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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.