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n * ' - - T TlrwfiRPi TKE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , SEPTEMBEB 11 , 18891 THE DAILY BEE , I'UIlMSHEl ) IJVE11Y M011N1NO. TF.TIMS OK srnscitnnw. JBi1yMcrnln ( KlltlonincliialnBHUMi ) > AT 111:1 : * . Dim Year . HOW 1'orHlx Month * . fit" ) Vor'flirro Mouths . W 'liiHOwAiiASitMHAV IlKr , mailed to any Hdilrc fl , Ono Yi > ar . 200 . . NlW YOIlKOFfltK. HOOMS14ANII I A TlllllUNB HUIMIIMI. wtxiiiNHioN Urrici : . No. Oil 1'OOIlTEKNTII BTItKKT. roimnsToNtir.NfTK. All rommiinlciuioiis relntniRto news nnd dl- lorlnl nmttorzlicHild be addressed totliu UlHTOlt All bn 1ncs letters nd reuilttiiiices should b nrtdren cfltoTni : III u rniit.uiii.sn COMPANV , OMAHA. Jmtt ) , checks nnd poitnlllco orders to be wn < lei > nyitble to ths order of the company. TlicEcc Pnlsliiui Company , Proprietors , H. UOSKWATKR , Kdltor. THK 1 w < irn Statement oi Olrouliitlon. Etnte of Nebraska. I County of Uouitlns. I Oeo. II. Tzschurk. Brcretnry of Tim Uro l'll ( > - llslilnp company , doe * nolcmuly swear that the net nut circulation of Tin : DAILY HKK for the vroek ending September 8 , 1HW , was as follow a ; Bundny , Sapt. . ' ' IH.iKC Mcmday , P i > t. 3 ItVMl Tuosrtny , Sept , 4 IH.SSi WedWRdBy. S pt. 5 1iV ) i Thunulny , Sopt. 0 li--'Tt yrldny , Stfitt. 7 IH.f.H Saturday , S * pt. 8 18.27T Av rnu 1WW OiO.II.T/.SCIIUJK. Sworn to before me nnd mibscrltwil In my presence this 8th day of Scptambor , A. 1) , lf8 * , N 1 . FUlL. Notuivl'ubllc. Ftato of Nebraska. I County of Douglas , ( Sl B > Jt > erie li. Txscimrk. being first dnly sworn.da POKCB and suyB that be Is secretary of The llet 1'nbllHlilug company , tliat the artiml average dally circulation of Tin : DAII.V Hut for the montli of f-'eptembcr. 1SS7 , was ll.Illll topics ; fo.i October , ] bS7 , 14m ; copies ; for November , 1W.7 . , ir > .S l copies ; tor December , 1H87.1R.OH cop 1 * * ; for.Jammrj- , lil.SfX ! copies ; for I'Vbnmry. ' . 1HW.15.WJ copies ; forMurclulW.l'.i.fiSle-opIes ' : foi April , ItW , 18,744 copies ; for May. Ifns , 1S.1S ! conies ; for Junems. KVJil ; copies ; for July. 188 * 18.OT ) copies ; for August. 1888,1H.1RH copies. OEO. B.T/.SCHUIJK. Sworn to bcforu mo und mibscilbeU tu in ) presence this 8th day of September , A. D. , 1883 N. 1' . FKIIj Notary Public. THK American party is in hiird lines Judge Greer declines running as the roar end of its presidential wugou. EX-SEKATOU TADOK , although failing to got the nomination for governor ol Colorado , can conwlo himself by buyitif. another frilled nightshirt. COUNCILMAN Alexander's ordinance requiring tbo painting of the tologrnpl poles in the city , does not seem to worrj the Western Union to any appreciable extent. TIIK Iowa judge who decided that i man cannot lawfully manufacture cido : for use in his own family failed to direo what should bo done with the juice o an apple < vhon caton. THK apple has played an importan partitv-tho world's history. It was at apple which tempted Mother Eve , am it was an apple which led to the Trojai war. An apple was shot by Willian Toll off his son's head , and it was i grcon apple which knocked out Baa dnnmi Thurman the other night. WHEN is congress going to shut u house and go homo ? Prom appearance the present session is likely to last unti the senate decides what it will oiler a , as a tariff bill. Senator Allison has an uouncod that tne completed tariff bil will bo sent to the full committee 01 flnanco on Wednesday of this wooic. 1 few days must elapse before it rcache : the sonato. When the bill gets there it would take a wise head indeed to sa ; what will bo done or when congres will adjourn. THK first full cargo of southern pij Iron shipped to the north left Savanna ] a few daya ago for Philadelphia The cargo consisted of over two thou sand tons and will bo used in inakiiij rails and machinery. It has finall ; cotno to pass that the great iron stat can buy iron cheaper in the mines c the south than at homo. The trade i likely to develop and become an impot tant industry for the south. Bringiiij iron into Pennsylvania sounds like cat rying coals to Newcastle. IN VIKW of Chief Seavoy's recent 01 dor to Captain Green and his policomo to report and arrest all couples who ca not show their marriage license , would i not bo the proper thing for the counc ! to appoint a marriage license inspector Such an otUcor would bo of incalcuabl value to our. doughty chief. For ho1 are honest guardians of the people' ' morals to recognize a genuine nmrriag liconso. They are certain to bo in posed upon by designing couple : Bogus marriage certificates will b flaunted in their faces. They will b shown the sacred documents written ii all languages under the sun. And the the marriage contract might bo forge or stolon. The exigencies which ar likely to arise are terrible to conton plate. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tnuitic is no doubt but that the Di minion authorities are pulling in the horns and are loss inclined to abus American fishermen than they woi some time ago. Sir Peter Mitchell , loading statesman , whoso views wei given in our telegrams , truthfully o : presses the situation from the Canadin point of view. The great mass of pei plo , in his opinion , do not desire to di turb existing rotations with the Unite States , and are much more anxious establish a closer commercial union tha to go to war. With such a fooling amor the people it would bo impolitic for tl cabinet to irritate the United States. lenient course seems to have boon ou lined for the policy of the govornmei to pursue pending the adjustment of tl present dlitlculties. IN THIS age of railroads and rap ! transit it is surprising to learn that th British are again turning to cam building : on an extensive scale. Cloi upon the prospect for the building of ship canal between Liverpool and Mai chester , follows the more ambitioi scheme to connect Liverpool and Birr fughain in like manner. The lattt project , it is estimated , will not co loss than flvo million dollars , and wi take several years to build. The can between Liverpool and Manchester now well under way , and if the Birn inghain project is also pushed forwan the business of transportation by li ternal waterways in England will wet a revolution in the carrying trade b < tween the great manufacturing cities > Great Britain. Mnlno Hag Spoken. The republican victory in Maine yesterday - torday was expected , but the gains made , which promise a plurality larger than that received by Blalnc four years ago , exceed Iho cxpoctnllonsof the most sanguine republicans. While this re sult will tend to greatly reassure the re publican party in all the northern states , it can hardly fall to have a cor respondingly depressing oltect upon the democracy. The vigorous cam paign carried on by the dem ocrats of Maine attested their strong belief in their ability to at least materially reduce the republican vote , and the fact that instead of this their party has lost ground must prove dis couraging to the party generally. The battle in Maine was fought on the national issues. Tariff reform ag contemplated by the Mills bill was the leading question discussed before the people , with the attitude of the adminibtration on the fisheries controversy as a secondary issue. The verdict of the people is an unmis takable condemnation of both , and no explanation which the beaten party may offer can deprcclato its significance or weaken its inlluenco. It is certain to exert a very decided effect on the campaign favorable to the republican cause , and to stimulate republican xoal and confidences throughout the country. THe Iicttcr of Acceptance. Mr. Cleveland's letter of acceptance will not strengthen the confidence or revive the zeal of his party. It is nol nn inspiriting or cumulating production such as the party expected and stands greatly in need of at this timo. On the contrary , it is prosaic , dreary and com monplace , lacking both the spirit and courage which characterized some ol the previous public utterances of Mr. Cleveland. It contains no really new thought or idea , and is largely made uj of platitudes that do not gain in nttrac- tivoness or force from roiwtition. II will disappoint the president's partj and contribute nothing to strengthen iti cause. Mr. Cleveland regards the question of federal taxation as the supreme issue of the campaign , and nearly the entire letter is do voted to the discussion o this question. Ho betrays great anx iety to relieve himself and his parly o the charge of seeking the overthrow o the protective system. "Wo have entered - torod uton no crusade of free trade , ' ho declares. "Tho reform wo seek t < inaugurate is predicated upon the tit most care for established industries am enterprises , a jealous regard for the in toresls of American labor , and a silicon debiro to relieve the country from tin injustice and danger of a conditioi which threatens evil to all tin people of all the land. " No OIK who has made himself fnmi liar with the provisions of the housi tariff bill will need to bo told that it 5 in part a free trade measure and tha with respect to a number of ostablishoi industries and enterprise the "utmos caro" appears to have been taken ti provide for greatly injuring , if no destroying them , while the scctiona charaotor of the measure is obvious am unmistakable. The party will hi judged upon this action , and not by an ; assurance of Mr. Cleveland , and it i evidently having very poor success ii convincing tl > o people that its purposi is not in the direction of free trade am that the policy of revenue revision i has enunciated is equally in i\i \ interest of all the people. Th president talks very plainly regardinj trusts , and what ho says in character ! ? ing thorn as conspiracies against th people can bo fully approved , but th misfortune is that his party has showi no disposition to take action againa those combinations. Its platform con tains not a word in condemnation of tin trusts , its representatives in congres have failed to pass any legislation re gardlng them , and the great suga trust , which most severely opprosso the people , would have all the protection tion it could reasonably desire undo the hoiibo tariff bill. The country i weary of promises in this matter , and i has ceased to expect anything mor from the democratic party. Mr. Cleveland talks well ol the dut of protecting and maintaining th rights of Anurican citi/ons at horn and abroad , of the obligation to gone : ouhly regard and care for our survivin , soldiers and sailors and for the widow and orphans of such as have died , t protection against servile immigratioi of a &Mct adherence to the principle of civil Borvico reform , and of guarai : teeing the colored citizens all thei rights of citizenship. But all this wi appear to bo merely the voto-catchin claptrap of the candidate forolllco who viewed in the light of the facts. Evorj body knows that the rights ( American citizens have not bee protected under the preser administration , * although no pr < vious administration had bettor o\ \ portunitics or more urgent reasons fc asserting in this respect ono of the raos important functions of the govornmon The soldiers and sailors will not bo r < assured by what Mr. Cleveland saj regarding them , for there is ampl reason to question its sincerity. As 1 servile immigration , it has poured inl the country in an unprecedented stroai during the past two years , simply b ( cause the administration has failed 1 properly enforce the existing and ampl laws for its exclusion. The country i just now getting a very good ido of how this administration m heros to civil service rofori principles in the fact that permits a general assessment of the on ploycs of the government for politic : purposes , the president having himse sot the example and convoyed a hint t all ofllcoholdors in contributing twont per cent of his year's salary. The mui dor and brutal treatment of colored clt zons in Louisiana , Arkansas and Missii sippi for political reasons , and the goi oral denial of their rights of citizonshi in the southern states , are facts whic show how utterly unconcerned the ai ministration has boon regarding th rights of these people , and how foolis it would bo to expect that any prornit protection for thorn from Scmocratio administration would I fulfilled. . Vhero would bo bettor roasoa to a < copt as sincere Mr. ( JloveUxnd's pro- es cd rovcrcnco for the will of the poole - > lo if ho had not hold himself farther iway from the people than auy ono of ils predecessors , but it may bo conceded .hat . ho does really appreciate the severe responsibilities of the executive ofllcc , though ho has not at all times shown a high conception of its dignity nnd Us true character. Wo repeat that the letter of Mr. Cleveland will not ro- vlvo the zeal or strengthen the confi dence of his party , but on the contrary will bo disappointing , if not dispiriting. A Duty to PorlXinn. The board of education should act in good faith towards the people of this city. It submitted a proposition last year asking the voters ol this school dis trict to consent to their expending litty thousand dollars for a south wing , to jo annexed to the High suhool build ing , and the hoard also bubmitlod n proposition to authorize th" expenditure of certain monies to bo realized from the sale of school property now belong ing to the school district. Both UICM ) propositions were voted by the people , * nd now the board deliberately ignores its obligation , and has all along re- tused to proceed with the construction of the building. BWithout any disposition to carp or criticito the board , wo regard it as the manifest duty of ovcry public body to act in good faith with its constituents. The city council has given a bad example - ample of defiant disregard of obliga tions in the matter of the city hall , and the board seems to bo willing to take upon itself the odium that now attaches to the council as a result of its recreant work. There can bo no excuse for the indifference ot the board in this matter. Plans for the annex have been procured , expenses have boon incurred for making them , and yet no bids have boon invited. It IE generally conceded that the building can bo con&tructod now chcapor than it will bo possible to"build it novt spring , when the boom assumps its momentum : but oven if it cost moro money thii scabon than next , the board has a clutj to perform in the promises. AH to the other question , namely , tin temporary care ot pupils of the Centra1 school , common son o would dictate thai the bubt and most convenient quarter. ' should be procured in the Fourth ward Rather than distribute the pupils in the primary grades among the distant schools of other wards , it woulr bo more sensible to detach a portion o the High school attendance , especially those pupils in the first year , and send them to borne convenient school. The High school boys and girls are of an age that will admit of a little extra exer tion , which is not true of the children in the third , fourth and fifth grades. The Maine election takes pltico to day , and the rnsult will be a waited will great interest by the whole country The campaign has been one of the mos active and vigorous on both sides in tin history of the state , and hits been con ducted with reference wholly to naliona issues. Mr. Blaine has boon speaking almost daily since ho returned to tin state , everywhere listened to by largt and enthusiastic crowds , and at least ! score of other exponents of rcpublicm principles have kept the campaign lire burning with unwonted vigor. Tin democrats have also had a numorou body of able speakers expounding thei : policy , and it is not to bo suppo 0 ( without some effect. Republican success , however , is con fidontiy expected , and there is goot reason why it should bo. Eight year ago the republican plurality was nearly nine thousand and Blaine had a phi rality of twenty thousand. At the labl general election the republican candi date for governor received ncarl ; thirteen thousand plurality , the aggregate gate vote being loss than two years bo fore. The professed hope of the demo crats of carrying the state this yea does not appear to be founded upon anj substantial facts in the political sit' uation there , and it scorns reasonably sonably certain that the republican publican plurality in to-day's elcctioi will bo not less than that of two year ago , while the probability is it will b larger. A very strong effort has booi made to defeat Representative Rood , ii the first district , and as ho was olcctci two years ago by a plurality of enl ; about thirteen hundred there is i chance of his being boatou thi-a timo. The result of the Maine election i certain to have considerable signill canco in relation to the national con test , and to exercise a moro or less im portant influence upon the future coursi of the prcsidontial campaign. Cabinet Ollluors oil the Stump. Secretary Vllas made a speech at Mil waukco last week , and it i& understooi will make other speeches during th campaign. It is reported that Post master General Dickinson will aUo d some stumping , and perhaps Secrotar , Kndicott may do some talking at loaa in Massachusetts. Secretary Bayar will probably remain silent. It is no necessary to democratic success i Delaware that ho should do any speak ing there , and there is not likely to b a call for him elsewhere. The performance of campaign work b cabinet ministers is not unprecedented but it was supposed that this reform ad ministration would not permit such m exhibition of pernicious activity in poll tics. Of course if cabinet officers ca leave their duties to perform campaigi work there would bo no justice in deny ing a like privilege to other govern ment officeholders who may desire t labor in the cause of the party. Just n the contribution of Mr. Cleveland t the campaign fund suggested to over federal officeholder what is expected e him , so the appearance of cabine officers on the stump will doubtless loss bo interpreted by govornmon officials everywhere , as an intlmatlo that active work for the democrat ! party will not bo resented in Wanning ton. No wonder the elaborate speoc ! of Secretary Vilas made no reference t civil service reform. Not only is the way wide open fo every democrat in public oftlco to spoiv and labor for the party , but it has bee made plain that ho is expected to do so Danger lies only in his failure to- cot : trfbuto and work. The greater ' hi Iborality and the more zcalotm his aborsthoprffurho will be. With the r-poils at stake ( tnd in peril re-form must stand asiilo. Mr. Clovolasd is absolutely consistent only in his supreme dciiro to bo ro- olccted. ' . IT is so common to hear of the rc- narkablo output of the ( louring mills of Minneapolis that the Idea Is pretty generally spread abroad that no western city has : vny ono Industry to equal them in value. The tuldrosa made by Mr. W. V. Morse before the traveling men nt their banquet' will in consoqitoncu at- iract universal attention duo to his re marks , that "tho output of the smelting works at Omaha is greater in value than the output of all the mills at Min neapolis combined. " The smoltlng works of this city have M ) long boon identified as ono of our chief industries that wo are prone to overlook their magnitude and iuiporUinco in tin- onumc'-ation of our resource * . ] I would bo well for Omaha to spread abroad the fame of our smelting works so that thpy may bo ruf erred to as familiarly as the Hour mills ot Minneapolis. The Uses tti which the mut'ils ' smelted in Omaha are put can bust be told In Mr. Morse's glowinu' dcoci'lption : The daily product of our smelting works Is greater than tbat of uny similar work in the world , nnd wcro I to toll our homo pooplu ot the varlud products of this city they would cry out in wonder. All the Milestone Unit the Western Union Telegraph company use in their butteries from ocean to oceun , one-fifth of all the load that is produced In UiU vast union , the metal that forms the basis for nearly all the spoons nnd knives and. forks and croum pitchers , and all tlio various beau tiful plated ware Hint selves and decorates the tables of the rich and poor alike u great proportion of nil this is brought Irom its crutlu state right Ucro at Omaha. Should you nsk a great majority of tbuso dollars that compose that covetocl unit accursed surplus tit Washington that we nil reach for ; should yon ask tlioin where the yellow and tlio white metal of which they are made came from , ready to receive the stamp of our na tional arms ; should you nsk them whore they received their purification of lire , and they the power of speeoh to answer , they would say from Omaha. Tux boxes containing ballots placed in safe keeping with the county cleric at Little Rock , Ark. , myHteriou sly dis appeared. It is just tnioh little things as that which make a "solid south. " 1'liUSONS. Chief Justice- Fuller is not only n ripe scholar , but a m-Uuut | ] wlusl player. Mrs. Kuto Cniiso SjiniKUo has written : i book , willed is in print and soon to bo pub lished. Herbert Spohrqr is working on his nuto- bioL't-apby , bnthi5 poor licalth prevents ht making mut-b luoirrcss. Dr. Mciynutsi ; Anti-Poverty sooiety is u mere ri'ininiscoutte , anil be is to be s-cnt away to Europe in search of his lost health. Chovreul , the"l' ' > cnch scientist , has just celebrated his IfL'd birthday. A deputation of Paris students who went to hl house to offec [ i congratulations were not allowed to soo'trnu. They weie niceivod by his son , u promising young man of seventy- nine. nine.Do Lessens iMijiproacliing bis eighty-third birthday. It is srml that the "Duke of Suez , " as lie is playfully called , when ho went ur for his bachelor decree in 18'2 passed cred itably in tlio humanities , but failed miserably in geography ; lie could not tulltlie cardinal points on tbo map. Helva Lockwood graduated from Gcncriec eollngo in 151 , took a second dcurca from the Syracuse university in 1STO. and later the de Krco of Hanhelor of Laws from the Nutional Law wcbool at Washington. She was married nt the ago of seventeen years to a farmer , but WHS soon left a widow , afterward marry ing Hov. Dr. Lockwood , u Uoptist clergy man. For the past fifteen years she has been practicing law in Washington. Tlio lute Charles Crocker of San Fran cisco is said to have felt a personal interest in the employes of the roads which lie owned. A story is told of an accident in which a ilrcinan met his death. Mr. fjroclcci was greatly disturbed , and when ono of tin olllcerfi of the raid told him that it was nt use xvorrj Ing over such things , which were happening with more or less frequency all the time , ho looked up and replied ve hemently : "Uut , my God , man , one of out boys was killed , and 1 could not got that out of my head. " Citi/en George Francis Train , who is tak ing a vacation at Ucrkolo.v Springs , in Vir ginia , is visiting his daughter , u bright and charming lady. Ho dates his lottsm at Pen- dletoi Villa-on-thc-Hill , und ho Isseudingoul to the press some of the brighcst ol "Psychos. " Ho expects to speak in the Academy of Music in t his city in about three weeks , at which time , hi ! says , "Shool will bla/e. " Slnco taking up his abode at Uerke- ley Springs , Citi/en Tinin has revolutionised the system by which the Springs are man- asjed and has broken up a trustee's pool UK. years old. Dom Pedro , emperor of lira/11 , travelled through this country , it will bo remembered , in 1870. A short time ago in conversation with nn American journalist at Naples the emperor spoke with admiration of three Americans whom ho had mot in that year namely , Longfellow , Whittier and George W Childs. He is especially fond of the writings eif the Quaker poet. Of Mr. Childs who entertained in Philadelphia at the time of tlio centennial , ho npoko In high terms ol regard. The broad philanthropy and kindl.\ nature of Mr. Childn wuro dwelt upon , ami the emperor was pleased to hear that tin famous Philadolphiaii remains in vigorou' health nna enjoys increased prosperity. Ho hooks lilko Gideon. It is as n cloud by day , or as a pillar of fin by night , that Mr. Hlalno Is to show or shim in the presidential canvass ? Another Democratic1 Illiiiidcr. ( llalir DfiniterM. The Chinese treaty , it turns out , has no been rojecled by till ) Chinese governmentbir Is being held forufnrtlior consideration , am tlio United Stale * yow stands in the atliludi of having violate ? ! Us lallh with a iriendlj power , at the iimtttiico of an adminislratloi moro solicitous t6 "win " votes than to observt the rules of oidlii.iry diplomatic courlcs ; and propriety. Must Carry a School House Stale. Cliipftfl Ttlliunc. "Dan , " rcinarkiyl the president , as hi stealthily drew fro n his vest pocket the lef bind foot of a grave yard rabbit killed In tin dark of the mooiij 1 baked at It dubiously , am slowly shook hit'head , "I don't like tin looks of that increased republican vote li Vermont. It's u pretty big straw , and i Isn't blowing in our direction. " "Wo don't expect anything of Vermont , " replied Dan , "but look at Arkansas. Sho' : all " "Arkansas be hanged I" exclaimed tin president. "Dan , we've got to carry som < school house stale llii * year ! " Geonjo Willlnni Curtis Uoou'nt l.lko It Mirivis' n'ttMu "It Is greatly to bo regretted. Nobody cat be freer from suspicion of Improper motlvi in such uu act limn the president , but noth ing is clearer than that candidates for oftlci should not give money to aid their own clcc tlon. Mr. Lament , the president's private secretary , is reported In an interview lo havi expressed the extraordinary opinion thai somebody must pay , unct none could be expected poctod to 'more cheerfully than these wlu a personal Interest it their party's success. ' This Is the familiar old plea for assessing the public employes a heavy percentage upon their salaries for 'the legitimate expenses' of an election In which they have n personal Interest. " A Uaimcrou * Policy. J tnnter l'rtt , While waiting for a chance at the tariff bill Which the senate Is getting ready to re port , the two houses engage themselves , after the example of the president , in a fool ish and dangerous Inlerferenco with that most delicate of all subjects , our rotation * with foreign countries. There could scarcely be anything moro humiliating to us as n na tion than the coursu of congress ou the autl- Chinese bill. STATU JOTTINGS. Ncbrntilca. Doniplmn riti/ous are subscribing liberally for the erection of a Catholic church at that place. Nebraska City's board of education has abolished the teaching of Greek in the high school. Fuirlmry's soap factory began operations last week , 1ml f a carload being run out in ono day. At Harvard the authorities nrrcst conduc tors who block the street crossings with their trains. A little daughter ot William Winter , of Norfolk , was badly bitten by n rattlesnake , but \ \ ill recover. The lovers of horse racing in ICoya Palm county will gather at Nordon , Wednesday , and make a track. Great preparations are being mndo for the old settlors' reunion to bo hold at Republican City FriJay and Saturday. Frank Spooncr , a love-sick Webster county youth , took two ounces of laudunuin because - cause his best girl had several other ud- mirer.s. A little boy named Goodwin , living near Str.Uton , dropped an umbrella on n team of horses , and now he is minus his teotli and has n broken jaw. W. E. Hussoll , the democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts , is a heavy stock holder in the Western Tiust und Security company of Fremont. The Republican is the name of a bright , clean paper issued for the lirst time last week nt Gordon , Sheridan county. Morri son Jones are tlio publishers. The premium list of the Sheridan county fair , to bo hold at Gordon September 2(1 ( , 'Ji and US , 1ms been issued. It is tlio third an nual exhibition and promises to exceed for mer efforts in every res | > oot. The Sidney Telegraph , one of the neatest little papers in thoslato , changed hands lust week , J. C. Hush retiring , Charles Cnllnliaii purchasing his interest. Frank J. Devlin , a bright no\ys | > apor man recently ot Oumhu , has editorial charge of the paper. A Fun-bury woman named Chapman was last week lined f4.l for inhuman' treatment ol n thirteun-year-oUl girl in her employ , Several times the young girl had been strip ped miked and whipped frightfully , und re cently she took strychnine on account of the cruel treatment. The doctor , however , saved her life , and relatives have taken hoi away. _ town. The brass bund at Huthvon is composed ol women. The receipts of the Crcston fair amounted to fci,000. Cologne was used by ii Grant City woman as a life exterminator , but it failed to work. Only twenty-live car loads of freight loft Aurella in August , the lightest business in a long time. Osceol a county will vote on the question of putting Sd.OJO into a poor farm und im provements. Jesse Weuvciling , of Gilman , fed his hand into an onsilatro cutter by mistake und is minus several lingers. At last reports there wore SOT patients in the hospital for the insane at Independence 41)0 men and ! II7 women. A Scranton woman got so happy at a re Viral mooting last week that she "boundoi up and down like a rubber ball , " says tin Scrantou Journal. A Mrs. Soucio , living In the north part ol Clay eountv , was badly bundled by an irau bull which attacked lier while she was milk ing a cow in the yard. The animal had beci : dehorned , or she would undoubtedly havt been killed. Cerro Gordo county has two women candi dates for the position of recorder , Miss Liz/U Fitch , the present incuin bent , and Miss Lizdt Perrott , of lloclc Falls , a graduate of Amos college. Miss Fitch has hold the ofllco foi eight years. "As for the war. gentlemen , ) ' said ono o : the gentlemen in the Alabama car to an ap proving ciowd of visitors at Sioux City , "we are no hogs ; wo know when wo have gal enough. If you want to whip Canada lot us know down in Alabama and we'll bo will u. " II. F. Cotton , of Annmosa , was struck or the unii by a blue racer the other day. He took three pints of whisky and one pint o ! nlcohol within an hour and twenty minutes If ho had had to go lifty yards further It : order to reach a drug store , the doctor's word for it , ho would huvo been boyont help. Aljfj WANT DAMAGES. Thrco Suits In AVtifcli Heavy uro Made. On May 21 , 1SS3 , Frank L. Cotton ngrcct1 to buy the grocery stock and business ol John E. Isorgon , at Cuming and Sixteenth streets. Ho was to turn over u lot in Ucd ick's addition , at a valuation of $ l0t ! ! ) , as pait payment. On kioking up the records 13ergcn found that the title to the lot rcstoi : in a Des Moiues man named William F , Spoils. The trade was to bo mado.Iuno 1 When the parties to it met , Horgon lolil Cotton of bis discoveries , but Cotton re fused to make the title good , although he offered what purported to bo a warrant ) deed. Uergcn declined to accept the pauot and the trade fell through. Uergen sayf that in consequence of the reports of the prospective sale his patronage foil off und ho had to sell out August 15. Ho has brought suit against Cotton for damages as follows ; For liquidated damages us per agree ment . $ 2K ( For loss of prollt ( as compared with 1SS" ) from Juno 1 to August 15 , 15 per cent on fJ.lWIl . S5K For loss of good will . 5K ( For injury to reputation as u business man . ROC Ftor loss on accounts inudo uncollect- able by destruction of business . 20f For attorney's fuo . 5 ( Total . ? 1.S4C Josephine Husch , by her next friend , Charles Husch , has sued the Gurneuu Cracker company for J10,000 damages , The plaliitift is only seven yean old. She alleges that wlillo crossing Sixteenth street at Davenport on February 'Ji : , 18SS , she was Knocked down and run over. Her left leg was broken , and she recieved internal inju ries that are said to bo permanent. John Hold , of Valley , has sued Samuel MeClcneghun for & , Wi damages. On Alifiist 1 , 1SS\ the plaintiff delivered thirty rattle at South Omaha und sold them for i > ! 0) . LSeforo the money was paid tlio do- fendent telegraphed that part of the cattle were his , nnd the transaction was held in nboyuneo. On arriving at South Omalm McClcnoghan claimed ( Ivo of the cattle had own stolen from him by Held , but ho offered to accept J'j3.'jr for thorn with $10 for expanses. Under threat of being Jailed and in order to save his sale from falling through , Ituld paid tlio money demanded. Ho alleges , that the dofcndent had no interest whatever in the nvo head of cattle. While at South Omaha and in the presence of u crowd ol persons McClcncghan said to Held : "You arc a d d thief. You stele those cattle and vou know it. I will huvo you arrested for u thief before you leave this ground , for you stole these caitlo and I will send you right to the penitentiary. " Mr. Held estimates the damage to his feelings at 15,000. County Court. Tlio ease of A. Booth & Sons against Eliza beth K. und Preston C. Allen to collect JJtiS 4U for poods sold and delivered , was on trial before Judge Shields. A Judgment for the full amount of thu claim was allowed the pIulntitT. The cusu was dismissed as against 1' . H. Allen. _ Mr E. O , Stark , ticket agent at the Web' ' stcr slreot Union deitot , loaves to-dav for Salt Lake on u pleasure trip , and may go to the coast before he returns. Mr. Stark Is one of the busiest uioa in Omaha , and Ukcs a w ell-earned rent. nOAUD OV KUUOATION. A Protest nnd Action on tlio Crowded HlRli School. The board of education mot last ovonlnp with VIce President McConncll In the chair , nnd Iho following members In attendant-el Messrs. Goodman , Sholca , Seville , Mlllard , Morrison , Kecs , Wehrcr , Spuulding , Coburn , Parmclcc , Copelnml , ICclley. The secretary reported that school had been nuthorlzed to bo opened nt the Davenport school , but no janitor has boon elected. The suggestion was made that this action be taken nt the present meeting. The secretary reported that no bids foi school scats had beou received. J. S. Charles offered a suggestion as tc heating and ventilation of school rooms , sug gosling a raised floor , with lattlco Inlerseo- tlons , to allow the dust to settle beneath , Laid on the table. A petition from the citizens of the Fourth ward urging the building of the south High school addition , \vi\s read. It is as follows ! OMVIU , Nob. , Sept. lO.-To H. T. Clark , President , and the Honorable School Hoard , Omaha , Neb. Dour Sirs : We , tlio under signed property owners or patrons of the Central school and residents of the Fourth ward , would respectfully petition your hon orable body to lake such notion as will not only relieve the overcrowded condition of the High school department , but that will enable ; the patrons living near uald school und hav ing children in the llftli , sixth , nnd otlior irrudos to continue to enjoy the privileges of the Central school without compelling n division of families und ttio sending of these children to dislunt ward and tenement schools , and to tliio end wo demand : 1. Thrt you furnish our children and the children of the Fourth ward proper school quarters , facilities and building * in said ward. 2. That none of the children shall bo con fined or taught either in tlio basement or mansard rooms of the present building , us in the past at the peril of their lives and to the almost inevitable permanent injury of the children physically and mentally. ! 1. That action bo taken to secure Iho erec tion of an addilion lo tlio high school build ing , of Biicli character and dimensions us will properly nceominodato all the grades of the central school. 4. Wo understand that you have the authority to order and soouio the Immediate erection of such an addition to the high school building , and that the vote on this proposition at n ro ulur election carried , has been so declared nnd recorded ; that said vote not only authorised tlio building but provided for Iho necessary funds to bo so employe ! . The causes for the delay in car rying out the expressed wishes of the voters , are unknown to your petitioners , nnd the consequent inadequate facilities are greatly to their injury. D. Wo muko this demand fooling that as tax payers und patrons of ono of the wealth iest wards In the city , wo are cntilled to-equal privileges with other schools so far as the lower grades of tlio wards are con cerned , and that the domutidit of the high school schould not lo met at the sacrifice nnd to the detriment of the lower grades , that to many of your petitioners uro of equal or paramount Importance , many parents not being able to send their children iroin homo to suitable schools on account of the expanse and the oxtrouio youth of the children most aftectcd by the present arrangement and resolution of Ihcboaid. Wo demand this action nt your hands and trust it will not bo delayed or denied. Wo hud expected relief from fonnor members , who have failed to keep their promises to the eitf/ons of our ward. Wo do not believe you will longer deny our rights that are equitable , just and right und of great and pressing necessity. Signed by W. V. Morse , B. H. Uoblnsou , A. Sorensen , S. F. Woodbridgo , C. li. Moore , George C. Hobbio , H. Newman , G. W. Cooke , Charles H. Turnoy , E. Uosowater , D. T. D. Mount , C. J. Smith , F. M. Philips , Thomas A. Creigb , P. L. Perino , C. J. Schmidt , J. D. Dickey , George 13. Lake , D. C. Patterson , William Wallace , Gcorgo C. Towle. Sigmund Ulath. S. P. Morse. A. W. Hunt , J. C. Denise , A. P. Tukey , M. Gold smith , George S. Groff , L. D. Harris , Na than Shelter , Samuel Hums , A. A. Parker , John Williamson , J. H. Millard , George Patterson , II. E. Jauiieson. W. D , Mount , O. M. Carter , O. D. Barker , G. A. Joslyn , M , J. Kennard , George L. Hcun , F. 13. Kounard , David Uen- nison , Harry Deuel , A. Hospo , Jr. , Mrs. J , Harbor , C. S. Kaymood , William L. Adams , I. P. Hopkins , Moritz Meyer , Max Meyer , Adolph Meyer , C. D. Goodrich , Howard Konuody , A. C. Kennedy , D. E. Klmbull , George 10. Uarkcr , W. li. Wilbur , James A. Woodard , K. G. Patterson , F. H. Uarnurd , P. H. AHon , G. H. Guy , David M.Velty , W. Kilman , A. Pollack , J. L. Lovett , C. F. Hrcckcnridgo , J. H. Keith , Ben H. Wood , Erastus Young , Mrs. J. B. Dotwilcr and Frank Johnson. Mr , Motrison offered a motion that the pe tition bo placed on file. Ho said the peti tioners did not seem to understand that n school silo had already been purchased. Mr. Spuulding moved it bo referred tc committee on judiciary. Mr. Sholos moved to lay the petition upon the table temporarily. Lost. Mr. Morrison then moved that it bo ro fcrred to the committed on judiciary. Mr , Morrison fuvoiod the building of a separate school building. Mr. Wohrer announced that a largo num ber of the petitioners were present and that they should bo allowed to be heard. Mr. Coburn said that the board was as well posted now on the matter as they would be after listening to the petitioners. Ho urged immediate action , and thought the judiciary committee should bo instructed to consldoi the subject and report. That It was impor tant that school facilities for the children ol the Fourth ward bo immediately provided. Mr. Copcland offered tlio following resolu tion us an amendment to Mr. Sholes' motion : Thut thocommilteoon judiciary bo instructed in connection with the attorney to prepare n proposition for the issuing of STfi.OUO bonds , to bo voted on at a special election to be called within the next twenty days , to bo ex pended in the erection of an addition to the high school. Mr. James said the stalus was this that the high school has grown so rapidly that there is not sufllciont accommodation for the pupils. Children formerly came a long ways to the high school. Lately it has been necessary to decrease the grades to make room for the influx of pupils , until now it is really necessary to provide addi tional room , and until such action is takem many of thu pupils must bo distributed to other schools , according to the resolutions passed by the board. Ho thought it best that children go to the other schools in pref erence to u school provided for In either the attio or basement of the high school. Ho further staled thst ho saw no way out of the muddle other than to go ahead. Couldn't see how It would bo u greater hardship for the children to go to the schools outnido than In go to the high school , as many of them reside - side closer to the oiltsldu schools than they dote to Iho high school. Air. Copelond thought his resolution would prove a happy solution to the vexatious piob- leni. The addition could bo gotten In read iness within six months , und release the grades to ba provided for. Mr. Morrison wanted all outside improve ments.to bo included In Mr. Copeland'e amendment. Mr , Sholos offered an amendment to Mr. Copoland's resolution as follows : "And such other propositions as may bo doomed expedi ent. " Carne-d. Mr. Copeland's resolution , as amended , was then voicd on and carried. The committee on claims recommended the payment of the estimate on construction of tno Mason street school amounting to M- 4IJ8.70 , in favor of J. C. GUaddon , which was adopted. Also the payment oftho llnul esti mate for grading Webster utroot school grounds , In favor of J. J. Casey , to the amount of ? 500. The following assistant principals were elected : Miss Clara H. Mason , to the Far- nain school ; Miss Gertrude C , Ellis , Long school. The following wore elected teachers of the Eighth grade , on recommendation of the committee on teachers und text books ; Misses Bennett , Hays , Wheatley. Hunker , Valentine , Grcenlco , WyukofT , Elder , Allen , Sillwell. The committee on teachers and text books recommended the election of the following teachers , which was adopted : Mrs. Martin W. Chrlstianoy , the Misses Hcadlo , Coburn , Crane , Harrington , Hunperford , O'Neill , Simonds , Wood , Lonergan. Patterson , Nave , Starr , Wood , Jordan , Hussoy , ICelloy , Good- speed , Peacock , McCauiey. Smith and Noon. Mr. McConncll made n kick on the condi tion of the plumbing at the Wobntor school. They said that there were no closets for the jiupiU. There Is evidently , ho said , iu Irre- sponslblo plumber employed , who has not completed his work In timo. Tlio lumber contract , which was formerly n.varded to Goo.'go A. Hong- land , was i of used by these parties nnd rewarded to the Chicago lumber coui- pany und John A. Wukcllcld , A special committee reported that the Knox Presbyterian church Had been secured for use as n school building , nt KW per month , until a now building is ready for occupancy. This will servo to accomuiodnto the pupils ot the Lake school. A resolution was referred to the flnanco committee , that an Insurnncoof two-thirds ot tha uppratsod valuation bo placed on nil brick school buildings. This to bo carried by the board of education nt such rate o4 hereafter agreed uiwn , the amount not to exceed $5OCO on each building , ex cept the high school , which shull bo 120,1.100. It Is to bo placed by the llnanco commlUoo in such insurance companies as tht\v may doslgtmto. It also provides fur a fund , culled thu 11 ro and light ning Indemnity fund , and all premiums paid on that portion of Insurance c in led by the board shall bo paid to bo used only in ease of ilro or lightning. Su | > erintoiidenl James presented Ills report In which was shown that about the sumo teachers were present and resumed about the same duties. The attendance of pupils was 7,7f > r , l.OJO ever that of lust year , The committee on buildings nnd property was authorized to muko provision for addi tional room for any school whcro deemed necessary. * THK 8011001,8 UKOl'UN. Au IncrcaHcU Attciulnnco of Oiiinlin Youth Now HitllllniH The prolonged vacation of the public school children ended Saturday und the now schol- astioyear commenced yesterday with a fuller attendance than ever at the various schools. None of the now buildings uro yet com pleted , but all will bo by ready by October 1. The pupils will bo accommodated In other quartern meanwhile. The Webster street school would huvo boon ready for occupancy hud it not boon for the delay of tun plumbers. It will bo opened by next Monday at the latest. The Lake Street school will not bo ready for perhaps thre > o wuoka , but until then the pupils will bo nccommodutcd in hulf-duy sessions at rooms previously occupied. Three of those rooms are in the old frame building on the grounds , two in tlio church lately Itought by the board and two across the street from the now school build- . ing. The pupils would require- fourteen rooms for their accommodation , but by the hulf-duy sessions they nro accommodated In seven. Thp recitations are necessarily moro hurried , but the pupils will bo just as rap idly advanced. When the now building is completed it will not only bo the handsomest ward school building in the city , but will also be the best building for room and arrange ments. It will huvo sixteen rooms , but only fourtoou will bo necessary , the other two being an allowance for natural Increase. The Walnut Hill school building , which Is as barren of ornament us a barn , will bo ready in two or three weeks for the child ren. Meanwhile , the fonnor quarters , though somewhat crowded , will be utilized. The Bancroft building will bo ready by October 1. Nearly all the rooms unoccupied In the Park , Faruain , Castollar and oilier now buildings of last year uro full , showing that the allowance for nn increase may possibly have been lee small. Pattt AVnuts let Soil Her Castle. London Figaro : Mme Patti hnn al- torcd her mind againand now proposed to soil Craitf-y-Nos by private treaty. The following ia the ufllcial announcement - ment : Cruig-y-Nos castle , eighteen miles southwest - west of Brecon , twenty-one miles northeast of Swansea , and ono and one-half miles from Ponwyilt station , on the North & Brecon branch of the Midland railway. An emi nently beautiful and very valuable freehold residential CHtutc , charmingly Hiluatcd at the entrance of thu picturesque and salubrious Swansea valley , commanding extensive views of romantic hill mid vuiley scenery , and fumed for being tbo country seat of Mmo. Adclina Patli-Nicollni. It comprises a per fectly appointed resiiionco.ologuntly designed und massively constructed in the Tudor style of archilecturo , with every improve ment that perfect comfort could dninutid or modern science suggest. It contains ovcry accommodation for a family of wealth and distinclionand has been constructed entirely regardless of cost. It is surrounded by churm- ing pleasure grounds of great natural beauty , extending lo about thirty-eight acres , which comprise ornamental planta tions , u succession of terraces , und winding walks descending to the river Tawo ; lake and ilshponds , extensive and well-arranged glass houses , und prolillo fruit and kitchen gardens , white adjoining and connected with the castle are a magnificent conservatory nnd winter garden , botli of recent construc tion. The property oxlonds altogether to : i5-'ia 2r Kip , nnd the agricultural pai L is let to good tenants at remunerativerentals. . The trout Hailing upon the estate is some oi Iho best in thu kingdom , and the property , though small , affords capital rough shoot ing. ing.Mmo. Mmo. Patti last November had a higher olfor for the estate than ttho IB likely to ask now , and BIO refused it on the ground that BIO wished to live in her Welsh castle until she rotlrod from the stage , vvhon she would probably re bide in Paris or Vienna. It is Bald that she linn changed heir phum because somebody broke into Mr. Nieolini'a Halting hut , and bocau.so roportH are current that some tliiovoa are after the priina elonna's jewel caso. Tlio posHrs- bion of valuable diamonds ( Mmo. Patti wears 10,000 worth on the stage In "La Traviata" ) often brings great distress of mind to their owner , and in this in stance it scorns to have induced her to give up a very charming residence of which aho is personally very fond. Tlio SIcicH in September. Boston Advertiser : Jupiter is even ing Btnr and stands once moro ( it the head of tlio list of the planetary brother hood in September. It is , however , hiu last appearance , for , though almost n mm himself , lie will soon draw HO nuai1 the far more powerful contra ! sun as to be entirely eclipsed in his beams. Mars is evening star , and hit * move ments on tlio celestial track during the month are closely interwoven with these of Jupiter. Venus IB evening star , and , before the month closes will sot more than an hour after the HUH. The autumnal orjuinox occurs on the 2Jd : at ] ( ) a. m. September ia rich in curious and interesting < torosting events to commend it to the lever of the stai-H. The constellation Scorpio is brilliant on the rocordn ; for , wandering in its bright domain , the planets Jupiter and Mar * approach , meet and recede from each other , while its two princiii.'il starsIota ] Scorpli and Antaros , are in tlio vicinity of the pass ing planets. The constellation Virgo claims possession of three planets dur ing the month. Mercury overtaken and passes Venus and meets Uranus' , while Venus , in her tuflij encounters Uranus , the three conjunctions occurring in the short period of seventeen hours. Tlio mootlngfland partings take iiHco within the boundaries of Virgo , Mercury clos ing the record by a near approach to Spica , its leading brilliant. Jt is sel dom Unit eight conjunctions of planet ! ) and Blare lind place on the annuls of a uinglo month. September also liolda within its gift the Harvest Moon , when , on the evening of the UOlh , and the three or four succeeding evenings , the moon ribcs on each evening with only an average difference of 20 minutes. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Itby wu dck , wo gnro her Caetorta. When the wt * & CUIld , ( bo cried for CutorU , Wluia the Ixicaroo ills * , ( bo clung to CaztorU , When iba had Children , she care them CutorU. * ' * > > V. . r * jkKu