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TILBJ OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. APRIL 11 1887 ,
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( Jco. U. Tzschtick , secretary of The Bee
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that the actual cfrrulatlon of the Dally lice
lor the week ending April 8th , 16S7. was as
follows :
Bfttunlav.Aprlia . 14.7SO
Bnndav. April 3 . 18.050
Monday. ApriM . 14,005
Tuesday. April 5 . 14.B45
Wednesday , April 0 . 14.SKS
Thursday , April 7 . M.M5
Friday , April 8 , . .14.830
Average . 14.430
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day of April A. D. , 1887.
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Bee Publishing company , that the actunl v-
craeo dally circulation of the Dally liee for
the month of March , IbSC , 11,587 copies ; for
April , IBbfi , 12.1U1 copies : forforMay , lbHfi.12-
430 coplrs ; for June , ISA 12,298 copies ; for
July , IbbO , 12,314 copies ; for Aucust , lbW > ,
18,464 fopirs ; for September. Wfcfl , 13.030
copies ; for October , 1880. 12,089 copies ; for
November , IbSO , 13,348 copies ; for December.
188(5 ( , 13ai7 conies ; for January , 1887 , 10,200
copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,103 copies.
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day of Match , A. D. Ib87.
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WHAT has become of the Omaha
freight bureau ? Has the commissioner
icsigncd , or docs he still hang on to the
ragged edge ?
A SAN FitANCiaco llorlst has been de
tected in replenishing his stock of flowers
from the Mountain View cemetery. This
was robbing tlio dead to gratify the liv
ing.
THE last witness in the Haddock case
will bo examined to-day. The Asso
ciated press will perhaps relieve its pat
rons of the doleful columns of proceed
ings from Sioux City after to-morrow.
M KM urns of the lower house are cran
ing their necks for the next chapter on
the "Truo and Faithless" whicli will ap
pear in print within a few days. The
black list of the house will contain moro
names than that of the senate.
Tun extension of the city limits will
prove a mortal blow to some of the road
houses on our northern boundary , this
sido'ot Florence. Since the two mile limit
is wiped out they must stop Jsolling
liquor or procure a licenses at a thousand
n year. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A coimunuTOU to a Missouri paper
suggests a plan by which legislative
bodies may keep clear of lobbyists. His
plan is to elect mon who are known to bo
honest nnd instruct thorn. A more prac
tical and unquestionably a moro cflcctivo
plan would bo to entertain dishonest
members on their return at a neck-tio
oclablo.
JAY GOULD has had his grip on St.
Louis for thie last three years , and ho
probably will never release it. His latest
turn of thumbscrew ? is the raising of the
tolls across tno Mississippi bridge from
25 to 85 cents on passengers , and a cor
responding rate on vehicles. To say that
St. Louis is mad , does not fully express
it. She is helpless until congres regu
lates the bridge tolls.
OJIAHA jobbers have the remedy
against unfair treatment by the rainbow
railroads in their own hands. Let thorn
pool their issues and give their patronage
to the roads that treat them fairly. Now
that railroad pooling has been prohib
ited , tlio road that loses its patronage
will bo out in the cold. If the North
western road persists in its boycott of
Uuiaha our merchants and manufactur
ers should retaliate by shipping over
other roads.
WK nro profoundly gtooved to loam
that ono of the carriers recently em
ployed on a delivery route of the loading
Lincoln daily has thrown up his lucra
tive position and ducidod to return to
Wavnrly , owing to the unsavory and un
pleasant surroundings. Ho was a bril
liant nn promising youth. To bo deprived
of his invaluable services , will , wo fear ,
prove a sad blow to our esteemed cotom-
porary. Legs have done moro for tlio
Lincoln dallies than brains.
IT is to bo hoped that the assessments
this spring will not be a repetition of thu
former practice of assessing property in
Iho In-art of the city owned by million
aires by the acre , nt a nominal value ,
and assessing the little homes of the
poor working mon .at their full market
valuo. Wo want and should have uni
form assessments without regard to who
may bo the owner of the property , We
may as well also test the provision ol
the new charter that requires the asses *
mont and taxation of all railroad real
estate that is occupied by warehouses ,
elevators , coal and lumber yards , and
purposes not actually required tor the
operation of the roads.
REPORTS from different parts of the
r tale show that In towns voting no 11
cense to saloons the past year , little i !
auy good was accomplished. The pretended
tended prohibition has been a mockery ol
law and a travesty on justice. Jug sa
loons have flourished unmolested. Ir
but few instances have violators been dis
- , turbcd. In p.aces where , before election
the ardent was sold under license regula
tion , the vendor * continued to transaoi
the same old business under the guise o
' A "temperance saloon. " A toniporanc <
Mloon is like a "truthful liar. " The bacl
rooms hare been u od to retail the oxhil
f Derating nlixlrn , while cider and beverage ;
"of a lighter shade attempted to add i
; ask to the real business carried on it
' MM rear. Many of the prohibition town :
lave vpted license tbii year , and will at
wrapt regulation.
Th'o Decline' the Country Press.
The number of country newspapers In
febroaka is surprisingly largo as com-
lared with eastern states. In fact there
ire two or three weekly papers where ono
only Is needed , Yet they manage to ox-
st , and no doubt the majority of them
will continue to regularly appear each
week for several years to come. After
ho state is thoroughly settled , however ,
thcrowlll be an occasional consolidation ,
a frequent collapse or the "pulllnir up of
btake9'of the moro Inpccunious and dis
satisfied "journalist. " Citizens will host-
.ate to encourage adventurers and'lntcr-
opcrs In the little towns , and the number
of papers will materially decrease. This
at least has been the experience in older
states. Pennsylvania , Ohio , Illinois and
in fact all eastern statci have witnessed
thousands of papers wax and wane.
Yet for all this the reputable country
newspaper is ono of the chief factors of
civilization which this country loves to
cncouraga , and to which in a largo de
gree the great west is indebted for its set
tlement and prosperity.
The country newspapers have no enemy
in the BKK. It has neither fault to lind
nor objection to oll'er regarding their
number or politics so long as they arc
conducted on a piano of integrity and de
cency. It takes it for granted that the
mission of them all was originally to
do good , nnd seriously regrets to sec
such a largo number of otherwise im
portant and needful agencies in state
adairs , going to the bad
It is a notorious fact that nlno out of
every ten republican weeklies in Ne
braska are cither ignorantly or know
ingly active allies of railroad bosses or
the jobbers , shysters and public plun
derers who for years have fed and fat
tened from the public purse. For a beg
garly mess of political pottage editors
have bartered away their hone r , betrayed
their party and forfeited popular confi
dence.
There was a time in this state when the
influence of a newspaper published at a
county scat was potential. 'Hie paper
was supposed to bo and in a measure
was a mirror , wherein was rcllectcd the
honest sentiment of the people. It edu
cated , and m its huniblu way , moulded
public opinion , lint like all "good old
days" whicli have departed from us , the
dig'nity and reliability of country jour
nalism is becoming a thing of the past.
The dishonest majority of subsidized
hangers-on who smear a patent side with
pewter plates , and pud's for political
dead-beats , blatherskites and bummers ,
force their stale opinion on the market
and price it as a luxury. This in a spec
tacle as disgraceful and deplorable as it
is dangerous to public morals and good
government.
The late campaign in the First district
has illustrated the point , better , perhaps ,
than anything that could bo written.
Church Howe openly boasted that "all
the boys" had boon tlxed tor from $25 to
$100 each. While they dcvolnd columns
to his praise , published yards of liis
speeches and platforms , pleaded , bcggod
and demanded of their readers that they
vote for him , ho failed to carry a county
In ttio cntlro district. The people who
supported the papers and editors , from
whom they had a right to expect honest
advice , said by their votes that the editor
was a liar and boodlcr that ho had sold
himself , and was trying to deliver them
into the hands of a corrupt corporation
politician for a few paltry dollars. The
country press of Nebraska is indeed sadly
demoralized. Unless a reform is institu
ted anl the country weeklies uphold only
honest and deserving mon and measures ,
the republican party must do ono of two
things prepare for continued defeats or
turn its back upon venal editors and dis-
honcat leaders.
An Ubjcctlonablo Treaty.
The view taken by TUB BKB of the
new extradition treaty between the
United States and Russia , or rather that
clause of it relating to political offenses ,
proves to be a quite general view. It is
regarded as a concession on the part of
this government so extreme as to amount
practically to n surrender to the terms of
Russia , and therein necessarily a viola
tion of the American principle with re
spect to political offenses. The ooject-
ionablo clause provides that "the murderer
or manslaughter comprising the wilful or
negligent- killing of the sovereign or
chief magistrate of the state or any mem
ber of hiH family , as well as an attempt
to commit or participate in the said
crimes , shall not be considered an oflonso
of a political character. " It is plain
that n strained construction of this pro
vision would enable the emissaries of the
Russian government to hunt down hero
any citizen of that empire whom they
might cheese to suspect of auy form of
participation in attempts against the life
of the czar or any member of his family.
As wn observed in a previous reference
to this convention , the United States has
not hitherto furnished an asylum for auy
considerable number of those ene
mies of Russian despotism known as
nihilists. They have boon able to lind
safe refuge in countries nearer the scene
of their labor. It is not likely a great
many will como hero in the future. Hut
whether the number shall bo ton or ten
thousand , they should not bo placed in a
position that would render them at any
time subject to bo hunted down and ar
rested at the whim of a Russian police
official. Furthermore , thu proposed
treaty , so far as It relates to this matter ,
is essentially n ono-sidod affair. The prob
ability of an American political offender ,
or Indeed ono of any class , seeking a
refuge in Russia , is extremely small
smallorovou than that of nihilists or
ether Russian offenders coining hero , so
that the country involved in this conven
tion is really all on the side of the great
European despotism. It is not at all
likely that the senate will ratify the
treaty , however acceptable it may prove
to be at St. Petersburg. In its politioal
offense clause it is moro objectionable
than the convention with Englandwhich
the senate piguon-holud. A movement
has been started to oroato public senti
ment agalnit the Russian arrangement
subscribed to by Mr , Bayard , and its
effect will doubtless bo felt at the propoi
time.
tUytl ana ( be Monroe Doctrine.
The demand of England on the little
republic of Hayti to pay u million dollars
or surrender a portion of its territory , fn
satisfaction of a olaun the exact charac
ter of whicli is not explained , and the
alleged threat accompauing the demand ,
has become a matter of international
concern in which both the United States
and Franco may bo Involved for the pro
tection of Haytl. O the u vt of France
: ho view scorns to bo that the demand of
England is simply a pretext to enable
[ jrcat Britain to secure a vantage ground
in connection with the Panama canal ,
but this opinion will not strike these fa
miliar with the present status of that en
terprise as having much forco. The in
evitable first thought is that it was in
spired by DcLesseps , who is quite shrewd
enough to see the value to his project of
using such an opportunity to arotiso
French prldo anil patriotism. If the people
ple of Franco can be nnule to believe that
the cupidity of John Bull has boon at
tracted to the Panama canal no other
argument will bo required to con
vince them that it must bo
a good thing , nnd that both their
intctosts and their glory will bo con
served by carrying It to completion.
Once this conviction prevails Do Lcsseps
will have no ditllculty in securing nil the
money ho is in immediate need of. llut
whatever the sottrco.of inspiration , it is a
fact that this comparatively small affair
has awakened a very strong feeling in
Franco , and that country may be ex
pected to take an active part in the con
troversy In case an amicable settlement
is not made and England shall insist
upon her demand.
On the part of the United States tliero
is n national principle involved. The
matter was discussed at the meeting of
the cabinet on last Thursday with refer
ence to the application of the Monroe
doctrine in tlio event that England
should seize llaytien territory. The
view of the administration is understood
to bu that such seizure would bo a con
travention of that doctrine , which de
clared against the extension of their po
litical systems , in this hemisphere by
the European powers. The prin
ciple announced by President Mon-
rot ! in 1823 has over since had
tlio full acquiescence of the Ameri
can people , and no administration
has failed to respect it when there was
a demand for its application. The mo t
conspicuous violation of the doctrine
was the invasion and subjugation of
Mexico by Franco during the civil war ,
when this government was powerless to
defend the principle , though it did not
fail to assert it. There can bo no noubt
that were England to seize the island of
Tortuga it would constitute a fair case
for the application of the Monroe doc
trine , and it is not doubted that the ad
ministration would have the support of
the country in opposing English aggres
sion in Hayti with the acquisition of ter
ritory as its object.
Tliero is no great probability , however ,
that thcro will be any serious results
from this issue. England's practical
common sense will not allow her to be
come involved in an ugly complication
with Franco and the United Slates for a
claim of a million dollars , or the posses
sion of a small piece of territory which
she could not permanently hold. The
difference will be settled or 'abandoned.
But meanwhile Franco will have enjoyed
the opportunity to give England a piece of
her mind and the United States will have
had another chance to assert her favorite
doctrine and warn the European nations
not to covet an increase of possessions
in this hemisphere.
Gratifying Labor Statistics.
The current issue of Bmdslreel's fur
nishes interesting and gratifying figures
regarding the present condition of the
labor market as compared with that of
two years ago. The information is ob
tained from 0,000 reports embracing all
the industrial centers of the country.
The period of prosperity which began in
1870 was at its height in 1832 , and at the
latter date tlioro were nearly 350,000
more industrial employes at work than
wore employed three years later , or nt
the first of January , 1885. In the throe
yoard , also , wages had been reduced in
most departments of industry nn aver
age of 10 to IS per cent1 A restoration
of business activity began about a year
ago , itnd has been making pretty steady
progress since in nearly all branches.
The effect upon labor is shown in the
fact that at this time there are at least
400,000 moro industrial employes at work
than in January , 1885 , while in those em
ployments which experienced a reduc
tion of wages during the period of reduced -
ducod prosperity there has bcon gen
erally a restoration to the rates paid in
1883 , anil in some trades the present wages
is higher than in that year. The grand
totals give the number of industral em
ployes at present as 1,857,000 , against
1,402,003 in 1885. There has boon a very
notable mcroaso in the number of em
ployes in certain cities. New York is
now giving work to 108,000 than wore
employed in 1885 ; Philadelphia to 00,000 ;
Boston to 10.000 ; Chicago to 23,000 , Of
tlio thirty-three cities from which reports
were received in only two are there now
fewer people employed than two years
ago. Another interesting fact is that in
the building trades the number of em
ployes at present exceeds that of 1885 by
00,000 , a striking evidence of the greatly
improved building boom throughout the
country.
Thcro is reason to believe that this
prosperous situation will continue be
yond the present year. The prevailing
conditions arc all favorable , if wo except
the ono dangi'r of a largo currency con
traction next fall resulting from accum
ulations in the treasury , but this may
prove far less serious than some of the
alarmists would have the country bo-
Hove. If tlio era of prosperity upon which
the country has evidently entered does
not prove an exception to the economic
rule , next year should show an increase
over this , and the culmination will not
bo reached bcforo 1890.
MollctuiiM llusybodles.
The kind interest which is manifested
by nil our Omaha contemporaries in the
internal affairs of the DEC is appreciated
but never will bo reciprocated. It would
be regarded as the height of impertin
ence for any merchant , banker or manu
facturer to meddle with the
employes of n rival establishment ,
or to seek by circulating false reports
concerning the relations between the em
ployer and employed to injure their
reputation nnd business. This kind of
thing , however , has boon practiced by
the amiable gentleman whom urovidcnco
for some Inscrutable purpose has temporarily
arily placed at the helm of these Omaha
dallies.
The mere fact that a grentloman who
came to Omaha on trial to lill a vacancy
on the BKK'S editorial staff has gone back
to Chicago ut the nnd ot a week , Affords
food for scandalous innuendos which aim
to crcuto the impression that no self-
tuan cau remain on the BEE
The truth Is there are not two men con
nected with'all the Omaha dallies , except
ing the propnetors.who would not jump at
the chance of getting such a position on
this paper. Several of them have made
applications' for employment time and
and ngaln and are willing to como any
time they arc called.
While it docs not concern the publlo
whom wo employ or why any editor or
reporter coirios'in ' or goes out of this
ofllce , wo dcjml.lt proper to state that the
Chicago journalist did not leave Omaha
because ho was not satisllcd with the po
sition or work assigned to him or the
salary attach'cd. '
This is not the first time , however , that
disreputable contemporaries have sought
to meddle with the private affairs of this
office. Only last spring they tried hard
to organise a strike among our printers
and signally failed.
TIIEHK is such a thing as carrying
demagogy too far. Mayor Ilowitt of
New York recently vetoed n resolution
parsed by the board of aldcrmon pro
viding for the payment of a bill incurred
in framing the vote of condolence of the
Now York council on the death of Potcr
Cooper. Hewitt Is Peter Cooper's son-in-
law , and ho wanted to go on record as a
great economist in connection with nn
expenditure for a memorial to his father-
in-law. The board of aldermen unani
mously passed the resolution over Hew
itt's veto , which shows they understood
the reform mayor was only posing as n
political niodi'l.
STAT13 AND TUKIUtOKY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Ponca bus a broom factory.
Knox county contains 015,000 acres.
Ravenna is talking up a $5,000 school.
The North I'latto Telegraph has been
sold to R , V. Forest.
The state will roll along for the next
two years at a cost of $1,403,353.
The Columbus Democrat passed the
fifth mile post last week at a ! i:10 : gait.
Withoo is promised a hemp factory ,
provided a purse and site are thrown in.
Over ! tOO teams are at work grading on
the B. & M. between Loup City and Ar
cadia. ,
The li. & M. has surveyed a line
through liio northwest coiner of Boone
county.
Ashland boasts of fifty-two trains a
day , besides ordinary conveyancea and
footpaths.
The license candidates in Sidney
squeezed through the knot hole of one
majority.
The Broken Bow Roller Mill company ,
capital $50,000 , is in running order in
Custcr county's big town.
The future qf Neligh is .secure. A patch
of forty acres' h'as been divided into lots
for cemetery purposes. Every occupant
will bo provided with a cottage.
Knox county'iS ' out of debt , has a pop
ulation of 10,000 , ' 70 school districts. 11.170
school childrdn , three graded schools ,
eleven chnrchcvhnd iivo newspapers.
Out m Scward last week 1CS voters
regislci cd the fact by balloi that they had
no music in their souls ind : did not want
anything higher than "Yankee Doodle"
in the schools.
A bnoth'g vender of raw varnish ran
out of Liberty last week in search of
bondsmen to secure him against a short
season in jail for selling liquor without a
license. He is funning yet.
Mrs. George Wilcox , recently from
Wahoo , took a dose of arsenic in Fre
mont to end her btrugglo with poverty.
She was pumped and the. temporary
wants of hcrboli and two children re
lieved.
The body of Dr. J. F. Quinton , who
was drowned while crossing the river at
Niobrara. January 7 , was recovered hist
weok. Ho was drowned on a stormy
night and burled by the order of Odd
Fellows on a stormy day.
Comparisons are odious in must cases ,
but in this instance there is ample room
for the disputants to settle at long range.
The number of votes ca t at the city elec
tion in Grand Island was 1,405 , at Hast
ings 1,088 , Fremont 009 , Beatrice 831 and
Nebraska City 778.
The Chicago salt syndicate , lately ex
perimenting near Lincoln , has proposed
to the stale board to produce 100 barrels
of salt per day for thirty days , and if
they make good their claims , the state is
to lease the saline { and for a term of
years , The proposition is under advise-
mcnt.
Four fool Indians at the Winnobago
agency launched their log canoes on the
Missouri during a wind storm last Mon
day. Wind and wave wore too much for
thorn and they were hurried to their
fathers in short order. Ton dollars cacti
will bo paid for the recovery of the bodies
of the biavcs.
Tno editor of the Lyons Mirror has
been granted the right of way over the
main track of the St. Paul & Omaha road
to walk at pleasure. The solo condition
attached to this appetizing privilege is
that Smith shall curry A banner to prevent -
vent tail end collisions.
McCook's goblet of joy is overflowing
with satisfaction. Hereafter the defunct
of the town will bo ferried over the range
" hoarse with handsome
in "a gold-mounted
some fluted columns and plate glass sides
and dashboard , " which will enable the
guest to view the length of the proces
sion.
sion.Tho
The women of Wahoo rallied to the
polls last Tuesday and camped for the
day on the collarbone of Major Davis ,
and laid him out by a handsome majority.
The Ivctoran Major evidently lost his
cunning in the midst of butlon-holing
dames. Had ho pnllod his stogas ho
could have cleared the polls in three
whiffs.
D. H. Morris , an urbane and humble
insurance agent , scattered himself over
Dixon county recently and booked scores
of applications for stock insurance.
Those innocent plpocs of paper are now re
turning to the makers in the shape of pro-
misforynolcsfor' CP each , and there is an
unanimous and u'n lflsli desire scurrying
through the comity for u short interview
with Morris. U
The Plattsmoutli'jTournal crawled out
of its shell last w.eqk with a largo and lu
minous boom edition , filled to the noz/.lo
with statistics of the growth of the city ,
its spreading industries , its importance
as a trade center , ( and a vast amount of
information for , capitalists and suttlers.
It was a crcdtt.iblo production , and
Messrs. ShermanjtSt Outright deserve the
substantial appreciation of Plattsmouth's
business men. , i -
The York Democrat swelled out
to twenty pages last wcok , a spring edi
tion , picturing the town and its principal
buildings in cold black ink. A vast
amount of stalistical information was
sandwiched into chapters of the romance
of York and York county , subdivided by
serial ads of a business order. The pro
duction was complete In every detail ,
and proved the grit and gatherntivenoss
of the publishers.
John McCullough , a Pennsylvania ! ! ,
gazed into the jaws of death for a min
ute or two in IMattsmouth Thursday
evening. In attempting to board a mov
ing train ho fell over a baggage truck
and roiled down between the platform
and the rail. As ho fell his feet flow up
and ono of them caught In thn truck of a
car. With body in front ho was shoved
along some distance , then turned over
and dragged twenty yards more before
the train stopped. It is miraculous that
the man escaped being crushed to death
or maimed. At one time Ms head
was jerked across the rails , nnd his right
arm was directly against the wheels. Ho
escaped serious injury.
Iowa Iteina.
A five faot vein of coal has been tapped
at Adatr.
A largo Methodist church is being
built at Crestou.
A fragment of the Salvation army has
decided upon a forlorn hope in Ot-
tumwa.
The late Catherine Wolfe , of Now
lork , loft f 10,000 to benevolent institu
tions in Davenport.
The Illinois Cental railroad has not
called in its passes , as directed by the
meaning of the mtor-stato commerce act.
Last Saturday Sioux City experienced
the liveliest real estate boom of thu
season. It was in the air and all pervad
ing.It
It costs 1444 a day to pay the men en
caged making the fill for the Chicago ,
Burlington oe Qulucy grounds at Ot-
tumwa.
A model of a tornado is on exhibition
In Burlington. The natives show uncom
mon enterprise in getting ahead of the
season.
Dubuque is infested with n gang of
light-fingered gents. Four of them mis
took an olllcor for an unloaded citizen ,
and now they sleep on iron cots behind
Iron bars.
A company hns boon organized m Oto ,
Woodbury county , to bore for coal or
any other commercial commodity lying
around in the interior of the earth. Two
thousand dollars will bo sunk in it ,
The union labor party of the Eighth
congressional district will meet in con
vention in Crcston to-morrow. Farmers
alliances , grpcnbackcrs. Knights of Labor
and trades unions will bo represented.
A swindler named Miller camped
among the greenest residents of the state
at Dover recently and took fifty-four sub
scriptions at ft each for one of the Now
York magazines , a $4 publication. The
victims deserve congratulations on get
ting off so cheap.
In the case of Mike Casey vs. Tnma
county , a suit for $15,000 damages for in
juries rcceiucd from falling through a
certain bridge , the jury , at Toledo , was
relieved from a verdict Dy the judge de
ciding in favor of the county. The case
will go to the supreme court.
It costs money to buck the pharmacy
law of the state. E. F. Douglas , of Dy-
sari , imagined himself above the law ,
and did not realize what an atom he was
unlil the millstones of justice gave him a
turn. Out of ninety-seven counts ho was
adjudged guilty of forty-eight , and was
lined $2iOO ; , with * 200 costs. His law
yer is looking for fees , also.
A Dubuquer made a prilgriuiago to
Chicago a few days ago , and in the
course of his rounds about the city un-
tercd a popular saloou to slack his thirst
with a glass of alo. No sooner hud ho
entered when he discovered two men lie
well know , deacons in a church in Du-
biiquo , who had no doubt entered the
place on a similar mission to "tako a
nip. " The two men , seeing a man they
knew , slipped out of a side door and van
ished without extending llio customary
congratulations.
Dakota.
A new artesian well is being sunk at
lankton.
The Sioux Falls penitentiary is valued
at $120,000.
During March 20,410 acres of land
wore entered at the Grand Forks laud of-
lice , and 7,88'J acres wore acquired by
final proof.
Governor Church has decided to organ
ize two companies of valvarvtopatrolthe
iurtle mountain and look after Indians
and stock thieves.
The Brookllno Mining and Milling
company , capital $1,250,000 , has been or
ganized in Deadwood. The company's
property Is located in the Carbonate
camp.
About twelve car loads of Russian im
migrants have arrived in Ellondalc dur
ing last week. All of them are locating
in the Coteau region , some going to the
northern extremity of Mclntosh county
and others to the headwaters ot Beaver
creek , in Lo an county.
Dakota employs moro teachers than
Arkansas , Colorado , Connecticut , Dela
ware , Florida. Louisiana , Maryland , Ne
vada , New Hampshire. New Jersey ,
Oregon , Rhode Island , South Carolina.
Vermont or West Virginia. It employs
1,000 moro than all the territories nnd
the District of Columbia together.
"Wyoming.
Lnramio polled 1304 votes nt last week's
election , nnd invites Cheyenne to a com
parison.
Charley Crail , a brakesman on the
Cheyenne division of the Union Pacific ,
was thrown off his train by a sudden jolt
near Pine BluffsThursday , and sustained
dangerous injuries. The injured man
was taken to Cheyenne for treatment.
The Burlington road has signed an
agreement to build to Cheyenne this year.
The extension will be known an the Bur
lington & Cheyenne railroad. Messrs.
Potter and Uoldrego of the road
attended a mooting of the city
council Thursday night and submitted a
proposition to the effect "that the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincv would ex
tend its line to Choycnno by "the 1st of
June , 1888 , nt the outside : that it would
expend 1210,000 in Cheyenne for shops ,
etc. , prior to that time ; that it would at
once deposit $10,000 in the Stock Growers'
National bank to pay damages for right
of way , etc. , on condition that the city
would sell to the company 200 acres of
land north of the boulevard for $500 , and
in addition thereto grant to the company
the ritrht of way from Morris street along
the alloy running parallel with Sixteenth
street to Hill street , also to widen the
alloy n distance of thirty-four foot , the
city , however , not to give a deed to the
200 acres of land until the $240,000 have
been expended and the trains of the
Choycnno & Burlington are running into
the city. " The proposition wiis accepted
RO quick that great beads of joy coursed
down the checks of the railroad managers
and they embraced the aldermen collec
tively and individually. , It was an occa
sion of unrestrained hilarity , and the
midnight hour sped ere they adjourned
and scattered.
Mr. James Thomas , sr. , died at the res
idence of Mr. S. L. Dcmovillc , Nashville ,
Tonn. , March 24 , at the ago of eighty-live
years. Mr. Thomas was born in Wilson
county , November 27 , 1803. He was loft
an orphan with two brothers. Ho came
to Nashville in 1812- and had been living
hero and in the immediate vicinity .since
that timo. Ho leaves three sons W. J.
Thomas , of Tracy City ; John W.Thomas ,
president of the Nashville , Chattanooga
& St. Louis railway , and Jamw Thomas ,
of this city.
Tlioro died a few days ago in Roono ,
in the government nf Volhyniii , a peas
ant woman named Kutnyal ; at thn ngoof
110years. She had followed Napoleon's
army to Moscow as a market woman in
1812-13 , and was nlUclind in a similar
capacity to the Polish army from 1813 to
1823. I-rom the latter period Kutnyak
resided in Paris until the Crimean war ,
when she accompanied the French army
and subsequently returned to her native
place nt Roono.
In making the < issertton that Pononl's
medioated complexion powder is entire
ly free from injurious or deadly poisons
wo do it upon the authority of a thorough
chemical analysis. It is ono of the oldest
face powdnr.s in American market , and
is used in the faraalics of homo of our
most prominent medical men who have
personally acknowledged to the propria-
or that they not only considered it harm--
cas , hut esteemed it highly bunelicial in
very revpoct. Sold by all tintjmitU.
MORE TALES OF PROSPERITY ,
Nebraska Towns Which Are in the Van
of Progress ,
NEW LIFE AT LIVELY YORK.
The Growth of Cambridge and Its
Many Advantages Clnrkum's
Latest Enterprises Uscooln'a
Big Brcworjr Other Notes.
York
YOUK , Nob. , April 8. [ Correspondence
ot the DKK.J The last wcok lias boon a
very lively one In York. Thcro has been
creator activity in real cstnto than over
before in the history of our oily. Thcro
is also a spirit of enterprise tind energy
prevalent that betokens great things for
York in the next year. Two of our city
papers the Times anil Democrat issued
boom editions this week which arc very
creditable to their respective proprietors ,
and Trill bo immense advertisements of
York , The board of trade and other in
terested parties have effected arrange
ments to glvo them extensive circulation.
This is an enterprise worthy of praise
and patronage. All that is necessary to
insure iinmutiso proportions to our boom
is to gain the attention of these coming
into the state to our superior attractions.
A real estate exchange composed of
many of our most enterprising citizens
was organized last week , with one of our
lively real estate men , Mr. F. F. Mead ,
as president. This association proposes
to take in charge our local interests with
energy and enthusiasm. The world will
hear from them through the BKK and
other channels of communication.
The extraordinary occurrence of a town
of 4,000 population like York getting three
additional railroads in one season is hav
ing a wonderful cllV.ct upon our growth
and prosperity. As an instance of the
interest awakened 'in our city among out
siders , it may bo mentioned that an
Omaha syndicate last week oflcrcd one
of our property owners the large sura of
$33,000 , for eighty acres adjoining
the city on tlio west , which
oiler was declined. This is not
an advertising canard but a well au
thenticated fact , llual estate investors
should turn their oycs hithcrward.
One real cstnto firm that of P. F.
Mead- has sold 230 lots in the last twenty
days , aggregating ? 37,000 , and yet there
arc some "slow coaches" who do not
realize thai they are in the whirl of a
genuine boom.
Our city election passed so quietly that
many scarcely gave it a thought. All
elements were satisfied wild the caucus
nominees , so that there was no opposi
tion to the ticket. Hon. W. T. Scott was
re-elected mayor , Messrs. Cowan and
Forlstall councilmen , A. C Ward clerk ,
J. D. White treasurer. M. C. Frank police
juago , and A. 13. Codding city engineer
all excellent men , pledged to the ma
terial and moral welfare of the city. The
anti-license feeling is so strong in fact
BO unanimous linro that no one has the
audacity to propose a saloon ,
so that the license question is not a factor
in our polities.
We are informed that Mr. C. J. Nobos ,
the late warden of the penitentiary , has
completed his arrangements for moving
to York , and with his family will make
one of us in a few days. His partiality
for York has already resulted in eight or
nine handsome brick store buildings on
the south side , and his future residence
here will bo valuable to our city.
There is a great deal of building going
on. Numerous residences are in course
of construction and a handsome brick
block on the northeast corner of the
square will bo begun in a short timer with
several others promised.
For a certainty the present and future
of York are looming up quite satisfac
torily. Wo will doubtless number 5,000
souls bcforo snow ( lies.
Knterprlso at Olnrlwon.
CLAUKSON , Neb. , April 7. [ Corre
spondence of the Br.K. ] Our little boom-
lot of a few months ago has now do-
volopcd goodly proportions. The latest
new enterprise to bo announced is the
construction of a $30,000 grist mill by the
Nowoting Bros. , of this placo. Follow
ing closely on the heels of this comes the
news that work on Smith & Fuller's now
elevator will commence immediately.
The lumber therefor is already ontho
ground. A drug store will soon bo
opened by a gentleman from the cast.
He will erect a building for that purpose.
The Ciarkson State bank will bo open
for business in about a work or so.
Molacek Bros , are erecting a fine build
ing in which when completed , they will
place a largo e > lock of hardware. Town
lots arc gelling very rapidly and full half
of them are being improved , tint large
as is the supply of now buildings it is by
no means equal to the demand.
Our citizens are very anxious tor a
creamery and would undoubtedly give
substantial aid to any person who would
establish one hero. No better location is
to bo found in the state for that purpose ,
the nearest creamery being at Schuylcr ,
twenty-live miles from hero.
Work on' the branch of
the Union Pacific from
North Bond to Sioux City , which is al
ready graded through Clarksou , will bo
rosrmod in a few weeks. The Burlington
& Missouri also have a suivey running
directly through this place , and ihoreforo
Ciarkson has a good foundation for her
high aspirations.
The idea of a $5,000 school house is bo-
i ng agitated , and in all probability a line
brick school house will bo the result.
Just north of Ciarkson arc several
thousand acres of the liuost kind of farm
ing land that are now in the market for
Ihmirst time. They can bo bought at
frym * 7 to $10 pur aero.
Our worst needs just at present are a
harness shop and a wagon and black
smith shop. However , most any business
can bo Hindu profitable , no particular line
being overcrowded.
Prosperity at Onmbrlclgc.
CAunmuiiK. Neb. , April 8. [ Corre
spondence of thoJt.r. ! ] Our cltvelection
passed oft'quiutly yesterday , the only
issue being the granting of a saloon H-
cense the coming year. The anti-licnnso
ticket was oloctud by a majority of four.
It Is needless to Hay the pcoplo of Cam
bridge take pride in their exemption from
saloon inlluences and are determined to
inako this a town of homes and peace.
The city school meeting on the 1th hist ,
proved again the enterprise and good
Henso of our people. It was decided by
an overwhelming vote to issue school di.i-
trial bonds to the extent of $5,000 to build
a new school house , of brick , placing the
aamu on thu most ellgiblo and conspicu
ous site in the city. Tlio school board
for the coming year is composed of
Messrs. i > . T.Volty , I. H. llanning , F.
M. Uathbun. N. Fodria , W. O. John and
H. Wulsworth. all men well lilted for the
position. The school , under the manage
ment of Prof. Spcnco , Is a complete suc
cess.
cess.Tho H. & M. Railway company will
build this .year a branch line from hereto
to North I'latte and the northwest , mak
ing this town a junction and distributing
point on their Kansas City line for their
Denver and Wyoming company. The
railroad company has at present a Inrgo
force engaged in nutUng in switches and
sidetracks for their now line and tlioir
fimt increasing business. It i * safe to
ay that 'oilier railru&d companies will
soon como this way and compote for the
business of this fertile nnd growing
country.
This town has , without nn exception ,
the finest natnr power in thn Republican
valley , which Is utilized in running n
Hour mill of ,1 capacity of n carload of
flour per day. Oilier manufacturing es
tablishments could find plenty of power
nnd business to do , as well as meeting
with a warm welcome from the people of
the town nnd country.
Fine stone quarries nro near town ,
giving abundance of good rook for build
ing purposes , which is shipped to all the
neighboring towns. Thure are yet line
openings in this business.
Thcro are now hero three churches ,
two banks , two drug stores , two hard *
ware stores , four genera ) merchandise
stores , two hotels , two restaurants , thrca
livery stables , etc. , with the usual nuiu
ber of shops of various kinds. Mechanics
of all trades will undoubtedly bo kept
busy this year making the needed Im
provements m town and country.
Last month the citizens of the town or
ganized a building and loan association
with $50,000 capital , which is now doing
business and making itself felt hi the
progress of the town.
Town lots are , considering everything ,
to bo had at low price * , and investors
b.ij-lng this spring cannot fail in making
money rapidly , as values must soon
double. Cambridge is not looking for
any common boom , but is sure of an im-
niens'j regular and healthy growth , which
will bo permanent. Good farm lauds ,
within reasonable distance from town ,
with sonic improvements , can bo pur
chased for $8 to $10 per aero , and are de
sirable for botli farmers and investors ,
who will do well to buy early m the
season.
Farmers , business mon , manufacturers ,
investors , and all good citizens will moot
with a warm welcome at this point , and ,
if needed , all meritorious enterprises
will meet with any needed and safe en
couragement.
It is needless to say that the IJr.K is
road and appreciated in tins town and
vicinity. N.
Items From Krotnnnt ,
FKEMONT , Nob. , April 9. [ Correspond
ence of the BIE. : ] Fremont's real estate
boom received a big impetus yesterday I
in the auction sale of sixty-four lots in I
East Sulo addition to the city. Owing to
the general advance hero in prices on
property and the novel manner of dis
posing of this property the sale attracted
a good deal of attention. Tlio addition
was bought about six weeks ago for
f 18,000 and brought yesterday $37,000.
The appointment by Governor Thayer
of Colonel William Marshall-of this city ,
as the new judgp for the Fourth judicial
district gives universal satisfaction hero ,
nnd his friends are greatly pleased that
so worthy a man has thus been honored.
Mr. Marshall is an Ohio man by birth.
Perhaps this is why ho was appointed.
It is certain , however , that his qualifica
tions for the office are of a high order.
Ho is ono of the ablest and best known
attorneys in this district. His political
career began in Illinois , where he suc
cessfully filled important positions. Ho
has lived in Fremont about twelve years ,
during which' time ho has represented
this county in the state scnrto and was
district attorney for this listrict two
years.
A prize light with kid glores was
quietly arranged hero yesterday between
John P. Clew , of Omaha , and a local
slugger called "Hcddy. " The light waste
to occur at the fair grounds. Word was
passed around among the local sports and
a good crowd would no dor 'it have been
on hand. But when the time came for
the fight to take place the local slugger
refused to come to the scratch , and the
light was declared off.
Burt County llnppcniiiRB. M
OAKLAND , Nob. , April 0. [ Correspond
ence of the BEE ] The most important
event in Burt county within the last day
or so is the appointment of M. R. Hope
well , of Tckamah , as ono of the judges of
the Third district. Mr. Hopowoll is a
wealthy and nn accomplished attorney
and stands in the foremost rank ot his
profession in Burt county , and a bettor
selection could not have been mado. He
is a staunch republican , and has done
much for the party in this port of the
stato.
The appointment of A. B. Chardo , of
this place , as receiver of public moneys
at Niobrara , was made known to-day ,
and Mr. Chardo is receiving many hearty
congratulations. Mr. Chardo has been u
resident of Oakland from its infancy ,
and has always been recognized as ono
of her loading real estate mon. and dur
ing his residence hero has done much
for the advancement of the town's Inter
est , always advocating the town's inter
est.
est.Mr. . Ed A. Baugh , our worthy and ge
nial postmaster , was married at 1'remont
on Wednesday evening , to Miss Ida Cor
nell , and will return this evening , when
ono of the grainiest receptions ever
known to the town will bo given him.
Osccolti's New Creamery.
OSCEOM , Nob. , April 8 , [ Correspon
dence of the BEH. ] Tlio creamery build *
ing has just boon completed. The con
tract was taken by Davis & Pankin , of
Chicago. The building is 30x5 ? , and is a
substantial plcco of work. All the necessary
*
sary machinery for ( ho outfitis now at
the station here and will be placed in the
building this week , ready for operation.
The scheme promises to bo a success
hero , us the best business men of our
town are its tncorporators , and with tlio
co-operation of tlio farmers , who must
virtually make It a success or a failure ,
it cannot but succeed.
Our people are anxiously looking for
ward to tlio opening up of business , ami
as soon as the weather settles feel confi
dent that our town will greatly improve
in huildlncs and now enterprises. A line
of railway that will not pool wltti the
road wo now have would he a great help
to us.
Points From Kniorson ,
EMEHSON , Nob. , April8. [ Correspon
dence of the BKK.I J. J. McCarthy and
Theodore KounU have united their stores
and the name of the linn will be Kotintz
& McCarthy.
Omaha will soon control the stock mar
ket for northwestern Nebraska.
Tim Carrablnc , a prominent stock man
of this part of the state , is in Iowa buy
ing cattle and horses to fill government
contracts in Dakota ,
Before You Blurt.
On u journey , go to a drug store nnd
get a botllo of Chamberlain's Colic ,
Cholera and Diarrluca Itommly , as axnfo-
guard ngainsl an attack of bowel com
plaint. Many prudent and uaroful per
sons nnvcr travel without it. Hundreds
of traveling mini are never without n
bottle of it in their grip. Many lives
nnd much suffering has been saved by its
timely use. No ono can afford to travel
without a bottle of this pleasant , safe and
reliable preparation.
Mr. Thomas Drown , the oldest man in
Nowburyport , Mass. , died March 20. Mr.
Drown was born in South Newmarket ,
N. H. , and at the time of his decease was
ninety-four yeant of ago. Ho was the
oldest of a family of sixteen children , five
of whom survive , ono being at Portland ,
ono at Rockport , Mass. , ono at South
Ncwinarkot and two at Newburyport.
Mr. Drown at resided at Ncwhuryport
BimolBlO , and his trmlo haa bce.n that of
painter , from which ho rctirod some sev
enteen years Binco. Ho wns a widower
and Icavoi two children with whom .ho
made Ins home'wnco the dtatb of hit