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    THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY JULY 21 , . 1886.
THE DAILY BEE.
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WASIII.NOTOX orHCE. No.MS VOL'KTKKNTH STHKKT.
Viilillslicd orory inornlntr , except Smitlny.
Tliu only Monday morning pupor published In
llioMnto.
TKIIMS IIY MAII.8
One Vrnr . 810.00 I Tlnoti MonttiS . C2.M
eirMontlif . 5.00 I Ono Montli . 1.00
TUB WBEKI.V Iiml'itl : > lliliol Kvcry Wednwdny.
Ono Vonr , wltli premium . f2.00
Ono Vonr , without tirmulmii . ! . >
HU.Mnntlis , without premium . u
Ono Muiith , on tilnl . 10
COItllBSPONIII'.NCKt
All romtiuinlo illons rolntliiif to news nml oill-
tnrml multiTH Hlioulil bo ndilrussed to llio IIDI-
auitot TUB HEK.
iiusis-nssi.ETTr.ns :
.All liiislnnw Ictli-rs imil romlttnncos should 1)0
nililr(9 od to Tim HRK I'UMMSIIIMI CIIMI'\NV ,
OMAHA , Ornftfl , checks mil postnllito ordoM
to bo nmdaiinjiililoiotiiuoiilurnl thocompita ) ' ,
IDE BEE POBLISHIIIGliPAHY , PflOPBIEIOfiS ,
15. UOSBWATKIt , Bnrrnit.
TJ1M DAIIiY 1U3I3.
Sworn Statement ofClrcitlntlon.
Stnlc of Nebraska , 1
Countv of Douglas. I " * ' . .
( Ico. H. Tzscliuck.sccrctaryot tlio Jtno Pnb-
llslilnu compHiiy , does soii'innly swear thai ,
the ncttml clrctilntlon of the Dallv Uoo
Jor the week entlltiB July 10th , 1BSO , was as
follows :
.Morning Jirrntnc ,
fXiff. KilUlim. KilUlim. Tnlnl.
Saturday. 10th . . . ( iioo ( rKV , ) 12.1V )
aiomlny , lUth . . . . T.iroV'lK ) J'J.U.V )
Tucsilfiy.liUh . C-tou r,77.r , > li,175 !
WcdiH-sday , l-Ub. . . ooo fl,775 12nr >
TlmrMliijMOlli. . . . oUoo r > , see W.aoo
Frlday.icth . 0,400 , 5,000 12,300
Average . 0,553 C.817 12.S75
Gio. : II. TXSCIIUCH.
Subscribed nml Kworn to before 1110 this
17th day of July , IbSO. N. 1' . Kim. ,
[ HKAI..I Notary 1'nbllc.
Oco. U. T/scliuclc , bolnRllrstduly sworn.do-
poses and says tbul hu Is scriutary of the Ueo
J'ubllsltinc company. tbnt the actual nvoraqc
dally circulation oC the Dally Uoo 1'or the
month of January , 1BSG , was 10,378 copies ;
f or February. Ib8o , 10,69.5 coiiies ; for March ,
IBM , ILK ! ? copies : for April , 1SSO , 1SIU1
copies ; lor May , IbsC , 13,450 copies ; for Juno ,
18 0 , 12,2'JS copies.
( ! EO. n. Tzscitucit.
SubRcrlbcd and sworn to before me , this
Ctlutayol July , A. D. IbSC.
N. P. Fr.ii , ,
raiAT. . | Notary Public.
COUN prices iiro climbing the Judder ,
nml ( armors who luivu liuhl their crops
r U | ) llio linnitliU of ilin riso.
TiiE farmer and the froiphlor together
limko | > riccs on produce. The freighter
'gets the bulk of the profits nnd the farmer
generally gels left.
Tun candidate who sets tip his pins by
'pledging ' hlmsolf to work against Van
Wyck , if elected , will fill a yawning hole
in the political grave yard before corn-
husking is ovor.
Dinner rail connection with her tnido
territory uniformand fair rates nnd a field
on which to compelo with her rivals is
nil that Omalm merchants ask. They are
bound to secure it.
TITEIIK 19 no question as to Nebraska
republican sentiment on the senatorial
issue. The question is wliotlmr the. people
ple are to bo pormlttud to voice it
through the party conventions.
r , prices in the east haVe dropped
to $3.7fi per ton , When tlioy reach'throo
times this sum in Nebraska , consumers
Tnsli to lay in a stock in order to save 30
per cent while rates are low.
TIIK Seventeenth II. S. Infantry are
now in the department of the 1'latto after
nixleou years' service in llio northwest.
Regimental transfers , like kisses , go by
favors or as excellent a command as
that of Colonel Chambers would have
been given years ago a chance to come in
out of the Montana and Dakota cold.
OTTO of Bavaria is laboring under the j
impression that ho is a bird , nud hops
around madly ou one leg , ( lapping his
'r..ms ' trying to fly. The trouble with all
the late Bavarian mouarchs scorns to
have been that they wore " 'too lly. "
Tnu stenches and foul smells coming
from curtain local slaughter houses ought
'to'be ' promptly abated or the establish-
'nicntfi forced to remove further from the
city. Complaints of this nuisance are
coming in upon the HUE. Aside from the
'damage to health the damage to sur
rounding property is considerable.
Slaughter houses , fertilizer works and all
suoh stench-producing institutions should
be'removed outside the city limits. The
iliortrl ot a growing city is no place for
them.
GoNoiiF.ss.Mix : LAMM ) and Cobb partici
pated In a debate In the house of repro-
-ontutivufi on Monday , but neither of
thorn addressed himself to the other. It
"was observed , however , Hint the Stinking
"Water statesman made something of a
'ooncpssion by paying very strict atten
tion to a speech of the Indiana congress
man , and perhaps this ought to be con
sidered ample reparation.
THAT is. an oxtromuly improbable
rnmor said to be current in Washington ,
'that in the event of the Morrison surplus
resolution passing the senate , the prost-
dent will invite its author to accept the
treasury portfolio. It will take more
than one vote of "want of conlidonco"
to so reduce the Btifmess of Mr. Cluvo-
land's vcrtobrn as to enable Ulnl toboml
to such .1 concession as that would bo.
Ar.iiANv , N , Y. , Js celebrating the hi-
centennial of its charter as a city with
great vigor and enthusiasm. The climax
tf > f this interesting event will ba reached
on Thursday , when thn president will
participate in the ceremonies aa the guest
of Governor Hill. Jt Is to DO hoped that
no thought of the political future will ba
permitted to oloud the happiness or mar
the cordiality which should mark the re
union of those two distinguished citizens ,
between whom there is supposed to be a
common aspiration.
IT Is quite the season for casual opin
ions from "well-known republicans" and
" 'prominent democrats" regarding the
clmnccs of possible presidential candi
dates two years hence , and if congress
1 > vrcro not in session wo should probably
have more of lids sort of wisdom tloatmg
About , since In that case the ranks of the
opinion-makers would bo greatly rein
forced. Indulgence in this sort of thing
is , of course , an entirely harmless pro
ceeding , but some of these opinions fur
nish * a curious and Interesting study ,
showing almost invariably n great deal
more of what those who express them do
not kuuw about the public fouling than
Hf xyiml they do know.
lu the Interest oT Iinbnr.
The house of representative ! ! last week
passed several bills in the Interest of the
labor of the country. The vote upon
those measures , as well as the anxiety
shown by both sides of the house to make
them as strong and cflcotivo as possible ,
relieve them of all suspicion of being , In
any degree , party measures , nnc } divide
the credit of their adoption equally be
tween the two parties. Onoof these bills
is to prevent the employment of convict
and cthe.n labor upon public buildings
nnd other public works , and was intro
duced early in the session. The expedi
ency of prohibiting the employment of
convict labor on public works will not ho
questioned , we suppose , by anybody. To
some , however , there may seem an ap
parent hardship and injustice in exclud
ing aliens from such work. It must bo
understood that the law will apply only
to those who have not declared their in
tentions to become citizens , and in view
of the very simple and inexpensive
method by which a foreigner may relieve
himself of the ( Usability consequent upon
his being an alien , any thought of injus
tice in connection with the measure must
disappear. The expectation is that every
man who comes hero from abroad
to establish a homo docs so with
the Intention of becoming a citizen , to
which he is Invited by ovcry considera
tion of personal interest , and those
who refuse to avail themselves of the
privilege cannot justly complain that
they are in anywise wronged if not per
mitted to secure every advantage that
citizenship carries with It. If , for ex
ample , the alien prefers to remain In that
condition because ho will thereby avoid
certain obligations involved in citi
zenship , it is simple justice to require that
IID shall also forego some of the oppor
tunities which ho might enjoy as : i citi
zen. Another bill passed by the house
was to amend ttie act prohibiting the im
portation of aliens under contract , or
agreement to perform labor in the United
States. This act , passed by the lust con
gress , had been found defective ) in some
directions , and the amendment is remedial
and to render llio law stronger and more
efloctlvo. The principle of the law has ,
we believe , stood the test of the courts.
We are uncompromisingly opposed tea
a policy which has recently been
{ reclaimed by a lew l' < ; puta-
bio but prejudiced and ill-ad
vised newspapers , that the government
should adopt measures for the restriction
of immigratidn , ono journal going to ilio
extreme of advocating as n moans of ac
complishing tins the imposition of a head
tax. The time is yet remote , if it shall
ever come , when the United Stains will
find it expedient or desirable to erect
barriers of any sort against the immiirra-
lion of the honest , industrious and l < vfr-
respecting people of other lands , who
come here to make homes for themselves.
There are still millions of acres and vast
resources to bo developed which invite
the energy , the brawn , and the thrift of
other land ? , and may do so for genera
tions to come. But wo arc in full accord
with ovcry proper and just means for the
protection of the labor of the United
States against , the invasion of the pauper
labor of any land , brought here under
contracts which subject it to practical
slavery , and which damage and debase
all labor. The measures to which wo
herein refer are of the character which
must meet the approval of ovcry fair-
minded citizen.
It maybe opportune in this connection ,
also , to direct the attention of workingmen -
men to the fact which this action demon
strates , namely , that the political parties
are not unmindful or indifferent to their
interests , and that their influence upon
these parties is qnilc as likely possiblv
more likely to bo exerted to their advan
tage uniloi present conditions than if
they wore to assume au attitude of indo-
pendent political action. The labor of
the country is commanding a degree of
recognition by legislators never before
accorded it. and it it is not misled into
mistakes by designing demagogues the
realization of its just demands Is assured.
A Southern Fulling.
It is remarked as a noteworthy fact
that in the national conference of chari
ties and corrections in session'at St. Paul
most of the southern slates have no rep
resentation , and that there is but ono
delegate present from any state south except -
copt North Carolina. The lack of inter
est south in the questions considered by
the conference is notably strange , be
cause of the generally loose ideas and
practice which appear to prevail in that
section respecting charities nnd prison
management , and which it might be sup
posed would enlist the attention and in
terest of the philanthropic and Christian
elements of thatsoation. If not misrep
resented the prison management in a
number of the southern states is badly in
need of reformation. Stories of cruelty
and barbarity , oven from states where
ho advanced sentiment of the tune re-
gpcatlng the management of penal in
stitutions would bo thought to have pene
trated , are not uncommon , and indeed
nowhere In t'io south Is the treatment of
convicts in accordance with modern
views. The barbarous treatment of the
convicts in the mines of Dado county ,
Georgia , owned by United States senator
Brown , is the moat recent instance illus
trative of the general look of nil feeling
of concern for the welfare of the unfor
tunates whom southern sentiment seems
to regard as having abut themselves out
from all claim to bo treated as human
beings. Evidently there is need of
earnest missionary service m behalf of
prison reform in the south , and it may bo
hoped that a serious movement in this
direction will bn started by the Na
tional Prison association scon to meet at
Atlanta.
Taxing niKlit of Way.
Under the revenue law of Nebraska the
right of way of lallrcads operated in
this state is exempt from local assessment.
The power to assess this class of real es
tate , including trackage depot , depot
grounds and buildings usoJ by railroads
for railway operation purposes , is vested
in the state board of equalization. Other
buildings and till real and. personal property -
orty "outside of saW right of way" the
law extiressly declares slmll bo listed by
the precinct assessors. But the proyis-
icns of tha. law have been taken advant
age of by the railroads to cover tax shirk
ing of gigantic dimensions. Under the
exemption of "right of way" the roads
insist upon including all buildings
ana improvements used for anv purpose
whatever adjacent to their tracks , hand
IH leased to elevators , factories and ware
houses and used for objects quite apart
from legitimate railroad purposes , and
the lots so ro'ntod or leased are exempted
under tbo railroad interpretation of the
statute from taxation. More than six
hundred city lots in Omaha escape scot-
free from local taxation because they are
listed as right of way.
It appears that Chicago has made the
same discovery and the city assessor is
nbout to tnko prompt stops on behalf of
the taxpayers. The suits to force
the railroads to pay taxes on
their untaxed lands will bo
based on an interesting decision
of the Illinois supreme court which is
applicable to Nebraska as well.
The case was that of the Chicago , Bur
lington & Qulncy railroad against the
collector nml clerk of Kane county to
enjoin them from collecting certain taxes
upon the alleged ground of double assess
ment. The only evidence of double as
sessment , said the supreme court , was
the aftlduvit of Mr. Hall , secretary nnd
treasurer of the company , who swore
that ho estimated the value of the im
provements ou the right of way tit $75-
000 , which covered several shops and depots -
pots In Aurora. The same property was
assessed by the local assessor at ? 245,030 ,
exclusive of the right of way , and the as
sessment was reduced by the board of
equalization to $105,1)81. ) "Uy right of
way , " says the decision , "can only bo
understood the laud used ns way for
I ho road , and not such additional ground
as may bo used for the convenience
of the road , but not ns a part ol its 'way.1
We cannot doubt that land used by the
company for its station and machine
shops , beyond the right of way , was
properly assessed by the local assessor ,
and from the schedule it is apparent that
it was not returned to the county clerk as
a part of the right of war. "
This is a common sense interpretation
of the law. "Right of way can only bo
understood as tl > o land used as way for
the road. " Every foot of ground used
for other purposes is clearly taxable ,
The law exempting the land used for
puroses of trackage and buildings
needed in the. operation of the road can
not bo distorted to cover enterprises of
private speculation and leases for rove ,
nuo in no way connected with the legiti
mate conduct of railroading.
Ql'iYnshington ? correspondent is
doubtless correct iu j vew iVwt it , ; .
Laird-Cobb olsoilo ] ) lias boon ovoworkod
bv Uio correspondents and givcil a pub-
lie importnnco that it did not deserve.
Yet it must bo said , on llio other hand ,
that it would bo n mistake to disregard
so disgraceful an exhibition of temper
and bad blood. It is a humiliating ad
mission which our correspondent make ?
that the prevalence of ill feeling be
tween members of congress , reaching
frequT.tiy the verge of personal conllict ,
is so common as to receive hardly any at
tention. It must disabuse the mind of the
citizen of the notion that the representa
tives of the people uniformly conduit
themselves with a becoming dignity and
a decent regard for tlio amenities that
should subsist between gentlemen. The
admission , however , is justified by daily
experience , and it is quite natural that
the man who is Constantly brought face to
face with the fact .should learn to regard
it as a matter-of-course , and so let it pass.
As recently as Monday there was an
angry exchange of personalities on the
lloor of the foonrtto between Miller , of
Now York , and Ingalls , of Kansas , tlio
former concluding his remarks by saying
that no man would dare to address to
him outside of the senate chamber ,
such words as tlio Kansas senator had
used a declaration that might easily be
construed as a challenge. liccause the
Laird-Cobb dilliculty did not occur on the
floor of the house , instead of within a
dozen feet of the chamber , that body does
not feel called upon to take any notice of
it , and the Nebraska bully will escape all
responsibility for his blackguardly abuse
and hia ruffianly assault. The congress
of to-day is perhaps no worse in this re
spect than wore the congresses of the
past , but if this bo so it furnishes no pal
liation. The people look for improve
ment iu the character and conduct of the
men who should bo tlio exemplars of dig
nity , courtesy and good breeding.
Tnu report that a new extradition
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain has been signed still lacks
ollieial confirmation. Unofllcial advices ,
however , from both Washington and
London announce that such a treaty has
been arranged , though it may not go to
the senate at the present session. The
present treaty stipulations between the
two countries authorize extradition only
in cases of murder and forgery. It is un
derstood that the now treaty enlarges the
list of extraditable crimes , so that default
ers , embezzlers and dynamiters will be
included among the criminals that maybe
bo delivered ever to the authorities of
the country whoso laws they shall vie
late. It is remarkable that such an ar
rangement was not made long ago , in
view of the asylum otl'orod by Canada to
criminals from the United States , but it
would appear that it hod. to wait until
England felt the necessity of such a
treaty as a moans of protection against
the dreaded dynamiter. The treaty
would bo in the interest of justice , nnd
both countries would derive advantage
from it.
ONE of our paraly/.od contemporaries
intimates that it docs not circulate among
tlio "slums. " The trouble with that con
cern is that it does not circulate any
where. The BEK'S circulation is among
every class and condition. It drops on
the porches of the rich and in the door
yards of the poor. It is read in the tene
ment and shop , in the houses of the
millionaires and the homos of the mer
chants. Its carriers distribute it along
every street in Omaha at a rate of nearly
tw'o to every paper circulated by all our
contemporaries combined. No journal
in the United States , wo say it boldly ,
has such a patronage in the city of its
issue. They do like common sense , hon
esty and a fearless championship of the
interests of the people , the home , and
good government.
A CHICAGO auctioneer claims to have
over 1,800 wads of chewing gum which
ho has scraped from the backs of second
hand bureaus nud bedsteads sold at his
rooms. Conductors ot young ladies'
seminaries in Chicago nro ovidonly soil
ing their worn-out furniture preparatory
to the fall openings.
KANSAS can have the distinction of
drouth , but heavy rains throughout. Ne
braska are making ; farmers of this state
emile over the prospects of good crops
nnd high prices.
Crime nnd tlio Police ,
Another street carrr'obbcry lias taken
place In the oulskirts/ot ilio city , and the
nflalr is promptly us d i\s a text for an
other barbaric yawp for Marshal Cum-
inings' removal. What in the name of
common sense can any marshal do to
wards increasing the police force , nnd
what difference would H have made if
any oue'of a half a ddzen of Mayor Boyd's
candidates had been in the marshal's
shoes on the night of the assault ?
This continued nbuso of the city mar
shal because occasional crimes are com
mitted 1n Omaha Is drivelling Idiocy.
For n city of 80,000 ptoplo , Omaha has a
small percentage of criminals , and very
few offenses against person and property.
When the ridiculously inadequate police
protection is taken into account ttioshow-
iujr Is really remarkable.
What wo need Is not so nine h a now
marshal as a now method of assessment.
Inadequate police protection is duo en
tirely to inadequate funds to employ
policemen. There can bo no gonumo re
lief until there is n swooping reform in
thoineaualities of our tax levy. When
corporations , syndicates and wealthy tax
shirkers nro forced to go down into their
pockets to pay fo"1 the cost of maintain
ing a proper city government wo shall
have it and not before. If our real es
tate assessment had boon made $25,000-
OCO this year , ns it ought to have been
made , instead of 9,000,000 , , wo would
have been able to have nearly quadrupled
our police force. As it is tlio increase
will bo trilling and of little practical
benefit.
No policeman can cover live miles of
territory and fill the bill. Uurglaries and
assa'ults occur constantly in largo cities
which are patrolled by block watchmen.
With-llvo limes the number of police wo
now have and the best city marshal in tlio
country at their bead crimes would cer
tainly take place. Persistent abuse of
tlio marshal because Omaha suffers from
occasional cnmo is indecent and disrep
utable journalism. Personal dislike nnd
a desire to bolster up political friends arc
no excuse for such a course.
OMAHA , too , sends a representative to the
colony o American bankers In Canada. One
of its bank presidents "skips out" with about
SIOO.COO of the funds of the institution. There
was unnSSr t ! ± ! llla oed ftw-nuuso WW
about to fall Into disrepute. St. Louis , how
ever , lias made It fashionable again , and the
custom isi bound to spicad once more. St.
Louis Qlobc-Dciiwcrat.
The above is a slight mistake. A care
ful census of the Omaha bankers shows
that not one of them has "skipped out. "
S0"'G 01 idem may bo off on a summer
vacation , but tlio bank funds arc irtact :
The Globe-Democrat lids confoundcd the
Benkclman banker with the Omaha finan
ciers. The amountLof ithe Benkelnuin
banker's deficit is less thin $10,000. ,
THE now fast transcontinental train
will be placed on the Union Pacific on
August 1st , shortening the time to San
Francisco by twenty-ton' hours. This
will force a shorter time bn other routes
and be of great benefit tp the traveling
public. As the Union-Central Pacific
have the shortest and most direct line to
the coast , a lively rivalryyind many heart
burnings are likely to bo'hc | result of the
now move.
Tun BEB " ' do like '
says : 'They enterprise'
on the corner of Fifteenth and Uarnoy , but
they don't like a July census of city circula
tion. "
Well , no , the Herald Is not particularly
stuck on a Jew-lie census of city circulation.
Hernia.
Comment on such a palpable slur is
unnecessary.
PHOM1M2NT I'EUSONS.
Ex-Secretary Robeson Is In bad health.
Colonel Mosby will lecture next season on
"Stuart's Cavalry. "
ISeecher has engaged to deliver fifty-five
lectures In Knglaud.
Hose Eytimce is writing a volume of remin
iscences and a play ,
James Russell Lowell willreturn to Boston
early In the autumn.
WhltolawRoId is on his way to San Fran
cisco to join his family.
A daughter of General John B. Gordon Is
spoken of as the belle of ( lie south.
Goorce W. Childs is the most conspicuous
ligure at Long Branch this summer.
Mrs. Harriet Bcechcr Stowo Informs her
friends that she will never do any more liter
ary work.
Duncan C. Itoss , the cx-wrestlcr , evidently
needs a collision with the Boston giant to
keep him cool.
George Alfred Town.scnd says that ho has
written an average o .0,000 words every
week for nearly twenty-live years.
A story now circulated in Washington Is to
the effect that President Cleveland lias hired
a man to hunt up and file uway all the news
paper notices about his marriage to Miss Fol-
som.
som.Charles
Charles Marah , junior partner In the largo
dry goods house of Jordon , Marsh & Co. ,
Boston died suddenly tlio other day of ape
plexy. Uo was-worth of 310,000,003 , , and car
ried an Insurance of SiVJ.co ) .
Gapfalu Luther G. Illggs , tlio prolific para
grapher , poet and philosopher of Goodall's
Sun , has joined , tlio stall' of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean. He Is an exceptionally brilliant
writer and his effusions have been copied by
nearly every paper In the country.
Dr. Mary Walker , wile ) | traveling on a
Connecticut railway , alljhtod from the cars
fora little oxcrclse , nnd , txicamlni ; Indignant
nt a man whoso cigar burnftit' ' too close to her
lace , struck the cigar frohiis / mouth. Not
being recognized by hlnV n'llght ' was Immi
nent for a time. The gawns found out who
the was and shu was noi\ed ( \ , to the car , from
the window of which slid lectured the entire
crowd. ' , " .I
A Trufurm KQUoP1"11 Maine.
Lcii'titon aim tie.
There Is no Innocuo'rts desuetude about
President Cleveland's vetplug power.
-
Preventive ofnI < pUJaw.
CMeaao Tlmu , ,
An eastern paper saysi , //'jio / now cure for
lockjaw is as much whU > y ; ip the patient can
hold. " But oven the mere sight of whisky Is
usually a preventive of lockjaw.
Sonio Dcoonoy heft.
St. Lnuli llimbHcan.
When a bank onicial runs away after
stealing it oimht to be placed to his credit as
demonstrating that he still has bomo sense of
decency left
Vassar's Marria o Itcoord.
Keio York II'uiJiJ.
It is a sad fact that out of 700 Vassar eradu-
ati only 'JOO have married. Here is a chance
for Dan Lament , A. M. ( Arranger of Mar
riages ) , to show his ability and philanthropy ,
In Io\vu.
EKhanoe ,
In Iowa , wnen a commercial tourist drops
his gripsack lu a hotel of a prohibition towu ,
ho registers and ns'ks : "In which room did
yon say 1 would mid my loiters' " '
" 1 will show you myself , " says the land
lord , as they disappear upstairs.
Denting the Ato1icmlst < < .
St. Lmrfi ItfimWcnn.
The old alchenilsls spent their lives In
vainly seeking the philosopher's Mono , but
had they found It tiiey could not have made
money faster than Mr. Jay Gould does when
ho makes StOOJ,000 : , out of water In a single
dav by tiling A plcco of paper at Julierson
City , _ _
IiOKftn'H Konl Kstntc.
Chtrnuo Herald.
The report Is going the round * that Mnco
Its purdia < H3 by General Logan thopropeity
occupied by him in Washington has advanced
in value no loss than 2-10)00. ( ) Such Innocent
little reports seem to Indicate lo the initiated
thnt the general Is getting ready to realize on
his Investment.
vs. KHHHJIS City nml ( Jninhn.
To the Editor of the Kansas City Journal :
The Chicago Tribune of the 14th says : Kan
sas City and Oinnlia are branch elites oC
Chicago.
WoSwotild like to ask tlio Tribune tills
question :
When Kansas City and Omalm have direct
railroads running to Newport No\vs , Haiti-
more , Philadelphia and Now Yoik , and.all
running 200 or i'.00 miles south of Chicago ,
will the cities referred to bo branch cities lo
Chicago then'/ '
Wo bcllcvo Kansas City and Omaha tire
located as well for largo cities as Chicago on
a lake port. Further , the people of tlio great
northwest are beginning to feel that they
must get stnilnlit down to the ocean and a
thousand markets , without paying tribute to
one Chicago market. L. J , F.
UIUXT CITV , Mo.
Urniuirnthcr'a Wutcl ) .
-Uldii/d / OmffffitlioM.
Grandfather's watch Is battered and old ,
Innocent quite of jewel or gold ;
1'oor and common , and worn and cracked ,
Much like grandfather's sell' , In fact.
Yet its wliee/.y voleo has a cheerful sound
And the child as slio listens In wonder bound
To Its mystic tales of departed time
Is smiling as though at a pleasant rhyme.
Whataro the tales the old watch tells ?
Of severity years it counts the knells ;
Years whoso every setting sun
Was marked by labor faithfully done.
With primitive i'orm and clumsy skill ,
And clumsier help when tlio works went 111 ;
Yet serving their time ns best they can
This Is the story oftlio watch and man !
Many a fall hag the old watch hushed ,
i'.i W ° .W Jin. ? Uio pld man f > n,310j ; ( ( j
Meddled wit ! ? , iiU'VJ.W and Bortl ? ( tied , I i
At last rejected am ! thrown nsldt ; .
For modern rivals , all science nnd gold ,
Useless ami crippled , dl'splscil nud old ,
Under a cloud and under a ban
This Is the story of wiltcli tin'U iiiau.
Kut tliero's n rnverso to Uio picluro sad ;
IIunianjicari" ; ncy cnll .stlll make. glad.
JJio V.Tiich In its dented silver case
Oiiil brllii ; a smile lethe , fair child's face.
The initn's itll battered find Silvery , lee ,
With n moral can cheer both uiu and yoii ,
"ilarkoitr time as well as wo can"
This is the lesson of watch and man.
Thieves.
St. JViiit.oncer I'rtss.
Among the numerous cases of embez
zlement , or stealing in high places , which
wore developed last week those of Belt-
7.or , president of the Dundy county , Nob. ,
bank , nnd Thompson , cashier of the
1'rovidont Savings bank of St. Louis ,
wore the worst , In both cases the de
pletion was so serious that the banks have
had to suspend business. Both thieves
were men of position in society , trusted
and honored. So brilliant was there
rnoraity thnt the man who would have
whispered in a corner a word of suspic
ion against either of them would have
been lloggcd beyond recognition. How
far these follows went in playing the
religious dodge is not shown in the re
ports. Doubtless President Beltzor had
"God Bless Our Homo"
n hnng up over
his mantel and sang "I have a homo up
yonder ! " in the Sunday school ns loudly
as the best of them. Protected from sus
picion by this atmosphere of morality
and sanctity , Bultxer and Thompson
added daily to their steftlago.
The result of these large exploits is
once moro suggestive of the very slight
scrutiny which the majority of bank di
rectors have over the books , funds and
securities of the institutions over which
they preside. Most directors seem to
think that all they have to do is to ar
range for the payment of dividends and
"
accept whatever" statement tlio officials
choose to give them. The cashier brines
in a lot of bags of com , nicely labeled
and scaled , mid says : "Gentlemen , this
lot is all right ; it will take some time to
count tills coin ; but , of course , if you say
do it , I'll go at it , " and ho makes a mo
tion to cut the stnngH. The directors
IOOK at their watches and tell him not to
mind about it. They take his figures as
to the coin , and as to the securities which
are in packages , and the securities maybe
bo only slips of white paper. But the di
rectors nro too hi/.y to count and scrutin
ize , and some of thorn nro afraid to call
for n count through fear that the cash
ier's feelings may bo hurt. When a bank
president docs the stealing ho lias supreme
premo advantages and usually has the
cashier in his confidence. IJcitzor took
the cream of the resources of thn Bonklo-
man bank. The business can bo largely
reduced in volume if stockholders and di
rectors would go through the bank's
books and securities and cash at brief in
tervals , They neglect oven ordinary
scrutiny to sncn an extent as to actually
encourage the crime , which by cuphemy ,
wo call ' 'embezzlement. "
A ROMANCE OF A JAIL.
William Hoddlng , ICducutcd
for tlio British Army , Who
Ilccaiiio a Tramp.
Rochester , N. Y. , Special : An Eng
lishman , aged twenty-one years , who
gave his name as William llenrv Hod-
ding , has been for two months an inmate
of the county jail , where ho was com
mitted ns a vagrant. During this period
lie has at intervals conversed in the most
intelligent and rational manner , giving
every indication that he hail been well
bred and highly-educated , Shorilr' Han-
nan succeeded in drawing from the man
the names of his friends and relatives in
England , With whom ho communicated.
Yesterday Sherlll' Ilunnan received
thrco letters from London one from
Ilodding's mother , ono from the family
solicitor , and ono from JU. T. Iloddlng ,
the young man's uncle , The mother's
letter tolls how she had tried for a year
to learn of her sonV. whereabouts and
had given him up for dead ; how his
father had boon promoted to a general-
shin in the British army , now serving in
India , and how overjoyed she is to learn
that her son is still alivo. She enclosed
a letter to the young man which is full of
afluctionato ndvlco. The uncle's loiter
tells how Hoddlng'B parents gave their
son the best education , with the inten
tion of his entering the army. When ho
failed to pass the examinations the fat her
provided him with nil outlit and sent
him II rat to Manitoba and thence to Kan
sas , with the object of having him taught
a usolul and easy occupation , Badl > e-
, lmvior nt both of these places on the
part of the boy led to tils removal and he
became a wanderer , Sheriff Ilannan
expects some of Hoddinir'ii friends to
arrive soon.
|
A small boy stopped railru-.id train
near Westerly , Conn . by frantically
waving his hands and told the onsmuur
there was a. driuiken man on the track.
The fellow was aroused and got oft" , but
he swore liku pirate at bcm < ; awakened
and threatened to thrash the boy who
had saved his life.
STATH AND TintutTonr.
N'chrnskn Jottings ,
Ashland and Long Pine arc rehearsing
waterworks plans.
Tlio young town of Grant is casting
about for anew mime.
Horse thieves nro doing a paying busi
ness in l-ranklin county.
Corn brings tweuty-livo cents at the
Nebraska City distillery.
A sheep drive numbering 05,000 head is
footing it from Oregon to Nebraska.
Tlio proposed railroad bridge nt Ne
braska City will consist of two 200 feet
iron spans , Howe truss pattern , and a
pontoon seotion 500 In length.
When Ella Manship of Norfolk , ca
ressed an Impudent boarder with a glass
luinbler. she boasted the reputation of the
sex in the pitching line and wiped out an
insult at the sumo time. Kllu is an ac
complished biscuit shooter.
ln\vn Ittnua.
An clectrlo light plant is to bo put in at
Missouri Valley.
A peculiar freak of nnturo has been dis
covered at Sac City in a ( Ivo-wcoks-old
pig , which has six perfect legs.
It is estimated that $230,000 worth of
gtniii will bo raised on the unused portion
of public roads in this state tuissousoti.
About live sections of the Chicago , Bur
lington & Quinoy railway bridge near
Prescott was burned on the 15. The loss
is several thousand dollars.
There's a traveling man for a whole
sale llour house of DCS Moines that uses
up 85,000 mileage tickets a year. Ho
travels as many miles as the average con
ductor , and sells lots of llour besides.
Although the law passed by tlio last
general assembly , requiring all foreign
corporations doing business in Iowa to
incorporate In the state , went into effect
on July , but two companies have com
plied with it. The law allows for latitude
until September 1 , and It is thought that
by that limo there will be a general com
pliance with this new Sweeney law.
A dog belonging to a Laurens man fell
into a well ono day lust week , and in try
ing to aid him , his muster fell in uNo. A
neighbor saw the accident and hastened
to the rescue , but , by the crumbling of the
curb , ho was plunged into the water to
keep company with the rest. A third
man happening along raised an alarm ,
and all were rescued without u great deal
of trouble.
_
Dakota.
Many horses near Brookinga arc
nilliotod with tlio glanders.
A great many artesian wells are to bo
sunk in Beadle county this full.
week shipneu 4,000 pounds ol till 9 ! ' ° Vb
New York.
Three stonemasons undertook to whip
n Waterlown butcher , but were surprised
in the result. Bpforo they knew what
was llio matter their faces were decorated
in the most approved style , nnd they
wcro afterwards taken to the police court
and made to pay a line.
A twelve-year-old soli df Aljh Brown ,
of Scotland , shot his nine-year-old brother
and instantly killed him while playing
"Indians , " recently. The boy had'a rifle
and did not know that it was loaded , and ,
placing the immlo to his brother's breast ,
snapped it with fatal results. Upon
learning the result of his deed , ho ran
away and lias not yet boon found.
AVyominjr.
Twenty saloons nro required to irrigate
i'ottcrmun. '
Four hundred men arc now employed
on the Choycnno & Northern railroad
grade.
There is a scarcity of domestics in
Laramic and waaes are up to $20 a
month.
The Shoshone Indians are reported in a
starving condition. Though steadfast
friends of tim whites , they have been
swindled and sliglited by the government
and reduced to beggary.
Frank Scott , a love-sick loon from 1'ct-
torinun , is in a Cheyenne hospital nurs
ing a great emptiness , caused by a
stomach pump. He took a dose Of lauda
num to ease his heart strings.
At the recent meeting of the State
Medical association of Texas , Dr. Mo-
Laughlin , of Austin , rend a paper claim
ing that ho had made a remarkable dis
covery in regard to dengue fevor. Ho
claims to have found the microbes of the
disease , anil from his experiments ho be
lieves that the same discoveries are to be
made in small-pox , yellow fever , hydro
phobia , hog typhus , chiel'cn cholera and
Texas cattle fever , all of which can be
mitigated or avoided by vaccination with
attenuated virus.
An OfTcnslvo Breath
is most distressing , not only to the person
'
son ufllictcd if ho' have any pride , butte
to these with whom he conies in contact.
It is a delicate matter to speak of , but it
lias parted not only friends but lovers.
Bad breath and catarrh are inseparable.
Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy euros the
worst eases as thousand * can testify.
Third District Ccmti-al Cnriuulrr.on.
To the Central Commltteomeii for thu Third
Congressional Dl.itrict :
There will bo it committee meeting at
the ICno hotel , In Fremont , Neb , , on Fri
day , July iW , 1880 nt 7 p. m. All mem
bers are requested to bo present.
J. W. LOVK. Chairman.
L. S. litwiN , Secretary.
Fremont , July la. 1880.
Infantile aiul Rirtli Humore
Speedily Cured by
Cittfcura.
Foil Oloanilng the Skin And Scalp c > r Birth
Humors , for nlluylns itching , bnriiluu ; nml
lullummiitloii , for uurlnr ; Iho first sy Diploma nT
nr/.oma , | > 3orln is , milk LTIIBU hcitlil lit-nd , t.cro
1'iihi , mi'l ' othof Inherited nkln unit blood ills-
eases , Oullcnru , the irrout skin euro , uii.i Cull-
curn Soap , nil e.\itilsito ] pkln bn.tutlurr , t-xtor-
rwlly , usul Cutlciii-it Uesolvont tlio ninv lilood
tmrltlor. litunmly : ! , aru lufulllUla. .Absolutuly
- .
pui-o. _
"TEimilJL-Y AFFLICTED. "
Mr. nml Mrc. Kvcrett BUljhms , Ilcloliurtotrn ,
MHS. " . , wi-ims : "Our llnlii boy was torrlbly
nlllh'IKl with xcrnfnln , enlt rheum ami oryslpo-
jus over Blneo lin WIIH horn , und nothing wo
cuulil Blvo hlmluJpcil him. until wi iriortCutl.
curn H incilu4. ! nliluli Kruiluitllr cured him , mi-
ill ho Js now ub fulr MB iiny clillJ , "
" $300 FOirNOTIIINO , "
Wm. ( Jor-Jon , 8T Arlington RVO. , OliarlPMPwn ,
Mim , , wrltcst "Httvlnif I'aW nlmut $ SiHtollrht ,
olnsi dontors tooiiro my l > : tl > r wlihom t'urnws-
I trkvl1he umlmirn Uomodii'S hlihiMiiiiili-tcly |
ourfd.oftcr uclnff tliroo pnultiigos. "
"FROM II-AD ! : rO FRET. "
Clmrlos HnyroIllnUlc. Jcr * ' } ' City Molt'lils. N.
J. , urttusMy M > n , n l.ul of IS your * . WHS com-
phlcly on ml of n twrlblo raso of oc/oinii l > y
tuo Outloiiru Houipillos. from tlio u.pufliM
head to tlio solos of his fool \ri\a ono iiu ) * ut
fccnlis. " Kvory otlior remedy outj pliysiulnus
had been tried in vnln.
"A LITTLE HOY GUHUD. "
N ah & Nash , Corlnirton , K r. , wrl'n j "Ono ot
our customers bouulit your Cutluuru HomuUIes
Jor hU llttlo boy , who bud n Ulnd of humor lu
tlio heart , RO that ho wna n cnlld scab of son. * .
lln wnst'iitlrely cured , and his fiithur rnyuhu
would not bc'tfrudtfo 300 for the treed [ Lima
done him. "
Sold ovcrywlicro. 1'iloe : CwlourB. Ste.j
H * o\cnt ! , $ lt PO-.JJ , 25o. 1'ivpnroil by the
I'ovrcu Lmua & CnnuiCAb Co. , llocton , Muss.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases. "
DjnV ITdoCu-nctfiiv SOAIMW exquisitely per-
UttUl fumed SKIN HBAirmJi-u. _
KllNiV ) : I'AlNit , STHAJNS , HACK
ACJ11 ! , ircukUK&i nnd vnttuliios *
citnsod by overwork , dissipation ,
ttir.illitr.tolLinif , or iluxinvju inn-
chlno , i-uvcd l > y llio CumciiAKVI. .
. _ I'AI.V r/MSTK . Now. oloifunt ,
iunl mid Infulllolu. 2ic
t - PERRY D AVIS'
PAIN-KILLER
IS HKCOMMKNDP.D HV
riiyslclnns , Ministers , Mlsstonnrlo.t , MnndKcrs
of Vnatorlcji , Work-shops , 1'lnntntlons ,
Ntirsoj In Hopitnls In snort , every
body everywhere Mlwhns
ever given It n trlnL
TAKES INTKllNAU/V IT Wll.l. US rOUXO A 5BVB
roit
SUDDEN COLDS , CHILLS , PAINS IN
THE STOMACH , CHAMPS , SUM-
JMKR AND HOWKL COMPLAINTS -
PLAINTS , SORE
THROAT , Ac.
AlTt.tKU KXTEIIN-.U.t.V ,
IT is rnc MOST F.mrrivu > nr.sT MN'IMIKT
ON r.AiiTii rou ctituxa
SPRAINS , IWUrSES , RHEMATISM
NEURALGIA , TOOTH-ACHE ,
NURNS , FllOS'I'-lllTES , &c.
Prices , 20c , , 60c. and $1,00 per Bottle ,
FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS
t&T Beware of Imitations.
Nebraska National Bank
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Paid up Capital . . . . . $2BOOOO
Surplus . 30,000 ,
II. W. Vales , President.
A. E. Tounlin'ino Presiiiont.
W. H. S. IIuKhcs , Ciu-liicr.
W. V. Morse , John S. Collins ,
11. W . Yatcs , Lewis S. Rood.
A. IS. Tou/.alin ,
BANKING OFFICE :
TJLE JllON BANK ,
Cor 121K ami Farnniu Sis
A General Uunking Hnsinoss Transacted ,
jo VITALITY la fnllhiif. nrnin IIKMNKK n . ,
XIIAUNTKIt or Power PllKMA-lTICULY M'ATi
WOODBRIDGE BRO'S ' ,
State Agents
Omaha , Neb.
23,829,856
Tanslll's ' Punch Cigars
yore shipped during the past
two yearn , without a ilrimi-
nicr In our employ. No otlior
uonaalu tuo workl cnii truth-
f ullywiUio such a showlue.
One m.'iint ( < lnalor 01117 ;
mill tea in ouch tuwji.
SOLD BY UADINQ DfiUCCISTS.
. R.W.TANSILL&CO.,55StatoSl.ChicaniJ.
C17 S.CknrleMiSt.S.I.oal8,2fo. (
of tire McJicnl College , , tint heiatofinr
tugiLeadlatboiipaclat trcbttacntof Ctianitic. NXJUGOB. BKIM
and BLOOD DistiuM than anr other fbrilclan InSt.LouJa ,
mi etty piptri ihow bad nil old residents kaaw.
Nervous Prostration , Debility , Mental and
Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Atleo-
tlons ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning.
old Sores and Ulcers , are ir tc > i with ut > psr ii.ioJ
mere * * , tn Uteit iel' ntlfla principle * . Barelr , PrlAl l/ .
Diseases Arising from Imllscrsilon , Excess ,
Exposure Orlr.JSJlgtmcO , Mch in-edUM loiut orilia
ftllimlDg crvct , i oerrouiue&i , debllltr , dimacn or flgbl
KDtl defective memory , plmploiou ( h lure. pbTaluldtcaf ,
tvcrilan to th loclcl/of ftm&lM , eanfuiloa or Utii , eta ,
rendorlna UnrrJaco improper or unhappy , ir
{ ' rmanrntlj carpi. l' iaphlaiSGpAKttaon ) Ibefchovc , Boat
niNledr-nTClDpr , freto ony tdJrem. OnnioltatlonaSoC *
tie * orb/ nail free , ItiTUtd * nditrlety ) ecnftdcjitU ! .
A Posltlvo Written Guarantee ilieu in tmyc * .
rablc ( : : . ! It < llclii < Kiit every ub
ceo PAQE3 , ymn PTJATES , _ ic nt cioth ma iiu
LIotMofr , - ) ? < ! far OCo > ID itot * < or currency. Orer Imjr
T'ottlerul pcnplctura * . true i llni j rticli oalfoUowlDf
abject * : who mif rairry , who not. wNjj manhood , oidu-
Iod ) , pbyalcfil drfar , elT0U of eem-mej and cxceei , the P1) ) ji *
lolflgyofraprcJuoilon , md tntnj iacr . Tlum married or
roittompUtfnif marrltt * ttionlrt rrnd It * l"roltr
lnic , p ? cr carer. SOU.rttlrflMSuto 0 * .
.
. . Guaranteed tlio
only ono In Uio worldROD-rutlng
_ , . _ aconttnuoin Electric ti ? JMpnr/id / )
ti& 'citrrtttti tic-icntfilc.rovrcrful , UurfthJo ,
Confifortfttilo nntl IIlTectlvo. Avoid frnudn.
OTfrD.lHHi enroll. Rnnil fit-imp for pnninhlot *
KLiormu IIKI.TH FOK i > iwiAHii .
DC. UOIWE. iMVEHTOn. IU1 WAS ASH AYECiilCAfUL
, IMPEY ,
.
Practice limited to Diseases of tlio
EYE , EAR , NOSE AND THROAT
for all forms oftlofeotlya
Vision. Arlillcial Eycn lusortoiL
rrnn :
JA Homo uml r > i r Boliool for Ynmifl
I.nillos , iiMijions OUT. i , DuilKhtrullr tltiiRtt-il
on Uporgctotvn Ilolirlito. Utrtro Kiontirls. liii'
Jnifniil iieofinimciliitioiis. ,
Mil's iAJUi : ; , liiinaritli Ot. ,
JyiJJcoiIj'.lt
Do you want n pure , Iilooiu-
ing Comntoxiou'i If BO , n
i'ow nnphcations of Ifotran'/ !
JIACNOLIA IfALH wlllgrnt-
ijy you io your Jioart's cou-
tout. 11 docs away \fltii Sal-
lotmoss , Jl dies3 ! , I'Jinplos.
Jnoklicnntl till dlsoascs aim
imperfections of the skiu. It
ovorcomostho f lushed nupcsiv-
nnco of houl , fatigiio and ox-
cHo.mont. It makes a lady of
TIU'JITI' npiioor ML T'rVfcN-
TY ; iind so natural , gradual ,
and i > orlVt ( ; are ifs oJl'ente ,
IJiut f ( . i.s Imiio-siblo to detect
UH application.