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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FKIDAY , OCTOBER 19. 188a THE DAILY BEE , I'lJHM.SIlKl ) KVKIiy MOIININO , THIt.MS OK JMy ) ] Mornln ] Mltlon > . Including SusiiAV HlK.One V-nr . tip 00 or.Mt. Months . < ? > 5 orThrre. Months . . . J M iiMiMAfH Ht'Muv IIKK , mailed to any ncldii'HB. Onu Vcnr . . . . - _ " lo OM IA I If HCK..VOH.9I 1 AMlJMS I1 UlNM STIUJM. NEW VeiiiKOrucK , ItrxiM * 14 AJ II 15TiiiniisK 111 II. HIM ) . \V\HIII.NelTONOlHCr. NO. Oil Sllir.r.T. coiuinspo. . AllromtminlrntloiH relating totiowsnna 6 < 1 f orlal timttiT should bo udili uased to the Uniem . . , , , , should be Alt t > u ! ni > HH letters and remittances ncl < lr.'SMe < l to TIIK IlKB 1'uiiMHIllNii CoMi't.sv , l mi\ . Drafts , chivies nnd postoltlco orders to b inaclK payable to tlio order of the company. , Proprietors , K. HOSKWATKK. Editor. Till ! DAIIiY IIUK. Kuorn Hlntctncntul Circulation. Etntcof Noliruska. I County of Dum'Ui. I D > 1' f Je-onre II. Tznuhuck. untretary of the Hee > I'ub- llshlmr company , do s solemnly swear tliat the nctiml circulation of TIIK DAILY llrr. for the week ending OUobor II , 18W , was as follows : Bunduy. Oct 7 IV * ; Monday. e > ct. JWj Tui'Hdny , Oct. ! M ! Wi-ilni silay. Oct. 10 IK.IINI ? linrxilnr , ect. II IK.OH" Friday e > tt , 12 IH.OID tjattirelay , Oct 1.1 1 . < ' ; Aftraso 18.US8 GKOUKII.TCII'CK. ( ] ( . fiworn to befor me and subscribed In my prcHeiKo thU ) IJtli iluy of October A. D . IS * * . Heul. N V. 1'KIU Notary 1'ubllc. Btnto eif Nebraska. I County of lou ) lfts , I Ka > Oeorno II.'IV.sclinck , being duly swom , Ae- POIIM und wija that lie Is dorrotnry of The Heo I'tiblUhlng lompauy , that tlio uuual averaeo ilally rlrrulatlou of THE DAII.V HKK for th inontn of eLtot > er , 1M7 , M.iCUioples : for No- vemtier , 1W7 , n , ± Wcopies : for December , 18S7 , 1R.OII copies ; for.Iiinuiiry , 1"WS , M.'SB copies ; for I'elinmry. IBtw , in.U-O copies ; for March , IfW , I'l.ivn copies ; for Airll. | 18i , liVTU copies ; for May. liws , iHlfll copies ; for June , \ S10.S4I top'le * ; for .Inly. liw. If.trtl copies ; for Ancnst , IfW , I8.IM conies ; for September , 1NW , wns 18.I5J copies ( il'.OIUJK ILT/SCIIt'l'lv. Sworn to before mul Htibscrllinel In my pres ence , this Uth day of ectolier , A. I ) . l S. N. P. KKII , , Notary I'nBlie. Wiio Miyb the Douglas county cam paign i * to bo ono of intellect f Echo utiswern : Pat Ford. iMH will iidjourn this wock. The people will got : i rest , but mem bers hnvo only fairly commenced workIng - Ing tlio dear votpf. Tin ; fohtivo candidate will know you ns IIP passes by , but after election ho will know you no more forever. Just now there is method in his madness. Mit. McSiiAN't's : local star of destiny took a slight down-shoot Tuesday. IIin followers don't unthuso very cntbu- Biastically over the county deiuocrutiu ticket. ROTH the republicans and democrats of Douglas county in their conventions denounce the submission plank. There isn't much difference , but some distinc tion between them. I * is one straw man on the dem ocratic senatorial ticket put up to bu knocked down in the house of hit friends , who surmise that they hrtvt nothing to lose in any event. DKSIMTK the improvements in rallwaj service made during the year , it may be well to rotnotubor that the deadly cut stove is still on dock and ready for bus Incss during the coming winter. Between Judge Thurmnn's drj speeches and the succulent roas beef and mutton at the Fort Wayne barbecue , it wouldn't ttiko much of t guest to say which feast the Ilooslcn relished most. TIIK spreading wings of Harmony di < not hover over the untorrifiod in cou vontion Tuesday. The Boyd factioi went in and carried off ovorythiu ) worth having. And how quietly the ; worked. DOCTOU MACKENZIE exacts to maki two hundred and fifty thousand dollar out of his book. With his eye to th main chance , it is not to bo woudoroi at that ho salted and peppered his ac counts to make thorn spiey reading. NIGHT schools for the old and inflrn commence November 2. It costs th taxpayer a dollar au hour for ever , teaohor who wastes tiino upon their in Ftruction. The law says that publi inonoy can only bo spent for instructio of pupils between the ages of five an twenty-one years. A COMPANY of six hundred is boln formed in Kansas City for the purposi of invading Oklahoma and taking pos notion of the forbidden land. If th nrmy of invaders will wait until afto election Kansas and Nebraska will su\ \ ply them with a complete outfit of cast oil campaign uniforms. OK the 7th of November , 1811 , Get Oral William Henry Harrison fougl the Indian battle of Tippccanoe. Wli could have predicted that sovonty-sovo years afterwards there would moot upo that identical battle Hold loading on torb of the robublican party to ad vocal the election of his prand-son to tli iilghebt ofllco in the gift of the peopl TIIK evil of granting the right of wn on every street In the city indlsorim natoly to rival street car companies now bearing fruit. A long and wear Eomo bquabblo is likely to eisuo ovi the occupation of lower Douglas stre between the motor and horse car coit panics. Without going into the que tion of the right of one line ever tli -other , it is sufllciont to protest that it too bad the people of Omaha must su for without compensation , for the so benefit of one ot these contestants. OMAHA has added beef packing pork packing. Fortunately for itself i situation will Insure for It the retentl of these Industries. Omalm is the la great city of the west where these pu suits are practicable , and 'thoro can no fear that they will pasi further WB ns hus boon the ease heretofore. Thi were in Cincinnati and they in IB rat to St. Louis ; they were in St. Lou anil they wont westward to Kansas Cll And if" Indian territory should o become a state Kansas City would deerted In favor et Vinlta. E Ottmim's position is imprftfjnable , ate to thnt fact the oity owealU recognlt ! by the king ul the beef Armour. MEMonr ot' URNDWCKS. There Isn very largo olctnoiitof tb.0 democracy ot Indiana which holds' ba- pt'i.'d Hie meinury of Thomas A. Hen- drlckf. Ho was by all gdds the ablest leader tlio democrats Of that state ever had , llnd ho was admired and beloved bi them not only because they regarded him a * the pear of any man in the na tion as a statesman , but for the reason also that ho was at all times and in all cliTtiinstnncu * faithful to them. Noetnl- iif'iice of public station led him to for got the people whose confidence and support was the bource of his elevation , a quality of character not po < si > ssel bv the democratic candidate for pres ident , who forgot old polit- cal friends and supporters as MKJII as ho had no further immediate u o for them Thonc Indiana democrat * who cherish the memory of Ilendricks will not all vote this year for Mr. Cleveland. They remember what their liitodistlnguNhcu leader sulTeied of contumely and neglect - lect and ingratitude at the hundb of this administration , in which he should have been a conspicuous figure , but which almost wholly ignored him. They recall the fact that Hondricks was nb powerless at Washington , so far a aid ing his friends was concerned , as any clerk in one of the departments , being unable to control'even so small a matter ns the appointment of a postmaster for his own town. They r.otncmber that there appeared to be , as undoubtedly there was , a deliberate and btudied ut- U-inpt on the part of Mr. Cleveland to destroy the political inllupnuc of Hend- ricks and to noliltlc and humiliate him before the country. And they do not forget , also , that tlio president could not find time to attend the funeral of the dead statesman , thereby implying more strongly than in all other respects - spects his total lack of regard for him. These facts have just been vigorously recalled to the attention of the Ilend- ricks democrats of Indiana in a public loiter of Henry D. I'ierce. formerly : i law partner of Senator Turpie and for .1 time assistant United States district attorney of Indi ana , who will give his support to Gen eral Harrison. That the letter will have an important effect , especially among the democrats of Mr. Ilondricks' homo county , is not to be doubted. There are hundreds of democrats in In diana who will feel with the author of this letter that it is their duty to rebuke the man who ignored and humiliated their greatest leader by giving their votes to Indiana's honored and worthy son , General Harrison. UK\virr \ The feature of general interest in the letter of Mayor Hewitt accepting an in dependent nomination is his strong ar raignment of the Tammany hall faction of the New York democracy as a thor oughly corrupt organization. The fashion of plain-speaking peculiar tc Mr. Hewitt is most vigorously shown in this letter. Ho declares that the "one dominant and ineradicable idea in Tam many hall is that the city government exists for the purpose of securing offices and patronage to its loaders and tollow crs. " It subordinates the politics of the state and the nation to thu idea , and any man who refuse ! to conform to it is certain t < encounter the relentless hostility of this powerful political faction. It is a groal machine whoso fixed and unchangeable purpose is to secure the spoils all thai it can obtain in Now York City , ant when these are not sufficient to satisfy its rapacity , as much more as it can go from the state and national admlnistra tions. There is nowhere a moro dangorou organization to honest government that this organization , and yet it is admit tedly the most aggressive and poworfu force in democratic politics municipal state and national. It was placated ii the interest of Mr. Cleveland's renomi nation and became a leading Influence ii the national democratic convention. U | to within six months before tha convention the president had no men outspoken foes than the members o Tammany. His name had boon Jeerci in their meetings and ho was roundl , denounced by loading men in the organ i/ation. But Tammany sent th largest single delegation that went V St. Louis , and all along the route tin delegation hurrahed for Cleveland , re celving on its arrival an ovation nc corded to no other. What inducemeu was hold out , what pledges given to thi corrupt organization , with the momor of Tweed forever clinging to it , to giv it such interest and zeal in the cause e. Mr. Cleveland ? Mr. Hewitt has had every opportunit to learn the true character of Tamtnnn hall , and his candid an t honest testimony regarding i - , cannot be confuted. It i Cbsontially a corrupt , spoils-bockin i organization , using methods and o : ereising an influence inimical to goo and honest government. Yet the hoi : and reliance ot democratic success i New York , and therefore in the nntioi reslb very largely upon this dangoroi machine , with the managers of whic there is every reason to believe Mi Cleveland has a thorough undorstum ing. If the stand taken by Mr. liuui shall result in the defeat of both he wi have done no greater service to the cil and state of New York and to the com try. And there ib very great probubilii that such will be the result. FAltt TO The county ticket placed in the fie by the Douglas county democracy won ! in the parlance of the board of trad be quoted as "fair to middling , " ar some of the tfrist ground out by tl democratic grist-mill will scarcely pa for middling. It is absolutely spoilo and should bo classified us rejected. The senatorial section of the logUl tive ticket with William A. Paxto John T. PauUen and W. H. Ijams , manifestly superior in point of ohnra tor if not in capacity , to the sonatorl ticket nominated by the republic : sr convention. srO nine candidate * for tha low Hi house are evidently distributed junoi id the different natloiuilltloi to catch ti in foreign vote. The amo disregard of qualificatie and character tiS WM 3.hon by tl . county republicans , is exhibited , by the democracy In thMrcounty ticket , which compels the discriminating , Intelli gent and coiiBclenUoiib voter to fwrntcli and substitute for in competent , disreputable and notoriously bad men on his own piirty ticket , the candidates of the opposition , whom he knows to he preferable , viewed from the standpoint of public Interest. Tha democratic candidate ) for county attorney is said to be an able and repu table lawyer. Hlchard O'Kcefe , who isrenomlnated for commissioner , is well known. As a whole , the democratic county ticket will rank above the ticket headed bv the notorious bell wether of the city council. 15ut the democratic steering committee which promised such great things should have dotio better. BiM'our Mr. Blalne wont into In diana the democratic organs persist ently assorted that ho was not person ally friendly to General Ilarri&on , and that the latter did not feel altogether kindly toward Mr. Blaine. After the arrival of the Maine statesman in In diana and It became evident that ho and Harrison were on the most cordial terms , it was necessary for the organs to take another tack , so their represen tatives sent out the statement that Blaine and Hovcy , the republican can didate for governor , were not friendly. Nevertheless they appeared together at a number of meetings , notably the one at the Tippecunoe bittlo ground , making speeches from the same plat form , and although they did not on any ot those occasions embrace , there was at no time the least indication that there was not the best of feeling between them. In nearly every speech made by Mr. lilaino in Indiana ho referred to General Harrison , alway-s in the most complimentary terms and with evident sincerity. If he did not name General Hovoy it was because he was there to speak for the national ticket , the suc cess of which would in all probability give victory to the state ticket. The truth is that the democratic charge of ill-feeling between Bluinc and Harrison or Hovcy bi clearly shown to be ground less a campaign fabrication to throw discredit on the able work of Mr , Blaine in the canvass. lie has been dealing the democracy some heavy anil telling blows , the force of which the party organs seek to break by intimating tnat his efforts arc merely perfunctory. The people , however , know better of Mr. Blaine , and they are carefully reading and pondering ever his utterances in the full belief that ho is entirely sincere and earnestly desires the election of the republican candidates. friends of organized labor will bo gratified that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Knginoers has gained in numbers and strength since its last an nual meeting. The address of Mr. Arthur before the convention of the brotherhood , now in session at Richmond mend , Va. , bears out this cheering in formation , and is full of hope and prom' iso for the future of the organization The address will commend itself to al fair-minded men ns an impartial and impassioned statement of the Burling ton strike. Wo learn that the strike was ordered only as a hist necessity , when every expedient was ox haustcd in an endeavor to road an amicable understanding witl the management of the road. The brotherhood was always readj to refer the difPcultlos to an impartia arbitration and were willing to abide bj the decision of any three general rail road managers in Chicago. This wai certainly a fair and sober propositioi which the Burlington saw lit to reject Instead the management preferred te pursue a disastrous policy which ha been an injustice to its stockholders , iti patrons and its employes. But the his tory of the strike need not bo repeated It is familiar to every one. Througl the long and trying ordeal the brother hood won golden opinions from all mei for its loyalty to the organization , it steadfastness to principles and its obedience dience to law and order. FUOM reliable reports , itseemshighl ; probable that the supply of hogs thi winter for packing purposes will fal short of the demand. Already th leading packing centers , with the exception coption of Omaha , fcol the pressure This shortage , whether temporary o permanent , elTects but little the porl packing interests at Omahn. In com parison with other centers , Omaha hn the advantage due to the favorable situ ation of our market in the center of th corn and hog bolt. It has been demon btrated that shippers of live stock prc for Omaha to Chicago and other citiu owing to the fact that prices are relii lively higher hero than elsewhere. A a result , our market has boon well sur plied all through the season and i likely to hold its load. This is an at vantage which will become all the mor prominent later in the season , and wi inlluenco the extension of the pork an beef packing industries in our midst. TIIK unusual largo registration ( voters reported from Now York an Chicago i1 * an index of the activity ge ing on all through the country , presidential election undoubtedly call out moro voters than elections In o years. There must bo taken into ni count the largo number of now votei who will be entitled to cast Uiolr hallo for the first tune , and these who em grating to this country have becom naturalizeel within the past year. 1 Chicago , where the complete return from the inspectors of registration hav been made , there ib u gain of nlinos one-third in the number of electors n compared with the registration lists 1831. If the addition to the voting ela- throughout the country is anything i proportion to the registration rottirt from Chicago it will not only add thirt , three and a third t > cr cent to the votln strength of the people , but may loan many surprises when the ballots at p counted. K a TIIK rlbo in the price of bread tin load to serious coiiHoquonroa , onptolal n in the mining districts of I'eniiHylvatkl o I In spite ot the protracted coal Hlrllcoti last yonr , tlTn litiiiors tire again becom ing restless , and apparently with good catbc. At the best , their pay Ts n more1 plttanrc ok l-dut by the uarelu l kind of labor. With the prospects of In creased eosvbf living they would be the first to fei'l tho' pinch. It is said that committees hnvo been appointed among the miners of the coal regions to lay their grievances before the coal com panies and request more pay to moot the inerenstjdUlving expenses. It is to bo hoped that the coal barons will see the justness of the claim and avoid a repetition of the suffering of last , vin- ter. Should thr > ro be n strike In I'enn- silvanla it would undoubtedly iuvolvo the whole anthracite region. To Tin : untiistruolcd mind It is not clear why Socretarv Vilab should ask the Sioux to sell their Dakota lands for fifty cents an acre , when the govern ment price for the same land will bo one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. The Indian delegates have spoken in n sensible , manly way , and have treated the matter simply as a real estate trans action. They have declined to bo oratorical torical and have not made a single allu sion to the graves of their forefathers and to the departure of the buffalo. The consequence is that sympathy has boon aroused everywhere for them , and public feeling will deprecate any at tempt of the administration to cheat them in the trade. The Indians know what they are doing , and wronging them will by no means bo a benefit to Dakota. AM * the news which is obtained from Fornandlnn conies through Jacksonville , a clear proof that Now Orleans is persisting - sisting in her rigid quarantine against western Florida. There is some justi fication lor this in the fact that the pestilence is steadily increasing in Fer- nnndinn. On Tuesday there were in that city thirty-seven now cnbci and three deaths , whereas in Jacksonville there were thirty-six now cases and three deaths. This totally disproves the statement of interested parties that Florida will be a ' afe report for invalids and that Jacksonville was the only point of danger. No one knows the truth which is kept concealed , but there arc reasons for believing that no point in Florida has been exempt. IJOHI nc Hon. Orfgmttnn. The innocent crew of assistant dOTnocrats , known as prohibitionists , seems to have been lost at sea in the storm of politics. It is only conspicuous now by its absence. The Iayn e > f Miracles Are Past. /ii/f ( / < nmjjo.i ! ( Journal. Nothing short of a miracle can prevent Indiana from going for Harrison , and we don't think there will be any miracle-work ing iu favor of Groycr Cleveland. No Use For "Olel Hutch. " rid'iitfr ft ess. Nebraska hasno _ use for "Old Hutch" ot his pestiferous corners. The corn crop in that state has nqvor been excelled , ant equalled only three times within the past tec years. An A.ImriKlnn.1 lelea. ffewYork World. It Is rumored th'ai the American party wil make an attempt to have the Sioux chiefs now in Washington stump the country iu the interests of Candidate Curtis. This Is at aboriginal idea. Greater Than 1011. Deailu'ood Times. The most wonderful feature of the reconl attempt at robbery was the report wired the Omaha Horalei. If Eli Perkins was in thi country we would naturally credit him witl the compilation. Alas , greater than Ell i : among us. Volnimk Again. Kcui York Sun. Volapuk did not die with Father Sohleyer and we hope there is peace in hcavon for the man who , in translating Into his now liugi two of the sweetest words in every language deliberately called a maiden a vomul ana i brldo a Jl-gam. An Accomplished Spoilsman. llattnn Journal. Postmaster General Dickinson has no been in office very long , but he has had timi already to turn out twenty umou veteran : from the mail service in Michigan and put i lot ol incompetents in tholr places. Mr. Dick inson is probably the most nccomplishm spoilsman in the president's cabinet , Reform Inevitable. .St. Lout * lte ) > utilican. Whatever else results from the presen campaign , a certain result is the virtual ob litonitiou of the political lines drawn by thi war. After this campaign the politician wil not bo able to take his map of the Unitci States and murk the half dozen couutio : whore money used may change the result o an election hi the whole thirty-eight states. Mayor Howltt'a Secret. Cfmfmiulf Kmiutitr. Mayor Hewitt refuses to say whether h has made any contribution to the eleuioeruti > oampaigh fund or not. Ho soys that it is no body's business but his own ; that it liasmuc his private affair as the sum ho puts on th plato at church on Sunday. Nevertheless , man brave in spoe > ch like Mr. Hewitt coul afford to toll. The knowledge might bo o real value to the public. The width of tb opening in n man's pocketbook is sometime an Index to his heart. Within Three Weeks. Within three weeks n shower of freemen votes will settle the questions now daily an nightly asked by thousands of oratoi . throughout the length anil breadth of tli [ United States. Campaign speakers will the bo at a discount , business willioaumel normal condition , citU's and country will kee step in the onward march toward the goal e prosperity , and , even with the schoolbo ; strong men will wonder what ull tbu piosei hullabaloo was about. About the same nun bur of candidates will bo dufcatrd as will I 5 elected , and it is not too much to say , tha In many Instances , the future of the defeate will bo far brighter than that of tha succcs fui. If this bo encouragement , maku tt most of it. POMTICAIJ POINTS. Covornor Church , of Dakota , will stum Now York state for Clove-land. John P. St. John is stumping Ponnsylvan for the prohibitionists. Ho gets JW ) u nigl for his labors. Ignatius Donnelly has withdrawn from tl conic-it for thu governorship of Mlnnriot Ho wanteu to bccoma a clpuor in the battl probably. Mr. Jolly la the republican candidate fe congrut * In the Third IxniMluua district , ar the democratic candidate Is Mr. ( Jay Thoi It lots of fun lu the canvass , and the peon think they "could bo lmipy ( with cither woi t'other dur charmer uwuy. " Jndtfo Arnold , of the I'hilndelphliieviurt i common iili'an ' , recently refused to naluruli : a Uuncuriun who HiiUl ho did not believe iu Dully of any kind , u * ho could not take tl oath of utteyUnco. He remarked : " \ \ don't want any more , mfliloltln this country. There's enough In It m it U. " The Kov. Dr. Waylnnd Hoyt , of IMiil.iclol- phlii , dunlcs that ho said ho would nut preach u Thanksgiving dinner In caao of Cleveland's cloc'tion. Hut ho does say ) "I confess I do feel ttronely on the subject of this elect-Ion , if l foul that it Is the most important one lnco the election of Lincoln , nnd I sincerely hnpe and wish for the eleitlon'of Hnrrhou.1' It Ii a Mngular fact that In case the oldest political party in Massachusetts should carry thi ) election next month the governor of the commonwealth , the lieutenant governor and the sociOtary of state will all be graduates of the ict young Hoston L'nlvoisity School of I/iw. It is also somewhat noteworthy thnt Mr Kusscll , the youthful candidate for gov ernor , is now serving his third term ns inn } or of the clti of Cambridge , the seat of Harvard University , and that the president of this college Is understood to favor the election of nil three of the Hoston L'nlvoislty graduate * , although the latter institution is n rival of old Hat yard. Ncbrixskn .lotting. An oyster club has been formed in Heatriee. Over the door appears the legend "Don't bo n Clam " The Haptlst association which has Just held Its meeting in Grand Island , consists of eigh teen churches. The champion jumper of Scotia is n female. She covered 0 feet 2 indies in a contest last vook without weights. The Fremont Hemp and Twiuo company las been incorporated and elected ofllccrs. The capital stock is ViO.OOO. The oflleial records show that It has been cventcen years since so dry n fall has vis- .ted Nebiaskn as the present one. The citizens of Surprise , Hutler county , donated 1'Ji bushels or iwtatoes , US bushels if corn nnd $10 In cash to.thc Homo of the friendless. Game must bo plentiful around Minelen when the cook of the Ml mien house was en- ibled to kill a nice mess of quails by shoot- 'ng them from his bed-room window the thcr morning. A comtcanelory of Knights Templar has ) ccn established at Norfolk , denominated ' ) amascus comumndury After tha installa- ion ceremonies a banquet was participated n bj the knights. Hcports from Shlckloy arc to the effect .hat during the absence of the proprietor the natcnal of tlio Herald of that place was loUed by parties claiming it , nnd in conso- luunce the paper has indefinitely suspended. The prohibition candidate for the legisla ture from Hutler county gives ns his chief reason why ho shall be elected the fact that His children have all had the measles. Now ho democratic candidate should go him one better and have his children inoculated with the smallpox. Supeiior's hospitality is thus touchinglyal- uded to by thu Fremont Tribune "Tho mayor of Fremont did not remark to the inij or of Superior , when the Fremont busi ness men visited that place Monday , as the governor of North Carolina is reputed to have remarked to the governor of South Carolin.i. The mavor of Superior was away from home , but had he been at home it is s.iiu the remark would not onlj have been irrelo- vent but lacking in veracity. " Two thieves named Thomas Ellis and John Wcstlake drugged , robbed and attempted to murder James Kehoc at I'lattsmouth. Sup posing their victim to be dead , Ellis took a watch they had stolen iroin him to a Jew eler's to bo repaired. Kehoe , however , re turned to the land of the living and bv moans of the watch seemed the arrest of the two men. They have been bound over to the district court for trial. Ellis i ono of the most notorious characters in that section of the country and has been an ested for many petty crimes. The most satisfactory expiation of repub lican defeat in 18S4 yet made was that offered by a campaign speaker in Greeley county the other day. "From IStH to 1M4 ! , " ho said , "all the republicans were at the front iu thu army , while the democrats staid at home to attend to the woman. Consequently all the boys born between the years IMil and 1 0 ! , nnd who became voters In 1SS4 were demo crats , and that is what downed us. Hut it will bo different this year. The bovs born between 1SCG and 1303 will become voters this year , and they had republican fathers , and that Is the reason we will win this year by half a million votes 1" Iowa , Another case of small-pox is reported neat Kutnvcn. A clmutauqua circle is to bo organi/ed in Muscatino. Dos Moines is posltlvo it will have a union depot next j car. It is reported that Ucva. Brown and Molt , of Dubuquc , are to tight a duel. ICooktik girls are wearing collars which roach above their ears and the papers protest against it. Sharks with shell games realized aboutflOC at the Palo Alto county fair after paying their licenses. The Sioux City Cable railway company , of Sioux City , has incorporated with an author ized capital stock of * 1,000,000. George Foor , arrested at Des Moines t week ago for incest , waived examination and was bound over to the grand Jury. The able nnd versatile editor of the Forl Madison 1'lalndcaler figures up that it costs that town $ UUOO , a year to keep its dogs. One hundred and tlftv cars at least oacli week are loaded with merchandise at Mus catine. The larcost single item of freight continues to be lumber , averaging fifty cars per weok. Some Creston girls who were exploring the upper regions of the new city hall stepped through the plastering while walking over the Joists before the lloor is laid. The report that n workman dropped n hod full of bricks through the ceiling is not true. The aperture wus made by the Crcbton girl'a foot. The Croat N'orthwcHt. A chaiu-gung lias been inaugurated at Se attle , W. T. The annual meeting of spiritualists is now in session at San Diego , Cal. The Judge mine at Castle , Mont. , has been incorporated with a capitU stock of 12,000- , 1)00. ) Hiram Viukery was probably fatally shot while trying to escape from Folsom prison , California. Thomas Seymour ended a spree at Farm- ton , San Joaqnin county , Cala. , by ( joing to bed and dying. Mrs. C. Saekett was shot by a tramp near Santa Fe Springs , Los Angeles county , Ctila. , and thu tramp was killed. Cheyenne now has the best water system on the line of the Union 1'acille , and it is to be still further improved. A rich discovery of e-opper ere has beer mndo on the Land Kanch , near Fort Collins Wyo. , and a shaft is now being sunk. They will have u motor railway in Helena , Mont. , this week. Thotiial trip was had last Thursday and the result was eminently satisfactory. Cluu lea and Maggie Sawyer were arrested in Denver on the e-hnrge of having murdorei their own child. Their preliminary hearing has not jet been hold. The Helena ( Mont. ) Herald says that it ii Intimated thnt the icport of the grand Juo will contain some rolluetlons UJMIII ono or mor < of the democratic aspirants for county offices Great Falls , Mont. , has become a citj through the passage of nu act by thu cili/cn : for the Incorporation of the place. The scntl mcnt on the proposition was about unnnl inous. 3 The California state board of health rccom mends the killing of cattle having Texa1 1 foveroranthiax and burning both their cur ensue * and the feed on the ranges which thej have run. A Swede named Polo Nelson inadu ultnsell n terror to men , women and children ir Jefferson City. Mont. , but was finally killed by the rebounding of n log of wood he throw on a covered wagon. A fortune teller in Denver named "Jea nette , " last name not known , was burned te death in Denver , Colo. She was intoxicated at the tune , and It is said her lump oxplodeu and set lire to her clothing She was horn bly burnod. News comes from Monterey , Gala. , that the daughter of a Mr. Piffeir , living twenty mllef elown the coast , was brutally outraged by t tramp while at homo and the family nwa" Mr . Pifftilr ban uinco bocomu Insane and l ! not expected to llvo. Mr D. Black the manager of the Wosterr Union Telegraph coinpanv at Luramio , was lined f 100 and sent to Jail by Judge Saulloj for contempt of e-onrt In i ofuslng to produce certain UileKrams required by tbccourtintr.t Wagner assignment case. On last Wednesday Henry Aggros , on a farm about four milrA from Helena , Mont. , While j-rossjog the Northern 1'ne-lflc t-nck with his tcVini , WHS InKtunlly UUIcd , ogethnr wlthbU U.\m , uy a passing con st ruction train Trouble over Mrs Alpcr's ranch nt Mem- erey , Cnl , culminated in n shooting scrape * nho ordered two me'ti named Klchtor and Dolohs to oust a tenant named Mclloline. In lolni ; so they handed .Mrs McHolmo roughly mid her husband shot them both. Klchtcr w 111 die. Mcllolmc surrendered himself. The. folio wing liavei been elected ofllcors ef .ho grand ledge of Masons at San Francisco , Caln.j M. M. Estee , grand master ; A. Kus- sell C'onklln , deputy grand master ; William Johnston , senior grand warden , M D. Joruek , Junior w.iruon ; N.V. . Spauldlng , treasurer ; A. ( ? . Aboil , secretary. Colonel DcLacy of Helena , Mont , has pre- sontcd the governor with thu first map of Montana , drawn b > tilm for the llrst legisla ture In HH It Is a valuable relic , and thu governor Intends to frame it nnd hang It in Ills ofllcc. It shows only se'vcn counties , but s very complete for the data nt hand when it was compiled. Victor E. Tull , of the Hrldger canyon sur vey party , w.is in Hozcinnn Monday und started to camp that evening. Ho said his party killed about twenty rattlesnakes a elay while at work on the Powder river survey. Ho remarked that none of the parti received n bite and that they had the same Jug of whisky with which they started. Joseph McGregor , who had been forsomo time suspected by a man named Peter Kluhr , living in Billings , Mont. , of intimacy with his wife , was shot last week by Klelir , who re turned homo from an absence of n few days and found McGregor in the house. Klohr surrendered himself to tlio authorities. Mc Gregor Is seriously wounded. There was a pretty fair clean up made by the * Methodist conferene-o nt Hoiso City , Idaho , last week. Ono minister dciwsod , another given n j ear's lay-off to straighten a few irregularities , und last , but not least , n presiding elder held to bo reprimanded by the bishop. The brothers went in to clean the Augean stables and they did n good Job , but , like the man thnt routed the skuuk , they had to bury their clothes. Mr. George E. Boos , of the Helena ( Mont. ) Journal , is in possession of n photograph of the Seventh Indians regiment as they ap peared after thu war. This was General Harrison's retrunent , and the appearance of the Haps bears evidence of thu lighting they did. One is a national Hug and the other lORiinental colors. Both are torn into frag- inonts. The staff of the national Hag has been shattered by a bullet and bandaged up. At the closu of tiio war they wore turned over to thu atatu librarian , but liavu been lost. Only the photograph of them nuW ic- mains. Mrs. F. J. Cornforth , of Donve'r , is the daughter of Mrs. Hopcr , of Glasgow , Mo. , who iccently died in that town Mis , Hope'r was the last survhor of thu Daniel lioone party who went fiom Kentuekj to Missouri in an early day. Like the others In that memorable gioup she was a haidj pione-er , enduring long privations and hardships with equanimity , nnd meeting ono ellflleulty after another witq perfect fortitude. The friends of this woi thy woman frequently heard her relate her reninrable early experiences , and were never so happy ns when they could in duce her to talk on this highly cntcitainmg theme. Despite the lough adventurous lite which she led for man } . \ears , Mrs. Koper was excellently pieserved , and did not look to be moro than sixty jears of age though she was all of eighty. Mis. Coinforth and son went to Independence since wheio they will remain until the last sad rites me over. ICvoliilion nn the Plains. Dtnvtrfrjiuhlfcaii. . Although we arc of the opinion that Prof. Powell is correct in sayine ; thnt the efforts of man cannot change the climate of the arid region , we think it not impossible to develop agriculture along certain lines independent of irri gation and regardless of the question of climatic change. Observation shows that for certain kinds of vegetation an annual rainfall no greater than that which prevails in the vicinity of Denver is sulllciont. Several varieties of grass grow upon the plains , and the cactus , sago brush and grease-wood thrive with no greater rainfall than wo have here. Of species of forest trees , the cedar nnd plnon neoet a loss rainfall than 14.50 inches , which has been about the average an nual precipitation in Denver for the last sixteen years. The question is whether varieties of wheat , oats nnd other grains could bo developed that would come to maturity in a locality whore the annual precipita tion is no greater than it is bore. In support of the hope that this ques tion may bo answered in the affirmative , we appeal to the fact commonly called a law of nature that plants exhibit a tendency or an effort to adapt them selves to tholr environment. The o that are best adapted to it survive. Those that are lenst adapted to it per ish. ish.Tho process of natural selection hns developed certain species of plants that thrive in the arid region. If nature were to remain unaided , it is probable that a hundred years would witness no great change in the vegetation of this part of the world. Hut experiment has shown that the tendency in animal and vegetable life to repeat in the offspring the characteristics of the parent may betaken taken advantage of by man to produce a certain variety of n given species. It is by this means that a ring-dove may in a few generations , by careful breeding , bo developed from the ordi nary rock-pigeon. In the Hiuno way a gardener may , if ho select the seeds with care , produce n rod ( lower in a few years from ono that was partly red and partly white In order to solve our problem it is but necessary for some one living in the arid region to apply this process of seed selection to the effort to produce a variety of wheat that would mature with nn average annual rainfall of only 14.50 inches. Experience has taught that the vari eties of wheat now sown in Colorado will produceasmallalthough generally unprofitable , crop without irrigation. In conducting the experiments to pre > - duce the desired varietyonly the grain of the boht matured heads of wheat in Mich a crop should bo selected for re planting. They should be selected be cause they have , In the case supposed , be-st survived the conditions of their uriel environment. II planted , it would bo reasonable to suppose that the < ir ability to survive with a small amount of water would bo trans mitted to their e > ff pring , if wo may use the term. In the second year the same care should bo oxoroised and only the best grain selected for the third sow ing. ing.It is possible that In this way a vari ety of wheat could bo developed that would bo so adapted to an arid climate as to prodvfto bountiful crops without irrigation. Of course wheat of tlusseirt would have but llttlo straw , and it would , in all probability , bo hnrd anel ilinty. Hut notwithstanding these pe culiarities , it would be serviceable as food for mankind. At our request Mr. Strong , who resides near I'latto Canon , has begun an experiment of thifakind , and BO the problem may yet bo solved with the wished forj-csull A H. & ( > Glmnice. Prmiiuno. Pa , Oct. -Special [ Tele gram to Tun BBK.J A local paper ays that before long there will bo a great ctmngn In the Baltimore A Ohio management. Mr. Garrett bus rapidly improved In health. Within three weeks he has had frequent consultations with Senator Gorman und Thomas M. King , ex-vlca president of tbo company. It U ualel Carroll has expressed a belief that tha general financial situation is so much better than when the Bultlmora ft Ohio troubles came to H urislt that u refunding schema car be cort'ieet out. CONVICT ft Tlinycr's Course I'Jnile > r pcl Dy njl'reim * Incut Knight nCliatior. Tlio following letter , by Mr..loscph Bums , of Lincoln , will explain Iticlf : .tolitt Jenleens , U * ] , , Omahn , XebDour / Friend and Hi other , Votirs of lecent datti received , asking mo what , If any. conversa tion was had between Go\ernor Thavor and m.\self during the oesMioti of the ) loglnlatuni two years ago , regarding the re letting of the contract known as the convict laltor bill that was then pending In the senate' . 1 will briefly state , ns no.ir ns possible , what was said at thnt Unto and how it came about. The state executive board of the Knlghti of Labor mot In tlio city in the eai ly winter , and ono of the matters dlsciissevl li.thu board was the letting of the prison contrm-t. It brought out n general expression of tlui members present , and after ull , 01 nearly all , e.mvassud the matter , it seemeil that net other method or substitute tei care for the convicts -ould bu arrived at that would bo Immune to thu prisoners and Justice to the taxpayer , So it was finally devlded to leave the mat tur entirely to the Intelligence of our legisKi turu to substitute or renew the old contract , as might scout best to them. Without ad vice or criticism from the Knights of Labor , nt thnt meeting the question of branding prison made goods next came up for consld eralion. At llrst it deemed that It was the general wish of ull present , to have this bill passed if possible when some ono asked , if this Is done will it also include the branding of prison made goods from other states being sold In Nebraska This caused an adjourn mcnt of the members to ttm olllce of a lend ing attorney for Information on this point He infuimed us that Nebraska's laws cuuld not bo mndo to apply to tlio branding of goods niado in some other Htntu and sold in this. On thin information It WHS decided tu nmko no further effort In this matter , as there was no wish to discrinnnnto uguinnt Nebraska. Again , when thu state nssombl\ , met later on , nnd still during the. session of the legislature , thu snnui question came tip for discussion , some ) of the incmbut s demand ing the abolishing of the prison contract , nnd the others branding of all goods in the prison ns Ruch. , Tills , however , ended without unj final action , leaving the mutter where ) It was left by the former meeting , ns wo diet not wish to appear ridiculous to the legislature by lighting bills wo could not offer u substl tutu for At this meeting a committed was selected to work In the leglsla turc In the Interest of seine nnd against either bills then pending , amongst which was one to exempt ceitnln goods from debt. Also to perpetuation of the lien law its there were several bills then on Illo look ing to Its repeal. Also the bill known as the land lonl's lien bill , which was , if it be'cnme n law , a terrible engine of oppiesslou to the poor. 1 wish to statu that tlie only member of the committee selected by the Knight i of Labor that showed up at the capital was Brother Holdcn , who spent n few days there , and then leturned home. I having been se lectcd bj the Trades Assembly in convention with the Knights of Labor of LiiK'oln , to work for the defeat of the landlord's bill and against the repeal of thu lien law , as well as for or against other bills that might come up either for or against the Interests of the workingimin. And being left nlono 1 went to woik with all the ability I pos sessed , to down the landlord's bill and re tain tlio present lien law , the best law on our statute In the interest of labor. And notwithstanding the efforts of tlu < money loanurs and these interested , who worked hard for its repeal , the members of the house and senatei voted as the representatives of labor requested them on thuso two bills , Not knowing , however , what would IK ) thu Html outcome , when the bills camu up foi 11 mil action , nnd dcHiring to leave ) nothing undone that would insure success , I went to the governor and stated tlio case to him , showing him in my humble way and to the best of my ability , the great hardship the passage of the ono or the repeal of the other of these bills would bo to the laboring mem of Nebraska ; and I asked the governor in thu name of and behalf of tha laboring men of Nebraska , to sign the above bill should they come for his signature. Ho heard inu through very patiently and asked a great many questions , amongst others , what , if any , general action had been taken by the Knights of Labor or labor unions In regard to the rclettlngof the prison labor contract. I stated to him the facts a above , giving him the result of the meetings roferivd to , that as I understood the matter , there was no Instruction , either for or ngainxt the bill ; that tbo bill as it stands was satisfactory to the Knights of Labor , and in accordance with their action In state assem bly. I shall never forget what the governor said when I arose to leave h'm ' : "Mr. Burns , you can go back to the organizations yon rep resent and the laboring men of Nebraska , and tell thorn for mo , that I will never knowingly sign any bilt that will work thorn a hardship or nn injustlco. I was raised to respect labor ; 1 am gratiflcd to see the labor ing man discussing thaso questions of statu that Interest them , that Is what raises mem from the humble walks of lifo to the highest honors their country can be blow. Capital has always been able to take care of itself , and If anything is done towards legislation , It should bo In the interests of labor. I will bo glad at all times to do all I can toward that end ; I will also bo glad to have you , or any other man or committee- , call on me at any tlmo , as I am always pleased to meet them : nnd should any bill that will bo detrimental to the In torcst of the workingman pass the house and senate , como to mo and call my attun tlon to it , jou , or any ether man , represent ing honest labor , wilt always receive a wcl como " This was , as near as I can remember , the conversation between Governor Thayer und myself. And you will understand that tliitt wim not before election , but at n tlmo when ho was pressed with callers of nil kinds The courtesy I received was granted to mo a n representative of labor. So I must conclude that any man who would sav Governor Tbayor is not a tried mid true friend of labor is , In my opinion , cither a knave or n fool. Fraternally your $ JOSIM'H Hl'HNH. Not * < > Unanimous Bi.iin , Neb . Oct. 13. To the Keillor of TIIK Br.E. Your coriuspondunco from this place purporting to ro | > ort the proceedings of the Washington county republican con vention belli hero on Tuesday lust , which ap peared In ycstcrdnj's Br.E is incorroct. It is ti ue a resolution was Introduced cndoi.slng the COUI-HU of Hon. Clmrlus F. Mandcrson and instructing the nomlneo for rupro-tcntii tive to mippoit him in the legislature This waspiomptly and hotly opposed , and when It was brought to the attention of the convcn lion that Sir. Mandoi son's return to the HCII- ixtu was not only endorsed and supported by John M Thurston , the attorney of the Union Pacific railway company , but that the lesolu tlon wan introduced by onn Davln , who had to noltnowledgu boforu thu convention that ho was a puss-rider oveir thnt company's roads , tlio convention , on motion , struck out so much of the resolution as favoicd thu nun ntor's return by tlio vuto given by i our cor- icspondent , namely 0 to IS. It may bo added , too , that tnau much as Mr. Cameron , tlio nominuo for representative , failed when culled , to como before the convention , there is a suspicion that hu duro not express hlmsolf upon tblH question and that of submission , nnd It is pretty safe to proellct that ho will not be * hum d of after November ( I I havu troubled you with this correction In Justice to thu republican voters of this e-ounty , whoso ruexird has always buen straight on the question of railroad domination. How ever much ether counties may bo fooled , the lopublicaiiB of Washington are slow to sup. poit candidates put forth by tho. attorney and pass ridcru of the ) railroads. _ _ DBI.ROATH. Thu Unfa Dlel Not Kail. During the ) removal of the ofllue effects of the D C Dunbnr Publishing ami F.ngravlnu company to thu new quarters at 1013 Fnnmm Blreot , the chimney went through the sky light. A .V-OO-pgup.-l Biffi was being rnlHfld to the tvconil lloor and euy ropes were fast ened around a chimney en the roof. When tbo safe wa within three Inchon of the win dow the chimney , being unable tc slund the strain , wan cur rind away Hush with tbo roof , The brloks crashed through the skylight , breaking nineteen liehta of the heavy glass , and the dobri * fell on thu photogiaphio ap paratus below. The main guy was fastened to the Bcuttle in the re > of , whleih ulono pro- vur.ttii ) the safe front dropping to the ground. 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