Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1885, Page 4

1 THLR DAY V DR TNTN R R THE DAILY BEE---MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1885, e YHE DAILY BEE. Owrien No. 914 axp 918 Fanwax B2, Mm Orrion, Roou 68 Tamsvma BuiLo: mue, roing, Sunday. The -m«'f:fl, moraing dll‘l-y')lix od in Abe state. Toar .. Monthe . Whe Woeekly Bee, Publihsed every YERMS, POSTPAIR. Soe Joar Tithh premiun Months, withoud premiw Month, on drial. coRRRsPONDRNOE | o News and Editerial -.n-'ul o--:;:nu)u't‘lmw- ”‘m"'u Ahe Epiron or man B should be All Bustnom Letters and Remittanoss AXY, OMARA rossed b0 THn Ban POURLINING COXP B sompany. YHE BLR PUBLISEING O, Props. ! R ROSEWATER, Eprrom o B e, e S Wiaar will Me, Hascall gt out of Mr. Boyd's grab-bag next Tueaday? — Dr. McGucuppy and Red Cloud have met. The doctor, however, still rotalns his ecalp. S— Bex Burier at last has his revenge. Two Butler men have been appolnted internal revenue collectors in New Eng- land. — e Ir the Germans are to have the clty marshalshlp, why not appolnt Judge Welss? He spent more money than any other German to elect Mr. Boyd. Tue French have a proverb that he who excuses himsolf, accuses himeelf. So it 1s with the Repudlican In its labored ef- fort to excuse its late defection from the party. Junce Beseke would look well ins blue unlform and brass buttons, but the question is whether his appointment as city marshal would be n kesplng with the dignity of an ex-police judge. Two new special agents have heen ap- pointed to go to Alaska to investigate alloged frauds. It is useless to say that they are democrats, and were not recom- mended by Senator Mauderson, We can’t comprehend why Omaha should not be able to erect brick build- Ings 8s cheaply as Kansas City or St. Joseph. There {s but little difference in the price of fuel, and labor is just as cheap in Omaha ss it is in elther of those citles. TaE revenue collectors of Indlana sre trembling in thelr boots. Dan., Vcor- hees and the entire Indiana delegatlon have marched in a body on the white house, and havae taken a solemn oath never to sheathe their swords until every Internal revenue collector in Hooslerdom has bean scalped. — How sjon will that high school clock be wouud up and set runnlng? The money ralsed by star-3pangled entertain- ments has been in the eavings bank for several years. If the Interest on the money has not increased the original de- posit sufficiently to pay for a first-class clock, let the school board ralse the de- ficlency, and let the people no longer gaze at a handless dlal. Tr will be in full accord with the eter- nal fitness of things for the newly cre- ated board of rallway commissloners to appoint Mr, Charles H. Gere as one of the $2,000 secretaries. Mr. Gere Is a man who understands the rallroad ques- tlon from the rallrosd standpoint so thoroughly that he would not be com- pelled to figure out the rates which ought to be reasonabl: LeApviLLe has produced the equal of Mayor Vaughan, of Councll Bluffs, The Leadville gentleman, whose card Is as orlginal as that of Mayor Vaughan, is a profeesor by the name of Judd., Calling at the White House he obtalned an im- mediate audience, as did Vaughan, by rimply presenting bis card upon which was inseribed: “‘Prof. C. J. Judd, Lead- ville, Col., author of first arlicle pub- lished in Colorado advocating President Cleveland’s nom(natien,” The admlssion of such cranks shows that Mr. Cleveland has & weak spot, Tae pretent council will go very slow 1n contracting for public improvements, but there is such a thing as beiog too conservative, The favorable impression which Omaha has created within the past two ye a clean, well-paved and well drained clty Is due entirely to the vigor with which pavements, sewers and other public Improvements have been carried on, In the most depreesing times Omaha has grown and prospered, and it wounld simply be suicldal to stop further im. provements because they make more taxes, With the funding of the floating debt, which was authorlzed at the last eleotion, the councl will have a very re- spectable fand at 1ts dlsposal for grading snd lmproving such streets as Harney, Douglas, Capital avenue, Davénport, and South Sixteenth, These streets Wre centrally located and should be made ready for paving next year, The court house grounds and the ap- proaches cannot be properly lald out and graded until the grade on Harney street is permanently established and the street {s put tograde, Sixteenth street ought to be lowered between Farnam and How- aid, 80 a8 to make It & grand thorough- fare to the south, The building of the chamber of commerce on the corner of Fsraam and Sixteenth streets makes it sare that business will ¢xtend from that polnt to Howard streef, just as itis bound to extend from Sixteenth to Twenty-Second on Farnam, The lower- ing of Sixteenth street s inevitable and property owners who oppose this move- want are only standing in their own way. e AR S BT AT OFFENSIVE PARTISANSHIP. Wken Grover Cloveland became presi- dent it was announced, almost officlally, that with the exceptlon of the cablnet and diplomatfo positione, the Idea of clvil service reform would be strictly adhered to in regard to removals from office. So emphatic was this oft repeated declara- tion on the part of Grover Cleveland, that it was generally believed that he meant just what he sald, It affirded 14 | rome coneiderable relief to those republi- can office-holders who had falthfully dis- charged their duties, but to the spolls- hunters In the democratic party, who had been looking for an immediate clean aweep, the declaration was anything but comforting. It was taken for granted by the people generally that no officer was to be removed during his term ex- cept for cause, and that appointments would be made only on account ¢f com- petency and known integrity. Removal for cause under the olvil eervice rales meana removal for dishonesty or ineffi clency in the discharge of daties, upon charges belng preferred and sustained, after a falr hearing belng glven to the accused. Ever since the clvil service ldeas of Grover Cleveland have baen promulgated the spoils-hunting democrats have been constantly at work to invent some new cause of removal, which would be suffi- clently plautible on its faceto permit Mr. Cleveland to let himself down easy, and finally accede to the demands of the hungry democrats, That iavention, after due conslderation, has at las® been placed before the public under the term of ‘‘offeneive partisanship.” It Is a new, or/glnal and unique device, to say the least, and already attempts are being made to put it in operation, with a fair show of eventual success. It has been added to the causes of removal, and it Is expocted that it will open wide the door for an onslaught on republlcans be- cause they have been faithfal to thelr party. The impression now prevalls among the rank and file of the democrats that offeneive partieanship Is to be consldered as Including every office-holder who has in any wsy contributed to the success of republicanism. This would, of courss, drive out nearly every office-holder in the country, and make clvil service reform a sham and a mockery. If this rule fa to be applied In the future, every democrat who accepts office under Mr. Cleveland will become an offonslve partisan just as scon as he contributes to the campalgn fund or takes an actlve part in democratic succets. The tendehcy of clvil service reform is to put the service on the same foo'lng in the matter of pclitics as the military and naval departments have been for years, We do not know of any military or naval cfliser who hes been [dlsmlssed from the service, or charged with any offense againet army or navy regulations because he has entertained and expressed political opinions or volunteered te con- tribute money from his salary to a cam- palgn fund. General Hancick, for In- stance, was the democrstic candidate for president, and was therefore a rank partisan of the mos: offensive kind, particularly so because the democrats took advantage of his high military post- tion and his war record In the hope of drawlng largely from the soldier vote, yot. nobody thought of demendinghls remov- al from the army. On the contrary when General Garfield, his opponent, was Inaugurated president, General Han- ccck was assigned a consplcuous place of honor among the distingu'shed meu who participated in the Inavgaration ceremo- nles, Why was not General Hancock re- moved from office? Applying the same rule to the republicans, Mr. Blaine, if he had been an army officer, would have been liable to court martial as an offen- sive partlsan, because he consented to be a condidate for the pres- idency. General Grant was a candidate for president, and 1f he had been defeated nobody would have thought of removing him from the army on the ground of offenslve partfeanship. Sup- pose Goneral Sheridsn should become the presidential candidate of the republi- can patty In 1888, and be defeated, the democralic rule of offinslve partisanship, 1f strictly enforced, would cause him to be removed, Allowing to Mr. Clevelaud credit for belng honest in his civil service reform declsration, we cannot comprehend how he proposes to treat as offensive partisans that class of public men who have dlis- charged their duty faitbfally, and who have been guilty of no other crlme than merely a conslstentattachmentand loyalty to one political party, and the open, manly and fearless expression of their honest sentiments. A% an {llustration of really offensive partlsanship, the case of Paul Vandervoort, late chlef head clerk of the rallway mail service affords a good example, because he notoriously neglected his officlal daties and tramped from one end of the country to the other as a stump speaker and campalgn organizor, To such men as Vandervoort the new democratic rale of offensive partisanship would apply most admixably, Both his successors were pronounced republicans who have attended strictly to the busl- ness of the rallway mall eervicel We think not. For our part we have grave doubts whether the present administra- tlon, with the exceplion of the presldent himeelf, has any idea whatever of carry- ing out clvil servige reform, It has been a mere cloak from the very begioning, as recent evenis clearly show, for standing cff and repelling cffice seekers whom the administration did not want to favor and rewardlvg personal followers and favorites, who could not be shoked off. 'Whether the bars will be let down ent!rely, after the favors have been distsibuted among the eelect few who are near the threne, is one of the things that the futore alone will determine, But it now really locks very much as If the pretense of offensive partisanship wounld break down the barbed wire fence that is keeping back the common herd and let in the thirsty and huogry with a grand rush, Tue libel suit brought against the Chicago Tribune by D. Appleton Wilaon for $100,000 damages, has resalted In a veordlot of $250 In favor of the plaintiff, who had been charged by the Zvibune with having been Indicted for conspleacy, with two others, to commit a murder, the victims belng his relatives, an aged couple named Wilson, living at Winetka The reporter of the T'ribune was led into the publication of tke libel throogh a mistake. He founda clerk in the state attorney’s office filling up an indlctment in which the plalntifi’s pame occurred with the others, and as the asslstant state attorney did rot pronounce the in- dictment spurfous upon Inqulry, the state- ment was published that it was rumored that the plaintifi had been Indicted. The sta'cment was promptly retracted when It was ascertained that the plaintiff hed rot been Indicted. The court Instructed the jury that mallcious intent to defame must be demonstrated, but that mallce on the publisher’s part is conclusively Inferred in the communi- cations if filse and unjustifiable. If vol- untary retractlon of tho alleged libe wera made, the fact is to be cousldered by the jury in declding whether or not to allow exemplary or vindletive dam- ages; or, if any be allowed, as to the amount. The jury agreed that the ecir- cumstances under which the roport was made modlified great'y the aspect of the offense, a8 no malice was intended, and so they declded wupon vechnical libel. The St. Paul Pioncer Press makes the following sensible ccmment upon the result of this case: As there are many persons ready at all times to sue newspapers for libel with the intentlon of making some money by the operatlon, the termination of this case I8 of Interest. Itisverp seldom that an actlon of this kicd terminates profitably for the lawyers or their clients who insti- tute it. A newspaper which malicious'y publishes matters injurious to an individ- ual should bs given the bitterest taste of the law. A uewapaper which is prudent enough to have the evidence in hand need fear no libel suit, and a newspapar which has used due digence ana honest endeavors to secertain the truth of a statement about an individual, and speed- ily retracts, if the statement 1s false, will never be brought by a deccnt jury into the condltion of a football for shysters and the individuals they prod into libel asuits, Tuk Springfield (Mass.) Republican, which has been such an srdent admlrer and warm supporter of President Cleve- land, now beglina to find fault with some of hisappointments. The Republican asserts that his recent appointments of internal revenue collecters for New Ergland are *“a complete going back from allhis previous record in appoint- menifs and declarations,” and that if he had coneulted the New England mom- ber of his cabinet he should have been Informed by that gentlemen that three of the appointments at least would nau- seate everr the democrals of that section of the country. Pillsbury, the collector for Massachusetts, and Chase, the col- lector for Maine, were fellow—conspirators 1n the attempt to stesl the state of Maine for Garcelon. Pillsbury, since his re- moval to Massachusetts, hss bsccme a Batler man. This alone ought to be sufficlent to bar him from any favors at the hands of the admInistration, because such a flop 1s disgusting to the Massachu- eetts democraf Troup, the appcintee for Oonnecticut, is a'greenback agltator and a Butler man, How the president should fall Into such a nest of misfits is what puzzles the Springfield Republican, But that paper, if it would Investigate sppointments elsewhere as closely as it does in its own immediate viclnity, would find that those are not the only misfits that the president has honored with office. Ir Is rumored that Colonel Stanton, paymaster of the department of the Platte, is soon to be removed to another station, This is In accordanca with the policy of occaslonally shaking up the army officers so that they shall not be- come too attached to any one station, but why this should apply to such officers as paymasters is something we cannot under- stand, If, however, Ool, Stanton 1s to be removed from this departmert, we hope that his long and falthful services In this part of the country will be taken Into consideration and that he will be glven a choice of stations. Independent of h!s extended service, and his long payments, he has been often exposed to attacks of Indlans, and has served In Indian campa'gos In command of Indian scouts, He ls a valuable officer, and 18 entitled to great conslderation at the hands of the government. The people of this clty snd of the west generally will greatly regret to lose him, but wherevar he goes he will take with him the beay wishes of a host of warm friends, Tue proprietors f the summer rescrts around Niagara Falls cbject to the park bill which has been patsed by the legle- atore and which only awalts the gov- ernor’ssignature to become a law. They fear that it will greatly diminlsh their It msy probably decrease thelr profits, but the number of visitors will bs greatly increased as the bill besides making a public park of the grounds in tbe immediate vicinlly will very likely put an end to the robberles that have been perpstrated for years upon touriste, The governor cannot ford to be ivflueacad in any way by the Niagara sharke. Hls approval of the bill will be in accord with the general senti- ment of the people. —_— Ir Fenator Mandereon succeeds In gettiog from Secretary Manning an order making Omaha & port of entry he will be entltled to a great deal of eredit, The senator holds that although congress has not passed the Omaha port of entry bill, which he had introduced, the storetary of the treasury has authorlty under exlat- ing lawa to place Omaha on an equal footing with other port of entry citles, Tur cash In the treasnry is golng to be counted. It will bs quite en undartak- ing, and will requira about three weeks time. The work will be done under the direction of a committee. Three members will represent the ontgoing treasurer and three other members will reptetent the now treasurer. This committee and the secrotary of the treasury will each ap- point a corpa of assletants and clerks, and the greatest precaution will be taken to prevent any of the cash disappearing dur- ing the count, THERE are several domocrats In Omaha who woald like to be custodians of the poetoffice building If they can’t get the postmastership. Some of these hoary headed patriots voted for Gen. Jackaon, and they think It is about time that they shonld get some reward for standing up for their party through half a century. GOSSIP, ——The Collins family, of Omaha, were the intimate friends of the Grants long before the war, The late E, A, Collins, father o the late “‘Gil.” Collins, and of John 8. Col- lins, was for many years the partner of Jesse R. Grant, father of Ulysscs. The Grant leather etore, as it 1s called in Galena, Illi- nois, from which Ulyeses graduated to enter the union army at the breaking out of the re- bellion in 1861, was founded by Mr, 15. A, Col- ling in 1840, The next year Jeese R. Grant became a partner in the businees, tho firm being known as E. A, Collins & Co. The two continued together for the period of twelve years, when a diesolution took place, The published notice was somewhat of a novel character, being in verse, and was com- posed by Jesse R. Girant, who besides being exceeglingly_eccentric, was addicted to poetry making. The following is the poetical adver- tisement of the diseolution, as it was pub- liched in the Galena Gazette in 1853 In eighteen hundred and forty-one Our partnerehip was first begun — We two then became as one, To deal in leather. Some little business we have done, While together, A dozen years we've toiled together In making and i mendivg leather Suited to every stage of weather E'er dry or rain. The time bas come for us to sever, And we are twaiv, E. A. Collins is still on hand, And occupies the former stand, Where he has always held command, To buy and scll, As matters now are being planned, May he do well. J. R. Grant, the old off-wheel, ‘As quick and firm as smitten steel, Does yet a strong destre feel To do some more. Then expect within the field A brand new store. Our hearty thanks we humbly send, To every customer and friend, ‘Who has stood by us to the end With free gcod will. And say in fiiture we intend ‘o serve you still . There's one thing more we have to ray; To those who owe us, we want our pay; Then send 1t on without delay— The full smount. For atill wo have some debts to pay On firm account. ——The former partners continued the leather and saddlery hardware business, sep- arately, in (alena, until 1860, when Mr, Col- lins sold out his stock and good will to €, R. fomily, who had made Omahs their home. The old folks inquired after old Mr. Colling— who died in Towa only a few years ago—and about Gil and John, his sone, whohad estab liched thomsslves in the leather and saddlery hardware busitess in Omaha, Three weeks after this conversation Mr (i, H. Collins was sppointed post trader at Fort Laramie, and the business was carried on at that pcst for several years by G, H. and J, 8, Collins, The sppolntment came at a time when they needed assistance, and while they held the place they made considerable money, What influence secured them this little bonanza, oF why Orville Grant declined the place, is not known, but in all likelihood the Collins family were indebtod to the old man Grant for it, owiog to the friendship existing be- tween himeelf and old Mr. Collins, Jesse R, Grant died In 1878 at Covington, and his wife died in Now Jorsey in 1881, shortly after tho death of her son Orville, ~——The editor of the Bk, whilo ia Chicago the other day, met ex President Hayes in the corridor of the Grand Pacific hotel. Mr. Hayer, who was in attendance at the meeting of the Loyal Legion, naturally inquired about Omaha, a8 he has some valuable property here, He alao returned his thanke for a copy of the New Years' illustrated Be, which had been sent to him by the editor. “Iam pleaced to see that Omaha is zrowing and is a prosperous city,” said Mr. Hayes; "I like to own property in such s city, where values are steadily increasing.” Senator Manderson at this point came up and indulged in a little pleasantry. ““General, you are deprecisting some of my property in Omaha,” said he to Mr. Hayes, “How s0?" inquired the ex-president, somewhat surprised, **Yon aro allowing a saloon to bo run on your premises opposite to a lot of mine on Sixteenth streot,” replied the senator. This rather staggered the ex-president, who is known to bea s rict temperance man, Ho grew red in the face, and seemed to be considerably confused, “Well, I'll have to refer you to my ogent, Byron Reed,” said he, finally, “he is, of course, not expected to let my houses to im- improper tenants,” The senator and the other bystanders had a good laugh over the matter. It is presumed that Byron Reed will govern himself hereafter in accordance with the withes of the ex president. —— STATE JOITINGS, A new bridge spans the river at Chadron. Saloon licensa in Crote isastraight thousand dotlars a year, Coal prospects aro said to be excellent in the upper Niobrara country. John G. Brown dropved dead_while chor- ing at his house five miles from Bellwood. Monday’s big wind had force enough at Grard Island to blow cars from the track. The Valentine land off dowg the larg- est business in the state, ntries are increas- ivg every day, Fort Robinzon and vicinity enjoyed a bliz- zard of wet snow last Moaday., The beauti- ful @as & foot thick, Milford bus fixed ealcon license at 507, while Ulysses has raised the amount required for permission to gell liquor to £1 500, A Dakota City grand jury put nippers on Bill Reininger, of North Bend, for hooking timber on a school sectien before he owned the land, A Columbus firm is lawing for a bill of $4.75, Three trials have been had and neith- er side is satisfied, though the costs now foot u) $150, The school census of Dodge covnty shows a votal of 5 327 children, & gain of 350 over last year. North Bend thows a gain of 77 and Schuyler 70, The town board of Weeping Water were not satisfied with the bids for the construction of water works there and rejected them all. New and better bids are wanted. Fine luscious rolls of lard, with a thin coat- ing of genuine butter were recontly palmed off on » Weeping Water firm There 18 con- siderable freshness basking on the tearful river. The Plattsmouth admirers of Gen, George S Smith gave him a squace meal last Wednesday evening,the occasion being a fare- well benefit previous to his departure for Omaha, ‘The new county of Dawes has been chris- tened. Cyrus Fairchild, Edwin E, Egan and H. C. McMillon, special commiesioners, and Perkins, who, in 1861, formed a co-partner- | F, B ship and coneolidated with Jesse Grant, the firm being known as (irant & Perkins. Dur- ing the early partof the war, Mr. Perking became sole owner, and still conducts the business at the old stand, Mr. Grant abont this time was appointed postmaster at Cov- ington, Kentucky, opposite Cincin- pati, .whither he moved, his family, Mr, (irant held this post-office until his death, e ——In June, 1872, immediately after the Bek office burned down, Mr, Rosewater, the editor and proprietor, went to Cincinnati to purchase & new outfit for the paper. One evening he strolled across the suspension bridge over to Covington and coming in front of an olc dilapidated brick house, which had upon it the sign, “Potoffice,” it occurred to bim at once that this was Iatker Jesse's office. Steppivg inside he inquired for old Mr, Grant, and was told that he had not been around for several weeks, but that s could be found at his bouse, which was pointed out. It was an old fashioned double brick house, evident- ly occupied by two families, Knocking at the door of the wing occupied by the Grants, a little boy answered the summone, and said, “Grandps will come down presently.” This boy was the son of Mr, Cramer, minister to Denmark, whose wife was a rister of General Grant, and who was visiting the old folks, 0ld Mr. Grant soon came hobbling down the stairs, and invited the visitor in, Fverything shout the premiees looked old-fashioned snd well-worn, Old umbrellas and old hats were buog about the hall, The old gentleman was dressed in a very plain suit of clothes, He was at least o head taller than his son Ulys- ses, to whom he bore a slight resemblance, He stooped somewhat, and was a little deaf, He received the visitor cordially, and at once asked him what he thought about the ger eral's chances of re election as president, “I think they are vory fair,” replied Mr, Rosewater. ‘'Well, I den't know as much abcut politics a8 my wife does,” remarked Mr, Grant; ‘‘you better come into the parlor, and we'll talk it oyer with ber” Mrs, Grant was a short and elim womsn, Her bair was yet almost black, She was sittiog in an o!d fashioned chair, and was engeged in koitting stockings, The pa lor was furnished with old black-cloth sofa chairs and old-style sofas, Mrs, Grant at once entered into a lively conversaticn, *“They say that the general is appointing all s relations to office,” saidhe, ‘'but there are # good many people that I never heard of who claim to behis relations, The fact is that he has never done as much for us as some people supposs, Here is my son Orville, who has been unfortunate in the Chicago fire, All that the general is willing to give him is the Fort Laramie post-tradership.” *‘That is a verey good place.” remarked Mr, Rosewater ; “tit is one of the most lucrative places in the country—worth at least £20,000 a year’ “But how about the Indians* she asked, “Isn't it dsngerous out there!” *Not st all," replied Mr. Rosewater, ‘‘there are plenty of troops there, and your son need not live there, if he does not wish t»” The conversation finally turned upon the Collins "B Carby. clork, are appointed temporary nurses, Chadron is designated as tho tem- porary county seat, A surveying party that has been camped on ‘White river, opposite Chandon, for the past ten days. has started on the reilway survey to Fort Fetterman, Settlers in eastern w yo- ming are confident they will see the railway completed into that locality this season., Two little tads, sons of Mrs, Fuller, at Cedar Cragk, Cass county, dug & small hole in the ground with a hatchet, One of the little fellows stuck his head in the hole while the other nearly chopped it off with the em- blem of G, W. The blow was a severe one, but the boy will recover. All deeds to lots given by the Blair road in towns in the Elkhorn valley contain a clause that in case Liquors are sold on the premises for other than medical purposes, the granters, their beirs or assigns, may re-enter eaid premises and hold ths same as of their former estate, Gage county now has a population of about 25 0, 134 milos of railroad, a city of nearly 7,000 inbabitants, two towns of 1,700 each, one of 800, one of 600, two of 500 and two towns of a emallereize, There arc few counties in the state that have increased so rapidly in wealth and population as this the past five years, ‘The anoual report of Chief Clelland of Fremont, fire department shows there ure 192 sctive membersin the department, two en- gines, one hook avd ladder company and one hose company. There were eight fires during the past year, causing a total loss of 3,420, These figures speak well for the efficiency of the fire boys A Holdredge coon of dublous taste, was found hiding under a lady’s bed. Several relt-appointed guardians of law and morsls hang it on the battlements of the town, but the sheriff gathered them in and they paid $15 each for fighting with their mouths, Ths conn still live The cream City Mutual Cattle compsny is a Milwaukee astociation which put 380 head of cattle on & new ranch near Sidney, to which will bs added 800 young heifers this summer, The novel feature of this company is that each member owns his cattle individually, paying his proportion of the expenses for the number of head he owns, The Grand Island Tiwes tenders its com- rhmanlu to the forthcoming exporition in the ollowing: “Omaha is constantly adding metropolitaa features, and soon will be the equal of any ot the old cities in the way of convenience, Lately Pattt passed them twice for want of & room of suficient capac- ity to make it pay for an entertainment, and when Moody was there th denied adm for lack of even standing room, This, with the faint twinge of jealousy over Lincoln’s gettivg the state fair, has brought out the pluck of a stroog paiky of capitalists who are goiug to erect an exposl- tion building with capacity enough to seat several thousana persons, It is to be arranged 80 that it can be used forexhibiting anything, or as a theatre on extra occasions To show the demand for farm Jand in this state and the high prices it commands, the Plattamouth Herald says: It is reported on the strests that John W. Barnes cleaned up last week on_commissions for the sale of U, P. lands $2,200 _One party at Lincoln head ed by John K. Clarke the banker, bought two townships of him or about forty thousand acres and Sam Barker says they were offered ouve dollar per acre profit on their investment, or & clean gain of forty thousand dollars 1o side of sixty days, There is another party who lives here who has pow about six thou sand acres in one body which is very choice farmiog land, be was offered by a party in Omaha who is agent for & Chicago syndicate, cighteen dollars per acre which he declined Toe propo ition was finally made to biw that if he would take twenty dollars per acro they e e e e e et e e e et ootld close it at that figur He told them his price was twonty-dvc dollars per acre and not & cont Jese, — PLEURO PNEUMONIA, A PROCLAMATION TROWINITING THE SHIPMENT OF CATTLR FROM MISSOURI TO ILLINOIS, SeRiNariRLy, TiL, April 25,~Gov, Oglesby to-day issued & preclamation scheduling the state of Missouri and prohibiting the ship- ment of cattle from there iuto the stats of Tllinols, except on a clear bill of health, To prevent delay in the shipment of healthy cat- tlo Gov. Ogleeby has invited Gov, Marma- duke to arrango for inspection and cartifica tion of healthy cattle coming into this state from Missouri, The following is the official information upon which the governor's procla mation is based: mCR10AGO, March 12.—To Hon, Richard J. Oglesby, Governor of Tllinois, Springfield, 1L ~Dear Sir: Whereas, during the the month of July, 1884, the state lunatic neylum of Missour, Tocated at Fulton, in sald st purchased a Jersey bull of Messrs, D. H & 8, Trip, of Peoria, Ill., in whose herd of cat tlo at that time existed contagious pleuro- poeumonia, and, whereas, said insane asylum or ita farm manager placed the purchased bull among the cattle owned by said asylum and numbering upwards of seventy head or more, has caused contagious pleuro-pneumonia_to spread in this herd, the effect of which has been that eince January last ten head have died, two more being now infected with said disearo in ite ncute form and ten othors now sufferivg with said contagion in it chronic form, all of which diseased animals are now kept on the farm of said asylum and the chances being that haslf or three fourths of the whole of rald number or more cattle may become similaly diseased and, whereas the state of Missourl has no statutary measures for the compuleory extermination of conta- gious pleuro-poeumonia from within its boun- daries or for the prevention of the spread of this disense, and, wheross, cattle are constant- 1y being brought intojthe state of Illinois from various parts or localities in the state of Mis souri for feeding, breeding or for other pur- poses and placed among our native cattle without suspicion of danger and without any legal restriction on the part of the state of Tllinois sgainst said incorporation, and whereas, on March 18, 1885, a carload of cat- tle arrived at the union stock yards at Chicago shipped_from Iulton, Mo., by Buchanan, Davie, Smith & Co., and consigned to Frank Morrison, at Chicago, originally numberirg sixteen head, arnved here and, Wwhereas, ac cording to the information recei sed from Dr. M. R. Grunhower, deputy inspector of the national bureau of amimal industryand 1n the opinion also of C, O, Atkineon, steward of the Mis onri stato ineano ssylum, there was one bull among the suid sixteen head of cat- tle affected with acute contagious p'euro- pneumendn. Tho said diseased bull not being found by me among the lot arriviog in Chi- cago, but being somewhore dead or alive in the state of Lilinoie, to the great danger and dotriment of cther cattle and the cattle inter- est of this state, and, whereas, it is yet un- known to mo whether the said dis- ensed animal, which was one of the short-horn breed of cattle was shipped from said insane aeylum farm of from some other powtin Missouri, aud as wo ara in conetant danger of receiving more "of{ auch digensed animals from the state of Miseouri and of which event we msy not become in- formed until great danger hss occasioned by reason of such unrestricted shipments from such neighboring infected jstate of Missouri, theretore I respoctfully and urgently call the attention of your excellency to the facts here- in before stated and recommended to your conrideration and advieability of scheduhng the state of Missouri by proclamation in con- formity of section 4 of “an act to suppress the sprend the centagious plenro-pneumonia among the cattle of Illinois; approved May 81 18817 Your obedient servant, N. H, PAAREN, State Veterinarian, THE PROCLAMATION AND PENALTIES, All pereons or corporations in this state owning or having possession of cattle infected with, or that may have been exposed to pleuto-poeumonta, are hereby enjoined to im- mediately report ail supposed cases of pleuro- pneumonia to the state veterinarian at Spring- fic'd, Ill, Any person or persous who shall fail to make such report, or shall obstruct or resist the state veterinarian in the discharge of his duties as preecribed by law, shall be deemed guilty of » misdemeanor, and upon conviction of either charges they will be fined not, less than $50, nor more than £500, for oach and every euch offense, and upon convic: tion a sccond time, thsll, in addition to the above named fine, be liable tonot less than tweuty days, nor more than six months im- prisonment, All sheriffs, cobstables, police aud other civil officers are hereby called upon and directed to aid the state veterinarian and lend their assistance in enforcing the law, This proclamation :s to go into effect Monday, April 29,1885, n testimony I hereto set my hand and cause the great seal of the state to be affixed. Done at the city of Springfield the day and year above written, 2 R. J. Ooressy, DEMENT, Secref The “‘hsppy family” who dwell in the large alry cage in the museum here wes yesterday thrown into paroxisms of de light and fear, as was evidenced by the outburst of chattering tongues upon a discovery mace upon the opening of their rod-iron dwelllng. Eight mcnkeys, some cats, rabbits, a puppy, an ant-eater and other animals occupy the sforerald cage, One lot of monkeys were brqught in on Friday night and thelr cage opened Satarday morning to alr, cleanse and feed the in- mates, preparatcry to thelr tranefor to thelr permsnent home. Among this col lection of elght are two elderly, wiee- looking monkeys, the hiads of the family #0 to epeak, avd lmmediately upon the lotting in of light the sons aud daughters of the household were rejoiced to find ‘‘a child was born unto” the estab'ishment. At the moment of this discovery the younger membera of the housshold be- an s wild song of rejolcing, acompa- nlod by leaping ond gymnastios that rivaled the wildest jfeats of the trapeze prrformance, and chorused by orles of Jollification from every cage in the vlcin- threatened to tear the coon’s heart out and |1 ty. 'Awmidat all this rojolcing tho heads of the family removed to a quleter corner; the mcther, active and alert, bore the “*baby”’ olosely prossed to her bosom, smoothing *'its wrinkled front” and car- essing 1t with kisses, while the stolid- looking father, elways close beside the object of his paternal sollcitudeand pride, lovked wisely and sedately on, baring hls brave front to all rude comers. The little stranger, the first four-legged monkey bora in this c'ty, s as black as midnight and bids fafr to be as pretty as a monkey can be, of the monkey tribe was, with all the pomp and ceremony meet for euch an oc. caslon, christened He is young yet, and In_honor “OMAHA THE FIRST,” and sprinkled with a mother's joyous tears, e — The County Commissioners, The Beard of Commissioners met Sat- urdsy and among other things appolnted Mr. Eecond ward, vice Mr, Stryker resigned, Charles King, constable in the The board also suthorized the invita- tion of bids for the furnishing of neces- sary carpets and chalrs dizens—for the several offices completed for the county officers, clerk was diracted to imform the county superintendent of schools and the county jadge that thelr offices will be ready for occupetion day after to-morrow, (Wed- nesday ) of his new cfiice to-day, the room by him being hereafter occupied by county eurveyor snd bis piesent head- Jquartérs beeoming the office of the city some elghteen lately The The clerk takes posscasion ated the would wire the Chizago syndicate if they treasurer, Mr, Buck, 1604 the consumers' Dr. Price curos all kinds of Asihma. long standing cases 1 iold promptiy to ite wonderful curing properties. for its unrivaled eff 84, 1858 Asthms sinoe 1559 am happy to say that I never slopt better io my Mife. 80 fa to or: DE. B. W. HAIR & SON, A BOOM FOR DENVER JUNC- TION. Union Pacific Railway Shops Ordered from Oheyenne to Denver Janction, A REMOVAL, Orders have been lssued from the Union Paclfic headquarters at Omaha for the removal of the repalr implements from Cheyenne to Denver Junction, the point where the Julesburg branch unites with the Unlon Paolfic, 140 miles east of this city. One (f the bulldings which haye been used for car repairing purpores will bo taken down and also removed to the same place. The work of removal commenced yestorday Pt — The best Buck Beer In the city Is the Faust Buck Beor, bottled by Ed, Maurer, sole agent of the Faust Beer. e — . THE COURS, DISTRICT COURT Judges Wakeley and Neville will pre- slde to-day In thls court after a wesk's rece The equity docket and mo- tions and demurrers alone will be heard, The Sarpy county distriot court adjourn- od Saturday and the two judges will be here to push forward the home work this woek. COUNTY COURT, Judgs McCalloch Saturday lssued a writ of restltution againat the T'mes Dls- patch Newspaper company and the officer received it for execution. A nult to recover $187 50 claimed as commiesion for a sale cf real estate, was on Saturday brovght in this court by E. J. Peck, sgaivet George Burke. The haboaa corpus Morgan-Moore McFarland case comes up at 10 this mornivg. POLICE COURT, Besides a fow cases of minor nature, not wortby of publication here, the case against Nugent and Green, former pro- prietors of the Buckingham theatre, was diemlesed, the complaint being with- drawn, e The fineat and purest Beer in the city is the “Favst Bock,” bottled and de- livered throughout the city by Ed. Maurer. l"rnl—r: Sin to salvation, The Women's Christian Uricn sre “‘carrying tho war Into Afcics” in reality. The tociety it Is reporied, have praoctl- cally dotermined to change the interfor of the Buckingtam tLeatre tn euch man- ner as to make it kerve not the purpores of & “‘verie's” show as it has 5o long done, but thowe of a hall for religlous and temp-rance lecfures and meetings for go:pel les one. This, so fer as the lcca- is concerned, is really bearding the Hon iu lusden. Where once was music for the spangled and painted artlstes, now will be bymns in pratee of sparkling water; where men and women ‘‘looked upon the wine when it is red” now will be found beef-soup snd ssndwlches, and the old wine room will forgat those who haunted it for fun snd its kindred things and become acqualnted with tracts and sermons and books and papers. Surely now the former frequeaters of the theatre can truthfully say: #01d times have changed, old manners gone, And a steanger fills tho Stuart’s throne.” General Grant's Condition, NEiw York, April 25.—When Dr. Douglas left Gen. 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