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T THE CMVLAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , AUGUST 4 ; issa THE DAILY BEE 13VJ5UY TEIIMS OK BUMSCUlirndN. BnilyOlornlnKl'dltiou ) including Sunday IIKF , ono Vt-nr . 110 C VorHlxMomlis. . . . f > n TnrTltreo .Months . . . . . . " C U ho Umilia Suntlav UUK , mnlledto any nd- H , Ono Venr. , . . . . " C Nr.w VOIIK uirKion , HOOM HANH r > ItUlLDIMd.VHIHNOTlt.S OFFICE , No. 01 I'OUIITEKMII tJTltbt.T. COHltrSI'ONIlKNOi : . All commnnlcntlonH relating to news nnd ed torlnlnmttorsliouMljoudaresH.dtotliehiuio jin8jNis3irrrrus All luminous Inltern unit remittances should o niiareiucd to Tuts Um I'uitMHiusfi IOMI-AM OMAII \ . Drntto , checks and po tollico orneroti bo made payable to the order ot the company. TlieBcePnlilisliiiig Coinjay , Proprietors K. KOSEWATEn , Editor. 'JIlKIIAIIiV IIH13. Sworn Statement nl Circulation. Etntu of Nohrnnkn , I _ County ot Dousing , f 0lBl ( Jeorce II. Trscliuck , bcliiRflrst duly sworn.de roctsundBaysthathols ctcn-tniy ot Thollo J'tibllslituR company , tlmt the actual avow "dully circulation of the Dully Ileo for tli mouth of AUKUSt , INff , was 11,111 copies for September. 1887 , U.'H'J conies ; to October. lw > 7 , ] 4TCJ ! copies ; for Novcmbui 1887,15.SM copies ; tor December , IMfi. n.Oll coj Ira ; for January , l8 l , iri/JUl ; for I'cbriinry , INV ir , ! copies ; for March. IbXK , 1'IOM ) topless fo April. iW-f. 18.744 topte : for May. lif < . His copies ; fet Juiie.lSN * , ID.UMroplos : for .Inly , 18) ) 38.tai coptps. GK0.11.TZ OIIUUK. Suornto hoforemo nnd Hiilwcrlboil Inia presence this 1st day of .August. A. I ) . . WW. N. 1' . rKI Ii , Notary 1'uullc. GKNHUAT. HAUUISON'S hearty hnnd shako is tingling the linger tips of over ; republican nil through the country. Tun moment a man has boon otnployei In the legal department of the city In bus the congressional boa buzzing in hi bonnet. AlTKli cutting Mr. Cleveland's bail Dan Lament will now sit down nnd hoi the president compose his letter of ac coptanco. Mil. Sioux will not sign the pledge And still ho is in favor of prohibltlon- tluit is of keeping the white mon off hi reservation. NOHODY can toll these hot summe days where a political storm is brewing That is why so many aspirants fo honors are out on the street to bo strucl 1 > y lightning. Ouu distinguished sick mon are got tingalongwell. General Sheridan fight nil his battles over again nt Nonquitt while Congressman Randall sits up ii bed and plays solitaire. is lor sale at $100,000,000 , bu Undo Sam can't afford to buv the suga island just now. Perhaps Havoomoyo might take it to balance ClausSprooklo' ' mortgage on the Sandwich Islands. RIGHT on the heels of the soap trus comes the news of a jute combine. Th now trust hus started business on th regulation plan by limiting the outpu and raising the price of gunny bags. Mu. WBIJSTJSH has given reason why ho is on the congressional race track. Mr. Gcorgo Smith has given u no reason as yet , but wo apprehend thu like Grover Cleveland ho is busy preparing paring his letter of acceptance. WE have hoard nothing lately abou the removal of Chief Suavoy. But w presume it will take place in the HWOC by and by when the mayor's office i abolished and the council gets power t appoint its own police commission. IT isreported that the citizens of ou little suburb , Florence , are going t give Omaha n beautiful park. Thq. gil will bo most acceptable , and Floronc park will bocomo.a . link in the chain c boulevards about Omaha. JV.NOTH14U international South Amoi lean railway sohomo framBuanos Ayrc to Panama is talked o ! to bo built b English capital and American ontoi prise. As it takes something eve ono hundred millions of dollars to carr .out the project , it may take ft few dnj yet before the great American travelc may start from Now York ( or the Ai flei.tine Republic ID a vestibule .train. THE price 'Of hogs at South Omah Thursday touched the Yemnrkable fig nro of $0.50 , which is the highest pdii over reached in this market , with pro : pects of a still further advance. I Chicago for the same day the bostgrad ol hogs fetched $6.65 , while in Kansj City the prices did not rule above $ G.3J From such evidence , taking everythin into consideration , it is evident tin South Omaha is the loading hog marki foi the country to-day. THE reckless statements , so otten "ri pcntod in and out of congress , that tl : farmers of Io\va wore impoverished an compelled to mortgage their lands ha\ done the state immeasurable hnrm. . movement is now on foot among tl business mon of several of the hxrt cities to collect statistics in order to V Jute those charges which injure tl credit and reputation of the pcopl Iowa is ono of the richest agrictiltur states of the country and is settled by ueople vmequaled for thrift and sobriot , Such a condition alone is sufficient refute of the btatemont that the farr era of Iowa are impoverished. Mil. CAtoKT TAYI.OB roads the edit of TIIK BEE out ol the republican part because he has seen fit to state the tvu with regard to defections from "both pa ties in the national campaign and ism disposed to play the knnvo and hyp crito to the views he entertains abe the blessings of excessive tariff tafc tion , nnd the utter uniitness of Ji Laird to represent uny docont'und sob constituency in the halls ot congro : Tilts Is not the first tlmo that the edit of TUB BKK has boon rei out of the party with whli be has boon lelon titled for moro tin twenty-five years , by political batnaol who are "willing to support a yellow di for any ofllco within the gift of the pc plo , so long ns ho "pays his way" the campaign. If Cadet Taylor cou road out of the party all repubUca in Nebraska who are in accord wl . " \THEBEE , on publifimon nnd-isstios , t : party would have , a very hard time ' carry.ng'thla state for its candidates N Justice-to n Homesteader. The * name of Gtillford Miller , llu plucky settler on indemnity lands ir Washington Territory who successfully resisted the efforts of tie ) great Northern - orn Pacific corporation to rOb him of hii homestead , will bo inseparably coiv ncctcd with the struggle of the govern' mont to rcBtoro to the people the millions of acres of the public dumalt kept unwarrantably from settlement foi years in the interest ot the land granl railroads. Ton years ago Miller settled on one hundred and sixty acres of land in Washington Territory. IIo improvoi' and cultivated the land , and sb years nftor Bottling on it made a homestead entry. It wai within the reserved area from which the Northern Pacillo was to ho permitted tc select indemnity lands. A time came when the corporation looked covetously upon the attractive farm of Miller , ant it instituted procceiUngs to dispossess the settlor. It seemed to have a good case , and its attorncvs hounded ami bullied Miller , whllo its influence was brought to bear at Washington with all the force at its command , for thcro was a uroat deal more than the question o getting possession of this ono farm con tingent upon the result. But the sturdy homesteader , with all the tremendous odds against him in a light with f wealthy , influential nnd dotorminei corporation , fully believing h < had justice on his side never for a mo ment weakened. It was a costly contest - test for him , and ho mot with many discouragements couragomonts under which most mot woulel have surrendered , yet ho bravolj held on. The details of the uovoral years' con tention would make a good-sized vol ume. Ex-Commissioner Sparks was on the side of the Bottler , and fearing the then secretary of the interior , Lamnr. would decide the other way a. fear for which ho had good grounds ho sub mitted the case of the Northern Pacillc vs. Miller to the president. The result was the memorable letter of Mr. Cleve land to the secretary of the interior , which not only took the side o Miller , but directed a radica change in the policy of the dopartmoni regarding the reservation indemnity lands. Miller had won his first grou advantage , really a substantial victory , nnd with it was instituted a change under which'millions ' of acres have al ready boon restored to the public do main. Since then Miller has remained ii the peaceful possession of his homestead - stead , while the legality of his clain has boon under consideration in the de partment of the interior. On Thurs day Secretary Vilas rendered his decis ion in favor of the settler , and order ing that the homestead entry shal remain intact , subject only t ( the fjproofs of continual resi dcnco and cultivation required by law Tjio railroad still has recourse to the courts , and ns there is said to bo twi thousand similar cases before the department partmont the corporation may carry thi case to the courts. But there can bo n < doubt that its cause is hopeless. Meanwhile Guilford Miller , the cour ngcous settler who single-handed fough for his rights against a powerful cor poration , has a moro solid claim to thi approval and admiration of hia countrymen mon , than many men of greater fame His brave fight brought about results o infinitely more importance to the poopl than those which stand to the credit o many statesmen whoso names are know : the world over , and have an assuroi in .history. TJbo.South WantH immigrants. While a class of persons , chiefly i : the eastern cities where the labor mat ket js aomowhat overcrowded , are clam oring for jnoro restrictive immigratioi laws , together with legislation whic ] shall prolong the time in which a foreigner eignor may become a citizen of , th United States , thus decreasing th value ofa most important inducemon to most Europeans to como to this CQUQ try , the south -earnestly bidding fo iinmigraJJen. The convention recontl hold at Hat Springs , N , C. , is undei stood to have been -the .first stop in general movement to attract populatio to the southern section of th union , anil particularly to inc press upon the Industrious an thrifty people of Europe who ma ; bo looking hopefully toward the Unitoi States with the groat'advantages am opportunities which the Boutu offers t such people. Among- those who are conspicuous ! interesting themselves in this matter i Cardinal Gibbons , nnd in reference i it ho recently said : "The southeri states need developing sadly , and know of "no " better way to secure thi great need than by the offering of ad vantagobus inducements to the hon'os immigrant of the already overpopulated lated nnd well-nigh overworked eli ! world. " There is not a southern orn state with undeveloped resource that would not bo greatly bonolltto by the acquisition of compoten and willing workers from the ol world , and the moro intelligent nn far-seeing of the people of that ( foetid have begun to seriously realize the 'o : pediency of encouraging this sort of in migration. They nro HS anxious as th people of any other section to keep oi those objectionable Classes which are a ready excluded by law , but they have r sympathy with the demand for add tional barriers and restrictions thu would shut out thousands of people wh would bo a most desirable and usofi addition to the population. Millions c industrious and thrifty people ni wanted in the south to push forwar its agricultural and industrial pro perity , and if five * , imos as man wont there as will go durin the next few years that section woul bo immensely the gainer in all n spools. The agricultural Ir.nds woul largely Improve in value , the doman for manufactures * nearest the points < production would be heavily incrcasci the transportation interests would t enlarged nnd become moro profltabli nil the olovatlng and ameliorating cot dltiqiis following material growth an prosperity would bo augmented , nn speedily there would bo a realizntlc of the now south ot which there is i yet but a promise. The south 'wants population au a qutsltlon of cdpbbla nuel willing work ers who will go thorc , iv9 Cardinal Gibbons bens snys , to work to bettor their con dition , to develop the multitudinous r6- Rourcea of the country , and ninKo lui honest , rospcctablo living * Iliivln" this want , the people of the south will give no support to thoao who nro seek ing to erect additional and unnecessary barriers against immigration. Cutting and There has boon a disposition for sev eral years past to cut and slash nil through the residence portion of the city by radical grades that leave some residences forty foot up and others thirty feet down. TUB Bun always \u\e \ been in favor of establishing easj grades on all principal thoroughfares. livery largo city situated as Omaha if must necessarily have roadways in every direction that facilitate ) rapid and easy transit. Such streets as Far- nam , Cuming , Leaven worth , Ilariioy , Dodge , Douglas , Davenport , California , Tenth , Thirteenth , Sixteenth , Twentieth * tieth and Twonty-fourth require radical cutting and filling. But it is utterly inexcusable to disfigure residence streets that are not thoroughfares and never can bo. People who locate on such streets , beau tify their grounds and establish cozy and comfortable homes , should not bo put to the expanse ami inconvenience of radical grades , engineered through the counc'l ' for the benefit of specula tors or favorites. Quito apart from the injustice which such rocklob * grading works , the city loins much of its nat ural beauty without correnponiling gain. This has no reference to any particular street , but on general principles the council should not slash and cut pro miscuously. There is an ample field for grading contractors on our principal thoroughfares for years to come. TIIK game of hido-and-go-sook has begun between the btato board of trans portation and the railroads. When one side is ready the other isn't , and the play is for each side to dodge the other , This will keep up for a few mouths , until the legislature convenes. Other I.amls Than Ours. It Is evident tlmt the government bll creating a commission , or spocl.il court , to Investigate the charges asainst the Par- ncllit03 , will pass parliament In n form tc leave the smallest possible chunco for Pur- neil and his associates to secure a fair nni impartial investigation. There has boon no more flagrant instance since the lories came into power of their unscrupulous purpose tc carry out their policy by fair mentis or fou than is uresontcd in this measure and the character of the men who will constitute the court provided for. It is a fact of commor knowledge that Justice Day , who Is to bo one of the members of the court , Is one ot tin most bitter and implacable cnoiuloi of the Parnollitos , whom ho has publicl ; characterized as infldels and rebels , lei astray by a Catholic nation. The two olhe : proposed members of the court may not b < so strong In their prejudices as Day , bui there is every reason to believe that they an sufficiently under the influence of a sentiment mont of hostility to Parnell and his follower ! that DO hope can bo felt of a fair investigu tion anil a Just vordlct nt their hands. It I not doubted/that the charges against Parnel can bo disproved to the complete satisfuctioi of all fair-minded men , but if there should bi Inability to fully disprove the slightest dotai in 'the charges it is to bo ex pcctcd that the special court wil und in such failure a Justification for a ver diet against the accused. It is a court create ; to convict , and It will take advantage of nnj excuse to meet the expectations of the powo creating It. Knowing this , the world wil understand just what value to give to its dc clsions. a * The great question of the hour in Europi still relates to the meaning and outcome o the meeting of the Russian and OJorman em perors. Conjecture Is still rife , hut a partla settlement of the Bulgarian question seemi indeed to . .havoboon the , ouly 'tangible ' re suit of the meeting of the two emperors orat least the only result con , corning which anything whatever has yet beei disclosed. . And It is not unlikely that tlili was the object of the Emperor 'Wllliam'i visit. The situation was such that a col llslon between liusslaand Austria on ac count of the latter's support of Prince Fcrdi naud waa liable to occur at any moment , oni would beyond doubt Uavo occurred at tin opening of spring 'but for the rostrainini hand of 'PriucoUlsmnrck. Under the term of the triple alliance Buch a collision wouli have involved the participation ofv Gorman , and Italy as well as Uussia and Austria , am vv.th those great powers at war , Franc would have scon her opportunity for ( lth Revanche. " Warlike though the Empero William may bb , and lunultlotis of ralllfnr ; "renown , ho might well desire "to avoid such catastrophe In the very llrst months of hi reign , before ho has secured that control o the affairs of state which beyond doubt h intends to exercise to the full. To postpone If not permanently to prevent'such , a co ! lislon was probably the object of his visit t St. Petersburg. < > * * There can bb no doubt that every com nontal power would liave much to gain l > y , general reduction of standing armies. Gci many would bo more bcnclittcd than Frahcf perhaps , because 'Germany Is far poorer tha its big neighbor to the westward. Disarim nient , too , would mean the indefinite postponement ponomont of Franco's scheme to win bac the provinces wrested from It by German , eighteen years ago. This would bo an 1n : portarit triumph for the government of th young kaisor. It would relieve the Got inans from all fear of attack from th French , and permit them to reduce the taxi tion under which the nation lias been staggering goring for years past. Reduction of armic would be almost as grateful a relief t Austria and Italy , whoso expenditure have loug boon a burden which has bc6 exhausting their immirccs 'and impovoi ishlng their people. Too only opposition ai liclpatcd to the disarmament policy is o : pcctcd to como from France. The rovony spirit is believed to bo so dominant in tlu country that t\o "ministry could llyo a da which would'sorlously suggest such a move mcnt , or agree to such n proposition if mad from without. And yet -there can bo r doubt that , if the two emperors have agree upon this programme , a demand will I mttdo upon Franco to become a party to th compact. Franco , of course , will rofusi \Vill that refusal bo accepted by the otlii continental powers as a declaration of we by the republic ! This is u question whic at this moment Is exciting the publicists an diplomats in every capital from the Nova 1 the Thames. . The recent debate in tha Italian parlli nent upon the question of woman suftiag was significant. Even manhood suffrage I still limited in Italy , being confined to cit zcns who can read and write and who pa taxes to the amount of nineteen livre , o about fi of .our money , The population c Unly Is about C7000OCO ; , and ' the number 01 electors In l8So was 'J4sOS07 , not half o whom voted that year. The premier , Slgnoi CHspl , had brought lorwanl n bill for on forging the nnjrtbyr of male voters , and out of the ilcputlqifiJ3ljtior Peiwzi , offered ui amendment ( { rtjio effect that women shouU enjoy the pri llngo of voting ni well as tin men where they possessed the same qunllfl cations that 1s , Jho ability to read and wrlt < and the p.iymput'of taxes. Signer Poruzzlnne eoino other deputies made a strong argumcn for womnn sujfrugo , but the amendment win defeated overwhelmingly after the premie had stated hlaoljjoctlons. The principal oni was to the clTocMhat "tho Ignorant masses of mim In rctiffilo provinces mid commune : were governed' 'by ' the priest or n little pope who In ttun was governed from the Vatican ntnl hence the liberal Institutions of tin country would run great risk. " This wa hit reason for opposing universal mail BUiTrngo. As to woman suffrage , ho boliovei that "to give every woman a vote \\ould im Peril the free Institutions of Italy ton tlnm moiotlmtito grant indiscriminate nmnhooi BtiiTrngo , for whore one man Is swayed In hi political views by the parish pi lest more thai ten women nro under the ghostly despotism. " # * Cardinal Lnvlgeilo ought to , and probabl ; will , bo received with open arms In England whore ho hax arrived on a mission from tin pope to arouse public sentiment against tli Infamous sluvo tr.ifllc which is otill piose fitted vigorously by the Arabs in the Inter lor of Africa. England lias been the foe o this tiafllo for u long time , uud her effort have resulted in restricting it in a great dc grce , but slio has found that no one nation I powerful enough to grapple with such ai evil. If she has not discovered it , tin pope has , and he has determined t < nuil.o an effort to secuio the coucertei action of the gical ISuiopenn powers it n movement to put an end to the innrkcthi ) of human chattels. There Is no doubt tha If the powers would combmu they couli bring such a pruisuro to boar upon the sul tan of Xunlbir and the khodlvo of Egyp as to stamp it out finally , and a coaibln.itioi for this purpose would bo of infinitely mon benefit to the world than a union to crusl borne little principality which happens ti stand in the way of ambitious sovereigns The Vatican , by entering this field , is doing i good work for humanity and religion , nni his holiness will receive the encouragomeu of Piotostants as well as Catholics in hi prosecution of the work. * Probably the most interesting railroai construction of recent years in the Hussiui road from the Caspian sea to Samurcand , i distance of 900 miles across great dfcsoi ta which was begun In 1SSO and completed u fev months ago. It was built for military uses aud for n tlmo , at least , cannot pay commercially morcially ; but it opens up the heartoi Porsl to European commerce , mid may dovelo ; something like modern enterprise in n coun try that was onoo.a centre of opulence , powc and learning. tifCho road passes through si much desert land that water has to became by trains to nearly nil the statious. In som sections there lire no wells of watc within 100 miles of each othci On account of the shifting sand hardy shrubs had to bo planted along tin way to protect the rails from being burled i sand and It is 'np't ' yet sure that they wil prove effective. Ono of the possible result of the construction of the road is a reclaim tion of the desert , gradually , from many cor tois and us u ro ult , of tree planting. For th present , however , the road Is interesting bi causa it opens up'pt its present southern tei minus a rich country to European commerce In the event of. war in India it will bo of in mouse advantage to Russia , for It spans th section of country In-which it is most din cult to move troops , because of the waut c water. Express trains will put Samarcan within five days of St. Petersburg , thougl for the present , oven with the aid of the rai way , it takes about twelve days to make th journey. * * The sufferings of the Scotch crofters froi the exactions and cruelties of landlords bav been hardly less severe than those of th people of Ireland. Whilst over 2,000OC , acres of fertile lands were grazing ground for doer , hundreds of families wcro huddle in old and disused kilns , unfit fc human habitation ; and when a nil was recently made by them on deer forest in order to kill and divid the animals many of them had not a grain t meal in'their houses and their babies had IK tasted Tnllk for months. The crofter lac -which was pas ° ad T > y parliament two yea ; ago , gives sotnc little relief ID the shape i fair rout and fixity of tenure under certait conditions ; but it does not deal with the ni cegslty for more land , and it loaves the griei ance of-tho door forests untouched. The rei thing needed is a law based on the princlpl that the land ahall bo used for the benefit c the people , and that , subject to the paymor of a fair rent , they shall bo resettled on th land that is capable of supporting then Unless this shall bo done the English goveri ment will soon bo confronted by a problei as dangerous as was the Irish question in i < acutest stage. % It is a-famous visiting year'for Europea sovereigns. Queen Victoria s6me Monti Hgo traveled to Italy and Berlin , While o pobr Emperor Frederick's homeward'Journc from San Holnb King Humbert met hin Emperor William Is swinging around the cl ; clo In elaborate style , having already made visit , -to the czar , a visit to ICIngOsoir , e Sweden , nnd a visit to King Christian , e Denmark , with visits hlso to1CIng Ilumbci of Italy and Emperor Francis Joseph of Aui trin , in prospect. Tito czar will probuul spend feomo "weeks with King Christian , an meanwhile King Gcorgo , of Greece , is on visit to his brother-in-law , the war. Th sultan looks on wistfully at nil this visitln ; in which ho docs not participate. It has nc seemed to occur to Emperor William to tak In Paris on his peregrinations. The Pishing I'rcstttent. Till/line. President Cleveland has hod good luc du'rincrhls fishing trip. Ho took with hli that loft hand foot of a graveyard rabb killed in the dark of the moon and rubibc hi * bait with it. The Irish Ajnx. I'hitiulcltthln tlccord. Heroic AJax , who defied the llghtulnf wasn't up in tho.Bclcnco . of electricity ; bi It's all "right " for Parnell to'flofy the "Thui doror. " He knows a thing 6r tWo about tl essentially assinlno solemnity of the Londc Times and the hollowness of Its erudite r sounding bray. Th Fashion in Knnsne. Jfew York World. It seems to bo the fashion in a Kansi county eat war to kill enough men to start graveyard , and then to locate the court hou ; close by. A graveyard is a good , pormanei institution in the most volatile country-aid of C.vclonia. It helps anchor'thlngB'and hi wan interest always centers about a grav yard. Have the Railroads Canght a Tartu In Iowa ? CMwuo Trttnme. It is difficult to BOO what reason the ra ! roads have for rejoicing over Judge IJrower decision restraining the Iowa Railroad con mission from enforcing Its now schedule i rates until It U determined Judlcjnl : whether tno charges fKed arc. reasonable < not. In its full scope Judge Grower's dec ! Ion Implies that the question of the rcas on nbloncss of a rnUrdad rate Is a matter ol fact to bo determined ultimately as all sucli Issues must bo , by the verdict of n Jury. E * ports would bo called on to clvo testimony as on the hearing of any other difficult nnd conv plicated question In court , but the final ver dict must come from twelve good nnd lawful men. Do railroad stockholders nnd railroad managers think they have scored a great point in securing a decision which Intimates that the reasonableness of rates Is a mattoi of fact to bo determined by Juries drawn from the common people ) Judge Urowor Intimates quite cleaili what Instructions ho would give a Jury sum' monod to pass on the reasonableness of rall < road rates. Ho would Instruct the Jury thai the rates must bo sufficient to pay for traiti service and other expenses , defray llxcil charges in the form of interest on bondsand leave "something , however small , " for divi dend on stock. The intimation thioughonl the opinion is that nothing would bo allowed for the sake of returns on watered stock ot other bogus capital. Where would such o doctrine ns this leave two-thhds of tLn rail roads of the United States } linn Its Advantages. / . mfti'll'e Cnurter-Jaurnalt The now suicidal methoet In California 1 to sit on a fifty-pound box of giant powdci and touch it off. It is a little scattering , but it Is bettor than Imvlntr to go to a drug stoic and answer nil the foolish questions whlcl : the apothecary puts to n cltl/on who wants to get out of the world in a uuict , ordinary way. A Free Imttuh OaiupaiKii > Tills Is a free lunch campaign. For instance - stance : j iovcfond nni1 , , , ( hurman Ctoitco nnd ii ( nrrison , , , f orton 11 ana M j um j UBturd Vim TurlfT. Clitcano Kcifi. The senate taiiff bill , you see , Will speak out strong for tweodlodcc , "Twill show destruction's sure to come From democratic tweedledum. 'Tis strange such dlfforonce should bo 'Twix tweedledum and twccitlodce. STATE AM > TUUUITOUY. Nebraska .Jottings. Droves of wild ponies nro making the farmers mound Olnowa very mod. A spark from an engine caused the de struction of Bovcnty-fivu shocks of oats on c farm near Wood River. Thieves arc devastating the back yards ol Schuylcr citrons , and the people are arming to give the depredators a dose of cold load. A Schuylcr man was hung in effigy by a gang of .voung toughs the other night slmplj because ho had married the divorced wife ol another resident of the town. Lariat thieves arc doing nn extensive bus ! ness in Pei kins county , mid the formers are thinking of using a piece of rope on the mis creants when they are caught. Smart tramps have been working the charitably inclined citiyons of Humphrey bj raising a blister on their hands , covuiing tin soi o with salvo and then nsKing for help foi the ' -poor man with a scalded hand. " Grace school house , in Perkins county , is said to be haunted by the ghosts of three old men with white flowing hair nnd beards. AI the children arc afraid to go to school ant the pai cuts will attempt to capture theii ghostships at the first good opportunity. The wife of Judge Shickloy , of Geneva , lost her voice some time ago , and the bcsl medical treatment failed to restore it. Last week Hhe took u tup to 'thu ' mountains , nnd one night awoke from u dream nnd found hut self speaking. She ha-i recovered the use of her volco cntiiely , although not so Btronc as formerly. Phil Harrison , Plattsmouth's oldest truck man , came near losing his life Wednesday while attending to his duties. Ho was busj unloading a car when an engine sent unothci car Hying down the track and a collision oc currcd , throwing Harrison out of the door over his truck and on the ground , where he was covered with salt barrels , which wore sent flying from the wagon. He was dazed for a short time , but not severely Injured. The assessor's returns show that Nance 'county has 8,128 horses , valuad nt Ip80,551 : cattle , 15,53 ! ) , valued at 303,874 mules , I35U , valued at $4,1(10 ( ; sheep. (190. ( valued at * 15 ( ! : hogs , 11,77' ' ) , valued at f r,5 ( > 0. The railroad property in the county is valued at $16 ! > ,700 , In the county there are 79,33 > acres of im proved land , valued at f311,040 , and 20Jy 3 OCICB of unimproved land , valued at IGlt.iO ! , The total acreage of the county is 281,837 , which is valued at | 5735s2. ! The total nnm bcr of town lots , improved and unimproved , is 2,151 , valued at * 67GG8. The total value oi all property m 1B38 , is tl,0ps,845. . against c total valuation of JOTS.OJ8 for 1837 , an iu crease of 130,617 iu onoyoar. Iowa. HA five-foot vein of coal has beou struck a' ' Exira , Audubou county , 200 feet below tlu surface. A Keokuk doctor ndvertlscs to "pay hal the funeral expenses" iu cases where he faili to cure. The dynamos at the Dubuque electrii light works were struck by lightning Tuoa day ovoning. It will take a week to repaii them. A Keokuk religious organization hai brought suit .against Sam Jones iu the sun of { 2,000 fur tailing to put in an appoaranct Where 10,000 persons had congregated. Cherokee Is shaken from center to circumference foronco over the efforts made to cnforc < more Btnctly the Sunday laws. The cntin community , including the churches , is by thi ears. ears.S. 'M. Ellwood , a Sao City attorney , In at argument the other day before Justice Nut 'tor. of thnt town , stated that n certain poln' ' w'&s " "cleW 'that ' "tho wayfaring man 'though'a'Justico'of tlio'Jifc'acc , " JCpuld ijee it Thb Jlistlco recognl/ed the point and coin mandcd the attorney to confine himself tc tho'morits of the caso. Oho of the young Go'lclon boys , of DCS Molncs , who tried to wreck the Rock Islam passenger train. Tuesday , was discharged , a : ho was only ten years old , and his oldci brother was plainly the ono who did th ( work. Tlio younger ono claimed that he tried to persuade his older brother not to.pui the Iron on the track. The older boy wa" " sent to the district court , thcro to bo deal1 with by ono 6f the Judges , with the probable result of bis "being sent to the reform school Dakota. The local land office nt Mitchell is buslei than usual at this season of the year. The fund for thonnivorslty at Mitchell novy shows $0.500 , leaving $1,500 , to bo raised ir the Tioxt few days. Prof. E. C. Norton , formerly of Yanktor college , has been called to a college in Call fornia at u salary of (1,1)50. ) The Bismarck Library association has decided cidod to transfer its building , library and furniture to the Women's Christian Temper ance Union of that place for the furtherance of its work. The fourteen-year-old son of Ingwaldscr Grove , who lives about three miles southwest of Carthage , suffered a terrible death. He was taking a skittish pony to the prairie will n long picket rope wbcn the tmimal became frightened and ran away. The rope got en tangled around the boy's log and ho was dragged nearly two miles and was dead when found. A conflict of authority has arisen between Judge Spencer and the county commlssloncrt of Grant county. There was a vacancy in the office of district attorney. The Judge and the commissioners both appointed a man tc fill the vacancy. The court rccqgnlzcs the ' man appointed by the Judge only , and 'tho commissioners pay the salary to their ap pomtee. Upon an occasion nulto recently a Yankton man ran against a well-lald.scheme on the part of his youngest son and another youth M skip from Yankton ana go to fclonx City , there to seek their respective fortunes. They were to go without their parents' consent , and had packed a grip with valuables fet future use , The father , upon examining the grip , found It to contain , among other things , Heycn razors , n base ball , seven white shirts , a pair of socks , some bund music , a pair ol base , ball shoes nnd BOHIO soap. An elder brother ofono of the boys , however , heard Romuthlng about the scheme , , and UIQ am bitious youths are still at homo. They now tako'thclr meals from the highest sholt In the woodshed. THE PllO'POBKi > qUtiF JIAU11OU Xlto Views of n Well PoBtoil Alan or tlio BuUlcot. BEATIUCE , Neb. , Auust ( 1. To the Ed itor of TUB Dnn : Tlio letter of. Govcrnoi Adnm ? , of Colorado , to Governor Thnjcr Inviting the appointment of dologiiU's to r deep-water convention to bo hold ut Donvci on the 2Sth lust. , for the purpose of socurhif : the united nnd harmonious action of tlu middle and western states In a movement looking to the establishment of a dcop-wntci Imrbor somonhcro on the Gulf of Mexico might loiul one to suppose Unit the people ol the west anil northwest wore Ignorant ol the fnct tlmt they already have , nt n most available point on the gulf const , the lineal nnd largest ilccp water , Imrbor In Amcrlc.i. . I refer to the harbor nt I'oimcoln , a Imrboi Unit for depth , security , holding ground mill nplironulics Is almost without a superior hi the world. Its distance from Kansas City In an ait line is le s limn seven hundred miles , or about the same distance as to the proposed Imibor which Interested partlei In Toxim are hoping to huvo constructed byUndo Sam" at a coat of untold millions from the public treasury. Having spent portions of sovcrul wintcr-i on the gulf cosist uud carefully ex amined Its chluf ports , the writer unhesitat ingly niscrts his bollof that Pcnsacol.i la destined at no dlstnnt dny to tnko rank na ono of the gicnt senporti of the world. Its Immense ) deep water harbor cun safely flout the mivlps of Uuropc and America. Steam ships can lo.id and unload nt its wharves. It requires no dredging or uthor expense for mnlntnlnnnco , but Is ns deep ami clear us when sailed into by tlio Spaniards over three hundred years ngo. The construction ol lines of railroad already surveyed , as well ns pioxlmlty to the great coal and Iron Holds of Alabama , point to thu bountiful slopes mound the deep water hai lior of Pensacola ns the site of u great metropolis that shall bo the gateway of western commerce , nil efforts to create n port on the shallow , shifting coast of Texas to the contrary notwithstanding. A. Li. NOT A CANAHD. Will the Grand iHlunel bo Sold ? Crops Aloni ; tlio Union 1'nolllc. The Kansas City Times of Wednesday , publishes a report to the effect that the Kan sas City , Wyitudotto ft Northwestern is negotiating for the purchase of a controlling interest in the St. Joseph & Grand Island road , and tlmt to consummate their object , President Bethel and General Manager l > b of the Wyandotte & Northwestern , Imvo boon east endeavoring to raise money for the purpose of making the purchase. It was further stated that Piosidont Charles Fran cis Adams , of the Union Pacific , and a num ber of Now York and foielgn capitalists held n meeting , and that it was virtually uo- creed to sell the Union Pacific's controlling Interest to the Wyaiulotto company. The St. Joseph Herald's i all road reporter interviewed General Manager Cummings - mings , of the Grand Island , who promptly doiiied the report and declared it to bo gioundloBs. "But fiom Information gathered yesterday it appears tlmt there is good grounds for believing this rumor is correct. The Union Pacillc does not regard the St. Joseph & Giand Island ns n paying branch and in fnct it is not. In 18ST , the shortage in earnings as compared with expenses was $ JO,501.81 , and the owners of this branch nro not in a condition us regards financial affairs to stand such a drain upon their treasury. The line of the Grand Island is 253 miles in length uud by connecting with the Wyandotte dotto ut Seneca , Kan. , all the country west of that point would bo made tributary to Kansas City. This taken In connection with the fact that the AtchiBon , Tojwlja & Santa Fe intend to connect with the Fre mont , Kllchorn & Missouri Valley for Omaha would throw the trade heretofore enjoyed - joyed by St. Joseph to Kansas City and Omaha with the odds in favor of the latter owing to the dlstanep being less and rates much lower. This is conceded by loading railroad men to'bo ' the reason why St. Joseph denies the report of the Times. Crops In Nebraska. Division Freight Aircnt Warraok , of the Union Pacific , has returned from a trip over the road nnd Its branches and re- poits a splendid showing as regards crops. Only in one instance was tiny apparent fail ure noted and that was only possibly on ac count of lack of rain which , by the way , fell last night in abundant quantities. The com pany expect to receive shipments of grain from points in Nebraska as far west as Big Springs this season. Splkca. Depot Master Hanoy , of the Unloc Pacific left for California on the flvcryesterdav. ac companied Uy his Tumily. During his ab sence G. H. Allem will officiate. On August 17 the republicans of Wahoo will holu n grand rally. The t * . & M. Will rliu an excursion for the benefit of all who may -wisn to attend. The board of arbitration which has been in session at General Manager Kimball's oflico for the punt few days considering matters up- 'pertaining ' to the Oregon Short line , left yes terday for a trip over the road. Upon their return they will finish their work. Drink Malto. Marriage Incenses. The following marriage licenses wore Is sued'yesterday by Judge Shields ; Name. Ilcsldence. Ago. Charles Homering , Omann i9 ! Emma Johnson , Omaha ! Laurence' Kelly , Omaha ; 2i ! Mnrtha J. Ellis , Omaha 37 'Felix ' t.onrte'Omahn ' ai Martha G. Pltllle. Omaha , , 88 Eugene Schanzcnbaoh , South Omaha. . . . 84 Louisa Gillear.'SoutlrOlnaha 34 Maude's Fnrewo'll to Al. John A. Gulp was granted a decree in the circuit court of Baltimore City , divorcing him absolutely from Mnudo Gracfl Gulp , to whom ho was married October 17,1883 , at Ottumwa , ta. , her maiden name being Langloy. The mnr- ringo took "place at her homo , nnd they came at once to Baltimore , nnd lived hoi'o until tlio summer of J884whon she wont on a visit to her parents id Iowa and never roturne'd. They have no children. The following letter was received nnd filed ns nn exhibit by the husband : "Dcs Moines , Io. , August 21 , 188a Al. I thought to-day I would write and toll you something that has long been on my minr-j Al , I do not love you and I never can liVe with you again , as I have no love for you , and I know you would not want mo to when you know I do not love you. And Al , I never want to see your face on God's green earth again. I don't want you to think thnt ray people ple have anything to d6 with it , for they have not. Al , one thing moro. I never want to her from you again , for you never will receive any reply. Al , I made up my mind , before I over cnmo to mamma that I never could live with you. If you nro not willing to grant mo a divorce time will give mo ono , but I am not jrorticnlnr about ono. Al. , I have your fa'thor'sand mother's pictures. If you wish to have them I lUs6nd them to you. If you nave anything of mine you can destroyer do as you please with , whatever it may be. Now , Al. , remember , I never want to see you. This Is nil my final decision , nnd any other corrcspondopco will bo useless. My reason is , I do not love you. Fare- wol ) , farewell forever. "Maude1" The letter was wrjtton on rose-tinted paper , in a rather largo feminine hand. Children Cry for Pitcher's Casloria. Wbta Bdbjr ww tick , we g r her CattorU. When the WM a Cbitd , * be crt&l for Ctttori % Wttn ihatifctme fcUit , &a chine to O&atorU , All town I'cilncoKiio Sulolilcs. STOCKTON , CalM Augost 3. The body of Prof. P. A. Parker , principal of the high school of Dubuqito , In. , has been brought hero on route to the past. IIo was one of the party of toucher * who visited the Yovemlto valley. AVI\en \ ut the station on the return trip Wednesday morning ho shot himself while suffering from nn attack of Intermit tent fever. . . , DISEASED BLOOD Scrofulous , luliorltccl nnd Con- furious Humor * Cured by Ctillciirii. Through thn medium of ono of your books ro- cohoiHlirough Mr. Frank T. Wrny , Druggist. Apollo. 1'n. , I become acqtmlnteO with your ( 'UTitUHA HUMI.DIImid : tnko tills opportunity to tustlty to > oii that their mo 1ms permanently curoil inn ot one of the worst cnsca of lilooit poisoning , In connection with orvslpclns , thnt I hnvo evi-r seen , and this after having boon pro- nonnci'd Incurable uy some of tholioH imysi. clmii in pur county. I take great plrasuro In loruardlng to yon this testimonial , unsolidlcil ns It H by you , In order that others sufferlm ; from similar maladies may bo onconrnRud to gl\oyoiirCUTirtntv IIKMF.DIRS airlnl. . 1' . S. WIIII'l.INor.lt. Lcoclibiirg , I'n. Hofurcnco : IIIANKT. Wim-.Driiggist , Apollo.l'a. SCROKUtuOUS WjCUUH. James II. Itlchnrdson. Custom House , Now Or- Ii-ant , on nntli Rnys : "In 1MO Scrofulous Ulcers broke out on my lioily until Ins n mass of cor- inptlon. i\crjthliiKknownto : tlio mt-aicul fa culty w us trti-il Ui vnln. 1 bcr Jinn a inoro w rock. At times could not lift my hands to my heiul. lonld not turn In bed ; as In constant paln.nntl looked upon lire us a curse. No relief or euro In ton your * . In 1"HD 1 heard of thoCimcmn. IlK\iii : > iK4 , u oti tliom.aml as perfectly cured. " Snoruto liofoio U. 8. Com. J. 1) . ONE OKTIII'fwoUST ' OASES. Wo hnvo Tuetm selling your CUTICUIIA UKME- 1)FS for yi-nrs. aud have tlio flist complaint \ nt to icieUo fiom a purchaser. One of tlio worst cases ot hcrofula 1 e\i-r saw was cured by the use , ot ll\o bottles of CUTICUIIA HKBOIAKNT. CtrricuiiA , and Curicum SOAI- . The Sonptaked the "oako" hero us a medicinal neap TAVLOU i- TAVLO1I. UrilRKlstn , irankfort , Kan. SOHOFHI . . Anil LumuKious Humorx , witli hois ot llnlr.mul hrnptious of the Skin , mo posltholy cnruitliv ( 'UTicuitA nnd runcuiu SOAIottrrnnllv , and CUTICUIIA HKXOI.VKNT Internally , when nil oilier medicines fall. Sold nvcryw horo. Prlco , CuriruiiA , CUe : geAr , Zflo ; UKSOI.VK-NT , tl. I'rcpnroa by the TOTTMI Duim * OIIKMIOAI. Co , Huston. MnHH. taffciend for "How to Cnro Skin Diseases. " 04 pages , Mlllustiatlous. and WO testimonials. MPLKS , black-heads , chapped and oily skin prevented by CUTICUIIA MEUICATEU SOAP. UTERINE PAINS lAnd Weakness Instantly relieved by rtho OIITIOUIIA ANTI-PUN I'I.IHTKII , . a Perfect Antlde > te to Pain , Inllnmmn- _ _ tion nnd weakness. A new Instan taneous and Infallible pnln killing plaster. 25 cents. Wit h Corns nnd lltiulous when you ( HU miruro linnicdlato and per manent relief , at small expense , by using JIHAD'S Cons and II UN WHY ION PtjAHTRRS , Wllleh MB SOlt nnd recommended by e < try Hvo DrupuUt throughout the United tHntts nnd Canada. DO YOU Iu fo\erri anil other summer illscaHus It U advisable to purify the sick room dnllr , nnd for this purpose notlilnRexcclsIlvDiiUK- SUFFER Ai'iiTiioi , PABULUM. These imitlllcs w hen burned In the sick room cnnse no perceptible In * crease In Its touipcratino , but EVERYDAY they Impart n Irani-mice that la utnruenUlo , stimulating and re freshing to the sickbesides neu tralizing nnd eliminating all dls- DAY Hpreuule odorx and bodily excre tion * , and rendering the air pure and wholesome. rST'Don't forget HKNSON'S PLASTEH for aches & pains.j j THEY DID IT. "What ? Cured among others the following. They write : 849 Central Avc , Cincinnati , O. , ) January 4tb , IM. ( Atlilonhonw Plllii have ciir < l Tie of liver iplatnt Mill dys | > ei)8l . I 7 Ve ton of i'lllatoa friend who In trouUnl with and lie baa Imprond won * [ ully. i' . Ii. l 16 Koeetta St. New Htven. Ct. ( Fubruary loUi. ltt& f Athlonboroa Pills worked woiulen In my of flr Emu 11 cum-i. Ath-lo-pho-ros Pills are sinnl ) and pleasant to take , yet wonderfully effective. Invaluable for kidney And liver complaints , dyspepsia , in digestion. constipation , headache. etc. They'll take away tlmt tired feeling glriog new life nnd strength. < gfil2d6ccnU for the boautlftd colored plo lure , " -Moorish Maiden. " THEATHLOPHOROSCO. H2'WttHSt. H. f. 11 dlMMM CMtied-kf 4enatBUBt ( Ike Llrtr , KUwiy-s BtoMch U Vowtb. Wik to ft.Bloo * iPuUcr it ta DRINK MALTO Natal Bank. V. 8. DEPOSITOnY , OMAHA , KEB. Paid Up Capital . $250,000 Surplus./ . . 50,000 II. W. VATE * . rtculrtent. LEWIS B. KEEO , Vlcol'resldent. A. K. TOUZAUK , and Vlc I'resldPiit , W. 11. H. nuoliES , Cnihlerv BlHKCTOnH ! W. v. MOUSE , Jpiit * 8. COJJ.INS , II. W. YATKS. I B IS 8. UKKO , A. B. TfUZAlIN. Hanking THE IRON BANK , Corner 12th and 1'arnam Ht ? . A General Hanking Huitnoss Transacted. DREXEL & MAUL , ( SucccBoors to John 0 , Jacobs , ) Undertakers & Embalmers At the old fctand , 1407 Farnam fit. Order * b/ Ulecrnnh lallciud Hnd promptly atteadtd Telephone to.No. 'it