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* * > THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. APRIL 30. 1839. THE DAILY BEE , r/1 ; KVKKY MOHNINO. TEIIMB OP BuuscmrnoH. DMIr ( Morning' Edition ) including SUNDAY ilKR. One Yfnr . , . 10 0 JForSlx MonttiM . KM For Three Montbi . . . . . . . 2 B Tn OMAHA. SUKOAT II B , moiled to any address. One Year . TVmKt.T HER , One Year . SO OMAHA Ornci , Nos'.OU nnd Sid FAUNA * BTIIBKT CniOAioOirrtCB.M ; HOOKMHV Hmr.mNO. NKW yonit OrrtcK , UOOJM II AW u 16 Tin BUNI nun.ntNO. WAMiimiTOH Orifice , Mo. ( U YooniKKNTii SinticT. I connKsroNnnNcn. AH communications relating to news and cfll torlM matter should bo addressed to Iho I.DITOI I ) ! 0 * TltlC Blt. All Inislnoit letter * nnd remittances should w dflr sol ( to TUB HKK Piinusiiinu COMI-ANV OMAHA. DralU. chocls ami poatplllc * orders U b made payable to the order of tbo company. Vic BCD PaWteWne Company , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATEtt , Editor. Isntlco to A cents nnil Hul orllorii. In order to succcfisfully rectify any f ult litho the delivery ot papers , It U absolutely nocoa Bury that we know the date on which paper : were late or missing. If Into. Rive the time nm train on which TUB HKK HhonM liave roachix your town. Also ntato from uhat direction , f > < that we can locate the trouble and apply tin proper remedy. Vapers are frequently c rrio < by a town through the caroleisnwa of the routi tiRoiits , ana when this occur * , wo can.Hli ful Information , place the blame whcro It belongs Wo will consider it A favor If agenta-and suu ecribors will notify us at ouco whoaTriK OKI falls to reach tliem promptly. _ U'UE UAlbY BUI2. Bworn Stntcmcnt nl'Ciroulntlon. Btato of Nebraska. ( . , , " County of Douglas , | ' George It. Tzsrhuclt , secretary of The Ilee pub IlshltiKComua ny. dot ! solemnly swear that tin Bctual clrculHtioh of TIIK DAILY UEK for thi vtcck endine April ST. 1B39. was as follows : Funday. AprllSl . W.88 : Momlny. Aprtl . 1K.U7I Tupftdar. AtirllSl . IB.oOl Wfdnrsday , April SI . 18. 6 Thursday. April So . 18.ti % Friday. April L'8 Baturday. Aprils ; Avcraco . Ji.ot UEOltGR D. TZ6CHUOK. Sworn to before me and tmbscrtbad to In mj Brcseuco this 87th dav of AprlU A. D. IBS' ) . Seal. N. 1' . I'KIL. Notary t'ubllc. Gtatoot Nebraska. County of Douglas , f8" ' Ouorge IJ. TzHcnuck , being duly uworn , deposes poses and naya that he 1s Bccretnry of the Hei I'libllehlnB company , that the actual avoragi dally circulation ot THE DAILY IIKK for tin month of April. J8tH. 18.744 copies ; for May. 1883 1H.183 copies ; for Juno , IBSS. 10su copies ; foi Jaly. 1SH8. 18. ( J copies ; for August , IHSS , 18.1S copies ; for September , 1HSS. 18lr > ( copies ; foi October , 1NS8. 18.0S4 copies ; for November , IfWfl IB.Pgfl copies ; for December , 1888. 18,231 copies lor January , ISTO , 18,871 conies ; tor February IfBP. ] , copies ; for March. l 89 , 1S.B51 copies OEOHOK 11. ( racHWilv. Sworn to before me and subscribed In m ] presence this 18th day of April , A. 1) . . 1889. N. P. FBtl. . Notary Public. PATRIOTISM aud George Washington rule this day. TnK.gas is oscauing out of the Okla homa boom and the dupes are returning homo. IT looks now as if the Cherokee Strip will bo torn into strips by the desperate boomers. Ai/riiouoii the Ne\7 York legislature has passed a ballot reform bill , ballo' reform will be'aa far off as over in the Empifo state. TltKUE are thirty-four hundred appli cations for some two hundred consu lat.es. No wonder the public men ii Washington look haggard. Bnui'KS Is determined b have a union . .depot in the heart of thi city , and if grit and enterprise count her people will get it speedily. VAXDKRVOOKT seems to havi taken a contract to savoCou Gallagher' head from decapitation. If this bo true the postmaster can bo commissoratcd Tine SUNDAY BUB showed conclusively sivoly that cottages are in domund ii Omaha at good rentals , and that Hats ar < growing in disfavor and remain tenant less. This is a straw. THK proclamation of Mayor Broatoh calling upon our citi/.uns to suspotn their daily avocations in order to celebrate brato the centennial of Washington' ' inauguration should moot with a heart ; response. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - AI. CLINTON- . FISKIS , th bulwark and leader of the prohibitioi party of Now Jersey , is reported to havi become tired of the third party move t in out. It must have boon the new from Massachusetts which struck him Tnic sidewalk inspector draws the Bum of twelve hundred and Hfty dollar a year. The conundrum is , what ser vice docs he render for this jiay. Th eidowalks in many parts of the resident' portion of the city uro a disgrace t , Omaha. OMAHA still keeps up the farce o maintaining a uest house at an antuia expense approximating nine huudrci dollars. There has not boon as mucl as the shadow of u patient at this plac fe r years , hut for all tlmt a tax-oator i paid by the city for warming his chair JAY GotfM ) was refused permissior by Now York City's aldermen to con vert a big slioo of the Battery into i "loop" for ills elevated railroad , lla Jay Gould lost his persuasive powers ii getting whatever ho wants from Nev York aldermen ? SuiiuuiiAN towns will appreciate Tin BEH'S efforts to secure * for them suol train sorvieo as will enable their towns people to leave homo early in the day transact business in Omaha at midday nud return homo in the evening Omaha merchants may also appreclat the effort. Tin ; people nt the interior of Iowa ar naturally indignant at the action of tin railroads in substituting mixed train und irregular sorvlco for regular pus BCtigor trains on their branch lines * Not alone is the delivery of intxil do lnyivl , but business is seriously alTcctoi In the smaller towns. Tills shouli nITord suflbicnt crounds for complain to the state commissioners. DAKOTA is setting her cap to attract : largo immigration this your. Tin promise of statehood and the proapouU of the oiirly opening of the Sioux rcsor vation are powerful innueneos in di reeling the attention of home-scokors The railroads , moreover , atllthavo largi areas of desirable lands to dispose o nnd this combination of circumstance ! can not fail to be to the advuntngn o Dakota. l\ THE DAY WE To-day la for history as well 03 foi sentiment. Whllo wo draw freely upon the fountains of patriotism and of ntv tlonal prldo , In contemplating UK moral and material grcntno39 ol our country , it will assist to r fuller and higher appreciation o what has been accomplished in a him drod years of constitutional governmonl in the United States to recur to some ol the conditions ot the country whor Washington was inaugurated in Now York city on April 30,1789. The popu latlon of the new nation was lost ) that four millions , and the number of inhab itants in the metropolis which will to day entertain perhaps not less that thrco millions of people , was only about thirty-three thousand. Very generally the people were poor , and the few whc wore then accounted rich would be classed to-day as in only moderate cir cumstances. Thcro was no forelgi : commerce worth considering , and do mestic trade was carried on in the s\o\\ \ way of wacron transportation , except bo twocn the towns of the seaboard nm on navigable rivers , whore sailing vessels sols were the carriers. The very large majority of the people wore engaged it agriculture , and the few aim plo industries that had booi established were only in the first stage of development. Fulton't steamboat navigated the Hudson more than eighteen years after the Ilrst in auguration of Washington , and it was thirty-eight years after that cx'ont whor , the first railroads with Iron tracks wen laid in the United States. The journoj of the first president from Mount Vcr non to Now York , made in far as Elizabeth both town , N. .1. , by coach , and thonct by barge , consumed sovoti days. Whal a contract , fairly illustrative of the national progress of the country was the journey made in a splon dlaly equipped special train b ; President Harrison from Washington to New York In ns many hours as the trip of the first president required days , Yet the citizens of the now ropublii were a happy people. They had aciilovod independence of a foreign power ; they had passed successfully through the strlfo and controversy much of it very bitter , of framing anel adopting a constitution "in order te form a moro perfect union , ostablisl justice , insure domestic tranquility promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves ant our posterity ; " they had chosen withou opposition or turmoil their first prcsi dent , and having created a nation am put in operation the machinery of con stitutionnl government they looked ti the future hopefully , joyfully and con fidently. It will bo interesting to note the circumstances cumstancos which led to Washiugtoi being inaugurated in New York and t the occurrence of that event on Apri 3U instead of March 4 , the date fixed fo the establishment of the now govern incut. The last article of the constiiu tion provided that the ratifications c the conventions of nine states shoul bo suflieiont for its establishment between twoon the states so ratifying. The re quired number of states was secured b , the action of the Now Hampshire con volition on June 21 , 17S8. It then be came the duty of the congress c the confederation to make arrange raonts for putting in oportio the new machinery of government After a good deal of diseusbion it wa decided to make Now York tbo seat c government , and on September 13 congress gross passed a resolution directing tha the choice of electors of pro idon and vice-president should take plac on the first Wednesday of .Tanuarj 1789. It was provided that the elector chosen should meet in their respcctivi states on the first Wednesday in Fet ruary and cast their votes , and that th now congress should moot in Now Yorl on the first Wednesday in Miirch , whic was the fourth day of that month. Th constitution having provided that cacl etato should appoint electors in thi manner directed by the legislature , it bix of the states which had ratified th constitution the appointment of electors tors devolved upon the legislatures while in the others the choice was lot to popular election. The olontoral colleges logos mot at the appointed time in "Fob ruary , except that of New York , whosi vote was lost through a controversy between twoen the two branches of the legislature laturo as to their respective rights ii the mutter , and without any ngroomon everybody cast his vote for Washing ton. It waa nearly two months after April 0 , when a quorum appeared ii the senate so that that body could 01 ganbo for the purpose of counting th votes for president , which was accom plisliod on that day. Eight days late Washington was notified at Mount Vernon non of his election. Ho departed fo Now York on April 10 am arrived there on the " 3d the inauguration being furtho delayed by a debate in congress as t the title by which the chief exocutiv should bo addresaed , this being finall , settled ry a committee of both house agreeing tlmt the form of adelroa bhoulu bo "the President of the Unitoi States. " Thus it was that Now Yorl became the first scat ot government under the constitution , and W.ishlngto was Inaugurated nearly two month later than the date which had bee fixed for establishing the now govern inont. It has been well bald that the inau guratlon of Washington was the com pletion of the contract entered into b the Declaration of Itideaendonco : tha April 30 , 1789 , was the perfect fiowc that came from the seed of July , 177C Tt was n grout event for New York , fo the younj ; republic , and for till man kind. Its celebration in the me trope Us to-day with unparalleled pomi : pageantry and magnificence of putrl otic display and enthusiasm will worth ily commemorate a consummation second end in importuned to non < > in our his tory or in the political annuls of th world. CONSULSa.YJJ If it be the fact , as stated , that Pros ! dent Harrison contemplates a rcorgnn ization of the consular service with rol oronco to improving It an an inslru mentality for promoting the foroigi commerce of the country , ho something which has long boon needed nnd will bo heartily approved. The pres ident Is said to have long bollovod thai too little regard wns paid , In Iho appoint ment of consuls nud commercial agents , to the Interests of American commerce abroad and in this ho Is entirely right , The rule has boon to use the con sular service for the payment of cam < palgn debts , and asa , convenient way in which to dispose of a class of poli ticians who could not ho provided for at homo. Political hacks who had some little claim to recognition , but whose appointment at homo would have boon damaging to the appointing power and the party , have been packed off to r consulship , whore the public eye coult not bo upon thorn , nnd where they wore pretty sure not to do anything to altraoi attention to themselves , Thus not otib have the commercial interests of tin country abroad not boon intelligently nnd properly cared for , but wo have lost in the respect of other countries and particularly of such as have Ion * maintained the practice of kocpin { their consular service on n high plane of usefulness and efficiency. A reform in this matter was attomptce a dozen years ago , nnd some improve ment was effected , but the olTort to reorganize organize the consular service was no persevered in and it retrograded It nearly ns bad a condition ns before then was any attempt at reform. The lasl administration showed at the outset i desire to move in the right direction but beyond retaining the best of thosi it found in the service it did little t < Improve it. A majority of its appoint ments were conspicuously unfit , am have done nothing to benefit the com mercial interests of the country. Tin present administration , therefore , ha an opportunity to win great credit b : such a reorganization and reform of tin consular service as will win respect fo the country abroad and materially aie in extending our commercial relation with ether countries , and it noot hardly bo said that it can give its mos careful attention to no moro importan work. It is becoming , your by year moro imperatively necessary that wi shall extend our foreign'commcrco , am obviously a thoroughly intelligent , cap nblo and efficient consular service cat help to this result , while a service tha docs not possess these qualification must retard our progress. The roportoe views of President Harrison regarding this matter appear eminently wise , especially pocially hia opinion that consuls am commercial agents shoulel be men o business training instead of politicians and as ho will doubtless have the nox congress withhim in support of consulu reform ho ought to bo able to place tha service on a highly useful and olficiont A JUDICIOUS REFORZr. The county commissioners , at thoi meeting on Saturday , adopted a resolu tion which proposes a judiciousand nee cssary reform. This was that all appro priation Bhccts shall bo read once otil ; at any regular mooting of the board and shall then bo laid over until th next regular meeting , when the sam may bo read a second and a third tim and pabscd. That is , the board pro poses that hereafter , all claims agains the county shall undergo a more carofu scrutiny than has been the cabe heretofore tofore , at loabt in boveral memorable in stances in which the majority ordoroi payment at once , thereby inviting sue picion of collusion with the claitnanU A rule similar in effect to that passe on Saturday was adopted when th membership of the board of count commissioners was increased to five , bu it was not strictly adhered to , and it i to bo hoped the decision of the board t rotuin to the sound principle of givin : all bills a thorough examination , an allowing ample time and opportunit in which to ascertain the cot redness of claims , will bo consistent ! enforced. It is duo to the taxpayer that this be done , and the credit of th coinmibsioners with the public is als involved. The proposed reform is commendable mondablo , and if faithfully curried ou will bo beneficial. THE lead pipe market is demoralize ! owing to the fight now going on be twcon the factories in St. Louis an Cincinnati. Local manufacturers an attempting to hold prices stiff undo the protection of the agreement mad between manufacturers , by which price were not to bo cut in places where fnc tories were operated ; but outbido jobbers bors have dropped into Omaha am quoted prices away below trust figures Thrco dollars and eighty-five cents , am under , has been named for car-loai lots , and two dollars is talked for , bu not anticipated. The woolen yarn market kot is also disturbed and represent ; ! tivcsof eastern manufacturers are her quoting Saxony and Germantown ytvrni at fifty-five cents per pound , which i less than the cost of production. Jobbers bors are availing themselves of the cu prices , as It is not believed that thos iow figures will prevail long. IT is manifestly the duty of the bnan of county commissioners to fully protoc the county in the mutter of the appoint inont of a superintendent of construe tion of the county hospital , am while the objection raibod on Satur day to the conditions under whiel Mr. Coots wns appointed does not np pear to have great force , still it i well enough that the mutter was ro forrcd for further conaidnration. It i always desirable that the greatest car should bo taken in arrangements of thi nature , so that the interests of the pub lie may bo fully guarded. The boun did wisely in appointing Mr. Coots , wh is a thoroughly capable and trustworth ; man , nnd ho having signified his will ingnobs to accept conditionally , It is t < bo hoped nothing will now occur to prevent vent his performing the service Undoubtedly Mr. Coots will not objec to any reasonable nnd just arrange me nt doomed nucessary to the adequate quato protection of the public. Tin : great gathering of the mllititv o the statt'H at Now York to-day will b ( taken advantage of by the war depart merit to obtain information rognrdini the condition und discipline of this oiti /on soldiery , nnd ether matters of in torebt , nn ollicor having beun detailet to watch the movements ot the mllltu and rouort tllo results of hia observa tions. It haq ifoon reported , also , thai military representatives ot a number o fotolgn governments nro to tnko obsor vntions of this mllltla display. It thui obtains an importance beyond that of i mere holiday ) xigoant. IT IS highly creditable to tno Gor in5n-Amoricnn"Boclotlo9 of Omaha tha they intend to observe the contonnln ot Washington's inauguration with i parade anel mtuical entertainment , nm it is to bo regretted that the spirit o patriotism they exhibit Is not in on widely disseminated in the community Omaha should have made this oven memorable in Its history by a celebration tion that- would hnvo attracted tlioua amis to the city. As it is , most of tin credit for the observance of the da ; hero will belong to the countrymen o Baron Stoubun , ono of the most trustci friends and valuable assistants o Washington , whoso services make ai illustrious chapter of the history of tin revolution. THE inconsistency of moat inspoctloi bills is well Illustrated in the moasun now pending in the legislature of Mia sour ! . If passed its operations will bi restricted to cities of five thousand 01 over. In other words "diseased' ' packed beef can in that event bo sold t the farmers , to the country towns , atv oven to the suburbs of St. Louis. Bu in that city itself no moat can bo exposed posed for sale unless killed by loca butchers. EtmoriiAX cities have a way o bringing strikes to a close that ma ; well be adopted when the occasion war rants , The recent street car strike al Vienna was terminated by the inunic ipal authorities deciding that the stroo railway company should forfeit its twon ty-llvo thousand dollar security and paj five thousand dbllars penalty daily uuti travel wns resumed. As might havi been expected the company restored th < strikers to their old positions and tin lines began running immediately. Fut thor comment is unnecessary. TIIK people of Idaho are not at al discouraged in their clamor for state hood by the fact chat the population o the territory is considerably short of th number necessary to choose a retire sontiitivo to congress. It is proposed t ( hold a constitutional convention ane go through the forms of state , making trusting to congress and to luck to di the rest. Ufi SHOULD the Chicago and Alton go t rate cutting it would seriously distur the happy family in railroad circlet Just now it is ali the western railroai managers can do to hold the fraction Alton from kicking over the traces aiii breaking out of the harness. GOVEHXOH ] t'ooi'KU , of Colorad ( wants a convention of leading men c that state to take steps to see to it thn the west gets her share of approprin tions in the Eijty-first congress. Th governor of Colorado is laying his plan early for hla irrigation schemes. HITS AND MISSUS. Upon the very host of authority it may t a tu ted that Hidmrd , he of the county con missionurs , is himself again. The Oiimlm excursionists from nil report htivo the deadwooU on the uhiulc Hills. Major Tom Horn , of Fremont , is n geniu of vast resources , and his moJcstv Joes nn affect the frequency of his mollew toot. H has just developed n schema to utilize th widespread power of the Platte nna improv Its complexion and circulation. The o : wells of Wyoming are to be turned loose o Its nlnciu bosom , to ride down to civilization rellncmont and Fremont without u ruildoi There the lubrlcatinir cream will bo f atl cred in and stored for shipment. The u ] o is certain of success If he can induce Harr Ueuel to part with his skimmer. IIo'H n Siiliiiiiiimlci * . Sf. Ldtitf Vtat-Dhiiateli. Stuyvesant Fish , of thu Centennial Fis family , differs from all other families o fishes in his propensity for KOttmg into th water. A Good Ctitawn Tribune. Several of the fellows who wont to OUlti honiu with the intention of growing up wit the country have been alas 1 alrcad planted. In Bl Chteaao 'Irllitinc. The Prohibition bark went down Through lack of caru to ( 'uido her Clear of a sunken , juirgod rock That's down on the chart as "Cldor. " Tllo llnad to St.'mil I'tn n cct-1'icss. President Harmon mints u new house 1 Washington. Ho should have it. Thou U him neglect to put his niuiio on the dooi cruse the street number , and he may b happy yet. Now York's Committee of Hccoptioi ; Ifcw 1'itrle H'orW. Inspector Byrnes estimated that wo no ) have 400 professional thieves in this qit ready to receive our centennial visitors. Mi Byrnes is not as proud of his Four Hundrc us Mr. McAllister is of tils. AVouId Need a Mod ) Guard , WatlitilUtun 1'iiit. It Is obscrvubiervEith the linked eye tha when the ofllco bets out to seek the man i has to L'b with a bodyguard to keep from bi ing kidnapped on tile way. Time to Hold Your Noses. Ifcw Yuile I'rcfi , If the public is now to have served up to I a steaming stow by modern "poets of pae Bion" and Zolastjp ( caterer * of mllduwc exotics It would 1 ; well for thu decent peopl to pray for u tijj § ' d ilolugo to wash th sluiceways. Murk Twitln'H Xuw Cnlllnt ; . CtitMiiu Time * . Mark Twain has gone Into n new business Ho Informs the public through the column uf the Bun that ho can and will remove wart or tattoo marks from humans so aflllc'tei I'orsouB desiring suqh relief can ndiirca Murk Twain , care of the Now York Bun. 'Iho GmlirleH ol'Oklaliomn. Kanstu Cttu Journal , The "Ornnjrcs" of Now Jersey now have rival in the "Guthrles" of Oklahoma. Thor are now , besides Uuthrlo proper , Kast Guth rlo , West Outhrlc , North Guthrie and Soul Guthrie , each with its own suburban res deuce additions. You're All WronKi I' " OiiuOin. A'diuiu City 'flinei. The Now York Sun classes New York un Paris as the two gayest cities on the plobo. Not no. San Francisco U the gayest an well ns the fastest city on the American con tinent. San Francisco is the Paris of America every day In the weak , Sunday In cluded * An IrrlslMHilc Infbrcituo. Kew I'tirli World ( Dem. ) In denying a reported intorvluw in which he wat made to say that ho would not bo a candidate for president In 1803 , Grovoi Cleveland is careful not to dwell upon this specific point. The Inference Is that Mr. C. li rendy to servo when the country calls with a loud volco , A Southern Tostliiionlnl. mc/imoiHlO'ct.l / T/IIIM / ( Dem. ) President Harrison la n republican ; ho may have been n radical , but as president of the United States the high rcsnonftlbUlty has cnllo.l hitn to the court of his own honest Conscience , and wo do not behove that he will bo wanting in the trials of his hard and dlalcult position. 8TATI3 AN I ) T'lfUUITOUY. Nchrnslcn Jnttlnas. A creamery company has been organized in ICwlng. The case of Dr. Gaudy , In Ulchnrdson county , has boon postponed till May US. llrokon Bow 1ms a school population of 457 , nn Increase of 100 over last year. West Point has only four struggling news papers , yet another Is about to bo launched ou the troubled sea. Lightning caught two mules nileop In the barn of Gus liackus , near Oakland , lust week. The shock filled them with mortltl cation. The farmers of Webster and York coun ties have resolved tlmt 15 cents is the tnaxl < mum price that they will pay for binding twine this year. The knlchts of the grip hibernating at Hastings , will give a banquet and ball ut the liostwick hotel , Thursday evening. The boys propose to give their frlontls a sample of their sociability. A Ues Moincs drummer hurried to Lincoln lost week to commit suicide , hut a pollco- man nipped a coroner's fee. The disgusted drummer could not find sufllclont energy at homo to Bhufllo off. Soma remote and nameless admirer insinu ates that Col. Tom Majors , ho of Nomaha , is farming extensively this year. It is hinted that hois cultivating a consuming desire foi the governorship. s Hurplars visited the store of John Vnboril In Linxvood , and secured u year's supply o ( dress patterns , underwear and furnishing goods , valued al WOO. Fifty dollars will he paid lor the capture of the thieves and the goods. The boomers of the Wyandotte plug road from Kansas have been feeling the pulse ol Beatrice , and insinuate that 100,000 , "would lie about the sizu of the pile necessary to se cure un extension of the rust strouks. Beatrice- appears a willing victim. ifiTno white cap lunacy is breaking out in n mild form in remote suctions of the state , Those soU-coiistltuied regulators should he vigorously informed that Neoraska railroad bridges tire con von lent and effective moang of involuntary suicide. Hog Cholera Billings proposes to turn hla energies to hvo ttock Insurance. A mora prolllahlo scheme \\ouldbo to start u hon ranch , liberally insure the porkers and till them with virus. In that way ho can effectu ally inoculate the insurance treasuries. The Pacific Town Lot company 1ms been organized at. Fremont , with a capital ol $11)0,001) ) . The company will dubblo in town Bites and lots ttloiii ; tiio Pacific Short line , and cheerfully exchange small slices of the earth for verdant cash. Charles GrlOlth. of Nebraska City , will not add his voice to the patriotic shouts ou "this day we celebrate. " While incautiously toying with tlio loaded end of a mule , he caught the animal's shoo In his mouth , bul did not swallow it. His jaws will recuperate in u sling for a few dnys. ' 1 lu < Rucki.mil Hryotnl. Ogden has raised 530,000 of the $50,000 , re quired for an opera house. Last , weclc 103 cars of mineral were shipped from Salt Lake City. Last year 70,045 cattle were brought int ( Wyoming , Texas contributing 51,131. The Villard syndicate has secured n fran , chiso for electric and cable street railways it Tacomu.V. . T. The question of statehood is agitating the newspapers of Wyoming as well as anibi' tious politicians. The city council of Denver lias enacted o Sunday closing ordinance. The mayor ie pledged to enforce tlio law. The supreme court of Nevada has afllrmed the constitutionality of the law requiring sa loons to close at midnight. Frank Dcrvillo , a dock laborer in Port- laud , has fallen heir to $120,000 by tno death of u giundmothcr ut Cincinnati. The three lakes near Saratoga , Wyo , , which were supposed to contain borar , Drove to bo genuine soda deposits. Cheyenne has granted a franchise foi street railways. The company is required tc build nnd operate the road within live yuars , The election for delegates to the constitu tional convention of Montana will Do hold May 14. The convention will assemble July 4. The Laramie glassworks have been sold to F. M. Scrm.\ser for # 10,015. It is probable that the plant will ho put in operation at ar early day. Irrigation will como into general use ir Colorado this year. Thousands of acres ol land will bo brought under cultivation by tins means. The postofllco at Mineral Point , Colo. , la 12,000 leot above tlio sea level , but the salary of the postmaster is not regulated by the alti tude. Colorado claims to have produced and con tributed $ . ' )1IU001000 ) ! to the wealth of the na tion. This does not include the ? il,000 pro duced with castor oil. Fort Russell is to bo enlarged and made ono of the important posts in the department of the Platto. An appropriation of $ s ; < , DOO has been secured to curry out the plans. A lead of silver ere bus been struck near Helena , Mont. , said to bo the richest found in yours. It carries twenty-five to thirty foot of ore , and the owners ask u oven million dollars for the property. Geologist ICnight , of Wyoming , pronounces the Douglas CrceU mining district the rich est in tlio territory. There uro now between 100 und 150 men employed in the district. The ore assays from $ . ! J to SUJ a ton. A rich gold ledfo is reported four miles east of Ogdon. Spueimona of rock taken from the ledge contain what Is known us wire gold , assaying from $10,000 to WM.OUO to the ton. An amateur hlghwavuiau Invited a railroad man In Cheyenne to "stand and deliver. " The latter complied by cutting an irrigating ditch in tlio rolibar's mug with a cano. They separated without further ceremony. Wyoming is crying out against its swinish neighbors in Colorado. By a recent law , the diversion of tno waters at or near the Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria. When Baby wiui sick , wo gave her Casterla , Wlicu the \ru ft CJilld , oho cried for Caatori& , When she became Jibs , &ho clung to Oastorla , W > ? n iihehai ? Children , she gave tljtm CVulorla. UHATEFnii-COMFOIlTINfl Epps's Cocoa. HRKAKPAST. "Ur a tborouttli kiiuwlo lca of Hie natural Uw wblcuKufimillio4 > jJoratluu ; of tilit tlim aul nulrl clon.nna br n cnranil suuilnilloii of tlia Una proper tlciol vrnlf-MlecHMlCuvai , Mr. Hupi Uui prcirlJoiour breakfast tablet nltli ttilallciMeljf rlatrornJ Imvttruua wnloljin.iy > ave n * rtanjr Hear * UoctorV bllli. Itii l > r Iliu JuJIcluui uio of Midi article * of diet thai constitution niny be Kr.vJuullf built up until utruni emiuxti to re Ut orury temluncr to dliume. Him- clreili of subtle inaUUio are Uniting itrouml in ruu'lr ' to Attack wliurover. there u a neaK uolnt. Wn mii > capu nwiiy n fatal lii > ( t l > j koaiiliuf otir uUe neil lortlfleU with purolilou'l iiml a pro ; > rljr nuurlilmJ tr iuo.-Clfll Curvlcu tiazutte. ln1e liuDlr wltli bolllru witlcrpr ni Ik. BoU ! oalr la tiair puunU tin * by llrucori i t' ' M ll > u . TAWPQ PPPQ ? , Pfl 110'Mu'op.Ulilu ' Climnlit LlUli . . JmHOO hlTlJ UONMOJf , KJIOI.A.NII , nourcos of the Grand , Lnramlo nnd North 1'latto rlvora U authorltod. If tlu farmers of Colorado tnko ndvnntneo of the net , Wyo ming will bo seriously Injured , nnd the Irri gating ditches coniitructod on tlio Dig Lara- uilo rendered usoloss. The largest grizzly boar over scon In Wyo ming wai killed on Lodge Orass n short tlmo ngo. Several parties estimated the weight of bruin nt from 1,000 to 1.200 pounds. Hruln was preparing for n big hug nnd wns but n few foot away when the hunter shot him , killing him instantly. A very Interesting discovery of cliff dwell ings has lust been inndo near the line be tween Now Mexico nnd Colorado , nt the lower end of San Luis Vallov. The village , or buildings Just discovered , was In n clrclo COO yards In circumference. The bricks arc ns light ns pumlco-stono , but very hard. About every eight feet Is n cross-wall , nnd the npartmonts thus formed nro about twenty feet long. The entire structure wns covered two font dcci ) with dirt , mid nothing but n slight elevation on the surface of the ground denoted Its existence. OUR CENTENNIAL. Ira I , . JnMns. Delightful task to string again the lyre , And fan again the patriotic tire , That burned so bright ono hundred years ngo , As blood-stained feet umdo crimson winter's snow , And lunnmi love , still keeping step with time , Lifts up n Nation to the heights subllmu. Ono hundreds yours Prometheus Is un bound 1 Ono hundred years , and added States nro crowned , Clasped by n chain that reaches far nway From northern wilds to Southland's sunny bay. Our mountain ranges cloud-capped summits rear , And streams descend them running crystal clear. A million voices lift n glad acclaim , Whose echoes ring from Oregon to Maine ; From capo to cliff the echo never dies- Niagara's thunder bears thorn to the sides. Thrice has the sword , in an imperiled hour , Been drawn to guard a Nation's sovereign pdwer , And still the flag tlmt flutters In the brccza Waves on in triumph through all lauds and seas. An empire holding its imperial sway , Sets up n milestone on Us Joyous way ; Surveys the glories of its onward march , And plants the kcystono in its crowning arch 1 Praise to the band that gave our Nation birth , Whoso honored names have traveled round the earth ; Uncovered heads will group around to-day , A debt of homugo to the dead to pay , And sprinkle inuoiisc over hallowed dust As man to man remembering what is just ! And bow to Him who world on world sus tains As Nation's llvo where God our Father reigns. OMAHA , 1839. The postodlco tvill bo open only from 1'2 to 1 to-day. The carriers , however - over , will inuko their regular morning' delivery. Democratic I'oslnl Olork * Uot OftioUl Nnlloo to Quit. ' Poslnt service circles In Omaha nro stirred up nnd ngltntod moro to-day than they tmvo been at any ttm since the administration changed hands , This unusual excitement was cauicd by the peremptory discharge yesterday morn * lug of three postal clarks , James MeArdle , C. O. Phillips and Mile , who has been stationed nt the transfer. McArdlo and Phillips were head clerks , running on the Union 1'ncilln line between Omaha nnd Ogdon. No reasons are glvon for this ro moval. Ench received nn ofllclftl document signed by Superintendent Hell , Informing him that his pay had boon shut oft and that hi * services ns nn employo of the govern ment wore no longer needed. They are all democrats , therefore it Is generally conceded that this Is the chief , if not only cause , for thus dUposlng of them. Mr. McArdlo's dismissal greatly surprised every ono about hoadquart- crs mid the postoftlco. "If removals as wo have been led to believe , " said nn old agent , "are being made solely to bettor the sorvlco and regardless of a man's politics I can't understand why Jim MoArdlo should bo thrown out. Ho Is not only of the best clarks wo have , but is ono of best I over saw. It Is true that ho has always - ways boon n pronounced partisan , and secured - cured his appointment through very strong democratic ) Inlluonco , but a more competent man for the business cannot bo found. Ho made remarkably rapid advancement in the work , having boon gradually promoted ahead of older men , from the lowest position to n fl.itOO clerkship. A. W. Grinin. the old chlaf clerk , who was bounced last fall by Clnvo- land , received notice to-day that ho had boon reinstated , nnd it Is understood > will taka the place vacated by MoArdlc. Postmaster Gallagher says nearly all tno democrats on this , the Nobraikn division , have been lot out. There were twenty-seven of them when Boll took charge ot the de partment. Kupr-rlntcnclont ofMnlta. Paul Vundervoort , the now superintendent of mails , entered upon the discharge of hit duties as such yesterday. At present ha will occupy ono side of Postmnator Gal lagher's dcnk In the private room ami bccomo n part of the mixed cabinet that holds dally sessions there. "If Con helns mo out , " said Paul , "I will ngroo to keep him In ofllco until hii term expires. " The remark pleased Uncle Jimmy Crolgh- ton very much , and ho thought thcro would bo no trouble. It was plain to bo seen that n mutual admiration society had nlroady been formed , for ho observed that in all political warfares , Paul had been.able to hold his own. "That's a fact , " replied the latter , and continuing ho said , "I have been a bitter re publican , but have n creat mauy democratic friends. Con has always boon a good friend of mine , nnd the Croightons were among my ilrst acquaintances. When I was chief clerk hero Joliu Crcighton used to como and sit in my ofllco almost every day. " All Will Close. All the banks will bo closed to-day , they having dooldcd that the president's cou < tennlal proclamation makes the day a legal holiday. There will bo no courts to-day , Clerk Moorcs proposes to close his ofllce , so docs Sheriff Coburn , and the county commission ers say they cannot bo expected to do busi ness when everybody Is having a good time. . Judge Shields wants it distinctly under stood that the county court chambers will ha locked against the admission of everybody to-day. worst features about dangerous soaps is the damage done THE their injurious effects arc detected. The injury done to clothing by the use of poor soap is often greater than the actual wear. Professor Cornwall , of Princeton College , says the IVORY SOAP is pure. His statement should be sufficient guarantee for you to have only the IVORY SOAP used in your family. A WORD OF WARNING. 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