Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1886, Page 4

4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THURSDAY, APRIL 1. 1886, NO.914 AND OTFARNAM ST + ROOM 65, TRIBUNE BUTLDING DURTEENTH ST, ] ~ L morning, exerpt Sunday. The \ #iing puper published 1n the s wy A 3 R10.00 Theeo Manths 2.9 00 One Month. ... 100 [Published Bvery Wednesany. t prominm ut premium One Month, on trial v CORRESPON All communications rolating to_ news and adi toril matters should be addressed to the Evi- WO OF "k DR, i All bu siness lotters and audiessed 10 THE TIEE PURLISHING COMPANY DMAdA. Drafta, checks and postoffice orde & o made paynble to the ordor of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E. RHOSEWATER. EorTon. PRI Rl LR L S Tk Towa legislature is still in session, yt the people of the Hawkeye state a gotting a good deal for their money in one way and another. smittanoes should be SECRETARY MANNING i8 no better, but Mr. Vilas continues in good health, as the numerous changes in the postofilee department elearly show. A FACTORY which numerous citizens of ha would contribute liberally towards just at the present time is a fa tory for manufacturing voters, DEMOCR aries bnt the great democrat has not said one word about them up to the pres- ent time. The bosses are playing “*pos: sum.”” oceur to-day OULD won't treat,” exclaims an_ex- change in glaving capitals. Well, the is nothing surprising i that. Gould gen- erally makes some one else stand treat and pay the bills KANsAs Crry continues to keep its ey on Omaha. It is admitted by the Kan- #as City Times that Omaha is a thriving town and is entitled to congratulations on her progres: 1s begun and re- . now coming in The Missouri will probably getin its workat this pointin a few day big body of water is now on its down. way AN po— % ATE Hancock N4 is o Success, Sub- seriptions have amounted to $50,000. In addition Mrs. Hancock is to have a pen- sion of $2,000 a year from the govern- ment apension which the nation will never grudge. LABOR and capital ought to go hand in hand. Artificial obstructions to such progress must be removed. Capital can- not oppress labor without injuring itseif, and labor in turn eannot antagonize capi tal without loss and damage to its own interests. ful growth of American stures is shown in nearly every branch, but particularly so in carpets. »athan twenty-five years ago we im- “ted nearly all our carpets, but to-day the manufacture of carpets in Philadel- phia and vicinity exceeds the total pro- duct of England AFTER many hit great railroad magnates have decided to end the strike by consenting to submit the questions at issue to arbitration. This isa strong point gained by organized labor, It is the point over which the chief struggle has been for the past two weeks, Now that it has been sccured the strike should promptly terminate. Tk Bek is daily in receipt of anum- ber of communications fromthe western part of the stute all of which speak in glowing terms of the rush of immigra- tion into the frontier counties, and of the bright prospects for prosperity in the heretofore thinly settled portions of Ne- braska. The north, south and central part of the state seem to be sharing im- partially in the boom which wall add any thousands to Nebraska's farming Jforesminter comes. What N pumber of new o‘: %, Which come of their %‘% ,%%ns. A large pro- ?'E{ P red to wait for the MC%ET D their labor, They have sold lands elsewhere and are provided with sufficient funds to make improve- ments and carry themselves over the first year, which is always the hardest ina new country. With the rapid extension of railroad lines thhough the state the cost of living on tho frontier is reduced 10 a figure much below what it has been for several years. The distance to the markets is mado less and the cost of transporting household goods and pro- visions is corvespondingly smaller. There are now few portions of Nebraska a hun- dred miles from a railroad, and five years from now the settlements fifty miles from the iron horse will be still smaller, Unriz very recently Indians upon the reservations could not be tried or pun- ‘hed for crimes in the United States courts. All such offenders were amena- ble only to the tribal authorities, and the punishments inflicted were of the most tritling character. It will be remembered that when Crow Dog killed Spotted Tait he was arraigned, tried and convicted by the United States court in Dakota, but was sot at liborty by the supreme court on the ground of want of jurisdiction, Congress at its Inst session, howover, framed a law extending the jurisdiction of United States courts, and under this law Lattle Moon, a full blooded Sioux Indian, was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment in the penitentiary for assault with intent to kill. The erimo was committed at Pine Ridge agency and Agent MeGillieuddy wus instrumental in having the cuse pushed to trial, ‘The case is of historic interest as the first on record where sn Indian was tried, con- vieted and sentenced in a white man's court for an offense committed on an Indisn reseryation and against the per- son of auother Indian. Agent Me- Gillicuddy believes that the efiect of this decirion upon the Indian vill be very beneficial. Before tho law wa 4 =edgthofr, murder and outlawry of all F: committed without any fear sequences. Now the Indians 4 crime weans imprison . The result will certainly such disordors. An Impertinent Reprimand. In approving a paving contract, Mayor Boyd took oceasion to inject a severe reprimand to the council for allowing an overlap in the last letting of contracts for paying during bis absence. This, to say the least, is a decided pieco of dis The council is a co-ordi branch of city government. The council- men are not subordinate to the mayor in any sense. If they violate the provisions of the charter they are responsible person- not to the mayor, but to their sover. eigns, the people. If they voted an over and their bondsmen are respon There are occasions when it is the duty of the mayor to call atten tion to tempt to override the at is when the council an illegal ordinance or an propriation not authorized by law. The mayor may then review the action of the council by his veto message and give his reasons for refusing to approve the bill But when, as in this case, the act of the council has been approved, the contract signed und delivered, the mayor goes out of his way in calling the council to ac count for its conduct Granting that Mayor Boyd is right, and that an over-lap has been created, who is to blame for it? The contracts arc dr up by the board of public works, and it is the duty of the board to keep itself in formed of the funds available for purposes of public improvement. It isnot expected that every councilman will keep a run- account with the city auditor. The was created for the purpose of supervising such matters, and the lecture should have been addressed to it. 7'he members of the board are his subordinates, appointed by him and subject to his order The leg- islatureis not the servant of the excen tive, but his equal and in fact his su- perior. It may review his conduct and cause his removal, but the exceutive cannot impeach a legislature. Suppo the council should re e and repri mand the mayor forsendingin the names ot men who w incompetent or unfit, He would very promptly resent it as im- pertinent. So far as the overlap is con- cerned, of course it is wrong and should not be permitted. But the contract itself leaves it optional with the city to stop paving, when the work done exhausts the paving fund, so that no great harm can come in the end board Geronimo's Escape. The news of the surrender of Geron- imo with twentyning Uitks and some fifty squaws is now supplemented by dispatches announcing his escape with all but nine of his fighting men, while the band under Licutenant Maus were on their way to Fort Bowie, Arizona, where they had been preceded by Gen- eral Crook. This is bad news for the friends of Crook. It seems to postpone indefinitely the close of the Apache cam- puign which all had supposed was ended. It comes at the very moment when the war department was preparing to con- gratulate the veteran Indian fighter upon the crowning success of a weari- me search for the hostiles and when the esults of Crawford’s march into the fast- nesses of the Sonora mountains had shown themsclves in the surrender of every Chiricahuua who was oft the reser- ation of San Carlos. How the Indians succeeded in giving Licut. Maus the slip is not told in the dis and criticism would not be fair until the facts are fully known, If there was carelossness the guilty parties should be punished and Gen. Crook, who will sufter most from the unfortunate event, may be depended upon to ferret out the facts to the bottowm. Geronimo's escape will certainly post- pone, for some time to come, the trans- fer of Crook from Arizona to another command. The Apache war is not yet Geronimo once more at large riors, loaving his old squaws side, and no doubt with well iilled cartridge pouches will con- tinueZto menace the peace of the border until a hemp necklace or stout irons ornament his person. Crook's which all thought finished, has be- zun afresh, The Waterworks Company. ‘The report of Fire Chief Butler and the debate at the last meeting of the council about the water service bring up the question whether the waterworks com- pany has complied with its charter obli- gations. Those who remember the con- test over the waterworks franchise will recall the nt points that arrayed the groat mass of our citizens against the Holly swindle. Iirst and foremost the people insisted that the water supply should come by gravitation from reser- voirs, and not by dircet precsure. It was truthfully charged that direct pres- sure and pumping from the settling basins would give us muddy water and make constant trouble i the plumbing. On the other hand gravitation would give a steady and moderate pressure while the water would be clear. In the next place the Holly plant, as proposed, was too con- tracted. The service pipes and mains were very small, and would, if laid, have soon been found inadequate to the wants of a growing city like Omaha. Five years have elapsed since the pres: ent company obtained its rter. The city has doubled in population, and the water consumption is way beyond any timate made at the time the works were begun Instead of 200 hydrants at an annual tax of about $19,000 the city is now paying $31,508 ayear for 439 hvdrants. This hydrant alone is equal to 6 per cent on over $500,000. Surely the waterworks com pany with such a revenue ought to give Omaha what she is entitled to under her original charter without quibble. The city has been very lenient beeause the company has been compelled to enlarge its works and to extend its lines very rapidly. But it seems to us that the time has come when the company should ve u to understand that the direct pres- system with only one main to the reservoir is not satisfactory and cunnot be neeepted as a compliance with the contract that forms its franchise, It is a matter of fact that we have had all the ills of the Holly system for yi We ve had direet pressure right along and thousands of dollars haye been paid for repairs to plumbing that the reservoir supply sys- tem would have saved to the community. ‘I'be water is seldom clear, and when the viver is high is very muddy. If it is true, as charged, that four-inch maius are be- ing laid where six-iuch mains are re- quired under the ordinance, the company should be ordered to replace thew with pipes of proper size. There must be » second main to the reservoir not only as a matter of safety, but for the purpose of avoiding direct pressure through the entire system while water is being pumped from the settling basins on the river bottom to the reservoir near Walnut Hill. There is no ill feeling on our part towards the company, nor is there any desire to stir up a raid npon it. The officers and owners of the company must realize that their contract with the city has never been complied with up to this time. If the owners had been non residents they would not have fared so well. Lire Insurance in Omaha The fire insurance rates in Omaha are altogether too high. They < high or nearly so—as they were before we had waterworks. When the waterworks were in course of construction we were assured by the insurance agents that upon their completion the rates would be materially reduced, but nothing of the kind been done. We have an ad mirable system of erworks, affording the very best protection from fire, There are now 439 fire hydrants. Besides the fire department is in excellent condition According to the annual report of Chief Butler, dnring the five y since the establishment of waterworks, although the population has doubled and the number of fire alarms has iner d during that period, the losses by fi less than those of the five 1881 by the sum of $623,171.81. Thisisa remarkable showing, and is conclusive proof that the insurance companies can well afford to reduce their rates. Chief Butler makes the statement—and he is probably correct—that our business men ing at least 40 per cont more in- 1 they ought to, and that they ing prominms to the amount of This sum is almost equal to y of Omaha, and ent of it goes to foreign insur ance companies. In view of all these facts, the fire insurance rates in Omaha are simply outrageous. It is high time that the companies make a reduction. rspreceding Now that the great st ended those who were ko is practically concerned in it will begin to ask who were responsible for its commencement and for its long continuance. The Knights of Labor obeyed orders promptly. The upon the commands of their superiors Whether the condition of s was kD before o the orde to demand a general wuik-out ‘bitration, the great principle of . had been tricd is a question which will be put by many of the suf- ferers. There are those in the Knights of Labor who believe and do not hesitate to say that if the cool-headed Powderly had been the leader of the local organizations there would have never been such an enor- mous lossof time and wages. The dif- ferences would have been brought before the railway managers, and at least di cussed, before the final resort of war was put into effect. Mr. Irons is by no means as able a leader as the master workman of the Knights of Labor, but he has probably learned something from the present trouble. Arbitration, or the attempt to arbit should precede a strik To strik nd to arbitrate afterwards, is to put the cart before the horse. But however this may be, the steady vefusal on the part of the railroad managers during the past two weeks to give their striking employes a hearing cannot be defended. They needlessly protracted the struggle to save official dignity. The trouble could have been ended long ngo if Mr. Hoxie had been willing to yicld a point to men who felt that they had a genuine grievance to lay bofore him. The result 18 more or less a compromise in which the strikers gain a hearing and railroads an opportunity to resume trafhic, Tk Horald announces with a grand flourish of trumpets that it is about to flood its columns with special dispatches and proposes to distanco all competitors in the matter of enterprise. There i doubt that the Herald has been v much improved of late, but it is too much given to boasting about its efforts to keep up with the procession. As a matter of fact this offer of the Herald's lled specials, which are noth- more nor less than the report of the United Press peiation, was declined by the Be months ago. Outside of the ted press report, which we are obliged to have as a basis for news, we have no use for syndicated news any more than w have for patent insides. Our special dis- patches are made up for tho BEE exclu- sively, by special reporters at important news centers. They are in no case a re- hash of the press association news, and therefore make our specials a valuable as costly feature. For all that we rejoice in the excellence of our contem- poraries. In the race for popular favor and patronage we prefer to be pitted against the best, Of course it is unnec- ry to say that the Beg will continue in the lead with the best, and it Iikely to be distanced for some y come. Ir a few short-sighted objectors are allowed to obstruct the proposed grado for Leavenworth street, it will not only be a great and permanent injury to that thoroughfare, but will be a posit lamity to the city. The nead of a desira- ble approach from the country for the southwestern portion of the city is every duy becoming more manifest. The pres it is the time to make Leavenworth rect what it ougiit to be, and what by reason of its length and location it is \pable of becoming. The improvements along the street are not yet of such char- acter or extent as to prevent the estaby lishment of & radical grade, and changes which now will occasion no damages, or for which waivers can be secured, will be impossible as soon as permanentimproye- ments,now being contemplated,are made, ‘Tur exposition promenade concert was & musical and financial success. The large attendance was an assurance from the people of Omaha that they appre- te the enterprise of the exposition compuny. It is to be hoped that such popular entertainmentsus the one of last :ning will be given at frequent inter- UNG MAHONE has been fined $100 by a Washington judge for shooting at a col- ored man. The light punishment was no doubt due to the fact that Mabone was too drunk:to bit his mark, and therefore his offgnse wus deomed a simple assault. There's nothing like: bding the drunken son of a United States #nator. —_———— Geroxtmo, who hid dhirrendered, with drew the capitulation and made his es cape. He is as slippery as Jay Gould. Now you see him amd nbw you don’t. pbiie i A C IRATULATIONS to’ Gen. Crook upon the surrender of Geronimo were a little previous. ——p—p— W have no candidates to foist upon ¥, but we want agood city council POLITICAL POINTS. Henry Cabot Lodge will try azain to get elected tocongress in tie Sixth Massachusetts district. The Alabama prohibitionists threaten to derange the politics of that state by nominat- ing a general ticket. The Richmond State says the disappointed oftice seekers have become the worst enemies of the administration, and it calls them “breedbates. Mayor Smith of Philadelphia has requested the resignation of the fire marshal and seyer- al police lieutenants because they are luke- warm political workers. Mr. Dalton, a member of the Ohio legisla- ture, is famous now because he said, elo- anently, “Mr. Speaker, 1 refuse to bring them there returns into this house, Prestdent Cleveland only escaped a nomi- nation for congress in 1870 by the action of the republicans in nominating his personal friend, L. K. Bass, acainst whom he de- clined to enter the lists. A correspondent says that the senate for- naffairs committee lesitates to confirm the appointment of Warren Green of Ken- tucky as consul to Kanagawa, Japan, be cause he is accused of trying to open a jack pot with a pair of deuces in agame with some distinguished Jans. State Senator Heury R. Low, of New York, who aspires to become governor of that state, works o large farm and manage the sales of the product. Hels a thin, spare man, with a womanish face, and does not look like a man i vigorous health, He wears side whiskers; St. Louis Republiean : Roscoe Conkling was ppointed district attorney of Oneida county six months before he was 21 years old. aprointment wasa surprise, but he itwith a presence of mind that never de- serted him till the day he resigned from the United States senate. S Paying the Penalty. Philadelphia Record. cretary Manning enforeed the eight-hour plan of labor for others, but not for himself. Le is paving the penalty, s The Man in an Emergency. St. Louis Republican. T. V. Powderly is one of the men whom reat cmergencies always discover. Such yveries “come high, but they are very alisfactory when we njake thein. T SRR What Susan Says. niedyo Times, Susan B. Anthony is jn fayor of high neck and long-sleeve dresses. But Susan should not ailow considerations of a_ personal char- acter to affect her judgimenton a great and iwmportant general question., Art ana Patrigtism, Macon Telegraph. Patriotism must be at a lojy ebb and art at high tide in New York when the Grant mon- umient fund stalls at 000, and_ folls out and buy $5%0, tures in thre Living Greece No More. Philadelphia Record, The childish occupation in which Greece Indulges of cailing out its reserves weekly and then calling them in again brings to mind Byron’s lament: “'Tis Greece, but living Gieece no nore, T R Overthrow at Hand. New York Jowrnal Carlyle’s one-man power has recelved ex- traordinary exemvlitication in_the present age. Jay Gould has been the ruling spirit of « mighty system for solong a time that he will hate to yield up his seeptre. But it must come. The power of the many is too much for one, Number one must go. S A Golden Opportunity. San Franciseo Wasp. “Why aunt,” sald a blooming young lady to her ancient spinister 1elative, as they stood waiting on the corner, “you really don’t mean togeton that crowded car, do you?” 1at’s just what I have been waiting for,” replied the antique, grimly; “it's all very well for you young girls to talk, but when I geta chance to sit ona man’s lap Lain’t going to waste it.” - Shakspeare vs. Bacon. R. Flowley. Shalt thou—alone who swept the sf Of Lyre that never lied to natuye— Alonie who wore, with Sappho’s wings, Appollo's grace and Atlas' stature— Shalt thou Tie low—bereft of fame, Thy tomb defiled, thy shrine forsaken? Shall the proud perfume of thy name Be'quenchied in stench of moldy Bacon? ngs Shall we cast down thy pearls to swine ‘And bid them wallow in thy roses? And for that savour—made dlvin By theo—find tains and trichinosis? 8y Cassar, Hamlet and the Moor \! @ swear thy throne shall not be shaken; No tilthy fuine, no cunning cure Shall conjure Shakspeare into Bacon, el U STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, A direet telephone line from Nebr: City to Lincoln is talked of. T'he saloons of Sidney we corked last Sunday for the the history of the town. The mayor of North Bend is largely in’ glory, sandwiched salary of 5 per annum. The reorganization of the Crete brass s brought to the front a large number of high-toned tooters. A Tecumseh poet writd: hand, young man, whifo He forgets to inform ugwhpthér he stayed with it and won or wasblufled out. A Cuming county weathtr prophet_is without honor in liis - own, country. H prediction that spring was thirly day away soeured him the hoots of the multi- tudc, and he hunted hi§ hole in a hurry, The B. & M. company has sury xolia for » branoh I Ae trom Superior, Nuckolls county, by way of Edgs neva and Wilber, to Nebraska City is i | to cut off a good slice of the which the #osk Island will Three hundred men and teams are at work on the grade between Supe- r and Geneva. 4 b Con of Dixon county have brought the Wakefield bank to time on the tax question. The bank refused to furnish a schedule of personal property for taxation, but the commissioners sccured & copy of the report filed with the state auditc nd assessed the bank to the full limit and scooped in §600. any farmers throughout the state complaining of the unfavorab! ther for spring work. The fi weather of the tirst half of last week had br ufilu the ground to a working condi- tion, but the snow storm of Saturday and Sunday stopped everything and virtually throws them back fully two weel Some seeaing has been done, but only a small fraction of the whole. A deerlittle chestnut comes bounding up from the wilds of southwesteru Ne braska. A promiuent rural editor bo. fully referred to his powess s & thoroughly first time in paid with a ‘Stay your t you' muy. | other business eutelpriscs for their 1e { ack | bonsts with a tenner, the condition being that he must kill a deer with a rifle, time unlimited. The wary shearsman started out with a snare and'a gan, and on_the secona day entra rlhl‘ looked-for animal. To win the $10 and ward off suspicion, he tied the 0 & tre drew a bead on the ts eyo and blazed away. The bullet cut the rope and the deer bounded away to freedom The editor returned to his sanctum and poorer man assertion made in these Jottings & fow days ago that _a_cargo of Jackson whisky sent an Indian to the happy | hunting grounds, has been modified byt later returns. It now buck when found was app: ly dead and w so_pronounced by jury of squaw men, but the high medicine man of the tribe refused to be conyinced, as he had been there himself and did not recover for sixty hours o with an ap- peal to the ¢ Spirit, he danced around the bi a few times, drew a flask from the inner folds of his blanket, and poured a fow drops on the buek's parched lips. The effect was magical The buck buoyantly bounded out of his box and the funeral was indetinitely postponed. appears that the Towa 1tems, A ten dy Methodist revival in Clin- ton netted 200 converts. Joo Berg, of Dubuque, claims to own the shears used by Andy Johnson before he took to polities. A Rock Rapids business man decc ed a funeral procession with his adver ment, one day last week. The school superintendents of fourteen sontheastern counties will hold a conven tion in F eld, May 18-10. Museatine is_undergoing a series of landslides which moves houses and kiteh- en is out into the middle of the streots, and piles the streets all over the front yards. At Ottumwa, last woek, Judge Traverse sentenced Martin Dooley to y a fine of $500 for confempt of court in refusing to obey an injunction restraining him from selling liquor. In default of payment ho is to serve H. M. Hoxie, and gen- © rail 1d Who is now so strongly fighting the strikers on that linc i and was brought uy well known on the re Robbie Rawlins, 0 near Persia, Harriton county, while help: ing his unele grind corn, had his left hand canght in the grinder. The hand s torn off at the wrist, car th it 11 the mu es and blood vessels which we from the forearm, The little fellow had the arm amputated at the elbow The general topic of conver: among the gossips of Calliope for th x‘u’)'\ '1\ _been the Fairtield. Hewas Hut Hoxie, rs, living tion pust ase to be mn i court a wherein Mrs. H. I, Rudd rce and #10,600 alimony. nce isinhuman treat- matters of minor importance. A large number of wit- nesses have been subpanacd, and the easo will be stubbornly contestéd by both sic Orange ( sues for a d Her alleged griev nd some other Dakota. Sioux Falls has 724 s enroll Th hool children re only 186 sections of vacant government land in Walworth county, comprising 119,010 acres. Two twelve inch veins of coal been discovered in a canyon twelve miles from Buflalo Gap. It "is expected that thicker veins will be found when a shaft issun! A les arbonate of silver has been discovered in Dismal canyon,’ four miles from Buflalo Gap. An 1 of the rock n from the face of the ledge shows ) of silver to the ton. Samples have P \r-lnt to Omaha and Deadwood to be assayed John W. Haummond, living a fow miles west of Elk Point, who recently had his pension_inereased to $1,570, hus, by _the death of a relative, fallen heir to $47,200 in eash, and four rms, lying near Garnavillo, Towa. appears to be Mr. Hammond’s lucky year. have Wyoming. There are 718 stock brands on record in Albany county. The Chincse riots at Rock Sp the government $174,748. Ben Hogan is hurling hard shell gos- pel at the sinners of Laramie. The Catholics of Evanston and vicinity have started a fund to build a $10,000 hos- pital. A stage lino has heen started between Jhoyenne and the Silver Crown mining ings cost mps have pre-empted every vacant building in Cheyenne, and the police are arming to oust them. ‘The university commission has taken up quarters in Laramie and advertise- ments for plans and a site are out. W. A, Johnson and John Sharon of Green river, are the fortunate discover- ors of a graphite lead. The vein is said to be twelye feet wide—and the mineral 92 ver cent graphite, The Seminoe mines give rich returns this season. promise of Jne vein of free milling gold is expected to turn out $100,000. There is considerable mining activity in the Hahn Peak distmict. A prize fight in the opera house in Ev- anston one night last week was a physi- eal and financial iz No blumi was spilt, and hardly enough monoy was taken in to pay for sponging the bruis- ers Fred Hagerman has been arrested and juiled in Cheyenno for dong a whole husiness in horse stealing. It is believe hie has gathered up about fifty horses and branded them as his own. Fred is 1 a smart, shrewd and enter prising German, ambitious to get rich by the speediest methods. The Cheyenne & Northwestern rail Y ors have taken the ficld rge of T. A. Clark, late chict engineer of the Orcgon Short’ Line, The party will survey first to Silver Crown by the most feasible route, and from that point northward to Iron moun The survey in the immediate viem Jheyenne will be completed in time for the actual work to begin within ten days. Colorado. Silyer City’s debt is $150,000, A $10,000 flour mill is proposed at Ala- Tho expenses of Arapahoe county for March amounted to $15,940. Twenty.seven buildings, valued at $10, 000, were destroyed by fire in Salida last week. ettlers have been located, within the last week, on 4,060 acres of land near Akron. Sixteen families from Virginia will lo cate on Clear Forks, Delta Gounty, this summer. ‘Che will of the la ‘aptain Clinton M Tyler of Boulder, divides an estate wortn $130,000 among his children “Phe plasterers’ union of Denver has re solved on eight hours and $3.00 for a day’s work, beginning next Mong The population of Sterling has been increased by the about forty men, woiien within the last week come to st Nearly all of the towns of any impor- tance in the northern part of ‘the state have organized boards of trade for the purpose of seeuring munufacturing or Ty addition of ud children They have all spective towns Miss Jennie A. Cole, the Colorado | shot, aud was persusded to bue' Jis | thiush, whose volce bas foi jawre becn ! drowned in the sordid rush for lucre, h come out with & book of 201 pages of This “Heaven gifted child school of tin lorn harmony tho boundless expauso of and dunes, lofty mountains, ms, rushing solid |mu-lrf' of song” Teads tho realistic western literature, and describes in irrigated beetling erags, dismal oan aracts, filtered sunshine, : ing gra tio poesios, with hore and there ti stump and loco thistle, the volume picture of an who boiled her closing with a luminons absent minded dome beans in the rich and russet folds of old dishrag. - > — SHOES IN THE SHOW WINDOW, e Way in Dealer Works Up His Trade, “This pair of shoos only $3 was the pla card which attracted the attentlon of a | reporter — yesterday. was placed just above an cley gaiters which were carefully in the show window of a south side store. Bee The ‘T'he shoes would have taken the eye of a dude at once, for they were built in the pproved style and h porter entered the store wred the proprictor in conve Thoseare pretty good shoes said the reporter, “T'he best that can be made, response, “we lose nioney on we sell. Bat, continued the deale a pecnliar smile, ‘“we many." At this point a 1 gaudy tops. young man en tered and asked fora pair of shoes like the ones in the window “Very sor plied the de: those are the uir we've got, must keep ‘em for samples they won ot somo § The shos ing smile and in th n to talk to his prospective he result was that the walked out of the store shoes under his arm. “That’s the part of the business that re quires skill,” said the propric weighed the five dollar gold pic hand. *‘You see,” continued be here for a” week st as good though.” blandest voice be 10 young 1 vith o pair of o in he, hecom ing confidential, “‘we place those shoes in We for the window and mark them couldn’t allord to sell ‘em, however, han $5. A man comes by and is at tracted by the sign and thinks he to get a bargain. Even to buy nir just at that time, he'll re. member the place and when want_to purchase he'll come No all right ing he nd the 1 z got jus! it he the shoes in dow, while in reality he has got the full ‘worth of his mongy an will zo away think air of $: appen often enough to make any diffor Shary o Well, perhaps it raight advertising. We don’t cheat shoe dealer smiled contentedly kea 1 1 heen ¢ L ghastly gvin s the younz m how window shoes for quictly walked off. “It's blamed hard luek clerk us the door wiis about to close, “that aman can't when he ought to. 1f I'd kept could have fooled that fellow just therest of ‘em,” and he sat down on a shoe box and communed with nature in .y emphatic manner quict 1 like “Please Get OfF the Track." An amusing incident oceurred in the hborhood of the smelting works a aysago. The shop track in that vicinity is crowded with men going to and from their work after 6 o’clock, and trainmen nstantly worried by these who per: in walking on the track and pay little or no attention to whistles or bells. On the eyening referred to, two engines, some distance apart, were mak- ing for the round house, A t stepped out of the way of the fil - gine but did not sce the second, and started down the track in front of it Engincer Kenney of the lutter saw the man, but could not attract s attention with either whistle or bell. When within fow feet of him the engineer put on the kes, got off the engine, ran up to the track-walker, and shouted, *‘Please get [ the track; I want to get’ in_the sh..r man suddenly wheeled round, f a dozen colors, and bounded acks like a jack-rabbit. The ached the round house in sufety A Bad Candidate for the Council. Omaia, Mareh 31.—[To the Editor.] Of late 1 have heard ame cast upon the tax-payers for not electing ood men at our city elections, 1 would like to say that the -payers are not al- ways to blame for clecting some bad men whom they do not know, until they have been tried. This isno excuse, however, for electing men whom they know to he bad men. There is & certain man in the Second ward, who has given in his name for councilmin, who is s dangerous man in every respeet. This man was well known, some years ago, as a practical Still tapper.” “The last drive he made was in the New York saloop, which was ated where Hellman's *store now He was caught and given up to Sutton, who was then sheriff, I would advise this man not to go any further m his attempt to get himseif 1to the city council or his name will be brought out in full, in connection with his past lifo. A TAX PAYER SECOND WARD turned b over the t engine r The Leavenworth Street Grade. In replying to the question of por- rday City Attorney Connell erring to the Leavenworth strect No action was taken by the city coun 1 ut its last weeting regarding the change of grade on Leavenworth street, as the waiver of damages was not com plete. With but few exceptions the prop erty owners most :d by the pro posed change of we signed waivers, and it is expected that o com plete waiver from Sixteenth street wo the city limits will soon be secured asaction is taken by the city cou strong effort will be made to have the street graded.” Carried Off the Da Commissioners Corliss und O'Keefle re- turned from Waterloo yesterday They report that the dam at that place has been almost entively carried away by the freshet. The dam was 250 fect wide and it will cost the county ubout $2,000 to re- place it. At one time the town of Water loo was flooded and people were going placed a smull bout on the box of their wagon and used cither wagon or boat as asion required. ‘They state that le Platte valley is also flooded and has probably done $2,000 damag The Methodist Revival. yv.M.Bitter spoke to another crowded ¢ at the First M. E. church ou Dav enport street last night. His earpest uzanner and hearty methods of personul \ion were none the less murked than on the two proceding eveuings, A areat revival is woucipated, not only in this church, but threnghout the entire city. exhort Which an Omaha Shoe sign it pair of enconsced and low pricod v tors. | Gough. ColdandGroupRemedy ation. for $3," was the ever nir with dou't sell very Bhould secure the Iargo $1 bottlos. . “but and weo have sent to Chicago for a new supply, but I s'pose J Have dealer put on his most insinu- customer, r, ns he his 260 PAGES, FINE PLATES, o Ding bindiog, ee if he don’t want he does around. v if the clerks know their businesst's STRICTLY PURE. IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES, PRICE 25 CENTS, 50 CENTS, AND $1 PER BOTTLE 62 [HCEN, BOTTLES are bt up for the & commodation of all who = desiro & goo THOSE DESINING A HINEDY FOR CONSUMPTION ANY LUNG DISEASE, Direction accompanying each bottle. Sold by all Modicine Dealers. WHITTIE 617 Bt. Charles St., 8t. Lon| Aregulergraduate of two Modisal Collegos A Mo. b lpee a8, Loty er Nervous: Prostration Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Aflec- tions of Throat, Skin or Bones, Blood Polsoning, old Sores and Ulcers, are treaied with waparwiced SuSecas, on Iatest aelent106prin el v Privaty. Discases Arlsing from Indiscretion, Excess, Exposure or Indulg whl a dereiive ositive Written Guaranteo eiven 1o svery ou. Tabloenses | Medioine seatever] mhore vy Sl of prikar MARRIAGCE GUIDE, sloth and. gilt ney. Over ity "o it folowti iy msn . x00d & bargain ns the win- and_no ore, | MeLIEes WE Zet Stuck and have to seil shoes for $3, but that don't Tt logitimate inybody. We just fool 'em, thut's all,” and the as lie saw ale to a mining however, changed ) to whom he had been talking " bought a pair $3 and " hemuttered to koep his mouth shut aimp fo 1i1ustra L. 6. SPENCER'S TOY FACTORY, 221 W. MADISON 8T., CHICAGO. Warranted to give satlsfac- tion on any work and fu an Lunds. Y Price 8 2.50 J.B.TrickeyzCo WHOLESALE JEWELERS, Lincoln, Sole Wholesale ngents for Nebraska. DEALERS SUPPLIED AT Facrory Rarms, N. 1. Thisis not a Btylo- graph pencil, but a first class floxtblo gold pen of any do- sired finciess of point. 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