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OMAHA DAILY BJKJU : THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 2 , 1880. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TKTIMS or fitiiiicntPTtov : tfcillr Ornml.iif Kdltlon ) Including Bunilnjr Brr. Ono Ycnr . $10 ( X rorfllxMontln . r , IK ForTlirc-o Moulin . : ! M The ( linnhn Sxmlfiy llt.t : , mulled to itny iidi ) i o s , Uno Venn. - . 3 ( X OMATM ornrr. No nn AMI JIM FAHVAM XrUittK nmrt. . HIIOM s. n ninrst1 liriniiMi UtIICK , M > Ml KorilTKRVTII SrilLhT , connK po All rommnnloittniH rolntlni ? to m > w * nml nil tnrii\l tnnltor should bo nddi-ossud to tliu Kill ion ot TIII : Her. iiupivefit t.Frrr.nij All tii lno i Iptti-rs nml remittance * Mioil Id lif niMrrx'ccl to Tin : tltx : Pnii.tsiiiMi COMIUNV OMMlt. Drnfm. dinki mul po'tolTlco order' to bo mnOo pa ) ublo to tlio oultruf thuaonituiny. . m BEE POBLISHlSlipAIT , PROPRIETORS , K. liOSEVVATKU , TI1K Rworn Statement arCiroulntlon. Stntc of Xubraskn , 1 - Cotintv of Douglas. * ( ! i' < ) . H. T/scluit'k.'ierie.tniyot the Hep. nib llslitnu company , 'lues ' f-oit'iniily m\enr t\\n' \ \ ' Ilio nrttml circulation of the Dallv lle < Tor tlie wcok uniting Aug. 'JTtli , is o , was ru follows : Tofiii Salunlay , 21st . l'A' ' .Sutiilny. ssM . 12,0V Monday , ! SM . itS" : Tuesday.HUi . 1-.WX AVtdnesilny , Mill . 12.fHC Thursday.JOlli . l'V'2- ' 27th . l'-.VX A\ crape . 12,57' ' < ! io. K. T/.sciirch. Subscribed anil sworn to befoio mo till" 2bth ( lav or August , IbbC. N. 1' . Kl'.II. , INKAI. . I Notai v 1'ttbllc. Oco. B. T7schiick , being lin-tiltily sworn , de poses anil pays that he Is sccrutnry of the I5c ( 3'iibllslilnc company , that tliu nrtnal avcrazc dally clicnlntlon ot tun Dally lieu lor the month of January , 1 > W5 , was 10,378 copies : lor li'i'linmry , Ibbii , lO.MT. copies ; for March , I'Jf-fl ' , 11.KI7 copies : for Aurll , ISbO , niUI copies ; lor JIav. ibbO , 12.4.7J copies ; for Juno 18kO , UJ,2 < JS copies ; for July , isso 12n : 4 copies ( ir.o. II. T/.scHKcic. Subscribed and sworn to befoio me , till : 2d day oi August , A. IX IBbO.N. N. J . VRIT [ SKAT. . | Notary Public. our .stalwart contemporary , tlio Itcpullieun , can oxpluln what niolivi Church Jlowo liuil for voting for 1'atricl for Unituil States senator ? Tin : gorornmmit has not boon fortu nate as an investor in the securities ol corporations. Subscriptions made o nnmbor of years ago by the treasury , under authority of congress , to the stocks of several canal communes representing Virginia and Maryland enterprise , re Riiltnd in losses aggregating nearly twc million dollars. Tun amount owing the government from a multitude of sources , a consider able pnrt resulting from. cmbc/.7.li > monts , defalcations ami disputed accounts , would make several liberal fortunes. AH far as could bo ascertained the sum is in excess of twenty-live million dollars , ranging from hundreds of thousands down to out cent. The postollico and one other do- .partincnt did not report , and were the accounts of these included the aggregate would doubtless bo increased to ncarlj double the amount given. Tin : reduction , in tlio ratoof loiter postage ago lias hail the otl'uct it was expected to in diminishing the demand for postal cards. The report of the postmaster gen- crsil will show a decided fulling oil1 in the sale ofcards , during the last fiscal year , and it is the opinion of postal ollieuilf that this moans of communication will continue to become less popular , and that ultimately the postal card will bo used chielly as an advertising medium" . Tito revenue * of the department for the last fiscal year show an increase over those of the previous year of about $1- GOO.OOO. THE prejudice maintained for ages by the Chinese against all foreigners , whc were regarded as "outside barbarians , * ' has not been entirely eliminated. Tht . fact is reported that the harbor of Can ton is again bning barricaded , although it is only about bix months ago that the barrier placed during the Franco-Chi nese war was removed , at the urgent re quest of the foreign consuls. As pcacu prevails , and Chin a is not menaced witli any trouble in this direction , the onlj explanation for renewing the obstruc tion of t'.io Canton harbor appears to bt that the viceroy belongs to the largt : class of Chinese ollioiala who hate HID foreigner and would like to drive him out of the country. IN the Kculling race on the 'lhames yesterday , for the championship of the world , between Hunch , the Australian souller , and Teenier , the American , the former was victorious. The betting was largely in favor of Beach who in his race ; with llanlan within a year , in which ho I vanquished that remarkable sculler , i proved himself to be an almost phenome nal oarsman , In the contest just ended | ho has fully sustained the high opinion i of him which his previous work hud ' created , and nobody will doubt that ho is ' fully entitled to the championship , So far as Tunmor is concerned , Americans will feel no regret at his defeat , since ho has on two or three occasions been fairly suspected of crooked business that lost him the regard and confidence of square sporting men. Heach was very desirous to make another match with llanlan , but as his engagements take him back to Australia by October 1 , those great uxpononts of the art of bculling will not meet this year. No\v THAT the paving bonds have carried - riod , wo hope property owners will peti tion for substantial paving material , citpcciallyon the streets that are not likely to become business thoroughfares , On streets whore property values are high and where business is increasing , the wooden pavement can bo replaced live or nix years hence without taxing the prop erty for all it is worth , But on a street whioh can only bo used for residence purposes repaving would bo too costly. "When the wooden pavement on such streets has decayed , it will have to remain for years , anil will prove not only a brooder of disease but an obstruction to wagon5 and carriages. It would be very nxpensivo economy to lay wooden blocks for instance on upper Dodge , Davenport , Capitol tironuv , Chicago , C.\ss and Cali fornia streets , above Seventeenth. Stone block pavement is a little more costly , Imt it is tlio cheapest by far. It is more ' rfoisy , but is durablewhile wooden bl'ocks will bo worse than cobble-stones oven before they are decayed. Omaha should proiit by the costly experience of other cities. Howe Conic Into Conrt. The Omaha Itcpnbliran champions thai infamous reprobate and bribe-taker Church Howo. Tills is in perfect keep ing with the course of that paper durinj the p.ist ton yphrs. Political shysters public plunderers and rogues of ovcrj variety have always found a staunch am ardent champion in that naper. It ! ollort to create sympathy and support foi Church Howe is in strict accord with tlu policy it has pursued toward honest am reputable republican1 ! . With character i-itic impudence excelled only by that o Church Howe himself the JJcjtubUcnt denounces as a foul slander the charge which wo have repeatedly made tha Church Howe made a corrupt bargain and received several thousand dollars foi his support of J.N. II. Patrick for Unllci States senator in the legislative senior of 1875. The whitewash resolution adopted b.i the .senate is reproduced in the Jlcpubli ran , with the names of all the members of tlie senate as voting for it. This1 ! as about as infamous \ \ piece of jugglerj as was the conduct of the farcical invest ! gation of Howo. The senate journal o 1877 contains a garbled and condensed report of the testimony prepared , ns w < happen to know , under tlio supervisioi of Church Howo. But even this doctorei report will hardly justify the dcc'aratloi that there was not a shallow of testimony to sustain tlio charge. The following ex tract from the journal , pages 030-31 , give : the Ho to Church Howe's vindicators : Mr. II. C. Lett recalled. Q. JtyKsteibrook Dlil you paitlclpate In your county in tin canvass at the laslulccllon ? A. I made a lew speeches. ( J. Were jou and ilo\\o opposing piulles' ' A. Yts , sir. I am A deiaocr.it and ho Is ! "middleman. " The question ol hlsp.utlet patlon In the senatoilal contest t\\o yeaisagi did arise to some extent. Q. Did you make tlio chaiRO that llo\\i did receive bunulits fiom P.itiiek on accoun ol his action In the contest tor Senatoi' ' Question is objected to , and Ihe chair lead Gushing , 1W. WJ , etc. At length Lett Is allowed to continue. A. It.wnsbomo time In May , att i the sen atorlal contest ; 1 was In Chicago and me 1'atilck and Dr. Miller at the depot and cauu to lied Oak , la. , on tlio cars with them ; till talk took place about the late senatoiia contest ; 1'atiick asked me whoie his inutiia fi lend , Church Howe , was now ; I said at home Patrick said he was a "cuss ; " 1 said , Yes , hi was lively ; Patrick then said that Howi was a "Kueillla ; " he seemed to manifes some feeling over it and against Howe ; asked him what was the trouble between bin and Howe ; he answeied , "I would havebi'ei thousands oldollais better olT if Iliad neve seen Howe ; " I was inquisithn , and he wen on to say that ho liaii spent ten or twehi thousand dollars during the sonatmlnl con test ; I said that 1 did not sco how he coiih spend so much ; he said , "In various ways Howe got seveial thousand dollais ol on money and promised to do many things tha lie did not and could not do ; " I asked "Howe novei- paid the money back' " ' "Xo a cent , " and that is the subject ot the con versatlon. This is part of the record on whicl Howe claims have been vindicated. Tin blot upon his record as a republican is however , indelible. The record show ; that Church Howe voted for J. N. H Patrick for United States senator oi ovcry ballot , and only changed over aftei Paddock had boon elected. It is a notor lous fact , which was established durin ; the investigation in spite of the packei committee's cll'ort to.smother it , tha Church Howe had entered into a corrup conspiracy to buy a seat in the senate foi Patrick with money. Ton thousand dollars lars were put into the pool tt capture the Richardson county delegates all of them being republicans That money was refunded , but the bun of $3,000 which found its way into Churcl Howe's overcoat pocket failed to materialize ializo after the boodle campaign col lapsed. When the charge was broadlj made in 1877 , the senate was composer largely of Church Howu's boodler.s , in eluding Howe himself. The president o the senate was one of the gang. Hi packed the committee for Howe by ap pointing Isaac Powers , a railroad rings tor , as chairman , with Ed Cams , George II. Thummel and Jim North , al of whom stood in with Howe. A. N. Ferguson was the only unbiased man on the committee , and ho made : loud protest against tlio course of the ma ionty in closing the doors of the invest ! gating room just when the iniportnnl witnesses were to be brought in. Tht journals of the senate show that tin. whitewash report was adopted. The1 fail to show who voted for it. We re member very distinctly that the repot" ! was rushed through without reading the testimony , and In the absence of manj senators in attendance on commit ted work. With an evident desire to de ceive and mislead its readers , the JtcjmbllcHn parades the names of all the senators , headed by Van Wyck , as votin to vindicate that "middleman , " "cuss , " and "guerrilla , " Church Howe. There is no doubt that Powers , 'hummel , Colby , Bryant , Gllhtun , Tom Kennard , , lim North , Popoon and Wilcov , and several - oral moro of the boodle gang and rail- road-tools , voted to adopt the whitewash report. But wo don't brliovo that Charles W. Brown , George W. Ambrose , P. W. Birkhausor , Calkins , Ferguson , Garliold , Knapp , Walton or Van Wyck over voted to exonerate Howe , So much for the record. But why did Church Howe fail to vindicate himself from the bribery charge through the courts ? When Webster Kalon charged Church Howe with receiving $0,000 , for his vote for Patrick for United States honator , Church Howe threatened a libel suit. Katon dare-l him to come into court , and when the brazen guerilla pretended that ho would not .sue a bank rupt Katon had himself indicted for criminal libel in order to force Howe to trial and give him a chance to vindicate his character. Howe made a great bluft' and bluster , but when the ca n was called his attorneys concluded that it was not a safe ca e to try before an open jury. In stead of pressing the trial Howe man. aged to buy oil1 the lawyers , on the other side , and the indictment was noilod , although the indicted editor was clamor ing to have the trial pushed. It was very easy for Church Howe to vindicate his character through his chums andco-parconors in rascality , but ho dared not ml. a trial in open court. We have given him another chanco. The Bur. publishing company is not only sol- voul but able to pay a "handsome judg ment. Let Church Howe como into court and vindicate himself by a libel suit. We promise him in advance to go to trial promptly. Wo will even expedite - dito the case by taking depositions nt once. The witnesses will not oriniluato themselves now as they would have done In 1877 by tolling what they know , The sta'tulo of limitations has barred anj prosecution of parties who were moro 01 less involved in the boodle campaign. Ttic Seismic Disturbances. The earthquake shocks which visited f wide region of the United States on Tties day night , with varying degrees of inton sitj' , and occurring within a few minute ! or seconds of each other at points . epa rated by hundreds of miles , coiistituloi the most important and alarming cxhibi lion of seismic energy and phenomena that is of rocon.1 as having ever before oc ctirred in this country. There have boci similar convulsions o [ the earth , notablj those of two years ago , but they wore fcl in a moro limited area , and except in : few localities wore not characterized bj the degree of energy very generally recorded corded of those of Tuesday night. Ac cording to the dispatches the most in tense shocks were experienced in the re glen extending from Savannah , Ga. , ti Italcifih , N. C. , and investigation wil ! probably determine that hero was the seismic center , with its focus abotii Charleston , which city has suffered mos disastrously from the disturbance. From this center the earthquake wave took a somewhat erratic course , extend ing northward to New York wlieio Its undulations were very do ciiled , westward to Burlington , Iowa where there was only a slight shock , anil northwestward to Milwaukee , where tin disturbance was very marked. A groai deal of the an'a between these extreme poinls also felt the cll'ects with greater ot less di" > ! imMno-,3. For example , the shocks wi-rn quite severe at Cleveland and Detroit , less so at Cincinnati and St Louis , v ry distinct at Indianapolis and Louisville , decidedly marked at Chicago , and violent at Memphis and "Nashville At some of these points moro than om shock was fell , and the duration of the shocks varied from a few seconds to sovi eral minutes. Altogether tlio area alFcctcd covers thousands of miles , embracing a greater extent of territory than was over befon reached by seismic disturbances. It i' noteworthy , also , as. indicating the tremendous energy of this earthquake 'wave , that there is a difference o ! only a fisw minutes in the time ni which shocks were felt at point. most remote from each other. The besi authorities assume , regarding the veloc ity of earthquake waves , that they move at an average of twenty-three to thirty- two English miles in a minute. Placing the seismic centre in South Carolina , and calling the distance by direct line tt Burlington , Iowa , a thousand miles , wave moving thirty-two miles a minute would consume thirty-one minutci be tween Columbia and Burlington. Ac cording to the ( INpatches the shock al tlio former cilv was felt at 9:18 : o'clock , and at the latter at 9 o'clock , so that , with the geographical difference in time , the wave vibration occupied only twelve minutes between these points. Othci reported time shows differences less 01 greater than this , hut in every case the evidence is that the velocity of Tucsdaj night's wave was verv much greater than the average assumed by the authorities In another important respect , also , tin phenomena presented by this occurrence will require some revision of thcorie" regardingeartliquakes.In the viewofmosl Geismologi ts earthquake waves consist for the most part of longitudinal vibra tions , and so distinguished an authority as Professor Uudler e\prcs ! > es a doubt "whether the seismologist need conccin himself with any but longitudinal vibra tions. " It is very evident , however , from the course of thU last wave that there are also transversal vibrations , anil that in vestigators cannot neglect to consider them , as co-existing with longitudinal vibrations , without the danger of render ing their inquiries defective. The question that everybody will ask regarding this occurrence , what is the cause or origin of the earthquake shock i cannot bo satisfactorily answered. Al though earthquakes have happened : n all ages and in nearly every land , man.v time's with most terrible consoquoncets , it is only within the last half a contur.y that tlio phenomena have been subjected to o.xacl investigation. A great deal has boon written on the subject , largely made up of theories , but little is really known as to the origin of these subterranean disturbances , which come unher alded , against which no preeautions are possible , and in the presence of which the bravest are awed. Proles- ser Kuillor observes : "Whatever may bo the real origin of the earthquake shock , it is convenient to regard its effects as proceeding from a concussion or blow delivered underground at some dutlnitc centra. This centre of impulse is railed the seismic focus. From the seismic cen tre waves are propagated in all directions through the solid materials of the earth's crust , " The widespread disturbance of Tuesday night , which will become mem orable for the death and destruction wrought at Charleston a city that seems to be fated to periodical disaster may contribute valuable knowledge to the lit tle that is now known regarding the origin of earthquakes , and it seems to present phenomena that must invite the most careful investigation of seismolo gists. One fact it appears to establish beyond a doubt , and that is that the United States possesses a very extended earthquake area. FICOM a Acientilio point of view , at Inm , interest in the seismic disturbances in the United States will be increased by the eircumslaico ) that they wore preceded only three days by earthquakes in Greece , Italy and Kgypt. That in Greece was the most serious , resulting in the loss of several hundred lives. Those in the other countries did liltlo damage , The inter esting faot is that coincident with these disturbances shocks were felt ut Charles ton and Augusta. As to the countries abroad these vi sltatious arc frequent. Hcio , Gr eece , had one two or three years ago , in which about 1,500 , people lost thnir lives. No year passes without one or more earthquake shocics being experi enced in both these countries. In fact , Greece , Italy , Egypt , Asia Minor and North Africa belong to one of the threu great earthquake areas of the globe. The other two are (1) ( ) the Andes , west ern coast of North America , Kamscliatka , Japan , and. New Zen- and , and tf ) Arabia and India , from the equator to twenty degrees north lati tude. Italy has had more t-overo earth quakes than any other country in the world , 1)47 ) shocks having been experienced there in 177U. The most notable of the early visitations of that kind which Italy experienced wa ? that which partlallv dc strayed Pompeii and Horciilnnouin m A 1) . 03 , a few years be'for'o the volcano o Vesuvius blotted put both cities. Tin most memorable cnlliquake of the pas 100 years was that which destroyed the greater portion of Lisbon In 1755 , killing 00,000 people. The- most disastrous ol which there is any record occurred It Syria , A. 1) . iWO , In , which 250,000 lives were lost. The number of earthquakes which arorceoided ovcry year throughout the world nveraco about 100. No coun try is altogether cx'cjnpC from them TUB proposition tcnnotint part of the police foice for duty in the outlying dis tricts of the city will meet with populai approval. It is utterly impossible for a handful of policemen , scattered ovoi forty square miles , to properly cover the city , much less to render olllcicnt service where time ami speed in the pursuit ol lawbreakers are essential to success. Ttn : district court will convene again on the 20th of September. It is to be hoped that the county commissioners will give us juries made up of honest , reliable , and intelligent men. The average jury in Douglas county has been composed ol men who make jury service a profession. PUOM1NMNT PKHSONS. CltNolatid no\er forgets a name , a raio quality In a leader , AndiowCaineqiO Is golm ; to build a bar onial castle near Cicssen , i'.i. Mr. lil.due liasgl\ciiallhcialmmiof money to the Bar Harbor Methodist chinch. Katie Putnam , the actiess , has an Income of 310,000 fiom her fiult faun in Michigan. Kx-1'rcsl'lent Aitluit feels much better than ho uld , and he has every hope of regain ing his foimcr health and vigor. 15ernhardt will airhe In the United States In March next , thus adding Increased tcupr to the pio\crblally stoiiuy month. Heidelberg university conlencd the degico of doctor of medicine on Alexander Graham Bell of Washington , 1) . U. , on Thuisday. Mr. Ghnilcs A. Dana , of the New Yoik Sun , ! ' ! in Europe , lie will begone two months , dividing the time between Fiance and Hnulaiid. ( SeoigoV. . Childs of Philadelphia has a passion forelocks , ntid bu\s ou iy clock o hl.sloiic note , or that is peculiar In its con- .stiucllon. Kdwin Booth and Lawrence Banett am being ciiteitained by Mi. and Mis. Marshall Field , of Chicago , at their summer hoiiH' , Bcmlv Farms , Mass. Archibald Foibes , Max OMiell , Justin Me- Cat thy.WIll Cai leton , .1 oh 11 Augustus O'Shea , Mis. Scott-Slddons , .Miss Violence Manyat , and Mis , Fenwick Miller are down on the books to lecture in America duiiug the next season. ltlniito'4 Hpeooli. J'liicMritef Juittnal. Blalue'.s spce 'h Is the vech of an advo cate , and not the speech of 'a ' .statesman. - a ( loin ; ; Hack on 'J heir Principles. Theie is scaicely one * ot flic "time-honored pi hi cl pies" ot the deurociatlc paitythat Is not condemned In one or fiiorfe of the elemociatie sUlo platforms icccntly adopted. At tlio , l < 'r < ? itl. mil ! Stiftt A'cii" . Fifty generals , colonels and majors got to gether at San Antonlb thu otliei day and 10- solved that If this govoiniiient didn't go to war with Mexico their' ' American piitiiotism was as dead as a uoor-nall ; "You bet ! " shouted a voice sroni the buclc cud of the hall , " ( leiitleinen I'm a manufac turer ot sutler's waconspUter this meeting- ad journs I'd like the ciowd to come operand see a specimen \ehiclo which I have on exhi bition. " The crowd went and ho received ex'aotly fifty oideis , contingent on war bicaklng out. iV September Violet. It-'brit Uiulct teood Juhnton in tlir Ccntwu. For days Iho peaks woio hoods of cloud , The slopes were veiled in chilly rain ; We said : It is tin ) summer's shroud , And with the brooks wo moaned aloud Will sunshine never come again ? At last the west wind brought us one Sere , wniin , cloudless crystal day , As though September , having blown A blast ot tempest , now had thrown A gauntlet to the fa voted May. Backward to Spring our fancies ( lew , And , caielossof the comof Time , The balmy days he an anew. Then , as liappv dream comes ti up , Or as a pout Imds his ihyiuu Half wondeied at , half uiibclleved 1 found thee. fuendllust of the ( lowers ! Then Hummer's joxseamo biuk , jri eon-leaved And Its doomed dead , awhile leprieved , Fiist learned how tuily they weio ouis. Dear violet ! Did the Autumn hi ing 'Ihce vernal dreams , till tliou , like me , Didst climb to thy imaglnlii' ' " Or w.islttlmttliethoii'-'httiil Spiing Did come again , in seatdi of thec'.1 STATE AND TIOKIUTOIl Y. Nol > ranka Jottings. The Methodist church at Co/ad : , dedi cated lately , cost ? 1 , 800. Two hor.so thieves shook their shackles in Blue Springs last Monday and skipped. Ainsworth has organized a board of trade , and a hundred barrel Hour mill bargained for. The council of Hastings has granted right of way through South street to the St. Joseph & Grand Island road. The political "straw" liond Is again loose on excursion trains. The wise man will carry a section of hemp in his grip. Fremont's water works arc troubled with internal tumors and an eastern expert - port has been sent for to make nn exami nation. The Platte Center Argus.tlio fifth paper in Phittu county , is out. It is demoeratio on tlio independent plan , with Warwick San nder chief of stall. A somnambulistic snooker walked out of a hotel window in Scrlbnor. Ho struck he walk with siillieient foiee to wake up , gather his robes about Iis | pedals , and scoot for shelter. This has been a fatii ) ycjir for the fam ily of Mrs. M. A , Isgr g of Fremont , Her mother , two mints , at } uncle and a cousin , all living in Ohio , havis neon taken by death , and a sister \a \ IHIW lying dan gerously ill m San Francisco , The residence ot J J-2 , . Sherwin was raided a Jew nights ajo auil u jocknifo , an empty pookotbooKjand , ten cents in cash taken. Friends e f Mr , Sherwin in sist on subscribing to a fund to replace the toadeiitter. , , , Iowa limits , Boom : is suffering fxolnja water famine. The Montgomery'otuifity ' fair com mences September ID ; Tlio local republican ticket in Cuss county is made up entirely of old sol dicro. DCS Moines police gathered in fourteen gamblers Sunday and relieved them ol $14.8,1 each. A citi/.en of Albia grumbles because in ono pound of butter bought at a grocery ho found "four bedbugs , a number of red ants , and several Jong red haird , " A bank is to be established at Dyers- villo September 10 which will near the title of "State German Bank , " and will have a paid up capital of ? J5,000. The mayor of Macmoketa has decided that the Salvation army may stay on con dition that they bounce the bass drum and tambourine from their daily exer cises. In attempting to arrest a noted desper ado and horse thief named Scott , at Steamboat Rock , on the 28th inst , , Pop nty Sheriff Willis was shot and danger onslv wounded. The wotdd-bo murderci made his escape. The resrular meeting ot the Iowa Sol diers' and Sailors' Monument nssociatloi will occur on Tuesday afternoon , Sop teinbor 7 , at ! ! o'clock in the Grand Armj tent on the fairgrounds , at DCS Moines for the election of officers for the cnsulnj. year. year.Mrs. Mrs. C. A. lliiios , of Delaware county , has brought suit for $1 < ) ,000 damages against the Diibuquo street railway , al leging that she was permanently injurei while attempting to board a car , and that the injury was caused by the ncgli- gcnoo of the driver. The Burlington llawkoyo is out In r spanking new dress of brevier with non purcil trimmings. This last evidence ol prosperity , in addition to anew jiressnnc a weather prophet , pliecs the llawkoyc several laps in advance of would-be competitors in the state. Some limn ago Mr. Gulshall of Boone ville , was robbed of $21.000 in notes. A few days later the burglar offered to re turn them for a small sum , and if Mr Gntshall was agreeable 'lu ' could answei through a DCS Moincs paper. The cast was placed in tlio bunds of the DesMoinus police and last week Mr. Burglar was captured. He owned tip and gave the name of Homer B. Kvans , of Picton , Nova Scotia. A prohibition flat boat moored neat Sioux City is used for irrigating pur poses on Sunday. Last Sabbath it was loaded with beer and bipeds anxious to guz/.le. The tun began us the beer llowed , and a road house opening was not a circumstance compared to it. 15a- Kors , slung shots and other weapons carved tlio air and the gu//.lers , and four fell blce.ding profusely. The police gath ered up a largo party for jail and lugged the wounded to the hosiiltul. It is prob able that the beer scow has made its lust excursion- . Dnlcotn. Corn commands $1.25 a hundred in Rapid City. A Congregational church 4s going up at Wakonda. The olectrio light plant at Lead City lias failed for want of support. Bulfalo Gap council are wrestling with plans for an iron-clad cooler. Three camp meetings are in full blast in the territory , and the temperature has perceptibly decreased. The Methodist ladies of Madiion are preparing for a baby show to take place the lirst week in October. On account of a recent rich strike , holders of the Iron Hill stock look for it to touch $3.50 at the next jump. It is said that Dakota's assessed valua tion for 1S85 will reach $130,0. 0,000. This is an increase of $25,000,000 , over last year's valuation. A "marrying day" will be set aside dur ing UK ; liar at Huron , and a special pre mium awaits the couple who are lirst to be united on the grounds. Utah anil lilnlio. Alturaa county , Idaho , has cipht news papers. There arc 3D1 boys and Gii'J girls under school ago in Boise City. The Quaker City mine , four miles from Ketchum , lo. , pioduccs M > mo of the richest ore in the country. A recent assay showed ? 1)00 ! ) to the ton. This last week's output in the mining market ot Ut.ih was ; > 1 ears bullion , 718- ! 2)3 ! ) Ibs ; U8 cars ore , l.Olll.HOO Ibs. ; 7 ears copper ore , 210,050 Ibs ; total , 70 earn , a.oii.aos ibs. Paul Klubcrt , of Oregon , while driving through Idaho with 3,000 sheep , was mur dered by his herdsmen and the sheep solel. The murderers were captured , and have been guaranteed a fair trial and speedy execution. The harem of Herman Thorup , in Salt Lake City , was raided last week and two wives and witli himself captured. The haul is a small one , but it will increase the penitentiary population as well as the list of grass widows. Montana. The output of the Drum Liimmon for the month of July was $120,100. The assessment roll of Helena and county will approach eight millions. W. W. Babb , an Oregon turfman , was robbed of $800 , cash , in Helena , last week. Young apples ten inches in circumfer ence arc being plucked oil" the trees about Missoula. The Legal Tender group of mines in Jefferson county were sold at Sheriff's sale at Clancy a few days atro , Masscna Billiard buying them for $33,000. A cattle kintr bought a plug ot tobacco at Chotoau last week and tendered a § 1,003 bill to bo changed. It had thu effect ot a temporary paralytic stroke on the town. The Sage Creek Sheep company made the Urn sale of wool at Billings last week. The clip amounted to over 8.,000 pounds , and brought 25j cents , the whole amount ing to $22,000. The native and block copper strike in the Gold Hill , about one hundred feet north of the court house , still continues. At a deuth of sixty feet the ledge has been cross-cut , and is the same charac ter all the way across disintegrated granite netted with copper , mixeil with vein matter as it was at a depth of thirty feet. The Pacific Const. A reduction works is to be built at Portland. The raisin crop this year is estimated at 0,000,000 boxes. There are now about 5,000 men nt work on the California & Oregon railroad. Tim wool shipments from Winnomucca to Boston this season aggregate -117,010 pounds. It is becoming iashionablo to emoke cigarettes while bathing in the buj' at San Diego. Sorghum cane crows to perfection in the upper Niitohooi , Yaknmi county , Washington territory. It is estimated by wine men that fully 1,000,000 gallons ot wine will bo made in Nupa City alone this fall. Fresno claims tlio largest watermelon 30 far this season , its wuig'.it being sixty- nine and threii-fourtlis pounds. The cultivation of French prunes in Sonoma county has proven so profitable that many of the fruit cultivators intend going into it largely this winter , In Mexico several billy goats are placed with each Hock of sheep. It is * aid that lltev not only make good lead- [ rs for the sheep , but also that they pro tect them by lighting off coyotes , The California board of forestry is agi tating the establishment of Arbor Day , to encourage the planting of trees , The next legislature will bo asked to name a Jay and make it a legal holiday. There are several ap | > | o trees at Hot Springs , Lake Taboo , which are loaded with truit. This is probably the highest iltitudo in the United States whom such fruit is grown , it being over 0,200 feet ibove the level of the sua. The number of youths of school age In san Francisco is 0 j,173 , an increase over 188' ) of 4.705 ; the number ot pupils en rolled is 13,140 , total number of teachers miploycd. males. 07 , females , 71U ; to-tal jest of the schools for the year , $ -815- , ns.io. The century plant in Cordelia , now standing on the Glassholf Brothers' prop erty , is thirty-live feet high and has thirty separate blooms. The blossoms resemble the passion-vine blossoms ami ire quite fragrant. It is certainly a ctiri osity. It was planted twenty-live ycai ago. ago.The Tar Tzen , a Chinese soelotj" wil headquarters in Sjioflbrd alley , San Frai cisco , has a membership of U..OJO. ' 11 annual blowout occurred last week , an for three days thonllevy and vicinity wev biilllant with celestial carmineTw thousand hungry Mongols were frc lunched in ono day. A CELEBRATED SPECULATOR. Jim Kccno's UiisucM'essruI Career I Now York. Gain , in Philadelphia Times "Jamc Keene , the celebrated speculator , is Ih ing this stimmnr in a routed cottage of Very plain character at Far Rockway , t which place he goes eveiy night , givin moro time to his family in these days e privation than when lie. was at the top < : the social and speculative world. Person who know him say lie sometimes has t borrow his faro over the ferry , not llui ho is so desperately hard up , but that li has pinched Ins expense's at every poin in order to get square with the world am have another stait. He is of a rathe cold bearing , and is accused of haviii ] too much confidence in himself , o thu from time to time he has lost the Mippor of powerful men who would have , with : little solicitation on his part , helped hin through Mr. Kcene's condition when he cnnv to New York city was very substantial Hu had at least KOOO,0Xi. ( and was tire sumed to have in California further back ing. He arrived in the city when then was no loader inVall \ street , and tin btokerscame around him with liiiugr.i eyes to gel his orders. Ono of the 'i brokers , who has made sj-3,000,000 by hi ! commissions , has refused to carry stock : for him of late , and another who is dee ) in his account would not even earrv twi hundred shares for him lie was o"ne oi the chief inventors of the grain specula tiou coincident with the stock market Ho was sharply reproved for having pu speculation into the necessities oflifo and in the end he lost $3,0 < 0.000 in wheat following the aiMee of Kutus * Hatch It is saii ho mi i Hatch at tlu tape measure , who was reading the quotations with his cjes full of tears , and ho blubbered : "Keene , if you eton'l help me I slfall break. " Keene went tc his assistance and Hatch showed him how a great deal of money might be made , but it ended in Ke'eno being a great loser. Ho also made a heavy lo s in the Hannibal it St. Joseph corner , where .John U. Dull' , of Boston , had at tempted to scoop the whole street. A friend of Dull1 incautiously said toaiiothoi person at a restaurant table. "Tho man you sco yonder is Jim Keene , and we are going to break him , " This per-on be- thougiit it well to go and tell Iveoiie- , whom he had not previously known. KciiPc found that ho was in the toils , so he got to work quietly and began to buy tins stock , and for some of it ho paid as high u 35 and the same stock he ulti mately sold at 70. lie made tlio most of his money in Northern Pacific prefcned. He belie\Lil himself in 1877 , just after the Piltsburg riotb , when he bceam < a bull , worth * 10,000,000. When ho sold his rjfto horse Foxhall he was already hard pressed , and unable to leave the citv lest his absence miuht be interpieted as fright or desertion. Ho had no person lo send but a woman , who had taken a .sympa thetic view ot his case and was a good negotiant. She sold Foxhali to Lord Rosoiierry for $ ' 5,000 , which was $2,000 more than Keene oxpeeted Kcene's flat ii ) ) town is said to bring him the com fortable sum of $1,800 a month. It is no gieat amount of money to a man still in the street , satisfied that there is no future for him unless ho re-establishes himself there Postofllce Changes. Postoflice changes in Nebraska during the week ending August 1 > 8 , 18SG , fur nished by William VanVlcck of the post- ollice department. Established Harrison. Sioux county , Kd\vard I ) . Sattcrles , postmaster. Discontinued AugustusLogan county ; Bishop , Pierce county ; Ment/.er , Mcrrick county ; Reilly , Wheeler county ; Soule- ville , Sherman county. Postmasters Appointed Cannonvillc , Harlan county Simeon Smith ; Stenben , Frontier county , John T. Hainni. Postmasters appointed in Iowa during the week ending August 28,1880 : Block- ly , Decntnr county , A. Hamilton : Dun- rcath , Marion county , William Myers ; Laurel , Marshall county.T. Rogers : Ross , Aiidiibon county. John Wagner ; Rous seau , Marion county , J. W. Topping ; Washta , Cherokee county. George F. Stratum ; White Cloud , Mills county , J. B. Moars. The Fat Man's Failure. Chicago Herald : A fat , sun-browned man came auoard a sleeping car up in Wisconsin and shyly looked around for Ins seat lie eyed the car and its ap pointments curiously , and gave the other passengers tlio impression that lie was a green traveler. Bed-time finally samcand the fat , sun-browned man eager ly watched his fullow-trayolcrs retire , being evidently engaged in gathering hints for his conduct. At last ho retired liiinself , and after floundering around in liis berth for a while settled down to sleep. Just then the porter happened to remember that ho hail not given this pas- sungor ono of the little hammocks so con venient to put dothing , collar , cull's , etc. , in , and immediately proceeded to supply the deficiency. Instantly the tat man seemed to bo in trouble. Ho rustled irouiul in his berth again , bumped his liead against the partitions , sworn a little mil grunted with vexation. Finally hu rolled out of his berth to the floor of thu jar , alighting with a dull thud in the niddlool the aisle. As the porter picked lim up he exclaimed , gaspingly : "I know 1 cou-couldn't sloop in a dod- lurned little li-hammick like that , and I VIIH an idoit for trying ! " DihOnntnntcil , Hut Domesticated. "Ball players area discontented lot. " "J don't think so. They seem to bo 'cry contented. " "Oh , no ! They arc continually trolng tut on strikes. " "True ; but that is off-el by their great lome.stiu alluetion. They are always ruu- ilng for homo , " MAYIHO-A-BOTTLG-Op . . - - _ 4 A 4t Tlio rir t , the llrltlnnl mid Only Mnfrli Hint U pnt ui hy men vtlio hntn o nrnrtlrol knoirlrilcf jif IhoInundrr proff Minn , It requires 110 cooHnp. kerintholron from mielilru nml linen from bilMfMng while ironlhit , nil f\\tt \ shirts , cuffs nii collars that- stiffness mill beautiful polish they fuv\i ! when new. wlilcb , etcritioilr knows , ke M them cleon twice M lonff , IiewAfo nf trnllntlons , yeo ihit the ii tne J ' u llt'lllN'UKH ' & lllios , N w llnuii , Coau , ts'oti cmy l-ocknso. Sold by all Oroceri. 017 SI. < 'Iinrlos.m.Sf.I. , Arfinl rir ; lnil of t , o Uedlnl Collre < , lin bcfnlontir tDftiMlB llie p 0lKl trratiu ntor Cn n < tie , Ntnrpt < Rvm tnd llu > ( , h liniitu llinn nr otber I'htilcUn InSI. Louli. Melt ? ritprrnhow and nil oM retMtnti know " * ! Prioslrallo.n.Delll.lr. ! | . Mental and ! Physical Weakness i Mercurial and other All c. tlont ol Throat , Shin or Bones , Blood Poisoning , old Sores and Ulcers , re ir ioi with nnr r.nc-i i iu ; . . , onl.l .lit.otl0optlnelrlci | H rft | rtlutelr. Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Execs * . Exposure or Indulgence , hith rroj < i om. of ih < followlnf [ rcet4t ueMouiueM dcbllllT , dlmnrii of itihft o4 < l r.cll. nii-raorjr , pimple , cutlid fit. , i > lr.l | tK\j. kTenlontath * elilr f ( , m.l i , onfu > lo > of IU. . . eio | rendering M rrlo Imnropor or unhnrry. ' r itu n DUf turBj. r > mrbl.l ( > B | tfi < IQ ib < > boi , lint inicBlciltnttlopc , frtotaanrniMrtii. Coniulutlonatot. Dtnor hj m ll ISM. In.ltf 1 , , , ,1 , , ttlr | < nnMcDtltl. A Posltlvo Wrllton fluaranleo RIT.H in T rye nMocuo. Ueduine icQt0vtrjtti r bjr mLlloroipreas * GUIDE , , . , bood ) hlf l JMHJ , t n.jt , ore'llh 7 n. | tieni , the MIJ i. IcInsforrriito.Iucllon.n.Jm.ijjmor. . Thoio tnirrUJ or ocmtrmplMfni ni rrl > l iboul I rn > l It. I'-jii'Ur cdlllOn lam * . | fttvir oofer. 2So. Addreii n bo fj , VThtulcr JjMO.y.ITAI.ITr In fnlllticr. nraln IIKAIMMI nnd . TllKMAil'KKI.VMASXi. ' nifiy flnil a p rfect nn I reliable euro In tlm Dritrhuite Adopted h ed liero. Allw _ . rtmln promptly cneaKoil. TllKATi clvlnjf new * rn.nilinmllc len4oniementi , , < B , KJEI' Onntnluu KP 'iitolllcoorbrnmlliwItliHli ' cmlnVnt d CIVIALE AllENCY. No. 174 Fullon Streel New Yoib 21,829,850 Tansill's ' Punch Cigars were Bliliipoil durluRttin past t o yotirs , wttliout n drum mer In our cuminsNo otlior liouso In tlio world can truth * fully uiaWn such iiBtiowliiR. Ono iimut ( dcnlcr ouiyl wanted lit onch town. 1 BOLD DY LEADING DRUGGISTS. i n.W.TANSILL&CO.,55Stale St.Chlcago. DR. IMPEY iSOS &j&333&jb-- SO1. Practice limited to Diseases of tUa EYE , EAR , NOSE AND THROAT. GlnRBesflttoil fovall form * of ilofoctivo Vision. Artificial Eyes lusortod. for Urn- . THE BEST TONIC i UNEOUALEDfor CONSUMPTION. WASTING DISEASES and GENERAL DEBILITY. PERFECTS DIGESTION , Bit. EDW Ii WAM.IM1 , Fnr geon In Chief , Nalloiial ( Juarc of N..I. , wriln : " 3I > nttentlon nni called te your Kajslotio 31 ill \ \ Iifokitj lij Kr.Mnr \ , Druggist , of Tri-nlon Hlid 1 ! mio used A ftw hotllel nltli fur heller effect tlinn nny } lia\o Imil 1 am ricuninieiHlini > [ ui nrtlclo In i \ pnielleeana Hiul II very rathfaclorr. " BEWinE OF IMITATIONS. 0171 li * fit-mil ii * tiM HiO Slffnstureoi H-iSHt ft Ml MIM. UN ri-smito ! of Ejttlo. oil tlio l.ibe ! EISNER & E&JEI3DELSOiS , ( Solo \tnili for the I S ) 316.318 and 320 Race SI. Philadelphia. Pa. UM : OK MOIII : AT u nin.rp.M.r. - > wr > I PAY nil piire > s elmruin to nil point * witliln n ( ) milcit. I .iiooeiiitlrtirta to nUt t from Rrn < l two cini , ttouipfor Illustmtolcatalo iiu. Hi iitlon lhi.sjur. | . L. 0 , SPENCER'S ' TOY FflCTORY , P.21 W. MADISON ST. . CHICACIO Ibraialatlonal Bank OMAHA , NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital $250,000 Burplub 30,000 II. W. Ywtes , 1'rpsiilent. A , E. Tou/alin. VJi-o Fresiilcnt. W. II. S. llnglies , Caslilfjr. VV. V. Morse. .John S. Collins , II. W . Yatus , Lowls S. Ilocd. A. K. Toi/-Mi\ ( \ . BANKING OFFICE : THE JJION BANK , Cor 12th anil I'urniuu Hts \ . Gunurnl HIHIIIO&.S Transaolnl. N" . W. HARRIS & Co. JJAJfli/HM , Hit USA < ! < ) . BflMnC or foiiiilloi , Clllos unit ( illiorflot SUrlUd lilKli unultilioiiKlit iinilbol.l . Kitsliini illiti ) IM DuMindlilio at. , lloslcin. C'oiicsponcl- IIL-O bOllflltHl. THE CHICAGO MAIL 3S.G . ( tliillr iiilltlon ) will be milt to uy uiMran In Urn II , h. or Pttnuilit t montl fcirUSo. .lUln-iut . Til ! : CIIICAIJO MA1U 11B itli uv. , Cliltuifo , ffOODBRIDGE BRO'S. ' ; State Agents FOR THIS fo'sPiaoos Omaha , JHN C , GREEN SCHOOL OF SCIENCE , or HK\T .JIHSIV : , ui.voirrox , NKIV llfnulnr fiiiir-jmr courcei , fullowi : I. For Ilia aeixa vt Ilitehvlur of Science. punural couno ; aim Itctlrii ixmrauA In ChemUtry. lllolo y , tjuul xfi IntlioinuilciHnJ I'lijilo. H , KurthailcKri'Aof r'll It jrliicur , Inclucllnv , be iiloi tlio usual t'rufu0 luuii Imllf . uiipllcutlout of Klcclrlclly to tha Aril. I'di ; r dtiiileln tructlonlnIllvli rMiitliuuii4tk , ( JMpl.lii , nul < tli.il una Ainillo.l ciietulnry unJ Aoirlnr , ilupgr. : l'lij lc , IIQIJ AiiroBomy. Kutrnnce examm- llon hfit. | Mill ud lith. 181. Kor ipUt