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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