Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 22, 1885, Page 4

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Late advices from Councll Bluffs state that Mayor Vaoghan has slmply been snowed uader, and that he will soon be thawed out fresher than ever. MoNTREAL {8 sufforing from the small- pox as much esif It were the cholera. It {ssaid that there are over 1,000 cases in the city. Buelnces Is almost entirely aus- pended, Ir Omaha oapitallets cannot build that road to the north and northwest sections of Nebrasks, thoa tho next best thing is to have It construsted by some rallroad company, elthsr by the B. & M. or the Miseourl Pecf It len’t always safe to call & man a dead-beat. An editor of Chicago has been sued for crimtnal libel for applylng that epithet to a man, because ho owed sixty cents, a bill of which had never been presentod {o hlm for’psyment. Tie democrats of Misslseippl have In- sorted in thelr platform a plank to the effoct that there shall be no diecrimina- tlon oa rceount of raca, color or pravious conditlon. Thls, coming from Missles!p— pl, iy very encouraging. Now let them prsctics what they preach. J. StERTING MorTON Was an honored guest at the banquet tendered to Judge Troe, tho minister to Belglum, In Chica- go, the other evening. Mr. Morton sus- tained hls reputalion of belng an elegant after-dinner talker. He responded to the toast, “The Great West,” in his hep- plest veln, but he could not reslst the temptatlon of giving tha protective tarift policy & rap from hls free-trade stand- polnt. E—— ENcuisy customs are evidently not ap- preclated in California. Ex Senator Shar- on, who recently entertained the English Sir Thomas and Lady Hesketh, who is Sharon’s danghter, recelved from hislord- ship a bundle contalning sults of servants’ livery. He sent them to his residence at Menlo Park, and whon one of the ser- vants venturcd out In the stockings and colors of Europe, ho wes mobbed in grand style by the boys of the neighborhood. TaE Pall Mall Gazetts of August 5th oontains a notlce of the Grant obsequies in Westminster Abbey “‘by an American in the congragation,” who enlivened his sprightly paper by ropesting character— istic comments overhexrd among the su- dience, The clo:ing comment was: ¢‘The practical slde of the listeners found a droll illustration 1a the remark of one shrewd-facad olderly American on his way out: ‘Uil bat that mlalster's figur- Ing on golng over for a lectuzing tour.” The prophecy has, eure enough, come true. That minlster, Canon Farrar, has sluco announcad his intention cf coming to America, and has accapted an iavita- tlon to locture. Tue suggestion that parents mark thelr children with thoir names in Indeli- ble Ink somewhero upon thelr bodles Is a practical idea worihy of consldoration, In the fiest place It would tend to lessen the crlme of kidnapping, which is be- comlng 80 prevalent. In caso of a child belng kidnapped and kept concealed for years the 1dentity could be established by the marks upon the body whenever such a child should bo discovered. In the next place, the branded name upon a lost ohild would enable the pilice authoritles to immedlately dlscover its parents and roturn it to its home, There cortalnly osn be nohsrm {n thus brandiog childzen, and In many ways the custom, if adopted, would be likely to prove a safeguard. There s no more harm in putting the name of & child in Indla ink wpon one of its arms than there is in vacolnation, which leaves & mark or brand, E— Tv the city councll, ag a board of cqu'l fzatlon, cannot ralse the asacsyment valu- atlon, it can at lesst take steps to have the several hundred valuable lo's, which are now illegally exempted uuder the pretenso of ralircad right of way, put upon the assestment roll and sppraised at o falr valuation so that they can be mado to contributo to the eity revenus, We venture to say thet thers is In the viclnity of & milllon dollars’ worth of resl ostate In this clly to-dey that Is wrong fully exempted from taxation, Tae Unlon Paclfic, for icstance, hss a large powber of lots {hat are leased out for lumber yerds, clevators, ooal yavde, warchouser, and other purposes, and not & eent do CompIny or any one el pay upon that properiy, simply beosuse it iz fuciuded in the right of way, n)twithstandiog it is cutsido of the legal limit of 100 feet. If wll this property wore astossed, as it certainly should be, the olty revenus would be matsrlally in. creased, Ii any laformation Is desired aet 0 thy number and value of lots ills- golly exempted, It can be obtalned from the records, or from the files of the Brr, which a few months sgo published a de- tailed statement of sach exempted prop- erty. ————— Tar Pennsylvania anti child. Iabor law, passed by the last leglslatare, Is now be- Ing enforced and will have a ve.y desira- ble and healthy effect, partlcalarly In the conl reglons, where thousands of children aro employed at fall hours and starv tlon wages. The law forblds tho employ- ment of boys under fourteen years of sgeln mines and under twelve in ool breakers, 1In the Grand tunnel coel glon 400 boys below fourteen will be re- lieved from work; In the Shenandoah there are from 1,000 to1,200 boys affected by this act; in the Monongahela 1,000, in Wilkesbarre over 1,000, and fower In other locslities. The law Is op- posed by ignorant parents who have begun to depend more or less upon the eoarnings of thelr children, but the more Intelligent miners heartily ap- prove the abolition of child-labor. The object of the law Is to give the children an ppportunlty of acqulring at lcast common tchool edacation, instead of growing up in Ignorance and being worked to death llke slaves. In connec- tlon with {his reform, education ought to be made compulsory and more school- houses cught to ke previded, as there is a lack of educational facllitles n the min. {og reglona which have been 8o long neg- lected in this respect. Isx'r it about time for our $2,000 rail- rond ccmmisslon secreteries to take an- other junketing tcur? The Unlon Pacific, the Sioux Clty & Pacific and other roads are anxlous to get as good a send-off at the hands of the secrotaries as thst given by them to the B. & M. system. Bealdes the people would like to know how many pump-handles, windmills, platforme, crossings and depota there are that ought to be recommended for repalrs on these Ilnes, Searching out such important de- fectn In the raflway rystem of Nebraska is about all that our commirsioners deem it their duty to do, while such trlvial matters as exorbltant rates and disczim- inatlons are ccnsldered hardly worthy of notice. P ] Tue English, with their usual stupidity, are not able to see that great chango in the eplrit and policy of our government which Mr. Cartis declares must be patent to everyone. A London weekly remarks upon the removal of Mr. Bret Harte from his consulship: *Few things are more objectionable in the present work- ings of American polltics than the principle which, on the accession of one president, removes from every offica in tho state the officlals who have bsen ap- pointed by his predenessor, * * * Tt does seem as if a system were self-con- demned Indeed which, in obedience to a ridiculous and corrupting routine, de- prives of hils office one of the most brilllant and distinguished of American cltizens.” Tue {osurance commissioner o Wis. conain has dlscovered evidence which, it is olalmed, tends to show that about seventy-five lnsurance companics are dolng a surreptitions and ililelt business in that state. Ho estimates their collec- tions the past year at $700,000, If Nebraska had an tnsurance commissloner, a somewhat slmilar conditlon of affsirs might possibly be unearthed In this etate. Tho Insurance buslnezs in Nebraska hss grown to sach proportiors that it should be pat under the super islon of a vigl- lant commissloner, and the next legisla- ture ought to create eome tuch cffice as commissloner or examiner of insuranco, There is an overproducticn in tkis indus- try, and tho people of Nebraska nesd protection, Dovaras cousty has at difforent times beon unabls to fiad sccommodations for Ler insane patients {n the state asylum, owing to the fact thet the ics'itution has been crowded. This would not havs been the care, however, had not the Insave pa- tients of Wyom!og terrltory been confined o theasylum, Andnow Douglas county 1s called upon to pay a delinquent icsane per capita tax, covering a perlod of over fifteen years, and amoun'iog to $36,000 This can hardly be called justlca, It is pretty safe to say that the commissioners | P, will not pay the tax uatil the question whether they are legally bound to do so 1s definltely settled by the courts, Tue census of Dakota, which has just been completed, gves that territory a population of 413,199, She has enough population to entitle her to admisslon to the unlon as two states — North and South Dakota. A strong effort will be mde next wiater to secura her admlsslon elthor as a whols or divided. South Dakotals very anx. {ous to become a state, and that half of the territory can maky a showlng that will entitle har to two represontativ.s in congress, Bubt wo are afrald that Da- kota wiil have to ohanze its politles ba- fore 1t can expecs any favors at tho hands of a democratlo congrese. Gex, Oroox’s scouting parties have given Geronimo a very lively chase, until atlast they have redused hisforces by kill. iog ten or twelve members of hls band, It i# not lkely that Geronimo will cause much more trooble, as he iy himaelf wounded, ard in escapiog he was followed by only a veryfow warrlors, Ho lelt h's wives and children behind, E—— Tue Plko's Peak railway, which, it Is expected, will be in operation ih!s year, is the most notable plece of track in the world. It will mount 2,000 feet higher than the Lima & Oroya railway Ia Peru, It Is now in operation to a polnt over 12,000 fee' absva the ees lovel. The en- tire thirty miles of Ita length will be a successlon of complicasted curves and grades, with no plece of straight track longer than 300 feet. Ax effort is belng made to prove the chlef of police in 8t. Jos gullty of im- moral condnct. In most western citi proof in such cases would not bs de- manded, as the oltizens generally take it for grante1 that the average chlef of po- 1loo Is about “‘the wlckedest man in town.” Tae Iatest report from the prelldml oamp In {ke Adirondacks s that Grover Oleveland Is not half so slok as the army of Imp:tient and dlsappolnted office- seckers, As a mattor of fact, he is dolng quite we'l. He continues to fish, while Dr. Ward cuts bait. Tug fact that an additionsl doctor has been summoned to Willls' pond, In the Adlrondacke, leads us to belleve that Grover Cleveland is catching fish o fast that Dr. Ward needs an assistant in takiog them off tho hook and re-balting it. Auvrroven Hastings has been declared by Goveraor Dawes to be a city of the second-class, 1t Is by no means a second- claw city. Any place that can maintaln good & baso ball club as that of Hast- ings must be a first-class town. Tae newly-appolnted surveyor-general of Nebraska seema to bo a very cifensive partisan—to Dr., Miller. It s not at all lkcly, however, that Mr. Gardner fs distarbed in the least by the kick from that source. PresieNT OLEVELAND atill refuses to answer {he question **Who is that misfit judge?” The questlon is llable to be- como as common as the conundrum, ““Who etruck Willism Pattersen!” OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Sinco the prorogation of parliament there has been quite a calm in the politi- oal offsirs of England, and the govern- ment, statesmen, and politiclens are taking a rest. Gladstono is recresting in Norway, where he is bracing up no doubt for the coming campalgp, it being generally expected und urged by the liberals that he will make en effort to re- gein power for hiwself and party. He has been followed to Norway by the queen and the prince of Wales, who are seeking a brief rest from the cares of government. The prorogation marks the cloge of the leglslative term of one of the buslest and stormlest patilaments of which Eoglish history bests record. Its achievements in practical Jegislation outrlval those of the great parliament eleoted In 1868, ex- baustiog and harassivg to nstional In- teres's as tha Iabors of that body of prac- tics] reformera weore. The three Irish land acts paszed since 1880 exceed in importanca the earlier and experimental measurzs patsed In 1870. The franchize bill and the echeme for the redistr/batlon of seats have armed two millions of the queen’s subje: the ballot and accomplished little less than o revolution in the repreientative sys tom. Tho disestablishment act 1s not to be compared with these radical messures of electoral reform whereby the English demccracy has been permanetly (en- trenched in power, At the same time an tmmente mass of general leglelation bas been disposed of einca the last electicns. The groundgame, corrupt practices, bank- rup'cy, patents, natlonsl debt, agricultu- ral holdings aud many other measures havo been enacted and new ru'es of pro- cedure bave been passed for the dispateh of business in the commons. No other parllament has ever accomplished lerger reulte; and the liberals can right- 1y clalm the credls for sn unprecedented display of ludustry. One of the bnsies’, 1t has aleo boen ono of the most ¢xsiting, disorderly and engriest f parlisments Fiaction has becn airayed sgainst faction, business has been repeatedly blocked through orgin'zad obatruction, patty dieclpline has been diepensed with, the leaders on both sldes have been reviled by thelr own followers, and It has becn from beglaning. to end a period of storm and astress, Perhaps the bast thing that can be sald of this parifament is that on suprems occaslcns 1t has ricen fo tho highest levels of patriotism and states- manship., In the crists which fcllowed the assnssination <f Lord Frederick Cavendish there were eigna cf self-pos nesglon in every querier of the commons. Ta the debates followivg tho bombsrdment of Alexandrla aund the Penjdeh episode there was & complete cffscoment of party llues. The franchise and tho eeats bill could not have been passed, if there kad not been a wise con. servatiam exhibited on both sides triotlsm triumphed over party feellog and the result wasa larger sxd more thoroughly dlgested measure then an: mintstry could have produced alons with- out an understanding with the oppoai. tio Finally, the liber: atead of re- taliatlug when iz opposition for factlona trestment received by them from the con. cervatlves have res'sied the temptation and set an excellonc example for her mnjatny'u oppesitlon in the vext perlta- ment, The forbearancs of the liberals and the energy dlsplayed by the minlstry In the cloaing weeks of the Erglish psrliament are no doubt rightly atributed to the near approach of the elactio parly was willing to go before the voters with & record of {mpedivg or delaying necorsary leglalation. Hence more wes Sccomplished in a few weeks than the privious tory winfairy had accomplished in years, Th!s affords a strong argument Io favor of the American eystem of short seeslo; The septennlal act permits Eoglish leglelators to shirk thelr duties for years, wl hout the constituents being able eftactively to show thelr dlsplessuze, More frequent elections will probably be one of the reforms that will oltimately follow the enlargemont of the franchlse, The moyt remsrkable reeule of the quarrel between Mr, Parnell and Michae! Davitt is that ft has given the Lord Tiwes occaslon to declsre that *‘the Irleh wre o pracilasl people.”” Thin is s view which any organ of Eoglish opinion would have scouted @ few years ngo. Buat nothlng suscseds lLike success, and Mr. Parneli's demonttration thet he can do what he likes in parliamont has nos Y | powers which press upon them. Neither [ B been without its effest, though ke L] not yet demonstrated what he likes to do. # Until he had shown what conld bs done by the organization of the Itish mombers the tone of English comment concerning him was very much what 1t now is con- oerning Davitt. Ho was an Impracticable and vislonary perton, The French elections takes place early in October, and the electoral campalgn is now well under wsy., The strugale lles between the opportuniate, under the leadership of M. Ferry, and the radicals, under M. Clemencesu, while the reac- tionlsts, under which titie are fccloded the monarch'sts, Imperialists, and thelr varlous subdivislons, appear to be hold- ing the balance of power. The questlon 18, whether the Iatter incongruous ele- ments will unite with the radieals to overthrow the moderate republicans or opportunists, with the simple objeot of unsettllog the present condition of things as much as possible. The opportunist creed 1a that the present government is the safest that France can bave, that the ocountry 18 prospering under it, and that any dae(dux change or innovation in their domestlo policy would be fraoght with danger tothe whole form of republican government. M. Clemenceau has an- nounced the radical platform in & speech at Macon, demsnding a progrestive In- come tax, separation of church and state, and the elcction of all functionarles by univeraal euffeage. OFf course nothing can be further from the desires of the {mperialists and monarchists than euch a plstform as thls. They are s> blinded by hate &nd oppertunism, how- ever, which they beilove alone makes the republlo possible, that they are willing to go to any length to overthrow it. If this extraordinary alllance is consummated at the polls, M. Ferry has come to the front agaln spparently very slightly damaged by the violent denunciation to which he wan tubjected at the time of his down- fall, while the radlcala have practically dropped the Tonquln ident as an lesue and asre makiog the fight on questions of domestio policy. Aslide from all other conalderations, how- evor, Mr. Ferry can “polnt with pride” to the fact that he is the only man eince Gambetta who has been able to secore apything like a permanent working rma- jority in the French chamber., The question which the October election will deoide {s whether M, Ferry shall come back to power. Germany has not studled the history of Eogland’s’ colonlzations for nothing. There is a fine flavor of British high-hand- edness about the account of the coniro- veray between the sultan of Zarzibar ana the German residents of that country. The German admiral uudertook to adju- dictate this controversy. In the trae splrit of a B:itish seadog he declded it {n favor of his own countrymen, and in effect notified the sultan that if he dld not ao. qualescs In th!s declalon his palace should be bombarded by a Germsn equsdron. The sultan, it is needlers to say, has acquieeced. Moreover, the German pre:s remarks that the test of the friendly re- lations now existlng between England and Germsny will come when Eoglsnd acts upon 1hs German demands touching the east African coast. To the unregen- erxte mind there is something pleasant in the notlon thet the power that was for long the unchallenged swashbuckler of the seas 1a about to be confronted by another swashbuckler quite &s careless as himself of the rights of others, and even thicker of ekin, This demonsiration on the coast of Zanzibar is but another eign of Prince Blsmarck's ac- tlvity In colonful ventures. At the cut- set he ditclaimed any intention of in- creasing the responstbillties of the Ger- man Empire. "He was willing to en- courage mercantile onterprise ard to provide fore!gn markets for the Industries which he was promoting by the policy of protection. Ho expscted to grant chart- ers to tradlng companies and ha promised to support the settlemens made by Ger- man colonists with subsides to steamship Ines and dlsplays of naval force. He supposed that private enterprise could be dependcd upcn beth for the estab- lishment and the government of colonlea and seitlemenis, Bat it was not long before he discovered that he nad orgsn- ized a popular movement and that Germans favored tho extension of their maritimo empire. This Jast demonstra- tion will probsbly excite great frritation in England. The sultan of Zanzibar has long been comsidered en ally of Brit'sh tredors and explorers. FHits good-wiil has been siown many times in promoticg mercantilo onterprices &s well es in menning the expeditions of Livingstone, Camercn and Johnston, English pride will be touched sinca he nas beon compelled by threats of a bombardment to withcraw his garrieons and to acknowledge Gorman rupremacy. But the urgent recereity of maintaining fricndly relsiiona with Prioce Bismerck will pravent a display of resontment on the part of tho guvernment. The foel- ing in Madrid egaiss; Germany is 80 bit- ter as to cause alirm, Fenrs are enter— taived that tilo demonstrations will te mede agsinst the Germen embassy snd in consequence & guard of police guard tho building. Germeny ¢ Fors, with re- frething coolness, to submit the claim of Spain to the Ciroliner, to a commlerion, Lt is expected thet & patriotic demovs:ra- tion agatust Germany will be wade in Madrid on Suodsy. Every day makes plainer the sbsurdi- ty of calling Afghsnistan and Persia in- dependaent states or desling with them as anyihiog but the puppets of the greater Ever sinca the Russisn advance to the vieinity of Pevjden sund the Zalficar pass the Muscovite forces have made almost us freegwith Perstan cofl as it 1t were their owp. Thero bas not been a time in months, In all probatility, when there were no Raussien soldlers on the Perslan bank of the Herl Rad. The Rueslans have drawn howe homes are destroyed for thelr and the whole work Is being doue wolely becauee the British government wishes it. Of conrre nothing would be poesible in & really independent state, and an open protectorate might as well be establiahed over Afghanistan at once, letting Russia bhave a slies of the smeer's tertltory in Afghan.Turkes- tan, Sconer or later elther war or dis plomacy will bring the Russlan and British frontlers together, and the rooner this comes to pass the better. Then there will bo no more opportunlty for ambltions officers commanding on the border to presume wvpon the uncerlaln character of the boundary or the weak- ness of the power confronting them. Dreary diplomatio dlspates about triftes and lawless frontler afirays will cense to- gether, and an overt act on the pert of either power will be deolsive, Is Peru nover again 5> bo at peace? ‘We have news by telegraph of another tragedy In the conflict between the gov- ernment and the Insurgents. For five hours Licutenant Colonel Bustomente held his position against the rebels Then h's ammunltion gave out, and there was nothiog left but the bayonet. The charge was bold, but not sucoessfal. When he saw that all was lost he dellb- erately shot bimeelf on the fiold. As a sea captaln goes down with hls ves. eel rather than live to be blamed for disaster, o Bustomento preferred death ~ to posmible dishonor. The Sonth Amerloan republics elcssly re- semble bolling culdrons, The people live ina lardof earthqusker, where at sny moment their houses may como tambling down about their heads, and tho spleit of the tornado and cyclono seems to have found its woy luto their tempeoraments, It s a long siruggle from chaos to civil ozder, and while It Is In progress knives and maehlastions and gunpowder mske up & general tragedy. e —— ECHOES FROM THE STREET. ~——"I am glad to see that there is some prospect of the Belt road being built after all,” said a prominent man upon learning of the result of the injunction case of the Union Pacific against the Omaha Belt railway com- psny. “It s said that Jay Gould is behind Mr, Clark, but the people of Omaha don’t care a #traw who the man is at the back of this scheme fo long as the road is built, I urderstard that Mr, Clark and his associates mean businees, and propose to proceed with the work of constructing the road to an early completion. At least that is the mpression which they have convoed to the public, They can't begin too soon to suit- tho people of this city, I am told that the roason Jay Gould 18 in the enterprise is that he wants the Belt line for a Missourl Pacific entranca into Omaha, as he is tired of having the Mis. souri Pacific depend upon the Union Pacific for terminalfscilities. Itis also hinted that Gould intendn to extend the Missouri Pacific into northern and northwestern Nebraska, using the Omaba & Northern Nebraska fran- chiso. This latter enterprice, ycu will rc- membor, was equelched for the time being, together with the Belt line project, by the Unton Pacific. The Omaha & Northern Nebraska franchice 18 in the hands of Mr, Clark, and Jay Gould knows its value—he knows a good thing when he sees it.” - —=—"The Belt project is intimatcly con- nected with the echerne of making a grand boulevard and a chain of parks,” continued the came gentleman who seemed to be pretty well posted, *‘When tho belt is completed, it will encircls the city, and afford rapid transit to the dwellers along the houlevard and in the vicinity of the parks, To encourage the pur- chase of residence property along the Belt and boulevard, a five-cent fare will be made, and numerous stations with handsome cepots will be cstablished at frequent inter- vala, The men ioterseted the Belt and boulevard entorprise have every confidenca in Omaha bacoming a city of 200,060 people in a fow years, They sre Lirgely interested in residence property along the line, and in conjurction with other prop- erty-holders they will realize handsomely from that investment and at the same time render a valuable service to the city.” 03 ——*'The central defot of the Bel lino will beia the immediate vicinity of the Canfield house, opposite the Union Pacific headquar- tera,” coutivued cur ivformant, “An ordi- nance hes just Leen granted to the Eclt live company tounitatrack, along withthe B & M., from block 99—tbat ie, at Dougias sud Eighth streeta—alorg the foct of the bluffs in a northwesterly cirection to Chicigo street, parsllel to the Omaha & St, Paul track. Do copnection? The belt will run distancs esst of the Canfield bouse. Perhapas the B, & M. will havea passenger depot in that vicinity, sud s union Qepot would ot be among the improbabilities. The right of way has been granted on condi- tlon that the Belt line track bebuilt and operated within two years, So you gee there is a definite time fixed for tho completion of the entorprise, It s a big schemo and no mi " ——*Talking about the Canficld heuss minds me that Mr, Clark became an unwill- ing owner of that property,” #aid our tslkative friend. "“How’s that?" we asked, ‘'Just be- fore he left the Union Pacific,” repliod he, “he bought tha property for the Union Pa- cific, it being the iatention at some dsy to make use of it for a grand union depot. It was alio contemplated to purchase the Coz zens houso property inorder to have sufficient room, bat before this arrangement could be carried out the chavge of administration in the affairs of the Union Pacific cccurred The new administration intimated to Mr, Clark that his purchass of the Jantield house was uvauthorized, and if it was just as convenient to him he could refund the money that he had paid forit. Withoutany hesitation Mr, Clork in d | went down into his vest pocket and handed used Perslan roads for transport trai Ou the other hand, it is stated that Eog- land hus induced the Bheh to oider the construction of a mllitery road from shire to & point on the Afzban fron- tier in the viclnity of Herat, Of course Kngland is to pay liberally for the bulld- tog of the road. In vlolating the piinel- ples if not the forms of neutrality be- tween possible belligerents and in play!l. g the humblo cavs psw of a forelgn power thinact on the part of the Shah beats sny- thing hie has ever done for Rus:ia. Bushire Is the best port en the Persisu gu o wilitary road leadiog back to the Af- ghan fr niler ouuld ouly be construsted for the plain and vndenisble purpose of facilitating the serdivg of & British army acrcss Perafan territory to Horat, In Afgbavistan Eogland is even mors reckless of the nominal sovereignty of the ameer. Sbhe furnishes mouey to [ay bs t-00pr, englreers to fortify his strong holdw, and dircota the disposition of the f.rces sho arms and drils. At poesen’,! in the viclni'y of Herat, Afghan villsges | are beiag raz:d by the direction of Brisiah oftisyir, In orier that, in csso of & Russlen mege, the housea msy not bo used for shelter. Englacd psys the peo- over $12,000, and took the Canfield house off the company's hands, Ho immedintely re- modeled the houte st some cousiderable ex- pense, and now receives » zontal of $3,000 per year, or ten per cent Intersst on 835,000, You can’s buy that property today for 30,000, The Usioa Pacific treated Mr, Clark, 89 T am told, in Almost the same manner in regard to the Belt line, To-day he holde poseersion of the Belt line, and stauds ready 1o psy to the Union Pacific whatever money it hos pus into the entery You seo the d | Union Pacific has virtually forced Me, Clark fnto what may be called *a fat take, ——"Give us a ret,” said Mr, Hizgins, and Marshal Cumuwiogs 1s sccordingly giviog him amest once o day, “Talkicg of Higgius,” aaid & leading business mas, “it strikes me that Marshal Cutamings Is turning prosecution into porsecution. When an cfficer carrles & warraut in bis pooket 61l day, aud then sorves ibaftor midnight for analleged offense committ- 1 on the'previous uight, 10 order to get the offender behind the bars and pat him to great imsonveniencs in furnishinglbail, 1t looks like persccution and epite, He could just ss well Higgine may by wrong, aed T think ho fs, bt nevertheless he 1 only charged with misdemosnor, and he i ot golog to forfeit his bonds or run away, 1 endorwe the marebal's e fforts to enforos the Iaw, but T do not endoree anything that looks like rpite work, persecution, or vindicti veness, 1f Higgins is wrong a jury will eay so, ana he will be punished accordirgly, but there is no necossity of thrusting him or any other saloon man of restaurant keeper Into jail, like s com- mon thief and outlaw, especially at a time when the chances aro that he oanmot sscure bonds for his appearance,” ~——The Indies of the Women's Christian Temperanos Union bave placed in prominent locations in the basinecs center, attractive water-barrels, painted red, white and blue, and furnished with faucets and drinking-cupe. These batrels—it i almost unnecossary to say it—are filled with ico-water, and are well patronizad by the thirsty population, We venture to say that these barrels prevent mavy a poor and thirsty man from spending hin nickels for beer. They certainly supply & long-felt and much-felt want in this ocity, for if there is anything a man hates to do, it is to go Into a saloon and c:olly nsk for a drink of water. ~——"“Hurrah for the red, white and bluel” exclaimed & balf-tipsy _fellow as he stopped At ono of the Womens' Christian Temperance Union’s wator-barrels, “'That 'er combination of colora is rather (hic) significant. The color-thered-reminds mo that T am paintiog the town adeep crimson, The white (hic) show me how I'il look when I am bleached out, and the blne is indicative of my feelings when I am (hic) eobering up. I am going to surprise myself by taking a snifter of that ’er Yicker,' and I(hic) proposo to rober up and surpriso my friends of the W. C. T. U. God bless ‘om for their noble work Hers's how ! WhilotheW, C, T. U, ladies have kindly provided for the thirst of man with an amplo supply of ice water in barrels, Jin Stephen- son deserves no less credit for placiog a pub lic drinking fountain for horses on tho eide- wallz in front of his livery stable on Harney street. It is one of the best fountains made, There is no overflow of watzr whatover, as it flowa down the center of the fountain through a pipe, after it reaches a certain height, and runs into the sewer. It cost a hundred dollars, o ——Tho smusercent season at Boyd’s opens with ““The Devil's Auction,” We supposo that the old name for theol will bo auctioned off to some second.-band purchaser of mild and almost obzelete profavit MUSIDAL AND DXRAMATIO, Jefivevs Lowis will appear as the heroine of “Dark Days” in San Francieco, October 12, The perennial Lydia Thompson will begin her new tour of tho United States 1n January. Jules Lovy, the cornet player, is employed between acts in playicg a cradlo song for his recently acquired baby. Clunie’s now opera house at Sacramento will be opened August 3Lt, Itfs described 88 a ‘‘maguificent temple of amusement.” The Madison Square Garden has been leased to Wm. Eaton at an annual rontal of £75,000. It will by used for circus and other entertain- ments, The National theatre in Washington, de stroyed by firo last winter, is rapidly rebuild- ing at a cost of $120,000, ill be opened in October, Emma Abbott's agent informs a listening world that the lady has grown quite fat and that she walks six milesa day to keep down her floth, W. W, C:le has purchased from James A, Bailey his interest in Barnum’s circus. The price paid s said to be §500,000, Mr. Bailey is to selire from tho Lusiness. Maggio Mitchell will produce ber new play, “Maggie, the Midget,” for tho trst timo in New York city during her eneagement at tho Grand Opera house in November, Muwe. Modjeska is returp to America early in September, opening her season in Easton, Pa., on October 5, and rho will play in New York during the moith of Jatuary, Both men snd women are fond of theatre going in the country, The women like to go to the society ploys to see how the actresses diese, and the men to the variety plays to see how they don’t dress, [ Miss Rose Coghlan will begin ber career as a star actrees at Providence, R 1., Septem- ber 2§, Her repertory will include “*Our Joan,” *“Masks and Faces,” and a now drama by A! R, Cazauran, Great preparations are bsing made at the New York Thalia theat:o for the prod of Bartley Campb:ll's populur drama * 1ia” oa Augus Tho entiro stace, seventy- two feet deep, will bo used for the display of the scenery. Mr, W. . Sheridan intends to make “Louie XT." the principal feature of his repertory this season, He 15 having elaborate scenery manufactured for the Scott- Uelavigue-Bouci- cault play, and his associates in the cast will iuclude Louise Davenport. Frances Iield, Jobu T. Milone aud W, L, Livyd. Augustin Daly’s company hes returned to Now York from a very sucres: ful trip to Cal- ifornia, The receipts of the Daly company durirg theic four weoks’ siay at tho Lush Street theatroin §:n I'rancicc reached to within a trifla of $30,0/0, making this by all odda the large-t engogoment cver played in that houze. I ho comp.ny open in New ¥ork early next month, The directors of the New York Academy of Music have received cispatch from J. H. Mapleson_closing & contract for & six weeks’ season of Italian opora, beginniog October 26, The terms sgreed upon are not known. Oue of the conditions imp sed is understocd to be that adwission aball b reasonable, 83 beivg mentioued as the highest price. Over £50,- 00 will be spent this rummer on the redecoi- ation, refurnishing and general renewal ¢f the Academy of Musio, The amnsement season ia now in full blast in Now York, The preparations for thus opening the season have been rather rushed o, aud st veral of the theatres have started mrch earlier this seas n than ever before, or st loast for a long time back, probably for the reason that those places wlfluh have been doing business regularly through the snwmer ihave met with very great enconragement. ‘This has 1ndeed been the moat profi wer 10 theatricals that has been vy at leas’ ten years. Pretty much all the actresses in America who are already stars or are deeirous of reach- ing that elevated professional altitude appear to have settled on M, Bardou’s drama called “'Andrea” as the vehicle through which they are to sscend, Mies Mionie Maddern opens in New York in an adap ation of it at the Ly- ceum theatre, Monday. Kate Olaxtos follows in another adsptation at the Madison quare theatre on ths 1st of September, and Mits Coghlan is the third of the lot with & version «f "Andrea” in her sachel, Bhe will make it @ leading feature of Her repertoire. 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