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STA.TK T1CK13T.
For ( Sovcrnor-JOHN M. THAYEIt.
ForMetit. Governor II. 11. S11EDI ) .
KForSocretary of 8lato-O. W. LAWS.
-For Treasurer-0. H. WIU.AKD.
For Auditor II. A. IIAUCOC1C.
For Attorney General WILLIAM LEESE.
For Com. Public Lands-JOSEl'H SCOTT.
1orSupt.PuulleIustructlon-t5EO.IJ.LANK.
UEPUIJUCAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Senators'
GEO. W. L1N1NCJEII ,
liKUNO TZSCHUCK.
For Reprcscntntlvos :
W. G. W111TMOUE ,
K 1) IIIUBAKD.
GEO. UEIMUOU.
It , S. HALL ,
JOHN MATTHIESOW.
JAMES It. YOUNG.
T. AV. HLACKBUUN.
If. 0. RICKETTS.
For County Attornojrt
EUWAUD W. SIMEUAL.
For County Commissioner :
ISAAC N. PIEKOE
WITH Dr. Miller , the Inst ticket is al-
ways the best ticket in twenty years.
" LONG JIM " vill bo snowed under
such n mountain of voles thnt the weight
will bo heavier than his best city con
tract.
FIIKD MIST/ politely declines to lend
Ids name to llio democratic licket. llo
intimates that ho is a little particular
about the company ho keeps.
CHAHLES B. RUSTIN'S name looks very
lonely on the democratic legislative
ticket. It will have plenty of company
nnioiig tiio defeated a month from now.
Mil. JAMKS CuuionToxis altogether too
nnxiotis to represent this county in the
Bonnie. Mr. Creighton is the heaviest
contractor of public improvements in
this city and as such ho 'ins ' no business
to make our charter.
Mu. CON GAU.AOIIEU'S envy of John
A. McShano took a practical turn when
lie forced his fathor-in-law on the top of
the democratic county ticket. Con thinks
ho ought to have gone to congress in-
utcnd of McShnne.
A curious case in politics has occurred
lu Delaware. A minister of Wilmington
ftccopted llio nomination for the office of
sheriff from the temperance- reform
party , "just from a souse of duty" and
to help his party present a good ticket.
As the contest with his democratic rival
' Krow warmer ho began to fear that ho
would bo elooted , and ho came out in n
card saying that when ho took the nom
ination he had no idea that there was
tiny chance of his being elected , but as
Ids ticket was likuly to win lie must r *
tire as H would not suit" him to bo
jslicriff. ( this js the firet instance on
veoord where n candidate withdrew from
fenr that he would bo elected , although
ninny decline a nomination from n con
viction Hint they would fail. Wo do
not intend to give Ibis case nny local
upplleation. There is not u democrat in
longh\s ) county who need retire for tlio
reason given by the Wilmington cleric.
Wo want them all to stay on the track
have their llttlo fun.
AUHAM S. HKWITT , of Now York , con
fesses that his labors in congress to re
form the ttiriu" linyo been fruitless , and
ho gives up the fight , recommending his
constituents to confide the cause to
younger hands. Meantime Tammany
hall nominates him for mayor and the
county democracy endorses the nomina
tion. Ho is in doubt about accepting ,
but should he do so , nnd the committee
of 100 endorse him also , ns they will bo
likely to do on the rt-coinmoiidnlion of
Orlando I ) . Potter , who denlincs their
nomination because of the union of the
two democratic wings on Mr. Hewitt ,
Mr. George will have no show of boinjj
mayor , especially as the republicans wil
, Imvo their candidate ulso. Mr. Hewitt is
H thorough democrat , but ho IB a riot
man , and having had his full share o :
jMiblln honors , Is not the kind of man
could bo induced , cither from per
ambition to continue in office , or
desire to build up the fortunes of any
UnBorupulouK party lenders , to enter Into
nny genomes for robbing the city ; his ad
ministration , therefore , would bo as clean
fu nny democrat could make , and cleaner
Uiuu moat.
Self Defense ! Imperative.
The lively discussion evoked at THOS-
lay's meeting to consider tlio railroad
project , brought out a number of com-
| ilnints from our business men over the
railway situation here in Omaha. Tlio
elmrges of discrimination niado openly
by responsible merchants , and HIP specific
instances cited worn of n character to
force themselves tipon the attention of
all the e pre ont. The necessity for ad
ditional railway facilities which will bo
used not to Injure but to build up the
commercial interests of tins city , wa
made so clear and plain that denial was
Impossible. Interests centering five
hundred miles east of this city
arc seriously menacing its future
wlillo they arc materially injuring its
present advancement. The great north
west is practically a sealed section to
our merchants because the Chicago &
Northwestern finds it advantageous to
compel its traders to transact their busi
ness on tlio lakes. The JJurllngton.
whoso lingers reach out over more than
half our state is silently but steadily di
verting all tratllc across its bridges and
hurrying it around ami away from
Omaha eastward and westward. The
Union Pacific , under a mistaken policy ,
which ignores time and distance , is forc
ing our people to compete with cities
two hundred miles farther from the
points of distribution by giving them
equal rates with merchants of Omaha.
With trunk line managers east com
bining with Nebraska roads west to
throtllo Omaha trade Interests , tlio only
remedy is a road built by Omaha capi
tal and controlled In Omaha's interests.
Cincinnati experienced the same danger
and remedied it exactly as Omaha now
proposes to do. When her commercial
supremacy was threatened the business
men of that city promptly raised the
needed funds to build the Cincinnati and
Southern roait. Uuilt and operated in
the Interests of that great metropolis , it
at once throw a barrier in the path of
rival corporations and held the position
for Cincinnati wholesalers.
Omaha need no longer hug the delusion
that the roads whosu interests lie east of
the river will treat her with fairness ,
until forced by self interest to do justice
to our shippers.Ve are largo enough
and strong enough to show to grasping
corporations that wo will not be ignored
and that all other means failing wo can
carry llio war into territory which is not
as much their own perhaps , as they are
inclined to boast.
General Ornnt'H Ijpi\olcs. $
On Monday lust Mrs. Grant received
from the publishers of General Grant's
memoirs a check for $200,000. She had
previously received $150,000 , and the pub
lishers say that within a few months she
will probably receive $100,000 more. An
edition limited to 000 or at most 1,000
copies of a remarkably unique character
Is now being prepared , which will sell
for a high price. These sots will contain
pages or parts of pages of the original
written manuscript , will bo beautifully
illustrated and will contain some photo
graphs entirely new to the public , taken
within a few days of the general's death ,
one of which represents him sitting and
writing ; the last pages of his book. It is
easily calculated that Mrs. Grant will
receive altogether tully $500,000 for the
work which her husband undertook after
Ward had ruined him , and prosecuted
during all the months of suffering as his
life wasted away. It was his legacy to his
family , and between the lines on every
page can almost bo read at lenst can bo
fully understood the throbbing agony of
pain , tlio fainting , wasting strength as ho
wrote and tlio indomitable will-power ,
born of his devotion to those ho loved ,
which sustained him to the end.
General Grant's love for his sons and
his dcsiro to promote their welfare led
him to join the house of Grant and
Ward , in which he lost the savings of his
life , perilled his great fame , uud the
crash of which caused him more mental
suffering than the world will over know.
What return are- these sons making for
tlio love of such a father , for the heart-
tears wrung from him as ho paw his
glorious name smirched and become fern
n- time a by-word of reproach on the
street , and for the months of agony
during which his weakening hand coined
his closing his life into gold , tlmttheyand
his loved wife , their mother , should not
want when ho was gone ? This return ,
that they have allowed the undertaker's
bill for embalming their father's remains
to bo hawked about among strangers ,
seeking some one to pay it. It was only
for $500 , yet for their sakcs he lost at
least $250,000 , and during his months of
physical ] agony ho earned lor them
$500,000 , more. Tinally a stranger paid
this bill to end a scandal and give a poor
man his just duo.
General Grant died in poverty ; ho had
given up all. From a few magazinn articles
and from his retired pay after March
the great expenses of h'S Illness wore
mot nud Jft family supported. lie had
'nothing loft to bequeath , nothing to pay
his doctors. Ihit ho directed that out of
the proceeds of his book should bo paid
certain small legacies , one of which was
$5,000 to Dr. Douglass , who had for
months devoted nil his time and skill and
strength and health , to sustain his illus
trious patient as ho wrote for his family's
sake. Humanly speaking , Dr. Douglass
and General Grant wrote that book , the
one prolonging the life and soothing the
pain of the other as ho wrought. That
$5,000 had not boon paid to Dr. Douglass
out of the $150,000 received by Mrs.
Grant months ago , and it may not be out
of the largo sum just paid to her.
Dr. Douglass was not serving General
Grant us an ordinary physician , but from
a personal devotion as intense as th\t :
with which a mother hanga over the
cradle of a dying child. Yet his profes
sional skill , bin time , health and strength
are his means of living , but ho will never
ask for his legacy. If it. is not graciously
given , the Grant estate will remain his
debtor , and the country will blush that
its greatest soldier , the restorer of the
union , should leave those to boar his
name who are conspicuous for the absence
of all his virtues.
Anarchist
Tliura is morn work for justice to do in
Chicago than the hanging of those an
archists already convicted and sentenced ,
and that is the complete protection ol
witnesses and jurors in the late trial ,
whose lives have been threatened ami irene
one case already attempted. Juror Cole
Is being persecuted mid his home invaded
vadod , and Witness Waller has been
nearly killed. If there Is to bo any fur
t her prosecution of anarchists Ju Chicago
with any hope of conviction , the honics ,
IIP business , the peace and lives of wit-
losses and jurors , who lor the tune being
nro ministers of justice , must bo pro-
cctcd and defended. Witnesses cannot |
> e expected to testify or jurors to convict
on HIP plainest evidence , if ill doing so
they become targets for anarchist bullets
ind bombs. The personal safety of every
witness and juror in tlio late tr.ial should
> o absolutely secured if lo do so requires
the employment of the entire legal force
of Cook county.
Another matter calls for instnut alien-
.ion. At the Saturday night meeting on
: ho lakn front , after the anarchists were
sentenced , two justices of the peace , Kug-
uirt and Presselman , openly advocated
vengeance , and the cr.y of "Organize for
revenge" was passed through the crowd
issoinblod ami adopted as its motto.
When ollicers of the law , men who arc a
iart of our judiciary system , openly side
with violators of tlio law and conspirators
igainstthn pence of society , giving them
countenance , aid and encouragement , it
becomes our duly to consider if we should
not henceforth adopt the old revolution
ary precaution ami "put none but Amer
icans on guard" in the courts and olliccs
of justice.
Wo owe much to foreigners in this
country , but they owe much more to us ,
and should remember that self-preserva
tion is the tir t law of nature. They will
themselves bo responsible should tlicir
conduct , or the conduct of even a small
[ > art give occasion for another "know-
nothing" crusade In this country , at lenst
to the extent nf excluding foreign born
citizens from judicial or ministerial posi
tions , lu the meantime not a moment
should be lost in removing Justices Kng-
liarl and Presselnmn from the ollicos in
which they have proved traitors to the
people who honored them.
1)1- . Millei-'s Mission.
Dr. Miller came back from Wall street
two weeks ago with a triple mission ,
which 1ms for its object certain political
ind personal ends. First and foremost ,
lie has come as the emissary of Jay
Gould to defeat Van Wyok and he.lp to
elect Church Howe. Next , ho has como
.o block any effort on the part of Omaha
to build a railroad which might in any
way become a rival to Mr. Gould's
system. And third , he is here to see that
Nebraska democracy does not pass from
under the thumbs of himself and his co
parcener , James E. Uoyd. Ills anxiety to
lefeat Van Wyck is now an open secret ,
llo knows as well as any man docs that
the democrats in Nebraska have no
more chance of electing a United
States senator this year than the
democrats of Vermont have had
for the last tcwnty years. Ho feais
that Van Wyck's strength before the people
ple will prevent the election of a railroad
republican. His frantic ollbrts to hold
the democrats solid for a democrat , or in
other words , to throw away the popular
vote which would otherwise go to Van
Wyck , are only designed to serve the rail
road schemers.
Dr. Miller's efforts on behalf of Church
Howe are illy concealed behind : i gau/y
mask. Church Howe has been closeted
with him by the hour a number of times
since ho was nominated. In live days the
Herald only found time to publish six
lines about Church Howe and four
lines about McShano. His pre
tended joy over the democratic
county ticket is coupled with
an assault on Van Wyek's republican
supporters whose votes McShnne needs
in order to succeed. Privately , except ,
perhaps , to Jay Gould , Jim Boyd and
Church Howe , ho professes great anxiety
for McShaiic's election , while ho is work
ing all the wires to defeat him. Ho hates
Jim Creighton as the devil is said to hate
holy water , but he is delighted over Jim
Creighton's nomination , as it is likely to
cut down McShane's majority in this
county. Such knavery and hypocrisy
would make a saint swear.
Tlio Democratic Ticket.
The democratic county ticket is one of
those peculiar conglomerations which
can only be brought forth by a demo
cratic convention. It is awfully
tophcavy. If it wore turned upside down
it would make oven one of Jim Steven
son's untrained mules'wag his tail and
ears. It would look about this wa.
P. Garvcy.
M. Donovan.
David Knox.
Chas. J. Smytho.
Hugh G. Clarke.
Aloe M cGavock.
James S t o p h o n H o n.
A da m Str i n gl oin.
J. Creighton. C. 15. Uustin.
This is n dish lit for kings. It is a gen >
nine Irish stow with Charley llustin
thrown in for desert and Ferguson and
Mount as side dishes. No wonder Dr.
Miller Is overjoyed. It is just the ticket
that sultd him to a dot. If elected it
would give Douglas county a delegation
which would bo all harmony on one issue
at least , and that is the election of n
democratic United States senator. On
every thing else li would bo a Kilkenny
affair.
llnclalmlnc Deserts.
Some years ago , it will bo remem
bered , n French engineer , Colonel Hou-
dairo , proposed to form inland lakes in
some of the African deserts by admitting
water from the Mediterranean , the level
of which is about eighty feet above the
portions of the desert proposed to bo
inundated. Nothing : , However , came of
the proposal , but Colonel Landos , an
other Fronohman , thought it bettor to
irrigate the desert by means of artesian
wells , and has already demonstrated its
practicability. Ho 1ms just reported to
the French academy that a well sunk
only 80. ) feet is now discharging fresh
water at the rnto of over two thousand
gallons a minute , whioh sufllces for the
irrigation of an area of GOO hectares , or
something over a thousand acres. This
area was n desert a year ago , and is now
a fertile and woll-stocked district. A
second well Is now being sunk , and the
work of fertilizing those vust deserts will
continue.
This Is another uud striking illustra
tion of what is possible to man , Stretch
ing away back Into the dim pro-historic
ages these great deserts of Africa have
been maii'd terror , and their glaring and
shifting sands have been strewn
all over with the bones of ven
turesome travelers. Should those seas
of sand bo reclaimed and clothed in
verdure , made to yield fruit and flower
and grain , it will bo the most wonderful
of all the Wonderful achievements of
man. And success in Africa will show
what is possible in America , We have
vast arid plains in New Mexico , Aruonu
and other portions of bur great domain
which are Valueless without water , but
with It would add many millions of acres
to our fruitful soil. tn tjio Pacific slope
vn t extent. * of territory are now growing
grain and fruit where formerly sand and
cactus only could be found. In Now
Mexico a small colony of hardy and per
sistent Scotchmen Iinv6 reclaimed a
desert and made it fruitful by urteslan
wells.
The arable land of the country is fast
being ab.-orbcd , anil soon all will be
occupied. There haVd been a few al-
tempts undo by government to reclaim
waste lands by means of artesian wells ,
but thus far without success. Hut that
should not discourage It from further
clVorlM since it is shown under circum
stances far more discouraging- than any
existing here , that success is possible.
The time is not far distant when this
reclamation of our arid plains will become -
come the great ( inesiiou at Washington ,
and should even now engage the atten
tion of our leading statesmen.
THE flight of Suyles , one of the boodle
aldermen whoso trial would begin in n
few days , has resulted In the issue of
bench warrants for the arrest of not only
the other three whose trials wore also set ,
but of nil those who wore under indict
ment. Di.striol Attorney Marline asked
that bail in each case bo increased from
? ' V,030 ) to $75,000 , but doubts if any
amount of ball will keep these rogues
within reach of the court since the failure
of Jaehne's appeal and the statement
that ho and Sharp would now toll the
whole story , makes it morally certain
that conviction will follow in every case
yet lo bo tried. The court increased the
bail to $10,000 in eacli case , which four of
the nine re-arrested furnished and were
released , and live being unable to get ,
wore locked up. Four mor cremain ,
and they were doubtless brought in yes
terday. In view of the great danger that
in many of these cnses oven $100,000
bail would not hold the rogues with a
yawning prison door before them , it is
much to be regretted that the amended
extradition treaty with England was not
passed upon by the senate. It would not
have touched these cases but it would
have npplicd to several other big rascals
who .have gone to Canada this summer.
TUB democratic ticket with which Dr.
Miller is so well satisfied will be snowed
under on the 3d of November if for
no other reason than that it is overloaded
with ono nationality. The Irish Ameri
cans are entitled to u good share of legis
lative honors but when they monopolize
the entire ticket they are not likely to
poll a full vote. ' '
Wnuy Con Gallagher foisted Jim
Croighton on the democratic legislative
ticket , lie knew wolljeiioiijh that people
would object to vdtjing , for two ot the
Croighton family on , onoticket. Hut he
is so anxious to get tluitpostoflico , and
so jealous of MeShand that ho was bound
to nominate his fnthorMn-law just to show
Miller and Hoyd that , the postollico was
nearer to his heart than family tics
GURKENT \ Tbl'lCS.
Thirty Indians drove irilo < lnndanTnkotn' ' ,
last Saturday , with ox' ' teams loaded with
wheat of their own raising.
A blind bepgar who sits on the corner of
Uroadway and Fifteenth street ? , New Torn ,
is said to receive from S3 to ? 10 n day from
charitable folks.
David Drctzfchlcr , a Hebrew letter-carrier
In Xew Haven , Conn. , has become a Unman
Catholic and married .Miss Kitty Cannon , n
member of that church.
Amos Ferguson , an eccentric old man ,
known as tho'Minrd of Chautauqua , " is dead.
llo lived near Jamestown , N. Y. , and trans
lated the Bible Into verso.
An eagle ilow Into n hotel In West street ,
New York , the other evening. A policeman
captured It and took It to the station house ,
but it showed light and had to bo killed. It
measured 5 feetfljf Inches from tip to tip.
Henry F. Kconan , the novelist , author of
the "Money Makers" and "Trajan , " has
only made § 1,800 by three years of steady
literary work , which Is about § 12 a week , lie
Is going back Jo newspaper work , In which
he hopes to realize at least S13 a week.
A white man sun-Ing out a sentence of
twenty years in the I'ratt mines , near Birm
ingham , Ala. , made a remarkable escape a
few days ago. lie climbed a polished wire
rope extending UOO feet up the shaft , and In
some manner lifted an Iron door that requires
the full strength of a man on a srdo footing
to open.
Ijnniont'H Grip ,
1'iUxiiiira ntsimMi.
Daniel Lament is said to bo
real premier of the administration ,
and now tiio question arises : What crip has
Garland got on Dan that prevents him from
being lired out of the cabinet ?
Ho Can Well Afford It.
CMcaao Ueralii.
Senator Sawyer , of Wisconsin , lias made
the city of Oshkosh a present of 8100,000 , for a
free library. If the people of Wisconsin had
all the plno land which Sawyer got his hnnds
on In ono way and another every town might
have a free library , and no thanks to him.
A. HliiiilllHtintf
Chtcuan News.
Ills the most humiliating of our continen
tal disgraces tlmtn man can steal 5500,000 In
the United States nud bo protected from pun
ishment by the Canadian government. And
It Ib a sad commentary pn our civilization
that the two greatest nntlons of the earth
cannot ngroo upon n Man of extradition
which shall not be nil Hi favor of thieves and
rascals. - ' ' o
Autumn toJSpnlrif * .
Kiillti M , Thnmatt > titi Nicholas.
1 wish the stately golden-rod
Might kiss thollttlo'wltid-jlowcr sweet ,
IwlshmyLlttloSelftxndl
JIlKht sometime cropseacli , ( tiller's way.
My Little Salt Is wombrqiiflj8liy ;
I can not meet her rin'v day ,
Ilowe'cr 1 search , liowq or 1 pry
About these meadows , nidjnnu-gay.
The runaway , the teasing elf 1
She lilts where woodland blossoms drift ;
She has a world of pretty nelf
She gathered from the ripples swift ;
Such Joys she has , my I Jttlo Self
Will not be lured by any gift.
She's light ns bird upon the wine ,
Her checks and eyes are all UK low.
To mo what gladness she could bring I
To her I should be stranito , I know.
My Little Suit holds fast the Spring ,
And Autumn will not lot mo go 11
Yet still I wish the goldun rod
Might kiss the little wind ( lower sweet.
That asters might , to cowslips nod ,
And eyebrleht run in hitste to greet
The violut from the April sod.
Hut the Fall and Spring can never meet I
Dr. Hamilton Warren , Eoleutlo Physi
cian and Surgeon , Uootn 0 , Crounsu
block corner Itlth and Capitol iivcnuo
Dayaud night calls promptlvuttouteU to
Keep It Hofore
The republicans of the First dlslrlo
should ask themselves whether a man
having such a record as that of Church
llowo has any rightful claim upon the
support ol any decent republican. Leav
ing out of question his corrupt methods
and notorious venality wo appeal to re
publicans to pause and rolled before
they put a premium upon party trea
son tnitl conspiracy against its very exist
ence.
Ton years ago , when the republican
party was on the verge of disaster , and
every electoral yote cast for Hayes and
Wheeler was needed to retain the parly
in power , Church IIowo entered into
a conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into the hnnds of the enemy.
'
This Infamous plot is not a more couje'e-
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 one of Hosownlor's malicious
campaign slanders.
Tin records of the legislature of which
Church Howe wn n member in ' 70-7 ? ,
contain the indelible proofs of the treasonable
enable conspiracy , and no denial can
stand against evidence furnished by his
own pen. Urinlly told , the history of this
plan to Imnd over the country to Tildeii
and democracy is as follows :
In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Amnsa Cobb and A. 11.
Connor presidential electors by n vote of
01,010 as ngninst a vote of 10,051 cast for
ho Tildcn and Hendricks electors. After
the election it was discovered that the
canvass of this vote could not lake place
under the then existing law before the
legislature convened. The electoral vote
had to bo canvassed in December
at the latest , and the regular ses
sion of the legislature did not begin
until January. In order to make
a legal canvass of the electoral returns ,
Governor Garber called a special session
of the legislature to convene on tholjtliof
December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur
pose of canvassing the electoral vole of
the state. The democratic ell'ort to cap
ture republican electoral votes is historic.
Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had
bucn plotting for the capture of ono of
the electors from Nebraska , and it is also
historic that a large bribe was offered to
one of the electors , General Strickland.
The call of the legislature broke into the
plan of the plotters , and they found a will
ing and rcckloss tool in Church llowo.
When the legislature convened at the capi-
tal.Church llowo llled a protest which may
be found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne
braska House Journal of 1877. The fol-
lowingextract makes interesting reading :
" 1 , Church Howe , a member of the legliln-
ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency. Governor Silas
( Jarber. for tlio purpose of canvassing and
declaring thd result of the vote cast in Ne
braska for .electors for president and vlco
president of the United States , hereby enter
my solemn protest against such net , denying
that the governor has power to call this body
In special session for any stu-h purpose , or
that this body has any authority to canvasser
or declare the result of such vote upon the-
following grounds :
First. This legislature now convened hav
ing hcon elected under what is known as the
old constitution , has no power to net In the
premises , tlio now constitution of the state
liavlim boon in foico since November , 1S75. "
The second and third clauses deal with
technical objections and are somewhat
lengthy. The concluding sentences of
this precious document are as follows :
"For the foregoing reasons I protest
against any canvass of the electoral vote
of the state by 'his 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 llowo was doubtless prepared
by the Tilden lawyers in Omaha and
liowo had the glory of being the solo
champion of Sam Tildon. The legisla
ture ignored Church IIowo , spread his
protest on its record and canvassed the
electoral vote in spite of it.
When the legislature convened in Jan
uary , 1877 , the presidnntinl contest was
at its height in Washington. Church
llowo had changed places from the house
to the sonnto. Early in the session , a
resolution was introduced expressing the
conviction on tlio part of the senate that
Hayes and Wheeler having received a
majority of the electoral votes were en
titled to their seats. This resolution
gave rise to a very lively debate which
lasted two days. Church IIowo asked to
bo excused from voting when It lirst
came up and was so excused. On the
final passage of the resolution the. record
[ page 370 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows
the following result : Yeas Ambrose ,
linird , IHanchard , Bryant , Calkins ,
Cams. Chapman , Colby , Dawcs , Garfield -
field , Gilham , Hayes , Kcnnnrd , Knapp ,
Popoon , Powers , Thummol , Van Wyck ,
Walton and Wllcox 20.
Those voting in the negative were :
Aton , Drown , Covell , Ferguson , Hinman ,
Holt , Church llowo and North 8.
During the same session of the Icgisla-
.tnvi > , Church Howe's YOto on United
Slates senator for the first three ballots is
recorded ns haying boon cast for K. W.
Thomas , a South Carolina democrat ,
Lpagcs 108and208Sonato Journal. ] All
this time Church llowo professed to bo a
republican independent , republican on
nation al issues and n temperance granger
on local issues. Wo simply ask what
right a man with such a record has to
the support of any republican.
STATE ! ANDjriSKRITOUY.
NolirriHlcu JotlltiKH.
The first regular train reached Curtis
on the 10th.
The town of Mltford is putting up a
$5,000. sanitarium ,
William Innis , of IJutlor county , is har
vesting 10,000 bushels of potatoes.
A Central City ] > oy named Ponnyroyor
was caressed by a rattlesnake and died.
Hon. J , Sterling Mortont has returned
homo from a six months' visit to Europe.
The public well at Howon struck a
copious supply of water at a depth of 172
feet.
Fremont has rejected the Godfrey sys
tem of wells for supplying the water
works and will try the Kichardson plan.
The Madison Chronicle assorts that
"moonshiners" are diluting corn in that
neighborhood , Here is a fair chance for
a "Mill" hunt.
The two-voar-old daughter of J. Cf
Livosay , of Albion , while playing on the
railroad track , was struok by tin onsrino
and Instantly killed.
Minnie Hank refused to warble Jn Ne
braska City because she could not got
into the opera house without tripping
through the notes ot n barnyard. ,
Andy Luntz , of Oakland , lost n pocketbook -
book containing $75 nud some papers u
month ago. Last week his dog found
the pocketbook and returned it to him.
Abe Parish , a cherry rlpo barkeeper , is
in jail in Nebraska Citv on the charge
of adultery. His lognl wife charges
him with promiscuously dispensing his
ulleetions.
A couple of Nebraska City bloods have
jumped the town to avoid the police. A
few nights ago they broke. Into a business
man's office and passed the night there
with a pUr : of town blisters.
Christ Dp Wai ! , living near Platte Cen
ter , exhibited nl tlio Columbus fair two
mammoth squashes , whose actual weight
was sJ5 ; pounds , measuring MX feet seven
inches nnd sis leet six indies in oireum-
iHreiice. The two filled the bed of a two-
hoiNo wagon , and would have grown
muelt larger , but from the fact that they
were planted very late.
Iowa item * .
CMnrengo has contracted for an artesian
well.
Sac county will invest $8,030 In a poor
farm.
A two-year-old child of K. S. llcnnett ;
living near Ueinbeck , feat down in it pall
of boiling water last week , receiving
scalds from which it died on Sunday.
David Hammond , living in Monroe
conntv. owned u tloek of 800 sheep. On
last Fridny morning dogs got after them
and killed thirty unu injured a great
number.
Wancllo county people nro truly rust
lers. A couple wore married in that county
recently and within a week the enterpris
ing wife had presented her better "half
with a pair of twins.
Wednesday night John Murphy , of
Iowa City , while asleep , walked out'of an
open window nnd fell to the ground , re
ceiving internal iujurie.3 from which he
died the next t'ftornoon.
Prof. Foster , the Burlington prophet ,
intimates that his storm of October 0
struck a snag nudas wrecked in some
out of the way place , llo now asserts
that on or about theluth things terrestrial
will take a whirl. The natives will
therefore put their caves in order and
prepare for another false alarm.
Jacob Mayer , of Marshalltown , was
last week the victim of ono of the mean
est petty robberies ever committed.
Jacob was married only the night before ,
and while he and his wife wore absent
for n few minutes , thieves ontured the
house and took everything of value tlio
young people had , including the wife's
wedding ring.
D.iUotn.
Sioux Fnlls shelters lifty-ono lawyers.
A field of whdiit raised in Union county
this year averaged thirty-two and one-
half bushels lo the acre.
Nothing lins as yet been discovered
concerning the whereabouts of the six
jail birds that recently escaped from the
jail nt Dendwood.
The Kussitins that emigrated from lion
Hommc nud Hutchinson counties lo
Campbell county last spring are reported
to be in destitute circumstances.
Furious prario liri-s have been raging
in Kichland county , and have done great
damngo. Houses , barns , machinery ami
hundreds of tons of hay have been de
stroyed.
WyutniiifT.
Delegate Carey lias been renominatcd
by the republicans.
E. E Cpmstock , a cowboy , near Lusk ,
while riding at full speed , collided with n
steer , nnd wns thrown violently to the
ground. The fall broke his neck.
A boulder weighing lifteon tons dropped
on three men iii the Horseshoe quarries ,
near Lnranue , last week. The unfortun
ates were pried out and still live , though
considerably out of shape.
The Wyoming Reduction company , of
Cheyenne , tins filed articles ot incorpora
tion. The nuthorixcd capital is $2.0,000 ;
cash capital , sfSri.OOO. Plans for the
works are being prepared.
George C. Leighton , proprietor of the
Leighton hotel , Cheyenne , wandered
aimlessly about the plains for four days
last week nnd was found by searchers
fifteen miles from town. Ho is mentally
off.
off.Big
Big Ben Carter , a cowardly brute nud
a b-a-il man from Kawlins , visited the
camp of Johnson & Sons , on Sand crock ,
bowled up on diluted cacti , picked a
quarrel with Ids mnto , and put him to
sleep with his gun. Carter was caught ,
and taken to llawlins , and the charge of
in urder lodged against him.
Articles of incorporation of the Pacific
& Western Colorado company , of Wyom
ing , have been filed in the olljco of the
territorial secretary. Tlio capital stock
of the company is fixed at $500,000 , di
vided into 5,000 shares of $100 each. The
corporation is formed to construct n rail
road from Fort Stoclo 'oiitlnvard up the
valley of the North Platlo river to the
Colorado line eventually to connect with
a road now in contemplation in Colorado.
The trustees ami mcorporntors are
Charles Francis Adams , jr. , S. H. Cnlln-
way. S. T. Smith. T. L. Kiniball ami G.
M. Cummlngs. Two hundred and fifty
men nro already at work on the road.
The annual report of Commissioner
Sparks shows there are -1,700,000 acres of
unsurvcyed public land in the territory.
During the year U087 cases of entries were
investigated nnd 1,108 , embracing 175,000
acres were cancelled ns fraudulent. The
commissioner says his attention hns been
called to 87fi.OOO unlawful enclosures , em
bracing 0,410,000 acres , thnt proceedings
to compel the removal offences have boon
recommended in eighty-eight cases in
volving 3,250,000 acres , nnd linal degrees
ordering removal , obtained in thirteen
cases , involving 1,000,000 , acres. Agents
report sixty-five enclosures removed
from 1,37-1,803 acres and forty-seven en
closures , covering SHO.OOO acres , removed
without resort to the court. In several
cases no area is given , and in ono case
the amount of fencing is stated nt 120
miles. ,
Colorado.
The manufacturers exposition is in full
blast in Denver.
Building operations arounu'tially brisk
in Denver tins season.
A thrifty ranchman started a Mormon
colony near the northern boundary line ,
and was enjoying the society of four
wives when a pos.so scooped in the entire
family.
John F. MuLces , n mountain tough ,
threatened to cut out the heart of the
marshal of Montroso. The next morning
MoLous was lound hanging from a gate
post in the stock yards.
Juke Blount , n notorious clmrnntor , and
H remnant of the James and Younger
gangs , threatened to shoot a Limdvillian
nnd when ho nailed to execute his pur
pose Jio wa greeted with n bullet through
tlio door , winch laid him cold.
How SUson wns Kuvod.
Overland Monthly ; About Christmas ,
in the year 1850 Snow-shoe Thompson
saved tlio Ufa of James Sis on , who had
been lying in an old ( it-sorted cabin in
Lake Valley twelve days with his foot
frozen. There was was sorno Hour in
the cabin , nnd on this Sisson had sul > -
nix tod. He wns in the cabin four days
without u flro. During that time hn atu
tlio Hour raw. just as It catii ) > from the
enck , On the liftn day , while rummaging
about the filmnty , ho had the good for
tune to llnd Homo matches. Those wore
where no ono would have thought of
looking for matches , as they were scnt-
torcd about under some hay that lay on
the floor.
After finding the matches Slsson made
a lire and thawed out his boots , when ho
was able to got Ilium oil' . For four days
he had lain in the cabin with his boot ?
fro/.en to his feet , When found by Mr.
Thompson , eight tlay.i later , Sissoivs legs
wore purple to thq knees. Sisson was
confident from the appearance of his Ingg
that mortification hud eo tin. llo knew
thai unless Ids legs were amputat
must soon die. As ho could expect
nssistnnce from the outsitl. ) world lie l-i < 1
concluded to himself undertake to pn
form the required operation. There \ \ *
nn axe in tlio cabin , and with this he h.ul
determined to cut on" his frozen legs. Itul
for the opportune arrival of Thompson
Sissonyould Ihonexl day have attempted
to disjoint Ins legs nt the knees ; for llml
was tlio day he had fixed upon for uiulov-
tnking the operation.
At the time ho found Sisson. Thoinv
was on his way from Placorvllle lo C..r-
son Valley. It wns In the night , and on
coming to the log house which was ( > -
eupied in the summer as a trailing post -
Thompson halted for n moment and \vn-
knocking the snow oil' his shoes by strik
ing them ngainel tlio cabin when he
heard some one cry out. Going inside ,
he found Sisson situated ns related
nbove. A considerable amount of pro
visions had been left in the cabin in the
fall , but nil except the Hour liail been
stolen by the Indians.
Thompson chopped a supply of wood
for tUo unfortunate man , and inakli'j :
him ns comfortable us pos
sible with the menus nl hand ,
left for Genoa ( o obtain
assistance. While Thompson was utit
ting the wood Sisson called out to him
nnd begged him not to dull the axe llm
place being full of rocks as ho might
might yet waul it for tlio purpose of
taking of his legs. Sisson wns firmly of
the opinion that when Thompson left
him ho would never see him again , Ho
thought Thompson would never be able
to get down out of tlio mountains , ami
was of the opinion that in ease ho did
succeed in reaching the valley ho would
not attempt to return to the cabin.
Thompson told Sisson ho would surely
return nnd take him away , nud advised
him not to think of attempting to ninpii-
late his legs , an , on cutting tlio arteries ,
hi ! would bleed lo death , lint Sisson had
thought of that. Ho intended to make
n sort of compress or lurniquct of some
pieces of balling rope , which ho would
twist around his legs witli n stick in such
u way that n bit of rock would bo pressed
upon the arteries. Then with lire brands
he would scnr the ends of the arteries
and tlio raw llesli ot the stumps of his
legs. Slsson's mind wns so much occu
pied with his plans for the amputation of
ids legs that Thompson was almost
afraid to leave the n.\o where ho could
got hold of it ; lie did so only upon re
ceiving from Sisson a solemn promise
thnt he would wait three days before nt- < - if -
tempting to use it on bis knees.
On leaving the cabin Thompson trav
eled all night , .ind early next morning
arrived at Genoa. Ho there raised a
party of six men W. B. Wade , Harris ,
.Jacobs nud other old settlers to return
witli him nnd bring Sissou down thu
valley. By Thompson's ndvieo the party
carried with them a few tools for use in
making a sled. Suow-hhoos were also
hastily constructed for the men compos
ing the relief party. As none of these
men had over done much traveling on
snow-shoes , they furnishcil not n little.
amusement during tlio journey by their
mishaps and involuntary antics.
After much hard work , the party ar
rived nt the lone cabin late In the even
ing , to the great joy of Sisson , who at
sight of so many man felt that he was
saved.
That night they construclcd a hand- '
"
sled on "which to carry the frozen man
down to Carson Vnlloy. In the morning
they awoke to find Unit nearly two feet
of new snow had fallen ; there wns a
depth of eight feet before. The now
snow made it very hard to get along with
the hand-sled. Under Slsson's weight it
ploughed pceply along , and nt times wna
buried almost out of sight.
The first dny the party got no further
than to Hope Valley , whore they en- .
camped. Sisson wns made as comfort
able ns possible on n bed of boughs. AH
they had expected to roach Genoa in ono
day , they had tnkon nloujr with thorn no
blanket , , and but few other comforts for
the frozen man.
The second dny they reached Genoa ,
and al once procured the medical assis
tance. which Sisson's case so urgently
demanded. The doctors found that it
would bo necessary to amputate both of
Sisson's foot. Before the operation
could bo performed , however , the physi
cian said he must have some chloroform.
As Snowshoe Thompson never did any
thing by halves , ho nt once sot out.crosscd
the Sierra , ami traveled all the way to
Sacramento , in order to get the required
drug. Finally , the long-delayed opera
tion wns performed , Sisson survived it ,
and nt last accounts wns living some
where in the Atlantic States.
Ex-Scnntor Tabor's Cordinlltjr.
Chicago News : A gent Ionian recently
returned from Colorado , tells of un amus
ing experience ho had in Denver. Ho
took his wife to the Tnbor opera house
to hcnr the Madison Square company in
ono of their elegant comedies , and
shortly after the play ho noticed that an
elderly gentleman , with a big black mus-
taelie and conspicuous diamonds , nnd
accompanied by a lady ( apparently his
daughter ) , entered the box across the
auditorium with a terrible llourish.
After this conspicuous old gentlemen had
finally got himself sealed ho happened to
discover the Chicago stranger iii the op
posite box , whereupon ho arose nnd exe
cuted a profound bow -a bow nt once BO
ostentatious nud so respectful ns to at
tract the attention of the multitude in
the auditorium. The Chicago man nnd
his wif were greatly einbanm-iod , and
tlioy wondered who under the sun the
funny old gentleman could bet He looked
like a reformed gambler , yet they cer
tainly had never made the acquaintance
of any member of the sporting fraternity.
To satisfy curiosity the Chicago mun
otolu out cntro actcs and asked one of his
Denver acquaintance who the btrangooltl
parson was.
"Why , that's Tabor , " was the reply ;
"old Senator Tabor ho of the rllli'd-niglit-
shirt fiimoV"
"But ho bowed to mo , " expostulated
llio Chicago man , "and 1 pledge yon my
word 1 never miw him in all my life be
fore , "
"Oh.tlmtdoesn'fmnko any dlficrcnco , "
snid tlio Dcnvorjto. "You Bee that the
old man wants to make us Denver people
believe that ho knows everybody. Ho
saw you in the box , nnd hoKnw you wr.ro
u stranger , llo didn't ' know you , but ho
accepted the chniico that you wore u dis
tinguished man , and ho executed ono of
his prodigious iiowu to you merely to
make the rest of ns think Unit ho know
you , oven if the rest of us didn't. It Is
onu of his favorite tricks. Hit hits you if
you are n door nnd ho missus you J/ / you
are a calf but ho thinks Hint the , effect
is all the same on us simple ' Denver
folks. " '
Horse Doctor' * Bootnl Position.
IJnsion Post : Naturally the cstabllNli-
mont of a veterinary uchool at Harvard
has helped 10 dignify the horse doctor's
culliuc when reprosunted by thn possessor
ser < > f its diploma , though conservative
gentlemen hnve sometimes poked fun nt
U.o system , The late Francis E. Parker
like to point 11 joke with a comlo refer
ence to it. On ono occasion , when allu
sion wns made to the assistant professor
at the Harvard Veterinary school "Ohl"
Bald Parker , "that's llio fellow that
sleeps in the stable over the horses , isn't
il ? " ,
to Shoot.
Yesterday morning D and II companies
of the Second infantry went by way of the
U. & M. nt 11 o'clock to Hcllovuo , whore
they trill practice at target shooting until
the first of the month. 1) company was
in charge of Captain Hnyncs and H In
phnrgo of Colonel Daggett , who was also
In command of the detachment. They
carried camp supplies of all kinds and
relieved companies A and O which Imyo
been on the range for several weeks ,
