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THE first presidential rocket was shot
' into the air by the Iowa republicans in
} ! state convention. It exploded Avlth an
; Allison boom.
, TirEnu wns notliing mean 'nbbut State
- Treasurer Tate , of Kentucky. Ho lofW
* Trohind him every penny of the state
debt to the pee-plo.
IF the expression of leading business
| c ipo\i of the city stands for something , it
clearly gauges the opinion of the pco-
plo on the city hall question.
THE British under the command of
Gaiicl'al Henry Irving Und Colonel
Elian Terry made a raid on West PcJint
military academy and captured every
man in the garrison.
Now that the Irndo of tlio Dodge street
ichdol is 6it , the county commissioners
'and council had bettor take tlmo to
matuio Iho prijoct f6r locating and
orocti'rig ti polic'o court building and jail
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Ib/tnlD
YS , who are at the head of
bu'sVne'&s in'en cllibs , the pr'olessod object ,
of which Is to foster the commercial intereSts -
toreSts of the city , have already sh6wn
their regard for Omaha by soundly sl'ap- '
ftihg bet fate before tlio inter-state com-
mis'sion. ,
the Fair Ass'ociatfin doin
oy llio annual Omaha Exposition for
888 ? If wo are lo havc-anytning more
than a repetition of it cabbage and
pumpkin snow with a horse race attaeh-
TOont , th'o Association sho'ul'd bestir it-
Bolf and lay out plans for something that
Will draw and advertises Omaha.
IT is rumored that a fifctitfon is being
'circulated in Now York 'and. Washing
ton , to bo prc'sont6d to the president ,
urging him to depose General Gre'oly '
Yrom thro weather bureau. Ho is ac-
'dilfe'od. of having established free 'trhdo
'I'Olations with Greenland and to bo im-
an nr6tic bli/zard duty free.
( TJjror'i ! S VM , acddi'diujj1 to Mayor
jlowitt , is a free trader in foreign HtigH ,
'foi'c'ign ' ' ideas , 'foreign sympathies ,
'fdrofgn ' colobrhtions , and stands oh a
ij h thrill only against .foreign mnnu-
factufos. Tlio mliyor Suggests that
Uncle Sam return to the good old
fashioned idea of American homo-rule
in'politics ' , and not act'so straight-laced
In trade and commerce.
A FATAL and costly railroad wreck on
the Laclfawanua road n few days ago was
caused by tlio stinginess of the company
in not 'furnishing safe and sound cars.
It is not e6 long ng6 that the parsimony
of a western road in not replacing a 310
culvert at Koutts edition cost the com
pany nearly a quarter pf a million.
Ratlrortd managers may know a great
'dea'l ' ' about waterlog stbc'lc , but it is
'evident that some of them do not 'ktiow '
how to run ajraifroa d ,
A COirT.HOB professor has discovered
'that t ' 'trusts" ' flourished In Greece and
'ixoino ' and tlmt corhom in the olivo'oil
'industry and 'In ' the iron 'market were
managed very muelt in tlio same way as
thpy'tlro tb-dtfy. If tlip professor had
Jobkod up the records of a king named
Plitmtoh ho would have found the stbry
6f a young "financier by the name of
frosbph who engineered a corner in c rn
/oi'the Wpnoflt of anKgyptinnmouopply.
Hut for all that the trust Is got to go.
tnu pobplo of Colorado nro looking
'forward to tlio time when the arid plains
Of the ctintonnlnl state will blossom as
tlio rose , At a recent stdte convention
inoasurcB were introduced asking for
pecuniary aid from congress to build
relorvoirs in the mountains for irri-
{ fation-uurposoB. The idea is to store
'up fn largo artillcial lakes the water
which in spring comes from molting
Enow on the mountain sides. This
vfould enable the channels of the rivers
to remain filled throughout the summer
nt the time when the water would bo
most needed for irrigating the. fields.
The Echomo is bolloyod to bo eminehUy
practicable , nnd the people of Colorado
ehould bestir themselves to reclaim the
thousands df acres which are now a
waste of sand. To petition congress ,
Ifowover , is a questionable' procedure , '
{ The Btato is certainly rich enough to
provide fuiulo eullloieut to carryout .n
Wovk whlvli ib sure-to pay blfr' dividends
as an iuvo&tuiuat. ' ' '
The South nntl T rlff Itcform.
Wet Iho lensl ot the opslAolfis to a
gcn'cralihd fair revision oIho lariff is
the attitude Of"a portion of the southern
members of congress , who represent
manufacturing constituencies , on the
subject , hhd Iho f6ellng of a Majority of
the people 6f sovorftl feouthotn slal6s in
which manufacturing enterprises are
developing nnd whcro the condltibtls
for iholr growth tire fnvdrablo. It is not
questionable that .Senator Brown , ot
Georgia , voicedIho.sontimont of a ma
jority of the people of that stale in the
speech ho recently made in the senate
in favor of repealing nil revenue taxes
nnd Interfering with llio tariff
hs little as possible. ' 'No ' sec
tion of this union , " salt ! Ho , "is
ns much Interested ns the Boulh in s\is-
lalning a liberal nnd just tnrlil , wnich
while it raises all the revenue wo ndca
.affords nil the incidental protection pos
sible to the mtmufaoturing industries
of this country. Wo complain that the
northern people" have groWn rich by
perseverance In martUfuclurlrig under
our tariff system. As wo have greatly
superior natural advantages , instead ot
making war on thorn , suppose wo imi
tate their example and go forward In
the development of our resources nnd
tha" manufacture ) of our raw material ,
the diversity of our labor , of our crbps
and of our productions , and lot us see If
wo can not In this wav grow rich nnd
ppwcrful , as the people of the north
have done , by adopting their line of
policy , which created their wealth. In
stead of lagging behind and crying
out against a policy which has greatly
enriched a sister section of the
union , lot us go forward as a determ
ined competitor" , nnd with our greatly
superior advantages finally bear oil the
palm of victory in progress , develop
ment arid wealth. " The Atlanta Consti
tution , the loading pajior of the state ,
quotes approvingly tiio opinion of a
Georgia contemporary that "tlio atroc
ious internal revenue laws" should bo
repealed , leaving all the revenue of the
government to bo derived from the
tariff , and says : "If the democrats pro
pose to win this year , pni'ty harmony is
essential. But the free traders , who
nro now managing party affairs in
Washington , tlo not Boom to think that
harmony is dssontlal. Wo bolio.vo that
the BUt-plus is more danger
ous to tno country than the
tariff , and for that reason wo desire
to BOO the surplus reduced. There can
bo no reduction of the surplus as long as
the internal revenue sys'tom is in opera
tion , unless it is the intention of 'the
ddmoorats in charge of legislation to
plaqo the business interests of the coun
try on a free trade basis. " The lariff
bill of the majority of the ways and
means Cpmmittco is characterized' by
the Constitution as a "humbug affair. ' '
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and those Who support it are told that
they arp not in line with the democratic
national platform.
A similar fooling prevails in other
southern slates. Governor Leo , of Vir-
gihla'in a late interview , said : ' 'Many
of our people think that the north'orn '
states have 'grbWn t-ich under a protec
tive tariff , and now 'that industries
are just getting. , under May in Vir
ginia they would like to have the bene
fit of protection a little while , on'tho '
principle that what is * sauce for'the '
'pooso ' is sauce for the gander. ' " A Very
largo majority of the'people of Virginia
want the internal revenue taxes swept
away , and they are willing if this can
bo done that the tariff shall stand as It
is. Some of the representatives f om
Alabama , Louisiana , Tennessee , West
Virginia , and other southern btales ,
have avo'wed theirhostility to tire tatrlfl"
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changes contompla'tod by the Mills bill
and are counted among those who will
vote against that measuro. It ia'not '
qticstibnablo tlmt a majority o'f 'tho '
people of the manufacturing sections
of the south , nnd perhaps
of all of thorn , prefer the Kandall
bill to the ono presented as represent
ing the views of thd administration ,
though the former may not go as far as
they wish in the removal of internal
taxes.
Deprecate this situation ns wo may ,
it cannot bo omitted from-considoration
in estimating the chances of securing
any legislation nt the present session of
congress for reducing the revenue of
the government und lightening the burden -
don of taxation upon the people. It
profeonts an obstacle to tariff reform
that is not only immediately formida
ble , but fs pretty certain to become
Wore so in the future. With the growth
of'manufacturing ' in the south the ' 'in '
fant industries" will become mote
clamorous for tariff _ _ protection
and the 'pooplo of "that sec
tion more anxious for the continuance
pf tlio poliay to which they ascribe tile
progress aiid prosperity of the northern
states. Pennsylvania and Ohio clasp
hands with Alabama and Georgia in do-
fehso'of the tariff , and the grip is likely
to grow stronger with time , l cnn-
while the situation offers little that is
reassuring for the farmers of the cotui-
'try and for the great majority of its
wage-workers.
T'rtist
It is ono thing to propose legislation ,
but quite another to secure its enact
ment. Tlio investigation of trusts re
cently prosecuted by a coirimitteo of the
Now York legislature fell a good deal
short of what wns expected. It has
already been noted that while the
smaller and relatively unimportant
combinations were pretty thoroughly
overhauled und made .to show their
character and policy M fully ns was
necessary , the great trust1 ] which are
cauublfl of doing almost boundless harm
to the public were permitted to got off
with only such information as their
wily originators or managers were
pleased to give. Tlio committee dealt
leniently with such monarchy of
monopoly as Hockafellor and Havo-
myor , who have tons of millions to show
0.3 the reward of their monopolistic de
vices.
The investigation will not have been
fruitless , howovoi' , If the bill before the
Now York legislature "to prevent- mo
nopolies aild combinations Intended to
restrain , trade or increase the market
price of commodities known as neces
sities of life" shall become a law. The
mca&qrb is as clear mid comprehensive
as couluVbo desired , nnd provides that it
eh all not'bo lawful to form or enter Into
nny sort af combination within the Btalo
of Now York for the purpose ot in. nny
way cfiti trolling Iho jn-oducfc or pried
ot co'rtnin specified articles } among
which nro sugaV , deal and oil , or
of nny commodity known as a
necessity of lite. The penalty
for n violation of the provisions ot the
hct on the part of n corporation IB the
forfeiture ot its corporate franchises ,
while bvcty Individual or stockholder
or director of cbrporntion who shall
violate arty ot Iho provisions of Iho act
shall bo guilty of misdemeanor , and
ovcry agreement , contract or combina
tion declared by the act to bo unlawful
shall bo absolutely void.
Such a law wbuld effectually prevent
the organization of trusts or nny similar
combinations hi the stale of New York ,
if rigidly enforced , nnd since that is the
headquarters of the most dangerous ot
them It would probably bo fatal lo this
form of monopoly. If driven
out of the commercial motrbp-
olis of the country they would
hardly attempt lo locate elsewhere , nnd
If they should it ia not to bo doubted
that other states would nromplly follow
llio example of Now York In legislat
ing against them. The cbuntry would
thus in time got a general system of
state laws that would everywhere shul
out thcso combinations.
In view of this possibility , what are
the probable chances of the proposed
law passing the Now York legislature ?
It is obviously important that such leg
islation should begin there , and it is
entirely safe to say that the combina
tions will spare no effort to prevent this
being done. They can nfford to use
money without stint nnd they nro
not without political power. They will
not hesitate to use both. The icsuH
will depend upon the honesty of the
legislature nnd its loyally to the public
interests , and ns legislatures go wo are
not warranted In building faith on those
qualities. There is gome gratification
to bo derived * however , from the fact
that the movement for legislation
against trusts , whereby they are de
clared an evil to bo removed , has been
seriously started , for although the con
summation so much to bo wished maybe
bo delayed , the movement is certain lo
eventually accomplish its purpose , and
the effect meanwhile will bo 'bqnoficlal '
in keeping public attention directed to
the evil nnd perhaps also in checking
the growth of these combinations.
A Jeivol of Consistency.
Hascall is acting like a wolf gnawing
atitho stool'rods of the menagerie cage.
Ho has gone wild over the city hall in
junction , and only makes . himself
Ridiculous ; by his n6isy harangues in
the council. .
It ip a matter of record that ho was
ono of the councilmen whoimado ; the
tra'do with the commissioners and Wm.
A. PaxtJon's agents for tno corner of
Eightdenth nnu Ifornam in 18S5. it'was
then and there mutually agreed that
the claim to the old court house
grounds , on which Mr. Paxton has
'erected his mngni'ficent "blockTNv'as giVen
up by the county with thovunderstaTid-
iiig that the city would erect a city hall
opposite to the court house within
three years.
HaScall know then , as h'o IcnowB now ,
that the alloy'back'of th'6so lots would
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h'ave to 'bo cut down , and Eighteenth ,
Nineteenth nnd Douglas streets would
have to bo graded to conform with'the
grade of Parnam street. Has6all know
'as much about'this jjrHdo when ho 'be
came a member'of the present council
Us lie does now. And yet he not duly
never raisetl his voice in favor of aban
doning the location , but wns'commiued
publicly to co'ntinifo 'the WOrk on Jtho
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uui'lding , and is on record as late as'last
December in 'favor of 'the resolution
directing the contractors to prodecd
with the Work.
This 'is hs consistent as liis conduct
generally has boon. According to Mr.
Hascall , it will cost$150,000 to grade'the '
alloys and streets between Seventeenth
and Twentieth , 'This is on a par with
all his reckless and barefaced assertions.
There are just three bldcks on Douglas
street and three blocks between "Farnnm
und Douglas streets with the alloys back
of them to bo graded. This grading
will not cost as milch ns has been expended -
ponded in grading Thirteenth street
between the railroad bridges and Has-
call's walled lot. Instead of $150,000 it
'will "cost less than $30jOOO. Last year's
grading of Eleventh strcotwhich Hnscall
engineered for the contractors cost over
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$50,000. Suppose the city hall were 'not
built on corner Eighteenth and Fnrnaln ,
would not the city sooner or later bo
obliged to grade down'tho hog-back on
IJouglas strdot just as it has graded
"nhrnoy and 'Leavonworth streets ?
Would not the Boo building company ,
Which will pay fully 85,000 a year in
taxes after its building is completed , bo
entitled to proper acdominotlatioiis Und
protection from floods at Iho alloy ? Sup
pose the city sells the corner of Eigh
teenth and Farnam , would any capital
ist bo willing to erect a costly building
on that spot unless ho had assurance that
Eighteenth shoot and tlio alloy would bo
loyelod down to correspond with Farnam ?
Haecall's racket abou.t the cost of grad
ing back of the city hall is on a'par '
with his performance of yours tigo when
ho hired a brass band nnd built n bon
fire in f.-ont ot the Academy of Music ,
und howled and yelled like a Comanche
ta break up a public mooting inside of
the Academy. Ho made an utter fail
ure then , just as ho has in his recent
efforts to dr'own public sentiment by
noise and mi.3repr.csentatipn.
GOVKIINOH I/EK , of Virginia , in a re
cent interview , did not promibo his state
for Cleveland with that sanguine con
fidence which might have boon ex
pected of him. Ho expressed the be
lief that Mr. Cleveland would carry
Virginia , bub ho admitted that there
was n good deal of dissatisfaction among
the democrats of the state with the
tariff policy of the administration , nnd
'clearly implied that the six thousand
majority for Cleveland in 1884 might bo
overcome. Since tha action of Senator-
elect Barbour in withdrawing'from the
state democratic committee , on the
ground that ho could not support the
policy of the administration , there has
'undoubtedly been a considor&blo change
'in democratic sentiment in Virginia
toward Mr. Cleveland , and it fs 'by , no
means certain that U will nol bo in-
c.rcascd before SWcmber. T"ho truth
Istlmt'tllaHlcooUUopresidoht by Vir
ginia democrats isnot duo wholly to Ob
jections lo his polioy , nnd if ho shall V6-
c6lvo their full vote it will bo from a
sense of duly to the patty , and tiot po-
cause they dcslrtt to endorse hint. Th6ro
is very great probability4 however , that
ho will not get tjiojfull vole , and if the
republicans nominate a man who Is hot
objectionable irt'VirgShia they will 1mvo
a good fighting , , | hanco In lhat slato.
It would scorn that tliO nearer people
nro to Mr. Cleveland the less they think
of him.
CONGliKSSiOJUl , inquiry Into the lard
and pork packing industries of tfils
country has brought to light the fact
that f6rolgn countries have a good ex
cuse to keep out our products on the
ground of adulteration. Wo have been
in the habit of looking Qpon foreign leg
islation against the importation ot 6tlr
meals ns political and retaliatory inchs-
ilres. There lm § never been in this
country tests' ahd investigations into Iho
wholcsouioncss of our meat and lard
such ns every European govornnicnthas
subjected our exports to. The ropdrt ,
therefore , of the Washington exports
Is , to say Iho least , startling. Unscrup
ulous manufacturers , It seems , hi Iho
strife of competition , adullc/ruto / their
lard , substitute cottonseed oil , and Use
filthy nnd unwholesome parts of hogs
tor pure lard. Similar deceptions nro
practiced in the meat packing industry.
Now that coijgrcss is finding put to what
extent adulteration is carried on in
thcbo prime neccsaarles of food , string
ent measures should bo taken to prevent
fraud nnd misrepresentation. The
health of the community should bo pro
tected against imposition.
Tins state farmer's alliance of Minnesota
seta is looking into , thq affairs of their
ngricultural college , which has been
left high nnd dry without' a cent. It
appears that congress granted lo tlio
state J20.000 acres of land lo establish n
college for the benefit of agriculture.
But the "Minnesota state university got
hold of the procccdsof the sale of nll the
agricultural lands and used most of the
funds for purposes not intended by ttho
original act of congress. At U 'recant
convention of thofarmers , a resolution
was passed calling on the btato 'legisla '
ture to look Into the affairs of the state
university and make it disgorge some
thing like eight hundred thousand dollars
lars , claimed to-be dub the agricultural
college , which the regents 'misappro
priated. The agricultural college in
Minnesota , as immany ether states , ap
pears to bo an expensive humbug which
takes the farmer olid docs him no g6od.
STATE ANpTERIUTOIty.
Nebraska Jottings.
A nest of counterfeit uilver has Ueen
found in Noligh. j'
A new town will-bo planted on Pump
kin crock this spring.
Brownvillo is out of bdndngo and has
taken a new leastf f life.
Th6Elkhorn Valley Investment n'sso-
cfati'oh , 'capital ' $50,000 , has been'oi-ga-
nizd'd in Nor'folic1. " "
Milfoud promis'os'lo I'cnow her tem-
Ijorance pledges this season , but the
corkscrew "Will continue business in the
shades of Shogo Island.
The moneyed men of Crete are Bald
to have loosened their purse strings.
Great care will be tatcon that-noiie of
the contents gets away.
. 'Charley Conrad , who forged a cho'clc
for 86.85 in Nebraska City , will wo'rlc it
out in the penitentiary at the rate of
ouo and a founth'conts a day.
Everything is running smoothly on
the Burlin'gtoh. Out at Harvard Mon
day ono 'of 'the. imported competents
showed his contempt 'for signals bv
dashing irito'somo cars at the depot and
hurling th6m in to'tho ' ditch.
The Plattsrriouth Herald sheds tears
of bitter anguish for , "tho poor home
steaders who have 'settled away out on
the frontier on the Burlington lihQ , "
and who , it claims , nro indirectly
'
robbed by a handful of men striking fo'r
better wages. No wtird of pity , how
ever , goes up for the wrongs arid ekac-
tiotis visited upon the tofn in the 'last '
ten years. The mailed hand Of monopoly
has a plush lining for the favored few.
Hon. M. V. Gnnnoh , of Omaha , is
spei/ding / a few days in Davenport , In. ,
preparatory to moving his family to this
city. Ho lectured in Burlington St.
Patrick's night , and was the recipient
of complimentary resolutions , among
which was the following : "Resolved ,
That wo congratulate the rising young
State of Nebraska on tlio fact tlmt frish-
Alrioncan patriotism is grnvitatihg
thither ns to Its natural center and on
the additional fact that hdr chief city is
becoming the Mecca of the expectations
of the sea-divided Gael , and we com
mend tlio Hon. M. V. Gannon to the
citucns of Omaha aifd of Nebraska , ns a
patriot , a gentleman , a lawyer und a
citizen. "
Jow'n JtcniH ,
A party of j'oung men of. Ackloy at
tended a dunce Saturday night and dur
ing the evening a quarrel arose and one
of the paity was seriously stubbed ,
William Wilkorspn , a wealthy farmer
nearKolsoy , la. , was worked to the tune
of $100 by a couple of confidence men
near Atehison , Kan. , Thursday night ,
Thirty-six girls'at the Iowa Wesleyan
university have mloptud a uniform con
sisting of paps nnillooso littinggarmcnts
ucioss between n blouse and a Mother
Jlubbard.
"Ah.mol 'txvas ever thus , " sighs'the
Sloujc City Times. , "Orie day wo laiig'h-
cth at NowYok ) , > nnd the next day wo
wcapoth for oursalvqs. Onb day at sun
up we st ( on the front porch and oat ice
cream , und the next day at the suma
hour wo sit on thaf rent porch and freeze
to death. Yen , verily. "
At a teachers' examination in J6ies (
county , in answer to the question ,
"What is hygiquoV" a young lady ap
plicant for a certificate to teach school
answered : "It Is the soft spot on thp
top of a baby's head which gradually
becomes hardened r'as the baby crow's
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older. "
Wyoming.
Douplas , Lusk , Manville and Glen-
rock uro candidates for the county seat
of the now county of Converse.
"Wool scouring works are to bo erected
at Ruwlins. A sufficient amount of wool
} ms been pledged to make the enter
prise a success nnd work on the build
ings will bo commenced at once.
The now counties- Converse , Sher
idan and Nabi'ona created by the leg
islature , will bo among the bust in tlio
territory. Converse County is trav
ersed for its full length by the. Northwestern - *
western railroad. Too present popula
tion is about six thousand.
. Reports-from all parts of Wioming
show tl > U to havs been tha mildubt winter -
tor oxporiencud for.umay jtars , Cattle
are reported lo bo In flno condition on
th6 ranges , with fid moro losses than
occUi1 In Iho summer "scorns. The proa-
pOc'ts for the Wyoming cattle growers
are brightening.
Th6 work of removing Iho water from
the old Sunrise copper mlno was cora-
ni&iicod lasl Week. The old Bmolt6r 18
to ho worked to Its utmost capacity ,
thirty Ions a day. The arrival of the
120-ton smelter nt the mlno six weeks
hence will increase the output to good
proportions. The mlno has been leased
by a wealthy English banking firm ,
which will take advantage of the pr.03-
Oht high prices of copper lovork Iho
mine to its full capacity.
Blizzard Centres.
Chicago Tribune.
It Is not to b < i wondered nt lhat the
people ot Dakota , who hnvoboon so Ibng
taunted with having the monopoly ot
blizzards tvnd who have naturally grown
tired ot the deprecating comments
which have been made upon their great
territory and the prof use warnings
which have been given to emigrants
cpntoinplnllng a sottlclnont there ,
should just now express their satisfac
tion though not without corresponding
sympathy nnd tenders of assistance ,
tlmt the area of the blizrard has been
extended , nnd that the rich and popu
lous cast , fiom Now England even to
Washington , with Now York as ( ho
storm centre , has bcon found to bo as
much it < 3 hottlo as the wild west. The
metropolitan city of Now Yorkhns bcon
as deeply buried in snow s the hamlets -
lots of Dakota. The wind has blown
with the same velocity. The cold blasts
have frozen their victims on Broadway
nnd Central Parkas relentlessly as they
sought thorn out In Dakota , The chil
dren who slept in the Dakota school
houses have their counterparts in Iho
women nnd children sloopirig by hun-
dreds.in the Now York and Now Jersey
mills and factories. The famine which
threatened the Dakotiuns has scared
the Now Yorkers. Tlio Dakota farmer
who lost his way within a few rods of
his house is matched by Roscoe Conk-
ling losing His way in the drifts of
Union Sqitaro within a few rods of a
lofugo. In fact the details of the two
pictures are ono and the sumo , frozen
victims , people suffering for the neces
sities of life , stalled trains , starvation '
prices of piovlsions , interruption'
mail ; freight , nnd passong'er transporta
tion , suffering of stdck , telegraph w ros
biokon and Iqnglod , business paroWzedj
ami for two flays the great city , likotho ] !
wilu wosjt town , buried under mountains ,
of snow , entailing a 'tnonoycd.loss fai-j
exceeding that in the western territory.
Tinder such circumstances as * thesb it5
is. nOt'romarkablo'lhattho"people ' of ( Da
kota should have a fdllOW-fcollhg for
their storm-stricken and blizzard be
numbed brethren In Now York and
should at once bestir themselves to send
relief , for 'they know how it is them
selves , and realize that aid promptly
given is twice given. It is pleasant to !
be able to return coinplimontshnd klnd-
ncsbos , and the Dakota people Have
come forward ) nobly , not alone In their
largo towns , but 6ven in the small Mi
lages and sont'thoir offers of clothing ,
provisions nnd financial help , If neces
sary , by wiie to tlio authorities of the
paralyzed and slorm-rSaden fcity. A fol
low fooling makes us wondrous kind.
All the morp graceful and 'grateful this
kindness appears when wo read that
spring has come to Dakota with all its
balmy.influon6os ; that the Tohins are
pfping in the trees , and therfarmors are
gettipg ready far "their Work , while Now
Ybrk lies in its snowy sepulchre.
Judge Dundy's Heciblon.
Clikaoo Herald.
The formal decision ol Judge Duhdy ,
of the United States district cour't ' 'at
Omaha , 'follows th'e 'preliminary man
date of last week to the Union Pacific
road , ordering it to haul the cars 'ten
deredby the Bn'rlington system. The
decision is 'the ' first igivon gut of its
kind , and will bo hotly debated nil bvdr
Ame'rlca. The bench applies the
United States statutes of 1882 to tlio
ca e , and by a coincidence those Btat-
utost exactly fit. It 'thus comes 'about
that while the Burlington lots its own
engineers strike it is able to
bring a successful suit , whereby
the same action is to ho
denied to the Union Paci-
'fio , whom the Burlington may 'per
haps suspect of being willing to make
the most of the reputed disinclination
of its engineers to haul Burlington
cars. The decision , in its terms , is not
precise. It speaks slightingly of the
Cullom law , and it deals with a great
number of suppositions in fact , "I sup
pose" Is n phrase strikingly frequent.
Tlio court declares that no power can
prevent a man from stopping work , yet
in the same Sentence it warns the
brotherhood to avoid , by all means , tlio
commission of the offense ngainst the
United States that would bo adjudged
should the engineers cripple the facili-
tics'of the connecting roiid by striking.
Thus they can stnko , and they cannot ,
as in a state whcro marriage licenses
are required the wedding is valid , but
the bridegroom goes to jail.
The Itlulit Idea.
Denver Kens.
At u recent meeting of the Omaha
bolird of trade the following was passed :
Resolved , Tlmt this board of tnulq en
doiscs and approves tlio clTort of the Omaha
development buicau to advertise the city of
Omaha , nnd urges upon individual nicmbcro
of this boat d and citizens generally to sub
scribe liberally to a fund for the use of said
bureau1 to tlio extent of $10.0QQ or 815,000 , , said
development bureau to rupoit its expendi
tures to this board.
This makes tlio third bureau to be
placed in operation under the auspices
of the board of trade , the ether two being
the manufacturers and tlio freight bu
reau , It is doubtful , howeVer , if the
latest experiment will piovo a success.
even with tlio expenditure of 810,000 to
815,000 per year. The best advertise
ment for a live cltyis not a dead column
in id ) eastern pupqr at high rates , but
specimen copies of the representative
newspapers supported by 'that city ,
which uro a true phroniclo ol its ovpry-
day life , showing the crimps and acci
dents to which it is incident , its real es
tate activity , Us church and school work ,
the nature of Its ontertainmonts.nnd the
thousand other things which the p vid
for "puff" never mentions , because .the
"puffer.11 asn general rule , knows little
or nothing of the art of reaching the
public. A column article sent from
Dpnvor recently to ft Boston paper was
roturnqd to this city u day or two ago
with this Yankee comment in Jjluo Hues
ojj the margin : * 'Guoss tills was writ
ten to puff real estate. " Of course tlio
Yankee was right. It was written to
"puff" real estate , and the work of this
inartistic "puffer" was" plainly visible
in every paragraph.
Ouo wonders whothpr all the Rip Van
Winkles Iho in Pennsylvania , Not
long ii' ' o n magazine contributor spoke
of u letter which had boon recently
sent to Nathaniel Hawthorne frotn u
Ponnsylvnnlan , and now President Carter -
tor , of Williams college , has received d
letter from Philadelphia directed to
"Rev. EbenQser Fltxm , President of
Williams follogo. ' . Dr. Fitch's presi
dency of William's ended in 1815.-
A RECKLESS SIAUCIHER ,
A ttalo of 'dniolty to a Band of
Itullans.
SURPRISED AT DAYBREAK.
A Tjrriblo Story of tlio Killing of n
Rnml of Clicjcnurs nt Sniul
Creek , Under n Flap
of Truce.
Globo-Dcmocrat : A good story comes
from Hobor M. Crc l , of Dovll's Lake ,
D. T. , who gjaduatcd nt West Point In
In 1877 , nnd wns appointed ns second
lieutenant of the Seventh regiment ,
.United States cavalry , stationed nt
Fort Lincoln , Just across the river front
Bismarck , D. T. Ho has Imd much experience -
porionco In Indian flghUng , having
served undar Major Thornburgh In
1878 , In the campaign against Dull
Knife , the noted Indian chief , nnd liiu
recalcitrant band , llo was nlso a mem
ber of the engineer corps for some time.
Lieutenant Creel was a guest nt the
Lacledo hotel last night , " having
just arrived from Coles county , 111 , ,
whcro ho made arrangements for n
largo delegation of people to " visit
Dakota in llio early spring. "Ho is
n young man who is In the middle of the
thirties , porhnps , nnd is below tlio
modiuin build , rather slohdor , but
cart-ids himself with a woll-lrainod
military bearing. Ho made a hand
some stnko in n real cdtuto deal in Da
kota a few years ago , after which ho re
signed his position In the army , nnd has
siuco boon engaged In journalism , poll-
tics and the real cstato busltioss. Ho is
nn oxcQcdingly interesting conversa
tionalist , having n rich fund of anec
dotes and actual experiences of his llfo ,
but which , from modesty , ho rarely ex
patiates \ipon. To a Globo-Domoorat
reporter last availing ho told a story of
cruelty to.a band oflndians , which ho
consented Clouly to relate because
it was a matter that has never boon sot
right in the pages of history. Indeed ,
it scorns that gioss misrepresentations
have boon indulged in J > y somobqdy ,
cither willfully or unwillingly.
"Tho side of the ptory which I ivlll
givoAou has never appeared in print boj j
Iforbj" began LioutonatCrdol , in answer
'to ' n nuoryby the roportqr. "Somo tlmo
last July I road in'tho ' columns ofitho (
Globe-Domocrot ahintorVlow with Colonel - ,
onel Chlvinglon , tolling aflowory | story
of the bravo service ho rendered
the Fgovornmont in the fight with
the Cheyenne Indians nt 'Sand Creole ,
Ijoltor known as the Sand Creek
massacre. It will bo remembered that
BotnbWhbco in the OO's , just nftor'tho '
war , the Ghoyonnb Indians wont on the
wnrpafli in western ( Kansas nnd comitt-
tcd several depredations. The country
was'thon wild and 'unsettled , the 'few '
cabins of the ranchmen hero nnfl there
nt long distances -across the prairies
being the only evidence of human hab
itation. Those Indians "wont acrolsaho
sparsely settled country nnd committed
cvornl atrocities. A. regiment of Volunteers - 1
unteors in thoitnoro thickly settled portion
tion of the country farther cas't Hvos 1
raised under tlio leadership of Colonel
'Chivingtonvho himsdlf was a volun
teer to supprqss the savngos. "Tho In
dians -wore surrounded in the southwest
corner of thelstnto and the band almost
exterminated. And for this fight Colonel -
nol Chivington has Tjoen lauded to the
'skies by"s"ev6ral nc'wspajior writers.n
'
"But , " continued Lidutonant Creel ,
"I have hoard Btorios'-ft < om what I con
sider pretty reliable , sources from both
'sides engaged in that fight , and it leads
moto'bcltcvo ' that'lhaffight was ono of
the m6st cruel and unboiled for occur
rences in Indian warfare. While tn the
'Borvico I'wos detailed by 'General Phil
Sheridan to go among the 'Choyonno
Indians'thon ' living in pence on their
're'sorvation ' , and translate their langu
age in'to Eiiglifh nnd iriakc a grammar
and dictionary. It'took mo two years
to do this , nftor much hard and perplex
ing study. "Now J shall tell 'the story of
the Sand Crcok massacre and what I
think is the true , hibtory. At the tihio
the Cheyenne Indians wont on the war
path , there wns one company of regular
soldiors'gnrrisoiied at Fort Iiyonswhtch
was near the Colorado line in the south
west corner of Kansas. Ono day the In
dians appeared at the military post and
signified their intention of leaving the
war-path and said they wanted to make
po'aco. It was oviflont from their
actions that they were honest in their
decimations , and the captain in com
mand of the post told them ho
would have to send word to
superior olllcors in another part of the
Btato before ho could make peace with
them. As there was no telegraphic
facilities there at that time , it required
several days to send the word. Pending
tlio time for nn answer to arrive , the
captain assured them of his own friend
liness and ibaridd them a United States
fla < r to hoist above their camps ns an
evidence that they Would not bo mo
lested until the answer came. Before
the answer from the higher oflicors
came , Colonel Chivington and his regi
ment of COO or 800 volunteers marched
up to the fort ono night and asked tlio
captain to join him in an attack upon
the Indians. Tlio captain protcbted
strongly hgaltist making any attack , and
explained the peaceful lolations then
existing , showing how unjust an at
tack would bo at that timo. Colonel
Chivington , it is alleged , would not
listen to his view of tlio matter , and ho
was determined that his own men
should make an attack upon tlio uifsus-
pceting Indians that very night. In
this fort was Job Bunt , employed as an
Indian scout. Colonel Cliivington
wanted him to go with tie ] men .mid
direct them to the Indian camp. * Bob
rofuhod to do this , but ho told mo that
Cliivington threatened to shoot him
on the spot if ho did not go. As the
Colonel had a whole regiment of men at
his back , the company in the fort rbuld
do nothing , and Bob was compelled to
e ° .
JUJUM I'KD AT DAYIIIIKAK.
f'Now ' , the Indians , " continued Lieu-
tonont Creel , "wero encamped in tie |
second bottom df Sand Creek , a few
miles from Fort Dyons. TIfoy had IJugo
lodges erected , in which they were hold
ing dances around the fire in thp center -
tor , and were onjoyjner themselves bent-
ing the tom-tom and singing Eongs. ,
Too stars mid stripes waved above thoin
and under its folds they wore confident
of seouaity from all molestation until
the answer for a treaty arrived , There
wpro ovpr two thousand of thoin , count
ing all the warriors , womCn and ( jliil-
dron. Among them wpro George and
Charley Bent , brothers of Bob Bunt ,
who was forced to lead , the whites
against them. TijQBent boys wpro of
Cheyenne bipod. About 4 o'cloelf in the
.morning the force of Colonel Clilvington
entered tlio ravine where the Indi mis
were encamped. The Indian ponies , to <
the number of 1,600 were hordpd near
by. Bob Bent now dirobted the whites
to the place , nnd immediately the
whites began pouring volley after vol
ley of musketry into the 'camp , doing
deadly work among the Indians , "who
were unaware of nny enemy bol ng at
hand * The Indians rap for their ponies ,
- -
4ft-tf
- - .
but wore mowed down by the deadly
V&lloyB Of the volunteers. "Bob Kent
told mo , " said Lieutenant Creel , "Hint
when the ftrolng began ho loft for the ,
roar during tlio oxcitcmont , It was just
nt tlio break of day , nnd the brilliant
sunlight wns pouring Into the TAVlno
lighting Up the sconqof cftrnngo. There
ho stood watching his. own people 03
they wore shot down
NO QUAlVrtJK QRANTKD.
"Colonel Chh ingston Imd given or
ders that no mercy should ho shown.
Indian monwomon nnd children sought
shelter behind tlio coltonwood logs tlmt
Imd drifted Into the bottom , Llttlo
girls nnd their molhors , knowing that
white was the color llmt naked for
peace , would tear oil strips
ot nny part of their clothing
that wns of tlmt coloi' , nnd placing
them on sticks , would hold thorn In the
air ns n signal to not kill them. Hut the
volunteers never showed qunrtor , nnd
even the small children crouching be
hind the ogs nnd crying nnd begging
for their lUos were ruthlessly killed in
rold blood. In this innnnor over 1000
Indians were slain. Severn ! succeeded
ih getting on their ponies nnd escaping.
Clmrloy Bout wns killed In the massa
cre ; George Bent escaped uninjured.
1 ho Indians were bewildered and sur
prised nnd never offered resistance.
The dead nnd wounded were left on the
field. by the wliltc-S.but tholndlutlscumo
bnck nflorward under the tissurnribo of
pence nnd cared for their kindred. Col.
Cblvingtoii nnd his volunteers wont to
Colorado , nnd soon nftor dlsbnndod.
Col. Chlvington disappeared from ' the
country for several years , as the Bent
brothers were looking for his scalp.
The Bo nt boy s nro now living in the
Indian Territory. George being the interpreter -
torprotor ut the Ohcyouno agency , "
Republican State Convention.
The republican olcctois pf the Btnto of
Nebraska nro requested to Bond delegates
from the several counties , to meet In con
vention , at the city of Omahji , Tuesday Mny
15 , 1883 , nt 8 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose of
electing four delegates to the national repub
lican convention , which moots in Chicago
Juno 10 , 1868.
.
The several counties nro entitled ty repre
sentation ns followfl , bolng based upon the
vote cast fbr Iton. Samuel Maxwell , supreme
judRo , in 1887 , Riving one dolesate-aUarpo to
eachcpunty.nndopOfor | each 150 votes nnd
major fraction thereof ! _ , _
COUNTIES. VOTKS.I COUJ.TIItS. TOTES.
Adorns 14 Jefferson.0
Antelope OJolriison 8
Arthur 1 Kearney 8
Blaine OKoya Palm 5
Boono. . 8 Keith -
BoxButto4KHOX 7
'Brown 9Lnncnstcr 25
Buffalo . ' 14 < Lincoln 8
Butler 9 Logan , 3
Burt Oboup 3
Cnss ICMadJson 8
Cedar. 5 McPhonon 1
'Cliaso DMerrlolc 7
Cherry 5Nnnco 5
Choyeimo 11 g
Clny 11 Nucltolls..ii.i.i C
Colfnx 7 Otoo 13
" ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
( Cuming ii ! . . ! ! 7PawnebV.V.V. . . . . . . 8
Custcr 17 Perkins -
Dakota 5PIorco 4
Dawcs 7Polk 0
DilWHOu SPlntto 10
Dlxon OPholps 7
Dodge 12 Richardson 13
Douglas 87 Red Willow 7
Junuy. 4 Saline 13
jFilhnoro lOSarpy , 5
-Franklin 7 Sounders 13
( Frontier .Ip.Sownrd . 10
Furnns , OShorianii 7
Gogo 10 BUcrmon 7
Garfleld OSIoux 3
Gospor GStiinton 4
Grant ; . . . . 1 Tlinycr 7
Grdoloy. 4Thoinaa 3
Hall 11 Valley 0
Hamilton 10 Washington 0
Hnrlnn S Wnyno 5
Hnjcs 4 Webster 0
Hitchcock 0 V/hcolCr 8
Holt 14 York 11
Howard „ . 7 Urtorg. territory. . . . 1
It Is rcctftnmendcd'that no proxlei bo ad
mitted to the convention'except , 'sileh ns are
hold by persons residing In the counties from
the proxies nro given.
GuonoE D. MfenrMitoiiN ,
WAT.T M. SEEI.T , .Chairman.
Secretary.
Ponrls.
Philadelphia Mmes : Pearls were
never before so fashionable nnd outrank
diamonds. They nro Queen Victoria's
favorite gems , and she has made it a
point to give each of her daughters a
pearl necklace. The pearls of the queen
of Italy and her passion for them
are well known. As only ono pearl of
value is found in about 1,000 shells ,
hunting thorn is not n very profitable
industry. They nro rarely round and
rarer still true whito. They nro mostly
pink or bluish , often iridescent , and 'in
form usually button-shaped or flat on
the back. A nearly round white pearl
as big w n pea easily brings $200 qr
more. The difficulty in matching them
makes necklaces eo expensive. More
than half llio so-called pearl nccklacks
worn even by fashionable ladies nro
what are known ns Ttoman pearls , are
artillcial. Tlio finest are now found
in tlio west , in the rivers of Kentucky.
Tennessee and Toxas. Tlio finest pearl
nocklnca in Philadelphia is owned by
Mis. "Elliott , the young married daugh
ter ot Mrs. Wheeler.
Choking Catarrh.
7Iavo you awakened from a disturbed sleep
with all the liorrblo ) sensations of nu twsiisKlu
clutching jour throat nnd pressing the llfo-
brcnth from your llphtoiicd chest ? irmoyou
noticed the languor nnd doblJlty tlmt succeed
the effort to clour yotir tUrftnt .ind liend of this
cutarrlml matter ? What a jlopresslng Influence
ltn exerts upon tlio mind , clouding the memory
nnd tilling the huad with palm und btruiiKO
nalflcsl How dinicult It Is to rid tliu nasiil pass-
ugcs , throat and lungs of this poUonous IIIUCUH
nil can testify v ho nro allllctod > Uth catarrh.
Ilowdinicult to protect the H > stemngaliistltd
further prosreis towards the liingx , liver nnd
kldnojn , all | > hvsklann vllndinlt. \ . It Js n ttrri-
bin ( llBeusoand cries out forlollof and euro.
'Jlit leiuarknblo curutho powers , Minn nil
ollnr remt'Ului uttcily full , of HANIoim'ri KADI-
CAI. CUIIF , am nttostf-d l y thniiuundH | u > t'rato-
fully reconiini-nd It < o felltiw-Hiiirtiois No
Btatvmt'Ut Is iiindo regal ding It that rnnuot bo
MibNtautlutcd liy tlio most fiepectablu und re-
llubk ) lofcrenccs. „ .
1'iuli packet contains ono bpttlopf thn IIAnt >
CAI. C'UIU , OHO box of G'XTAJillltAI. hOLVUNT.
nnd nn luniovri ) INn\i.in , with tieatlso and
illrectlon ! " , and Is sold by nil druggists for 11.00.
1'OTTfn Jiupa a. CIIKHICAL Co , HOSTON.
°
STRAINS , SPR AINS , PAINS
elcuant. Instantanuoui anil Infftlll-
bl Atitldotd to Tain. Inflammation
" . Bud \V nkiu > s3. the CUTICUUA. ANTI.
TAiwri.A8Ti.il. The jltHtond only lulnsubdu *
Jm ; planter. The ai < st ctBcaclolis , the 7 est
agreimble. and tliemost speedy of Ml external
iiirents for the relief of 1'iiln mid Weakness. At
all druggists , S3 cents ; five forll.no ; or. postnuo
free , or 1'onEii Ditiia AND OUBUioxLCo. , llo -
ton , MUMS.
TTEBP YOUR EYE 6pEN ) ' you would
* * * and frauiU
not be vlrtlml/cd bylmpostcrs
-\vlio \ are Hooding the market with orthless lint-
tations of Boooori'o Plaster , 'Iheso
"pirates" who fcttk to lloat tuelr worthless
pioducta on the reputation pf Bonson'o
Piaster resort to many frlcls for which thelt
class Is famous , and Jf buyprsiaro not exceed.
Ingly cautious they frefjucntly nndthomselven
t JctlinUed by unscrupulous dealers w ho aldund
Kbit In such dpccptlon for n division of the
profits. Honest dealers will tinlto vlth jjliyat.
( .tans in recoiumendliii ; Bonson'8 Plnator
as superior to all other external reniedles foi
coughs , colds , pleurisy , chest palim , batkacho ,
kldnuy ullottlons , malaria , ratmmatlsin , uclo.
tlca , luniUagottudaclies and Juli | of every do <
scrip.tlou. 8KAIIVKV i JOI1NSON.
Bolu Manufucturvra , Kow Verb-
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