Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY Bffff : THUKSPAY. AUGUST 15 , 1889.
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TliK union depot project has gene up
another notch.
JAY GOULD ia taking his nnnunl fish
ing trip. Of course ho catches all the
"suckors. "
LoCATj labor agencies report fewer
idle man in Omaha than in any other
central or western city.
IT iB said the St. Louia Jack the
Kisser ia insane. Kissing flfty St ,
Louis girls within a wool : would drive
any man crazy.
CliiCAqo has incorporated a world's
fair association with a capital of llvo
millions , Chicago boliovoa that money
talks louder than bluster.
THE Missouri PaciOo has rightly
rgaugod the wishes of its suburban
patrons by proposing to make a flvo cent
faro between this city , West Side and
intermediate stations.
TIIK Minnesota superior court has
followed the rulinga laid down by Indiana -
, ana judges in declaring local inspection
laws unconstitvtioiml. Colorado alone
remains to ho hoard from on that sub
ject. _ _ _ _ _
MAJOn.PowKLT < , of the United States
geological survey , is doing good work
in making surveys for the proposed ir
rigating reservoir system in the arid
regions. His report to congress will ho
n most interesting and instructive docu
ment.
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TjtK proper authorities should see to
it at once that the grading of Sherman
avenue loading to the fair grounds bo
fully completed and the , strcot ho put in
proper shape for travel before the 1st
of September.
IK some of the ahort-aightod people
who leave good farms in Nebraska and
Iowa for an uncertainty in Dakota or
Oklahoma don't got all they expect
they are sure of ono place to which
they can go and always do well. That
place is the ono they loft.
! ? nE resolution of the executive committee -
. mittoo of the national league of republi
can clubs to hold the next convention at
Nashville , Tenn. , looks like carrying
the war into Dixoy. In reality it is
simply a desire to avoid twenty below
zero weather in midwinter.
IN a recent address Civil Service
Commissioner Lyman is quoted as say-
iiig that to improve the government
aoryico it is necessary to Improve the
people who administer it. That has
booti the problem with which the
American voter has boon wrestling
evorainco the right of Buflrago haa
, boon put into his hands.
. SUNSET Cox enthusiastically do-
Bcribos Washington Territory OB being
peopled with the cream of the land.
This Is spreading it on pretty thick ,
especially when Dakota tendered the
Now York congressman suck , a hearty
reception. But it must bo remembered
that Sunset has boon doing missionary
work among the democrats of the fat
northwest.
WYOMING is nos at all backward in
pressing her claims for statehood. In
wealth , in natural resources , in the
energy of her oeoplo , in everything ox-
ce'pt the requisite number of population
Wyoming is well qualified. A consti
tutional convention will bo hold al
Choyouuo September 2 , and a complete
machinery for self-government will be
perfected that cnu bo put Immediate ! )
inio borvlco the moment congress givof
the word of admittance into the Union ,
THE western roada loading Into Mil
waulcoo have given tholr ultimatum ro-
spooling a ono cent rate to the Grand
Army encampment. They absolutolj
rofusp to make the reduction asked foi
by the veterans. This leaves the ques
tion exactly where it stood before. II
I ; ' ia doubtful oven with a reduction
h ot rates at this late date whether tbi
I' attendance * .would bo materially in
' creased. The general Impression i
that Milwaukee will hayo to conton
herself with the old soldlora from thi
ntat.es east of Illinois. Not moro thai
twenty-five thousand votoruns are or
pooled to bo present , which ia jus
bout half the number who attonde <
the Columbus encampment lust year.
OWOXEN1S OP AXNEXATlOtf.
At the present tlmo A very dooldod
opposition Is manifest In South Omaha
.0 annexation , First nnd foremost como
the donlors in liquor. They are a unit
npalnst annexation because the liquor
iconuo in Omahtv is ono thousand dol-
urs nsugalnst five hundred dollars a
year in South Omaha ; and bo cause the
Sunday liquor tradio in South Omaha
ins become very profitable slnco the
rigid onforcomontof Sunday observance
in Omaha. Estimating the population
ol South Omaha at eight thousand , there
is at this time ono saloon for every ono
liundrcd and sixty persons , while in
In Omaha , estimating the population atone
ono hundred and. ton thousand , there
is ono saloon for every four
liundrcd and sovonty-oight persons.
The difference in the ratio
botwcon the number of saloons to the
aggregate population of South Omaha
and Omaha exhibits forcibly the differ
ence between the flvo hundred dollar
and ono thousand dollar license , and
rigid Sunday observance as against no
Sunday observance.
It may bo expected , therefore , that
the liquor dealers of South Omaha will
continue to oppose annexation until
they are put on an equal footing with
the liquor dealers in Omaha nropor.
That the license in South Omaha will
bo raised to ono thousand dollars a
year in the near future is anticipated.
The law provides that whenever a city
has ton thousand or moro population
the license must bo not less
than ono thousand dollars a year.
Even if tlio census of 1800
fulls below ton thousand in South
Omaha , the next legislature beyond any
doubt will raise the license in all cities
of the second class to one thousand
dollars.
While the Sunday traffic In liquor id
tolerated in South Omaha , the dealers
run the risk of having their licenses re
voked aud thcro is very llttlo doubt
that the state legislature will extend
the metropolitan system over all vil-
Ingos nnd towns within three miles of
any metropolitan cities and cities of the
first class.
Next to the liquor dealers the most
formidable opposition to annexation
comes from the packing interest. It
is an open secret that the municipal
government of South Omaha has been ,
and is yet , under the absolute domina
tion of tho' packing house and stock
yards managers. Tnoir opposition to
annexation springs from the desire to
keep their grip on the municipal ma
chinery and anxiety to avoid city taxes.
They enjoy all the benefits that Omaha
affords to its property owners in the way
of fire department , water works , pave
ments , sewers , parks , etc. , and in emer
gencies , such as great strikes and
riots , they expect Omaha to give them
pnlico protection , but they do
not want to bear the burdens for
maintaining city goyorn mont. This was
the animus of opposition of the Chicago
packers to annexation of their suburb
to the city of Chicago.
The question that confronts South
Omaha is what will their city do to
keep up public improvements ? The
bonded debt of South Omaha is already
two hundred and fifty-sovon thousand
dollars. The assessed valuation for
municipal , purposes is one million ,
seven hundred and twelve thousand ,
nine hundred and three dollars. On the
face of it , the debt is in excess of the
limit fixed by law , which prohibits the
issue of bonds above ton per cent of the
assessed valuation. Every dollar of
South Omaha bonds issued above one
hundred and ninety thousand dollars
was issued in violation of the law , und
wo doubt whether they are worth the
paper on which they are printed. Before
South Omaha can legally raise another
dollar for pavements , sewers , fire engine
houses , or any class ot public improve
ments , she must raise her assessment
enormously. That moans doubling her
city tar , and raising it way beyond what
it would bo if the town was annexed to
Omaha. Taxes in this city will bo
lower from now on. Our property
values are constantly Increasing by"rea
son of the rapid increase of buildings ,
many of which are valued at hundreds
of thousands of dollars , while the ex
pense of the city government hae
now readied its maximum.
1'HE KILLING OF TERHY.
The killing of Judge David S. Terry ,
of California , will appear to many as
retributive justice. The character and
methods of the man Invited such a ter
mination of his career. His lifo was
stained jvith the blood of his fellow
man. Tne pistol or the bowie knife ho
had relied upon as a moans of vindica
tion from early manhood. A lawyer of
line attainments and ability , who had
occupied high judicial pqsltion , his na
ture was that of the desperado. When
ho should have boon the con
servator of law ho was himsoll
aa outlaw. .Even when t
justice of the supreme court of Califor
nia , Terry in a street brawl stabbed n
political enemy , and ho had but just
laid aslilo the ermine wiion ho deliber
ately took the life of David C. Brodor-
ick , whom ho had in the most cold'
blooded way provoked into a duel. Ilia
killing of United States Senator Brod-
crick was no bettor than murder , foi
not only was ho a dead shot and had
boasted that ho would send a bullet
through Ins victim's heart , but after he
know that Brodorick had fired into the
air , ho , with dovllsh malignity , carried
his purpose into execution. It was
characteristic of the cold-hloodod
relentless nnturo of the man , and it
justly covered him with an infamy
which ho could never efface. Nor did
ho seem to care to , for his subsequent
career is dotted with feuds ana difll
cultios which allow that ho was utterly
Indifferent to public opinion and was
content to follow whorovcr his rookies :
impulses should load. Last September
while engaged in defending n case in
court brought by the woman whom he
made his wife , and whoso nature up
parently was in complete harmony with
his own , ho was sent to prison by Jualici
Field , of the supreme court of UK
United States , for contempt. Since th i
expiration of his term ho threatened
Field , and the well-known detporatc
character of the man rendered the
throat a matter not to bo Idly regarded
IIo appears to have improved the firs
opportunity to provoke an ultorcatioi
with Justice Field , and lib paid the
penalty of that ploco ot rashness with
his llfo.
But notwithstanding the infamous
character of Terry , and the danger that
was known to lurk in his hostility , his
killing under the circumstances was n
crime. Had Justice Field , after ho had
rocolvod the slap from Terry , ahot
him down , public opinion would un
doubtedly have justified him , but there
is nothing apparently to justify tlio
deputy marshal in Killing the assailant
of another man , who was free to act for
himself , nnd whoso lifo docs not seem to
have boon necessarily in jeopardy. Tlio
accounts indicate that the act of the
deputy marshal was ono of impulse , but
as an ofllcor of the law his first effort
cortnlnly should have boon to arrest
Terry , and It is not improbable that ho
could have accomplished this with no
great difficulty. At uny rate , it is clear ,
from the accountant hand , that ho was
not called upon to use a revolver , and
in having done so with deadly effect he
committed a crime for which ho de
serves to bo punished. Ho was promptly
arrested and the arrest of Justice Field
ordered , but it is probable that the lat
ter can bo hold only us a witness , slnco
it docs not appear that ho was in any
souse responsible for the shooting. It
would seem that neither ho nor the
deputy marshal had any knowledge of
the presence of Terry until ho made
the assault , so that there could have
bcon no pronrrnngomont or instigation
to the shooting. It was ono of those
sudden and unlocked for affairs which
in its result suggests , as wo have said ,
the idea of retribution.
The tragic event will bo regarded
with universal interest , and there will
bo little sympathy for the slain or with
the wrong-headed and bad-hoartod
woman who moro than likely incited
Terry to commit ills last act of vlndict-
ivenoss. She was the first to notice the
presence of Justice Field , and her con
duct strongly indicates that she
prompted her roctcless husband to seek
an encounter , the impression being-that
Justice Field would promptly resent an
insult. It has boon written , "Who
shoddoth man's blood , by man shall his
blood bo shed. "
QOING A STEP TOO FAR.
There is evidently a desire on the
part of some councilmen to make cap
ital out of the ovor-olllciousnoss of the
police force. An ordinance was intro
duced by Councilman Hascall prohibit
ing the arrest of any person excepting
drunkards found lying In the streets
before a written complaint is duly made
and filed and a warrant issued. This is
going too far , and would practically tie
the hands of policemen in maintaining
law and order. If such an ordinance
were enacted , pickpockets , footpads
and burglars could not bo arrested by
the police and held over night unless
they were captured while in the act of
houscbroaking , lobbory or parroting.
Professional criminals could roam about
the city at will , and Omaha would
Boon bo overrun by them. The
right to arrest suspicious characters is
exercised by thn police in every city.
Such powers are necessarily conferred
upon policemen in largo cities to prevent -
vent depredations upon property and
assaults upon defenseless persons. The
trouble with the police of Omaha is that
they have too often over-stopped the
bounds of good judgment in making
arrests , and the fault lies not with the
system but with the men at the head of
the police force. There is a woll-
goundod suspicion that curtain police
olllcors use this authority to satisfy pri
vate grievances against individuals or
for the purpose of extortion. These
charges should bo carefully considered
by the proper authorities , and if such
officers or patrolmen are found guilty
they should bo dismissed. There are
members on the force totally
unfit for police duty. They lack
common sense and judgment.
They do not know the difference
between an inoffensive citizen or
stranger who happens to bo belated at
night , and a thug or thief prowling
about In quest of proy. Such addlo-
1)ended policemen should bo weeded out
of the force.
The sweeping curtailment of the powers -
ors of the police , as contemplated in
Mr. Hascall's ordinance , would only
tend to destroy the efficiency of the
police forco.
DEMOCRATIC LEGACIES.
The incompotoncy and inefficiency of
the last administration in nearly every
department of the public service have
frequently boon pointed out. The
wretched management of the postal
service was a source of complaint from
every portion of the country , a complete
recovery from the demoralization hav
ing not yet boon accomplished. The
blundering in the interior department
was extensive and much of it trouble
some. The treasury department
only escaped a like criti
cism bocuuso compelled to fol
low lines laid down by previous
administrations. The follies of the state
department are a matter of history
which a majority of the American people
ple would bo glad to have eliminated.
The war department did nothing fft
the advantage or Improvement of that
branch of the nubllosorvioo. The navy
department earned some credit , but not
until it had loiwnod something from
blundering.
Now evidences of the administrative
weakness of the Cleveland , regime como
to light almost dally. Two have just developed -
velopod , ono in the ofllco of the sixth au
ditor for the postofilce department , the
other In the public printing office. In the
former the accounts are found to bo
very much in arrears , anl besides a
portion of the papers were loft in such
condition that great difficulty is being
found in handling them. This is ono
of the ofllcos in which economical re
form was said to have been carried to a
high state of development. The result
IB that a vast amount of extra work haste
to bo done by the prodont auditor , and
such is the confusion of the legacy loft
to him that It is extremely doubtful
whether the government will over bo
able to accurately ascertain what is
right and what wrong in the accounts
remaining to bo adjusted , As to the
government printing olllco , there will
bo no surprise at the discovery of mal
administration in that brunch of the
publlo services. The man who was the
head of tlnitiinfic waa well known to bo
wholly wiOiDMtr the qualifications to
manage it judiciously , and besides ho
wna the merest/ creature of the demo
cratic politicians. The Institution
offers opportWi'ftlcs moro favorable than
any other un'cjew the government for ox-
travaganoo anuittorrupt practices , nnd
the publio 'printer ' under the lost
administration1 was not the man
to successfully resist the tendencies in
those direction The wisdom of main
taining this office has boon many times
seriously questioned by these who believe -
liovo the government could , effect n
material saving by having its printing
done by private contract.
Whether or not anything remains to
bo disclosed as ovldonco of the want of
capacity and the shortcomings of the
Cleveland administration , there has al
ready boon sufficient to deprive it of
most of the glamour with which dem
ocrats have sought to surround it. The
simple truth Is , it was composed
of men either without the experience
in public affairs to render thorn good
olllclala , or so entirely directed by thotr
political ambition ns to have no care for
anything that did not contribute to this.
Almost every member of the adminis
tration , the president included , was
playing for a stake in the future , and
politics , rather than the duties of gov
ernment , was the source of their con
tinual interest and solicitude. Under
such circumstances nn incompetent and
inofflciant publio service was inevit
able.
TIIK Southwestern Mining association
takes very strong grounds against the
effort that is being made to secure a re
versal of the policy that has long pre
vailed of allowing load ores from Mexico
ice to enter this country free , and the
fight over this subject is likely to be
come more interesting. The associa
tion say that if the policy is reversed it
will destroy the smelting industries of
the southwest , injure and retard the
prosperity of that section , and provo
damaging to the commercial re
lations existing between Mexico
nnd the United States , in all
of which it must be confessed there is
some forco. There should bo no hasty
action in the matter , which is ono that
evidently merits the careful investiga
tion of con gross. If our load interests
can show that under present conditions
they are subjected , as they claim , to nn
unfair and ruinous competition , they
should bo given ttio relief they ask , but
their case ou < * bt , | p bo very conclusively
established before anything is done
that might result'to the serious injury
of interests in tTio southwest aud to the
detriment of our commercial relations
with Mexico. *
WITH characitojristie pluck the people
of Spokane Foils are clearing away the
debris of their great fire and are begin
ning the erection of a city grander and
better than the" one destroyed.
IN all probability the undertakers
will form a syndicate to buy up Dr.
Brown-Soquard3 telixor of lifo.
JOHN L. SUILIVAN'S trials from all
accounts have only just begun.
Boston's Newest Verb.
7ottoi Globe.
Wad-cl-Jural has bcon Jobn-L-Sullivanod
at Toski by General Grenfcll.
An OfTYcnr Per Both.
Kaunas City Times.
The Gentiles carried Suit Lake ) City at the
recent election. This seems to bo a bad year
for Morraonism and prohibition.
A St. Ijouls CnnccsHlon.
St. Ziottfs Globe-Democrat.
If it is desirable to treat foreign visitors to
an epidemic of cbolera , Chicago in her pre
sent condition of defective drainage , is the
place for the world's fair.
AVImt's the Matter With Iliuinn ?
Pearia Transcript.
Anaconda is the name of Montana's now
capital. The old capital wilt now go down
bill. The Montanians won't raise Helena
more.
Don't Tov With the Editor.
CMcngn 'Pimo ,
A bad man tried to kill nn editor at Mount
Yornon , Ky. Kesult : Editor still doing
business ns usual und bad man In jaiU It is
duo to the kind-heartedness of the editor
that the bad inau isn't now on route to
another world.
The MiiHicnl Movement In Qunkervillo
PliiladcliiMi Age.
Ono gentleman rend n long essay about the
"Absolute In the IBeautiful ; or , why Chopin
would never have played well with the fourth
linger of his left hand. "
THE AtfTEUNOON TEA.
Consoler ( to newly-made widow ) You
won't have to go into mourning , you know.
Some very stylish people don't , Widow
Oh , dearl Why , Jf I can't wear black I al
most wish John hadn't died.
Queen Victoria will have her colonel's uni
form cut decollete. As a prominent warrior
she thinks she ought to bare arms.
The sousido bathers Institute
A paradox In action ,
Because wlth-U | ! in the less the suit
The moro tno atlsfaction ,
A bachelor who lives In Nowant , N. J.and
who has always hud u fear that his llttlo wife
might rule him , . 'sap ! now that a now Idea
has struck him , . ) ] foiag to marry a type
writer girl because lo | can dictate to her.
The fashlonablaLcVndon ! wedding ring has
recently been of tlll gold , but Princess
Louise wont bacjj tjo the old fashion and
chose hira bright.n i
A Pitlsburg mWi now in London is said to
have witten to th'iJL , ifrlnccss Louise , duchess
of Fife , offering to puy ono of the numerous
sots of bracelets presented to her on her recent -
cent marriage.'J
"O , George , " sWin urine red , "I know you
are strong und w'il | 'protect mo , yet oven
now , as wo recline in this swinging ham
mock , I am surrounded by fear. " "Peur ,
iny darling I" said George Do Romelyy ,
"what fear can eurround youl" "Atuios-
phuro , " she chuckled , and tbo hammock
broke down to punish her.
"How dare you treat mo thus ) " ho wrote.
"You saucy llttlo ebrow
To call me small potatoes just
Because I'm mashed on youl"
She seized the pou In willful mood ,
Aud tbcso lines off she dashed ,
"Tho smaller the potatoes are ,
The easier they're mashed. "
Miss Mary Lincoln , daughter of the
American minister , says tbo London Star , is
very pretty , with a strong individuality of
her own. She has the pale , smooth Ameri
can complexion , and sbo has a charming
smile. Then sbo dresses like a French
woman , so the chances nro that next sorvsnn
Miss Lincoln will bo nn acknowledged belle ,
and the American embassy gayer than It has
been for years.
Mrs. Mnckny , lnco her icildenco In Lon
don , oallK herself Mrs. Hungorford-Mackay.
The passion for double names In England is
now ns great ns In Spnln , where half the
people nro called nftor both tholr futhors nnd
mothers.
Ho "Whnt would you do if I were to of
fer to Rlvo you a kiss ! " She llSoo If my
llttlo brother Is under the sofa. "
When the young woman with the gored
dross falls in love with the young man with
the courd head It's another oxauiplo of the
eternal lltncts of things.
A young man named Mitchell Is trying to
got the courtH to nnnul his marrlngo , Ho
says ho wns Uldnnppod nnd forced to marry
n woman whom bo never aaw'boforo , whom
ho tins never soon slnco , nnd whom ho
wouldn't know again. Such being the onso
Mr , Mitchell ought to bo freed. A man Is
nt least entitled to a sponUlng acquaintance
with hi * wife. When ho Is denied this It Is
tluio to rebel.
STATE AND TEU1UTOKY.
Nolirnika Jottlnc ? .
There is only ouo prisoner In the Platte
county Jail.
Syracuse has voted bonds for the building
of a $10,000 school house.
Two hundred and oighty-sovon touchers
attended tlio Holt county normal.
\ft1l\o \ \ creamery nt York will bo completed
nnd ready for operation September 1 ,
The Seventh annual exhibition of the
Nomulm Vulloy FUr association will bo hold
from September 0 to 13 Inclusive.
A section hand named Drue Is In jail at
Hebron for striking his wife , fracturing her
Jaw nnd knocking out several tcoth. The
couple nro residents of Davoiurart.
John Josson , a Webster county fanner ,
reports that ho dug llfty-llvo potatoes out of
ono hill , enough for three good meals.
A stranger stole n team from Horry it Co. ,
liverymen ut Blair , but throe days Inter the
missing horses were found at Scribnor.
There nro now 175 patients in the Norfolk
Insnno asylum , thirty patients having just
been received from ttio Lincoln asylum.
Knox county's sixth annual fair will beheld
hold nt Croiijhtou September 17 , IS and 19 ,
nnd promises to bo a grand succcs in every
\vay.
Congressman Dorsoy has received n deed
for I'J.iUO acres of land In Holtjcounty , prob
ably the largest realty deal cvur made in that
county.
Frank Piekott , of Crolghton , bad his eye
ball knocked from Its socket by u sharp stick
recently , but It was replaced aud ho will not
lose his sight.
Mr. and Mrs. Den Wall are the happy
parents of the first child born In the village
of Bayurd , Chovonno county. It is a boy ,
and nil the inhabitants are rejoicing.
G. W. Maylleld , editor of the Louisville
Observer , has n curiosity in the shnoo of a
petrified human limb which was discovered
in u sand pit at Cedar Creak oighty-llvo feet
below the surface.
During tlio storm at Warner , George Dawson -
son was instantly killed by lightning and
George Richardson was severely stunned.
Pour horses were also Killed nnd much dam-
nge was done by the sudden rise of the
Ncmaha river.
John Madder , n Custor county farmer ,
quarreled with his wife because" she had
is hod ono of the children and seized her
Sun thcfhanc : , dislocating the wrist and break
ing the largo bone.
A lady in male attire wns recently arrested
at Alliance. The arrest took pbice on board
an incoming train. She dressed in this manner -
nor for the purpose of scouring frco trans
portation as a railroad laborer in company
with her sweetheart. They were afterwards
married at Alliance. Thotiuuius of the parties
nro Joe H. Hill and E. Prankto Stewart , of
South Omaha.
. Iowa Itonn.
No pools will be sold at the state fair this
year.
Apples are a drug on the market in Mon
roe county.
Dunint now has a savings banlc , with
$30,000 capital.
A seed company has-been organized at In
dependence with 515,000 capital.
Seven business men of Ida Grove have
gene to Texas with a view of locating.
A square has boon set apart at Ottumwa
where farmers may hitch their horses.
A pig nnd n steer were among the prizes
rallied oft at a Catholic fair in Ida countv.
The Mexican war veterans will hold their
annual reunion at DCS Moines September 3
and 4.
There nro 391 boys in the Eldora Indus
trial school , and 110 girls at the school at
MitcheUvillo.
The Tamn Free Press says there are too
many drunken men on ihu streets of that
thriving town.
The Davenport city council had a picnic
the other day nnd were hauled to the woods
In tno patrol wagon.
Lon Bodvl , a Webster county farmer , was
thrown from a mule , and hU foot catching
in the stirrup ho was kicked to death.
ADubu ( > uo.voting man who forcibly kissed
a prominent society girl was arrested , but
wus discharged after apologizing to the lady
and her parents before the court.
The eighty-first birthday of Mrs. Milllcent
Gregg , of Springvlllo , was celebrated the
other day , and seven of the guests who were
present rolled up n total of 572 years , au
average of ovjr eighty years apiece.
A fish about eight inches In length was
caught by a young man at Prcntross lake ,
near Dubuquc , the other day. It looked
queer while hanging on the line , and after
ho had landed it ho found that it had swal
lowed a water snake , which had made a
hole in the sidoof thollsh. The snakn had
worked about six Inches of its body through
the hole and had turned around and swal
lowed about flvo inches of its own tail and
the head of the fish ,
Wvomliii ; and. Colorado.
Akron , Col. , is four years old and has a
population of 1,000.
When 1530 is raised the Laramlo glass
works will bo started up.
The fall term of the Wyoming university
at Larauiio opens Septoinbur 10.
Pred Pord , a mining export , was stricken
with paralysis while walking along the
street In Denver.
Marsh & Cooper , of Lnramlo , bnvo con
tracted to build tweuty-ono miles of wire
fence for the Union Pacific between Laramie -
mio and Ruwllns ,
A thief at. Aspen , Col. , who was arrested
at the point of a revolver , nearly lost his
lifo by lowering his hands to roach into his
pocket after a cigarette.
TUB BEB has received from Mr. E. Q.
Bruluard , of Amherat , Col. , some line spcci-
mnns of oats raised in the rain belt , iu the
northeastern part of that state.
There were 155 deaths m Denver last
month , of which 111 of the parties wore
single , thirty-eight married und six were
widows. Eighteen died of consumption and
two were shot.
It Is said that the Episcopal mission at
North Pork , Wyo. , which has experienced
many reverses since It was first started flvo
yearn ago , is now prospering. Seine of those
who attend the Sunday school and services
travel n distance of six miles to do BO , But
few have loss ttian a nillo.
Some time ago a Yuma firm falling to got
legal possession of mortgaged property in
Holyoke , other moans were resorted to and
the property brought to Yuma. The sequel
was enacted a few days ago by au aruiod
party from Holyoke marching Into Yuuia
with n warrant charging the mortgagees
with horse stealing , which warrant was
served. The gentlemen were promptly res
cued from their captors by friends , who ac
complished the feat by arresting them for
carrying concealed weapons.
The Cheyenne Sun says that Douglas
creek Is on the ova of a great mining boom.
A group of placer mines have been pur
chased there by an English syndicate and
extensive operations are to bu carried on.
The group solo includes the celebrated Key
stone lodge , from which over 1100,000 has
already been taken , There are many pri
vate claims and quaru lodges Iu the vicinity ,
which will now bo developed under the im
pulse of tbo recent investments there. Doug
las creek promises to bo a steady producer
of gold , und the Laramlo people have reason
to congratulate themselves , as tbo city will
undoubtedly ba greatly benoflttod by the
output of the camp.
M r
AFTER THE GREAT FLOOD ,
Suit to Bo Instituted Agalnrt the
Burlington For Damages.
FIFTY PERSONS INTERESTED.
llolclrcRO linnn and Trust Company
Stout nnil Chung Hong , the Cli'im-
mnn , Talcon to DoWItt For
'Trial Capitol
LIHCOI.N UDRRAD or TnnUMink licit , I
10SO 1 STBEBT , J-
LINCOLN. August 14. 1
The flood lido reached lia height
last night about 0 o'clock. At 11
o'clock the waters commenced to recede
slowly and nt daybreak Uioy hud fallen about
two ( cot. It Is estimated that there are 2,500
people victims o ( this remarkable freshet
that have boon compelled ut noccpt. the chpr-
Ity of U.c city. The Park school building ,
the old Metropolitan hotel and some of the
public buildings of the elty nro full of homeless -
loss people. Although Into , the trains were
sent out to-duy , but It Is stated
that It will take govern ! days
to put the tracks crossing the bottoms in
peed or oven snfo repair. It Is yet Impossi
ble to estimate the dniimgo , for ut noon to
day , snvo over rnisod grades , the water
covered the low lands. It is still talked that
two or three persons were drowned below
the city In attempting to save stocK , and
vcrllluttlon Is expected this afternoon. At
least three nro missing who were seen yes
terday morning , and thnjr have not reported
.since. The city ti providing the unfor-
tumito poonlo with provision ! , and will
continue to do so ns long as necessary. The
opinion Is general that the growing crops on
the bottom lands are greatly damaged if not
ruined.
At 3:30 : o'clock several parties , supposed to
have been drowned south of the city , hnci
reported as chirp as crickets. It appears
that , they pot beyond their depth , and took
the hazard of remaining in a house over
night with water skirting Its sides ton feet
from its base. It Is reported that over one
thousand head of hogs were drowned. A
farmer wiio lives on the Oak crock bottoms
Idst thren hond of cows. Besides thn two
teams of horses reported drowned this mornIng -
Ing , n team of mules also perished in the
waters. Their driver , Joe Doklotz , escaped
by swimming toll tree and climbing among
Its branches , where ho remained for more
than two hours before ho was rescued.
It is safe to say that by to-morrow a fair
approximate can bo mndo of the damage
done.
II. F. Bruso , a grocer who Hvos near the
corner of Second and F streets , and some
flfty others who reside on the Bolt crook
bottoms , announce their intention of bring
ing suit against the Chicago , Burlington &
Quiiic.y railroad company for damages re
sulting from ttio Hood. Indeed. Uruso has
employed attorneys and ho says that If the
cause works out ' 'For the coed of God , "
the echoes of the receding waters will
hurdly die away before others will squeal
who have been loss damaged bv nature's
handiwork. It appears that the Burlington
grade Is so constructed in that part of the
city that there is no chance for the wutor to
pass through , and as a result it backs up and
form ? a perfect dam , inundating the lands
of that section to a considerable depth ,
whereas they would otherwise bo high and
dry. It is learned that the petitioner will
set up thl s fact , and , further , that the lacds
are much higher on the cast than they nro
on the west side of the track. Now , with
the idea in mind that the Bur
lington grade runs into the lower
bottoms , forming an extensive embank
ment , and that the parties who claim
damages llvo between the grade and the
plateau upon which ttio city nropor stands ,
some conception can bo had of the bases
upon which the complainants droposo to risk
their cases. It is understood that Bruso
and his attorneys claim that ho and his
neighbors would not have been damaged to
any extent had it not bonn for the grade in
question. In fact , ho alleges that ttie foun
dation of his house would have been nbovo
the highest mark the watei reached whilo.
as it was , the water covered the platform of
his store and inundated the iloors of the
homes of nearly all of his neighbors , utterly
destroying some of their furnishings and
washing out and undermining many of the
best foundations. Brusu's case is to bo inado
a tost.
State HOIKC Jot
The case of the Chicago , -Burlington &
Qutncy Railroad company vs the district
court of Lancaster county was filed tor trial
before the supreme court to-day.
The governor , secretary of state , treas
urer , auditor of Dublio accounts , attorney
general and commissioner of public lauds
and buildings all hied themselves to Koaruoy
to-aay to attend the reunion.
Deputy Auditor George Bower man is en
joying a visit from eastern friends. Ho put
In the day showing them over the city and
his chair was lilled by ono of his clerical as
sociates.
The examining board of the state board of
pharmacy met to-day in the sonata chamber
to examine would-be practitioners. Quito a
large class folded manuscripts at 3 o'clock
and will got their grades In a day or two.
Tnero was a full attendance of the board of
examiners. President James Heed , of
Nobraslia City , reglsteroc1 at the Windsor
last night , Ho reports the class a very in
telligent one to-day.
Trust and Gas Companies.
Articles Incorporating the Holdrogo Loan
and Trust company were tiled in the olllco of
the secretary of state to-day. Business com
menced at Iloldrcge , Phelps county , the
principal place ilxed upon for the transaction
of business , July 80 , 1889 , nnd continues
thereafter flfty ynurs. The articles stipulate
its purpose to bo the transaction of u general
loan , trust und guarantee business. Cauital
stock ! 0UOO , , which is divided into 200 shares
of $100 each , all of which has been uaid in
band. lacorporators : William E. Mainard ,
of Dayken , Jefferson county ; John W. Lytlo ,
of Western , Saline county , and Henry P.
Camp , of Oinabti , Douglas county.
The Lincoln Gas company also filed
amended articles of incorporation. Article 1
recites that the purpose of the company Is to
purchase , hold and own suitable grounds in
the city of Lincoln to erect and maintain
buildings und works for the manufacture
and puritlcaiion of Illuminating and fuel gas
and electricity for illuminating , power , me
chanical and chemical purposes , and manu
facturing , selling and supplying such gas and
electricity to individuals , corporations uud
associations , and to the public buildings nnd
Institutions situated in the city or adjacent
thereto. Article 4 recites that the capital
stock , together with that in existence , Is in
creased to e3U5,000 , and that 9100,000 of the
additional Htouic shall bo issued and divided
among tUo present stockholders ; that the
residue may bo issued to others for money ,
machinery , patents or other property appli
ance tout may bo necessary or convenient to
carry on the business of the institution. Ar
ticle 8 recites that the capital slock shalloon-
slst of ! Jir , > 0 shares of 1100 each. Board of
directors : H. J. Walsh , U. C. Humidors.
George W. Hamlln , George M. Walsh uud
Amanda M. Putnam.
City NmvH und Notes.
The case of John ICInsilta , charged with
assault with intent to kill 0. L.Thlll , was
compromised to-day. The panics live In
Went Lincoln , and appeared in Judge Snail-
ing's court.
Fred Albors , of Cortland , and Mrs. Anna
Doldrlck , of Princeton , were licensed to wed
to-day by Judge Stewart ,
W. M. Dennis and Miss Maggie Mclloberts
were married at St. Theresa's church thU
morning , Kov. Walsh onlciatlng.
Before Judge Stewart and a jury the case
of the First National bank VH J. C. McBride
was tried to-day. Some two years ago Mo
Children Cry for Pitchor'j Castorla.
Wbeq Hobf WM olclr , ire gare her Cajtorla.
When tlio vru a Child , Elio cri d tor Caetoria ,
When she became 1UJ , she clucc to Ourtoria ,
Wl'in lie luw ? ClilliJreo , ha gave Uieia CurtorU
Hrldo purchased ton shares In the Kaput
Transit oomrmn.v , paying onn-tohth down nnd
giving his not * for the bnlftnco. This note
found Its way Into ; the hands of thn bank ,
which now scck3 to recover thereon. Mo-
Hrldo's dofonsOfs. ) that the lindorstnndlng
was that the road was to bo an olcctrlo rail
way , Instead of Which the motive power was
mulco , thorefora ho refused to complete his
purchase.
The monthly soalnl of Lincoln lodge , 1C o-
P. , which was to have boon hold this evenIng
Ing , has been postponed , owing to the death
of a young son of J. W. Porclvnl , ono of the
ofTloars of thn lodge.
Marshal Wilder , of DoWItt , was In the
olty to-day and will take back with him W.
Hong Uhong nnd James Stout , who nro
wanted for robbing several resiliences there
on the night of Juno 13. Mr. Wilder WM
accompanied by Mr. Klbblo , cashier of ono
of the banks there , who Identified the gold
watch found on the Chlunman as the prop
erty of Ills wife. The gentleman's gold
watch , found on thostrnot , wn * Identified by
the marshal as belonging to C. W. Uolgh ,
nUo n banker of DoWItt.
Mr. and Mrs. , T. J. Llchty lott to-day for
Detroit , Mich. , where thay will make tholr
future homo.
Mrs. John M. Miller and daughter. Mist
Katie , of Lavfayctto , who have boon visiting
Attorney Green and famllv for several
weeks past , loft for homo to-day.
A. W. Unll loft to-day for Washington ter
ritory to take charge of his ofllclal position.
It will bo remembered that ho recently re
ceived nn appointment tn the United States
land ofllco nt Seattle.
Ex-Chancellor Mnnntt expects to bo nt
Athens by October 1. Ho will leave Lincoln
within ten days. *
Hon. G. M. Lnmbortson nnd Louto Meyer
returned homo to day from their eastern
visit ,
Otlleer Kcnnoy Is enjoying his annual lay
oft of flftcun days on full pay.
"
AMONG Till } UAlLiUOADS.
WU1 Ccnsn Wol-ihlnj ; fctvo Stock A
Itnllrond to llcntrlun Othnr Notes.
An order was Issued at St. Louis Tues
day to the effect that In future the Missouri
Pnclllu will ship no moro cattle from Kansas
City ur.der the weighing rule , but that they
will return to the old carload method. The
reasons for thin notion are not given , but at
any rate the effect will bo a practical discon
tinuance of the weighing rule nt Kansas
City and possibly other points.
A Itnllrnnd tn Ilcntrlcc.
Work on the Kansas City & Beatrice , n
branch of the Missouri Pacific , from Sum-
morilold to Beatrice , u distance of thirty
miles , win begun Tuesday and will b
pushed to completion as rapidly as possible.
This is a part of u direct line from Kansas City
to southern Nebraska , which has boon con
templated by the Missouri Pucilio for n long
time. Kansas City capitalists , anxious to In-
vudo Omaha's territory , are said to bo behind -
hind the schema.
Olllolnl Heturns.
The Union Pacille received its ofllolnl report
port from Lincoln regarding the Salt Crook
flood at 11:30 : yesterday morning. The banks
of the stream north of the station and south
of the B. & M. tracks are flooded , and the
the tracks nro In very bad condition. Be
tween Lincoln and Princeton the tracks nro
very bad , while nt n point midway between
Cortland and Bcatrlca they are especially
bad. As a rule the bridges nro all right ,
with the exception of being badly washed nt.
the onds.
Chniico in St. 1'aul Xltno
The following important changes will bo
made in the time card of tbo Nebraska divi
sion of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis &
Omaha , and will go into effect on Sunday
next : No. 0 , the north-bound Sioux City
way freight , which formerly left Omaha nt
3:35 n. m. , will hereafter leave at 7:15 : a. m.
instead. Nos. 3 and 4 , at present ooon ao.
commodation trains between Omaha and
Oakland , will hereafter run between Omaha
nnd Sioux Citv , each carrying a coach and
fast tlmo freight. No. 4 will leave Omaha ut
7:40 : a. m. , nnd arrive in Sioux City at 2:15 :
p. m. No. 3 will leave Sioux City ata:23 : p.
m. , and arrive in Omaha nt 9:16 : p. m. This
change Is an important ono , as it will furnish
a quick through freight route from gulf
points via the Missouri Pacille aud the Chicago
cage , St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha rail
roads to St. Paul and Lake Superior points
each way.
Railroad Notes.
The rumor published In the Lincoln papers
a few iloys ago , to the effect that the B. &
M. would erect u storehouse at W.vrnoro Is
denied at headquarters , the general manag
er's ofllco buving hoard nothing of the
matter.
Paul Vandorbrook , traveling passenger
agent of the Northern Pacille at DCS Moines
is in tbo city.
The proposed Union Pacific shops at Den
ver , an exclusive account of which appeared
in TUB BEK a low days ago , will bo erected
at the junction of the Kansas Puclllo , Den'
vcr Pacific and Colorado Central roads.
The shops of thn Denver and South Park
road will bo consolidated with them.
Paul Gruber , commercial agent of the
Missouri , Kansas & Texas , at Kansas City ,
is in the city.
According to recent figures , the expenses
of the Burlington and Union Pacific roads
during the first llvo months of 1830 were ns
follows : Burlington , 70 per cent of the
earnings ; Union Pacific. 05 per cent. The
operating expenses of tlio Burlington were
$1,400 per mile ; Union Pacific , $1,891. The
gross earnings of the Union Pacific were
$3,123 per mile ; Burlington , & .004.
I. J. Mayes , northwestern pissenger agent
of the Kansas City , Fort Scott & Gulf , nnd
A. N. Webster , traveling passenger agent of
the West Shore , are In Omaha.
Yardmaster Hayes of the B. & M. Is often
on a ton days' ilshmg trip.
Assistant General Manager Dickinson of
tbo Union Pacific , accompanied by Train
master Baxter , left for the west yesterday
morning.
The Missouri Pacific trains , which have
been delayed for three days on account of u
washout near Falls City , commenced riu *
nlng on tlmo yesterday ,
Never take cold drinks without Mi-
halovitch's Hungarian blackberry juice.
IMull Carriers Asked to
PoiiTBJioUTn , N. H. , August 14 , Postmas
ter Sides last night requested the mall car
riers attached to tbo postoOlca hero to resign ,
their resignations to tnkoo ffcct September' ' ! ,
The carriers with ono exception refused ,
preferring to receive their discharge from
the postmaster general. _
ANOTHERJJHILD LOST ,
Wholly IJoonuso or Hie Criminal
CarolonsnoHH of tlio 1'aruntn , How
I'M ran M Iy a. Imok of Proonution
and Care urn ItcNnnxIbln for tha
DonthH of Their Children.
I.ostl Not In the streets of tha city ; not in
the woods , but lost to the parentx through
dentil ! The report of the Hoard of Health iu
New York shown flat mora than ono-thtrd ot
all deaths duilng'tho Hummer are chlldicn.
Cliolora Infantum , teething , Simunoi troubles ,
unrlpa fruit all lire at war with the llttlo crea
ture whom it Is the parent's solunm duty to
protect , ffearlu all these ncul ilcutht ntliilitliave
bun nwtdctt. I'areutH thouuMlcttluai'Kloct their
children , but they arauonu the losj criminally
lespoiiHlblt ) . Watch the tender child that
liewven has sent you. Do not wait for the approach
preach of Hlcknes . but fortify It * llttlo body
against the terrible evils of Bummer. Millions
of dlseuKO poriuH ura constant/ ) attacking and
Ilnd an easy homo In the child. Kill tlie uenni ,
The simplest und surest way to Ho this In al
ways the bent. Put two drops of 1'erry Davis1
I'aln-Klller in the child's liquid food. ThU will
kill the uerms : will prevent dlsuaae. U laton -
derful what an elfett thUulmplu precaution has
One mother , writing un the uubjoct , nays ;
"Money could not tempt me to go turoutftt
theHummcr without a bottle of Pei ry Davis'
Tain-Killer close at band. I lost ono child that
I am certain could have been saved had I uxrd
thin remedy , anil I have alwajmfolt rospoiulblu
{ or Ha death. Nona of iny children have slnco
been sick ilurlny the summer , which in due to
my caru and the free use of I'aln-IClllor. "
There aru thoiifcamki of parents following the
lame course , and the constant death of their
children la their reward. No parent can afford
to risk the Ufa of a child when ao sura and
iltnpl * a maMiti of tafety can bit secured.