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

1 YHE DAILY BEE. A Orrion No. $14 Axp 618 Fanwax B2, Yons Orrion, Roox 6 Taisvxa Bomo- THE NEW YORK CANALS, We have reosived from the New York board of trade and transportation an In. torosting atatement regarding the busl. ness of the canals of New York as com. rmu wvery morning, Sunday. The Monday morning dally published in the e | pared with that of the raflroads. Durlng the season of navigation of 1884, the canals delivered at the port of New York § 1,424 bushels of grain, and the rallroads for the same period delivered 28,049,020 bushels, or 1,462,404 bushels less than by canal, and while the tonnage of the canals, owing to the general de- tons relsting 4o Newsand Editerial | pression throughout the country was -i&?:mmuh Mdreased: 1o Ahe KbITOR OF 654,668 tons less than the preceding | yonr, the tonnage of the New York trunk Yoar. .. Mon e 'Whe Weekly Bes, Publihsed every — o Tear, with promium. . Ea'ny without premium. 'Montha, without premium. . e Monih, on brisl, . ..oiie conRRFONBINOR | | MM%I:I;:'.!"“‘ lines fell short more than double that ::,.""' e %0 be made par: | amount, Oheokn and Post office Y TATTR A The fact that these resnlts were ob- | \fllfl BER PUBLISHING C0., PROBS. |isinod with canals upon which practieally B ROSEWATER, Korron, no Improvements have been made for Manager Daily Olroulation, many years, while the rallroads have had everything which eclence M. Jack Nvoess will be gratified to [and ingenulty could furnish, is suggestive learn that the Buckingham theatre has [of the great benefita to the country which pasted into better hands, and that the |may come from the Improvement and ex- performances heresfter will be of a more tonsion of our waterways, The New elevating character. Tho place has been York canals are not only a great benefit lented by the W, C. T. U. The work |to that state, but to the whole western contemplated by thla organizitlon is a wheat-growing country, for, In connec- commendable one, and should recelve |tion with the great lakes, they furnish an the hearly support and encouragement of |all-water route from Daluth, Milwaukee, our cltizens. Chicago, Cleveland and Toledo to the ——————— seaboard, thus affording a competing Tuere is such a thing as being a little | transportation line to the rallroads. The too previous In political predictions. | benefits cannot be overestimated. The Mr. Samuel J. Randall predicts the re-|waterways not only are the means of eloction of Grover Cleveland, while a)cheapening transportation, but they are number of republican papers and golifi- | an fmportant fastor in the problem of ofans confidently malntain that Logan|making rates stable, both on land and will be nominated and elected to the|water. Milllons upon millions of dollars presidency in 1888. The early blrd may | and vest tracts of land have been donated catch the worm, but it Is not always the | by tho goverament to the railroads,which oarly boom that captares the presldentlal {are fn the hands of private partles, chair. and It does seem mingular that canals, especially those which are free public Ighways, are not more encouraged by the government. The surplus could not be more advantageously expended than in the constructlon of a public system of canals connecting the varlous navigable rivers and lakes. But so long as the rall- road lobby remains as rich and profitable as it is to day there will be but little hope of any great canal enterprise receiving natlonal aid to any considerable extent. The canals of New York, which have been made free highways, have worked wonders for that atats, and thelr influence upon trade and transportation ls It now turns out {hat the war-ship, |not by any means confined to local “Omaha” is a gingerbread vessel. She |limits. ~We are glad to see has an abundance of fancy woods, elec- [ that the interest in the canal system of tric lights, elegant furniture and other |New York is nct allowed to flag. Import- now and costly glmeracks, all of which [antimprovements havebeen proposed and are pleatiog t2 the eye,but her machinery advocated by ex-State Englneer Horatlo 15 old-fashloned, cccupying twlce the |Seymour, Jr., and ex-Comptroller Ira room of modern ma-hinery, and hence | Davenport and other state officers. It is she can oarry ovly 150 tons of coal, As [not too much to predict that with these sho burns abont sixty tons of coal per|proposed improvements, calling for a doy, she could only steam part way |sum insignificent in comparison with that aoross the ocean, and for the bslance of |already expended on the half-completed the trlp she would have to depend upon |new capitol bullding at Albiny, a new tho wind. We move that elther her |ora of usefalness for the canals would name be changed or her old machinery begin, the results of which would be replaced with something more compact |greater than anything that has been ac- and modern, complished in the past. To obtaln the e necessary funds from the state ought to AccorDING to his confidential circalar [y a very easy matter, but we suppose tho postmaster-general requires no more | i,y 1o maln obstacle to ovorcome proof of offensive partisanship than the |, ¢no opposition of the rallways. How- affirmation on the part of a senator or ever, meetings ara to bo called through- roprosontative that the postmaster has| .y ihq gtate to form an organization to been the active editor or proprietor of a be known as “Tha union for the improve- republican nowapaper, printlng offensive | ;o of the canals of the atate of New articles, epslly shown by slips, or has|y,y » the object, of course, belng to se- been a stump speakor, member of & Po- | oy the necestary appropriations from 1ltical committee, etc. How fortunate it tho legislsture. The parties having the 15 that Postmaster Coutant has not been matter in hand are proceeding systemati- an editor or a stump speaker, and that| ;o 4ng energotically, and probably will there arono democratic senators orrep- | . o0q rosentatlves In Nebraska to patch up evi- dence against him. But how about the THE POLICE COURT CLERK. new postmaster at Kearney? Mr. Vilas,| Itisvery uesticnable whether the in appolnting a democratio edltor as|proposed change in the ordinance intro- postmaster, has made an offensive psr-|duced at the lsst. mecting of the tisan out of him, and has done what he|council with regard to tho clerk of the virtually denounced In nis confidential | police court should be made. In the olrcular, That is conslstency, indeed. firat place the office of clerk was craated = not merely for the purpose of relleving Tae frlends of General Rosecrans, who [ 1o 1olioe. judge feom the drudgery of have been looking around for a fat office writlng up his docket, but as a check up- for him, think that the collectorship of on the two officers. It was intended the port of Sin Franolsce will sult him. [y 04 the judge should handle no funds, This is the best California office in the |, 4 that the fines and costs collected in gift of the president, and it Is sald that | 41,o oourt should pass through the hands the general will receive the sapport of the| ;¢ the clerk, who ehould keep the Grand Army of that state. He was the| oordy, and that the records should be former Grand Army commander fn. Cali- | o ypyje0t to the supervislon of the judge. fornfa, and this backiog will probably |y, this way each would check tho other. overcome any opposition from politicians. | g, ygetem does not necessarlly cast any 1t in very likely that ho will succeed in| . qeotton upon the present In- securiog this appointment, as he is also cumbents, nor does it imply warmly endorsed by prominent republl- any lack of confidence in theils honesty osns and newspspers. Tho San Fran-|po; ipero may a time come when a dis- oleco Call says *‘there s nothing really |} oot man will be elected to the judge that can bo eald against General Rose- ship. In such an event this system orans, cxoept that he hasno technleal | = og prevent him from appropriating knowledge of the dutles of the oftice he any of the city funds, and to guard anpires to, but he is o man of high honor, | \gginyt guch contingency it is important and certainly of sufficient intelligence to |4y, .4 this plan bo striotly carrled out. apprec'ate the neceseity of continuing In Formerly the judges of the court de- office subordinates who can instruct the riyed their income from the costs ob- collector in his duties.” tained from the varlous offenders, but [NDIAN postmasters may not be ‘‘offen. this was foum‘i to be a source of corrupt sive' partisans, but the redskins must go practices and impositions. lnu:l no]tl an all {ho same to make room for white unusual thing to rem'lt fines and colleoct democrate. There are about seventy-five the eo-(-. nlon,o, which, of (:ourm, went postoftices in the Indisn territory, and|into the )udgcl‘pocku}, whlle the city somo of them have been and are In charge got nothing, The cffender might be of Indisn postmasters, The attorney- able to psy ome or the other, b:z general has just rendered an opinlon not both, and in such a case the thatsn Indlan fs not eligible on the judge naturally looked out for his own ground that while a member of a tribe | Interests and gullectud the cu.uls. In and suhjeot {o tribal jurlsdiction he is not [s0me instances judges of the police conrt in legal contemplation competent to take have actually made no record ol‘ any nalr the oath required before enterlng on bis with regard to partles arrested for "‘l' » duties, and besldes there is strong doubt ::l ntfenll;al‘iwho;vuo let off upon psying to the competency of an Indian ln the | the so-called costs. ::xdilu lunil«:]ry to g,h'o the required offi. | It is now propossd to take the appolnt ial bond. Ittooka democrat to dis-|ment of the police court clerk from the » all this. The disoovery opeus up|msyor and confer the power upon the \ 1t is a serlous question a now end inviting field for the democratlc [ police judge. L office-seskers, Ono thing Is certain, and whether the appolnting power can be 80 that Is that ne republican office-seeker transferred leg-lly.» 1f, however, th:rls was over mean enongh or hungry enough |1s to be avy change in the present ordi- to ask to have an Indian postmaster | nance we ghould regard it as much more kicked outof office to make room for | proper for the appolntment to be mad‘s at himself, the ipstance of the board of education. A, H. Fitoh, 13 0. Box, 488 Omaha, Neb, Tur whistle nuisance in this city has become almost intolerable. The smaller the concern the bigger the whistle seoms to bo the rule. There is no reeson why a dozen or more whistles, in the very hesrt of the city, should be allowed to blow for several minutes at morning, noon and night, It is simply distracting, and people are beginning to belleve that it is only done for miechief, The nulsance ought to be abated, and if there fsno other wayto do it the city councll should pass an ordinance prohibiting the practice. THE DAILY BEE--WEDN e — The entlre revenue of the police court belongs to the school fund, and tha clerk of the court should be held sccountable to the board. If the clerk were chosen by the beard or rather appointed upon its recommendation by the mayor and counell, the bosrd would then have its own sgent In the court to take ecare of the achool fund, A competent man could entily do the work and have plenty of time to spara. We say, with all due raepect to the present judge, that for his own Intereat it will be better for him to bave nothing to do with the appolntment of the clerk, We might name judges of higher courts, who have had this power but who have not by any means added anything to their reputation by the way in which they have exerclsed the priv- ilige of appointing thelr own clerks. Ir certalnly is amusing to see one *‘of- fensive partisan” turned out of office to make room for another. Why lsn't an “offensive democrat” as bad as an ‘‘of- fenslve republican " If there ever was an ‘‘offenslve partlsan” it is the new postmaster at Hazelhurst, Mlsalesippl. His name {s Meade, and he was the chairman of the demoocratic club in Coplah county that ordered Mathews to leave Hazelhurat and threat- ened him with death if he remalned. After the shooiing of Mathewe, when he attempted to vote, the club passed reso- latloes approving of the killing and Mr. Meade was the preslding cflicer of the meeting. Instead of being put in the Haz'ehurat postoftice, he ought to be in- side the walls of the Miesisslppl peni- tentlary. We cannot understand how COol. Vilas, who was a braye soldier, and who fought for free speech, free prass, free men, and a free ballot, could possibly be induced to 'appolnt such aman as Meade to a federal position of honor and trust. Presldent Cleveland rejected the brother of Senator Black- burn, of Kentucky, slmply on account of an old letter, In which he expressed wholesale murderous sentiments, but Col. Vilas accepted a man who is accessory to a cold-blooded murder. It s no wonder that even some cf the democrats are dis- gusted at such blunders, which go to make up the most effective kind of am- maunition for the republicans in the next \.A’v Ue schools friend as an asslstant, why should it not be well for the president to dismise Mr. Garland and give hlm and Montgomery a chance to go off together Ta our judgment it would bo easy to get a much abler and lees blundering attorncy general than Mr. Garland has proved himeclf.,” The ap- pointment of Mr, Montgomery may be a mistake, but It will nct be any woisea mistake than dozens of other appoint- ments which we oan name, and which the New York Herald either endorsed or failed to critle somewhere! Tae attempt to pravent ;the importa- tlon of & German band under contract as a violation of the new law against the importation of labor, teoms to be stretch- Ing the thing a little too much. Whether the law can be made to cover such cases Is extremely doubtfal, If such Is really the Intention of the law, no opera troupe, theatrlcal company, clrcus, or any simi- lar organization, with whom a contract is made abroad, can enter the Unlted Statos. | This certalnly would be absurd, as snch troupes are not laborers within the com- mon acceptatlon of the term. Such a law, however, could easily be evaded by the postponement of the contract-making until after landing in this'country. Tus Britlsh house of lords Is desirous of becoming acqualnted with ocertain points of American law, and it has ac- cordingly summoned, or rather invited, Senator Edmunds to appear before that eminent body and testify. He has ac- cepted the invitatlen, and no doubt will enlighten the British lords tc their emi- nent satlefastion, If there is any man in the United States who can do it that man {s Senator. Edmunds, The Invita- tion from the houss of lords Is certainly a high coh:pllment to his knowledge and abllity, PresineNT CLeVELAND has dismissed the colored steward and the cook of the white house, who were appolnted by President Arthur, and has employed an accomplishad Irlsh cook, who served Mr. Cleveland while in Albany. There may be no offensive partieanship In this now deal, but it Indlcates the presldent’s pref- erence. presidential campaign. So far as the re. publicans are concerned they care not how many such mistakes are made—the more the better. Dr Ferran's cholera Inoculation con- tinues to be the subject of considerable discussion. The evidence, so far, of the success of his system is quite encouraglng, though not yet entlrely satlsfactory., In Alclra 5,400 persons have been inocu- lated, and no deaths of Inoculated patients have yet cccurred. The report shows one cholera case for each 165 unin- oculated persons, and but one case to each 770 {noculated persons, DMoreover, a death rate of one in 853 among the for- mer, as against no deaths among the latter. This ehowing 1s, however, more than falr to Dr. Ferran, as it suppoees all the inoculations made on May 1, which Is not the case, and leaves out of account the fact that the most cautious and well-to-do are most apt to avail themselves of sach pre- caations, while the death rate ls largest among the opposite class. Some of the conservative Spanish physiclans shake thelr heads and express dlstrust concern- ing the discovery of Dr. Ferran, whom thoy call an ‘‘unbalanced enthusiast.” Pablic opinlon, however, seems to be in favor of Dr, Ferran, and the government will appoint a commleslon of eminent physicians to lnvestigate his discoveries and the preventlve value of his systom of inoculatioz:, The result of this Investi- gatlon will be awalted with a great deal of interest. No material improvement Is noticeable In the eidewalks in the business centre of the clty. Oaur streets are well paved, but the walks are in a wretched shape. This condition of cur principal thorough- fares reminds one very much of a woman in an elegant dress, but wearing an old palr of shoes, with holes at the toes, and ran down at the heels. Our walks should correspond with our streets, mnot only for comfort but for style. Something certalnly ought to be done to get the walks on such a street as Farpam in propsr condltion, They should be of uniform width, on the same level, and of durable materlal, We can point out fifty different places where new walks should be put down, other places where they should be widened to the curb line, and stlll other places whers they should be lowered or ralsed, If property owners can afford to pay for street paving, they can afford to pay for decent and durable eidewalks The plan pursued so far of compelllog certain persons to lmprove thelr walks while others are allowed to do as they please, {s unjust. Everybody should be treated allke In this matter, and we hope that the council will pass a falr and reason- able sidewalk ordinance, and have It im~ partially enforced. Mg, GARLAND wants Zacharlah Mont- gomery, of San Francisco, appointed as- slstant attorney general. The New York Herald, one of Mr, Cleveland’s warmest supporters, vigorously protests against such an appolntment, and If It has any influence it will probably not be made. The (ualifications of Montgomery are, sccording to the Herald, first, that he was a schoolmate of Garland; eecond, that he was a blatant secessionist in Cal- ifornia durlng the whole war; and, third, that he has poured contempt In his writ- ings on the common school system of this country, The Herald is evidently mad, snd 1t glves vent to its wrath in the followlng langusge: *1f Attorney General Garland cannot be happy with- out having his secessionlst and anti-pub- Tuk formal opening of the new Doug- las county court houss will take place on Thursday. This will prove an Interest- Ing event to the people of this clty and county. It will well rapay any man or woman to pay s vislt to this magnificent atructure, which would be a credit to a clty five times the aize of Omaha. TrE Amerlcan consul at Rlo Grande do Sul, Brazil, having been made the subject of attack by a caricaturing paper, an exchange of shots between him snd the editor was the result. If the consul has been made the subject of wood-cut illustrations it Is & cause of war. Mg, Vivas s readjusting the postal affalrs in Mr. Mahone's territory. Mr. Malione's postmasters are receiving thelr walking papers as fast as Uncle Sam's mails can carry them, Mr. Mahone will probably continue to afiiliate with the re- publicans. SExatTor EpauNDs, «ho goes to Kng- 1and to testlfy before the house cf lords on American law, will have the best junketing tour of theseason. Tae beauty of it is his expenses are pald by the British. Ir is to be hoped that the Omaha board of trade will not allow this season to pass by without putting Its building under roof. —_— WESTERN NEWS. DAEOTA, A Valley City farmer sowed 1,000 acres to barley this season, Thero are 35,00) bushels of wheat unsold in Hanson county. Patrols of citizens gusrd Yankton nightly against burglars and thugs. Tirookings county proposes to issue $20,000 in bonds and build a court house, Bismarck is advertising for bids for the con- struction of & water-works system. Rapid City is coming to the frontas the ‘metropolis of the Black Hills country, A mammoth botal is to be erected on the shores of Devil's lake for summer boardere, L. H. Robinson, of Clark county, has planted 000 trees on his claim this spring, Walsh county gave a majority of over 600 against the proposed division of the county. S>uthern Dakota is to have another consti- [ She tutional convention to bridge the gulf separat- ing it from statehood, The Richmond Mining compsny proposes TAY [ ;H) T the Nort A cows and calves for £16,000, A firebug attompted to cremate the town of Buffalo recently. A good quality of sand stons has been dis covered in the Lone Tree Valley, thirteen miles from Cheyenne Reports of rich gold finds at the headwaters of Crow Croek are circulating in Cheycnne, but nothing definite is known, The noted Hereford bull, *Rudolph,” val ued at £25,000 and insured for that amount, died of a tumor last week, He was owned by the Hereford Stook Association of Cheyenne. The artesian well experiment at Choyenne has alrendy cost 83,500 with the hole only 150 feet below the surface, It is proposed to )0 feet and epend £6,000 if neces Several Wyoming cattle companies are planning to xhll‘v cattle to Duluth and thence by way of the Canadian Pacifis, or by water, Like everything undertaken by the cattle men this scheme has a tremendous capital on papor and enormous profits in prospactive. COLORADO, The old Settler mine at Idaho Springs has been sold for £10,000, Sixteen incorporated mi paid dividends in 1883 of 1 1884, nearly 82,000,000, The Donna Madixxa, or Mrs. W, B, Dan iels, has sued her whilom husband for £66,000 imprisonment in Denver, “The 1 “Atknnans rivor has been 8o full of fish lately that fish runs have been built at the dams to give the fish a chance to get through. The Denver, Aspen & Grand River railroad is the latest narrow guage highway planned for construction this month, It is backed by the owners of the Denver & Rio Grande, The Omaha and Grant Smelting and Refin- ing company suit against the Robert E, Leo Miving company for $16,000 damages on breach of contract was heard in Leadville on the 16th, and taken under advisement by the court, Colorado 0 and in MONTANA. The stte for the new court house in Helena cost §14,490, Helena’s city tax levy this year has been fixed at eix mills, The Gloster mino produced betweon 50, 060 ond 860,000 worth of gold bullion in April, The total losa to imsurance companies at Billigs and_Miles City from the recent fircs will aggregato £70,000, Butte s having a contest with bunko_men, “sure thivgers,” and their ilk and is bound that all of them shall go. The government this year will employ about 370 men all season In constructing roads and bridges in the National park. An artesian well hay been sunk at Great Falls and an unceasing flow of pure water was obtained at the depth of thirty foet. The Utah & Northern and Northern Pa- cific railroads_have wade a considerablo re- duction on tariff rates on ore to the east. Tho amount of dividends paid by mining companiea in Montana during the year 1584, according to the report of the Mint Bureau, was $992,000, Several new discoveries of rich ailver ore on the head of Newton creek, Meagher county, were made last woek by Neihart parties. A good many prospectors aro hoading that way. OKEGON AND WASHINGTON. Portland, Or., derives an income of 75,000 yearly from the city licenses, TLogging wages this season in the Chehalls valley, Or., are considerably lower than in any previous soason for years, The wages paid to hands this year will be from $26 to £75 per month, against $10 to $110 last Eeason. The following appears as a barber’s adver- tisement in the Walla Walla (W, T.) States- man: Tonsorial artist, physiognomical hair dreser, facial operator, cranium manipulator and capillary abridger, hair cutting and shav- ing with ambidertrous facility, shampooing on physiological principles, Some fishermen mnear Astoria, Oregon, cought in one of their nets, last Monday, & shark six and a half feet long. Upon cut tiog it open they found a piecs of India- rubber hose, a small turtle and a two-bit bot- tle of whisky, tightly corked, The whisky was none the worso for its storage, Some weeks ago, in a cut on the Cascade division of ths Northern Pacific railroad, about two miles from South Prairle, ths workmen came upon a fir log, eight feet in diametr, 1t was in the middle of a ridge, fifty-eix feet below the surface of the ground, ‘When found the wood was in a soft state, but after being exposed to the air for a short time it became almost as hard as stone, "The express train on the California & Ore- gon railroad was stopped a few evenings ago, & few miles from Salem, by an atmy of cater pillars, which, in migratiog from a_swamp to a green hillside, crossed a track and covered it 80 densely for about a mile that the driving wheels of the locomotive spun around without effect, and it was only by a liberal use of sand that the train was got across the route of this army. CALIFORNIA. There is green corn in thoSan Diego market. Onions weighing 2} pounds apiece aae com- ing into the Modesto market. Thoe jaw-breaking terror, diabrotica duo- docem punctata, is ravaging apricot trees in the state, The carp carried_from private ponds mto tho rivers by the freshets of last year have multiplied rapidly. A cremation society has beon formed in San Francieco, A § 000 crematory will be builtand & profit of $25 realizod on each funeral, California has_produced $070,000,000 in gold out of & total of $1,267,000,000 worth of gold doposited in the mints’ for coinivg since their organization in 1793, The count ¢f money in the state treasury on the 16th showed the amoun Gold, §1,162,852.50; silver, $2,337.75; rency, $19,327; January’s special ple re celved a8 cash in settloment with county trearurers, $11,47); preferred warrants, $126,- 211,01, , $1,30,201 41 On the 2)th inst, in tho United States men-of-war Mohican Went into commission, ia the last wooden warship built by tho government, and_was put on the stocks at Mare Island in 1872, and Jaunched and fitted up January ¥, 1884, The Mohican takes the eracting a large mill on their property in the Galena silver camp near Deadwood, Schooners of beer bhave tumbled from filteen to five cents each in Bismwarck, The event awas celebrated by a general swell head, One hundred and fifty families of Vermont ex-soldiers have been located in Edmunds county, The colony represents over a million dolla ‘Yankton county reports a larger amount of breaking will be done this spring than any season before since the settlement of the county, A large colony of Swedes and Danes_ from Goodhue county, Minnesota, are preparing to emigrate to McLean county, north of Bis- marck, The cottonwood beetle is creating great de- structiong of the young tress in and about the Bijou hills, by stripping the foliage from the treos, leaving them as bare as in mid-winter, The Uatholics are complaining that ] the university of Vermillion is beiog run in "the interest of two or three rotestant denomina- tions, and demand reprasentation on the board of regents or exemption from fuxa tion, The present value of cattle in Dakota is es- timated at §8,000,000, The cost of beef pro- duction is from $1,25 to $3.60 per 100 pounc the latter figure covering corn fed cattle. Range cattle are figured at from $1.50 to 82 per 100 pounds, 8, N, Dalrymple, one of the celebrated family of bonanzs farmers, living near Cassle: ton, met with a fatal accident on his farm on the 14th, He had taken a young colt out to picket it, and while engaged in driving the | Mr stake the colt took fright and started to run, throwiog Mr. Dalrymple on the stake, leter: ally impaliog himthrough the stomach on the sharpwood. He died in a few, minutes, He was about fifty-seven years old, and leaves 'wife and five children. WYOMING, The Searight Cattle company have sold to place of the Lackawsnna in the Pacific squadron, She carries six Dahlgren, guns, one pivot rifle, one Parrot gun, and one large howitzer, Her crow will number 145 men, 20 marines and 20 apprentices, In regard to the grasshopper question, which is now exciting so much attention, Sec- retary Street of the Immigration sssociation states that trou what information he has been ableto gather he thinks the excessive fear i wn in some quarters is groundless, thoueh it is now being experienced in more or less severity in Butte, Sutter, So- 1ano, Napa. Yolo and some of the southern connties, is nevertheless, in his opinion, not sufficiently extensive to justify widespread alarm. 1t has not yet boen satisfactorily as- certained whether these pests aro the winged locust or ordipary hopper, If the former, they will, in all probabiity, as soon as the attaio sufficient size, and before laying their egge, take wing and fly toward_the interior, into or over the mountains to Nevada, Mon: tans or Utah, If they are noun-flyers local remedies must be reso o — New Yorkers in Oolorado, A correspondent writing recently from Danver, Col., says: ““It may be a fact worth relating that four of the most noted men Colorado —who as much as any othe) fFacted Its fortunes—are natlve New Yorkers, Of 1hose two, David H. Moffat, Jr., and Na- thanial P. Hill, are from Orange county, while Jerome B, Chaffee comes from Nisgara county, and Henry M. Teller from Allegheny county. OF late years . Chsffee has not been continouely liv: {ng in Colorado, bat he came to it over the plains twenty-five years ago, and rendered it valuable servicas in the early pioneering days of hardship, and slsc in Iater yoars. Wich the olty of Denver ho 1s in & particular way identified, as Ia the first legislature of the territory it wes he that introduced a bill for its Incorpcra- “| cattle he wanted somebody's ecalp, and ——— e ] rican_ Cattle company, 1,000 | tion, This was done on the nineteenth | ho goes from here to attend the sesstons day of September, 1861, exactly ten days |of the legislatare?” after the first sesslon of that leglslature. D. H. Moffat arrlved in Oolorado in the ramo yoar as Mr, Chaffes, 1860, and Henry M. Tellor in the apring of the fcl lowing year 1861, It was thros or four years later that Prof. Hill, at that time filling a chaic in a Rhode Island university, was dis- patched to Colorado to examine and re- port upon the Gilpin property in San Luts park In the Intereet of some csplial- ists who were contemplating its purchase His opportunity in Colorado, and an ob- servation of ore taken from minea there, resulted later in the establlshment of the Boston and Oolorado Smelting works, which have slnces yielded to Mr, Hill and those furnishing the means to erect them large revenues, Three of these gentle- men, Jerome B. Ohaffee, Henry M. Tellor and N. P, Hill, have served with distiocticn the s'ate of Colorado in the roaate of the United States, Mr, Teller, a8 {8 woll known, formed one of Preti- dent Arthur'a cabinet, controling the portfollo of secretary of the interior, and has but recently beon sgain re-elected 1o the United States senate to represent this state In that body. Mr, Moffat, now prosldent of the Rlo Grande railway, has never been a politic'an in the sonse of actlvity in that aireciion. He is a natural born financler and a most succets- fal one, whose ab:lity has been steadily directed in that chsnnel and rigorously confined to it. He isthe youngest of those gentlemen; conslderably so, and probably the richer of the four. About 40 years of age, tall and well formed, a man of blonde type, with blue-gray eyes, cool, sagaclous and nervy, the manage- ment of the Rlo Grande, with its §75,- 000,000 capital does noteeem In the least to disturb his repose, this, too, in addition to other enormous interests which he wields. Previous to the fall- ura of Grant & Ward, Mr, Chaflee was richer than he is now, the peculiar man- ipulations of ;Mr. Ferdinand Ward hav- reduced his bank account, 8o it s eald, about half a million dollars or so. Senator Teller {8 not estimated to be more than moderately “‘well to do,” the honozs ¢f wealth in the voartette and the gain of it being now divided between Hill and Mocffat, with, presumably, the balance in favor of the latter. In 1864 5, when the Indians were raiding the set- tlements and the settlers In this reglon had anything but a feeling of safety from the scalping knife, Mr, Teller and Mr. Moffat were sarving the territory, the first as major geveral of millitia, the latter as adjutant general; and each cne of these four mentioned bave been here prominent and active, identified with Colorado and its development.and prog- ress, and in many ways mater:ally affoot- Ing It, or in a measure controlling its for- tones, Mr. Chaffee Is 8 widower and wealthy. This 1 wmentlon incidentally for the benefit of such as it moy Interest. Miss Chaffee (when she was Mies Chaffee) had not been in Colorado for perlods long enough to have bezome a factor In its social lifs, Mre. Teller’s Colorado home is at Central City, somo seventy miles dietant from Denver. Sheis not par excellence a society devotee, her pra- dilections belng rather toward intellect- ual and domestic pursuits, although the grace, fascination and chsrm of her presonce Is univorsally eulogized in the li'gher circles of Washington society, Mre. Mcfist end Mrs, Hill are stars in the firmement of Danver social life. Mre. Hill {8 so widely known as one of the beau monde at Washington for years that little remains to be eald with regard to her that bas not already been chroni- cled over and over egsin; while of Mra. Moffat little or anything has been writ- ten. This lady might with fitness adopt the violet #s her floral emblem. With her large wealth and the opportunities that come with it, ehe is consplcuously unostentations. A blue blooded Kuick- erbocker (a great niece of Diedrlck Knlckerbocker, somewhat famous in past annals), she is herzelf a logical argu- ment 1n favor of tke adage *'blood will tell.” She is also a New Ycrker. Her homo was at Seatacock, Saratoga county, in her glrlhosd, She came with her hus- band to Colorado in 18G0. It was her first trlp across the plaivs, and her bridal trlp; for she but just marrled, and had turned her face from clvilization, ro to speak, to encounter frontier life smong the foothills of the Rocky Moun- talns. Here Mrs, Mofiat has lived prin- clpally for a quarter of a century. In an elegant turnont she {s about as dalnty and restful a figure as one sees ia the beautiful drives in and about Denver. A more modest, refined lady there is not. In a word, she is a typical gentlewoman, —— Anecdortes of Grant, Ex-Staff Officer in the Boston Traveller, Graut bad no fear of responsibillty, no foar of Secretary Stanton. I never knew him to chow fear cf snything. In Sep- tember, 1864, while at Harper's Ferry returning from a vislt to Sheridan, he learned that Wade Hampton had slipped in in the rear of the left flank of the Army of the Potomao and carried cfl oar | When | ¢ entire beef herd, 2,600 head. Secretary Stanton heard of the loss of the telegraphed: ‘“‘Who is responsible for the loss of the cattle herd?” To which Grant replied, I am.” There was no ‘‘hair rafsed” that time. For several days afterward the *‘rebs,” with much “‘moo- ing” and *““lowing,” frequently called out: “Hello, Yanks, don’t you wantsome beef?” While this was going on the “‘old man "would jokingly say: *‘I have the best commitsary in the army; he not only feeds my army, but that of the emy, also,” It was only a few months after this that he directed the same ofticer at Appomatox to feed Gen. Lee's famishing army. When shortly after 1hls loes Sheridan made a blg haul of stock in “‘the vslley,” Grant felt bet- ter. Though the animals were not so large nor in such good condition as ours, they were in such numbersand of such ize as to stop Johnny Reb's mouth, On the morniog of the day the army cap- tared Petersburg Grant stopped to wrrto a dispatch, leaning against one of the few fences left standing, near a house, the upper part of which had been aban- doned b, These hsg were crying from fesr, as the house was being riddled by the confederateartillery, The writer stood near the general, think- ing botween shots that It was no place for him, but not secing how he could leave while the lieutensnt.general re- mained, When Graot had bnlshed his dispatch, iooking round and apparently apprecistng for the first time what a hot ps)uce he was in, be quletly sald: “1 see no use In staying here,” and moved cff, very closely followed by his staff, to & place whers an unoccupied man could feel cooler, — Travelled on a Free ass, Texas Siftings, Can you tell me the names of the rai! road lines In Texas?' asked a Dallas teacher of a pupil who was the son of & member of the legislature. “I dunno,” was the reply.” “On what does your father travel whuul the women and children. |c taken refugein the cellar, and | P “'On a free pass. o — “Embossed Loather " Hundreds of men, women, and ovest boys In New York aro engaged In the “businers” of collecting old bosts and shoes, which they take to the wail-paper factories whore they recelve from b 1o 15 conts per palr. Oalfskin boots bring the best price, while cowhide ones are not taken at any fignre. Thess boots and shoes are first soaked in several waters to got the dirt off, and then the nsils and threads are romoved and the leather Is ground up into a fine pulp. Then It Is pressed upon a ground of heavy paper, which fs {0 be nsed in the manufacture of ‘‘emboseed leather.” Fashionable peovle think they are going away back to medieval times whon they have the walls of thele libraries and dining-rooms cov- ered with this, and remain in bllssful Ig- norance that thy shoes and boots which thelr nelghbora thraw in the ash-barrel a month before now adorn thelr walls and hsng on the soroens which protect their eyes from the fire. Carriage-top makers and bookbinders also buy old boots and shoes, the former to make leather tops for carringes, and the latter leather bind- ings for the cheaper grade of books, The new styles of leather frames with leather mats in them are entirely made of the ocast-ofl coverlng of our feet, ol NEWSPAPER OUTFITS. TO PUBLISIERS. Tho Western Newspaper Union, at Omaha, in addition to furnishing all sizes and styles of tho best ready printed sheets in the country, makes a specialt of outfitting country publishers, bot! with new or second-hand material, sell- ing at prices that cannot be discounted in any of the eastern cities. We handle about everything needed in a moderate sized printing establishment, and are solo western agents for some of the best makes of Paper Cutters, Presses, Hand and Power, before the publ Parties about to establish journals in Nebraska or elsewhere are invited to correspond with us before making final arrange- ments, as we generally have on hand second-hand material in the way of type, presses, rules, chases, ete., which can be secured at genuine bargains. Send for tho Printer’s Auxiliary, a monthly publication, issucd by the Western Newspaper Union, which gives a list of prices of printer's and pub- lisher's supplies and publicly proclaims from time to timo extraordinary bar- gaing in second-hand supplies for nows- paper men. WESTERN NEWSPATER UNION, Omaha, Neb, e Difficulties, Marriage St. Paul Globe. A certificats was lately filed in Brown county, Dako‘a, in these words: ““Be it known that A. H. H and S.A. 7 were lawfully united In the holy bonds of matrimony intown 124 north, of range G2 west, near the north- east corner of said town, and on the south sfde of Elm _creek, it being bank full ot water, on Wedaesday, A. D, April 27, 1881.” The Aberdeen Pioneer relates that this singular form was due to the fact that the justice was on cn> eide of a swollen creek and the matelmonial oandidates on the other, and no way to cross, It was necessary to scresm out the (ueations and responses. But it was evidently a good and valid ceremony, as the couple still live tegether in the country. The justica deferred hislabial fee. — — Don’t Want the Revised Version, Chicago Herald, ) “I notloe,” remarked a passenger from New York to one from Washington as they journeyed toward Chicago, *‘that In the new revision of the Testament the word ‘sheol’ has been substituted for the one which we have been accustomed to use in speaking of the undesirablo here- after.” “Sor” “*Yes, and I think il'sa good change, don't you?” ‘No, sirree, I don’t,” replied the other with energy, his upper lip quivering and a fierce look coming into his eye; “no, slr, I don’t like it, I'm ademocrat from way back, I am, and have been walting patiently and like atrue obristtan sll theco years. But they can’t ring in any ‘sheol’ on me, sir, not now. The Old King James word is good enough for 1 i {ticura Fverything that is Purifying aud Beautifying Cuticurawill do. 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