Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1881, Page 1

| The Omaba Daily OMAHA, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1881. MORNING EDITION. VOL. X. Established 1871, c NO- 198. Price Five Cents EM BRO' DERI ES THE NEW NORTH T. An iron bridge, 500 feet lons, ::r:nfindlml:uh:n&’: :fn:a:t:;:nl:;su PUSHING FOR THE PASS. GRBAT SALE y — being placed across Snake river, near | and will sford ible comfort T iy cs 3 afford every possible comfor C Le) . on Rapid Development of the Re-|town, which will add mach o the | and couvenlonce in reaching the na | Active Railread Operations in D O M " - . z € | Whoso Miscion i to Lub-| st e et Bt ™ e of e Monmtn |t et St | ) 20, S0P | ko Nothorn Partof STICS! 2 tloate the Legislature, {, The pesier porion of auc sine Opntey. e have s meokly newe. | dusia e - fomminion” of e Golorado. i s paper, under the title of The Register, | union to the present time, and also e . -~ Deecription of the Thriving Young Oity of Blackfoot. Correspoddence of The Bes. Brtcxroor, Idaho, February 2-— 188L.—Few persons have any ides to advocate our wants and tell the local i giving the official programme of the committee in charge of the insugura- tion. The circular can be obteined from any of the B. & O. agents, or by dmgpln. a postal card to 0. K. Lord, G. P. A., Baltimore, Md., snd it will And Switch Gillible Gudgeons from the Straight and Nar- tow Path of Duty onto the Urion Pacific The Union Pacific Begins Work on the Upper Poudre. news. ——————— CABLECRAMS. Specia Dispatches to Tax Bxa. Loxoox, February 8—1 a. m.— Seventeen persons perished by an ex- Have JUST RECEIVED and will offér this week TWENTY BALES AND SEVENTEEN CASES the bosrd of public lands and baild- be forwarded by return mail. ¥ / . | of the following Goods, direct from the M H Anaconda. Ings ahall, within wxty daye attor this | ow rapidly tals groat northwest couns | plosion at Whilafeld colliery. Prospect of & Lively Competi- | 3 flguiek b voaiy salc i this 1 qflafl#'t;n%fuu‘::dgm:‘ghm"]'] . —— commissioner to appraise these saline | 77 s being developed—how the des- - .. GARVEE WINs. tion. offer them at the The matoh at Hendon be- tween Dr. and Scott, exch 1 s for £200 8 side and the championship, was won by Carver by two thirds. The score stood Oarver sixty-six, Soott six. CONSIDERATION FOR DAVITT. The home secretary sald that orders had been given to treat Davitt with all possible indalgence. He occaples s room with bedding, snd Is kept apart from the other convicts. He will not be subjeated to ordinary pris- on Iabor, but must wear convict dress* MISAPPLIED CHARITY. A Minister Oharged with Spec- ulating on the Misfortunes of the Destitute. — Vavaax, Gosper co., Neb., January 31, 1881. To the Editor of Tgs Baz. Will you kindly publish this letter for the benefit of people of this coun- ty! Quite an amount of ald has been sent to Furnas county which never reached those for whom It was intend- Come into My Oil Room and Try On Our Endowment Robes. lands, cxcept such as are included i1 the saline basin pear this city; also each salt spring in the state with for! scres of the land upon which sur ing fs located. ert and waste places are belng con- verted into_plessant habitatlons, and ‘brought #yield richly in retamn for labors of the miner and ranche man. It seems buta few months since this country was used only as & route over which lumbered the heav- ily loaded wagons snd stage coaches as they passed from the Central Pacific rallway at Corinne, north to points in Montana. Then. to reach Helens, astage ride occupied many days in spanning the five hundred miles, and the trip was 80 tedious that few, ex- oept the most robust, could endure the fatigne and wearyness of such & journey. To day one can enter the train at Ogden in the evening and in twenty-four hours, land at the north- ern terminous, thres hundred and fifty miles from Ogden, and instead of reaching there worn out, can recline in the magnifient little Pollman slecping cars, and feel 80 refreshed as to be ready to st once take the stages for either Butte, Virginia City and Heleaa. Bat it is not our desire in this letter to describe travel in Mon- taua, but rather to talk of this placo, Regular Jobbing Price, contenting ourselves with a jobbers’ a list of the Goods in this lof: PRINTS, PRINTS, PRINTS, PRINTS, Lancaster, Berwicks, Harmony, Pacifics, Anconas, Manchester, Merrimacs an knjckufi%ookm - GINGHAMS, CINGHAMS, CINGHAMS. Lancasters, Bates, Household and Amoskeag. BLEACHED MUSLINS, BLEACHED II.ISLINS. Lonsdale, Fruit of the Loom Wamsuttaand New York Mills. UNBLEACHED MUSLINS, BLEABHED UNMUSLINS, Indiao Head, Great Western, 1 awrence LL, Alabams, Gran Popperel G and Popporolu:t. T SHEETINGS BLEACHED. ‘Wamsutta, New,York Mill K Mill:' m :oncn, Hllerstown New SHEETINGS UNBLEACHED. . gumenta before 'the supreme court for determining the question of the con- stitational amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale i Q.O.I'mllldlfl to-da The railroad plot thickens, and all manner of rumors are flying about town. The arrival in Fort Collin, two 0, of a party of surveyors and in the employ of the Union Pacific railroad company, set the com- ‘munity all agoing, but the excitement has only increased with subsequent de- velopment. The party was in com- mand of Mr. S. H. Collins, an old and experienced engineer, and long in the service of the Union Pacific. The party made their headquarters at the Tedmon house. For two days Mr. Collins rode over the country appar- ently prospecting. On the third the party ail started up the Poudre with instruments and fall surveying outéit, and have since been at work in Pleas- ant valley. In the meantims S, E. Bar- ney,the chief of the party of suryeyors who recently located a route from a fow miles east of Fort Ccllins to the littie narrows of the Poudre in the interest of the Denver, Salt Lake sod Western railroad company—or, as is sapposed, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy under another name—still re- mains in Collins and takes an occa- sional up the vallay and into the can- yon. Mr. J. S. Cameron, the agent for the company, is occasionally seen = profit. The following is publio sale, at any price not below appraised valustion. The proceeds froum these ssles shall be deponited in the state treasury, snd placgd to the credit of the saline fand. Section three requires the commis- sioner, just ss soon as $5,000 has been restized from these land eales, to contract for building dykes and digging ditches, to provent the over- flow of the big st basin at Linooln from being flooded with fresh water, these expenditures to continue until the ditohing and dykes sre complete. Sation four directs the board of publio works to invest the surplus from salin land sales In pumpe, pipes and machinery to pump the brine in- to reservuirs and scqaeducts, also to be constructed out of the saline fund, and to eupply manufacturera of salt with brine in the largest quantity and best quality. Section five directa the commis sioner to sink sslt wells with the residue of the saline fund. Jetmore, A. H. Vance,J. J, Buck, Jadge Calver and L. B. Kellcge. Those agalnst the amendment were J. Martin, W. C. Webb, C. N. Stes Thomas P. Fenton, and W, C. patrick. “The argument of the attor- neys in opposition to the amendment were aimed _at the sufficlency of the law authorizing the submission of the question, Wiliard Davis closed for the atate this forenoon, He reviewed the proceedings of the leglslatare In the pasasge of the law submitting the amendment to the people, and argued that there was no informality that could fatally affect the status of the smendment. Judge Webb olosed for the other side, and gave & history of tho progress of the smend- ment through the senate and house in 1879, as shown by the three journal: and claimed that the resolution was not_set forth in the legislative pro- coedings, as the constitution required that, to make the act valid and a goy- erning one, every requisition must be observed; that, inasmuch as the law A Big Bonsnga for Scheming Speculators, and & Fat Take for the-Land Commissioner. ‘I ‘e OF'S LV SESOXO EMBROIDERESK Stop Your Tampering, Raltorial Correspondencs of Twx Ber Lixcors, February 7, 1881.—The capltal city is enjoying one of the most prosperous seasous in its history. The keepers of hotels, restaurants, barber shops and saloons, are reaping agolden harvest. The hackmen and owners of livery rigs, are rolliig in high clover. Parties who have furn- ished rooms to let are discounting ISEHIMEGIOMTS: ed. SNOS 2 SINVITIIM ‘'§90|ud 9AIjORINY AJDA je 3uleyQ 94y O9M YOIYm ‘suaanied 30I0HO pue : MON IV ‘G3AIZO3H LSNP sensploqu3 JO NOILY.LHOLWI DNIYAES sy EMEBROIDERIERS. | SEIMEACCIONECIALT S31H3AIoHTN3 0. 8. Circuit Court. The following is the principsl busi- neus transacted in the U. 8. clrouit oourt at Lincoln, Judge E. S. Dundy ing: Arthur E. Pinkney, cf Rspublioan City, and Horaco G. S'ripe of Omahs, were appolnted examiners in chancery. Geo. K. Glass, of Hustings, and H. Wilson, of Lincola, were admitted fles ve. Banks, adminlstrator es- tate, entered order pro confesso agalnst all defondants except mivor heir of Cameron, deceased. Cole va. Montgomery, et al ; decres i whal, . ot A etal, va. ler; re| to J. L. Webster, master, confirmed and bill dismissed at costs of plaintifl. Davia v. Shaver o al.;billdemias ed as per stipalation of parties. Oliver v Gity of Omsha defond: ant, to_answer by March rules and plaintiff to reply by April rales, and continued. Fishor, executor, va. Porter et al.; demurrer of Porter overraled, sd he ruled to answer in thirty from Fab. 1, aod refly to be Glod uader Harrison va B, & M. Rallroad in Nebraska; settled and dismissed at defendant's costs. Marshall et al. vs. Amos et al.: time for smeuding sxtended to Feb- rusry 20 and continued. Davenport va. Packer et al.; G. M. Lamb rtson appointed guaral litem for minor defendant; answer to bo filed March 1 and reply in five days thereafter. Fuller vs. Steele et al.; verdiot for defendant. Taglor va. Forney et al.; A. Shosn heit appointed goardian ad litem for Charles infant heir of Wyatt, de- ased. co Lefever vs Phelps et al.; rule on de- fendants to show cause by the 9ch inst., why writ of assistance should not imae. Aultman & Co., va. Reams; wpecial ot by jury. Unitod Siates ve. Douthett ot al.; verdect set aside and mew trial order. Gray, trustes va. Bently et al,; ver- dict for plaintiff for premises. Uil States va. Holmes etal.; settled and dismissed. Stettinish va. Latta; reply to be filed by the 11th inst, and continued to adjourned term. Dow vs. Vity of Brownville; time for reply extended to March let. Henry vs. U. P. R. R. Co.; verdict for defendant. Bibelow ve. Jacobs; verdiet for de feudant. Tu-nd.n&h; judgment. for $56402, and mle of attached property ordered. Stout va_Sioux Olty & Pasific R. R. Co.; plaintiff leave to answer ples in ten doys. L Washington in extravagant rentals. There never was such “'A HIGH OLD TIME 10 the city of David within the mem- ory of the oldest inhabitant. This boom was by no means brought about by the influx of three-dollara-a- day members and committes clerks. Nor bas there been a branch mint lo- cated near the artesian well by sena- torial septrants—the farmers’ alli —ot the woman’s soffrage lobby. One the hotels to ascertain whence all these blessings flow. With the ad- vent of the new year, even before the legitlators, properly eupplied with “anpuals” from Omaha to Ogden and Cheyenne to the Rio Grande, had put in an sppearsnce, Lincoln was swarming with a horde of thimble-rig- glers, confidence men, whisky spooges, who hither from Omaha and the tions on the -Nebraska railr assist the legislature in arriving proper understanding of its duties according to ‘THE MONOPOLY CODE. The head lubr.cater of these polit- foal “zoad agenta” is the redoubtable Jchn M. Thurston, their chict scav- enger Frank Nagle, alixs Walters, thelr head cracksman, key-hole and transom reporter, Jim O. West, act- Ing assistant chief lubricator, Colonel Fraok Hanlon, and consulting a tor- ney of projected ansconds railroads, Captain Mitchell, Withsuch a favor. able array of expert lubricators, “‘maverickers” and rounders, there was quite » little drove of merchenta- blo cattle ocorralled, but still not goosgh o bull the macket for Obursh lowe on tl speakership and put Oharch Howe's preferred candidate the “boy governor,” into Paddook’ shoes. THE 014 RoOX. Located at the head of th stairs, in the_sscond story of the Commercial, i room No. 7, where the bead lubri- oator does the “amiable ho are enticed into_his gudgeo: Aalr by the cappers and strikers that swarm in the corridors and on the stalrway. Nearly every member, upon entering this abode n:h.lhu wicked, is reqaested to inspect map of a pro- Jooted rallroad Sonnesting his town and county with ‘“Jay Gould's over- land,” which he is assured will be built next season, provided the galli- ‘ble member will support the candi dates and measures of the head lubri- cator. After the anaconda has been uncoiled, and “gullible” has swallowed the bait, e is politely Invited to a lit- tle room adjoining No. 7, which is known as the oil room. Here %e can test the medicinal properties of sev- eral black jugs, which are uncorked by Colonel Mike Hanlon, with a beam. ing emile. The oiled member in dne time makes his exit ot cf an entrance which, fn accord with the eternal fit- ness of things, is_opposite to_the chamber occupird by the champlon of temperauce, Churoh Howe. . Daring the senatorial contest this wuite of lubricating rooms was an in- genious and hippy srranzement. When a pliant member passed the front door of the Commercial, he wes seized and roped in by Frank Nagle- Walters, laoded at the staircare and drawn up by Jim O. West, and po- litely bowed into the presence of ex- 8, Mathewsou, who introduced to the head lubricator. Ina few minutes the uq'lnngm lin.bered the tongue and d the lega cf Mr. Godgeon, and he was pashed across the corridor into the embrace of theacrobatic Church Howe, and the wfin presence of the boy governor. s pen-picture of the monopoly dragnet has been vouched for by ‘members who went through that mill, and my personal observations whil the corridors ocon- vince me that it is not over drawn. I should not put myself to the trouble of pr this sketch now ‘were it not tor the fact that the roping Lnnllld lubricating process still con- mes. for raral A NEEDED INVESTIGATION. In view of the fact that super-hu- man efforts are now being made by ‘the monopoly crew to prevent the regalation of railways, and legislation 10 pat & stop to extortion and discrim- ination, an investigation fnto the ‘methoda they pursue, and means they have resorted to, is not only timely, but_imperatively demanded. For weeks a shameless snd rockless system of debauchery and corrupt manipala- tion of members bas been going on within sight of the capltol, and Iam confident an_investigation will ‘bring about some startling disclosres. A SALTED BONANZA. This state has made some costly, nce meeds only to tread the corridors of Sectlon six requires the buard of public lands to employ a geolo gist to keep record of all goologioalatrata and. pay him out of the saline fund not to exceed $260. Section eight authorizes the board to contract with individuals or corpora- tions for the manuinctare ot the bri: pumped by the state into the reser- voirs and scqueducts, into salt st s royalty of one cent per bushel. Such contracts mot to exceed a term of thirty years. The contractors may at the expliration of their lease remove all their improvements or exact pay for the same from the state. Section nine requires the state board to keep the ditches, dykes, reservoigs and ac. queducts in good repair, ahd the ex- pense of such repairs shall be paid out of the line fand. Section ten ap- ropriates $75,000 out of the saline B Cuopaos ot sireying oot this act. A CAT IN THE_MEAL TUB. There are balf a dozen cats in this briny meal tub. In the firstplace there is a splendid chance for a land ring to gobble the fourteen seotiong of saline lands. There is no limit to the appraisement of the lands by the land commissioner, and, although the sale is public, & land rivg may buy them in at a song—if the inside men can arrive at an understandlng with the commissioner. In the second place the proposed ditching and dyk- ing, the building of reservotrs and ac- queducte, digging of sal: wells at the expease of the siate savors of jobbery and would iuevitsbly lead toa big steal. Possibly the old lessees uf the alice basi, who had a good deal of broken down machinery, old pipes and wor hless trampery, would realize on their former investment by selling outto the commissioner. Lastly, the proposition to furnish brine to salt manufsctarers, keep the wells, dykes, ditches and reservoirs in repairs at the state's expense, world be a gigantio job. Nobody haa ever snd tell of its 1>cality and some of the prominent features which will do much to make this place grow tn im- portance. It is distaut from Ogden one hundred and seventy-eight miles, nd the location {a a good one for such a town as this is_destined to be- come. One year ago three houses and eleven persons constituted all there was here towards & town. The rich mineral districts to the west and northwest of Wood river and Salmon river countries, bave wrought a won- derful change, and now we find here a population of about four hundred people. The rough, tent-like houses have given way tofine residences and stores, which exhibit good taste in design and construction, The Utah & Northern railway trains pass through st the peoper hours for supper and breakfast, hence it i an important eating station, with one of the best bouses of that clasa in the west. The house is large and well adapted to the purpose, and the proprievors are [ouch good! caterors ‘that _tho Keenoy howe hess slresay gained s good repptation. Nu- tores carry good stocks ucrative teade, while the frelghting business the past season as- sumed fmmenss proportions. Tesms load for Wood river country, 160 miles distant, also for Challis, Custer City, and Bonanza, which are trom 130 to nearly 200 miles distant, snd push out across the great plaias for their destinations. Chese teams are composed of from two to eight spans of animals hitched to one large wagon, behind which are three smaller ones, as ““trails,” all londed with such goods and machinery as is needed in the development of mines and prospect- Ing for mineral. Once on the rosd, feed and water are carried along, snd camp is mado each evaning for resting men and animals, and thus each day s spent in pushing ahead, requirin about one month o make the roun trip of 200 miles each way. Stages That sent to Elk Creek precinct ia not distributed to the satlafsction of the people, because the man who gots it don’t do the falr thing. He takes the first ohoice of eversthing that comes, and_then gives what is left to hia immediate friends. If any one crosses him they don’t get any- thing to amount to beans. This ald is sent to Rev. J. Parkyn. Now, our people ask that this aid be sent to some on else for ditribution. What e want lsa man who will distribute it falrly, and not speculate on the misfortanes of the destitate. There are s number here who need ald, and will suffer without it, owing to the scarcity of corn. This ssme man, Parkyn, has also recelved money, and where it has gone no one knows. Astothe provisions, some people got only twenty five pounds of corn meal, whilo the reverend's friends got ffty pounds, and he one hundred pounds of whest flour, end s wile nica of shoes. 'Themoney has gone, f:f Whteo I oalEkmov: ot suout slse, and the prescher bossia that 5o one ever will know. Now, Mr, Editor, the wishes of the people are that any more aid sent us be given to'J. H. Wiett, of Arrapahoe, Farnss county, for distribution. ‘Winuiam Dopp. e GENUINE WESTERN SPIRIT Is WHAT THE DNAUGURAL cOMMITTER AT WASHINGTON I8 MANIFESTING IN THE DETERMINATION To MAKE IT THE BIGGEST EVENT IN HISTORY. From the . Lovls Republican, The general committes In charge of the Insuguration proceedings at Wash. ington next month sppear to be com- posed of men who mast havéjiat some portod of thr lives, lived wet, and | by been imbaed with the true spirit of enterprise. Certalnly the gentlemen at the head of it are energetic, and so Progressivo as to lnsare the complete proposed such an srrangement in all the multifarious ssline bills that have Dbeen up and down before previous leg- iolatures. It the state is to go to all the expense of digging saline well building reservoirs and dykes, pumping brine, they might as well do the manofacturing of the salt, which is very inexpensive when the brine ia furnished ready to flow Into evaporat- ing v The §75,000 sppropriated n this bill would only be the fore- runner of other sppropristions, and the ohances are that the royalty would be eaten ap by the cost of keepiag tne wells, pumps and dykes in repair. Mr. Slocumb evidently has good in- teutions in desiting to develop our sa- line interests, but he ought to acqualnt himeelf with the history cf saline leg- lalation in Nebrasks, and also asoer- tatn whether the proposed experiment is not a mere device to secure posses- | BToM! sion of valuable lands at nominal fig- ares. ATER. Fires. Cousciw. Buurrs, Ia., Fel 8— 1. m —A fire Sunday evening nearly awept out of existence the town of Walout, this county, on the Rook Irland rosd. Muwavkee, Februsry 8—1 a. m.— A Gire at Omar, Wir., Suaday night destroyed one-half of the b siness por- tion of the town. St. Louts, February 8—1 a. m.—A fire last night in the lower part of the olty destroyed thy stock and bulldings of three large firms. The loss will approximate over haif a million dol- lara. ey ELECTRIC BRIEFS. pecial Dispatches to The Boe Addison Rowland, s miserly bache Tor, died in Meadville, Pa , yesterday of ‘mevlect, He refused to pay for medicine and would not allow himself were found in the house, and alto- gother he was worth sbout $15,000. The city suthoritles of St. Louls tro making arald on the gumbliog ouses. Four bundred Loulsville .) ol o ek srock gottetas, Focy stk an advance of a dollar a thousand all round. Abe » trolghter, was asked to drink by James Fowler, at Custer City, Black Hills, Sunday night, and refuling, was shot dead by Fowler, who was taken away by vigilantes and hia body found Monday hangiog to » The floods in_California continue, and itis expeoted that the warm rains have melted the smow in the moun- tains, which will raise the waters in the valleys still higher. Al that gart of New Orlesus,known 22 Oldtows, waa yostantey wabimenged by the breaking of ghe levee. Moods removed to a hospital. About $5000 | gard arrive and depart each dsy, except Sunday, carryi ugers, mail, sd express. much of the prospecity of Blackfoot is due to these rich mioeral districts, there is muoch here to make this a_good Lo land all around is of fine quality, which, when .once irrigated and brought under caltivation, will pro- duce fine crops of euch cerials as ocsa be grown upon westernsoil. The cli- mate is mild for 50 high an elevation. Rich placer mines are found along the Snake river hottoms, and these gravel beds are being made produotive of gold through washings. ~Persons en- gaged in hydraulic mining report sat- Infactory results; yet olaim that with better machinery, and Improved ap- pliances, the result would be much ter. Gold in a state of fine flow is found mixed with soll, and is taken up by quicksilver, while s black sand, also in the same mass, is rich with gold, and persons are e: ent with a view of securing some practi process by which that gold can be ex- tracted at profit from the black sand. 1f once this end is obtalned, these Snake river bars will yield great wealth to the miners. A canal twen- ty-five milss long will soon bring water from Blackfoot river into this town for the use of cltizens and lrri- gating our lawns and gardens. The town_is located between Blackfoot and Sonake rivers, and an old channel of the former runs near the town. By cutting a short canal the river has been turned into this old chanuel, and brought se near town that another canal at this end, one mile long, sends the water through our streets, and thus the work of n;\,:m has done tlha most in giving & good water supply. For a frontier town, Blackfoot com- pares hvn;:bly with the best i o et country and Salmon river localities. In my nextletter I will describe the ronte to these points, and give the Toudacseme des of'the wondery of the great wa) h, to all lovers of the wonderful in natare, possess pecullar sttractions as an Tmense curiosity which has puzsled brain of sclentific men. Bat, in writ- !n‘oldlhtnwln, my letter would be here, while their animals, and rosm over the ness of every detail in such good time as toleave no chance for a failure, Money rolls Into_pay for expenses without stint, and while It is not known publicly just now how much rhood o -five to fort; thousand dollars. The plans purim! ed for the display, and attendaat pro- ceedinge, is upon s very elaborate scile, and calls for the employing of not_only very liberal means, but brains of no mean order. Among the grand features, it is propoeed to throw arches across’ Pennsylvania avenue for every state In the Union. Esch arch 1n some way to be distinctive of the commonwealth in whose honor {t will be covstructed. Other arches will be placed at the entrance of the capitol grounds, at the treasury build- ing, and at the White House, and other prominent points throughout the city. In addition to these decora- tlons, sl the publio buildings, and very many private structures will be profusely embellished with flags and bunting, snd if the weather is only propitious the spectacle pre- sented eclipse anything of the kind ever before .gg:.pud. in the country. The accepfances of invi tons to military organizations are ready 80 general as to lead to the b Tiof that there will be fally twenty thousand uniformed men In line, not mnon:;lm the ciie, MunnLn‘ and other ass lon, ‘matter vidi sccommadations for the lemeaso s ber of peoplein_attendance has been given nolittle thought, and throngh the co-operation of the Baltimore and Ohloroad it has been settled In the ily the promise made, which is 10 run tralns Srey half hoa between . This will lesd g0 the peactioal throwing open. of the hotels of Baltimore to those inattendance upon the Insuguration, aud the. ride e e are. wl ] i e op'in Baltimore [l the | their was not specific in authorizing the eletlon officer to proceed in the mat- ter of countlogand declaring the vote, it was [neffectual and null.” The constitationality of the amend- ment as_affected by the costitution of the United States was argued at groat longth, aud_sections from diff- erent state constitutlons cited and elaborated upon. A number of ladies and gentlemen were present during the procsedings. ~ At the close of tho argamenta the court touk a recess. It is probable that a deciston will be reached by Tuesday next, and the de- cision will determine the character of the laws to be passed on the subject by the present leglslature. It is the general impression that the court will hold the amendment to be valid and in full force. P AT ‘The Telegraph Monopoy. New York Special Chicago Tribune. Rufos Hatch, when asked what he had to say about the consolidation of the telegraph companies, zaid: ‘‘When Tweed and Sweeney were running this city, and the Times exposed their little game, Tweed turned to the pub- lic and asked: ‘What are you going to do about it?" That Is just what Gouldand Vanderbilt are saying to the citizevs of New York to-day. Tweed and Sweeney found out what waa going to be_done about it, and Gould and Vanderbilt will find out in time. T bave heard that the new con- solidatlon company intends to remove its offiess from this city. Bank robbers generally get away from the scene of their operations, but these men have an advantage over bank robbers. The governor of the state is a director of the Western Union. The senate of the state is with them, and the judgen of the supreme court stand em. UNDER THESE CIRCOMSTANCES I cannot see that there is any very im- mediate necessity for them to remove thelr offices from this state. They are safe, 80 far a8 the law is concerned, Dbut I want to say this: If Gouldand ‘Vanderbilt can rob the public of £15, 000,000 by injecting that smount of water into the stock of the Western Union company, the time has come, in my opinion, when the laws of the state should be changed. Every man should he allowed to carry a revolver and bowie kmife, with the privilege of attacking any person on Wall street whom he supposes to have money in his possession. In other words, the time has come when high- way robbery should be legalized. — RECLAIMING BUERNED MONEY. BONDS AND NOTES FROM THE TIOGA DIS- ASTER IN THE TREASURY DEPART- MENT, ‘Philadelphia Record. The American Express company, which had several safes In the fire st recent railrosd disaster at Tioga City, New York, has sent the safes to the treasury department at Washington, The company did not open the safes, a8 they contained among other things paper money, that if buhed would be destroyed beyond all hope of redemp- tlon if carelessly handled. The safes have been opened in the bssement of the treasury. A fall force of experts from the redemption division of the treasurer's offica is at work picking out and _identifying their contents. In tho burnt mass were found jewelry, fucluding a lot of diamonds and watohes, gold and silver coln, iegal tender notes, national bank notes, government coupons and _railroad bonds. The coin, which had been melted in all manner of shapes, willgo to the mint as bullion. The jewelry,except the dismonds,is worth- joss, but with it the tressury has noth- Ing to do. The burned. legal-tender notes are belng skillfally separated by the ald of sharp, thin knives. Al- the express company issafe in at loast $7000 for the legal-tender notes. Thenotes were a black mass with slight crevices on the sides, showing the separation of note from note. The scaley and brittle remal were separated with great care. The experts, by examination, were ena- bled to identify, the notes, together with their respective numbers. They will bereplaced by new notes. The work on the legal-tenders is not yet over. The bank notes have not been tonched as yet. One young lady Is busy on the coupons, and has identi- fied s number of 4 per cent. coupons ropresenting $5000 each, and 44 par cont. coupons representing $1175 ench. These will also be redeemed. The rallrosd bonds, of course, are not redoemable by the government, but they will be identified. The bsnk notes, when identified, will be re- deemed. Buch is the expertness, with | fitting which, appareatly, nothing_bat hlack brittle masses are haudled that itia very likely that and bond that waa burnsd will be weparated and {dentified. ery nots, coupon in Collins, but is always quite reticent asto his fature plans. Tuesday the Chicago, Burlington & Qaincy engln- eers were running leads through Mr. Toft's place at laaporte. Twenty miles of the route has been located to a point about tw> miles above C. H. Marsh’s placs at Laporte. Enough has haen done by this company to secure the right of way through the eanyon. The report comes that the Unfon Pacific surveyors have began their survey, usiug the very stakea set by the-Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. This would indicate either (hat some arrangement had been made between the two companier, by which both are to use the same location, or thst the Union Pacific would attempt to oust the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. There is a report that an agreement hasbeen eutered into by which the two_compantes will occupy the pass conjolntly. This seems hardly reason- able in view of the well known riyalry between the two lines. On the oth.r hand, many anticipate a repstition of the struggle witnessed some three or four years ago in the Grand canon; in fact Poudre canon is getting to be known locally as Grand canon. Some doubts were entertained at first as to the resl purpose of the movement on the part of the U. P., but recent events go to prove that the company ““meavs business.” The sar- veyora were followed this week by soveral gangs of laborers. On Mon- daya party of twenty-seven arrived on the night train from Omaha. Taee- dayss many more arrived, and the railroad men say that additional labor- ers will arrive daily. Some say that within thirty days 1,000 men will have arrived and will be at work In the canon. The laborers are in charge of George F. Banoroft, who represents C. W. Collins, the con- tractor, who is bullding the Jules- burg branch of the Union Pacific. Mr. Bancroft said he could not speak for the ccmpany, as he was s the employ of the contractor. When asked as to his opinion of the ultimate result of the movement, hegive it as his personal opinion that the road would be put through, and that, too, with despatch. Hesaid that the men had already been set to work on rock work in the canyon. Grading will probably begin as soon as soon as the frost is out of the ground. ‘Underground Telegraph Wires. Referring to the recent interruption by storms of :elegrapic communica- tion in Great Britain, Mr. Siemens, the eminent telegraph constructor, writes to The London Times a ledter, in which he ssys: When, in the year 1846, the Prus- government decided upon the construction of electric telegraphs it adopted an underground system, which did not prove practically sac- seseful, owlng to & want of experience in insulating the conductors and in protecting them against the attacks of animals and of grad- ual decay. The German govern- ment, nothing daunted by the comparative failure of these early ex- periments_ decided five years ago to resort again to the underground sys- tem for the principal lines of commu- nication throughout the country. So complete has baen their success that, after having laid down some 8,000 miles of underground insulated wire, they have resolved upon & considera ble farther extension. The plan adop- ted in Germany consists in closis seven or more separately insalat wnductors, within ‘s core of molst hemp, surrounded by a complete sheath of iron wire, which, sgain is covered with s lsyer of hemp. yarn, impregnated with s prosecting compound. _These land cables are wound upon drams at the. sheathing works, and after being sub— jected to careful electrical tests, are paid out of trenches three feet deep, and covered up. I may state, I think, without fear of contradiction, that on these 8,000 miles of under- ground wires, part of which have now been down for five years, no expendi- muullnr n:ldnltmuhhuhbnn in- curred, and, judginy the perfect condition of the ufi-,’u is nmh- ly that any repalr will be required for many years to come. ‘What has thus been done in Ger- many might, one would think, be done here. Undonbb.uily the best shirt in the United States is manafactured at the Omaha Shirt Factory. 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