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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY , AUGUST 27. 1887.
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January 1887 , llV-iCO copies ; for February ,
1887 , 14,108 copies ; for March. 1887 , 14.400
copies ; for April , 1887,14,31icopies ( ; forMay.
1887 , 14.2-.J7 copies ; for June 1887 , 14,147
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TUB NowYork _ Central railroad has
banished the coal stoves from its cars.
lly the time cold weather sets in the cars
will bo furnished with u system of steam
pipes. This innovation cannot bo too
quickly followed by other roads cast and
west. If cars can bo satisfactorily heated
without the libo of stoves , ono of the prin
cipal factors in railroad disasters will
have been eliminated.
GF.NKHAL J. B. WEAVER , who In the
past has boon moro ambitious than sue
cessful , is understood to bo getting his
tackle ready to angle for the democratic
nomination for the vico-prcsidoncy next
year. The nonoral's past political actiyi
.ties have generally been treated m r
jocular way by the perverse public , and
it Is not probable that his present vice-
presidential aspirations will be taken
very seriously except by himself.
* WiiEun is the fool-killer ? Our repub
lican colemporary delivers himself of a
very learned dissertation on the impend
ing election of throe county commission
ers m general , and the duties and re
sponsibilities of commissioners la par
ticular , winding up with a recommenda
tion that the commissioners should be
made salaried otlicors. Doesn't this
earned journalist know that the last
legislature 1ms already made the position
of county commissioner in- this county a
palaricd ofllco , And fixed the salary of
each commissioner at $1,800 per year ?
IT is announced that lluutlngton , the
Central Pacific jobber , has purchased a
Railroad seventy-five miles in length from
Iho Pacilio ocean to Gautomalti City , In
Iho republic of ( lautcmala , and that he
Intends to construct an Inter-oceanic
Railway across Central America. This is
probably intended as a part of his Amor-
lean transportation system. In an honest
Inan such an enterprise might bo looked
Xipon as commendable , but for Mr. Hunt-
Jngton it looks aa though ho Is merely
looking for an opportunity to continue
Ills "jobbing" operations , which have
been somewhat checked hero.
A FOOL often asks many question which
Jho wisest niun could not answer , but the
editor of the oldest and least-read paper
msks questions that any ten-year-old boy
could answer. He has actually writen
County Attorney Bimcral , asking him
bow many commissioners are to bo
jplectfd in Douglas county this fall. It
bos boon an open secret since the legisla
ture adjourned that the board of commis-
loners has boon increased from throe to
five members , whloh will naturally re
quire the election of two new commis-
loners and ono commissioner to fill the
vacancy which occurs in the board each
Sear. It did not reqniro an opinion from
fclio county attorney to bring that fact to
light.
THE scenery and costumes of the Na
tional opera company were sold under
the hammer the other day. They cost
f 350,000 , but only $20,000 was realized ,
and so there will bo quite a number of
debts unsatisfied. The existence of this
toompany was a peevish and unsatisfac
tory ono from the beginning almost , and
chiefly on account of unfortunate man <
ngement nnd unfriendly newspaper com-
tnent. The company made its debut in
New York , backed by many wealthy anil
Influential people of the metropolis , and
pught to have succeeded. Hut it became
Involved in unpleasant complications
internal dlssentions also arose , nnd i
largo portion of the press became un
friendly. So this first attempt to rcndei
the masterpieces of European opera bj
home talent was a disastrous failure.
It is a wise sovereign that knows hoi
own subjects. The queen regent o :
IBpain is staying at San Sebastian , and b ;
| , an unlucky chance the other day it wai
I' ' ' arranged to have a to doum sung n
lionor of her arrival and that of her in
lant son during the larno hour that i
plondld bull light was to take place
The people were greatly disgusted , a
they wished to show all proper respect t <
their sovereign , but they could not thin !
of giving up the bull tight. The qucoi
fortunately learned of their dilemma
postponed the te doum and wont to th
bull fight herself. On the following daj
no are told , the people sang the to douc
With the greatest possible enthusiasm
Now the only question la whether tU
lady preferred the bull .fight to the t
doum or simply , went to the bullfight t
please her people. , - .
Ncbrimka'H Opportunity.
The present and next years ought to '
constitute a period of exceptional pros-
porlty for Nebraska. This state has been
peculiarly favored , in comparison with
its neighbors and in fact nearly the entire
west , in the cscapo of its Important crops
from the worst effects of the long con
tinued drought. As wo stated a low days
ago , upon the most trustworthy author
ity , the corn crops in particularly prom
ises a yield many hundred thousand
bushels in excess of that of last year , and
of a generally satisfactory quality. Be
sides this thcro is a largo supply on hand ,
BO that as far as this grain is concerned
Nebraska will have a largo amount be
yond Its own wants to sell. The
deficiency in other localities , as
well as the Inferior qual
ity of the product clsowhero , make
certain a demand for the corn of this
slate , at a price llkoly to bo materially
higher than at present. This of course
means an Increase of prosperity for our
farmers , which manifesting itself in on
augmented enterprise on the part of the
agricultural class will bo felt through all
the channels and-artcrloa of trade. When
the farmer is prosperous „ the merchant
and manufacturer are made sharers in
his prosperity , so that the favorable out
look for the agricultural class In Ne
braska holds also a promise of advantage
to every business man and every wngo
worker in the state.
These gratifying conditions will not
cscapo the attention of people who are
looking westward for now homes. Wide
and numerous as the opportunities
still are in the great west for
the selection of favorable settle
ments , the shrewd and careful man
who has determined to leave his eastern
home , will inUo ! a thorough com
parison of localities and 'be attracted
by that ono in which the conditions that
arc favorable to comfortable and thrifty
living , nro most numerous , In such a
comparison Nebraska must take a fore
most place. In climate and fertility of
soil no state has a bettor claim to the re
gard of the settler seeking a homo , and
the evidence is at hand that in ono of the
severest drought years in nearly a gener
ation her farmers are among the most
fortunate In the land. There are acces
sible and growing market for everything
produced from her soil , and the time
is at least very remote when the prod
ucts of her farms cannot bo turned into
money at the will of the producers. Al
most as well supplied as any of the older
states with the facilities of education and
all the requirements to intellectual and
moral development , the citizen of Ne
braska misses none of the essential ad
vantages to proper and progressive liv
ing possessed by the other states. In a
word , Nebraska odors to people of en
ergy , industry and thrift opportunities
unsurpassed by those of any state in the
west , and none such need hero have a
doubt of success. Nebraska is yet in the
first stage of Us development , but the
universal comfort and prosperity of Us
people strikingly suggests what may rea
sonably bo expected a generation hcnco.
With respect to immediate results , ono
suggestion seems pertinent. In order
that the farmers of Nebraska shall have
the largest possible benefit from their
present fortunate situation it is neces
sary that , railroad discrimination shall
not bo permitted to go beyond its present
limits. It has been hoped that these
would bo reduced , as in justice they
should bo , but if this is not at once at
tainable they at least must not bo al
lowed to bo extended. The obligation
that rests upon the railroad commission
to protect the people from , corporation
extortion lias never boon moro urgent
than now , and it is demanded of the
commission that it shall if necessary ex
ercise all the authority it possesses in
order to carry out this obligation. The
temptation will bo strong npon the cor
porations to increase their already un
just exactions , and any stop they may
make in that direction must bo mot with
a firm and uncompromising opposition.
A Bunplclous Combine.
Although we have up to this time mada
no comment upon the conduct of county
all'airs as shown by the records which wo
have published , our morning contempor
aries exhibit a very suspicious anxiety to
forestall public opinion and whitewash
the parties chieily responsible for the
reckless misuse of the people's money.
The Herald very shrewdly makes pro-
tcnso of a desire for radical reform in
county management and points to some
of the weakest spots in the record as mis
takes that should not be permitted to
recur. And then it makes a furious as
sault on the republican sheriff and county
olork , nnd trios to load the public to believe -
liovo that they are chiefly responsible foi
the worst leaks in the county treasury.
"Thus far , " says Cadet Taylor , In talk.
Ing about our county commissioners ,
"the county bos boon very fortunate in
Us selections. The present commis
sioners are faithful servants , and the per
sonal attention they have given count ]
affairs entitle them to double thopaj
they have received. "
This Is news to the tax payers of Doug
las county and especially to republicans
The present commissioners have drawr
on an average $5.00 a day for every daj
in the year , and that ought to have entitled
titled the county to faithful service
economic , prudent and busincss-liki
management. Have the commissioner ;
made such a record for themselves
Have the affairs of this county bcei
managed with fidelity and eQlc
ionoyt The tax-payers who havi
carefully read the commissioners' proceedings
ceodings , which had been withhold fron
publicity for moro than a year will hardl ;
say yea. Quito the contrary conclusion
will be reached , The fact that the roc ,
ordi of the commissioners' proceeding
have been kept from the public fo
months , when the law expressly require
them to bo miulu public , shows inexcue
able laxness in business methods and du
regard of law.
And why should a paper professing t
bo orthodox republican , go out of it
way to puff the commissioners at thi
time on the ovc of a campaign ? Thi
commissioners are all rock-rooted demo
orats and ono of thorn is up for ro-eleo
tion. If George Timme has been so faith
ful , honest and efficient in the disoharg
of his duties , and furthermore if $125 t
$13.1 per month has been entirely too little
tlo for his invaluable services , he deserve
to bo ro-olectod , doesn't ho ? What at
swor will the Jtepttblican make when th
bosom friend of Frank Waltora comes b (
fore the county for re-elect Ion ?
.Tho milk m this cocoanut is , that Con
o missioner Titnmo has been very useful t
Cadet Taylor by oiling th ? axel oftb
Republican with county patronage , and
that makes him , or any other democrat ,
and honest and faithful public servant ,
according to the four-dollars-per-pound-
ink standard.
In county affairs and locul govern
ment generally , the DEB never has been ,
and never will bo , actuated by partisan
bias. All things being equal , it has given
profcrcnco to republicans , but It
has given a wide berth to bood-
tors and jobbers , no matter
what their political professions have
been. Its publication of the commis
sioners' doings and inquiry into the
management of county affairs has no
reference whatever to anybody's candi
dacy in the county campaign this fall.
The attempt by the Herald to forestall
our conclusions is excusable , m view of
the fact that the organ of democracy is
expected to coma to the rescue of demo
cratic officials when they get Into close
quarters , but when the Jlcpublican , on
the very same day , falls in line with the
democratic organ for the sake of its pal
try share of spoils , intelligent taxpayers
must reach the conclusion that thcro is
something crooked in the court house.
Richardson's Acquittal.
The acquittal by a Sherman county jury
of Editor Hlchardson , who had been on
trial for the murder of 0.1) . Wlllard , on
the plea of self-defense , has naturally
created much surprise. The impression
was general that Richardson' had used
his deadly weapon rashly and without
sufficient justification under the strict let
ter of the law. The testimony of credi
ble witnesses disclosed the fact at the
trial that Willard was slain in deadly encounter -
counter in which ho was the aggressor ,
and while the prosecution brought
to boar all the talent of
the ablest lawyers in the state
it failed to counteract the propondoring
weight of testimony which cleared the
accused.
Wo have no disposition to comment
upon the verdict of the jury. Its members
are represented to have been unbiased ,
and wo take it that their conclusion is in
accord with the law and evidence. Wo
do , however , doom it proper at this time
to express our views with regard to the
Willard-Uicliardson controversy , which
terminated in the death of an editor still
in the prime of life and full of promise of
future usefulness. The bitter teud which
preceded this tragedy hud for its inspira
tion the brutal , vindictive and dastardly
warfare waged through the columns of
the Omaha JlepublicrtH by its late editor.
Mr. Willard took his cue from the bril
liant rowdy , and the article which liter
ally drove Kichardson into the publication
of the response that led to the encoun
ter , was m essence and in language amore
moro reprint of a similar article that ap
peared in the Republican before the
memorable assault with the billy by his
Omaha model. The fact that this mur
derous assault was treated so
lightly by the late Omaha police
judge and dismissed without penalty
doubtless encouraged Willard in the be
lief that the same tactics could be re
peated at Loup City with impunity , es
pecially in view of the fact that ho was
backed by a powerful political faction in
his attempt to down Richardson. Quite
apart from the blame which attaches to
Willard's course , his death is attributable
chieily to the example set by the vicious
Omaha journalist and the Omuha police
Judge who sot him at large.
Had this man been held over for trial in
Omaha , Mr. Willard would have thought
twiqo before ho copied his vile epithets
and adopted his tactics.
SINCE the collapsci of the California
wheat corner engineered by the bonanza
kings , various stories about the losses
sustained have been sot alloat. The
figure bos been placed at $5,000,000 by
persons supposed to have knowledge of
the facts. Besides this disaster Mnckuy
and Flood are said to have lost largo
sums in other direction , and that these
millionaires are well on in the road
toward bankruptcy. But Bennett in his
paper says these stories uro all false and
instigated by Gould in order to shako
the stability of the Commercial Cable
company with whom ho is at war. When
financial rogues fall out maybe the pub
lic can have its duo. Ono thing is cer
tain. It 1ms boon plainly demonstrated
that no combination of wealth , creed and
audacity can interrupt , except temporarily
arily , the operations of the natural laws
of trade , as regards wheat , in this coun
try. The territory is too extensive , the
product Is too largo and the markets of
the world are too closely knit together
by telegraph.
FOR a few years past the tendency in
the commercial world has been to sot
aside that portion of the city lying east
of Tenth street to the river for wholesale
houses and enterprises which do not have
to rely npon a retail trade for existence.
In thn event of a now wagon and rail
road bridge across the river , at the pro
posed location , a marked transformation
of that portion of the city will take place.
A hot rivalry will ensue among retail
dealers for locations near the bridge and
lots adjacent to the bridge will bo in
active demand for retail stores. Specu
lators will do well however , to keep
their money until the bridge company
contracts with the city to forfeit the right
which may bo granted them for ap <
proaohos. in case the bridge is [ not com
plcted and In operation within a reason
able , specified time.
WHEN Van Wyck in his speech some
weeks ago declared In favor of a two'
cent per mile law for Nebraska passenger -
. gor rates , the railroad organs sneered nl
it as an other scheme of "Crazy Horse. "
Now that the republican party of Iowa
baa made a demand for a two-cent
passenger taritf a plank m its platform ,
Senator Van Wyck's demand for cheaj
passenger rates will bo sneered at nc
longer. On the contrary it is liable to be
ono of the reforms to which the republi
cans of Nebraska will pledge the next
legislature.
McGAniGLF. says in an interview with
Alderman Jim Appleton , of Chicago
printed this morning elsewhere , that ai
warden of the Cook county hospital IK
was compelled by the commissioners h
co-oporato in their steals or lese his job
If honor is to McGariglo a matter o :
policy ho might have saved his pride
The wide nud honorable field of safe
blowing was opened to him , whore hi
need not have been associated with am
responsible to a crowd of flm-flam artists
confidence ri n and plok-pockeU.
\
Other Lands Than Ours. 1
The proclamation of the National
League is the foremost subject 'of public
attention In Great Britain , nnd the week
has witnessed numerous expressions of
popular disapproval of that notion. On
Thursday night Mr. Gladstone brought
forward in the house of commons his resolution
elution representing that the league had
been proclaimed without information
being furnished to justlty the notion ,
and praying that the proclamation bo
not continued in 'fdroo. ' Ho supported
this resolution in an elaborate speech , in
which ho arraigned die government for
having proceeded in this matter In this
most arbitrary way , and forcibly pointed
out the injustice of the action , lie was
feebly answered by Balfour , who on be
half of the ministry declined to produce
the Information upon which. It was
claimed the government justified its pol
icy. But despite the clearly shown wrong
and injustice of the government's arbi
trary action , it will undoubtedly bo sus
tained. The coalition is strong enough
to do this , and although many of those
acting with the torlus may feel with Mr.
Russell that the coercion of the league
should bo condemned , they will , like
him , not refuse to give the government
the powers they demand in order to fully
carry out the scheme of repression and
oppression. It is doubtless the purpose
of the present government to attack the
National League us a whole , and , if pos
sible , extirpate it. The section of the
crimes act upon which it relies is com
prehensive ; punishment may be inflicted
by a magistrate , without judge or jury ,
upon any ono that attends a league moo-
ng , reports its proceedings , or takes any
art whatever in it. Like swift sentence
vill fall upon persons found to have been
ngagcd in boycotting , intimidation or
oinmittiiig outrages upon persons or
iroperty. The ingenuity of die loaders
if the luaguo Is adequate , however , it
nay bo supposed , to enable thorn to of-
'cct their aims under a now name nnd by
methods not yet tried. It is a contest
nil of interest , with the situation differ-
mt Irom what it was in 1831 , when all
England , Scotland and Wales opposed
Mr. Parnoll. Now Scotland , Wales and
i largo party in England are on Mr. Par-
noil's side , with tlic Grand Old Man , a
politician of great experience and infinite
'csourccs , to ussist. On the other hand ,
hero is now no second Gladstone whoso
; onversion hopeful nat ionalists may look
'orward to. The trumps arc all out.
strength of hand and skill in the game to
be played will bo the deci sivo factors of
ho result.
The Bulgarian issuu grows in interest.
Russia's positive protest against the
usurpation of Prince Ferdinand has no
uncertain moaning'arid while this may
not bo made apparent in im mediate ac-
ion , it foreshadows difficulty if the pro-
, est is not respected. The prince is re-
lorted to feel somojvliat lonely in his
solution , but ho lias shown a disposition
o carry things with a high hand. This
was manifested in his declining to re
ceive the foreign consuls in the uuof.
icial character they wish for the present
, o assu mo , and which under the circuui-
itances it is only proper for thorn to : is-
sumc. The situation looks very favora
ble for Ferdinand , and seams certain
hat he will ram.un , if. ho shall not de
cide to abandon the position , the un
recognized ruler of a nation whoso very
status as such is stilt open to dispute.
Besides , if ho is not to forfeit the en
thusiasm which has grce ted him on his
accession , and which he tries to nourish
by displays of ardent zeal for the young
nation's independence and greatness ,
he must assume also the government of
eastern Roumoha the southern Bul
garia to which ho , however , has
no legal or international title
whatever ; for his predecessor was
acKnowlcdged by the porto as ruler of
that autonomous province , after the
coup d'etat of Soptuinbur , 1833 , not in the
capacity of prince of Bulgaria , but as
imperial gavornar , deriving his powers
from : i special personal appointment.
Ferdinand's entering Philip popolis as
prince will thus bo 11 new usurpation.
Add to all this the ccrtai nty of continued
intrigues by tools or par tisans of Russia ,
of Zankofl'and his fellow conspirators ,
of King Milan of Servia , nnd Prince
Nikita of Montenegro , and surely the
prospect is disheartening enough. But
Prhico Ferdinand reckonsou the strength
of accomplished facts ; on the rivalry of
the powers , which will not allow inter
vention by ono or two against him ; on
the wo ukness and apathy of the portoon ;
his dynnstic connections as a scion of the
house of Coburg and Orleans ; on the
sympathies of the central European na
tions , and especially Austra-tlungary ,
springing from anti-Russian impulses ;
on the favorable disposition of Rou-
mania ; and chiefly on the patriotism of
the Bulgarians and his own resources as
a coragoous adventurer.
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The controversy between France and
England regarding the occupation bj
the former of the Now Hebrides is not
yet closed , and wkilo a final amicable
settlement h not improbable the conten
tion may develop moro angry feeling
than it has thus far done. The trouble
arose out of the French occup atlon of the
islands during the summer of 1830. In
March some natives' of Port Stanloj
killed several agents of the French Now
Hebrides company. Tlirs was an associa
tion founded four yoar.s before in N ow
Caledonia , which had ( established itsoll
around the best of the harbors , when
coffuo and corn wofb cultivated. The
natives took the crops of their plantations
to the company's storehouses , whnnco
they were shipped to New-Caledonia oi
elsewhere. When trfd acts of violence
occurred the surrender .of the guilty wai
demanded ; and us they were not given
UD a coupla ejf French , wai
ships from Noumcoi ' landed troops
and established a j military station.
Under the agreement between France
and England the New Hebrides were t <
remain independent ; and accordingly
Lord Lyons demanded of the French government
ornment its reasons for what nppearec
to be a violation of the compact. M. di
Freyciuet , then prime minister , rccountei
tbo facts , promptly disclaimed any intention
tion of annexing the archipelago , and in
vited England to arramjo for the join
maintenance of order there. To this ,
nowover , Lord Rosobery , the Brltlsl
minister of foreign affairs , refused tc
consent , and the matter has dragcec
along unsettled to the present titno ,
There are two , sources of difficulty In of
fectmg an agreement. The British mis
slonaiiesin the islands who formerly bat
things 'much their own way , complain
that the French company seized the
lands of the native Christian mission , al
leging prior title , and that the French
commandant threatened the natives
with force if they resisted. It is
also urged that the company has
occupied many miles of shore in the
best islands of the group , involving the
rights of British subjects. But apart
from the question of lufrl nglng upon in
dividual rights , Australia has resented
with singular bitterness the temporary
French occupation. Four years ago , at
Sydney , the congress of the Australian
colonies declared that the acquisition of
any Pacific islands south of the equator
by any foreign power would bo pre
judicial to Australian interests. F ranco
has In vain tempted Australia to consent
to the ncqulslt Ion of the islands by her ,
offering oven to ooaso transporting con
victs to the Pacific as compensation ,
She scoured , last spring , Germany's con
sent , but the bitter opposition of Aus
tralia lias mudo Great Britain's out of
the question. In sheer vo xation Franco
may persist in retaining her temporary
hold in the New-Hobridos until Eng
land is ready to relax her own upon
i-'jrypt.
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The marriage of the emperor of China ,
having been postponed two months , it is
said on account of his illness , has given
rise to the suggestion that the empress
dowager is disposed to continue practic
ally to exercise her former degree of
control over the flowery kingdom fora
while longer , in spite of the installation
of young Kwang Hsu , on the Chinese
Now Year. It i ? no doubt conceivable
that the empress dowager , who has been
arranging all the details of the proposed
marriage , is unwilling to risk , us yet , the
influence of others over him , and accord
ingly contrives the adjournment of the
ceremony. For some time the empress
lias buon represented as hard at work on
preparing an agreeable residence for
herself on her retirement from the gov
ernment ; but if she still holds a largo
degree of control over the young em
peror for a time , it doubtless will bo for
the public benefit , since her activity and
example have usually boon commended
by the foreign residents at Pckin and
clsowhero.
Paris appears , on Iho authority of M.
Pierre Dolcourt , to bo thu worst place in
the world for food adulteration. lie says
that most of the butter sold in Paris is
largely composed of fatty river scum
which has boon collected at the mouths
of the great drains that bring the sowagc
of the great city down to the Seine. Al.
Delcourt doliberatolystato * that there are
speculative and energetic persons who
'ollow the butter-tasters of their rounds
n the central market and carefully col-
uct the butter which has been tasted
after it has loft the mouths of the offi
cials. This refuse is sold to the peram
bulating or stationary friod-cako ven
dors , to the alfresco makers of pan-cake
and fritters , to the simmercrs of fried fish ,
and to poor people who look for cheap
ness and quantity before high prices and
rare quality. He also points out that
everything used in Paris as food is boldly
and unblushingly adulterated. Bread
has bean made with old worm-eaten sea
biscuits and damaged flour , and it has in
this way caused an epidemic of typhoid
fever moro than once. Groou haricots ,
looking in the market quite green and
fresh , have boon mndo out of old vege
tables , which have been stooped in water ,
caused to swell , and then colored by
chemical means. Now green peas have
been manufactured out of old ones col
ored with vordigis.Vino is made chem
ically , the necessity of infusing th e es
sence of grapes into it being absolutely
ignored , and the very corks which are
put into the bottles of popular vintages ,
both real and sham , have boon picked up
out of the river.
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The necropolis of the ancient citj of
Cnrraonn has just been discovered about
half n mile beyond the Arab gate of Se
ville. The inhabitants of Carmona were
the most civilized of the Iberian penin
sula several centuries before the Chris
tian era , and it said that their laws were
written in verso. The excavations which
have recently resulted in the discovery of
a large number of coins , nnd between the
two fields known as the Quarries and the
Olive Groves the excavations have
brought to light a great many sepulchral
chambers , hewn out of the rock , with fu
neral urns in the sides. The roofs of
these sepulchral chambers uro some of
thorn vaulted , while others are flat.
There are several furnaces either inside
or just outside the chambers , nnd It was in
these that the incineration took place ,
the ashes being placed in black carthern
urns. Among the other objects found
was a mirror with a handle , a lamp , a
laohrymary , a bron/.o statue , several
pieces of iron , libation cups , nuts , the re
mains of a repast , and some pipes com
municating with the inside and outside of
the sepulchral chambers.
A. Shameful Situation.
Missouri Republican.
In deciding whether Stanford shall answer ,
Justice Field will pass on the right of the
Kovernmont to Investigate. The danger Is
rntber of Indirection than of direct denial o !
plain justice. The corporate power Is so great
on the Pacific coast that It may bo shielded by
technicalities , as has so often happened be
fore , liut the Issue was never eo directly
joined as now , and never before has there
boon such an opportunity to brlnz to justice
the men who have been the devil's agents In
debauching the representatives of the pee
ple. It is shameful that a United States
senator should stand as the representative of
these men , claiming for his corporation the
right to bribe and buy as It ecus fit and de
ny In ? that It Is the business of any one except
the parties to the crime the purchaser and
the purchased.
An Unknown Political Fore .
PMlddelvhta tlottk.Aincrtcan.
An Independent politico-social movmnenl
that cannot be traded with Is always an un
known force In politics , and It Is of the un
known forces that politicians are afraid. It
cannot be denied that In such men as George
and McUlynn each party must find powerfu
opponents. They are none the less danger
ous Dectuse neither Is a politician. Tliey are
men of brain and nerve , and they do not ex
poet to win tuis year or next It U the men
who wait and never tire of waiting wno are
to bo feared In such movements.
You Cnnnot Always Tell.
Shelbyi-lUt ( Ind. ) Detnncrat ,
Many things may happen between now
and the time for making the next democratic
nomination. It may bo the part of wlatlom
to renoiulnato President Cleveland , In which
event everybody will amen I .On the .otuei
hand.circumstances may reader it suicidal
'
to do so * . . .
STATE AND TKIIUITOUY.
Nobronka Jottings.
Valley wants a feed store badly.
The Cnss county Jail holds twenty-two
prisoners.
A now $13,000 hotel Is to bo opened at
Fullcrton soon.
The Sunday school convention opened
at Wymo'ro Wednesday.
Seward ia to havn nn oatmeal mill , GOx
GO and four stories high.
The Plattsmouth Journal Is soon to 1s-
sue another boom edition.
The Crolghton Pioneer celebrated its
thirteenth birthday Thursday.
The Catholics of Plattsmouth are mov
ing for a denominational school ,
The material for North Plalto'a water
works plant has commenced to arrive ,
McCook's city marshal Is ridding thu
town of worthless curs by thn shotgun
route.
Prof. W. S. Webster has resigned the
position of principal of the AlcCook
schools.
Harry Fuller , an amateur cyclist of
Crete , loll from his machine and broke
tils arm.
The St. Paul races have boon post
poned indefinitely on account of the
weather.
Hog cholera has carried off thirty pork
ers belonging to George Young , of Weep
ing Water.
Dr. E. M. Williams has retired as ed
itor of the Valley Enterprise and Is suc
ceeded by J B. Ferrco.
Nuckolls county has nine republican
candidates for sheriff , nnd all the demo
crats yet to hear from.
The Ord broom factory is turning out
about live do/.cii sweepers per day and
is behind with Us orders.
Dakota City is troubled with a female
slanderer who is warned to hold her
tongue or leave the place.
Emil Scbutel , of Haiglor. now lan-
quishcs in jail because of too many
mortgages plastered on a team.
The docket for the September term of
the district court in Cass county contains
143 cases , 129 civil and 14 criminals.
The fifth annual fair of the Sarpy
County Agricultural society occurs at
Pnpillion September 20 , 31 , 23 nnd 23.
A Russian farmer , a horse and a bull
became badly mixed up in a tumble near
Sutton , and the farmer hud his chest und
shoulder crushed.
Hitchcock county's third annual fair is
to be held nt Culbertson September 20
and 30 and October 1 , tickets for which
the KI'.K acknowledges.
Miss Vesta Groer , of York , started
Wednesday for Pekin , China , where she
enters upon missionary work under the
auspices of the Methodist society.
The Methodist church at Blair is en
tirely out of debt and is thankful ac
cordingly. To prove their gratitude the
members have raised the pastor's salary.
The engine used by the B. & M. bridge
builders rolled duwn a canyon near Ord
last week and is now laid up for repairs ,
delaying the beginning of work on the
new bridge at Ord.
The "gymnasium club" at Stromsburg
has been broken up by Sheriff Hamilton ,
who arrested William Uonelson , the
"boss" of the institution , for soiling liquor
without any license.
Some little excitement is prevalent at
Chadron from the report that U to ruunors
had passed west of thcro en route for
Pine Ridge , their purpose being to secure
nid from the Sioux.
One of the stations on the now branch
of the B. & M. , west of Schuylor , has been
named dishing , after R. U. Cushmg , of
the railroad contracting firm of Gushing
& Mallory , of Plattsmouth.
George Smiley , n brakeman on the pas
senger train from llud Cloud to Lincoln ,
was terribly crushed between the bump
ers while coupling the air brake in the
Crete yards Wednesday. Ho will re
cover.
J. Sterling Morton has received an in
vitation from the democratic central
committee of Ohio to stump that state in
behalf of the demorrutio party. As yet
Mr. Morton has not signified his inten
tion as to whether ho will accent or not.
A Bohemian hying at Clarkson beat his
wife until his neighbors could stand it no
longer. So ono evening n mob with a
rope visited him and gave him the al
ternative of promising to desist or hang.
Ho chose to hang rather than forego the
pleasure of thrashing his better half. The
committee strung him up , but let him
down soon. Ho was arrested later and
will bo dealt with legally.
The Crete Vidotto's religious editor
says : "It is said that Rev. Bennett has
been given a month's vacation by the
trustees of the Congregational church.
The members and those who have been
in the habit of attending this church are
to bo congratulated. A skip of four longwinded -
winded written sermons is something
that don't happen ovor.y month. " Tlio
commenting caption of the above is
"Bully , if True.1
Iowa.
An alleged discovery of gold is reported
from Linn county.
District court convenes at DCS Moines
a week from Monday.
The corn in the southeastern portion of
Diibuque county is a total failure.
Washington has raised $690 to bore for
natural gas , and is now trying the ex
periment.
William Frehnour , who was EO brutally
bcaton by Policeman Crowley , at Ot-
tumwa , will probably die.
The preliminary examination of Con
stables Potts and Hamilton for the shoot
ing of Hardy will occur at DCS Moines
September 1.
The third biennial convention of the
Hawkcyo State Association of Deaf
Mutes is to bo held nt Dos Moiues , Sep
tember G , 7 and 8.
Frank Goodwin , aged thirteen years ,
was run over by the oars Tuesday at
Murshalllown. His foot was crushed
and amputated and ho was injured in
ternally.
Ono of the mines nt Cleveland was
closed by a general settling down , it oc
curring in ono day. By its being aban
doned 000 miners uro thrown out of cm-
plovmont.
The name of Blackhnwk , the noted
Indian chief and warrior , has been
freshly brought to mind by the presenta
tion of his portrait at the old settlers'
meeting ntFort Madison.
During a storm Saturday evening two
children of H. Thorson wcro stricken
down by lightning in Seneca township ,
near Algona. They wcro silting together
on A hay rnko. Their bodies were fairly
crushed to the earth.
R. L. Wood , of Grinnoll , fell from the
window of a room in the third story of
the Downing house , and in falling
struck the window sill of the second
stopy , breaking the gins ? . Ko fell to the
ground , however , but was not seriously
injured ,
Dakota ,
freight car thieves have been at work
on the line between Chudrou und Rapid
City.Two
Two farmers near Gary have gone to
Illinois to purchase 2.0UO thoroughbred
sheep.
The Western Loan nnd Banking com
pany is the numu of a now Ynukton busi
ness organization.
A report comes from Rololto county
that lightning struck an onion bed thu
other day nnd cooked thu onions.
Felix Ingram , of Dead wood , took a ride
in company with u loaded Miotguu and is
now nursing a bad wound in his lug.
Two or threci companies of the territo
rial militia will participate in the sham
battln at the MinncApolis exposition next
month.
John Benny , a-youagitur of ' Le ad City
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wa3 struck by a ball two weeks asro Sun
day , from the o fleets of which ho died Fri
day nht. ! „
Ton .years resldonco In tlio territory on- Cj
titles onu to thu title of old toll lor , and Is *
recognized nt long enough to mltmt a
person to old ssltlers' organizations.
An eastern capitalist ofl'urs to build a
$10.000 building in Sioux Falls if the
board of trmlo will secure ft rental of it
for ten yours at 10 pur cent of the cost.
The grand jury recently in session at
Dead wood censured the commissioner's of
Lawrence county for aratitiug liquor li
censes to disreputable characters in Stur-
gis.A
A young man of foreign parentage , but
born in Wisconsin , attumpted to take out
naturalization mipor.1 at Ynnkton , but
was follud by the vigilance of tin ; olucors
in asking questions.
Captain C. 1) . Scars , the government
onginour who visited Yankton to view
thu Missouri river and familiarize liim-
self with its habits , did notgivo the
board ot trade any satisfaction regard
ing the danger of the river cutting or its
liability to cut into the Dakota shore.
Tuesday afternoon U. L. Smith , an old
time citizen and leading merchant of
Wahpeton , whiln ill with fever and delirious -
lirious , got out of bed and locking thu
door secured a pruning knife and , It is
thought , stood in front of a looking glass
and cut his throat , lln has since died.
Laramie now supplies the whole terri
tory with lye.
This weuk witnessed the first harvest
of rlpo grain on the Laramie plains , just
opposite the city.
Leo Jones , the last of the six prisoner.- )
who escaped from the Albdny county tail ,
tins boon recaptured and is once moro
behind the bars after a brief but exciting
bit of recreation.
A movement is on foot to establish n
pottery at Laramie City. Thn clay is
.satisfactory and If the contract can bo
obtained to make the required sowur plpo
thu onturprisu will bo started.
11.1' . Johnson and family , living on
Lowur Horse Crook ranch , started for
Chuyunnu the other day , but were lost in
n fog and siillurcd terribly from cola und
other misfortunes before reaching their
destination.
Hurt Scongall , an alleged companion
of Henry M. Stanley on two of his Afri
can expeditions , is in Cheyenne and has
been telling the reporters about some ol
the explorers traits. Stanley is repre
sented as going on periodical drunks ,
and that hovouldn't have started on
thin last expedition had it not been for
an American woman.
The PAoiilo Const.
Charles A. Clayton has been hold with
out bail ut Butte for the murdur of Z. C.
Maddux.
I. DoTurk , of Santa Rosa , will ship , via
Capo Horn to Nuw York , BOO cases ol
brandy and 100 cases to Chicago.
N. A. Harding , a despondent gambler ,
committed suicide by blowing out bis
brains with a revolver at San Francisco.
The express messenger , Bennett , who
was arrested on suspicion for the f 10OOU ;
o-\press robbery , is in jail at Kaglu Rock ,
W. L. Curry , of Portland , brought
down n deer with ono shot nnd n well
with tlio second in less time than It takes
to toll it.
The now salmon cannery at Seattle ,
built by Nottingham , Wyman and Kirk-
wood , was' destroyed by fire. Loss.
$20,000.
Miss Lydia Denyor , aged twenty-two ,
was hurled twont y-livo feet into the nil
by a passing train in Oregon She
struck thu earth unhurt.
The county board of trade of Sol an o
has contracted for the publication ol
10,100,000-pagc illustrated pamphluta descriptive -
scriptivo of the county.
Alfred Krisor ; while riding into Butte ,
wns plunged , in company witli his horse ,
down a forty-foot embankment , sustain
ing fatal injuries. The horse's neck waf
broken by thu fall.
Old AVIno In Now Bottles.
Itobcit J. Burdette.
From the liook of .ludgcs as I read
"Mako mo a sling , " woe Kobbio said.
"Like thosy you were reading about In there.
That hit the mark to the breadth of a hair. "
"And make another for Richard , too ,
And we'll sling ns the Bonjamiultes used to
do ;
And maKe another that baby can whirl
A little one , mind , she's only a girl.
So I made film a sling ( Ike unto that
Swung by thu man ot .lehoshaplmt ;
"May SOUKS of victory tune your breath
Like the sllngers who smote Klr-harasutli. "
I smiled as I heard the exultant cry
Of the hosts of iinnjnmln marching by ;
1 smiled In time Oh , foolish man
For I smiled no more when the light began.
For the stones crashed throuch the windowpane -
pane
And Milled down nn the roof like rain ;
They wilted poor Sport clear out of the fray ,
Aim battered the rectory over the way.
The air was blue with the flying stones ,
And hhrlll with shouts and walls nnd irroans :
Kor people who looked and people who ran
Won ) pelted alike by thu slluglug clan.
Hlclmrd and Robert , the two mlehty men ,
Were Hllngiug six ways for Sunday but
then
linby wan weeping the sweet little maid
Kor she smote herself In the shoulder blade.
Then I learned that no right-minded boy
can brim :
A left-handed Bnnjamlto's skill to a sllnir ,
For the aim ot a lett-handed , cross-eyed
man
Corrects Its obliquity none other can.
BABY'S ' SCALP 1ft'
Milk Cruit , Dtuidruir , Kczoittu
und all Scalp Humor * Cured
by Cutieiiiu.
T ASTNOVRMHEHmy llttln boy. ned tliroo
-LJ yours , fell against the etuvo wlulii ho wa
running , and out his licad , ami , rlKbt iiflor Unit
ho broke nut nil over his head , utiil loft cur. I
ImdnKood doctor. Dr. - . to nttond him. but
ho trot worno.iuid the doctor could not euro him
Hlu whole liond. file" , nnd loft imrrcro In n
fearful stnto , and ho nuirorort torrllily. I cmiffht
the dlnuiiBO Irom him , nnd It spread all ovur my
f HOD nnd nook nnd oven got Into my t > ycd. Nobody -
body thought wewonlil oyor ( ret liettor. I felt
aurowo worodlstlKUred for life. 1 heurd of tint
CDTICUIIA HEMKUIK * . und procured n liottle of
CUTICUIIA IUPOI.VKNT , II IjOX Of ( 'ITTIfnilA , nild
nrakonf UUTlcintA BOAI > , and used them COM-
Htnntlr day nnd nlKhU allor iislntr two liottloa
of KesoM'KNT , four boxes of CUTIUUMA , und
foiircauca of SOAl'.we nrn rorfoctlyctirodwlth-
out a scnr. My boy's fkln U now Ilkn Sntln.
i71 ( Irnnd Hrtoot , IHLUi : H1T1NU.
JKIISKV Cirv , N , J.
Hworn to before mo this 27lh dny of Mnrcli ,
B8S. ( JIL1IEI1T 1' . HOIIISSON , J. 1' .
THF. WOHSTSOIIU HRAT ) .
Have boon In the driiK nnd modlclno biislnoas
twenty-llvo jHnn , Ilai * been nelllng your
CUIU.UHA JlKMEIIIKH BlMfO tliuy O1U11O WCSt.
Tuuyk'iid nil others In tholr lino. Wo could not
wrllo nor could you print nil wohnyo lionrd said
in fuvor ot the C'UTIUUIIA HEMEIIIKV. Ono yimr
n o tbo CUTICUIIA andSnAi'oiirod n HIUo ulrlln
our house of Uio worst sere head weovor w ,
and tlio Iti'-niiVKNT nnd L'UIIOIIIIA uro now
eurlogn youni ; Kontlomiui of a nero Itir , nhiln
tlio physicians lira trylny to linvii U amputated ,
It will save lilii lujr and pcirliupa hU llfo. Too
much cannot bo ftaldm fnvorof * hn CUTICUIIA
UKMCUIKH. ' S. II. SMITH * I1HO.
, COVIMITON , Kv.
CUTICUIIA HKMEIUKS nro a positive euro for
every form of Skin und Illood Di-eases , fiom
I'linplca to Borofr.ln. Sold ovorywhoro. Price ,
CUTICUIIA IWc.s SOAI- , K.'ic.t HMOI.VBST. 11.
Prouimid by the I'OTTKII 0uua AMI
Co. , llofcton ,
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases.
Illornlnhns , 1'lraplos , lllnckhondft , and
SKIN Iliiliy Humors , ube CUTICUIIA BQM > .
Ache ! Ache ! ! Ache ! ! !
Btnirp Aclioa ami 1'nliia relieved in
ono minute by tlio Cmlouru Anil-
I'ttln I'lustor. A perfei t JUilUioto ti
imln Hud Inllumrimtloii. At d
M ; llvn for fl. Totter
Cbtmilciil Co. , HoKtuu.