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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. APRIL 30. 1839.
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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
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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.
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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.
There are many white Goaps , each represented to bo "just as good as the ' Ivory' ; "
'hey ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of
< he genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon ( jetting it ,
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