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Ueo I'ubllMilDircompnny , that the actual nv-
rrneo datlv circulation of the IMllv Hee for
tlio mouth of Kubmarv , 1880was 10,51)5 ) copies ;
for March. 16SO , 11,637 entiles ; for April ,
1S50 , 12,101 copies : lor for May , IbSfl. l'J,489
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October , 18bfi , 12,0i9 copies ; for November.
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copies for January , 1S87.10,200 copies.
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( SKA ! . . I N. P. FKII. . NolanPublic. .
THE contractors' charter will not bo
saddled upon tlio people of Omaha ,
rattled rhetoric to llio contrary notwith
standing ,
SKXATOU INGALLS is less dangerous as
president jiro tcm of the senate than as
iobbyist-in-chiof for the railroads on the
lloor of tl > o chamber.
TIIK flepublicun has an article headed
"A Cnso of Blackmail. " Editors arc sup
posed to write most fluently ubont sub
jccts with which thoj' are most familiar.
Cut1 lien HOWE was n saint in the eyes
of the Kentucky swashbuckler until ho
failed to deliver live senatorial votes.
John Sahlcr is now n very bad egg. For
further particulars , sco another column.
v bogus and weaic insurance con
cern doing business in tlio state is op
posing Senator Mciklejohu'8 bill to regu
late insurance and to protect policy
holders. This is all the more reason why
tlio measure fiiii.w \
consideration.
A TURK which , according to itV'rings , "
counted up nn ago of upwards of ! 3,000
years , was felled recently In the Ltvonian
village of Kokonberg , Germany. A mu
nicipal tree called Omaha will boat this
record in "rings" if the contractors are.
permitted to amend , the charter to suit
their private ends.
PIHTCHKTT has received a temporary
iippointmont as U. S. district attorney
fill interim. As Pritclictt has insisted
right along that it was tlio title and not
the pay of the oilico he was after be
ought to bo more than satisfied , fn the
temporary appointment , the ad interim
is thrown in without extra charge.
A MiciiuiANDKii who lives nt Vermont-
villo stretched u pair of tight boots by
filling them with raw beans and wator.so-
curoly closing the tops and leaving the
beans to.swoll. This is only excelled by
tin envious coutompory which is trying
to stroteh its circulation by filling it with
wind without plugging up the holes in
the hide.
THE opposition to the selection of Gen
eral Koifor , of Ohio , as the orator at tliu
unveiling of the ( Jarliold monument at
Washington Uity next May is very earn
est , and the contention is creating a good
deal of feellnjr. It Is charged that the
committee making the snlocilon had no
authority to do so , and iu action will
probably bo set aside by the society of
. the Army of the Cumberland , under
vhoso ausnlcos the monument has boon
erected. Jt was certainly nn ill-advised
o'lolce , made more apparent by the fact
> . . . , -Hiit Koifcr docs , not atop contention by
declining to act.
Titinn : Is food for reflection to sorrow
ing bachelorhood in u newspaper item
which utr.tes that the four daughters of
Ignatius Higgin , of Mudisnn county , 111. ,
not only make their own dresses and
other clothing , but spin and weave the
cloth of which they are made from raw
cotton and wool. Mr. KIggin Is a rich
man , rated worth $250,000 , and his
daughter ) are protly , intelligent , and ac
complished. They live luxuriously in a
handsome house , expansively und taste
fully furnlshod. Homo-made nggin' Is
the fudior'ti hobby , and the girls sensibly
indulge him in It. "What wives they
would mnko I'1
ACCOKUINU to the Now York Times ,
Van Wyek's departure from the sonata
will bo mourned over by the enemies of
jobbery , "Thero Is a considerable com
fort , " says the 7Y ies , "in having a sen
ator who has BO little objection in , Mr.
Van Wycu to getting himself disliked
by asking tronblesoino questions ,
anil ! t f2 a pity wo are to
lese him so soon. It is evident ,
htflYWri that ho means to cxurciso
his curiosity until his term actually cx'-
plrtu , ViMcrday ho exposed a proposed
"junket" by the select committed on In-
tl-ui ; traitorshlp-i. This committee has
existed for nine months without so much
as holding u meeting , and its members
now propose thut they shall spend the
summer traveling ut tlio public uxpcnsu
whcroovor they hko , with power to soud
for persons and pupoM , , It is a rather ,
melancholy comment upon the condition
of the senate that .Mr. Van VVyok's ex-
posurc of the project did not avail to de
feat it ; but it no doubt reconciled tliu
members of the committee on Indian
tradersbips to the fuct that they are to
IQUH ii rl with the
I The. Htght Men Not Knslly Found.
Thereis reason to belloro that the
president will have no little difficulty in
obtaining for llio inter-slate commerce
commission just the kind of men which
it is presumed ho desires , and which the
country expects him to select. It is ob
viously desirable that the commission
shall have no hack politicians in it.
Chronic place-hunters , such as the great
majority of those who have sent in their
applications , should have no considera
tion. They hayo no claim upon the pub
lic confidence and would not receive it.
Very few of them are at all fitted for the
duties and responsibilities of the position.
Practical men , having experience of
affairs , and of unquestioned character
and ability , who will bo superior to any
inlluciice or prejudice , should compose
the commission , and the selection of such
men is far more necessary now , when
the law is being put on trial and the cor
porations will spare no effort to make
capital against it from any defects which
maj be found , than will bo the case in the
future , when the system is made as nearly
as oossiblo perfect In lU operation , and
its permanence Is assured.
Hut this clans of men available for such
service are not so nu morons as would at
first thought bosupposod. They are either
well provided for with much more
profitable business , or are In circum
stances that onablu them to decline a
task which if faithfully attended to can
not fail to bo arduous. The law requires
that a memboi' of llm commission sluill
Hot engage in any other business , voca
tion or employment. The men are nol
numerous of the most desirable class for
this commission to whom a salary of
? 7,000 a year and traveling expenses will
bo an Inducement to give up all oilier
business , vocation or employment , and
yet the members ot the commission
would doubtless have little lime to give
to anything else. The president is known
lo have tendered a position on the com
mission to only two persons ex-Senator
Thurman , of Ohio , and Andrew D. White ,
ex-L'residimt of Cornell university both
of whom declined , Neither could have
accepted without a personal sacrifice.
The law practice of .huigo Thurman
doubtless yields him an annual income
throe or four limes the amount of tlio
salary ho would receive as a commis
sioner , and with much less labor. Ho-
sides , the travel that would bo incident
to the service would not bo congenial to
him. Mr. White declined for business
reasons , and not without some thought of
the laborious duties that will bo involved.
Referring to the matter ho said : "Tho
man who accepts the position of com
missioner under the inter-state commerce
bill with the expectation of having noth
ing to do will be disappointed. The du
ties will require most of his time and in
volve ramifications that can scarcely bo
conceived of. " These examples suggest
the difficulty the president may find in
making the commission what the people
expect it to be , and the possibility of his
being compelled to take politicians out
of service and with nothing in view more
profitable than the salary of a commis
sioner.
mini's the Fort ,
(
Our Washington dispatch of Saturday
reported that the democrats of the house
wore in a state of revolt against Randall ,
but while they could talk freely they were
otherwise helpless. Mr. Randall is re
peating the same tactics which , as chair
man of the appropriations committee , ho
has invariably practiced , and which the
democrats not favorable to his methods
have shown themselves unable to pre
vent. At-tho beginning of the present
congress a change of the rules was ef
fected at the instance of Carlisle and
Morrison with the object of defeating the
plans and weakening the power of Ran
dall , but that astute and tireless politician
found a way to nullify the work of his
opponents , which at the close of the first
session he put into elfcct with complete
success. He showed himself then by
long odds the most skillful and adroit
loader among the democrats , carrying
his point with a contingent of only thir
ty-four democrats who yielded to him ab
solute obodleneo , Ho is operating in the
same line now , and with the promise
of equal success. His whole interest
is in the appropriation bills , and
having delayed tliosn to the last days of
the session , notwithstanding tlio appar
ent zeal with which they worn woritod
upon during the holiday rucessso as to con
voy the impression to the country that they
were not to bo allowed to obstruct other
business , ho arbitrarily pushes everything
else out of the way for the bills of which
ho has charge , ana is thus enabled to de
feat measures ho docs not favor. How
ever selfish and unscrupulous Mr. Ran
dall may be , ami nobody doubts that as
politician he is both , ho is easily the slick
est manager among the democrats of the
house.
Canadian Mosstmoklsm tVInn ,
Late returns from the Canadian elec
tions prove that the victory of Sir John
Macdouald and the conservative party
last week was overwhelming. It was a
Waterloo for tha liberals. The Domin
ion parliament contains 311 members , In
the body recently dissolved , the conserva
tives had 1)9 ! ) members , ami the liberals
seventy-two. The Rio ] excitement in
Quebec , the falling oil1 in Canadian trade ,
the heavy liberal majorities in the recent
provincial elections and various other
causes contributed to crcato an almost
universal Impression thai the conserva
tive majority would bo nearly
or wholly wiped out on Tues
day. Rut the results us shown
prove that in spite of adverse conditions
Sir John's hold upon the Dominion B
almost as strong as It was in the zenith
of his power. Of the 200 members
elected 110 are conservatives , seventy-
scon liberals and seven independents.
The independents were elected in con
servative divisions , and will support the
ministry in its general policy. Of the
eleven members yet to bo elected nine
are conceded to the conservatives and two
to the llbprals. This shows a conserva
tive majority o ! flfty.tUWj counting the
indepniulonts on that side , and of lliirfy-
nine on any question in which tho.v vote
with the liberals , On the strength of the
victory thus won Sir John can now shako
hands with Jiismarck. Hut both ewe a
great deal uf their suuco * * to the Catholic
vote , Hoth made the Issue practically
ono of absolutism.
K Canadian view of the fisheries dis
pute differs in some respects not only
from the United StiUvi View , but also
from the British view. The Toronto
Ulobe , und o.thor Canadian papers , for in
stance , criticise the homo government
for its attitude in regard to the matter , ,
quite as sharply as they inveigh asalnst
this country. The Globp of Thursday
said"It is evident that the Dominion
must soon bo engaged in a very serious
effort to preserve her rights against
aggressors on the ono hand and against
llio pusillanimity of Downing si-cot on
the other. " There is some evidence , it
says , that "tho men now in power at
Ottawa are prepared to surrender on any
basis that may bo satisfactory to the
Uritish authorities. "
A Victory Kor the Colored tllnn.
For some time past the serious question
whether or not colored students should
be admitted to Chattanooga university , a
Methodist Kpiscopal institution , has been
agitating the councils of that denomina
tion. The Methodist church has 400,000
members in the southern states about
equally divided between whites and
blacks. When the university was estab
lished there were applications for schol
arship by colored students. The matter
of granting ( ho appllimis admission wao
never finally decided , At the last session
of the national conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church , held In t'ldludcl-
nhla , a special board was appointed to
consider the question of admitting col
ored students to the university , and the
mooting of this board , held at Cincinnati ,
seems to have noun precipitated by the
recent refusal of ono of the university to
shako liamta with a colored minister of
Ins o\vil \ vhurclu
The special board , twenty of its twenty-
one members being in attendance , decided
that no applicant to the Chattanooga uni
versity should bo limited admittance to
the institution on the grounds of "race ,
color , or previous condition of servi
tude ? . " It is also emphatically de
manded that the local board of
directors of the university ask for
and insist on the immediate resigna
tion of the member ot tlio faculty who
refused to shako hands with his church
brother on account of his color. These
conditions must bo complied with within
sixty days , anil failure to do so will re
sult in llio board of mauagor.s notifying
the trustees of the univornily of the ter
mination of the contract. Tins very
proper action marks an advance which
cannot bo too heartily commended. Its
Immediate consequences doubtless will
not be to tlio advantage of the university ,
but the church , with a membership iu
tne south about equally divided between
whites and blacks , and while seeking
and accepting the latter into its fold ,
could not permit Ron.sidcrations of pres
ent expediency to outweigh the obvious
requirements of justice and stand
against the majority sentiment of thn
age. Kvun though the university should
have none but colored students , the duly
of the church to take the position it has
done on this question was plain. To have
dona otherwise would have boon a relleu-
tion upon its Christian character.
Tun silo selected in Jackson Park.
Chicago , for the final resting place of
General Logan , is one of the most pic
turesque and beautiful to bo found in
the several line parks of that city , and
when a suitable monument , shall have
beSTi erected there its attractiveness wfll
bo greatly increased. It is a proper con
dition of the arrangement that the re
mains of Mrs. Logan shall rest be.sido
those of her husband. The monument
above the tomb of the dead soldier will
commemorate his military career , and its
expense will be berne largely by the
members of the ( Jrand Army of the Re
public. It is understood that the Army
of llio Tennessee will providn for the
erection of a Logan equestrian statue at
Washington.
STATK AND TKIUUTOUY.
Nebraska Jot.tlncH.
Ashland is now pulling for a street
railroad.
"Cub , gentle spring , cthoral mildness ,
cub hither quick ! "
Rushvlllo has nlattcd a five aero ceme
tery , neatly mounded.
McKay's elevator at Friend burned
down Saturday morning.
Rushvillians who talk waterworks
color the breath with lemon peel.
Hastings is negotiating for the incan
descent system of electric lights.
A mm : named Kalc.y , living in Red
Willow county , was caught under a fall
ing tree and lost a leg.
The body of an unknown man was
found in a freight car at Talmagu last
week. The unfortunate was loaded and
went off.
Frumont claims to have sent the lartrost
delegation to the Patti concert. The
claim is rejected and the pennant awarded
to PlutUjinouth.
Work lias commenced on the proposed
extension of the ICIklmrn Vidloy road.
The stakeholders and drivers moved out
from Fremont last week.
Red Willow county docs not bank
heavily on coal veins in that region , but
she trots out u lead minu three leagues
ahead of anything in the state.
Gonrgo Stambaugh , a former resident
of Ashland , was frox.cn to death nour
Julesburg , Colo. , during the late storm ,
Ho loaves a wife and ono child ,
The authorities of Wahoo have boon
asked to tame the wild character of Sun
day observances there. The animal
might bo transplanted in tlio proposed
Lincoln y.oo.
Tlio loading hotel at O'Noill ' has sc-
cured at great expense a clerk with a
hundred dollar diamond. The town is
never backward on style , polish or
brilliancy of enterprise.
A lively lire warmed Chadron Saturday
morning , and riishod through town with
the uncoil of an approurlation bill in the
legislature. A moderate calculation
places tliu loss at 925,000.
The North western Miller , of Minne
apolis , contains complimentary mention
of the Nebraska Millers' association ,
its members , ] purpose and prospects.
President White impressed the reporter
as the whitest mnn In the state , with his
apron on ,
The Rising City Independent declares
that mciii In that vicinity squander their
time and credit in draping their "shapo. "
This Is ono of the dubious blesslnc * of
evolution. A few generations ago'nlno
tailors were required to make a man ,
Ono is ample siilHcionay nowadays ,
Frontier county Js torn in two by a
county scat war. Stockvillo and Curtis
are tlio candidates. The former is backed
by central ioeatjon and numerical
strength , the latter by UiS H , & M. Town-
site company. The rebellion is limited
in area but red-hot , J3oycoltmff and
bulldozing have been resorted to , and at
last accounts there was an elegant chance
for a funeral.
The South Omaha and Papiilion Times
is the latest dual addition to the ranks.
K. O , Muyfield promises to hold the
stock yards end of the concern , and tlio
Hancock liros. will do the coarao handwriting -
writing m the seat of Saruy county.
This Will materially Aid in bringing
Papiilion within smelling range of tho.
stock yards and stiffen the price of lots.
The Farmers' union , of Oakland , has
commenced driving noils in thu colliu of
th& elevator1clfqud thereabouts. The
foundation of tha union is the grave1
stone of middlemen , and their profits and
measurements no logger stand between
the producer and his just dues. The first
effect of llio revolution is an advance of
4 cents n bushel in the prlco of corn.
Hero's to the union forever.
The Ord Democrat has made public a
mild and mellow chunk of advltts "to
Grovcr Cleveland , president of the United
States , Unar sir and fellow citizen. " The
Grcolcy County Statesman wants Sam
Randall chopped down and cut oil' from
patronage as a traitor to the larilf plank
of Iho democratic platform. This is the
essence of the desire of nine-tenths of the
democratic papers of the state , but Sam
uel clings to tlio president's ear and pil
lows Iil3 head on fat commiss or.s. Spare
your lungs , brethren , and bring forlli.tho
black list.
ThcMoDotiaugh of O'Neill clings to ( ho
champion belt of Holt county and re
bukes familiarity and pretension with
dukes as deadly as n mule's hcol in
action. liver since the Mac strode
through the streets of O'Noill , with
thumbs in his armpits and a galling
nestling peacefully on his hip. white-
winged peace hovered near , but tliu horizon
zen continued ominous and lurid , Mean-
tlmo Mathews , of the Free Press.
cultivated a loooness of lung and
tumbling n ditty that in Hated iiU head
beyond the limited dimensions of his hat
band. Ono round was sufficient to re
duce the swelling and wrlnj ; from his
bruised mug the wailing ery , "For
mercy's sak , let up. " Kyu witnesses
test that Matthews tU'Ver tt.yp.LWl US
racefully as vi6M ! ho ImrWl ins chin
May's maulers. Ills p citors
wore neatly draped and hi. ; smi'ller
wrapped in court plaster. The manly
art is progressing.
The railroad spotter has long sincn
earned tin modal as UicQmonncit creat
ure that crawls on the earth or rides on
a free iwas. Ho mortgages Ins soul on
accepting the job , and devotes his on-
orgius and narrow gunge mind to
plotting , datamation and devilment. No
honest and faithful employe is safe from
the contagion of his vile breath. Sus
picion and dishonesty veils his vision.
He moves in byways and shade vs , and
dreads the sunlight. His hand shields
the stiletto with which he stabs his vic
tim m the back , and his footsteps are
those of the thief ami assassin. His work
is masked in the archives of the Head
quarters and rarely sees tlio liuht of pub
lic print. A fiv weeks ago .two of this
class worn kicked out of a job , and we
note the fact with considerable pleasure.
Two faithful engineers on thn North
Plattc division of the Union Pacific were
chosen victims. The charges of incom-
potency and ago wcro made against
them , but a thorough iuvesti < ration proved
them false and groundless. Tlio engineers
were reinstated and the spotters bounced
instnntcr. Give them u boost down
grade. _
IOVV.1 ItCIIIH.
The spring campaign is already on.
The Horiidon gas well is a lurid suc
cess.
cess.The
The bnlvation army has attacked DCS
Monies.
Servant girls arej scarce and pert in
Ilurlinglon.
The sexes in Davenport are pairing at
a rapid rate. '
Otlumwii exorcises her drunks and va
grants on a stone pile.
A barrel and tub factory is a late addi
tion to Sioux City enterprise.
The Catholics of Mason City are build
ing another parochial school.
Might weddings were performed in DCS
Mpines Tuesday of Jasf week. ,
The big distillery at Dos Monies has
linen plugged by jetty constables and
blackmailers ami will be moved to some
other city.
R. 1 $ . Flonnikcn has offered to build a
$10,000 fifty-barrel roller mill at Marcus ,
providing the citi/uiis subscribe to ? 7i 00
worth of stock.
The butchers of Hurlimrton have car
ried to the supreme court the contest over
a city ordinance forbidding the peddling
of meat on the streets of that city.
S'itc Auditor Lyons is now engaged in
investigating the insurance companies of
Iowa to ascertain if any of them are ac
cepting business from other states
through brokers and without compliance
with the laws in such states.
To the State library has just been added
a work of creat beauty and value , the
History of Rome , by Victory Duruy , an
edition do luxo , handsomely bound and
finely illustrated. It consists of twelve
volumes and makes an important addi
tion to the library.
Prof. Parker , of KcoKnk , has invented
a geographical and musical ohavt which
ho intends to patent and place upon the
mnrkot in the cast. On ono side is a map
of the United States and on the other a
musical composition. It is constructed
of various sincd pieces of wood and the
puzzle is to so arrange them that they
will form n perfect map.
Dakota.
The hog crop Is short in southeastern
Dakota.
A double wedding and six babies is
Kimball's ' record for the past week.
Wood thieves arc so numerous at Deadwood -
wood that powder has been planted in
the wood piles
Local and traveling nurserymen report
largo sales of trees for spring delivery in
the lilack Hills country ,
A purchaser has been found in New
York for thu Spoarlish water works bonds
and the plant will be built as soon as
possible.
The Aberdeen public schools have an
enrollment of J00 ! since the January term
oogan. The high school will graduate a
class of six at the end of the school year.
In tlw > business , of the ten United States
land nlliccs in the territory , as reported
to the commissioner on immigration ,
1837 opens with a less acreage of public
land newly entered , but a larger area ao-
quired by final proof dining January than
the previous year. There wtiro lour min
eral applications and tour mineral entries
recorded in thu Dendwood land ollico.
B ro .a Metnoas In 1 < 11113,1 ? ,
To the Editor of the Bui : ; May I oc
cupy a small space in your columns to
explain olio railroad method of bull
dozing the farmers to obtain right of way
and part of their farms at their own
price. After voting subsidy aid and giv
ing bonds for several thousand dollars
the work of grading Is under headway.
The right ot way men employed by the
railroad company come and settle with
part of the farmers , where tlio damage is
very light , by giving them $20 per aero
for the amount of hind used in grading
on the side of the farm close to the sec
tion line ; but tli ore their work seems to
bo completed , Where the line damages
orchards , yards and farms to a consider
able uxtent the county judge appoints
three railroad men to act as commission-
nrs , who ride along the highway assessing
damages us low as $ lfj per acre and con
demning from twelve to sixteen
acres lying between suiit railroad
track and section line at the same
price , depositing the amount in the
county treasurer's oluco for acceptance or
appeal within ten days. All this is being
done while the farmers are waiting for
ttio eommiesionors , who make it a. very
private matter. 'If not discovered within
ten davs tha farmer is compelled to ac
cept tlfoir oOor. In behalf of the farming
community 1 would ask , is this justice ?
Is it lawt And can a mun have no will
iiisaying for jyjjat and { 9 wlipm Jij gl\nll \
sell his idnd that ho has earned by the
sweat-of his brow ? Somo-of mv neigh
bors have sued for dumat'es. When the
matter is settled you-iuay'hcar from ino
again , A VICTIM IN
LYNCniNCS IN IEADYIUE.
Two Timely Hangingos by Vigilants for the
Sake of Peace ,
REFORMING ! REVOLVER RULE
Jim ProdsJinm's PcrocloiiH Fight for
Jjlfo Sail Fate of a "Tcmloi-
foot" Wclril Sccnn In ft Onll.
Days Gone By.
Matt Rlx in How York Star : When
the first and only lynching hi the camp
occurred I was llio cll.v editor of a pre
tentious daily in Lcadvllle. Everybody
was so busy digging out silver or other
wise making money that ho hadn't time
to give his personal attention to needed
reforms. Pat Kelly was chief of police.
He was distinguished for the political
virtue so reverenced in modern times of
standing by his friends. Anil ho had
many. " 1 % Kd Burns , " the Chicago
outlaw , was his Pythias. Burns' vlcl'ms '
arc more numerous to tradition than
these of either "Bat11 Mastcrson or
"Doc" . ' saloon
Halliday. Kelly's on
State street was the rendezvous of an in
comparable gang when the notorious
Jim Frodsham. of Wyoming , came to the
Cnp : , and nil around it were duns
crowded with confidence men , pick
pockets and highwaymen. Up and
down the street a thousand Itinerant bull
and mule whackers caroused every night
parting with sense and purse before
morning. Lcadvllle rapidly bceame the
mecca of robbers as well us murderer ? .
Young men of shiftless ways and good
connec-tions in the cast weie insensibly
drawn into the vicious swim.
TKNl iilFOOT : 1-OOTPAD3.
Among these was Charles Stewart , a
fair-haired youth eighteen years old.
Impoverished and friendless , ho ono day
met a congenial highwayman , who
opened up to Him the possibilities of the
road agent profession , and Stewart
joined it , scarcely realizing the cravity
of tlio step. The footpad became the
picturesque success of the hour. Ho
was unrecognizable by day and omni
present by night. Citizens wcro "held
up" in the very glare of the gasljghts ,
until no man who had a cabin distant
from the center of the camp was consid
ered of sound mind if he du ! not take the
middle of the road alter Biinsct , with
pistol in hand , and run at the first sound
of a footfall.
Meanwhile Frodsham had found an
exceedingly profitable pursuit. 'Within
a few weeks ho had earned lor himself
the distinction of being the most intrepid
lot jumper that ever contested the sovereign
eign right of a squatter in Colorado.
Under the shelter of a legal controversy
between the settlers and the owners of
the mining domain , he was driving people
ple from their houses at the point of the
shotgun , and selling the titles which he
assumed to the highest bidder. His dar
ing appalled every one with whom ho
came in contact. When the c.vodus was
tardy ho shot , and often with effect.
KKAL KSTATE DOOM.
Lots 25x100 feet wcro increasing in
value from $200 to $ , " 00 : i week. The city
site was originally two placer claims ,
owned respectively by virtue of purchase
by Stevens & Loiter of the iron mineand
the Harrison .Smelting works. The
squatters maintained tlmj tlio mining laws
1M rol Vest llio rigliWf mete liie Super
ficial area in tlio owners of a placer
tract which was not to all practical in
tents and purposes , a placer mine , and
set up possession as nine points of the
law , which they obeyed. The purchasers
contended that the good faith of their in
vestments and the undoubted placer
qualities of the gravel underlying the
city amplified their titles. The wealthier
speculators of Lendvillc , advised by the
local leading authorities , supported the
syndicate owners to the extent of buying
lot claims at $23 each , with the remote
chance in many instances of securing
possession. Among those investors were
ox-Senator Tabor ; his fiduciary agent at
that tunu , William 11. Bush ; Simon 1-oss ,
now a cattle king in Indian territory ;
Hunter & Trimble , the bankers , and any
number of merchants on the two main
thoroughfares. The history of the bloody
war that ensued would make a volume of
tragedies.
AT Tin : nr.voi.vr.u's MUZZLI : .
One morning , In front of the Clarendon
hotel , Bush's brother killed a young man
named Arbucklo , n nephew of ex-Chief
Justice Miller , in a quarrel over a lot
which Rush claimed to have purchased ,
and upon which Arbucklo had built u
shanty in tlio night , liusli sold the lot
not many days afterward for some
thing like iJG.OOU. Its cost , additional to
the human life , was $25. The machinery
of the sheriff's and city marshal's ollico
was employed to oust thu squatters.
There wcro no legal proceedings in the
dispossession ; everything w.ts deliber
ately done at the revolver's muzzle. Ono
resisting squatter was killed by Deputy
Sheriff Miller , rtiid Miller was speedily
acquitted. Ho celebrated the event ono
night by ' 'snulling ' the lights" in a dance
luUl und sending a bullet through an in
nocent bystander. All this timol-rodsham
and the wild Irishman , Mike Mooncy ,
were jumping lots , regardless whether a
millionaire or pauper held the proprietary
interests. Something decisive had to bo
dono. Lot jumping anil highway rob
bury must bo stopped. So tlio specula
tors , capitalists and merchants quickly
formed : i vigilant committee. Tha big
gest men in the camrJ were its active promoters
meters and its adherents to the last. Ono
hundred black cloaks and masks had been
niado by the wives of some of the mem
bers , when a startling event disturbed thfc
prosy life of a Herman barber named
Bockhouscr.
HKUO OK THE PA5II * .
While ho was passing down lower State
street toward homo ono night two figures
advanced from the shadowed sidewalks
on cither sido. Ho ordered thum to halt ,
and wlien they paid no heed to his com-
Infiml ho blazed awrty nt on.Q with a
32-caliber revolver. There was another
and another shot , then nilu.itli cry , and
ono of tha footpads foil. The other nod and
the barber emptied his revolver after him1
People rushed out of the surrounding
houses , half dressed , and joined in the
pursuit. Two blocks away the fugitive
dropped in a faint from loss of blood ,
lln had been shot in the arm. The mob
was surprised to find such a boyish high
wayman. It was young Stewart. The
identity of his companion was never de
finitely determined. Stewart know him
as Frank Sunders , of Illinois , but no ono
over claimed kinship , and the body was
buried in n pauper's patch. He was
killed with a forty-eight caliber bullet ,
which entered Ida back nbovn llio right
shoulder und took a diagonal course
downward. Bockhouser's revolver was a
thirty-two , and Stewart's wound was
made by a thirty-two caliber bull. The
presumption was that somebody saw the
attempted robbery from an elevated
window and shot Sanders.
Uockhoiiser awoke next morning ( o
find himself the hero of the hour , Ho
was home through the streets on the
shoulders of a dozen sturdy admirers ,
with a howling procession behind , A
citizens' purse of § 730 was expended for
an appropriately inscribed gold watch ,
and before noon a performance at the
Olympic theatre was advertised in darn
ing posters for his benefit.
WY1NING
The community was at hist aroused ,
and the moment for the action of the
vigilantes had come. About 4. o'clock ; in
the afternoon four deputy sheriffs
clinched Frodshaiu ou Ilarruoa ayeauo
and disarmed him in K Hash. Ho in
stantly dlrlnrd his doom.
"What is this , boys ? " ho asked , "a
lynching bee. "
"No , Jim , " replied the spokesman ,
"you're arrested for disturbance of the
peaco. "
"That won'l go down , " ho muttered ,
"I'll never sec to-morrow's sunrise. "
Kvrrv effort to find Moouci * failed.
About 8 o'clock in the evening ho stopped
into the dingy , partitioned editorial room
pale , quivering from fright , and with a
halting speech wont on to toll mo that
everything was up. He bogged that I
procure him soma ammunition , which
I did and then ho loft as ho had come , in
Iho shadows , to return ( o Leadvlllo no
more. The information ho had imparted
set mo on tlio track of ( he plot.
The now brick comity jail was In the
suburbs , surrounded by nine tree slumps
and boulders , and half a milo away. The
first attempt to reach it was frustrated
about midway by a masked man and n
shotgun. The order to face about was
peremptory. A second and a third en
deavor were alike unsuccessful. The
printers were nodding over their empty
composing sticks when , for the fourth
time , at precisely ! t:80 : o'clock , 1 started
out with a sinking , distressed sensation
at heart. No ono accosted mo , und I
soon reached the vicinity of the jail. 1
remembered that n wooden annex to the
jail , at its entrance , was being roared ,
and when the black brick mass appeared
Iwforo mo I picked my way around to
this structure. I reached for a match lo
light mv way. anil could find n
1'iTr. .l.vit.Hu's ' STouV.
Stumbling up on the sill of tlio L door ,
1 imagined the angle necessary to follow
iu order to hit the tail door proper , anil
stretching out mv hands as feelers , I began -
gan to move along cautiously. Thn next
moment my arms had half encircled a
human boilv. It swung from mo nnd the
rafter above creaked. It was the body of
I'rodsham , who had been hanged by the
vigilantes. With every muscle quivering
anil my pulse movements sounding like
'
drum bents , I edged around until 1
thought my course was cloar. 1 had
taken three trembling stops when my
ankle turned on a fragment of jolstlmr ,
and 1 almost plunged into a second body.
I pounded and kicked the door for full
ten minutes bcforo it turned about six
inches on its hinges , and the jailor stam
mered : ! ' \ \ hat do you want ? " I never
saw a moro thoroughly frightened being
as ho told mo the story of the lynching ,
SlierifV Watson had been drawn lionib
by a decoy the report of his child's ill
ness. Shortly after midnight the vig
ilantes came and threatened to batter
down the door unless it were opened.
Frodsham leaped around his cell like a
caged lion. "For God's sake , jailor , give
mo a gun and turn mo loose in the jail , "
ho cried. It was a single , largo compart
ment , with an open space between the
top of the cage and the roof. The jailor
opened the cell door , but gave the des
perado no weapon. Frodsham climbed
to the roof of the cage with the agility of
a cat. The jail door was then turned
ana the yelling mob rushed in. One
after another scrambled up after
Frodsham , and around over the
top of the cage the doomed man
KOUG1IT WITH KiiiOClOl7S : UHSl'r.lt.VTlON' ,
tearing off masks , scratching , biting and
pounding his adversaries at every turn
Twenty men mounted the cage before ho
was overcome. When dragged down he
was moro dead than alive. " There was
nothing artistic about ( ho job. Only a
common clothes line had been provided.
A noose was slipped around his neck , the
rope was thrown over one of the roof
beams of the wooden L , and he was
dragged up and down until strangled to
death.
( Sornc QUO sj > qlvcpf joung Stewart. an < ]
a rush was maflo for his coll. Ho pleaded
piteously on account of his mother and
sister in Ohio. The jailer implored for
morey for the lad. Tlioro is a samones.s
about the fury of mobs , though this ono
i ljrcsentcd a higher order of respecta
bility nnd intelligence. The strangling
operation was repeated , after which the
vigilantes prepared in disguised writing
the names of tha notorious lot jumpers
and hichwaymon who must leave Load-
villo before the setting of the sun. and
pinned it on the back of the dead Fred
sham. They took their time , remaining
at the jail two hours and three-quarters.
That morning Pat Kelly's place w&s
barracadcil ; the desperadoes threatened
to destroy the city ; the militia was called
out and the greatest excitement prevailed.
In a week it had died out , and with two
exceptions the threatened men had fled.
One of them is now an Alderman there.
From that memorable day to this not a
lot has boon jumped nor a highway rob
bery been committed in Lcadvillo. Ol
the 100 vigilantes fourteen have mot vie
lent deaths , twenty have died from ex
cesses , and moro Uian thirty have lapsed
from conditions of riches and plenty into
poverty and distress. The fnto of those
100 men will some day make an interest
ing chapter of frontier history.
Sonic Queer Hallways.
In a book on railroads , published Eomo
time since , are to bo found descriptions
of many odd methods of construction
and operationsomo of which wo append ,
for those of our readers who take an in-
torcst _ in tlio iron horse , and wo fancy
tills includes them all.
One of the novel ideas noted is that of
grading a railroad through a foiost with
a cross-cut saw , and laying the ties on
the .stumps. This has actually been done
in Sonoma county. California. Here the
trees are sawed oil'and leveled , and the
ties ; aru fastened on the stumps , two of
which are huge rosowopds , standing side
by side , anil sawed off sovonty-fivo foot
from Iho ground , So firm is this support
that cars loaded with heavy IOM
can passovur with perfect security , It is
not generally known that in 183 ! ) no loss
than tifty-tv/o miles of projected road of
the Ohio Railroad company wore laid on
wooden piles , which were from seven to
twenty-eight feet long , and driven ton
foot apart , in lour rows , No train , how
ever , was over run over this traak.
Several wooden track railways , on the
other hand , are operated in tlio United
States and Canada. Onn of tliosn , in the
provmco of Quebec , Is thirty miles long ,
and is used in the transportation of tim
ber. The rail : ) arc of manic , and the
trains pro snid to run over tliettti with re
markable smoothness , at the rate 01
twenty-live miles an hour. Another
wooden track railway , moro than fifteen
mile. ' : ! long , has been constructed on the
gradings of the abandoned South Carolina
lina Central railroad , In order to carry
the products of thu turpentine distil-
leriea to a market.
Still more curious are what the author
would call the bicycle railways , whore
the car wheels run on a single rail. One
called the ' 'steam ' caravan" was begun
m Syria , between Aleppo and Aloxan-
dret'ta , but iippnrcutly { ) ° ver JiuUliud ,
In the case of this experiment tlio rail
wits raised on n wall of masonry twenty-
eight inches broad. On this ono rail worn
to travel the wheels of tliu locomotive and
the carriages attached , but It was in
tended to brace the engine and the last
car in the train by obliquely placed
leather-covered wheels , running along
the sides of the wall , wliiuh
wheels were further to servo as brakes ,
A single rail or bicycle road has aUo
been built iu the United States , und was
in operation at Phoinixvillo , Pa , , in 187U.
Since that data a two-wheeled locomo
tive has been made in Gloucester , N. J. ,
for an elevated rail ro.id in Atlanta , On.
With theao blcyclo engines may bo com
pared the railway ycjocipcdea , many of
which , we luarn , tire used on western
railroads. These , which have a wheel on
each trade , can be propelled by the feet
and hands of tho' rider at the rate of
twenty miles an hour.
In 18'7(5 ( , al Paris , one Dr. La Combo
exhibited the model of a submarine rail
way which ho proposed to lay on the bottom
tom of the channel between Dover and
Calais , Ua road bed of concrete ,
throe gftlvnnlzcd Iron rolls wcro to bq
placed , two for the track and one for tlio
conlor. To Iho center rail the car was
( o bn attached by rollers , In order lo prp
vent it being derailed by the waves. The
t > oat car was to bo airtight , and driven
by a propeller screw worked by eom
pressed air. Fresh air was to bo supplied
to ( ho occupants of ( ho car by a tulm
running up to the surface of the water ,
where it would bo ntllxcd to a buoy
Finally , a series of buoys on the surfm-i-
would mark out ( ho track of the cat
which in case of an accident , could In
cut loose below , whereupon it would ri nj
to the surface.
A CURIOUS MISHAP.
An KiiRlncor Starts Ills Undue WliHo
Asleep.
Late Saturday night Dennis Manic , en.
glncor on a switch engine in ( ho yards nf
( no Lnckawanna Iron and Coal company
n this city , ran his engine Into the uugitu <
house , writes a Scrantou , Pa , , correspon
dent of the Now York Sun. As ho was 'o
go on duty again at 1 o'clock Sunday
morning he lay down in the cab of Ins
cngimt to sleep until that timo. Just
before 1 o'clock workmen in tlio yard
were startled by a great crash at llio en
glue IIOUHO , . which is a frame building
Looking in ( ho direction of thn hous < >
they saw ono side of it give way ami
Mack's engine conio tearing out of thn
breach. The engine ran a slim )
distance over thu ground and
then toppled over down an
embanknjunt twenty feet hteb. . it rollo'i '
dver'nniloverln the descent , ami was
badly wrecked. The workmen know that
Mack was on the engine , niul expected to
find him dead In thu debris. Tlio\
found him last in Iho wreck , ami although
ho was hold so that it took them some tluu-
lo extricate him , he was found to havi <
received but a few slight Injuries. Matk
could not explain what unused the engine
to start , but it is supposed that ho started
up in Ins sleep and pulled the throttle
open.
Tills singular occurrence recalls the
fact that one of ( ho most ( urriblc railroad
disasters that ever occurred in tins eouu
try was caused by an engineer starling
his engine while ho was asleep. It was
in Jiilv , 18UD , on tins Eric railway , at
Mast Hope station , on the Delaware ill
vision. The track was then a single one
on that part of the road. Conductor , Iiul
Brown hail orders to lie on the switch at
Mast Hope until fast express train No. ; t ,
west-bound , passed. James ( Jritlin was
tlio engineer of the freight train. As the
the express train approached the Ptatiou
at midnight , running thirty-live nnh'3 an
hour. Conductor Brown was horrified to
FCC his train pulling out on the main
track direotlv in front of the express , mid
a terrific collision was the result. The
cars on the express train were piled on
top of ono another , and caimlit firo.
Many passengers were killed outright.
A dozen others were held in the wreck ,
and burned alivo. The de.pot caught
lire and was destroyed. Grilliii
discovered the situation in timn to jump
from his engine. Ho fled , but afterward
surrendered himself and was lodged in
the PiKc county jail. Ho was tried for
manslaughter in September , 180t. ! Ho
was defended by the late Chief Justice
( Jcorge W. Woodward. It was proved
on the trial lip had been on duty twenty-
four hours without sleep , and the point
niaile by the defense was that while wait
ing on the switch ho was overcome by
the strain and fell asleep. Ho was pur-
tlally awakened by the approaching train ,
and pulled open the throttle of Jus engine -
gino before he knew what he was doing.
A sympathetic jury acquitted him , against
the charge of Judge Barrett to convict ,
and were publicly consul ed by the court.
IllO disaster mjule tliOJlrtrnoot.Miis.tllppc
so notorious all over the country that the
railroad company changed the name of
the station to Pine ( Jrovo , which it re
tained until a few weeks ago , when It
was changed back to Mast Hope. The
remains or several of the victims of the
catastrophe wcro never identified. The
disaster cost the company $100,000.
A HIGHWAYMAN'S CAREER.
The IiiKcnioiiH Scheme by Which Ho
Manured to Ilol ) n Stncc.
Albany Journal : Henry White , alias
Henry w. Burton , the "road agent" of
the southwest , who was discharged from
the penitentiary Thursday , where ho was
serving a Jifo sentence on an order of
Judge Cose , of the United States district
court , has during the past dozen years
led n life that would quality him for a
dime novel hero. Nothing is wanting in
his case from the alpha ot good birth and
breeding to the omega of chivalrous dis
crimination displayed in robbing stage
conch passengers.
His family occupied a good position in
society in his native place in Texas , and
it was onn of these southwestern feuds
for the vindication of family honor that
furnished the motive power for ousting
White from his position ami poiicoublodt-
izen and making an outlaw of him.
Once banished ho appearto ) have tak n
quito readily to st.igo robbing for a liveli
hood , and soon won for himself the dis
tinction of being one of the most
daring and successful mad and
stage coach robbers in tlio
west. He begun operations in his
native stato. and was doing a very good
business there , when , becoming too bold ,
ho fell Into the clutches of some of Uncle
Sam's retainers and was sentenced to lilo
imprisonment. After nerving a while he
was pardoned by President Hayes , and
instead of reforming he returned to the
west and his "road ' business. In .Sep
tember , 1881 , ho "held up" the Alamosa
and Pueblo stage In Colorado , and it was
for this little piece of work that ho re
ceived the sentence from which ho has
ju.st boon released.
His "holding ui ) " this stage was char
acteristic of his daring. Ho was short of
funds and without companionsbut gaug
ing his risk by the traditional courage of
travelers ho built an army of dummies
and screened them in the biuhes at the
sldu of thn stage road and armed them
with sticks. When the coach arrived , 11.1
general in command of the dummy army
ho called for an unconditional surrender
of the coach. 'Iheni wera Mxtooii pas
sengers in HID stngo , live of whom were
armed , Imt none were prepared to strug
gle against mich "overwhelming odds"
and surrendered. With all the passim-
gurs : it Jjismercy , Whito.with ( ho chivalry
of u regular tun Cent here , tlodincu to
touch tlfoir personal property , but con
tented himself with rilling tliu mail bng.s
ot $1(10 ( which ho took to pay the lawyer
who defended him on a former occasion.
Not Jong after this lie was in I'ueblo.
when the city marshal recognized and
arrested him. The attorney general ,
learning of his arrest and the circum
stances of the erimu , was satisfied that
tlui prisoner must be White , or Hnrton ,
us liu was known at the timo. Ho was
JjeUl to answer ou Information filed by
tlio district attorney , tried , and sentenced
lor life. On October 11 hevns \ removed
from the government prison at Laramlo
( o thu Detroit house of correction , the
authorities fearing a rescue. On June 'J ,
lH-iv' , th | ) authorities removed him to thu
A Jiin.y penitentiary lor still greater se
curity. A short time ago soiim friends of
thu prisoner rcimwcd their efforts to ob
tain his release , and tlio casu was placed
in thu hands of Katon it Kirchwuy , of
tills city , liy a recent decision in the
United Status courts thu prosecution ol a
prisoner fora crime like White's can not
i o conducted except on a regular indie-
mont by Iho grand jury , whereas White's
prosecution was on information. ancHt
was on this that Messrs. Katon &
Kircjiwey procured his roleuse , White
is a gentlemanly-appearing individual
who resembles n plain , ovory-day gro
cery clerk rather than u wcttcrn
"terror. "
T/io / pecullnr purifying and building
up powers of Hood's 8arsaparl.Ha mak <
it-tho very best mediciuo.ta take at thu
season.
