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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. "
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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.
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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.