Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 23, 1885, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. ©uana Orrion No. 014 axp 018 Fanxax 87, \ Youx Orrion, Roox 65 Tamsows Boo- XG, Pablished every morning, aly Monday morning dal ul t A Yo | Three Months. Mon One Month.. Whe Weekly Bes, Publihsed every Wednesd UK, FORREEES 5 One Year, with premium. . One Yoar, without premium Blx Months, withoul premius ©ne Month, oo trisl oo All Commanteations uld ' 1o Nows and Editorial should be ad = ssssd 40 \he EDITon or Y4E BEE PUBLISAING CO., Props R ROSEWATER, l_tnnol. g s 5, i, Masarr, Dy Olcstion Tar soft service brigade must go. = VanN chxr :m; i{lndcuon. like “Botay and 1,” ara at outs, e SeNATOR MANDERSON'S proposed sum- mer teip to Alaska is llkely to be in- definitely postponed. Sexator Vax Wyck keeps on amusing himself and the public by stirring up the senatorial mensgerio with a sharp stick. — e Ir Is very singular that councilman Hascall is 50 very enthusisstic for Mr. Boyd. The question fs, what is Has- call's object 1 17 has been reported that two Omaha wholesale liquor houses have threatened to move elsewhcre if they are to be com- pelled to pay the thourard dollar lcense. We would advise them to move over into Towa. —ee Tue workingmen hold the balance of power in Omaha. if the republicans act prudantly they wi'l nomlinate candidates whom the workingmen can heartily sup- port. We want above all things a competent and honest city connell. Lat every re- publican attend the primaries on Monday and seo to it that a ticket {s put up thich republicans can support. [r it is pos:ible we would like to have the candidates for councilmen at large chosen without referenco to the wards they may live in. This is the intention of the law, so that we can got the very Diest men to serve la the council. ACCORDING to the Republican the citl- zens of Omaha will have to choose be- twean Boyd and “‘Hauk” Hornberger. Aro we to infer that the republlcans will mako no nominations? Has the republi- can party disbanded, and is it dead ? Ir there is to ba any non-partlsan busl- ness in this election, we want it In the ‘board of education. We are In favor of selecting cwndidates who will get the unanimous support of all classes so that they wlill be under no political obligations whatcver. Tur water works company ought to glve us more water and less mud, If it would improve and use Its filtering pro- coss more it would only be doing its duty to its patrons. We suspect that the water 18 not filtered at all but pumped direstly from the river into the pipes. Tugre is a tide in the affaira of men whish, teken at the flood, leads on to for- trne. Taera are betwoen forty and elxty thousand postoflices at the dlsposal of the postmaster ganeral and his firet aslstant, if every one cf them had subscribed for the Omaha Herald during the Miller hoom, what a boost 1t would have boen for the great religions daily. Anoruer] sttempt will probably be made to eettle the federal patronage question in Nobraska. We understand that the democratic ~members of the legislatare will hold a meet- ing at Lincoln on the 30th for the pur- pose of arranging a plan by which they hicpa t> become dispensers of the foderal pap. ir is currently reported, and itis very likely corract, that a rald is to be mads upon the republisan prlmarles by ward bummers and hoodlums, under dem>- cratle direstlon, for the purpose of making a farco of them and breakiog up the republican convention on Tuesday, so that it will make no nominations, This proposed rald should be carefully guarded agiinst, Every raspostable republican sbould turn out and proteot the primarles and repel the rsid, It is hardly neccasary for ue to explain why we supported Boyd for mayor four years 8go, and why we refuss to boom him now, Four years ago the hoodlums and ward bummers took charge of the republican convention and forced Haycall upon the party. That mide an issue be- tweon good and bad government, and we accordingly supported Boyd, If we bad to choose between Boyd and dHascall now, we woudd still be for Boyd, but we do nut think that Mr, Boyd is the only man who can acceptably fill the mayor's oftice, and we don't believe that he thinks so bimee'f, Quive apart from ail this we don't believe In nowinating a man by petition and ignoring the most numerous slement, which is composed of the work- ingmen, Furthermore, four years ago Mr, Boyd was slmply an enterprising business mn, and was not prominent in politics, but now he has become a politi cal bosy, and as & member of the demo- cratic national committee he will be the chiaf dispenser of federal patrobage In Hobrmks, A COLD WAVE STRIKES THE JUNKETING TOURISTS. Senator Van Wyck in his attack upon the Soath American commission tas struck a tellirg blow at one of the most glaring abuses that have ever been fos. tered by congrers, Thess renatorlal junketing tours at the nation's expense are of comparatively recent origin, and during the last ten years the evil has grown to alarming proportlons. It has become the fashion to make the poople pay for the extended summer pleasure trips taken by our senatorfal representa. tives. Hundreds of thoussnds of dollars have thus been equandered, and we are not surprised that Senator Van Wyck bas called a halt. Whoever heard of our old-time representative sonators— Benton, Clay, Webs'er, Calhoan, Sumner, Sew- ard, or Douglas—golvg upon junketing tours at the nation's expense? Of all the junketing tours that which was taken by the South American com- mission has undoubtedly been the most expentive and ussless. When, in the language of Senator Van Wyck, two men and a boy can pile up expenses to the amonnt of $40,000 in trayeling llke nabobs in a special palace car, occupylng apaclous parlors in grand hotels, and en- joying all the laxuries and pleasures {n- volved in a trip acrosa the continent to San Franclsco, thence to New Orlesns and South Ameries, it certalnly becomes a matter not only of eriticism but inves- tigation. Senator Vest, the Mis:ourl bourbon, bacame very indignant because Senator Van Wyck saw fit to stigma- ize Ex-Governor Reynolds, of Mie- mourl, who iy a member of the comm!lsslon, as mo batter than the burglar who robs the government by put- ting his hand Into the national treasury. Why should Governor R:ynolds be spoken of in a manner any more respect- fal than other members of the com- mistion, when by his conduct he has put himself on their level? General Sharpe, the chairman of the commissfon, whose only work consisted of a trip from Al- bany to New York and Baltimore and tack, certified to the viuchers snd drew his full pay at the rate ¢f $7,500 a year, just as if he had actually gons to South America, Governor Reynolds was no better than General Sharpe when he quietly permitted the impoeition on the part of Sharpe to be carried out, and at the eame time ho was goilty of recklees extravagance himself, wheraby thousands of dollars were filched from the pockets of the tax-payers. Cen- tennial Hawley, who has besome inflated with his own importance and become an arlstocrat, rushed to the defense of Car— tis, whom Senator Van Wyck refersed to as “‘the boy.” Now thls fellow Cartis has been hangiog around Washington for years under the cover and pretenss that he rapresented the Chicago /nter-Ocean. Like the radoubtable Uriah Palater, of the Philadeipla Tnquirer, who got §25,~ 000 for helping t> engineer the purchase of Alaska through congress darlug Sew- ard's fime, Curtls has made a living by his access to committees of which he was the clerk. Meantims his employers of the Znter Ucean have been at very little expense In malntaining him at the patlonal capital. As clerk of the committee cn territories, during the regimo of Senator Hitchcock, he was a contribator of libels and slanders to the columns of the Omaha Republican, whose present boy edlitor, formerly Valentine's six-dollar clerk, he very much resembles in many important particulars, General Logan, who well knew the charscter and calibre of Curtls, yery emphatically op- posed his appointment and comfirmaticn on the ground that he was an imprcper person; to represent this jgovernment In any capiclty. It is evident that Gen, Hawley bas taken up the cudgels of defenee In behalf of “‘that boy” simply because Car- tis injected & lot of ga3 into the general’s little boom for the presidential nomina- tion, or because of some soft-scap contrl bution. The press of the country Is almost a avit in applsuding Senator Van Wyck's fbarless srealgnment of this South Amerl can acandal. No honorable or honest man, in or out of the senate, can defend it. The retort made by Senator Mander- son, and taken up by Senator Harrison, was pucrlle, Being unable to defend the junketing system, they endcavor to be- little Senstor Van Wyck by point ing cut the fact that a resolutlon had pessed the senatc, at the las' tesslon, author/zing the comwittee on the Mi:sissippi river to investigate the con- duct and character of the improvements, This was eminently proper, even if it did require a frip up and down the river on the part of some of the members Such a trip was in the interest of econ- omy, with a vlew to ascertain how the commissionera and ofticers were expend- ing the people’s money in the lmprove- ments, But what was Senator Mander- son’s proposed Alaska trip conceived for? It may not be known to Senator Van Wyck, but we know that therais in Alaska a syndicate of speculators carry- ingon a largs and lucrative business, without any luvestment or rlsks, at Uncle Sam’s expense. This syndicate is made up for the moest part of govern, ment officlals, and is interested in the seal fisheries and fur trade of Alaska. Some of its eilent partners bave prom- inent posltions under the dome of the oational capltol. It is an open secret that a relative or very iotimate friend of Senator Manderson occuples the position of government insnector of the eeal-hunt- ing grounds or islande, Porsibly oor junior scnator yearns to vislt this relative or friend, ss the caze may be, durlng the summer months, and hence the Alasks ‘rip has bien propozed with a view to business as well as pleasure. Senator Van Wyck does not know this, but he knows enough to know that the trip to THE DAILY BEE Alnaka, as well as other junkeling tours, is an imporition on the people, who are taxed enough already. The sconer this eyestem fs broken up the better It will be for the country at large and the repu- tatlon of the men who represent us in the national leglslature, When Senator Manderson introduced his resolution pro- viding for that junketing tour to Alasks, he litt'e Imagined that it would starta cold wave that would sweep down from that far-off region of snow and ice all the way to the rational capltal, and spread thence all over the country. We are not surprised that Pat Ford should be 8o enthslas'ic for Mr, Boyd. Mr. Ford wants to provide a place on the pollee fozce for all his boardera. It isthe duty of the sherlff to close every raloon dolng business within the limits of the two.mlle prohibitory belt. Heo should not delsy any longer in the porformance of his duty. Tue republican primarles take place this afternoon. It ls hoped that every republican will be on band to prevent any rald from the ward bummers and hoodlums, or from the democrats. Let us have falr play s> that we can put re- spectable candidates in the field who will ba acceptable to the werkingmen. ASKING TOO MUCH. Tssac 8. Hascall aud Patrlck Ford have clasped hands over the bloody chasm, and have agreed as to who shall be the next mayor. So far sogood. Nobody takes exceptlons to the effort of Mr. Boyd's friends to captare the democratic convention, but when Hascall and Ford join hands to capture the republican primarles for the bencfit of Mr. Boyd, on the one hand, and for the benefit of Has- call on the other, we remonsirate most emphatically. It isall very proper for Mr. Boyd's followers to exert themselves in his beha'f in the demosratic party, where he properly belongs. It is not improper for them to wuse their in- fluence and Mr. Boyd's cash to carry the democratlc primaties, but we object most decidedly azalnst thelr ralding the republican convention e'ther with democrats or with Hascall confeder— atss. Mr. Boyd, it strikes us, ought to be ea'isfied with the nomination of two conventions. We koow that he Is a pork packer, but it would be alittle too hog- gish for him to insist that he must go iuto the mayor's offica by acclamation. Lst him give the poor republicans some chance 8o that the glorious democratic victory on the 7th of April will be worth telegraphing all over the land. It does seem to us that the ci izens who want Mr. Boyd for mayor are overreaching themselves. SiNcE the recent prabibition decision the saloon-keepers in Iowa are pulling thelr slgns and preparing to quit the business or move to scms other stats, The prohibitory law will probably now be strictly enforced ia all parts of Iowa, and it at the next leglalat- ive elecfion the Issue will be pr hibition or high license, The prohibi tiozi:ts, 1t 1s true, arc very strong, but the enforcement of tke law will probably make it €0 odious that the coming contest wlll be very close. Should the prohibl- tlonists ba defeated, it is safe to say that 8 high-licenss law, simifar to that in Ne- braska, will be adopted. Ir the $1,000 liquor license is pald promptly in quarterly irs'allments, ard a guarantee is glven that the whole year- ly license will be paid, we think perhaps 1hat this is the most satisfactory way to dispose of a vexed queetion, But every L'quor dealer in Omaha, whether retail or wholesalo, must pay a license. There 1s a'together too much evasion of the law in that respect. Let everytody be treated alike. 1t won't do to let one man escape payment altoge'her, and make another pay in full. Nor will it do to permit ons dealer to g t saveral wesks or months behind in his payments, and force another to pay prompily. We ba- lleve it would pay the board of educaticn to employ o policeman speclally to look up the mattor of these license payments, which go Into the schcol fund, and see that the bu iness Is attended to prompt- ly, thoroughly and imparttally, ARBOR DAY, “Arbor Day,” which was first eatab. lished in Nebraska when it was ranked as a treeless state, has preduced yood re- sultr, not only here, but all over the unlon. Thoe custcm of general trce- planting on a certsin day now prevalls in a dczen or more states, snd now Penn- sylvanla proposes to es'abllsh an arbor day. A concarrent résolution has been intraduced In the legislature of that ata‘e requesting the governor to issue a proo- lamation establishiog a tree-plantiog day. The Philadelphia Call, which heartily Indorses the idea, says: The objeot ls te promote forestry by having a day when along the publie highways, i the ysrds of school balld- ings and e'sswhore trees shallbe planted, Such customs ex st in otiier statcs and are worthy of being adep'ed here, All elee aside, it will promote tree planting by calling attention to the subject and, perhaps, Invertlog the occasion with special formalities, At Ocean Grove this custom has done to much promote the increase of forest tra t became necessary to have an advance in tree planting to eave the place from being denuded of trees The sandy soil and the sea winds were unfavorable to the trees, and there wae danger that the grove would dlo ont The plan of baviog a trec-planting dsy was adopted and recelved with grea' enthuiiaym, As a retult thovswods of trees hi b planted, to the great advant f the pl ce | In Puiladelphia and oiher cities scho(l yards are in many cases utterly bare of shade. Thoess are the play grounds for the children. Ouar school buildiry should have amgla thade, both to shelier the bullding and to sfford a sultable place for the children to play. So with our roads and bighways, The streots of Philadelphia have been improved in this this respect, but the state would be vastly richer in a few yeara if tree-planting be came A general custom.®¥And were & day eet apart, say ia April or pear the first of May, and the p'an made popu’ar, thousands of trees would be annually set out, and the faco of the state in this re- spect completely changed, This is the period when such a resolution will attract wide attenticn, The de.truction of forests s being earnestly discussed in several atates, and the value of trees In affecting climatic conditfons is generally understocd. So we hope this resolution will paes, —— Twe law-abiding and pious people of Counel Bluffs are In a quatdary what fo do In regard to probibitien, if the law is enforoed many of the eminently rc- spectable citizins, who sre drawlng com- fortab'e rents from the saloon keepere, will have emp'y bulldlvgs on their hande, and be compelled to rent them at very low figures. There are aixty saloons in Oonneil Bluffs, and the number of build- ings that would be vacated would have a tendency to bring down rents all over the city. Henoe it will bal seen that en- forcement of the law will affect every person that has a business building to rent. On the other hand if the law ia not enforced, the ealoons will continue to ran, the wicked will flourish, and the good and plous landlords will not have thelr rent.rolls reduced. Prchibition may baa good thing, but when it seri- ously affccts a man's pocketbook there is a sudden shrinkage In conecience and principle. SCRAPS. ~—"T was 1 Washington a few days ago,” romarked o friend of mine, *'and wus much surprised to find ameng the horde of office seekera not one from Nebraska, 1 eould not understand it, for T supposed that Ne- braska would be as numerously represented at the national capital as any other state. But the mystery was explained to me when I stepped into the Paxton hotel Thursday night and saw that crowd of prominent demo- crats from all parts of Nebraska, They were ing to see what action the state distiibu- ting committee would take before they began to mova on the capital. Now that the com mittes haa failed to azree upon any plan, and ordered Sacretary May to return all applica- tions, Tsuppose they will soon purchase tickets to Washington. T understand, however,that a call is to be issued for the democraticinembers of the legislature to meet at Lincoln on the 30th of this month for the purpose of consider- ing the patronage question and forward their suggestions to Mr. Cleveland, This rerymble for office beats anything of the kind I have ever neen for the lust twenty-four yeats and a half.” ——“While in Washingten,” continuad the same gentleman, “I saw Will D, Eaton, Ho is growing old in appearanco very fast, Hus hair has turned gray, It may surprise as well as plense his Ouwaha friends to know that during the last two or three years he has made about $150,000 by epreu’nting 1n coal lands and other lands in Dakota. He is now speculatiug in Arkaneas lands, and is inter- ested in @ new mveution that is destined t create a rovolution in a certain trade and make bushels of monay for the owners of it. Desides all this ho has a haudsome income from his litrary Work, Eaton is a splendid fellow, and I am glad td seo that furtuns has smiled upon hun,” A strect car deiver told me the other doy that passengers managed to get rid of pnctured coins, particulurly 1C-cent pisces, by dropping them into the fare boxes, “You would ba astonished,” said he, “to see the number of punched, mutilated and counterteit nickels, half dimes and dimes that go into the fare box. We cn’t help ourselves, You see we can’t very well toll the coins in the box— that s whether they are punched or countor- foit —and maange our horses at the same time, and if wedo discover any such coms it is hard to tell to a dead cortainty who droppad them in, Tt is surprising to see the way respectable men and women will fire all their bad coins into our farebrxes. They do it with just the same ease of conscieuco with which they drop their bogis money into the churen contribation boxes.” ——Licutenant Schwatks, the arctic explor er, who was formerly stationed in Omaha, is contrituting a serial to the 8t. Nicholas mag- azino entitled ““The Children of the Cold.” It is an enteitaining Fskimo story. Schwatka tendered his resigoation from the army xot long ago, He was dissatistied with the do. partment because it would not grant him a leave of abscnce s that ho could make an- other exploration in Alaska as o private en terprise under the patronage of several wealthy gentlemen of Poriland, Oregon, The leave of ubsence was withheld on a techni- cality, which was that ho had not ferwarded his application from the headquarters of bis regiment at Cimp Thomas in Southern Arizona, e attempted afterwards to withdraw his resignation, but this was not llowed, His resignation was nccopted on the 315t of last January, and he is now a civil ian, At present he is in New York, wherehe is engagod in literary work. Besides contrib- uting to magazines, he has two books nearly completed, one of which is upon hunting in the northern regione, At the same time he is at work getting subscriptions to o stock company to put cattle on the Alcutian Islands and make a business of (raising them there, There is excellont grazing, and all he wants to start the enterprise is 850,000, About four weeks ago he had secured 35,000, and hehas probally got the other #15,000 by this time. ——A well known officer of the department of the Platte told me recently that the widow of Gen. . 0, 0. Ord, who was once the com- mander of this depsitment, is the owner of the table upon which the articles of capitula- tion were written when (ien, Robart b Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Gen, Ord commanded a corps in the federal army, snd wae prescnt when Grant and Lee agreed upon the terms of surrender, Imine- diately afterwards he purchased the table and presented it to Mre, General Grant, but she declined to reseive it. It was taken to Gen. Ord’s home, and bas been in the possession of the family ever since. —_— Polities in Omaha. Plattsmouth Herald, The Omshs Republican is just now making a peculisr spectac’e'of itself. It seems to be going out of politics, or per- haps, vather, republican politics. Its double Jesded editorials sre an endorse- went of & democrat for mayor of Omahs, one of the mcs! uncompr mising demo- crats in the slate, {he Nebra ka mem- ber of the nati nil democratic commt tee, the Hon Jsmes E. Boyd, a demo crat of the Cleveland et#ips in numeroue ~MONDAY MARCH 23, 1 ways; the position of the Omaha Repub- liosn, Inying elafm to being the leading repubican paporin the st ate, Isa rorry one. The bucolic republican press, and the republicans in tho state, are alroady expressing pity f r it. Its position 1s humillating toiteclf and ita readors The city of Omaha is republican, politically, and yet a republicsn paper advocates a messback democrat for maycr How is this, anyhow! Porhaps Mr. Boyd owrs Omaha and republican papers there, 1f 80, the Omata Republican had better abanden beiry the swate republican or- gan, that is no better businees than stab bing the republican party in the largest city In the sta e, by supportleg an *‘of- fousive partisan’” of the demooratic school for mayor. | — I JOTTINGS Bellevue had a mad dog scare last week, Franklin county is entertaining a number of laud buyers, Fremont feeds tramps on bread and water, a la Boccher, Sk refused to give any names, but the police are investigating. A steam flouring mill s one of the wants of Columbus, A new iron bridge sspans the Niobrara near Valentine, Owners of stock in Cedar county are now obliged to herd them, Nance county is sending a large number of fat cattle to market, Dr. W, H. Smith. of Crete, will set out 5 000 trees on Arbor day, The state university threstens to import & professor of Sanscrit, Republican postmasters are doing businoss at the old stands in this state, The street railway is now in operation be- tween Wymore and Blue Springs. Occeola is offered a 815,000 flour miil for a bonus $5,000, The citizens are consideriug the offer, Kuox county farmers are going into flax cultare heavily. Considerable wheat will also bo sown Tho site of Lastport, opposite Nebraska City, will soon b in the bottom of the Mis- souti river. Lopan county anxiously awaits the roturn of Gov. Dawes o orzanizo and call an elec- tioa for permanent officers, Alfred Simmans, o Waverly Jad of 12 with the reputation of a_born thicf, has boen sent to the reform school, Joseph Roeo of Osceoln, was nipped to the tune of $100_ and cuss for selling corn juice without a perinit, The stockholders of the Nebraska City barb wire works ave rowiug 1 court, and the lawyers ure emptyiug the troasury. Barney Fitzdmmons, who shot and killed his patamour in Lincoln lust fall, was found guilty ot murder in the tezond degroe, Thenew Presbyierian church juit com. pleted in Mira Volley, 1odge couty, at a cost of §2.800, was dedi aten Sunday. William Dorrel, of Craig, lost £3.500 by the ailure of a Chicago firm to wbom he bad shipped nixty cars of corn, The loss broke up bis pusiness, Sacharine s:cinls_are u_ novelty in church circles in Centrul City. Mapls sugar cakes are used to keep the jaws and pockes books open, Plattemonth boasts of a man who has lived there nineteen years and never visited Omaha, Ho is afraid some of his ex-bourders are layiug for him, Tr.ups ore said to be as thick oy flies in Juue throughout the Elkhorn valley, and the auchorities are in a qaondary o to what dis- position to mauke of the verain. A Nebiaska Wiggins prophccies that April 22 will cover the stute with two feet of suow, and that tho month_of May will be colder than the monthot April precsding it, Allan Frost, a farmer near Elmwood, narrowly escaped being kicked to death by & horse lact weel, The animal smashed three ribs and knocked him unconscious in the first round, Tt cost J. 1L Jones of Plattswouth 117 8) to let bls daughter attend o party the other night. The old wan left the door unlocked for her, but bold_burglar called early znd captured bis roll of bard earned money. Prospectors in the vorth part cf the state are convinced that the town which will soon on the White river, 1 the F. . & junction, is destined to become the largest city in the etats west of Omaba, A farm of 160 acres belonging to W. H Murphey, pear Plattsmonth, has started for the Cialf of Mexic 0. the Missouri river. The owner witnessed the departure of the last square foot one day last week. A couple of land seekers hired a livery at Bloowington a fox days ago, and while trying to ford a small creck drowned oue of the horses and otherwite damaged tho outfit. Their trip and experience cost them $175, A substantial bridge over the Platte was comploted and opened to traffic at Wood River lagt week. 16 was built by Contractor Means, of Grand Island, wud is said to be ons of the Lest etiuctures spanning that river. An unfinished bmldirg in U'ysses collapsed Jast =aturday week, burying £cv. ral boys who ayine in it, Wilbert A, son ot Jase per JLiberts, was instantly killed, Two of his pleymates were severely injured. Two crazy Frenchmen jumped from a roring truin near Plam Creck and com- d @l wauner of drunken sapers on the prairie near town, ~ After they Lad driven the tnakes from thoir boots they boarded & irain for the coss®, Frank Odell and a componion went ont gunuing from Wahoo, Frank woon retuned widh the contents of his_pard’s gun ia lus arw, Thus is snother limb added to the wountaina vf evidenco that beya and guns are inveterato enemies, “The luscicu: boer chip was the innocent cause of a bluody row at Nebe ska City, Tho participants were Georee Campbell” and a man named Ingalls, The stomach of the former was ripped open, Ingalls escaped Ly swimming the river, A young conple from (iage county put up at « Lincoln hotel as man ana wife, They wers identitied und arrested on the chargeof adult- ory and juiled. The young mau_desived t) legalizo his previousncse, but the girl declined, They occupy eeparate cells, The Indians now cccupying the Santee res- ervation were among the most blood-thirsty sealpers of wowen and children in the Minue- sota massacre of 1562, Lhey have beeo in ro- coipt of anvuities frow the government ever rince that date, 3 The Valentine Republican says: “It is currently reported on our strects thatthe Milwaukee road has let the contract for grad ing the first hundred miles of the road from obrara to the O'Hura Bros, The survey runs within eight miles of Valentine,” Tony Maher, s Dakota connty farmer boy reached for the wrovg end_of his gun and sent the contents into his vitals, dying of his wounds last Friday. No better way has yet been found to drive awny vhe blucs than fool- ing with the muzzle of & gun, Shelion opous up the bnilding record of 1885 with a fine opera house of brick and stone, costing §15,000, It is well equipped with scenery and the necessary stage puraphernalia, and isowned by Mr. Meisener, A new Presbyterian church, just completed, cost £3,100, Kill Donaldson brought euit agaiost Dan Myers for 811, in Seward, A jury wrastied with the case but failed to agren. The coste, nowever, piled up to 8100, basides attorneys feas, They divided the costs between them and d¥opped the law and lawyers. Toe $11 14 still wopaid, Charley Maddox, fliving five wiles from North Bend. Dodge county, sustained a se vere loss by fire Ja t wi Hig bara, con taining four head of horsos, 500 bushols of corn, six #ets of haraess, and and a number of farm fwplements, wuy destroyed, The origin of the fire is & mystery, Plattsmouth i locking arourd for a site for @ park. The numerous weoded hills and val. Jeys surrourding the town would furnish s varisty of sites, if some of the old mossbacks cou'd be induced to psrpetuate their names «n the front en'runce aod in the memory of grateful citizens. Thirteen doctors wera turned loose from the uviversity last werk, The your g M, D.'s are Mortimer H. Furmer, Wiliis E. Buck, Charles Pumbul, DR, Bell, J, A Van Camp, O Mulvane, A, A. Beony, H. C. Cummins Miases Mary Davis and Atbuckle, Mrs, 1 Howard a-d Mis M, E Caso. Daniel Coliins Is the name of a nice young man who luvanted Nobraska City oo the ap- proach of his wedding day. Daniel was & member of the Baptist chureh and a moving spirit_of the Y. M. C. A. The expectaut bride has just cause and anxiety for the prous young man's return, Aubutn gives sheltor to a being who has ko Yittle of the feelivgs of a bewst much loss a human, that he would not go to the badside of his dying child until he had_ finished & game of billisrds, The Great [Father wis merciful and closed forever tho eyes of the little ons before the game was finished, The youthful sprouts of the Sargent ani Short fumilies in Tndianola, were patted on the backs by their dads while engaged in a gouging match, When the yovngsters tired out the men took up the battle cry and ham- mered each other around till wvery fence b ard within resch were reduced to kindling. The battle was declired a deaw. Adams Sheeks, of Grand Island. started out with a team on a homestead exploration tour, last weok, and when fifteen milos out stopped, While unhitching he was kicked by cne of the horses and seriously injured. His right hip was bruised, jaw and two ribs broken, and his right ear torn, He will live, but the doctors will have a long bill, The B. & M, railroad company haye at last decided to make Falls City the division be- tween Kansas City and Columbus, avd to this end hive ordered a roundhouse built of suflicient size to accommedate the envines necessary to operate the road, and other sub- stantial improvements inthe way of extend- ing the yaide and buildivg switches, Lincoln has a sensation involvine a skating rink, # married woman, a gent cman friend and hor hushand, The latter found his better half returning from the roller mania with the mutual friend, the other evening, Ho ob- jected pulled his revolver and blazed away. A polico whistle was blown aud both men seampered away, loaving the woman alona. The law-abiding citizeos of Sutton in mass meeting vieoronsly denounced the lynching of Mre, Taglor and her brother, Thos, Jones, the astails of which ap, caredin & recent is sue of THE DEE. A rexolution was passed pledgiog “‘our urdivided and unqualified sup- port to the shenfl, the district attorney, jndgo and governor in their endeavors to briog the perpetrators ot this outrage to justice.” e e— The “Republican’s” Republi Fremont Tribune, If there has cver been published In Neobraska a newspaper unressonablo and vindicative in its par'isaniem It fs the Omaha Repoblican, 1f a public man or a now:pipar has ever had the un- warranted audacity to differ with its mighty edltor even upon matters with- in the party, he hes whittled his eploen into a pn aud punctured hls gall with it for tho parpose of wiiing them out of the party. 1t Is goncrally concaded that he is not well talanced, bus the mo:t corstant and peralstent excucors of hts journalism are astonished that he should endoiss and work for the clection of Jim Boyd for mayor of Omaha. Boyd moy be a good man, but he is & demo crat and tho Republican has never yet been ably to find 'aoguage strong enough to cordemn a republican who would leok with favor upon sny democrat, or even ugon & m-n who might te an independ- ent republican, and why ehould it now be supporung Boyd? Dovs it pretend to body of republizans in Omaha there is not one to be found who can fill the office of mayor! Has nct the prisont aciing mayor, Mr, Murphy, shown himself alto- gether capable ard” able! But Bogd ie suppoecd to stend close t) Grever Cle Iand, and ia all probability the Omaha Republican is willing to go back cn its principles, wlat fow it bag, for the pur. pore of having a litt'e fnflucnce with the admizistration, through Boyd., That's about ths sizs of if. e ——— THE COURTS, UNITED STATES COURT, A nult pending, whereln the Wyomlng Cattie Company is plafatiif and John A. Stewart is defendant, was receatly de- cided in this court, a judgment being rendered agalnst Stewart §.r $55,000. On Saturday the dofendant gave notico of a motion for a new trial upon the ground of erronusus ru'ings by the court in the former trial, which motion will ba heard ere many days. The oral tentl- moeny In the case his been reducad to writing and mskes a written document cf abeut 1800 folios, DISTRICT COULT. Before Wakelay—The entire day— Sat- urdsy being motion day—was consnmed in hearing arguments on motions and de- wuricrs, the most important of which 1% in the Jones va. the City of aba case, which was submitted ~ and taken under coneideration by Judge Wakeley. Before Neville—D'stelct Attorney F:- telle entered a nolla in the cese of the State va. Charles Westergard, charged with borso stealing. Othor thin this Judge Neville had no cases befure him Saturday. In thi« covrt Charles Wa'son entered euit agsirs: Willsrd A. Clark and T. W T. Ricbards for §6,600 damages for uzo of a mashice for excavating dirt, which ma- chine balengs to plyintifl. To-day Gezzola and Grabne, for mur der In 1110 secoud degree, snd Gallazher, for obtaining money under falss pre- tenses, will be sentencad by Neville. POLICE COURT, The cases of John Mugent and Robert Gireen for keeping a ¢isorderly house (tho Buckingbam theater) was continued for oone week from Saturday. Mrs, Jobliiok's camplalnt agalnst Con- steble G. B, Stoiker for assanlt and bat- tery was head by the court and taken un- der advisement George Richards n entored complaint against Henry Sincers for es:ault and battery, Mike Bentorlmer entesred complaint sgalnat one whose name {s unknown, for oblaining money under filse pretenses. B A Ligquor Dealers' Action. Oa Friday night the sslocn men held a mecting In the E'khorn Valley house for the purpose of auditing and settling the costs and accounts of their commitee who went to lobby at Lincoln in Febru ary last, and also for the purpose of tak- ing steps to sccura the privllege of pay- fog the $1,000 yearly licenss in (uerierly payments of $260, Mr, Duncan, treas- urcr, was not present, hence the auditing the lcbby committee dld nct take place, but & committee of five with Col. Pratt as chalrman was appointed to look aftar the denlers’ Interests in the matter of quar- terly payments of the liquor license tax. Ttis eaid that soveral of the city and s2hool authorlties favor this practice if it can be legally dore, and the whitky men claim trat the §1000 ep:t cash is more than very many can stand, who covld pay in querterly instillments In this conoection a roporter learnec that since the recent decision «f the Ne- braska supreme court upon the sloon sw that wholesale splrituous snd malt jaor dealers must pay the 81,000 tax ar license, these (dealers pretty generally will psy tbe tex and continus businers A fow are ssid to have determined to wske thelr wholesale aud retail placer sne and the same, thus saving oe liceusc, Pwo houses, it is learved, dea m Wiees' beer aud will refas to pay tha tax, thus raising the question if that beer Ia ong of the floids of contemplated by the Slosum Jaw. Officer Tuarnbull, who has bsen getting a llst of all theso wholesale dealers, in obedience to the writ of the suprema cour, finds they number thirteen (13) firma in Oma ha, and will psy under the Iaw some | 812,000 to the tchool tuud. Ono firm will close up, thivking its business will not warrant laying ont 81,000 in (axee C— Ball of Company K, Fourth Tofantry, St. Patrick's day was chserved at the post by Compsny K, Fourth infantry, glving the second one of thefr succossfal dances. This year they succeeded in coltpsing, In polnt of d.corations, any- thing before attempted at the poet. The ball-room was decorated with patlonal and r.gimental colors, standarde, guidons and markers. The floor was waxed smooth as glass, and those who participated woro amply ropaid for the preparation of It. The coatumos « f the ladles ware rich and ele gant. The unif rms (f the cflicors and men mingling with the richer toilota of the ladics gave the scene an appearance at once brilliant and grand. The supper room was still more sppre clated on accouut « f the tempting display of the tables, which were loadod with eatables of all kinds, and no one was turned away hungry Quita & numbar of people from the city pardicipated. % “SURRENDEK OR DIE.” A Lively Time at Battle Creek, Maa- won County, On Thursday of last week a party or a balt dczen headed by Lawson Millef cyme into Battle Creek for tho purpose of provokivg a quarrel with Troy Hale, whom Miller claimed had beaten him un- fairly in a horse race or horse deal of some kind. Both M ller and Hale are somewhat noted as jockeys. Hale was apprised of thelr purp o and kept cut of thuir way, The parly remained in town sll day Thursiay and Fridsy without accompllshing their plans. Qc- casfoun] y one of the parly would meet Hale on the street and give him an intl- mation of theic purposo, but Hale do- clined to ba diawn intoa quarrcl, Exas- perated by their failure, tha crowd on Saturday filed up with liquor and be- came very belligerent, and tried to run the town in & midy cow-bey fastion, brandishiog their firc-arms in a threaten- ing way. They did s'mo damagein a taz-room,and sssau tod Herman Hogrefe, an Inoffinsive citizm who stood negr one cf them, beating him severely ovoer the head with a revolver. This last act aroused the lorg- sufferlr g citizens to a_nensa of their d ger, #sna a party f about (wenty-five armd themse ves with thotguns and pre- pared to capture the riotous crowd. Heared by F. J. Hale and the c nstable the party ctarted ont with guns losded aud primed, snd tho leader shcuved “Surrender or aie!” Miller yiclded as slso did the ctherr, but one of the num- ber (a Mr. Haisl ) ¢ mirg In whero Miller was, and nt koowltg he bad surrendered, brancished his revol- ver, when a dczen vong wera point d at him, He dodged down behind a couvter and ‘saved Fim. sclf. Lo was a moment of peril for bim, a8 there wera cries of ““thoot him.” Then he was crdered to bold up his hands, Ho did so, but discreatly kept his head be- low. It wasamarvel that tho citiz:na refiained from shocting, end a credit to their judgmert thst they committed no sct of viclnca, When they wero all in the custody of the citizens steps wore at (nes tken to prosecuts the of- fonders ngainst law. Attorney Rainbolt. of:Noxfclk, was telographed for and on Suoday afternoon s conveyance was sent in for him. He went out and prosecut- ed the cas's on Monday kefore Jus'ice Rose, Brown, of Madlacn, defending. They were all found gu lty of the various offenses charged. The law abiding citi- zens of Battle Creck are determined not to allow such proceedings to go unpnn- ished, Oan the 18:h Lawson Miller was brought to Norfolk by Conctable Phillips and ar- ruigned bef're Justice Gerecke, on a chunge of venue from Thos, Rues, of But 18 Creek, and plead guilty to an as- eault uoon Herman Hcgrefe and was fined §10 end corts. This ie the lest of tho cases growing out of the disturbance. e — He Had the True Railroad Instinet. Athtabula Telegraph. The m st remarkable eccident in my experienco,” said Superintendent Couch in answer to the quostlon, *‘hspoencd on the Newesstle rosd to the track-msster. He was ransing down greda cna hond car and making fast time, The last ylow of twilight wes all that wos left to illumn- ivate the scene, Sunddenly the wan saw the sheen of the two eylinder heads of a locomotive. The 1ght failing cn thelr bright sorfecis tend-d to discloss them fiest of all. Realizng ttat the ¢ngine was close on him, and that wkat he did must be done quickly, ko sprang fom his band car and plonged doan a Ligh embankment. He struck on a pile of stones aud susained eevere, but not fatal, in- juries. Curloze to know what train had been at that point at that heur, ho msde f quiry, and found that there was no train,” The cyMnder heads that hio rup- posed he saw were dinuer pails, Two s:ction men were returning bome from work, walklng one on either side of tho track with the'r dinner pail in band, ard the wanir g Jight fell on the palls in such a wanner us 1w give them the ap ) arance of tha cylinder heads of en cngine, It was a curions ecoident, but it showed that the track maeter had the instinot of a trae railroad man. There waa no time to wait and investigato. for had he done ro a1 d it had proven o be an ecoglne, it would hava boen everlastingly too late.” SNEEZE!SNEEZE! E, unttl your o ready €0 11y | your uose and oyos discharge oxcossive quantitics of thin, lr. mouth and throat parched, and, blood et uvor Lieat. Thiis fs an Complete haler $1, One bottle & atarrhal Sol vent, and one Improved fn: ' in one packege may now be had of all drugyin s for §1,00, © Ask to Sanford’s Radical Curo. “The only absolute epecific we know of.”—Med. fwed. *Tre bost we vo founud in & lictime of suffering."— 1L v. D' Wiggin, Bosto strugzlo with Catarr, the fiaica quered ' Fev. S, W. Monros, Lewiburgh, Pa. have not found & caso that it did not relicve st once."—Androw Lee, Manchester, Masa, Potter Drug and Chemieal Co., Boston, LI < = For tho reliet and the lustant It 1s applied, of Rheu: matism, - Nouralgls, ' Sclatlon, Coughs, Colds, Woak ok, Stom- d - Bo revention 18, Numbncss, o P'alns, Falpiiation, Dyspep- Complaiut, Billos ¥eves, Malaria, aad Epldenios, us Colin's Plagors (a0 Electrio frattery vo wd with o Purous Plasios) sod faugh ab palo 460 ~ A\ /{L[CYF‘!C‘ N PLAs sverywhors,