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TIIK American bar meeting closed yes
terday in Syracuse , N. Y. A similar
convocation enjoys perpetual session in
Omaha.
IT costs the city from fifty cents to $1
per yard to move dirt by the street com-
misslonor's gang. No wonder the gen
eral fund will soon bo exhausted.
TitKitB are two Colorowdies out in the
centennial state ono is a swaggering In
dian chief and the other a blustering
chief cxocutivo by the name of Adams.
Or course , Chief Seavey ia responsible
for the starvation policy. If this city
should be stricken by small-pox or the
cholera Seavoy would bo held responsible
by the combine organs.
IT seems to us that oar school-manna
and the youngsters can see the big
squash , the three-logged calf , the dress
parade , the sham battle and Colonel
Cliuso in his plumed hat all on the same
day.
THE assignee of llenry S. Ires expects
to have a statement , .etc. , ready in a few
days. The statement pertaining to Ives ,
speedily desired , is from District Attor
ney Martine in the words : "Gentlemen
of the Jury , wo expect to prove that the
present defendant is guilty of obtaining
money under false pretenses , as chargce
in the indictment. "
CANADIAN newspapers are- doing a
good deal of growling at Americans
those days. Some of them want Ameri
can whalers driyen from Hudson's bay ;
others demand that our fishermen bo de
prived of their salmon fishing rights in
Canadian rivers ; and again others rec-
commend that the Gloucester fishing
Hohoonora be sunk. If our garrulous
neighbor becomes too obstreperous wo
may stop sending over superfluous Na
poleons of finance , and what would Can
ada do for ready monuy than T
A itKPKitKNCE to this morning's tele
graphic tidings of an anticipated expos
ure of municipal rottenness , to supple
ment the county bootllo prosecutions , in
Chicago , will reveal in the closing uon-
tcnco a thinly veiled thrust at Carter II.
Harrison. Chicago's great ex-mayor is
on route around the world , but that ho
voyages as a fugitive from the impend
ing claim of justice is news indeed. It
was thought some time ago that ho had
an appointment with the democratic
convention of next year to complete the
alliteration , "Hill and Harrison. "
CHIEF SKAVKV is quoted as saying that
ho would arrest any special policeman
not duly appointed by the police com
mission. Mr. Soavoy may or may not
have made this declaration. It la imma
terial so far as it involves the point at is
sue , namely , the course of the council in
making an insullicicnt levy for police
purposes. Wo do not believe that Chief
Seavoy will attempt to interfere with
special policemen appointed by the
mayor and council under the emergency
clause of the charter. If ho does , it will
bo in order to prefer charges against
him before the commission.
COMI-AHA.TIVE statistics of the pig iron
production show the United States to oc
cupy sccotul place , with all the condi
tions favorable to attaining the load in a
very short time. In 1873 the pig iron pro
duction ot Great Uritain was nearly three
times that of this country , while last year
the difference in favor of the former was
only a few thousand tons , and during
the first quarter of the present year until
the output was checked by the coku
strike , the production of the United
States was abreast with that of Great
Urttain. Fourteen years ago the latter
country produced 80 per cent as much
pig iron as all other countries , while the
United States produced 23 per cunt. In
1880 the ratio respectively was 53 and 43
ver cent , a material relative decline on
the part of Great Uritain and a nota
ble increase on that of the United States.
In no other respect has this country
made a more marked * progress , as com
pared with other nations , and with the
increase in productive capacity now
under way , which is far in exooss of the
efforts being made in the same line in
any other part of the world , it is a ques
tion of only a 'little time when this
country will bo first iu the production of
Pig Iron ,
Aft , . - . - , .
A. Morn Favorable Outlook.
The discouraging Indications at the
first opening of bids for the sale of bonds
to the sinking fund wore very generally
regarded as foreshadowing the failure of
this expedient of the secretary of the
treasury for the double purpose of moot
ing a requirement of the law and dispos
ing of a part of the surplus. The fact
that only about 3 per cent of the total
issue of the bonds desired by the treasury
was offered , and much the greater part
of this sum at a price considerably above
the market , seemed to urctty clearly
demonstrate that the holders nf bonds
wore not at nil anxious to dispose of
them , even with the prospect of obtain
ing a higher prlca than they could got in
the open market at the date on which
their offers were made. With regard also
to the prepayment of Interest the first Indi
cations wore decidedly unfavorable ,
though this had boun expected for rea
sons that seemed conclusive.
Subsequent results , however , have
given the outlook a much less unfavor
able aspect , and it now scorns very likely
that the treasury will got alt the bonds
required for the sinking fund at an aver
age price a little below that paid for the
first block accepted , and that the prepay
ment of interest will amount to a gener
ous sum , though it may not reach the full
amount falling duo between now and the
first of next January. The require
ment for the sinking fund is about
120,000,000 , and nearly or quite
one-third of that amount has been
olio red and accepted. On this
the government saving of interest will be
vr.ry considerable , The holders of the
bonds having become satisfied that there
is "no chance to speculate on the treasury
In this matter , since its necessities are
not such as to compel it to buy bonds at
any price the holders may be pleased to
ask , it is not impossible that all the bonds
wanted will bo secured within the next
thirty days or sooner. It would not bo
surprising indeed if the treasury sud
denly became flooded with oilers to soli ,
an experience that would certainly hap-
pnn if during a continuance of the treas
ury proposal there should come a severe
tightening of the money market.
The probability is that the meas
ures of the secretary of the treas
ury will bo successful to the
extent at least of liberating
$35,000,000 of the surplus before the meet
ing of congress. This sum will undoubt
edly bo a material help to the money
market , and something will bo gained
also by the confidence which the success
of the treasury measures will have in
spired. If there is anything unfortunate
to be feared from this it is the danger of
its misleading congress into a belief that
the dangers attendant upon a largo sur
plus have boon exaggerated , and giving
the advocates of continued taxation an
argument for widening the authority of
the treasury for disposing of tho.surplus.
Nothing is more certain than that those
who are hostile to any intcrfercnco with
the tariff will take advantage of every
fact , circumstance or pretext that can bo
made available to defeat any effort to
cut off or reduce duties , and if anything
can bo found in what the treasury is
doing to help their cause it will bo made
use of. Meanwhile the government is
receiving from $12,000,000 to $ 15,000,000
a month in excess of expenditures , and
if it should part with all the surplus
hoped to bo disposed of by the purchase
of bonds and the prepayment of interest
will still have at the close of the current
year a very largo sum on hand.
Governor Adam * and General Crook.
Goycrnor Adams , of Colorado , has
suddenly achieved national notoriety ,
lie has lost his head completely by the
turbulence of a handful of Indians , and
exhibits a wonderful capacity for bluster
and stupid insolence. Ills telegraphic
correspondence with General Crook cer
tainly caps the climax of impertinence
and ignorance of the laws which every
governor ought to know without con
sulting his legal advisor. Every governor
ought to know enough to know that the
power of the regular army cannot bo
legally invoked by the civil authorities of
any state for the enforcement of law and
maintenance of order until all the powers
of the state have been exhausted in the
effort to suppress turbulence , not or in
surrection. And Governor Adams ought
to have known that an appeal
for federal troops must lirst
bo made to the president in
duo form , certifying to the fact that the
civil otlicors and state militia are incap
able of coping with the outlaws. That
provision refers to bands of Indian dep
redators just as much as it docs to bauds
of highwaymen , or organized rioters.
The governor of Colorado blundered
when ho ignored the president of the
United States by appealing directly to
General Crook for troops , He blundered
by ignoring General Merritt , who is in
command of the division , to whom ho
should have addressed himself if the
danger was so imminent as to require
troops to hold themselves in readiness
on the Colorado border to await orders
from the president.
In response to the blundering appeal
for troops , General Crook courteously
informed the Colorado Bombostcs that
ho bad forwarded the same
to higher authority for instruction
and while holding himself and his troops
ready to move at a moment's notice inci
dentally called attention to the fact that
troops cannot bo used to assist state au
thorities iu execution of civil process
without orders from the president. This
ought to have been enough to set Gov
ernor Adams right , but he turns
Colorowdy and pitches into Gaucral
Crook as if ho was his body servant or
adjutant. Ho insolently lectures General
Crook on his duties and recites the In
dian outbreaks of eight years ago when
Colorado was a mere mining camp and
the state had barely boon organized. He
winds ) up bis tirade as follows : "Your
immediate intervention would induce
the Indians to return to their reservation
and we think you should force them to
go at once and return no more. "
This is decidedly cool. How does the
governor of Colorado expect General
Crook to move against the Dtos without
orders from army headquarters
at Washington ? The Indiana on the Ute
reservation are under the control of the
Indian bureau , and those that are off tbo
reservation are marauders that can be
hunted down by the Colorado militia.
Why should Crook be abused for refus
ing to violate array regulations and lay
himself liable to severe discipline for
interfering ia the civil affairs of a state ?
At this distance the groat' Indian war
iu Colorado appears to be a tempest In a
teapot , and that is also tlieoplnion.of the
loading paper of that stnto , the Denver
Republican , which makes the following
comment :
The Republican has bollovM from the
first that the danger of an Indian outbreak
In western Colorado has been very much ex
aggerated. Colorow and a few of his braves
have anuoycd the settlers between the
White and the Grand rivers every summer
since the Utcs were removed to Utah , by re
turning to their old hunting grounds In Col
orado. Hut they have committed no very
serious depredations and the general govern
ment could have very readily forced them to
return to Utah had It sent a company of
trooos out after them. Colorow Is a bad In
dian , but It Is a mistake to suppose that he Is
spoiling for a fight.
Jt Is possible that there maybe a protracted
struggle with the Utes before they shall be
finally driven back to their reservation , but
wo do not believe It , For this reason we are
of the opinion that Governor Adams has
acted hastily In ordering four companies of
cavalry Into the field. It would have been
quite sufficient to send a company from
Leadvlllo and ono from Asoen to Ken
dall's assistance , If It bo true that ho needs
assistance. As wo view It there was no need
of shipping troops and horses from Denver
and Colorado Springs , the expense of which
will bo considerable. It would have been much
more sensible to send arms and ammunition
to the ranchers and cowboys , who are niucli
more competent to use them effectively than
green cavalry.
PUESIOKNT CLEVELAND has been de
prived of the opportunity to act as an
arbitrator in the boundary controversy
between Costa Rica ana Nicaragua , those
two governments having wisely con
cluded to settle the trouble in a friendly
way without calling in outside counsel.
Hut another chance may bo presented to
Mr. Cleveland in the dispute between
Venezuela and Great Dntain , in which
the latter claims a largo slice of territory
which the former docs not think her
entitled to. A portion of this territory
has already been taken possession of by
the British , and the Venezuelan govern
ment Is contemplating a hostile move
ment to recover it. The president
of the South American republic
has arrived in the United States ,
and it Is inferred from his talk
that his mission has reference to securing
the intervention or mediation of this gov
ernment. It is an old controversy re
cently renewed , with an evident deter
mination on the part ot Great Britain to
push it to a conclusion after her usual
method in such matters. Q It is not clear
that it is a case to which the Monroe
doctrine would apply , though perhaps
that doctrine is capable of any degree of
expansion , and as England demos the
right of arbitration this government
would probably not bo disposed to ex
tend its good oflices bnyond the limit of
persuasion.
"GiVE the children nnd teachers a
chance for recreation , " says ono of our
unthinkingcontpmpararles with reference
to the postponement of the school term.
Have the teachers and children not had
recreation enough during two months'
vacation ? Do the teachers , who are on
their way homo from pleasure tours in
Europe , and the American and Canadian
summer rcrorts , want a rest from tlieir
arduous labors ? Would tlio teachers vote
to forego ono week's pay if that was the
condition on which the fall term was to
bo set back ono weeKV Will not one day
sufllco for satisfying their anxiety to
visit the soldiers' camp and inspect the
cabbages , pumpkins and prize-pigs at
the fairgrounds. Ono would think that
the poor teachers had been worked to
death during the last six weeks , and
wore in a condition of physical and men
tal debility bordering on prostration.
As for the children , everybody knows
that they are in for all the fun and frolic
they can get , but we doubt very much
whether it is wise or prudent to allow
children the freedom of the city when
they arc exposed to the risk of being in
jured by mingling with great crowds of
people. This sentimental effort to pro
vide recreation and amusement for the
children and their teachers is liable to bo
overdone.
SOSIK of our public works inspectors
are more anxious to please the contrac
tors than to servo their employer.
Other Lands Than Oars.
The victory of a Ghulstouian candidate
in the Northwich division of Cheshire ,
which had been a hotbed of 'conserv
atism , is another conspicuous cvidonco of
the drift of the popular tide iu England.
The last previous election in the district
resulted in a conservative majority of
CGI , whereas the liberal candidate in the
Into election recelvad a majority of 1,129 ,
a gain of 1,357 votes. The defeated can
didate is Lord Henry Grosvenor , son of
the powerful Duke of Westminster , whoso
dominion over the people of that locality
is well nigh as supreme as that of a
feudal baron over his subjects. The duke
made every effort to secure the success
of his son , but so strong is the
undercurrent of dissatisfaction with
the party in control of the gov
ernment that oven the powerful
influence of the richest nobleman and
most extensive landlord in the kingdom
was unavailing against it. The import
ance and significance of this result are
fully realized by all parties , and Mr.
Gladstone has not failed to give public
evidence of his great appreciation of it ,
both on political and personal grounds.
The tide that has sot In favor of the lib
eral party seems certain to grow in
strength as the campaign advances. In
the house of commons the announcement
has been made that the government will
abandon a number of projected meas
ures , among them the Irish constabulary
bill. The issue between the lords and
commons on the land bill Is the fact of
chief interest , and the unwillingness of
the house to concede every thing has been
manifested in the rejection of several
amendments. Those most objectionable
to the Irish loaders , however , have not
failed.
. " .
It seems evident from the latest Rus
sian advices that the career of Prince
Ferdinand is not to bo a peaceful ono in
Bulgaria , and that it is only a question
of a very little time when the little state
will again bo the scene of the most inter
esting ovenU iu Europe. The Russian
fooling regarding Ferdinand Is that ho is
simply an adventurer , and that his pres
ent proceeding is an usurpation not to bo
tolerated. Obviously the young man has
made a very serious mistake and put
Bulgaria m a situation that may have
very ugly consequences for her. It Is in
credible that oven Ferdinand , immature
and rash though ho bo , can have any
idea that ho will be able to make Bulgaria ,
free and independent by force 'of arms ,
while the interacts of two of tbo
great powers nro Jo deeply Involved in
the Balkan supromuy , oven If the treaty
nf Berlin did not exist. It is incred
ible that ho ortlioso who connsol him
should believe that Bulgaria , although
she wore joined hud uphold by all her
quarrelsome little neighbor states , would
bo able to hold her own as an Independ
ent kingdom. Of. course Ferdinand nnd
the Bulgarians oxpuot their causu will bo
espoused by ono'or moro of the great
powers , which Is the point wherein the
danger of the rest of Europe lies. But
oven in this event Ferdinand runs n risk
of dlsgraco , because the ether powers
cannot chammon him without violating
the treaty , to whoso provisions all hold
each ether to account. That treaty ex
pressly stipulates that "tho 1'rlnco of
Bulgaria shall be freely elected by the
population , and confirmed by the Sub
lime Porto with the assent of the pow
ers. " Ferdinand has not boon confir mod
by Turkey , and the other powers will not
assent to his confirmation , even If Tur
key wore Inclined to ratify his action.
4
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The progress of the Germans In East
Africa is n most interesting contribution
to tlio cntorpriso of the asjo. For three
yours the Gorman East African society
has been quietly but vigorously prosecut
ing Its work , making treaties with native
chiefs , building stone stations , starting
experimental farms , and conducting sci
entific inquiries. The Gorman flag now
floats over fourteen white stations , and a
district twice as largo as Prussia to-day
admits'tho sovereignty of Emperor William
liamThcso Germans have in view a
broadly conceived and clearly dolinod
plan , whoso practicability it is their pur
pose to test thoroughly. It is their belief
that largo plantations for the culture of
cotton , tobacco , rice and other products
may be developed on these uplands with
the aid of native labor , and that when
means of communication with the coast
have been perfected a largo amount of
capital may find profitable employment ,
All their stations are scenes of agricul
tural activity and training schools for
native workmen. About COO acres are in
crops , practical farmers and gardeners
are experimenting with all the tropical
and European grains and vogetiblcs.fruits
and nuts , the stables are filled with cattle ,
goats , asses , and fowls , and snvor.il hun
dreds of workmen , whoso native systems
of irrigation and many herds aud Holds
show that they are not wholly lacking in
skill and industry , are being trained in
white methods of manual labor. Thus
the German East African society is striv
ing to open now fields foe. homo enter
prise , to instruct nnd elevate the natives ,
and it is not without hope that some portions
tions of Its domain may provo to bo
adapted to the needs of German colonists.
Several weeks ago Dr. Peters left Ger
many with a small party of colonists for
the East African stations. The experi
ment will bo watched with interest , but
there is no reasonto believe the results
will particularly encourage white im
migration. It is ruprc ! probable that com
paratively a few white people are adapted
to live many years in equatorial Africa ,
and that progress there must bo largely
tjio result of native ( development , wisely
fostered by the introduction of good gov
ernment and the influence of commerce
and instruction.
*
*
The objection of Franco to the Anglo-
Turkish convention relating to Egypt is
for the same reasons that England insists
upon it. England contemplates the ulti
mate possession of Egypt as the best
means of protecting its canal route to
India and of strengthening its grip on
the Mediterranean. France has interests
iu India also , and , being a Mediterranean
state , it cannot view British encroach
ments m that quarter without alarm.
With Franco and Russia protesting
against the Anglo-Turkish agreement
and both threatening war , the solution of
the trouble rests , where so many ether
disputes have to be carried nowadays ,
with Herr Bismarck. Franco will not
trouble itself with the eastern question it
things are not in a good condition at
homo , and Russia's bluster as to Egypt Is
nothing moro than an attempt to gam
concessions for itself elsewhere. The
isolation of Franco is never so conspicu
ous and so humiliating as when it seeks
to assert itself abroad.
*
*
Holland , left to her own defense single-
handed against Germany would bo easily
overwhelmed , but the kingdom is not
without moans of resistance. Holland's
homo force consists of 43,879 infantry ,
including officers-and men ; 14,833 ar
tillery , and 4,130 cavalry. Miscellaneous
troops make up an aggregate of CT > ,5G8
for the permanent army. In the East
Indies she has about half as many moro
troops , but every man of them would bo
needed there for defending her colonies
in a war with a maritime power ; besides ,
moro than half of the East Indian troops
are natives. But what she could addi
tionally rely upon for homo defense
is her militia , of which the active portion
tion comprises 38,188 men and the
reserve 77,103. Adding these to the
standing army , wo get an aggregate of
180,85'J enrolled forces , which is not an
amount to bo slighted , and creditable to
population , all told , January 1 , 1BSO , of
only 4,330,013. And still further addi
tions could bo rclfpd upon from the un-
enrolled male population of the arms-
bearing ago. Holland's sea forces make
a respectable show of about 140 vessels
of various sorts"among which are 23
ironclad monitors or gunboats , the latter
being suited to hoi' river nnd canal ser
vice. Six of her turret ships wore built
in England , ono iu , Franco , and the re
mainder at Ams'tordura or Fijonoord.
She has also many unarmored gunboats
and torpedo boats. In a contest , however -
over , with Germany armies would decide
her fato. j *
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The military situation of Belgium con
tinues a matter of' ' 'interest , which is in
creased by the moro threatening aspect
of European affairs. The patriotic address -
dross of the king a few days ago , on the
occasion of the unveiling of the two
statues of the Flemish patriots , was regarded -
gardod as significant and has made a
strong impression throughout Europe.
It clearly indicated a conviction that in
the threatened European adjustments the
little kingdom is in danger , aud that her
only hope ot preserving her existence is
in the possession of ample means of de
fense , It is impossible that the appeal of
the king should fail of effect. It is safe
to predict that the compulsory military
bill will bo passed , and then both Bel
gium and Holland , like their neighbors ,
will soon bristle with bayonets. Aud so
another part of tbo prologue is played to
the great drama which may anon shako
Europe , to its center as It has not been
shaken snico. the time of the great Nape
leon.
%
Cholera is always to bo found In India ,
whore the mortality from this cause in
1855 was about 500,000 , but the discaso
usually does its work for the most part in
the district extending 200 miles on each
side of Calcutta and northward to the
slopes of the Himalayas. It is surprising ,
therefore , that it should have slain
70,000 persons In the northwest provinces
duridg Juno and July. The disease ap
pears to have been especially virulent in
the olty of Pcshawur , on the frontier ,
from which the British are building a
railroad into northeastern Afghanistan.
The plague scorns to bo separated from
tha advancing Russians only by the
Ilindii-Koosh mountains. Possibly ono
result of Russian conquest in Central
Asia will bo the Introduction of cholera
into southern Russia by way of ( ho trans-
Caspian line , as French aggression in
Tonquin brought the same terrible plague
to Toulon and Marseilles.
. *
For some yeara the sufferings of the
people who live on tlio coast of Labrador
have boon severe. Even when the sea
sons are favorable the struggle to sustain
Hto there Is a hard ono. The Inhabitants
are sufllciontly Intelligent nnd indus
trious to make their way in a moro hos
pitable climate. Why do they cheese to
remain In thu ice ? Recent reports say
that hundreds of families would now
abandon that dreary caast forever if they
could got away. The Dominion of Canada
should supply means for their transpor
tation. And if there bo others who desire -
sire to stay they should be convinced
that it Is folly to waste human effort in
such a region , while millions of acres of
good land in lower latitudes are open to
thorn.
THE FlEIjD OF INDUSTllV.
There are 69,000 colored Knights of Labor.
In Dakota tlio knights and farmers com
bine.
liarbod wire Is in eroatdomand all over the
west
Ono life Is lost for every 118,535 tons of coal
mined.
The plush Industry is prospering In tills
country.
A telephonic wire across the Atlantic Is
projected.
The Kentucky knights will form a state
assembly.
'Ihree vessels are In course of construction
at Alexandria , VU
Birmingham has thlrty-throo miles of
street railway track.
Street cars are being made on a largo scale
at Sherman , Tex.
The 1'unxntawnoy region , Pa. , will soon
have -,500 coUe ovens.
Largo coke-oven plants will soon be estab
lished In West Virginia.
An Indiana crardner proposes to utilize
natural gas to raise truck.
Within a month 1,400 Knights of Labor
charters have been Issued.
A largo rolling-mill and nail factory will be
built at Birmingham , Ala.
Dr. McOlynn Is a delegate to the Syracuse
( N. F. ) labor convention.
A now railroad town Is to bo built between
Now Haven and Hartford.
San Francisco Is to bo connected with tbo
Crystal Springs water supply with a line
taking 5,000 tons of pipe.
August 31 Is to bo labor day at Wheeling ,
llonry Ueorco will bo thero.
Steam and hydraulic pumps of all sizes are
In great demand in the south ,
Electrical equipment manufacturing con
cerns are sprlngtn : ; up rapidly.
A Spanish railroad company has just or
dered 20,000 tons of English rails.
A now Bessemer plant Is about to be com
pleted at Belle Isle , near lUchmond.
The stonecutters between Detroit and
Omaha propose to form a national assembly.
Boot and shoo manufacturers in Now
York are held to a strict accountability of the
Ian.
Ian.Tho
The Central Labor union of New York
have arranged for a celebration on Septem
ber 5.
The boycott against the American Tacit
company , in Fairhaveu , Mass. , is to be con
tinued.
There are three successful co-operative
concerns In Now York with a capital of
8100,000.
A Connecticut mechanic expects to soon
have on tlio market a steam one-horse power
tricycle ,
The South Baltimore Car company will
erect 100 houses with corrugated roofs for Its
employes.
A great deal of new textile machinery is
being forwarded from factories to mills cast
and south.
A good many northern coal miners are
colng south in the Hopes of obtaining stead
ier employment.
It Is expected there will bo 800 delegates at
the Knights of Labor convention In Minne
apolis In October.
The Description Indicates Tbfct.
I'eorin Transcript.
A wild man has been captured In Indiana
whoso language Is unintelligible. He ts
probably a mugwump who has relapsed Into
a state of nature.
Sectional Hliool.
JUftcoii Telcarapli.
A. Macon minister recently used this lipuro
of speech : "As a tree falls so will Jt lie for
all time , whether It fall to the north , where
hell Is , or to the south , where is heaven. "
The Cyclone ,
miHam / / . llavne.
A black cloud odgcd with saffron flame
Above the hushed horizon came
A sword of lightning cut tha cloud ,
Then burst the thunder's triumph loud ,
And mad wind forces thus sot free
Hoveled iu rUln o'er land and sea.
STATE AND TKUKITOKY.
Nebraska Jottiugi.
Leigh is soon to have a $3,500 school
houso.
Martinsburg is threatened with an epi
demic of typhoid fever.
Funk is the name of a now town lo
cated seven miles cast of Holdroge.
The Northwestern track-layers are ex
pected to reach York next Tuesday.
The Noligh Odd Fellows talk of erect
ing an opera house and ledge rooms.
The Howclls crcamcrv will bo ready
for business by the middle of September.
The Presbyterians of York will lay the
corner stone of their new church Au
gust S3.
Colfox county has purchased balls and
chains , and will now make its criminals
do road work.
Phxttsmouth counts up eighty new res
idences so far this year , and still there's
moro to follow.
A sister of Judge Laws , of Vork
county , was ono of the victims of the
Chatswurth horror.
Johnson , Soward's colored burglar ,
plead guilty and wai sentenced to eigh
teen months in the pen.
Alex , Sullivan , of Scuuylor , started In
with nlno hogs two years ago nnd the In-
crnaso to date shows a drove of 230.
The slate 'Industrial homo has been
located half a mlle from the Mllford
depot on a beautiful plat of forty acres.
' 1 bo Fremont foundry h.is boon granted
the contract for furnishing the iron work
for the now soldiers' homo at Grand Isl
and.
Postmaster Evana , of Hastings , has ap
pointed the carriers In readiness for be
ginning the free mall delivery Septem
ber 1.
Cass county's Jail Is full to overflowing ,
nnd some of the prisoners will have to
bo accommodated in the Plattsmouth
city bastilo.
Howells , Colfax county , is now a full-
fledged village , articles of incorporation
having been granted by the county com
missioners.
Blair IB being troubled with tramp
sneak-thieves , but the vigilance of resi
dents and police has so far prevented any
serious robberies.
Bert Smith , a fly Fremont youth , has
fallen into tha clutches of thu law charged
with being the cause ot a voung girl's
dellcato condition.
James Or urn , of Noligh , wants $1,000
from the railroad company for timber
destroyed by tire last spring , caused by a
spark from an engine.
The West Point Republican now has n
chance to deluge everybody with mud.
The recent storm filled the basement of
the olllfio with eight inches of soft real
estate , caused by the caving in of a brick
water gutter.
An "occasional liar" has furnished a
Nebraska City paper with the biggest
fish story of the state a 700 pound catfish
captured in a Missouri cut-oil , which re
quired two horses and a tackle to haul
out of the water.
A hard hat saved the llfo of Rov. Mr.
Shoulta , of Martinsburg , by keeping that
gentleman's head from the ground when
precipitated from the back of a pony on
which ho was endeavoring to reach West
Union last Sunday.
Some of the young men of Wcoplng
Water seemed to have fallen so low as to
become "keg drainers , " and the local
pauor is trying to stop the evil by request
ing beer drinkers to plug up the bungs
tightly after emptying kegs.
The late Charles A. Fried , who recently
died in Colorado , was ono of tbo charter
members of the lodge of the Knights of
Honor of Fremont , nnd Ills is the first
death which has occurred in the lodge
during the nine years of its existence.
Says the North Bend Flail : "It is n
mistake that Superintendent Tyrn has
ordered the bibles all out of the district
schools of the county , simply because
they praise and glorify the only being
that , as ho believes , can aspire to be his
rival. "
Edward Beck , county clerk of Saline
county and formerly village treasurer of
Wilbcr , has been arrested ou a charge of
embezzlement while an occupant of the
latter office. He was hold under $10,000
bonds for appearance at the next term of
the district court.
J. A. Brewer , landlord of the Cowl
hotel at Shickloy , got lighting drunk last
Thursday and took out his meanness on
his daughter Eve , hitting her over the
head with a beer bottle and inflicting
dangerous injuries. The town is getting
very hot for the brute.
The runaway daughter of G.L. Brown ,
of North Bend , has turned prodigal nnd
writes to her father from Georgia for
money to come homo , us the companion
of her flight , "Blind Billy , " has passed to
the great boyontl and left her feediug on
husks in a far country.
The wife of John Jordan , of Blyburg ,
created quite a sensation in llomor last
week by doping with n man named Hale.
The recreant spouse before starting on
her flight purchased a lot of goods and
had them charged to her husband , but
the latter arrived in time to warn the
storekeeper , who immediately gave chase
and captured the goods. Jordan , how
ever , did not deem it worth his while to
pursue and bring back his wifo.
A Cass county prisoner had a very
bum drunk the other night. Ho discov
ered a bottle of alcohol and made away
with the contents , but instead of stupi-
fying him it took n grip on his inwards
that was anything but intoxicating. The
liquor had been "doped" with fish berries
for killing vermin , ana the only consola
tion the imbiber has is that that the double
distilled "pizon" did not end his earthly
career.
A horrifying story is told by the Lin
coln Democrat to the effect that ono of
the handsomest and most popular young
bnlles of that city was a few days ago the
owner of a very sweet and very small
pug dog. Last Thursday evening when
the storm came up the dog was fright
ened by the noise of the elements and
took refuge In the bed chamber of his
mislress. She happened to bo engaged
in changing her dress at the moment ,
but noticing the cxtremo ngitution of the
little pug , she took it in her arms to reassure -
assure and comfort him. At that mo
ment a loud dash of ram attracted her
attention and she drew the curtain aside
to poop out. Just then came a blinding
flash of lightning and the yodng lady foil
to the floor , stunned and unconscious.
Other inmates of the house hearing the
fall , came in and found hor. The little
dog was killed by the shook , and it was
hours before the young lady recovered
animation. When Mio did so she was
horrified to find that an image of her dog
had been photographed on her bosom.
There seems to bo no way of removing
the picture , which gives every shade ,
color and wrinkle of the canine form.
The young lady and her friends are dread
fully distressed by the occurrence.
Iowa.
Apple trees are dying m largo num
bers at Milton.
Marongo has organized a stock com
pany to build a ? 20,000 hotel.
Waterloo has a chartered base ball as-
soomtion with a capital of $800.
The Governor's Grey's at Dubuque ure
drilling for their Philadelphia trip.
One of Havorly's minstrels was ar
rested at Cedar Rapids for burglary.
Two now grand army posts have been
organized at Creston to succeed the John
A. Rnwlins post.
The little child of Arthur Ellis at Ber
wick tumbled into a tub of hot water and
was scalded to death.
Winland , the namn of a station on the
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railway ,
has been changed to Hull.
A.Kcokuk real cstntn dealer has com
mitted suicide , being tired of waiting for
tha fall boom to raise prices ,
An Incendiary tire burned the barn ,
granary , fifteen IOJIH of hay and 'jight
horses of Michael llorr , at Orcston.
What Cheer has Increased in popula
tion from 1)00 ) iu 1880 to 0,000 the present
time. Its con ! fields arc a great source of
wealth.
Km mot Ha/el , a fourteon-voar-old lad
living near Creslon , had both arms
broken by being thrown from a wagon
by a runaway team.
Twenty-seven fntal accidents have oc
curred In the Iowa ooul minus during the
past year. Forty-eight accidents not
fatal nro also reported.
General George W. Jones , of Uubuquo ,
now eighty-three years old , is in gront
demand. Ho is In receipt dally of num
erous invitations to attend public gathor-
mgs in the stato.
The Iowa Grand Lodge of Good Tem
plars gave Constable Potty , thu huro of
the recent shooting episode , an ovation ,
when thuy wuru in session lit DCS Molnes
this week.
Two ladles were prominent candidates
for county suporlntondcnt of schools at
the republican convention nt ( jrnndy
Center. After several ballots , n "dark
horse , " George Conrad , dufuatod thuiii.
Charles Cartwright , ono of the old net--
tiers 'of Iowa , died Sunday ut.Mureugo ,
aged seventy-six years. Ho was a cousin
of Peter Cartwright. conspicuous in his
tory as an itinerant Methodist prcachor ,
Miss Lizzie Dottcrwlncg was arrested
at Mitflcatlno , charged with nrsori , setting
ting ( Ire to the grain stacks of hcf
brothor-ln-law. She is fifty years old , A
and has spent tea years of her life as a < \ *
nun.
nun.An O'Brien county farmer , having two
women on his hands , traded one of them
to another farmer for a cow. After a
while the woman returned to her former
homo nnd the second farmer has entered
suit for the recovery of the cow.
This year's report of the coal iuspnct-
ors shows a largo increase In the number g
of tons of coal mined in the state , it being * X ]
3,091,874 ton * . The Inspectors report the u
mines to bo in hotter condition , as re-
Sards output and management than over
ofore.
At Mount Ayr , while A party of boys
were playing "Jesse James nnd his
gang , " and were armed with "toy" pis
tols , ono of the boys was accidentally
shot and instantly killed. Both fam
ilies are among the most worthy citizens ,
and are prostrated with grief over the
sad affair.
The biennial report of Warden Bar , of
the Anamosa penitentiary , to the gov
ernor , shows that only live deaths have
occurred there in the past two years.
There are U33 convicts , of whom 1C > 5 are
temperate nnd 129 intcmpurato ; 809 are
nialo prisoners and nineteen female.
Seven are under life sentence nnd two
nro waiting to bo hung. The flystnrn ol
throwing nil' time as a rownrd for good
behavior is found to work exceedingly
well.
Rov. Mr. Cllncr , pastor of the Mntho-
dtst church nt Dyorsvillc , guvo the trus
tees of the church a severe "roasting"
because the steeple of the church blew
off in a recent storm. It fell in the yard
of tha parsonage , ju t missing the houso.
Ho blowod the trustees bucausu he said It
had boon the talk for years that tha
steeple was unsafe. At the close of the
service two of the trustees arose and
"talked back" to the preacher. The dis
cussion is represented us having been
red-hot. The minister wanted to know
whether the wrecking of the slccolo was - '
the work of God or the devil. Tha
church will dispense with the heaven-
pointing steeple in the future if it is
going to create such a tuss.
Dakota.
Dell Rapids is to have a tow mill cost
ing $3,000.
The Masons of Dcadwood will erect a
temple costing $31,000.
The First national bank of Sturgls bos
become a reserve bank.
Aberdeen has 444 school children , and
in Brown county there are 3,381.
Dakota's assessment for 1887 IB over
$150,000,000 against $133,000,000 In 1880.
At Mandan the jury acquitted the In
dian boy High tor of the charge of murder.
Fred Cleveland , near Ordwny , hag
400 tobacco plants. Some of them are
five feet high.
At Wate.rtown there hio serious appre
hensions as to the wheat in shock. There
has been so much rain that it is commen
cing to sprout. '
Central Dakota has been visited by
heavy rains. By signal service measure
ment two inohos of rain fell in a recent
storm at Huron. .
Tankton is deep in the mud , and as
the oldest resident sinks knee deep at the
street crossings ho stops to exclaim that
it is the worst ho over know.
It is reliably estimated that the wheat
crop of Dakota this year will exceed
4,000.000 bushels and the corn crop 80-
000,000.
Judge French , in court at Mandan , do-
livcred a ten minute speech in abuse of
Editor Tuttle , of the Pioneer , and forbade -
bade the editor to take down in short
hand what ho 'said of him under pain of
imprisonment.
William Jennings , a fourteen-year-old
boy , has bcun arrested at his father's
farm near lledfiuld on the churiro of em
bezzling funds of the Western Union Tel
egraph company in Chicago. ' for which
ho had been messenger boy.
Prominent citizens of Rcdfiold have
written Governor Church to request Gen
eral Sheridan to order several detach
ments of United States troops to attend
the militia encampment at Huron to give
the national militia the benefit of army-
discipline and the manual of arms , as
contemplated in the plan for the Chicago
military drill.
Philip Stoimol , a former Yanktonian ,
committed suicide recently in Sacra
mento , Cal. , by hanging. Eleven years
ago Mr. Stcimol was sent to Detroit for n
term of ten yours upon conviction for
rape. After remaining there several
years he was pardoned out through the
interposition of Ynnkton frionds. After
his release ho went to California.
The territorial grand jury which has
just concludnd its session at Doadwooil ,
recommended in its report that the
county commissionurs ot Lawroncu
county inuko no levy for the years Ibtitl
and 1837 for the purpose of paying thu
interest on tlio tun per cent Lawrunr.a
county bonds , and that thu boird : levy
not more than four mills to pay the inter
est on thu live per cent bonds.
SKIN SCALP
Clcuntod , Purified mid IlctiuUflcd
by tlio Ciiticurii Remedies.
For cleansing the Hkin anil Bontp of DlnfltrurliiK
Humors , for allaying livhliu. Hurtling ami
Iiillntmnatlnn.torcurmff the drat syinytoiiii of
Kczuma , Psoriasis , Milk Crust , bcaly liuwl ,
Horufulu , anil otliur Inhuritod Skin and Illoixj
DIsoHBos , UUTICUUA the KrcHt Skin Cure , nnd
Ctmctiiix SOAIn u curiuisllo Hkln Ik-mitltUir
externally , ani UUTIUUKA HKHOI.VKNT , tlio aoir
illood I'urifler , lutorimlly , are liifaiiHblo.- <
A COMPMCTK CUIin.
I Imvo siilTcrod nil my llfo with skin iltioimcs of
illlfuicnt kltidit unO unvo niiver found iiutnin-
nunt roilof , until , by the mlvlco of n Indy firoiul I
lined your viUuulilu CmitiiniA UKMKDKIP , 1 guvo
thorn a ihnrouKli trial , using Blx tiottliM of tint
OrncuiiA ItEsoi.VKNTtwo boitu of Cimcinu ,
mid eovtui cukos of CUTICUIU HoAr , ami tlio re
sult wan Just wliut I Imil boon tolJ It would bo
u complete cure.
IIKU.K WADR.lllclnnonil , Vn.
noforcncn , a. W. Imltimor , Driifglit. lUcli-
mend , Vu.
SALT UIIKUM OlfltKD.
I was troubiod with suit rhoutn lor n niinilior
of yearn , go tlmt tlin fildn ontlruly uunio otr ono
of niylmiiils 1mm tliollturnr tips to the 'vrist. I
tried roimullos and doctors' pruscrtplloni In no
Dtirposu until 1 commenced Inking f'litluuni
Ketnedles , nnd now I nm entirely cured
K. T. l'AliKKit,37UN < > rtliaiuptnn8t , lioaton.
ITCIirNO. ROAI.Y , 1'IMPIjY-
For tlio lust , y oar I hiive hud a mioclc. of Itch-
ItiK , Hunly und pimply liumori on my face to
w n lull I li.ivo upphod ntroiit many imilhndH of
Irontment wllbnut success , anil wlili.li wai
speedily and entirely cured by Ciiticurii.
Mits. ISAAC I'AKI.'I < , Unvonna , O.
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NO MI5DICINK LIKKT1IUM.
WuMAvonold yourUjtloura Iteinndles for tha
ait elx years , nnd no modlclnon un our tnolvoi
( 'lvo bolter Kfttlsfnctlun.
0. K. ATliKKTOtr , Drufglst , Albany , N. V.
ItKtiKUiKS nro sold overyirhera.
I'rlto , UunciiuA. MJ corns ; Jti.noi.vj'.Nr , n.Wi
BoAi'.iiS conts. Prepared by tlm 1'ormi Uiii'O
AND Clti'.MiOM. Co , llnatnn , .Mu3) . Send lor
'How 10 ( 'uiii ; SKIN
I'lmploa , Skin Illomlslifs , nnd Unity , % '
Humors , curoil by CuriumiA hoAi1 'V
I ACHE ALL OVER.
Keuraltno , BoUtlo , Buddon , Hlmrp
, - . NervoiiH J'ulnu , Strains und
{ JWi-nlc ness relieved In Ono Minute liy
' the Cut cum Anti-Tain 1'lnslor Nrw
> unit iiurleot. At druxKlila , UJot llvu
. . . . . fortl Tatter Drnir and ( 'uumlra
Company , lloston.
If ADirrtOETI ET'nMantre.
VAKIVsWLl'bL.bUel. ' Wor.l
ctisoncured. MuKulIo , ilnijfsAi'rlaujiig u nd ,
Add , V. O. Supply Co. lloi 726 , St. Louli.Uo.
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