THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TRIMS or sunscntrrtot : DnHr ( Mornlair Edition ) Including Sunday Dr.r , Ono Year. , . (10 00 Tor 81 * Montui. > . i . 600 For Three Monthi . 2W Tha Omaha Humlnr B , mulled to anr address , Ono Ycitr . . . : " W OMAHA ornrt. No. ( Hi * xn VM FAnfiM fl-rnwtr. Niw TORK nrrtcB. lion * , Tmnn * Brtii.niMJ. WASBINOTON orricc , No. 113 KutmtissTn aiuirr. OOnRMFONDGNCCt All communications rolntlnd to Down and edi torial matter flhouhl be addrosood to thu Kin- TOR or TIIK Dec. AH but Inets lattert nod roinUUnooi should bo MdroMod to THE liii PUBLISHING i COMPAMT , OMAHA. Drafto. checks and poilolBco orders to be made payable to the order of the company , THE BEE FOBLISHIlTcirm , PBOPBItTOBS , E. ROSBWATKU , EDITOH. _ THE DAILY DEB. Bworn Mtatoinont of Circulation. County of Douifas. I8'8" O o < B. Tuchucir , secretary of The Bee .Publishing company , docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation ot the Dally I3oe for the weekending August 13 , 1BST , was as follow * : Haturday. August G . 14.400 Bandar , August 7 . 14.500 Monday. August 8 . , . 14,525 Tuesday. August 0 . 13.010 Wednesday , August 10 . 13.89.-i Thuwaay. August 11 . 14.500 Friday , August W . .14,050 Averaee . . : . .14.211 OKO. u. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to and subscribed In my presence this Wli day of Aujitist , A. D. 15S7. N. 1' . Fmr. . fSKAL.1 Notary 1'uollc. State of Nebraska , I „ Douelns County , t 8S Gco. II. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn , deposes and says Hint ho Is secretary ot The Uee Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Uco for the month of August , 18b < 5 , U,4G4 copies ; for September , 1880 , 13,030 copies ; for October , im , 12,880 copies ; for November , 1880 , KIS48 copies ; for December , 1880. 13.S17 copies ; for January 1887 , 10,200 copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,198 copies ; for March. 1887 , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1687 , 14,310 copies ; forMny , 1S87 , 14.2-.7 copies ; for June 18S7 , 14,147 copies ; for July , 1837 , 14.003 copies. GEO. B. Tzscnucit. Subscribed and sworn to before me this llth dayot August. A. D. , 1887. ( SEAL. | N. P. KKIL , Notary Public. DAYLIGHT will presently begin to dawn on the management of our county affairs. TIIK yacht that hold the young Prince , Mr. ITCS , did not go down with Datyon railroad and the bank. THRKR may be method In. Queen Vic toria's taffy epistle to President Clove- land. The fisheries dispute has not as yet been settled. Fitosi the frequent use of the pronoun "wo" in the queen's letter , it is evident Hunry Labouchoro had no hand in writ ing it. Henry says , "I. " IT Is said the now prohibition drink known as mult wine , now in use in Iowa and Kansas , contains more fight to the bottle than a barrel of old-fashioned Ten nessee tanglefoot. WHY docs not Colorado take off its coat and lick thunder out of Colorow and his crowd ? Give Senator Tom Bowcn a clinnco at them. Ho will talk them to death in twenty-four hours. Now THAT Jay Gould is n grandfather , it would bo well to keep a weather cyo on Wall street. The young Goulds must bo cared for. Another million squeeze from Undo Cyrus Field would bo a handsome foundation for the youngster to begin business on. THE Indian ofllco at Washington is cither ignorant of its business , or some one in Colorado is doing some tall lying. At Washington it is uaid there is no knowledge of thoUto outbreak. There is undoubtedly a lie out some place. UOVKKNOII ADAMS , of Colorado , may bo a big man in his state but ho isn't quitu largo enough to order General Crook to take the jinny to the front in the Ute out break. Governor Adams should read the constitution of the United States. TIIK Americans who have visited Eng land within the past two years will nol approve of the queen's complimentary reference to alleged Minibtor Phclps. He is a snob , and his chief delight is to in' suit Americans , who inako the mistake in calling upon him. Govr.UNou HAIIDY in his speech bcfon the prohibition convention yesterday a Lincoln said that Jsimos G. lilaino am Jefferson Davis belong to the same party The chances are that both Mr. Ulaim and Mr. Davis widely differ with thi Governor upon this subject. POSTUASTKR GENERAL VlLAS need UO bo BO particular about , traveling throng ! the country incog. Ho is mistaken if In thinks any one wishes to see him. Tin people ot this country are howling ti BOO great men only. Mr. Vilas is not entered terod in this class. MISTKU PiiEi.i'3. the dude minister a the court of St. James , comes in for i httln boom in the letter of the queen t < the president. This will cause the brain less head of the minister to grow three o four sizes larger. It will In future re quire a tun aero Held in which to inauu faoturo his hats. TIIK attempt made yesterday in th prohibition convention by an allege funny delegate to start a boom for Ulain and Jefferson Davis on the swniu tickc next year was met with a cold chill as i it had.bcon struck with an ice houst The delegate should have boon hit with base ball bat. FBHDINAMU WAitowas thirty-two year old when ho loft Wall street for Sin Sing. Fidelity Harper was thirty-sovo when ho loft his bank and wont to thu Cir cinnati jail. Young Mr. Ivos is t wont } four years old. It scorns to bo thu youtl ful Napoleons of finance that most fn quout the penitentiary route to wealth. IP Secretary Lamar is appointed upo the supreme bench it is quite probabl bii present assistant secretary of the ii torlor , Muldrow , will bo placed in char of the portfolio. This net would bo i keeping with the precedent ostablishc by Mr. Cleveland in appointing Assls ant Secretary Fairchild as the succossc of Mr. Mannirg at the head of the treaa ury. Mr. Muldrow , however , is not a able man , though ho has the capabilitlc of managing the department with pc haps more businesslike methods than ai DOW being employed by Secretary. Lama Withdrawal of Indemnity Land * . Too announcement that the secretary of the Interior has instructed the com missioner of tha general land ofllco that tlto indemnity lands withdrawn in the Interest of certain railroads may bo re stored to settlement under the preemption tion and homestead laws ls gratifying in telligence. In May last .tho secretary issued a circular to land grant railroads which had not complied with the terms of their grants calling upon thorn to show cliuso why the lands withdrawn for in demnity in their several cases should not bo restored to settlement. It ap pears from the decision reached by the secretary that the reasons presented for continuing the withdrawal of lands wore not satisfac tory in all cases but three , which are still under consideration , This action is in pursuance ot the policy suggested in the letter of the presi dent to the secretary of the interior rela tive to the controversy over the Gullford Miller claim , which was promptly en tered upon by the interior department and has been pushed with commendable vigor. It will restore many millions of acres to the people , much of it the most desirable land for agricultural pur poses in the country. The grants of land with the conditions of which the railroad corporations have failed to comply amount to 111,073,854 acres , or 174,400 square miles of territory greater in area than the stales of New York.Ponnsyl- vania , Ohio , Indiana and Now Jersey combined. The action of the Interior de partment will not restore to settlement all of this vast territory , capable ot pro viding homes for several millions of people ple , since it applies only to so much of it as was withdrawn by executive author ity. But this constitutes very much the lanrer part , the amount ot the lands granted by congress which are still liable to forfeiture by reason of noncompliance - compliance with the conditions being estimated at nine million acres , all fertile. Undoubtedly congress will supplement the action of the interior department by declaring these lands forfeited and thus give back to the people the whole terri tory which has been held from them for a period of from fifteen to twenty-five years for the benefit of sixteen railroads which-havo failexl to live up their con tracts with the government , and some of which have not built a mile of road. Under the action of the department between 85,000,000 and 80,000,000 acres will bo released from the control of the Atlantic & Pacific road. This corpora tion received a grant of over forty-nine million acres and has laid but 1,755 miles of track. The St. Paul & Sioux City company for a length of 120 miles of rail road enjoys a grant of over ono million acres. JTbc Oregon & California com pany , which complained that it has lost through squatters 283,000 , acres of laud , has a track laid of 200 miles for which nearly four million acres have been put at its disposal by grants of congress and executive indemnity. Other examples might be cited to show how the subsi dized railroads have disregarded the ob ligations entered into with the govern ment , and yet they arrogantly assert their claim to have continued a policy which for all thcso years has held from the people millions of acres of their landed heritage. The position taken by the secretary of the interior is just , is m accord with sound public policy , is nec essary to the welfare of the whole people and will bo heartily approved by the country. The Appeal to the Courts. The Pncltlo railroads investigating commission , after having made every ef fort to secure the information it desired , and which it expected to obtain from the officials of the Central Pacific , and Ret ting only evasion and refusal , has promptly followed the plhin course of duty in appealing to the courts. Senator Leland Standford , the head and front of the offending , has been cited to appear In the United States circuit court next Wednesday and show cause why ho should not answer the questions that were submitted to him by the commission rela tive to thu use of money for influ encing legislation. It will bo ro- momborcd that Stanford's replies to these questions were purely evasions , which 111 their nature amounted to an ad mission that money Had been used , ttic eminent booillor shielding himself , as ho apparently supposed , behind the assump tion that inasmuch as the corporation had used "no part of the moneys duo tno government it was no business of the commission what had been douo witli any other part of the corporation's ro sources. That is , so lone as the govern ment claims were satisfied , DO matter b.i what corrupt and unlawful methods the moans to satisfy them were obtained any inquiry regarding the methods wai an impertinence and a persecution , over when made by a commission created foi 9 getting at just such information. A nice theory , this , for a United Stales senatoi to advance. It Is not to bo doubted that the cour will disabuse the mind of Senator Stan ford of all faith in the efficacy of this theory , if Indeed ho has any faith in it which is questionable. The whole coursi of these Central Pacific oflicials , mam festly prearranged , suggests a desperate gamu of bluff , such as men fully con scious of their guilt would bo sura tc play. They have undoubtedly roasonoi that they cannot bo the losers by the pol ley they are pursuing , whatovci the outcome may be , aud i is the only ono which in the ! circumstances offered any chance o escape. Having hail a good opportunity to learn thn character of the cornmlssioi before it reached San Francisco , these o dictate evidently concluded that it woul < not bo sr.tislied with surface facts or b put off with plausible explanations. I had shown Its Intention to penetrate t < the very core of the business , aud no par of its task was more important than-thn of unearthing the rottenness known t exist. Ilonoo the game of bluff appoaroi to the unscrupulous gang to bo the enl , recourse that ottered them any hope , sine It would at least retard and embarrass th work of Investigation and thus give th corruptionists the advantage of mor time in which to concert now schemes c obstruction and delay. The promp action of the commission in carrying th matter into thu courts cannot bo to warmly commended , aud the order c the court that will bring Stanford be fore it with the least possible delay at tests the absence of any judicial dispos ! tion to favor the corruptionists. Thor Is every reason to behove that tha riu 'of boodlors will find that their bluff wi ! J * not win. The law creating the commis sion is clear and explicit in do- Cning Its authority , which was not In the least degree exceeded by the ques tions propounded to Stanford or any other one of the Central Pacific officials. The decision of thn court In the case of Stanford will determine the authority of the commission with respect to all as ro tating to the matter of inquiry , and if farorablo to the commission there can bo no doubt that the authority will bo fully assorted. Some exceedingly interesting revelations may then bo looked for. The WnRon Bridge Ordinance. We do not want to obstruct the pro posed Council Bluffs and Omaha bridge , but wo dnom it timely to urge the mayor and council to frame the ordinance granting the right of way to the bridge with great care. Omaha wants this bridge , but the rights of the public should bo protected. The approaches should be ample and safe , and no street railroad monopoly should bo permitted to mid from the brjdgo. Under the act regulating bridges across the Missouri riyor at Omaha , passed in 1871 , which has never been repealed , the mayor and council of this city arc em powered to regulate the tolls over all such bridges , and it is hoped that this power will bo exorcised in the interest of the public. In granting the right of way for approaches preaches to this bridge a limit should bo placed upon the time within which the structure shall bo completed , and a reservation clause should be inserted which will forfeit the rights granted by the ordinance in case the bridge is not built within the time specified. Another suggestion which the HKK vol unteers is that the bridge company shall dcsicnato the street which Is to bo con verted into an approach to the bridge before the ordinance is enacted , and that only the name of the street designated shall bo inserted in the right-of-wny ordinance. To allow options on several streets would open the door for n levy of blackmail upon prop erty owners and give a chance to specu lators and impostors to trallic in real es tate options. It is manifestly the duty of the mayor and council to prevent such impositions at the very outset. THE law of congress of February 20 , 1863 , is the one under which it is thought the Central Pacific corruptionists could bo indicted in the District of Columbia. It relates to the bribery of members ot congress and other public officials , and the limit of punishment for each offense is imprisonment for three years and a fine not exceeding three times the amount of the bribe. The following is a section of the revised statutes bearing on the matter : Every person who promises , offers , gives , or causes , or procures to be promised , ottered , or glvon any money or other thing of value , ormakos , or tenders any contract , undertak ing , obligation , gratuity , or security for the payment of money , or for the deliver ; or conveyance of anything of value to any member of ielther house ol congress , either before or alter such member has bean quali fied or has taken his scat , with intent to in fluence his vote or decision on any question , matter , cause or proceeding , which may be at any time pending in either house of con gress , or before any committee thereof , shall bo fined not more than three times the amount of money or value of the thing so ottered , promised , given made or tendered , and shall be , moreover , Imprisoned not more than three years. If the Central Pacific boodlcrs could bo convicted under this statute and receive the limit of punishment it would take a generous slice out of their stolen mil lions. THE manufacture of shoddy boots and shoes has reached an enormous extent in the eastern states. The public has made comparatively little protest against this form of swindling , and so the dis honest industry' has flourished to an enormous extent. It is nothing loss than an outrage that the market should bo flooded with such trash. It is especially hard on the poor , who are compelled to buy cheap goods , for no matter how re duced the price may bo , it is very much too higli for the quality of article ob tained. .Most of the shoddy boots and shoos put upon the market are made in Massachusetts mainly by machinery and the manufacturers use the offul of leather , paper , splits , skivers tind compo sitions , that melt away at the first wet ting. Paper and pasteboard soles are quite common , but the finish is excellent , so that only exports can toll the difference - once between the genuine and the bogus article. Bargains in shoos almost mva- siably turn out "sells. " Wo have had crusades against adulterated food , against shoddy clothing to some extent , why not inaugurate one against shoddy boots and shoos T IT is perfectly natural for the jobbers of the Republican who have taken on themselves the defense of rascals and boodlcmcn in the counc'l ' to rush to the defense of the worthless sidewalk in spector. "Tho proof of the pudding is in the eating. " If the sidewalk inspector is earning his salary , the wretched side walks all over the city belie that claim. There might bo some excuse for neglect ing the sidewalks in the suburbs , but there is none for allowing thorn to remain almost impassible and absolutely dangerous in the heart of the city , on streets that have been paved. Even on Fnrnam and Douglas - las streets , between Ninth and Sixteenth , which are crowded from , dawn till mid night , tno sidewalks are a disgrace tc any civilized community. If the inspector specter cannot attend to these streets , hi : services are of precious little valuo. The o 111 co of sidewalk inspector should either bo abolished or the inspcotoi should bo compelled to attend strictly tc his duties. THK Scotch yacht Thistle , built for the particular purpose of winning back the America CUPS , the international trophy originally won by the old yacht America and since successfully defended agalns all comers , has reached Now York From this time until the great race ii over Eastern yachting circles will no lack for something to interest them , am the opportunity of the yachtiug roportei and editor of every eastern paper will bi fully improved. The Thistle has provet herself to bo a remarkable sailor , am there will not bo that feeling of almost cur tain victory among American yachtsmet which prevailed when the Genesta and tbi Gulden c.lino into our waters to d < battle for the trophy. The Thistle ha sailed fifteen races , { n which she ha taken eleven first prizes'one second am ono third. She has covered fifty miles in five hours and thirty-nine minutes , which is very fast sailing , and. attests her a craft to bo feared. It is probable eho will have to content with the new Boston wonder , < ho Volunteer , built by the now famous Vurghcs , who constructed the Puritan and the Mayflower. The Volun teer has done some splendid sailing , but none so much bettor than the Scotch craft to justify unquestioning confidence in the ability of the American yacht to defeat the foreign foo. This annual international contest has had ono good effect , if none thcr , and that Is the stimulus It has g'fven to the study of the best models for boats of this kind , hav ing reference primarily , of course , to ailing qualities. This has resulted in cry rapid and marked improvement. CALIFORNIA hns grown vigorously dur- ng the past year it the returns of the assessors can bo relied upon. Thcso how a total increase of taxable wealth if $133,000,000 , which is certainly n most ratifying exhibit of progress. San Francisco , although according to a local apcr the year has not been an especially rospcrous ono , increased her assessment oil nearly twenty-two million dollars. n view of these most satisfactory and mcouraging facts it would seem hat the people of all parts of California would bo entirely con- ent to continue as they nrc , m- lead of agitating a division of territory , s the southern counties are doing , which , if accomplished , would probably 10 to their disadvantage rather than heir benefit. UNDKH the now charter the mayor has .uthority to call for reports from all > nicers and employes of the city. Wo would urge Mayor Broatoh to call for quarterly reports from every official con nected with the city , particularly the trcct commissioner , sidewalk inspector nnd all the inspectors of sewers , pave ments , public buildings , etc. The mayor hould inform himself how much work has been done under the supervision of each officer , where such work was done , and under what conditions. Wo are paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars for public improvements , and ho taxpayers are entitled to periodic re ports of what has boon done and whcro heir money has gone. WE are familiar with watered stock , watered milk , watered liquor , etc. , but watered oysters is a now trick. Never- hcloss it is ono to which oyster deal- 313 resort , as an eastern professor tells * us. And he docs not mean the celebrated church fair stow , cither. The pro- essor says that by allowing them .o soak for awhile in water "tho body of the oyster acquires such plumpness and rotundity aud its bulk and weight ate so increased as to materially increase its selling value. " Here is a pretty how d'ye do , and Sop- .ember with its 11 so near at hand , too. THE party of politicians from New York who will soon start for the south loping to work up an opposition against horonommation.of Cleveland might as well remain at homo. The south is solid 'or ' Cleveland ami-Is likely to remain so. lie has given that-sbction of the colintry a largo percentage of the offices , and has removed all the republicans in the south ern states. The southern people are not so lacking in gratitude as not to favor the president's renomination. OUR citizens should lose no time in im provising decorations for their store houses and residences during the forth coming Grand Army reunion aud Omaha fair. Nothing will create a more agree able and lasting impression upon visitors from abroad than streets and buildinsrs in holiday attire. To bo tasteful and im posing there must bo labor and time de voted to design. There is no time to be lost. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A YOUNG editor who \vants people to know that ho has been In Philadelphia , culls attention to the fact that Fairmont park contains several largo buildings which have been loc.ited there perma- ncntly without spoiling the looks of the park. The enthusiastic youth forgets to tell us that Fairmont park is cloven miles long , while Jefferson square is less than a hundred yards long. How soon will our city officials who employ assistants comply with the order of the council to report the names of such persons , the salaries they drawaud the authority undnr which they have been employed ? The council may not be disposed to enforce this order , but the taxpayers want to know the reason why. IT now looks as if the city hall bids will all have to bo rejected , and the board of public works required to re-advortiso for now proposals. This may cause some delay in the erection of the building , but the delay need not exceed twenty days. Two weeks' notice to contractors to resubmit - submit bids would bo ample. MAJOR BALCOMIU : is to bo commended for calling time on the curb-stone con tractor. There has been a disposition on the part of contractors for public work to disregard entirely the obligations they enter into as to the time when their work is to bo completed. THE torn-foolery about a library build ing on Jefferson § | ] uaro , has gone fai enough , but the cpnncii should do some thing to beautify the square and make it a pleasure ground of which the city could bo proud. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE illustrated" , fcdition of the Omaha World is an exhibition of creditable en terprise which cannot fail to bo of mate rial advantage iri'o.q'vertlsing this city. MEMBERS of tho.'city council nnd par- tics interested in Joca ! politics had bottoi study the now cleion law. TUB FIELD OK INDUSTRY. The New York Barbers' union has onli 300 out of the 2,500 shops. The American Glass Workers' union com pels foreign workmen to pay 8100 to Join. New Knights of Labor assemblies an being formed all over the west and south. What the Knights of Labor have lost ii some quarters they have made up lu others. Steam bunching machines are dlsplacln ; cigar-making labor , and trouble is brewing The usual talk of starting co-onerativf leather works Is now Doing heard at Newark N , J. J.Tho The cotton mills In two southern states ex ported 30,000,000 yards of cotton cloth las > ear. The new York orgacUed hat salesmen an reporting to court , all , storekeepers who sell on Sunday. A movement Is to bo mitdoto advance the wages qt women encased In shlrtmaklos In New York. The tanners will soon hold a national con vention at Saratoga to count the losses of tan- nine hides at present prices. The plumbers and steam fitters nil over the west are forming a national union , The membership will bo about 13,000. The first district assembly formed In Eng- and Is numbered 003. It has nine local as- emblles In good working order. The number of portons who struck during lie first week of August was 10,500 , while during all of August , 1SSO , only 13,200 struck. There are over 100,000 children under four teen years of ago employed , contrary to law , the factories and workshops of Now York. The Massachusetts state board of arbltra- lon decided that the 300 Beverly lastcrs who hrew 2,300 other shoemakers out of work lad no case. Southern enterprise has boon encouraged y the good returns , and there Is a gruat de gree of Interest In the multitude of smaller ndustrlcs employing from five to 100 men. Shops and little factories are multiplying. There Is a wonderful development In the nice Superior Iron ere regions. A syndicate with 525,000,000 has been formed , and a num ber of power I ul lake crafts will be built , and ho facilities for mining and transporting ere greatly improved. In the now Gocoblc anpe there are sixty mines. . Tno output of cotton goods In the Southern States has Increased from 152,701,298 yards In 8SO to 203,933,334 yards In IbSO , or one-third , ilnco 18SO forty-nine cotton factories have > eun established. Tbo great Increase has been lu the capacity of Individual mills , and hero are now , It Is said , over thirty under ircctlon nnd projected. The London chamber of commerce thinks ho ovll of a lack of technical education has > ecomo so pronounced as to call earnest at- ontlon to It. A bill has been Introduced In- o parliament to provide moans for an exten sion of technical education facilities. The present means are found to bo far behind continental facilities , and In consequence the nanufacturlng Interests of the continent are scoring advantages in colonial markets over Great Britain. Need Not IIUTO Gone BO Far. Chicago Herald. If It was evictions Brother filatno was ooklng for , sure Brother Carnegie might lave taken him over Into Pennsylvania. Authority on the Subject. Ptttiburg Dlfpatch. Mr. Robert Qarrett declared that there Is jut one good barber In London. Mr. Oarrott s a Judge of shaving since hid exploits In shavlnor Sully , Ives and Stayner out ot their respective forfeit money. A Pica tor the Boomer. CMcago Inter Ocean. As a rule the very rich men are not those who build up a community nnd create Dooms. A single business man full of life and snap and enterprise , who Is not afraid to talk and talks sense , and knows how to advertise , Is wortli a dozen very rich men , who usually only take advantaco of other people's boomIng - Ing to Increase their values. Small Effects of Local Pinasters. Kew York World. Droucht and forest fires have desolated 75,000 square mites of fertile territory in the northwest. In Michigan the energies of the people are overtaxed In fighting the conflagra tions In the woods. About Carlisle , II ! . , the prairies are on fire , and In Wisconsin logclng camps nnd woods have been consumed. And yet the results of nil this destruction will bo scarcely noticeable In the great aggregate of American production in a year of plenty. The Chatsworth Maisaore. Chicago Times. But why dwell upon thn horrors of this ap palling tragedy ? Why attempt to emphasize the lesson it has written in Hues of blood and fire ? Will corporations those shadowy creat ures of the statute , without souls to lose , or bodies to punish , or sensibilities to suffer heed Its teachings ? Will their servants , freed by the mistaken clemency of the law from their just responsibility for the lives that are constantly Intrusted to their care , heed them ? Will the public , which has been so qick to forgot similar lessons In the past , heed them ? It Is not to be believed. The Chatsworth horror was due solelyto the failure of tlin railroad company to exercise proper supervision of Its lino. An Anti-Povnrty Bonn. All want we will demolish And nil poverty abolish , Every man shnll roll in clover and on flowery beds ot ease , Sleep 'ncath crazy quilts of money , Swim in Hoods of milk and honey , Wade In streams of linhn of Ullcad nud In nectar to his knees ; We'll abolish want and walling , And our ship will como a sailing , Loaded down with gold ( it Ophlr and with pearls from Indian seas. We'll drink Plenty's eoldon chalice In a thirteen story palace , With Its curtains made of gold-leaf and of diamonds worked In silk ; Wo will loll on festal couches And distend our pampered pouches , And no pane of Indigestion will our peptic pleasures bilk : The pie tree shnll bloom spontaneous , Cake fruit sprout up miscellaneous , And the undamuird rivers gurgle with their floods of buttermilk. Yes , clouds shall drop down manna , While the nneels sing hosanna ; Drop down flakes of richest pastry that Miss Pnrloa would surprise ; We'll discuss no other question Than th ethics of dilution , And the relative nutrition of quail toast and mushroom pies ; And n host of sylph-like waiters Shall tend to servo nnd sate us , Hosts ot white millennial anirels sent ex pressly from the skies 1 STATE AND TKIIUITOUY. Nebraska Jutting * . Hugh Garrett , of Fairbury. was touched bv lightning at Steele City and instantly killed. The republicans of Pawnee will moot in county convention October 1 , to name the elect. Sidney is laying out 113,000 in a school building , which will bo completed by No vember 1. The third annual show of the products of Boo'uo county will bo held at Albion , October 4 , 0 and G. Plnttsmouth has secured a full set ol plans and profiles for a system of grades nud sewers for the city. The teachers of Sheridan county , to the number of thirty-live , are enjoying a normal vacation ut Gordon. Niobrara won the second round in the Knox county seat race. The Santoos got m their work in fine shape. Another election will settle it. The hardware store of Mr. Couphy and the railroad section house in Ncligh were struck by lightning during n storm Monday evening. The damage was slight. Levi N. Corner , a prominent hardware merchant in Falls City , died Saturday Ho was an active business man , promi neut in political and social affairs , am his death is genorallyjmourned. Frank Greene , an animated chunk o gall with a limber jaw , has thrown the town of Tobias into convulsions by skin- ping out without blddinu farewell to his landlord and other small creditors. The -Scluoiler mill at Cedar Creek equipped with modern machinery , was formally opened for .business lastbatur day. The event was properly celebrated jy a refreshing picnic by the residents. Cnjsar Fulks. an overgrown thug , being refused admittance to n dance In Ne braska City Saturday night , fired n brick through the door and cracked the skull of Frank Fox , a boy aged thirteen. His wound Is dangerous. Fulks escaped. Mason Long , the reformed gambler , Is said to have scooped in $500 by working ils jaw in Adums county recently. Mason and his oiiartolto of Bhoutcrs , are doing much better with the piuty racket hau the richest tiger don in the state , A party of enterprising burglars raided Etrug's store house in Plaltsmouth Sat- irday , shipped throe kegs of lager to [ own and were caught slacking their thirst in the arid bottoms of Pacific Junction. The thieves are a hard lot and wore jailed In Ulonwood awaiting a requisition from Lincoln. Iowa Itema. The new Swedish church at Stanton cost 120,000. The packing house at Atlantic has boon sold to Chicago parties and will start up this fall. It Is believed by his friends that Bishop Perry whl decline the office of bishop of Nova Scotia. The Catholic church nt St. Paul , near Fort Madison , was wrecked by a wind storm Saturday evening. The work on the now Baptist church at lied Oak was commenced Thursday. The structure will cost $8,000. A crazy youngster is loading the na- ives-in a wild race in Fremont county , flo is about twelve years of ngo nnd es caped twice from his captors. Though Iowa is classed as an agricul tural state , the total number of manu facturing establishments is placed nt 0,000 , with 05,000 persons employed. Among the number reporting 41)3 ) report an aggregate capital of f 20,000,000. Hope Mills , an old gentleman eighty years of ago , living near Muscatiuu , is the father of twenty-six children. His last wife , now living , is the mother of Fourteen of them. She was seventeen years old when married , and is now fifty- ix. ! Mr. Mills is halo and hearty aud bids fair to become a centenarian. DnKuta. Aberdeen has scoured a twine factory. The Chicago & .North western extension will bo finished to Gettysburg m thirty days. The receipts at the assay ofllco in Now York of Dakota gold bullion was during the last year ,6'JO,030.40 , of silver , $433Gtll. Dividends declared during 1880 by the mining companies were 1783,500. Elgin , 111. , parties are corresponding with a number of Aberdeen business men relative to starting a watch factory at Aberdeen. They will need a half sec tion of land for their factory and will employ about 500 men. Union county has two insane people in its county jail. The Yankton asylum is fulland the additional wing for which $00,000 was appropriated is not being built. In several counties these unfortu nates are being committed to the jails. A rich ere crevice has boon found in the Iron Hill mine. The width of the vein of pay ere is from two to three feet , and the depth to bo determined. The first$125 expended produced $2,000 worth of oro. This is "pay from the grass roots down. " "Wyoming. Laramie is clamoring for a court houso. Laramie hns organized a tanning com pany with a capital of $50,000. The Swans were called into court last week to answer two attachment suits. The Burlington road is expected to bo in operation to Cheyenne in sixty days. Mr. Potter promises that the Union Pacific depot at Cheyenne will bo pushed to completion without further delay. The Vyoming Fuel company , capital $100,000 , has been incorporated. The trustees are Horace K. Thurbcr , of Now .York CityJcirW. ; Bedford and Loavitt W. Anderson , of Omaha , and A. II. Swan , of Choyenno. Laramie City is to have an artesian well. The county subscribes $3,500 , the city $ 'J,5CO , and the Wyoming Central Land aud Improvement company $1,000 , making $7,000 , which is believed to be ample for the purpose. The Burlington hns struck anothsr snag on the way to Cheyenne. The owners of an outside addition want $10- 000 for right of way through the ground aud the privilege of increasing the value of the lots. It is cheering to know that a few hogs have strayed from the Missouri river. Charities nnd Ho form. All arrangements for the national con ference of Charities and Corrections , which convenes nt Boyd'a opera house , this city , Thursday , August 25 , have been about completed , and the session prom ises to bo fraught with Interest to the whole civili/.cd world. This association , as is probably wolf known , is purely hu manitarian , the premier design being to devise ways and means for relief from undue hardships for convicts in the peni tentiaries , reformatories and houses of refuge , resolving upon the * best methods for training and protecting those so un fortunate as to bo imbccilic or idiotic , and for general charitable and humane ends. Ono of the most prominent ob jects , among innumerable commendable duties , is an amelioration of the burdens imposed upon all subjected to imprison ment for any cause whatever , crime , in sanity orindigcnoy. Among thu distinguished people who will bo hero nt the approaching confer ence might bo mentioned ex-President HayoH.of Fremont , O. ; Governor Gordon , of Georgia ; Governor Church , of Dakota ; Governor Adams , of Colorado : Governor Cochor , of South Corolina ; ox-Governor Hondly , of Cincinnati , O. ; Clara Barton , president of the International Hod Cross association , and recently appointed by Mr. Cleveland as United States delegate to thu convention ut Baden , Germany , which convenes September , the 22(1 ; Frank B. Sunhorn , United Status statis tician , of Boston ; Hon. P. Lintchworth , of Buffalo , the proprietor of ono of the mostulogant and picturesque villas in the country , at Portage , fourteen miles out side of the city ; Kov. F. 11.Vynes , secre tary of thn board of charities and correc tions of Illinois ; Kabbi Sonnoschton , the most dibtinguiahod Jewish rabbi in this country , of St. Louis ; and KplHcopuhun Bishops , Utloy , of Louisville , Kentucky ; Gillispio.of Michigan ; IIaroof Dakota.nnd Whipplo , of Minnesota ; Human Catholic bishop , the lit. Ituv. John Ireland , of Minnesota ; Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper , of San Francisco , Cal. , who is famous all over the land for nor work in kindergarten ; Miss Silphia P. Smith , of Boston , noted for her statistician work and her incalcu lable labors among tha poor ; Mrs. C. U. Lowell , of Now York City , a member of the board of charities ; Philip C. Ga'rott , former president of the conference , of Philadelphia ; General Armstrong , of Virginia , nnd many others , but from the above list the citizens of Omaha can form some idea of the magnitude of the prospective session and of its importance to the people of the entire country and even the whole world. The exercises will bo inaugurated Thursday evening next by addresses of welcome from Governor Thayer , Mayor Brontch. Max Meyer , president of the board of trade , John jM. Tluirston. J. M. Woolworth , oxrGovornor Snunders , nnd Colonel Colby of Beatrice. Responses on the part of the conference will bo'madi by ROT. P. H. Wynes , of Illinois , ant Hon. F. B. Sanborn , of Boston , Thnst will bo followed by an address bv Hon. 11.11. Giles , of Madison , \Vis. \ . president Ii * of the conference , Thcro will bo line music , both vocal and Instrumental , nnd after the exercises on the opening evening the citizens of Omaha are Invited to re main and bo Introduced to the members of the conference , to whom a sort of a general Icyce aud reception will bo tendered. After the afternoon session on Friday the citizens of Omaha will giro the dis tinguished visitors from abroad a driva over the city , first up Sherman avenue , then west to thn deaf mute Institution , south to Hanscom's park , and down St , Mark's avenue and to all the prominent 1.rff points of interest throughout the city. wv On Saturday the conference will go to Lincoln , hold a session there , visit the fV : state institutions and return to Ibis city in the evening. On Sunday the conference lorraon will bo preached by Rev. Edward Evorot Halo , of Boston , at Exposition Hall , nur the prospects are that ho will bo hoard by the largest and most distinguished congregations that ever assembled , in Nebraska. The committee appointed for thii work , Sunday evening , will present a paper upon our relations with tno Indian and the Fogro , which will bo followed by discussions upon the same. The paper will Du rend by Philip C. Garrett , chair man of the committee. On this evening , at the Dodge Street Prosbytorlan.Kountzo Memorial and. the Baptist church , three members of the conference , Charles D. KellogEC , of New York ; N. J. Rosso- nan , of Bullalo , nnd W. H. Alex- under of Chicago , will speak upon char- 'ty , government and organization. These addresses are by special request of Omaha people who wish to learn more ot the advanced methods of accomplishing chnrity work. Monday. Tuesday nnd Wednesday there will bo three sessions daily , civou entirely to the discussion of the diflurent topics under the head of dependent , de fective and delinquent classes , which , as it will bo readily scon , covers the entire ground upon which the pub lic is called upon for support and care for her various unfortunates. This is the object of the conferences , to obtain and diffuse informationtospocting benev olent , charitable , penal and reformatory work , embracing iho care and cure of the insane ; the saving and protection and reformation of children nnd youth ) the whole subject of prison management and reform ; the education and oaro of the blind , the deaf aud the dumb and tha feeble-minded ; the prevention and cure ot pauperism ; the management of work houses and poor houses ; In faot , ovcrj moans devised for ameliorating the condition of the defective , dependent and delinquent classes of our fellow-beings. These discussions will be participated in by the most distin guished men of the country , and supposed , to be the best informed upon the subject in hand. At the last session of the conference , the 13th , held at St. Paul , Minn. , last year , there were present 480 delegates , and thirty-five states were represented , but the cominc session will bo much largoi andinfacttho most important conference ever hold. Admirable arrangements have been made for the comfort and con venience of delegates and visitors hereby by the local executive committee , which consists of J. A. Gilluspio. H. N. Yates , N. Morrlam , ex-Senator Saundcrs. Rob * ort Dohnrty , G. M. Hitchcock and Mrs. O. O. Dinsmoor. Tliov have also ap pointed their sub-committees on linanco , transportation and entertainment ana decoration , and all details arc bolng at tended to with a thoroughness ttmt in sures a complete success of the confer ence in nil particulars. nrontinu'8 Card. To the Editor ot the BEK : The proposal of Bronnan Bros. & Co. was written m haste by the present writer as dictated by my brother Ed , who made the foot ings of the schedule which is thu basis of every bid. 1 know I'M to have boon up late yes to the young hours of morning for three nights previous to the day of the letting , and the night preceding did not retire to rest till about ! i o'clock in thn morning and so unfitting or unnerving him to foot his schedule. In taking the footings of the schedule , I think ho must have omitted some sheets and thus the discrepancy between thu proposal and schedule. Hero I believe the unfortunate mistake was made. Second I handed this bid to the son- rotary of the board of public works , and remained in that ofllce until the bids wore open. This was tho'first broken , nnd before any other ? were introduced the dlllerout items of the schedule were footed , and. thuu and them for the first time to my knowlodgu and belief was the mistake known , and then nud there , pruvious to the opening of any other bid , did K. J. Bronnnn acknowledge that the proposal was wrong , and the schedule right. This proves Hint there was no aim nt "sharp ( d n the expression ) business" in con nection with that bid. Yet the board , in its harshness awards the contract in accordance with the pro posal , and sots aside the schedule. The statement that Architect Myers figured the work for tbo Bronnans is false. Mr. Myers never saw any figures in that bid. T. F. BIIF.NNAN. SCALP ClcumcdPurified and Beautified by tlie Ciitleuru itcmcdlc * . For cloaniinK thn Skin anil Soulp of ninflffurliifr Humors , for iillaylnp Itthlntr , Hunting and Inflammationtoruurlnirtlio llrst syinytoini of Ku/oimi , I'sorinels , Milk Crust , hcaly Iloail. Sorufiilu , nnd otlior Inherited Hkln nnd Illoml Dlsunaos , CUTICUKA the Brent Skin Cure , unil CimcimA SOAP , nn oziiulnlto Kklu lioiuitlflor o.ttorrmlly , ini'I ' Curicum HKSOI.VB.NT , the now lllciod I'urlller , Internally , nro Infmmblo. A COMl'J.KTK CtniB. I have Buffered all my Ufa with nkln dUcnias of dlirurcnt klndnnnd luivo nnvcrfmmd | iormn- nont roller , until , by thu ndvluo nt u lady flrcml I used your vulualilo CimcuitA KKMKUKIK , 1 uuva thorn a thorough trial , uslnt ; six bottles of tha CrilCUItA ItESOI.VKNTtWl ) bOXCS of CUIICUIIA. und seven cukns of CimcuuA HOAT , nud the ro- eull waajiiatwliiit I had boon told It would bed d complete euro. IlKI.r.E WADK , Rluhmom ] , Va. Hoforencp. (1. W. Lnttiraor , Irniflit , Ilich- monil , Vn. SALT HIIKIIM CUHKI ) . I was troubled with salt rhouin for n number of years , no that the skin entirely cmno oil ono of my humls from thn llnwer tips to tbo < rrist. I tried remedies and doctors' prescriptions to no purpose until 1 commetiocd tukhiff Cutlcurn Koinndlos.iuid now I urn entirely cured. K. T. I'AUKKH , TONorthampton ) at . lloslon. ITCH WO. BOA I.Y , 1'IMI'LY- For thu IwUyour 1 Imvo had u siioc-led of lioli- Intf.sculy and pimply Immora on my fnco to wnleli I Imvo upplied a Rreut many method * of treatment without auccons. and whloli WM speedily and entirely cured by Cutloura. Mits. ItUAUI'AKi.rs , Ituvonna , O. NO MKniCINi : J.IKKTHHM. Wo hRvo Mild yourUutlonra Itamndloa for Iho last hli yonrii , und no medicines tin our Miolvos glvo bettor satisfaction. C. ! ' . ATIIKIITON , Drupclst , Albany , N. Y. CUTICUIIA Ilcur.niKS mo sold ovorywhora , I'flco , O'UTICUIIA. M COIItHJ ItKMOI.VKNT , SLOT : H ( > AI > , ' > coats. I'repiirod liy thu I'OTTKU Inun AMI CiiKMitui. ( Jo. , llo-ton , MIISJ. Pontl lor "How TO CHIIK SKIN IISKABIH : , " I'lmpln .Bkln Illenilshe * , nndllnhy Humors , enred by ( JliTiumiA boAi * I ACHE ALL OVERT" Nouriiljno , tiolntlc , Huddeii , Sharp nnd Nervous 1'ulna , Btinlni und Weakness relieved In Ono Mlnutu liy the Cut eurii AntM'Aln rinntor. Ne * and perfeet. At drut'HlsIa , 25o : tlv . . . _ _ for ll. I'ottcr Uruir nnd ( ; humc : Comimny , llottua.