Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 20, 1882, Page 4

SSAS AT A AT 04 I'AK OMAHA DAiLY BLE: MONDAY MARCH 20 iob2 The Omaha Bee Poblished every morning, except Sunday, he only Monday morning daily, TEKMS BY MAIL — Ime Vear..... $10.00 l Three Months, $3.00 Bix Months, 5.00 | One . 1.00 FHE WEEKLY BEE, published ev. ery Wednesday. BERMS POST PAID:— Qa6 Year......$2,00 | Three Months 8ix Months. ... 1.00 | One OORRESPONDENCOE~AIl Oommuni. #ations relating to News and Editorial mat- ers should be addressed to the EpITon or Tar Bik, BUSINESS LETTERS—AIll Business fsotters and Remittances should be ad- dressed to THe OMAHA PupuisHing Com- PANY, OMAHA. Drafts, Checks and Post- office Orders to be made payable to the order of the Comvany, OMAHA PUBLISHING 00,, Prop'rs. E) ROSEWATER, Editor. . 50 . 0 Speaker Kiefer is showing a remark- able facility for putting his {oot in it. —— The senate bill to straighten the boundary of Northern Nehraska has passed the house. It now only needs the president's signature to be- come a law. em— Ex-President Hayes has become president of a savings bank at Fre- mont, Ohio, with a capital of $00,000. That was exactly Mr. Hayes' yearly salary while president of the United States. A pECREASE of over two and a half million dollars in the value of our ex- ports of breadstuffs for February is reported by the bureau of statistics. Chicago grain corners are heard of even in Europe. SEE————— TaERE are signs of trouble in every labor market in the country. If the military are to be called out at every symptom of a strike a bill ought at onoe to be introduced by Valentine increasing the size of the army. ———— Mz. TiLex has always been noted for his modesty. He now expresses his longing for ‘‘a man adapted and qualified for the great work” of lead- ing the democratic party to victory. The letter was headed, ‘No. 16 Gram- necy Park, N. Y.,” and a hint to the wise is sufficient. I times of distress the south real- izes that there is some advantage in the fact that we are a Nation with a large N. Government aid is promptly beinz acoorded to the thousands of men, women and children who are without food and shelter by reason of the terrible Mississippi floods. One of the worst features of the situation is the length of time which must elapse before the sufferers can do any- thing for themselves. The inundated district is larger in ares than two states of Pennsylvania and six thou- sand people are reported as dependent on government aid and private charity for such food and shelter as can be furnished. Peririons from every quarter are being sent to the president asking for the pardon of Sergeant Mason, sen- tenced to eight years’ in the Albany penitentiary for shooting at the assas- sin Guiteau. Seventy-five thousand names were seoured in three days in Chicago and every leading city in the oountry is lending its aid to the move- ment. Mason is an old soldier whose record up to the time of his offense was unexceptionable. No one outside of the army doubts for a moment that such a sentence as that awarded him by the court martial was grossly un- just. And in remitting it either in whole or in part the president will meet with popular approval, E—— Wy has the city council neglecied to exercise its authority for regulating city elections? The, charter enacted by the last legislature authorizes the mayor and city council (section 15) to provido by ordinance for the election of city offlcers and prescribe the man- ner of conducting the same and the returns thereof and the registration thereof; and for deciding contested elections in any manner not in conflict with existing laws, The power to regulate registration implies the right to select and appoint registrars for city eleotions and prescribe the method of conducting the registration of city elactions, Tt strikes us that the present method of registration as applied to county and state elections is in' many respects defective, and while the registration expenses under our general laws, whether incurred for state, county or city elections, are borne by the oity, the right to regulate registration for oity elections should be exercised. The present system of registration is arbitrary and imperfect. The regis- trars arv appointed by the governor without regard to their fitness, no regularity is observed about the time of netices to electors or the days when registrars hold sessions. The lists are published almost the very last day before the election and no chance is givento detect fraud. Dead men and non-residents are carried on the ' lists from year to year, and re- peaters are enabled to vote on such names with perfect impunity. If not too late this season the council should enact an ordinance regulating regis- tration for city electons at their next meeting. SLANDERING THE OCITIZEN SOLDIERS. The repeated false and slanderous statements in the editorial columne of Tre Ber during the past fow d to the effect that state militi been guilty of gross inebriety and even worse offenses during the time they have been on duty in this city, and that, ‘“‘the drinking saloons, gambling hells and bawdy houses” are all reaping a rich harvest from this source, have been as malicious as they are false. Nota man in the regiment has been soén under the influence of liquor, not one has been arrested for the offenses named above, and very few of the mlitiamen v«irink even when at home andoft duty.—Republi- can, The attempt of The Republican to incite ill-feeling toward Tnx Bre among the soldier citizens is in keep- ing with the infamous course that sheet has always pursued toward this paper. For more than ten years the men who have controlled The Repub- lican have waged desperate and re- lentless war upon this paper and its editor. Their malace was as devilish a8 it has proved impotent. They in- cited an incendiary to destroy Tam Bee by fire, and conspired with bullies and rowdies to make murderous assaults on its editor., They and the satelites that revolve in the same political orbit have foryears kept up a steady stream of vitupera- tion and defamation. Their course sinoe the outbreak of the labor trou- bles has been in full keeping with their former record, Every issue of the Republican con- tains from one to two columns of malicious and libellous abuse of Rose- water, and every . day Tue Bes is charged with seditious utterances that have never been seen in print. The citizen soldiers whom the Repub- oan seeks to array against Tmx Bms are too intelligent tv be deceived by falsehood or cajoled by flattery. They remember that Tie Brn appealed for courteous and fair treatment for them on the very day upon which the pub-. lic mind was most inflamed by the unfortunate killing of Armstrong. They know that Tue BrE has told the truth when it stated that there was great danger from drunken brawls between soldiers and workingmen. It is a notorious fact that on the SBunday on which Armstrong was bayonetted nearly all the Omaha saloons were running in full blast and liquor was being freely dispensed to citizens and soldiers on the principal streets. It was only after THE BEE called atten- tion to this dangerous abuse that more striot discipline was instituted at the military camp. £ Tar Bee has never charged the militia with frequenting disorderly houses and gin mille, but it has said that these places are reaping a golden harvest sinee the arrival uf the army in Omaha, and this is true. Boldiérs have been roaming sround the ocity every night, and many brawls have taken place which have not so been reported. Whether these were all regulars or irrregulars is difficult to say. Only two arrests were made, both by Policeman Casper, but others might have been made had the police been disposed to treat soldiers as they do other disorderly persons. This is no stigma upon the army in peneral, or our militia in partioular. It was the duty of the Omaha au- thorities to prohibit the sale of liquor to soldiers as a matter of precaution, The temptation to all sorts of ex- cesses are too great in a city like Omaha, especially to young men who have lived in small towns and on farms all their hfe time. Armed sol- diers, whether regulars or militia, are liable to use weapons with deadly effect in saloon brawls At the risk of being unpopular with the militia, Tux Bue has spoken the trath, but it is intamous to charge it with malicious abuse of soldiers, es- peoially the volunteers, —_— Dirrscuitiss between labor and capital like all other differences can never be settled as long as thegrounds of disagreement are ignored by the op- posing parties, Abuse of labor is not likely tomake laborers more satisfied with their posi- tion as wage earners, Threats against capital will not tend to increase the liberality of capital towards labor, Appealing to force on either side is certainly the last resort to bring about a reconoiliation of trouble, During the present confliot between the employers of labor in Omaha and workingmen, mistakes have been made on both sides, It was a grave mistake in Stephenson to advertise for more men than he needed and then to scale down the wages of his surplus laborers. It was a serious mistake on the part of a few men who didnot represent the sentiments of Omaha workingmen to attempt to prevent by force the pro- gress of the work on the B, & M. dump, “Public sympathy is always with Ipboring men and mechanics in their efforts to obtain better wages by peaceful methods. Public sympathy is changed by a private instinct for self preservation as soon as fears are entertained that violence is to take the place of argument. The call for troops and the transformation of Omaha into & military camp was another great mistake. It was unnecessary and uncalled for, because the ecivil suthorities had been by no meaus ex- hausted. That the presence of the troops in Omaha did not excite labor to the commission of violence is suffi- cient proof of the determination of our workingmen to keep the peace. The bayoneting of Mr. Armstrong was worse than a mistake, It was a crime if the testimony of bystanders is to be believed. It remains to be seen whether the indictment of Messrs, Walsh, O'Keefe, Knight and Quinn is not another mis- take, But the gravest mistake of all would be any attempt of Omaha workingmen to commit breaches of the peace against the counsel and ad- vice of their friends. With a solitary exception they have maintained during the progress of the trouble an attitude which is worthy of the highest praise. No other labor difficulty at the pres- ent time has been attended with as little disturbance or marked by as much forbearance] on the part of workingmen. If the efforts for arbi- tration of the dispute had beeh met half way by the employers in the firat instance Omaha would have been spared a great deal of vnenviable and undeserved notoriety together with the life of one of her citizens, ES—— GoverNon NaNce thinks the militia may safely be removed sometime dur- ing the present week. And why couldn’t they have been safely removed a week ago? What grounds have existed for keep- ing 362 men and over 140 officers quar- tered on this city for the past ten days? Has there been a day since the arrival of the militia when the acts of Omaha workingmen shewed that they were not willingly subject to the ordinary process of law? Were the police interfered with in their duties? Did the police judge take a forced vacation? ‘Was the mayor’s office closed on ae- count of a “‘red handed moh?” Did any one attempt to obstruct Sheriff Miller in his daily privilege of loafing on the corner of Farnam and Fifteenth street? ‘Why, if Omaha was held by a mob of rioters, has there been no attempt to obstruct the operations of the civil authorities in executing the law? For ten days the militia and regu- lars have occupied the dump indispu- table and unmolested. 'The only blood that has been shed was the blood of fa defenceless old man, bay- onetted while lying helpless on the ground. And the only [violation of law Te- oorded is the unlawful calling out of the military before the civil authorities had exhausted their powers or made more than the shallowest pretense of putting it into execution. Ir senators and members of congress would confine themselves to purely official business in their use of the franking privilege perhaps such a measure as that tacked on to the post- office appropriation bill by Senator Edmunds might not be objeotionable to the general public. It is admitted that the correspondence of a congress- men with his constituents is burden- some and expensive. The average number of letters mailed by senators and members of congress on matters relating to their duties is estimated at nearly a thousand a session. The postage must be paid eut of the offi- cial's pocket. From one point of view this hardly seems fair. 8till, the franking privilege was thoroughly tried and only abolished after a severe ficht. If senators and members had appliod its use only to communications with their constituents there is little likelihood that the pub- lic would have objected to its continuance, It was only when the discovery was made that the mails were being used to transport clothes to the wash, boots to the shoemaker, libraries to the homes and tons of pri- vate lotters to every part of the globe that public opinion rose and demand- ed that the franking privilege should be taken away from men who didn't know how to use 'it. Public docu- ments are now transmitted by official frank and it costs our national legis- lators nothing to keep their constitu- ents posted on transactions at the na- tional capital. And notwithstanding the fact that it costs a congressman a round little sum for postage we are sure that the public will resent most emphatically any attempt to revive even the semblance of the old frank- ing privilege. By the first of May another trans- continental railroad will be completed, formed hy the Sonora line'and the Atchison, Topeka & Saute Fu roads, The Sonora railroad runs from the the pori of Guyamas on the Gulf of California in Mexico, northward to the American frontier, a distanee of 270 miles. It was the first Mexican railroad undertaken by American capitalists, and was built by a Boston company, The Mexican government subsidized it at the rate of $11,270 a mile, payable as fast as the track was completed, and under this subsidyjal- ready $621,000 has been paid. Last week the Sante Fe company obtained control of the road and will operate it in connection with | ¢ their main line, thus obtaining an in- k. h. Lis for f D dependent outlet to the Pacific coast, Guyamas is thought to be valuable trom a business and strategic point of view. It is one of the finest harbors on the Pacific coast and is three thou- sand miles nearer to Australia than Ban Francisco. Steps are already be- ing taken to put on a line of steamers between Guyamas and the islands of the South Bea to facilitate American trade in those quarters. The differ- ence in time between New York and Australia would be lessened by at least three days and the English mails would be forced to seek the transcon- tinental route. P ] In The North American Review for April, Gov. Eli H. Murray, of Utah, treats of the existing crisis in the po- litical fortunes of that territory. Aec. cording to the present method of local government there, the minority of the population, the Gentiles, though they possess the greater part of the wealth of the territory, exclusive of farm property, and though they constitute by far the most enlightened and en- terprising portion of the community, are practically without a voice in leg- islation. Dr. Henry A. Martin, re- plying to a recent article by Henry Bergh, defends the practice of vaccina- tion, citing official statistics to prove the efficacy of bovine virus as a pro- phylactio against the scourge of small pox. E. L. Godkin has an article on “The Oivil Service Reform Contro- versy;” Senator Riddleberger on “Bourbonism in Virginia,” and Gen- eral Albert Ordway on ‘‘A National Militia,” Finally there is a paper of extraordinary interest on the explora- tion of the ruined cities of Central America. The Review is published at 30 Lafayette Place, New York, and is sold by booksellers and newsdealers genorally, —_— SeNaToR SAUNDERS' bill extending the northern boundary ot Nebraska cannot go into practical effect until the state of Nebraska through her leg- islature 1 as ratified the act by accept- ing the tract of land that is to be transferred from Dakota to Nebraska. ‘When this transfer has been duly rat- ified the legislature will have to desig- nate to which district the newly ac- quired tract is to be attached for con- gressional, judicial and legislative purposes, THE Bre would suggest that Governor Nance should include among the subjects to be legislated on at the proposed special session of the legislature, the acceptance on behalf of Nebraska of the territory ceded by congress and the enactment ot such laws as are neceassary to afford to the nhabitants the protection of our ju- diciary system and enable them to participate in the political privileges granted to the citizens of every other section of the state. STATE JOTTINGS. Papillion has six agricultural firms. The Shelton Clipper is a dandy news- paper. George Shapland will start a foundry at Oaxland, A bad case of base ball has brok n out in Boone county. An_epidemic of measles is spreading over Dawson county. The pioneers of Dawson county will celebrate on the 8th of April. A temporary injuction has stopped the flow of water bonds in Lincoln, Prairie fires have devastated large por- tions of Polk county the past week. The Bellon House at David City, re- cently burned, was insured for 81,600, Hebron is confident that the B. & M branch to Chester, Kansas, will be built, Over twenty-five houses have been built in Wymore since the 1st of January. The druggists of Plum Creek have been sued for selling undiluted Slocumb water, The next meeting of the Butler county agricultural society will be held April 8th, David City leads the state when it comes to enterprising advertising business men, Herman Hellbush, of Platte county, was kicked to death by bis horses last week, The park surrounding the government building in Lincoln will be improved $250 worth, Corner losfers who insult men are growing numerous an in Lincoln, Matt Dwyer, a gang boss on the Re- publican valley rulfi!‘ been arrested sing wo- impu ‘ent or forgery. A colony of 800 Highlanders will arrive at David City this month and settle in Center precinct, A Kearney druggist has been rent to ail for twenty days and fined 850 for de- eating the ends of Slocumb justice. An Tllinois gentlemen offered $2,800 for the 160 acres of unimproved prairie land, five miles from Tecumseh last week, Since the first of January seventy sube ordinate® alliances have been organized, besides & nu.uber of county alliances. A Sewari county youth looked down the barrel of a gun, and the contents grazed his cheek, merely raising a blister, Cowboys threatene | to rescue Boahanan from the Lancaster county jail. The guard was doubled, but no rampant cowhoy ap- pesred. The monument to be erected over the last resting place of the late chief justice, aniel G un', was shapped from Chic go on the 8th inst, Lincoln capitalists have decided to build a 825,000 brick block in Fairbury. The county gusrautees an anfual rental of $1,2.0 for the upper floors, Jesse Harden of Dakota City, nire wly escaped death while putting his gun out of & wagon, The discharge carried away his hat and furrowed bis scalp. An attempt was made to assassivate Judge Stenberg, of Humboldt, one night Iast week, The bull grazed the left eye- iid, The would-be assassiu escaped. A late decision of the supreme court renders it necessary for Seward ¢ unty to refund all taxes paid on school lands prior | P#' to 1877, which we understand will amount to over $2,000, Mrs. Josephine Bobblits, of Plum Creek, attempted suicide by swallowing about an ounce of laudanum which she purchased at drug storeintown, Ur, Hudson pumped her out iu time. A young man by the name of Clark who for some time has made his quarters at West Point, is wanted for stealing s horse valued at 8150, A reward of n‘gu is of- for his arrest, The new pork packing establishment in Nebraska City is in a fair wa erection. It it to cost $100, be six_stories high and in about 200 by 100 feet. Jeflerson connty has a soldier of the war of 1512, His name is Cramer, and he in ninety-five years old. But motwith- standing this fact of his age, he is quite lively, Hedraws a pensionof $8a month, At Fillmore mills an accident oconrred # few days since which came nenr proving fatal to one of four visitors, One of the Idies’ clothos were canght in the rapidly revolving machinery. Her comparions by superhnman effort pulled her aside, leav- ing a large portion of her clothing in the mechinery, “The Paople’s Advooate,” published by Norman Rapellee, at Hebron, Thayer county, comes to the front_as an unquali- fied suppor ter of the Hastings platform of thealliance. The paper will be acgressive. Tts editor means war—war to the_knife, and knife to the hilt—upon any and every species of monopolyd as he firmly believes that the people have rights which even the monopolists must and shall be taught. .t compelled, to respect. Success to Ra- pellee. 3" st will dfmensions Our Lincoln Letter. Correspondence of Thy Omaha Bee. Lincoww, March 19, —Thesorrowful intelligence is being whispered around here that the Missouri Pacific railroad has abandoned whatever intention it may have had of building a branch from Weeping Water to this place. A strenuous remonstrance is being made against the issuance of liquor licenses to August Hoppe and John D. Kleutsch, of thiscity. A NUMBER OF REASONS are cited why these two parties are singled out for this opposition. ilk mits and ruchings are the weighty causes of warin the liberal and Methodist congregation at Roca, in this county. The congregation is all at sixes and sevens over the ques- tion of the propriety of young women wearing these emblems of the devil. Elder Miller has gone to the front. A substantial new counter is being placed in the state treasurer’s office, making » much needed improvement. NINE MILLION DOLLARS had been paid out over the old coun- ter, which did duty for a dozen years. Among the new rules promulgated by the expurgated faculty of the uni- versity is one that no student shall smoke on the campus or about the, building. Any one yiolating this or- der will be sextenced to an hour’s in. terview with the chancellor—a fate equaled only by hanging. Areus, Shot Her Husband. National Associated Press. HupsoN, Wis.,, March 19.—Mr, and Mrs. George Miles have been separated for several years, owing to disagreements, Yesterday Miles re- turned, and while attempting to force an entrance to the residence of his wife, she shot him in the neck, in- flicting a dangerous wound. Mra. Miles and a man named Tobe Tra- verse were arrested, the latter as ac- cessory to the shooting. Called Out and Shot. National Associated Pross. 8r. JosepH, Mo., March 19.—Wm. Mitchell, a prominent farmer near Plattsburg, Clinton county, was called out of his house by an unknown man on horseback, who shot him several times and rode off in the darkness, Mitchell 1s dangerously wounded and will probably die. The mysterious murderer is supposed to be a hard character whom gfiwhell'l testimony aided to convict some months ago. Arvest of a Bank Robber. National Associated Press. MinNEAPoLis, Mion.,, March 19.— This afternoon detectives arrested a man under the name of Lewis, who proved to be the notorious Manhat.an bank robber, named William Burke, alias “Billy the Kid,” who escaped from Albany penitentiary January 7. Lewis was under arrest for an attempt to rob the bank of Minneapolis on Monday, and had secured bail when he was rearrested. Monster Cattle Company. National Associated Press. . AustiN, March 19—Wm. Young, Albert Deveckeryand A. M. Britton, of Ft. Worth, Texas, have filed arti- oles of incorporation of the Alam cattle company, n the office of the secre of state. The capital stock is half a million dollars. The object of the’company is to raise, buy, sell, export and import cattle, with its principal office at Ft. Worth. — A Socialist Church, Natlonal Associaied Fress. COuicAGo, March- 19.—George M. Bloan, a local reformer of some note, with a party of socialists, met this afternoon and formed a new church styled the ‘‘Self Saviors.” They opted a creed providing for the re- construction of society upon a social- istic basis, with a view of offering the new church as a refuge for all relig- i It is suspected that the move is & scheme to revive public interest in socialism. Liquid Gold. Dan'l Plank, of Brooklyn, Tioga Co., Pa., describes 1t thus: I rode thirty miles fora bottle of THoMAS' KoLEOTRIC 011, whigh effected the wonderful cure of a orooked limb in six applications; it proved worth more than gold to me.” 1w —e A squad of men in blue uniforms entered a Twelfth street restaurant Friday and ealled fora lunch. In paying for it they tendered & peculiar looking green bank note. The pro- priotor thought it was not good and objected to taking it, but all protested that it ood bill and he finally gave them k four dollars in change This morning he found that the bill was one of the old Fenian scrip issu«d in 1866, aud payable when Ire'aud shall have uthinac{ her independence. The restauranter is on the war path after the party who stuck him on so bare faced a fraud. WORTHY OF PRAISE. As arule we do not recommend tent medicines, but when we know of one that really is a public benefac tor, and does positively cure, then we consider it our duty to impart that in- formation to all. octric bitters are truly & most valuable medicine, and will surely cure Biliousness, Fever and Ague, Stomach, Liver and Kidney complaints, even where all other rem- edies fail, w.he“d:“o' whoxeofd v:e recommend to m a8“(‘:’1«*1 at BO cents a bottle. Ish & McMahon, [\))] was |- HE STILL PURSUED HER. Milton Nobles Plays the Pcenix to & Large Audience—Miss Cherie in “Only a Farmer's Daughter.” At the opera house Saturday after- noon Mr. Nobles again appeared in his new play, “‘Interviews.” There was a good audience presnt and their enjoyment was prouounced by the liberal applause, unrestrained laughter and close attention which by turns marked the different phases of the play. In the evening Mr. Nobles appeared in the sensational drama which has made his reputation both as an actor and an author, viz: “The Pheenix,” or “The villian still pursued her.” There was a good nudience present and a very enthusiastic one, judging from the keen interest and frequent applause with which the audience fol- lowed the fast changing scenes and great variety of the play. In many scenes the dialogue is positively bril- liant and it never sinks to medio. rity. It contains many touches of nature and its leading character is played by Mr. Nobles in a manner that places him in the front rank of natural actors. The play is without a break in interest and before the curtsin falls everyone seems to have been made happy. ONLY A FARMER'S DAUGHTER. Adelaide Cherie, a charming and accomplished young actress, support- ed by a company of unusual excel- lence, will .pren at Boyd’s Opera house to-night in Elliott Barnes’ pop- ular play entitled ‘‘Only a Farmer's Daughter.” This admirably written drama has received un ndit{d praise everywhere, and justly merita the flattering and eulogistic notices that have been bestowed upon it. The story is that of an adventuress and her accomplice, who escape the peni- tentiary, and enters a professedly fashionably society, to oblain money by blackmailing and other devices. The ruin of a household is prevented by a dream of the principal victim who lies down o sleep at the close of the second act. The truest portion of the play is the unfaltering fidelity of the outowst woman to the object of her affections. The cast is an in- teresting one, Miss Cherie, who will play the leading rart, was Ada Caven- dish s leading support during the whole American tour, and Miss Welby was Lawrence Barrett’s leading lady for an entire season. Alfred Klein, the Uncle Sammy of the troupe, was for two seasons with Denman Thompson. The whole cast is one of particular strength, and the play will, we vent- ure to predict, prove a pewerful at- traction, its success in New Y vk, where it had run of over hundred nights, justifying our opinion. IN MEMORIAM. Action of 8t Mark’s Church in Regard 0 a Late Member. At a meeting of the vestry of St. Mark’s church, held on the evening of March 8th, 1882, the following pre- amble and resolutions were unani- mously-passed: ‘Whereas, In His all-wise Provi- dence, God has seen fit to remove from our midst our esteemed brother, e———————————————— et or could get near him he had cut an ugly gash several inches long in his throat, barely missing the jugular vein. Dr. Klinker was immediately summoned and dressed the wound of the injured man. He pronounces the wound a se- rious one, but entertains hopes of the recovery of the patient. Mr. Rogers has for a long time been afflicted with an affeciion of the kidneys, which causes him & great deal of pain and anffering, and_has been accustomed to taking laudas for relief. At the fire last Monday he over-exerted him- self in his efforts t¢ save his own ‘and the property of oth rs, since when his trouble has ©eon mach worse, and seeking relief in ‘he usual way, by some mistake took am over- dose of the laudanum with the sad results above stated. Mr. Rogers is greatly respected here for his business and social qualities, and he and his family have the heartfelt sympathy of all in this community. SPREADING SALVATION. The New Raector of St. James Church, Fremont,and His Work. The Rev. T. O'Connell has just re- ceived a unanimous call from St. James church, at Fremon# at a sal- ary of $1,000 per annum and a par- sonage. He was instituted as rector yesterday morning by Bishop Clark- son, assisted by the Rev. Canon Doherty and several of the other clergy of the diocese. While Mr. O'Connell's headquar- ter's will be at Fremont in the future, he will still hold his position as gen- eral district presbyter in connection with his parish, and continue to assist the bishop in the general work of the diocese. During the past eight months Mr. O’Connell has held 168 services, vis- ited several times nearly all the old towns 1n the state, introduced the servicss of the church for the first time into many of the new and growing towns, baptised sev- enty-five, presented seventeen for confirmation and organized six par- ishes and two missions. In addition to this, he had arranged for the sup- port of clergymen at Beatrice and Crete, Friendville and Fairmont, Sew- ard, York and Aurora, Red Oloud, Bloomington, Republican City and Arapahoe, Plum Creek and Kearney. This weeks he intends to take steps for the uuc})port of a minister at Ulys- ses, David City and Wahoo. He has also secured lots and raised subscriptions for the building of churches at Republican City and Ara- pahoe. Wherever Mr. O’Connell has wone he has been treated with uni- form kindness and courteey by the ministers and people of all denominations. In towns where the Episcopal church had no place of worship of her own, the min- isters of other denominations gave wayin his favor, and themselves and their flocks attended the service, aided in the singing and joined heart- ily in the responses. His congregations were always large in the majority of instances, crowdin, the building to overflowing, so mucl 8o that many could not obtain an en- ce, Mr. O'Connell feels under many obligations to the press throughout the state for their kind notices of the Edward Roddis, who for many years has been junior warden of the parish, and & most exemplary member of the same, coneistent in all his actions, regular in his attendance on the ordi- nances of God’s house, from which he was seldom absent. Week days, holidays or Sundays, in all weathers, he was in his place at every service. strengthening the hands of his rector, and by his liberality, unatfected piety, devout demeanor, suavity of manner, and goodness of heart; did very much to advance the cause of true religion and the general interest of the parish, and won for himself the love, good will and lasting respect of all; be it, therefore, Resolved, That we, deeply deplor- ing the loss we have sustained in the death of our dear brother as indi- viduals, and lamenting his great loss to the parish, desire to place on the records of the parish this our sense of heartfelt grief. Resolved, That we recognize our obligations to him for his noble Chris- tian example, and the responsibility to Almighty God under which that example has placed ys; and further, believing the removal of our brother to be the work of Him ‘‘who doethall things well,” and assured that he is now in the heavenly kingdom enjoy- inf the ineffable felicity of the faith- ful, we desire also to record our thankfulness to our Heavenly Father for this our assured hope, which re- conciles us to our temporary separa- tion from him. ‘‘Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.” Resolved, That we desire to express | ¥! our heartfelt sympathy with the wife and daughter of our deceased brother, and pray that He who has promised to ba the support of the widow and stay of the orphan may be with them in this the time of their sore trial. Resolved, That the secretary beal he is hereby instructed to spread this our unanimous action on tie minute book of the parish, to furnish a copy of the same to the family of the de- ceased, and for publication, to the daily papers. JAMES PATTERSON, Roctor. H. G Cuark, Senior Warden. Wn. CLEBURNE, E. 0. Coorkg, 8. RosInsoN, Wy Tupor Tuekes, L. WEBSTER, Vestrymen, — Attempted Suicide at Ord, Orp, Neb., March 17.—H. G. Rogers, a prominent citizen and lead- ing merchant of this place, while laboring under temporary aberration of mind, superinduced by an overdose of laudanum taken to relieve pain, at- tempted suivide this afternoon by cut- ting his throat with a koife and would doubtless have succoeded in taking his life but for the coolness and presence of mind of his wife, who wrested the knife from him before he had accom- lished his insane purpose. Before g{n. Rogers was aware of his design good work in which he has been en- gaged 8o actively for more than eight months, and fer the very efficient aid which the editors rendered him in many ways. IN THE TOILS. The Prisoners Convicted this Term Sentenced--Six New Indictments Against blert. Saturday was motion day in the district court, and but little important business was transacted. The three prisoners who have been convicted this term were brought into coirt to be sentenced. They are Martin Grace, the man who robbed an Eleventh street grocer of some cigars and other stock; J. 8. Berk- man, who clerked for Wm. Bushman untilhe had transterred a large portion of the stock to his room, and bid fair to leave Bushman nothing but the counters and safe, which wers too heayy to carry away; Leon Levy, the junk dealer = who received the stolen copper and brass from the gang of boys who were robbing the Union Pacific. It will be remembered that A. Bierbaum accused of the same of- fense as Levy skipped out during his trial and forfeited his $500 bond. Bierbaum will congratulate himself more than ever in learning of the fate of his comrade in crime. Levy was sentenced to four ears in the penitentiary, Berkman to three years and Grace one year. SIERT'S LUCK. Henry Siert, manager of the Doug- las county Farmers’ association, never draws a blank, and if a few more spe- cial grand juries are called he will be under as many indictments as there are hairs in his head. The last special grand jury Saturday returned six anore bills against him, The defend- ant has not been arrested, as he is sick in bed, it is said through worry at the turn affairs have taken, Two divorce cases were tried in the district court yesterday, one of them being an extremely ~aggravated case of brutality on the part of the husband towards his wife. L ALMOST CRAZY, How often do we see the hard-work- iug father strainiug every nerve and mulc:le, }n‘ifioiuglhil utlm;ln :o lgup- rt his family. ine his feelings Ev‘;mu retumyuxg l:::e from a hard day’s labor, to find his family pros- trate with disease, conscious of unpaid doctors’ bills and debts on every hand. It must be enough to drive one almost crazy, All this ""]"'éf’i"“-“ could be avoided by usmng Electric Bitters, which expel every disease from the system, bringing joy and happiness to thousands. BSold'at fifty cents a bot tle. ; **¢Mahon. (8) #0ddities of Southern Life," By Menry Watterson, Eduor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, See the April CeNTUBY MacazINE. 4 —————