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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , JULY 29 , 1880 , THE DAILY BEE. B. nosBWATKIt. Kdltor. isvnnv MOUNING. TERMS OP 8U1ISC1IIPTION. D Ally ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday lice. Ona Year . ttO 00 ForSlx Months . f > 00 1-orTlir ce Months . 2M Tim Omnhn Bunilny llcoi mulled to nny ncldress. One Yenr. . . . . . 200 Weekly H P , Ono Year . 200 Omann onicfl , Ilco Iiuimins , N. W. Corner Seventeenth mil Ktrnam Streets. Cnlcaco OIHco , M7 Itootcory Uulldln ; . New York Offlce , llooms li and IB Tribune . Wuhington Omco. No. C13 Fourteenth Street. COIUlESrONDlNCn. All communication * relating to news nnd ertl- torlnl mutter should be addressed to the Kditor DHSINESS LKTTKUS. All IniMness letters and remittances should tie luldresucd tollio Doe I'ublUhlng Company. Omaha liraftx. checLa and postolllce orders to be made pay able to the order ot the Lompany. The Bee PnWislilDESpy , Proprietors , BUR Building Farnam nml Seventeenth Sts. THIS UI2E. . Sworn fitmoinent of Circulation. Etalo of Nebraska , I County of Douglas. JBSl George It. Tzschuck , secretary of TJio Hco Publishing Company , does BOlcmnly swear thit tha actual circulation of TUB DAILY llr.B for the week ending July -lib , 1&9 , was as follows : Bunrtay. July 21 1HBB5 Monday , July Si 18,582 Tueidny. JulySJ 1S.671 Wednesday , July a 18.W8 Thursday ; July 23 , 18r i < 0 Frldnjr , July i IS.r/M Baturduy , July 27 < 18.683 Average 18,01" OKOIIOK II. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and tmnscrlbed to In my presence thlsUTtti day of July , A. D. INK ) . ( Seal. ] N.P.riJlL , Notary Public. Btato of Nebraska. I . . County of Douglas , f " George li , Trschucit , belnc duly sworn , de poses nnd says that he i secretary ot The Hoe Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation ofTur. Dvtt.v Bfcit for the month of June , 188S , 19.242 conies ; for July , 3888 , 18.C31cnptes ; for August,18 8. 1R.18.1 copies : for September , 1888 , 18.154 copies ; for October. 3888. 18,084 copies ; for November , 188 . 18.0S8 topics : for Dece-nbor. 188H , 18,221 copies ; for January , l ? o. I8.r > 7 copies ; for February , las' ) . 18.OTO copies ; for March , 18R1,18.H54 copies ; for April. K83,18Wia conies ; for May , 18.su , 18. 93 copies UEOIIQB D. T/.SUHUOK. Sworn to Dofore me and subscribed In my LSenl.l preionco this 3rd day of Juno ; A. D. IW3. IW3.N < P. FEIL. Notary Public. COUSIN BKN FOLSOM holds the key to the poatofllco sito. THK city hall plans are said to bo finished. A sigh of relief is heard through the land. MERCHANTS' week has gone up ton degrees in popularlavor within the last twenty-four hours. Wnux President Adams arrives in Omaha ho will learn what kind of a union depot the city wants. THE establishment of a furniture fac tory nnd stove works in Omaha should bo n pressing invitation for kindred in dustries to locate in this city. KANSAS CITY is also talking of ex tending her city limits and taking in her suburbs. Kansas City wants to make a favorable impression on the coming national census. IT is a little too warm just at present to indulge in controversies about may oralty candidates. It will bo time enough for such work some time in No vember. The city election ( lees not occur until the first week in December. THE fact that the sudden failure at Philadelphia is one of the largest dry goods houses in America hardly caused a ripple in the business world is a fair index of the general stability of legiti mate trade throughout the country. Two white elorks in the railway mail service at Lynchburg , Va. , refused to instruct a newly appointed negro clerk. Superintendent Boll will now have an opportunity to inject a healthful dose of discipline in the muil service around Lynchburg. AND now it is charged that the con troversy going on in Now York City re specting the effects of an electric shock on the human system in the Kommlor investigation is nothing more nor less than a discussion of two rival electrical companies as to the respective merits of their dynamos. TnoarAs n. HI/STUB , of California , had not a single soul to claim relation ship with when ho was alive. Now that ho is dead and there are four mil lions awaiting a claimant , one hundred and twenty-seven relatives have bobbed up , and strange to say , the list is by no moans complete. SOUTH DAKOTA gets oft cheaply in if paying North Dakota forty-two thous and five hundred dollars for all ac counts that have boon in dispute be tween the two now states. With a clean bill of sale in her pocket South Dakota will bo in admirable condition to open up business on her own re - eponsiblllty. Tin : American investor has not boon caught by the glowing prospectus of the North American bait trust. Much to the surprise of everybody the subscrip s tions to the stock caino in slowly , and when the hooka were closed the stock of the syndicate wont a-bogglng for takers. This is , likely to put a damper to schemes which have for their object the lloecing of unwary speculators. TUB agricultural bureau proposes to experiment with certain varieties ot European winter wheat , which are said to be rust proof. The result of the test will bo watched with no little interest. If a quality of wheat equal to the best can bo grown in America which shall not bo affected by the rust blipht , a great service will bo done to our farm ers , who loose hundreds of thousands of bushels annually through this scourge. HARVESTING bus begun on the great Palrymplo farm in Dakota. This is an incident of considerable moment indi cating that the wheat of the northwest has matured this year about two weeks earlier ; than usual. Last year's first froct , that cania August 17 , killed vast quantities of Dakota wheat. There Is consequently little danger that a sim ilar aflliction will blight the wheat crop this jour , and tha fact that it has ma tured so early is a strong indication that the condition of the crop is fully up to the average both in quantity as welj ai , Ju quality. F/KMf A DDMOOnATW XTANDPOIXT Ex-Speaker Carlisle represents n largo majority of the democratic party , ana will undoubtedly bo the lender of his side of the next housa of represen tatives. What Mr. Carlisle says In the August .Forum on "Tho Republican Programme" will therefore attract very general attention. It appears that Mr. Carlisle wna moved to this discussion by the article of Senator Morrlll in the July number of Tlie Forum , although ho admits that ho does neb suppose the statements of the Vermont senator nro in nny proper sense authoritative , "or oven that ho has in every instance cor rectly expressed the views of a majority of his party. " A contrary presumption is warranted as to the statements and views of Mr. Carlisle. It may bo posst- blo to gather from these some idea ot what may bo the democratic pro gram mo. In considering the matters which Senator Morrlll indicated ns among the "perils in front of the present adminis tration , " namely , the execution of the civil service law , the question of silver coinage , and the negro problem , Mr. Carlisle says as to the first ' of these that the delay ot thn president in appointing civil ser vice commissioners , and his post ponement of the order classifying the railway mall service , "show conclu sively that , there la no great anxiety for the enforcement of the law as it stands. " Those familiar with the facts , oven dem ocrats , will fail to find any justice in this view. The present administration found the civil service commission re duced to a slnglo inombor , and it know , also , that for three or four years 'the commission had boon demoralized by personal feuds. It was also Impressed with the urgent necessity of re organizing the commission by the appointment of man in known sympathy with the reform , and who would bo likely to work in harmony for its promotion. The preceding adminis tration had suggested the democratic member nnd lie was accepted. The task of the now administration was to find nn entirely acceptable republican member , and it has boon very generally conceded that it did so , at least so far as his zeal nnd interest in the roforin nro concerned. The desire thus shown by the administration to constitute the commission of civil service reformers must appeal to all candid mon to bo conclusive of an anxiety for the en forcement ot the law as it stands , and nothing has occurred since the commission was reorganized to warrant a different viow. It has boon pursuing without restraint a policy looking to the rigid enforcement of the law. As to the postponement of the order classi fy ing the railway mail service , it was done in the interest of the service and oa an act of justice to mon , many of them old soldiers , who were thrown out dur ing the closing months of the last ad ministration on the score of offensive partisanship. The service was suffer ing seriously from the incompetents who had been given the placbs of experienced and capable men , and it was absolutely necesbory to the efficiency of the service that those who had boon removed solely for political reasons should bo restored. Especially was restoration duo to the veterans who had sulTorod from the hos tility of the democratic administration. The postponement was brief , but it was sufficient to allow of a great improve ment in the character of the service and to do justice to mon who had been faith ful and competent ollicials. It will bo iu place to observe hero that the appli cation of civil service rules to the rail way mail service is not working with oh tire satisfaction. Those in charge ol this branch of the postal sorvicotho most difficult of any , complain that since the classification they do not as a rule gel suitable mou , and that the inevitable result must bo damaging to the effi ciency of the sorvico. The situation would undoubtedly bo much worse bul for the postponement which allowed the restoration of experienced and ca pable clerks. Mr. Carlisle is unquestionably correct in assuming that the republican part } will not stop the coinage of silver. Thai was an early hobby of the last adminis tration that found little approval even from its own party , and the Wall strcol influence that dictated it and was all- powerful with President Cleveland' ! first secretary of the treasury , is not now potential in shaping and directing the financial policy of the country. Mr , Carlisle thinks that the "so-callodnogrc problem is ono that will continue to vo > the republican party as long as it if compelled to rely for success upon the solid colored vote , and no solution of il will bo satisfactory unless it subject ; that vote to the exclusive control oi partisan ollicials , appointed to see thai it is always cast or counted for the re publican candidates. " In order to ofTecl this , Mr. Carlisle charges thai it is a part of the republican programme to enact , "without any con stitutlonal authority , " a federal reg istration and election law. Of course Mr. Carlisle regards such an expedient ns pregnant with evils , but ho makes nc effort to show that the political condi tions in the south nro not such as would justify such a law. Ho does notattompl to deny that there are hundreds of thousands of voters in that section who cannot exorcise tholr political rights without fiomo such protection. It'l ; quito possible that legislation of the character that has beou proposed , and which some of the republican loaders in congress may still contomplatowould bo productive of some ill effects , but all the ills possible to result from it could not bo so serious or dangerous as con tinuing to ono class of citizens permis sion and power to deprive another class of their most valuable and saored con stitutional right. Mr. Carlisle's professed apprehen sions of what the republican party maj do in granting bounties and subsidies , Increasing pensions , and otherwise providing ways tor disposing of the public money , until it may become necessary to impose now taxes , or issue now bonds , mid possibly both , will cause no alarm oven among democrats who have the greatest confldonco in the Ken tucky statesman. During twenty-foui years the republican party administered the government without doing uny ol the disastrous things which Mr. Carlisle says are now contemplated , and on that record It may fairly nsk the present confldonco ot the country. Atixny rate , with the parties BO nearly equal in strength in the lower house of congress , nnd Mr. Carlisle loading the minority , there ought to bo little difficulty In his party preventing the consummation of whatever in the republican programmo ho bollovos to ho 'ovil and dangerous. THE ALIEN LAUOn LAW. Congress will undoubtedly bp asked to amend the nlion labor law. As it has been interpreted it has gone far be yond what oven its most nrdont advo cates designed , nnd is keeping out of this country the class of emigrants who , of all others , are least to ho feared , The construction that has boon placed upon it in several noticeable cases by the treasury officials was doubtless com pelled by the terms of the law , but none the loss those subjected to it have boon caused unjustifiable annoyance nnd hardship and the country brought into ridicule. The treasury department has just de cided a case under this law which illus trates the necessity of amending it. It was the case of an export bookkeeper brought over by a firm of hardware exporters - porters in Now York. The firm has its chief office in London , nnd some tlmo ago ono of the members of the firm came over to Investigate affairs in the Now York office. Ono of his first acts was to send for the London bookkeeper of the firm , whoso knowledge of the business was essential to the proper in vestigation of affairs on this sido. nnd who furthermore had the full confi dence of the firm. The old bookkeeper promptly lodged a complaint with the collector nt "Now York against the newcomer - comer , and the official decided that ho came to this country as nn alien con tract laborer in violation of law. An appeal was taken to the secretary ot the treasury , who has just rendered a decision sustaining that of the collector. Only a few days ago an Englishman wont to Washington to consult the secretary ot the treasury as to whether ho would bo permitted under the law to bring over a brother and several nephews whom ho desired to employ in his business in order to give them a chance to establish themselves in this country. He is said to have gone away from Washington with the conviction that in order to carry out his plan of benefit- ting his relatives ho must do so surrep titiously. The most notable case , per haps , under this law is that of the rec tor of Holy Trinity church in Now York , whoso contract to preach was decided - cidod to bo a violation of the law. This decision was sustained in the federal - oral court and a fine imposed upon the church. An appeal was taken , nnd the case , wo believe , is to bo passed upon by the supreme court. Obviously a law that admits of such an interpretation ought to bo changed. It is'said that many eminent lawyers in congress , when it was suggested that clergymen and professors would be shut out of the country under the operation of the law , laughed at the idea , but it is difficult to see how they could put nny other interpretation upon it , since the classes exempt from its operation are specially enumerated , and cler gymen and prpfessors are not among them. Pocently the British minister called the attention of the secretary of state to the operation of the law in ex cluding persons residing across the border in Canada from employment in the United States , which ho spoke of as a hardship. The Canadian government has threatened retaliation if our gov ernment adheres to its policy. It is not questionable that the law needs mate rial modifications , and it is said the sec retary of the treasury will ask the pres ident to urge upon congress the neces sity of amending it so as to obviate is sues of the character referred to with out destroying the prime purpose of the law , which was to prevent the whole sale importation of contract labor that had DCOII carried on before its enact ment by manufacturers and other largo employers of labor. CERTAIN Now York banicors are beginning - ginning to feel anxious ever a possible stringency in the money market , due to the continued shipment of gold abroad. While the demand has fallen off , there is still a call of from two to four millions a week , which is being sent to London and Paris. In view of this fact , Secre tary Windom has boon requested to lib erate the surplus in the purchase of largo blocks of government bonds. The secretary of the treasury , however , by no moans shares this arlarm and con tinues his policy of purchasing t > on < 3s at the rate of less than ono hundred thou sand dollars n week. His grounds are that ho is paying for government bonds all that they are worth to-day and ho does not propose to add an additional premium to their value by any show of anxiety to call them in. There can belittle little doubt , whether there bo cause for the nnxinty ot bankers or not , that Sec retary Windom is pursuing the right course. His long experience in the treasury department has taught him to wait until an urgent demand for money , loads government bondholders to turn their bonds into cash at or near the treasury's price , when a slight advance in the price paid would brlpg largo offers. This has boon the policy of Mr , Winclom's predecessors and it rollccts to his credit as a financier that ho fol lows this rulo. Puiiuc attention is once more di rected to the attempts of ambitious in ventors to build nn "air ship , " which shall sail the atmosphere as easily as a vessel stems the tides. The failure of the Campbell airship , which lost its rud der and collapsed with its navigator , Hogan , a few days ago , somewhere off the coast of Now York , demonstrates , for the present at least , that this inven tion has boon a failure , Undaunted , however , by this circumstance , a second inventor , Prof. Do Baussot , has just asked the secretary of the nuvy to have the government yard at Charlostown plaood at his disposal in order that ho may build his stool Hying machine or air ship under government patronage , It will bo remembered that this same inventor asked of congress liberal aid for the roalizntlortnt hta ideal and was given n favorable hearing before ono of the committees oVCno house. However plausible his tlvcjprlpa may bo , there is a well grounded oplnfon that the air , duo ' to its condltioii3nlfl nn element that can not bo navigated at will. It is hardly probable that the government will aid Do Bnussot in his scheme , and thnt if it bo at all feasible ) ! tlio machine must bo built with privofo capital. IT is not nocesparV to go to London to witness the of the " horjrOrs , , "sweating shops. " They oylst in Now York City nnd almost every largo olty of the east where roady-mti'clo-'clothlng ' is manu factured. The investigation sot on foot by a delegation of the Tailor's union of Boston , who visited Now York City for the purpose of looking into the condi tion of their follow workmen , reveals n state of affairs scarcely to bo boliovod. Mon , women nnd children are crowded into hot and ill-ventilated rooms and forced to work from sixteen to eighteen hours n day for a more pittance. This is worse than slavery. ANOTHER snag has boon struck by the Cherokee commission sent out to Indian territory by President Harrison to negotiate for the opening of the Cherokee strip. Chief Mnycs , the president of the Cherokees , is averse to calling a special session of the legisla ture to receive the commission and ne gotiate for the sale of thair lands. . This was a predicament not anticipated either by President Harrison or by the commission , and unless thu chief can bo won ever the business of treating with those Indians has been brought , for tno present at least , to a dead stop. THE state board of railroad commis sioners of Missouri has just made a swooping reduction in grain nnd freight rates averaging not loss than fifteen per cent from the present schedule , It is calculated that the shippers of the state will save moro than a million dollars lars annually iu freight charges , and the best of it is that the commissioners will see to it that the reduction is en forced on all lines without unnccessaay delay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To Ambitious Gats. St. Paul Ptoncer-riass. Louiivlllo's Jail cat , Thomas Henry , died recently. Applicants for this vacancy should put in an early bid , as the latest ad vices point to a long market on cats tills sea son. Green noila Innocence. C/ilcaco / ftetw. The salt trustu doolarus with a wicked wink that It is tbo'm'ost ' innocent corporation on rarth. Thou itluyij.es everybody to come in on the ground , floor. This is precisely the way the green goods trust docs business. Ait Essential arjtl Itladlcnl Difference. S.J > ) ! ij [ itpiMtc , High license is an attempt to prevent the mon who sell liquor fritn taking away the rights of tholr neighbors. Prohibition is an attempt to force ycur neighbor to surrender his rights and subtiiit'td your views of his morals. ' ! T American Snobbory. PltUburg Dispatch , Both the domdcrat'ia newspapers who refer to Mr. Russell. Harrison as "Prince Russell" and the republican correspondents who are proudly stating that ho is received in England as "an heir apparent" afforfl equally radical illustrations of the different varieties of snobborv of which American party journalism is capable. " FanncrH Always dot Loft Jl/onlrcal Herald , It is noticeable that thcso combinations strike the farmer every time , and in the aggregate add moro to his burdens than to those of any other class of pcoplo ; and as the salt combination is to embrace Canada in the arms of its benevolence , the farmers may expect to bo squeezed with moro than ordinary fondness when it gets iitto full ouoratlon. Vim Be All Republican. Stoux rails P-cts. It doesn't take much of a prophet to pre dict that the four now states will bo solid in the republican column. Of course the dem ocrats have tholr eyes and hopes centered on Montana , but Montana , like the other new states , takes its population largely from the republican states of tha north and cast , and the now settlers generally carry tholr poli tics as well as their business and religion with them. A SusKostinn From Mr. Dnna , Acw Forte Sun. Wo have hero from the Sun and Voice a little Jolto big with testimony to the Influence ot The Sun , which shines for all , and to the intelligence of the American pcoplo : "From Dana to Beorsheba the ilanucl shirt reigns. " The Importance of tbo flannel shirt as nn institution of comfort cannot be overesti mated. It has come to stay , but It never should bo permitted to stay too long at ono time. _ A JUInlHtcr's Manliness. Chicago Herakl. TLov. Q. H. Schnur , of Omaha , has for some years ministered to the spiritual wants of a small Lutheran church in that city , The other day bo resigned. Ho wished to marry a certain pirl , and his flock desired that ho marry another. In fact , they made it very uncomfortable for the reverend gentleman , nfllrming that ho did not show sufllclont re gard for tholr opinion in important matters pertaining to hlsj ( welfare. Mr , Schnur shows proper spirit. Sorno congregation containing less old fyoincn than tbo ono at Omaha will rocolvo ilmj and the wife of his choice with open arms , and will respect him all the moro bocausa bo is a man ua well as a preacher. t . ; Farewell tlio .SiM/uctlvo / Slipper , Deliver T imes , Ho fell lute matrimony in the old , old , delightful , thougliljws' way and the way , too , thai after all jpad to the fairest suc cess of marriage , J\rway carpeted with rich flowers and illumed with a goldnn light. Out It lead our youg ! Q mall a divine straight into the brambles nnd nettles. His con- probation has selopUid another girl for him. They wore outraged at his disregard of their preference. ) ! The mother of the neglected girl was the most outraged of all , There was no moro pr.iiso. There wore no moro slippers. There was an informal hut emphatic demand for a resignation , which was promptly forthcoming. Religious peace and marital happiness will bo sought in some other locality. GltKAT MEN. London bankers fight shy of the paper ot the Prince of Wales. Sam Wall Kco , the richest Chinaman in Nuw England , is worth about f 100,01)0. , Frank Hoyt , who confessed the theft of $10,000 from thu Hobokcn National buuk.and who is out on $15,000 ball , has been restored to full membership In the First Preibyterlun church of Orange , N. J. The notion taken nfter hohnd confessed his sin and expressed - pressed his ponltoneo therefor. Hoyt's father was formerly pastor of the church. The Rov. T. Do Witt Talmgo receives $500 for each looturo ho delivers on his present tour. tour.Low Low Wnllnco savs there Is moro happiness for him in n day's literary work than In a generation of politics. Emperor William of Germany has Just become nn nciiva member of the Oootho so ciety , which has its headquarters at Weimar. Mr. Cunningham-Gralmmo will soon move la Parliament thnt oftor the death of the qucon tlio kingdom shall bo abolished nnd n radical democracy established In England. James Russell Lowell says ho is glad to got back to his old London quarters in Rad nor plnco nnd right from Uoston , too I This is worse ttmn changing one's religion. Es-Prosldont Cleveland will visit Newport - port the first week in August , but somehow this announcement seem * to luck tbo Inter- cst it would have possessed ono short year ago , George W. Chllds has received from Colonel Fred Urnnt , minister to Austria , ? 1-10 from the pcoplo ot Carlsbad and $40 from Mrs. U. S. Grant for the Johnstown suITorcrs. A correspondent says that Jay Gould has been invited to tnko n loolc at the tomb of Virgil , near Naples , with the view of buying It , as it is for sale. Virgil and Gould I There Is humor m till * Juxtaposition. King Knlnlcaua , of the Sandwich Islands , still has hopes of raising the $10,000 neces sary to take him to the Paris exposition. His book on "Tho Myths of Hawaii" Is having a good sale , and ho thinks that the royalties thorcon will crmblo him to add another royalty to the crowds In Paris. Edmund Clarence Stcdman , hlmiolf some thing of a poet , is quoted as saying in n ro- coutconvcrsatlon about American poets , that "In the case of the two oldest survivors in song Mr , Wlnttlor and Dr. Holmes wo observe - servo their admirers grow moro extended In numbers with the spread ot culture in our land. If their voices are not hoard as fre quently as formerly It is not because they have grown loss strong nnd sweet , for with each now utterance ns it comes to us from time to tlmo wo nro unable to detect any var iation in the tones wo all long ago so easily learned to love. " AS OTHERS SEE US. Probably She Will. Kcameu Enterprise. Omaha may not bo so sure of her now union depot , after nil. Kearney may got ono first , and she needs It almost as badly. Where Is the Cave of Truth ? Keic York IKorU. Next to the sea serpent the cave in some remote locality in the west is the most popu lar topic among summer romancers. A cave in Montana was recently said to hold the stone figure of a gigantic baseball player. Now a cave m Nebraska comes forward with eight mysterious skeletons. It is strange that Truth is never found lurking in those caves. STATE AND XEUlUTOttY. Nebraska Jottings. Wymore taxes street fakirs 830 a day. Lightning has struck nine houses in Lex ington recently. Rov. Mr. Toltsworth , pastor of the Pres byterian church nt Hnrdy , has resigned. The First National bank of Exeter has changed hands and will bo reorgnnizea Aug ust 1. The republican countv convention of Furnus county will bo hold at Beaver City August 21. Thornns Forloy , a bachelor living on a ranch near Whitman , committed suicide by taking poison. The Grand View Presbyterian church in Grant precinct , Colfax county , will bo dedi cated next Sunday. Hcmiugford , Box Butte county , is now connected with the outside world by both railroad and telegraph. Tlio U. & M. oil house nt Oxford was on ttroly destroyed hy Hro Thursday morning * " causing a loss of $3,000. Old man Webber , who has been on trial at Fremont on indictments found In 1870 , has been granted a now trial. A disgusting smell arises to heaven from unclean pig-stys at Wahoo , and the pcoplo want the nuisance abated. G.V. . Dement , of Crab Orchard , Johnson county , will harvest a crop of 2,000 bushels of onions from a two and a half acre patch this year. The remains of a mastodon have been dis covered on the Big Blue , seven miles north of Crete , nnd steps are being taken to exhume - hume them. James H. Riggs , editor of the O'Neill Frontier , was married on the 25tn inst. to Miss Henrietta Kimball , a teacher in the O'Neill ' public schools. Amend a Barrett , wife of the man who murdered Thornblll , near Aurora , has boon arrested , charged with aiding nnd abetting the murder of her husband. The Koarnov gambling houses were raided by the police Friday night and n number of prominent citizens who were found bucking the tiger were placed under nrrost. An old man named Schilling has mysteri ously disappeared from his homo near Cam bridge , and foul play is feared , ns ho had n considerable sum of money in the house. Mr McDonald , living near Deloltwill bo 103 years old In August. Ho is halo and hearty and in the last forty years has not missed a dozen meals. His father lived to be 117 years old. old.Mrs. Mrs. Julia Richardson , of Goring , has passed the necessary examination and been admitted to tho- bar by Judge Church. She is thfl first lady lawyer in Western Ne braska. Tbo flve-yoar-old daughter of J. P. Bas- tcau , of Sheston , fell from an elevated plat form the other day and mangled her arm so badly that it is feared amputation will bo necessary. Pavvnoo City has ono barber who is a ncphow of John Brown , whoso soul is still marching on , nnd another who is a nephew of Joseph Cook , the famous Boston lecturer. Both nro artists in tholr lino. Claims amounting to ever $1,000 , have been filed with tbo board of supervisors of Ante- lone countv for the pursuit and cnpturo of Nluk Foley , tbo murderer who mot his death nt tbo hands of a mob , but thn matter has boon laid ever until the next mooting. The premium list of the tenth annual fair of the Pawnee County Agricultural and Mechanical association baa been issued from the ofllco of the Pawnco City Press , and is both extensive and creditable. The fair is to bo hold at Pawnee City September 25.2(1 ( and 27. Fred Hill , nn old man living near Oakdalo , Is languishing In Jail at Noligh for forging a receipt for goods purchased of Lohr et Holmes. The work was bungllngly per formed , the two members of tha linn having apparently signed as Individuals , and both names boint ; misspelled , The Plattsmouth Journal , which IMS been in the hands of the sheriff for several days , has been placed on IU foot iigixln with the assistance of friends , the mortgage having been paid oft . Both the publUhor nnd the pcoplo of Pldttsmouth are to bo congratu lated on the turn affairs have taken. C. B. Wilson , of 'Wnco , has bcon arrested for cruel treatment of Ills children , it balng learned that ho tied u rope around his boy and suspended him In a well to arrange a dis placed board. When the boy was hauled up ha was completely exhausted , and It was some time before ho could bo rovived. The programme of the third annual re union of the Central Nebraska DUtriot Vol. cran association , to bo held at Hroicon How August 0. 7 , 8 , 0 and 10 , has boon issued. The exorcises \ylll bo interesting and varied , a number of prucs are offered , nnd eminent speakers from nbroad will bo present. Tlio Two Dnlcotas. Boer bos come down to 0 cents a glatt at Dead wood. Workmen wore engaged nil Sunday lathIng - Ing and painting n now church being built in Sioux FnlU , nnd the Press rotors to it ns n "pleasant little inconsistency. " The Lincoln county republican convention Will bo hold August 3. liny brings $15 n ton in South Dakota with the prospect of a good crop. Over $10,000 has boon distributed in Hnnd county for tbo wool crop this nonson. A Methodist cntnp mooting Is to bo hold nt Washington Springs commencing August 7. The Sioux Falls Trotting nssoclMlon will probably hold another mooting inSoutciubor. There tire nineteen inmates In the Plank- Inton reform school 11 ft con boys nnd four girls. The now Seventh Day Advent church nt Slnux Falls will bo ready for services uoxt Sunday. A big fish pond nonr Tllford , filled with carp , was wnshod out by a heavy storm , causing a loss of $3,000. The commissioners of Rolotto county have appealed to the governor to enforce the pay ment ot tnxos by the hnlf-brecd and Indian farmers living in that section. Ramsay county hns hit upon n novel way of assisting the needy farmers whoso crops nro n totnl failure. It is proposed to Issue bonds to the extent of $20,000 , for the purpose of building county roads work to ho given to those only who nro dostltuto nnd deserv ing. ing.Tho The Do ulwood Plonoor nuys ! An aggro- unto of $13,000 has boon received at the treasurer's ' olllco for liquor license. As the foe Iu each case is $330 for the half year , this means fifty-two snloons now doing busi ness In the county. Of the number twenty- one opornto in Doadwood. Snndford Porter , n member of the South Dakota constitutional convention , und a banker nt Oelrichs , walked Into the territory. Jn 1870 ho wont to Yankton , and thence in tbo winter time ho footed it nil the way to Dendxvood. Them ho chopped wood for the niinem until ho got something hotter to do. When Frank Pnttlgrow , the Sioux Falls hustler , wont to Dakota tbo stage faro from Sioux City north was too high for his pocketbook - book , nnd so ho hoofed it nil the wny. Ho pre-empted n claim Just west of what la now the tnnin part of Sioux Falls , nnd with hia own hands dug a well and uiado other im provements thereon. IIOTTEN 1'AVINQ MATElUAti. An Interview With Major Bnlcombe on the Bnloct | , Mnjor Bnlcombo , chairman of the board of public works , was asked yesterday what waste to bo done about the rotten paving material which had bcon the causa of tha disruption between the board and the contractors Sat urday. "Woll , " said ho , "I can't sny yet what will bo done , but they must furnish hotter material. This is not the first time this thing has occurred. It has bcon going on for some tlmo. I have \yarncd them time nfter time and told them wo would not nliow such work. They have promised each time to furnish good material , but have not done so. so."Why , " continued the major , warming up , ' ! spent three days in Chicago watching them lay wood pavement , nnd they only have to throw out ton or fifteen blocks of wood la n block of the paving , while we re ject as ninny ns ten or fifteen wagon loads in the mitno distance. " "What scorns to bo the cause of the rotteu- nesst" "Tho most of It is caused by the timber being cut at the wrong season. It is evident that this timber was cut in the summer , and , in fact , the contractors ndmit as much. The trco Is full uf sap at this time , and this sap turns sour and ferments , making fine food for worms , which , have cut the outside full of tracks or channels. This sour snp nlso causes the outer part of tbo tree to rot away , making it unlit for use. This is tbo kind of timber they nro sawing up for blocks. There are also a lot of ttio blocks which are rotten at the core. Iu fact , the whole lot of timber seems to bo rcfuso material which had boon thoroughly culled to furnish Chicago or some other eastern market , and is now being palmed oft on ns. "No , " said the major in reply to a ques tion , "wo could not declare the contract for feited by the furnishing of such material , but wo can stop them from using it , and then if they neglect or refuse to go on with the work , wo can hire men , buy material and do the work ourselves und make them pay for it. " "Has it been known all along that this sort of material was being used ? " "Yes , our inspectors bavo boon condemn ing these blocks and throwing them out , and 1 have repeatedly warned the contractors that they must furnish good matciial. " "Why was not the work stopped boforol" "Because thoyjiavo promised each time to use first class material , and I tired of tolling them , nnd stopped the work. " "What are they going to do this time ) " "Tbnt I can't say. They have made no promises , or signified what they would do ; but the work must go on , if wo have to do it ourselves. " The Contractor's Statement. Mr. J. E. Rlloy , the paving contractor , was also called on and questioned regarding the occurrence of Saturday. "I was called to Clarc ! street about 3 p. m. Saturday , " suid Mr. Riley , "and met the board of public vrorks and Engineer Tlllson. The order was given to remove nil blocks ( some 2,000 yards ) from the street. Our contract with Mr. Gray being thnt ho was to deliver all material upon the street , and re move nil rejected material , wo called upon him to carry out the order of the ootird. Ho refused absolutely to do this , maintaining that the order was unusual and unprece dented. Ho said ho was willing to remove material rejected , anil promptly , but there was no such percentage of bad blocks as represented , and the thing to do was to go on and lav the blocks , of course properly culling them , so tbut nona but sound blocks would bo laid , and lie would remove the balance. "Ho maintained that the misapprehension by the board as to whether the cedar was live cedar was owing mainly to tbo fact that floating live cedar in n stream gave it n dark appearance , nnd this being a yonr old and seasoned made it appear all the moro rusty , but the bloclts were bettor than if it was green , fresh cedar. "Ho said ho would bnvo a confe rence with the board as soon as they could bo gotten tqgotnur , when ho thought nil misunderstandings could bo ro- movod. Of course wo know Mr. Gray tn tuU case only In his agreement to furnish material according to specifications. Tbo bonrd of publio works , Including the engi neer , are the parties from whom wo taUo our orders. "I will say I think there Is a disposition on the part of the board to exact a little moro than over before , but so long as contractors nro treated nil no wo shall not complain. I oxpcct there will bo n solution of the diffi culty at the conference which Is to bo hold by the board , Mr. Tillson nnd Mr. Gray to morrow morning. " "I think the estimate of bad blocks men tioned by Mr. Balcombo is entirely too high. Perhaps 10 per cent wonld bo as much as would bo found unsuitable. I have a party who Is willing and anxious to furnish cmlar blocks for paving nnd agrees to furnish the very best of material. If the board Is not satUllod with tbo material Mr. Gray fur nishes this other man will glauly undertake to furnish nil the material needed. " "Hasn't the work boon stopped several times on account of rotten blocks ] " "Woll , yes , " said Mr. Riley , evasively ; "thoro was BOinothlng ol the kind , nnd nftor- wards wo received nice , clean , sound block * , but it soon wont back to the old thing. " "Aro you going to use first class blocks in the future ) " was asUud , "Wo arc nnxloun to have the best of mate rial , " replied Mr. Hiloy , "for the sake of our reputation. We lose very little If the material - rial is rejected , as wo pay the dealer only for wnnt blocks are accepted by the city. " Giioumbors Kill Cookronohoa , "When I moved into my now flat last winter , " suid a Hurlora housekeeper tea a Now York Mall and Express reporter , "I was bothered greatly with cock roaches and little red ants. It wasn't n perfectly now house , and ono family had lived in iny rooms for three months. That was lontf enough , UH I loarne.d to my cost. I tried , unsuccessfully , every thing I hud over hoard of for coclc- rouchcd , and had given up in despair , when some ono advlfcod mo to glvo them cucumbers. I strewed the lloor with a lot of the pool cut very thin , and was amazed how viciously the posts eat it. It killed them , nnd after three nights' trial I had no more cockroaches. A LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT , Thurston County Apparently With out District Court Jurisdiction. ANOTHER PECULIAR SITUATION , Boyonct the Provlnco of tlio Suprnmo Court nislioi ) llonnuuinVllt Visit the Pope Iilnaoln No\vs nnd Notes , LINCOLN mmnxn or inn Osfirrv Hoi , ) 1029 1 > STHBBT , } LJXCOI.N , July 23. 1 Legal conundrums appear to bo numerous ns a result of the oversight ot the Into No * brnska legislature. It sootns thnt Thurston county Is loft out In the cold ; thnt Is , district judicial jurisdiction was not provided. Now , the part ot Thurston county taken nway from Hurt county belonged to the Third ju dicial district. , whlla the part taken from Da kota and Wayna counties belonged to tha Seventh judicial district It is suggested by parties interested , In n late communication , to the attorney Ronor.il , that It would bo n peculiar nnomaly to BOO Judga Wnkeloy , of the Third district , holdIng - Ing court In thnt part of liurt county nnd .Imlge Powers In thnt part of Way no nnd Dakota counties now belonging to ' 1 hurston county. Hut this Is enough to show thnt Thurston county's Judicial situa tion -iotnowhat perplexing. The attorney general does not sco lit to pass unou the question ns yet , ixud boi'oro doing so will ex amine the "authorities" nt length. The opinion is expressed by sotno of Lincoln's best lawyers , however , thatTtiurston county will remain without district court Jurisdic tion until tha Nebraska lawmakers meat detain and pass an amended net giving tha .county a Judicial place. This opinion. Is upon tha statement that tlio constitution provides that the construction of judicial districts nnd the like Is purely legislative , and beyond the proviuco of construction by the supreme court. City News nnd Notes. Frank Clmffc , assistant steward at the hos pital for the insane at Hastings , spent Sun day with his mother , Mrs. E. P. Roggcn. Tlio Lincoln portion of the Ncbi.iskn edi torial excursion party is aguln at homo. Messrs. Lou Wcssel and O. A. Mullen , report - port a great time. M William M. Anthony , of North Powder , Ore. , and Miss S.idio Young , of this city , wore married to-day. Mr. nnd Mrs. Anthony will leave for their future homo In Oregon in n day or two. Corn Trumblcy Is now mi iniimto of the reform school at Kearney. The ragged condition of the university campus docs not speak well for tlio manage ment of the Grounds. The Chcnlor directory company Is authority for the statement that Lincoln's population has increased fully 5,003 during the past year. The grind in the police court will bo unu sually urge to-morrow. Over twenty of the wayward of earth Sundnyed in the city cooler. The patrol wagon was kept running all last night. Rev. Newman , pastor of the First Chris tian church , wishes it remembered that the now church at the corner of Fourteenth nnd 1C streets will Do dedicated August 25. Hev. Dr. Blauk , of .Chicago , will preach the dedi catory sermon. A largo party ot Liucolultoff picnicod at Cushmnn Park to-day. Mujor A. IL Chaffeo , of tho. Ninth cavalry and the commanding oftlcor at Fort Du Chosno , Utah , was in Lincoln over Sunday. Ho is a relative of Mrs. E. Finnoy nnd n member of the Fiotchor court-martial now sitting at Fort Omaha. Bishop Bouacum will lenvo for Europe early In September. Ho goes to visit the pope at Homo and to attend to diocosian duties. In this country every bishop Is re quired to make the trip ouco In ton years. "AVhntover Thy Hand Fludeth - ' E. Ncfliit , in JJcuitniia of UJe. Red , rod the sunset flames behind The black , black elms and hedges , All through tha noon no least loaf stirred , But crickets hummed and booties whirred Now conies a breath of fresh , sweet wind From silent pools and sedges. All through hot noon the reapers stand And toil , with justs and laughter , Beneath the blazing skioa that burn , Then , laughing still , they homeward turn By threes and fours ; nnd hand in hand Go two that linger after. And here wo linger hand in band , And watch the blacking shadows. Had wo Doen born to reap and sow , To woke when swallows stir , and go Forth in chill dawn to plow tha land , Or mow the misty meadows. Had that been nobler ? Love of uilno , Wo still bad only striven , As now we strive , to do our best , To do good work , and earn good rose. All that's bumau is divine ; All life , lived well , maltcs heaven. . - _ A Cosnaclc Giantess. The sensation of Dorlin is just now a young Cossack giuiitobH , who la bolng exhibited at the popular "Pnssano Puu- opticum , " says the Pull Mull Gazotto. Tlio girl , who Is 11 yours old , is nearly three yards high ; she woiplm twenty stone , mid la still growing vjory rapidly. She is very pretty , with largo darlc eyes and a pleasant face , and in the national costume of the Don Cossacks , which consists ot n , rod aliirt , blue jacket , long apron ombroldorod in. gold and necklace of many colors , she captures everybody's heart. But since she is still chielly interested iu her dolls and toys , she cannot bo said to re turn. the sentiments of her admirers . Mnllod It nt A letter proposing marriage to a Cns- tile ( N. Y. ) girl remained in the coattail - tail pocket of the proposer for eight months , he supposing it to have boon mailed. When ho finally did mail it she was married , but she iravo her hus band the altalco nnd eloped to Connecti cut. DEATH IN THE WATER. Absolute Poison in Nearly Kvorjr Amurlaaii City nml Town What will be the llnsult lie fore tlin Kncl of Summer. . 44 TJTTJIAT did you llndr VV "Almosteverythlng'.lt was Just rook. ng _ with poison. " The nbovti remark was jnado by a prominent scientist to the bonrd of health otlicer Just After axanilnliiK u drop ot Croioii. N. V. , wat-ir through the mlcroscoDO. Thowatur of nearly arery city In America In filled with potion. It la BMiHodby decaying mutter uiul unlinal Ilfo. Whut is uie resultA fearful Increase of nick. liens nnd dimth , both turning clilliliou umlgiovvu > ooplo. The papers ar Illluil with accounts ot t. Millions upon millions of norms of fever , cholura miirlm.i and contagion nro In overf > nnllow of water. Hut people say : "What can wo do , stop drinking ? " "No. " "Jtosort to stimulants ? " "No. Kill the Rerins tn thx wnt r and bofora ihoycanoonis Into the body. Thne drops of i'orry Davis' 1'aln-Klller pourwl Into a glasn of water before drinking will kill the germs and maiu the moHt poisonous water pure and jealtuy. 'lliu best medlcul talent In the laud laveaHserted this for years , and the experi ence otovery man and woman who uiu tried It [ iroro it. " Traveller ! through tha Junclea of India drink thu owainp water , evun ( hoviyli it U nilud wltb slluiu mid Loreroil with umm , but they Invurl- nuly purify it by nddinj rain-Killer. Btanloy. thu African explorer , never unuurtaJces a journey - noy without n plentiful Bupply of "IlanuUlo. " as tha iitttlre-j call I'uln-KIHur. If thtuKrand uedlclne UsoeH'octlvo in rogloos wUaro death itrkd on av ry Bide , where it reeks in tiyury iool. doe * it not stand to roanon that vr can lately meet the dangers at our own drinking water by it * careful us ? It is an absolute euro 'or cholera moibiu m its uorst formn. but bow much bettrr to proront dlsouio Uiun to wult for U anproach. lljr keeping this remedy con- itantly on luuid tha uniiKera or the nunmior can bo aroldeU auU hcuUbpoaltiroly prkutv
