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BUUNNAN & Co. Imvo buen treated
fairly by the council and they should accept -
k copt the tender of the balance duo thorn
without making any moro bones
about it.
CnAUNCEY M. Dui'KW will never got
the vote of the Massachusetts delegates
for president. Ho has mortally offended
that state by referring to the Boston
common as the park.
IQNATIUS DONNHDIA- sprung his
Bacou-Shakuspcaro theory on a London
blue-slocking audience. The verdict
was that the theory smacked "Chica-
goan. " What do the British nobility
know of the smack of Chicago unless
they have tasted bacon ?
LOUISIANA wont democratic. As only
three shooj/ing / affairs took place in Jfow
Orleans on election day. the people of
the north have the assurance that it was
the quietest election on record in that
state. But the back woods have not yet
soul in their full returns.
IT is in perfect accord with- the eter
nal fitness of things that the organ of
the railrogucs and oil-room mercenaries
should , now proclaim itself the champion
of organized labor in general , and the
union bricklayers who refused to go to
woric for $6.50 for a nine hours' day in
particular.
TUB city clerk has taken another
pleasure trip to Salt Lake , but he will
continue to draw his salary all the same.
The business of the city will not suffer ,
however. His three deputies have done
nearly all the work in the ollico for the
liast year and Mr. Southard has simply
boon a , pensioner on the city treasury.
UNCLE SAM'S dynamite oruisor Yorktown -
town is nearly completed , and with its
fqur pneumatic guns for the hurling of
dyimmlto projectiles , the ship will bo
the most destructive war engine afloat.
" \Vhon Nclso Patrick's great torpedo
boat is yoked to the dynamite cruiser
Uncle Sam will bo in portion to talk
loud tigress the Atlantic.
Wis are still kept in 'tho dark about
that Central Labor union. We suspeqt ,
however , that it is another name for
the federation of bilks and loafers who
bleed candidates of all parlies in this
city flurlng every campaign under pro-
toijso that they can deliver to them the
labor vote , nnd who usually got up a
trades ticket made up for the highest
Bidder.
WHUN Mr. Chamberlain got back to
London after conferring upon the Ush-
ory question with Mr. Bayard to his
own satisfaction , ho was toasted nnd
feasted by his admirers as the only man
who could bring the Americans around.
Npw that the senate has refused to ratify
the treaty Mr. Chamberlain's social en
gagements have boon abruptly cut short.
FltOJt 10,000,000 , to 15,000,000 wore
invested by foreign capitalists in this
country during the flret four months of
last year. From comparisons of the
movements of gold and merchandise in
international exchange so far the indi
cations show that foreigners are invest
ing just as freely in American securi
ties this your. Railroad bonds and
looks continues to bo most in favor. But
railroad wreokors have often played
orry tricks with foreign investors , It
Las boon a matter of mirpriso that fqr
sign investment does not turn toward
6he nuraluifeo of Anigripun stuto and
city bunds.
If * spite of the magnificent , facilities
qf the Brooklyn bridge Now York has
found that it is too email to nccommo-
date the increasing travel nnd trall\o. \
To remedy thia dofoot a plan is on foot
to enlarge the terminal approaches teas
as to prevent crowding and consequent
flolay at thoao points. Two proposi
tions to improve the Now York tonnt-
MH9 ciuno up before the board of bridge
trustees. One of thorn was a plan in
volving an outlay of $0,000,000 , ; the
other caU d for tin expenditure of only
$750,000. The cheaper plan ha ? been
approved , although it would seam that
tliu Amqrjcau metropolis ought to adopt
JlP moro ojabprato proportion , which
would afford a permanent solution to
the terminus dlftlculty , The adopted
plan gives merely toutirarnry relief ,
But it shows that reckless oxtravugnnpo
is u thing of the past in New Yurie and
economy has become the order of tbo
day oven at the eobt .of public con
venience.
Apoloclsta For Trust * .
It is rcumrlmblo that nny ono should
urge as nn objection to proposed legis
lation against trusts nnd similar com
binations that it might interfere with
legitimate business and have the effect
to cripple industrial activity in the
country. Yet this argument is employed -
ployod by the apologists for thcso mon
opolistic combines. Their theory is
that combination and co-oporation on n ,
largo acalo nro among the character
istics of inodorn Industrial develop
ment , nnd are n cause and result of in
dustrial progress. But granting this
theory correct , there is nothing in it to
justify the creation of combinations the
avowed purpose of which is to croct a
barrier against industrial progress ,
whllo arbitrarily fixing the price of
every commodity they cpntrol.
'There ' is not a single economic princi
ple , necessary to the activity and growth
of business , that the trust la not at war
with. It aims to destroy competition ,
the lifo of trade ; it proposes to put a re
striction on production , which for the
universal welfare should bq free from
all constraint or control ; its plan is to
despotically determine the price of all
articles which it can control , with
reference bololy to its own aggrandize
ment. What the great sugar trust has
done in the past six months , in exact
ing from the consumers of sugar several
millions of dollars by advances on its
product , although in the meantime its
raw material has cheapened , is tin
examplq of what all such combinations ,
intend to do when they shall have the
power. It is absurd to pretend that
legislation to destroy and prohibit the
organization of these despotic monopo
lies may interfere with industrial ac-
tlyilyand progress. It would rather
contribute to that condition by permit
ting the industries of the country to de
velop under free competition , without
which it cannot have natural and steady
growth.
The anti-trust legislation that has
boon proposed in congress may not bo in
all respects judicious. The slqtosman-
shipof the gentlemen responsible for
it. is doubtless crude. But the principle
that is behind it is sound , and if
the representatives of the people
can bo induced to give the
matter the attention it merits the
way to wibo remedial legislation on this
subject will not bo found difllcult. It is
imperatively needed for the common
welfare if , as now seems almost certain ,
congress shall fail to remove .the tariff
supports on which the colnbinations
rest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Case of Mr. I'liclps.
Whatever influence induced the presi
dent to think twice before appointing
Minister Phelps chief justice of the supreme
premo court was well directed. The
admiration of the president , for the legal
acquirements of Mr. Phelps may bo
well-founded , although these were
brought under just criticism by some
very glaring errors in the papers lie
contributed to an English magazine ex
planatory of the American political sys
tem. The mistakes pointed out in these
, papers wore unpardonable in view of
the claims of Mr. Phelps , as implied in
his papers , toaccurato knowledge of our
politics , and the fact that if ho had not
relied wholly upon his impressions ho
could readily have 'obtained correct in
formation. Furthermore these papers
disclose sentiments regarding Ameri
can institutions not of a character
to commend their author as a 'suitable
person to interpret the constitution of
the nation's highest judicial tribunal.
But objections to Mr. Phelps of moro
consequence are that ho has boon n cor
poration attorney in the pay of Jay
Gould , and that all his predilections and
interests have made him friendly to
capital and corporate powor. Ho is an
aristocrat in feeling , association nnd
sympathies. As minister to England
ho has not hesitated to let it bo known
that ho approved the tory policy toward
Ireland , and his whole course there has
boon that of toadyism to the aristoc
racy. .Tho extradition convention ho
signed , and which the senate pigeon
holed , evidenced his desire to make
the most liberal concessions to
the ruling class in England.
The simple trannfer of citizenship -
zonship would make Mr. Phelps moro
completely an Englishman than ho has
over boon an American. Still another
objection to him is his advanced ago ,
though the president is s aid not to re
gard this as of any importance.
Mr. Cleveland has doubtless boon
warned that ho would make a grave
political blundgr in appointing Mr.
Phelps chief justice , It would almost
certainly lose him tons of thousands of
Irish votes just where ho will moatnoed
them. Very likely this Is the grout
objection to Mr , Phelps that has caused
the president to take a second thought
regarding his appointment , and if so it
will probably prove fatal to the minis-
tor's ambition to occupy the highest
judicial position under the govern
ment.
Cut It Short.
The country will bo gratified if nn
arrangement shall bo effected between
the two parties in congress for putting a
reasonable limit on the tariff debate.
There is obviously no necessity for pro
longing the discussion six weeks or two
months , Iltilf a dcuon speeches on each
§ ldo by representative men would cqr-
tainly present the subject in all its as
pects and details , and every addition to
iho debate would Him ply bo a useless
waste of tlmo , Such an arrangement
would doybtloss not bo agropublo tq a
number of gentlemen who for personal
reasons detlro to air their viowd , or who
may huvo convinced themselves th
they have U o only true solution of the
problem , but it Is not dpsirablo that the
country shall bo wearied and
vexed in order to gratify
those gentlemen. If any of
them do not huvo the opportunity to got
tholr views printed in the Jfccorrt , they
nut have them printed in pamphlet
form for distribution among their con
stituents , who are the only people which
in any event would give them any at
tention. The party attitudes on this
question are evidently already fixed ,
and it Is nut likely any extent of discus
sion will cjmngo them ,
The proposal of the democrats to limit
the debate is of course duo to their desire
sire tQ reach u ypg ou the tariff bill bo-
Fore the mooting ot their national con
vention. The republicans prefer that
this shall not bo dono. Wo are unnblo
to see , however , wherein there would bo
any advantage to ono party or rxny dis
advantage to the other from a vote on
this bill before the democrats hold their
convention. The politicians in congress
underestimate the intelligence of the
people when they assume that tholr devices -
vices are not fully understood and given
tholr true value. If tariff legislation
is delayed by obstruotlvo tactics nnd
for partisan advantage the people will
know who is to blnmo ; If it is finally
defeated the people will have no difll-
culty in fixing the responsibility. In
any event a decision must bo reaoh.od
before November , and it Is. then the
people yrill pass judgment on the result.
What happens before the conventions
is ot minor importance.
The only four or reasonable excuse on
the part of the republicans for wishing
to delay a vole on the pending bill
would bo their desire to perfect a bill of
tholr own to present as a substitute.
There is no authentic promise that they
intend to do this. "Unless they have
such n purpose , therefore , wo be
lieve it will bo wise policy for
thorn to ngroo to a reasonable limit to
the dobato. The business of the cpun-
try is in suspense regarding the out
come of proposed tariff legislation , the
effect of which is dunuvring to all inter
ests. This nnd the continued strain
upon the resources of thq people from
the absorptions of tno treasury are ex
erting a depressing influence upontho
commercial affairs of the country. It
will bo an unfortunate mistake for tbo
party that captiously aggravates and
prolongs this stale of affairs ,
A vitOMiNUNT senator spent a whole
day in circulating a crazy quilt in the
senate chamber for the signatures of
his brother statesmen. And senatorial
courtesy prompted every member to
sign his inline without the least attempt
to obstruct the quilt in its passage ,
Yet the country is prejudiced in be
lieving that congressmen ure wasting
their time and are doing nothing for
the- comforts of the people.
Other ImmLs Than Ours.
The arrest of John Dillon is taken as
evidence that the tory government of
England is not discouraged at thoresult
of its policy of coercion. Indeed this
was avowed some time ago by Balfour ,
when ho declared in parliament that
the principle of coercion hud been
shown to bo precisely suited to the con
dition of things in Ireland. Some ex
periences since then have shown that
Balfour overestimated the merit of the
policy in which ho professed to have so
much faith , but thcso have not served
to induce any mitigation of the tory
plan , as the tirrostol IMllon shows. Per
haps the explanation of this stubborn
adherence to a policy which nearly the
entire world condemns is to
bo found in present political
expediency. The government cannot
abandon its attitude toward Ire
land without yielding the only ground
it has for retaining powor. ' If tUo pub
lic opinion of England were mudo up in
favor of a moro conciliatory policy
toward Ireland , and the grant in any
measure of the Irish demands it is cer
tain that the constituencies would not
choose Lord Salisbury and bib colleagues
to carry out their desires. While Mr.
Gladstone lives ho must bo at the head
of any government selected for this pur-
poso. In case of his death , ono of his
present adherents would necessarily
succeed to the taslc. However willing
the inombc.rs pf the present ministry
might bo to hold office , oven on the con
dition of undoing , so far as possible- , the
work in which they have lately boon
engaged , it uould bo a mockery too
manifest , both to England and Ireland ,
to intrustthom with such a work. There
fore , politically , the government has no
qhoico ; it must go on as it has begun.
The British boast of fair play , but no
Englishman will deny that if an Eng
lish government had treated any con
siderable party of Englishmen as the
present government has treated all
Irishmen it would have provoked and
justified a rebellion. English fair play ,
as it has boon shown since Mr. Glad
stone was put out of power , practically
means that there is ono rule for Eng
lishmen nnd and another for Irishmen ,
and the difference is justified by Eng
lishmen upon the ground of the "cuss-
cdness" of Irishmen. It is not to bo ex
pected that such a practice , supported
by buch argument , will endear England
to Ireland. Even the jocund Mr.
Balfour must have his misgivings
when ho thinks of the ulti
mate fruit of the sped ho is sowing. Ho
must nt least bo aware that the persecu
tion of leading Irishmen bolcly nnd
avowedly because they are leading
Irishmen is not a settlement but an unsettlement -
settlement of the Irish question. It may
help him and his colleagues to remain
in office a few months longer than nny
other device they qould adopt , but it
will make the task of their successors
far harder than if they had never boon
in ollleo at all.
*
* *
The increased anxiety of the past week
regarding the health of Emperor Fred
erick , which there is every reason to be
lieve is rapidly failing , recalls a predic
tion made Borne time ago by ono of the
exports that the mouth of April would
find the emperor passing through nn-
other great crisis of his malady. The
prediction was founded on the prpbablo
course of the malady under ordi
nary circumstances , and since then ho
has had extraordinary cares , sorrows
and excitements to endure. The jour
ney from San Roma to Berlin atjd tljo
assumption of the duties of the throne ,
with the special proclamations and dis-
cusdlpus of public ( UTqirs which became
necessary , have been succeeded by a
most trying controversy , involving not
ojily family mattoi'8i but the entire
statecraft of the empire , Suoh an addi
tional burden might have worn out n
well man ; and the struggle for supre
macy seems to have boon sufficient to
prostrate even Prince Bismtirok , who
has had an invalid to .contend with and ,
popular favor on his side. The prp-
diction of the surgeon went on to say
that should the emperor survive tlo )
April peril , ho would probably live
through the summer ; -but , in view pf
tbo political bnxiotics that have boon
added to a rolontlossdiscnso that grants
no respite for recuperation , his pros-
pcots inny well seem gloomy. The con
dition ot the emperor engrosses the en
tire public attention , and the matrimo
nial quottlon scorns to have entirely lost
interest. What the real status of that
question is probably no ono knows out
side of the royal circle in interest , but
it is improbable that the oinoross , as re
ported , has given up the Intention of
marrying her dreughter to.Alexander. . .
While the ompgrgr's condition remains
as it is , however , the subject of the
marriage , whiclf * must have boon n
matter of great solicitude to him ,
will doubtless bo kept in abey
ance. Russia is entitled to demand
guarantees that thq marriage shall not
have nny political significance , Such
guarantees would bo furnished if the
marriage is attended with a formal re
nunciation on the part of the bride
groom of his Bulgarian claims nnd n
formal disclaimer on thq part of Ger
many of nny intention of supporting
them. The circumstances make it prob
able that negotiations are pending to
obtain the acquiescence of Russia in thq
marriage , and that the maternal and
grandmatornal ambitions of Queen Vic
toria may bo gratified without en
dangering the peace of Europe or ovoic
ing1 the resignation of Bismarck.
*
*
Tiio election of Boulatigor tq the
French chamber of deputies , by a ma
jority that removed all doubt as to his
popularity , and the possibilities that
may follow , have supplied a text for
world-wide discussion. The popular
idol has said nothing to create distrust.
Language of a reactionary or revolu
tionary character attributed to him ho
has denied. If he has any programme
no ono has yet correctly guessed it.
But there is reason for distrust when n
man like Boulangor , famed only
for his military association ,
is taken up by the people and
advanced to position and power against
the counsel and the efforts of tried and
trustworthy political leaders , it is not
the idol that is to blnmo , but the wor
shipers , who refuse to BOO the danger
they may bo inviting , In such a state
of public confusion nnd doubt as now
appears to prevail in Franco , men like
Boulangor find their opportunity ; or
perhaps it would bo fairer to say that
they who support Boulangor see their
chance to improve their own fortunes
and pay off old scores. The present
ministry is not believed capable of
maintaining itself very long , and no
ono need bo surprised if its retirement
is the signal * | ; for the resignation
of Carnet japd the elevation
of Boulange * to the presi
dency. Some even fear that Boulanger
meditates a coup d'etat like that by
which Louis Napoleon exchanged his
presidency for thd imperial state , but it
is hardly possible , not to say probable.
Franco is mor cgenuinely republican
than she was in December , 1851 , and wo
think no attomp ) ; to found an empire
could bo successful. The danger to
Franco lies in her distrust of her public
men. There is no ono statesman who
can commnnd.tho * entire confidence of
his own party , to.say nothing of antag
onistic factions , and no stability of gov
ernment can bo assured until there can
bo some agreement or , at least , recon
ciliation between the contending par-
tics. If Boulanger can unite onougli of
the factions to makoa majority , ho may
succeed in establishing himself firmly
in the presidential chair ; but if ho is
the more puppet of a single party , his
tenure of ollico , should ho attain the
presidency , would bo most uncertain.
*
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The gathering in of Pacific islands
under British and Gorman sovereignty
still goes industriously on. The three
over which the Caroline has just raised
the British ling might have been passed
by as "unconsidercd trilles" not many
years ago. But there arc now no moro
Now Guineas loft to seize , and oven
available archipelagos like the Care
lines and the Marshalls have become
scarce. Accordingly the picking up of
the Fanning , the Christinas , and the
Penrhyn Islands by the Caroline will
bo by no means disdained. The
last named is really a small group ,
lying .a little south of the equator , about
half way between the Samoan and
the Marquesas islands. They are well
wooded and populous. Christinas , nearly
duo north of Ponryhn and just the other
side of the equator , is a 'jood-bizod
island , while Fanning is a little north
west of Christinas. The region in which
these islands are situated is one , to
which the United States might possibly
have sot up some claims had foreign an
nexations boon our policy ; and indeed ,
nn American gunno company is ebts\b-
lished on Christmas , which has a good
harbor. But our government will not
object to Great Britain's taking posses
sion of these , especially as she is so
poorly supplied with foreign islands.
*
* *
Norway and Sjvodon have an organic
provision for the severance uf imperial
from local affairs , , In Norway the in
stitutions are domqoratlc ; indeed , the
'
present king was'o | , Baged for many
years in a coiibtlu ( ioiial conflict with
the representatives of that country , and
was finally defeated , . Neither hivve the
Gorman stutoa beprt swallowed up in an
'
institution like tho'British purl lament.
The rciqhsUig 1m'been ! } formed for im
perial purposes , but the states have in
many cases their qjmrato independent
dynasties , and pos.b ss their local par
liaments for local purpoaes , History
has also shown thytjv vigorous souse of
nationality is entirely compatible with
effective orguniauiiion ( [ , tampered by
autonomy , The want of municipal ,
provincial and , generally , local lfo { , en
tails many ills. It is the presence of
some , of these evils that has caused the
submission of the proposed local gov
ernment bill for England , which , not
only by the laws of precedence , but by
the principles of justice , should bo the
forerunner of a similar bill fpr longsuffering -
suffering Ireland.
*
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Cpunt Herbert BJsjnarck is from all
accounts a , man of parts. Stranger
things have happened in history than
that ho should yet succeed his father us
Gorman chancellor , and if Prince
Alexander of Buttonborg and Princess
Victoria should yet marry us they
probably will eventually the Blsmnrolc
feud that began when the present emperor
poror married Victoria of England
might go on extending into the marital
inclinations ot another generation or
two ot royally. Pouda seem to know
no extinction in the "bulldog" blood of
the Blsmarcks. What splendid ma
terial for the novelist the present royal
complications in Prussia nro affording.
The historic novel is , to bo sure , at
present out of favor , but it is llkoly to
suffer no moro than a temporary eclipse ,
VOICE OF T K STATE TKESS.
lion , W. J. Council , of Oranhn , is spoken
ot as a cnndiGnto for cpngro from this dis
trict. Ho would make a popular and strong
candidate It nominated , says the Wnhoo
Wasp.
ThoSchuylor Ilornldsay ? of H. O. Kussoll ,
now paging for rc-olcctlon to the legislature :
"No jnan with the record that - 1. O. made nt
the Inst session of the legislature is fit to rep
resent this county. Ho won't ' have another
chance to play the double role the coming
wliftor. "
E. 1C. Valentino wants to go to the Chicago
convention from the Third district. It Is
suggested by a Dlxon county paper that in
asmuch as "Val" gnvo his support to the very
late Judge Crawford and tried to dofcat Norris -
ris , the ox-congressman's ticket should rend
to "St. Louis mid return good until after the
democratic convention. "
The Wood Hlvcr Gazette Is "pleased to
note the unanimity manifested by the press
of the Second district in favor of Hon. N. V.
Ilnrlau , of York , lor congress. There nro a
few monopoly organs over there that will ,
as n matter of course , stand for Mr. Laird ,
but to a man nt a distance It looks very much
as if the Hastings bulldozer must go. "
The Wahoo Wasp bollevcs that an early re
publican atato convontlou will bo advanta
geous. It says : "Hold the state convention
early , then take its platform ns the central
object of the campaign ; thoroughly organize
all over the stnto upon the principles therein
sot forth ; make a uniform and aggressive
campaign and much of the factionalism and
personal spltothnUitu'o heretofore manifested
themselves in the campaign will bo done
away with , anil Increased majorities will bo
the result. The Wasp Is hi f'avor of holding
the state convention not later than tbo middle -
dlo of August. "
The Boater City Times , always a stalwart
paper , says : " \Vo notice in several of our
exchanges that lion. N. V. Harlnn , of York ,
is looming up ominously ns a candidate for
cangrcss from this district. Mr. Harlan is a
growing man nnd has n largo acquaintance
by his service in the p.ist two legislatures.
The time is not fur distant when the people
will ho asked to make a choice as to who
shall represent the district m the next con
gross. AVe Uejievp Mr. Harlau to bo morally
and politically clcau. Thia ought to and will
give him strength with the people. "
"Ten years ago. " says the Franklin
Guard , "Th.om.as Bcnton was appoint
ed to a clerkship iu the stuto auditor's
ofllco. Tills position ho held for six years ,
and for the past four years ho has served us
the faithful and intelligent deputy of Audi
tor Baboock. As his chief is about closing
his second term and will not agaiu ask a re
election , Mr. Uenton's friends will urge his
claims for the place. " The republican party
will perhaps aim to reward some republican
whoso services to the party entitle him to
reward , nnd the claims of n boy who has
only "been a good cleric for ten years" will
hardly bo considered.
"Wo flnd , " says the Tecumsch Republican ,
"that there ure very many voters in this part
of tjho state who favor tbo rcnoiuinatiou and
re-election of Attorney General Lceso to the
position ho now holds. Mr. Lccso has made
an excellent record , and one , too , which ho
as well ns the people caa look to with pride.
Ho is just now entering upou the investiga
tion of some railroad irregularities , which
should have been taken up by his predeces
sors , and which have been resolved upon by
the republican party and should have been
acted upou ere this. In this great undertak
ing the people should stand by him while ho
fully investigates these matters for the bene
fit of every producer iu the state. "
The naturalist of the Cjons Mirror thus
muses : "There are a few papers in Ne
braska a very few and n few contributors
to thcso few papers a very few who are
continually ridding themselves of some silly
sneer nt General Van Wyck. They appear
to tuko delight in it , and ns It don't hurt Van
Wyck in the least , it is reasonable to suppose
that no great harm is committed. Wo have
often noticed the meanest , nastiest kind of
poodles running headlong with skiuucd lln ,
bulking , snarling and snapping at some big
dog , as ho went along about his business.
The big dog didn't care , the poodle's bark
was harmless , lookers on admired , in a sense ,
the pluck of the llttlo brute , but pitied his
judgment ; and In this connection the Mirror
will again prophesy that General Von Wyck
will bo the popular choice of Nebraska voters
for the United States senate. "
The North Hcnd Flail lias started In for n
full valuation and a fair assessment , nnd it
will wugq the warfare until the rnform is ac
complished. It says that in "this wo reali/c
that the warfare is against the rich and
affluent , and it will bo unpopular , but no
gieat reform has over had nny very popular
send-off. The laboring man and the farmer
will bo with us from the start , and if wo i-nn
biiccecd in consolidating tlieso forces tlio
victory will soon bo won. When it is real
ized that a man owning in all from ? 1DO to
$500 will bo abbcssml from ? . " > to $2.ri , whila the
man whoso enormous possessions roach to
tlioquaiter million can so cover that his ar .
sfssments aie about the same , it is enough to
raise a howl against the present i egimo. Wo
propose to make the light bitter. When the
Flail opens Its battwrich something must fjll.
It lias already broken tbo back of the olo-
valor monopoly of the state , and it Is ficsh
fur tills still greater coiillict. "
IjAllOIl NOTKS.
1C. of U farmers , of Hublmrd , Minn. , mete
to establish a co-operative Hour mill.
The output of the 103 salmon canneries on
the Pacific coast last season wu * 097,000
A fit. Charles , ( Mo , , ) firm Is filling n con
tract for SCO cars for the Mexican National
railway ,
Pittsburgcrs nro shipping natural gas In
Btc J cylinders to other cltlcb for illumina
ting pqrposps.
At Cleveland , la. , miners are paid 75 cents
per ton , drivers $1 per day , tMl'PV'1" * M cents
a day and track and timber men iS per day.
A bojt nnd mjt company lias been formed
at KWUBUS City , Mo , , with a capital etopk of
$200,000. Now York and Now England par
ties nro the incorporatora ,
Kentucky's whisky industry produces
80,000,000 a year nnd gives employment
to 800,000 persons. Fifteen million gallons
nro produced every year.
Fourteen tailors of Minneapolis , Minn. ,
have struck to huvo a piouibor pf the union
discharged Dy thoflini because ho bad not
paid dues and assessments.
The members of the Missouri Vnlloy Stone
Couti actors * aksoeiution will not employ
union men , The association has inembcib iu
Missouri , ICansaSfNcbrasku and Iowa.
Detroit ( Mich. ) capitalists propose to pipe
natural gas from the Flndlay ( O. ) flclda-a
dUtouco of 100 miles In a twelve Inch
park of the way , nnd n twonty-two inch con
ductor near the Detroit tornilrms. The cos !
of laying the plpo will bo nbont $3,000,000.
The following are some of Iho new mills
of Texas : Lima \vorksnt Tort Worth , two
clothing factories nt Gntvcston , flour-mills nt
Grconvlllo nnd St. Jo , nnd canning factories
nt Jacksonville nnd Lockvlow ,
The Brotherhood ot Carpenters nnd Joiners
has 390 unions , 48,000 members nnd 8t,250OOC
in their treasuries. Secretary McQuIro , of
Phlladolplilo , spoke In Pittshurg last -\vcok \ to
1,000 , men. Ho Is on his way to Denver , Col. ,
and will malto speeches nlong the route.
The mineral development In Great Urltnin
during 1887 was 178,049,703 tons. OvorBOO-
OOQ people were employed , nearly 5,500 ol
wfrom wore women , nnd of the latter 100
wore under sixteen years of ORO , Ncnrly
1,000 , persons \vora killed during the year
whllo at work.
It is claimed that the Dominion of Canada
awarded the contract to build a , brldgo over
the Fraror river , on the Canada Pacific , to
Contractor Onderdonk at f 1,500,000 , who sub
let the work to a firm of Philadelphia for
$400,000 , which in turn lot the job to another
contractor for $100,000 , who lot it for $75,000
nt which figure the bridge was built.
The Wonder of the World.
VMtaddpMa Iltcottt.
Omaha expects to build n corn palace next
fall that will bo 9110 of the woudcrs of the
world.
The Or and Bounce. ,
CMcagn Trltiunc.
President Cleveland's ' favorite bovcrngo is
said to bo cherry bounce , but the article ho
ladles out to republican ofllcoholdors is
bolcd "grand bounce. "
The Combination no Good.
SJ. LonU Glnte-ne > nocr ( .
For president iu 1SSS , Air. Barnes of Now
York ; for vlco president , Mr. Potter of
Texas. This Is our ono hundred nnd llf tioth
nnd last ticket. Wo now turn the matter
over to the Chicago convention.
An Example Tor Oiunlin.
St. Ijnuls llcinilrttcan.
Not content with making n record ns
ngainst Sunday schools , Recorder Davcnporl
to-day , after fining two women and n man ol
loosp reputation $200 each , announced that
hereafter nil street-walkers , foraalo saloon
frequenters and the like would bo given the
heaviest penalties of the Jaw. If ho keeps
up this good work Kansas City will soon
have the reputation of tno most moral city in
America.
Only Too Glixd to Catch On.
Uosfoii Advert luer.
Mr. Dcpow announces la the Now York
papers that ho is not a candidate for the pres
idency , but says of Mr. Bluine what others
will apply to him , that no man will rcfusotho
convention's nomination. According to Mr.
Depew , Mr. Blaina will accept. Wo do not
think this possible , after the lattor's state
ments. In that event , Mr. Dopcw's declina
tion may bo termed an adroit uotico that ho
will bo glad to accept.
The Outlook in Oregon.
Poi ( [ ami Orcgonfan.
Oregon during the next months is going to
witness the most spirited political campaign
that has taken place in the state during many
years. Party spirit is unusually high , al
ready. The democrats , being in power , feel
stout , arc aggressive , and strongly disposed
to press a straight party issue ; thoi publi-
caus uro animated to an unusual degree with
the inspiration of the history and achieve
ments of tholr party , and are showing a dis
position to como up with uncommon alacrity
to the contest. It will bo moro nearly a
straight party fight than has boon witnessed
during a long timo. The pressure of the
contest between the two parties will probably
reduce the prohib Ition veto much below the
figures it reached two years ago.
Don't.
A. irunncr.
Don't wear your hat on the side of your
head.
Don't sloop at night with your foot out of
bed.
Dou't smoke baa cigars , for they make you
feel 111 ;
Or don't smoke at ail , which is much better
still.
Don't jump with a parachute from a balloon-
Don't dress in the springtime as if it vuis
Juno.
Don't bet on fast horses or go in for stocks ,
Or you'll certainly run with a crash on the
rocks.
Don't bo too anxious to make a great name.
Don't pay llfty cents to sea a "ball" game.
Don't tread on n loose brick after it rains ,
Or all up your trouseis you'll iiavo muddy
stains.
Don't order clottics if you haven't the cash.
Don't bo guilty of doing u thing that is rash.
KTATE AND TKHUITOKY.
Nolirnakn. Jottings ;
North Bend wants a new opera house.
Jay Gould will visit Hastings iu
May.
The .republican club of Hustings is
fifty strong1.
Noviiis & Co. , of Omaha , will pave
Nebraska City.
The lied Cloud Htreot railway track
nears completion.
K.x-Sonntor Van Wyck speaks at
Schuylcr the 28th.
Weening Water has secured the
Methodist academy.
Tramps are stealing every thing that
is loose in Sallno county.
Church IIowo has laid out a town near
Ilabtingh called Proper.
Hoiboth , Brown county , is the latest
town to bud into a spring l > oom.
The recent school census gives Mc-
Coqlc a general population of li.SOO.
Tccunibeh will huvo her elevator , re
cently burned , replaced by a larger one.
It is expected that an adult row will
bo the result of the recent city election
at Tnlnmga.
York has secured another jobbing
house , Tninlfti and vnllboi will bo the
merchandise , ,
Following in the wake of other Ne
braska towns Arupahoe must enlarge
her bchool houbo.
While Fairmont lost $7fi,000 in the
recent lire , all the buildings will bo re
built this spring.
Hilly Miles , of Weeping Water , who
btolo the hide of iv CQW got thirty days
in the county jail ,
The Christian church , of Imlinnola ,
has raised its debt of $1,1VJ ! and la now
free of incumbrnnco.
Pickpocket ; * ire reported plentiful
around tlju Frouiout , Klkhorn & Miss
ouri depot at Fremont.
Superior chuckles because the Santa
Fo liuti lot a contract for twelve miles of
roadbotwuenConcordia and that city.
Joseph Gjlg who was killed by an un
loaded gun nourDullvvood.loftuyounger
brother , tliu only relative ho hud in
this country.
The Auburn Ho&t is authority for say
ing Nginulin county farmers have their
corn in. The soil is reported in excel
lent condition ,
Absalom Rico , of Fairmont , fpll from
his wagon containing lifty btibhols of
oats , ono wheel passing over his body.
Ho will recover.
Crete is hopeful and expects great
things when the Missouri Pacific 19 fiif
ibhea into that town , which will bo
\vitliin a few weeks.
The Grout Western Watch company ,
of Indiauolu , capital stock $350,000 , filed
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their articles of incorporation with the
county clerk Thursday.
A Pont minister had a boy arrested
and lined $1 for swearing , and all the
rest.of the boys wont down to the river
and swore all Sunday afternoon.
n Patrick Colomnn , of Wayne county ,
lost 2,200 bushels of cornby fire. Thurs
day , causing a loss of nearly 31,500 , , in
cluding burn , corn cribs , horse , ma
chinery , etc.
A tramp was kicked oft a rapidly
moving freight train nnd rolled down
nn embankment fifty feet high , near
Wood Rivor. Ho walked into town
and was disappointed to find the train
gone.
The Crete Vidotto says it is no un
common thing to aoo B. & M , freight
cars going through Crete , decorated in
crayon with the words : "Seal ) line ;
have your lifo insured before you travel
via the Chlcngo , Burlington & Quinoy. "
Dakota.
Fargo is yet enjoying snow drifts.
Sioux Falls gets the Norwegian
Lutheran college.
Thq , Harnoy Peak company has com
menced to develop its tin uiiiics.
Rapid City's new business directory
gives that town 5,000 , inhabitants.
'
Sundance puts in' waterworks the
fifth town in the hills enjoying such n
luxury.
Complaint is offered that there la nt
present a dearth of servant girls at
Dcndwood.
Prof. Blake assures the Hills people
that their tin lodes are the most valua
ble pf either tholr inotals or tholr min
erals. *
The political cauldron bubbles fiercely
in the southeastern part of the terri
tory Sioux Falls claiming the delegate
to congress.
Iowa items.
"Bos Moinoa will vote $10,000 more
school bonds.
A five-year-old son of F. Lehman was
drowned in the Floyd near Sioux City
Thursday evening.
The Dos Molnos County Boo Keepers'
association will moot in the court house
at Burlington , April 1M.
Sioux City can not have a corn palace
this your if the corn crop iu Dakota nnd
Dixon counties , Nebraska , huppeus to
fail.
fail.Over
Over four hundred oases have boon
docketed for the May term of the supreme -
promo court , the largest number on
record.
The Iowa Eclcotio Medical college
turned twelve young men out upon the
world this week with M. D.'s attached
to tholr iiamoB.
Wearied of the long journey , north
DCS Moiuos citizens have hold a mass
meeting and demanded rapid transit of
the Htreot railways.
Miss Thirza F. Hull , of Boone county ,
has boon appointed a notary public , the
flrst lady to bo honored by any public
ollico in that section.
The sorghum industry , it is predicted ,
will become epidemic , since the legis
lature passed a law giving 2 couts n
pound lor all sugar manufactured in the
state from Iowa products'
The report of State Veterinarian
Stalker shows that twenty-seven cases
of glanders were discovered and thirty
head of cattle at Grand Junction wore
afllicted by a peculiar skin eruption ,
duo to a bad condition of blood. It is
technically classified as actino mykosis.
The Sioux City Journal says : "A
gang is doing up people along the line
of the Central , und as long as it can bo
worked successfully it is a very profit
able job for them. A person rushes
into a car just before a train starts and
wants to get a $20 bill changed to buy
his ticket , as the agent cannot change
it. There most always is some one who
can do it , and the man wanting change
thrusts into the hand of his accommo
dating friend a bill all wrapped up
which invariably turns out to bo a $1
bill. Don't change money for strangers
along the Central until you see what
you are getting in return.1'
California.
Riverside voted no license and is now
sorry of it.
It is thought that the Missouri Pacific
railroad will soon extend to San Diego.
The Santa Barbara rose fair is now in
full blast with a largo attendance of vis
itors.
Six sleepers full of excursionists nro
daily leaving San Francisco by the cast-
bound trains.
The gold excitement in Lower Cali
fornia continues , with none of the pre
cious metal yet in sight.
Calusa farmers are croaking for rain ,
claiming they have had lessthan eleven
inches of rainfall during the winter.
The voters of Ontario , San Bernardino
county , Tuesday , by a vote of 128 to 55 ,
decided against the incorporation uf the
town.
An exhibition of California products .
is to bo maintained at Chicago as an ad
vertising medium. Cereals , preserved
fruit and green fruit in season will be
displayed.
Los Angeles is soon to have another
cable street raihond. It is to bo douhlo ,
making twonty-ono miles of track ,
which will cost , when completed , over
$1,000,000. It ib proposed to employ 700
men in tlio construction of the road and
tn continue the road unceasingly.
A FRIGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE ,
IntuiiBC. Head nonrly row.
lioily covcriiil with Borco. Curail hy
the Cuilunra IlomecllcB.
Messrs. Sruvr.hH & HIIUNKII , Momoo , N C.
Dear Kim , About two months ago , on your
recommendation , I bought a bottle of CUTIDUIIA
JiFO\KNT. ( : onebox CliTicwiA Su.vi : , unil ouu
cuhoof CimfiuuA HoAr , forinj'Hon , ngod thlr-
icun yearn , who has beun ullllctud > wli ccvi'inn
Tor a long tlmu , an'l ' 1 uin pU < uuud lomiytliatl
Ijfllovv tlin rtMiwUpi lmvi < cured him. JlUtaif'
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Ills uurif Ijulnj , ' K m > oxc.'lit the Kriwtli ) . uiul his
Imil v Hiiscovtrcil with rorc'H ' , I IU condition nan
n iKntful to Ill-hold. The sores lm\ now nil ills-
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lul Indisposition , ami In lyorkliu ; vt ery iluy. My
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MONKOi : , N. 0. , Oct. BS. 1637.
TlIK 1'PTTEII DllUa ANU C'imiHUI- , !
( Icntlemcn. Mr. Win B , Sti'iiheiuioii of tills
county brouuht Ida son to town to-day to let UK sea
ilii ) . uml lodunv us ulmt UiUK'iniA ItEMKDirn
md dniLu for him. Till * lx tlio cusy refeae.0. to
n our If Her to you soinu tlmo ngo. To look at
he boy now , ouo would HUIII > O& that thorp hud
lover been mi J thlliK thw ju alter Uli lilm Minmv
xi bo In wer/wl liunltli. Wo ua\o written nwi
i tn ctwltli UK lobo v > hut lila futhnr lius to nay ubout
( ioniHtter--Hlott > H JUBlUH lie dictated.
Wo urn telling i\wa \ a quantity of CUTlcuuA
ui.intH mid lieur nothing but i > ra1soa rot-
in. Wu it-gard tlio CUTIOIIIIA ItKUKnic * thn
tin the murkut , and Mmll do nil wu tun to
mote tli&lr sal" . Yours truly ,
arUVHNS * IIIUJNKH ,
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KOAI- . and cxuutDltu Hkln Jtcmitllltr , uxieinally ,
anil OtJTlciwA Jtooi.\Kvr. tuo new Illoui ) J'nrl-
Ker , internally , are a ponltlvo euro ror orcry
roim of tutu will Ulooa i > iseai o , dom 1'lmpleu
to Bcrornlu.
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