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MANITOBA ropovts a failure of the
wheat crop. Nebraska \vhoat will harvest
close to n fair average.
SICNATOU KDJIUNDS believes tluxt the
west should furnish the next nominee
for president. Aha , Mr. Blnino. There
Is blood on the face of the Vermont
moon.
A ri.ACKon a New Mexican grand jury
is not a sinecure. Santa Fo's hist grand
jury returned 201 indictments hist week
and then hurried out of town to escape
vrngciinco from infuriated "hustlers"
and enraged cowboys.
WK fail to see what object Senator
Matulorson has in inspiring or counten
ancing underhanded assaults OH his con
gressional colleagues. What can he hope
to gain from such a course ? Who will
be bcuclftted and who hurt ? These are
pertinent questions.
PLEDGES to deliver this delegation or
that delegation to candidates in return
for their support is a little previous iust
now. Delegates are yet to bo elected
and some may be selected who will not
deliver. There is such a thing as too
much hurry in politics. Counting
chickens Deforo the hen is off the nesc is
mighty uncertain work.
i. , . T" congress of ieai-3 was the worst
one of the late republican. Sfc&stons imd
the people showed their disgust by
boundly whipping tha party in the fall
elections , lint the long session of ' 82
was a marker in iucfliciency to that just
closed. If voters will apply the same
remedy once nioro wo shall have iv re
publican majority in the next congress.
CONGIIKS&MAK UoiisUY returns home
with the adjournment of the session ,
bringing with him a record of which he
need not bo ashamed. Ho has made n
hard working and respectable ropresoiv
tativc , who has had the interest of hi5
constituency at heart , and 1ms. labored
faithfully in their behalf. The voters oi
' the third dibtrJct , witli the state at largo ,
have good rcubon to bo satisfied with Mr ,
Dorsoy'B work.
SAM RANDALL'didn't get a chance tc
deliver that speech on Ills apple jact
tariff bill which died , a-borning. It will
however , appear in the Conjrressiomi'
Itccord free of cost to its distinguishes
uutlior. Itandall is a great howler foi
economy in others , but hois quite willing
tltftt the government shall pay for pub
lishing speeches which ho has not ivmdi
and which hava therefore no right to (
place in the record of the proceedings o
congress. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _
PAVING on North Sixteenth street i :
advancing very slowly ; much too blowlj
if that thoroughfare is to bo done by fail
tlino , The contractors claim that tl
failure of the railroads to deliver mi )
torhil is the cause of the dohxy , tmd tin
railroads deny tlo ( allegation and defi
llio alligator. 'W hntavor the trouble ina
bo It ought to removed nt onco. If Sixth
tnonth street is blocked up during fail
week , there is grave doubt whether rnit
or shine will make much diflorauco ii
the receipts.
Tin : movement among the labor organ
izationa in favor ot .separate political ao
tion would si > cra to bo iidvunclug. li
Now York the labor loaders more de
IP cidodly than over assort their detormina
| l- " tion to put forward candidates of thci
own and rally to them the support of tin
organizations , and similar movement
ore developing in Now Ungland , Nov
Jersey mill Pennsj'lvmua , It is not to to
doubted that the contagion will in du <
time spread to thn west , to that all nlon ;
the labor line , where it is organized , then
will bu candidates forcougrcbs nnd th <
legislaturca itomiualcd and supported b ;
this organised labor , or selected by th
party conventioim In compliance will
the dnmand.s of this pow'r. Tliis is :
promise of the iminndiatn future wlnel
the old party managers will find it expedient
diont to tnko into account , and it will b
a waste of time , it is to bo apprehended
' to tirfto upon the promotor.i of this move
inent that it b contrary to the spirit nut
professed purpose of labor organizations
Even Mr. I'cwdrrly , if that gentleman i
not misrepresented , doca not advocat
the policy of keeping organized labor ou
of politics a.s nurncstly us' ho did a fnv
Biontlu ngo , as shown by the fact tlm
prominent Knights in the Kabt who art
up to ibcir nyc in political work huvi
Bt > t been * ubjectwl to any dUclplir.o a
tto hands of the chief of the order.
Tliat Mexican now ,
Mexico bids defiance to Mr. Hayardnnd
! iis government and announces that she
thinks she knows her own laws nnd
stands ready to enforce them In the Cut
ting case , Cutting lias been tried , con
victed nnd sentenced to a year's Impris
onment and $800 line , and Chihuahua pro-
po cs to a man to sec that the sentence is
cnrriod Into effect. There may be serious
doubt as to Cutting's character , and no
loubt that he unwarrantably assailed a
Mexican cilb.cn by publishing a libel in an
American paper. These nro matters how
ever with which the United States has no
concern. The government cures nothing
for Cutting , but they arc arid they must
stand firmly for the principle of interna
tional law which ho represents. The
| ) olnt made bv the United States is that
[ bo arrest of s > n American citizen In Mexico
ice for an offense committed in the
United States cannot bo tolerated under
nny circumstances , and the point Is with
out question a sound one. If worst comes
to worst it must bo enforced.
Mr. ] ) : iynru and the administration will
not appear in n very enviable light
In the matter , however it may bo
settled. They turned tail in
the dispute over the fisheries question
after it was clearly proved that the
dominion authorities were acting with
out warrant in harrnssinp American
llsliermen. The only talk of light in that
little dilllculty e.imo from Portland sail
ors. The war and navy officers in Wash
ington did not feel called upon to suggest
the possibility of conflict , with English
arms and British ships. The secretary of
state is as bravo as u lion now that little
Mexico gets impudent , nnd wo hear loud
threats of what Uncle Sam will do in
thrashing the Urunsors if they do not re
cede from their position in the Cutting
case.
case.A
A war with Mexico would not bo si
popular one. There would bo a general
feelincc that the light would bo like nr
assault by a strong man on a cripple ,
which always casts lollcctions on
the courage of the assailant. It is to bo
hoped that Mr. Bayard will succeed in
inducing the Mexican government to
yield assent to the position of our gov
ernment in the controversy. A resort to
arms in scttcmcnt of the dispute would
certainly result in readjustment of the
boundary between Mexico nnd this
country and the acquisition of another
big slice of Mexican territory. Just at
present wo don't need it at the expense
of human Jives.
The Business Situation.
The closing uiontit of summer is always
dull in general trade circles , and August
of the present year is no exception to the
rule. Dullness continues in several
branches of trade , but has given nhico to
moderate activity in other lines , and the
tendency is to a steady and healthful ex
pansion of business as the month ad
vances. There is sustained firmness in
values in the iron and steel and textile
markets , nnd exceptional steadiness in
prices in nearly all lines of trade , lie-
ports from most sections indicate con
tinued hopefulness as to the business out
look. Crop conditions in the corn belt
nnd in some parts of tho- south are not
entirely favorable , but the frequency of
rains this week has modifled-provious esti
mates of the damage to corn , and there is
still time for improvement in cotton.
With favorable weather during the bal
ance of the season the yield of both sta
ples is likely to bo abundant. The quality
of the grain already harvested is cxcep-
tiontilly good. Wool is comparatively
qwloTmi't prices : rSuaiiyitliT. yjio move
ment of dry goods continues large. T Tie
iron trade situation shows gradual and
healthful improvement through a widen
ing demand for small lots fornnjir re
quirements. Consumers generally buy
as they noed. supplies aud there are con
sequently tew largo transactions , Steel
rails continue m good aomand , and
difficulty is experienced in placing ordora
for a fixed period of delivery. Contracts
have been placed for upward of
10,000 tons within a few days past.
Prices of wheat and corn have fluc
tuated within narrow limits , and at the
close of the week were generally the same
as a week ago , except in Ctiieago , where
wheat quotations were i cent per bushel
lower. The steadiness of wheat values is
duo to continued buying by exporters.
Clearances from AUantio ports last week
during tha first four days amounted to
1,500,000 bushels , and additional business
has been clone in all iqarHcts that will
keep up a , steady flow of shipments for
several weeks to couio , Exports are rela
tively larger from Philadelphia and Bal
timore than from New York. Ilccoipts
of wheat at the seaboard continue large ,
but in the west they are failing oft'a
little. Stocks afloat from all parts of the
world in transit to Europe snowed , a
doorcase of 1,500,000 bushels in spite of
the larger shipments from American
Atlantic norts. The increased demand
has not advanced rates for ocean freights ,
as the oflerings of tonnage have boon
excessive. A gopd many vessels were
attracted to United States ports " by the
K23P. ° ° t of liislior ro.tcs earlier "in the
season. The strength of corn is caused
mainly by the manipulation of specula
tors in Chicago and. by the restraint of
short selling from the continued uncer
tainty as to the extent of the damage by
dry weather in the corn belt. The into'
rior movement of corn is n little largor.as
the comparatively high prioos hayo at
tracted shipments from the hands ol
fanners.
A. lliuiU of JIuppy Optimists.
Tlioro Is no class or body of men , whc
have taken upon themselves thn duty ol
removing fiom our political system ninth
ods which they regard as abuses , go in
tercsting in their character as exemplars
of supreme stilf-sntisfactlon and superla
tive optimism , as are the civil service ro
formers. . Those people very worthy
and excellent citixens are so entirely
contented with what they fancy they have
already accomplished , and BO wholly certain
tain of the future , that their annual inept
ings , the last of which was lioW a ? o\\
days ago nt Newport , sro for the mosl
part jubilation gatherings , where the o
"change of congratulations , the outpour
ing of mutual admiration , and the men <
tnl exercise of picturing a time when the
political spoilsman will bo unknown ,
make a brief season of unmixed pleasure ,
At the recent meeting of the league , Mr ,
( JcorRG William Curtis , the president ,
was moro than ordinarily cntnuslHEtlc
over the present situntlon of civil service
reform and eloquently prophetic of its
future. "Never , " buid the Jiigh priest ol
reform , "woro the skjcs so bright , norci
was the futiu'usu fair , " Ho was not un
mindful of the other view , but no matter
about that. Public opinion was
never so aroused , so enlightened ,
so determined. There is n rattling
of the dry bencs of party politics , polit
ical assessments nod in great l'irlsll ! | > *
pressed , arbitrary removals nro
instantly challenged and exposed. Such
is the chccilng condition of the reform as
Mr. Curtis sees it , and ho assured his
hearers tliat it in to bo tlio one comi.innd'
ing question in tlio fall campaign upon
which tlio fate of congressional aspirants
will hang. It is of minor consequence
what views a candidate shall have re
garding tlio tariff , the gold standard , or
any other of the great questions of public
policy , but lie must bo right nnd bo out
spoken respecting tlio reform of the
civil service. To bo thus is to have tlio
ono virtue which will cover a mtilUUulo
of faults and detects in other directions ;
not to be thus is to invalidate all other
merit.
No one could be so heartless na to
wish to deprive these good people , the
civil frorvice reformers , of a privilege
from which they dorlvo so much enjoy
ment , but those per < ons who are in
fluenced only by hard facts cannot but
wonder how it is that men of quite
average intelligence in most oilier direc
tions should show so little judicious
apprehension in respect to this matter ,
and give themselves up to a
rhapsody of congratulation and ex
pectation for which there is the least
possible warrant in the facts. Civil ser
vice reform is a year older than it was
when the league which is "tho only
authentic national representative of the
reform movement" held its annual incut-
inj : preceding the last ono , but in what
other icspcet it has advanced even the
ingenious fancy of Mr. Curtis would find
It dilllciilt to show. That It still survives
is readily explained by the circumstance
that the party which would kill it if it
had the power is in control of only a
portion of the government. Tliero was
ample evidence given that the disposition
exists , but the means and machinery are
not at command. So long as the relations
of parties in congress remain as at
present the civil service law is secure ,
even without the presidential support of
that policy , but nobody can seriously
doubt what the result would bo under
different circumstances. M hat demo
cratic leader is there the leadership of
Mr. Cleveland being in question who is
committed fully to the support of civil
service reform ? Wo are unable to think
of ono. . There are some whom a sense of
expediency lias deterred from pronounc-
ins against it , but who in the list of demo
cratic leaders in the senate or the house
has frankly and unqualifiedly put him
self on record as a supporter ot this policy ?
Senator Vance is a representative
democrat who had the courage to bring
forward a bill for tbo repeal of the law ,
and the undisputed leader of tlio house ,
Mr. Randall , arrayed himself in opposi
tion to the system. Governor Hill of
New York , the man most likely to have
the support of that state in the next
national democratic convention , cannot
bo regarded as a fiicnd without reserva
tion of civil service reform , and there are
several members of the administration
whoso affection for this policy is not pop
ularly believed to bo very broad or deep.
The president , it is true , has continued to
proclaim Ins adhesion to the reform and
his determination to carry it out , but
those people who are satisfied with the
practical results are certainly not hard
to please. Until the reorganization ot
the commission , the law was continu
ally disregarded or evaded , and it is not
qiiestTohatto that there are scores of
clerks in the departments at Washington
who got thnre In violation of the law.
But they are allowed to remain , just as
the clerks in the Baltimore postoflice
whom Vcascy put in remain ( hero , and
jugt as employes of the government in
oyery city of the country , who have boon
put into ofliee in utter disregard of the
requirements of th < j civil service reform
act , are permitted to holdtheiy positions.
Surely there 19 ve.vy little in all this to
warrant congratulations and , to. inspire
flights of rhetoric.
It is possible that the present commis
sion may bo able to accomplish move in
behalf of a thorough enforcement of tlio
law than did its predecessor , but in this
mutter faitli must come after works. As
to tlio confidence of Mr. Curtis and his
associates of the league in the great so
licitude of the people respecting this
policy , wo hayo no hesitation | u Baying
tliat it is to a ytfry considerable extent
mistaken. It prqbably is not so us toc ; \ \ \
circ o which includes the gentlemen o {
the league , but as to the masses of the
people they are m\ipU \ more deeply con
cerned regarding what ought to be done
to reform the tariff , to adjust the mone
tary question , to advance the industrial
and commercial interests of th's country ,
and m a general way to promote the
material welfare of the people , thanthej
are respecting the question whether pub-
lie ollices shall be occupied by porsoiiE
who hiivo passed a competitive axamimi
tion in answering a gcc-re. of quostionj
that hoYo ho relation fb the duties thai
will be required of them , or by .some
other cluss. They Acknowledge thai
civil service reform has an importance ,
but it is very far from being the most im-
poi taut issue demanding popular atten
tion. _
TUKHE is a feeling ot uneasiness in
Massachusetts regarding what may bt
fujuro oourso of General Butler in tht
political affairs of the commonwealth
Very little doubt exists that the " old
man" will tnko a hand , but just how he
will play it is the pulling problem , The
understanding is that ho wants to go tc
congress , and it was recently announced
that ho would bo a candidate in the
Lowell district , but ho had promised the
representative of that bailiwioK not tc
run against him , anil ho will keep his
word. Still , ho dlil not surrender his determination -
termination to return to the forum ,
whoso history wan enriched by his f ormci
prosouao , nnd It is thought ho will stand
for another district. Meanwhile , it is
conjoclurml that the motive impelling
General IJutler goes deeper than the
simple wsh to resume the cares anil
labors of a congressional term , and has
reference to placing himself on a bettor
vantage ground from which to strike the
administration of President Cleveland ,
At all events Iho general 1ms again become -
como an objcot of interest.
COUNTY central committee raeotinga
hive been fairly peaceful ufl'aira up to
ilate. The tendency has boon towards
harmony. The candidates hayo not
shown any wild inclination to cut their
own throaty by pledging themselves
against the leading republican candidate
for United Stales .senator Their friends ,
too , have restraint1 ! ! any enthusiasm itt
this direction. With1 lively fight In pros
pect , It has occurred t6 some th'nt even in
politics "Discretion is' the better part of
valor. "
The senatorial U < ute is a living Issue.
It will bo a burning ofto before the cam
paign Is over. But there Is dancer in
store for the men who imagine that a
bushwhacking cnnv.Us against A'ati
Wyck will help to straighten outtho skir
mish line of the succoudmg campaign ,
THK council should without fall at
the no\t meeting order a sidewalk around
the court house squaie , and especially
on Knrnam street. The unsightly and
wretched surroundings have caused
grc.it inconvenience to the public , and
been a disgrace to the city for moro than
throe years. The commissioners promised
hist year to lay a substantial walk as soon
as the front was completed. They al
lowed the contractor * ! todilly-dallyalong
with their work until mid-winter , and
since then nothing has been doiio. They
have had money enough and time enough
to grndo roadways where they are not
needed , but the county ptoporty in tlio
very hpart of the city is shamefully
neglected.
Tin : Hrn has had considerable trouble
In the last two weeks , owing to its largo
edition , in making postolllco connec
tions on Sunday moining. Subscribers
who have failed to receive their papers
where their addresses can bo reached by
rail on Sunday , will not bo annoyed in
this way muchjoimcr. We are making
"
arrangements "which we bellcvo will pre
vent any more failuies to "make" the
mall.
IT was very appropriate for lr. Miller
to act as pall bearer for the late Samuel
J. Tildcn , but it is hardly in keeping
with the proprieties of the Tildcn memo
rial meeting for Dr. Miller's paper to
hammer and scalp leading democrats
who are making preparations to shod
tears over the bier of their departed
leader.
WHO will bo the successor to Butler as
chief of the lire department is the next
question with which tlio mayor and
council will wrestle. It is important that
the chief shall be a man who is always
sober , has never been crooked , and who
lias ability tliat springs from experience.
KINGS AND QUKtiNS.
Pilnccss Victoria of Getmnuy is an ugly
girl ; blonde with a snieastlc smile.
Kaiser Wllhelm has become godfather to
the eleventh son of a butcher at Bremen.
Empcior William hj\s \ tq'tako stimulants to
keep him awake during tedious audiences.
Tlio pi Incess of Wales has 550,000 , a year
spending money , whilu tlm wife of thociown
piince of liussla has only'Sffii.OOO. '
Queen JMargharita of Italy lias chosen a
woman nbjslelan , Slgnora. Jfaigaiita Fame ,
one of the first Italian'wpijieu to btutly med-
ielne. , ,
Tlio Emperor of Uoruiany's health lias
been somewhat Improved by his stay at Ems ,
but the a ed monarch"1 Is Exceedingly luita-
ble at times and gruilts at everybody who
approaches him wltlicfut1 special permission.
' 'Queen .Elizabeth ot lUunnania , " says the
London Giaphic , "has , just brought out two
novels 'Astra' nnd 'Des Deux Mondes. ' In
stead of her usual nom de guerre 'Cannon
Sylva. ' thaqiuen signs her now works res
pectfully as 'Ditto' and 'Item,1 , in order to
disguise Her authoiship. "
The late king of Bavaria's beverage was a
mixture of white wine aud cliamnagne , pre-
paied in a bowl with a thick layer of tresh ,
strong-scented violets floating on the top.
The violets gave a delicious perfumed flavor
to the mixtme , much to the king's taste , as
Lwl.wig was so fond of scents tliat the air
aiouml him was generally icdolent of per
fume , 'i'hls fancy cost him quite 10 dally.
A Growins Conviction.
JVortoi Tianicrtpt ,
Every day wo become more and inoio ini'
picased with the fact that Secretary Bayaid is
a catnip philosopher and a , great old gtanny ,
He Never "Will bo Missed ,
Cliteaao Tclta > an\ \ .
There Is an election near at hand , but the
mugwump booms to bo nowheie. He has
probably proved open to conviction , and , hi
obedience to the inoprleties. giacetully
died ,
f
Tlio Sin-plus.
St. Loiif8Jtobf-/teinoci < if.
The biggest smphb in Washington Is that
composed of bills and lesolutlons which the
democratic honso fooled with during a period
of almost eight months , ; uul Dually failed to
dispose of In any sensible or piactlcal man
ner.
Ono Hour or Courtesy.
Denver Ti Untnt-Reinibllean.
Andrew Cain ogle , tlio millionaire Iron-
maker , thinks that "one hour of courtesy
from employers would inovent many
strikes. " There la liumnnlty and reason In
this. Employois mo too apt to forget that
their employes nio men , and that the dif
ference in stations Is duo to chance or oppor-
iiity ,
Rather Severe on Chicago.
St. Lauti ainbc-Dtmociat ,
WU * Q dozen of her best 9ltlzoiia.pn.tila !
forbomo tlirowlni , ' , witli not a dollar In hqi
county treasury , with her racing season a
dlsnstious failure , with tlio Canada Uilstlo In
full bloom In all her sheets , and the llennc-
pin canal steal defeated iu the house , pooi
old Chicago Is In a very bad way Indeed.
Great NnylAs.
St , lion ft Ilfinilnfcan ,
A , hand book of Mcxjco , published In 1631
gives tlio following iiitcrudthiK unu com
plete account of the Mexican navy :
'
The Mexican unvy obns'iUs of four gun-
gunboats. , , u' '
Until very recently , cnjnpnnlon . history
of the Ameilcan nnvy cdiiUlrhavo been con
densed Into the statement tliat It consists ol
John Hoach.
* StliencU tn
The corn Is standing liLgoIilen io\vs ,
The gaidens RIO rich In ; Jlilij''s to eat ;
Melons art ) ilno and cavil. UUin knows
Abundance in bpiemling aUiJs tevt ,
Luscious and mellow ami pftsslng tweet.
The sky above us ia still most blue ,
And tlio sun glares down the livelong day ;
But woik all done and labor through ,
Wo uell can sleep the nlglit away :
For breezes rise at set of sun ,
To cool the eaith and ievl\o the flowers ;
As the evenlntr veil above Is hung ,
We watch tlm stars tiom this world of ours ,
Aud binllo at the i > leasuit ; August hours.
8TATK AM ) THIS IUTO11Y.
Nebraska Jottings.
Tliero is no longer a doubt in the mindi
of local sports that Hastings can play
bull.
bull.Two
Two prisoners in the county Jail in
Ilrokon Dow kicked a hole in the roof and
escaped.
A sod house caved in on thoCatlm fam
ily at Endoll , Castor county , crushing a
little child to ( teath.
One thousand Duller county people
have "swore off" in the last two weeks.
Soda cocktails nro now IUltig In strnligo
gullet * ,
The now depot of the Elkhorn Valley
road in Fremont will bo 21X80 , with a
swell front for the operator. It will bo
built this fall.
Thcro was a total eclipse of the moon
In Hastings last night. The heavens were
glided by the golden cnglos captured in
Omaha , Sunday.
A Dakota county farmer killed thirty
skunks m one day last week , lie was
quarantined by the authorities , and re
fused entree into high society.
The rising town of Crawford , on the
edge of the Tort Hoblnson reservation ,
has been incorporated. A school hott o ,
several churches , and a Hour mill are
among the possible improvements of the
present year.
The new town of Crawford , scarcely a
month old , boasts a newspaper , the
descent , published by Short & hilgur.
It Is a neat and newsy sheet , superior to
seores of papers published In gray
haired towns.
Cora Hradlcy. nn Incorrigible sixteen
year old fcmatu tough nf Hastings , has
been ent to the reform school. So deep
rooted are her evil inclinations that the
proffers of a homo by gootl people were
spurned.
Mr. 11. V , McKesson , n farmer llvlnp ;
near Emerald , jumped from a stack of
wheat to the urountl. He came with full
force upon the handle of si pitchfork.
which tore the flesh from his side anil
breast. Ho may iccover.
Misses Clara and Josephine Teller cul
tivate claims near Kushvillo. A fo.w
nights ago a lariro , hungry wolf was ills-
covered cultivating nn acquaintance with
the chickens in the poultry house. The
women discharged their lungs with great
vigor , but their screams were unheeded
till the last puller croaked. They will
bnro arms henceforth and light for their
chicks.
( ircat activity is reported in the "navy
yard" at Grand Island. The monitors
which will lay siege to the city during
the coining Grand Army reunion arc ra
pidly assuming shape and form. They
resenible the tin clad licet of the Missis
sippi in war times and number four the
Taylor , Monitor , Mdrrimacnnd Congress ,
The committee having in charge the
naval affairs of the reunion are actively
nt work and the result of their labors will
bo seen in the grandest naval display
ever witnessed at a reunion.
Iowa Items ,
Marengo' boasts of a mineral spring
and will uottle it.
Davenport has 159 saloons running
with open doors.
A United Prcsbvtorian church is to be
erected at Kock Valley at a cost of ? . ' ) ,000.
Professor Wiggins anrrounecs that a
terrible windstorm will sweep tlnoiigli
Iowa September 27.
Attorney General Baker says the now
registry law applies only to cities of the
first and second class.
1 he managers of the fair to bo held nt
Oskaloosa tnis fall announce that they
will allow no camb'ing ' devices to bo run
upon tlio ground.
Applications for twenty-two injunc
tions against saloons in Sioux City were
made baturday , ana the papers are being
prepared in thirty additional oases.
A carload of new crop oats was Miipncd
from Owassix on the 37th of July , which
is without doubt the earliest that new
grain was over shipped from this state.
A thrco-month-old baby of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hubbard , of Ha warden ,
weighs but four and u quarter pounds.
His wrist is about ns largo as one's little.
fingorand the remainder of his body is in
perfect proportion.
Harry Gilmcr , formerly of Dos Moines ,
tlio principal witness in the anarchist
trial at Chicago , is a son of Secretary
Gilmer , who was killed by the explosion
of the big gun on the Princeton oil Fort
ress Monroe , during the administration
of President Tyler ,
A destructive prairlo fire was started
in Lnca ? county last week through the
carelessnsss of some sportsmen who
were having a practice shoot. The burn
ing wads from their guns sot fire to the
grass , winch , after smoldering for some
time was fanned into thunos by the wind
and considerable property was destroyed.
A nig is on exhibition at Woodbine
which from the navel back has two
bodies with four hind legs and two tails.
From the middle forward to the lioad it
lias the appearance of two nigs grown
together. The head In front of the ears
has thn appearanoo of that of a largo
siml pig. Tliero are six oars , two on
each side ot iho head and two back of the
head , grown together half their length.
Highwaymen are getting to bo very
daring In north Dakota. A farmer named
John. Towers , when returning homo from
Grand Forks with a load ot groceries. wns
hcdip | and his goods all inlcifrom ) Mm ,
Aberdeen is figuring on a plant for
plow works. Some parties from Wan *
pen , W is. , are looking over the city , anil
if they can induce the citizens to take
enough shares , the works will ho put in
operation by November 1 ,
The explosion of loaded gun shells ,
which were providentially on the
premises , wakctl up two women who
lived near Inkster , to discover their house
was on lire. Ono of them was badly
burned and neither saved anything but
tlio nightclothes she worn.
A petition has. been circulated at Sioux
Falls asking the city council to grant nu
moro franchises for any purpose what
ever , and also that the council appoint a
caniinjUeo. whoso duty it will bo to , investigate -
vestigato tha matter of the cost of a street
railway and a plant , for producing the in.
candescent electric light.
A terrriblo accident occurred nt Cani-
stota August 4. Mr. McCarty , an old
gentleman , was riding with a loaded shot'
SiLJn ! ! Ms buSKi'i when the horse took
tright and bSGuhie' Unmnnrfgen ° l ° turned
the buggy over , throwing Mr. MoUarty
out. The shot-gun was discharged , the
lead striking him in tlio thigh , driving
his pants-pocket and contents through
his leg. making u wound about eight
inches long , whiuh will probably prove
fatal.
That Judge Church has a peculiar way
of doing business is demonstrated by the
fact that while holding court in Huron a
few days ago a couple of lawyers wore
arguing a utibo before him. The lawyers
were tedious , tlid not understand their
ease very well , and had considerable
wrangling between tliomsolves. At last
the judge lost all patience , and said :
"Gentlemen , this court will take a recess , "
Immediately ho gave the lawyers n
lecture in language moro forcible than
legal , and thun suid ; "Gentlomon , this
court is lir session ; proceed. "
Increased Protliuitiou of Iron and
Steal.
It Is evident from the figures published
yesterday by the American iron and
Stool association that moro pig-iron will
be made in the United States in 1830 than
was made in any previous year in the
country's history , and that moro steal
rails , more steel ingots and moro opon-
hearth steel will also bo made than was
ever before manufactured in a single
year.
There are many gratifying polntn
brought out in the report. The total pro
duction of pfg-iron in the six months
ended Juno 30 , 1880 , was 3,1)51,803 ) not
tons , which is an increase of nearly 800-
000 tons compared with the correspond
ing period ot lust your. Never1 before
did the country producu so much pig-
iron in half a your , and prior to 1370 so
much pig-iron was not made In a whole
year as h.is been made in the lust six
months.
Pennsylvania looms up at the head of
the list in this compilation with n pro
duction of 1,511,709 net tons , ami with a
considerable reduction In the amount of
slock on hand , The grealet-t absolute
gain has boon made by Pennsylvania , but
the greatest relative gain has been made
by Ohio and Alabama. Only four slates
\ irginla , Kentucky , Missouri and
Georgia oport a decrease.
The increase is not confined , as it was
a few years ago , to pig iron imulo from
bituminous coal but extends as well to
anthracite plg-ium , the returns showing
an output of I,0ll,7o7 not Ions of anthra
cite pig-iron in the ilr t six months of
1 0. as compared with 7tM'Jl7 tons dur
ing thn lirst six months of 1885. t'harco.il
iron shows a decline.
The Lehigh valley district , which had
hehl the lend for many years in tlie pro
duction of pig-iron , was recently siir
passetl by Alleghany county but the
latest seinl-annual returns put the hellish
valley again nl the front , the production
of that district having been ! WlfiiW ) Ions ,
1,011 tons for Alloghany county.
Tbo circular of the association notes the
interesting fact that each of these dis
tricts makes moro pig-iron than does any
state in the union excepting Ohio.
A 1'noiii In Oroystoni' .
Now York Journal ! Uioystono , which
Mi.TihU'ii bought in Sopti'muor , 1871) ) ,
for sj-lfiO.OOO , furnished , is ontlinlliuKoii'.s
bank , about two miles out Broadway
from the Yonkers railway Mation Tlio
work of nature upon the ground lias not
been improved much by man. From its
central tower and its various angles
Nyack , tlio Palhados , Staten Islandmiles
of the Hudson siiul all of Yonkers may bu
seen.
Natural lerrascs rise from the river to a
broad plateau on which the castlo-liko
gray stone structure stands which hat
manufacturer John T. Warring , ol Yon
kcrs , expended $200,000 , , and was from
1803 to 1871 in building. With its original
thirty acres of land , wtiich cost i20,000un
acre , twenty-live anros added on the
cast side of Broadway at a similar figure
and the elaborate furnishings it cost a
round half million.
When Mr. Tilden bought it lit * at once
spent $20,000 , for new plumbing. Then ho
lured an army of omzlnocrs and gardeners
and made t'lo ' grounds what his ar
tistic taste saw could bo made , llo in
creased the water front to oOO feet and
swelled the estate to 110 acres. Then his
wooden stable burned down and ho built
another of gray stone , finished in cherry ,
and paid ? 10,000 for that.
He became a farmer and turned out to
grass lus noted saddle horse Tolpeck , that
he rode through the .Fourth ward in De
cember , 1870.
Ho built cattle barns on the cast side of
Broadway that cost $10,000 and bought a
! ? 14,000 Jersey cow and some Guernsey
cattle that cost $1,000 a head. After that
ho built a $0.000 chicken hoii'.o and pur
chased a rooster for which ho paid $200
and lots ot blooded fowls. Ilo'also htul
several Cotswold sheep.
Last season his greenhouses were com
pleted. Even Jay Gould cannot boast so
great. John Miller , his farmer , lias
charge of them. He was a very sad man
yesterday.
There are sixteen buildings in all. cov-
erin < j : 2I,0 ) S teet of ground. Thirteen are
of tlio carvaliur form. The main green
house , just back of the stables , hiis n ro-
ccption room that opens into the palm
house. There are palm trees there that
could i.ot bo replaced for anv money.
Several are wortlDlOOOcaoh. The build
ings altogether cost § 05,000 , exclusive of
steam heating appliances. They swell
tho. coat to about $100,000.
Thcio are eight houses for fruit , four
for vines , four for poaches , lour for
grapes , a storehouse for tender tropical
plants , an cquatic plant house , a house
lor tea and unothor for hybrid ro.scs.
These houses urn all on tlm west side of
Broadway. On the east side are two
propagating housc.s and a cool house.
"Mr. Tilden's intention was , " Mr.
Miller said , "to have fro.sh fruit all the
year around. Wo should have boon able
to supply him with grapon and peaches ,
ot which he was very fond , ten months
iu the year. We hail a line collection of
orchids , but this was yet in its Infancy.
There is a little of uvflrything in this
greenhouses. 1 was going up to see if
Mr. Tildon did not want a pouch or somo.
grapes when I was told ot his death. 1
can't ' got over it , "
Mr , Miller lives in a beautiful farm
house that Ml' . Tildcu built on the cast
sulo of Iho Uroyatono's estate . Altogether
probably $1,000,00(1 , ( have beoi uxpuiulod
by Mr.Varrltig \ and Mr. Tildon in nwk
ing this wondurful place what it in.
Horses used to be Mr. Tildun's principal -
pal delight. Ho paid ? 11.000 for one
team , one horse of which stood with ten
others in the Grcystouo stalls yesterday.
But ot liito years hid yacht luis \-\\\M\ \ \ \
moro of his attention ,
It was built by John lloaeh , is 105 foot
long and cost $05,000 , It is , not fast , but
luxuriouH and safe. It was fitted up hVst
spring. Captain George Heuly co.in
manus jt , Mr. Tihlon bought n now
steam launch fpr tlo ) yacht In the spring
and two brass cannon.
Chicago Hunk I'roBidontH.
Chicago Mail : Ncaily all Iho bank
presidents in Chicago now tire num who
learned the business lipH ( is Fjig custom *
ers ot banks. From living merchants who ,
used the facilities of other b.ipks they lin
ally started banks of their own for the
profit of giving facilities to other people ,
Niokurson , the head of the First National ,
iho third largest bunking institution in
the country , miido Ins money in the
whisky business. Hulf the original crowd
in the First National were partners to
gether in the auiww.if.ul whisky pool that
became rich nt the breaking out of the
war , Columbus 11. Cuinmmgo only be
came tlio head ot the Union alter ho had
become a millionaire In railroading.
John H. Walsh , of the Chicago NatlpniU ,
waa-uMbn Jjunil Ol tllft-W aU i'n Mw ; ,
company , and had made a fortune out of
that long botore ho cvor thought of start
ing a bank. George Sturgosis ono of thu
few bank presidents who wim
trained as n b.inkor. His father
was n banker before him , and his
brothers were all bankers , too. but not
successful ones. Hulcliirisonof the Corn
Kxchango , fctartcd U probably because * ho
had niiiuo so much money out ofaokliij. ( . {
and grain speculation that ho did not
know what else to do with it. 1'rusidunc
Grannls uiiule a modumto fortune in thn
wholesale grocery business before ho
t'vor began banking , John W. Poanc ,
like John H. Walsh , not only was a mil
lionaire before ho became a banker , but
ho did not oven abandon his int > r nUIh : >
business when ho did become ono , 1) ) . W.
Irwhi , like "old Hutch , " Jir.d a million
before ha started thoAmcrinmoxohanjio ,
and wont Into It as much for tliu convcn-
ionco of Investment us for any othin * IOR-
FOIL President Keith , of tlui Motional *
itan , had probably the saruo Hud of mo
tives , It scorns to. bo one. of thu hitter
day ambitions of miccus ful Chicago merchants -
chants to become bank proftdonta , or at
Ioii8t to have nor.5oaal b.mki. Chaunooy
Blair Is so old at tins husluosi that , like
Sturgos , it may iQ ) enlU that no boloiigs
to it anil nothing cite.
HtSJ > 0C
deal. Insurance Agents ,
Merchant1 ! ) \ 'ati.cl ! DtsuK lluildlng. Cor ,
n.im S'i'l
7 < ilrt > linn . % .
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Wosic'iiBtor , Now Veil , V. V 1,11 V'1US
John U aucock Mutual Lift , JJof toiia,7tl'iQ,8I
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Wicwo VITALITY Li fatlhior. Drain HHAINFn unit
IJMl A irfeTKU or Power IMtKU A i II III I.VV A&T-i
wiwramiHU dlcMendorempnts , ti' , FltKII. cvnmiltA-
( Ion ( odlconr Ii7mall ) wKhrlx rmliant Uoctorn FUFU.
C1VIAI.E AGENCY. No. 174 Fulton Street. New Yorfo
O17 8 < .CIinrlcHBt.St.I < onlM > ] IIO.
ATegnUrgr < ) aitBof two Utd Ir al College * , bk. te.n1dti ( r
en Kneed la ( hotpot l l treatment of CHMOXIO. IVKHVOUI. 8 nit
mnd llLooD Diiitifca thin tor oth.r rhjuleUn InSt. LoalJ ,
t ltr reP * * * ibow and Bit olarantilfQliknow.
Nervous Prostration , Debility , Mental and
Physical Weakness ; Mercurial nnd other Alice-
lions ol Throat. Skin or Bones , Dlood Poisoning ,
Old SorCS anil Ulcers , are Irt.nJ nlth t > ir lbl l
ueerii , , on Utot irlf ntlflo principle ! . ftufelr , Prlvtltl j.
Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess ,
Ciposure or Indulgence , vhlch vroJuc naa ot th.
rollonlne fITctti ! Dttvauiucu , dctjIlHr , dlaneii of ileM
and defective moowrr , plrapleiouUia UN , phriloal deotj ,
aversion to the noelcljof femnlei , eoofuiioa of Ideal , old. ,
rondorlns Mnrrlago Improper or untiappy , at
rcraincntij cured. r upljlei ( S r'EOT > "u tie i , iut
In Ecnlrd coTolope. freetoanjr uddre.j. Conaulutloa at of-
flee or by mntl free , tnrltid and it-lctlf ci&njputlil.
A Positive Written Guarantee iircn in cnrrn.
rabloeut. Uodlcloc ten t ever jwlierjbj lanllovoiprMlk
SCO PAGE3 , PIKE PLATES , elf jint cloth tad rill
Mndliip , orilcJ for 3C3o. ID t'0ta ' | or furrenaOrer flftj
iron Icrful | nm f ictoras , true to life | rtl * l a on tbo folia wlo |
iubjectit who nny tuarry , who not. why ] manhood , vorata *
tood.phjslcal drcay , ctltM * orccllbaej and excess , th phjtr *
JotogjorrfprrtJueiien. * nd tnnny morn. Ttoaa married or
contemplKtfnft ro rri ( e kti uM retd It , P-nrlir edition
ttrr *
21,829,850
Tansill's ' THROAT"V.
were shipped duriuc the past
two youis , wltho > it a drum-
nicrInoiiroiuiiloy. Naolhor
liunso Iu the world con truth-
lully inuKo suah u ehowmc.
OHO asout ( dealer ouly )
wanted Iu each towu.
SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS.
R.W.TANSILL&CO.G5StatcSl.Chicago.
JOHN G , GREEN SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
ooni.r.ci : or NK\V .nusiv , .f
ruiNCKTov. NIW JIHSIV.
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( lnuooo ot 11 icholor lit Sulunci * . u jjem'rul cuur U ! ! * < >
cloitlvo lourttM In ClicmlKlr } . HUilruy. ( liMilnKr.
MalhiHu.iUctuml Vliydcs. II , Korlhoilivreoof Cml > J
KiiMlnccr , inoliulln , besides iho umtul professional
MuilU's , umilltMtloiiH or Klcctrlrlty to tint .ArtH. I'oit i
ruclimtufn.s ruction In IllKlmrMathcmiiUc , ( JraihlM. |
Analjrtlcjil tinil Appllel Clioinlaliy iinilBiaylnu ,
Jllolour , l-liyslcs , mul Antmnoiny. n ntr.tnco utuniln *
tlnniSeiil. lull nnil Htli , lv < i ! . Tor Biioclnl eoiirnoi
luluthei Inrurmotluiinpiili lotlio omciiu'l'ie.mitrcr.
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w MUSIC , Boston , Mass.
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WOULD , 1UU Intriiclor , 'Mil ntuaonts List your ,
ll lii trucllun > Iu voiml uml Instriiuiniital urn-
ixirtonu. b'AiiliTKUMIinuliMboiiloiiiliwu , HL for
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ncontliuums Xlectrtotf Magnet
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so1.
Praclico liuiitcil to Diseases of the
EYE , EAR. NOSE AMD THROAT
Glassea flttcil for all forms of ilofeotlvo
Viaiou , Artilloiul Eyoa iiisoi'tod.
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3. iJOlU iiiul C'alUViriila. .
State Agents
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Omaha , Neb.
Nebraska National Bank
OMAHA. NKBKASKA.
Pnid up Capital . $ SCOOOO
Burplua . , , .30,000
II. W. YatoH , 1'rosiilcnt.
A , K. Toir/iiliii. v'i'i't 1'rcnlilont.
\V. \ H. S.
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A Gunonil Hnnklti Huincs. < Tnuisactod.
MERCHANTS'
National Bank
Noitliwost 131U 9troot ,
Paid up Capital , - $ SOO,00 (
Surplus 1'und _ _ ' '
rilAMv MUlirilV. OAMU E. ,
I'rueldcut. Vlto-l'icildoiit.
11HN U. WOOD , I.UTJlb'll UKAKIi ,
Cualilur. AfHt-C'asl
AucnimtSEollcltPdnnd prompt attention
to All bui > liiis3 ontruetcil to IU cure.
I'ur Uvu porcbut on time deposits.