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Tun ( iiiestiou is wliothur tlio city coun
cil proposes to oudorso drunkunnoss in
tlio lire department.
COXOKKSS proposes to adjourn on the
28th , providence nml the supply of legis
lative wind permitting.
So long us tins rest of Nebraska Is getting -
ting rain Omaha docs not care , us she
has her sprinkling carts and hydrants.
So far this has been a very dry season ,
but the western part of Nebraska , where
drouth has been the great fear of the
cattlemen , has had much more rain than
the eastern half.
COUNCILMAN KAsr.ui , in offering a resolution
elution that the street car company put
conductors on its lines , has taken a step
in the right direction. If there wore con
ductors the drivers would not bo murder
ously assaulted and robbed quite so fre
quently. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE oleomargarine bill as it passed the
senate will doubtless not bo satisfactory
to tlio dairy interests of the country , to
\vhich < it will give less , protection than
had been righifully hoped for , but as a
compromise of dtfleiwico it is probably
the very best that could bo expected at
this time. It is to bo accepted merely as
nu entering wedge , and not as a finality.
It. is thought tlio scnato amendments
will bo accepted by the house , and that
the bill will promptly pass that body by
an increased majority.
THE president has the power to ad
journ congress , though it has never been
exercised. Section ft of artielo 2 of the
constitution provides that in case of dis
agreement between the two houses of
congress with respect to the time of ad
journment , the president may adjourn
them to such tirno as ho shall think
proper. Unless the two houses shall soon
come to an agreement in this matter , Mr.
Cleveland may find it necessary to make
n departure as the first executive to ad
journ the congress.
IT will bo reassuring to thu American
colony of defaulters aiul rogues sojourning -
> ing in Canada to learn that the now con
vention between the United States and
Great Britain , extending the extradition
treaty to embrace the class of crimes of
which they are guilty , is not retroactive.
It Is understood that the colonists were a
good deal tlibturbod by thu premise of an
enlarged treaty , which would affect their
cases , but they may continue to enjoy
themselves without the slightest appro-
lionsion of danger.
THE status of the 1'ixyno bribery cnso
is-this : One member of tlio Ohio legisla
ture is shown to have boon offered a largo
amount of money for his vote ; two other
members received largo sums nbcut tlio
time of the election of which they gave
no satisfactory account ; but there Is no"
evidence to show bribery unless In these
cases , and none to connect Pay no per
sonally with these transactions , or to
show the result was changed or affected
l > y these moans. Mr. 1'ayno will , of
course , retain his sent , but nevertheless
ho has lost In public confidence to an ex
tent which will very greatly Impair his
usefulness , and there is an indolllblo blot
upon his once unstained record. *
LET deserved credit bo given to Senator -
tor Ingulls , We luivu referred to the pur-
Honalltlos between ho and Senator Millar
afiNmv York which wore n fenturo of the
debate in the sonata on Monday , and
worn discreditable to both gentlemen
Tuesday Mr , Jujjulls recurred to the mat
ter and expressed regret for what he had
said ni ) having exceeded the limits ot
propriety in debate. Wo hold tills to bo
manly and honurnblo , and wo have no
doubt if members of congress generally
were notimUul by this proper and com
mendable Hptnt , there would bo fewer
occurrences among them requiring
npolojjy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mi : . Br.r.cnnil's first lecture in London ,
Tuesday ( mining , was nut largely at
tended , This la measurably accounted
for. by the high price of admission , which
excluded the people. It is u mistake of
MV. Itadoher's management to bid ( or the
patronage of "tlie lasso , " for only
euros ! ty , uid not regard fqr the roliglous
JH political views' of the eminent
Bwnioliflr , will induce thorn to hear him.
His. \ > t > ll known view , on thu Irish ques
tion'would unquestionably operate to his
( Uuvimoiit with this element. It is
tha mn > s < * H with whom Mr. Uuoolier
will rind sympathy nud n sincere respect ,
ami it is they whom he should aim to
Dlftcrlmlnfttlng Asnlnst Iowa
The limited express scheme of t'.to
Union Pacific has received n temporary
sot-back owing to the action of the Iowa
roads at the last moment In falling to co
operate. The reason given Is that the
Hurlinglon Is opposed to the enterprise
became it cannot conveniently shorten
its line l > Rtwr > on Chicago and Ogden , and
therefore cannot meet the Union Pncilie
in a speed competition. The other roads ,
especially the Chicago it Northwestern ,
were willing to shorten the line between
Chicago and the Missouri river , but the
recent restoration of rates and harmony
was used as a club by the Burlington to
make them recede from the promises
they made to the Union Pacific. The re
sult was a resolution to the effect that
owing to the present prevailing harmony
it was inopportune at this time to revl&o
the schedules to correspond with the pro
posed revision of the Union Pncillc. The
Burlington has simply played the Dart of
a bull-dozer. Jt3 course was perhaps ex
cusable on the around It was simply act
ing for Kclf-interost. But the other roads
ean offer no excuse for their cowardly re
treat , nt the dictation of the Burlington.
They have certainly displayed n lament-
nblo lack of backbone.
Tlw fact is that their attitude
is nothing more nor less than
discrimination against Omaha and the
vast territory tributary to themselves and
the Union Pncilic. Trains are now run be
tween Chicago and St. Paul , a distance
of110 miles , la twelve hours , while
twonty-ouo hours nro consumed in run
ning trains botwccnjChiongo and Omaha ,
a distance only seventy miles longer.
The Union Pacific had to do something
to meet this discrimination in favor of
the Northern Pacific transcontinental
route , and hence it determined to re
duce the time on its own line with a lim
ited express. Thlswas necessary as most
of the transcontinental travel comes
through Chicago. There seemed to bo
no good reason why the Iowa
road. ? should not run trains as fast be
tween Chicago and the Missouri river as
trains are run between that point and
St. Paul , or as fast as the Union Pacific
Denver train is run , which is at the rate
of thirty-one miles an hour. The Bur
lington , however , seems to bo master of
the situation nt present. It remains to
bo seen whether the Union Pacific will
allow it to continue to hold it anj * great
length of time. Tlio probability is that
the Union Pacific will go ahead with its
limited express , leaving the other roads
to wait three hours for It or to start on
time without the passengers. In this
way the Union Pacific can probably
break the agreement of the Iowa roads
and compel them to shorten their time
between the river and Chicago. The
people of tlio west arc entitled to faster
trains , and it is to bo hoped that the ob
stacle placed on the track by the Bur
lington will be removed at once.
The Street Car Ijinc.
Councilman Caspar has introduced two
resolutions in the council to regulate the
running of street cars in Omaha. The
first , which was adopted by the council ,
requires the car company to run its cars
according to ordinance. The scc&nd
ordering conductors to be placed on all
the cars within two weeks from date was
referred to the committee on viaducts
and railways. 15oth resolutions are
directed at evils which ought to bo
remedied in the interests of the public.
The schedule time of the
Omaha horse car lines makes
no pretensions to complying with
the ordinance directing a certain num
ber of trips to bo made at special times
during the day.
The company has arranged matters to
suit its own convenience and not that of
the public. The ordinance itself is lax
enough , but it is stretched so that often
twenty minutes pass in the day when no
car runs over the line in the most
crowded parts of the city.
The time has como when the bobtail
car on main lines of travel in Omaha
should bo abolished. It is a serious ques
tion which has never 3fet been passed
upon in Omaha upon its
merits whether a street car company can
legally compel a passenger at his incon
venience , and that of the public to act as
employe for a corporation. Tlio protection
of passengers us well as the safety of the
drivers demands that each car shall bo
provided with an employe to start and
Btop it , eject objectionable characters
and collect the fares. As matters now
arc the crowding and jostling on the cars
nro made still worse by the attempts of
passengers to force their way to the
cash box , while if this is
practically impossible , the whole
car is annoyed and disturbed bytho yells
of the driver to parties on the back plat
form to "put in tholr fares. " The "bob
tall" car is an expedient to save the sal
ary of conductors. On lines where
travel in light and distances short , they
till their placu without detriment to pub
lic safety or convenience. Hut on crowd
ed streets and main arteries of travel
they nro an insufferable nuisance.
It niav bo candidly said for the street
car company in Omaha that In several
respects their system Is conducted
above reasonable ground for criticism.
Their cars are miulo by the best maker.
They are kept clean , which Is something
unusual. Their live Block is strong and
superior to that on most lines. The
road bed and tracks are of the best , .All
these facts thopublloadmit. ButOmahu
has grown too fust for the "bob tail" car
system. Public convenience and public
safety demand n change , The interests
of the company as well as these of the
patrons would be subserved by It ,
ninolc Hills Tin.
The first .shipment of tin ore from Da
kota reached New York on Friday last.
It was the first tin ere over taken out in
the western hemisphere and came from
Hartley's Peak in the vicinity of Rapid
City. The discovery of the mineral was
made several years ago in the Black
Hills. It reached the ears of New York-
capitalists , among whom were Mr. II , K.
Thurber , who proceeded at once to , make
a quiet Invcstigatipn ot the value of the
find , An English export from the great
mines of Cornwall was employed
to survey the ground and assay
the ere , On the strength of Ids
report Mr. Thurbor and his associates
began secret purchases of claims nnti
their acquisitions covered an area of
7,000 square miles. Several millions of
dollar , were promptly subscribed for do
ycloping the tin mines , and work has
now reached a point whore steady ship
ments of ere are expectedIn the
amount of its cnpltal and thocxtnnt of its
properly the company b said to bo the
greatest mining corporation In existence.
Tor centuries before the Christian era
Cornwall , in England , supplied the world
with tin , It has continued to do so for
the centuries since. Last year the United
States imported $ : X,000,000 } worth of this
ii i'ful metal. If the predictions of these
interested come true , the day Is nt linnd
when Dakota will not only furnish all
this country with Its tin for local con
sumption , but will enter the lists in com
petition with England to supply other
countries as well. The ore of the Black
Hills is reported to bo richer than that of
Cornwall and ns readily rcdudblo. As a
bonanza the tin mines of Harnoy's Peak
promise to sink the Honicstako company
into Insignificance.
Hustalu the Chief.
Omaha has a paid lire department
which costs over sfiO.OOO a year. The
volunteer firemen have disbanded long
ago and every man now on the force I.s
employed for pay. Tor the elllclolicy of
this force the chief is responsible. While
under the regulations , .ho can only BUS *
pend a fireman nnd recommend Ins dis
charge for ciiuso It Is manifestly
the duty of the council to uphold
him in every instance where good
cause Is shown. Any other course
will destroy the discipline among firemen
nnd is likely to result in great disaster.
If any subordinate can defy the chief
when oft'duly , ho is just ns liable to dis
obey orders or play some pranks when
the lire is raging in order to make the
chief unpopular or got him dismissed for
failure ,
Chief Butler has resigned his position
because he declines to assume the re
sponsibility of running tlio department
with a driver who has been repeatedly
intoxicated on duty. Having found
Driver O'Brien unfit to.tnko his truck tea
a lire , he promptly suspended him and
recommended his discharge. Now no
matter how much credit he is entitled to
for past services , the question is , shall
the lives and property of tlio citizens of
Omaha bo exposed to risk and the de
partment demoralized for any man ?
Whoso fault is it that this man
is habitually drunk ? Would ho
retain his place n day as a railroad en
gineer or brukcman after ho was re
ported to the superintendent ? It the
city owes this man n pension for past ser
vices by all moans let him be pensioned.
That would be a trillo compared to the
disaster that is sure to befall this city
sooner or later , if the fire department is
allowed to run itself and every fireman can
blackguard the chief or refuse to obey
his orders. If Mr. Butler doesn't fill the
bill or a better man can bo found , the
council should have relieved him long
ajjo. But while ho remains chief he
should be sustained. The first tiling tlio
council should do is to dismiss every fire
man who gets drunk off or on duty.
There is no time of the day or night when
a fireman can safely be under the influ
ence of liquor. Tlio man who can't con
trol himself has no business on the paid
fire force.
TimtTV-four democrats voted with Sam
Randall to refuse consideration to M or-
rlson's tariff reduction bill. This repre
sents the proportion of his party through
out the country who arc willing to up
hold bogus tax reduction in the interests
of Pennsylvania monopolists. Mr. Mor
rison's bill , while defective in details ,
proposed reductions that would cheapen
the cost of living. Mr. Randall's bill
proposed to reduce revenue by increas
ing the duty on articles necessity so
that importation should be stopped and
tlio articles produced at a greater cost in
this country , thus increasing
the cost of living. This
was thn sharp difference between
ho two bills. Morrison's bill was simple
nnd easily understood. It reduced the
duty on cheap cottons , sugar , woolens
and a few other articles of necessity in
every workingnian's household and put
salt , wool , lumber , fish , jute and hempen
on the free list. Mr.Randall's bill , on
the other hand , was complex and delu
sive. It raised the duties on tin plate ,
cotton tics and other necessary articles
on which tliero should be no duly , and
depended for revenue reduction upon
the repeal of the tobacco tax and the
partial repeal of the spirits tax. In other
words , Mr. Morrison's bill was an at
tempt to keep faith with the pledged of
both parties for tax reduction. Ran
dall's bill simply juggled with the people
by making the reduction in internal rev
enue the pretext for increasing the bur
den upon necessaries.
THE very liberal construction of what
constitutes bribery In elections pro
pounded by the privileges and elections
committee of the United States senate ,
and the largo opportunities it gives for
escaping amenability for this crime , is
the very converse of the principle and
practice under the English law regarding
bribery. In England the disbursement
of money for the purposes of an election ,
or in the interest of a candidate , over and
above a fixed sum required by necessary
campaign expenses , for which an account
must be publicly rendered , is prohibited
by law , and the beneficiary of it is un
seated upon the evidence of payment or
disbursement , Under this law the indi
vidual who profits by the corrupt use of
money in an election cannot escape re
sponsibility by pleading that ho did not
personally engage in the work of corrup
tion nor sanction It. There is no waste
of time in hunting out ] the briber or the
bribes , nor in vainly seeking
proof Impossible to bo obtained , Tlio ex
penditure in excess of th.i sum allowed
by law Is the only evidence- necessary to
vitiate the election , nnd the penalty falls
where it justly belongs on the person
who profits by the election. Possibly tlio
English system may not be practicable
in the United States , but wo ought to bo
able to got a food deal nearer to it than
docs the principle enunciated by thu
senate privileges and elections commit
tee , which , if it shall become a precedent ,
must render bribery both easy nnd com
paratively safe.
r bob-tall of railroad
THE rag-tag and - the
road brigade who are talking up pledges
against General Van Wyok nro playing
with double-edged swords. Such Instru
ments of warfare cut both ways. They
are ns apt to hurt the men who wield
theiu as to harm the parties at whom the
tblows are directed , Candidates for state
'
'offices will consult their own interests by
fighting shy of this pledge business. It
will not pay. Thu convention is still a
long distance off and the voters of Ne
braska have been given an abundance of
time to discuss methods ns well as men.
Republican Nebraska1 isjfor General Van
Wyck's return to thq.acnato. Some rap
scallion republicans who have misrepre
sented the party and 'pnjty ' sentiment for
years nro of course opposed to the sen
ator. When the line.is formed tlicy will
ho found in the rear of the procession.
If they want to hasten the result and
make it certain thc > hare taken the right
course. The people will look after the
rest. .1
AccoitDixn to the I fern til n competent
marshal would employ detectives , make
himself familiar with the crimes and
records of criminals , 'and keep the com
munity rid of the lawless classes. Such
* man in Omaha would have to bo a
wealthy philanthropist. To employ de
tectives costs money. To learn the
crimes and records of criminals requires
ample funds , and to keep the community
rid ot lawless classes demands an ample
police force. As the clly has an in
sufficient revenue for such purposes , we
presume the Idea of the llcrttld is that
the marshal should foot nil these bills
from Ills own pocket , nnd thus prove
himself "competent. " These wholesale
assaults upon the marshal because
Omaha tax-dodgers prevent him from
having a force large enough to patrol a
gnod-Mzcd village , are ridiculous. Omaha
wants a greatly enlarged police force
more than slio needs a new marshal.
Tin : next annual conference of Chari
ties and Correction will ho hold in
Omaha. Another important convention
in tills city next year will bo the oiorul :
Presbyterian assembly , which will be at-
teni'ed ' by COO delegates. Omaha is
destined to become a national convention
center , if the proper stops arc taken.
Mit. ilAKi'EUTV'd saloon will not blos
som for the present as next door neigh
bor to a church nml irrigator in the heart
of the residence portion of the city. Two
members of the licensing board could
see straight enough to road the high
license law as It was intended to be read.
Evr.N if with a two-cent tax the manu
facturers of oleomargarine will make ti
very handsome profit.
1'OJjlTlOAIi rOIM'S.
General Samuel V. Coxy of Ohio is an ap
plicant for the consul-generalship at Paris.
Charles 1J. Harwell of Chicago Is likely to
bo tlio republican nominee i'or govern or of
Illinois.
The California republic ui committee rccoc-
nl/.es tlmt it takes a good ticket to win this
year in tlmt state.
Republican National Coniinllteemaii Clark-
son of Iowa says there is , n big crop of demo
cratic mugwumps growing in that stnte.
President Cleveland should.look Into this.
A Nova Scotliin has cilt the branches from
the tallest spruce tree ort hi 'placo ' nnd nailed
the American lias to'the ' too. He tells his
iieiizlilior.s that it Is the next question In
' '
politics.
Speaker lirackett of .tiio-Mjassnclmsctts ICR-
islature says whoever is noiiiiiatcd ) for gov
ernor by the republican of. that stuto will
have to take the stump. This Is n direct HiiiR
nt the candidacy of .Lieutenant Governor
Ames , who can't niakoa srjcccli.
Vouth'a Ijoxlcou Abridged.
Somcri'illO'Jmirftal.
Ill the bright lexicon o fame there may bo
no such word as fall , but ! the1 bright lexicon
that business men iu > o'couldn't get along
without it.
Doesn't Even liaison Ercczc.
JJosIrm { let-aril.
The Main election is only a few weeks dis
tant and vet the Portland Advertiser yester
day reports the wind blowing only at the
rate of two miles an hour.
Seasonable
Sun Fra > ic/sro llta.
The college commencements are over and
the public is slowly recovering from the effect
of mental Indigestion Induced by overloading
with green oratory.
J'nt ' uml Lean.
Lou-ell Cttltcn.
The man who uiortsnges his property ,
while the money lasts , lives on the fat of the
land , while the man who loans the cash haste
to bo content with the Hen.
Boston Cult.
CMcaga TrOiwu ,
Visitors to lloston have observed with
much regret that in several schools of philos
ophy the only prominent topics for discussion
this month have l5e.cn Itailhourn's Improved
pitching and tlio probability of Jem Smith
standing up for four rounds before J. Law
rence Sullivan.
Their Ilontls.
ltpaMi.
The Van Wyck boom Is bitterly bumping
the heads of some of the old senator's oppo
nents. The fnqt is , Ills strength Is realized ,
and It Is evident Unit It will require some
complicated "wire pulling" to defeat him.
On the other hand , his supporters should not
relax their efforts , thinking tlmt their indi
vidual aid Is not In demand.
How Ho Would uo Served In Kon-
tioky. ?
St. L < ntl * Jttptililtcan ,
Sir Charles Dllko's testimony against Mrs.
Crawford leaves little doubt that ho has per
jured himself not "like a gentleman , " how
ever. In Kentucky , wliero n woman's repu
tation Is valued oven above n race horse's
pedigree , no such testimony could bo given
without subsequent proceedings In the shape
of tar nud leathern.
DisRraoot'nl.
lit , Joe JlcmW ( lleji. )
The scene between Congressmen Laird nnd
Cobb In thu lobby of' the house on Friday
wns exceedingly disgrace Jill nnd worthy of
school boys , not men , aiiJ supposably repre
sentative men of the .nation nt tlmt If It
does ruin them politically It-ought to. Men
wholmvonot Bouse nml dlirnlty enough to
restrain their tempeirf 'have ' not enough to
represent their country In congress ,
Capital niHbl'ul'or.
mUiTtoini ITimtb.
"Pray , ( Jussle , dear'slniconxiiigsald !
"Tho dlllercncn tell mo
'Twlxt enpltal nnd Inb rso ,
That 1 may clearly ( toe. ' , '
lie drew her on his ninnly knee ,
And htroked her wvtiyJiead.
Now , this Is cnpltal , iji.v dear , "
The lover loudly wihl.
The maiden pointed as she spoke ,
And crossly cried : "I see ;
'Tis enpltal until we're wed.
And then 'twill labor be1"
The Code Superseded.
The Lnlrd-Cobb affair In the anto-room of
the capltol Indicates that the "code" has
yielded to tlio pressure of modern times. The
Kroneh method has been superseded by the
Boston method. Pistols nml cotreoJmvobeen
abandoned , and UKJ Sullivan tactics me now
In vogue. On the whole It is an Improve
ment A fornml adoption of the mnrqu-9 of
Queeiibbury rules , mid everything \rtJJ go'
swimmingly.
Tlie Cobb end Imlrd
JVittwMMdi lltcord.
There is nothing dignllltxl , and quite likely
nothing dangerous , In n personal encounter
between nn Indiana congressman , who Is
big and bid , nnd n Xebraika congressman ,
who Is big nud Inme. Mr. Cobb anil Mr.
l.nlrd lm\obeou ns unfortunate In eonverlm ;
within the walls of the capltol the methods
of the bruiser nml the lutlUut nsthey hnvo
been ridiculous In their Illustration of those
method ! ! .
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STATI-J AxnjrjimmTonv.
Xcbraslcn .ItittlnjjH.
Now Is the time to nip tne prairie fire
in tlio bud.
Mason , Cttstcr county , boasts of a ? 50-
000 flour mill.
The Methodist church at Clmdron will
cost , completed , ? ' . ' ,000.
The fourtccn-vcnr-old son of Green
Skords , of Pcreival , tumbled oil'a tree
and broke a hip Sunday.
E. It. Brown , of Chicago , has offered fo
build a ? 40,000 hotel In ( Jrntid Island if a
suitable location Is given him as a
bonus.
John N. Richardson , ; i prominent resi
dent of Table Kock , suddenlv recovered
his eyesight last Sunday after six years
of total blindness ,
A workman in the supply yards of the
Klkhorn Valley road , at 1'remont , was
caught by a heavy timber sliding on
skills and badly crushed. Ills condition
Is critical.
There will bo n largo force of the regu
lar army , a proliclcut Indian brass Imnd
and a largo number of other attractions
at the soldiers' districtreunion , to bo held
at Norfolk.
Henry Blnlne , of Pralrio Creek pre
cinct , Hull county , was frightfully gored
by a bull Saturday. The furious animal
tossed him about like a plaything , in
serted a horn in his abdomen , and other
portions of his body were bruised. His
recovery is doubtful.
The Grand Island highwayman is su
premely indillerent to time , place nnd
police when a victim is sighted. A rail
road section hand was collared on tno
depot platlorni at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning and robbed of $3. The victim's
scalp was badly gashed before ho
gave up. _
lowii Items.
Sioux county is building a poverty pal
ace.
Dubuqtto sweats under a debt of $300-
000.
000.A
A starch factory is to bo started at At
lantic.
Charles City is to invest in water
works.
The pioneers of Ilardin county will pie-
nic at Iowa Falls , Sept. 1.
The Iowa contingent to tlic grand
army encampment at San Francisco , will
start west next Monday.
The state miuo inspector has discov
ered several valuable lend and zinc mines
in the northeastern counties.
John Jurgonson , a rotten old rascal ,
has disappeared from Lyons to avoid a
tarring for assaulting a twelve-year-old
girl.Well
Well drivers tapped a gas vein on
James Peck's farm near Sioux City , re
cently , and fearing they had .struck the
smokestack of Hades , they plugged the
pipe and loft the country.
Charles llnrdy , of DCS 'Moincs , became
demented and wandered away from
home , living for days in cornfields. When
captured , near tildora , he was in a per
fectly nude condition.
Frank Hillormnn , one of the Clinton
liquor witnesses who was assaulted by a
mob recently , has brought suit against
certain persons who were in tlio mob for
damages to the amount of ifrX,000. )
The Maple Valley Trotting association
will hold its annual trot at Mnploton ,
August ! M , 25 and 20. The purses for the
various races contain $ ' 2,700. This meet
ing is the first of the Iowa and Nebraska
circuit and will doubtless attract a large
attendance.
Capt. Jordan , of Crcston , has a giant
blackberry bush growing on his place.
It is one of tlio Snyder variety , and
measures nine and one-half feet from
root to top. Berries are growing on it at
a heigth of six feet trom the ground.
The stalk is of this year's growth.
Dakota.
The hills were touched with frost last
week.
Beadle county property is assessed at
$3,000,000. ,
Custor and Buffalo Gap are "helloing"
at each other.
A Knights of Labor lodge has been
planted in Rapid Citv.
A largo school building is to bo built nt
Buffalo Unp next fall.
The HnrnoyPenk Tin company's mines
have been mortgaged for $100,000.
Poisonous weeds have killed a number
of valuable cnttlo near Woonsockot.
Kimball has purchased a lire engine ,
as the force from the artesian well was
insiilllcient to throw a stream of water.
Bands of organized horse thieves are
operating around Itapid City. A num
ber of valuable horses have disappeared.
The woolen mill at Yankton is to bo
run by water power , furnished by the ar
tesian well , instead of by steam us in the
past.
The artesian well at Miller has reached
a depth of 1,070 feet , and is still sinking.
\ \ ntor is flowing freely but not abun
dantly. ,
The measure of Ynnkton's happiness
would be complete with a bridge over the
Missouri river and direct railroad con
nection with Omaha.
The handsome daughter of J II. Fuller ,
of Dendwood , recently eloped with a
barber. The father waited until after
tlio knot wus tied and then forgave
them.
Larnmie indulged in n cloudburst bath
the other day.
Judge Corn , of the territorial court ,
lias decided that the court has no juris
diction over Indian reservations ,
The Sun says Cheyenne is now sweet
nineteen. Young enough to bo energetic
and ambitious ana old enough to have
some sense ,
Town slto speculators along the line of
tlio Northwestern roud must ' 'stand In"
with the construction ring If they hope to
realize. A party of Luskanu who refused
or failed to whack up were rewarded with
a grade twenty teet high through their
land , nnd the station several milea off.
Thu hoi BOS In the northern hills nra bo-
ir.g attacked by that insidious nnd incur
able discaso known us glanders. Seven
teen head alllieted were killed near Sun
dance last weak by Dr. Hopkins , the ter
ritorial veterinarian , It Is alleged that a
number of animals on the liollu Fourche
are affected by the disease ,
A local paper declares that there Is
"enough mica in Whalen canyon to sot
the sashes of heaven , " and immediately
qualifies by declaring that the "reporter
treads where few have trod before. ' ' The
unfortunate tenderfoot is evidently wan-
during from the rose beds of truth to thu
callous mattress qf imagination ,
Colorado.
The baths elected in Mauitou cost
133,000.
The resources nf Arapahoe county are
? OS7ai-l.-ll ; liabilities , $ ltW,803.0l. ,
The valuation of Eaton county for 1830
is * 50i,4-'J. Lost year thu assessment was
WO.OOO.
Forest fires have done a largo amount
of damage in different parts or thu state
this samiuer.
Bout county contains 925 more square
miles of territory tliitn the state of Mas
sachusetts ami 1)50 ) more than Connecti
cut , Itbodo Island ajid Delaware , com
bined ,
Sheriff Cramer , of Denver , proposes to
boost Andy Green , the condemned mur
derer. skyward , Instead of the usual drop.
It is tlio "jerk up" plan , and is equally
effective as n eorUer. Courts willing ,
Andy will nscoml next Tuesday.
The boss fish story of the season comes
from Gnrlield county. It Is to the effect
that over 100 live trout of good bi/.e were
found in a tree , ctit down In that county.
Hie tree stood near a waterfall , and oc
casionally ll.e water dashed Into it. It is
supposed that the fish were washed in by
the waterfall.
The Denver club jiroposei to ereet n
mnguillcent elub house , to cost § 100.01)0. )
it is said thet the club ha1 ! purchased the
old Unity church property on Seven
teenth nnd California street , nud that on
this propcity , which is verv centrally
located , will erect a larco building with
all conveniences for club purposes.
Utmlil.
II is easy to imagine what would have
been the excitement in tlio country If the
congressman who on rrlday assaulted a
brother member In the capital building
had been n southerner. The excitable
and emotional journalistic and orntieal
leaders of the republican party would
have regorded it as a repetition of the
Brooks-Stunner episode , and it is pos
sible that to-tiny in some of the pulpits
Ihuro would liavo been feeling references
to It.
It.As
As it wa , siuco it was a republican
laud jobber from Nebraska named Laird
who played the part of the bully , and
since the gentleman whoso iioso he
blooded , Mr. Cobb , was only a venerable
and reasonably honest , democrat from
Indiana , it is not to be supposed that the
peace or perpetuity of the republic is
threatened by the far westenor's pugilistic
performance. Yet in some respects
Laird's assault on Cobb is as full of
significance in its own way as was that of
Hully Brooks on Stunner. When Brooks
hit Stunner with his cane it was accepted
as evidence that southern hostility to tlio
anti-slavery sentiment of the north , if
not of tlio north itself , was of such bitter
ness as to render a peaceful adjustment
of the trouble impossible. Jit a less
dangerous degree , of course , but quite as
forcible as an illustration of the desperate
methods of the western land robbers ,
does the violence of Bully Laird of Ne
braska indicate the determination of
these insolent and characterless grabbers
to light , tlio men who iu the interest of
the people seek to put , a slop to their
nefarious schemes of plunder. AB IJully
Brooks' ' assault on Stunner nerved every
every hand in the north , the attack of
Laird of Nebraska on Mr. ( Jobb should
servo to make every ollieial charged with
the enforcement , of the land la\\s more
resolute than ever.
Nothing but the most insensate party-
ism keeps Laird in congress. Ills name
has been a stench in the nostrils of the
people of Nebraska for years , but his
republicanism saves him. This latest
exhibition of his real character will
hardly inlluenco the stupid partisans on
the western plains whom he lias long led
by the nose , but it may open the eyes of
other people to tlie contemptible schemes
which linu advocacy in such ways.
_ _ _
A Network of Navigable Water Extending -
tending Over ii.OOO Miles.
London Times : The report mtblishod
by Lieut , von Nimptsch of the German
army , son-in-law of Gen. vou Lee , aide-
de-camp to tlie emperor , gives some very
interesting details of the journey which
ho made with Hurr Wolll , u traveler in
the service of the Congo Free State , and
which has resulted in the discoverwif a
river likely to be of material value to
traders with the Congo. The Congo in
its course from the- southeast makes
a very wide bend to the north ,
and then descends agiv.i to the Atlantic ,
u very largo U-aet ri country being
embraced m tinu curve. Within this
curve in the Itiver Kassni , Lieut , von
Nimptsch regards as being "of oven
greater importance to commerce than the
Congo itself. " Describing their journey ,
ho says that us fur as Luebu the Kassai
Hews through wide plains well adapted
for cultivation , pasturage , ami forests of
palm trees nud cutta perciin trees. There
arc many villages on the banks , nnd the
travelers mot with croat civility in all of
them save one , the inhabitants of which
lied at their approach. One tribe , adds
Lieut , vou Nimptsch , "was lomarkablo
for its joviality. " The natives ac
companied the steamer in their canoes ,
and when wo landed organized dances
and songs in our honor. " There is a
great deal of ivory all along the Kassai ,
and largo pieces of the finest quality
were readily given in exchange lor
amply boxes and tins. They
discovered several nfllucnls of the
Kassai , and the calculated that
they wore navigable for ti distance of 250
miles. "But the most important alliuont , "
tlio report goes on to say , "is that which
Herr Wollf explored in the steamer
Vorwarts during1 the months of February
mill March. Jlo ascended this stream tea
a distance ofWO leagues from its mouth ,
and one of its northern afilucuts brought
him within a week's march of Nyangotio.
Ho might have gone still further had his
steamer not mot with nn accident , for
there are no cataracts in this rivor. All
this not-woric of navigable water , ex
tending over moro than 0,000 miles , is
most admirable , and in future it will bo
possible to travel eastward from the
Atlantic , reaching Nyangouo and then
Lake Tnngyntokn by leaving the cougo
at the mouth of the Kassai , without ho-
ing obliged to .ascend the whole of tlio
former stream , thus avoiding the Stanley
Falls ,
_ _
Curious I'ostaeo-Stnmps.
Now Orleans Picayunes Among the
issues of postage-stumps by foreign
countries there is iioms more curious
within recent years than the new issue of
Madagascar 5 } inches Jong by 2 { inches
wide and none that will bo moro eairerly
sought by collectors. There are aight in
all ranging in value from 1 pnnny lo a
shillings. They are issued by hnghind
for letters mailed at thu British consulate
in Antanaimrioo , and gummed only in
the corner. The lettorn urn sent to
Mauritius , where the Mudlngnssy stamp
is removed and kept for a voucher and
the Mauritius stamp substituted.
A Story of Ilorano Oroolcy.
Minneapolis Journal ! "I sat just beside -
side Horace Groeloy once , at a great po
litical meeting in Now York just after
the war , " said the Itov. Dr. Bennett ,
"and heard him define the difference be
tween society nnd polities. Said ho , look
ing over the crowd : 'If 1 wore to con
fine the right of suffrage to only such of
you men us I would permit to marry my
daughter there'll bo mighty few of you
over got a chance to vote , "
TIs vain to seek u powder thnt defies
detection , but use Poz/oni's to improve
the complexion ,
Third District Cmilral Commit too.
To the Central Commlttcpmen for the Third
Congressional IJUtrlct :
There will bo a committed meeting at
the Eno hotel , in Fremont , Neb. , on Fri
day , July 2U , 1880. at 7 p.m. All members -
bors are requested to bo present.
J , W. LOVK , Chairman ,
L. S. IUWJN , Secretary.
Fremont , July la. 1980.
Tlmt T rrl | < lo Drain
Which scrofula hns upon the system must
be arrested , nnd the blood must ho puri
fied , or serious consequences will ensue ,
For purifying and vitalizing effects ,
Hood's Snrsapurillu has boon found su
perior to any other preparation. It UK-
w-.ld every trace of impurity from the
blood , and bestows new lifo and vigor
upon every function of thu body , en-
auling it to entirely overcome disease.
t2T PERRY D AVIS' . _ $ J
PAINKILLER
IS HKCOMMnNUEU II V
-jlclnns. Ministers , Missionaries. MnnriRori
of l-'nulorlif , Work-shops , riimtiitloiis ,
Nurses In Hopllnls lu onort , over-
everywhere wliolma
TAKB.V INTKIIN'At.t.V tt Wtt.T , nit TOl'SD X NEVf
r.uu.su CHUB row
SUDDKN COLDS , CHILLS , PAINS IN
THK STOMACH , CHAMPS , SUM-
MKU AND BOW Kl , COMPLAINTS -
PLAINTS , SOUK
'I'll HO AT , Kc.
IT IS THK MOST wrKCTtVB AND IIIIST MN1M8NT
ON EAllTIt VOn CUHIM1
SPRAINS , imWSKS , UHKMATISM
NEURALGIA , TOOTH-AOHK ,
BURNS , FROST-B1TKS , &a
Prices , 25c , , GOc , and $1,00 per Bottla.
FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS
E7/"Bowaro of
Nebraska National Bank
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Paid \tp Capital $250,000
Surplus 30,000
II. W. Vales , President.
A. K. Totixnlin , V'ioo Pronldont.
W. 11. S. Huglu's , Cashier.
ItlUCCTOHSI
W. V. Morse , John S. Collins.
H. W. Yatcs , Lewis S. Reed.
A. E. Tou/.nllu.
BANKING OFFICE :
THE III ON BANK ,
Cor 12th and Fnrnnin Sta
A General Banking Business Transacted.
, _
tVhoso VITALITY la falllnp. JlrMn 1 > IIA1N:1 : > nnd
jJXIIAUhTKIIorl'o-orJ'llKMA'lUltEl.V WA8T >
may nml a | M > rrfct unit rrllnblu euro In tlio i
CH HOSPITAL. REMEDIES
ftrieiiiBt ' . , . . . - . .
iliy.i'riif. Ji\N : CllAl.C.ot 1-aru.KriiiirA.
lion ( pfflci'o'rTiTmiiiJwltTi sir'cmirftjit Uwior *
2IVIAUQ AUEftCY. No. 174 Fulton Slr ol. New Yorfc
WOODBRIDGE BRO'S ' ,
State Agents
FOR THE
'sPianos
Omaha , Neb.
29,829,850
TansllPs Punch Cigars
wcro Bhlnried ilurlug the paot
two yoiira , without n ilrum-
incr fn our omvlojr. No oilier
liouso lu the world can truUi-
lully uaukoBuoU u allowing.
Ono asoat ( aoalcr oulyj
wanted In onch town.
SOLD Or LEADING DRUGGISTS.
R.W.TANSILL&CO.,55StatcSt.Chicago.
O17 H . Cinrlor.N < . , Nf.JotiiH,3Io.
JtrpaUrer ( lufttaor two UeJIealColleges , bat IHKH longer
engiiKeillii IhotpeeUI treatment of CUB.IKIC , N mroui , Kffi *
and ULM > DIMABU tbtntrr olb r I'hjilcUo lnSl. LeDlf.
cltj papcra anon &nd all olu rcildcnti\Doir.
Nervous Prostration. Debility , Mental and
Phjslcal Weakness ; Mercurial and other Altec *
lions ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning ,
Old Sores and Ulcers , ere tr billib noftnllclej
auceeu , ou latest self ntlQe principle ! . Kafelr , Prlr&ulj.
Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess ,
Exposure or Indulgence , wbich product n > m or th *
following % [ r < oU ! nervouineii , detllUr , dlorjoia or alibi
nd defective ntiuorr , plroplei on th fret , phriUsUsoi/ ,
aTcnlontotLo aiclclrof froilci , coufuiloa. ofldeai , etc. .
rendering Marriage improper or unhappy , * rt
pcrmaDeally aured. ratopblciS6rae ( ) oa tba aboTt , Mat
Inacalrdcarelopff , freotoanraddreia. Conultataafctof. !
0 or | jjm < [ | fr .ItiilttJ .iid irltlljc nnjtnll l.
A Positive Written Guarantee ginu in ererrei.
rabtoeaat * Ue lUlQoacateverwlr9b7lcaUorcipre 3 ;
QOBDE ,
200 FAGE3. FINE PLATES , cltz&at Cloth tad gill
bJodltif , c3lcJft r5Oo. In iioiUtteoreurrcaej , Otcr Oft/
wonderful ptn picture * . Iran to lit ; articles on tb rolloirlog
object" I who may lairrj- lionet , whj j mtotiocxl , woiuia.
tiooii.ph/ileal 4ce r. tfJvttt of celibacy aoJ xev s.tb t > bj * .
loogjoirur&luctl ] Daa4 rntnj inorn. TLoia ruirrle > I or
ccmtcmpUtlDg iturrUg * nhould ; tt * < \ ft. rni'Ur edition
, * oirer , 30c. AdJrctt'-te-ba . \
tune j > pr - - \7MiUf-v
Olllce , Llll l-2Furimiu.
ItuMdciuiu. 20Hi mid California.
DR. IMPEY.
1.SO3 F-A.IRliT.A. E SI1.
Practice limltod to ViHcaycH of tlio
EYE , EAR , NOSE AND THROAT.
fitted for all forms of dofoctlvo
Visiou. Artificial Eyes inserted.
i-.rTIIIE OEDABS"
-L A lloniu nnd Ray Solmol for Ynimir
J.uillos , rin > | ) uii9 oivr. I. DcllKlitlully sltimlu.l
nu ( Jponrotowii llolum * . Ijirgo grounds. I'.n-
laiT ° < l iiccoimimilutlniis.
ilisa KAUU3 , WJSStli St. ,
jjrtMoodm
Do you want n pure , bloomIng -
Ing Comnloxlou I If so 31
few nnnlfimtions of
Ify you to your heart's con-
lout. It docs nwuy with Sal
low-ness. Kodnc.ss , I'jinu'eg.
Ulotclios , nnd all disoasoH and
imperfections of the skin. It
overcomes the flushoiluppoar-
nnco of heat , Jatlyito and ex
citement. It mnlccs a lady oi'
THIRTY npnoiu- but T WJ-JN-
TY ; oiul so natural , gradual ,
and perfect are its nH'oots.
tlmt it is impossible to delect
its appllcutiou.