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SKNATOK SIIKUMAN Rooms to have
things his own way in Ohio.
WHKN President Cleveland comes to
Omaha ha will no doubt wish this city
the seat of government.
WiiKNtho thoughts of the boodlers
, turn heavily to silk underwear , look out
for an Increase hi the population of
Canada.
WHILE Colonel Henry Watlcrson is in
the east ho should take a turn at work
ing the star-eyed goddess of reform on
.Samuel J. Kandall.
GovEiwon HILL of New York will
devote some weeks to visiting the various
pmnty fairs m his State. There may bo
n little presidential boomlct in the vicinity
of every fair.
HAD the senate at its last session done
} ts duty it would have ratified the pro
posed treat , which would have ceased to
continue , Canada us a paradisu for
American "boodlors. "
TUB harmony among the democrats in
Ohio is so intense that the organs of the
party in that state can't begin to find
words to describe it. The situation Is a
symposium , a poem , an epic of harmony
to put the case mildly.
PAT FOKU I make n motion to the
cfleet that the resolution ( for a commit
tee of conference with the police com
mon ) bo laid on the table.
Councilman Lowrcy I second the mo
tion. Uv coorso.
IF it bo true that one of the members
of the St. Louis committee who waited
lipon the president on Monday was an
ex-penitentiary convict , it must show to
What straits the Mound City was forced
for proper material with which to make
up n committee on invitation.
TIIK Kansas City Journal has a full
flago picture of that city's invitation to
Frosidont Cleveland. If the original re-
Comblus the counterfeit presentment , the
( chief magistrate and his wlfo must bo
frightened nearly to death when it bursts
upon their sight.
JUDGE DEAUV , of Oregon , who lias ac
quired a national reputation by his deci
sions on portions of the intor-stato com
merce law , has recently decided that
railroads cannot legally issue passes to
members of the family of an employe ,
jllo held that the prohibition of free car-
triage excepts only olllcers and employes.
MOKE than 3,500,000 persons are car-
tied annually on strcut cars moved by
electric motors , says the Electrical Re
view. The cost is stated to bo about ono1
lialf that of horse power. The electric
motor is used in Haltlmoro , Los Anirelcs ,
1'ort Huron , Detroit , Sorantou , Appleton -
ton , Wis. , and Denver. Electric railways
nro in course of construction or under
contract in twelve other cities , am
thirty-seven companies have been formed
lor building such roads.
SOMETIME it happens that the total
abstinence organs and people are a little
premature. Kx-Coiigrossiuan J. Handolpl
'Tucker recently delivered a commence
ment address before the students of the
South Carolina college , and to smootl
the way for his utterance , a pitcher o
Iced tea was placed before him , from
which ho occasionally refreshed himself
The Southern Chistian Advocate iook him
to account for drinking champagne , bu
Mr. Tucker's friends explained what the
Coverage was and thu Advocate had to
take it all back.
THEUE is a question as to the legality
pf Mrs. Langtry's recent declaration o
intention to become n citizen of the
United States , and it was raised by no
loss n person than Justice Field of the
Biipremo court. The ground is the fao
that the clerk of the court took his books
to the residence of the Jersey Lily am
administered the oath there , a most exceptional
coptional proceeding. The doubt o
Judge- Field seems , however , to bo sig
niftoantly answered by the stateinen
that the naturalization law does not re
fluiro that the declaration of an uppli
cant for citizenship shall bu made m a
particular place.
tJonvict Ijntior Statistical
That portion ot the second annual re-
) orLof Ilia commissioner ot the national
abor bureau which relates to convict
abor is printed. It is replete with in-
cresting and instructive facts , which
vlll have their value In supplying texts
ind arguments on the very important
subject of convict labor. It appears that
of the little more than 01,000 persons in
lie institutions , comprehended in the re
port , about 45,000 are engaged in produc-
Ivo labor of some kind , About n third
of the number work under the public ac
count system , another third under the
contract system , and the romamtng third
partly under the piece prlco nnd partly
under the lease system. The value of the
goods produced by this labor in the year
covered by the rcuort was nearly $29,000-
000 , and It is estimated that the same work
that was done by thcso 4r ,000 convicts
could have been accomplished by 25,000
free laborers , so that ono convict is equal
to only .78 of a free laborer. While in
the free industries the ratio of wages to
product was f 1 to $3.GO , the contractors
nnd lessees for the labor of convicts paid
if I in wages to f 9.10 of product , a show
ing which appears to place the employer
of free labor at a considerable disadvan
tage , all other things being equal. The
industry most largely affected by convict
competition is that of boots and shoes ,
the annual prison product of which is
slightly in excess of 110,000,000. , The
next is clothing , and the third place is
occupied by carriages and wagons. The
total income of the different institutions
last year shows them to have been more
than self-sustaining ,
In discussing the several systems of
employing convicts , the commissioner
does not find any of them free from seri
ous faults , the chief ono being that by
cither of them convict labor is brought
into direct competition with free labor.
Ho thinks the public account system the
best , because it carries on the industries
of a prison for the benefit of the state ,
but with this system ho would use only
tools and hand machinery , the goods to
be made to consist of such articles as
boots and shoes , the coarse woolen and
cotton cloths needed for the institution
or for sale to other institutions , har
nesses nnd saddlery , and many other
goods made by machinery or not made
now at all in prisons. Under such an
arrangement ho thinks there would be
no further causa of complaint as to
the effect of convict labor upon the rates
of wages or upon the sale of goods , cither
in price or quantity. This subject will
undoubtedly receive renewed discussion
at the forthcoming session in this city of
the convention of charities and correc
tion , of the deliberations of which it may
properly constitute a part , and the facts
and views of the labor commissioner's
report are therefore timely.
The Chances of Compromise.
It being granted , as the consensus of
opinion seems to do , that in order to
attain the desired and necessary reduc
tion of revenue there must be concession
and compromise , it becomes pertinent to
inquire what the chances are of effecting
such an arrangement. Wo believe wo
have given attention to every expression
from sources entitled to consideration
bearing upon this surpassingly important
subject , and while nearly all agree as to
the necessity of compromise , there are
very few who did not suggest or imply
some obstacle that might prevent such a
consummation. Even Mr. Carlisle , both
over his signature and in his latest pub
lished interview , clearly indicated a
doubt in his mined as to whether
the policy proposed could , bo
carried into eflVet , and some others have
never plainly shown that while them
selves disposed to favor n fair plan of
mutual concession they wcro not at all
hopeful of any such plan succeeding. It
might have been expected that thu late
Ohio democratic convention would have
given the help of Its support to a policy
of this kind , but it carefully omitted to
do so. Wo do not see any reason why
Mr. Randall should not derive just as
much encouragement from its platform
as the tariff reform element in the party ,
nnd doubtless it wa * shrewdly framed to
bear a double construction. There is no
probability that anything better will
come from the democratic conven
tions to bo held. There is still
evident the same lack of courage
and earnestness in the party relative to
this matter that has characterized it in
the past , and which has enabled one man
to render the party practically powerless.
It is tolerably plain that the last deliv
erance of Mr. Randall on this question
has very nearly dissipated all hope of a
compromise that would effect any real
reform of the tariff , unless , as wo have
heretofore suggested , a sufficient number
of republicans should bo found favorable
to u policy of mutual concession to offset
the Randall faction. Wo believe there
will bo an opportunity for republicans
who do not represent irreclaima-
bio protection districts to make
themselves stronger with their own
people and with credit before the
country by committing themselves un
qualifiedly to an equitable- plan of com
promise , but wo do not fail to see thai
the pressure of party considerations will
bo strong upon all republicans in the
next congress. It will not bo safe , there
fore , to look for republican support of
any democratic measure of revenue re
duction , involving the tariff , beyond
perhaps the dozen who are now classed
as tariff reformers. It is thus pretty cer
tain , as the indications now point , that
Mr. Randall will continue to bo master
of the situation if ho can hold his forces
together , and wo have scon no intimation
that he might be unable to do this. In
this case there will certainly bo no
such compromise as the country would
bo satiilicd with , or as would meet the
real requirements of the situation. There
would bo very little accomplished in the
direction of tariff reform , or which
would give the pcoplo the relief they
ought to havo. Adding to the free list
materials of manufacture not made in
tills country , nnd articles on which the
taxes now amount to very little , is not
the sort of reform thu people ! are hoping
for , but it is probably all that Mr. Ran
dall and those whom he serves would bo
willing to concede. An arrangement
that would surrender for such conces
sions a largo part of the excise taxes , ant
possibly the tarilt'on sugar and molasses
could not fairly bo called a com
promise and would bo very likolj
not to receive the supper
of the tariff reform democrats. Its effects
would inevitably bo to indelinitoly post
pone a reform of the tariff , by making a
further reduction of revenue unnecessary
or impracticable , a situation which it Is
.ho obvious doslro and aim of Mr. Ran-
lall and those with him to bring about.
Dn the whole the chances of a compro
mise for revenue reduction do not look
encouraging.
Fully Understood.
Councilman Hodfordmado a commend-
nblo effort to put on end to the contro-
vcrsj' between the council and the police
commission , by a mutual conference.
Mr. Ucdford is , however , very much mis
taken when he asserts that "on account
of misrepresentation the position of the
council as to police matters is not fully
understood by the public. "
There has boon no misrepresentation.
The citizens of Omaha fully understand
the merits of the conflict between the
cauncll and commission. It was clearly
dciinod by the boll-wether of the major
ity. Councilman Hascall planted him
self and his followers on the following
platform :
"The police commission is responsible
to this council and the council
to the pcoplo of Omaha for the
way In which this particular branch of
the cltv government ( meaning the police
department ) is conducted. "
This b the issue m a nut-shell , The
pcoplo of Omaha have , through the leg
islature , secured authority to divorce the
management of the police from the po
litical branch of city government. To
this end a co-ridmato body , known as
the police and lira commission , was cre
ated. It holds its appointment , not from
the council , but from the chief magistrate
of the state. It is responsible to the state
and to the citizens of Omaha for the
proper organization and management of
the police force. The commission is not
responsible to the council any more than
is the board of education , and the coun
cil Is not expected to meddle with it , or
interfere with its legal right to supervise
the police force.
This is the view held by Judge Lake and
the ablest lawyers of this city , and doubt
less will bo affirmed by the supreme court
whenever a test case is made.
The assertion that a majority of the
council have pursued n course that is in
accord with its prerogative is notoriously
untrue , and the people of Omaha fully
understand the reasons why. The three
council bosses have resisted from the
outset any effort to give the commission
fair play , and half a dozen members
have played puppet for them. The com
mission submitted rules and regulations ,
governing the police , to the council a.s
provided by the charter. They wcro side
tracked into the pigcon-holo of the judici
ary committee , of which ilascall is chair
man. Then n sot of rules and regulations ,
drafted by Ilascall into an ordinancewere
passed by the council when the charter
expressly requires that the commission
shall originate thcso rules and regula
tions. The ordinance was pronounced
illegal and in violation of the charter by
the city attorney , and thereupon vetoed
by the mayor. The council has never
attempted to pass this ordinance over the
veto , nor have they asked the commis
sion to abopt these regulations. It is pal
pably untrue , therefore , that the com
mission has insulted the council by re
jecting its regulations. They have never
had any chance to reject them. The
council passed an ordinance requiring
the commission to give bonds. These
bonds , signed by the wealthiest men in
the city , wcro again side-tracked into
Hascall's pocket , and have remained
there for two months.
On thcso points the people of Omaha
are fully enlightened. They
nro just as well informed as they were
when Ilascall , Harnoy Shannon & Co. ,
In defiance of public opinion , sought to
impose the Holly swindle on our tax
payers. There is no misunderstanding ,
but there is a deep-seated resentment
over the persistent effort of the council
to arrogate to itself powers which are not
vested in it , whereby the city is left with
out efficient police protection.
THE Herald asks why are such efforts
made to scandalize the legislative branch
of city authority. The "legislative
branch of city authority" meaning the
city council cannot bo scandalized by
anybody except by the conduct of its own
members. When members of thu legis
lative brancli of city government lose
their self-respect and become indifferent
to the reputation of the body of which
they are members , by carousing in
Douglas street resorts and going to their
homes at1 o'clock in the morning
in the police patrol wagon
they scandalize the legislative branch ,
etc. When respcctablo members of the
council join hands nnd make common
cause with the disreputable members in
dellancc of public opinion they scandal
ize the council and must not whimper if
their shamefnl conduct is denounced.
When men like Bailey and Counsraan ,
who have always enjoyed the popular
respect and confidence , take as their
bell-wether an old reprobate who was
the head and front of ttio Holly gang of
boodlers and Haruoy Shannon rousta
bouts in a former council , they scandal
ize the legislative branch of city govern
ment.
The Scotcii yacht Thistle , which has
made a sensation in English waters , is on
the seas headed for American waters ,
where her owners hope to vanquish all
opponents and recover the American
cup , for which all her nredccessors sailed
in vain , llitilt with this special object in
view , the Thistle will bo regarded by
American yachtsmen with greater inter
est than was accorded to any of the boats
that have preceded her , and will bo more
feared. There is no question as to her
superiority to either the Goncsta or the
Galatea. Meanwhile American skill has
not been idle , and Ourgcss , the Boston
builder , has turned out a now yacht , the
Volunteer , of which great things are ex
pected. The contest for the trophy this
year promises to bo attended with oven
greater interest nnd enthusiasm than
martled those of the last two years ,
"COUNCILMAN HASOALLdischarged both
barrels at the police commission , " so
says the Herald. Ilascall is a double-
barrelled person , wo all know , and has
always boon partial to barrels , whether
their contents were fluid or mctalio.
IK the rivalry existing among the largo
cities of the land as to which can harbor
the most ox tensive and most varied assort
ment of corrupt officials , Chicago is just
now easily first. The revelations of muni
cipal corruption in that city would be ap
palling wcro wo not so well accustomed
to disclosures of a similar nature. The
" county boodlors , " as they are called ,
are fairly entitled to tho. champion bolt
for official robbsry. They could give
points to the "Canada Colony" in bare
faced , systematized , stealing. Is it not
about tlmo for the respectable element in
our cities and to\ri\s \ to lake a hand in
municipal government ?
THE time is not far distant when the
man who la not a candidate for the presi
dency will bo n splendid subject for a ton-
cent museum.
THE JMKM ) OK 1NDU8TUY.
English trades-union co-operative effort Is
declining. Co-operators In Kncland antici
pate but little progress In productive cooperation
ation disconnected with stores.
Five thousand spindles will bo put In a
new silk mill at Wcathcrly , Pa. , twelve miles
from Mauch Ctuinck , to bo re.tdy on Janu-
uary 1. It will be 250 by 45 feot.
Returns from sixty textile manufacturing
corporations In New Encland show an Im
provement over last years , which brings the
dividends uu to about where they were In
1833.
1833.Schemes
Schemes to erect houses for mechanics are
multiplying. This promises to bo a promi
nent Held for Investment for the next year or
two In cities or towns In manufacturing lo
calities.
A 810,000,000 consolidation of ininlnc In
terest hns just been consummated In the
Lake Superior region , In which capitalists In
this country , London and Hamburg , are In
terested ,
The European Immigration agencies are
translating brilliant descriptions of the con
dition of American mechanics , laborers nnd
farmers for the bcnelit ot tboso they want to
bring to this side.
Two steel ferry boats to cost 8450,000 are
bcltiK built at Baltimore. They are to run
nineteen miles an hour , and mnko the dis
tance between Statcn island and the battery
In Ilttccn minutes.
A 81,000,000 company will plpo artificial pas
from the coal lieldsof Illinois to St. Louis , a
distance of eleven miles. About tlncc-fourths
of the cost of coal Is freight. A ton of coal
will produce tr,000 teotof gas.
The Labor holiday Inaugurated by the
Knights will bo much more generally ob
served this year than It was last , and espec
ially In the western states , where there ap
pears to bo a morn progressive spirit.
Dullders of late years have boon giving up
lath and plastered cellinus In largo buildings ,
as well as light floor timbers , for heavy tim
bers and thick , closely laid three Inch Hours.
The decreased insurance makes ft pay.
The Cornwall Iron propelty Is worth
$40,000,000. or at least yields 5 per cent on
that capitalization. The fence to Inclose It
would have to bo lifty-lour miles long. The
cost of investment Is $3,000,000 to 54,000,000.
There are 10,000 men employed at the Wool
wich arsenal , England , which covers 350
acres , exclusive of the dock-yards. There
are seven miles of railway. Therearc eighty
chimney-stacks , one of which Is ti'JO feet
Inch.
Inch.A
A Pennsylvania nalhnaker , who turns out
1,000 kecs a week , expects to remove to
Toledo , where ho can save 551.M per ton on
ore , make a saving on fuel by using natural
Kas , and save nine cents per kej freight to
his market.
During the past six hionths 3d saw and
planing mills have been started In the south ,
wiilch will work ui > 500,000,000 feet of lumber.
The Increase is going on. Lumbermen think
too rapid pronrcss Is buln ? made. Lumber
is a trllle higher all around the west.
Sixteen class factories' , newly constructed ,
will start up In September , having 200 pots ,
of which 100 are for window ulass , 80 for Hint ,
SO for table ware and G for green glass. It Is
likely that several of the window class fac
tories In New Jersey will remain Idle next
year.
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Mysterious Sammy.
/iicJ.iiiaj ( if8 ! News.
Our late Undo Samuel Tilden was a sly
one. It seems that. In addition to his many
millions of accumulations here he had laid
by In Kuirllsh Investments from 000,00 } to
5800,000.
Should bo 1'eiiHloued.
I'/iKivirWibi / Hccjid.
Men who fall lighting a big lire are as brave
as men who fall lighting In a big battle. The
gallant fellows who went down In death In
New York yesterday were heroes , and their
wives and little ones should be pensioned by
the city they served ,
The Poor Devils Suiter.
J-/cmoiil Tribune ,
( Jpiicral Manager Potter , of the Union
Pacific , is said to have already saved his
pilncoly salary to the company by lopping
oil clerks In the olllcus and mechanics In the
shops. Wo have not y t seen any notice of
Ids saving the 310,000 salary ot John M.
Thurstou. It is thu poor devils who are
producers who have to suiter.
Fire ilia Other 1'etlown.
Fremont 1'rtbiitic
Since there Is now no farther hopes of fir
ing Seavey from the police department of
Omaha , how would It do to lire the fellows
who are keeping up the racket' . ' The Seavoy
matter is fat converting our Btato papers
into local wrangles of the most obnoxious
odor. Something should bo tired.
Journalistic Skunk.
trcmnnt Tribune.
The editor of the Omaha World has sued
the editor of tlie Omaha Republican for libel.
This Is the result of a war of epithets be
tween the two. It Is bad , but It Is better than
billies or pistols. If there ever was a skunk
in Nebraska journalism It Is the piesuut edi
tor of tbo Republican. Decency holds its
uoso In his presence.
Woo Unto Yo haw.
Itcatrtcc Itepuliltenn.
After tlio meicllcss tirade of John M.
Thurston against thu press of the state , It Is
consoling to recall the fact that the lowly
Na/.arene while upon earth had not a word
to say n-jalnst editors , while he denounced
lawyers in tlio following scathing terms :
" \Voo unto ye lawyers , fur jo lade men with
grievlotis burdens to bo borne , but ye will
not touh them with ono of your lingers. "
*
Jay GonfiPs Sorrows.
Cttvtlanil Isailrr.
Pity the sorrows of a poor hundred mll-
lloualrol Jay ( Jould says ; that the wicked ,
lying Wall street siwculators lead Mm such
a life with their false reports of his death
financial demoralization , etc. , that he would
be a lunatic In a year if.tliuordoal continued ,
Ho asserts that ho needs rest and cannot
take It In peace , that his movements are
dogged by men cacer to start lying reports as
soon as ho is out of reach Vif the telegraph ,
and that he has no respite from annoying
rumors. This Is thu crucf fate to which a
man must submit after thirty years of active
business life aa pure and innocent as
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Gould's.
lie t re n chin < Mi t.
Omaha Railway AVirj.
Retrenchment Is a good word and sounds
well. It leaves the tongue with a thrill and
Is pleasing to tlio ear as a word. Itullroad
employed have , however , come to regard It
with suspicion. Past experience has taught
them that this word , though not particularly
bulky , conceals many things. They have
seen their salaries dwindle like a snow ball
on a cook stove with a particularly self assert *
Ing lira In It under Its direful Inllucnce.
Many hava carried heavy burdmis rorU ! sake
without a murmur. Hut uhcn the word is
synonymous with low pay In the yards or on
the road , while ularle * of officials when
written resemble an army of ciphers follow *
Ing the leadership of a couple of ilgures and
a dollar sign , It puts a ditTcront phase on
thlntrs. Retrenchment should have the same
meaning In the general ofltco as on the
section.
The Nebraska City tenoning.
Denver lleinMlcan.
A mob at Nebraska City has lynched Shol-
Icnbcrgcr , who was convicted ot murdering
his own child. Although mob law Is nhvava
wrong , there are times when It assume such
phases as to make It almost excusable. Such
a case was that of Slielleiiberner , If ho was
Indeed guilty of the crlmo ot which ho was
convicted In view of the fact that there was
danger of his escape. The man who will
murder his own child has no right to Ilro a
single moment utter the commission of the
offense. In this case Shellcnberger , just before -
fore he was strung up. accused his wlfo of
being guilty of the murder , protesting at the
same time his own Innocence.
AVhon Morrow Is In Vain.
JJmlon Tntiucrfpt ,
Ah. friend , why should wo sorrow
When sorrow Is In vain ,
When In tlio near to-morrow
\Ve shall forgot the pain ?
Coino join In my refrain
And smile away thu shadow ,
For , friend , why should wo sorrow
\Yheti sorrow Is In vain ?
It Is not well to borrow
Unnecessary Dam ,
New hope comes with to-morrow ,
Now pleasures and new gain ;
So. friend , why should wo sorrow
When sorrow Is In vain ?
STATK AM ) T'
Nebraska Jottings.
Pierce county declined to blow in
? 2o,000 on a new court house.
The Norfolk reunion lias been christ
ened in honor of General Lognn.
Madison has just voted $7,000 in bonds
to build a coift house for the county.
Hastings proposes to invest $8,009 in
sewers and .1-7,000 in lire apparratus and
buildings.
The Cliadron Episcopal church has
placn'l a Chestnut in the pulpit , lie hails
from Kentucky.
In the opinion pf the Norfolk News ,
"Otoe raised the finest crop of lynclicrs
in the state tills year. "
Dodge county's assessment roll shows
a total valuation of ? a,2W,20G ( , a decrease
from last year of $383,711.51.
The Schuylor Sun returns a "profusion
of thanks'1 for a peck of apples. "For
further particulars sue our inside. "
Auburn is informed that if she wants n
creamery bad enough to put up $1,000 as
a bonus , she can have one on short no
tice.
tice.Mrs.
Mrs. Doikman and her paramour ,
Mentze , ought to bo transported to Ne
braska City. It would save Harvard the
costs of n trial.
Miss Margrot { Ebcrlme. a West Point
damsel , appointed herself a lynching
committee of one , and strangled herself
with binder twine.
Jncob Schwendor , a workman in the
PlatUmouth shops , had his right leg
crushed nnd fearfully mangled by a dnyo
wheel falling uuon him.
Carry the news to Hastings."The
peoplu'of Norfolk will be to blame , " says
the News , "if this city does not rank
third in the slate in ten "years from now. "
Minneapolis parties , in consideration
of the usual healthy bonus , agree to put
tip a 42-horso steam grist mill at Newman
( irovo in connection with the water mill
now there.
The Huddcnscicksof Uoatriconre fairly
entitled to a term in the penitentiary.
The investigation into the cause of the
fall of the new buildings , and the man'
glmg of several workmen , shows that
soft brick wore used in the walls , the
joinings were faulty and no anchors were
used.
Editor Ileddo , of the Grand Island In
dependent , was violuntly assaulted by a
tomruo thrasher named Abbott recently.
The ux-candidatu for senator sworn a
sulphurous streak against the reckless
liberties of the press and ruthlessly i > ol-
luted the air with his tainted Innjis. The
Independent ollicu has been disinfected
and there is no danger that the contagion
will spread. _
lown Items.
Six persons have been drowned in the
river at Clinton this season.
Perpetual injunctions against saloons
nro spreading the drouglit in Miwentino
county.
The drought has emptied the wells in
the neighborhood of Kurlington and
water is scarce.
Scott comes to the front with corn
stalks measuring sixteen and a half feet ,
and challenges the world to tip her
tassle.
Michael Shanahan was drowned in fho
river at Burlington while swimming. It
is supposed ho was suddenly seized with
cramps.
Six passenger conductors of the Chicago
cage , Milwaukee A ; St. Paul , from Chicago
cage to Council Kind's , have been dis
charged for maccuraccs in their accounts.
Governor Larrabeo has appointed Dr.
Donald Macrae , vice president of the
State Medical society , a I'delogato to the
fourteenth national oonfinviice of chari
ties , which meets in Omaha on August
25.
Burington ] cries out for relief from an
"unmitigated nuisance" comprising a
band of Kickapoo Indians encamped in
the suburbs , who devour the contents of
garbage barrels nnd fake the movcables
in the neighborhood.
The Crcston Agricultural society of
fers $20 for the best fifty cars of corn
raised in the counties of Union , Adams
Aduir , Ringgold , Madison , Taylor or
Clark , al. o for the prettiest baby under
two years shown In calico dress , silver
cup , knife , fork ami spoon , worth $10.
UuKotH.
Sioux Falls claims a population of 0,000.
The farm lands alonuot Cass county arc
assessed at ? 0MO,8CJ2.
The territorial fair will bo held at
Mitchell , September 20 to 30.
Three hundred land patents have just
been received at the Huron otliec.
The church property of Sioux Kails is
valued at $ ! ) ( ! . 100 ; its school propnrty ,
which includes two denominational colleges -
legos and deaf mute school , at ' 'Or.fiOO.
The semi-annual cleanup of the vari
ous quart/ mills in the lilark Hills was
made last week and the bullion i sent cast.
Tliu clean-up was a trille above the iiMial
average , being a little in excess ot
$100,000.
The jiotitiou of the W , C. T. U , to the
commissioners of Yankton county , ask
ing for the submission of local option tea
a vote of tlio people contained 727
names , but it was pigeon-holed , ns it
lacked fifty-one names of the required
number.
Oljvo Sanborn , daughter County Com
missioner Sanborn , of Graftou , became
the heroine of a daring adventure last
week. While waiting on Hill avenue ,
directly in front of the postolYicc , a team
of horses attached to a migcy came driv
ing down the street tit a terrific puco.
Without a moment's hesitation the young
lady dashed out in tlio middle of the
btrcet , and planting herself squarely in
front of the mademid team , seized them
by the bits. Thu team threw Miss San-
born high in the tiir , but the young lady
held on and brought the team to a halt.
liiislnos.s men , as a token of their admira
tion to Miss Sanborn , raised a purse , with
which they purchased some costly gifts ,
which were pruiontid : to the fair huroinu.
Colorailn.
A now hotel to coil $100,000 is to be
built in Lcadvillo.
The corn crop of Larimer county is
better this j'oar than it has boon for years.
Fort Morgan farmers report throe tons
ami over 01 alfalfa to the aero at ono cut
ting.A .
A now artesian well will bo put down
in Pueblo to tap the mineral water which
exists underneath that city.
Plans and specifications are out for a
building to bo used as an invalids' homo ,
and to bo In charge of thn sisters of St.
Frances , nt Colorado Springs.
The Colorado & Nebraska Cattle com
pany shipped 300 head of steers from Al-
ford last wonk. They go to Gage county ,
Nebraska , where they will bo fattened
for the market.
A Denver society belle , young , hand
some and rich , was picked up by a police
ollicor recently , helplessly drunk. She
was carted homo to sober up , and her
name suppressed.
The oil interest at Canon City is grow
ing In importance. The last well struck
in the Florence district , owned by Mr.
Caldwell , proves on pumping to bo de
cidedly the largest producer yet struck.
Proprietors of saw nulls in Southern
Colorado have been notified by the gov
ernment timber inspector that they must
not cut any moro timber on government
land. Consequently lumber is scarce
and hard to get.
SALESMEN ON THE ROAD.
A hnrRO Number of "Driimmorn" Out
til' KitiDlnymctit.
Philadelphia Kccord : There is an ap
parent surplus of traveling .salesmen just
ut present , far greater than has been
known for years , and applicants for posi
tions are almost without number. A
merchant of this city says : " 1 have
been looking for a man to add to our
traveling force. 1 want a heavy man ,
and thu best that can bo had , to handle
our goods. 1 have been searching for
such a man in n number of the largo
cities , and last week 1 spent two days in
New \mk examining applicants wfio an
swered an advertisement in the papers.
The number of unemployed salesmen
that I met there and have seen hero
and clsuwhero is simply apalllng.
Six mouths ago traveling' men were
hard to get , but since then there
has been a complete change in the itato
of things. There is only ono ground
upon which I can account for it. It must
be due to the fact that constantly dimin
ishing profits and increasing expenses on
the road are rendering traveling sales
men expensive luxuries in most lines of
business. It takes n pretty smart
man to soil enough goods upon the
small margins of to-day to pay
liis salary and expenses nnd then
leaven profit for his employer beside. If
a man gets a big salary , as many do , it
takes a lot of business to keep him going ,
especially if he shall do nothing two or
three months of the dull season , ami
when a hoiiso has a do/.en or two such
men there is not much chance for profit
in dull times. "
The busiest men during the last four or
live weeks have been the sample men in
the wholesale establishments. They have
been hard at work iroltinc out fall sam
ples and starting tlio men out on the road.
Fall trade has just begun to set in and
every indication points to a busy season.
Clothing manufacturers are already in
receipt of some solid orders from the
west and south , with promise of more and
better seed to follow.
It is rumored that all tbo railroad lines
that discontinued thu sale of mileage
tickets soon after the passage of thu inter
state commerce act are soon to place
them on sale again. Although no date
has been fixed it is understood that such
a step has been definitely decided upon.
Traveling men have loudly clamored for
the return of the long-enjoyed privilege ,
and such an act will be welcomed by
men who spend most of their time on the
rail.
HUNTIN'G BEAR.
and HiartlliiK Adventures
of Two " Jluclo " Hunter- .
The Shasta Courier refers to two Sacra
mento "dude hunters " who wont up to
that country armed with Winchesters and
supplied with a tent and hunting ontlit.
They employed a L'uidu and directed him
to take them to good fishing , and espe
cially where the " bear mm California
lions were thick , " as they proposed
to exterminate a lot of these pests.
The guide complied , and on the after
noon of the second day oil from Shasta
made u " permanent" camp , and the liorco
hunters plunged boldly into the shady
forest , telling the guide to stay and keep
camp , and to come with Urn pack hoi so
utter bear inc.it ur venison when he heard
a rillu crack In about two hours ho
heard halloing and yells of "Help ! help ! "
Starting in the direction of thu cries , ho
soon innt one of the bold hunters coming
at full sm'ccl , hatlcss , gunluss , and with
cycft bulged out as though he hud been
struck in thu back with a sandbag. When
ho got wind enough ho explained that in
passing through a thicket they came
upon a large bear and a cub. The cub
took to a small pine and the old bear
made a move tor the hunters , growl
ing and snapping her teeth. ThK
so terrified thn hunters that ono
dropped his gun ; and with ono accord
thuy both took to their heels , becoming
separated in their flight through the
brush. Thn chap who lirnt made camp
expressed the bclmf that his companion
had been overtaken by the bruin and
foully dealt with. The guide left thn ex
hausted nimroil to keep camp this time ,
and set oil'to find the missing partner or
his remains. After travelling about a
mile Ins "halloo" was answered , and he
found his man about fifteen feet up a Dig
ger pine , nnd his gun and hat were found
about lifti'i'ii yards away. Tin ; young man
said ho had not seen tlfe bear after ho
turned to run , but thought it chased him.
The other gun was soon found , and on
gaining camp ho found the camn-kcoitcr
perched on tlio forks of a live oak. Niuht
having almost comn on , thuy gave ( ho
guide 5 it he would agree to collect logs ,
limbs and stumps and build up a lire that
would burn all night and frighten "var
mints. " Next day thu bear killers started
tor Kcdding , procured .shotguns and con
tented themselves with dovu shooting-
ami they were not very good at that ,
either. _
I'niipriH In lOiiuInnil null \Vnli-H ,
London Times : The number of pan-
pqrs in England anil Wales steadily de
clined during thu live uvuks ended in
April from 7I2.1I57 to 7 9.0U8. Indi'ii.l.
binuo I hi ) fourth week in January , when
the number was 78J ! , I0i : , theru has been a
continuoiii decline uninterrupted save in
the third week of March , when there
was a sliirht increase on tlio preceding
wei-k. The number 72H.OIIS represents a
proportion of 21 ! 2 in 1,0011 in a total esti-
mati'il population of 2.S70.riSO. ; This tig-
lire is equal to that of the sanio period in
lb.4 , and slightly larger than that for
18b5 (2..U ( ) | , but is smaller than any year
since 1SJ7. In London , with an esti
mated population of1,1 l'r ' ) > : il , thu num-
berat the end of April was 05,051 , thu livu
weeks in April showing a constant de
crease. This show.-i a proportion of 211.1
in 1,000 , which Is a trillu higher than that
of any of the previous thruo yours for
instance , 1835. thn lowest known , HIOWH !
a proportion of 22 , and neither 18-il nor
1880 reached 2H in 1,000. Of thu total
number of paupers 180,711 ! were indoor
and 5I8 , : > & outdoor while in London
thu number was r 0uta : ad : : i,021 ! ) indoor
and outdoor respectively.
Mr. C. L. Hall , T Central Oily , has
isiiied a pamphlet detailing the natural
and acquired advantage. ) , soil , climate ,
industries and material intere.-its of Mur-
rick county. The pamphlet will prove
an I'xcelh'iit immigration agent if liber
ally distributed.
Cut Aiufreen , thu safe man , and Hum-
uel Iteruitrom hits gonu to Chicago ,
whom tlwy will spi-nd about a couple of
weeks in business nnd pleasure.
Apportioning School
County Superintendent Hruner lini
made his suiul-aiinual apportionment o (
school funds. The report ? hews the fol
lowing receipts :
Statu assessment 511 , ( TO ' >
Special faxes \i \ | 7
lilquor licenses mi ! > i
FllltM J4.'i Ot
Dog tax 3 0,1
Peddlers'license law
Tola ! sir > , .W w
Of this sum Omaha receives ? ! > , l)70.7l ) !
the number of children of echool agu in
the city is 10,11)5 ) , being tin increase of
1.008 by reason of the suburban additions
under the new charter.
Not n Sulclilo.
Yesterday morning Coroner Drexel was
called to Cut-oil' lake to hold an Inquest
upon tlio remains of n woman who , it
was alleged , had committed suicldo. Tlio
rumor was incorrect. The woman died
last night of puerperal fuver. Yesterday
morning the husband came to towu to
buy n collin , and during his absence thu
dead woman was discovered by her
neighbors who were in ignorance of the
causu of her death. No Inquest was
held. _
Grand Army of the Ucptilillo Kornco.
Edwin Davis , chairman of supplies for
the Grand Army of the Kcpubllo re
union , reports that the following parties
were awarded contracts for supplies for
the Grand Army of the Hopublio , to beheld
hold in this City :
Hay . J. T. Hoblnson . 85.1K )
Straw . Martin Quick . 0.00
Wood . Jt-ir Uodlord. . . .31.70 per cord.
Madame Modjeska and the Count Mom
enta arrived ycstcrdn y morning from Call
forma , and are sojourning at the rcm-
doucu of their son Ralph , Both of these-
distinguished people will remain hero for
a couple of weeks. The madame is re
ported to have recovered from the rheu
matic attacic , under which she labored
.somo time ago.
AV Bt Point flutter nnd
Stenographer Potter lias just com
pleted 3,000 folios of type-written copies
of evidence in this case to bo submitted
to the SDOcial master , A. S. Churchill.
There will bo ever 0,000 folios of ovulonco
in all , and Mr. Churchill is expected to
give his decision in this important case
in three weeks.
Mr. E. llosowator , editor of the BEE ,
left last night for Chicago.
TOOTHPICKS BY THE TON.
How Millions of tlie Spllntcra nro
Turned Out Kvcry Ycnr.
"Whoro do all the toothpicks como
from ? " inquired a New York Mail and
Express reporter of a dealer in those ar
ticles the other morning.
"From Maine , chiefly , liillions are
turned out in the little town of Franklin
nlono every yaar. "
"A Yankee invention , Isn't it ? "
"Not exactly , but it owes its growth to
Yankee shruwdness. Charles Forstor , of
Franklin , is the leading toothpick manu
facturer in the world. Uofore the war ho
wa.s in South America , wl. oru hu saw a
native whittling out a few toothpicks
with his knife. Hu bought a few of
these and sent them to his wife a.s a cur
iosity. Ky some mean Parnn Stevens , of
the Fifth Avenue hotel , got hold of some
of them and Bent to Mr. Forstor for a
box. They wcro forwarded to him. In
less than a month no had ordered a gross ,
and soon many of the leading hotels in
the country were using South American
whittled toothpicks , licforu this there
was hardly any demand in the country
for toothpicks. It wasn't many months
before the South American toothpick
bcir.-in ( o to gel n national reputation.
Mr. Forster emigrated to this country
and established a toothpick agenuy hero.
Thu South .Americans began to raise on
the price of tluslr whittling ! * , and the
picksgrewwor.se and worso. In the
first years of the business some of thorn
got rich whittling toothpicks. "
"Why didn't Mr. Forstor make them
in this country , instead of sending so far
away for them ? "
"That is just what ho did about twenty-
fiyo years ago. He made his first tooth
picks ly machinery. The lirst year ho
.sold sixty-five case250,000 ) picks in a
case. His last year's business amounted
to UOOS ( ) cases qnito a respectable in-
oruusu. Whun Mr. Forstor began the bus
iness in lliis country hu hired a fellow to
turn a crank , anil thu fellow used to
"rind out toothpicks ono at a time.
Finally ho boutrht an engine of one-horse
power and substituted it for Young
America. A ! his factory in Dixliuld a
fi'W years ago ho worked an enirino of
forly-hnrso power. Mr. Korstur'.s machin
ery is all patented by himself. Hu proba
bly has spent 5'J,000 ' on his patents inliti-
gations since ho started toothpick mak
ing , "
A fiuNt Tronsuru to Ilo Hunted Dp.
lUica Herald : Ono of lliosu old stones
of lost treasure has again come up at
Philadelphia , and it is said that several
capitalists of that city have furnished the
money lo lit out a vessel to go in search
of thu treasure. It seems tiiat in 178 ! ) an
English privateer , having on board about
000,000 Spanish dnbloons , foundered
sonmwhoro oil' thu Delewaru capus , and
nothing was ever donu toward recover
ing thu gold. It thu amount la cor
rectly .stated , the coin must bu worth
bulwmm $13,000,000 and $1-1,000,000. An
English attorney has been employed
to look tin all thu records in London rela r
tive to the disaster , and it is believed
that the locality where it occurred can bu
nearly discovered. First clans divert !
and all thu necessary apparatus will betaken
taken with thu expedition nnd a steam
tujr will accompany the vessel and re
main by her for such services as may bo
required. If success should attend this
attempt there would probably bo a revival -
vival of Foarch for treasure all along our
coaM. Slories concerning its existence
have been current for 150 years at least ,
some of it being ill sea and bomo upon
thu land.
dm inn
Cincinnati Enquirer : Theru is u dog
in a suburb of Hoston that proves a great
solace to a widow to whom hu does not
bolong. Dogs am usually givi-n to con-
lining Ihu beiii'lits ot their care to tlio.ir
own household , hut this onu , recognizing
the unprotected stale of the widow , who
lives alone , is willing to extend his
watchful services to her house. Shu is a
littk' afraid of the tramps who pi s h r
housu on fhu way to Hoston. The farmer
who owns thu dug , therefore , whim hu
sees n suspicious ehiirnufer coming up
the road , says to Ills dog "Jack , go over
to Mrs. II 's and nit on bur piaz/.a nil thu
tramp goes by. " And thu dog , a lartro
St. Bernard , immmliatel.y goes and stays
till thu danger is past.
Mtilclini nl t hi ) Fill nro ,
Rochester Herald. Our American
match mimufaeturcrH say that thu Im
provements to bu looked for in mutches
will concern quality rather than cheap-
nc s. A match that will ro.sist water is
much to bu ileHlreil ; also a safely , non
poisonous match that can bu lighted
without th < i box ; a match that will civc
out a pleasant perfutDo is desired , and ,
lastly , u match of some matter than \\ood ,
but which must be as cheap Some
curiosities in thu wav of matches have
baun maduof sandal nnd eeder wood ,
and perfumed with camphor , tluiy weru
very expeiMivu. Some of Uiu Japimesu
paper matches burn with n delluatu
scintillation and without odor , but
uru also expensive.
