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> * wm 1 ' TIDfl OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 24 , 1880 * THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or Rt-n-scntrriox t DflHr ( Moml JJT tuition ) Including Sunday II UK , Ono Vcnr . . . SIC * 01 For Six Montln . , . 6 W for Thrnn Manilla . . . 260 The nnrnlin Swmtnr lien , mulled to nny ndJro s , Olio yur. . . . . 200 Orrirr. JJo.tni AMI BM FAnxA'j K voriK orrirK , 11001 flS , Tmnr.vc lirii.nixii. WASHINOTOX urrict , No. 5is FUUIITEK TII STHECT. /ll communication1 ? rolntlnirtnnp > rs nnd edi torial mutter alioukl bo nddrosaoJ tu thu Km- Ton or TUB llKr AH tmlnesiletl r < iiinilromlltancfli should lie ftildrcsiort to TUB IUi I'lmi.ij'HiNd COMPANY , OMUI.V. Dnifti , cliookl nnil jwtolllco union to bo made pnynblo to tlio oiilsr of thu conituiny , THE m PUBllSRIsTciPASy , PROPRIETORS , ! : . ROSKWATKK , KniTOU. Till ) V 1H5I3. fiworn Statement of Circulation. Btnlc of Nebraska , 1 . _ C.'oiintnf Douglas. ts-s < ( ! eo. 11. T7schucksccrctaryot the UPC Pub- llsliiim company , does solemnly swear thai the nctiml clrrulntlnn nf the Dallv lire for tlic week ending Sent. ITth , lt0 , was oa follows : Total Saturday , llth . 13,11 * Sunday , ' 12th . 1 , IO ( Momlny , IHth . 13STt Tuesday. 14th . W.OM Wednesday , 15th . ll ! , < ttt Thursday. Kith . 12ttt ; I'rlday , 17th . .la.OOt Avcrncc . 13.15' ' ; Subscribed mid Hworn to licforc mn this 21lh day of Sept. , IbWX N. 1' . l-'r.n. , [ hKAi-i Notary 1'ubllc. Oco. U. Tzschnck , belli c first duly Bwoni.dO' roses and pays that ho Is secretary of the Hoc Publishing company , that thu actual avemve dally circulation oC the Dally Hco for the month of January , 18SC , was 10,378 copies ] for February , IbSft. 10,005 copies ; for March. 1M ! , 11,687 copies : for April , IbSO , 13,101 copies ; Jor Jlay , 1S5 , 12 , * 3n conies ; for Juno , 18M5 , l'J,2i 3 copies ; for July , lKx > , 12il4 : copies ; for August , IbSO , 18-lW copies. Uio : , 1) ) . T/SCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me , this 4th day of Sept. , A. D. 1SS3. N. 1' . FEII. , [ flEAi. . | Notary 1'ubllc. N COUNT ! TICKET. WOP Senators : C.KO.V. . UNIXUKI5 , BRUNO THSCI1UCK. For KeproKentntlvcs : \V. O. WI11TMORE , F. B HIBBAKD. OEO. HKIMROD , R. S. HALL , JOHN MATTHIESON , JAMES K. YOUNG , T. W. BLACKBURN , M. o. mcKETTS. For County Attorney : EDWAUD W. SIMERAL. For County Commissioner : ISAAC N. P1EUCE. "TiiKUE is bloou on the face of UK moon. " L'OMTICAL treachery never ) > iiys in the long run. Ciiuitciillowi : will be snowed undei nt the November noils. OTOK county bus Riven the "old man1 Ihe worst black eye which lie has yet re cclvcd. Doum.As county was solid againsl Church Howe in the Beatrice convention , It will bo solid against him ntthoNoveni' bcr polls. IN a contract between Howe and Vat Wyolc , in wliich Howe is to make the lasl delivery , no one doubts who will get the hot cud of the poker. WEEKS ago we announced that wo would support any honest republican , The BEK cannot endorse or support u man whom it knows to bo liar and bo- liovcs to bo a thief. CHURCH HOWE can vote vagrants and vagabonds at the Beatrice primaries and buy up granger delegates in Lincoln , but when he comes up for'cloction in Novem ber ho will run abort several thousand votes. SAitrv's delegations wore for Clarke and Howo. If the chances of botli can didates i-.ro equal , Mr. Clarke will con- tiuun liis drug business at the old stand while toino one else occupies a desk at the capital. THU republicans of the First district must bo taught n lesson. When party su premacy is so stong that it has no fears of party defeat , no matter what the char- nctoi' of its candidates , the best elements of the party will combine to rebuke lie arrogant assumption of unbridled power. Accoi'.niso to that valuable and suc cessful newspaper , the Philadelphia Jtecord , "it is as much of a fraud to sell advertising space without giving the pur- chosor proper Information as to what amount of publicity ho is buying , as it Is to soil oleomargarine for butter. " Quito true. The Br.i : is Iho only paper In this Bootlon of the west whoso ndvortirtlng patrons know every week exactly how many copies were circulated during the preceding wcpk , day by day. CoxaUESSMAN ATKINS makes the charge of fraud at Pine Rldgo because n count of the Indians tbows that too many rations were issued. If tiio rations were Issued , the only fraud that can bo shown is on the part of the Indians who coy. Burned them. As the ncont has boon urg ing a recount for years and voluntarily cutting down the rations to save the gov ernment their cost , tuo only blame must rest ou the interior department which hasYefnsod to carry out Iho agent's rccoiii- mondations for a thorough luting of the Ogallnlu Sioux , THE wife of the loading attorney foi the defense in the Chicago anarchist cases , Mrs. Black , has issued a plea tc the public for the lives of the mon sen tenced Urtlontli. In it she holds out thu throat of a reign of terror in Chicago II the convicted anarchists are hanged. In this is her mistake. It would luvvo been wieor to appeal to the quality of mercy , instead of challenging thu fears ot the people , and moreover the warning , if it bo not regarded us thu hysterical utter nitco of a misguided woman , will enable the authorities to increase precautions ngalnst anarchist outrages. The one liope of tha convicted muu is in the supreme court of Illinois , and if that fails them efforts to soaru the public by threat : of further ouir.igQ will tc unavailing. The Notnlnntlon of Howe. In nominating as their choice for corv grcs.sional honors the most Infamous trickster and corrupt political tnounto < bank In the state , the republicans of the First district have committed n fatal nci of folly. They have reasoned in imstc and they will repent at leisure. Week ? nco this paper declared that it would give Its hearty and cordial support tc any honest republican who should be se lected as n candidate by the party. The pledge , honestly made , would have been honestly carried out. Hut it cannot and it will not endorse for the flull'ragcs ol lioup.tt men , a candidate whose whole political history is honey-combed with venality and corruption ) who luu used the party as long as the party was useful for his private interests and deserted > sorted it as often as he ( teemed it to his personal advantage. It cannot , aiul it will not , support a shameless trickster tc whom no friendship has been too liolj for betrayal , no nlliauco too binding foi treachery , ami no pledges too sacred tc bo ruthlessly broken. A renegade tc party , a corruptcr ot the people's ropro sontatlves , a tool of the railroads and r stool pigeon for every fraud and vcntil scheme for tapping the public tillCliurcl HOWO'H candidacy is an insult tc republican honesty , and a slur upon the intelligence of thu rank and file of the party. For months the Dr.E has urged upoi republicans of thu First district the danger gor of giving countenance and support tf t ho candidacy of Church Howe. It lias sup plied them with ample reasons why his nomination , m Its opiniou , wonldbo fata to republican success. In spite 01 personal solicitations from that infamous trickster that it would remain silent a ! least until after the Beatrice convention and in face of the throats that its opposi tion would reach ou the sanatoria' ' chances of Charles II. Van Wyek , it has faithfully and consistently warned republicans against the crowning net o : folly which they have at last committed Its warnings have been unheeded. The rank and lilo of the party oupo more find themselves betrayed into the hand : of professional politicians , whoso onlj idea of the value of warty organization is tlmt it can bo used to register the decree * of their masters. Church Howe must bi beaten. He will bo beaten. Ills boasted alliances with corporations and corrupl tricksters will not avail him against tlu burst of honest indignation v/hich his nomination will excite. Hill Alert nud Active. The result of the meeting of the Nov York democratic state committee on Ttics 'day demonstrated that Governor Hill , al though somewhat embarrassed politi cally by the events of the past few months , is still alert and active. Tlu commi tec , as heretofore stated , is allil organization , created by the convontioi which nominated him and composed o : men in whom ho bad contideneo. Tin chairman , John O'Brien , wao because o being implicated in the Squire-Fiynn ras calitics was compelled to resign , if known to have been preferred for tlu position at the request of Governor Hill The committee lost throe other member ; during the year Hubert O. Thompsor by death , John Kornan , who is in Canad : to avoid arrest , and William P. Kirk who is under arrest charged with fraud The last two wore owned by the gov ernor. The important things to bo dom al tlio meeting of Tuesday wore the ( ill ing of the vacant places and thu deter initiation of the question of holding : convention. In both of these matters the ham oflr. ] \ . Hill was apparent. The chairmanship of the commit tee was given to a pronouncct friend of the governor nominate' ! by Mr Hill's former law partner. The sue ccssor to Hubert O. Thompson la Edwan Cooper , who is understood to bo not tin favorable to the governor's ambition and is at the head of the county democracy racy , while the other positions wen filled by men who nro not known at ardent supporters of Uio president. On the question of holding a convention it was decided not to ( to so by an aimed unanimous vote , which was entirely m accordance with the wish of the gover nor. There are at least two good reason ; for this , ono being that ho did not desire any general changes in the composition of the committee , which would probably happen if a convention were held , and the other that the direct inllucr.no of the administration will bo avoided , whicli would not bo possible with a convention , Furthermore , there will not bo thtj' ycai any fulsome praise ot the administration , nor any hurrahing at the mention of Mr , Clcvoland'snamo , on the part of the New York democracy. The president will hoai no acclaim from the democrats of his own state echoing throughout the land in n\t- \ proval of his policy. If anything is said by the representatives of Iho democ racy of Now York it will bo done perfunctorily as a matter of expediency , In ono other direction the hand of Go von nor Hill was shown. When it was pro < posed to place in nomination forsuprema judge a present occupant of Iho bench who is a Cleveland man , the commit too declined to muko any nomination ami adjourned until next week. Those circumstances , by no means trivial in their character , show that while the recent partial disruption of the Hill organization may have been somowh at embarrassing to the governor , ho Is still in possession of ample intltienco , and tlmt with admirable skill in repairing the machine ho probably has it in as sound and trustworthy shape as it over was. It may be properly noted in this connection that the governor has boon sowing seed generously during the pasl two weeks at liounty fairs , talking wisely about agriculture and the rights and in terests of Iho farmer. In bhort , the am < bilious governor of Now York ia playing a strong and steady game , and if ho isu'l a winner It won't bo because ho doesn't improve his opportunities. A Senator on tha Situation. Senator Allison , of.Iowa , talking wltli a representative of a Chicago papoi a few days ago , expressed himself as having no serious concern regarding the movements which scot to Involve the republican party in oomliinations , vilh other parties or organizations , and to saddle It with issues under any circumstances only remotely pertinent to the functions and duty of a po'itinal ' party. He said ono thing is assured , the country will be governed for ome time to come by cither the republican or democratic party , The bfl'ecllvfl udvcutof a national third party Is a matter of the dim future. On a pro- vlous occasion the senator was quoted as saying that Iho next national campaign will bo foughton straight party principles , nnd therefore in all of Its cardinal features will bo a repetition of previous cam paigns. The "oir-ycar" in politics al ways develops more or loss factional dis turbance , which runs its course like any sporadic outbreak nnd then dies out from sheer exhaustion. Such ycnrd nro peculiarly favorable for Iho operations of a class of self- conscious persons who are in n chronic state of dissatisfaction with Iho existing order of thing. * , nnd avail them selves of the opportune time to air tin Ir views and got a little temporary note riety. The politician who has outlived hig usefulness and been relegated to obscur ity , crawls out of his concealment in the off year nud is hoard nt meetings of would-bo reformers. This class is quito numerous the present year , and doubtless finds the usual pli > asuro from the fulml- nations it makes and the fears it excites among a few timid party men. These malcontents arc not at all dangerous , however , if they nro not encouraged. They readily return to obscurity \ let nlono. The great political issues of national Hcopo which divide public opinion promise to make as urgent a demand upon popular attention hi the next na tional campaign as they have over done , nnd no matters of side controversy can bo made to supersede them. However far people may in the ou" year in politics travel away from the beaten path of political discussion to consider foreign and irrelevant questions , they arc sure to return lo the regular course when sum moned by a national contest. The ex isting parties the republican and the democratic represent in their well-do- lined principles and policies the divisions of public sentiment on every issue of na- tionallmportance , nnd no cill7.cn can have need to go outside of these party or- gaal/ations in order to support a policy national in its character. The fruitless efforts of the ] .ast to make an cfl'ectivo and lasting breach in the lines of these two parties ought to satisfy judicious mon of the futility of such an undertaking " " ing no"w. Tlio A. & P. hand Grant. The decision of the assistant commis sioner of the land otlica in reference to tlio Atlantic & Pacilic grant has caused a well founded commotion among the settlers tlors of Southwestern Missouri. Thecnso , apart from its interest to the settlers im mediately concerned , serves to illustrate the way in which the public lands have been gobbled up by the railroad compa nies. The Southern Pacificmilroadcoin- pany began the construction of the south west branch of the Missouri Pacilic under a grant by congress of every unovc nly numbered section of land to the breadth of six sections on both sides of the road from St. Louis to the southwestern boun dary of Missouri. Subsequently , in I860 , congress granted to tlio Atlantic and Pa cific Railroad company a grant of the evenly numbered sections. The former company became absorbed by the latter , and after consolidation the Atlantic & Pacilic company claimed both land grants , although it was loosely provided by the act of congress that "tho reserved number" of sections should not bo in cluded in its grant. As the Atlantic & Pacific company could notgivc valid title to the sections witli uneven numbers claimed under the Southern Pacific's grant , a test case was made before the land ollico , and the decision is that the Atlantic & Pacific's claim is not good. By this decision , if sustained , the lands under the first grant will rnvurt to tlio government and bo open for set tlement. But in the meantime most of these lands have been sold by ono or the other of the two companies to actual settlers nnd are now under cultivation. Tills decision no doubt in strict accor dance with the law docs a great wrong to these purchasers , who bought the lands in good faith and could not be apuri.sud of the defectiveness of the rail way company's title. Sucjh of them as occupy the lands will , of course , hold possession under the homestead law. No action will be taken by the land ollico until congress has nu opportunity to pass .in act for the relief of the settlors. What is remarkable about thu matter is that Lund Commissioner McFarlnnd made a like decision four years ago , but so little was known of it that the land purchases from the Atlantic & Pacific Uaiload com pany under its defective title wont on as if no such decision had ever been pro- Itcmoyal. Secretary Hoggon has dismissed his late clerk of the railroad commission for reasons sulliciont unto himself. The law under which tlio railroad commission was created confers the powers and duties of railroad commissioners upon the treas urer , auditor and secretary of stale. Each of these state ollicers was empow ered to employ a $3,000 , clerk with the implied proviso thatthu work of thu com mission should bo iloao by the throe hired men. Mr/lloggon has doubtless good cause for removing Gore on tlio ground of in- ellicicncy and general usole.ssnc.s- ) . He made n great blunder when ho selected this featherweight to head the commission. His action will meet with general approval. If ho could sio ; his way clear to leave a vacancy and induce tha other commissioners to dis miss their clerks , the tax payers of Ne braska would be the gainers and the shippers would lese nothing. Wo hope Mr. Gore will find some other job witli largo pay and nothing to do. Ho has been sadly overworked on the railroad commission and ho needs a rost. Cheap St. Joseph is watching with interest the war between two rival linns of paving contractors. Iho Western Asphalt com pany , who claim to lay the same pave ment as the Barber company , recently made a bid for paving in that city at $3.01 per square yard , with a ton j'oars' guarantee. Tlio Barber company , not to be outdone , put in a bid at $1.25 per square yard , witli a live ycars'guanuitoo. It loolu us if St. Joe would have some cheap paving1. Kloven thousand yards ar . > to bo lot. Ou the basis of tha Barber company's bid the cost would bo only ? li5a ) , for the entire amount. At the price which Omahu is paying for the same work , Uin cost to our pcoule for tin equal amount would foot up $3:3,789 : , a diflorcnco in favor of St. Joe of more tbtm $ li,000. ) Oiuulm has given thu asphalt company over $700,000 worth of paving. This season 14,000 yards of this class of pavement will .be laid in our city. Much more . ( would doubtless have been contracted if Iho company Could have seen It to tholr interest to re duce the price. The hctual cost of Iho pavement to the contractors Is under' stood to bo $1,75 par square .yard , which , nt the price charged , leaves n neat'mar gin of nearly the simo sum as net profit. An effort to secure a reduction in this eity last fall failed , because the company insisted that to out the price In Omaha would break their rates all over the west. In the light of the St. Joe showing , the plea looks a little ridiculous. A SLTCKSSOK to Ur. McGillicuddy , at Pine Hldgo ngency , was yesUirday ap pointed by the president in the person of Hugh D. Gallagher , of Indiana. Mr. Gallagher does not know anything nbonl Indians , but Ued Cloud can teach him considerable in a very short tune. HY thn time the fool friends of Senator Van Wyck in Otoo county got sober they will discover that they have sold out a I the wrong time ami to the wrong buyer. The republicans of Minnesota favor ( he free coinage of silver , a revision of the tariff for the purpose of reducing taxa tion on the necessaries of life , and clyil service reform. LITTIjK JBITS OK WIT. "I don't see the point , but I realize Its force , " said the man when a bee settled on the back of his neck. "What a beautiful form I" exclaimed Miss Tlluhicc , the first time she saw an eel ; "such n lonp , thin waist , you know. " Summer is rapidly passing away , and the girl who has a picule beau who hasn't pro posed , Is getting uxtiemnly nervous. An exchange says that Ice two inches thick will support n man. In midsummer It generally supports the Icecream man and his entire family. "Panl , " said his mamma , "Xvlll you KO softly Into the parlor and see 1C grandpa U asleep ? " "Yes , mamma , " whispered Paul on hisreturn ; "ho is sill asleep but his nose.1' "Father , why does the napor speak of Miss Cleveland's books as 'works' , " " asked little Johnny. "Well , my son , If you should over attempt to road ono you will find what hard work It Is. " A Boston girl was thrown from her car riage , aid : In reply as to whether she was hurt , said. "I really believe I have fractured the extensor ossis metacarpi policls uianus. " She had broken her thumb. Chicago Tribune : "If the plural of goose Is RCCSC , the plural of moose must bo mccso , " fays an exchange Not at all ; for the rule doesn't work bbth ways in the first instance. Two natives of l'oiluga | would bo Portu guese ; but one native1 would not bo Portu- geese In philology ; ' however ho or she might bo fitly so dnscijlwiyn fact. A Ijlvojy Corpse. Ciilumlnw Dct\y \ > trat. Politics In Nebraska scorns to be a regular three card monte game Now you see It and now you don't , A few weeks ao Van Wyek was considered a goner , nnd even his friends were preparing to sinfc Ids' ' requiem , bince that he has proved himself ? a lively corpse. Nearly all of the republican candidates for the legislature , so far hs nominated , arc for the old man , It wllf.iako'a good deal ot gold to buy off his suuportcrs. A Progressive Newspaper. VJuulann Democrat. The newspapers of Omaha are known far and wide for their ability and enterprise , but just now the linn takes the lead , in the latter quality , It was the first paper in Nebraska to purchase nnd use a web perfecting press , and now it comes to the front with another press of the same manufacture , which gives it the best press facilities of any paper west of Chicago being capable of turning out 30,000 copies per hour. The Growth of the Bee. HaiiM City Journal. No hotter Illustration of the growth ot the west can bo found than that shown In the growth of the Omaha dailv newspapers. It has been but n short time since n press of very ordinary speed was considered sulliciont lo print tlio edition of either pauers published there. The Bun then found It necessary to .secure a faster press , and put In ono with n rapacity of printing 15,000 complete papers pur hour. A IJCHSOII In Policies. Acbraitat Watchman , "Father. Iho opposition to Van Wyek on the part of some papers Is venomous. " "Truly you speak , my son. " "And I am still uuablo to tell , father , whether certain republican democratic organs are the more venomous. " ' Tlmt , my son , depends upon the size of the Job department attached to the organ. The more railroad job work the more abuse of. Van Wyek Is ground out. Your political education , my son , has been neglected. " About the Size oflt. iritncr Chronicle. The Omalm pa ) > crs continue to build paper railroads up tlio Klkhorn valley , and howl themselves hoarse because the Northwestern doeh not discriminate in favor of Omaha mer chants. Before the Northwestern developed the Elkhorn valley , the Omaha merchants would hardly own that there was n foot of land In all northern Nebraska Unit was worth owning and they sent everybody to the southern part of the stnto that they could. That Is tlm reason why the northern part of the state did not suttlo nn as rapidly as thu southern. Omnha sees her mistake to-day and slchs for a road up this way that will dis criminate In her favor , but If nho cvor gets one It will hnvo to bo bulU , | > y Omaha innney. Newspaper talk nlono will not build a rail road. i . Soptc.fnl > cV. 'flie Spltlittor. O golden child ot tho'year Tlmt Is sere ; u With robe o ( sos iiitur twining ; O month that wiUkeat n maid , Unafraid , O'er meadows with d w carls shining ! Thy rippling laugh Is tlio breeze In tliutrees.i i Thy volco Is the starlllumcalllni : ; Thy golden dower rp tlv sheaves. And the ICHVOS. . . Prom wall and from woodland falling. The hills llo purple i'rf haze All thy duyn. " The cloud tilnups over its shadow ; As a ghost In raiment of white All thu nlijht Tha mist keeps watch o er the meadow. The splendor tliou hast , yet the spleen ] Of a Queen ; FOP oft when the woods nro fairest , Thou darkene.it heaven with a frown , And thy crown With a tempest of passion teanist Yet hastthmi a kindly host , Wayward guest , And ecntly breaktist tlio message , Tnat days mnro niggard oC light And Iho lllght Of gathering swallows pro > asc. O , child of the Summer past , Thouzh the last. Yet dearest of all we Uml theal O , stay with us , and Dy thy stay Ktiep away The huugorlng Winter behind Mice I STATE AND TRTUtlTQItY. Xcbrnakn Jottlng * < Fairmont schools opened tip with 355 pupils In attendance. A new Catholic school , 50x55 , twc stories high , is to bo built in PhUtsmouth " from Whereas Amen" "Scooped to is highly recommended as a household motto for defeated candidates. Fnrnas county democrats declare foi Van Wyek in preference to nny republi can in the field for United States senator. A high toned descendant of Silting Bull or some other distinguished scalper , purchased a ? 33 bedroom sot for his tepee in lltishville. "Sweeping wind-'are a hito addition to the products of Dodge county. What the country needs \ a breeze that will mop the country with the surplus crop ol candidates. Mrs. Lord and her daughter , Mrs. Han- ford , of Fremont , wore thrown out ol their carriage by their horses running away Tuesday evening. Mrs. Lord hiul hnr right arm broken near the wrist nnd her head cut and bruised. Mrs. Han- ford's injuries seemed to bo principally a shock of the nervous system. The GliMiwood boy who toynd with thn wrong end of a pistol is slowly recovering - ing , though the wdund was a frightful one. The local medical expert declares tbroujrh thu Hawkeye that the "bull penetrated the left ingunal region , ono Inch above tlio pecussatlon of the femoral nrtory , shaved thu bun- gjustial valve and pouparls ligamunt , pasbing down toward tlio second base nnd coining out on the homo run below the great trochautur of the left fcmor. " Friends of the kid are confident that he will score without nil error. A telegram recently published from "Nohart , Neb. , " by way of Kansas City , tells about a young lady being taken by four young men to ono of whom she was engaged to bo married ami chained in a loir cabin for live days while thu men worked their will with her. During these "terrible hours of anguish" she was given only dry crusts of bread to cat. Tlio ar ticle was written by a sensational chap named FurrulI , of Washington , Kan. , nnd is the sanm person that found the "wild family" in Kansas a few days ago. He evidently is trying to build up a reputa tion like Joe Mulhatton. Kohart and Nowhere ) are in the same latitude. The fire in Greenwood , Cass county , Saturday night was a severe one for the town. Ten business houses were con sumed as follows : K. N. Wagner , boots and shoes , loss , 83,000 ; Insurance , ifl.GOO. Jeary it House , attorneys , library and furniture a total loss. Dr. Howden , par tial loss of contents of oflice. Hartley's iowelry store , contents saved. Central hotel , loss ? 1D,000 ; no insurance. John Suvlis , meat market , total loss. E. A. Crlttcndun , hardware , loss $ oODO ; insur ance $1,500. William Roberts , barber shop , contents mostly saved ; no insur ance. J. L. Phillips , loan broker , loss on furniture $100. T. O. Moore , attorney , loss tn library about if 100. M. E. Chov- rent , confectionery and restaurant , Joss about ! ? t:300 : ; insurance 53UO. Shaw & Lytle , general merchandise , Joss about ? oOaO ; covered by insurance. Clem Stevenson , loss on buildinjr $1,200 ; no in surance. A. Hullci , loss on building 82,500 ; no insurance. lirunson , loss on building § 1,300 ; insurance $500. J. W. Quackenbush , loss on building $500 ; no insurance. Io\vu Items. Work on the new Davenport court house is at a standstill , waiting the ar rival of the iron for tlio rafters of the first floor. Mescopah , a retired Indian , indulged in too mucn { ire water at Tnina , laid down on the railroad and was promptly hurried to the happy hence. Mrs. Aunio Chambers Ketch urn , a well- known literary and scientific lady , for merly of DOS Moino.s , has entered the order of St. Dominic at Nashville , lonu. The weather prophet of the Burlington Hawkeye predicts a great storm in the west on the 23th , and intimates that Sat urday will bo remembered in the future. Ono day last week , as Mr. (3. ( E. Wav , of Salem , was nailing a picture to tfin wall , the hatchet ho was using slipped from his hand and struck his wife on the temple , inllictin < r a serious wound. The city dads of DCS Moines have se cured a ? 50,000 namage suit because they granted a charter to a street railway company in opposition to the narrow cuago company. AB a specimen of cor porate gall this is believed to oxcced the best record in that wilderness of prohi bition. Dakota. The total indebtedness of Kiddcr county amounts to $37,110. The Northwestern is doing a business of sfM.OOO a month at Rapid City. Stark county has a bonded indebted ness of § 15,000 , but no unpaid warrants. South Dakota Baptists will hold their annual convention in Huron , September oO and October 1 , 2 and 3. Fargo boasts of a dude * police force. Three ot Its members wear tall black hats , and every "cop" in the city carries a gold-headed cane. Three horses , two colts , a harness and buggy wuro stolen from the premises of C. K , Low , a short distance from Egnn , one night recently. There was n largo watch dog kept on the premises , but ho had been knocked in the head and a pitchfork run through his body. There is no clue to the thieves. Montana. Montana has six. millionaires whoso piles run from ono to five millions. A largo cuvo has been discovered in Morning Star mine at Cooke. It is over a hundred foot in length and a hundred foot in width , and is surrounded by frozen ground and ice crystals. Colonel Wilber F. Sanders , a pioneer of the territory and a man with a bril liant jaw , is the republican candidate for delegate to congress. Mr. O'Toolu , Ins democratic opponent , is guaranteed a re- spootiiblo funeral. Readers of the Jottings will remember the story of Jane McArthur , published a few weeks ago ; how she saved "Judgo" Armstrong and his family from drowning - ing in Sun river , and perished herself. It was u olovor hoax and is thus explained : Jane McArthur , as she was known in other days , is married and Jives on the Toton , a few miles above Chotuau , hav ing moved to tlmt place with tier hus band some months ngo , The story of her horolu tixploit and lamented death , as first published in the Inter-Mountain , of Butte , was written by herself and for warded to that paper to bo made public , not with u view of uronting a sensation , ax was the result , but for the purpose of leading a certain por.son who hint .some thing of a claim on or interest In "Jane MoArthur" to believe aha was dead nnd could bo no more to him. This was thu purpose for which tlm hoax wn > intended but the brilliant imagination of thu au thoress led her to overdo thu business , to spread it on too thick , nnd the end sought was thus defeated. This secret explained how such a ponderous lie could liave been started. The Pnoltic Coast. Fresno county will produce 1,200,000 Callous of wine this year. Three ludie.s occupied scats as dole- ; nto& in thu republican convention of Washington Territory. Since January 1 the customs authori ties have made clirhty-fi > ur seizures of opium ut San 1'nmcisc-o , valued at ft8.0-.37. Nickel and cobalt mines at Table Mountain , Churchill county , Nevada , are lo bo worked by a London company , with a capital of $250,000. A bonus of $5,009 is offered for the ca ablish.inent of nny sort of muuufactur- ln enterprise nt I .a I'nnifts , W. T. , which will give employment to twenty men. Twenty-five Chinnmoil were working among n largo force of Indians picking hops ou ( rllrlon's .Vnnoh , onhlto River , Washington Territory. On Thurs day the Indians struck refusing to work with the Chinamen , and the proprietor of the ranch concluded to dinchargo the latter and tlio Indians returned to work. The Initial tea trade of Port Moody this year via the Canadian Pncllio amounts to five cargoes , lOO.tXK ) pack ages , valued at $3,000.000. , The single cargo of the Flora P. Saubrd , 27,1)00 ) packages , required for Us transportation n string ofK'U cars , which in line would stretch 11,000 feet , or over two mil V and. n half. TUB IttUm IjAXl > QUI3STIOM. Michael Dnvltt'u lloply to Iho Ijntul * lord Pnniililct | Keoently IMihllshiHl , Mr. Michael Davilt , the one-armed hereof of the Irish Lnnd League , who is now in California , writes the following self- explanatory letter : The pamphlet issued by the English Loyal and Patriotic , union on "Tho Status of tlm Irish Tenant Farmer , " a summary of which appeared in the American prnss of yesterday , is calculated , by Its erro neous statements , to mislead the public of the Unitou Slates. The assertion that "there is nothini ; exceptionally bad in Irish agriculture" is a glaring denial of palpable facts. The price of cattle nnd butter , two of the chief articles of Irish produce , has depreciated fully 1)0 ) percent during recent years , while such products ns wheat , corn nnd flax have become so cheapened by foreign competition that even the rent , apart from the sustenance of the farmer's family , cannot be earned by their cultivation. Even in England nnd Scotland , whore the landlords aid their tenants by defraying cost of drain- tigo and erecting farm bulldincs. the con dition of agriculture has been so depressed that voluntary abatements , averaging ! JO per cent of life rental , have been made by the owners ot the land since the de pression in prices sol in. In face of tlio additional facts that a government laud court , ollicored chiclly by adherents of thu landlord class , has hail to grant rout reductions on various Irish estates , averaging 18 per cent , on the rental , dur ing IHdl , 18&J and 1883 , and that prices have since steadily decreased , the asser tion quoted above is in keeping with tlio reckless character of the remaining state ments contained in this mendacious pamphlet. Any ono having the most ele mentary knowledge of the Irish land question will be able to estimate nt its proper value the statement that "thu Irisli enjoy greater advantages of tenure than other people.1 In hngland and Scotland , as already mentioned , the land lords defray all or half cost of drainage and other improvements carried out ou farms. They nro practically partners with their tenants in thu cultivation of tlio soil. In addition to this , they are resident upon their estates , and spend a largo portion of their incomes locally , sis well as investing money in manufactur ing industries , wliich enhance the value ot farm proiiuce. Notwithstanding all these advantages , English and Scotch tenants have snIVered , and are still sufi'or- in IT , from the prevailing low prices winch Irish tenants nave to compete with with out a smiile one of the compensatingcon- ditions just enumerated ; as the .Irish landlords are largely absentees , never sink any of their rentals in improving holdings or invest money in promoting industrial enterprise. Quoting the prices which some tenants sell the interest in their holdings , is a dis honest method of proving the value of the landlords rental. Tlio passionate attachment of the Irish people to the soil of Ireland is proverbial. In addi tion to this there is no alternative em ployment to that of agriculture for fully a.000.000 . of the ponulatiou. In England and Scotland , with their great manufac turing centers , there is ; and , therefore , there is less competition for holdings than in Ireland , where there possession is an absolute necessity to human exis tcncc. It is this condition of things whicl has enabled Irish landlords to levy rach rent in past years upon apcoplo who had puiclicnlly no alternative but to agree to the conditions imposed upon their occu prition of tlio soil or leave the country. It is stated in this pamphlet , witli some apparent show of truth , that a tenant cannot now bo evicted by his landlord except for the non-payment of year's rent or a broach of some other statutory condition of the tenancy. Tliis is the proverbial half truth , which is worse , because cause meaner , than a straight for ward lie. Under the land act of 1881 , the leaseholders of Ireland , tenants , occupying land comprising more than two-thirds of Iho entire rentiu of the country , are excluded from the benefits , such ns they are , of tlio arbitra tions of the laud commission. These , the most industrious of the Irish tenantry , hnvo received no reductions in tlioir routs , notwithstanding the fall in prices , already particularized , an.I which depre ciation tlio writers of this pamphlet have notsufliciciit audacity to deny. This is the class of Irish tenant whicli Mr. Par- nell proposes to succor in the land bill which ho is to introduce on Friday next. He also proposes to stay evictions ! pending ing an inquiry , by a government tri bunal into the circumstances which explain - plain thn inability of the poorer class of tenants to pay the reduced rents fixed by the land courts since the passing of the net ol'1881. These circumstances nro so well known to these who are conversant with the real facts of Irish agriculture. , that thu I Huh loader is fully warranted in challai < rlngpuhlfo and legal investiga tion. DTho runt paid by over tlireo hun dred thousand dollars of the tenants of Ireiand has to bo earned , or otherwise got , from sources extraneous to the land for which such rent is exacted. The Lon don Times has admitted this astounding fact , so Into as the present-year. Mr. GilTun , the eminent statistician of thu board of trade , Ins demonstrated its truth In the February or Mireh : number of the Nineteenth Century ; yet the Loyal and Patriotic Union declares that the tenure of these tlireo hundred thousand tenants is something to cause envy on tlio part of the fanners of every other civilized country ! This pamphlet , in dealing with the number of evictions , only gives the re turns for 188-1. At least I only see that ycar'fa estimate in thu summary printed in yesterday's pupum In tlm county of Kerry , the most disturbed district in Ire land , over 13,000. families have been evicted since l&l ; ynt thu is but one of thirty-two Irish counties , in eaeh of which evictions inont or ICB.S have been oflooted nnd In each of tha succeeding years up to the present. The figures given in thu pamphlet showing thu moneys subscribed to vari ous funds by thu Jnsn inioplo siiu-o the formation of the htnd Icngun prove noth- inir airainst , hut everything for , the move ment which the Loyal nnd Patriotic union opposes. Tlio or.tlm money con * tributeil in Ireland since 187 ! ) , according to thn pamphlet , amounts to about ? 70J.- 000 , This divided up among three mil lions of people would represent a con tribution of some thirty cents each-ryot thU Mint is quoted us proof that the Irish tenants and their friends who can nay thirty t-entij nach In seven yours , or four mid a half cents per year , nro a rich ami prosperous class of people ! The fuels and figures which Air , Parncll will busy his case upon , when ho intro duces his hill on Friday next , will confirm what I huvo .saiil and will completely re fute the misrepresentations set forth in tins Loyal and Patriotic union pamphlet , and maki ! good his charges against thn inUre landlord system of Ireland , MJCIIAI-.L DAVJTT , September 14,16SO. "BOD" TAYLOR'S DEVICE. How llo riddled Himself Out of O'.i. cnrltylnto Congress. The political situation in Tenner - , writes a correspondent of the , : ( ( ! a. ) Constitution , is an anomalous o > . . Two brothers , ono a democrat and t1 other n republican , are opposing t-n , > , othnr ns candidates for the ollico of eli.i f executive of the Msdo. History doe * n. n fiord a parallel to this remarkable < M , . - t < \ t. "Bob" Taylor , the democratic < v.n dldate , and "Air * Taylor , the republic ; candidate , prior to 1880 , wcro unknown save to .their intimate friends. Tod.v , they are not only known to all the p- ( , . . plo of the United States , but even tlm English-speaking peor.o on the other sidu of the "big pond , " arc disiMKsin" them. 1 found In a London paper nut long ngo this rather astonishing piece of news about them : "In the provinecs of Tennessee , U. S. , two brothers , Taylots nro 'running' for ollleo ns the rnndhhid > i respectively of the dynamite and ami dynamite motions in the labor partv The position they seek is that of major puncral ot the provincial troops. " In the ollico of the Chattanooga Time * Saturday night last. I obtained some in formation concerning Bob Taylor. In 1880 , the democratic convention of tin- lirst distriet of Tennessee was held nt Joncsboro. The night preceding , a mini her of the younger delegates were on the porch of the hotel discussing the nuintsof the candidates. Bob Taylor then a clerk in a lawyer's ollico , wns prcxont , and heard the discussion. Aftar n while he said : "Biys , what's the nso of worrying about n candidate ) Nominate me , and 1 11 lead the democrat lo hosts tea a . " The " " grand triumph. "boys" were ready to accept any suggestion. They accepted Bob Taylor's and next day they nominated him admid great enthusiasm. Outside of the village debating society Bob Taylor hud never made a speech. But Bob could play the fiddle. Ho was asked by an Italian musician upon one occasion if ho could play the "wiolcen. " "U iolecnl" ho eiaculatcd. " 1 never heard of the tiling ] But I'm h 1 on the llddlo.1 Ho could play the lltlillo with his loft hand as well as with the right. "Sus anna In the Gourd , " "Old Dan Tnokor , " "Whoop-to-doodo do , " nnd "Run , nig- ger , Run. " were among the choice selec tions with whic.li . lie was won't to charm his audiences. His friends said to him , ono to the other : "Bob Taylor can draw more music out of a fiddle than all the balance of tlio world , including General Jackson and tlio army. " After his nomination , Bob Taylor wns not inactive. Ho proceeded nt once to entar upon a vigor campaign against his republican opponent , n'mun name Petti- bone. Ho bought n carpet bag of tre mendous proportions nndns lint as a pan cake. Wliat ho put into it nobody but himself ever knew ; but it is bcHovodthnt there was more of nothing than anything clso hid away in its capacious interior. lie wont among the tree and easy moun taineers of his distriet nnd held sweet communion with them. llo would begin by playing a tune with his right hand , and follow it with one played with Ids ' left hand. Then he would'abuso Pottl- bone. Another tune followed , succeeded by a little diversion of a political nature , Ho advocated free liquor and plenty of it , He shook hands olViisively with the mountaincrs , complimented the women until their blushes , eaused their eheeks to glow with oven rosier lines than these 'produced ' by mountain breezes , and kissed every baby that he could find- that is , provided it was white. All the world knows the result , Bob Taylor was elected to congress. Petti- ' bone , poor Pcttibono , who'so musical education may bo properly represented by 0 , was relegated to the obscurity of private life. Bob Taylor's career in con gress was anything but brilliant. Ho inude a speech in behalf of the moon shiners which caused the > Tow Vorfc Tribune to ridicule him so unmerci fully that it was fully three days after the appearance of the sarcastic article be fore he appeared In his seat in the house of representatives. What induced the democrats of Tennessee to make Bob Taylor their candidate for the governor ship I don't know. 'Ten days spent in Tennessee , before and after the nomina tion , failed to enlighten mo. Henry UOOTKC. Now York Sun : Henry George is a short , sturdy man , with a good physique , upright head , full rod board , u big bald spot , and blue oyos. Ho was born in Philadelphia on September 2 , 1830 , of American parents. His ancestors nro part English , part Scotch , and part Irish , with n bit of German blood. He went to school until ho was fourteen years old , and then wont to an ofljcc and afterward to sea. When ho was eigiite.cn ho was n printer in California. Ho began ns a Compositor , changed to reporter , rose to bo editor , and , thun became proprietor. In IPO ! ) ho ran for assembly in Sacra- : nonto , where ho wa < < the editor of the Sacramento Reporter. lie was a demo- 3rat and sided with Governor Hnight in ho fight against the railroids and other Jalifornia monopolies. The railroads lefeatiid him for the assembly , and by Jiiyinga controlling interest in the stock ) f his paper forced him out of the editor- ihip. In 1877 ho began to write his work m "Progress and Poverty. " It took him intil 187 ! ) , and when published lifted him it once into prominence. He went to rehind in the dark days of 18SO as nor- espondcntof the Irish World , nnd wrote i scries of letters to that paptir. In 1881 10 wont to England on Iho invitation of ho EngllHh Land Restoration society , md in the winter of 18&1-P ho wont to ieotland on the Invitation of the Scottish . .and restoration society. Ho delivered uctures giving his views on the land un.stion nil over Great Britain , where lis hook attained nn onormoim sale. Ho 1:13 : also written books on the tarifi" and rticles in the Nineteenth Century , the forth American Review , and other mag * v/uies. At present lie is n publisherwith n ollicu at 70 Astor place. The Doom of Overhead Wires , The Electrician says the decree wliich ronounecd the doom of overhead hlrcet , 'ircK in the United status has been en- arced with unexpected rapidity and igor. It was thought in Homo quarters lint compulsory abolition of a system rhich had grown enormous proportions uring rcount years waa nn empt.y threat , ml then its forcible removal was utterly ut of the question. The law , however , a.s been complied with voluntarily , tough tardily , in most cases , nnd the ) w exceptional instance ; ) of rebellion ave been most energetically put down y the loeal authorities. In Now York nd Chicago notably clcetno wires of very description have disappeared , or ro rapidly disappearing , underground ; ml in other placus Wnslungton , for ox- inplo , rioniu of the largest companies nvo already got tlieir wires out of sight. - is alleged tlmt their progress would avu been faster hud not an attempt been laile to rugiiluto tha manner of laying ieso wires underground , or rather to tree upon the proprietors n uniform , -stuin agreeable to the recommemla- ons of thu local authorities nnd tholr Ivisers. A commission has been sitting > report upon the best means of carry- ig telephone , telegraph , nnd olcotrlu- lint wires in conduits or tunnels below lu pavement , nnd thn uncertainty of Its nal decision has naturally hail Iho effect F delaying the independent nation of thu inous electric companies concerned. 'I he tnmporunco people will be frlnd to arn that M. Chovroul , thu crciil French ivant nud centenarian , has nuver tufetod drop of wine , He dislikes thu swell of , nnd. Htr.uigu to ISB.V , he hai the same nllrmlty , " us he call * it. lo ftgnni to ill , although he U one of the ih rmen in Franco.