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Tin : mlurntion of Council Blulla
prunblori ) Jius boRun from the ground
floor to mo top story.
ASA inutincc perforinanco tlio after
noon bCh-jion of the board of county
comini < sionors WHS up to its usual
Btundtml.
STKANOI : us it may appear tlio bro-
iuis of the assistant United .States dis
trict attorney for this district arc still
wailing for a tenant.
Tun "kU-kors , " despite Mr. Kimbtill's
derision , will bo on hand bright and
early to receive tlio members of the in-
1crbtito commerce commission in this
city.
Tin : lU'omfiold style of justice is
commendable uhiolly for its expeditious
oll'cctivoncss. It admits of no ex
ceptions and cannot bo set aside by
human courts.
WIIHN it comes to ti show down before -
fore the interstate commerce commis
sion , Atltortioy General Loose will bo
thorp with royal Hushes and poclcots
loaded.
Ir the signs of the day may bo
trusted , Wyoming , Idaho , Arizona and
Now Mexico will soon bo irazottoerod in
thu ordin- named upon Uncle Sam's
roster of state ? .
IT is about time for the bar associa
tion to read the riot act to some of its
members whoso wild orgies and fathom
less mouths are- disgracing the lopal
profession in this city.
THKKATKXINO to kill bcaman for
smiling at a sffyorlor olllcor is n kind of
discipline which docs not recommend
( 'ommander MoCalla as a parson lit to
rule the American navy.
Nisw YoitK ana St. Louis congress
men now domain ! that Chicago put up ten
million dollars or shut up on Uio world's
fair project. It remains to bo seen
whether Chit-aero will moot their built.
Tin : Burlington and the Missouri Pa-
ciflo must "got together" if they desire
to enter the now Fort Omaha rosorva-
tlon with their tracks. The govern
ment docs not propose to granc exclu
sive privileges.
LIT : uhiivo light on the county coal
iills. It is duo to the taxpayers as well
'Js the aggrieved contractors Unit the
charges of crookedness should bo
cleared up. The investigation should
lie thorough , regardless of the cense
quences.
Ft'iiUf respect for tlio courts will not
bo materially improved by giving them
control of presidential and congress
ional elections , as is proposed by the
Lodge bill. The aim of the government
ehould bo to remove the courts from all
political inlluoncoand raise them above
tlio mire of partisanship. The btatcs
are competent to manage elections
without judicial intorforonoa.
Tin : physician who declared that the
man who lies ou one side endangers his
health , but the man who lies on both
aides is past human aid , must have 1mil
in Ins mind's eye the congressmen who
recently pronounced u panegyric on
prohibition us operated in Kansas
aud iovva and incidentally dc-
dcnonnccd high license in Xc-
lirusun. It is useless to argue with
men who utterly Ignore tacts and lie in
zill directions.
K reports of freezing weather in
thu northwest and the absence of rain
in the upper Missouri and Mississippi
valleys bhould bo received with loyful
acclamation 1 y the people of the bouth.
Had the spring benson set in as early
this year as customary , accompanied
by the tlmwlng of snow , heavy rains
imfl high water , tlio great freshets rav-
nglng the lowlands of the Missibslppl
boutli of Cairo would have boon greatly
augmented and the amount of damage
to cities ami plantations would hnvo
I H-II increased fully ton fold.
rriK
Major. ! . W. Powell , director of the
United States geological survey , pub
lishes in the Cin'ury nn article of sur
passing interest on "Tho Irrigable
Lands of the Arid Region. " Mr. row-
ell's experience in and study of the
intor-moUntaln region makes him an
authority on the rjucstlon of reclaiming
the vast nrlu empire of the west. Six
million acre. ? of this land has already
been redeemed , rind an irrepressible
army is steadily at work and yearly add
ing hundreds of acres of scorched
wastes to the cultivated area.
Briefly stated , Mr. Powell declares
that to make tlio waters redeem the
largest possible area , U becomes neces
sary llrst , to select properly the land
to bo redeemed ; aocon-Jly , to select the
reservoir sues whore the water is to bo
stored ; thirdly , to select canal sites to
bo dedicated to public me , so that indi
viduals may not acquire title to land
and h'.irassffarmcrd dependent on the
water supply. For this purpose topographic -
graphic , hydrographiconglnoiirlng ana
geologic surveys are considered essen
tial. Tlio mountains , hills and valleys
nttist be outlined nnd their relative lev
els determined. The waters of the
streams must be gaugcJ to determine
the volume they carry through the dif
ferent ssasona of the year. Then the
rainfall must bo measured , so as to sup
plement it with the required amount of
artificial moisture. Tlio varying char
acteristics of the soil must bo taken into
account to determine the amount of
water needed to servo an acre of land.
One of the most important Questions
to bo considered connection with an
extensive system of irrigation it ) the
regulation of the quantity of water to
be talcen by any one state or territory
from interstate rivers. All the rivers
.rising in the Kooky mountains and
flowing through the arid bolt pass
through one or more states. It will bo
remembered that a vigorous contro
versy arose a few years ago between tlio
olllnials of Nebraska nnd Colorado on
this identical point. The farmers and
ranchers ot Colorado diverted nearly
all the waters of the South Platte and
Kepublican rivers and caused great an-
noynnco and loss on the people
living near these streams in No-
brabka. No satisfactory agreement
was reached , the oilicials of Colorado
claiming the right to divert all the
waters if necessary. These rivers nro
essential to the w.oll being of the re
spective states and the moisture they
supply is worth millions of dollars an
nually. How shall the waters bo di
vided ? The law is practically silent on
the subject , nor does Mr. Powell vouch
safe a remedy. As it is now , every man
helps himself , regardless of his neigh
bors. The question involved isonoof
interstate regulation , which the general
government must settle so as to conserve -
servo the best interests of the people
directly concerned.
In 51r. Powell's opinion the di
vision ot the waters presents greater
diflicnltios than the problem of irri
gation. Should Colorado absorb the
waj-cra of the Rio Grande , for instance ,
the settlements dependent on that
stream In Now Mexico would bo practi
cally destroyed. This must bo pre
vented by federal legislation , but com
plete data must first bo hud regarding
the average volume of water in each
stream , to roach a just and equitable
division.
Mr. Powell estimates that there are
nearly one billion acres of arid land , of
which one huncir.cd and twenty million
acres can be irrigated by properly hus
banding the waters available. This
would make an oinpiro of productive
land larger than F.nglanil and Ireland , ,
iifty thousand square miles greater
than Prussia , almost equal to
continental Sp.un , and within seven
teen thousand square miles of the area
of France , The rnelnmation of * this
vast territory is only a quostios of time.
Tlio mineral development of th'o
mountain region and the increase of
population will crotito such profitable
markets for agricultural products that
private capital will rapidly ilo\v to this
rich Hold of investment. It is Import
ant , therefore , that the government
bhould not only aid and encourage the
icdcmption of thu arid region , but do-
vibe a comprehensive law to prohibit
monopolies controlling the headwaters
and to prevent the total diversion of in-
torjtuto streams.
\VIT.L \ Tiuin in : A
It is by no means certain that the
proposed world's fair to celebrate the
discovery of America will bo held. It
Is probable that if there is a fair it will
not bo held in J89:2. Tlio. situation clous
not look promising. The contest for
the bite having been determined there
now appears to bo a disposition on the
part of the representatives of the de
feated cities to pirf every possible
obstacle in the way of leg
islation. The spirit manifested is
utterly solllsh and unpatriotic. Ever
since the choice of Chicago was made
there has been an ollort to disparage'
that city wltli respect to its ability to
carry out the enterprise. Instead of
accepting the result with good grace ,
and olToring every oncouragmont to
the western city , the representatives ot
Now York and St. Louis , more especially
the former , have shown a purpose
to put every possible ob
stacle in the way and to as far as prac
ticable embarrass Chicago. This un
generous disposition has boon manl :
fested atovory Htop In the progress of
the deliberations of the house committee -
too , and it has appeared in the utter
ances of representatives of Now York
and of the pro is. It is a spirit which
every patriotic eltl/on must condemn.
If such a fooling is allowed to prevail
the fair cannot bo made n .suc
cess under any circumstances , for
the improsbion created abroad would bq
unfavorable to sending here aaiy ox-
tuiiblvo exhibits. "Wo must , in order to
bocuro the coiibidoratlon of F.uropo to
the project , bo able to assure foreigner *
of the general Interest of our own hooplo
in it.
The bill providing for holding the
fair has boon completed by the house
committee and will be reported tomor
row. It provides for holding the fair
In 1&92 , but this may bo ohuugod in
the houso. The measure is eald
to bo satisfactory to all concerned , but
this win only bo known when it is pre
sented. It will bo an agreeable surprise -
priso It it shall appear that all nro sat-
*
isflod nntl the bill is promptly put
through. Thcro U certainly no time to
lose. It will be a marvelous example ol
energy and enterprise if tire great work
contemplated shall bo successfully car
ried out in two years and every week ol
time now is valuable. It is to bo hoped ,
therefore , that this subject will bo
wholly removed from controversy' dur
ing the protetil week , BO that the practi
cal work to bo done may bo entered
upon. There has been already too
much inexcusable delay and If It is much
further prolonged popular interest m
the matter will die out.
A'OT" Ml'Ulf OA UIlTStS.
The resignation of the French cabinet
appears to have created hardly more
than a ripple on the surface of political
affairs In Franco. The Tirard ministry
held on longer than it was expected to ,
and on the whole made a bettor record
than was looked for from it. It was not
strong in statesmen , and its success , so
far as it was successful , was duo rather
to its negative character than to
any positive qualities. Do Froy-
cinot , who hiu reluctantly accepted tlio
invitation to form a now ministry , will
make a stronger cabinet than the one
whichhas retired. It is unfortunate
that , that eminent statesman is not in
good health , but oven with this disad
vantage ho is very tnunh to bo pre
ferred to the loader whom ho succeeds.
President Carnet , in urging Do Froy-
cinot to accept the premiership , did
not overstate the claims or
the popularity of that states
man. Probably no man in
Franco , not oven the president himself ,
has a stronger hold on the popular con
fidence than Do Froyclnet , duo to his
uncompromising republicanism as well
as his commandincr ability.
The absence of political excitement
following the resignation of the cabi
net is interesting as illustrating the
lirm grasn that President Carnet has
upon the popular confidence. No
man has done more than
ho to give strength nnd solidity
to the republic , and to create
in the public mind a souse of security.
His selnction for tho. presidency , it is
now soon , was the very wisest that could
have boon made. It was not thought seat
at the time of his election , because ho
had not in his legislative career given
any marked evidence ot titatosmanship ,
aud his experience in public affairs was
not extensive. But ho has demon
strated that ho has statesman
ship of a high order , or at least
a capacity for administering affairs
which is quite as valuable to a
country as the ability to evolve now
principles and policies in government.
A cai-cful and conservative man , he Is
particularly strong in self-reliance and
in the ability to act lirmly in all exi
gencies without parade and bluster.
His methods are not those of the more
politician , and being most thoroughly
imbued with republican principles , ho
has achieved the admiration , the respect -
spoct and the confidence of the
French people to an extent enjoyed
perhaps by no other man. .
The administration of President Carnet
not has done much to establish at homo
and abroad a foeliu'r of faith in the
permanence of republican institutions
in Franco , and while ho continues at
the head ot affaire there will bo general
confidence that the government will bo
wisely administered and the interests
and welfare of the people carefully and
faithfully subserved.
Ix a recent address before the stu
dents of Harvard university Mr. Theo
dore Roosevelt ono of the civil service
commissioners called attention to the
need of men of education and wealth
devoting their time to public life. In
this countrv there is already aclass of
mon , a leisure class , resembling very
much the gentry of England xvhoao in
come for life is assured and whoso time
is wholly Us own. ' Steadily growing
in p'r/.o , it remains to' bo scon
whether this class aliall become a curse
or a blowing to tlio nation by the use
which its members make of their
leisure. If leisure is understood to
mean idleness or viciousness then the
po'ssesjio : ) of it is an evil. There can bo
litllo doubt but that leisure is a bore
temptation to thousands of young moil
tlio scions of wealthy families. The
larger cities of the country are
filled with a class of men who o
highest ambition in life scorns to
bo to liguro in disgraceful scandals.
They arc the drunkards , rakes , spend-
tnrifts and physical wrecks who blight
many a home and furnish the sicoloton
of many * i closet. I3ut it must not betaken
taken thai all men born with silver
spoons in their mouths become idlers
and drones in the busy hive of society.
Education and wealth are powerful
lovers to a young man ot bruins and in
dustry * Professional life opens its
doors wide for the physician ,
tlio , lawyer , the scientist not dc-
pendant on dally practice to inuko
valuable Investigations and researches.
Mr. Thoo.loro RoosavoU hlmsalf is an
example of the latter , lljnry Cabot
Lodge , the young historian and con
gressman from Massachusetts , is an
other , William Waldorf Astor , ox-mln-
istor to Italy , Is a third. Others could
bo named who promise well in political
life.It was from the gentry that Wash
ington , Adams , JofTorson , Madison ,
Monroe and tlio loading spirits of the
young republic wore drawn. With the
example of those men the leisure class
has a great work before it to roscm
practical ifolitics from the slums and to
dethrone the venal , ignorant bosses , the
bane and power of every metropolitan
city of the country.
'NKWbi'.vrmi mon In Washington
shrug their shoulders under the nose of
Senator Dolph's smelling committee nnd
toll him to commit them to jail for coiir
tenint if lie will. There is very little
probability , however , that the bonntor
will proceed to extreme measures with
the correspondents who rofu&o to glvo
the source of their information of the
secrets of executive sessions. The
newspaper fraternity of Washington is
composed ot men high in political and
social life. They 1mvo boon selected
for their Important duties solely on
their character , their ability , their vor
and in.tfgnty. They are mon
whoso opinionarc ) , consulted and whose
advice is followed nnd wnoso friendship
Is valued by" < fta6lucit ofllcers , senators
roprcscntnthySi and officials in all walk-
of public life , . To become unpopular in
newspaper rowrls to sign and peal ono' <
death warrrfntrto public aspirations. Ki
body of mdti'liro bettor aware of theii
power Uian 'tjio senate of the United
States , nnd \lould bo rashness Indeed
for the uppoiylyHiso to tyrannically stof
upon the toes of the newspaper guild
at WashingtonJ
THK lamontAttons of the Grand
Island Jmlt cnilcnt over navigation ol
the Missouri river recalls the remark
of the Frenchman weeping at the grave
of his wife , "Tears cannot restore her ,
thcrnforo I weep. " Mr. Ilodtlo's weep :
are equally useless. When it takes n
government light draft steamer tout
hours to navigate a mile of the rlvor iti
front of Omaha , it is folly to seriously
talk of sucocsslully operating a barge
line on the river. With the superior
navigable advantages offered by the
'Mississippi river from St. Paul to St.
Louis , the amount of tralllo carried on
boats is insignificant , and docs not at-
ford the slightest relict to the producers
of the surrounding country. TUB BIE :
is not opppsod to eastern capitalists
building and operating the proposed
barge line if they have more money
than they know what to do with , but
when they call for local subscription to
stock , wo doom it proper to reiterate n
well known truth that there Is no better
graveyard for misdirected enterprise
than the Missouri river.
Rr.i'ottTS of the condition ot stock on
the ranges are conflicting. Despite the
recent haavy tmow storms and frigid
temperature in the mountains ot Colorado
rado and Wyoming , the losses on the
whole nro not as govcro as they might
have boon. The herds of California.
Idaho and Oregon have , however , suf
fered. The sheep industry especially
has been crippled and will take ! some
time to recover. In Montanatho re
ports are far from discouraging. The
winter has boon exceptionally open and
stcrck is said to bo in excellent con
dition. A just estimate of the losses on
the ranges of the west and northwest
cannot bo made at this time. But the
best authoritiesunito in saying that the
condition of stock is above the average.
GovKitxoi : Niciior.s ot Louisiana
showed himself to bo a man of decision
when Mr. John-la. Sullivan ot Boston
wanted to run the state. Ho has just
given another instance of his character
by refusing to accept u gift of otic hun
dred thousand dollars from the Louisi
ana lottery company to DO expended for
the rolicf of flood sufferers. Ho refuses
to place the people of the state under
obligations to , the lottery company on
the eve of the session of the legislature
in which an extension of its charter
will bo askud. Governor Nichols is a
man not to bo trilled with.
TIIK enforcement of. the contract
Inbcr law is farcical and unjust. lu
some instances it ia nothing short of
potty persecution ; in others , a species
of favoritism. Mill mon in Rhode
Island and Connecticut and miners in
Pennsylvania have boon permitted to
import contract labor on payment of a
trillo , while clergymen and educators ,
engaged abroad , have boon refused
permission to land. If the authorities
will reverse the method of nnforcoment
they will come much nearer the spirit
and purpose of the law.
PitisniKXT IlAititisoN-'s quiet trip
through the cities of the south along
the Atlantic seaboard contrasts
strangely with the triumphant tour
made when Mr. Cleveland swung
around the southern circle. Ono must
not imagine that Mr. Harrison attracts
litllo attention in the heart of Dixcy.
On the contrary , southern hospitality
has been extended and accepted with
good grace. But Mr. Harrison finds
no pleasure in the fuss and feathers ,
the blure and tlroworks which so much
delighted Mr. Cleveland.
"KANSAS CITY and Omaha"says the
Denver 7Vciu. , ' 'are now only important
way stations , and as they cease to bo
terminal points , the grip which they
have so long hold on tbo commerce of the
\vost willcuaso to exist.1 Denver ohould
not lose any sloop over the commerce of
Omahaand Kansas City , but itbohoovos
her to keep both oyns on Cheyenne and
Salt L'iko City , both of which are sap
ping what little there is of Denver's
commercial vital * .
Tin : record of the county dispensary
should bo made more explicit. There
is a wholesale desire to know how many
olllcial paupers are afllictcd with
somnolency , cramps , dyspepsia , and
like ailments , requiring1 daily requisi
tions on the public drug store * . It is
generally believed that the druggist
compounds an infallible specific for
these complaints , and tha ingredients
should bo madd'a matter of record in
the Interest of biijrerini ; humanity.
GixiitAhM.lNA : : mt Hor.iitioi : : ' letter -
tor to Attornoy'Oonoral ' L oss furnished
the key to the -railroad line of defense
against rcductifi of ruled. In this ho
has performed i an in valuable service.
Now wo shall , ' hear every corporate
organ nnd uiidurAtwppor in the stale
ro-oeho the or ; * frtin trench to trench ,
and denounce tli/ > opposition an oon-
bplrators against ' { vested rights. "
OMAHA Hboultl : not bo bhind hand
with contributions to the uulTorlnir
farmers of drtfujght-strlckon Dakota.
The relief committee now in the city
comes with credential from Governor
Mtillctloand thorocnn bo no longer any
doubt of Us authority to solicit aid.
Will lt Informed.
Dcnctr lima.
A New Yorl ; paper n ks what Chicago
in nan B by "hustlmr. " It will II ml out ooforo
lbD.2 ; jio will the entire country.
Her Hmi n WIN Her < 3astl3.
/VifMiMr/iM / litconl.
Sometimes the ucquarlan fanatics and
crusuJoro encounter n trouulcsomo cus
tomer. In Lathrop , Mo. , recently a wimuu
Bt mul I UK iu her aoorway thus addressed a
band of the priestesses of prohibition ana
their tniilo coadjutori "I bear thut you Ju-
vado private homos to too if you can flm
any whisky , 1 will tell you that woItnoi *
whlslty In our home , ) .avo . nlwny * kept II
nnd ahvuyn will , lint I Imvo n Joublt-bar-
reloa snot gun here timt J loaded , aod the
first man \vomnu who croMos this thresh
old to search my house will receive Its con
tents. "
The speech was effective. The jV morons
disappeared as suddenly ns if the earth line !
swallowed them , JUtc the witches In "Mao
both. " itad they persisted in their attack
the resolute woman would doubtless Imvo
taught them that her liouse was licr castle
aud that acquarian fanaticism could not in
vade It with Impunity.
Occasional Intolllcniit Flnslios.
JVif/iil / < lj > Mt R'act.
The United States aonnto aecms to know
enough once In a whllo to keep Its llnt-cr * out
of the flro.
_ _
In the \Vronji Cnrty.
Sfoii r Ctlii Journal.
The republican party is hardly the place
for any man who will tnako on eight-day
speech and than abuse the newspapers be
cause they don't ' print such stult.
llnw Wo Move Matrimonially.
Kaimu C/lu / Time * .
The Indiana couple who wore marrlod by
telephone the other dry "Just tor the fun of
the thing" uro lu a position to fully recog
nize the inclining of the word progress , as
applied to the 050 m which \vo live.
Neck nnd Node.
ir < u7ilii0fon CVi'ffr.
A cyclone destroyed the town of Carthage ,
, Miss. , last Tuesday. It wna In Its way quite
us destructive as an election sometimes
Droves to bo hi that region.
lint No Conitiotltor.
i tr < t 7ifiif/'tm I'ntt.
The Now York people hnvo uinuagcd to
grind out a now nlau for "Washington
memorial arch. When it comes to plaus the
Now York uoonlo have a clour rteht of way.
A IMIHctilt Undertaking-
Clitcaauera Id.
Professor Dunstnore , who hsa attempted
tomake the young ladles of the Detroit art
school quit chawing puui , has himself bitten
off more than ho can chow. Wiser mon than
lie Imvo failed ia their efforts to put a quietus
on the fainalo jaw.
Decidedly n Pull.
If any ono asserts that the Louisiana lot
tery has no pull In North Dakota the attor
ney general of the state can feel of his nose
and declare that ho UHS had personal experi
ence to the contrary.
A Year of UeiMililicnn Ilulp.
KupupliuuniBin Has restored dignity , llrm-
ness-and a positive , strong American quality
to a'govornmont that had grown decidedly
weak nnd inconsequential in democratic
hands. It has uoon u year of triumphs for
the administration.
" OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
England' * Unolonn Ulstorj.
R'cio I'nih H'orW.
Suspending Labouuhero may tend to pro
mote courtesy of speech in the house of com
mons but it will not Imvo the effect of con-
vlncine the decent people of Great Britain
that the blue blooded rascals who shocked
aud disgraced humanity in the Cleveland
street den ought to bo protected bv the cov.
crnmont because of their aristocratic lineage
and connections. .
Tl > o Sunday Ntiv < i > apar.
I'hilittlcti'Ma ' In'inlrcr.
The truth of the matter is that Sunday
newspapers and all other new. * papers are
like the men who rnako them , and still more
like the men who read them. They are
more thun half human , for they are neither
more nor less than the rellex of certain
human minds appealing to the mind * of the
jjroat mass of humanity. Thcro is nothing
n thorn that has not passed through at least
one mind and that is not assimilated by other
minds. Therefore , they nro llko the men
who make and those wno read thorn neither
wholly good nor wholly bu , but having a
constant tendency to the batter than to tlra
worse , for that 19 the inuviublo inulination
of Intellectual development , of which the
newspaper is the exponent.
Calvin Out ol'D.ite.
'Jiicw > Tilliune.
Whatever views may bo entertained of
Brother Talmage's doctrine's or his practices
ho is at Icjst liberal and keeps hlmsolf
abreast of the tiinus. In his sermon last
Sunday ho aildrested himself to the question
of revision nnd boldlv dolurod himsalf imt
for revision but for substitution. Said the
doctor : ' 'I could call the names of twenty
living Presbyterian ministers of religion who
could make a bailer creed thun John ( J.ilvin.
The nineteenth century ought not to bo called
to sit. at the foot of tha sixtcunth. " As
IJroth Tulmago is shortly to hove a brand
new cuurch It i3 evident that liu wants a
brand now croud to go with it. And no ono
can blame him , _
Tlio flucrei tMslo
Wo do not suppose that the most devoted
servant of tradition would contend thut in a
vast majority of cases the rs.il welfare either
of individuals or of the country U promoted
by secret sessions. Moreover , if tlio ad-
vautagoj of roul at dUtlngiihhod from pretended -
tended Boc-recy were indisputable , it would ho
all tlio more obvious that 11 function which
had degenerated into a fares was uot worth
maintaining in thut condition. S' ' lonir ns tlto
injunction of secreov Is vacated every day
by individual choice. If not bj common con
sent , It will bo difficult to convince the - country
try that nu uticiont custom ought to bo pre
served mmply because , by way of contrail ,
it Is ocuasloimllv inailu an object of tender
solicitude and jealous defense.
Tlio On-,1 ! of I'rirnto AVilil.
G'/ifci ; , ) fnlnin' .
Private l-ogun has put hit case into the
hands of counsel and applied for relief. If
Ills story U correct ho should have rolicf and
Licutonant King should ho dmcracefnily dis
charged Irom the United States unn.v. The
case is infinitely worsu than that of Private
Wild , If such brutality ns this is practiced
In the tinny it is no wonder thai desertions
uro Increasing every year. No man of spirit
would submit to such indignity and uruclly
Private Logan's LM-.D should Imvo thorough
investigation , and If thu facts are as stated
Lho president and secretary of war cannot do
iilin Justice any ton uoon.
Tlio I'ulillo I'nyB tlio Pi pur ,
Dr. Green , in his argument against the
postal telegraph l'laui ' "I'oko ' of the ruin
whlcn followed the several comp.mle * or
ganised to compete against the Western
Union. That was rather dangerous ground.
The Western Union by reducing tolls man
aged to break up some of its rivals and had
to buy up others , , but the consumer paid and
is still paying the plpor. The rival now pro-
poiod oould neither be bankrupted nor
bought off and would not bo nbllxod to carry
aud earn interest on n dead weight of stock.
That is why th'o Postal Telegraph schomu
appears no objectionable to President Green.
Nortli DaUotn'n fisiruou.
Kfie Yiirh Trlbunt.
The people of North Dakota are furuicra ,
and farmer * as u dnsi are of all men nonost.
The Idea of fastening uuoh a rauu disgrace
upon the stuto haa excltou aa inuob rage uud
disgust In North Ualtota as olsowhoro. The
people knuw , too , that U has already wioiiRhl
Incalculable harm. Immigrant1) ) nnd capita
will be much more dllUcuU to got into Nortl
Dakota now tlmn before this affair canv :
nlop to dishonor the legislature. The coin
plote extinction ot every man known to have
boon connected with It should bo rflsolutclv
demanded by every republican In tho.stato.
If any educational work needs to bo done ,
wo can conceive of no better document for
circulation than Mr. floodwin'n letter. l\ \
was written In the right key , morally anil
practically , nnd shows Its author to bo n
patriotic cltb.cn.
STAl'ti JOTI1NGS.
Noornskn.
A county non-partisan prohibition lenguu
xvlll bo formed , at Vcrdon Wednesday.
Branches of the Farmers' alliance are tc
bo formed m every school district In Plattc
county ,
The drug store of O. A. Wlurd at Silroi
Creole was closed by the sheriff on n ohntto !
mortgage.
Sownrd county wants to glVo un the super
visor iiyBtoni nnd return to the old style
commissioner rulo.
Another branch of the l nrmcrs' alliance
was organized In Hurt county last week with
thirty-six members.
Mr. Dana McNeil nnd Miss Mattlo FloiU'
Ing , prominent members of Chadron society ,
were married last wcolc.
The village board of Pupil lion Is consider
ing tbo advisability of Increasing the saloon
occupation tax to $300 or SoQQ.
The Geneva mllltla company will give n
reception next Friday ovonlnp which Gov
ernor Thnyer is expected to attend.
The commissioners of Douol county have
distributed 8.000 bushels of corn ntnont ; the
needy faru.ors nt 1GK cents a bushel.
There are about six hundred members of
the farmers' alliance In nicliurdson county ,
and now brauchcs are being organized every
week.
The old Plorco county court house has
been sold for WOO nnd the purchaser ordered
to remove the building from thd lot within
twenty davs.
George W. Uurtcli has purchased n half
interest In the general merchandise store of
F. W. Sherman & Co. at Imperial , F. P.
Gott retiring.
Ors Srtbors. eighty-nine years of age , re
siding near Ijyons , was burned to death
Fridav morning In his home. The flro prob-
nbly caught from u lamp.
Ed Stunnard of North Plutto was on the
train which was wrecked nt West Hamburg ,
N. Y. , In which olgnt people wore killed , but
ho escaped without injury.
Frank Jves. a B. & M. brakcman , was
robbed at Hed Cloud the other night by a
suealc thTnl. who "hooked" his pants nnd
took J51 from tbo pockets. Ts'o clue.
Mark Harbison of Culbertson , after a day
in jail and being unable to secure bonds , con
cluded to purchase his liberty by marrying
Miss Clara Young , with whom ho had boon
on too familiar terms.
T. P. Bovcr , ouo of the earliest settlers of
Lincoln county , 1ms been declared insane
nnd will bo sent to the Lincoln asylum. Ho
\vasatouotimo in ufllucnt circumstances ,
but hud recently lost his fortune.
The citizens of Douol county will vote
April I on a proposition to Issue § 10,000 m
bonds to build a bridge across the North
Platte river twonty-flvo miles oust of Chap-
poll. The improvement is badlv needed , as
the river is not foidablo more than BLX
months "in a your and people nro obliged to
trnvcl from forty to .sixty miles to get to
town.
Mrs. Stockton , n lady residing south of
thu rlvor , Bhot and lulled u wolf ono day
lust week , say a the Gothenburg Independent.
Mrs. Stockton saw his wolfship approaching
the house and she quietly took the gun from
its rcstmif place , opened a window uud shot
the bold beast on the spot. SIio didn't faint ,
either , as womonjire generally supposed to
do under such circumstances , but reloaded
the gun and triumphantly awaits the coming
of any other n.trudcr.
Conductor Coy had quito an experience a
few nights njo whllo train No. 1 was at
Ucnkclman , says the McCooi : Tribune.
Three bold , had "cow boya" got on the
train to taku possession , aud tried to induce
him to dunro , offering a ? an inducement .n
look down the polished barrels of tome
14-calibers : Out William , who wasn't built
thut way , remarked that ho never had bc-
fore and was too old to learn. The bad men
mo now under urrcnl at Bunkomun.
Itoin-i.
Onawa wants a new ouera houso.
The soldiers' orphans' homo at Davenport
is overcrowded.
Denison has voted $13,500 bonds to build n
new school houso.
A female burglar is making frequent raids
on houses ut Algona.
The Masonic temple which Is to bo erected
atDubuquo will cost Sl'-'S.OOO.
Dubuquu hopes to secure n typewriter
factory with n capital of $200,000.
Forty-one male nnd five female dentists
wore craduaied from the state university
last week.
The O.ld Fellows will hold a state rally at
DCS Moines April lili , the sovonty-lifth anni
versary of the order.
Twenty prisoners were received and
twelve dischnnjfd from the Fort Madison
penitentiary during February ,
The iirst Younir Mon's Uhristlau associ
ation convention of the Cedar Hupids dis
trict will bo held at Muscatino March 151 , 'JJ
and ! ! . .
It cost seventeen young people nt Murengo
§ ' upleco to serenade a newly niardud
couplt ) with tin pans , -etc , Thu tux wus
assessed by the mayor.
Thu merchants' carnival given by the1
Woman's H'jhof corps of Anumosa cleared
? 30 ! ) . The money will be used in relieving
the Boldiar poor of the community.
Dr. JncDb Liutwig of Jasper county is
eitjiit.v-tlireo years old und has I'M living de
scendants. Mrs. Wheeler of the sumo
county is mother , grandmother or great
zramlninthcr of un even 10J.
linns Paulson of Hock Island U evidently
subtlil'ircd ' ( > y the reporters on the other side
of the river to keen thorn supplied with
fresh news , says the Davenport Democrat.
ISvury day , omo timoj two times a day or
more , ho t'oeo out , upon a weak spot in the
ice und breaks through into tlio river. The
last time ho did this ho went down with u
pipa In his mouth und came up again still
miiciking. Ho has a horse that can full in al
most as auccasslully ns ho does hlmuelf.
They > uro u grrnt tenm for news.
The Fort Mad isoii Democrat saysi "Dude"
Henderson , colored , who recently got into u
tilllcult.v , nhot ut und was shot oy a Dus
Monies pjllco ofllcer , .served u term in the
loniteutiary here Hovoral years ago. Ho
was n quarrelsome fellow and wus punishutl
Bovernl times for raising rackets with his { clew
ow prisoners , on one occasion bnniR matia-
cied bttck-to-back with miot'iur ' and the two
placed In u "solitary" till they they thought ,
liev could agree to uirrpc , which idea it took
bovcrttt hours to inuciilulu into their belliger
ent heads. _
'J ln 'i wo Dnlcotttw.
Sinnx Falls is to have a new tcliool house
costing -1,000.
The city al Do Smot i * oui of debt and has
WOO in the treasury.
Codingcoa county farmers have com
menced spring needing.
According to the Pierru Capital tha laws
[ iaB3cd by the Into legislature cost South
Dakota about $ > ' > 'J upiouo.
A citlzon of JUighea county has otganlxed
n colony of ( icrtimin who will come to this
country and settle in Hughes county this
jpring.
Chlng Saw Quay , a Dondwood Chinaman
who had lost hit alt at the gambling taliln
nnd run In debt for ( ? 1C'JJ , committed Miieiilo
L > y takiiii ? poison ,
lAirtitiootlnpr a Huaslun through the hand
: luring un a'tarcation , .Frank Morris of Pom-
burn county 1ms boon sentenced to two yoiirs
In the panllontiar.v und lopiyn line of $ j,2oO.
Wllhulm nnd IviUlierlrm Koaobotu of Cun-
Ittota , ainul respectively uavonty-throe uud
sixty , after Josi timrr a year of ivo.ldod hlloi ,
Imvo both commenced divorce proceedings.
Woonsockot MOW has a lirst-class lire pro
tection system , Connection Inu been mailo
ivlUi tlio artesian well , which forces n solid
stream of water 150 feet high through l.OJU
feet or hose.
Miss I'vn SpotU of Fargo tin * boeti held to
iwalt the action of the fuJural irrand Jury
For Bonding improper mutter lurough the
inaiU. hSo returned n valentine to the
man who sent It to nor with her opinion of
turn written ou tbo back of It , and hu
mean enough to file Information against
hor.
hor.On
On the Grand In farm In North Dnkntn
fitly mon nro employed in soodlni : In the v
uprlng , and during the six wco'fs of harvest
JiO nro at. work , Only ten men are required f
.to look after the properly the balance of IIio
year. The farm contain * 40.P03 acres , upon
which not ono single'family lliuls perma
nent homo.
IN TJ1K UOCU.VDA.
" .lust from Kearney , Sheriff Wllsonl"
"This morning. "
"What's the news I"
' 'Kntnv of tionoof especial Interest. "
"What nro the politicians doing ! "
"Laying the -wires 1 suppose thcy'ro
pretty quiet , though. "
"Doing to bo any now congressional can
didates In the Third I"
"i can't really say , out It's Hltoly. "
"How arc affairs nt Hustings , Dr. Keller I"
"About ns usual nothing now that I tan
think of. "
"Tho political pot has It begun to bollV
"Not very vigorously. " f
"About Congressman Laws ! "
"lie's all ngut BO fnr as I know. "
"Any dissatisfaction with his work In * ,
! " A
congress > ,
" 1 know ST none I'm not much interested
In politics. "
"How's business ! "
"GooiV
"In your line ! "
"Well , not particularly , but In commercial
circles everything seems to bo brlghtvning
u . "
"Groat tcwn. Hastings ! "
"Indeed it Is , one of the best in the
state. "
Fronds C. Grablo has Just returned from
his anmm ! trip through the Ulack JfcllH i *
country. Ho spoke enthusiastically to ix IIK : ° ' "
representative of the prospects of that
region.
There has been no time , ho saki , since the
gold excitement of 1877 that business has
been as active tut nt present , there being two
reasons for tlieactivity , said ho :
'First , the possibility of the 1J. & M. x-
tonslon to Dcndwood ; second , Urn develop
ment of the tin ore discoveries made several
years ago.
"Tho territory in which this valuable min
eral 1ms been so fur found in payituj qunnti-
ties Is confined to the Hurney Peak ridge In
the vicinity of Ouster City nnd Hill City.
"Near both of these towns substantial
works nro established and now being oper
ated. The largest nro nt Hill City , twhcro
the Harncy Peak company is at work with i\
capital of $15,000,000 , the corporation being
composed principally of English capitalists.
It employs 1-5 men and the buslines Is In its
infancy. The company paid from (10,000 to
$70,000 for mining claims of twenty acres
each and ttieso consolidated gives them con
trol of n large acreage of mineral lands.
"Hill Cltv has hud a vuritablo boom. List
Juno it was composed of three lo # houses ,
now It has about ! WO buildings nnd business
lots twenty-live foot front ore .scarce ut from
$760 to Sl.OOO.
"Custor City enjoys the distinction of a
natural location , which for beauty is second
to none in the Hills. It lies in a .picturesque
little vulloy sheltered on cither side bv
graduallv ascending timbered penks from
*
which the view is in'dcscribablo.
"Dcudwood , the quiet city ot a year ago ,
is now one of the most buoyant places in the
west , A traveling salesman of an Omaha
wholesale house is the fortuimto
owner of n rsldcncu lot m that pliipc.
Ho received $ l , . " > 00 for n thirty day option on
the lot at $30,000. Tlio time expiring lie de
clined to renew the ontlons on tlio same
terms , There in a grout fortune for the own
ers of the coal mines near Now Castlo. No
one can form an idea of the immensity of thu
coal deposit tliero without Bcciutr il. It is
estimated that it will lust 100 years nt the
rate it is now being taken out. It now yields
10,000 tons to the acre. The output is now
twenty cars u day.which will be Increased to
flfty soon ,
' The excavation into the mines is m the
side hill about ono hundred arid llfty feet
above the railroad bod. From tliat elo
vat ion the coal is i umpod into n shuto
down which It descends , separating into four
grade on the way and loading four curs ut
once a't the bottom. The machinery In these
mines U allot the most expensive and with
the latest improvements.
"Tho Hot Springs of the llluck 1111)8 ) may
become as futnuus us these of Arkansas. /
The water from ttioso ( .prings burais from
tlio hills ut n nnturul toinpornturo of 05 do-
crocs. It is said to possess mineral proper-
lies that euros many diseases. There were
over two thousand visitors to this place last
season , the hotel accommodations being
far uelovv the demand. A new
hotel thut will iieconuiiodiuu tlueo
hundred guests is now building.
A .four story aamitarliitn Is nbout llnlslicd.
The Methodist collevulls up to tliH third
storv. while the soldle-rs' homo , to cost
$30,000 , will bo ready lor occupancy in the
sprinc. All these buildings nro of stone ,
which ia obtained in un unlimited supply
near the town , lUMiop Vincent ilodicutiMl
grounds adjoining this pluco for a Ohuulau-
qua assembly , which are sure to grow Into
great favor because of their many attruo-
tiuns , "
Mr. Grablo broucht homo with him man v
line mliuTul specimens und photographs of
interesting scenery ,
TUB DnlToilil Hnnont'li My Winilnw ,
llarixt't II itiinr.
What think you of the winds of March ,
Mi- daffodil I
The dream-blue sUles that overarch
The loalloss , sap-stirred trees ; the birds
Awinglnir upward to thn north ;
The brown-reoti mcadow'o lowing herds ;
The wooing sun that brought you forth
To bloom beneath my window-sill !
You toss your saucy yellow head ,
My duffodil ,
AB thouch for you thosKlesvero spread ,
The BUIIwore made to woo you forth ,
Tlio birds to tell your blossoming
In herald notes throughout the north ,
And I my poet's song to bring
To you beneath my window-sill.
Your ijrundams all were Bad coquettes ,
My duffodil ,
With poet's hearts 1 To vauo | ! regrets
i'lioy turned that lusty parish priontM
Who sane love-songs in Devonshire ;
And Wordsworth , rigid moralist ,
Was moved to dance in fair Grasmoro ,
Aa you ooiicath my window-sill.
What pranlt with mo woulu yon now ploy ,
MydaffodlH
Ah , sweet coqiiotto hark what I suy ,
As close to yours 1 put my mouth.
to ! tell the pouts of the north ,
Ttils whispered messaged ! the south
The Klngor xi'tids who ipeods you forth
From here beneath his w.iulow-slll.
OMAHA'
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subsrrlbpd * KUnruutootl Capital , S50O.ODO
1'alil In Capital .380 , OOO
lliijH mill aoln ) Httvkrt ftPil lionilni ;
L-ominurcln.1 jmiior ; roolVHHiumuvixil
irti UK transffiuuent nnd truatcu ot corpora-
lions ; tnkua clmrgo ot prnpnrtyi collect runu
Omaha Loan &Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK
3. E. Cor. IGth and Douglas Otroot ) .
Pulil In Oanltnl . 53O.ODO
Jlibicrlbed & gunrniitoctl capital , 100,000
Liability ot stoukhowtirs , 200,000
5 For Cent Interest Paid on Uopoalta
THANK .1. I.ANUI ! , C'aihlor.
UmCEits : A. U , Wymnn , president ; J.J.IIrotvji ,
vlcti iff ldtiit ; W.T.Vyman , truAHiiror.
DliiKanmiii A. I , ' . Wymnn. J , II. Mlllurd. J , J ,
Drown , ( iuyc1. Iliirtou , IL U' . .Naili , thai. I , .
Klmbull , ( Ico. a l.uko.
Loans In any amount made on City &
Farm Property , nnd on Collateral
Security , at Lowoa Rate Curronttos