Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 29, 1886, Page 4, Image 4
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Drnfls , checks mill postnllico nrdfrs In bo nmilopnyiinlt'totlu'oiilcrol tliutomimn ) . u. it08i\VATilt ; : , THIS Kworn Stntutnunt orClruulntloit. { State of Ts'cbrnskn , I Cotintv of DoitKlii. f " ' 3 < Oi'o , I ) . TzMlnicktticrrotnryot llic li ! > e Pub- Hshliiu coinimiiy , ilot-s solemn ly awe-ar tlmt the ) nrtttnl clrcnlatleiii ot the Dnllv Be'n for tlic week ciullng July .Wei , 1SSO.vns ns follows : Hateueliiy , 10tli . 12-I.V ) Momlny , lath . 12.1M Twmlny , Will . 12,175 y , llth . 12,175 Kriilny , ion . ia.wu : Average . ia.73 ( iio. : U. T/SCIIITK. Siiliscilbcd nntl sworn to liofotc me llils 2f.tli < lny of July , 18.SO. N. 1' . KIII. : , [ RKAI..1 Notnry I'ublle. ( ! co. 13. T.scliiullieliiK llr. t < lnly sworn. i < o- poses nnil pays that lie Is ( "i-rii'tnry " of tlic lco ! I'lihllslilnc coin\nv. ] ) ! tlmttlm nrtunl avcrni < u dnily cliciilntion of ( lit ) Dally lint for the month of January , issf ! . was 1073 , : ! copies ; lor Fi'brunrv , Ibh" " . , 10.MW ronios ; for Mnrch , IBSf , , 11.537"copies : for April , lifffl , li'.lUI rnplcHt tor Mav , ist > ei , \'iA'jj conies ; for June. 1&0 , l ,8"s copies. ( iio. : II. T/.smrcK. Subscribed niul sworn to bcforo me , this Dili day of. July , A. U. 1S30. N. I' . FIUL , [ SKAT. . | i Notary Public. COIIN is geiing up , whilst corn-jiiiuu is down. STAID oldConiicetictit luis had : t lynch- iiiKiilliur. Le.'t us hunr no more ubotit lyncliings being uoniiucil to the wild west. OKIIOKIMO has been again "surprised. " 'As lie ot IIWH.V : is usual his surprise was probably not equal to thiit of ( ienunil .Miles when ho received Hie news. AT tlic recent art sale in London "The Itoinnn Senator" sold for ten dollars. The picture of an American sonulor would probably sell for about fifteen cents. UHIUP UuTLnu has very properly with drawn iiis resignation and asked the council to investigate his administration. The committee which has this inquiry in hand will doubtless make an impartial investigation. UEI.ATIVI : to the Cutting case , advices from llio Mexican government are that it cannot bo scared into an unconditional surrender. It remains to be seen what condition the national backbone at Wash ington is in. - , , i Tint daily announcement that the Cable 'Car ' company is nearly ready to locate its linu , reminds old timers of the frequent dispatches from Washington that "tho government is about to take active meas ures to suppress the rebellion. " WIIKN11 Omaha bonds command a premium which makes the annual inter est charge less than per cent , the credit of the city may bo saiu to bo in n satis factory condition. If a fair assessment of Omaha realty could be obtained , the rthowing would bo still more favorable. STIIICT enforcement of the high license law should bo insisted upon by all who iaro anxious that the prohibition craze shall not spread over Nebraska. Where prohibition Is demanded and can bo cn- 'forcod ' the high license law , through its local option clause , will give it. Where 'tdtal ' abstinence cannot bo enforced high license will reduce the evils of the liquor trallio to the minimum and go far to wards supporting our schools. PATAI , mistakes by druggists are be- coming altogether too common. ln some Vcases the physicians are responsible vowing to the illegible manner in which 'thoy write their prescriptions. They ought to bo compelled to hire type- 'writers ' and have their prescriptions written - , ton in plain language. Disguising their directions in dead languages is liable to 'have ' a deadly eU'oct upon me patient. THE fate of the river and harbor bill is Hllll uncertain , with the chances rather dn'favor ' of the failure of the measure lowing to the wide disagreements between the two brandies of congress. The house ion Tuesday showed a most determined disposition to slaughter the senate juiiondmnnts to the bill , and there was a nmjiiounced hostility to the Ilcnnopin icanal project , though the majority for latrlkingout the appropriations for this improvement was not so largo as in thu 'Ciiso ' of some other proposed appropria tions. It senms hardly possible that the Tory wide difference in the views of the 'two houses can bo bridged by the confer- tcniio committees , but if it should bo , it is extremely probablu that any bill agreed upon will encounter the president's voto. The prospect for appropriations in this direction is , therefore , not Haltering , and p the responsibility for failure , if failure results , will rest chiolly with the senate. TIIK B , & M. railroad has scoured con' trol of the Lincoln Democrat. Mr. Gem's old assistant will have charge of the new organ , which will play n tune in unison with the State Journal on all themes in which the railroad is interested. It will favor "straight" voting , oppose antimonopoly nopoly "madncsi" ami "cranks" and up hold tlm useless railroad commission as it ( Jed given blessing to the producers of llio state , The change of front of the 'Democrat will bo regretted by honest 'Utiutocrata throughout Nebraska , Within ' H llinilH , as a paper unbol- Stored by railroad pup and patronage , ilt'liad boon a true representative of the iltitlnctfl an 11 Hympatliles of that part of ( f lie duniocraoy In Ncbraika who protested HKulnat tliu use of the party machinery to jolvnnco the political Interests of corpo- rnUo monopoly. The railroads are urn- 'burking ' heavily in. the purchase of papers ; ! Juliio\v it IB uvidnuce tlmt the cam- U about to upon. Ttic Drouth nnd tlic Crops. Tin- steady advance In the price of corn in the Chicago markets , while largely speculative la based upon the general belief that the crop in the west has been largely damaged by drouth. KcporU from Kansas show that corn throughout that state bids fair to prove n lull tiro. No rain has fallen for more than live weeks. In thn southern nnd western portions of the state the damage amounts to nearly a total loss. In other sections thi'fo are estimates of a half a crop , l-'urthcr south the drouth has been oven moro prolonged. Indian ter ritory is u parched and black ened waste in many of its ranges , Texas is scarcely more fortu nate. So far as Nebraska is concerned , we believe that estimates of damages have been placed too high. We have been short of rain in several sections for the past livn weeks , but the greater part of the Main lias had saving showers. Tlio hay crop is short but oats have done well ami wheat has sull'ered comparatively liltlo. Corn , from present indications , will bo a three-quarters crop. The present year has been one of gen eral drouth. Wisconsin , Michigan , Illi nois , Indiana , Dakota , Minnesota and Iowa have all in turn been visited by the dry weather. The entire northwest , ns well as Texas , Missouri , Kansas and Nebraska have sull'ered. Crops everywhere have felt the cH'cet , and prices in speculative trad ing have been affected in consequence. The markets are naturally bullish in an ticipation of u shortage , and prices may be expected to rule still higher when the returns arc all in. If Nebraska farmers do as well as we have reason to believe they will , they will receive moro money for their decreased product than if corn had yielded the full average to the acre. Three-quarters of a crop at donblo the usual price will prove moro profitable than a full crop at from ten to fifteen cents a bushel , provided always ad vanced railroad tariffs do not convert the surplus profit from the pockets of the fanner into those of tlic corporation stockjobbers. Xhc Treasury Surplus. The views of Acting Secretary Vair- child and Treasurer Jordan , upon the Morrison resolution relative to the treas ury surplus , seem to have had tlic de sired ellect upon the finance committee of the senate , though it was generally un derstood in advance of these views that tlio majority of the committee regarded tlio resolution as an extreme measure. On Tuesday this majority agreed upon : . proviso to the resolution by which its re quirements arc quite materially modified , though the suggestions of neither the acting secretary nor tlio treasurer are lully complied with. By this proviso the secretary of the treasury is required to issue a call for bonds only when ho has in the treasury a sum equal to the call over and above the reserve of $100,000,000 , and he is further allowed in his discre tion to have a working balance not ex ceeding . 0,000,000 , over and above the lawful reserve. It is furthermore left to his discretion , in case of an extraordinary emergency or when in his opinion the public interest shall require it , to suspend further call forw. bonds for such time as shall bo necessary to main tain tlio public credit unimpaired , tlio secretary being of course the judge of the time required. It will be seen that this is a very con siderable concession from the rigid course prescribed by the Morrison reso lution , so much so that it may bo serious ly doubted whether it will be accepted by the supporters of the resolution in tlio house. It practically leaves the whole matter in the hands of the secretary of the treasury , just as it now is , departing from the views of the department with respect only to the amount of the work ing balance , which is llxcd at about half tlio amount which Treasurer Jordan named as a safe sum. Tlio limitation to the discretion of tlio secretary imposed by the resolution is practically with drawn by the proviso , since at any time when in his opinion there is an extraor dinary emergency or the public interest shall require it , ho may suspend the fur ther call of bonds , and continue that sus pension as long ns he shall deem neces sary. Except the inference that would bo convoyed by the adoption of the Mor risen resolution with this proviso attach ed , that there is a public desire that the treasury surplus , over and'above the reserve - servo required for the protection of the greenback currency , shall bo em ployed in reducing the public debt , wo can see no object in such action. It imposes no essentially new conditions or constraints upon the secre tary of the treasury. Ho is not abso lutely required to.do anything , and so far as we can see ho could go on under it , if ho so desired , without any variation from the course ho has thus far pursued. It is not assured that the reso lution with the proviso will pass tlic son- ntn , but it is not doubted that tlio senate's attachment will bo rejected by the houso. Thu chances therefore are that the matter will bo left as it is , wholly in the discre tion of the secretary of the treasury. Germany's Unillor. Bismarck's greatest monument in his tory will be his work for thu unification of Germany. The Franco-Prussian war was its evidence not its cause. How thoroughly that imillealion has been ce mented is shown uy the recent visit of Kmporor William to Southern ( icrmany. Immense cro'wds lined the railways elmnting poems of praise in honor of "their Kaiser. " Streets decorated with triumphal arches in Bavarian cities testi fied to the departure of Austrian Influence and to the otruogth of that Herman sen timent which Prussian leadership now runresonts , The Iron Prince found Germany di vided Into thirty-eight different states with Austria biiprunia over byfur the most important section. With his advent to power cumo tlio first practical stops to wards dissolving the Jooso confederation of little states , for whoso control both Prussia nnd Austria were struggling. It was young Bismarck whoso peerless po litical vision first grasped tlio situation and saw thnt national unity was only possible under the leadership of one or the other of these powers , and that the final arbitrament must be the gage of battle. For nearly twenty years the di plomat prepared the way for the soldier , Russia's neutrality was assured , Franca was isolated , Italy was urged on In her hostility. When the final issue came and Austrian arms clashed , with Prussian bayonets Bismarck's work bore us fruit. It was a duel for Gorman supremacy , not a European war for territorial aggrand izement. The result was duo no less to Blsmavek's diplomacy than to William's genius ns a military organizer. From Sadowa to Versailles Prussia was the head of the fatherland. The Imperial crown in the French palace scaled only the work of the sword on the Austrian battlefield. Sto | > Those .Somo months ago Chairman House , of the board of public works , asked the council to allow him $35 a month in ad dition to hli regular salary for the use of n horse. As a matter of fact , this was a demand for $ ; ! 3 livery hire for a hundred dollar family horse , which Mr. House already owned and is using for his per sonal comiort. The former chairman , Mr. Creighton , had a valuable saddle horse in u.se during h ! . term , but never thought of asking the city to pay lot- wear and tear ot his horseflesh and the use of the saddle. But the council very generously voted the $ : V > a month for horse hire to Mr. llouso. Now comes the building inspector and also wants $35 a month for a horse to drive around the city. The former inspector Chief Butler proposes to bring in as an offset for withholding building fees collected , the use of a horse which he rode on various occasions. The next thing the street commissioner , llio city engineer , chief of police , gas inspector , and every chairman of committees in the council will be demanding $35 a month lor horse hire. In duo time the sewer and paving inspectors wilt want to lnivoir : > a month added to I heir salaries under the pretense that walking is tiresome. It this horse commutation is to become a settled policy the city had better open a livery , ptirchasn a dox.en elegant rigs , and let them out to city oHlcinls , their sisters , cousins and aunts. This whole horse-hire busines is nothing moro than a salary grab , ft is simply adding syi''O a year to the pay of an of ficer. If the officer is worth $130 a year more ami the city can afford to pay it , by all means let Ins salary bo raised. But every man who accepts a position under the city knows in advance what is ex pected of him. If the pay is not high enough lie has no business to take tlio place. This thing of raising salaries by whip ping the devil around the stump has gone far enough. Subsidized Journalism In Missouri. A crusade against subsidi/.ed journal ism has begun in Missouri , headed by the St. Louis Jlfjwblican. That vigorous champion of conservative democracy lashes with a whip of scorpions the venal crow who sell their editorial columns to the railroads and prostitute their abilities to further the political interests of cor porate monopoly. The Hcpitblicttn , justly indignant at tlio brazen audacity of the editors who , under the garb of democ racy , .ire trying to strangle free govern ment , says : "The democratic party will punjo itself of railroad bossisin , and will see that the demo cratic constitution is enforced by a demo cratic legislature. There can bo no stronger assurance oC the inherent weakness of the railroads' influence as opposed to the people than the fact that Congressman liurncs puts Ids newspaper to the front ns the champion of the monopoly , tlio bribery nnd the discrim ination through which domination by rail roads has become insupportable. " This is as good doctrine for tlio demo crats of Missouri as the consistent pro icliing of the BEE , now carried on for more than two years , has boon for Ne braska republicans. Subsidized journal ism must go. Tlio people will not sup- wort it and the railroads sooner or later will find out that it is a profitless ven ture for the companies. A paper branded with the railroad trade-marlccannotlong retain even a semblance of influence. Prison The prison labor problem has been Irecly and widely discussed during tlio past few years , Irom every point of view , nnd while some progress has certainly been made in tlic direction ot its solution it is still n subject of controversy. The importance of the subject is unquestioned , and it is one of those problems the dlfli- cullies of which increase with the growth of population , which also brings with it an augmented pressure for solution. In the report on this question submitted to the recent conference of charities and correction , positive ground was taken in favor of providing employment for pris oners. It was urged that employment is essential to the penitentiary system for criminals , and that without employment the system must bo abandoned. When the prisoners of a penitentiary are left in idleness the penitentiary proper no longer exists : it becomes instead a great jail. The true purpose of the peniten tiary system is protection protection from fresh crimes by the same criminals , from their contaminating influence when released , and from any unnecessary burden of cost for their maintenance in prison. These elements of pro tection cannot bo divorced. To keep prisoners in idleness operates to con firm their criminal characteristics , inten sify their hurtful influence when released , ami unnecessarily increase the burden of their support. It would bu better for society , says the report , to release crimi nals immediately upon their conviction than to keep them imprisoned for a term of years in idleness nnd then release them , Prison labor should bo applied so as to prepare the prisoner to secure a place in honest imlustry when sent out from the prison. It should bo reforma tive and upbuilding , accompanied al ways with the inculcation of n sense of duty nnd personal responsibility in connection with the labor performed. The report condemns the contract sys tem in prison labor. The employment of prisoners in slavery for profit to the state introduces a bad element , but the effect is still more pernicious if their slav ish labor is for profit to a third parly , the contractor. There is not , and cannot bo , under this system , thu singleness of aim required for the best work in preparing the prisoners to become good citizens. Furthermore , under this system cither tlie state or the contractor will be pre ferred , and one or the other must suffer. Thu public account sysUmi , thought to be the ideal plan , is not likely to bo generally adopted because of the large amount of capital required and the , risks Involved. The piece-price plan , which is n compromise , the report deemed to be the most practicable , It lias .tlio advan tages of both the contract and the public account systems , and the disadvantages of neither. It requires little or nothing 19 be Invested by the state1 , the prisoners nro entirely under , the control of tlic Drlson ofliclals without , conflicting inter csts , nnd the most ilfnniic gradations oi work or pay can bet easily made. II would facilitate the diversification of employments , accustoming thu prisoner ; to ordinary conditions'Of citizen work ers in factories outside ; Diversified itv dustries are cs. ontal to properly prepare the prisoners for rehabilitation in society , nnd they can be so arranged and con ducted as to effectually dispose of nnj just complaint of competition , it is feasible nnd will serve , to quell hostile ngltntion and lead up to a rational and reformed prison system , tor it is the roof of the whole matter. The report submits tlmt the diflictiltio ; ot the prison labor problem inhere in its consideration apart from the other de partments of prison organisation and government , and that they will disappeai whore the whole question of prison dis- cipllno is thoroughly understood. Bill just hero a trouble is encountered wliieli appears almost insurmountable , Tlic task that devolves upon the legislator If to find tlic1 best method of utilizing prison labor so that while it shall meet all tin requirements of discipline , improve the condition of the prisoners and reduce the burden upon the state , it shall not compote pete to the injury or disadvantage of tlio labor of tlio cltixen in any direction or degree. How dlfllcult this task is tlic wide diversity of views and expedients linil exists clearly shows. Cnir.i * Brruu : admit * that he has never turned over any of the fees which he col lected for building permits , but charges that the publication of this fact in the BKI- was inspired by malice. Mr. But ler's suggestion is entirely unfounded. The Bun prints tlic news , without refer ence to individuals. So far from evinc ing any malice towards Butler it prompt * ly tobk his side m the controversy over O'Brien's dismissal and insisted that the chief should be sustained in his efforts to maintain discipline. It purposely re frained from editorial comment on the mailer of retained fees in order to afford tlio chief time for nxplnnation. But no one who reads the explanation is likely to admit that it helps matters much. The truth of the matter is that Butler , after resigning in haste , repented seriously at leisure. Within twenty-four hours afterwards ho was setting up the pins to retreat in as dignified a manner as possible. Friends of the lire chief were given petitions to circulate among firemen asking him to withdraw his resignation , and others took the job of stirrimr up tlio underwriters to beg tliccouncil not to permit Butler to go. Mr. Uittlcr sudden ly found out that a salary wasn't such a bad thing after all , e en if he had to use his own horse occasionally , and pay for its feed. And now that the fire chief has backed down he feels it necessary to pose before tiio public as 'in injured innocent , and the victim of malice. It will not work. THE discovery of. defalcations in the Chicago postonice. which will probably amount to many thousands of dollars , again suggests that 'the system of guards and checks in llio management of tlic financial department of tjie postal service is not so complete and .thorough as they might be. Under tliopresent system , clerks in the department of second class mail matter ( ncwspnpdfs and periodicals ) where tlic cmbtv.xlements in the Chicago ollice occurred , have a particularly good chance to steal where collusion among them , as in this case , is effected. Tin- : city should enlist a band of horse marines and save $33 a month for horse hire. 1NTI-JIS1CSTINO FACTS. Albany. N. Y. , is the oldest town in tlio old thirteen colonies. The use of the 1-ccnt piece is becoming gcncial in San Francisco. it costs 8800,000,000 , u year to maintain the standing armies ot'Kurope. Sixty-live thousand head of sheep arc being driven from Oiegon to Nebraska. Up to Juno 20th this year there lias been 10,270 cases of cholera in Japan , with 7,807 deaths. A three-foot vein of rich ore has been dis covered in tlio Coloiado mine owned by John A. Logan. New Orleans papers print thirty-two columns of forced tax bales of real estate in that city. Tlio two largest plates of glass ever made In this country were 134 by ICO Inches , and were made for a St. Louis store. There are about 5,000 printing oflices In the German empire , only about littccn of which' work more than ten hours per day , A western woman , Mrs. MeLane , is the largest mail-route contractor In this country. She has 100 routes on the Pacific coast. The new law In Now York prohibiting the employment of children In factories will force iiO.OOO children out of employment. There are in Paris 410 lithographic estab lishments , of which 200 are engaged In color printing. The French lead all others In the lithographic art. In Knglaml tlio population doubles In fifty years ; In the United States , Canada and Australia. In twenty-Jive years ; In Germany , In 103 years , anil in Franco and In countries nslni : the French luincungo , 140 years. A Utinnco Tor tlio cl'lilcaaa Time * . Oleomargarliiu In politics will give oven the poorest dcmago uu a chance to IIKO con siderable grease on his ( onsjUtuents this fall. Blnlionc Afllininotl Chtcaoti Mr. ItlilUU'bcrirercaiuiot itct much lower if ho tries. Maluine says ( it ! l iibhunu-il of him. A man who makes Mahout ) jislmmtil miiat bu a Bight to sec. j . HUB TuUoiilOrilers. Hostess "What hasi become of .Sandy Smith , who stood so lilgli ? In your class ? ' ' Almilnus " ( ) , bo's taken orders some time. " Jlo.ster.H"He's in tlio 'ihlnlstry , then ! " ' Alumnus "No ; in aicflaurant. " * TI r" Sullivan qoncurs. CMeaua Trlhuiit. The constituents of Messrs. l < ninl and Cobb liavn abundant reason to b ashamed of thu pugilistic display indulged In by those con gressmen. In this opinion wo have the hearty Boncurrencflof tlm Honorable John 1. . Sulli van , of JJoston. Taken Uiulnr AilvlMoinciit. Gitcauo Herald. Tlio proposition of Norman L. Munro to Jay Gould tlmt they race yachts , liio loser to pay 3100,000 to tlie poor of New York , looks like a scheme to entice Mr. Gould Into phil anthropy , Ho will ponder over itho sublect until after the cJoso of navigation , Will Not Ho ( Grand ftlai The efforts of tliu unpiinclpleo ! railroad oran - an , the Omaha .Republican , to force an auti- Van Wyck pledge out of nil candidates fo slate oflices. will not bo successful. Then are sonio men who believe tlmt there Is ! principle umleilyliiK the republican paity. John 1 1. lit nil M. C. iWit > Vwti H'aiht. Since members of rougicss have ( nkcu t ( i-liipgliii ; each oilier , 1'rofes-ior John L. Sul llvan has expressed the opinion tiiat hi wouldn't rut a bad URUIO over ( hero ns n N'ev York member. Ileliiluks tlmt ho could dis cuss the public Iniul question with any foil of the best debaters In the house. Show Up Tlmt Tliuycr Iicttcr. Tlio Omaha Itopiibllrau ouslil to allow U | that Timber letter on the scnatoilnl ipicstiot or admit that It lied when it salil It had niij such letter. Cloiu'ral Tlm > cr sajs lie ne\c wrote niiy such letter us the Kcpubllcnu ini'ii tlons , The Ten Commandments Tor OMIcc holders. A'cic } 'oil. Nun. I. Slum , ns you wmilil the jays of Orcus , Ward meeting , pilnmiy and caucus. II. If yonr'e n Democrat , don't show It , And never let tlio President know it. 111. t'nless yon court n swllt suspension , Xeverbe s-cen at a convention. IV. Work on a campalirii committee , You might be kicked out without pity , V. Solicit not campaign .sulicil | > lion , Foi I car Ketorm should have conniptions. VI. Hotter not vote , It Is ollicious , And might bo icckoned as pernicious. VII. He natural ; Irembloln your shoes If Volir partisanship' : * at nil obtrusive. VIII. Talk not of politics , some Mugwump cad'll Dunouncc you as a foe ol liildlc-tndnle. IX. Praise sham lefonu. What If it Is sham' . ' II Mlaht be iiciiticious should yon liccly damn X. Above all. stilvc fora complete passivity , Or you'll be bounced for pernicious activity. STATIC AND TUUHITOU V. NcbrnHkn Jottln a. Valentine wants a large elevator to store the harvest. Mend is figuring on building a largo school house this j car. The Northwest Nebraska Press as sociation is called to meet at O'Neill , August lUth. Herman Diers had a valuable horsa killed while trying to buck an engine oil thu track at Crowell. Alcssrs. Hockman iV : Slatt , of Philadel phia , will soon open a wholesale fruit and commission house in Grand Island. Jake Kiiomleck , a Saundcrs county farmer , took passage on the strychnine route to I'nradise , but collided with a biomach pump and wrecked his hopes. Louis Lpveles : ? , of Litehfield , Ouster county , laid down for a nap under a car , and waked up to find both arms and a ley cut oft" . The doctors think ho will live. The buildings and other improvements of the Standard Cattle company at Fre mont are nearly completed , and ! i,700 , head of cattle will soon occupy stalls in the buildings. Senator Kinkaid , the genial old bach of O'Neill , has begun work on his hand some cottage. It is suspected that he will catch a "butterfly" before snow will y. Henry Dprc , a tombstone artist , is ono of the missing men of Kdgai * . His rela tives are excited over his disappearance , but he will doubtjess soon turn up with a fresh stock of epitaphs. The Congregational church of Chart- rou has iust icceived a l)00-pound ! ) bell , which will announce to the festive cow boy on Sabbath mornings that it is time for him to lay by his euchre deck and gun aim attend divine worship. Armstrong , the fellow who attacked a dining-room girl at Miller's depot hotel , Norfolk , and got a couple of severe cracks over the head with glass tumblers thrown by the muscular biscuit shooter , which fractured his skull , has since died. The O'Neill creamery has been closed up. and its churns and butter workers will remain silent and still , and the vig ilant skippers will Intten on the choose , while the rennets will decay and fade ' until some whov of putting 'tho institu tion out of debt is devised , The I'iattsmoutli Journal states the llurllngton tracks from Omaha to Red Oak are covered with cars laden with merchandise for Omaha , principally coal. The rush is duo to the recent wn'r in rates. Six hundred cars of Omaha freight were side-tracked in Plattsmouth Monday , and 400 moro wore on the wav. Nebraska City shouts with railroad joy and I'lnttsmouth goes her ono better. The Press of the former has underground assurances that the city will soon bo on the main line of tlio iiurlington system , but moving day is not yet a certainty. Plattsmouth finds comfort in tlio fact that Kock Island engineers are looking for a route in that vicinity , and visions of a competing road penetrate the fog in happy hollow. Iowa Items. A now elevator will bn erected at Ft. Madison , Mason City streets are to bo macncla * mi/.od by "tramp" labor. The waterworks system at lied Oak is being repaired and enlarged. F. I ) . Palmer , an Ashton farmer , skipped out recently with a largo amount of mortgaged property. The Wood bury County Agricultural society has voted against holding n fair this fall , owing to the low state of its finances. A woman ny the immoof Turk recently gave the Atlantic democrat man a sound drubbing over the head with an um brella , She wns , indued , a "Turk. " Tlio canning factory at Glonwood was burned to the ground Monti ay evening. The loss , which will reach $ . ' 15.000 , in cludes .100,000 tin cans ready for the fall pack. A Seranton young lady wns stung on the great too by a honey bee last week. Jim1 foot and ankle has swollen and turned blacic and it is feared that ampu tation will bo necessary , Arrangements are being made to hold mass meetings at Clear Lakn , commenc ing August 14 , to organi/o law and order leagues by counties through thu Male for tlio enforcement of the prohibitory law. JhiUotn , A new slimming mill is to be erected near iJeadwood. Iron Hill dropped to ftfc. Thirty days agn it sold for $7. Wolves nro committing bold depreda tions mmrFlnmlreau. The Southeastern Dakota Fall associa tion will hold its fair this year at Sioux Falls , on September 21 , S2 , 2U and 21. One hundred thousand shares of stock , representing $5,000,000 , was wagered on a horse race at leadwood Sunday , The market value of the stock was consider ably less , Two workmen were arrested and fined at Salem for finishing a small job of work ou Sunday , On the same day a circus gave an exhibition in that place un molested by the authorities , The first accidental Itapid City through .lio ngunoy of the new railroad happened last week. Engineer Killorn full under the wheels of a flat car , receiving whn may prove to be fatal injuries. AVyomliiK. Work on the now Kplscopnl church n Cheyenne begins this week. The new Union Pacific engine , No. 7if recently sent west , wns ditched am wrecked on her first trip at I.ornmle. A very largo mica mine 1ms just heel opened near husk. The main lode i l.fiuO feet long ami twenty to sixty fee wide. The territorial democratic central com mittee has been culled to meet at Haw line , Augu t U > , to adopl the prelimin aries for the campaign. Two old miners , Lniiek nnd Stein , liavi located a four-foot vein in Wlinlen canyoi which assays forty-eight ounces of sill phato of silver at the surface. The C'rook county assessment has lieei cqiinllyed up to $ ' , ' . ,050.000 , of whiel $ ' . ' ,350,000 is represented by cattle , nton than half of the amount neing nssessot against eight corporate proprietors. The recapitulation of Cheyenne's ns sessmeut shows a total valuation thi year of $3,705,072 , on which there is i levy of 10 } mills , making a total tax fo the year of $2ll,03.r ! ! > 5. Last year the vnl nation was $2,07-1,570 , and the levy of It mills netted $20,7-15.70. The final plans for the territorial cap ! tel have been approved and bids for tin construction of tlio building will In opened on August 22. The bnildint when completed will be 218 feet lonj. nnd IB I feet wide. The main enlrniict facing toward Dm south , and the end cas nnd west , and it is the object of the com mission to make the building as nearly as possible fire proof ; the ton of the dome will bo 1-11 feet above the ground. The most encouraging reports con tinuc to come in from the oil lielils. sayj the Stmdaiip ( iiizctto. Last week tin Standard company , at a depth of il'.Tifcct struck oil which rose in the pipe to the surface and llowcel over. Operation ! were susnemted , and the superintendent I.apsley , at once .started for the hills tc report to the company. Mr. O. Noble , s wealthy Pensylvanian ami a heavy oi speculator , visited tlio oil fields in this county last week , returning on Saturday lie was surprised to find mtch a magnili cent oil country , and declares "the pros pects are the best in the world. " The Corporation AVoi-sliiper.s. l-'iifmi lit Siuiial. Some of tlio corporation worshipers ol this state , who claim to be republican journalists , are using every means possi ble to wreck the republican party. And lest they should fail by continually abus ing men whoso republicanism is above suspicion , they are devising schemes by which they can secure the personal favor of probable candidates before tlic next state convention in advance of their nom ination ; or if unsuccessful in this efl'orl , to then publish insinuations directed against their integrity , and thus defeat them. If there is a despicable trait in tlio human heart , and one that all honorable * men abhor , it is the ono that moves a man to make another his friend by feirce , ami jf lie fails , then elestroy him by malicious imibiuloes and defamatory insinuations. Is the editor of the Omaha Republican one of these ? If not , then le-t him step to the front ami give the ) public thes letter he claims to have received from General Thayer , whcrctin the general snoko un favorably of Van Wyck as a representa tive of tlic people in the United States senate. A I'ucHle Document. Our Co'tndi/ . President Cleveland's sop to the im practical mugwumps , in the form of a proclamation to oflice holders that theiy shall cease to be politicians , is about as puerile a document as ever emanated from theHwhito house. It has never been equalled in wisdom save by the wise mother whose daughter askeei/'May I go swim ? " and she replied , "Yes , you nicy my daughter , but don't go near the water. " If Cleveland had never been groomed bj- the efiice holding poli ticians he would still remain "unhonorcd and unsung" among his dusty law books in Hullalo. Politicians are but mortal and liable to blunder ; hence the putting of Cleveland into the white house only illustrates the folly of attempting to lit square pegs into round holes. Much luck seems to have maddened tins fellow but we venture the opinion that ere his term closes tlio idea of being "monarch of all he ; surveys" will bo crushed e > ut. nnd ( jed will bo spelled with a letter 0 and Cleveland with a smaller C bj him. Inw Have Their llasis in 1'oliek-n. One CinintiT/ . Tlio Knights of Labor are ) beginning to got the ieica through their heads that all laws , good and bad , are the outgrowth ol and have their basis in politics. This is a truth all honest labor agitators must accept if they desire their resolves , plat forms , promulgations , etc. , to bo aught but "glittering generalities. " The press will cheerfully allow workingmen te > preach , pray , exhort , ami sing about their wrongs , but the moment they whis per politics the capitalistic press exclaims , "Don't , " and wo hoar the distant echo "communists , " ' 'socialists , " "anarch- ist-s. " etc. One vole in llio right direction will accomplish more than a thousand tnlkxin the same direction. Swindlers Skip , VAU'AKAiso , Neb , , July 25. [ Corro- spouelcnci ) of the HICK , ] Last week a couple registered at the Brick hotel as man and wife and proceeded to canvas the town for n business elireiotory. After fleecing n number of business men out of tibout twenty-live dollars they quietly clinics up missing , leaving an irate land lord dancing to the tune of about twelve dollars nnel the Avalanche ollicei , also , about seven dollars anil n half , The edi tor of the ) Avalanche saw thei gentleman in Lincoln on Saturday but lost him again. Word was loft with the police at Lincoln and wo may see the gentlemnn again. A bottle of Angostura Hitlers to ilnyor your hunoiiiuli ! or any either cold drink with , will keep you free ) from Dyspepsia , Colic , Diarrhcna , anil nil diseases origi nating from the digestive ) organs. He sure to geil llui ge'.nuino Angostura , man ufactured by Dr. J. < J. H. Sfeigert & Sons , /I Hjippy Ainu , National Weekly : "I inn the happiest man on earth to-day ! " eixiillingly exclaimed - claimed a gentleman , who was telling a friund tlmt lie had that day murrU'il : t widow with n large fort mm ami no in ciimbraneHis. " "Sim may yet make your hair Maud on end , " replied tlio friend. "Nay , nay , my elear sir , she l the very uirsonilicatiem of goodness ami 1 have wory assurance that my future will bo lappy , and ono of never euidiisg bliss. " ' 'How ' do you know that * " "Why my bifo is ns dumb n < t n heirno > loel ; ami has just ordered a inimly nonumeiil , " 'When I'.i'jf nu HcV , wo K roli rC.utr.1 . Wbeu < k ( ran a Child , Mia cried for ( 'nnUirlft , Wlieo elio tacaiuo UUi , Ua clmm la UwlorU , IV IKU kb * bad CUlldivu , elie giio Ilium U 13 # PERRY D AVIS' Jg ) PAIN-KILLER JS nECOMMEXDHD V Pliyslclnns , Minister * . MlMlannrteH. Mrtnftprcrf of Vnotorlty , Work-simp * , I'lniitntloiu , Neir. < os In Itnpltnls In snort , every- l > oily I'vorywlicro wlio lin $ ororvlvcn It n trlnl. TAKEN INTEI1N-U.I.V IT Wtl.T , 11K FOt'XO \ NBVJ I-.UUNU ciinc von SUDDKN COLDS , CHILLS , PAINS IS THK STOMACH ( MIAMI'S , , SUM- AIKH ANM ) HOW HI , COMPLAINTS - PLAINTS , SOUK THHOAT , &c. AITUKII IT is TIIK smr r.irrrrtvK AND msr : I.I o.v \IITH rem tTutxo SWAIN'S , imnsKs. IUIUMATISM. NEUHALOIA , TOOTH -ACHH , IR'HNS , FHOST-IUTES , * c. Prices , 26c , , 60c , and $1,00 per Bottle , FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS t3TBownro of Imitations. , .gj Nebraska National Bank OMAHA , NKHUAS1CA. Paid up Capital . $300,000 Surplus . 30,000 * * * It. W.Yatc-s , Prevalent. A. K. Tou/.nlin , v"iee President. 1 W. 11. S. Hughes , Cashier. imir.cTons : . 11. W . \ ates , Lewis S. Kceel. A. K. Touxalln. BANKING OFFICE : THE IRON BANK , Cor 12th ami 1'nrnnm Sis A General Banking Business Transacted. . , . , ! . . No. 174 Fulton Street. New Ifork. . WOODBRIDGE State Agents FOKTHB ra'sPiaiios Omaha , Neb. 21,829,850 TansilPs Punch Cigars wnro uhliniod ilurlng the past two yours , without n drum mer in ourpiniilny. Noothor hnuso In tlio world can trutu > fully luakoBUCh n showing Ono ( iKout ( driller oulyi wanted In onch town. SOLD Or UADINC DRUCCISTS. R.W.TANSILL&CO.,55SlaicSI.Chicago. 017 St. ClmrloiSI. , S * . Ijonl8,9Io. Arrgnlariraluatflor two UedleilCoUtiei. lit * been lon ( r enRag'tllo thMpedal IretemcDlof CHKIHIO , NIRTOVI. Hem and UIOOD DlcitiBl tliannor otber l't > TilclauioSI.Loue ftielly piperiihoir tntlull oldrcildfntiKDow. Nervous Prostration , Debility , Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Atlcc- lions ol Throat , Skin or Demos , Blood Poisoning , Old Sores and Ulcers , art treated vltb unp.t.llol.l Bfrriion latent ( fli-ntlQe principle ! Hafelf. Priratel/ . Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , which produce mme at ib , rullowlug cTect4 ( : iienrouinni , dcbllllr , dlmneil or ilht ftDddereellrememorT , plmptei on the rare , pbriletldcca/ , KTrriloo tollie iwclei/or fcmalei. eoDriiiloa or Idea * , etc. , rendering Harrlaco Improper or unhappy , * r perrcaneDlly eured. riui ) [ > tilrte36ii9fcion ) thenbore , 'not Inrraled rnvelojio. rreotoanjr nddrcta. ConmiltntloaAlor * Ceeor tr mull freeInvllcd nnd it'lctljcoDndfOllal. A Positive Written Guarantee gircn in oreryea. table cue. ilcdlcloo eut ererj where by malt or espreia , MARRIAGE C.UIBE , 360 PAOES , FTTfK PLATES , ctogant ololn nd all. LludliiK , icaleU for 5Go. lu | iott R or currency , Orvr flfiy * ondcr fut ) > eiiplciurr * , true to 11 Tot arllclrvontba folio wlnj iilijfcti : wlio tn jr to rrf , wlionoi. wli/i in nhooJ , worn no. Hood , ph/ilril ilrciT , clftcti ofot-lilacj ao > | etccm , the I'h/i. ' lolOKy orrrnrotjuctfen.tuj tnnny inor * . Thoio ruirrled or coatem pint Inn mtrrlnf * iliotitii rrml It. J'"f > i lar flltlon nmo , | iwr * * oYcr,20e. dJt t * , trbo fir. wiiWItr. ' Cure without ninill. POSITIVE ; duo. I'litontoil Octo- ' bur 16 , 1H7B. Ono box will cura tliomoat obtlnntoonso in fonrOaya No niuispoiwlo o.sof cnbol ) ! , copnlusio < > of eiindfilwoocl Unit nro t-ortiilii to pi-oiluuu dyrfp em by dostiiivlmr tlui cimtliiir-j of the Miimuoh , l'rlcol.60. Bold liy all ilriiirirlau or innllnd on receipt of i > rioc > . For fnrtliur fnrulrcular. I' . O. Ho * 1.111. 0" . C. A.IjJj .W CO. - CURE. . Now VorK. tucB-tli-eittlyin&o DR. IMPEY. . IRJiTu&.r&vd : SO ? . Prnctino linillcil to DIscusoH of tlia EYE , EAR. NOSE AND THRO AT QliiRHCfllitloil for all Form * ef ) ilefoRtiva Yiuion. Ai'tiliuial Kyed liiBortoil. Jo ) you want , a pure , bloom ing Comnloxion I Jf so , n low m > pi i rations of II AttNOUAJiALll will grill ify you fo your Iioiul'H con- lonl. II docs awuy with Sul- lowucss , Jtednoss , Tunnies , Dlotclics , niul all diseases and Imperfections of tliu skin. J I , overcomes the Unshod appear- mice of heat , iiiligiio and ox- oitoment. It makes a lady of TIUllTV appear hut TU'liN- TY ; snid.so natural. gradual , and jiorlbci. are its ollects. thai it is impossible to detect its applicutiou.