THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY. MA10. . . 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNfNG. TBIWH or stmscnirriov ! "Dnttf ( Mornljiir ndltlou ) Including Sunday UK * , Ono Vcnr . $10 a PorBlxMnnthi . OW For Thrcn Months . . . ' < l W Xlm Omntm Hmiilay HBK , mailed to any wltlrosa , Ouo Your. . . . . . . . . 3 ( X nrricn. Ko. OH Avn flM VAtifAM flTitrni Nr.w VOIIK orrtrr. Itoou , Titini'VR IUTM.IIIMI WASI1I.NUIUN ( All communications relating to news nndtxll torlnl innttur uliould bo ad'hosaid to thu Ki > l ion or Tilt : Ilr.r. HUSINSR3t.tTTr.lH ! All hutlnoss letter * and romlttnnocg Hhoiild tx Mclrcssud to Tnr. 1 1 KB I'uui.igliiNU COMPANY OMMH. DrixflB , chucks nml pontoltlco order lo bu made pay able to tlio enl r of the company IDE BEE POBLISHliJIiPllI ! , PROPRIETORS , K. KOSEWATEH , Kniron. THE IlEB. Hivorn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , t , _ County of Don ; Inn. f " ' a' ( lei ) . IJ. TzschucK , Eecrctnrv of The Be. . 1'ubllstiine company , ilocs solemnly swoa \ that tlio actual clrctilnUoii of Urn Daily Heifer for tlio week ending May 0 , 18S7 , was a follows : BatUHlay. April 30 . 11,30 Sunday , May 1 . . < * > Monday. Mays . 15,0'i Tuesday , Mav : { . 14,4 Wednesday. May . 14,31 Thursday , May 5 . 14,20 Friday , MayO . It.SO Avoracc . 14.4C OF.O. if.T/.ocnuoK. Subscribed and sworn to bcloro me till 7th day ot May , IbST. N. P. FF.IU [ SEAL. ] Notary Public. Oco. 0. Tzscliuck , beln ? first duly sworn deposes and says that he Is secretary of Th' ' Itco Publishing company , that the actua average dally circulation of the Dally Hoc fo the month of May.lbbC , 12.-I39 copies ; for June 1880 , 12.298 copies ; for July , 1SSO , 12,314 copies for August , IfrQ , 12,404 copies ; for Septem ber , IS , 18o0 : ! conies ; for October , 188C 12.W9 copies ; for November , IbSO , 13 , t copies ; for December , 18SO , 111,2)7 ) conies ; fo January , 1837. 10,200 copies ; for Februarj 18S7 , 14,193 copies ; for March , 1887 , 14,40 copies ; for April , 1SS7 , 14,310 copies. GKO. H. Tzscnucrc. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 7tl day of May , A. J,1887. ISKAL. ] N. P. FRIT , , Notary Public. T. P. QUICK , of Lincoln , is dead. 11 was prominent in many ways. TIIEHE is a crj calling for the organ ; zation of the fire and police commission As the UEE has before insisted , fSO fo each water hydrant is too large a sum. THE eighth street viaduct must b built. It is needed , and has been proa iscd. GP.XIKAT : , KKIKER said he would mak a speech and ho spoke. Ho escaped ur scathed. ENCOOUA.OING reports of copious rain throughout the state reach us. This i gratifying. WIIILB Mayor Hrontch is out of Hi city , it is hoped there will bo no mor alleged interviews. Mu. CORNELL'S annual report show better than newspaper praise that ho IK proven a faithful oflicinl. IT is though unless the commissio closes the Washington monument prett sooif , relic hunters will have it all carric away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ROBKKT LINCOLN is enjoying a litt presidential boom. Robert's father wi a truly great man. Unfortunately Robe is not a chip oil' the old block. JAY GOUI.D is booked to appear befo : the Pacific Investigating commissionc Friday. Mr. Gould will interest h audience by relating what ho does n know. IT must be borne in mind that bo Omaha nnd Lincoln have base ball club Whether they can play ball is left for kind and. discriminating public to dote mine. HUGH Prince has brought suit again the city of Omaha for $0,000 dnmngc Ho claims that ho was injured by fallii on a defective sidewalk. Can it bo th MlkeMcnny has failed to discovert ! "loose planks. " THE twelve Irish constables who i signed their olllco because they wo Compelled to carry on evictions , and wi arrived in New York last week , n nounco their intention of becoming ci zens of the United States. They w learn better than to resign an oflico they are successful in being elected America. MADAME CHAKLOTTK PONNEU , t songstress , is suing the American Ope company in the superior court , N < York , for | 3,800 duo her as salary , a in addition , for fn.OOO , as damage to ti reputation. The American Opera co pany certainly is having a hard strugf for existence. The country seems hare DO music in its soul. Mu. RfVTHACKKu assailed Govcrr Thaycr because Mr. Rothackor was r appointed as a member of the pol commission. At Icnst the governor c plains it that way , and those who re th * interview elsewhere , will natura draw the same conclusion. The Grt adage referring to the milk in the coci nut is beautifully appropriate here. "Wiu. railroads bo built if a cnst-ii law najs they shall only rncoivo a co ponsation that , while it will make n lui traffic road rich , will utterly rum weaker or low-traffic road ? " asks a noi paper which condemns the inter-st ; law. In the first place there are nc other than "large traflio" roads in tl part of the country. Two or throe s. terns west of the Mississippi river ci trol every mile of track. In the scco place cast-iron laws against railways 1 longed to the Iron ago certainly they i unknown in this nineteenth cuntury. Tins San Francisco Journal qf Cl tnerce has been examining the statist as to the opium trade , and iU nrithim man has couio to tlio conclusion t during the past oten years the gove muut has boon defrauded out of | 23,3 070 , through the wholesale smuggling the drug. Taking the Chinese popi tion as 135,000 , and assuming that 100 , are opium smokers , it would follow ti each Chinese spent yearly $33 on sm gloti opium. It hns been boforu marked that for ' 'trays that are dark i trlcki that ru Tain , the heathen Chii ! a peculiar. " ' Hcnntor Conger ami Ilia Senator Conger , member' of the lute legislature , is busy these days exhibiting a hnndsomo gold watch presented him by "old soldiers , " as ho claims , as a rc > ward for his "untiring , " "indefatigable' nnd promiscuous skirmishing in sccur ing the location of the fcoldicr.s homo at Grand Island. While ii is true that Grand Island will sccun a soldiers' home , the part that Sen ntor Conger played In passing the bill , 01 in any way aiding its passage , remain ! .something of a mystery. In the firs place , Conger was notorious as n rail road lobbyist , and what lie called his "in llucnco" was nothing. Hut what i strange about the watch prcscntatiot is the tact that he should claln the G. A. H. maito him the pres cnt. The Hun at the tnno th ! "expression of appreciation , " occurrei was furnished with a list of names of tin magnanimous donors , nnd when it re members Conger's record , it is forced t < admit that the "old soldiers" who reck Ic sly subscribed the "amounts set anpo site their names , " did it only to rowan an old comrade for work well done. The first soldier subscribing to th Conger watch fund , was the peerless battle-scared , veteran Colonel John M Thurstoii. Ho could not restrain hi emotion , as he recalled the bloody bal ties ho had road about , and immcdi ntcly wrote his name for $23. While Mr Thurston never had n chance to smcl real powder , as the Union Pacific attoi nuy hu know a good thing when he sav it , and Comrade Conger had his ful sympathy. According to the list furnished us th next old soldier whoso young hear filled with bitter recollections of bloo stained battle fields , the picture of whicl he had often looked at when n boy som ten years ago , was General C. W. Moshci The general said in as much as Comrad Conger had been where the bullets wcr thickest in the long and hard-fought bat tie to get the convict labor contrac through , ho would cheerfully subscnb 125. 125.Next Next on the list appears the name c Captain A. S. Paddock , who will see write a series of war articles for the Cci tury Magazine. While the captain wa busy during the war , he yet felt lik being ono of the old soldiers who woul help buy a watch for Conger bocausi of his services in securing th soldier's homo at Grand Island. G course Comrade Conger voted for Pad dock for senator but then that wa nothing. J. W. Dewcesc , who was a major- drum major perhaps , in a tit of recklc ; liberality wrote down $5.00. Considoriu the fact that ho had given Comrade Cor gcr several trip passes , his donation we considered suQicicnt. Private Church Howe , who was soldier , subscribed $25 , but Conger hn a happy way of voting for the Missoui Pacific right of way , which together wit his services of securing the soldier1 homo at Grand Island , Church thougli that there was nothing like rcwardin the bravo. The list furnished us also goes on to sa that a subscription of " { 100 from the cil i/.ons of Grand Island. " was given thoCoi ger watch f und.but the latest advices f roi that city say there was no such amoui subscribed , and that the "soldiers" rnoi tioned above , with two additions , fu nishcd the watch to Conger , tolling hii it cost $255 , when in reality it cost $151 The best thing that Mr. Conger can dote to give the watch a rest. It is we enough for him to indulge in the grii wlcasantry of telling people that ho running for congress next year , but 1 has made the "old soldier" racket chestnut. The Grand Army of Rasca mentioned above will hold , a reunion the next legislature. A Cattle "Trust. " The latest combination taking the tit of a "trust" is composed of cattle me who have recently organized the Ame ican Cattle Trust association , with claimed capital of $25,000,000. A mov mont looking to this organization w : sot on foot some time ago , the profcssi object being the protection of thu cattl men from the alleged exactions and u just treatment they suil'ured at the nan of the syndicate of the Chicago and Ka sas City packers. In an address to convention of cattle men some montage ago a gentleman largely interested raising cattle declared that thesyndicai with the assistance of the railroads , hi been for years outrageously plunder ! ) the cattle men , its members growing ri out of the robberies thus persi tcntly carried on. It need , hard bo said that this person w able to present a very plan iblo showing , which very likely h a good deal of truth as a basis. The r cessity of organization was urged in ord to enable the cattle men to combat t syndicate , if need be to the extent of i tablishing competition in slaughter ! : nnd packing in the region of the rancln This was the disposition manifested I fore the passage of the inter-state co mcrcolaw. After that act was pass the project was allowed to drop it obuyanco , doubtless from a feeling tl : the now law would remedy in largo pi I the wrongs of which the cattlemen coi plained. This expectation would set not to have been realized , for the cat trust has been organized , its object bci "concert of action in producing , feed ! and marketing cattle , includi i the manufacturing necessary to r < dor the product ready for sale the markets of the world. . " Ti appear to be an entirely legitimate pi pose , but the Chicago Tribune diacovi 3 in the movement "at once the most , gautic monopoly over attempted and t most vital to thu public interest. " Tl journal expresses the opinion that if I scheme U successful it will enhance t I cost of every pound of American be and it believes that to bo the real obji of the movement. "If this extra burd upon consumption , " says the Tribu were coupled with a general bonolii ths cattle raising interest it would not quite so bad ; but evidently thu intent ] a I la to put the great bulk of that inter t I also at the mercy of a few monopolli j ropeatinsr , so far as possible , the < story of the big fish eating the lit f ones. " Granting that the cattle raising int cst may have substantial grounds of cu plaint as the basis of Its movement , ; such cnlicismof the project as that ab ( quoted u incvitiblu in view of the g < era ! popular distrust of all such com nations. Experience has taught the p pie 10 regard them , however fair promise , as certainly tending to monopoly ely , for which the term "trust" is a mis leading cuphcuisni. The American Cattle tlo Trust association may prove to be wholly innocent of any grasping and sclllsh designs , but until it shall clearly show that it is so it will bo suspected of the .same intent that has characterized the conduct of other organizations which under the title of "trusts" developed the worst forms of monopoly. I'rogrctia of MaUdlng. During Mio nine months ending with last March , 1,230 building permits wore issued , representing an estimated cost of about f 1,000,000. This gratifying show ing will probably bo equalled In the sue cceding nine months in the number o buildings authorized to bo erected , if no in the cotit they shall represent. The present year will certainly by far cxccei any previous year in thu extent and cost of building in Omaha , nnd then is every reason to believe tha he succeeding year will not fall bohini , . There is still a demand here for com lodlous business blocks , nnd invcstmou n such buildings , having the modcri pplianccs nnd conveniences , is nssurct ) f liberal returns. The rapidly cxpandini rado of the city demands ampler facili ies , which should , and doubtless will ttract a great deal of capital to build ng during the next few years for busi icss purposes. There is certain am permanent profit in such investment ii Drnaha. Meanwhile residence buildin ] s rapidly increasing in every quarter o lie city , many of these additions lo th 's homes being of the most atlractiv kind architecturally and representing generous expenditure. Solidity in th business quarter and beauty and ele Banco in thu residence portions nrc th iresont tendency. A still urgent want i larger number of houses for pcopl who cannot build their homes , nnd whic will rent at from $20 to10 a month. NCAKLY all the newspapers of th country have published the story hov ono Walter Ridgely , a traveling sales- : nnn , resented an imposition sought to b iracticcd unon him by two men who fer ried him across the river near Tex rkana , Ark. , and that in n light whicl ensued ho killed both of them ; how sub icquently ho was hunted down by the brothers of these men , thrco in number and in a desperate night battle raadi hem bite the dust , himself being sc roroly wounded , and how in all tin nest tragic business ho had exhibitoi inoxampled courage and ncryu. Th itory first appeared in a St. Louis pape as an ordinary dispatch , but was after wards elaborated and illustrated in th same journal , and from that widely re produced. It received editorial attcrj ion in quarters where material for sue ! attention is not usually lacking. Sever : lapors sent down special correspondent aud in ether ways sought to secure addi tional details. It was the foremost scnsn tion of the year. The drummers of th country wore touched by the heroism o their comrade , and in Chicago nnd cist where started benefit subscription fund Had there been a hero Ridgely woul mvo been made a rich man. lint happil or unhappily there was not , nnd atter a unprecedented run , " in the languaq of the show bills , of more thai two weeks , it is proved thi the whole story was a hoax , tli invention of the St. Louis , uapor's Texat kana correspondent , ono W. H. Work : That he did his work well goes withoi saying , but it is questionable if the pe formanco is ono to bo proud of. Evi deutly , however , there is valuable journ alistic material in Works if it can t given the right direction. IJut he ca not hope for any favor from several mar aging editors who are kicking thomselv ( for their easy gullibility and the geuoi ous outlay it has cost their papers. IT may not bo generally known th : both the war and navy departments hav bureaus of information whoso business is to obtain knowledge of military prof ross and preparation in this and foroig countries. It happened that during tl time when the lislujries dispute had a ; snmed n somewhat threatening aspci those bureaus were uncommonly activ in the search for information , addressin inquiries to Governor Ueavor , of Pom sylvnnia , among others , astohowquickl the state militia could bo concentrate at a stated point , equipped and ready fc service. A reply that must have bee entirely reassuring to thu bureau ofllcoi was sent/duly filed and plgoon-holcc The governor nursed this circumstam for weeks as profound state secret , bi feeling that all danger had passed ho few days ago disclosed it as ovidcnc that the country was for a time on tl very verge of hostilities with Englanc It was a natural inferrenco , perhaps , fc the governor to maku under the tlu existing circumstances , as bo doubtle knew nothing of the existing bureau , bi ho would have shown discretion in mat ing inquiries that might have provente his being led into a confession of aum ing simplicity. IT is not probable that the wish of tl commissioner of the land ofhco to ha1 the Maxwell land-grant case roargucd the supreme court will bo complied wit It might be to very little purpose if were. Hut there are some statemen regarding the case in the communicatic submitted by the acting commissioner the secretary of the interior which w very greatly strengthen a widesprei public belief that the grant as allowed a stupendous robbery of the people. Tl supreme court is of course blameless the matter , though it has not escapi criticism , the fault being in the inad quacy of the government's evidence prove fraud. It is now said that now ai material evidence has boon discovcro but it is to bo feared it has been foui too late to be useful except as add proof to the people that they have be robbed. WITHIN the last two weeks our tel graph columns have contained accour of disastrous fires. Invariably is it t case that no "lire company" was in t place. In each of those towns scourg by the remorseless flamed , a largo nu ber of buildings have been destroyi entailing a loss representing a sum si iicicntto provide an effective tire t partmont. Such a company could , in. ; probability , save a very largo proportlt of tno property destroyed , if engin were at hand. The absence of all fac ities for extinguishing fires in small tow and cities , In often responsible for gr < loss. Ouo of the first duties of municipality Is tojtnko n wlso and proper precaution against the possibility ot fires and to afford facllltip5jfor subduing them. THE people of'Ynnkton , Dakota , are very enthusiastic over the proposed line of road to bo built from Omaha to Yank- ton , through Washington , Dodge , Ginn ing , Wnyno and Cudur counties. It niv pears that those at the head of this enterprise mean business , and if proper ncouragomcnt is offered , the road will built ut oncer fiOO.OOO nro wanted rom Omaha nnd Intermediate points , t is called tno Omaha , Wnyno & Yank' on railroad , and would give tc Omaha a direct line to the north oniothing greatly needed. The people o Yankton arc enthusiastic on the subject s arc also citizens of towns along the proposed line. A meeting will bo held ii Omnha on May 2U , when committee ! 'rom ' each point will mnko their reports is to amount of money that can bo raised Our cili/.eiis should give this matter theii ittcntiou. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ OMAHA , has nearly fifteen miles o paved streets and further paving is Ii progress. This is a very creditable show ng as the work of live years , and it is ti be said of a largo part of this paving tha t has been well done. The city mus lot halt in this particular , and it may to suggested that future paving will have t < bo done with even greater care than ha been exercised in the past. The incrcas ng use of the thoroughfares from tin growing traffic of the city explains wh ; this is necessary. The very best matoria and the most thorough workmanshi ] will bo found true economy in all pavinj icroafter laid. THE crop reports from the northwcs nro in the highest degree cncouragins Seeding is completed , the date being carl or than usual , and all the condition more favorable than for several years The acreage in both Minnesota am Dakota is larger than last year , and i the season shall bo propitious the crops of those states will bo materially in creased. The situation in Iowa is re ported exceptionally favorable. Alto gether the present conditions are mos satisfactory , and the promise such as t reassure confidence in an enlarged pro ; pcrity for the entire country. "A WITHEHINO blast of tory rage , " i the way the opposition party puts i when speaking of homo rule debate i the house of commons in London. I Ncbraskn they say , "tho gentleman fron Nemalia made a commodious ass of hin self. " AFTKU passing tlio winter with the dis solute lobby at Lincoln , how could Wi Gurley prosecute roustabouts and bum niors for debauchery and disturbance c the peace ? Mr. Gurloy need not expoe to be appointed assistant city attorney. Ur to the hour of going to press Mi Moynihan had not ( been appointed chic of police. This item' will bo a matter c news until it crows to bo a chestnut , an even then Mr. Moyiiihan will not hay been appointed chief of police. IT is hoped that thu laboring men c Omaha will adjust their differences , i possible , at onco. Th the busy season i is to be regretted that a misunderstand ing between employer and employe should stop the wheels of improvement THE advantages of a collegiate cduct tion cannot too often bo presented to th young men of our country. W. Ii Hutclnns , a graduate of Yale , has bcoi tendered a position in the Chicago bas ball club. IT .seems to bo a time-honored politic ; theory that no ollico is too small to b despised. From the scramble in Omah just now. there can bo no doubt of th truth of the proposition. HISMAHOK hns had an oditior sent t prison for ono month for libeling tb political character of the prince. A pc litical character does not amount to muc in Uurliu. 8TATK ANWJTKnniXOUY. Nebraska Jottings. OOrd is offered a paper mill for a bonu ; 'NX ayno's creamery is ready for bus ness. ness.Dion county has 2,031 young ideas 01 the shoot. The Norfolk Odd Fellows have decide to build a hall. The Nebraska City News has been or larged and now circulates largely on i shape. The Missouri Pacific extension is e > pcctcd in Nebraska City in about foil weeks. Real estate transactions in Fromoi since the first of the year aggregut $300,170. Burglars are enjoying the boom 1 Fremont. Transactions are numeroi with small receipts. Miuden's no rr creamery will bo read for business m thirty days. The capit : stock of $5,000 has been subscribed. The electric light plant burned don in Heatricu some months ago has bee rebuilt. The town brightened up in coi sequence. ' Richard Frowon will sue the Dakol Cattle company ut the next term of cou in Dawcs county , beginning May 30 , fc $25,000 damages for preach of contrac The attorney general has decided th ! the herd law was not suspended in Sion county and stock owners are thorefoi liable for all damage done by their cntt to farms. i The Elkhorn Vaucy extension hi reached Albion , Hoond county. No regi lar trains will be rm > "until the track laid through to Oaknalo , which will tnl ' about thirty days , 'f" . The Fremont Triowv o declares there not a grocery store in the town. Th gives color to the rumor that Truth a plies for a divorce 'from Hammond c the ground of willful it-csurtlon. A ghastly aggregation of poles ai canvas and spare rib acrobats has foldi its tents and silently- crawled into financial cemetery in''Nebraska Citf. lonely peanut husk and lemon peel marl its grave. Palmyra has turned out another Inn tic. Frank E. Randall is reported me tally decomposed. An overdose of lo struck him in a tender spot. Ho is ) wc ty-two years old and talks love to evoi woman ho meets. lie's got it bad. Conductor Elliott , of the Elkhorn Vf ley road , is to bo presented with an < tt blomatio badge by admirers in Rap City as a souvenir of running the fir train into the Hills metropolis last yea Thu badge is built of Ulack Hills gel with moss agate settings , nnd displa the Masonic and Knlgnia Templar ei blcms. The Hungarian convict. Hcraledsk whoso pardon is sought by influent ! friends in the old world , is not entitled sympathy or consideration unless ho proven Insane. The crime for which lie is serving a life .sentence wns the murder of his wife in Colfax county in 1881.The theory of lunncy wns mlvaucud nt the trial , but it failed to mitigate the bloody character of thu ( Iced. Major J. H. Hanson , representing the company which proposes to build thu Omaha , NVayno & Vnnkton railroad , has notified tlio committees of towns interested ostod that hu will meet them in Omaha on the ' . ' 3d niht. , to consider such propo sitlons as may bu offered. Delegation * from Ynnkton , Hartington , Wayne ami other towns on the proposed line nro ox peeled to bo present and submit oilers ol aid. The people north are onthusiastk on the subject of n direct Hue to Omnh : nnd will give it a libural financial boost Ulac-k Hills papers have decided upoi the route of the H. & M. into that conn try. The rend is nn "air Hue , " of course but considerable brain power and nervi issue has been oMicmlcd in surveyim .ho route from editorial back windows The rend ns pictured will cross the Klk horn nt Ruslivillo , and then dodging tlu corner of the reservation , snip along tlu eastern foothills in a line parallel to tl Elkhorn , crossing the Cheyenne near tin mouth of Lame Johnnie , then running ! little east by north until the valley o Rapid creek is reached , cross the creel nnd como into the city on the north side This will make Rushvillu an importan junction point , also Rapid City. It i said tlio junction where the line for tin west side of the Hills will start is to b located forty miles below Ruslivillo. town Items. Work has been commenced on the nov Savory hotel at DCS Moinea. Fruit-growers of Scott county rcpor the outlook for this season most cncour aging. Harriott A. Hoyt extracted $3ODO Iron the treasury of Des Moincs l > v slippiiij up on a defective sidewalk. She wantei $10,000. Sioux City sighs for a bridge over th Missouri. High license and rcgnlatio : prevails on the Covington side atn droughts nro unheard of. The "Vinton Oil and Gas company , ' with a capital of $100.000 , has been 01 ganizcd and the work of boring wil begin ns soon ns nrrangemouts can b completed. A land slide occurred along the Ch cngo , Milwaukee & St. Paul railroa about a mile south of Clayton on Monda afternoon , demolishing several rods o track and delaying trains about nin hours. The heat of Monday caused the rail on the Illinois Central branch to expand ditchimr a passenger train near Charle City , but injuring no one. Near Ulairs burg City the track was disturbed froti the same cause , but it was discovered i : time to prevent nn nccidcnt. Some vcrv line and delicate points o prohibition'lnw have been raised in Siou City. The Fran/ Brewing company ha sued for $1,000 worth of kugs which wor destroyed with the contents by the prc hibitiomsts. The federal nuthontk threaten to take the constables by th nape of the neck for spilling the bee out of the kegs without first nuncturin , thu stamp. The right of the bung hoi must be protected. Dakota. Incendiaries are at work in Pierre. Redlield offers $7,000 for a now coui house , if the county will give $3,000 , The territorial railway commission i going through the motion of rcgulatio in Fargo. The latest evidence of civilized life i Deadwood is the opening of safes b burglars. The winds of Saturday and Sunday di considerable damage to crops m the v cinity of Aberdeen. The number of settlers driven from th Crow Creek reserve has been greatl overstated. They number 500. It is said that souio Elkwood. Cavahe county , sharps got $00,000 lifo insurauc recently on a man who had been dea < twenty-one years. Jornuld county farmers complain tha a small insect , similar-to a potato bug , i destroying the cottonwodd groves in tha part of the territory. The handsomest thing about the mir ing business in Deadwood is the artist ! typography of the slock certificate. 1 does not diminish assessments , howovci Again conies the report that the pec plu who have long resided at old Foi Pierre will bo compelled to move. Nc because that portion of the resorvatio is of any use or benefit to th o Indians but because , presumably , the govcrr ment has learned , after the whites bnv occupied the grounds for many year ; that they never did have a right to sottl thero. A United States postoffico whic existed there for years has been discoc tioued , which gives color to the report. Women Clerks Disappearing Froi tlio Departments. Philadelphia Telegraph : It may not b many years before n woman wil be a rare sight in a dopai ! ment. Slowly , but surely , they are beiti ; got rid of under the civil service systeni They are not now seen walking arm i arm through the treasury corridors o .standing at the windows at noon tim with their cups of tea. It is not that the are closer to their desks. They are nc there. Since Secretary Mannind first took th treasury portfolio , and the newoi dor of things was begun , nearly twclv per cent of the women have gone , an none have como in their places. Whei a female clerk dies or gets married , re signs , or is dismissed a requisition goo to the civil service commission for a ma : to fill the vacancy. 1 was asked why thi was if it was true that women did nc mnko ns good clerks ns men. The reply was that some of thorn mad better clerks than did the men. Th trouble did not lie m that. Thu fact i they are hard to deal with. Most of then depend upon the gallantry of the superior rior officers , and nro constantly askinj favors , many of them not hesitating a scorning to think it improper ta ask hig officials oven as high as secretaries t make false statements or violate the lain \ in ? heir interests. The most trouble i when examining them for promolior Some have not hesitated to ask for a Ii ; of the questions beforehand. So pcrsis tent are some that it reflects unon th whole class , and the departments hav entered into a systematic effort to got ri of thorn. m Street Car Horses. "Tho horse Rochester Post-Express : of the street cur company are prott good animals. " said a veteran driver Ini evening , "ami they receive pretty coo caro. They don't look as well this spnn as they usually do nt this time of th ' year. You see , summer shoos wore mien on the horses in March and the compan got caught. Wo had a lot of slipper weather after that , nnd it pulled the tics right off the horses. The company 1 pretty lucky with its horses , aud docsn have to kill more thttn two or thrc every year. I have known years who not more than ono horse was killed. Th fact Is , the health ot the horse dopenc altogether on the kind of a driver it hai It isn't true that pulling a car kills horso. Now , I have had horses thi looked better after I had driven the ; five years than they ever did before , a man makes them yank a car when starts it takes the flesh off them in hurry. Now it doesn't make any diffoi enco to mu whether lam on time or thn hours late , my horse cots his drink , find a horse will pull ids car better if 1 isn't out of water. " Colicate'a Toilet Hoapa. Exquisitely perfumed , absolutely pur popular everywhere. Cashmuro lloqu unsurpassed. Ho Explains Why He Has Boon Assailed By Editor Rothackor , A DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER. llotunckcr Wanted to no I'ollcc Com missioner , Hut IU1 Not Get tlio Posi tion. "What is tlio cause of the Republican's savage assault upon you , governor , on account of your letter addressed to thu police commissioners ? " asked a represen tative of tlio MUM last evening of ( Joy- ornor Thiyor , at the Millard hotel , " 1 " answered tlio suppose , governor , "that it ij because 1 did not appoint Editor - itor Rothacker as ono of those commis sioners. " "Why , was ho an applicant ? " "Yes ; and a very earnest and persist- out one , " replied thu governor. "Did any ono recommend him ? " "No one except Mr. Cadet Taylor , That gentleman called on me at Lincoln some weeks ago and requested mo to ap point Mr. Uothacker. I discouraged it at that time. During my late visit here , when I spent some several days in Omaha , considering thu subject of the commission , Messrs. Taylor and Roth- acker called on mo anil the application was renewed. I gave them the reasons which had led. mo to conclude that Mr. Rothacker's appoint ment would not bo judicious. Ono was that he was the editor of a paper which was known as an organ of the republi can party , and as it is the intention of the law that the commission shall bo entirely non-partisan his selection would bo in consistent with that position. 1 said that his selection would bo subject to criti cism in that regard. I said to them that the democrats , to make thu thing oven , might usk mo to appoint the editor of the Herald to thu same position. The appointment of political editors , I said , was incompatible with my duty in the matter , or words tat lint effect. " "Well , did that end the matter ? " "I supposed that was the cud of it. I returned to Lincoln on the evening of the day of the city election hero. Two days after that 1 received a most pressing telegram again renewing the request for the appointment of Mr. Uothacker , but I found no reason for changing my deter mination. I had said to each of the four gentlemen subsequently selected before 1 loft hero that 1 should probably appoint them , which decision 1 carried into of- foot. " . "Could you have supposed that you would have been assailed for addressing that letter to the commissioners and hav ing it published ? " "Most assuredly not. Every word of it was in favor of good order , cooJ gov ernment , and protection for the people of the city. 1 designed the letter as a basis for the action of the commission. Sev eral motives influenced mo in preparing the letter. Ono was to strengthen the commission. Another was to let the people ple know that the movement , the estab lishment of an efficient police depart ment in the city , was being inaugurated. Another was that it should bo a warning to burglars and thieves and lawbreakers of every degree to seek another field of operation or go to the penitentiary. " "Havo you learned anything of the public sentiment regarding this matter during your present visit here ? " " 1 have ; and it has been a source of very great satisfaction to mo to liiuf my course in this matter so generally endorsed. Scores of thu best citizens of the city have not only thanked mu for the commission as se lected , but have thanked mo most heartily for what they designated my most timely letter. Such men as Judge Lake , J. 11. Millard , A. J. llanscom , Urs. Somors and Merriam , C. 11. Kustin , S. R. Johnson , J. E. Market and w. A. Gwyer , have endorsed the letter fully ana completely. I was obliged to disre gard the request of many personal friends who asked mo to appoint their favorite candidates , and as the selection of the members of the commission was u most delicate task , and ono of vital im portance for 1 would be held responsible if the right men were not selected I de termined that I must exorcise my judg ment and appoint those men whom 1 be lieved combined all the essential qualities which they should possess to hold those positions. 1 accordingly decided to se lect those whom 1 hud known for years. A prime object with mo also was to bring together four men who would work to gether in entire harmony. 1 have full confidence that I have succeeded in doing this. " "Have you any idea as to whom the commission will appoint as chief of po- hcoV" ' Not the slightest. 1 "have no doubt they will consider that matter with great caution , and select the ono who in their judgment is best fitted for the position. " "Do you know Mr. Moyuihan , who is seeking the place ? " "I never saw him to my knowledge until last evening. I know nothing in regard to him. I nave no quarrel with Mr. Rothacker. I have marked out ray line of action and shall pursue it regard less of any amount of detraction and abuse. The Gold-Snake Mines , Alfreil Hatch in Harper's WtMv. Tercno Muno/ was about eighteen yeas old. Her father was a Mexican , and her mother a Commancho squaw. She had straight black hair , black eyes , a good figure , and a good deal of strength. Shu was as as full of superstition and belief in ghosts and spirits as an egg is full of meat. She was nice and lady-like and she had a curiously soft voice. When she was sixteen , Juaquln Costcllo fell in love with her. Ho played the guitar op posite her window steadily for five weeks , he smoked cigarrltos in front of the house while talking to her father , old Pedro Minion , and ho was fully accepted as her prospective husband. Now thu last person to expect that Torisita would ob ject to anything her father had arranged for her was old Pedro himself. When , then , ho announced to her that she waste to .look upon Juaquin Costcllo as her master for the f uturo.sliu made a scene and there was what might pass for a row in that cabin. Of course old Pedro stormed , and of course her mother sat on the clay floor in what might bo called silent misery , and finally Senorita Toreno won. She would not bo married fo Juaquin : and as she would not , she was not. Terono had , among her other queer beliefri.a . full confidence in thogold-snako. This is the funniest superstition that you can imagine. If you lind a species of snake something Ijko a black-snake , hut with yellow bars on the back , anywhere down on the Mexican border , and then you liud where that snake lives , you can lind a ledge of quart/ containing free gold. Tcreno believed this , and she know where one of the gold-snakes lived. She kept the serret carefully at least until Henry Hrown arrived there with his team of mules , frciglitinc over the Mirth- em trail. "Red Head , " as.Mr. Hrown was called , was u pronounced blonde. Ho mot Tereno , am ! Terono mot him , nnd thu two fell In lovu with oich : other. In fact , they liked each other so much that Mr. Urown Attempted to learn the guitar , though ho had no. finger * lit for the work , nnd had not the least scintilla of music in his soul ; nnd nil persons , on this earth ho scloclod'Sotior Junqiiin Costcllo ns n tcnchor. Jiinquln grinned nnd inndo rlgnrritos rapidly when he understood what Mr. Urown had ooine to him for. Ho agreed , however , a1 , once to give tlio lesions , and ho biipKo.sted they should take place nt Senor Mimo/'s house. The .spi-ctaclo of Mr. Hrown'.s worl ; on tlio fjultnr under the instruction of Suitor I'ostollo , with Terono looking on , would have moved a bronze statuette to tears. The curious part of thu thing was that 'IVreno could play the guitar herself , and piny it well. 1'hn number of tnniM that Kin tried to get Mr , Hrown to practice the Instniiiu'iit when she could lull him wlion lie was wroii. ; could not be told. Unfortunately Mr. Hrown , in a bullheaded - headed kind of way , had made up Ins mind that ho could loam the thing by the aid of Senor Co.stello'.s instruction , nnd as it was impossible for Toresitn to toll him thatluniiin had wanted her to marry him only two years before , the lessons went on as per agreement. As might have been oxpootod , Juaquin had made up his mind that the mules which Henry Hrown owned were worth having and no mndo a few cautious in quiries. I'imiiinj that Mr. Hrown did not understand monto. Scnor Costell.s in vited him to winy , ror the first two weeks Mr. Hrown won , nnd ho told Teresita about his luck. As she knew inontc , and also know Juaquin , she nr cd upon Mr. Hrown the wisdom of letting the game alone. Hu laughed at her , as ho often did , and told her lie could take cnre of himself. As this was told in his excessively curious Spanish , which no ono but In senoritn could undor.stnnd , she sighed , and thought .she had been wrong. Hocause it Seemed to her that ho was so strong nnd so bravo it could not be true that , "cl maldito , Hat Jua- ntiin , can bo more good. C'arronl No. faenor. " And then Tercno went back in the yard to make n special candle on a string for the church next Sunday. Unfortunately , ono evening , nfter.tho lesson on the guitar , Juaquin and Harry loft the Muno/ cabin and walked clown to the fonda. They ant down nt montc , nnd had plenty of mescal brandy on the table. At first Harry won , biit as the gnuio went on the luck changed. It is n fact that if a man will play monte nnd drink enough mescal at the same time hu is apt to lose his bond. Mr. Urown lost his tir.st , thou all his money , them his watch , then his pocket knife , and then his mules. Then ho did what ho ought to have done before he went to bed. The next morning , when Mr. Hrown ot up , ho drained tlio water jug nnd ยง ressed. Going down stairs , no wan dered into the court yard , and gazed with a lack-lustre eye nnd a sorrowful expression on those mules. Juaquin was harnessing them up at them up at the time , nnd Mr. Hrown watched thorn driven out of the gate to the road. The greater part of the day he spent moon ing around the hillside , and he refreshed himself at intervals practicing on the guitar. The only visible result of this was great depression expressed in the face of the peon who acted for a Email salary as hall boy. It was during that afternoon that Juaquin called upon old I'eilro Muno/ , and they had a short interview. When Mr. Urown went around in the evening as usual , old Pedro asked him to discon tinue his visits. When Mr. Hrown asked , 'Torque , scnor ? " ho wns briefly and em phatically informed that any man who would put ui ) a team of good mules in n game with bcnor Costello was too big a fool lo visit at the Munomansion. . The result was that Mr. Urown retired to his room in the fonda , and delivered himself of the choicest collection of profane ex- plotltcs he knew. Ho then went to bed. There not being any mescal loft , Mr. Urown woke up early , and aftnr dressing wandered down the road to where Tore- sita lived. He sat down on a stone and looked at the house , feeling about us mis erable as a man can. He realized that if , ho had only taken To re no's advice hu J might havqmarried her , and ho realized * that now ho did not have live cents with which to support her. Having no ani mals left , ho did not oven know how ho was goin" to get out of the place unless he walked , and ho recollected with pain the weary miles to bo covered before ho could pot to Santa Cruz. Mr. Hrown started when he felt a hand on his shoulder , and turning ho saw , by the light of the late moon , Tcreno wrapped in her mantilla. She did not speak , but pulled Harry's shoulder until ho got up. With her linger on her lip she led the way through the chupcrral until they were out of hearing from the horses , nnd then she flung herself pas sionately into his arms , kissing him again nnd again. Tcreno led him t > wn the gulch to the lift , and walking care fully around the big bowlder , she pointed to tno gold-snnko lying there in his coil. The marriage of Senorita Toreno Muno ? and Mr * Henry Hrown took place within two weeks after the snlo of the Gold-snnko quartz mine. There were present the father and mother of the bride. It has been said that Senor Jua quin Costello got the most awful thrush- ing from Senor Pedro Muno/ during the afternoon that had been known upon the frontier for ninny yenrs. In ranking the assertion that Pozzoni's medicated completion powder is entire ly free from injurious or deadly poisons wo do it upon the authority of a thorough chemical analysis. It Is one of the oldest face powders in American market , nnd Is used in the famalles of some of out most prominent medical men who have personally acknowledged to the proprio- or that they not only considered it harm- ess , butosteomod it highly honolicial in very respect. Sold by all druggists. T11K PKHFKCT ' | 0 MlllDI ' 'o Quickest .Selling Article Kvor Invented. N'eudt m > talking , butroallr Ii tha 1'rettloit Article on the JUrket. OMAHA , Neb. , April ! W , 1887. This Is to certify that we , the undci.signed , have this day uitncssed a churning by 'The Pei feel Self Involving Churn Dashers , " which lesullcil in producing 3V , pounds of firtt class butter from one gallon of cream in jnst one minute and fifteen seconds. W. I * WrUht , proprittor "Oinnlu Dulryi" O. W. 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