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A UOUONKII'S jury in the Kouts ilia
aster has mildly censured Iho railrout
company , us usual , and laid the chio
blame on overworked and undorpait
employes.
A GUANi ) ISLAND paper remarks lha' '
the I'ublio Fountain has again begun t (
flpw regularly. It Hhould not bo ex
pected that the Fountain could supply t
baby and the public at the same time.
" " How insignificant the magician wlit
BwallowH swords and other iron implements
ments must feel when ho sees Knight o
"Black Friday" storing a whole rail
road or telegraph system in his mav
Without wincing.
now settlers in the Texas Pun
handle region are undergoing a pro
cess of evictions at the hands of a "coin
puny. " Perhaps it would bo well fo
this country to stop declaiming ubou
the evictions in Ireland until our owi
are stopped.
ANOTHHK political party was born a
Springfield , * 111. , last Friday. Thi
makes the ninth now in the field. It wa
named the "Industrial Heform" party
and Mrs. Lockwood , late presidentiii
candidate , is its guardian ungol. Th
courage of the woman who brought i
forth must bo out of the ordinary , as th
day was Friday.
THK price of coal is raised in man ;
parts of the country this week. In Chicago
cage the people are discussing the ques
tion whether gas could not bo used as
fuel. It has been demonstrated tha
gas can bo manufactured in that city fo
about fifty cents per 1,000 foot , an
would connoquontly bo a cheaper fuc
than coal at its present prices. N
doubt gas could bo manufactured for
similar purpose in Omaha also , whic
would bo cheaper than using coal. ]
the extortions of the coal robbers shoul
load to the invention of a cheaper fuc
than is now in use , wo would have
very pleasing instance of monopolist !
greed working its own defeat.
Tiuc late holocaust at Kouts stalio
lias revived the assaults on the ci ;
stove , which stubbornly holds its plac
in spite of all denunciation and all th
liorriblo consequences that have pri
coedcd from its use. Although the aj
itation for getting rid of this instn
went of torture and the most torribl
deaths in a railroad wreck was slarlc
early in the year , very little lias boo
accomplished for its removal. Two <
three railroads are expected to wholl
or partially abandon the atovo this wii
tor , but on nearly all the roads of tli
country this terror of the traveler wi
continue to bo found in full blast , read
to cremate caged and holplo.ts humanil
whenever an opportunity oilers. Thoi
lias boon ample time for every road i
the country to have been provided wit
other moans of heating , but in the al
Bunco of legislation compelling them 1
do this very few have paid any attot
tion to it. It is to bo feared that th
terrible stove will remain until logish
tion absolutely prohibiting its Ube bi
comes general throughout the countr ;
TltKUl ! s-ooms likely- bo a , sorioi
hitoh at the outset of the ncgotialioi
which Mr. Bayard is soon to enter upc
regarding the dispute over the Canadin
fisheries. The advices from Canada ii
dlcato that the temper there is n
altogether such as promises a calm ar
thoroughly judicial discussion of tl
controversy , but rather denotes a di
l > osition to insist in advance on corta :
concessions. Among these it is a :
nounccd that the Canadians will agn
to no arrangement unless their fish a
allowed to come into the United Slut
free. Apart from all considerations
to the desirability , in the intercut
her own people , cf admittit
Canadian fibh free , the commi
sioncrs on the part of tli
country would very promptly subjo
themselves to popular condomnatii
wore they to make a concession of tli
or any other point at the dictation
Canada and as a condition precedent
her acceptance of any arrangemo
upon which the joint commission mig
agrco. If this Is the spirit in whi
Canada proposes to enter upon the oo
Bldorutiou of this controversy the boon
Mr. Bayard drops the matter the belt
ba will please the American people.
Mercer and Shields.
Omaha Herald ! The HfeR lnttmntcath.it
there nro "several thousand worklngmen in
Omaha who will veto ngnlnst Mr. Ocorgo
Shields and for Mr. David Mercer , solely because -
cause Mr. O. J. Smyth did not receive the
democratic nomination ,
What ! In politics with the Br.B spltowork
of the kind which would tulvlso the defeat of
nn honest , deserving young man who hns
been Bclf-mndo in Omaha before the eyes of
Its people , and for the s.iko of a man who
was a paid lobbyist of the Union Pacific rail *
roudt
Where Is the BEE'S consistency In opposing
Leo Estello for the Judiciary nnd supporting
David Mercer ?
The BCK has given no support to
David Mercer nnd it never will recom
mend him as a fit person to fill the posi
tion of county judge. But it also
declines to oxcrt its influence on behalf
of Mr. Shields. It is a notorious fact
that Mr. Shields was nominated to rebuke -
buko Hon. C. J. Smyth for supporting
General Van "Wyck and opposing the
charter mutilators in the last legisla
ture. Rothackor , Morrissey , Moynilmn
and the strikers and desperadoes that
train with that disreputable combine
were on the floor of the convention
working with might and main for
Shields and against Smyth. The spokes
man of , this infamous gang , Dan Angel ,
openly raised the Van WycK issue be
fore the convention in a most insulting
harangue.
Mr. Shields may not bo responsible
for the character imd conduct of hia
backers , but the BEE will not stultify
itself by giving oven an indirect en
dorsement to any man who owes hia
nomination to venal wretches and black
legs who prowl around conventions ,
city councils and legislatures like
wolves and hyenas in search of prey
among carrion on a battlefield.
Furthermore , the BEE docs not pro-
poio directly or indirectly to give coun
tenance to the remotest reflection on
any representative who was loyal to hia
constituents , stood up manfully for
the rights and intorestsof the industrial
cltibses in the halls of legislation , with
stood the pressure of corporate power
and resisted the corrupting influenced
jobbers and public thioves. It is unfor
tunate for Mr. Shields that this issue
lias boon forced through his nomina
tion. Ho should never have accepted it
under the circumstances , and ho will
have to charge his defeat up to the
reckless , vindictive and unprincipled
combine of which the editor of the Her
ald is on o of the master spirits.
Open Sessions.
To-day the Omaha board of trade will
inaugurate open sessions for the trans
action of commercial business , and it is
to be hoped the occasion will ho signal-
x.ed by a general attendance. There is
a great deal in hlarting right. If onlj
few manifest interest in the outer-
; > ribo it would very likely happen that
iUbsequont sessions would show a de
clining attendance until finally the dailj
meetings become more informal gather-
ngs without purpose or valuo. There
should bo a general and hearty interest
nanifestcd at thobeginningandbteadilj
naintained. Every business man win
is a member of the board car
nfford to devote an hour daily , or ai
east three or four times a week , to thest
sessions , even though ho may not trans-
ict any business at all thoro. Associa
tion with other business men , loading
to an interchange of views relating tc
the general welfare , ho will certainly
find to his advantage , and then his ex
ample will bo useful.
The experienced and intelligent bust
ness men of Omaha who are members ol
the board of trade , and many of when
doubtless have boon connected witl
other similar organizations , do not require
quire any advice or suggestions as t <
what should bo done or how they shouli
conduct themselves in a matter of tin
kind. They may safely bo assumed toun
derstand fully what is meant by an opei
session of the board and just how to pro
ceed therein. It may alto bo suppose *
that they will discern what is necessar ;
to bo done from time to tirao lo advanci
the usefulness and attractiveness o
these sessions. Wo feel quite sure tha
however grateful they might bo for thi
solicitude which manifests itself ii
formulating instructions rcspoctin ;
what shall bo done and how it shall b
done , they do not need it. But it is entirely
tirely proper , and may oven bo ncccs
sary , to urge upon them the wisdom aiv
importance of making a right start b ,
such a general exhibition of concern fo
the succobs of the enterprise as wil
have an impression and olToct not con
fined to the business men of Omaha
The first open session of the boar
to-day should bo fully attended by th
members , and all should feel it to b
an important part of their daily duty t
bo present at the&o sessions. Few wh
do so , wo venture to predict ; will fail t
find that they have profited by it.
VIlnH for Second Place.
There can bo very little doubt thti
Postmaster General Vilas desires th
democratic nomination for the vice prei
iilency next year , and there is bom
reason to believe that Mr. Clovolan
has a preference for him. The cand :
date will almost certainly bo taken froi
the west , anil Mr. Vilas has had an o >
cellont opportunity to convince th
prcbident that there is no more availt
bio man Jhan ho. The postmaster gcr
oral is a very plausible gentleman , I
quite an orator , and bears a militar
title which ho won by merit. Th
recognition of the soldier which woul
bo implied in his nomination would I
expected to atone in a measure for th
past course of the administration n
gtirding this element , and to glv
promise of bettor things in the futun
As to his democracy it is of tli
through-and-through kind , and no men
bo r of the administration has boon 11101
industrious and zealous , according i
hi > > opiKH-tunitlcs , in replacing ropul
licans by democrats. So eager was 1
to "turn the rascals out" that very soc
after entering into olllce ho addrcssc
his attention to finding a thorough an
expeditious- plan for affecting a cleti
bweopi the result being the famoi
secret circular to congressmen. Th
notable example of the political acumc
and partisan zeal of Mr. Vilas would 1
recalled by a certain class of democra
to his advantage. As to the prominoni
bo has'eujoycd during the later portlc
of the president's lour , it may not Lave
been prearranged , but it is not easy to
dismiss the idea that it has a purpose
fVndod to affect the choice of
* ho national democratic convention.
Meanwhile it is interesting to note
that Colonel Vilas is not the unanimous
choice of the democracy of his own
state as a candidate for the vlco presi
dency. It hns just developed that there
is a very considerable opposition to him
there , who charges him with having
manipulated appointments in his state
in his own interest , nnd in BO doing ling
wrecked the party. This allegation lua
friends warmly deny , and the imme
diate promise is that there will bo n
pretty thorough discussion of the issue
among Wisconsin democrats. It might
not make any serious difference to
Colonel Vilas whether ho shall have
the full support of the delegation of his
own state or not if ho is secure in the
favor of Mr. Cleveland and it is deter
mined that the president prefers him for
the second place. . The outlook is
that everything will bo done in the
next national convention of the democ
racy to gratify Mr. Cleveland , and it is
altogether probable that ho will not
hesitate to make known what will grat
ify him. If nil signs are not misleading ,
Vilas is a little the safest man to bet on
for second place.
Mn. J. L , Webster has become a very
great man in his own estimation since
ho was hoisted into a three thousand
dollar attornoyship on the city pay roll.
Ho actually threatens to enjoin the
erection of a three-foot wall on the BKE
Publishing company's own ground adja
cent to the lot owned by the city , under
the pretence that the wall will endanger
the city hall building. This is rather
cool , to say the least. Lot Mr. Webster
got that injunction , by all means , and
lot him also put up a sufficient bond tc
pay all damages for delaying and ob
structing the building , which will in
clude also the rental of the building for
at least six months if the foundations are
not allowed to bo put up in this season.
Mr. Webster is doubtless willing to let
the city pay thcso damages , but wo
doubt whether the taxpayers of Omaha
will permit him and others to carry out
a little personal spite work at the city'a
expense.
TIIEIIK will ho two registration days
this week , Wednesday and Friday. The
results of the first day of registration
showed a general lack of interest in
this most important and necessary dutj
of the voter which was hardly to bo ex
pected , alid which is very much to be
regretted. It is to bo hoped that the
opportunities that will bo given this
week for registering no voter will ne
glect to avail himself of , as but one
more chance will bo afforded after these
and it is not safe to put off this duty t <
the last day upon which it can bo per
formed. The election in November ii
important , and every voter should be
prepared to exorcise his right on thtr
occasion. In order to do so his name
must appear on the now regibtry lists
Attend to this vital duty this week , go
it off your mind and bo on the safe side
THEKE are several delegates in tin
elistrict judicial convention from Doug
las county , who , wo are informed , an
almost openly in the market to the high
cst bidder. For the benefit of thesi
boodlcrs vo will htato that the now election
tion law makes the buying or selling o
delegates to any convention a penitentiary
ary ollenso. The provision as to dele
gate covers the alternate , whenever h <
acts in capacity as a delegate.
THE democratic county ticket is i
dead cock in the pit from the start. I
the candidates had all been what the ;
should bo , they never could have com
mantled their full parly support afto
the send-off that was given them b ;
Burchard Angel , and the threats o
McShano's bull-dozing editor that In
would support no man who had votci
for Van Wyok last year.
COMsnssiONEU TIMMK has been th
hardest-worked official in Dougln
county. Ho has labored both day am
night for his constituents and draw
pay for Fourth of July , Thanksgiving
Christmas and Now Years. He hu
drawn mileage enough in six months t
have traveled around the world.
WHEN any citizen of Omaha has enterprise
torpriso enough to undertake the oree
tion of a three hundred thousand della
fire proof block , it is very becoming i
councilmen and city officials to von
their personal spleen by throwing ol ;
structions in the way of improvement
IF the beggar on horseback who wa
peddling out worthless nowspapo
stock to Ballon and other dupes flhtid i
in his power to pay on ? his creditors wit
judgeships wo have no doubt ho woul
gladly do it.
Van Wyck in Sioux City.
6'oul/i .SfoiLc Cily Sun.
Ex-Senator Van Wyck , one of th
most widely known western men , dolu
orod the opening address at the cor
palace , Monelay evening. Many thoi
sand people were in attendance. Th
strictest attention was given the gran
old man. Original and eccentric , ole
quont and wonderful , Mr. Van Wye
held his audience to the end. Yet th
address was not just what many peopl
expected to hear. They supiH.sodsoni
of them , that his speech would bo
sophoinorieal essay , a carefully sludie
lecture on corn and Sioux City's growl
but it was not. Ho paid a glov
ing tribute to the cntcrpriE
nnd courage of Sioux City
citizens and complimented tli
magnificence of the palace as a now an
novel idea. Striking the key note froi
Iho beginning , by asking who raise
the corn to whom the treasure shoul
be given , ho went beyond the potty aj
pUcation , and scored the millionair
railway robbers in no uncertain lorim
The idea was not now to him , and hi
address was listened to by UUHO wh
immediately saw the soundnoHS of hi
logio and appropriateness of dolivorln
it , in that place and at thai timo.
When ho said that two inonoiwllsti
millionaire railway magnales could H
in a parlor at Saratoga and dictate th
jirico on corn the product of two mi
lion tellers the audience roturnc
rounds of applause , Ho told all abet
the conflict between capital and labor-
and wondered ia his surciuUc style , wh
the man who had stolen n lo'pcnny loaf
of broad was eont to prison and ; \vhy
Gould nnd Vandorbllt and other great
public plunderers who have stolen their
millions were never invited to partake
of the hospitalities of r. jail.
Mr. Van Wyck hns that happy man
ner of saying what ho thinks , and also
possesses the necessary apparatus to
think wilh and regardless of what people
ple want to hear , ho makes them hear
what ho wants to say to them.
Yet in the audience were a few men
who immediately insisted that Van
Wyck was a domtigoguo and a crank ,
because they had heard their musters
say ho was. But domtigoguo or crunk ,
madman or idiot , ho is the ely person in
this now wesl who bus had Iho courage
nnd ability to battle for the rights ol
the down-trodden nnd oppressed. Ho
know better than any other inan in the
vast audience Monday night , the ends
and measures to which railways will go
to secure legislation favorable to their
interests , lie hns repeatedly charged
men in the senate of the United Stales ,
with boingcorruptandpurchnscublo.but
all the other mcun nnd coulcmpliblo
things that the monopoly press and
monopoly hirelings have said about
Van Wyck , they have never been able
to show that ho over attempted to levy
blackmail or aid them in their dis
reputable work of plundering the labor
ing men.
Out of politics , out of office , Mr. Van
Wyck is the sumo hard shoulder
striker that ho was during his lust six
years in the United States somite.
The Sun hns said before , and it firmly
believes , that the next legislature oi
Nebraska will bo solid for him , almost
to a num. And if ho is elected , those
who know him best know thut the people
ple will find in him u still stronger
friend und God knows thai what this
western country needs is some kind of u
balance wheel , something to helil Ihe
railroads partially til buy or every farm
in Iho western part of the United Stutes
will covered with a mortgage , and
Iho railwnyu will foreclose Iheiu.
Quiii llolinnon'H Peculiar Case.
Chicago Herald.
At borne lime previous to the year 188 [
Quin Bohtinon , of Nebraska , killed n
man named Cook. Thojmu rdoror was
found guilty in the second degree and
sentenced lo imprisonment for life.
Bui ho thought the sentence too harsli
and carried his case to lliersupromc
court. That tribunal reversed and re
manded Iho cause. II came again fet
trial in Iho lower courl on the old in
dictment , when the sentence was fixed
ut death. Thereupon Bohanoti
went tigain before tlio up
per bench , submitting that lit
hud been tried twice for his life , in con
travention of the liflh amendment te
the federal constitution , which declare :
that "no person shall bo subject for the
same offense to bb twice put in jeopardj
of life or limb. " The supreme court of
Nebraska hold that ho was wrong and
should bo hanged' . To this proceeding
the convicted prisoner interposed ar
appeal to the supreme court of the
United States , in which body the record
has just made its appearance.
D'lhe stale declares that it has nol
twice put Bohtinon's life in jeopardy , 01
that , il it have , the fifth amendment o :
the Federal organic law does not extent
to the states. But it would seem thai
Quin Bohtinon , nevertheless , was twice
in danger of lhd hemp which he ne
doubt richly deserved. The case is one
of broad intcrestand the delay involved
stretching over' fm interval of more
than five years , may bo patiently borne
by the stuilenl of criminal procedure
as the finding of Iho highesl court wil
cover many cases other than that o
Bohiinon.
In fact , it will have to cover othci
cases if it cover anything al all , as Bo
htuion escaped long ago , and Uns par
ticular murder may by this lime have
dropped entirely out of his mind.
A Noted Forger nt Liberty.
Now York World : Sing Sing lost OIK
of its most noted and best behaved frei
boarders yesterday , in Iho person o
William E. Brockway , Iho colobrntcc
counterfeiter and bond forger , who wa
sentenced to u term of five years foi
forging n number of Morris and Esso :
railroad bonds in 18S ; { ; but for good be
hiivior the usual one year and fivi
months was deducted rom the sentence
Ilis tallspare form'over six feel ii
height , is us erect us over , while hi
deep sunken eyes seem to possess all tin
old time fire ,
Brockway first came to notice as i
forger in 1850 , and his exploits through
out the principal cities of the Unitei
Slates soon became well known to al
Ihe "Uniled States detective' ' . It
order tp become more proficion
in his calling ho cntoret
Yale college , sludicd chemistry
graduated with high honors and thei
thoroughly mastered Iho printing am
elcctrotyping trades. His escapades a
a criminal would fill a largo voluinotln
most noted of which was the forging o
8201,000 worth of United States bonds.
For this crime Brockway and Charles
Smith wore arrested , in e-onncctioi
with James P. Doyle , and sentenced foi
ten years. The bogus bonds und note
were found in Doyle's possession whet
arrested , and Brockway was convietct
on the evidence of Smithand sentence !
lo thirty years' imprisonment.
Ho then promised lo surrender all thi
plates for forging notes and also t <
make known the whereabouts of othe
counterfeiting establishments. Hi
performed this portion of the work si
satisfactorily that ho was soon given hi
freedom.
In the Morris und Essex forgery , fo
which ho bus jubl completed his term o
service , Jio was assisted by Louis It
Martin and William B. Foster , tin
former being sentenced to ton years
imprisonment , but on u new trial tin
verdict was revoked and Martin dis
charged. Shortly after Martin wa
stricken with blindness , and he is no\
in California. ,
The Coming Cat.
London Truth : . , Fiishion has lonj
been favorable tplogs. / . Cut * are no\
coming forward. ,801110 , charming belle
at Luchon thought , this season of usinj
the Pyrenean cul-rwl > ich is u jirett ;
creature , and not po wild as it looks a
u suivcz-moi , jouno , hoinme. The nc
lion sprung up in J.his way. A beaut1
down there was glvc.ii , in one of her ex
cursions , a lovely eat. Hut , a her arm
we-ro laden with mountain ( lowers , ho\
carry it ? A peasant , suggested cutUni
a hole ul ono ot , tlio end.s of a hand
basket for needlework just largo enougl
for the cat's neck tp bo hold in withou
stntngulalion when Ihe lid was fastcnoi
down. As the basket was padded inn
lined with satin und bedizened witl
fringe nnd ribbons , pus&y did not obiec
to being u prisoner therein , and t
being placed on Iho lady's bustle us
pack. There was no olhor means < i
carrying the feline unless there. S
the basket was filled up wilh strings t
tie on to the waist , and so borne int
Luchon. The arrangement was during
original and piquant. It found im
i tutors , and in a few days there wer
nol Pyrenean cals enough for Ihe ladies
buslles. Fashion even dared to invad
Iho sanctuary at Lourdes with u inoun
tain torn or tubby on the dorsal hum ]
A fashion prophet tolls mo that nex
winter the buck part of the muff wil
contain a pouch in which a cat is to lie
STATE AND TERIUTOIIY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Aurora's halo is n foaming schooner.
Earnest Conn , a ton year old , was
killed by the cars at Sutlou last Thurs
day.Frank
Frank D. Taggart has purchased the
Kerr opera house in Hastings for
$7C,000 !
The new station recently located five
miles north of Platte Center hns been
named Burrows.
Sownrd and Hastings now rejoice in
direct connection with Omuhii over the
Elkhorn Valley road.
The Second regiment band , of Ne
braska City , captured the llrst prize in
the second-class at Chicago.
Tlio milkmaids of Plattsmouth gave
a public pull a few nights ago. The
milk consisted of big dollars.
Christian Weinberger , of Hall county ,
toyed with a separator in motion , and
lost the fingers of bis loft hand.
The Nebraska City board of trade is
dying. Tlio president and secretary
have resigned. "A solid growth beats
a boom. "
J. A. Ernest , of Columbus , tumbled
down an elevator shaft in his store and
seriously bruised his head and internal
machinery.
The seven-year-old son of J. D. Pur-
rlngton , of So ward , losl an arm in Iho
rollers of a cano mill. Amputation at
the shoulder was necessary.
The Norfolk Journal sumsitupbriefly :
' 'President Cleveland has gazeel upon
the motrojKlis ) of Nebraska and now re
turns to Washington satisfied. "
The Beatrice Free Lance threatens to
inovo to Lincoln and bury itself in the
political pustules flourishing thoro. An
enemy could not wish it a worse fato.
The Fremont Tribune considers the
candidacy of Tom O'Dny ns a supreme
joke. The Herald of the same town de
clares that he does not catch on like a
prairie firo.
Salino's deputy sheriff is well named.
When ho guyed at the shining barrel of
Ford A nidi's gun ho promptly Legged
for shelter. Ho is a man of peace with
rapid running gear.
York will soon have facilities for hel
loing direct with Omaha. The sons and
daughters of York are well eared and
can readily accommodate Iho largo vol
ume of sound of the metropolis.
The Hastings Democrat adds this mite
to the volume of praise : "Omaha , however -
over , did herself proud on the occasion ,
and the presidential party cannot help
but have a good impression of No-
braska. "
The West Point Progress is stumped
for words to describe the president's re
ception in Omaha. "Wo can only say
it was grand in the extreme. The city
was highly decoraled and everybody
was happy. "
The Cheyenne Leader says : ' 'Mrs.
Cleveland's share of the Omaha property
is valued at & ! 00,000. so it may bo taken
for granted that she look with much in
terest for the first time on the nourish
ing far western porkopolis. "
Several stale papers moderately ap
plaud the saloon order of Acting Mayor
Beeliel during the presidential visit
and the sillings of the democratic con
vention in Omaha. Giving the bourbons
bens unlimited rope anil unlimited
whisky is considered the best means of
killing otl the party.
"Ho laughs best who laughs last. "
Conductor llallett of Ihe conslruclion
train al Iho Nebraska Cily bridge , slood
on Iho end of a plank chuckling at a
man who had taken an involuntary bath
in Ihe ) river. The plank broke undHal-
totl tumbled in. The ducking changed
his tune considerably.
The Columbus Democrat says of the
reception : "Tho welcome extended tc
President Cleveland and wife by the
citizens of Omaha and Nebraska , was
cordial and hearty. Everybody was en-
Ihusiaslic and jubilant , the guests wore
smiling and happy , Omaha was at her
best , and the weather conlribuled to the
enjoyment of the occasion. "
One hundred men are at work open
ing the Quior quarries at La Platto. It
is said thai Iho B. & M. railroad has an
interest in the deal and will put in a
crusher lo furnish crushed rock for ils
road between Omaha and Platlstnouth.
Fifty thousand dollars was Iho amount
paid for Iho quarries containing 10J (
acres of land in the vicinity.
The Blue Springs Sentinel , during n
spiisrn of dry rot , perpetrated a funeral
oration on the republican party. Fear
ing that its colicky lamentations could
not ponetrale the decayed caloric of ite
lungs , copies of Iho paper wilh blue pen
cil exclamations have been sent out. The
party continues to live , however , and
will cheerfully help to bury the Senti
nel and all oilier cranks in its pathway.
The Freeman Herald is not disposed
lo embrace every democratic candidate
without question , and quotes approv
ingly the following from President
Cleveland : "It behooves us all lo guard
against a blind , selfish and unreasoning
party feeling , regardless and thought
less of the country's welfare , and which
leads us away from good citizenship as
well as true democracy. "
The Lu/.yman's club , of York , hae
thrown its combined weight and adipose
tissue on woman's rights , and thus de
fines ils ils position : "Resolved , That
this august club is decidedly in favor ol
woman s rights , and are therefore op
posed to the heathen Chinese coming tc
York , and doing the washing that
rightly belongs lo our dear wives , and
consequently deprives them of that
much of their nalural right , and us men
of the > income thereof. "
Iowa Items.
The now Jewish temple at Dos Moines
will bo dedicated next Friday.
The now Catholic church nt Osage
will be dedicated next Sunday bj
Bishop Hennessey.
Fri'dorick Wise , an old settler of Dubuque -
buquo , died Thursday. lie hael resided
in that city since 18-14.
The total cost of the Kennedy murdoi
ease at Dubuque will amount to fullj
JU.OOO , and the end is not yet.
The work on the now Burlington ,
Cedar Kapids it Northern depot al
Cedar Falls is progressing rapidly.
Davenport capitalists are invited tc
subscribe $150,000 to secure the build
ing of the Chicago , Iowa & Northern
road.
The will of the lalo Ebonozor Sher
man , of Davenport , has been admillcd
to probate. The cstalo is valued al
$80,000.
The glucose works at Davenport arc
busy filling orders that come in from all
parts of the United Stales and Europe.
Tlio capacity is 11,500 bushels of corn
per day. Most of the corn coming in
now is from western Iowa.
The matrimonial misfit record in
Scott county is sixteen desertions ol
wives in ten months. In nearly overj
instance the abandoned wives arc
young , good .looking , good nutured , in
dustrious and economical.
The Creston Independent American
disputes the assertion of Governor Lar-
ubeo thai the farmers of Iho state arc
prospering , and declares that "ho knowt
that 85 per cent of our farms are mort
gaged nud thai our people are sinking
deeper and deeper into debt each year.
Railroad Commissioner Coffin , in o
recent lecture at Dubuque , stated thai
In the nnet ntno years there have boon
killed in this state , while coupling cars
and being caught in frogs , over 200
men , maimed and crippled for UfoKV ) ;
killed by falling from curs chiofiy , 241 :
crippled , 474 , making a grand total of
7,8bO men , or nearly two regiments of
soldiers. 9
Dakota.
The cry of the Yanklon press con
tinues for a railroad to Omaha.
A big colony of Polanders arc settling
at Crystal Springs , North Dakota.
The ineandcsont electric light has
been tested in Sioux Falls and found to
work like a charm.
The banks of Yank ton report greatly
increased business activity since tbo
crop began to move.
The mountain of tin discovered near
Custor City is wiid to bo the most exten
sive body of tin yet found in the Black
Hills.
The extension of the Elkhorn Vnlloy
road north from Rapid Cily is going on
at a lively rate. The track layers
reached Sturgls Saturday.
Four Yanktou manufacturing estab
lishments nro run by motors supplied
from the city artesian well and ono
Yunkton manufacturing establishment
is run by its own artesian well through
a turbine wheel.
Charles W. Mcloy , a slick swindler
only nineteen years of ago , is resting
in the Yankton jail on the charge of
using the mails for unlawful purpo'scs.
Ho organized wildcat banks in different
parts of the territory and hud drafts ,
checks nnd bills of exchange printed.
Whenever ho got hard up ho drew on
some outside bunk , and generally suc
ceeded in gelling funds. Ho used-Iho
mails in disposing of his drafts and thus
incurred the enmity of Unelo Sam. The
parents of Moloy reside at Burbank and
tire highly respected people and keenly
feel the shame which their boy has cast
upon them.
"Wyoming.
The now capilol building will bo en
closed in two weeks.
A ranchman near Luramie raised 21(1 (
bushels of potatoes on half an acre of
ground.
The amount of money received at the
United Stales land oil Ice. in Evanston
for Iho quarter ending September i0. !
1887 , is $ t > 3,102.01.
The Standard Gas company , capital
$100,000 , has been incorporated in Chey-
onno. Ono of the idcorjwrators is Ihe
nolod Bob Ingcrsoll , of Now York.
Buffalo , Wyo. , is nothing if not en
terprising. Her latest move is in the
direction of securing electric light , nnd
the town will accordingly bo lighted by
electricity within ninety days.
Lander is showing remarkable evi
dences of enterprise when even the Chi
nese laundrymen take double column
display advertisements in the Mountain
eer. The Lander Celestial is a cuckoo.
McCoy , the escaped murderer , man
ages lo keep out pt roach of his pur
suers , and is now in the wilds of central
Wyoming. The last hoard of him was
in the neighborhood of Lusk , where ho
held up a man for S40. A largo number
of men tire on his trail.
Colonel Rhodes , one of Iho Nebraska
excursionist ) ) to Cheyenne , paralyzed
the residents with aso'riosof astounding
predictions in a public speech. With a
single swipe of his tongue ho declared
that the Northwestern road would bo in
Cheyenne inside of eighteen months ,
that the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fo
and also the Denver & Rio Grande will
bo there in less than throe years , thai
Ihe Colorado Central will shortly bo re
opened , that the Illinois Central will'
come before 1890 and thai in ton years
Cheyenne will have a population of
from 100,000 to 150,000 souls.
The Cheyenne Loader says : "Of all
the English snobs of great pretensions
who flow high and sunk low probably
the Fro wens are the chiefs. Their
career in Wyoming , as great cattle
kings , will long bo remembered. They
planted oysters on Ireland's coast ; or
ganized a bat guano cave stock company
in Texas ; constructed a beef packing
house on the summit of the Rocky
mountains ; made cowboys of freshly im
ported English lads ; maintained a
princely establishment on the frontier
that would have bankrupted Menlo
Crislo ; creeled a city residence in
Cheyenne which they occupied less
than ono month a year ; established
relay stalions so as to make lightning
journeys through Iho territory ; had
flowers shipped by the wagon load to
their "ranch , " and conducted business
in general upon a high pressure , go-as-
you-pleaso sj stem Unit was a constant
surprise to even the most reckless and
extravagant Americans. " To them is
duo in part the collapse of Post's bank
in Cheyenne , and bringing discredit on
the cuttle business of the west. They
cut a swath in the horizon like the trail
of a rocket and came down bnnkruptund
useless.
A I R Hur of llulllon.
Helena Inelcpendcnt : The second
largest bur of bullion over moiled in the
United States assay office in Helena
was handled yesterday by Moltor Moy-
ondoff. It came from the Jay Gould
mine , weighed about two thousand five
hundred ounces and was worth about
$27,000. The gas furnaces wore not
nearly largo enough to handle it , and
ono of the great coke furnaces , now sel
dom used , waa heated up. When it
was thoroughly reduced to a liquid ,
molten mass , a sot of grippers was at
tached to the melting-pot , and by the
aid of chains and pulleys it was lifted
out of Iho bed of burning coke and char
coal and dumped inlo a mould , When
it had changed from a liquid into a
solid but red-hot bur it was
immersed in water until it had suf
ficiently cooled to bo handled. The
operation , which included several in-
lercsling features other than those de
tailed , was intently watched by a small
party of visitors , who were much inter
ested in seeing $27,000 changed from n
solid to a liquid form and then to solid
again. The only larger bar over
handled in the office was ono of about
three thousand three hundred ounces ,
but several have been melted of larger
valuo. Since January 1 , the office has
received about ono thousand deposits ,
many more than for the corresponding
period of last year , and of considerably
larger aggregate valuo.
Kx-Scnntor Jones' Serious
Anniston , ( Ala. ) Hot Blast : Ex-Seiva-
tor Jones of Florida is undoubtedly dy
ing of brain disease. Ho was not n tem
perate man , but harmed himself more
than any ono else. In mind us in phy
sique ho was robust and masculine.
Rising from humble life and honorable
toll at the carpenter's bench , ho became
a great lawyer and noted United Stales
senator. His liberations of mind were
noticed some years ago , hut did not be
come a public mutler until ho aban
doned his seal in Iho "houso of lords"
, at Washington and ramiicd out at De
troit. While Mr. Jones was presumed
to bo in purmiil of a weslorn heiress , wo
once asked a senator what was really
the mutter wilh him. Ho said : "Jones
is cru/y on sovcralsubjecls on religion ,
on women , on liquor and on Iho consti
tution. It is a sad case. " This unfor-
lunalo man hud a lovable , genial , al
most boyish tcmnonnont. allied logrcal
strength of mind and body. Ho showed
his metal by the progress made from the
bottom of the ladder almost to the top.
Strange Itullnn Panc < 3.
Cosmopolitan for October : The night
of my arrival at Fort Rene was bright
and clear. Tlio garrison was strong !
the Indiana were hold well in chock. I
not troubled with fcnrs for pommul
safety. A noise of voices and drums
lloatcd through the still night from the
tepees several miles tnvny. Mr. Curtis ,
ono ot the fort scouts , saddled a couple
of horses , and after supper wo gulloiHul
across the level prairie in the moon
light to attend an Arnpahoo dunce.
An old drum was on the ground in
the center of the tepco ; around it
squatted six men lustily boating the
drum , nnd at the same time bawling nt
the top of their powerful lungs.
No notu'o was taken of our en
trance. Wo qulotly placed ourselves in
the braves' corner. Presently a squaw
arose , and with a kind of reeling mo
tion tulvnncod toward us. She glanced
a moment nt a row of bucks , then tup
ped ono on the hctid ; ho arose and
stood in silence. The squaw scanned
again the faces before her. She scorned
about to tap mo on the head , but hesi
tated , and finally bestowed her favor
upon Mr. Curtis. Ho arose to hia feet ;
the squaw placed herself between her
two partners , her faeo looking in. Iho
opposite direction from which they
looked ; then putting her , arm around
the two men's nocks , all three begun
springing up and down , howling in con
cert with Iho howls of Iho men beating
the drum.
Other squaws came forward , selected
partners , and joined in tlio strange
dance. I congratulated myself on being
ti wall-flower ; but my polf-grutulalions
were premature , for when the row of
bnu es was protly well thinned out , a
kind-hearted maid look plly on my
loneliness and tupped mo on Iho head.
Her other villainous-look
partner was a -
ing Indian , who could doubtless have
run nil day without tiring. Certainly
the springy motion , which was excess
ively fatiguing to mo , did not seem to
please him. " Moka Wolftruck ( that was
the name of my squaw partner ) \\tis un
sparing in the looks of contempt she
bestowed on the tender-foot palo-fuco
from the east. Perhaps a blunder made
in the very outset helped to
forfeit her gootl opinion of mo.
From sheer force of habit ,
when I arose to dance , I put my arm
under her shawl , around her waist ;
there was naught there but the bare
and yielding flesh. Moka removed the
arm with n jerk and an indignant
glance that is hard to forget. She
looked for the moment as if she- would
have liked to perforate my body with
splinters , and Ihon sol them on lire and
watch mo slowly siz/.lo.
At the conclusion of the dance , after
springing up and down until completely
exhausted , my partner did a singular
thing ; she turned and gave mo a kiss
square on the moulhl 1 submilled with
what seemed to mo a very good
grace indeed , but Moka , nevertheless
gave mo another savage look ,
abruptly removing her arm from round
my neck and retreated to her corner ,
apparently disgusted as well us offended.
My olTcnse , as I subsequently learned ,
lay in nol transmitting from my mouth
lo hers , when she kissed mo , some bead
or other trinket , as is customary. Mr.
Curtis , who was acquainted with the
custom , transferred to his partner , by
kiss , a bright blue bead , and so came
out of the dance with as much eclat as
though ho were a real Indian , instead
of a mere Indian scout.
A Million Dollar Diamond.
A model of the Victoria , the Great
White Diamond , or Iho Imperial , boa
been sent to Now York city , and Mr. G.
F. Kunz gives in Science the following :
"Concerning its early history very little
tlo is known ; in fact , whore the stone
was found is only a mailer of conjec-
lure a remarkable circumstance when
\yo consider that it is the largest bril
liant in the world. " An explanation by
a lotlor in the London Times was given
tis follows : "This stone was not found
in English domains tit till , but in the
neighboring Orange free stale ; that it
hud been found by u boor on his farm ,
who ; knowing it to bo a diamond , but
fearing to bo turned out of his farm by
a mob , kept the secret a whole your ,
until a Mr. Allonberg of Port Elizabeth
saw it and forwarded it to London. "
It is , however , believed that it
wua found by some ono in
one of the Kimberley mines ,
South Africa. The first intimation that
any of the various mining companies
had of its existence was when they
hoard of its safe arrival in London. It
is generally supposed that in the month
of Juno or July , 1881 , the stone had
boon found by ono of the surveillance of
ficers of the Central Mining company
in the Kimberly mines. It being his
duty to search othersho had the privil
ege of nol being searched himself , and
so the stone was juisscd through the
searching house , and ho was afterward
supposed to have found means of coia-
municating with illicit diamond buyers.
Before cutting , it was estimulod that
the crystal would furnish either of the
following gems : If cut us a briallette ,
oOO curuts ; as a drop , 230 to 240 carats ;
us u lozenge , 250 carats , and us u mathe
matically perfect brilliant , 160 carats.
If cut in the lallor form it would have
furnished cleavages that would cut into
ono 40 carat , ouo 20 carat stone ,
and 40 carats of smaller stones. It
was finally decided to cut it into the
largest possible brilliant , still preserv
ing u good shape , and Amsterdam wus
selected OH the place whore the
gem could bo best cut. It
was accordingly sent to the polish
ing mills of Jacques Molz , who creeled
a special workshop for the purpose. In
order to boiler obtain the brilliant form
of culling a piece was cleaved off which
furnished a 10 carat diamond and was
sold to the king of Portugal for 4,000.
The culling , of Iho largo stone , which
was commenced on Iho Uth of April , in
the presence of the queen of Holland ,
took about twelve montlissiiico , instead
of being cut by abrasion with another
diamond , us diamonds are usually cut.it
wot. polihhcd down the scaifund a great
amount of lime was consumed by the
cooling of the stone , IIH il heated after
an hours running on the wheel. The
cutter of Iho stone was M. B. Baronds.
The stone in its finished condition
weighs 180 caruls , and is Iho largest
brilliant in the world. It is 1 0 10 in
ches long , 1 11 04 inches wide. 1C 10 of
an inch thick , being exceeded in size
by ono diamond only , the OrlolT , belonging -
longing to the Russian crown , which
weighs 10IJ carats , bul is a largo deep
rose , und not a brilliant. The Victoria
exceeds the regent in weight by Hi
curtils. | The Kohinoor weighs only 100
1-10 carats. The form of Iho imperial is
nolemlirely ovon. On ono siduof thoglr-
dlo tlio ro is quite u fiat place , u natural
unpolished surface , necessary in cutting
to preserve the largo weight of the
stone. It is , however , a perfect CH facet
brilliant. The original weight of the
stone was 457i carats , 3 1X ) ounces troy.
The stone to-day is held by a London
syndicate for X200XX ( ) .
Two men were fishing on the Kincho-
foono creek , in Georgia , when ono got
a bite and saw his cork go down like a
shot. Ho began pulling in and with
the tisslhtanco of his companion suc
ceeded , after a good deal of difficulty ,
in bringing out nnd killing a turtle thai
weighed 200 pounds
Graders on the Burlington extension
are at work within the city UiulUcI
Cheyenne.
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