Nebraska Newspapers

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TDK democrats are laying in a big
surplus of discord. It will be harder tc
handle than Iho surplus in Iho treas
ury. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Till ! Honorable Mr. Polors is on Ihe
railroad slate for stale auditor , but
slates have been broken several times
In Nebraska.
Tin ; evidence that this is n clean
campaign istho large quantity of "soap"
distributed by the democrats in the
doubtful districts.
CONOitE.SS is looking for a quorum ,
Sixty-five members of the house are ab
sent , and homebody has evidently car
vied thu quorum off in his vcbl pocket. .
Foil THIS second week in August
Omaha's bank clearings keip up the
rapid pace set at the beginning of the
month. With a strong lead over hoi
rivals , St. Paul and Minneapolis , Omahc
takes her place sixteenth on the list ol
the clearings record.
Orcoimsi : , Mr. Adams docs not kno\ )
anything about the Union Paoifio dopol
or the proposed change in Iho Ir.uibfoi
methods. IIo is also profoundly igno
rant of the laying off of men in the
Union Pacific bhops. "Where igno
ranee is bliss , 'twere folly to be wise. '
the railroads are making groa
preparations for the movement of crops
! The indications are that the heavies
tonnage known for years \vill bo roadj
for shipment in a few weeks. The onlj
difUculty appears to bo that the rail
muds have not enough rolling stock t <
Barry western products to market.
COUNCILMAN ALKXANDEU has starloO
out to stop leaks in the city's printing
tiuthoriycd by the council , for which the
city pays exorbitant prices. If Council
man Alexander will push his investiga
tions farther , ho will bo sure to oiscovoi
more defects in Omaha's flnancia
plumbing , through which the taxpayers
Jnouoy flows out in never ending streams
THIS bill for the reduction of postage
on trees and seeds is likely to pass with
out oppositionhaving booaagreedupot
in committee. This is a mailer of importance
portanco lo farmers and those intorostet
in tree planting. It will to a cortaii
measure encourage the transmission o :
small tree seedlings inlo different parts
of the country which otherwise woule"
not bo planted. It is proposed lo vo
duce the postage rate on seeds am"
trees from sixteen cents to eight cents
Und possible the rate may be inado onlj
lour cents. In this way Uncle Sam will
encourage tree phinting so that hi
prairies may aoon bo covered with dense
forests.
IN SPITE of the remarkably fast tlmi
inado recently by the West Coast flyoi
between Edinburg nnd London , a dls
tanco of 400 miles , at the average rate o
llfty-thrce and six-tenths miles an hour
American railroads have beaten tha
record. A West Shore special betweei
Buffalo and Wochawkon , also 400 mlle
uistancc , averaged fifty-four miles ai
hour , and during a part of the trip tin
Irain atlained the < remarkable speed o
eighty-three miles an hour. In thi
connection it may bo well to include tin
fast long distance time made jiiht a fo\
flnys ago by n Union Pacific special bo
Iwcon Cheyenne and Omaha , which av
Brngod , including stops , forty-nine mile
kn hour. With such records , Engllsl
railroads can no longer claim to boa
Ihe world In making fast time.
Till ! supreme court of Washingtoi
lorrltory does not propose to giv
Women the right ot suffrage , althougl
Iho leglalature of that territory enlarge *
the franchise for their especial benefit
It is therefore a sud disappointment fo
Iho women of Washington Territory t
be told that the legislature had oxcocdci
Its powers and that the law was uncon
Ktltutionnl. The court rules that th
word "citizen1' in the constitutloi
Incans "male citizen , " and for that reu
ton women have no right to the ballot
This is the most serious set-back th
woman suffrage movement has oxpori
oricod for some time , nnd if not counlei
aotoil would deal the death-blow to th
parly. Au effort will ba made to lay th
question before the supreme court otth
United States. In case the highest tr !
bunal sustains the territorial court
nothing short of a constitutional amend
tnont requiring Um vote ol two-thirds r
the sttitoa can fiavu woman oultcugu ( rote
o total collapse.
Tha Outlook In town.
Some of the democratic managers and
organs profess to bolfava that their
party has more than a fighting cj unco
in Iowa this year. Their hope is bapcd
in part upon tl.o expectation that the
[ irohibilion vote will bo materially in
creased , drawing chielly from the re
publicans. Tlioy also count upon gain
ing some of the farmer vote , hitherto
republican , on the lariff issue. It is
understood to bo the intention of the
democratic national campaign man
agers to give u great deal of attention
to Iowa. Governor St. John has al-
rcudy been heard at several points
In the stale In Iho interest of
democracy , nnd doubtless ho and
other advocates of prohibition whom the
democratic managers can confide in will
do further son ice in the state as the
campaign progrcs&ca. The democratic
policy regarding the tariff is also to bo
very fully .set forth by speakers selected
by the national commitleo. Among
these ex-Congressman Frank Ilurd , ol
Ohio , the earnest champion of free
trade , is already under engagement to
explain Iho democratic tariff policy to
the people of several states whore the
democratic managers think there
is hope of accomplishing some
thing , including Iowa. The
republicans of Iho Htuvkcyo slalo must
nol , therefore , prevent their zeal and
activity to suffer from over-confidence.
It may bo instructive lo refer to the
figures of Iowa's vote for the past eight
years. In 1880 the state gave Gariicld
a plurality of 78,03 ! ) , the republican \otc
in that year having been 18,001 ; ! and the
democratic vote 105,845. In 1881 Mr.
Ulaino's plurality was 10,700 , the repub
lican vote having been 107,082 and the
democratic vote 177,280. It will thus
bo seen that in the four years
betwooli Iho last two presidential
elections the republican vote ol
Iowa increased only 18,178 , while
the democratic vote incrcabbd 71,441 , ot
more than live to ono. Two years later
neither party huvintr polled its full vote ,
the republican plurality was 14,712 , and
last year the plurality of the republican
candidate for governor was 10,100 , the
vote of both parlies being again largolj
under their full strength. The pro
hibition vote in 1887 was 14,409.
The incroabo in the total vote of the
stale for the four years bolween Iho lasl
two presidential elections was , in round
figures , 65,000 , and it is probably safe tc
fcay that it has nol been loss dur
Ing the last four years , In whicli
cafao the vote next November should
bo about 430,000. Allowing the prohibi
tionists 20,000 votes , and It is not prob
able they will got more than this , Uul
very likely loss , and there remain 410-
000 to bo divided between the republican
anddomooratic parties , it boingtisbumed
that the labor candidates will not receive -
coivo a sufficient number of votes to cul
any figure. On this basis , if the repub
licans have made no greater gain dur
ing the last four years than they did bo-
Iwcon 1880 and 1884 they are blill rca
sonnbly sale , as that small gain wouli
insure thorn a vote in November o
210,000 , but there is reason to appro
bond that they have not made ever
this meagre increase. Dividing oquallj
between the republican and democratic
parties the assumed increase in the to
tnl vote for the last four years and il
gives the lotlor a probable vole of 201 , '
000. Out of the estimated tolal vote o
430,000 must be taken the prohibilioi
vote , whichif no greater than last year
say 15,000 , would leave the ropublicar
plurality at only 11,000.
It is obvious , therefore , that the republican
publican margin in Iowa is not so large
as to warrant a sanguine confidence , 01
to justify any neglect of the party ir
that stale either by the home loaders 01
those in cha'rgo of the nationa
campaign. It is apparent that demo
cratio hope respecting Iowa is not wilh-
out some reason , nnd that the effort !
which the managers of that party in
tend to put forth in the stale must b <
mot by equally vigorous efforts on th <
part of the republican managers. I
this bo done and maintained to the one
of the campaign the result will not b <
doubtful , but there is danger if republican
can /.eal and labor shall bo permitted t <
lag. The instructive figures we present
sent , and the suggestions they convoy
bhould receive the very serious consideration
oration of all Iowa republicans.
An Unfortunate Utterance.
The good judgment and polltica
shrewdness which usually characterize
the speeches of Mr. Bliiine seem ti
have dosorlod him when ho made tin
reference to trusts in his Portland nd
dross. The ollort to pervert .what hi
said Into an apology for IhcbO combina
lions musl be regarded as unfair , bu' '
ho could hardly have made a more un
forlunalo utterance than this : "The :
are largely private affairs , with whicl
neither President Cleveland nor an ;
private citizen has any particular rlgh
to interfere. " Mr. Bluine couli
not have had in mind , whoi
ho made this declaration , th >
plank in the republican plat
form which declares opposition i
all combinations of capital orgaiu/.cd ii
trusts orothorwibo to control arbltrarll ;
the condition of trade , and which toun
sols legislation by congress and Ih
stnto legislatures to prevent the oxccu
lion of the schemes of such combina
tions. lie must also have been forgetful
ful of the fact that ill both branches o
congress republicans have introducci
bills for Ihe suppression of trusts , am
that the republican press of the countr ,
has vigorously demanded legislntlo
hostile to these combinations. Mi
Ulaino is not fully in line with hi
parly on this matter , the great ma
jorlty of republicans ovorywher
believing that trusts as they are no\ \
organized and managed are immensel ,
disadvantageous to the commercial in
torcsts of the country and to the wolfar
of the people.
There is probably no ono not inloi
cstcd in these combinations who wll
agrees with Mr. Blaine that they ar
private affairs with Milch u privateclt
ixon has no particular right to intoi
fore. Possibly Mr. Blaine docs no
fully understand the plan upon whicl
trusts are formed. lie may not kno\ \
thai they largely consist of corporation
which derived their franchises from th
peoples , aiitl * , * hlih in order to outer th
Irusls have siirrondorod the control
of these franchises into the bands
of men unknown to the authority grant-
Ills' the franchises. The trusts urp nbt
largely prlvito ; affairs but nro combina
tions of corporate i jllcs existing under
Iho authority of the stale , vltli certain
defined rights , privileges nnd respoiisir
bilities. These corporations have n
quasi public character , and in then
proper relation may bo interfered with
by any private cilizcn who has fait
reason lo believe lhat they are failing
lo comply with the obligations entered
into with the state. The fact that n
number of these corporations ur.lto does
not destroy the right of the citizen tc
interfere if ho can find any law under
which lo proceed. The suit that has
been brought against a corporation in
the sugar trust was instigated , as we
understand it , by private citizens.
Mr. Ulaino liasmado a mistake , and
one which it is not questionable the
Very fullest advantage will be taken Ivy
the democracy. In fact the organs ol
that party are already filled with com
ment upon it , and a leading democratic
bcnator has found opoorlunity lo refot
lo il. It is a mistake , however , which
with fair-minded men will work no in
jury to the republican party , what
ever effect it may have upon
the influenceof Mr. Blaino. The
republican party is broadly and explic
itly committed by its platform , by the
record ot a number of ild roprcbonlalive
men , nnd by the voice of its press in
opposition to Crusts and till similar com
binations , nnd in favor of national ane
btalo legislation for their suppression
and prevention.
A. Specimen Itrlck.
The city hall question will yet have to K <
to the people if not sooner , when it coinci
to the selection of successors to the nrcbonl
aldernion. And the Farnam street advocate :
needn't ( latter themselves tlint they c.u
shake Mr. Patrick Ford then , cither. He
1iblle \ n.
This is nice talk from a republican
paper. It is just like all its boasted
party loyalty. The Third ward
is republican excepting when the
colored vote is bought up , 01
when , as is threatened above , a dem
ocrat receives aid and comfort fron ;
boodlers who are in the republican
camp for revenue only. It is notorious
that Put Ford holds his scat in the
council to-day by fraud and bare-faced
bribery. If ho wore to servo out one
month for each vote ho bought
outright to ro-oloct himself , he
\\ould8pendthobalaiicoof his days in
the penitentiary , and then leave hall
his term uiiborvcd. There is no doubl
that Pat Ford is playing his card on the
city hall question for voles on the nortli
end of his ward , but tluit won't save his
bacon-noxt fall unless ho buys his way
in again or has the ballot box stuffed
by some of his tools.
CIIUUCH IlenvE and Tom Majors belt !
a convention unto Ihomsolves Iho other
day , at which they solemnly declared
against Lancaster county's candidate
for congress , because he did not supporl
Church IIowo two years ago. We
would like to see the candidate for con
gress in this district who did support
Church IIowo , with the exception , per
haps , , of "General" Colby. If Churcl
IIowo proposes to bar out ever }
man who did not support him
and the rank and Jilo of tin
party bars out all these who did , we
shall bo confronted with the dilemmi
of nominating somebody who can't be
elected in November.
Mil. GHIFFITTS , the late commissionei
of the freight bureau , is making him
self very numerous all ever the stale
wilh u stereotyped remonstrance
against reduction of local freight rates
Mr. Griflltls gives himself great airs ai
the so-called representative of the
Omaha board of trade , when in fact he
has no connection whatever with it , ane
no right to speak for it. As the paid
agent of the railroads , , Mr. GrilHtls un
doubtedly is earning his salary , but ho
should not masquerade as a board o ;
trade commissioner.
THCUJ : are still a'few defcclivo side
walks on Farnam between Ninth ane
Sixteenth. They should by all mean :
bo rcpavoeT with stone or concrete be
fore the 1st of September. Wo mus
have at least ono of the principa
thoroughfares in perfect condition before
fore the exposition opens.
STATE AM ) TKIIKITOKY.
Ncln-nskn , ) ottin 8.
A Bimvoll sportsman brought down twi
monster pelicans with ono shot from his rill
Oiio day last week.
The Uluo Hivor Baptist association moot
nt Falrbury Friday next and will remain li
session ever Suiulny.
Seven telephone poles were- struck b ;
lightning and split into a thousand pieces bj
the rccunt storm at Niobrara.
The teaching of a now branch of Industr ;
has Just been commenced nt the Genoa In
diau school , that of harness making.
Charitable pcoplo of Scrlbncrvoro dupoi
out of $10 by Olaf Nelson , who collected ton
amount ostensibly for the relief of a Frcinon
widow , and then skipped to Wyoming on I hi
proceeds.
The notorlous""hofj ranch" near Valentine
which bus boon the scene of many dislurh
ancoa and ono or two murders , is now i
thing of the past , the outtlt having bcci
closed oul on a chuttol mortgage.
Kmmons & Op'X-Mihoimor have conclude *
th.it Micro is n Hold at Lincoln for a .1 offer
sonian democratic pjpcr , and last Saturdu ;
launched the Ncbrusua State Democrat
which will bo printed as a weekly.
Venn Pearson , a seventeen-year-old farn
hand working near Plattsmouth , has beei
arrested for burglarizing tno house of Join
Frcdorich , carrying off a largo amount o
valuables. Some of the plunder was founi
in 1'carson's liunk.
John Llska , a Uohcmlan. living near Hem
1 ncford , attempted to take the life of hi
neighbor , Adum Naldl , under very pccullii
circumstances. Ho wont lo Nuidl's hous <
late in Iho evening and found him la bed
Naldl was point : to got up and dress , bu
Liska Bald no had Just como over to maki
a neighborly call and could talk to him a
well in bed ns If he was up. Naldl then con
eluded that he would re urn in In bed and tin
two men were noon engaged in discussini
thu crops , weather and other local matters
which lasted tor about an hour , when LisU ,
rose up to go home , and , by request of Naldl
blew out Iho light. No sooner was the roan
liaikcncd than ibe report of a revolver , fol
lowed by four other shots , proved that tin
\ Ullor had not como for tha purpose of enl ;
making u noighboi ly cull. None of the shot
took effect , nnd the -.vould-bo assassin cs
capcd. At last reports the sheriff was unit
bio lo Und Iho vllluln , who has left the roun
iry.
Iowa.
Faycttu county will produce i big crop o
apples.
Tweuty live eoavlvta wore transform
from Ananvosa to Fort Madison last wcok.
Audubmi ha * u schiulal ainoup its upper
ten that Is shaking the foundations of so
ciety.
Iteration , < ho town Umk wni blown up so
big with nattrulkas n while ago , has col'
lapsed. I" 'i
The Attorney tfcncrnl hns ruled that the in *
mates of thcoldlers' homo are legal voters
of Marshall county.
Unv h ; tortbii8 but n single oDlcc holder In
foreign Iiinil3rs5-Il.iji.llnr , consul at Lelp-
Bic , on a balnty cJf I'J.uoiT a"year.
Thi ) depnt 'jiostmastcr at Sioux Unpids Is
llfcely to lose his Job. Ho is quoted us "hop-
Ing to the Lord old Cleveland would bo beat
this full. "
The annual reunion of the Iowa stnto asso
ciation of Mexican veterans \UH bo held at
DCS Molncs , Tuesday and Wednesday , Sop-
lembcr 4 and fi.
The records of thoDubtiquo Early Settlors'
association show that the lirst school house
In Iowa was built at Uubiuuio In the full o (
Ib3.1 , and thnt George Cubbugo , who occu
pied It the foliowiiii : year , wns the llrst
teacher ; nlso thnt Mary Ann McCrnnoy ,
whosu bh tb occurred at Uubuiiuu January
10 , 1SSJ , was the llrst whlto child born In the
btutc.
The four Methodist conferences of Town
meet this year as follows : The Iowa confer
ence ut OskalooHU , Sepleinbor fi ; Iho DCS
Molnos conference nt Cre-jton , September 1'J ;
the Northwest conference ut luu Giove , Sep
tember Uil at all of these Hishop Goodsoll
will preside ; the Upper Iowa conference nt
Vinton , October ! ) , and w'll ' bo presided ovet
by Hishop Toss.
Dakota.
tiiiiuor licenses in Jamestown now cost
fSOO.Two
Two premiums will bo offered for the
fustest walking fmm team at the Aurora
county fair this fall.
It Is reported that ono of Alpcna's full
damsels ate twenty-ono ears of swoct com
for dinner ono day this week.
Elder Dobson , at Dcadwood , has kept cnscc
on the joting Icllows who attended cauij
meeting for "tho bole nurposo of creating n
distill banco. " Ho threatened to read the list
if there wus any more monkeying.
The oillcers uro on the lookout for a young
man mimed William Emmet , who wns in the
employ of J. T. Stearns , of Yntiklon county ,
till Tuesday of last -.veok. On that day Km
mot loft uncermoniously for other regions ,
and it has since been discovered that ho tooli
with him a valuable watch , $1'J in cash am ]
a coat and vest belonging to Mr. Stearns ,
Emmet Is n young man of quiet disposition
und does not appear to bo us bad as this ox
plolt piovos him.
Sheridan ami Gordon.
Phihulolnhia Call : General Gordon ,
now governor of Georgia , tells thit
btory of Sheridan at Appomatlox :
"A cavalry ollicer came to mo from
Sheridan with a llag of truce. IIo was
a handsome fellow and very polite. Sa
luting , he baid :
" 'Is thib General Gordon ? I am the
bearer of General Sheridan's compli
ments , and ho demands your uncondi
tional surrender. '
" 'Well , colonel' ( or whatever I saw
his rank was ) , I answered , 'you will
pleabo return my complimenIs lo Gen
eral Sheridan and bay that I shall not
surrender. '
"Then'ho said'you will bo annihi
lated in half an hour. Wo have you
completely surrounded. '
" 'Very well , sir,1 I replied , 'I am
probably as well aware of my situation
as you are. but'that is my answer. '
" 'You don't mean thatl * ho ox-
claimcd.
" 'Ye > s , I do , sir , ' I said , 'the only
thing 1 propose lo say is what I have al
ready said through my stall officer
that a Hag of truce is in existence be
tween General , Lee and General Grant.
I way not going to surrender , because I
know it wnscuming. 1 wa not going
to let Sheridan.caplure mo in thai way.1
" 'Then bo annihilated '
ytmJwlll , no
said , and rode away.
"While I hail been sitting there wait
ing , the liring'had almost ceiibcd. The
infantry on my Hunks had not changed
their positions much , as they had been
moving up very slowly. 1 was firing
artillery at Iho time , bo as to checli
them. In a few minutes Sheridan him
self came up with his btalT. He was
riding an immense black horse. I will
never forgot how ho looked with hit
short legs sticking out on either side.
Wo had very much the same sort ol
parley as had occurred between the
other ollicor 'anel myself. Indeed , the
1 anguagc was almoM a literal reputi- .
tiqn. Finally , I baid to him : 'General , 1
think that it is hardly worth
while for us lo parley. I have made up
my mind nol to surrender , and I shall
accept any consequences which may fol
low this determination , I wish simply
to give you this information , which
was sent mo by General Leo. All 1
know is that there is a flag of truce in
existence , and I only know the bare
fact. '
" 'Did you say that you had a letlct
from General Lee ? ' ho asked.
' ' 1 banded him the letter.
"lie looked it over nnd said : "I sup
pose , thdn , lhat the only thing we can
do is to cease liring. '
" 'I think soJ I replied.
"Ho then turned to mo : 'If you will
withdraw your forces to a certain place ,
I will withdraw inino , and wait to see
what happens.1
"We got down otT our horses.and tak
ing a heat on the grass talked there for
some time. In the meantime I had for-
irotlcn that early in the morning i had
detached a force lo go back and ever on
the brow of a hill to prevent the cav
alry from coming around between Long-
street and myself. While wo were sit
ting on the grasb I heard a roll of mus-
kclry , and looking ever to whore the
force Imd boon placed taw it liring into
bomo cavalry that had ridden down in
that direction.
" 'Sir , what docs Ibis mean ? ' cried
Sheridan.
" 'I am very sorry aboul it , ' I replied ,
as I explained the circumstances , and
ho and I each sent an ollicer ever the
hill to stop Iho Hring.
"I saved Sheridan's life that morning
beyond question. One of my bharp-
shooters was a sour sort of n fellow , and
his only idea was that when ho saw n
bluecoat It wns bib duty to shoot It. I
had Iho sharpsljpotor around mo when
Sheridan came up with the Hag of truce
and I saw this follow diaw his gun.
What do you mean ? ' I cried , 'this is
a Hag of trucct. * JIo did not pay the
slightcht attention to me , and wan just
about tiring wjirfn I knocked up bis gun
and it wont oltjjovcr Sheridan's head.
'Let him stayroli his own bide , general , ;
ho remarked , .v , ,
"General Sheridan and I sat on the
ground , cloSe fti'tho brick house where
Leo and Grnntjtnet , in the orchard. 1
had passed the noubo in the morning.
Wo ehalTed eatft : other a litllo in Ihe
course of Iho onversalion , Sheridan
baying : 'I beHdJ'elhavo Imd the pleas
ure of meeting you before. " I replied
that we hud some little acquaintance in
the valley of Virginia. Ho turned the
thread of the conversation to some gum
ho had received in the valley. Sheri
dan had captured nearly all of Early't
artillery nnd some moro had been sent
to him from Richmond. Some wag had
written with chalk on ono of these guns
'Respectfully consigned to Major Gen
eral Sheridan through General Early.
Sheridan had hoard of this and ho was
very much amused at , ift but whcthoi
ho ever saw such words upon a gun I dc
not know. When ho was through wltli
his Ptory I suggesled lhat I also had twc
guns which I could consign to him , and
with the moro grace because Ihoy had
como from him that very morning.
"Sheridan came with a full stall and
remained with mo about an hour and u
half. My recollection is that wo Hayed
at that place until wo received Informa
tion hat General Leo and General Grant
had agreed. " .
THEY TELL THEIR OWN STORY
The Stock Shippors' Association
Make a Oorroutlou.
A
THEY WERE MISREPRESENTED.
Do Not Wuut to Suppress t > ; Market
H Tlielr KlTortq to llullil
Up the South Oiiinlm
Market.
The Uniutal lie-port.
COMTMIIUS , Nub. , August 11. [ To
the Editor of Tin : lUi : : ] Uy request ol
the president ot the Nebraska Live
Slock Shippers' Association , I send you
herewith a copy of the minutes of the
proceedings of our lust meeting , hold in
July. The report published In Till ! Hun ,
July 1-th was unfair and to a consider
tiblo extent likely to ( io injury to our as
sociation. Evil disposed persons have
circulated marked copies ot Tin : Bit :
of that date among farmers for no other
purpose than to mislead the farmers
and to aid in creating a sdntiment that
the ofjjeet of our association Mo "skin"
the farmer and that our interests are
not mutual.
The preamble to our Constitution and
By-laws contains the following in plain
language. "Wo fully rcalixo that the
interests of the farmers and slock rais-
OPS are identical with oup own , and un
der all circumstances will uiulc'avor
to pay Iho highest market value for
stock , and \vo hereby pledge ourselves
to work unceasingly for the upbuilding
of u permanent and substantial block
mantel in our own state. "
No action has ever been taken by this
association contrary to the lotlor or
spirit of the above , and wo believe no
such action well ever be taken.
Your report bavs : "The association
transacted a certain amount of business ,
no doubt satisfactory to themselves but
decidedly olherwiso to the farmers and
commission men of the fatale , " nothing
of Iho kind.
Then further : "Then an allompt was
made lo prevent commission men from
sending oul agents to divert trade to
South Omaha. "
The resolution of Mr. Slockor was Ihe
only Ihing that could in any way bo dis-
lorted to mean what id implied , viz :
That \\e opposed sending out agents to
solicit shipments to Omaha. On the
contrary , the society is pledged to do all
it can to build up a market at Omaha.
The resolution discountenanced the
practice of commission men placing men
in the country to buy in competition
with regular shippers. Your rejKrt
would have it understood that our asso
ciation was opposed to farmers gelling
market reports. On the contrary most
of our members , who expressed them
selves , preferred to go in the country lo
buy with the latest market report to
show the farmer ; but no action was taken
by the association on this subject and
no resolution or motion oiTorcd relating
lo it.
it.Wo
Wo are also accused of roasting rail
roads. Nothing of the kind occurred.
On the contrary , all members who said
unything on the subject stated that
stock trains wuro generally on time and
service good. Our tranbporlalion cpm-
milleo reported no grievances against
the rail roads , and we as an association
have only the kindest of feelings lowards
Iho newspapers or reporters. The
writer has on several occasions given
reporters who were not in attendance al
meetings access to the record and assis-
led them in securing a correct report.
This courtesy has never been refused a
member of the press and I hope never
will bo.
JOHN WIGGINS , Secretary.
rUOCKKDIXOS OK JULY JHICTING.
SOUTH OMAHA , July llth , 1888. The
Nebraska Live Stock Shippers Absocia-
tion met in the parlor of the Exchange
Hotel , at iJ p. in. , the president , J. A.
Kohoo , in the chair. Roll called and
the following ofllccru found present : J.
L. Martin , 1st vice president ; James
Danly , 2nd vice president ; lavid An
derson , 3rd vice president ; John G.
Smith , treasurer ; A. C. Virgin , direc
tor ; J. G. Hall , finance commissioner ;
A. J. Vail , iinanco commissioner.
The minutes of the last mooting wore
read and approved. A communication
was received from the Freight Depart
ment of the Union Pacific railway as
follows :
"John Wiggins , Columbus , Nob.
Dear Sir : Keforring to your letter of
July Oth , I enclose herewith copy of letter -
tor to Slock Agent Lam , daled May 4th
18S8 ; I intended that ho should convoy
this information to you. I think you
will find ho has already spoken to Mr.
Kohoo on the subject. However , if not ,
ho will do so immediately. Yours
truly , P. A. WAUUACK.
The enclosed lotlor referred lo reads
as follows :
OMAHA , Nob. , May Hh. 1888. Mr. C.
J. Lane , Stock Agent , U. P. Uy. , Grand
Island. Neb. Dear Sir : Inferring to
conversation had with you and also to
letlerb received from D. Anderson and
John Wiggins. I am advised by llio
Piisbonger Doparlmonl Unit the lines in
Nebraska have agreed upon a rate of
ono and one-third faro for members at
tending the quarterly meetings of this
association at Omaha. That is , pay full
faro coming to mooting ; tnko receipt
and they will be returned at one-third
faro on presentation of certillcalc of Ihe
seerolnry of Iho meeting that they have
actually been in attendance. Yours
truly , If. A. JOHNSOX.
On motion of D. Anderson , Iho secre
tary was iiibtruclod to advise the rail
road that wo appreciated their kind
olTor of ono and one-third faro to mem
bers actually in atlondancu at our regu
lar meetings , but that wo respectfully
dei-lincd the offer with thanks. It
seemed lo bo Iho fooling of the mem
bers that wo wore entitled to free trans
portation , and would bo very much
pleased if the railroads would BO view it.
The following resolution was presen
ted by.J. W. Stocker and unanimously
adopted.
Whereas , there are corlain commiss
ion linns at these yards who are buying
block at different stations in the coun
try through men employed by them ,
that have neither money or local credit
in competition with regular buyers.
Now therefore bo it
Itcbolved by this association that wo
discountenance this practice and will
withhold shipments from such firms and
dibcourago other shippers from patron
izing them , and ,
Resolved , further , that at our next
mooting wo will consider the question
of the formation of a commission house
for sale of stock and also the formation
of u rendering company.
The secretary was requested to notify
each member of Iho association before
Iho next mooting that nt that meeting
the commission house and also the ren
dering company question would he con
sidered.
On motion the president and secretary
were instructed to notify the joint exe
cutive commitleo who appoint the hog
inspectors and have Iho dockage under
their control at the South Omaha Slock
Yards , that there i n general complaint
on the part of shippers , on account of
excessive tlockiigoand ask that they cor
rect the abuse wanted J. W. Lynch
nnd J. Lomko , were appointed members
of the Finance Conunttteo , pro-ltm. "
The following bills wore presented
and referred to llnanco committee.
John Witfiflns , cnsh expended , , , . , . ? n.f.O
John Wiggins , 0 mouths salary as Seo. . o.uo
Totnl . eusr > 0
M. 1C. Turner & Co. , Stationery . fl.CO
The finance committee reported favor
ably and on motion Iho bills wore al
lowed and warrants ordered drawn on
the treasurer for the amounts , all voting
ing a.vs ,
The apnlicr.lipn of K. II. Wllcox , of
Alma , Noo. , wnsrccolyjjdnnd on motion
elected a member of our association ,
A telegram was read from A. W.
Beahm , of Cortlnnd , Nob. , as follows :
To John Wiggins , secretary of L. S. S.
A. Family sick , sorrv can't bo with
you. "Count mo in for good of the
cause. "
DilTorent members reported as to the
manner in which their stock was hand
led and forwarded by the railroads. As
a rule , the stock \\as being bulisfnotorily
handled. The transportation commitleo
reported no complaints.
The following receipts wore reported
by the secretary and the amounls paid
to the treasurer. McCoy Bros , "ad"
$1.00 ; 1C. II. WIlcov , Fees , $ .00 ; W.
Wcytuil , Jr.Dueb , $1.00 ; . I. A. MoShano
Duos , $1.00 ; B. King , Duos , $1.00 ; J.
Lcmpko , Dues , $1,00 ; J. \\r. Lynqh.Dueb
81.00 ; Geo. Boelol , Dues , 81. 00 ; J. W.
Stocker , Dues , $1.00 ; total $11.00. . A
vote of lhanlfs was extended to Mr.
Briggs , of the Exchange Hotel lor favors
received at this meeting.
Adjourned lo moot on the second
Wednesday in October , 1SS8.
Joux WIGOIXS , Secretary.
Old Cnnip Sliorlilnu
The bill for the relief of settlers upon
old Camp Sheridan military reserva
tion , which recently passed both houses
of congress , is as follows :
Bo it enacted In the scnnlo and house
of representatives of the United Slates
of America in congress assembled ,
That all entries or filings under the
homestead and pre-emption laws , al
lowed by the United States district
land ofllco at Valentine , Nob. , of lands
within the limils of Iho former Camp
Sheridan military reservation , situated
in township thirty-three north of
ranges forty-live and forty-six wo&t , in
said state , prior lo receipt by them of
instructions from the commissioner of
the general land otllce , dated July U ,
18SO , be. and the same are hereby
confirmed. Provided , that the persons
making such filings or entries pos
sessed the necessary qualification and
have , si nco filing or entry ( ns the case
mny bo ) , fully complied with the law
governing entries of like character
upon public lands.
That 'n ' cases of filings under the pre
emption law , made upon lands in said
abandoned reservation , the limitation
of thirty months , prescribed by section
220" , United States revised stalules ,
shall nol bo enforced , but proof and pay
ment must bo made within six mouths
from passage of this acl.
Kcfortu nt the
Bob Ingorboll : "People think that if
the thieves arc sent to the penitentiary
that is the last of the thieves ; that if
those who kill others are hanged society
is on a safe and enduring basis. But
the trouble hero : A man comes to your
'
front and you drive him away. 'You
have au idea that man's case is nettled.
You are mistaken. Ho goes to the back
door. Ho is driven away. But the
case is not yet pettlcd. The next thing
you know he enters at night. Ho is abur-
glar. Ho is caught ; ho is convicted ; ho
ib sent to the penitentiary , and you im
agine that the case is settled.
But it is not. Your must remember
that you have to keep all the agencies
in life for the purpose of taking care of
these people. You have lo build and
maintain your penitentiaries , your
courls of juslico : you have lo pay your
judges , your district atlornoys , your
juries , your witnesses , your detectives ,
your police all these people must bo
paid. So that , after all , it is a very
expensive way of settling this question.
You could have done it far more cheaply
had you found this burglar when ho
ho was a child , had you taken
his father and mother from the tene
ment house , or had you compelled the
owners to keep the tenement clean ; or if
you had widened the strcols , if you had
plan led a few Irccs , if you had plenty
of baths , if you had had a school in the
neighborhood. If you had taken some
interest in this family some interest
in fliis child instead of breaking into
houses ho might have been a builder of
houses.
it Worked Uoili Ways.
Now York Sun : A plump litllo col
ored girl sat on a stoop in South Fifth
nvonuo gloating over a bib and lucious
blicoof watermelon. Two ether lilllo
girls sat beside her and watched the
melon vanish between two glistening
rows of ivory. The other girls wanted
a piece of the melon just about as much
as anybody can want anything. When
the slice was half gone ono of them
looked pleadingly at the melon-oatorand
murmured :
" "Tildy , gimme some o' uat ar wator-
milinl"
"Chile " said the middle
, girl , looking
reprovingly at the pleader , "whnrdid ,
yoh learn yoh manners. Don't ych
know dat it am impolite lo axe fo' any-
Ihing. I won't give you any o' diq
watcrmilin kase you axes fo' it. "
The lilllo girl who asked for the
melon got up and went away. Then the
ether ono ventured lo remark , looking
up in Malilda'b face :
" 'Tildy , I didn't ask fo' any watermelon -
melon ! "
"I know yoh didn't. Hannah , and do
reason ych didn't nx fo' any watcrmilin
is kaso yoh didn't wan any. "
Hannah got up and followed her im
polite litllo friend , and Matilda htorcd
away Iho rcsl of Iho melon wilhoul in
terruption. _ _
Iloiicicaiilt on Character.
Dion Boui'icault has been telling the
readers of the Now York Herald what
bo thinks about the portrayal of charac
ter. The pith of his ideas on the sub
ject is contained in this paragraph :
"Tho portrait of character by the
dramatist in his imagination and its
formation by the performer on the
stage is a collusion into whifih enters
as profound a philosophy as the human
mind can receive and contain. It is the
creation of an ideal man and his endow
ment with a vital and moral principle.
Chnrnclor I hold to bo the distinction
existing between man and man , who
suffer ditTorontly under similar calami
ties or good fortune. Othollo suspocls
his wife as Sir Peter Tctulo suspects
his. The manner in which each hus
band is affected by his jealousy betrays
bib character , or , what is less correctly
called , the nature of the man. The poet
shapes him in thi > abstract. The actor
makes him concrete , giving him sub
stantial being.
Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castorla.
When Jlaby was lcV , vrn gftTe h r Cutorts.
When die WM a CbllJ , aht cried for CutbrU ,
When ube l > ctno Mis * , elio cluny to OxatorU ,
'Vlieu tthu luU CUJI Jrva , alia iivo ; them CMtorU.
DIAMONDS
Watches and Diamonds Found in Tea
and Coffee A Novel Way of ln <
trodncing Goods.
The names of all persons finding diamonds
mends , watches , etc. , are added to thij
list daily. The Overland Tea company
of San Franciscohavo , refitted the store ,
220 S. llth St. , near Farnam , Omaha ,
and in order lo introduce their goods ,
this company put for GO d'U's , souvenirs
ii > every can of tea and colfeo Fold such
as fcolid gohl , silver and nickel watches ,
also genuine diamonds , in solid gold
betting ; also money , and many other
articles of less valuo. Every can con
tains a souvenir. The coll'eo , can and
contouls weigh about Ihroo pounds ; the
lea , can nnd contents about ono and a
half pounds. This expensive nnd novel
way of advertising will bo discontinued
after 00 days , and those really choice
goods will bo sold strictly on their mor
ns but v , itltoul. the souvenir. Of course
ovary purchaser must not expect to got
n diamond oratoh. . This company
claim that they have just ns good n
right to give away watches , diamonds
or other jowolryand money as their com-
polilors have to give tuvay glassware ,
chromes , etc. Got up a club. Those
who got up a club order most always got
a handsome present. Orders by mall
promptly forwarded to all parts'of the
United States on receipt of cash or post-
office order. Terms : Single can $1 ; six
for $ f > ; thirteen for 810 , and twonty-bov-
onforfcM. Address Overland Tea Co. ,
Omaha. Nebraska.
Mrs. J. M. Hamillon. Soulh 20th st. ,
diamond ring in tea ; Mrs. T. W. Whit-
inoro , Council lUulls , silver butler dish ;
Mr. J. G. Uussoll , Cass si. , gent's gold
hunting case watch ; Mrs. D. C. Baum-
gardner , North Kith fat. , silver cake
stand ; Mrs. E. Judd , North Oth St. ,
silver sugar bowl ; Mr. W. R. Parker ,
Howard st. , can money in tea ;
Mrs. Charles Bellman , South lliM st. ,
silver 11 vo bottle castor ; Mrs. D. B.
S. Luplcr , Lincoln , Nob. , mail order ,
$10.00 in gold coin , in ten ; Mr. J. P.
Schunke , 15th and Millarn , diamond
ring in tea ; Mr. E. C. Whilnoy , Har-
noy bt. , bilvor sugar bowl ; Mrs. Frank
Lawrence , Cupilol ave. , gent's diamond
bhirt stud in tea ; Mrs. John Sullivan ,
1'Jth and Williams bts. , silver pickle
stand ; Margaret Con way , Court st. , sil
ver sugar bowl ; Mrs. II. M. Baxter , Al
liance , Neb. , mail order , diamond col
lar button in tea ; Mrs. Edw. Conant ,
Farnam st. , ladies' elegant gold lacopin ,
diamond , ruby _ and sapphire setting ;
Mr. Edward Bisscll , Douglas st. , silver
cup ; Mrs. E. H. Burdick , Cum-
ing st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs.
F. F. Campbell , Arlington , Nob. , mail
order , diamond stud in tea ; Airs. All
Thompson , Park aye. , silver water
pitcher ; Mibs Katie LilligVietorstroot ,
diamond ring in lea : Mr. Chas. Rob-
ison , Howard Bt. . silver pickle bland ;
E. J. Knapi ) , Hickory st.diamond ring
in tea ; C. R. Mitcho'll , Dos Molnos , la. ,
$20.00 in gold coin , mailorder ; Mrs. M. ,
C. Rundul | , silver sugar bowl ; L. A.
Pickering , 1st Lieutenant U. S. A.
Fort Omaha , diamond ring in tea ; Mrs.
Kitlie Webber , 10th st. , silver fruit
stand ; Chas. 11. Davis , Dccatur st. , diamond
mend ring in tea ; Mrs. Chas. De-Wolf ,
mail order , Kearney , Nob. , elegant
ladies' gold watch in tea ; Mrs. L. N.
Kelcham , silver sugar bowl , 17th st. ,
O. B. Logg , 45 and Jackson , diamond
ring in tea.
Miss Sadie Gibson , Twenty-sixth
street , silver cup ; Louis Gardner , mail
order , Grand Island , Nob. , hunting case
gold watch in lea ; Mrs. Phillip Collins ,
South Tiyolfth street , diamond ring ;
Miss Marie Parker. River View , silver
cup ; Alice Ridley , mail order , Missouri
Valley Junction$50 in gold coin in tea ;
Mrs. Sheridan , North Twentieth wtreqt ,
silver butter dish ; Mark A. Andrews ,
Sixteonlh street , can money ; Mr. J. E.
Stover , South Twentieth blrcet , silver
caster ; D. E. Mollus , South Omaha ,
silver five bottle caster ; Funniu
Sharply , Dodge street , cluster diamond
mend ring in tea ; Miss Mary Adams ,
Jackson bt. , silver live bottle castor ;
Annie Watson , Davenport st. , can
money ; Morris Johnson , Park avo. ,
cluster diamond scarf pin in lea ; Ernest
Mcsborshcith , Franklin st. , silver but ,
ter dish ; Ida Lewiston , N. 2th ( ) st.-
bandsomo gold lace pin , diamond , ruby
and sapphire setting ; Geo. L. Hutchinson -
son , mail order Mascot , Nob. , silver oup ;
Mrs. R. B. Wagner , Springfield , Dak. ,
silver sugar bowl ; W.A.ICeolerGrafton ,
Nob. , mail order , diamond ring ; Frank
McGinlcy , mail order , Kearney , Nob. ,
solitaire diamond shirt stud ; Ellen
Jones , Cass St. ; diamond ring ; Andrew
Roberts , 8th St. , $ o.OO in gold coin in
tea ; C. II. Andrews , Fremont , Nob. ,
diamond ring ; Isaao Sill , Hustings ,
Neb. , mail order , Mom winding and
blom bolting watch ; Mrs. Hanohisiro ,
Jackson st. , silver pickle stand ; Charles
Kellcy , Harnov st. , can money ; Mr.
John 1'otter , 29th st. , silver pickle
bland ; Mrs. S. G. Diimturd , Douglas st. ,
diamond ring ; Sadie Hannaford , Faru-
am street , bilvor sugar bowl ; Julia
llyinan , Oth fat , , nnd a hunting case
gold watch in ten ; Mrs. M. J. Frank , of
the Co//.otiB hotel , boltuiro diamond
ring ; Mrs. Schlimmo , S. 'JUtli , silver
butterdish ; Benjamin Lewis , Tuonty-
Eighth St. , gentlemen's hunting case
gold watch in lea ; RosaScldon , Farnam
bt. , bilvor pieklo stand ; Belle Stewart ,
St. Mary's avo. , can of money ; Mrs.
Alice , Pinknoy st. , silver buttur dish ;
Mrs. I. N. Hammond , Central avo. ,
silver sugar bowl ; U. J. WattoS. 27th ,
diamond ring ; C. Stowarl , Pioneer
houbo , 10th and Dodge sis. , silver cup.
L. J. With row , Leavcnworth street ,
diamond ring ; Salllo Dillurd , mall or
der , Atchibon , Kan. , hunting case gold
natc-li in tea ; 13. B.vrtlow , N. 18th , diamond
mend ring ; Harry Ulanchard , Douglas
Ureot , $20 in gold coin ; Jennie White ,
! 0th hircot , ear ring ; Miss Maltio Don-
nislon , Oth and Hickory strools , diamond
mend ring ; Plunbo Falkart , California
street , cluster diamond ring ; Miss Nel
lie Ludlow , 22d and Clnrk , silver live-
bottle castor : Win. Gray , Farnam bt.W
in gold coin in leu ; MiwsCnrrlo ICoiiyon ,
Douglas street , silver pickle stand ; R.
J. Stadlcr , mail order , Nebraska City ,
Nob. , solid gold ring , diamond , ruby
md sapphire betting in tea ; Miss Sudio
Whcolor , Soventeenlh stieut , can
money ; Miss Nellie Linden , between
Jackson and Jones , diamond ring ; Fred
Sooner , Council BlulTri , can money :
Willie Mondon , Hamilton street , ladies'
: : hatolaine watch in tea ; Richard White ,
rwontioth street , silver fruit stand ;
Kay Mandul , Cuming street , silver five-
bolllo caslor ; II. A. Haskoll , superin
tendent of'J'HH HEK , silver pickle sland ;
[ loo. Gage , Jackson slroet , can money ;
Louis Manford , 20th st. , elegant gold
lace pin , diamond , ruby and sapphire
letting ; Miss Belle Dob'oe , mail order ,
York , Nob. , gonts1 clufator diamond
ring in tea ; Christ Roth , 7th st. . diamond
mend ring ; Nora lliiKay , Ohio st. , $10
in gold coin ; Sadie Roberts , Daven
port St. , silver butter dUh ; Dun Sulli
van , California st. , silver cake basket ;
Mrs. John Donovan , Capitol avo. , silver
wislor ; E. M. Nastol , So. 13th , diamond
ring ; O. P. Stuart , Clark st. , silver
sugar bowl ; W. L. Wallers , Lincoln ,
Nob. , diamond ring ; W. B. Walson ,
Windsor hotel , diamond ring.
Mrs. Sloln , 42d and Farnam , silver
fruit bland ; Mb * Cusack , Fort Omaha ,