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THE OMAJEA DAILY BEE : THrKSDAY , SEPTEMBER 0 , 1880. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVEKY MORNING. D.illv Oft * ni.iir I'Vlllloili Incliultnir Sunday Hi r. HMO Vimr . $1001 Ii.rSiv Month * . f > a I'.rThMfi Moulin . S 60 Tim iimfiha Smnrtny DKR , irmlled to nny mid I e , One Vimr. . . . SOD OM\ttV OWn : . NO. i > 1 \VI1 m KAriVAM flTBRCT Ni V < mK OirirR. Kii'iiMW. ' Tllltii-xi : lim.nivn ojf urricc , Nti.ftii rui' All communlciltotn rulntlmr to notvs nn < 1otll tomil in into- should be tuklroMOd to thu Kl > t Tun of TUB IlfiR. All liti'lnnss li-itorn iiiiiln'iiiltlnnopscliould ln > n < Mins oil In Tun III : : I'riii.i.sniMi Co.Mi'ANV OM MM. llrafls. rlif.'ks and po-tolllcn cirdnrt tabuimidoiinyiillu toih < Mml rof. tliucoiiiiiiiiy : THE BEE POBtlSHIsTcIpm , PBOPRItlOilS , K. KOSBWATKH , Ki.tfott. TIIK DAIIiV JIKI2. Sworn Statement orclroiilntlon. Htnli ! of JCfbrnslsn , I . ' . (5 ( > s < I'oimtv ( it Douglas. Of" . It. 'I'7hclinclcscrrrtnryot tlio lion Pub llHliinu company , dues solemnly s\\rnr tha thn nciunl clrciiliitlnn ol tlio Daily Itco lor tliu week vtulliic Sent. "il , ISiO , was as follows : Ttn , Saturday , 2Sih 12,77. " Hiiinlnv. - ' .Mil 1'J.I-r ' TiiPMlny. Hist 12-I.V ) Wednesday l'JOi"i Thursday , ad 1'-ir.O r'rlilny , ; 5d I'J.rao Avcinpo 12.r,2l tiKO. 11. T/.SCHUCh. Hubscrlbc'il nml sworn to linforo mo this lib ilnv ol Sit ) > t. , 18SO. N. 1' . Kr.n. , ISKAI..I Notary Public. ( iL'0.1 } . Twclnii'k , bolngfirFliluly Hwnm.iie- 11050.1 nnil says ( lint ho Is ppcintni-y of tlm llco I'ublishlng romiiaiiy. that tliu actual aycratrc dally clirtilntlnn of thn Dally Ili'o for the innntli cif January , ISNT , , wns 10ri73 ropies ; fnrl'Vhriiary. issrt. 10.5M ropios ; for "March , fsW , H.KJ7 coiiio < : for Aurll , 1SSO , 1St'Jl coplM ; lor May , IM , 12-l.nl ! copies ; for.fiiuo , IBtO. 12.TO coplns ; for July , ISbO , 12yi-l copies ; for August , liSO , r.VIOI cupluH. ( Si'.o. 11. 'IV.scnucic. Siibscrlbnd nnrt sworn to before me , this 4th Ony ol Sept. , A. 1) . 1S80. N. i' . Krir- . fflBAi , . I Notary I'ubllc. Tin : moat complete exhibit : it Hie fair yesterday was tlio display of Nebraska rain. 'Tun race- for tlio governorship is at tracting fully as much attention as any of tlio raced booked for fair week. New entries arc almost daily reported with iv half score of dark homes beinij croomed in the background. THE First district is peed for a safe republican majority with an honest re publican candidate. If ChureU Howe succeeds in buying tlio nomination it will bo good for an oven safer democratic majority.V"o stake our reputation for prophecy on the outcome. THI : country is not to be congratulated upon the fact that Treasurer Jordan has acquiesced in the present policy of thn treasury regarding the surplus. Tlio liopo was that thl ollicions person would em phasize his devotion to his former views by stopping out of his position. SWINDLING soldiers and bilking church societies ought notto provo recommenda tions for grand army honors. The mon- daeious carpenter from Mondota , was drummed out of the G. AU. . for em bezzlement. Nebraska veterans should have no place for such a man in their ranks. CA.BLEOKAMS from England confirm j. the view that Bismarck's desertion of -Alexander of Bulgaria was the price paid ( or llussia's abandonment of tlio llusso- Turkish alliance. French sympathy with Ktisaia is not likely to bo so outspoken in the nnar future as it lias been in the past , while hatred for Bismarck will bo inten sified , as tlio result of this now outwitting ' of French diplomatists by the shrow'd mid crafty Iron Prince. THE llttlo outbreak reported to have developed in one of the Mexican states' and which is unduly dignified in calling it ti revolution , will probably have a very brief existence. It is very likely nothing inoro serious than a scheme to plunder , and when the robbers have secured all the booty within reach they will disap pear. The uresent government of Mexico ice might not be sustained by a popular vote , but it is very well fortified against revolution. IT is still uncertain whether Secretary Manning will bealilutorosnmo his duties at Washington , and the acting secretary is authority for the statement that if ho does conclude to return ho will not do so until some time in October. . Tlio state of his health continues precarious , and tlio intervals of apparent improvement are brief. It is evident that Mr. Manning's physical condition is so reduced that a resumption of the arduous labors of the treasury department might pro vo speedily disastrous. Iv the rallroguoM arc to be believed Senator Van Wyok's chances are not so bright as they wore before Ins appeal to tlio people. This is too bad. If the senator - ator hadn't made the awful blunder of appealing from tin * politicians to the public ho might Imvo scoured sixteen in stead of tlio thirteen out of sixteen legis lative candidates which republican con ventions liavo already placed in nomina tion pledged for Van Wyck. Still , as a starter , thirteen is not a bad layout for the old man. AIWCKS from New York are full of biifiinoss cheer. The trade center is full of activity. The streets in the wholesale districts are crowded with trucks. Mer chants report the'How of orders as un precedented for tlio season. This means that the country at largo is buying freely for the fall and winter trade. It tndi > catcs that the check given to overproduc tion lias reduced stock bnlow the limits of actual requirements mid that thn rook bottom of depression has been touched. There is every reason to believe that wo are on the ovc of another season of com mercial prosperity ami industrial ad- vanco. Mills and factories are running full time , luirnaccs and forges are overrun with oolera , Transportation companies report a greatly increased trafilo. Tlioru has bcnii a contraction in tin ) money market east bccaiun invest ments are offering more freely and west ern requirements luwo demanded the shipment of ftiutls , but money is already becoming easier. So far us the west is concerned .site bids fair to hava a prosper ous fall and winter. The volume of tlio cropimay not be as heavy , but prices will bu lniter ! and favmnrd will receive more t > > r their products than if thu bar- "csts had been overabundant. Sotmior lnn AVyok nnil Ij l > or. The logiMativo committee of Hi Knights of Labor have published rv report port in which they discuss n ( length thci vh'ws on questions of national poliej which they deem of most importance fo the interests of labor , and name the con trreMincn who have consistently sup ported what they consider measure ? o ndvantagi ) to thu labor organizations o the United Slates. Citixi'iis of Nebraska will be cspeciall ; interested in the hi-nrty praise which tlio committee accords to Senator Van Wyok wiio alone of all his senatorial colleague Is .tingled out as a steadfast and un swerving friend of the people and o popular rights in Iho upper house o congress. Long before the Knights of Labor began gan to pour into congress that remark able scries of petitions praying for legis lative action on various subject * , Charle 11. Van Wyck had planted himsel squarely on what afterwards proved to bo the popular side of the great and livhu Is-iiies of the day. lor live years he hai stootl alone in the senate. , battling will the lobby , and urging in and out of sea son iill'oetivo legislative ledrcss for tin people against thu oppressions and oxtor lions of corporate monopoly. Month before the Knights of Laoor had urgci the repeal of the preemption law , Gen Van Wyck was found exposing the wholesale swindling of gren land syndicates and cattle companies , am insisting that the honest settlers ot the west had no sympathy with the thieves and scoundrels who wcro despoiling Iht government for their own private ga it under cover of the national bounty. Ovct four years ago he began his light for the forfeiture of the unearned land grants and insisted that the government lam should be reserved for actual settlers am not 1'ivishly donated without confident lion to gigantic monopolies. Thorn was not-i topic presented fur congressional consideration in tlio petitions of Ameri can workingmen which had not been discussed and urged from the standpoint of American labor by Senator Van Wyck long before it had been formulated among the demands of organized in dustry. Senator Van Wyck has kept close to the heart of the people during his entire political career. His record lias been an open one , made in public , subject to in spection. His course has invited criti cism , but it has been criticism from sources where praise would have been blame. Jt is a matter of congratulation that the central committee of the largest labor organixation in the country in dorses the senator from Nebraska as a fearless , honest anil consistent friend of the people in his advocacy of measure of vital interest to the state and to the welfare of the producers of the nation. The City Hall Contract. Mayor Boyd is trying to defeat the city hall project with a pocket veto of the contract for the construction of the base ment. He declines to anprovo the con tract , but at the same time prefers not to inform the council why bo withholds his signature. Instead of doing tbis , begets Mr. Goodman to play catspaw with a resolution elution to reconsider the vote by which the council has let the contract. Wo do not comprehend why Mr. Goo'd- man should lend himself to such a small piece of business. Mr. Goodman knows , as everybody knows , that the mayor's action in this matter is purely au exhibition of personal spite and political spleen. Ho knows enough to know that the many delays and ellbrts to prevent the erection of tlio the city hall basement this year have sprung from a quarrel of the mayor with the council over Tom dimming * . The mayor is evidently willing to punish the the cily of Omaha and retard its growth just to show his power and punish his political opponents including the UEE , which happens to own some real estate on uuper Farnam. Wo can assure Mr. 15oyd and bis Goodman Friday tiiat the UEB will survive their vengeance. We are comfortably and securely fixed for at least live years on lowerFarnaiu and can afford to lot the grass grow on upper Farnam without going into bankruptcy. The only reasons , wo are told , which Mr. Goodman advanced lor putting oil the erection of the city hall base ment this year are , that the bid is too high , and further that there is no money in the treasury , available for the purpose. Now we have no means of knowing whether the bid is high or low , except as opinions have been expressed by reliable builders who did not bid because they have their hands full Those parties estimated tlio subbasement - basement at ? ' . ' 5,000 , while the contract is a fraction over $22.000. But if the bid is actually $10,000 higher than it ought to bo whoso fault Is it that this bid was ac cepted and unproved ? What is the use of ! i board of public works if not to con sider the reasonableness of bids and report adversely on all that are extravagant ? Mr. House , the chairman of the board , is fully competent to make the estimates and his associate , Mr. Soliall , is an ex port in rock work and could hardly bo imposed on by an over-reaching con tractor. The board of public works and the council both accepted the bid and entered into the contract. The mayor has a right to refuse bis approval , but personal spite was hardly contem plated by the makers of the ohurtor as n good reason for obstructing public works. As to thn plot : that there is no money in the treasury , Mr. Goodman knows better. Ho knows that the board ot education has sot aside first $5,003 and then $20,000 , moro for its share of thn cost of building the city hall , and to expedite the work has voted to place it at the dis posal of the council at once , Tlio plea that additional legislation will bo re quired to complete the building is no excuse whatever for putting off a part which can bo built tills year without any legislation. When the citizens ot Omaha last November by an overwhelm ing vote made the location , approved the plans and authorised the school board to contribute § 35,000 towards thu building they did it for the express pur pose of having work begun at once. Mayor JJoyd and the council uro only durvunts of the people. Their duly Is to carry out the will of the people and not to act as obstructionists. The effect of annulling the contract for [ ho city ball basement will hit muou moro serioim to the welfare of Omaha than it could possibly bo to Mr. Ucchel , whom Boyd BO cordially hates , or thn Hun , which is not his organ , The delay of the citY hall building means delay in import- ant and solid Improvements on upper I'nrnnin which cannot bo less than half a- million dollars' during the coming year. Hy postponing action until next spring , the mayor will prevent any contract for the city hall bciing let before thn first of next July. All that the city will get in Iho year 1887 will bo the base ment , which could and should ho finished this year. No property owner who con templates creeling a large block on ut > per Farnam will venture to do anything until the city has let its contract. Plans which require months of time will not bo begun until next year's fall , which practi cally means the winter of ' 87-89. So then the little personal spite of Mr. Boyd is sure to retard the growth of Omaha at a time when her peculiar relations to the rail road system make it a vital necessity that she. should crowd every sail ami catch every favoring breeze to maintain her position. But suppose that the contract is $10,000 too high , which we do not believe , what will the city gain by dolay. Under the contract witli the county , the city can only occupy the court house twenty months longer. It will take- fully that lime to complete the cily hall quarters , if work is begun this j-car. The so-called city hall building now occupied by tlio council is a disgrace to Omaha when any stranger visits the council chamber. Tlio rents alone which the city will have to pay for the additional year will exceed ? 10,000. Kvcn with that outlay , iU offices will not bo in a fireproof building. Be sides this , the additional taxes for one year on the blocks projected on upper Farnam would moro than onset any pos sible excess on the basement. So much for the economy of dolay. If Mayor Boyd has any better excuses for withhold ing his signature to to the contract than has been offered by Mr. Goodman , the public will bo interested In knowing them. Tlio Knlyliis' Convention. The attention given to the forthcoming national convention of tlio Knights of Labor is the best evidence of tliu public interest foltin the movements and inten tions of that organization. The results of the convention are expected to have an important inlluence on the future of the Kiiiglils , and perhaps upon labor combinations generally. A goood deal has been developed In the working of the order since the last convention which shows the necessity for radical changes in its governmental system , and it is un derstood that there will be an effort to effect these to an extent that will amount practically to reorganization. As at pres ent constituted there is a centralization of power not conducive to harmony , as well as of duties that tire oppressive , and prevent that prompt and expeditious ac tion which is generally necessary in con nection with an organization of tins kind. It will bu n part of the duty of the next convention to deline tlio relations of the Knights to other labor organizations. Tlio absence of any definitive regulation or principle regarding this important matter has given opportunity for con- llicts and complications of a troublesome character , as in the case particu larly of the contention between a division of tlio Knights in New York and the cigarmaker'.s union , resulting after a long and somewhat bitter light in tlio victory of the latter. Such conHicls as this of course engender bad blood , and the eiluct is necessarily harmful to the cause which those , who engage in them represent. Not the least important mat ter which the convention will be expected to determine is ° the attitude which tliu order shall take , in whole or in part , toward politics. The course of brandies of the organization in proposing or sup porting movements for independent po litical action , seems to make an impera tive demand upon the representatives of the whole body in convention for an ex pression that will bu general in its scene that will either permit unrestricted po litical action in the name of the organiza tion , or prohibit all suclr action. H is probable there will bo developed a con siderable element favorable to giving the organization a political character , and a sharp struggle over this question is more than likely. It is evident that in thu con sideration of thcso and oilier issues which are now in controversy , ana which are a menace to tlio harmony and perpetuity of the Knights , tlio highest wisdom and discretion of the leaders will bo fully tested , and by the result it will not bo dillicult to determine whether the organi zation is to go on increasing in strength , or by gradual or rapid disintegration f.Ul to pieces. A I'rollllcH.s Controvert ) . Tlio public controversy that lias been opened between Mr. Oburly , the present chairman of the civil service commission , and Mr. Dormati It. Katon , the ex-chair man , cannot hoof any advantage to these gentleman or to the eauso which they profess to have so much at heart. In so far us the discussion is of a purely per sonal nature , it Is not probable that cither party to it will sillier in the estima tion of his friends , Wo believe both to bo eminently rosDoctable and tiuslwor thy citizens. Thu private and public character of Mr. Katon , with respect to integrity of purpose , so far as wo are aware , Is above reproach. Ho is a man of some ability , though ho has shown it cliielly in the direction of his hobby , civil service reform , Mr. Oborly has been a moderately successful journalist , and has some considerable ability as a loliticlan. ) Ho appears to have espoused the cause of civil service reform with ex traordinary zeal , and is apparently win ning golden opinions from its more devoted - voted adherents. Mr , Oberly wields a ready and virile pen , and in encounter ing him Mr. Katon will find that ho has use for all his literary and argtimonta- .ivo rescoures , So far as the controversy may disclose the operations of civil service reform : hus far , it will not bo wholly without in terest for the public , but It Is very doubt- 'til whether the showing will bo greatly to the advantage of the reform in public estimation. The motive of Mr. Katon xpponr.s to bo to defend the republican commissioners from partisan assaults , and this may perhaps bu considered par donable in view of the fact that ho was n a very largo measure responsible f or ho action of the commission ol which ho vas the head. Those who have any : nowledgo of the inside working of that > ody are aware that it was not entirely larmonlous , ami whether or not this vas the fault of Mr. Katon , ho had the lomoer.nlio member with him and his ilans prevailed. Hut the b.isis of parti- an assault is the alleged inoliinicnoy of Itu commission in failing to have the re- quirdnicitts ot tlio law fully complied with , In nugK.vtliij ? .linvostijjations when attention was calLm to the violations , as for'example in tb ? rase of Pension Com missioner-Black , anjl in otherwise com ing short of the full hud faithful performance / anco of its duty. 'As yet there have been little moro than unsupported nl legations , but the proof , if there bo any , may be looked for in due lime. It is nol unlikely that the democratic commis sioner will be able ty make out a tolerable case. It is not doubled that the original commission mndomistake3. But it ought to bo charitably remembered that it had to plan and organize a system , confronted by many dillloullies , so that errors aud omissions on its part that would bo par donable , in the case of its successor would be entirely inexcusable. We tire unable to see , however , what profitable end nan bo secured by a partisan quarrel over the matter. If there is any real merit in civil service reform the republicans will have the credit of having instituted it , while if the democrats succeed in developing whatever virtues it may possess , Iho credit therefor will bu given to them. A newspaper contention will not add to or detract from what justly belongs to uit icr , nor will itjprolit tlio cause of re form. CUIIUKNT TOPICS. The portraits of Tiltlcn , llemlrlcks and Hancock are to ailorn the new issue of silver certhlcates. Buffalo Is to have tlio laicest clock In the world. The dial will hu twonly-llvo icet in diainotcr ami will bu phiced UOt lectabovo the street. A century plant at Auburn , X. V. , Is thlitv feet high , nnil the stem Is six inches thick at the base. It has thirty-two Hewer- Ing branches , with over 5,000 buils and llowers. It Is about sixty jears old. Charles K. Illshon , the niiiii who advertised himself to jump from a balloon over Brook lyn bridge , and who lus been In Lowell , Jlass. , for the past low diys , saymc bo would jump from some of tlio local bridges , has "jumped" that town owlm ; a three-days' board bill at one of the hotels. In tbe last number of London Truth there is "A Queer Storv" which Is plainly meant to convey the idea that the steamship Oregon was blown up by parlies interested In an over-insured cariro. Assumed names are em ployed ami the vessel is referred to as the Paragon. It is evident that there is a BtroiiR belief In London that the Oregon was not rim down by an unknown schooner. Mrs. Victoria .Morosiiii-Sciiilllnp , who clopod with her father's coachman , Krncst Schilling , a year and a half ago , has taken French leave of her husband and gone ( lf | with a rubber manufacturer from Boston , taklnp , Ernest says , his and her Joint savings in a savings bank , amounting to Sl.OOO. Some ofhor friends say , however , that she has become - come reconciled to her parents , and that they have induced her to leave , but tills her father denies. She On ; lit .to lln I'lllllUlcljlltlci X. A Toronto woman proposes a society for the piuvuntion of kissing. Somebody otisbt to kiss the jioor thlniraiid shut her up. Jlavingn Great Kim In Boston. Cliirnu.i Times. The story "lie b'ell in Love with His Wife" Is having a great run In Boston , where he generally falls in love with some other man's wife. llosttin Courier. A contemporary has an article on the most inexpensive way of. filling the teeth. The most inexpensive way wo know of is to eat peanuts. _ Louisville Ciiitrtcr-.Tmtmal. It is said that In New York oven the stt- prumo judgcshijH are purchased. Possibly it is this buying of so many olllces that Keeps the New Yorkers too poor to nou tribute to hero and liberty monuments. Continues to Gain Stren > : : li. J\'OCH ( liurealts. Senator Vnn U'yclc continues to train pol itical strength and will , no doubt , succeed himself. The farmers of Nebraska have * turned out generously to welcome the "grand ola man" throughout the state. Makes the Most of JIH AVhiskssy. CVi/efltfo / Times. A Boston Insists that paper w-h-i-s-k-c-y and not w-h-l-s-k-y Is the correct way to spell whisky. A town that sees so many sua-ser- ponts as Boston necessarily makes the most of Its whisky , * When thu Cut is Axvny. h'oiiKtia City Journal. While tlio president Is up In the Adiron- < lacks hopelessly endeavoring to encompass the destruction of one lish a day on a salary of 31U7 a day , the federal otllcu holders are awake to the opportunities of tlio occasion nml arooverlastiiiglygettlngin thulr work on the conventions. Simula on Ills Kccoril us Senator. KUsliom Vnlleu JVeics. Copperhead lies may bo revamped byj the men who would rule or ruin the republican party ; railroad cappers may accuse him of riding on free passes ; mun who am straight republicans only whun they have their will may charge him with treachery to his party ; newspapers may sunk to condemn him for doing that which In another they would ap- nlaud , but thu fact still remains that Senator Van Wyck stands In this campaign on his record as a bunator , and not a man of tlio crowd that oppo.se > > him dares to incut him on tliu stump to discuss Unit record , At. ! Uv Father's Grnvn. nitsKs Y Tim so.\ tip PAUL n. H.VYNH. 1 come ImlE voloeliws'u'ore ' ' , and brills Tliu sorrow that 1 diu'iJ'not ' "ing ; A u'riof sets evtirmnril Mmrt In the veiled chamber of my heart. His smouldering dus , | iym never hear The temlerttnt foot.styi > / drawing ne.ir ; But far beneath our irilllii view Ills spirit walks the h'Jimdk'S.s ' blue. And tlioii''li I cannot.rita him stand Within the Bout's Illtinliiica land : Vet somewhere by tilth's crystal sea 1 know my father waits for me. STATI3 \ol > rnskii'J > ottliifjH. Scribnor's business' ? mon are moving for a canning factory. The York cannoryWiado Its first ship ment of goods last w\uk. ( \ The elevators of Ord can got outside o' 10 bushels of grain. 'tsiu . j.iisvillo pottery is being rebuilt , and will bu ready for business next spring. The fourth annual fair of Brown county will bo hold at Long Pine , Sep tember iJl-4. The voters of Keith will bo called upon to settle the question of dividing the county this fall , The now town of Florence , Nuckolls county , was tripped up by a gale last week and severely splintered , Charley Lea , of Oxford , takes the bolt as a junfpor , He leaped from under a falling sand bank and escaped doatli. The safe of the North Hunil bank came. nut of thu tire with the cash Intact and the time lock in working order , Culhiwayaus will tihako themselves at a grand frco ball In the now town hall a week hence. It will bo a sort of dcdi- eatoty cotillion. The PlalUmoulh panning faelory dis posed ol $ MOflO wortii of goods to one party recently , and was unable to fill a second order for $3,000 worth. John Sabloski is loading the cold water hosts against bottle mints of tlio rum power in the interior of the slate. John swings a polished jawbone as a weapon of deslruction. ( ieorgo nistharst , a Columbus boy aged sixteen , dropped an arm in a broom corn seeder while playing around the ma chinery. It was amputated tit the shoulder. In a moment of menial weakness the Sidney base ball club was induced to tM'os.s buts wllh tliu Sago Wallopers in Cheyenne. The seoro of the home elub was long enough to reach back to Sidney and drop a tally on every tie. Lincoln and Hastings no longer "speak as they pass by1' on uase ball matters. ' The ehainiiio'n pennant waves in the brce/c at Hustings , although the latter secured a full set of hard boiled rggs as a lemiiidur that glory is brief anil pride presaires a fall. Kditor Marvin , the democratic eleclrie light of Oago coiinlv , has commenced the Issue of. the Daily" Democrat. It is well lillcd with local and genoinl news , and crisp comment on events and issues , and gives promise of a career of useful ness and prolit. Saline county can justly boast of her apple crop , as well as grain and hogs. J. Dixon , a farmer who lives near the center of the counly , has already contracted to furnish ItiO barrels of apples to Wilber parties , and has SOD utirrcls more to dis pose of. A resident of Steve Creek precinct , Oleo county , named Samuel Perry , has fixed hinisulf in elegant shape lor a term in the pun , provided the parties inter ested see lit to follow him up. He has , within six months , mortgaged bis per sonal properly three or four times , repre senting that it was frco from iiioum- brance every time , when at the same time it was covered three deep with stickers. Ho bus left lor new fields , Tno Kansas Crank , nil the way , from ( Jiicda Springs , wliorp the world moves on a pivot , has made ils appearance. Its title is significant and appropriate and properly indexes the contents. It isdevot ed to the "elevation of public morals am' horsetliiuves , " and positively refuses ti apologize for beinir liorn. The alllictci people of bloody Kansas can extract soiiv consolation from tno assurance that th Crank will not upset the world nt one jerk , but will give tlio "old gal" a lively whirl at $1.50 a turn. Io\vn Items. Davenport pays $15,1-10 for clectrii street lighting ; gas cost her $11,000. George Dugan , a Davenport man , wa killed by a fail in St. Paul last week. .Janies Habbitt was drowned win bathing in the Missouri at Sioux Ci Sunday. One night recently burglars cntcrui the house of David lless , slock buyer a 2sTora Springs , and scoured $180 of hi hard-earned money. The lake at Creston is now so low tlm it looks like -in ordinary toad poitil. Twc weeks more of dry weather ami the toads will havu to emigrate. II. Grass is a justice of the peace a Fontanolle. When a farmer'wants to try a cow case before a Foiitauclle jus tice. he is told lo so to Grass. The Hill creameries , fourteen in mini bor , were sold recently at Spvinglicld Robert Wright bought the entire numbo for $11,000 , which'is ? 1)00 above tli mortgages. There is a plan on foot in Dubuque lo build a second system of water works with tlio basin on the bluIVs near the city. Tlio entire system will cost in the neigh' borhood of § 8225,000. The levee in Uurlington swarms will rats too largo for terriers to tackle , Every morninc they bathe in tlio river , and afterwards calmly bask on tbe banks waxing their mous-taclies. A burglar was discovered in Wether ill's store , in Carroll , one night recently and in order to make his escape smashei. a plate-glass window in tlio .store front and jumped through. The damage to tlm building amounted to ? l2 ! "i. Charles A. Schubert , a wagon maim facturer of Earlvillo , wss instantly killed on the ad inst. , in that village , while operating a circular saw. A piece of limber which he was shaping struck him over tbo heart , producing instant death. Dakota. A largo brick county jail is being built at Deai Iwooil. Hupid City is to have a free reading room and public library. Corn is as a general thing considered to bo out of danger of frost. Tbo Iron Hill mine produced. 38,020.17 ounces of bullion during August. Applications for final proof are made at tlio Hismarck land ofiico at the rate of ten per day. After a great deal of preliminary work a Yankton company has contracted to put in tbo Kd.son light system , and thu material has alrc.ady been ordered. Says the Sioux Falls Press : "With thu two biggest insurance companies in tliu territory , and fourteen churches in active operation , Sioux Falls ought to bo able to reduce loss or damage by tire hero or hereafter. " Territorial Auditor Caldwell has issued a statement regarding the tax levy for 18BO , covering all but two counties. The assessed valuation of all property in round numbers is Jflfl..OOO.OOU. The total assessed valuation for 1835 was $100- 000,001) ) . the increase for the past year being lliu enormous sum of ? L'0,000,000 , , , or about l..r ) per cent. Tlio number of acres of taxable l.ind has increased from lU.OM.O-ll to 17,703Utl ; ; the value of the same , from iftiU.im.SdU . to $ lWfil 1,89:2 : ; the average of assessed value per acre , from sJil.OU to ! ? ! ) .87 ; tlio number of hordes , from 108,817 , loSOd.059 ; the number of cattlo. frnm : iJ7 ! , : > TJ to IT-'J.iU'J ; the number of swine , from IfW.OIi . ; ) , to 17:1,128 : ; the valuu of moneys anil credits , from , : ii'Jt.SO ! : to § 3,7U7rilU ; tiiu valuu of stocks and shares , fromW5,218to.l171)ri ; ! ) : ) , Tbo rate of taxation has been fixed at ! M mills 2 mills for general revenue , and .4 mill for interest on territorial bonds , Wyoming. A territorial base ball league is in full blast. The Rawlms shops are pretty well filled with remnants of wrecks. Parties in Cheyenne are organizing a colony for the purpose of locating in tin ; Ulg Horn valley. The coroners are kept busy along the : line of the Northwestern road , not only in Laramie county but in Albany county also. also.Tho The Cheyenne Sun urges that Iho elec tion of Delegate Carey bu made unani mous as a reward for his faithful services , Do'we hear a fiucond ? The coroner'b jury in the case of Thomas Moa , who was shot at Lusk , rendered a verdict of manslaughter and suggested that Dick Crow bo held for'tho unmo. Dick did not wait for tlm jury to ngree , but skipped between days for Montana. The Cheyenne papers say that the cap ital commissioners are considering the [ jconomy of miUning blocks of Cheyenne water , as imitation of Italian marble , for the new capilol building. It is said that thu capitol water is becoming bo iniprug- iniiml with immirities that it cumguaK into almost solid nuissw. If you buy lumber anywhere withou * lirst getting lloaglamU pricm * 30:1 : will ' lose mouuy. Clinnuc. In most of the states of the union tin people have but llttlo voice in tlio .sclec tion of United Slates senators , but I : seems thai in Nebraska a law was passei permitting Ihom to manifest n preforonei ns to who they desired for this very im portant position , by voting on tbo qtics tion at Iho general election by thn legis laluro of a United States senator , ami Senator Van Wyck , tlio present tidmir able representative of that slate in tin United Slates senate , lias appealed to the people for such manifestation of theii opinion. The re-eleelloii of Senator Van Wyek is not only important to the people ol Nebraska , but to the people of the United Slates. It is , safe to say that his present1 ! ! in the senate has saved millions of acre * of the public lands from the cliitfhr.s ol land grabbing corporations and .stopped jobs which would nave taken tens of mil lions of dollars from the public treasury. lie has been the one man upon whom tin ; people of tlio whole country could rely upon as being always alert to protect their interests , and , of cour-e , the gieat interests that ho has aiitagoui/ed will ] > ut forth uve.rv ell'ort in order lo prevent Ills return. ' 1 his oppo sition will nol manifest itself openly , but it will come in Iho secret , but elleelive way in which corporations know so well how to work ; it will come through fo menting jealousies , cither personal or In the party ; it will come through printing contracts or loans to needy newspapers , thu price of which will bo their .support of some other man claimed to lie "just as good as Senator Viu : Wyck , " or It may come through actual purchase of votes in the legislature for the next strongest can didate ; but In any event , the people of Nebraska now have an opportunity , such as the people of no other state have , to speak with no uncertain sound upon the question of who they want to represent them in the senate ol the United States to succeed theii present .senator. Speaking in behalf of the farmers and dairymen of of the whole country , we sincerely hope that the successor will be Hun. Chas. 11. Van Wyek. _ Baok Front tlio Htcppcs. Chicago JlcniM. In lime of peace army and navy officers have to struggle for reward and fame. Some have honors thrust upon them ; others earn thorn ; others , again , fall into them by right of inheritance. A very 3'oting officer of the navy has just com pleted a delicate mission in a barbaric country. The Joanncttc and thcKodgers expedition , which all the world knows of , entailed a deal of trouble. Young Schui'f/o was a boy , and was sent with a naval contingent , backed by Bennett , to rescue or aid , if possible , tlie survivors of tliu Jeannette and Kodgcrs. One or two Now York Herald men , notably Jackson , from liorlin , were first in tlio field , but the naval men were next , and young Schnetxc was one ol the most conspicu ous. ous.The navy department recognized thu youth , and when congress authorized that tlio Siberians should bu rewarded , Scluiut'/.o was chosen to take the medals. guns , money , rewards , swords , and all that. The young man bad freight enough to load an Atlantic steamer. He has been gone two years on his mission. IIu reports now from St. Petersburg , on his return , that lie lias traveled till over Siberia , and has traced every foot of the track followed by the dead of the Jean- nette. He wont to the cairn where De- Long died , ho followed the painful road where , one by one the crow fell , and he saw every native who helped those nf- lliclud. Some had died. Notably the governor of a province to whom our congress hadgivun a sword magnificent in its mountings was dead. Those who had helped Melville and Danunhowor could not bu found , though Selmot/.o seems to have taken the Dynulit of a doubt , for he scattered his benefices. The young man reports that ho has traveled nearly 11,000 miles bysledgo and other horse transportation , and regards himself as no longer a sailor. Ho asserts in his ollicial dispatch that hu knows moru now about rigging dog harness than ho ever knew about reeling a topsail. Of Inn-Mist to JVcio Yurie Dm flotHig Chninlclc. United Status Senator Van Wyck has appealed to the people for an expression > l opinion at thu next state election as to ivho ihoy want to represent thuni in the senate for the ensuing tonn. It is fortunate for Nebraska that her laws permit sticii an expression. In Jther status the peole ) ) have no voice , jven in tlio rucoiniiiendation of their ionators ; and if thu citi/.ciis of Nebraska lo not HiaKo themselves heard witli no incortain sound on this question , then hoydosoryo to be iivnr after Kagrgoi ! by he corporations whicli annually take toll 'rom that fair state to the extent of luarly the whole profits of production. I'he ru-ehielion of Senator Van Wyek to ho United States senate Is not alone to he interest , of the people of Nebraska ) iit is almost equally KO to the whole lonntry. for he has boon the one bulwark n thn united States .senate against eor- lorato digressions on publics rights , 'earless , alert , able and experienced , it s no wonder thai with his record all the orces of monopoly should be opposed to us re-election. It.is to bo expected that he most plnusablu reasons will bo ad- ancod to this end by his nnoniies , and l.io by ostensible friends ; but wo have iillieient faith in the inlulliirenuo and atrlotlsm of the people ol Nebraska to oliovo that Charles Van Wyek will be K ) next senator , if the public will has nylhiiig to do with it. The naval board of inspection has Mind hailing from tlio port of Now York lone 103 Amonoan iron steamships of yur two thousand tons , capable of run- ing fourteen knots an hour , ami lilted jr auxiliary cruisers in oasis of war , It is told in St. PanT that hikiron in linneapolis its noar-li.y ami hatc.d rival , aye retuseil to read the Biblein the pub- u sohools beoanso it is "filled lull of talk bout St. Paul , " while from ( Jonosls to : ovelations : there is no mention iiiade of linneapolis. HAVlNO-A-BOTtm-OP IT-JS-A-SAFE' SREEDlT Thr Mot , thndrlclnnl nil. ) Clulv lnrrli ih i Mil nil liy inrntlti > hmo a iirnrllrnl lumul. i i > l ( hi * Inmiilrv Profi'Miun , It fi . , - . - . i , , Ketintholnm t"nn sMrkii.s " I Im. . n f : i i vlil'K ' Iroinntr , ami citcnsM'1 * . cuR > n'il , , . Mirrr.rss ti'l lirimtllul jw'i ' h p , r | , v. . , \vlilcli , rinvlmly kiir > X' I. rft ( > TI , i M i tv ' Iclii : . llowaro < > / Imlt.vi. l ; < , ? . . . -u 11 111 HlXOKIt A Ullif * . 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