Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 24, 1882, Page 4

i =3 ] ] | i = L — I'fk UMAHA DALY, BRE: FRIDAY MARCH 24 1082 The Om-gi\é Bee Published svery morning, except Sanday, The oniy Monday morning daily, BY MAIL — Ine Waar.....$10.00 | Three Months, $3.00 Bix Mon 5,00 | One . 1.00 I'HE WEEKLY BEE, published ev. ory Wedneaday. BERMS POST PAID:— One Year......$2.00 | Three Monthe.. 50 3ix Months,. .. 1,00 | One o0 C(YRREST’UN"EN(‘)E—AII Communi. eations relating to News and Editorial mat- ers should be addressed to the EpITOR 0¥ THE Ber. BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Business Getters and Remittances should be ad draesed to Tre OMANA Pupuisnive Cou- PANY, OmAmA. Drafts, Checks and Post- office Orders to be made payable to the order of the Company. MAHA POBLISHING C0., Prop'ns. BIEOUIWASES Biio ‘Wairraker has been dismissed from ‘West Point for deficiency in his stud- ies. The consideration of those ears didn't enter into the question. SmirHERD is trying te pose as a sec- ond Oak Ames. It is safe to say that he lies when he asserts that General QGarfield approved of his Peruvian guano scheme, . Tuw Chinese must go, Both houses have passed the anti-Chinese bill and the heathen Chinese question is for- ever taken out of politics. TIr takes four hours to get a photo- ‘graph by means of the electric light. The woman who ocan ‘‘look natural” for this length of time can secure one of these prizes, —p—— Tan only Colorado man who hasn't been precipitated on the interior port- folio is Tom Bowen. Every other “‘prominent politician” has been men- tioned for the place. Ir the mines on the Pacific const are giving out, agriculture is doing her very best to make upthe deficiency. ‘Wheat is reported as the most promis- ing for acreage in many years, and needIng is actively progressing. Ohio senatn prohibiting the railroads from giving passes to public officers or delegates to political conventions, Ohio seems to be taking the ‘“anti- monopoly disease” as the monopoly organs call it. Spine— Ouio and Michigan have both com- pleted their redistricting. In Ohio seventeen out of the twenty-three congressional seats are reported as safe for the republicans, while Michi- gan expresses confidence in securing 4 #olid republican state. Old Elbridge Gerry's little schemo atill brings forth political frult, Tus patent office is one of the self- supporting departments of the gov- ernment, The excess of receipts over expenditures last your was $248,493.~ 61. Over thirty thousand applica- tions for patents were filed last year, and 17,620 wero granted. During the year 4,638 pa- tents expired. OUR NATIONAL SIZE. Our atlas compilers will be com- pelled to reverse their figures of state areas since ‘he publication of the final census bulletin relating to the subject. Great care was taken to secure absolutely correct figures as far as possible and the result is a number of important changes which affect early every state and territory in the Union. Texas still leads as the largest state territorially, having 262,800 square miles, and Rhode Island is the smallest, with 1,085 square miles. The largest territory is Dakota, with 147,700, which will be decreased upon the admission of the southern portion a8 a state after the taking of a census in June, Nevalaboastsof the largest county in all the states, which covers an area equal to the three states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island and is larger than the states of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connec- ticut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined. The smallest county in the United States haa the largest pop- ulation—New York covering only twenty square miles. Custer county. Montama, leads territorial counties with an aYea of 3€,600 square miles, which is larger than the state ot In- diana, The whole United States comprises 8,025,600 rquare miles, With a pop- ulation of over 50,000,000 this gives sixtoen and a fraction persons to the mile. In the order of sizes the states rank as follows, the figures showing the square miles: 126,290 55,050 5 Oregon.... 6 Kansas. . 7 Minnesota. 8 Nebraska 9 Missouri 10 Georgin 11 Michi, 12 Illinois, 13 Towa. 16 Arkansas, 17 Alabama. 18 North Caralina. 19 New York. 20 Missisnip| 21 Louiana 27 Indiann. . 28 South Carol 20 Maine ...... 30 West Virginta 31 Marylnd. . 32 Vermont. 33 New Hampshir 34 Massachusetts. 35 New Jersoy. . 30 Connecticut . 87 Delaware. .. 38 Rhode Island. CURIOUS CUSTOMS According to an observing Wash- ington letter writer some curious and time-honored customs, which are fit subjects for congressional Investiga- tion have clung to the United States supreme court ever since its first es- tablishment. Most of theee are very questionable, and make demands upon the national treasury. On this ac- count their discussion by the public cannot be considered as an unwarrant- able intrusion upon the privacy of the demure gentlemen who wear the som- bre gowns and drowsily read over cases which aro already three years behind the calendar. One custom has been the allowance of certain tees to the clerk of the court which fre- OcrLecror RoBERTSON laughs at the idea that he is to bo displaced from the New York custom house, Ho has just returned from a visit to Wash- ington and asserts that President Ar- thur and himself have a perfect un- derstanding, Mr, Robertson’s laugh will bring sadness to a number of hun- gry New York politicians, Sey———— INDIANG are interfering with the progress of work on the Northern Pa- eific and & company of troops from Fort Meade has been ordered out to protect the laborers, This is a much more praiseworthy occupation for the federal forces than the overawing and intimidating of laborers in a quiet city on the ground that they were a riotous mob and needed to he kept under control by military force, RarLroap men ought to be specially interested in a bill now before con- gress, requiring all freight cars to have the ‘‘bumpers” of a uniform height. One of the most frequent causes of death from coupling cars is caused by the fact that the bumpers me of different heights, and, passing one another, crush the brakeman or yardsmen between the opposite plat- « forme, Different manufactories of cara have no uniformity in the height of the bumpers from the track. The bill should certainly pass in the in- terests of human safety and human life. AccorpING to the voracious and ' veracious war correspondent of the Lincoln Journal, Omaha merchants have been very rude toward the mili- tia that came here to protect us from a red-handed mob, The voracious and '.W war correspondent says ®Omaha merchants refased to sell the boys even a collar, cuff or handker- chief. This is very mean, but there isn't & word of truth init. We have never known an Omaba merchant to refuse the money of apybody that wanted to patronizo him. Ttis pos- ‘some p( LOur mer- [sell| goods on AHAM i quently aggregate, it is said, $40,000 a year, or $30,000 more than the sal- ary of a justice. One expensive cus- tom is the exaction of two dollars a page for copies of decisions which other copyists would gladly write for ten cents a page. This custom, in the absence of the printing of decisions, is a rich harvest for the clerk. An- other custom prevents any one, news- paper reporter or lawyer, from writ- ing notes in the presence of the court, with the result of forcing all who de- sire to secure a correct report of a de- cision to pay the clerk’s fees for a copy of it, and to wait his convenience and pleasure bofore gotting it. The salary of a justice of the su- preme court is $10,000, It will sur- Pprise many to learn that there are a number of perquisites connected with the office. Custom allows him his carriage and a body servant. The body servants are paid $1,200 a year by the government, Custom forbids the justice to select his own attend- ? | this city. ) | this crimi house which leaves untouched the tax on whisky and tobacco. Mr. Kelly, on behalf the extreme protectionists, had determined to make such a reduc- tion in the revenues of the govern- ment that any tariff tinkering would have been put out of the question. The republican majority, who were soarosly prepared to father a radical mensure of this nature, which would have prevented any tarifl adjustment, interposed their veto. The result is a bill which, instead of diminishing the annual revenue by $70,000,000, takes only 10,000,000 from the re- ceipts of the national treasury, The bill repeals all other internal revenue taxes except the liquor and tobacco tax, and that on bank circulation. The only argument for abolishing a portion of the tax on tobacco and whisky was that a greater revenue would be yielded by a smaller tax. No articlee of consumption are so wellable to bear tax as these, and the object in lightening the gresent reve- nue derived from their taxation waa too plain to be concealed. Tariff ad- justment to the disadvantage of a number of very oppressive monopolies is sure to come. Mr. Kelly and his committee may be able to retard, but they will ere long have to yield. A DANGEROUS MEANCE. Mavor Boyp informs us that he has instructions from the state a thorities to call on General Crook, under the standing order of the presi- dent, for the services of the regular troops at Fort Omaha in any emer- gency which may hereafter arise of a character similar to that which neces- sitated the prosence of the troops in It, therefore, remains to be suggestec to the riot and strike leaders that dircretion in their case is still the bettor part of valor.—[Re- publican, How long <o Mayor Boyd and the corporation papers propose to keep up farce? Upon what meat does this our Cwsar feed that he as- sumes to put this city under martial law at his option ? By what authority can Governor Nance delegate powers to Mayor Boyd which the constitution of the state has vested in him alone and for whish he alone is personally responsible? By what autherity can the presi- dent issue a standing order to place a standing army at the disposal of the mayer of any city, or even of the gov- ernyr of any state? The president can only pince regular troops at the dispoeal of the governor of any state in case the military force of such state are uuable to suppress domes- tic insurrection, provided the legis- lature of the state is not in session. Whenever the insurrection has been suppressed the president is bound to withdraw the troops and he cannot legally order them back without a new requisition from the governor or the legislature. 1f the president could issue standing orders to army officers to occupy any city at the call of its mayor, the mayor could at pleasure become military usurper. The only authority to call out troops in case of domestic insurrection is the gov- ernor, but he can only exercite that power upon requistion from the mayor and sheriff when they certify that the police and constabulary are powerless to make arresis or enforce the process of the courts, State and municipal executives must not tram- ple law under foot uuder pretense of enforcing law and order. [ This talk about riots and mobs, and these threats of military rule and martial law, are a menace to the liberty of every law-abiding citizen. During the recent military occupation of Omaha martial law was established in this city without the shadow of legal authority, If we were not un- der martial law, as Mayor Boyd main- tains, how could any soldier put a citizen to death while in the perform- ance of duty? What luty could any soldier perform in a city where the civil law was supreme that would allow him to kill a citizen without subjecting him to punishment, un- less the killing was done in self-de- fense, to save his own life. With this outrage fresh in the pub- lic mind, the threats made in the name of Mayor Boyd are, to say the loast, deoidedlz ill-timed, ants. The newly appointed official is obliged to retain the body servant of his predecessor, and it is not known that the custom has ever been viola- ted. It is stated that the servants’ births become family inheritances and no new mer. are eyer let into the ring. If the question is raised why congress has permitted such curious customs to prevail the answer is at hand. Custom has decreed that as a matter of courtesy all bills relating to the court must first be sent to it for inspection. This eflectually pre- ven's any uprooting of these time- honored customs, which would, it ap- pears, be much more honored in the breach than in the observance. The dignity of the court ought, doubtless, to be preserved, But there seems to be & great deal of fuss and feathers in connection with practices of a very questionable nature which might be very satisfactorily dealt with by the congressional pruning kaife. —— P16 InoN Kxury, who is also chair- man of the ways and means commit tee, has found himself forced to bow 10 the decision of the republican cau- cus, and has reported s bill to the Tekamah Items. Editor of Tus Bxx: Texaman, March 20, St Patrick’s day at this place was celebrated by a grand ball given by the members of the Pleasant Hours association. Not- _withstanding the numerous engage- ments of Prof, Messir's orchestra, of Fort Omaha, the president, Mr. Zun- ner, had secured the services ot this gentleman, and, in company with Mr, Sands, Mr, Shedecher, Mr. Rublin, and Mr, Underwood, Prof, Messir delighted the audience with his exeel- 1ent music. It far surpassed anything of the kind ever given before, and the efforts of the officer- of the association to make the entertainment enjoyable are highly appreciated by all the mem- bers. Mr. Harry Underwood pre- sented himself with abeautiful coruet, and the first tune displayed on it was resorved for the occasion, Mr, Un- derwood deserves spocial mention for the very able and efficient manner with which he played his solos, and to Prof, Messir, as well as to all of his men, many thanks are due for the lively interest they take in our enter- tainments, The effect of beautiful women in elegant toilets, of the buzz of merry laughter and voices, was to recall “pleasant reminiscences of younger days. At 12:30 a. m. they all dej for home, well satisfied with their pleasant evening. A VETERAN'S VISION. How the 01d Boys of the Army Will Run Politics. By Blecting Gen. Thayer Sena- tor and Our Own “8i.” Governor. Vandervoort for Congress from the Bast District Part of the Scheme. A Story that Resnlted from Teo Muoh Camp Fire, Speclal Correspondence of Trs 2w, Laxcoun, March 23.—The more en- thusiastic members ot the Grand Army of the Republic have been here this week to welcome the advent and speed the departure of their most worthy commander, General Merrill. Having accorded him a hear.y reception and swapped stories all around concerning their individual exploits in the late sanguinary episode, they have gone home again. Thero is, by the way, a suspicious amount of activity IN THIS ORDER just at present, which betokens an in- tention of taking a somewhat active part in the coming campaign. Meet- ing one of the warriors last evening who was a little too deep in his cups, your correspondent tackled him as to the wherefore of the G. A. R.’s present enemy. ‘“We are going to shake up the politicians a little this fall,” he ans- weored. “Why,” asked the correspondent dubiously (for he has heard many vigorous denials of the fact), is the G. A. R. a political organization 1" “You bet; that is, it is when we want it to be, It proposes to have A LITTLE FUN this ye:r, anway. ’ ““What is the programme you have set for ;munell’l” ““We're going to make John M. Thayer our next senator.’ ‘“How do you propose to do that?” “‘Get up a boom for him, of course, The next state encapment is to be held at Grand Island (Thayer's home) in August. That was a cut-and-dried performance. Then Thayer is going around to address all the posts, and | organize new onesin his owninterest.’ “‘Are you going to endeavor to pack the next legislature with veterana?’ “You tumble to the schemo, Then we are going to elect Alexander gov- ernor.,” ““What else?” ““Ed Roggen is to be the candidate for secretary of atate.” ““What else?” ““Vandervoort for congrees from the enstern distriot.” | This last horrible suggestion so staggered your correspcndent that he was unable to PURSUE HIS INVESTIGATIONS further. When he recovered his equanamity the veteran had departed. The question which now arisesis: Was the man drunk enough to tell the truth? The governor still refrains from calling the legislature together, on the indefinite plea that “‘there is plenty of time.” Numerous membera of the legislature have been here duc- ingthe past week to gain some pom- tive information on this subject. Parties are now engaged in number- ing the stores and residences in this city, preparatory to inaugurating the system of letter delivery by carriers. The Philadelphia system of number- ing —100 to & block—will be adopted. There is talk of putting Judge Ma- son up as a candidate for mayor on a temperance ticket, The republican city convention meets on the Ist of April. Alderman Doolittle will prob- ably be the nominee for mayor. The report of the county poor farm shows that it cost, last yea:r, $2,610; The AVERAGE NUMBER of inmates was twenty, and the average cost per head per week siglglty cents, 'he Holman English Opera com- pany in ‘‘Patience,” Duprez & Bene- dict, and Thomas W. Keene, are the coming theatrical attractions fer next week. ARGUS, NINE YEARS FOR NOTHING. An Outrage Hqualled Orly by the Heartless Landlords of Ireland. The Bt. Joe & Denver Land Sharks— The Eviction of Farmer McDonald, Ontowa, March 20, 1882, To the Editor of The Boe: L A Writ of Ejectment Served aud Exe- cuted by the U, 8, Maxrshall. The old 8t. Joe & Denver City R R Co. vs. Allen McDonald, March 17, 1882, Now, sir, I give you the facts of the case as Mrs, McDonald gave them |s to me. Nine years ago M:Donald home- steaded the quartor section in ques. tion (See. 11, T, 5, R, 1 w. n) at Beat‘rice, paying the regular landofli+) foe. The family st once moved upon the place and commenced imp.ove- ments, or, in other works, went to work and worked hard on the place from that day until the 16th inst. After living on the place five years and some months, McDonald was in. formed by one of the railrond offlcials that the railroad company claimed his land, and for the consideration of $200 he could have a quit claim deed from the railroad company. McDonald now to the land office at Beatrice with two witnesses to prove np having fuithfully fulfilled his part of the contract with the gov- ernment. The government official in the land office now informs McDonald the Bt. Joe & Denver City railroad steader his entry tee, but ‘“‘go west young man” and homestead again. However, MeDonald had confidence in tl e government, and feit satisfied his rights as a homesteader and as an American citizen would be fully estab- lished in a short time, 8o he stuck to his home, ‘““‘who would not,” as the sequence shows to his sorrow. 1.-\-' autumn Me. received notice to attend the U. 8. court at Omaha (with many others), to show cause why he should not be ousted, Now, sir, with us farmeérs money fuils to grow on bushes, 80 Mec. failed to attend the railroad court. On the evening of March 8th and the morning of March 9th, the U. S, marshal cerved a writ of ejectment u{mn McDonald, ordering him off the place forthwith. McDonald informed the gentleman cf goodly proportions. | he (Me.) would have to be earried off, upon which the mashal gave him (Mc ) company elaim his farm. No offer biimg made to return the home one week to pack up and be gone. As a natural course of events the week passed, the 16th of March camo and the marshal returned. Mrs. MeDonald was loaded into the buggy and ‘crossed over the section line where all her household goods had proceeded her, whers ehe and her four little ones were left, ‘‘where, oh, where!” The husband arrested and marched off to Lincoln. Now, sir, this man McDonald paid the entry tee for his land, got his entry papors, lived up n his farm niine years, broke the prairie sod, puton what improvements he could paid three years taxes. ‘Now if govern- ment officials make blunders, and supreme courts decide in favor of railroads, has this man no redress? “Consistency thon art a jew;l"}‘; OCOIDENTAT, JOTTINGS. CALIFORNIA The democrats will meet in atate con- vention at San Jose, on the 20th of June. There are 500,354 acres of land assessed in Solano county, of which 69,000 are planted in wheat and 13,000 in barley. The ‘‘Farmers’ bank”’ was organized in { Fresno last week, with a capital stock of $100,000, 20 per cent being paid up. Lewis Leach is presicent, Over forty-snow slides occurred in the Bodie d strict in less than a week, burying thirty-eight men under forty feet of snow. All were saved but seriously injured. The San Francisco Trades’ Assembly sent greeting to the Omaha _strikers, con- demning the calling out of the military and extending hearty sympathies to the J@he fish in the river. leaders under arrest. The assossor is listing | roperty in Te- hama county for 1882 as follows: Kirst lands, 330 per acre; common lands, 1.25 per ucre; wheat, SU per 100 pounds; theep, $1.50 per head IDAHO. Over 200 Wood River ¢laims must bave ehanged owners during the past six monthe, Four smelters are now on Wood River, ond fonr en route, Refining works in Col. Green’s smelter at Kotchum, two stamp mills, four steam hoisting works and nine more will come in the spring. A snow-slide st Bullion, in the Wood River country, the other duy, buried the dwelling of Mr. Dobbius, smashing it to splinters. An infant child Mrs, Dobbins considerably injured, The Blackfoot stage arrived at Hailey, Wood River, the othier day, having been six days on the road, Tho sufferines of the passengers had been very severe. Five men had become utterly snow-blind; the eyes bulged out of their sockets, and they wero utterly unable to see. On a part of ths road, the sleigh had sixteen horses at- tached, and only made five miles during the day. WYOMING. Laramie had a $2,000 fire on the 20th. Newt. Major has sold his ranch and eattle, on the’ Upper Platte, to Charles Hecht, of Cheyenne, the cattle bringing $22.50 per T Phe head writer of The Laramie Times is & genius on pyramids. Their construc. tiom s by all odds the most symmetrical and unique specimen of ths blacksmiths’ art of which a prairie city can boust, The anxious reader stubs his toe on a 2-em dash where a period is usually fosnd, and reaches & full stop down ihe center of the next line, The editor has a weakness for *‘slugs,” Another rich copper strike has been made in the Silver Crown district, eight- een wiles from Cheyenne, Prof. Stanton, the territorial engineer, has assayed and examined the ores and pronounces them quartzites, with iron pyrites and sulphites carrying silver from Bt 85 in a vein three feet wide of chrysocalla or green sillicate of copper, with™ copper glance al through it carrying 26 per cent copper, which at present row iy worth at least $52 per ton, OOLORADO. Denver has 200 saloons, Alma has received a steam fire engine, and citizens me beside themselves with Joy. Over §15,000 have been subscribed to the building fund of the new Christian chua h at Denver. The second artesian well at Pueblo struck pure water at & depth of 1,000 feet. Ihe flow is very large, The town of Teller, North Park, sup- ports & public school of thirty-six scholars, and numbers between 800 and 400 inhabi- tants, Denver is to have an oleomargarine fac- tory. The proprieors claim they can manufacture the article so that it annot be detected when compared with the best grades of butter, It will cost the Denver & Rio Grande company to complete the San Juan line to Silvert:n, a distance of twenty seven miles, 806,000, Red Cliff to Boulder und Rock Creek minee, » distance of three miles yot to be completed, $100,000, aud the Salt Luke connection with Gunnison ity to Utah border, a distance of 162 wiles, $1,927,0.0. T NEW MEXICO. Sheop in New Mexico average heavir floeces than those of Texas. “Gray Eogle” mine Water Canon, near Socorr., assuys $148 per ton. ener | Grant and Bob Ingersoll ae rosted in mines in Lake Valley. Tho Vizina company, uf Tombst ne, has paid un to date $120 (00 in divide d | tax uf one d llar i m tarsibor, vver e v ol bweiliyrune years whether a citizen of 11i n, 7 A silver brick weighin s three thousand ounces was expressed cast from the Tor- rence mine at Socorr., This mine sold for $7,/ The survey of the A, T. &8 F. R, R Co.’s branch line from S.corro tu the Blick Range has been completed to a point 65 ilb. from Bacorro, aud. over the worst part of the route, Valuable copper miues are reported to have been found on the middle Gila river, nt courity, in what is supposed to be a mountain of copper and an extension of the famous Olifton mines, They are owned in Silver City, Gen. George B. McClellan is president of the Silver Cil{ Mi x&& Mill Co,, re- cently organized in New York, that ‘have urchased the interests of the Carroliton Eu., including Ja stawp mill and three wines in and near Silver City. was killed «nd ol i sod in| every able bodie ! ma e inhabitunt of the | The Cooper coj per district on the Pe-os, twenty-tive miles south of Las Vegas, fourteen miles from the tailtond, and ensily accessible is tu uing out very rich. Prospectors are m ul(sing good finds, ore assaying from 817 ¢ 8300 per ton DAKOTA, Marion has & sch ol compored of sixty- two pupils. Elk Point has the measles in it most malignant form, The artesian wel. at Aberdeen is down nine huudred foet, The Yankton railroad shops are again in & booming con ition, Forty dollars per hesd was paid for cows in Swan Lake last week. Liake county has thirty-two rchool houses, most of them good, substantial uildings, One hundred carpenters sould find «teady employment in Plankinton ¢ the present time, The firt houre in Chamberlain was rected last June, now the town is large cirough to ~upport & good weekly paper. A Norwegian reading s. ciety ix about to | e organ zed in Flandrau, composed of all the residents of that nationality in Moody county. Sioux Falls has a Jasper Stone Quarry company with a cash capital of 8100,000, The quarrics are to be exteasi vely worked this scasom, Th river has not yet opemed at Bis- marck, and but for the chunk of solid ice which sticks at that torrid streak there would le clear water all the way to Ben. ton, Two Indiana gentlemen are in Redfield lcoking for locations for fifteen families | 4, who are ready to start as soon as they are notified by telegraph which poiut to make. G. L. Barnard, sixty seven years of age, proprietor ;of a Deadwood ‘recond-hand store, was f und dead in his bed on the morning of the 16th, Twenty-two watches and a small sum of money were found in the bed with him. The Mennonites, located three miles from Bon Homme, are contemplating a remoyal to the Pacific slope. Agents sent out for that purpose have found de- siruble locations in Oregon, and report saya that if they can dirpose of their large estate they will remove at an early day. MISCELLANEOUS. The Methodists of Washington Terri- tory have decided to « stablish a college at Spokane Falls, At Spokane Falls the complaiut is made that (ke sawdust from the mills is killing Wyoming and Utah Legislatures have this winter passed laws prescribing fees for the Secretary of Territories for the perf. rmance of certain official work. Owing to the high rates of freight in Nevada, several floaring mills are being erected in yarious localities, 51 that the wheat may bo ground into flour without the expense of two shipments, PERSONALITI!S, Joaqui '« Miller is reported hard up. Vanderbilt’s recent ball cost $20,000. Jucob R. Shipherd hss arrived in Wash- ington to open his package of correspond- ence. Lt. Danenhauer telegraphs, via St. Petersburg: ‘‘Left eye ruined and must come ouf; right eye affected by sympathy, but can be saved. Health splendid.” Rev. W. B, Affleck, of Toronto, declar- edina sermon that it wasalibel on justice to send Sergeant Mason to pr.son for C is- charging a rifle av the grinning assassin. Swavely, of Chester, Pa., who ed the estate of old Peter Kurts $3,775 for 151 visits, has had his bill cut down to $415.2) by a jury of farmers, A close fri nd of Roscoo Conkling says the latter’s plan is to make himself inde- pendently rich by his law practice by the time the next senatorial election is held in New York, John G. Ehrins, of Utica, made a wager that ke could drink two quartz of whisky ot a sitting. Hed d so and died in a few houre. It's always well to deal gently with the Ehrirg.—[Lowell Courier, Congressman and Mrs, Cox’s_eight months’ journey abroad cost just §8,000, They went t) Europe with that to spend, and when it was gone returne * home with their heads full et interesting stories about foreign places, The opinion is gaiting ground that Oscar Wilde bears the same relation to a bena-fide priest of the beautiful that a second-hund tea-store chromo or & ginger- bread elephant bears to the fine art-,— [New York Tribune, Gail Hamilton is writing letters to a ‘Washington paper and vehemently de- manding the passage of the Chinese Dbill. The Chinaman who failed to return Gail’s striped stockings is d ubtless beginning to realize the magnitu e of his mistake. What a fickle jade is fame! Dr. Tanner, who not so long ago starved himse!f into international notoriety, is mow living quietly in Buffalo, the unobserved of all observers, with none 0 poor as to do him the reverence that goes with a polite rc- quest for an autograph. A dispatch rom Constantinople says that “Gen, Lew Wallace, United States minister, spent seven hours with the Sul- tan yastorday, talking about America.” Unless Gen. Wallace told (hat story about what the governor of North Carolina said to the govornor of South Curoliva, the chances are that the Sultan had a pretty dry time, TIsabella de Bour!on, ex-Queen of Spain, is stiul royal, writcs corr spon: ent, i her extravagance and geaeosi As an ex- ample of the degree to which she exercises the lust-named virtue, it is said that she recently allowed an American painter in Paris to make s' etches of the whits mule in her stables for his next salon picture. without chargiog him a ce: t for it! What a falling off is here! 1In the Lon- don Gaz-tte there is the following an. nouncement under the head of Bankrupts: “Huggins, Horatia James, Hermes-hil, Rising-hill-street, Pentonyille, and Horn- tey- - tk-road, Hornsey, formerly Chicf- Justice of Sterra Leone, now or lately car rying on business with William Whitfield liuruur as o mnufacturer of bottle-wash- ing machines, ' Deuster, a Wisconsin congressman, has o true idea of the congr and position, T he said, recent body ha - taught me a a certain judge, id to me one, ‘Deuster, a nan thinks himssIf awful big at home; but just let him get here o co and take his seat in congress, and inside of four wer ks yon can buy him' for 8 song.’ That was my experience, too ” And th is the experierce of prosty much every young o1 who g s to W hinton, FARMERS ANDMECHANILOS, | and trouble, besides & no small bill { expense, at this season of the ye, you should take prompt steps to keep disease from your household. The system should be cleansed, blood purified, stomach aud bowels regula- ted, and prevent and cure diseases arising from spring malaria. We know of nothing that will so perfectiy and surely do this as Electric Bitters, and at the trifling cost of fifty cent a bot: tle.- [Exchange. Sold by Ish & McMahon 1 —_— “0ddities of Southern Life,” By Henry Watterson, Eduor of the Louisville Courier-Jowrna, P — HOUSES LOTS! For Sale By BEMIS, IFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS 813, 178, House 8 rooms, full lot on Plerce near 2uth street, 81,060, 177, House £ roows, full lot on Douglas near 26th street, $700. 176, Beautiful residence, full lot on Oass near 10th street, $12,000. 174, Two' housos and § lot on Dodre near 9th reet, 81 600, 176, House three rooms, two closets, ete., halt 1ot on 21t 1 ear Grace street, §800. 172, One and one-half story brick house an two lots on Douglas near 28th street, §1,700, 171, House two rooms, well,cistern, stable, etc tull lot near Pierce and 18th stroct, §950. 179, One and one-half story house six rooms Il, ball lot on Convent streot near Bt. Mary's avenue, 1,850, No. 170, House three rooms on Clinton street near shot 1ower, 2825, No. 109, House and 88x120 fect lot on street noat Wehste r stroct, §8,600. No, 168, Hruse of 11 roons, lot 88x12) fect on 10th n ar Burt etreet, $6,000. ‘0N 167, Two story house, 0 rooms 4 closets, 0od cellar, on 15th street near Poppleton's 000, No. 165, Now house of 6 rooms, halt lot on lzard n: ur 16th street, $1,850, No. 164, One and orie half story house 8 rooms on 18th sireot : ear Leavon worth, 83, N 161, One and one-half story bouse of 6 rooms near Hanscom Park, $1,800. No. 168 Two houses 6 rooms each, closots, vte on Burt street near 25th, §3,600. No. 167, house 6 rooms, fuli 1ob on 10th stroot near Leavenworth, £2,400. No. 166, House 4 Jarge rooms, 2 closcts balt acro on Burt stree. near Dutton, $1,200. No. 165, Two housrs, one of b and one of 4 rooms, on' 17th trect near Marcy. £8,200. No.'154, Thrce hotsis, one of 7 and two ot roon:s and corner 'lot, on Cass near 14th strect, 85,000, Ne.'168, small house and full lot on Pacific near 12th'street, 82,500, No. 161, One story house 6 rooms, on Leaven worth ne'r 16th, §3,000. No. 160, T1o18c thiee rooms and lot 9¥x11 near 26th and Far: ham, $2,500, No, 148, New housc of oight rooms, on 15th streeb n ar Leavenworth £,100. Noy 147, House of 13 roomson 18th stroct Hotse of 10 rooms and 14lots on 18th strect near Marcy, 86,000, 0. 145, House two farge rooms, 1ot 67x210 fee riAD avenue (16th strect) near Nicholas, 500, 'No 143, Iouse 7 rooms, barn, on 20th st col near Leavenworth, §2,600. No. 142, Hou:e 5 rooms, kitchen, ctc., on 10th street near Nicholas, 81,875 No. 141, Hou.e 3 Faorus on Douglas uear 26th street, 950, No.'140, Large house and two lots, on 24t near Farnhsm stroct, 88,000, No. 19, House 8 rooms, lot 60x166§ foc, Douglas near 27th street, 81,500, No. 187, House 6 rooms avd half lot on Gapito avenue near 234 acreet, 82,300, No. 186, House and half acre lot on Cuming street near 24th 8860, No. 131, House 2 rocms, full lot, on Teard nesn 2let sLrcet, 3 No. 120, Two houses one of 6 and ono of 4 fooms, on leased lot on Wobator near 20th siruet, 2,500 'No. 127, Two story house 8 rooms, half lot on Webster near 19th 83,600, No, 126, House 3 rooms, lot 20x120 feet on 26th 91roct near Douglas, 86 No, 125, Two etory hotise on 12th near Dodge strc ot 1ot 2860 feot §1,200, No, 124, Largo house and full block near Farnham and Cen ral street, $8, No. 123, House 6 rooms und large lot on Saun- ders §1reet near Bariacks, $2 100, No. 122, House 6 rooms and half lot on Web- stor near 16th street, §1,600, No. 118, House 1(_rooms, lot 80x00 feet on Capitol avenuo near 22d stroet, $2,050, 0. 117, House 8 rooms, lot 80x126 feet, on Capitol avenue near 22d $1,600. Ko, 114, House 8 roors ou Douglas near 20th treet, $750. No. 118, House 2 roams, lot 66x99 feot on near Cumirg street, $760. No. 112, Brick house 11 rooms and half 1ot on 088 near 14th street, §2,800, No. 111, Houso 12 'roomsion [Davenport nes 02th strect, §7,0°0. No. 110, Brick houso and lot 22x182 fee on Casa strect near 15th, §,000, No. 108, Largo house on Harney near 16th stroot, 86, No 100, Two houscs and 86x1 Cags near 14th street, 83,500, No. 107, House 5 rooms and half log on Tzar near 17th'str.et, §1,200. 0. 106. House and lot 61x198 feet, lot on 1411 near Pierce stroet, §600 No. 1.5, Two story house 8 rooms with 13 lot on Seward near Saunders street, $2,800. No. 108, One and one haif story house 10 roons Wobster near 16th street, 2,600, No. 102, Two houses 7 rooms each and § lot ou L4th noar Chicago, 84,0.0. No, 101, House § rcome, cell r, dtc., 1 lotson South avenue near Pucific siree:, §1,650, No. 100, House 4 rooms, cellar, etc., half lot on lzard stroot near 16th, §2,000, No. 99, Very Iarge houte and full lot on Har ney near 14th streot, 89 000, No, 97, Large house of 11 rooms on Sherman ayene iear Clark street, make an offer, No, 98, One and one half story house 7 rooms Lot 240x401 fect, stable, etc., on Sherman ave: nue near Grace, &7 (00, No. 92, Large brick house two lots on Daven port streeg near 10th $18,000. No. 90, Large hovse and full lot on Dode near 18:h stre- 1y $7,00. No. 80, Large hause 10 rooms half lot on 20tk ear California street, §7,600 No, 85, | rge houso 10'0r 12 rooms, beautiful corner 1ot on Cass near 20th, §7, 1 No. 87, Two story house 8 rooms 6 acros o land on Saunders street near Barracks, §2,000 'No. 86 Two_stores and _resic(nce On leased half lot,near Mison and 10th street, $500, No. 84, Two story how e § rooms, closets, étc., wi b1 6 acres of ground, on Saunders street near Oniaha Birracks, $2 600 4 No. &3, House of 9 roos, half lot on Capitol avenue near 12th street, 82,500, e and ono half story ¥ ouse, 6 rooms Piorce near 20th strect, 81,800 story houses, o , Ch 0 8t., near 12th, §3,000, No. 80 flouss 4 rooms, closets, etc., large lob on 18th stre. t uoar White Lead works, 81,800, | arge house of 11 rooms, closets, cel- 1, et:., with 14 lot n Farnham nar19th street, foot lot o 000, No. 76, Orean 1o/ u-hulltwr{‘houu of 8 rooms, lot 60x8: feet on Cass near 14th street, 84,600, No. 76, housw 4 rooms sud basement, (lo 16§x132 fret ou Murcy near Sth streot, $675. Largo brick house sud twe full lote on 16th strect, §16,000. a ' story tiouse and lop feet on Jac b near 12th street, §1,80, Large hrick house 11 rooms, full 10 port near 15th street, 86,040, No. 71, Large hou-e 12 rooms, full lot on Cali- ornia néar 20th street, §7,000, No, 06, Stable and 8 full lotson ran instreet near Saunders, §7,000, No. 64, Two'story frame building, store belaw and rooms above, i lesed ot on' Douge uear 16th street, 180 No, t8, Howse 4 rcoms, Lasewent, etc., lof Vix230 (0ct cu loth strece niar Aall Works, 1,700 0, 62, New hiowe 4 rooms one s'ory, full lob No, 65, Houso of 7 rooms, ull lot Webstor near {18t street, §2,600, on Harney near 21st street, §1,760, No. 61, Large house 10 rooms, full lot on Bur near 21st atreet, $5,000, No. 60, House 8 ro-ms, halt lot en Devenport near 23d strect, §1,000, No 59, Four houses and halt lot on Cass near 18th stroct $2 600, No. 12, House 6 rooms avd full lot, Harney near 26:h street, §2,000. No. 6, Three houses and full lot on Cess near 14 th strect, $3,200, BEMIS ReaL Estare Acency 16th and Douglas Street, Bee the April CENTURY MaGazINg Iom‘ - - .