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KANHAS still plucks up hope that con-
gret-s will pass the Oklahoma bill thin
session , but it is the hope of a elrowning
man catching atalrawu.
TOM Riiici ) , of Mulno , who pees baclc
to congress for his third term , must
feel that ho is ti live-oak in the affection
of bin wtato , judging from the largo ma
jority just rolled up for him in his dis
trict
A QKEAT many iinxiouH hearts arc
fluttering over the prospects of Uncle
Sum accepting onoof the bids submitted
to the war department for the bale ol
six hundred and forty acres for uow Port
Omaha.
IT TOOK Mr. Cleveland nincty-five
days to write his letter of acceptance ,
but it took Tildon thirty-two , Hancock
thirty-live und Horace Orooly only ton
days to express their thanks for a nomi
nation nt the hands of the democratic
party. As a letter writer Mr. Cleveland -
land will not lake the nri/.o.
SOUTH OM VIIA will put on metropol
itan nirs when her free mail delivery it
established. Incidentally let us remark
that'tho carrier delivery system would
have been on joyed by South Omaha fet
the lastcightoon months if &ho had beer
allowed to remain within the corporate
limits of Omaha. At best now , she will
bo waiting another twelve months fet
the conveniences which the outskirts ol
Omahii have long enjoyed.
: Tim doinocratie candidate for gov
ernor in Ma&MiohusottsColonel "Billy1
' Hubsoll , thirty-one years old , is without
f a doubt the youngest man running for
the olllce of governor in any Now Eng
land stato. Just uiiio years ago Nebraska -
braska republicans iiomlnalud Albinus
Nance for governor , a stripling of bomo
thirty auininerri , who had the honor o
guiding the ship of state for two terms.
Like the boy revivalist Ilarri&on , these
| boy governora are generally olel enough
i to have their eye tooth cut.
f Tim iron trade is said to be the com
mercial barometer. The decided im
provement noted in the iron Indus-
e ry foreshadows a general revival In
OH branches of business. For several
% eoks there has beun a gradual gain
ing of ground , and last week was re
garded as e > no of the best for the iron
Industry for the whole year. Ileltoi
prices have ruled the market and there
has boon a good demand for everything
ou the list. The prospects for a hoavj
trade in all branches of iron are Hat
If tering , and the whole market has ,
U btrong and healthy tendency which
IL added to the tremendous corn crop
I : cannot fail to stimulate all lines of busi
lip ness into great activity.
TUB adage that "a now broom sweep ;
clean , " has Its reverse in the slrco
cleaning business in this city. Defon
the old street swooping contract expired
pired the old broom of Fanning J
Slavon did some very clean bwcoping
\i \ but no MKiner had the contract been renewed
nowed thun the now broom began t :
move very shiftlessly and the so-callei
Ktrect cleaning became nothing ruon
than raking the dirt promiscuously
from the center to ttio gutter
During and since the fai
complaints arc on the incrcas
about tao untidy cundition of the inn
chino-swopt Hlroots for which the cit
is taxed onormouuly. Why can't th
now broom of Slavon & Fanning do n
well ns the old broom did just previous !
before the renewal of the contract.
CHAIRMAN Union has the natural or
thusiaam of the tyro in politics. To th
inun who is uow in political work ever
report nnd incident favorable to hi
side ia enormously magnified and give
an importance wholly out of proportio
to its veal signilleanco. Of course th
chairman of the democratic cumpuig
committed gets u grout deal of cheer
ing information from all the states , bt
in his freshness ho has so exaggerate
its importance tlmt ho is already clalir
ing pretty much the entire country
\l \ Thois ? used to bo another Ohio dome
erotic pdlltluiuu who held to the idt
that it was goOtl volltlca to claim over. )
thing , but nftor a n umber of defeats h
party got tired of that sort of boastln
and retired him as a political nmnngei
It ia likely to go hard with Chairmn
Drico to so euro hereafter the posltin
of campaign conductor if the result <
the election shall demonstrate that ii
is strong only as a campaign blowo
Ho will bo wise to imitate the silei
Quay and keep right along at work.
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HIM IliMioiiiinnteil.
The Hilt forces wore in ludlsputcd
command of the Now York democratic
convention , nnd the governor was re-
lominatcd by acclamation amid mani-
oatutions of the heartiest enthusiasm.
This was not the course that had boon
expected. Very few doubted that Hill
vould receive a nomination , but it was
.bought . ho would have to maku a light
'or ' it. A stormy convention hud boon
confidently predicted. The result shown
, hi\t Hill and hit ) friends were allowed
.0 control the democratic organi/ation
11 Now York , which is to say that Mr.
Cleveland and liU friends hold aloof. In
maidng a choice of alternatives it is
[ > lain that the president decided to
offend the independents rather than the
friends of the governor. For two months
past the Independent organs have been
insisting that the rcnomination of Hill
would imperil the national ticket in
Now York , nnd have urged the admin
istration to Interpose for the proven lion
of such a state of allairs.
There can bo no doubt that Mr. Cleve
land gave very careful and serious con
sideration to the situation , and equally
is it without do'ibt that ho concluded
not to interfere , thereby , tacitly at
least , acquiescing in the movement
which culminated in Hill's rc
nomination. No explanation which
may be offered can relieve Mr.
Cleveland of a measure of the
respoiibibllity for continuing at the
head of the Now York democracy per
haps the most arrant demagogue now in
public life , and ti man , bosido'3 , whom
these is good reason to believe has cor
ruptly used the patronage of his high
ollico in rewording political service , if
not indeed to his own aggrandi/.emont.
The record of Governor Ilill redounds
neither to his wisdom nor his honesty ,
and in unqualifiedly endorsing this
record the democracy of Now Yorl ; puts
itbolf in a position which ought to , and
very likely will , reduce its vole in No
vember by many thousands.
The independent vote , estimated
at about thirty thousand , will
unquestionably bo very nearly
solid against Hill , and it is
reasonably expected that ho wiH lose
the votes of a considerable number of
temperance democrats who favor regu
lating the liquor tralllc by a high
license. It is possible that the defec
tion of such democrats will be offset by
republicans In the cities who do not be
lieve in any liquor regulations , so that
the democracy may perhaps poll the
party strength , less the independent
vote , so far as the state ticket is con
cerned. It cannot win with this. Hav
ing the full independent support three
years ago , Governor Hill's plurality
was only about cloven thousand. The
loss this year of loss than half the inde
pendent vote will defeat him , un-
lofas ho shall gain largely from
the republicans , of which there
is not the slightest possibility. As
the situation is now presented , nothing
in politics appears more certain than
the defeat of Hill , and the important
question is , how are the chances of the
democratic national ticket likely to bo
affected in Now York ? It would boom
inevitable that a portion of the inde
pendents must refuse to support Mr.
Cleveland on the ground that his tacit
acquiescence in the ronomination of
Hill commits the national administra
tion to the support of the governor , and
thus puts Cleveland in an attitude not
much loss unworthy of respect than
that of Hill. The president has virtu
ally condoned the shortcomings ol
which the independents complain. Hav
ing the opportunity to free his party
of a demagogue , if nothing worse , Mr.
Cleveland has failed , under the prompt
ing of personal ambition , to take ad
vantage of the opportunity. Ho has
shown that his flrut thought is not , as
has been claimed , the purification and
elevation of his party , but the reten
tion of the presidency. How can the
indcnoudents conscientiously and with
out stultifying all their professions ,
give him their support ?
The campaign in Now York will now
open in earnest , and its progress will bo
watched by the whole country with in
tense and cumulative interest. The re
publicans have already been doing borne
excellent work , and the indications at
this time are most favorable to their
success.
General Harrison on ( lie Surplus.
There will _ not bo a largo addition
made this year to the surplus in the
national treasury. The appropriations
thus far made will take within twenty
millions or less of the year's revenue ,
and there are still some things to be
provided for. This is not more surmise ,
but has the authority of the secretary
of the treasury. It was information
which , when launched upon the coun
try , caused the democracy no little con-
fusion. The partv had boon lustily anil
persistently crying out against the no-
oiimuUting surplus , and lion
was the demonstration that bj
reason of the extravagance o
its representatives in congress there
would bo no addition to the surplus dur
ing the current fiscal year about whiol :
anybody need fool alarmed. In this
country there is no danger to any in
torobt in the accumulation of a millioi
dollars a month in the national treasury
ury , though very likely It w.ould b (
wise to maintain an oven closer balance
than this between receipts and oxpondl
tures , and to keep the latter down U
the lowest point consistent with i
thoroughly olllcient public service
This , it is indisputably shown , hits no
been done under the present lutminia
tration , which in three years has cos
the country ninety-live million dollar :
more than was expended during a lik <
period under the precedingadmlnihtra
tion.
tion.But
But there is a largo surplus In th <
treasury , stated by Mr. Thurman only i
few days ago , on the authority of the
secretary of the treasury , to bo some
what in excess of one hundred am
thirly-throo million dollars. Tin
larger part of this considerable sun
was accumulated during the Arthur ad
ministration , and it has sorely voxci
the Cleveland administration. Tin
president has dwelt on it at ditToren
times as presenting n most nlnrmin ,
condition , whioh should bo famovo
w/th / the least possible delay the lat
Secretary Manning discussed It wit !
man } ' dismal expressions of appre
hension ; Secretary Fnlrchlld has
several times solemnly roforrad to it as
a terrible menace to the national w < ? l-
faro , and domocratla loaders in and out
of congress have in a similar strain
again and again recurred to the sub
ject. AH General Harrison says in his
loiter of acceptance , "they have mngni-
Hod and nursed the surplus which they
affect to doprec.ito , seemingly for the
purpose of c.snggcrntlug the evil in or
der to reconcile the people to tno extreme -
tromo remedy they propose. "
Yet thorn has been no time since the
Cleveland administration came into
power that it could not have reduced
the surplus , or at least prevented any
incronbo , if it had boon dispoood to
do t-o. It had the bamo authority
of law that republican administra
tions posbossoel to employ the surplus in
the purchase of bonds , but it chose to
quibble regarding the extent of this
authority and to allow the surplus to
grow while it waited for congress to
that its authority was full and com-
> leto under laws long in force and
over before questioned. There was
ever a plainer case of subterfuge , ro-
orled to purely for a partisan purpose.
The course of republican administra-
ions had been to purchase bonds with
he surplus , nnd that is the policy
.vliich the candidate und leaders of the
arty now advocate. "Tho surplus
low In the treasury should bed
d in the purchase of bonds , "
s General Harrison ; "tho peo-
) lo and not the banks should have the
iidvantagoof its'uso. " This administra-
ion has had some sixty million dollars
distributed among the banks , whioh
mvo reaped nearly all the bonolit. The
Hirchaso of bonds would have given the
: noiioy to the people and ended the in-
.orobt charge on the amount of bonds
nirehtised.
It requires a great deal of assurance
.o attempt a defense of the financial
> oliey of the Cleveland administration ,
larticulnrly with respect to the surplus ,
That seemed to olTor the best promise
of political capital against the republi
can p.trty , ami all possible use has been
: nado of it. But it must fail of effect
with all who will give the matter intel
ligent and candid examination.
Omalm nnd tlio Union 1'nciflc.
The smoothest road to a man's affec
tions is through his stomach. This rule
has its exceptions , however , as has been
forcibly illustrated by Charles Francis
\elnms. Two years ago this summer
Mr. Adams was sumptiouslyentertained
by the Omaha club and soft-soaped from
the crown of his head to the end of his
toes , as Allen G. Thurman would say ,
bj tlio toast-master and all the llunkies
whom Omaha can muster. At that
memorable occasion Mr. Adams male
good-humored speech , in which
ho complimented our enterprise and
public spirit and promised great things
for us in tlio way of branch lines and
metrojxUtan depot facilities. Within
three days after vhis entertainment the
Omaha board of trade held a public
meeting to endorse the Union Pacific
branch line bill , then pending in con
gress , and pledged Senator Van Wyck
and the whole Nebraska delegation to
its active support. Throe months later
when Omaha was framing her now
charter and a clause was proposed that
would compel the Union Pa
cific and all other railroads
to pay the same proportion
of local taxes tnat other property is
obliged to pay. the general attorney of
the Union Pacific put in a protest and
when our citizens , by an overwhelming
demonstration endorsed local railroad
taxation the emissaries of the Union
Pacific wont down to Lincoln and had
the charter mutilated and Omaha's
wishes thwarted through the corrupt
methods of the oil room , and to the
shame and disgrace of Omaha be It said
the Union Pacific lobby received very
active aid and comfort in their effort to
defeat equal taxation by aomo of her
heavy shippers and business men , who
have grown rich by rebates and special
favors.
Two years have passed away. The
promised branch lines have not materi
alised in Nebraska , although the Union
Pacific has managed to raise capital
enough to make extensions and im
provements in other sections. The ex
cuse for not building branch lines in
Nebraska is thatcongross has not passed
the Union Pacific funding bill. Judging
by past experience , the branch lines
which Mr. Adams had projected would
have been built in Knnsiis , Colorado and
Oregon much sooner than in Nebraska
A.nd now Mr. Adams has again boon
rovally entertained by the Union club.
The lunch was still undigested when
the usual committee of Omaha business
men made a formal call upon Mr.
Adams. Despite the lunch and wine ,
the committee met with rather a cool
reception. Mr. Adams very politely
declined to fix a time when , in the dim
and distant future , ho would have those
depot plans carried into effect. Anei
when the solitary member of the com
mittco who was not a heavy ehippei
nor dependent upon railroad favors
mildly reminded Mr. Adams that the
Union Pacific had unfulfilled contract
obligations with Omaha , Mr. Adams
exclaimed disdainfully that he was nol
disposed to read up ou ancient history
This very abruptly terminated the in
torviow. The committee , as usual , wil
subside for another season , and Omahi
will bo asked to bide her time and con
tent herself a few years longer wit !
wretched transfer and depot facilities
which no other city of America o
equal population would tolerate fo
thirty days. After all , nothing morocai
bo hoped for or expected so lonf
us our heavy property owners an <
loading merchants and manufacturer
do not assort their rights.
So long as Omaha is content to sent
railroad delegations to the legislature
nnd keeps ou supporting every schoin
that the Unloo Pacific has pending ii
congress through our senators and rep
resentntives , she will always remain i
mere foot-ball for the great corporation
and all the dining and wining ot Unioi
Pacific magnates will bo a more wast <
of duuotanco.
TIUJ largo increase of pupils .scoklnj
admission _ to our public.schools ,1s no
unexpected. Tlio census of last gpriiij
nadp evident the necessity for much
nero room. The tardiness of the board
f education in maklntr provision for
ho accommodation of the Increasing
lumbers has just begun to make its im-
u'easloii. The alow movements of the
> oard in the past only gives warning
hat a like occur re ice may bo an occasion
or public censure In the future. The
line required last spring In making
choice of plans for contemplated build-
ngs delayed the work ot commencing
0 late in U\o \ season as to forbid the
-'omplotlon of largo buildings as early us
ho beginning of the now school year.
Vnd after contracts wore lot containing
onditions of forfeiture if the buildings
night not bo completed at a fixed ditto ,
the board was at fault in failing to maku
ho grounds ready for contractors to
login operation. The ample amount of
noney voted favorably upon , in bonds ,
, o bo issued by the school board nearly
1 yonr ago , was a guarantee Xo the com-
nuiiity that , with good management ,
10 lack of school room would occur.
And the intention of the board was
; oed , but its management is not above
riticism.
TiiKitn is a fair prospect now that
congress will appropriate no less than
> no hundred thousand dollars during
his session for the preliminary survey
of the arid regions to bo reclaimed by a
system of irrigation. In spite of the
opposition from various quarters , con
gress has lout a willing car to the pro-
oot , as its importance to the people of
Jolorado and other sections of the west
jccumo the bettor understood. Tlio
, vork will bo undertaken under the di-
. eclion of the national geological sur
vey und a full report with recommonda-
ious will in duo time bo submitted to
congress. Tlio bchome includes the
juilding of storage basins along the
lead-waters of rivers and a combination
of canals and rivers to bring the water
down to the arid districts. The plan to
say the least appears plausible.
Tins republicans of Massachusetts
scorn to have been well satisfied with
the administration of Governor Ames
during two terms , as they have just ro-
lomlnated him for a third term. Ho
has not shown himself to bo a man of
commanding ability , as were some of
Ills predecessors , but ho has proven to
bo a sensible , safe anel practical execu
tive , whose recommendations have gen
erally boon judicious , and who has
ijivo to his official duties the time and
attention noeo.-vsary to their proper per
formance. Ho is a man of largo wealth ,
who has done much to promote the ma
terial development of Massachusetts.
His opponent is W. E. Russell , now
mayor of Cambridge , and one of the
strongest democratic politicians in the
stato. Of course the election of Ames
is assured.
Have You Heard From Maine ?
Tribune.
Have you heard from tlio election-
Hoard iibout the Maine cluutlon
How tlio democratic ticket ,
Poor olil democratic tioltot ,
Wfnt a Hying , wont a-llying ,
GuUoy west and somewhat crooked !
Where tlio JHITVrvticts Comug In.
Dctiott Tiibune.
General Huriison has made many speeches
und not one mistake. Mr. Cleveland has
mudo many mistake * nnd no sposches.
Tlie Only Sample in Stock.
lliuoltlyn Unfoii.
A contemporary speaks of Cleveland's '
) , OM "chuck" instead of "chock. You can
spell It either w.iv , and evcrbody will admit
that nothing like it was ever scon iu the
\vliito house before.
In Advance of His Party.
New Yuri : Ti fount.
"What want " said old
we , an spoils
crat , "Is a president who will put tried dem
ocrats into ontcc. " Well , you have n presi
dent who has done oven better than that , for
ho has put tried and convicted democrats
Iu ofllcc.
A Political Confab.
Chtcaaa Trllxtnc.
First democratic politician Have you read
the letter of acceptance ?
Second ditto No. I'm ri 'ht In the heat of
the campaign. Shan't have time to read it
until after the election.
First democratic politician ( sarcastically )
What will bo the use of roadhiK It thoni
Second ditto ( resentfully ) Who said I
to read it then ?
Coward and I'.irtisnn.
/fnusiu City Journal.
It would bo a wise provision of law or r
salutary constitutional amendment that con
Kress should not sit after the nomination'
have been made in presidential years. The
average congressman during a canvass is at
unmitigated coward , und the nvonigo pros !
dent , it a cundiduto , is a mere political parti
san , and often a demagogue.
LAIIUIl NOTKS.
There is a good opening for bakers in M is
souri. Tlio proportion of baker * to populiv
tiou in that enterprising town.is such that oiu
man in Carrolton.mukc * bread for thirteeon
neighboring towns.
Work is scarce at Hamilton , Mo. , nnd
wages are not very high. Carpenters get
from fl.W ) to $ . ' .f 0 per day ; coal-diggors gel
ubout t3 per day when at work ; section men ,
tl.10 ; weiglmiasters , $1.75.
Soft wood is uow subjected to a treatment
which densities it und makes it "workable , "
with all the properties of good lignum vitae
The wood Is so ikocHn oil , put under heavy
pressure nnd then atlowod to stand for some
months , when it has become dry.
A Pittsburg man has Invented a nut machine -
chino which IIUH the least possible waste ) ol
material. It hammers , cuts the iron to mil
length , takes it , to the dlo box , where irre'gu
laritlcs are remedied , und makes the hole
Thus there IB no waste oxcupt at the core.
An Atlanta ( Ga. ) l-oncern engaged In male
lug pantaloons , recently closed Us brand
honso at Matton , Oa. , because It could no
get tailors enough to make trousers at tin
rate of fl uor dozen pairs I Evidently thi
tailors' trudo Is not Jhrivitig In Georgia.
Chicago is ono of the few western citle'
that have succos < tfuy } ! adopted the Kughal
hansom cub. Cab-drivers nnd liverymen h
St. I ouis uml otliqrtowns , have found tlm
the hansom is ifoUpopular , nnd the grade1
nnd rough pavomdnU speedily break dowr
uud kill the horses.
An improved hammer for carpenters has t
groove in the side of the head Into which tin
head of any kind of n imil moy bo slipped am
the nail fastened with ono blow. The ham
mer can bo readily withdrawn without dis
turbing the nail , which may then bo drivei
homo in the usual wuy. Carpenters will np
predate the value of the tool , especially Ii
driving nulls in u plaoa byven or eight foci
nbovo the lloor , und consequently almost ou
of reach.
The tops of plno and spruce troea are iiov
utilized Iu the manufacture of piipor. Tin
discovery Is of immense vuluo , us It make !
marketable u vast mass of what has hltherti
been waslo material. Hereafter the bninohe :
of all tu'Crgrfcems will be gathered , and uftui
a process of steaming to tixtraet the rt lnoui
matter u-111 be ground Into dry pulp , wlilol
may UaaUfpped.to uuy dlntuiuxU look * a :
though in. time tlicro will bo ubsolulclY u <
ijEMtt i
vnstc 1u nny department of manufacture.
Means of utilising whut him ahva.xs been re
garded IIB waste matter are being constantly
discovered.
STATi : AM ) I'liUIUTOUV.
Noltrnskn
llrst kiln of brick Inn Just been
mrned ,
John S. Miller , a Norfolk grocer , has boon
close-d up by his eredltom.
The Hontrlco llro department will have Its
minimi parade Thursday , Se-ptember 'JO.
Norfolk llreme'ii will reo.rgunl/o the do-
Mttinunt nnd form thieo hose compr.nlu.1.
Hurglars entered llvu houses In Tocuuifieli
QUO night last week , securing considerable
Liooty.
Weeping Water has several young men
who wore mean enough to steal melons from
a blind man.
The O'Noill frontier made Its flrst appear-
mi ro us a dally September H. It is us neat
and newsy as its weekly edition.
The I'lnUsmouth Ilurald began Us second
year of uxlstencu us a dally last Wednesday
and fouls proud of tlu success it has nt-
tuincd.
M ! s Ida Cox , of Weeping Water , has do-
clde-d to go as u missionary to Inella. She
will ilrst take a special course of training nt
Chicago ,
thirtcen-yeiir-old daughter of Frank Sis-
tic , living in southern Uodgo county , was
struck by lightning Wednesday evening und
Instantly killed.
A heavy hall storm did eonsiderablo dam-
ngo at Columbus the ether day , and the Jour
nal R lys it "bogan work ns ithouph a hugo
coffee null were Blinding ice. "
Dennis M. Gorman , of Kavonnn , was hold
for trial nt liioken Iiov/ last Tuesday on the
elmrga of committing a ci linlnal assault on
the insane wife of u farmer named Staloonp.
A traveling Jockey with u couple of horses
swooped down ou Scotia spoils last wcolc , in
tending to scoop u big pot. Hut for once ho
was beaten nt his own game and obliged to
walkout of town.
A Mindcn man traded oft a glandorcd
liorso the other day , but the party who took
the animal soon discovered the disease. Ho
Immediately demanded a rotrado , und upon
it-s being refused drew n rillo. Tills had the
desired effect , after which the glntidored
horse was disposed of by the sherilt.
Sheriff Taylor , of Daw-son , had nn exciting
experience with u ctwy woman Wednesday
night. Ho was taking a .Mrs. Howe , of
Plum Cieek , to the Lincoln Insane asylum ,
when she Jumped from the platform of the
moving train , dragging the olllcer with her.
She was not hurt , but Taylor had his collar
bone and ono rib broken , besides receiving
minor Injuries. The train wus stopped and
tlio two pic.ted up , but Taylor was obliged to
stop nt Kearney and send Mrs. Ho wo to
Lincoln in charge of another attendant.
Iowa.
Le Mars' oil well Is now down 700 feet.
Dnbuquo Is the latest place to report the
discovery of a gas-pipe bomb. A sensation
is expected
The mnyor of Monteninin 1ms issued n
proclamation closing ull places of business
hereafter on Sunduy.
The Gazette sayo that seventy-three gov
ernment licenses to sell intoxicating luiuors
uro held by parties iu Creston.
A $10,000 damage suit has boon commenced
against Fort Uodgo by a pedestrian who foil
through a detective sidewalk.
Miss Lou M. Wilson and Miss L. T. Mor
row , teachers in the DCS Monies schoolb ,
have resigned and will go to Paris und open
an ICngliiih school thero.
Dispatches to the state papers say that
Hov. Father Uichardson , of Cedar Uuplds ,
fell from the fourth story window of the
Lorimer house at Dubuque Wednesday morn
ing , "his skull und right leg being fatally
crushed. "
Governor Larrnbco Jhas received a state
ment of the decrease of the number of con
victs in the state penitentiaries in the last
few years. The monthly average number of
convicts in ISSi ! wasO'lfi'jf ; in IbST , CGn : und
during the months of 1SSS it was 007K.
A runaway saddle horse in ICookuk the
other evening d..shed through a pinto glass
window und foil paraly/ed on the lloor of a
store room. The nnimul hud been saddled
for a man named Hent , who Intended to pnr-
clmse it from Henry Dplan. The owner of
the glass front was anxious to ascertain who
owned the horio in older to collect damages.
Hcnt claimed that the purchase of tlio ani
mal had not been completed , while Dolan de
clared that it had.
Dakota.
Rapid City people arc about to start an
other cemetery.
Tyndall Presbyterians have nearly com
pleted their church.
The physician's lot In Dc.id.wood is re
ported to bo not u busy one ,
It is said that the Catholic sco for South
Dakota has been located at Yankton.
Four teams ran away and ono man was
seriously injuicd at Sioux Falls , all iu one
day last week.
The mayor of Aberdeen has sent for a num
ber of balls and chains , und a chain gang
will soon bo doing duty on the streets of that
city.
city.A
A careful estimate made by an old travel
ing man places the average amount of money
left daily In Aberdeen by traveling men at
§ , ' 50.
50.Hattlcsnakes
Hattlcsnakes are said to bo migrating from
the lower hills , moving far up into the
mineral districts , where a few years ago
they wcio entirely unknow n.
The C.istalin Record and Republican chron
icles the return of un old citi/cn from dis
tant lands , and icmarks that Charles Mix
county is the only place that God really com
pleted.
Howard citizens offer nny couple who will
get married on the fair grounds the last day
of the Minor county fuirlno following special
mcmiums , vu. : A cook stove , set of bed
clothing , suit of clothes , silver castor und an
elegant cradle.
I'lSVIilt VICTIMS.
JlesidontH in the Slriokon District
Grciuly In Need of Assistance ,
To the Editor of THK Uni : : No
doubt every citi/.on of Omaha has read
from day to day the accounts of the epi
demic now raging in Jacksonville and
boon grieved to observe the steadily in
creasing inroads the disease is making.
But thoio who have not lived in the
south during the hot month can have
no adequate idea of the intensity of
the situation.
Under any circumstances during the
months of August , September and Octo
ber Jacksonville has to encounter the
several evils of a sub-tropical climate ut
the fall of the year. A largo negro
population amongst whom the sanitary
laws of cleanliness are with difllculty en
forced ; a general stagnation of business
which makes the necessary expenses
hard 1o meet , and indisposes even the
most active from that nersiHtent appli
cation which is required to keep a
large city in good sanitary rendition.
This year tlio evils above referred to
are increased to an nlmost inniipporta-
blo degree.Vo hoar that there are no
business houses in full operation ; no
ono can come or go from the city ,
and even the intercourse by mail with
the outer world is retarded.
In the face of these diltlcullios the
town is called upon to meet pecuniary
demands which towns very much bettor
situated would find it hard to satisfy.
She has to provide the necessaries of
life for all those whose wages and live
lihood wore drawn from tlio now sus
pended business enterprises. She haste
to spend large sums on disinfectants
and the work of Cleaning up und de
stroying everything conducive to the
spread of the disease. She has to orcct
hospitals , fit them up , and provide
nurses. The citizens of the place have
mot thin crisis with courage and gen
erosity. All the leading mun have re-
inn incd to work on the relief and other
committees , and individuals have given
their money freely. They have made
a heroic fight , but now , with many of
thorn fallen at their po ta , tholrtunds
exhaustedas rnnny s WO cubvs already
reported , und . .July | two mouths to run
before the weitthor will give thorn any
nid , their e-rv comes that they aru compelled
polled to bollcit outsfdo relief.
New York. I si o , has responded , nnd
no doubt other ollioH will shortly come
forward. The people of Omaha , I be-
llovo , have only to be solicited through
Home authon/ed ohaiinol lo respond ns
they have done before.
My excuse for thus presenting this
appeal is that I have lived in Klorldn
for borne years nnd her sufferings would
naturallv appeal qtilckor to ono whohas
known ne > r pe'rs-onnlly thnn to others
who , among Ihoir many claims and calls
upon their lime , have not had their per-
tonal attention drawn to this urgent
demand for their sympathy and assist
ance. If the mayor or bomo oilier prom
inent P.VBOII upon whom such pnblio
duties full will address Colonel J. .1.
Daniel or Dr. Nenl Mitchell , Jackson
ville , Fin. , the hitler of whom is the
medical olllcer of the city , and both
active members of thorollo ? committee ,
they can obtain any information they
desire , and may command the writer in
any sorvloo ho can perform.
HiuiuiiT : : J. TILL.
THE VANDERB'ILT FORTUNE.
Henry Clou * ' Hloiy of n aio t Kvtraor-
dinnry Accumulation ol' jMono.y.
Ill his "Twenty-eight Years inVnll
Street , " Henry ( Jlows relates marvelous
stories of tlio making and losing of for
tunes in that great gambling establish
ment of America , and tlio story of the
Vanderbilt millions is of till the most
wonderful. Cornelius nnd William 11. ,
his son , furnish the most extraordinary
instance's of rapid accumulation ever
been in the hibtory of the rae-o , writes a
reviewer of Mr. Clews book. "In
seventy years , " bnjs Mr. Cle-ws , "the
commodore nro.sc from nothing , llnaii-
e'ially , to the proud possessor of $ ' )0,000- )
OIW. William H. obtained 870,000,000
of that , and nearly Ire-bled it in a tenth
part of the timo. Ho made three times
as much in boven years as his father did
in seventy , or lie mudo as much on an
average , every two and a half years as '
bib father had done during the three
score anel ton eif his aeMivo business and
speculative career. " This remarkable
achievement , contrary lo the u&ual run
of life , which shows tnat very few mil-
jionairas have had children capable of
increasing thesir wealth. leads Mr. Clews
to the conclusion that William II. Van-
elcrbilt was "the ablest financier of
which there is any record , either in
ancient or modern history. "
It is not generally known that Will
iam II. Vanderbilt had demount rated
his ability as a railroad manager before
his father had fairly begun in that lino.
His first experience was in connection
with the StateMi Island rairoadthirlooii !
miles in length. It was bankrupt , and
William II. was appointed rceeij or at
the bocret suggestion of the commo
dore , who wauled to learn the capacity
of his son in this direction. In two
years the debt was paid olT , and the
block , wliicli hud been worthless , rose
to 175. This pleased the commodore ,
and when ho made his first great rail
road venture in becuring control of the
ilarlam , ho made his son vice president
of the whole Vanderbilt system. IIo
became an indefatigable worker , and it
was doubtless this habit of hard work ,
persisted in for many years , that re
sulted in so Hiuldon and comparatively
premature death for a member of a
family famous for its longevity through
out several gcnorntioiib. Ilo Bcrutini/cd
every bill , check and voucher , and in
spected every engine. Ho carried on a
vast correspondence with hisonn hand.
When emergencies came , ho fallowed
promptness and shrewdness in meeting
them. His telegram from Saratoga in
1877 , ordering the dihtrihution ot $100.-
000 among the striking employes of his
roads , and promising thoin lhat the 10
per cent lately taken from their wages
should bo restored as boon as improved
business would jublify it , no doubt pre
vented the repetition , in this city , of the
fcnrful and costly riots of Pittsburg.
Tha early hibtory of this vast fortune
is almost romantic. Tlio modern archi
tects of "comers" should read Mr.
Clcws'accountof the gigantic operations
of the commodore. In his Hudson "cor
ner" the lighting was forred upon him ,
as it booms to have been in almost all.
It is said that ho had sot out for a long
vacation , and wus sunning himself on a
pile of logs on the Jersey side of the
iludbon , while his yacht lay in the
btream , when a messenger brought him
word from Wall Btreotthat a beat-clique
were selling Hudson stock "short , " and
that it was going down fast. IIo hast
ened to Wall street and ordered his
brokorb to take till the boilers' options
offered in Iludbon. All the cash stock
in the market wus then taken as rapidly
as possible. "A brief calculation
showed that the uuyorb had scoured ,
either as cash or as contract block , nil
the Hudson block in existence , with the
exception of a binall number of bharos
which were not expected to come upon
the market. " The ( troll lie brain of the
commodore then invented a now move
in the game. A number of lending
"hear houses" " "
wore requested to "turn"
Iludbon , which moans to buy it for ca-.li
'
from the cornering party , 'and toll it
back to them on buyers' options for
periods varying from ton to thirty dajt.
This able ruse was intended to impress
the buyers with tlio idea that the cor
nering party was we ik. It seemed as if
they were oliort of cash. So the lead
ing buyers grasped at tlio good chance ,
as they imagined of turning bevoral
thouband bharos , and iiibtnntly throw
the cash stock on the market. It was
privately picked up by the brokers of
the great "cornerer. " Then the trap
was bprung. The sellers' options began
to mature , and there was no Hudson
stock to bo hud. It rose to IbO. A few
mornings before , when the commodore
was basking in the bun , it had been 11- .
The loss on 100 shares wib $ ( iSX ( ) , and
the bears were uiidorcontrnctto deliver
ubout f)0,000 shares. Mr. Clews con
tinues :
Hut the worst part of the deal for
these poor animals hud jot to come.
Tlio boar who turned tlio btocit were
notified that they must stand and dc- .
liver. They complained bitterly of the
ingratitude of the bulls , whom tlioy had
only bought to oblige by turning the
stock. The bulls no re implacable , however -
over , and demanded their property ,
Thojt proposed a compromise which was
more exuding. They wore willing to
lend stock at 6 per cent per day. Some
of the bears imid this , thinking the
"corner" would be of hhoit duration ,
but it continued for over two weeks ,
and nftor paying 5 per cent a day for
several days these poor victims bought
the stock at the high rate and settled.
Tliis double men i in turning thu block
wiA the ablest trick that had ever been
accomplished in cornering. II made
Vanderbilt king of Htrntogifats in that
lino. Hut the bebt part of the stratagem
was that wherein tlio bulls baved them
selves from being Biiddlod with with the
whole stock and made Immense profits
out of the deal. While fiomo of the
bears wore purchasing to cover at 170 ,
Vandcrbilt's private brokers were soil
ing at " 110 , the clique thus craftily un
loaded at good-pnying figures. This
was one of the best inside moves in the
whole hibtory of "corners. " Tlio bullb
thus saved thoniHolvcs from the rink of
being loaded with probably the whole ,
01 at any rate the greater part of the
capital block , and through the commo
dore's able wxnngcmnnt the load was
coihKirutlvily | light ut the end of the
deal , the. property runialn ing as good u
speculative as before , which Is a rare
exception in "corners. "
The Harlem "cornor" .
wnt. in porno ro-
spccts the moro remarkable , though
Mr. Clow.s considers the Hudson "cor
ner. " on the whole , the greatest of all.
Commodore Vnndcrbilt's Ilrst Harlem
Bteu-lc was bought in 1803 , at S3 or SO n
Hliarn , as an Investment. Thirty years
before tins ho had refused to buy the
same atook , fmylng : " 1 nin a steamboat
man , a competitor of those steam con
trivances that you toll us will run on
dry hind. o ahead. I wish you well ,
but I bhnli never have anything to do
with them , " Ho made improvements
in the road , and it was predicted that
ho would IOKO in railroads nil ho had
made out of Mcamboals. The stock
gradually rose , lumovor , lo GO. Some
thing \ \ \ fool , and when
the common council , in April , 1S03 ,
passed nn ordinance nulliorUing him
lo build a steam railroad down Broad
way to thei Mattery , the cat was out
of the bag. Ilarlom then lulvancod
to 75 , nnd the Aldermen of that
day , who wore as keen after boodle
as bomo of their suecosborH , began to
boll it "short. " The scheme \\ns to boll
"short" all the block the market would
lake , and then repeal the ordinance.
They expected to see the stoe-k drop be
low M ) . Daniel Drew was with them in
this plot. The commodore faced them
with characteristic courage. He railed
his friends to his aid , and they bought
all the "shorts" that were olTorcd. The
aldermen nnd their fullow-r.onaplrntord
had sold moro Harlem block than there
was in existence , not dreaming that the
Yamler'nltclique ' had it.ill.Vhon the
\irtuous law-makers thought the time
was ripe they repealed the ordinance ,
and every ono looked to see the block fall
with a crash , burying Vnmlerbilt under
its ruins. Hut to Ihu nmii/emcnt of
ovci'i one it dropped onl.v Ihreo points ,
to 7U , whetvns the'i hud luoKud to boo it
go to 60. The "shorts" begun to buy to
buy to protect themselves. The stock
wont up lo 160 170 nnd finally nnd at
last 170 , Tlio aldermen had ( o settle at
this figure , und are said to have lost a
million , while their friends lost several
more. The commodore's bharo of the
profits was si.or seven millions.
Not long aflor the legislature tried
the same trick upon the commodore ,
but with oven more disastrous results.
He had secured control of the
Hudson Hivor railroad by bujing
stock , and had the positive assurance
that the legislature would pass a bill
eonfce > lidating it with the Harlem. On
the strength of this Ilarlom went up
Irom 7G lo 150. The mombeisof the
lepialatuie who wore in the combina
tion bold "short , " nnd then unexpect
edly defeated the bill , while the com
modore was buy in t ; stock heiuily , look
ing for a rise. It tumoloel from 160 to
00. If the members had bought and de
livered at i > 0 , they would have tukon
in ill ions out of Vundorbilt's pocket , but
they wore not content. The stock must
go to 60. Thin was the gravest crisis in
his career. Hut ho formed another ,
with 15,000,000 in cash us capital , to
"corner" the sloe-It , nnd went on buy
ing , while the men at Albany had pone
30 crazy ever the prospect of putting
the btock down to 8 or 0 again and ruin
ing the commodore that some of them
were mortgaging their homes for ready
inonev. Ho wont on calmly , until ho
had bought 20,000 moro shares than
were in existence. When the members
came into the market to buy the cover ,
the.y wore iiiiui/od to find that there
was no block to be had. They were at
the old mini's mercy. A compromise
was proposed , but his only reply was :
" 1'ut it up to 1,000. This panel game is
being tried too often. " Some of his
friends remonstrated. "If you should
carry out your Hi real , " said Leonard
Jerome to him , "it would break every
house on the btreot. " Ho yielded , anel
agreed to let them off easy nt U85. Tlio
btock had sold seven yeans before , when
Mr. flows first went into Wall btroot ,
at $ o a share.
nn Hlio IB Taught.
New York Sun : A recent investiga
tion into public schools in the large
cities of England disclosed the ovU-
tenco of a curious cubtom indulged in
by some of the teachers in the lowol
grades of subletting thor work to pupilj
in their classes , and leaving the olaa *
several hours or oven for a half day at
a time whenever they feltliko it. Ono
httlo fellow six years old Icstillod tli.it
he was kept busy hearing the younger
children say their letters and make
marks , und was paid half-pence per
week by the teacher. He had twelve
children in his charge. Anotherpupil ,
a girl of ton , had constantly for throe
months the touching of six to twelve
girls ranging in ago from BOVTII to four
teen years , teaching them to road nnd
write , giving them dictation , and set
ting them sums.
Some funny experiences of the little
teachers came out in tlio examination.
Kato Hauling , a iiiiie-yenr-oid girl ,
was hearing a reading loason. The
word warrior was correctly pronounced.
"If e-a-r-r-i-o-r spoils carrier , " bald
she , "w-a-r-r-i-o-r spells Iwurrior , " pio-
nouiie-ing the "a" short ; "I'm biiro
that's not right , " ventured ono of the
pupils. "Jfjou bother mitaid tjio
learning pupil , "lonelier will give \ou
the pointer ; she said she would ou
dare to contradict , " and the too-Know
ing pupil had to enll it "wnrrlt r "
A still younger , little tcin her lostifled :
"Me nnd another girl hud Mitw Thorn-
son's class nil to ourselu > s this after
noon. 1 think her name \Mih Lori > .
Lorry was touching two rene and a halt
of girlb. I think there are usnnllj ten
girls in a row. Lorry is not more than
nine or ten j ears old. Lorry stood up
on a rhair nnd wrote some words on the
blackboard ; it took her a long lime.
Then she made the girls she was te-ae-h-
in r write the words on their papers.
She got a ruler off MibsThonison s elosk ,
and if the girls didn't put their hands
bcnind llioni Rhe rapped their knuekles.
I never hit my girls , but I shake tliom
sometimes. It IR a great deal In lle r
for the girls to bo hit by Lorry and
shaken by mo than it would bo for them
to bo tout out to Allss D. , because If wo
sent Ilium out she'd slap ilium ; uhu Haiti
she would if the\y bothered us. Lorry
rould not keep her girls riuic t ( it nil.
She kept saying that she'd box their
oars , and Raying how fiuict my girla
wore. My girls wore littler than hers ,
but if she had not been so fussing hoi-
girls would have boon quieter. She
made a great noise hei-holf. The girls
would not darn to tell teacher about her
hitting them. Wo are all the loauhurV
favorite * . The mothers might toll , but
we don't often got rulers to hit lha
gi.lt ! . Wo teach in the hall usually ,
and there are no rulers thoro. "
. . i
Tim Charitable.
The following contribution * wcio received
by the W. C. T. U. during the months of
May , Juno and July :
Mrs. P. C. HimebauRh.WO ; cnsli , ? 30 ; H ,
H. Wood , $10 ; It. C. Patterson , fS. Clark
Woodman , $5 ; Cllntou W Ilanuall , ST ;
.IndgoJ , M. Thurston , f > 0 : Mrs. J. H Me-
Connell , f.V Mrs. Ii , C. Collier , V \ Mrs. M.
A Smith , 81.40 ; Master Palmer , fl ; Mln
Florpuoo Hurvoy , flj inoinbors of the police
? 10.25 ; toUlW GTi.
John Grndy. a laborer , presented an
order for $10 worth of clothing to a
Douglas street clothier yesterday. The
order purported to bo signed by Koagnn
it Fox. the street pavers. It was proven
to bo a fault forgery , however , antj
Orafly was run.In . by Officer -Savage.
