Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY. JULY 15. 1887.
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IN the fearless discussion of men and
measures this paper has never been
gagged by threats of libel suits.
THERK are a f < jw planks loose yet ,
Major Balcombe , and a good many side
walks where there never wore any plunks.
MAJOII GEEHHRAL COLBY will be n can
didate for district judge. Colby on the
bench would bo nil ornament , lie was
the gem of the state senate , you know.
BECAUSH the BKK has seen fit to op
pose the Moynihan protective night
watch scheme , it has been denounced as
a "drub" by Moynihan's billy editor.
Considering the source this Is compli
mentary.
EX-SENATOR TIIUHMAN positively de
clines to become the democratic can
didate for governor of Ohio. The old
Roman exhibits great wisdom. Ho
knows Ohio politics when ho sees it , and
iiono know bettor than he , that there is
no hope for the democrats to curry the
state.
THE citizens of Council Bluffs may not
re * bo nblo to survive the disgrace that seems
is to bo put upon thorn by the opening of a
club room in their now hotel. The pretest -
test against this "outrage" may possibly
coiuo from the fact that it costs $3 to become -
come a member of the club. The story
which is so graphically told of the Man-
awa hotel , while not exactly bloodcurdling
ling , is evidently one of the great insti
tutions ot our sister city , thought it was
constructed on wind nnd propped up by
mechanics' lions. Council Bluffs is noth
ing it not highly sensational.
IT is a fact not generally known that
ns long ago : H 1839 the people of the
southern counties of California voted in
favor of a division of the state , and the
result was duly ccrtitlod to the secretary
of state , by him to the governor , and by
the governor to the president. The mat
ter has thus rested over since , but if the
people of Southern California want n
new state they can demand it and can
probably got It. This result is believed
to bo only a question of time , as the mat
ter ie now being agitated.
A SPECIES of boycott has been placed
upon the millers of Connersville , Indi
ana , by the farmers under novel circum-
( stances. For years the mills have been
loaning to the farmers the sacks noccs-
Btiry to handle the now crop , but this
year the millers united in announcing
that no sacks would bo furnished. In
consequence the farmers of the surround
ing country have entered into n com
pact that not n bushel of grain will they
bring to that city , and the prospect is
that the bats will roost iu the elevators ,
Meantime buyers at Lyon's Station , east
of the city , and at Heoson's station ami
( tlonwood , north und south , are doing an
immense business.
Tim prohibitionists of Iowa with
eighteen delegates nominated a state
ticket yesterday from governor down tc
superintendent of puUUc instruction ,
The platform embraces more than a separate -
arato political action in dealing with the
liquor trallio. There Is danger that thcj
want too much. Not content with pul
verizing the rum power they fuvor tin
reduction of passenger rates on rail
roads , the establishment of postal sav
ings banks , woman suffrage and u nil in
bor of other reforms. It is barely possi
bio that those people are taking toomucl
upon their shoulders. If they are sue
eessftil in establishing prohibition the )
will accomplish a great deal more than
there la reason to believe they will do
Too many irons in the tire is not a gooi
business principles.
IN an interview with King Kalakaui
printed on the first page of this paper thi
king admits that hli position to-day 1
largely ono of IgnornDoa as to what I
going on in his kingdom. From the con
fesslon of the king as to his ignorance o
public affairs , we are Inclined to the belief
lief that It was a wise move upon the par
of the people to depose him from oxer
citing the prerogative * of his position
While Kulnkaaa evidently apprehend
perional violence may be don * him , th
country will hardly nlinre In that belle )
He ui n object of pity rther than a
ceniuro , raid no ono tne oitlun
of Umwall would mfllol yerjonul punlih
uienl upon one trhiuo intelligence it o
mob until oallber.
Illegitimate Insurance Companion.
'
The country Is full of " 'snide" insur
ance companies , and lliero is reason to
bellovo that the ovlt is not decreasing.
Notwithstanding the fact that most of
the states have stringent Insurance laws ,
tlicso illegitimate schemes of pretended
insurance are continually developing ,
assuming n'1 ' sorts of forms and each
professing to hive a plan that surpasses
all others in the conditions of cheapness ,
convenience and safety which make in
surance attractive to the average in *
dividual. It docs not rcqutro cither a
great amount of ingenuity or of capital ,
us some recent exposures in New York
demonstrate , to start ouo of these com
panies , but being started they are capable
of doing a great deal of wrong to the
hundreds of gulblblo people whom they
victimize , It has been shown
that in Now York a number of
professed insurance companies , under
all sorts of catching titles , have been op
erating without a dollar of assets from
which to pay promised death losses , and
t is not questionable that similar organ-
zatlons are to bo found in many other
tatcs. These swindling concerns run on
until some ono is robbcii who bus the will
.o inquire into their working , when they
uddcnly collapse and the company of
wo or three otllcials betake themselves
, o quarters where they are unknown. It
s generally deemed a waste of time and
money to pursue them , nnd thus they es-
ape merited punishment.
It appears that Iowa has been rospon-
iblo for moro or less illegitimate busi
ness In the insurance line which it will
bo the duty of the legislature of that
tate to provide against iu future.
The trouble seems to have been caro-
essncss on the part of the state
officials in granting certificates to so-
called insurance men to do business in
owa without sulllcicnt inquiry as to
ivhethor or not they wcro responsible.
These who wcro irresponsible have used
hose certificates as credentials of character -
actor in other states , whoso people have
uoon llecccd without mercy. It is cor-
alnly the fault of such states that they
do not protect their people against such
rascals by stringent laws. In Massachu
setts , for example , no insurance company
ocatcd outside of that state can do busi
ness in the stale without conforming to
certain laws and regulations which pro
tect the people against fraud. Only re-
ently some sensation was created in in
surance circles there by the arrest of sev
eral agents of outsidocompanies who dis
regarded these laws. But the want
of adequate regulations in other
states docs not relieve Iowa of the duty
of making such laws as will prevent her
endorsement being used to the detriment
of ycoplo elsewhere.
Sound lifo insurance is a good thing.
To a great many people it is the only in
vestment they can make as a provision
for those dependent on them when they
are left to shift for themselves. Because
this is so it oilers an inviting Hold for un
scrupulous adventurers who understand
that there is always a largo body of un
sophisticated and gullible people who
can bo victimized by the fictions these
oily-tongucd sharpers can so readily in
vent. Ilonco the necessity for stringent
laws in this matter , which shall carry
heavy penalties for their violation. There
is no moaner form of swindling than
that carried on by insurance sharps , and
their punishment can hardly bo too se
vere. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Air. Cleveland on Ills Ofllcc.
Whenever President Cleveland drops
into sentimental ratiocination ho becomes -
comes interesting and suggestive. Ho
did this on Wednesday evening at the
banquet which closed the exorcises m
honor of the centennial of the town of
Clinton , N. Y. , where ho responded to a
toast , "To the president of the United
States. " Mr. Cleveland's remarks showed
him to have a proper idea and estimate
of the character and importance of the
presidential ollico. The fact that it rep
resents the sovereignty of sixty millions
of people must make a profound , if not
a solemn , impression upon all intelligent
minds. It is undeniably the most exalted
position on earth , and its dignity and
value should not bo regarded lightly
by any citizen. The president was
right in saying that this great
oilico should command the watchful
care and solicitude of the people , both
with respect to the selection of an In
cumbent and in insisting that the powers
and duties of the chief magistrate are
faithfully exercised within their constitu
tional limitations. It may also bo admit
ted that the ollico should never bo made
subservient to selfish interests , or its in
cumbent forced to submit to a direction
or dictation proceeding from only a part
of the people. Wo have no doubt that
the great majority of intelligent citizens
will timi no fault with the proposition im
plied in thn remarks of the president that
the executive ollico represents the whole
people , and that its incumbent should bo
given a measure of confidence and mag
nanimous forbearance comporting with
the character of the office.
But while such consideration is claimed
for the presidential ofllco and iu incum
bent from the people , the chief magis
trate should bo mindful ofvlut Is duo
from him to the pooplo. Mr. Cleveland
i- ; not unconscious of this , for ho said :
"If your president should not be of the
people and ono of your follow-citlzons ,
lie would bo utterly unfit for the posi
tion , Incapable ot understanding the
people's wants , careless of their desires. "
How far baa practice conformed to pre
cept in the case of Mr. Cleveland ? Hxa
It boon his haolt , since ho became presi
dent , to bo "of tbo people ? " Ou the con
trary has ho not rather studiously kept
aloof , until recently , from the , people , as
if indifferent regarding tholr wants and
careless of their desires ? It is not muob ,
perhaps , that different from nearly everyone
ono of his uredocessors be beld nc
social relations except ot the mos
formal character with thn oltzi ! > ni
of the national capital during the firs
year and a half of bis administration
but there ii n great deal In the fact tha
ho persistently kept aloof from the repre
sontatlves of the people in congress unti
the more self-respecting of them won
compelled to retaliate by ignoring thi
president. Mr. Cleveland may have po
cullar views as to bow tbe chief magistral
shall be "of the people" and acquire at
understanding of tholr wants and desires
but the general judgment will undoubtedly
odly bo that the only praotloabli
way Is by association and consul
tation with the people's repre
lonUtivM. Row little Mr. Cleveland ha
done this la a matter of history so wel
authenticated that hU most ardent friend
will not attempt to gainsay It , and tb
well-known effect Las boon to alienate
from him some of the ablest and worthiest
men of his party. It may ba that Mr.
Cleveland has grown wiser and will not
continue during the remaining tlmo of
his administration the policy of obstinate
cxcluslvenoss and 6olf-dcpomlonco which
has thus far < ilgnallzcd his administra
tion , but ho certainly cannot point to his
record ns president In vindication of his
most recently uttered opinion respecting
the relations that should subsist between
the chief magistrate and the pooplo. It
will bo well for him , and perhaps for the
country , if ho shall put this opinion into
practice.
Every intelligent American citizen has
a full appreciation of the elevated char
acter , the dignity , and the value of the
presidential ofllcc , and it is a wrong to
the people to imply otherwise. But it
may easily happen , and sometimes
with sufficient warrant , that they
will lose confidence m and
respect for an incumbent of
that office. The condemnation of the
ndivldual docs not necessarily involve
disrcpcct to the oflico , and may oven
como from a conviction that the position
s being abused by the Incumbent. On
ho whole , however , it may justly bo said
.hat the American people are most for
bearing and magnanimous in their judg
ment of the conduct of their chief inagis-
rates , allowing jnuch to good Intentions
as an excuse for shortcomings ,
Sunstroke The Preventive nnd Onro.
A sudden prostration of the nervous
system from extreme heat is commonly
called sunstroke. It is a mistake , how
ever , to suppose that exposure to the
sun's rays is necessary to produce sun-
stroke. Workmen who are exposed all
day to the glaring sun do not have sun
stroke as often as persons of sedentary
labits who walk on the shady side of the
street. The visitation , however , may
como alike to cither the man In the sun
shine or the man In the shade.
The symptoms of an approaching pros
tration are disccrnablo. In a great num
ber of cases a warning is given , while
again there are others where there is
none , the victim falling down suddenly
unconscious. The indications of an at
tack are a full , heavy fooling in the head ,
dizziness , falntncss and diflicult breath
ing , accompanied not infrequently by a
rapid pulsation of the heart. When these
signs appear , the threatened person can
avoid sunstroke by immediately ceasing
from all mental and physical effort. Ho
should retire to a cool place , bathe his
head , but.refrain from drinking much
water in his overheated condition.
When stricken by sunstroke the means to
restore should bo applied at onco. The
head should bo swathed in ice , while
the extremities should be stimulated by
mustard applications and the nausea at
the stomach always accompanying a
sunstroke should bo relieved by outward
applications of mustard. As every ono
is liable in this weather to n sunstroke ,
and as the effects of it may bo death or
long suffering , those hints in regard to
the matter are well worth remember
ing.Wlnlo
Wlnlo it may bo held that sunstrokes
arc not wholly avoidable , precautions
can bo sensibly and reasonably
used to escape such a dlroisitation. .
The avoidance of ardent stimulants is the
greatest requisition , while an over indul
gence in water-drinking , especially when
iced , is as bad as alcoholic beverages.
Ucgular habits and attention to one's
diet will bo the surest preventive against
sunstroke , as they are against all the ills
flesh is heir to.
The Salvationist * .
The Br.E sometime ago characterized
the street parades of the Salvation army
as a nuisance , and demanded that the
same should bo abated by the police ,
Thereupon the BEE was violently as
sailed by various parties who charged
that the paper had gone out of its way
to attack religion. Under the circum
stances it is rather amusing to us to read
a special dispatch from Lafayette , Ind. ,
in the Chicago Times of July 13 , show
ing that the Salvationists had been sot
down upon rather severely by such a
strict religious body as the Presbyterians.
Complaints had been frequently made b.v
the congregation of the Second Presby
terian church , by whoso edifice the army
marched , that the loud feigning nnd tain-
borino boating necessitated the discon
tinuance of their service. Kindly appeals
to the army resulted iu contemptuous
answers that they had a right to parade ,
and would do so. The authorities were
at first disposed to prohibit parades al
together , but the army finally entered
into a written agreement not to use thcli
tambourines on Sunday and not to sing
while parading within two blocks of nnj
church. It strikes us that when the
Presbyterians oppose tambourine relig
Ion in the streets , it is not out of place foi
a newspaper to do the same thing. The
BEE still maintains that the Salvatior
army street parades , with the big bass
drum , the rattle-box tambourines , anc
the falsetto voices of the female shriek
crs , are a nuisance , which ought to bi
abated.
Work For the Health Oflloor.
At this season of the year , the healtl
officer of Omaha should exercise the
greatest vigilance and activity in pre
venting malaria and the spreading o :
diboario germs. In some parts of the oilj
stagnant water has boon confined in tin
low places by the grading of the adja
cent grounds and air has been poisoned
by putrid matter. The miasma in suet
neighborhoods engenders malarial fevers
and diseases that have their source in
filth and bad air. In other sections o
tbo city excavation of grounds saturated
with the contents of cess-pools ii
not only offensive to people who live it
the Immediate vicinity , but tends to im
pregnate the atmosphere with health-de
stroying gases. While it may bo difliculi
for the health oftioers to carry into ollec
sanitary measures by filling up the pond ;
and pools of stagnant water , they cer
tainly can and ought to compel parties
engaged In oxoavating cellars , drainr
and cesspools , either to abstain froir
doing this work In the glaring July sun
or else to me duinfeotanU to dmpo
tbe nauseating odors and purify the at
mosphere. The excavation of oosspooh
and abandoned vault * should , In oui
opinion , only be carried on under thi
supervision of the health ofllcer.
THE majesty of the Uw has beer
avenged and Jeke Sbarp has been son
tenccd to four year * In the penitentiary
and fined 16,000. If a few more boodlen
of the Sharp typo were placed behind tin
bnrs it would have a wholesome ofTec
upou the country , Sharp's appeal foi
mercy dldnH meet with much favor from
Judge Barrett. If Sjharu had manifested
a desire to pay back any part of his
stolen millions to tbo city ho would have
received some consideration in the shape
of mercy. The strong characteristics of'
the boodlors is to appeal for moroy
when the penitentiary Is staring them in
the face. i
Tins Is Indeed the ago of reform. The
Christian people of Washington have pe
titioned Secretary of War Endlcott to
Issue an order dispensing with the regu
lar Sunday mojrnlng dress parade and
Inspection In the army. Do thcso people
wish to deprive the dude officers from
exhibiting tholr manly beauty in the
presence of their sweet-hearts ? This
would bo tUo saddest blow over dealt to
the army.
Now that Queen Kopiolana will In all
probability soon bo reduced to the ranks
of the common pcoplo , and no longer a
throne to occupy , she should have stopped
off at Omaha and invested her f 2,000,000
which she procured in England m real
cstato. It would have done her far more
good than going back homo with the
hope of building up her little govern
ment.
OMAHA has been very liberal if not
reckless in voting away street railway
franchises. Now that all the horse rail
roads , cable roads and motor companies
have been voted franchises in every di
rection , wo want to sco their projects
materialize.
THE Chicago papers include Omaha
among the cities which make an es
pecially crtditablo exhibit of school
work in the collection brought together
for the inspection of the National Teach
ers' association , now in convention in
Chicago. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
UNION PACIFIC economy decrease
clerks and salaries at headquarters ,
$25,000 a j'car. Increase of general
manager's salary , $30,000 a year net in
crease , $5,000. At this rate the company
will soon bo able to declare another divi
dend.
Advertising Ills Patronage.
A t > t. Louis , Mich. , dentist advertises
weekly the names of his patients and the
number of teeth extracted for each.
A Mugwump Uniformed.
Cincinnati Commercial QazU ( .
A composite photograph of Mr. Cleveland
and his cabtnetwould look like a Boston
mugwump in confederate uniform.
The Simple WAT Out.
. UuffaJn Courier.
A simple way of settling things would bo
to allow Jay Gould and the Standard Oil
company to divide the earth between them.
Just KnoiiRti' ' to Go Round.
Colonel Bradley 0. Suialloy announces
with pride that the democrats are in pos
session of every federal ollico In Vermont.
lie had just about enough good men to go
around.
I'cnco nmi Harmony.
The me.inin ? ot "peace and harmony" as
understood In Calvcrt county , Virginia , was
explained by a negro the other day as fol
lows : "Mr. John Thomas Bond and his
crowd clt all do ofllces and Mr. Joe Wilson
and his trlen's git nuthin' but ue harmony. "
1'erhapa lie Does.
Morton's Ifcbiiuha Cy ( ( Kcui.
Senator Manderson says ho did not ap
point Michael for fun and proposes to stand
by his appointment. Manderson says ho
does not believe the story published about
Michael and says there is more malice than
truth In them. That Is a very nice manner
in which to call the republicans of Fremont ,
Grand Island and Sidney liars. Perhaps
Mandorson knows the class of men with
whom ho Is dealing.
Drum and Sheridan.
CMeago Heriild
The relations between General Sheridan
and General Drum continue strained. When
the secretary of war Is on deck Dium is sub
ordinate to Sheridan , but when the secretary
goes out of town for a week or a month ho
makes Drum acting secretary , and then
Sheridan Is Drum's subordinate. Theieis
liable to bo a call for the police at almost any
minute now , tor Kudicott is away and both
Drum and Sheridan are In Washington.
Still AwnitliiK.
HurJcttc < n 7Jr oWj/ii
"Husband InV" asked the assessor cheer
fully. "No , " answered the woman , "He
isn't homo. " "Kxpectlng him soon 'f asked
the assessor. "Well , " the woman replied ,
thoughtfully , "I don't know exactly ; I've
been look in' for him seventeen years ami he
hasn't showed up yet. You travel round n
good deal , nnd if you see n man who looks
as though he'd make me a pretty good hus
band , tell him I'm still a-waltin' and send
him along. How's your wife ? " But the assessor -
sessor wrote something In his book and ,
without speaking , slid softly away with tin
cautious haste of a mau walking over the
thin place In the Ice.
A Torrid Dny In Town.
Eiluwd E. KMtler.
"iteady I" the nude little villains stand on
the broiling rock ,
"tiet her go , Gallailicrl"splashl ? They
welcome the watery slioi-K.
"Cheese It ; the cops are coiuin' " each one
dives like a rock ,
"Did you catch them , Morlarltj ? " "Dlvll o
one o' the lot.
Phew , but it's hot. "
Down tn the tenement district children In
wild pi-noons
Swallowliic penny Ices , uslne their togues
for spoons :
Stealing the fro/en Croton , greatest of sum
mer boons ;
Cooling their feet in the gutters , chasing the
stagnerlng hot.
Phew , but It-s hot 1
Clang 1 the ambulance files a man ha ;
dropped In the struct ;
Splutter ! the boda-fouutain froths at the
mouth with heat.
Fan , and your moist discomfort seems bul
the more complete ;
Even the open car a favoring breeze has
not. *
Phew , but it's hot.
Tinkle 1 the Ice In the glass has the sound ol
a sweet refrain ;
"Beer and a julep , waiter" ' 'Walter , some
more chamtmgnil. " '
Down go the cooling < ( ' ! ) drinks , and up files
the blood to the brain :
And the temperuture , < so , high , doesn't lowei
a slnglu jot. . . .
Whew , but It's , hot I
Hush ! for the seaside boats with their mobs
and tholr awful bands ,
Bound for thu breakers cool that hiss on the
heated sands.
There's a perfect liabel of talk , and a furious
rtuttor of fans
"Captain , you let mo off ; you've got on an
awful lot.
Phew , but it's hot I"
Three p. m. : 'tis blazing ; handkerchiefs
turn to mops ;
Dinners are all uneaten there's a run on
the Ice cream shops ;
Up from a mystic quarter a rain-cloud sud
denly pops ;
Thorn's a furious Uood of water It's sratef ui ,
Is It not ?
No , for It's liotl
Save from 25 tn 50 per cent by attend-
lug Kobe liro's special sale of tine sta
tionery , 16'2 : Ddige st.
PACIFIC INVESTIGATION.
The Proof the 1'intdlng la Chewing
the String.
York Democrat.
The Pacific railroad investigation nt
Omaha , must have boon very ref roshlng to
the brass-collared organs throughout the
state. The "straight" and "trooly loll"
papers In every village and hamlet in
Nebraska during the late session of the
Into lamented legislature , ridiculed the
idea that the railroads had men at Lin
coln to control legislation in the interests
of the corporations , The State Journal
would venture the assertion that the idea
of the presence of a paid railroad
lobby at the capitol , was nothing
moro nor loss than a crazy anti-monop
delusion. Immediately every tin whlstlo
would pipe the news to their credulous
readers. In the light of the facts devel
oped during the past wcok the Democrat
and those papers that had the courage to
charge that n corrupt and venal lobby of
hired railroad tools wore controlling and
dictating the legislation for the great
slate of Nebraska wcro unmistaka
bly in the right. Governor
Pattison's commission has exam
ined nearly a dozen of the Union
Pacific attorneys and "claim agents , "
each of whom was compelled to testify
under oath that each of thorn was em
ployed by that companv during the ses
sion of the late legislature , and the duties
and only duties of each and every ono of
them wc.ro to inlluenco members in the
interest of that corporation. According
to their own sworn testimony , their sal
aries for this dirty work was from $ -100
and expenses and upwards , and that
money was paid from the general fund
of the railroad company. Craw
ford , the leader of ouo of the
gangs , testified that his duty
was to hold the democrats togeth
er during the senatorial contest , in order
to defeat Van Wyck , whom ho denomi
nated as an anti-nionoooly demagogic
and crank , and that his company wanted
him detailed for prudential reasons be
cause ho was considered a dangerous
man in the Unilod Slalessonalo for west
ern railroad interests. These facts have
been forced from the lips of the conspira
tors themselves , and it is safe to predict
that the one-tenth part has not been told.
The railroad gang is in politics to stay un
til the people unite and drive them out ,
the brass-collored corporation organs
and tin-whistlo brigade to the contrary
notwithstanding.
STATE AND TKIUUTOIW.
Nebraska JotliiiRS.
A city direclory is in the hands of the
printers in Grand Island.
The hyphenated Loader-Sentinel , of
Fall City , has powtorod out of existence.
Eigiit ex-residonts ot Columbus were
jailed in Hastings , Tuesday , for refusing
to swear by the homo team.
Fremont's packing house will cover
05x133 tcct of ground , to bo built of brick ,
three stories high , and cost 140,000.
The Columbus tire bugs are cooling off
in jail In Hastings. A warm corner
uwaits them amid the ruins of their vil
lainy.
Lichtning tapped a fine horse , a colt ,
and three steers on the farm of J. T. Kel
logg , at iMavllowor , Monday , killing the
five at ono clip.
The stockholders of the Fremont
creamery have just pocketed a semiannual
nual dividend of ten per cent. This is
buttering the biscuits ot opulence on both
sides.
Ed. Carr , the murderer of Warren
Long , in Boonu county , has been added
to the list of humpstrotchurs. Ho was
given until Nov. IW to negotiate for a
comfortable corner in the hereafter.
A capitalist from Whitehall , N. Y. ,
proposes to start a fruit canning plant in
Nebraska City this foil. No better loca
tion can bo had in the state , ns Otoe
county holds the banner in that line.
Mr. Tyler , of Hastings , met and inter
viewed the fighting editor of the Nebras-
kan. Mr. Tyler now wears a pair ol
blackened eyes , a painful memory of the
encounter , and a high opinion of the dec
orative abilities of the f. c.
J. L. RlcCoy and bride , of Hull , honey
mooned in a Cheyenne hotel a few days
ago , and jumped their board bill. The
couple are evidently amateur lunatic. " , as
no sane person would have stopped in
Cheyenne on a bridal tour.
The assessment roll of Hurt county
shows 0,515 horses , 137,033 cattle , 7M
mules , 2,100 sheup , 8,701 hogs outside
the Indian reservation , 2,107 wagons
2'J1,01H ' acres of land , ot which 138,430
acres are improved. The assessed value
of nil property is ) ? 1,70,087.7U. ( !
The Schuvlcr Herald rojoiccs that
"Armour , the great meat packer of Chicago
cage , has decided to locate ono of his
gigantic packing establishments a
Omaha. This is not only iv grout thing
for Omaha , but for the state as well. It
means a better market for cattle and
hogs. "
Hast Sioux City has contributed a score
of town lots to give color .ind body to
thu fluid which irrigates Omaha. At the
riito the cutting is going on now it would
take but a comparatively short time for
the greater portion of Ease Sioux City
to fall into the river , causing a loss ol
thousands of dollars.
Fire tackled the chuck In the railroad
eating house in Chadron , masticated the
building in short order , but collapsci
and went out with a wild shriek when ii
descended to the pic counter. It is now
proposed to arm the fire department will
this potent tire protector , labeled on tin
cru-st "In pic wo trust. " Beware of iuii
tittious.
The Stratig company of Omaha have
been awarded the franchise for water
works in Norfolk. The company tire
pose to put in a lir.st class plant , to cost
from .f O.OOO to $50,000. The city agrees
to pay $3,000 a year for fifty hydrants ,
which , aildod to receipts from private
consumers , will make the plant a profita
ble ono to the company , and a scourco o :
security and comfort to the city.
The Columbus Journal thus sneaks o :
Omaha's great suburb : "South Omahn is
ono of the liveliest , perhaps the very
liveliest community in the state at pros-
out , and , while it is wonderful how it has
grown , its growth in thu future promises
to be still moro of a marvel. Among the
important business enterprises are a
large hrcwory.a varnish factory , a wagon
and carriage factory , four of the largest
packing houses in t'lio world , when Swift
und Armour have completed their estab
lishments Armour has recently bought
out Lipton , and purposes investing $350-
000 to $300,000 in an establishment that
will have a capacity of 5,000 hogs a day.
Soon the young city will have tfireo dif
ferent systems of waterworks , and Ihis
full and winter work will bo pushed on a
sewerage system which will renuiro a
tunnel through the lulls to the Missour
river , a mile and a half long and six foci
In diameter. Amoii' ' the Columbus folks
at South Omaha are Dan Condon , William
Walker , George White , Harry Arnold
Ernest Stenger , Jessie Kojrgon , Mat
Leonard and George Peck , all of whom
it is said , are doing well. "
Inwn Xowa.
Prairie hay is worth $7 a ton in Burlint :
ton ; now timothy | 15 , and old $17.
The sensation at Moulton last week
was thn elopment of Lewis Galliher am
Miss Delia , daughter of Mayor Swift.
They were last heard from at Nebraska
City.
The third annual regatta of the lown
Amateur Rowing association will bo hold
at Spirit Lake , July 10 unit 37. Thu gold
medals offered us pri/es arc vulued at
$1,200.
Prophet Foster predicts a dangerous
droughty season for crops from July 15
to August 3 and from August 13 to Sep
tember 1. The dry region will not bo
widespread , merely patches hero and
hero.
Ground has been broken in Ucdar Ra
nds for a condensed nillk factory , the
mlldlng to bo CO by 150 , throe storios.
I'ho factory will have a capacity of 100-
000 pounds per day , using the product of
0,000 cowa.
The Mnrslialltown city cotincll lias
passed a resolution offering a remission
if all municipal taxes and all license fees
for a term of five yo.irs to any ono who
shall build an opera house in that city , to
chst not less than $25.000 and to have a
seating capacity of not less than 1,000.
Colorado.
The News says lawyers are as thick in
Denver as vagrant dogs.
The license receipts of Denver from all
sources for the past six months amounted
to | 33S,010.
A broom factory Is to bo established at
Fort Collins , which will draw the raw
material from Nebraska.
The indictments against Slioriff Cramer ,
of Arapahoe county , and his deputies
did not hold water in court and wcro
quashed.
John Hicks , n Denver laborer , father
of iivo children , euycd and bantered
a fellow workman named Me-
Carty , aged seventeen , and when the lat
ter protested , Hicks pounded him bru
tally. Suddenly the boy freed himself
from the man's grasp , and quickly pick
ing up a shovel lying near dealt Hicks a
terrific blow on the head. Hicks tiled
from the effects of the blow in about an
hour. A coroner's inquest was hold and
n verdict was returned of justifiable hem
icide.
Montana ,
The Diura Lummon mine turned out
$203,800 worth of ere during Juno.
The now court house nt Helena has
been paid for , dedicated and opened for
business.
The Revenue mine in the Richmond
Flat district has been sold to Boston par-
tics for $500,000.
The ox-Rev. Miln Is pounding "Ham
let" in territorial towns. A local critic
avers that "tho melancholy prince sets
well on the mobile and intellectual face
of Miln. "
The Montana Central is making the
dirt ily on the Butte branch. At the
Wickes tunnel they are working under
ground from both ends. On the north
side the tunnel has been driven to a
depth of 285 feet and they are timbering
tip close.
The Helena Mining nnd Reduction
company continue to show very gratify
ing results at the Wickos works. The
value of the crude nnd refined bullion
output for the first five months of the
year foots up very nearly $500,000. The
single item of lead reached 4,136,150
Eounds of railway haulage. The total
nllion output of the works for the year
1887 is estimated to exceed (1,200,000.
THE BLACK HILLS.
What the Inhabitants are Doing Our-
ing the ilentcd Term.
RAPID CITY , Dak. , July 12. [ Special
Correspondence of the BEn.J In these
torrid days the Black Hills country does
not give such encouragement to the ten
derfoot ns earlier or later in the season.
One thing , and only ono , can b < 5 found to
offer consolation. It is possible to sleep.
During the day the sun beats down with
an intensity that is fierce , but when the
night comes the light nir , easily cooled ,
looses all of the torridity of the day , and
the long evenings are cool and pleasant
and the nights very comfortable for sleep.
This alone makes life endurable in this
region. But the people who como to the
Black Hills wcro not enticed hither by
the beauties of the climate. Climatic
conditions are minor considerations when
the allurement of the precious metals is
held out. Quartz nnd carbonates , galena
nnd sulphiiritcs attract a class of citizens
who are usually impervious to heat or
cold such as otlset ordinary metals. All
people in the Black Hills are not of this
class , yet all exist.
The busy granger is just now furbish
ing up his mowing machine and hunting
the self-binder out of the field where ho
left it last fall. If not doing this , ho is
in town making glad the heart of the im
plement man by purchasing harvest ma
chinery with a liberality almost prodigal.
For the outlook for crops was never bet
ter in the history of the country , and the
heart of the granger man is glad and the
fieldless dweller m town is roiolci.'d cor
respondingly. In the Black llills as else
where , times are good when crops are
good nnd corn and wheat and oits : in
plenty cause money to circulate in
abundance. The consumption in the
Black llills lias moro than doubled m
two years , and hist year crops were
almost a total failure. During the win
ter and even now , Nebraska hay , corn ,
oats , fed the stock nnd Nebraska flour ,
beef , butter , egtrs , potatoes nidcd man in
this country to exist. All this took
money out of the llills. A good crop
will change this condition , hence the
general rejoicing.
Next to the crop outlook , the chicfcst
topic of conversation in this region is the
firemen's tournament , which nlosod nt
Lrnd City last week. That spirit which
in other regions induces young men to
join military companies , runs in this sec
tion to "lire departments. " A double end
is thus subserved. Duadwood leads the
Hills towns in point of number and in
splendor of equipment of firemen. But
with all their glory , the Dcadwood fire
men failed to win the coveted honorsnot
to speak of the | i izo money , their costly
equipment availed nothing against the
muscle and luck of the Load City men ,
and not a purse worth having went away
from the town that furnished the enter
tainment. A wrangle are > o , the details
of which are interesting , which threatens
the disruption of the association. Small
Story fell to the running teams from
apul City. Yet when the boys returned
a reception was given them. A saloon
keeper invited them in , und in his "par
lor'1 sot forth ; thu hparkling champagne
in liberal quantities. "A feast of reason
nnd n How of soul" followed. Other sa
loon men imitated the example of the
first , bcor took the nlare of champagne ,
song and speech vied with each other for
supremacy , nnd all was love bo.yond com
pare. Then some inspired individual
slipped oil' and canio bnnk , and in an in
stant some twenty-live and thirty packs
of lire crackers were popping on the
floor. Hero was an idea , rorlh tfie gang
sallied , pome fifty or sixty strong , and the
different stocks of fireworks in the city
were levied on. Not only levied on , but
exploded. Words cannot portray what
followed. The entertainment has been
likened to all similes , or synonyms for
noise , yet not onu of lhe o can tell how
the firemen of Rapid City mudo night
hideous nnd sleep impossible with their
sport. Big ' " -.ickorH and little "niggi-r
chasers" nnd torpc < d > e # , roukcls
and Roman candles , anything to
make a noise , and the racket of the
explosion accompanied by n chorus of
Yeilini : that would put to shame any In
dian gang that ever f lightened n peace
ful white. It was the firemen , however ,
and as the honest citi/en turned uneasily
on bis sleepless conch he mentally
blessed the existence of the cause of Ins
misery. The firemen of thn Black Hills
are called on to face danger often , nnd
thi'ir license is their only reward. And
thin license is seldom abused.
Probably the mo.st interesting topic
umong minors id the controversy be-
twenn Thomas II. White u mining ex
port of Deadwood , and the Homey POHK
.Mining company. The company lately
nttmnplfd to place r > largo amount of
tin property in London. Mr White , In
Jus capncitv ns self-constituted cruser ) (
mining enterprises , took the pains to
write a letter to a London paper , ill
which ho denied the oxistoncoX .
the company's property , nnd proL , "i ( , J"
make n number of. vcry\r"r | °
nllrgatlons , Imputing anything buy '
orable tntuntions ( o the managers olPn
ontorprlcoi As the Ilorncy Peak ci °
pany is to Rapid Cl'.y what the Hoim
stake Is to Deadwood , and thu relations
between the towns are strained , It Is easy
to surnlso the row that Is in progress.
Mr. White sfanlls In n very promising \
way of damaging his reputation as n re-
lleblo mining critic.
All through the Hills the pcoplo are
busy. The farmer Is preparing for har
vest , the miner for winter. Little is
doing in the towns. A building goes up
now nnd then , yet no boom Is hoard.
The railroad extension from Rapid City
to Sturgis progresses , and yet Sturgis
docs not seem to have fell the Impetus an
approaching road gives a western town.
A combination appears to work against
her , and all are waiting to sco "which
way the cat will jump.1' I'm watching
with the others
THE CARE OF CHILDREN.
A Few Timely Worde to Thoeo Who
Are Now Carrying a Heavy Burden.
Mothers who in the long , hot days of
this season are watching your poor little
babies pining and fading away , while all
experiments with various foods and med
icines full to vanquish the terrible foe
nnd summer scourge , nnd cholera infan-
turn , try the following : Give up at once
the use of milk In any way prepared ,
either boiled , condensed , mixed , In largo
or small quantities , with any of the cereal
foods ; not a drop of milk , until the child
is well and the Eiimmcr is ovorl Got n
pound of loan fresh boot ; the butcher
must cut it at least nn inch thick , from
the finest portion of the round. Use ono- .
half of it for beef juice , by rule given
inter ; take the other half raw upon n
plate , hold it steady with a fork stuck
iinnly into the piece near the edge , nnd
with n small , sharp steel knife , grasped
partly by the blade ns well ns by the han
dle , scrape , away from you , the whole
length of the beef across the top. What
you thus take trom the beef will bo a
line , smooth paste , and for n sick baby
one-half a tcaspoonful will bo enough for
the first feeding. Cover the rest of the
beet closely with a saucer , and put it
right uwny on ice , or in the coldest place ,
until pou want to scrape some more to
feed the child again.
Sprinkle the scraped beef with a little
salt , and take small pinches of it in your
thumb and linger , and put it so upon the
baby's tongue. A child of five or six
months can swallow und digest this Ono.
smooth pnsto when every drop of milk
will turn to curd und acid and burn ita
poor little stomach , ( iivo the child
water only to drink and crushed ice from
a small spocrn. To crush th'e 100 .very
fine nnd quickly , put into a clean stout
cloth , about us largo ns a handkerchief , a
piece of ice the size of an egg. 1'uko up
the four corners of the cloth loosely like a
sling und strike the ice with three or four
sharp , smart strokes upou the edge
of a marble slab or etone window-
sill. The ice will bo mashed fine almost
us snow. You can give live to ten dropp
of brandy upon such crushed ice ; it is n
good plan to keep some brandy , in a
small bottle , a little sweetened ready for
use in this way. Feed the baby often
with small quantities of the beef one-
halt tcaspoonful every hour nnd brandy
with ice between until you sco improve
ment ; then you can give a little more nt
ono time nnd not quite so often , and lifter
forty-eight hours , perhaps sooner , BOUIO
stale bread crumbs nnd beef juice.
Crumb line a piece of bread , stale bnt
perfectly sweet and light , about two
inches square. A little Champion cracker
will do , but bread is bolter. Pour a very
little boiling water upon it , enough to
enable you to mash it to a smooth , stiff
paste. 11 eat a piece of the other Bide of
the beef over hot coals , but not enough
to cook it. Take from the fire upon a
hot ulate , cut it into pieces two inches
square' score them with a sharp knife.
sprinkle a little salt upou them nnd
squoc/,0 the juice from them with n
lemon squee/.er. ( Many poor have no
lemon sqiieo/.ers. \ \ ell , wash your
hands very clean in cold water and do
your best , squeezing with your hands. )
Mix the broad pusto and beef juice , and
feed very slowly in small quantities to
the baby. To a baby very weak nnd
young you must feed with your lingers ; a
stronger child can bo fed with a spoon ,
but remember , only small bits at each
mouthful. If the child is old enough to
swallow bread nnd butter , when it
gets better , let it eat stnlo bread , sparely
buttered , or crumbed into the beef juice ,
freolyand give plenty of the rnwscrnped
bcpf. On this diet three of my little
children were saved from death by chol-
ern infnntum , and ono ntc nothing else
for moro than a year , excepting , after
two or three months , an occasional linked
potato mixed with the raw beef , nud
sometimes n little well-boiled rice with a
very little sweet butler and sugar , and
drank only water. A tablcspoonful of
milk would work instant mischief with
these three children.
Without drucs , I have sticcnokcd in
bringing several apparently dying ohil-
dron back to life upon this diet of raw
beef paste and bread and beef julco.
Sometimes the persistent Use of milk has
so inflamed the stomach and bowels with
its sharp acid as to require a corrective.
Then give little powders of bi-corbonato
of potash two , three or five grains each ,
ns thu child in five or six months or nyoar
old. Dissolve one in the crushed ice and
feed the baby from it with a small spoon ,
a powder throe or foJr times a day. It is
very tasteless. No doubt your doctor
will laugh you to scorn while you try to
bring your baby up on raw beef and
broad and butter ! But "lot those laugh
who win ! " And this is the experience of
A MOTIIF.il Ol' NlNK ClIILOIlEN.
July 8.
A Strnngo Mooting nt Gettysburg.
S. P. Reed , in Richmond Dispatch :
Among the many Incidents of the reunion
ut Gettysburg I was nn eyewitness to one
well worthy of mention. Sergeant 11. K.
Smith , of company F , Fourteenth Vir
ginia infantry , had previous to this re
lated to mo that after passing the rock
wall ho was wounded and fell near where
General Armistcnd find fallen , nnd that n
federal soldier cnnio up nnd kindly of-
feied to assist him , which oiler hu de
clined in the hope that our line would re
ceive reinforcements nnd lie might bo re
claimed , Soon after reaching the battle
field on Monday last n member of the
Seventy first Pennsylvania regiment canio
up to me and stated that near the spot
wo were standing upon a confederate
sergeant foil wounded July 3 , 1803 , and
spoke of having olfereil to assist him from
the field. Ho expressed n great desire to
meet that man if living. I told him that
1 was satisfied 1 could produce thu man.
1 turned nnd saw Sergeant Smith stand
ing not far ofl and called him up and in
troduced him to his captor. After a mo
ment's conversation both men wore per
fectly satisfied that they were thu actors
In the scene twenty-four years ago. The
meeting wns a cordial one , I assure you.
Thn Bnakn Umlrrttoofl
Now Vork SunIt is related that some
Americans recently going through the
Jardin dca i'lantes of Paris stopped to
look at n big rattlesnake In n cage. It
lay motionless , apparently nuluop , but
wlmn two of the party who lingered be
hind begun to speak Knglifch , it moved ,
liftud IIA head nnd gave every nien of in
terest. They told their companions that
Iho snake understood onglUh , The whole
party then returned to the cage , 'I ho
! < nake wns apparently nsloopiignin. They
conversed In French , but thn snake made
no movement ; then the Indies begun to
speak In English. The Bimko started ,
lifted Its head , and slinwud the inmit
nlartnuHS n before , ut the locndn. The
rattlesnake proved , on Inquiry , tu Uav
cotuu from Vlrgluk.