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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ? , SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Tinny ( Mornlair Kdltlon ) Including Sunday B r. Ono Yonr . 110 M ForSlxilontlu . 6 MJ FnrThrpoMontln . 2W Tlio Oinatm Sunday Ilcc , imdlod to miy , Ono Year. . . . .i . 200 OMAHA Ornrt. No. 914 AVH Wl FAnfAw STHKIT. New Y OXK orricK. Koou tt , TKinimn liini.iuvo. I , MU.filJFOUUTIKNTHSTHKk.r. At ) comtnunlontioni rotating to now * nnd edi torial mnltor should bo oU'lrussod to tiio Iiui < TOIt Of TIIK BkK. nusiNESS Lr.rrtns ! All hu lno p letters nnd remittances nhould da fcldros'wxl to TDK HER I'uiiLisiitNn COMi'AW , OttAll.t , Drafts , checks and jmnlofllco orders to be in ado po ) ublo to the ordtrof the company. THE BEE POBLISHIlTSw PBOPfllEIOBS , E. KOSEWATER. Kniron. THE DAILY DEB. Bworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska. I _ County of DouiclM. | Bl " ( Si'o. 11. TzscbucK , secretary ot The Hco Publishing company , does solemnly swear that tlio actual circulation ot tlin Dally Hoe for tliowt \ ending fjupU'A 1W > 7 , was as follows : Saturday. Sept. 17 14.220 'Hundav. Sept 18 14.SU ) Monday. Sept , lit 14,025 Tuesday. Sept. 'JO 14.0-ri WrilnpRilnv. Sept. ' . ' 1 14.030 Ttmnuiav. Sept. ' * l".l 2 Friday , Sept. 2'5 14,020 Average 14.102 OKO. it. TZHCHUOK. Sworn to and subscribed In my iiicscnco tlifaSTth day of September , A. I ) . 1887. JN. P. Km , , fSRAUl Notary Public. .State of Nebraska , I _ . DotiBlas County. Is" ( Jeo. H. Tzscliuck , belnj * first duly sworn , deposes nnd says that he Is secretary of Tlio Hoc Publishing company , tliat the actual a\ernre dally circulation of tlio Dally Dec for the month of Heptemher , 18WO , 13.030 copies ; for Ortober. 1880 , 12.9S9 copies ; for No\etn- her. ISSfi , I3M8 ! copies ; for December , IbSO. 1:1.2:17 : : copies ; for January 1887. 10,800 topics ; for February , lbS7 , 14,10s copies ; for Mnrch. IS.1 ? ? , 14.400 copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,310 copies ; fnrMav , 1SS7. 14.ly7 copies ; for .liino 1887,14,147 copies ; for July. 1887,14- WW copies ; for August. 1887 , 14.151 copies. OKO. 1J T7.3CIIITC& . Sworn nnd subscribed In tny presence tills nth day ot Kopt. A. 1) . , 1887. ( SEAI , . | N. I' . Fr.ir- Notary Public. Io\\'A , bound to "even up" for tlio ab < snnco of liquor In some way , is no\v mult- Ing a specialty of prize fights. A DKAP'Mim : lectured in Brooklyn the ntlior evening. He will nn doubt become the most popular orator in the country. Tim west has been fi irly .ablaze with agricultural fairs this fall. The wuatlicr 1ms , in the main , been unusually good und the exhibits above the uvorayj. The erection of corn palaces has Ceen a pleas ing feature of many of these exhibitions , nnd aru much more .sensible and profit able than palaces of ice. A SYNDICATE with almost unlimited capital is buying up the lumber districts , of the northwest. Those who are in position to know predict a rise in the price of lumber during the fall and winter. The need of legislation against Incorporated robbers is upcoming more and more evident with each day that passes. Noriu.vo indicates the growth of pop ulation in cities so well as overcrowded school houses. Most western cities com plain of this condition of things , and chief among them is Omaha. This city is growing more rapidly than wo are aware of , and bids fair to become one of the largo cities of tlio country at no very distant future. IK there is to bo any more bonds voted this fall wo would like to support a proposition to issue bonds for the improvement - provomont of our parks and the pur chase of additional park and boulevard grounds. Now is the time to secure land for this purpose. Ten years hence it will be out of our reach. THE republican county convention Bhoiild exercise great care in the selec tion of delegates to the Third district judicial convention. This district is re publican by a fair majority , but it is lank folly for the party to lend the ticket down with candidates who are not clean handed and competent. THE Indications are that Cyrus ' V. Field was harder hit by his friend Gould Borne time ago than was generally known. He has lately been quietly sellIng - Ing , or trying to sell , various properties outside of New York city , l ield hob bling about as a lame buck will bo an in teresting spectacle , but not nearly so much so as il would bu to see Gould in such a predicament. There are no indi cations , however , that wo shall witness such a spectacle. There is a certain dark-lined patron .saint who takes care of Ills own. THE Milwaukee & St. Paul ro'id has given notice that an advance in grain rates will be made , within ton days , from west of the Midbl-isippl river between La- Uros. o and St. Paul to Chicago. The rates from the twin cities to Chicago will remain the same , so that this cut is in direct violation of the long and fahort haul clause. Tlio excuse given for the proposed violation of the law is that lliu present low r.ite.s from St. Paul to Chicago cage havu been brought about by water competition , and that there is therefore no reason why low r.Uos should bo given between points east of St. Paul to Chicago cage , not oll'octod by water competition This is the baldest nonsense and if the threatened advance in rates is carried out , the law should take prompt notice of the matter and bring the roul : to justice. A roMi'KOMHK tariff bill which.is ex pected to receive the support of both branches of congress is reported Irom Washington. Tills bill is said to contain n provision for the repeal of tue tat on tobacco nnd whisky , somu reduction ol the duties on raw materials , etc. Thu monopolies seem to remain untouched This is not tiie kind of tariff reduction the country wants. Lot those who niusl drink whisky pay for it , but give thu farmers some relief. There aru j-overal millions of the.su in thu country who wist to know why the steel-rail makers , fet example , should bo given a present elf f 17 for every ton of rails they manufacture turo , by means of a high protective tarill while tlio price of wheat remains so Ion that there is no protit in its production This question of a reduction of thu taril is the most important now before tin country and worth n statesman's best c ( forts. We want no tinkering , butintclli jtentlegislation. . Yfimlcrbtim'fl Paul Vandervoort has thrown n bomb Into the Grand Army camp , and his in sane tloMro for notoriety has ntrnln been gratified , Comparatively few Grand Army veterans at St. Louis know , how ever , that Vandovoort shools principally with lii.s big mouth and never was within tile reach of a bomo-shcll or cnn-shot during the entire war. His whole army record consists of being quartermaster's clerk at Alexandria , getting himself cap tured by the rebels in Kentucky later nn and being carried off to Andcrsonvillo and then paroled. By dint of cheek nnd the support of Union Pacific strikers with whom ho was Identified in politics this bloodthirsty warrior who had never seen a battle was pushed forward nnd elected , &omo years ago , commandcr-ln- chlef of the Grand Army as a compli ment to veterans west of the Missouri. Hero in Nebraska , where Paul Is best known , as a robust specimen of the bla tant blatherskite , the compliment was not appreciated by the men who did the light ing In the union army. It is very unfortu nate that such nn arrant blowhard should bo allowed to thrust himself forward ns the spokesman of the gallant soldiers who went through the hardships of four years campaigning. Those who arc familiar with Vaudorvoort's bloodless ca reer in the army and his record in the postal icrvlcc , from which he was sum marily dismissed by Postmaster General Grcsham , will feel disgusted with the im- pcrtinenco of this self-constituted cham pion of the boys in blue. While they nny bo in accord with the sentiments ex pressed in regard to the treatment of de serving pensioners , they cannot but re gret that Vauderbura has jumped into the arena as their advocate. The Cup Is Stilt Ours. American patriotism may properly exult over the victory which retains the America's cup in our possession , and again triumphantly vindicates American skill and seamanship. The sloop Volun teer having twice defeated the Scotch cutter i'liistlo , the trophy which thirty- six years ago the yacht America won in English waters , nnd which lias been many times successfully defended since , will not this year gladden the eyes of Great Britain yachtsmen. It is a signal victory which the Boston sloop has won , far exceeding the most sanguine expec tations of those who had fatth in her ability to win. The Scotch yacht was built for the express purpose of winning the cup , by perhaps the most scientific and successful vessel builder in Great Britain. She was modeled with a view to the system of time allowances under which races for the cup are sailed , and she was sparred for American weather. Kvcry condition which experience and accurate information suggested as neces sary in her construction and equipment , in order to render her the most complete craft of her class , was provided. She cnmo to American waters with a record of sixteen victories that showed her to bo the fastest yacht over built in Great Britain. When all these facts are known the complete victory of the Volunteer , under circumstances in no respect un favorable to the Scotch cutter , is an event to shout over. British skill in yacht construction must try again , and doubtless it will. The de sire to recapture tlio trophy grows stronger with each defeat , and next year wilt undoubtedly witness another trial. It is not probable that we shall be able to always retain the cup , but the boat that wins it must bo nearer to the American model than any one of the half do/.on that have thus far been sent over to contest for it. Meanwhile American ingenuity and sKill may bu trusted to do volop a boat as much bettor than the Volunteer as she is superior to the victors in previous races for the trophy. Prohibition's Defeat in Tonne seo. The defeat of prohibition in Tennessee was not so overwhelming as in Texas , but like the wound of Mercutio it is enough. The latest tigurcs estimate the majority against the amendment at t0,000 ! , with perhaps a two-thirds vote in the state. On a full vote tlio probability is that the majority against prohibition would have been increased. The cam paign was carried on with great vigor by the advocates of the proposed amend ment , and they not only had a fair Held but fewer obstacles to overcome than confronted the prohibitionists of Texas , unless the fate ot the cause in that state proved an especially formidable in ference against it in Tennessee. It undoubtedly did give en couragement to tlio opposition , but the testimony is that the contest against the amendment was carried on much less vigorously in Tennessee than in Texas. Explanations to account for the defeat by referring it to means not strictly le gitimate will doubtless not bo wanting , but the fair conclusion must bo that the policy itlil not commend itself to tlio in telligent judgment of a majority of the people , ratlior than that any illegitimate means were employed to compass its de feat. In view of the abundant evidence of the failure ot prohibition to prohibit , furnhhed by states in which it has been long tried as well as by those in which it has more recently been adopted , ii is rather astonishing that it received so largo a vote as was given it in Tennessee. Evi dently the opponents of the policy there wore not well informed regarding its operation elsewhere or were derelict in the u < o of their information , otherwise the majority against tlio proposed amend ment muse have been materially in creased. Irrefutable arguments could have been supplied from , half a dozen states having prohibitory laws to show how utterly they fail to accomplish the purpose of their enactment , while at the * same time conducing to practices whic are subversive of all law. But it is quite sullicient for the present that Tennessee has recorded its verdict against prohi bition , the enforcement of which would have bt'i'ii found quite as impracticable there as in other states whore the policy has been adopted. Now lei the eommon-senso friends of tern peraneo anil of a wise and prxcticabl < regulation of the liquor trallio in Tennessee see move for high license and local op lion , and if they can nrmg that about tin b.ittto just ended wdl not have been ' fruitless contlicl. Tlin Ijlliri\r > Htiildlni ; . The prevailing sentiment in regard ti the public library project is that it i ; premature. In the lirt place the city Im no ready money for such u building , niu the limit within which the. city is author lo Issue bond' ? ' has nearly been reached. 'If any more bomU afo to .b-j. voted tltjs ypar the. proceeds should bo devoted to' pavements , , sowerngo and " other much , heeded Improvcmqnts. In the next place there is so-fltitis objection to locating nny public building on the only public square which the city has' re served. LtK-t , but 'not least , Is a stub born fact that a creditable fire-proof 11' brary building \roimi cost more than forty thousand dollars. Within four or live years Omaha will have the means and popu lation to Warrant the erection of a $300- 000 library building and museum of art. Centrally located , such a structure will materially add to the claims of Omaha as n metropolitan city. For the present wo can comfortably get along without a library building. Other cities of twice and three time.i our population are no better off In that respect. The main object of a public library is the diffusion of intelligence. This can bo done just as well in a rented building as in n public building. f'ontitrlng na a Martyr. For several months pasta local German paper has been feeding its renders on start ling discoveries of a know-nothing con spiracy in certain quarters to .substitute an Irishman or American in the place of Gcorgo Timinc on the board of county commissioners. The anxiety displayed by thislvictim of know-nothing nightmare is only surpassed by his lamentable Ig norance of local politics and absurd eulogies of his patron saint Timmc. Ho has conjured up tiie most incon ceivable plots and wicked schemes to undermine and destroy Timinc and appeals in frantic terms to the Germans to rally around Timnic as their honored representative , Timme posturing as a martyr of know-nothing plots is only ex celled by the picture which the German paper draws of Timme as an exponent of rigid honesty and fidelity in public Hie. That picture.ought to be framed and pre served for future generations. ADVISING oflicc-scekers to stand tip to the rack may produce the desired effect on a class of professional politicians who are willing to pledge in advance that they will support n yellow dog if lie is on the ticket. But the tax-paying citizen , who has no fear of the party lash , dis criminates in the local campaigns and makes up his tickal to suit his own and the public interest. The only way for a party to make sure of success is to stave the yellow dogs off , and. nominate candi dates whom any prudent business man would bo willing to employ in conduct ing lus private business affairs. TIIK women suffragists of New Vork have opened , their campaign headquar ters in one of the principal streets of the city. Up to date , however , not a woman had appeared to register. The great majority of women don't want to meddle with politics. This has been the verdict wherever the opportunity has been given them , and it is a favorable index of the common sense by which the great bulk of American womanhood is actuated. Otlior IjurulH 7'lian Oura. The eviction war in Ireland goes on , developing in its progress the stern pur pose of the people to resist their oppres sors to the last extremity. The policy of coercion has done everything to strengthen and harmonise the Irish pco pie , but the principal effect has been to give good standing to men wiio had lost their fooling at homo. There is no small newspaper in Ireland with decaying cir culation that is not at once materially benclittcd by defying in violent language the coercion act. There are none of the local politicians who have become un popular and have lost their influence who ' liavo not been able to regain it at once by attacking the lory government and defying the coercion act. Nearly every leader in Ireland courts imprison ment under the coercion act. Imprison ment by the Knglish authorities for po litical offenrtos is equivalent in Ireland to a patent of nobility. 1'hero is no man who suffers imprisonment for devotion to the Irish cause who can afterwards become unpopular , lie wi'l ' be con sidered ever afterwards as a hero and a martyr. The beliet is general that there will be a very serious time in Ireland this winter. Statistics of the dopouula- tion of Ireland in the last forty years are of a nature to give great oncourag- mont to Bloody Balfour. Between ami 1881 the number of houses in Ireland have been reduced from Ia08,83 ! ) to ! )1J,108 ) , and the number of farms from 800,510 to 41(1,108. ( , If n third of a million of farms and nearly halt a million of houses have ucen destroyed during the past forty years under the miUU-r sort of oppression and injustice that have prevailed in unhappy Ireland , it is diOicult to calculate how rapid may bo the process of elVaccmont of human population and residence under tlio Cromwcllian method of Salisbury's bloody nephew. Since Victoria lias bo- rome queen over three millions of people ple have been driven homeless from their native land out of a total emigration of 4lSii,01 > 0. Truly there must bo a grand revenge in store for a nation that lias survived such unexampled injustice , nnd a people that have risen and prospered the world over in spite of such cruelty. The National League continues its work. ii i ! its mem bership lias recently been .strengthened by the enrollment of many Knglhlimen. All trustworthy testimony shows that the sympathy of tlin common people of Kng- land with the Irish is steadily growing , but tills fact docs not appear to have any effect in restraining the government in its policy of persecution. * * * The shooting incident on the France- Gorman frontier , in which a German military guard lired upon a French hunt ing party , killing 0110 man and wound ing another , is still undergoing judicial investigation. Meanwhile there lias been a good dual of popular excitement in both countries over the occur rence , and most of the French newspapers have indilg4'd in bitter and hostile comments. The German papers have manifested a less belligerent tone , and the German government appears tc h-.vo shown the heartiest dusirc to have a thorough investigation of the mattoi r and to make adequate redress if the cir cumstances require it. The dltiicultj will bo lo determine whether the partj when fireil upon wore o\i \ French or Ger man territory , and unless the evidence is very clear nnd conclusive this incidcni may become a source of aggravated irri t'vtion to both countries. It newly illus tratcs the temper of the Froncn pcoph toward Germany , which leads them to frclze upon cvory'i Incident 'as evidence of 'a .deliberatflly planned policy Irritate . them 'anil cxclto tholr hostility ; "That'.such affairs , Jcsigqcd , as the Trench believe , ' or accillqnlal , arc stepping stones to the great 'struggle whlcli\tho people Of both countries' regard na InovK table ; there can. bo DO question. It may , require something1 more than such an. oc currence as ths ) frontier shooting to bring on the cotilhct , but that a sufllclont pretext will be sooner or later found' by one of the natlonVlTor striking the blow- that will determine which \ the stronger seams to be regarded by all iS\irope \ as certain. * tc 0 A good deal of interest is felt in Franco regarding the action , If any , which will bo taken in reply to the illtlmed and im pudent manifesto of thu Count of Paris. The radicals are howling for the whole sale expulsion of nil monarchist and llonapartist pretenders. It would be easy for Houvtcr , by u stroke of his pdn , to gratify the radicals and to put himself right with his party by banishing the bourbons and Bonapartlsts , but it is doubtful whether the republican clamor will bo gratified , at least until some radi cal change shall have taken place in the government. Grovy is averse to severe measures , nnd Uouvlcr , who has boon supported by , and who , in fact , owes the existence of his government to reaction ary assistance , cannot with any good grace turn against his allies. The im portant question of expulsion will not be settled without a special meeting of the cabinet until the deputies reassemble , but meanwhile precautions arc being taken to prevent the posting up of the mani festo in country places to poison the minds of the peasants. When the chamber meets it is most hkclj to de mand the expulsion of tlio offensive princes or M. Rouvier's retirement. A singular alarm is now said to be deepen- ingin France , namely , that the army , de siring revenge , may accept a king , be lieving Russia would then sign a treaty of alliance and aid in the conflict agam.sl Germany. This impression , it is as serted , prevailed with Prince Bismarck when he sanctioned the expression that Prince Ferdinand was nn Orleanist agent sent to Sofia to create a pretext for a European war. * * Holland's expenditures largely exceed her revenue , the estimated deficit for this year amounting to over five million dollars Of late years Holland has de clined in commercial importance. In 1833 her exports were considerably in excess - cess of her imports , but the volume of trade was less than it had boon for scv ernl years. The chief items of export were iron and step ) , , textiles , cereals and flour , and rice ntul ! coffee , the latter , of course , received from her possessions in Java. All things considered , the won der is , not that Holland is not so Hour ishing as she once was , but that she ex isted at all. It is only by almost super human exertions and by Ihc most con slant vigilance that the Netherlands are prevented ' [ from returning to their original _ condition of fens and swamps , 'ras described by historians. The -xjocean is always ready to overleap he dykes or to find its way through themVnnd to turn smiling fluids into shallow ponils and lakes , ruinIng - Ing everything which the industry of man has been able to make grow in that orig inally unfavorable locality. No greater triumph of mind over matter was ever known than the building up and prescr vation of Holland. The war with Spain sinks into insignificance when contrasted with the fight of centuries against the hostile forces of nature , and the Holland ers richly deserve all that they have won in their battles with the sea. Their country will ever be a monument to the sturdy independence , the indomitable pcraovorancn nnd the ceasless industry of the people of the Netherlands. ' * The persecution of llev. Mr. Uoane , an American missionary in tiio Caroline Islands , by tlw newly appointed governor of the islands , Cap tain Posadillo , is reported to have re sulted most tiagieally to that individual. Mr. Doane was arrested in April , and was imprisoned without trial for several montns. It now appears that after his departure for Manila thu natives exhibited their hatred of Spanish rulebyaiovolt , in which Posadillo was killed. Those of his followers , soldiers and convicts , who wore not slain witli him , were forced to take relugo on the ship winch had brought them. Mr. Doane , as a represontalivo of the American board , had labored among those natives for thirty-three years. He exercised great influence over them. The Spaniards not only removed him , but also closed several churches and all but one of the twenty schools ho had established. They also silenced the native preachers and encouraged the sale of the vile rum which F.uropo makes for the Pacific islanders. The result indicates tint Mr. Doane'.s teachings had not rendered the natives incapable of showing righteous indignation. * * A report that the pope is contemplat ing meditation between Germany and Trance for the restoration of Alsace- Lorraine to the latlcr suggests great possibilities. If iheao provinces were re turned to the natioirto which in senti ment they belong the hostile fueling be tween Franco and Germany might die 'out. in the liglH of recent events it was a mistake for Gurm.iny to make a cession * of French territory a condition ot peace , The money indemnity was paid and passed out of mind. It was held to bu n part of the spoils of war to which the victors were entitled. But the ceded provinces ace living witnesses of the inability of the French lo protect their own territory.Vhon \ peace was made Franco had no choice but to accept the lerm offoroil. It was not able to continue tlio war with , a hope of ultimate - mate success , and there was no nation in Europe that 300111 disposed to make the course of Franco its own. But France has never been reconciled to the loss of her provinces nor tlio provinces to being lo t. They are apparently as French in sentiment to-day as when handed over to Germany. If Germany pursMs in holding them thyy will nt nu distant day bq the cause of war between the two niilions. Under lliese circum stance * if the nope can Induce Germany to hand the provinces back with SOUM nominal compensation which does not touch French national pride ho will de mankind a service. . * The occupation by Brittsli subjects al territory claimed by Venezuela , done by authority' nnd under tlin protection of the British government , Is a matter' which tiie1 United States la llkoly .to 'be , called upon to seriously consider , . The adyIces are that the alleged encroachment has ilevelopcd'lnto a good sized invasion , nnd large. Quantities of'the' best land 'belong- ing-to tiio Venezuela government has been'entered on by the .trespasser ? , who have.cut off several hundred thousand dollars' worth of valuable dye nnd hard woods , which , ) iavc , been shipped'to foreign ports. Tlio scene ol depredation is so far from any of the railroads aild military stations th'at it would be dilllcult to attempt an ejectment , and it Is. said that the colonists wore well armed and equipped by the British ollicers previous lo starting on this enterprise. Numerous complaints have been made by the Venezuelan au thorities , but they wore only met with a contemptuous silence on the part of the British. With the colonists arc said to bu two or three ollicers who are looking over the country , previous to Importing a new lot of emigrants. The Venezuela officials state that the eastern portion of ttielr country will bo overrun soon , and all the government lands occupied with out permission. Moreover the British authorities intimate that trouble will fol low any attempt to drive the invaderb from their now abodes. There is a man- ot-war lying off the British possessions , awaiting oidcrs. Successful Chock OrnCtiiiir. Harry Hagan , who had his left cheek torn from his face about three weeks ago , and for whom Dr. Lee has been building a new one , had the last graft put on yesterday. There have been al together thirty-live grafts made and all but two or three of these were successful. The cheek will not bu so full as the right one , but the difference will mar his per sonal appearance but little. The edges where the grafts meet are barely per- cepiblc on close inspection nnd a short distance away the dim network of deli- catu tears would never bu noticed. An llonoHt Civil Engineer. Chicago News. In the Pacific railroad investigation the commission Tuesday inquired into matters concerning the construction of tlio Union Pacific. In all thu mass of evidence brought out from witnesses thoroughly acquainted with every detail of thu road from its incep tion to the present ono very interesting nnd important incident concerning the construction of the road docs not appear in the reports of the investigation. I got this story from Edward Chamber lain , once a western railroad man but now retired. He is familiar with the early history of the road and is intimately ac- quainfed with Peter A. Dcy , of lo'wa , a civil engineer who was first placed in charge as chief engineer of the eastern division , which extended from Omaha to Ogdcn. It was about 1807 when Mr. Dey first run his preliminary lines. Ho pushed the woric rapidlv , and linallv sent his es timates , outline of route , levels , etc. , lo Boston , thi ) headquarters of the com pany. Oakes Ames was then a promi nent ligure in the road , and , as every ono knows who is acquainted with the history ot the corporation , was largely instrumental in securing financial assistance from tlio government. Mr. Ames examined the reports submitted by Mr. Dey and was surprised to observe ihat the latter's esti mate of the cost of construction was much below what ho ( Ames ) had thought it would be , and ho was greatly pleased thereat. Tue estimate of the nvcraco cost of tlio road par milo was $25,000. This is very cheap , and the very fact thatr it was cheap is very probably why the government is a creditor of the road to the extenl of several millions of dollars. At all events , Mr. Ames saw a good chance in this matter of tlio estimate , for a short time after Mr. Dey had submitted Ihem he received a letter from Ames to this effect : "Your work lias been com pleted lo my r.nlire satisfaction , and tiio thanks of the company aru due you. We can find no error in your worlc unless it be that your estimate is too cheap. How ever , wo do not consider trtnt to be any fault of yours. Nevertheless , we return herewith the estimales and request that you increase your estimate of the cost of the construction of your division from $25,000 to ! f)0,0il ) ) per mile , ami , depend upon it , when this extra work which wo impose upon you is completed , your la bors shall not go unrewarded. " If Mr Dey was surprised when lie had mustered thu contents of this letter , Mr. Ames was doubly so when ho received Dey's reply , which reached him by re turn mail. It was in substance : "I have been scrupuously careful in my work and will stake my reputation and future prospects on thu accuracy of of the estimates. If you had known mete to bu incapable of doing this work I never would have received the appoint ment. Therefore , I cannot do as you re quest regarding thu increase of tlio esti mates and you have herewith my resig nation , to take effect immediately. I cannot afford to do the work you ask of mo. " Some ono else did raise tlio estimates , but Mr. Dhambcrlain docs not know who did. did.Mr. . Dey is now a member of the Iowa slate board of railway commissioners and last year his name was prominently mentioned for appointment as ono ot the inter-state commerce commissioners. A SNAKE BAKE. Cheerful hittlo Konxt of n Poiv Thou sand lint tiers NnorOrniion City. From the Krisses Examiner : Said J. 1) . Andrews , nn Oregon pioneer , yesterday : "Thin is what I know about snakes. I have a farm on the Mollalla , a few miles from Oregon City , near an oblong , rock- covered hill called Uattlesnake Hill , which for years has just been swarming with them. In Ihe .spring , when lliu weather gets warm , the rattlesnakes come out of iho ledges and drift down on the creek bottoms , becoming very trou blesome. My farm being only Ihreo miles awav , these reptiles became each year more and more troublesome , on- ilangering especially the lives of my chil dren , who , despite all ( could do , would persist in going about barefooted. "Uell , a year ago last spring _ they swarmed into my wheat field so thickly that I couldn't cut it when it wax ripe. This may sound odd to you , but it is a fuel. So I got some of my neighbors to help me. find I plowed several furrows around the Hold , and then hud hair ropes mound it and sul lire lo lliu wheat. Well , of all the Bl//mg , and frying , and strange sqimwKs , and noises you ever heard , and leaping up and ditqilaying forked tongues I don't think anybody ever be- foresaw. Of course they ran from the lire , but the hair rope on tlin further side turned thorn , until they had a circle of fire around them. "Well , whim the wheat was burned off thprc were thousands ot dead rattle snakes. They were thicker in thu middle of tun field than anywhere elsu , ami went twisted and tied together in knots and bunches almost as big as a barrel. I guess we must liavw made a clean sweep of them thrt tune , for they have never put in an appearance lliore since. " In another column of this issue will bo found an entirely new and novel speui- men of attractive advertising. It is ono of the neatest over placed in our paper , and wo think our readers will bu well re- p.iiil for examining tlu ) SIITOSKI > ills- Dliiy letters in the advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitturg. A MXCOlj.N SKNSATION. . Kloncmcnt of n LmlyVlio Moved In the Itrsl Circles. ' ' . The1 society circles bf Lincoln riro nil broken up over n 'little affair which oc curred , but which the ' "best people' ! said should not occur. Mrs. Winger Is the wlfo.'of tlio most prominent dry goods merchant there. She Is peed looking , voluptuous and Inclined to bn friendly. All the church socials recognized her as a loader. She could sing the sweetest psalms and assume the most devout ex pression of tiny lady * ih Lincoln. The prayer meeting was not without her Influence. She counselled the erring man and pointed the way in which ho should go. Thorp was not an avenue of vice Which she did not atlompt to close. She held alloft the banner 'of light and truth and tgld the misguided youth thu fearful pltinge ho was taking into eter. nity by smoking cigarettes. She collared the hoary-headed sinner , who was up boi times for his morning nip , and told how dreadful it was to neglect a wife and a clinging family. She held virtue in her mit , und had only to extend her palui for others to look with admiration. In fact , virtue was porsonillcd In Mrs. \ \ inger , but. poor woman , she was human. A Mr. Alexander J. Culver was a frequenter of her homo , If not an actual resident. Ho was about twenty-live. Ho was full to overflowing with the life blood of adolescence and ho met with a beguiling response iti all his prettv ways ns far as Mr.s. Winger was concerned. She was thu mother of six children and had those littlu charges to look after , but yet there lurked within her breast feeling that enjoyment was paramount to her duty. LiKe Adam viewing Eve , she looked .ipon Aleck and ho was fair , and if not ) olo'od of men , ho certainly was of women. So the Usiiiil signal came. With- nit a kiss to hubby or a by-by to thu Htle ones , she left her bud and board iotne two weeks ago and went hence nit With the great broad world with her tnlegali/.ed love. They lied , no ono xnows where. Since the time of their ( light no ono can point the spot of loca- 'ion. The little ones cry aloud for a par- iiit that is lost , und the only echo they ticar is the subdued muttering of n hus band and father who im agines that women nro painted ' .oys. With Moore ho thinks that their icarts arc a pitiful treasure , and evcry- : hing about them that Mohammed ox- re.Msed was only too just , only that Air. ohammed did not thoroughly cover the ground. The good , pious papers of Lincoln liavo said never a word about the affair. Every pencil there was paralyzed with admiration on the ono hand and fear of ( enunciation on the other. MORE Thirty-One Fortune Hunters Cap- turn ! Ily thn Police. Last evening while thcgambling rooms over the Turf Exchange on Douglas treetwero in full blast , Ollicers Ormsby , lorrigiin and McCrackun quietly forced hu door open and stood for a few seconds ends watching the oene. The roulettee and chuck-a-luck wheels were running , mil the games of stud poker nnd faro were in progress. As soon as the officers were rccogni'/.od great confusion pro- yaileu ; the chips were sc.Mttorod over the leer , the lighls lurnod down and a cen tral rush made for all available points of exit. Some of the men attempted lo get : > ut of the windows , one or two tried o crawl into the beer elevator , ind all the different hiding places onnceted with the room were filled. Ono young fellow who gave the alias of Frank Smith broke the glass in one of Iho doors : md jumped Ihrough. However , all present were uuptiirt'd , thlrt.y-ono alto gether , and it required three trips of thu > atrol wagon to taku them to thu central Police station. From thu gambling tables Jieru was taken f Oil 05. The following are tUo name ; or aliases given : L. Jones. E. B. Cook , E. C. Vundoveur , Frank Smith , George Kingo , JackKoach , . Hanson , J. Muck known as "Tele- ilione Jake , " W. P. Sauorbraun , Jack Morrison , "Buck" llendersliot , Tom Blddeson , J. H. Wright , J. 11. Reynolds , II. Huff , Charles Beck , C. W. Gibson , "Buck" Copuland , L. K. Ryan , Charles .little , P. Bernard , . L. Victor. L. Franstir , W. C'allan. Fred Wells , N. P. Wmn , Charles Goodman , Charles Bullar. H. Wells , A. W. Sansmith and W. J. Mur- iock. There was almost enough money taken rom the prisoners to start a bank. Fred Woll.s had the most , having ? r > 10.iO : on his ; > crson , and N. P. Winn had AltMV NK\\S. General Court Martini Ordered to Mod at Kurt Mulvlnnoy. A general court martial has been ap- minted to meet at Fort Melvinney , Wyo. , October 10 , for thu trial ot such persons as may bo properly brought boforu it. Tlio detail for the court is as follows : Captain Bonhum , 7th infantry ; Captain Woisel , assistant surgeon , U. S. army ; Captain Sanno , 7th infantry Captain Dimmick , Oth cavalry ; First Lieutenant Garrard , 'Jth cavalry First Lieut unant Young , 7th cavalry ; First Lieutenant Jackson , 7th cavalry ; First Lieutenant Powell , llth cuvalry Second Lieutenant Gardner , Otli cavalry Second Lieutenant Bcnton , iith cavalry Second Lieutenant Harbour , 7th infantry , judge advocate. The commanding officer at Fort Omaha has been ordered to send under charge of Captain Thomas Sharp , 17th infantry , and H suitable guard , to the Fort Leavonworth military prison , the following military convicts : John Burn ett , George E Foroy , Edward J. Ilogan , Michael McFadden , Adam Ileillgun * thaler , Charles Hopkins and Henry C. itccsor. Leave of absence for seven days has been granted Captain Thomas Sharp , Seventeen infantry. A Krcncli-ltaliiin Slnhbln ; ; . Joel Ben/.on , a French hotel Keeper , and Dominiok Uusu , an Italian peddler , had an altercation near the corner of Tenth and Capitol avenue yesterday afternoon tornoon and in the midst of the fight Uus is charged with stabbing Bon/on in tiie log with a dirk. Both tlio combat ants were arrested. IMI'UOVH.'HH.Vf 9. A Grmt Which \\a.s ( iround Out Tlin ! Morn I UK. Chairman Balcombo ctittud yesterday morning that the only material rejected for .sidewalks in this city except planks was brick. Ho him.sult was opposed to everything except sloiiu , and Mr. Mtiyne , although voting against asphalt , with him , might yet vote in favor of it. Thu ordinance numirus that the material filial be of atone or "like permanent material , " and nothing is .so durable as stone , ex cept it be the bust kind of artificial pav ing stone , which is now being laid hero If iisplialtum in UMid , Mr. Balcombo pro poses to see thai its composition shall hi much harder than has ever been liit : down before in this city. L-ittt Thursday evening workmen re commenced lliu la } . rig of the Motor llnu curve at the corner of Fifteunth ant Howard streets. Mr. llounrod wassbowi a permit so to do granted thn company by Chairman Bulcombu on the 1'Jtli o last month , two days before thu ordi milieu was passed. Tint chairman of the board ha1 ? notiliiii thu Cable Tramway company that unlcs t finishes the . repairing of. tlio Tonlh street paving destroyed-by its tracks by ho 8th of ticvt month the work will bo ordered done by J. E. ' Klloy and the sama charged lo the eompahv' . . ' , The same company was notified to. cle.lr all Its obstructing castings from the sidewalk and gutters on Tenth street. The Omaha Horse Railway company v.19 again notified that it would bu no- pessaty for it to take out a permit before commencing to tear up streets. llKAb KSTATBJWAXMFH US. ) extor f. Thomas nnd wife to ( leo B Ulnnelitcr , etui. lot ! ' . blkO , KmuiUe * 4th supplementary mm , w d tf 5,0 < X ) . j V Morse et at to N . ) Kilholiu el at , lot 7 , bile y , Morao & Drtiiinurs add , wd : 150 lonry Ambler ot al to Allen 11 White , lots U and , blk 14 , Ambler place , wd 1,200 tobertA Harris et alto Kinpst Klnll trustee , s o J.f of fl o t { 7. 11 , l.'l e. w d 33,000 Otto LlinsMin to llonry llnmtnnn et nl , K of n X of lot l'Jj ) In Mlllard As Calilwellii ndil , wd 750 Edwin G Koort nnd wlto to Hermann Newman , lot 13 nn.l 111 , blk H , A I- brlKhts nnnex to South Omixlui , w d. 2U Charles Elsnsser mid wife to Gottlieb F Klsasscr nt al , n iM ft lot 5 , blk vi Hountre's 4th nud , w d 1,3W ( A J llnnscom mid wife to Kinncls SI Slinvcr , lot1 , blk 00 llnnscmii pl.icu. w d W < .villa U llixll to Ida Flomliur , n M ft lot 7 llnll nlncc. w d 1,403 jydlit It llnll lo William Flcmltiff/lot 0 nnd s : iK ft lot 7 Hall itlnce , w d. . 1 , < WO .villa II Unit to William [ 'lomiiiK , lot r. Hull place , w d 1,500 Vllliam Klein I iu- and wife to Mitchell Kleiiilnir , sr , lots 8 nnd 0 Allen's RUbdivntldt 0 Kynn's add , w d . . . 3,500 Vlllmin I'lemliiK nnd wife to Murpirct Cheney , lot 10. Allen's subdlv ol lot ! " > , Ituunii'.H ndd ; w d 1,7M 1. K. Kainuy to ( k-ir ( oV. . lloersller , lots 1 and' ' , bllc'J , UmaLa View add ; w d , ; iCOO Simeon H , Clmpmaii to Cor.i II. Sln- lunn , lots 10 and 17 , blk ( I , .Jerome 1'ark add : w d 0,500 Theodore Olson nnd wife to Miuceu Htine Johnson , lot 7 , blk'J , South Omalm 1'arl ; add ; w d 40C teor e H. I'-unectnl to William U. MrClollaud , lots 0 and 7 , block 'J , Kllby I'lucendd ; wd 3.40C oh u II. U.imulsnnd wlto to William A. ( 'loild.ird , und K let 10 , blk 10 , liedfoid Place add ; wd X < 0 \ N. Janes and wife to Mary L. Tin ner , lot 8 blk. 3 , Paddock I'laco , w. d O.OW The union Stock Vurds Conumny to Charles N. Folsoin , elnl , lots 0 and 7 blk. G , 1st addition to South Om.ilm , w. d 700 Franklin II. Whitney and wile to John K. Kichhnrt , et al , lot 8 blk. 7i * , South Omaha , w d 1 folm J Mahonuy , et nl to Frank J Per sons' , lot 0 blk 1 , Malmnev > t MI n a- hau'fi 1st addition lo Soutli Omaha , w d 550 John ,1 Mahuiiey , nt nl to John V Kichhnrt , lot 7 blk 1 , Mnhuiiey & Mlnalmn's 1st addition to South Omnlm , w d 550 Twenty-three transfers , total 55SJT. IlUIIiDING PICK M ITS. Jonry llainann , two-story frnmo dwelling , Fifteenth and C'orby , to cost 81,800 ) . Ptilmtne , one-story Irnino cottnpc , Twenty-first south of Boulevard , to cost 200 Mark Andrews , iloublu one-story In Ick store. 1UM14 Nottn Twelfth street , to cost 2,145 Minnie \Vlrtli , repairing duelling , Twenty-liillli and a liali and How ard , to cost 400 John T. .Murnhv. two-story trnmo dwelling , Twenty-second and Lake , to cost 1,500 A. L. Don ley , one-story liame dwell- Ins , Ohio near Twenty-second , to cost 300 \ \ . O Hnlin , ono ntid n half stoty frame bain , Fi.uilclin , neat Thirtv- eUhth , toeiist 175 W. .1. Paul , iwo-storv Irnino dwelling , Thlrty-siMh and Douglas , to cost. . . 2,300 Kliht ? permits nccrecatinc 80,1'JO ' SCALY , ITCHY SKIN \iitl All Iloliliii ; anil Scaly Skin and Scalp IMscasc.s Cured hy C'utlciira. TJSOKIASIS , Kc/cinn , Toiler , Hinirworm , LI- JL clicn , PrurltiiN , Sunlit lloml. .Milk Crust. liunlriill , llnrlirr-i' , lliulicrs' , Oiorcrs' and iVusliurwiiiiiiin'H Itch , mid nvcry spoolcs of Itclilnv , lliiriiiuir , Scaly , I'uiiply Humors at tlio klli and Brtili > , with l.o s of lliilr.uro poiltlvoly curuil liy OiMii.uiiA. thu Great SklnCuru , Uini- mil * SOAP , un ox < | iiMlo hkln lleiiutltlor uxtor- tally , ami UuricuuA IU.M > i.vi.vr.lh : < > new Illood IMmiHKic Internal ! ) , when pli > 8icliuiH and nil ithor remedies lull. rsouiASAs , OK sr.u.v SKIN. I. John J. ( 'Bin. 1) . I ) . S. , linvliiR practices luntlstry In Ilils country lur thlity-llvo joaii mil bclmr well knnnn lo thousands liririilioiitH. with a vkiw to htilp liny "ho nru ullllotod as I uivo boon for the past tuo.vp years , testify hat tlio CuiicmiA UhMii : > iKs mired mo ot 'Boriaslg , or Scaly Skin , In rlgh ! dnj s , iif tor tlio Uu'lorH with whom I hnil consulted avuno no , N. J. IMSTKI'.SSIM ' ! KlU'l'TION. VoiirOimcimv UkMUimss performed n won Inrl nl euro Insl mimraor on ono of ourciihton.- cr , un old nentlonmn of Mivimty run H or IIKO , who Miirorcil with n foiirtully dMiehSlmr erup I Ion on Ilia lumdand t'leo , and who had tried nil remuillCH and doctors to no pin I"115- ; . J * I , tMli-ll < X LO. , TKXiiiK\.vt , AUK. _ wisri'ANriM , in1 SCAI.IS. : II. K. Curppiitor. Henderson , N. V. , cured of r oriaHl3orljOnofy | , ot twenty yearn" standing by Curuanu KKMKIIIIM. The most wonderful emu on rocord. A iliHlpanlul of ncaloHfnll Irom him dully. 1'liyblulaiiH anil his fiieiuli thought hu must die , F.C/KMA. KAlTlUAI.I.Y ClIKKH. for tlio radleal curn ot an obstinate case of Kc/omu of lowr Btandlmr , I ( flvo cnllro credit tc the CiiTioim * HI.HKIIIH- . H. II. ItlBIIAHUSON , Now Haven , Conn. Bold by all druir i8ls. 1'rlo.i : Cimcuiit , conte : HhStn.vi.NT , H.dU ; FOM',26 cents. l'oi > iKtt Ilium AMI CIIBMIOU. Co. , IloHton. Send for "How to Cure Skin Disoases. " n-n A TY'l'H'V thu Complexion and Hkln K tS / \ iJ by UBltlK tllO CUlllUillAbOAl' . IT FEELS GOOD. Thnsn worn out ultli I'nlns , Aclief mxl Weaknc'Him llnd IIKMKKIN OKI MINIITI , 111 tlio ( JUIK'lllA AVII-1'AU PUBTKIl At drIIKplilrt. 25 OOlltU HACAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM , For tlin I'nrr , Ni-rli , Arm * mwl llmnlx. Uai.iatUilriM l.lijnl'l. UimralHK.l . 1'utnuiMl hlrktly Ilium i HK. liutaullu { ti'//r ' | / l nnd Ktverltrlttlnl iln * n WMhilrrfiilly finuoili , bull , I'llnliln ii l IH-llriiln Mkhi. A I'tMrl ' III. . ' ( 'u in 1. 1 ex I ii u llnjia ; wllh ttis AlnliHMlrr Nt-rk , Arnmnml llnml * . lljiU 1110 | 'tiriili-M | , liliilclit-u , XUiiliimi , \ Vntrrliinnnrln null , ' "tfl'liyV Ki'ilncnH , Millunni-mi , nnU all MllN llll'.MIlIliS : und uflllctluiii uru rummiU. HiturMliu irinii n In I w U < "f 'lTl . " Imim-dli.Uly iit i l unillifrialicd'nftur u lUj | it , lJvUmu' uM niS ir bo wIlliuiU It. Cilv * Ihw U.U..M u Trial t
