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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY. JULY 26 , 1880 , THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA owcr , ynvn AJCI > sis F-AtitfAir BTRRKT. VTtvr VOIIK omrr , IIOOM < ? , , TiunrvK nriiiHNO. WASIIIMJTO.V OFIICC , NO , & 11 Kl lUEKMlt 8THECT. Published every mornlnir , except Sunday. The only Mon Jay morning ] inpur published In Ono Year . SIO.OO I Tluoo Months. . . 8151 Six Mouths . 6 00 I Ono Mouth . 1.00 THE WBEIU.T Hnf , Published livery \Ve < lne < ulny. TKIIMB , roSTl'AUi : Ono Venr , with prrtnium . . . $ -00 Ono Vcnr , without premium . 1.83 HU Months , ullhnut picitmun . ' " > One Month , on trial . 10 comma POXIIENCK : All communications relating in news mid r > dl- tnrlnl mnttcra should ndiho-sad to the ll ! > l- III'SIXESS t.ETTKUS : /Ml bmlnoM Idlers nnd i emlttnncps slioulil bo uWres eil to'TUB l\r.r. \ I'um.irinirui COMPANY , OMAHA. I'lnfls , clucks nnd postolllce orders tube tnadopaynblotsi'iiooidcrol Hie company. THE m POBLISHIlTliiPllIT , PROPRIETORS , 15. HOSnWATr.il , r.niTon. THK DAII'V IIKK. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Blnlo of Nebraska , I . . Count v of Douglas. I Bl 8 > ( eo. H. T7scbncksccretaryot the Heo Pub- llshlim company , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation or tlio Dallv 15ee Jor the vreek cndlns July ICth , 1M > 0 , was as follows : Sattuday , 10th 12-U ) Monday , liitli 12.U10 Tuesday. 13lh 12,175 AVcdnesdav , l-lth l'J,17ri ' Thurstlav , 15th 12,200 1'riday , loth .la.SQO Avciagc .12n73 < iKO. U. TXICIICCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this } 7lh day of July , IbbO. N. P. Knit. , IBKAI..I Notary Public. Cleo. B. Tzschiiclf , helnKfirttdulyfwonide poses and says that ho is sornstary ot ibo Uca Publishing company , that the actual a\eraie dally circulation of tlio Daily Heo for the month of January , Ib fl. was 1078 , ! ! copies ; for February , IbSfl , 10,59. ) copies ; for March , I bO. 11.537 copies ; for Aurll , 1S80 , 11,191 copies ; lorMav. IbhO , 18,439 copies : for June , 18SO , 12,208 copies. GKO. B. T/.SCIIUCIC. Subscribed and BWOIII lo before mo , this 5th day of. July , A. 1) . 1SSO. N. i' . Fnir , , [ 8EA.T..1 Notary Public. Hocus butter must DOW run under its true colors. Jt has been Hying the lliip of honest dairymen too long. Ai/niounn Van Wyck is said to bo solid wltli the Union Pacific , wo haven't found n Union Pacific editor who is solid for Van Wyck. SO.MI ; of tlio candidates for governor should muz/.lu their fool friends. The boom that booms the "boomtngcst" at first very often fails to hold out. COIIK has voted to confer the freedom of the city on Mr. Gladstone. In return Mr. Gladstone will endeavor to confer the freedom of Ireland upon all Irish men. THAT Union Pacific "limited" fast train luis been "slowed up. " Tli3 time is limited to the old schedule so long as the iSudin ton bulldozer remains on the track. SKNATOH VAN WvCic made a serious blunder in voting against the Payne in vestigation. To Senator Maudorsoii's credit , it may bo said , ho stands straighten on this record. . IIAIKFAT.T. is reported from the "arid west" but Douglas county has as yet failed to share in the benefits of cloud- land. It is now in order for the ranch men to declare that eastern Nebraska is no good. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Tnrc latest Apache surprise , " as re ported , turns out to bo the capture of several hundred pounds of dried beef by Captain Lawton. The surprise was evi dently all tlio captain's , iii finding that every Indian had gone. , REPORTS come from Abingdon , Mass. , of a great lind of ore containing lead ore , gold , silver and copper all in a lump. The amount of brass in the discoverer who has gulled the honest rustics of the Bay state is not-given. Tin : republican convention for the third congressional district has been called for October 1 , with Fremont as the place of meeting , The basis of representation is the vote for regent of the state university ill 1835 , which will give a total of 225 del egates The call and apportionment of delegates is published clescwhero. CONGRESS lias finally passed the bill for tho. relief of settlers on tlio Otoo and Mis- aonri and Omaha reservations. Tlio bill extends the time to purchasers two years und protects in their purchase and settle ment all who have entered upon the lands up to this time. This is an act of justice for which the settlers will thank Senator Van \VycK and Congressman Dorsoy who have labored long and earnestly on their Tin : oleomargarine bill , as amended by the aonato , wont through the house Friday by a majority of 00. The senate's amendment llxed the tax at 3 cents. It ia believed tlio president \\ill permit the bill to become a law cither by promptly Higniugitor holding it until the time within which ho is required to return it if not. approved shull have expired , TUB fraternity of bootblacks is glori fied , Ono of their number on Friday Jumped from the Brooklyn bridge , at the X > olut from which Odium made his fatal leap , with no more serious result than Vho chance of serving a brief term of im prisonment on Ulnokwell'ti island. Ho wiU , Ijowovor , come forth from this a hero , und if lild shrewdness IB equal to his norvu ho can turn his triumph to most prolit- Qb.lt ) account. THE retreat of General JJlaeK , com missioner of pensions , from the mvodtl * gutton of the charges of partisanship in his conduct of his olliee , is very curtain to confirm publiu opinion in the justice of the charges. Wlmt defense the oum- iniH.sioiiur has made is at the best weak , but thorn wore still some who believed he would bo able to vindicate liimsnlf. Ills running away at this time will lend to greatly reduce the number who outor- taiiaul this faith. U.NJM'.u tlto Knglitsh law newspapers arc prohibited from commenting on a ca&u while. U Is iu the courts. If the sumo rule wns law in the United Slates , the Chi- dago papers , who are moving heaven and oiu'th to convict , Inuononl or guilty , the man now on trial as anarchist * , would liijd their occupation largely gone. Not u , voice has boon raised in the press to pluad for fair play for the prisonerseach and every one of whom the law presumes to bo innocent uutii fouud guilty , r Tlinyor and Van Wjrok When the Omaha Jlcpublican , some days ngo , declared that it had In its pos session a letter written by General Thaycr in which ho o.xprcs cd himcclf decidedly opposed "to the senatorial demagogue , " meaning Van Wyck , wo promptly do- mnnded that the letter bo made public. This demand was also coupled on our part with a somewhat vigorous comment on the Impudence of the factional anti- Van Wyck orcan in its imperious de mand that General Thaycr as candidate for governor should give his pledge that he would use all honorable means to defeat Vnn Wyck through the use of the execu tive inllenco. On the assumption that General Thayer might possibly have made the blunder of writing a letter rellecting on Senator Van Wyck wo expressed a most decided opinion that the candidate for governor who would make the pledge of opposing Van Wyck after the election would stand a slim chance of being Nom inated much Jess elected , Instead of publishing the letter which General Thayer is charged with writing , the IlcptibticaH follows up the covert at tack on Thaycr by another backhanded stab by which it attempts to place the editor of this paper in a false light before General 'L'hayer's friends as well U3 his enemies. An editorial in its Saturday's ' issue contains the following : Mr. Iiosowatcr need not feign Innocence loganllng General Thaycr's letter. The Re- jiulillain happens to know that that letter was originally written by the gnncral for the J5ii : ; , that It wa - given to Mr. llosowator by him , and that after holding U for some Unto 3lr. Iiosowatcr finally refused to publish It. Jt was then Riven to the Republican. In referring to it the Ur.r : says that thn go\cinot-oleclou ht not to meddle with the boimtorlal election. This proposition Is of combo based upon the supposition that the Rovcinor-clcct will be anti-Van Wyclc. If ho should happen to be pro-Van Wyck , the Ur.i : would insist limn his. meddling with thoscn- atoilal election "good and strong. " * * * ! * < * # # * The Republican still thinks that It would bo an excellent step for General Tliaycr to announce himself publicly against tlio ie- election of Van Wyck. It would strengthen the party and the general , and would bo the frank and manly thing to do. Wo know what were the general's opinions on this ques- iou last tall , and wo think wo know that they have not changed. Why not "tell tlio truth' . " ' Wo again repeat our demand to have that contraband letter made public. Gen eral Thayer has not only authorized but demanded its publication , IIo has made this demand through both' Grand Island dailies which represent the opposing fac tions of the republican party. On our part we pronounce the charge that Rosewater - water knows about this letter and refused to publish in the DUE as an impudent lie. General Thaycr was a contributor to the BEE for nearly a year. Ills letters wore all written over his own signature and were chiefly devoted to the early history of the northwest. Four or five of his letters dealt with the political history of early days. Two or three of the senator's contributions were not published for the solo reason that wo were pushed for room and they wore not available. These letters were returned to him. Wo re member none that could bo con&trund into an assault upon Van Wyck's loyalty to the country , to the party or to his con stituents. The evident object of this underhanded attack on General Thavor is to entangle him in a controversy that would be fatal to him as a candidate for governor and at the same time create a breach between him and this paper. What other motive could there bo in asking him to commit himself publicly against Van Wyck ? Why should Thayor. of all other candidates for governor , be singled out for such a pledge ? Neither Van Wyck nor any one on his behalf has asked for a pledge that would bind any candidate for governor to use his execu tive influence in Van Wyck's behalf. If it is the frank and manly thing for Thaycr to commit himself against Aran Wyck , it must be equally so for others to commit themselves for Van Wyck. This will bring the senatorial issue into the btato convention. But Mr. Yost and the re publican committee have not been fool hardy enough to force the nomination of a senator upon the convention. If mak ing tliia issue will strengthen the party why diil not the state committee , which is made up of the old railroad gang that love the party so much , submit this ques tion squarely to the republican rank and file ? 'While this paper is not "booming" General Thaycr or any other candidate , it is willing to accept General Thayer's ' denial in preference to the assertions of the pharaisaical crow who volunteer their friendly advice to the old veteran while thoj are stabbing him under the fifth rib. Anticipating the Senate. The full text of the new extradition treaty between tlio United States and England was given to the public through the press almost ns soon as the document reached the senate , and it is not improb able that some members of that august body received their first knowledge of the details of the new convention through the newspapers. Consequently certain senators who nro wedded to the secrecy policy got very hot over this out rage by the press , and talked of an in vestigation to find out how the news papers got hold of the precious docu ment. If this were the first time any thing of the kind had occurred there might be reason in the reported indigna tion of senators , but it is not. The texts of other treaties have been printed in the newspapers in advance of action on them by the senate , while it is a fact of weekly experience that matters of an other kind , tlio knowledge of which is supposed to bo sacred to thn senatorial mind , are somehow wafted through the locked doors of the senate ohnmbor and gathered up by the omnipresent corre- bpoudenl to bo laid with amplitude of detail - tail before the great waiting public the following morning. There are sccrnt proceedings of the senate which am not at once gtvo.i to the world rimply because they are not of sulllcicnl importance to warrjxnt any exceptional expenditure of effort on the purl of the newspaper men , but nothing of ronunnndlng consequence escape. ) thorn , A recant case in point wai the dcliatn in executive-session on the nomination of Solicitor ( Jc-neral Geode , which was roportcd in some of the N'ow York papers the next morning with euf- floiput fullness to hx the status of all the senator * who spokoon the mutter. There have boon several attempts at investi gating thnso occurrences , but , an a Wash ington paper observes , they "have inva riably stopped just as the scent got warm , " nnd it was evident that some leaky senator or servant of the seuato would bo run down in the pursuit. Occurrences of this kind , which no amount of senatorial bluster can pre vent , serve to illustrate the utter fallacy of the secret session policy , which has nothing more plausible to support it than custom. So far ns the public Js con cerned , it ndmires nnd approves of the enterprise of the press in refusing to bo bridled by this undemocratic and unjusti fiable system. No intelligent man , not a senator , believes that tlio servants of tlio people will be hampered in their action , or the public interest Imperiled , by allow ing the people to know the character and terms of a treaty to be acted upon , or in the case of a public ofliccr to bo con firmed the opinions of those servants respecting life character and qtialllica- lions. But on the contrary , the great majority of the people who have an opinion on this subject believe - liovo it is the people's right to bo informed in these matters , so that If there is necessity for expression of public opinion there will bo opportunity for such expression. It is an Intolerable assumption on the part of the seventy-six gentlemen who occupy the senate chain * bor by the will of the people save those who arc there by the favor of corpora tions that they may lock their doors in the faces of their sixty millions of con stituents and do and undo as they will ; and that in certain matters of great pub- lip concern there can bo no assured safety without leaving thorn solely and secretly to the determination of their wisdom. The senate will have to very greatly improve its standard before any largo number of the American people assent to this most indefensible assumption. Our Oublo Ijottors. An unusually interesting amount of foreign , political , soeial and news in telligence is presented to the readers of tlie Br.i : to-diiy in its special cable ser vice. Juitin McCarthy treats of tlio fall of Sir Charles Dtlke , his old time friend , and the strongest of tlio younger school of liberals , wlio o conviction of personal immorality lias driven him ns an extlo forever from English political life. James O'lvolly ' surveys tlio political situa tion , the causes of homo rule defeat and the probabilities of the immediate future. Our London cable gives the details of the great sale of the Duke of Marlborough's art tro.asures , while our other foreign dispatches furnish entertaining and in structive information from across tho" water. The BKE'Scablegrams are a feature of its news service which is greatly ap preciated by its readers. A Llettor Navy. The house of representatives on Satur day passed the bill to increase the navy which was reported several days ago from the committee on naval affairs. This action will be promptly endorsed throughout the country. It means not only that we arc to have a navy worthy of the name by reason of the number of vessels , but a naval establishment con structed on the best models. Ten mil lions are appropriated by the bill , of which three millions nro to bo at ouco available. The tinned States navy , nt , present contains barely live vessels lit to rank with ships of their clsss abroad. Three of these arc tlio new cruisers the Atlanta , Chicago and Boston , and the despatch boat , the Dolphin. Tlio cruisers have their place iu every naval establishment , as commerce destroyers , but they are not intended for attack or defense against ironclads. Up to date , wo have not a single armored vessel of the first class on our naval register. Four monitors , which have been lying unfin ished for years , and for whoso completion the bill just passed makes provision , will be the .first armored war ships built on approved models which will bo launched. The new navy , as decided upon by the advisory board , the secretary of the navy and congress , will consist of four classes of vessels. The lir&t class will comprise the heavily armored war ships or "armoredvessels. " These ships which form the backbone of the navies of the world will bo built for attack and de fense. Their hulls of steel will carry plato armor of from twelve to sixteen inches. The turrets on their docks will bo fitted with guns capable of firing steel shot and shell to a distance of eleven miles. Such vessels as the Italia , the Lopanto and tlio Colossus , the ter rors of the Italian and English navies , will form the models. The second class of bhips proposed and of which seven are now in course of construction or projected are the "ujiar- mored cruisers. " Seventy of this class of vessels are recommended. They will bo built of steel with largo coal carrying ca pacity , light guns and broad spread of canvass in order to enable them to make long and rapid cruises in the tracks of commerce. The cruisers will be the com merce destroyers of the waters , able to overtake and scuttle any merchant ship nfloat or to cope with other vessels of their class , and fast enough to escape from the armored monsters with when they may chance to fall in. The torpedo fleet for harbor defense is the third class of boats projected in the rebuilding of the navy , and the despatch boat , to carry orders from one port or vessel to another , the fourth. The naval nppronrlation bill as passed authorizes the construction of Uvo sea going armored vessels of the first class , a double bottomed and n pneumatic gun cruiser of tlio second class and a torpedo boat. In addition it provides for completion of the four unfinished mon itors. With tlio seven cruisers building nnd authorized , those now vessels will form the solid basis of our now navy. Conjrress lias fortunately rocogniml the folly of spending , millions in repairing wooden tubs. Iron ai.d steel keels are to take their place with the result of lessoning tlio annual charge for repairs and of placing the American nuvy on a fooling demanded by our im portance ad a nation among tlio nations und as a country with the greatest amount of unprotected sea coast on the globe , . THK murderous assault by a mob upon the city pouudmuster's force was both disgraceful-und outrageous. The author ities should bee that the poundmastor stirt his TO on are protected inthedis- cl.urge of their duties. Omaha is no longer a cow pasture , and the sooner eorae people Inaru this fact the better it will bo for them. Wo say enforce the pound ordinance without fear or favor. It. is an eminently proper Jaw , nnd should nut bo allowed to become a dead letter. An Odlous'DIonopoly. There is n good doaltof well-deserved complaint among infonning builders over the heavy advance fn the price of brick. As usual the brick , makers' monopoly has [ put on the screws nntl advanced the cost of brick-laying some thirty-three per cent over what it wtls three months ngo. Parties who have h'ott p lans drawn for larce buildings are ahrmcd in consequence quence , anil some have declared their in tention of cither giving 'up ' tholr building projects , or of getting tlio work done out side of Omaha. Wo sec no reason jwhy builders should not use every cfl'ort' to breakdown the odious brick monopoly with which this city is allllcted. If brick can bo secured cheaper elsewhere , and buildings put up by importing material because Omaha brick-makeiy luw cornered tlio market , that course should bo promptly adopted. The cost of building in Omaha is out rageously high , nnd thp high cost oper ates to prevent workingmen from secur ing employment. In addition it raises rents nml increases the cost of living. Tlio bookmakers' pool , which employs most of the bricklayers , should bo taught by experience that competition can break down combination in their line at least , no matter how much it fails in other branches. There are millions of brick in Iowa and plenty of bricklayers in Omaha nnd elsewhere who will gladly work for any firm who will pay tliom the market price for their labor. Three or four brick yards owned by wealthy capitalists now dictate the price of brick laid in the wall. They virtually control the brick-laying market as well. It Is time the monopoly was broken. Tnr.ui : is a great deal of useless agony wasted over the struggle for the governor ship. The BEE has taken no hand so far in the conflict. All the talk about "knifing" and "stabbing" any particular candidate for the benefit of another is ridiculous as applied to this paper. Sena tor Van Wyck's friends have asked for no pledges. Some hints , it is true , have been dropped that tlio senator's supporters will not rush with enthusiasm to tlio assist ance of candidates who propose to use their offices against the senator's inter ests. But there is nothing particularly unnatural in this. It should have been expected. "Hands oil' " in return for "hands off" is a good motto. THE eflorls of the state democratic press to find out what the Omaha demo cratic organ really means by its sense less twaddle about the tariff arc heart rending. The Omaha organ's discussion of the tariff is a severe tax on the intelli gence of its intelligent readers. Nothing could tax the mtolliguncc of the re mainder , ij ANYBODY that claimsto , have a little political influence injanjipart ot this state and is willing to tiso.lt against Van Wyck can have an annual j > ass over the B. & M. railroad system good until January 1 , 1887. Apply to Cnplajn Phillips , Lin coln , or G. W. lloldijogo , , Omaha , Neb. SENATORS AND ; ; CONGltESSMKX. ' , " f Congressman lraDi\enportot New i'orlc lids'paired and gone toEurjBpc. ) has Congressman Gnrtinofjlennbylvania written a letter declining to be a candidate for rciiomination. Ben Lo Feveic , the Ohio coiigicssman , Is going to follow the piesldeut's example and m airy. Senator Aldrlcli of Rhode Island has been ordcicd lo Deer i'.irk. He is tliicatcncd with a complication ot kidney troubles. Senator Wnlitiiorno of Tennessee hopes that a successful race for election to congiess may aid him In getting back to the senate. Congressman Scott has come out as a can didate for governor In Pennsylvania. Ills object Is to defeat ex-Senator Wallace , who asphcs to the position. Senator I5on Harrison says a great deal of tlio legislation for iwhlch the territories are now iloinpelled to go to congress , might well beielesated to the territoilal legislatiues. Correspondence. Albany Argus : Senator Edmunds has a billiard-room in his new house and is fond of a good came after ses- sloirliours. IIo visited the house on Monday and got three memueis , not confined to his own paity , to come over that evening for a trial of skill , when he opened some very nice champagne. Commenting on the rciiomination of Dem ocratic Congiessman Fmlcilck in the Fifth Iowa dlstilct , the Slouv City Journal says it will bo necessary to keep a sharp eye on him , notwithstanding the las > t Icglblaturo ic- apportioned the district so as to add 1,500 to its previous republican majority. The Jour nal hays Frederick has uiemarkablo faculty forgetting votes and has ovcicomo laijre odds on two occasions already. There's MIIIons in It. HVicdfjiff Intelligencer. The man who will Invent a process to bottle tle up the heat of these July days and keep it to turn loose next winter will beat natural pas out of sight. Swlnlmriio In tlio Houmllcss West. St. Lnutu I\ut-DltpaUh , Swlnhuinc received ' . ' 00 guineas fora poem which would not have been woith a couple of Shanghai roosters if written by an unknown haul. It Will Bo a Ijoncor Time Jletwcoii DrlnUH. Sprtnufltld fifpiiWraii. The irovernor of North Caiohna will bo caieful what bo says to'ibo governor of South Carolina now that llaleipli has gone for pro hibition. Tlio JJco Kew 1'orW H' Senator Kdmunds scums ; from topoits , to have fallen into the hfibit of.bowlng light and lot t to everybody. Ills smile lias widened also , and has more depth. Vhat can It all ' " mean ? 1'orsonutliiK nuiVbsjnnt Editor. . The managing editor of the Courier- Joiunal walked Into tlio Mnctum the other dav , and bald to a subdtjilln' o : "Wo must have an .cdltoilal from Henry Wnttcrson wiitolt. " i i1 "What fallal ! It bo about , and haw can we make our readers think it Is Henry's , " asked the sub. "Oil , Just say nothing about something. Begin with 'by our halidome , ' and ling In 'Howbelt' and a 'go to , quotha.1 " "Yasslr. " "And , say.youl" "Yasslr. " "Don't forget to conclude with. 'Now , by St. Paul , the tight goes bravely on ! ' " HlgU Purpose of Miss Clevclaml'a Novel. Ktw Yorli Sun. If Miss Cleveland's purpaso was to vindi cate woman's light to woo , nnd by this exam ple , cast In the attractive form of fiction , to encourage every woman who finds her&ulf in Emellnu'p ca o to perblst until Uttfus is here , sue hag performed a most useful service to the sex which in nil affairs ot the heart [ 3 hampered by conventions nnd nidilclal res traints. No philosopher can study the theory without respectful Interest , and no warm hearted human being can read the novelette without sympathetic emotion. Absooot. MatonWla. ) Teltarajtii The Telogiaiih has applied for a copyright on its new word , "abscoot. " It Is far better than abscond and conveys a clearer mpanlnc. A bank president may go olt on alea\oof absence and drift away to foiciini ( shores with great deliberation , and , his accounts be ing shoit , be termed an absconder. But the cashier ho jumps aboard the lightning ex * picss and strikes for Canada Is an tibscootor , from scoot , to slide out ; ab , fiom. Orthographical Oilitlllcs. Huston Ctmritr , A youth who was teaching the dumb To read and to who nml to siniib , Fell lutodlsgiace. And lost a good place , By being too fond of his uiiiib. A clmimlng youngIndynnnipd Hayard , By oveiy one loved and admayatd , rut In a petit Ion And got the position Fiom which thoyotuig fellow was fayard. A dentist exploded a bomb In a tooth that ho couldn't make comb With the toiccs ; but , oh , It waswiong to do so , For It shattered the poor patient's gomb. STATE AXD TEIUUTOUY. Nclir.iRkn Jottings. The feslivo watermelon rind is ripe for ih fall , The town of Beemcr lias been incor porated. Wymorians threaten to build a three story hotel. Yallcr dogs are worth $23 in Hastings , and you can't ' hire a policeman to shoot one. Ninety-seven men are harvesting hay for the Standard cattle company in Dodge county. The option bucket shop in Plaits- mouth lias collapsed through lack of gudgeons. The Schuylcr Herald says "Omaha has now 80,001) inhabitants and is the pride of Nebraska. " The commissioners of Hamilton county have decided to build a $4OOU , addition to the court house in Aurora. The four-year-old daughter of Peter llolling , of Grand Island , Van in front of a reaper and had both feet cut off. Kcsitlents of Papillion held a mass meeting Friday evening to devise ways and means to boost the manufacturing interests of the town. Gage county is swelling the exchequer of the Hock Island road. Alroany $71.- 000 in bonds have boon voted to assist the road through the county. The canning factory mania is still rag ing in a number , of towns. The impres sion scorns general that there is a profita ble amount of "tin" in tlio business. Tlio Hastings Beds have added Hawk ins , a lightning ball tosscr to the team , and are now confident of their ability to mop the state with the Lincoln and Oma ha nines , James Little hoffmanized a horse in Pierce county and was greeted by the owner when ho attempted to sell it in Madison. Ho escaped the penitentiary by-suiciding with a revolver. Banker Boltzer left a purse of $23.18 in in the vault of his bank , to prove that ho was not a thoroughbred hog. The depos itors will gladly give him this remnant if lie will call during businels hours , day or night. Two Ainsworth farmers are lawing for a plowshare , worth $3. The court costs have alrc'ady piled up to $20 not to men- lion lawyers' ' fees , and the case promises to display as much lunacy as the cele brated contest for an Iowa calf. Stirjiy county farmers complain that the Missouri Pacific pays scarcely half the value of the stock killed by its trains uetwcen Springfield and Papillion. A stiff backbone to back a demand for full value will insure the desired remittance. A droughty bum ran raving into Wilbur one day last week , tolling the natives in mangled English that ho had been bit by a snake. Ho was liberally dosed with whisky , his thirst slaked and a "euro" oflectedy. It wns a mould chastn nt cracked for a drunk , but it worked successfully. A rabid prohibitionist in Otoo county sold -150 bushels of rye to the Nebraska City distillery. To put his principles into practice and rcali/.e on the invest ment , ho sanded tlio grain to increase its weight and injure the machinery. In botli ho was successful. The distillery was laid up for repairs , and civil and criminal proceedings will follow. E. W. Murphy , of Sidney , manager of the Powder Hivor Cattle coniuany , has started for the British Northwest terri tory to select a ranch and locate 0,000 , head of sheep belonging to the company. The tide of bottlers is rapidly narrowing tlio domain of the cattle barons. In an other decade the cowboy and the brand ing iron will bo a rominisconco. A little competition is occasionally beneficial to the shipper. David Graves , of York county , finding prices too stiff over the B. & nl. , drove 170 head ot stock to the Union Pacific , shipped them over that line to Chicago and saved $375 in freight. The York Democrat , taking this incident for A text , says the B. & M. wants the earth , or all t hero is of it in Nebraska. The peaceful relations of O'Neill and Atkinson are sadly out of repair. Tito latter sent n base ball down to the county seat , cleaned out their opponents , as well as the pockets of thpir backers , and followed it with libel suits for $10- 000. At the present stage of the contro versy on the honesty of the umpire , it would seem time nothing less than "borlud" can cool the wrath of O'Noill. The twelve-year-old son of John Leo of Dawson county , has the best of rea sons to bo thnnktnl that lie lives after ti thrilling experience in a harvest field last week , A team attached to a. binder ran away , and in attempting to slop them his bhoo was caught in the cutter bar. lln was dragged over the rough , hard prairie ti quarter of a mile and es caped without a broken bono , The bkin was scraped from his body andsoulp cut , but his injuries were trifling and nis escape from death remarkable. A gypsy band tarried a few days in thn suburbs of Arapahoe to punish as much liquor as they could beg or borrow. A town bum treated tlio band and attempted to charm the queen , but her mullowod subjects made a football of his head. This incident inflated the fighting vanity of the gypsy chief and ho intimated a burning desire to thrash the town. Fur- tunatuly for the burg ho collided with llm horny "dukes" of William llellmaii , flanked with fluent caresses of stout bro * gans. The band meandered toward the setting sun. The Papillion Times draws a gloomy picture of the crop prospects in Sarpy county , based on interviews with two hundred farmers , "There can no longer bo hope. " says the Times , "of a good crop in this county thin fall. During the pant forty-two days tlio rainfall has not boon equal to any good fall of 'o\v. ' In many instances , late coin is already ut terly ruined , and tame pasture h ready to burn at the approach of firo. Largo fields of early corn still look green and strong , but there can bo but little hope that the rest of them will show up in the end with moro thiin twenty-five bushels to the aero , und that of poor quality , " Iowa Item * . Sao City lias completed a waterworks system DosMoincs policeman aroaruicd with dark lautcrun. The Logan camp mcoM. e harvested sovcnty-livo sinner ? . Bankers report business \mproviUR \ throughout the stato. . The state militia will camp ut Anamosa for n week next month The first load of now whont marketed in the state was sold in Hamburg at 53 cents per bushel last week , An Iowa farmer suggests that a fast for three days will cure any case of hog cholera that is not entirely out of the reach of aid. A plague resembling Texas fever has broken out anionc stock in oodbury county. Jniiics Merrill has already lost cloven head , anil many others are sick. The premium list of the twenty-fourth annual fair of the Union District Agricul tural society , to bo held at West Liberty , September M , 15 and 10 , has been issued. A stranco case of somnambulism is re ported from llocl : llnplds. A young boy arises in his sleep nightly and will , it' not awakened , travel for miles , , always re turning homo of his own Instinct. The state capital building has cost to date $2,74ri,0H. ! This amount represents the aggregated expenditure covering a period of fourteen years. It will prob ably require an outlay of $200,000 to finish the building and properly grade and landscape the grounds. Miss Kll7.ii Frcclnnd , daughter of Isaac Frcohuid , of Swcctland township , Muscti * tine county , was brutally outraged by two strange men on the 28th of last October , and recently one of the two returned and perpetrated a similar villainy at the same house and upon the same person , again making his escape without being idon * tilled. State warrants outstanding amount to nearly ono million do:1. ! ! : ' . ' . * , representing an interest account of $50,000 n year. Last week warrants wcro issued for the following amounts and purposes : $28,880 , , account of current expenses for the Mount Pleasont asylum for the insane - sane during the quarter just closed , $30,282 , , on same account for tlio Indo- peiutooco asylum ; § 20,000 for construc tion account on the Independence asy lum , and .f.9,050 for construction account of tlio Anamosa penitentiary , making a total draft of fSS.i ! ! ? upon the stale's cash box. box.Tho The report of the Davcnporl school superintendent furnishes some interest ing statistics of educational progress in that city. The enrollment shows 15,1280 boys and 2,180 girls. The average attend ance last year was 1,037 boys and 1,588 girls. Only thirty-one scholars in all the schools wore credited with being neither tardy nor absent. The number studying German was 1,7-15. In all the grades be- low'tho high school , the girls arc invari ably smarter than the boys , but in tlio latter school , tlio boys overtake the girls in mental strength and pass them. This is one of the low instances in which the girla get left. Dakota. A creamery is to bo built at Clinton. Yanklon's electric light plant will bo in operation by September , The artesian well at Miller Hews 1,500 , gallons of water per minute. The petrified head of a bear wns found thirty feet below the surface of the earth at Belle Foil relic recently. The extensive prairie fires which have occurred in the Black Hills country ro * cently wore started by a stroke of light ning.Mr. Mr. Wording , of Fargo , has presented thp Dakota university museum with a miniature cannon made from the rock of Gibraltar. The Dakota Agricultural and Live Stock association is preparing for a lair to commence at Mitchell on Au < rust 31 : 18,000 in premiums will bo given , and $ 150 is to bo given to the county that has the best exhibit , Davison county barred. The llapid City and Southwestern nar row gauge railroad is now an established fact. The work of surveying , once begun again , will not cease until the road is ready for grading. Tlio country to bo tajiped by this line is noli in mineral , and ono that can hardly bo developed without a line of railroad. The rich tin mines in the vicinity of Hill City will bo the first ones reached , and the oil ana coal Holds of Wyoming will also bo tapped. IVyoiiiiiicr. Laramie county has paid out $100 for gopher scalps in the last six weeks. The crop amounted to 8,150 scalus. Laramie county lias cancelled $33,313 , in warrants in the past six months , and has a nebt egg of iflO.CUO awaiting the turn. Thirty-six glandorcd horses have been killed by Territorial Vetcrnarian Hopkins in Laaimic , Albany , Johnson and Crook counties. A. company with a capital of $2,000,000 , has been organized in llapid city to de velop coal minus and oil wells in Wyom ing. The company own 1,000 acres of land in Crook county. Commissioner Sparks has issued nn ordering forbidding the cutting of lim ber for general use-i on tlio public lands near Fettorman , and tlio saw mills have closed down in consequence. Republican. Concessional Conven tion ofttio Tlilk-tl OlHtrlct. The republican electors of the Thlid con- gicssloual districts of Nobiaska are Invited to send delegates Irom tlio several counties to meet in convention at I'lomont ' , Friday , Oc tober 1 , 1680 , at 8 p. in. , for the purpose of placing In nomination a candidate for con gress , and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly presented to the convention. The hcvcral counties are entitled to repre sentation us follows being based upon the veto east for Leavitt llurnlian In 18.S5 for icgeiit ot the university , with one deloiraln Irom oacli county tor every 150 votes nnd the major fraction thereof , and ouo delcgtito nt large fiom each comity ; . lultU'd lo the corueaUuii oxc-upi such ns are la-Id by norsmiH rusldina In tlio counties fumi which pioxlcs aru given. US.JIIVI.V , JV. . J-OVB , Chairman. Fremont , Nob. , July ! M , ISSfl. Batten HinUm col'l meats n luxury. Tlio I'rovitloiu Hunk. ST. T.ouie , July M. The twelver ot llm J'lovldent Savings banlc ) iellllnncd thti circuit court for ailvieo and dlrwllon rela tive ton sottk'mcnt with bondsmen ot ono , Almon It. Thompson , duftulUii : : cashier. In the petition tno icwlvcr Mutes that ho has in- colved fumi Jtlelinrd M. Bcniegs , u piuuosl- fiom the bondsmen , nt which he li one , which piopobes to cover the whole amount of the defalcation , piovldwl tlicro ishall be re turned Jo them all evidences of Thompson's lrreuliulllos. It N believed the court \IH apjnoNO thn plan so that tlio depositors tuny bupatd in lull. _ Use the frrc.it ftiinoilk' for "coiil in head" amlcatunh Ur Saso.sCaUiri-UUenicdy. tf PERRY D AVIS' PAIN-KILLER t 19 IlKCOMM ENDED HY riiyslelnns , Ministers , Missionaries , Mnnn crj of rnotorlc.i , Work-shops , Plantations , Nurses In Hopltulg In snoit , ovory- boOy ovorj where who has over given It a trial. TAKEN INTKnXAU.Y IT Wll-ti nK fOtTXO I NBVa F.MI.l.NU CUIU roil SUDDKN COLDS , CHILLS , PAIN'S LV TI IK STOMACH , CKAMl'S , SUM- MEK AXD HOWKL COMPLAINTS - PLAINTS , SOUK THROAT , &c. Arri.tEU ir is run MOST F.FTKCTIVT : AND nr.sT ox r.umi rou cimtxn SPHATNS , imUlSKS , KHKMATISM NICUKALGIA , TOOTH-AOHU , DUltNS , FHOST-1J1TES , Kc. Prices , 25c. , 50c , and $1,00 per Bottle , FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS kffBowixro of Imitations. . ( S3 Nebraska National Bank OMAHA , NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital $250,000 , Surplus 30,000 II. W. Yules President. A. E. Tou/alin. V'irn President. W. 11. 9. Hughes , Cashier. MIIKCTOIIS : W. V. Morse , John S. Collins , II. W. Yates , Lewis S. Hoed. A. K. Tou/alin. BANKINa OFFICE : THE 111 ON BANK , Cor 121h and Farnam Sts A General Banking Business Transacted. - tVltoso VITALITY 1s fnlllliir , llraln IHtAlTSKU nml It.MI AUSTKUor Power 1'IIKM Ai I'lll.l.V WAST. Ul > mayflnd n porffft anil irllnble nmi In the I FRENCH HOSPITAL REtVl DIES DrlKHiMdl by I'rof. J iN : Cl \ I Al.l'.of hull. Klamu. Adopted In all Krcm h DiyjiInns nm lutrojtuc" < l horo. All drains proinptlT onocked. TIIKATlxi : glTlug now * n > l > rninluii-dleailciiilorivinrnUitoi ,1'ltI.K. omnultiv lion ( olllco or IIT mull ) with tU pmli&nt doctors F ItlCP. OiVIAt.fi AUENCY. No. 174. Fulton Street. New York. WOODBRIDGE BRO'S ' , State Agents FOll THE Omaha , Neb. Tansill's ' Punch Cigars wore shipped duriiiK tlio past two it-lira , without 11 drum mer m our employ. Nootlior lioiiRO lu tlio world en.li ti nth- Iiilly maKe Hucli n allowing. Ono auont ( dealer ouiyl waiitoii iu oncli town. SOLD BY tEADINB DltUCCISTS. R.W.TANSILL&CO.,55 State SLChfcago. G17 St. linrlfNSt.BI. IouiHMo. ArrgtilarKr&'Ianteof two Miillea ) College ! . IIM been lon4T cngigMlo tlif irenal Ircfttmcotof CIIKONIC , NBRYOU , UKIM and ULOJO UiaittBi tban&Dr other rhjilcItmlaSl. Louie. Mclty piporsthow and Ml old roildrati kuoir Nervous Prostration , Debility , Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Atloc- tlons ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning , Old SOrCS and UlCCrS , nro trolled Mllh UD | > arilklal 60eeeMonlatriUl' > QllQCTirluclpe. ! HaftlT. Priratelj. Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , wMdi produce iom of ih > following effect * t oer ouiDeByf debility , dlmneii of lit ! and defccllfe memory , plmpleB on tbe r c , I brcleal iloei/ , arcnlou tolba itoclcl/of feualei , coDrusloa or Ideal , eto. rendering Harrlage improper or uuhappy , are permaoeully cured. r mpIlct(36JKeion ( | ) Iheabove , cant ID scaled enrclopo , rreoloany nddreij. Coniult&tlonatof * fieeor I/ mill rne , Inrlted iiidft-lctlycanQdeatlaU A Positive Written Guarantee sitcn ID rablc CUB * Uedlcloo icat cverjviberd by mull or 300 PAGES , FINE PLATED , elegant cloth an * RlU bind Ire , nested fur 5Go la | > oil e orcurrenfl/ . Over utlf , rondcrful | > en plcturn , true lo Ufa ; artlc.non Uie following ubjectsi wbomEj inirry , wboi.ot. why i lusuliool , worn in- teed , jih/pjeal decir , eflect * of ccllbicj and cxoati. tbo pb/ , loloef oriepnxluotlon.anil in ny morn. Those nurrlfcd o ( eonicmpUifos marring * ihoiiM rcn.4 IU I-nt'l r fldltlo * umo , JUITMT fiTf-r , Sfi ? . AdJroai.rfip.Lo ( > e. WhlltlcrJ * Ollloc , Mil I-a Fsmiaii. ' . iiOlH and C'alUoriiiii. DR. IMPEY. 3.SC © .a iTuai. ! ST. Practice limited to DiHcnses of the EYE , EAR , NOSE AND THROAT Glasses flttwl for all forms of tlofocttvo Viuiou. Artificial Eyud Inserted. lWll CEDAES . / \ Iloiiio imU Pny Sciliool for Yoims Jjulloa , ro npoiiB OCT. I. Dcllshllully Mtimlol cmGioiiretowu llnlnlils. I.IIIKU cummin , liu * Lirui'd nccoiiiinciilatlniis. Miss KAItMi , V.UOntli : St. , Wpntiliwtun D.O- JyUdoodlllt I 1 Do you unnt n iwro , Woom- fug ( JoiiiiiloxJou i Jf so , ii few amilfenlioas of IFagau's M.UJN6LIA JIALM wlllgrttt- Jl'y you to your Jioavt's con- lout. It ( lees away with 8nl- lowncss. Jledncs.s , I'imple.s , Blotches , .and all discuses und Iinpori'octions of the skin , f < ; ovorcomeRtho flushiMlnppenr- nnw ) of hcnl. ihtiguo nnd ox- ciiioinont. itinnliOHuIndyol' THIHTYappOftp but TWliN- TY ; jiiulfioualimil , gradual , und jiori'ocf. are il.s o.fccta. thut it is impossible to detect its application.