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J'or Senators :
OEO. W. LINlNOEIt ,
1UU { > 'O TXSOHUC1C.
For Itoproscntatlvcs :
K. U 1IIHI1AHD ,
( JKO. 11E1MUOD ,
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JOHN SrATTllIESON.
JAJIES Jl. YOUNJ.
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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.
When you hnyo an attack of colic ,
cholera mqrbus or diarrhoea , you want
the pain removed ut once , Chamberlain's
Colic , Cholera nnd Diarrhoea KenJecly
giveb immediate relief. It in eafo auj
pleasant to take , only 25 cents a bottle.