Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1886, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. OMATA OFFICENO, 914 AND 010 FARY Aw 8T KEW YORK OFFice, ROOM 65, TRINUNE BUILDING WasHINGTON OFF1ew, b 613 FOURTEENTH ST, Published every morning, excopt Sinday. The Shiy Monday morning paper publisiied n the stato. g-;o Yenr Months.. e WepkLY Der, Published Bvery Wednesaay. TERMS, POSTPAID: One Yenr, with premium . e Year, without premium. . iix Months, without premiuin e Month, on trial TERMS BY MATL: $10.00 Three Months £2.50 5.00/0ne Month 10 ENCE: All communications relating to_news and edi- torinl maiters should be addressed 1o the Eor- TOR OF HE 1Y postofiice ord be made pays rof the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E. ROSEWATER. Eoiron. ONE by one republican postmasters in Nebraska are disappearing, but we fail to observe any indications that Gardner must go. H. G. ToussaiNt, a stock grower of Engle, New Mexico, offers twenty Mor- gan mares for the scalp of Geronimo. This is the latest New Mexican mare's nest. Wirit Moody and wrestling with southern sinners and Sam Jones and Sam Small grappling with northern backsliders, the bloody chasm in religious matters betw the north and south seems to bo pretty well bridged. St. PAuL’s board of education is short of funds and talks about shutting up shop. Thanks to high license, Omaha’s school board has a comfortable bank bal- ance and will go right ahead with the work of making our city schools the best in the west. RusnviLLe patrons of the railroads complain that the commissioners on their last junket along the Elkhorn Valley road were too busily engaged in playing poker to investigate the complaints of the people. The information is incom- plete in neglecting to state who held the winning hand Wit a great strike in progress in Man- chester, New Hampshire, another drag- ging out its course in the coke regions of Pennsylvania, and a lockout in one of the heaviest manufactnring concerns in Chi- cago, the relations of pital and labor are more than usually strained through- out the country as spring approaches. BiLrs to forfeit the Northern Pacific land grants are numerous at Washington during the present session, but whatever their fate may be in the house, it is safe to assume that they will not pass the sen- ate. 'The Pacific railronds are too strongly entrenched in the upper house to justify any hopes of the passage of such meus- ures in that body. GEN. SHERMAN has been talking again. The burden of his complaint is the tyranny of the press. He says it is sim- ply appalling, and that there is no more comfort in the land. We observe that the press has been poking considerable fun at Uncle Billy of late, and in some respects making it uncomfortable for him. Perhaps his criticisms, under the circumstances, are excusable. Tk Atlanta Constitution, describing a wedding at To ccoa, G: that “in front of the altar was a beautiful floral umbrella, suspended by an invisible wire. Under this umbrella, so beautiful- tly emblematic, the happy couple pledged jheir marriage vows.” Without know- ing the peculiarities of Georgin social customs we presume the umbrella was “‘beautifully eomblematic” of coming matrimonial storms. FAVORABLE consideration has been glven to the Hennepin canal project by the committee which has it in charge, and there are hopes that the bill for its construction will pass the house. The Hennepin canal, if built, would connect the waters of the Mississippi river and the great lakes, and furnish the west with an open waterway to] the ocean. It would enable shippers to send gramn in bulk from Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri ¥ the elevators at Buflalo, and thence by eanal boat to New York City. The bill provides that the work of construction shall be under the direction of the secre- tary of war, and appropriates a million of dollars wherewith to commence work. It is estimated that the cost of the canal and feeder, together with the enlargment of the Illinois and Michigan ecanal, will be $8,072,000, and those who profess to haye looked into the matter say the say- ing on freightage in a single year would mearly equal the cost of construction. ‘The committee will report that the project is purely a national one; that Illinois will not be a greater beneficiary than other r:rtu of the country, and that the canal in the line of river and harbor improve- ments, and thevefore entitled to an ap- propriation. Tie windy orators who are posing as eritics of military matters in the debate over the Fitz John Porter bill have added nothing to the facts as already determined in the tribunal of public opinion. General Porter, by the concurrent testi- ameny of such military judges as Generals oGrant, Schoficld, Hancock, Terry, McClellan and Getty, so far from uul{- tributing to the disaster of the sccond battle of Bull Run saved Pope's army #rom anihilation at the hands of Long- street, whom he held in check. In the battle of the following day he hurled his eorps in desperate confliet against J. son’s army and fought like a hero against overwhelming odds, leaving a third of his ofliiers and men on the field. He was tried by a packed court martial anx- dous to find a scape gout for the blunders of Pope, was convicted on false and in- eorvect testimony, and was cashiered from the ary for disoboying an order which Hie could not carry out, and for failing to Aight a battle in which he was heroically wengaged on the following day. For fawenty years he persistently pleaded for aachoaring of his case and was denied. wlion once g doue to a brave soldier ad a patriotic citizen. I'he nation owes . 4o itsolf to roliove General Porter from 3 stigwa. which was placed upon him , FPope's court martial and to vetire him - with the rank which he held at the date i ™ his dismissal frow the service. A Useless Agitation. The St. Panl Pioneer Press outruns dis- cretion in its advocacy of General Terry's claims for the first of the vacant major gencralships It urges that the pre- cedence in rank which the successor to General Hancock will have as second to ‘hotield should belong to General instead of to General Howard, the nd backs up its demand by the following argument Letusexamine the circumstances of General Terry's and General Howard's appointments to the grade they now enjoy. On January 10, 185, Alfred H. Terry was nominated brigadier general by President Lincoln, January 20 he was confirmed by the senate, The same day his commission was issued, to ank from January 15 February 10 General Terry accepted his commission and took the oath of office, T'wo weeks after his complete induction into his new rank Oliver O. Howard was nomi- nated. March 8 he was confirmed and M 11 he was commissioned—to take rank, how ever, from D Thus his aj pointment, actu a month afte Terry’s, was ma him higher rank by the device of antedating his commission, Obyiously inequitable to any layman, this act is held by high judic tary authority tobe positively illegal, ‘The president and senate, acting by constitutional authori could make Howard a brigadier general in February, but they could mnot cause him to have been a br lier general 1n December and There are abundant legal and military | dents to sustain this view and to justify claim on the part of General Terry to the rank of which he was unjustly deprived, but the question has never cometo a legal issue, and the injustice has slept without working actual injury for twenty Now at last comes a day when it may be corrected, not t for precedence, nor an unseemly legal wrangle, but by simple ex- eccutive action. ‘The president may now nominate Terry to Hancock’s place, and rd’s to Pope’s, going back tothe former xetly the month’s precedence which he had until fairly deprived of it in 1505, and cor- recting an injustice of twenty yea stand- ing before it bears actual fruit in actual deprivation of well earned dignity and hon- or. 'The opportunity oughtto be a tempting oneto a fair-minded and equity-loving ex- ecutive. General Terry was made a brigadier general for gallant services at Fort Fisher. His commission, as was not at all unusual during the war, antedated his appointment. The vacancy which his nomination and confirmation filled was one subsequent to that which the ap- pointment of General Howard filled i the army of the Tennessce. Long before the military services for which Terry re- ccived his promotion were rendered, General Howard was gallantly leading his command with Sherman in his march to the sea. At its conclusion he was named a brigadier for gallantry at At- lanta, and his appointment was antedated to give him the precedence in rank which his heroism at Gettysburg and his bravery in Sherman’s army merited. It isa late day now to bring up the question of the justice or injustice of the practice of an- tedating commissions, Usage and mili- tary decisions long ago settled that point of dispute. To overturn it in case of Howard would be to unsettle the rank of a scorcof officers now in the service. As a matter of fact General Howard is the ranking brigadier. His position at the head of the list entitles him to every privilege of seniority includ- ing promotion to the first vacancy in the next rank above him. General Terry's friends are unwise in forcing a contest which may result in the breaking up of the custom of appointment by seniority. There are others besides General How- ard who might suffer in that case. A Great Year for Nebraska. Public improvements in the cities and towns of Nebraska are the order of the day. Hastings and Grand Island are viewing with each otherin adding metro- politan” features to their corporate at- tractions. Beatrice is booming and lay ing deep foundations for futare pros- perity by encourageing local improve- ments. Fremont is more than holding her lead in the large section from which she draws trade and to which she adds importance, and a score of lesser interior lights are shining with iner ed bril- liancy in the van of the procession of Ne- braska’s flourishing settlements, Ttisto be a great year for Nebraska. Railroad extension will be at its height intersecting the north and south, as well as east and west, joining old systems and pushing new into territory never before opened, and connecting by competing lines a dozen counties with the markets of the But it is not alone to the railrond extensions that Nebraska can confidently look during the present year for a stimulus to her growth. lmmigra- tion is already commencing to pour into our state in advance of the rails. Eastern capital is secking and finding lucrative investment in the farming lands which the speculators have so long held from cultivation and improvement. The im- pending repeal of the general land laws which have furnished the greatest in- ducements to speculation is assist- ing in urgiog those who have not heretofore exercised their pre-emp- tion and timber culture rights to take ad- vantage of the laws before they pass from the statute books. The coming spring and summor prom to witness arush for government land on the fron- tier which will more than equal the re- markable record of 1884, Add to this the steady development of our already well sottled counties, the location of small in- dustries which flourish in agricultural communities, feeding barns, eanning ana broom factories, mills, elevators and weameries, and Nebraska bids fair at the close of 1856 to show a progress in devel- opment and an increase of population which will make her the envy of all her less fortunate sisters around her. Cheap and kxpensive avements, The statement made by the champion of the cheap and nasty wood block paye- ment, that Clueago, Detroit, St. Paul and Minneapclis haye found ¢ blocks a satisfactory paving material will not stand the test of examination. Chiecago went mad over cedar blocks as a substitute for Nicholson wood paving, and, assisted by a disrepu gang of contractors, luid miles and miles of the stuft' in that city. She is now busi- ly engaged in tearing it up ahout as rap- i as it was put down a fow years ago. Detroit had the samie mania. It is a city of ruts and mire ana bog holes wherever the cedar block has been subjected to or- i wmd tear and displacement, Paul and Minneapolis ecdar block pavements have not been laid long enough to test their demerits, but there is 120 reason to bulieve that they will prove 1 any more satisfactory in those cities than in others which have rejected them The fact remains that a concensus of opinion among the best civil engineocrs in the country damns wooden block | ments, whether square, round or rectan- gular, however made and however laid, as mere temporary and unsati cubstitutes for a good pavement. are not durable, they eunnot be r €0 s to renew an unbroken surface, they are porous and dirty, retain filth and smell to high heaven when the sun strikes their fibrous blocks, and as soon as they once begin to wear are shunned by dri- vers and teams as dangerous to the life and limb of animals and men. The only argument used by the adyo- of wooden pavements for Omaha is thatitis cheap. So it is, reckoned in dollars and cents. But it has proved in other cities the costliest of all pavements in the long run. The Bee predicts that the assessments on the district bonds will be far from being paid by property owners before they will be called upon to chose material for repay ing the streets laid with wood. y three months of the session gone, the democratic congress nothing to show for its labors, The re ular work of the session has never been s0 backward. The committees, divided and increased to facilitate business, are overwhelmed with the accumulation of bills which have not yet reached the stage of areport. The appropriation bills are a month behindhand. Ou the floor of the house, in spite of the changed rules, the sessions drag their course with fruit- less results. Not a single measure of tional interest has been disposed of. The bankruptey bill is unreported, the silver coinage measure still hangs fire, the iff discussion is unopened. Congress dits time in frittering away the hours with useless and senscles d bate on trivial topics, with the introduc- country has no earthly interest lendar has been pushed at the expense of bills of public importance, and the most energetic efforts of the ma- Jority have been devoted to besieging the patronage pedlers of the departments 1s for recognition. These are the first fruits of the “‘busi- ness administration” which Mr. Cleve- land was to give the coun try and on which the solid men of his party based their appeals to the independent voter. No president since Andrew Johnson has suc- ceeded so thoroughly in estranging his party. dent Cleveland’s recom- mendations for legislative action have vroduced any ct upon the democratic congress it has failed to materialize in performance. Split into as many fac- tions as there aspiring statesmen, dis- d by the endless squabbles over the distribuiion of patronage, united on none of the leading issues of the day, th present congress is a pitiful commentar on the lack of cohesion in the democrat ranks and the absence of ability in the party organization. The Exposition Building Opening. The people of Omaha owe it to them- selves and to the enterprising citizens who have built the new exposition build- ing, to attend in large numbers the opening on Thursday evening. For the first time in herjhistory this city can boas of the possession of a structure la enoughand suitably adapted to mee requirements of great public gatherings. The enterprise of a few of our merchants and business men has given us a build- ing in which the largest con- ventions, musical festivals, i and political and social gatherings can assemble with ail the conveniences of the best stractures of its class in the country. The new exposition building has been built regardless of expense. It has besn constructed as a permanent addition to the features of the city. It has come to stay and our people should show that they appreciate its arrival. The opening of the building is to be made the occasion of a concert, which will farly test the capabilities of the great hall for entertninments of that nature. The full Musical Union orchestra will be in attendance, assi by it from abroad. The Bek urges our people to give a grand welcome to the exposition building on the afternoon and evening of its opening. It promises them a genuine surprise in their first view of the interior of the structure which for years to come is to furnish the city with a place for amusement, entertainment and instruc- tion, Some of the Chicago clergymen are seeking notoricty by attacking the secu- lar press, If it were not for the pre: these gentiemen would not be known out- side of their congregations, and their ser- mons would never find their way into print. Newspapers have a much larger audience than the pulpit, and the clergy ought to appreciate the eflorts of the sec- ular press to spread the gospel among the ungodly whom the pulpit utterances would fail to reach in any other way. Q. CANNON, who is one of the leading lights of the Mormon church, while being conveyed as a prisoner from Nevada to Utah, jumped from the train and attempted to escape, but was recap- tured. Cannon evidently fears that the federal authorities at Salt Lake propose to spike him, The capture of this heavy artillery is likely to prove the severest blow polygamy has yet reccived. Mg. Leeper’s little ordinance to vio- late the high license law has been laid on the shelf. The council wisely came to the conclusion that there wassucha thing astoo much monkeying with the buzz saw of publie opinion TaOSE army nominations still hold fi but the president has given a little spice to the situation by laying down as a rule to be observed in promotions that physic- al disability will hereafter prove a bar to adyancement, Tur Beatrice postoffice coutest has Leen settled by the appointment of Sam- uel E. Rigg. We are unable as yet to say whether Mr. Rigg is a packing-house or' a slaughter-house democrat. e notes that Preacher Tal- mage on Sunday gets up at4a. m. and walks the floor of his room until he thinks out his sermon. We don't believe it. As Talmage's sermons are published in the west six hours before he delivers khem, and are often in type twenty-four hours before he ascends'the pulpit, this story of early rising and twilight thought can be set down as deeidedly incorrect. [ — CrARrGEs have been filed against In- spector Robinson. Mt, Robinson's charge upon the Kearney postmaster with the packing-house brand is' responsible for this counter attack — SWINEBURN'S catechism for Nebraska democrats is destined to become a stand- ard political text-book, e —— Tne best is the cheapost. Tho proverb lolds as good in regard to pavements as it does to dry goods and groceries. street-sweeping contractor will e rise and explain, Ta pl Wit the Herald please inform us when rdner must go ¢ ——— OUR MINISTERS, Minister Cox is said to be dissatisfied with lislife at Constantinople, Mr. Pendleton writes from Berlin that he is still wrestling with Otto's grammar, ¥ Minister Stallo has offended many callel at Rome by sending word that he is*t0o busy to see them, Minister Bayliss W, Hanna is accused of having hired a house in common with an American dentist, the dentist's chair being part of the parlor furniture, Minister Pendleton is keeping house in Berlin and Mrs, Pendlcton has introduced 5 o'clock teas. Thus does our democratic dip- lomatic service ditffuse American ideas, Minister Cox is to travel in Egypt and Minister McLane is to ma a tour of the continent for health and pleasure. Men who get tired of doing nothing should never try an diplomac - MILITARY MEN., MGen. Pope, after his retirement, will go to Europe for a year and then settle down in some western town. When Gen, Sherman was at Fort Bayard he was asked by an Indian for an old field piece that stood out in the inclosure, “Can’t have it,” was the answer. “Why not? “What do you want with it; to kill soldiers? “Soldiers!” Ugh, no. Use 'em kill cowboy. Kill soldiers with club.” A Boston paper compliments Gen. Shei dan on the progress he is making in discus ing Indian affairs. Formerly his reports re- corded the killing of so many “bucks” and “squaws.” Latterly he mentions the aby iginees as men and womap, Mowat troops haven’t killed any of them lately. Gen. N. A. Miles is the youngest of his rank in the United States ary He mar- ried a niece of Gen. and John Sherman, a sister of Don Cameron. By that marringe he isconnected with the Ewings, Camerons, MeCooks, Shermans, Blaines, Dahlgrens, McLeans and several 6thett political families. The United State: 1y has its Poo-Bah in the person of First Lieut, Charles M. O'Con- nor, of the Eighth infantry, He is on duty at Fort Brown, Texas, where he serves in the multifarious positions of post. adjutant, post treasurer, post range ofticer, acting signal of- ficer, recruiting oflicer and, superintendent of the post schools. 4 St Dear Friends, New York Times. The American Bell Telephone company has few friends except those whose friend- ship has been bought and paid for. b Vi Diamonds and Diamonds, New York Star, There secms to boan epideniic of diamonds at3Washington just now. The wonder is where all the money comes from. it ol i Went Out to Sce a Man, Fremont Tribune. It has been decided that when Dr. Miller went out of politics he just stepped out for a minute to see a man, s T I Better Done by Hand. Philadelphia Call. A Massachusetts man has patented an add- ing machine for book-keepers, No subtract- ing machine has been invented. Not neces- sary. e A Rustler's Possibility. Papillion Times, John McShane, of Omaha, is coming to the front as a possibie democratic candidate for governor. Mac is a rustler, and will make a lively candidate if he is nominated. Sam. Jones on Progrossive Euchre. Chicago Herald, Prozressive euchre players hereabouts will be interested in knowing that Rev. Sam says that they are gamblers, and that t they will'sink down to that seeth- ing pit where the worin dieth not. Progres sive euchre must be a pretty hard game where Sam was brought up. With a Mental Reservation, St. Louis Globe-Demoe, The proposition to build a monument in meniory of Gen, Hancock 1s timely, and ac- cording to precedent. We always make a proposition of that sort when a prominent man dies—with a mental reservation to the effect that the actual construction of the men- ument shall be left to the liberality of some future generation, e Written in Dus Norden Borealis, ‘There are several papers that take every opportunity that offers itself to abuse § ator Van Wyek, never giving him credit for the good work he is doing. We wish to gent- ly whisper in your ear thatSenator Van Wyek is a hard, earnest worker, ever ready todo all that is in his power for the interest and benefit of his constituency, S~ A Chicago Juryman, Chicago News, ‘The juryman in the Jerry Monroe case who is reported as saying *'We ermagined a jury kin do what she d—d pleases,” is not far from right. The law and evidence are as in- significant elements 10 a justice-court trial as the cut of a justice's haix or the polish of a justice's boots, Giver the purpose to be at- tained, and the jury will arrive there some- how. Chicagy Trébune. The president stopped and wrote in dust, ““A public oflice is a publid trust,” But a bleak wind, cold and raw, Came sweeping up fram Arkansaw, With a liollow, low, sepulehral moan, ke a dying breath through a telephone, { ed around in an eddying gust, Erased the motto written In dust, Which ascended in aiy with an active jump As quick as could furn| an eastern mug- Fump, A And nothing remained of the motto in dust But ‘!j"" lu‘.xl of the sentence, the one word *Trust.,” B STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings, iobrara has declared war to the death on unlicensed dog: Creighton boasts of three bands, three banks and three newspapers, . Eighteen dozen pairs of overalls are turned out in the Fremont factory every working day. Charlie Lang, the Fremont statesman, must provide for Widow Beers' kid. The court refused to release him from his *‘youthful mdiscretion.” A stage driver dumped a load of Santee Indians into Bazile creek one day last week. A 6-year-old papoose went through the ice and was drowned. Bighteen hundred red ribbons were distributed among the tipplers of Ne- braska City during the Montague revival. The saloons i consequence are enjoying a season of vrofound drought. Cedar Rapids, Boone county, boasts a reportorial prodigy. A little girl 9 years of age wrote an nccount of a child's party for the Era, set it up in type and corrected the proof, and the work was creditably performed. As an evidence of the growth of civil ion in northwest Nebraska, soap bub. beinls are quoted as profitable ments at Chadron. The prize goes to the person with the most mouth, wind and endurance, The belle of O'Neill permitted herself to be beaten in champion me of cuchre, though she held both bowers and the joker. Tho stakes were a kiss overy time she lost. It is safe to say her oppo: nent scooped the pot every time. Movement: e on foot by the Blair Improvement company for tlie purpose of erecting a canning facto llll t place and Saturday night a mecting was held and several thousand dollars subseribed for this purpose. The subject of the Jork packing establishment was = also brought up, hut nothing definite deter- mined about it. Moonlight scene in Plattsmoutt road man aw from home. home th her mother. Tony young clerk calls and signals on window pane, Door an‘n- rently; mother appe pshold, receives elerk in her hugs him' till shes and tosses him off the } nily dog closes tableau with one vicious grip. Towa Items, Creston is organizing a company to prospect for coal. The trade unions of Burlington put a city ticket in the ficld. William Alexander has been appointed adjutant general of the state militia. The linseed oil mill at Dubuque have been forced to suspend owing to the scarcity of seed, ‘The discontinnance of Lee postoflice, in Union county, has_been ordered in con- quence of there being no candidate for ter. The office paid a salary of has lmrfin quantities of black walnut tim- s being cut in Fremont county and shipped to Liverpool, England. = The wool is of the finest qualit, nd s sold at $20 per thousand feet as it stands in the timbe: The Democrat s that the barb wire factory at Boone is permancntly closed and the stockholders lose the ™ $15,000 originally invested. Besides this a long drawn out lawsuit will cost somebody u lot ot money. 4 Dakota, The North Dakota exposition will be held at Grand Forks, and_ $12,000 in pre- miums will be distributed. ying will begin April 1, on the Black Hills branch of the Elkhorn Valley road between Chadren and Rapid City. y Basin silver mining district, ity, is attracting much atten- s to rival any camp in tion and prom the Hills. Among the many new structures being commenced at Rapid City is a four-story hotel, 100 by 140 t, which 1s to be the largest and finest in Dakots A fow days ago as a part 5 sons, two en and two ‘women, were nearing Buftalo Gap, the sheriff of Custer county met them and produeing a war- rant irrostod them on the of two murders. The statement a s that last summer they kept a sa A tent nd Ridge, a point_on the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Vall ilry being built. Two carpenter: on the bridge there suddenly disappeared and no trace of them could be found. Soon the four parties left the saloon and went to the tin mines. The people tore down the tent and noted that under the bar the soil was loose. Examination was made and the body of one of the carpenters was found buried there, and the other was found in a thicket near by. Other evidence has been gathered, and the ar- rest made in consequence. of four pe Colorado. Two school houses, to cost $25,000 each, are to be built at Colorado Springs. Ouray has invested $1,000 in what is termed “‘a tourists’ carriage.” It is a hearse with all modern plumage, cluding a speaking tube from the driv- er’s seat and the corpse. The Brighton creamery in 1585 made 92,000 pounds of butter. Eighty thousand pounds of this was consumed in Denver The management of this concern expocts to increase their product to 150,000 pounds, pondent at Langmont writes W ista i stating that a couple were recently married on the top of the divide, 15,000 feet above the sea, The highest mountain peak in the state, he says, is only 14,341, In an artesian well thatis being bored at Grand Junction a limited volume of gns hns been encountered at a_depth of fect 'l‘he(i s ignites readily and as the weli gains depth there is_every prob- ability that the volume of gas will in- crease, The Southern Ute reservation, in La Plata county, is now the only Indian res- ervation in the state. This reservation contains 1,710 square miles, or 2,004,400 acres, and has an Indian population of 991, twenty-four of whom can read and speak English. These Indians own 50 mules, 5,000 horses, 160 cattle and 3,500 b. The Muacne, Capote and Weem- he tribes of Utes are at the agency. he lerififll wood, so abundant in Colorado and Wyoming and the Rocky mountain regious, is rapidly becoming utilized. In San Francisco there is a fac- tory for cutting and polishing theso pe rifications into mantel picces, tiles, tab- lets and other architectural parts for which marble and slate is commonly used, Petrified wood is suid to be susceptible of a finer polish than marble or even onyx, the latter of which is driven from the market, Montana. Montana's output _of sopper the past year amounted to $359,500,000. ixty-seven cows, two horses and barn were eremated near Butte the otli day. Fergus, the new county, contains i neighborhood of 125,000 head of and fully 110,000 hoad of sheep. The tiloster mine produced during the month of January $81,800in bullion at a total expense of $31,5650, making a net profit of $50,340. The Northern Timb Pacific coal mines ine will produce 1,000 tons a d as soon as the shaft opening the 300 and 600 foot levels is completed. The pro- duction at present is between 800 and’ 500 to! Million Ulin, a musie teacher at Spring Hill, was waited upon by a band o masked men and invited to leave. Fail- ing to comply with the order, a rope was thrown around his neck and he was jerked heavenward ithout even a 1 He was let down in time to say i nd hurried from town as his limbs limbered up. He was of caressing a pupil during -~ Greenville, Pa., boasts about Mrs, Magdalen Miller, who is %0 years old and the mother of twelve child She has also had fifty-one ndehildren, When young she was as vigorous a: could” shoulder three bush During the gra rd insurance she was insured for over §100,000, and has outlived all the companies. She is yet so hale and hearty that she can go through the snow for some wiles on foot. Sl has smoked tobacco for more than seventy years, at STORIES ABOUT GEN, HANCOCK An 0ld Playmate Talks of His Boyhood— The Romantio Story of His Court- ship and Marriage, Somathing About His Children—Ttus. soll Hancock's Elopement and His Father's Baptism, ton correspondent of the Cleveland Leader It is not astonishing to people who knew Han- cock to hear that his death was caused by his high living. His very air was that of a bon vivant. e liked good wines and rich foods, and his system was in such a condition as to bo ready for the attack of disease. TMANCOCK'S BOYHOOD, A Dading merchant of central Ohio who was brought up with Gen. Hancock, and who is only three weeks older than atted with me one day about Han- a boy. aid he: “Gen. Han- s father w very worthy old Bap- tist deacon, a radical temperance man, and a lawyer of considerable ability. 1 says Hancock tamily. He w. citizen of Norristown, Pa., and he began lifo poor woafter he was ancock’s mother for a millinery store in 1d when Hancock was born though respectable, were by Wintield Scott Hancock, remember him, wasa nice-looking boy. He was tall, slender, blonde, with a face which long refused to sprout whiskers or mustache. He was a born soldier, and he formed a cc the boys when he was domineeri was a leader among the boys, and was The a prominent town, the family, 10 means rich, as 1 always bound to have his owin way. givls liked him, and he was fond of their society. He was g r, average student, but he did not particularly excel in_any- thing. I remember thatatone of the Fourth of July celebrations of the town, when wewere abont 14 years old, Han- cock the De wtion of Indepen- dence, und I made a speech after he got through." “How about his appointment to West Pointy” “Hancock was sixteen started for West Point, and he got his adetship as a matter of ritism. An old lawyer of Norristown obtained the sLof (3 Tppolninicnt and secured it Bercanteats: quire Han- cock’s residence on_the midnight of the night he secured it, woke him up, and told him he had gotten the pl: son, Winfield. It is my impression that he ga the appointment to Hancock's father in order to secure his influence po- liiteally.”” cars old when . HANCOCK MADE LOV c tuated from in connection in the west. On dfor a short time is custom here y morning. Ashe rode down one of the street bright, sunny day when it was still carly, he saw at tne window of one of the nnest iooking houses in the city a very beauti- ful young lad is eye caught h as he passed, wid he involuntarily raised his hat. The young lady blushed, waved her hand at him, and then stepped back into the shadow. As the stor oes, it was 2 caso of love at first sight on Han- S Morning after morning he past the house hoping to sce her At last, on ¢ he passed by on foot just as she was leaving the house on the arm of a fine-looking old gentleman. The lady recognized — him ~ugain, he could sce by her blushes, but' she did not bow, and just as she passed she entered a carringe. he old gentlem followed he and the two drove rapidly away. 1 shall not describe how Hancock took a cab and kept the ca o in sight, nor how d he was en after a short ride hie saw it draw up at the door of one of hisold army comrades. A mo- ment later he had dismissed the cab, and knocked at his friend’s house. His friend met him in the hall, and in astammering way he asked for an introduction to th Iady. A moment later he was taken into the rlor and introduced to Miss Al- el and her father. Old Mr, Russell was oue of the rich merchants of St. Lot He took quickly to Hancock, and before he left the house that afte noon the young officer received a hearty invitation to call, which, by tne way, the young 1;..1{ seconded. Hancock ' did call, and he called often. The pretty young ]znl_" seemed to be as much at- tracted to the gay young lieutenant as the lieutenant was to her, After a short courtship they became engaged, and a short time later was married, The match was a happy one, and _two children have come to bless them. Mrs, Hancock and one of the children,the boy, still liv The girl died at 18, about years ago, I should judge. She hud_ just graduated from school, and was highly ecomplished, RUSSELL HANCOCK. General Hancock's daughter was named Ada, and his son’s nume is Russell, after his wife's family. Russell Hancock is now, I think about 80 years of age. He i rge planter at Clarksville, Miss., aid to possess much mechanica WV est da and is genius, Russell Hancock also made a romantic marria 1is wifo was the daughter of an ex-robel in Louisville, who refused to let her marry the son of ‘o northern sol- dier, even though that soldier was so great a man as General Hancock. young couple, howe took th into their own h They agreement at an evening party” in Louis- ville, slipped across the river into Indi and were married at midnight, Their riage is snid to be a very hapy yours ugo, shortly afte child was born, General Hane wis present at the house. Mrs, Russ Hancock was, I think, a member of th Unitarian chureh, and when it wus ae- ranged at this time to baptise the infant, Dr. Eliot, the president of the college in . Louis, was asked to pevform the cere- | mony. Itwas a triple baptism, for, after the baby was baptized, Russell’ Haneock, the father, and ( aul Haneocek, the grandfather, are smd to have kneit down and have received the ordinance of bap- tism from the venerable preacher, HANCOCK AND THE CAMEL, wcock lived for a time hefor at Los Angeles, Cal., and then a ious story comes trom there concerning him. About a yesr a Los An 5 paper printed one contain ing his adventures with a camel, which substantially as follows: ! When Hancock was stationed in this city in 1858 rof the souther , he was an | Among nsportation ov a numl or ids. camels, some vicious tempers, a continual sonree of trouble, and he gen- erally made it lively for the' unlueky in- dividual who had oecasion to go within the enclosure in which “he waus confined. On one oceasion Hancoek went into the corral on some matier of business, soon as the old camel saw started on di ¢ his unlucky vietim,and soon a Gracco-Romun | wiestling match of the most approved | style was taking place. The heroof Get tysburg, with i haven't-got long-to-live pression on his , wits first Ahrown into the air, his heels pointing struight hurled with irresistable force to tha carth. Several rounds were fought with out Hancock losing his grip, but the cam- el was ;uq getting into the right trim for an all-day fight, and being within & fow feet of the fence, Hancock” watched his opportunity, and sudd released hold and started for the hous How he got over the ten-foot fence has never been satisfactorily settled, as Hancock was always reticent on the subject,”” ol ot . The Nebraska Surveys. Plattsmouth Jowrnal, 1t is time the people, and especially the | democrats understood this matter. The | Omaha Herald pretends to be the mouth« piece of the party in the state, and de- nounces other democratic newspapers as being Akrupt in by ster finances, " while it has deliberately chosen to join hands with the corrupt ring, which a fow years ago it denounced as the “‘rob- ber's roost,"’ to break down an honest survey in the state, which in every senti- ment of justice demands should be made. If the statements of Commissioner arks are true—and everybody in knows, or ought to know, that ‘ re true ~it cannot injure the_stato fact made public, B attempted 10 t man who ever stead, a timber elaim or pre-emption, knows that the lands are not wh they are shown to be on the plats in the sur- voyor genery ndl that this is tho real cause of the injury to the state. A resuryey of these interior or section lines must be made sooner or later, it the in- terests of the setilors are to be protected, 1f the Omaha Herald chooses to make its bed with the dishonest crowd of land sharks and public plunderers, and set it- self up against Mr, Cleveland’s policy of honesty and faiv-dealing, well and good, The honest demoerats of Nebraska will not be led estray by its insane course. o s eninir Grant and the Young Guerilla, An ex-confederate general now in the senate has unbounded admiration for Gen. Grant. They were front to front rough the wholé civil war. The briga- had a spirited youth on his _staft. he Iad dared too much, and was finally aptured s taken to the command ing general’s tent. In the absence of his chicf, the general next in_command questioned the brave boy. “Were you a guerilla sharpshooters™ * “Yes, genéral.’ ['he prisoner was ordered to be shot. As he was being conducted from the tent Gen. Grant vode up, and, noticing the young soldier's unflinehing look, asked the circumstances of hi; J you one of the Yes, general,’ prom- 1s¢ mever 1o repeat oftensq if vou ave liberatédr [ will, gen- ou are free to go, young man," most magnani f captains, ularly, general, for I shot by orders of he southern senator also relates & meeting between Gen, Grant and a_confeders i rly in the war. They d k y—s0 heavily that they embr: and " shed maudlin tears on cach other’s shoulders, When they parted in the k the southern nder took the wrong bo%‘ Gen, amming. Within a most brilliant vietor- Vils won, Washington _di World, Fcb, ¢ covers was g ) Monday evening to the following membe coast delegation in congress: Senator Bowen and Teller, of Colorado; Sen Dolph and Mitehell, of Oregon; S Jones, of _ Nevada; Louttit, MeKenna and Morroy fornia: Symes, of Colorado; Woodburn, of Ne , and Hermann, of Oregon. The residence of Senator Stanford, on Farragut Square, has been transformed its oceupants into a representative home. The drawingroom manufactured there to which are th Japanese hand embroidery The guests of the evening st down to a banquet whose wines and fruits were all from Californin. The tea and coflve services_were of solid gold from California mines, on a massive golden tray. The forks and spoons were of hammered silver, wrought in _rich designs, and the china was hand-painted Dresden, Vienna and Paris w ach plate wus distinet in itself, containing some historic portrait or scene or odd design, “The raid 5 Women adorned the Senator Evarts; the face of Mary Queen of Scots ced' up at Senator Dolph when he re- versed his plate. The table in the finest of white damask in the centre by a large basket of roses, flanked on each side by an oval plague of Jacqueminots. Fire! Fire! 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