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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 27 , 1880. A TIIE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS or srnscntrrtos : Dnlly fMornlflfr KUItlon ; Including BunJajr Ilsr , Duo Ycnr . $1001 ForSlxMontln . f > ( ) For Th HO Mont In . 360 Tlio Oinnhn Huiulny HKK , mailed to nny s , Quo year. . . . . 00 omrr. No. MI AXD DM FAIWAM Srnrrr. \onit ( H-Klrr. . KIMIII M. inniitNK IIHIMIIMI. WAfclllM.TO.X OrrlCX.NO.Sn PoUHTKKMTIiarilKKT. All communication1) rclntlni ? to new * torinl runt tor should bo addressed to I ho l.ut- tan or TUB HEK. nl'PINCM I.BTTBIWI All lm'lnr i letters mid rumlttnneosaJioiilil l > o nddrc. > < > cl to Tin ; Him I'uiiMauiM ) COMPANY , OMUIA , Driifls. checks nnil po-lofllco orders to be nmtlo payable to the order of tlio company , W BEE PUBLISIIINlfiSpm , PROPfllETORS , K. ItOSKWATKU. KIHTOH. TJIK S\vorn StatementorClrculntlon. Stnto of Nebraska , I , , rmmtnf Douglas.ss' ( ( ic < . It. TMlUcksccreti\ryot ) the Isro rub- llftliinu company , does BOiemniy swear that Iho actual circulation of the Dallv Itco fnr the week ending Sept. 21th , 1H6C , was as follows : TWfll Saturday , IStli IjVWj Himday. IWh ; . Jlondny.sotli J ' " ? Tiiwday. 2I t -MA * . ' Wnlnesi , Kd ! W 0 Thursday , &d ' ' ! I'rlday.mth -l- . " AvcraRo I3-151 I ! no. 11. T/RCIIUCII. Subscribed and sworn to lieforo uiothls 25th day of Sept. , IbbO. N. 1' . Kllli. , IBKAI.I Notary Public , GGO..U. Tzschuclr , being flretdulysworn.cio- posts mid says Hint ho Is jwrotury of the lleo Publishing company , that thu actual avcrazc dally circulation of tlio Dally Hoc for the month of January , IbhO , was 10ti7B , copies ; lor February , IbSG , 10 , W copies ; for vMarch. WA 11.537 copies : for April , 18t > 0. 13,101 copies ; lor May , 1SSO,12.430 comes : for Juno , 18 J. i'Jeiw copies : for July , lioi'Jai4 copies ; for August , IbbC , 12,101 copies. Ur.o. U-.Tzscituoir. Subscribed and sworn to bcfoto inc. this 4th day ol Sept. , A. U. IfabO.N. N. 1' . Fr.rr , , fSRAL. | Nolary Public. COUNTV TICKET. J'or Senators : OEO. W. LINlNOEIt , 1UU { > 'O TXSOHUC1C. For Itoproscntatlvcs : K. U 1IIHI1AHD , ( JKO. 11E1MUOD , 11. S. 11ALI > , JOHN SrATTllIESON. JAJIES Jl. YOUNJ. T.V. . UJLjAUKllUUN1 , t M. O. ItlCKJJTTS. li'or County Attorney : 1JDWA11U . SIMEUAIj. For County Coiniutbuioticri ISAAC N. P1EKCK. Mil , Bovn will now use his cilbrts to defeat John A. MeShuno just as his gang of spoils hunters did two years ago to de feat Charles ll. Brown. Tun worst victim of the Beatrice bomb was General Van Wyek. No ono ap preciates this moro limn tlio senator who was sold out In the homo of his friends. DODGE , Colfax , and Matli.son counties swims : into line on Saturday for "straight" republicanism on anti-monopoly lines. The disease pccms to be infectious this fall. Tin : enemies of Senator Van Wyck are terribly shocked over the treachery of Senator Van Wyok's friends. Their crocodile tears are appreciated for their worth and value. Teen Paul insists that lie has been blackmailed by the llov. Mr. Lewis. Jim Paul's allldavit mill cannot grind out a big enough grist to convince reputable men and women of his innocence. ANU now it is intimated that President Cleveland's country seat was a cool gift from Washington real estate dealers. In the absence of congress Washington re porters are beginning to make the usual draughts on their fertile imaginations. OMAHA'S jobbers are doing a magnl iicent fall trade , but they are sensibly looking to the future in demanding fucil itlcs of trade expansion. A railroad tc tlio northwest would bo wortli milliom of dollars to Omaha in very few years Tin : democratic dictators of Nebraska want nothing less than a division ol power. A democratic congressman al Washington would bo a big toad in tin puddle besides a democratic pork packet in Omaha. There is whcro the shot pinches. 1'iioiiinmoN whiiky is producing ill usual results in Iowa. Shooting scrapes libel suits anil street rows are recorder dny after day in the Huwkoyo state while the cheerful drug clerk looks 01 complacently and sits in tlio front rev of temperance meetings called to denounce nounce the horrors of saloon keeping , CJovF.itNou LAHUAIIKI : , of Iowa , 1m acted promptly and properly in Issuing i quarantine proclamation against lllinoi cattle. Tlio widu-spreud existence o plouro-puoiimonlu In Chicago Is n men nou to all the neighboring ( states. Thi 'contagious disease cannot bo too care fully isolated. Governor Dawos will di follow suit in the Interests of Ncbraski stock raisers , TUB activity of all the commoreia countries in pushing their trade relations with some detriment to tlio commerce o England , in localities where tlio merchants chants a.ui manufacturers liavo had ai nlmojt complete control , has Induced th English foreign ofllco to urge upon tin diplomatic ana consular representative greater vigilance und zeal in furthering English interests , A pamphlet contain ing instructions to these representatives recently issued and very comprehensiv in | ts character , has been utilized by Secretary rotary Bayard , so that American consul will receive those very thorough iustruc tlons us to what they shall Uo to udvanc thu tmdo of this country. Tlio idea is very good 0110 , as doubtless In respect a least to the conduct of our foreign ser vtco wo could do no better than to follov the Ku < ; li.sh method , which is undoubl cdly not surpassed , if equalled , by thato Hiiy other country. It Is admitted by th English foreign ollicu that at present th commerce of England Is subjected to severer competition tkuu at any pruviou time , Church IlowA'ft Drnc Net , Church Howoh in our midst. He 1ms come to Douglas county to organize his strikers for the campaign in which ho has entered and is already making overturns to entrap honest men in his dlag net of disreputable politics. Aided and abetted by the corporations whoso pliunt tool ho has boon for years , he is working on democrats as well as repub licans to secure a host of hired hoodlums to overawe the voters of this county. No ono knows belter than this wily and corrupt trickster that decent men of all parties cannot anil will not vote for a man of his disreputable character. Packed conventions may place his nnmo in nomination and misrepresent party sentiment by fraudulently allixing the party seal upon his claim ? for ofllec , but honest men will decline to take the draft current republican funds. Church lowe is fully aware of this. Ho is poll- ician enough to see that as boodle so- nifd for him a nomination n liberal cor ruption fund can alone assist him o'A'nrds an election. Ho has there- 'ore thrown out his drag net In which lie hopes to scoop . in the nirchasahlo elements of till parties in the 'irst district and by a. band of venal voters to overcome the indignant opposi- ion of unbtiyablo republicans. Hut the Nemiiha triekstcr counted with out his host when ho came to Douglas ounty for inllucntlal workers in his boodle campaign. The workingmcn of Omaha liavo some self-respect oft. Tlioy have watched for years the public and private record of this monopoly ely capper on questions relating to tlio ntore.sts of labor. As niti/.cns and tax payers of Nebraska they know the in famous political history of the renegade and mountebank who now comes to appeal for their support. They will watcih closely each cast of the not by which the most venal and corrupt politi cian in the state proposes to haul in thu workingman's vote. And they propose to make it very hot for the boodle candi- late and his hirelings before the campaign is over. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Close ol' Parliament. Parliament has closed its doors until early in February. The llrst session of tlio first parliament under coalition rule has ended , leaving upon the public mind in England an impression far from favor able to its conservative rulers. Face to face with the startling showing of moro than live thousand persons evicted in Ire land during the past three months from inability to pay their rent , the govern ment flatly refused to raise its hands for tlio relief of a su ( luring peasan try and closed the gates of Westminster with the threat of renewed coercion and another crimes act ringing in the ears of the U03 mem bers pledged to resist the resumption of bayonet ruin in Ireland. The situation is not a cheering one. A dreaded winter is approaching across the channel The cries of an impoverished lonantry must soon give way to the moans of starving women and children. The potato crop is once moro short , while thu prices ob tainable for farm products have decreased - creased by a quarter since the land act of five years ago went into effect. Tem porary relief has been coldly re jected in the rejection of Par- noil's bill. Under such circumstances the most natural conclusion is that the object of the ministry is to goad Ireland into desperation and violence and once moro fall back on the old and well tried instrument of cocicion. The session of parliament just closed is chiclly remarkable for the reactionary spirit which guided its work. The Irish question , at once tlio most pressing and important und which called the new par liament into existence , was laid aside for future consideration. The appropriation bills wore passed , all general legislation shelved , and the attempts of the nationalists to bring Irish matters be fore the house were suppressed by the arbitrary use of.tlio . speaker's authority , The policy adopted by Lord Churchill is that of the politician. Two commissioners have been appointed to gather facts about Ireland which are al ready on iilo in Downing street. Post ponement instead of progress is the order of the day. It is doubtful whether the Cparllamon- tary recess will bo as long as anticipated. The disorders for which Churchill and his ally Ueach hope so earnestly , may break out across the channel before Jan uary is over. Then parliament will bo hastily summoned to debate the question of coercion. Alaska's llesourecs. The investigation which Lieutenant Sohwatka is making of the resources of Alaska has already given u much moro favorable opinion of that land than was possessed before , and ho probably has a great deal yet to learn and disclose. Al though charged with some inaccuracies the facts plated by the lieutenant are in the most important respects confirmed by men who have made themselves familiar with that country. Captain John McCatlurty , a pioneer of Alaska , recently stated to n Washington paper that the mineral resources of the country nro ex tensive and that the mining interests are steadily developing. Dut while much has been done a great deal remains to be dona before the vast amount of wealth hidden there is appreciated , The Tread- well mine on Douglass island ho regards as the most valuable on the American continent. .Senator Jones , of Nevada , IB ono of the principal owners of this mine and derives a largo revenue from it The mine is represented to bo a ported quarry of low grudo gold ore , and the company's mill , running 120 stamps , is the largest under ono roof in the world Prospecting the fur and lish industries the captain says the former is declining while the catch of the hit ter und tlio market ? are precarious. Nevertheless thu fur Intcresl is still very considerable , and is jeixlouslj guarded by the Alaska Seal Fur com pony , which at present enjoys a mono poly of tht trade. This pioneer states contrary to tlio representations of ( Jovor- uorSwincford.thut there is not an agricul tural or pastural rangu in the whole country. There is other testimony than that of the governor , howoi cr , that Ir some parts of Alaska considerable agricultural development is practicable The proposition to giyo Alaska a ful territorial form of government Captain McCairorty characterized as utterly nan senslcnl. It was urged , ho said , by c whisky ring of which government olu clals in the territory are members. Under dor the organic act the importation nut ealo of in toxicatmg liquors are prohibited but this isstoadily violated , so the captain represents , with the collusion nml td the Xiouninry advantage of these olliclah. The entire white population of Alaska comprises only 1,200 persons , most of vhoin live in the southeastern portion of the territory. The federal ollictals exer cise of course control over these people , and It Is the opinion of Captain MnUaf- 'erty that It would bo a great mistake to snlargc the power of thoollleials , purlieu- arly as there is no earthly reason for loing so. A few amendments to the irgatiic'act , such as extending the laud aws and permitting the importation of iqtiors , which is now accomplished in violation of the act , are till the changes now ni'cdcd , or which are likely to bo needed for many years , in connection with the government of the territory. PKW Dcoplo outside of the. postal ser vice have any idea how many rogues that icrvieo develops every year , and yet the the number should , perhaps , not be con sidered surprising when the temptations and opportunities nro considered , for while the former are endless , the most thorough regulations cannot wholly re move the latter. The report of the chief Inspector of the poslollice. department records MO arrests , during the year end ing Juno ! 50 , of persons in the service. Of this number there were only 2-t from the army of letter carriers , and but 13 from the largo body of postal clerks , a very small percentage which speaks well lor the general honesty of these faithful servants of the people. The postmasters and assistant postmasters who went wrong numbered together 77 , and thuro Were 27 mail curriers who found the temptation too great for them. The post- ollico as tin object of robbery is shown In the fact that durinc the year -187 olllees wcro reported robbed. There was re covered from dishonest postmasters dur ing the year , $ | ! > , -I35 upon fraudulent reports of cancellations of stamps. The Inspection brunch of the service appears to have boon carried on ollieiontly and economically. Tin : republicans of Ohio hayo opened their campaign with rather more vigor than is usual in an oQ' year. Governor Forakor and Congressman McKinlcy nro already in the field , and next Tuesday evening Senator Sherman will enter the lists. Having an exceedingly strong case against the democracy of the state by reason of its mal-administration , cor ruption and venality in all directions , tlw republicans appear disposed to make the most of their opportunity. With abund ant ammunition in the ballot box frauds , the corruption of the legislature in the election of a United States senator , tlio prostitution of the supreme court and tlio bankrupting of the state treasury , the republicans have just made an addi tion to it by an exposure of tlio corrupt and swindling management of the peni tentiary under democratic ollieials , anil they nro making good use ot their last "find. " Governor Forakor lias boon making a special study of state affairs under democratic rule and will devote himself chioily to presenting these , while Senator Sherman will discuss the national questions and Congressman McKinley will keep the tariff question well to the fore. It will thus be scon that the repub lican cause in Ohio will not suffer for able , eloquent and thorough advocacy. THE reports regarding the failure of tlio natural gas supply in Pennsylvania are shown by a correspondent of the Now York Times to be entirely un founded , and it is further shown that the gas wells ant practically inexhaustible , at least for n couple of generations. The great benolit of this fuel in reducing the consumption of coal is indicated in the estimate that in Pittsburg and Allegheny City alone 155,000,000 bushels of coal are saved annually by the use of natural gas. This coal , observes the Times , "has been saved for future consumption by communities to which natural gas is not available , and thus the gas is becoming n powerful factor in lessening tlio drafts on the coal deposits of the land , which , it has been predicted , must eventually give out and leave the country depen dent upon other sources of fuel. On this account , if on no other , the fact that the gas supply is in no danger is of the greatest importance in every section of the country. " Tin : facts given in the report of the commissioner of pensions for the last fiscal year would seem to ho siillieient to silence all complaint that the government has not been liberal toward the soldiers of the rebellion. It has shown that still , moro than twenty years after the close of the war , the pension roll is increasing and tlio amount paid in pensions is greater year by year. The number of pensions added to the roll last your was over 18.0DO . , while the average yearly value of pensions was increased $11.03 , nml the aggregate annual value of all the pensions was increased nearly $0,000,000. The whole amount paid for pensions during the year was over 08,0(0,000 ( , and n larger sum will bo re quired for the aominjr year , KuloldOH on Hallway Truolca. St. Louis Globo-Dumocrat : Suicides on railroad tracks sometimes show a desperate determination and a coolness worthy of a better cause. One man who cumo under my notice particularly madu n study of the question. Ilo carefully ascertained tlio oxuet distances within which n train could bo stopped when going at allferont rates of speed. Then , when ho was all ready , ho deliberately looked at a coming train , middouly lay down upon the track crosswise , embrace- ing with his arms the tie on which ho lay , and interlocking his legs around the outer end of the tie. The tram could not ba stopped anil ho was crushed to death in stantly , Another Individual placed him self on a siiurp curve of the road , strad dling the rail and bunding over it so that his breast touched it , J lion ho looked back over his shoulder and calmly awaited his destruction , plainly indicating calcu lation and determination in the proceed ing. IMitorlal Wealth. Philadelphia Item ; A .young man , at thu risk of his life , saved a young girj from drowning. Her grateful father , in a voice tremulous with emotion , said : "Noblo 'outh , to you I am Indebted for everything that makes Jifo dear ( o me , Which reward will you take , * 200,000 01 my daughter V" "I'll take the daughter , " replied the hero , thinking thereby to gel both the girl and the money , " \ ou have well cliOMin , " replied the grateful father ; "I could not have given you the $200.000 just yet anyhow , as I have not yet laid up that amount , being only an editor , but my daughter Is yours foe life. God bless you , my children I" Churches of this country nro estimated to use U0,009 irallous of wiuo every year for sacrauieutal purposes. Kcrrt It Oofopo The republicans of the First district should ask themselves whether a man having such a record as that of Church Howe has any rightful claim upon the support of any dcce/it republican. Leav ing out of question hia corrupt methods and notorious venality wo appeal to re publicans to pausb and relied before Ihcy put a pronnOm ( upon party trea son and conspiracy against its very exist ence. Ten years ngo , when the republican party was on the \'ergo ' of disaster , and every electoral vote cast for Hayes and ' Wheeler wa < i ncedei't to retain the party in power , Church Howe entered into a conspiracy to deliver republican Nebraska into the hands of tlio enemy. This infamous plot Is not a mere conjec ture. The proof of it does not rest on surmlso or suspicion. It is not to ba pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro nouncing it ono of Hosowatcr's malicious campaign slanders. The records of the legislature o which Church llowo wa ? a member In ' 70-77 , contain the indelible proofs ot the treasonable enable conspiracy , and no denial can stand against evidence furnished by his own pen. Drielly told , the history of this plan to hand over the country to Tildcn and democracy is as follows : In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A. Strickland , Amnsa Cobb and A. H. Connor presidential electors by a vote of JJl.OlOns against a vole of 10.1KH cast for the Tildcn and Hcndricks electors. After the election it was discovered that the canvass of this vote could not take place under the then existing law before the legislature convened. Tlio electoral vote had to bo canvassed in December at the latest , and the regular ses sion of the legislature did not besin until January. In order to make u legal canvass of the electoral returns , Governor Gnrbcr called a special session of the legislature to convene on thcolhof December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur pose of canvassing tlio electoral vote of the state. The democratic effort to cap ture republican electoral votes is historic. Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had been plotting for the capture of ono of the electors -from Nebraska , and it is also historic that a largo bribe was oft'ered to ono of the electors , General Strickland. The call of the legislature broke intollio plan of the plotters , and they found a will ing and reckless tool in Church Howe. Whim the legislature convened at the capi- tal.Church Howe tiled a protest which maybe bo found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne braska House Journal of 1877. The fol- lowingcxtract makes interesting reading : "J , Olinrch llo\vc , a ; member of the legisla ture of Nebraska , now .convened by procla mation of his excellency , ( jovornor Silas ( Jarbor , for the purpose of canvasslnc and declaring the result of tlie vote cast in Ne braska for electors for president and vice president of the UnltL'cl States , hciuby enter my solemn protest ngulnst such act , denying tliat the governor has poWer to call this body In special session f6r any siu-li purpose , or that this body has aijiy authority to canvasser or declare the result of such , vote upon the following grounds : , First. This liislslafuro now convened hav ing been elected under what is known as the old constitution , has aio power to act In the promises , the new constitution of the state having been in foice'Hlnco November , 1875. " The second and third' ' clauses deal with technical objection's anil are somewhat lengthy. The concluding sentences of tliis precious document nro as follows : "For the foregoing reasons I protest against any canvass of the electoral vote of the state by this body , and demand that this , my protest , bo entered upon the journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe , member of the legislature of Nebraska. The democrats did not respond to the call of the governor and there was barely a , quorum in the senate , while there were several to spare in the house of which Howe was a member. The protest en tered by Howe was doubtless prepared by the Tildcn lawyers in Omahs , and llowe had the glory of being the solo champion of Sam Tildcn. The legisla ture ignored Church llowo , spread his protest on its record and canvassed the electoral vote in spite of it. When the legislature convened in Jan uary , 1877 , tlio presidential contest was at its height in Washington. Church llowe had changed places from the house to the senate. Early in tlio session , a resolution was introduced expressing the conviction on tlio parf of the scmito that Hayes and Wheeler haying received a majority of the electoral votes were entitled - titled to their seats. This resolution gave rise to a very lively dabato which lasted two duvs. Church Howe nskcti to bo excused from voting when it first came up anil was so excused. On tlio final passage of the resolution the record [ page 370 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows tlio following result : Yeas Ambrose , Haird , Dlanclmrd , Bryant , Calkins , Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawos , Gar- flnld , Gllhiun , Hayes , Kcnnard , Knapp , Popoon , Powers , Thuiumel , Van Wyck , Walton and Wllcox-SO. Those voting in the negative wore : Aton , lirown , Covcll , Ferguson , Himnan , Holt , Church Howe and North 8. During the same session of the legisla ture , Church llowo'ti vote ou United States senator for the first throe ballots is recorded as haying been cast for E , W. Thomas , a South Carolina democrat , [ pages 108 and 208 Snimtu Journal. ] All this time Church Ho\yo professed to bo n republican imlopiujijont ; republican on national issues and a punpcranco granger on local Issues. Wo'simply ft sic what right n man with such d record lias to the support of any rtjpuljlican , a ANir'i'tsidmfo 1 1 v. Ponca populates at 1,700 , liurchard is short , on dwelling houses , The county of Sioux has been or ganized , a > The Sherwood faVml hour Ponca , re cently sold for ? 18,0K ( ) . or 825 an aoro. The ox-Hov , Iiurt0n | of York , continues furnishing employment for the scandal mongers of vhe neighborhood. The North Plattu Telegraph believes in inllation , The stall' is slowly recovering from the effects of a sixty-seven pound watermelon with a swell front extension , A Rang of forger s attempted to relieve thu Wahoo banks with bogus drafts , but failed. They struck u two minute gait out of town und escaped u pass to the pen. pen.J , McConley , a notorious Hamilton county tough , has been captured and jugged. Forgery , bogus mortgages and disposing of property belonging to others are among the crimes charged up to him. him.A A vigilant committee has been organ ized in Wayne county , the object being to keep horsa thieves straight. Quite likely a man who appropriates a horse not his own will , if caught , be Introduced to u coltonwood bough. Last woolc Mrs. Ida E. White , who lives near liny Springs , while attempting to drive a colt off the railroad track about six miles cast of Hay Springs , wns struck by the pilot of the west-bound freight and Instantly killed. The Elkhorn Vnller v.iilroad has made a successful and proltlablo move In the railroad checkerboard in Doono county. The Union Pacific had purchased the rignt of way from Albion up Heaver valley - loy six miles , to tlio only practical point for n orossint : from Heaver to Kao valley. Thev madn : i survey beyond this point Up Kao valley in the direction of Neligh , but purchased no right of way. The Elkhorn folks , by some very sly mamuu- Vering , stepped right in nlie.ad of thorn and secured the right of way Into and through Kao valley. Tins uneetually heads the Union Pnoilit ? oil' in this direc tion , and they will have to look elsewhere for an outlet for that branch. town itcmi. Dnvcnporlors pay license for 0(51) ( ) dogs. DIIVCIIporters nro scarcluugfor natural tras. tras.Des Moines is negotiating for n glass factory. There are 700 pupils in the Webster City schools. The total number ot school children in Des Monies is 11,080 , of which the west side has ( > , rV > and the east side -1,055. A ten-year-old boy living at Uollo Plalno recently fell into tl.oartesian well , but was forced out by the How of the water. The sixtecn-ycnr-old daughter of Lev ! Ladd , of Traer , eloped with a dentist of Dysnrt , and they wore married , Tlio girl is of a line family. Mrs. Nettie H. Arnold has received n verdict of $ r > 00 damages against D. F. Gotachol , a Toledo saloonkeeper , for selling beer and whisky to her husband. J. Shine , who runs n huckster wagon : it Ford , W tirren county , was found dead in a small creek southeast of that place on the 22d inst. His wagon was piled on top of him and the horses , nearly dead , were found near by. Mrs. Archer , of Cedar Rapids , an aged lady , who has been slowly dying for a number of days with paralysis , had her death hastened Monday night by the nurse accidentally administering a spoon ful of ammonia in place of thu proper medicine. Mrs. Gamcwell , the lady missionary whoso homo WRS destroyed by a Chinese mob in Chungking , China , some months : igo , arrived at tlio home of her mother , Airs. lr Porter , in Davenport , a week ago , having conic from China by way of San Francisco. She corroborates the published accounts of mob violence in China , but avows her purpose to return to her missionary work there when mat ters become settled and protection is assured. Al Morris , reformed pugilist , gam bler and sport , bore down upon Daven port lastjweok on the back of a horsoblnnk- etetl with banners bearing the strange device : "Tho saloons must go , " "en force the laws. " The laws did not en force to his satisfaction , so a crowd of .sportive hoodlums cheered him on his way with decayed eggs and vegetables. Morris is tlio gentleman thug who at tempted to mop South Omaha with a rival pugilist , points to count , but con veniently shot a hole in his hand before the light eainc oil * . Ho liuils it quite profitable to preach reform nml secure salvation boodle from the saloons. Unkotu. . The fairs in Dakota seem to bo a won derful success everywhere this fall. Five hundred shares of Deadwood mining stock will buy a , watermelon in Rapid City. Dusuhvood is planning to celebrate the completion of the railroad to that city July 4th next. Iron on the Milwaukee extension , be tween Ellcndalc and St. George , in La Mouro county , is being laid at the rate of two miles per day. There is but ono voting precinct within a. radius of twenty-four miles in the can non ball country , causing fionio of the voters to travel a distance of thirty miles to vote. Luke Quinn , a Huron tough , insulted and abused n well known farmer , living near that city. Tlio farmer caught Luke and hammered a holu in his head with a brick. Luke will recover. Tlio low stngo of water in the river at Sioux Falls has brought the outlet of several sewers above water , and the re sult is that a horrible stench is endanger ing the health of that city. An artesian well at LaMouro sunk for railroad use , is attracting attention on account of its medicinal qualities. It is said that its continual usn will put an end to a desire for alcoholic drinks. Wyoming. Laramie county's taxes this year nro $23,000 less than last. Contracts are being rapidly lot on the second hundred miles of tno Choyoune & Northern. The corner slono of the now territorial university at Laramie will bo laid oy the Masonic fraternity on Thursday next. Calamity Jane is camped in Kawllns. A local paper says she is not half as bad as the human ghouls who abuse her. It will take 10.COD . tons of iron and steel and HOO.OOO ties to lay the iirst hundred miles of the Cheyenne & North ern. This material alone will cost over ifOOO.OOO. The Laramie Hotel company has pur chased u site , and bids for excavating are called for. .Ground will bo broken October 1st. The building will bo four stories with mansard roof. Cheyenne Is over-run with dead boats and bummers. These rascally and impe cunious gentry are constantly devising now "rackets" to put food into their worthless carcasses at the expense of the community at largo. The Cheyenne papers assert in two-lino- gothiothat the oily council hold a "sober session" lost week. The elmngo is ono of those unaccountable freaks of human na ture to which tlio wild nagio city is rarely treated , Hugh Barnes , of Greoloy , attempted the wild and woolly act in Cheyenne. For a ininuta or two ho out a huge swath with a loud pair of lungs and a shoot-to- kill air , but a mild mannered cop took him under his vipg and then to jail , liarnes paid $31 and trimmings to get out of thu holu. "Hell's Half Aero. " in the national park , is said to have spouted vig orously the day after the Charleston dis aster. The eruption was so great on the 2d that great rooks were thrown out of thu crater , heated lo a red heat , which were thrown out as often as they fell back , until they dissolved and disap peared in the great displacement that took three acres of his Mitanie majesty's supposed pro-omtion. The Excelsior cavern is now uglow with neat , and its rooky sides a red abyss of glowing rooks. The heated steam from thin celebrated wonder Is even now so great that sight seers are driven away from tlio hellish cauldron on nil sides for hundreds of feet , except on the windward. Where the three acres wcro three weeks ago , on which hundreds of people in carriages and btagcs congregated to look down this then murmuring crater , there is now but an immense cavo. How often is the light of the household clouded by signs of melancholy or irrita bility on the part of the ladles. Vet they are not to be blamed , for they ur thu result of ailments peculiar to that fox , which men know not of. Dut the caui > o may bo removed and joy restored by the use of Dr. Piurcu's "tavonto Proscrip tion , " which , us a tonic and nervine for debilitated women , is certain , safu and pleasant , ft it ) beyond nil compare the great healer of women. TIIE FIELD OF LITERATURE , Part L of General John 0 , Fr.'monl's ' Memoirs , MAd. DEN : PERLEY POORE'S BOOK Koliort IjonlM Stovcnoou'R ' Kill- implied" Tlio National lillirnry Tlip Selpot LillH-ary Oo- toltor IMoinolri. Nolford , Clarke & Co. , of Chicago , have it-sued Part 1. of "Memoirs of My Life" by John Charles Fremont. It is u good sample of whatlhowoik promises to bo. Part I. is beautifully printed in largo , clear typo , on heavy white paper , ami contains line engravings of General Fremont , Jessie Honton Fremont , Napoleon leon , Thomas H Henton , the llenton monument , among the bulfalo , ami Dig Timber-Arkansas river , and also si map showing the acquisition of territory and its distribution among political dhlsions from 1770 to 188.1 ; . In every respect this publication will 1)3 not only a work of art , but a work of great historical inter est and value. It will include the moro Important and interesting parts of the journals of various expeditions iniitio by General Fremont in the course ot west ern exploration , and will give his knowl edge of political and military events in which he has participated. The principal subjects will bo the geographical explora tions , made in the interest of western ex pansion ; the presidential campaign of 18. > 0 , made in the interest of an undi vided country ; and the civil war , made in the same interest , Part 1. gives "Some Account of tlio Plates , " by Jessie Honton Fremont ; "A Biographical Sketch of Senator Honton , " also by Mrs. Fremont , and Chapters I. und ll. of Ihe "Memoirs" by General Fremont. The Illustrations of this work arc mas terpieces of Diirluy , Hamilton , Sehussele , Dallas , Kern , Wallin and others , en graved under the supervision of J. M. ISutlcr. It will bo sold in twenty purls , at 50 cents each , and tlio subscribers to tlie parts will receive two handsome port folios fros. The entire work will consist of 1.280 pages of letter-press , 40 full-page fctcol engravings , and 100 fiill-pago illus trations , maps , plans and trie-similes of documents , making in all over 1,000 pages. _ Bon : Bei'lcy Pooro's KcminiscciiCRS. Hiibburd Hrothors , publishers , Kansas City , have issued Volume I. of "Perloy's Kominiscence. . " Itis handsomely printed and lincly illustrated. Major Hun : Pcrlcy Pooro has spent forty years in Washing ton , principally as a newspaper cor respondent , and probably has a more ex tended acquaintance with public men and public events of this country than any other living man. Ho is better known than any other newspaper cor respondent in this country. Hift reminis cences illustrate the \ it , humor , genius. eccentricities , jealousies , ambitious and intrigues of the brilliant statesmen. ladies , oiliccrs , diplomats , lobbyists , ami other noted celebrities of the world that gather at the center of the nation , and describe imposing inauguration ceremo nies , gala day festivities , army reviews. etc. In chronicling what has transpired within his personal recqllection at the national metropolis. Major Pooro has gathered what "waifs" ho has found lloat- ing on the sea of chat , in tlio whirlpools of gossip , or in the quiet havens of con versation. Some of those may bo per sonal piquantly personal , perhaps but the mighty public has had an appetite for gossippings about prominent men and measures over since llio time when the old Athenian crowded to hear the plays of Aristophanes. This work gives nn idoi : of stirring events in both political and social life , of the great men and the fas cinating women who have figured in Washington during the past six decades. Those wlio were too well acquainted with these personal details to think of record ing thorn are fast passing away , and some account of them cannot but interest younger generations , while it will not fail to prolit the older politicians , pub licists and journalists. "Ktrtnnpriocl. " Robert Louis Stevenson's story , "Kid napped , " published by Charles Scrib- ner's Sons. New York , and for sale by J. S. Canliold , Omaha , is a very entertain ing and exciting novel , equal to any that have appeared from the versatile pen of this author. The story is the memoirs of the adventures of David lialfour in tlio year 1751 ; how ho was kidnapped and castaway ; his siifturinffs in a desert isle ; his journey in the wild Highlands ; his acquaintance with Alan Hook Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites ; with all that ho suffered at the hands of his uncle , Ebencx.or Halfour of Shows. Tlio National library. Cassell & Co. , Now York , have added to their National Library the following works : "Voyages in Search of thu North west Passauo ; " "Kelijilo Medici , " by Sir Thomas Browne ; "Essays by Abram Cowley ; " "Sir Hogor do Covorly" and "Tho Spectator's Chili ; " "Voviiges and Travels of Marco Polo- " and "Tho Diary of Sainuol Pepys. " Those volumes are published at tun cents each. The annual subscription to the National Library is $5.00 , ono volume bolngissuodoaeh week. Xlio Select Library. Casscll&Co. , Now York , have begun the publication of "Ciissoll's Select Li brary , " at fifteen cents a volume , Each number is filled with short stories by leading writers. The numbers so fur Issued are : "My Night Adventure , " and other stories : "A llacu for Life ; " "Tho Great ( Sold Secret ; " "A Wife's Confes sion ; " "Snowed U ] ) ; " "Who Took It * " Each volume contains several other stories besides the one which gives the title to the book. Octobni * I "Help and Sympathy for Working Girls" is the title of the opening paper in the October Quiver , and a very sensible article it is , too. "Half u Day in Baby- Land" describes an institution in Eng land known as Babius' Castle , where llttlo friondlebs toddlers are taken care of until they are old enough to tuko euro of themselves or they find some onu who wants to adopt thorn , This is followed by "A Few Words About Dressing , " in whioh simplicity is urged as against ex travagance. The llov. Wm. Burnot discusses - cusses the "Epistles of Christ , " llov. T. F. Thistlotou-Dyor gives sketch of Zoroaster as the second in his series on the "Sugcs of All Ages. " "Thro Famous Minister : ! , " Uevcrloy , Shorborno and Wiuborno. nro dosonbcd by pun und pencil. Hoy. M. Hutoheson contributes a trenchant paper on "Forgetting Things Buhind " Archdeacon Gore contributes the fifth of his papiirs on "Tho First Thrco Gospels , " dealing this limo with the growth of the Now Testament. By way of fiction wo litivii the closing chap ters of "Tho llnirof Hnmlford Towers ; " a continuation of "Mrs , Scott's Daugh ters" and "Tho Stranger vVithln tlio Gates : " the last installment of "Joshua Budgctts ; " ami the beginning of u now serial , "Majorio's Krrand. " Two strong military articles will ap pear in the October Harper's , following the policy of that magazine in givimr prominence to live topics of the preswu duy in preference to old issued. "Tho National Soldiers' Home for Disabled volunteer fc > oldior < j" is briolly sketched from Its inception lu 18G5 , and its irn * inrnso orgnnlzntfon , as nowMevolop'11 the live Croat brunelics , U comM shown. ' 1 ho equipments unit oper.ui * of the glirantlc provisions for the tb sands 01 dopendnnl veteran * , \vii. transcends , ovcrythinp jj * the kind other countries , deiuowralo the fin neis of llio ehargo t'nat republics tire t grateful. Wo are introduced , by mi : line engravings as well as by tlio text , each of the soetiotn , namely , the Ka-'li-i Hnmch , near Auffimln , Me. ; tlioSoutlu . Braneh , Hampton Koada. Vn. ; the Not i > nrn Branch , Milwaukee , Wis. ; the U .1 trnl Hruneh , near Dayton , O. , anil t n now Western Hranoli , at Louvcnworl'i ' , Knn. The same number contains a time v paper on "PuMed States Naval Artillery1 by llear-Admirul Simpson , copwuM\ HltiMrntud by t\\cnty-ono engraving The admiral writes from nu mlmia'o knowledge of our navy , iU past hlMui , > . Us present workings , und Its urgntit needs. Some curious specimens ot uM breeeh-loadiugguns uro represented , onii of them used by Cortex in the conipiit of Mexico. The manufacture of govern ineiit rillus and the latest improvi-mciiJH in naval gunnery are attractive features of the nrilclo. "Hermes , " after the painting by W. H Hiehmoml , in the last Grosveuor'gullery exhibition , is the frontispiece of the Mr.g'- u/.ine of Art for October , and is followed by a fully illustrated paper on "Current Art. ' An Interesting paper gives us "Moro About CM Charterhouse , " with characteristic Illustrations. Stanley Lane- Poolu writes on "A Venetian A//.imina of the Sixteenth Century , " ami H. Pcnderel- Brodhurst revives homo old "Uoyul Acad emy Scandals. " K. ,1. Clmrfclon du- scribes tlio pretty little. lUhiug village of Cullereoats , wnilo 11. Jobbing proves thu truth of these descriptions with his pun- V1.1' , Thu , J"otm'os Panted for Thomas Maclclln for his numerous literary outer- prises : ire carefullv described and thn hlory of their origin told by Alfred Heaver. The story of "La Helia Simoh- etta" is told in the scries on "The Ho- maneoof Art. " Coming down to modern times Claude Phillips describes tlio work of the late Paul Buiulry , and his paper is illustrated with ongn > viugs from Biutdry's best known jiaintiims. "Art in Aneiunt Homo ' i.s laid before latter-day amateurs by William Holmdon in nu illustrated Paper. There i.s a pugo engraving from the painting "Tho Mountain Pass. ' by A. \Mer&v.-lvowalski : this is followed by nu uecount of tlio French and Dutch pic tures in Edinburg. and thu department of Ami-dean and foreign art notes. A Contractor \Vlio Dloil Ontne. Noah Count in Drake's Magazine : It was Mil in Arizona. An outlit had come on to do some work ou the new burracics at the fort , and they wore an ornery .set , you bet. They were gutting $ ; i f > 0 a day , and when orders came out from headquar ters to rush things at the post they got up and btrui'k for $1 , after every man of them had signnd an agreement to work for .fi.50. The contractor mounted his musiung and rode over to whore the gang wore hanging out. 1 happened to bo over thuro when ho came up. "What's the row hero , " says he. "Wo can't work for no $3.00 , " says the leader. "What do you mean by that ? " "Wowuntfl. " "Struck , have you ? Struck ? ( Jot to work , every blanked ouu of you I The Iirst man that snv.s strike to mo I'll let daylight into him ! " " 1 bay strike , " says the red-haired , rcd- shirtud , ugly-mugged leader , " an' if there's ' any shuotm' going on , I'm horel" That wasn't my day for being in the target bi/ , and 1 Hopped Hal as a pan cake. The contractor had levelled dead at the man but he only had ono shot in his gun. gun.Zip I /.i p ! zip ! r.p \ 1 The red-shirt was down at thu first shot , with his "sovcn-up" out just ; us husmiok grnvul. Up he hoisted on his loft elbow , than ho hanged away , whilu the contractor did borne lively dodging ; that was the lust three zips. The red-shirt rolled over , and tlio con tractor asked me if tboro was any doctor around , isaid , "Yes , over at the quar ters. " "Ho gotthat last one into me , sure ; lel'a sue that doc. " Wo went over and found llio surgeon. I got the contractor on my bed , .skinned off his clothes , washed away the blood and tlie surgeon probed him. It was u bad hole in tlio left lung. "i reckon it's an ugly one. doc ? Dead sure thing , eh ? Yes , I thought so. How long have Igot ? " It was 1 o'clock then. "You'll last till evening. " "That's all right. But did I fetch him ? " "Dead as n door nail. " "I'm ' blanked glad that blankety blanked blank is fixed. ' He wanted mo lo take charge of the $20,000 in gold notes in his belt and write to his brother. Alter that he called for n square drink and got it ! Next he must have the toniest cigar in camp. The surgeon said : "Yes ; it didn't make no dillerunco. " I got u renl Havana. Ho Hinokod away at it slow and comfortable like , and when the cigar was plu.\od ho expressed his satisfaction that uvuiy thing was lovely , passed a few moro compli ments about that redheaded blankety blank who was fixed , then lie quit ; but Hu was gamu , though , yon but. The really curious thing was that when wo sol on that rod-haired striker there was just that one hole in him , and that was plumb through his heart. How ho hoisted onto that oil' arm of his'n , and set thai contractor dodging them throe hhoto beat the whole outfit coroner's ' inquest - quest , post surgeon and mo. But ho did I'll swear , to that and I'll swear that the contractor miscalculated the last dodge somehow , and inado connection that way with kingdom como. i wrote to that brother ot liis'n as per request , and ho wrotu back us h.iw the contractor hud killed three men before thu hist matlneu. and that hu "hud always told him ho'd run plumb ag'ln' a pill HOIIIO day if ho wu'n't ' blniiKiid careful like , " Yus.lt was n touching letler. Did thu strikurs go to work for tfU.OOf You can Jtibt gamble on it , strunger. ofn 1'nnlor. Chicago Journal : A friend who lives In the exlrumu northwestern part of the city was tolling mu to-day n story of the hardships of u pastor of u Baptist church in h.s ! neighborhood. This minister Is n college-bred man of avemgo abilities , and lias a wifu und child , liis salary for some time past has boon if ? u week , but this amount was raised to t'M u month by u contribution Ironi u charltublu society. Hu continued uncomplainingly to dis pense the gospel at this extremely moderate price until lately , when his health gnvu way , As u vacation was out ot the question , ho ear nestly requested his fiock to exempt him for a fuw wuuks from his pulpit duties , he pledging himself to attend to his pas toral visitation as usual , and to Bee that tlio pulpit was tilled without expense to thu church , Hu was trusting to thu kind ness of his ministerial brothers to supply the pulpit , by turns , gratuitously. But the church concluded that they did not wish such 11 constant dmngo of spiritual diut as this would imposu on them , and as hu was utterly unable to work tiny longer without some rest , they gently In. formed Idm that the bust thing no could do was to quit. He 1ms resigned , und Is bald to bo in very destitute circumstances , Ho ought to try thu Feejeo Islands for n settlement , Ju t What Von Want. 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