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PATStiEKinr , the Lincoln gambler has
boon lined $50 for violating the state law.
And the now law w not yet hi ollect.
THE National Rubber company at Bristol
tel , U. I. , throws 1,500 men out of work.
The fruit of the newly formed trust.
THE supreme .court vacancy is yet a
matter of wild speculation. Secretary
Lamar is most persistent in denying that
ho will not bo appointed.
PKOFI.K should be careful in their or
thography. Quin Dohanan shot a man-
for spoiling peddler with one "d"and ho
has broken jail at Nebraska City.
WHEN genteel roughs and rowdies
assume to talk for the bettor element of
society they assume that society m
Omaha consists of sluggers nnd bullies.
GCNEIEAL KICIFKU states that lilaino will
go around the world before ho returns to
this country. It is to be regretted that
the Ohio tuan cannot start on such u trip.
THK evil that men do lives after thorn.
A Chicago paper reform to the last legis
lature of Illinois as a "crowd of idiots
with just scnso enough to breathe and
draw their salaries. "
THK inter-state commission will soon
adjourn for * short vacation. In the
meantime complaints nguinst railroads
may bo gathered and sent to railroad at
torneys for adjustment.
DE LESSEPS' labor has all bocn lost in
the Panama canal. The builders not
only contend with a sliding mountain on
ono side of the cut , but with a rising bed
in other parts of the lino.
THE Travelers' Protective association ,
which has boon in session at St. Louts ,
has adjourned. The meeting wan inter
esting throughout , and the knights of the
grip transacted business in their usual
stylo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WHILK the women of England and Ire
land are pouring thousands of dollars
into the queen's exchequer during the
jubilee , it is noticed that Victoria , the
richest sovereign in Europe , gives noth
ing to clmnty.
WIIKN it was announced that Caldwell
had boon appointed oil inspector it is
supposed , that the Standard Oil company
telegraphed its congratulations to Caldwell -
well , of Lincoln , who wanted boodle
from the Omaha gamblers. The oil com
pany made a grave mistake.
THE Herald gravely and reproachfully
informs the members of the police com
mission that they are d d fools for re
considering tho'.r action in accepting
Soavoy's resignation , yet insists that
Grover Cleveland is not a d d fool for
reconsidering his action regarding the
return of rebel Hags 1
IT was generally believed that the
Standard Oil monopoly has all along had
inside rates on the Union Pacific while
small shippers of oil were assured that
there could be no rebates on account of
the Douuu tub law. But Air. KiiuUall haslet
lot the cat out of the bag at last , when
ho testified that the Union Pacific' had a
private ruto for the Standard Oil com
pany.
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IK thn Norse department of the Ameri
can exhibition at London , there are dis
played documents with the objtiot of
showing that this country was discov
ered in 985 , by nn Icelander named Lolf
Erlkxon. It will bo remembered that an
Omaha man nnm d Vining once wrote
nn elaborate book , "An Inglorious Co
lumbus , " in jvhich ho maintained that
America was first discororod by tribes
from Asia , coming here by way of
Aluskn. Thuro will presently bo a cipher
( liscoverttd to prove without question
thut death ends all.
TIIKKF. U ag BRral movement through
out tbe country , especially in the east , to
sofliim the appropriate and becoming
nolnbrtUion of Independence day. .In
Omaha and throughout Nebraska the
day will be observed iu an impressive
raannrr. The Philadelphia American
ays ; That it IB very desirable that the
kerning of "th glorloui Fourth" should
bo rescued from the aputhy Into which it
baa of Ute years fallen , and that it should
again be marked by that clvlo and
pnlrolo ! : turret thnt dlxtlncuRUcd it in
data goa by. no one dispute * .
Do tlio Knits of Juitlco Demand Pub
licity t
General Traffic Manager Klmbiill testi
fied before the Pacific railroad commis
sion Monday that the multifarious duties
Imposed upon htm as general passenger
agent and tralllc manager of the Union
Pncillo railway , included as nn incident
the defense of the policy of the rend and
methods ot its malingers through the
newspapers. This admission was by no
means n surprise to us. Although stoutly
denied by the editors , the earmarks of
the great Union Pacillo factotum Imvo
quite often been visible in editorial
leaders that have from time to time appeared -
poared In the subsidized railroad press of
this city. Mr. Kimball's Italian hand
has not lost Its cunning yot. As a sup
plement to Mr. Pnppleton's bulldozing
tactics Mr. Kimball makes a pathetic nnd
ingenious appeal to the commission ,
through the editorial columns of the
Omaha lieptiblican , to desist from mak
ing public the toll tale story of the rebate
books and India rubber accounts nnd
.other damaging testimony which may be
drawn out during the progress of investi
gation. Sub-editor Kimball says :
It Is a crave question whether the Govern
ment has a right , in equity and justice , to
lay bare before a curious public , and com
peting and interested corporations , the Inner
workings of the Union Pacitic. All know
that until after the enactment of the Inter
state commerce law every railroad company
In the country whoso lines came In compe
tition with any other employed the
system of freight rebates , it was a
necessity in the absence ot law prohibiting
such means for securing business. This Is
now explicitly prohibited , and affecting nil
alike , all have abandoned it. Is It right and
just , therefore , for the government to take
advantage of Its authority under tiie charter
of tlio Union P.icllic to divulge the past se
cret management of thut corporation and af
ford rival companies an opportunity to in
jure it by playing upon Individual piojudlce' . '
These are the questions the members of
the commission should ask themselves ,
and must decide for themselves. Do the
ends of justice demand such a course ? All
that congress or the people ask is that the
main fact shall bo learned , viz : Is the Union
1'acilic defrauding the government ? Is U
necessary , to do this , that the detail * of the
workings with ono road of a policy which
was employed by all should be laid bare ?
The ncjmbllcan believes not. It believes
that the Union P.icllic railway will stand the
scrutiny as well as any of tbe great corpora
tions perhaps better than most of them
but it does not believe It is fair that it should
be singled out to be made a victim , and that
in the interest of others equally guilty , ad
mitting that the system was wrong ,
In this , us in many former instances ,
the Republican has simply voiced the ideas
and expressed the sentiments of tlio
Union Pacilic management. The coun
try will fully sustain the commission in
giving the widest publicity to the dis
closures made by its investigation. Con
gress has imposed a duty upon this com
mission to examine the books and records
of the Pacific railroads and ascertain
how their aflairs have been and are being
managed. It is both right and juat that
the commission should let m llio daylight
upon the "secret management" of the
national highway.
Competing rivals can gain no possible
advantage' from the publication of tlio
true inwardness of Union Pacific
methods of dealing with its patrons and
stockholders. It is the merest bosh to
talk about the damage which the Union
Paciiic would sutler if the commission
shall prcmit the contents of its rebate
books to be known to rival roadn. If re
bates have been abandoned by all the
roada what harm can come to the Union
Paciiic if tlio Burlington , the Santa Fe
or the Northern Paciiic should ascertain
whom the U. P , has favored and what
silent patrons it has fed and enriched in
the dead past ?
It is not true that the only thing which
congress nnd people ask at the hands of
this commission Is to ascertain whether
the government has been defrauded. The
country and congress expect this com
mission to go further than all that. They
ask that the corporation managers shall
disclose whether the company has lived
up to the provisions of the charter.
Whether the millions that have been re
alized from public lands and subsidy
bonds have bocn honestly expended.
Whether the enormous revenue of the
railroad has been squandered in
building branch roads at three
times their cost. Whether inside rings
have bankrupted the road and robbed the
stockholders by diverting the funds of
the company into private enterprises ,
and whether an army of favorites has
boon subsidized by rebates , and last but
not least , whether the earnings of the
road have been used in corrupting legislatures
latures and courts , nnd systematic bribery
of public officials }
The ends of justice demand the fullcsl
publicity of the facts , so that trio national
legislature may take the proper steps for
recovering what has boon unlawfully
diverted , ana compelling the stockhold
ers to make good tneir proper share o
the embezzlement and misappropriation
An Kxodaa of Chinese.
California is losing its Chinese popula
tion. Advices from that state report
these people to bo moving eastward in
considerable numbers. There has been
a steady decrease of their strength on
the Pacific coast for several years , but
just now their abandonment of thnt sec
tion scorns to bo more marked than for
some time before , as if a general feeling
pervaded them that there are better op
portunities elsewhere , and also the prob
ability of hotter treatment. At most ol
the larger cities east of the Rocky nioun
tains the accessions of Chlnosu are begin
nine to bu noted , and the destination o :
many is said to bo the large cities of the
far east.
This movement causes present gratifi
tlou m California , at least to a very larg (
element of the people , but if it should be
continued until that state is practically
depleted of this population it may then
be discovered that it la not so en
tircly an unmixed blessing as now
appears to some. In more
respects than one California has adjusted
itself to these people , and this cannot be
changed , at least abruptly , without som
social and economic disturbance that
might prove embarrassing and trouble
some. Particularly in San Franciso th
Chinaman has become a very useful do
mestlc creature , whoso place It will nebo
bo easy to fill. Six thousand of them are
said to bo now employed in that city as
cooks nnd house servants , and very gen
crally they have superior aptitude for
this service , while possessing qualitlo ,
which make them preferred to almost any
other nationality for Irallar work. San
Francisco families that employ Chinese
eervamts , and most of , the better class do
vonld part with thorn reluctantly. And
hero are' other employments in Califor
nia from which Chinese labor would bo
nlsscd. That state had in 1830 a few
uoro than 75,000 tihlnarnon. It doubtless
ia * less than this number now , and un
questionably can easily spare a part of
Item , but a general exodus would tin-
loubtodly cause regret to n great many
icoplo of that stnto , and particularly of
ta principal city.
The fact that those people are tllstrib-
itlng themselves throughout the coun-
ry will cause no concern. Indeed a
S'ow York contemporary regards the
> rospcet of an Invasion of that city as
rather pleasing. Domestic help of a de
sirable kind appears to bo scarce there.
'Most Now York households , " observes
our contemporary , "are in a chronic
state of revolution and kitchen crisis ,
ind there am many hundreds or thou
sands of householders who have looked
ongliiply for the advent of the Chinese
servants of the Pacitic region. It would
) o perfectly safe to say that a good place
awaits every competent Chinese cook or
louse servant who may bo thinking of
coming to Now York. " But oven if Cali
fornia should bo doplotud of its
present Mongol population by stronger
nduccineuls of reward and safety
elsewhere , it might not long
uivo to be without a now
supply. As wo noted a few days ago ,
there is great probability that the Cana
dian Paciiic will receive concessions from
ts government that will enable it to
renew the tide of Chinuso emigration to
his continent , and if these people arc
permitted to land in the Dominion , it
will require stricter laws and a moro
rigid surveillance than is now exorcised
to keep them out of the United States.
Politics ill Ohio.
Democratic politics in Ohio is badly
mixed ami there is every promise that
the state convention will develop a bitter
factional conflict. A very strong effort is
making to induce Thurman to accept the
nomination for governor , and it is said
that notwithstanding his repeated avow
als that he is forever out of politics , the
influences now operating upon him are
not entirely without effect. An intima
tion from him that ho would not reject
the nomination would undoubtedly bo
sufficient to give it to him , but cvon for
the "Old Roman" it would bo an empty
honor. There are a great many demo
crats in Ohio who , while they have great
respect for the distinguished ability and
high character of Mr. Thurman , and
would doubtless vote for him as a presi
dential candidate , do not want him for
governor. Hn would bo insiduously
fought by the Payne and McLean
factions , whose candidate now is
Thomas E. Powell , and it could
be safely predicted that Thurman
would run behind the ticket. Such is tlio
gratitude of parties , but the explanation
in this case is that the veteran statesman
is too honest and straightforward for the
men who are exorcising the largest influ
ence in the democratic politics of Ohio ,
wholly because they have the boodle. If
Powell is nominated , and ho appears to
have the best chance , ho will sutler at
the hands of the more reputable element
of the party led by ox-Congressman Con
verse , a strong and skillful politician , ,
who wants Thurman. Congressman
Koran , who has rejected all overtures to
bo considered a candidate , is still talked
of as n possibility , but not with much
earnestness. He would bo expected to
attract a largo labor vote , but he would
put no money in the campaign , and
the democrats will need this year
all the money they can get. It
is this fact that , gives Powell
the best show. Meanwhile the republi
cans are quietly effecting a thorough or
ganization for assured victory , with un
doubtedly a lajge increased majority.
They have no dftreronces or dissensions
in their ranks , and all the conditions are
largely in their favor.
Opening on Randall.
It is significant to find the Now York
Star , generally regarded as the organ of
the administration , advising the de
mocracy that the time is como for
putting a check on the power of Mr.
Randall. It does not desire that ho shall
bo "read out of the party , " but simply
that the minority of which ho is the
leader , or virtual dictator , shall not bo
placed in a position whore it can obstruct
and embarrass the majority. This 1ms
been done by retaining Randall at the
head of the appropriations committee ,
and what our New York contemporary
desires simply is that this mistake shall
not bo repeated. It evidently believes
that if Mr. Randall shall be deprived iu
tbe next congress of the vantage ground
he hold in the * last two there will bo a
very favorable prospect of the eighty per
cent of democrats not in sympathy with
him to accomplish something toward re
deeming the party pledge in the matter
of revenue reduction.
The democratic party has a very
troublesome incubus in Mr. Randnll , and
it will probably bo relieved of it only by
heroic action , but the prudent men in its
councils will consider carefully the probable -
able effects of suchvuction upon the or
ganization generally. If Mr. Randall is
not the most skillfull politician and the
ablest man in the democratic party at
this time ho is at least without a superior.
He was master of the situation in the last
congress , despite the efforts to restrict
and repress him by a radical change of
the rulen , simply by virtue of superior
tact and brains. The planing of Carlisle ,
Morrison , and others with them , was
rendered futile- , and by the force of a will
and a skill which none of them possess
Randall with a small contingent of fol
lowers was practically sovereign of the
house. It was an almost piti
able spectacle of helplessness
those so-called leaders presented when it
chanced to be the pleasure of Randall to
confront them in opposition , and when1
over it suited his purpose to go with
them , he was easily their loader.
Can the democratic party afford at this
time to make war upon a man who has
repeatedly shown himself moro than a
match for his strongest opponents within
the party ? Will Mr. Carlisle , who knows
the skill and prowess of Mr. Randall , be
likely to take kindly to the proposition to
inaugurate such a wart And assuming
that the war shall be made , is it certain
that the artful Pennsylvanian will not
find a way to still "handcuff and gag tbe
democratic party , " as the Star says uj
has donet It looks very much at if tbe
majority in the next house ot rep
resentatives will be In a less fa
vorable position to accomplish any
thing without Randall than iras thai
of the last congress , houco a greater
danger from any rittempt to "down" him.
Mr. Springer anil some others havij sug
gested that there should bo nn effort at
compromise , and It is moro than prob
able that this course will bo preferred to
the heroic policy urced by our Now York
contemporary , whether It reflects the son-
tlmontoftho administration or simply
.hut of its own constituency.
It may be granted that the democratic
[ iarty would bo better off , in the end , if
it could unload Mr , Randall , but the
.ask of doing so wilt neither be easy nor
jo void of immediate dangor.as the party
: s now conditioned. If It had but ono
! oadcr superior to Mr. Randall it might
with comparative safety push him aside ,
but there is none such , and it seems alto
gether probable that ho will continue to
"handcuff and gag" the party at will.
Ten and Coffee.
It is worthy of note , that notwlthstand-
ng coffee is higher in price than for
some years past , tea is cheaper , at least
that grown in China and Japan , than
over before known in this country. Sev
eral reasons may bo assigned for this , the
chief onus being the great increase in the
cultivation of the shrub in India and
oylon , the largo increase in the ship
ments from Japan to the United Stales ,
and the steady decrease in the consump
tion of tea of China growth in Great
Britain.
In the latter country China teas are
used chiclly as adulterants of the moro
costly India ones. The English lady of
to-day docs not drink green tea ; she pre
fers the fragrant malty-syrupy infu
sion that is yielded by the Indian
or by the Cingalese leaf. The consump
tion of Japan teas in Great Urittrln is so
small as to be scarcely appreciable , the
Djrassy , raw taste of most Japan teas being -
ing much disliked. The divinities who in
gowns of wondrous shape and texture
pour out tea for their friends in Mayfair
and South Kensington arc connoisoura in
tea. The favorite growths are Darjec-
ling , Kangra Valley , Cochan and Tor-
hoot. Each of tho.su have a distinctive
flavor , which is readily rocogni/.ablp
after a very short experience , and are so
fragrant when freshly made as to bo noticeable -
ticeablo as soon us you enter thu liouso.
The retail price ranges from about 03
cents to $1.00.
In this country , Assam teas ,
ns these Indian and Cingaleso
growths nro called , arc almost
unknown , and the yearly deterioration
m the quality and flavor of tea from
China and Japan has largely contributed
to the increase of consumption in coffee ,
and as a result a hij h. price for the borry.
England and Russia , between them ,
take practically allitiho teas of really fine
quality every season. Our knowledge of
them is about as lin\tcil ) as is a Capo Oed
fisherman's of truUlps or pate do foio
gras. i
The Kscnno'br ' Prisoners.
The state of Nebraska ro-imburscd
Otoo county for the'jiprosccution of Quinn
Bohanan. Ho was.tricd for murder and
sentenced to bo hanged. There was no
question of his gnilfj It was a cold and
brutal crime. There was no palliation ,
no mitigation Holding to interfere with
the law's revenge , save technicalities dis
covered by a well Paul criminal lawyer.
And just as the gallows"wcro about to re
ceive the hardened scoundrel , by the aid
of friends and money , ho escapes. Se
curely imprisoned in the "cage" of the
Otoo county jail , the ono opin
ion is that his freedom was
only gained through corrupt and
purchaseable men , who as guards be
trayed a sacred trust , and gave liberty to
one of the most dangerous characters
ever within Nebraska. And will those
responsible for his escape evade prosecu
tion and punishment ? They should not ,
and it is hoped that they will not.
Matt Simmcrman , a murderer equally
as bold and heartless as Bohanan ,
"broke" in this state
jail at Kearney , ,
several years ago , under circumstances
of a. similar character.
Within a short time there have
been four jail deliveries in John
son county. and honest people
are growing alarmed. The old
proverb that it takes a thief to catch a
thief , if rumors be true , has been made
to appear that it takes a thief to guard a
thief.
If all these escapes nro merely acci
dental then guards and sheriffs are cer
tainly criminally careless and should bo
supplanted by men capable of attending
'to their business in a business way.
THE managers of the Minneapolis ex
position are alive to the interests of their
city. They propose to secure a largo at
tendance of farmers at their exposition
by giving an attractive exhibition. Be
sides this , they have secured from the
Minneapolis & Pacifio railway a reduc
tion of rates one and one-half cents per
mile during the entire time that the ex
position will bo open to the public. The
railroad company says that the men who
furnish the business and money which
enable thorn to declare dividends , should
bo given an opportunity to see what their
state is doing in the way of growth nnd
development in both pity and country.
Will the managers of the Omahiv inter
state exposition exert themselves , and
undertake to secure frites from the roads
loading into this city ? If they do , they
must first be able to , .assure . the different
companies that thai ) ; exhibition will be
all that the name implies. It must be
moro than n simple district fair and fast
trotting exhibit. It1 must represent the
agricultural , mineral and industrial in
terests of Nebroska'aiid ' adjoining states
as well as showing the speed
of horses. The , , states and ter
ritories adjoining ebraska could and
doubtless would join bands in making a
display that by reason of its larger scope
would eclipse in grdatttcss and excel in
interest a dozen stattf'faiM ' , yet it would
not necessarily infringe on the territory
of a state fair in any of the states.
Them is an opportunity offered Omaha ,
if her enterprising citizens only embrace
it , to make the inter-state exposition the
most profitable and interesting over held
in the west. Will they beatlr themselves
and act in time ?
THE elevators of Chicago are crowded
with grain which the holders are anxious
to ship east as fast as possible , but the
railroads refuse to relieve tbe glut by ad
hering to ratea at which the grain cannot
be moved without loss to the shippers.
The situation is proving very satisfactory
to vessel owners , who find a demand for
all sailing tonnage at paying fizurea , but
this tonnage is insuAlcect , and Hie way
of shipment ia too alow to afford
much relief. At a reasonable rate , which
would bo reached with a few cents re
duction , the trunk railroads would liavo
all they could carry , but having the ad *
vantage they seem determined to prollt
by It to the full extent of the largest ex
action they can mako. Grain is going
into Chicago about as fast as it is going
out , nnd alargo crop Is in prospect. This
situation Is the opportunity of thn trunk
lines , and with that utterly selfish disre
gard of the general interests of com
merce which they have always shown
when they dared to they interpose an ob
struction to the natural and necessary
movement of the products of the coun
try , thereby not only cmbarra.ssin < r the
homo market but checking the export of
these commodities. There is perhaps no
help for this policy of extortion unless
the western connections of these lines
shall refuse to bo bound by it
to their own sacrifice , which
is promised. But the matter
is of general interest as illus
trating the entirely sordid and selfish
principle thnt actuates these corpora
tions at nil times. There is a largely in
creased business for them , witli reason
able profit , at a lower rate , but they
choose to check and obstruct commerce
rather than yield an iota of their advan
tage or a penny of their exaction. Yet
these corporations clamor against any
regulations that propose to restrict their
power for tins sort of mischief.
IT is to bo hoped that this is the last
high school commencement which will
bo held in Boyd's opera house until that
structure is provided with hotter means
of exit. It is positively dangerous , if a
ilrc should break out or n panic should
occur by any alarm when the house is
packed with women and children , a
great calamity is inevitable.
POL1TIOAU
In New York tbe Prohibitionists are the
first to open their campaign.
The Richmond State favors a policy that
will divide the black vote of Virginia ,
Teddy Kousovelt is accused of Harboring
the humorous suspicion that he would be a
good compromise man for 1388.
It may be inferred that Jten Duller Is not
for the president. In speaklngof the admin
istration ho says : "I like to do justice to an
opponent. "
Senator Afatt Ransom of North Carolina ,
is talked of for secretary ot the interior.
Hansom's hair is not ns long as Lamar'n.
but his cuffs are a good deal longer. Hois
the beau of the senate.
The state labor convention of Ohio will beheld
held At Columbus on July 4 , nnd the state
democratic convention at Cleveland on July
20-21. The Cincinnati Times-Star ( rep. )
thinks that the democratic convention may
endorse the labor convention's ticket , and
that William Means will bo the candidate of
both for governor.
A number of judges of the United States
supreme court from the date of the creation
of the tribunal , ninety-eight years ago , until
to-day , has readied but 43. In that period
the country has had 23 presidents , 30 secre
taries of state , 37 secretaries ot the treasury ,
! W secretaries of war , 31 secretaries of the
navy , Si postmasters general , and SO attor
neys general , although but one of each of
these classes of oillcials was or is In service
at the same time.
Judge Alfonso Tnft , of Ohio , who was at
torney-general In General Grant's cabinet
ni.d minister to Kussia under President
Arthur , says that Governor Foraker can
only be counted in the race for the presi
dency as a dark horse , since the Buckeye
state will be solid for John Sherman. In his
opinion the election will depend upon the
state of New York , and therefore the New
York delegation in the national convention ,
next year , will bo able to settle the nomina
tion for candidate.
"ThoMaine Historical society In Its dinner
to Mr. Bradbury as the oldest ex-United
States senator greatly mistakes In its his
tory. There ! s still living at the nge of
ninety-eight Colonel Joseph Cllloy , of Not
tingham Square , New Hampshire , grandson
of Colonel Gil ley distinguished In the wnr
of the revolution. He was In the United
States senate ID 1840 , is n veteran of the war
of 1813 , was severely wounded by the loss of
an.eye , is yet in the full vigor of his Intel
lect , and happily Is considered the wealth
iest tanner In Hocklngham county. " Joseph
Cllloy was sent to the United States senate
in 1840 to fill the vacancy caused by the ele
vation of Levl Woodbury to the United
Status supreme court , and his term expired
in 1847. Mr. Bradbury was elected to a full
term In 1847.
I ; A BO ft ITEMS.
Now York City has 30,000 landlords who
collect 840,000,000 annually.
San Francisco Knights are boycotting
firms who employ Chinese.
Powder ly will go to Europe this summer to
organize Knights of Labor assemblies.
The making of shoes on contract In Penn
sylvania prisons will cease In November
next.
The Lnboren' Protective society , of New
York , does not recognize Knights of Labor
cards.
As an evidence of the development of the
mechanical and manufacturing Industry In
the south , It Is announced that contracts
amounting to 51,030OUO for machinery and
mill appliances were made recently by the
Cotton-.sced Oil company. The factories
will bo erected In eight cities in the south.
and as soon as these shall have been com
pleted eight moro will be started. The pro
duction of cotton-seed is estimated at 0,000-
000 tons , nnd the projectors of those works
contemplate the working up of all this sup
ply of seed , providing markets can be found
for their product.
STATK AND TK11UITOHY.
Nebraska
Bohnunn lias gene to meet Simmer-
man.
The spelling professor has been vindi
cated.
Quin to Matt--"l'vo cracked my Burr ;
L. C. you later.
Kiglit country papers have collapsed in
this stata in the last two months.
Two fine young antclopoa were cap
tured in Keiih county a few days ago.
Moro schools are needed in Platts-
ruauth to accommodate the rising idea.
The contract has boon let for the erec
tion of , the now addition to the blind asy
lum in NebrasKu City.
The jail break at Nebraska City la a
proclamation to people to uxcruiso care
in their orthography. Bohanan is abroad
with his gun.
Governor Thayer has assigned one com
pany of state militia toSchuyler unn Col-
fax counties. Forty men are already en-
rolJed in the squad.
The wife of Hon. John C. Watson httR
been granted a divorce. The maher of
Otoe mode no attempt to cover his sins ,
nnd is again at liberty to "do so 801110
more. "
Hoffman , the Missouri Pacific train
wrecker , declares that ton minutes at the
end of a rope is preferable to n life of
toil iu the pen. There will DA no objec
tion if he is promptly accommodated.
The Sobuylcr Quill is engaged In the
melancholy job of puncturing the local
assessor. .Tho aroma Is not calculated to
increase the ndVantngea of the town as a
summer resort.
Tlio mourners at a funeral In Nebraska
City , Sunday , enlivened the monotony
with a horse race. A collision resulted
and a boy and n girl wcro thrown into
the ditch. The silent passenger slid tinder -
dor the line at a thrno minute unit.
A reformed gambler , with a faro quar
tette , is enlightening the residents of
country towns on the deadly contents of
the Ivory chip. The r. g , planked his pile
on the turn of a card nnd lost all , Now
liu Is playing for a section of the golden
pavements.
Beatrice is promised an elegant Union
Paciiic depot. Generations ago Omnha
was similarly favored with a promise of
better things , am ! a 3 awning cavern , active
ctivo of the winds , exists to-tlay as n
monument to broken pledges and false
promises. Beatrice is young and can
"hope on , hope over. "
Plnitsmouth is advertising for bids for
paving , to bo opened on the Utst of July.
Tlio progress of public improvements in
the town is n source of pleasure to admir
ing neighbors. To overcome the power
of the mossbacks was a giant job , nnd
was undertaken and carried to n success
ful close by the Journal , backed by u
number of enterprising citizens. To
them is duo the credit of waterworks
completed , sewers planned nnd paving
ordered.
I own itoniB.
Burlington has a college which was es
tablished iu 1833 thirty-live years ago.
Swarms of lingo black beetles are de
stroying the potato fiukls in Washington
county.
{ Marshalltpw n has appointed a coin
mittuo of live to bora for natural gas.
They uro members of thu city council and
will experience no great difficulty or ex-
ponsc in striking a vein.
Charles Armstrongsixtecn-ycar-old son
of W. II. Armstrong , of Maoksburgwhile
unhitching his team from a plow in the
cornfield , at 2 p. m. Monday , was struck
by lightning , and all were instantly
Killed , the horses falling on the boy.
G. C. Sterlin , secretary of tlio Mtisca-
tmc Mutual .Life Insurance company , in
attempting to board a passenger train at-
Musontino , Saturday afternoon , was
struek bv n passing freight train nnd
suffered the loss of one and possibly both
feet.
Jake Gatiilaur , champion oarsman of
the world , will row in a regatta on the
government canal at Kcokuk on the 4th
of July , and is expected to prove a draw
ing card. Gnudaiir , who is a St. Louis
man , has become famous for his recent
defeat of Haulan , the great Canadian
oarsman.
A burglar raided a boot and shoo store
at Ottumwa Saturday night and on Sun
day , in broad daylight , broke into n
clothinir store , deliberately changed his
old clothes for the best suit in the house ,
nnd was packing a number of valises
preparatory to traveling when ouo of the
proprietors appeared on the scene and
spoiled his plans , The burglar lied
hastily , but the alarm was given nnd the
otficors soon rounded him up and lodged
him in jail.
Oalcotn.
The reported cattle plague In the Hills
has proved to bo a hoax.
Natural gas , four miles from Fargo ,
throw sand and dirt forty feet into the
air.
air.A
A six-inch artesian well is to bo bored
on the grounds of the Vermillion uni
versity.
Iti.s expected that graders will shortly
follow the survey of the St. Paul , Minne
apolis & Manitoba , made from Aberdeen
to Pierre.
James Installs and wife , of Edison
township , Minnohahti county , have the
banner family for south Dakota. There
are thirteen children , ten of thorn being
boys , making fifteen in the family.
Aberdeen has received word from Fort
Sissoton that at least 300 Indians will be
present at the Fourth of July celebration
in that city , and thu roads are making
arrangements for special ratos. It is ex
pected over 10,000 people will be present.
Wyoming.
Real ostalc sales in Cheyenne last week
amounted to $ ' .15,000.
Cheyenne wants a series of excursion
trains to and from Omaha.
The work of laying street car track iu
Chcyouno will begin next week.
Lnrse gangs of graders are at wotK on
the Burlington extension within three
miles of Cheyenne.
A railway between Larnmlo and Denver -
vor is assured. The former city has
agreed to pay the expenses of a prelim
inary survey.
The Wyoming Central Is to push on
westward from Douglas this season.
How far is not known , but that the ad
vance is to be made is settled by the
commencement of the bridge across the
Platte. Filty men went nt work there
last week.
A valuable coal claim has bcon taken
up on the north ? ido of the Platte , eight
miles above Glen Rock on Coul creek.
The vein crons out in thn gulch , four feet
in thickness being exposed. A force of
men is running tunnel , and the work
done so far shows thu voiu to Increase in
thickness and the quality of the coal to
improve.
The saw mill men are howling at the
tyranny of the government In stopping
their raids on government land. C. C.
P , Wohol , who operated a saw mill near
Douglas , and cut his supply of timber
on Uncle Sam's claim , has been ordered
by the court to pay into the national
treasury $4,500damages , lie has sliiu up
the mill.
RACING AT A FUNERAL.
The Hnnct Chlnf of the Pnnca Indiana
Hurled With 1'cculiar Ceremonies.
Wa-si-ka , head chief of the Ponca In
dians , a tnbo living just south of hero ,
died recently and was buried tvith all the
pomp and ccrnmony known to tlio tribe ,
says the Arkansas City correspondent of
the Kansas City Times. IJis fcody was
taken on a blanket from his tepee bv his
squaw and three children and placed in
n wagon drawn by two horses , which the
widow guided. This was the Indian
hearse. Behind this followed nearly live
hundred bucks nnd squaws tlio former
on horseback and tint hitter trotting
along on foot. All thu way to the bury
ing around the widow and orphans
moaned unceasingly.
When the burial ground was reached
llio squaws formed n circle about one
hundred yards in circumfurence around
thu wagon , nnd outside of this circlu
twelve Hiua\vs ) wore stationed at intervals
of a few foot to keep nway civil spirits by
giving vent to unearthly Horoeohus. Be
yond these there wore about one hundred
nnd fifty bucks on horscbaelr , laughing ,
chatting , nii'l ' trading horses ,
After the circle hail been formed White
Buffalo , head chief of the Poncas , came
forward , and in the Ponca tongue de
livered an oration on the ducuased. At
its conclusion the mourners who m the
mean time kept their scats in the wagon
picked up the four corners of the blan
ket on which reposed the corpsn , and ,
giving it a toss , throw the body to the
ground , Then the widow wont to the
rear of thu wagon nnd gathered up some
"culls , " or roluso lumber , which aho ( In-
posited by the fii'Ju of her -.Inti'l spouse.
During thU timu ir.i Omaha Indian.who
had entered the cquaw circiu , kept filing
a DAW which ho had in his hands , nnd the
mourner * continued their mourning , As
the Omaha bnivn had liu is heel filing his
saw ho began innklm. a roccptiolo for the
remains out of the culls. This roccptiolo
was in the form of a chicken-coop , being
eight font long aii'l ' live feet wide ana
about liyo/eot hl b , tecuroly fastened to
the ground by posts. Into this the body ,
covered with the blanket nnd other
onrthly possessions of the deceased , was
laid.
laid.A
A fool-raco was then announced by the
bucks on the outside of the circlo. 'tout1
almost naked Indians wuro the partici
pants. Then followed a two-mllo horse
race , in which thuro were eighteen par
ticipants , nil of whom had painted their
faces in a hideous 111:111 : nor. Hiding oil'
the required distance the chlof then sig
naled tor the start with a louking-glass.
At full spued came thu eighteen reckless
red riders. As they neared the circle tlio
utitlrn body of-100 Indians sot up a ter
rific howl , and ns the horses en mo past
them the excitement was intense.
During tlio races the body was entirely
disrobed. There wcro four prizes in
oaeli event a jacket , n plpo and tobacco
bag , and two blankets. Tlio winner of
the first prize was given his choice of
prizes , the second second choice , the
third third , and the fourth fourth.
After the horse race the attention of
the nssomblngo wns once moro given ta
thu dead chief. The "chicken-coop
tomb'1 having bcon constructctltho body
of Wn-si-ka was thrown inside and the
ends were closed up so ns to prevent any
nnlinnl from entering nnd carrying off
thu body , A horse and two calves , the
property of the deceased , were also laid
in thu tomb in order that ho might on.joy
them in the hnppy hunting ground. This
ended the ceremony.
Mrs. Mncnngln Helps the Pronklent.
"An'fwhin'ill yorsclf bo colobratln'yer
silver jtibllay ? " the Widow Magoogin
asked ns shu sat on the bank nt Sarnnnc
and sighed , while President Cleveland ,
with whom she had been talking nbont
Queen Victoria' ? ! jubilee , la/ily wntchod
tlio sodn-bottlu corn that he used for a
floater and held his fishing polo in rendi-
ucss to take advantage of the first indications -
cations of a bitu.
"I'm afraid that'll never bo , Bintio , "
ho answered mournfully.
"An1 fwhy not ? "
"Because , Birdie,11 ho replied , "politi
cal parties , like republics , are never
grateful , nnd the best show they over
give a fellow is a second whack at such a
soft thing as I1ve cot now , "
"Is that so. now ? " Aw my I but ain't
it too bad , cntorily ? " said the widow.
"An * Ink nt the foino president yo imikos
thin , Misthur Clavclan'l An * sec the
foino woife yo married 1 An1 the nice
homo ye have ! An1 the daycint family
thnt ye come from ) Musha , bad luck to
the party , 'publiKin ur dtuimycrack
Hither that id pit n uplindid-
lukin * gintleman loike yorrclf out
av office fhwin an owld shkarucrow uv n
craythure loiko Queen Victory bovunt
kin howld an to England an' Oirolnnd
fur fifty year an1 moro. But it1 * ) the way
uv the wurrild , Misther Clavolan , .
There's nawthln' now or shupproisln * tome
mo in nunythin' that's mnnu nnd thrioky.
Oi see it uvry dny , poin' an roteht auditor
me nose , an' begorry Oi foind that it's
the nmnest an' thrickicstpavplo that eels
tilong beshl an this moomfay spore , as
me daughter Toozy scz fwhm she's rciufln1
to herself out nv tne po'thry btiko. Yis ,
indadc , stir , mancnoss throlvcs fwhoro
tliiyeintey kudn't gut its tooth an a hard
crusht ; an' d'ye know , Misther Clnvelan' ,
that if Oi was ye an' yo wns me , Oi'd see
uv'ry mother's son BV n dimmyorack ar
a 'publican aithor in Halifax nfore Oi'd
give him air a job. Oi'd shCT thim , stir ,
that Oi kud bu uv'ry bit 113 anjrratcful an
they ur' . Oi'd Ink nfther mo frinds an'
laive the rust nv thim go to the divil.
There'll be ns mooch thanks in th' ind ,
so fhwnt's tlio ushu av pittiu * yersel' out
av the way. oh ? Luk at hero , Misther
Clavolan' it's divilish little Oi knows
about politics , ar any other 'tics fur that
mntthor , but Oi'il give yo u p'intor ;
fwhin ye'ro lukin' fur some wan to take
a giul job sind wurrid tonic , up an the
hill , ivi Oi'tl intherduce ye to me own
son Tammy , me son-in-law Hinnury
an * me neighbor Jurry McGlnggerty ,
thren of thu dayomost apayclmints av hu
manity that thu Twolf1 ward uver gov
berth to. Aither nv thim1 ! ! be glad to
get the job. an' Oi'll howld yo tin dollars
that naif her I him nur mesclf'll uver go
buck on yo. An' there's me hand an it. "
"My dear Mm. Magoogin1 the presi
dent interposed , withholding nis hand ,
"you will have to refrain from any of
those demonstrations while here at Sar-
nnnc. "
"D'ye mane , uur , that there's anythin'
wrnng in takm' howld av a person's
hand ? " the widow nsknr ) .
"Oh , no ; but there are newspaper cor
respondents hovering nil over this place ,
nnd they nro likely to misconstrue an in
nocent net und involve the country in
soinu international wnr or other. "
"Is thnt eo ? " said the widow , cutely ,
"Oi'm glad yo towld me , Mistlmr Clave-
Ian' , for Oi'll bo more sarcumspect Jnuxt
toimc an' not liuvu the noospapor miu
sue mo. They're awful divils , ar'n't
they ? "
" 1 believe they nro. "
"Yo belavve ' ? Man nloivo , don't yo
know it ? 'But nuver molnil , Misthur
Clavolan' . All' wan nv thim dar'H to say
a wurrid agin yo ar agin mo aithor. Oi'll
pit u head an him. lif. nr , nn' n byoot-
iful big head it'll lie , too , lor yo kin bet
yer loifo Birdiu Magoogin 'a the woman
to do it. " JOHN L. JKKNINGS.
HoNton Burljer Shop * .
Boston Herald : The man who drops
into the barber shop at Young's hotel ,
thu Trcmont liouso , or any of the other
principal shops in this city , probably
gives little thought to thu oxpouslvonoss
of the comforts by which ho is sur
rounded. The twenty cents which ho
pays for a shnvo , or tlio twenty-five cents
which ho lavishes on n hair-cut or shampoo
pee , does not represent to his mind a
very large capital. So long as the rn/.or
iloos not pull , and the right twist is given
to his mustache , and lti > > hair is parted at
the right spot , he does not trouble him
self with computations on the cost of the
decorations or furniture. It mny interest
this individual to know that whun be guts
shaved at the United Stated hotel ho is in
the most elaborate ohop in Now Eng
land , and that f fi.OOO has boon expended
to make his brief stay comfortable. Hn
will recline in an $90 pluuh chair , and
ga/.o subsequently into a if 100 mirror to
note thu result of his experiment. If lie
is curious about tlio timu consumed , ho
can glance up at n f5'JO clock. ' .1'hu walls
and soiling unoiit him are decorated with
tasty tinlM , the carved woods are of oak ,
the floor is mnrblu. At the Trcmont
hotel n hardly less elegant shop mny bo
found , upon which , alHO , not less that
? r ,00 < ) has boon laid out. At Young's the
surroundings are about the sninu , nnd in
thu center of the room is n marble sink
of elegant workmanship , which cost
$1.000. At No. 10 Federal street is another
fine shot ) , und nt No. 'J Court avenue- still
another is tu bu opened next Saturday.
All of those shops are owned by Mr. i > .
P , Verne , who started in the business
twenty-live years ago as an apprentice
with Louis P , Ober , then in the tonsorin !
lino. Tun years UEO Mr. Vornu obtained
possession of the Trutnont shop , where ho
now employs nine men. 'Ihree years
later ! io took Young's.Htnrling with three
inuii , and now has nine thure. Two year *
after that hu opened the shop on Forlorn !
street , which now runs six chain. Ho
took the shop at thn United States nearly
three vear.t nfto , when three men did the
work thure , and has enlarged aii.1 Im
proved it until Uvelvu men can hardly at
tend to tint customer/ / ) . The new shop on
Court tivunuo will have live chairs. J ho
ornamentations in all of tlie.su .shop' ore
from liosigiis of Frank Hill Smith , aiid
are worth a study. Mr. Verne thinks ho
umpluvii morn I'tirhcrt forty-threu than
any ether mini in lh country. Ills men
receive from $14 to * - " a weuk. He pays
? 1,20 your 'or washing towels nlcno.
An KxfiiiUI'tt I'erfiinii-
clings to the skin of these who tito Col
gate's unsurpassed Toilet Simps. C > -
mnru Bouquat iuoet popular. , , ,