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TEE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. AUGUST 23 , 18Sa THE DAILY DEE. ' rujuifmin ! : KVKUY . or s Jr lyf > tornlnRJailloUmi.lUillliB8c. : | iAY rim : , dmY ! .ir . . $1 ° w J'or. Lx Months . > . I' V | ror'lhr-e Moulin . . . . . . . "W 'Jin.ijMAiiAfli'.NiiAv Mini , mulled to any mlilrof * , Ono Vi'.ir . , . SCO OVAll.AOmrK.tllH. Mil iNMlV101''AUVAMHTIUUVr. ' . M\S : VOHKUmi K. KOOMtHANIl IftTlltlll-Ni : lllTH.MVd. \MIISI1TO.X OlMCK , Nt ) . 01.1 lOUlm.hNTII tillll'.nT. coimr.si'ONiiv.Ncn. All commtinlcntlotis rHitmirto ntnvs turn Pill- lorlnl inntlcr jUoulcl Ijo addlei-aed totliul.DlTOll nrstvi MTrr. . : ! . ? . All business Irltcri iui'1 remittances should , bo mldrcs cd toTiiK IIF.K I'riiLisnisii < OMI-ANV. OMAHA Prattrhorks nml politico orders tu be nin < payable to thu order of tliu company. The Bee Publishing Coiimany , Proprietors , K. KOSKWATEn , Editor. Y HKB. Hwiirn Rtatiitncnt ol Circulation. Etntont Xuhrafkn , | County of Douglm.1B > S < Oio. II. TzBcliurk. m-rrdnry ot The Hco 1'nb- Jlshlng company , does solemnly s\vi-ir : that tlio nrtimf circulation of Tin : DAII.V UKK for the \u-ok flirting AiiRUtt If , Ibbtf , WIIH as tollims. Fumluy , AiiKii-tli . IMV ) Monday , Aumnti : ! . I" . Tuesday , August U . lVi Wcflnpvlny. AiiKitst n 'I'liun-tlay , Au unt ID rrldiiy , AUKIIM 17 batunluy , Average . Ih.HVI . Sworn to I'eforo ' mo nnd subscribed in my jiresento this IMh < 1.iy of August. A. 1) ) . 1K < U N.I' . KKl U Notary 1'uullc. Etatu of N'olirankB , I . a Count } of DoiiKlns , f B > < CroiK" II. Tzwimck , IjolnRflnt duly woin.de- Jiovs nnd bnyslhnt ho is fctcrttaiy ot 'iho lluo J'liMlshlUK company , tlint the ixctiml nvuriiKU dally circulation ot ' 1 in ; DAH.V llii : : for the mouth of AllKUSt , JhBT , WHS 11,151 copies : lor Hppt 'Tirt > erfffl \ , H.iH' ' conies ; for October. 1M-7 , H , ti copies ; for fcovumner , ] F , iri2.'rtcopli'sror ! ; Detumoer , 1W7 , K < lll cop- IPS ; for.lnmiary , ISf-C. I'.UOilioplen ; for { Vhrmiry , JH.IBWeronlcHfirJliirch.1SN-.lirfcl ( ; ! ! copies ; for April. 1W * , 18,714 copies ; for May , 1N > * , is.isl ropiest ; for Juue.lH * . Jt''JW ' copies : for .Inly , IhW , JJ.UH coplPH. Oio. : 1I.1XSCIIIJCI { . Pwointo Deforo me nnd snb.sciibed In my pretence this Istduv of August. A. I ) . . IRC * . N. 1' . 1'Klh Notary 1'ubllo. WATTJMISON'S star-oycd goddess is troubled with sleeplessness. She is setting ting up o' nights composing Mr. Clove- land's letter. .LU'K-IX-TIIIMIOX-BOUI-AXGKII is Oil top again. The electors of thrco dis tricts pulled the string and landed him u second time in the French chamber of deputies. What will ho do nowV GKNEUAL HAHHISOJJ , on the 20th Snst. , pabsod his fifty-fifth milo-nost in the journey through life , and has taken the short-cut road marked by the fingerboard - board "Direct to the White Houbc. " TIIKHK is no truth whatever in the report that General Van Wyck is a candidate for congress in this district. Had lie boon a candidate ho would have eo announced long ago. IIo is not in the habit of making a still-hunt for any offlco. "GKNKUAT , " CUUTIS , the presidential nominee of the American party , has one great advantage over his competi tors. IIo has a bank account of $2,000- 000 , and can alTord to invite his whole party of five hundred to his country liouso nnd read his loiter of accopt- tinco from the front stoop. THK inspectors of paving should cn- force the specifications with regard to the si/.o of wooden blocks. Some of the blocks that nro now being put in meas ure twelve to sixteen inches in diameter. Such blocks will rot out much sooner than the smaller sizes , and hence the streets in which they arc used will become iuipassablo in a very few years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WHIMS the United States is in the throes of a political canvass the republic of Hnyti is in the throes of a revolution. President Solomon is an exile , the revo lutionists nro in power , and a now government - ornmont is to bo formed. Moro trouble is likely in store for the negro ropublio , and Uncle * Sam may bo called awa > from his engrossing duties lor a moment to sot things aright in the little island. KANSAS CITY complains of railroad discrimination and is sighing for the ostnblibhmcnt of u freight burcav "similar to the ones in Chicago , St , Louis , Omaha , Sioux City and othoi places. " A railroad bureau is undoubtedly odly a benefit to the merchants of i city , providing the managers are captv bio and trustworthy mon. Too often liowovor , the railroads got a lion on the bureau , and the merchants are hold uj nnd skinned. IT is a universal rule for railroads t < discriminate against small shipper : through classification by making i higher rate for shipments less than cat- load lots than for the shipments ol whole carloads. The excuse for doiii { . this is that it costs a railroad more ti hnndlo Email quantities than it does t whole carload of freight. In couso quonco the tendency has boon to favo : the largo shipper at the expense of tin smaller one. This form of discrimina tion , which effects the small farmoi principally , is to bo brought to the at . tontion of the intor-stnto commission. CHIRP SUA.VKY , us a member of th board of health , has taken the gnrbag question in hand by addressing a lotto to the council calling its nttonllon ti the Inadequate facilities for dlsposlnj of tlio city's rofuso. The dump boat have proven expensive and unsatisfac tory. With an outlay of from three ti flvo thousand dollars the city can orec n garbage crematory which will provi olloctivo. The health of Omaha do rnands it. A disregard of sanitary prin olplos has brought on an opidomio o typhoid fever in Donvor. The author ! ties of that city nro now moving hoavoi find earth to s amp out the dibcaso Omaha should not follow Denver's o.\ nmplo of indifference until the lust me mont. Rather lot our city profit by th example ot Minneapolis , where a crc niatory was erected by private sul Bcriptlons to bo reimbursed by the citj owing to the fact that at the tlmo n funds were In the treasury npplicabl for the purpose. Now the crematory 1 Bolf-supporting and brings in a , rovoiiu sufficient to pay back the temporal' , loan. The gurbago question in Omuh is one that must bo mot. The city carnet not afford to have its reputation injure nnd its business impaired by an op domic scare. The financial loss woul bo incalculable ns compared with th low dollars necessary to prurcut auoh calamity. An Appnnt Tor Decency. The republican stuto convciition-whioh issumblcs nt Lincoln to-day has an op- wrttinity to strengthen the jnirty and nstirc its continued supremacy in con- .rol of the btato government. While "opublicnns of every faction are in per- 'cct ' harmony as regards the national .ii'kot , there is sorlo.ts danger of dls- : ord and disaster unless the convention mall have the courage to place party oinlty nbovo coriwrato interests. The : > arty cannot , nt this critical juncture , . cpcat the crimes and blunders of the [ > ast. Eight years ago the republicans jf this state were forced to a choice of rating for John M. Thurston and James Laird ns presidential electors or do- [ eating James A. Garfield. This spring Nebraska was represented at Iho national republican convon- Lion by seven railroad lawyers headed liy John M. Thurston. and this man riiurston , the ino.it br.izon and unscru pulous of legislative brlbo distributors ind chief conspirator against good gov ernment. Is it not high time for the republican parly lo purge ilaolf of this polluting and corrupting influence ? lias not the time arrived for the party lo assort its independence from rail road domination V Are wo to , enter the present campaign handicapped by a meaningless platform and candidates that are known to bo subservient to the railroads ? Will Ne braska never bo emancipated from their baneful influence ? Tlio 1'nrty Not H The effort of democratic organs , and of llioao bo-callod independent journals , which are equally zealous in laboring for the success of the democracy , to hold the republican party in any sense ordc- grco responsible for the mistaken ut- lorancoij of Mr. Blainoregarding Irti&ls , will have no effect upon fair-minded mon. In that matter , Mr. Blaine spoke for himself alone , and the whole re sponsibility must fall upon him. Wliother or not Mr. Blaine was familiar with what the republican party had de clared through its national con vention regarding trusts , or was aware of what representative republi cans had done in congress for the sup- proshion of these and all similar com binations , or know anything of the sen timent of the republican press nnd the masses of the party on this subject , his declaration regarding trusts was dis tinctly hostile to the views and the atti tude of the party , and responsibility for it must in justice rest upon Mr. Blaine alone. Wlion n political party has ex plicitly and unqualifiedly avowed a principle or doctrine it cannot bo fairly hold responsible for something wholly different proclaimed by one of its load ers , however high ho may bo in its councils and confidence. The democratic party s > aid not n single word in its national platform regarding trusts. Nowhcro in the deliberations of itb nnllonnl convention does it appear that any one had a thought hostile lo Iho monopolistic combinations that have multiplied with most alarming rapidity since the present administration ennio into power. Neither the millionaire coal operator , Mr. William L. Scott , nor the wealthy railroad manipulator , Colonel Calvin S. Brice , nor the Mary land railroad politician , Senator Gor man , nor that zealous friend of the people plo and champion of the "star-oyed goddess of reform , " Henry Wattorson all professing as democratic load ers to have the interests and welfare of the people so much at heart had a word to say an tagonizing the trusts. All those gon- llomon were prominent and potential in the deliberations of the convention. They were members of the commitlec that reported the platform. But thoii professed concern for the public welfare did not suggest to them to incorporate in that declaration of the party's prin- pics nsinglo expression unfavorable tc combinations of capital for stifling com mercial competition and thereby con trolling and regulating production and prices in tlio interest of these combina tions. They were absolutely silent re garding this very important matter , anil what makes their silence the more im- pre&sivo is the fact that the platform was constructed at Washington and received the approval of Mr. Clovolani long in advance of its appearance ii St. Louis. What was the motive Ilia induced the president and his most intimate - timato counsellors to omit all rofcronci. to trusts in a declaration of principle : intended to mnko the most plau.slblt and effective bid for the popular voto' Did tney conclude that for the prof-on at least it was expedient to regard UIOM combinations as private allairs will \vhicli no private citizen has any partie ular right to interfere ? What is the record of the dom ocratio liouso of representatives nisi in relation to the trusts' ; It has instituted invofligations but absolutely nothing of prnc tical value has como of thorn. A wholl ; worthless report was after repeated of' forts drawn from the committee 01 manufactures , giving the result of it partial nnd inadequate investigations o the Standard Oil and sugar trusts , bu presenting no now facts and making m suggestions or recommendations foi dealing by legislation witli those com blnatlons. Tlioro was a great deal c bluotor and promlbo early in the session sion , but nothing has boon nccom plibhed. Bills have boon introduce for the suppression and prevention o trusts , but they have been buried li committee rooms. Tlio democratic nn tionnl convention nnd the democrat ! house of representatives have nvoldc any expression inimical to the trusts and there is very excellent reason t believe that in this the wish of Mi Cleveland himself has boon the author ity nnd guide. It docs not therefore be come the democratic party or its organ to berate the republican party or at tempt to hold it responsible for the mh take of ono of its loaders. Tlio position of the republican part , regarding the trusts is too strongly an clearly defined to bo nffcctcd by any thin which Mr. Blnlne o ? any other individ unl member of the party may say. Th national platform says : "Wo declnr our opposition to nil combination of capital organized in trust or otherwise- control nrbitrnril the conditions of tnulo among our cit ! , V. ' .ens , nnd wo recommend to congress- md the state legislatures In their re- ipoutivu jurisdictions , tmch IcgUlutioti IB will prevent the execution of nil ickouioa to oppress the pco lo by undue ihnrgos on their supplies , or by unjust wtod for the Irunsportuttoii of their iroddota tonmrkot. " There can bo no Urnbl ns to the meaning of this , and Ha sincerity hus boon nttostcd by the ofTorts ) f Senator Sherman nnd other republi cans In congress to secure legislation .lint would destroy the trusts. The party being thus clearly on record , the lomourntic nttompt to injure it before the people because of the mistaken ut- tormicoa of Mr. Blalno will bo futile with ill fair-minded men. .Sailing tlnuVr Kalso Pretenses. Councilman Bedford is reported as snying that ho was convinced nothing would be done about the city hall until the council had found out by a vote of the people where they want the city hull built. Councilman Dodford may not have been in Omaha in ISS-T when the location of the city hall was sub mitted to a vote of the people. IIo probably is ignorant of the fact that the location was fully and freely discussed three years ago this sum mer , and that the proposition to locate and erect the city hall on the corner of Kighteonth and Parnnm received over thrco thousand voles , with Ions than one hundred nnd fifty polled against it. Does Mr. Bedford pretend that the action taken by the people only holds good for one city council ? Docs ho or any other man pretend that the people did not know what thi y were about when they voted to issue two hundred thousand dollars in bonds to build the city hall on the site fixed in the oloctioit of November , 18H5V Has ho heard nothing about the ruling of the court which expressly declares that the city hall is already located , and that the council is in duly bound to complete the building without material alteration of the plans which were rati fied by a popular votoV Wo concede Mr. Bedford to bo a good business man. lie was elected because people believed him to bo such. Can ho for one moment justify the con duct of the council in its courio with re gard to the city hall building ? Would fcny reputable business man violate con tract obligations as the council have done in expending over twenty thou sand dollars of school money under con tract with the board of education on the city hall basement , and then repudiate its obligations ? Would any prudent business man allow the foundations of a fire-proof building go to wreck and ruin , as the council have done with the city's property ? Is not Mr. Bedford aware that the present council have acted in bad faith toward the taxpayers and citizens in everything pertaining to the city hall building ? They have pretended that the ; Myers plans were imperfect , and yet two-thirds of the council have never so much as looked at the Myers plans. They have trumped up the charge that THK BKI : building would endanger the city hall foundations , when in fact no engineer or architect has over dared to place himself on record in support of this false pretense. On the con trary THK HKI : building has , if anything , made the foundations of the city hall more secure. They have trumped up the charge that THE BKK building leaves no light for the east side of the city hall , but the men that invented this pretext , arc urging that the space between the two buildings bo closed up , when they know that such a change would exclude all the light from olllco rooms on the cast side of the city hall. They have assorted that the basement walls , for which the City has already paid thirty thousand dollars , nro inse cure , but this is disproved by every Omaha architect whoso opinion has boon asked. They have declared over and over again that the city hall , as planned by Myers , would not afford room enough for the city's demands , but when the plans nro consulted it is found that the building will not only accommo date every officer of the city , afford ample room for the school board and the public library and still contain twenty odd offices for which no occu pant can bo designated. Furthermore , the proposition to cut the building down in its dimensions shows on it : face bad faith with regard to the plea that the building is not largo enough for all the wants of the city. In conclusion , let us nek Mr. Bedford why the council refused to invite bids for the building this season , when brick can bo had at six dollars athouband.ant other materials are twenty per eonl cheaper than last year , nnd labor if abundant nnd anxious to find work' : Does not the conduct of the council sho\\ \ skullduggery nnd chicanery at cvorj stop that , has been taken in this matter. IIow do those councilman who wo til into court and swore that they novoi intended to ehango location and won acting in good faith , justify their coti' duct since the court issued its restrain' ing order ? There is no suspicion attaching tc Mr. Bcdford'slntogrity , but ho cnnnol consistently play into the hands ol wreckers and boodlors , who have no regard for common decency , ani defiantly ignore the wishes nnO interests of this community. It is n ; plain as the nose on a man's face thu the prime object of several of the com' mou scoundrels who have boon playinp shuttlecock on the city hall , is to blood the property owners of upper Furnatr and compel support from thorn politl cully. But these blackmailing boodlor : will never got a dollar if wo can provcni it , and they will never bo able to maki a trade that will secure them politica help from that quarter. K's i\ll OIooiislilno , Another preposterous schema hai boon hatched by the docr-in-tho-mangoi gung to obstruct the building of thociti hall on upper Farnam. This time it i : proposed that the county commissioner , shall swap the court house square ant court house to the city for JolTorbOi square , nnd build a now court house 01 that spot at an expense of halt amlllioi dollars or more. What a sugar-plun tills would bo for .boodlers ? But it is all moonshine. The count : ommlt slonor3 Imvq no right to trade jff the court house or sell a' foot of .ho court house square with- 3Ut sanction by the people it nn election. The people of Douglas : ounty will never give them permission Or such n trade. They would not do so jvcn if they had not bonded the county 'or building the court house. A public Jtiilding in Jefferson square would invo to bo ton stories high to imlco it strikingly prominent. It wovtld jest n hundred thousand dollars extra ror securing the foundations if the nillding is to bo fire-proof and lo cover lalf of the square. The court house nay bo rebuilt within the next fifty rears with a view of combining the city nid county offices under ono roof but the 'ourt hou. o will not bo relocated during , ho present generation. Tin : stiibboriios' ) of the Sioux re garding their Dakota reservation is oponted in Colorado , where the Utes "Ofuso lo leave their lands in Iho south western part of the state and remove to Utah. The government ims boon iniolly engaged for some time in no- jotinling with these Colorado Indians , nit with no apparent HUCCOS-S. The > eoplo of that part of the state are . haling under the obstinacy of the In- liuns. The needy of the btnlo demand hat this boction of it bo developed , but , ho Utos bland as an impassable barrier n the way. Under existing treaties , so eng ub the tribes will not dispose of Lhoir interests , and bo long as they pro- -orvo pence , it is impossible for the [ jovorniiioiit to remove Ilium. In this respect the Indian is treated boiler -ban n while man. The property of .ho latter may bo taken for public use jy the payment of a just compensation whether lie bo willing or not. But an fndiati cannot bo divested of his hold ing without his consent without a viola tion of his treaty rights. Ho is indeed ii monopolist beyond the roach of law 01 legislation. Tun ordinance patscd by the council providing that persons fined in the po lice court , and who are unable to pay shall bo required to work out the lines on the slrools iuslcad of being kept in prif-on at an expense to the people , will unquestionably receive general approval after it shall have gone into operation The ' 'ball and chain" policy is good noi merely on economical grounds , but as an inllucnco for the prevention of the class of misdemeanors that subject tin perpetrators merely to lines. Tlio average ago bummer vio\vv \ > with alarm the pro * pcct of' having , to put in days o labor in shoveling dirt or per forming other1 work on the btroots as the penalty of n spree , am many of thorn will bo led thereby li slop short of the line of danger. Sue ) a result will be a good thing for tin city and also for the average binmnoi who may elect to t-omain here after tin ordinance goes into effect. A brie trial will demonstrate tlio worth of sucl a regulation. Win Lie Mayor Brontoh has boon over ruled by the council on his veto of tin proposed appropriation for lightinj Sherman avenue during the fair , hisac tion is in perfect conformity with tin law which forbids overlaps. Accordinj to the estimates of the comptroller then is already nn overlap of over ton tiiou sand dollars , and with tlio besteconom ; it will reach twenty thousand dollar from the current expenses , not includ ing even the gas bills. It is the plaii duty of the mayor to vote any rcsolu Honor ordinance that makes an overlap no matter what the consequence migh bo. In this instance Iho council ha closed ils eyes on the stubborn fact thu there is no money in the treasury , be cause it wanted to encourage and assis in making the fair n success. But fo all that , the appropriation was illegal 1/AnOJl NOl'JOS. A Kansas salt milker hai constructed "Lot's wlfo" of his product anil sent it as a advertisement tothoCincinnnti exposition. The Mexican government Is maklnpr larg experiments of honnequin , the valuable ne\ fibre , In the state of GunymaB. in the hope o introilucliicr a now and profitable industry. Dekran Taylor , a native of Turkey , wh 1ms served several years' anprcuticeship i un iron manufactory in Troy , N. Y. , is nbou to sail for homo. Ho will endeavor to secur the sultan's consent to the establishment o iron works in Turkey. A movement hns been inaugurated for th consolidation of the Hour mills and bakeric in Liverpool in ono prcat establislimen where the breadmakinu of the city niny b done In immense ovens , under the moa highly scientific conditions mid ut n materii saving in cost. The Saturday half-holiday Is growing mi idly in favor. In the east not only the store anil shops nro closing Saturday ahornooi but the factories and louudries also. H look as though the half-holidiiy is destined to h as much an occasion of regular observant as is Sunday. The statistical reports show some rcmnrl able features of trade life in forviKii com tries. In Knplnml there are IM7 femal blacksmiths , not blnuUsmiths in the sense c ownin ? und running smithies merely , In ; actual swingers of tlio hammer nnd bellow There are also 0,13S women who are en ployed In nail making. A suggestion which fruit packers and con : mission merchant * rtiay find valuable come from n Tump ( Fin. ) orango-grower. Ho c : porimcntcd In a small way with difforer schemes for packing his fruit until ho tlnull settled upon sand ( is the best possible mi tcrial. Ho claims that oranges packed 1 dry sand have kept fi'csh since the 1st of hi ; December. A now measuring ; tbol for carpenters ha bcmi Invented. It is an Inside callper , in tli lorm of two wcdec.9 , , ono with graduate steps , the small enU of both being in th same direction. The wedges arc lilted wit tongue and groove , und a screw nt the bac moves the slides With the graduated steps o the other wedge , It affords a now motho of milking inside measurements and is inatl cuiatlcully exact. The ; Oiitli > l > ki in California. San FrnHflncii Chi tinkle. The pretended conndenccof the democrat : party with regard to the presidential olcctio in California ought not to deceive any om It resembles nothing so much us the whi tllng of a small boy going through a gravi yard after dnrk , who pipes up very feebl anil shakily In order to sustain his droopin courage , but who is in mortal terror all tl tlmo lest wspoolt shall catch him. Tlio Appeal of Dakota. Mtnneavolh Tribune. Tlio stirring nppsal of disfranchised Di kQta to President Cleveland , asking that h send a special messenger to congress repoii mending the admission of two states is hm Ing an educating effect upon the people < the eastern states. It has bean published 1 nearly all the metropolitan dallies of tl country , with editorial comment usually , nn Is thus provoking such discussion as wl serve to enlighten public opinion as to tli singular impropriety of American * rccotn- nibndlng the policy ot homo ruld Justice to Ureut Llritnln , whUo pursuing n policy of oven greater outrngo toward n common wealth within the borders of the United States. _ _ Gettluu Scared. A'uiniM Clltf Juurnnt. There is no disguising the fuel the Demo crats nro getting scared , and nro beginning to talk out. Our renders hnvo soon the ro- | ) orts of dissatisfaction with Chairman ISrico , but that seems really to bo but a tub to the whale or , In fact , nn nttompt to whip Mr. Cleveland over Mr. Udoo'a shoul ders. Mr. Editor \Vutterson has bcn talk ing , and Watlcrsou talks energetically al ways. Hero Is what ho snys : "I myself wrote to the president n few days ago , 1 n which I asked him whether or not ho was With us in this campaign , The democratic party was never bettor organised tlmn In i his contest , so fur us the army is concerned. But wo want to know whether wo huvo n leader. " _ 1 * liriuc a Traitor ? The Incoinpptonuy of Calviu S. Brice for his responsible position on the democratic campaign committee was hinted at bcforo ho Imd held that post two weeks. Congressman Scott , it appears , was doubtful of hla ability fro.n the Ural , and Sotmlor ( jonnnn , who has Imd more experience ns a campaign manager nnd orgnnizcr than any other democrat , with the possible exception ofV. . II. IJarmun , was long ago , it hus been reported , disgusted with Hrico's way of conducting the canvass. Democratic congressman and democratic newspapers huvo repeatedly shown by their words their want of coatluonco in him , and lie himself 1ms proven by his Indiscreet and diimiitriiig admissions to nowdpapcr corre spondents that ho lacks ono of thu most 03- sontliil qualities in a military or political loader thut of .silence regarding his own plans nnd the prospect elf the forces which ho directs. The latest report concerning Brice is that ho is now suspected of being n trnltor cither to the president or the party , and that Congressman Scott luis advised Mr. Cleve land to replace him by some democrat whose qualifications and loyalty are undoubted. bTATIO AND TKIUUTOKY. Nebraska Jottings. Verndon wants n bank. Urowster will hold an election September 1 on thu question of issuing school house bonds. Live , energetic young business mon are wanted ut Uruwster with a little money nnd a big pile of unt. Pine Creek , in Sheridan county , Is filled with thousands ot brook trout. Tha stream was slocked with live hundred of the fish two years ugo. The crop of oats in S.irpy county is disap pointing to thu farmers , but the abundant yield of other cereals nioro tlmn makes up for the one delieiency. In roforrinc to the little affair nt Guide Ga/.eUe-Jouniul "tho Uocktho Hustings / - biiys gentleman was lynched before his execu tioners knew tlint his victim would die. " 1'cople living nt Muiulornon , Chase county , report having seen u rainbow at midnight on Tuesday of lust week. A slight shower \\us falling ut the time ami the moon was shining brightly. A number of Hastings citizens were start led the other niijht by the spectacle of n prominent business man chusing n tough looking character with H hugo ehseso knife in one liund und grim determination in the oilier. Tlio tough looking character would have received no more than ho deserved had lie uecn tajght. Iowa. There are liO cases on the district courl dor-net of Marshal county. The chairman of the state prohibition com mittco claims that the state will give FisVi lU.OllO votes. Tlio tumbling rod of a threshing machine robbed Fnnl Hobcrt of hi3 right car nl Charles City. The Buchnnan county fair will Introduce t novelty in the shape of a grind. barbecu ( with n whole roast ox. Davenport's now directory gives the city's population as ; ci,7 ! . > . The census of lbS ( gave the figures ! i'Ji3. ( ! Eight yoimg hidiea took the veil nnd on tcrcil tlio order of St. Frances at the Dubuque buquo convent last week. The boiler of the Iowa printing company a' ' DCS Moines burst Wednesday morning be fore the hour of beginning work , doinf. jU'K)0 ( ) worth of uumago but injuring no ono The mayor and citizens of Fort Dodge have petitioned the board of railroad com missioners to compel the Chicago , Hock Is land & Pacific railway company to reopen nnd operate their road from Tara to Fori Dodge mid erect and maintain a suitable de pot In Fort Dodge. A Muscatlno woman went to sleep with i water melon rind tied on her face to improvi her complexion. A burglar entered the roon tuut night , saw the apparition in bed and was so frightened that ho was paralyzed , and was found in that condition in the morning. lie has since become n raving maniac. Dakota. Canned corn fatally poisoned n Mandnr child last week. Salem offers 51,000 cash , 1.000 bushels o wheat und a site , for u grist mill. Wilfred wants n vnrioty of Industrie : from n wind mill factory to n national bank George Baker , of Yankton , wus sentence ! to llftecn days in jail for maltreating his son It was shown that he had chained the boy t ( a log. The Tribune says that tlio summer resort ! of tno east would turn sere and yellow will envy if they knew of the weather that Bis mnrck is enjoying. Attorney Getiural Tomuloton reports thai the total assessment of the territory , real am personal , this year , is § 101,120,074.32 ; lasl year it was $1)7OS ! I , . ' 105.00 , showing nn In- crcaso this year of ? liUOOS.83. ; ( ! Barrott'a comedy company was billed foi lirldgowntor last Friday. The Methodisl church had been engaged , but objection ; were raised to using the church for sliou purp.iscs und the company was obliged tc skip the town. Some wouhl-bo practical joker at Gram Forks the other evening secured SOU foot o hose , attached it to a hydrant and placed the nozzle In u chippy houso. The frail angch were up stairs , und when they discovered i un hour afterwards everything In the domi cile was Hooded. Tlio Children Tnko n Trip. A little boy by the immo of Vun Dornn nm n little girl named Cannon , whoso parent : live near Twenty-first nnd Leavonwortl streets , wandered nway from homo ycstor day afternoon. The boy hns reached tin mature age of llvo years , nnd the girl four At 0 o'clock they were scon nt the Unioi depot , after which nil track was lost ol them. Their parents were frnntio , nm searched the whole city over. At 'J ' o'clocl- last night the police found them nt the rcsl dcnco of Mr. Hen Wood , lit the corner o : Twenty-second nnd Chicago streets. Mr Wood found them sktmir hand in hand 01 his door-step , und realizing tlmt they were lost children took thorn in. When the patro1 wagon reached Mr. Wood's house the chil dren were feasting and making merry. Thej were taken homo by the police. Amlerflon vs. Colmrn. Commissioner Anderson has been the mov ing spirit in the effort to make Sheriff Co burn divide with the county his perquisite ! from the keeping of outside prisoners. Tin fighting attitude of the sheriff has put Mr , Anderson on his mottlo. IIo asked Countj Attorney Simeral for nn opinion , and t weighty document was delivered yosterdaj nt the office of the county commissioners Heporters were denied access to It on tlu ground that it was a private paper belonging to Mr. Anderson , and that gentleman carriei it off und or Ills coat. Moro MculicH Tor Mnj-uo. The case of Corbott vs. C. E. Mayno con tlnurs to take on an additional tangle or tw ( every day. Corbott's attorneys uru rcportct to have spotters searching for moro 01 Muyno's horses supposed to be ncattcrct about the country. Developments are ox pcctcd to-day. IN mSTlUOT COUIIT. A. ( Insbntul Mnilo DlnsoliKo and lc- ncrlH Illn Kninlly. Mrs. flnttlo Wood has begun suit against James Flunncry nnd Thomiis Collopy for ? : 3,000 for selling liquor to her husband , Colestlno Wood. The siill Is brought In tlio nnmo of tlio wlfo nnil four minor chllilron. Wood is now absent from home , nnd his fam ily have not known of his whereabouts slnco February 3 , 1SS3. The dcfendnnts were In the saloon business on Vlnton street between Slxtcontli nnd Seventeenth until that dato. The petition alleges that Wood was Intoxi- ented a large part of the tlmo from Apui , isstl. to Fobpuury , 1883 ; that the lliuor ] wsw sold him by the defendants , notwithstanding the freiniont protests of the wlfo , and that the defendants know Wood wus not supports- ing his family. The plaintiff says Wood con tributed during the lust joiruud i\ half of the period named but $ . ' 4 for the support of his family , although ho hwl previously been earning Jil n day. Mrs. Wood was compiled to sell her run I cstato nnd personal property to feed mid elotho herself nnd children , but the husband and father even robbed his family of u part of that means of supportnTlio mother lias been made sick by neglect uud abuse. County Court. The case of the Unto City Land company against Pollack was on trial before Judge Shields yesterday. . Charles 1C. Taylor , who served n year's sentence for forging county warrant * , has been sued by Charles Cm-belt for $150. Be tween November 1 , ISMi , mid March 10 , 1S37 , Corbett bought that amount of warrants of the defendant. The endorsements of the papers were forged nnd Treasurer Hollln paid tlio amounts specified. Whan these facts were learned the treasurer demanded restitution , mid Mr. Corbett. lolurncd the $ t. > 0. Taylor has failed to reimburse Cor- belt. T. W. Dilranee has sued L. U. Shooing us makers and C. E Mayno as endorsers of u note for SOSO. _ VKlili BY TI1HVAYSUU. . The Kll'ect of tliu Norfolk Mil roll on tlio Soldier- ) . Tlio news which has been received of the experience of the column which Is now marching to Norfolk shows that some of the soldiers wore not naturally Intended for the profession of arms. The wc.Uher at times has boenvcry ; bad , the most trouble being expe rienced from the rain. Tuesday morning camp was broken in the midst of a driving rain storm. The roads were almost Impassa ble , and the march was severe on man and beast. As a consequence , about twenty of the soldiers gave out. Their accoutrements were deposited in the wagons , or carried , in some instances , by thuir onlwjrs. Somoof ths soldiers were so badly used up that they were compelled to resort to the ambulances. Notwithstanding , it Is said the column will reach Norfolk two days ahead of time , or on next Saturday. Colonel Guy V. Henry , inspector of nflo practice , ha.s loft for Fort Niagara , under or ders from army headquarters , to witness the army competition. Ho will also visit Wash ington. The commander of Fort McIClnnoy tele graphed yesterday that ho had been reliably informed that about lUty Sioux were seen on tlio Little Wildcat , a tributary of the Little I'owder river. They were mov ing cautiously , avoiding ranches and making no hostile demonstrations. They were supplied with oxtw ponies , nnd well equipped in other respects. It was thought , however , that by to morrow Lieutenant Benton and his command would bo able to overtake them. In the failure of which event , however , the Indians would ho likely to reach the vicinity of the fort by nightfall. SX.VKUS Oil A Tnxvclcr'B Terrible Condition While in tlio rollcn Station. F. D. Lathrop , who is said to have beer bank statician for Hand , McNnlly & Co. , ol Chicago , in the preparation of their "redanc blue book , " was arrested early this inornliif and the charge of "snakes" preferred ngains' ' him. This afternoon a woman presented her self and asked to see him. She told thi chief that Lattirop was "broko and crazy1 and wus not suffering from the excessive use of liquor. Shortly after her departure he fell in a lit in ills cell , nnd was removed to i cot in tlio corridor , where the city physiciar attended him. His ravings were horrible and Dr. Halph decided that ho must betaken to St. Joseph's hospital or die in the citj hall. The woman was by his side shortly after ho was brought into the corridor , ani did all she could for his comfort. Sbo stateii with tears coursing down her cheeks tluil when ho hud money ho was very good to her , and she would not desert him in his trouble It Bcems Unit Lathrop's mother is quiti wealthy , and has been telegraphed her son's condition. Latlirop's course has bccu down ward lately , and it was only a short tlmo aeo that ho was before Hcrka for beating the Paxton out of a board bill. His condition is very critical. AN UAUIjY MOIINIXO BLAKE } . Two Stores on 8t. Mnry'H Avenue Used Up. The grocery store of II. A. Newman , 1711 St. Mary's avenue , was considerably dam aged by lire yesterday Tlio building , two-story frame , is owned by II. G. Clarke. The lower floor is occupied by Newman and the upper by J. H. Cunningham and William Young , roomers. Newman's loss was HOC on stock , fully insured. Clarko's flLTO , in sured , and Cunningham and Young's ' about $300 each on furniture , etc. , with no insur ance. In the noxthoiiRO there was n closed sa loon , upon which a mortgage had boon fore closed. The place 'vas shut up about a week ago by William Young , a sub-lessee of the building , who In turn rented the place to the man who Was closed. It was in this saloon , toward the roar , that the lire originated in some mysterious manner. The dnmago sus tained to Clark in both buildings will amount to $1,800. _ A Cow Gatliorors1 I5o\v. Charles Boyd and Charles Davis , two lads of sixteen tough years , were at Nortli Omaha trying to act the role of "cowuoy" with all accessories , including a revolver. They are employed in picking up cows for the pound , and went to the place of onu Price , who runs n dairy. They tried to run off Homo cows which I'nco claims were on land leased by himself. A little girl was herding the cows and when she objected to this nroccodlng the oldest and toughest of the cowboy team drew his revolver ami threatened to shoot her. On account of hia youth , and this being his first olTeiibe , Judge Ilcrka only lined him ? 15 and costs. The other boy was dismissed. Marriacu Licenses. The following marriage licenses were is sued yesterday by Judge Shields ! Name and residence. Ago. ( Charles Pharmer , Omaha . 2S 1 Kiln Thomas , Omaha . 21 Michael Sclpel , Neola , la . ill Ida Heed , Neola , la . i'J ' Frank Auburn , Omaha . " 1 MaggioM. Thomas , Omaha . 17 Michael Kclscr , Omaha . . . . . . 1 Mary Kolsor , Omaha . 18 Anton Todora , Omaha . ! tt Mrs. Kmmallelber , Omaha . -3 George K. Hclntzo , Omalm . -7 Mina liackman , Omaha . 4 RS3I ( Mr. SIiner.il Improving. Mr.J.M. Slmcral , father of County Attorney SImeral , who mot with such a painful acci dent on Friday , has recovered from the shock and is getting along nicely , Mr. Sim- oral , it will bo remembered , was loading n fractious cow tied to a ropo. The gentleman had the rope wrapped around his right hand , when tlio cow made a lunge and toro las thumb almost completely from his hand , Amputation was necessary. ThoGiiH Well. Renewed Interest is being manifested in the gas well at Saratoga and in u few clays the the owners promise some Interesting develop ments. James II. McShnnonnd K. II , Sher wood bavo bought stock In tlio enterprise. Drink Midto. DIAMONDS. Watches and Diamonds Found in Tea and Coffee A Novel Way of In troducing Goods , The Humps of all persons finding diamonds mends , wut"hot , etc. , nro milled to tills list dally. The Overland Tea company of San Pranelsi'ohnvt > rollttod the store , 11:20 : S. llth St. , near Farnam , Omaha , nnd in order to intrndtu'o their goods , this company put for GO days , souvenirs in every oan of ton and colTco sold mich as solid gold , ullvcr and nickel watchoH , abe genuine diamonds , in solid gold Betting' , al o money , and many other articles of loss valuo. Every can con tains a souvenir. The colToe. can unit contents weigh about three pounds ; the tea , oan and contents about one and a half pounds. This expensive nnd novel way of advertising will bo discontinued after GO days , nnd thc.so really clioico jjoodfl will bo f-old atrit tly on their mer its but without , the Bouvu'nir. Of course every purcluihor inuit not o.xpoct to got u diamond oruxtoh. . This company claim that they have just as good a right to give away watches , diamonds or other jewelry and manuy as their com petitors have to give away glassware , I'liromos , etc. Cot up a i'lub. These who got up a club order most always got n hnnd oino prosont. Orders by mall iromptly forwarded to all pnrts'of the I1 .Tnitod States on receipt of cash or pot- ollico order. Terms : Single can SI ; HIX for So ; thirtoou for $10 , and twonty-sov- 011 for Jill ) . Address Overland Tea Co. , Omaha , NobrnhUa. Mrs. C. I. Morris , Jaekson btrcot , diamond mend ring in can tea ; Miss .lunnio Nolan , Lincoln , Nob.mailorderladles' hunting case gold watch in tea ; Mr. W. M. McCormick. S. iiTth street , silver nicklo stand ; Mrs. Edward ( ? . Marsh , Davenport street , silver cake stand ; Mrs. M. A. Scott , North U-d , can money in tea ; Mr. Edward Tnlmudge. South Omaha , silver fivo-bottlo castor ; Mrs. A. G. Barlow , Howard street , silver cup ; Miss Kellio Lindino , hot. .Inckson and Jonessts. , cake stand : Mrs. Samuel Walbridgo , Cauncil BlulTs , la. , elegant ladles' chatlaino watch in can tea ; Mrs. ( . ! . W. Lnyng , S. "Oth st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. W. .1. Brown , Ilarnoy St. , $110 in gold coin in lea ; Mrs. Will Cammoll , Fremont , Nob. , mail order elegant solitaire diamond lace pin in tea ; Mr. M. C. Moloin , Cutning bt. , silver pickle stand ; A. G. Barlow , S. llth at. , silyor sugar bowl ; Miss May Monford , Capitol avo. , silver cake stand ; Mrs. , T. C. Mitchell , North I'lntto , Nob. , mail order , elegant gold ring , diamond ruby and sapphire setting , in tea : Mrs. S. T. Grummond , S. 18th st. , silver oup ; Mr. , T. H. Page , banker. Miibon City , Nob. , gents' hunting cnso gold watch in ton ; W. H. Combs , butcher , South Ifith st. , silver sugar bowl ; J. E. Itiloy , Bird bt. , silver butter dish ; Mrs. Eva Rooso. North Platte , Nob..mailorderdiamond ring in win of tea ; Miss Daisy Trimble , silver fruit stand ; Mrs. James Page , So Iflth st. , hilvor sugar bowl ; Mrs. D. T. Fowler , Harnoy st. , gouts' diamond stud and $10 in gold in can of tea ; Mrs. B. A. Brcckenridgo st. , silver five bottle castor : Mrs. E. II. Chase , Lin coln , Nob. , mail order , elegant gold scarf pin , ruby and sapphire setting , in tea ; Mrs. Mary llorrig , Ilickorv st. , diamond ring in can tea ; Mrs. Aloxmlor Baxter , Hastings , Neb. , mail order 117 , can for $ .20 , $10 in gold coin , diamond ring and boltairo diamond mend ring stud in tea ; Mrs. Harry Woods. Kith st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. A. C. Thatcher , Park avo. , silver but ter dish ; Mrs. A. N. Perkins , Loavon- worth st. , can money in tea ; Miss Sadie Osborn , North 17th St. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. O. A. Slack , Sherman avo. , silver pickle stand : Mrs. Samuel Tyler , Columbus , Nob. , mail order , diamond ring and can money in tea ; Mr. .lames Cqcliran. South Dili , silver fruit stand ; Miss Birdie Anderson , Howard st. , bllvcr sugar bowl. Mr. J. H. Liddlo , mail order , Lincoln , Nob. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. J. C. Briggs , California avc. , bilvor cake stand ; G. M. Ilarvoy , Davenport si. , gout's hunting case gold watch in tea ; Mrs. Eugenia Kilborn , prop. Jordan House , Grand Island , Nob. , mail order , diamond ring in tea ; Miss Lillie West , So. 120th &t. , bilvor pickle stand ; Mrs. , T. C. Cole , South Omaha , silver fivo-bottlo castor ; Mrs. Grunt Cooper , -lild St. , silver cup ; S. J. Fnris. N. 18th St. , diamond ring in tea ; Mrs. William Lawrence , Ohio st. , $20 in gold coin in tea ; Mrs. A. S. Pundory , mail order , Blair , Nob. , silver sugar bowl : Mr. Chas. Clark , traveling salesmanelegant diamond shirt stvd in tea ; Mifes Kittio Paraon , N. 17th St. , silver pickle .stand ; Mrs. Kda Williams , south Kith st. , sil ver sugar bowl ; little Willlo Schmiko , chatolnSiio watch in lea ; Mr. Hubert Sliolton , Council Bluffs , la. , can money in tea ; Mr. F. E. Kirkland , Ilarnoy St. , bilver fruit stand ; Mrs. Janios Couns- man , Shorrnnn avo. , diamond ring in ton : Miss Lillie Burnos , elegant gold ring , diamond , ruby and sapphire net ting , in tea ; Mr. G. W. Cameron , silver sugar bowl ; Albert Butler , Fort Omaha , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. S. J. Plioom , S22d and Mason St. , fruit stand ; Mr. George Tyler , Farnam si. , $10 in jold coin in tea ; Mrs. G. W. White , mail order , Dos Moiues , In. , elegant ladies' gold watch in tea ; Mies Bessie Hunter , Park nvo. , stiver unstor ; Win. MnoK , Buncy st. , diamond ring in can tea ; Mr. J. 11. Banta , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. Wm. Goytuir , N. 20th si. , silver cup ; H. B. Hall. South 120th ht. , diamond ring in tea ; Miss Ella McConnoll. S. 10th at. , silver pickle stand ; Mr. William J. Rob erts , can money in tea ; I'orcy Ellis , fair grounds , silver butter dish ; Mrs. E. A. Wliitconib. S. HUnd st. , silver cake stand ; Mis * Fannie Gordnn , ladies' diamond mend scarf pin , diamond and ruby get ting in ton ; Mrs. C. J. Harnoy , silver sugar bowl , Howard st. ; Mrs. Aegidur. Franklin nvo. , diamond ring in can 01 tea ; Mr. Hugh Smyth , S. llHh si.bllvcr sugar bowl ; W. A. Clnubson , 22ud and l/.ard , diamond ring in tea ; Mr * . John son , 10th St. , silver butter disli. Mrs. J. M. Hamilton , South 20th st. , diamond ring in tea ; Mrs. T. W. Wlilt- moro , Council Blulfti , nlvor ! butter dish ; Mr. J. C. Russell , Cans Bt. , gout's gold hunting case watch ; Mrs. D. C. Buunl- gardnor. North 10th st. , silver cake bland ; Mrs. E. Jndd , North Oth bt. , silver sugar bowl ; Mr. W. H. Parker , Howard st. , can money in tea ; Mrs. Charles Bellman , South ! ! 2d st. , silver flvo bottle castor ; Mrs. D. B. S. Lopler , Lincoln , Nob. , mail order , 810.00 in gold coin , in tea ; Mr. J. P. Sohunko , Ifith and Mittorn , diamond ring in tea ; Mr. E. C. Whitney , Har noy st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. Frank Lawrence , Capitol uvc. , gent's diamond shirt stud in tea ; Mrs. John Sullivan , 10th and Williams sis. , silver pioklo stand ; Margaret Conw.ay , C'ourtst. , silver vor sugar bowl ; Mrs. H. M. Baxter , Al liance , Nob. , mail order , diamond col lar button in tea ; Mrs. Edw. Connnt , Farnam st. , indicb' elcgantgold lacopin , diamond , ruby and bapphirc setting ; Mi' . Edward Bigholl , Douglas Bt. , silver- cup ; Mrs. E. H. Burdick , Cttm- ing St. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. F. F. Campbell , Arlington , Nob. , mall order , diamond stud in tea ; Mrs. All Thompson , Park nvo. , silver water pitohor ; Miss Katie Ltllig.Vielorstroot , diamond ring in tea ; Mr. Cliua. Rob- ison , Howard st. , silver pickle stand.