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1 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY , MAY 14. 1887.
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Publishing company , docs solninnly swear
that the actual circulation of the Dally Dee
for the week endlnjj May 0 , 1337 , wns as
follows :
Saturday. April CO . H300
.Sunday , May 1 . 14.000
Monday. May 3 . l.V.-M
Tuesday , Mav I ! . lll"0
Wc-dnesday. May 4 . 14,310
Thursday , May 5 . 14,200
Friday , May 0 . 11,805
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7th day of May , 1S37.
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Average- dally circulation of the Dally Hco for
the month of MaylhbO , I' 'tt ) copies ; for June ,
1KK1 , 12.21W copies ; for July , 1SSO , l'Jil4 : copies ;
for August , l1 , I'-M&J copies ; for Scptcm-
ber , 18SO , 13,030 copies ; for October , I8b0 ,
12,030 copies ; for November. lbS , iiw : :
copies ; for December , 1880. 13,217 conies ; for
January , 1837. 10,200 copies ; for I'obruarv.
1837 , 14.19S copies ; for March , 1S37 , 14,400
copies ; for April , 18S7 , 14,310 ronles.
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KIND heavens occasionally open and
clean our streets.
THE anarchists arc endeavoring to cre
ate discontent among the Knights of
.Labor.
FAILING to get prohibition Michigan
has adopted a high license law. This is
sensible.
THURSDAY night's min storm extended
throughout Nebraska , and was a god
send. There's millions in it.
Trie pool rooms in Milwaukee have
been closed. The intcr-stato commerce
law is certainly lilling this fair laud of
ours with woo and sorrow.
I'IIE SUNDAY HEK , as usual , will bo in
the lead of all western papers. The
special cable service of the Sunday UEE
is alone worth the price of subscription.
MR. UUKLIW stands about as much
chance of being appointed assistant city
attorney as Mr. Mo.ynihan does of get
ting the appointment of chief of police.
WE received a week ago J. Warren
Kcifcr's oration , with instructions not to
'
print "until after May 13,1887. " Mr.
Keifcr need not be alarmed. Wo will
not print until after May 19,1087.
IN ACCORDANCE with an act of the
Kansas legislature a scientific silk station
has been established for the purpose oi
demonstrating the feasibility of the silk
culture industry. From all reports the
industry will prove a success.
IT is hoped that Judge Dundy will issue
just ono moro injunction against the wa
terworks company. What is needed is
an injunction forever restraining the
company ufrom pumping unstrained
water.
MR. G. M. HITCHCOCK asks Mr. E
Rosewater a half dozen questions , ant
appears to bo waiting for answers. Tin
BEE would respectfully inform Mr
Hitchcock that if ho desires immediate
answers ho should address Mr. llosc
water at Now York city , where ho hai
been for several days past.
IT Is none ot the Umihl't fry , but It be
Gins to look as though the BEK'S persecutloi
of Will Uurley will make him assistant clt ;
attorney. Herald.
It is rather unkind in Congrossmai
McShano to talk this way. We rcmom
ber that Congressman McShano wild ) ;
applauded the "BEE'S persecution" d
Uhurch ilowo.
A MUCH and numerously married mai
of Utah has challenged Miss Kato Fioli
to a discussion. The Tribune says it L
"a proposition for Miss Kato to hun
nipo with a howitzer. " The much am
numerously married man had bettor nc
engage in a war of words with the giftci
lady. The Tribune , charmed with th
absurdity of the proposition , says it is "
lightning bug challenging the headligl
of a locomotive. "
THE ravages of the inter-stato law ar
perhaps bettor shown in this exlrac
from the Wall Street News than f roil
rallroguo newspapers : "It is now a ccr
talned that the intcr-stato commerce lai
is causing hog-cholera in the west an
drouth in Texas. Its cflcct , as ovorybod
know from what the railroads said , woul
bo to ruin our railroads for the benefit (
the Canadians ; and of course wo all kno
that this is just what it has done. In at
dition , a letter from one of our consuls I
Canada shows that the law has prostrate
trade in that country , paralyzed 01
trade with it , and devastated things gci
orally. "
THK Standard Oil company has cai
turod several southern legislatures ,
should bo remembered by these who o
N pose the intor-stato law that railroad dt
A priminations have developed the Standai
Oil company in twenty years from notl
ing to a capital estimated at ono hundn
millions of dollars. Evidence in tl
Pennsylvania Investigation of the cot
pany showed that ton million ! QUO uu
dred and fifty-one thousand dollars we
/ paid by the trunk linea of railroad to tl
r Standard UU company as "rebate :
within a period of eighteen mouths. Yc
in the face of this investigation and tl
facts presented , these who should kno
better Insist that the iutor-statu law id
detriment to the consumers. Sectii
four of the inter-itttte law--onforci
K rigidly will cheapen many articles ai
give competition a cuanco to compete.
' . ' ' . The Pension ruirerui.
Pension Commissioner Hlack has from
Umo to time been subjected to harsh criti
cisms by those who were not pleased with
liis methods in the. management of the
bureau , on the ground that they were
actuated by partlsanlsm. It is a fact , wo
believe , that General IJlack was not n
willing convert to the policy of civil ser
vice reform , and only yielded obcdlcnco
to the policy after sonic pressure. It is
perhaps true that if ; ho could have had
entirely his o\vn way he would have pre
ferred as subordinates sterling democrats
who had never done military service
even to ex-union soldiers who arc repub
licans. In relation to the distribution of
olliccs we nro not aware that General
lllack has over renounced his faith in
the Jacksonlan principle. lie has sim
ply surrendered at discretion. Hut what
ever ho has done , or may have deserved
to do , in this particular is really a { minor
all'nlr. The results of his administration
are what the army of pensioners , and in
deed the whole people , are interested in.
The facts are very much to the credit
of the commissioner. They show that in
the little more than two years in which
ho has hold the ollico the work accom
plished by the bureau has boon near ly or
quite double the amount done in the
same length of time under his prede
cessor. The ligurcs show that during
the last fiscal year , ending Juno 30 , 1830 ,
thorn wcro issued 70,011 pension certifi
cates , 40,832 of which wcro original cases.
There wcro also issued iu that year
70,095 , supplemental certificates to widows
and dependant relatives. This repre
sents a vastamount , of work , a consider
able part of whteti was crowded into the
last three months of the year. The rec
ord of the present year , of which less
than two months remain , will exceed
that of any other year in the history of
tiio olliec. Up to April HO there had
boon issued 74,098 pension certifi
cates , so that the total for the
year will exceed that of the previous
year by at least 10,003. In all other re
spects the business of the bureau lias
largely increased , yet it has been
promptly disposed of.
This creditable success is due to the
application and maintenance of strict
business principles , by which a largo in
crease of work has boon accomplished
with a reduced force , thereby also of-
fcctiug a material reduction in the cost
of the bureau. The strict regulations
and rigid discipline have seemed by com
parison severe nnd exacting , but it can
not bo questioned that they nro justified
by the results. There is no other bureau
of the government in which it is moro
necessary to observe promptness and dis
patch than in that of pensions. The
thousands who are dependent upon it
need their money as soon as it is duo ,
and with rare exceptions would suffer
privation from delay. There can never
bo any adequate excuse for the gov
ernment holding the money duo
its pensioners a day beyond the time at
which it should bo paid. It is to ( ho
credit of Commissioner Black that this
seems to have been the view that has
prompted his administration , and it is
gratifying to bo able to say that ho has
carried it out with signal success. The
pensioner who regularly gets his corMti-
eato when ho should receive it will not
be greatly concerned about the political
methods of the oflieial who thus cares for
his Interests.
The Cost of Opera Tickets.
From the fact that the National Opera
company has reduced tickets for its last
week in San Francisco , to half price , the
Call , of that city , mutes , on the price of
opera tickets in a philosophical sort of
way. That paper thinks that a manager
should only figure on a "living prolit , "
and questions the right to make a price
beyond the reach of all. The Call says
that because Fatti's expenses , with the
exception of the salaries of Madame
Scalchi and the toner , are nominal , her
manager should not charge such prices
as ho did when last there. Wo bog to
differ on this ono point. Pattl is not ono
of the greatest , but unquestionably the
greatest singer this century has
produced standing without a poor.
Genius , when combined with
true art , is always appreciated , and
the fact that the peerless woman can
draw | 10,000 houses In no way implies
that tickets should be cheaper thus giv
ing the rabble a chance to dlstunk these
who appreciate vocal music , in order to
give them an oppprtuuity to say they have
hoard the diva. The fact that Palti took
something like f60,000 out of San Fran
cisco argues only to her credit , and from
the reason that tickets sold so high it is
gratifying to know that only those who
appreciate aud could aft'ord it , contrib
uted to the fund.
Booth commands and receives from $4
to fO a ticket aud secures crowded
houses whore an ordinary aotor would
play to empty chairs if ho attempted to
charge over $1.00. Because an Uncle
Tom's Cabin company with its stuffed
club , rod-fire and donkey plays to "do
lighted audiences" at "popular prices ol
admission , " it does not follow that Pattl
should appear before a disinterested pea >
nut chewing audlonoo and sing for glory
The Nebraska Pharmacists.
The Pharmaceutical Association of Nebraska
braska concluded ltd annual meeting it
this city on Thursday. It was a body o
intelligent gentlemen whoso prcsonci
hero was moat welcome , aud whom w <
are quite sure carried away with then
highly favorable impressions of Omahi
aud its citizens.
The objects of this association an
worthy of thoinost cordial commcndatloi
aud encouragement. They aim to elevate
vato and improve the profession of tin
pharmacist , to render it inaccessible ti
all who are not thoroughly educated ii
its requirements , and to give it an tin
questionable claim to popular cunfidenc
nnd respect. It was through the efforts o
this association that Nebraska has a la\
defining the conditions under which i
person may enter the pharmaceutics
d profession tuat is not surpassed in th
i- character of its necessary and proper st
id quirewonta by the similar statute of an ,
10 other state. If rigidly enforced no niai
10i
i- can become a pharmacist iu Nobraik
ii
i- who docs not possess a thorough knowledge
io
o edge of the very responsible demands c
10 ( ho profession , and us a consequence i
l" must happen thut In tlmo the state wll
t , have a class of model pharmacists , whoa
10 intelligence and thoroughness will invit
10w the emulation of those elsewhere.
u How important it is that the druggh
> n should bo thoroughly educated In hi
: d work everybody understands , Th
id knowledge of the physician , may be ror
dcred unavailing by the ignorance of tb
druggist. Worse than this , human
lifo is endangered by the man
wanting accurate knowledge of
medicines and possessing only n limited
intelligence in their preparation. In the
hands of such a man the saving prcscrlp-
lion sent otlt by the physician may re
turn to the confiding patient a deadly
compound.
Wo congratulate the association upon
the success of Its last cession , and confi
dently trust that every gold purpose it
seeks to accomplish will bo fully attained.
"Wild Cat Irnnriuico Companies ,
It is certainly high tlmo for the proper
officials to investigate insurance com
panies operating in Nebraska , and purpo
the state of the grave yard concerns.
The law of Nebraska provides certain
requirements , and it Is stated that many
alleged companies nro levying their as
sessments whore In case of death the pol
icy would not bo worth the paper upon
which it was written.
The auditor of the state has recently
furnished the names of the bogus concerns -
corns doing business in Nebraska. There
are some ten or twelve companies all
fold. This has nothing to do with the
Beatrice concern which hero of
Into lias been busy announcing
in paid editorials that it had "rc-or-
gani cd" and offered better
inducements than over byforo. Whether
it was the intention of the officials to
oiler "better inducements" to rob men
and women blind , as it has formerly
dono. wo arei not prepared to say. Yet
the advice of the Br.K is , bo cautious be
fore Insuring in that concern , or any
other , and know that the law has been
omplicd with by the company you
atronize. An honest insurance coin-
any is all right. The wild-cat concerns
hould bo driven out.
A few days ago another mutual "ben-
lit" association collapsed in Uubuquc ,
xnva , after levying heavy assessments
n its members for six or seven years.
The recent astounding revelations made
iy the Michigan legislature in investi
gating "mutual benefit" concerns , sug
gest extreme caution. It is wrong in
rinciplo to tolerate such bare-faced
'rands , nnd the law dons not protect
hem , only when corrupt officialswith no
cgard to honor or decency , boar false
witness and make exhibits that experts
TO puzzled to detect as fraudulent.
GOVEKNOK LAUKAUKK aud Iowa's rail-
oad commissioners have finally do-
ined a "reasonable rate on coal" and
accordingly the Chicago , Burlington &
Quincy railroad company must reduce
: ts former charges nearly 40 per cent.
The gigantic corporation which has for
years fattened on the money wrung from
all of Iowa's producers , objects to the
ommission's decision , but as the law
which created the commission is plain
ind constitutional , it is thought the poo-
will on the one article of coal , at
.east , bo treated justly. In Nebraska
ivhcro stupid legislators and bungling
ngrossinjr clerks attempt to make Jaws ,
he people have forced upon them a
meaningless and abortive law which
ails to give the commission power to act
: md does not offer any protection what-
ver from the iron hand of railroad cor
porations. Iowa is to bo congratulated.
JEFF DAVIS has broken out again. He
nsists that the lost cause still lives.
While thrusting his treasonable utter
ances in the nation's face , it is gratifying
o know that Mr. Davis is gradually
growing older. There is an end to all
hings , _ _ _ „ „ „ _ „ „ .
Other Lands Than Our .
The consideration of the crimes bill in
.he British house of commons is progressing -
grossing , but not rapidly. Only n very
small number of the host of amendments
that have been noticed are thus far dis
posed of , but the aggregate of results is
avorablo to the opposition to the govern
ment. The tactics of the Parnellltes
lave been somewhat exasperating to the
tories , but both the circumstances and tiic
results justify them. The advantage al
ready gained by the courageous policy ol
the minority are deemed of Very great
mpoitanco in themselves , while they
make a strong incentive to a continu
ance of the same course. There hae
never been in any parliament or con-
rcss a more splendid exhibition of zeal ,
courage and endurance than is
being shown by the Irish leaders
in the house of commons , and
even if the struggle shall end in their de
feat that catastrophe could not deprive
them of the glory of their able and iiv
trepid work. As yet the lines of botl
parties are unbroken. Reports of dis
content in the liberal ranks have no
been confirmed and wore doubtless
groundless. The voting shows also tha' '
the coalition holds firmly together.
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Mr. Parnell has returned to London
but it is moro than probable that his il
health will not permit him to engage ac
tively in the pending controversy. In
deedit is moro than likely he will neve :
again bo able to resume active loader
filup. The labor and hardships incident ti
Irish agitation have told on a constitutloi
never overstrong , and a period is threat
cnod to ono of the most useful careers o
our time. In the early days of the irisl
land struggle Mr. Parnell probably over
exerted himself. Ho spoke in over ;
corner of Ireland in order to rouse tin
lethargic tenantry. His American toui
was ono of the most arduous over under
taken. He was whirled about from cit ;
to city , had to moot and greet hundred
ot thousand' , to speak nightly some
times as often as throe times ono night
His rest was broken and his health hac
been impaired before he returned. Th
obstruction debates In the house of com
wens , the committee work on the lan <
nnd coercion bills , also overtaxed hi
strength and deprived him of neede
rest. This year again ho had to bear th
whole brunt of battle in the early part o
the session. In the first days of this pat
liament ho had not the aid of his abl
lieutenant , Healy , and some others wer
absent f or vanoui causes. It Is no wonder
dor that ho should break down under thi
terrible strain.
A
The reported cxlra6rdm"iry success c
the Russian government in obtaining
popular loan attests a degree of patriot
ism , as well as of prosperity , among th
people of the empire , most surprising
The government required $60,000,000 an
twenty limes that amount is reported t
have been offered. If it bo true that an ;
class is ready to lend so great a sum t
the government , Russia will not bo n
sticinod from fighting in Afghanistan t
elsewhere because sue cannot procui
the sinews of war. Immediately afto-
the amount subscribed had been made
known It was reported from St. Peters
burg by way of Hulgmm that after a fort
night of quiet the country was again
uneasy , and military preparations
wcro being made with fever
ish activity. At the same time
It was said that the boundary com
missions .in Afghanistan had failed to
agree , and from India canio reports that
the Russians wcro advancing their posts
in the disputed tcrtitory. But it was not
to bo forgotten 'that while news from
Afghanistan by way of India may bo
trustworthy , rarely does a dispatch that
lias not been examined and approved by
the government censors got out of St.
Petersburg , and for this reason the remarkable -
markablo stories about thu now loan
should bo taken with a grain of salt.
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With regard to foreshadowed or pos
sible observations of Russia In
the east , it 13 apparent that
she would bo far weaker on the
frontier of India than on the frontier of
Afghanistan. Her armies would bo
further from the base of supplies ; they
would bo surrounded by a jealous hostile
population capable of furnishing large
numbers of irregular , but bravo and
hardy lighting men , and they would have
to face the Knglish and Indian armies in
a much stronger position. On the frontier ,
or anywhere within the limits of Afghan
istan , oven at Candahar , the conditions
would bo almost exactly reversed. It is
pretty certain now that the Afghans will
not submit if they can help it to the
entry of either Russian or Knglish troops
upon their territory. To cither alien
army they would bo n dangerous fee , and
to its enemy most valuable allies.
The safety of India as against
Russia , so far as Afghanistan is
concerned , lies in helping the Afghans
with money and arms , and possibly
with officers , to resist Russian aggression
while respecting loyally their independ
ence. So long as this is the policy of
England the intense jealously of all for
eigners , and particularly Russia and
England , fult by the Afghans , will bo a
powerful element of strength. With it ,
in the words of ono of the prcseu't ministers -
tors , when discussing the question last
year , slio can "await Russia on the thres
hold of India , " and that she ought to
prefer to do , aud probably will.
* * .
The movements of the Vatican for ex
tending iu power and influence arc of
great importance and intorest. One of
the most insignificant reports recently
emanating from Homo is to the affect
that the people and the czar are negotiat
ing for the reunion of the Greek and
Latin churches. Strictly speaking ,
the Greek church contains several district
'
trict branches , iiiclu'dins ; not only the
one within the Czar's dominion but the
church in Greece ani ( the church in the
Ottoman empire. .M Besides these there is
a United Greek cluirch which acknowl
edges the supremacy of the Vatican
while employing the Greek liturgy. But
of course the Russo-Greok church is the
chief branch , and a . .reunion . between it
and Rome would ) bo an ecclesiastical
movement of supreme importance. More
than once during the last sk centuries
attempts have been made to heal the
breach betwcou the Eastern and the
Western church. These efforts
have been made partly from
political and partly from eccle
siastical motives , and have as often been
defeated on ono ground or the other.
Occasionally formal discussions of the
doctrinal points in dispute have preceded
the efforts at reunion , but even compara
tive agreements on this subject wore not
able to permanently bring about the re
quired result. Protestantism has also
from time to time during several cen
turies aimed at a union of the Greek
church with itself one of the latest at
tempts of that sort being undertaken
about twenty years ago , the archbisho p
of Canterbury taking part in the corre
spondence. Any effort of Pope Leo in
this direction will bo watched with great
interest.
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According to statistics compiled by a
French medical journal the number of
suicides in Russia is increasing at an ex
traordinary degree. Whereas at the be
ginning of the century there were only
thirty suicides to every million inhabi
tants , the proportion is now greater in
St. Petersburg than in any other Euro
pean capital. In other great capitals the
numerical relation of suicides to the pop
ulation , at the same period , stood as fol
lows : Paris , 200 in the million- , London ,
180 in the million ; Berlin , 170 in the mill
ion. The remarkable increase in Russia
dates from the last twenty-fivo years , and
the increase is notable in many direc
tions , particularly in respect to the ago
at which self-murder Is now frequently
committed. Cases have occurred of late
of boys and girls , from eight to sixteen
years of age , taking their own lives , gen
erally on the plea of the cruel behavior
of their parents. The medical statist does
not shrink from declaring that the causes
are to bo sought partly in the wretched
social conditions of modern Russian life ,
and partly in the pessimist views and
anarchist tendencies embraced by many
in early years. The increase of insanity ,
ho asserts , has not cone on at an equal
rate with the incroase'.of ' sulcido.
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The present unfortunate attitude ol
John Bright towardjiio Irish question is
deeply regretted by eveiy admirer of
that well distinguished statesman , the
best years of whoso jli o wore given to the
the cause of relieving ! the people from
oppression. Mr. Bri lit has been recently
placed in an unpleasant position. The
liberal caucus in the division of Birm
ingham which he presents in parlia
ment was converted a few days
ago to discuss thai Irish homo rule
nnd coercion questions. The veteran
statesman wrote ft letter to the chair
man , challenging a division and stating
that a vote in favor of homo rule woule
bo tantamount to a personal vote of con-
auro. On Saturday a division was taken
and homo rule proved to be just as popu
lar in the caucus as coercion was unpou
ular. The result was announced to Mr
Bright by wire , and ho replied , threaten
ing to resign. The dispatch was tabled
and the old advocate of liberty , who hai
drifted into error in his dotage , has
either to carry out bis threat or eat very
humble pie.
*
Tiio principal features of the proposed
military reforms of General Cassola , the
new Spanish minister of war. road in the
Cortes , comprise compulsory service for
every born or naturalized Spaniard who
uu attained twenty years of ago. There
s to bo no exemption in tlmo either of
) caco or war except for physical infirm-
ty. The duration of sorVtco will bo
wclvo years in the peninsula and eight
u the Spanish colonial possessions of
Spain. Three years will bo passed In nc-
ual service , four In the first reserve , and
ivc In the second reserve , the last class
being only liable to be called out one
iionth In each year Iu peace tlmo. No
> ccuniary redemption will bo permitted
sxccpt for an exchange from colonial to
lome service.
SOME would-be political leaders and
young bloods in the republican party of
.his city cither gave Broatch a very luke
warm support or voted against him , and
now they have the supreme gall to bog
favors at his hands.
STATE AND TUKIUTOHY.
Nebraska Jottings.
The report is out that the Rock Island
will build to Grand Island.
Plaltsmouth is talking up $50,000 iu
bonds for public Improvements.
Norfolk is boring for information In an
old fashioned spoiling school.
Fremont has organized a cattle com-
iauy to steer some business to the stock
fards when built.
The ball and chain lias rid Grand
Island of tramps. It is a millstone to
heir freedom , and produces dire fore
bodings of labor.
The labors of the S.xlvatiou army have
been fruitless in Lincoln. They have
succeeded , however , in drumming up
sheepskin aud a few plugged quarters.
J. C. Tivis , a farmer living near Au
rora , was thrown from his wagon and
langorously injured. A compound frac
ture of tliu hip will lay him up for sev
eral mouths.
Broivstcr , lilainc county , has been ban-
shed from the list of postolliccs. This is
i heartless outrage on a cold water re-
jublican who iravo the towu "a liablta-
.ion and a name. "
Thursday's rain was worth thousands
of dollars to the farmers of the state.
The prospects for small grain through
out the country arc vastly improved.
Most of the corn planting is done and the
icroago largely increased over last year.
"Omaha , " says the Rapid City Journal ,
"is again happy , A diambud drill was put
down , and brought up a core of good
coal. If the Omaha people really know
that a good bed of coal underlies the city ,
it is about time they .started in to mine
it. "
A Custer county editor has succeeded
in "filling a long felt want" and an
nounces the fact in this style : "Through
the courtesy of the whole-souled manager
of the palatial Kendall hotel , wo enjoyed
n square meal last Sunday. It was a
mighty good meal , too , and was much
appreciated by the omnivorous editorial
stomach. Once in a while the editor of a
country paper does strike big luck. "
Iowa Items.
The corner stone of Carroll county's
now court house will bo laid on Decor a-
tion day.
Five thousand six : hundred dollars of
the $10,000 guaranteed the glass makers ,
conditioned upon the erection of u fac
tory in Des Monies , has been raised.
The Iowa railroad agents closed their
meeting at Iowa City on Wednesday
with a banquet , at which Governor
Larrabcc and others made speeches.
A minstrel street parade in Burlington ,
a few days ago , so frightened an old
blind horse that ho broke loose and
plunged against a depot building , break
ing his skull. Ilc preferred death to
such music.
The Vinton Oil and Gas company , with
a capital stock of $100.000 , filed articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state yesterday. The object of the com
pany i.s to prospect for and ascertain
whether petroleum , natural gas , coal and
other minerals exist or can be found in
quantities to be used and made profitable
by boring , digging or sinking wells or
shafts in lienton county.
An Onawa man , 10. B. Christian , com
plains to the board of railway commis
sioners that he is now charged $87.77 for
shipping a carload ot stock to Chicago ,
whereas the cost for the same service
was only $70 previous to the now law.
Also that it costs twice as much to ship a
car of baled hay to Council Bluffs as it
did iu the halcyon days now fled.
Colorado.
Denver is carefully nursing a moderate
real estate boom.
The Rocky Mountain university has
been incorporated in Denver.
It Is reported in Pueblo that Gould lias
purchased the entire plant nf the Colorado
rado Coal & Iron company.
The directors of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad company have decided
to standurd-gauga their road from Pueblo
to Leadvillo and Red Cliff by laying n
third rail , nnd from Red Cliff to Aspen to
build a broad gauge road , giving them a
standard gauge line from Denver and
Pueblo to Aspen.
Articles of incorporation for a now tel
egraph line will bo filed iu Denver in a
few days. It is proposed to construct and
operate a thorough system of telegraph
throughout the Rooky mountain country
to connect with the Pacific Mutual Tele
graph company , which is to reaoh Denver
over thu Denver & Santa Fe route.
The first points touched will be Las
Vegas , Albuquerque and Santa Fe. En
trance into Colorado Springs , Aspen and
Loadvillo has boon assured over the Mid
land wires to the incorporatora by out
side men. _ _ _ _
Utah and Idaho.
A contract has boon closed for 1,000
carloads of Spanish Fork brown stone , to
be shipped to Kansas City.
Pocatello is doing an immense business
iu handling freight. The past month was
the largest in the history of the station ,
having handled 104,000,000 pounds
against 84,000,000 the corresponding
month of 1830.
The Union Pacific will build a branch
from the Short Line to Boise City aud bo
yond. In an interview recently Presi
dent Adams said : "The new road will
bo run m connection with the Union Pa
cific , and as a factor in the development
of Idaho territory will be very power
ful. " The direction of the now line is
toward the Bitter Root mountains ,
touching at Idaho City and opening up
the mineral fields in the Deadwood
country.
Last week's outward shipments from
Salt Lake were 14 cars bullion , 1102,035
pounds ; 35 cars silver and load ore ,
1,303,810 pounds ; 1 car copper matte ,
20,000 pounds ; Dears copper ore , 213,900
pounds ; total , 00 cars , 1,837,830 pounds.
The Shoshouo Journal states that
Uowey & Stone , of Omaha , have sold
their undivided one-third interest in the
Shoshouo Falls to W. A. Clarke , of Butte ,
( or $16,000. The hotel at the Falls has
been leased for the season to Mr. C. W.
Toyer , of JShoshono. Messrs. John D.
Creighton , of Omaha , and W. A. Clark
are now solo owners.
A ball of iron almost round and weigh
ing about eix pounds has been unearthed
by some men who wore digging a well
for William Shovell on his big ranch
near Bingham , Utah. The bail was
found at a depth of nearly twenty foot
from the surface. It is supposed to bean
an turolito , but looks exactly like a ball
of cast iron from a foundry. It has been
suggested by some persons that it is a
grape shot , but such a thing Is hardly
probable , as the depth at which it was
found and on a level prairie would seem
to make it impossible that a shot could
bo forced into the earth to that depth.
One of the end * of the ball is a little iiut-
Icned , but the remainder is nearly uni
form nnd has a smooth surface ; when
scratched with a knife or filed U shows
up as bright as any iron would.
The Bulso & Nampft Coal company
has been organl/ed. The chief object of
the company is acquiring , enlarging ,
digging , owning and operating canals
aiidititehos In Idaho and Wyoming. Iho
capital slock Is $300,000 , divided into
U.OOO . shares. The trustees for the first
year are us follows : Robert Bllckens-
derferund John S. lliukoy , Pocalello ,
Idaho ; James A. McGco , Culdwoll , Idaho ;
Kdward Dickinson , Omaha ; Kilward b.
Neltluton , Denver ; James F. Curtis.
James M. Stewart , Henry F. Weld and
Win. 11. Itldenbiuigli , oi Uolso City ,
Idaho.
The Salt Lake Tribune , enumerating
the resources of the territory , says :
"Tlioiu are near this city beds of brown ,
black , white and mottled marble , some
of which take on wonderful beauty when
polished ; there is clay near by out of
which first class fire and pressed brick
can be manufactured ; within twenty-live
miles of this city is un iron mine of a
finer quality than uuy this side of
Sweden ; there is a sand for making
glass which Pittsburg glass manufac
turers say is liner for the purpose than
they can procure elsewhere east of the
Rockies ; a gentleman hero says all the
materials are close by for making
cement equal to the finest Portland
cement , and these are only a few of the
minerals which are waiting to bo utilized.
There arc endless coal measures in easy
reach of the city , and when the list of
babe metals is exhausted there nro
precious metals close by iu abundance.
If the profits of gold and silver mining
for a single year in Utah could bo put in
structures iu this city it would shine like
the New Jerusalem. ' "
Montana.
A large lode of platinum ore is claimed
to have been found near Clay mountain.
The output of the Drum Lumnion for
April was ? 18U,1500 , trom 5'JIO tous of
ore.
ore.Tho Granite Mountain mine distrib
uted $300,000 among stockholders during
April.
Dividends paid by Montana mining
properties for the first four months ot
1887 aggregate $574,000.
There will be , it is estimated , about
350,000 pounds of cattle hides shipped
from Bcntou this year the result of u
hard winter.
Helena is experiencing a boom , and as
a consequence her population is rapidly
increasing. It has always been u
wealthy town.
The 1'aclllc Coast.
An ostrich farm is to bo started on Cor-
onuade Beach near San Diego.
Bob Ford , the slayer of Jesse James ,
is a waiter in a cheap restaurant in
Santa Fo , N. M.
A silver lodge has been located at Tip
top , A. T. , which is said to run U.OUO
ounces of metal to the ton.
The quart/ mines in the neighborhood
of San Juan , Nevada City and Grass Val
ley are reported to be paying wolj.
Sheep men throughout northern Cali
fornia say that thu clip of wool this
spring is the best they have scon in
years , both In point of quantity and
quality.
Pleasant Valley , Nevada county , boasts
of a Digger Indian who plays a violin at
all the dancus of the palefaces iu that re
gion. He is suid to bo an artist on the
guitar , ilute , fife , organ and harmonica.
A syndicate headed by Hon. Thomas
R. Bard , of Ventura , has purchased all of
the land in Southern California belong
ing to the estate of the lute Colonel
Thomas A. Scott of Pennsylvania. The
purchase includes 150.000 acres in Ven
tura county and a largo tract in the
neighborhood ot Santa Monica.
The coal mines at Roslin , W. T. , are
doing well. According to the report of
Territorial Inspector Watson , during the
quarter ending March 31 they put out
10.133 tons. They now ship 400 tons a
day. The total coal product of the terri
tory during the first quarter of the pres
ent year was 134,370 tons.
The Tombstone Prospector sneaks of
a pine and juniper forest inthe vicinity of
Flagstaff , Yavapul county , m that terri
tory , containing an area of timber sulli-
cient to supply 100,000 feet of lumber
daily for 500 years. It also mentions
that the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad com
pany wilt build a branch through this
"dense , trackless forest region. "
Tno San Diego News says : Mr. Whit
ing , of the Anaheim ostrich farm , tolls a
good story about u mala bird getting on
the rampage anel "running auiuck"as
it wore , when ho unhorsed n shcop-
herder , and the poor devil hid himself
in a tumble weed while the horse was
kicked to death , Facts , as Mr. Whiting
had to pay for the horso. Ho further
stated that it took six fleet ponies and
riders to corral the fiery , untamed biped ,
Who wants to own an ostrich farm ?
A few months ago Dr. Henry D. Cogs
well , of San Francisco , donated real
estate to the value of $1,000,000 for the
purpose of founding a mechanical train
ing school for boys and girls , to bo
known as the "Cogswell Polytechnic col
lege. " The plans for the building have
been prepared. It will bo located on the
corner of Folsom and Twenty-sixth
streets , with a frontage of 245x182 feet.
The binding will bo three stories in
height of briok and stone. It will bo
sovcnty-ono foot in width by eighty-five
feet in depth , not including the projec
tions. On each side will be a wing two
stories in height , each 85x40 toot. There
are to bo ten class rooms , each 38x30
foot , four to be on the main tloor and the
other six to bo in the second story. On
the first iloor also will be the omccs of
the president and secretary , a reception
parlor , a library 10x33 foot , and a
museum 20x38 feet , besides a number of
dressing and toilet rooms. A spacious
assembly hall oucuplcs the entire third
story. It is 03x70 foot In size and will
have a seating capacity for 1,000.
Everything which belongs to pure ,
healthy biood is imparted by Hood's
Sarsaparillu. A trial will convince you
of its merit ,
A representative of the city water
works company stated yesterday that the
company was only receiving fOO n year
for its hydrants , while for intermediate
hydrants it was receiving only $10 a
year.
MdSTKRFCCT MADB
frntttt with ( Met raud to Pcrltr , Mmefc. M
UMUhfalBMn. I > r.icVs { Diking Powder ooaul&f
no AmmonlMJmMlom or Fho pli
etc. ,
HOO Tin-key fringed clothes at $1
worth $2 ,
300 Turkey fringed cloths nl85cwoilh
S1.S5.
10 PCS Turkey reel damask at S.Jc.woitu
GOc.
10 pc.s Turkey red damask at uoc , worth
COc.
50 do ? ! red bordered doylies ntOSc , worth
? 1.35
20 pcs 18 inch pure twine crash at Ojn ,
worth 18c.
100 docrcpo towels , 18x34 at sl,20 per
dozen , wortli $1.75
100 doz cream damask towels at 15e ,
worth 23c.
100 doz huck towels at 13o } each , worth
20c.
5 cases yard wide shooting at 5cworth
8c.
5 cases yard wldo bleached muslin at
Gc , worth Sc. }
50 bed spreads nt 49c worth 75c.
50 doz ladies' unbleached hose , 15o
worth 2oo ,
50 doz ladies' faucy hose , regular made
25c , worth 50c.
Schoppcrs lisle thread hose , plain and
ribbed , 41c , worth 75c.
Ladieslislo thread vests , Jersey fitting
in ecru , pluk and blue , 08c worth $1.23
Ladies' fine balbriggan vests , long and
s hort slcovcs.Uc worth 50o.
Ladies' balbriggan vests , 85o wortli
45c.
Ladies' India gauze vests , extra nice ,
25c worth 40c.
100 doz gents' unlaundriod shirts , double
blo back. 48c worth 75c.
Latest styles in satin lined neckwear
lOc.
Gents' fine balbriggan shirts and
drawers , 35o each.
Gents' white laundnod shirts only 69c.
Gents' British half hose , superfine , lOo
worth 20o.
Gents' percale shirts , in a variety of
patterns , 47c , 75c , $1 and $1.25
HAYDEN BROS.
ID New
16th Street , Near Douglas.
OM.IIIA NEB.
Embody the Inchest cxellencics In Shape
liness , Comfort and Durability and
arc the
Reigning Favorites
fashionable circles Our name is on eve
ysnle. J. & T. COUSINS , New York.
FOB SALE.
A full blooded Norman and a thoroughbred
Caheti anil Wanner Clny. Cohen wns Imported
by Ueiran llrotuors , Ottawa , III. , Is 17 hands
high ; girth 7 foot : i Inches , nnd weighs l 0fl
Ibd : ho fins a record for heavy horses of 1 min
utes. Clay , a thoroughbred trotting stallion ,
and registered In American Btud Hook , Is n
ohestnut 10 hands high , weight 1200. Also a
registered CUy colt. For partlculnrn , address
T. II. UA11NKS , Box 807 , Oinnhu , Nob.
Lincoln , Neb.
Tim host known nnil most popular hotel In
tlio state. Locution cuntralappointment- !
class , llondrniiutoiu for commurulHl moil ami
nil political uuil public Ktitliorlnirs.
K.I1. UOaOEN , Proprietor.
DREXEL & MAUL ,
Successors to Jno. G. Jacobs ,
AND EMBALMEB9.
At the oldstana 1407 Farnara st. Order *
bytolograph solicited and promptly at-
Unded to. Telephone No. 225.
THE J'EBFIiCT
i
Quickest Selling Article Ever Invented.
PlllVE OF DASHER ,
Needs MU talking , but rcnllr Is tlm Prattloit SUowlcg
Article on tbe Market.
OMAHA , Neb. , April 29 , 1887. Tl-is - it
to certify that we , the undersigned , have
this day witnessed a churning byThe
Perfect Self Revolving Churn Dashers"
which lesulted in producing ! ! ! pounds ol
first class butter from one gallon of cream
in jnit one minute and fifteen seconds.
W. UJV right , proprietor "Omaha IMIryi" O. W.
Wlictler. manager "Oiualia liulrji" Paul U. Tula ,
ktorcbttiili' National nauki A. 1) . TnuuTln.NebrniU
National llanki I'rof. OeorifH U. Uiitliburn. proprloloi
> OinahnIliiilneii < Coileiei"llruf. I * J. IllaVo. teioli.
rotnbliurtU uil | Htrrr Mlrrlim , tJHor'TllhUa
* { iurh. uiii. "nee" win i. Dobbi. n. n. Ait
J. I1. Hn , "World. " Kr nk K. ( lrttn"lUr U"
Dr. J. W , Scmrcli. Dr. J. W. Mjriart.
Dr. 0. M. O. Dim. Dr. Hamilton Warren.
II. U. Hall. real eitate , J. W , lUJV r > . r l e l UJ
John Hudrl , jeweler. ChrliOrff , furniture. .
State anil ( Jaunty Jtlfiltta for Sale ,
FrojUn Will Surprise Yon.
AGENTS WANTED ,
Call or write to us at once. Qu'ck tfUei
and large profit * . Very truly ,
J. W. Si A. Porn AH , Prop's.
Uaam I CrouaM Block. N.Ulli t.Oin h , Neb.