THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FKIDA.Y , DECEMBER 17 , 18SO.
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Hr.Ai , estate still continues the upward
( lighten strong pinions in Omaha. Hut
it ( lees not incroasc any faster than the
bank clearings or tlio population.
Therein lies Hie secret of its strength.
His anxious enemies are already cast
ing lots for Van Wyc.k's raiment. Tlio
senator still wears his matrtlc anil tlio
prospect is that ho will continue to do so.
Second hand senatorial togas from Ne
braska are not ycl in the market.
Stztci : Tennyson was made a pour his
poetry has declined to balderdash m
rhyme. Association with the British
aristocracy seems to he dea'th to all
kind of creative nonius except in new
ami gross kinds of criminal sensuality.
Snvr.iiAT. wcnks still remain before the
session of the legislature. Some of our
contemporaries who are hotly arguing
tlio question of caucus or no caucus seem ,
to lese sight of this fact. There is ample
time to cross a bridge after one reaches it.
liit'iATii : ; : ) complaints are made of the
failure of property ownera to lay side
walks on the newly graded streets. Sonic
of our thoroughfares , especially on the
hills.arc almost impassable to pedestrians
from this cause. Tlio chairman of the
board of public works should promptly
investigate thn matter.
Niw : YOKKI.Y.S arc discussing ways and
means to make it more easy to reach
( Jrant'H tomb. Such a discussion is
cheaper than one which has lor its object
ways ami means to erect Grant's menu
ment. The last contribution noted for
this purpose was one of 00 cents from a
liberal citizen of tlio great metropolis.
itiiii has been another conviction of
a Nebraska ranchman for illegally fenc
ing the public domain. As the attorney
general has directed his subordinates in
the department of justice to push all
such cases where fences arc not at once
removed , there is likely to bo an imme
diate fall in Iwrb wire on the ranges.
A THOUSAND city lots iu Omaha formerly
subject to city taxation are now exempt
under the construction placed by the
railroads upon the state revenue law.
Tiiero is food for very sober reflection
in this interesting fact. If other cities in
Nebraska would publish the statement of
tax shlrkingby tne corporations the show
ing would be still more startling.
LKT us stimulate public improvements
by all moans. They have been a prime
factor in the growth of Omaha , and will
fltill plav u leading part in her develop
ment. Hut public improvements should
bo for the public benefit , called out by
public necessity. They should invariably
ho begun and carried out so as to do tlio
greatest gooct to the greatest number at
the minimum of private damage.
OMAHA will show a largo building ro *
cord this year but it will ho nothing like
as large as stated in tlio columns of one
our contemporaries. Jf buildings not begun -
gun nt all , half competed , duplicated
and triplicated In the reports and over
estimated in a hundred instances are
deducted from the total , the footings of
actual construction will bo materially
lessened. .Statistics to bo worth anything
must bo reliable.
Tins senatorial election will take up
several days if not as many weeks of the
legislature's time , and it will be hard
work to push through the needed legisla
tion if measures demanded by the pe.oplo
arc not well digested before the session
opens. After the le Matnro lisw begun
its session Uicir lime is likely to bo fully
occupied. Omaha's charter light if there
is to be any should bo concluded between
now and the now year.
AccoitPiXH to the decision of tlio
United States supreme court n criminal
cannot bo extradited for one oll'ouso and
then tried for another. This Is import
ant , but the trouble lies iu the fact that it
1ms n very limited application , At pros-
cnt ornulmils can bo extradited for so
few offenses that our extradition laws are
infrequently brought mto active opera-
lion , Cauuda lias become thensylum for
cmboralers , defaulters and swindlers who
tire as safe from molestation in Quebec
or Montreal as if they had never com
mitted oOViisos against thn laws of the
country from whioh they Hod , What 'is
nocdod is an extension of.the extradition
Inws'to cover all ofleuses , oxeoj > t those of
political .nature , common toiho 'crhulunl '
of sill ( rivllizcd i
Kilncntcd Public Sentiment.
The St < Paul Pioneer Press joins tl < o ml-
vocatcs of Judge Urcsliam's presidential
candidacy. There 13 no doubt that the
judge's bold challenge to the monopoly
\vrcckers in his Chicago decision has In
creased his popularity nnd vought his
name into greater prominence. That
this is a facl evidences the strong hold
which anli-roonopol.vprinciplcsaro gain
ing on the minds of intelligent men. It
has been n steady though n slow growth.
The editor of the Ur.t : remembers only
too well when this paper fought , almost
single handed and alone in the west , in
advocating slate and national regulation
of corporate monopolies. He recalls the
time when its editor was denounced as
n socialist and shunned a * rv dangerous
firebrand for daring to nssail the abuses
of corporate power and to oxpbso the
wicked methods by which the producers
of the country as well us the bond and
stoeklioldcrsof the companies were being
robbed by reckless speculators. It look
years before the two political parlies ,
forced by the advance of public senti
ment to notice the aggressions of corpo
rate power" , incorporated anli-monotioly
planks in their platforms. It look a "till
longer time before congress , responsive
to a swelling tide of popular indignation ,
saw the necessity of considering seri
ously au interstate commerce bill , To
day n decision from the bench , which , if
handed clown liflccn years ago ,
would have been denounced by the
organs of speculative capital us a
dangerous attack on vested rights , is
commended from cast to west ns a bravo
and honest rebuke to professional swind
lers and dangerous invaders of the public
safety.
There is a suggestive warning in the
popularity which has accrued to Judge
( .iresham from his Chicago decision. It
is evidence to bench and bar that retain
ers from the corporations to do tlu-ir
dirty work can no longer be counted on
as steps to political preferment. The
tidn has turned. Public senlinicnt , slow
to bo educated , has learned the lesson of
experience.
Looking to I In ;
The stringency of tlio eastern mono.y
market , which so nearly precipitated a
panic on Wcduosihiy , is largely duo as
noted to the continued refusal of the
banks to loan funds on thcshaky railroad
securities which arc bartered and sold on
the stock exchange. The revelations of
the Jast few years have shown conserva
tive investors tlio instability of all specu
lative railroad securities. The jobbers
and rinsrstcrs who have wrecked the
bondholders by the thousands are now
receiving their reward in the general dis
trust applying to all railway investments ,
however sound they may be pronounced
by the men who revise the books and
doctor uj ) the annual reports.
Ono ofl'ect of the growing disfavor
which railway securities are meeting
with from investing capitalists is an in
creasing interest in western real estate.
Many of the heaviest banks in the east
are largely engaged in loaning their
money through western banking house *
on notes scoured by western mortgage ! ? .
The Chemical bank of Now York invests
hundreds of thousands of dollar ? every
year in rediscounting notes of Nebraska ,
and recently made the boast that it had
never lost a dollar in the business in the
state. Insurance and trust companies
are following suit , and almost all of the
largo insurance corporations unrestricted
by law to their own states as investment
centers are largely interested in western
city and farm loans. The same eager
ness is shown in the competition for
western municipal and county securities.
Our city and county bonds arc readily
disposed of to eastern financial institu
tions at a steadily increasing rate of in
terest. There is a general feeling that
with the rapid growth and improvement
of this great section of our country all se
curities based on credit and anchored to
realty liens arc safe investments for the
most cautious capital.
The result of the rush for western loans
has been a. noticeable decrease in the
rate of interest. There are more
bidders for loans and borrowers reap the
usual benefit of competition in obtaining
better prices for tiicir paper through
lower interest taxes on the principal. A
few years ago 12 per cent was a common
interest charge on gilt-edged real estate
security. To-day in Omaha loans are
continually made tit u trillo over 0 per
cent and under the most favorable cir
cumstances at C i > cr cent flat. . The cast
has long looked to the west for its food
supply. It is now searching it from bor
der to border for secure investment for
its surplus capital.
Tlio Tenure ofonico liaw ,
KlVorts to repeal the tenure of oflico
law , which has boon in force &iuco 1807 ,
though for the last seventeen years prac
tically inoperative , have always mot with
stout resistance in tbe senate. Tlio law
was enacted to check the political machi
nations of President Johnson , which
until this curb was provided were being
carried on to an extent most detrimental
to the public-service , ns well as unjust to
individuals. The constitutionality of the
law has been questioned by others than
the executive to restrain whom it was en
acted , but Johnson niibmilted to it.
Owing to the demoralization which his
methods wore causing it was popularly
regarded as a proper and necessary
measure. After the administration ol
Grant came in the law fell into disre
gard , and he recommended its repeal.
So far as wo remember no oflort has
since boon made to enforce U. The re
publican presidents smco Johnson have
made removals without ref , renee to this
law , and the scnato haa iu no instance
that wo rceall jutorpose-d the law to prevent -
vent such removal. * . So far as can bo
judged it was not regarded by any one of
these presidents as "a guide and re-
.slraiut , " as Mr. Edmunds claims it to
have been. There were case , as those
of the removals of Arthur and Cornell
during the administration of Hayes , when
the tenure of ollioo aot was sought to bo
invoked by individual .senators , but oven
Mr. Coukling was unable to get the sup.
port of the senate for the enforcement of
the law. To all intents and purposes ,
therefore , it imu boon since ISC'J ' a dead
"letter.
A bill fur tha repeal of the law was in
troduced iu the senate at the Just session
and , came over to tl o present session tls
unlliiidhed business , It was called up lut t
Tuesday nnd < tobaled by lr. Hour , iu au-
thor. untl Me. lidmunds , who opposed it.
T.lio hutoc senator is au uncompromising
stickier for .senatorial power in every pos
sible dlrcctio.n , and this law strengthens
the authority of thu Souuto over the exe
cutive in the matter of removals from
oflice , The question of the constitution'
alily of the law is not one of great mi-
portnnco to Mr. Edmunds when that of
senatorial supwmney is involved , uor is
lie concerned with the fact that during
four administration * this act had been a
dead letter , He is nearly always able to
frame a plausible , if not an entirely ju si
and rational argument , and he. easily
found reasons for apprehending serious
danger to the public service
if I ho tenure of office law
should bo repealed. Such action would
open the way to a sweeping expulsion
from oflico of all officers who arc within
the purview of the statute , and invite the
president to make short work of the whole
civil service business , from which it must
not bo wrongly inferred that the Vermont
senator Is an ardent friend of that busi
ness. Jn his advocacy of the billTSlr.
Hoar said ho was sustained by the recom
mendation of President ( .rant , which ho
thought pretty substantial republican
authority , and furthermore he believed
the people of the country expected and
demanded that no one should bo retained
in executive ollicc who has not the con
fidence of the executive.
Mr. Hoar lias the correct view of the
question. No reasonable man will usk-
or expect that a public ollieer shall bo
kept in position when ho no longer has
the confidence of the appointing power
responsible for the administration of pub-
lie affairs , and tlio great majority of in
telligent men in this country have no
sympathy with any different view. Tlio
constitution gives the senate all the re
straining power necessary with respect to
executive appointments , and whatever
goes lieyond this is usurpation. The ten
ure of oflice law is of this nature , and
while it may have had some justification
at the time of its enactment , it is no
longer necessary and ought to be stricken
from the statute books.
Tlio Itooillcr Convicted.
The second trial of ox-Alderman
McQuade , of Now i'ork , resulted in ins
conviction , the jury agreeing upon n ver
dict of guilty after being out only half
an l.our , Tlio disazruomcnt on the first
trial was duo mainly to a lack of confi
dence on the part of the jury in the testi
mony of the informers who were
participants with the defendant in the
crime , and perhaps to some extent also
to a natural aversion to convicting a man
upon the evidence of men equally guilty
who turned upon him to protect thorn-
Helves. Unquestionably a great deal of
crime would go undetected and unpun
ished but for such informers , yet it is
hardly po-siblo not to feel a degree of
contempt for men who take this method
of shielding themselves , either by secur
ing complete immunity or a mitigation
of punishment. FullgraU' and Dully pro
fessed to have been urged to their ex
posure by the prickings of conscience ,
but men who had so little conscience as
to enter into and assist in planning and
carrying out a deliberate scheme of rob
bery , taking and retaining their share of
the plunder , will not get much ercdit for
their professed conver.sion after they had
been idcntilied in thu public mind with
the theft and tclt the coils steadily and
surely tightening around them.
There was more precision and force in
the conduct of the second than of the
lir.st trial , and the prosecution was for
tunate in producing a most valuable wit
ness in the person of a servant girl ,
Katie MoU , whose evidence the recorder
referred to in his charge as "direct , un
shaken anil worthy of having much
weicht. " The testimony of the girl wan
largely corroborative of the evidence of
Fullgrairand Dully , and its value was
chiefly in tlio fact that it came from a
source cntirel } ' outside of the interests at
stake in the trial. The girl lived next
door to the residence of rcLoughlin ,
where the "combine" met during the
months of 1831 when the conspiracy was
formed , and she testified that the door
bell of the house in which she lived was
rung by men who came in groups of four
and five and inquired if McLouglilin
lived there. Subsequently she saw the
same men going into McLoughlin's
house , and from a list of published pic
tures she identified McQuadc , Fullgraff ,
Clcary and O'Neill ns among the men
she had seen. Her testimony was not
shaken in the slightest degree by the
cross examination. This very importan t
link in the evidence was supplemented
by other corroborative facts which made
the chain so complete and strong th atno
jury of honest men could have failed to
agree or could have reached a different
verdict from that rendered. It was evident
from the conduct of the defendant that
he expected no other result.
The outcome of the lirat trial was so
generally regarded as a mockery of
justice , likely to bo widely detrimental as
an example , that it seems proper to refer
to tlio result of the second trial as a mut
ter for general congratulation , it is to
bo regarded , perhaps , as not only im
portant to Now York , but valuable as a
warning to men everywhere in public
position who may bo subjected to the
temptation , of which there Is more or loss
in every large and growing cumnumity ,
to make money by corrupt practices.
JfDGi : Citr.siiA ! > t yesterday appointed
Judge Cooley , of Michigan , to succeed
Solon Humphreys as receiver of the
Wabasu railroad. Tlio appointment
will be heartily commended by all who
have any knowledge of tlio eminent
ability of Judge Cooley as a jurist and
of his high standing as a man of unim
peachable and fearless integrity , Fur
two or more terms lie was on the bench
of the supreme court of Michigan , and
among contemporary jurists there tire
few who liuvo contributed more largely
to judicial knowledge and \po.-i Hi on ,
while there is none whoso opinions are
held in liiglior rogtu'd. Under tlio con
trol of Judge Coolivy it may bo safely
predicted that the alVuiis of the Wnbaslt
road \\i\l \ be managed with signal ability
and with the tno.it scrupulous honesty.
It is un excellent .appointment , whioh
ought to uifuse conlideneo into all who
are concerned for the lawful and honest
management of the affairs of the Waba h
corporation , T , - . , , , ,
Cuxaitr.ss.HAX JoitbiivluiK interviewed
Secretary Lamar on the subject of the
new laud olllees in this state which tire
Etitl unopened , Mr , Dotvey urged on the
secretary the necessity of prompt inomi-
naticms for the vacant de.sksi. ISoth oillees
have been located and nothing is neces
sary to afford the people of the now dis
trict the facilities for entry and proof but
the nomination and condnuatiou of the
two registers apd receivers. It is duo to
tha settlers of the Sidney nitd Cluulrou
districts that the.otlkcs should bo Opened
tit once ,
I'KOSllNI 'T 1 > I2KSONS.
Mrs. Clove-land fs deeply nltaclic-.l to her
cottMn , IJen Folsom ,
Historian UnncrpH's dfttistMrr , MK * Susan ,
Is one of the c x-cl dnveriin Washing
ton. '
Senator Itonr , r > f Ma achn eeU , keeps
his lips tightly closed whenieportors nre
about ,
Prcparntlon nre bilug made In Dublin to
( 'lve a loyal welcome to Michael Davltt and
his bride.
It Is reported that Just Ice AVood , of ! Ilia
Vnitcd States supitmo court , is tapldly fail-
inc. lie Is now In California.
Warren Green , ex-consul to Kanngawn ,
says that the wife ol thn Mikado Is a chnitu *
liiK woman , and a graduate of Vnsar.
Miss Fortesniio. the relRiiiiiK English sen
sation on the New Yotk boards , Is reported
to lib engaged to Mr. Ficd Tony , her leading
man.
man.Mmo.
Mmo. Christine Nillson 1ms iccelved al
most unprecedented social nnd ofllclM atten
tion during her attKtic tour through Holland
nnd Hdpum.
A rumor th.it < ! euoral "Von Mollke had
been stricken with apoplexy caused a eieat
sens At Ion In Berlin , 1ml It was quickly and
authoritatively denied.
Attorney-Cicncral Oarland admits that ho
reads the Now Yotk Herald and the " \Vash- \
Inqton Post. No other newspapers are
allowed to enter his house.
Kale-Field Is to lecture in Washington on
Mortnoiitsm in a lew days , S. S. Cox will
Introduce her. Mis Field will lectmo all
winter for the benefit of thp (1. A. I ! ,
It Is repoitcd In Washington that Presi
dent Cleveland recently applied lor a life
polley ot 3100,000 , tint "was refused on the
Kniuiid Hint ho i * liable to die suddenly of
apoplexy.
Miss Anna Dickinson has lor several
months been watclilus at Ihe bedside ot her
Inllrm Quaker mother , in West 1'lttston , I'M.
ilcr pecuniary icpources are said to be ueaily
exhausted , nnd It is announced thnt she will
take to the Icctuie field
An Alarm otTirc.
riittad'liiliht Xorth .ImcnVmt ,
The president Is practicing the proper
method to lire the democratic breast. It Is to
lire the republican onicial.
A l-'lat failure.
JVrip I'm7'rilillKC. ? .
' "Sam" .Jones has- just tried nn interesting
experiment , lie preached a sermon without
a word of slanir In it , and it proved to be a
Hut failuie. The sinners who came to hear
him were very much disappointed and de
clared that he was "olT his nut.1
A Pointer to Objector Ilolmnn ,
ffctr rnrH ire W.
Mr. llolmnn evidently thinks that the
flowers that blosom in midwinter , tra In ,
have nothing to do with a congressman's
stern duty to keep down e\penditiues and to
cut down thu taxes. Tiie cieat objector's
objections to "Jloval tilbutes" will be par-
rtont'd If he will put the priming knife where
it will do the most coed ,
GrcHliam and Gould.
Pliita < lrli > liia Heeord.s
The couraire shown Jiy Judge CroMmm m
dealing with the swindling Wabash receiver
ship has been thooccaslon of unstinted piaise
in all parts ot the country so far as Heard
from. It has civen him a line start for Hie
presidential nomination. The people dellslit
in honest } ' . Hut It ever ho runs for president
he cannot rely on a S. > 0 , < KH > subsctintion to
his campaign fund from Mr. Jay tiould.
The AVoi-lcl.
l.Uu ir/iffl / < ri-.intoir.
The woild is a queer old fellow ,
As you journey aloneby his side.
You had hotter conceal any trouble you feel
It' you want to tickle Ids pride
No matter how heavy your bunion
Don't tell him about it , iiray ,
lie will only grow colder and slims bis
shoulder
And hurriedly walk away.
JJut carefully cover your soi row.
And the world will be your friend ,
It' only jwi'll bury your woes and ho merry
He'll cling to you clo o to the end.
Don't ask him to lift one llngi.-- !
To lighten vour burden becau > e
lie never will share it , but silently bear it
And ho will be loud with applause.
The world is a vain old follow ,
You must laugh nt his sallies of wit
No matter bow brutal , remonstrance is fullle
And frowns will not change him one whit.
And since you must journey together
Down paths where nil mortal feet go.
Why life holds more savor to keep in his
favor.
For he's an unmerciful foe.
STATE AND TEUKlTOUr.
Xchranlcn Jottings.
Platte Center pays out $2,000 , a day for
grain and hogs.
The Catholics of Hebron will build a
parochial school.
The Nebraska City distilling company
wants 100,000 bushels of corn.
Eighteen of the seventy-seven counties
of the state are under township govern
ment.
The American savings bank , capital
5100,000 , is tlio latest institution in
Ueatrico.
Some heartless farmer turned loose
three bushels of cats , all colors and sixes ,
in Schuylcr. Every backyard is now
provided \yith a double back action or
chestra.
Mrs. Kli/.abeth Titus has'sucd Beatrice
for $5,000 damage * f or permanent in juries
to her person. While out riding last
summer n cobble stone rose up Jn all its
might and struck the buggy wheel , caus
ing the horse to run away. Mrs. Titus
was thrown out and ouo of her limbs
broken.
Within a radius of ten miles of Fre
mont , faking the Herald's word for it ,
40,000 sheep are being fed for market.
They represent un Investment of $100,000.
It is further caleuli-.led that they will
munch tJOO.OOO bushels of corn , worth
? -l 1,000 ; 7,000 tons of I my , worth tf'il.OOO ' ;
' , ' 00 barrels of salt , worth $0,000.
A few days ago the thirstv boys of
Clarkson secured t\4 keg of beer from
Sclmylor and laid it Carefully away in a
patch of weeds until the shades of night
would shelter the prospective hilarity.
Just at dusk the prdcession headed for
the patch , only to lint ! the keg and its
contents hail disappeared. Iso tongue
or pen could point the lamentations of
that crowd or the ' .idling void that re
turned unfilled.
"Truthful Joetus' ' MoDonagh. of the
O'Neill Tribune , reached Omaha by spe
cial train Wednesday , nnd at onee en
tered the active listof : eiuidulaten for the
Bulgarian throne. His only rival in tlie o
parts is Dick Thompson , of Met'ook.
unfortunately the'royal antecedent of
the JDuko of Uriftwo'pd creek tire envel
oped In a fog , while the "lied Hand of
O'Neill" can trace his genealogical tren ,
through a injMu of Macs and O's to
princely stock that nilled BOUIO blood
with Brian Boruon tlieplains of Clantorf ,
Mac Donagh how soon he will doff his
derby hat and don the jeweled top-knot of
royalty. It in important , however , that
the belles and would-be queens of Holt
keep their oyvs peeled and oars unfurled
nnd watch developments on the banks of
the "bliKiMissou. '
The Nebraska State Bee keepers will
hold their next annual convention at the
lied Kibbuii hallin Lincoln , commencing
January 12,1887 , at 1.W ! i > . m. and con
tinues three days. All jiorsons.iutoreited
in , the eiiltme of bees and sulo of .honey
tire requested to be present. These meet
ings are designed to tie . .bath instructive
uud interesting , untl huve heretofore been
well attended by both ladies and gentle
men. The interest that is being mani
fested throughout the state in honey pro
duction , ami tlio low rates offered by tho.
different lines of railroads to all parties
who desire to attend , should cause a full
attendance of at le-ut all the members.
Mr. K. Krctchmer , of ( "oburg. In , will
be present and deliver an address on
"Modern Apiculture. " 1C. M. HayhurM ,
of Kansas City , and a number of others
from abroad are oNpcctid to be in at
tendance. Members ran return on one-
third fare over the B. .S : M. and Missouri
Paeillo lines by f-eeuriuc n certificate of
payment of faro lo Lincoln from the
agent of llieir station. In order to secure
the reduced rates on return trip nu-uibers
holding pucli certiliralesi must present
them to the secretary of the Bee Keepers'
associaticn at Lincoln for endorsement.
lou-n Item * .
A canning company ha becn organised
in Davenport.
The Savory Homo Hotel comnany..eapi-
lal § 1100,000 , , has been organized in Des
Moinos.
The Knights of Labor of Boone are
making it lively for thesaloon men. They
are prosecuting them to tin ; wall.
The widow of Lee Pigoll , of Kcokuk ,
Iho brakemiin who was killed by the de
railment of n freight train on the Keokuk
& St. Louis line near West Quincy la t
September , 1ms received $1,000 from the
railway company.
Swindlers have duped a number of
wealthy farmers in Union and neighbor
ing counties , by pretending to sell dress
goods at remarkably low prices in order
to advertise a new .store , bevernl tanners
paid § 75 each for goods worth $10
Lotlier Adams , a boy aged ten , who
lives near Webster City , in a boys' quar
rel on the lOlh inst. . struck his cousin ,
Walter S. Dick , aged nin c , on the temple
with his dinner pail. The blow did not
scorn very severe at the time , but in two
hours tin' boy became blind , and the next
morning he ilied , despite all medical aid
that could be had.
Dakota.
The Neal tin claims at llarncy Peak
have been sold tor illOOU. ( ,
Iu the railroad yards at Fargo one day
last week -151 caiv > were received and tWO
forwarded.
It ii claimed that a cloth peddler re
cently made ? iT)0 ( ) out of the limners of
Barnes county.
Developments at the Ella tin mine con
tinue to sliow the most satisfactory re
sult. * . The company designs .sinking
1,000 feet , and drifting on eueli level.
The horse , with saddle and bridle on ,
of Chris Hiuisen , of Deadwood , lost in
the laic bliz/.tird , has been found. It is
taken as conclusive evidence tliattho fate
of Hanson is settled , anil that the melt
ing of the snow in the spring will reveal
tlie whereabouts of the * body.
Six years ago there were but six reg
ular trains , ono mixed train daily each
way between Pierre and Huron , and one
passenger and ouo freight train each way
between Huron and Tracy , now there
are forty-four regular trains on all the
lines , At that time but thirteen locomo
tives were in use , now there are forty-five.
AVj-omiiijj. .
lleporls show that , the ranges are clour
of snow and sleek in gooa condition.
The twenty-four hour time system lias
been put in operation on the l/licycnnc it
Northern road.
The report of the public schools of
Cheyenne for IBS. " ! ( J. shows an enrollment
of 'JU ! pupils , Expenses for the coming
year are estimated at ) f23,10fi.
The author of the phrase "J am some
thing of a liar myself , " is employed on
the Laramm Boomerang , and his diurnal
yarns arc wild , wierd and wooly.
The expenses of Laramie county in
IPS , " ) were $08,003 in round numbers ,
while this year they will show a decrease
from thoao figures of about J10IOO ( ,
Cheyenne's expenses last year were
$00,000 and will amount to about Hie
same this year.
ITtali and Iilalio.
Eleven cars of choice cattle have been
shipped to Nebraska from Salt Lake , to
be winter fed.
A coal vein of promising dimensions
has been discovered fifteen milus from
Salt Lake City.
The Sunset lode at the head of Beaver
creek in the Crpur d'AIcne country has
been sold to Butte capitalists for .f 17,500.
The Peacoek , White Mountain anil
Helena mines in Washington oounty ,
Idaho , have been sold to Montana men
for ? 80,000.
Last week's shipments of ores and
bullion out from Still Lake , were Jtwenty
cars of bullion , 507,00.1 Ibs ; nine cars
silver ore , 282,500 jbs ; twenty cars lead
ore , fi82.'iO Ibs ; nine cais copper ore ,
340,800 ibsj total , fifty-eight cars , 1,021.-
US.1) Ibs. _
Tlio I'aoifln Coast.
There are 270 saloons in Oakland.
The wine cellar now being built on the
Stanford ranch inTehama county , is said
to be the largest ont ! iu the world.
A now oil well has just been discovered
at Piiento tit a depth of .100 feet. Present
prospects promise a largo yield of oil.
Washington territory built 201 miles of
railroad upon three lines during the your ,
and has now in hand under course ot con
struction about 100 miles more.
The Stin Diego Young Men's ' Christian
association has now over $20,000 pledged
for a building , a Jino corner Jot worth
$10,000 , ueing given to them in addition.
W. P. Hussell , of Uivcrsidc , has sold
his crop ot oranges on six acres of land
at $000 per aero , the buyer to tano the
fruit qu the trees. That is very good
farming and is far ahead of any urain
farming iu the other .states of the Union ,
BLUE BLOOD AND A GRINDSTONE
A AVnmlcrliiK SoIsBor-Sliai-jeiier
/'J-OVCH to ISo a Kii.siiun Count.
Jn 1871 Count Lucousky was compelled
lo lleo from liiissia oil account of politi
cal crinics. Ho found an exited home in
France , where ho was in receipt of
monthly money remittances from his
father. Lacousky Jed a very fast life in
the gay 1'iirisan capital , and among tlio
vicious habits contracted there was that
of gambling. The remittances cnt him
wore insullieient to meet hiss wants , and
ho was dnvon to desperation , writes u
coiTespoiidonUpi the Louisville Courier-
Journal. First he borrowed and then
forged. To save himself from imprison
ment ho left Franco ten years later and
oinigrated to America.
He arrived in New 1'ork almost pen
niless. in the new country he found
more hardships and troubles than ho bar
gained for. His father in lius.-iu failed in
business , and also incurred the ill-will of
tlio government authorities. He too , was
compelled to seek a home iu a foreign
country , and with hits family Jio went to
England. I'oor in fortune , ho could no
lonK'T ' sum ! remittances to Ins son , uud s-o
notified mm. The young count had now
choice of two thing ! ) work or starve.
jlo set out to find the lirat , but was not
successful. 11- * was well educated and
possessed good talent , but Now Vorl ; was
overcrowded with talented beggars , and
Lar.ousky's ' search 1'or a position as toarli-
fir of languages was in vain. Discourage-
and disheartened ho returned loJiis cheap
lodging houst ) . He was unable to sleep.
Ilr couldn't ' see where his breakfast wits
to come /ruin , vs the -In si farthing was
iiowgHio. Should heeonimitt suicide *
Doaih i.uder the circumstances would
cerlainlj be. n relief. These were the
thoughts of the count in It's ' inomopti of
despera'tion
.No. He would battle with the \vjirld
tvudoaru u Livelihood , , even il he bad jo
work u * u street stuvhigef . Hat he found
out Iho next morniiiK lliat CUMI the po
silion of street scnvingor was not to IM
had for the mere asking. Suicide agp.ii
ran through the desperate man's mind
But ho took renewed murage , and lhai
night , together with four tramps , lit
boarded n freight train on the New Vorl
and Hudson Hlvcr railroad , and twi
days later LacoiisKy found himself it
Albany.
Here IIP succeeded in cettins work as :
laborer in a railroad yard , hut on tl
third day he had the. misfortune to breal-
his leg , and was laid up in the hospitu
for three months , When ho had reeov
cred ho went baek to work , but did no !
remain long in Albany. The work wai
lee hard fur him. Froin Albany ho wenl
to Buffalo , and from the latter place Iu
\\ent to Scraiiton , Penii.
Ho worked in the rollingmill at Scran
Ion for three months ami then 'camo It
Wlllcosbarrp. Hero lie purchased .1
scissor'a grinder and can now bo seen on
our street's ' dally lurniiig the lever of hl <
machine as regularly aw clock work and
'
accepting all jobs th'at coino along , from
a butcher's cleaver down to the tiniest
pair of scissor. * . Ho is doing a gooil
business nnd seems satisfied with his po <
sition.
The count's identity was only rocomlj
revealed. lie boards at : ; public hoiiie
kepi by a Polander , and in a discussion
with a fellow-boarder the question ol
pedegree was broaehed. Tlio count's
antagonist boasted that his family wa"
of nobler origin than theficissor-grinder's ,
Tliis nettled'the Hussian , nnd throwing
oil' the garb ol a merohant , ns it were , he
went to his room and returned with a
handful of papers , whieh were the wor.-o
for pocket wear , An examination of the
] iiipirs established Lacousky's "blue-
blood' ' relationship beyond a doubt.
Tht1 fact that there is a real , live , gen
uine count iu town has excited the curi
osity of the curious , and Lacousky is a
target for till eyes , especially the eyes of
tin Indies. The count will not grind
scissors much longer. .Several wealthy
and influential citizens will take his case
in hand. Thev are convinced from con
versations had with him that ho is no
fraud , but a finely educated gentleman
ill the guise of n becgarmaii. lie. will be
given a clerkship of some kind to start
with. Ho is aged about thirty-eight.
LINCOLN'S QUEER STORY.
He Aimvors Soci-ctnry Clinso liy Toll-
iiifCii Tnlfofa Jhcnky Ship.
Aiua u U'nlker ' , a distinguished finan
cier of New Kiiglaml , had a thought that
was new. lie miirgestcd that the notes
issued directly from the government In
the people as"rurrcuey should bear in
terest. This for the purpose not only ol
making the notes popular , but for the
purpose of preventing inllation by indue-
ins : the people to hold the notes as an in
vestment when the demands of trade
failed to call them into circulation as
currency. This idea , says Don Pititt in
the North American Heview. struck Mr.
David Taylor , of Ohio"willi such foice
that he sought Mr. Lincoln iind urged
him to put the project into immediate
execution. The president lis
tened patiently , and at the
end said : "That is a coed idea ,
Taylor , but you must go to Chase. He is
running that end of the machine , and has
time In consider your proposition. " Tay
lor sought the secretary ot the treasury
and laid before him Ainasa Walker's plan.
Chase heard him through in a cold , un
pleasant manner , and then said : "That
is all very well , Mr.Tailor , but there is
one little obstacle in the way that makes
the Dlaii impracticable , and that is Ihe
constitution. " Saying this he turned to
his desk as if dismissing both Mr. Taylor
and his proportion til the moment. The
poor enthusiast felt rebuked ami humili
ated , lie returned to the president , how
ever , and reported his defeat. Mr. Lin
coln looked at llie would-be financier ,
with the. expression at times so pe
culiar to his homely face , that left ouo in
doubt as to whether he. was jesting or in
earnest. "Taylor , " ' he exclaimed , "go
back to Chase and tell him UK < " bother
himself about the t-on.stitiitioi. : . - ' . . y that
I have that sacred instrument lu-vv at the
white house , and 1 am guarding it with
great care. " Mr. David Taylor de
murred to this on the srronnd that Mr.
Chase showed by his manner that he
know all about it , and lie didn't wish to
be bored by any suggestion. "We'll see
about that , " exclaimed the presi
dent , and , taking a card from the
table , he wrote upon it : "Tlio secretary
of flic treasury will plcasn consiilur Mr.
Taylor's proposition. Wo must have
money , and 1 think this is a good way to
gel it. A. Lincoln. "
Armed with this the real father of the
greenbacks again sought the secretary ,
lie was received more politely than be
fore , but was cut short in bin advocacy of
the measure by a proposition for botli of
them to sept iho president. They did so ,
and Mr. Chase made a long and elabor
ate constitutional argument against the
uroposed measure. "Chaso , " said Mr.
Lincoln , after the secretary had con
cluded , ' 'down ' in Illinois I was held to'je '
a pretty good lawyer , and i belieyo I
could answer every point you have made ,
but I don't feel called upon to do il. This
thing reminds me of a story I read in a
newspaper the other day. It was
of an Italian captain who
ran ins vessel on a rock and
knocked a hole in her bottom. Ho set
his men lo pumping , and he went to
pno'er.s before it iiguiii of the Virgin in
I bo bow .of the ship. The leak gained on
thc.m. It looked at hwt as if llio vessel
would go down with all on board. The
captain , nt length , in u lit of rage at not
having his prayers answered , seized the
ligtirooftho Virgin and threw it over
board. Suddenly the leak : stopped , tlio
water wits puiuued out , and tlie vessel
got btifeJy into port , \Vlmn docked for
repairs the statue of the Virgin Mury
was found stuck head foremost in tlio
hole. "
"I don't see , Mr , President , the pre
cise application of your story , " said Mr.
Chase ,
"Why , Chase , 1 don't intend pi rcLscly
to throw the Virgin Mary overboard , and
and by that I mean the constitution , hut
1 will stick it m the hold if I can. ' 1 liese
rebels are violating the constitution to
destroy the uuion ; 1 will vjoluto the con -
Btilution , if iieeessr.ry , to save the union ;
nnd 1 suspect , l/Jitvso , that our constitu
tion Is a going to have a rough time ol it
In-fore AVi'get done with tins row. Now ,
what I want to know is whether , c-oiiititu-
lion aside , this project of issninijiiilerest-
Iwring iiuliis is ti good one. "
"I must say , " responded Mr. Chann ,
"that , with the exception you make , it
.s'not only a good one , but the only way
open to us to raise money. Jf you say
so , I will do my best to put it into imme
diate and praetieal operation , and you
will never hear from me any opposition
on tliis Mibji-ct. "
Uiiui > i < : Jiy Olio Tool All Jay.
New York Times..John Schinniling ,
Sr. , of Port Chester , is a fanner about
eighty years old. On Fdda.v ho nuido an
ittempt to commit tmicido , which resulted
very queerly. JJo hud buon doapondi-ut
of lute , and that morning lokl his ianuly
: hat ho wus going to kill himself , lie
mil mudu the t.iinio threat before , so they
tlaoed illtle rulium-t ; vii wnat he said.
He was in cannot , however , mid
: o u small piece .of woods , near wltt-re
J'heodore lloll'tmm killed the Jlebrow
peddler , Murks , he bout down u sapling
and tied a pit-eo of rope to il. In the
other end of the rope ho tind n noi c
and while pulling down on the ropiihp'
nee o caught about his right fool. Just
: it that moment the rope slipped through
his iiundii and ho went sky w > ; n ! , bunging
by his rigid foot. When ho rebounded
Ins. hands just -touched tlio .ground , p.ut
ho could not lihenilu lilniM-Jf lii Hiis
manner no King ( rom 10 in the morning
until ( i in t1 ( nvi-ning. wntn < : c w us
found uiul nHd - l -tu-arlj tuvtl.
Unola Ruftw Hatch Talks of tha Tendency
of tlio Times.
foiifloHilntlon nncl Centralization ninl
tlto ItcMilt A. OlowliiR IMcturo
of tlio Immediate I'll turner
or America. ;
The first consolidation of corporations
iu this country of any magnitude say ?
Unelo Unfits llalch in llio Now York
Star was that of nine corporations cre
ating the Now lor I : Central railroad
from Albany , Troy , Syracuse ami Koch-
osier lo Btillalo and Ningnri Falls. This
does not Include the Hudson river and
the Harlem , which look place In 180S.
The consolidation took plaeo In June ,
1858 , and the first meeting was hold at
Niagara l-'ulls. They had a special train
lo gather the stockholders together. The
switches were spiked to prevent acci
dent. They went with such rapidity
twenty miles tin hour that the people
ran out at each station to see
them go by. Kv-ovcrnor ! Hunt
presided. Ono of our great
est men , William * II. Sownrd , made the
speech to the proprietors of the differ-
out interests on this occasion. There H
bid one man ahvo of the directors or
trustees to-day , and one who has been
Identified wllii the great growth of the
railroad and the prosperity of this conn
try. His naiuo us a financier lias been
used as often In financial transactions as
any man in this country. Ho has never
repudiated on tin obligation even a put
or a call , which , aeeowllng to law , could
not be collected when there were mil
lions and millions ugains ! him. Many a
ioke him been printed at his expense.
KusM'll Sage is tlto only trustee alive of
that lir.it consolidation of railroad inter
est.
Nothing more in this line transpired.
until a little before , n littln after , or per -
liapfi about the saino time that they at-
attempted to break up the consolidation
of tlio stales. The first lo consolidate
were the railroad companies. The Lake
Shore it Michigan Southern , the Galena
& Northwest , Pennsylvania & Fort ,
Wayne , St. Paul & Prairie du Chien , and
so un Ihe consolidation has continued.
Then came the Standard Oil company
and the coal companies. Without gointr
into detail , we will jump at a few of tlio
recent ones. There is the American
Cottonseed Oil company ami Iho steel
rolling mills. Now comes the consoli
dated flour interest of Minnesota , which
htm been talked" about for two years in
what is known nsthoMillcrs' association.
They eness what the price "of Hour will
be , and thus fix the price of the farmer's
wheat. This will ultimately be carried
out , and every Hour mill 111 Iho United
States will belong lo ono association.
To-day we find ourselves in the midst of
a consolidation of laboring men.
One hundred and sixty-nine fire insur
ance companies in t'jis ' city have entered
into n compact arranging for the rates of
insurance on risks , and later on wo may
expect all these lire insurance companies
to consolidate into one , with a capital of
! } ] ( i ! > ,000,00 ( ) , more or less , Thin would en
able a man who wants jo be insured
against Ihv lo get areduclioii in the rates ,
'J here will bo 153 presidents , vice-presi
dents , secretaries , and all their et cclcrux ,
looking for another situation , which they
probably can Iind in Honduras , ditrnimr
dirt at 1'at Donau's intoroeciiniit railroad
at twenty-live cents a day and board , w'lji
Ktt-wed lizards for breakfast and monkey
tricas e for supper. Besidestlie above
named ollicors , there will be the directors ,
who an- now getting ffZ for every meeting
they attend.
We may presently c\pcct to hear of the
consolidation of the print factories. The
calico , the gingham mills , and , in fact ,
cverylhinir thai is made of cotton , will 1m
under one management. The woolen and
knit factories will also consolidate.
The pork packers of Cliiengo have en
tered into u compact lo pack llieir hops
into merchandise and lo hire llieir men
under certain conditions , whiuh means
nothing more no less than this : There will
be but ouo great pork-packing house in
the United States. Their capital will bo
$2no,000,00 ( ) , ot perhaps SOUO.OOO.OOO ,
and Mr. Armour will probably
bo the president. All the other
pork-packers will bo the vice-
presidents and the assi tant vice presi
dents. The only dilllctilty is to fix 1ho
price of the hogs and the number Unit
are willing to come to thn market per
annum. By changing the constitution
of the United States , some special legis
lation at Washing will be necccsary to
settJo this hog question. How many
should bo raised pur annum , and how
many should bo soul to the market.
This consolidation will continue. Wo
will have but one club and one hairpin
nnnufaotory ; one banking house and ono
gtoaniKhip enmpany , with three steamers.
One to go by electricity and carry thu
nails , TJtp two other * are to go by
steam , the ono carrying Ibe first and second
end class cabin passengers and the other
o carry the emigrants. All thu tirst
ihibSBfeamers of the present day will
hen be known as "trumps , " under some
other name.
There will be but one importer , who
vill supply us with hash mid curled hair :
ono Chinese laundry and one member of
-ongressj one aumjuv furniture outnb-
islnnclil ; one sawdust mill and ono buzz-
saw manufactory ; one museum of art
ind grand peanut stand ; one axle
grease manufactory and one judge , 'I ho
iioro you tliiuli of it the happier you be
come.
There will be but one newspaper editor
juct OIK ; onion patch , Thai would dnin-
oinid Iho Irishman. There will be but
ono sailor , ono soldinr and one custom
louse ollieer. This would mirnrlso Iho
' 'reuehman. There would be but ono
ewslmrp , one hand orj/ati , one negro
nint-ti'c ! mid ono great sled yacht. That ,
vonld iiHtonish the JMigiihlnuan. Ail thu
olugraph coiiiimiiif * would bo boile.d
lown with the Western Union , and every-
jody would bo supremely happy. All the
elopliotif companies and iho insane : ny-
mm will e.ventui'lly ' tiojiKolidate. Ju
act , all trade , commerce , iiiaiinfu"luri-s ,
noraU and manners ujll be bulled clown
nlo one great consolidation.
TJmre will be but one wheat buyer , ono
.ollon bujer and one Hour buyer , There
vill be a man to buy inflow nnd one 10
ell cleomargtirinc. "m life ii
soiupaiiy and ono iigcnt and the
lens to liu rebated lo iii | > premium pajcr * .
fl.cro will he but one ihoep raiiish uml
one lngi-r beer saloon i'hw more jou
hink uf this Din drier you become. There
vill be one church , unr minister , and on < >
great sermon , that Will bo telegraphed
o nil by thn inhabitants of thiw world by
ho Western I nion Telegraph Cojnpany
'he board of directors lo be made up of
ho diffnivnl denominations , to make u
.oiiJ | > nnni ( ! on theology , so wo know
vhero ttu are when wo go to bleep.
Captain Shaw of the London fire do-
mrimoul. who figures to prominently in
ho Campbell divorce case , js wet j > ub-
ilar with the iiri-iucu "f America. Ho
.us miidf several \isils to this couutiy ,
jiil Jiis < ; rroti'-iical nnuiuors und offensive
ompumun * Jiavu lufl a bud
A lot of aboul fifty .so-called "moon-
hinc. " distillers have Just bmn bronchi
nlo Cvv.'ligto.n. Ry. , Iroin Whitney and
( nox count ios by United .Status deputy
uandials , among > vhoui are Uiu'or iwclvo ,
voini'u ono of tiicm. JV'jtli twin babiey
tU'Jioiir ' oUiorfj wltu ulttifoy apiece , H ol
hem at tUe lirvist. :
