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HuMVHitEV , the Pnwnco bnsso pro-
fundo , was snowed under in Juno with
the thermometer varying among the
eighties. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
On , yost Jack ( Jalligon is safe 03 chief
of the fire department , and so is Seuvej
as long as the police commission docs
not appoint another man chief of
police.
VASSAU COLLEOE will this year gradu
ate thirty live younp ladies , presumably
as charming as they must bo intelligent.
Perhaps the very best that can bo wished
them is that they may all secure good
husbands before the first anniversary of
graduation day is reached.
THE business done at the South Omaha
Union stock yurds is rapidly assuming
mammoth proportions. On Tuesday
8,000 hogs were received , and on Monday
there were 0,800. All were sold hero.
Besides the hogs , thcro are from 000 to
803 head of cattle sold per day. The
Union stock yards bank transactions
amounted to over $300,000 on Wednes
day. These figures arc evidence of the
growing importance of Omaha as a live
stock market.
IT Is believed in Washington that the
Randall faction is opposed to an extra
session of congress for the reason that
they want the longest possible time to
work on the new members , especially
those from the south , in behalf of the re
peal or reduction of Internal revenue taxes
rather than customs duties. This is not
at all incredible , and if wdl founded
might appear to the mind of the presi
dent a very forcible argument iu favor of
culling an extra session. Anything that
will thwart this obstluato and obstructive
faction the country IB likely to approve.
IT cannot bo a comforting circumstance
to the administration and its friends to
be told by a Maryland democrat , who
nlso happens to bo a civil service re
former , that "offensive partisanship has
not boon allowed by the present admin
istration to languish and die. " Hut who
should know this bettor , or so well , than
a Maryland democrat who has had the
opportunity to ace the way in which Sen
ator Gorman of that slate worked the
spoils system during the early months
of the administration , and until the
president discovered how shamelessly he
was being used and imposed upon by
Gorman. It is some credit to the presi
dent that ho east this freebooter off when
ho learned his true character , but ttio
tivll service reform policy of the admin
istration suffered greatly before the dis
covery was made , and the spoilsmen re
main on hand to discredit it. This it is
that prompted and Justified the state
ment of the Maryland democrat.
AMONQ the latest railroad intelligence
is the statement that the recent purchase
of Rattlesnake island , oft * Los Angeles ,
is for the Union Pacific. The island , it is
claimed , was purchased by this company
for terminal purposes , and the inference
is that the Union Pacific contemplates
the construction of an independent outlet
to the Pacific coast in California. This
circumstance suggests many other
schemes m which the Union Pacitlo maybe
bo engaged , having for their object the
enlargement of its facilities and placing
the company in a mnru independent atti
tude with respect to some ether com
panies , but it is to bo remarked that
thcro docs not appear to bo any largo
amount of certainty as to any of those
plane. It is not at all likely , however ,
that the reinforced management of the
road will bo satisfied with a continuance
r of the old order of things.
THE rubber "trust" being the newest
dovelopuiont of its kind , any facts regard
ing its purpose and the industry it would
seek to control are of interest It ap
pears that there has been ft steady and
largo growth In the consumption of crude
rubber during the past ton years , the
production in 1876 being 10,000,000 pounds
and in 183) ) reaching 38,0000,000. During
several years of that period , and until
1883 the rubber market was controlled bj
the Vianua syndicate. Subsequently two
companies the Soars commercial and
the New York commercial were formed ,
and it is these two that arc now engaged
in a tight for the control of the crude
rubber trade of this country. The fight
was begun against the fieurs company ,
and if they are worsted the plan of tholt
successful rivals Is to organize a trust 01
manufacturers' combination that will
"play umbrella * and overshoes with the
trads when the weather is wot. "
Every Man Ills Own .Employe.
When the intor-statu law went into effect
April 4 , llio 13. & M. railway company
demanded from the parasites and barna
cles , the shyatcr lawyers nnd oil room
corrtiptlonlsls , a tpeedy and uncondi
tional surrender of pass books and passes.
This was partly for the reason that the
legislature hud adjourned , which , coup *
led with the fact that a munificent pro
vision of the intcr-stato law prohibited
the issuance of passes , without reference
to previous condition , accordingly the
bilks nnd bummers could no longer re-
cclvo free transportation. Employes ,
however , could ride frco. Slowly but
surely the pass ( lends have imulu
llio last concession , acknowledged
their desire to become the
pliant tools of a great corporation , ad
mitted their lack of manhood and bar
tered themselves for a mess of pottage
consisting merely of an annual pass.
As the year grows older , employes be
come more plentiful and the same old
gang is enlisted barring a few bottle-
scarred veterans. The railroguo recruit
ing oiliccs hayo furnished their quota of
strikers , provided thorn with passes , nnd
the intcr-stato law so ingcuiouply inter
preted a few months ago , succeeded only
m retiring the dissolute and exhausted
bummers who could no longer do ser
vice in the Held , oil room or in the lobby.
The active and willing ones arc awaiting
orders for the next campaign.
ANowBlovo Foreshadowed.
Those who have paid some attention to
the movements of the railroads in con
nection with the intcr-stato commerce
act , advance the theory that they nro
planning to test the constitutionality of
the act. nnd nro only waiting until the
commission detlnltoly announce what
their policy is to bo as to the fourth sec
tion. The theory is that the roads will
endeavor to show not only that the law is
in itself unconstitutional , but that it has
been executed in un unconstitutional
manner , because the conmissionors not
having boon confirmed by the senate their
acts are void. The point is made that
the law itself requires that the commis
sioners shall bo confirmed before they
can not , and that as the oiliccs are now
ones nnd not vacancies , they cannot in
any cnso be filled except with the advice
nnd consent of the senate , as provided m
the constitution. This question was care
fully considered nnd widely discussed
after the passage of the act creating
the commission , the president being him
self in doubt. The postponement of the
appointments until nftor the adjourn
ment of congress was done pursuant to
an opinion of the attorney general that
they could bo constitutionally made after
adjournment.
Still there is a question involved , nnd
it is not at all unlikely that if the rail
road corporations can turn it to any ad
vantage by way of embarrassing or ob
structing the operation of the law , they
will do so. It has never been doubted
that they would improve the first oppor
tunity to test the constitutionality of the
act itself , provided they failed in their
combined effort to render the law so ob
noxious that its repeal or material modifi
cation would bo demanded by the people.
Tills they have evidently failed to do ,
and they may therefore bo expected to
have recourse to the ether attempt to
destroy this legislation. The hint of
this design is not found wholly in
the conduct of the railroad managers ,
but also in contributions that are ( iuding
their way into certain newspapers , the
inspiration of which is obvious , deprecat
ing the policy of such legislation as un
constitutional nnd inimical to our gov
ernmental system.
Looking to a conflict in the courts , to
determine the constitutionality of this
legislation , as entirely probable , the
question becomes a serious one as to how
far the people , in the light of recent ex
perience , can repose faith in the supreme
tribunal of the nation. It has declared
that congress has the sole right to regu
late intcr-stato commerce , but this docs
not give complete assurance that the
court would not find in the existing law
some Infringement by congress upon
the rights of the corporations. It is
quite as serious a niattur to deny to a
state the right to control the busi
ness of corporations within its jurisdic
tion without having its intentions or
reasons therefor inquired into and im
peached , yet the supreme court has done
this. Whatever remaining danger there
is to the intcr-stato commerce law is in
this last resort of the railroad corpora
tions. But oven should the people en
counter defeat there the victory of the
corporations would bo but temporary.
There regulation under constitutional
authority is a policy that will be firmly
adhered to and accomplished.
The Vacant Juitloeblp.
The question of a successor to Justice
Woods on the bench of the supreme
court of the United States is very generally -
ally regarded as of considerable import
ance , particularly with respect to sec
tional considerations. The dead justice
was appointed from the south , nnd it has
been generally assumed that his successor
ser would bo chosen from the circuit ho
represented. But there are a great many
aspirants , not nil of whom are within this
circuit , and it has been urged that the ap
pointment of a justice from the circuit
represented by Justice Woods is uulm-
portnnt. With this view Mr. Gcorgo
Ticknor Curtis , whoso opinion the legal
fraternity everywhere will respect , docs
not agrco. Having known the court for
more than forty years , ho states that nl !
the judges of his acquaintance regarded
it as of great consequence to have tno
court a representative body , BO far as it
could bo miulo ouo by selections from
among the bar of the circuit
to which each judge was as
signed. In the period to which ho refers ,
the assignments , although perhaps made
by statute , were regulated by the prao
tice of making the appointments from
the circuit where a vacancy had oc
curred. The presidents did not regard
any discrimination excepting such as
resulted from their party'relations. Each
president being a democrat selected tbo
bett lawyer in his circuit who was of his
own party. This system was broken in
upon during nnd after the war , so that
the court came to bo composed of judges
who were not only of the same political
party , but wore northern and western
man , with the exception of Justice Field
of California. There grew up , also , as a
kind of necessity , the practice of assign
ing judges to circulu rouoto from the
region from which they wore appointed ,
while they had no special familiarity with
the local law that they were to a large
extent to administer. .
It Is the opinion of Mr. . Curtis that
familiarity with thu local law constitutes
a very important reason for having the
court a representative body , as far as
may be practicable. It is not the consti
tutional questions or these more or less
of n political character which give this
consideration importance , but reference
is had more particularly to questions of
tiroporty , Involving , as n very largo
largo number of cases do , the local laws
of the states wherein they originate. It
lias been the fixed habit of the supreme
court to follow the decisions of the state
courts in matters of purely local Inw ;
Ltut thcro is in every state a vast body of
customary law , local usage , nntl.rcccived
interpretation of private richts thnt
linyc not been embodied in any statute
or covered by any judicial decision.
Tills is the kind of knowledge which it is
very desirable to have in at least one
member of the court
There can bo no question regarding the
plausibility of this view , but it is hardly
probable that such considerations ns nro
presented will have much weight with
the president , if they should occur or bo
presented to him. It is pretty safe to as
sume thai political quite ns much as
practical considerations will influence
the selection , but in any ovcnt popular
desire in the matter will bo satisfied if
the now justice shall bo a man who is
known to be one of the people and who
can bo depended upon to interpret the
constitution with some regard for their
rights nnd interests , There is certainly
n demand for such n man on the supreme
bench.
Enforce the Contract.
The board of public works has very
properly ref used to sanction the proposed
substitution of limestone for sandstone
in the city hall building. The plans call
for sandstone , nnd the contractor should
bo hold strictly to his contrnct. The fact
thnt the Union Pacilic has raised its
freight tolls on Colorado sandstone since
the intcr-stato law went into effect ,
should have no weight with the board of
public works. Its manifest duty is to en
force contracts. It has no right to release
contractors from their obligations. If
the contractors for the city hall basement
lose money they have only themselves to
blame. They have shown no disposition
to expedite the building , but on the
contrnry they have dilly-dallied for eight
months nnd delayed the construction be
yond the tinio within which they are
bound to carry out their contract. Had
they bought their sandstone last winter
as any prudent builder would have done ,
the city hall basement would bo com
pleted to-day and the raising of freight
tolls by the Union Pacific would have
had no bearing upon the contractor.
The foundation walls of a fire-proof pub
lic building should bo of the most dur
able material. The city cannot allow
the contractor to deviate from the plans
and specifications without incurring n
great risk , and certainly not without the
consent of the architect , where the pro
posed change would vitally affect founda
tion walls.
AStunld Blunder.
Whosoever advised ex-Marshal Cummings -
mings to attempt the resumption of his
former functions at the head of the police
has made a stupid blunder. The office of
city marshal wna abolished on the UOth of
March. From the day on which the charter -
tor wont into eflcct Thomas Cummings
was reduced to the rank of policeman ,
temporarily in charge of the police force.
By virtue of the authority vested in it
by law the police commission has ap
pointed Captain Soavoy chief of police.
When Soavey assumed-Ids position Mr.
Cummings ceased to have any connec
tion with the police force. Had ho been
a policeman ho could not resume his
place on the force except by authority of
the police commission. If Seavoy is not
the lawful chief of police , the officer next
in rank to him ia the legal chief nntil
Seavoy or some person qualified to hold
the position and appointed by the police
commission assumes the place. Thos.
Cummings has no better , right ( o act ns
chief than any other private citizen whenever
never served on the police force.
Wo say this in no unkind spirit
to Mr. Cummings , whom this , paper
supported , during two years of
most bitter nnd relentless opposition
by men who now are trying to make n
cat's paw of him. Mr. Cummings can
not afford to play into the hands of his
former enemies , even if ho had reason
able assurance that ho could sustain him
self in the effort to resume his place for a
single day.
AN insane woman permitted to land at
Baston from ono of the steamers of the
Cunard line has cost the company f 1,000 ,
that being the amount of the fine im
posed by the collector of the port. This
is n good example of the summary and
thorough way in which such violations
of our laws by foreign steamship com
panies should bo treated , nnd a few such
examples can hardly fail to provo.au
effectual deterrent of abuses recently
shown to bo on the increase. The laws
are believed to bo ample for keeping
out the insane , the paupers , and
the criminals of ether lands , -but
the trouble is with these charged with
their execution. Thcro has been a lack
of vigilance and firmness , and perhaps
even of honesty. Recent high-hapded
violations and attempts to violate the
laws having directed public attention to
the matter , it is likely that the statutes
will bo hereafter , for a time at least ,
rigidly enforced , with the result of end
ing thu abuses while this is dono. For
eign governments will find It more profit
able to keep their objectionable classes at
homo when there is a certainty of all
such being sent back if shipped to this
country , or other penalties oxactcd as tbo
circumstances shall justify.
FOR virginal modesty commend us to
the Douglas street claimant. Yesterday
that influential concern claimed that the
new management elected Broatch and
the other successful candidates on the
republican city tioKct. To-day we are
told that Burton was made chairman of
the republican committee because his
name was favorably montlouod to Its
select circle of subscribers n few days
ago. Wo ycnturo a brass button against
a bogus nioklo that no member of the
"new management" has over teen Bur
ton or over heard of him except through
Charley Groan or its Linoola correspond *
cot. _ _ _ _ _ „ .
TiiEnatnral gas celebration held at
Fiudlay , Ohio , the past two days , was
whoUy unique ia human experience.
There was BO previous record of anything -
thing like it. It was furthermore in all
respects a most interesting ovcnt. as was
attested by the great concourse of people
ple attracted to the fortunate town. The
dally output of the gas wells of the re
gion Is now stated to bo ninety million
cubic feet. The ouly dilllculty In the way
of Flndlay becoming ouo of the great
manufacturing centres is the doubt ns to
how long this great yield of cheap fuel
gas will continuu.
KUXTKCKY has developed a now Idea ,
which however is quite inline with most
other ideas for winch that commonwealth
is noted. By order of a court a young
white woman has been sold ns a vagrant
to the highest bidder for thirty days. The
lights of modern civilization burn dimly
iusomo quarters south of the Ohio river.
mOMlXLlNT PERSONS.
Colonel W. F. Cody has become a con
tributor to the London ronga/lncs.
Colonel Fred Grant Is said to bo as Inveter
ate a cigar smoker ns his father was.
Carl Schurr , who had his hip broken by a
fall on the Ice last \vlntor , Is just netting able
to limp about on crutches.
Klla Wheeler WIIcox Is so far recovered
from her severe illness thnt she can receive
ana answer her voluminous correspondence.
The Now York Tribune says that the
loncth of Kir. Ulalnn's stay abroad Is still un
determined. It may bo six months and It
may be n year.
Senator Kenna of West Virginia Is an
other man who went Into the confederate
service and came out a private , lie enlisted
when a mere boy.
The death of William A. Wheeler leaves
Ilannlbal Jlnmlin tlio only living ex-vice-
president of the United States. Ho will bo
78 years old In August ,
Colonel Mosby's daughter Is writing up tlie
"Adventures of a Boy Soldier , " the material
ror which she procured from a member of
her father's command who enlisted when
only 13 ycais of age.
Donald G. Mitchell , pleasantly known to
many thousand American renders as "llco
Maivel"has wholly given over literary work ,
and Is spending his quiet evening of life on
a farm near Now ilnvcn , Conn. Ho is sixty-
five years old.T
Minister 1'hclps lias-Issued n proclamation
to iho effect that hereafter ho will permit no
American to l > o presented to the queen ex
cept these who represent "tho best American
families. " If there should bo an interna
tional exhibition of snobs and catls , profes
sionals like Philips will have to bo tmried outer
or the first prize will be captured by the ex
hibit from Vermont.
Ho Gets ns Little as Ho Wants.
Life.
Man wants but little hero below , and he
generally gets It
Probably.
JVowfdntcc Jimriinf.
An English canon IB accused of plagiariz
ing one of the Itcv. Dr. Tnlmages's Mjirnons.
The defense will probably bo Insanity.
Abusing Governor Thnycr.
Several Omaha papers are lately Indulging
In uncalled for and'indeccnt attacks on Gov
ernor Thaycr. When papers , ns In this case ,
abuse a man because they cannot use him tor
purposes of their own , they suffer moio than
their intended victim.
Not a Jlipportrome.
Kansnt City Journal.
Thn Hon. Buck Taylor , n rider In Mr.
Cody's Wild West show , suffered a com
pound fracture of thu thlch the other day by
being thrown from a bucking broncho. This
should convince doubting Englishmen that
Buffalo Bill's hippodrome is not a hippo
drome.
A Candid Humorist.
Globe-Dem- .
"Bill Arp , " the Georgia humorist , has
found it necessary to explain to his southern
admirers that In saying some pleasant things
recently in New York about the results of
the war , ho did not intend to renounce any
ot his confederate views and feelings. lie
still believes , he declares , that slavery was
right and the rebellion justifiable , but that
the south has reason at the same time to con
gratulate herself upon the fact that she now
gets the labor of the negroes about as cheap
ns she did before the war , while their eman
cipation has given her Increased voice In
congress and the electoral college. For a
professional humorist , Mr. "Arp" has a sin
gularly candid nod concise way ot stating
serious facts with regard to tbo southern s't-
uatlon.
Xbe Upright AC an.
Ccimpdm.
The man of life upright.
Whoso culltlcss heart Is free
From all dishonest deeds ,
Or thought of vanity ;
The man whoso silent days
In harmless joys am spent ,
Whom hopes cannot delude
Nor sorrow discontent :
That man needs neither towers
Nor armour for defence ,
Nor secret faults to fly
From thunder's violence ;
lie only can behold
With unaffrlghtert eyes ,
TUP horrors ot the deep
And terrors ot the skies.
Thus scorning all the cares
That tate or fortune brings ,
He makes the heaven his book ,
Ills wisdom heavenly things ;
Good thoughts his only friends ,
Ills wealth a well-spent age ,
Thu earth Ills sober Inn
And quiet pilgrimage.
STATE AND TEKIUTORY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Fremont will invest $0,000 in a new
school building.
Ueal estate transactions in Lincoln
during May amounted to $1,110,000.
Wahoo has made a contribution of two
burglars to the population of Hycrsvlllo.
Railroad mileage in the state reaches
8,030 , with 1,000 miles to be added this
year.
The Hastings Evening Democrat pro
poses to abandon its Saturday afternoon
edition and utter a swell front on Sunday
morning. ' '
Tbo Gorman natipnal bank , capital
$30,000 , has boon organized in Grand Is
land. The bank \YH | bo ready for busi
ness on the 1st , i it
The unsolved question in Kearney is
how to get the watordnto the canal and
keep the sand out. They will probably
shutc a section of theiPlatto.
Traveling men aro'booked for a picnic
on the Blue at Beatrice next Saturday.
A band , a custard pie and a poker pot
are among the pleasurable ingredients.
Harrr Mutton , a fonrtcon-ycartold Ne
braska City boy.was drowned while bath
ing Tuesday , The shotgun will probably
retire from the field until the bathing
season is over.
The prospects now are that Omaha
and Nebraska City will shako over the
Missouri Pacific by the 1st of July. The
early death of the ferry would not pro
duce much heartache.
Columbus will vote to-morrow on the
proposition to jrrant a franchise to a
street railway company. If the voters
agrea to it the company will have one
nillo of road m operation by tteptcm-
ber 1 ,
The school census of Johnson county
'for ' 1887 shows a total of 2,033 boys , and
1,838 Kirlf , making a grand total of 3,031.
The census of 1830 showed a total of
4,101 , by which the county is given 180
less children now than ono year ago.
Norfolk will discuss in public meeting
next Wednesday the subject of water
works. The town officials look favor
ably upon the proposition of the Strang
company of Omaha to put in a plant fern
n twenty-live year franchise , the city to
pay for at least fifty hydrants at ? GO each
pur year.
Prohibition receives a staggering blow
in Ucatrlco by the announcement of the
Free hauoo that the liluo river possesses
strong emetic qualities , such as the filth
of outhouses , the life of dnad beasts and
the otlal from cheese factories nnd
slaughter houses. The beautiful Hhic
promises to inaugttrato a lively rush ( or
foaming bcakurs.
The Lincoln Democrat lashes the
brethren m Omaha in the following
forcible and truthful style : "When the
saloons of Omaha nro iu danger every
cussed democrat in the city goes to
the poll * and works till the sweat rolls
down elY him in streams big enough to
irrigate a crop. IHit when the control of
the public schools is the stake a pitiful
thousand of thorn creep haltingly to the
ballot boxes. Thcro are some things
about democrats that uiako us tired , and
this is one of thorn. "
Iowa Items.
A runaway team at Davenport dashed
into a groun of little girls severely in
juring two of them , and had it not been
for the presence of mind of an ofllcor
several would have been killed.
The cut-worm which is playing havoc
with the corn crop in southeastern Iowa
Is not the old itylo worm. It is a long ,
slim , web-spinning worm , a sort of a
dude among its kind , that is to blame for
all the trouble.
A Burlington young man , desirous of
fume , cut Ins name on a bench in n pub
lic park. It resulted in having his n\mo :
enrolled in good durable ink on the court
docket , and just opposite was sot down
$ U.D5 , which tho. young man paid.
Four Daycnport young men spent n
night at the Donahue housn , said to bo
inhabited by spooks. The nearest approach
preach to a ghost that they wcro able to
lind was an able-bodied skunk with won
derful eloquence in every movement.
The Burlington prophet sends a chill
through the spinal column of the coun
try by announcing : "There is a bare pos
sibility of frosts about September 4 , but
not probable , : nd destructive frosts arc
not expected before October 2 , even in
northern localities. This will give crops
time to mature well and corn sown now
broadcast for fodder will not only make
a large crop , but have ample time to ma
ture. These are hints that farmers will
do well to heed. "
Dakota.
The taxable valuation of Millcr.county
seat of iland county , is $150,000.
The editors of the territory propose to
have an excursion this year in spite of
the inter-stato law.
Brulu county homesteaders have been
proving up by scores this spring , a largo
number of the settlers having located in
that county live years ago.
A man named Adam Marshall , ei ht
miles northeast of Mitchell , ran a knife
into his thigh while at work the other
day , and bled to death before aid could
arrive.
The Sioux Falls electric plant has been
purchased by the Cascade Milling com
pany , who will arrange to furnish elec
tricity by means of water power , it hav
ing been demonstrated that the arc lights
cannot bo furnished by steam power
with any profit.
Wyoming.
The festive and frisky jack rabbit
promises to bccouio a serious pest to ag
riculturists 011 the Laramie plains.
Charles Fisher , manacor of the North
Crow Land & Cattle Company , has been
Indicted for illegally fencing government
laud.
A pair of horso. thieves with a largo
drove of stolen animals narrowly es
caped connection with a Cheyenne mob
a few days ago. A shower of load and
an animated chase sent them into the
country minus the herd.
The last obstacle mtho way of tbo Bur
lington reaching Cheyenne has been re
moved by the courts. The Hereford as
sociation , through whoso ranch the road
will run , vigorously and vainly protested
against it. The work of grading the first
section out of the city can now bo pro
ceeded with.
The Rowdy West declares that Wyom
ing "can beat the world on wild flowers-
Larkspurs , sundials , enap dragons , Call ,
fornia poppies , tlowering currants , roses ,
daisies , bluebells and many other plants
which are cultivated with care in eastern
ilowor gardens grow wild hero in profu
sion , and down around Laramie Peak
many kinds of small fruit grow in abund
ance. "
hOAFERS ON THE SQUARE.
What a Resident In the Neighborhood
Has to Bay.
That Jefl'erson square In Its present
neglected condition is a curse to the
neighborhood and a disgrace to the city ,
will bo readily admitted by these living
near it. The following note from a vic
tim explains the situation :
"Tho residents in the vicinity of Joflbr-
son Square have appealed time and again
to the city authorities to take some steps
to enforce decency and suppress nuis
ances in this plague spot , but we have ap
pealed in vain. Wo .are the victims of
the bums of the town. Men loaded with
liquor come here to rest their burdcnsand
questionable women prowl around under
the trees after dark. The men lay
around on the grass with their shoes oil'
and their clothing hanging loosely about
their bodies. Tbo women I will not de
scribe. These scenes can be witnessed
at almost any hour , day or night. The
thugs , pickpockets and drunkards of the
town resort here and are rarely
disturbed by the police. They
divide the ground with ball players , and
between both , respectable people are de
nied the benefits which this "breathing
spot" was expected to lavish upon the
people. The square is now only a block
from the police liuadquartors. A police
man should bo stationed their regularly ,
or let it bo condemned as a nuisance and
diverted to some useful purpose. "
Educational Structures.
A now wing Is now being added to the
boarding school of the Academy of thn
Sacred Heart , which will have the same
height as the rest of the structure. The
success of this institution is such that
more accommodation has been required ,
hence the addition. '
The same sisters who conduct this in
stitution have now in course of erection
a brink school near the intersection of
Twenty-sixth nnd Lcavonworth streets ,
which will be furnished in a couple of
months. This will be used exclusively as
a day school. _
A Pioneer.
Arthur McCrury , an old resident of
Nebraska , is visiting his friend , P. Des
mond. Mr. McCrury cnmo to Omaha in
1805 , living hereabouts until a couple of
ago , when ho removed to Kansas ,
e was caught out in a storm some years
ago near North Platte and had both
limbs so badly frozen that amputation
was nccossarv.
A Crashed Hlcull.
Yesterday morning a laborer named
Chris Jenson. residing on Fifth and Pacific
streets , turned the hosoon a fellow work
man namfed Dick. The latter struck him
with a brick behind the left car injuring
him badly , . Ho has not been arreitca.
Jensen is at the Child's hospital.
ARMY MATTKRS.
The Rlllo Range nt Rcllcvnc nnd
Coming Competitions.
Harrison , the mnn who bought a lot so
near the rifle range at liullcvuo , called
at thu army headquarters yesterday morn *
ing ngalu , and gave notification that he
proposed to insist upon the shooting on
the range being carried on so ns not to In
terfere with his piece of property. Ho sta
ted that ho had already secured a lawyer
to look nftor his interests. Later in
formation , however , rovuals thu fact that
the matter Is In a fair way of settlement
without having recourse to llio courts.
The army unquestionably 1ms lease to the
grounds , and if the intent of thu owner
of the ground had not been unintention
ally destroyed , tins interference would
not have taken place. It is particularly
annoying , now that the prospects of the
year are for ono of the moat brilliant
series of sharpshootlug ever held in the
west
THK CONTESTS.
The time has been designated , in or
ders received at the aimy headquarters
yesterday , for the holding of the dlflcrent
rlllo competitions. The first of these
will be the department contest , in which
marksmen from thus department will
take place , and which must bo closed by
August 25. This will bo followed by the
division competition , commencing on
the Uth and ending on the Uth of Septem
ber. This will bo followed by the com
petition among the distinguished marks
men of the dtlibrent posts , which will
commence on the lllth of September. In
this the department of the cast will bo
represented by two men , Dakota by one
man , Platte by three mnn , Texas two ,
Columbia two , and California and Ari
zona by one man cacti.
BUILDERS AM ) TRADERS.
Permanent Organization Effected
Yesterday Afternoon.
At 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon a
special meeting was hold of the builders
and traders of the city tor the purpose
of perfecting a permanent organl/ation.
A meeting was first called for Saturday
lust , but adjournment was taken until
to secure a larger attendance. About
eighty ot the leading architects , build
ers and contractors mot pursuant to ad
journment Wednesday in the rooms of
the real estate exchange , corner of Tenth
and Farnnm streets. Gyorgo L. Fisher was
elected permanent president , Kdward
lirounan , vice president , nnd P. 1 ! .
Woodlief , secretary. Tlio election of a
treasurer Qwas postponed until another
meeting , to bo held this evening.
Already the main room of
the exchange has boon divided
oft'and spaces arranged for an
exhibition of builders' materials. There
can bo scon overj thing which goes into a
structure , from cellar to gable , and a
person can select from the exhibit just
such material as may bo desired. Such
institutions in ether cities have been
found of great benefit and a great deal of
interest is being manifested hero in the
enterprise.
WOULDN'T BE DOCKED.
The l'axton Dell Roys Olijcnt to Ilav-
Ine Their Wages Withheld.
Wednesday the management of the Paxton -
ton hotel had trouble with the bell boys.
The boys' account , as related by Johnny
Cooper , n bright lad , whoso father is
janitor of the exposition building , is that
a week or so ago a satchel was lost.
Wednesday the proprietor of the hotel
told the boys that as the responsibility
rested with ono of their number ho would
deduct $2 from their wages. Five of the
bovs objected and quit , being told that
they could not got their money until the
25th and thai $2 would bo hold to cover
the loss of the satchel. The managers
of the hotel yesterday morning stated that
only four of the bell boys demurred
and that ono of the four
still remained at work. It
was not n strike , as when the boys ob
jected to being held responsible for the
satchel they were told their services were
no longer noodcd. The hotel people said
that in five minutes the places of the dis
gruntled lada wore filled. The satchel
was lost by some one of the number and
it was only right , the hotel claimed , that
the boys should bo hejd responsible. The
hotel was in no way inconvenienced by
the boys' action.
MORTUARY MATTERS.
Some of These Who Have Passed Out
of Life.
Yesterday morning the funeral of Miss
Florence Overall , took place from the
residence of her parents , 2210 Chicago
street. It was largely attended by friends
of both the deceased and her parents.
Her brother , Norman , from Kansas City ,
was hero though her two sisters from
the same place wcro unable to attend ,
ono of them being quito.sick.
UOOIWIN.
The remains of Mr. Goodwin , the sui
cide , were taken to Canada last night.
WJI. PUKSTON.
Yesterday morning , this gentleman who
formany years was foreman of the Repub
lican bindery , died at the corner of Sev
enteenth and Clark. Ho was ono of the
best tradesmen in this part of the country
and his death will bo mourned by many
friends.
The Judges and Clerks.
Judges and clerks appointed Juno 7 ,
1887 , to act at a special election to bo held
Monday , June 13,1887 , , for the purpose of
voting on the Metropolitan Cable Hall
way franchise :
KIltST WAltD.
First District Judges , Charles Hanloy ,
C. P. Birkott , M. Ford. Clerks , P. E.
Devitto , A. Sholl.
Second District Judges , William Doll ,
B.C. Cooper , A. Vinoy. Clciks , L. H !
Webster , E. K. Long.
Third District Judges , Henry Ehron-
pfort , O. P. Goodman , W. A. Kolloy.
Clerks , John Mathicson , Henry Van-
duscn.
SECOND WAKD.
First District Judtros , ThomiiH Duffy ,
John liovd , Julius Kiidowsky. Clerks ,
K. W. Uartos. Julius Nagl.
Second District Judges , Frank
Ducloy , James Flnnery , Fred Snoll ,
Clerks , J. M. Arnurtt , Kruil Augustadt.
TIIIHI ) WAK1 > .
First District Judges , Frank Solan.M.
Haurcghon , John Caulflold. ClerksIlur-
burt Roach , Tlios. Hogan.
Second District Isaao Kuebon , Christ
Willie.
KOUUTH WAJID.
Urst District Judges , Lewi ; Ilrash ,
Eugene Keyes , A , P. Nicholas. Clerks ,
( Jeorge Lake , WLltchorn.
Second District-Judges , ! ) . Kcnniston ,
J. G , Carpenter , Frank K. Moorcs.
Clurku , Clia ; > . Dunham , E. L. Emery.
FI1TH WAltl ) .
First District-Judges. 11. 11. White-
house , David Scott , John Wallace.
Clerks , ( ioorce Staring , Jauiea Klnnoy.
Second District Judges , Clias. L.
Wilkins. Ed. A. Taylor , D. F. Urown.
Clerks , u , F. Hodman , John McDcrmott.
HIXTII WAItU.
First District Judges , Louis Kara 01 on
W. P. Morrow , John Pago. Clerks O.
C. Ludlow , James Smith.
Second District Judges , Joe Howols ,
John McArdlc , William Hann.
SEVENTH WAItU.
First District Judges. A Pratt , George
L. Dennis , Manning. Clerks , li. F. Bur
ton , Jones.
Second District Judges , J. I ) . Hunscl ,
Christ Daniels. P. J. Quualoy. Clerks ,
Jell Mcgenth , rrank Crawford.
EK1IITII AVAUD.
First Distrlot-r-Judges , Thomas F.
McNamcc , li. F. Rodgers , Dennis Scrog-
gins. Clerks , F. K. Parker , J. J. Mo
I.rin.
Sccoinl District Judges , S. H. Lake ,
Otto Weisman , James 11. DavK Clerks ,
T. D. Drown , J. J. Casey.
NINTH M'AIID.
First District Judges. C. J. Johnson ,
11. Martin , It. Stein. Clerk ? , F. J. Me-
Shauu , I rank liubcn.
Second District Judges. C. J. Hyan ,
Charles Hammond , C. L. Krlckson.
Clorkj , Charles Unit , C. C. Field ,
Youth * In Debate.
Last night , a sprightly debate passed
oil'pleasantly at Ciclghton college , To
close thu season , Messrs. H. Town and J.
O'Gorman , challenged any two others of
their schoolmates to debate tlio question ,
"Should thu government own and con
trol the railroads ? " The challenge was
accepted by J. H. 1'uruy and P. Hurko ,
and thu debate took place In the rooms of
the Daniel Wubstcr society. Kugono
Noon road ancasay on "Socialism. " The
debate was won by the clear argumenta
tion of the negative. It is reported that
a gold medal will bo presented to the
bust debater of thin society on the com
mencement day of the college. The St.
Leo branch of C. K. of A. has offered the
medal through Messrs. J. A. Linahan
and Joseph E , Hoach ,
AYhr-ro to Kind the Ronrd.
The olllco of the board of public works
has been moved from its old place in
Crolghton block to room 21 , the ono im
mediately south. It will bo open from D
until G o'clock , and the chairman
of the board will bo present from 11
to 12 and from 4 to 5 o'clock.
During the other hours of the day Mr. U.
11. lialcombo will act as cleric to the chair
man and bo ready to impart tiny informa
tion which may bo required of the busi
ness of the ollico.
The old ollleo of the board is now oc
cupied by Mr. House who has retired to
private life.
The Eleventh Street Viaduct.
It was thought that this structure would
bo ready for vehicles in the latter part of
February , but It is still closed to riding
and freighting community. The latest
delay has boon occasioned by the delay
in the arrival of an iron rail to separate
the driveway from the foot walk. This ,
however , has now arrived , and is bnlng
put into place as rapidly as possible. It
is expected that the work will bo finished
by the end of the week , and the viaduct
will probably bo opened on Sunday.
Police Court.
Before the police judge yesterday there
wcro four drunks , two paying $5 and
costs and two being discharged. Two
suspicious characters were discharged ,
as were also seven vagrants. The case
against Constable Edgorton , accused of
embezzling money from J. Murphy , was
dismissod. The case of Charles Suhorn-
berg , charged with sodomy , was contin
ued until 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Notify the Hnnltary Authorities.
Porsous In the vicinity of the corner of
Tenth and Harncy make loud complaint
against the condition of tlio site of the
old Green Tree house. The frame build
ings have been removed , and four or five
sink holes have boon left exposed. The
odors therefrom are frightful and prejudicial -
judicial to the health of the neighbor
hood.
Atichmocdy'ti Loans.
Mr. Auohmoody , of County Clerk
Needham's oflloo , is getting tired of
trusting real estate dealers who do not
have money with them to pay for record
ing their transfers. Ho has now no less
than $000 owing him because of his ac
commodation , nnd for all of this ho is
personally responsible.
THE STAIR OF lETHLEHEM.
Prof. Pickering , of Harvard , Throw *
Doubts on Its Reappearance ,
Boston Herald : "No , I haven't soon
tno star of Buthlohom , " said Prof. Pick
ering , of the Harvard college obsorva-
unknown to mo , had discovered
presence in the heavens , but I could not
hoc it. I looked for it with the naked
eye. It isn't there , and the chances of
its appearance are very uncertain , In
deed. Astronomers are doubtful about
it. Many of thorn do not believe it will
como at oil. I have rocclvcd no ofllclul
information from any quarter that thu
reappearance of the star had been noted
by responsible astronomers. Should it
make its reappearance , it would bo an
important astronomical phenomenon ,
and would bo observed with great
poicntitic interest all over the world.
Its value to astronomical study can
hardly bo determined except upon
its reappearance. Undoubtedly it
would be of ureat value and scientists
would probably bo enabled to ascertain
its cause. Should it appear it would bo
made a special study at the Harvard uni
versity observatory. Astronomers have
but Httlo authentic information about the
so-called star of .Bethlehem. The only
reliable data are these secured by Tyuho
Crahn , the celebrated Danish astronomer ,
in 1673 , who discovered a very bright
star in Cassiopeia , which was so brilliant
that it could be seen with the naked eye
in the daytime. About 1200 there was a
similar stats and there was probably ono
about 000 , but there is no certainty that
thny wcro the same. From this uroso thu
idea that thcro is a star of Bethlehem
which appears every 315 years or so. As
to thu belief that great misfortunes will
occur upon the earth as a result of the
reappearance of the star , that is sheer
nonsense. But Just another word : There
Is no historical evidence whatever
that the star of Bethlehem is the star
which Is said to have appeared upon the
birth of Christ. Thn bible speaks of It
as thu 'star of the cast. ' Thin could not
have been the star of Bethlehem , as
that did no ) appear m rlio cast , but In the
north. "
The Champion Roitlo-Cnrrlor.
St. Jamo's Gazette : An extraordinary
scene wits witnessed last evening in the
Kcnnington road. It appeared that u
man named George Hood , who was do-
Hcribod as the champion go as-you please
bottle-carrier , had undertaken for a
wugur to run and walk from the Spread
Eagle , Epsom , to llio Sir Sydney Smith ,
Chester street , Konnington road ( a dis
tance of nearly sixteen miles ) , with a
two-gallon stone bottle on Inn head , nock
downward , within two hours and thrcu-
quurters. Punctually at 4 o'clock Hood
Blurted on his journuy , being followed by
hundreds of persons and numerous vehi
cles. The performance had been well ad-
vcrtiicd , and a long time before the arri
val of the pedestrian at the Sir Sydney
Smith hundreds of persons begun to a >
semble In the Konnington road , and
shortly before the appointed time the
crowd had become so great that for half
a mile the pathways and road were
crowded and it wait with great difllcully
that the trum-car and other trafliu was
was carried on. About twenty minutes
to 7 o'clock a shout was raUod , and Hood
with hU bottle was seen In the distance.
Shortly afterward ho arrived at the Sir
Sydney Smith , four minuU'S under the
appointed time , nmldst the greatest x.
cltetnant and shouting of the pcopla.
During winter the blood gets thick and
sluL'L'iKh , now U the time to purify it , to
build up pour Byeteiii ami lit yourself for
hard work , by using Dr. J. 11. McLean H
StrenijthcuinBCordial and Bloodrun ; ,
h'cr. . '