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    THE OMAHA , DAILY 33JSE : JFHIDAY , U.G.UST 30t 1889.
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WITHIN n , week Omaha will round
out bor pork packing record to over
half a million.
Tni5 colored , progressive political
nnd social club lias been found. But
what's in a name ?
s not a town in all South Da-
that does not fool like exploding
like a slcy-rockot every time the pro
posed capital location is mentioned.
Ox the 1st of September Now Hamp
shire will celebrate the payment of the
last dollar of its public debt. Now
Hampshire stands alone among Now
England states in this enviable po
sition.
KANSAS CITY claims to have more
theaters than Omaha , Minneapolis and
St. Paul combined , but as none ot them
pay , Kansas City has nothing to brag
about after all.
GOVEUNOU Cooi'Eit , of Colorado , has
'appointed a commission to investigate
the notorious treasury steal of that
state. Now who will appoint a committee -
too to keep its eye on the commission ?
THE probabilities are that more bat
tles will bo fought by exports over the
construction of the great war ship
I- Texas than will over bo fought by that
I- II II I , iron-clad should it ever be put into
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commission.
THE senate committee on reclamation
nnd irrigation of the arid lands is now
in California. This is the dry season in
that state , but so long as the vintage of
1883 holds out , the conmittoo is in no
danger of suffering.
f THE council has about concluded to
make the Tenth street viaduct ono hun-
fr 'dred foot wide. While ii , will moot
r with considerable opposition this is
doubtless the best plan to adopt , as it
will give ample roadway for all pur
poses. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE bids for the now city hall build
ing will bo opened on Saturday. The
character and financial standing of the
bidders should bo taken into account by
ISf the council in letting the contract , in
order to prevent a recurrence of the
Brcnnan episode.
ATTENTION is again directed to the
overburdened docket of the United
States supreme court. It is estimated
that unless congress grants relief by the
creation of nn intermediate court it will
bo fully five years before thq last case on
the docket will bo roachod.
THE passenger department of the
Promqnt & Elkhorn road has correctly
ostlimited the importance of advertising
Merchants' week by sending out twenty
thousand folders containing the pro
gramme nnd full information of that
event along the line of the railroad. It
might well bo asked what are the other
roads doing in the matter ? '
THE Cincinnati JSnqulrcr is hysterical
over the discovery that Wanamakor
fc Brown , of Philadelphia , have boon
iwardod , by virtue of the lowest bid ,
Iho contract for uniforming Cincinnati
mail carriers. There is material
kiiough in this small contract to supply
lomocrntlu papers with ammunition for
loverul months ,
CHICAGO has now six thousand miles
> f oloctrio wire under ground and the
: est of maintaining it is only ton
par cent of tljo cost of the maintenance
jf the overhead system. Chicago has
lotnonstrntod that underground wires
iranot only feasible but economical and
( ho credit for bringing this about is
luo to the authorities of that city ,
AMEttlpAN interests have boon affected -
foctod Very little ono way or the other
by the close of the Uaytion revolution.
It U of concern ahioily to those mor-
qbauts engaged in the West India
trade. While some of thorn Imvo prof
ited by the war In shipping contraband
goods to the contending parties , others
LOS. . huvo boon seriously inconvenienced by
having their business relations inter
rupted. On the whole , however , the
termination of the conflict and a resto
ration of law and order will relieve the
administration of some anxiety and per
mit trade to rodumo its former chan
nels.
OPWIOiVS OF A KANSAS JUDGE.
Judge E. B. Widamnn" , probate judge
ot Conmncho county , Kansas , is another
witness who says prohibition in that
stnto does not urdhlbit. Ho received
from the secretary of the non-partisan
league of Nebraska n circular pro
pounding a number of questions regard
ing the operation of prohibition in
closing saloons , diminishing drunken
ness , nnd decreasing pauperism and
crlmo , to which the judge has sent
replies thabwlll not servo to strengthen
the faith of the tongue.
To the question as to how successful
prohibition has boon in closing the sa
loons , the judge answers that it has
closed the saloons by creating double
the number of dives , joints anil "boot-
log" dispensatories , and making porjur-
orjcutof otherwise truthful inon. As
to diminishing drunkenness and the
consumption of intoxicants for beverage
purposes , the judge says that under
prohibition the number of drunkards
has increased , while it has decreased
the use of light drinks and
made moro general the con
sumption of a low grade of
Kansas "forty-rod. " whisky. As to
whether the loss of the revenue from
saloon licenses has not boon moro than
made good by decreasing the burdens
of pauperism and crime , and by the di
recting of the money formerly spent in
the saloons now into legitimate chan
nels of trade , Judge Widaman says
that under the present law the money
formerly spent at homo has gone to
Missouri. The city and county has
boon deprived ot the rovcnuo from the
saloons nnd the rate of taxation has
boon correspondingly increased. This
Is especially noticeable in the cities.
The judge decidedly believes in high
license. Ono of the questions submit
ted to him is : "Would you advise the
ro-cstabllshmont of saloons , breweries
and distilleries in Kansas under a high
license law as a moans calculated to
benefit the social and business Interests
of the state ? " To this the judge an
swers : "Yes ; a respectable saloon ,
where children and habitual drunkards
can buy nothing , would suit the ma
jority of our people , and bo loss
degrading than a joint in some
old shod or barn supported by drunk
ards and a creature of the prohibition
law. "
The testimony in line with that of
Judge Widaman , allowing that prohi
bition in Kansas has not only failed to
accotnolish what it wxs intended to ef
fect , but has boon productive of much
greater oyils than these for which it is
hold to bo the remedy , is overwhelm
ing.and.ought to bo conclusive with
people who are accessible to the influ
ence of unquestionable .facts. It can
not bo shown that Kansas has boon in
any respect bonofltted by prohibition ,
but the people have paid dearly for the
experiment In increased taxation.
There is no bettor illustration of what
prohibition will not do than is fur
nished by Kansas.
MISTAKES IF TREE CULTURE.
The farmers of western Nebraska , es
pecially in the now counties , should
profit by the experience of the farmers
of southwestern Kansas in the cultiva
tion of forest trees. The dry and sandy
plains of the extreme western part of
this state would bo oasilycoavortod. into
rich loam by a proper regard for tree
culture , besides- being bonofittod by
bountiful rains in seasons. There are
two mistakes which the secretary of the
Kansas state board of agriculture would
have the farmers of Kansas guard
against in tree culture and which would
equally apply to Nebraska. The
first is , that new settlers
invariably plant orchards in
preference to forest trees. Experience
has demonstrated that this method is
wrong. Young nursery stock is unable
to withstand the drought and high
winds of the plains. The result is that
such true culture is unsuccessful and
discourages the homesteaders from
further attempts. The proper course to
bo pursued is to plant forest trees first ,
and after they are grown to bo largo
enough to shelter an orchard from the
wind , the fruit trees should bo culti
vated. Planted In sufficient numbers
they form an excellent wind break and
afford tlio necessary conditions for the
successful growing of fruit trees.
Th'o second mistake to which
the secretary of the Kansas
boards calls particular attention is the
fact that cottonwoods , soft maples and
box elders do not thrive well on the up
lands , where there is but little moisture.
It is therefore recommended that the
honey-locust , the black walnut , the
osage orange and elm bo cultivated in
preference to any other varlotios where ,
the soil is dry and sandy. The farmers
of the Btato should consequently profit
by these observations in making their
preparations for planting trees this fall
or next spring. Arboriculture is ono of
the problems which the people of the
western part of Nebraska are obliged to
moot if they would obtain the best ro-
aultsout of the soil. It is consequently
highly important that they should un
derstand the tree oulturo best adapted
to their needs and learn by the exper
ience of others to avoid costly mistakes.
BUNDS.
The charge that a syndicate of Wall
street speculators bought n , largo
amount ot government bonds with a-
view to forcing the secretary of the
treasury to pay their price is not in
credible. It is very we'll understood
that the small offerings of bonds over
since the present administration came
in has boon duo to the influence of
speculators who have induced bondhold
ers to believe that the government
would bo compelled to pay moro
for bonds than it had boon payIng -
Ing , in order to provide against a strin
gent fall money market. The conspir
acy against the government and the
public has , however , , failed. The sec
retary of the treasury has kept on in
the even tenor of his way , taking all
bonds offered at the treasury flguros ,
but holding out no now inducements to
invite bonds. It would so'om that this
lias convinced the holders of bonds that
it is useless to attempt to coerce the
government , for recently the offerings
of bonds huvo materially increased
in amount , large purchases hav
ing boon made by tlio treasury
within the past week. II this shall
continue there wilt bo no aHrTiculty in
averting a monetary stringency , but if
money cannot bo put out fast enough in
this way the secretary of the treasury
has the power to anticipate the interest
on bonds outstanding. Ho may also
tnnko deposits with- the banks , but this
would bo a last resort , which- the pres
ent administration would adopt only
under the pressure of an extreme exi
gency , not at present apprehended.
The government cannot bo expected
to supply money enough for any
demand advancing speculation in stocks
or products may occasion , hut it is the
declared purpose of the administration
to use all the power it possesses to pre
vent a stringency in money that would
interfere with legitimate business. As
sistant Secretary Batchollor said a few
days ago that "tho treasury department
is not going to permit a financial panic
under this administration. "
There is really , however , no good
reason to apprehend a severe monetary
stringency. The situation in the east
ern oltios has become somewhat em
barrassing , and possibly may grow
moro so , but thu danger of a severe and
prolonged stringency is very remote.
There will nrobably bo a not much
larger amount of money required to
move the crops this year than was re
quired last year , and the money circu
lation of the country is now consider
ably larger.
THE SUBSIDY BOOM ,
The advocates of a subsidy policy as a
means of restoring the merchant ma
rine of the country will doubtless got a
good deal of encouragement from the
reference made to this subject in a ro-
coni speech of President Harrison at
Bath , Maine. The prosfdont said : "In
every way that I properly can , whether
as a citizen or as a public officer , I
shall endeavor to promote the re
building of our American mer
chant marine , and the rostorntion
of that great carrying trade which
wo once possessed on every sea. "
While this simply indicates that the
president fools the same' lively interest
in this question that is shared by every
intelligent American citizen , the sub
sidy advocates will not fail to find In It
a stimulus to increased effort In educat
ing public sentiment to their views.
In this work they are now industriously
engaged , and there is reason to believe
they are not laboring entirely without
effect. If there has not boon a very ex
tensive growth of public sentiment fa
vorable to rebuilding 'tho merchant
marine by the help of subsidies from
the publio treasury , plans have boon
arranged with , the design of Im
pressing the publio mind with the
necessity of bettor moans of communi
cation in order to extend our foreign
trade , particularly with the countries
south of us , and having clone this it
will bo sought to bo shown that the
value of the trade thus to bo secured
will justifya generous subsidy policy in
order to got it. The congress of Amer
ican nations will bo urged to declare that
the essential prerequisite to enlarging
our commerce with other 'American
countries is bo'tter means of com
munication , andif this expres
sion can bo obtained * it will
bo made to do all the service possible
in behalf of a policy of subsidies. That
the congress will make such a declara
tion is highly probable. '
The president , however , will hardly
commit his administration to a policy
of steamship subsidies , knowing , as ho
does , the widespread popular sentiment
against it , nor is it at all likely that
the advocates of such a policy can find
sufficient support'in congrosd to carry it.
Very few , if any , western representa
tives can be drawn to its support , and
these from the south would * "tie very
n early unanimous in opposition to it.
There does not appear to > bo any good ,
reason , therefore , for apprehending the
success of the movement 'to build u ; , a
special interest by the help of the na
tional treasury. That somethingshould
bo done to give the country a merchant
marine equal to the1 requirementsof Its
commerce is not questionable , but that
something is not to bo , found in sub
sidies , but rather in removing the re
strictions _ _ _ _ _ t
SLOBBERING OVElt LAWS.
TUB UEE has comtncucod a warfare upon
Secretary of State Laws to prevent , if possi
ble , bis election to congress from the Second
district. The 'STlbunc believes Mr. Laws to
bo nn honest and scrunulous'inan' is con
vinced that those who know him will only bo
promoted to redouble their energies and
activity to secure hU promotion. Fremont
'tribune ' ,
Our Fremont contemporary has a
right to slobber ever Mr. Laws or any
ether railroad tie. It may bo to the in
to rest of the Tribune's candidate for gov
ernor to got a competitor out of the way
who , with the B. & M. road behind his
back , might become quito formidable in
1890. But the Second district nnd the
state are more concerned just now as to
who will take the place of Laird than
who will wear the shoes of Thayor.
Incidentally lot us correct a prevail
ing delusion that THE BEE'S opposition
to Mr. Laws is personal spite , when in
fact it is inspired by an aversion to the
packing of conventions by the gravel
train and brass band crowd. Wo want
the republicans of the Second district
tooxorclso their rights as so'v-
eroign citizens , ungaggod nnd .un
hampered. There is abundant mate
rial in the district , and even if Laws was
all his worshipers would huvo us believe
liovo him to bo , ho does not loom up
enough mentally or bodily to bo taken
out of the state house in the middle of
his term as secretary of state and
boosted into a seat in congress.
COUNCILMAN LOWIIY'S resolution di
recting the park commUsionora not to
cut down trcos or level down hillsides
in Hanscom park is very timely , Mr ,
Cleveland may bo a very good landscape
gardener , but ho cannot improve much
on nature. Hanscom park has boon
made by nature. Its Umber is nearly
all hard wood of from fifty to ono bun-
drod years1 growth. It would bo an
everlasting disgrace to permit those
trees to uo foiled just to gratify the pet
whims of a landscape gardener. All
that is wanted in Han scorn park
is an artificial lake , a few
rustic bridges , a fountain and
provisions for housing ruro plants and
for animals. Wo can realize why Mr.
Cleveland linin\iou3 to do something
towards ryMfMstructlng the park. Ho
wants to uarn the fifteen dollars an
aero whlcluiho commission has agreed
to pay forcljil8 wonderful plans. The
commission , batter pay him twice- fifteen
dollars anSicYo for a plan that will
leave the Crocs and elevations of the
park undisturbed.
ANOTHER Important move In the
right dlro'c\Wn has boon taken by the
management ot the South Omaha stock
yards In rirrKhglng with the Chicago ,
Burlington tiljulncy for a special stock
train to run- from Creston to Omaha ,
arriving nt the stockyards at an early
hour of the morning. This will allow
shippers to dispose of their stock within
five hours ot shipment from southwest
Iowa , and for that reason cannot fall to
materially increase the rocoiptsof stock
nt Omaha. There is very little doubt
that the Rock Islandtho Northwestern ,
the Milwaukee and tlio Wabash will bo
induced to put on similar trains in order
to facilitate the transportation of llvo
stock to the Missouri rlvor. Gradually
the artificial barriers erected by the
railroads are being removed. They
have nt last coma to their right senses
that discriminating ngalnst Omaha In
order to benefit by the long hnul to Chl-
cajjo has boon a false policy. By giving
equal facilities east nnd west the rail
roads will greatly encourage stock rais
ing in affording the farmers of Iowa a
choice of markets. Lot the good work
go on.
AT this season of the year , when a
largo amount of money is necessary to
move the crops , causing a porioiio strin
gency in the money market , the clear
ing house statements of Now York city
are most carefully consulted. While
the surplus reserves in the Now York
banks have fallen off considerably , and
ono day's trading could swoop it away
entirely , there is , nevertheless , a confi
dent fooling in the money market. Now
York is a money center as well as dis
tributor. The whole country at times
like the present draws on it for funds.
This scarcity , with the promise of high
rates for loans , however , nets like 'a
magnet in attracting money from the
interior as well as from Europe at a
moment's notice. The telegraph nnd
the cable are able to transfer orders for
gold with a rapidity that in iormor
years was impossible. A temporary
stringency , or signs of ono , in the ordi
nary transactions of trade , need therefore - '
fore cause no'alarm ' so long as credit
and confidohcoaro ; unimpaired.
TO-DAY thq , various oil exchanges of
the country celebrate the thirtieth
annivorsary'iJf ' , cthe opening of the first
petroleum wellfin this country. On
August 23 , 1859 , a well sunk by Colonel
Drake gavOj forth a flow of oil , which
was the beginning of a speculative
excitement 'greater than the country
had ever before known or has experi
enced , and the starting point of a
branch of cohim'erco that has since bo-
_ corao of worl'd-wido extent and of very
"groat valuo.i tTtio history of the dis
covery of petroleum , in his country and
the results therefrom are no less inter
esting than tKo history of the discovery'
of gold , and the benefits to the country
from the ono have been quite as great
as from the other. The anniversary of
this notable event is well worthy of
being appropriately celebrated by the
men who deal in oil.
OKLAHOMA does not present that
prosperity and enterprise which its
enthusiastic woll-wishers had antici- '
pntod. Altogether there are loss than
twonty-flvo thousand people in the ter
ritory , and most of these are concen
trated in and about the throe towns ,
Guthrie , Kingfisher and Oklahoma City.
While there are forty thousand quarter
suctionsless than twenty-four thousand
are worth takingupandacomparativoly
small number are under cultivation. But ,
little planting has boon done , and settlers
tlors are llkoly to have a hard time of
it this winter. Taking it all in all , Ok
lahoma is not a promising success ,
proving the old saw that Roma was not
built in a day.
THE city council has decided to sub
mit a proposition to the voters of
Omaha for the issuance of two hundred
and ton thousand dollars of bonds for
the erection of a city jail , police head
quarters , and largely Increasing the
facilities of the fire department. The
necessity for a portion of the improve
ments exists , but it is doubtful whether
this city can afford to load up with all
those proposed public buildings at this
time , especially in view of the pending
depot and viaduct bond propositions.
JUST now Honest Jim Croighton is
booming Denver. Ho is talking up
stone paving and predicts that it will
double the value of Denver down-town
real ostuto , which already ranges from
ono thousand to twonty-flvo hundred
dollars a front foot. Wo will bet five
dollars aaainst ton yards of cedar block
pavement that Honest Jim is not putting - '
ting up his owa money on his predic
tions for Denver.
of Oak.
llerall.
Men thai hayo f peed without four tlio grim
cannon at Donr.Uan and VIcksburg will not
blench before tao frowning front of a Mil
waukee brewery-1
Why the Colonel Didn't Go.
CMwwo Trlliuw.
"I'd like to Vlalt'-thQ blua grass palace In
Iowa , " observed' itolonel Hanlcthundor , of
Kentucky , regret/illy , as ho closed the atlas
no bail been .pouring . over , "but Creston is
altogether too far Inland for a man of ray
regular habits ; iini arug storo-or-substltutes
don't Bgruo with'pie , by gad , sir I"
Carrying the War Into Carthago.
New York Commercial Advcrtlncr.
While English capitalists are bent upon
buying up American breweries and running
them on the European plan , a syndicate of
Brooklyn capitalists is euid to bu about to
open a mighty hotel in London and run it on
the New York plan. A fair exchange is no
robbery , though whether London will think
so or not is another matter.
The Klixlr War ,
Cdidmmll Enquirer.
One vigorous outcome of the Brown-So-
quanl elixir agitation Is a personal contro
versy between Dr. Lewis A. Sayro und Dr ,
Willlum A. Hammond. The former said
aotno DRUghty things about the latter In s
newspaper interview , and now Dr , Ham-
mondb responds In n circular loiter , calling
Dr. Sayro nil the bud names that ho can con
veniently Iny his pen to. Lot us hope no
diiol niny result. Why should doctors kilt
each other when pntlonts nro plenty.
A Sot or Goslings.
I'lattfmnulh Journal.
The spectacle of a great ulty paper like the
WorUMloralu being completely humbugged
and confldonccd by the most transparent
'fake" ever perpetrated , nnd by a country
bumpkin of a correspondent , has not been
equalled in the history of notvapapara in the
wost. Thcro is no use in that rmpor getting
Indignant nnd abusing Cass county's sheriff.
It will not blind the eyes of the public from
the transparent fact that Its gullibility was
played upon very handsomely by Its Platts-
mouth correspondent. If the night editor of
that publication had had the wit of n donkey
ho would have soon through the "foko" at
once , and have made some genuine fun out
of it for his Sunday readers , nnd no Ill-feel
ing would rinvo been engendered by anybody.
The thing has | been made tnoro ludicrous
still , if possible , by the World-Herald pub
lishing a long dispatch from Wooplng Water
'in which the correspondent takes occasion to
paint the 1'lnttsmouth fakir as a liar , and the
mayor nnd big moutliod Wooloy as paragons
of virtue and excellence. That caps the
clitrmx of absurdity , nnd sots the World-
Herald management down as asotofgos-
THIS 1NDUST11IAU "F1E1D.
In a year the people of London drink 200-
000,000 quarts of beer , and consume. 500,000
oxen , 2,000,000 sheep , 200,000 calves and
300,000 Bwlno.
The international union congress at Uorno
has been postponed till next sprint ; .
The ship carpenters at East Boston have
won their strike for the nlao-hour system ,
A movement for higher wages Is , going1 on
In nearly all the industries of Central Eu
rope.
The Now York Stoamflttors' union has a
vigorous system of dealing with candidates
for membership. They nro examined by a
special committee as to their knowledge , the
oretical und practical , of the trado.
The Now York Confectioners' union has
agrowing membership and a cash fund of
$1,000.
Spain allows children from nlno to thir
teen years old to work five hours daily ; from
thirteen to eighteen , eight hours.
There has boon a reduction of vvagos in
several of the carpet factories of Now York ,
and there la much dissatisfaction In cense
quence.
The American Encaustic Tile company , of
Zancsvillo , O. , is preparing to burn Lima oil
In its kilns. The fluid will cost aDout 50 cents
a barrel.
The new shoo factory at Dalton , Mass. ,
has boon completed and work has started.
About one thousand pairs of shoos will bo
turned out daily.
According to the news from Maine , all the
saw mills on the Ponobscot are now in full
operation under the new adjustment of
wages.
Lord Randolph Churchill has become one
of the foremost champions of the eight-hour
movement in England.
Kixlarnazoo , Mich. , expects to realize $1,000-
000 for celery this year. The business is
chiefly in the hands of Hollanders.
Upper Sandusky ( O. ) citizens have sub
scribed $33,000 toward a threshing machine
factory , which is now an assured enterprise.
aThe Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers is now ono of tbo most powerful organ
izations In the country. It lias 03,000 mem
bers in it3 023 branches.
The operatives of the Bombay cotton mills ,
India , bavo commeucod a movement toward
securing to themselves Sunday as a com
plete day of rest.
The Progressive Musical Unions of New
York , Brooklyn , Newark , Chicago , ICincln-
natl and other cities are preparing to estab
lish a national organization.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad company
has reduced the daily working hours of half
the * force at the Mount Clare shops from
ten to eight , with a corresponding reduction
of pay.
The Atlantic mills , at Olnoyvtlle , n. I. ,
dro nrobably the largest mills in the country
confined strictly to the manufacture of
worsted dress goods. They employ 3.000
operatives.
There are reports from several places of
local efforts to introduce the co-oporatlvo
system of labor. A body of carpenters m
Ldwoll la ready to take co-oporativo con
tracts in that line of trade.
M. Tnyn , a Russian engineer , has con
structed an apparatus for the purpose of
utilizing the power of running streams. It
consists of an endless cable carrying a series
of > couos which open and shut like an um
brella , ' ' the current causing thorn to open au
tomatically.
Edward Norton and John G. Hodgson , of
MayWeed , 111. , have invented a method for
the manufacture of rolled bars or rails di
rect from the molten metal. It will materi
ally lessen the labor and cost.
M. Do Chardonnot , a French scientist and
Inventor of note , has succeeded In producing
artificial silk which Is said to be superior In
quality and , lustra to the producton of tbo silk
worm. It Is believed that in time its manu
facture will Become ono of the important In
dustries of the world.
American wood-working machinery at the
Paris exhibition Is conceded by Its European
competitors to bo fully equal to anything dls-
ployo.
Machinery in the United States does the
work of 500,000,000 , 'men. And still there is a
better demand for tbo labor of men , and
vastly bettor wages than a centnry ago ,
wlion' there was comparatively little machin
ery in use.
The Parkinson sorghum sugar works at
Fort Scott , Kan. , cleared $30,000 last year.
vY. F. Wootou , of the Pennsylvania rail
road , has constructed an effective device for
measuring and registering the speed of pas
senger locomotives. It Is not patented.
A Michigan Inventor has constructed nn
iron cage , to bo placed ever u railroad bwitoli
stand , that can not bo entered or escaped
from except the switch la set for tbo main
line.
Engineer John Heath has been in tbo ser
vice of the Northwestern railroad nearly
thirty years , during which time he tnado
03,058 miles as fireman and 005,117 miles as
engineer , without an accident. It U a nota
ble record.
The Columbus Iron company , of Lancas
ter , Pa. , recently Increased the wages of
puddlers from $3.50 to ? : i.85 , and other wages
in proportion , In accordance with a promise
inado four months ago , that whoa trade grow
better an advance would be made to the old
standard.
A Now Hampshire factory turns out 40,000
bushels of shoo pegs annually.
' Tbo manufacture of soldering aold , an or-
tlclo of common use In every tmshop , wa at
one time a closely guarded secret.
HTA'fK ANO TEHIUTOIIY.
Nebraska Jottluirs.
g A bee lilvo robber Is operating at Utlca.
A musical association nan boon formed at
Vork with 11 ( ty members.
The residence of John Balding , ut Shelton ,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday , the result
ot a defective Hue.
The corner stone of the now Baptist cburck
nt Kearney was InUl Wednesday with up-
proprlalo exercises.
Thcro will bo two balloon ascensions dur
ing the Dnwson county fair at Lexington
September 20 and 37.
Work on the Hatting * gas well U progress
ing satisfactorily. Iho drill now being down
ever ono hundred feet.
An old Bottlers' plcnlo and harvest homo
festival will bo hold on the normal school
grounds nt Peru September 5.
While out huntnig the ether day , n thlr-
toon-ycar-old son of J. 11 , Sinlth.Jof Madison ,
shot himself through the right hand.
Eight thousand dollars worth ot shares of
the Teciinuioti Milling company were re
cently sold at a premium of 25 cents on the
dollar.
The threshing machine of Brook Bros. , o f
Gothenburg , caught lira Wednesday from
some unitnown cause whllo it was In opera
tion nnd was entirely consumed.
A Fremont saloonkeeper who has boon
selling liquors to minors is about to bo pros
ecuted by the father of ono of the youths ,
and nil the other boys are trembling in their
boots.
Charles Cooper , a mall carrier , whllo
riding near Orleans , was nccldontlv shot by
n revolver which Uo was carrying In his hip
poclcot , the ball striking n nuspondor buckle
nnd glancing Into his right arm , causing n
painful wound.
Frank Enton , a Geneva young man , bo-
caino tangled up In n rope by which ho wns
trying to hold n fractious pony , and wns
dragged a long distance by the frightened
horse , receiving Injuries which may prove
fatal.
lOWll ItOtllH ,
The now Catholic church nt'Dysrsvlllo Is
completed.
Only 1 per cent of the population of the
state cannot read nnd write.
An insane man In thu Dos Mo 1 DCS county
asylum Imagines that ho Is the czar of Rus
sia.
sia.Tho
The saloonkeepers nt Dccorah nro being
prosecuted nnd the prohibitionists hope to
close thorn up.
The plans for the now Dubuque opera
house have finally arrived and the structure
will now bo pushed to completion.
Edward Hammers , sr. . an old resident of
Breda , nnd a veteran of the Mexican war ,
died last week. Ho loaves a wife nud six
grown children. Ho was otic of the old set
tlers of Carroll county , having emigrated
from Wisconsin in ISO ! ) . Ho was alxty-umo
years old.
John S. Delano , of Hancocir county , who
recently served a term In tlio penitentiary at
Joliet for having eight wives at ono nnd the
same time , has appeared before the county
court at Carthage and petitioned for a dl-
vorco from wife No. 8. His Intention , it is
supposed , is to try another matrimonial ven
ture ,
Wyoming.
Anew oil and mining company has boon
organized at Casper.
I. 0. Winn , editor of the Clipper , 1ms been
appointed postmaster at Lander.
The Newcastle oil company of Crook
county , with n capital stock of $500.000 , has
filed articles of incorporation the terri
torial secretary.
A law anil order league has been formed
in Carbon county , whoso mission it is to se
cure funds and witnesses and prosecute all
criminals , both great and small.
The celebrated Michigan mine , situated In
Muskrat canon , about twenty miles from
Woudover on the Cheyenne & Northern , has
been sold to the Pennsylvania salt manufac
turing company , of Natrona , Pa.
The Rawlins Journal says that George B.
Henderson , manager of the 71 cattle outfit ,
was 11 red upon by a would-be assasnln near
tbo three crossings of the Sweetwatcr , the
bullet striking ono of his horses In the hip.
It is not known who tired the shot.
The Wyoming Territorial Sunday School
association has employed Harry A. Burn-
ham , of Wheaton , 111. , us school organizer.
Mr. Burnliam has just begun his work and
will labor to establish Sunday schools , hold
conventions and thoroughly organize the
territory by counties , and will co-operate
with all denominations.
Says the Sundance Gazette : That always '
lively place , Tubtown , was the scene of un-
usnally stirring timus Saturday last. Atone
ono time' number of llglits were going on
in the street , nnd Deputy Swlshor was worn
out trying.to stop them. No sooner would ,
*
ho quell ono of the melees that ho would I
see another fight going on a little ways off.
lie finally quit in disgust , nnd told the boys
to light all they wanted , but ho would kill
the tirst ono who tried to use a gun. Tbo
trouble was caused by a fistic rivalry be
tween graders and miners , largo numbers of
whom were In town that day. From all ac
counts an officer In a town like Tubvlllo
couldn't bo paid all ho earns , as a good many
frequenters there want to deal out misery to
him in big chunks.
Died of Hydrophobia.
DAVID CITT , Neb. , August 29. [ Special to
THE BEE. ] Whllo playing" with a young pup
some tbreo weeks since , a little girl , eight
years old , by the name of Mary Burdino ,
whoso parents live near the city , was bitten
by the animal. As the dog disappeared the
same day nothing was thought about it until
Tuesday night , when the little girl was talten
with several spasms and died yesterday ,
suffering terribly with hydrophobia. The
father was bitten by the dog at the same
time and ho is now badly scared.
Pears' Soap secures a beautiful com
plexion.
Ireland Wlna nt Tennis.
NBWFOUT , R. L , * August 29. ' The profes
sional tennis match between the champion
of Ireland , George Kerr , and Tom Pettitt ,
American professional , came off. this morn
ing before a large number of spectators , nnr |
was won by Korr.
nii\ZK -\VKBPINO WATKK.
A Business Itlook Dpfitroyoil , Causing
Thirty Thonnnntl Dollnrt tint * .
WnitriNo WATKH , Nnb. , August 29.
[ Special Telegram to Tun Butt. ] At 0
o'clock this morning fire broke out In the tin
shop In the rear end of Sackott & Gates' '
largo hardware store. It wns caused by the
'gnsollno boater exploding. Clmso's furni
ture store on the right , and Alexander's drug
nnd jewelry store on the left , were soon in
flames. The Odd Follows1 block , next to
Chase's , n largo brick , w'ns saved by the
heroic efforts of the fire company.
The buildings across tlio street caught nov-
cral times , but were saved by nn abundant
supply of water. The total loss will proba
bly roach $30,000. At this nour
definite figures cannot bo obtained , but
as near ns can bo gathered the losses uro n
follows : J. Chase , two building nnd furnu
tiiro stock , $1 ,000 ; Innurnnco (3.000. Sackott
it Gates , hardware stock , about $3,000'par- ;
tially Insured. P. S. Barnes , bulldlng'J,000 ;
Insurance $1.500. Alexander , stock of goods ,
§ 10,000 , , carried out but badly damaged : In
surance , ? 8COO. Olmsteod's stock of clothIng -
Ing In Odd Fellows' brick , damaged : fully
insured. The damage to the Odd Follows'
building and furniture is light und fully In
sured
These were the onlyframo buildings In the
block , nnd ns it is the best corner In the town
will bo built up , no doubt , nt once. This
was the first fire since the waterworks were
put In and the water and pressure proved
nniplo. Tlio general impression is that tb
saved two whole blocks. .No volunteer Uro
company over did harder nnd bettor work
than did Weeping Water's this morning.
QUITE A 8KNS/V11ON.
Thirty Prominent Citizens of Gales *
lnTK ) , III. , in Trouble.
GALBsnono , 111. , August 29. [ Special
Telegram to Tun Unit. ] A decided sensa
tion was created hero to-day whou thirty
prominent citizens were cited to appear
before thu United States circuit
court in October as defendants In n
suit Instituted by Rov. 0. A. Nybladh.
Nybladh was n transient pastor of the
Flm ! Lutheran church here last fall and was
discharged because of reports alleging Ille
gitimate parentage. Ho escaped a trial on
the charge because the case was outlawed.
Ho charges Bovornl of the defendants
witti fulso Imprisonment , nnd others with
defamation of character nnd asks for
825,000 damages. Among the defend
ants nro the Rov. S. P. A. Lindnhl ,
president of the Augustunn Lutheran synod ,
the largest Lutheran body In the country ;
Hon. G. W. Prince , a member of
the state legislature ; Hon. Nels
Nelson , secretary of the Scandinavian Aid
association ; Rev. C. J. E. Hatorins , pastor
of the First Lutheran church , of Mollno ,
nnd ether prominent people. Mybladh claims
ho is still an alien , and resorts to United
States court because ho fears ho can not got
justice hero.
SPANISH THKASOHR POUND.
St. Augustine , Fin. , In n Li'ovcr of
Uvcltonionr.
ST. AUOUSTINE , Flo. , Auirust-29. [ Special
Telegram to Tim BIB. ] This city is in a
fovcr of excitement ever the discovery of a
hidden Spanish treasure in the old house on
the corner of Bride and Marino
streets. Contractor Slambias had taken
a job from Manco & Brother
to tear down the house and clear away the
rubbish. This afternoon nn old colored man
dug up near the foundation of the chimney
fifty-two Spanisn coins in a rusty pot.
Manco took possession of the coins. They
are very old , the latest date being 1800 , and
several of thorn antedating 1TGO.
The house and lot nro the property of nn
American lady of wealth , who somu years
ago married ono of the nobility- Europe ,
and Manco will protect her interest If moro
coin is unearthed , which is confidently ex
pected.
Cushman's Menthol inhaler cures catarrh ,
headache , ncur.ilgin , asthma , hay ( over.
Trial free at your drug-gist. Price 50 cents.
ANOTHER SOHOON1SK CAUGHT.
The Riinli Seizes tlio Lilly nnd Takes
Three Hiintlivd Seal Skins.
SANFIIANCISCO , August 20. A letter wns
received from an officer of the United States
steamer Rush from Onalaska last night , stat
ing that August 0 , the Rush captured the
British sealing schooner Lily , of Vancouver ,
whllo taking seals In Behrlng sea. Three
hundred skins were seized and placed on
board the Rush. A prb.o crew of ono man
wns put on board the Lily and the vessel was
sent to Sltka. In all fourteen sealers have
been boarded by the Rush and warned out ot
Behrlng sea , be.sldessix captured.
England Will Not Interfere.
OTTAWA , Ont , August 29. ( Special Tele
gram to THE Bcis.J Tno minister of marina
and fisheries said to-day , with reference to
the report that tlio Black Diamond and sev
eral other sealers seized In Bohrlng s6a are
largely owned by United States citizens , that
such is not the case. A prominent official of
the marine and lishorlos department said to-
diy that despite whatever might bo said to
the contrary , tbcro was an understanding be
tween the Unito'l States nnd British govern
ments that until a aollnito settlement of the
Behrlng sea question had been readied the
United States should continue the protection
of these seal fisheries without British inter
ference. This fact , ho said , accounts for the
refusal of Lord Salisbury to allow the Brit
ish Pacific squadron to proceed to Behrlng
sea to protect Canadian sealers. _ - * ]
QOME grocers are so short sighted as to decline to keep the
O "IvoKY SOAP , " claiming it does not pay as much profit as inferior -
ferior qualities do , so if your regular grocer refuses to get it for you (
there are undoubtedly others who recognize the fact that the in
creased volume of business done by reason of keeping the best
articles more than compensates for the smaller profit , and will tak
pleasure in getting it for you.
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps , each represented to be "just as good as the ' Ivory' j"
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of
the genuine , Ask for " Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it.
Copyright 1836 , t > jr Procter & fl mbl .