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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY. JUNE 13. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TETIM8 Or SODSCnlPTIOX ! Dnlly ( Mocnlaif Edition ) Including Bundn- Hrr , Ono Veer 810 W ForBlxMonttH , 500 For Threo.Months , 2M The Omatia B mlixjr HUE , nulled to any luldrosa , Ono Year. . . 800 OifAitA orncn , ro. PII AMU 9ifl PAHVAM B-rngEr. Nriv Voim orpine , Uon flS , TiumrvK IH-ti.mvci. WA5UINUTUX OrrlCE , NU. iUFuUIITCE.ITaBTUXCT. cnnncsroMDiKOct All communications rclntlnu to news nnJ edi torial mnttor should bo nd'lroMod to the Ebl- TOU or THI : UEE. All buelnCM tottora nndremlttnncosibould be addressed lo Tnr. UEE I'uiiLisniNn COUI-ANV , OMAHA , nnifts. checks nnd poitnfflcu orders to bo made payable to the orU r of the companj- , IHE BEE PUBLISHInTlHPJiiy , PROPRIETORS , E. ROSEWATEn. EniTort. Till : DAILY BEK. Sworn Statement of Circulation. BUto of Nebraska , I . . County of Doui la . [ B < B < Geo. B. TzschucK , secretary of The nee Publishing company , does solemnly swear tlmt the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Juno 10 , 1887 , was as follows : Saturday. June 4 14.20 % Sunday. Juno B 14,200 Monday. June C 14oa- , Tuesday , Juno 7 Hi.Ds'i Wednesday , Juno 8 14,000 Thursday , Junu 0 11,050 Friday , Juno 10 .14,000 Avcratro 14.101 DEO. 11. T7.SCIIUOK. Subscribed nnd sworn lo before me this llth day of Juno , ! Sb7. N. 1' . FRIT- [ SEAL. ] Notary Public. Oeo. li. T/schuck , being llrbt duly sworn , ( | C ] > OSPS and says that ho Is secretary of The Lt-o Publlnhlni ; company , that the nctttal average dally circulation of the Dally line for the month of for June. l A I2.i 3 copies ; lor July , 1SSO , 12,314 copies ; for August , IbSfl , 12.-4W copies ; for Septem ber , IttSO , 1HU30 conies ; for October , IK O , 12.DS9 copies ; for November. lb ! , Wl.M copies ; for December , l yo. 13,237 copies ; for January , 1867 , 10,200 copies ; for Februarv. 1887 , 14,108 copies ; for AInrch. 1SS7 , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1837,14,310 copies ; for May , 18S7 , 14,227 copies. Oio. : 11. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 4th day of Juno A. 1) . , 1887. ISEAL.I N. P. FEIL , Notary Public. Too many vagrants or loafers infest the postoflico building. Our metropoli tan pollen should require them to "move on. " THE fact that a colored cadet has car ried oflfhigh honors as second on the list of this year's graduating class at the West Point military academy is posi tively shocking to the nerves of Amcr ican chivalry. RAIN or shine there will be anothoi picnic next Tuesday night at Ilascal's park better known as the council chain bor. The municipal orchestra of whicli Councilman Hasca ! is leader will plaj lively airs for the entertainment of the audience. Admission free. MAYOK BHOATCH is to be commended for calling special attention of the board of public works to the wretched condition of our sidewalks and the necessity of en forcing the ordinance which requires sidewalks adjacent to paved streets to beef of substantial material , cither brick stone or concrete. Tire Americans Henry P. Clifford , of Now York , and J. A. Verges , ot San Francisco have within a short time secured - cured from the government of Mexico the largest land grants over made in that republic. It covers an area 358 miles long by 130 miles wide , nnd the consider- tion is the thorough survey of the coun try and the development of the known mines it contains within two years. Tin parties to the grant will enter upon th < required work , which will involve a vasl outlay , at once. A NEW expedient for getting around the prohibitory law has been developed in Maine. Tim national government pro tects from prosecution under any stati prohibitory law persons importinf liquors from foreign countries and sollinf them in the original unbroken packages A liquor dealer at Augusta went tc Liverpool in March last and recently returned with a full stock of liquors Having passed them through the custon house ho had them conspicuously con voyed to his place of business , when they are now temporarily displayed , tc the dismay of the prohibitionists and tin admiration of their opponents. Th < shrewd dealer is not charging a fancj price for his goods , and is of course hav ing a thriving business , proudly con sciour of his security under the tcgis o the national statute. The case is inter csting as u wholly new departure tha may bo widely adopted. IT is stated from Washington that thi inpromo court came to a final conclusior upon the telephone case before its adJournment Journmont , and that a majority of th < court will concur in the opinion that th sssontial claim upon which the Boll patent ont is founded is invalid. This is tin fifth claim in Boll's specification , cover Ing the transmission of sound by an uu dulating current of electricity. The po litlon of the court is said to bo that tin principle which this undertakes to cove Is really u principle of nauiro and no subject to a patent. A great deal of el lort has been made to ascertain the dec ! lion reached by the court , if ono wa reached , and it may bo the above i purely conjecture. If it should prove t bo fact , however , it would bo hailed a ono of the most important and popular ! ; valuable decisions ever emanating fron the supreme court. THE controversy regarding the clain of a Kentucky astronomer to have dis covered the slur of Bethlehem is still on Professor Proctor , the English nstronc incr , whoso present homo is St. Louis and who is rather fond of keeping him * elf before the public through the news papers , ridiculed the claim of the Ken tuckiau. But the latter was not to bo pu down in this way , nnd he conies back a Proctor in a way that shows ho know the use of a pen as well as a telescope Ho insists that the star ho discovered i P Ih- the same that guided the who man of th east to the manger , aud ho boldly aOlrm his belief that the English astronomer 1 an old fogy , who might got n good dea more light and wisdom than he not possesses if ho would apply more niodor method * to his science among them th Kentucky professor's appliances of ; smoked glass and a mirror. The issu can bode only a passing interest for th uninitiated , but it would be rather aratl tying if the somewhat pretentious Proc K > r got the worst of it. Ilio Pacific Itallroad Land Grants , According to the statement just pub lished by the general land ofilco regard ing the lands granted , selected and pat ented by the Pacific railroads these corpo rations still have many millions of acres to their credit. Thus , of the moro than eleven million acres granted to the Union Pacific , that company has still in excess of eight millions to bo selected. Of its selection thus far of a fraction over three million acres it lias patented 2,010- 178 acres. The Kansas Pacific grant was 0,000,000 acres , and of this there are over four million acres remaining to be se lected. This road has only patented about half the amount it 1ms thus far se lected. The other roads have selected and patented about all the available lands in their grants. The significance of those figures will not bo apparent to everybody , but it can readily bo made so by the simple statement that the failure of the corporations to take tip and patent the lands granted them , has not only re tarded the settlement of vast areas of which they are a part , but during all those years the corporations have es caped the taxation they would have been subjected to had the intent of the grants been complied with. It was never de signed that those roads should have their own time in which to select aud patent lands , and Ilio collusion or whatever clso that has permitted them for fifteen years to have their own way in this mat ter , making their selections and patent ing tliiitn in whole or in part as their con venience suggested , has been wholly at variance with and m violation of the spirit and purpose of the acts making the grants. There is a great deal of history con nected with this business , which , if brought into n small compass , would be exceedingly interesting. It would show the way in which thcso corporations unquestionably by the most unscrupulous means , have denominated and manipu lated both congress and the national land olllce. Not only were millions of acres which rightfully had reverted to the public domain within live years after the Pacific roads had boon completed' held in reserve for these land grant mo nopolies , but some of the roads , notably the Burlington , was allowed to select and appropriate immense tracts tp which they wcro not entitled by their charters. There is gratifying promise , however , that the end of the land grabbing era is at hand , The purpose shown to bring all these land-grant corporations to book and compel them to receive what belongs to them , so that all the rest may be re leased to the pcoplo , will undoubtedly bo carried out. It should bo practicable before - fore the close of the present year for the government to add twenty or thirty mill ion acres to the public domain. The Indian Severally Law. The law for allotting lands to the In dlans in severally , passed near the close of the last congress , will como into force on the 1st of July next. The law was the outcome of efforts running through twc or three congresses , nnd its purpose is tc place I ho Indians , except the five civilixci tribes in the Indian territory , upon farm ; of reasonable size , securing those farms to them in fee simple in such n way tha the owners will be unable to alicnati them until after twenty-five years , the surplus lands to bo opened to white set tiers for the pecuniary benefit of the In dians. Every Indian who' takes a f arn as provided for in this law is tobi made a citizen of the United States There are now upon the reservation ! about 260,000 Indians , occupying 135,000,000 acres of land , vcrj littio of which they use for their benefit To give every ono of them a farm of IOC acres would take only 01,600,000 acres eland land , leaving 83,400,000 acres to furnisl homes for more than half a million o : white settlers. The operation of the law will breaJ up all the tribal relations of the Indians thus destroying the anomalous condition of affairs which has compelled the gov crnment to deal by treaty with its owr subjects as with a foreign nation ; it will also provide for the support of the In dlans until , they are self-supporting with out expense to the government , ' thi means for this purpose coming from th < sale of surplus lands , aud it will maki the Indians amenable to thn laws of tin country like every other inhabitant The application of the law mus bo preceded by a presidcutia proclamation , and it is under stood to bo the Intention of the depart rnont to first put it in forcoon the smalloi reservations. The process will bo t < survey the land and to allot 160 acres to every individua Indian who applies for it. Twc years .must elapse before the government mont can onforoo the law upon any whc do not consent. It has boon understood that the plat was approved by a majority of tin Indians who will bo affected by it , bu there has recently been developed i good deal of opposition tlmt may becomi general , and result in seriously obstruct ing the operation of the law , if it shal not practically nullify it. The bill wa opposed while under consideration by thi Kokos and the Wichita * , who sen representatives to Washington to protes against the measure , and since it bccaim a law the opposition has been growing The action of the Indian council in scs slon last week at Enfaula , I. T. , whlcl embraced representatives of eightcoi tribes , shown very forcibly that there ii n deep-seated hostility lo the land-in severally plan , and that its onforcomon will be accomplished with some trouble The Indians are reported to bo workei UP to a pitch over Ihis question thai the ] have never before experienced. The ; have been led to regard the law ns con templating a grave injustice and an in jury that will ultimately destroy them In this fooling they have appealed to tin president to delay action under the law It is the opinion of the Indian commissioner sionor that outside influences are responsible sponsiblo for the opposition to the law but iUs not at all evident that this is seAt At alf events the opposition is apparcutl ; very earnest , and unless the Indians cai bo clearly shown that their present atti tude is a mistaken one thu enforccraeu of the law U going to bo n slow ant troublesome proceeding. A FEW enterprising Omaha lane owners are creeling houses for rental and they have no difficulty in findlnj tenants before the structures are read ; to be occupied , Indeed , in some case leases bare been made before the founds lions were laid. There ought'to be mon enterprise shown in this matter , how ever , as the demand is very pressing and becoming every day moro so. There is immediate and liberal profits for such Investments. Money put into small houses In almost any locality within a reasonable distance from the business center will pay from 10 to 15 per cent , above the cost of taxes and insurance. And while the land is thus made n source of income its growth In value is not in- lerforcd with. Of course those pcoplo who are simply speculating in real es tate will not bo Influenced by this consldj oration. It is addressed to those who are putting money into property us nn in- vcslmnnl. There is a demand now for nl leasl five hundred small residences in Omaha , and perhaps double that num ber would find occupants. REKEUUINO to the government statis tics of emigration rccenlly issued , the Philadelphia Jiccord remarks that this wilKlo much to dispel the false notions so industriously propogated in regard lethe the new comers from Europe. "So far from consisting of the dregs of Eu ropean populations , the very largo pro portion of them are strong and healthy workers , and belong to the same ele ments that have done so much to promote the wealth and prosperity of this coun try. Without this immigration the soil in more than one prosperous slate of the far west would bo unturned by the plow lo Ihis day. " There is a great deal of senseless opposition being manifested just now , by n certain class of newspa pers , to immigration , partly duo to ignor ance of such facts as supply the lext of our contemporary's comment , and in part to a false and pernicious sentiment of na tionality , which is neither truly patriotic nor truly American. THE conspiracy bill passed by the Illi nois legislature , and now m the hands of the governor , is a moro extreme measure of the kind than exists among the stat utes of any other state , or perhaps of any other country , except possibly Russia. If conspiracy can thrive under this law then its prevention may bo regarded as impossible. But to so fine a point does the law go in defining what shall bo re garded in word or act as conbtlluling conspiracy , that the danger of its becom ing an instrument of injury to innocent people is very great. It was framed in re sponse to a public feeling which for some time past has been controlled by ex aggerated fear , and it may well bo ques tioned whether it is the sort of legislation that can be commended in a free country. THE local real estalo markel is not so active at present as it has been , but this is only in sympathy with the general lull in business to bo expected at this season , nnd has no other significance. This nt lion may bo maintained for several weeks , perhaps through the summer monthsbut , it cannot last long. There are the best of reasons for believing that next fall will bo ono of Iho most active periods in real estate transactions Omaha has ever known , anfl the more sagacious property holders regard the future with the utmost confidence. The present and next years are ccrlain lo exceed the best record of any previous similar period in the growth of Omaha's population and business. WITH three juries administering jus tice in our district court , as is the case nowadays , liliganls who have despaired heretofore of bringing their issues to trial will have little trouble in that direc tion hereafter. STATE AND TI2RIUTORY. Nebraska Jottings. Columbus has a Mexican war veteran. Croighton is a thorough prohibition town. The Weeping Wnler hog thieves have been jugged. Fremont's boom is confined to the auction block. Valley county is worth for tax pur poses $1,117,321. Whisky rescued a Dunbar boy from rattlesnake death. The assessed valuation of Wayne county is $1,637,804. Fremont will vote on the question of streel car franchise on the 18th. The grade of the Elkhorn Valley road is completed through Butler county. It is quietly rumored that Fremont is to have a packing house and stock yards. The ten cent circus evil vies with the nichol plated fakir in doing up the coun try. try.Tho showers of last week wore worth millions. The earth opened and took 'cm in. The school board of Nebraska City expects to hump along the coming year on $30,000. Long Pino's ambition to become the railroad center of the world is laudable , considering the source. Prof. Wise , of Seward , goes to Pawnee City , instead of Fremont for an advance of $25 a year in wages. Dundy county Is a two-year-old , yet the assessed valuation amounts to one- third of a million dollars. A largo force of Nebraska Central railroad surveyors are sketching Cuming county and rushing business. The Ncligh Republican has been changed to the Antelope Tribune , with James Carey orator of tno day. B. & M. surveyors are camping in the neighborhood of O'Neill , und Iho natives are lloatiug in a sea of speculation. There are several full developed squals in the state , without any visible way of becoming acquainted with their fathers. The Albion line of the Elkhorn Valley road was completed to Oakdalo last week. Regular trains will bo put on this weok. All accounts agree thai Iho orators at the Plattsuiouth banquet decided the presidential contest of 1838. The country is safe. Hastings will indulge in another special election on the 18th , when the question of granting a street auilway franchise will bo settled. Nebraska City boasts that its Masonic hall is the finest in the stale. There is no danger of lite town being atlacked by an overdose of modesty. Jackson is the paradise of prize fighters. The exhilarating climate compels every man , and some women , to throw up their dukes and defend themselves at sight of an opponent. Falls City will vote next Thursday on the question of issuing $24,000 in bonds to build a system of water works. The safety of the lown depends on Iho suc cess of the proposition. The bunko manho of the brass monkey nnd Walerbury watch , tackled an asylum of fools in York last week and raked In $300 in ono hour. The asylum for incur able * should bo moved from Hastings. Bonkloman utters a prolonged protest against the anarchaio edict of the B. tit M. to section foremen , to burn old and useless tics , thus depriving homestead ers of considerable fuel , The Rapid City Journal- rasps our in- plated o. a.'s by declaring that Omaha papers issue a doom edition ono day and blow about il the remainder of the month , n feast for ono day nnd n famine for thirty. Dundy county's Auti-Ilorso Thief as sociation is growing rapidly. The an nounce Is nirulo that at the last mccling "several mcmbqrs were lakcn in , " The state auditor of Iowa has received a modest request from a Nebraska otll- rial lo search the census reports of the state for the name "Frank Neols. " As the job required six mouths' solid work , it was respectfully and .sorrowfully de clined. The ancient dambs and cheerless wid ows of West Pointaro n qucor lol. They announce their evenings "at homo" by shooting leaden messengers llirough Iho plalo fronts of unencumbered neighbors of Iho opposilc sex. The response is generally prompt. An enterprising draymen Is making n profitable haul on Union Pacific revenue by bucking steam with liorso power be tween Plallo Center and Columbus. The railroad rate is 50 cenls per hundred , by wagon 13 ccnls. The wagon has knocked out competition. The lightning temporarily abandoned church spires in this city Saturday lo prove that blessings fall on the good nnd evil alike. French Em's was ilrcd by balls of electric fluid , but the tire depart ment turned on the hose before much damage was done. The boom at Holdrogo seems to have been engineered by the B. & M. townsllo company , who possessed moro vacant ground than it was convenient to carry , bupcrintcndent Holdrego declares that the company has nol and never thought of locating shops nt that point. Newspaper wars are racing with nn- abalcd lury in Ihe country. Although Iho Pilot and Republican of Blair thirst for blood , both arrive at this otlico like tin- separable twins. Their strife is limited to the country , beyond that their tools arc edged for the common enemy of freshmen. The report that a Fremont ypung man fell down and broke his gall is without foundation. Generations may pile upon ono another , and mountains tumble into valleys , but the earth has not yet yielded a substance sul-licicntly hard to bruise the prettiest. The thing is impossible , The Flail fabricates. Hastings declares she is "still on deck , " notwithstanding the envious proclama tion lhat she was taken in by the Mis souri Pacific. The report that the latler company would not build to thu town originated at the headquarters of the Annanias whoso lightning imagination constructed the main line of the Union Pacific and lauded it with headquarters in Lincoln. The Lincoln Democrat .declares that the "Unknown , " a raw-bouod , hungry individual who entered the foot race in this city for the sole purpose of loading his paunch at the expense of the patrons , is a resident of the metropolis. It is duo the legitimate sport to correct our occa sionally truthful 7coulemporary. The "Unknown" preyed to be a member of the state railroad.commission in disguise , who succ < j9sfullyniado a long haul at Missouri river rntcf. The O'Neill Tribune has passed into thn hands of the Kijlor.in brothers. S. L. Bohan , after a briqf experience with pen and glue inug.coiicUideu that it was impos sible to please every feathcrhcad in town and gain the earth so ho sold his inter est to P. F. Killorau , brother of the junior editor. The lattcrr being an engineer by trade , is expected to screw down the valve to 120 , keep tier crown sheet warm aud prevent her popping. It is apparent that Richardson county is determined to abate Iho Gaudy evil , better known as the 2 per cent conta gion , raging in 'thti ' southeast. A few days ago the announcement was made in an nflhctcd community , "Wo regret that the roporl thai Dr. Gandy was lynched by a mob proves to be incorrect. " The good doctor is a thorough disciple of the ancient shylock and exacts every penny "nominated in the bond , " but his meth ods of collection are such that a radical reform is necessary to avoid a funeral. Erasmus Carroll , cx-prosldent of the State Press association , has launched the first steam yacht on the Little Blue river. The boat is a stern-wheeler , as becomes the profession of her millionaire owner , but her future success depends largely on securing a competent crew. Tills , however , is not an impossible task , Farmer Calhoun , for instance , could be depended upon to steer Ihe craft in dash ing slylo , while Fairbrother could fur nish the power to propel her from port to cognao President Henri Bushnoll can heave the hawser like a veteran tar , aud MacMurphy can be relied upon to spy a bar a milo off and hug the lee side , \\itl : such a crow well in the hand the Corrcll could weather a succession of squalls and "cast her lines in pleasant places. " Iowa Items. Clinton has its second artesian well. A $500,000 laud deal was consummated ul Ft. Madison a few days.ago the larg cst single real estate transaction over re corded in Lee county. An Osccola county editor attends sc many lodges und ovcning meetings ol various kinds that his wife always speak : of him as her late husband. The Santa Fo Railway company will erect a hospital two miles below Fort Madison. The buildings will cost proba bly $60,000 , and the institution will be the most perfect railroad hospital in the country. Near Iowa City four head of cattle wcro killed by lightning. 'Ihe position in which they wore found indicated that they had their heads between the wires ol a fence along which tbo electricity was traveling. Henry Rasmusson , of Ellington , Han cock county , was struck by lightning Wednesday and instantly killed. The same bolt Killed a team which the mac was driving. Rasmusson leaves a wife aud two small children. A force of men employed in blasting in a Dubuque stone quarry hroko through into an immense cavern. The cave was found to be very nlargo wilh Iho rpol covered with beautiful spar , stalagmites and stalactites. It , has not yet been thoroughly explored , DnKota. The now artesian well at Huron lias n pressure of 150 younda to the square inch. j' - ( Farmers In the vicinity of Rapid Citj claim they will havo-sixty bushels of eaU . ' ' per acre. It is estimated Ihtit 8,500 Dakota farmers ors are membersol ; the alliance. The number of societies Is 420. Prof. J.D. Stary.-of Antwerp , N. Y. , has been ougageohms principal of the Yankton public sahdols for tin ? coming year , lo succeed Prof. A. F. Bartlett , whc has accopled a professorship in Yanklon college. Two children of a Norwegian named Bokin , at Manvel , made a fire on the floor Saturday with papers. The house burned down and one child was burned with it. The mother perished with the other child while trying to rescue it. Ed. T. Kearney , a young banker ol Ponen , Nob. , on Wednesday married Miss Clara A. Miner , whoso parents live near Yanktou. Tbo ceremony was per formed by Rev. Sullivan , of Sheldon , la. , making it quite an inter-state affair. The mystery concerning the sudden death of Henry Hopkins , near Rapid City , on the evening of May 28 , seems Ic grow deeper with timo. The coroner's jury returned n verdict thut death re sulted "from a violent blow , causing dis location 0f the nook , said blow having been inflicted by a blunt instrument.In some manner to the jury unknown. " CHEERING CORRESPONDENCE. Loiters From Throughout the State Which Show Progress and Prosperity , A BUILDING BOOM AT FAIRBURY , Crete's nmilnnt Prospects For Fu ture Greatness Flittering ShowIng - Ing at High School Commence ments Iloomlujf Towns. A. littlldlnc Doom at Palrbury. FAIKUUKV , Nob. , Juno 10. [ Corre spondence of the DEI : . ] A line rnin fell last night and this morning mid the at mosphere Is delightful. Wo have had splendid weather so far this season and crops are in good condition. The farmers seem happy , nnd well they may bo with the prospects of good crops that are now promised. Our boom continues and. the city is lively. Business is good and every body is making money , especially real estate owners. Many new homes are in course of erection , some of them of ex ceptionally superior pretensions. Mr. Whitakor's fine residence is ready for the plasterers , and Mr. Nelson's foundation is completed and the frame raised. His will be one of the handsomest houses in town. Mr. llanchott's largo residence is nearing completion. Colonel Harbino's store building is moving along. It will bo the handsomest business house in the city and u credit to him anil the town. John Price's store building will soon bo ready for the roof , the brick and stone work being nearly done. The Pacific house is being newly furn- isncd and refitted throughout , everything fresh and new. An addition was built to the building , and now with its now pro prietor , Mr. Parker , in charge , the travel ing public may bo assured of first class accommodations nnd courteous treat ment. The house takes the name of the proprietor , and will bo known as the Parker house. An addition is being built to the Com mercial house , which is much needed , as the house has been cramped for room. What Fairbury needs and must have before long , is a hotel costing about $25,000 , run in first class style. Wo are a city ot too much importance not to have better hotel facilities. Such as wo have are very good , but not suuh as a city like Fairbury should have. There is a bo nanza in this for some man of capital. The assessment shows that the value of personal property in this city is $114- 319 und real estate $175,470 , ( total $380 , . 898 , an increase over last year of $45,408. A large number of the buildings being put are not included because they were commenced after the 1st of April. The value ? are about one-fifth of the actual cash values , railroads and telegraphs not included. The Fairbury & Slromburg branch of the Kansas City & Omaha is Doing push ed vigorously. They are piling up acres of tics and iron and material for this round house und shops. Our other railroad schemes gradually developing und soon thiugs will begin to hum. We already are breaking the record in the boom business and will before long astonish the natives. Crete's Brilliant Prospects. CHETE , Neb. , Juno 11. [ Correspond ence of the BEE. " ! Crete is having a re markably good boom. The people are all feeling it , and the air is full of it. The B. & M. railroad company has just com pleted the purchase of the right of way between Crete and Milford , and teams will bo at work upon the route by Mon day next , so that the line from Central City , Grand Island , Columbus nnd Bro ken How will bo direct from this place. It is rumored that they will make this a division station for freight purposes ; that a largo roundhouse will bo built , and that various improvements will bo made. It is further rumored that largo purchases of property are about being made. For what purpose no ono knows , other than can be surmised from the fact that Crete has natural advantages which no other town possesses for the building of shops , and the carrying on of manufactures of almost any kind. The rain of the past few days has made the farmers all smile. Crops of all kinds are looking remarkably good , ana everybody feels jubilant. The grand event , however , of the whole summer will bo the Nebraska Chautauqua assembly. Everybody is getting ready for it. Now buildings are going up , particularly those of denomi national headquarters , which shows a permanency which the assembly has never yet shown. The B. & M. , in its now line of the north west , just touches the north west corner of the assembly grounds , and has agreed to put up a nice little depot on the same for the benefit of the assembly. This shows its estimate of .the assembly to be held in this place. At this time there have been moro tents taken than were taken altogether last year , and the indi cations are that we will have twice the people that wo had then. The managers have this to say , that they will take good care of everyone who comes , give them all the attention possible , and en deavor that everyone shall go away pleased. The dining hall particularly will bo an attractive feature tins year , and Mr. Heed , who will run the same , declares that he will satisfy every ono even if ho loses money. That will be his aim. It is not money that the people of Crete are going to try to make out of the assembly this year , but to give satisfac tion to the people who come. The col- tages of Mr. Welsh and Mr. Calvort have a very line appearance , and make the grounds look homelike and attractive. West Point High School. WEST POINT , Nob. , June 10. [ Cor respondence of the BEE. ] Yesterday evening was a notable event in the his tory of the West Point high schools. The first commencement exorcises were held in the opera bouse. West Point has prided herself in her excellent schools but has not sent out any graduates till now. Yesterday evening , therefore , marked an important event in her his tory , having for the first time given cer tificates of graduation to three brilliant young ladies. The following is the programme : Music ' -Spring Flowers Invocation Uov. J. 0. Jacobs , A. > ! . , pastor English Lutheran Church. Music Vocal Duet Oration "Calamity is Man's True Touchstone" Miss hlla J. Uruncr Music Oration "Tho Force nf an Idea" Miss Antoinette Xajlcek Music Oration "Methlnks It Is Rood to bo here. If Thou wilt , let us build-but for whom ? " Miss Emma It. Miller Music Conferring of Diplomas At this point Judge W. F. Bryant ad- addrcsaed the graduates in a grand address. . The exorcises of thia first commence ment at West Point , was a credit to Prof. Dusenboray , who has so faithfully cared for them during the last year of their course of study. CotiiinimGomeitt at Stroinslmrg. STUOMSUUHG , Nob. , June 10. [ Corre spondence of the HuK.l The first com mencement of the Stroiusburg high school was hold , in the Baptist .church last evening. There were nine gradu ates , four young ladles nnd five young gentlemen. The class was greeted by a full house and not a single break oc curred to mar the exercises of the even ing. This was the first graduating class for Polk county , nnd it is safe to say that no high school in Nebraska sends out a class whoso talents indicate a brighter future. Our people are enthusiastic over thu high standing of our public school. * , and last evening's exorcises were a strong encouragement to their support. Ornfton's Growth. GIUFTON , Neb. , Juno 10. [ Corre spondence of the BEE. 1 Situated in as tine a farming region as there is on earth , Grafton is the chief grain-shipping point in Fillmore county , and la destined to bo ono of the br-st cities on the B. & M. between Lincoln and Hastings. It has a population of 1,000 , and if the in crease continues as it hai in the past year. Grnfton will have a citizenship of 2,000 within n short time. The boom is coming. Grafton liu * not yet built up with the country surrounding. Property has boon held cheap , but it is now rap- iuly advancing. With the prospects of two moro roads and a building boom , Graftou will outstrip her sister towns. Several line resi dences are going un. Joseph Price , Graf ton's capitalist , is erecting a large brick block in which will bo located the Bank of Grafton. H. C. Price owns the Grafton Leader , and is ably assisted by Mr. T. M. Fisher. Grafton is on the verge of a boom , as well she may bo , as siie has nearly twenty-live miles of rich farming country in nearly every direction tribu tary , that will support n city of 8,000 in habitants. The Impetus nt lloldrcge. HOUUIEDOE , Neb. , Juno 11. [ Corres pondence of the BEE. ] The Holdrego boom is not waning in the least , all owing to the fact that the B. & M. ma chine shops are to bo located at our thriv ing little city. The giound has been purchased by the company and the plans for the shops drawn and are hero. For the past two weeks corner lots and addi tions to Holdrego have boon all the talk , nnd our real estate men have been kept on the go , showing HP lots and making the transfers. Additions to the town have been laid out , sold and other additions platted , such has been the de mand. The Lincoln Land company , after advancing the price of its lots at dlfiercnt times , nt last took all the re mainder out of the market , knowing that the time for high prices in lots had not actually come. A system of water works is being agitated , and with the machine shops an assured fact , water works is simply a question of the time it will require to put them in. Holdrego is as certain to become a city of 10,000 people inside of live years as she is now a city of 3,000 at the age of three and one-half years. S. A. Dravo , Jas. A. McKillip and E. D. Emsel are together erecting a largo two-story brick business block 75x100 feet. Work has already been commenced on this. Other parties are having the plans drawn for a brick block 100x120 feet. The boom has simply given a fresh impetus to building , which Is going on in all parts of the city. Columbus Happenings. COLUMHUS , Neb. , Juno 8. [ Corre spondence of the BEE.I The drought is broken all over Platte county. A continuous rainfall of three inches all night has brought gladness to all our farmers and hope to business interests. Again to-night copious rains will put new energies in all branches of com mercial life. Our school board has ro-olcctcd Prof. L. G. Cramer superintendent and princi pal of our city schools for the eleventh term ; also all of last year's teachers , not ono adverse vote being recorded. Eleven graduates were sent forth from our high school , developing high mental discipline. Prof. Cramer is a model in structor and enthusiastic educator. Col umbus is very fortunate in having nn educational board ( non-partisan ) that .se lects its instructors with direct reference to their qualifications and fitness. The board of supervisors raised the sa loon license to $1,000 , with a determina tion to enforce thoSlocumblaw and put a stop to the repeated violations of its pro visions by soiling to minors and on bun- day. Blalno County's Fair. BuEW8TEitNeb. , Juno 8. [ Correspond ence of the BEE. ] The Blaine county agricultural association met at Browstcr hall yesterday , the object being to elect the necessary oflicors and select the place for holding the fair. The largest crowd ever assembled in Blaine county turned out , ami after a very enthusiastic meeting the fair was located at Browster for three years. This , in connection with a cer tainty of two railroads , couplnd on to our already booming town , will make Brewstor the most business point of any inland town in Nebraska. A brass band is to bo organized immediately , and all are manifesting deep interest in the movement. J. D. Brown , of Purdum postoflice , was elected president ; U. O. Dunning , of Dunning , vice-prosidont ; T. C. Jackson , of Purdum , troasucr , and George W. Drowsier , secretary. The directors consist of fifteen of Blaine county's most able representatives , and the annual membership numbers over fifty , Three cheers for Blaine county. Fullerton's Mysterious Crime. FULLEUTON , Nob. , Juno 8. [ Corre spondence of the BEE. ] Hov. Dr. Tan ner , of Owatonna. Minn. , visited Fullerton - ton this week , and , accompanied by S. II. Penney , who was foreman of the cor oner's jury , visited the place whore his daughter , Mrs. H. Pcrcival , her husband , child , II. Mair and G. Baird were so mysteriously murdered three years ago. From a conversation with Dr. Tanner the BEE correspondent learned that no posi tive clue to Furnival , the assassin , had over been obtained. Numerous clues nave been run down , always resulting in disappointment. Mr. Grebe , of Omaha , at one time traced a man sup posed to bo Furnlynl nearly 1,000 miles through an uninhabited country. me. Grebu has been active in the search ever since the crime. Mr. Tanner has devoted a great amount of time and money to the search , and still entertains hopes of eventually running down the murderer. The Perclvul estate has boon settled up by S. II. Penney , the adminis trator , and in view of the fact that it WIIH impossible to determine whether Mrs. Percival or Harry Porclval was murdered first , Hev. Tanner waived all claim and caused the remittance to bo scut to Spencer Porcival , of England. A magnificent ruin foil la.it night , and fears of a draught arc thus ended , A grand celebration occurs hero July 4. An Indian band , the Genoa Indian school , G. A , H. posts , and numerous bands , taking part. Some $1,000 will bo expended. Arrangement * * are being made to accommodate 10,000 people. Valparaiso News. VAU'AHA.iso. Neb. , Juno li , [ Corre spondence to the BKE. ] Refreshing showers have brightened things up nnd crops are looking well. Business keeps up well for the time of tun year when farmers are , BO busy. The railroad company is unloading a largo amount of coal horn for fall and winter use. There is plenty of work for laboring men , and the demand Is ( rood for carpenters 'yet , us building is going on lively. Lust night A span of horses belonging to n couple of men who nro pcddlini plows nnd cultivators got on the rallroni track n mlle south of town nnd wore rui over and killed by ft train from tin south. Foot racing Is all the co now. Trampt arn thick but meet with a cool reception generally. QUEER HOTEL HAULS. Thing's WhichGnlnirttucHtfl Ijonvo lie- 111 ml Thorn In llostolrloH. Pittsburg Dispatch : "Hoah am n set ob false tuef fem a hund'cd an' fo'teou , " remarked a boll boy in ono of the cltv ho tels as ho deposited n small parcel on the clerk's ' desk. "Ono hundred fourteen , " said the clerk , "that's the old gentleman who wn ! called at 5 o'clock lo muKu n train. He'll bo sending for thorn In a day or two. " And the clerk dropped the masticators caters on his desk. "Do you gather in many such trcas- tires r. ' asked a reporter. "On , yes. People are always forgetting something night shirts , watches , revolvers vers , suits of clothes , toilet brushes al most everything. The articles are at once brought to the olllce , and n card is put on , showing the number and occu pant of the room. If the loser is a regu lar visitor , ho gets the article when ho comes around again. If not , the article is kept In the olllco about n month , and then , if not claimed , is put away in n store room and kypt. Almost always , II the article is if any value , wo got a tele gram from thu owner , directing us what to do with it ; but it frequently happens that they forget whom it Is loft , and never know unless they como back and are told about it. " 1 received a telegram from a man ono day , saying : 'Loft sflO in my room. Save till I come ? I coulda't find any $10 , but ho had left a suit of clothes in the room. These I kept until ho showed up , about a month afterward. Ho had found the $10 supnosod to have been lost , but had en tirely forgotten where the suit of clothes had been loft. " Corkscrews and pocket flasks are frequently - quontly left behind and rarely called for ; and n conscientious clerk in one of thu most prominent hostclrlcs still preserves a little silver-clasped Bible and nn empty half-pint llask with a silver top , which were loft on the dresser in one of the rooms occupied by a clerical looking man with a Prince Albert coat and a white tie. Clerk Al Kane , of the Central hotel , tells of an amusing experience ho had some time ago. A long-haired Gorman came out of the reading room shortly before 5 o'clock , and said that ho was going to leave at 0 o'clock , and they wore to have him called if ho didn't como down. About 5:00 : the man rushed tip to the desk and said : Ol has anypody leal a pig red pocketbook mit you ? " r'No. I think not , " said the clerk. "Mein Gott ! " was all the gentleman aid , as ho ran both hands up through his eng h nir. Then he darted into the road- ng rqo in. In a few seconds ho cnmo back aughing and clasping the big rod pocketbook in his hands. "It whas nghd der blnco in where I left Id poforo , und I vhasn't got another cent1 ho said , n.s ho opened it and counted out $183. The pocketbook had lain an hour on the big writing-table , in plain view from the street or corridors , and it was really a lucky thing for the gentleman that ho had found it. Pocketbooks , watches and revolvers are among the many frequent finds , owing to the custom so many people have of put ting thcso articles under their pillows. Hotel men say that traveling men ( drum mers , etc. ) rarely leave anything behind. It is only those not used to travel , as a rule , that forget their belongings. Stories About Money. Lcc Masters , of Hume , Mo. , was spad ing up his mother's garden the other day r when the spade turned up an old tin can which was found to contain $80 In green backs. The notes were Foiled and faded , but still serviceable. When Lee told his mother of the discovery the old lady re membered that she hnrt buried the money for safety a long time ago , and then for gotten all about it. The money came in very Immly for mooting the mtsrest on a note which tell duo the day after the find was made. A farmer of Posey county , Ind. , who could not bo induced to put his trust in banks , paid taxes for many years on $0,000 in cash , which ho declared he had buried for safe keeping on his farm. He died a short time ago without disclosing the hiding pluco ot the treasure , nnd his administrator has been unable to solve the problem. Ho is being assisted , though , by nearly the ontlro population of the county , to judge from the number of persons who prowl about the premises at night armed with lanterns and spades. While he was ploughing for last sea son's corn crop Mr. W. K Young , of Old Town. 111. , lost two certificates of da- posit lor $100 each and a $20 bill. They were wrapped in a piece of tissue paper , and although ho hunted for the wad for the rest of the day ho was unable to find it. Last week , while ho was chopping up some corn stalks for fodder ho found the mohoy hidden in the roots of one of the stalks. The paper covering of the valuable littio bundle had rotted away , but the contents wore entirely uninjured. Sam Crofter , a Georgia crankor , and his family recently took possession of an abandoned cabin which had stood for years without n tenant at the foot of a hill in Chambers county , Ga. While they were putting the place in order they found a number of old coins in the chinks nnd crnnnlcs of the walls , and while fix- in ? up the well they unearthed from be neath a crossbeam an iron pot filled , to the brim with silver and gold. The amount of the coin was about $1,000 and none of the pieces was dated inter than 18.13. Several earrings and iinger rings of gold wcro also found in tno interstices of the well. Judge Wellborn , of Gainesville , Ga. . has an old Spanish coin that was found in the Coosa gold mine , five miles south east of Hlairsvillo , at a depth of twenty feet below the surface. It is of copper , somewhat larger than an old-fashioned cent piece , nnd is very mucli worn from attiition. Enough is loft of the inscrip tion , however , to show that it Is a coin of the early part of the sixteenth century , and it is supposed to have boon broutrht ty America by De Solo's followers. This is considered a strong link in the testi mony going to show that Do Soto nnd his band of adventurers passed through the northern part of Georgia nnd worked the mines there for gold. Although it is said that only four silver dollars oftho coinage of 1604 were issued by the government they Boom to bo plen tiful enough. Helm A. Pearson , of In- diauapoli * . has hue for which llaymond , the actor , oU'crcd him $800 not long before - fore his death. Another is owned by three citizens of Jersoyvillo , HI. , who gave a traveling man $100 for It a few days ago. ana wcro afterwards ollered $ r > OJ for it in St. Louis. Still another Is in the possession of a San Francisco man , and there are said to be ono or two in Now York. It is interesting in connection with this to note that n counterfeiter re cently arrested in Piltsburg wan found to have several silver dollars of the 1600 issue the figure in which had been changed to 4. The "Life of the flesh in the blood there of , " pure blood mean * healthy functional activity , and this boars with it the cer tainty of quick restoration from sickness or accident. Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Puri fier gives pure rich blood , and vitalizes and stro ngthcna the whole body. The vonorabio couplet'fliat "A dry May nnd a leaky Juna make the farmers whistle a merry tune , " was fully vended last weok. The country was thoroughly Hou/od nnd the heart oftho husbandman made glad.