THE OMAHA DAILY MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 , 1889.
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Nebraska corn ciopls the admi
ration of the continent.
Tun bayonet continues to hold the
balance of power in Oklahoma.
ONI : objection to the Crnnjn trial pro
ceedings is I hat thuy do not proceed.
THE Missouri rlvor is very low ut the
present time , and is said to bo oven
down at the mouth.
' LAAVS is the Botilancrnr1 of the Second
district. The gravel trains and brass
bunds can not save him from the con-
. grcbsiounl ditch.
MAJOU ClVAUKSON has not yet taken
charge of the poatollluu , hut ho will
march in front of the procession whou-
ovur there is ono.
ST. Louis is determined to suppress
prize lighting. The future irroat Is to
bo congratulated on this new evidence
of lifo anil decorum.
A si'UiN'O has boon discovered in
Texas whoso walois are intoxicating.
The prohibitionists will no doubt legis
late it out of existence.
Tlinsuddon flight of Mr. Dana to Europe -
rope is explained , .lohn L. Sullivan
has gone to New Yorkto demand a re
traction of the story that ho was a can-
didatq for congress.
IP Grover Cleveland accepts the nom
ination in Sutmot Cox's district , as it is
now thought likely ho may , it will bo
something of u tumble from the top of
the political ladder.
TIIK Wisconsin bank robbery smacks
of the castor oil incident in Denver. A
bundle of forty thousand dollars bo-
longiiito ! others ha < ) an itching at
traction ( or u man ptwsoddod of the
combination.
IK THE Eighth ward is lot alone it will
hue out timber enough for every offlco
In the county nnd have enough century
plants loft over to till all the munioipal
olllcos , und Otis H. Ballou moro than
twenty miles away.
Tillsun crossed the autumnal equinox
yesterdayt The crossing was made
withoutan'y hitch , and reflected very
I I creditably on the managerial ability of
Ifr the proseal weather department offi-
'oials.
NEW MKXICO is making a stagger at
statehood. The bosses of that Hoction
hunger the ilosh pots , hut It Is not
probable that congress will confer that
dignity on an aggregation of galvanized
Mexicans. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tins Bohomo for un air line from
Ornalm to Florida would create an up
ward tendency in the alligator market.
A few of these leathorloss songsters
could not fail to enhance the landscape
of our park system.
TIIK Burlington & Northern is a
Jonah among the railroad whales of the
west. All attempts to swallow it here
tofore have failed. Unless the opera
tion is successfully performed soon rival
lines will ho forced into deep water.
NitW OllMUNS in couvulbod by the
discovery of a huge fraud whioli will
relieve the Louisiana treasury of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Llttlo
sympathy will bo wasted on the victims.
Now Orleans htm had its handa in the
pockets of the people for years , and its
dupes will derive some consolation ,
TUB first elections In tuo new states
will take place ono week from to-mor
row. All of the states will oleot Btuto
claws , legislatures nnd members of
both houses of congress. In the case of
South Dakota two congressmen will bo
elected. The narrow margin of the ro-
puhlieans in the national legislature
will almost certainly bo strengthened
by thu election. Montana nppoarti to ho
the only ono ot the states la whloh re
publican success Is utall doubtful.
A LOUD
The arrogant domination of the rail
road l)0.soa Is at last arousing the people
plo of western Nebraska to actlvo re-
Blstanco. Up to this time the papers of
that section huvo stoutly denied that
there was any cause of complaint
about the tyrannical and dictatorial
methods by which that section bos for
years remained disfranchised. Now
they are beginning to talk and the wail
that comes up exhibits in its full light
the debasement and degradation to
which our citizens have boon subjected.
Under the head of "Outrageous Dom
ination , " UioMcCook Gasette , published
at the headquarters of the B. & M. di
vision bosses , outers its loud protest as
follows : ,
Another straw hns been laid upon the
camel's back or the local managers of the
U. & M , The caucus of Thursday was out a
repetition of what has boon witnessed boford
by our long-suffering people when the polit
ical plans of Mr. Campbell In regard to some
petty precincts or school dUtrlct official
needed to bo satisfied. This time it took the
form of opposition to our present efficient
shcrilt , W. O. Russellwho had In name man
ner Incurred Mr. Campbell's onmlty , and
consetiuontly the round-nouso nnd Rravol-
tritln must bo called Into requisition to con
summate the defeat of his delegates In the
caucus. Ono hundred and fifteen men were
voted in nn unbroken line , being obliged to
puss through an alloy-way formed by Harmon
nnd Archibald on ono side und Rogers and
UanKson on the other , and under the eye nf
these oillci.ils they deposited their ballots.
Blnmo not these toilers for the deed. They
bad wives and babies n . home nnd winter is
not fur off. While Inwardly they rebelled
ngnmst the indignity , the thought of dear
onus nt homo Impelled them to submit Ono
flno specimen of mental nnd vhysical man
hood wns especially brought to our notice.
Ho bud expressed himself us Russell's friend ,
Ho wus sent for at once und ordered to vote
"right , " and as ho approached the polls in
ctiurgoof an official lie tendered the ballot
they hud plurcd in his liaiul with a downcast
eye und trembling voice , while tha officials
nudged aud wmk"d at nach other in glee.
Wo have no objections to offer to tlio candi
dates that wcro successful that day. It
Is tholr apparent good fortune. Our only
protest is the Inhuman manner In which it
was dono. God pity the poor , who are
obliged to listen to the cracic of the slave-
driver's whin. Some of the employes were
cute onouirh to switch ballots oven undertho
eyes of the wutchors , and thus voted for the
ninn of their choice. It would seem that if a
man works for the 13. & M. for $1.03 per day
in tlio round house , ho should have tbo poor
privilege of voting for his friend if ho chooses.
If George W. Holjrogo wftuld give his offi
cials orders to keep out of precinot und
county politics , and allow us to choose our
own school directors and other officials , the
people would rise up and call him blessed.
As It is , enemies are being created every
year to the road that should claim us all as
friends , nnd would do so if such spectacles
as tnls could be forever banished. When
will the day cornel
THE PENSION QUESTION.
Ono ot the most important questions
which the next congress will bo called
upon to consider is that of increasing
pensions. It is already anparont that a
strong effort is to bo made to secure a
service pension , and congress will bo
appealed to for othorlogislation , which ,
if granted , would extend the pension
roll nnd materially enlarge the annual
expenditure on this account.
Jn view of this , it will bo of general
interest to refer to the latest statistics
of the pension ollico , which present the
business of that ollico down to the
close of the last fiscal year , Jun $ 30.
At that time tlio number of pensioners
on the roll was a fraction ever four
hundred and eighty-nine thousand , and
the not increase for the year was over
thirty-seven thousand. There has been
great activity iu the pension ofllco
since July 1 , so that the number of
pensioners now enrolled must bo con
siderably larger than at the close of
the lust fiscal year. Probably not
much loss than flvo hundred thou
sand people are drawing pensions
at this time. The expenditure
on account of pensions for the
last fiscal year was a llttlo ever
oighty-oight million dollars , or about
one-fourth the total expenditures of the
govornmont. This sum Is larger than
Germany spends for Its great array
equipment. During the past ton yours
there has been a steady and rapid
growth In the pension figures. In 1879
the ox pe nd it uro on this account wus
thirty-five million dollars , and the fol
lowing year It grow to fifty-six millionr
In 18S7 there was paid out for pensions
eighty-two million dollars , and as al
ready noted eighty-oightmillion for the
last fiscal year. It Is cstlmatod thut
the demand from this source for
the present fiscal your will fall little if
any short ot ano hundred million del
lars.
lars.Tho
The most zealous frlond of the old
soldiers must grant that those are
enormous flguros , aud they suggest the
qUestion whether the generosity of tlio
government has not been extended as
far in this direction as it should go , in
justice allko to the soldiers and to all
other citizens. The great majority of
the people unquestionably approve a
liberal pension policy. They want the
old soldier to bo justly and gener
ously dealt with , and no fair
demand made in their behalf will fail
to receive the approval of a majority of
the pooplo. It is the duty of the nation
to sou that no faithful soldier or sailor ,
who received an honorable disuhargo ,
shall sulTor from want reuniting from
wounds or from disease contracted in its
service. All inch should recolvo pen
sions proportioned to their disabilities.
But tlio nation's generosity must not
ho carried beyond n limit where it
would involve an injustice to the whole
people , and the serious question is
whether that limit has not boon
reached.
1 1'OLIOY OF
If suoh representative democrats as
Congressman Bynum , of Indiana , and
Oat us , of Alabama , voice the general
flontlment ainung tholr party colleagues
in cougreas , the democratic pohoy is to
bo one of obstruction. The Indiana
congressman rooontlj said : "Wo have
a lot to worry tha republicans about ,
and will make it interesting for them , "
adding , "I do not think the republicans
will bo able to do anything with
the tariff. " The Alabama congress
man stated Jn an Interview u
few days ago that it is
the iutoutlou of the democrats to fight
back. Ho was somewhat moro conservative
vative than the other , but loft no doubt
that the majority is to find a'poralstcnt
and vigorous resistance to all measures
of a strictly party naturo. "Evon with
the congressman from the now states , "
remarked Mr. Oatos , "thoy will have
only three over a quorum , nnd they will
never , I fool confident , bo able to tnus-
tor a quorum of tholr own party at anyone
ono time. " There is a suggestion in
this whloh should Impress upon repub
lican members of the house the nocos *
slty of giving closer attention to tholr
duties than it is the habit ot congress *
man to do.
The small republican majority in the
next hoviso will render necessary the con *
stantattondanco ot the morabora ot that
side In order to accomplish anything.
These who expect the republicans of
the house to carry through any legisla
tion they may doslro lose sight of the
relative strength of the two parties In
that body. At the elections last No
vember ono hundred anil sixty-four re
publicans and ono hundred and
sixty-one democrats were oloctod. The
changes by death will make no differ
ence In thcso figures. In any contest
between the parties the republicans ,
having a majority of three , would of
course carry tholr measure provided
till their members were present. It
rarely happens , however , that every
member Is present , nnd the absence of
two republicans , ovsn if paired , would
prevent that party from doing anything
lUIlrmatlvo , because by such action they
would not have a quorum , which is ono
hundred and sixty-throe. The addition
to the republicans of four members from
the now states will not materially
strengthen thoin. The addition of five
members makes the aggregate membership -
ship three hundred and thirty , and in
creases a quorum from ono hundred
and sixty-throe 'to ono hundred and
sixty-six. Four added to the present
strength of tlio republicans will glvo
thorn one hundred and sixty-eight ,
which is two in excess of a quorum.
The expected addition , therefore , will
simply add ono vote to their strength.
Assuming that the democrats will not fili
buster against a vote being'roaohod , the
republicans must have at least ono hun
dred and sixty-six votes to carry their
measure , because the democrats would
refrain from voting and insist that their
opponents , being directly responsible
for legislation , must have their members
bors present to perform their duties.
Rules may be adopted to prevent fili
bustering , but no rule can force a member
bor to voto. Thus the democrats , by re
maining silent , could defeat the major
ity unless the latter should have a quo
rum prcsont.
In view of the fact that it has always
boon very dillloult for tho. dominant
party to maintain a quorum , oven when
having a majority very much larger
than the republicans will have in the
next house , it will be soon that there is
very small chance of the republicans
passing any strictly party measure , and
it may turn out that Mr. Bynum is cor
rect in saying that the republicans will
not be able to do anything with the
tariif , ana tlioro is even loss probability
that they will bo nblo to pass n general
election la\v. designed to remedy elec
tion abuses in the south , should such
a measure bo proposed. There can be
no doubt that the present general dis
position among the democrats is to pur
sue an obstructive policy as to all legis
lation of a party nature , and it is obvi
ous that they can make such a policy
generally olToctivo.
BOTH London and Now York are
away behind many small cities in this
country in the matter of lapid transit.
Now York has its elevated roads and
London its underground system , but in
either case the proper facilities have
not boon afforded the publid of either
city , In New York the oWated roads
do not cover the field , and in the case
of London the underground lines are
very unpopular on account of smoke
and.of extremely damp air in the tun
nels. The roaus have never paid but
during ono period , nnd that was while
Buffalo Bill was running at the out
skirts of the city lust season.
Now York has organized a
company for an underground road , but
it is not likely , In view of London's experience -
porionco , that It will ever be built. It is
moro than probable that both cities
will before long adopt the electrical
system of transportation , which has be
come so popular in the west. It can be
used where no elevated or underground
roads could bo built , and the trains can
attain us high a rate of speed us these
propelled by steam.
LATKK reports materially reduce the
number of lives lost in the Queboo dis
aster. The total is not likely to exceed
thirty persons. Tlio extent of the ca
lamity was paralleled in 1841 , almost in
the satno place , when thirty-two per
sons wore killed and a largo number of
homos were wrecked. The ollll whtoh
rolled down upon Us sleeping victims
possesses "a melancholy interest for
Americans. It stood directly In front
of the citadel whloh tho- bravo Mont
gomery attacked with his gallant band
of continentals on a stormy December
night in 1775 , und it was on these rug
ged stoops ho mot his death. The storm
of bhot and shell did not move a boulder
from this , then impregnable , barrier ,
yet the stormy elements accomplished
what man could not , and carried de
struction to innocent peoplo. Apart
from the loss of life , the disaster brings
financial ruin to scores of people on the
threshold of u Canadian winter. The
district was peopled by worklngmen ,
and the loss of their homos und house
hold ollects will cause much suffering/
IT may not bo very consol'msr to the
democrats to bo informed that they are
making much ado about nothing in
their hue and cry over republican ex
travagance ac Washington and the
shrinkage of the surplus. It may bo us
well for thorn to know right noiv as any
time that every disbursement now being -
ing made is based upon appropriations
made by the late democratic house and
approved by the late Grover Cleveland.
Not a cent has yet boon appropriated
slnco Harrison's inauguration. This Is
sad for democracy , yet strictly true.
IF the Chinese government carries
out its threat of expelling Americans
from the floivory kingdom , about twelve
hundred poisons , former rosUlonts ot
this country , will tmvo to seek a domi
cile olsowhcro. Of this number ever
ilvo hundred nro preachers.
'Mflb to thn West.
Hill * CJIu Journal.
To Nebraska tno nppamtmont of commis
sioner of tho'gcjioral land office comos. Judge
Graft of Om'dha. Is the lucky rnnn , and the
mnntto tins Dillon on able Bhouldors. The
west was entitled to the land commissioner
and I'rosldontJIarrlson gave him to us.
Imtcpoil Gr.itlfVlnff.
Irbod Rtotr Gazette.
Tbo appointment of Judge Lowls A. Qro ff ,
of Omaha , to thooffice of commissioner of
the general land olUco of the Uultod States
Is Indeed gratifying to the otttzons of Ne
braska. Judge Qro ft is thoroughly n western -
orn man and familiar with the warnings of
the interior department.
Unquestioned.
Wttiilng irater KiputiUain.
Judge Groff , of Omaha , has rocclvod the
appointment from the president to the Im
portant position ot land commissioner. This
Is considered the most Important commission
In the government and ranks next to n
cabinet ofllco. There Is no question bub that
Judge Graff will fill the honored position
witli credit to himself and the great state of
Nebraska.
A Now nifllcultr.
' Fremont Trflmne.
It was easy enough for President Harrison
to fill the position ot commissioner of the
general land oflluo by the appointment of
.TudgoGrdff , of Omaha , but the real tusj of
war will come when Governor TliHyor un-
aortakes to All tbo position vacated by Judge
Groff.
A Credit to thn State.
Culliertson Sun.
The president has appointed lion. Lowls
A. Groff , of Omaha , commissioner of the
general land ofllco. Judge Groff Is compara
tively a young man , strong , active , well
versed In law , and in full sympathy with the
people who make tholr homos la "sod shun-
tlos on the claim. " It is a credit to the stuto
to possess such a man and It Is an honor to
the president to have the discernment to call
men of the Judge's stamp to occupy great ad
ministrative stations.
A Mcro niufT.
Denver JXews ,
THE OMAHA. Ucc hits the Missouri river
scheme of the Kansas.City Times squarely
between the . "Xhoro time "
eyes. was n , says
Tun BEE , "when intelligent people could bo
made to believe that the Missouri river
would become a powerful competitor of the
railroads In transporting products of this
section to the Atlantic seaboard. That time
lias gene by. Everybody with a thimbleful
of sense knows that the railroads would
carry the bulk of all our grain , cattle and
merchandise , even if the Missouri had a
channel lifty feet deep. " TUB BUB then re
views the decadence of river navigation on
tbo Mississippi and tno Ohio and other
streams , and cqncludos with the assertion
that the whole thing is nn $3,000,000 Job which
will be favored by Jobbing contractors and
engineers who want a soft place on the gov
ernment pay-roll , but for which no congress
man would bo Justified in voting. Tim BEB
is right. Tbo Kansas City Times is only
making a bluff'at the railways with Its
barge-lino scheme , which is ab out as liable
to bo put in operation as a railroad to tbo
moon.
1U.E INDUSTHIALi FiEljD.
The Paris Carpenters' ucioa is 600 years
old.
Chattanooga , ( Toan. ) bricklayers get 40
cents per hour. Thn stonecutters got $ ' 3 oO
and $1 , and want ton hours' pay for nine
hours on Saturday.
There are 1,500 co-oporativo unions in
England , containing 092,438 members. In
1833 , $17,072,035 profit xvas made on sales
umoutmg to $183,075,225. Of this sum
Slio.lOO were devoted to charity.
Eleven one-armed switchmen on the Chicago
cage & Northwestern railroad at Chicago
strucK for an advance in wages , and the
other switchmen sustained the demand. The
company granted the advance and the men
returned to work.
Brush makers In England arc beginning to
organize. They have to light an army ot
itinerant brushmakers who travel about
from town to town making brushes by hand
and selling tbo brushes at a cheap rate.
Alter a careful Investigation the Now York
Sun estimates that there are in that city
100,003 worklngraon receiving ware * so low
that they must embrace vice , apply for char
ity or starve.
Tbo Orroll Coal company of Grafton , W.
Va , has notified the managers ot their wortts
at Newbury , Tyrconnol and Pairmount that
all of the company's works are to bo closed
indefinitely because they cannot afford to do
business at the present rate. This will
throw ever eight hundred men out of em
ployment.
A Boston railroad works Its engineers nnd
firemen 137 hours one week nnd nlnetv-two
hours the noxt. They get 15 and $11 per
week respectively.
Tvo children , twins , belonging to ono of
the lockod-out miners , died at Spring Val
ley , 111. , of starvation.
In Russian cities carpenters earn $1 to $0
per week and consider themselves well off if
they average $3 a woek'all around.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad company
has reduced the workld ? time of about half
the force at the Motfnt Clttro shons from ton
to eight hours. This will raduco the earn
ings of sullied workmen , it Is said , from
$10.80 to about $ S.4p a week.
Massachusetts factory laws are being en
forced. Children are not allowed to clean
the maohinei , and girls must tie up their hair
to avoid being scalped.
Farm hands in France earn a llttlo ever $1
a week and managejto uavo out of it.
Bricklayers in London are prospering nnd
have boon advanced' lately 1 coat aa hour in
wages.
There is a movement to form an Eight hour
league in some df the largo towns Iu Scot
land , j
English molders work nine hours and
tholr averageHf0 is fifty-one yoars. In Ohio
thov work ton and die at forty.
In Glasgow , Soptland , tlioro are more fac
tories to the square mlla than in any other
city In the Unite.4 Kingdom.
For 600 yearn prnvmni to the Elizabethan
nnd Cromwolllnn Wars tmndnplnnlng had
reached a perfection In Ireland not surpassed
in any other country.
Except tradesmen or people who have
some Ilvo profession or employment , no ouo
Is made welcome in Australia from other
countries. The largo section of people known
as "clerks , " from peopla who can inprely
road , write and cipher , up to experienced
booU-koopers , are not wanted at all ,
Tbo Durlmm ( England ) miners have taken
a vote on the question of accepting the 10per
cent advance offered by the owners. The
result was in favor of accepting this advance -
vance by a majority of one. Tills decision
averts a strike which would have proved the
greatest on record.
The United Labor league of Philadelphia ,
Pa. , hai naked the director of publlo works
to enforce the eight-hour law of the state in
the bureaus under bis control. The director
replied that , whenever employes complained
ot the manner of tholr omotoymout or com-
pnnsAtion , the matter had prompt attention ,
and would have In thli case when such com
plaint was received ,
BXA.X13 AND TIJIIUITOHV.
Nebraska .rottlnus.
The creamery at Newport has boon com
pleted and is open for business.
Thn Snrpy county republican convention
will bo hold nl Papllllon September 2S. ,
A Sons of Votornna camp has boon organ-
I/od at LoupClty with thlrty-throu members.
The town board of Western ha * purchanod
a sixty-gallon chemical engine for protection
from lire.
The Kearney telephone ofllco hns a now
switch-board which will accommodate 250
subscriber * .
Weeping Water U to have a second hard
ware store , whtoh will bo opcnod for busi
ness October 1.
A special election will bo hold at Ord
October 8 for the purpsso of voting $1,000
nddltional wulor bonds.
John Van Houscn , of Schiiylor , claim * to
Imvo raited the champion potato crop of the
world 700 bushels to the nero ,
Tha South Sioux City Sun nnd News has
concluded to shorten up its lone name nnd
cut it down to simply the Sun.
There Is said to bo a growing feeling of
dissatisfaction ever the township organiza
tion system in Seward county.
Fred S. Hunslor bus retired from the ed
itorship of the Biavor City Tribune and has
been succeeded by Morwin & Green.
W \V. Cole , n Callnway farmer , 1ms raised
over four hundred pounds of tobacco from
seed which ho brought from Pennsylvania.
Lizila Cnsslon , a Columbus nurdo frlrl ,
climbed u trco nnd is now nursing nn arm
broken In two place. ) und a dislocated elbow.
The Adams county republican convention
to select delegates to the congressional con
vention will bo hold nt Hasting ! October 1.
Kendall & Smith , of Lincoln , extensive
owners of elevators , Imvo purchased tbrco
elevators at Ulysses , Garrison aud I'latto-
mouth.
Bert Southern , a young Fnllortoa man did
not feel well far several days and concluded
to end his otKtoneo bv cutting bis throat.
He used a razor , but did not bear down hard
enough nnd consequently will locover.
Tbo people of Ord nro talking nf making
nn artificial lako. 1C being ussortod that by
Diilldlng a dnm l.yoo feet long and eight foot
high , the waters of Dune creek would form
u pond bigger than the famous ono at Kear
ney.
ney.L.
L. . B. King , of Hebron , recently visited
Blunt , Dak , , using n thirty-day round trip
ticket. While at Blunt Mr. King died , und
after considerable discussion the railway
people decided that the body could bo re
turned to Hebron on the same ticket , which
was dono.
Iowa liemq.
Ten milch cowa have died of Texas fever
at La Hnrpo.
Washington sports put a coat of paint on
the town that cost $110.
A Dubuque man found $750 In an old truuk
in his garret which his deceased wife had
probably laid up fSr a rainy day.
A Plymouth man owed bis hired girl $100
for Keeping hoiibo for him and married her
to escape paying the debt.
L. E. liorn and Edwin Walters , late pro
prietors of the Bank of Extra , Imvo ocen In
dicted by the grand Jury fcr fraudulent bank
ing and placed under § 1OJO bonds to appear
tor trial.
In nn electrical storm near Vail lightning
struck and killed two men and live horses.
A small boy bud Just alighted from one of
the horses as the bolt struck and his cscapo
is considered miraculous.
While boat riding in Llttlo Wall lake , In
Wright county , L. B. Griffin observed a
peculiarly shaped object boucath the water.
Ho raised it to the surface and it proved to
bo a perfectly preserved Indian canoe of the
style of a half of a century ago.
John Zimthnl , with a family of ten chil
dren , left Boone for Milwaukee in n wagon
on the 1st lust. When ha arrived at his des
tination , after a trip occupying ton days , tuuo
of his children wore taken sick with diph
theria , six dying within six days. They con
tracted the disease on the load.
Gus Von Pockets , a German nobleman ,
died in Waverly of cancer , at the aijo of
llfty-slx years. He was a cousin nf the Uarl
of Fife. Ho catna to tins country to tiavel ,
married a farmer's daughter in Bremer
county and settled there His uldott son
comes in possession of his title aud estate in
Brunswicic , Germany.
Frank Bradley , son of a wenlthy Dubuque
real estate dealer , got struck on a .voung
ladv clerk in a cigar store , and when he
asked bis father for permission to marry her
that stern parent emphatically und even pro
fanely rcfusud. Frank , according to the pre
scribed rule in such casos.cast n look of with
ering scorn on his hard-hearted progenitor ,
sought the fair object of his aiftictions , a mar
riage license and u railroad ticket and lit out
for West Union , where the two loving hearts
were welded Into one. Society In Dubuque
is now holding open session on Franic.
The Two Dakota.- ) .
Arthur P. Upton pleaded cuiltv to poly
gamy at Huron and wns sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
The academy of the Sacred Heart , at
Aberdeen , starts in its second year with an
attendance of sixty students.
Nearly ono hundred tramps put in an ap
pearance nt Grand Forks , nnd for a time it
was feared they would capture the city.
A largo and wealthy colony of lormans
will take up a largo tract of land In Burlolgh
county for farming aud stock raising pur
poses.
Fifty tons of very rich tin ore , the product
of the Willow Creek tin mines , near Ttupid
City , have been shipped to Swansea , Wales ,
for reduction.
A Millard man was hunting a polecat ,
when that odoriferous anl'al took rofngo in
the well , and now ho has to borrow water
from his neighbors.
A runaway horse In Rapid City dashed
into n grocery store througii the front dour ,
nnd after prancing around among the goods
for awhile , made its exit through the back
door.
Constantine DoFraca , a Portuguese em
ployed at Perry , was killed while'at work in
the Uncle Sam mine at that placo. The cable
of ono of the cars in the inclined shaft breair-
ing , the car flow down the track with terrific
speed , striking the minor in Its course and
killing him almost Instantly.
In Dakota the work of the land ofllco was
nearly three years buhinu.but the large force
lias brought It up to September , 18S3 , and the
force will continue ) until it is all disposed
of. When the proofs ure passed the patent
will bo ordered to issue at ouco ,
The Mlnnohahn Canning company of Sioux
Falls gives employment to from soventv-ilvo
to 100 men. The company put up 125,01)0 )
ciins of corn in the short time they Imvo been
running and expect next joar to put up
1,000,000 , cans of corn and 500,000 cans of to
matoes.
Lightning came down tlio chimney ot
Mayor Elliott's residence nt Doll Kaplds ,
hustled uiound a little , and then went
through tno window , Inking sash and all
with it , Potnr Christian , living about a
mie | and a half from town , also had a visit
from the electric fiend and suffered the loss
of throe colts ,
A woman about 05 named Gruor from
Otter Tail county , Minn. , related a rom intlo
tale at Grand KorKa. Her son had been
Htoloti by Chlppewa Indians ton years ago
when only 4 years old. blio had received a
communication from a friend nt Turtle
mountains stating that her son was there.
She was on route thither. The story is bo-
lluved to be true.
Spirits \Vlio Ant Hpnrts.
Two Spiritual mediums , Mrs. Rich , of
Boston , und the wife of Dr. J. W.
Fletcher , a popular spotikor on the
spiritual platform , utilized their "spirit
controls" very udvuntugeoualy last ruua
day lit Saratoga , They claim to Imvo
boon ill roc ted to go the ritcos tlmt iluy
und bat on cor tain huraea , which they
were assured would bo the winnorn.
They did ua they were directed und
ouch of the ladies WUB the lucky winner
of moro than 81 , 000.
Fop ludioa.tho host und pura&t tonic Is
Atifjosturu J3UtorH. It ciraotuully ourcs
apdiu. and tonoi up tlio HVbtoin. Dr.
J. O . U. Slogort & Sous , M'/rs. / At
A Glty of Dnncllnir Lights aud
Bombro Shades.
THE RESJING PLACE OF HEROES.
A Visit to the Grnvffl of Tlioso Whoso
Blooil Hoilght tlio Victories of
Clilcnmntista anil Olio *
slonurjr
In TnnnoB co' Motrnioll .
CIHTTANOOOA , Sept , 13. [ Editorial Corro-
spondonro. ] A bird's-oyo view of Chuttn-
HOO.M by electric light has I to light as well
as shadow la more than ono sense. It car
ries you Into tno regions of romruico and
drops you down into the dark and gloomy
valley of vice nnd crime. Chattanooga is
lighted entirely with oloatrlclty. Arc lights
suspended from the cross-arms of tall poles
planted promiscuously over tlio whole city
Involuntarily recall to my tnlnd the story
related In the blblo when the Egyptians wore
enveloped in darkness so dnnsa that it could
be cut Into slices , whlto Motes and tbo Hebrew -
brow children were onjovlnp the bright rays
of tropical sunlight. The effect of this sys
tem of lighting is to dlffaso Intense light and
dense d irkncss nltornntoly in gro it pitches.
From tlio high ridge back of the b islnoss
center the view ot Chattn loofra nnd the sur
rounding country Is simply suparb. Tlio
Tennessee river , winding like a silver ribbon
In sorpcntlua folds through thevalloy. The
crags and cliffs un Lookout mountain tower
ing two thousand foot nbovo the river , 11-
luuiluated by lumps that swiu ? above thn
LooKout point hotol. Tlio church stoaplos
nnd the turrets nnd towers on prominent
buildings , nil combine to ipako this ono of the
most picturesque views that can possibly bo
Imagined. Add to this n b ickground of ter
raced lawns aud battlements surrounding
castellated residences tnat have been built
on tbo rldco by the nabobs of Chattanooga ,
and the picture has a very lilting frame.
Descend from this eminence down into
tlio busy marts of what is bore called tlio
"Plucky City" of the south , and the scone
shifts from the sublime to the dls uatlng.
The streets nro filled with a motley crowd ,
largely composed of colored men , who nro
everywhere In the south stroiuilng into the
cities , which afford them abundant scope for
ndulgi ng in dissipation , The doors of the
dives nnd dens are wide open. Above the
din , shout , nnd boisterous laughtOr is heard
the strumming of the banjo and the rattle uf
the dice and poker chips. Gambling' and
carousing appears to bo * oins on every where ,
undisturbed by the police who aio patrolling
the streets.
In less than ono hour I passed from forty
to fifty of thcso uens of vice and crime ,
where negroes , packed like sardine * , were
indulging in their orgies. Many of these
places were dance houses , in which both
sexes were encased in a round of debasing
Jollity. Scattered hero nnd there between
those resorts were laundries , where John
Chinaman , undisturbed and undismayed ,
kept on squirting water on the
"blled" shirt front , which was being
made ready for the fastidious whlto man.
Chattanooga has grown from a more village
or 5,000 , when T bad last seen her , to a city
of over 10,000 , population , nnd her growth
lias only Just begun The principal business
streets , broid , well paved aud compactly
built , will compare favorably with those of
any western city of equal population. There
are tit least half a dozen sU-stor.y blocks
with stono. brick , iron and pluto glass fronts.
There are several first class hotels , ono of
them at least larger than any la Omaha.
] Jut commerce is only a secondary factor in
promoting the rapid growth of the city.
Industry is the chief source of wealth and
cxpanslo n. There are glass factories , iron
foundries , Unnorios , furniture factories and
quite a number of industrial concerns that
employ largo numbers of workmen.
Early in the morning I took tlie street car
for the most conspicuous of all places around
Chattanooga Lookout mountain. Iu twenty
minutes wo were at its b so at the terminus
of the incline railway. My ascent of Look
out mountain ID Io50 was made On foot.
There was a tedious carriage ride by which
tourists were taken up at $2 per trip , over a
very precipitous and tortuous road. Now
1 found there were two different modes of
conveyance to the top , tbo broad
guago railroad , which winds around
the mountains from its base in a hitrh grade
coil ten miles in length , and the incline
which runs straight up the mountain on a
doubto cablu distance of and
a ono one-quar
ter miles This inclined rend , planned und
built under the immediate suparvision of
Colonel W. It. King , of the regular army , Is
a marvelous piecnof engineering. The aver
age grade of this cable railway is 100 foot to
the mlle aud the sharpest grade thirty-three
feet to the hundred , f he car Is very much
line an old fashioned sled , and us It is drawn
up the passougur looking down finds himself
rising above precipices and cra s that make
him diz/y. Midway between the base and
the summit Is the mooting point for the de
scending car. In a few minutes we reached
the upper terminus of the line , adjoining the
verandah of Lookout Point hotel. This
hotel stands within sdventy-flve foot of the
summit of the mountain. From Its balconies
the grandest of bird's-eye ' vlows extend Into
six states besides Tennessee , viz. , Georgia ,
Alabama , North and South Carolina , Vir
ginia and Kentucky. Just below is the
ground on which gallant Joe Hooker fought
the famous battle above the clouds. A little
bnyond the Tennessee flown around the
famous Moccasin bond. The bead-
quarters of General Grant , the batttlo-
Holds of Missionary Itldgo and Chicumiugua ,
liragg's ' headquarters on the rid go , lirowii's
ferry , Itosiivillo Gap , Fort Wood , Fort Nog-
ley , the National cemetery , Stone fore aud
the city of Chattanooga are in sight , always
providing that the sun shinas clear iinJ unobscured -
obscured in the liorl/.ou. On this particular
morning t'lero ' w ro clouds between the
mountain and the city , und n very dense
mist above the Tennessee river. Now I
could roallra fully how It was ptmiblo to
light a b ittlo above the clouds. Uuing very
familiar with the topography of the rlvor and
the mountain. I always huvu boon dazed ut
the Idea of scaling the rocks and ell Its that
riuu perpendicularly several hundred foot on
the side of the river in ttia faao of un oppos
ing urm'y. This afternoon I mot n veteran
who was there with Hooker und lie explained
how the first foothold on the tip was gained
with the uld of ropa laddora. It U iilso ap
parent that Ilia confoJs must ht-vo boo'i
tnkon by surprise at the sudden appearance
of union troops in a position as impregnable
almoit as the Urltish forts at Quobao und
GIbraltor.
Hy 10 o'clock I was back at Chattanooga
and mounting ono of the olcctno motor earn ,
I started for Mission lildgo la sight and
about four miles distant. Tbo cloctrlu rail-
xvay that leads to Mission Hldgo lias Just
been completed , nnd runs ever very high
grades as easily as a cable car. The grades
in several places are fully ten foot to the
hundrud. The road is well patronized
nnd its construction is expected to
muno quite n suburb on the old battle ground
Wltn the exception of the marks loft by can
non ball and suoll on some of the largo ohi
truos In the woods that ( UK this nlcctrlu
railroad up to Mission riJge , near tun his-
torlo farm houne , occupied by General JlragK
us headquarters , IBUW uothlnt'U ) remind me
of the fact thntono of the fioYcoit battles a
the wnr rnged hero In September , ISM.
About n quarter of a mlle to the right of
the electric road Is the gateway that loads to
tliO National cemetery. Under on nroh
nonrly forty feet In holqht , within which
swings a massive Iron pnto , I entered tha
Kiounds , consecrated forever as the last rest *
ing place to the heroes who dloil for tha
union. Over tlio entrance I road the follow *
Ing Inscription : "Horo ro t In poico 13,050
citizens who dlod for their country In tha
years ISI1-18C5. " The keeper Informs ma
thut there are now 111,017 , soldiers burled
hero. The cemetery is really a beautiful
natural parit. It Is nearly circular In shaps ,
about ono mlle in circumference nnd cover *
a tract of sovonty-llvo acres. It is sur
rounded bv i\ well coped wall ,
which Is almost hidden by a olosly
cllppod osngo hedge. In the cantor a
knoll nearly 100 foot high rises nbovo tha
gravel driveway , on the well-kept blue
grass sides of which are nineteen special in *
toimont sections , each ono designated by n
small granlto obelisk. Surrounding these
arj hundreds of small , wlilto inarblo head *
stones. To the right from the gateway In a
cmlclrclo ho the remains ot Samuel Slnvlns ,
S. Uoblnson , O. D. Wilson , Marion Uoss ,
William Campbell , P. G. Slmdrach nud John
Scott , till Onto soldlora whoso d irlng o , p-
turo of a locomotive on the Western & At
lantic railroad in 1SG2 caused them to bn
hanged in Atlanta. Near the summit of the
cemetery Is the largo brick rostrum finished
with beautiful cut stone coping. Its carpet
Is of nature's green , most beautifully kept.
The climbing vines arc covering the twoivo
brick pillars tlmt support the open roof.
The lawn surrounding the rostrum Is adorned
by four largo cannon standing on end , I
should call them 10 Inch columbcads. On
ono of. those on the regulation shield in
bronz > nro thn raised letters , "United Stntos
national military couiotory , Chattanooga.
Established in 1S01. Interments TJ,870.
Known , .7,017. Unknown , -1,929. " About
ono hundred yards below the ros
trum stands , n handsome obelisk dedi
cated to tlio Fourth Army corps
with the simple inscription "In memory of
our fallen comrades "
What sad memories this beautiful spot
recalls I Just think of it , moro than thirteen
thousand men are bleeping the last sleep un
der the sod within usp ice of COO yards
square. Most of them wore young men and
all in tholr prime. Over four thousand of
them nave not oven been Identified. All wo
know them by is the number carved on top
of the square white headstones. Others \voro
only partially Idciitilled by Initial letters ou.
their clothing , nnd those initials on the head
stone with the state whence they balled
loaves their Identity still an eternal mystery.
As \vulk along the gravel path , shaded by
weeping willows , live oak , cypress und ever
green cedars , I tuka u random inventory of a
row of headstones planted ever the trenches ,
in place of the shingles , that bore inscrip
tions of the uniun dead : No. 8'J91 , Ellas
Humphreys , Iowa ; 8'J93 , H. A. Gould , Iowa ;
O.OSI5 , Li. Cohu , Indiana ; 0,037 uud 0,033 , two
bquaro blocKs , "Unknown ; " D.O'JS ' , H. A.
George , nostiito ; 9iOtCmrlesKoanuostato ( ! ;
Then a larger sandstone tablet Inscribed :
"In Memory of Sergeant Joseph W. Wilkin
son , Co. K , 1st Mich. Engineers ; dlod May ,
ISO I , aged 23 years ; " another headstone upon
which u union Hug was carved bore the name
of "David A. Gray , Co. II , llth Indiana.1
Three or four rows further back stands a
headstone with u master unison's omblotn
carved over the following Inscription :
"Corporal Andrew .1. Cobb , Co. D , 3Jd Itog.
Muss. Vols ; Killed in Battle of Uosaca , May
1st , 1SG-1. In last letter home , ho wrote :
If I fall , I die for liberty. ' " These spoolal
inscriptions uro , however , very few
and far bctwoan. Most of the head
stones ever the rom ilns of known soldiers
simply pivo the uaino , company und regi
ment und state.
Sndiy and almost overpowered by the
emotions evoked by iny surroundings , I
wended my way back , nud us I tinned the
angle toward the gate I read upon uu Iron
tublot with raised letters :
Tlio neighing troop , the Hashing blade ,
'Uio bugle's stirring blast ; '
Tbo charge , the dreadful cannonade ,
The diu and shout uro past.
E. ROSBWATEH.
WIITY JWAlFS.
Toronto Grip : Head clerk "I'm letting
my whiskers prow , sir. " "So I see , but I
can't permit my employes to grow tholr whis
kers In business hours. They must do that
in their own time. "
Chlcigo Tribune : Infant cockroach
"Mamma , what is this substance that smells
so agrcuablyl"
Maternal cockroach ( rolling in It delight
edly ) "Jnsect powder , my child , They feed
it to us every summer , but they're ' a little
lute this neason. It carnu Just in time. I
wus about to inovo ever Into the next house. "
Wellington Capital : "Kailway accident
this moinlng , " said Hlinklus , a suburban
clti/en , after l.o had returned from his busi
ness in town and met ins wife at the station.
"Is itpossiblol" "Yes ; the train was on
time both ways. "
Now York Weekly : Wlldoyed Man "I
wunt a lot of poison , right off. " Drug Clerk
"It's against the law to sell poison to people
ple who look as If they wanted to commit
suicide , but I'll lot you have a bottle of Dr.
Ulack-Soquin's Elixir of Life. That socm
to be pretty sure death. "
Oil City BlUzard : Aspiring poets nro re
minded that Tennyson takes u wa'k ' of three
miles uyery day. In other words , the poets W
are invited to take a wallr. 1
Lawrence American : "Is there anything
a man cannot do I" asks un exchange. VVa
have never yet found a man who could scold
the children with n moutaful of pins ,
Toxui Sittings : The Washington memo
rial nrch fund of Now York was Increased
by upwards of SO cents this week. Our gen
erous millionaires huvo doubtless been con
tributing ,
London Tld-Ults : Guard Now , miss ,
jump in please ; train going on. Child Hut
I cin't go before I have kissed inummu.
Guard Jump In mini ; I'll ' BCO to thut I
NowYoricKun : Tramp Will you give mo
a uhanco to get warm , sir } Man of House
Certainly , sir , You know that sawmill two
mllns down the road , don't ' you ) Well , I'll '
give you ( If teen minutes to reach it. Come ,
bravo I
Tcrru Haute Express : Mr , Hum A.
Tower What did you think of my humble
effort lasl n'glit ' , my dear boy ! The Dear
Hey Oh , you wuro an Ueul Claud , beyotiJ a
doubt. 1 inn.sure of that , for there never
could have bcitn u real one like your * .
Washington Capital : "Don't you thine , "
fluid a youth , nfior working nit * vocal cords
with intense vigor beside the hotel piano ,
"that I ought to go on the stage ! " "Yes , "
repllmt Mian Poppurton , who doosn't like
him very much nnywav , "I certainly do.
There Is ono that leaven for the statlcm Just
an hour and a half from now. "
Washington Capital : "How uro you
getting along with your work on tbo piano I"
usUed Hlinklmt of a youii woman. "Oil ,
very well ; I can sco great progronn in uiy
work. " "How U that ! " "Well , the family
that lived uuxt door moved away within a
week after I commenced to practice. Tha
noit family staid u month , the next ten
weeks , and the family there now has re
mained iieurly nix mouths , "
Heechntn's Pills cnro bilious and nervous lib )