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    THE OMATTA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , APKIL 17 , 1883.
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PAT PoiiD don't take as much stock
in Hascall's law knowledge as lie used
to before the Pirikorton mercenaries
were imported.
OMAHA ministers are bound to lot the
good people of the city know thnt the
ImBO ball season has begun in good
earnest.
WITH accounts of railroad disasters ,
sermons on Sunday sports and reports
of the last national game our columns
tff t- are Hooded lilco the Missouri river bottom
ff tom during the Juno rise.
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IT is gratifying to learn that from
l&ftrch 1 to April 11 South Omaha
packed 03,000 hops as compared with
58,000 last year , und that Omaha stands
third on the Hst of pork-packing cen
tres.
NEW YOUK'S emigration commission
ers and Collector Magono are evidently
trying to do their duty in regard lo the
imported contract labor law. At least
they inako a strong effort at it when the
Ifnifchts of Labor hold a prod behind
b them.
THE young democracy of Now Orleans
are evidently bound to break up the
solid tfouth of their fathers. The boys
propose to BOO that the old folks give
them a free ballot and a fair count , and
will use Winchesters as persuaders on
election day.
MAJOU GENEIIAL CHOOK will bo as
signed to Chicago , BO our Washington
advices state , although ho has expressed
a preference for San Francisco. The
belief seems to prevail at the 'national
capital that there are too many Miles in
the division of the Pacific to allow the
gallant Indian fighter * to do the most
effective service.
WAYNE MACV.KAOD : , President Gar-
field's attorney general , has just bedn
elected president of the Philadelphia
Civil Service Reform association. The
compliment is well deserved. For
nineteen years Mr. MacVeagh has
boon identified with a civil service
movement , and ho has never swerved
in his purpose of purifying politics.
BY the time Captain Foley and the
B. & M. junnisBaries have been re
leased from special police duty by Man
ager Iloldrcgo and are on their way
back to Chicago , Philadelphia or
wherever they were recruited and on-
llstod , the council will pass a resolution
requesting the chief of police to run
every mother's son of Pinkertons into
city cooler.
TUB grand procession of sad-eyed
formers led in chains by a beefy eastern
flactory owner with a buy window , which
) > aradcd our city , through the columns
of the Omaha Sunday Herald has bopn
just five.weeks traveling from Chicago
to Omaha. The cut of the procession
Ornaments the front page of a Chicago
ivookly of March 10. Wo do like enter
prise but there is sucti a thing us being
too enterprising.
Tni ! temperance cause lias as many
fluctuations as Wull street stock. In
the language of the street it has gained
two points , but this rise is temporary
and fluctuating , and has come from
unexpected quarters. Kentucky hold a
prohibition convention where the maj-
fcrs und colonels , strange to say , wont
( Zhreo whole days without taking a
drink. The striking brewers of Now
York , Chicago and Cincinnati have
boycotted boor for four weeks. But in
spite ot this favorable turn to the cause ,
the depressing news comes that Maine
is going to give up prohibition , In
consequence , temperance stock has boon
cheeked in its rosy ( light.
Tnt : offensive partisans of Nebraska ,
who as federal oftica holders are busily
engaged In selecting delegates to the
state convention , and are doing heroic
vrork for party politics , are warned. It
was to them that Mr. Cleveland directed
his proclamation of July 14,18SO , that
"onico holders are the ag&nta of the
people , not their masters , and that they
have no right to dictate political
notion of their party associates. "
Mr. Cleveland's words are clear ; "Tho
Influence of federal ofllco holders should
not bo felt in the manipulation of politi
cal primary meetings and nominating
conventions. " The question is , how
many federal oflico holders take this
Injunction seriously to mind ? Not 9110.
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To ncRln To-tiny
If nothing interpose to change the
order in congress , the tariff bill of the
ways hml moans committee will corao
forward to-day for consideration. It is
to bo supposed that the chairman of the
committee will have ready a speech in
support of the measure , and thus will
open the diflcussiont How long this
may bo continued it is impossible to
say. Moro than n hundred members
are registered to speak on the tariff ,
and many who have not thus signified
their in ten lion ivill doubtless bo hoard
on the subject. Tho.undorstood plan is
to devote live days of each week to the
bill until a vote IB reached on it , which
the friends of the measure dcstro shall
not bo Inter than the first of Juno.
The opponents of the bill are expected
to use all the parliamentary tac
tics at tholr command to prevent
a vote being reached at that time. In
this way the country will learn after
awhile of their full strength and ot the
chances of the bill in the house. It maybe
bo taken for granted that the repub
licans are very nearly solid against it.
The latest estimate of the number of
republicans xvho will support it docs not
go nbovo half a dozen. When the final
application of the party lash shall bo
made iho number may bo found oven
loss than this. The influence of party
pressure has shown itself In the case of
Bovoral republican representatives who
before congress assembled and since
widely proclaimed themselves in favor
of tariff reform , and it will bo vigor
ously and effectively exerted from now
on , so that there is littlorisk in predict
ing that when a vote is taken the re
publicans will bo found al
most unanimous. It is im
possible to say how many democrats
Mr. Randall will be able to marshal in
opposition to the bill , but certainly a
less number than he was credited with
controlling sixty days ago. Several of
those who wore counted in his faction
have already signified their intention
to support the hill , and part } ' considera
tions , with the influence of the adminis
tration , will perhaps induce others to
do so. If the democrats have the sup
port of no moro than six republicans
and lese not more than double that num
ber from their own ranks they can pass
the bill in the house byamorcmajority.
The party pressure on both sides will
bo very heavy , and every man will be
given to understand that his standing
in the party , and therefore hi3 political
future , will depend upon his vote on
this bill.
The measure should bo , and it is
to be hoped will be , amended in
several important respects , but
the proper way totneet it is not by mere
captious opposition and obstruction ,
but by a straightforward and honest ef
fort to secure such changes as will re
lieve it of the objectionable features and
make it more nearly than it is a na
tional measure , dealing justly and
equitably by all sections and interests.
Republicans who profess to favor tariff
reform cannot expect to have their pro
fessions believed if while opposing the
bill of the majority of the ways and
moans committee they have nothing to
offer in the line of reform in place of it.
The country is tired of that sort of
statesmanship _ which expends itself in
fault-finding and has nothing to pro
pose for remedying existing evils and
abuses. It is impatient of the practice
which holds every question to the test of
party expediency and advantage. It is
losing confidence in pledges that ore
persistently disregarded. It demands
that there shall bo practical , intelligent
and honest action on the questions of
taxation und revenue'BO'that the people
ple shall have the relief they need and
the government bo provided with no
moro from their resources than its neces
sary requirements call for. This is not
only practicable , but would bo eabily
accomplished if the representatives of
the people would address themselves to
the task in an honest and patriotic
spirit , Rut this spirit is subordinated
to the demands of party and the ambi
tion of individuals.
The tarid discussion that is expected
to begin to-day will bo regarded during
its progress with increasing interest by
the country in the hope that the result
may bo BO wise and satisfactory as to re
move this question from controversy for
years to come.
Underbilling.
There is hardly any form of discrim
ination by railways 7nore dangerous
than undorbilling , chiefly for the
reason that it is so dilllcult to detect.
The inter-state commerce commission ,
in referring to this method of discrim
ination , citqd several instances of the
undorbilling of grain loaded into ears
from private elevators at Chicago , and
other examples have since boon found
elsewhere , showing differences of from ,
forty to over ono hundred per cent be
tween the actual weight and tlio billing
weight , the mistake always being on
the side of the shipper. The evidence
shows that during the last season a
largo amount of grain has been loaded
nt interior points in the western states
and gone through various junction
points south and webt of Chicago
without transfer to the oast. The ship
ments uro made from small country sta
tions whore no facilities for weighing
the grain exist , but where local buyers
have storehouses or country elevators
and their weights have been acceptor
by the carriers in reliance upon their
good faith. It is a custom among rail
roads to seal cars for long-distance ship
ments , keeping a record at junction
points of the condition of the seals , a
road upon which a seal is unbroken not
being regarded as liable on damage
claims. In many cases of undorbilling
the initial railroad company has no
doubt been cognizant ot the fact Urn
the weights wore not full , while other
cases no doubt exist in which the car
rier was entirely innocent.
This practice , which provallec
to Eomo extent before the
passage of the intor-stato com
moroo law , is said upon good authority
to have very greatly increased since , ir
a great measure taking the place of the
payment of rebates. In view of this
Judge Cooley , chairman of the inter
state commerce commission , is roportei
to bo making a personal investigation
in order to determine what is neccssar ;
to be douo to put u stop to the practice
Jucli nn evasion of the law obviously do-
cats its purpose of preventing die-
crimination between shippers , and
while it may bo admitted that carriers
are sometimes imposed on by dishonest
shippers in misrepresenting the weight
of shipments , it is Tiot to bo supposed
thnt this happens often , but thnt in the
majority of cases ot undorbillliijj
there is collusion between the
carrier and the shipper. The law
s violated in every such cnso
qf discrimination , but ns wo hnvo said
there is the great difllcullyof detection ,
nnd besides this of fixing the responsi
bility. This , it has been suggested ,
could bo most surely done by making
joth the shipper nnd the carrier ntncn-
nblo to the law , nnd declaring it nn of-
'onso for any person lo offer for ship
ment or for any transportation company
rcnowlngly to receive nnd forward nny
article the true character nnd correct
weight of which are not specified In the
shipping directions or way-bill.
This is ono form ot evading the interstate -
state commerce law which will require
attention , nnd there are doubtless others
Lhat investigation would develop.
The suggestion of such disclosures
is that congress should give
the law patient nnd thorough con
sideration with n view to such amend
ments as will render it moro effective
'or the prevention of the abuses it was
enacted to remove. So far congress has
not shown a very zealous disposition to
do this , and it was not untimely on the
part of the Now York chamber of com
merce in passing a resolution calling
upon that body to take action to prevent
the evasions of the intor-stato com
merce law still practiced by the rail
road companies , and to apply equal pen
alties for violations of the law to both
railroads and shippers.
As wo had supposed , the ways and
means committee of the house will bo in
no hurry to report the senate bond pur
chase bill. It is stated the committee
will ask the opinion of the secretary of
the treasury as to the effect of the pro
vision of the bill requiring the purchase
and coining ol silver to anamountcqual
to national hank notes surrendered , al
though his views must be well known
to the committee. It is of course desir
able , however , to have'tho official state
ment ns a basis. With the opinion of
the secretary antagonizing the silver
provision the committee will feel moro
fully warranted in doing what it had
already intended to do , report unfavor
able on the bill in order to relieve the
president of the necessity of passing
upon it. The opinion of the secretary ,
however , will be virtually that of the
president , so that the country will not
bo deceived as to the present views of
Mr. Cleveland regarding silver. Mean
time nothing will be done toward re
ducing the surplus by the. purchase of
bonds , for the reason that Secretary
Fail-child stupidly or stubbornly de
clines to regard as sufficient tlio
declarations of both houses respecting
his authority to buy bonds. The senate
having taken a position on this matter
will very likely not recede from it , and
therefore the promise is that the treas
ury will do nothing to help the money
market in the only way that ta.now open
to it. In the play at Washington for
party advantage the interests and wel
fare of the country are getting very lit
tle show.
THIS people of Colorado are congratu
lating themselves upon the prospect of
the removal of the Southern Utes from
that state , a bill for this purpose having
passed both houses of congress. A Den
ver paper remarks that it would bo well
nigh impossible to overestimate the
value to Colorado of the removal of the
Utcs , and appears to look with happy
anticipation to the day when it can an
nounce that there are no Indians in
that state and no tribal reservation to
be found within its limits. Undoubt
edly the Utcs haye been troublesome to
the people of southwestern Colorado ,
and certainly the state will bo bettor off
without them , but perhaps justice re
quires it to bo said that the Indians
would not have been so troublesome ex
cept for the treatment they received at
the hands of unscrupulous white men ,
some of them occupying olJicial posi
tions. The evidence is that some of the
whites of southwestern Colorado tire
quite'as bad , or a little worbo , than the
red men , as will perhaps bo moro dis
tinctly shown when they have no one to
prey upon but themselves.
A LONDON dispatch announces the
sudden death of Mr. Matthew Arnold ,
one of the most distinguibhed scholars
and writers of England. No contem
porary foreign author , except perhaps
Tennyson , is bettor known than Arnold
to the literary circles of the United
States , and in his two visits to this coun
try he made many personal friends
hero , llis recent paper on American
civilization , which was not altogether
flattering to American vanity , has been
widely commented on , generally with
rather moro resentment than was de
served. Mr. Arnold has loft in numer
ous volumes of poetry , critical essays ,
and other writings , a lasting monument
to his learning and his superior intel
lectual endowments.
. SULLIVAN , the noted apostle
of the slcdgo hammer fist , has sailed
for homo and will arrive within a week.
Tlio change of climate has not agreed
with his constitution ds well as it was
expected. And his friends will bo dis
appointed to learn that his striking fea
tures have not improved , although
Prof. Mitchell relieved him considera
bly of the big-head , from which ho suf
fered before ho loft America. Owing
to his present delicate condition , no
wild demonstration will bo made upon
his arrival at Boston. But ho will bo
asked to lecture there at an early day
on , "Tho Englishman ; the serious im
pressions I have of him. "
CLOSK observers have noted with
satisfaction tha marked improvement
mu.de by our district court in expedit
ing business. Especially has the change
been made apparent in the prompt dis
position of criminal business before this
court , and also in the reputation the
court has recently made for itself in
Bhowingadctormination to see that law
breakers do not escape the proscribed
penalties. It is V good tiling for tlio
peace ot nny coiTJJiginlty to know that
wo have n court vrulch will not permit n
criminal to escnMpuitlshmont ] | through
n technicality nncl thnt impartial jus
tice is dealt out to law-breakers. The
civil docket has alto b6on reduced nnd
litigants can have their onuses adjudi
cated within rcnso'nablo tirqp.
VOICE OP TilK STA.TK PRESS ,
The Bcntrlco llopt/bllcim / favors General
J. C. Cowln 'for cpngrcssirian from tlio Big
First. . <
The Schuylor Hcrnlil officially announces
, T. Sterling Morton ns the camlldnto for vice
president on the democratic ticket.
The fool-killer started out to annihilate the
editor of tlio Greenwood Leader , but upon
seeing his victim , committed suicide.
Labor union conventions are being called
throughout tlio state nnd champions of. the
new part ) ' are mustering for the coming
fray.
The Franklin Echo finds thnt John Mc-
Shanc , congressman from the First district ,
1ms sent nearly nil the pcoplo of that county a
copy of the president's message.
Tlio South Sioux City Sun BOOS thnt tlio
day Is not far distant \vhcn n uniform pas
senger tariff of two cents per mile will bo
established throughout the country.
The Ashland Gazette concludes that the
"indications nro thnt Judge Greshnm is in ns
favorable n position to soouro tlio republican
nomination nt Chlcngo next Juno ni nny of
the nblo gentlemen nnmed.
The Beatrice Democrat , with cries of
anti-monopoly appearing throughout its col
umns , favors Harry Phillips ns a dolomite to
the republican convention. The Democrat
seems to know what would most weaken the
republican party.
The Columbus Democrat , after rending n
n brief which shows thnt the earnings of the
] J. & M. for several years , have been enough
to build the road each year , says the pro
ducers of Nebraska will suffer as long ns
they pay the excessive tolls demanded.
The Ncbraslcn City Times figures out that
since Jndgo Shields of Omaha , has 'decided
thnt when nn attorney doesn't charge moro
money for his service than his client has , the
feels not unreasonable , an immediate emigra
tion of lawyers to Omnhn may bo expected.
The Ccdnr county Nonimriol is informed
"that the freight on 400 pounds of flour bags
from St. Louis to Hartingtou is 1 < GO ; fr6tn
St. Louis to Ynnlston f2. It is evident wo
need , a litlla competition In freights , nnd wo
need it bad and it is moro tlmn probable
that wo will have it shortly , to. "
With a power of keen discrimination and
proper understanding of the situation , tlio
Beatrice Republican flnda that "T. H. Benton -
ton of Lincoln , the present deputy in the
auditor's olllce , is spoltcn of OB a candidate
for Btato auditor this full. For this position
the republicans want some ono who has douo
something for the party , not a person whom
the party has mndo hat ho is. "
"Tho rank nnd file ot the republican
party , " says the Fremont Tribune , "havo a
duty to perform in going to caucuses and con
ventions and seeing tb' it that the disreputa
ble leeches of the party ( all parties have
them ) do not run the , machine and carry off
the offices and the huilka of glory attached
thereto. It is the permission of such things
as these that bring a party into bad repute ,
nnd makes it u stench in the sight of heaven , '
The Holdrego Ct:5 looked twice before
itwrota : "Noparty A existence to-day or
that ever existed , hiwaueh an army of talent ,
so nwiiy noted and emiiieat UKU in all deim-t-
n.ents of knowledge ; BO mauy statesman in
the purest , best sense of the term , so many
philanthropists , BO many successful business
men , so many zealous supparlerj as has the
republican party to-day , and all will work
together for the succsss of the republican
candidates at the fall campaign.
The Dundy Democrat , looking of the field
in the Second district , discovers that ox-
Spenker Hnrlan , of York county , is
making uu early and earnest canvass for the
republican congrccsioual nomination in this
district. Ho argues that Laird has been long
enough in public life to demonstrate his leg
islative ability , if ho haa nuy , and further ,
that it is time for the unti monopoly clement
in the party to receive recognition. Harlan
will be remembered as the leader ol the Vim
AVyek force * in the last legislature.
After reading the llight Honorable David
Mercer's gallons of panegyric on "younar men
in 1SSS , " the Wayne Gazette finds that "the
usual scramble to represent this state at the
national convention bus already began , nnd
in some districts is liable to be an exciting
contest. The young republicans of the state
are coming to Iho front and demanding re
cognition , and if the right men are advocated ,
wo are decidedly in favor of giving them a
chnnc-c. There nro u great many competent
young men even in our own district , ana wj
insist on letting them have nn opportunity of
trying their metal. Old men for counsel , but
young men for action , nnd in a contest of
this kind nution wins. "
The Kearney dully Press writes n column
article , in which it favors C. H. Van Wyck
for United States senator , on the pround that
he was betrayed by the last legislature. It
remembers the distinction between the North
Plattc and South Plutte , but argues in this
\voy : "The imaginary line of th < J North
Plutlo und South Platte country
should cut no figure in electing senators.
The men who nra the ablest and most devoted -
voted to the interest ) ! of the people of the
whole state , and of the nationnt largo ,
should bd chosen , regardless of section , and
the larger portion of the electors of Nebraska
nro viewing ttiin matter in thnt light , and uro
preparing to innko n successful fight to re
turn General Vun Wyck to tlio United States
senate in place of Senator Mnnderson. "
After closely scanning this ilcld of presi
dential possibilities , the Grand Island Inde
pendent thus speaks the sublime sentiment of
its master mind : "An4 we , therefore , think
it advisable , to call again attention to thu
grout "republican" whom wo onc-o proposed
us Nebraska's candidato'for the presidency.
Wo , of course , mean John M. Thurston , tlio
American flsliqrmuu , J ncola paymaster of
the oil room workers , dtid headyonter of the
so-called "republican' * ' tlubs of Nebraska.
Wo agree with Gero tin.- the doctrine , tthat
even a chief attorney pta railroad has politi
cal rights , and wo thloif , that the chief of the
"republican" clubs of Nebraska , may even
aspire to be the chief irour nation. "
The Hustings Independent lays down this
prescription as containing the balm for which
many formers hope a.ntV to which they are
entitled ; "Tho best thing the farmers of
Nebraska can do In a frtiitlcal way is to rally
to the primaries ana nominate und elect far
mers to the legislature this fall. There in
no use of allowing politicians of the towns
and cities to dictate to the farmers , who nro
largely In the majority , und have the power
if they will only use it and not to divide up.
No reform can bo effected except by the
fanning population. It is tnno that they rlso
in their strength and assert their rights , und
perform their share of legislative work.
Tlio way to make their power felt Is for
every one of them to boat the primaries or
caucuses , and there select tneu to represent
them in the conventions. "
The Journal speaks In terms of highest
praise of Van Wyck's speech , delivered m
Plattsmouth a few days ago. It says the
speech was thoroughly Van Wycklan front
start to finish , unci uboundcd. in sharp points
nnd telling hits. His toplo WM "Labor , "
nnd tie discussed It from the standpoint of
the laborer's Interests. The first hit liD
made was nt the imported Plnkortona , and
ho snld thot no man could bo ixn ofllccr of the
Inw In Nebraska unless ho was n citizen of
the t to , nml h tfnvo the mayor a llcjk by
snylng that whqover swore thorn In
woMld not ifkoV qver bo In n
'
position wjioro ho coultl 'do the
like ngftth soon. Ho declared
that wh o , Americans supposed themselves
freoj iJorporMo powtSr ocfunfij ruled the
country. Ho was disappointed thnt Governor
Thnyor didn't ' pitch these Hessians Into the
river or put thont out of the state. Ho tnlkod
of iho tyranny nnd hggrcasivo power of cor
porate capital ns against labor and blamed
the Q. company for not paying Its engineers
better wngcs , justifying the strike most em
phatically. Hognvo railroad corruptlonlsts
a severe drubbing , nnd called attention to
the election of John M. Thurston , the Union
Pacific attorney , as president of the state re
publican loaguo. "Onco n railroad lawyer ,
always one , " snld ho , and the head of the
Lincoln "oil room" gang was moro likely to
overthrow the republicans In the state than
any other thing ,
STATE AX1 > TKIUUTOItV.
Nebraska .lottlnRS ,
EH Perkins is again at largo in Neb
raska.
Norfolk wants to vote $50,000 , to secure
a competing line of railway.
Since the organization of Franklin
county , forty-six misfit couples have
been legally separated.
John Hosnor , of Platte county , Is
short a son , last scon playing on the
uanks of the Loup river.
' Columbus has contracted for a mlle
nnd a half of street car line lo bo com
pleted on of before Juno 1.
The wooden shoo factory at Columbus
is now on a sound basis , and a grand
international dancing contest is booked.
Turner county planted the banner of
universal suffrage in school district
number 73 by electing two "director-
esses. "
The statement of the resources of
Nance county , published by the Fullerton -
ton board of trade , is now ready for dis
tribution.
Willie Kelsey , the Ouster county boy
who gave up a hand in demonstrating
that the gun was loaded , is in a fair way
to recover.
The Kansas City ft Omaha railroad is
surveying through the southern part of
Red Willow county , and the actual
settler's heart is filled with joy unspeak
able.
able.Thomas
Thomas Golfer , of McCook , receives
information from Ireland that his
mother is ono of the heirs to a sum of
motioy estimated to bo eight thousand
pounds sterling.
The Plattsmouth people are getting
ready to wage a war with the giants of
Weeping Water on the question of
county seat removal. Weeping Water
feels sure of victory.
The foreman of the Hastings Inde
pendent has been made leader of the
Gazette-Journal brass band , nnd the
Hastings printers are expected to go off
on many toots duriug the summer.
Two phrenological lecturers are ex
amining bumps in the northwestern
part of the state. An examination of
their own eraniums failed to reveal the
possession of either brains or aptitude.
South Sioux City's street cars are
turned into vestibule trains on Sunday ,
and total abstainers from the Hawkeye
state come over , fill their hides full of
the rosy and light all the way to the
river.
Wayne is in a bad way judicially , the
bench being wholly vacant. Judge Martin - .
tin is sick and Squire Childs IB out Of
town. Justice is groping about in the
dark blindfolded and bare footed.
The Hartington-Yankton stage coa h
is a slow one. The government con
tract calls for a daily mail each day , but
twice a week is considered a luxury by
those who wait for letters that never
come.
come.William
William Wilbur , a boy of seventeen
summers , who lived at Pickrcll , Gage
county , appropriated a watch , and will
hereafter weed onion beds and blow a
horn at the Kearney emporium of re
formation.
John Fitzgerald is in Chicago , and to
the reporter's question ; ' . 'How would
you advise a mtin to succcedV" in his
torso way Mr. Fitzgerald replied : "Go
to work like a man and save something
of what ye earn. "
Gabriel Qraun , of Beatrice , thought
ho drew the capital prize in the Louis
iana lottery for this month , and after
setting 'em up to tao town , discovered
that he was the victim of a huge joke ,
and drew on his bank account to get
even with himself.
Chtts. Conger , who owns a farm a few
miles from Kearney , on the 5th of March
stole n gold watch and chain valued at
81 ! ) from Kittio Mills. Ho pleaded
.guilty and was bound over to the district
court in the sum of MOO , failing to pro
cure which ho was taken to the Kearney
jail Sunday.
The hardest blow the administration
has received for some time is found in
the nnnouuccmentthutthoPouea Demo
crat will be sold at public auction on the
128th of this month. It is strange that
in a county containing volcanos , dyna
mite , diamonds and democracy a free-
trade organ should founder.
A peculiar case came up before the
land olllco at McCook the other day , by
which one Gotliob Weyonoth will have
to make two proof u on the sumo quarter
of land , ono at the McCook olllce and the
other nt the Oberlin land ofllco. His
land lays partly in Nebraska and the ro-
nmlndo'r in Kaunas , This is the first
instance of this kind thnt has come un
before the local land oHice in Nebraska.
Hod Cloud boasts of the quietude
which characterizes that place , and
thu fifth rib of the town is thus sought
for by the McCook Democrat , which
murmurs : "Quito likely , sweet neigh
bor. Grave yards have been from a
time whereof the memory of man run
neth not to the contrary , the quietest
spots on earth , Poets and orators make
use of the tomb in similes depicting
quietude , and when they desire to 'tnalco
it a little moro binding , ' they say 'as
still as death. ' Why not henceforth say
'as still as Rod CloudV
With the coining of spring this vernal
chestnut should bo pasted in the straw
hat of every farmer : "It is coming
spring , and'us farmers begin their work
they uro besot with peddlers of all
kinds , but in particular wo wish to
speak of the traveling agent for new
fangled machinery. lie will try all
sorts of dodges to Boll cheaper tljan local
dealers. Look out for him , nnd before
you buy and give your note for a good
round sum come to town nnd see what
your home dealer can do for you. It is
the business of these travelers to beat
you if they can. They have no reputa
tion at stake , whereas it is entirely dif
ferent with the resident dealers. Look
out for the traveling sharks ,
The Burlington route -was something
of a dead line lastSundny. Trains were
"running smoothly" lu a fowsoctions of
the road , the remainder being given
over to wrecks. Two trains came to
gether at Creston and reared a huge
junk pile of engines and cars. The
Chicago express dropped fpur cars in
the ditch at HolyoKO , Col. An unruly
engine got away from a scab at Crete
and dashed into a baggage err. Both
wore chocked for the repair shop. A
dead onglno culnbcrod the track near
Ilnstlngs and a freight wreck near Har
vard gnVo the residents n live theme for
Sabbath gossip. With Its horuo of Ira-
porten englno blacksmiths , wrecks nt
every mlle post ftnd business waning ,
the officials have good reason to fear
that "ovory day will bo Sunday by-
tiud-by. "
Iowa.
Ada Grove Jias a button factory.
The measles are plentiful in many
northwestern towns.
Dos Molnos is reaching for a shoo
factory employing GOO hands.
Sioux City claims to bo the ono nnd
only corn palnco city of the world.
ing Towa freight rates in accordance
with the now sUite law just passed.
The state penitentiary lost twonly-
ono moro inmates than it gained dur
ing the month of Mnrch.
A mooting of the general freight
agents ot the Iowa roads will bo held in
Chicago soon for the purpose of adjust-
It Is snld that a charming view of
Lake Michigan mny"bo had from a hill
top in 'tho latest addition to Sioux City
on the bast.
The Odd Follows of Kcokuk nro preparing -
paring for a parade anil colobratlon of
their sixty-ninth anniversary on vho
i2Gth of April.
It has been found necessary to orcct n
trestle landing on the Nebraska sldo of
the river before a further transfer of
freight can bo mndo at Sioux City.
The rumor that Governor Larrabco is
a candidate for ronominatlon is an
nounced as a villainous canard in the
guise of a campaign document.
Ccdnr Rapids is crowing like a boy
over his first boots because its postolllco
has been advanced lo a first class rank.
There nro only three others in the stale ,
Dos Moines , Dubuque and Burlington.
Cedar Rapids becomes the fourth , and
is to bo congratulated. Her receipts
for the year ending March 81 wore
CMO < > iMJOi > .
Lovers of the antique will learn with
sorrow that dcsccratiting hands nro to
bo laid upon the old Academy , and that
the anoiont tobacco quids on the gal
lery lloor , the venerable cobwebs and
aged stage settings ave to bo ruthlessly
swept into oblivion. In short , that this
relic of the pioneer days of Sioux City
is to bo transformed into n handsome
modern theater.
Dnlcotn.
Castle Greek is yielding $20 nuggets.
Rapid City complains of poor mail
service.
The Fargo Southern road is open to
LaMoure.
Slight snow storms are reported [ in
the territory.
Blunt bcreams for a creamery and of
fers a bonus of $1,000.
Rapid City donates $3000 for the loca
tion of nn Indian school at that place.
Lawrence county keeps twenty-two
patients in the hospital for the insane at
Yankton.
Father Rosen , of the Black Hills , who
was accused of embezzling funds , has
boon honorably released.
The Odd Fellows of Dakota will celebrate -
brato the sixtyninthanniversary of the
order in the United States at Sioux
Falls , April 2-5.
Judge Francis , the only republican
now upon the Dakota bench , is to bo re
tained until July , when his commission
expires. Then the entire bench will be
democratic.
A Brookings county teacher in at
tempting to show a rebellious "young
idea how to shoot" found it necessary to
save the child by applying the rod. A
justice lined the teacher $25.
Indirect and unofficial , yet reliable
reports , indicate a deplorable condition
of affairs at the defunct Central City
bank , so far as assets nro concerned.
Loss of depositors will be much greater
than haS"beon represented.
"Old Aunt Sally , " a colored woman
aged 75 years , died at her ranch four
miles from Galena. "Aunt Sally" was
a well khown character. She claimed
to have been the first woman to enter
the hills , arriving in 1874 as cook for
General Custor. She was known by all
old-timers.
AN EXCITING OA1 TU11E.
Detectives Ormsby nncl Dciiipscy Have
n Tustle AVitli a UurRlnr.
Detectives Ormsby and Dempsey , to whom
hod been entrusted the work of running
down ttio burglar who broke into the hard
ware store of E. Poison , Sixteenth and Web
ster streets , nt an early hour yesterday
morning und carried off revolvers , cutlery
nnd other articles to the vnluo of $100 ,
walked bravely into the central station last
night with their man in custody after n
clever nnd sensational experience with him.
His numo is Lewis Dalhay , alias Paries , an
ebony-hucd crook who has bo/oro figured in
police history. From the character of the
work und the manner in which it was ac
complished Ormsby nndDompsoy nt once de
cided Unit Dalhay was the man to gather in ,
nnd while they were in the pursuit of dut.v
on Iho bottoms about 6 o'clock they chanced
to eye tholr Bought-for rascal enter u house.
Qulolty the ollicers pounced upon him , und
to disarm suspicion Dempsey stepped up to
the door of the house and inquired of
there was nnyono there capable of beating a
carpet. The woman thus addressed thought
there wus mid culled out , "Lewis hca urn n
man dat wants to hiah you.To .ttiis bid
ding Lewis stepped forward und immediately
recognizing Dempaoy made a feint for his bin
pocket where ho had u hammcrlcss Smith &
Wesson revolver "loaded to the muzzle. "
J3ut before ho could draw it the plucky ofll-
cers had him sprawling on his back. After
a lively tussle , during which the burglar was
overpowered , ho wus taken to n Sixteenth
street snU on , where the proprietor identified
him us the muri who had eold him a revolver
during the day. Dal nuy , socmg that ho MUH
trapped , confessed to the burglury , nnd said
that the pistol with which ho Intended lo ns-
saKsInato Dcmpsoy was ono among the lot
stolen. Ormsby und Dempsey express their
ability to recover the missing property.
"Soap Unlllo" at tlio lloyil Last
Night.
There was u fair audience nt IJoyd's last
night nt the opening performance of "A Soap
Hubble , " The play is an incongruous aggre
gation of taking songs and ridiculous Bitun-
lions that keep the audlcnco pleased and
laughing throughout Uio performance , The
company is a very good oue. T. J , Farron ns
V. L , Chops is the sanio dcllirhtfully comical
humorist us ever , und Is capitally suppoited ,
Arrested For Sal > l > utli-TrouUlnif.
II. II. Howard is a barber nnd lives at 2SDO
Franklin. After six nnd a half days' con
finement in his shop , ho thought ho would
spend Sunday afternoon in combining out
door exorcises with utility and commenced to
put n much-needed fence about his property.
Some of his neighbors were horrified with
this profanation of the Sabbath , nnd yester
day they bought the city attorney and filed
information against Howard. Luet evening
ho was arrested and thrown into n cull und
passed the night In company with a burglar ,
n dirty vagrant und two or three foul-mouthed ,
noisy drunkards.
A Boy HUTI Over.
J ; > c Ctirrnn , a lad of five years , was tram
pled under the feet of a horse drawing a cab
entering Jim Stopheuson's livery barn , ut
Tenth and Hnrney streets , last nlgh.t. The
lower limbs of the boy wore badly bruised by
the hoofs of the horse and the wheels of tdo
cab. Ho was taken to his hoino , u few blocks
west on Harney ttrc'et , where ho received
medical attention ,
'ATLITATOTHESEA. ' '
Tliraili Ooorsia am ( he Carolina's ' ,
TIio Wonderful Story That Mr , Jnoob
Ijlnlngor , one of Omnbn's Solid
Citizens , nml ono of Shcr-
iiinn's "Bojn In nine"
Itcliucs ,
So much 1ms already been written about ( Ion.
Slicrinnn'Bitmrphlo the sen , thnt It Imsbscoinb
a fnmlllar mibject to our renders , dm , Slier-
mixu'a army commenced its memorable march
from "Atlantn to the Sea" on tlio morning of
NovemberIfitli , nml arrived In fiontot tlio d6-
fcusos of Savannah on the 10th of December.
INH. Ni ( news Und been received from tlio north
during this lulorvnl , except such ni toilld bo
glpanra from Routhent pnpnrs picked tin by the
Mldleni on the line or march. 'J Heir ile t wns lu
Ossnbaw Sound with supplies of food nnd lotb-
.Ing ami nn Immense mull , containing Utters
from homo for nearly every 0110 in the iwmr ,
from tliocommandlnftKcnral down tothc pri
vate soldier. All thnt blocked their communica
tion with the licet was Vt. JtcAllstcr , on the
nKoccheo rtvDr. Tills fort was cnptnred by
llnzcn'H division of the loth corps , on December
Uithnnd the 15th bioiiRht the boys their mails
nnd nn abundant supply ot food nml nmunttlon ,
mknuut tlmt ono of thh happiest days experi
enced by the men of Sherman's nrmy < 1'ropnra-
turns weio nwxilo for nssnultltiRtho confederate
workWatid wore nearly cnmplotcd when the
confederntcsoVncuntod Bixvunnnh. The union
troops entered the city before daybreak on the
21st of December. The full of It. MoAllstor
placed ( ion. Sherman In communication with
( Jen. Orantnnd the authorities in Washington.
J'rlortothucapturoof Savamiah , the removal
or the Infantry of Sherman' * army to City
Point ny sea wnstlio plan contemplated i > y
Ocn. ( Irnnt , but Hen. Sherman expected , after
reducing Savannali , mstantlv to mnrch to Co
lumbia , 8. 0 , , thence lo Halpi h. and then rn-
port to Ocn. Grant , and so telegraphed him. The
fall of Savannah resulted In the adotitlfin of the
plan ( Jen. Sherman had contemplated.
About ono month wn * spent in HuvnnnMi In-
clothing the men and lining the train wltli am
munition ana rations. Then commenced the
movement-which was to make South Carolina
feel the sux-erltles of the war.
AIIIOUK ( Ho "boys In blun" In Onoral Slier-
man'H nriny , in General John A. Logan's div
isionat Mr. Jacob Llnlngor , a wull known
citizen of Omaha. Sir. Llnlngcr served tlirou
years in the Union nnuy unflor General I.OKUII ,
nnd was at the selgo ot Vlelcstnirg and tlirouib ;
the entire match to the sea.
JA COII MN1NQEII.
I > rr. Llnlngor came to this city about seven
yearn nga from Indiana , arid for six years ot
that tlmo has worked for the Union 1'aclflc coal
company. Ho is n member of Assembly No.
31U4 of tlio Knlgnts of Labor. A reporter who
called on him at his residence , corner of Six
teenth ana Frederick streets , was made ac
quainted with tlio following chapter from Mr.
Llnlngcr'u book of experience. Wo will tell It In
his own way.
1 remember , years ago. when exposed to all
kinds ot weather , 1 U ! > ed to get cola rery often.
I would have chilly sensations , with H llttlo
fever nt'tho snmo time , a burning -prickling
sensation In i&ynose , and a feeling ot drynuss
or bent , which would last n few hours , when n
watery discharge would set In. Till * would last
perhaps from tbreo duys to u week , when I
would feel as well as ever , but soon 1 would
have another spell , and as time went on I got no
1 was always catcUUig cold. After n while the
discharge chanced and became colored and
thicker , nnd harder lo remove ; it became moro
difficult for mo to breathe through my nose ,
which would t > top up whenever there was a
change to damp weather ; then the running from
my nose became less , but 1 noticed there \\i\a
moro trouble in my throat , and I had to hawk
and i > plt n need clciiu Sly nose felt dry und un-
comiortablu and bothered mo a great deal.
Didn't this have a tendency to injure your general -
oral health ? O. yes : my Htomach got very wcuk.
1 was careful , though , and tried lo diet
myself. My stomach distressed mo con
siderably , und 1 was uneasy and mllsernble.
1 had a burning sunlit ton under my breast bonp
and my stomach felt distended- rather full as
if there \\ns something there that didn't belong
there ; xour water would rise tip tn my throatnnd
occasionally only wind. Hut let me tell you whet }
a man's ) stomach Is out of prder he almost hates
the world , mid sees very little In it that pleases
him. Hut 1 have experienced a decided changa
of late. In looking over the city papers from day
to day , 1 noticed the cureb of lr. ) McCoy. Atlnst
r gut up spunk enough to go and bco
him , ho examined mo thoroughly and agreed to
treat mo at a very reasonable pilco ; 1 accepted
his ollcr.and to-day , after only ono month's treat
ment , 1 am like my old tlmo self again ; my nose
nnd throat caiibu mo no trouble whatever , no
pains , no aches , and my appetite is peed , no dis
tressed feeling , my blood agrees with mo. J moon
well , and in fact fuel like a now man , and ndybo
thosu alllktcd Intliot-iimitWHy IOROIO Dr.Dcfoy
and get the benellt of his experience
Mr. LlnlUKer , a nbovn mati'd. leslcles at the
corner of loth and Frederick streets , where ho
will willingly corroborate the above btatcment.
Can Catarrh Do Cured ?
The pant age might be called a superstitious
ono. The present can more properly tie called
mi age of surprises , for many things once classed
among tlio impossibilities havn nuw become
everyday pObHlhilltles. H would besnperfluotiff
to mumiTHtu them , lint nave wo reached the
utmost limit ? Have we ? I'Mj-slclans who claim
to make certain ullineitri the human body Is
buhjocttdnsiiouIaUtndy. and claim to bo able
to rurn such < llbeiiscs , ara pronoun cod by other
self-xatlHlledpractionersnH prPBumptnons ; hut
does their snylng sr > make it so ? The man who
can comu the ncuirst to oven coining the seeming
ImpoBSlbllltlo ) ) of others Is now all the rugo , mid
well does he or they deserve the success they
liavn labored so hard to attain. Dr. J. Crcsiip
McCoy orhls associates do not make claims to
anything marvelous , such as raising the dead
nnd giving them new life ; neither do they claim
to give Hlght to tlui blind ; but by
their now and Bcltwtlllc method of treating
catarrh they have cured and do cure catarrh as
well as bronchial and throat troubles , They
make catarrh a specialty , because it Is one of
the mobt prevalent and troublunomo diseases
that the people of tills cllmnto aie heir to , filnco
Dr. McCoy and his associates have located In
this city limy havii treated with hiicceMs hun
dreds of peruons whom other physicians have
told tlit'ir disease wus classed among thn In
curables. Do they not publish trom week to
Wfiikln the dally papers testimonials trom
some of their many guileful patients , giving in
oftdi cahe the full name and addrms of the jior-
son making the statement tliut the douhtliiK
nnd Bki-ptlcnl may call and intorvlt-wthe said
pnople prior to visiting the doctor's otHces for
cuiiHiiUatlou. The people advertised as cured
ur by no moans oliscuru or unknown , but In
the majority ot cases ure rltUens well known
by the buxliiP&s people im > t community ut larue ,
and It will moro tlmn repay any ono suirorlnu
from catarrhal atreetlon to visit those whoso
btatementnaropubllshnd. or consult With tlio
doctor or his absociutes at his otllce.
DOCTOS ,
Late of Belleyuc Hospital , New Yoit ,
Has unices No. U10 and 311
HAJ10K nriLUINQ , OMAHA , NE11.
Where all curable cases uro treated with suc
cess.
f pe-
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ciiiisir"to"the"iexes"a"spcdaity. L'ATAKIUC
Clllt KU
CONBUi/TATION ntofflcoorby mail II.
Many dlteattes are treated uccessfnlly by Dr.
Mc"oy ( tliroiiKh the jiinlla , and it 1 *
thus possible tor thosy unable to make the jour-
toy to obtain BuocbMful husi'lta ! treatment ut
their homes.
Ut'.lcehours9to 11 a.m.S to 1 p.m. ; Tto8n.
m. Bl'NDA V HOl'ltS FJtOM 9 A , 41. TO 1 I'.M
( rreapouili'iicn rccaives prom tit. attention.
No letters answeied unlets accomi > onled by i
cents In at am i is.
Addrekji all mall to Dr. J. 0. McCoy. Ilooou
310au3 'JllUaiujB tut lain ; ; ,
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