
California aggregated 730,000 boxes , or
108,000,000 oranges. .
Seven hundred babies tovo been named af
ter Cleveland sinceho became president
nnd their photographs till the drawers in a
white house cabinet. . '
What Is claimed to be an original water
color portrait of Washington , painted on
Ivory In 1850 by J. Locouowned [ In Spring
field , iloss. , is offered to the government for
the moderate little sum of $ 50,000.
An Immense drove of rats recently took
possession of the premises of S. W. Galnes ,
near Sclo , Or. Although ho has killed about
a thousand there aio many left. They have
killed about 5500 worth of chickens and other
fowls.
Minister Lament ,
Louisville Courier-Journal ,
Colonel Daniel S. Lament will hereafter bo
Icnown as the envoy extraordinary and min
ister plenipotentiary at the court of Cupid.
A Representative JBlaa ,
Clitcago Herald.
There IB something very appropriate In
William S. llolman's rcuomlnation for con
gress In a district where nearly every demo
crat Is kicking over the distribution of the
federal patronage. He Is a chronic fault
finder himself , and therefore is a thoroughly
representative man.
They are llnroly Punished.
Kansas Cltv Journal.
"The names of many of the lynchers are
known and stops are to bo taken to prosecute
them , " says a dispatch from Nebraska , after
reciting the death of a horrible lynching af
fair. The lynchors are often known , the
steps aio always taken , yet how rarely are
the lynchers punished.
Tlio Mortons Should Bo Just.
Clttcago Newt ,
The Nebraska City News has said some
very mean things recently about the late
Wilbur IT. Storey. The edltorof the Nebraska
City News Is near of kin to the lion. J. Ster
ling Morton , who owes his prominence in
lifo to Wilbur F. Storey uiore than any other
man or men. Therefore the Morton family
should bo just , if not kind , to Storey's mem
ory. But perhaps the Mortons no longer care
for Storey , since ho is dead , and since his
paper preferred not to bo edited by the Hon.
J. Sterling.
Not Creditable to Nebraska.
Kansat Cllv Times.
Nebraska's adoption of what has come to
be recognized as the Kansas idea Is by no
means creditable to her , Not that it may be
believed that Kansas will be at all jealous of
the attempt to deprive hnrof Unquestionable
privilege of lynching criminals , for some
months have elapsed since she exercised that
privilege. But a lyii.chlng usually means
that the law Is In iequatc. and that can
haidly be eala of Nebrpk . In another year
we tnibt it mny not belaid of Kansas.
A Big Advertisement.
Chicago. fie\i' \ .
When Colonel Chailes , JJ. ilasbrook , busi
ness manager of thq Kansas City Times ,
heaid that Ur.Munfoiiteditor , of the paper ,
had been shot at by a.crnnicy lawyer he was
sojomnlng at one of : the Atlantic coabt
watering places. Ills /Irst / eare was to learn
whether the editor vyas' seriously hurt , and
upon learning that the wound was a very
slight onu ho indited iusti'nctlons to his tub-
ordlnates at home , as1 follows : "Send out
double orders to all newsdealers to-inoriow
and boom the thing nil'you can , It's the big
gest advertisement we've liad In ten years. "
Mutability.
Dana Miller in the II * t n Transcript.
The king hath power for a day 1
What then thu monarch's ttnillo or frown ?
Miter and crozler , what ore they ?
Scepter and signet , swoid and crown ?
A narrow grave hath Timour , him
Before whom nations bowed thum down , (
And Himalayas' rising dim ,
With niibtcio Irony look on ,
See Beckct mount the steed , the King \
Holding tlio btlrruii for his grace ; 1
But later MM > the bishop's brains
Dashed redly on the altar place.
Sen Cromwell from a gibbet swung I
A mass of poor , dUmembeied bones
Who wrou.'ht u nation's freedom , hung
For London mobs to pelt with stones !
Power 1 nu airy , baseless dream 1
Glorlusl they vanish at a breath !
Only thu uiliul hath rulu supieme
And triumphs over Jute and death I
TUB Fort Otnnbn Job ,
In the sonnto of the United States ,
March 13 , 18SO , Mr. Mandorson Intro
duced the following bill , which was road
twice nnd referred to the committee on
military affairs , April 0 , 1830. Reported
by Mr. Mnndcrson without amendment ;
A bill to provide for the sale of the site of
Fort Omaha , Nebraska , the sale or removal
of the Improvements thereof , nnd for n now
site nnd the const i action of suitable build
Ings thereon.
Bo It cnectcd by the t-cnnto nnd house
of representatives of the United States of
America in congress assembled. That
the secretary of war is hereby authorized
to sell tha military reservation known as
Fort Onmlm , near the city of Omnhn , in
the state of Ncbrnskn , n'nd such of the
buildlnc * nnd improvements thereon as
cannot bo economically removed to the
new silo heroin provided for. In dispos
ing of said properly the secretary of war
shall ciutflu the grounds to bo platted in
blocks , streets , and alleys , If In his judg
ment it will inure to tlio benefit of the
government in making sale of said silo ,
hnving duo reference to the rcmiiroinetits
of the houses nnd buildings locntcd on
snid grounds , In such cases as they may
bo sold with the ground. The secretary
of war shall also cause the lots , lands ,
nnd buildings to bo appraised nnd sold at
public or nnvatc .tulc. at not less than the
appraised value , hnving first been offered
nt public sale. The expense of advertis
ing , appraisement , survey , and sale shall
bo paid out of the proceeds of said sale ,
nnd the balance paid into the treasury of
the United States.
Sen. 2. Thattho secretary of war Is nlso
authorized to purchase suitable grounds
of not loss than three hundred nor more
than live hundred acres , in extent , to be
situate within n distance of ten miles of
the said city of Omaha , state of Nebraska
and construct thereon the necessary
buildings , with appurtenances , sufiiciont
for a twelve company military post to bo
known its Fort Omaha , in accordance
with estimates to bo prepared by the war
department ; and a sufllciont sum
of money , not exceeding one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ,
is hereby appropriated , out of any money
in tlio treasury not otherwise appropri
ated , to enable tlio secretary of war to
comply with the provisions of this act :
Provided , That the titles to the lands au
thorized to bo purchased under the second
end section of this act shall bo approved
by the attorney-general.
Sec. 8. That section ono of this act
shall bo of effect when the purchase of a
limy fjito provided ? or in section two shall
have been effected.
STATJ3 AND TEUIUTOIIY.
Nebraska Jottltifjs.
The Lutherans of Sidney have organized
a church.
Blair is laid in : i supply of fuel to fire
out tramps.
Blair's canning factory started up this
week on peas.
Cherry county has organized nn agri
cultural society.
Logan valley corn is looking up and
over its neighbors.
Tlio town of Shickly has been platted
in Fillmore county.
The Waterloo mill on the Elkhorn
started up last week.
Tccumseh will treat to free lemonade
and straws on the Fourth.
The bazar of tlio Episcopal guild' at
Sidney last week netted $100.
An elevator with a storage capacity of
25,000 bushels is to be built at Noligh.
The new Presbyterian church ut St.
Edward was dedicated last week. It
cost $2,270.
Adams county prohibitionists will rally
at Hastings oh the Ud and celebrate oil
lemonade and soda.
Grand Island is extending her hands to
the Northwestcru people iu the hope of
inducing them to build to that town.
Ed Stagg attempted to boost his finan
cial condition by forging u deed for forty
acres of land , and landed in the Cuuiing
county jail.
T. C. Newell was run over by.i team nt
Algernon , Ouster county , last week. His
injuries are serious and his ago so great
that it Is feared he cannot live.
Nebraska City is brightening up under
the cheerful sunshine of two railroads
heading toward her. The Missouri Pa
cific and B. & M. arc surveying routes
toward the city.
A young miss about fourteen years of
age was killed over in Logan county on
Thursday. She was riding a horse and
yyas thrown , her foot catchinit in the
stirrup she Was dragged to death.
The railroad bridge which will span
the Platte river at Douglas , the new town
near Fcltermnn , Wyo. , Is being put in
shape at the company'd ' yards at iremonl.
It will have forty-six spans sixty feet
each.
The bond craze is spreading rapidly
through the southern tier of counties.
The enthusiasm of tlio residents proves
that the Hock Island has n slick nnd en
ergetic corps of political engineers at
work.
Says tlio Sioux City Journals "F. H.
Whitney , of Atlantic , not long since of
fered $ ' .27,000 for the lot and a Half that
John Pierce bought a few months ago of
Wcaro & Allison for $ ; > : > 000. The offer
was refused , and Mr. VVhitnoy wont to
Omuha and invested nearly $70,000 in
real estate. "
There was an interesting poker game
in a grading camp in Custcr county , ono
night last week. The players became so
eager to scoop the pot that they pulled
revolvers and commenced to shoot. Ono
was shot through the leg , nnd a horse was
killed by n stray bullet. The pot was
emptied during the row.
Waco's prince of dudes and low priced
merchant , Monroe Sayre , collected in all
thu collateral ho could possibly get and
departed for Canada , or some other sea
port , ono day last week , leaving his cred
itors to mourn his departure to thu tone
of about $1,000 , Monroe is n Loyal L , on
a reduced scale.
Bill Barlow's Budget says ; "A very
singular incident came under my obser
vation , recently , on the train between
Omaha and Chadron. A young lady
boarded the cars ut Dromout , carrying 11
small satchel , a purse and u handker
chief. In placing the satchel in one of
the racks near the top of tha car , her
handkerchief , which was exceedingly
fine and small , foil into the lap of u near
sighted gentleman , who was looking out
of the window , On turning around he
behold what he thought was the end of
his nether garment , and proceeded with
duo haste and modesty to remove it from
view. The young lady at once changed
her beat to ono iii the further end of the
car , and tried to interest herself in u
book. "
Iowa Items.
Potato bugs are busy in Greene county ,
A $20,000 school house is goiug up ut
Algona ,
Grasshoppers are stirring in Davis
county.
The Burlington high school turned out
sixteen graduates this year.
There are sixty open saloons in Bur
lington , six school houses and thirteen
churches. .
There will bo no change in the date
Juno SO ) of holding the democratic stale
couvimtfou.
Winnobago county will refund its outstanding -
standing bonded indebtedness , amount
ing to $50,000 in 0 per cunts , (
The Widow Van Cott mot with ill suc
cess in awakening a godly fooling in
Sheldon , and she wont away sorrowing .
to Emmctsburg
Mr. Shontz , a Burlington businessman ,
rescued two drowning boy * from the
Mississippi Saturday and positively re
fused a reward.
Au ordinance is now before the city a
council of Dnbunuo appropriating $55.-
000 to nid In building n pontoon bridge
across the Mississippi river nt that point.
The estimated cost of the work is $34-
000.
Lightning struck n house In Rockwell
City and demolished most of the furni
ture. ( T W. Hnndnll had hishnnd on the
door knob nt the tlmo and the cloctric
current ran up his nrm and down hl i
body. Strangely enough it left no mark
upon his body , but his feet , which were
bnro , were horribly blistered.
The family of the late Governor East
man have erected a monument in the
cemetery nt Eidorn to his memory. It is
more than nine feet high anil weighs
over three tons. It bears the inscription
composed by him for tlio Washington
monument ; Iowa The affections of her
people , like tlio rivers of her border , now
to an insepruble union ,
Dakuln.
Thu flft'.llors1 and sailors' reunion begins -
gins at i 'utclioll today.
Sampling and assay works nrc to be es
tablished nt Custcr nnd Rapid.
The Mnsonlc grand lodge of Dakota , in
session nt Bismarck Inst week , numbered
i15 ! members , including 118 members of
subordinate lodges.
A largo force of carpenters is at work
in the railroad yards at Scotland , fram
ing thu live depots for the stations ou the
extension west of that place.
When Mitchell aldermen got into a
warm wrangle they adjourn to n com-
miltco room and settle it with bare
knuckles , prize ring rules. It is a rare
sight to sea n member with unclouded
eyes.
eyes.A
A couple of ovor-zcalous north Dakota
lawyers not into a dispute in court latcty.
One offered to but fftO to $10 on n point of
law and > yas promptly taken. Tlio judge
was appointed stakeholder , ami when tlio
money was put up ho liuud both attorneys
for contempt of court and appropriated
the stakes to pay tlio lines.
Wyoming.
Laranno is talking up a ? 20,000 hotel.
John Connors , n fireman , was killed in
the yards nl Larnmio last Friday.
Father Nugent , parish priest of Chey
enne , has been transferred to Uawlins.
"Boys , I guess I'm ' called for , " was the
exclamation of N. L. Parko , nt the now
town of Douglas , as the bullet penetrated
his abdomen and caused his death. The
gun was in a trunk from which ho was
taking clot icgj nnd was wcidentnlljMlis ;
cunrgcu. raruo was a former rcbiilcni
01 Grand Junction , la.
The bounty of five cents for each and
every prairie dog scalp by the territory
has had the effect of greatly diminishing
the number of these pests in thu localities
nlllicted by their presence. In Sweet
Water , Carbon , Fremont and Johnson
counties , scalps are pourhur into thu
clerks'offices , aud warrants aggregating
heavy sums have already been drawn in
favor of prairie dog slayers.
The oil can and the domestic are bitter
enemies and the cause is the same the
world over. For instance at Fetterman ,
Delia had a little oil can , as the Itowd)1
West did learn ; she poured some coal oil
in the stove to make the p. elm burn ;
then bustles , bangs , and other things
went llyiug through the air , and modestly
we closed ono eye as she climbed the
golden stair.
Colorado.
Four lots ou Sixth nnd Curtis streets ,
Denver , recently sold for § 105,000.
Silver Cliff is without a newspaper , ami
talks of running for the county scat.
The Utes have organized a nights of
labor assembly. They operate on con
venient stock ranges.
The recent rains havcgrcatly improved
the grass , and cattle of tlie slatti are look
ing remarkably well , considering the
hard winter passed through.
Six engineers are now located between
Golden nnd Coal Creek , surveyingground
for the Burlington & Missouri river rail
road , a now road to bo constructed
through Middle Park via Rollinsville.
It ia reported along the Santa Fo road
that tlmt company has contracted for the
shipment of an enormous number of cat
tle , which will bo brought up from Texas
this season and come Through Colorado
on the way to Montana and Wyoming ,
One report says that during the season
the company will transport 80,000 cattle ,
which will bo 4,000 car loads.
Compulsory College Prayers.
Now York Commercial Advertiser !
Harvard college has nt last decided to
make the attendance of students upon
religious exercises voluntary Instead of
compulsory ns heretofore. This is n stop
in advance which has already been taken
by some other institutions , but which
Yale , Harvard and Princeton have
hitherto resolutely refused to venture
upon.
Yc call it n step In advance upon more
than ono ground. Those persons will so
regard it who hold that nn institution of
learning should bo n seat of intellectual ,
moral and religious freedom , whore stu
dents are trained for lifo by practice in
the art ol self-government and by having
daily to regulate their conduct upon such
principles moral and social ns they
may accept. On the other hand , those
who most stoutly contend for the necess
ity of a religious clement in education
should find no difficulty in seeing that to
make attendance upon religious cxcr
cises compulsory is to degrade such ex
ercises to the level of ordinary college
duties , and therefore that the removal of
the requirement tends to elevate the in
fluence of the religious exercises and to
increase their offoctivonuns ns educa
tional agencies. It is dillicult to believe
that anybody was over rciilly bcnofittud
by prayers which ho attended unwill
ingly aiid under compulsion of college
law.
law.wn
wn this ground alone some of thn most
onliirhtcnud and most devoutly religious
of educators the course of ono of whom
has been mentioned in these columns
IKIVO resolutely set their faces tigiiiust the
compulsory system , in full conviction
that to make attendance upon any relig
ious service compulsory is to degrade ) the
service and rob it ot its power to work
good.
The course pursurd by Harvard will
doubtless bo followed by Vain and Prince
ton , though hardly yot. A ballot by thu
faculty ot Princeton where youiip pro
fessors nbnimd would probably result
oven now in n vote for freedom ; but tra
dition is strong in collagen , and it will
probably bo some yours yut before the
rule of voluntary attendance i generally
adopted. _
Trotters of tlie Dny.
It Is just fifteen yonrs ngo next fiilj since
Goldsmith M-iid beat Duxtur's time of
3:17 } . The font wsis accomplished at
Milwaukee in September , 1871. It was
regarded ns n wend rfitl performance ,
nnd so it.was. TJiilil : of 2:17 : fifteen
ynars ngo ! Now look at this array of
hordes that have gone bulow it. while ) the
names of Goldsmith Maidnml Dexter are
well nigh forgotten :
Time. Thud.
JIaudnS . 2OS ; % Phyllis a :
.lay-Kye-Scp . . . .3:10 : Alitno . , . -in'i :
Ht , Juliuu . SWf ; Kdwln Thf > rno.3ltf : ( !
Itarus Kiinnlo Wllher-
HpOUM.
1'hallas . 2l : J
Clingstone . ,3H : Miiud Messen
Tilnket . 3M : ger
iohhmifh Mala 3:14 : Aniorlciin ( llrl.i
Hopolul . 3lljf : Darby , , .aioK :
Hary Wllkes..315 ; .Jerome Kildy..a:10K :
Lulu . . . . 3:15 : 1'hll T h o in p-
.Majolica , . , . 3in : 8011 ,3injj :
Smuggler . 2:15J : Charlie ForU.alf. ; %
ClemmioC . 3:15 : OccidentlW : } (
Jluttlo W o o d-
waiu. . . , . . 2
The Cuban budget , for n wonder , shows
surplus of $125,000.
PAIN-KILLER
IB HKCOMMl'.NDED lit
riirslclnn < ! , MlnlstrM , Mtolonnrlo * , Mnnitnorj
ot VactorU-f , Work-shoji * , Plantations ,
Nurse * In Hnplinls- snort , every
body everywhere who hns
cror clvon It n trial.
TAKKSISTEnSAl.t.T tt VIM. HE rOf.XO .1 NCV *
cons ron
SUDI1BN COLDS , CHILLS , IIA1NS IN
TUB STOMACH , CRAMPS , SUM
MER AND BOWKL COMPLAINTS -
PLAINTS , SOUE
T11KOAT , Kc.
xTF.nx.u.t.Y ,
IT 19 TTIE MOST nFTECTlVB ANt > T1E3T
ON EAHTII rou crniso
SPRAINS , BUU1SES , ttUBMATISM
NEURALGIA , TOOTlt-ACHK ,
BUKNS , FUOS'MJITKS , &o.
Prices , 25c. , OOc. and $1.00 per Bottle ,
FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS
Of imitations. . , 3
National Band
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Pnid up Capital . § 250,000
SuplusMny 1 , 1880 . 20,000
II. W. YATKS , President.
A. E. TOITZ.VUN'ico President.
\V. H. S. HuuiiES , Cashier.
_
. . , JotiNS.Cor.MNay
U.V. . YATUS , LKWIS S. HKKD ,
A. E. TOUKAMN ,
BANKING OFFICEi
THE JKON BANK.
Cor. 12th nnd Fnrnnm Stroots.
General llnuklmr llualuou
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ftiom vlTALirV I * foiling , FiraJn lllIMIN Kir nnci
KXIIAUttTLD or Pern or I'll KM AM UIETLV WABIV
Kt > tuny find A iwriYct nnd reliable euro In the
Adopted bj nil FTP neii I'liyalcUni uml belnff
tucct'isruuy Introduced ticrf. All vpAknnfnKlossrinn
Amlm promptly clicrked. TKIIVIJHK jrl ln r nfvtt
twprr nnd in 3lcl Fntlormmrnts. An , K It C K , Oonjnjlt v
Lion Conice or by mall ) with ii nmlnYnk doctor ! Fltl'.IC.
C1VIAI.E AtiENCY. No. 174 Fulton S treat. Now York.
1SOS E71 k-3HKT i.lvt ! ! ST.
Pi-actico limited to Diseases of the
EYE , EAR , NOSE AND THROAT.
Glasses fitted for nil forma of defectvo !
Vision. Artificial Eyes Inserted.
017 St. CbnrIooSt.SM.oiilH,9Ia.
ArrgaUrgridafcUof two U.ilteal GoltrgM , t > tibe nlontir
CDftiged In the | i.9ltl treatment of CHKOHIC , NIBVOUS , BKIV
ted BLOOD Ui.ii.ti thfcD anr other I'byilelanlnflt. tool * .
eltjr pipers ibow nal alt old reildtnt * ana
Nervous Prostration , Debility , Menial and
Physical Weakness ; Morcuiul and other Affec
tions ol Throat. Skin or Bones , BloodPoltonlng ,
Old Sores and Ulcers , art treated nllh our.r.lleM
foeeeii , on ItteitielpntlQo principle.S.felr. Prlvit.lj.
Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excels.
Exposure or Indulgence , hierrodoet iom > or it.
totlowloi .fleits l n.rvouiD.ia , debtltlr , dlmneii or ilbl
anddrr.cllve mtmorj , plmpl.iontbe , pbyilcatdecay ,
aT.nloa tola. i.eUljof female , , oanfuilo * or ldti , etc. ,
rendering UarrUgB improper or unhappy , ut
Krmtnentlj lurid. 1'amphl.t ( Sftpigti ) on tb. above , loot
nealedrnTelope , free-to any addren. Coniultatl nitQf *
Coeor bj mall rr. . . Inrlled and Itrletlr ceondeotlal.
A Positive Written Guarantee tir.n in er.rre * .
rabta eue. Madlelnt icot emjwn.re bj mall or ixpraia.
MARRIAGE GUIDE ,
050 PAOE3. TINS PLATES , tl.ctat cloth aod Hit
blodlnc.fcal.afor DOo. In poiujeorevrr.nc ; . Onr trtj
errut pen picture , , tuio o lire [ artlclei on tbe followlag
putlog marriDf. moma rtaa 11. rPuiBr treiuon
ptr cortraOo. AiUr i i i .i & . WUWtrf1
GEKMil JSTUSIa CllKl
In.timlly riUI0veailic
tnoftt violent BttnovK ,
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| inlnlatlonthja reaching thodi i nlrot , rol -
lei tbe ipasm. facilitate * frae tf" ? E > R ? < 3 ;
loipeotoratlon. a.nd r.rvKVTH W U n 1C O
l li < r aUlb < rr.iiir4lMrall. / trial r ml < > i lli.MMl
Bitptltal of IU Imtufdlau , < llr4 < t ant ] n vrrfallnv ! effrtt.
RrrlufiOc. and 1.001 or atuiijl.il or bj malt.iTilal
Bpfn.freororiunip. ttr. II. BflllVr Ha K , "I. l' ulllloii. ,
MEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF
" MUSIC , Boston , Mass.
THK I.AIIOKBT unit DUST KQIJIPI'KD In the
WUUM ) . 1UO Inatructoro. aiftntinlcntsliint ycur.
TboroiiRli Inslructlona In vocnl mid Instrumental niu-
ale. I'lnnoundOTOintunlni ! . Flno Art . Orntory. l.ltor-
ntnro. French , German mid Itiillmi lunpuiiiro , Eng
lish brmitliPH. Oymrumttcn , etc.Tuition tutiiiJIi boiinl
umlrnum wltli utoinn lirat nnd rlurtrlnllKlit H. > tol7J
piTtorm. KAlI.TiH.Mt : ) < ' lii 8oituinliorli. | IK * ! . For
IlliuIniU'iir.ilcncUr. wltti Julllnfornmtlon.ml.trODs.U. .
TOUKJICK , llr. , Kninklln ttq. , lloMon.MiiM.
Accountsof HankersMcrcluinHniiclotliorBiOllcltcd.
Colloctlotio 1'rouiptlr Mudo ,
S. A. KEAN & CO. , Bankers ,
( Bucrnsnorn to Prc ton , Kfati 4 Co. )
100 WASHINGTON STREET , CHICAGO.
Municipal , It , It. , T.nrul and ulbur llonili. eSJW
Sena for I.UU.
WOODBRIDGE BRO'S. '
State Agents
KOH THE
's Pianos
Omaha , Neb.
Do you want a pure , Woom-
fug C'omjiloxion t If so , a
i'tnv aiiiilicnlioiiH of Hngnn'g
MAGNOLIA J1ALM will grat-
IJy you to your heart's con-
tout. It does iwny with Sal-
lowucss. Jtcilucs.s , riinplos.
JMotclicH , nml nil diseases and
imperfections ol'tho Kkiu. It
overcomes the ilnsliodiippoar-
mice of heat , fatigue and ox-
citeinont. It makes a lady of
THI11TV appear but TWEN
TY ; uud so natural , gradual ,
nnd perfect uro its eileota ,
( hat it is impossible to detect
its application.