Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 8, 1885, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. Suana Oryion No. 914 awp 918 Faswax B Mvw Yoax Orren, Roox 6 Tarsoxn Boruo- e, every morning, Munday, The m‘:fly Tmoraing dniy puviished in e stabe he Weokly Bos, Publihsed avery Wodnesday s, PooTRAR Mont Month, on brial.. .. connmponpmNCa | M relating te News and Editeris T e Raa BUSINRSS LETTERA. Business Letters and Remittances should be tiroered 1o T Ban PUFLASEING COMPANY, OMANA mq\h and Post offios orders 4o be made pay abls 40 the order of Vhe sompany. fHE BEE POBLISHING 0O, Frops. B ROSEWATER, Eprrom Mz, Prircaerr has not been made Wnited States district attorney as yet. There's many a slip between the cup and 1ip. Owmana ls to have a new cemetery. Some of the old moes-backs that have for years stood In the way of Omaha's progress ought to be planted there. ) Tae Bre violates no confidence in sry- ing that Oapt. Hermaun would not sccept the consulship to Dablin. With the cap- taln it is the internal rovenue collector- ship or nothing. . A 0ok has just been published ent). tled “Tho Life of John Kelly.” What tho old chief of Tammany has ever done of sufficient tmportance or interest to be- come the subject of a biograpker s some thing we cannot find out without wading through the volume, and life is too short for that. Tar rush of office seekers at the poat- office department has become sogreat that the first ameis'ant postmaster general’s office is to be reinforced with twelve new clorke. And yet a Washington paper re~ contly flow into a passion becaute the spollsmen wore called a mob. If the office-seakera now in Washington do not constitate & mob, we do not know the meaning of the word. THE charge is made that some of the ocensus ennumerators are not dolng thelr work In a satlsfactory manner. Super- inteadent Liane should at once investi- gate this matter. The people of this oity do not want any inflation, but they do want a cansus that wiil give us all the population we are honestly entitled to. This work should not be allowed to be doneln a slip-shod way. Tue display of the Douglas county horticaltural soclety, to be held at the rink in this clity on the 17ch, 18th, 19.h and 20th of this month, promises to be a very attractlve sffuic. It is the first effort of the kind on the part of the so- olety, and it is hoped that it will be a success in every respect. It is not in- tended for the purpose of making money, * and the mansgement will be satlafied if it pays expensee. Mz F. M. MaoDoxacs, who died in Omaha on Friday, had been a life-long journalist. For many years he was the editor of the Watchman, a paper which he founded. He was a man of good ed- uoation, and an easy and flaent writer. Mr. MacDonsghlwas bold and independ- ent, ever ready to expose wrongs and to advocate the interests of the oppressed. His sarcastic wit was always falmed at shams and frauds, and had a telling effoct, et Tar strawberry crop this season Is one of the wost abundant ever ralsed. This 1s particularly the case In Illinols. On Satarday the fruit traln from Centralia, oonsis'ing of thirty-four ocars, carrled 600,000 quarts of strawberries into Chi- osgo. This would supply nearly every man, woman, and child in that city with a quart each cn Sunday, and if the town waa not painted a strawberry color yes- terday it was not the fault of the berry. Tue original marble tablet on which is inscribed the memorlal eltaph of Thomas Jefferson Is the proparty of the Unlver- sity of Missourl, at Columbia, to which Institution it was presented by the heirs of Jefterson, It was this plece of marble that was unvelled the other day, and was used a3 a text by Seoretary Bayard in his eulogy of Jefterson. The most ap- propriate thing that the Unlversity of Missourl could now do would be to have the tombatone placed where it rightfully belongs—over the unmarked grave of Jefferson, in Virginia. EEEss— Braxon K, Bruos, who has for sever- ol yoars been the reglater of the treasury, 1s sucoeeded by General Roseorans. The book-keeping of the treasary is done in this office, and 1t 1s sald that the general doesn’t know ‘any more about that art than a Texas steer does about theology. However, with a competent deputy, the work no doubt will be efliclently done, and the general will bo epabled to draw his salery without any trouble. The principal object of his appointment will thus bo ratiefactorlly acccmplished. Tae iniunction, preventing the expend- fture of $5,000 by the New Orleans city counel’, to defray the expenses of a juoketing c)mmittee that was to accom- pany the Liberty bell on its return to Philadelphia, is » dampever on the would-be touriste, while at the same time it bas made glad the heart of the oyer burdened tex psyer. The members of the junketlog committee now talk of eaistog the money by eubscripiion, bat before they get through they will prok- ably conclude to retarn the L borty bell to Philadelphia by expreas, S Ty s LYY THE DAILY EEE---MONDAY, JUNE 8, 188, OMAHA DRESSED BEEF IN BOS- TON. That Omaha s destined to become a no distant day one of the greatest caltle markets In Amerloa is no longer a du- bions question. Daring a recent vialt of the editor of the Ben in St. Paul, Minne. apolls, and Ohioago be had occasion to meot prominent buslness men connect- od with the board of {rade in each of those cities, Tt was a gratifying surprise tofind that Omaha Is regarded as the most promlsing oattle market of the future in this country. Mr. Sam Aller- ton, the Chicago mlillionaire, who made his fortane in the meat packing buriness snd handling of cattle, made the unre- served predioticn that Omsha within a very few years will rank next to Chicago, and possibly become even a groater cat'le market than Ohiocsgo. Mr. Allext n first met his stakes for cattle shipping at Buffalo, whence in due time he was compelled to locate at Ohicago, 526 ) mlles west. Tho distance from Ohicago to Omaha is twenty-five miles less than that from Buffilo to Ohicago. The same law of trade which made it advantageous to slaughter and concentrate caitle at Chi- cago twenty years sgo, Is to-day more forcibly brought to bear In favor of Omaha, The great ocattle region 1ls literally at her door, and in this respect she enjoys superior facilities over Kansas City, slnce she Is not only within reach of the vast ranges of Nebraska and Wyo- ming, but can also draw from Culorado, Utah, Montana, acd all ths territory tributary to the Oregon Short line, The advent of Omaha dresssd beef In the Boston market last Monday brought out the following artlcle from the Boston Herald, which speaks volumes for the fatore of Omaha as a slaughtering point and cattle market: An important event for Boston, in a com- morcial senso, took placs yesterday, though so ex-confederate recrotary of state to a fourth-class clerkship In the general lind office by calling him a c*icf of divisln, & grade that does not come with!n the pur- view of the law, a3 well as the more re- cent appointment absolutely of a clerk of the third cless In the office of the third auditor of the tressury, on the ground that he had been lately a chiof of divielon in the same bureau. After the more promlnent offices have been disposed of the war on the olvil service commission will be begun In earnest all alonf the line. The law will be strained to its ut- mont In order that a demoorat may be ap- polnted to fill ever porsible «flice. THE GRAND JURY, The Republican's aseanlt on Mr. James Ureighton In charging him with consplracy to defeat the ends of justice and to prevent a fall and fair inqulry Into the conduct of our public works s un- warranted and mallolons, It ls a grave charge which should only have been made upon positive proofs from reliable sources If it were trae it does not only Involve Mr. Creighton, but Sheriff Miller and other couaty offic'als who make up onr grand jurles, It cannot be denled, how- ever, that the make-up of tho presont grand jury affords grounds for susplcion. It was mavifestly improper for Mr. Creigh- ton to allow himself to have besn made foreman of the grand jury, and it does not look well, to say tho least, for Frank Hanlon and Hugh Murphy, both of whom have held contracts under the board of public worke, to be members of a grand jury which is rcquired to inves- tigate the methods by which contracts were let aud oarried out. This improprl- ety becomes more glaringly manifeet when it is underatood that five of thd grand jurors who were properly deawn in the first place by the sheriff and com missloners were excused. and Messrs. quietly that few outside of those immediately iutereated were cognizant of tho affalr, It was the opening of the ficst carload of dressed beef ever received in this city from Omaha— the furthest western point at whichs/aughter- ing is now cariied on, Before the advent of refrigerator cars, it was the cu tom to ship western cattle to eastern slaughtering points ‘‘on the hoof.” The consequence was that by the time the animals had reached their destination thay had becoms greatly deteriorated, on account of the man- ifold discomforts which they encountered during therr loog jcurney. With the introduction of “‘Chicago dre:sed beef” a long step was taken in the right direction, by bringing the slaughtering point comparatively close to ths groat grazing section of the west, where the cattle aro reared and fattened. Within a few days, however, etill another advancs in this respect has taken place, and the slaughtering of. beef cattle has been begun at Omaba, Neb., by the H.mmond company, which has an exteosive establishment, The firat carload of the beef slaughtered and eent east covered its £,000-mile journey to Boston in six days, and was opened yesterday morn- ing by the Boston agent of the Hammond company. Other carloads will follow in rapid succession. The cattle wera raised on the ranges of the Bay State Live Stcck com- pany (» Massachusetts enterprise, as its name indicates) in vestern Nebraska, and were fat- tened pear Omaha, The beef arrived in the bsst of condition, and its quality was pro- nounced equal, if not superior, to any which ever reached the Boston market, the average weight of the dressed carcasses being 1,395 pounds. The Bay State company was organ- ized in December, 1882, and owns a large tract of desirable grazing land in Nebraska and Wyoming, recently purchased from the Union Pacific railroad, Upon its ranges there are at present 80,000 head of cattle, con- sisting largely of the Hereford and short- horn breeds, some of which are tho finest im- ported full-blooded stock. THE 1IRON STRIKE, Itis estimated thatthe general shut- down of the Iron mllls, fu'ly one hundred belng closed, has thrown oat of employ- ment 50,000 men and taken $116,000 a day out of circulation In the alstricts con- trolled by the Amalgamated assoclation. This is, indeed, a lamentab'o sta‘e of af. falrs, especlally at a tlme when it was generally hoped and believedjthat every- thing in the inductrial world wounld move along emoothly for the ssason, after hav. ing emerged from along period of de- presslon. In the opinion of the Cleve- land Leader, which psper has made a carefal study of the eituatlon, the suspensfon 1s only temporary, and the next eixty dsys will wltness a general resumption all along the line. This Is the regular time for making re- palrs, the tron trade 1s dull, and prices extremely low, and the refusal to sign the scale affyrds those mills that are not orowded with orders an excellent oppor- tunity to shut down, take an account of stook and overhaul thelr machinery. The fact that the work of repairivg Is beiog actively pushed In nearly all the sus- pended mills, would indioate that the proprietors antlolpate a resumpticn of operations at no very dlstant day, not- withstsnding the assertions to the con- trary from the headquarters of the West ern Iren assroolation, The Leader says: 1u our opinion the new soale 1s not particu- larly objectionable to either slde, and such points of difference as exist can be easily ad- Justed when it becomes really desirable to do 80, Ten of the forty-five miles in the Pitte- burg district have signed the scale and are runpiog right alowg. These are understood to be full of orders, and it is but reasonable to suppose that the balance will drop into line as soon as their business begins to crowd them, The iron~ workers appear to take a philosophi- cal and good-natured view cf the situstion, aud are coolly and confidently awaiting de- velopments, There Is none of the bitterness that urually characterizes a strike, In fact it is strainiog & point to call it a strike, It is more properly & suspension on an sgreement to disagree, with every th ng to indicste that all differences will bo epeedily settled and work resumed whenever the demands of trade require it, — TuERE s an evideut dleposition on the part of the ‘““fiae'workers” under the present administra‘ion to eucroash upon the jarlsdle fon of the civil service law. This is shown in the appolutmert of the 4 Crelghton, Hsnlon, Murphy and others were substituted by the sheriff. We do not propose to mince matters in discuss— ing questions of public Interest, even where downright mwalice and spitefulnees aro displayed by other news- papers, The attempt to couple the name of the clty engineer with Mr. Cretghton in an alleged conspiracy Is preposterous on its face. We are aware that Andrew Rosewater will never be abla to acquit himself In the eyes of the Republican of the crime of being a brother of the editor of the Bee. It makes no difference how honestly and falthfally he has discherged the duties of his ¢ffire, he will still re- maln subject to the vindictive, maliclovs and stupid accusations concocted by the small-souled specimen of humsanity wh m providence, for some myetsrlous reason, has blessed with a parent wealthy enough to buy him a newspaper. Itisa well-known fact tha’ the city engineer gave pablic notice, buth before and since the city election, that he would call his accusers before the next grand jury and compel them to diecl se what they know about his conduct in (fiize. He kept good his word by going bafore the grand jury within forty-eight hours after 1t was organ!zed and demanding at its hands a full and fair investigation, He did not dream that Mr. Creighton was the foreman of that grand jury, or even a member of it, until he appzared in the jury room. He was surpelsed to find upon enterlng the jury room that the jury in its make.up differed materlally from the original panel as drawn and puplished. For his own Interest it would certainly have been more desliable that nobody aesociated with him as an officer or connected with contracts should be on the grand jury. For our part we would urgeupon Messrs, Creighton, Murphy and Hanlon the propriety of reeignicg at once. They cannot fail to sze that thelr pres- euco in the grand jury will be a source of public scandal, It glves a handle to men who charge crookedness upon the board of public works and upon the con- tractors. 1t has already given the Repub- lican a bsis for accueations whic ', 1f chey were true, would Iay the eheriff and sl the parties charged with fixiog up the grand jury liable to crlminal prosecation, By retir ng feom the grand jury Messrs Crelghton, Murpby snd Haulon will not undo the work already concluded by tha: body, They will simply leave the investigation Into the corduct of the lic works to be renewed for the informa- tion of their euccessors. In this matter the oltizens of Omsahs will not be satis- fied with anythiog less than an impartial and searching inquiry by disinterested grand jurors, Ten postmsster of Lewiston, Idaho, has served a very useful purpose. He has demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt that the postal money order sys- tem s sadly defective, in that it can be manipulated by an ingenlous yet simple plan to yleld a very profitable return to the operator. Mr. Hibbs, the inventor of this device, drew false money orders on varfous postoffices 1n Idaho and Wash- ington, payable to the order of distant banking hou, The usual letters of ed- vice to the postmaster were then for- warded by him, and under fictitous names of payees gMr, Hibbs wrote to the banks, enolosing the money orders and request- Ing that the sums des'gnated be pl:gad to his credit. At the eame time he would give notice of his intended vlsit, when he would personslly draw the money. His nextstep was a notification that he had changed his mind, snd wanted the money sent by registered letter. He always named rome postcfiics to reach which the reglstered lotter wou'd have to pass throogh bis owa office When these registered le'ters struck his hands they went no further. For the practics]l demonstration of this method of robbery, fn order to prove that some changes are necestary ia the money order system, Mr Hibbs has chexg d between $25,000 cnd §560,000, He did not wait to be turned out, but has taken his de- parturs for some unknown whereabouts, which is generally supposed tobs Canada. Tue first concert of the season in Cen- tral Park, on Saunday, May 31st, was at- tended by thirly thousand persons, not- withetanding a rain storm. The Sunday concerts will bo continued throughout the summer, and will, as they did last 8eas0D, prove a great pleasure to the poor people from the temement houscs for whose partioular benefit they have been arranged. The effects of these conoerts, In a sanitary way, cannot be over estim- ated. They will draw thousands upon thoutands of poor people with thelr children to a delightful breathing spot and ineplire them with renewed hopo and viger, Wete It not for these concerts the majorily of them would find no at- traction away from home, and would re- maln in thelr close, crowded, miserably ven'i'ated quarters, In such a great olty a8 New York open alr concerts ought to ba glven every evening and Saturday af- ternoon In Central Park for the amuse- ment of those who cannot afford any re- oreatlon where expsnse Is Incurred. e e Tavw finanolal columns of the Chicago Tribune Indicato a noticeable ‘‘caricg up” of money rates throughout the west, especially in the rural districts, Debts are being pald, collections In agricultural communities are easler, and people sre ssid to bo Ina much more hopeful framo of mind than they were a fow months ago. The decline In interest is believed to be due less to the ascumula- tlon of idle capltal than to the improved financial condition of the farming classes. All this is very encouraging to buslnes: men everywhere, It indicates that tho low prices of the last year or 80 have left more profit in farming than has gener- ally been supposed, and that the agricul- tural prosperity of the United States hus not yet been seriously affected. So long as this i3 the oase the country caa rest easy concerning ita Industrial and com- merclal futare, The farming class in the United States s to vastly more numerous and important thsn any other, that its prosperity implies that of the whole country. OmMAHA has an opportunity now to se- ocure two colleges—a Lutneran : ccl- lege which is to be established at some place west of the Miesiaeippl river, and a Baptlst college to be located in some olty or town of Nebraska, If Omaha holds the proper Inducements she can no doubt capture these two prizes, which will add greatly to the material Interests and reputation of the city. The first matter to consider is the Baptist c.llege, as the committee appolnted by the Ne- braska state convention to visit the vari- ous towns for a locatlon s about to make tour of the state for that purpose, Our business men, irrespectlve of oreed, should at once Interest themsolves in thie enterprise and take steps to offer such in- ducements as will be too tempting to be rejected. Omaha is the proper place for this college, and the opportunity to se- cure it should not be neglected. THe disbandment of several profes slonal base ball clabs is said to be due to & lack of patronsge. This is an en- couraglng slgn. It is an indication not of hard times, but that peoplos are begin- niog to attend to businets in preference to wasting time and money on alleged games of base ball, The tronble with base ball, as in almost any other busl- ners, {s that there has been an overproduc- tlom, and the market has been glutted with cheap material. THg latest advices from Washington indicate that Sam Randall is not trou- bled 5o much with the filllng of offic2s In Philadelphia as he is by an attack af the gout, from which heis suffering. GENERAL GRANT continues to fight it out on that line. He maiutains a patient camp:ign against 8 foe to which he must inevitable sarrender within a few months, GENERAL ROSECRANS, the new register of the tressary, is sald to be an orlginal Ohio man, It is a very cold day when on Ohio man gets 1 ft, E—— Tag Fourth of July will be celebrated by Omaba in her usual style. The pro- gramme will corsist of joe-cream, lemon- ade, and fire crackers, Before aud atier Taking, Washington Special. 1t is marvelous what a change It makes in the mind of a dem-orat to get an office I wrote you a paragraph eeveral weoks since about a Indiana democrat complain ing aboui Mr. Oleveland going so slow, snd expressiog his fears that this was a "] n mugwump conoern,” Well, that Indlana demeocrat got a place a short time since, and going home the other evening [ met him in Lafayotte park looking as happy ssa lord, and evidently delighted with the world, After shaking hands, I asked him how he liked his new place 4'Oh, the best kind; it 1s a nice position,” “Many more ltke It in the treasary?’ I aekes Yy dozen or more. Why do you ask? Want one of 'em?” “No, but I have some good demoorat friends I would like mighty well to see take tho places of the republicsns in there. Soems to me the presldent and his cabinet officers are going mignty slow. I cu'\ alrald the concern 18 too mugwump- 1sh " “Oh, no; you are way off, old boy. I te!l you the obauges ave belog made just s fast e8 they can You see it won't do to be eudden sb ut waking chsnges. 1t wight cripple the public servies; nothing of the mug#ump order about this adwin- istratin, Ikoow thtat everyth'ng will ba all right In a shurt t'me, You bet the president avd Daviel Manuing know what they are doiog Just wait, ard you will sse o'l the rads walk the plank.” Thi+ is the cass before takivg and af ter tuking an o — Four hundr nd tw nty-five Vorth Pend e have public'y pledged themselves to take m-zfil.gmonnex than water durieg the hot spell, —— e | —————— e = STAIE JOTUINGS, Hartington is considering plans for an ar tesian well, The assessed valuation of Indianola procinct is 8211,605, Coasr Rapida wants a bakery, creamery and cheess factory, Crooks and confidence men hold nightly maticees in Valentine, The assessed valuation of Thayer county, is $63,000, The condition of small grain throughont the state was never better, A £10,000 rividence s one of tho sub- stantial additions to Albion's appesrance. Georga Sanner was suffsoated by the smoke of a powdor blast in a well near Valentine, A score of inoffensive partisan_democrats have laid siege to the postoffice in Table Rook, Several saloons in Cedar Rapids have dried up from a lnck of custom and moved to. Al- hion, A teamp with s bruised skull was pick np near Oreopulis and taken to Plattsmouth for repsirs, The Fremont National Guard has just re- ceived a handsome and costly ek banner from Columbus, Ohio, W. E. Mulligan, a 10 year old tramp, was bounced from & moving freight train near Cambridge and broke a log, Dr, J. E. Lamb, of Grand Taland, has been acquitted of the charge of poleoning *‘with intent to kill” Arthur D. Keyes, Twanty-six thous v d dollars’ worth of new machinery has been ad 01 to the plant in the B. & M, shops at Piattsmouth, Merrick county farmars are confident of a beautiful barvest. The pro-pect at the present time surpasses the record, The Ord City bank has been reorganized under the name of the First Natiooal bank, with a peid u capit 1 of 850, (0 Prof. J. B Monlux, of Fairfield, Ia., has accepted the proff red position of superin. tendent uf the tiastings public achools, Gen Morrow, commandant at_Sidnoy, has been made ¢ mmander of camp O. O, How- ard, the xeunion grounds at Beatrioe, On Saturday last & young son of A, D. McNeer, of Pawnee City, accidentally shot & youngar brothor, aged nine years, inflcting serious injury, Forty cae loads of cattle, valued at $60,00), were shipped from Creta in two days last week, This is why Crete boasts of its promi. nence as a stock centre, A taver calla | tha wedding fever has bsen quite provalent at Wayneand has now reached Walkefisld, A good many are siflicted with it aud several cases hive proved fatal, It tekes three hours to transport the Omaha ma'l acroes the Missouri at Nebraska City, A little star route expedition there would be a boun to the patrons of the postoffica, Eugens Bisbee, sonof Capt Bisbeo, post- commsuder at ort Niobrara, has received the appointment of postal olerk from Missourt Valley to Valentite, vice L, L. Luntry, re- signed. Ths Elkhorn Land & Town Lot company, capit,1 $°00,(00. has been incorporated by John I, Blair, William W, Walker, Dowitt C. l&h’fir, Olarence G, Mitcheil and Samuel P, ener, Gordon Jand sharks are as keen and unprin. cipled as their species found in other rapidly sertli g L calities. They take the pilgrim sucker and locate him on lauds located a year ag, ond charge him anywhere from $10 to 850 for their services. An incendiary fire Tuesday night destroyed the barn of Mr™ Burgess, on whot is known a8 the Blue Valley farm. Three h;raes, in- cludiog a valuable blooded stock animal, were cremated, A reward of 8500 is cffered for the apprehension of the firebug. R A. Hindman is doing a successfal busi- ness in the towato cauning line, nesr Nio rara, Lastyeir he put up 600 cases fro twelve acres of vines, and this year will can about dcuble the quantity he did last, and will aleo experiment on sweet corn, The Young Men's Republican club of Plattemouth will celebrate the first anniver- sary of the organization of the club with a hanqnes next Wrdnesday eveniog Senators Van Wyck and Mandersen are ex jected, also tho stato officials and several republican’ edi- tore, politicians, and *‘offensive p wrtisans,” The Red Clout Chief says: “A big deed conveying somo 100,000 acres of land to the Midland Pacific r ilway by the state, was placed on r cord in J. P. Bayh+'s this weel, 10 000 acros of which Jes in Webster county, This deed was given t2 remove a cloud from the title to the land,” Berides the loss of life in the cloud burst at Tndianola ten days ago, $55) in greenbacks in the pockets of ono of the victims, and $8 00 in goldin a coffes pot, were carried away by the flood Oaly two of the bodies have been fouud. Itis supposed the balance are cov- ered up with dirc und rubbish and may never be found. An aged toper” named Joner, was run over by a west-bour d Burlington & Mi souri river freight traln Wednoerday last, and instantly killed. The accid-nt occurred at a point three miles out from Frienoville, where the in- ebriate had lain down on the track for a snooze. His body was horribly mangled and torn, The Falls City schools ara in a flourishing coudivion, The raport of the tuperintondent +hows the rumber of children,in the district between the ages of 5 and 21, 716; number er- rolled in the four primary departments, 32%; number enrolled in the grsmmar grades, 1 5; number enrolled in the h gh school, 74; num- her of colored children, 10; total enrollment, 618, Alexandrin, A Central City correspondent writes that there is a squabble over the postoffica there; that the present postmaster is in Je.xue with Dr. Miller to srcur the appointment of an alleged *'had mun.” his chief offauge or crime isth t heis n carpat b.ggar The sa.o ory coves fr.m all kections of the st: 80 com- mon is it that lifs is too short and space t0o limited to xacord the cries and lamentations of the huugry at the political flesh pot, Henry Po cher, a farmer near Schuyler, has earned an excillent p nitentiary repu-stion Linst week a fifteen E;n ar old girl numed Sier died in bis houre in the agonies of matwrnity, beiug drnied medical attendance or even the aitention thag women only can give. The paternity of the chi'd, also dead, cantot b fixed, but the resp naibility for the mother’s desth can b easily placed” if the autheritics press an invertigation, The Papiliion Times says the statement that hog cho era caured a loss of 65,000 to farmrs iu Sarpy county 18 borne out by the assersory’ revurns, When the aw-ssment was taken last spring thee wera 14,201 hogs in the connty, assesred at $23,010, to-day there nre hogs, ssseased at $12,448. Thi glves a decrease of $17,000 in valuation, as Gempared with Jast year. Hogs are cert, inly not wod at more than one-fourth actual value, this rate the Joss in the ovunty eince last sprisg foots up $68,000. Mr, Fred Belden, sald to be a resident of Fromont, ater along continued ocourtship by letter and other went to Jamestown, Dakota, to wed his affianced as per promise and contrach, when the young lady unac- countably bucked flatly, ‘refusing 4o warry the young mon from the land of corn snd blizzards. Balked, but not beaten, Mr, Bel- den promises to fight it out on the present line if it takes all summer, and with that exd in view bas taken the contract for the go rchool bulldiog in the village of his enchantress. Among _the corporations whose articles were filed with theseoretary of last week were:The Bullding and Losn Plumb Oreok, c-g ited to 1,600 shares of 82 0 esch. Incorpora- tors, W L Willard, R R, Baker, ¥, A Du- ar, W, J. L mm , MuKnvihl Ho'iday and T, ‘Smith. The South Platte Loas aod Tyustioompady of Holdrege, prid up stock £40,000, authorized stock 820,060, Incor- porstors, J. H. Tioeel, O, E, Hanson snd J, R, Shreck, Tha Columbus Milling company, capital stock $30.000 Incorporators, Chas Schroeder, J. E. Wilson and J, M. Hogan. Tha exsmination of cendida’es for the Au- papolis cadetship took placa at Fremont Frl day. Tho contest was very closs b tweeo Oliver W, Ouilds, of Norfolk, and Matt H Seguor, of Plum Cr.ek, the former leading with an averave of 81,22 per cont in all branches the latter receiving a sligh - fraction over 81 per caut, Mr. C alds was, therefor, the succersful applicnt, and be has heen recommended by Cobgresmen Doreey to Sccretmy Whitney for sppointment, He i 8 bright S oung man, seventen years :1d. and of good phy-i al condition He will rep xt it Anpapolis “eptember , and wiil be requied to vass auother examination theie before (n- | te:iog she naval ac.demy, THE DEAD JOURNALIST, Resoltins f R 8p ot OFer 1he Wi ory of Prancis A, McDunagh, A Meeting of Nowspspor Men at Boyd's Opsra House—Che Oatho lic Knights of America Ex tend Their Sympathies — The Funeral Ovremonies, At o'clock Saturday evoning a num- ber of Omaha’s newspaper men mot in the Iadics reception rcom of Boyd's opera houee, to express their sorrow over the death of Francis A. McDonagh, edltor and propristor of the Nebraska Watch- man, and to make necessary arrango. ments for attenning the funeral. Mr, Alfred Sorensen, of the Bre, was made chairman and E, A. O'Breia, secratary. In obedience to a pravailing motion the chalr appointed Thomas Klizmaurlce, of the Bex, J. B.J. Ryan,of the Herald, and Harry Merrlam, of the Sunday Morning News, a committee to attend the funeral, Thereafter Messrs. Sorensen, Ryan and Cbase were selected and instructed to draft and report suitable resolatlons, ex- pressing the sympatby of the press for their departed brother. These gentlemen submitted the following, which was unanimously adopted, Reaclved, Tha: in the death of Franols | by A. McDonagh, we looss a member of the press who was ever known to us as a worker, consclentious and enthuslasiic: That his alms in the jurnalistie world were of a charicter suited to that reglon of which he was so fund, the west. Thathe was a man of recognized ubility, caustic as a writer, pungent as a thiuker, and wit'y as a spesker. That ho was a man true to his friends, and of a loyal heart to all who were 1 yal to him, That he was always the frlend to the poor end down-trodden. That he de voted his pap: r to the cause of the work- ingman, and fesrlosly ¢xposed wrongs aud shams. Thst we extend to his family the sympathy of fraternsl feellng which prompts 1his meetivg; end, be it Roeolved, That these resolutions be published in the newepapers of Omsha, aud that the state papers be r«quested to publish the rame and send a copy to the family of the dec:ased. THE KNIGHTS OF AMERICA. Baturday night the catholio knlghts of Amerca, St. Leo branch No. 292, of which decaased was an honored member, held a meeting and passed the fullowing resolutions of respect: Whereas, Almighty Gcd, in bis In- scrutable wisdom, has deprived this branch of catholic knights of Amerlca of one of its most brilliant members and envrgerlo workers. It Is there ore R-sclved, That while we bow with be- coming humillty to the will of Him who in h's omuisient wladom does all things for the best, yet we movrn the loss of Brother F. M McDonsgh as one who has done Incalculable eervice in the causs in which, as an organizatlon, we are o vitally interestod. Resolved, That wo tender t> his be- reaved wife aud the little cnes whom he luved 80 well, oar tenderest sympathles, and with them we real 25 thst a man of more than ordinary ability in the person of F. M. McDonsgh bas passed away, let us_hope to abetter and brighter home. Roesvlved, Taat as a oltizsn his charac- ter waa irreproachable, as a man of Irish birth he hay well sus ained the character of the echolar and -he livgalst, and as a journalist we feel proud in tha record which he has made, belleving that al- though “‘Little Mo” be resting from la- bors, his memery will remain green with those who have had the pleesure of his acquaintance or the value of his friend- ship. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to the s rrowing famlly snd that they be published in the Omaha papers. Jonx Bush, J. A. WHALEN, W. M. Busamax, Dr M. J. O RouRke, T. F. BRENNAN, J. E RoacH, C. BRENNAN, Committee. THE FUNERAL, Tho rematns of F. M, McDonagh were 'aid in their fioal res'ing pleca 1n Holy S-pulcher ceme'ery Sunday af ernoon Lo g before 2 o'clock, the hour of ths funera), the family residence aod grounds were crowded wich sympatbiz ng friends and the strects surroundivg fil ed with care'ages and buggies, The curket rested m the centor cf the parlor, surrounded by & profuslon of flowers in wreaths, 8, anchois and pillows, the tribotas nds in tlis and other ci fes. For nearly an hour an unbroken stream of people fited {nto the parlor to take a look at the pesceful faco of **Littls Mae,” and bid farawell to him whoee life strag ¢ls had been for home, for falth, for fatherlaud; to do in his limitsd sphere ““1he greatest good for the greatest num- ber.” The pallid featurss, with bat a gaunt ontliue of a fece famillar to all; the spsrkling oyes were d mmed, and the lips which had cheered and encouraged thousands In the battle ¢f Lfe, were clmed forever. The caskot bore the slmple inecription: F. M. McDONAGH, DIED JUN b, 1783, AomD 40 YmAna. The religlous servioss at the residence were o ndacted by Rev. Father MoOQar. thy, after which the remains were b roe to the heerse, and the cortsge, headed by the Omahs Branch of the Knights, wended 1ts w to the ocemes- tery. De'egations of frlends wera pres- ent from Lincoln, Plattsmouth, 8t Jo- seph, Mo., and Couvcil Bluffs, Tha cor- tege was an uncummonly large one, stropgly attesting the eeteem in which the deceased was held in this community, The pall beaters were Hon. John Firz. gersld, of Lioooln; Hon, Willfsm Neville, of Plavsmouth, and R O. Cushing, Thomas Swifr, Willlam Gentlemao, and James ¥cShane, of this city, At tae cemeu ry the burial services of the church were resd by Father Mo Cutly, snd tue cseker, strewn with flow- ors, was lowered iato the grave amid the besrt-trea ing sobs and rilent t as of the f.mily und foeade. It wa, indeed, a 8ad scene. The lonely wifeaud widow, with b r group of weeping childien, en only 818 ¢ who cawe 10, late to fiod her bro her livii g; and a score of lmmed ate relatver—ali minglod thelr tears with [P the culd, bollow scu.d of the c'ods that euv-lop d husbard, fsther asd b oth.r, Among thoee prent from neghb r- loge 1 swere M 81, Daul |, Jobu and [Jawmes Lyeahr, of 85 Joreph, Mo , broth- ersof the widow; Mra Danlel Lysaght, olster of the deceased; Mre. John Lyscghtand children; Hon, John ¥ gerald, of Lin o'n; Hon. Wiiliam Ne and Hon, W. R. Coshing, of Plat mouth; Mr. and Mis Parhsl and daug ters, of Counel Bloffs. Mr M:Donegh was an actlve member of the Omaha Branoh of the Cathollo Knlghts of America, an insurance organi- za'ion, the ben.fit «f which, $2 000, will of ocourro go to his family. The Nebra ka Watchman, the prlde of “Little Mac,” will be continued by the widow, asslated by her bright and promising young son, Robert MoDonagh, and every effort will be made to maintaln the high standard and repntation estab lished by its founder. Mr, E. A. O'Brlen, the well koown j uroalist, who had fm- media e charge «f the Waic 'man durin the last {llness of Mr. McDonagh, w|fi donbtless continue in charge of the edi* torlal and news depsriwonts, an addl- tional guasantee that the p per will con- tinue to be a welo)we vimtor to thous ands of homes every Saturday, ——— " On a Spree, About ten days ago there arrived In Omaha, Father A. Guinan, s COatholie priest of San Francisso. Father Guinan has been engaged in chursh work In Gall- fornis, and etarted for Columbue, Ohlo, for the purpore f visiting friends and recuperating from the severe steafn of pastoral lsbore, When in Omaha he could not reeist the strong temptation to indulge which was thrown in his way, Ho sllowed his appelite to sssume fall sway,and for the past rew dayshas been on one prolonged debauch, His actions bave 00n a krest snnoyance to the brethren of the priesthood here, and Fridey night whon he weat down to a house in the viciaity of the Ninth street cathedral and commenced to ralse a row, he was ar- restrd at the iustance of Father McCarthy. Father Guinan wes erral ned before Judge Steuberg Saturday morning. He is aman cfgrest ictoligence ana broad loarning, snd appesred 1o fecl dreply the diegrace which had fallen upen him, He said that ho had oume etraight through from 'Weisco, but while stopping off in Omaha had *‘allen by the wayside.” Judge Stenberg reloared bim upon his promire to quit drivking and leave for his destination at once. Attempted Burglary. Betwoen 2and 3 o'olock yesterday morning a burgla: attempted to effest an entrance Into the residerce of Gen. Lowe, on Sixteenth street, but he soon found the attempt to be an extremely Oathollo | ; bt hazardons one. Whan he made his ap- pearancs at a window of the servant's room, Gen. Lowe's hired man, Gus ‘Wagener, happened to be awake and saw him, With the nerve of akolght Wagener secured his revolver and fired two shots throngh biads, glass and all, directly at the bur- glar's bidy. Whether he euccoded in hitting him or nrt s a conundrum, but the bellef {s that Mr. Burglar got away from that window with a chunk ot cold lead upder his skin. The pollce were notified bat they fuiled to wake any ar- rests. Seversl times burglacs bave made attempts to rob Gen. Liwe's mansion. — The Rev, F, W, Beckmaun, Sr,, of Lon, Branch, Nomaba couuty, dicd on’ shipboar on the Atlantic on the 26th of M.y, The Eik Creek Esbo says the Rev. B:ckmann luft there in April and in com,auy wih two old friends from R okport, Mo., started on a voynge to G rmany. He tad been in his usual good heslth and at the time of his death hud b-en six days out. He had an wppolnt- went to preach on deck that day, sud was just ready to commenoe his discouree, when he ruddenly put his hand to his brea:t and sank upon the decs, death being instanta- neous The cause is supposed to bave been heart disease. His frirnds wanted to convey the remains to his old hume in Germany for prop: r interment, but the captain of the ves- sel informed them that 1t would be impossible aud he was cousigned to a watery grave in the fathomless mid-Asluntic. Fighting Pi11snURG, June 6 —A bare kuuokle prize fight between J, Donnelly and J. Murphy, local pugilists, took place o-vight in & bara on Thirty-third street, Sixteen rouuds had been fought, when Murphy was kocked ont, ‘The prize was_tho hand of a youne woman who witnessed the fight, B “Sanfro s R4DICAL CURE FOR CATARRH. Witch-Hazel, American Pire, Canada Fir, Marigold 68O, A singlo doso of Banford’s Radical Cure in. stantly relievesthe most violent Snoezing or Head Colds, lears the head as by magic, st0; 8 watery dis- chargos from the Nose and Fyes, prevents Ringlo Noiscs in the head, Cures Nervous Headache an subdues Chills and'Fever. 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