Nebraska Newspapers

    ! THE O1VIAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JUNE 2. 1887.
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BUCK TAYI.OU was bucked out yester
day at the \Vild West show.
OMAHA is not only the great musical
pouter , but the religious center as well.
GOVEKNOH Hiu/s action on the license
bill in Now York dissolved his presiden
tial boom.
"MB Too" Platt , of New York , now
carries the burdensome title of Boss.
Peace hath its victories.
IT is also to bo regretted that in the
LOUD City tragedy , where a poem caused
the death of nn editor , that the poetic
muse escaped unscathed.
A RUSSIAN minister of finance1ms put
Into nxccution a system , providing that
every hen's egg bo taxed a third of n
jionny. If such a custom was in vogue
in this country some public speakers
would not turn pray so quickly.
THOSE iiucient landmarks , the brick
pavements of Philadelphia , are being
rapidly superseded by stone pavements
wpf varioas kinds. Oh , that n few of the
fcucient landmarks the wooden sideWalks -
Walks of Omaha would disappear.
QUACK doctors are operating in Ne
braska. At Waboo thrco of them wore
put in jail , and from other parts of the
Btate como reports of the villains dup
ing citizens. Thu law in our state is
j > lam regarding quack doctors , and all
good citizens should see that it is en
forced.
IT may bo well to remark that up to
this writing no oil inspector has been ap
pointed in Nebraska. The next thirty
days , however , will end thu heartache , oi
the anxious and determined candidates ,
If Brad Slaughter is appointed to inspect
oil , a man must bo appointed to inspect
Brad.
COLONEL COLUT has been out delivering
ft memorial address. The colonel hoi
boon a member of the state militia long
enough to mtiku him acquainted with
nnuy life , nnd any one of his anecdotes
P Would force a smile from the most inv
IV iHtssire Indian that over adorned a to
bacco storo.
THE Oregon Transcont inontal compa
toy has commenced suit against thi
northern 1'ucUio railroad in the Unitcc
BtHtes circuit court. It is n pleasinf
ppectaclo to sco railroads fight utnonf
themselves and yet the adage that when
thieves fall out honest men got their duos
has no significance in this p\rticulai :
case.
case.AT
AT Frcdonia , Kansas , the now Murra }
liquor law was tested im the distric
court. It was proven that a boot-loj
paloon keeper had dispensed the seduc
llvo lluid contrary to law , and the judgi
lenlencod him to forty days in the count ]
fail and to pay a f 100 fine. A camel cai
Do more thread the postern of. n needle'
eye , than a man can tiling & gin-sling it
blooding Kansas.
THE committee on arrangements of thi
Fourth of July celebration wants nion
tooncy In order to carry ont the pro
gramme asplauned. Julius Meyer , Join
Perkins and Klohard O'lvoofo comprise
the finance committee , nnd money son
to thorn will bo properly credited. Lo
our citizens respond , and see to it tha
the cnle.bration this year excels all forme
efforts in Omaha.
GovKKNoit HILL of Now York is dotcr
miuod to s tan a solid with the liquor in
torests. His veto of the license bill passe <
F by the legislature just before adjourning
notwithstanding the fact that it avoidei
F the constitutional objections to tha Cros
m by bill , previously vetoed , amply demon
strntos that the liquor interests hav
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nothing to four in the way of adverse log
Ulation while Hill is in the executivi
chair.
A LINCOLN paper furnishes the gratifj
Infi information that a scheme has bee
successfully worked , which retires bet
Church Howe and Tom Majors from th
political arena of Nomaha county. Jus
wkat the happy creation is , that will relieve
lievo the body politic of two such charac
tori , the informant does not Bay. In th
thought that U is sure and certain tb
people will Had much happiness. Hoi
cither of these men ever gained proml
jieuco in their own county , lias often bee
aikod , bat now that they arc to bo r <
tlrod , for the people'ii good , it docs m
liuttur. Mny th'iy rest In peaoj.
Senator Hlicrnmn at Springfield ,
In response to an invitation , Senator
Sherman yesterday addressed the repub
lican members of the Illinois legislature
at Springfield on the political issues of
the day. The Invitation was a notable
compliment to the distinguished states
man , nnd will bo vofy generally re
garded as pcrhnpi the most substantial
evidence that could have been given of
the high esteem in which ho la held by
the republicans of Illinois. Such a cir
cumstance certainly possesses very gror.t
significance in view of the prominence of
Senator Sherman among possible presi
dential candidates , and his friends , as
well as those who are not favorable to
him , will not fail to note the important
aspect of the event. Such consideration
to a party leader is under the circum
stances extremely rare.
The speech of Senator Sherman was ft
comprehensive review of the contrasting
policies of the republican and democratic
parties , nnd a straightforward presenta
tion of the character and actuating prin
ciples of the two political organizations.
The senator has a way of setting forth
the truths of history that is admirably
direct and perspicuous. Ho does not
wander oil'into byways , and lose himself
and his hearers in a labyrinth of tor
tuous wanderings , but keeps in the broad
and free highway , where the man should
walk who has full confidence in the re
ctitude and justice of his course , with
nothing to conceal or evade , and nothing
to fear. Whatever the partisan oppon
ents of Senator Sherman may think of
the wisdom or present oppositcncss of
his utterances , they cannot fairly allege
against them indirection or evasion ,
while to republicans they are a vigorous
stimulant to party faith and loyalty.
It need hardly be said that Senator
Sherman earnestly combats the notion of
such political pessimists as George Wil
liam Curtis that the republican party
has no further mission to perform ; that
it Is mainly the shadow of a great name
and represents no definite and distinct
policy upon any of the existing questions ,
lie maintains , on the contrary , that the
democratic party having shown itself
conspicuously incapable of formulating
and carrying out any policy , even those
to which it was most unqualifiedly
pledged , and by its nature , aims and
tendencies disqualified from carrying out
any of the measures necessary to the wel
fare and progress of thn country , which
uro embraced in the republican policy ,
unless all those are to finally and forever
fail , the republican party still baa
a great and most important
mission. The address of ScnatorJ Sher
man at Springfield is certain to attract
widesw'read attention and comment , aa
well because of the circumstances under
which it was made us for its strong and
clear exposition of the character , poli
cies , alms and tendencies of the two
great parties. It is valuable also as an
announcement of the platform upon
which Senator Sherman will stand if the
republican party will make him its can
didate in 1833.
Condemned By Ills Partiaans.
The vigor with which Mayor Hewitt
has enforced the Sabbatarian laws in Vow
York city baa called down upon him the
unqualified condemnation of ono branch
of the democracy , known as the Irvine
hall organization , and although the least
in numerical strength of the several fac
tions it doubtless has the sympathy in
this matter of a majority of all of them ,
The truth is the course of Hewitt lias
been a startling revelation to the dem
ocracy of New York , in that it has been
so entirely the opposite of democratic
methods and precedents. Hero is n
democratic mayor who is enforcing the
laws as he finds them , and at least as to
these particular laws this has never before -
fore been done by a democratic mayor ,
Had it been suspected that Mr. Hewitt
would thus run counter to all formci
practice there cannot bo a doubt thai
he would have boon overwhelm'
ingly defeated. As it is the
democrats of Irving hall voice the general
oral sentiment of the party by denouncing
the mayor as tyranuical , fanatical , puri
tanical and undemocratic. Mcanwhih
Mr. Hewitt keeps bravely at his work
and there is reason to believe that his on
torcemcnt of the Sabbatarian regulation ;
is not duo simply to the fact that as the
executive oilicor of the city it is his duty
to do so , but for the reason also that lu
believes they are necessary and proper ,
Certainly , if that be his fooling , the
charge that ho is undemocratic is no
gratuitous , though it may not be possible
much longer to say this , since democrats
m some localities , notably in Texas , an
developing radical tendencies in asimilai
direction , oven to the extent of favoring
prohibition. Mayor Hewitt had tc
fight hard for success , but he won ,
and the legislature having refusec
to afford any relief , and there being nc
probability that the mayor will recedt
from his position , It seems evident tha !
the Sabbath will for some time contmn <
to be observed in Now York as it has no
boon before within the memory of it
oldest inhabitant. But if Mr. Hewitt ha :
any dreams of a political future ho maj
as well dismiss them as worthless.
A Political Pndagojcuo.
The activity of Mr. tiruncr in promot
ing the attempt to elect n partisan boart
of education is to the last degree uu
seemly. That gentlemen is well under
stood to bo a candidate for the position
of superintendent of the public schools
and in the hope of securing that place hi
in willing to drag the schools into tin
mire of political contention , and to raaki
himself the creatuio of the politicians
Even wcro Mr. Bruner in every wfr
competent to successfully perform tin
duties of the position , the course ho ii
pursuing should bo Huflielimt todisqunlif ;
him. The head of the public school
should bo subservient to no class of poll
ticians ; ho should have no favors to oxpoo
from them , and none to grant them. Hi
position must . be one of entir
independence of all such in
fluouco , dictation or control. Othorwls
he will inevitably be subjected to hai
rassmonts and and annoyances that wil
render impossible otllcioncy and thoi
oughnesa in his administration. The od
uctvtor who dabbles in politics is ver ,
sure to make a failure of his profcssiona
vocation.
It is probable that were the ambitioi
of Mr. Krunor Justified by a posscssioi
of the qualifications noccsinry to sue
ccssfully fill thu position of school super
intcncont , ho would not be found in th
unbecoming business of political wire
pulling in which he is engaged. Hut i
is H matter ot common kncwledg
hat his ambition Tar overtops h\s \ tn'orlt.
i'huro 'ore' a do/en men In Olhaha
better qualified than Mr. Uruntr to bo
superintendent of schools , and wo do
not know but that Is giving hint a bettor
landing than ho deserves. At all events ,
t would bo n grave misfortune to place
such a man at the head of our public
schools , and it is the duty of all parents
concerned for the welfare ot the schools
o exert themselves for the defeat of thu
scheme upon the success of which t'.io
chance of Hruncr depends. The way to
nest surely accomplish this is to elect a
ion-partisan board of education.
Evangelical Lmthcrnna.
The thirty-third biennial convention of
ho Evangelical Lutheran church of the
LJnltcd States is In session at Omaha.
This gathering is no less important than
, hc general assembly of the Presbyterian
church which adjourned this week.
The present convention of the Lutheran
church consists of 103 delegates from till
parts of the United States , together with
the oflicers of the various churnh boards
and societies.
To the visiting strangers Omaha ex-
[ ends the hand of welcome. The visiting
1'resbytorians from dificrcnt parts of the
country , especially the eastern states ,
wcro surprised and charmed with our
busy , growing city. They wcro treated
with that open handed hospitality for
which the west , and especially Omaha , is
noted. They went away feeling that
their time had been too short , and ex
pressed a desire to return again.
So it will be , wo hope and believe , with
members of the present assembly.
In this connection it might be well for our
citizens to exert every cll'ort to the end of
securing the location of the college which
the Lutherans propose to build , nnd
which will bo determined by the general
synod. Other cities are submitting propo
sitions , and Omaha cannot well ntl'ord to
lose the opportunity here presented of se
curing additional educational facilities.
Rally For n Noii-1'nrtlsan Hoard.
The BIE : has stated with sufllcicnt full
ness the reasons that justify the move
ment in opposition to a partisan board
of education. They are such ns must
commend themselves to every intelligent
citizen whoso first and greatest interest
in relation to this matter is in the con
tinued success and growing welfare of
the public school system. They are not
expected to lind favor with the hide
bound partisans who put party success
before every other consideration ; they
will have no weight with the narrow
demagogues and the unscrupulous poli
ticians who have ( heir selfish ends to
subserve , and to whom nothing is sncrcd.
But wo are confident that the majority
of our people who arc concerned for
the prosperity , success and welfare of
the public pchool system are not of these
classes , and therefore can , if they will ,
overwhelm them and defeat their perni
cious scheme. The cause is of such
grave importance , is in all its aspects of
such vital consequence to the com
munity , that it will be almost criminal
on the part of those who approve to neg
lect it. I lie meeting to be hold on
Thursday evening to voice the nonpartisan
tisan sentiment should be attended by
every citizen approving it who can pos
sibly get thoro. It is necessary that the
rally shall bo so strong and earnest as tc
carry dismay into the camp of the
enemy , and assure those who would
make the schools of the people the foot
ball of politicians that they are engaged
in a hopeless enterprise. The time tc
teach this lesson is now. If the political
foray that is intended to bo made upon
the schools shall succeed , not only will
great damage be done before the people
will have another opportunity to
repel the enemy , but the task of doing so
will have become much more difficult ,
The leeches having once got their hold ,
only the most heroic efforts will diglodgc
them.
If the BKE has not made its motive in
this matter perfectly plain , in the argu
ments it has presented , to every fair-
minded citizen , it does not know what
more it can &ay to do so. Its solo aiir
and purpose is to protect the schools
against the assaults ot the politicians
and to keep them wholly apart and frc (
f rona the devices and methods of politics
No ono connected with our schools
should bo in the least degree subject tc
the influence or favor of any class o1
politicians , and no ono who is active ir
politics can be safely entrusted with anj
position in connection with the schools
It is absolutely hostile to the broad anc
wise principle upon which the public
school system is founded that Its control
and administration should have any par
tisan coloring , and whenever that princi
"pie shall be abandoned deterioration ol
the system must inevitably supervene.
Again wo appeal to those who.approvc
of a non-partisan school board.to make
that approval known by their prcsenci
and voice at the meeting Thursday even
ing. Lot the mothers as well as UK
fathers bo seen and heard on this occa
sion. It is a matter that touches one o
your most vital interests and should com
mand your earnest attention and zeal.
The Chief of Police.
Those interested in Seavoy's dofoa
have managed to sccnre the introductioi
ot an ordinance which requires that :
man must be a resident of Omaha twc
years before he can be chief of pohro.
Inasmuch as the council has'nothin ;
to do with the appointment of Chic
Soavoy , the ordinance , should it pass
will bo without effect. The police com
mission is the only authority responsibli
forSoavoy's appointment and until hi
shall prove incapable and without abilit'
to perform the duties of the office whlci
he now holds under the law , there can bi
no removal.
The council might ns well pass an ordinance
dinanco limiting the term of office of thi
president of the United States to threi
years , anct then call upon Grovcr Cleveland
land to resign.
Mr. Seavoy is at the present -writing
chief of police , appointed under th
charter. The charter to all intents and
purposes is an organic law , and the at
tempt to remove Seavoy antagonizes tin
supreme authority of the stato. By virtue
tuo of that authority Governor Thayci
appointed the commission , and In further
thor pursuance of that authority tit
commission appointed Chief Seavey.
This fulfills and completes the re
qnlrcmonts of the charter , so far as relate
to the organization of the police depart
ment , and it is unassailable by any powe
save that which gave the authority. Th
obstruction which the council is attempt
ing to interpose may delay an cfilcicn
organization of the police system , bu
the ultimate defeat of the- attempt is as
certain as is the tact that the course so
'ar pursued Is comio'rucd by every intelli
gent and unprejudiced citizen.
MR. Bitf.vr.it Una showed his hand
His interest In the board of education is
strictly personal , hejyearns to bo super
intendent of school
TUB Fourth of July celebration in
Dniaha , it all plans are carried out , will
be the grandest daincjnstration Nebraska
has ever seen. i
To bore for natural gas costs but little
money. Should It bo found there is no
estimate to be placed upon its value.
THE pilgrimage of the railroad com
mission was a failure. About one more
tour and it will become a chestnut.
THE State fair managers are deter
mined to make the largest exhibition this
year over held in Nebraska.
THEIIE arc a thousand women more
beautiful then Mrs. Langtry , yet her
beauty is the drawing card.
LET it be a non-partisan school board.
Politics sh6uld never interfere in the
school room.
ATTEND the meeting to nominate a nonpartisan -
partisan school board , Thursday evening.
IT deserves to bo again remarked that
the Eighth street viaduct should bo built.
WHEN great men die it is the miserable
wood cuts that live after them.
Tun sidewalks of Omaha arc in a badly
dilapidated condition.
FACTS ANO F1GU11ES.
It Is said that 000,000 copies of "She" have
been sold in this countiy.
Two hundred and sixty-two pairs ol twins
were born in Chicago during IStf.
At the present rate of decrease the national
debt will disappear lu twelve years.
Fires destroy annually In this country
property of the value of about 3150,000,000.
In the last twelve years the United States
has received -J.COO.OOO emigrants from the old
world.
The use of the telephone Is becoming very
common In Germany. Berlin alone has 5.507
stations.
The real estate sales of New York for the
first four months of the year foot up In lound
numbers 550.000,000.
It takes the tusks of 75,000 elephants a yeav
to supply the world's piano keys , billiard
halls and knife handles.
The United States Avenue returns show
4,033 saloons in Iowa , 1,552 in Kansas , 44G In
Vermont and 1.202 .in , Maine all states In
which prohibition prolUbits In theory.
Statistics show thatnot over 20 per cent ol
the Inmates of the Massachusetts state prison
are returned to It for subsequent crimes.
There are according to some French sta
tistics 4b2CG-'i native French in foreign coun
tries , ngainst 2,501,000 Germans , 4.200,000
Hiitlsh , 1,077.000 Italians. 497,000 lielpians ,
093.000 Scandinavians , iV37,000 Austro-llun-
Kaiians , 43:1,000 : Spaniards and Portuguese ,
207,000.Swiss and 148.000 Russians. In
France there are , on the contrary , 1,001,090
loreiuneis , of whom 211,000 tire Italians and
62,000 Gei mans. Gerinnny has but 378,702
resident foreigners , 'England 233,000 , and
Italy only 00,003. f i
There me considerably over 00,000 persona
conllncd at ctho present timeIn prisons in
the United States. This is nearly nine times
the number of prlsoneis In 1850 , so that , even
inakln g allowance for increase in population ,
crime , or at any rate nunisuniojit for crime ,
Is much more general now than then. Th
west compares very favorably with the east
In regard to the proportion of prisoners tc
population , and Massachusetts seems the
iixvorito home of Uie habitual criminal. In
ono countv of that state one inhabitant out
of every 270 is in jail.
Juno.
Finnic Dempster Sherman in St. Iflcliolat.
O Juno I delicious month of June I
When windsaud birds all sing In tune ;
When In the meadows swarm the bees
And hum their drowsy melodies
While pillaging the buttercup ,
To stoie the golden honey up :
O June I the mouth of bluest skies ,
Dear to the pilgrim bttttcrllles ,
Who seem gay colored loaves astray ,
Blown down the tides of amber day ;
O June 1 the month of merry song ,
Of shadows brief , of sunshine long ;
All things on earth love you the best ,
The bird who carols near his nest ;
The wind tlmt wakes and , singing , blows
The spicy pcrtumo ot the rose ;
Aud boo , who sounds his m Hilled horn
To celebrate the dewy morn ;
And oven all the stats above
At night are happier tor love ,
As if the mellow notes of mirth
Weto wafted to them from the earth.
U Juno I such music haunts your name ;
With you the summer's chorus camel
STATE AND
Nebraska Jottlnns.
A potato famiuo has tackled Sheridan
county.
Frotnonters have organized a social
club and hired a hall.
The Ceresco Times , by Fremau
Knowles , is tno latest.
The Press claims that Nebraska City is
assuming metropolitan airs. The resi
dents leave town to got them.
Claud Smith , a Utica boy of thirteen ,
got tangled up in a locomotive a fen
days ago , and was instantly killed.
The "Black Star" of Omaha is sputter
ing in the horizon of the manly art. Thi
sudden retirement of the Boston bruisoi
is explained.
The now railroads are busy planting
additions to towns in various parts of the
stato. Addition , extension aud divisioi
is their motto.
A talented young poet is laving a rockj
foundation for a fortune in Beatrice bj
claiming "Melody" -deeds , mortgages
and corner lots. . "
(
O. B. llobbs huddledtip [ to his room
mate Ed Doss , in jHjistmgs , and em
braced him for $33 auu\a watch. Hobbi
was rewarded with , tu'rty | days in jai
and a separate cell. , { i
To perfect the orthography of Quit
Bohanan , spelling professor , it is liopet
that Sheriff Pedler , pfjSherman county ,
will bo summoned to icpring the chokei
at his taking oil'next foil.
The Lincoln clanubake club have do
cidcd to do the annual stulling act a
Crete this year. The members have secured
cured a full supply ufi'clustio hat bamh
with the name burnt ontho : cork.
A truckless box car iH the Plattsmoutl
shops slipped oil' thin ja'oka and pinned i
man named Fisher toitho floor. He wai
pretty badly flattened , but the doctors
hope to round him out with good care.
A man in the western nartof the state
who has been bound up in wedlock onlj
five mouths , has applied fo a divorce
upon the singular charge that his wifi
will not trim her toonalls , which he avcn
are of monstrous size. She claims u
have been sufficiently paired when shi
took him in.
The announcement of the building ol
the Omaha Southern railroad struck th <
telegraph editors of the Lincoln papers ai
a mistake and the title was at once
changed to the "Lincoln Southern. "
Lifo is so irliling at the capital that the
residents periodically grab at great tlungi
for a change.
A fine deposit of silicate has cropped
out at Beaver Crossing , Seward county
It would not surprise the natives if con
veins nnd oil wcljs soon appear on the
sixrface. With iron mines in Nomah.i ,
diamond tiolds in Dhoti , coal scums in
Douglas , silicate In Seward and lobby1
rents in Lancaster , the state is hustling
to the front rank as a mineral producer.
Ono hundred and fifty hungry commer
cial drummers were given a compliment *
nry banquet by the proprietor of the
llostwlck hotel in Hastings , Tuesday
night. It was a gay and hilarious gath
ering of road nuents , but the effect on
the discipline of the corps do biscuit
must have been demoralizing. Over a
conspicuous door in the dining-room
now hangs the sign : "For G 'ssaku
keep out of the kitchen ! "
Speaking of the Omaha Southern the
Plattsmouth Journal says : "To get out
of the rut this community has been in for
the past ten years , entirely subject to the
whim and caprice of one railroad , the
people could wull afford to give a hand
some bonus to some independent road
for coining through hero. That , in our
'udgmcut , would break the spell that
jimls us to one corporation , and bo the
means of securing other roads for almost
the asking. "
Hastings papers are vigorously spank
ing rival towns for claiming the rank of
"Third City. " "Within the past two
weeks. " says the Gazette-Journal ,
' Kearney , Beatrice , Grand Island , Fre
mont and Nebraska City have , through
their local papers , assorted that each of
their respective towns was the "third
city" of the state. Their claims arc
boscd upon nothing more substantial
than wind. "
town Items.
The Juno term of the supreme court of
Iowa will open at DCS Moines on the 7lh.
The Grand lodge of Masons of the
state will moot in Davenport next Mon
day.Tho
The Dubuque board of trade now has
101 members , anil the canvass of the city
is not over half completed.
A young lady fourteen years old , six
and ono-lrilf feet high and weighing 280
pounds , is a regular visitor to Modulo.
Burlington has a printer , E. May , sr. ,
who is eighty-four years of age , has never
been sick and feels as full of life to-day
as he did fifty years ago. Fifty-three
years of his life was spent in a printing
office.
C. L. Pritchard , n Dubuque manufac
turer of buggy topshas neon offered $10-
OOOJin cash and land valued at $10,000 if lie
will remove ills works to North St. Paul ,
erect suitable buildings and guarantee to
employ at least 100 men for the next
three years.
Peter Ilynn , whoso second trial for the
murder of Claus Kluevcr was ended at
Atlantic last Saturday , was sentenced to
imprisonment for seventeen years. His
original sentence was for twenty years ,
but as ho had already served nearly three
years of the sentence Judge Loofborow
made it oven seventeen years.
A correspondent of the DCS Moines
Leader , who has been watching the rise
and fall of prohibition in Sioux Citv , de
clares that , while it has diminished the
sale of intoxicants , it is a mooted ques
tion as to whether it has reduced drunk-
cunoss. "The closing of saloons here has
resulted in some ingenious and original
devices to evade the law , and the modern
"hole in the wall" is worthy of passing
notice. Going down Fourth street and
turning south on Jones the eye is at-
Seated in front of the entrance is a young
man wearing a heavy blonde mous
tache and a slouch hat , be
neath the broad brim of which
his keen eyes peep out to "size up" the
party that approaches , and then again
indifferently wander back to the paper in
his lap. The stranger , if ho fails to pass
an acceptable scrutiny , on entering the
room , will lind it to all intents minus
both "Era beer" and a proprietor. But
the man whom the vigilant sentinel ( for
he is such ) deems it safe to admit will be
told without questioning , "Turn to your
right , " and on passing through a side
door , one stops into a nail-way where ,
down from a curtained window comes
the gaze of two dark eyes. Advancing
along the hall another door is reached ,
but it is minus knob or latch , but just as
the seeker after "Era beer" halts in un
certainty , the door mysteriously opens as
he steps into nn unfurnished and unoccu
pied room. Passing across to a door
standing partially ajar , ho enters another
room , just in time to see the white-
aproned barkeeper remove his hand
from a wire connected with a spring
lock on the outer door and this is the
"modern hole in the wall , " and it effectu
ally shuts out curious people and timid
olhcers.
Dakota.
The Northern Pacific company has
built extensive cattle yards at Leonard.
Buffalo Gap mineral water is being
shipped to eastern points for introduc
tion.
tion.The
The two banks In Sturgis have been
consolidated into a national bank with
a capital of f 50,000 , and thu now bank
expects to open its doors for business
July 1.
The sea-serpent the same gay and
festive reptile with about twelve feet of
his body out of water has boon seen by
reputable parties at Lake Ktunpcska. The
discoverers were some sober Baptist
brethren who wont fishing Saturday.
Sioux Falls has decided to start a sys
tem of incandescent electric lights , and
in addition to supplying lights the com
pany will supply power to dynamo for
running light machinery. It is expected
to have thu system in operation by Sep
tember 1.
Civilization is rapidly gaining a foot
hold among the cowboys and the weapons
pens of early days are slowly vanishing.
A Rapid City hotel clerk , who disputed
with n stray calf from heifcrdom , was
promptly kicked in the eye. The high
kicker escaped the indignation of the
crowd.
Reed , the defaulting city treasurer of
Bismarck , has been neard from , and hu
says that every just claim which thu city
may present will bo settled in full. His
friends claim that bis shortage was the
result of a generosity and kindness that
surpassed his income.
Dr. McGillicuddy is astonishing the
natives at Rapid by the architectural pe
culiarities of his new residence under
way. It is partly described by the Re
publican as follows : "Tho building is a
mixture of the Gothic , Venetian , Queen
Anne nnd Elizabethan styles , with a
tinge of similarity to an Indian fort , in
asmuch as the second story will project
over the first , thus allowing the doctor ta
drou stones on the beads of offensive vis
itors as they knock at the front door on
the lower floor. The gate posts will hu
Corinthian columns with Doric sur-
mountings. " _
For Chnntauqunna ,
All members of the Omaha C. L. S.C. arc
invited to attend the next and probably
the last meeting for this year , to bo held
in the board of education rooms on Fri-
dav evening at 8 o'clock. The programme
will be as tollows :
1. The Lesson Mr. H. K. Bundy
8. "Daniel-Do Koo , the Founder of the
Kngllsh Novel. " MUi Marv Fitch
3. Table Talk. "Kino tSper.iiuens of
American A rchltactui u. "
Miss Harvey and Mr. Seward
4. Sketch. "OliverCioldsmllh..Mr. Tinuoll
5. Analysis of "Tho Vicar of Wake-
Jiold. " Miss Knima Fitch
0. KolICall. Quotations from Ooldsmlth.
The summer assembly at Crete will bo
discussed.
in KO.
MOKSMANUIXKD-Jnno 1 , Mary M. , daush-
tur of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Morsiuanclzud ,
aged nine years and five months.
Funeral ut residence oi parents , corner of
Twentv-flrst and Cats , on Friday , June 3 ,
at Up. in.
SOLOMON'S NEW PRIEND ,
A Colorado Minor Oonfidoncod Out of
$500 On a "Bond , "
"WAIT HERE TILL I COME BACK. "
Strjchnlno Narrowly Misses In Its
Deadly Work Tlio Itcpuullcnn
CnucuscH Hnllroml llumlilca
and Personals.
Not A Wise Solomon.
Solomon Blanks , a miner nnd drill
operator of St. Kline , ChalVeo county ,
Colorado , arrived in Omaha on Tuesday
evening over the 11. & M. route from
Denver. Ho was accompanied from Lin
coln by n vorv pleasant gentleman of
winning address who discovered , through
hearing Ulanks talk with the conductor ,
that the latter intended to proceed from
Omaha to St. Paul , Minnesota. Ho im
mediately sought an acquaintance with
Blanks and informed him that ho was A
grocery merchant in St. Paul nnd had
como to Omaha to purchase a quantity of
goods from 1'axton i\s Gallagher's whole
sale house. Whan thu unknown indi
vidual discovered that Blanks swallowed
this improbable story ho had no hesita
tion about proceeding with his bold
game.
As soon as they stepped from the depot
hero Wanks' now icquaintaneo pretended
tended to bo in great mental distress be
cause the hour was so late and he couldn't
get into the bank , whore ho had expected
to bo able to get $1,000 on n government
bond for that amount. Ho
turned to Blanks with the
inquiry : "Have you got any
money you could loan mo until morning ?
1 will give you this bond as security. 1
only need $400 or $500 to pay down for
my goods , and then I can remit the rest
from St. Paul. "
Ulanks had sfSOOtunkcdnwayln a capa
cious pocketbook inside his vest $500
that it iuid taken him two years to save ,
and with which he expected to paj * for
some land near St. Paul. The now ac
quaintance appeared to him to bo a
nice man.anil tho$1,000government bond
looked pretty to his rather unschooled
eye. He had walked with the man
nearly to 1'axton i\s \ Gallagher's store ,
and there the latter grow importunate.
So ho fished out the wallet , counted out
the $500 , and took the alleged bond.
The now acquaintance , the instant ho
received the money , ran up the steps of
the building , up a stuirway , nnd disap
peared. He turned as ho went out of
sight nnd told Blanks to wait there until
ho returned. Blanks did wait thfoo-qnar-
tors of an hour. Then ho scanned
the "bond. " undertook to find where
his friend had gone and sought a police
man , who happened to bo Oliicor Bloom.
They searched together for the man , but
found no trace ofnim. Ho had evidently
gone upstairs one way and gone down
another.
The 'bond" which Blanks , received is
an elaborately printed pieco'oLpaper. It
appears at lir.st glance to bo a
counterfeit of a government bond ;
but scrutiny showeu that underneath
the " $1,000' ' is printed in fine typo the
words , "Silver Mining company of Den
ver City , Colorado , " causing the paper
to read : "The United States Silver Min
ing company of Denver City , Colorado ,
promise to pay $1,000 , " etc.
Blanks has left his case in the hands of
the police , and has returned to Colorado
to go at work again.
ANOTIinit GAME ON TUB SAMI3 TltAIN.
On the tame train which brought
Blanks nnd his confidence man to Omaha
was another rascal who succeeded in
palming himself oil'on James Wilson ,
of Crete , Nub. , as a Grand Army man.
Ha wore tha badge and talked war re
miniscences into Wilson's oar until ho
had succeeded in talking $15 out of his
pocket. In view of Blanks' experience ,
however , Wilson is lucky.
AI.COHOlj AND 8TKYCHN1NE.
Jnmcs Montgomery Almost Dies From
Their Effect.
Officer Casey last night at 0 o'clock
found n man lying on the sidewalk at the
corner of Eleventh and Howard streets.
He was to all appearances in a drunken
stupor , and was taken to cen
tral station and slated as "dead
drunk. " Shortly after being locked up
the man was seized with convulsions
and Drs. Crewel and Ralph were sum
moned. The paroxysms grew more
violent and it took the united cllbrts of
the physicians and twoollicerstp hold the
man. Thu physicians worn of opinion that
the man was suffering from strychnin n
and there was also evidence of the use of
intoxicants. Antidotes wore adminis
tered and after an hour and a half of
hard work the patient was pronounced
out of dancer. From paper found upon
his person it was learned that the man's
name is .lames Montgomery ;
that ho had worked in
Elixabcthtown.N. J.Des Moines } la. , and
Cincinnati , Ohio. A sworn certificate of
election showed that thu man had lived
hero long enough to vote , nnd that his
residence was 2204 Cuming , and that he
is thirty-nine years old. When the man
recovered consciousness ho refused to
answer any questions.
AMONG THR UAILItOADS.
A NEW UUN TO VANKTON.
The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
road has begun to feel that the agitation
of the road between this city and Yank-
ton affords an excellent opportunity to
make fnonds with both ends of the pro
posed rood , and has decided to give ad
ditional accommodations tc its patrons
bv the opening of a now line to Sioux
City , Yanlcton and Dakota points. O/i
the sixth of this month , Monday next ,
trains over this line will leave thu Coun
cil Bltill's transor at lar p. m. , reaching
Sioux City at 7:40 : and Yanktoii at 10.05
p. in. Passengers leaving this city should
take the 1.15 p. m. dummy.
Tim OMAHA UOAl ) .
The Missouri river at Sioux City is
slowly rising. The Chicago , St. Paul ,
Minneapolis & Omaha is getting its
landings for its transfer steamer at that
point ready for the Juno rise.
Mr. E. w. Winter , general manager of
the Chicago. St. Paul , Minneapolis &
Omaha , with his .son and ( laughter , is
now in Europe on a pleasure trip.
D. J. SmallTVood. chief train dispatcher
of the Nebraska division of the Omaha
line , has boun suddenly culled to Worthington -
ington , Minn. , by the illness of hh > wile
who is visiting there.
TIIK NOK'IHIVKSTIilt : ; & KI.KHOKN.
The 1,000 mile book * go on talc to-day.
They are good in Nebraska and on the
Chicago nnd Northwestern. A ticket i.s
being prepared which will cover the
whole system of the Northwestern road
including the Elkhorn lines to the Wy
oming boundary linn.
TIIK I'NION PACIFIC.
General Manager Potter is expected on
Saturday.
General Superintendent Dickinson will
return to-morrow.
Thu road is doing an increased freight
business from far western Nebraska
towns , where two years ago only thu
festive jack rabbit and the stiU'-l'jggud
antelopu registered as voters.
Cruelty to Animal * .
Officer Clark is attending to business
in a lively manner although his ankle is
sprained. Yesterday he was looking for
a man naniod John I'.iibh , a horsctradcr
who. it is said , allowed a horsu to starve to
death near the corner of Thirty-third and
Lcavcnworth streets.
Mr. S. 1 * . Mor u made a coiaplamt that
n man was using a club to compel teams -
td pull wheeled scrnporson Loavcnworth
trcot whore grading is being done. Olll-
cor Clark inum-dlatoly started for the of
fenders , but they had disappeared before
lip got there.
rrank Thomas wns admonished In very
torso language about cruelty to a dog. It
is very evident that the humane sooiety
is determined to hare its mission f nllilled.
SCHOOL nOAUD OAUOUSK8 ,
Meeting of llcpu 1)1 lean * In the Several
\Vnrdi tinst Kronlnir.
The republicans of several wards held
meetings last evening , of which the folj
lowing proceedings wore reported :
Pint Ward.
The citizens of the First ward mot in
caucus at the Union Pacific hotel , on
Tenth street. The following delegates
wore chosen : Charles M. Connoyer ,
Patrick Desmond , Thomas Casey , Albert
Schall , Charles Brandeis , William II.
Spalding and Owen Slnvln.
8e onrt Wnrd.
The following delegates were chosen
in the Second ward : Fred BoolnnFrank
Dworach , Daniel O'Kcofo , S. J. Brodor-
ick , Dan Shelly and John Boyd.
Seventh Wnrd.
The Seventh ward republicans met lasi
night at the lianscom Park house and
hcfeetcd Paul Vandervoort , J. T. Bull ,
Louis Potursen , John McDonald , J. M.
Hetisel , John C. Meyers and L. H. Brad
ley as convention delegates to bo voted
for at 1'riday'H primaries. The mooting
also elected N. C. Bull clerk , NV. . Nel
son judge , and C. L. Thomas inspector
of the primary election.
I'ollco Cnutt Calouiinr.
Offenders against the peace and good
conduct of the city Voro given the fol
lowing sentences yeMordny : U.S. Kane ,
disturbance , $7.50 fine ; Dan Sweeney ,
beating his wife , $13.50 ; Jim Sullivan ,
$50 and costs ; Jno. Burke , ? , ' 0 and cosUs ;
Ed SiXtnnion , twenty-live days in jail for
vyfl
pockut-piektng : George Jones and Harry t
llaiidall , lighting , $7.f > 0 each.
City Council.
The city qouncll hold an adjourned
meeting last evening. Numerous ordin
ances were introduced and several
passed. Among the latter was one call
ing for a special election on June ID ,
when a proposition will bo submitted to
the electors of the city to grant the Met
ropolitan Cable Railway company a fran
chise.
I'oraoiial I'nrnjtrnplis.
Dr. A. L. Root , of Weeping Water , was
in the city yesterday.
\V. J. Carter , formerly in the Republi
can business department , has opened an t
'
o111co us an expert accountant in the ) >
chamber of commerce office.
Robert D. Lomax. representing the vd
well known John A. Lomax consolidated
bottling company of Chicago , is in the
city today. Mr. Loniax is a genial busi
ness man , and those who havu met him
here all agree that he is a good man in
the midst of good men.
A White Woman Out of I'lnoe.
Macou Telegraph : Out of 1,500 con
victs , white and black , in the Georgia
penitentiary , there is only one white
woman , Isabella Rooney , sent up for
life from Clay county. She is a youne
woman , about twenty-two years old , and
is confined at the Chattahoocho camps.
The crime for which this woman is serv
ing out sentence grow out of a dillioulty
between her family and a neighbor's , in
\vhichthcniomLorsof each joined pro
miscuously. The scrimmage resulted in
the murder of one of their neighbors.
This woman's brother has since expiated
the crime on the gallows , and her iiother
has died in jail. It is thought by many
that there tins been sulliciont punishment
for the crime , and that thu woman ought
to bo pardoned. A movement has been
instituted to make n strong appeal to the
governor for executive clemency.
The people in Bronson , Mich. , draped
the lamp posts in mourning the other
nightand suspended paper lanterns from
them , because the village authorities pay
they are too poor to furnish street lights.
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Used bjr the United States Government.
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Cowder that doca not contain Ammonia , Lima or
, Wim. Ur. 1'rlco's Kitraota. Vanilla , Lnmon , etc.
> ordellclou9ly. PKICKI1AKINU POWUKKCO.
THE PERFECT
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Quickest Selling Article Ever Invented ,
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Needs no talking , but roallr li th PreUloii Showln ; I"
Article on the Market. I"I'
OMAHA , Neb. , April 28 , ItjST. Thin is
to certify that we , the underpinned , have
thi * day witnessed a churning by ' 'The
Perfect Self Revolving Churn Dashers , "
whicli resulted in producing ! lt , pounds of
first claiB Imttcr from one gallon of cream
in just one minute and fifteen seconds.
W. U Wrlyht. proprietor "Oraah. Dnlrri" O.1. .
Wheeler , m nn < nr "ORiahn Diilrri" I'mil H.THe ,
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