Nebraska Newspapers

    'THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 , 1880.
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llshlnn company , does solemnly swear lli.it
tlio nrlunl circulation of tlio Dnllv Heo
for tlic week ending Sept. 17th , IWJ , was as
follows :
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Saturday , llth AHO
Sunday. 12th Rioo
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Wednesday , 15th M/M
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Friday , 17th W.OOO
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eilli day of Sept. , 1SSO. N. I1. Knit. ,
ISKAL.I Notary Public.
( .ieo. B. Tzschticlc , bclncfir.'tduly sworn.rto-
poses and says that ho Is secretary of the lleo
I'nljllsliliifr company , thnttho notual nvenwe
dally circulation of thn Daily Hoe for the
month of January , 1RSO. was 10,378 copies ;
for February , ISSrt , 10,603 copies ; for March ,
ISM , 11.637 copies ; for April , ISSfl. 13,191
copies ; tor May , 1SSO , 12,4.7J copies ; for June ,
I8h6,12,20a copfos ; for July , 1b80,12y 14 copies ;
for August , lt0 , 12,401 copies.
( .Ji'.o. J ) . TZSCIIUCK.
Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo , this
4th tiny ol Sept. , A. D. 1880.
N. P. Fnir , ,
fBEAr , . | Notary Public.
JlEl'UUUCAN COUNTV TICKET.
For Henntor.H :
OKO. W. LINiNGEU ,
JJUUNO TJ5SC11UCK.
For IluprcsontnUves :
W. ( } . W1HTMOUE ,
F. B I1IUUAKD ,
OKO. IIEIMJIOU ,
II. S. HALL ,
JOHN JIATTniESON ,
JAMES 11. YOUNG.
T. W. DLAUKUUUN ,
M. O. mCKETTS.
For County Attorney :
KDWA111J W. SIMEUAL.
For County Commissioner :
ISAAC N. PIERCE.
Six weeks will afford Douglas county
republicans ample tiino to dismiss candidates -
dates and plan for victoiy.
Jui PAUL'S candidacy for the gover
norship cannot bo discovered with the
argcst sized telescope. It has floated
oil' in space.
TOJI KENNAKD'S ' "boodlo" seems to
have carried the day in Lancaster , but it
will not 1)0 powerful enough to control
the First district.
WITH both republican nnd democratic
conventions endorsing the public record
of Charles 11. Van Wyok , Nebraska has
rousou to feel proud of her senator.
Tni : anti-Van Wyck faction of the re
publican party in Nebraska is daily grow
ing weaker. At the present rate they
will scarcely muster a corporal's guard
by the time tlio legislature meets , "
Gioitrn : : GOULD dodged the reporters
on Ills wedding trip by taking no wed
ding trip at all. lie was as hard at work
nt hid desk the day after his marriage us
If the event was of no more importance
than a decline of an eighth in Wabash.
THK people have been winning against
the politicians in a do/.on conventions
during the past ton days. Senator Van
Wyck's appeal for a direct vote of conli-
denee at the polls has been reinforced by
direct votes of endorsement in the con
ventions.
OSIAIIA democrats will bo astonished
to learn on the authority of their organ
that Senator A. S Paddock is seeking
their suffrages for the olllco of county
commissioner , "Mr. A. S. Paddook" is
vouched for by the Ikruhl "as a sound
domoorata , man of sterling integrity and
lurgo business capacity. " Residents of
Beatrice will bo equally astonished at the
information that "there could bn no ob
jection to him on the ground of resi
dence. " As Senator Paddock lives nearly
a hundred and twenty miles distant from
Omaha nn the crow lllos , wo imagine
thnttho Herald lias boon mlslnlormod
when it says that ho "is being urged for
the plaoo by many prominent citizens ot
Omaha as well as many living bovond
the corporation Hues. "
THK ait congress district of Ohio ,
which includes most uf thn populous and
wealthy manufacturing city of Cleve
land , is at present represented by a demo
crat , although the district Is republican
by a good round majority whenever
piuty Hues are strintly drawn. Several
conditions have during the past four
years operated to divide the republicans
In thu congressional contests , but this
year noun of the conditions unfavorable
to harmony appear lobe present , and an
the democratic representative 1ms not
grown in popular favor , there is very
good promise that ths | Ohio district will
send a republican member to tlio fiftieth
congress. Another reassuring fact is in
the nomination of Hon. Amos Townsend -
send , who represented the district for six
years from 1877 to 13S3 , and as a work
ing member made a most creditable
record , haviugaccomplished more for the
material interest. . * of tlio district than
nny representative before or since , Mr.
Townsend is a successful business man ,
nnd his practical judgment was highly
C3tr.oir.cd by tlio committees of which lie
wjii a member when in uongrcsi. As a
poli'.Ician ho is able , shrewd , active ami
8tr.\lghlftirward ; , while his republicanism
13 thorough and whole-hearted. It is
l.-ruUy .sn'o to predict Unit with Mr , Town-
scud as their tumlldatu the republican *
of | h .lit Ohio district will reduce by
on * tlu domowulic majority in cougre * .
HO" . Uruno Tzschtiok.
The name of Ilruno-Tzschuck will bo a
tower of strciigth to the republican ticket
which with Mr. Liningor ho loads as a
candidate for state senator. Kruno
T/.schuck is one of the oldest residents of
Nebraska and one of the most sterling
of her German citizens. For years a
farmer in Sarpyconnty , ho is well known
throughout the state as nn earnest repub
lican , a good citl7.cn , an honest man and
an elllclent public .servant. Mr. Tzschuek
has occupied u number of positions
of public trust , lie has been sec-
rolnry of state of Nebraska and
later the Rllicicnt consul of thu United
States at Vcra Crux in Mexico. His in
tegrity no olio lias over dared to question.
With G. W. Lininjrer and Uruno
'JV.selmck heading their legislative ticket ,
Douglas county republicans can enter
the light > vith ovcry assurance of success.
Mr. Tzschuek , like Mr , Liningcr , stands
squarely on llio Van Wyck plank of the
platform , „ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Keep Tlinin nt Homo.
The people of Nebraska owe it to them
selves to retire to private lito every can
didate for the legislature whoso record is
not straight and dean on the issues of
tlio day. They owe it to their parties to
rebuke by a vote of lack of confidence
every trickster , sell-out and traitor to his
constituents who proved himself in the
last legislature unworthy of eonlidonce
and recreant to the trusts committed tn
his care.
Two years ago this fall the people
of Nebraska were nailed upon to
give the verdict of approval or
dissent on the constitutional amendments -
monts providing for a railroad commis
sion. 15y an overwhelming majority at
the polls they rejected the proposition to
turn over their power of regulating the
railroads to a body of men who wore
certain to be controlled by the corpora
tions. The verdict of the people waa
sharp and decisive. There was no
grounds for dispute as to what it meant ,
It was a clear and conclusive victory over
the railroad brijrade of corporate hench
men. But before the legislature ad
journed the railroads succeeded in
securing enough votc.s of re
publicans to accomplish in the
state capital what they had failed
to secure at tlio polls. The infamous
commissioner bill was passed in out
rageous defiance of popular sentiment
and individual pledges. On the linal
passage of the bill the following mem
bers of the legislature voted in its favor :
In the senate Drown , Ihiokworth , Burr ,
Cherry , Clark , Day , Dolan , Durland ,
Einsel , Filson , Goohnnr , lloebol , Howe ,
Howell , Hyers , Lewis , McAllister , Moik-
eljohn , Met ? ; , Norrls , Paul , Putnam ,
Skinner , Smith of Fillmore , Smith of
Lancaster , Snell , Sewers and Spencer.
In the house Adams , Aikiu , Bailey ,
Blaco , Booth , Brandt , Brtmnor. Burn-
ham , Callahan , Conger , Capo , Corr , Cox ,
Dempster , Emerson , Glenn , Hall , Haxen ,
H'iimrich ' , Henry , llockncll , Holmes.
Holt , Johnston , Kivloy , Kuony , Leo ( of
Furmis ) , Leu ( of Mcrrick ) , Liosveld , Luce ,
M'Ardle , Mulvahil ) , Nowmyor , Neweom-
bor , Olmstead , Osgood , Peterson , Rice ,
Kiley , Kobortson , Robinson , Root , Hus-
sell , Smith , Seoville , Stover , Taggart ,
Taylor , Thomas ( of Cass ) , Thompson ,
Troiii ) , Varnor , Waitt , White , Williams ,
Wright , Mr , Speaker.
The above arc the names of the men
who dared to defy public sentiment and
I he vole of tlio people in fastening
upon Nebraskans a commission
which they had expressly de
clined to endorse. Should -any of the
members of the last legislature who voted
for the creation of the odious railroad
commission present themselves as can
didates for renomination , they should bo
confronted with their record. It will bo
safe to keep them all at homo.
11 cur I a j ; From Home ,
The apparent indlU'eronce of President
Cleveland regarding tlio condition of af
fairs at Charleston is beginning to bo
eritieised in the house of his friends , the
south , and it would not bo surprising to
find that there is a great deal of indigna
tion In that quarter whloh has been kept
under control for reasons not dillleult to
interpret. The simple truth is , that the
president's course in this matter has the
appearance of cold-blooded heartlcssncss ,
and there is no apparent ground on
which it can bo excused. Tlio fact that
ho has no lawful authority to use gov
ernment supplies in aid of the Charleston
suflerors does not acquit him of the duty
of exerting himself in such direction as
ho may for the relief of those unfortunate
people , although ho apparently assumes
that it does. The limitation upon his ex-
poutlvo powers doesn't all'ect his privi
lege as a citi/.oo or put nt-y constraint
upon his humanity. As citizen and man
ho might have with entire propriety ap
pealed to his fellow-citizens in behalf of
the sutforcrs and glvon an earnest of his
sympathy In substantial form. The example -
ample would have been an incentive to
others , and undoubtedly would have
caused a very material dif
ference in tlio amount subscribed. But
lie did nothing of the sort. Ho kept
right along with his hunting and fishing ,
seemingly without the least thought or
care as to how the people of Charleston
were faring or likely to faro. And un
doubtedly in this conduct there is illus
trated a prominent quality of Mr , Cleve
land's character , lie is not a man of
active and strong .sympathies , and in
view of the exceptional nature of the
Charleston culastrophy it is not easy to
conceive what extent of calamity to
other people would win his serious eon-
corn to the temporary abandonment of
his pursuit of pleasure. It cannot bo
agn-oablo to any citizen , and must bo
humiliating to many , to think of the ox-
ocutlvo ot tlio nation as a man who is in
capable of being utiectod by the misfor
tune nnd distress of a large number of
his follow citizens , duo to a cause beyond
thuir control , whnn the question of his
individual enjoyment is involved , though
only for a brief time. Vet i't is quite nn-
posslbloto candidly have any othur opin
ion ot Mr. ( . 'lovoland since his failure to
show tlio least coneorn respecting the
Charleston calamity , which promptly
touched the sympathies of England' *
queen , and is now eliciting substantial
tokens of sympathy in othur hnds. But
your "man of destiny" is rarely troubled
with much heart.
AccoituiNO to the Herald , Mr. A. S.
Pr.dJock is a candidate on the demo
cratic side for the oflice of county commissioner -
missioner of Douglas county , This ji a
genuine piece of now * . Has the senator
resigned hie place on the UUxh commis
sion , with lu comfortublo salary aud
grave responsibilities to mingle onca
more with his Omaha frionda and old
time neighbors for $3 a day and milonge !
A I'romlsc front lloth Sides.
The now democratic campaign book ,
issued by the national congressional com-
mitttc , declares it to bd the policy of the
administration , and therefore inferentially -
entially of the party , to open up foreign
markets for our products. U claims that
the desire is to extend the trade of thq
United States into countries to tlio south
of us , whoso commerce is steadily grow
ing , in some directions with wonderful
rapidity , and much the greater part of
which Ls now controlled by England ,
Franco nnd Germany. It hns not been
generally supposed that the democratic
party was very much concerned regard
ing this trade or in fact nny other. Its
course hitherto hascertainlv boon such as
to warrant the opinion that it was wholly
indifferent respecting the foreign com
merce of thu country. It has generally
been found in pretty solid opposition to
every measure of a practical character
the object of which was to improve our
trade relations with other lands , and par
ticularly with the southern countries. To
effect this has been a leading fcaturo of
republican effort for years , but It has
.never failed to meet obstruction at the
hands of the democracy.
However , any evidence of enlighten
ment and progress in the ideas and policy
of that party will bo heartily welcomed ,
and if in this matter it is really disposed
to adopt the policy which the republicans
have been urging for years , and in sup
port of which they have piled up fauts
and arguments mountain high , there is
nothing to do but to commend the demo
crats for the awakening that lias thus
tardily come to them , aud to encourage
them in their conversion. This question
of extending our foreign commerce is
getting to be of such pressing impor
tance to the welfare of the country that
it ought not to bo affected by party differ
ences. The country ncuds the great and
growing markets of the southern half of
the hemisphere , and it will need thorn
more and more as the productiveness of
the nation increases. Our future pros
perity Is in no small degree contingent
upon securing these markets. The matter -
tor is ono which touches the welfare of
a'l ' sections and all interests. It
should not bo embarrassed by making
It a. subject of party controversy with a
view to party capital. The democrats
have the popular branch of congress and
the president. Whatever practical mea
sures they sincerely bring forward for
the promotion of the foreign commerce
of the nation , parlicnlarlv with the coun
tries soul h of us , wo do not hesitate to
predict will receive the hearty support of
the republican senate. They will have
an opportunity this winter to show how
much sincerity there is in their campaign
promises in this uarticular.
The Outbreak at. Madrid.
The revolt or mutiny of a few hundred
soldiers at Madrid on Sunday night ap
pears to have been ono of thosu ill-con
sidered and ill-timed movements of which
Spanish history affords several examples ,
though wo do not recall one which was
quite so clumsy and complete a fiasco as
this lust alleged attempt to inaugurate
revolution. Whether or not the influ
ences that produced Sunday's outbreak
can be safely measured by the character
and extent of this "revolt" is uncertain.
If they can , then they are manifestly in
significant , and need not bo seriously re
garded as in the slightest degree menac
ing the peace of the kingdom or the per
manence of the regency. The dispatches
indicate that the men who engaged in the
uprising and went through tlio streets of
Madrid shouting "Live the republic ! " did
so in the belief that they had a largo part
of the army with them , and that it WHS
only necessary to apply the torch in order
to light the fires of revolution in every
direction. It must have boon a crushing
disclosure when they encountered at the
Prado two thousand soldiers loyal to the
government whom they had supposed
wore their friends and would join the re
volt , and when later they found the bar
racks and arsenal , instead of being-thrown
open to admit thorn , so vigorously de
fended that they wore compelled to retire
from the ofloi't to got possession. The
government , it is however evident , was
taken by surprise , and had the revolt
boon more skillfully planned the authori
ties might have had a ereat deal of trou
ble in suppressing it , but a few hours suf
ficed to enable the government to under
stand the situation and then suppression
of the outbreak became easy , though not
without loss of life.
The uprising was professedly in the
interest of republicanism , but it is moro
than probable that it was duo chiefly to
the machinations of that chronic dis
turber , Don Carlos , who is ready to play
any sort of a game to further his ends.
This supposition finds warrant in tlio fact
that this pretender , who is understood to
be continually hutching conspiracies , re
cently issued a manifesto in which ho
held out llatteriiig promises of what he
would do for the nation were the control
of the. govnrnment committed.to his
hands. That his agents have boon tam
pering with the army , with the result ot
winning over thu handful of soldiers
who made tlio outbreak of Sunday ,
is more than llkuly. Assuming this to bo
so , the o.xtout of the uprising demon
strates the insignificance of the Carli.st
inllucnce , though perhaps the wonder
ought to bo that the party has any inllu-
once tit all outside the ranks of adventur
ers nuil freebooters who have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose from
civil strife and disorder.
An effect of this movement will bo to ,
render the government moro vigilant , It
had probably grown over-confident from
tlio expressions of loyalty and patriotism
that were drawn out by the death of King
Alfonso , and which wore doubtless very
generally sincere. But in relaxing the
discipline nnd watchfulness which must
be continually maintained in a govern
ment like that of Spain , opportunity was
given to the ambitious malcontents to
carry on their insidious work , of which
Sunday's episode was the fruit. The wholn
affair the iusignilioanoo of the uprising
and the enso with which it was sup
pressed showed that the present govern
ment of Spain , so lonir as it maintains the
policy under which It has proceeded thus
far , ought not to have anything to four
from the schemes of the worthless con
spirator who is responsible for most of the
political trouble occurring from time to
time in that country. The government
as showing an enlightened and progress
ive Apirit in most directions , and the
peo'plo are doubtless on the
whole quite as prosperous nnd happy us
they have been at any other time within
at least the past quarter of a century.
Tlio Time Hns Canto.
Last fall , under the Inllucnce of the ex
posures made by this paper , the board of
trade started the ball a-rollinp for a rail
road controlled by Omaha capital and
conducted in the interests of thlsclty and
its trade territory. The freight bureau
lias now taken the matter up and the
combined action of these two organiza
tion ? should bo suilleiont to float the en
terprise into nn actual existence.
Tlio time lias arrived when Omaha can
no longer afford to lie on her oars and
entrust her transportation interests to
corporations whoso terminals are in un
friendly cltios. Jf our merchants are to
keep this city abreast of the development
of territory which Is ours by the right ol
nearness and our ability to supply it , we
must have free aud open access to our
neighbors.
For years this paper has been pointing
out the dangers which threatened the
commercial supremacy of our city.
Through fair and foul weather and gooi1
and evil report , against the opposition ol
cowards who believed that blind submis
sion to force would in time remedy the
evils of oppression , and in antagonism to
dishonest tools whose business it was to
throw dust in the eyes of their dupes , the
BKK has urged the construction of roads
originating in this city , controlled by
Omaha capital and in active competition
with unfriendly rivals. It was so with
the narrow guago road that was slaugh
tered by treachery in the house of its
friends. It was so witli the Omaha and
Northern until that scheme was developed
into a plan to secure local aid for a
northern extension of the Missouri Pa
cific. To any honest project to build a
road from this city into trailo territory
now controlled by corporations which
are knifing this city in the interests of its
rivals , the BKE will give an honest and
unllmchingsupport. While it still be
lieves that Omaha is the best commercial
point on the Missouri river and that her
merchants are not yet as seriously in
jured a * some of our contemporaries in
sist , itsoes clearly the dangers menacing
the jobbing tnidc. The time to apply
remedies is when the symptoms first ap
pear. Omaha cannot afford to wait until
the damage is done.
THE Republican is still unable In its
dazed condition to understand that con
vention and its results. It proposes to
leave the unravelling of the mystery to
thn now management , which it , however ,
declines to pledge to the support of the
republican ticket.
THE Union Pacific cannot afford to dis
criminate againt Omaha in ttie interests
of Kansas City. In the prcsont relations
of that road with the government , policy
alone should dictate a course of fairness.
THEKK seems to ba a genuine anti
monopoly sentimant porvadinir the
Omaha Freight bureau. Mr. Barker
voiced it fairly in his plea for inter-state
railway regulation.
SATUKUAY'S political editorials in the
columns of the esteemed contemporaries
madastrango reading on Sunday morn
ing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A KAIUIOAU of her own to the north
west means a doubling of Omaha's pop
ulation within ton years.
KINGS AND QUKKNS.
Emperor William is very partial to shell
fish and lobsters.
The king o Portugal Isoirendingthe tastes
of tlio Britishers by wearing unfashionable
and antiquated garments.
The queen regent of Spain has conferred
uioii her prospective subject , Mine. Nllsson ,
the Grand Cross of the Order of Benevo
lence.
The czar of Kussla , In addition to all tlm
real nnd Imaginary dangers which surround
his path , Is a victim to an abnormal fear of
hydrophobia.
The Queen of Spain Is said to bo suffering
from .pulmonary disease , which Is making
alarming progress. The affection is siinlhir
to that which caused the death of King
Alfonso.
Princess Louise , ono of the daughters of
thouticen , says that slio Is "always out of
money. " She Is paid S : ,000 a year out of
the pockets of. the British people , but there
are many ways In wliich a princess can get
rid of gold.
Queen Uoim Maria 1'la , ot Portugal , shares
with her sistor-ln-law , the Queen o Italy , the
distinction of holm. ' regarded as "the best
dressed woman in Europe. " Queen I'iu Is a
patroness of the hire-Saving society o Portugal
tugal , and received some years airo a gold
medal from the Paris branch of that society.
Alfonso's widow has had to banish from
Madrid an olllcer who was continually on
duly about the royal palace , lln full.violently
In love with hU sovereign , and , making no
concealment of his passion , revealed It In
various ways. Ono day ho niailo his way to
the queen's boudoir , and throwing himself at
hur nmjesty'rt feet poured forth his tale of
passion. The gentleman bitloncs to a
powerful aristocratic family. Nevertheless ,
he Is likely to have a warm time In the regi
ment , which , In conseiiuonco of his escapade ,
lias been ordered Into virtual exile.
Itoyival of BiiHl/iOfls in St. Louis.
A few moro loads of pumpkins than usual
were brought Into Sj. Lonls ono day tnls
week , and tlio papers ofethat old village are
blowing about a "revival of business.
The Passing of ( tie Queen.
Journal of ttdiicatfnn.
A flavor In the air ot 'Hptf ' September ;
A ciispncss In the griiHaibonuatli the feet ;
A bracing freshnessIn the broezti thiil tarries ,
An tviitum odor , racfr , rare , and sweet ,
I
A premonition , delicate mid ( under ,
Of gentle softness Jii Qiieun Nature's fnce.
When Kiimmer slum have Hpunt her royal
' ' ' '
fiplundor ,
Andlefther crownl'but ' kept the queenly
grace , i / 1
O toy to count the jewels tmo forgettuth I
Tney lie with IiivUli wealth o'er hill and
doll ,
The token that her presence nllll must linger
When all around may seem to say farewell.
The waysldo vines are glittering with rubles ;
The ferns are pearls beneath the goalie
hand ;
And amber glows among the gracious tree-
tops.
That bow to hear her footsteps through the
laud.
Dear heart , tint seukest for some sign of
summer
To cirry with thee , spite of time and care ,
And keep amulet In wintry weather
A token for thee too , dotli autumn boar.
Thou shall not dread the withering hand of
winter ,
Nor shrink with shivering awe from pttlu
and death ,
Since doslnt- life shall bo thy coronation ,
And bc'uedlctlun bo thy parting breath.
TIIU HOT CHKKIC BA81.V.
A Koulon of Womlronn nc.inty ami
Fortuity OrdauUlitK Sioux
County.
BODAHO , Sioux Co. , Nob. , Sapt. 17.
[ Correspondence of the BEK. ] This
town is located in what is known ns Hot
Creek lasina ! region of wondrous beauty
aud fertility mid but n few years ngo
of the the favorite haunts of the savage
and n so I ess red man , This region is but
little known to the outside world , all the
historical and geographical works of our
slate scarce mention it , or if thuy do they
dismiss the subject with a few words re
garding its geological formation. Terms
such as pliocene , mloeene , cretaceous ,
etc. , comprise about all that the writers
have given us.
His true the geological formation Is of
especial interest to tlio scientists ; it la no
pract'cal ' value to us settlers and cow
men. Talk to us of scimico in Greek nnd
Latin if you please , and we will listen
with profound respect , but como hero
and ga/.o upon our sleek cattle , our
bounteous crops of grain , especially corn
and vegetables , and you will express
your admiration and surprise in good old
plain English that all can understand. '
This is the first season crops have boon
put in here , and they have been put In
on soil , and tlio result has oven in this
rude manner of cultivation been to estab
lish tlm fuel that crops of nil kinds can be
raised in that creek basin in quality and
quantity not to bo excelled in any portion
tion of the state.
Now that 1 have given you a rude in
troduction to the fittlo domain , I would
like to toll you and your readers nbont
the trials ami tribulations in our at
tempts to
pltOANIXK SIOUX COUNTY.
Last winter a petition was drawn up in
porpcr form , sijrnod by some fifty actual
residents ot the county , most of whom
had lived lioro for years , and acquired
some property which is subject to tax
ation. Tins petition was accompanied
by affidavits from thoofllcials of Cheyenne
countj * . stating the number of tax pay
ers in the coiiutv ami O. , and forwarded
through C. C. MoNish , of Wisner. to
the governor. Two months rolled away
and no tidings reached us as to the fate
of our petition. At length we wrote to
our attorney , who wrote to the governor.
In answer his excellency stilted there
was another petition on file in his oilier ! ,
praying for the organization of Sioux
county. After making diligent in
quiry wo wore unable to find
a man In the county that had ever scon ,
signed or heard of any other petition for
organization but one forwarded by Mr.
Me.Nish. Wo then wrote the governor
what wo considered a very rospeotfu.
letter , renuestinc him to take some
action in tlio matter. This met the sanu
fate as the petition. Wo have heart
from it , however , ia a seini-olllcial way
to the effect that the governor stated to
some of his friends that bo should payne
no attention to a gang of cowboys am :
clodhoppers , but should simply consign
their documents to the waste basket
Ho may not have said this , but ho ha
acted this sentiment out to tlio life.
It is true there area number of cowboys
in the settlement , but they are men in
every sense of the word. Most of them
are actual settlers , and when the tiini
comes to round ut > their votes you'll fint
nono'of them bearing the Dawcs brand ,
The 700 settlers in this bsisin are a powei
that Governor Dawcs cannot afford to
slight.
A few days since anotiier pe
tition in tlio interest of the
railroad company and swearing the
sicnatiires of twenty-eight persons was
forwur'dod'to ' the governor praying for
the organization of the county. Some
of the signers of that petition are nol
residents of the county , not having lo
caled a claim in the county. The peti
tion was returned because the petitioners
failed sending nny allidavits stating the
number of tax-payers in the county. On
Saturday last a commissioner , or a some
thing inside of line clothes , was sent or
imported from Hay Springs to swear
some ono to their documents. This com
missioner or something else struggled a
long time in vain with an honest granger
to induce him to swear to something "ho
know nothing about. Next they lit down
on an old timer hero just as the old moon
came peering over the blull's and induced
him in the uncertain light of an old
ranch stable to sign their allidavit.
Wo are as eager as any of our fellow
citi/.ens for tlm organization of the county
but wo must bo allowed to enter our pro
test against its being done in the
interest of a railroad ring oven if there is
a governor in tlio middle of it. H.
Clonru-ator'H Boom.
Cr-EAinvATKu , Neb. , Sept. 19. [ Cor
rcspondenco of the BEE. " ] Clearwater ,
for some lime past known as a "way sta
tion" and generally advertised as such
by her rival towns , Noligh to the east
and Ew ing to the west , has just takonu
boom and bids fair to become the metropo
is of Antelope county in the not distant
future. Within the last two weeks a
newspaper has been established hero , a
building for which is under construction ;
ground has been purchased for an olc
valor by Fremont parties who expect to
bo ready to receive grain inside of forty
five days. A gentleman from Iowa has
been looking over the town and county
with u view to establishing a bank here ,
and will probably commence tlio erec
tion of his building next week ; ground
for a now meat market has has boon pur
chased and work commenced on the
building ; another doctor , late of Albion ,
has opened an oflico here , also an attorney -
tornoy from Creighton. A jeweler has
arranged to opnn a store hero besides
quite a number of oilier minor institu
tions which add to the lifo and business
interests of a now town. The now grist
mill is nearly completed and will com
mence grinding wheat about October 1st ,
Trade in all branches is brisk and mer
chants aru moro hopofnl than o\iir
before. In the writer's opinion
Clearwntor will ere Ion ; ; bo recognized as
the commercial center of this section ,
Her business men are all enterprising
and carry largo slocks. The town 19 sur
rounded on all sides by a fertile and pro
ductive country , peoulud by a thrifiy and
comparatively wealthy class of farmers ,
which always insures u permanent ami
lucrative patronage to all who engage in
business in the natural "hub" of Antelope -
lope county. Wo have at present three
general stores , one implement store , ono
drii" store , one hardware store , one meal
market , two blacksmith whops , two hotels ,
ono livery stable , one lumberyard , one
newspaper , one harness shop , and there
is room for moro business houses of nil
kinds , IIH the town is many years behind
the country. Persons seolclng locations
for business houses cannot hud a better
place in the ntatn lhan Clearwutcr at
present. Those who come in now will
reap the harvest in store for all enter
prising mt.n with suilleiont means to * ilarl
a business of any character.
The ( ifciit Issuti.
Kiinm * Cltu Time * .
The country need not nurse the delusion
that the railroad corporations of fren
America will not if theycun control slate
and milUimil governments , and dominate
every publlo Interest. Their iiiliiieneo in
the last ten years in legislation leaver no
room for exception in favor of this coun-
, ry. Their absolute domination of the
ntornal commerce , their milliiifation or
the law of supply and demand .nnd thuif
substitution of thu law of thu pool for Um
regulation of prices have already demon
strated readiness of arbitrary power to
substitute its forces for' ' those sanctioned
by the people.
The railway cor 'orations here are not
restrained by the principles of civil lib
erty any moro than similar corporations
in aristocratic or despotic governments.
The same rules npply to the organiza
tion and management of pools , nnd the
same objects In Auioricrt as In England ,
France , Germany or Hussla.
England , it is said , has now cloven
great railroad corporations , formed out
of what woraonco yd ? companies. Franco
has six great companies , formed out o
forty-eight original companies. How
llko'tho absorption in free America is the
process across llio wnteiyl
The same strugulo against the power of
the railroad consolidations has arisen in
the old world thatjnow agitates America.
Bismarck lias tried the commission plan
without success , and says , in his direct
way : "The imperial railway olllco has
become a council wliich gives good ad
vice ami prefaces its requests with : 'if
you please. ' It writes a great deal and
makes much tulo , but no ono heeds "its
bohi-sts. " Bismarck could not better have
described tlio Missouri railroad commis
sion had it been the subject of his criti
cism.
Tlio Prussian plan hai been in opera
tion several years , and is n pronounced
success. In Prussia the slate now owns
nit thu railroads and conducts the trans
portation business of the country , it may
como to that hero , but not until every
other has been tried. Such an extension
of the power of the national government
is not to ho contemplated without a sluul
dor , but \yould it not bo bolter lhan llio
irresponsible power of a national pool ?
The French idea is morn applicable lo
American institutions. The French pro
ceed upon our theory that railroads are
public highways , and as such are umcna-
blu to regulation and control by the gov
ernment. They have a railway depart
ment of trovornuietit with Its head like
our comptroller of the currency , who
supervises the railway management with
the power to conform it to the policy of
the policy of the government. In this
country such an alfair would bo a part of
the administration probably belong lo
llio cabinet and lnivo supervision over
the transportation interests of the coun
try. Is there not n suggestion in this
plan worthy of the consideration of the
congressional candidates of Doth great
political parties ?
Jacob Coaster , Emperor.
I'hthidrlvMn Tlmet ,
Jacob Coaster is an Englishman who
has just been sent to the lunatic asylum
at Washington in consequence of an at
tempt to enforce his hallucination that
ho is tlio emperor of all America. This
is severe on Jacob. His country woman ,
Queen Victoria , imagines she is empress
of India , but nobody thinks of sending
her lo a lunatic asylum for enforcing her
hallucination. The Czar Alexander im
agines he is emperor of Asia , but nobody
trios to look him up because of his delu
sion. Neither the empress of Iidia ; nor
the emperor of Asia is what she or he
claims to be , but they both act as if they
wore , and thuir claim is allowed , wherein
is the difference between them and Jacob
Coaster.
While Jacob Coaster's delusion is
shared by many potentates , there is only
one just now to whom the delusion o
being n ruler brought disaster as sorrow
fill in its way as Coaster's. This is Alex
ander of Battunburg , lately of Bulgaria.
Ilo imagined that to feign was to rule , nnd
the result was that ho wns compelled to
bid adieu to all his greatness. The Uus
sians thanglit ho should have been con <
tent lo roijrn and let the czar do the ruling
while the Turks thought the sumo thing
except that they snbtilntcd'tho sultan fo ,
the czar. The only difference bctweoi
Alexander , of Battenburg , and Coaster ,
of Washington is that Alexander is free
to look for his own asylum.
Delusions Jike Jacob Coaster's are by
no means uncommon. A number of
gentlemen of moro or less rcspectabilitv
imagine they ought to bo an emperor o"
king of France. Don Carlos is a nanu
that has long been associated with !
claim to the throne of Spain. It happen :
every few months that a deluded English
man goes to Windsor castle to claim his
birthright to the throne occupied by ;
descendant of a , Gorman emigrant. Bui
it is only at Windsor and the white house
that the claimants are at once marclici'
off to a mad-house that the claim ilsol ,
is considered proof of insanity. But as :
matterof right the claim of Coaster it-
only a dcgreu moro absurd than those o
the others , from the emperor of Asia to
thu heir of the Bonnpartos.
for Conversation.
San Francisco Post : Dr. Older ,
dentist of this city , has a well-earned
reputation , not alone for skillful dentis
try , but for u charge of marvelous
capacity. One day tills week a patient
of the doctor got his bill. Of course , ho
fell back , stupefied. All Oldor's patients
do. until they get used to it.
"Ho has charged $15 an hour , " cried
the wretched man , "and when I call or
him ho talks for twenty minutes nboui
the weather , and politics , and his lasi
now girl , and 1 am paying for that al
the time. "
Ho called on the dentist and expressed
his opinion that it was not right , and that
his time should nol bo charged when so
much of it wiis consumed in conversation.
Dr. Older heard him gravely to the
end. "You remember , " he said , when
thu indignant protest wns concluded ,
"that 1 told you upon my preliminary ex
amination that thn nerve of thu toolli
was affected. You do ? Good. Now ,
know ; my business. So I soothe your
nerves and cast you into n pleasant frame
of mind before touching an instrument.
Do you understand now ? "
"But , great heavens I am I to pay you
$7.50 lo hear you talk about Miss'B's
bangs , and thin actress , and thatctudino ? "
"It hail the proper effect , " s.nld the
denlist , calmly , "il quieted your nerves ,
and 1 must say , " he added , with some
plquo ; "that you are the first of my
palicnls who over considered my coii-
vorsation dearat the price. " The patient
sighed deeply , and signed tlio chock.
O. "W. Cnrtln nH n AVrlter.
Boston Herald ; In the multitude of
hooks that hnvu been mudu from thn
magazines it is strungc Hint the material
In the "Kiwy Chair" of Harper's Maga
zine has been lU'gltieted. Wo venture to
express tint opinion that some of thu best
writing of our era ' * to bo found thoro.
ThoriMH a little descriptive account of
the rural New England Sabbath in the
September number which for its grace
ful and felicitous loneh cnn Imruiy be
over-praised. Not u number appears to
which in this department Mr. Curtis
failfl lo contribute nomutliiiitf worth pro-
serving. U'o have axxigiicd the oKKays'of
Addison and of Stcoht the position of
nlasscfi In our literal lire. Tlmy repre
sent the iKannurs arid tlio thought of
their limn in a style that makes tnenv
worthy of it. Do we mllrct that Mr.
Curtii ! is coing the name thine ; for our
day , miii after ti metlind that will bear
comparison with the work of thc.se nil-
thors enshrined in early literaturn ?
George V/illlam Curtis is an American
writer who , with all his popularity , has
not had u estimation that exceeded his
deserts , utid who , after more than a quar
ter of a cnntury nt notivu communication
with the publlu through the press , is as
fresh and intonating in his composition
ind , if poa.sl bin , more grucefrl than when
lie first begun hi * literary career.
\VIiy Dlilii'i tlid Colonel Think ufTliUV
/nilt < l'l ! < Conr ( < r-J-Jiii : ( ( ,
( 'ul. Uihler'n jirctlc hleU.'ij ) i > r only clsh-
uf n feet long. 1C ) : trios to bring hnmo ilie
101 Ui pole on unij of ( .h'Ji'e he will liud'.Umt It
A Orrnt On toll.
Chicago IteraM ,
Since most of the noble dukes and oil > r
lords of creation who have mrmv i
American girls are regarded as fortin
hunters , it is a matter of some won. : r
thai the royal families of the old wo' i i
would let a young follow like Gcoiv ,
Gould throw himself away on a pin >
American girl without first making nn
effort to interest him in some fair huh '
rank who could givohlm the social pn i.i
ineiico in Europe which the heir to sn , ,
great wealth could easily aspire to. ' ( \ \
impoverished houses wliich
have bi i
congratulating themselves on their n ! ! >
aiH-e with some of the rich Amcrifin
families would have something to IUM
about if they had been able to take your 1
Gould in out of the moisture ,
Gould the elder is probably tli > -
wealthiest man in the coilntry. Ho o\
hiblted on ono occasion not long njo
bonds nnd stocks to the value of mon'
than sixty millions , Ilo controls corpoi
ale wealth to Hie amount of throe or lour
hundred millions , and , as ho is yet com
paratively youiiff , it would bo useless ! >
put an estimate unon the sum of his final
accumulations. Of the Immense fortttiu-
ho will leave , the young man who hns
just been married will inherit the great * r
part. Ho is handsome , modest , amiable
and capable. As an addition to nnv
uoblo house ho would bu an acquisition
not to bo despised. Ills inheri
tance would lift the whole im
poverished aristocracy of the old
world out of the slough of despond into
which extravagance and other excesses
have plunged it. To have lot him go
withoitUi struggle is the greatest mistake
that their lordships have made in many a
year. U will bo some time before anollicr
opportunity of this kind will occur.
The largo number of American holr-
essurt who have in recent years married
into the British aristocracy will exert nn
inllueiieo upon that order which cannot
bo measured at this time. Several of
them are the mothers of young men
who will , in the course ot a fuw
years , be peers of the empire. Onlv
one of those personages is now descended
from an Amoiican. Lord Asabuatou's
grandmother was an American. But the
bevy of beautiful and American women
who now hover about the throne will
presently bo the proud dowagers whoso
sons and daughters will show the effete
aristocracy of a decaying empire how to
lord it over the groundlings. Iteertiitud
by a few members of the oilier sex , who ,
in this country , as in England , have mo t
of the wealth , the old nobility would
thrive as never before. The dlllieultv
about titles could bo easily arranged.
The same power which conferred these
baubles on the prates and cut-throats of
could give them to Ihu eminently respec
table young men of America , so that in
matters of precedence there would be no
trouble. The extra wealth to be secured
by interesting the American youth in this
scheme could bo depended upon ( o com
pensate the country for all the wear and
tear that its institutions would suffer by
reason of an irregularity that might at
tend the bestowal of titles.
The first departure in this line is to bo
made this month in Colorado , whore a
daughter of the otirl of Airlu is
to marry tin unassuming American
citizen , whose name is not now
recalled. Several of the brothers
and sisters of llio bride are to bo at the
wcuding , and the aflair is certain to bo
as recherche as the circumstances will
permit of. George Gould , however , ia
irrotriovarjly lost. Nice as are the
Hchomus which the aristocrats of the old
world have fixed for the despoiling ol
the "lower classes , " they cannot com
pare in productiveness with the arrange
ments which the Goulds have made in
this country. Perhaps by thu time George
Gould has an heir who contemplates
marriage the desirability of going abroad
to sctllo down in luxnrv will be moro
pronounced than it is now.
Itoynl Academy Scandals.
Magazine of Art for October : Tlio very
first scandal of nny moment occurred
very shortly after the incorporation of
the Academy in 1773. This was the case
of Sir Kobert Strange , which has boon
touched upon in an earlier nrticlu. In Sir
( then Mr. ) Hobnrt St range's pamphlet ,
"An Enquiry into the lliso of tno Koyal
Academj' , 'i is inserted a letter to the earl
of Bute he who was burned in cfligy nt
Temple Bar. Although this letter has
no apparent connection witli tlio sarcas
tic little history of the origin of the
Academy which follows , it details -
tails certain happenings that
wore probably closely as.snckited
with the writer's squabble with ono
of the earliest hanging committees.
Ramsey , who had pamlod a portrait of
the Prince of Wales , afterwards George
IV. , requested Strange to engrave it , on
the plea that thn prince and the earl of
Bute would both bo gratified by his doing
so. Strange was at the time preparing
to stiirt for Italy , and not wishing to delay -
lay his journey for the two years required
for tlio engraving of a full-length portrait
trait , ho declined iinlet-8 it could ho
shown to him that it was thu prince's
own particular wish that lie should com
ply. Shortly afterwards William Cham
bers , the architect ho whoso aombro
Tlmmo.i'Sidupilo is in its stony acreage :
not unslatoly when its pilasters catch thu
crimson gleam of the evening snn-
brought Strange a message that the
Prince of U'alcs was anxious lie should
engrave not only his higluioss's own
portrait , but likewise that of Lord Hutu.
It was requested that he should lay nsido
every other engagement nnd engrave
Lord Huto'a picture first. In return for
this his royal highness , In his princely
generosity , would make the engraver a
present of a hundred guineas , and pat
ronize a Mibscription for copies of thu
engraving * . This did not sound
very promising ; but tit range was not
angry , attributing thn meanness of tlio
odor to tlio prlnuo'fl ignorance of
the length of time required for oiigrnv *
ing two largo pictures. C'lmmhwH ' repre
sented the position to the prince , who
remarked that Slrangu'.s reasons were
"both natural and just. " "But how
great was my surpriuu , " oxchiimod the
indignant engraver , "whnn a day or two
afterwards a Iriend of iiimii told mu that
IK * had seen Mr. Knnmy , who informed
him that hu had met Lord Hutu , who had
said thai the prince was so provoked at
my refusal that hu could not bear to hoar
my name mentioned. " Evonlnally Mr.
Ityland engraved the portraits ,
wliich occupied him four years.
liu was paid a hundred guineas
for making the ilrnwincs , nnd' ! . ' > 0 a
piarlor ilurinj' thu whole of the four
I'piir.H , nnd received in addition the pro-
iceils of the sal" of tint prints. Strange
i several attempts not. very dlgni-
led purliups , but eminently natural on
ho part of a man who feared to ho
tanned In hid profession by what was
u.-rliaps a mere myritili'iiition to obtain
in explanation from Lord Bute ; but thu
hu door was always shut upun him , and
: vcn the presentation of a nut of iniprns-
ions from some of thn plates Strnngu en-
rraved did not procure him an interview. i
A Uoniitlful J'rosnut.
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