THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THTJJISPAY , AUGUST 12. 1886 , THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA omen , N .HM AMI ii NKW VCIIIK urricr , llmni , TMIIU-NE llfitniMi \VAI IIINOTON OKriCK. NO. 5I I'OfHTBENTII STIIttT I'tiUlshod fcvory inornlnsr. except Riimlnr. The only Mondtiy morning paper putlljhoJ In the sinto. TKfUIS IIV MAIM Onn Vonr . S10.PO I Tliroo Montlis . f2.ro BlxMotiths . B.M ( I One Month . 1.00 Ttip Wrr.Kt.r Hr.r.PublMiotl Kvery Wodnc. ttny. TEUMS , POSTPAID : Ono Voar , with premium . J2.00 Onp Vtnr , wltlinut iiti'tiiliim . l.i Plx Mcnlli" , wiihimt piotnuim . . . . . . W Olio Month , on trlnl . Id ronnr.sroMiu.vrE : .All comrmmlcntloiri relating to news ntid odl- tnriDl inntlcrA nhould beRd < lii > Mxl to the Isui > TOlt OCTIIK IIK.I : . nUSl.VCa * tETTF.rtS ! All buslnon letters nnd remlttnnccsfilionld lie ruliircfloil to TUB HRK runr.isiiiso CO.MPANV. OMMIA. Drnfin. cliroliS nnl pimofllco ordnrs to bo irmclopnynulo to tlio order or the company. THE BEtPOBLISHIIUiiPAHT , PAOPfllETORS , i : . IO9i\VATKlt ! : , UIIITOR. TIIK JlAlljY UI2I3. Sworn Statement orciroulntton. Slnlo of Nebraska , I „ . Coutitv of Doiitflns. I 8t 8- dpo. It. T/.scliuck.seRrctftvy ot tlio Hoc Pub- llslnuit company , does solemnly swear that tlio nrtunl clrcnlatinn of the Dillv Dee for the neck uiullug Aug. Ctli , 1WO was oa follows : Hatnulay. 31st 12,500 Mrjinlny. iiiid 12,075 Tuesday flrd 12,175 Wcilni'silny , 4th 12,175 Tliursilay.fiili 12 " ( X ) Friday , 0th 12.U > 0 Sunday. 1st 12,450 Avcrapc 12.I175 (5no. II. TzscittJcii. Subscribed anrt sworn to before mo this 7lhday of August , 18SO. N. I' . Fun. , [ RKAUI Notary 1'ubllc. ( Hto. Jl. Tzschnck , belnp flrrtiluly sworn.de- pose * and nays that lie Is scorctary of tlio Hco J'ubllsliinK company , that tlio actual averace dally circulation of tlui Dally Ueo for the month of January , 1HSC. was 10,873 copies ; for Kebniary , 1880 , lO.MW copies ; for March , VKO , 11.537 copies ; for Aurll , isso. 13,101 copies ; lor May. 1KA 12.4.1copies ! ) ; for June , 18t6,12,2ys copies ; for July , IKA 12I14 : copies. Or.O. JJ. T7.SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to hcforo me , this 2d day of August , A. D. 1SSO.N. N. 1 > . FKir , , [ SKAT. . ! Kotary 1'ubllc. War not have a real live old-fashioned campaign. Senator Van Wyck's oppo nents can contribute to this end by ar ranging to meet tlio old man 011 the stump. Don't nil speak at once. TUB last report of tlio department of agriculture reduces the probable average of tlio grain yield of Nebraska by .ono Doint , or from 83 to 82 , but it still com pares favorably with that for most of the other grain-growing states. SKCKETATIV BAYARD is having a quito Animated Texas boom , which will meas urably ofl'sct tlio adverse opinion of him very generally entertained in Now Eng land. It doesn't amount-to enough , how ever , to warrant a revival of presidential nopcs. TIIKUE are dozens of candidates who wish to bo elected to the Ingislaturo with out committing themselves on the issues of the day. The candidate who hesitates to commit himself upon tlio , aims of his candidacy runs a prime show of being ouoivnti undQC.in favor o 'sonio braver nnd better man. " T' TIIE estate loft byMr. Tildon is not so valuable as had boon generally supposed. It is estimated at from four to siv million dollars. The disposal of a considerable part of the estate for the benefit of the public , provided for by the will , gives the memory of Mr. Tilden additional claim to popular regard. SQUIKKS and Flynn , the New York city ofllclals against whom serious charges of crookedness have been publicly made , havu finally been arraigned by legal pro cess. Indictments have been found against both of them , and they were on Tuesday placed in arrest. The circum stantial evidence against thorn is very strong , and their conviction is probable. Their trial will doubtless load to otnor interesting developments involving other men prominent in New York ofllcial and political circles. Tin : late session of congress did. some good work in restoring to the public do main a number of forfeited land grants. Over 80,000,000 acres have been restored to the national ownership , Throe for feiture bills passed by the house the Gulf nud Ship island bill , to recover 653,800 acres ; the Northern Pacific , to recover 80,007,7'11 acres , and the Now Orleans Pacific , to recover 870,400 acres did not receive the assent of the senate. The Northern Pacific lobby appeared to bo too strong for senatorial virtue to nope with. _ _ _ _ . _ . . . . . . . . . _ _ _ Tun surviving members of the Vaudor- bilt family appear to have moro of a pleasure-seeking disposition than did their progenitors , and the grandchildren of tlio founder of the family's fortune have moro enjoyment In a week than the commodore did in n year , though of course ho found continual gratification In undoing rivals , conquering circum stances and seeing his fortune and his hnunchU power steadily grow. It is noted Hint Mr. William K. Vandovbllt Is having built a pleasure yacht which In luxurious appointments , as in other re- ppoota , will surpass all the steam yachts now alloat. Shu will bo constructed of steel , and will have every modern nppli- anoo and convenience which can bo used In a craft of this kind. The moro ways thn Ynmlorbllts can find to keep down their accumulation of wealth the bettor the pcoplo and the country. TIIK defiant course of the president In roappolntlng the Albany colored man , Matthowa , to the olllco of recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia , In spile of the fact that ho was rejected by a vote of the senate which included members of both parties , can only bo accounted lor as another exhibition of the stubborn sou-will of Mr. Cleveland. Matthews was not acceptable to the party friends of the president in the senate , ho Is ob * Jootionablo to a largo majority of his own raoo in the District , nnd there wore sub stantial reasons In the character of the man justifying his rejection. No expla nation is given of the action of the president except the Btutemcnt that Manning la n friend of Matthews , and if tils appointment is duo tothls circum stance it is of course a clear case of re warding political service * , and services not always of the most reputable char- aotur cither , if the Matomonta regarding Jdatthows nro trustworthy. The matter (9 ( noteworthy merely as illustrating a ylmso of Mr. Cleveland's character. Dr. Miller nncl Vnti IVyck. Dr. ficorgo J . Miller lias found time be tween his trips to .fay Oould's oflk'o and [ ho Wall street slock gambling exchange to contribute n column to the Omaha Herald on the senatorial Issue. The doctor plants himself and his paper squarely In opposition to the ro-clcction of Senator Van Wyek under any nnd all circumstances. This la in perfect ncconi with the nternal lilno-H of thing- ; , Ten years ago Dr. ( it'orgo L. Miller and the Omaha I/crttliJ look n bold stand in favor ot the ro-elerlion of a republican senator , whom the doctor , over ins own signa ture , charged with buying his seat in the United Stales sonata , nnd whose expulsion from the senate the Herald demanded in the name of an out raged slate and nation. Why did Dr. Miller urge democrats In 187G to support a republican who had notoriously secured his snal by bribery and had become the most pliant servant of the confederated monopolies on the lloorof the sennit * ? And why docs he now oppose the republican senator who was elected by honorable means anil on wlio.se skirts the taint of corruption and venality has never fastened Itself ? The answer to both questions is very easy. Jay CJould was Interested in the re-election of the one and is interested in the defeat of the other. In " 7(1 ( Sam Til- dcn'a presidential title was made the excuse for asking demo cratic members of the legislature to vote for a corrupt republican. In the present case an appeal Is made to tlio democracy under equally false pretenses. Tlio same venal Instinct which made Dr. Miller swallow his haired and contempt for a dishonest Senator In 187G inspires him now lo prostitute himself lo defeat an honest senator in 183J. There is one gratilicatlon for tlio re publican friends of Van Wyck in Dr. Miller's assault. It puts effectually at rest the preposterous charge of Van Wyck's enemies that democrats nro solid for him , and that their support has been bought by the senator's treason to his own party and u sell out lo the mon opolies. If Miller represents the demo cratic party , his hostillly lo Van Wyck gives the lie direct to charges of collusion between Ihe senator and Ills political ad versaries. If Senator Van Wyck was a more demagogue playing n part while in fact ho had made his peace with the rail road bosses , then Dr. Miller and his paper would have chanted his praises from dawn till long after midnight , year in and year out. But there Is something curious about Miller and Van Wyck , which illustrates the peculiar typos which they represent. Both are natives of Now York. Van Wyok's father was an eminent physician of Knickerbocker stock. General Van Wyck remained in the county.whore ho was raised , until of mature ago , was honored by the people who best know him with four terms in congress , and during one of those terms found time enough to raise a regiment and lead them into battle in defense of his country nnd its ling. Dr. Miller sprang from respectable but obscure stock , and studied medicine , but not being appreciated at homo ventured into the wild west to make a reputation and a stake. While Van Wyck always re mained near the pcoplo and never pan dered lotlio nabobs and money kings , Dr. Miller from the outset of his career had an insane vanity in his acquired knowledge and looked uoon the workingmcn as his inferiors and beneath his stalion. While Van Wyck acquired his wealth chiefly by inheritance and prudent investment , Dr. Miller hasbecomo _ wealthy by prostitut ing his talents and the' profession of ed itor by playing lackey to the Dillons , Du- runls and Goulds. The contrast between those two natives of Now York could not possibly bo stronger , even if the positions hud been reversed and Van Wyck had risen from the mudsill to opulence and Miller had been born with n golden spoon in his mouth. Honest Uouciitiiioiir. The action of the Grand Army of the Republic at San Francisco in voting down by the overwhelming majority of four to ono the Covering scheme to pen sion every surviving soldier or sailor , whether disabled or not , shows that the soldiers have no sympathy with extrava gant pension legislation which would in sult tno survivors of the rebellion bypltcc- ing them on n par with bogga"rs. There was honest resentment exhibited in the vole against Iho demagogues who yearly try to capture the "soldier voto" by rep resenting our veterans as beggars for bounty which they do not need. Every disabled soldier should receive com pensation for his disability. This is tlio debt which the nation owes to its patri otic defenders. The man who lost health oriimbs ) on the battlefield or as the resu It of servicethe widows or orphans of veter ans , each and all should bo liberally pro vided for by the country whlcti they served. No trifling technicality should bo permitted to stand in the way of gen erous relief in such instances , and for all suoh the pension laws should bo broadly construed. But every veteran of the slightest sols-respect should protest agulnst the doctrine that their patriot ism entitles Ilium to a compensa tion tin dollars or cents on no other grounds than morn service in the war for the suppression of the rebellion , Suqh a theory if admitlod will dim the glory of their achievements and detract from the future lustra of , their renown. The Grand Army of the Uopubllo have added to their claims on national esteem by their action at Ban Francisco. The men who urged on by demagogy on ono sldo and the host of pension agents on the other side are clamoring for whole sale pensioning on grounds admitted by no other nation on earth , should take duo notice anil govern themselves accord ingly. Mexico's Capacity for War. The possibility , undoubtedly remote , of a rupture of the peaceful relations be tween the United Statui and Mexico , just now embarrassed n little by the Culling aflnir , naturally suggests an inquiry re specting the capacity nnd the state of preparation of Mexico for carrying on a war. The common Impression among Americans is that n conflict with the "sister republic" would bo little more than a holiday event in sporting par- Janca a "walk-over. " Enthusiastic pa triots feast their imaginations with the picture of a croat American army mov ing with irresistible farce , almost unclial- Icngud and unimpeded , straight on to the City of Muxitio , and in a half or a third of the time that was required by the victp- rious ( Jrorman h'glons to reach Parls.plant- ing Iho stars and slrlpos above the halls of the Montczunias in Iho Mexican capi tal. The idea of any serious resistance on the part of Hie Mexicans is pooh- poohed as quilo ridiculous , the notion being that they have nnillicr the inlolll- trcnce nor thn courage to light. The fool ing of I he average American regiirdlnc the lighting capacity of tlio Mexican is even tnr nloro depreciatory titan the cstl- main which the men of the south enter tained of their northern antagonists nt the beginning of the rebellion. There can of course bo no doubt as lo what the result of n war between the two countries would bo. Mexico would bo whipped , and the thoroughness of the whipping would bo proportioned to the vigor and duration of the resistance. But it is a mistake to suppose IhatMoxico is in no condition to defend herself , or that she would not make a defense that would render her conquest a colly un dertaking both in blood nnd treasure. The population of Mexico is about eleven millions , and although llicio nro nt pres ent , in some localiUos , slrong factious hostile to the existing government , it is not doubtful that In the event of a war all of tho.o , actualod by n common im pulse ot patriotism , would rally to the support of the government and stand fast in that support to the end. The regular army consists of 3,700 officers and 45,823 men on the pcaco footing and 100,05tmon : on Iho war fooling. It is well drilled and armed , the almost continual threat of domestic trouble requiring that the army bo kept on nn excellent footing. These soldiers will light , nnd although the record of Mexican valor is confessedly not the most brill iant , in defense of their country they would be found a foe not to bo despised. Undoubtedly Mexico could count upon putlinc : an army in the field ; from first lo last , of at least three hundred thousand men , and an invading army could not safely be less numerous than this. To marshal and equip such an army would Involve an immense outlay that would make n very material addition to our public debt , and greatly prolong the lime when the burden of tnxalion could bo furlhor reduced. Looking at Iho matter solely from ilia practical standpoint it is not possible to iiguro out any profit from such a conflict , for wo could not hope to got n money indemnity , ns Germany did from Franco , and the best popular judg ment would not approve of any enlarge ment of our territory in this direction. Thcro is another consideration in con nection with this mailer which may have an incidental importance. It was recently reported that negotiations were in progress - gross between Mexico and two or three of the Central American stales lookingto the formation ot nn alliance offensive and defensive , and it Is not at all unlikely that the certainty of hostililics between the United States and Mexico Would hasten the consummation of such an alliance , particularly if the impression oblained among the Ccnlral American governments that the aim of a war on the part of the United Stales was terri torial aggrandizement. Among those people jealousy of the United States out weighs respect , and they are drawn by a natural afllnity toward Mexico. They would , there is reason to believe , risk a great deal to hoi ] ) the Mexicans in a war with this country. The weak point in the Mexican condition is the financial. The revenues , with the practice of tlio most careful economy , luvvo not for sev eral years met the requirements of the government , and with a recognized debt of § 155,000,000 , the credit of the nation is not strong. It is hardly probable that the government could replenish its treas ury very largely on borrowed capital to carry on a hopeless war against the United States. Reclcslcnatcd Ofllolttls. A controversy has arisen since the ad journment of congress over the action of the president in reappointins a number of federal officials , whoso nominations have either been rejected by the senate or failed to bo acted upon before adjourn ment , and some loading papers have questioned tlio right of the president to override the will of tlio senate in reappointing - pointing nominees whom the sonalo has refused lo confirm. Wo presume no well informed party will maintain that the president may not at pleasure roappolnt nominees whoso appointments have not been acted on m executive session. It is n com mon practice for presidents to commission nominees whoso cases have not been reached before congress ad journed. Judge Crounso , for instance , was nominated collector of internal rev enue lor Nebraska by President Hayes a few days before tlio adjournment of con- gross. When Judge Crounso's name was reached in executive session the day before fore adjournment , Senator Paddock objected and ttio nomination , under the rules , went oyor. In oilier words , congress - gross adjourned without acting upon his nomination. The next day Judge Crounso was roappolntod by Iho president and upon filing his bond received his commission and took charge of the olllco. At the next session ho was confirmed , but if he had been rejected his predecessor would have been rein stated at least until thn president could fill the vacancy with the consent of the senate. In cases where the senate has absolutely rejected an appointment wo see no rea son why the president cannot reappoint the rejected party during the recess of congress. But if Iho sonalo still remains in session ha could not do so. There is no grounds for presuming bo- oauso the senate has not acted upon some appointments that the parties would bo rejected when their names are called. The president is not bound to imagine that an appointment which has beau held is ofibnslvo to the senate. The Duty in tlio Cno. There is a great deal of senseless talk about it being the duty of the United States to give Mexico a sound thrashing at once and to annex a large slice of greaser ground to Uncle Sum's domin ions. ions.The The only duty at present lies with Mr. Cleveland's administration , That duty is to maintain a firm and dignified stand in the controversy over the Cutting case and to submit the result to congress if it seems to warrant congressional action. So far , the United States , on the olli- clal documents inudo public , have a clear case and a slrong case , Its statement , as made by Mr. Bayard , is as concise us could bo desired. C/Tho United States and the slates couipos- IHR the union contain the only forum lor the trial of olTenscaer isl their law * , and to concede Iho Jurlsdlctrjifof Mexico over Cut ting's ca e , a * It Is fjffed 'In Consul llrlg- ham's report , would ! ' $ ani substitute the Jur isdiction and laws of Sfyjxi ; o for thoc ot tile United Slate * over oTerts& ( i committed solely within the United SUldsjby a clllzon ot the United Slates. Il | Mexico claims. 11BV understood , that Consul Hrighnui lmsinlrcprescnted | Iho facts , and thai the trno inwardness of Iho Culling case , when fully developed , will show Unit the oU'eim1 * for which ho was tried and convicted' was committed on Mexican soil nnd In deliance of Mexican law. luvestigalion will bring out the truth. Meanwhile nit talk about waiting through seas of gore Is cheap buncombe. The United Stales will protect American cUi/ciiship when unjustly assailed but it will make sure that such citizenship is not used ns n cloak for commuting of fenses against the laws of n friendly country before it cries Imvoo anil lets loose the dogs of war upon Iho pcoplo across Ihe Rio Grande. Lict Them Conic. As hinted several weeks ace in Iho BBK. the Omaha horse railway company in seriously considering Iho advisability of changing Us main lines to the cable sys tem. The action of the cable company in locallng Us tracks on streets already covered by the horse cars will probably result in the conversion of the Farnnm street horse railway road Into a cable lino. By this mode the horse railway company hopes to successfully fight oft" ruinous competition on the leading thoroughfare of Omaha , There will probably bo little objection raised to such a move. Two tracks on a street nro betlor than four , if tlio two will give as good and as rapid a service. The only strong argument which the cable line can make for occupying Far- n am street Is Iho infrequent and slow transit afforded by the mule loams , which drag Iho horse cars up and down tlio hills. With a oablo line already in operation there Is lltllo probability that public sentiment would approve of ad ditional trackage on thu slreot. This is what the horse railway company means when it intimates Ihut the cllizons of Omaha will have a cable system , whether present injunctions hold or fail. Omaha is not at all interested in the private quarrels of the two public cor porations except so far as they aflect their ability to carry out their contracts ns common carriers. The city has a right to demand thai II shall receive Iho best and most improved service in re turn for the valuable franchises which it lias donated to the two companies. If ono declines lo crive it Iho other should be encouraged to do so' ' . When both profess willingness to , kcdp up with the times , the public will only stop in to see Hint the competition ion territory does not mvado the ground res'orvcd for other than transportation purposes. K is reason to beltovo that North Sixteenth street willnot , bo paved by fair lime unless work is idonof moro rapidly than at present. Blttwebn 20,000 and 30,000 , yards of paving Stil ! remain to bo laid. At the rate at whicVi the job is ad vancing it will take nearly six weeks to complete it ; It makes little difference to Iho pcoplo of Omaha1 who' is to blame , contraclors or railroads , the result is ( lie same. The contractors cannot evade responsibility by throwing the blame upon the railroads. But the railroads will not help themselves to future con- Iracls by retarding the work of the con tractors. Moro men and hard work on both sides ought to relieve the pressure. VOTING additional hydrants in every direction nnd in numbers far beyond the requirements of the city has become lee common. Fewer hydrants nnd better service is what wo need. A large num ber of the hydrants sot are practically use less for fire protection , owing to the in sufficient pressure. There is no use in Increasing our water tax needlessly for the benefit of the treasury of the company. AND now the Herald explains that it was Louis Ileimrod ; t was after when it denounced Omaha democrats in bulk as "bums. " The Herald uses a big soylho to cut a narrow swath. It is in danger of slashing Us own legs in tlio attempt to use nn unfamiliar tool. Dit. MIM.EH wrilcs lo his paper from Now York lo sot the key upon the qucs- lion of Iho Van Wyck succession. The doctor's confidence in Iho defeat of the leading republican candidate is not per- ccptiblo to the unaided vision. Now that Wm. A. Puxton has sot the fashion of seven story buildings , who is the next capitalist to follow suit in Omaha ? XI1E FlKfcD OP INDUSTUY. A new clothing factory Is Rolns up at Hen derson , Ky. In Texas politics Is the absorbing question among worklngmcii. Nearly all the electric Ilglit companies are Increasing their plants. Thirty carloads of textile machinery re cently arrived at Gibson , Miss. The printers of Now York will turn out 5,000 inon for the coming parade. There Is a very strung drift among the workingmcn toward political action. The Nallonal UakersJ u/jlon / has forty brunches and a membership ( jf 19,000. The Bricklayers' Inturtmtlomii union lias 107 local assemblies and'lO.Ouo members. A rcorganlzullon of the Central Labor union of New Yorlc taket plrfbo on Augusti& APIttsburgfinnwlllfnd'h ) | mill lo liirn oul 000 miles ot bnrncd 'lijctalllc atrip pur day for fence purposes. , The Singer Sowing liichjpo company , of Now York , Is endeavqnitff.to : make terms with Us striking salesmen , -j Southern textile iiianiir ctUri > rs are pulling In huge Corliss englne.ifeli'etrlo lights , now looms and special machinery. A Scotland linn will start'lip ' In Newark , N. J , , soon , with American textile machin ery , made nt Providence. It. I. Some twenty-three cigar factories are va cant or nearly so In New York city , and 8,000 persons are Idle In consequence. Strikes are also threatened In Indiana and III I noa mines. Wagoshavo been reduced tea a starvation basis In the Iowa mines. The wotkniKincn of Connecticut will hold a convention next Sunday at Nuw Haven to Inaugurate nn Independent political move ment. The Kuiplro Foundry company of Troy has advanced piecework 10 per cent , ; day work , 60 per cent ; pattern tllcn , 25 cents , nud the men In the iron mill have struck for 10 cents n day advance. New Kngland match companies seem to bo prospering , One SmritiKoVId concern has just put in 50,000 wpith of new lathes and will put COO more hands to woik on October 1 In n new building 100x30 feet. A Hochester slioemnkcr has Invented a ma chine which laM.t shoes wllliout Hie use ot jnclcs , anil It Is clalmnd thai an operative can last thirty pairs all hour on 11 as thoroughly as can be done much more slowly by hand. Southern texlllo competlllon has driven New Voik dry-goods dealeis to gel special frelghl rates. Southern manufacturers are pri'pniing to Incicaso the competition by doubling their capacity in ontcr to icduco the cost per yard , and to that end are cou- linctlug for machinery lu Iho ninth , The Massachusetts paper-makers report buMniiss brisk. One maker at North Adams has lust In lour newfOa-poiuid boaters. . The total pioductlon of paper nnd pulp of nil kimls In HIP United States lust year was s.reso.sJ'O pounds , airnliist T. iiT. x ) nound * In lsS4 , nwisw ! , ) pounds lu is * ! , and 5,310,400 pounds lu HS2. I.aH yeir's wood-pulp production was IXiO.CW pounds : wood-pulp board , < V > , OOo pounds : sliaw-board , 8l,050pounds ; inanll- la , t'.V5.0 pounds : rollnr paper , 4f > 00 pound * ; chemical Hiiro , CIO.IXX ) pounds ; bonk nnd news paper , 3,11:2,000 : pounds. Massachusetts look the lead In bonk nud news , innkltm WiS/'OO iwuiids ; New York was second , with : U7,1M ) pounds ; Pennsylvania third , with 2l)0UOO ) pounds. Pennsylvania1 * total produol of paiH-r and malcrlal waTB7,400 pounds , or about 8 per cent , of thn total output. New York's output wns lOV4t.X : ) pouniK Only two states do not make pavnr Dakota and l.oulslaua. Mlssoutl made O.COO . pounds of straw wrapping. Nodding Acquaintance. JV'eto nureii A'cuv. Jay Gould denle.s Ihe tepoit lliat sharks In the North river nod to him as ho passes In his yacht. No Sorontulcs. Hiijulo Cmirter , Very few congressmen will bo received by their constituents with brass bands or other manifestations ot lojolclng. Disposal of the Surplus. PUMmro Dltpateli. Many a man who doesn't know what It is to haven surplus Is learnedly discussing the proper disposal of the government surplus. It Would bo Urior. CMcaao Tribune. It didn't take lone to convict Culling. Neither , for that mailer , would It would take long lo whip Mexico wore the excuses suf ficient. AV'lint the Democrats llnva Aoconi- pllslioil. St. Louis Qlobc-Dcmnerat , It Is a significant fact that utter all their talk about correcting tariff abuses ana reduc ing taxation , the only piece of revenue legis lation accomplished by the democrats during the late session of congress was Ihe law im posing lax on oleomargarine. Now and Fresh. Ifew Yoik Sun. Hcpmior ( looking for Items ) Anything new or fresh this moiutng In Iho railroad llnoV llnllroad official { thoughtfully ) H'm let me see yes , Unit paint you are leaning nitalnst id new and fresh. It was only put on this morning. The Degree of N. G. liuffalo KjcprcKt , "Dan'I " said the "I , president , observe that Union college has made you an M. A. apt ! Warner .sillier an Ll , . I ) . I congratu late both of you , Dan'I , though It would seem that If you are an M. A. I ought lo bo some thing with at least four letters in it. lint , toll mo Dan'l , did any of those How Hampshire colleges confer any degree on Dave Hill ? " "SI , slgnor , " returned the accomplished pri vate . "Von Dan'I secretary. surprise me , , what degree was It ? " "N. G. , my 1 lego. " Whereupon his excellency laughed merrily and vowed that Dan'I had a lively wit. Youth mid Chambers' Journal. When I am old , these hills that bound My life within their narrow round Will bo the threshold of the door That leads to freedom and to fame , And the wide world beyond no moro An idle dream , an empty name ; Hut I from cares and troubles fiee , Its glories and its joys shall see. The slimmer Isles of Southern seas ; Great battles , glorious Victories ; The boundieos prairies of the west , Where red men hunt the buffalo ; Whatever fairest gifts and best The gods have iven to men below These , heart of mine , these shall wo see , In the brave days that are to be. When I wns young this narrow round Of hills a glorious world did bound ; Here , on the quiet valley lloor , I dreamed of freedom and of fame , Ere yet 1 learned they were no moro Than a vain dream , an empty nnmo ; In that glad , careless long ago , The happy hours seemed all too slow. I have been wrecked In stormy seas ; Not mine life's glorious victories ; Gone the bright spullon boyhood cast ; M more nlong the prlmiosu way 1 > nan.dr' ? ' ° .r Inypntt , > n hnvo passed . , J" 'M ' sna world of ovcry ( toy , Ah , heart of mlno , JIQ ijinrq wo , kjiuw The days and dreams of long tigo I STATE AND TJ3KK1TOUV. Nebraska Mason is building n llourlng mill. The North Bond Journal has been flail ed to death. Plaltsmouth tackled the "Mikado" last night. Fatal results are feared. The Sisters of Mercy hospital at Grand Island will bo completed this full. The democratic state central commit tee It ! called to meet in Omaha August lit , Willie Fnrdlng of York monkeyed with a traction engine and contractedu mutil ated hand. Five blocks of ground near Grand Island wore sold to Messrs. Scarf & Itiner for $11,175. Plans have been received for the pro posed Kpiscoiwl ( tliurch at Fnunont. The cost of the building will bo $10,000. , Willie Padgol , of Nebraska City , eigh teen years old , and Innocent , toyed with n sholgun nnd found It loaded. The doe- tots are probing his skin for the bullels. Otoo county's jail is crowded with re presentative criminals three murderers , ono rapist , u would-be-slayer of his mother , an ex-convict , and several potty crooks , Walter Hunyan , the iwm who at- templed lo out short bis wind with a razor at Sioux City , is well known in Ne braska City , where ho lived for several years. J. II. Foxwnrlhy. of Lincoln , tripped up on a sidewalk in Hastings last winter and broke his hip. The damage to his feelings ho estimates at $20,000 , and has sued tlio city for that amount. The bridge over the Plutto on the Ash land cut-oil is completed and the lorce on the grade hiia been doubled , to complete Iho road and open 11 in time lor the Omaha and Lincoln fairs. A Van Wyck sociable and Adams county rally will bo held at Hastings August 21 , 1880 , afternoon and evening , General Mnllrliln. of Lincoln , Judge Mo Kegan , of Hcd Cloud , and other good speakers will address the meeting. J , M. Davis , a retired mnslior , was qui etly nabbpd on a farm near Nebraska City n few days ago nnd hustled oft' to Surrey county , North Carolina , where a deceived and uotrayed young woman and a babe await his coming. It is u plain case of marry or uo to tlio pen. Horliu , a suburb of Nebraska City , rivals the slugging parks of Omaha for Sunday matinees , The Fulkors and the Corbina met there last Sunday , and after H spirited assault on beer , assaulted each each other. The molco was furious .a ml bloody , without fatal results. " Hothlriljfd were jerked to jail. " Mrs. Mary Hroganof PIatlsmoul\ her petition for n divorce , lolls a story of five years of domestic misery commonly expressed In combatnbillty. Mary nvi rs that Phillip , her lord , has not been sober for two years J'Ot ho found Umo lo vary the monotony of the prolonged spree bv rarcsalng her with his list and boots , nnd drngalnc her by Iho hair from bed.smash- ing the furniture ami stealing her own eaniiuas. It Is hoped Iho courl will stop on Mary's IJrogan and sober him. Along the line of the U. I. & W. C. Iho thirsty are supplied , so H is said , with liquid refreshment * from ti wagon , which coos up and down the line almost dally. This rolling saloon is said to bo well stocked , nnd Is gathering "mosV at n rate highly eonlradielory to Iho old ndago. As its owner pays neither license , rent , nor tuxes , and la not called upon lo con trlbutu lo any jchonip or enterprise , ho Is certainly apt to reap a rich harvest. An emissary ot Uncle Sam is camping on his trail , _ lawn ItoniH. Iowa has C22 money-order poslofficcs. A sweet singer of Dulniquc , white and handsome , recently olopud with n gentle man of color. The first anniversary of fionnrnl Grant's funcrtl , Augusts , was appropriately ob served in several cities. Mr. Daniel Cooper , ol Jasper township , of Carroll county , has lost $2,000 worth of hogs by vholera within thu last ton days. A Davenport sport recently swam from Lo Claire to Davenport , a distance of sixteen miles , without experiencing any bad results. A Chelsea man discovered n nugget of cold in thn craw of a chicken ho was dis secting. The find set alt the mule roost ers in town scratching for the original lode. lode.Prof. Prof. W. T. Foster , thn noted weather prophet of Kansas , has removed to Uur- lington nnd accepted a position on iho editorial slati * of Iho Iluwkoyo. lie will make meteorology and weather forecasts a specialty , nnd will also write upon farm nnd industrial topics. The list of prizes for drilling to bo contended - tended for at tlio meeting of the grand division and grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Iowa , lo bn hold ut Davon- porl Oclobor 0,7 and 8 , will bo ns follows : For the best drilled company , open to the world , $ ; ! 00 ; for the befit drilled company in the slate. $150 ; second best , § 75 ; thin' ' best , ! ? 50. For the best baud , open only to tlio state , $7i. ; For the company com ing from tlio farthest polut in the state , 50. 50.The The now judiciary law which will go inlo oflcct utlor tlio first of January pro vides that in counties having n popula tion of 10,009 or lobs tlio grand jury shall bo composed of five members , and in counties having" more than 10,000 Iho grand jury shall bo composed of seven members. The circuit court is wholly abolished and Iho district court invuslod with equity and probate jurisdiction in addition to criminal. As against thirty- live judges now , Iho state will forty-four. A tramp nsked n Hull lady for a lunch. The lady ofi'ercd to furnish him with twenty-four eggs if he'd eat them all : it being part of the agreement that in case he failed the lady was to kick him sound ly and let him go. Mr. Tramp agroud , asking that sardines and broad be added to Ilia eggs. The eggs wore fried and ho started in. When nineteen disappeared lie was full. IIn tried to eat another , but it was no use. Then ho ivuuln a rush for the door , and just us ho passed oul he was given n terrible kick and then the remain ing live egsrs were fired at him. Dakota. Rich plucor mine.s have been discovered a few miles from Pierre. Out of 2,10,000 cullivalablo acres in Yunklon county only 21,000 are yet pro ducing crops. The break in the price of Iron hill stock in Deadwood caught scores of speculators. It is believed the mine is played out. There is $200,000 worth of leait ore on the dump , wJiIch will bo shipped to Omaha for reduction. licsidcs editing the Ilawloy Star , Miss 13. S. Mills has planted live acres of trees on n trco claim , buill a saw mill , and when she has proved up her homestead , will have 480 acres in her own nnmo. The treasury of Minuohaha county con tains $28,000 in gold coin , $0,8.V5 in cur rency and ? 3.81 In silver , making a total of $81,857.81 , and still the county com missioners of that county prefer lorent rather than build a court house. Wyoming ; . Fort Stcele has boon abandoned as a military post. DA crazy man lumped from a passenger train just west of Medicine How Monday and was so terribly Injured that lie soon died. The man's name was W. W. Piper and he was bound from Portland , Ore. , to visit his sister In Ohio. Major Wilkcs , of Salt Lake City , with his surveying party , wore in cauin at South Pass , Fremont county , when a cloud-burst struck the outfit , killed all the horses , and washed away everything in the camp. The party thought them selves lucky lo escape with tnolr lives. The numerous springs surrounding Laramie wore filled with tons of moss and mountain refuse by the late waler spout , and must be thoroughly cleansed to make the crystal Iliifd palatable. Mean time barley Juice and lemon pool keep Iho town in n perspiring mood. The Rock Springs mines are now turn ing out about seven hundred car's of cotil per week. They nro also finding an in creased sale for tlioir slack and nut coal. A largo number of white men have lately been hired , and the prospects are that there will be a booming camp this win ter. _ Colorado. The assessed valuation of Onray county is 1500,000. Sterling boasts of cornstalks so von foot , while just over the line in Nebraska fourteen-foot stalks cover hillside and valley. Al Packer , the Ounmson cannibal , after a number of trials , lias boon found guilty of manslaughter. Packer was charged with thu murder of Israel Swan. Shan non Wilson , John Hull , Frank Miller , Cioorgo Noon and James Jliimphniys in Maroli , 187-1 , and devouring thn flesh ot his victims. Packer formed ono of n parly of twenty-one prospectors which loft Utah in January , 1B7-1 , for the Sun Juan country. At Dry Creek , Co ) . , Packer and live men left the main party nnd huudod for Los Pines agency. That was the last soon of them until the April following , when Pucker turned un ut lliu agency , Ho told many con dieting sto ries us to the futo mat whereabouts of his companions , * stating at hist that thnv worn all dead , and tliat ho had been obliged to live on their Hush. Ho was suspected of having mur- tlio men , nnd on falling to conduct the search party to the place where they lay , ho was arreslod by ( Sononil Adams nncl sent to Kuguanho. Ho osimped and remained at largo until 188 ! ) , when he wns rearrcsted near Cheyenne , Wyo. When brought to Dwivor ho stated that he had lioini obliged to kill Hell In self- defense. but that lioll Irnd killed the rest of the party in his ( Pucker's ) absence. The case us shown by testimony of wit nesses and of the defendant is one of the mo&t romarkiiblo found in the unnnls of criminal procedure , the crinio being of n most terrible nnd revolting character In all of Its details. The tOKtminny in some places is calculated to make one's tlesh creep , and goes to show that Packer is cither or.u of the most unfortunate of hu man beings or that he is the most tie praved specimen of cannibalistic ; human ity thut history knows ol. \ OMI VITALITY U r llliif. Hr ln DIIAINED m ( IXIIMIHTKII or I'otcr I'JIKM A.lllllii.VVAS1 : \ . * flml nil Fren < iti ri > t > MIr * n J utrodiKMVI lior * . All wrukr nlntt IO.HM nn < l dtnlni nromntlr enenUtit , , TUKATlHi ; KUlnff n < p l > rrMi < lmMjloal < MiJor ? lnfnt ! < , An , Klir.K. Uonttiltn * linn ( nmco or lit mull ) with ilx rmlhYnt iloctori 1'IU.l : , crviALE AtiEfcCY. tin. 174 Fulton Street. New YorH. ArritQlirtriitti&t ! or tire Uedt ilCotttei , bfenlonrtf n tli ip elftl Iflttluealor CHIONIO. NIITOC * . BKIN na ULOOD Uplifts tbtntur oltitrrhkt liiilaBI.Li9tU. U elljr | < i | > tri Ibow > < ! > U old tliMeili know. Nervous Prostration , Debility , Mental and Physical Weakness i Mercurial nnd other Affec tions ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning , old Sorci and Ulcers , trt t J UH tmriniisioii iucdf n , eta lkl it rltntlfia principle ! . Ptfilv , rrlrtltlf . Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , vhleh rroiut. ion. r id. tollo Uj fjfolil ntrtooincii , dcbllltr , dltnntu or ilibl anildcrteUranraorr , plmpln on th free , ctmt i > t4 > / . iTtnlontottn lotlnrof f nil > , ooutuilci Md il , ou. , randgrlnc H.irrlsgo lmprop r or unhappy , pcrmftQcotlcured. . fimphloMSO pertionttit ) abore , ccal InictlM roreiept , OCMO anr addmi. ConitilikiloafcftC. Occur ! / mill m , ln UM ind itilcllj c.nOJoolkl. A Positive Written Guarantee siren in T r je . rmblo cue , MiJIolni icit T rj lnte br cull or t MARRIAGE QEJiBE , fieo TAOCS , FINE PLATES , < 1ttt.it cloth nl .lit binding. iialol for OOo. In poit R * r curtenoy , Ortr fifty vonJrrrui peupUtam.lruMo 1U ( trltalti onth * follovtRf ubjocttt nho mty mtrrr , who a t. wbj ; tQtnhood , irontn * tooJ , fib/ tick I dcoar , eflpatt ofcoltU f fta < 1 i M , tbt phjs. i > n loleny or reproduction , nad BIIOT mor . Tbo inmUd or con.ampUtiuic tnkrrtnf * ibouM rei < i It , P * cUr edition " tMJ M bo . WtUtUr , 21,829,850 TansilFs Punch Cigars wcro shipped duriOR the past two yimiH , without n Unitrt- incrlii our employ. No other limiso In tlio world can truth * fully uinlcn Ono n 1:0 tit ( dunlcr only ) wnnlcil in uiicli town. 8010 BY lEADIt.'Q D3UCCISTS. R.W.TANSILL&C0..55 Slalo Sl.Chicago. IMPEY. BH. . tL5O Jr ' J x " c > 3 C S'J.'t Practice limited to Diseases of the EYE , EAR , NOSE AND THROAT. " < Glasucs fltloil for all formi of ilofectlva Vision. ArtillcitU Eyes lusortod. WOODBRIDGE BRO'S ' , State Agents FOll TUB iD'sPianos Omaha , Neb. K I ll/P / 2O.OOO AQailKOATINQ A VAUJK Ol CO Upright , Concert Hi | imro , nud ( ininrt I'lumis , worth SIUJ . J22.COJ 100 Miisnilloniit Orxiuis , worth fiw ) . lrl.000 S.'i Klofc'init 1'iirlnrHiiltn. worth J05 . . . . 1'K5 ' i Klnrant riuiiiihur Hulls , worth f M. . , I , ' V ) 2O.Sollil ( liolil WiUchCS , worth (75 . 1.1,000 10U niiimoml Uiir-IroisiindHluirs ) | , worth $ ; . - , . Tnon 160 Sllvcr-rinti'il Tc\ ; Sots , list prlco.f.VI. M,7W 100 Silk Hi oss I'attorni (18 ( yimls ) , vuluo f > l . 8,700 60 Kowlnir Miicliliifd , IHl prlcu , $52 . 0'VX ' ) 110 Ic I'llcliof , 111 prl o till . ltt)0 ) sWOTIItlwrlto rilulinrg , ll < l prlco , $ JT. . . B.400 100 tHmloiil J , mpn , list prlcn.flu . 1'HX ' ) lOOCIochs. price Hst.SlU . . . . l , 00 600 Cnlto llnnlcc'ta , ( fill , uoliMluoil , llet prlco , $11 . 7,1)00 ) JlOllllttur niahes , Bill , BOld-lluCd , list prlt-o. ( T.AO . . . . . . 3,000 : MOO ilo/eii KnlVP6ltotfcrs ( ) , llstprlco , JOO'J pvnliuuu . 1-Y > ,0 2000 ilir/cw Tun Bj.oou § , llflt price , SI.IU tier ilozeii . 600iluun Tiililo Forks , list price , tll.50 Tolnl . fU3'J75 ; l , OfTllliJK AIITICI.M .ACTU.U.I.Y OlVU.f A WAV TO I'llliriMbKIIKKUiJ Ol' TUB FRENCH YILLA SOAP ! ( For Rvury HuusnhoM Usu. ) Our Xuxl va ml DUtrlbiKlon , Oct. 30-1886-Oct , 30 tHuixl ttvo lmnM | fur Mmumitli JlluMn\t > ASK vouit anocii ; ( FOH French. Villa Soap ! WorliVri Soap 3Iiuiiil'nc'liiriiirCoiiiiaiiy ) , o , N. V. Nebraska National Bank OMAHA , NKUHAHKA. Paid up Capital , , . $2HOOOO , Surplus . 30,000 H. W. i'atoa , I'resUlont A. K. Tou/alln , vMno i'resldnnt. \V , H. H. Hu lipB , Cashier , W. V. Mowo. John H. Collins , II.V . Yatos. Lewis S. Jlootl. A. K. Toiualln , BANKING ; OFFICE : THE IRON HANK , ( 'or J2th and Karnam Bis A General .Banking liusmoss Transacted !