Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE' WEDNESDAY , APKIIi 20. 1887.
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ICtli day of April , 1SS7.
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[ SEAM Notary Public.
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lieu Publi.shlni ; company , that the actual
average dally circulation of the Dally Hod
for the month of April , 1880 , 12,1'Jl ' copies ;
for May , 1880 , ia , * copies ; for June , 1880 ,
12.20H copies : for July , 1880 , 12tl4 : copies ;
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hpr , 18SO , 1.1,030 cojle.s ; for October , isso ,
12,0X9 copies ; for November. ISSfi , 1IVM ! :
copies ; for December , 1880 , 13,337 copies ; for
January , 1887. 10,200 copies ; for February.
1887 , if.HW copies ; for March , 1887 , 14,400
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day of April , A. I ) . , 1KS7.
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MA YOU Bovu lias loft the 'city , but Put
Ford still remains to look after his inter
ests.
IN the scramble among candidates for
councllmon , tlioro are a great many
aquaro pugs trying to got into round
holes.
THE recent cyclone in West Virginia
nnd Ohio , in which sovural villages wcro
laid waste , is one of the harbingers of
breezy and balmy spring.
Mil. BLA.INK has recovered his health
sufticicntly to allow him to return to Chi
cago. It is supposed that he went many
miles out of his way to avoid passing
through St. Louis again.
THE Frco Congo State scheme , with
Stanley as chief manager , is as costly an
experiment for little Belgium as the
American opera , with Theodore Thomas
at a thousand a week , has bcou for Mrs.
Thurbor.
TIIR name of the man who struck the
lamented William Patterson may forever
remain n mystery , but it scorns that the
man who stole the insurance bill just before -
fore the legislature adjourned will bo
named in a short time.
WE learn upon reliable authority that
Air. E. M. liartlott positively declines thu
nomination for Mayor. Wo also discover
that Mr. Bartlett is needlessly alarmed ,
ns nobody has seriously thought of him
in connection with the mayor's ollieo.
THE judge for the First Judicial dis
trict has not yet been appointed. It is
said that there is a lively scramble in
that section for the position. Humphrey ,
the Pawnee railrogne blatherskite , is on
hand as usual with a lightning rod .ex
posed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE republican state central committee
loses its chairman in the death of Hon.
A. J. Weaver. Although there is noth
ing imperative to require action at this
tirao , the committee will at its next moot
ing have to solcct a now chairman.
PKIWO Goitci \ , the accomplished editor
of the Obscrvaldor Fronteri/.o , n paper
puplished at El Paso , Texas , languishes
in Cutting's old cell at Paso del Norto ,
for insinuating in rather-plain language
that a certain Mexican mayor was a
drunkard , and a tax-collector a robbor.
The case is the same as Cutting's. It is
not safe to stand on the Mexican line and
call things by their proper names.
AN indignant liveryman in St. Louis
declares that Governor Marmadukc , of
Missouri , in his last campaign "incurred
a liability of f 3 on account of carriage
biro , and. that in the hurry and excite
meat of the time ho forgot to pay it. "
The governor , who draws a salary of
fS.OOO a year , maintains an awful silence
regarding the matter , and a law suit will
doubtless follow. This is ono ot the bills
his excellency evidently forgot to yoto.
IK the interest of thu fruit and wino
crops of California , the board of trade of
Los Angeles has , it is said , adopted a
resolution requesting the inter-state com
merce commission to suspend section 4
of the now law. It would seem that alt
parts of the country are drawing the line
lit the long haul clause. Wo would tug-
Cost a pipe line with sample stations at
proper Intervals , for the California wino
raisers.
Ouu dispatches state that there is n
tlulinito rumor in toew York City that
Jacob Sharp , the man accused of bribing
the aldermen of 1831 to vote the Broad
way aurfaco railroad franchise , and- who
will bo tried very soon , threatens to con
fess Unless the district attorney "doos not
let up on him. " Hero is an opportunity
for an olllelal to do good by continuing
not to lot up on the Sharp boodlor and
bribe-giver.
DKTUOIT Is seriously considering the
advisability of underground wires. It is
proposed to bury the wires used by the
city for tire and police purposes , and
afterward compel the tolograuh and oleo-
trio light companies to follow suit. In
fact , Detroit is experiencing a goner.il
slinking up of dry bones with the bursting -
ing buds and anil vernal bloom of spring ,
The building inspectors have boon exam
ining the lire escapes of the different
hotels , and are compelling landlords to
put up rod lights acd cards showing the
ways to escape. And , by the way , many
eitiea , including Omaha aa well , could ,
with profit , imitate Detroit in these two
Tory important matters.
The National Domain.
At the recent quarterly mooting held
in Boston of the American Statistical as
soclation , Professor Hart of Harvard uni
versity subhilttcd an interesting paper on
the extent ami value ot the public lands
of the United Status. At the date of the
organization of the government the area
of the national domain was , according to
the mosUrustworthycomputatlon , 810,815 ,
square miles. The first additloh was made
in 1933 by the annexation of Louisana.
This added 877'JC3 square miles. The dis
covery of Oregon in 1805 , made by the
LouLs and Clark expedition , enlarged the
national domain by the further addition
of S'JJ.OIS square miles. For forty years ,
however , our title to this territory was
disputed , nnd not until the treaty of 18IU
with Great Britain did wo obtain undis
puted possession of it. Our claim to West
Florida , as a part of the Louisana pur
chase , was also not admitted , but it was
annexed by force in 1813. Florida was
annexed by treaty in 1819 , add
ing 01,210 square miles to our
domain. In 1815 wu obtained pos
session of Texas , thereby adding
2i'J,2t)0 ( , ) square miles , and the treaty with
Great Britain covering territory north
of the Columbia river , in 1810 , added
58,8s1) ) square miles. In 1818 the cession
of territory from Mexico added 011-139 ,
square miles to the national area. The
Godsden purchase of 1353 added 17 , ! ) ; ! ( )
more square miles , and the acquisition of
Alaska in 1837 gave us , as nearly as can
be estimated , a further expanse of do
main of 531 , iUJ square mites. The aggre
gate of thcno ligurns gives as the present
area of the United States 35,001,101) ) square
miles.
There were contentions of a more or
less serious character incident to the ac
quirement of a large part ot this dominion.
It has been noted that our disputed clai in
to west Florida was finally Drought to an
nnd by our taking forcible possession of
that territory , while the remaining portion
tion of Florida was secured by treaty
seven years after wu had seized a part.
But the most important difference , which
long threatened to involved the United
States and Great Britain in a war
was with respect to the northwest
ern boundary , both countries claiming
a part of t lie territory to Oregon. Treaties
were made providing for the joint occu
pancy and use of the territory claimed
by both HID people of the two coun
tries. This arrangement did not ullav the
irritation and controversy winch , as al
ready stated , was kept up for forty years ,
sometimes manifesting great heat and
bitterness. A treaty concluded in 1810
extended the boundary lines from the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean
along the forty-ninth p.ir.tllcl of north
latitude. Another dispute , however ,
arose , and was continued down to 1871 ,
when the Washington treaty provided
for the submission of the boundary ques
tion to the arbitration , for decision with
out appeal , of the Emperor of Germany.
In 1872 the emperor rendered his decision
sustaining t'.ie claim of the United States
and settling finally the northern boun
dary line cast and west between this
country and Great Britain. This ques
tion was really in controversy ninety
years.
A distinction is to bo made between the
area of the national domain and the area
of the public lands. Of the latter the United
States had surveyed to Juno ! 50 , 1830 ,
753,557,195 acres , and there wore then
remaining unsurveyod , estimated , 1.0U5- ,
905,327 acres. At that date the surveyed
lands undisposed of were estimated at
304,802,711 acres , which with the Unsur
veyod made a grand total of 1,370,703,033
acres than the property of the United
States and subject to disposition. The
data is not at hand showing the whole
amount since disposed of , but the govern
ment is still possessed of nearly or quite
athousand million acres , estimated to bo
worth as many dollars. It is probable ,
however , that the estimated value of the
remaining public lands is much too largo ,
as nearly all the most valuable and till
able land has been sold or given away by
thn government. If all the public lands
now the property of the government
were available for settlement , it is esti
mated that they would provide about
seven million homesteads of 103 acres
each. To June 30 , 1830 , the public do
main had cost in cash $1151,310,740 more
than it had realized.
All Are AVolcunio.
With the advent of spring , many people
ple in the slow-going and over-crowded
east , doubtless have in contemplation n
change of base for future operations.
Before settling elsewhere , Omaha re
spectfully invites all persons seeking locations -
cations in any enterprise whatsoever , to
call and sco the advantages she offers.
Hero wo have a rich , prosperous , beauti
ful city of 85,000 inhabitants in ono of the
best agricultural states of the Union. In
all branches of manufacturing industries ,
Omaha is well represented , yet with
rapidly increasing population and extended -
tended territory , there is ample room for
all who care to come. In many enter
prises there is already a great demand
for increased representation.
Omaha is oven now an important job'
bing center. Slio donunands a largo field
in Iowa , Nebraska , Kansas , Colorado ,
Wyoming , Dakota and territories further
west. Her railroad facilities are excel
lent , and she lias llattoring prospects for
several new lines this year.
Her social advantages and educational
facilities are unsurpassed by these of any
city of equal population in America. En
joying all the modern improvements pos-
sessessed by larger and older towns , com
posed of a class of liberal , progressive
and enterprising citizens , Omaha is des
tined to become ono of the largest cities
west of the Mississippi. Her invitation tc
capitalists and good citizens to locate
hern is general and cordial.
Tlio 1'ilinnry Election Law.
Ollieial notice has been rccniyed from
the secretary of state that the primary
election law , unacted by thu last logi *
laturo , was passed with the umergoncj
clause , and is now in full foivii , The full
text of this law will bu found uhcwliorc
in tills Issue.
Thu main features of thn nu\v primary
law are :
1st. The polls at all p"i u.iry elections
in metropolitan citie.ui'l ' cities of tuu
llr.st and second chm , ' in it bt * kept
open from noon until > uvon p. tn.
standard time.
2d. < o person is ontitktl to vote at n
primary election unlo ho 'n of lawful
ago , and a duly qualiliu 1 voter , undoi
the laws of the state , and under sucli
rules and regulations as may bo pro
scribed by the parties holding suet
ok'ctions.
3d. Any person offering his vote kt
primary election may bo challenged as a
non-resident , minor or suspected re
peater. The judge of election is em
powered to examine the challenged party
under oath , and make record of his re
sponses. Any person who attempts to
vote under another name , or falsely tes-
tilics as to his age or residence , is liable
to prosecution and punishment for per
jury.
4th. Tamporingwlthballots.fulsification
of returns , or allowing persons who are
not entitled to vote , to cast a ballot at a
pnmary election , become.a ) misdemeanor
meaner punishable by Hue and imprison
ment in the comity jail.
This marks a now era in our po
litical methods. Heretofore primary
elections in Omaha have been worse than
a farce. During every tsxcltingcampaign ,
hundreds of mun were marched from
poll to poll , and allowed to vote when
ever the judges of elections thought they
were favorable to their own faction. At
some of the primaries the same men were
allowed to vote a half do/en limes , under
ns many different names. Ballot-box
stuHitur was quito common , and in some
instances the billot-boxes were smashed
and the ballots scattered to the four
winds by the judges , when they discov
ered that the opposite faction had carried
the ward by a largo majority.
Such outrages can no longer be per
petrated with impunity. Primary elec
tions hereafter will represent , in some
degree , the wish of the majority of the
party.
Wtint la a Freeholder ?
NOIITK Uu.vi ) , Neb. , April 10.-Editor [
Omaha I < IK : : | Will you In the daily Bii : : .
explain ami define the meaning of the word
"freeholder , " as It Is used In Hue. 1 , chapter
f > 0 , entitled llqunr.s , compiled statutes state
of Nebraska , and greatly ohll.-e , yours 10-
speotlvcly. llr.NiivK. SMITH.
Our version of themcaninprof the word
free-holder , a ? applied to the high license-
law , is a person who owns real-estate
in fee-simple. Such ownership need
not represent real property of any speci
fied value , but simply a clear title to
land. Tln > high license act which re
quires each applicant for license , to pre
sent a petition signed by thirty free
holders , contemplate- , our opinion ,
resident property owners.
Tun oracular utterances of Mr. George
William Curtis to a correspondent of a
Cincinnati paper , regarding the outlook
for certain gentlemen who have been
named as possible candidates for the
presidency , tire receiving rather more at
tention than they appear to us to merit.
Tlioro is nothing in the record of Mr.
Curtis as a politician that wo can now re
call which entitles him to bo regarded as
a particularly wise judge of public
opinion or an especially .shrewd political
prophet His ability to discern .self-evi
dent facts is probably ns good as the av
erage , but the cultured gentleman lives
too far away from the people to know
much of the tinder-currents of popular
fooling. The failure of Mr. Curtis to im
press his importance as a political force ,
and to draw all men under his banner of
reform , has evidently rendered him pes
simistic. No one appears to him to pos
sess quito the attributes to lit him for the
presidency. The country is barren of
statesmen of the Curtis standard. All of
her distinguished public men have some
unfortunate defect that disqualifies them
for presidential purposes. With
John Sherman the fault is
a lack of personality * . Ho
is not responsive in his methods anil
wants those qualities that attract admira
tion. Ono cannot read such comment
without recalling Mr. Conkiing's charac
terisation of Curtis " ' "
as a 'man milliner"
and admitting its justice. There is
reason to believe that neither party will
call upon Mr. Curtis for council in choos
ing its candidates , nnd it is1 not question
able that the campaign can be conducted
without his assistance. It will bo a gum
all round if Mr. Curtis shall take himself
entirely out of politics.
ONE of the great merchants of the
county is John Manamaker of Philadel
phia. Ho gives employment to 4,500 pee
ple. This large body of employes ho has
just taken into partnership by adopting
the profit-sharing system with them. He
proposes to share profits with all who
have boon in his service seven years and
with others whoso term of service shall
hercaftiir roach seven years. This di
vision will bo made according to the
value of the services rendered and the
usefulness and faithfulness of employes.
Ho proposes to add to the salaries of all
each week a sum graded by tiicir sales.
Marked business ability and olllciency
are to bo rewarded by advancement.
The amount to bo divided annually Mr.
Wanamakor says cannot bo loss than
$100,000. This principle has boon tried
in a number of manufacturing estab
lishments and found to work well. Tho.ro
appears no good reason why it should
not do so in a mercantile business. It
oilers an incentive to industry , thorough
ness and faithfulness which cannot fail
to make bettor employes1 This must
operate to the advantage of the business ,
so that the benefits will bo mutual. An
other good ofl'eet of the principle is in
holding men to their employment. In
making every man in a sense a party to
the business , there is created a desire to
remain in it. It establishes an identifi
cation that prompts to self-respect. The
result of Mr.Vanamakcr's \ experience
with this commendable system will bo
interesting. It is not doubted that it will
bo gratifying , and if so his example maybe
bo largely followed.
Ouu board of education is disposed to
bo extravagant. Because a largo revenue
is derived from tlio liquor trallic , under
the high license law , the board acts very
much like a man who has inherited a
fortune. The proposed purchase of a
school lot on Lcavonworth street , for
$ J5,000 , strikes usas a reckless project.
There is no need of locating our school
buildings on the principal thoroughfares ,
unless the city already owns the lots.
Even then it is a questionable policy , [ nether
other cities the school buildings are us
ually on side streets , within two or throe
blocks of trallic streets. Schools located
on side streets within easy reach of the
street railways , are , in fact , more desir
able , because their surroundings do not
distract the scholars. Such lots , within
a few blocks of Leavenworth street , can
be had at from $5,000 to f 10,000. To pay
out $25,000 for an ordinary school lot , is
an inexcusable waste of money.
TUB mayor's proclamations have now
been published just three times in the
two morning dailies tbat smuggled that
little printingsteal'through the council
committees. Their bills for thcso three
publications at legal rates amount to
| 102. If they are allowed to keep on with
this printing stoat their bills on the third
of May will amount tA over $1,000 , and If
the afternoon ( endue In the combine is
also Included there will bo $1,000 chipped
out of the pockets flf thu taxpayers. In
asmuch as the city\lisi& \ an oDlcial paper ,
which roaches everybody , this Is a little
too too for anything. .
TUB battle of Shlloh , which has been
fought so many rimes , is to bo fought
over once more. This tlmo the engage
ment is to bo between JolV Davis and
General Beaurcgard. They are shooting
at each oilier at very long range through
the columns of a .southern paper. It wns
all brought about by Mr. Davis making
uomu impromptu remarks at the unveil
ing of the Johnston statue rellecting se
verely upon Beaurogard's manner of
handling troops at the battle of Slnloh.
It is understood that In this smokeless
skirmish Mr. Davis will not wear his pe
culiar uniform of petticoat and boots.
Mu. MrSiiANMi's organ offers an insult
Kilts own patrons by intimating that
the circulation of the BIK : in Omaha is
confined to places of ill-repute. There
are not one hundred names on the car
riers' li.st of Mr. McShano's sheet that are
not al.so regular subscribers of the BKK.
Hcncn the lliug aimed at the BKK is a
boomerang. Higlit here let ns also re
mark that there are more than 4,500 reg
ular subscribers on our city carrier delivery -
livery routes who never sec the syndi
cate organ.
Oru Douglas street contemporary tells
the republicans of Omaha that they need
pay no attention to the now primary law ,
because it has not boun adopted by the
republican city committee , and therefore
docs not go into effect. This is the first
time we have heard thai an election law
which makes repeating and fraud at pri
maries a criminal oflenso does not go
into effect until it has boon adopted by a
political committee. "A little learning
is a dangerous thing. "
UNPKU the provisions of the new char
ter , it is necessary for persons before
erecting buildings within the increased
limits to bccure a building permit. The
residents of the nntioxed territory should
understand the importance of this , and
save the building inspector much time
and trouble , by complying with the law.
THK appointment of J. K. t'ochran , as
judge of the Eleventh judicial district ,
will bo favorably received. Mr. Cochran -
ran is an old resident of McCook , engag
ing in the practice of law at that place
several years ago. , ? J
THK death of Alexander Mitchell , pres
ident of the Chicagn , Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad , removes one of the most
prominent railroad men and bankers of
this country.
THE wonder on the Pacific coast is not
so much what Kissane has done ns
what the law wilf3o with Kissane.
THK 1 < ' 1KMJ OF INDUSTRY.
The London pi In tors woik lifty-ono hours
a week. * 'l
Workmen from tlurinterlor towns are bo-
cliinlng to lloclc to the cities tor hldier
wages.
English skilled labor ot various kinds is
making inquiries on this side as to oppor
tunities of employment.
Krnpp , the Cerman manufacturer , has
taken a iontiact tor.VJ.OOO tons ot rails , to bo
made at 818 at the woiks , tor the Victoilan
government.
Tlio prospects for the Irish woolen trade
were never fairer than at the present time.
The textile foods maiuifactuiers are lindinf :
demands crowding in on them and their
mills.
Gold , silver and copper mining companies
are springing up in the west. St. Paul capi
talists are preparing to operate new mines
near Boulder. A 10,000,000 company has
been formed to work Nevada mines ,
Small locomotive engines are boluc shipped
to Mexico aud Central and South Amuilca
from this state In successful competition
with engines from England and Franco ,
'the engines weigh from live tons up.
The Vermont marble workmen , number
ing 3,000 , have organized , and propose to
strike unless wages shall bo advanced Irom
1. cents to 85 cents. Store orders , hluh rents
and tyrannical managers are complained of.
The German hardware and cutlery manu
facturers are muklnir a great commotion In
Uiltlsh manufacturing anil trade circles be
cause 200 ironmongers have been discovered
diitnbutlm ; German goods with Sliellield
trade mark ? .
Seventeen persons In every 100 enlaced in
the tobacco Industry are chlldien. During
the last decade lor evi'ry two additional men
set to woik live children were employed.
This was partly due to the Increasing ellect
ivencss ot machinery.
Labor Is daily coming into more active
dumaud. Spring and summer orders are
crowding in , and .skilled workmen are find
ing employment In all kinds of machinery
establt.thmcuts , locomotive works , car works ,
foundries , implement works and mills ,
ThoXinv York master builders have agreed
with the brlcklayma union. Wages are to bo
forty-live cents nn hour for nine hours , ex
cept on Siturday. Tlio joint nibltratlon
committee Is to meet on the third Thuisday
'evening of eajh month to settle all matters
of clllleit'iicy.
Over 100 large European linns practice
profit sharing , ot which oge-lialf are French.
Mr. Gixlen , of Guise , has l"iOO men employed
this way. The protit slotted to labor varies
from 2 to 75 per rent. "American employers
are picking up all tlio factsj In regard to these
experiments that they can * iid.
The largest gnu over made has Just been
turned out at the Woolworh arsenal. It Is
41 feet lonz , weighs 111 tons and requires dOO
to 000 pounds of powd'er fj > r a charge. The
gun and platform weighs 2i5 | tons , and the
projectile weighs lMp pounds , which will
go through an armor pUto33 | inches thick a
mlle away. ( i |
The two extremes In Iron are nails and
rails. 'Ihonalhnakers.ara restricting pro
duction and the nijlimjkerg have many
mouths work ahead. A , general movement
will bo made among ironmakurs for an ad
vance In wages this summer. Eastern pud-
dlers are Indltfureutly organUod. It Is
rumored that a good many English aim
Welsh puddlers will Immigrate to this sldo.
It Never Holts , Oh , No !
Ctuler ttad4r ,
Lincoln elected a democratic mayor , thanks
to the State Journal , that suit-styled stal
wart journal that never bolts a republican
nomination. Gere Is much the aame as other
politicians. Ul8 honesty of principle can be
measured in a pint cup.
The National Game.
IfeiP Yorlt World.
It appears that draw poker Insidiously
nvaded Gbautauqua lost summer as the
serpent InvadM Eden. Can It be that even
the Concord School will some time learn the
QU * > 3 Kt * *
philosophical significance of the lluMiuess ot
the Hush and the fullness of the full ?
A Shallow i'rotenic.
San Fniiicl'cn Chnmtcla.
The Southern 1'aclllc Itailroad company
has found that the so-called emigrant ex
cursions tnjura the fust-class business.
Hence tha sale of such tickets Is stopped , but
not without puttliii ; the odium on tint Inter
state commcico act. This Is the shallowest
pretense yet.
The Vi
J , tt. t'/i/iliir / / , liiMel * of I'ltntrnlum , "
The future passed
Before his ca/o In solemn majesty.
With prophet's eye ho saw his printing
press ,
The million folded duplicate of thoticht ,
Of progio s , fact auU fancy. Sight took
wonts ,
And thus he spake :
"Its million tongues of sacred llamo
Shall tcrrlty the tyrant wrong ;
Its million double-edged swoids
Shall sa\e the weak and slay the strong ; "
Its million torches , bright with hope ,
Illume the moonless , starless nixht ;
Its million thouirhts. now burn , full grown ,
Procure the futuie ri-luu of light ;
Its million type on vellum trace
The thoughts and deeds which glory gem ;
Its million voices , trumpet-toiinl ,
Sway sceptre , throne ntid diadem ;
Its million suns .shall turn to day
The night of Ignorance obscure :
Its million altars , muic tilled
By IminhiK truths , shall make men pure ;
Its million steel-barbed spears of wrath
Shall pierce corruption .s coat of mail ;
Its million powers , by Heaven ordained ,
Make truth and Huoity prevail ;
Its million multiples of good ,
Incicasing through all coming time ,
Shall usher In earth's iiaradlsn ;
And men be gods oh , thought sublime I"
Ho ceased. The vision pasted ,
And , like thn blue Hhlno rolling at his feet ,
lie went toi th to his toil and destiny.
STA.TK AND TKKlUTOilV.
Nobrnskn Jottlnga.
The school census gives Red Cloud a
population of D/JtO.
Grand Island is planting street mil-
ways , gas works ami electric lights where
they will do the most pood. The town
lacks a bell line on paper to equal Hast
ings.
An unknown man was hurried into the
better land by n train near Inavalo , Web
ster county , last week. He was about
forty years of age. A letter in his valise
bore the address of F. Schmidt , and on
the lining of his coat was found the name
of ( t. Canoon.
The little three-year-old daughter of
Charles Starmcr , of Glo coc , Dodge
county , ui > : et a kettle of scalding water
over itself Wednesday. It lingered in
great pain until Thursday , when death
relieved it from all suffering.
Fremont is struggling with brawn and
brain to hold the commerce of the Elkhorn -
horn valley. A committee of leading
citi/ens visited Scribner last week and
challenged the town to a foot race. The
innocents swallowed the "deli" and were
thoroughly taken in. The Fremontcrs
made a lonz haul of $300 and the town
booms in consequence.
The enterprising city on the Kaw river
is pushing another feeder into Nebraska.
Articles of incorporation of tlio Kansas
City , Wyandotte & Northwestern wcro
signed in Wymore recently. The mcor-
porators are Gen. A. D. Yocum , of Hast
ing ; B Burch. of Wymore ; E. S. N.
Drouth , of Wyandottc , Kan.E. : Summer-
field and C. F. HurthiRs , of Kansas City.
The line will run from the point at which
the Kansas City , Wyandotte & North
western intersects the state line in south
western Pawnee county through the
towns of Ci'.ster , in Custer county , and
Koya. Paha , in Holt county. The line
runs through Paw nen , Gage , Jefferson ,
Fillmore. Saline , Clay , Adams , Hall ,
Buffalo , Dawson , Seward , Custer , York ,
'
Polk , Merrick , Howard , Nance , Boone ,
Grecley , Wheeler and Holt counties. If
any county feels slighted It will bo ac
commodated with a plug road for a lib-
en ! bonus. _
town Item * .
Waterloo claims 8,000 inhabitants.
Webster City pcoulu will invest $1,000
in a base ball club.
The Third Iowa cavalry and Sixth Iowa
infantry will hold a reunion at Center
ville this summer , but the date has not
yt-l been decided.
The Sioux City Journal ascribes the
fall of Judge Labour , of Des Moines , to
wlns'ky. The Journal also asserts that
Iowa is a prohibition state.
The time for laving the corncr-stono of
the soldiers' home ut Marshalltown has
not yqt been determined upon , notwith
standing reports to tlio contrary.
Des Moines county's poor-house con
tains thirty-two inmates , eighteen of
whom are incurably insane. The expense
of running the farm last year was
$3,073.55.
The Iowa Water company , of Ottum-
wii , has filed artiulcs'of incorporation with
the secretary of state. The capital it )
§ 750.000. The purpose ot the company
is to supply water power in the state and
outside.
The jewelers ot Iowa have organized a
guild for the protection of tliomsolvcs
and their patrons from bogus jewelry.
They think they have already succeeded
in raising the quality of cheaper jo. vclry
gold without increasing the price The
guild has a stam | > of its own which is a
guarantoeof genuineness , and many goods
are manufactured for it expressly.
Dakota.
Work has begun on a new hotel in
Yankton.
A fatal cattle plague is raging in Tur
ner county.
The introduction of quail in Dakota is
being encouraged by gun clubs through
out the territory.
The farmers of the southern counties
report prospects of good crop * better the
coming season than for many years of
the past.
The Yankton woolen mill has bosun
operations for the spring , summer and
fall of 1887 , and the season promises to
bo a prosperous one.
Brookings has sent abroad a committee
to look up the best points in the different
electric light systems. It Is intended to
establish a plant in that town this sum
mer. _
Wyoming.
Chuyonnn is threatened with a deluge
of hired railways and belt lines.
The corner stone of the capjtol build
ing in Chovenno will bo laid in accord
ance with Masonic rites and ceremonies
the 18th of May.
The Cheyenne & Northern road , an ex
tension of the Union 1'acilio , will bo com
pleted to the Platte river by the 1st of
July.
The plea of "self defense" was success-
felly worked on a jury in Rawlins in the
casu of John Tonnar , n German , who
slaughtered three of his countrymen near
the Yellowstone ) Park in May , 18SO.
The Wyoming , Colorado & Pacific ,
supposed to bo the Denver &Kio Grande ,
has been incorporated in the territory.
The proposed road will enter Cheyenne
from the south and then build northwest.
The contract between the authorities of
Cheyenne and the B. 6s M. gives the now
road the right of way on Morris street to
the extreme northern limit of the city
nnd 300 acre's of land when the road is
completed und in operation.
Hoard or Trade.
The first board of trade meeting in the
now building will take place this
evening In the room which Is hereafter to
be used as the restaurant. A number of
the lessees of the ollices of the building
are now moving in every day und before
the 1st of May nearly all the rooms in the
structure will be occupied. . . -
THK TWO FUOKUAn JUUIUS.
GrnnU and Potlt Jurors fur tli c Mny
Term of Court.
The following are the lists of the grand
and petit jurors , for the May term of the
federal court , as drawn by the United
States jury commissioner and turned
over to Marshal Blerbower yesterday ;
(1KANI ( ) .1UUOK.S.
C. W. Hamilton , John Dennis , J. J.
Brown. A. S. Patrick , V. K. Parker ,
Thus. F. Boyd. , Iol n B. Furay , L. S.
Heed , T. H. Scluvalcnberg , Adam Mor-
roll , John Campbell , Clms. Turner , Ucu-
ben Allen , Louis Konnar J , L. P. Pruyn ,
Clms. II. Dewey , Chas. Ferris , Guorgo
W. Uoberts.
nrriT.Tuitous.
M. llobllng , Krnst Brandt , Charlo.s P.
Thirmun , Omaha ; M. Bonsliclil , Auburn ;
Albert Davis , McCook ; G. W. Enslow ,
Alexandria ; O. A. Cooper , Humbolilt ;
Charles Halstead , Tecumseh ; F. W. Pal-
mcr.Oilell ; Milton Slavens. "limsanl Hill ;
B. F. Shepherd. Lincoln ; E. T. Mitchell ,
Falls City ; John M. Snowdon , Cnlbert-
son ; John Burton , Dorchester ; W. C.
llcddleson , Lincoln ; M. French , Wilbur ;
11. Elliott , Merrii-k City ; Samuel Strat-
ton. Ashland ; P. S. Hearock , Falls City ;
J. K. P. Hayes , HopublicanCity.
sun BAYH'MIUIKD. .
The McNiuht Girl Kaceil nnd
Out.
Homer Kirk , the manager of the barbet
shop at the Arcade hotel , ono of the hotel
proprietors , and two reporters for the
BKK to-day called upon the girl who rep
resented to a reporter that she was cither
Kirk's wife or had been deceived by liim.
She stated that she was not Kirk's
wife , and that her child was not Kirk's
child.
She admitted that she had told a repor
ter that she was Mrs. Kirk , and was mar
ried to him at the Commercial hotel in
Lincoln , as .sho supposed ; and that Kirk
was the father of her infant.
Mrs. Spoils , with whom the girl lived a
few weeks in Omaha last fall , seated that
Miss McKiiight told her repeatedly that
she was Kirk's wife , and that ho was the
parent of her child ,
Yesterday , in the presence of the girl ,
two persons stated that she hail told them
morn than a week before the reporter
saw her. that she had been married to
Kirk in the Commercial hotel in Lincoln ,
aa she supposed , and that ho was the
baby's father. _
Now Oliotnlcnl Engine.
Fire Chief Galllgan , in conjunction with
the committee of tlio council yostnrpay
ordered a now chemical engine , from the
llolloway Manufacturing company of
Chicago. This will bo light and easilv
hauled about by two horses , and will
consequently be of great service in
handling small or incipient fires. It will
hold 100 gallons of chemical mixture ,
which it will throw a distance of seventy-
live feet , in a ono inch stream. Attached
to the engine will bo 300 inches of hose.
The engine will be here in about a month
and Will be stationed at the house of the
No. 3's. Chief Galliiran says that it will
be a valuable addition to the apparatus
of the fire department.
Stone Masons Orgnnlzlni ; .
The stone masons of this city have no
labor organization. They have several
times attempted to organize one , and
lately they have boon particularly im
pelled in this direction by certain ques
tions which have arisen between
them aniKcmployers with regard to daily
wages. At present thcro is no regular
scale of prices , some men receiving less
than others and for superior work. For
the purpose of ofl'uctlng a change in this
state of affairs , n number of members of
the trade have decided to make another
attempt to establish a union , ami a meet
ing for that purpose willl bo held at 1310
Douglas street on next Thursday night.
A Pelican of the
Mr. Field , the well known builder , has
the distinction of having killed the larg
est pelican which lias boon known to
have como to this city. It is on exhibi
tion in the show window of Penroso &
Hardin's , and measures eight feet from
tip to tip. Its ugly looking jaw seems
capacious enough to stow away it bale of
hay. The bird was shot near Rogers ,
about sixty miles out on the Platte.
Rlr. IMorseiuan'H I'urclinsc.
At a mooting of the directors of the
Woodman Linseed Oil works hold y ? stor-
day , Mr. E. M. Morsoman , of this city ,
was duly elected a director of this com
pany. Mr. Morsoman acquired the stock
formerly held by Mr. Lloyd Tevis , of San
Francisco.
THE NEGRO MESSIAH
\Vlio Has Thrown tlio Colored People
or the South into a Kronzy.
"Yellowstone Kit , " the negro mounte
bank who has startled several southern
cities by appearing in the role of the
Messiah aud _ cloing works meet for such
a pretension , is the sensation of the day
at Jacksonville , Fla. The colored popu
lace of the city and suburbs , even for
miles into the country , seemed to bo pos
sessed with feelings of frenzy over a man
who has the reputation ot restoring
sight to the blind , making the lame to
walk and curing by the laying on of
hands. So far has this man worked
upon these people that he lectures them
on their moral duties , voting ,
social conditions , rights and re
ligious beliefs. He harangues violently ,
with a peculiar How of words ; dresses
gorgeously and gives away barrels of
bread , crackers' , meat nnd dresses to col
ored women and colored servants in ho
tels and families. The latter leitvu their
work undone to such an extent , while
they hover about the speaking stand , that
complaints come in numerously to the
city authorities on the matter. Sunday
night over 4,000 whites ami blacks , many
respectable citucns among the former ,
were gathered about hi.s stand , when
somu one throw a stone , aimed at "Kit , "
but which , striking an electric light , de
molished the globe. In an instant a wild
uproar followed , people crowded about
the stand , thinking an assault was in
tended on him. Uiot was imminent when
the sheriff came over , but by his loud out
cry the "Messiah" hushed the
crowd and had the blacks com
pletely under control. Ho lectures
in favor of gamblers oncomiiigclections ,
and is tlio talk of the day. Ho is a man
of slender build ; dark , swarthy features ,
ciirliiiir , kinking hair of raven Slackness ,
piercing black eyes , and dresses very
particularly , fairly bla/.ing with genuine
diamonds. The cast of his features siuil
wild talk are partly responsible for the
belief among the colored people thathnis
"Messiah , " asvoll as his alleged euro.
In Key West excitement ran M high that
factious wcro formed and an attempt to
assassinate Kit was made , in which ho
was severely injured. In Tallahassn ,
Fla. , Balnbrk'gu and Albany , Gn. , and
other sections the name peculiar excite
ment existed among thn colored pcoplu.
all claiming th.it ho Is the "Messiah. " It
is said that ho carried uway $ W,000 froin.
Key West.
The CorjioratloiiB unit llio IJAW.
Thcro is a ludicrous side to the propara
lions for compliance with the inter-itato
commerce law. The great magnates have
already held numerous meetings to dis
cuss the situation , and In almost every
one of thcso they hare dovoUid the major
orlipon of the time to interpretations of
the law's provisions. Strange to say ,
they discover that the statute forbids alt
the existing customs and measures which
the companies dcslro to abolish , and su. <
tains all the points which they prefer to
bo continued. For instance , they find ,
after prayerful deliberation , that it is
well and proper to continue to Issue
passes to members of the legislature
while that body is in session and
can vote for their measures ; wlilhi
it is necessary to call in the siuim
parses the moment that the legislature
adjourns , when it is beyond the power of
the member from Cranberry Centre to do
them harm. Likewise they discover that
the law tvill compel them to put a stop to
the sale of nil sorts of commutation ,
school and other tickets which they have
long been desirous of abolishing , while.
it will force them to raise freight rates all
along the lino. According to their read
ing , the law says turkey for the corpora
tion and crow for the public every time.
Now this sounds first rate , but as chance
will have It there is a commission which
will have a thing or two to do in the
prcmiscs.and it is just possible that under
its rulings the people will now and theu
secure a share of the goodies ,
Hydtiey Kinlth an nn
Temple Bar : No man , wo think , ever
equaled. Sydney Smith in the wit of o\-
travagati7.it. Ho understood better than
any other the artistic use of exaggera
tion. More exaggeration is not wit ; tier
can wo lay down any law for making it
become .so. It succeeds , when It does
succeed , not by rule or method , but by a
certain natural happy Instinct , impossi
ble to analy/u , but which acts by intui
tion. It was in this faculty that Sydney
Smith excelled all men.
Wo will take a few examples : "Tho
Scots would have you believe they can
ripen fruit ; and , to be candid , I must own
that in remarkably warm summers I have
tasted peaches that made most excellent
pickles. " Part of thu effect of this Is due
no doubt , to the art with which it is ex
pressed to its air of candid confession ,
which seems to bo yielding the point in
favor of the Scot.s , sit the veiy moment
when it tells so ludicrously uirainst them.
Again :
"When so showy a woman as Mrs.
- appears at a place , though there is
no garrison within twelve miles , the
horixou is immediately clouded with
Majors. " In this casu It Is not so much
the mere exaggeration which gives it its
effect as the urotcsqtiorio of the picture
which it presents to the mind's eye.
Again : "Such is the horror the French
have of our cuisine , that at the dinner
given in honor of ( Jtil/ot , at the Athoii-
: eum , his cook was hoard to exclaim , 'Ah ,
my poor master , 1 shall never sco him
after dinnerl' "
again an English
it is , perhaps , scarcely necessary to
say that Gui/.ot's cook , of course , never
"exclaimed" anything of the kind , and
that Sydney Smith invented the whole
story. And a line example of artistic ex
aggeration it is.
\Vl.ld mil's AGO Full.
El Paso Correspondence St. Louis Re
publican : "Did you over hoar of Wild
Bill's ace full ? " asked a local manip
ulator of the cardboards. "Tho story
mav be old , but it's true. It happened
in 1870 at Sioux City. Wild Bill had a
wcajtncss for poker and know no more
about it than a baby. The consequence
was ho was a picnic for the sports , and
they ileeced him right nnd left. He was
repeatedly warned that ho was being
robbed , but ho always replied that ho
WHS able to take care of himself. Ono
night ho sat down to play with a follow
named McDonald , a fine worker and ex
port. McDonald did as ho pleased , and
the scout found his piln getting smaller
and smaller as the game progressed. As
ho lost ho began to drink , and midnight
found him in a state of intcnsu but re
pressed excitement , a condition that made
him one of the most dangerous men In
the west. It was ut this juncture Hint
McDonald , smart gambler as ho was ,
made his mistake. He should have quit.
However. Wild Bill's apparent coolness
deceived him. Finally the scout scorned
to get an unusual hand and began to bet
high and heavy. McDonald raised hint
back every time , until the too of the table .
was about out of sight. At last there wns
a call. 'I've got three jacks,1 said Mc
Donald , throwing down his hand. 'I
have an ace lull on sixes , ' replied Bill.
'Ace full on sixes is good , ' said McDonald
coolly , turning over his opponent's cards ,
but I see. only two aces and a. six. '
'Hero's the other six , 'suddenly roared
Bill , whipping out a navy revolver , 'and
here , ' drawing a bowie knife , Ms the on ?
spot. ' 'That hand is good , ' said McDon
ald blandly , arising ; 'take the pot. ' "
Reflect innti of an Imperial Snortunmn
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria , in
his now book on "Hunting nnd Observa
tions , " addresses the following remarks
to the modern sportsman. He has boon
describing the scene of one of ins sport
ing expeditions , and continues : "Some
what sadly wo looked at the beautiful
forest , the mighty river ; every ono of us
would gladly have turned back , once
again to penetrate the Interesting re
gions , and to continue as long as possible
the changing lite , so different from the
common daily routine. It is only on ex
peditions ! iko these that ono begins to
understand what it means to have real
interesting sport. Wl-ero hunting has
scientific interests , whom it moans the
exploration of unknown districts ,
the absence of all comforts ,
and often the necessity of hard
fatiguing work , it becomes enjoy
able , and a past-time superior to all
others. But except in our glorious Alps
thcro is no such sport to be had in central
Europe. In all the districts which have
been reached by culture the poor beasts
have boon driven into narrow hiding
places , or , systematically tamed , have
become almost like domestic animals. A
comfortably arranged sporting expedi
tion , with a largo number of attendants ,
is no real pleasure , because it requires
no exertion , no work. It Is simply a
shooting match and an armed walk.
'ihereforo ho who would have real ,
manly sport should go to districts whore
the beasts are still free and untamed
where man has not yet begun to take
earo of them to seek sport which re
quires such exertions which not every
body would like to undergo , "
PatontHto Ho Vnrntod.
Commissioner Sparks , of the general
land ollicu , has recommended to the sec
retary of thu interior that suits bo Insti
tuted in the territorial courts of New
Mexico to vacate tlio patent to about
550,000 aores of laud m Colorado and
Now Mexico , alleged to have been errone
ously included in the .survey and patent
of the Tiurra Armilla grant dated Febru
ary , 1881. This recommendation is based
upon a report of Surveyor General Julian
ot Now Mexico , from which it appears
that the patent embraced the common
lands that were loft tree to the publio by
reservation ot the Mexican government.
which , therefore , could not puss under
the grant and confirmation.
Acting Secretary Mnldrow has recom
mended to the attorney general that suit
be instituted to cancel the patents for
twenty-two homestead entries made in
the township bounded on thu cast by
ILiiton creek and on the west by Turner's
creek , in the Pueblo ( Col. ) land district.
It is charged that those entries , with ono
exception , were all luadn in thu names of
fictieions persons , and that thu main portions
tions contains the largest and finest coal
deposits in the bouthorn Colorado tlio
coal cropping on the surface. Mention
in made of the statement , as significant ,
that E. B. Soprls , the reputed owner of
these lands , was , in 18711 , a deputy United
States surveyor , nnd as such surveyed
these hinds , lint made no mention of their
mineral character.
Frequently accidents occur in the
household which cause burns.cuts , sprains
and bruises ; for use in such cases Dr. J.
H. McLean's Volcanic. Oil Llnlmont has
for many years boon the constant favorite -
ite family remedy. ,