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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. MAY 30 , 1887.
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TIIUIK is a line opening for ugood call
inut tntiknr in France.
r MA.IOU IJr.x : PIULUV : Poour. is dead
f Ho took bis colon with him.
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Tin : Italian Riveria continues to havi
the shakes. Wo would suggest a big dos
of qtiinino.
Sror building tinder boxes nnil fir
trans , whether of frame or bricl
veneering.
OMAII v continues to bo the great rclig
ions center of tlio United States. NUN
on the programme is thcLutuurngenuni
synod. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIKKK is no indication that the ro.i
estate boom will let up. Now real cstal
agents still continue to sprout in Dinah
more profusely than weeds after
May shower.
THE old Fargo , Dakota , insurance com
pany , according to a recent dispatch , ha
assists of ? 5,000 to pay liabilities of $125 ,
000. This is even worse than the old concern
corn at Beatrice was a short time ago.
m
THE authorities at Helena , Arknnsai
have flccurcd requisition papers for Kis
sane , the Sonoma millionaire of Call
fornia. William will probably got anothe
chance to deliver a prepared iinproinpl
speech to a judge and jury.
WHEN the HUB stated that Senate
Liuiuger is on record against the couvtc
labor contract bill it told the truth. Mi
MeShano's chronic liar only adds insul
to injury when ho asserts that Mr. Lir
ingcr voted for the bill. Let him produc
the record or stand self-convicted as
libeller.
Piioi-'issou Wiooixs , by whom a lonj.
suffering world allows itself to bo hun
bugged. l as hail the unadulterated impt
donco to venture another prediction. W
had hoped there was some clause of th
intor-stuto law which would choke ofTth
predicting professor , but it appears th :
ho yet has sway.
OMAHA should build moro brick bulk
iups and fewer frames , linck and ston
buildings create an impression of stabi
ity and solidity that frame structures u
matter how costly cannot give. Brie
houses are lets liable to cause a disa
trous conflagration. The only drawbac
in Omaha to-day is the excessive cost <
brick and stone. Wo must have eheapt
brick and an extension of tlio lire limi
over the entire area within one mile <
the court house.
WHV don't MoShano's editor produc
a statement from Hon. C. J. Smyth I
sustain his slanderous charge about th
penitentiary convict labor contract. M
Smyth is a democrat and nol likuly to b
partial to n republican paper. Ho he
the conlidoncn of the workingmen (
Omaha and is on record as a steadfai
opponent of the convict labor contrac
2li 2 bill. If McShano's editor can induce Mi
li Smyth to contradict our statement m an
liA. particular wo will plead guilty to tl
A. charge , otherwise the workingmcn wi
believe him to bo a slanderer and an in
mitigated fraud
IT is reported that the Ohio friends (
Governor Forakor are again angry bi
causo-of a repetition of the charges thi
the governor is disloyal to Senator She
man. These sensitive person ? ! , who ai
doubtless the same that came to the d. .
fonso of the governor a oouplo of moat !
ngo , are more likely to do him harm thn
good by their oxeossivo zual , since sue
exaggerated solicitude is apt to invite dl
trust. Doubtless the bust reason thai
has over boon to question the loyalty <
Forakor to Sherman was found in tl
fact that these friends of the govorm
I manifested an almost indecent cage
ir ness , under the circumstances , to maui
Btl facluro a boom for him. It doo.s not a ]
Bl pear that they ever received any c
th couragumont in this from Forakor , at :
it is undoubtedly unjust to suspect hi ;
of any other than the most hearty d <
sire to promote the chances of She
wan. Ho is on record as an u
qualified supporter of the senator for tl
republican nomination in 1833. and
straightforward political record thus f
justiltca conlldonco in the sincerity i
Governor Forakcr'a present profession
Wo have no doubt no will bo safer
stand upon this record , so far as the par
nt largo la concerned , than to depot
upon the vindication of his too scnsitlv
And fot'Vout friends.
A Few Fnots.
The Uir. : Is avowedly an nntl-monopol ;
The llr.n Is notoriously a paper given ovc
o runnlm : local alTalrs.
The HIM : has bcon remarkably silent on th
'as monopoly question.
The editor of the Hii : : has been scon no
ess than four times In the last week In cloa
onsultatlon with the president of the ga
nonopoly.
Hear ! hear ! Mm A. .1/r\S/iiiitc' / Sheet.
Hear , oh hoar , a few cold facts. Th
Ir.i ; is now and always has been oppose
o monopoly In every shape and fort
vliurc honest competition is practicable
Hit it will never knowingly countonanc
or connlvo blackmailing schemes , eve
mder the pretense of breaking down a
odious monopoly.
When the bogus ga' company , inrorpc
rated by certain parties last year , aii
icaleil to the council to take away th
ranchiso of the existing gas compan
mder pretense that it would give Omah
relief from exorbitant gas bills the UK
iirncil monopolist and opposed the ban
accd scheme. When Mayor IJoyd votoe
, ho lirst ordinance granting a franchis
to tlio new gas company the Hr.n com
nentod on the veto as follows ;
Mayor lioyil's veto of the ordinance gran
ni ; the right of way through our streets an
alleys to a corporation which proposes to c <
abllsh gas works in Omaha , in competltioi
with the existing company , causes much m
'avorable commiiiit.Vohavonot load tli
uayor's veto In full nor have we been abl
.0 . procure a copy of the vetoed ordinauci
On general piinciplcs It would bo unlalr 1
grant promhcuou- > rlglits-ot'-w\y \ 'to paitk
who propose to build as works in Omah ;
because such a grant in the hands of unprii
clpled adventurers or schemers mlirht bo use
as a means to levy blackmail on tiie oxhtin
gas company. If , however , the ordlnanc
contains piovlsions that would prevent tl
nlsuso of thi ) grant , coupled with re.isonabl
guarantees that the new company will eiec
works and supply cheaper g.ts to the public
theio Is no valid excuse lor a veto.
While wo doubt whether Omaha Is larfi
Miough to support two gat compin es , it
naiulestly the Intctest of our city to secut
competition or such concessions fiom tl
gas company In the matter of rates as wi
imku competition unprofitable.
The old council sustained Mayn
Lloyd's veto and a new ordininui : ; was u
Lroduccd in the present council. Tli
15ii : : promptly oxprosscd its views in tli
following editorial :
\ material tcductlon in the price of gas
always welcomed by any community. Tin
Omaha wants cheaper gas cues without haj
Ing. The reduction of GO cents per 1W
Ceet In. the price ot her gas supply whit
Is promised by tlio now gas company Is
powerful Incentive for granting a franchis
Wo would , however , venture some silage
Lions to the council which should be ei
bodied In the gas ordinance :
1. Tlio franchise should bo limited '
twenty-live or thirty years , and subject t
repeal In case of violations of contract 1
the cas company. Thu ordinance , as Intr
duced , is practically perpetual.
2. No riifht of way should bo grante
tlnough any paved thoroughfare except i
alley crossing- * . All pas mains should L
laid in the alleys and nil connections wit
building should bo made from the main
laid in the alleys. Omaha has expended so'
oral million dollars for paving and we coul
better afford to submit to high priced gi
than allow our paved streets to be torn u
and ruined by gas tienches. To dig ditcht
on Farnam , Douglas or llarnoy streets ever
twenty-two or thirty-throo feet wotil
simply ruin the whole pavement The no1
s company should bo required to lay 1
mains In thojalleys , and the old compai
should hereafter bo restricted to the alle ;
where now mains nro to bo laid. I'rovlslii
should also be made to require gas compatii
to pay tlio cost of. repairing pavements ;
streets and alloys damaged by dlggiii
trenches for their mains and laterals.
And now for a few Bolder facts. \ \
plead guilty to the charge that the editc
of the HUE has held several conferenci
with Mr. l rauk Murphy , president of tl
gas monopoly , within the past ten day
Duo of these conferences was to asce
tain whether the gas monopoly wou
volunteer to reduce its price of gas , so i
to give Omaha cheaper gas without tea
ing up its paved streets.
Mr. Murphy expressed a willingness '
reduce the price of gas within a voi
short p'jriod. and assorted that the pn
joctors of the now gas company coul
not furnish gas for $1.25 per 1,000 feet , bi
merely wanted a franchise to sell out.
Unmindful of this assurance the oditi
of the BEE has personally urged mon
bors of the council totreduco the price <
gas and out down by changing one-ha
of the city street lamps from an all uigl
service to a moonlight schedule. 15
thu coldest of cold facts is thu disclosut
made by a certain councilman that prc
motors of the no , v gas company had si
apart a liberal supply of gas stock ft
members of the city council and tl
editors who are clamoring for cheap gi
and crying "Down with monopoly 1"
Further particulars will bu made pul
lie in duo tiuio and a calcium light wi
bo thrown on the venal editors who a
prowling around the Omaha salooi
after midnight setting up jobs ai
boodle schemes. Hoar ! Hear ! ! Hoar
To Koplaco the Canons.
The evils of the caucus system , suppl
mented by the abuses which almost inv
riably mark thu course of conveutio
that are thu creation of the caucus , a
well understood by all familiar with t
methods of politics. Whatever may furmi
ly have been thocaso.as now managed t
expression of the caucus frequently , ai
perhaps as a rule , misrepresents the tr
.sentiments of the party. It is the battl
ground of factions , it is the pathway
which self-serving demagogues make thi
way to unmuntcd recognition , and il
the nursery of those vices by which t
heelers and strikers in politics profit. !
much has this system degenerated in t
respect of the better class of voters , tl :
quite generally the caucus is Ignored
them , and being thus surrendered to t
worst elements of a party ( convo ntiu
are composed of an irresponsible class
delegates who have only their person
tidvautagca in view , and most of win
have their price , which may he a cons
cration in hand or the assurance of .
turo reward. Corruption , In whatev
form , that begins in the caucus is c
largud in the convention , and the win
machinery is manipulated chiotly by
class of politicians who would bo powi
less if they went directly to the wh <
body of voters of tlie party.
All this has boon repeatedly point
out ana dwelt upon , but the old systc
still vnry generally prevails , with h (
and there certain restrictions and rogu
tions that may lesson , though they dor
wholly remove , the evils. Those will
gotten rid of probably only by abaudc
ing the system , slnco the nttoiupU to
form it have not been found as satisfi
tory in results as waa hoped for. Wo c
J „ . „ _ ;
ervc that the republicans of Cuyahogn
county , Ohio , are proposing to do this
ind to adopt what It known as the
Crawtord county plan. " This plat
vas put in operation sovcral years age
jy the republicans of Crawford county
'ennsylvanla , and was found to work sc
satisfactorily that It is now in force gen
rally throughout that state. It has beet
iitopted also in several Ohio counties
where it has given entire satisfaction
This plan simply is , that bcforo cvurj
election , instead of holding caucuses am
onventlons , each party has a prlmarj
election. All the candidates for olllci
ire before tlio pcoplu and are voted upon
-The republican candidates who re
ceive the majority of the votes of thn1
party are inado the candidates of the par M
on election day , and are then votcii
ipon by the dti/ons nt largo as opposed
to the candidates of the other parties.
Tlic course to be pur
sued is thus explained bi
the chairman of the Cuyahoga count ; )
republican committee : Shortly bofon
the election the committee will issue :
[ iroclumatlon calling upon the republics
voters to assemble on a given day tc
vote upon the party candidates and ox
ilain tlio way in which thu balloting is tc
be dono. All republican candidates wil
bu requested to notify the conimlttco be
Tore a certain time as to whether or no
: huy desire to have their names go bufon
the voters of the party at the primary
election. Thu committee will then havi
two sets of tickets printed at the uvpunsi
of thu candidates , ouu for thu legislative
candidates and the other for the count ; )
candidate * . On the legislative ticket wil
be found llio names of all the known re
publican candidates for Icgiolntivo lion
ors and on the county ttclu-l will bo tin
names of all republicans who wisl
to compute for the county olliccs1 , the list
being properly grouped. Those ticket
will be given to the ward and townshi |
commitleeincn , and will bu the HH\\ \ \
oiliciully correct ballots. On the day o
thu primary olectmn the polls will hi
open during a reasonable length of time
from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 it
the evening. A voter , on receiving tin
tickets , will erase sill tlio namu.s but thosi
of tlio candidates for whom hu wishes t <
cast his ballot. Should be be satisliei
with uono of the mon who have bcci
proposed to the committee as candidates
blank lines will bo provided in the ticket
upon which ho can write the namu.s o
thoio whom he thinks should be the can
didatus of the party. When the polls an
closed , thu judges and clerks , who wil
bo appointed by the county contra
committee , will count thu ballot
and forward the tally sheets to tin
committee. The latter will as soon a
possible canvass the returns in tlio satin
mannur as they are now c\nvissed : by tin
board of elections. The nainus of th
candidates who have received the great
ust number of votes for the dilVuren
olliccs will be placed on the ropublicai
ticket to bo voted upon on election day
This plan would consume mon ! timi
than by the old way , and pohaps bi
somewhat moro expensive , but oxperi
cnco with it where it has boon tried ha
.shown that the re MI Its are moro satlffnu
tory. it greatly reduces , if it doe.s no
entirely destroy , the power of rings am
factions to make up "slates" and "li
tilings ; " it cuts down to a very smal
margin the chances of those chron'n
place-hunters who have to IOOK clnell.
to the rabble in politics for nrufor
ment ; it discourages the uH'orts o
the demagogues and the business of th
political heelers and strikers ; It shuts th
door against a great dual of corruptioi
that is common under the caucus am
convention system. It ailbrds to ever ,
man who desires public ollico a full am
fair opportunity to go before the poopl
and demonstrate his popularity , and 01
the otliur hand it allows every voter t
indicate who he prefers for any publi
position , regardless of whether such poi
son is named as a candidate or not. Cci
rainly if under this whin the voters d
not select worthy and clean mon th
fault will bo wholly with themselves
since they will have it in their power t
defeat combinations to foist upon thei
unworthy and corrupt candidates.
On the Dual.
A Now YorK paper throws .some ligli
on the great Chicago wheat deal , furthe
developments in which ate expected to b
made on nuxt Wednesday , which will b
another delivery day. It will then b
determined whether the corner is to b
carried on through Juno and the short
unmercifully squeu/.od. It is stated tha
a few days ape the clique recoTvod romil
tances from Now York and Cincinnati
amounting to about $0,000,000 , whic
brought the total sum now involved i
the deal up to $21,000,000. The holding
of the clique in grain and options -aro c ;
timated to amount to 45,000,000 bushels
and as it is understood $1.15 is the iigur
aimed at , if the corner is successful , th
clique will win from $ " ,000,000 fc
$9,000,000 , a very handsome profit for tli
speculators , in which the farmers and th
consumers of the country will not shari
The mystery respecting the principal
in this deal is not cleared up , but it 1
quite certain that several Cincinnati mil
ioualrus are in the pool , and also tli
Standard Oil crowd. The Nevada ban
people are probably connected with i
and Armour is thought to bo assisting tli
manipulation by turning all of his whcr
away from Chicago , though ho is undoi
stood not to bo in the syndicate. No' '
York is behoved to bo represented In th
clique by Kdwurd Cottrell , the heaviei
speculator in the produce exchange c
that city. The syndicate owns tc
day about all the wheat at Chicag (
Now York , Toledo , St. Louis ami Sa
1'YAiicIseo , and probably half the stock i
Liverpool , and has complete contrc
of markets for this .staple a
over thu world. The visible suj
ply of wheat winter and spring in tli
United States is about -11,500,000 bushel
and this is decreasing at thu rate c
nearly 2,000,000 bushels a week. In on
way und another the syndicate has coi
trol of all this vast product. The ind
cations now are that the corner will I
maintained and that the shorts will t
badly hurt. But the trouble is the coi
sequences will not stop with the gamble ;
whose misfortune it is to bo squeeze *
and for whom nobody can have any syu
pathy. If tlio price of June wheat
forced up 20 cents it means dlsastc
to many merchants and failures in th
grain trade everywhere.
IT is to bo feared that the record mat
by the Into legislature of Now YorK wi
not redound to the advantage of the r
publican party of that state. It waa m
torlously and Impudently corrupt , no
in the way of taking small bribes or casl
contributions of boodle , as \ \ as the ca ?
with the cheap boodlera of some otlie1
legislatures of tin } present year , but ii
rendering service to wealthy corporation
which could repay with largo rewards. AI
though openly charged In the press will
corruption , no notice whatever was takci
of the allegation ? , which would indi
catc that pretty much the entire bed
was infected. Furthermore , the refusal t
confirm thu nomination of Colonel 1'rci
( Irani as quarantine commissioner mad
plain the fact that the bos'ibin of the "M
Too" Platt crowd was complete
a development thai will nu
sit well on a great man ;
republican stomachs in Now York
Whatever may have been the motive o
Governor Hill in nominating Colone
( Irani , the fact is unquestionable tha
Platt Iras no proper claim to the olllc
which ho continues to hold by reason o
the obstinacy of the republican senate
.lust al tins time il is unforlunulc for tin
republican party of New York that tin
additional source of dissatisfaction am
discredit has been inlllctcdupon it. An. .
1'lntt has not helped the matter by olVor
ing to resign on thu condition Ilia
Colonel ( Irani shall bo appointed.
Tin : long threatened suit again- <
( lould and Sage , by bondholders of th
Kansas I'acitic railroad company , prom
i us to be. rich and interesting , liouit
and Sago were trustees of the company
consolidated mortgage , and in the fainou
deal inquired into by the Pacific ruilroai
investigating committee llusy enriehei
themselves haiidsomely. When ( Souli
and Sago were lately on the slantl an
were questioned touching this triiitccslii
their answers wore followed with cqua
attention by a committee of the bond
holders , who are seeking to gut prope
foundation- , for their suit for damage- ;
They churn to have what evidence i
necessary to make ( lould and Sage ( ii.
gorge some of their fortunes. Tli
elastic conscience and automatic ineinor
of Mr. ( iould will here be given a Hold t
show themselves at their bust , and Mi
Sage , who po.-sussos the happy ecrut c
knowing how to swallow himself , wil
also , no doubt , make an exhibition thn
will cause the Irionds of Ananias to sc
thai Ihuir lamented friend did not knoi
thu elementary principles of lying.
Wr. do not wish lo muddle with th
business of the police commission , bu
we iiobiro to impress upon them that the
never can expect to succeed in any rail :
cal improvement of our police forcu i
they .start oul by retaining all the subor
dinate ollicers that have served uiulr
Marshal CummiiigH , The trouble wit
our police force has been a slack disc
pline , caused chiejly by the casy-goinp
devil-inay-curc-wyy of thu officers of tli
force. The now clijuf of police cannc
bring about the de-fired reforms unless h
has competent anil eflicient aids wh
enter into thu spirit of the new departur
and will take pride in the soldierly bcarin
and genllemanly conduct of our polici
men. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
STATI-TANo TI JitliTloiv.
Nebraska Jottings.
Tim Noligh board of trade is grease
for business.
Grand Island is threatened with an
other daily paper.
The Falls City cannery will begin operations
orations this week.
Tim IXchango hotel in Ashland is
heap of 'jurnt ruins.
I'lattsmouth hopes to wear a new dope
in iho sweet by and by.
A $10,000 block will add considerable t
the shape of Columbus this suasou.
Thu city council of Grand Island ha
declared war on houses of ill-fame.
lloldrogc has cornered a firebug. II
touched thu insurance companies to
often.
Thu only genuine Indian club in th
statu is at Genoa. It is a knotty pcaoi
maker.
The slatn institute for the feeble mimic
at lieatrice , opened up last week will
lifly unfortunates.
Crctq will brighten up this season wit
the Missouri Paciiic extension and a
electric light system.
The -season of hickory-nut hail is pasl
None smaller than geese eggs will rccoiv
paragraphic mention.
Captain Warren , of Wahoo , is laid u
with countless sores and battered bones
the result of a runaway.
A gang of burglars made several proli' '
less raids on thu residents of Walioo la *
week and left the town in disgust.
1' . Kdgchill , of Fairmount , was caugli
on horseback by a lightning Hash an
severely , though not fatally , burned.
Robert Spieor , a fourteen-year Edga
boy , became attached to a runawa
mule's halter and was dragged to dcatl
A $25,000 hotel and mammoth foundr
are among the latest additions to Davi
City's enterprise. Uoth nro sure thing !
Wahoo is ready to give a franchise t
any company that will furnish tint cit
with a direct pressure system of watt
works.
A baud of forty gypsies are picking u
dollars and clothes-lines in Ihu noighboi
hood of Blair by stufling the superstition
with "revelation1 ! . "
McCook has induced Cincinnati ca |
italists to start a creamery in that oil * ,
The plant will cost § 7,500 and will Ij
completed in thirty working days.
An agent of the Omaha Southern roa
has been feeling thu pulse of Plattsmout
on the bonus question. No alarmin ;
symptoms of liberality arc reported.
A mob of Wahooafers full upon a pai
of swindling quack "doctors " , compollin
them to give up * notes obtained froi
farmers , and fired'thorn out of town in
shower of hoots.
Grand Island is stiffening with pride a
its starch factory advances in substantin
and shapely height' , tt will bo in runnin
order by fall and employ 100 hands. Th
will materially lieFp the town to polls
Hastings.
The West Point Progress objects to th
mako'iip , methods and opinions of tli
HEB in ono pnragni ph , and .slices th
next four from the t Doming columns <
this paper , 'ihu Pr < igrcss is a clippc
from necessity.
The Colorado Banitjiry board nccoptc
as a bluiV the threa of the Nobrask
board to retaliate in kind , and decline
to withdraw the quarantine against Ni
braska caltlo. The state boaril must no' '
advance to batllo or coral their heifers.
The Grand Island & Wyoming Contn
extension of the li. & M. has steppe
short at a point 103 miles west of Hi
vonna. The construction gang has bee
transferred to Central City , where tli
company has staked out another brand
Hill Stem , an impudent tramp , wr
kicked out of a house in Plattsmouth fc
demanding broad or blood. Who
brought into court an hour afterward h
produced a cortillcato that ono of li
Jungs was alluded. It was evident tli
hoot made him weary.
The York Republican is no longer
temperance organ. The W , C. T. L
ladies have crimped its pretensions an
outlawed it as an organ of sobriety an
morals. With the tomporancu colum
gone , the Republican relapses Into its
natural maudlin level ,
Churches and school houses , a hnppl
blending of figures and futures , arc mill
tiplylng in the valleys and uplands of tin
statu. A combination of the rod ami tin
goldeii rule , properly applied , Insure !
peace , plenty andParadisu.
The talk of division of Ouster county ,
and the unseating of lirokon How , Is rls
ing in the temperature. When tin
scheme comes up lor arbitration at the
polls , Itrokon How promises to set on II
with sutllcicnt emphasis , "thai Hie nuM
generation will not forgot it. "
John Router , the swindler who disap
puared from Table Hock several week ;
ngo , has left several cash reminders bu
hind. One of ihu Pawnee cily bank :
contributed sf',000 , to his pile on a forgei
note , and thu banks of llumboldt am
Table Hock wure confidcncud by the
same means.
The Cedar Hliills News , by K. K. San
ders , is the latesl candidate for subscrip
tion favors and fat ads. Cedar Hlutls i ;
in Saundurs county , on the Lincolt
branch of Iho Klkhorn Valley road. The
News declares il is "earth's choicest spot
u rich country and a live town contin
ually on Ihe move. "
The Hastings Independent whisper :
into the oars of Iho Lincoln Democrat
" \\lioiiHnsllngs guts Iho Missouri Pa
cific , Ihu Ivunias City , Wyandottu < X
Northwestern ; the Rock Island ! und one
or two other roads , which arc pretty sun
of coming here , it will give Lincoln tinge
go by and be next in importance U
Omaha. "
Ilnttington furnishes a specimen o :
brutality to a dumb boast that entitle-
Charley Miller to n fat burth in the pcni
tentiary stone pile. Miller found a neigh
lor's ) horse on his land. Armed with tin
\ \ ruth of ; i maniac and a fish spear , hi
pursued and butchered Ihe animal in : i
horrible manner. Hu was arrested am
bound over lo the district court for trial
Yunkton's railroad delegation tc
Omaha wore caught on the fly , home
ward bound , by a Milwaukee short stop
, lohn McDonald. Thu tack-liaiinner car
rier pressed their hands warmly
shoveled -olid and labial refreshment1
into them , and with nods and winks-
hint ! q. t. told them to keen quiet for :
dav or two and let the Milwaukee gel iti
wind.
Finest L. Putnuv of Oakilale has fallen
in love with thu law since hi escape fron
thu paternity of the Anderson childfor tin
murder of which hu was tried and ac
quitted at Neligh. Ho has entered suii
lor damages amounting toVJSO against
I. ilowell , S. C. Fail-child , H. F. Admin
and ,1. F. Hoyd. Ol this amount fcSSOwil
satisfy the anguish sulVered and renew hi :
reputation , thu remainder for costs.
Hustings can never bo forgiven foi
punishing her neighbors with a map
Thu inllietion , however , did not sto *
there. It has spread to other towns anc
is likely to sweep thu statu. Hluo Spring-
anil Wymoic are out with a combination
map , like a footprint , in a mud-pnddlt
\\ilh railroads piercing il from evur ,
point of the compass. The twins hav'i
passed the spanking period andlhuircon
( lition is hopeful.
Thu editor of Ihe Sutton Register re
eently tickled thu ribs of Aldurinnn Shir
ley. The latter laid in wait for him
caught him at the town postolliuu , am
tell upon his neck and wept with jov
The sidewalk in the vicinity groaned nm
creaked under the weight and vigor o
the embrace. Shirley done up Hrowi
and left him a neatly turned pair o
black and tan optics. The Register i :
enveloped in gloom.
Rule is a Misionri point , enjoying all
the benefits of driftwood commerce lloal
ing by. Since the work of bridging tin
river began , the townspeople have do Hut
the robes of antiquity for thu toga of en
terprisu , and thu result Iris been a cheer
jug combination ot growth and prosper
jt.y. Last Thursday evening a mass incut
ing was hold and thu preliminaries ar
ranged for the erection of aft 5,000 hotel
a ? 10,000 school , a pork packcry to cosl
$100,000 , and also to sink a coal prospect
hole.
There was a wild time in Wymore a
few days ago and an exhibition of an
atomy that wreathed the town in blushes.
A wild-eyed disciple of Bacchus named
John Ax , and a woman of .similar brand ,
were arresled for disturbing Ihe peace
Both showed lighl with tliuir mouths ami
declined a burth in the cooler. The
woman actually stripped for the fray ,
This nude departure lillud the officers
with dismay and tightened their grip on
her back-iuur. A street car was
chartered , blinds put up and Iho froth ,
ing ruliu of Kvo , robed in an apron string ,
saluly jailed.
The secrcl of tlio sudden departure ol
the state railroad commissioners from
Norfolk is out. A meddlesome merchant
who had no regard for their lundcruusi-
toward Lincoln fired at thum a series ol
stunning questions to this olluct : Why i.
it that goods from Chicago to Lincoln are
hauled from Fremont to that point , a
distance of lifty miles , froo. while the
rate trom Fremont lo Norfolk , seventy-
nine milus , is 5) cunts pur hundred ? The
commissioners were knocked gpccchlus.x
by the shot und the kind hcarlud con-
duclor hurried them homeward to re
cuperate. .
Iowa Items.
Plans for Sioux City's railroad bridge
have boon forwarded to Washington foi
approval.
Senator Allison istodolivor the univer
sity oralion at Iowa Cily in Juno. Hi
will speak in Ihu camnus grounds.
A small insect is attacking the straw
berry ciop in Washington county und
many line beds of strawberry vines an
almost destroyed.
Dr. K. L. Mansfield , ono of the oldest
and most prominent business men oi
Cedar Rapids , dropped dead Thursday
while riding in his buggy.
Between 200 and ! > 00 business men o
Dnbuquo have manifested a willingness
to become members of a board of tradi
and sucli an organization will soon bu ef
fcotcd.
A horrible murder was committed ir.
Jefferson township , near Oskaloosa , las1
Wednesday. John Fall and wife wort
murdered by robbers and their housi
burned.
Thursday afternoon a Dubuque mai
named John Krieger , employed al Ihi
saw mill of the Standard Lumber com
pany , was crushed to death by having
timber fall upon him.
The hoimepaths of the state gathered
in convention in Dos Molnus last wool-
ami discussed ways and means to throw
the race to the graveyard. It was a nota'
blu gathering and divided tlio honor.-
wild the eonvonlionof undertakers. Boll
bodies suumed linked by uncommon ties
ol tenderness.
Millions of voracious worms are a
work on thu shade trees of Forl Madison
and unlois something is done to satmt (
their greed the trees will in a short time
bo stripped of their verdure. Thu worms
are from un inch to an inch and a half in
length ,
Dakota.
Barnes county pays throe cents apcc ! (
foi gopher tails.
Arrangements are being made to open
thu Black Hills marblu deposits. ' 1 iioj
nro said lo bo grual in cxlont and tine in
quality.
The Bismarck tqwn'counoil had a puri
tunic altack last Sunday , and in conBo
qumicu the Sunday laws wuru vigorousl )
enforced.
Fargo's now hotel will bo built of brick
is to bu four stories high and supplim
with an oluwitor and all modern con
vemences. Tlio cost Is estimated ai
$100,000. ,
The Bankers' association of Dnkot.i
closed Us nidotlng at Watertnwn with f
grand banquet Wednesday. Piudlicld was
chosen as the place for holding the ncx
annual meeting.
Crop prospects in thn Black Hills com
try are the brightest in the history o
that region.
In consequence of poor health Judg
Thomas was compelled to go east , an
the Rapid City term of court will not b
held until .Inly.
Thu hotel llarnoy of Rapid City. jti
completed at a con of § 50.000 , hat bee
leased for live years , and will soon b
thrown open to the public.
The organization of the Rapid Cit.y
Wyoming Western : railroad compan ,
has been completed. The directors ar
Kuguno B. Chapman , of Rapid City
John C. Green , ot Omaha ; John 11. Chav
man , of Hannilml , Mo.i Andrew .1. Sim
moil * , Adulbert Wilsie and John 11. Kiiiu
of Rapid City. The capital stock of th
company is $1,000,000 , all of which i
paid up , thus guaranteeing thu construe
lion of the line so far as is now projected
The articles of incorporation de.signat
the route of thu compain 's lines us west
ward from Rapid Cit.y to the \ \ yomiii ;
line , with su J extensions in Croo
county , in Wyoming , as may be deeniei
nuees-tary , Iheru aru also'to bu nortl
and south lines run through all the Blac
Hills counties.
A NICKLE-PLATED CORPSE.
Tratisl'oriiilni ; n Dend Holly Into
Itcnlitlful Hint ne.
Now York Mercury : "Doctor , " a yotin ,
physician recently returned from niakinj
the grand lour was asked , "what was th
most remarkable thing you saw n
Kuropo * " " 1 have no nusitalion in at :
swuring that question , " ho rejoined
"By far thu moil interesting and ru
markableight that came under my ob
scrvallon was a nicUu-pluled corpse "
"A nieklu-plalud corpse " ' repeated hi
audience ot tivu , in wide-awake ama/.u
ment. "What are you giving us , doc
tor" "
The group were standing in Cable'
Broadway place , and when a goneni
moistening of lipluid been performei
the Kuropuan tourist proceeded in sul
stance as follows"Klectro or nickc
plating is thu latest and promises to b
by far thu most popular form of dealin
with the dead. The corpse that 1 sav
so treated was that of a young man a :
only son , whose doting parents had tii
body thus preserved. 1 had heard of th
casu in London , ami as 1 am much intci
ested in llic Mtbjuct ol thu disposition o
the body after death I obtained a lotlu :
of inlroduclion and was favorci
with a view of the brilliant bod.y
The method is bnully this : The body 'i
washed with alcohol and sprinkled ovc
with line graphite powder to insure th
perfect conduction of electricity. It i
thoii placed in a bath of metallic solutioi
containing a piece of metal silver
nickel or gold to be used. To this i
attached the positive polo of a stroiij
battery , the negative polo is applied ti
the body , and a line film of thu metal a
once begins to cover llic body purfuctl' '
ami evenly. This may be kept up till th
cor.ting attains any desired thickness.
"To tills process there docs not appua
to bu any valid objection. In uflect i
transforms the body into a beaulifti
slalue , in which form , features and eve :
expression are perfectly and starthngl ;
preserved. Thu body , being licrinuti
cully sealed within its niutal .inulosurc
merely dries up and assumes the aspec
of : i mummy. This method obviate
many objections which have been urgei
against other methods of disposing of tli
dead , and al Ihu sumo time meets th
wishes of tliosu whoM-scntimcnl , if noth
ing else , inclines them to favor the or
dinary way of burial.
"The young man whose corpse I sav
Ihus treated aceitlcntly shot himself las
partridge season. Hu was engaged to bi
married to a very loving and amiabl
young lady. 1 was told thai shu paii
regular visils lo his brilliant remains as
religious enthusiasl would visit , u shrine
Ordinarily the body is covered by i
shroud of embroidered work of thoyounj
lady's handiwork as il lies in ils long
oval iron urn. "
A Put-Up Job.
M.Quad : We left Memphis al abou
S o'clock in Iho evening , and among tin
deck passengers I noticed a couple , mai
and wife , who ga/.ud around as if the ;
had never seun a steamboat before. The ;
had an old coiicu sack with somu cloth
ing in it , but no other baggago. Thcj
moved about in a timid way , and boll
Buemcd much afraid of Ihe water.
The boal had uol gone live miles dowi
Ihe river , and Ihe large number ol
passengers had not vet setllud down
when Ihero was an unearthly shriek , foi
lowed by the cry of "man overboard ! .
Thu boat was stopped and hur wheel !
backed , and after two or thruo minute :
it was learned thai one of Iho couple 1
have mentioned the husband had fallei
overboard. The woman "took on" in thi
wildest manner , crying and moaning
and wringing her hands , and when askei
liow it happened , she replied :
"He just dun full over full over fcl
over ! "
By that time It was uscloss to think ol
lowering a boat. There was a swift cur
rent running , and as Iho man had no
cried out Ihuro could be no doubt of hi :
being drowned. Every ono pitied tin
woman , of course , and whun somobodj
look on" his hat and dropped a live-dolla
bill into it , it was a "go1' all around. /
hundred dollars was raised for her in fit
teen minutes , and she wunt ashore at Ibi
firsl landing made by the boat , lugging f
bag of clothes witli nor. I went down ai
far as Hcrnando , Miss. , and stopped oil
ihcro for two days , taking a sccom
steamer down on thu third night fron
the above occurrence. When I won
down to the levee I saw a couple with at
old Rack between 'em who reminded mi
of the pair on the boat , and i also sav
thum come aboard. The resetnblanci
astonished me , but it had to go for a co
ucidencc.
Thu stoamcr pulled oul about II
o'clock , and had nol boon under wa ;
hall an hour when Ihero was a loud
shriek , followed by the cry of "Mai
overboard ! " It was a repetition of whu
1 have related before , excupl Unit semi
of Iho passengers had gone lo bed , anil
Ihe silk wirsu didn't count up over $10
The hat was passed to mo , but I dcclinui
to chip. The "recent and griof-striukui
widow" left iho boal al Iho first landing
und I wenl lo bed with Ihu feeling ihu
curious coincidences were mighty thicken
on thu Mississippi riyur. 1 left the boa
al Helena , and m-.ulo a three day's slay
and was ready to take another bo-it on
Iho down Inp , when 1 ran across thin
siilf-sami ! couple at thu luvee , wuitint
for thu s.iiiu ) boat , 1 walkud up lo them
and said to the man :
"Come , now , this is a niiuaro deal , anil
I give nothing away. I've seen yon
drowned twice , and I'vn soon Ihn
'widow' go ashon- with a breaking hoarl
thu same nunibor of times. Tull me hov ,
yon play il and I'll give you a 'V. ' "
"Lul'n BOU Ihn money. "
I handed il ovur , and hu stowed it uwuj
in his pookct men rupliud.
"I've gel on a rubber lifo nrescrvoi
under my clothes , as yon sen , and I gun
craily make shore within a couple ol
miles. Stranger , don't give it away. We
are poor but honest people. "
I snltunnl.y agreed that I wouldn't , bill
1 think thuy rather mistrusted mu , lei
thuy waited ovur to catch u boal nuxl
A 1) ) ( > U Milken Oil' With tlin Artlilclnl
Mini ) of JIU lloni-luolor.
Pittflburg Dispatch : A moat hullerou ;
thing was wltnn-nod on Jane street last
evening , Tlicru was a light , in which : i
big dog , a little dog and a eigar-makui
with a wooilcn leg ligured prominently
First , Iho little dog secured a bone. Hi
was munching it in quint onjoymenl
when Ihu big dog citmn along and al
tempted to secure it. The little felloe
was nol to bullied , and a llvuly light fo
lowed.
Just as the row wa nt a most Interest
ing stage , neither dog buying secured
any advantage , a man with a ' 'peg" leg
came along and assumed the row
of pence-maker. Standing on his dis
abled member and using hit .lound limb ,
he gave the bone a kick and "until whirl-
ng away.
A second later ho was lying in thn
muddy gutter the blgdog liavlngyankeil
the wooden leg from its fastenings ami
ga/ing sadlv after his insensible but
useful limii'ai it disappeared around n
neighboring corner , borne lit the dog'rf
mouth , _ i i
X.YTt'isi : usually makes a gallant fighl
against disease , and when helped by Dr.
.1. H McLean's Strengthening Cordial
and Blood Purifier will eradicate it from
the system.
FREAKS OF A MAGPIE.
Itvna Komi of Holil-lni ; the IOB and
1'urforiiiitiK UmlloHH MUolunf.
As soon as it saw either of the dogi
busily engaged upon a bone. Juckytlboy
devoted all his intellect to thu task of
robbing that dog of its bone , says J. G.
Wood , writing of a pet magplu In the
Youth's Companion. Watching his op
portunity white Ihe dog's altontiou was
given to the hone , ho would quietly slip
behind the animal and administer n sharp
peck to its tail. The aggrieved dog woulit
naturally yelp , drop llic bonu , and make
a dash al ils atsailatil.
Then Jackytiboy would flutter away a
fuw puce * . , and , when the dog turned
around to regain its property , would give
another peek at the same plasu. Then
the dog made another attack , and when
the animal had , by a series of a-isaults ,
been decoyed to a distance , Jacytibov
Hew to the bone , sei/.ed it and iiiiide ol !
with its booty.
The dogs , however , sometimes turned
the tables on the magpie. Whenever
Jiickytiboy had been given , or , as was
most likuly the case , had stolen inoru
meat than he could consume at the time ,
ho was in the habit of hiding it about tlio
premises. Here thu dogs' noses stood 1
them in good stead , enabling them to
snuff out and devour the hidden stores.
When hu had succeeded in robing the
dog of its- bone , his nevt idea was to hidu
it in sonic secure place where ho wi\s
sure thai Iho dog could nol tind it. So
hu generally made his way into ono of
thu bedrooms and pushed the bone eare-
tully under t.io pillow.
DAs to the mischief which ho did for
pure mischief's saku , theru weru no
bounds to its extent and vurictv.
For example , while the coachman was
looking after his horse Jackytiboy filled
the whip-tube with earth and little peb
bles , so that when the man tried to u.so
his whip he found it fixed HO llrnily that
it could not bo takun out until thu tube
hud _ boon takuu out and omptiod.
Watching the proceedings of a carpen
ter who was engaged on the prcmisos
afforded him thu keenest gratification.
yhun thu man used the center-bit Jacky-
tiber ninsl needs help him by picking oul
Ihe lillle shavings from Iho hole. Having
Ihus proved his harmless nature , hu
dropped somu tacks into the man's car as
he stooped ovur his work , and as ho
s'artcd up , snatched off his spectacles
and lluw away with them to the treasure-
house.
On ono occasion he removed all the
pins from thu cushions in which they had
been placed. He did not , however ,
carry them off , but stuck them into
the sponges , pushing thoni into thu
smallust holes , and forcing llionj com
pletely out of sight. The disastrous re
sult ot this freak may well bo Imagined.
If a ghv/.icr were employed on thu
greenhouses it was ncce ary to capture
Jackytiboy and fasten him in some place
where ho would nol suspuul what was
being done , as otherwise hu invariably
scooped out the pntly while It was soft ,
and so made the gla/.ior's work of no
effect.
Ho always kepi a sharp eye upon small
candlu ends , and whenever ho found ono
hu used lo drop il inlo iho lirst mustard-
pot thai hu could find.
Soldier , Malilcu nnil Flowor.
[ A piece for Little Miss Trolly to speak nt
.school on Decoiation Uay.J
"Swcctheait , take this , " a soldier aald ,
"And bid mo bravo nood-by ;
It may bnfall wo ne'er shall wed ,
lint love cau never die.
"He steadfast In thy trolh to me ,
And then whnlo'er my lot ,
' .My soul to God , my heart to theo'
Sweotheait , forget mo not ! "
The maiden took the liny flow'r
And fed It with her tears ;
Lo. lie who loft her In that hour
Came not In after years.
Upon the Held a demon rode
Mid shower ot llamc and shot ,
While In the maiden's heait abode '
The llow'r forget-uiu-not.
And when ho came not with the rest s
From out tliosu years ot blond ,
Closely unto her widowed breast
She piessed thu withered bud.
Oh , there Is love , and there Is pain
And there is peace , ( iod wet ;
And these dear three do live aialn
In sweet forgel-me-not.
'Tin to his unmarked crave to-day
That I should love to RO
Whether ho wore the blue or cray ,
What nuud that we should Know ?
"Ho loved woman , " let us say ,
And on that hallowed xpot ,
To woman's lov that lUes for aye ,
We'll strew for ot-mo-not.
Kucene Field.
T11K PKRFECT
Quickest Soiling Article Kvor Invooto'L '
ril/Ci : OF DASllKJt ,
Neodsno talking but really Ii thn I'mtlleU
Arllcluon theMnrkot.
OMAHA , Neb. , April US , 18S7. This ii
to certify that we , the nuclei Mailed , have
this day witnessed a churning by ' 'Thr
Perfect Self Revolving Churn Dasher * . , "
which it-suited in producing ! Jlg pounds ol
first chits butter from one gallon of cream
in jnet one minute and fifteen i-econds.
W. ] „ WrlKht , proprietor "Omuli i Dairy ; " O W
Wliceli-r. imtnuKiT "oiiiiilm Hairy " I'.iul II Tit , ' ,
MurcliHiiU'Niitlon.il Hunk , A. Il Tinuilln , : ; ol > r.u <
Nntlmml llnnk , I'M ? , ( Jc-nrno It. lUthtiurn. iiruiirlolor
" ( ) rn hn MiiMnPM C.illok-s : " I'rnf. U J. IlliVn. tHit-h-
eror. K'irtliknrli Ilorrr Ulrrlim. lllor"Plliliti !
Sflu'il. IIIil. "lloo" Will J. Di.tl. % It. II Ajt
' . " . lircim"Hoi-All *
J K. llyin , Woria. Kniuk K.
Dr J W. Menroli , Dr. J W Dyenri.
Dr. C , M. II. llnirt. Dr. Hamlltnn Wiirron.
II. U , llnll.reilaiMI * , J. W , Ur > jiir , railo taW
Jnlm HnUil. Jownlnr. Clirlxlirr , furnllurii
State and County iiltiltta'or .SVifc ,
1'rojltn mil Sni-iu'lxe Vtni.
AGENTS WANTED.
Call or write to u * at once. Qu ck sale
and large profitr. Very trul } ,
J. W. & A. Pom AM , Prop's ,
lloo ml Croonie Block. N.lWb lUOmiba , Nub