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t Tun shotgun and comotor.v btwc on
toreel into a defensive alliauco in th
couth.
OMAHA redeemed herself in th
nlonrings record last weak. She load
St. Paul nnd Minneapolis , and main
tains her rank amen clearing houb
cities.
The influx of immigrants this yea
promises to equal- not exceed , th
top record of 1882. Nearly six thousan
persons landed at Castle Garden Ins
Saturday , the largest number in on
day for many .years.
DimiNO the last ilscal year the Unite
States bought ono hundred and eight
millions of South American product
nnd sold only seventy millions of manu
Iftcturcd goods to the South Americana
This would certainly indicate that ou
trade relations with the South Ainori
can countries could be iinincasurabl
improved.
MONTANA will celebrate her , silve
wedding May 20. In other words , tha
day will commemorate the twenty-lift ]
anniversary of the act creating the tot
ritory of Montana ! It is eminently aj
propriato that just within a quartc
century of growth , Montana shoul
take the preliminary steps for speed
admission into the union.
HENUY VU.T.AIUJ is again on th
crest of the Northern Pacific. His second
end ribo is as sudden and rcmarkabl
ns his fall was startling and disastrou
three years ago. Villard is a journalU
tic railroader , shrewd , tenacious an
every inch a fiprhtor. For further pai
titulars , write to Messrs. Adams , Aim
and Dillon of the Union Pacific direi
lory. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
At/I , fears of drought in Colorado an
.western Nebraska are happily rcliovot
The rains during the past two week
have been copious and malco up for th
flack of snow during the winter. ]
-would have boon a most serious matte
to Denver , dependent upon the clouc
to fill its irrigating ditches and wato
'supply , had the rains hold off a fei
weeks longer.
WHEN admitted to statehood the tw
Dakotas are likely to become gror
rivals. Each will bo imbued with th
desire to surpass the other In woaltl
and population , and the success of on
will bo a spur on the ambition of th
other. "With the prospects of the oput
ing of the Sioux lands , South Dakol
gives promise of becoming a great agr
cultural state. The richness and d
varsity'of its mineral products , more
over , indicate that the young state wi
develop ns well into a raining and mar
ufncturing community. North Dakol
will have her hands full in keeping u
with the pace sot by her t.vln aistor.
MoxAitciilAi , sulks are bocomln
alarmingly frequent in the old worli
The I'Yonch exhibition survives withoi
the smile of pompous royalty , and tfc
banquet given to the French cabinet t
the delegates of American ropublli
wus a success notwithstanding tli
frowns and ill-concealed contempt i
Icingh and queens. After all it is pc :
fectly natural that potentates shoul
curl tholr olfactories when the poop !
actively compete with them in the ru
ing business. It sinnqUs of u whole-sou
four of the growth of liberty in U :
vrost , and fills the throne rooms with
haunting suspicion that the accident <
birth and "divlno "
rights" are empt
baubles uphold by bayonets. A tip o
the royal sword hilt has no terrors f <
republicans.
Tliu statehood movement is oocomin
gouoral throughout Wyoming. It
quito probable that nn election for dc
ogalos to a constitutional convontio
v/ill ho held early in July , nnd a const
tutiou framed for presentation to cot
gross at its next session. It is safe I
estimate that the present population i
the territory la ono hundred thousam
The influx of settlers is greater no
than at any time its history. Its va
mineral wealth , its unsurpassed gm
ing Interests , the building of railroad
from the northt east and toutb , are iv
trading ontorprislng investors , urorl
litgnicu and farmers from the surrouni
Ing states as well as from the east.
la safe to predict that Wyoming wl
huvo the roqusitd population for slatt
liojnl before tha census of 1800 is takoi
I'u&ios.slng unrivalled agricultural an
luitiural wealth , she will make the riut
* " iuWuJ In the dluduui of stutea.
A SUGGESTION TO SBTTLERS.
The rush to Oklahoma showed tha
there is n very largo number of poopl
in this country dissatisfied with thol
condition and anxious to Improve it n
almost any hazard. Thousands wh
went to that territory to settle wcr
disappointed. There waa not onoug'
land to supply all of thorn. Some c
those have gone to the borders of tin
Sioux reservation to nwnlt the oponln
of that region , under the Imprcsslo
that it is likely to occur within a shot
time , or as soon ns the Indiana have ne
copied the terms proposed by the gox
ornment. In this they nro misled , nn
the result to most of thorn can hardl ,
bo otherwise than a sad and severe o >
porionco of hardship and privation
Wo print elsewhere a letter of the coir
missioncr of the general land office t
Mr. William F. Payne , county survojo
of Cheyenne county , Nebraskato whle
wo would direct thu attention of Uioa
who may contemplate taking up land
in the Sioux reservation. They wi
learn from this letter that the conson
of the Indians to the opening up c
their lands to settlement Is but the firs
step. The cosalou of the lands wi' '
have to bo approved by congress , nn
after this Is done they will have to h
surveyed and subdivided , for whlo
congress must mnko provision. Unt
this necessary action by congress , th
department of the interior will do not !
ing in the matter of surveying th
lands , or authorizing the opening up (
the same to settlement. It will thus b
soon that under no circumstances ca
the Sioux reservation bo opened up fe
settlement within a year , and it ma
bo a much longer time , depending
after the consent of the Indians is ol
talncd , upon whether congress act
promptly or dolayd in approving th
cession of the lands and makln
provision for their survey , subdiv
aioti and allotment. Those who ar
hanging about the borders of the rcsci
vation arc there fore assured of an c :
tended period of suspense , and some c
them ofa , hard and cruel experience.
It IB not dilllcult to understand why
new country has peculiar attractions fo
people seeking to bettor their condl
lion , and undeniably the Sioux resorv ?
tlon , or a very largo part of it , is ono c
the most desirable regions for setth
mont In the country. But there at
very desirable lauds elsewhere whlo
settlers can secure at onci
and which are located in propii
quity to already woll-establisho
facilities of civilization which tli
territory not now open to scttli
mont can not possess for years. For e :
ample , in Cheyenne county , Nobraski
there is a largo area of fertile govori
mont land well adapted to the growl
of all kinds of agricultural product
while unsurpassed for stock-raisin )
Hero the settler would find all the coi
ditions of organized government , a mil
and heathful climate , and markets a
ruady established. "Wore some of the ;
who are still-hanging around Oklahon
and on the borders of the Sioux rose
vation to betake themselves to Wester
Nebraska the time they ai
wasting they could make profl
able to themselves , and doubtlc
in the end reap a reward quito I
satisfactory as they can reasonably hoi
to obtain from settlement elsuwhor
Unquestionably when the great Slot
reservation is settled by white mon
will fapocdily become ono of the garde
spots of the country , but portions <
western Nebraska olTor no less favo
able conditions and promise to th
homo seeker , and such at least as ca
not nil or d to sit down in idleness for
year or two until the closed territory
opened , would do wisely to tur
their attention to a region that
ready to bo occupied and is rich in po
sibilities.
PROHIBITION IN
In a few weeks Pennsylvania will vet
on the proposed amendment to the stat
constitution prohibiting the manufai
ture and sale o ! liquor. The campuig
is consequently growing more activi
and popular interest in the issue is ii
creasing. After the signal defeat i
the prohibition amendment in Mass :
chusotts the advocates of a like amoiu
mont in Pennsylvania experienced
depression and permitted their can
puign 'to lag. They had received
very severe blow , and although ni
"knocked " badl
out , they wore
shaken up. They seem , howovo
to have recovered , partly by reason ,
may bo , of the encouragement receive
from Mr. Quay , who has promised
vote for the amendment on strictl
moral grounds , and uro now nushln
the contest with a great deal of zoi
and vigor. The opposition to tr
amendment is also making an came
and nctivo light , and as it has on i
side nil the strong arguments derive
from practical experience with the tv
policies ot prohibition and high licons
it is not believed to bo losing ground.
Pennsylvania has had a hig
license law in effect loss thn
two years , and the results ha\ \
been in the highest degree satisfactor ,
In the larger citlos the number of & .
loons has been greatly reduced , tl.
more disreputable class wiped out alt
gothor , and the cause of tomporani
lias been distinctly promoted. The
facts the advocates of the propose
amendment uro compelled to admit , at
they are a potent argument with tl
practical friends of temperance. D
the opposition to the amendment do
not con line itself to thin argument. As :
Massachusetts it calls to its aid tl
abundant facts which the records
the prohibition states supply in ov
deuce of the failure of prohibition , at
in this particular Iowa contributes 11
orally. The recent statement of tl
United States collector of intern
revenue lor the northern district
Iowa that \ \ ) & number of govornme
licenses issued in that district , whi
taken together with the number
"boot-loggora" convicted , indicates
increase in the number of dealers
compared with the number in exlstom
before the prohibitory law took oilce
is being freely used in Pennsylvania 1
thu opponents of the amendment , ui
It is certainly the best possible materu
since it can not be gainsaid ,
No doubt is entertained ot the dofei
of the proposed amendment , probab
by a majority relatively as largo , if m
larger , than that _ lruiugalust n 111
proposition In Massachusetts. The
prohibition vole of Pennsylvania Ia3l
November was n little loss than twenty'
ono thousand In n total vote ot nine
hundred nntl nlnoty-sovon thousand
Very llkoly not much more than hall
this vote will bo cast at the election on
the amendment , nnd it ought to bo rca
souably eato to expect a majority
against the proposition of from fifty te
sovonty-flvo thousand.
INTUHKST1NO CONTEST.
Politicians will bo interested in the
result of the contest between Represen
tative Cannon , of Illinois , nnd the twc
senators from that state , the determina
tion of which rests with the president.
The issue in volvos the rights bf senators
and representatives in the matter ol
appointments under certain circum
stances. An internal revenue collector
was appointed on the recommendation
of Representative Cannon without
either of the senators being consulted ,
nnd they have another candidate
for the position. The olllco it
in the district represented by Cannon
where is also the homo of Senator Far-
well. On this account the senator
claimed ho should have been consultoi
before an appointment was made. The
senators have united in a written pretest -
test against the appointment , whicl
was sent to the secretary of the troas'
ury. and will bo submitted to the prosi
dent. The protest does not relate tc
the person appointed , but to the policj
of Ignoring senators whore the terrl
lory of the ollico is partly senatorial tor
ritory.
The decision ot the president in
this case will bo of general inter
est , and particularly so to every
senator and representative. If thi
appointment made is adhered to , i
will bo regarded as a precedent for giv
ing representatives greater considera
tion than heretofore in the distribution
of patronage , while if it is revoked the
power of senators wilt bo increased ,
The importance of a decision on this
issue is , therefore , obvious , and it im
poses a somewhat delicate duty on the
president. In considering this contro
versy the question suggests itsoli
whether men charged by the constitu
tion with the duty of passing jud < rtnonl
on appointments ought to have anything
to do with procuring thorn.
OMAHA is interested in the hearing
to take place in Chicago ou the 21s
hist. , before the inter-stato commorci
commission on the question of nllogci
discrimination in rates on packin (
house products and live hogs from thi
Missouri river points to Chicago. Thi
Chicago board of trade in behalf of thi
packers of that city has preferred thi
charges and the packing Industrie :
from St. Louis to Sioux City are the ro
spondcnts. With the facts in the ca&i
the general public is more or les
familiar. The claim of the Chicagi
packers is that Missouri river point
have a decided advantage over Chicagi
and that the classification between thi
packing and live stock is not a propoi
ono inasmuch as the rates on live hog
shipped to Chicago is disproportionate
portionato to the rates made 01
packed products from the MissSiuTrivoi
to the same point. This is om
assumption on the part of Chicago-
repeatedly shown , which is not borni
out by facts. The advantages that mnj
bo possessed by Missouri river packing
centers , duo to their proximity to thi
hog-raising belt , is overbalanced bj
the advanluges possessed by Chicagi
in being able to got its coal , salt ane
other commodities necessary for packinf
purposes cheaper than points farthoi
west. There can bo little doubt that i
the merits of the case are laid bofon
the inter-state commerce commissii
clearly and exhaustively , the Chicagi
packers will bo refused their demands
and the existing relative rates , satis
factory to both railroads and packers
will not be disturbed.
THK defeat of the Union Pacific for !
controlling interest in the Oregon
Transcontinental company is likely ti
end in a complete rupture of all alll
unces between the Union and Northori
Pacific. Such a consummation would hi
a great benefit to the people of tin
northwest. It would force the Unioi
Pacific to build an independent lini
from Huntington to Portland am
through Washington territory to Seat
tle , where the company acquired valua
bio harbor property years ago. Tin
business interests of the territory fee
the need of a rival railroad. There ii
no competition. The Oregon compan ;
controls every avenue of commerce
high rates and indifferent service is thi
rule. Should the Union Pacific decide
to uuild through the territory it wouli
receive substantial aid and secure thi
patronage of the businessmen whohavi
felt the lash of the Villard monopoly.
Tins street railway companies operated
atod by oloetricity in Boston have made
an agreement with the city which i
both important and instructive to othoi
cities. It is stipulated that at any tiim
the trolley wire should bo cut by the fir
department , repairs are to bo done bj
and ut the expense of the companies. .
Moreover , that for the protection of th
city Uro anil police departments , telephone
phone and tolo < rraph system , the singl
trolley overhead wire slfull bo so con
structed and insulated that no damagi
or injury by reason ot hoav ;
oloctrio currents shall result I
the city tblophono and talc
graph system. Tills is a wlso precaution
caution , nnd said to bo the flrbt case o
the kind in the country. The citi
authorities of Boston do not propose t
allow a faulty construction or n carolos :
use of the trolley wire by the company
owning it to burn out the inoro delicati
telephone and telegraph system with
out holding the struct railway compn
nios responsible for it.
THU reckless assertions concerni ! > i
oppressive taxation made by our tw
cent contemporaries are bearing fruit
They are being copied and commento
on by the press of rival cities , and th
showing is not favorable to this city
The truth is that taxes are as light i
Omaha us la any city of equal size i
the country. Assessments are made o
a basis of one-third valuation , but th
rule ia nearer onu-tenth than one-third
If assessments were made ou a basis c
nctiml valuation , ri levy ot ono pfcr conl
woulel produce inoro rovcnuo for cltj
nnd county purposes than the seven poi
cent now levied. Instead of n tola
valuation of twenty millions It would be
nenrojr one hundred nnd fifty millions
The assertion that there has boon nt
increase of thirty per cent in taxes In r
year is false. The total Increase tilt
not exceed four mills.
THE BIK is not opposed to the con
struotion of n line of railroad botweor
Norfolk and Yankton , ns a paper pub
lished in the former place would have
its readers believe , but directly to the
contrary has advocated the building ol
that road , or any other that will give
Omaha access to the Jim Itlvor valley ,
It Is principally bocnubo n special
in THE Bun from Ynnkton referred tc
the proposed line as the rtOmilm : A
Ynukton railroad" that the Norfolk
paper took offense , hut as the line is so
called In both Yankton and Omaha , the
error is ono very easily made. The
company Is , however , Incorporated under
dor the name of "The Yankton & Nor
folk Railroad company. "
POSTMASTKII OALI.AGHKR has recalled
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called the Mulvany banquet in 1880 , a
which ho made the remark that as between
twoon Cleveland nnd Blainc , ho woule
bo for Blalno in 18S8. Tins oxprossiot
was quoted at thu time by TUB Bun ane
denied by Mr. Gallagher's friends , fo :
fear of consequential damages to s
democratic candidate for the postoilico
But Tins BKK had its report from firs
hands and declined to retract. Nov
the postmasters intimate friends no
knowledge the indiscretion and wi
cheerfully certify that Mr. Galltighe :
was not a voryardontadmirerof Grover
As A result of profit-sharing Post
master-General Wanamakor's mercantile
tile establishment netted his four hun
elrod employes for the year ending Apri
15 , 1889 , the sum of ono hundred thou
sand dollars. If the postmastor-goncra !
makes the mall service as profitable te
Uncle Sam as ho has his own business
the people of the United States woule
have no reason to complain.
French Thrift.
Chicago llcrakl.
The French arc an economical people , and
czhibi tit in every possible phase of tholi
actions. Even lu their advertisements the :
carry their thrift to an extreme. A spcolmot
of consolidation of inuHum in parvo may b
of interest to American readers. In n lati
issue of Lo Figaro there appears the fol
lowing :
"Mr. tltro. 33 a. , ny sit. car. lib. , epou , dll
ou vvo av. dot. i as nxlp. rap. direct. Ecr
do B. do V. , ptorto bd Haussmnn. "
In thcso three nnos the economical nnd in
penious advertiser secures what , rondcroi
into English , roads ns follows : UA gctlomat
of title , thirty-t\y6 years of age. having i
liberal profession , will marry a youiifj plrl o
a widow ia possession of a dot. Ho is no
exacting in his demands , ( ind the matter cai
bo settled at once by personal communion
tion. Address U. do V. , poste restante
boulevard Haussmanu. " Thus the Frencl
advertiser saves one-half or more of the
space used in such cases by spondthrif
Englishmen and Yankees.
WyoininjrFonts Grateful.
Laninite noomerang.
The two papers outside ot Wyoming \vhicr
have done the most for this territory am
lost no opportunity to say n good word for i
nro the Denver Republican and THE OMVIIJ
BKE. They have treated Wyoming In that
generous and llbcr.il spirit which slioult
characterize those who wish their neighbor !
to prosper , and what they have done and ore
still doing toward making the resources nnd
possibilities of Wyoming known will always
bo Rratefnlly remembered by the paoulo ol
the territory. Their course is in striking
contrast with the narrow policy of sotno of
their contemporaries. There is no cause foi
the people of Colorado and Nebraska to fool
Jealous of Wyoming , or to look upou hoi
growth with apprehension. Their marts an
Wyoming's principal sourcas of supnly , unc
must necessarily continue to bo so for some
time to come. Wyoming's growth can be
nothing but a bcnpflt to both Nebraska ane
Colorado.
Education and Restriction.
Denver Kcws.
While there is n general weakening in the
prohibition tendencies of the country , because
cause of a growing convict ion that the policj
is not backed by a winning popular bent !
mcnt , there never was a time in our history
when thcro was such a gathering volume ol
earnest nnd determined temperance opinion
nor was thcro ever n time when tlio burdei
of the liquor tralllc was realized as it Is to
day. This is the work of education nnd il
will bear fruit. Thcro is a dumana for ra
tional legislation that will lessen the evl
and the work Is being pushed in every sec
tion of the country. Denver is no oxcoptioi
nnd the truest interests of the city require
that such work bo sustained and extend ed.
rrolilliltlim
.St. Louts Jtcjnillic.
The wnvo of prohibition is undoubtedly ro
coding. The defeat of a prohibitory umonJ
mcnt in Massachusetts will almost certainlj
bo followed by the defeat of asimilar amend
uient in Pennsylvania next mouth. Thi
does not mean a relaxation of the people' !
resolve to regulate the liquor truflin am
almto its worat evils. It moans simply thn
the popular mind throUKhout the country i
becoming fixed in the conviction that bigl
license and local option are the most efllcioni
methods of attaining the objects aimed at.
MI < H IlotohkfAH IB Ambitions.
The revival of the rumor of the mnrnagi
of Governor Hill of Now York , to Mis
HotchUIss reminds mo of the remark I heart
the you UK lady maud not long since. A part ;
of young ladles were discussing the man ;
attractive qualities of Mrs. Clovolund whoi
Miss HotchUIss said : "I hopa soon to ticcu
py the pluco Mrs.'Clevoland tilled so admir
ably , " The governor , should ho marry , wil
have a partner uhnring his ambition to bo i
resident of the wbHq houso.
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Knnuch nftliu Celebration.
CfncJwtatf , Oummtrelal-Qautte.
It Is now charged that the Now York con
tonmal committee made a profit of $10,000
and the Sun acmniiils that they sliull toll al
ubout it , and turn tha surplus over towan
the construction of the permanent arch. Ar
wo never to hoar the last of that celebration
It Is well thcro is not to bs another of th
kind in 100 years. _
Start Another Kxpcilltion.
Ifiiv I'mSim. / .
With Stevens , of the Now York World
looking for Stanley , nnd James Gordon lion
nett , of the Herald , organizing nn oxpodltioi
in his own person to hunt for General Gor
don , there U nothing forUr'or Dana , of tbi
Sun , to do now except to allow a decent In
torral to elapse und then send out scare
parties for both Ucnnett and Stevens ,
Brer Ciiit > utiitloti in Iowa.
litiltaiMixtlls Journal.
For a prohibition slate Iowa requires i
great deal oflioor , If the conflscntlon ot
carload by the authorities every few minute
may bo taken as nn Indication. Thcro t
good reason to believe , too , that the author ]
tics do not get It all.
Muscular Christianity.
Chfaiffo Time i.
The Presbyterian general assembly now Ii
ftOMlon in Xow York is made up ot tncn wh
know something boMdes proachlng the goi
pel. A crank arose In their midst nnd Ii
nboul three shakes of n lamb's narrative om
of the brethren took that crank by the nnp
of the node nnd cast him Into the street nn
tuo organist thundered "Old Hundred" t
drown the excitement.
A Honslhlo View.
CincmnnM Cominfrcf
The I'hlladclphla North American , n papc
of hlcjli character and moral tone , says I
feels sure that the cause of tomperuneo cai
bo better promoted by high license , whic'
has been proved practical , than by prc
hibltlon , which has everywhere been provci
impracticable. We think so , too.
A Tyrant' * Doom ,
.Sf. I.outt lietmMle.
The czar has escaped one more plotaud th
conspirutorsftro saving him trouble by com
tnlttliiF suicide. But they will got hhi
sooner or later. An absolute despot who In
sists on maintaining his despotism In Europ
this late In Us history cannot avoid the nccos
sity of doing it nt his own expense.
Senator VCHI'H
GI l f-.Ocmr > cnif.
Senator Vest acknowledges that ho wn
mistaken , thirty years ago , In thinking thn
"tho then Inevitably deadly strife coul
never bo allayed ; " and most of his thought
slnco that tlmo have also been mistaken
owing to the fact that ho docs his tliinkln ,
mainly with his lungs.
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The Greatest.
FahfitM Ccill.
Edward Rosewater has been abused ani
slandered more than nnv other man in Nc
braska , yet , in snlto of all this'ho , continue :
to publish the greatest and most papula
newspaper in the west.
Kentucky's KailinR Glories.
St. Louts Qlube-Danncmt.
The Kcntuoky boast in race ) horses , Ilk
the Kentucky idea m politics , has boci
knocked out. Next the superiority of 4ic
whisky will vanish ; and then her huuiiliatioi
will be complete.
HITS AND MISSUS.
The mushroom growth of Omaha dailie
that hove recently blossomed out with starl
ling figures of rapidly growing circulations
nro cleverly taken oft by the funny man o
the Lincoln Journal , in the following fashion
J'An affidavit expert has boon engaged t
testify to the circulation of this paper , at ;
princely salary , astonishing must be the re
suit. The first work of this export follows
It was done so Into in the evening that n
notary public could bo induced to "swea
him. " But it is nevertheless reliable :
I , an Imported falslllor , do hereby swca
that the circulation of the State Journal wa
as follows during tUe present week :
Monday . 8,7.1
Tuesday . 10,90
Wednesday . 100,75
Thursday . lfm,59
Friday . 7,934,67
To this statement I will cheerfully swear.
RICHARD NEVHUSOUH. "
The Omaha club can play a good conlldonc
game. Sotno four thousand people wcr
taken in yesterday.
According to Omaha's great art critic , thi
back-ground of raw earth threatens to sc
riously injure the ( esthetic repose of the nev
city hall. On this point there is no difforonci
of opinion.vo suggest that the job of level
ing the dirt bo given to Edward Hudolf.
Hnckmun Muhoncy has earned a place 01
the police force. The man who cantures i
red-hot murderer , nnd calmly stands off i
mob with u gun deserves n star of the firs
magnitude. He would make a shining exam
pie of nerve on the force.
The "dance of death" is not the croatioi
of lurid pulpit imagination. It is a reality
Beatrice and Council Bluffs demonstrate tha
it Is not only dangerous to thu soul but futa
to the body. , In the former place ahiti
man walt/cd across the death at a colorei
dance. The coroner gathered in the remains
At the latter place a young rounder collidei
with a bullet while forcing his way into th
hall. In both instances the ball was loaded
and two funerals resulted.
Arsenic in coffee cannot bo recouimendec
as a means of removing an obnoxiousboard
It is too enthusiastic und gets to the vital
too quick. The only uroper way for a land
lady to lull suspicion is to take the Intondei
victim by the arm , escort him to a confcc
tloiicr's uud fill him with vanilla ice cream
It is cool , palatable , inviting , und "it got
thcro just the canto. "
Speaking of cult in the west , the now socl
oty caper of attaching pistols to ball pro
grammes , is not likely to meet with genera
favor. Writing engagements witli gun bar
icls gives novelty and piquancy to the dance
but it cannot be commended us n promoter o
longevity. It is too persuasive and penctrat
ing for practical use.
Commissioner Anderson's picayune nhargc !
against the county clerk hnvo fullon into tin
soup. As a suecimcn of small-bore spiti
work , they have no rival In the records o
the county.
A lady culled on nn Omaha dentist recent ) :
to huvo three or four teeth extracted. Uciaj
a believer in Christian science , she had i
'doctor" go with her to charm off the pain
refused ether or gas , and to her surprise am
intense delight the teeth came out witliou
pain ! It showed conclusively what the science
once can do for the faithful , especially whet
the dentist wisely puts some cocaine on ill :
forceps.
TIIK SIOUX UBSKK VATION.
It Will Not IJ.J Oponeil to
For Sotno Tim a to Conic.
SIDNJSY , Neb. , May 18. To the Editor ol
TIIK Hir. : : 1 have received tha enclosed letter -
tor from the commissioner of the general
laud ofllce , nnd send it to you for publlca
tion. believing It will bo of Interest to many
of your readers.
A great many settlers who have thought ol
locating In Choyennocounty , Nebraska , Irm
been holding off , thinking the Sioux reserva
tion would soon bo opanod for settlement.
Without discussing the merits of NTo
brusku nnd Dakota , I know that Nebrask :
has room for , und nouls more Bottlers. There
is plenty of vacant government land m ( Jliey
enuo county , Nebraska , which Is fertile , ane
well adapted to the growth of nil kinds o ;
agricultural products , and for stock rulsiiu
is unsurpassed. The county lias been blossoei
with unabundanca of rain this spring und
prospects nro all that fanners could wisl
for , the outloolt for the wheat crop-being ex
ccutlonally favorable. With line lauds , i
mild and exceedingly healthful climate , ant
Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria ,
When Baby waa sltk , wo gave her OaMoria.
When the TTU & Child , cho cried for Caitorit ,
\Vha she became lUta , she cluaf to Castoria ,
ttl'su liohJUT CblMren , she fare thorn Cadtoria
markets already csUbllshod , WMlorn Ne
braska should surely bo worthy of Investiga
tion on the part of homo scokcrs.
Following is the letter referred to :
IJp.rAiiTMRNT or TUB INTF.IIIOU , GKXF.IU&
LAND OFFICK. WAMIIMITOX , 1) . C. , May 14 ,
lS39.-To William F. Paltio. Ksq. , County
Surveyor , Sidney , Neb. Sir : I nm In ro-
celpt of your letter of the SOth ultimo in
quiring whether or not the lands embraced
within the Sioux Indian reservation have
been Hurvoyodnnd the townships subdivided.
Also If the work will have to bo done before
the lands nro opened for settlement.
In reply you nro Informed that the great
Sioux Indian reservation m Dakota lias not
been surveyed , nor huvo any of the town
ships therein bcou subdivided , except as
hereinafter stated ,
Some years Mneo a few township * nittiato
in tnocxtrctno southern part of the territory ,
In the vicinity of the Pine Hldgo nml Hose-
bud Indian agencies , were surveyed mid sub
divided for allot mcnt to the Indians ,
In thecvcntof the Indians ceding to the
government uny portion of said reservation
( negotiations for which liavo boon , nnd still
are pending ) the lands thus ceded will doubt
less bo surveyed. Until congress shall have
fornilly : approved any e-essions of said lands
which may hfrenflcr bo made , no notion will
bo taken by this department in the matter of
surveying the lands or authorizing the open
ing up of the same for settlement. Very
respectfully , S. M. bTocKLAQin ,
Commissioner.
8TATI3 AN1 > TKICIUTOUV.
Nebraska .Jollities.
The crying need of Hay Springs is a now
hall.
hall.An
An Indian hod-carrier Is ono of the curios
ities nt Valentine.
Norfolk has bo < un and completed improve
ments so far this season which amount to
$100,000.
Klijah Fllley recently paid $10,000 for n
section of land south of Filloy , which ho has
sown in llnx.
A number of solid business men of O'Neill
have interested the'msclves In a project to
erect u WO.OOU hotel.
A nlne-ycur-old Scward boy played In
dian with n bow and arrow ami is now minus
ono of his cyos.
The saloon license nt Leigh has boon raised
to ? 1,000. of which $50 goes to the tcliool
fund mid $500 to the town.
Great preparations are being mndo by
Columbus people to celebrates the Fourth of
July and to entertain the ICulghts of I'ytulos
c ncampmcnl.
A commercial traveler who visits Harrison
carries around lu his grip as pets two gnrter
snakes , two mud turtles and ono deadly moo-
casin snake.
The two companies which have noon man
aging the Newman Grove silica deposit have
consolidated und wlirut once take steps to
develop the Hud.
The chief of police of O'Neill has been In
structed to rigidly enforce the ordinance
against keeping herds and eattlo corrals and
slacking hny within the city limits.
Rutherford , the Uuniphan man ivho wus
convicted of arson , has bcon sentenced to
twelve years In the penitentiary , nnd if ho
lives to complete his term , no will probably
bo tried for horse stealing.
Some twelve years ago Mr. Brookbank ,
then superintendent of the Clay county
schools , loft suddenly , and has Just been
heard Irnui. He has Joined the Mormons
nnd Is now traveling as a missionary in
Europe.
Dakota.
The Rapid City icreamory is ready to
operate.
Load City has a school library of 172
volumes.
The Fort Sisseton reservation Is to bo sold
at auction next fall.
Work has commenced on the electric motor
line nt Watcrtown , to bo five miles long and
cost $40,000.
Mrs. A. M. Bowen , of Sioux Falls , owns a
llg tree which Is loaded down with four spec
imens of the fruit.
Lake county's commissioners will pny n
cash pri/.o to the person bringing in the
largest number of gophers by July 1.
The Ynnkton Insurance company has paid
810,000 losses by the prairie tires of April 2
and has ? 5,000 more in process of adjust
ment.
The Black Hills Plaster company at Slur-
gis is shipping carloads of their stucco and
plaster continuously to eastern and Black
Hills points. Lust week they were com
pelled to work their full force night und day
in order to catch up with orders already in.
One of the deserters from Fort Bennett
wns caught at Highinoro the other day by the
marshal of Blunt , and while ho was being
taken to Pierre attempted to escape by Jump
ing from n moving train near Hohibird. The
ofllccr shot him in the face , and ho was ngain
arrested. Ho Is recovering und will bo all
right in time. Thn ball went downward nnd
came out under the chm , or ho swalloxve'd it
or spit it out , ns he says he spit out some
thing , and it was cither the ball or some
teetn.
Strikers and Military Collide.
MILAN , May ao. Strikes amoug-tho peasants -
ants in this province are spreading , A con
flict has occurred between the btriltors and
military , during which n peasant was killed
and eight others wounded. Four cnrbinccis
were also wounded.
The Giiicl Siifjar Swlnrtlcr.
Nuw Yoitu , May -'O. The trial of William
E. Howard , chief of the alleged .sugar swin
dlers , who cheated the Electric Surar He-
lining company out of thousands of dollars ,
was begun hero to-day. H'he work of secur
ing u Jury is in progress.
Another IHow nt AVoninn'a
LOSDOK , May " 0. In tlio house of lords ,
by u vote of 10S to " 'i , the proposal made by
the earl of Mcatli to allow women to sit in
county councils was defeated.
THE GRACE CI1URC11 MUDDLE , I
Pastor Mluohart and Friends An-
ewer Tholr Enomloa.
FELL DEAD IN A CARRY-ALL ,
Airs. Jolin Ilnssc , of MM coin , Kxplrcd
With Her Habr In Her Arms
A 1'ct It ion For n New
County.
LINCOLN uutiKitj orTttR OMAHA. Has. I
1O P STIIKBT , I
Ltjfcoi.x , May 30. I
The muddle nt Grnco church still con
tinues. Pastor Mlnchart and his fnandi
meet the charge that the stoves taken from
him last week were not the property of tha
church , but of private individuals , and that
his salary had been drawn up fully at the
tlmo of his peremptory expulsion.
Tlio assertion that tUo "rill ran * " who had
their names stricken from the church
records were "poor pay , " is nnsworod by nn
appeal to the treasurer's books , which seems
uniiimwcrnblo , tlio records showing that the
riffraff" had given WT > 0 for the present
conference year up to Muroli. wlulo the silt
edge hnd dropped about f HO In the contribu
tion box. The books of the Nebraska Wbs-
leymi university show * ! 25 to the credit of
the "rift raft " and $ Ulo down for the oppo
sition.
Stallion Donth.
Mrs. John Hasso , while en route homo
from u visit with friends who live south of
the asylum for the insane , yesterday , fell
dead In the carry-all In which she WHS riding.
Mrs. Hasso was apparently u usual health ,
nnd when the sudden call came hnd horbabo ,
nn Infant four or 11 vo months old , iu her
arms. She was twenty-four years of ago.
It is learned that physicians state tunV death
resulted from blood clogging the action of
the heart from n burated urtery , probably
caused by n sudden Jar In driving ever rough
places In the road too rapidly. The funeral
will take place to-itorrow afternoon.
Keisoy County.
The necessary petition has been secured
calling for the organization of a new comity
in this state. The county will commence nt
tlio northeast corner of township 153 , range
11 , thence west thirty-six miles to the north
west corner of township 23 , range 40. their *
south to the south west corner of township 10 ,
rnnge 40 , and then cast to tlio southeast of
township IP , range -11 , thence north to the
boundary line just traced. This takes Jin
equal slice from ouch of llo two counties.
The petition has bcon presented to thu
county commissioners of the two counties ,
praying that the matter may bo voted upon
at the next general election. It is said that
the notion is stirring a hornet's nest in Shor-
idnn county , and that a most bitter light will
result. If it wins this will make the county
SUxGO miles , still a largo county , with the
Burlington railroad traversing It centrally
from cast to west.
The District Court.
The time of Judge Field was occupied this
forenoon in hearing arguments on motions to
dissolve the injunctions in the cases of Smnll
vs Scrambling nnd Mollek vs Scrambling ,
both ot which were sustained. This mnkol
it possible for Scrambling to proceed in col <
looting his judgment against the Now Ho <
public , the prohibition organ of the stoto ,
und he proposes to do it sharply. U is said ,
however , that the judgment money is ready ,
and if so , Scrambling will bo unusually
happy. No tears.
Actions in foreclosure were commenced in
the district court to-day by T. P. Konuanj
& Son vs Libbio Elliott ot al , and John
Smith vs Jefferson H. Foxworthy ot uL Tha
amounts in controversy are , respectively ,
$183.25 nnd $1,000.
In the case of Sarah E. Smith nnd Paul H. _
Holmes vs Oliver D. Wright , wherein plaiiit-
lIT's prayed the appointment of n receiver foi
over-mortgaged property , it wns the scnsci
of the court that the insolvency of the de
fendant had been established and Clmrlci
Hopper was appointed receiver , of whom i
bond in the sum of100 was exacted.
New Notaries I'tihlle.
The governor to-day made the following
notarial appointments : Jay T. Smith , Ha.
vonna , Buffalo county ; diaries J. Yanicel
David City , Butler county ; James H. Decker ,
Cutaway , Custcr county F. M. Kimball ,
Ilartington , Cedar county ; Dennis Daily ,
Crookston , Cherry county ; Clarence A.
Kingbburg , Ponca , Dixim county ; W. F.
Kydd , Broken Bow , Cuater county ; Horace
E. Powers , Omaha , Douglas county ; Marion
Nesmaii , Ashland , Suundern county ; H. O.
Magoon , Hay Springs , Sheridan county ;
William W. Copeland , Onmlm. Douclas
county ; W. H. Stonoll , Verdon , Klchardann
county ; Jauies B. Spceun , Omaha , Douglua
county ; Maxwell 1C. Walker , Mission Crook ,
Pawnee county ; William A. Fryo , Omaha ,
Douglas county ; C , AV. Anderson , Graut ,
Perkins county ; J. Alfred Snyder , Hold-
rcdgo , PhclDs county ; W. II. Bnnsliuld. Au
burn , Neinnlmcounty ; II. E. Murphy , O'Ncil ,
Hull county ; William H. Ackormun , Onick ,
Frontier county ; C. 13. liudlong , Campbell ,
Franklin county.
The wolf-scalp bounty law proves to bo n
howling success. Deputy Auditor Bower-
mnu savs that every mail brings in from
thirty to foi ty scalus , and that to-day's rc |
ccipts have been unusually groat. The war
rants issued for bcalps aggregate $19) ) for tl/3-
day.
day.Tho Nebraska & Western Hailroad coin-
pnny filed their by-laws in tlio olllco of th <
secretary of state to-day.
average "silver polish" is a strong chemical compound , that
, wil ) , in a short lime , destroy the finish of every article it It
used upon. If you would have your silver retain its brightness , cleai
it with IVOKY SOAP and hot water ; use a soft brush for cleaning tin
chased and ornamental work , then rub with a dry chamois , und you
silver will be as bright r.s new.
A WORD OF WARNING.
Thsru ? .ro many white soaps , each represented to Le "just as good as the ' ivory' ) "
they ARE NOT , " "t Ms ( ill counterfeits , tack the peculiar nnd rcnmrkaMe qualities of
the GOnuinoAik for "Ivory" I5orp and Insist upon gelling it
Cuji/ristht li'40 , by Irj.Vtr & CUublt ,