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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 9 , 1880. TUB DAILT BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TEHMS or RfiucnirTiotf ! Dnflr ( Moml.tu Edition ) Including Sunday llr.r. . Onn Venr . tlOO For Six Months . fi For Thrfcn Month * . . . . . . . . 2 U Tlio Umnlin Stmilny lliu : , ninlloil to nny tuldross , Ono Vcftr. . . . SO ornr-r. . No. Pit ANO SI ? I'AIWAM Sturm1 NKW vnnic orririt , llumt in , Tnim-vK linii.tuwi WAHIII.NUTOX or net , No.t All communlCiUions rclntlntr to nc vs nmlcdl torlnl matter should bo luldicssod to tko I'.ui Ton or mi ! Ilr.K. IWSINERS I.ETTCnSS AllinMncM letters nnd ronilttnnccs ritotilit IK Rddrossod to TIIR HIM I'ltiil.ism.sd t'o.Mi'A.iy OMUU. Drifts , cl > n-k : * iinM pottnalL-n nrilor to bo made payable to tlm onlfrof tlm company THE BEE POBLISHlifiiipAH , PROPRIETORS , E. noSEWATKH , KIOTO ! ! . TUB OAlliV I1KK. H\vorn Statement of Circulation. Blntc of Nebraska , I County ufDtmclas. f P. s. Uco. 11. 'JVschnek , secretary of Tlio Hoi I'nlilisliiiiK company , ( Iocs milemnlv sweni Uiat thu nrtunl ciroiilatloii of the Dally Heifer for tlio week ending Xov. fill ) , ItRsn , wiis it ! follows : 8ntunlay.Oct.KO ll,0" ! ( Hiindav. ill UUt ) Alnnilny. Nov. 1 i : < ,7X ( TnoMlav. 2 1'i.SI ! Wednesday , ! I I0.l ( Thursday , 4 KU7I Friday , f > 11,1K ! Averaec ILOSI (5no. 11. T/srmioK. bworn to mm subscribed In my iiresonci tills Oth day of November , A. IX. IS3 . N. , ] ' . 1'KIU faEAh ] Notary I'uMic. ( ! ro. II. T/schuck , being first duly sworn , deposes ami say.s tlmtliu is socn-tarv of tin Jlee rnbllMliliii'company , tliat tlio aeiilal av tirnuo dally circulation of tinDiiilv Boo foi tlm inontli of .Innnary. ISsrt. was ltfs ( ) ; copies , for Fcbruaiy , IH fi , Ui.UXi conies : ior March ISsfl , llKJ7'copies ; for April , IS.1 * . , 12,101 copies : lor May. Ibsil. ita ! ) copies ; for .hum 18N' > , l'J,2iy ! copies ; for July. lS60l'JtH : copies : for Ainnisl , IBbO. 12,1(54 ( eopiosjfor .September , Iksrt , l.ox ) , : ) copies ; for Ocloiier. issfl , lt > , i copies. Q.o. | U. T/.srnuric. Subscribed aim sworn to betore mo this Stl day of November , A. IX , l&fi. N. 1' . KKII. , ISKAU Notary I'nbUc. "JUIU.KU ANDiMoitTON" S.TP. till ) loaillll" candidates for senator in Now York- Warner Miller and U-vi 1 * . Alorloti. Miller lor nnil Morton : iru names well known to tlio Nebraska democracy. UVEUY member of tbu legislature froir Douglas county , both republican and democrat , is n pronounced Van Wycl miui. None otlier could have beer oleotcil in the lute election. A VK\V eastern papers of protective proclivities arc endeavoring to boom Mr Handall for tlio .spoakership. It is a waste of wind and a misuse of valuable spneu Handall's cause is hopeless. THKHK is a want of sufficiency ami completeness about tlio post-election opinions which can bo supplied only bj the Hon. Benjamin F. Butler. Where i ! tlint gentleman , and why doesn't he render judgment ? WniLr. the insurance companies lost some money by lust week's lire , they are reaping a golden harvest in consequence. There is a rush to the agencies to increase Insurance risks and to take out policies for buildings under construction. K.VNUAr.iJs nominated by this Now York Sun for the presidency in 1889. Mr. Randall , aside from his high larifl views , cornos from the wrong state. The next democratic candidate will hail from Now York , cither in the person of Undo Grovcr Cleveland or General JaviU Hill. COUSIN BEN FOI.SOM sails next Saturday for Sheffield , where ho expects 10 remain for two years. At the end of that time ho will aettlo in Omaha to look after tlio two estates which ho administers with an incidental eye , probably , to what will bo left of the Cleveland boom in Ne braska politics , FIIILU * ANDRES returned from the Knights of Labor convention in Richmond mend just in time to see himself olocted. That great body of representative Amer ican workingmen declared openly in fa vor of ( ; encral Van Wyck's candidacy nnd did much to secure the election of members of the legislature pledged to his interests. WK have just received , in common doubtless with most other newspapers of the country , a speech in pamphlet form of tlio Hon. Jamas IMiolan of Tennessee , professing to elucidate the democratic position on the tariff. From n casual glance at thiH voluminous document wo are forced to the conclusion that the party of which its author is a member owes somebody n debt of gratitude for haying withhold it from general circula tion until after the oloetions. Wo are also impressed with the conviction that tlio result of the elections is likely to Jmvn such an ollcct upon the future tariff position of the democracy us to render quite worthless any statement it made n month ngo. Tin ; Hnglish liberals do not noknowi- edge that they are in nny way discour aged by the result of the lats oh-otions. At a convention hold by them in Leeds rcpolutlons wore passed pledging the liberal party in Rutland to make homo rule for Ireland the chief plank in the party platform nnd guaranteeing con tinued support to Mr , Gladstone. From nil parts of the country comes the news of great demonstrations that are being Hold in fayor of homo rule , and it is evi dent tiiat no compromise will be made with those who have bnnn coquetting with the lories nnd planning measured which do not in any cf their features embody tin- principle of Keif-government. Tin : occupation and subjugation of Burundi by ( { mat Britain aruprovlngdif- fli-ult uud dauircrou.s. Tlio revolt among the natives is spreading , and besides the danger of extermination to which tlio be leaguered garrisons worn exposed , fever has olaimud many victims , Following close upon these reverses comes the news of the rebellion of a hill tribe in Afghan istan and the massacre by them of a reg iment of native bolilicH , The part which the Gliilzais. the tribe in question , took in tlio retreat from Cabul in 18W , when out of 8,000 soldiers only one .suoecwlcd in forcing hid way to Jelalabad , will al ways bo runomborcd in Knglish history. How far Russian.mtriguq is responsible for this latest massacre cannot yet bo determined , but it was undoubtedly a factor in bringing about the uprising : If this insurrection shall continue to proud , it will need all the force which England can muster to protect the patu to India. Tlio Monopoly Dr. Miller's mission from Wall strce to Omnlm has failed so far and is doomei t- ii ! ninl failure when the logUlaturi meets to choose n United Suites senator The venal old reprobate contracted will Jay Gould to give Church Howe n walk away , just as ho did when Valentino wai up for congrcs * . Ho playud fast nm loose with McSliatu * , but when ho WH : found out made n feint at Howu during the closing tlayn of the campaign MeSlmno'a election was gall utid worm wood to the contractor for Nclmi k : monopoly democrats. Jay Goult luiH discovered that the doctor halest lost his grip on the democracy The contract to defeat Van \\yek \ bj holding the democrats in one cornel while the railroad republicans combiiu on u monopolist is almost certain to fat us badly as the doctor's ill-disguised ef forts to elect Howe. The doctor's cal for n caucus and a straight dcmoeratu candidate for senator is sadly in contrus with his efforts to e.lect General Thayorli 1371 : uul Hitchcock in IbTT. His preference once for Tluiyor was personal. In Ib7 Jay Gould had not limn put Ms corrupt ing hand on Nebraska polities Tin Pulton letter gotte.n up six .YCUM lute furnished u pretext lor Jay Gould1 ! democratic stool pigeon uudci which democrats wore to bo dra gooue.d into Biipport of the railroai republican candidate. This ye.ir tin caucus is the thing. Democrats an urged to die with their boots on for i democratic senatorial candidate who ha : no possible chance of election , liver.1 democrat who believes that it is the busi ness to strive for nooil government am to endeavor to throw its weight in favoi of the man wno can be moat useful to tin people is threatened with uxcounnuuica lion from the party. Now wo would like to know how mani democrats in the next legislature owi Ihcir elecliou to Doctor Miller. There n not one in Douglas counly. The demo crats who were cleoti'd from tins conntj owe their success in common will the republicans who were elcclcd lo tin labor ticket which was imulu up of can illdntcs who had pronounced and pledget themselves for Van Wyck. If they rcl'usi lo carry out their pledges they wouh scarcely dare to show their faces tuuoiu their outraged constituents. Nino-tenth ] of the dimiocrals elected in otliercountiei owe Ihcir election to pledges made t < their constituents that they would supper Van Wyck unless the legislature wa : democratic. Doctor Miller's supper would have been fatal to them and ihoj cannot be dragooned into n caucus wlios < .solo object is to defeat Van Wyck ir favor of a , republican candidate of tin railroads. Dr. Miller had better return to Wai street and resume the speculative carcci which he has mapped out for hiniscl under the shadow of Gould's private of lice. Tlio I'opnlnr Vote a Success. The experiment of the popular vote foi senator has been a success. It has beer made against many discouragements The railroad republicans were in charge of the machinery in most counties anil resolutely refused to allow republicans U voice their preference on the rogniui tickets. The democratic leaders adoptee the same tactics. In consequence tin friends of General Van Wyck were obliged to bear the burden of expense o ! printing and circulating tickets anil posters bearing \rs \ name. It is evidence of the great strcnglh ol General Van Wyck s candidacy uud the high esteem in which he is held throughout the state , that in spite of these obstacles the people here polled a very largo vote whicli names him as their choice for the senatO' rial succession In several counties the vote was practically unanimous. In many it was a full three-fourths majority ol' all the votes cast. Until the ollicial returns arc all in it will be impossible to slate definately , but we believe that the senator has received a round majority oi the votes polled. The vote of course has no direct influ ence on the return of General Van Wyck. It does not give him a tillo lo another six years in the senate. That title under the national constitulion must como from iho legislature. But indirectly the popular vote will go a long ways toward determ ining the result. It shows the feeling throughout the state to bo strongly in favor of a , popular representative who has for six years fought the battles of the people against tin ; corporations , and up held the interests of the western pro ducer at the national capital. Weak- kneed legislator.- ) , who have pledged themselves to abide by publin sentiment as voiced in the vote for senator , will now have no excuse for wavering. The popular vote has been a success. Tlio iluilKO Advocate CicncralHliip. Washington dispatches .Iiavo stated within a few days past thai an efforl is making lo secure a re-liearing by the president of the cane of Jiidgo Advocate General Swaim.wlio wimuspunded about a year ago upon the verdict of a couvt martial that ho hud been guilty of certain misdemeanors or hnpropriuties in con travention of military law or usage. The verdict was regarded at the time as some what singular and anomalous , but the enso was a very peculiar one , and after sonic deliberation it was decided thai there was sullieicnt irronnml for punish ment by suspension. Owing to a doubt as to the authority of tlm prcbidcnt to appoint a successor under Iho circum stances , the oll'ieo of judge advocate gen eral of tlm army is without a head , and Iho affairs of the ollico are said not to bo In the most salibfai'lory condition. Tlio situation is somciwhat ombarrabsing to Iho war department , and th ro is an ur- H * nt dcslro lo stay the progress of domor- uli/.ution iiifident to it. This affords an opportunity to tlio friends of the SUB ponded otllcrr to press for a rehearing of his case. Svvanii was appointed jiidgo ndvocato general by President Garliehl , with whom ho on joyed intimate pci-Fonal nnd business relations. It was forsuvoral reasons one of the most unfortunate ap pointments made by Gardcld , and sub- ji'ctcd him to quite as much unfavorable criticism as any other. Swaim had no claim to the position , and in giving it to him several army ofliron ; who had claims wcro unjustly ignored. His uufitncss for the position was conspicu ous and genorallv understood , and no one could or should have known it bet ter than.Garlicld. . . It was widely and in evitably regarded , whether justly or not , as ihri reward of personal and business fayari , Jt was naturally very offensive to nrmy circles , nnd this feeling was no lessened by the subsequent prosumpluoui and arrogant course of Swaitn. It is no improbable that these considerations hai their influence-in shaping the verdict o the court martial , as tlioy uorlamly hat in depriving the accused officer of tha general public sympathy which wouli have been given to a man in similar cir ctimslances who han obtained the posi lion in an cnlircly unquestionable way Had Swnim not rendered himself open U charges , it Is more than likely that hi : department would bo in quito as tinsatis factory a condition as it is said to bo a present. Ills incompetoncy would h.\v < assured that , oven without the disaffuc lion and displeasure In army circles. T < restore him now would probably not 1m prove matter * . It is undoubtedly dosira bio , however , that Iho bureau of the judgi ndvocato general should have n head and if tlioro is no way now provided ly which the president can supply It will one , congress should promptly make ! way. Meanwhile , unless it can bo ehowi that outright injustice has hern ilom Swaim , his Intel-lists might judiciously bt left out of consideration. Kodornl Influence In the Ktoetlnnn. A Chicago contemporary , which aflecti independence ) in muttons political , bu never omits an opportunity to laud tin administration , said in n. recent issue "For tlio lirst time within tlm memory o the present generation a national clue tion has been hold in which the power o federal patronage has not been flagrantly abased to party uso. " The casual readei could hardly fall to infer from this thai the administration hadbocnannbsoiutplj passive quaiitily in Ihe Into elections , noi only exerting no inllueiieo Itself , but hold ing in aboy.iiu-r. all the forces under it.1 control. Such an inference , it need hardiy be said , would be misleading. Ii will readily bo admitted that tlio activity and interference of lederul officeholder. ' wore generally less zealous and eonspicu ous than had hitherto bueu the case. I-'oi this the country i ? in no wise indebted ti thu present administration , except as il has sought to execute the law as il found it But to convey the idea that federal inllu unco was wholly absent from tlio cam pnigu is to misrepresent mdisputabli facts , which if they do not show thai .patronage was "llagrantly abased tt party use , " easily demonstrate that tin moans of curtailing federal inllncnco in elections are not complete. The vaunted virtue of the president in removing a few officials who hid boldlj disregarded his civil service order b.v actively engaging in political work , if vervMiiall capital for the administration to bank on when it lias been notoriously appointing to otlico in New York men who are committed to the personal ambition of the president. Notliiua could bo plainer than the meaning of the appointments of Magono and Lock- wood. They wore made with reference lo the protection of the administration's interests , which wore certain to be more or less alleetod by the late elections , and they were designed to convey a hint that only those who arc in sympathy with those interests can hope to bo preferred for public position. There are insidious methods of exerting inllucncc not less potent than those openly employed , and there is evidence that it is in this direc tion the patronage of the administration lias been and will be used to inlliienco elections. Jt is nothing to the credit of tlio administration that the clerks in the federal offices wore nolbled for campaign expenses. They are protected by the law. Uut the democratic congressional com mittee found an easy way of evasion by calling upon the department employes at Washington to purchase a worthless cam paign book , under an implied lliroat that a failure to do so would bo to their dis advantage , and the administration toler- aled lliis subterfuge. It is not question able thai the inllucncc of Ihe administra tion was exerted Doth in Massachusetts and Michigan by authorized representa tives , and probably also in Pennsylvania. It certainly was so iu Wisconsin , vyhero tlio administration was represented by Postmaster General Vilas and a leading official in the postolfico department. That a great deal of money was quietly uon- Iribuled fay administration circles in Washington to the campaign funds of doubtful states is more than-probable , but the public has Knowledge only of the $5W ) contributed by the president in Now York , which was expected to carry with it a good deal more in federal influence than is represented in the campaign pur chasing power of that sum. Whatever credit is duo the president for his inten tion and efforts to execute the civil service law as lie found it will not bo denied him , but his best friends must .see that tlioro is nothing to bo gained for him by misrep resenting plain and indisputable facts. The Holly Jobbers' Grief. The Barker block fire affords Dr. Mil ler another chance to uir his grief over the dofeal of Iho Holly job of live years ago , Tlio loss of a heavy commission which tlio Holly managers and agents had reserved as pay for the inlliionco of the llcntlil has never been forgotten , Taking advantage ot our comments on tlm necessity of better water eorvico ami lire protection , the doctor purposely mis quotes the liiiK in order to place it in a false light before thu people who are not familiar with the history of Iho Holly fight. Wo are made to say thai "Iho Holly job was forced on this city. " No such expression was usi-d. Everybody Unit lived in Omaha in ' 81 knows thai the corrupt conspiracy to foist the Holly contract upon this city was defeated through the efforts of tlio Uiu and the best citi/ons of Oiuaha.afior eight months lighting in the council chamber , in tlm courts and at the polls. Tlio fight was not against Holly pumps and hydrants , but against a swindling contract that was pulled through the council by bribery and fraud , Had that contract not buon annulled by the decrees of Judge Savage and defeated by the vetoes of the thfin Mayor Chase , Oinalin taxpayers and water conhiimore would Iiavo been robbed of more than half a million dollars lars and this city would have been com pelled to buy the works at an enormous llguro , and tear thorn up by the roots , This is not an extravagant cbtimato of Iho saving made by the present contract. It comes troin late olficnwof the water works company. The original Holly contract , as advo cated by Dr. Miller , proposed to give us about twenty miles of four-inch mains nnd no reservoir , The pipes would have been laid in the mnin streets and at this juncture'we. should have been compelled to tour up the pavc-munls to take them up and replace them with MX and .eight- inch mams. This was done in Dos Moincs with the original Holly plant The direct pressure alone wonli have given us a' chnnco of burn ing up iu case the pump failed to ope.ralr. The dlflbronoi in the cost of , hydrants between tin Holly contract and the present conlrnc would have mlidc' a difference of fron $300,000 to $100,000 to the lav payers The proofs of thi * gigatilic swindle will which Dr. Miller Wifsconnected , was fur nlslied in the correspondence of Dr dishing , Holly's agoulal Omaha. The * toll-talc loiters fihiiwod just what kind o n man sits in thu editorial chair of tin haralil. Wo are informed that Iho price of jus lice to the waterworks company do mnnded by tlm HIE : , was that the nev machinery should not boar the natnti o Holly. If this wore trno , i was rather cheap comparei with the price whicli Flaglor < ! Gushing set apart from the corruptioi fund to pay the Jlcrnltl for Its Invnluiiuti services. Nobody dares to charge that i dollar was promised or paid to the editor tor of this naper although a large part o thu expense in lighting Ihe job llirougl the courts was boruo by us. So far a Omaha is concerned the only qucstlot now is , is whether the water works com pan.v has the machinery nnd neocssnrj mains to comply with tlm contract whlcl requires a clear water .supply by grnvilii lion and ample lire protection by tin combined system. Tun last Sunday HKK was tlm bes ! newspaper ever printed in this section o the west , and cost more money to pro duoo than all of its windy contempornr ics combined. Ten thousand words especial special and exclusive telegraph was ! single item in the rich feast , of gooc lliiugs which Iho HHK spread before iti readers. Every capital of the old work was covered , while the domestic nowi was fully treated. The Hui-5 depend : upon its own excellence to do its adver Using. The result is shown in n uircula tion which is the envy and sorrow of al would-be rivals. A I.ATI : fall has assisted greatly in for warding building operations in Omaha Several hundred dwellings are now ran idly advancing towards completion whil < many others are rising from their foun dations. There is no good reason whj Omaha's butldh.g season should not begin gin earlier than June except the lack o brick yards , conducted for the sale o brick and uol for Iho benefit of theii ownartf who are at tlm same lime con Iractors. THE Douglas county delegation shouli get together as soon as possible to formu late a plan for charter amendment. Twc years ago nothing w.as done until Iho session sion was half over. Every phase of om city's needs should bo thoroughly dis cussed before our delegation leaves foi the stale capital. ODD PACTS. Twcnty-nliiB postmasters earned less than a dollar each Inst year. The Pasteur institute fund , Paris , has renclicil the sum ot 1,442,000 francs. "At present , " writes a vlnltor to the islanil of St. Kilda , ' whlstlliiK Is strictly forbludei : norc. " Tlio slave trade is being carried on In the Persian gult with great activity at the pros eat time. At Chlmapin in Mexico tlm oilier day r hjll was split in two by sonm mysterious subterranean torco. A farmer near Greenfield , S C. , has 10.00C pecan trees , from which he this year secured alaruo quantity of nuts. A remarkably rich pold mine is reported to have buon discovered In a bear's den In the Cocur < l' Alone country. Tlio mine is called the Hlack Hear. At Hnno. Nov. , the boys follow aut-iislillnq for sport. A shovelful ot ants trom one hill dumped among those ot another colony will always lidit to the death. The peppermint fanners of Wayne comity , Now York , are worried over the decline in peppermint oil , which sells for S'J.oo to S2.05 per pound. This is quite a peppermint drop. The Day After Election. CMtaooTrlliitnt , "I'll boat him to-day. " said the candidate , "I'll make it a Waterloo affair I" lut at dawn of Wednesday they carried him home In a tiling that looked like a Sedan chair. A Word to Bam .loans. l\an ai CI/M / Jcmniat. Sam Jones , who has given this western country a lonj : and much needed test , is com ing back nnd will open a crusade in Omaha. Omaha is a sinful place , and wo would Im press upon Mr. .Jones beforehand that If no feels tempted at any time to leave Omaha for Kansas City , ho should remember thai theie are still sinners la Omaha who have not yielded to his assaults. Squealing l-ilco n Having been whipped out of his boots In Urn Kh'ht Nebraska district , the lamented I'hiiroh liowo Is squealing like a pic under n rate , lint his talk about contest hit ; his opponent's election Is so much buncombe. Mr. Howe is shrewd enough to know that It Is enter to pose us a martyr than to clvo tlio otlier fellow a chance to prove that ho is ilnuily a very brassy and a very unpopular liumbii } ; . Tli at Ndbrnfiku Imndslido. , . The lamtslldu out , ln , Nebraska demon strates that , while Clutch Howe mar bo a wonderfully good aid ) a wonderfully ( jreat man in thu eyes of tlie nation , ho shrivels into inslgnificaiicn when ho undertakes to bristle up to tlm puissant editor of tlm Omaua UIK. : When ho callOfl tjm roll last Tuesday uluht them wasn't wumcli of Hrntlier Howe leU to hang up on thocjotlies line to dry , Have Franl ; Clnirtli JfultUIn Sumcrvtllc Journal , Lot your name lie'hlch ' and noble , .Strive to roaoh HitS heights of fame , Ciirvit upLiii the ton-most Miuimit , 1'ino and true , allastlng namo. Slmuld you stumbfoln tlm itathway , Whore tlm roelcs ure , tlilo.lt anil rough , Lot not hope norC'i.Qrairo falter , You will btlll bdvu etioagtli enough. i Stioncth to battle long and bravely , For the Kiieidonslllu dolh both hold , For llm boul Unit feain no dun cr , That Is steadfast , true and bold , Novfir falter nor look backwcnl , \Vltn ri'Ki'ol or uecdless pain , But with bravo and strong endeavor , Make each loss aa .iildod ualn , STATI3 AM ) TBUKITOKY. Jottinga , Hula is short of homes. Scores of candidates were elected and Jefealed by "scratches , " KIIOK county sends two Van \Vyek .Irmocrals lo thu Jo islaturo. ( Joncrcrsman Laird's ' majority over Mclveighan is placed at 0,0'Jii. Thayer.county elects one democrat and 3ne republican to the legislature. A feeble oflort la being made to Injcc life into the Hastings bo.mt of tratlo , Uutlor county voters rejected the pro position to bond and build n $30,000cour house. Hartinglon looks forward to the ctnb llshmcnt of a Catholic college in the ncai future. The ( inostschoo ! building in north Ne braskn will bo completed at Niobrar ; this month. Some jealous cuss has raised the cry o rats in Plaltsmoulh and all Iho girls re main in doors after dark. The tracklavers on the Klkhorn valhy extension from Scrlbnor , have reached Humphrey , Platio county. A man named Peterson , growing tirci of daily toil , shot himself into tlio restfu hence , In Adams county lasl week. John W Lackiibitry , of West Point has retired from politics nnd proposes tt niako an honest living by hard work. 1) , Lowmau. a cemetery promoter it' Hastings , sel a good ositmplo by boinr. the linn occupant of Park View cemetery tory , just opened to business. An old man named lleomor , aged fiixty-so\cn years , whc lives near Blackbird , in Hoi county , was arrested last week on the charge of norse stealing. Dnwes counly was cut in two by tin voters at thu last election , The dividing line runs cast and wo.st , and the sontl half erected into liox Itullo county , will : Nonpariol as Iho county soat. Some person went to the house of 1. D Cob boy in Wymoro tlm other night , anr calling him to the door , { .quirted vitriol il his face from a syringe. Luckily it dii : not go into his eves , and prompl remedies at hand saved him from serious injury No explanation can hogivon of the out rage , and thu villain is unknown. lllWll llCIHK. Tlio artesian well al Cherokee has reached a depth of 1JO feel. runners Ihroughoiil the Htato arc as general thing through picking their corn A number of Sioux county farmers ami business men haveorgaiii/.ed astouk com pany to rebuild the llawkoyo roller null ! at Alton. The Uurlmgton & Qiiinoy road Is lav ing down largo quantities of burnt clay ballast on its Iowa lines. It is said tc irivo excellent results , The articles of incorporation of the DCS Moincs base ball club have been Hied t'ot record with the secretary of stato. The capital stock is placed at $5,000. The Keokuk & Western railway has been Incorporated to purchase and ope.- rate the Missouri , Iowa & Nebraska road , running from Keokuk lo Van Worl. The supreme courl of Iowa has decided that a promissory note made on tiunda } but not delivered until Monday in void under the law against Sunday contracts , A oiti/.ens1 committee has been appointed - pointed in DCS Monies lo lake proper steps for securing the location of railroad machine shops and packing-houses in thai cilv. Crcston is possessed of a gang of youth ful housebreakers , ranging in ago from ten to fourteen years. Their depreda tions are numerous , and when caught their punishment will bo severe. Tlio next synod of the Presbyterian church of Iowa will bo hold in Keokuk in the fall of 1837. There will bo at least 15(1 ( delesratod in attendance , and the gath ering will be an ecclesiastical body ol importance. Miss Mary Vance , of IJurlington , has received her appointment as missionary , and is assigned to duty at Tokio , Japan probably the most desirable of all foreign Holds. She will sail in a tew weeks from San I'rancisco. At Mason Uity , Saturday , the jury in -the case of William Winter vs. iho Iowa Central railway company , claiming $10- 000 damages for injuries recoivea on a freight tram November 8 , 1881 , returned a verdict allowing the plaintiff $3COO. Dakota. Sioux Falls docs not contain an empty store buildinir. A very rich strike iu tin iu the Castor district is reported. The telegraph line lo Deadwood was completed Saturday. Aberdeen claims to be improving faster than any other oil } ' in Dakota. The young lown of Monango , Dickey county , built fifty houses ( luring October. Paddy Norton , of Deadwood. has issued a challenge to any man in Dakota for a prize light at $1,000 a sido. J. Y. Reynold , of Rapid City , recently bagged the largest boar ever found in tliu hills. The "varmint" was as largo as an ordinary cow and weighed 1,000 pounds. The Rapid City Republican is of the opinion that in two more years coal from tlm liutte county Holds will totally sup plant wood as a fuel in the entire Hills country. Those who have means of comparison state thai there arc inoro land and homo .seekers in Dakota this fall than a year a < ro. A largo proportion have moans and prefer to buy land. There are hundreds of gold , silver , tin , lead and mica claims in the BlacK Hills now lying idle and non-productive , merely for the lack of capital to work them and make thorn productive. Something of a wheat blockade is re ported from along the Manitoba road al and above Gram ! Forks. There are six teen large elevators lillcd to the brim and closed up , and as many more partly full. One hundred cars jv day are needed to transport the immense yield of that section. AVyomlnjr. The now Union Paoilic depot at Chey enne will cost $7/5,000. / Thu Douglas Coal and Land company , capital $200,000 , has been incorporated. Cheyenne luiu received underground assurances thai Iho Imrlington road will build lo thai city. A Hlr.uigei named Kinnev was killed ly Hie oars near Rawlins lasl week. He was a brakeman tourist. Douglas and Link did some tall voljiig. 1'imo was nulled before all rosidcnls 'had Iho third round with the ballot box. The Lander Liar's latosl effort is "a Lnlo of murvol , " a subterranean cavern lined with gold and studded with precious > lones. The Shoshone oil basin is Iho only ilaco in ( ho world wlmru a well has booh tiink which will produce a barrel of oil : tvory-twonly.four hours lor each foot in Jopth. . Toppling U'jills. It was noticed yesterday morning that n , l > i ir in the northwestern extremity of tlm Itarkor building was io.ining toward the ilrcet , threatening lo fall at any minulo. 'icoriic Barker immediately notified Chief : ! laligan. who ordered out Ihe hook mil ladder company , and in a Tow moments thu dangerous column was removed. The men com menced lo tear down tlm high pile in the loiitliwcst corner of thu budding , which lorminaies in Iho brick outline of the la > t lormur window. The work of razing Ids .lo tlm ground is thu.most dangerous mil dilllciilt yet iindei'laken , hccau.so , u.loss well done , llmre is danger of tlm > ile falling upon the older lUrker build- ng and destroying the greater part ot il. NebruHka'H Uliniiiptoti , ' Duncan McDonald loft for Salt Lake ast night , where he is interested in a law mil eon to open. He bore with him Iho { olhcry heavy-weight champion gold nodal , which ho has won inoo coming to his city. Ho made many friends in town , 1 mi Uol. Forbes ho pus to have liim return o ungiigoln a jrlovo uncounler withsoiae > u < ; ilislof noto. AN ACE OF SUPERSTITION The Sixteenth Oontnry Prolific in Stories c Wonderful Sights. A VISIT FROM THE EVIL ONE A Terrible Sensation In n Clinrdi- Tlio Krlilcncnof Hyc-XVltncsses llio CloudTtint Pnssoil Over Mnttn. Chambers' Journal ! Whether il wa : owing lo the improved moans of spread' ing intelligence afforded by the invontioi of printinir or to the excitement of moii'j ' minds consequent upon Urn political uni social events of tlio time , thu sixtonnlt century was prolific In .stories of wonder ful fights in the heavens and on Hit earth. Of Iho many marvellous account then circulated , wo select tlm following which forms the subject of a tract bi Abraham Fleming and purports lo havt been taken from Iho evidence of uyo wit nesses. The account is unfilled : ' / Strauniro and Terrible Wutidor Wrough Very Lalo hi the Parish Church of Hun gay namely Iho fourth of this August li yeore of Our Lord 1H77 * * will the appearance of an horrible shapei tiling sensibly perceived of the pcopli limn and there assembled. " Tlmaccoun is couched in terms appropriate lo tin solomnlly of a .special tnimfostnlum fron llm spiritual world , and Is intersporsei with ejaculations expressive of the awt which filled the people's minds al tlm'n wilniM.iing thu occurrences described , bu tlm incidents , briolly told , are us follows A storm of extraordinary fury was ran intr whili ) the congregation was assem bled at divine services ; rain came dowi like a deluge , lightning flashed , thuiidei pealed , so that not only dumb creature. ' wore disquieted , but "sonsuloss thing * void of all lifo and feeling shook run trembled ; " iu other words , the fabric aiu : furniture of Iho building wore shaken b\ tlio violence of the storm. While the tempest was at its height ti visitor from tlm lower regions ( as tin narrator evidently believed ) made his ap pe.arauce iu the midst of llio congrcgiv tion , in the form , "as they might diseeriu it , " of a dog of a black color , "llio sinhl whereof , together with the fearful Jlashc ! of lire which then were HCOIIO , moved such admiration in the minds of the as scmbliu that thev thought doomesduy had already como. " The "evil one in such s like.nesso" ran with extraordinary speed down tlio body of the church among the people. Passing between Iwo persons who were on Ihoir knees apparently engaged ' gaged in prayer ho wrung the ncc'us ol both of them in an instant bo that thoj died whore they knelt. As ho passed by another man ho "save him suoh a gript on tlm back that therewith ho was pros- cully drawcn togithur and shrunk up n. il were a piece of letlierscorche.il in'a hoi lire ; or us the month of a pursu or ba drawn togilhor wilhtislrlng. " This man , however , did not dio. Meanwhile , the parish clerk , who was cleaning out the gut or of the church , also saw tlm "hor riblo shaped thing , " and was struck to the ground with a yiolontclap of thunder bui beyond this fall was not harmed. The stones of the churoh and the church door , on being afterward examined , bore evidence of the power of llio demon in tlm marks of his claws or talons ; and all the wires , wheels , and other things belonging to tbo clock were wrung in sunder and broken in pieces. A similar occurrence is staled lo have been witnessed at Ulibery , a village seven miles from Hungay. In this case the demon planted himself on the rood- loft , from which ho Hung himself clown into the church , and after killing two men and a lad , and burning the hand of another person , flew out of the church ' 'in a hideous likeness " Uefore dismissing this story as a fable , bred of tlie imagination of people terror stricken by the storm , let us compare it with the account of an occurrence which look place on Mnlvoru hills on Iho 1st of July , 1820. A party had taken refuge in an iron roofed hut from an impending storm and were about lo partake of re freshment when the storm came on A gentleman who was standing at the eastern entrance llio storm had como from the west saw what appeared to him lo bo a ball of fire moving along thu surface of tlio ground. It came up and entered the hut , forcing him , as it did so , several psces forward from Ihe doorway. An explosion followed , described by llio Inhabitants of the village at the foot of the lull ( Great Matvern ) as terrific. On Koing In , as soon us ho had recovered from the shook , to look after his sisters , ho loiind them on tlio floor , fainting , as ho thought , from terror. Two of them had died instantly , and a third lady anil others of tlio party wore injured. An examination of the hut showed a lanro erapk in Iho ftido opposite to Dial at which Iho fireball bad entered , loading to a window , and the iron roof above this was indented. The correspondence of the leading cir cumstances of thiH account with Flem ing's story is remarkable ; ami had the Malvcrn incident occurred in Iho super stitions sixteenth century instelld of the Kcienlilii : nineteenth it would no doubt Iiavo been regarded as a .supernatural visitation , and have furnished juxt .such ii marvelous slory as that of Hungny. In both cases something was seen io outer a building during a thunder Ktnnn , lulling two porson.s instantly and injur ing others , disappearing with a noifn de scribed in tin ) Dim case as a violent ( bun- lor unit in the other as a lerrilieplos < - Jon and leaving behind visihlo marks of its progress on the material of tlm build- ng. In caeh instance , too , a poison italioneii outside saw something wliieh Irovo him from JIK ! place , but otherwise lid uol harm him ; ami in both ciwob thu ) ody , whatever II was , which soiiniiid to ) o Iho immediate source of tlio mischief , lad a DrognhMivn motion , which , though iwifl could bu followed by tlm oyo. Tlm jhiuf point of dlli'nronco Is In the appear- men presented by th o vehicle of tlm do ilruclivo agent , In llm one ea o ills ikoned lo a bluok i log ami in tlm other 0 a ball of lire , and il may bu .said thai io two thinirs eould bo morn unlike. A.s to the form of tlm so-oidli'd dog , lil- lo need lie said It is admitted that ho church : il thu time was in miuh a state it "palpable durkm:8.iu" : thai one /.ui.vm / iould not perceive another ; and in tlio Ini'K any ill-duliueii object thut can bis Hircoivud al nil lias a tendency to assume 1 fantiistio slmpc. Il wan aecompunlnd I.V "tearful Hushes of lire , " which Mtoinnd 0 bu dlnlinguislie.il from the lightning , mil tlm eU'eel on tlmso who were lounhcd iV it was thai of MtorHiing or burning. Vhollmr tliis vehielo whiuh brouulit llm leslriictive force into tlio ohiirnh and vliifh was thought lo be n Heinl , was a ua.ss of nighlv charged .jinokn or du-a , or > miiiiaturu cloud of tlio kirn ! which , on ; i ; ruud scale , ; > u.iSoil o\isr Malta on tlm Dili of October , 1 07 , tlio offortHilocrihed oiTOMioiid so entirely with thobo known n r < > a-ui | from a particular kind of thnn- lor stroke thai wo cannot ae.cusu the mi nor of writing otherwise limn in good nith. J'ho bupnriialurul coloring may airly bu ibiiribi-d to want of knowtdudgu : i logard to u subjoin , which , < > von now. 1 Imperfectly understood. The Malta lonn-cloud , which di troywl nearly two undred lives , and laid in ruin almost vi-rvthing in its. way , is dr.scribed by irydono as being at Hrat bjnek , nftar- . ; inlh changing us color until it became ko a lltiine of lito mixed with black moke , bul he reports that dr-pito the cmutilic explanations ot iui jinrv 'storm-cloud tlio people declared with one voice that il was n legion of de mons let loose to punish Ihoin for their sins. Tlioro wore , says ho , n thousand people in Malta that wore ready to take their oath ( hot saw llio Mends within the V cloud , "as black as pilch , and breathing out lire and.brimstone. " Henry ISIM > I 'H Votes. < Voo J'mfc Tlmtt. The oilier nnd the wiser way , the Amer ican nnd tin1 republican way , is to con sider sobcrlj' what ldei , what wants , what grievances this vote represents , ami so far sis these Ideas and wants and griev ances are sound nnd ruisonablu and well founded to rccngnfco thoni and to take such stops as will content the uneasiness produced by their failure of recognition in the past. This does not mean the conllseallon of laud. Il docs not mean leu hours' pay for night hours' work. Il does nol mean Iho prohibition of police Interference with riotous strikers -uid lawless boycolls. It does meah that llm world ngnion and Mii r Ntnitluslmvo gen uine { -iuvnnei'n n-nii'ii n tohooves the makcrf and executors of llm laws to luke into account. U means that Mr. Ulalnu'.s hollow cry of urotoctiou to Amurjiui / in dustry may not bo accepted as n pro scription which will afford a euro for ovo.i-y social ill. It mnatis Unit the eon- tlnuous making and the almost invaria ble construing of laws for the lid- vantage of stock watering and monopo lizing nrponilioiis are an abuse that cannot go on forovor. It moans that tlioro is : i wrong to bo righted between tlm millionaire- who easily and persist- I'lilly escapes taxation and tlm uiiifhaiik * whoso taxes are collected with unfailing certainly iu his rent and in his payments for coal and bread. Audit may moan that "society" will havu i > ntn < < lhinjr to .say to llm capitalists who huddles a hun dred families into Ids tenement house in order that his routs mav represent a s.5 per cunt prollt. These are among llio problems certainly raised by Mr ( Juorge'.s uimxpectedlv heavy voto. "Property and order" will nol suffer if they are solved In the iu-a anil humane way. And when those solu tions , and olliers no mure subversive of the social order , are found wo are en tirely continent thai Mr. Henry ( leorge's party will tranquilly disappear byabsorn- Uo" ' . A KninniiN Old SuiiltlibMr. . Oban ( .Scotland ) Times : Mary of the readers and HlngerH of Hums'admirable swim could not Imag'nc ' that that same highly-gifted genius whoso songs and exquisitely original poems slio.d a lustm- of glory on Ins native laud-would deign to acknowledge any vor.so composition or music unknown to < .oino degree of faino prior to hi.s own time. Such was not tlm case with him , but perhaps the very re verse , as some hiitl.s relative to the air in the question , 'Gae bring tue mo. a pint o' wino , " will bring out in relief this point , llio very pretty song from winch Hums look Iho air to "My Honnio Mary" was composed in Abi'iMeonshlro as far bade as ltii ! ! ( , by Alexander Leslie , of Kdon on Davern-side , and grandfather to tlm Archbishop Shairp , of St. Andrews. Tlm fair lady that the Abenloonsliire bard took for the genius of his muse was a Miss Helen Christie. , who afterward be came his wifo. Two verses may hero serve as specimens. I quoio from the song now before me. Ucrc-hocks ale like the crimson lose , Her 001111(011:11100an ( : admiral on ; I could not had a Ix'tlor ' choice , Ji 1 had KL'iirehed oVr a' the nation. This is vary .sensibly put on Ihe parl of llio norllicrii lyrist , but somewhat prosy withal ; but the following verse , anil the * one that struck. 1 believe , the true keynote - note lo Hums' uuibterly song of o\ < | iiisi'lo finish and true pathos , "My Honnie Mary , " reveals the author to be a mini of Hnosonsibility , and arav.xlior in pledging the health of hi.s darling when the social cup in the hour of mirth in some Norland inn passed fjuito freely from hand lo hand. Here it is : Ye'H briiiR mo hero a plal ot > vlno. A scivor and a silver tassle , Thai 1 mav dilnk before 1 1511111 : A health tc my aln bonnle tussle. The lirsl four lines iu Hums' song above mimed begin Urns : Go fetch to mo a pint o'vlno , And nil It in a silver tassif , That 1 may drink lioloie 1 ( . ' < > > A service to my bonnle lassie. Wo have hero but mere verbal altera tions by Burns ; but the original poetic sentiments of tlio old Aberdonian gleam out clear , crisp and beautiful in every one of these four lines , liul independ ent of all that-the. rest of that ehanninir song by Hums , "My Honuie Mary , " em brace in twelve lines doubtless more real poetry limn can bo found within tlie samu compass iu thu entire lyrical litera- lure of Saxon England and Doric Scot land , I can well imagine the zosl with which thai lovely air would bo received iu Iho Auld Tam O'Sliantcr inn , in the High street of Ayr , a hundred \cars ago , uui Burns himself to bo tlm singer. Such soiiirs and airs bring out tlm deep- j.sl fooling * thai rndiato round our in- nosl hearts ! of Iho lOnullHli Nnvy. U'illiam 11. ISidoing , in Brooklyn Mag- i/.Inu : Tin1 control of tlm executive { oveninieut ot Ihe Knglisli navy is vistod indor tin ; crown in the hoard ot ailmir- illy , which changes with each cabinet , uul which consists of live lords , tlm Hr.sl ord boinji a member of the cabinet. Tlm oc.oiid lord Is known as tlmmmior naval on I , tin ; third as the second naval lord , Im fourth as the junior naval lord , and ho liftli as tin ) civil lord , who has a seat n parliament. They are paid i'l.'l.liU' ) rliS.OOO ) jier annum , of which tlm lirrtt ; > nl receives .01,500 ami .subordinate to hem are elovo.u doparlnmnl.s llm score- nryV , the uoulrolliir'H , llm con- truolivo and engineering , the Ictualing , llm con I rate and purohat-o , Im I'.ccoiintant-ceneral'fl , tlm medical , Im transport , llm director of workH. llm ydrographio and the Hiipfirintnndeiil ot osoi'ves. Thouirli the lirst lord lia sn- iro.ino authority and Is responsible to larliainunlfor Iho oillciciioy of the imv.\ , Im more practical duties of admini.stra- ion belong to ihi.thrmi naval Ion's ' , yhilo HID civil lord control * , in conjure- ma with Uic junior naval lord ihu victual ing , medical , and similar deparlmeiiis. 'hero are sovniitco.n llaoHleur.s In com- : iis-doii , who , willi tlicir .sccrclano-i. ic- in Vf Iftj.ftil nyimr , and ulghty-thruo M.'sg- Hic'irs on tlm aelivo list , besides a.iiiil oiuinissionni ! ollicers , Wi Hibordiimlo , , i warrant olllcun ; , and ML-HM ) otty ollhicrrt and M-UIIIOII. Of 4UOi > oy.i , a,700 uro on service in the Iliiel ami , ! ! ( ) ' ) in training ship . In llm const- uanl service on shore there- arc 1,000 111 cc I-M and men and iu Indian troop , ' 'OD. In tin * r.iar'mert Micro are 'lO'.i Mai ) ' ml commissioned officer * nnd l'Jr > ! ! l on conmi'S.sioncd ollluur.s and nmii.niak- ig a grand tola ! of M.HOO men in the i-rvicii Tlioro are 171 thiis | iu conunis- on , ' , ' ? t-liijis hiiildintr , and llm eslinmtod > st ol maintaining this naval ostui'l'bh i < snt 's ' u'joul ' * rrio'ii.OH , ' : ( ) aummlly. l-Jiioiioiny ID Londan Figaro : I hear from u friend itoly retnrncil troin Holla that tlm gov- I'limcnt of Hulguria is Iming most cco- omically curried on. A inefect gtr. ! uly JW-10 | icr annum , MIC ! a cabinet minis- ironly twicu UM miioli , unle.si in tlio cii'D ! tlio Koon-tury of foreign all'airrf , wh' sooivei il.'J ! ' i'\tri ; lo nay for his entor- lininent of thu varlnns foreign ministers id diplomatic agenls. Tlio pnisiilent of le high courl of appeals receive'M ) a . ar , wiiilis llm sum of abo.il 8 ) , ( ) ' ) : ) IH jvoicd to jiilblio education. Ijuliraria is iin national bank , which ii privie. ! : d i Nstm notesvviili its liuad.iiiani'ra | > i 'lia ituil lirafieho.s at Vinii."c : 'lv.i'K ul Pli llinpupi'tii. !