Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEti ; TUESDAY. AUGUST 7. 1888.
THE DAILY BEE.
l > UinlBllII > KVKKY MOUSING.
trr.HMS OF BUJ1SOHIIT10N.
Jni1y ( Morning IMH Ion ) lucludlnf ! SUM ) A v
IlKK. Uno Year . . 110 ( K
rorBixMontha , . nor
J'or Three Months . . , . . . at *
TtiK OM AH vHitNDAr HIT , mailed to any
Address , ono Year . . . . SfV
. YOUKOFFKI" . 1IOOMSHANU Ifi t
Iluii.bittn. \sttiNnTuv OFFICT , No. OK
J'ouuTi'.r.NTii
.
All communications relntlliRto news nnd eill
torlnl innttcrstiotihl be mUlrctsi d tothoUiiiTOt
m'TIIK ' " " " '
'imsiNiMs T.urnm
All business letters , nnd remUtnticcs should b <
a lilrei d toTnti HKK I'uiiMftniMi COMI-ANV
OMAitt. Drnttn , checks find po toil ! en enl erst c
bo mode payable to the order of the company.
TlicBEcPnMisliiiig Company , Proprielors ,
E. IIOSEWATEH , Editor.
THE Y 1JEE.
Sworn Statement ol Circulation.
Rtntoof Nobninkn , I
County of Douglas , j "
Hen. II. THchnok , Bpcrotnry of The Iloo 1'nb
llMiIng company , docs Solemnly swear that tin
ntlimi circulation of 'INK DULY IlrK fur tin
wuclc eudliiK August 4 1888 , wan as follows :
Piuiday. July 2 . 1R.231
Monday. JiilyiJ ) . lft ( :
Ift Tuesday. July : il '
AVednes'lny. August 1
Thursday , A twists . .
1'rlday. August l ) . IB.tti
Saturday , August 1 . . - . . 1P.O.V
Average . IH.Ol
'OKO. II.T/.SCIIUUK.
Bwom to boforn mo nnd subscribed In inj
prcxeuco this 1th day of August. A. I ) , 18-s.s.
N. I1. i'Ulb , Notnty Public.
Etatoof Nebraska , I
( ounty of Douglas , | '
( Uorge It. TysriiiiLk , belnfrllrst duly sworn.do
po"cs mid snyii that ho Is secretary of 'JhoHei
I'libllshlug rninimny. that thu actual average
clnlly circulation of TIIK lMii.rllt.ii for tin
month of August , JW , was H.151 copies
fAr fc'cpteinbor , U87. 1J.WI copies ; fo
October. lf7 , M.ftCI copies ; for November
lf > 7 , ir > . 2 > J coplt-s ; for December , 17. ( TUMI top
Jes ; for January , U-"H. in,2Uil copies ; for I'ebninry
ISKUfi.d'ticojiIog ; tor Mnicli.ltW.ri.Ui'i copies ; fo
April. 1W-8. 1H,741 ( oplei ; for Mny , 1S8 , IH.lb
copies ; for Juuel 8 , JU.241 copies ; for July. 1S8
1H.MJ copies. ort ) . II. TZSGHUUIC.
Sfcornto Doforo mo nnd subscribed In m1
prcbencu thin 1st day of August , A. J ) . , 18S.S.
N. 1' . I EIL. Notary I'ubllc ,
MonitiB MOHIUSOK hits boon warmlj
endorsed by John H. Butler for th <
next logiHlivturo. It will now bo it
order for Mr. Morrieon to endorse Jno
H. Butlor.
T\VENTY-NINK Chicago brokers won
censured for dealing in puts nnd cnlli
by the board of trade. The rest of Chi
cago'u population will coino in for iti
cousuro in duo time.
GKNKUATj IlAliKisoN is holding bad
his letter of acceptance until Clovoluni
writes one. If the president should in
slut on Mr. Harrison's precedence ii
this umttor , the rest of the campaigi
will bo sparred with kid glovoa.
OMAHA'S bank clearings for the wool
cmllnir August 4 show an increase
of just five per cent us compared wit !
the returns of last year. Now York
Boston and the loading banking center
of the country all uhow a largo docrciist
in clcaringfl. Sizfng up the report
Omaha under the circumstances i
doing quito well.
CIIIUK SUAVHY'B order directing policemen
licomon not to leave their beats with
out permission , is a good ono. It wll
at least give citizens a chance to knov
where a policeman can bo found in CIIBI
of necessity , nnd it Will keep patrolmot
from unconsciously straying into place
where they ought not to bo.
Now comes the tug of war. The re
publican primaries are at hand nnd tli
machine politicians are plotting nigh
and day to capture the conventions
They will doubtless succeed unless republicans
1
publicans who do not mnko a living ou
of politics shall rouse themselves t
i
their duty nnd take tin active hand n
the club meetings and next Friday'
primaries. _
THE convention of the Brothorhoo
of Locomotive Engineers called b
Ohlef Arthur to meet in St. Louis 61
the Oth ihst. , will be An important gath
ering. Coming so soon nftor the St
' Joseph Vnooting , the sessions 6 [ the Jjl
Louis convention 'will no doubt bo take
up with the plan of federation ns prc
. . posed at St. Joseph , and with a discus
Dion of the Burlington strike.
IT IB n poor rule that will not worl
both ways. A"m6flcan lutoor has beet
"do'munding prelection from foroijji
competition. & 6w comes the Typta
graphical unions of England Iroltiri
niid Scotland protesting tlgatmTt the in
tornatioual copyright bill on th
grounds that the passage of the Amor
lean bill foreshadows disastrous cons'o
quoncos to thousands of British artisan t
IN the packing industry Omaha koo
her strong load of fifty thousand m'or
hogs packed from March to August thi
year as compared with last yc vr. Dui
ing the same period 'Chicago has fallo
behind two hundred thousand and Knti
sns City ono hundred and forty thousan
In the number of hogs slaughtered
With such n jucord Omaha will at n
distant day cblnpoto for llrst place in th
packing Industry.
TUB notion of the county coimnlssioi
ors in refusing to allow all item of $1C
to ono of the deputy Vogistors of deeds i
is hoped will have a wholesome olTec
There is in the register's , us well as i
other dopartmchts of the municipal goi
ornraont , too much latitude. Clerks at
hired nnd expense incurred for whic
there is no authority by law or sanotib
by the commissioners. The register i
doqds , the sheriff , the county clorl
nnd other olllomls , interpret their pn
rogatives each in ills own way. The n
suit is that the county pays for service
twice , and olllcials swell the perquisite
of their ofllco in a jvny not intended t
luw. The county commissioners are o
the fight track in choking off ta :
caters , .
TUB strange request of the Britis
government in asking for a respite i
the case of Maxwell , the St. Louis mui
doror , calls to mind the discour tool
notion of the English Homo Ottic
three years njjo toward Secretary Frc
Hnghuyson. At that Umo O'Donnol
nu American , who killed informc
James Carey , of Phmnix Park notx
rioty , was under sentence of death i
Knrrland. Secretary Frollnghuyson It
tyrestod himself in the cose with
jtotition that O'Don nell'e execution b
( lofurrcd until furthol * oridenco wa
Kubinttted , The EngUah povornmon
hoVovor , Ignored the appeal an
hanged 0 Dbnhell"without granting hi
nuy rcbul
HUcqcBsor.
TJio presltlont 1ms rtc ignntcd Mnjor
General John M. Schbllold , commnnd-
tip the military division of the Atlan
tic , to ttiUo command of the army.
Scholiold is the ranking mt\or | gonpral ,
nnd his promotion IB in accordance with
uniform and honored military practice ,
, lmugh wo bollovo It was within the
liscrotlon of tlio president to have dos-
fjuutod cither of the three major ROII-
orals to command the army. It amounts
n fact , to simply a detail , it being un
derstood that General Schofiold will
continue to commnnd the division ol
tlio Atlantic. Ultimately , however , he
will undoubtedly bo regularly up
lolntod ns commander ol
.ho army , both as a matter of justice
mil In order to maintain the militan
Bystem that has BO long prevailed
Ihoro nro obvious reasons why the
resident may not desire to bo troublct
it present with ordering the chaiiRei
that would bo rendered necessary bj
wholly withdrawing General Schofloli
'rom his division command.
General Scholiold was contomporarj
with Sheridan at West Point
ind ho is registered as having entered
tored the army in 1853. After t
; ow years of service , however , durlnf
which ho reached the rank of first lieu
tenant of artillery , ho resigned to accept
copt a professorship in the University
of Missouri ana was occupving this po
sition when the rebellion broke out
Within a month after President Lin
coin's call for troops Schoficld wni
major of the Fir > t Missouri volunteer ;
and before the close of the yotn
had become a brigadier general of voi
untcers. A year later ho was made !
major general of volunteers. Ho wni
mustered out of the volunteer service
in 1800 , and in 1SG9 was commisslonei
major general of the United State :
army.
The military record of General Scho
field , if less brilliant than that of semi
other distinguishedboldiorsof the uniot
highly meritorious. II <
army , was yet
was "an eminently safe , trustworthy tint
judicious officer. The most conspicuoit ;
examples of his ability and gallantr ;
were given in the battle t\t Franklin
Tonn. , whore , with a much inforio :
force numerically , ho hold his grount
againatnearly the whole of Hood's army
and in the capture of Wilmington , N. C
In the Atlanta campaign , however
and in other service , General Scho
field was always equal to every domam
upon him , and won his way to univorsa
regard as ono of the most efllcicnt am
valuable olllcors in the army.
AL the close of the war General Scho
field ivas in command of thodopartmon
of North Carolina , nnd shortly thereat
ter was dispatched to Franco to neeo
tiato with Napoleon for the withdrawn
of French troops Irom Mexico. Return
ing from this mission ho was sent t <
Virginia to administer atTnirs then
during the reconstruction portal , n dut ;
which ho performed most satisfactorily
lie was made secretary of war by An
drew Johnson nftnr the imricachmon
trial in 1808 , and on leaving thocnblno
the next year was made commander o
the division of the Missouri. Later ho Sva
transferred to the division of the Pnci
fie , nnd on the death of General Ilali
cock in 1880 became commander of thi
division of the Atlantic. From 1870 t
1881 ho was superintendent of the mill
tary academy at West Point.
It will thus bo soon that Genera
Soholiold has had u. varied and valuabl
oxptirionco , Which with his scholarl ,
acquirements amply qualify him to fil
acceptably the highest military positloi
in the nation.
A Satisfied Emperor.
Emnoror Wi\iiam \ has returned to th
capital of his empire in n happy state 'e
mind. So fur as outward appearance
go it was evident on his arrival that hi
mind \viw the sent of perfect contentment
mont nnd wholly agreeable impressions
Ho greeted Bismarck wilh. Iho cordial
ity of an equal , even permitting him
eeli , according 'to the dispatch , to b
photographed with iho chancellor , a
imperial concession of no small signifl
canco to the man who received it. ]
denoled the highest satisfaction wltl
and confidence in the servant. In othe
respects the manner and coriduct of th
young kaiser showed thnt ho felt al
was well with him anfl his ompiro.
William II certainly had a good tim
during his absence from Germany , an
besides the pleasures of thoVoyal entoi
tainmonts accorded him ho undoubtedl
found great gratification in the 'know !
edge that the interest nnd nnxldly of til
Europe was concentrated upon hin :
For two weeks his was the largest figur
in the minds of European statcsmo
among the monarchs of the world. Thi
for n young man just ascended to im
porlal power could not fail to give hii
most pleasurable feelings. Anolhc
source of cheerfulness may have boo
the fact that ho was to greet an hoi
born while ho was away.
"What is to bo inferred from this ox
hlbltlon of happlnobs and contontmon1
so muuh in contrast vrlln the gonorr
demeanor of the kalsorV The moro fac
of getting safely back to his capital nn
finding the pebplo unwavering in thoi
loyalty does not explain it. As a rul (
ordinary people are glad to bo horn
nftor n trip , however enjoyable it mu
have been , but an emperor is not E
easily elated , nnd least of all , ono who1-
habit has been not to boom to greatl
enjoy anything. The conelusio
must therefore bo that the kaisc
was cordial to Bismarck nn
merry before hia people because th
objects ot his visit to the czar , whntcvc
they were , were fully attained
Whether disarmament was the polic
ho wont to so euro , the peaceful settlement
mont of the Bulgarian question , th
removal of causes of ill-feeling botwooi
Russia nnd Germany , the isolation c
Franco , or all of these , it is to be ir
forrcd that his mission was tv succos
nnd that the greater security ihereb
gained for Germany , BO tar as Us roll
tions with Russia are concerned , wi
the real reason ot the emperor's lui ]
plness when ho returned to Berlin.
There seems every reason to boliov
that the monarchies ot Europe are i
no immediate danger of comin
to blows , It Is tolerably clear that the
hnve a good understanding that cause
of difference are to bo settled withcAj
B appeal to the sword. But how is
with Franco ? Is that republic to be
compelled to ncqulosca In whatever
x > Hcy the emperors andklnga shall do-
crinltio upon for the government of
3uropo ? It Is moro than probable. II
the other nations have agreed upon r
policy of peace disarmament is undoubt
edly ono of the conditions , nnd Franco
will bo asked to acquiesce. If she re
fuses , ns she undoubtedly will , nn effort
will bo made to force her to do so ,
jormany inaugurating the effort.
It is very likely William
would volcomo n conflict wltli
Franco , with all the other nations giv
ing him moral support , and these in
alliance with Germany ready to give
material assistance if ho should need it.
Doubtless the Gorman emperor has ex
cellent reason to fool satisfied with the
situation , but his happiness may bo sig
nificant of no good to Franco , toward
which ho haq an implacable hatred ,
Ijoth Instinctive and because of her re
publican institutions.
An Kxplred Hunk.
The rank of general of the army ox
pircd with the donth of General Sherl
dan. It will bo remembered thnt itwa1
conferred upon him only about a montl
ago , when it was believed his life was
measured by hews , or oven minutes
The bill was rapidly hurried througl
congress , encountering the oppositiot
of onlj' two or three members of botl
houses , and on presentation tot o presi
dent was promptly approved by him
It was the ono great ambition of thi
distinguished soldier to bothushonorci
by his country , nnd when his commis
sion us general was placed in his hands
although ho seemed on the verge o
dissolution , the olToct upon bin
wiw that of an invigorating stimulant
and from that hour there was npparoni
improvement in his condition \\hicl
gave premise of ultimate restoration
The great and generous-hearted boldiei
know how to appreciate such nn evi
dence of the nlToctlon and gratitude o
his countrymen.
Until the time of General Grant th <
highest military rank in this country
was that of lieutenant general , llrs
conferred on Washington , who hold i
fiom July 8,1798 , to his death Decembei
14 , 1709. General Winfiold Scott win
made brevet lieutenant general , and ii
1804 the full rank of lieutenant conora
was conferred on Grant , the rank o
general being given him two yean
later. Similar honors wore conform
on General Sherman. It is not im
probable that in time General Scholioli
will bo made a lieutenant general , bu
it is not likely that the rank of genera
will bo revived until another war bhal
furnish n justification for conferring thi
special distinction , the very highes
military rank which the republic cat
bcbtow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin ; producers and merchants of thi
northwest are not manifesting tinysym
pathy with the efforts of Senator Oul
lorn to interpose the authority of thi
government to prevent them having ai
independent outlet to the east at choa ]
rates , by the favor of the Canadian mil
roads. A few days ago a meeting o
business men of St. Paul nnd Minnenp
olis was hold to protest against the pro
posed investigation by the intor-siati
commerce commission of what is knowi
as the See road , for the purpose of do
torminlng whether the rates made b ;
this road could not bo brought undo
the control of the commission. It wn
urged thnt nothing moro serious coult
happen to the producers o
the northwest than to havi
this outlet interfered with. As evidence
denco of the strong fooling on this sub
ject , the Pioneer-Press warns the rnor
chants nnd producers ol the Northwos
to bo oh the alert against the threat o
Chicago and the American trunk line
to deprive that section of its advan
tages , nnd says : "The threat must b
met ut the outset by such vigorous am
determined action Us will tear aside th
pretense that American railroads neei
protection from Canadian competitors
nnd show the true character and th
real motives of the promoters of a plni
for -national protection and a nn
tional monopoly in the interest c
Chicago. This is n subject whic ]
should bo acted upon , without dolaj
by the joint committee chat-god witl
consideration of matters affecting botl
St. Paul and Minnearjolis. Wo 'mus
make this issue so clear and strong thn
the 'investigation' ordered shall b
the last over hoard of the preposterou
notion that the people of this countr
can be made lo pay legal .tribute to an
selected nnd favored city. " There i
manifested in this a spirit of warf ; r
tha't is likely to render this matter on
of general and conspicuous public intoi
ost.
ON THE success of the Indian
missioners at Standing Rock"ngoncy depends
ponds Whoth'or the Indians nt the otbo
agencies will sign the bill for the open
ing of the Sioux reservation. At Pin
Ridge nnd Rose Bud agencies , whor
Red Cloud finfi other chiefs are th
leading spirits , Iho Indians are on th
fence waiting to see what Sitting Bu !
and his followoVs will do. The commit
sionors nro therefore in n critical posi
tlon. If unsuccessful in winning th
Standlng Kock Indians they may ti
well pack their grips for Washington
for they could never induce the Siou
at the other agencies to sign the bill
The case , howovbr , is not yet 'ho"poles :
In spite of Sitting Bull's apparent un >
lety not to treat with thn comml&sioi
the old follow is holding off for bottc
terms and more subsidies. The wil
chief is moreover aided byvtho squaw
men who are responsible for nine-tenth
of the opposition to the opening of th
reservation. If the commission is poi
sistont , there can bo littlb doubt bi
that a majority of the Indiana will I
won over. .
THE naming of delegations by cand
dates is a practice moro commctmblo I
the breach than in the performance. J
is decidedly unropublican and envoi
altogether too much of the monarchic
nnd dictatorial forms. It belittles th
delegates in making them moro dun
mica that are tugged to bo traded awa
nt the pleasure of ono man. In a ro |
rosontativo form of government , th
men chosen to net out th'o wish of
conslltuoijcy nro expected ( o rcspec
the sentiment and known wishi
of the Domifmttng conventions. But
when a convention delivers itself and
its delegates to ono man nnd gives him
tlio privilege Uj play political dictator ,
it is n confession on its face thnt the
convention has been packed by mere
tools nnd henchmen , who are political
serfs instead ol free ngents.
IT is snld that the recent Indian out
break In Arizona , of which hut meagre
accounts hnvo been received , Is duo U
the encroachment of bad whtto men or
the mining land's of the Apaches. In
dian wars In Arizona and Now Moxice
have been such expensive luxuries foi
the government that another brttsl
with the savages to cost hundreds o
thousands of dollars , at the instigatlor
of unscrupulous adventurers , ought t <
be avoided.
A Popular Old Game.
JWll- fork 11'nrW.
Klnp Christian of Denmark snluted hi :
Kucst , the emperor of Germany , with a kiss
The old nnd fusclimtlnp came or Copcntmgci
still continues to permeate.
Col. ItiKcrsoll's Kuncrnl Sermons ,
t'/iirfiinnlt / Oazrttc ,
Colonel IngcrsoU's ' funeral orations do no
attract ns much sonsatlonal attention ns for
inerly , because the public have boeomo ao-
customcil to their sombro beauties. Thej
mo interesting , for ho is u man of genius uni
makes all ho touches shine. His peculiarity
nt funerals Is mf intense cnro not to oxprcsi
nn opinion ns to n future life. Ho does nol
pass Into the fitmamcnt beyond the sunset
His oration over the dead body of Mr. Pal
inur is a poem.
In tlin Family Closet.
ir < i < iMii0fon Ciltte.
In the pahieo of the Hohen/ollerns :
'Mrs. ' Hohcnzollorn , " rom.irkod the Em
peror William , ns ho walked up and dowi
the imperial bed chamber nt midnight witl
the now kid squalling In his nrms , "I thin ]
wo had better uhungo the family name 01
this youngster. "
"Why , Willie,11 replied the astonished Mrs
H. , "what do you mean ! "
" 1 mean , my dear , to call it Holler'iuol
lern , instead of Ilohcnzollern , " and then tin
baby squalled louder than ever , anil the em
peror went on a trot with it , till plum !
UreaUfast time.
Must Coino Under the KiiRlish Flag
.s'irii/,7cil ] ( ( ! Itcpuliltcan.
The magnificent now steamship City o
Now Yorlc , which is to bring James G
lilaine across the Atlantic , affords a strikitij
instance of whut our shipping laws are doini
for our merchant marine , to which the Phihi
dclphiu Telegraph calls attention. Two citl
zcns of Pennsylvania own the ship. It win
built on the Clyde by foreign labor , of for
cicn material anil under foreign laws. Thi
fact has Oamned the ship in the eyes of ou :
statutes. It can neither bear the America !
registry nor fly llio American Hag , norin an ;
way become nn American ship. Along wltl
obscene litor.iturp and counterfeit money 1
is prohibited fiom entering our ports as n ;
American vessel. Hence it will bo mnnnoi
by an English crew and English oflicers , 11 ,
the Union Jack and sail under the protection
of British laws. , . .Itis not a subsidized vessel
and no subsidies nro , needed to keep it nfloal
Great Britain glorjea in many such product
of American enterprise banished from ou
shores by laws partaking of the character o
the middle ages. '
Amlcrson'8 Itluo Rattle.
KfW Yinlc n'mla.
The only living ) creature found by Path
finder Fremont when ho ascended the uigl ]
est lieak of thd Hooky mountains was ai
humble boo that flew up the roekv plane nn
rested familiarly on the hand of the firs
white man who had over put foot on tin
summit of the American Alps. It was a blue
bottle fly that penetrated John Anderson's
dark well tomb , fifty feet below the surfae
of Nebraska's soil , and brought him a mcs
sago from the upper world of light and alt
Persons who hrwo doubted the mission of th
bumble nnd bluo-bottlo must see their mis
take. Had Lieutenant Fremont been free :
ing and exhausted on that icy peak the bum
bio boa's sting would have roused him t
action , nerved him to now fonts of emulation
nnd reminded him to "Jmprovo the shlnini
hour , " as It gets deadly cold In tho'so hipl
altitudes oven In midsummer when once th
sun is out of sight. The buzz of the blue
bottle was sweeter to John Anderson's car
than the buzzing of his curious neighbor
Yhnt came , afterwards. It had a humiv
sound and forged a link of human sympathy
and if anybody has any doubt of the inspirin
nlr the blue-bottle hummed Mr. Anderson
should set it at rest by promptly making hi
affidavit to "John Anderson , my Jo John. "
? The Sioux CnmmlflHlon.
Pioneer I'rwu.
Captain Pratt , chairman of the Sioux com
mission , is a failure. Ho is a bulldozer , am
in the art of bulldozing tlA Uncapappa Siou :
is at homo. "Pratt's mistakes may not bo responsible
ponsiblo for the Standing Itock Indians re
fusing to sign the treaty , but they are larg
enough to make him the target of dlsar.
pointed Dakota. The Indians are noithc
fools nor babies , and they can't bo playo
with on that lino. They have figured ont.ii
this case that they are getting nothing fo
their land * 1 each annually. They nmll
and wonder what the whites take them foi
They care nothing for the commissioner :
The commissioners are only agents withou
authority to enforce their request forsU
natures nnd without authority to depart i
the slightest particular from the text of th
law. The Indians kno\V that congress mu ;
modify tlio law if there is nny modification
nnd that their refusal to sign cannot bo mad
the pretext for u war , or ovou the excuse fo
short rations. They are compact bodies an
at n single evening session can decide wlui
they want to do * The commissioners bin-
no now or supplemental proposition tpoifoi
and the Indian'sflloW 'CiiouljH "nol to ns
them for ono. In treating with the Indian
the white commissioners have about th
saino influence and discretion as a clerk to ;
wood sawyer. A' great nation is snubbed b ;
un Indian. Wo 'admit ' , as far as the Stani
ing Hock Incident is concerned , pohtcl
snubbed.
STATE AND TBKHlTOnV.
Nobrnskn Jotting * .
The first cattle ever shipped by rail froi
Hay Springs w'ero sent out last week.
There nro 117 cases docketed for trial i
tlio next term of tb $ Nuckolls county distrlc
court.
It cost a young wouid-bo bad mail (0.1
to attempt to cqrrul the town of Bertrau
last week.
Joslah Coombs has retired Irom the cdito
ship of the Hurnet Blade and been succecdc
by A. N. Bohn.
Mrs. O. E. Trognltz , a morphine eater c
Sidney , became- tired of llfo and Saturda
night took a fatal dose of poison.
Horrible yells , frightful kicking and pltifi
groans attracted a largo crowd to a doctor
onlco In Gordon , but It was onlyaoouba
having n tooth pulled.
The state line G. A. II. reunion at Hard
was a splendid success In every way oxcoi
the heat , which came down in too lare
chunks to please the veterans.
The sexton of the Clay Center cemotor
keeps hogs In the burial ground , and some D
the porkers scared a horse In a funeral nro
cession last wcok , which resulted In n disai
trous runaway. And now the edict has gen
forth that the bogs must go , as thov arc * a
unsightly , malodorous and dangerous utlaut
menl to the cemetery. ,
A cow which escaped from a butcher tcrr
fled the people of Pnlrbur.v for several hours
ono day lost week. The infuriated animal
gored n horse , ran over n child , dtovo one
man Into n cellar nnd chased another Jnto
the second story qf his bouse. The whole
town remained indoors until the festive
bovlno disappeared from the streets.
John A. Crcoth and Edward U. Morrltt ,
two enterprising young newspaper men ol
Hustings , have purchased the Hastings No
brntkun nnd propose to mafco It as good n
paper as there Is in the county. The semi
weekly edition will bo abandoned , and the
boys will put all their efforts into ono papci
n v * eck , nnd with their ability they ought u
tnnko it n success.
"Wo have it on good authority , " says the
Edgar Times , "that a young lady from Kilgin
while plcnlclng on the Blue , one dny liisl
wcok , lost her balance nnd fell In the water
When rescued , her follow was surprised nnO
delighted to Hud n ton pound catfish entangled
tangled In her wlro bustle fact. Her fel
low wanted to set her niruln , but she dldiiM
care to repeat the experiment. "
A Crawford paper calls the attention of ltc
youne lady readers to tlio fact that Hobeil
MoNalr , the hnudsomo hardware merchant ,
can bo had for the asking. Ho has roachci
the ago of thirty nnd now wishes thnt ho Inn
taken advantage of some of the man ;
chances ho has had In days gene by. Whci
j ou approach Mr. McNair do It slyly. Yet
need not tell him that you are head-over
heels In love with him , but give a brlgh
smile nnd ho will moll. Ho has lots ol
money and a better husband could not bi
found.
A pretty llttlo summer story appeared Ii
the Mend Advocate lost week about n hunte ;
named Gus Qustafson , who started up i
black-tall deer ncur that plnco the other day
The animal was tilluo specimen , of the inah
gender , and Gus , as might bo expected , wai
determined to bag the panic If possible. Tin
drer took a northerly direction at the rate o
about thirty miles an hour , and soon dlsap
poured. But our Nimrod was plucky. It hue
snowed about thirteen Inches the night before
fore , which enabled Gus to follow the course
of the llect-footed animal , although some dis
tance in the rear , which lay about mldwnj
between Yutnn and the Phitto river , bearing
slightly to the westward. After going nfteoi
miles the deer took the back track , for somt
unknown reason , nnd came within 100 yards o :
Gus bcforo ho WHS aware of his presenc J. Th <
two stood face to face. The supreme mo
incut had arrived. The hunter slowlj
raised his Winchester , took deliberate nin
nnd llrcd. The buck gave a sharp snort
turned towards the Plattc , n milo distant
crossed on the ice and disappeared in n ( XX
aero cornfield belonging to John Johnson
Ho passed Peter Peterson's whc.itflold , It
S.iipy county , where Carl Carlson win
shocking wheat , about sundown the same
day , traveling on three legs nnd In the dlrcc
tion of Omaha. Gus says ho don't see hovt
it happenrd that ho missed that deer , unless
It was that ho had u touch of tbo "buel
fever. "
Iowa.
It takes sevcnty-flvo notaries to do nil tin
business in Scott County.
The city physician ot Burlington gives tin
nunuul death rate us 7.1)1 ) per thousand.
Mrs. Elizu A. Junscn , an insane Davcnpor
woman , hanged herself last Saturday.
The first trial of the electric motor cars n
Davenport was made Sunday and was a sue
cess.
cess.Prof.
Prof. J. W. Haydcn , of Columbus , Ohio
will Jump out of u balloon at the Ottumwt
fair a week from Wednesday.
The Mississippi Valley Spiritualists' assc
elation began u four weeks' convention n
Clinton on July 19 and are still holding on.
The Odd Fellows of Iowa are arranging t
visit Los Angeles , Cal. , in September , to nt
tend the session of the sovereign lodge.
Bridget McCarty. for many years an In
mate of the hospital at Davenport , sue
cumbed to the heat Friday. She was eight'
years old.
The effects of the Kookuk Rowing club , In
eluding its line piano , have been disposed o
and the proceeds will bo equally divide
among the members ,
Jonathan and- Washington Brice , wh
lived for many years and linally died nt Wca
Point , Leo county , were uncles of Calvin E
Brlco , the dcmoL-ratle national chairman
who , a few years ago a struggling youn
lawyer ut Lima , Ohio , Is now the fortunat
possessor of several millions and n good dea
Of reputation.
The water melons on Museatlno Island ar
about ten days later in maturing than las
year. The floods in May nnd the cut worm
have reduced the acreage considerably bu
the yield promises to be very satisfactor ,
and the melons will bo of good quality. Nut
megs will bo abundant in a few days. Sweo
potatoes are doing much better than las
year and the yield will bo very largo.
Dnlcotn.
The local land onlco at Mitchell is doing
rushing business.
Since the 2Sth of Juno olghty-six arrest
have boon made in Sioux Fulls for solllni
liquor without n license. Some of the salooi
men have boon arrested from twelvffto four
teen times.
Dead wood Is perhaps the only city of con
sequence in the country where no prominen
personage has forsworn former allegiance t
one'or another of the two great parties , am
declared himself in favor of the principles o
the other.
Jn Butte county the deadly grey wolf 1
still getting in his work on horso.stock. Th
Hello Fourcho Horse company has lost six
teen head thus far tnis year. Unless some
thing can.bo done to rid the country of thi
animal the loss to stock next winter cai
hardly bo calculated.
The board of trade Of Rapid City is bavin ;
printed for distribution in all parts of th
United States , a pamphlet , descriptive of th
advantages of location , resources , commcrc
and manufactures of the city. It ( rives stn
tistius , showing the gold output of the Hill
to bo { 3,000,000 annually , and the total outpu
to be ? 31,000,000 for thirteen years.
At a dozen points throughout Traill count ;
largo farmers report the appearance of th
army worm and the entire destruction o
whole fields of wheat. At Burlingt6n
Blnnchnrd , Caledonia and Hlllsboio the ,
haVc begun their attacks , moving from fleli
to field about half a mlle each day. Thou
sands of acres of grain will be a total loss.
lilTXIjE PHIIj.
The News of Ills Dentil in Omaha nni
Ilia Successor.
The people Of Omaha were not prepare <
for the announcement of the death of General
oral Sheridan , which is elsewhere recorde <
in this Issue ot Tun HRE. The announce
inent of his Improvement In the tolcgraphl
columns had led people to boiiovo that tn
sturdy liltlo leader would bo able to out
general even death itself. These , however
who read with care the bulletins of th
physicians saw that thcro was no hope fo
the general's recovery. Among these wera.
numberofth2.r.S-.ars ! Or * hUrmy , as als
some of the leading physicians , who hav
steadily watched the advance of death fror
the time of the first attack.
The Hag ot the headquarters of the depart
ment of the Platte was early placed it hall
mast. It was followed by these of thi
Union Pacific , thn county building and 01
several other Institutions , but up to noon tn
flag had made its appearance on the govern
ment building. Postmaster Gallagher wa
nskcd for the reason of the delay , and sail
It was not his fault. The raising of the llni
depended upon Mr. Jordan , who was ver ,
likely waiting for orders.
AMUSEMENTS.
The Prlnco or Mnitlcinns nt lloyd'
Last Night.
The prlnco of prcstldigitateurs , Hcrrmonr
attracted quito a large audience nt Boyd'
last evening. The audlonco enjoyed tha pet
formauce Immensely , and wcro kept in th
best humor , as well as a constant state o
bewilderment nnd wonder , by the witty an
clever professor. There are some now feal
tires , but , like the old ones , are as mysterl
ous as artistic. Herrmann finds an able cc
laborator In the fantastic D'Alvlnlvlios
feats of poising nnd balancing are miraciilou
in the extreme. Hcrrman U a master of th
black art , and his scenes of Incantation inn
talUmnnic sorcery are sufficient to make on
doubt the humanity of the man. The stcretop
ticul vluws uro beautiful and elicited bounteous
ous plaudits from the audience. Hornnam
again this evening.
Must Slillt ( br Themselvew.
NKW YORK , August 0. The car driver
and conductors in this city will not support
their striking brcthern In Greenpolnt. Thej
sny thattho step was ill-advi 0d and thi
strike utterly uncalled for.
IN AND ABOUT THE CAPITAL ,
An Important Communication Oou-
cornlnff Freight Uatos.
*
A VERY EXPLICIT STATEMENT.
Conilnlntfl | Filed Agnlnnt the Oinnhn
ft Southwestern nntl thn 11.
& M. Lincoln NCWM
of Interest.
LINCOLN BUIHHO OK TUB OMUIA DrE , )
IttJU P STIIURT , }
LINCOLN. August 0. )
Attorney General Lecso to dny addressed
his letter in reply to the questions suggested
by Erlo Johnson , editor of the Soml-Wcoklj
Progtcss , published nt Holihogo. The mi-
swer Isery explicit nnd Is wet thy careful
rending nnd study. It Is as follows :
LINCOLN. Neb. , Aug. 0 , 1SS3. Mr. Erlo
Johnson , Holdrodge , Nob. My Dear Sir :
1 our letter of the ' 'nd inst. Is ut hand , and In
answer thereto I will say that your con
clusions nro correct. If the rates had been
reduced one-third In November last , why do
the railroads keep the fact paraded boforu
the public ? Would the people not know H
the rates had been reduced ? They are the
ones that must pay the rates , nnd If there
Is n farmer In the state that lias saved
his one-third of the lutes prior to last No
vember ho has not boon discovered thus far.
The rates were put on u utilfotm basis ns
to distance , mid did reduce the amount
charged in some respects , but not to exceed
one-thirtieth p.ut of the Gainings of the
roads. The railroad companies uro trying to
deceive the people when they toll them of a
one-third reduction. Ninety per cent of all
the cainings of the roads In Nebraska is
what nro known ns inter-state lateb , mid
these rales were not touched by the bouul.
Ten per tent of the earnings of the roads
are local rates , and it Is this 10 per cent p.iit
of their earnings that the board controls. So
if the whole amount of the business
done on the local schedules was dona
fieo it would only nlTect the net
earnings 10 per cent , which would
still have the not earnings of Iho Union
Pacific { -0,000 per mile and the Chicago , Bur
lington & ( Juincy over $11,000 per mlle net ,
as the former earned $10,000por milo nut and
the luttor $12,23.1 , per mlle in 18S7.
The roads claim that the icductlon on thn
out and in rate makes the one-third , but the
out and In rate was only partly restoicdto
what It was on April 1 , 18 > 7. Tlio rates be
tween Lincoln mm Chicago nro shown below ,
also the increase of rates miulc by thu com
panies ou April 5 , 1887 , without any cuuso for
eloing so , and then the restoration of upait
of the amount that had been increased , nnd
to-day the rates out and in m our state ntu
much higher than they were on April 1 , 1837.
Himr.coal per ton April 1,1887 , W.10 ; raised
April fi , 1887 , to $4.50 ; present and November
rateS3 BO.
Corn and oats per 100 weight , rates April
I , lbS7 , 18 cents ; raised April 5 , 18S7 , to 24
cents : present and November rate , 23 cents.
Lumber , per 100 weight , rate April 1 ,
1887,10 cents ; raised April C , 1887 , to 20
cents ; present nnd November rate , 20 cents.
Fifth class , Including sugar , coffee and
canned goods , rate April 1 , 1887 , 23 cents ,
raised April 5,18t > 7 , to ! iO cents ; present and
November rate , 28 cents.
The above sums tire the actual cash paid nt
the various times Mated. So you can see
that there never has been n reduction , but u
icstoiationof only a part of what belonged
to the people.
The rates in the state were made uniform
ns to thu distance on all the roads , and It
consequently made a reduction of about 15
per cent of the local rotes i. o. , of the
10 per cent of the gross earnings f i om bus !
ness arising and terminating in the stuto.
The main lines of the loads cleared almost
enough hist year to pay for their
whole line , and this , in my
opinion , is too much. In 1880 the net earnings
of tlio B. & M. were * 11,000 , 23 per milo ,
nnd last year over $18,000 , per milo. The
auditor's icport will show these figures to be
correct. And when the agents of the rail-
loads tell you that wo as a board , or that
they voluntarily reduced the rates one-third ,
it is n campaign lie , unless they toll you that
J-hoy - raised them GO per cent nnd then lowered
them in part , but the lljrures given yon will
speak for themselves. I have not got the old
tariff rates at hand , but on fourth class In
this state we pay double what Iowa pays on
her lust year's rate , and Iowa says she paid
too much and reduced 25 and 40 per cent on
their old rato. This is what they are fight
ing in that state to-day. You can rely upon
the above statement as correct. The com
parison with Iowa rates is based on 100 miles.
Yours very truly , WILLIAM LKISSE ,
Attorney General.
tn. OWIKB'S COMPLAINT.
\Villlam A. Gwycr. of Omaha fllbd aeom-
plaint against the Omaha & Southwestern
railroad company , and their lessee , the B. &
M. , before the state boqrd of transportation
to-day. Ho alleges that the , Omahu &
Southwestern received a land grunt from the
state to aid them In constructing a line from
Omaha to Lincoln ; that the line \vas extended -
tended to n pdint opposite Cedar Island , ahd
in 1875 was leased or sold to the B. & M. ,
who operated the road to a point opposite
complainant's stone quarry until 1679 , When
the iron was removed nnd the road aban
doned , entailing upon him a heavy loss , For
this divergence of the road Mr. Gwyser asks
a redress , and the matter will coino up bo
foru thoboard , of transportaion nt their
next regular meeting.
FILED AND ItECOIlDEl ) .
The Dawcs County Fair association Is in
corporated , .Articles were filed with the sec
retary of state to-day. The recorded papers
sho-v that the object of the fair association Is
to buy , sell , hold and leauo real estate for
agricultural fairs nnd all kindred purposes.
The association was organized July 1. and
may llvo forever. Uhadron Is declared the
principal place of business , and G. W. Clark ,
A. C. Pulman , T. F.Powers , Thomas Miid-
den , W. H. Reynolds , Thomas J. Wilson ,
Charles Mann , B. 8. Cooley. C. J. Lut/ and
Burr Shclton uro the Incorporators.
Articles were also recorded Incorporat
ing the Omaha Stove Hepair company ,
with an authorized capital of $ 'J3 000 ,
ono-half of which was paid in hand July 1 ,
the date the company commenced business.
The object of the company is to buy , sell ,
job and i ctall stoycs and repairs. Henry A.
Kostcrs , Charles M. Eaton , Hamilton J.
Miller , B. F. Parker , L. P. Ash and Georgd
W. Harvey comprise the company. Undur
the present articles the company will con
tinue business for ton years.
An International .Transportation company
was established nt Sioux City , In. , nnd Cov-
Ington , Neb. , on the 1st day < ; f August and
will continue business for llvO years. Tlio
company authorize a capital of (2,000 , nnd
Will move and convoy goods of every de
scription. fiiiy point In eitlipr.8tsUj-from
Iho principal places p ( dolTTg bnslnoss. The
company promise to bo governed by the laws
of Nebraska and Iowa In all their business
transactions. The articles of the company
were filed this morning.
NUW NOTAHir.s PUBLIC.
The following notailes public were com
missioned by the state executive to day :
Austin E. Grirtlths , York , YorK county ;
II. V. Tcmplo , Plum Creek. Uawsoi ) county ;
Stephen Bates , Whitney , Cherry county ; H.
E. Lisle , Grteley Center , Gieoloy county.
cirv NEWS AXD NOTBS.
Parties Wishing to rent booths during the
state fair will find Mr. S. M. Barker , prcki-
dent of the state board of agriculture , nt the
Windsor liotel August 8 nnd 0.
Ernest Schmidt will fee to Denver , Col. ,
to-morrow to menaro to remove hence In a
few weeks. Ho lias been In Lincoln durltig
tlie past thrco years wholesaling and retail
ing cigars nnd tobaccos.
Fr.mk Patrick , retail merchant , Talmage ,
was In Lincoln to-day on a business vl&it.
Henry Grosshans , J. W. Johnson , L. D.
Fowler , L. G. Hand , E. 1) . Davis , George
Blrgo and W. M. Walters , Clay county poll-
ticiatis , are doing the city to-day. The Ren-
tlenicn accompanying Mr. Groaslians nro
urging him strongly for auditor of public ac
counts.
Dr. J. A. Vandeburg , of Friend , was in
Lincoln this morning. Ho left on thu "flyer"
nt 4 o'clock In pursuit of his divorced wife ,
who kidnapped his eleven-year old daughter
ono day lust week , The girl in question U
the fruit of his manlago with this woman ,
whom liu alleges is n bad one , having nt onetime
time committed thn daughter to the merciless
caioof a spoiling house lu Council Bluffn ,
from wlilcu ho rescued hurand took her to
his homo after his second murriave. Ho Is
en route forPcorlu , III. , whrro he understood
they took passage to from thin place.
Tom Ewing returned to Lincoln yesterday
from a trip to some , of the p.intcrn BUinnutr
resorts , stopping for a day's business ut Chi-1
cage en route home.
Dendwood Is feeling very hopeful over Its
designs for reduction Works and narrow
cnugn roads to the Ituby Hasln nnd
Mountain districts.
" NOW'S ' THE DAY
And NOW IS THE HOUR"
Our summer poods are
now going' tit summer
prices.
This mark down is le
gitimate and includes
many of our best quali
ties. Men's line all wool
suits , former price $120 , |
$22 nnd $25you can taku
your choice nt $15. Ko-
moinbor , Wo olTor noth
ing but first class goods.
Or tlio Liquor Habit , 1'ositholj Ciirctl bj
AdmiiilstcrlngDr. lluincs' Uoldcn
Specific.
U can be given In n cup of coffee or tea with
out the knowledRu ot Ilio person taking It ; abso
lutely harmless , and w 111 eirott n permanent nnd
speedy euro , whether the jmtltnt Is n moileratu
drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Ihousnnds ol
( Irunknrdft Imvo ucrn mnilo temperate men who
have taken Ubldeti Bocclao lu their colfeb with
out their knowledge nml toUny belloe they
quit drinking of tnelr own tree will. It run or
fulls. The system ouco ImprocnMvd With the
Bpeclflc , It becomes an utter Impossibility for
t fie UirtipioppoUto to e'clst. Tor snlo by hulm
& Co. . 1,1th , ami Douglas Ets. , mm Ifth and Cum.
Ins fits. . Omaha , Neb.j A. 1) . Foster ft Tire ,
l Ulutrs.
COMFOUTLNU
Epps's Cocoa
BREAKFAST.
"HT & thorough knonreJio of the untur l lowi
which covoin tlw mictatioii of 01-eMlon ununutil-
tlon , and br en refill nppllcMlmi of tha line propcrtlei
or well sclerted Cocoj. Sir. Ki p 1ms pruvlded out
brenkfanublcswltuo dellc.itur ilavorod ho eriK
which may a ou many heavy doctors blll . lui
by lie Judicious USD or eucli iiitlclcs of illot thuta
constitution m y ho Krmlimlly built up until troni (
rnoinjh to ir'ln every tcndi-ncy to lilnino. Jlun-
nreaiof rubtlumnliidlu HTU UottiiiKniannd im ready
to iittaclt when-vor tiiora In a weak point. Wo iiinr
cscnpo many n fatal haft by keeping ouriolvcs well
rortllcd wltn pure blood nnd a properly nourlsbutl
frame.n-UtTil sorrlce ( lurutte.
Made simply wltti boiling vtator or rullk. Bold onl/
In half pound tint by ( Irocors libulcd thus :
JAMES EPPS& CO , ,
S , W , Cbr , Farnam and 15th Sts.
Paid in Capital . $500000
ono. E. iiAiti\in ,
E. L. mUKUOVVKK. Vlco President. y
K II. JOHNSON , Casnler.
L. n. WILLIAMS. 6. L. \ \ ir > .v.
S. H. JOHNSON. J. H. MrUOMtEr.ii.
WM. SIMEIIS. CIIAS. MKT/ .
At.LKN T. HUCTOIl. 1) , ( JlINNI > ail VM.
E. A. HBNSON. ClusT.vv ANIIEU > ON.
J. . lln.ts.
Accounts of Hankers , Mfi-chnnti ftnd Individ
uftls recclv cd on the most fa volatile terms.
SOME DOCTORS
honestly mlmit thnt they 6Kn't cute
Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Others
ay they can but don't. Atb-lo-
toho-r6b Aays nothing but curd.
That's the secret of ita miccciw.
Years of trial lio've pfrhcd it to bo
k quick , tnfe , nire curb.
ConcorJ. k H fit-pi. 3 , J887
In ray own family Athlonuoron WH u > ]
tb a la/it resort , th _ ns r t vlnfr _ nffiwl
nffiwli i
Upon my rcoommcmUUou con of l fJ-
fe sasiifer lte
. . . . . Dnboqne , Towi. J&n.8W 5.
AthUtrhoriw hu wiu ) > l tcl cured m of
Dervotu LrAiUcho , and I Itel Uiiiukful for
All the good U ban dolin mr.
Jim. I.ouiar. OntMiT.
A
Send fl rents for tlio Ixximlfnl rotored pic
ture , " Jloorbh Milldcn. "
THEATHLOPHOKOStO. ItS W&tlft. N.Y.
Sulphnr Candles
Tor dUlnfoctlnR Closets , Flora
Jlonms , Colluis , BlnkH , Stublos ,
" iChltktaCooil9 Ulrd
' Ynii" r <
DON'T
UUW I IUU '
Bealury'sHyttreBaphtholSoap ,
llCCn For < l ! e ' 50s of the Skin nnd
nCCU Scnlp.HUoli as 'fetter JllnKWonn ,
. liczenia. tcitblvs , Sculey , Krui > -
RD tlons. itrhlni ; , Hwi Atlng 1'oot ,
UN DfttJdniT ! , rnlFini Hlr , & .
Hydronaphthol PaUllles ,
unnr nr
MDRc Or > 'or purifying the Pick room , cx-
IIVMU wi tirmlnatliiB insect * andellmlm-
TiJCOC utltig dlsonso Kouns.
I Htot Mead's Corn ti Bunion Plasters
Tor Foot tioublc .
ART GLES ? Bsnton's Plaster
1 TorAi-hes and 1'nlns. Sold by
all DrucclRts.
SEAimitV & JOHNSON ,
BoloManulacturrrs , Now York
DRINK
Sewer Proposals.
SBATiUl ) proposals 111 be received by the
undersigned uji to 4 o'clock p. in. of W < i < l-
nMilai- , September fith , 1 HSR. for niniisliMiK the
material and constructing Hewora lUrordliiK in
i unit siiecincntlotiM on nlo in the clurk'H
e In Ilioi-lty of ( Irani ! luluud ,
'j ho u oik embraced lu salt ! mm ITS
matelv an follouu ;
S.7HO feet of 10-lneh plp6.
W.l'U feet ( if M Inch Jilpo.
Zl.tra ) fcot of 15 Inch pipe.
"it ) feet of IK-lnch ptjic.
l.iti ) rent ( if 21-lnth nlito.
V1JM , fuel of ' 'l-lncli pipe.
1 M raanhnli-x ,
TO catch basins.
100'uuo ibs. of cu tlni ; < i.
AllMclftHhsIl n made Upon tlw printed bid-
olnt ; blnnkH which accompany the Hpecllltu-
tloim furnlHlied by the rliy Upon itppllcatlon to
tlio underpinned , and no CXMU nro to bo tuxud
oKolnut the city In nny AM-IU upon thn blda ,
Kach bid , to bo constilcied , immt contain a ct-r-
tltteil chock upon a locnl bank in the um ot
IJUMJU. payable to the city of Uiand Ulniia us
forfeit money In the event thnt thu bidder nhnll
fall to enter Into a contract with ( rood ami
milticlont bomlH within ten diijt. ' notice ot
award.
The city renbrvcs the right to reject nny or nil
pronoun ! * .
HIilH to bo enclosed in n HCiiled envelope with
endorsement " s wor J'lOposal" theruou uml
addrc.iacd to the muluralKurd.
lly order ot the liny or nnd city Council.
iv. . ItniMNdKit , city Clerk.
GrundlnluuJ , Hull Co , , Nebraska ,
T. E. G1LPIN ,
FIRE INSURANCE BROKER ,
Itcioin 03 Trftilr-r * ' llulldlng : ,
CHICAGO.
fteiVtocei-Mctropollun National Hank.
U. U , lee * Co. Ttio Br ditr c > \ 0