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nro altogether too many thugs
and confidence men in the city , es
pecially about the depots.
SOUTH OMAHA councilman in order
to raise funds to increase their salarice
have taxed , everybody and qycrything
except themselves.
As it takes 412 votes to nominate the
presidential candidate at Chicago , n
great many dark horses are figuring
whore to got the odd 411.
Senator Ingnlls makes his re
ply to the caustic speech of Dan Vor-
hoes ho will literally pull up the tall
sycamore of the Wabaah roots antl all.
WHEN ex-Senator McDonald , of Indiana -
diana , gets through with Governor Gray ,
who is said to bo Cleveland's choice for
vice president , the Gray boom will look
decidedly blue.
WHETHER the Omaha and Council
Bluffs bridge is to bo a railroad or t
wagon bridge or a combination affair ,
it can not bo denied that the worlc is
being rushed forward at a rapid pace
Mn. HENUY CABOT LODGE , the pop
\ilar Massachusetts congressman , is said
to bo quietly canvassing his chances for
the vice-presidency. There is nothing
sgainst Mr. Lodge , but Massachusotti
is not a doubtful state A. D. 1883.
IF it bo true that the street railway
company is trying to got out of paying
for its share of the paving between the
car tracks on South Thirteenth street
the council when sitting as a board o
equalization can assess that corporation
for its ratio of the oxponso.
THEUB will bo nothing but commend
ation for the action of General Joscpl
E. Johnston in applying to become i
contributing member of the Grant
Army of the Republic , and for the Phil
ndolphia post which unanimously grant
cd the application. General Johnstoi
was one of the fordmost soldiers of tin
confederacy , and ho has been since the
war one of the most earnest advocate
of pacification and good will botwcci
the sections. His joining the Grant
Army attests the sincerity of all ho ha
said , mid sets an example which canno
fail to have good results. The Gram
Army can honorably welcome the asso
elation of such men ,
BHAZIL'S now cabinet , which rop'ro
sonts the progressive element of Brazil
inn politics , is about to take prompt am
definite action to liberate the slaves o
that Country at a single stroke. Publi
sentiment is with the government 01
this issue. Tlio process of the gr.idun
extinction of slavery now in force sine
18S5 is too slow to suit the spirit of th
times. The law at present provides fo
the liberation of slaves over sixty year
of ago. By this humane act over 40,00
negroes hdvo become free. It is almas
curtain that n. general emancipation ac
will pass this year , and with it , slaver ;
on the continent of America , except ii
Cuba , will bo a thing of tha-past.
TilBitK ls v vigorous revolt among th
n
republicans of Virginia against th
iGou'orship of GeneralMttuorio , npd up
loss ho volulitnrily retires , which it 1
not at all likely ho will do , the probn
blllty is great of a bitter fight that cm
hnrdly fail to badly ilomonili/.o ropubll
panlam In Virginia. The candidate wh
is moat seriously uifoctod by the revel
Is Senator Sherman , who mistaken !
committed hla causa to the euro c
Mnhono. The tooling has boon thn
Virginia was Hkoly to bo promisini
fighting ground for the republicans i
November , but in view of the oxislin
elate of affairs in the party thovo thn
notion will have to bo given up.
THE olootrio lighting business ta abou
to fall Into the capacious maw of a trusl
At a recent mooting at Philadelphia
the Electrical Trust company formulate
a plan to consolidate all the olectri
lighting companies in the United States
( The olootrio lighting franchises of so\
oral of the largo cities have alrcad
boon absorbed by this now trust. It i
therefore merely a question of a fo
months when the syndicate will contrc
the business all over the country. It i
doubtful whether the public will b
bonofltted by the consolidation. E >
porlonco with trusts so far has boo
anything but satisfactory. The chance
ore that consumers will pot only I
obliged to pay a higher price but wi
bo given poorer eorvico. ,
AYho nro the "Wreckers ?
The manager's ot the Burlington rail
road , through -Brsii. subsidized mouth-
> ioco , th& Omnlm Jtepubficfln , charge
ho BETS with encouraging train-wreck *
crs , who nro said to bo picketed nil
along its lines , for the purpose of mur
der , rnplno and vandalism. The corpo
ration organ goes so far , oven ) as to
chnrgo that the editor of this paper
wants the assassins njitl vandals to have
a ohnnco and gloats over the corpse of
every ono of their victims.
If this clmrgo were mtxrto ever the
mmes of any of the managers of the road
, hey would bo promptly called to
account in the criminal courts , a But
vhllo they osonpo direct responsibility
> ohlnd the scroori of cowardly morconn-
Ics who proslituto journalism to the
josost of'omls , wo-do not propose to pass
such an unwarranted attack in silcnco.
It is a matter of common notoriety
that for two months the people of this
section have patiently submitted to the
cckless oxjxisuro of thbir lives and
property on the line of the Burlington
railroad by reason of the frequent
wrecking of trains by incompetent and
overworked omploybs. Those who are
compelled to travel ever or ship their
rolghts by the Burlington system
lave suffered costly and damaging do-
ays. Quito apart from the incidental
risks the enormous losses entailed upon
; ho company are purely n question between -
twoon the stockholders and their
managers , but indirectly the public is
interested in these losses because in the
end , they ivvo expected to make them up
3y high tolls. Asa common carrier the
Burlington railroad is expected , however -
ever , to bo operated for public con
venience , and its patrons have aright
to demand and onlorco safety , prompt
ness and convenience in the carriage of
their chattels and persons.
WhllO It is true that unllko other
nowsnapers in this section the BEE has
refused to suppress the reports of the
numberess ] wrecks and fatal accidents
thnt'huvo occurred on the Burlington
road within two months , it is not true
in nny sense that the BEE has encour
aged violence or destruction of prop
erty , unless , indeed , its vigorous pro
tests against the employment of Pinkerton -
ton mercenaries may bo so construed.
On the contrary , wo have been very
chary in censure of the Burlington
management , and up to this time
have refrained from seriously discuss
ing the obligations of the road to put an
end to the wholesale slaughter of em
ployes and travelers. But they have
insolently thrown down the gauntlet ,
wo pick it up , and dare them to a full
and frank discussion.
Who was responsible for the Creston
collision , when two mail cars were
burned up and several persons were
mnimod by the wrecked trains ?
Who was responsible for keeping con
ductors , engineers and brakemen on
duty forty-oight hours ?
Who was responsible for the killing
of a switchman at Lincoln , three or four
weeks ago ? Did the BEE ask Manager
Holdrcge to employ an ignorant brakeman -
man to run a switch engine ?
IB the editor of the BEB responsible
for the slaughter of five passengers al
or near Alma by reason of defective
roadways ?
Is the BEE responsible for the scores
of collisions , break-downs and switch Ing
accidents that are occurring noarlj
every day all along the line of the roadi
Are not the managers of the Burling
ton road who recklessly jeopardize life
and property , cause the destruction o !
the mails , paralyze commerce and traf
fic , just to carry out their own swcol
will and like potty tyrants show then
great power , rcsponsiblo for the appall
ing consequences of their course ?
Pernicious Activity.
There is abundant evidence that since
Mr. Don M. Dickinson became postmaster
tor general the political opportunities
of that position have not been neglected
The attention of Mr. Dickinson ha :
boon directed chiefly to his own state
Michigan , which the democrats cherisl
a hope of being able to carry next No
vombor. Several circumstances hav <
been noted which show that the post
master general has been "perniciously
active" in the wolverine state to an ex
tent that dwarfs all the political olTorl
hitherto made by his cabinet associates
At the same time ho has had an eye ou
in other directions whore the interests o
the administration seemed to rcquin
attention. All this confirms the viov
that Mr. Dickinson was taken into tin
administration family to manage it
political business , and ho is pcrformiiij
the duty with energy.
It appears , also , that Mr. Vilas ha
grown "perniciously active" in politics
and that the interior department 1m
become a place of uncertain tenure fo
those who have republican antecedents
It is intimated that the sou rotary i
showing a strong dcsiro to surroum
himself with personal friends , prq
sumably with reference to sgme booi :
which ho mav hava-tt ) mind. It i
ahVftys , tc-ijo remembered of Mr. Vila
that personal vanity Is one of hisstrong
est qualities , and nothing is more natu
ral than that ho should desire to associate
ciato with him those who will gratlf ,
thib weakness. As to his political nctiv
ity it is not a mutter that need troubl
anybody. It is not apparent that helm
a very extended influence , and It i
pretty safu to predict that whatever h
undertakes to do ho will mnkoumcssol
But the interesting question is , doc
Mr. Cleveland know of the porniciou
activity of the cabinet ollloluls , and i
BO docs ho approve * of it ? Is the countr
to understand that until after Novombe
there is a suspension of the president ! ; ]
decree which required mon in publl
office to ref raiu froinautivo purticipatio
in politics ?
Protected and Unprotected ,
The way * and moans committed wll
call upon Uio secretary of the troosur
for Information regarding the numbo
of persons engaged in gainful oeeupn
lions , the products of whoso labor ma
bo subject to competition from foroig
products of like kind , the numbo
wholly free from foreign competition
and the number occupied In produetio
for export. Such facts , though It ina ,
not be possible at this time to obtal
them with absolu.to accuracy , arc jus
now especially desirable In order Uui
the people may know what proportion
of tnclr numbdr Is pr < ctcd by the LJffb.
tariff nnd how rantgot no. pro
tection whatever. There is a gront
doftl of loose sUUomont and as
sumption regarding this matter which
ncods to bo correctednnd nothing short
of official figures will do this.
According to the census ot 1880 there
were employed in all kinds Of manufac
turing industries 2,788,050 , persons , and
the average number at this time is prob
ably about Hired million. But doubt
less not to exceed ono-half of these nro
employed In industries whoso * products
nro subject to competition , and who are
therefore to bo regarded ns deriving
some protection from the tariff , the
other million five hundred thousand
gelling no protection for the reason that
the products ot their labor have no
foreign competition , or if nny It
is BO email ns to bo of no con-
soquonco. .Th'o number of people occu
pied in production for export IB perhaps
nine million , the very largo majority
farmers , nnd to these must bo added
those in the professions , in trade and
transportationnnd otherwise employed ,
none of whom arc directly protected by
the high tariff , but all of whom must
pay tribute to the few who nro. Wo
have no doubt it la a liberal estimate to
plnco the number of persons whoso
labors can fairly bo said to bo protected
by the tariff at two million , nnd the pro
tection which these obtain , when meas
ured In results by Uio returns of labor
in the unprotected employments , will
not afford a very striking argument In
behalf of the tariff as the defense and
bulbark of labor. It may safely bo
expected that the treasury statistics will
effectually dispose of the evidently false
assumptions of the opponents of tariff
revision nnd national tax reduction.
THOSE two hundred dollar Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy display cards
which have recently adorned the front
| ) ago of the Omaha Republican have
produced a most lamentable effect upon
the wretched mercenaries Vrho turn the
"
crank on that monopoly organ. Like
khoso pagan Idols that have eyes and do
not see and oars and do not hear , these
monopoly paralytics are unable to hearer
or sco anything except through the
Burlington oar-truinpot and telescope.
They deliberately ignore what is most
notorious in this section of the country ,
namely : the utter demoralization of the
Burlington system since the engineers'
strike : , and berate the BEE for publish
ing the reports of wrecks and accidents
that are pouring in upon us almost
dally from the malu line and branches.
THE prediction that between eight
and twelve thousand miles of railroad
tracks will bo laid this year ought tc
inuko the Bcssomcr monopolists ex
tremely happy. They are protected
from foreign competition by a duty
of $17 a ton. Having fixed upon
$31 n ton for rails nnd $45 for building
beams oa the minimum price for the ensuing -
suing year , the Bessemer combination
is assured of a margin of profit anywhere -
where between 310 and $20 a ton. AE
the duty of $17 a ton is said to bo for the
protection of American workmen , it
would bo interesting to learn just how
much the striking workmen , who wore
shot down by the Pinkerton mercena
ries at Carnegie's steel works , are benc-
fltted by the enormous profits of the
Bessemer monopoly.
THE state conventions of both parties'
thus far hold , have been characterized
by an interest and enthusiasm which
promise an exceptionally active anel
vigorous presidential campaign. The
republicans everywhere manifest quite
as much spirit and confidence as then
opponents , and are preparing by thor >
ough organization to go into the
national battle with all the carncstncb :
and vigor of the past. The national
league reports v membership of ovei
half a million , and new clubs are boint ;
formed in most of the states. It it
already assured that the convention al
Chicago will bo ono of the greatest ir
the history of the party , nnd altogothoi
the republican situation presents IK
feature that can bo regarded otherwise
than encouraging.
IF congress passes the amended alioi
bill , permitting foreigners to acquin
mineral lands in the territories , a larg (
amount of foreign capital seeking venturesome
turesomo investment will turn in thn
direction. Mining speculation has al
ways been a tempting field for venture
faomo foreign investors. The immons (
coal , mineral and petroleum beds o
Wyoming and the other territorioi
need only an impetus to bo fully do
velopod.
VOICE O1P Til 13 STA.TIJ PRESS.
The Republican says that lion. J. T. Ho
drlck , of Tccumsch , Is prominently men
tloncd with the olllco of state treasurer o
Nebraska ,
The Sterling Sun states that Hon , J. S
Dow , of Tccumsch , would accept tlio rcpubll
can nomination for state land commissioner
if tendered him on a silver platter.
"Mr. Van Wyek met Crane at Burwoll th
other day , and when JUS ox-senatCf go
UnmigU with the unclean bird /catlicr
were drooping , " says the Scotia Herald.
The Madison Republican says : "Valon
tine , the West Point statesman , has a longiu
for the Chicago convention , Ho ought to b
sent as a reward for uia support of Jim Craw
ford. "
"Thomas Darnell , " saystho Ouster Count ;
Leader , "was in the city the first of the wco !
looking after seine political fences ho is sal
to own in this county. Tom wauls to go t
congress so bad he can taste It. "
Tlio Scliuyler Sun bays : "General J. C
Cowin , of Omaha , Is mentioned as nn avai
ublo candldato for congress this fall frcn th
First district. If you wnut a man of ability
nujioncst man , and a man who can dow
McShano and his 'barrel , * Cowin oan do it.
"Somo of the better people of Omaha ,
says the Beaver City Times , "arc trying t
organize a light on the 'wine room.1 It wl
take a long , bard fight to overthrow this In
| iUlty , but it ought to bo dona. The win
room Is the butchery for every abomfnatio
imaginable. "
In casting about for a preferable candldat
for congress from tlio big First , the Tccuu
seh Republican draws this conclusion : "Wit
reference to the coining man for congro ;
sloual honors from the 'big First , ' wo tire o
the opinion that Council , of Oniuha , will tak
thn plum. Mr , Council was n prominent car
dldato two .rears ftgo , anj received a goo
support , and had ho received tlio nominatlo
bo weald bayo boon'Dlccled over MoShanc. "
Hon. N. V. Itfirfati , speaker of the last
hotiso of the stnto legislature , says Uio Fre
mont Tribune , "IslJolng pushed forward as n
candidate tor congress In the second district.
Mr. Horlan Is rccoferilzcd na a good lawyer , n
man ot strong nnd conservative convictions
and sound on the hitlrond and transportation
gooso. Ho would. \ > o an honor to the people
3f the second district should they dcciiio to
liotior him. "
"Tlio wreckers 6f the Burlington seem to
be still in control 6f Imt great corporation , "
says thn Plnttsmoall ) Journal , "find ciro ap
parently ns determined to ruin thnt company
as over , notwithstanding their sad experience
of the past eight vrccks. Possibly when the
stockholders meet next month they may
bring them to their senses. The fact Is ,
liowovor , that tlio road Is doing only about
one-third of Its former through business. "
The North Plntto Telegraph indulges In
this bit of sarcasm : "Somo of the republi
can papers In this locality nro booming
Uolltoy , of Sidney , as a delegate to the na
tional convention. Although , porhnps , it
may bo not our business , that Individual
would rnttlo around like a pen In a meal bag
when ho would rub up agnlnst the greatness
contained In thoi > orS6nagcsof Wllloy Wftlloy
Phelps , Steve Dorsoy nnd other statesmen ol
similar calibre. Bettor select some one with
a greater reach to film. "
The York Times refers to what It terms an
evil in this manner : "It scorns that it would
bo only lust to relieve real ostalo from taxa
tion to the amount of encumbrance upon it. A
tnortgago Is an interest in the real estate , and
this Interest is owned by the mortgagee , nnd
of c6urso can not bo hold by the mortgagor ,
It is plain , therefore , that the man who holds
the deed to real estate only owns what there
is in it In excess of the mortgage claim , and
this is all that should bo assessed to him. "
The Sutton Register mokes this prophecy !
l'Tho name of General Ii. W. Colby Is men
tioned as n candidate for congress in the
First district. If Colby is nominated John
McShano will not have to spend as much
money ns ho did two years ago to secure his
election. It will take on Omaha man who
can carry the party strength in Douglas
county to defeat John A. McShano with nil
his wealth nnd family influence to aid htm ,
Council or Cowin can do it , hut Colby would
be heat \vorso than Church Howe was two
years ago. "
The Beatrice Republican makes this state
ment : "It is now conceded that the republi
cans of the First district must take their
pandldnto for congress from Omaha. The
Hon. W. J. Connell seems to bo the most
available candidate at present , nnd it is be
lieved that the Omnha delegates wilt he
solid for him. If so , his nomination is a fore
gone conclusion. His success In the canvass
will depend upon his ability to cope with Me-
Shane's 'barrel.1 Mr. Connell is a man
with a clean record and a pleasant address ,
and would make a strong candidate , "
The Ulysses Jispatch servos this notice to
the republicans ofj Butler county : "Jim
Laird's central coitVmittccmen have called
the second dlstrict'coligrcsslonal convention
for May 14 , thinkniir,1 no doubt , by this un
heard of early day' 'to , take advantage of the
farmers' busy season and capture another
nomination. The Dispatch will have more
to say on this mattb ? next week , and in the
meantime republicans can make up their
minds that no stona\vlll bo loft 'unturned to
again capture Butler county for Jim Laird ,
Republicans have Submitted to three terms
of Lnlrdism which is about enough. Qivo us
a change. "
The Crete Vidottblooks ever the situation
in Omaha and concludes : "Tho political
mountebanks who'Jljavo hung around the
Omaha Republican office since the pristine
days of 'Dick Adams , Yost , Curry & Co. , ' all
are like a horde of mosquitoes infesting t
flickering glim. They always want 'blood ,
but usually got 'scorched. ' They lose no op
portunity of running their poisonous proboscis
into the supposed tender-spots of onoE. Rose
water. Their last effort was in nursing a sot
of resolutions , denouncing him for employing
non-union men upon the now BEE building
Mr. Roscwater gives a caustic and scathing
answer and denial to their statements and
leaves the whole gang , like a flock of frightened
enod ostriches , floundering , ns to their heads
in the sand , and their nether parts rudely ex
posed to the cold , contemptuous look of i
frowning world. "
As to its preference for the presidential
candldato , the North Bend Flail remarks ;
"Give us Judge Grcsham for our candidate
nnd wo can sweep the country as novor"was
known since Grant. Walter Q. Greshatn is
the Flail's idea of a man. As n soldier he
never quailed before the bullets of his nd
versaries , ns n member of the cabinet ho was
clean , cautions and consistent , us a judge lie
is Incorruptible nnd impregnable , nnd ns s
president ho would bo the noblest of the line
Walter Q. Grcsham could marshall the host ;
of the west into a solid phalanx in his sup
port. Out hero wo are weary of the ag
grandizcmcnts of corporate greed. Wo an
sick of railroad aggressions , discriminations
and robberies and wo want a man nt the neat
of this government who is known to sym
pathizc with us. Glvo us Grcsham for prcsl
dent and let the civil service of the nation b (
manned by men of his spirit nnd calibre. "
Speaking of the democratic polities of tin
state , tlio Fremont Tribune , says : "Tin
Nebraska democrats are not welded togcthci
very solidly this year. There is to be i
lively squabble between old Miller and Mor
ton factions for the honors of delegates ti
tlio national convention , An effort was madi
In Otoo county to squelch Morton and hli
friends , hut the eminent frco trader came uj
'smiling with victorious eagles , and othe ;
birds , perched upon his banners. It is under
stood that Collector Cnlhoun was the insti
gator of this plot , "Thero will be an effor
nmdo on the Morton side to oust Qoyd fron
his position ns u member of the national com
mlllco. This is to bo done in retaliation o
Mr. Boyd keeping Biorbowor , his ropuhllcai
son-in-law , In the position of United Fj.ta.te ;
marshal for Nebraska. It ia ccsfmontfy ex
lieoted byu nuru.bt o ! Interested spectator
'
iifiit'thoro will bo a quantity of gore splllci
before the battle ends. "
Dr.KuIloy'HToiilei.
Cliff no j 'frilmnt ,
As n tonic , Dr. IColiey ,
Don't you thinlcit rather risky
To prescribe nrotcctcd iron
And unprotccteiT-whishyl
No Fj \ Frlenejs.
CMr < ipo JV'ciw ,
Another clrcuniBtanpo In Grcsuam's favor
Ho has no fool frienfls. _
Tolel-ima Lino.
SJ. fMUit Hiejmlllran.
The whisky tax must stay. The tax 01
clothing must come down. The tax ; on rnv
materials used in manufacturing must go ,
A Favorlto Granilbon.
Kew York ll'orld.
The "favorite son" industry has been some
whut overworked of late , but Indiana ha
capped tlio climax by putting forward a fa
vorlto grandson. _
Doesn't Know Our Jim.
CMruoo 7'iiiiw.
Congressman Dlngley , of Maine , says tha
during seven ; years' service in the house h
has never seen n , member drunk. Whcr
can ho have been all this time ?
Ilnilrnutl ISiirli.irlly.
JVifai/fIi/ia / ( JV'oi ( ft Amei ( con ,
The Burlington and Quincy road should b <
inado to pay heavy damages for the wrccl
that was caused by the carelessness of em
ployes who were compelled to work fifty
hours without sleep. It Is not only barbarous
to work men In that way , but criminal for n
railroad to take such risks when so many
lives are Involved. There should bo stale
laws holding any ofllcor of n railrontl com
pany who forces conductors , engineers 6t
irakcman to work moro than n reasonable
number of hours criminally responsible. The
Ivcs of passengers or employes should not
)0 Jeopardized in this reckless manuor.
STATE
Thayer county will prospect for coal ,
Aurora will hnvo nn electric light
plant.
Ord's butter and chcoso factory is In
operation.
The total enrollment iu Iho Albion
school is 300.
Stromsbur/r / will license three saloons
at $1,000 each.
Grand Island's newspaper editors arc
Btlll at swords' pollits.
Antelope have returned from the
western plains to Logan county.
Hastings' now morning paper project
collnpsod before it materialized.
Beatrice reports the finding of val
uable clay deposits and pottery worke
are talked of.
Tcoumsoh's canning factory has bean
completed , and is now contracting for
vegetables.
In order that the party may bo bolter
represented , Fullerton IB to have n
democratic papor.
The Bcemor Times reports the loss ol
many cattle in that vicinity , caused bj
some unknown disoaso.
The hopeful citizens of Culbortson
claim that their town will bo the rail
way center of Nebraska.
Lightning rod swindlers with.fncos
devoid of gullo have victimized the
Inrmers of Nance county.
A. C. Bcobo retires from the Custor
County lender in a , double loaded col
umn of scalding nonpareil.
A Johnson county philanthropist has
a pamphlet for frco distribution entitled ,
"linrd Sina and the Way Out. "
Grover Cleveland is to bo rafllod ofl
in York at $1 a chance. The Grovot
Cleveland in question is a fine bird dog.
There are 50,000 acres of land in
Dundy county subject to homcslcad ,
pre-emption and timber culture entry.
The paper of Perkins county states
that there will bo 20,000 acres of- land
turned by the plow'ln that county this
spring.
Ed Martin , a careless boy of Ban
croft , in trying to extract a shell from n
rjun caused it to explode. Ho will lose
his sight.
Because of n cold nnd unfeeling com
munity , the editor of the Greenwood
Leader will pack his printing oflloo and
move away.
The election to veto on the proposi
tion to bond Stockvillo precinct , Fron
tier county , to the amount of $2,400 for
court house purposes , carried.
The Holt county" teaohors1 assooia-
tloij and the Brown county teachers' '
association will meet together at Stuart
on Saturday , May 12 , 1888.
With apparent knowledge that the
early bug catches the corn , the festive
chinch bug is silently nnd patiently
waiting for the future in Polk county.
Father Martin , of Dakota City , the
oldest active newspaper man in the
state , is soon to lead to the altar a fair
young girl whom ho calls a diamond in
the rough.
An attractive young Indy of Edgar
was chewing gum and engaging in o
talking tournament at the same timo.
A skilled physician finally dislodged
the gum which had lodged in lior
throat.
Herman Huborman , the young boy
who stele the horse in York county , has
boon duly installed in the reform school
at Koarnov. Ho is under fifteen years
of ago anfl was a fugitive from the
Kearney institution t the time ho ap
propriated the horso.
A man named Davis from Wan o , Kns. ,
called the "gontlomanly and urbane1' '
B. & M. ticket agent at Benkleitnan a
liar. The agent transformed the faeo ol
Davis into a war map , and caused the
arrest of thoKansan , who contributed
S10 lo the school fund.
A Hastings paper says that "unless
work is rapidly pushed on the now in
sane asylum and the building com
pleted fears are entertained that it will
bo necessary to transfer the patients
now temporarily kept in the stone
bhck lo Lincoln. They are becoming
quite bad. "
The Wayne County Gazette finds that
It "scorns to a man up n cottonwooel tree
that the business of the Norfolk branch
is good enough to warrant the company
in givincj us a decent train with a smok
ing car , instead of the present worn out
coach and the miserable leaky baggage
and mail , which now do duty. "
City Attorney Dilworth , of Hastings ,
lins boon instructed to prepare a call
for another election to vole upon Iho
bond proposition to extend the water
mains , the vole lakon nt the recent city
election being declared not constitu
tionally large enough to entitle it to the
respect of being considered a healthy
endorsement of the people.
Reports from all sections of Nebraska
convoy the gratifying information that
the weather has boon generally favor
able this spring , and crops are well ud-
vancod. The corn crop Is for the most
part planted , and the acreage this year
will bo greater than last. The rocunt
rains have loft the soil in mostoxcollont
condition , nnd the indications for n
largo crop are promising.
A Plnllsmoulh man who vainly
wailed for a leap your proposal , ndvor-
liEod in n St. Joseph paper fov a'con
fiding .ad. hfciTuCiful woman , The
IH'intors ink did ils work and Ihc
Journal reports a mnrringo. They
stood upon the slrcoln oblivious lo all
surroundings. The Journal says "thoir
love was so lovely , and ot uch cnlf-llkc
rarity , that they'should bo placed in n
glass cuso and fed on ginger bread foi
Iho rest of their halcyon days. "
A tramp gave an oxhibillon nt Sid
ney recently. Ills programme was lo
permit hlmsolf to bo tied in n chair and
then unloose himself in half Iho time II
had taken to tie him. He repealed Iho
performance Saturday nighl , but the
boys put up a Job and when they gel
him tlod 'polled him with eggs. Ho
took It good nnturedly and made good
time untieing' ' himself aflor which Ihc
crowd rinsed $3 and ho wont on his \vu }
rejoicing , _
A Curious Will.
Plttsburg Dispatch : John A. Robin
son , a wealthy gentleman of Norwich ,
Conn. , who died recently , loft ii remark
able provision in his will , This docu
ment directed thnt his rimming should
bo kept for three days before they wore
placed in Iho grave where Iho lid lo Ihc
coflln was lo ba removed and Iho grave
so elobed lhat a person could readily got
out. It Is also provided thai food and
walor bo placed in the cotlln. A hum
mer , too , was to Ho near his right hand ,
while a lamp was to burn in his sonul-
chor for three days and thrco nights ,
Every ono of the provisions was rigidly
on forced.
Corsages run more and moro to extremes ,
are either sliort.round and very fully draped ,
or else preternaturally long , etialghtauU
slender ; both in oUUIuo'ancl in ornament.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Ol > M5rvfttlonn Upon tliD Prbsltlentlnl
Possibilities.
In a recent Issue of Harper's Weekly ,
the following observations nro mndo
upon the question of candidates for
president :
Between April and Ju'xo nnd between
the whllo house nnd th j hall of the na
tional democratic convention there may
occur many strange chances nnd slips ,
but unless all present slgnsshould prove
deceptive , about Junooth , nt St. LouU
Grovcr Cleveland will bo chosen the
standard boarbr of hlj party lor the
presidential campaign of 18S8.
That Mr. Cleveland will bo ronomln-
ntod by his party td succeed himself
Bcoma as assuredly Indlcalcd as was the
rcnomlnatlon ot Mr. Lincoln In 1804 , or
lhat of General Grant In 187U. There
Is no particularly turbulent ot elnngor-
ous stream at this time to cross which
forbids the swapping of presidential
horses , tb use the homely phraseology
of President Lincoln , as there was
when the war ot Iho rebellion raged ,
but neither \Vas there when President
Grant was nominated , tt is with Mr.
Cleveland much iis It was with the dis
tinguished soldlor-prcsldont ; ho has
won the general favor ol his party , m\i\ \
the conlidonco ot the country. The
domocrald feel that It they can elect
nnyono his successor they can most
easily and assuredly elect him ,
There is sbmothing almost unique in
President Cleveland's position. Not by
a single word thnt ho has said since the
day of his inauguration , not by any
thing which he has done personally or
oflloially , can It bo truly said that ho has
glvon any sign of his doslro or will to
secure a second term of the presidential
onico. Indeed ho has said some things
and done others which , at the least ,
scorned injudicious for him to say arid
do as nn nspirant for ro-oloction. It was
courageous , but it was not politic for
him to declare himself so radically upon
the subject of tar lit reduction ; it was
honest to veto so many pension bllls.aiiel
especially the important dependent
pension measure of the last congross.but
It was not shrewd in view oi the oflonso
his vetoes , both in substance and form ,
gave to the bravo soldiers and sailors
who survived the war. Mr. Cleveland ,
no doubt , thought hlmsolf justified In
his removals of tons and scores of thou
sands of faithful and ofllcient rouubli-
cans from federal olllcoln order tomako
places for democrats , but , considering
that ho did it at the cost of losing the
confidence and support of tho'civil ser
vice reformers , it was not sagacious.
But , though the prosiilont has turned
from him every democrat in the land
who favors the policy of protecting by
high duty the wages of domestic labor
and the profits of capital , Dough ho has
offended the veterans ot the war for the
union by his-pension votoosund though
ho has disappointed the civil service re
formers , it appears that he has not , at
this time , a single competitor for
the nomination of his party. It is
his to tuko it ho desires it , or to refuse
if ho does not.
In his letter accepting his original
nomination Mr. Cleveland expressed
hlmsolf strongly against a president be
ing eligible to ro-oloction. Ho declared
that a single term was sufficient for anyone
ono citizen , and Ihnt there should bo no
second term president. Those journals ,
republican and democratic , which nro
opposed to him are at present making
much of this matter , but with but little
effect. The Now York Evening Post ,
which haa recently arraigned the pres
ident with great severity for abandon
ing his civil service reform position , do-
olaros that the attempt to bind him by
his letter ot acceptance is rather sad
business , and the St. Louis Republican
closes a long and able editorial article
upon the subject by saying , "Mr. Cleveland -
land is not a candidate , but whan the
St. Louis convention rcnominatos Him
ho will have no escape from being his
party's candidate for ro-oloolion. ' '
The drift of democratic journalistic
criticism upon Mr. Cleveland's second
term declaration may bo fairly summar
ized as follows : Ho , as president , has
the liberty of entertaining whatever
opinions seem to him good regarding
the eligibility of presidents to reelection
tion , but it is not part of his. duty to
cither amend the constitution or lo
change Iho practice Jol parties in con
nection with the succession of presi
dents. Ho may , it is said , hold any
view that suits him , about prevailing
law or custqin , and ho may , like any
other citizen , vote for u change , or labor
to bring it about , but ho has no right to
try to impose his views on the country
by declining to accept any oilico which
tlio majority of the voters nsks him to
accept.
Republicans nnd democrats very gen
erally agree that Grover Cleveland will
bo the presidential candidate of his
party nnd the principles of bin tariff
message to congress the chief plunk of
the platform. Should that prove to bo
Iruo in Juno , Mr. Cleveland will cer-
tuinly have reason for holf-congralula-
tion. No other president to a greater
degree than ho has over kept himself
out of sight in purely political
matters during the first thrco years
of his term. If his hand has
moved the puppets , or shifted
the scenes , no ono has perceived it. Ho
has gone upon his way , discharging his
ofllciul duties as if his only care was to
discharge them well ana uccoplablo lo
his countrymen. Ho has boon indus
trious , honest and full of courage , and ,
moro than all , ho has boon preeminently -
nontly conservative except in the matter -
tor of tariff reduction alone , and it is
wholly likely that , with the above
noted exception , Iho same popular con-
soi'vallsm which feared nnd contended
against his election lost disaster should
bo the Bcquonco of the election of a dem
ocrat to Iho olllco of president , will ,
now that Its doubts and fears have boon
dispelled by him , do baltlo in his be
half.
There are no euoh conclusive signs iy
respect to the republican camJidrtios as
thovo are iu connection with the demo
cratic. Who the choice ef the Chicago
convention will bo Is not hufllcloiUly in
dicated by tlio unanimity of newspaper
opinions as to render even intelligible
conjectures posbiblo. There aw hosts
of aspirants for the nomination , sev
eral of thorn being loaders of confessedly
great ability and attractive popularity. "
Of thorn all , however , there Is up
other who Iho political class that com
monly largely influence the choice ot
conventions so commonly urge for
nomination as Mr. Blalno. To them U
avails .nothing- that \\a \ \ huilcdurcd ho
is not a candfdatq foe tlio presidential
nomination ; tfia't ho has distinctly
authorised Iho correspondent of the
New "Vork World to stale lhat ho , must
not bo considered a candidate , and that ,
$ f nominated , his candidacy would pro-
"oko again the Independent republican
opposition of 1884 , and with the proba
bility of Iho same result , a republican
defeat following It. Personal ulTcclion
and udmlrullon have a grcut deal lo do
with Ibis revival of Iho demand for Mr.
Blalne. lo bo Iho standard bearer , anel
republican journals and leaders of good
reputation for political sagacity nrei op
posing it. fearing lest it may grow so
loud in the convention as lo souuro Iho
success of a nomination which may not
bo followed by success ut the polls.
The common feeling of the republi
can party , especially in the west , cer
tainly grptvs slrongor apparently in
favor of Qresham , Allison aiid S.hcr-
mun. Popular sentiment , Iu coiilruaic-
tlon to thnt ot the politicians , socms to
domatid the nomination of cither ono or
Iho other ot Ihoso three distinguished
mon. and , ns it is 'noUorod tlmt Judge
Qroslmm could rondlly carry the doubt
ful , but important sta'.o of Indiana , Iho
general preference 1 ? rtpi'-arontly for his
candidacy.
"Tho presidential election of this
year will not him exclusively upon the
tariff , but the dlaousslon will bo ot great
service In maturing the question as a
real issue. PresldentGarflold sdld that
ho was for the protection Hint ultimntod
In free trade. President Arthur and
his three secretaries 'of Iho Iroasury ,
Folgor. Grobhnm And McGullooh ,
favored the reduction of the war tariff
to a monbrnto proleclivo point. The
Minnesota , Iowa and Nebraska republi
cans demanded last year n revision and
reduction of the tariff. So long ns Mr.
Nelson is n rdpubllcnn representative ,
mm the Chicago Tribune , the Provi
dence Journal and other loading papers
are republican Journals , and manufac
turers who donmuel free raw materials
are members ot the republican party ,
high protection will not bo u Uuo pai iy
Issue. " _ _
A Diamond Swnllowor Arrested.
Cincinnati Knqulror : Information
was received nt police headquarters yes
terday of the arrest in Manchester.
England , of John Proscott. Prescott is
probably ono of the best known enoak
robbers and jewelry thieves in the
country.
Ho was bettor known in days gone by
lo the police ot this city nnd the west
under the name ot "Jenny" Curlin , iho
famous diamond swallower and burglar.
It Is but a few months ago since ho was
nrrostod in St. Louis by Dotoclivo Dos-
monde , ot that city. With another no-
lorlous thief ho was taken in on sus
picion nnd given time toloavollmt cily.
Ho wont from St. Louis to Chicago ,
thence to Now York , and shortly after
wards loft for Europe , whore in Paris
ho was the boon companion of the fu
gitive boodle alderman , Jnohnu , ot Now
York , who for a time conducted a fence
in Paris.
The offense for which Prcecott has
been arrest in Manchester is for nn at-
lomplod llioft of 11,000 from a bank in
lhat city. Prescott attempted to work
the old-lime American "drop trlok. " A
few days ace ho followed a wealthy de
positor In the bank rsforred to. The de
positor loft his bank book and a package -
ago containing 11,000. No sooner had
ho stopped away from the receiving
teller's desk than Prcscott took his
place. Purposely dropping a bill upon
the floor , while the cashier was engaged ,
ho then called that gentleman's atlon-
tlon to it. As the cashier sloopcd lo
pick up the bill Prescott grabbed the
package of money. Ho was making'
away with it in good shape when a
policeman , who had boon watching his
actions , placed him under arrest.
Curtin , who has also boon known un
der the name of Reynolds , began his
criminal career ns a shoplifter , budding
out into a diamond thief nnd swallower ,
n burglar and jnll-breaKor. Ho escaped
from no less than six different jails In
as many states from hero to California ,
and was well known to nearly every
chlof.of police throughout the union.
His associate in crime was "Eddie"
McGee , equally desperate and successful
as u bank burglar anel belonging lo ono
of Iho most notorious gangs. On September -
tombor 11 , 1870 , ho entered a jewelry
establishment on Broadway , in Now
York , in daylight , and stele flftoon diamond
mend rings valued at $800. Before the
police learned of the theft ho was on a
west-bound , train. Ono month later
Curtin was arrested for the laroony of a
diamond ring in Chicago. Ho gave the
name of Cunningham , and represented
himself as a jeweler from this city.
The police fortunaloly searched him
and found ninoloon loose diamonds.
They wore identified as the property
stolen from the Now .York establish
ment , and ho was hold for trial. Ton
days later ho broke jail and returned to
New York , whore ho was nrrostod. Ho
pleaded guilty nnd was sentenced lo
four years and six months at Sing Sing
on November , 1878 , under the name of
James Roberts.
In June , 1882 , Curtin and McGee were
nrroslod in Philadelphia for shoplifting
and were sent to Hie Eastern poni * -
tiary for oighloon months. Upon being
released they were rearrested for Iho
robbery of Theodore Slarr'a jowolrv es
tablishment in Now York , where 31,200
was stolon. After their release they
wont to Paris , where they were captured
nnd sentenced to four years. Through
some unknown influence the sentence
was rcetucod to two years , and before
the expiration oi that time they were
at liberty , on April 15 , 1880.
Upon his return Curlin wont lo Troy ,
N. Y. , to see "Billy" Porter , who was
then confined in jail , nnd there had
some difliculy with a policeman , whom
lie severely whipped. For this offoiiho
ho was heavily fined. Iinmodialely
aflor his roloaeo ho went to
Europe , lolling his friends lhat he
would soon bo joined by "Billy" Porter
and Frank Buck , alias "Bucky"Tnylor.
The trio were lo work under the eli-
docllon ot old. Adam Worth , a noted
receiver of stolen goods , and formerly
Iho rival of Mother Mandollmum. On
Juno 7 , I860 , Curtain walked into the
store of a diamond merchant , No. 0
Grand Holol building , Charing Cross ,
London , and asked to bo shown some
diamonds. A parcel containing 0,000
worth of loose diamonds was oponcd.
Ho managed to divert the clerk's atten
tion fora momoiit mul slipped some of
the diamonds into bin pookot. A boy
saw the movement and gave warning
before the thief got away. Ho was ar
rested and gave the nnmo of John Colton -
ton , On the way to the police station
ho Bwallowcd tolllalo papers before Iho
ofllcern could slop him , but enough ovl-
donco was found to establish his iden
tity. For this o'lino Curlin wasben-
lenccd lo eighleon months imprison
ment al hard labor al tlio Middlesex
Sessions.
HQ li 'J boon out but a short limo
When arrested a few days ago.
Wonmu'a 1'Mvo
Would you believe Hint in this on-
lltrhlonoef ago thorp remain women who
will swear the moon is niado of green
olieobo if a man tolls llicm 11 is boV But
they do remain , and advancing eivtliza-
tion must blush clear behind her oars
every time she stumbles across ono.
F.yes have they , but U\oy \ see riot ; earn
have thov . but they bcai * not ; bunds
hava Uioy , but they ? cal not. You remember -
member now it stormed last Wodnes-
day1/ About 8 o'ulocle u man and woman
slnrlcd out of the Windsor juej
back of mo. As I put
up my umbrella the woman
stopped short arid exclaimed : "Why ,
it's raining , Charley ; I nm not gplng. . "
The man stood right out with thu beau
tiful , wet ruin pouring right Into his
face and stonily declared , "It Is not
raining ; come along , "
"Why , It is , too , raining. I shall get
my dress all spoiled. I will not go. "
"I toll you it is not raining , " ho repealed -
pealed , gelling madder and wollor
every mluulo. "You come along. " And
Iho foolish ono actually went , saying
meekly and ponllnonlly , "It Boome tome
mo ns if it were raining eiuito dump
rain. " St. Paul Globo.
There ts a fund , of 150,000 helug rulsod
amontf tlm leading dye merchants and man
ufacturers In New Kugluud to o&taullbh a
doparttiieutof dyeing and printing' In the
couraoof industrial chemistry , In
chusctts institute of technology-
