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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. AUGUST 1 , 1887. 1 THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. rrnvs or Rtin cntrrto- ! Dnlly ( Mornlnir Edition ) Incluaiiiif 3utidhr . . Urr. , Ono V ar i.tlOOC For Six Month * : ! < * ' ForThr < ( i Months * w Tlio Onmlm f nudity Hut ; , nnillod to fitiy wldicis , Ono Vcnr. . . " ° 3 OMAHA omrr. No. fit AVI > W FAHVAM Srntrr. Nrw YOHK O rlOR. IIHOU ' . , TIIIIII'NIC MI'II.IIINU. WAMII.NOru.V OmCENo.&ljroiniT NTIl8llULr. oonncsposnrNCCi All comnmnlc'itiOMiri'lntlniftonow ' * untied I- torliil inntlorchould bo luMrossoU lo tuo l.Ut- ion or IUK HI.IC. IIUFINCSS i.r.rrenst All bti lno < ! > littnr ) nndrctnlttnneoselioutd1 > o il < licn ol ( to THE IIKB Pum.miiNO COM CAN r , OMAIM. Driifto , rli"oku nnd j > o totricordrr ? to bo wndo i > ByubIo to tlio ordtrcf tlio comimiijr. THE BEE POBLISHIKciPASTi PROPRIEIOR5 , E. UOSEWATBH , KntTon. TUB DAILY BlJIi Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btftto of Nebraska. I County of Douulas. | s ' " (5eo. 11. T/sclutck , secretary of The Hco rublishlnc comiiiiny , does solemnly sne.ar thnt the actual circulation of tliu Dally Heo for the week ending July SK , 1B87 , was ns follows : . , Snluulnv.July ffiJ M.200 ' " " " ' .SuiKlav.Jiilv'JJ Monday.July ! " Tueiilav. .July BO Wednesday , .nilv 27 ii.s : < < > Tliiiranny.JulviM W.'Wi Friday , Julyaa Average UKO. 15. T/.scnuoK. Sworn lo nnd subscribed In my picscnco thlsUOth day ot July , A. D. iss ? [ SKAU1 Nointy I'ubiic. State of Nebraska , I Ddiiu'lns County. I * Geo. J ! . Tzsditick , bclnt fln-t duly sworn , deposes nnd fcajs thnt ho Is sooretary ot The lice I'libllHliInu' company , thnt the nctiinl ftvrrnt'c daily eirciilrttlon of the Pally Hco for the month or .inly , IbM , 12il4 ! copies ; for August , 1KV6 , 12ir > l copies ; for Septem ber , 18MO , lioiO ! : copies ; for October , 1 S" " % 12tti9 copies ; for November. 18SO , is,3h copies ; for December , Ifc.so. 13,237 copies ; for Jnnunry 1887 , lfi,2W5 copies ; for I'ebrimrv , 1887 , M.lOa e ples ; for .March. Ibb7. M.-tOO copies ; for April. Ibh7. 1-fircopies : ! ; fnr.Mav , Iba7. 14aa7 copies ; for June 1887 , 11,147 copies. GKO. It. TZICITIICK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this 1st dayot July A. I ) . , 18S7. I8KAL.I N. 1' . Knrr. . Notary Public. IF Russia should become involved in a war that country claims to bo able to put 4,000,000 men in the field on short notice. COLONEL Fitui > GUANT Is talked of as nominee for secretary of state by the re publicans this fall. The place pays $5,000 a year , the duties arc not arduous and young Grant is a man of fair capacity. IF Kansas City really desire * to make a good impression before the president and his beautiful wile , it is to be hoped it will have the good sense to fumigate itself before the melancholy days of October. IN the event Secretary of War Endicott leaves the president's cabinet , the last heard of him about Washington will bo when he steps into the car to take the train for Massachusetts. Ooit charming suburb Lincoln shows signs of failing to materialize ns n great city , commensurate with the zeal of the I enterprising real cslale dealers who | | slaked the surrounding corn and wheat fields into town lots. WHIN : the Uuv. Dr. Savidge said in his sermon last night "Thero is many a preacher to-day in the pulpit who darest not to speak his thoughts on the drink custom , " did ho menu to convey the Idea that the liquor element had subsided the clergy ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Gr.Nr.UAi. TUTTU : must be indisposed. Ho is not keeping up his record as an orator. His silence regarding the serious charges that are being made against him is unquestionably a source of mortifica tion to his friends. The Tuttlu of to-day does not appear to bo the Tuttle of the past. SAIINIA , Out. , , luly 31. Sheriff Matson - son , Chicago. Dear Sir : After taking the bath I felt much re freshed and made the trip to the Queen's dominion without particular incident , though tit the oamo time with great espatch. Yours truly , W. J. McGariglo. Tin : standard of qualifications for teaching has been raised moro than most people are aware during the 'past lifty years , A correspondent writing to the Chicago Tribune , says that in his day a person was qualified to teach when ho could read and spell in Webster's spelling book as far as whore Hie boy stole apples. That was in Illinois , of course. The standard in Nebsaska has always been considerably beyond the place where the boy stole apples , though teachers must bo qualllied to deal with such a contin gency in this stain also. THE Pencil Society of England Is mak I 1 * ing active efforts to invite the attention of inlluentinl men on both sides of the Atlantic to the desirability of forming home definite diplomatic ) arrangement between the governments of the United Blales and Great Urltain , whereby all dis pules may be settled by impartial arbi tration. Several members ot parliament are interested in this matter , and An drew Carnegie is using his inlhumce in the same direction. An iuUucutial man whether American or 1 n ; lish can not employ himself to bettor advantage. It is better than wire pulling. Hlaine has been employed about the political pot a good many years. It would be a grace ful act on Ins part to join the Peace So ciety at this time and take an active part in its work. TIIK San Francisco Jttilletin. having ex amined the voting lists of that city , finds that the native vote hiw boon gaining on the foreign for some years past. This in crease is ascribed to the increase of native California ! ) ? of the lirst genera tion. The above named paper says further : "The citi/.ens of northern birth are ton lo ono southerner. Tim great factors of our population from the native point of view are New York , Now Eng land , largely Massachusetts and Maine , nmt Pennsylvania. The foreign ( actors of Iho largest value are the Irish , Ger sf man and English , with an infusion of French. " Han Francisco's population is moro cosmopolitan than that of any other city In the union perhaps , and this tendency toward general Americaniza tion of the inhabitants argues ngaitist the theory of Ihn alarmists who see in the inlluv of all nations a danger .Which may thrputcn the country's ' welfare , A HlRnlflcnnt qonfcsslon. It is very evident that if revenue rev ilucllon : Is to bb accomplished in part by a revision of the tariff H must bo done by ft ft republican votes In congress. It Is plain tl'iit t the demoerallc faction in the houto opposed to Interference with the tariff Is implacable. i Its lender can sco no pollt' leal I ad vantage to occruo to him by mnl- ihg | any concession to the larger clement of ( the party , and ho will continue to obstruct - struct f all efforts of the majority for a reduction i of the revenue in which llio tariff shall bo involved , This obstruction may be overcome by republican votes , and it Is n question whether the party would not bo benollttad by such yotcs. In view of this situationthe nttcrnncos of lending rcpublicnns on this subject , con- f casing the necessity for a revision of tlio tarilf , arc of the greatest interest and significance. The most recent of these is a speech delivered a few days ngo by Senator Dawcs , of Massachusetts , before the American I'apormnker.s' association nt Saratoga. The senator laid down the proposition that no tarilf law , upon whatever principal enacted , can ever become a permanent , fixed system of customs duties. Whether it. be a tarllf for revenue ami protection or a tarilf for revenue only , it must , from its very nature , be subject to constant changes. Having defined the nature and operation of Ihcso two description of tariffs , and the circumstances which render revision from time to time necessary , Mr. Dawes said the "protective policy , more than any other , requires frequent readjustment of customs duties. For want of just such readjustment vast industries in this country , born of recent changes in methods nnd character of production , have been , with all the labor and capital they have employed on our own soil , paralyzed and given over to foreign workshops and foreign labor. " The man ufactures ofjworsted and of tin plate were cited as examples. Adherence to a pro- cruslcan system has been found destruc tive of these industries , as it must inevit ably , if persisted in , prove in lime to bo lo others. Mr. Dawes candidly says that the government cannot go on accumulating vast sums in the treasury from ctislum duties and internal taxes as at present. The rapid increase of the surplus Is cre ating alarm in business circles and at the treasury. No ono can measure the seri ous consequences' of its continuance. "The only remedy short of such a busi ness convulsion as will stop Importations as well ns homo production is in a revis ion and reduction of Iho tariff dulicsand internal revenue taxation. Such n revis ion looking only to the revenue , has come , therefore to bo a necessity , confronting every ono , whatever his theory ns to the method and purpose of customs duties. " The policy of main taining existing rntci of duties with any expectation of disposing of the constantly accumulating excess in any grand and imposing system of internal improve ments or extension of commercial facili ties , or oven on coast defences nod the navy , docs not commend itself to Mr. Dawcs. "A reduction of receipts into the treasury1 he says , "is required by every consideration of financial safety and prudent administration , as well as by the impatient and determined demand of Iho public judgment , and to that end is the revision of tariff and internal taxation a necessity. " No moro candid or clever statement of the situation and its necessities could bo desired , nnd it has all the more force because - cause coming from a loading republican who has always been a strict pro tectionist. To tills extent it counts as a positive gain for the cause of tariff revision. There is some disappointment , however , when Mr. DAWCS proceeds testate state what ho thinks should bo done to meet the emergency. Ho would repeal the tobacco tnx , yielding about $28,000,000 annually , and reduce the duty on all sugar not the product of slave labor CO er cent , thus culling elf about $30,000- 000 , with an equivalent bounty , pound for pound , on all sugar raised on our own soil. This reduction of revenues he thinks would bring the receipts and ex penditures so near to a common level that it would hardly bo safe to venture farther. The weakness of this romcdj , not original with Mr. Dawcs , is that it would afford no real relief to the great body of the people who are feeling the oppression of tariff taxation upon everything - thing they are compelled to use. Stop- ping the accumulation of the surplus by cutting oil' revenue from sources which impose no burden on the people , will avert the danger of extravagance in gov ernmental expenditure nnd leave a con siderable share of the taxes thus relin quished in the hands of the producers of the articles sot free , but it will give really no relief to the masses of the people. It is not certain thai if the sugar duty was wholly abandoned the consumers would be bcnofittod , and the tobacco tax is no hardship to any user of "the weed. " However , it is some gain that Senator Dawes confesses that tarilf revision has become a necessity , warranting the hope that when the time of practical act'on ' comes and otho republican protectionists may sco their way to n more liberal policy of revision and reduction than they are now willing to propose. Unpnnlsliod OlVonsIvc 1'nriizan liip , Offensive partisanship can only bo committed by a republican. It is a mal ady which glances elf from a democrat like water from a goose. In primaries and conventions reeenlly held at Haiti- more , the notorious appointment clerk , Higgins , and several of his confreres took active part in unmistakable viola tion of Iho president's order issued on the 1-ith of July last year. In that ho said ; "They have no right , as office-holders , to dictate the political action of their party associates or throttle freedom of action within party lines by methods ixnd practices which pervert every useful and justifiable purpose of party organization. The influence of federal olllcc-holdcrs should not be felt in the manipulation of political primary meetings and nominat ing conventions. " When the action of Mr. Higgins was brought to Cleveland's attention he said ho had no olllclal in formation In regard to the matter , and nothing has been done to bring the im pudent appointment clerk to terms. Ho not long ago declared that civil service reform is a fraud and a humbug. When the president enters upon his second presidential campaign ho will bo con fronted with the ghosts of his own viohti- cal declarations , nnd the unpunished of fender ! ) against his own orders in his own party , will bo conlinlisl reminders of his one-sided and insincere otforU to- ward-the purifications of party politics , ' which voters will .b'cnr'ln mind when .the day of reckoning comes. As to Hlggius , he makes no denial of the charges -of political j activity , but Is understood to bo rather boastful of his action and the suc cess that came of It , nor does ho deny 1 having publicly declared that "civil service reform Is a fraud and a humbug from f beginning to end , " a proposition the t truth of which is evidenced in hU own case. Why should the administra tion delay action ? The case is clear , the violation of the president's order un questioned. If there is any sincerely be hind | that order Iliirgins ought to be promptly ] bounced , and moreover this is | not his first offense. 1'ubllc opinion may j force the administration to send Higgins adrift , bill in any event ho un doubtedly spoke by Ihc card when lie de clared civil service reform a fraud and tx humbug , at least as he has seen it prac ticed. Monumental Advertlnlnir. Some time ago a Now i'ork daily took upon itself the task of Increasing the Grant monument fund to a "respectable amount , " and lias taken In about $0,1200. Its method is to distribute blank sub scription lists among the people , es pecially the working classes. The scheme looks as though it might bo quite effective for advertising the paper. This , of course , is Its primary object. The exlent to which Grant in latter life became a medium of advertising in the hands of scheming persons was not the least curious feature in the general's career. And the advcrliscrs have not lot him alone after death. At first he became - came prominent in Mexican financial schemes through the manipulations of shrewd speculators. Then came thu well known , disaslrous episode in Now York City , where the unscrupulous Adventurer Ward and olhcrs traded in his name and unsuspicious nature. When ho was dying , but jTstruggUng bravely loward the completion of his memoirs , Mark Twain , his publisher , took him in hand , and with the adroit ness which characterizes that author in all his undertakings , turned his suffer ings to good account as an advertise- mcnt. When lie died , and it was decided to bury him in Riverside park , New York , property holders in that part of the city were not slow to take advantage of the advertising potency of the dead general. Heal estate advanced in value so rapidly that the owners suddenly found them selves in possession of a source of reve nue wholly unexpected a short time pre vious. The Grant Fund association was next incorporated nnd a number ot Now York men succeeded in adverlising thorn- solves extensively in connection with it. And now comes the news paper scheme. It is to bo hoped that Grant's influence , even at this length of time since his death , may help to put Dorsheimcr's paper on a good financial footing. New York's treatment of this monument ment mailer is a disgrace to the city in other respects. After having brought sufficient influence to bear on Grant's family to have him buried there , instead of at the national capital as lie should have been , the metropolis goes to beg ging donations from the whole country , contributing comparatively little itself. The { incorporated association settles lazily down to taking charge of the few dollars that may come in now and then. Then dissenlions arise among Iho mem bers ; some resign others become utterly indifferent and no work is done by any one. Tfiis statement must bo modified , however. Ex-Governor Cornell and C. W. Field spent half a' day at one time in riding about the city in a car riage to get subscriptions. lint the fund was not increased to the extent of ono cent by their effort. The city still expects to raise $50,000 for tlds monument. At the rate at which subscriptions have came in during the last twelve months it will require about ono hundred years to obtain that amount. The ono million dollar idea has long since been abandoned. Many of the citi/.ens of New York are in favor of building the memorial with the money now on hand. They insist , not without reason , that a creditable monument could bo creeled to the hereof of Appomattox with $ i0,000 : ! or f 150,000. KLIIIM : , onu of the Cook county , Illi nois , boodlcrs , bavins pleaded guilty of , conspiracy to defraud the county , will probably be sentenced to-day. Ho threw himself on the mercy of the court , and it is expected that lie will be dealt with leiiiontly , though the severest'penalty permitted by the law is but three years in the penitentiary , : i most inadequate pun ishment for this class of crime. Should the court show mercy to Klelnn , il is not unlikely that confessions will follow from some or all of the other nine boodlcrs who are under indictment , and against every ono of whom the evidence is said to be stronger than in the case of the self- convicted conspirator , whoso confession in fact strengthened the cause of thu prosecution. Perhaps justice would not suffer , while the county would gain pecuniarily , if confessions were obtained on condition of reducing the penalty a year. THE Nebraska railroad commission seems to bo earnestly ondeavorimr to bring about a readjustment of freight charges that will be fairtot'no merchants and farmers of the stale and give them required and just relief. The effort is to be commended and encouraged , and if faithfully and persistently pursued can hardly fall to bo ultim ately successful. The past exper ience of the railroad managers with the commission has been such as to warrant them in the belief that it is only necessary to hold out against the de mands of the commission to assure the final abandonment of its demands. It is the duty of the commission to disabuse the minds of the railroad managers of the idea that this policy can win hereaf ter. Demands demonstrably just must bo pursued and insisted upon until they are acceded to. THE republican club of Now York city some time ago sent circular * throughout the country advocating a "National Republican League. " The scheme seems to be favor ably received , nnd n convention will probably bo hold next fall. The object of this mooting will bo to consider Iho subject oftho organization of republican clubs , and the U > ; itnunncr of conducting their work. Prominent republicans-are to ha invited "to deliver addresses on im- por'nnt political toploathe tariff , labor , anti-saloon movement , the fishery ques tion , thd merchant marine , the nccro vote , reform and municipal government , etc. " Over one hundred clubs have re ported , and cfliclimt work already com menced. Each club will be entitled to one vote in llio convention , but five dele gates may bo .sent. Tun exceptionally hot weather of the past week has been unfavorable to crops throughout Nebraska , even corn having suffered to some extent. The most seri ous Injuiy , however , has been done to pasturage , which in most localities Is re ported to have been literally burned up. On the whole , however , Nebraska has experienced less damage from heat ami drought than most of the other stales , and Iho oggregaio yield of crops prom ises to bo satisfactory. Now we have an opportunity to thump Canada. It is said that McGarlgln , the Chicago boodlor , was taken by tx Canadian vessel and Canadian crew to a Canadian port. Governor Oglesby has been akcd to request the government at Washington to communicate with the Canadian government to aid in getting Me.Gariglo back to the United States. The case may yet lead to an international controversy possibly as serious in its na ture as the fisheries question. Ax alleged election will bo held to-day in Kentucky. Simon Uolhvcr Utick ncr will of .course bo elected the next governor of that commonwealth. His majority will runup to about 40.00J If it is less than this it may bo a kind of a victory for the republicans. STATK'ANO ' 1 HUttirottY. Joltlncs. The crops in Dixon county arc A 1. Hrokcn How is struggling with two daily papers. Tlio firemen who attended the Kearney tournament no longer "speak as the } pass by.1' Wayne lias placed $1,500 in purses for three days races , beginning next Wednesday. The corner stone of a now Calholic church nt Menoniinee , Cedar county , wa : laid Sunday. The contract to build the first packing house in Fremont has been let to Seoly Son , of that city. The York Times declares "it is a calm. serene and pleasant life that of the Omaha editors. " Hon. C. H. Van Wyck is booked for ai address in llartington September 14 , the second day of the Cedar county fair. Schuvler expects thnt the Wahoo branch of the H. & M. will bo in opera tion to that city by the middle of Septem ber. ber.The The young son df Samuel Salcsbcrry , formerly of Juniata , was killed by lightning in the western part of the state. Several additions to Sioux City have been grabbed up by the Missouri syndi cate , and are now on the way to the gulf. Douglas Miller , a cripple living seven miles from Croighton , Knox county , was kicked to death by o horse last Wednes day.Tho The Dixou county fair managers offer largo premiums for displays of every thing raised in the county , including babies. Lincoln's salt bore is down 2,200 feet. If the treasury holds out it is likely the drill will strike Missouri river rates be fore snow falls. The capacity of the Nebraska City dis tillery is being increased from ( ioo to 2,000 bushels a day. The alterations and additions will cost $12,000. Crops of all kinds around McCool , York county , are reported damaged by drought and chinch bugs. Wheat , oats , rye , barley and llax will not return moro than half a average. Some malicious scoundrel went into tlio barn of Ira W. Houlware in Valentino tine and destroyed the eyes of a fine stallion with acid. The animal was one of the finest in the country and was worth $1,000. The prohibitionists will open the cam paign with a convention in Lincoln on thu 17th. It is likely they will hurl a full ticket into the opening. It is hoped the brethren will start a vigorous disturbance of the dry spell. Mr. A. 15. Hall has laid down the pen and scissors and clipped his connection with the Tceumsen Republican. The usual painful and profuse "valedictory" followed the operation. Mr. J. A. 15en- netl is now on deck. The epicure of the Elk Creek Echo has issued revised rules for chewing green corn : "Take llio car into two hands and bite elf the corn , jusl _ like any uncivilized Too much civilization plays the mischief with social comfort. " The cyclone struck a noted corner loafer in David City nnd slapped him against the side of a brick building , 100 hundred yarns away. On recovery con sciousness the vielim throw up his hands and cried piteously , "Don't Libbio , don't ; I'm going right homo. " The residence ! of Jessie West , in Cherry county , was struck by lightning last week and badly riddled. Mrs. W est was rendered insensible and remained in that condition for twenty-four hours. Her body was terribly scorched , but she will recover. -isTomaha county will make a strong pull for ono of thu prizes offered by the Omaha fair for the three best exhibits made by county agricultural sociclies. Thu first premium is sfsni ) , second .1150 , third $100. These purses will doubtless attract a largo number of competitors. Douglas counly is barred out. Tlio Norfolk girl was on her muscle last week and most gallantly and vigo rously diil she repel the insults of a brute named Huirhcs. She saluted him with a left-hander in the oyn nnd fanned him with a llatiron , Iwo glasses ami a cream pitcher. When he 'recovered ' from Iho surprise ho was lugged inlo court and lined. Thn Dakota City Eagle scooped all competitors in rusliing out the news of a horrible tragedy in Homer hist week. Hi 1'riee , a notorious swindler and coun try beat , was stabbed and cut to death by a prominent citizen , whoso name is sup pressed to prevent thi ! growth of a lynch ing party. The murderer is at large with the lalost style of weapons and will not be taken alive. The fool killer received n loud cnll from Ponea last week. A uhump named liolton with a new-fangled fly-trap a blanket saturated with coal oil hung it up in thi ) house and Wailed for thu liar- vest. The trap was soon loaded with swnrms of Hies , and then set on liro. The Hies were destroyed , together with the blanket nnd the house. The experi ment cost him $7.10. "George Mehalfy , how came this bunch of nasty red hair on your coat collar , " shrieked the wife of a railroad man as she held up the garment with its telltale ornament. "Don't get oxclted , my dear , " calmly answered George ; "thnt is a misapluced switch " "So I see , " ro- torled Mrs. M. , "and the color is a signal for you to go slow. " The corner siono vand.xls who raided Si. John's collegiate church in Omaha several weeks ago , broke , out in Sioux City .last Sunday and carried nwny the tin box placpd in the corner stone of the A , M. E , . ohurcli. A collection amount ing to 481 tart bneo taken up an thn { rounds and the rnscnlly chumps Imag- ncd It was placed in the bcx , Thn nntntonum for Indies In Hastings s nn object of considerable interest nnd intronngo. Young and matured nymphs , loundor on the surface of the pond and dck wilh all the vlcor and freedom of n nossback. The only drawback to perfect enjoyment nnd grncofiilnoss is the weak ness of elderly dames to elevate their icols and utllf/.o their web-like soles for sunshades. The spectacle is somewhat toe-toe. Wyoming cattlemen , especially those on tlio eastern border , feel wrathy over the revival of the herd law in Choycnno county. They clnlm it is a move to com pel stockmen lo buy the crops at a high price as It is impossible to corral tliu fiords In less than two months' time. The only way out of it is to employ line riders day nnd night to guard the boun dary , which moans another blow nt the cowman's profits. The Fremont critics of Langtry inno cently declare that all interest nnd opertx glasses centered in the star. The Tribune man with a Held class discovered that the Lily had lost some of the magnolia bloom of youth. It was nlso noticeable that her "fornicllTlno" ami thrilling tones held "tho magnificent audience spoil- bound. " A regretful feature of the beau teous display was "a broad expanse of mouth , " which was frequently used to show thnt it was all there. The North Bond Flail is threshing out some of the tallest tax shirkers in Dodge county. As usual the display of perjury is commensurate with the annual destruc tion of fortunes and the Jperiodio paraly sis of conscience displayed by moneyed meli. To show the rottenness of the us- scssriicnt it is only necessary to say that the relurns record a reduction from last year of over 300,000 , while properly values have increased , not to mention building improvements ami the natural growth of the county. "Judging from the tax list , " says the Flail , "wo have no rich men in ( his county. Men who are usually rated as wealthy with a capital of " $100,000 to $ ' . ' 00,000 are "rated on the as sessor's list as thn possessors of from $200 to ? ( i,000 and their tears havn stained and moistened the pages of every record that their exorbitant ( ? ) assessments can not bo reduced. " lown Itcnio. Dan O'Leary is doing the heel nnd too and elbow act in Sioux City. Cherokee is looking for a twine fac tory and Dunlap has volea for water works. A meteor of unusual brilliancy passed over central Iowa one night last week. It was seen at Creston , Grand Junction and Fort Dodge. Crops about Sibloy have been greatly damaged by a wind. Thousands of acres Cf ; grain that was ready for the reaper now lies prostrated. There is a good deal of building going on among the farmers in the vicinity of Marshall town , many line residences and barns being put up. Sioux City is confident that she has caught the Fowler Bros , for a $1,000,000 packing house plant , which will give em ploymcnt to 1,000 hands. A woman at Kcokuk was arrested for fast driving and assault and battery , she having applied her whip to two men who did not get oft' the street crossing1 quick enough to suit her. The state board of health has received information from New Hampton that the rivers throughout that country are ox- tromely.shallow and as a result diphtheria and cholera arc almost sure lo prevail. Ditkotn. Tlio assessed valuation of Dondwoor property lias increased $10,000 this year. ThcIIomostake mine bus distributed in dividend Ibis vear $ ir > 0,000 , or a tola since organization of $ . ' 1,808,750. Over 0.800 head have crossed the river nt Pierre within the past six weeks. Al came from Oregon and are being driven cast. cast.The The twelve year old daughter o : Michael Goodwin , living near Dead wood was frightened to death by the hail am lightning storm of last Tuesday. A child ono year old fell int" at Broad jand a dry wofl forty feet deep. It stuck in the mud at the bottom , nnu was pullet out apparently very little injured. Great preparations are being made al Mitchell for the territorial fair. Specia trains will run on all the roads withii 100 miles. About f 18,000 will bo offered in premiums. The damage to whe.nt by hailstorms around Aberdeen Is great. At Warner nearly 1,000 bushels were destroyed , li Hath township $1,000 worth of wlica was lost. Two miles south of Grotoi the damage is estimated at $7,000. The Northwestern Dental assoeiatioi has closed its session at Fargo. The fol lowing nlllcors wore elected : President Dr. .J. W. Cloes , of Bismarck ; vice-presi dent. Dr. S. F. 11. Johnson , of Gram Forks ; treasurer , Dr. C. B. Davenport , o Larimoro ; secretary , Dr. S. J. Hill , o Fargo. Forgo was selected for the nex annual meeting. MnnnltiK n Physical Wreck. Aiw : Ymk Tilhimc. There have been a number of news paper men at Long Bench within n week- drawn there by the political conferences They have all been watching ox-Sccretnr.i Manning closely with a view of ascertain ing his physical condition. In a grout of four of these men of thn pres.s who had been at Long Beach , I heard tin unanimous opinion expressed thnt Air Manning will never again he a well man that he is not at all filled for work of an : kind , and that his existence itself depend upon his absolute freedom from excite mont. One of the reporters who had at tempted to talk with Air. Manning said "I found that his utterance is thick am that his mind wanders , and that it wa impossible to attempt anything like ni interview with him. I think he under stood this himself when after n few word with me he requested that I should no quote him in any way. I used to sen Mr Manning very often in Albany , and tin change in his condition was a shock to me. " llocipn lor White-\Vinsoil Pence. Brooklyn Eagle : < > Stransah"said th < gentleman from North Carolina , as Ih Irani whirled toward New York , "I per ccive , sab. that you are a northern man cati you'nil oblige mo with a morsel soft eatin' tobacco ? " Tlio lineeut was promptly handed out. "And now , sail if you all through with the morning papah , sah , mighl 1 just IOOK at it for i few miliisV" His companion was enl ; lee glad. "And now , sah , if you wouli jusl oblige mis by lellin' mo have the sea next to the window , so that I can use tin .surrounding country and Iho fertile Jersey soy landscape as a cu.spidorsahIcan ask nothing monh. Thank you , hah ; you'al nin't one of them that carries on a trallic in sectional hate and a portrayal of pa tnotic sentiment , sah. If nil men was just as mush furgivin' as you arc , sah and oil othah men was as much for git tin1 as 1 am , sah , white-winged pqaci would brood over these heah Uniloi States like a pure dove on u nest o squibs , sah. " Cuts , wounds , sprains and , ' bruise quickly heal , if you apply Dr. J. H McLean's Volcanic. Oil Liniment. Lou Horn , drum major of the Cham pnign military band , was awarded n pluj , bat and n cane at the theater Saturdn , nighl at Champaign as the homilost mui in thu audience. The- liver and kidneys must bo kept ir good condition. Hood's Sarfeap.'irilla 1 n great remedy for regulating th organs , BUTTE CITY'S ' PROSPERITY , A Description of the Youhfj Montana Town Its Improvements * A PARADISE FOR GAMBLERS. , V Cnmp Wlioro Non-union Men Arc Sonrcc Sporting In lie Territory Some Iltoody l-'luhts 1'lnccs of AmiiHcmcnt. iJurrn CITY , Mont. , July CO. [ Corro- sponilcnco of the llr.K. ] A trip from ilelonn to Hutto over the Montana Union s not very romantic , although you pass through Million tunnel , which Is over a nllo in lengthand stop at Warm Springs and Deer Lodge , the territorial insane asylum being at the former and the pcn- tenllnry at the latter. One who has never been at either Helena or Butte can't Imagine what a difference there can bo in two mountain towns situated so lonr together. . Helena in many respects reminds one of an eastern town , that Is , the ways and manners of its citizen : * , for there are certainly a more refined class of people in Helena than in llutto , not withstanding tlio presence of a strong vigilance committee , and a great many lelcgnlcs from the left wine of General Price's army and ex-members of Qunulrell's gang. The two cities arc separated by the mam range of the Rockies. Helena lying on the eastern and Bullo on the western slope. There are no mines situated directly around Helena , while in Hutto , hoisting works , shaft houses , mills , mines and smelters can be seen in every direction , and at all hours of the day and night thousands of minors may bo seen coming oil'and going on shift with their tin buckets , and steel candle sticks in their hands , while hun dreds of steam whistles announce the diff erent hours. One would think bedlam had broken loose to hear all the whittles scro.iching at once during a lire , as each engineer tries to outdo the others in mak ing n noise. Butte has a population of about 15,010 , which includes the popula tion of Wnlkervillo , Mcadvillc , Center- ville , Burlington , Travonia and South Hullo , all of which are small camps with in a radius of one mile from tlio town proper. Ha boom days tire past ami it lias now settled down to business , the floating population that is found wherevora boom is in progress , has de parted and everyone scums to bo busily employed. JJUITE HAS KSTAniISriii : > ITSELF. as a permanent cam ) ) and the business men have every confidence in its future , and with such mines as the Anaconda. Parrot , Alice , Moulton , Lexington and others it will bo a camp for fifty years hence. Every class of business is repre sented here and some branches are over done. For a mining camp , Isutto is one of the best conducted cities in tlio west , and recommends itself as an example to cities live times its size. It is well lighted by both gas and electricity , there being two companies here , has a good water supply and a lirst class lire department , a court house that cost $1. > 0,000 , and a flue city hall. The streets hnd alleyways are kept clean and no overhanging signs are allowed , and "Dago" apple stands are cot permit ted to Hock the sidewalks and obstruct passage ways as they are in larger cities , street fakers are not tolerated at all , and if they attempt to sell their goods they arc compelled to adjourn to some vacant lot on" the main streets in the suburbs of the city. Traveling agents and canvass ers of every description have to pay a biff license , and whenever they are de tected evading it they receive a heavy line. There are eight or ton churches of every denomination , public libraries , Y. M. O. A. reading rooms , a W. O. T. U. society , but the city is not alllictcd with any soul-saving salvation still's. There are several hospitals , among which is the Sisters , a large three-story structure sit uated near the center of the town ; tlio Minors' hospital is supported by the miners' hospital fund , which is made up by levying an assessment of $1 on each man working in the mines or mills , and there are several private hospitals. The principal mine in camp is the Anaconda , owned bv Haggin & Tovis , of California. Marcus Daly is the superintendent of the famous mine , and during the past four years if 12,000,000 have been expended in woiiKiNt } THI : MINI : , and smelter , erecting buildings , and in the payment of wages. The Mueller is located at the town of Anaconda , about twenty-seven imlcs from Butte , in Deer Lodge valley. It is now the largest smelting plant in the world and gives employment to about twelve hundred men. About four years ago the company declared its intention of constructing a railroad of its own for the purpose of transporting its ores from the mine to the smelter , but the Union Pacific being desirous of securing this immense busi ness contracted with them to .supply the smelter with sullicionl ore to keep it run ning in full blast each day or forfeit f.'i.DUO per day that the smelter was idle for want of ore , and so the company's road was never built. During the brake- men's strike at Hutto two years ago no ore trains loft for several days , in consequence quence of which the smelter hltut down and the Union Pacific had to forfeit $15,000 for the three days lost by the smelter. The ore body in the Anaconda mine is eighty feet wide and runs GO per cent copper and thirty to forty ounces silver. The mines in the vicinity of Hutto are mostly copper or silver pro ducing , the gold mines being in other portions of the territory , Built ) is the Tin : OUIATIST : : sn.vr.it AM > corrut CAMP in tlio world , and .Montana is at the head of th'c list now as a mineral wealth pro ducer. Not ono-thirtieth of the mines are developed , and hundreds of mines are yet to bo discovered. Till : MINIMS' UNION is a strong orcraui/.alion and has a mem bership of ! IGOO. They have erected a massive three-story .stone and brick building ; it a cost oJ $10,000. The lowi r floor is occupied by business houses , while the upper is reserved exclusively for moating rooms and tlioir largo hall. The Knights of Labor , printers' union and other 1-ibor organizations all meat in the same hall. This line building was creeled without touching the general union fund , and considerable credit is duo the miners for their enterprise The minors' fund is increasing al the rate of bout $2,000 per month , and as the of- acers of the union arn all good financiers , the fund will be swelled lito great rtxtont by their judicious speculation and investment in real estate and other business. There are several line bands among the minor.- ' and it is a line sight to pen two or three thousand miners marching through tint streets headed by one of the bands "In union there Is strength" is truly verified by this organr/ation. Thorn nave bi-on several attempts to reduce the miners' wages but all have failed , liutiu is no camp for A NON-I'NION MAN to go to ; if he .should be so fortunate as to get work in .some of the smaller mines lie is compelled lo work for the standard wages , although ho mighl bo willing to work for loss. Or. one occasion it was discovered that live men were only re eeiving $ 'J per day for their work and that they dad made arrangements to work for HUH reduced price with tins foreman in order lo get a job. The union held a mooting after which sumo tluco huti drc'd miners .marched l" thn inimj wiicrc tliu n fen wore , einploy . < d , e-stlliul them out of the shaft itnU .e.sovrtoil thorn ubout a luilo-from tholpw'p,1 tolling them novel to return jigain. , Sjivorju such occur- ' r'on'pes hftvnitilkcnplace , and It f.s nlw.iH advisable for those who got' a notion t , ) leave , not to itrguo Urn print , but leayg at once. < Like all mining camps ; Uuttc is \v\ll supplied with o.YMiu.nus , and the territory at largo is a paradise for thorn. Sporting men of every slripo lire well represented , from the petlv larceny cheek guerilla to the t-llk tile square ( ? ) sport. The term "square1 gambler sounds like a mockery. \ \ o agree with the notorious Kid Miller when ho says that you may write the word thief" on every gambler'.s fore head and yon would bn calling the turn. There arc however , some good , whole-souled fel lows among I hem , and some who arc ' 'perfect" gentlemen , but Ihu majority of them are seven-tip sneaks , and their highest ambition is to panhandle men who have money , and the low players that win occasionally for a half-dollar era a stake to play the bank. The legislature of Montana passed a law a few years ngo making It a penitentiary offense tor anyone ono detected cheating or running a crooked game , and notwithstanding the fact that several men have already gone to thi ) "pen" people are being skinned every day , and they don't know it. "There are more ways than ono to down a suekcr , " is a remark often heard , and there is such line mechanism being in troduced in the country nowaday * tliat men who fiavo been on the turf for years fall right along with the granger , and then they kick about being out of luck. Half of tlie men who call themselves gamblers in the west would starve to death with a quar ter of beef over their shoulder. They ini agine that because they run with thu gang and give up to them that they ought to take a collar button and win a bint o ( clothes with it on account of their super ior judgment. Faro and poker arc the only gambling games run in Montana now , and they arc about the only games that would get any support. The men who used to play against red and black , .sluice , over and under , chuck-luck , etc. , have all died or become card players themselves. No percentage games are allowed either in Idaho or Montana now , and it is a good thing , too , for the rea son that such games as percentage poker , roulette , etc. , required a number of "grinders or boosters , " and they were generally workmgmen who were induced to act as cappers for the reason that when strangers saw a workingman play ing it gave them conlidoneo and they would thereby be induced to invest in a black of cotton checks. These boosters naturally became infatuated and the prospect of making A UVINU WITHOUT AVOKKINQ was so bright , apparently , that they swore olV working altogether , and to-day the country is full of discharged boosters who eke out an existence by approaching people for quarters and halves. There area number of " ' IIOKSIMIN" "TiioisoL'on : : in the territory , and men who encourage anything of a sporting nature. Montana has produced some of the fastest horses in tlio country , and there are a number of fast colts which have never boon out of the territory , but when they are taken cast will .surprise eastern horsnien. From 1880 to 18SO everything was of a hurrah nature and as there was no law in force regarding I'UI/.K-KIOHTIXG a great many took place. There had been no prize-lights in the territory for a number of years , not since Con Green , Patsy Marley and Hughes' time up to 1882 , when .lack Waite opened the ball by starting a gymnasium and giving sparring exhibitions every week. There were a number of lights among local pugilist ! * , but none of any consequence until thu fight between Pete McCoy and Dunce McDonald. The light was for $500 and entire gate recoints , Marquis of Queensbury rules. It took place on the race track about a mile below town. A largo platform had been erected in front of Ihe grand Maud and Ihn fight was announced to commence at 2 o'clock. There wore fully 0,000spectators present who each paid $2 for admission. When the principles had taken their places , George Irvin , who was then sheriff of Silver How county , got up on the platform and acled as master of cer emonies , road the articles of agreement and ordered the light to proceed. It was A i.oxo ANI > m.oonv piairr , lasting from 2 o'clock till Gl0 : ! , and only came to an end by McCoy knocking McDonald out. From Hint time on there were prize fights every week , but the public got bilked so frequently by "fake" lights , unit they finally passed a law pro hibiting prize lighting entirely and now nothing but .sparring matches with Pil lows arc allowed. Pri/.e lighters like skating rinks area thing of the pa t. I1UITI/S PI.ACLS OK AML'SBMKNT consist of an opera house , ono legitimate variety show and num erous concert halls. The opera 110110 is under the management of John 11. Mnguiro and during tlio winter season he has new troups every week. The va riety show is ono of the * finest of the kind in the country and nothing Hit lir.st class talent is engaged. It generally runs till day light every morning and is always crowded. Considerable more of interest could bo said of Hutte , and in our no\t wo t-lmll endeavor to give the reader a few notes on the mines , process of working ores , thu life of n prospector and wind up with the detested Chinese. J. G. S. A\ hen taken with crumps in the stomach ach , relief may bo found at once by the use ol Fred Hrown's Jamaica Ginger. KloliVnterri Bleu. New York Tribune : There was a group of Colorado men with Mr. Fisher while I was dialling with him , and a discussion arose us to who is Iho richest man in llio state. There was a dillcrcnco of opinion as to whether it was D. II. Moflut , presi dent of the First National bank of Den ver , or Charles Kountzc , president of the Colorado Naliohnl bank , but it was agreed that either of them had enough to keep him out of the poorhouse. K\ Gov ernor Evans was named as ranking piu ty well up to them in accumulated wealth. Mr. Kuuntxo is a brother of thu Now York banKurs , Koiinl/.u Brothers An other brother is a banker at Omaha , whern all four of the Konnt/es were once associated in business. Iho Denver man is said to have tlio most richly furnished housu in that Kooky Mountain metropo lis , if. , " MOST PERFECT MADE liy Jim Itnllfxl fttfttos Oonirnmont. Uv ttia licwjj { thu Qft *