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Tun real estate , market continues lively
In Omaha.
TIIK Fourth of July celebration must
not bo forgotten.
LET It bo a. non-partisan school board.
Keep politics out of the school room.
CONVICTS from Now Caledonia will
swarm to San Francisco. The Chinese
will doubtless object to this.
FuSTMAbTKl * . GKNIiltAI , VlLAS SUJ'S that
lie is not Kinking up Graver's shite for
his trip across the continent.
THE prob.itc court of Grand Rapids ,
Michigan , was short on whcnt , anil now
Ins constituents arc short on probate
court.
T CLKVELANL ) will visit
Omaha. His eagle eye will at once de
tect in our union depot a thing of beauty
and a joy forever.
TIIK Pacific investigating committee
T/ill sit iu Omaha from Juno 20 to July 5.
Mr. Gould has set an example for his
subordinates to follow.
EAHTHQUAKK shocks have been felt in
Now York state. The Sunday liquor law
of the wicked metropolis is responsible
for the earth's rumblings.
Tun wires tell of two tiends this morn
ing one in Chicago and one in Dakota
City , Neb. Such Jrash should not bo
allowed to masquerade as men.
THK Salvationists who wore mending
stockings in : i Chicago jail have been
released , each promising to reform. If
they moot the requirements of their con
tract they must leave Chicago.
COLONEL , the lion. HuU'alo Hill Cody ,
us the title of the distinguished person-
ngo now roads , in order to properly ad
vertise his great aggregation of collosal
proportions , is occasionally obliged to
sacrifice a man's life. Uuck Taylor Is
rapidly recovering.
MANAOKK CIIAIU.KS A. LOOKK , of the
National Operu company , says that out
pf deference to public opinion the grand
ballot will bo loft out of all future operatic
performances , except when the opera
calls for a ballet. Public opinion is old ,
but apparently not bald.
" 'TucsTS1' multiply. The last to come
to the surface is a combination to con
trol the rubber ludtuxlry. The avowed
object of this organization la to manipu
late prices , and to direct and dictate gen
erally , in the monopolistic way , the
policy of the trade , it is hardly necessary
to say that this does not promise any
thing to the advantage of consumers.
AMONG its other interesting feature ?
Boston now has a Hutlor club , Even the
crafty old politician iu whoso behalf the
club was organized was candid enough
to say there was no political Held for It ,
Although ho intimated that au exigency
might arise to give it an excuse for ex
istence. The reassuring promise is thai
the club will not have the opportunity to
attain the dignity of oven a nucleus.
IF any evidence were wanting to show
what base tisos the ward politicians will
resort to in thnlr desperate efforts to con
trol our public school patronage , It was
furnlahnd by the. meeting at the board ol
education rooms Thursday night. Nol
only was the room packed by ward bum
mers , but quite a number ot school
niarms wore recruited into the ranks ol
the machine politicians with u view ol
preventing any action by the meeting
that would interfere with the political
machine.
TIIK chamber of commerce of Now
York proposes to concern itself for the
defense of the harbor of that city. Whai
is Immediately proposed Is the purchase
of eight or ton rams , the presence ol
whioh iu the harbor would at least afford
n sense of security. The ultimate aim ,
however , doubtless Is to bring an inllii
unco to bear upon the next congress
which it U hoped will induce it to adop
thorough and practicable means of de
fense. There U no impending danger
80'far as can bo soon , of New York boinj.
placed at the mercy of thu guns of a for
cign enemy , but none the loss the quos
tlon of u thorough defensive system then
is tjinoly , and thu chamber of commerce
tloos well in giving it attention. I
should not ixbsto its zeal until congrcsi
makes thu required provision.
Jk-te
TJnrteelrnblo Immlcrnnts.
The statement is triado that the British
government Is agajn trying to' unload
Ipon this country destitute and pauper-
/M\ \ persons whom it is unwilling to sup-
tort , evidence of which appeared In the
act that last Sunday the steamship Scan
dinavia brought to Philadelphia a huti-
Ired Immigrant * from the west of Iro-
md whoso passage had been paid by the
government representatives. Sixteen of
.ho number evaded the inspectors , but
: ho others were detained for e.xamma-
.ion. Inquiry showed that the landlords
of the district from which these immi
grants came were requested to make
lists of persons who were unable to earn
a living and whom the local authorities
were unwilling to support , and that to
each of the persons whoso names wcro
thus reported the government gave a
steerage tlokcl for a passage to America
and adraft on Now York for a small sum
of money. The descriptions given of
these immigrants present them as a
worthless lot who if they remained here
would almost certainly become a public
charge , as they had been before coming.
Recently published statistics in retjard
to the number of insane persons in new
York city and state show on increase
which would bo alarming if it were not
explained by the fact that most of the
additions to the insane population have
come direct from Europe. A Now York
contemporary allirms that of late years
the European governments have made
use of this expedient to get rid of their
insane poor , and have shipped them bv
hundreds to America. Every steamship
arriving from Europe brings to
our shores , among its hundreds of
steerage passengers , a larno num
ber of physical wrecks persons cither
already insane or on the verge of in
sanity , and destined soon to become in
mates of our asylums and jails and alms-
houses. There neems to bo very littjo
reason to doubt that this statement is en
tirely true.
There will bo no difference of opinion
regarding the course to bo pursued with
respect to such immigration. The laws
intended to exclude paupers , lunatics
and criminals from abroad must be vie-
orouslj enforced , and if they are not
sulHcicnt to accomplish the purpose ade
quate laws must be promptly provided.
Wo behove there is still room in this
country for people coming here from
other lands witli the intention of making
homos among us honest , industrious
and law-respecting people who will be
come useful and respectable citizens ,
but there is no room for any
others , and they must not bo permitted
to remain hero. It is evident that this
subject will be urged upon the next con
gress , and it is not unlikely that more
rigid laws than now exist for the regula
tion of immigration will be passed. The
tendency is rather to an extreme policy
in dealing with this question , and such
facts as we have noted will undoubtedly
have the effect to intensify it.
Itlust Bo llcalstccl !
Heputable citizens of all political and
religious creeds , and more especially the
patrons of our public schools , must rally
and resist the disgraceful and infamous
methods pursued by the rowdy element
of both political parlies in its cllbrts to
keep our public schools under partisan
control. Such shameful performances
as took place at the meeting Thursday
night should not bo tolerated in any
civilized community. Shall Mike
Mcaney , Julius Cooley , Moronrty , Dan
O'Keeta and that stripe of political hacks
bo allowed to dictate who shall manage
the schools of Omaha ? Shall a horde of
political bummers , vagrants and shysters
control the public school patronage V
Will our citizens remain any longer in
different to the danger which threatens
our public school system by surrendering
it to the mob ? Will the parents of the
five thousand school children sit
tamely by and surrender the schools
in which they nil take pride ,
and in which the future of the new
generation pf Omaha boys and girls is at
stake , to the' hoodlum element ? The party
primaries arc a farce and a fraud. The po
litical bummers have had supreme con
trol. Their object is not to make the
schools better , but to control the board
for base personal ends.
Can'l the citizens of Omaha , who fa
vor a lion-partisan school board , meet
peaceably and without being hooted al
and disturbed by political rowdies. Can
not citizens meet for a commendable
public purpose without being insulted ,
disturbed and voted down by parties
who are inimical to the object in view.
Pollen Chief Senvejr.
A sensation has been created .in thU
community by the publication of nn extract -
tract from n Los Angeles paper in which
it is charged that \V. S. Seavoy , Omaha't
now chief of police , years ago deserted
his family in Santa Barbara and ran away
with a married woman. This charge , ii
true , will compel the board of police
commissioners to cause Mr. Seavey'a re
tirement. Chief'Seavoy denies the charge ,
and until ho la proven guilty
the public should reserve its judjgmont.
Nobody connected with the BEK has had
any agency in the selection of Mr. Sea
voy as chief of police. But wo have given
the commission credit for exercising it :
authority in the public interest solely ,
and hence have given no countenance tc
any factious attempt to interfere with the
uew chief or hamper him in the effort to
reorganize the police force. It would be
unfortunate for Omaha , for many reas
ons , if Mr. Seavey should fail to
prove himself a man of good character.
The shouts of joy over his impending
downfall come altogether from the wronp
quarter. The admission , made by the
paper that has given the greatest pub
llcity to this scandal , that the anti-Seavoj
phalanx is jubilant bodes no good to the
community. Who constitute the anti
Soavo.Y phalanx ? Everybody knows thai
it is made up of men who have been plot
ting to overthrow , law and order , and
keep open the vile dens where crooks
sluggers , and rowdies chiolly congregate
As to the Seavoy scandal itself there
may be some truth and yet nothing tc
justify a charge of desertion. We all
remember the llipple-Mltchcll scandal
About the close of the war a man named
John Hippie loft his family in Peunsyl
vania and emigrated to Oregon , where
ho assumed the name of John Mitchell
lie married there under that name ,
became quite prominent , and was elected
to the United States senate in 1875
After Mitchell had been elected to the
fimato thu story of his change of name
and llrst marriage became known in
Oregon and was dlsoussod by the pres <
all over the country. Mitchell's version
ofthc.story , If wo remember right , was
that hi ? separation from his first wife was
caused by mutual' disagreement.Vhcn
Mitchell's term was completed , ho was
defeated for a second term , but ho lived
down all opposition , and was elected
ogam to the senate last winter , and is
now a member of that body. This does
not necessarily point n moral , but Is sug
gestive. There is no telling what nn in
vestigation Into the Seavoy scandal may
develop. Mr. Seavoy may sustain him
self , and in that case the joy of the
"phalanx" may bo premature.
The n. tic M. Imnd Grants.
The efforts of ex-Senator Van Wyck to
secure a prompt and just settlement of
the land grant rights of the B. & M. rail
road , so that the corporation shall re
ceive only what belongs to it , and the
lands it has already taken in excess of its
rights and those withdrawn in its favor
may bo reitorod to settlement , have been
productive of good results. The sere-
tary of the Interior has notified Mr. Van
Wyck that the llnal adjustment of the
road's grant is now under consideration
in the department. The matters to bo
passed upon are the recommendations of
the land commissioner that legal pro
ceedings bo instituted to recover lands
patented by the corporation in excess of
the qmmtlly to which it is entitled , to
cancel the selection of such tracts north
of the company's line of definite location
as have not been patented , and that
tracts withdrawn , but not se
lected , bo restored to settle
ment and entry. This is in accord
with the now policy of the department ,
and there is no reason to doubt the assur
ance of the secretary that the recom
mendations submitted by the commis
sioner will bo passed on with proper
speed. If these recommendations are
sustained the clfect will be to return to
the people a considerable area of land
now popularly , and it would seem of
ficially also , believed to be unjustly held
b\- the corporation , while there will bo
restored to settlement a larger area se
lected but not patented and which has
been for years withdrawn subject to the
will and convenience of the B. & M. cor
poration. This land , bo the amount
more or less , belongs to the people and
is wanted by them. Much of it is desir
able land that will bo promptly settled
when released. The successful efforts of
ex-SonatorVan Wyck to obtain speedy
action to this end will bo fully appre
ciated by the people of Nebraska.
Denver and Omntin.
The Omaha 15eo has the best end of the
argument In the position U has taken in ref
erence to the election of a board of directors
for tlie common schools , It advocates the
non-partisan basis as against tickets named
through the agency of the republican and
democratic central city committees. Denver ,
where the common school system challenges
comparison with the best In the country , has
persistently followed the non-partisan plan ,
and the party leader who would favor a relapse -
lapse therefrom to the partisan method Is as
sured In advance of a cold reception and a
crushing dcteat. Dearer A'ctos.
No respectable party loader in Omaha
favors a partisan school board. The
move to nullify the school law is confined
to a gang of political ward bummers and
roustabouts backed by a couple of rowdy
editors.
TIIK president has turned another ras
cal out a justice of thu peace. The
festive justice refuses to give up his com
mission and great notarial seal. Ills
official opinion is that the president has
overstepped his authority.
TIIK Sioux City Journal serves notice
that railroads must surrender to the people
ple when the legislature assembles. The
Journal should take notice that the mem
bers do not surrender to the railroads.
Other Ljiimin Tlinn Ours.
The new French cabinet is not regarded
as a lasting affair. It is a combination
of opportunists who however well mean
ing do not really command the confidence
of the country and arc not likely to win
it. it has the appearance of being merely
a provisonal arrangement while affairs
are shaping themselves in the nation , and
it is believed that it must inevitably go
down before the tremendous and uncom
promising opposition it will encounter.
Even the now ministry saw the impolicy
of retaining Saussico after ho had an
nounced his purpose of secretary of war to
"
withdraw the war budget , and"ho was
dropped to give place to Ferran , who
declared his intention to follow the
course of his predecessor in pur
suing military reform and increas
ing the defensive forces of the
republic. But the evident fact is that the
majority of the French people do not
have faith in the ability of anybody but
Boulangor to carry out successfully the
policy be inaugurated , and It is further
more evident that they believe in that
policy. It is not probable that the new
ministry can educate them to a different
view , and it is not unlikely that before
long Boulangor will bo found by the gov
ernment itself to bo the only man who
can hold the people iu control , either as
their leader or in the way in which Na
poleon controlled them under the author
ity of the convention. The convention
was weak , but it was no weaker than the
present ministry or , apparently , than
President Grovy himself , who seems to
bo at his wits' end and utterly at a loss
as to what the crisis which now more
than over is a crisis requires of him.
General Boulangor looms up like Frank
enstein's monster before the Frenoh
statesmen , who , If they have not
made him , certainly have him on
their hands. Next to the position ol
Boulangor , the attitude of M. Clomouceau
concerns Franco the most. Ho is the
maker and was the chief supporter of the
war minister. Boulangor was thrust
upon M. do Froyclnot by his influence ,
and when M. do Froyciuot retired , Gen
eral Boulangor was maintained as the
real leader in the Goblet cabinet b.v
Clemonceau. There arc some signs ,
however , that M. Clemenccau now 'fools
that his protege has gone beyond him ,
General Boulangor now stands indepen
dent of assistance , and fills a larger place
In the eye of the public than his dis
coverer. M. Clemenccau , though radical
in his views , is a sincere jrepubhean , and
would dread as much as M. Ferry thu
advent of u military dictator. If he is
disposed to maintain the peace , he will
support the Rouvior cabinet in the main ;
and if throws his powerful weight in
that scale. Franco may-pass the summer
undisturbed.
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The time during lha recess of the house
of commons Is being employed by both
parties In appeal to the people , though
there really docs not seem to bo anything
to bo accomplished by doing this. Tim
public mind of Great Britain. ' must bo
pretty thoroughly made up regarding
the leading political issue , and oven wcro
It not so it is questionable If any expres
sion of popular feeling now would
change the attitude of the parties In par
liament. The coalition opposed to homo
rule appears so bo as strong as it lias
over been , and it would probably not
weaken before any popular demonstra
tion that could reasonably bo expected.
Mr. Gladstone lias gone to Wales , whore
ho will deliver a number of addresses In
favor of home rule. This would indicate
that Ills health is not In so precarious -
carious a condition as has recently been
represented. YVith rcganl to the health
of Parnoll , also , It Is reported to have
improved , but the promise Is not good
that ho will bo able to resume active po
litical work. The announcement of the
serious illness of Sexton is calculated to
alarm the friends of Ireland. Ho is one of
Parnell's most able , careful and trust
worthy lieutenants.
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The condition of the Crown Prlnco of
Germany improves slowly. Ho is well
and hearty , but voiceless , or nearly so.
lie will no doubt improve In this respect
to some extent when his throat recovers
from the immediate cifect of the opera
tion performed by Dr. Morrcll Macken
zie , but his voice cannot bo fully re
stored until the growth is entirely cleared
away. In view of the alarmist rumors
that have boon Hying about , it may bo
well to state that this growth ,
which is not much larger than
a split pea , has boon pronounced
by Prof. Iludolph Virchow to be
no more malignant than a common
wart. This statement is the confident
decision , after careful microscopic ex
amination , of the pope of modern patho
logy. It is this which makes Dr. Mac
kenzie's operation of such cardinal im
portance as regards the tuturo of the
patient. It is now proved that the dis
ease from which he is stilforliig owes its
chief , If not only , importance to the
situation of an enemy not torrihln in
himself , but who stands in the very gate
way of life , and must therefore bo got
rid of. Gorman surgeons were on the
point of doing this with a display of
energy as superfluous as the use of a
battering-ram to crush a black bottle.
It was not merely making an artificial
opening in the windpipe that was in con
templation , but the infinitely more
formidable operation of a partial excision
of the organ of voice. To say nothing of
the great risk of life necessarily involved
in this , the prince , oven if ho had sur
vived , would have ceased to belong in
the category of articulately speaking men
and could Have only communicatcd with
the outer world in n gruff whisper.
\
The temperance * question scorns to
have boon definitely settled in Switzer
land by the result of'tho popular vote , or
referendum , as it is' called , taken on the
10th ultimo , on the'federal law giving tha
the government the solo right to manu
facture and soil spirituous liquors. The
law has been approved by a vote of
253,791 to 127,474. This is doubtless to
the American prohibitionists an awful
piece of legislation , as engaging the gov
ernment in a criminal enterprise , but
the Swiss people , < who have been for
some years back wrestling with the
liquor question , owing to the terrible in
crease of drunkenness in the Cantons ,
have concluded that in no other way can
they so effectively diminish the quantity
of liquor consumed , anil at the same
time secure the purity of what is con-
sumod. Of course they could not reach
this conclusion by starling from the great
promise of the prohibitionists that liquot
dealing and murder are in the eye of the
moralist exactly the same thing. They
reach it by starting from the promise ,
which is that of the great majority ol
rational mon , that the moderate con
sumption of alcoholic drinks , oven if Ube
bo a physiological mistake , is not in itself
an otlbnse against the community , and
that it is the cxcossivo consumption
which society lias to complain of , and is
bound to repress , until the individual
man has learned that his wisest course is
to abstain wholly.
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A letter from a Russian is given to the
American manufacturer , which takes iho
ground that only very limited quantities
of petroleum can bo produced from the
Baku district It produced 1,300,000 bar
rels during 1880 , and ho does not think
the district capable of producing over
8,000,000 barrels. The Russian crude pro
duces only 30 or 35 per cent of illumina
ting oil , and a Rangoon correspondent of
the London Times says that neither thn
Burmese oil or the Russian can bo consid
ered equal in illuminative quality to the
American. In Akyab , Burmah , are a
largo number of wells , some of them
from 600 to 1,200 feet in depth , which
were opened four years ago , but the How
was so small that they could not compote
with the American product. In one dis
trict of Burmah the oil is drawn up in
buckets by women who walk down a
path pulling a rope which passes over a
windlass. American kerosene now lights
the world , and will continue to probably
as long as the supply lasts , and oil is used
for this purpose.
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The English have recently had exposed -
posed R very sad state of things in that
department whioh every European gov
ernment is supposed to watch with the
greatest vigilance namely , the war do-
carttncnt. A royal dohunlssion has boon
sitting for some timer investigating the
system of purchasing military stores ,
Sir James Stephen , an able jurist , was
'
placed at the head of 'jtliis commission to
make sure that the pvidenco would be
well sifted. The report according to a
cable dispatch , "condemns the army sys
tem from the top .downward , showing
how the secretary of- site ( ; for war is being
played over business 9f which ho has not
' (
an inkling of knowled'so. " At the same
time Sir Charles Uilko is trying to mend
his reputation by showing iu magazine
articles that invasion is to bo a feature of
the next war in which England is en
gaged , and that she is not prepared for it.
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it Is said that the Emperor of Austria's
jubilee present to the a noon will bo a case
of the finest imperial Tokay. This wine
contains a great quantity of phosphoric
acid , and it is a woudorful tonic. It was
Prince Albert's invariable custom to
drink one glass of Tokay every day after
dinner , and he 1ms had as much respect
for it as a piok-mc-up , as King George IV
had for his famous black-cherry brandy ,
A gift of Tokay Is no small affair at
Vienna. The Emperor Ferdinand wished
to make a present of a quantity of this
wino to tho. late King of thoNctlierJand ? ,
nud aS It was thought by tlio cqttrt okll-
clals that there was none sufllcioutly old
in the Imperial collars a thousand bottles
of the finest and oldest Tokay In the
world were procured from Cracow at the
monstrous price of 3 GsId n bottto.
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Nearly seven hundred millions of pas
sengers travelled on railways In Great
Britain last year , and of llii'so eight were
killed and 01,1 wore Injured in what are
commonly called railway accidents.
Many other persons not in the employ of
the railway companies were killed or in
jured by accidents connected with the
railway service , such as falling between
carriages and platforms and the like ; but ,
excluding servants of the companies , the
total number of deaths from causes Inci
dent to railway travelling , were only a
trillo over COO , and of injuries only about
1,500. Considering that those numbers
Include a great many casualties duo to
neglect of well known precautions , wo
may conclude , says the Lancet that as re
gards passengers and the public , rail
way travelling is the safest mode of loco
motion ,
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The chief economic trouble in Italy
lies in the disproportion between the
immcnso amount of capital invested in
railway enterprises and the small sum in
agricultural interests. A country can
not hope to reach a reasonable economic
adjustment iu the face of such a dispro
portion. Now Italy will have to learn
all the best ways of developing her agri
cultural resources , of renewing her old
time physical strength , before she can
take the place that her statesmen are
preparing for her among the nations.
BTATK AND TKUUtTOilY.
Nebraska Joltings.
Bloomlngtou has received positive as
surances that the Santa Fo road will
strike that town on its way to Omaha.
A moderate stretching of the vote cast
at the special election in Hastings Wed
nesday. gives the city a population of
12,000.
The old Hoffman mill at Columbus
was wiped out by lire Thursday. It was
loaded with wagous and binders. Loss ,
SfO.iiOO.
Three crack shots in Atkinson arc ach
ing for a nritch with any other three in
the northern part of the state , lor ! ? 100 to
$300 a side.
North Platte proposes to build 1,000
maps of the town and county and distri
bute them , through Buffalo Bill , among
the bonightcd blokes of London.
A sparring club has been organized in
Hastings. The activity of sandbaggcis
after dark shows that the members are
getting down to business at a lively gait.
W. F. McMonamy , a solicitor for a
medical institute in Omaha , was run
down in York county a tow days ago and
fined $10 and costs for attempting to
practice medicine without registering.
The case has been appealed.
Hastings has picked up another rail
road witli a county bonus of $125,000.
This does not exhaust her confidence in
tlio future. She is willing to make fur
ther and frequent hauls on her credit for
railroads. When she sees what she
wants she reaches for it and puts up the
cash to got it.
"The advertising clerks and the news
editois and reporters of the Omaha
papers , " says the Lincoln Dcmoer.it ,
"played a game of baseball a day or two
ago. Of course the ad. men won. For
tuirty years we have as otton as unco a
week aoiio out into the solitude of nature ,
under the blue sky and the sunshine , be
neath the great arching dome of the
heavens , and there wo have yearned with
a mighty yearn for a time and a place
where the advertising man wouldn't get
away with the editor. But the pitiless
surroundings gave no answer. Space
docs not contain it. "
Iowa Items.
Waterloo has struck natural gas.
Riverside has a calf with throe tails.
The animal is loaded for lly timo.
The festive burglar has boon making
matters interesting for Creston pcoplo.
A now insect is destroying the straw
berries and the barley crop near Davon -
port.
The past month was the dryest May
over known in southeastern Iowa , less
than half an inch of rain having fallen
during the month.
Htitchinson , 'the now pitcher of the
Dos Moincs club , received a check for
$1,000 in advance and is to receive ? 300
per month for the season.
At a meeting of the Scott county bar
Tuesday afternoon n motion was passed
declaring Hon. Charles W. Waterman
the unanimous choice of the thirtv-two
attorneys present for successor to Judge
Rogers.
A number of democrats and greenback-
crs have invited ox-Congressman Freder
ick , of Marshalltowu , to sacrifice him
self as a candidate for governor. Frod-
nnck will be remembered as the distin
guished statesman who devoted his best
energies and brief career to the distribu
tion of federal pap.
pap.Dakota.
Dakota.
Four Presbyterian churches flourish in
Beadle county.
The hospital for the insane at Yankton
is being investigated by the examining
board.
One thousand throe hundred cords of
Sioux Falls stone Is being shipped to sur
rounding towns for building purposes.
Aberdeen will buy fS.OOO worth of
property to present to the Aberdeen &
Bismarck for terminal facilities.
A Raj ) id City man has had an experi
ence with the inter-state commeico law.
Ho bought some goods in Chicago , the
whole amounting to $72. The freight to
Rapid City reached $51. A Hermosa
man had a worse experience yet. Ho
sent a carload of bones to Chicago , and
after they wcro sold there yet remained
50 cents lacking to pay the freight bill.
A common snnso preacher in an in
terior town is reported by the Dakota
Hell to have quieted the fears of the con
gregation when the church began to
move , by saying : "You see there aru
some workmen under the building with
jack-screws , and now they have hitched
onto the back end with ton yoke of oxen
and are snaking the edifice over onto a
baok street. In tlio morning , God will
ing , work will bo commenced on this lot
on the finest operti house west of Chi
cago. I tell you , the boom In this town
s only just nicely started. "
Sara Bornhardt give the Choyennoso a
taste of Frenchified art in "Fedora" last
oveninL' .
A throe days' racing mooting opens in
Cheyenne Tuesday next. Big purses are
on the string.
The movements of the Northwestern
In Wyoming are a perplexing conun
drum to the residents of Douglas.
The determination ot the federal ; au
thorities to remove the fence from gov
ernment Jr.uil lias stirred Cheyenne to
the depths.
On the authority of John 11. MoAlpin.
civil engineer and town lot boomer of
tlio Union Par.ilio , Laratnio is the coming
metropolis of the lurritory.
A Cheyenne innln driver named Forest
WHS partially soitlpqd by one of his anl
nwl fuw days o , A broken knita
uml n bruised side were added to ills
imlns ,
. Colorado.
( 'The proposed road from Deliver td
l aramle Is a.sure thing.
1 The , lc. ult order Is looking over the
state for site for a college to cost
$300,000.
The Uirclo railroad In Denver has boon
sold to the Santa Fo company for.
-141,000. ! i
Krai estate transiictions in Denver Hst
week amounted to sJOO .bTl ) , and for May ,
Permits for buildings to cost $1.113,030 ,
were issued in Denver during tlio past
live months.
The Burlington & Missouri railroad
company are purchasing .stone quarries
in the glades just west of Fort Collins ,
and lively times are looked for in the
near future.
_ _ _ _ _ _
ITtnh and Idnlin ,
The now cede of Idaho territory will
go into clfect on the 12th of Juno at 12
o'clock.
The Cojur d'Alene region'contimics to
attract large numbers of prospectors and
gamblers.
Polygamous prosecutions have subsided
temporarily. Both sides are catching
their second wind.
Several Important branches of the
Oregon Short line are being extended to
the mining districts of Idaho.
The banks of Salt Lake City report the
receipts for the week ending May 25 , in
clusive , of fl4G4UU ! ) in bullion and
$80,010.20 in ore ; : i total of $233,300.22.
Last week's outward mineral shipments
from Salt Lake City were : ! )0 ) cars bullion ,
8lil,10ll Ibs. ; 20 curs silver and load ore ,
022,15'J ' Ibs. ; 4 cars load , 110.571 Ibs. ; 5 cars
copper ore , 152 , WO Ibs. ; total , 05 ears ,
1,74U , 427 Ibs. This includes the shipments
of T. R. Jones & Co.
Crockwoll & Taylor , of Promontory ,
Utah , have purchased 0.030 head of } oar-
lings , two-year-olds anil eows , at ? 13 per
head , from Todhuntcr'.s ranch , Hum-
boldt counts' , with the privilege of taking
2,000 head more. The cattle will betaken
to the ranch of Crockwoll & Taylor , near
the head of Salt lake.
niuntaiin.
Mountain streams arc flowing banks
full.
Bullion shipments from Btitlo last week
amounted to ! flOO,700.
A large section of Mullan tunnel , on
the Northern Pacific , has caved in. The
road is blocked in consequence. It is be
lieved the tunnel will have to bo aban
doned.
The mines in Madison county are pan
ning out rich. Three gold mills are now
in processof erection on Wisconsin creek.
The Noble mine recently sold f or $1)0,000. )
Assays of the ore show from $15 to ! )0 ) in
cold per ton.
ton.Tho
The 1'iioilUConst. .
Los Angeles has a crematory just fin
ished at a cost of § 2,500.
The electric street railway will bo in
operation in Los Angeles this month.
There arc fully 5,000 mon at work on
the extension ot the California & Oregon
road.
Los Angeles shipped 0,370,530 pounds
of freight east during the month of
April.
The vein of niarblo found in Mono
county is saiil to bo 410 foot wide , with
stratus of variegated colors.
The duties on the 10,000 tons of English
stool rails to bo delivered this summer at
San Diego , Cal. , to the Atchison road
will bo about $170,000.
It is oflicially announced at Los Angeles
that the Union Pacific railway has com
pleted the purchase of Rattlesnake
island , in San Pedro harbor , for terminal
purposes. The price is not given.
The Piegan Indians of Nevada have
made s4,000 skinning carcasses of cattle
peribhinc on the range last winter. They
got 75 cents for tlio hides delivered. The
squaws do the skinning and the bucks
have plenty of pin-money.
The shoe ] ) owners of Burnt river and
Snake river , Oregon , are making ready
for the spring clip , and will commence
shearing on the 2lth ) of the month. In
the neighborhood of 50,000 sheep will
yield up their llccco m that section this
year.
"Iho lightning struck Joe Windsor's
barn yesterday afternoon , " says a Cali
fornia exchange , "and severely injured
two of Mr. Windsor's mules. It is to bo
hoped that they will live. Wo under
stand that the shock also killed live or
six Chinamen. "
The streets of California towns arc not
exactly paved with gold , but some of
them approximate that paradaisical con
dition rather closely. Plaecrvillo needs
a now sewer system , and the El Dorado
Republican says it can see no excuse for
not having it , especially when the luxury
will not cost a dollar. It is believed that
the gold that can bo washed out of the
earth disturbed in digging the sewer
trenches would fully pay for the cost of
the proposed sewer bystom.
CR MATTONIN ALASKA. , 3 ?
IlodicH llurneil on tlio Bench at
water Mark.
Alaska Free Press : Having had information
mation the other day ot a cremation to
take place at the Indian village , I went
to the beach to witness it. The defunct
siwash was known around Juncati us
Frank and was formerly employed at
Martin Bro. . store in the capacity of
Indian clerk , and the kiockman
( it being a double cremation of ono of
each sex ) had been called Sonnie ; both ,
as it happened , having dion of consump
tion. The mourning service consisted of
the ancient ceremony known as "pot-
latoh , " which Is always customary
among tuo Indians of southwestern
Alaska on the occasion of the death of
one of their number. The potlaoh is a
division of whatever temporal goods the
deceased may have possessed , such as
blankets , dry goods , etc. , among his or
her relations , according as the merits of
each individual case may justify.
In the services of the mourning , which
are very long , and to the Indian mind
very impressive , the first In the order ot
the dav is a eulogistic diKCoui.sc by ono of
the old men , which , being delivered by
him in sections , H > to sjieak , is taken up
and sung by Iho rest in a monotonous
sort ot chant ; the old man is then super
seded by another venerable buck , who
goes through tlio sanlo service , and he in
turn by another , until all tuo old mon
have had their individual say. The
'
chanter ; ' keep time by thumping 'iho floor
with sticks and boating on a drum. This
performance being goujj over for u day
or two , the potlatch taken place.
The body of tlio deceased Is first
wr.ippcd in a matting , woven from split
routs , und in appuaranco resembling
coarse .straw. Thoytlum convey tlio body
to the place of cremation , which is i < l-
ways on tlio beach at high-water mark.
On this occasion'ihey had on hand for
the purpose of burning the two bodies
about one cord of wood , some split and
Homo in mnall Ions. Kir it a platform of
small logs is laid a foot from the ground ,
and a .space of four inches between ' . * ach
log. On this pyre , which was about seven
feet long by five lect wide , the
two bodies were placed , about three foot
apurt , una around them a minaturo log
hut was built to the height of four feet ;
the inclosed space is then carefully filled
in splint woo'l and line kindling , and
now everything bt'ing ' in readiness , the
fire is lighted from thu bottom. The na
tive diet being chiefly salmon , an oily
substance , the bodies of the Indiuns neem
to contain a considerable amount of oil ,
as they burn very roauily , While the
corpses woru charring , the frlonds of
thu deeeixiud continued to poke thorn
with long utiokH. ouonslonally raking
the fragments of burnt lluhh from the
lire and wrapping them In nkinn , man *
K-nts , eto. Returning from thn ormnullun
o ! tlio two nntlvo.1 , i icnr4 : singing Iu
hotiseranil dropped in to sec. wlmt wa ,
going on.
Tluiro was qtilto an assemblage of na
tives squatted around a small lire In thu
center of the room , and alone cml of the
house n corpse of nn old woman Inj' .
covered with sheets and blankets , All
around the room was strung up muslin ,
pieces of calico and a few blankets , nl o.
three umbrellas , etc. , all of which will
bo distributed uniting the relatives and
near friends. ' 1 hen the proi'uss do >
scrlbodjabovo will bo gone through.
Au Alnhutiin llotunnco ,
At Blrmltmham , Ala. , eonospondont
of the Atlantic Constitution writes : A
very quiet wedding , the other day. In the
olllco of Justice II , M. Alton , ended some
thing of a romance which may be said to
have begun four year ago.
The village of Warrior station , twenty
mill's up the Loulsvlllu and Nushvilfo
railroad. Is surrounded bv coal mines ,
and is often the scene of bloody encoun
ters and drunken brawls between the
minors. About four years ago a minor
wont to Warrior , and , Illling up with
whisky , proceeded to "cuss" out the
town. Golui : to a private house ho ourscd
and abused the ladies of the familv terri
bly , there being no nie.u present. Ho was
arrested and tried for the olfunso before
Justice Allen. One of the ladies was
present as a witness and on her evidence
the man was sent to the coal niluo.i
for two years , llo served his .sentence
out and then entered tlio employ of the
Coalburg Coal and Coke company as .1
miner. Time passed , and the ox-convict
had become a quiet , orderly citizen , when
the lady , whoso evidence- sent him to the
mines , wont to Coalburg to live. Thu
two mot bv chance and failed to recog
nize each other , and no one one thought
to mention to the lady that her now
friend had served a term In the mines.
Their friendship ripened Into love , and
last weeic tlmy come to thu city , procured
a license , and the same justice who sent
the groom to prison united the two in the
holy bonds 01 wedlock. Justice Allen
has a good memory for faces and in
stantly recognized the couple , but ho
learned that they had never guessed the
identftv of each other and ho thought it
best to keep the secret.
"Fly Killer" Dutohcr'n
The most successful exterminator. Ev
ery shoot will kill a quart. Quick work
Persistent use will keep ahead of ropvo
duetion. Dutcher's Dead Shot for bed
bugs.
_
A Jlotnnnce of Chinese Ijovr.
San Francisco Examiner : Some time
ago a Chinaman named Lim Hop died
and left his widow $ ( JOOon condition that
she go back to China and remain there ,
If flic did not do so , the money was to
go to the cousins of thu deceased. The
wife did not appear to like China any too
well , so she married Hop Moy. The
cousins then appeared boforn Judge Coffey -
fey and had the fair ono summoned to
show cause why sue did not glvo up the
money when she got married. Moy said
she did not understand English , and
through an interpreter staled that her
husband did not leave i(100 ( ; that ho died
three months after they wcro married ,
and that the night ho died she was alouo
with him , and she did not see him sign
any paper.
The two cousins , Fey Hop and Lang
S ng , testi lied that their cousin told them
of his intentions in regard to his wife.
and also ( hat they saw him make a will
the night ho died.
HEARTLESS CRUELTY.
Few persons realize how thoroughly they
arc controlled by prejudice even to their
own disadvantage. For many years the
treatment for i heutnatism , neuralgia , scia
tica and lieadachlias been by somv outwaul
application , and therefore , without slop
ping to think that the origin of thcie trou-
pics must , from necessity , be internal , the
weary sufferer continues to nib , rub and
find no relief. Atliloplioros is taken inter
nally , and as a proof that this is the coricct
principle , it cures surely and quickly. Tha
statement of those who have been cured
ought to convince the incredulous.
Palmyra , Neb , August 3d , 18SO.
I believe I have been gicutly benefittcd
by Atliloplioros. I keep it in the house all
time , and if I feel a twinge of ihciunatibin
I take a dose. I have not had to lake any
for months , and hope I am permanently
cured. I have not hesitated on recom
mending it largely and have helped others
with it. REV E J Hi HP.
Mrs Gco Hofl'man , Cedar Falls , Iowa ,
says : "My husband was cured of rheuma
tism by the use of Atliloplioros. Three bottles
tles of that medicine cut cd him entirely so
that he has not had an ache from rheuma
tism since , and that U now over a year ago.
For twenty years previous there was never
a time that lie was free from pain. Doctors
nor medicine could drive the disease away.
With U < e sciatic rheumatism in his right
side the doctors said he woi'ld always have
it and they did not think there was any
cure. He was suffering very much from a
severe attack when Atliloplioros took hold
of the disease at once , and by the time he
had taken three bottles he was entirely
well and went to work at once
Every druggist should keep Athlopho-
ros ana Athlophoros Pills , but whore they
cannot bo bought of the druggist the
Athlophoros Co. , 113 Wall St. . New York ,
will send either ( carriage paid ) on receipt
of regular price , which is f 1.00 per bottle
for Atliloplioros and COo. for Pills.
For liver nml kldnoy dUoiisos , dyspoi'slft , In-
fllk'i'Stlon , vriukiie s , norvoiu liability , ISUH UH
olvomon , noiutlpiitlon. lienduclm , iinpuiu
blood , ota , Athlojihoros 1'illu are uno < iuall d.
THE PERFECT
Quickest Selling Article Ever luvuuled.
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Artlclunn tuo Mnrket.
OMAH , Neb. , April 23 , 18i > 7. This h
to certify that we , the undersigned , have
this day witnessed a churning bvThe
Perfect Self Revolving Churn Dashers"
which resulted in producing 3tg pound * ol
firtt class butter from one gallo'n of cream
in instone minute ; and fifteen seconds.
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