Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 21, 1884, Page 4

THE OMAHA BEE. Omaha Ofice, No. 916 Farnam St. Oouncil Bluffs OfMcej3No. 7 Pearl Btreet, Near Broadway. New York Office, JRoom 65 Tribune Building. i Pablished evory worning, except Sunday' The only Monday morning daily. RS BY MATL. Ony Year .410.00 | Throo Months ......88.00 8ix Monens 500 | One Month L1.00 Por Woek, 25 Cents. 18 WRNKLY REN, PURLISIND RVERY WDNRSDAY. TRV POSTPAID, THE DAILY BEE--OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1884, AFRAID OF THE NEW BRIDGE. The scheme to erect another bridge over the Missouri between Omaha and Council Bluffs,which has recently assumed vory tangible shape by reason of the probability that congress will grant the charter, has stirred up the Union Pacific to do what it ought to have done years ago, namely, to construct a wagon bridge in connection with its railway bridge. The Union Pacific managers are aware of the fact that if another bridge is con Threo Months 8 50 8 v onth ... .. %2 [blow to their monopoly bridge, Amorioan Nows Company, Solo Agente Newsdoal: | ¢ho roceipts of which are enormous, ors In the United States. CORRNSFONDRNCH. A Communioations relating to Newn and Editortal bers should be addressed to the Eoiron or Tim =3 BUSINRSS LETTRRS, | All Business Tettors and fomittances should be addrossed to Tin Brx N0 COMPANY, QMAMA- Dratts, Cheoks and P rdors to bo mado pay Yk BEE PUBLISHING 00, PROS, E. ROSEWATER, A. H. Fitch, Manager Daily Circulation, P. 0. Box 453 Omaha_Neb. Tur prevailing opinion in the third congressional district is that Val, like the Heathen Chinee, must go. Waar will Lincoln do for the state fair of 1885, now that she has sold her fair grounds to a stockyard syndicate? Mpr. Morrisox is so deeply interested in the bonded whisky bill that he will let his revenue reform bill go by default, if Randall will only aid him in putting through lhe whisky bill As a great champion of reform commend us to the demccratic party. Tue newspapers of the country are commenting on the fact that the county jail at Cincinnati is crowded with mur- derers. But all the murderers, says the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, who should be there are not thero—no, not by a jug-full. The sunsets havenot been red for nothing. Tur attempt of a Boston professor to prove that the Garden of Eden was lo- cated at the north pole is not received with any degree of warmth by those who know anything about the Arctic regions. If Adam and Eve ever lived at the north pole then the story about the fig-leaf ~ [ upon the development of the country and the consequent increase in traffic. By Tnion Paci- con- structing a wagon bridge th fic hopes to defeat the building of the proposed new bridge, and thus retain its monopoly of traffic and the control of its bridgo rates. 1t may possibly succeed in this object. Its engineers are at work the plans of the wagon bridge, which is to be added to the railway bridge, and they are to be completed and submitted for appreval early next month. It is proposed to have the work completed this year. The Union Pacific originally intended to have a wagon bridge in connection with its rail- way bridge, but abandoned the project because the Nebraska legislature passed a bill providing that the mayor and city council, in any city of the first class, should have the power to license and regulate the keeping of toll bridges, and fix the rates of toll. That bill is still on the statute book, and in force. It is claimed by however, that the true reason for the abandonment of the plan was the scarcity of funds at the time the bridge was being built. Even if the Union Pacific sheuld defeat the proposed preject, the addition of a wagon way to its bridge will be a great improve- ment upon the present accommodations, In any event, the granting of a charter for a new bridge by congress is bound to result beneficially for Omaha. remains some, PORKIGN OWNERSHIP OF AMERICAN LANDS. Senator Van Wyck persistently keops up his inquiries. His latest resolution of inquiry, which was agreed to, directs that structed at this point it will be a serious and constantly growing in proportion to costume falls to the ground as a mere fiction. Fig-leaves are too thin for olothing in the region of the north pole, even in the summer time. the committee on public lands inquire in what manner large quantities of public lands became transferable to or posseased by foreign corporations or syndicates, and what, if any, legislation is advisable to Tax live stock associations of Wyom- | yrevent such transfers or possession. ing and Colorado will meet in Cheyenne | " mhg ghject of this resolution is to pre- ot April 7th. The meoting will bo the | yon¢ landlordismin the United States, largest ever held in the territory. 'The| ypich ig inevitableif tho great capitalists local organization is making preparations | ¢ Kurope aro allowed to buy up vast for the entertainment of 200 delegates | yryots of railroad lands and public lands, from Colorado, and as meny more from | wiych have been acquired by Americans, the provinces. Tho object is to discuss | Already many millions of acres, in large matters pertaining to the better growth | blocks, have been purchased by English, and cultivation of the cattle industry in | gootch and German syndicates, and near- the west and the consideration of methods ly all our unoccupied lands, for excluding infected stock. which can be pought in large tracts, will soon pass into the hands of foreign capitalists, who BAkeR PAsua, who is figuring so prom- [really ~ have more money than inently in the war in the Soudan, is an|they can profitably use at home. English officer—none other than Ool, | If something is not done to check this Valentine Baker. It will be remembered | movement there will grow up in this that he created a sensation in England [ country a system of landlordism similar afow yeats ago by assaulting a young|to that existing in the countries of the lady in a railway car, for which offense|o0ld world, The landlords will live luxu- he was sentenced to a short term of im.|riously in Londcn and Paris, while the prisonment and dismissed from the army, | farmers will simply be tenants. A mo- Upon serving out his sentence he went | novoly in land would be a gigantic evil. wont to Egypt and there re-entered the | Now is the time to nip it in the bud, a:d military service, in which he has dis-|such s the intention of Senator Van tinguished himself. A movement has now been started in London to have him restored to his former rank in the En- glish army. —— Cor, Davip 8. SraNLey, who is to be the successor of Brigadier-General Mac- kenzie, entered the army in 1852, gradu- ating from West Point as a brevet second lieutenant. On the outbreak of the war he was appointed captain in the Fourth cavalry, and in September, 1861, was given a volunteer command as brigadier- general. In 1864 he was promoted to major-gencral of volunteers, and in the meantime received a number of promo- Wyck. The ownership of land in the United States ought to be made coudi- tional upon the owner being an American citizen, either by birth or naturalization, and if an American citizen becomes a citizen of another country, and declares his allegiance to a foreign pocentate, the forfeiture of ownership in American lands should be made the consequeuce of such action. None but Americans should boe owners of American soil. DIsCRIMINATION on the part of rail- roads i3 not emnfined to any particular locality, It 1s practiced, more or less, in nearly every atate of the union, and the tions in the regular army. He won these | PeOPIe are beginning to fight it through promotions by gallant and meritorious | the legislatures of the {iiil'arelxt states. services in the battles of Stone River, | That th.e people have a right to .cont_rol Resaca, Rufl's Station, and Franklin, the railroads by means of legislation Ho was appointed colonel of the Twenty- there is no doubt, and they propose to second infantry in July, 1866, Tar Pacific railway compittee in the house is endeavoring to discover - some plan whereby the subsidized Pacific rail- ways can be compelled to pay their in- debtedness to the government. There ave now two plans under consideration. One, which is approved by Secretary Folger, is to extend the time of payment over sixty years, The other is an in- crease of the amount required by the Thurman act to be annually turned into the treasury. Under the Thurman act 26 per cent. of the net earnings is re- quired to be paid to the government, The latter plan is more in favor with the democrats, and the committee will proba- bly recommend an increase to 60 cent. for the Central and 40 per cent. for the Union Pacific. The court of claims is in & fair way to arrive ata determina- tion of what is a fair and reasonable sl lowance for the transportation of mails over these roads, This point has been at issue for years, and when settled there will be no further contest as to what the net earnings have been for the past four years. These disputes have afforded the Union Pacific an excuse for not comply- tog with the Thurman act. In a recent letter to the senate Attorney General Brewster ex) his intention of pusk- ing the case to judgment during the pros- ent term of cour’, He added that if the shall show any reluctance in complying with the decree he should proceed at onee to enjoin the psyment l’"fim-l Judge McCrary is no longer an office- exercise that right by electing represen- tatives who will carry out their wishes. Even in the little state of Con- necticticut the people are fighting against railroad discrimination, One of the most important contests in the leg- islature of the nutmeg siate this year has been over a bill to prevent discrimi- nation in freight ratos, This provided that no more should be charged for a short than for a longerdistance, and was a dead- ly blown at the through rate system. The bill was practically identical with the law for some years working well in Mas- sachusetts, The committeo on railroads, however, has at last reported a substitute bill which defeats the intent of the original. It merely provides that if a railroad company in its freight business gives any undue preference to any person or firm, the aggrieved party way appeal to the superior court or the railroad com- missioners, No penalties are provided. As usual the railroad lobbyists are on hand in full force to defeat the will of the people, and are very likely to succeed. This result, however, will only make the people more determined at the next elec- them instead of the corporate monopo- lies, 1t is & long lane that has no turning, Mz, Harrox and Judge conventivn, may be expected, as a matter of course, to supnort him in preference to an; else.—Council Bluffs Nonpareil, tion to elect legislators who will represent oCrary ure talked of for delegates to the Chicago Both these gentlemen are President Arthur's particular friends and companies, after & judicial settlement, | #Ppointees, and in caso theyare delegates . S——— e e e, S A X A e holder, and, what is more, he was under no obligations to Mr. Arthur for his ap- pointment as circuit judge. Mr. Me. Crary stepped down from the cabinet of ttherford B, Hayes to take his seat on the bench. Mr. Hatton is of course one of Mr. Arthur's appointees, and we pre- sume he makes no secrot about his pref- erence. —_— ATTEMPTED — ROBBERY PAYERS, One of the most important safe-guards OF TAX provided by our city charter against cor- ruption in the construction of public works is that the work shall be inspected by the city engineer, and sccepted by the board of public works and city council, This afferdsa very effective check againat any collusion between public officials and contractors. So long as these provisions of the law are strictly and faithfully fol- lowed, there is very little danger of job- bery, but it scems that the present coun- cil has departed from the spirit and let- ter of the law, and opened the way not only for the robbery tax-payers but for endan; the public safety by badly conatru sewers, the use of inferior material, and poor workmanship. Our attention has been called to a case in point. the North Omaha sewer. The remarl sring hat reforence to this sewer will, no doubt, creace astonishment and indigna- tion among the tax-payers when they bo- come fully informed as to how it is posed to make them pay double fora portion of this sewor. The coniract for the with North Omaha went on and did the work. After its com- pletion a break occurred at Twenty-third and Cumming streets, for a distanco of 69 feet. Fitch & Co. took up the upper arch, making the excavation for it, and pulling it back. There had ;beea no ac- ceptance of the original work by the city engineer, nor were final estimates made by him, and he did not accept the work of repairs or make final estimates on it. The city council let the contract for the repairs without tke advice or approval of the board of public works. ‘When the break in the sewer became known, Councilman Anderson introduced ble courso whick the council has praued | sower was let to Wm. Fitch & Co., who | V! influences that should not weigh in mat ters affecting the public general public.—[ Leavenworth Ties, Our sentiments toa “‘t. Not a Party Test. It is a wrong for some republicans to impertinenceto be abusing Senator Sabin, chairman of the national republican com mittoe, for his vote. We suppose Gen, Grant has a pretty clear idea of soldierly duty, « he telegraphed his congratula- Logan was able to remark that the old commander was not a lawyer. The secre. tary of war is, we presume, credited with more extravagant expressions against Porter than he ever made. If not, his discretion has failed him this time. The chances are that if Abraham Lincoln had opinion as Grant has done. S — STATE JOETINGS, LINCOLN, Archie Fnsign is slowly e. i horso foll on him a few days ago. k ars o numerons and bold at ‘hat they rob the racks of the iile travolors are at dinver or ‘The News says: ‘St Patrick's day was for- d nerly abrated yesterday in Omaha s many places,” The News is s temper- L0co organ, licat rocently ad in Keit! Lincoln hased tehall’s pork packery canght fire n, resulting 1n a loss of o packing house proper 1, but tho smoke-house was o total loss, . Dantler, of the B. & M., 7 to Lo charge of embezzling tick G of nd was bound This is tho hegin- st omployes, Boware vee to the drawbacle. and fostival of Nebraska's vozal aitists is announced for the Operas house, March 8. The programme consists of roadings. songs and econes from Shakspeare and Schiller in costums. A number of noted vocalists and elocntionists will pacticipate. Members of the Soldiors’ colony are prepar- ing to move to their futnre home in north. wostern Nebra 'The colony numbers over 250 persons from different sections of this and othor states. The proposed town site of Logan Las not yet beoa surveyed. Over 1,000 (quarter sections of country has been taken, Tho spring freshet in tho Platte is causing much anxiety here. The people of the Baptist church are mak- a resolution that the board of public works immediately order the necessary repairs, and the resolution was adopted. A communication, however, was read from Fitch & Co., petitioning for author- ity to repair the break, and the matter was referred to the committee on water- works and sewerage, with power to act. Fitch & Co. was authorized to go on and make the repairs, and the committee on watorworks and sewerage, of which Mc- Guckin is chairman, has prepared a re- port allowing Fitch & Co. 81,090 for repairs. The whole proceeding is irregular and unlawful. It is simply a scheme to help Fitoh & Co. out of a bad hole. As the sewer had never been ac- cepted, the contractors were bound to make the repairs at their own cxpense. The broken section of the sewer had been condemned by the city engineer, and that officer ordered the contractors to repair it under their contract, and consequently at their own expense. The contractors, however, in order not only to avoid this expense, but to get pay for the work, manipulated the council as above stated. It remains to bo seen whether, under the circumstances, the council will authorize the payment of this “extra” to Fitch & Co., If the council dares to do it, an in- junction will be taken out to prevent this robbery of the tax-payers. IT has been reserved for the Denver Zribune to discover that high freight charges may under cortain circumstances have the virtue of a protective tarift. In Colorado, for instance, this papor sol- emnly pomnts out, “*budding industries” receive all the protection they need from the steepness of rates on tho railroads across the plains, said rates shutting out competition us effectually as the most ex vrbitant duties could do. We do not re- member that this point has ever been made before, und it is certainly entitled to notice as a novelty in the Jine of polit- ical science and logic,.—S¢. Louis Globe- Democral, The Globe Demoerat would not have been surprised at the bold and original utterances of the Denver Zribune had it been aware of the fact that the Zribune has boen converted into a railroad organ, and thatit is now being edited by a young man who has received his training in the literary bureaus of the Union Pacificand Atchison, Topeka & Sauta Fo railways, Now that Governor Dawes has deliv- ered an address to the medical school of the state university he is enitled to the degree of P. P,—professional politician, This is more than Harvard woula do for Ben Butler. But what about Lieutenant Governor Agee? Perhaps he will get his diploma where he distinguished himself in Indiana, when he was invited to go west, Minister Sanoest will dine with Prince Bismarck on Satufday, and the price of spring sausage, made from American pork, has advanced 206 per cent. in Berlin, Bru Serix: afllicted with the mouth disease, and that the chances for adjournment before the dog days are very slim. RaiLROAD passenger agents are like policemen They want people to meve on, The passenger agent, working in the interest of the railroads, is responsi- ble for much of the rush to the Coeur d'Alene ming ing arrangeients for an excursion to Sioux city via the Blair bridge. The Hay brothers have sold the Percheron stallion **Docile” to Charles Pixloy of Evans- ton, Wyoming, for £2,500, The Saturday Eyening Journal is abont de- sorted. Charloss Schaeler, Frank Sharp and Will Crandall have retired from it. THE STATE IN GENERAL, Fremont 13 now talking of a glove factory. Businoss is rapidly increasing at the (irand Island land office, The proposed Congregational church at Fre- mont will cost 000, Professional gamblers are doing o thriving business in Kowrney. Theo republican couvention of Cass county will bo hold at Weoying Water, April 12, The Inavale Cheese {actory i Webster country paid for milk last season $3,528.78., The building of a Catholic church will be begun in Hartington about the Lst of April. Tho demand for farms in tho southwestorn counties is incroasing rapidly and prices tend upward, Tho Juniata Herald has put a good_looking youn g woman to work collecting delinquent. subscriptions, A wife beater is Ruscoe township, Buffalo county, was hauled into court by his neighbors and fined $50 and coats. The people of Nelson, Nuckolls county, are rejoicing over the announcement that the B. & M. will extend its road from Hebron to that place. Tho Blue Springs Motor ventures tho pre- diction that the coming presidential campaign “will bo tho dirtest and meanest over held in America.” A masher named Staples, in Brown county, was filled with buckshot for making improper ovartares to the wife of John Little. Staplos nover knew what struck him. The Journal says: ‘‘Plattsmouth people may rejoice that they don’t live in the mud- bound town of Omaha.” Respectfully re- forrod to Charley Duke, et al,, but don’t giveit away. Twrnty nine persons are employed in the freiht and ticket office of the U.” P. R, R. at Grand Island. Their salaries average $50 per month, Frank Plachy, 8 Bohemian farmer livin south of Crote, was found dead in the fiel last Sunday afternoon, whot through the Dbreast. ‘The shooting is supposed to have buen accidental, The loug contested case of Adams county agatnst Jumes D, Carl for legal possession of the public square, Leing block number fiftesn in Hastings, has been decised in tavor of the county hy the supreme court of the state. A Biair attorey by the name of Hard- ponco, who hus made himself prominent as a Suudiy school teacher, was arrested Saturda, veniug for stealing coal from Heirvzerlig's coal bin. On Monday he was sentenced to five days in jail, A dozen brave women at Firth recently fell upon & brutal wife beater and lammed him with clubs untl he begged for mercy and promised to reform. The lesson was i thor- ough and emphatic one, and wight be trans- planted with snccess, The Powder River Cattle company offers a roward of 3 51 for information that will en- able chom w tind about 600 nead « f good wethers Lot somewhere in the western part of the state, It is told they ware sold at Koarney some time ago by oue of the herders of the cowpany. “The Shiniog Way" at.David City is envel- oped in a fog and tho ungodly wiuner strag- gling on that ‘ulhway to glory i in davger ot beivg lost. Hence the editor” calls for *“the prayere, a8 well as the mental, manual and material assistance of the saints in all this glorious war.” In plain worldly words he wants cash. The Barton residence at North Platte has beeu sold by Sidney Dillon to the Union Pa- citic for an employes’ hospital Over four acres of ground is included in the purchase. Tt is supplied with all moders conveuience, stoaw hoater, gas, hot and cold water and is vory woll adapted to the purpose to which it will be devoted. | The Journalier of Superior was slightly “‘euthused” Ly the spirit of the occasion at the marrisge of John W, Savp and Miss Amelia Carman, and perpetratod the following eom- plicated knot of ties: **The bridegroom is a step son to his step-mother and mother-in- law; he s a step-brother to his wife; they are stopsisters and step-brothers in the same fawily; tho step-inother is his mother-in-law and his father is his wife's father-in-law and st the sawe time is the step-father to his wife; sud as his father i the step-father to his wife, heis the step-fathor-in-law to his own son. Aud by reason of being step mother to the son Who married her daughter, the mother is step- wother-in-law to her own daughter.” e — Rhode Island Republicans. Provivesor, March 20.—The republi- ¢an state convention met this morning. George A. Wilbur, of Woonsocket, wus Tukkk is a proposition before congress to make Good ¥ridey a legal holiday Killit. Next we will have St. John's " | day, and St. Patrick’s day, and goodness how many other days, made pub- ilic holidays by law, until the country be- | comes disgusted witn the truckling to clected permanent chairman, After ths congratulatory resolution to Senator An- thony, adopted by a rising vote, the pres- wit state officers were renominated, and the present state central committee re- elocted, the convention gnd made a speech, | businoss or the be making a party test of the Fitz John | Porter case, and 1t is a blunder and an tions to Porter, notwithstanding Senator lived, and had reviewed the testimony as | it now stands, he would have changed his rocovering hin abndance of Wealth, ) Are Bothered by Those Who Have Plenty to Get, Philadelphia ord. gave away a dime for every dollar tha was asked of him by beggars, he woul not have a cent lett within two years, Sc it is with Vanderbilt, who, though ir upon a forcuue of §203,000,000, is era. Nine-tenths of his mail is made up of these missives. To the fugitive crimi nal every bush is an officer; 8o to the a begar. immensely rich, are, therefore, big tar gets for the impecunious. ence is made to Mr. George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger. thousand dollars a day. Herald, and he has other sou come as well. in charity, Mr. Childs has no children provides with lavish hand. RICH MEN'S WOES. |Some of the Tortures of a Saper- How Those Who Have Plenty to Give Before Jay Gould started south on his yachting trip he told a friend that if he \n_income of G per cent ™ stantly besieged by begging lettor-writ- Creesus of New York every new caller is Gould and Vanderbilt, being But there is another man who, while not quite so His income from the Ledger is said to be over » It is & private mint that ranks next to the New York of in- Nearly all of this goes out save hio newspaper boys, for whom he He recently SER ~ 4 STEELE, JOENSON& CO,, Wholesale Grocers ! H. B. LOCKWOOD (formerly of Lockwood & Draper) Chicago, ifans ager of the Tea, Cigar and Tobacen Departments. A full line of all grades of above; also pipes and smokers’ articles carried in stock. Prices and samples furnished on application. Open orders intrusted to us shall receive our careful attention Satisfaction Guaranteed, AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & RAND Double and Siné/e ;dc{iny “Power and Hand PUMPS, STEAM PUMPS, Engine Trimmings, Mining Machinery,! Belting, Hose, Brams and Iron Dittings Steam Packing at wholesale and retail.” HALLADAY WIND-MILLS, CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS, Corner 10th Farnam 8t., Omaha Neb. POWDER Cv t A ) n ) ) rich, notoriously free . with = his ' g and consequently ro- ; : : == : ceivos more begging letters ll ‘ A k IT' n than any rich man in America, Rofer- 1 THE BEST THREAD ron SEWING MACHINES WILLIIVIRINITIU Willimantic Spool; Cotton is entirely the product of Home Industry, and is pronounced by experts to he the best sewing machine thread in ¢ world.. FULL ASSOELTMENT CONSTANTLY ON HAND, an or sale by HENLEY, HAYNES & VAN ARSDEL, 1 i et S W pensioned off his financial editor. Though worth $400,000, this gentleman was re- lieved from active work, but was con- tinued on the salary roll just as if he had been an impecunious reporter. A Recokn man met Mr. Childs yester- day morning at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, just as the publisher had finished a five mile walk with banker Drexel. These two friends are like Damon and Pythias. Mr. Childs walks out over the Shuykill every morning to meet Mr. Drexel, and together they amble down Chestnut street to their offices. The banker goes on to his couut- ing house, where he handles more capital than the thirty-three national banks in Philadelphia would have if they pooled all their dollars into one pot. Mr.Childs turns in at Sixth street to look over his morning mail and to dispose of his callers. There were five women and two clerical- cut men waiting to see him on this par- ticular morning. Six of the seven wanted money, and the lads who tend the door m&e Omaha, Neb. C. F. GOODMAN, Wholesale Druggist ! AND DEALER IN Paints Oils Varnishes and Window Glass OMAHA, NEBRASKA. J. A. WAKEFIELD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Gov. Bourn was presented to { tary avd treasurer, had sized up every one of them. These youngsters are trained wup to a study of v sitors, and they can scent a beggar at a distance of ten yards. Mr. Childs’ private secretary says that as many as 200 begging letters are re- ceived in one day, and that the total of the applications for money made to the Ledger publisher by letter often average $20,000 8 day. One afternoon while a friend waited outside to get an interview: with him, a woman, a perfect stranger, went in to ask if Mr. Childs wouldn't pay off her debts, amounting to $3,000. Folks will come from a distance of 500 miles to beg a small loan. Some want to be educated at his expense. Quite a num- ber of young women have been sent to Europe through him to study music, but none of them have ever reached public distinction. Not a few of the beggars say they are ambitious, and want Mr. Childs to pay for courses of study that will ena- ble them to enter the ministry or other profession. § A young Iady in Indiana, who says she has heard much of Mr. Childs’ generosity writes an introduction of herself to him and adds: 1 come in thesimplicity of a little child to ask you to please make me a present of a Scotch colly shapherd pup of the male sex. I resido in Indiana and bighly appreciate sny thing that comes from dear Pennsylvania, es- pecially a present, I would be greatly obliged to you'indeed for your kindness, Should you grant my petition I will name it after you. Very respectfully yours, 8. G, A, Anocther applicant writes: 1 wish to ask a considerable favor, It is the loan of $100, to help me with my educatio 1 am an orphan, ana have no brothers, nor sis- ters. One weakness Mr. Childs has is afond- ness for clocks. He has thirteen in his private office; some valuable for their historic associations, some because of their exquisite workmanship, und somes because of the rare value of their cases— one, in particular, made of lapis lazuli, being worth its weight in gold. Altogeth. er in his three residences and at his office he has fifty clocks, worth $30,000. It is not strange, therefore, that he should get appeals from all over the world to buy old clocks. A few days since a woman called on him to induce him to buy a clock for $25,000. She did not know whab he could do with it, but thought he ought to present it to the government. A man in England wrote a note asking for money to send his three sons to school. Appeals for money to pay off the mortgage on the farm are a daily oc- currence. Here is a specimen brick: MOKE, March 1, 1884, - My Dear Mr Ch ‘There is » mortgage of £3,000 on our farm, Dt is held by a cruel man, who is op- prossing us, and threatens to ssll our farm over our heads if we dow’t pay the interest. Wou't you buy the mortgage! I know that if you held it yow would not be hard on us. 1f yu will do this T and my little children will pray for you night and day, What greater consolation and satisfaction can you have than to kuow some one else is always prayivg for you! Answer immediately, Kespectfully yowrs, J.W. T If after two lotters have been sent no answer has been received, the beggars will impudently write: T have written twice to you and have re- colved uo answer. What does this mean?" Ocousionally, when Mr, Childs goes out of town for two or three d ho is greeted on his return by beggars, who : “Why, I have called here three times thus far without seeing you.” Chureh fair committees and. designing men stumble over each other in their processions to and from his flice. Sup- pliants for his money chase him to his summer rotreat at Long Branch; they call at his country remdence; they be- siege his white marble palace in the' city. Eaery rich man is pestered the same way, and all who are not pestered want to be. ——— P Redution of tern Freights, New Youx, March 20.—Notice has been given that east bound rates will be reducea on the classed named to the fol- lowing basis. Chicago to New York, eighth class (grain) 15 cents; seventh class, (provisions) 20 cents; ninth class, (bulk meats) 20 conts; live hogs to New York and Beston, 20 cents per one hun- dred pounds. — The Cedar Rapids C sLee, Cepax Rarivs, March 20 —The Even- ing Gazette to-day passed into the hands Lof a stock company. L. 1l * proprietor, president; Fred H. Faulkes, vico-prosident; Clarence L. Miller, soores Faulkes has edito. rial charge. Post, former Lamber, Ly, Shingles, Pi SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, &C- STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY, Union Pacific Depot, [Dr. CONNAUCHTON,| 103 BRADY ST., DAVENPORT, IOWA, U. S. A. Established 1878—Catartl?, Deafness, Lungand Nervous Diseases Speedily and Permanently Cured. Patient:, Cured at Home. Write for ‘Tz Mepicas-Missionary,” for the People, Free. Consultation and Correspondence Gratis, P. 0. Box 292 Telephone No. 226, says: “‘Physiian of CONGRESSMAN MUKPHY. Davenport,| **An nonorable Man, Fine Success. Wonderful Cures.”—Henra, 8 tn & HON. EDWARD RUSSELL, Postmaster, Davenport, tvea aviity ana Marked Success,” -witon: [SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO Our Ground Qil Cake. It isthe best and choapest tood 1or stock of any kind. Gne pound la eqaal to three pounds of corn stock tod with Ground O3l Cake i tho Fall an winter, 1nssoad of vanning downy will lnoriase.in weignt and be in good marketabls con.tion in the spring. Dairymen, a# #oll as others, who use it can toetify to its merita.” Try 1t and judve for yoursalves. Price $26.00 par ¥-.a: Do charge for,saoks. Address WOO™W2_y LISSKED A7, (OMPANY Omaha Neb. PERFECTION Heating and Baking Ta only atained by using CHARTER OA¥ Stoves and Ranges, AT WIRE GAULE OVER D003, Per sale by MILTON ROGERS & SON3 OMAHA P. BOYER &£ CO.. DEALERS IN Hall's Safe and Lock Comp'y FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE, VAULTS, LOCKS, & LOR20 Farnam Street. Omah 0. M. LEIGHTON, "H. T. 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