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IT would seem that the vice prcsldontal
boom of Editor Henry Grndy hns dimin
ished until It is now confined to classic
precincts of the Atlanta base ball field.
THE blooming , idiotic editor down in
Kansas who is attempting to starta boom
for lun Voorhccs for the vice presidency
should bo taken in doors before frost
comes.
ALL the unknown towns in the west
are now sending invitations to the presi
dent. Lincoln has joined the list of ob-
scurn villages. The capital city was big
enough to have known bettor.
KANSAS CITY lira added insult to injury
by permitting an alleged poet to indict
an Invitation to the president m so-called
poetry. The fool killer can lind a good
job at good rates in Kansas City.
THE loosncss of the laws of Iowa re
garding pri/o lighting will no doubt , by
some be regarded as encouraging that
crime. The fhort-lmirod. fraternity look
upon Iowa as the state in which they are
the safest from the doors of the peniten
tiary. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ANOTHER of the pioneers of Nebraska
has joined the grout silent majority. Mr.
Thomas Morton , postmaster at Nebraska
City , and editor of the Dally News of that
city , and. one of the prominent and re-
spooled , citizens of the stuto died yes
terday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MAYOR BUOATCII is patted on the buck
with a left-lmnder from the jobber organ ,
which still persists that as between the
council and police commission the law is
on the side of the council. The commis
sion has no money to squander on reader-
loss papers.
COLONEL EUGENE HlOOINS Will bO a
prominent issue in the next campaign ,
lie is by far the most important factor in
American politics to-day. However , II
Colonel Higgins had boon given his just
deserts ho would have boon in the poiii-
tiary years ago.
THE letter of invitation from the citl
znns of Lincoln to the president was
evidently written by a roul estate agent ,
If it is the object to work ofTa few de
caying town lots on the Chief Executive ,
it is to bo hoped that a map of the cltj
accompanied the letter.
So KAit Chairman Balcombo , of thi
board of public works , is the only ofllcei
who 1ms complied with the resolution o :
Councilman Lee , requesting city officer !
to report the names of their clerks am
deputies , salaries of each , and by wha
authority appointed.
SKNATOU CUU.OST , it Is said , is no
pleased with his Inter-atato commerce
law. The delegation of Illinois farmcri
who waited uuou him a few days ago
and charged him with bolui
the tool of the railroads
wiis calculated , and did. lessen his opinioi
of himself to n considerable degree
That the law prevents rate wars tin
farmers believe Cullom was the chain
piou of the bill not for his alleged lov
for thorn , but because ho was the paii
attorney far the railroads.
FKKSIUKNT CLEVELAND will bo carofu
not to go to Now Albany , Indiana , whoi
on his trip through the boundless west
The farmers of th.vt locality who thinl
Chn president should resign his oflic
while absent on his electioneering lour
AS they term it. will notglvo him a heart ,
wplcomo. Whatever may have been th
motives of the idiotio Iutianiaus | , it 1
safe to speculate thatniuo-tcuths of thos
who participated in the framing of th
resolutions are not possessed with still
clout brains to write their own names.
AMKKIOANS have taken much Intorcf
In the .stories of cruelty and oppressio
which como to us from over the sea fror
time to tiuia. Let them uow turn the !
attention to the whlto slavery carried o
in the Pennsylvania coal mines and othc
centers of monopoly. Much can bo don
in tbo way of amelioration by perslstoi ;
and outspoken public opinion again ;
these shameful evils. The coal monopc
Hats of this country need humblinf
Thuy need It very much. Not only d
they grind thnir employes in the ( his
but whenoTor they think it advisable
tax Is levied on the coal consume :
throughout the country. Down with tl
coal barons.
Defiant Railroad Managcrtf.
The experience of the Paollio railroads
investigating commission with the man
agers of the Central Pacific is one of the
most Impressive lessons over afforded
the public as to the true character of
these railroad ofllclals. They nro all
men of great wealth , who have made
their money by plundering the govern
ment and robbing the people. They have
not hesitated at any practice or proceed
ing , however much in disregard of law
and public justice , necessary to carry
out their plans of reprisal and aggran
dizement. Wherever an opportunity
was presented to seize upon any
thing that promised to increase
their gains and strengthen their power
these giants of rapacity took advantage
of it regardless of the moans to bo em
ployed. The corruption of legislators
and public ofllclals was car.icd on as
sytematlcally as any other part of their
business. Their attorneys and lobbyists
were kept at Washington under fine sala
ries and with unlimited privileges of ex
penditure , and wherever else the pur
chase of support for the schemes of the
corporation or of hostility to measures
adverse to its interests was necessary ,
the purchase was niado at any price.
Millions have been used In
the business of corruption , al
though no record was kept by
which the full extent of the rascality can
bo known , every dollar of which the poo-
were robbed of. The corruptionists
ould not conceal the fact that for years
hey had been using money without stint
n buying legislators , but they shrewdly
milled from the accessible records all
ccount of this outgo , or ingeniously con-
eaicd it under some other form of ex-
icudituro. A combine of moro reckless
nd .skillful rascals never existed than
luntington , Stanford , Crocker and their
on federates.
When Huutington was before the com
mission in Now York ho did not deny
hat the Pacific Central had always
eon represented in Washington and
.hat money was liberally used there , lie
iad not the slightest idea , however , as to
: iow much had been used , and as to the
bject ho jeoriugly Informed the comiuia-
lion it was for "explaining things. "
iVhen the commission got to San Fran-
isco and Lcland Stanford was called be
fore it , it was found that the Central
managers had adopted a policy oven
moro non-committal than that sugested by
lie testimony of Mr.IIuntmgtpn. Stanford
a a senator of the United States , sworn
o respect and uphold the laws of the
country , from ono of which , enacted by
ho congress of which he is a member , the
nvcstigating commission derives its ex
istence and authority. When asked by the
commission whether the corporations of
which ho is the executive officer had paid
my money or other valuable considera-
ion , or done any other act or thing , for
ho purpose of influencing legislation ,
\ir. Stanford not only evaded the qties-
ion , but virtually told the commission
hat it was none of its business how the
orporation had spent its money , HO long
is no reduction was made from that por-
ion of the not earnings belonging to the
United States. It was this same gentle
man who subsequently had the sublime
mpudcuco to say that the government is
a debtor to the Central Pacific
o the amount of moro than
00,000,000. Another prominent ofll-
ial of this corporation is Charles F.
Jrockor , who has been twice before the
3onnnission. On both occasions he has
llatly declined to answer the question of
ho commission whether the Central Pa
cific had paid any money for influencing
itate or national legislation , or to make
any explanation of the payment of bills
without vouchers. The evidence that
this policy of refusal and evasion was
carefully prearranged is shown in the
'act that one subordinate ofliciaV de
clined , "under instructions , " to pro
duce his books nnd records , while
iinothcr declined to answer the
question as to whether or not
lie was counsel for the railroad.
The defiant attitude of the Central Pa
cific officials is consistent with their past
course , and is the natural ono for men to
iissumo who are conscious of their guilt
and have in mind the well-deserved pen
alty for their crime. So far us the pub
lic is concerned their course is a suffic
ient confession of guilt , and of such stu
pendous proportions , it may fairly bo be
lieved , as would startle the country wore
it fully laid baro. But the object sought
to be accomplished by the creation ol
the commission will not be attained if
the results of its investigation reach
no farther than this. It is expected
to push Us probe to the very bottom and
unearth every fact that is of record 01
memory , to the end that if there are any
who have boon engaged in this prolonged
and gigantic scheme of plunder and cor
ruption who can bo punished they shall
not be allowed to escape justice. The
money involved the people can afford tc
lose if it is beyond recovery , but the
crime calls for atonement. It is re
ported that the commission is undecided
as to whether it shall usn its authority tc
bring the defiant ollicials before
the courts. Such hesitation wil !
subject the commission to public clis
approval. Its duty In the mattei
is plain , and no consideration
for these men should cause the commis
sion to pause a moment in the discharge
of that duty. It represents the soveroigi
demaud of the nation for a full and complete
ploto disclosure of the facts in this pro
longed history of unsurpassed venality
anil that demand must not bo tritlce
with. The commission should etoa
promptly and firmly with those dolian
and sulf-condemned corruptionists.
Xtin Condition of Crops.
The crop condition , its reported by tin
department of agriculture , is not reas
suring. Owing to thu wide prevalenci
of drj weather the promise generally i
much less favorable than a month ago
particularly with regard to corn. Oi
thu Atlantic coast the outlook for thi
crop is not impaired , but everywhere
else there has been a marked decline ii
the condition , and especially is this thi
case in Ohio , Michigan , lllluois , Indiana
Kansas and the southern portion of No
braska. It is not necessary to conceal thi
fact that in the latter state corn has boei
very unfavorably affected durinj
the pnst two weeks , and it is not to b
expected that thu aggregate yield wil
rcai'i ' tlio arnrago that was promised ;
lit * ' 1120. In some localities tl
f.ui i ra will be rewarded by an averag
crop , but in others it is certain that th
yield will hardly repay the outlay. Th
corn surplus is stated by tbo departmen
for Nebraska at 75 , und tne sprlu. whca
average at 77. Most other crops
are reported below the aver-
ago. The drought region of the
northwest , embracing 70,000 square
miles , In which all forms ot vegetation
was drying up , has experienced relief
during the past forty-eight hours from
copious rains , and a moro favorable re
port from that section may bo looked
for. On the whole , the crop situation
docs not hayo the encouraging aspect It
did a month ago , though an ample yield
for the demands of the homo market at
least is still assured.
The Indian * of Arizona ,
The troublesome character of the Ari
zona Indians , exhibited in a long record of
bloody masacrcs and destructive depreda
tions , and the continued necessity of main
taining over them a vigilant surveillance
in order to prevent new outbreaks , has
done much to weaken the force of the
sentimental arguments in behalf of the
red man. As a practical question the re
tention of the Apaches in Arizona is a
very serious ono to the whlto residents of
that territory. Ono of the territorial
nowspapcrs , in presenting the case of the
settlers , says the maintaining of the
Apaches in the San Carlos reser
vation within Arizona is offering
to those savages a continuous premium
to escape from government control and
resume their career of murder and
rapine. Their numerous escapes and
the bloody consequences should , in the
opinion of that paper , far outweigh any
such consideration as that of aboriginal
title to the territory or any Inherent or
natural right to go where they please or
do what they please.
The question of getting rid of thcso
troublesome neighbors , whoso presence
is a continual menace and source of
dread , the whites of Arizona seem
disposed to earnestly press to a
solution. This will bring forward
the old controversy , in which
the so-called philanthropists will again
go over the well-worn arguments in behalf -
half of the Indian and In opposition to
the obvious demands of civilization.
Uut the white people of Arizona will
.iavo . the practical sentiment of the coun
try with them , and there ought to bo no
doubt as to the result. They urge as the
only solution of the matter that the
Apaches bo removed to the Indian terri
tory , or to some other section of the
country away from their haunts in Ari
zona. They take the reasonable view
that so long as the Indians are permitted
to frequent their old hunting grounds , to
traverse the familiar trails and
paths , to scalu the mountains and
bury themselves in the well-known fast
nesses and gorges , to lie in wait in the
familiar coverts and to renew tlio scenes
of cruelty and bloodshed which have
iiado them so notorious , so long will
"their civilization be an idle dream and
their christianizing the empty speculation
of a visionary. "
There can be no doubt on which side
of the question is the rational and practi
cal argument , and this is the only argu
ment that ought to have any considera
tion. The removal of the Apaches from
Arizona , and their separation from the
scones and thu inlluoncus that are incen
tives to murder and rapine , is unques
tionably the very best thing that can bo
done for them , while it will assure peace-
to the territory and relieve the whites of
the fear that is inseparable from the
presence of the plotting and treacherous
Indians. The removal would work good
in every way , as was the case with the
Modocs , and there ought to be no ques
tion regarding its accomplishment.
The Glenn School Bill.
The Glenn school bill recently passed
by the Georgia house of representatives
has called forth extensive nowsuaper dis
cussion north and south. Northern opin
ion seems to bo wholly against the meas
ure while that of the south generally en
dorses it. The part of thu bill most se
verely criticized is the provision making
it a criminal o Hen so for a white teacher
to instruct a colored school.
IJNortliern negroes are very bitter
against the bill. Last week a meeting of
colored people was held in Boston in
which a sot of resolutions was adopted
declaring the bill unconstitutional and
revolutionary , and "that the passagn of
ch a law will induce the intervention
of the God of justice against the pale-
faced scoundrels enacting it , in the shape
of Hoods , pestilence , and bloody upris
ings of the people thus oppressed/1
Georgia has never been well disposed
toward the freedom of that state , and the
efforts of the latter toward the establish
ment of schools havo'been hindered in
many ways , but this is the first time
MIICO before the war that such a decided
legal obstacle has been thrown in their
way. If the act becomes a law it must
necessarily close such schools as have
been established and carried on
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by white teachers in the state. The
measure is supposed to have boon aimed
especially at the Atlanta University for
colored students , which was founded
with northern money and has been con
ducted mainly by white teachers. A
trustee of that university is quoted as
saying that if the law Is passed it will
not be obeyed by the faculty , and in case
of conviction an appeal will bo made ,
oven to thu supreme court of the United
States if necessary.
That the people of Georgia or
any other southern state should
insist on separate schools
for the two races is well enough , as even
the negroes themselves favor such scpa
ration , but if a law should bo onactet
making a white teacher a criminal sub
ject to the chain gang and other indign !
ties , for teaching a colored school , en
lightened public opinion will protest
Such an act would be too flaring an offense
fonse against individual liberty to bo tolerated
erated in this country , ana thu constitu
tion would not uphold a measure so uu
just as this.
Kcop the Hooillora Down.
With the Omaha llcpublican as a competitor
potitor in the newspaper field the BEI
has no controversy. It has been flat
stale and unprofitable for years , bu
never moro so than since the day it fol
into tbo hands of Rounds & Taylor. A
n newspaper their sheet does not in an ;
sense compote with any other Omahi
daily , least of all the BKK. > \ o do , however
over , regard it as a duty wo ewe to thi
state , and especially this community , ti
fixposo and oppose the boodle method
which these broken-winded politlca
tramps have sought to transplant fron
Washington to Omaha and Nebraska.
Those profo.sblonal public plunderer
hare dutmuchca our legislature and de
. .ftVj.
moralized our clfy council by a course
which no honest or decent man can
countenance. They have Sought to
dominate over Governor Thaycr , and
arrogantly instated that ho should allow
them to dlciato appointments on the
police commission , the judiciary , nnd
other ofilccs which the governor is called
upon to fill. They have hold a club over
thn heads'bl certain city officials by prying
intO'tboir past domestic and private roc-
ordsj whlch they threaten to expose un
less their domandk for plunder nro ac
ceded to. They1 have prostituted them
selves and their paper to the basest
schemes and advocated anarchy in our
police affairs in exchange for city patron
age , to which they wore not entitled , at
prices many times In excess of the rates
which they gladly give to business men.
Such publishers , no matter how worth
less or unpopular their paper may
be , become dangerous to the
well-being of the community.
They have already disgraced and dam
aged the city by glvmp' countenance and
support to the clement in the council
which has knpt Omaha in turmoil for
months and deprived us of efficient po-
icc protection , and they have indulged
, hcir thievish propensities by drawing
hundreds of dollars out of the city treas
ury for city advertising , Inserted by re
quest of councilman who hadn't the
backbone to resist their isolont importu
nities and blackmailing threats.
A few hundred dollars filched from the
city treasury may bo of no moment to
ndlvidual taxpayers , but when jobbery
and fraud become firmly rooted in our
municipal system , robberies running into
.he hundreds of thousands of dollars
will surely follow as a natural cense
quence. The only way to prevent
boodling and stop public thieve" is to
check them at the very threshold and
keep them down by wholesome restraint
through the courts.
Crrv THKASUKEK Kusu has called the
attention of the council to the low con-
Jition of certain funds. This was proper
enough ; but Mr. Rush went clear out of
iis way when ho sent a lecture to the
council on its duties , and indulged in a
ot of clap-trap about the price of labor
and shaved warrants. This looks too
much like campaign literature. Mes
sages to the council relating to affairs of
the city nro expected from the -mayor ,
but not from other officials. Their fuuc-
lens are purely ministerial and clerical.
It is their duty to give information when
asked to do so , and make reports through
the head of the city government annually
or semi-annually as the charter pro
vides.
Ox the whole , the business outlook of
the country is good , notwithstanding the
drouths in some sections , the attempted
corners in largo cities and otiicr adverse
nllucnces. The largo sums of money
which have been'.idle in the hands of
bankers and capitalists for the past two
or three years , is beginning to flow out
into the natural ch'annols of trade. If
now also an adequate measure for easing
tlio overfull United 'States ' treasury can
bo devised , so that'some of this money at
least can begin to circulate among the
people , good times this fall would almost
bo assured.
THEUE has been tf good deal of rubbish
in local papers about detectives being
imported from Chicago by the BEI : to fer
ret out boodling and jobbery in the city
and county offices. The truth is that a
competent reporter has been employed
to go through the county iccords , with a
view to enabling the BEE to publish what
has been done by our county commis
sioners' during the last fiscal year. For
eighteen months or moro there has been
no report published of its proceedings ,
nnd the BEE has gone to the expense of
procuring for the taxpayers the informa
tion which has been withhold from them.
COUNCILMAN KIEIISTEAD is being
clubbed by the boodlors' own because ho
has given away the tactics which thcso
JWunderers resort to in "working" council-
men. Mr. Kicrstcad has made what ho has
by honest industry and enterprise ; his
assailants have made what they have by
swindling the government. Mr. Kior-
stead has established a good reputation
in Omaha during a long residence ; the
other follows have established a bad
reputation on short residence.
COUNCILMAN CHENEV was doubtless
very much surprised to road in a local
daily that a trr.do has been proposed to
him by the editor of the BEE to make
him sheriff if ho would break loose from
the llascall-Ford-Manvillo combination.
If wo are rightly informed , the boot is on
the other Ice. The proposition to make
Cheney sheriff has come from thu coun
cil bosses.
AT the funeral of the Chinaman Wing
Get a bottle of whisky was placed in the
coffin along side the corpse- perhaps as
a moans of demonstrating there is pun
ishment after death. In this country ,
howoyer , the custom is to take several
bottles outside of the coffin.
WHEN an Omaha councilman who has
no visible means of support , wears a plug
bat and spends $100 per month for beer
and whisky on a salary of $50 per month ,
it gives rise to the suspicion that a Chicago
cage detective would ) have no trouble in
finding a boodlor under that hat.
THE street commissioner has been or
dered to do some more grading at the
general expense of the city when the
work should by rights' bo paid by the
owners of property adjoining tlio street
on which the grading is to be done.
IK any money camh * had for park pur
poses , the council should begin with an
appropriation to , ' beautify Jefferson
square. , i'
FEWER ordinan cos 'and ' bettor enforcement
mont of those already .enacted would be
appreciated by our city.
PROMINENT 1'CIISONS.
Oouclcault Is said to be writing a play In
which well-known New York critics will flg
ure as villlana.
General Phil Sheridan will attend the re *
union ot the army of tne Tennessee In De
troit September 14 and 15.
John Uoyle O'Reilly Is passing the sum
rncr In a comfortable and roomy old house a
Hull , Mass , lie Is recovering his Health and
strength nnd has resumed his edltotfa
duties.
JJr. Oliver Wendell Holmes admits that he
begins to foci worn and weary with over
work , and to fear a breaking down of tlia
strength with which ho Is as yet blessed He
makes few visits and .endeavors to acccp
ow Invitations , except from the closest and
oldest friends.
John Taylor , the dead president of the
Mormon church , has boon In hiding from the
officers ot the law for over two years. Ho
was with Joseph Smith In Carthage jitll , and
ccolvcd four shots when the assailants
iponcd the fire that killed Joseph and Hiram
Smith. Ono of the bullets lodged In his
watch.
According to an old custom George W.
'lillds Is acting during the summer as sexton
at the little Episcopal church at KI boron , N.
I , Ho scats visitors who have no pews of
hclronn , nnd also passes the contribution
box. Mr. Chllds is very proud of the office ,
and will not accept any other In the gift of
ho little church ,
Many persons do not know that JelTcrson
Javis Is blind of an eye ; and more do not
enow how ho was thus afflicted. When ho
was about fourteen years old be and his
cousin , Joseph L. Davis , wore shooting with
crossbows at a mark on a pine stump. Ono
of the bolts fired by young Jefferson flow
> ack and struck him fairly In the eye , put
ting It completely out.
Mrs. Lauehton , who recently entertained
Itoso Elizabeth Cleveland at Ulongarry.Wls. ,
says : "It has been said by many Ill-man-
ncred and unjust newspapers that Mr.
Jlovcland's marrlaco caused a coolness be
tween him and his slstnr. On thn contrary ,
Miss Cleveland has frequently told mo that
she often urged the president to marry , and
.old him Hint In her opinion the mistress of
the whlto house should bo the president's
wife.
They Saw the Elnphniits.
CMcaao Ketci.
The president entertained a Siamese prince
yesterday. Mot having any whlto elephants
of the oriental sort to show the distinguished
visitor from the land of those sacred beasts ,
It Is probable that Mr , Cleveland took him
arouud to see Garland and Hlgglns.
ASnlutory Kxporlonoo.
St.l'uull'tonterl'icss.
It will bo some days before the official
count of the Kentucky election can bo ob
tained , but the Indications now are that Gen
eral Buckner's majority will only bo 15,000 to
18,000. Tlio democratic loss In fifty counties
has been 18,000. At all events , the Kentucky
democrats have had a lively snaking up and
a big scare. _
It Might uo Tried.
When unscrupulous dealers and manu
facturers found guilty of adulterating articles
of food shall bo punished as such criminals
are dealt with in China , by having their oars
nailed to a door-post , the practice may pos
sibly cease. Such treatment mlalit be con
sidered heroic , but It would have the charm
of novelty and eltoctlvoness.
A i'ortlnont Question.
llittadclpMct Hctonl.
Mr. Stanford , ox-governor of California ,
United Stales senator , and president of the
Central Pacific railroad , cooly says that if
the government will pay what ho claims to
bo duo to the railroad company the property
of that malodorous comp.uiy will willingly
bo turned over to the government. O course.
But what kind of a state Is it that will send
such an embodiment of concentrated gall as
this wholesale monopolist to represent It in
the United States senate ? Has the 1'acilic
coast lost all souse of decency ?
An Absurd Plea.
New York Time * .
When ono reflects on the amount of tlmo
and labor and care and money necessary to
get prominent offenders against the laws before -
fore a court of justice , and on the compara
tive immunity that such criminals enjoy
under the guidance of skilled lawyers , there
is something absurd In the plea that they are
likely to bo the victims of unscrupulous pros
ecutors , and tli at presumptions arlslni : long
years since , under exactly opposite condi
tions , must bo strained to the utmost to pro
tect them ,
Remorse.
Alke Qray Cowan.
An August moonlit evening on the sea ;
Tlio summer sky bent over soft and clear ;
A tender voice said In ray willing ear ;
"Love , tiiou art mine to all eternity. "
And Paradise seemed opened wide to me ,
Since that swont hour has fled ono little year
The fun owed deep , cold , desolately drear ,
Adirt'u to vanished joy moaus ceaselessly.
If Death had made this change 1 could be
bravo ,
And all my life more beautiful should grow
For his dear s.iko whoso heart was wholly
mine.
Now day and night 1 his forgiveness crave ,
Wlio robbed tils manhood of Its roseate glow
And made life ono harsh round of discipline.
To the Jersey Lilly.
Jl/a | / Ccilffornfan.
Oh , Lily , beauteous Llly , L- ,
Wo all admire your grit ,
And welcome you with open arras ,
Our fairest , newest "cit. "
You'll find that Lilies flourish best
Upon tills genial coast ,
But that you hoi nod our cazle scream ,
This Fourth , pleased us the most.
With such an ally In our camp
Our ancient foeman quails ,
To bee you on tlio lion's back
Leave e'en the prints of wales.
BTATK AND TlOUItlTOIt Y.
Ncbrnska ilotttnci.
Hall county wants a now jail.
The total assessed valuation of Platts-
mouth amounts to $807,357.
Beatrice is negotiating for fertilizing
works to boost the young industries of
the city.
Grand Island's cannery employs 100
hands and turns out 7,000 to 8,000 cans of
goods a day.
Thu canning factory at Tokamah is
harvesting hugo stacks of corn and to
matoes.
Fremont banks rank third in the state
in capital and deposits. The former
amounts to $300.000 , the latter $731,016.33.
The last remnant of Chadron's pros
pect hole , the tower , was touched by a
passing bree/.o last week and rammed
into the cavity.
A Brown county farmer blow in a load
of wheat In a howling drunk in Ams-
worth lust week , and was lost for three
days in the back yard of the swill pen.
A mighty struggle for blood and $100
n game will take place at North I'latto
between the home club and the Chey-
enncs in Warpaint on thu 20th and 21st.
The B. & M. company is piling the
honors on their congressman from the
Second dlstriot. A new town in the lie-
publican valley beyond the Colorado line
has been christened Laird.
The prevailing drought has no effect
on the crop of"candidates. . They are
ripening so rapidly that it behooves the
discriminating voter to strengthen his
buttonhole.
A can of gunpowder elevated the
hardware store of A. Ferris , nt Elk
Crook , Monday night , and scattered the
splinters over the neighborhood. Ferris
was severely injured in the region of the
pockotbook.
The Vordon Vidotto has achieved ques
tionable distinction by means of a cow
hide , which a muscular woman planted
promiscuously on the editorially person.
The stripes were gleefully exhibited in
the last issue.
The Nebraska Blizzard , evidently
transported from Dakota , is howling for
fodder near Ord. It is a prohibition pa
per , but the drought will parch its pros
pects before the Reason wanes unless it
"dries up" suddenly.
Ed Spencer and his divorced wife are
legally fighting for possession of their
four-vour-old. A somewhat rude sug
gestion is made by n resident that the
parents be cent to thu reform school till
the child Is of age.
The Capital City Courier , a pewter
plate of social refuse , objects to being
mentioned "In the same category with
the UEK. " The fooling is heartily re
ciprocated , and the pannier agitator is at
liberty to crawl into his bustle and pull
the draperies of obscurity about him.
Nebraska City takes front rank as a
sensation center. It is a mighty hot day
that takes thu starch out of the fighting
qualities of the residents , or falls to
burden the wires with stories of domestic
knock-downs , starving mother-In-laws
and hemp-chokes , informal and other
wise ,
The ( Jnmd Island Independent fans
the sweat box of the Gottiiigor by dub
bing thcso headed paragraphs : "Ne
braska zephyrs from the BKK bellows. "
The mercury , however , clings to the
100 ° notch , mowing down collars and
Immaculate fronts , and the ofl'cet of thu
breeze is lostIn the rivulets that flow
from the parietal point to phalanges.
There wasn't much hilarity In the
vicinity of the explosion of a can of
laughing cas in the express office in
Hustings Monday. It was serious busi
ness and shook buildings for two blocks
around. Windows and doors were shat
tered , the plaster blown out , the floor
torn up and an express safe shorn of its
bolts and hinges. Fortuuately no one
was injured.
The Butler county blast of last Friday
caught Dr. East just outside Rising City ,
throw his buggy over the backs of his
horses and against a fence , dashing it to
pieces. Thu doctor landed In the ditch
with his feelings considerably bruised
but otherwise uninjured. The residence
of Frank Smith , eleven miles from Rising
City , was leveled. The baby sailed away
on n window sash and landed uninjured
a few rods from where tlio house stood.
Ms. and Mrs. Smith were stripped of
their clothing and severely injured , but
will recover. Fragments of the house
were found a quarter of a milo away.
Night Watchman Morrison , of the
Plattsmouth jail is out of a job. On
Sunday night while ho was bathing and
splashing in the mystic depths of the
good book , the prisoners kicked up a
racket in opposition. Morrison pulled
his peacemaker and sent a bullet through
the shin of Burglar Williams. Then
with the benediction , "Oh , Lord , guard
and protect thy servant here on earth
nnd grant him n place in the hosts that
revolver round thy throne amen , " the
mooting adjourned. Shurlff Elkenbary
released him and he is now nt liberty to
press for the position prayed for.
AlonzoParrish , a slightly esteemed res
ident of Dodgn county , has flown with a
fast young widow named Bcttio Warner.
Parnsh has publicly and privately ex
pressed his admiration for the Mormon
plan of salvation. Ho was a paragraphor
of distinction , but only one br.illiant'wn8
preserved by his cotemporarios. While
n member of the jury which tried Charllo
Lang for loading the widow Beers astray
Parrish electrified the jury room by in
sisting that "us kind of fellows must
stand together and acquit Charley. " But
Parrish has gone , together with several
thousand dollars' worth of mortgaged
and other property. The deserted wife ,
n woman highly respected by all ac
quaintances , has commenced proceed
ings for divorce , alleging cruelty , neg
lect , desertion and other cold-blooded
crime.
Iowa Items.
The ladies of Burlington have presented
company II with a $200 flag.
Many mills in the state have boon
obliged to shut down on account of the
scarcity of water. ,
Natural cas sends up a burning flame
from a forty-seven foot well in Fulton
township , near Muscatino.
A Dakota priest , from Elk Point or
Yankton , fell from grace in prohibition
Sioux City last week. Ho got fighting
full and Btuek to the guzzle for throe days.
A gas explosion tore a largo hole in the
vault of the Sioux City court house Mon
day. HUB Monsingcr , the register , smiled
the odor and struck a match to find it.
The operation was successful , as ( Jus
measured his length on the floor the
next moment.
Mrs. Eve Shook , aged ninety-live , Is
the oldest woman In Marion countv. She
has six children , the oldest , a daughter ,
being seventy-live ; forty-six grandchildren
dren , 18 ! ) great-grand-children and fifty
grnat-great-grand-childron. Notwith
standing her age , she is halo and hearty ,
and can walk around the house , cat
hearty meals and sleep well.
An atrocious plot to wreck a train was
discovered near Iowa City Monday
morning. The intention was , evidently ,
to run the train from Council Blnil's
which arrives in Davenport at 7:15 : into
the Iowa river. When the train was approaching
preaching the long bridge over the river
at that place , the engineer slowed up as
usual. Ho thought ho saw a slight dis
placement of one rail three lengths west
of the bridge , shoved in the throttle , put
on the brakes , and came to a full stop
before the engine touched the suspicious-
looking rail. On investigation ho dis
covered that the spikes had boon pulled
from three rails and the fish-plates of the
two nearest to the bridge removed. In
their infamous work the would-be
wrecKers aud murderers had displaced
ouo of the rails sufficiently to betray
their plot , and thus the awful tragedy
they intended was averted.
The Creston Independent charges that
the statn supreme court Is practically nn
annex to the railroads. As a specimen
of the hair-splitting decisions of the court
in favor of the corporations , the case of
Babcock vs. the Chicago & Northwestern ,
appealed from Story county , is cited.
The plaintiff brought suit against the
railroad company for the value of prop
erly destroyed by fire sot out by an en
gine aud recovered judgment in the cir
cuit court. From this judgment the rail
road company appealed to the supreme
court and by some mischance the
supreme court affirmed tlio judgment.
This decision , it seems , was
such a surprise to the attor
neys of the company that they were con
fident that there must bo some mistake
about it , and they applied to the court
for a re-hearing. They pointed out to the
court that the fire was alle-ged to have
been started by the careless and negli
gent usp of thu engine by thu fireman
and engineer ; and the trial court had In
structed the jury that the company wai
mlty of ncglhzcnco and might become
able by "tho employment of an unskill
ful or careless engineer and fireman. "
This the court admitted they had not
noticed before , but they concluded that
it is very plain that the allegation of
"negligent and careless engineer and
fireman11 is not sustained by proof that
the fireman and engineer were "careless
or unskillful" ho they ruvorse their
former decision and gavn it to the com
pany.
'Uyoinlnff.
The Sweotwator Garotte has petered
out.
Cheyenne will soon enjoy the bobtailed -
tailed ono-horso car.
Denver capltinsts propose to increase
their piles by operating In the Wyoming
oil fields.
A law and order league has taculed the
long neglected lead \\ickodnesi in
Cheyenne.
r Laramiois nutting up thn stuff in .suffi
cient quantities to unsure the starting of
a woolen mill and warehouse.
tf J. I' . Julian of Cheyenne has been
awarded the contract for the $25.000 addition -
dition to the United States penitentiary
in Laramio. The work will bo com-
inonced in a few days and the structure
completed by the time winter sots in.
The natives are petting jealous of the
vigorous work of Ntibraskans in the oil
rrglnn and will make an effort to capture
n barrel or two of the lluid. A company
has been organized in Laramie with
sufficient capital to work a section of tin
oil country.
The CascA Land company , organized
at Sundance last year , has acquired title
to the Peralto tract of 5,000,00'J acres in
Arizona. The capital stock of the cor
poration Is $25,000,000. Among the di
rectors are M. E. Post , Edward Stokes , of
New York , John A. Benson , of San Fran
cisco ; John A. Keovos , of Missouri : Rob
ert (5. ( Ingersoll and Congressman Frank
llurd.
The following figures from the territo
rial assessment roll shows the rapid
growth of the country :
1W.-SA 1S8G-87.
Laramie . . , , . .5 8,2WoaV37
Ulnta . l , : .v ' > o iivtiVi.43 : !
Albany . 8,4ViKO ( ! 3,7lV5'ia ;
Crook . 2an,4.vs iminr > s.M >
Swectwater . or.oas.7. ' >
.lohnson . 8ixw,2fin.88 8,348,4 1.20
Carbon . 3,205 , lt > 7. 18 SOi ,4Sa
Fiemont . uoil,458 : l.iw.ooo
Total . . . .824S93py .G3 525W5,092.93
I'rohltiltlon Statics * .
St. Mini Pforiffr J-IYM.
For the fiscal year just ended the In
ternal revenue receipts from spirits were
$3,000,000 , loss than for the year before ,
while those from fermented liquors were
$2,000,000 greater. This Is clearly not
to bo taken as a proof of the efficacy of
prohibition , as its advocates assume. For
the states having prohibitory laws In
clude ale aud beer in thu forbidden list ,
nnd such laws are ranch moro effective
against such bulky beverages as boor ,
which cannot bo easily concealed or kept
for a long time , than against whisky ,
which is small in bulk and easily con
cealed. These statistics simply prove
the reality of the popular change from
the use of spirituous liquors to the milder
and lighter beverages which has been
heretofore referred to as a hopeful sign
of the times.
An interesting commentary upon the
efficacy of prohibition is furnished by
the experience of Mamo. This was the
cradle of prohibition. It has been in
force there continuous ! } for thirty-four
years. The most stringent laws have .
been supplemented by all the machinery
for their enforcement that was demanded
by Ne-al Dow aud his disciples' Finally ,
they have adopted a prohibitory amend
ment to thu constitution. If thesalo aud
use of intoxicants cannot bo prevented
in that state by law , it cannot bo prevented -
vented anywhere.
There arc a good many facts available
bearing on the subject. We prefer to
stop all possible cavil by quoting only
those which are given by the "Volet ) , "
the organ of thu prohibition party and
the most violent advocate of its doctrine
to bo found in the United States. The
Voice of a week ago prints a diagram
showing whore liquor Is sold contrary to
the law in Bangor. There arc more than
100 places in all , cloven in a single block ,
and thu map looks like a profile of the
Bowery. In 1885 , out of a total of 1,175
arrests , there were 745 for drunkonnoM
and disturbance ; in 1880 there wore 813
such arrests out of a total of 1,094. Savs
the Kev. V. B. dishing , for whom the
Vbico vouches , "The prohibitory law
covers every day in the week , but
the officials allow rum shops to
traffic six days until 10 o'clocK at night ,
and enforce prohibition against low dog
geries and old women on the seventh. "
Says tno Voice editorially : "We publish ,
also , another batch of letters from citi
zens of that city , in reply to questions
sent by us to all the lawyers , ministers ,
doctors and bankers. Wo publish the
replies without rofercnco to the poli
tical affiliations or temperance views
of the writers. The main point devel
oped is the unanimous testimony that
the prohibitory law is systematically and
continually nullified. " This is the wit
ness of Hie highest prohibition authority
as to the state of things in a community
whore prohibition has had as fair and
full a trial as human ingenuity and determination -
termination can give it. The difi'orenco
between Bangor and other cities under
like laws is ono of degree and not of
kind. The wonder is that , in the face of
facts like these , there are rational and
honest men and women who still advo
cate prohibition.
The Collapse of Irea.
Kcw York H'orfil.
The career of Mr. Henry S. Ivcs , which
now appears to bo temporarily clouded ,
to say the least , points several morals.
Ono is that a young man should not
undertake to buy railroads , yachts , etc. ,
without any money to pay for them.
Another is that there should be no such
loose system of doing business as to per
mit him to do thus. By a simple exten
sion of his system Mr. Lvcs , if uninter
rupted , could in time have become the
nominal possessor of all the property of
the United States.
Mr. Ives buys railroads , hypothecates
their stock to pay in part tlio men who
have been foolish enough to trust him at
all , USCH the earnings of the propeitic.s
for his own designs , issues now securi
ties and guarantees others , establishes a
system of borrowing from one bank to
pay another , plays n game of shuttle
cock generally with his own credit ,
makes a muss which is sure to happen ,
and the credit tumbles with himself and
liis victims after it.
Out of the fabrication built almost if
not quite exclusively on what ho owes ,
Mr. Ives actually attempted to buy a road
representing moro than $100,000 worth of
capital. Our "young Napoloona of fin
ance" have invented ome remarkable
"systems , " but this ranks very high in
deed as a financial phenomenon. Aud not
the least strange part of it Is that such a
man as Mr. Gurrett should have boon be
guiled into anv serious bargaining with
Ives. The forfeit money supplied l > y in
nocent parties doubtless had something
to do with it.
Of all the aerial transactions on record
those of Mr. Ives , as far as appear , take
the lead. Ho has erected for himself , by
illegitimate methods , debts said to ag
gregate $12,000,000. His elimination from
commercial circles will bo a good thing.
Ho is a disturber of values , a reckless
spcctilator.and his example is contagious
and pernicious.
Political Speculation.
' . ' .
'J.'li Clinch.
The presentation inado by the Ohio
republican convention of John Sherman
as a candidate for president of the United
States has given a now Impetus to polit
ical speculation. Taken in connection
with the very free criticism indulged in
by soiiiu of the Ohio republicans of the
candidacy of Mr. Blame , it ha raised
hopes of the nomination of u candidate
on whom all sections of the party could
bo onon moro united. There can be no
question that thn more prudent of thu
party managers ara prepared to welcome
any movement that would load
to thu selection by tlio national
convention of the nominee who dUidcs
thu party least. Mr. Blaino's strcnptn
happens to bo very largely derived from
his ax'tnncd ability to make largo inroads
on the strength of the opposite party.
His wonknesz is , of course , due to his
proved capacity to lessen the strength of
iila own party. It is probable that , wit'i '
an Ohio delegation pledged to Sherman ,
an Iowa delegation presenting the namii
of Allison , and other stater , with a solid
.support for their "favorite sons , " thrrn
vnav bo Irss than thu required majority
of Blalne delegates in the national cm-
vonHon and n consequent consolidation
of the opposition to him on another cuu-
diclatc.