Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 20, 1886, Page 4

| i 4 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ToRVE OF Dafly Morniaz Eait Bee, One Yonr. For 8/ Mopths or Throo Montha The Omaha Swoday address, One Yenr REORTPTTON ¢ including Sunday q $0m tiled 16 any | | ovan New v Was OFFIeE, No. M nK OPFICH NGTON OFFICK CORREST NDEN wting to v Al n wddressed 10 the torinl TOIt OF ould be THE Biy BUSTNERS Ly AN treiness lotte addrossod to T A, Draf e payable to th TERe: and romittances should PUBLISHING CoM and postofice lor of the compuny, BEE PUBLISHING Y, PROPRIETORS, 5 ROSEWATER, Enrron. | ; 1 DAILY BE Sworn Statement or-Circulation. State of Nebrackn, |, “ounty of Douglas, B, T7sehnck se Mo UMPA etary ot the Boa Pub- Tishini_company, does soremniy swear that the actnal circilation of tlio Dailv loo for the week ending Sept, 10th, 1586, was as Total 15,150 +..13,250 £.12,600 12700 +.12,800 12,500 Sunday. 5th Monday, 0th . ' (RS pdnesday, Sth. .. Gro. B, Tzscnuvek, sworn to before me this 1Mth day of Sept., 1856, N. P, Fru, [SEAT.! Notary Publie. Geo. B, 'Tzschuck, belng firet duly swor, oses and lie Is secrotary of the 1y, that the the Daily , was 10,378 copl 10,505 copies;' for March, 7 copies: ‘for April, 188, 12,100 L 18590, 12,459 copiess for June, or July, 185, 12,514 copi 04 copie Geo, B. Tzserrver. Suvbserfbed and sworn to before me, this 4th day of Sept., A. D, 1886, N. I FerL I Nolary Pub) Average.. Subscribed and tual averace by one the ro le.” One, by one the anti-Van Wyck booms drop from the stoms chilled by carly political frost. HANCOCK county’s endorsement of Jim Paul has » ghastly ring when read in connection with the disclosures printed in this issue of the Be — Browx, Holt, and Keya Paha counties are the latest to swing in line for Senator Van Wyck. Northern Nebraska will not be behind the South Platt country in work for the senator's interests, — e Harry Wricar, who invented the chestnut gong, has clearod §2 ,000 from his invention. The man who mvented shestnut nunstrel joke is si0t nam but soveral managers have cleared o number of hundreds of thousands from his discove — HE appointment of a new French am- bassador o Germany 1s a chief topic of interest m the current political discus- sion of Europe. It is construed as a move looking to a I rman alliance, and the reasons given are such as to render this view not entirely incredible. Iz is a very remarkable fact and one without a precedent in the | istory of this country, that not a single seat in the re- publican conyention was contested by anybody. There is not a shadow of n shade on the title of the candidates to the nominations whicl: they have re- ceived. . —— LAst wook was one of exacting work m the English house of commons., Nearly every day the sessions, beginning at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, lasted until 3 and 4 o’clock, and in one case until 0, the next morning. This all-night work 18 & great strain upon the mental and physical forces of the aves age English statesman, and hence his partiality for good roast beef, cognac and plum pud- ding. oN Crry is overrun with and the Critic of that city eries out f from the pests. It says the howlings and yelpings of the curs in eome localities at night are positively excruciating. Washington is a beautiful eity and an attractive piace to visit, but with its host of oftice seckers and dogs always present and congress in session balf the year, it is not without disad- vantagesas a place of steady residence, ———— Tre veracious Lincoln Journal takes great comfort in Omaha advices which are to the effect that Van Wyck was downed by the working men in the pri- maries, and only succeeded securing ono senator and four members out of the Douglas county republican convention. % Woe should like to know which of the two sonators is against Van Wyck, and who the four members are thut propose to vote for Van Wyck's opponents. “Cunsis like chickens come home to roost.” The action of the Douging eounty republieans, which has so sorely disappointed our amiable contemporary, f8In pare at least the natural result of the Republican’s holt of the late Mayor Murpiy sud the lukewarm support which thas wishy-washy coucern gava to the county ticket last fall. While tho Van Wyek issuo was predominant there was also a feeling, among the city delo. tes at least, that the services which the EE hus rendered to the party in this oity and county should be recoguized, AvriouGu Mr. Tilden was esteemed a ,. very thorough and astute lawyer, anda therefore was supposed to have druwn his will 50 s to avoid all chance of con- tention, it scems likely that events will prove that he did not do so. The action of the executors in wjecting his sistor and grandiicoes from Graystone is prob- ably only the beginning of a series of ovents bordering upon seandal to result from tho peeuliar will of M. Tilaen, of which the New York Herald says that it *was the crowning example of a procrasti- nation which always perplexed and often alionated his associates, both in business and in politics. Me possessed a mind of extraordinery ingenuity, eapable of pro- found tuought aud intricate plotting, but sadly lacking in executive determination ateritical moments for action. He planned # bengfleent disposal ot the bulk of his great property for public uses, but nover was rosolute enough to put the plan him- #elf into operation, and died shif ng itto " the discretion of three gentlemen whom De took especial pains to fortify against * Msown kindred, but took no pmins to q :::m to carry out his purpose at any % time or in any definite way.” A Paul's Villainy, The astounding revelations which we present elsewhere of the monstrous vil- lainy of J. N. Paul will arouse « sense of indignation in the breast of every honor able It is the story of a foul wrong committed upon the family of an = heart man in the state. whose broken statement g conclusiv damning testimony against this seducer of innocence and suborner of perjury. 1t | man Paul be of the wretchies that ever trod | Not he ias add shows th most picable soil of Nebrs en guilty of all that has been cha nst him by this paper, but he to th e ska only has his crimes & deliberate ornation of perjury. By and devilish deviece a most cun he made his victim believe that she could only save one of lier near relatives from the peni false affidavit When the decent republicans of Howard county read the pathetie story of Rev. Mr. Lewis as it appears on another page of this 1ssue, they certainly must feel koenly the disgrace which their county tentiary by signing exonerating her seducer wehes to them and through the endorse- ment which their convention, packed by General Kendall and Paul, has given to this in Bucha shame- less exbibition of indecency could only be made under the lead amous scandal, ip of a man ¢ General Kondall, whose record is smirched all over, It remains to be seen whetlier the delo- gation from Howard county will dare, in the face of this damning disclosure, to present the name of J. N. Paul to the great state convention that will assemble | at Lincoln next we It remains to be seen whether this wan Pau! will have the wity to putin an appearance himself, For our part wo feel fully justified in the exposure we have made for the pur poso of preventing the republican party from committing itself to the of a man with I candidacy ul’s rocord Hap Hazard ¥ Thero b in railway ailroading, s been a shocking frequency wecidents recently, both east and wost. Scarcely a day passes but the wires bring news of loss of life and proverty through colhsions, misplaced switches, broken coupling or imperfoct rolling stock. In most instances tho cause has been found to be due to the criminal negligence or carelessuess of those iutrusted with the details of man- igement. Ordors were either misunder- sthod or disobeyed, or employes were lacking in vigilance, inspections were stily made or signals carelessly noted, Human life, in most cases, was the sacrifice made on the altar of human carcless ne: Itis natural under such circumstance railrond managements to shift the blame upon the shoulders of their subor- dinates. But there 1s ofton, too often we fear, another side of the story than that which comes out before committees of investigation and coroner’s jury. At a recent accident, wiere the engineer was sleeping, the fact was brought out that the overworked employe had been on duty for fifteen hours, without sleep. In another case where a defect in the track caused a spread of the rails, the section force had been 1 tuced a half only a few weeks pre- viously. The blame for the results in each of these cascs rested in all justico on the heads of a careless management, which failed to appreciate the fact that there are limits to human endeavor and bounds to human capacity for good work. An overworked body and an overtaxed brain are mea able of the best performance. Carelessness is the natural consequence. Such catastrophies as those ot Silver Creek, on the Nickel Plate route a few weeks ago, ought to be impossible, In England, with a densc population and un incessant rush of travel, but one person out of every 6,000,000 passengers Killed on railroads last year. It is quite possiblo to ch this standard of safoty in the Unitod States, but it will not be at. amed under the p-hazard system of management that 1s prevalent in many sections of the country, London's Poverty, The chorus of opposition ralsed by the Loudon press to the action of the | gar THE OMAHA DAILY BERE e et —— and the ory of want grows louder. Under snch cireumstances it is not surprising that the London papers insist that char ity should begin at home. And in view of such facts no American will desire | asingle shilling shall come from tas alms to b men Russia in Bettor Tomper. The petition of the Bulgarian sobranje to the Czar, praying for his fricndship | and protection, was responded to by the Russinn t i the most pacific and conciliatory terms. He said that the de. parture of Prince Alexauder had removed | the obstacie to the gocd relations between Russia and Bulgaria, That obstacle had been dangerous to the prosperity of Bul which Russia hasat heart, and if it shall not be the mere 1den of which Russia will not admit, there is in that fact nguarantee of the happiness and independence of Bulgaria., After this very pronounced declaration of Russia'’s hostility to Alexander, if the prince still has any supporters who desire his return they may as well abandon their wish It is ovident that under circumstances wonld he be permitted to resumo the functions which he surren- dered, and in the choice of the assembly which s to elect the new prince, the Bul arian people will consult their peace and sccurity by leaving Alexander wholly out of consideration. The assurance of the Russian that the other guurantecs of piness and independence for wia - are in moderation and d implies also shrewd advice which the Bulgarian people will find it good poliey 1o hoed. They may as well understand that in the existing exigeney they have nothing to gain by extrava gant demonstrations of feoling and fac- tional contentions. 'The fact they have to face is that they are at the merey of powers which are not to be moved from the line of policy they have marked out with respect to Bulgaria by any action or expression on the part of the peoplo of that country, and that they have more to lope for from well-behaved acquicseence in what seems to be inevitable than from a volicy of dissenslon and discord. In order to do this it will undoubtedly be necessary to concede almost everything to Russian influence and desire, but in any event it appears certain that these will ultimately prevail, and it is obviovsly better for the Bulgarian people that they shall do so with as little friction s possi- ble. Hence moderation and concord are the qualities which that people should at this time especially cultivate, and they seem disposed to do so. ‘The present aspect and promise of the Bulgarian sit- uation is entirely peaceful restore hopeless agent hap- Bul- con- A Mark of Progress. The colored peoble of Washington City are getting ready an_exposition intended to illustrate the progress made by the race since the close ot the war in intel- lectual, mechanical and other lines of achievement, The colored pupils in the publie schools will exhibit their attain- ments; skill in needlework, painting and cookery, in carpentry, plumbing, brick- making, shoemaking and other artisan- ship, and 50 on, will be shown. A can- non made by a colored man in Boston, and a working model of a locomotive made by a colored machinist in the Baldwin work: are instanced, and a colored band will perform music by local eolored composers. It will ho n that a considerablo range of work i covered. And the projectors have ac- cepted no aid from white people’s mone in getling up the afair. This exhibit will doubtless attract and deserve widespread attention, and there is reason to expeet that it will prove a most conclusive argu- ment in refutation of an opinion still en- tertamed by many, that the eolored peo- ple generally have not improved the op- portunities which emancipation and the equality of citizenship resulting there- from, brought them. It will prove, we ave no doubt, not only that the colored people have made substantial advane ment where the conditions ha been equally favorable to them with those en- joyed by the whites, but that in most di- rections their average capacity and apti- tude are quite on a par with those of the whil Indeed, eandid people long the old idea that the negro country is fettered by linntations of intel- lectual capacity and adaptability which would keep it perpetually in a position of more or less abj inferiority and de- pendence. In slavery, where every aspi- ration for improvement and eievation was crushed out as & menace to the insti- and ago unprejudiced lord mayor in opening a subscription for the relief of tho Charleston suflerers, has directed attention to the abounding poverty of the English metropolis as ex- cusing opposition to charitable contribu- tions to be sent out of tho country. Tho London papers undoubtodly state the truth in saying there are more peopie homeless and hungry in that great city than in Charleston, The paupers of Lon. don reach the enrmous total of 100,000, and every day the number increusos. Furthermore, it is asserted that there are probably half a mitlion people in Londen who would be better off physically were they to accept the hard conditions of the poor Louse, from which they are deterred by a feeling of pride that rovolts against wearing the brand of pauperism, or of borror at the lot of the poorhouse victm, The truth is that the industrial condi- tion of England at present is altog r desporate, and there does not appoear to be anything reassuring in the outlook. The widespread destitution is making ex- traordinary demands upon the charitable institutions, to meot whichit has recently been founa necessary to put forth special efforts in sohoiting contributions, partie- wlarly in London. These were only par- tially successful, the constant drain upen the sources of charity having apparently oxhansted them, How groat this is may be surmised from the fact thot in London alone there are more than one thousaud distinet orgauizations do- vated to charitable work which are more or less dependent upon popular contribu- tina Yet it is said that all these agen- cies tor the relief of destitution, vast as u whole, are unequal w the task and seem to be breaking down underthe great load of poverty hoaped upon them, The work- houses and hospitals are full to overflow- tution, and where every condition that might contribute to such an aspiration was denied him, the negro went along from generation to generation without developing any traits or qualifications that gave a hope of advancement. 1t was largely upon this fuct that the insti- tution was defended, and belief in the in- capacity and helplessness of the negro race, when thrown upon its own re- sources, was as general outside as within the limits of slave torritory. For some time after the race had been givon its freedom it seemed not improb- ablo that this belief would be justified, It did not adjust itself readily to the new conditions, and thosa most intereste its welfare made the mistuke of imbuing the negro with the notion that book learning was the one desideratum, disre- gurding the no less essential re- quirement of practical knowledge, A fow years' experionce, however, ef- fected a change of view in this regard, which the more intelligent and diserim- inating among the colored poople saw the necessity for as readily as did the whites. ‘The negro began to loarn and adapt himself to practical wades and oc- cupations, and at this time he is making his way gradually Lut sucely into most of them, promising at no very distant time to compete on equal terms with the white man. Meantime intelloctual training is not being negl The eolored chil- dran of the land ng full advantage of the schools that are frce to all, and there is abundant evidence that they are not lacking in the qualifications of good pupils. As yoi, for the great majority, the oppertunities are some- what circumserii The race is poor. But it is quite generally makiug the best of what it has at comimand, and there is assurance in what has been achieved thut ing, eut-door relief is me zeneral than hefore, beggars buunt the strets in multitudes, and the ery of wsat and wretchedness is heard on every hand. Government comunissions arg investigat- ing the causes of depressiou and propos- ing to discuss financial con fons, but steadily the tide of poverty fows higher another gencration will find the negro much farther along the rond of progress inall directions, having fully demon- strated his ability to take care of himself, | vote ever and to enjoy and improve the privileges and opportunities of freedom. —e Toe democratic organ of Omaha’ #ounds the note of alarm and warns ite e L D MONDAY, party that the republi islative ti n connty and log. 't nowinated on Saturday has many “‘clements of strength.”” “Many elements of strongth ™ Wo should saj The ticket placed in nomination by the republicans of Douglas county is the strongest, taken as a)whole, ever pre- | sented to the party in these parts. It represents all classos, all factional cle- | ments, and voices throv 50 honest and | able men the sentiment of the masses on the vital questions of the day. Headed by such honc widely known eiti ens as W. Lininger and Brano $zschuck, | life long republicans and men of stainless honor, it will poll the largest republican tinl 1 county — Irish Gladstone the will be his land 15 week 1s to by house of commons, on hana to assist Parnell with bill and weld together the nationalists and home rule liberals in - supvort of a measure which will put an end to heart less evictions, e — ATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings, Neligh has declared for waterworks Norfolk has no ambition in the county seat line, wekson’s new sehool house i dious daisy. The prohibs of Plattsmouth have or- ganized a campaign club, tle Creek is a fighting candidate for the Madison county seat, The Hartington Democrat is a tid fant, with w strong pair of lungs, The number of residences built i ings this season is ¢ od at 377 The public schools in Weeping Water openod up, with 500 pupile’ sarclbd, Hon. Cl Willard has invested largely in Hebron real estate during the past week. A Catholic church 1s to be built at Homer, Dakota county, and another at Chadron, The grand jury of Otoo county has in- dicted D. W. Sitmipson for embezzlement and forgery. Anselmo, a new station on the B. & M, extension, is just 100 wiles northwcest of Grand Island. York fair w: but financiall the show-goe week in L commo- L BuUCeess in ever Bad weather ¢ way ized an mourns the loss of a 370 £ successfully red his tracks, By the close of 1886 the B. & M. com pany will have 1,500 miles of railroud in operation in Nebraska. Hebron now has two steam pr houses and the two weeklies have a eir- culation of about 2,800, The advance agent of the Kansas City & Omat; tilrowd ha ved at Sutton, to secure right of way for the rond, The three-year-old son of Henry Bor- ders, living near Plim Creek, was crushed to death by a seeder falling on him lasy week. M. H. Weiss, the Hebron banker, is erecting w %3,000 brick building, which will be occupied by the new democratic postmaster for a postofiiee The Schuyler Herald j forging to the front rank of country weeklics. It is a ypographical beanty and 1ts contents are in keeping with its tasty appearance. J. W. Adams, an insurance agent who has cut a large swath in business circles in North Bend, is in jail in Fremont for obtaining money under false pretens Cherry county corn! will bushels” to the “acre, reach of Jack Frost. bearded foreigner county Mrs. Biffer, wife of a farmer in Wash- ington county, while doing the Maud Mueller act in a_hay field, was kicked by Her skulled was cracked, but she is recovering. A pair_of burglars called on J. G. Tivoss, of Wayne. and_demanded his money or his life. J. G. Tivoss purse, containing $27. cerfully d nting th i s officious, white camped in Sarpy Id son of James W, and Island, died of hydrophobia This is th cond death cause by the frightful disease, both cases pro- duced by the same animal, N ka C s now threatened with a deluge of railroads. They are coming from the east « t sides of the town in pairs, The residents are keeping open house” for all comers. proud people of York refused the ality of the B. & M. in the shape cars to transport them to the state r. Come to think-about it, York held 1ts primaries a wi too early. B. & M. enginecrs are ini lay of the ground at Ne| bridge over the Missour permanent or a winter br veloped, Fred Stinson, a boy of thirteen, is ing from Weeping Water, He is large for his age, round full face, light cur hair, had on a pair of old cottonnde pants patehed at the knees, a striped blue shirt brown hat. Work has already bogun on the big feed yards at South Pamllion. Eleven acres of the Beadle farm has been leased for that purpose. J. E. Hunt & Co., the owners, propose to set up the pens for winter business. Several Plattsmouthers have been of- fered fives, tens and_twenties at reduced rates by a gencrous New Yorker, but they wera too flush to waste postage on the stuff, The onlrv suckers in the neighbor- hood are in Missouri. The school board of McCook has de- vised a plan to encourage thrift among the scholars, and instillin their minds the value of money. A public school vings bunk has been started in connee- tion with one of the town banks, where 6 ver cont will be allowed on all de- posits made by the youngsters. The seheme is a commendable one, The twelv ar-old daughter of J, Stewart, of Blair, was severely scalded by a boiler of hot water, which she was helping to lift from the stove, The handle of the boile slipped and the water enveloped her person from the waist down. Both limbs and one arm were completely Wistered. The Pawnee City bind was presented with a purse of §180 by n generous citi- #en, on thewr return” from the Grand Island reunios The purse will be du- plicated readity if the bind locates out- side of town permanehtly. The Prw. nees appreciate s good thing at o dis. tancy : O'Neill boasts of u printer who throws a slice of his lung af lh«g quod box every time he strikes a parggraph. His weukness for phat is so at and unprofessional that slugs are taken around the corner to P ut him tossing up his liver. Great is O'Neill and her double breasted con- sumpt. The new town of Huntington on the Aurora branch of the B. & l\{.. is starting out witha loud flour determined to cut adash in the upbuilding of the state. Dr, Brown drew his sealpel on ¥Fred Gos- ner, gashed him 1 several places and all but laid him out. The town people pre- scribed nemp, but the doctor saved ' nis neck by hurrying to Aurors and sur- | rendering. For a prohibitioa town Hebron tal the cake, and is often mistaken for a Kansas town. The very word saloon causes some people to raise their hands in horror, but judging from the number the v for a hether dge bas not d sel | rado ra of drunken men secn rolling about the reets one thinks Bachus hLolds full sway. Various decoctions are sold at the drug stores which would canse & man to vote for Church Howe at a thousand ards. Ttis time the fair-minded people rgained their senses and cither grant a license or else shut down on bitters, The following unique sign graces one of the cells in_ the T o county jail “God is love,” and some quick-wittert risoner has added, “but thisis L.” Tl nst half is by long odds the most truth- ful. The sherifi complains of the insc curity and unfitness of the place, but to no avail. An effort o be made by special election to build n 10,000 jail Just beyond the Nebraska line Colo nohman has nneartiiod & mitio of wild fowl, an underground hatehery of ducks of the mallard and teal variety ‘The cavern is asuccession of lnkes, dimly lighted by orevices in the rocks over head, The lakes are fringed with grasses I'he entrance to hatehery is three by six feet and is located behind a min inture waterfall. The male order of the Forty Lints ave recruiting rapidly A gemial son of O'Neill, an editor whoso name is withheld out of professibnal courtesy and family regard, wus a tem porary sufferer from drought in the inter ior of Towa recently. His painful gulp. ing of water attracted a good Samaritan from St. Louis, who proffered him a r vised edition of the Bible, ited to fill him with comfort and consolation and spiritual exhileration. Let him tell the rest. “I slid around the cc r, slipped the cover of the intelle at and presto ehange, the inne N was_ com- forted. Oh, 1et us he joyful, lowa Bibles are raw and rare.” Mrs. John Meffos woman of nery recently a rattlesnake bit hor fingers. In- stead of gotting frightened and rushing off to a neighvor ® i the hot sun,she went to the house, took a pint of sweet milk, mixed in some soda, and then held her finger therein until the milk 1 turned green from coming in contact with the poison being drawn from the Imhmmns wound. Except feeling sick for a few moments she experienced no illness, and was 8oon able to o about her houschold dutics as if nothing had happened. AW. C.T. U. drummer in mont is charged with a bold, bald fib and pub- lishing it, concerning the lato firemens’ tourname In a letter to a tempe she stated that gambling v a on, beer was free and drunken was horrible. In reply to this, airman Frahm and Seeretary Marshall, of the tournament committee, say the first charge is an exaggeration, the 1 malicious falsehood, and close with & cu tain lecture as follows: “The author knows well no one individual in this cit resorts to more frequent devices for caning a nickel from the boy or a dol- r from the man than she does to sus- in the many schemes which herwant of ccupation at home onables her to con coct, and the only excuse we can sur mise for this outburst of slander and falschood is that her scheme for feeding people at the Reynolds block was not a succe wood, is a While picking berries Towa items. The countersign of Des Moines saloons is “Sedgwick.” a of Dubuque is within a small on of eleven square miles. Public improvements in Des Moines this season will foot up $1,000,000. A tri-state old settlers’ rcunion of Towa, Missouri and Illinois, will be held at Keo® kuk October 13, D. N. Richardson, editor of the Daven- ort Democerat, has returned home from istrip around the world. A Davenport cook has recently discov- ered that he has great talent for painting, and has recently produced some v fine pictures. Ho has given up the gri iron for the easel, A 10-year-old daughter of Mr, Pearson, of Miles, Jackson county, whi with her two younger sistersin (; partmoent uz their father’s eleya dr ¢ upper 1wood paper exp name ““‘Council Blufts’ originated from the favorite play of th ! in poker. Inlate blufis, but the contractors get the same Mrs. Miller, wife of y twelve miles south of Creston, suicided by hanging. She called Ler husband, who was plowing, to supper avout dusk, and when putting' his horses in the barn he found her hanging dead. No eause tor the action is given. John Natchway, the son of a widow living in Delaware county, found a dyn mite blasting on the Dubuque & Northwestern railroad, and took 1t home, put it in an iron box and touched it off! A piece of the iron struck him in the breast, killing him instantly. Immediately following the murder of Rev. Haddock the Sioux City Tribune started a subscription for the benefit of the family. Last week the money thus collected, with other funds, was handed to the widow, The Tribune's collection was returned with a note from Mrs, Had dock declining to receive 1t because the paper opposed th rance cansc, Des Moinc - do licious bit of s Lewis Me- Henry, one of the leading society lndies, and Mr. L. Saulsbury, leader of ‘th ter orchestra, ve been discovered to have been intimate. Upon being charged with the erime by her husband Mr: Henry took poison, and only forts was ber life saved. T Suits are now on the docket. Dakota, op in Hanson county is de- short this year. A gang of juvenile thieves are success. fully operating in Deadwood. The corner stone of the now Dickinson county court house was laid 1ast we Lhe corrceted assessod valuation of Rapid City is $1,501,810, and of Penning- ton county $2,381,3%7. J. J. 0’Connor, of New York, has Iately purchased twenty-three quarter sections of land in La Moure county, X yonrs ago the Northern Pacifio Rail- ud company sold to the sehool board of n three lots for §5 each. The three lots are now worth $100 apieen, Large quantitios of catawba xnd con- cord grapes are marketed in Springticid by the Mennonites, who grow fruit ténsively at their raneh near Bon Homm The Black Hills Salt company has been organized at Deadwood with ‘a capital stock of §125,000. This eompany owns 640 acres of land near the well” known salt springs. At Deadwood the rial of Man-\wWho Kills-His-Enemy is att ng considera- bio attention, a8 it is the iivst tried unde tho new Indian criminal taw, Man- Afraid-of-His-Juw is defonding him. The total rate of taxation for city pur- poses inFargo is 12 mlls, on a toful val- uation of ¥3,600.0000, against 15 mills on a valuation of § 1,400,000 last year—a re- duction in taxes this your of §13,000. A sad aceident o t the Excel sior mill at Yankton on the noon of the 14th inst., by wiich Jonn Crnpbell fatally injuved. While engrged in putting a belt on one of the drivitge rods, he was drawn into the machinery and horribly mangled. He lived but a few utes after the aceident - Mr. A. 8. Dunn, Washington, 1 cured n ere cough with 1 Cough Cu the council there just farmer living Dy seuson Ireds orabbing season is now mne: n Fair Haven, Coun. I bas been unusually good, and b of dozens of both hard and sofy ¢ bave been eaught. Many persons made a business of crab fishing and ha averaged from $1 to $10 or ore eve day for several w rd Sauce Is cavital for dyspeptics, T4 tridgo loft by employes, used in | 11 I Linto by < | . pinyiag | Bis i PAUL'S DAMNABLE CRIMES. The Cruel and Cowardly Work of an Un bung Wroteh, PILING WRONGS UPON WRONGS. The Father of Panl's Victim Comes to Hor Thoe Villainous Methods Employed to Obtain the Republican Aflidavit A Pathetic Recital, Defense- St Pavr, Neb,, Sept. 17.-<[To the Ed itor of the Bk, ]—Justice to myself, to doeeply wronged and injured child, and to the interest of the republican party de. mand that I should reply through the columns of your paper to a part of the rticle of J. N. Paul. In July, 1850, that tdest of all misfortunes was wvisited upon mysetf and family--the birth of an illegitimate ehild. Upon inquiring of its mother as to the enild's paternity, she without hesitation declared that J. N PAUL WAS ITS FATHER, and with minutencss detailed all the cir cumstances of her seduction. Whereupon Lsent a note to Mr. Paul requestin & him to call at my house. He promptly opeyed the request. Secing him coming I told my danghter that I did not wish to be present during the interview between him and her, and that if he desived to seo me he could find me in the grove near th house. Within a fow min- s after being ushered into her room, he e to me, took me by the hand and exelaimed, “I have decply injured you and your family. How can make it right?”” He voluntarily knowledg 15 eriminal ntimacy, stated the place where and the time when it oceurred, and took all the guilt upon himself, exonerating her Trom all blame or censure, He said that HE WOULD DO ANYTHING in nis power to atone for the cruel wrong inflicted upon my child. e begeed me, however, not to make the matter public or prosecute him. e stated that if it should become known it would 1 to the separation of himself and wife and the breaking up ot his family relations. 1 told him that I was not then in- condi tion to talk ¢ he or consider any 'unpminon for justment. 1 stated that he could me by letter, and offer the terms and conditions upon which he would atone for his wrong- doing. Three notes passed hetween s and of scttlement fin- ally agreed upon. A writton greement myse 2 daughter s § by which we were to 1se of action inst him and he upon his part a TO PAY TWO THOUSAND DOI for the muintainance of the child, A one-fourth section of land situated in Polk county was decded to myself as purt of the consideration. He repre- ented the land as being of the best qual- ity and ¢ miles of Columbu: both of which representations were false, the land beinz poor in quality and m the neighborhood of - fifteen miles from the d city. The deed to sq nd made by Paul and wife, duly ealed and sknowledged, is now a of record in the clerl’s office of Polk county, Ne- hraska. Four y 1o when Mr. Paul offered himself as a eandidate for the oflice of represéntative of this distriet, 1 felt that ntations, his bad faith, his rities and his connection suctions of doubtful hon- esty had absolved me from the con- dition of secreey. 1 therefore placed in the hands of & committee 1o be used by them as they thought broper, one or two of his be mentioned lette and per- \ps the deed to said land. In that po- litical contest HE WAS DEFEATED, und defoated by one of the weakest of opponents, and that, too, when the county was overwhelmingly republican. 1o mply bécanse the evidence of his guilt was indubitable and damning. Two ¥ 0 I took no purt whatever in th 1 desired that the of our great sorrow should not be re- vived. Tearnestly hoped that the pall of an_etcrnal oblivion should be thrown over the matter. My duaughter, driven from home by a sense of dishonor and shame, had in the meantime found fri and home amon, state. 1 there in her strugg name she SHOUL any i alloged irregu with other tr ' BE DRIVEN TO DESPATR revival of the matter its pul 1on should reach ears of the community where located. Tkept my lips sealed. 15 agitated during “his eandidacy natorship, it was not done with my consent, or by my approval or ad- 5 by that the sho w 1f it v me time during that eampaign the story was concocted and put in cireui tion"that the allegation of his being fathc of an illegimate child wassimply a black mailing scherie upon my part, and was fiddled wround the distriet through the various avenues of infamy and detrae- tion by his supporters, if not by himself, Now he comes before' the people of the sking at their hands the highest lice witnin their gift, the chief magi ey of the s and'as ho says, to for- ever silence this accusution, he flaunts through the columns of the' Republicun what purports to bo THE AFFIDAVIT OF THE VICTIM of his eruel wrong—statements which he cluims exonerato him and throws the guilt upon Eoae unmar- ried ono. Can the statement of that aflid: votracting the former chargo bo true? Can it be possible that sIx years ago, wlile one event was of but ccent oceurrence, when My, Paul was confronted with the living, fadisputable fact of somebody’s erime, that he, bel innocent, novertheless was so fully con: vinced that ho was guilty thnt he froely winl \'uluul:u‘xlf confossed himself guiity! and agrees and makes the agreement a matter of record, o I 2,000° 45 repara- tion for a evime which he never commit- ted but which he fully bolieved he had committed? Can 1t be that it ook him TIE GREATER PART to find oul that he is fic odium and taint of a erime which he so freely shonldereay 1f it takos him 8o loug to s0lve 8o simplea question, surely he can not Lo so desirable a stick of timbor for governor of the great state of Nebraska. Tt the wain * statement of th aflidavit is tea M. Pau!, in the year of 1840, heing innceent, yet believed and acknowledged himself ty, or knowing nimsclf 0 be inno- oent, he deliverately tied in eonfessing himself guilty, If he was innocent whit could © been his motive for telling so | strange a licY Why would le fasten upon himself by Ly the odium of o moral erime, which will cling to him to | s dying oy, aad like the ghost of Banquo will never down at hiv bidding? Lot this promising candidate for gubor natorial honors speedily onlighten his constituency by solving this mixed prob lem. Butf, when the history of thy fidavit is known, Mr, Paul can any benefit from its publication, then I Ani mistaken in wy estimate of the intel- ence aud moral worth of the voters of ebraska TUE HISTORY OF THAT AFFIDAVIT is this: Mr. J.N. Paul wrote it bimself, and wrote it Just to suit himself, and a uiserable 1ol by the nwme of Culloy was sceurcd as the dgent to get it propor | books sort of button hole relationshiy | family—brother to my son’s w | elerk or cashier of the Loup City Suflicient inducement is offered him to leavo his bank and s rek or ten days in doing this most and dirty picce of work. As a preli step ho Visits my house in my takes dinner and tea with the makes himself agreeable, picks the little items of family’ news then armed cap-a-pie With lis et dried aflidavit ho visits my unfor daughter and introduces himself as a brother-in-law to her brotl and the friend of her father, te the pleasant visit he had with he tells her all the items of home news then telis her that her brother Arti HAS COMMITIED A CRINE for which he has | compelied to abscond from the that he, unless something is tone to s him, is going to be taken back u made to sufler the penalty of 1 the matter 1s in Paul's hands and only way to get him to let up, is for | Lo sign this ‘aMidavit; that he has beoy sent by her father to get her to do and it sho will do so Artio will bo | alone, and her father save and trouble. UNDER SUCH ENTATION she signed the paper which he present 1o her, but after the fated document hid &one on its mission of evil, when caln ne 1 roason had resumed thei swiy, whizing that she had done wrong, to to me telling me what she hud done and the circumstances which influ enced herto do ity that she w 50 X cited and alarmed by his rehoarsal of the sad news; “‘that. sho hardly knew what ; doing, and {hat hor ion of her first ement of A s guilt was o miserable lie, Such, Mr. Editor,is the substantial history of that aftidavit. " How much Culley wis paid for his knavery we cannot tofl, but allwho know him, "know full well "that he performs no such services gratuitously and J. N. Paul1s the last man on earth that he would accommodate without re. muneration. e is a democrat and por. sonally unfriendly to Panl and has beey for years past. Mr. Paul statos that t)i. reason that he did not secure the aflida Vit sooner was the fact that he did not know the whereabouts of Miss Lewis That statement HE KNOWS TO BE UNTRUF She has been in the same lo the fall of 1881 and the most weekly correspondence Th s been no desire or coneeal her whe residence has been gener the community. Mr. Paul cannot suc fully play tho role of martye r as this case 18 concerned., Tho plea of martyrdom belongs of vight to the opposite litigants in this case. e is entitled to no sympathy o ount of anything growing out of the r pening of this s blame nobody bu, ttempt to 1 of ally known in statements for pub- lieation ont of no vindi tiveness of spivit. The only wish that I have in regard to J - Paul is that he may reform and bhe- come u better, more honest and truthful man than his course for the past fourteen shown him to be. Itis with deepest regret that S COURSE ITAS FORCED ME this matter again before the r t it, not for the sake y alone, but tor his as well © When visited a fow weeks ago by the Bre reporter, and importuned by hin to give him u statement of the case, I ro- fused so to do, because its r al would be painful to me. My earnest wish has been to let it forever slumber in undisturbed repose. But no sane lan ean expect me to remain silent under the cruel, bitter, and seemingly relentless war which has again been inaugurated by this man against me und my fimily, and is being carried on by his minions with a malig- v and unscrupulousness unsurpassed. Since he reain “‘eried havoe and let slip his dogsof war,” thus forcing upon me the issuo of death or defense, he must aceept all the consequences ot his foolish and unjustifiable course. He has in hifilpusx:-auun threo letters from me in regard to the settlement of the matter, and the written agrecment of settlement, unless he has voluntarily destr them. These letters and that agroement, if pub- lished, would form a data by which any man could form a fair estimate of his guilt or mnocence. We demand of him that he cause these to be published in the Republican, that its readers may come to a proper determination of the question i issue. J. C. LEws. - FEN. L. 8. ROSS, ocratic Nomineo for Governor of Texas—A Life of Incident. al Lawrence Sullivan Ross, who is democratic nominee for governor of Texas, was recently chosen by u unani- mous vote at the Tuxas democratic stato convention to repregent his par in the coming campuign, Mr. Ro s born in Bentonsport, "Ind., Sept. 28, 1838, but main part of his early life was spent in Texas and Alabuma.” He became a student at Florence Wesleyan eollege, in the latter state, at age of ninetecn, and graduated from, with high honors. in the cluss of 1858, During his vacation trom college he joined an expedition to mssist. in raiding tho Comanche Indinns, wliere ho was seriously wounded. Atter his recovery he returned to eollege and pursued the course of his studies until his graduation. [n 183 he was placed in command of the frontier by Governor Sam Houston, with sixty men under his charge, and with this small section of an army seouted the ighborhood and beeame the vietor of everal very heavy skirmishes, driving the Comanches into other regions, after securing, by capture over 300 head of good horses, Ho rescued numbers of prisoners who had been tuken captive at Parker's Fort, near Grasby, one of them having b aptured thivty-five years Lefore: At the breaking out’of the” eivil r General Ross resigned his commis- sion and becamo a private in the com pany of n Peter K. Ross. After ceiving several minor promof was advanced (o the rank of brig; Zen- | and maintained this title until the close of the war, when he bocame inter- ested in politics and was eleeted sherify of M:Lénnan County in 1873; two years later he was cleeted to the constitutional convention; and in 1881 was elected to the state senate. Iis nomination is equivalent to an election, publie gaze. of my own fami ot James Went Kishing, Wall Street News ames,”’ said the prosident of an Ohio manufactiring com- pany, “You have beeh with us tenty- wight long years." ey, siv. “And I would trust lar I have in the world “Thanks, Mr. White—many thanks."" “But, James, peeulation is’so rife that the board have' decided to examine your Itis o mere mautter of form. you know, and you may go off fishing to- morrow while an expert glances over them. Hope you lue Anies. ' James' shorts was §17,000, and he ) eleven Jou with ovory dol- rests in Southern Tdaho © mereased so rapidly durieg the past yours as to seriously interfere with some of the ranges herelofore occu- pied exclusively by horses and cattle, ‘The earative propertios of St. Jacobs Oil are wonderful, All who try it eay so. ‘The midnight & ’ traction. Mrs. Scidmore, of Washington, who has been at Beven, Norway, writes that she has seen it, and would give $1 fog o Uark night and an honest sleep, ficd, This Culley SO k of fate, or mys feuturo of divine providence, sustains a Halfurd Sauo luable to all good ©ouks.