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' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY. JUNE 3. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TETIVS or suti'scrttrrtov ! Dnlly ( MornI.iff Kdltlon ) Including Bundny Urr. , Ono Year. . . . . , . , . < tlO 00 ForBlx Month * 610 XorThrun Month * 2 Ml Tim Oinnhit Sunday UKK , mulled to any iulilro < < s , Ono Yonr , . , . , 2W OMAHA orncs. No. mi ANH 911 FAIIVAM STiterr. Nrw YniiK HrrirR. Himu M. TIIIHI'SE JIIMI.DINO. WA8UIMQ1U.V OrriCK , NO.IUKOUUTMNTIISTKELT. oonnrsroNiitscB ! Alt communlcntioim rolntlnir to news nnd cill- torlid tnnltur Hlioukl bo auaroiscd to tbu Kui- Ton or TUB UKK. BUSISeSS MTTEtlfll All liuslnMi luttorn nod remlttancoAshould 1)0 ) ddrcMod to THE Dee I'uiii.isniNO COMCANT , OMMM. DrnftK , chucks nnd po tofflco orders to bo inn'lo payutilo to thu oriltrof thu company , WE BEE PDBLISBIlTcipMT , PROPRIETORS , E. ROSEWATER , Kntron. Till- : DAILY I1ICU Sworn fitatonicnt of Circulation. Btato of Xctirnska. I County of Dnuxlns.s ( < 8l ( ! co. 15. Tzschucif , secretary of The Uco I'liblhlilnR coint > auv , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation ot the Dally Hue for the week ending May 27 , 18S7 , was as follows : Saturday. May 21 Kmr. ' -2 1WI75 Htinday , Mnv2 Monday , MnySl 14.375 Tuesday , MavSl llWj ! Wednesday. MayS.'i 13,775 TmiMdnv. May 20 in.tioo Friday , Maya ? 14t'OU ' Avcratre 14.032 GF.O. j < . T/.RCIIUCK. bub'crlbcd nnd sworn to before mo this 23st dny of May , lt&7. N. P. FKIL. [ SEAL. ) Notary Public. Oco. U. Tzsclniclc , bcln ? llrst duly sworn , deposes and says that ho Is secretary of The Duo Publishing company , that the nctiml average dally circulation of the Dally Hoe for the month ot May.ltW ) , 12,439 copies ; for June , ISfcO , 12.208 copies ; for July. WSO , 12il4 : copies ; for August , 18s , 12-lW copies : for Septem ber , IbSO , l.U30 ) coiles ) ; for October , ISSrt , 12,1SO ( copies ; for November. 1880 , lilH3 : copies ; for December , IbSO. 13,237 copies ; for January , 18S7 , 10,200 copies ; for 1-obruarv. 18S7 , 14,108 copies ; for March , 1B87 , 11,400 copies ; for April , 18S7,14 , : o copies. GKO. U. TzscirtrcK. Subscribed and swnrn to before mo this 7th. day of May , A. I ) . , 1887. ISEAL.1 N. P. FKIL , Notary Public. MH. SKAVEY remains chief of police at this writing. EDITOU UitAMY'a presidential boom has taken its departure. EF OK POUCK SEAVEY appears to bo giving ccnernl satisfaction. LET the citizen * of Omaha cxort every cflbrt to secure the Lutheran college. A uintUEH monopoly is now announced. The world scoma running to combina tions. IT is said that slowly yet surely the an nual passes arc again finding their way into the pockets of politicians. O'UitiEN has not been stoned for sev eral days , nnd ho Is already complaining of the monotony of Canada. THEKE has been fouud in Iowa , an abundance of natural gas. What is the reason no search for it is made iu Ne braska ? ASTUONOMEUS claim thit the star of liothlohem cannot bo seen. It has cancelled - celled its date. All stars hayo happy plans of advertising. IF thcro is any importance to bo at tached to the floating rumors , and some of them apparently well-founded , thcro will bo dozens of now railroads built in Nebraska this year. SENATOR VEST'S physician has ordered the Missouri monument to take a rest. This same learned opinion has been en tertained by a long-suffering constitu ency for many , many months. THE residence of General J. Warren Koifor at Springfield , O. , was burglarized Saturday night and most of his silver plato carried off. It is a pity that the ccnoral was not stolen. The burglars evidently had no use for brass plato. WHILE the farms of Texas and south ern Kansas are drought-burned and barren - I ron , Nebraska's agricultural districts show Holds of growing grain , and every indication is favorable to a good crop. Those seeking locutions should make anole nolo of this. ] < ROM the musings of a scavenger wo take the following philosophy : Filth and dirt nro ui league with every influence i \ * which breeds disease , invites epidemics , nnd produces pestilence. Cleanliness is the enemy of all these scourges. Aa a i rule the healthy city is a cleanly city , and the unhealthy city is the city with dirty alloys , filthy streets , unwashed sew ers and n surface putrid with decaying D-t garbage. The only way to secure clean liness is to remove all that is opposed to it. This in within the power of clues to do , and it la the duty of city authorities to do it. THEUE Is a largo amount of political clap trap in circulation , a part of which involves Senator Sherman. Ono example of this is the statement coming from Albany , professedly on the authority of a gentleman who had been in conference with the Onio friends of Sherman , that the senator is organizing a New York campaign in his interest , to bo managed By Lev ! P. Morton , who the story says Sherman wishes to bo his companion on the presidential ticket in the event of his nomination. It is not im * ' < probable thac when the proper ft time arrives Mr. Sherman and | his friends will make some effort iu New York , but the senator is too shrewd a politician to handicap himself by an attempt to carry Mr. Morton or any body else. The etVort that ho will make to secure the nomination wo believe will bo made in thu open , straightforward way which has characterized his entire political career , and that bo will engage in no compacts or en tangling alliances of any sort , and least ot all would ho make the grave mistake of oven implying a preference for any man for the vice presidential candidate in advance of his own nomination. Should ho be nominated ho might con cede the importance of selecting a citi zen of New York for the second place , as doubtless republicans generally would. Hut oven in that case it 11 questionable whether ho would indicate a preference. People who attach any importance to statements of this kind in vol vine Senator Sherman do not give him the proper credit for the political judgment and foresight which ho unquestionably pos- coca. The FaPlVicrs fc'avoi' tti The qUGsllou of commercial union be tween the United States and Canada has been growing in popular consideration in both countries , since Congressman Huttcrworth , a little while ago , eluci dated his policy and plan to an assem blage In New York , on the Invitation of representatives of Canadian interests. The author of the bill introduced in con gress , providing for trade reciprocity with the Dominion , may at least con gratulate himself upon having set the two peoples to seriously thinking upon and discussing the subject , whether any thing now practical comes of It or not. Interest in the question at this time to somewhat keener in Canada than with us. Thorn are obvious reasons for this , one ot which is that reciprocity or commer cial union would effect n ready settle ment of an issue which Canada can not surrender without a good deal of humiliation , nnd cannot maintain without the certainty of more or less serious damage to her commercial inter ests. In her present condition Canada can ill afford to make any sacrifices of this kind. She has an enormous debt for so poor a country nnd It is increasing. She needs every source of revenue that she now has from which to squeeze out enough to meet current expenditures , nnd to weaken her in any way indus trially or commercially would be a severely fell allliction. It is this situation that causes a largo number of the Canadian people , and par ticularly the farmers , to strongly favor the scheme of commercial union. More over , the farmers believe that such an arrangement would operate directly to their benefit. They have experienced no advantage from the protection policy , and they are entirely ready to see it abandoned so far as it affects trade relations with the United States. The leading agricultural province of the dominion is Ontario and it is said the million and a quarter of farmers there are nearly unanimous for commercial union. They are dissatis fied with the prevailing condition of things , because the national policy of Canada will not allow them to dispose of their products In a market that lies at their door , but compels them to seek one 8,000 miles away. The experience of these farmers during the past two years has been discouraging. Shipping nearly everything they had to sell to England , the acgrcgato result has been a loss. What profit they have realized hns been obtained from live stock and commodi ties exported to the United States. Furthermore , as would naturally result from this state of things , the farm ing land has decreased in value , the total shrinkage in three years , according to government valuation , amounting to nearly seven million dollars. This decrease and the cause of profitless farming is duo , it is claimed , to the unfavorable character of England as a market , and the restric tions placed upon intercourse with the United States. The farmers of Ontario , almost to a man , are satisfied that tiioy will fail to lift thcniselvcs out of their difiicultics until they obtain unrestricted trade intercourse with this conntry , and in their organizations this question takes precedence of all others. The determination of this question docs not , however , rest wholly with the farm ers , and oven they may bo divided if it should bo made n party issue. Wo pointed out some days ago a few of the objections and obstacles that any plan of trade reciprocity or commercial union must encounter , and if not absolutely insuperable those must at least tend to postpone indefinitely any ar rangement. The protected manufactur ers will of course steadfastly oppose any change , and they will have with them the very considerable element which would regard an assimilation of the Canadian tariff to that of the United States , thus discriminating against England , as a policy of supreme disloyalty. Yet it is conceded on both sides that such an as similation would bo an essential condi tion of commercial union. It is not dim- cult to indicate the advantages to bo ex pected from an equitable system of trade reciprocity , not the jug-handlo arrange ment that formerly existed , between the two countries. Propinquity , the mutual Interests of neighbors , and sound princi ples of trade , are arguments in its sup port. But they must not bo expected to immediately overcome the hostility of special interests and the even more obsti nate antagonism of national prejudices. The discussion of the question , however , will at least have an educational value for the people of both countries. Au Opportunity to tioarn. A displeased correspondent of the Now York World , wrote to that paper , and asked it to answer , if it could , "what un- patentcd American industry is a monopoly in this country ? " So this ques tion the World replied : If our cbrrespondent Is really skeptical on the subject , we advise him to go into Penn sylvania , buy some oil territory and set him self up as an Independent producer , refiner aud shipper of oil. Ho will very soon acquire knowledge enough to satisfy him as to the exlstenro of one monopoly. If ho desires to extend his search for In formation , lot him then buy some coal lands and undertake to mine and ship to market this article of universal uso. lie has a per fect rlcht to do It. "Competition Is the life of business. " Let our doubting friend try to compete with the combination that abso lutely controls the production of coal and arbitrarily Ilxos Its price , lie will come out a wiser and a poorer man. Thcro are many other cases that could bo cited , but they are matters of common knowl- eilip. The tendency of the times is towards gigantic combinations of capital In dilTttrent lines of business for the purpose of abolish ing competition aud controlling the market. Their success effectually prohibits Individual enterprise aud loaves the public at their mercy. If the correspondent wants further in formation lot him conio west como to Nebraska , and gaze upon the workings of both patented and unpatentcd monopoly ely industries. Wo can show him where railroad companies not only own coal mines but whore they fix a price that is beyond all reason and make the same price within 100 miles of the mines the same as they charge 400 miles farther cast. Wo can show him where unpat- cnted limo is owned and handled exclu sively by ono railroad company and ped dled all over the ntato at the same price- distance making no difference. Wo can show him whore salt from great salt works is sold in the same manner. Wo can show him how unpatontcd dealers got special inducements , and how out rageous freights are charged on unpat entcd rallroadi. Wo can show hint unpatcnted mom- foots of the leglslaturo--unpatcntcd be cause there is no idea in them to patent who are controlled and monopolized by shysters and sinners of the rallroguo stamp. SVo could show him "unpatcnted Amer ican industries which are monopolies,1' by reason of the aggressions of great corporations , until his eyes would water and ho would gasp for breath. Come west , young man , and grow up with the country and while growing up learn the ways of the world as they are here presented. A Unanimous Verdict. The papers of Nebraska , almost with out exception , have hurried to the de fence of Governor Thaycr. John M. Thaycr Is too good a man nnd is too well known by the old residents of Ne braska , to bo harmed by the vicious char acteristics nnd methods of newspapers edited by grudges , dyspepsia or hatreds. The inward obliquities of the conductors of the papers attacking the governor arn well known , The governor is doing his duty , nnd if the press of the state voices the sentiment of the people , ho is giving excellent satisfaction. The Nebraska Signal no doubt expresses the opinion of nlno-tenths of Nebraska's people as fol lows : The governor , In making his police ap pointments , was guided by his usual good judgment , and the masses throughout the state approve them and the views ho ex- piessud In his letter to the commission as to Its duties are the views of the people. Tlio services of Governor Thayer to the republic and state , In the forum and in the Held , can not be blotted out from the memory ot Iso- braskans by the harsh crltlcsms and vllo epi thets , born of personal disappointment. There is no honest man in the state who will believe 'that Governor Thayer attempted to do anything but what in his opinion was for the good of Omaha. The self exposed editors who are urging a personal warfare upon an honorable and worthy man will accomplish nothing. To Suppress the Pistol. It appears that in Washington too many concealed weapons nro carried by the residents of that city. The Washing ton Post is excited over the practice of carrying revolvers on the street , and demands a suppression of the dangerous habit. The Atlanta Constitution , whoso editor has recently been elected vlco president of the United States by the New York Herald , offers as the only solution to the perplexing problem the suggestion to make it it penal offense to manufacture or sell pistols. In support of Us proposi tion it says : Perhaps our contemporary Is not prepared , to go so far. Why not ? Our suggestion Is 'directly In the line of the precedents estab lished In our legislation concerning other evils. In prohibition districts , for Instance , It is not unlawful for a man to drink whisky. Wo simply make It a penal olTcnso to sell It , and , In some places , to manufacture It Let us apply this method to the matter of con cealed weapons , and got after the man who make or sells a pistol , Instead of making It hot for the poor devils who carries It. The suggestion K at least worth considering. This is rather queer philosophy to como from a district where the "honan" of men has been maintained a thousand times by the pistol. To abolish the pistol tel means farewell to the boasted chivalry of the south. It would mean that roughs and desperadoes would bo obliged to carry murderous looking knives and billys and slung.shots and sabres and scythes. The Atlanta" paper forgets that in all states andclciosand vil lages , where laws are rnado , there is a statute prohibiting ' ( he carrying of con cealed weapons. Pistols and coffee ray go together , but whisky and pistols make n bad combination. A pistol is a good pocket-piece on many occasions , and if the law is enforced , as it can bo , there will bo no great danger. Unless a man's life is in actual danger , and ho knows that a positiyo throat has been made to attempt to murder htm , ho has no busi ness to carry a firearm. Aud nine cases out of ton where a man carries revolvers unless n threat of violence has been made , it will bo found that ho is a coward and would not shoot under any circum stances. Let us hope that our southern contemporary will hereafter discuss the Navy or the Fourth of July. TIICKE is a demand on the treasury for notes of small denominations far exceed ing the supply , and owing to the nearly exhausted appropriation tor printing silver certificates relief cannot be had until the beginning of the now fiscal year , July 1 , when the appropriation for that year will become available. There was a similar experience last year , with tbo consequence of a good deal of annoyance to the busi ness of the country , more particularly in the matter of paying wages. There does not seem to bo any good reason why the appropriation for this purpose should bo pared down so fine , and in view of changing conditions in the demand which cannot bo anticipated there should bo a liberal margin allowed the secretary of the treasury in this particular. A general - oral scarcity of small notes , which is the currency of the workignman and the retail trader , may become a quite serious matter , and since it may bo easily obvi ated it ought to bo. THE Ohio State Journal is in favor of the proposed general celebration of In dependence day , and it suggests that the old fashioned Fourth of July oration , "now dressed to make it accord more with the great strides the nation has taiccn within the last quarter of a cen tury , should bo brought again conspicu ously to the front. " This seems to bo thoquito general sentiment this year. Omaha must not bo behind other locali ties in manifesting a similar feeling , and the promise is that It will not. Let there bo n grand outburst of patriotism all along the lino. "The spirit of opposition to the inter state commerce law , which grow out of the determination of the railroad com panies to construe it in the light of their own advantage , " says the Philadelphia Kecord , "is dying out. It is dawning on the minds of the shippers , both for long hauls and short hauls , that while the railroad construction waa necessarily the first application of the law , the inter state commerce commissioners and the courts will have the final say. It will bo time for a conclusive judgment when the law shall go Into operation under the ruling of an impartial tribunal. " GENERAL BEN BUTI.EK , the cock-eyed coddosa of reform , has recently given a few morsels of counsel- a class of grad- tiatlng attorneys. , The venerable fraud talked upon his own experience as a law yer , and advlco llbwcd freely. Ho failed to Impart to the young men just starting out In the world any Information con cerning the politldal pampalgn. Gr.KF.RATj \ AN Wvcic has arrived at his Oleo county farm. Ho is said to be in excellent health , and the politicians of the railroad'school are already uuaasy. STUUDY John Sherman , In addressing the Illinois legislature , failed to morallzn on the evil of long sessions , aud did not advise the Suckers to adjourn. A GCKMAX writer has found that the present year Is the ouo hundredth anni versary of the birth of the waltz. The waltz is very lively for its age. ELLA WHEII.IR Witcox , the poetess of passion , whoso verses have bncn read by almost everyone in this country , is hovering near death's door. KN1G11XS OF LiABOIl. The Cincinnati knights are to hold a grand picnic Juno20. A ladles' assembly of knights has been or ganized In Wheeling. Tbo San Dicga ( O.\l. ) knights elected a full ticket at the recent election. The Chicago ship-carpenters expect soon to have an assembly of their own. District Assembly No. 41 , of Ualtlmoro , now Includes the entire state of Maryland. The New Haven knights will form a co operative association to run a grocery store. Thollolllday ( Pa. ) knights will shortly start a co-operative store with a capital of $15,000. The Chicago boot and shoo knights have organized a co-opcrativo shop with 25,000 capital. A Mississippi assBinbly fines any member caught Intoxicated SJ for the llrst otfenso and $5 for the second , and for the third offense - fonso the penalty Is expulsion. John W. Hayes , of the general executive board , has received 83,000 for the loss of an arm while employed by the Pennsylvania lailroad company several years ago. Mrs , Emma Smith Is master workman of an assembly ot temalo stitchers In Chicago. District assembly No. 24 of Chlc.ico , will have an excursion and picnic on June 27. The Knights of Labor lecturers are greatly encouraged In the west with the development of a more intelligent comprehension of the purposes ot the order. The western knights take more Interest In lectures , libraries , books , papers , etc. , than do those of the east ern states. There are now nearly 10,7001oeal assemblies of knights that Is , that number of charters has been issued. The Jowa farmers arc coin ing Into the order .steadily. . The Titusvllle knights aio building a hall. New assemblies are being organized , In Virginia. Catholics are Joining the knights in largo numbers In Canada slnco the Issue of the notlco that knights might receive the sacrament. An other national district Is being formed of painters , wall-pajn'r hangers , brushmakers afid kindred trades.in . New York and some other eastern citlusr. Brains nnd Character. Ucatricc ttcc Lance. Governor Thaycr chose wisely In his selec tion of the now judge for this district. Thomas Apple et , of Tecumseh , whom ho appointed , Is a gentleman of brains and ster ling character , and ls > admlrably fitted for the bench. Solemn Truth. Ifcbtatlta City Pi en. It really looks as though Editor Itothackor and the oougar on horseback In charge of the Herald are making more kinds of tools of themselves , In their attacks on Governor Thayer , than was supposed to bo within their capacity. That sentence may be a little tangled , but there is a solemn truth in it just the same. This Is Disappointing. St. Jlaul Pttmcer Press. The Kansas City papers assort that their new city directory , about to bo published , will reveal a population ot 150,000. This is disappointing. Fiom the sky-scraping talk of these journals durlbg the past six months ono would suppose the population would foot up not less than 600,000. Evidently Kan sas City can't keen up with Ht Paul. Mtands In With the People. Tlntianil Journal. Quito a number of republican and most all democratic papers of Nebraska make war on the Omaha Bin : , liosewatcr. Its able editor , continues to Keep the Jii ! : : buzzing nil the same , with the latest , freshest and most re liable news of the nay. Its circulation con tinues to Increase and crow In popular favor. Uosowatcr stands In with the people and Is no tool of corporation , hence ills popularity. Can Wo Dolleve This World of Ours ? Can wn believe this world of ours Is but a snare that wo must shun , Grasping the thorn and not the Iluw'ri , Scokliu' the gloom and not the sun ? When by swnet music's voice Invited , Omtht we In scorn to turn away ? When with the joyous dance delighted , Are we to blame it we delay ? Must wo renounce each art and science , As wo would shun some hateful spell ; And from each social fond alliance Turn to the cloister and the cell ? No , It Is not to gloom and terror Vlrtuo will IIy from harmless mirth ; Kind to misfortune , mild to terror , Blessing and blest she walks the earth. STATE AND TEUItlTORY. Nebraska Jottings. Free postal delivery has been ordered in Beatrice and Hastings. Broken Bow complains of an influx of peddling sharks with packs of snide goods. Surveyors of the Ii. & M. are reported in the vicinity of the Cheyenne river , heading for the Hills ! . The Elkhorn Valley-is plowing a fire break on both sidesof thu road between Long Pine and Douglas , a distance of 33J miles , 'js The limit of base humiliation Is reached with the name of Omaha tacked with St. Joe at the tail end off Itio league race. Alamo lame excuse in ily'tnio screens a multi tude of ciphers. i K A sud feature of .T coration day exor cises in Albion wasih * sudden death of Samuel Johnson , a &o ' of thirteen. The boy was in the procoM on with a number of school children , in a faint and ex pired in a few minujup. A syndicate of Botf i speculators have purchased 1GO acrcsjof land near Grand Island , paying $100 pt * acre. The deal has turned louse a ilSlaco of rumors of railroads , shops and ; other great futur ities. ities.Enthusiastic Enthusiastic prospectors are digging iron ore and copper from the bowels of the earth In Ncmaha county. The find is reported to be thirty feet thictc , and so pure that it can bo beaten into tin wafers and served hot. Hon. Low May. the lone fisherman of Fremont , has closed his professional career. The presidential fish stones from Saranao lake have impressed him with the utter folly of competition while Cleveland is in the wilderness. There is a radical defect in the under pinning of a man who , having success fully withstood the breakers of fifty years , goes off to a shady QTOVO and do- liboratuly hangs himself to got rid of his wifo. William Sledschlag , a resident of Madison county , is the latest victim of * iiJGn 4ai domestic torment. And yet the dlrerco courts of the country are holding c.\rr. | sessions to keep up , with the rush. A pleasant family doubling up took ) > lace near Scotia , last Sunday. Air. B. S , Madison and his sister , Florence Ella , were paired with Mr. B. C. Dennis ami sister , Frances Emma. The dual knot was tie.d by Squire Daily and the appar ently happy couples have settled down to home rule in the young town of Parnell. Lieutenant Patten.of the Twenty-lirst in fantry , has Invented a self-regidterlng taruct , which Is now being tested at Sldnev barracks. It Is similar in sl/.o and shape to the ordinary target. It is made of iron plates , three-fourths of an inch thick , arranged on four planes , and covered with paper. Thu essential feature cf the target lies in the enuticl- ator system , by which fifteen different signals are obtained over four wires that connect the firing point with the target , and promptly register each shot. Thu work of markers is thus dispensed with and the dangers of nllo practice di minished. linva Items. Hcrndou has six gas wells spouting. The Journal remarks for the edification of rivals that Sioux City proposes to bo the first city in Iowa. Muscatitio bums are for the first time groping In n wilderness of prohibition. The last brewery has been corked. Heal estate transfers in Sioux City and Woodbury county during the past live months amounted to four and a half mill ion dollars. During the last term of court at Altis- catino the city was mulcted in the sum of $2,300 , as damages for injuries caused by defective sidewalks. F. Aprisz , of Burlington , sent his family to church Sunday morning and when they wore away lip unproved the oppor tunity to hang himself to a rafter , and was stiff and cold when discovered. Ill health and melancholy was the cause. A great lawsuit has been commenced by the Wcstinghouso Car-brake company ngainst the Carpenter Car-braKo com pany for Infringement of patent. The suit rises out of thu exhibition of air brakes near Burlington the past three weeks. Dakota. A prominent minister in Aberdeen works for ills board as a base ball um pire. pire.A A colony of about 200 Bohemians will arrive in Bowdlo this week to settle in the immediate vicinity. The Pierre Packing company will begin the erection of a commodious two- story brick packing house next week , to bo completed by December 1. The corner stone of the Dakota Con gregational college at Hcdtield will bo laid July 4 , and Mio buildinc will bo com pleted so as to open in September. The Yankton board of trade has agreed to pay G. A. Archer f 1,000 on condilion that lie will erect an oil mill in that town , and the proposition has been ac cepted. Work is to commence at once. Otnahn nnd Vankton. I'an/.fim / I'rem , Under the arrangements inaugurated nt Omaha , Yankton and the Jim river valley are to be given a much more do- slrablo rail connection with the south than had been contemplated under any of Yaukton's previous long continued efforts to procure a rail line to Omaha. The most wo had over hoped for was a spur of one of the great southern systems , moro particularly of the Missouri Pacific or the Burlington & Missouri. But the proposition of the Omaha Southern , when carried out , will cive Yankton an important place upon a trunk line which will eventually reach across tlto inter vening northwestern and southwestern states to the gulf. Operating in connection with the great Manitoba system of the north , the twin lines will cross from the northern to the southern boundaries of this great country , affording a readily practicable interchange of the commodi ties of every latitude under tlio flag of the republic and drawing upon the foreign domains which bound our country upon the north and the south. Wo need not remind our readers that Yankton's po sition upon this artery of commerce will bo an advantageous ono. With the plans of the builders carried out this line alone will make Ynnkton a great city. It is the Manitoba and the Omaha Southern here clasping hands across the Big Muddy which are to bring about this dcsirablo clnuiiro in our material condition. In a contemplation of this prospectmere local trade and traffic sinks into insignificance and our provincial ambitions are swal lowed up in metropoljtan aspirations. At the Omaha meeting Mr. Young pre sented evidences of his financial stand ing entirely satisfactory to the million aires who on the spot voted three hun dred thousand dollars in aid of the pro ject. Yet with the careful methods of successful business mon they are now on- ga < ed in a full investigation of the claims of the syndicate and when their , committee is through they will know to" a cent just how much capital stands be hind the Omaha Southern. Then the final contract will bo made and commun ities will bo notified that they are ex- .pooled to make good their promises. From Mr. Young's letters of credit and identification placed in the hands of the Omaha committee there is no question in the minds of the Omaha gentlemen as to the strength of the coiupanho represents. Extensive capitalists of Now York and Chicago ar > 3 in tlio syndicate and their purpose is far reaching nnd founded upon business principles. They are building railroads where they think railroads are most needed. They nro constructing a line in Nebraska and Kansas ( the nucleus of their intended system ) and have already built a road in Georgia and Tennessee and another in the Michigan pineries. Their ultimate design is to group those fragments together Into a system with the Omaha Southern as its backbone. With un limited means this is practicable. It has been found that many of the capitalists interested in this enterprise are financi ally connected with the Manitoba sys tem , so it will bo a natural course of events that the two operate in harmony , ono reaching to the far north and the other to the far south. It would seem that Yankton is particularly fortunate in securing a position at. tlio junction point of the two systems. It could hardly hope for anything so advantageous out of the multitudinous : moves upon tlio board of railroad manipulation. MB New Use for Mother Huhbards. Savannah News : llio other night a novel game was played on Conductor iiarrisof the down fast Georgian railroad train. When the train stopped at Union Point Captain Harris noticed two negro women get aboard , and ono of them was dressed in a loose Mother Hubbard. When ho wont through the car ho failed to find ono of the women , and upon questioning the negro she said that some body had snatched the other girl's ticket away and she got off. The captain did not suspect anything wrong , but when the train reached Barrett the missing woman came from under the Mother Hubbard of her companion unnoticed by the conductor , but to the amusement of the other passengers who saw her when she ruado good lior exit from under the loose-made dress. On Friday , May 0 , William Shearer , of Now Westminster , II. C. , killed J. C. Muir. On Saturday the murderer wss indicted ; on Monday the trial beuan , and was concluded that week. Shearer was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on July 81. .fr * . - ODDS AND KNDS. Stray Loaves From ItfportorJnl Note Hooks. J , M. McDonough of the Herald , who won fame lit O'Neill , Is a young man who attracts attention wherever ho goes. Tins Is because Mau \ , as the ladles would put it. "an awfully nice fellow. " Ho has a distlnguo air in fact , all the requisites for making an Impression upon the heart of femininity. Yet it would bo unjust to term Mr. McDonouuh a inashor. lie Is BJ many dogroivi i amoved from this commonplace individual as an In- camk'soont electric light Is from a tal low caudle. Mr. McDonough went to see Langtry the other night and created a great sensation , Ho wondered why so many opera glasses were leveled in ids direction by tlio ladles and why the men stared at him with varvlng ex pressions on their faces. It finally be came too much for Mr. McDonoticrh's serenity and he retired to n convenient mirror to see if his necktie was disar ranged. As ho passed out tlio mystery was explained by ono usher pointing him out to another with the whisper , "Thoro goes Freddy Gebhardtl" The audience had caught on to the remarkable simil arity in appearance between Mr. Mo- Donough and Langtry's Freddy. Thuy thought it was tlio devoted ( iebhardt quietly taking in from the body of the audience thu appearance of his fair inamorata. Mr. McDonough did not feel ilattercd. John Droxcl and Mike Maul are part ners In the full acceptation of the term. They are linn friends as well as being a lni.siiic-.s firm. Each belonged to a differ ent secret society and each joined the other organisation because the other man belonged. They sleep together , go out to see a man together , cat together , and as far as practicable stick together throughout the day. Recently Mr. Drexel acquired a little walking stick wiln an alligator head ; straightway Mr. Maul procured a black thornu cano. Tlio friendship between the two has led to their being called the modern Damon and Pythias. It is generally believed , among those who know them , that the secret of their confirmed bachelorhood is duo to the impossibility for one to break away from the other. * < > # The reporters have arranged for another tilt with the advertising men nt a game of base ball. Tlio game on Tues day afternoon was replete with ridicu lous features. The score ot 23 to 11 in favor of the "ads" contributed a great deal toward the soreness physical aud mental which the "reps" fcol. They are growling deeply as they mourn their bruised and swoolen hands and shnlllc their stiflcncd joints along in search of the elusive item. They will challenge the "ads" and bo prepared next time with thnir strongest material to over- lastinglv knock their victors into figura tive "pi. " A While the city council is endeavoring to down him , ward politicians are rustling to aid nnd abet aldermanic scheming , and the general public is agi tated over the captious efforts to over throw the commissioners , Cliief of Police Scavoy unobtrusively and with exceeding calmness proceeds with the work of or ganizing his department. And to these who are acquainted witli the the work ings of the old and tlio now , a great im provement is already notieablo. Chief convoy is a man of quiet determination and starts out well. If ho continues to the end as ho has begun ho will make a chief than whom there could bo none better. THR COUUI3. Hut Llttlo Business Done in Them Yesterday. Thomas Wolf was on trial before Judge Grolfthis morning on a charge of arson , the house burned being ouo of O. U. Sol- den's near Thirteenth and Center street. The lire took place on the 12th of last March. The cigar makers international union brought suit to perpetually enjoin llcn- dricks & Frick from using n fac-similc of the table of iho union upon the cigars which tliis linn makes. A temporary in junction was granted , Henry Millholen and Jacob Jaskalik going ontho bonds of the defendants for future hearing. Another suit of Bonzon & Johnson against the Bolt line was in progress before - fore Judge Hopowell yesterday morning. The plaintifl's yesterday , in their appeal from the award of appraisers , received a vurdict of $2,075.90 , tlio award being $800. Judge Dtindy was confined to his house yesteday by iljncss. There was consc- qucutly'no SUSMOU of the United States court. _ \\llili TllKY IIOLiD OVEH. A Rumor That Six oT.thc School Board Will Hold Over. It was rumored yesterday morning that Mr. Coburn had received an opinion from Mr. Lane , state superintendent of edu cation , which was upheld by a private opinion of ouo of the most eminent judges in the state , to the ctlcct that the six members of the school board who were latest elected , had a right to hold over after the en suing election. Tno opinion was read by Mr. Coburn and _ afterwards for warded to thu judge in question in Lin coln for his approval. When this opin ion returns it is understood that several of the members who wore among the last six elected will take some steps to retain their office. O. f. Davis Dyliicr. P. L. Pcrino of this city received an other telegram yesterday morning , an nouncing that O. F. Davis of this city was dying in Wnukcsha , and to look out for another telegram announcing his death. As mentioned in the BEE of yesterday , Mr. Davis has been in Waukesha since last March , where ho went to avail him- 6olf of the curative properties of the min eral waters at that place. Untli-Kdcii Sociability. On Friday evening of this week the ladies of Beth-Eden Baptist church will give n social and literary entertainment at the St. Mary's avunuo Congregational church. Hov. II. L. House , the now pus- tor of the former church , and his wife , will ha present. The programme will consist of vocal and instrumental music and recitations. Cruelty to Animals. Property owners in the vicinity of Twenty-second and Douglas streets com plain that the graders in that vicinity shamefully overload and beat the horses at work on the contract. Ladies who re monstrate with the men thereabouts aru repulsed with tcorii and prolano lan guage. The matter has been reported to the humane bociety. Filed a Now Ilond. Superintendent of Buildings Whitlock yesterday tiled a now bond and was sworn into ollico by Judge Berfca. Under the new charter it was necessary to select a new inspector , the council re-elcctlngMr , Whitlock to the position. Ilunco the new bond and oath of ollico. PncllUtlo NrerooR. George Phillips and H. A. Fields , two colored gentlemen of pugilistic tenden cies , ! ud.a. \ liHht yesterday , at a saloon on Ninth htrc'ot , near Dodge , in which Phillips pol. a whack on the head thnt laid Open his scalp , Tlio iiion were ar rested , and palil $10 nutl costs c'noh for tliuir amusements. The First Order. Chief of 1'ollco Seavoy yesterday Issued. the llrst formal order front his depart- mont. It notifies Captain McDonald to sou that nil lovvd women , saloons , cab * ami hacks , expressmen , etc. . who should pay licenses are brouniit to tiino. Hound to no to Oninlia. The St. Paul ( Hobo U already Jealous of Omaha's proposed Y mill ton lino. It says the business of Vankton naturally belongs to St. 1'nul , and she Is not likely to clvo up what Is hers by right Omaha HKE. Yunkton will hardly concede Itself to the ownership of St. Paul or even admit tiny great comtnurcl.il sympathy. The feeble tie could bo severed without ft regret - grot on our part. St. 1'nul and the St. Paul newspapers have nlw.iya been the unrelenting enemies of Yaukton's pollti- cal preferences and have never lust an opportunity to take tliu sldo of those who opposed us. Whllo polities and trade do not run in the same channel men who are interested in tradu are also Interested In politics and would much rather take their business to an all around friend than to onu whieli stabs their aspirations witli one hand while reaching for the cash in their pockets with the other. St. Paul may claim that the tralllo of this section belongs to that commercial center , but it will have noth ing beyond the empty claim after the Omaha road is finished. Yankton owoa St. I'aul no coed will. Besides Omaha will bo eight hours nearer and will have 200 miles the advantage in distance. The business of the southern Jim valley is bound to go to Omaha. Yankton 1'ress. Chambers' Journal ? "You look , " said a Irishman to a palo , haggard smoker , "as if you had got out of your grave to light your cigar , and couldn't Hud your way back again. " A schoolmaster , describing a money lender , says : "Ho serves you in the ores- out tense , he lends yon in the conditional mood , keeps you in the subjunctive , ami ruins you in the future. " A close ob server of human nature remarks ; "Time marches on : with the slow , measured tread of the man working by the day. " A French author is charged with the pre diction that Franco will throw herself into the arms of the liberating sword. This is not quite so bad as the democrat's speech : "Wo will burn our ships , and with ovary sail unfurled , steer boldly out inlo the ocean of froedoml" A clergyman on board a ship began a sermon m the following manner : "Dear friends. I shall embark my exhortation on the barge of my lips , in orJer to cross the stormy ocean of your attention , and In hope ot arriving safely at the port of your curs. " A learned counselor in the middle of an ell'ecting appeal in court on a slander suit , treated his hearers to the following llighl of genius : "Slander , gentlemen. like a boa-constrictor of gigantic size and immeasurable proportions , wrap the coil of its unwloldly body about its un- forlunats victim , and hcudless of the shrieks of agony that come from the uttermost depths of its victim's soul that rolls in the heavens it finally breaks its unlucky neck upon the iron wheel of public opinion , forcing him first to desperation , then to madness , andlln- ally crushing him in the hideous jaws of mortal death. " A young American lawyer employed to defend a culnrit charged with stealing a pig resolved to convince the court that Uo was born to shlnn. Accordingly , ho pro ceeded to deliver the following brilliant exordium : "May it please the court and gentlemen of the jury , while Europe is bathed in blood ; while classic Greece is struggling for her rights and liberties , and trampling the unhallowed ultarn of the bearded infidels to dust : while America shines forth the brightest orb in the political sky I , witn duo diffi dence , rise to defend the cause of this humble thief. " "Pray , my Lord , " said a gentleman tea a late respected and rather whimsical judge , "what is the dlllbrcnco between law and equity courts ? " "Vury little in the cud , " replied his lordship. At com mon law you are done for at once ; iu equity you are not so easily disposed of. The former is a bullet , which is instan taneously and charmingly effective ; the latter is an angler's hook , which plays with its victim before it kills it. The one is prussioacid , the other laudanum. " Millions of I'ostnl Cards. Chicago Times : At the postal- card factory in Castlclon , Pa. , between two and three tons a day are manufactured the year round. The largest order over filled for one city was 4,000,000 cards , or about twelve tons of paper , for Now York city , where they tiso about 0,000,000 cards a month. Chicago comes next , with about 3,000,000 cards in the same period. There are 4r)0,000,000 ) postal cards manufactured annually. Two-cent postage did not lessen the use of postal cards , but checked the use of their growth some little time. The check hits boon overcome , and the public are using more postal cards every day. . A man in a car on a Maine railroad thought that ho felt a bug crawling on his neck , and grabbed for it. Then there was a scream , and the man found him self clutching the back hair of a woman who had boon sitting behind him with her back to his. THE PERFECT Quickest Selling Article Ever Invented , NoetfinolaUlnz. but really Is Uml'roUloit Hhon-lnj Arllolo tin the Mxrket. 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