THE OMAHA DAILY - BEE : FltlJLiAVr , OCTOBER 8 , 188lf. I THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TMIM8 OP st'iiscnirTtf > j : Dntlr Ofw nl.itf Kultlon ; Inchidlnff Siuwlay llRr , Unn Ycnr . . $1001 VorSltMofitln . ft 00 JorThrco Monll'S . W Tlio Onmlm S ndny HIK , mnlloil to nny s , Ono Voar. - . 200 OMAHA Otnrr , N'n Mi AVO tn FAHVAM S NrvnnK ottirr , uotni nr > , Titiiiirvf. nrn.iiiNo. WASUt. > UTO.V OirtCK , NU.Cn PoUllTKKXTI19nil.l.T. . , All communlauiorn rclnting to news ' - torlnl irmttLT should bo addiossod to tlio Um- Ton of me Her- All ti iuldro < scl tn TUB UK * VL'IIMSIII.NO foMiNV , OMVIiDrafm , chocks niul potnlllcn ordcrj to bo mniloimyuLilo to tlio onlarol tliu compuny , THE BEE PDBLISHIHGliPJlliY , PSOPOIETOIIS , E. HOSKWATKIl , T.ntTOR. THU DAlIiY HUH. Sxvorn Htntrmcnt of Clrculntlon. State of XebrasVa , ) „ „ SlSl Couiityof DoiiRln * . ( ( ico. 1J. T/schuek , scrirtnry of the Heo I'libHRliliiK coinjiany , ilous soleiaulv swear thnt the artiml efrriilatlon of the Dally J5eo for the week ending Oct. 1st , IbbO , was as followst Sattuday.a'tli M.2RO Hunilny. Mill ii,075 : Wnnday.'JTth lii. 0 Tuesday , ! Wti ! IS/tt'i Wcdncsilny.'JHth WK50 Thurnlay , : Ath 12.B75 1'rldny , Oct. 1st 113,781 Avcraco 13.090 (5io. ( : 1) ) . T/.SCIUTK. Swnrn to ftnd sutocilbcd In my iircsonco this 'M day of October , A. J ) . , 1 80. N. 1' . Kr.tr , , [ bEAL ] Notnry IMiblic ( ! co. 1J. 'JVschuck , bolnc Urst duly sworn , deposes nndsrtjs that ho Is secretary of the Jii'c l'tibllshliiicOat ! > any , that the iictiml aV- crntio dally cliuiilatinn of the Dally Heo for the month of January , IS i , was 10.li8 ! copies , for Kcbniary , ! Sb < > , 10,6'X > copies ; lor Match , 18SO , 11.KI7 copies ; for Apill. 18M ) , 13,191 conies : for May. IbSrt. IS.lit'j copies ; for June , isi'i , 12ai3 , copies ; for July , 18M5,1'JJU 1 copies ; for Auu'iist , 1SSO , 13K > 1 copies ; for Sentcnibcr. IbSO , 13,0,50 copies. Gio. : 11. T/.SCHUCK. Subscribed and swoin to before mo thlsiid day of October , A. D. , 18SO. N. I * . Knit. . 1'ubAc. STATK T1G1C12T. For Govornor-JOHN M. THAYER. For Lieut , noycrnor-ll. 11. SHEW ) . Per Secretary ot Stato-O. W. LAWS. IT- ForTroasmcr-C. H. WILLAHD. For Auditor H. A. BAUCQUK. K1 For Atloihoy General WILLIAM LEE8E. m For Com. Public Lands JOSEPH SCOTT. i PorSupt.Publlclnstrucllon-GEO.B.LANl ! ; . IlEPUntilCAN COUNT1 TICKET. I < " < > r Senators1 GEO. W. LIN1NGER , BUUNO T/SOHUCK. For Uopresentntlvcg ! W. G. WIll'i'MOllE , H F. B 11IBBA1SD , GF.O. HEIMIIOD , II. S. HALL , JOlltt MATTHIESOK , JAJIES U. YOUNG. M. O. IUCKETTS. For County Attorneys EDWARD AV. SIMEKAL. For County Coiniuisslonor : ISAAC N. PIERCE. Kr.F.p up the boom in Omaha until wo have rounded the hundred thousand population. AN Ohio woman Wont to bed ono night and woke up next morning to find her jaw dislocated. The dangers of talking in one's sleep appear to have Veen under estimated. 11 GOULI > , who has been sent to the state prison In Maine , is not Jay. Gould , of Jlaino , only stole a few thousands. Gould of Now York escapes because ho got away with millions. THE fraud from Nemaiia is in the city scouring the wards for riff-raff workers who will buy b.im votes at next month's election. Church Howe is only throwing nway his boodle. Like Joe Jefferson's lust drink , ' -it won't count. " Dit. ( MiLLKit pretends to bo horror- stricken over the possibility of the sub mission of u nrohibitlon amendment , of which ho has no fcara. Ilis real anxiety is that a railroad republican may not bo elected to raltlo around in the senatorial brogans of Charles H. Van \Y yok. i arc opposing Van Wyok's candi dacy in Nebraska ? Every railroad at torney , every legislative corcaptionist , every republican barnacle whose fidelity taparty only yields to his fidelity to bribe juopoy , every relio of the old monopoly regime , both' republican nnd democrat , who doslro to BOO n pliant tool of the ! corporations in the United States senate' ' ffom this state. Tin ; liorriblo discovery la made that Senator \fun Wyok's Washington house U bettor than Mr. Goro's Lincoln resid ence , and ( hnt on this account ho should La disqualified from a reelection. Sena tor Vim Wyck'B ' Washington liouso is no bettor than n score of houses in Omaha and stands tenth rate among Washington iiomcs. It is unique among senatorial houses on ono account. It was built with the senator's own money , every pcuny of which was honestly earned , KEEP it before the board of public works that there are n do/.cn buildings on Farnam street with mud sidewalks and rotten planks in front of thpir. Wo .don't moan in front ot buildings now in course of erection , but before brick stores that bring n very good rental. For in stance , the Bldowaljj lining Mr. Herman's $10,000 bulldinc , tlio walks in front of the Paclflo Express , and in that block and others too numerous to mention. WJmt ia true of F&runm is true of Douglas , Barney und Uodgo strtCjs. Lot us maKe the start with Farunm and Iho olhora will follow suit. AMONG the old papers in the county clerk's office m Freehold , N , J. , is the death sentence of a negro named Ciusnr. It roads : "Therefore the court doth judge thaUhou , the said Crosar , shall return to the place from whence thou earnest , and from thence to the place of execution , when thy right Jiand shall bo out oil' and burned before thine eyes. Then thou shall bo hnngod up by the neck until ikon art dead , dead , dead ; then thy body shall bo out down and burned to ashes in a'ilro , and BO the Lord havonieroy on thy soul , Ciesar. " "Jersey Justice" of the present day seems to Jmvo maintained the severity of its primitive 6toot. The l oor Farm Sale. Although advised by the county attor ney that they had full power to cell the poor farm without authority from the people , the county commissioners have decided to submit the proposition to voters t the next election. Several wealthy capitalists and real estate men , who are said to be confident of securing the be .t slice of the property , thought that their titles uouhl bo bolter if the voters of Uotiglas county should direct the sale The cbmtn ! sioucrs have ac cordingly bowed to their decision , and our citi/cns will bo given n chance no\t month to approve or rofu'-o approval of the proposition. The proclamation calls for public sanction of the stale of the cast fifty acres of the properly now used for poor farm purposes , the proceeds to be used In the erection of a county hospital , infirm ary and asylum for Iho insane. It au- thorl/.cs the platting Of the ground into city lots and blocks , Us appraisal by three tllslnlcroited clt'zens ' nnd its public sale to the highest bidder for cash , the prieo in no case to fall below the apuralscd val uation. These conditions obviate in great part the objections made n year ajro against the sale of the property. If faith fully carried out they ought to secure for the county a fair return on its property. The only suspicious point Is the icquiro- mcnl of cash down. It .scents to us that the county could have better afforded to make the terms a third cash and the balance on thrco years' lime , dispos- inc ; of the morlgftuus when the money was needed. With such terms bidding would bo more spirited , prices higher , and capitalists with a large amount of ready cash would bo forced to compote with purchasers of smaller means. The cash proviso will restrict the bidding and give gicater chance for combinations to kcop down prices. Wi h this exception tlio proposition on its face is a fair one. It will doubtless carry by a largo majority. The county needs a hospital badly , and an insane ward even worse. The sale of the portion tion of tlio poor farm which it is proposed to put in the market will prevent the necessity of calling for bonds. At the same time it will improve the remainder of the property and greatly increase its value. Those School Conundrums. Jlr. Long , of Iho school board , was not far out of the way when he referred to Mr. IMackburn's catechism of school chestnuts as in alargodegrco "consisting of more buncombe calculated in a great measure to draw attentir n to Mr. Ulack- burn. " A great philosopher once re marked that any fool could ask questions which it would bother a sago to answer. Mr. Blackburn's conundrums have not even the merit of novelty. Five of thorn ask for information in regard to tlio free dom given to children in one ward to at tend schools in another. In a graded school system in a city of tlio si/.o of Omaha it is impossible to fur nish a grammar school in every ward. At present our poimla- tion desiring the higher secondary education is scattered and pupils in the higher grade classes arc often obliged to sock instruclion at schools moro or loss distant from their homos.Vo have 310 pupils i.i our high school. To round out Mr. Ulackburn's enquiries ho should have added another asking why pupils from the First and Sixth wards were allowed to attend school on Capitol hill. The re vival of the basement room scare was uncalled for and ridiculous. The school basements are no moro "basements , " properly speaking , than nine-tenths of tlio dining rooms in brick residences in Omaha. Eight rooms of this class all told are occupied for school purposes , nnd they arc as bright and dry , as chcorful and healthy , as could bo desired. A basement from six : inches to two feet , under ground with broad windows and free air has never yet injured the most delicate hc.-ilth. Mr. Blackburn's queries about lack of contentment among teachers , rumored bickerings , etc. , could bo put to the school board of any other city as well as to that of Omaha. They always have existed and always will exist under any system , however perfected and sys tematized. The best management only reduces them in amount and number. So long us touchers are ambitious for higher grades and liighor pay there will | jo jeal ousy of those above thorn nnd lack of contentment on the part of those who fail to rccoi"5 what they believe to bo their deserts. Mr. Blackburn lias been for many years in the Union Pacific headquarters. Ho knows as well us anybody in Omaha the constant bicker ings among the clerks nnd officials in that establishment. If Mr. Kimbull , Mr , Clarlc orCallowjiy had been asked by Mr. Blackburn to find a good reason wiy | such a state of things existed , nnd to de vise some means by whiph It could bo for ever stopped , they would hayo shrugged their shoulders , turned on their heels and walked away. ' Thcro Is no doubt much to bo done in improving our school system. If instead of asking thirteen conundrums , Mr. Blackburn had brought forward ft Single resolution to do away with some admit ted abuse , his suggestions would have been in order. As Jt Is , ho has simply succeeded in croatlng further discord and in making mutters worse rather than better. Guorne. Since the Now York Sun published some days ngo nil extended interview with Mr. Henry Ucorgo , the labor candi date for mayor of that city , ii : which ho very fully expressed himself as to what should bo done nnd what ho should en deavor to do in the event of his election , an oppoitunity has been given for weigh ing and measuring this now most inter esting loader of labor which the news papers have not denied thenuolvos. Of course the result is moro or loss in fluenced by the political bias of tlio com mentators , but on the whole Mr , George has reason to fool gratified that about the most serious fault found with him is that ho is merely a thoorlst and not H man of affairs , and that consequently ho is peculiarly destitute of thn special qualifications which the circumstances of the time require in the mayor of Now York city. This objection , however , really amounts to llttlo more than saying that Mr. George is not an experienced politician , that ho isn't familiar with the methods of the machine , and that ho doesn't understand fixing primaries and manipulating conventions. But lie is in his present position simply because ho lacks this knowledge , probably deemed essential in n Now York mayor , anil it is because of this lack that the men wlio are supporting him bcllovo that he would make a thoiottghlj honest and upright executive , who would not bo cither the creature of the politicians or a political boss. It is not doubled that Mr. George would timl it impracticable t6 carry out sonic of his theories which are very much at war with the uxistinc stale of thluK * . but this does not prove that they are in correct and that no effort should bo made logivo them a Irial. Nobody will pre tend that perlcction has been reached In the methods of government , and Mr. ( leorgo gives some evcc-llont reasons for his faith , llo would of course , howe\er , as Iho mayor of Now York , find himself hedged about by conditions and restric tions which would not allow him much latitude for trying new expedients , and this fact ho quite fully understands. There Is one thing in his favor , and that is ho seems to bo an entirely frank and outspoken man. Regarding his socialism ho Miys : "I am n socialist in the sense of ono who desires social improvement , and believes social improvement to bo possible. But 1 am not a socialist In the sense attached to the term by numbers of people who associate with it the destruc tion of individual enterprise- and n division of property. " On the contrary ho says ho is n thorough believer in the right of properly. The cardinal fea ture in his political creed is that "all men have a right to do as they please &o long as they observe the equal rights of others. " lie is evidently not a believer in civil service reform , for ho says that as mayor ho would give the prcfetenco in appointment * to the men who supported him and who wore in sympathy with his views. llo leaves no doubt as to his posi tion as an advocate of the fullest free trade , and is opposed to contract labor and pauper immigration. On the whole , Mr. Gcorgo stales his views clearly ami o\plicilly , so thai no ono can mislako them , and in saying that as mayor his ambition would bo to make a clean and jrood rccoid he is doubtless sincere. \Virii \ all duo respect to Mr. Puxlon and wilh uropor appreciation of his JJ - , terprisc we would ask whether Fnrnti.l street and Sixteenth are to bo bldc.idcu all winter and next .summer with his building material. For months , men , women and children have boon com pelled to take the middle of the street in passing Mr. I'u.xton's block. Now that Ills area under the sidewalk is bricked over why cannot something bo done to make thu btreet passable over thorn. In other cities where largo blocks are built at least half the sidewalk is always kept clear. These are mailers for the board of public works to alloiul lo. Tin : democrats of Massachusetts , in nominating as their candidate for gov ernor a man who , until two years ago , was an active republican , and who with drew from Ihc party not because dissat isfied with its principles , but for the rea son that ho was hostile to its candid ate for president , simply confessed that they are weak in men who coi-ld stand upon such a platform as they were compelled londopt without appearing ridiculous. Tlio Boston Advertiser points out a prece dent to this action in the nomination of Horace Greoloy , in 1872 , which was prompted by the hunger of the democ racy for success , and remarks that the similar folly in Massachusetts will have a similar ending. Mr. Andrew required as a condition of his acceptance of the nomi nation that the platform should declare certain things , among them an explicit endorsement of civil service reform. There arc hundreds of democrats in Massachusetts , us clsowhero , who arc op posed to that policy , and they will not swallow its approval niaito at the dicta tion of one who so recently as two years ngo was actively opposed to them , and who la not now understood to favor the general policy and principles of democ racy. Ilonco it is reasonably assumed that Mr. Andrew cannot command , not- withslandingtho unanimity und enlhusi- asm of his IK , Mnntion , the full demo cratic supportS'Tho ' men who have in public and private denounced the meth ods and appointments of the president will not stultify themselves by giving him their votes. Nor will ho probably bcablo to draw from tlio republican ranks a stiincioutuumbor to baltinco this democratic loss. It is very likely the republicans - publicans could have made a choice of n gubernatorial candidate who would have proved stronger than Mr. Ames , but it is not doubted that their clniuco of win ning oy the regular majority lias not boon reduced by the action of llio democrats in placing n. disgruntled republican in the leadership of tie | party. TUB Now York Commercial and Finan cial Chronicle takes a liopoful. view of what may rnsult from thq.ifqulry nnd action of the BrlUstTlloyal commis sion on the ojirr noy , appointed by the Salisbury ministry with particular rofor- cncti to the silver problem. It rogavuis the step taken us a most decided oua in the direction of a solution of that perplexing - plexing question , and while it does not expect that the commission is to bring England to blmotalism , and thinks the bringing of Greut Britain lo assist in rehabilitating silver may bo a long way off and to bo attained perhaps only through a very rough oxporlonco , yet it boliuvcs the final achievement of such rostorallon is certain. It is a require ment of thu world's commoroo which will enforce itself , nnd such are the circumstances that Great Britain will be come in the outl tJiu strongest advocate of the white metal that tlio world con tains. Thoru is undoubtedly substantial ground for this view in the growing stress of England's trade nud the condition ol India , and it is a reasonable expectation that the commission , in following the instructions uudor which it is to act and complying with Uw desire of tlio govern ment as evidenced in the instructions , Will udvanco the cause of biinetalism in Great Britain. THE Now York World interviewer who applied the pump to Governor Hill , ap pears to have got Jit0 ! ' nwra then a few commonplace generalities , which nnS 1'ot the least bit dungorous if they have no good in them , Of course , the wily poli tician saui nothing "to indicate any but the plcitsantcst toolings toward the presi dent,11 , but it would scam that ho was also careful not to say anything to indicate cato Hat he is particularly in love with the president. It doosn't require a very profound penetration to discover consid erable stanllicanca in tlio remark of Mr. Hill when ilist'insing the national administration that "no ono man was iioccssfu-y to the sufct1 of any parly. " Democrats who belH-ve' ' that democracy without Cleveland ( vould bo as a cruft adrift on n turbulent sea without rudder 01- . ail , doomed to certain disaster , will li.'Uono difllculty in comprehending the moaning and application ot that entirely sensible remark of Iho governor of Now Yotk. In all other reipucts Iho tele graphic abstract of the Interview con tained nothing that any other fairly in telligent man might not have said , and if it gave the gin of what Governor Hdl said simply shows fiat he judiciously held a great deal in reserve. The gover nor undorslaml-9 the gamn ho is plajing. A xfMiir.n of petitions were filled with the city council at its last meeting ie- questing the council to increase Iho num ber of volmg places in various wards. The council has no right to grant this re- quest. Their nulhority is confined en tirely lo city elections. The election on the Sd of November is a stale and county election. The voting places are fixed by the county commissioners bj * precincts , and not by wards. The commissioners may establish as many voting places in each precinct ns they sco fit , but they alone have the authority to supervise the election. While it is very desu-ftblo that there should bo moro voting places in several of the city precincts , there may bo legal obstacles in Iho way which will pre vent Iho commissioners from granting the request. The commissioners have already issued a proclamation PubmUting lo Iho voters of this county the propo sition lo soil llio cast fifty acres of the poor farm and apply the proceeds thereof to the building ol a county hospital. This proclamation designated all the voting places in Iho county. Now , it is a ques tion upon which we do not claim to bo competent to pass an opinion , whether Iho commissioner can change Iho voliug places or add lo their number without unking void their proclamation already issued. THIS FlEhD OK 1M1USTHY. An Illinois carmaker has orders for OOCrars. Labor is inoio generally emplojcil than for t , Michigan , has S.OOO knights , and ' ; the slate 12,000. The Providence , It. I. , locomotive shops employ 1SOO men against r > 00 a year ago. The Pullman Palace Car company is turn ing out S > ,003 woith of cais per day. The demand lor palace c.us is unprecedented. American plowmnkers will watch with in- tcicst the cmlciuor to introduce Aiiieiieau plows into .Mexico. TRrco'liumlrod were ic- cently intioduccd. The Japanese govetfniudnt has agents in England negotiating for largo pmcha&es of. rails , engines , bridges ami plant icqulrcd for railway development , i ( Ninety pei cent , ot our rcpiosonlatlves In congress have been lavvyois. and while such Is the case the woilnuen feel that honest government is impossible. ' Some European eiuiMpyers have undertaken to abolish "blue Mon.Iriy" ' liy dividing their woikmiMi Into lour groups inul paying each onoon asepaiatoday. The e-M'eiinieiit ' has been satisfactory. ' ' Annwpiocess of inhking steel pipe has been introduced IntoGcimniiy. As Soon as the wteol Is cast into the rouliu mold a. euro is thrusl into the steel , bOtlmtfi tube Is foimed between it and the walls of the mold. The well : of orL'ani/nilon does { not abate anywhere. The de.sho'grov\b with success. Trndes-unlons arc not Keeping pace with the knights , butaiu not losing any of their mem- beis. Several crafts aio extending thier nicnibcr.shlp. Thcio Is a scheme on foot among Ihninanii- fnclureisof Chicago to pipe natural gas iiom Kinulay , Ohio , to Toledo foity-livo miles. Thobtandaid Oil couip.iny Is at the head of. It. The gas hold is twenty miles long and live niHos wide. The use of petroleum fuel Is extending. The Southern Pacinc railroad company has used it successfully on its ferry bnals for a year. A locomotive engine Is run by It on an Ezyptlnn railroad. Experimenters hero and clsewhcio are diligently working to over come borne of the practical dinieulties to Us use. use.Aibltratlon Aibltratlon will win when oicanlzcd labor is able to enforce Its acceptance. Employers urofer competition of labor lor employment ralherthan arbitiation. Theio is lehs pros pect now than over for the general adoption of arbitration , because ; it means higher wages ami higher cost of production to those who are obliged to accept and nbldo by It. The Mexican Railway company has In use 20,000 Hleol ties ami has ordered -lO.COO moro from England , and It Is proposed to put down Iroin10,000 to 50,000 per j ear hereafter. These ties cost Sl.Bo England mid S'J Mex ican .silver , delKcred. The wooden ties re placed by steel cost fiom 1)0 ) cents to Sl.Gi ! ( .silver ) , and labt a comparatively short time. The steel tie saves spikes nnd lasts a much louder timu than wooden ; In fact , is inde- stiuctlblo. Deserve Kcbukc. Fnll Citu Jiiurnnl. The indications are that Colby will bo de feated In Gage county for the btato gentile. Thobo Beatrice primaiies really ueg rv re buke , A Safe Prcdlutloii. fallt City Journal. At the conventlpn hero lion. Charley Brown asset ted that HcSlmuo would get a laiger niojoilty In Douglas county than ho ( Brown ) did two years ago. Insatiate lieuds , would not3,100 , suflicoV rit. lilepcntlcnl. \ < . Th" Omiilm pee ] > lo ought to glvo General Thaycr their most hearty support , as ho sc- cuied for that city , while United Stales sen ator , the appropriation which gave to her that magnliicont government building. Doesn't Propose to Iioso Ills Grip , Ulysses Herald. If Nanco , doesn't capture things In Polk county this fall it will be because the people of that county are tuier1 to1' piluclplo than they are In many parlsi-of 'Butler ' county. Nanco doesn't propose t.6 "lose his grip" Jf money \vlllc-ut any figVroJn. the politics of Polk county this lall. ' , . , „ Autumn U. A. Lot the autumn lelUcs a ro fulling In the woodland's atry iWll , In the orchard and'Urn ' iwsture. And the highway's ample twcll. From the beach , anil > l > inyi. and And the oak of sturdy Jfuib ; From the ash , and elm ; mid maple , And the poplar , palcjniiltrlin ( ; From the apple , nndltho lOicrrv , From the poach tree hnd the plum , Like a inln or tinUvj iltibons From the sunset skiv-s they corno. And 1 watch them slowly sailing ; ] In the eddic-ii of the breeze. Curling down In shady hollows , Sweeping over slonluuleas ; lied and uolden , wuu nnd nissett ; Dark niul dusty , warm and brluht ; Somber brown nnd llarlng yeJlow , Ube the oriole In flight ; Quo by ono , and thcii by hundreds , Clashing , ero&slnsr , low and hied , Now alone nnd now altogether , Cruslie J and turned at last they llo. Anal tTsnder , could wo count them Fiom the time they m'ro begun , Count the leaves of every autumn In the lands beneath the sun ; Would they seem one-halt so many Or one-half so vainly llowii , Half so easily forgotten Hy the places they have known , As the wlslios and the murmurs We hnvnllunic toward the skies Since this self-Buuie golileu summer Cast Us glory on our vyexY Keep It Heforo UcpitMIcnns. The republicans of the First district should astc themselves whether a man having such a record ns that of Church Howe has any rightful claim upon the support of nny decent republican. Leav ing out of question his corrupt methods and notorious venality wo appeal lo re publicans to ptiu-ic and reflect before they put a premium upon party trea son nnd conspiracy against its very exist ence. Ten j-oars ngo , when Iho republican parti' Wfl < ! ° n the verge of disaster , and e\ cry electoral yote cast for Hayes and Wheeler was needed to retain llio party in power , Church llowo entered Into a conspiracy to deliver republican Nebraska into the hands of the enemy. This infamous plol is not a more conjec ture. The proof of It docs not rest on surmise or suspicion. It Is not to bo pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro nouncing it ono of Kosowuter's malicious campaign slanders. The records of the legislature of which Church Howe was a member in ' 70-77 , contain the indelible proofs of the treasonable enable conspiracy , and no denial can stand against evidence furnished by his own pen. Briolly told , the history of this plan to hand over the country to Tildcn and democracy is as follows : In 1870 Nebraska cleclcd Sllfts A. Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A. 11. Connor presidential elcclors by a vote of : , ! i ] ( ! as against a vole of lJr ( , > l cast for the Tildcn and llondrieks electors. After the election it was discovered that the canvass of this vote could not take place under tlio then cxlsllng law before Iho legislature convened. The electoral vote had to bo canvassed In December at. the latest , and the regular ses sion of iho legislature did not bcirin until January. In order to make a legal canvass of the electoral returns , Governor Garbcr called a special session of the legislature to convene on the nth of December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur- posiof canvassing the electoral vote of the stale. The democratic effort to cap ture republican electoral voles is historic. Tildun's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had bcon plotting for the capture of ono of the electors from Nebraska , and it is also historic that a largo bribe was offered to ono of the electors , General Strickland. The call of the legislature broke into Ihc plan of the plotters , nnd they found a will ing and reckless lool in Church Howo. When the legislature convened at the capi- lal.Church Howe Illod a protest which maybe bo found on uagcs 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne braska HOUMJ Journal of 1877. The fol- lowingexlract makes interesting reading : " 1 , Chinch llowo , a member ot the legisla ture of NebiasUa , now convened by procla mation of his excellency , Governor Silas Garbor , for the purpose of canvassing and declaring the result of the vote cast in Ne braska for electors for president nnd vice president of tlio United States , licieby enter my solemn protest against such act , denying thnt the governor has power to call this body- in special session for any stu-h purpose , or thnt this body has any nuthoi ity to canvasser or declare the result of such vote upon the following grounds : First , This lozislaturc now convened hav ing been elected under what Is known ns the old constitution , has no power to act In the promises , the now constitution of the state having been in foico since November , lb7.V The second and third clauses deal with technical objections and are somewhat lengthy. The concluding sentences of this precious document arc as follows : "For the foregoing reasons I protest ngainst any canvass of tlio 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 wore 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 Omaha and Howe had the glory of being the solo Champion of Sam Tildon. The legisla ture ignored Church llowo , spread his protest on its record and canvassed tlio electoral vote in spite of it. AVliun the legislature convened in Jan uary , 1877 , tlio presidential contest was at its liciaht in Washington. Church Howe had changed places from the liouso to the senate. Early in the session , a resolution was introduced expressing the conviction on the parr of the senate that Hayes and Wheeler having received a majority of the electoral votes were on- tilled to their scats. This resolution gave rise to a very llyely aobato wliiah lasted two davs. Church Howe askou to bo c ctisod from voting when it iirst came up and was so excused. On llio final passage of the resolution the record [ page 870 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows the following result ; Yeas Ambrose , Balrd , Blanohard , Bryant , Cajkins , Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawes , Garfield - field , Gilham , Hayes , Kenuard , Knupp , Popoon , Powers , Tluimmol , Van Wyck , Walton and WHeox 20. These voting in the negative were : Aton , Brown , ( Jovollj Ferguson , llinman , Holt , Church Howe and Nortli-8. -Daring the same session of the legisla ture , Church Howe's vole on Untied States senator for tiio first thrco ballots is recorded as haying been cast for B. W. Thomas , a South Carolina democrat , [ pages 108 and 203 Smiate Journal. ] All this time Church Howe professed to bo a republican independent , republican on national issues and a temperance granger on local issues. Wo simply ask what right n man with such a record has to' the support of any republican. STATE AND XEUIUTOKY. Nebraska Jottlncs. Union Paolllc surveyors arc camped nt Niobrara , Thpro nro 078 children enrolled in tlio schools of Grand Island. Senator Van Wyck is nnnouncpd to speak at Coutcryillo. Dodge county , ncxt Saturday. 'J ho Plattsmotith Herald is for sale. Hero is an elegant opportunity for the Ncmuha boo'lloman to secure an organ. A train on the St. 1'auJ branch ditched a team nearest. LlboryTucfaduy , Charles Patterson , thu driver , was severely in jured. D. S. Buchanan , a prominent real es tate dealer pf y Jfgca , ) o. , djed very sud denly wha : ! ou ft vi H to frjonds Ju Stroms- burg. Life size nickfe frogs , with smooth bore , self-acting croaks , nro the latest rivals to the chestnut bell. Thoy' are a handy toad's tool , lo\va Items. Just at the closu of th second Iowa re union at Otuniwa , Tuesday , Comrade Lewis dropped dead in his room. Since Jauuary 1 , 1885 , there have been Issued from the county cleru's oilico in DCS Molncs , 1,0.10 marriDQCH licenses , OU of which wore gr.mted last year Dr. W. 11. OrlMlo , of Creslon , whl'r ( hiving in the country on Ihu inorn.ng < I the Ilii inst , was thrown from his buggy by a quick turn of his horse ; ! , and strik ing on his head rolled down a sleep cm baiikment , receiving fatal injurio * . The claim of its supporters that prohi bition prohibits aim prevents duinken- ness is illuminated by the following record from Ma-on Otv , where the law has been rigidly eiiioivod : During 18S.1 mid tt-81 , before thu law went inlo ellVet therowerc llfly-lwo cases of drunkenness before the courts ; dining 189o and nine months ol IS l ) , there wcro sevontv-livo cases re corded. The pronoillon here shown will hold good throughout the stale. A company of cradersul work In Web ster county loft Newark township oil J > al tirdaj night for Belmoiid. They stopped Saturday night within three miles of Bel moml wilh n farmer. At 0 o'clock Sun day morning the nlnrm of lire w.is raised und when the graders reached the place whore their horses wcro liltohed to Ihcii wagons near n lot of hay stacks , liftecn horses were found burned lo death nnd two moi o will die. Ten horses belonged to the graders and seven to the farmer , The uraders lost their horses , harness , wagons and tools , and the farmer sheds , hay. grain , etc. Neither farmers ot graders had insurance. The lire was the work of an incendiary. Dakota. I ) . P. Ward , of Sioux Tails , has estab lished over 1200 Sunday schools in Da- kola. The Hed river is now thirty-two inches lower than any record ever kept by the United States engineer. Nickels are so scarce in Sioux Fftlls that by a mutual agreement iron-washers aiv madn to ilo duty for thai much abused nrticlo of circulation. The ollicial census of the Sioux Indians at Standing Hock , taken September 150 , shows there are 1,230 men , 1,5'.I7 , women , 'J'7 ' boys and 818 girls , a. tolal of1,008. . General Lucas dedicaleda now (5. ( A. R. hall at Salem , last week , which cost -flO.COO. 'I his is llio Iirst time the dedica tory services of the order have ever been coiiducleil in Dakota. Coloi-mlo. The democrats and disgruntled repub licans of llio state have fused. Mr. A. Cruikshanl : , of Aspen , was killed by a runaway team last week. Lewis P. Hepburn , the fugitive postmaster - master of lllion , N. Y. , was captured near Denver last wcok. Judge James Bolfont , who while in congress was known as "thoKed-Ilcadcd Konrer of the. Uockics , " has turned mug wump and -joined the democratic party. Biff returns conic from the ere of the liuinboldt mine , Idaho Springs. Baiicy & Co. , who are \\orking it , .shiwpcd la sit wcok lour tons which yielded twenty- live ounces gold and forty ounces silver per ton. Utah and Idnlio. A -20OCO school liouso is to bo built at Shoshonc. Seventy pound watermelons arc a drug in the Idaho market. There were thirty-nino deaths in Salt Lake City during September. The work of excavating for the founda tion of ihc now depot in Ogdcn is pro gressing rapidly. This year's increase of wool over last year's clip in Utah is 750,000 pounds in round numbers. Tlio price has also ri&on 8j cents. The sivtli cast level of the Vosomlte mine at Bingham has developed a largo body of carbonalo ere , assaying CO per cent load , 30 ounces silver and ? 0 in gold. The banks of Salt Lake city report the receipt for the week omling September 2 ! ) , inclusive , of § 135,870.0' ! in bullion and ! * 41,2S0.50 in ere , n tolal of $107,100.10. Ore shipments from Salt Lake City for last week were : SS cars bullion , 83-1,330 Ibs. ; 3 cars ore , 85,100 Ibs. ; 13 cars cop per ere , 339,200 Ibs. Total , 54 cars , 1,309,180 Ibs. Ada county , Idaho , has 41 schools , 30 schoolhouseS. and 2,143 children between the ages of 5 and 21. Of this number 1.097 attend the schools. The total cost of the schools for the year ending August 31 , 1880 , was ? 2'J,902 03. An Idaho correspondent tells of three hunters finding a lonely white girt with ffoldcn hair in a secluded valley in ono of tlio tributaries of the Salmon. She was first seen bathing in Moose lake by ono of the hunters , who had climbed the divide at the hsad of Gold creek , near the south line of the Neg J'crco Indian reservation , above Grancovillo. On see ing the hunter she disappeared in a cave. The three visited the spot the next day , nnd found that she was living there with an old Indian , fcnblo with ago. She was about 12 years old and well developed A partj atterwards vifeitod tlio cave , and saw its two occupants , dop.irling after a bight without molesting them. It is sur mised that hho is one of the children of the Holbroolc family , who are -said to have settled thorn befrrti llio Bannock war of 1877 , ami loiters found in a trunk at the ccTTialns of an old cabin thcro are tuliiressod to that name. Montana. Horse cars arc now running HI Helena. Dillon's now court house will cost -t44- 000. 000.Tho The Episcopal people of Helena have to build a $15,000 hospital. A great deposit of argentiferous Ipud ere has boon uncovered near Klkhorn in Jeflorson county. A stampcduiu that di rection has set in. The streets of Helena are paved with golden particles.Vhilo. \ . oxcjiyaf..jtnja. cellar on Lawrence lt 5t Iho contractor ftruok "p , iH.rt. " which yielded 23 cojits if } the pan. " "it is reported that an imir.oiiRo body of ere , rcsombliiig the mineral of the tii ; mines in the Black Hills , has boon dis covered In the mountains tributary to the town of Big Horn , Father 1' . P. 1'rando , an Indian mis sionary , confirms the report that tlio Choycnnos ere on the verge of their an nual sturvalion siege. Ho appeals to tlio government lo send relief. The number of entries uudor llo ; home stead net in Montana for llio year omling Juno I'O. 1880 , was .155 for 08 , 33 acres. Under the timber culture laws Uit > entries were U50 for 4i,031 ! acres , und cash sales were 01)9 ) tracts , aggregating 103,400 acres , amounting to $129,073. The Union Pacific & Montana Railroad company has boon organized in JJiitto , with a capital of $1,00(1,000. ( , for the pur pose of building &lx branch linos. Tjio Iirst of those will run from Dillon to Helena and Ben ton. the second frpm Silver Bow to Missoum , tlio third to the National Parjc , another to JioiQiuan und Rocky Ford coal fields , and another to the Big Hole valley. Tlio I'nclflo Coast. It is estimated that there are over a million sheep in Arizona , Good coal has boon discovered an tlio line of the railroad near Mount Shasta , The big reservoir of the Mercpd Canal company covers an aica of C04 ocrp * and it will take a year to coiibtruct it. The dam across the mouth of it will bo U.OOO /cut Jong and 50 fcut high. It will bo the Isrgost rojwoir of the Jiind In Cali fornia. A new ledge of line varlngatcd marolo has boon discovered about two nnies from Victor , on the California Southern rnlj- road , on or near the lands of the Ilia- peria colony , It is said lo bo very ntnu- titul , and to resemble the choice mtu bio from Vermont. TJio shipments of fruit , vegetables. wiao and bran dy trom California iu less npgi-cgatod 1-13.203,010 pounds , wine i nuned u train forly miles m longti tr ii-gjtort. The taxable valuation of li slate has increased $83,000CO > ) , ncarh i n in the increase of orehaids niul vi : - 1 ho suporlnlondnnt of the nickel n1 1 cobalt mines at Cottonwood , ( . 'lunch It coiintv , Nevada , hns been ordered in ill , English company owning the piopeiti. s to put on a foieo of men lo devr-lo > them. A.shaft will bo sunk and em . crablo prospecting bo done bcfo o reduction works are built , The town of ( ) io\illo , which , in "t1u iays of old-tho days of gold , " wa i nourishing and bustling mining tow i is now surrounded with orchards of < i nnjre , lemon and lime , and thallitt'o mining center known as tlio "Gem of tl < i l-ootliilli , " > vili eomo lo bo known s Orungi \ illo. Tlio work of product- ! golden nuggets has given way to i' cultivation of golden fritils. Nicholas Poter.s , a llsherninn , recc t ! ? & caplured a big devil ( Mi in Victoria I , IS bor near a snot much frequented oybiit era. H weighed over 100 pound * , nut when stretched out measuicd from end i > end of legs about seven feet. When tal c i ' into the boat alive it seized hold of Hi boat , the seals , the colloo-pot nnd pver\ thing movable within its thousand Mickei s and might possibly have lifted the bor and hs contents out of the water had not Peters succeeded in stabbing it in the vit.il 1 spot between Iho eyes. , Prof. Clayton , of Virginia Clly , Nev . says ho has found in Iho Blue mountains of oa-storn Oregon an old vein precisely similar lo the blue lead which rim's through PJumas , Sierra and Toulumue counties in California. Where the rim of this Oregon dam has been broken down in places , rich placer mines and many , nuggets , running from an ounce up to k. ' 91,000. and In ono case up to Sfl.aaT , have been found. The professor believes Unit if the bottom of the ancient channel can bo reached the greatest gold depo-.lt of the west will bo uncovered. THK XKMA1IA JjfiPKU. Press CommnntN on the Noiiilnatlon < > ! ' Chnroli Howe. Ed Howe in the AtchHon dlobe : Church Howe , the most conspicuous political montubank in Nebraska has beoli nominated for congrerfs by the re publicans over Weaver , the present in cumbent. Politically Howe is ovcrvihinj : and anything. Originally a republican , he drifted into the grange movement and i become a howling anti-monopolist and I gt-oonbucker. For years ho venomously denounced the republican party.and now ho receives a reward for his apostncy. I Ho claims , to bo n farmer , but thu fact is ' ho knows no more about farming than an i agricultural editor. ' Nebraska Observer"Rep. . ) : Church { llowo has been nominated by the remib- I licans of the J'ir&t district for congress , i and Jno. A. McShano heads the demo- F units tor the same position. Church Howe is a thoroughly bad man , and if the regular republican majority in south eastern Nebraska was not so largo ho would stand no show whatever of being elected , especially with Air. McShano on the opposite side. Plaltsmouth .Journal-Thoro is no doubt in the world bul that Church Howe rep resents is his person and character all the very worm and most corrupt ele ments embraced in the republican party. There nro thousands of men in that paity who arc opposed to its corruption , its truckling to the monopoly power , and who desire reform within the party. Such men have been not only defeated but insulted bv the nomination of this i man. _ Broken Bow Statesmen : The nomina tion of Church Ho\\u us the republican candidate lor congress in the First dis trict , was an event , whieh was predicted with certainty as t-oon as we learned that ho had started out to capture it. As an usluto noliticiil schemer , without consci ence or honest principles ho stands head and shoulders above the corrupt political lenders in that district. Ho has those leaders so completely In his power , through an intimate knowledge of the dark seciots of the disreputable ring that rules , that they did not dare to refuse him anything. Ho asked the nomina tion to congress , and they immediately set to work packing primaries and county ' conventions and so thoroughly was th'o work performed that Church llowo wont to the congressional convention with the whole thing in his , pocket and was nom inated on the first ballot. As wo pro- dieted his nomination , wo predict his defeat - feat by a good solid vote notwithstanding the-1,000 republican majority in the Iirst district. Queer Humanity. Harpor's Bazar : Every American who has travelled abroad knows that English men and women of established position nro habitually brusque to strnnguis , in feriors or equals , while in private houses they nro sometimes capable of a cool im- pertinouco which astonishes an Amer ican , A distinguished American Judy of fortune and position , who for years hud made every properly accredited English man and woman welcome to her beauti ful homo and cultivated circle , passed throe months at a well known English water-euro willi her invalid husband. In the house were several English people of rank , friends and relatives of whom she hud entertained in this country. Not one of them recognized her oxiblonco in any way , not oven by a "good morning" on the blairs or a bow in thu / their position bolng that they ill , to a "euro" to make ncrjjiai > ; 'jTiHCBJ , "In Ihrpo niontlis'y-Suid " the Jady , "Iho crcakingofH'.yowu boot * was the only chcctHiTtound I hoard , and I was cured Ci a belief in the courtesy of the English peonigo. " A Hey IVJio WIIMBo'llpard Proni. Boston Record ; By way of pointing out the dillbrcnco between illiteracy nnd and lack of intolligonoo , the lilMorlnu submits the appended letter , which was sent to n lawyer in reply to the Jailor's advertisement for a L-uy towoikinhis oillco. The lottcr which follows is ex ceedingly illiterate , but itis runningoyor with intulhjjfcnco. The Historian may prccodo4t with the statement lhat Iho evident oul and earnestness of the boy wlio wrote it wcro regarded us fully com- l > neuing ( for the delects in his spelling , und ho was hi lam into the lawyer's em ployment , on trial , at once : jnlbter i wan ! the Job ml fokes nlnt rich nil 1 got to rnsslo they arcded. It betes hu | iio > v hard times Is I can rtochoion nn lonro feat i want n job In your oillco let mo In JIMMY OAJIIIIOA . The name of Jimmy Carrlgnn may yet bo ronowncd in thu annals of the com monwealth. How Do You Do | M I'urioiis "How do do " That's you ? Knglibh and American. "JIow do you curry your- Bolfr" That's Fnmob. "How do you stand ? " Thai's Italian. "Jlow do you find yourself * " That's German. "Jlow do you faro ? " That' * Dutch. "How can you ? " That's Swedish. "How do you perspire ? " That's JCgyptliin. "Jlow is your stomach ? Iluvo you eaten your nco ? " That's Chinese. "How do you luivo yourself ? " That's J'olish. "Jlow Jo you Jive on ? " TJmt's Russian. "May thy bhadow nnvcr b < i Jess ? " That's Per. siun and nil moan much the same thing. A man wlio wus thought to bo a saloon spotter asked for whisky in an ( Jinny * k'lllo. R. I. , saloon the other day. "Oh , k-cs , I'll glvo you some Jlno whisky , " said Jin bartender ; as ho hit the inun between Iho eyi . laying liim Hat on the floor. J lie man never said n word , but the fact that ho didn't and Unit he 1ms muds no complaint , roukci the bartender certaiu : hat ho was right ia his diwgnoiia of Uv