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Tins country Is now waiting openmouthed -
mouthed for Mr. Cleveland's fish stories.
r I * TIIK coming county convention will
I * ? affair with thir-
cut-and-driod
not bo a - -
I ty-sovcn tagged and tugged dummies ,
advertised as delegates to the republi
can state convention.
SINCB the retirement of "General"
Colby from the congressional race ,
the Btato of Beatrice is in hourly ex
pectation of an epic poem on congros-
eloiml pacers by their pool lariat ,
Griggs. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT does not take long for our citizens
to go wild over a base ball game , but
when it comes to building a million
dollar hotel or n railroad to the north
west their enthusiasm oozes out at their
linger ends.
MKLVILLE W. FULLKR is in Wash
ington house hunting. There are oven
more serious duties for a chief justiceol
the United States who has eight lovely
daughters than the Interpretation oi
knotty points of law.
EVKKYHODY ought to heave a sigh ol
relief. The Regan Bros. ' contracts
have boon compromised for the present
at least , and the Regans have now an
opportunity to redeem themselves by
pushing along the paving.
THE most comical sight at next win-
tor's session of the legislature will be
thO'Crowd that tore out sections of the
city charter which wore offensive to
Wo , Us & Co. , doing their utmost tt
have those torn-out patches restored.
IT is a little too oary ) to make predictions -
dictions , but wo believe wo are safe ir
Blernaling the nomination of Pat Fore
on the democratic legislative ticket
Pat wants an "honorable" jug handlojt (
his name. He'll have the jug , but the
handle will break off when the returns
all in.
arc _ _ _ _ _ _ _
DENVER is gottin g ready to entertain
the delegates to the Deep-Water con
vention the latter part of this month
This is not to bo a prohibition conven
tion as the name may imply , but it is tc
-voico more strongly the steps takenial
Fort Worth , Texas , a few weeks ago t <
establish a doop-walor harbor on the
coast of Texas.
iTiS'all bosh tofsayTthal ; the | Rocl
Island , and Santa Fo wore frightened
from extending their lines into N.O-
bruska this summer on account of the
stand taken by the state board of trans
portation. The truth of the matter is
tbat.vory little extension of now road ;
Is now under way on any lines of rail
roads east of the Rocky Mountains
The largo amount of railroad building
last year has made a drain on the re-
eourcos of those railroad companies ,
and it may ho a season or two before
projected lines can bo built. For al
that both the Rock Island and Santt
Fo are heading toward Nebraska ,
Both lines terminate at the southori :
boundary liuoand oven a blind man must
BOO that they are anxious for a share o
the heavy grain and freight traffic o
which they arc now deprived.
TUB BEE pays moro money for tele
praphio news than all the dailies in Nebraska
braska , Iowa , Kansas and Colorado com
blnod. Only ilvo other dailies in Amor
icauro on equal footing with it in the
matter of the Now York Herald cables
In the face of this , an afternoon shoot
which steals nine-tenths of its ' 'special' '
dispatches out of the columns of tin
moriiiug edition of THE BEE , ha
the sublime impudonco' to ohal
Ion go comparison of its new
columns with those of THE BEE. Thi
is about on a par with ho alleged marvelous
volous growth of circulation of paper
that consume loss paper in a week thai
THE BEE does on any ono day , and havi
their circulation inflated chiefly b ;
throwing papers into iront and buci
yardb of people who do not want them
and never intend to pay for thorn.
A 1'iiOMiNKNT member of the Soutl
Omaha Land Syndicate makes bold t
assort that grading , paving , curbing
eoworlng ana all public works , can b
done much cheaper in South Omuhi
by responsible contractors than ii
Omaha , If this bo true there must b
something rotten in our municipal Don
mark. South Omaha begins just whor
Omaha ends. 'Tho two corporation
are divided.only by an imaginary line
which is called , a boundary. Th
credit of Omaha is certain ! ;
bettor than that of her su
burban neighbor. Contractors ii
Omaha are paid just as promptly m
those in South Omaha. Why , thor
should there bo any material dlfforonc
in prices , unless there are combination
to prpvent fair competition in co !
lusion with public officials'.Whil
there has boon undue partiality show
by the council to certain contractor !
there is no proof as yet that all th
contractors have formed ii trust. Th
matter will , howoyprbear investifcf
. , ilutt by the board.of public work * , ,
Those Delayed Lnttors.
The long dolny of the presidential
candidates in giving the public their
otter. ? of acceptance is said to bo tin-
) rcccdontod. It is Within n few days
of two months since Mr. Cleveland wns
laminated nnd about six weeks since
ho nomination of General Harrison.
What is the reason for the delay ? It
should not requires from either candi
date the application of moro than flvo
or six hours to write the necessary
ctter. It need not bo elaborate.
L'ho country knows the predominant
BSUO in the campaign , and it Is not re
quired that either candidate shall dis
cuss It nt great length. Their ro-
upoctivo parties expect an expression
of opinion from them , bomcthinir of the
inluro of a "keynote , " but this can bo
given in fifty lines or loss. And the
shorter the letters are the moro certain
vill it bo that they will receive careful
nnd thoughtful perusal.
Mr. Cleveland has not been so greatly
overworked since his nomination that
10 coulil not have found lohure to write
letter of acceptance. Possibly ho
utilized a part of the time of his fishing
excursion for this purpose. General
Jarrison has really had very little time
, o himself since his nomination , and ho
s to bo pardoned if ho used that for n
iccdod rest. There have boon several
reasons suggested for the delay. As to
Mr. Cleveland , it has been intimated
hat ho wns waiting to see what decision
, ho republicans of the senate would
come to regarding a tariff measure as a
substitute for the Mills bill , and the
irobablo character of such a measure.
It is not apparent why this should par
ticularly concern the democratic candi
date , who , in any event , must adhere to
, ho policy indicated in the tariff bill
.hat passed the house. If ho should
loom it proper and expedient to discuss
-his subject , there would scorn to bo
abundant material already at hand to
suggest argument without waiting for
any furthordovolopmonts. A moro prob
able reason is the dcsiro of the presi
dent to got the fullest possible informa
tion regarding the drift of public senti
ment on the loading issue , so that ho
may discreetly guard his utterances.
There will bo no moro important con
tribution to the campaign than this letter -
tor of acceptance. Upon it the people
will inako up and render their
judgment on Mr. Cleveland nnd his
party. After it has boon given to
the country it must stand for just
what it is. Its defects nnd errors ,
if any there bo , will then admit of
neither modification nor explanation.
Hence the importance of great care in
Its preparation with reference to the
course of public sentiment on
the matter with which it will
chiefly deal. As to General Harrison's
letter , it has been assumed that ho is
liolding it back until the appearance of
Mr. Cleveland's. Ho may do this with
entire propriety in view of the fact that
his nomination wag preceded by that of
the democratic candidate , though obvi
ously ho can have nothing to gain by so
doing.
A campaign is not regularly opened
until the candidates have signified
their acceptance in writing , and doubt
less the true solution of the delay is the
desire to putojT starting the active work
of the campaign until a moro
propitious , season for such work.
The probability is that both
loiters are so nearly ready , if not com
pleted , that they can bo given to the
public at any time when their authors
and those in their counsel think proper ,
Meanwhile , both candidates having
orally signified their acceptance of the
nominations their candidacy is just ias
secure and'wellattested as it will be
when they have complied with the for
mality of publishing their written ac
coptanco.
Important'Though Not an Issue.
In the Bourse of his speech to a dele
gation last Tuesday General Harrison
said that the American people do nol
moan to bo contented with their owr
market. "Wo should seek , " ho said
"to promote closer and moro friondlj
commercial relations with the Central
nnd South American States. " In the
opinion of General Harrison ono of the
great needs of the country 19 the estab
lishment of steamship lines between
our ports and the ports of the countries
in the southern half of the hemisphere ,
Ho thinks ono way to accomplish this
is for the government to adopt a reason
ably liberal policy in the paying for n
mail service to those countries.
It is not possible to make this ques
tfon of incronf ing our commercial roln
tions with the Contra ! and Soutl :
American states an issue in the present
ont campaign , but it is not therefore
the less important. Wo are now at i
humiliating disadvantage in compari
son with other nations , and particu
Inrly Great Britain , in our trade will
the states to tno south of us. Wo buj
of them very largely , but wo sell then
only n very small part of their pur
chases. England , Germany nnd France
enjoy almost the entire trade of Central
tral nnd South America , and ovorj
year increases their hold upon the com
murco of those states , several of whicl
are exhibiting great enterprise nm
making wonderful progress. Recon
statistics of the Argentine Ropublii
show that no country is pushing for
ward moro vigorously in material pros
perity , while the good effects of eman
clpation in Brazil are being shown in i
general industrial improvement thn
promises for that omplro'groat progress
Venezuela and Chill are also pushlni
forward and pursuing a policy that as
bures future prosperity.
All this is well known nnd shrowdl ;
taken advantage of by the Europcni
natives that have established a vast nm
profitable trade with Central and Soutl
America. They.do not withhold any on
courngemont necessary to maintain un
enlarge this trade. But the "Unite
States , which by reason both of prc
pinquity and mutual interests shoul
have a larger share of this trade tha
any other country , gets but a vor ,
small part of it , and for that must dc
pond almost wholly upon the trunspoi
tation facilities of rival nations. Nine
tenths , at least , of nil the commerce be
twecu'the ' United States and the state
of Central nnd South America i
carried .in foreign vessels , " thn
pu'ttiiig Am. iricau merchants und man
ufnclurors wholly at the mercy of alien
vessel owners , both as to carriage and
, ho charges therefor.
The commission authorized by congress -
gross which visited Central and South
America two years ago reported that
ho essential thing for Increasing our
commerce in that quarter was rapid
and adequate transportation facilities.
Joubtloss our tariff system is an impod-
mont , but if this did not exist wo
should make little progress without the
.transportation . facilities. How those
shall bo secured , without requiring the
government to adopt the repugnant sub
sidy policy , is the perplexing question.
A Consistent Clminplon.
Mr. Fryo is the champion of the Outh-
vnUo bill in the somite. This will sur-
iriso nobody who knows Mr. Fryo's
ccord. When ho was-a member of the
louse ho wns always on his feet cham-
) ioningovory bill in whioh the Union
aciflc wns interested , and opposing
every measure looking toward the re
straint of its rapacity. Mr. Fryo opposed
every bill to compel the Union i'ncillc
to tnko out its patents for subsidy lands
vhlch were untaxed and untaxablo so
eng as the patents were not taken out.
tfr. Fryo fought and defeated the
> ounso land tax bill which had been
udorsod by the republicans of No-
jraska in ono of the planks of
their platform and hael the indorse
ment of the Nebraska legislature.
Mr. Fryo was chiolly instrumental in
defeating in the house bills to reduce
Union Pacific bridge tolls , and the nat
ural inference is that ho must have re
ceived a retainer from the road. In
standing up for the Outh walto bill Sena-
, or Fryo ia at least not inconsistent.
IT IS probable that the president will
approve the bill passed by congress to
irovont "squaw" men from acquiring
, itlo or right to any tribal property or
ntorest in Indian Territory , such
ogislation having boon first suggested
jy Mr. Lamar when he was secretary of
the interior. It is wnll understood that
white men who marry Indian women
are almost without exception worthless
idvonturors or reckless desperadoes ,
nnel they have boon to a very largo ox-
ont responsible for the deviltry and the
depredations of the Indians. Stripping
them of .all property rights or inter
ests will have the effect of depriving
them of influence , though doubtless
ivith such a law in force squaw men
would in time become very scarce , since
the solo object generally of white men
in marrying Indian women is to acquire
property. The proposed law is just and
necessary , and will doubtless receive
executive approval.
BUYING wheat from Russia and India
has a now terror for England. Cargoes
of this "pauper" grain have introduced
on British farms several species of
Russian weevils and other posts , and
the Royal Agricultural society has taken
action to protect English agriculture
from this imported inlliction. The best
preventative is for John Bull to buy
his wheat and grain of his old reliable
cousin Uncle Sam who sells him cereals
and broadstufTs of the first quality only ,
and at'rook-bottoni prices.
Judged by Their Sports.
.
Our friends the enemy are criticising GM-
oral Harrison because ho goes to ball games.
Mr. Cleveland never does anything so ple
beian. Cricket , good old English cricket , la
what pleases him.
A. Thoughtful Wife.
Globe Democrat.
Mrs. Cleveland has gone to visit the editoi
of the Century Magazine probably with o
view to inducing him to discontinue the
publication of those articles about the war ,
which are annoying to her husband.
Ohnnp at the Price.
Sf. Louis QMic-Demncrat. .
A Boston statistician estimates 'that the
expenses of the present political -campaign
will amount to not loss than $20,000,000. That
is a pretty largo sum , but the country can
well afford to pay it for the blessing of de
liverance from democratic rule.
A Goon Country.
Providence Journal.
If the ancient statesman who remarked
that ho did not care who made the laws of n
nation if ho could inako its Hongs were no\v
living and could road the poetry of the pit-s
ent campaign ho would retract , nnd prefei
oven the privilege of tajdng the "straw
vote. "
Protect Us From Pauper liens.
T. H. B. Miller , of Cambria , la. , has eentc
humorous petition to congress on the tarifl
question. It wns presented in the house to
day. Ho says that 10,000,000 , dozen of eggs
were imported into this country lost yeai
and demands that a tariff on that article ol
diet ho levied high enough to protect American
can poultry from competition wl h the pau
per hens of Europe.
He is Smaller Than Klginnrok.
CJitcauo XCKI.
"Mr. Chauncoy M. Ucpow lias been hnvinp
a great time in London. He TJOS met anj
number of celebrities- no doubt has toi !
them all the latest gossip from the states
Mr. Depew as a teller'of 'gossip has to\\
equals and no superior. As a statesman IK
is several sizes smaller than Uismnrcic 01
Gladstone. If this bo treason , inalto the
most of it. '
A Good Country.
CMcayi Tribune.
"I tell yuh , " said the man with the som
brcro , "there is no country like Texas fur i
live young man. I wcntthar ton years ngi
*
Hhout a cent In my pocket an11 know wha
I'm talkln1 about. "
"Pretty well fixed now , are youl" inqulrei
a bystander.
"Wellllxcd ? I've got the golwhoppines
pack o' hounds that ever chawed , a hornc
thief. "
Tlio lilt n < l of Iiiberty.
Times.
Our country , 'tis of theo ,
Sweet land of pov liberty ,
Of thco wo si l.um ;
Land where our pants are made ,
Land where our shirts are stayed ,
Where girls can learn a trade ,
Aud live on gum.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Nebraska.
The enrollment of the Columbus school
for the past year was 217 male andSia'ft '
male pupils.
Thrco Tccumsch gentlemen were present
by invitation , at the lynching of the mm
dcror Enimons , at Pawnee City. Ii was
very select party and only the elite wer
favored with "bids. "
Tht ) whole state lias read about John Ar
dorson , the hero of the Johustown well , an
the Ulyssess Dispatch thinks ho would prov
the best drawing card ( hat the state fal
could ocuro , for every body-wonts to see th
oply mnn In the United States who win over
buried allvo for nine days nnd finally rescued.
A young English preacher named Kodwoll
> ocupled the pujplt of the M. E. church nt
Ulysses last Sunday. Ho is described as
ono of our homespun , everyday follows , who
o look nt doesn't ' appear to know nny moro
than the rest ofris , ! but n dandy Just the
game. It was almost as hot as hades In the lit
tle church , nnd the preacher , getting warm
uneier the collar , stripped oft his coat , throw
it oil the floor , and rolling up the flannel
shirt sleeve of liisright arm , ho caused n
snillo to wroatho'tho faces of the icsthotlc
young ladles. Then ho waded In nnd gave
, ho congregation some good old orthordox
doctrine , dovetailing in apt scriptural quo
tations nnd clcnfihiiiR his points in a work-
manllko manner. . He nmdu n great hit ,
even If ho did preafch for two hours , and the
Ulysses people want , to hour him again.
An Interesting history of Chase county If
jlvcn In connection with the premium list
ust Issued by the county agricultural society.
The flrst homesteaders pitched their touts In
the county in the spring of IfSJ. AH the
season the tide of immigration llowed on
nnd by autumn nil thobost land In the county
had been taken. The actual settlement did
not occur , however , until the spring of 1SSO.
Every homesteader spread wldo the fame ol
; ho land ho had located in , nnd his friends
nnd neighbors followed him. Juno 1. 1835 ,
taw probably ono hundred white settlers In
; ho county. Juno 1 ono yenr later there
were between throe nnd four thousand ,
In the northern part of the county Is the
Blurting point of the Stinking Wnter crcoK ,
It is formed wholly by springs. The name ol
, hls stream is derived wholly from the fuel
: hnt formerly largo numbers of buffalo , and
; n latter times cattle , perished each spring
ay becoming mired in the ponds formed bj
jcavcr along its course. No purer , bettet
water can bo found on the continent than the
waters of this stream. Although the county
Imi been settled but a little over two years it
contains about lllty school ellstricts ant !
icarly as many Bohool houses. There are
line church buildings in some of Its towns
and with bright prospects of now ones beliifi
built this fall.
Iowa.
William A. Fox , an old-tlmo landlord nt
Sioux City , died of paralysis Wednesday.
An oat thief caught In Dubmiuo the othci
night proved to bu an old and respected citl
/on.
on.Ono
Ono thousand members have been addcc
; o tlio Knights of Pythias in the state dur
ing the last nine months.
The contract for the erection of the now
corn pnlacc at Sioux City has been let , lint
work will commence Monday.
Last Sunday Father Spring , of LaMnrs
attained the advanced u o of eighty-eight
years , nnd in ro'memberanco" there of pro
scntcel to the Presbyterian Sunday school t
sum of money oqunl to his ago.
The oldest voter In Iowa is said to be
Mlcah French , of Nevada , Story county , wh (
is OT years old. He voted for Monroe in 1810
nnd carries a British bullet in his bodj
which ho received in the war of 1812. He
expects to vote for Harrison in November.
A Bchoolhouso in Preston township , Plymouth -
mouth county , was struck by lightning las1
week while school was in session. The boli
broke every pane of glass and otherwise
damaged the building. Several of the puplli
were stunned und the teacher received i
slight scorch on the hand.
The Number ol'the Stars.
Centura.
The total nuifabor of stars one car
sec will depend very largely upoi
the clearness ol the atmosphere and th <
keenness of the oyo. There are in the
whole celestial 'jphoro about GOOD stan
visible to an ordinarily ge > od oyo. O
those , however , wo can never boo more
than n raclion"i\'t any ono time , because
a half of the sphere is always below thi
horizon. If wo could see a star it
the horizon as easily as in the zenith , i
half of the wholoSiumboror , 3000 , woulc
bo visible on anyjclear night. But star
near the horizo'ri are seen through si
great a thickness of atmosphere a
greatly to obscure their light , and enl ;
the brightest o'ries can there bo seen
As a result of. this obscuration , it is no
likely that moro than 2000 stars can ovoi
bo taken in at n single view by an ordi
nary oyo. About 2000 other stars are s <
near the South Polo that they novel
rise in our latitudes. Hence , out of 0001
supposed to bo visible , only 4000 ovei
come within the range of our vision , un <
less wo make a journey towards the
equator.
As telescopic power is increased , wi
still find stare of. fainter nnd fnintei
light. But the number cannot gen <
on increasing forever in the satn <
ratio as with the brighter magnitudes
because , if it did , the whole sky woule
bo a blaze of starlight. If tele
scopes with powers far oxcooding'oui
present ones were made , thoj
would no doubt show now stars of thi
twentieth and twenty-first , etc. , mani
nitudes. But it is highly'probable ' tha
, the number of such successive orders o
stars would not increase in the same
ratio as ia observed in the eighth , nintl
and tenth magnitudes for example. The
enormous labor of estimating the number
bor of stars of such classes will lohf
prevent the accumulation of statistic !
on this question , hut this much is certain
tain , that in special regions of the sky
which have been searchlngly examinee
by various telescopes of successively in
creasing apertures , the number of now
stars found is by no moans in proportion
tion to the mcroaso'd instrument ! !
power. If this is found to bo true else
where , the conclusion may bo thataftci
all the stellar syfatom can bo experimentally
mentally shown to bo of Unite oxtoir
awto contain onlv a Hnito number o
stars. In tlio whole sky an eye of jwor
ago power will see about G,000 stars as ' .
have just said. With a telescope thii
number is greatly increased , and the
most powerful telescopes of moelori
times will show moro than 00,000,001
stars. Of this number not ono out o
ono hundred has over boon catnloguec
at all. * * * In all 814,920 stars
from the flrst to the 0 } magnitudes , nn
contained in the northern sky ; or aliou
000,000 in both hemispheres. All o
these can bo seen with three inch object
joct gloss.
Materialism In America.
Century.
I do not ask that , men of wealth shal
give moro monpy.to the church , whicl
is of ton stronger when it is poor thai
when it is rich ; nor to the poor am
thriftless , whom uuoarnod money enl ;
keeps in poverty . /I urge that the powo
to make raonoyUko any other power
is a trust bosloircd on the possessor fo
humanity. Thoproachor who prcacho
for his salary , liot'for ' the spiritual well
being of his parfshonors , is a moreen
nry ; the physician1 who practices for hi
fees , not to curo'tno sick , is a moreen
ary ; the lawyen who pleads for his hon
omnium , not forijuatlce , is n moreen
ary the pollticftitAvho enacts laws fo
what > ie can mnKO' , not for tlio commun
ity , is a mercenary ; no loss the main :
facturor , the merchant , the trader , th
man on 'change , who transacts his bus !
ness to make money , not to give th
community its meat in duo season , is
mercenary. Tn the history of the nine
'toonth ' century , the doctrine that woalt
is a trust must stand by the side of th
doctrine that labor is an honor and lit
orty is nn obedience. The raatorlalisi
that threatens the American church i
not the materialism of Herbert Spericoi
It is the materialism of the railroad , th
factory , the shop ; the materialism thii
Suts thinghood above manhood ; thu
ocs not know that things were mad
for man , not man for things that Go
gives us , not Irishmen to build our rail
roads , but railroads to build Irishmor
not Hungarians to dig our mines , bu
mines to develop manhood in Hungai
lam. -
THE 8HEIUFF UNDER Fmi3.
His Rcasona fur the ThinRH Crltlclflcel
by Export Polntn.
The financial committee of the county com
missioners ia discussing tlfo findings of
Examiner Points in the reports of the county
onlcora. The latter reported that the sheriff
liad uncolloctcd foes on his books to the
amount of $2DOOnud suggested tlmt ho bo required
quired to collect foes In ndvanco. The com
mittee are considering n proposition of that
kind.
Sheriff Coburn assorts dllllgont effort 1ms
been mndo to collect the delinquent foes. Hu
la , to a certain extent , powerless. The
court Issues orders which ho must obey , fou
or no fee. For example , if a writ of attach
ment were Issued , mm the property in ques
tion were sold while ho was waiting to collect
the fee for serving the process , there would
be n claim against him for damages. This is
nn Illustration of the Impracticability of col
lecting fees In ndvanco. The Bhor-
iff doubts the authority of the
county commissioners to require him to do
so. The law says ho "may" collect his foes
in advance , but in no way makes it compul
sory.
sory.Mr. . Points calls attention to the fuct that
the sheriff hni charged ton cents per mlle for
taking msano persons to Lincoln , nnd in-
tlmatus that ho Is entitled to but flvo cents.
Tlio law governing the matter Is viiguo. It
siys : the charges shall bo the smno as for
other llko services. Mr. Points calls atten
tion to the fact that the mileage- for other
county busino ia flvo cunts. SiiurilT Coburn
retorts by citing the ten cunt mileage for talc-
iiifr prisoners to the penitentiary and to the
reform nuhnol. He furthermore says ho con
sulted Chairman O'Kcofo nnd other former
commissioners and they agreed with him in
the Interpretation of the law. Ho. Btlll furj
thor assorts that ho obtained the unoulclai
opinion of ono of the Judges , which wns also
for the ten cent mileage.
Mr. Points notes Unit tlio sheriff has also
charged ten cents per mlle for his assistants
when sent in charge of nn insane person.
Mr. Coburn Insists that this comes under
the same head ns the preceding matter.
Thu county commissioners will moot Satur
day morning to act on tlio sheriff's re'ports ,
ami , at present , there is u disposition among
some members to approve of tlio suggestions
of Examiner Points. Sheriff Coburii talks
fight rather th'in submission.
SIjI'JEPS HIS LAST SLEEP.
Funeral or thn Litito Colonel Lor In
Miller.
The remains of Colonel Lorin Miller , one
of the oldest citizens and masons lu this city ,
lay in state during yesterday in Masonic
hall. The casket stood in the middle of the
room , surrounded by beautiful floral designs ,
During the day , a large number of the friends
of the colonel and his brother members in
the Masonic order called to tnko their last
look at the vonerublu and placid feature's of
the deceased. The funeral exorcist's at this
plnco was conducted by the inombors ol
Capital ledge of which the colonel was
a member.asslsted by a number of the broth
ers from the other local lodges. The Knights
of Mount Calvary comumndory acted ns n
body guard , and at 1:30 : conducted the procession -
cession following the remains to the 8:4E :
train for shipment to Cardiff , N , Y. , whore
funeral services in accordance with the
ritual of the Mjuoiilcavelor will bo conducted ,
As soon Ss tno friends of the deceased had
arriveJ and were seated , the members of the
order of Knights Templar marched Into the
room and forincd a body guard around
the casket. Mr. George W. Liningui
acted as master of ceremonies and had
charge of the ceremonies The exercises
were begun at 1:30 : with music by Dr. Saxby ,
Uev. John Williams , rector of St. Barnubas
church , read the scripture and offered prayer ,
n man and a mason. Mr. William !
Clebourno eulogized him as a member of the
Nebraska Veteran Free Masons. J , , T. Points
from the Royal Arch masons ! spoke in a verj
pleasant and touching manner of their deceased
ceased brother. Hev.Mr. House , of the Meth
odist church , spoke of the deceased as a member
ber of the Knights Templar. The ndch-csse !
were all brief and very interesting. Tin
funeral was attended by a largo number 01
the prominent people of the city , who won
friends of the deceased. The remains wen
sent to Cardiff , Now York , for interment.
RAILROAD EXTENSIONS.
The Elkhorn'H Crcluhtou Brand :
NcaringCompletion Other Items.
The Croighton branch of the Klkhorn A
Missouri Valley , fro in Croighton to Niobrara ,
is already completed , and trains will rut
from the latter point to this city August 10
The time table will bo BO arraugcd that tin
Niobmraian can leave his homo at S a.-in
nnd breakfast in Omaha , returning in tim <
for his supper at homo. The ) citizens of NIo <
brara are jubilant over the prospect.
The Formal Opening.
On Sunday , August 13 , the Chicago , Bur
lliiRtoti & Qulncy announces that the formal
opening of its now stool brldgp across thi
Missouri river at Nebraska City will take
place. As the brUliro serves as the gatowaj
to southern Nebraska , some changes in the
time of passenger trains may bo anticipated
ThoOmnlia , Dodno City & Southern
C. E. Gallagher , superintendent of the
construction corps of the Omaha , Dodge CItj
& Southern , with a largo corps of surveyors
is at present in Mankota , Kan. , having latolj
completed their line from Dodge City , Kan.
to Mankato. From that point they como it
a northeasterly direction to Omaha. They
have nothing to ovorcoino heavier than a 1
per cent grade on the entire line and expect
to begin work on the line in Jewell county
Kansas , iusldo ol six weeks.
Rntca on Mlnsonrl Coal.
The St. Joseph , St. Louis iSarita Fo ( the
Atehison , Topcka & Santa Fo ) nnd the St.
Joseph & Grand Island have fixed a reduced
rate on Richmond , Missouri co.il , which took
\Vcdnosdayby which shippers 159 miles
west of Omaha can have the same delivered
10 to 15 ojuts per ton cheaper than in Omaha
Another Engineers' Meeting.
On August 0 , the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers hold another meeting in St
Louis. Delegations from every division in
the United States and Canada will bo in at
tendance. It is believed that Arthur , whose
motto has always boon , "No entangling al
liances with other trades 1" Is determine ! ! ]
to contest the proposed amalgamation ol
firemen , w6rktnen and conductors. However
over , the sentiment U strongly in that dlrec
tion , and it is possible that for once Arthui
may bo overruled. The "Q" strike wil
also receive attention.
Fn t Fruit Trains.
The Union Pacific management are prld
ing themselves on the fast fruit train tlim
during the past thirty days and contend thai
it'.lms never been equalled on nny road Ii
the country considering distance , Fron
Ogden to Omaha the distance is 1,035 miles
Twenty trains have made the trip In the las
thirty days nnd the fastest time has beet
thirty-two hours and forty minutes , whlh
the slowest run made was forty-one hour
and forty minutes , which Is only flvo houn
and ten minutes less than the "flyer's" time
Bolt Iilno Faros.
TIIK DEEO , few days agocontained a commu
nicatlon from a prominent ntizen regardini
the fares charged on the Belt lino's suburbai
trains which , among other things , statce
that the rates asked were nearly equal U
those on regular trains , and that tbo com
pany wore douuiler * putting prices up t <
this figure in the hopo'tnat the lack of pat
ronage would offer them a sufficient excuse
for laying off tlio trains.
The matter has been brought to the ntten
tion of General Passenger nnd Ticket Agen
Townsend through Agent Godfrey who hai
ascertained the wants of the people In thii
respect , and a decision in the matter may b <
anticipated In a few days. Mr. PhllUpl sale
ho had not yet looked up the matter nm
probably would not for the reason abovi
given. _ _ _ _ _
Headlight FloMiea.
George W. Bull , general freight agent o
the Erlo dispatch , with headquarters at Chicago
cage , is In the city.
H. Young , traveling oassengcr agent ol
the Oregon Hallway A Navigation company
Is in the city , on hia way south.
The July report of earnings for the Chi
c.ipo.lUirllnpton & Qulncy shows an Increase
of o ; { per cent over the same month Jn 1SS7.
The Uurllngtein announces a rate of fftO for
the round trip to the servorolgn grand ledge ,
I. O. O. F. nt Los Angeles , September 17 ,
with choice of return route. Tickets peed
for thirty days.
Tickets for the O. A. It reunion nt Hold-
rcdgo nnd the reunion nt Norfolk are te > bd
sold at the rate of ono faro for the round
trip. The former occurs August 13 to 15 and
the latter August S7 to 29.
T.V. . AdaniB , assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania , arrived In the
city yesterday to establish nn oflk-o for Ids
lines. With him cnmo G. V. Toodrlck ,
traveling passenger agent , whoso head
quarters will bo nt Omaha ; also T. H.
Thorpe , traveling pasungur agent with head
quarters at DCS Monies. The gentlemen
came through from the cast.
Superintendent ( j. A. Cosgrovo , of the
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Is assigned
to the Inwa ntut Dakota division : Assis
tant Superintendent W. W. Collins
is appointed superintendent and Is as
signed to the Prairlo ilu Chleu and Min
eral Point divisions nnd Assistant Superin
tendent 13. D. Wright Is appointed superin
tendent of the Hacino and Southwestern di
vision with headquarters at Haelne. Thcso
nro among the first appointments of the su
perintendent , Mr. Enrllng.
DAN JS IN TOWN.
The Stnnelnrd'a IjelY Hnnel newer
llneler Oiunhn'a Hoof.
Dan O'Day , the general manager and vlco-
presldent of the Standard OH company , with
headquarters at Huffuto , N. Y. , and M.
Geary , of the National Tube works of Pitts-
burg. Pa. , arc In the city under the directing
wing of Dr. J. T. Klnsler.
A Hun representative mot Mr. O'Day last
night , and in the course of a conversation ho
said :
"This Is my maiden visit to Omaha , nnd I
must confess that I nm grcatlv impressed
with the city. The beauty of the plant , the
push of the pcoplo I have como in con
tact with , nnd the general enterprise
visible on all sides induces mo to como to the
conclusion that I will Invest In Omaha real
ity. In my opinion Omaha is destined to become -
come n great city , and my pockut book will
bo the confidence I have in it. "
"How long do you expect to remain in the
city I" was asked of Mr. O'Day.
"Mr. Geary und myself have Interests hero
in the bridge now being built , und as soon ns
they are settled I may look around for future
results. "
"In the interests of the Standard oil com
pany 1" put in the reporter expecting to catch
him unawares.
"No sir. As 1'vo said before I'm looking
around. "
As Mr. O'Day did not wish to bo further
communieatlvo the reporter budo him good
night. _
A POC1CETIJOOK. MISSING.
Also 37O lit Cash anel a Note For
A stockman named C. D. Lacy stopped into
Frank Crawfordls saloon on South Tenth
street togot a glass of , becr. Ho took out his
] x > ckotbook and abstracted fa from a roll of
$70 ; butfludiug alooso dime , ho returned the
money to his purse and shoved the latter into
his pocket. Within a few minutes of drink
ing the bocr and leaving the saloon ho dis
covered that his pockutbook was gono. In
addition to the cash It contained ft note for
43,000 payable to Morris Seller of Chicago.
Tiioro were several tncu in the salooiiiat the
time ho dranK , and his natural conclusion
was that his pocket has been picked. Sus
picion foil on n colored man , a brakeman on
the Union Paclllo dummy train , but there is
no ovidouco against hint further than his
presouco lii'tatf saloon.
BB&FLORENCE C1TV MARSHAL.
A Great Jlrcczo is Rnlscel Over HU
Conduct With Two Cyprintis * PT5' '
Harry Freeland , the stalwart city marshal
of Florence , Is said to have gotten Into a
scrape that has temporarily taken off his
official head. It Is alleged that ho had
charge of two prostitutes who were candi
dates for the county jail and drove to Omaha
with them and on the way things occurroa
which It would bo immodest to mention.
The affair readied the oars of the good people
ple of Florence and raised a great breeze.
There was a clamor for his dismissal and
temporarily ho has been suspended until the
matter is Investigated. N. J. Burn 1mm has
been retained as his counsel'anet will appear
in his behalf during the Investigation of the
matter by tbo city council of Florence this
ovoning. Frooland is a half 'brother of
Ofllccr Ward of the Omaha pollco force and
is a man of good reputation and standing.
His alleged indiscretion is a sur prise to his
friends. _
LOCAL POLITICS.
Sixth AVnrrt Democrats.
The democratic club of this 'ward has
called n meeting for to-night , at 1403' '
Saundcrs street.
Fourth Ward Republicans' .
On Friday night next at Juclgo Anderson's
office a'Very important meeting of the repub
licans of this ward will bo held.
Eighth Ward Republicans.
At a gathering which is to take place at
Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets on next
Saturday nlghtt speeches will bo delivered
by General Cowin , John L. Webster , W. J.
Connell , John M. Thurston and others.
Sixth Ward Republicans.
There will bo a meeting of the Sixth Ward
republican club at 8 o'clock p. m. on next
Saturday evening , at the corner of Twenty-
sixth and Lake , for the election of ofllcors
under the reorganized constitution and bylaWs -
laWs , nnd for the transaction of other Im
portant business. Every republican who re
gards the interests of bis ward , or the repu
tation of his party , is earnestly invited to bo
present.
HE LASSOED THE BEAR.
California Cowboys Give nn English
man Points in HnnelHiigUlg Game.
San Francisco Chronicle : AH the hot
sun began to pe > ur down wo wended our
way back to the ranch nnd whilcd the
time away listening to the yarns reeled
oil by the colonel whoso experience hud
boon rich and racy.
"Talking about sport , " ho said , "re
minds ino of a little experience I laid
with nn Englishman , some years agoup
in the main range. Ho came down
from 'Frisco with a letter of introduc
tion to mo , and wanted to got into the
heart of the big game country. It HO
happened that I hud 400 or 500 head of
cattle up a valley nnd a camp there ; so
I took him up and introduced him to
half a dozen cowboys regular old-
timers and they guaranteed to show
him all the boar ho wanted. They got
it into his head tlmtit was unsportsman
like to shoot iv boar , and tlmt it should
bo taken with a lariat , so ho practiced
with a rope at steers , dogs , stumps and
men until ho was a fair hand nt it , and
finally ono day they went oil on a regu
lar boar hunt.
"It BO happened that the boys know
whore there was a largo patch of wild
grapes that black bears are fond of , nnd
they made for it , fairly sure to find ono
or moro , and sure enough they did.
Coming down a little side canon , they
came out into a level spot , with a patch
of trees covered with vines In the con-
tor. Some of the dogs wore put in , nnd
in a few minutes out came an old brown
boar , snarling and showing her tooth in
a terrible fashion. 'Now's your chanco. '
yelled the boys , and they all stood back
to give my now friend a chance. I toll
you ho was no slouch ; ho put his horse
up as near the critter as ho would go ,
and , riding around , dropped his rope
over the boar's shoulders the minute
she reared up. When she felt the rene
die grabbed at it , but the pony settled
back ; then down she wont , and began
just what the boys expected , the rolling
business. Over and over she wont ,
winding the rope about her , getting
snarled .up , but 'coming nearer and
nearer the pony all tho1 timo. The
pony wns the first onoo tumble to it.
n3 Uio boys FIX\v , nnd began to < Bnorl txnel
buck ; but it was no use , the olel bear
kept comlnggotting moro nnel moro entangled -
tangled eVery moment , nnd finally the
pony turned tall nnel began to drag her ,
slioyolling and whiinporingnnd scratch
ing irrnvol , Uio horse crazed ; and in
this uhapo they came to the side of the
hill. Over tlio horse wont , bue5ltlngtho
Kngllshnmn cussing things until they
were blue. When half way down the
rope broke , and , fearing the boar would
got nway , some of the boys , who were
laughing thoinsolvoH sick , put her out
of her misery. The boys got kind of
loft trying to fool the follow ns ho
showed so much pluck trying to stop the
boar that they never tried any games on
him ngnin. After a while they asked
him what ho proposed to do with the
boar after ho got the rope around him
and then ho saw the joke , nnd rather
thought the boar was catching him. "
llnil lor Posterity.
Suribner'ri for August : \Vo hnvo at
Niagara falls a tolerably hard layer of
Hmowtono , belonging to a division of
the Silurian ugo , whioh has indirectly
recokod its name from this grqatcatar-
act. This Niagara limestone is under
laid by a considerables thickness of
softer Blmly rocks known us the Clinton
group. The waters of the Niagara
river plunge over the hard rim afforded
by the limestone and descend about a
a hundred and seventy foot , acquiring
in this movement a very great velocity.
At the base eif the falltho water strikes
against a mass of hard friigmonts.which
in succession have tumbled down from
the resisting upper layor. Those frag
ments , sot violently in motion , cut emt
thu soft material , the erosion of which
is also aided by the violent whirls of
water and of spray driven against the
shaly beds in the space behind
the fall. From this wearing
action , the soft materials are
constantly working backward moro
rapid than the hard upper layer is worn
away , and so , from time to time , the
projecting shelf over the waterfall is de
prived of support and tumbles to the
base in fragments , which , in turn , aroused
used for the further erosion of the soft
deposits. In Niagara , us in all other
waterfalls of this description , the bor
der of rock over which the plunge takes
place is constantly and pretty rapidly
working up stream. The fall is pro
gressively decreasing decreasing in
height , as is shown in the diagram , and
in tno end , when the hard layer has descended -
scondod to the general level of the
stream bed , especially when the soft
ened limustono rocks have passed alto
gether holow thrit lovol.tho fall will dis
appear ; flrst passing into the stage of a
cataract and afterward vanishing alto
gether.
In the case of Niagara falls the rate of
rotront is about thruo feet in n contnry ;
this rate is very variable. It wo "proba
bly moro rapid in the past than at pres
ent. Although the retreat of the fall
is slow , it will in it very brief time ,
in the geological sense of that word ,
load to curtain momentous conso-
nuonees. Vflion the hard layer of
Niagara limestone passes below the bejd
of the river , the stream will then cut
upon rocks of another constitution ,
making for a time certain small falls
at a higher geological level ; but in the
course of ages , much less long than
those which have elapsed since the birth
of this waterfall , the gorge of the river
will extend up into the basin ol Lnko
Erie , draining away a considerable , portion
tion of that fresh water sea. Wo shall
then , if the continent retains its pres
ent height over the level of the sea ,
have another system of cataracts , in
the passage between Lake Erie and
Lnko Huron , whioh will also in time bo
worn away. Other cataracts will then
form at the exit of Lake Michigan ; and
thus the lower lakes of our great Amer
ican system would bo diminished in
area , or perhaps oven disappear. At a
yet lator'stiige , wo may look for diminu
tion iu the size of Lake Superior ,
though that basin , owing to the strong
wall which separates it from the lower
lakes , is destined to endure long after
the last-named basins have boon dimin
ished or entirely drained away.
Western F-illways.
San FrancisLO Examiner : The Coaur
d'Alono country is"this year the scat of
great railroad rivaryand ] the Northern
Pacific and Oregon Railway and Navi
gation companies , respectively , are
putting 'orth their best efforts to got
control of that suction. The Oregon
Railway and Navigation company lias
! lot the contract for a branch from
Farmington to Mullan , and are pushing
the worlc with all possible rapidity.
Tlio Northern Pacific is pushing itslino
into the mines , and thus war between
those two mighty railroad corporations
is in progress.
Ono thousand five hundred men are
nt work on the two roads between Cewur
d'Alono and Mullan , and ns a result
much excitement prevails. Additional
forces are being sent by the cnrlondttnd ,
soon the country will bo Hooded with
railroad mdn.
There is no longer any doubtns , to the
intention of the Northern "Pacific pco
plo ; thq original survey of the line was
through Cewur d'Alono. This is the
road that is now being built , and it is
generally believed that the main line
east of Helena will bo abandoned se > mo
day for a route through Ca-ur d'Alcno.
Work on the grade is being inishcel with
vigorand it is a race to a finish between
this company anel the Oregon Hallway
and Navigation company as to which
will bo the flrst to run trains out of Coour
d'Alono.
As fast as men are brought in by the
contractors on ono road they uro bought
up nnel placed to work on the competi
tive lino. Each company has boon do
ing its best to harmonize conflicting in
terests , and the probability is thitt nil
agreement will soon bo made dividing
up the territory and assuring each roael
a sluvro of the carrying trade of the
mines.
What a Drcnelful Critter n "Woman In
Hannibal , in her book , "Tho High
Caste Hindoo Woman , " makes HOIIIO
evolutions from a catechism which may
astonish her free , imperious sisters of
America :
Q "What is cruel ? "
A "The heart of a viper. "
Q _ ' Wiat , is moro cruel than that ? "
A "The heart of n woman. "
Q 'Wlmt is the cruolcat of all ? "
A "Tlio heart of a soulless , penni
less widow. "
And again , from another , n Hiiidoo
gentlemen of higti literary reputation :
Q "What is the chief gate to hell ? "
A "A woman. "
Q "What bewitches like winoV"
"A. . "
A . woman.
Q "What are fetters to man ? "
A "Women. "
Q "What is that which cannot bo
trusted ? "
A "Woman. "
Q "What polton is that which ap
pears like noctur ? "
A "Woman. "
These pretty compliments are wound
up by a few proverbs :
"Novor put your trust in women. "
"Womon'd counsel leads to destruc
tion. "
"Woman is a great whirlpool of 'sus
picion , a dwelling place of vices , full ot
uecoitH , u hindrance in the way of
heaven , the guto of holl. "
Drmk'Multo it is pleasant.