THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , : THURSDAY. MAY 0 1889.
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N. 1' . FBIU Notary Public.
A sussroN of the city council without
ti rlpplo of excitement ia us insipid us
Boup without salt.
MAYOR BUOATCH will bo heartily
seconded by all classes of the commu
nity in his effort to secure a rigid in
spection of milk , moats and vegetables.
frisky cyclone IH reported to
have made its first appearance for the
Benson in Kansas. Hut that state docs
not ut all fool llattcrcd at this distinc
tion.
Tun appointment of Arthur L.
Thomas , of Suit Lake City , to bo gov
ernor of Utah , carries out President
Harrison's idea of homo rule in the ter
ritories.
JOHN M. TIIUHSTOX called on Secre
tary Windom to urge the Farnam street
site for the postolllco. This will add an
other name to Mr. Hitchcock's list of
tools and traitors.
A KKW moro sugar-plums have boon
drawn out of Uncle Sam's grab-bag ,
nnd the president is gradually reliev
ing himself of the onset of oflice-
brokcrs and barnacles.
IF CHINA sells America. adulterated
and deleterious teas , as charged by
Consul Crowell , of Amoy.it is perhaps
n Chinese trick of retaliation for send
ing them watered petroleum and
starched cotton goods.
COUNCIT/MAN BUUNHAM'S resolution
to have the drinking fountains in the
city put in operation is timely. The
'contract between the city and water
works company requires the latter to
supply a number of public fountains
'free of charge , and at this season of the
year such fountains will bo a public
benefit.
Tun request of the commissioners of
'tho .Tohet penitentiary for an appropri
ation of three hundred and seventy-five
'thousand dollars to establish a plant for
the manufacture of binding twine is not
likely to meet with encouragement at
the hands of Illinois farmers. The
binding trust may bo bad enough , but
this demand of the penitentiary author
ities is , to say the least , far from
modest.
Tnw present season has boon romark-
nbly free from labor troubles as com
pared with previous years. For the
first four months of Iho present year ,
the number engaged in strikes through
out the country did not exceed fifty
thousand , as against ono hundred thou
sand in 1888 and ono hundred and fifty
th'ousand the year previous. This cer
tainly would indicate the present season
to bo much more qulot industrially than
any period within the last few years.
TIIK decision of n Mount Pleasant , la. ,
judge that cider can not bo publicly sold ,
'because it is an intoxicant when taken
In largo quantities , is moro than likely
to stir up the 'farmers of that stato.
Whatever Interdict may bo placed upon
the distillery or the bra wary , the cider
mill to the average farmer is too sacred
to fall under proscription. It is said
that the recent defeat of prohibition In
Massachusetts was largely duo to the
placing of elder in the class of inter
dicted beverages. What if it should
Imppun , that the Iowa farmers would
revolt against prohibition , because
older , in the login of the decision of the
Mount Pleasant judge , is a dangerous
intoxlcantV
Tim endorsement of Judge Oroff bj
the cmtiro Nebraska delegation in con <
prof > 3 to fill thu vacancy on the Inter
btuto commerce commission is a worth ;
recognition of Judge OrolT'b lltnoss. No
irsinglo dissenting voice has been ralsoi
to oppose his recommendation in or ou
of tlio state. This is a fact that can no
fall to impress President Harrison i :
looking about for Commissioner Wnlk
ov's successor. The appointment o
Judge GrofT to the commission would bi
n recognition , not so much of Nebraska
but of the whole trans-Missouri coun
try. The intimate relation of this tor
rltory with the railroads , as gauged b ;
the annual enormous shipments of graii
and cattle , requires a representative o
this section on the inter-state coininis
BIOII. The high personal qualities o
Judge Groff , his unimpeachable integrity
rity and his legal attainments coinbin
to make him n man in whom nil litter
csta would Imvo confidence , and ii
whom all rights would find protection
COMMISSIONEIIS.
The president haa filled the vacancies
in the civil sorvlco commission by the
appointment of Mr. Thcodoro Roosevelt -
volt , of Now York , and Mr. Hugh S.
Thompson , of South Carolina. There
will probably bo bo no very serious ob
jection from any source to those selec
tions. Mr. Roosevelt has enjoyed some
prominence in the politics of the Km-
plro stato. Originally a republican , In
the presidential campaign of 1831 ho
Identified hlmsolf with the Independ
ents , and waa moro or loss nctlvo In op
position to the republican candidate.
Subsequently ho became rehabilitated aa
n republican , and two years ago wns the
candidate of the party in Now York city
lor mayor , receiving the support of a
portion of the independent prcsg , but
not the full strength of the party. Ho
has been ono of tlio loaders in the cause
of civil sorvlco reform , iuul it is to bo
supposed is still in full sympathy with
it. Mr. Roosevelt Is n man of scholarly
attainments and independent spirit ,
who has not courted political prefer
ment. It is quite probable that in this
cnso the olllco sought the man , and if ho
accepts it there can bo no doubt ho will
discharge its duties with ability and in
tegrity. The law requires that ouo
member of the commission shall bo of
the opposite political party to that in
power. Mr. Thompson was assistant
secretary of the treasury under the lust
administration , and ho had boon se
lected by Mr. Cleveland for appoint
ment as a civil service commissioner.
Objection was then made to him that
ho had novel * shown or Intimated any
sympathy with the reform , and further
more that his inlluonco had uniformly
ioon exerted for the removal of union
ioldiers from the public sorvlco in the
ntcrcstof ox-confodoratos. His appoint
ment by President Harrison should
perhaps bo accepted as disposing of
charges. Mr. Thompson is un
doubtedly amply qualified to discharge
the duties of n civil service commis-
ilonor , and it may safely bo expected
, hat he will do his share toward
laving the law fully nnd faithfully en-
'orced. '
There is reason to expect that the
: iew commission will bo the ablest and
: nest harmonious since the civil service
aw wont into effect. Other commis
sions have been composed in uart of
men of ability and zeal , but owincr to a
ivant of harmony among them the best
ntercsts of reform were not subserved ,
ivith the result of subjecting the sys-
, om to moro or loss unfavorable criti
cism. Another observation suggested
by those appointments is that they
ought to produce the effect of silencing
those reformers who have recently
criticized the course of the adminis-
ration in making removals and ap
pointments , professing lugubrious concern -
corn for tlio future of civil service ro-
'orm. With ono of their number ap
pointed on the commission , and the
choice of the man whom they sup
ported aa the foremost of reformers ac-
eptcd by the administration , if they
can any longer doubt the purpose of
the president to carry out the
policy of reform fairly and faithfully it
is not easy to conceive what would con
vince them. The truth is ttmt the
course of the administration thus far
has boon that of simple justice to the
republicans who in the last few months
of the preceding administration wore
, hrust out of positions in the public
service for purely partisan reasons , and
their places tilled generally by mon
whoso only recommendation was their
ability to perform useful party service.
The changes made wore not only neces
sary to improve the standard and ef
ficiency of the public service , but also
in justice to thousands of experienced
and faithful men who wore the victims
of a desperate political exigency. There
is in this nothing that threatens danger
to a true , reasonable and practical
policy of civil service reform , and this
the present administration can bo ro
lled upon to observe and advance.
SOUTHERN ELOQUENCE.
One of the few really eloquent
speeches made in Now York last week
was that of Mr. Grttdy , editor of the At
lanta Constitution , the occasion being
the dedication of the now homo of the
Southern society. In style and in spirit
this address was not less worthy of com
mendation than the one made some tw6
years ago by the saino gentleman , from
which ho obtained national notoriety
as an orator. It glows with expressions
of patriotic devotion to the country ,
the sincerity of which can not for a
moment bo doubted. It thrills with
lofty appreciation of the na
tion's greatness , and the grand
promlso of its destiny. It sparkles with
poms of eloquence declaring love for
the union and the ( Ing.
All such utterances are welcome , nnd
they would be far moro so if there was
greater certainty that , in the section
from which they como , nnd upon whoso
woople their loyal and patriotic spirit
nnd sentiment should exert the
strongest iullueiico , they carry any
weight. Mr. ft ratty ban boon recog
nised , and doubtless is ploascd to be re
garded , as ono of thn representatives
and exponents of the now South. While
loving his suction and honoring its best
traditions and ehnracteraasincoroly and
devotedly ns any son of the south , Mr.
Gritdy is undoubtedly most earnest In
desiring that It shall place Itself
abreast with thn rest of his country in
Its splendid march of progress , prosper
ity , and moral und material power. Wo
have no doubt ho would gladly libornl-
Ix.o Its sentiment , expand its intellectual
life , and broad on and elevate Us politi
cal tone. Dut what is \ \ \ following ?
How many of ? ho political loaders are
with liimV How many of the people are
susceptible to his patriotic ap
peals ? How many have learned
to love the union as ho loves It , to
reverence the tiny ns he rovoree it , to
look forward tntho future grandeur and
power of the ro public with tlui supreme
gladness with which ho sees it ? Is not
the voice of Jolt Davi ? more potent in
the south than the volco of Mr. GradyV
Kven such eloquent assurances and
promises us these of the brilliant editor
of the Atlanta CvmtituHon must lose
something of their force when ono is
confronted by such a stern reality as
that which has just occurred at
Lufnyolto , La. , where four hundred
nrmod men took possession of Iho town ,
forced n negro joallco of the peace to
resign , nnd announced that nt n forth
coming oTcctlon only whlto mon would
bo pormUtou to vote. Until such oc
currences cease In the south , no amount
or quality of eloquence will convince
right-thinking mon that the people of
that section are in sympathy with such ,
exponents of southern sentiment nnd
spirit as Mr. Grndy.
INVKSTlOATll THEM.
The Herald calls for a thorough In
vestigation of the charges nnd counter
charges made by Commissioner Ander
son and County Clerk Roche against
each other , including such offenses as
bribe-taking , disposal of public prop
erty , neglect of duty and scandalous
personal conduct ,
TIIK BKK seconds the motion and
joins the Herald in its demand , not be
cause this disreputable squab-
bio Is confined to democratic
officials , but because it affects
the good name and reputation of this
city and county.
Wo have refrained from comment on
the disgraceful exhibitions of rowdyism
that have recently taken place in the
court house , in the hope that the ofll-
cials would realize after sobering down
the disgrace and humiliation that re
putable anil'law-abiding citizens must
fool over their brawls and broils. The
quarrel has gone from bad to
worse , until it has reached
the public streets and landed
the rowdy officials in the police court.
This shameful condition of affairs
must have an end and if half that has
been charged by county ollleials against
each other is true their positions should
be summarily declared vacant. The
citizens of Douglas county wo believe
are a unit in demanding that these
charges bo sifted to the bottom.
No subterfuge or technical trickery
should bo allowed to block a full and
free inquiry into the conduct of the
offending ollleials , nml the findings
should bo made upon the facts , regard
less of personal friendship or political
affiliation. Any attempt to whitewash
and gloss over misconduct and venality
will bo frowned down and resented.
TICKET COMMISSIONS.
The inquiry now being prosecuted by
the inter-state commerce commission ,
regarding the practice of the railroads
of paying commissions on the sale of
passenger tickets , may result in the
general abandonment of that system.
There is no specific prohibition of the
practice in the inter-state commerce
act , but if it shall appear that the pay
ing of commissions operates indirectly
to enable roads to secure passenger'
traffic by an evasion of the established
rates , as unquestionably it has done , it
is a proper matter of inquiry by the
commission , and one which it doubtless
has the authority to deal with.
Section six of the inter-state act pro
vides that when a common carrier , sub
ject to its provisions , shall have estab
lished and published its rates , fares and
charges , as provided for , "it shallbo ,
unlawful for such common carrier to
charge , demand , collect or receive from
any person or persons a greater 01' less
compensation for the transportation of
passengers or property than is specified
in such published schedule of rates ,
fares and charges as may at
the tune bo in force. " It is a
fact of common knowledge , and not un
known to the commission , that this pro
vision has boon evaded , and may still
bo , by the sale of tickets at loss than
the printed rates , by parties who receive -
coivo commission thereon , they pro
fessedly dividing the commission with
the buyer. According to the testimony
given , on Tuesday , the payment of com
missions prevails generally among the
western roads , in accordance with the
rates established by the Westo rn Pas
senger Agent's association , and it wns
said that the agreement was generally
faithfully observed , to the betterment
of the service. Possibly no harm would
como of the practice if it could be put
under wholesome regulations and re
straints , rigidly enforced. But tbo
consensus of opinion among eastern
passenger agents was that the payment
of commissions results in rate cutting ,
and in this view they have the warrant
of experience. The system may work
smoothly for a time , as during periods
when all competing roads are doing a
satisfactory passenger traffic , but in
seasons of dullness , when there is sharp
and active competition for business , the
commission mon are very likely to pay
little attention to the published schcd-
ulos. _
Most of the eastern trunk roads have
long abandoned the payment of com
missions , and notwithstanding the
opinion of some western managers that
under the existing agreement , the
practice works without any demoraliz
ing effects , and is a great improvement
over the condition of business previous
to the agreement , it is < v system of ques
tionable merit at the best , and obvi
ously liable to become at any time a
source of difficulty and demoralization ,
as it has admittedly boon in the past.
Tim bone of contention over the ap
pointment of a public printer has finally
linen settled by the selection of Genera !
Frank W. Palmer , of Illinois. Mr.
Palmer is eminently fitted for the posi
tion and deserving of recognition. He
has long boon identified with public life
ns representative of Iowa in the Forty-
first and Forty-second congress , and as
postmaster of the o'ity of Chicago , As
editor of the Dos Moines Jteyistcr , public
printer of the state of Iowa , and lattorlj
as editor of the Chicago fnlcr-Occttn
General Palmer carries into his now of
fice a practical knowledge of his bus !
ness. There is consequently every rea
son to boliov9 the selection of Genera
Palmer to bo a who ono.
Tins average candidate who hangs
around Washington in quest of a federal
oral appointment , is always ready to dn
the graceful thing , and como up smiling
to congratulate the man who did got the
office in hopes that ho might Induce
him to asblgn him to a subordinate po
sition. If ono of the barnacles who Holds
bis head up high at the outset nnd pro
claims ho will take nothing but a terri
torial governorship or a bureau in ono
of the departments , fails to convince the
resident IhiTt'ho Is the right man for
ho place , } tH quietly slides down
rom his hjgh parch and accepts ti
Kwtal clorlqijitp. If ho falls to get
hat , ho usually borrows ton dollars
rom his senator or congressman to enable -
able him to gut homo.
TIIK Intor-stato commerce commis
sion is now pushing its investigation in
the directlon'bf finding out how far the
mss evil is prevalent among the rail-
oads. The ojnclnls of the Now Eng-
and roads hi vo' boon brought before
ho bar and qon/css / that they have is
sued passes to others besides employes
and the officers of other railroads.
They disclaim any Intention , however ,
of evading the inter-state law , and in
sist that their pasteboard compliments
voro Issued locally and not for the pur
pose of attracting business. This may
) o half the truth the commissioners
vlll never learn the whole truth.
Ilcfonu the ICcliiciulonnl Mntliodn.
1'httaiMpMA Ttmt * .
The first nlm of nil American institutions
of Icni-uliiK , from the universities down to
ho common schools , should bo to cducnto
Vmcricnn citizens and prepare their pupils
or a wi.so discharge of the dutlos of Amor-
can citizenship. The children of the poor
should not bo loft to think that the highest
iuty of an American citizen is to get into of-
flee nnd bo fed nt public expanse , nnd the
children of the rich should bu taught to love ,
nnd not dc.splso , the "country In which they
, ivo.
ivo.Don't
Don't Illume Mr. Cliu-kson , Please.
Chlcaart llemlil.
Although Clnrkson Is decapitating demo
crats at the r.ito of 201) ) a day , there is a good
lenlof grumbling because ho doesn't got
niong faster. The fault appears to llo. however -
over , In the guillotine , rather than in Clark-
son himself. Clnrkson is willing , but the
guillotlno is inadequate. Nccoislty is the
notlier of Invention , and an electric guillo
tine , or something else , will undoubtedly bo
nvcntcd to facilitate Mr. Ularkson's patri
otic work.
Mr. Ilnlstuad
C/ifcfltfO / TiniM.
Mr. Ilalstcad does not propose to sit down
nnd brood over the blow ho received from
the Unted States senate. The following ex-
, n\ct from an editorial in his paper shows
, hat his nil nil is not brooding to wit : ll\Ve
lave the testimony of oxporienejd drinkers
. \\\l \ \ : thn brow of some of the Cincinnati es
tablishments is the best in the world. "
Bravn Hoys Were They.
SUM FranctiM Mia.
Ono feature in Tuesday's ' procession drew
cheers and tears nil alom ? thu lino. It was
the llttlo band of American .lack Tars who
survived the wreck of the VuudalU at Apia.
Doubtful.
Probably by the time the second centen
nial of WashinKtdn'a inauguration is cele
brated the monument which Now Yorkers
propose to orcci tq the memory of General
Grant will be m'place.
Gnulu't ; Hard Work.
Chtfatn Trlliunt.
Jay Gould tells the truth. He has made his
naonoy by hard wprk by the hard work of
other men , mostly.
HITS AND MISSES.
Whenever Van ' Ettcu wishes to vent ac
cumulated bile , be sends his effusions to Tin :
BCE. This is n poor marlcct lor Van Etteu's
pigs.
pigs.The
The town is full of newspaper gossip. It
would take a column to print it. The latest
rumor is that the Republican is to bo set in
agate , increased to eight pages and sold for
a cent. It will nlso employ a managing edi
tor , a city editor and several reporters.
Michael Lahoy has been appointed Indian
agent at Lal'oiiito agency. JJut it isn't our
Michael. The Lahoy who drew this prize
hails from Wisconsin.
John Don is an inveterate law-breaker.
No name is more frequent on the court rec
ords , and the police are constantly on the
trail of this promiscuous individual. There
seems to bo a well-defined conspiracy to per
secute and wipe out the r.ico. Even the
poundmastor has joined in the hue and cry ,
and Doo's cattle furnish more fees and fodder
der for that oflluial than all others combined.
Hero Is a hugo chance for the humane soci
ety to protect an individual against whom
all hands are raised.
Democratic management of county affairs
is a panorama of defamation , vituperation
and investigation.
The bold bookaneer of the county board
displays a sudden ana startling alTectlou for
reform. But-Aiidorson cannot kick enough
dust out of others' pantaloons to obscure
the 1'auly raid. Even the iiourt-houso side
walk is decidedly slippery.
THE AFl'EKXOON TEA.
"What's that you wear ) " I gayly cried--
She were the queerest bounotoutl
Her lips a challenge , she replied :
"A 'Uiss-uio-quick , ' you bashful loutl"
"Miss Mainohanco , " said Mr. Poorfellow ,
sadly , "I've nothlnir but my good nauio tn
offer you , but I love you passionately and
well. Will you bo my wifol" Miss Main-
chance , sweetly "Come around again In another -
other month , Mr. Poorfollow. If Mr. Ten-
million doosn'turoposo by that time I will bo
yourtruo , loving wife. "
The cause of woman Is coming on. At the
initial event of the centennial commemora
tion , the breakfast of the presidential party
at the homo of Governor Green , of Now Jer
sey , the head of the table was occupied by
Mrs. Uroon , who bad the president of the
United States at her right and the vice president
ident at her left. ' Is this prophetic ?
Mrs. Carter , tlio Chicago woman who paid
$10,000 for u cloak , has u double chin , pout
ing lips , a peakoj. nose , keen eyes , heavi
brows nnd ahorjrlidir. Her hands are largo :
her feet are of a size unknown to tbo ropor-
torlal Chleasoan ,
Byron said u prctjy woman never lookci
so badly as whon.sno was eating. Probably
ho never saw lier'liilUl up her skirts nnd wall
across a muddy strtibt on her lieols.
Gall Hamilton pwtlcos greater economy
iu writing paper than almost any other lite
rary man or wonnui ; , She uhvava writes on
scraps of paper , tU ltacUs of old envelopes
being her favorite/material.
Mrs. Burnett 'h , s boon Invited by a rea
llvo Lord Fauntletoy , whoso situation as
well as name , she Unconsciously plagiarize !
in her story , to puy him a visit in his uncos
tral OAtate , and see * for herself that the
Fauntloroy cstato is not of suob stuff as
dreams are made of.
"That servant girl of yours Is the homo
llest creature I over saw. I thought I asked
you to got a good looking ono Ibistime ,
Maria. "
"So you did , John , and that's the very
reason I didn't ' do it. "
A unlimo pananco was performed during
holy week by u prominent socloty woman
Clad in a working gown and equipped with
soap and towels , she went to the Church of
Advent and slowly and conscientiously
scrubbed the stops of that udlllce , und the
observation moat commonly made in tbo. pro
ccodlng was : "Sho is the only wouiaa In
Joston who dnros do suoh n thlnR. " There
nro those , however , who romombar the pcnl
cut who boiled the pens ho placotl In hit
shoes , when they recall the fart that the
ndy wns taken to nnd from thn sccno of her
ontcn humiliation In her carriage.
STA.TK AND TEIUUTOUY.
Nobrnskn. Jottlnita.
Kwlng has organized a creamery company
vitb a capital of (5,000.
The board of trade ot Plnttsmouth In *
lorsos Judga Graft for the vacancy ou the
ntcr-atato commerce commission.
Thomas coanty lire-noses to Invest f 3,003 In
a court house , while Nucltolls county threaten -
en ! ) to Invest $50,000 In n similar structure.
The copi of Nebraska City last week
uegcd thirty-nine luw-brenkers. convicted
thirty-seven and extracted $273. 18 from the
gang.
Pinna and specifications for the now JTU.OOO
court house In Hastings must bo submitted
by the 'J'.id of May. Bids for the bonds will
also bo opened on that day.
Plnttsmouth threatens to harness the
Platte and use Its latent power in driving
scores of Industries yet to bo. Meanwhile a
vast amount of Jaw energy is going to waste.
The supervisors of Uago have decided to
submit n proposition to the voters to author-
zo the issue of bonds for n court , house to bo
iiillt nt Beatrice. The cost of the structure
las not been nui-ocd upon , but it will approach
preach ? 1BOOIX ) .
The mule U gradually losing his place as
: ho chief of living kickers. A bolt of
lightning caught n pair unarmed nnd unpre
pared for business , In Florence , and their
souls lied instanter to the happy kicking
ground.
Thurston county is now ready for business.
Pcndor captured tlio county seat , and a com
plete set of oftlccholdcrs nro ready to maiingo
affairs for themselves nnd the public. The
spoils are about equally divided between the
two parties.
The Pacific Short Line has secured the
right of way between Jackson und Haa-
dolph in Da Kola county. Grading gangs
arc nt work on the line , and expect to com
plete 100 miles in live months. The survey
ors are running a preliminary line west of
Plalnvlew.
The telephone building m Wnhoo was de
stroyed by lightning und lire Tuesday night.
While the lurid llntncs leaped high and
mingled with the roaring storm , a heartless
subscriber connected with the manager's oar
nnd yelled , "Helio , Hell-o , Central , is it hot
enough for you ) " The wretch escaped.
The ux.-Hon. N. Iv. Griggs , the sweet troub
adour of the Blue , is harping on the railroad
string in Wyoming. Durlim n recent visit to
Buffalo ho assured the anxious residents that
the Wyoming extension of the Burlington
would be built , and that the road would not
stop snort of the coal fields.
Niobrnra is anxious to know why the Mil
waukee road maintains n useless right-of-
way In that vicinity. For eight years the
company has trilled with the patience of the
people , and it is likely that they will give
substantial encouragement to any company
which jumps the grade und builds and oper
ates n line. With the opening of the Sioux
reservation Niobrnra expects a solid boom ,
nnd railroad facilities arc among- the chief
essentials.
Kearney Is loaded to the nozzle with pluck
and enterprise. No scheme is too crcnt or
perplexing to dull the keen edge of "energy ,
ami nn effort is spared to place the town in
the front rank of prosnerity. Her agents
nnd advocates nro scouring the cnst , singing
her praises and securing men and means to
advance her industries nnd UoveloiKJ her re
sources. The latest movement of the people
is for n railroad north to the Black Hills.
Kearney is n model of push nnd energy. Her
example will bear transplanting.
The newspaper fakirs who are fleecing
country towns by moans of "write-ups,1' are
being unmercifully roasted , and deservedly
so , by the local press. Here is a specimen
from tlio Fremont Herald : "Probably the
most utterly valueless und misleading of nil
the professional "write-ups" over perpe
trated upon Fremont ( and that is saying a
good deal ) is the alleged pictorial "boom"
edition ot the Omaha Republican , delivered
hero in cart-load lots and hawked about in
the still quiet of Sunday morning by a couple
ofimpdrtcd professional gamins frotnOmabn ,
with yawps on 'om hue unto the bellowing of
a fog-horn It reminded everybody of the
remark which the devil is said to have made
when ho sheared the hog great cry anil
little wool. There was absolutely nothing
in it that wns n bcnelit to Fremont. "
Iowa Items.
Boone has sunk * 7,000 iu n well 1,900 feet
deep.
A c-ypsum mill will blossom at Fort Dodge
about the first of July.
Street fatdrs. bogus checlc swindlers and
mumps nro raging in the state.
There is a largo emigration from towns and
country to Dakota , Montana and Washing
ton.
ton.Bolmont
Belmont offers a purse of $3,000 for the
first manufacturing establishment located Iu
the town.
The numoor of hogs cut up at the Cedar
Rapids packing house for the season is 57-
707 , against 44UiO ! for tbo corresponding
period last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick , of Sioux City ,
are the proud parents of twenty-one chil
dren , two of whom have died ; nearly nil of
the nineteen nre grown nnd some are mar
ried.
ried.The
The annual reunion of the Tri-Stato Old
Settlers' association will bo hold at Keokuk ,
September 10. Judge Hubbarrt , of Cedar
Haplds ; S. M. Clark , of Keokuk , and John
M. Palmer , of Illinois , willdoliver addresses.
John Benkson , painter , heads the list of
largo families in Dubuquo. Ho is the father
of eighteen children. John Jenny comes
next with sixteen. There is ono family of
llfteen children , three ot fourteen , seven of
thirteen , and fifteen of uneven dozen to date.
The Order of Hallwny Conductors has de
cided to build a national homo somewhere in
the state , the prize going to the town offer
ing the best inducements. Davenport , Bur
lington , Sioux City , Clinton , Council Bluffs
and Creston are candidates. The edifice will
cost H'MO.OOO.
Over 2,800 head of cattle nro being foci at
the glucose works nt Mnrshalltown , consum
ing less than half of ' .ho starch feed turned
out by the factory. Upward oi 1'JQJ steers
aru being still fed in one of the barns. The
works are now grinding an nvora'go of 5,000
bushels of corn u day.
A bunch of agricultural chumps in Sac
county have been done up for $5,000 by boirus
nursery agents. Karly last month u young
follow , claiming to represent the nursery ut
Fort Dodge , went through the county taking
orders for nursery stock. These ordeis
turned out tn bo notes pay.abloatFortDodgo.
Fire bugs nro heaping up the ashes In vari
ous towns. If all losses credited to incendiaries -
aries are correct , over j > 0OJO , worth of prop
erty has boon destroyed by thorn nt various
points within n wuok. Naturally there is a
daogorous undercurrent of public feeling ,
and the first pctrolouso captured is likely to
Imvo his wind bhut off suddenly nnd effec
tively. _
Casper reports a building nnd real estate
boom of moderate dimensions.
A mineral exhibit will farm a conspicuous
part of tbo territorial fair next fall.
The Denver und Nebraska parties who are
working the Pans creek gold placers , will
put $35,000 mom into th'c enterprise this
year ,
The board of tradoof Cheyenne docs not
con line its pnorulos to resolutions. A purse
of 10,000 has been raiseu to bucuro u steve
foundi.v. .
The Cheyenne board of trade has declared
for sluluhood , couplnd with an insinuation
that tl o people are thoroughly ripu for tha
duties und responsibilities nt the position.
The western end of the Pacific short line
is actively at work In tlio com sections of
Wyoming. The company Has secured a val-
unblo trnet of coal land uuar Bessemer ,
which point the road expects to roach this
season , Preparations are being made to
dovclopo the mines.
A strong Pennsylvania syndicate , com
posed of practical oil man , ono of whom has
bored more than 3uO wells in Pennsylvania ,
will soon sink a well in ilio Salt creek lieldr .
Tlio contract spouitlcs that boring must 1m
under way before July 1 , anil that the well
must penctralo to the Decotah , or oil-bearing
rock , The welt is to bo bored near the line
between Carbon and Johnson counties.
Tlio discovery la announced ol a line vein
of coal near the mouth of the No Wood
basin on the Big Horn rlvur , The vein ia
eight foot thick and frco from all foreign
matter. The coal has the peculiar peacock
color of tlio Hod Lodge coal In Montana , and
is probably a contlnuallnn of thn sumo for
mation oxtondinf , ' up between thu Wind river
and Big Horn mountains.
PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS
Thplr Condition Reported by the
Board ns Satisfactory *
THE STATE CAPITAL COURTS.
Iilconslnu Dritj * DUponncr.i Two Girls
Gone With n Glpif Onnjr Antici
pation * of tlio Cold Water
Meeting Next Month.
LINCOLN UunrAu orrns Outfit Unit , )
103J V STiiEBr , }
LINCOLN. May 8. I
The routine expenses of the stnto Institu
tions wcro allowed nt the regular monthly
mooting of the board of public lands nnd
building ! ! .
Reports show these Institutions to bo in n
lilirhly prosperous condition. The manage-
moiit of ono und nil seems to bo running
smoothly now. No brouKcrs , oven , reported
nt the soldiers' nnd sailors * homo.
Culver's ' hotel , bettor known ns the Indus
trial homo , however , was kuocKcd out In an
item of the expense ) account. J. U. Culver
put In a bill for $1)00 for two horses. The
board put it that "two horses" could nol bo
purchased with att appropriation for "two
mules , " nnd HO decided.
Regent Mallallott sends lit n-splciidid ro-
porl of the state industrial school. Ho re
ports 23. articles of wearing apparel made In
the tailor shop , and l,48i repaired. The shoo
shop turned out US pair * of shoos , valued at
$1SU.8I ( , and repairing valued at fttl.UO. The
sowing girls deftly fashioned t5l ! ar
ticles and repaired 430. Flvo Inmates wore
parolted during the month of April , and eight
persons were committed.
Hy some hook or crook the board made n
mistake in awarding the contract for fur
nishing coal for the industrial school. It
wns given to J. S. Slzor at $ . * i.G7 per ton.
It turns out that , George li. Mowing had put
in a lower bid. Downing so notified Superin
tendent Mallalleu , who , iu turn , nolltled the
board , and correction was duly made. Sizer
refused to stand a reverse order , and under
took to deliver coal at the institution In any
event. The superintendent put his foot
down on this very emphatically , refusing to
receive any coal that ho m'pht ' deliver , mid a
law suit seems lufiiiincul. Mallalieu seems
bent on guarding the state's funds disbursed
through the institution ho represents.
Concluding his rcnort , Superlnterdont
Mallalleu says : "Tho work la the
several dcp.irtmcnts is progressing in a
very satisfactory manner. Nearly all of
the cultivated land is being used for garden
purposes. I have made arrangements with
the canning company to tike : all surplus vege
tables , and think the farm will thus bo n
source of revenue in addition to supplying
our own needs in this line. It also gives em
ployment to our boys , which is an important
consideration , as wo Imvo moro diflleulty In
governing them when there Is little than
otherwise. Present attendance : Family A ,
0V family H , 40 ; family Q.41 ; family E , 4t ! ;
family F , 40. Total , U14. "
Dr. Ivtiapp , superintendent of the Lincoln
Insane asylum , reports as follows : Inmates ,
April 1 , 3'Jl ' ; April 3J , S'J ; admitted , 10 ; dls
charged , 17 ; died , . The superintendent
also tiled the chemical history of John 1C.
Woodward , a patient from Saunders county.
who died April US ; also of Thomas I' . Konit-
lett , of Hull county , who tiled on the lilst.
James Hcaton petitioned the board to
order the superintendents of the various
state institutions to see that all honorably
discharged soldiers or sailors , who died in
mates , be buried iu some suitable place or
cemetery , and in a place not generally used
for the pauper dead , and further that all
soldiers buried near the Lincoln hospital for
the insane bo tranfcrred to Wyuka ceme
tery so that their graves can bo suitably
marked as provided for by law. It is only
necessary to add that the order will go out ,
and that Mr. He.iton was instructed to
transfer the remains of dead soldiers , lying
iu the yard at the asylum , to W.vuka , n sad
duty ho is now engaged in performing.
1 ho District Court.
Judge Chapman , who presides in the second
end court , took the mandamus of W. J.
Cooper vs. the city authorities under advise
ment. This morning ho took np tlio cuso of
HoweLl Uros. vs.Viso ct al simply an
ordinal y foreclosure of a mechanics' lien.
Before Judge Field , the attachment
against B. F. Knight , the Stevens Creek
Juror who failed to appear , wao returned and
dismissed. Knight was sick and unable to
attend court.
The case of Charles Thomas , charged with
forgery , was continued until Friday moru-
in or.
Colonel Phllpott and Captain Woodward
wcro appointed counsel for Michael and
Joseph Urunner , charged with assault with
intent to commit murder.
A motion for n new trial iu the cose of
Severin vs. the Omaha & Republican Valley
railway company , was filed by plaintiff's at
torneys this morning.
The case of Mary A. and P. J. Grant vs
John Fitzgerald , settled and dismissed as
per stipulation filed.
The ease of the stuto vs Bert Overman , a
good looking nnd intelligent youth , nineteen
years of ago , who is charged with burglary ,
occupied the morning session of the court in
Judge Field's room. Overman is charged
with having broken into and entered n roa-
taurant in this city , and having stolen call-
bles and money to the amount of $3. Tlio
Jury , however , took a merciful view of tlio
case and found the boy not guilty as
charged , but llxed his crime ns petit larceny
and assessed the value of the goods stolen at
a nominal sum. _
Ijnmhortfion on Hewer Itunili.
City Attorney Lanibcrlson has prepared
his opinion on the sewer bond question , and
it will bo submitted to the council , Friday
evening. It will bo remembered that Injunc
tions have been brought to prevent the col
lection of the assessments in the sewer dis
tricts , and in consequence has loft the city
without funds to moot the construction , and
hcnco suit has been brought direct against
the city in the United States district court.
In view nf the near approach of Ilia session
of that court , the city allot noy was asked for
his opinion as to the probable outcomeof the
case. After reviewing thu history of the ease
ho says ;
Two courses are open to the city.
1. To defend these suits on the ground that
the city authorities hod no power to construct
these sowars , and in ontonng Into contracts
for their construction exceeded their authority -
ity and that the contracts am therefore null
and void.
J. To admit the Justlcaof the claims and
confess Judgment for the amounts due ,
AH to the llrst course , 1 am of thn opinion
that the defense there indicated is not tena
ble as the charter undoubtedly authorized
the council to construct nnd rep.ilr sewers
and drains , ana I understood the council
wcro so advised , before tlio work was com
menced , by other uounspl , Hut oven though
thu council did exceed its powers the city
would bo cstoppnd from suiting It un fur the
reason that it stood by and permitted the sew
ers to bo built and the contractors tn expend
money , labor nnd material in their construc
tion. and received and accepted them through
the board of public works , and still rotultis
ami uses thorn. The city is bound morally
ami equitably to pay these men a fair com
pensation for tlie worK they huvo doim ,
Should the second course ho adopted the
question would arise , how shall tlio indebt
edness thus created and acknowledged bo
mot I
First Hy levying a tax to meet it , either
all in ono year or distributed over two or
more yoirn , If the court would so order.
SeccudBy Issuing bonds of the city.
This , under the charter , would require the
acquiescence and consent of ilia electors of
thu city expressed ut an election hold for
ttiut purpose.
I hope the council will this matter early
nnd careful consideration , und deWr/umu
Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria.
BThen Habf rrn Irtr , wo gare her Cutotla.
When li wa a ChiU , ! io cried for CutoiiA ,
Wlitin ito bocaino Uiw , she clunc to f > ut < u IA ,
\VJ'UUiBhs < f Child/to&Lo\vettttn ( ; t'Mtnrla.
upon nml advlso mo the conrao th y deslrA
pursued In Iho promises. I hnva endeavored
td stnto fully the legal aspect of thd case ,
nnd Icftvt ) the council to doled such rourso
ns , In Its Judgment , shall best Ailbsorvd thd
interests of the city. Should the council do *
tormlno to adopt tha second course sli& <
Rested by mo , nnd submit n proposition to
issue bonds to fund this Indebtedness , {
would suggest that it bo done nt ouco , bo fora
Judgment Is obtained.
Stnla Ilfmril of IMinrmnor.
The stnto board of pnnrmnoy met In tha
scnnto chamber , to-ilny , to bold the regular
quarterly examination of Applicants who do-
slro to practice pharmacy In the stato. Mom *
bors of the bonrd present : F. A. Strutz , of
North Plntto ; Henry D. Uoydon , of drntul
Island ; Henry Cook , of Hod Cloud ; Max
Bricht , of Omnhn , nml James Rood , ot
Nebraska City. Thirty-four applicants reg
istered for examination this morning , most
of whom had folded tliolr manuscripts bo *
fore the dinner hour , hnvln ? answered the
nnswornblo questions of the list as compre
hended by by thorn. This is nn fndox that
the pharmacists of the stnto , successful In
examination , nro nn intelligent set of follows
nnd nro prepared to hnndlo drugs , medicines
nnd compounds deftly nnd intelligently.
Tbo board speaks very flatteringly of the nil-
vanced Rtnmllng of the pharmacists doing
business In tbo stnte , nnd bospoalc for thorn
still hlghor progress , It Is learned that the
amended pharmacy law gives general sails-
faction.
Two Olfls ( Jono Wroni ; .
The friends of Hnttlo Clark nnd Franoli
Ponnlngton , two young nnd foolishly ro
mantic girls , about sixteen years of ngo ,
wcro grieved to learn that they had forsaken
parents nnd homo to take up n wandering
llfo with n band of gypsies , which has boon
camping In the suburbs of the city for sev
eral days past. It Is learned thnt tha
friends of tbo girls rat used to credit thn
story when it was told them last night , but
the evidence became HO Indisputable this
morning that they could not doubt it longer ,
nnd they at once took measures to prevent
their wandering into n hopeless llfoof shnmo.
Sheriff Mcleck Is hard In pursuit of tha
band , nnd It is thought ho will bo enabled to
return them to their homes before another
day has gone. The notion of the foolbh girls
is said to bo unaccountable , for they wcro
very pleasantly surrounded and thought to
be above nnd beyond romantic and wnutou
fancies.
City Now * nnd Notes.
The Scott & Murphy complaint before the
stnto board of transportation will ho hoard
Juno 5 , at Utlca. This case excites n good
deal of interest among elevator men.
The following ease was illod for trial In the
supreme court to-day : The Chicago , Bur
lington & , Qulncy Railroad company vs Paul
Krlski ; error from Platte county.
"Lath tuckers" are nt work on the now
Christian church. This beautiful odltlco will
bo llnlsliod nnd furnished nnd ready
for dedication In n few short weeks now.
Tbo Episcopal church nlso needs completion.
Both buildings nro n credit to the city.
The cnso of Woempner nnd Hargln , tha
druggists who were arrested for violating
the Sunday liquor law , nml selling without
permits , wns continued until the 15th. This
cnsu Is attracting almost ns much interest ns
the Wood's murder cnso , pending trial In the
district court.
The tongue of the political gosslnor Is
again wagging. All sorts of rumors nro
nllont rcgnrdlng the candidacy for the su
preme Judgoshlp. It is said hero thnt At
torney Woodward , of this city , poses ns n
dark horse , nnd will not bo nverso to step
ping into the present incumbent's shoes. 15.
F. Wnrren , of Nebraska City , nnd
Judga Dilwortb , of Hustings , are nlso
said to bo candidates. Judge GroIT ,
of Omaha , who , should ho consent to enter
the race , would , It is said , become Judge
Hooso's only dangerous rival. But the fool
ing is strong that Uceso is the general
favorite.
The cold water brigade will bo here in all
its felory Juno 5. Preparations for the re
ception of the nrmy tiavo already com-
monccd. It is rumored thnt the third party
is preparing to have the big say in the racket.
This , however , "non-partisans" say , shall
not , bo. An effort will bo made In any event
to prevent delegates from calling each other
liars and otlmr bad names , nnd it is coldly
given out thnt down comes Iho "meat bouso"
of nny person , who forgets to bo u gentle
man.
KEFllKSHING
Texas Sifting : An Ohio man has tnkeq
the small-pox from a pig. What an Ohio
man will not take Is nol worth having.
Puck : Last winter's coat , with the lining
torn out , is fashionable lor ofllco wear. It
should bo decorated with rod ink and muci
lage.
Norristown Herald : An English writer
says the American girl "puts on too many
airs. " No wonder ! An American girl with
nn nccordlon sKirt , bugle trimming , II n ted
what-you-call it , and a couple of strings to
her beau may not bo musically inclined , but
she can hardly help putting on airs.
Epoch : "Ah , " sighed Jones , "I suppose
ho so now explosive wo road of are useful ,
but I have ono whicii can blow nny number
of men at once and Immediately bo ready
for another attack , I would gladly dlsposo
of It to nny foreign government , the moro
distant the better. I refer , gontlomeu , " ho
explained to the interested crowd , "to iny
wife. "
Boston Courier : "Yes , Jennie11 ; * ala the
young lady's beau as ho clasped her small
band In bis and gazed loulngly Into her melt.
Ing eyes , "although I'm In comfortable clr.
cumstanccs now , I'vo ' seen thoaay when I've
been hard pressed. " ' 'Indeed , " she said.
"Y cs , Indeed , pretty hard pressed. " "I
don't remember , " she said with a flhy look ,
"of over being hard pressed. " Bho was a
moment after.
Miss Plnlnuin Thnt horrid Mrs. Buta
actually has her photographs for sale In the
stationer's shop. I couldn't do such a thine
under any consideration. Her bitterest
friend--You haven't the face to ; bavo you
dcarl
Burlington Free Press : Mrs , Youngwlfo
What is this cloth thing , George , that
looks like tno leg ot n shrunken pair of
trousers I Mr. Young wife Why , that's ray
gun caso. Mrs. Youngwlto O , yes ! One
of those l.lilnjs they call gun-brccchen.
Boston Transcript : Fenrterson ( who Is
struck with on idca--Baw ) Jove , Miiinio , but
sn't It dooced odd , don't yor know , that tlio
first president should have had tbo name
name ns the capital nf the United States )
And quite appropriate , ton , when a fellah
comes to think of it , don't yor Uncnv.
Ch eking Catarrh'
Hare yon iiirckanod from n disturbed eli-cp
with nil tlio honlhlo sensations or an nsHasnln
clutfliUii ; your throat und pressing Iho life-
broi'b from ynur tightened chut ? IInvo you
noticed the languor and debility Hint iinct coil thu
elli rt to cOfiir your throut and bund or thlx cu-
larrhal mutter/ What u dum-osslm ; Inlluoncu U
x rt8 njiim Hie mindclouding tliomrmnry nnd
Illllni ; tliti lip.fl with pains und atrnnuo noUoul
How d'lllcnlt It In to rd ) the nasal piu Bae * ,
tliroiit un-llniiKS of this pnUoiions mucous ull
can t < > i : If..1vio . | ; iru allllrteil wltln'utnirh. How
rfllll-ult to protect the > ty t m nu'alun IU further
jiniBrivig fnvRrilH the lime * , llvor nnd klilnoy * .
ull iiliyilchuu will udmlt. It Is a Ivrilblo ills-
em-i' . nml crli-Ron * for relief and cure.
The roiunrkabla cnrntlvo powers when nil
other renii'dlH * utterly fall , of HANKOIIII'S Hun-
( ! At. Crut : , arc att out wl by thousands whograte-
fully recommend It to follow Hutrorerf. No
dtMoiUHntlHiiiniluretrardlua It ttiut cannot bu
Btib-itaiulitlcil by the most rosectubto ami re.
liable inferences.
Knchpncknt contains one Uottloof the HAIII
ou. < ; iiiK.onooxofCATAHin.uBOI.VKNT. ; ! ! mid
ttnlMi'iutveu INIIAI.KII , with tr ullne and illruB-
tlon * . and In Hold by all druBuiila for ! . !
1'Ormi UllUnANIlUllKMlUAL , CO , , IIOSIOK
KIDJIEY PAINS
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all-Komi HBiifttion , HKI.IBVIM ; IK o.vu
.MINKMHUy ttltt < ; iniCUUA tN'VI-l'AIN
l-i.AhTKti. Tlie tlr t and only pain-sub
diiluK pa ! r. Absolntiily unrlvalleil iu aUn
alitntniieiiuj and lufalllblo antidote to palu.lii-
tltirnmntion and waakniDH. At all drnu-cUt 2i
rents : lllve for 1.W ; or , postage free , ofPu7 rxa
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