Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 9, 1887, Page 4

i 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: T'UESDAY., AUGUST 9, 1887. e ————————————————————— e ————————————————————— e ———————————————————————SS— THE DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF KUBSCRTPTION ¢ 1 L 4 AND FARNAM STREEY. W YORK Of @, BUILDING. ABHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 615 FOURTRENTM BTMEST. CORRESPONDENCE! All communications relating to news and edi. torial matter should be adiressod to the Eoi- TOK OF THE Drr. PUBLIERING COMPANY, nd_postofice or rderof the sompany, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, F. ROSEWATER, Enrron. THE DAILY BEE Sworn Statement of Ulroulation. 'Il.“ Doue! itiblas Coanear) tose premnly Sweer compan joes solem That the artual chrentation of the, DAy o for the week ending August5, 1857, was as follows: v, August 1. August 3 B R ax Friday, A AVerage.....ocuenni.nn 14.070 Gro, u Tzn;mn'ux. Bworn to and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of August, A, D, 1887, , P, FrIL, Notary Pubiie. ISEAL. Btate of Nebraska, * Qoo 5 memabk, :l first dul eo. B, Tzachuek, belng first duly sworn, depones and says that he Is secretary of The Bee Publlnhlnf company, that m’; actual &verage daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month™ of ""36 886, 12,814 copies; for Alml 1888, 12,484 copiee; for Septem- ?;hl 3,030 pies; for October, 1 b K 3 for ‘cem b copies. for Januaty . 16,206 e?-lu: for February, 1887, 14,196 coples; for Maroh. 1887, 14,400 goples; Tor Avrll, 1w, 14,310 coples; for May 14,277 ‘coplos; for June 1887, 14,141 coples. Gro. B. T 3 Bubseribed and sworn to before m‘."fl.‘l.“m llrsn( Jnlr A. D, 1887, EAL. N. P. Fri, Notary Publio. AT the present time there are too many aspiring statesmen in the hands of their frionds. 1f they could only be placed in the hands of the police all would be for- given and no questions asked. Faruzr HALLOWAY, of the Manawa steamer has been reduced to tears. Ho should go back to his hay press and side hill plow. The country is already too well supplied with ignoramuses like Hal- loway. E——————————— Tae Omaha postoflice may, from a government standpoint, be of suflicient importance to be considered frst class. The day when it can be rated as first class from a cleanly slandpoint is in the dim and misty distance. Ir Frank McCabe, of DesMoines, had only drowned himself as he wished to make his ex-sweet heart believed he had be would have saved himself a great deal of trouble. In the future Esquire Me- Cabe will not toy so carlessly with a buzz saw. S—— Ir it is true that the alleged steambont Manawa was sunk on Thursday night through the carelessness of a lot of drunken passengers, the guilty persons should be brought to justice at once. It 18 to be hoped, however, that such is not the case. — ‘I'HE country surrounding St. Paul is greatly in need of harvest hands. This would be a splnndid opportunity for those troubled with insomnia to find a permanent cure, to say nothing of the idle people at St. Paul to secure profit- able employment. ALL presidents. have exacted more or less outside service from their private secretaries, but not until Mr. Cleveland went into office were they expected to do the lying to the administration. Lamont, however, is a natural liar, and it is in his line to thus please his chiof. Ee—— I7 is to be hoped that Charles Francis Adams, after he has succeeded 1n reduc- ing the expenses of the Union Pacific rail- road down to the proper limit, he will leave the track and roadbed intact. The blue-blooded president should at leust leave a little of the corporation undis- turbed. Ir THE authoritics over i Iowa are possessed of the enterprise, and love for good government, we think they are, no time will be lost in bringing to justice,and vlacing behind the bars of the penitenti- ary, the thugs who vparticipatea 1n the prize fight on Sunday. Itis useless to say they cannot be dealt with as they de- serve. Where there is a will there is a will there isa way. Ir THE citizons ot Boston who tendered the tnugwump, John L. Sullivan, a testi- monial benefit 1ast night, when a dia- mond studded belt was presented him, had taken the bully and loafer out under the historical elms and by the aid of a rope, suspendeded his worthless body be- tweon heaven and earth they would bave done their country a valuable service. em————— THe disadvantage of life in Venice is foroibly iliustratedlin this morning's dis- patohes. The gondoliers have struck on account of the long hours, and the in- habitants are now forced to swim or stay at home. The cooks and waiters also threaten to go out, and the imprisoned inhabitauts bid fair to starve unless the strikers’ demands are acceeded to, —— AMONG the most conspicuous ruins anywhere to be found in this country is the remains of Senator Shelby M. Cul- lom's boom for the presidency. Cullom bas alway prided himself on resembling in appearance the lamented Liucoln. A great many bad things were said of Lin- coln, but ever his worst euemies and boldest traducers never iatimated that he was as ugly » man as the alleged senator from Illnois. a———— Wiy don't peoplo learn to swim? In nearly all the drowning disasters 1t is those who never acquired this useful art that go under. Swimming can be learned, especially while a person is young, with comparatively little exertion and paventsshould ses that their children aoquire this knowledge. Thousands of poople who have found watery graves might be. alive .to-day had they known how o swim. are apparent to every citizen who has op- portunities of observation. The proof is presented in the statement of the taxable wealth of the state by counties as re- ported to the auditor, This makes the gratifying exhibit that the total valua- tion for 1887, amounting to $160,506,206, is an increase overfthat of 1888 of $16,573,- 096, and over 1885 of more than $27,000,- 000. Carrying the comparison back to 1681, it is shown that the increase in the taxable wealth for the past six years has been at an over round numbers $67,000,000. While nearly all of the seventy-eight counties have added to their wealth in the past year, more than one-third of the total increase in the taxublo wealth of the state has been supplied by the counties of Doug- las and Lanoaster, the former having added $4,129,971, and the latter $1,609,- 007. The counties that show & decreaso in assessment Dawes, Dixon, Dodge, Kearney, Nance, Pierce, Richurdson, Saline, Webster and York. Itis very likely, however, that in the case of most or all of these counties the rather to the faults of assessors than to any actual diminution in their taxable wealth. them would on a correct and honest as- sessment show a gain over the returns of last year. is $10,7% of the total, a fact which is respectfully commended to the attention of all who may haye any doubt as to the generous part Douglas county bears in supporting the numerous ment of taxable wealth interesting to county leads in the number of acres of im- proved iand, with Otoe, Seward, Lan- caster and Gage following closcly in the order named. essarily furnished a very inadequate idea of the actual wealth. familiar reasons why this is so. Progreas of Nebraska, The evidences of Nebraska's progress average of & little $11,000,000 a year, or in are Butler, Cuming. reduced figures are due It is probabie that every one of 'he return for Douglas county ,445, which is about 12 per cent stat® government, details of the Among the last state- it may be note that Saunders A statement of taxable wealth nec- There are various 1tis per- haps not an exaggeration to place the notual wealth of Nebraska at this time at fully s1x times the amount given as the total taxable wealth or very nearly $1,000,000,000. Assuming the pres- ent population of the state to be 850,0000 and we have no doubt it is greater than this, the actual wealth per capita is about $1.111. There is at most not more than one or two other statos that can make 80 good a showing as this, The figures show that the tax- able wealth has been increasing for the past Bix years at a rate which, if main- tained, will at the next national census give an aggregate considerably more than double that at the last census, The actual wealth will undoubtedly be found to have increased fully four-fold. In population, also, it is assured that the crease will be nearly three fold. In 1880 Nebraska's population was 452,402, and in 1885 it had increased to 740,645, an average annual gain of nearly 58,000. The growth since 1885 has been at a greater ratio than before, and it is a moderate estimate that 125,000 have been added to our population since that year. But taking the least liberal basis of cal- culation that can reasonably be adopted from the known figures, and it is entirely safe to say that in 1800 Nebraska will have a population of very nearly if not quite 1,200,000. On the whole Nebraska's present condition and prospects are cer- tainly of a character to inspire pride and confidence in her citizens. —— Material Prospects of Utah. The Mormon problem has occupied so large a place in public attention that very little consideration Las been given to the material conditions and prospects of Utah, and yet practical people must see that in the development of these must ultimately be found a force more potent than any and all others in settling the vexed question, and 1 making that settlement permanent and irreversible. Utah possesses mining and agricultural wealth which the world wants and in time will certainly utilize. Every acre of that extensive territory which can be made available for producing auny- thing that the requirements of man call for will one day be used, and the time cannot be remote when the movewsont that is to eventuate in this will become large and active. Then whatever stands in the path of its progress as an obstruc- tion will be swept out of the way, or forced to adjust itself to the new order of things. Whether or not legislation shall prove effective in rescuing Utah from the domination of the Mormon church, noth- ing is more sure than the final surrender of that power to superior numbers. The material conditions and re- quircments of Utah are begin- ning to attract the attention they merit. A correspondent writing to an eastern journal from Salt Lake City states that great interest is being felt in a railroad scheme which if carried out will be of immense benefit to Utah. Salt Lake City 18 the terminus of the Union Pacific and Denver & Rio Grande railways, and possibly of one or two others, including the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, which are heading i that direction. A road called the Utah Central already extends about two hundred miles further n a southwest direction, and will soon be continued about a hundred miles further to the great mining district of Pioche in southern Nevada, From thence to Los Angelesit is not far from 850 miles. All these rival roads are looking for business from that direction. They have had enough of paralleling each other to Salt Lake, and their managers realize that one well-organized and thoroughly equipped road can supply all their requirements. Itis therefore pro- posed thal these various roads, including the Utah Central itself, shall, in propor- tion to the magmtude of the interest of each, contribute to building this exten- sion for their joint purposes. There ap- pears to be no good reason why this scheme should mnot be consum- mated, whiles there is much to be sald in its favor. Southern California is having an unprecedented development. Its fruit industry 1s im- mense. The import and uxport trade of Los Angeles last year is stated to have been more than half that of San ¥ran- cisco, and 1t is steadily increasing. All produce from that locality now comes to the east in & roundabout way. By the new route it would come dircet. It 13 clear that the results of such'an arrange- ment would be greatiy beneficial to balt Lake City commereially, and in the building up of that city all the interaests N / S —— in the torritory would be stimulated. It is in such dircetions that the energies of the Gentile population of Utah can find most profitable employment, since there is the assurance that every step of ma- terial progress brings them mnearer the attainment of what they desire to reach. More Steam Fire ten additional steam fire engines in the near future, of fally $80,000. The city council will have to devise the ways and means to raise this money. The fire hydrant can no longer be reliod on to put out fires in any building above three stores in height. ‘The best buildings in Omaha are con- stantly exposed, and the fire risk in four, five and six story buildings that are not absolutely fire-proof is greater to-day than it was when the city Omaha will have to invest in at least This will involve an outlay was dependent upon steamers and tire- cisterns. ‘‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It is high time that the preliminary steps be taken for vlacing our fire department on a footing that will enable it to be of service in case of agreat conflagration. The demand for this is much more pressing than for bor- rowing $40,000 for a library building. The insurance people are fully in. formed of onr condition, and our prop- erty owners and merchants are paying high insurance rates owing to the in- creased risk. —_— Do We Need The managers of the public library are making a concerted effort through our local contemporariesto push their scheme of a library building on Jefferson square through the council. Their main argu- ment is that the public library is a popu- lar educator. Nobody denies that, but does cut stone, brick and mortar consti- tute the public ibrary? Will the outlay for a library building improve our educa- tional facilitics? We have always thought that books, and not buildings constitate the essentials of a library. If we have Any money to spare, why not invest it in books? The talk about a separate build- ing a8 a necessity is preposterous. Any room twenty by eighty will accommodate all the books in the library and an equal amount of space will afford all the read- ing room accommodations. What more do we need at present—except more books. Some of the largest and oldest cities in the country get along comfor- tably without a library building. Some day one of our millionaires who desires to immortalize himself, will have a chance to do 80 by erecting a public library, art gallery and museum building, E— Disgraceful Brutality. Two years ago a prize light took place in Saunders county, which was organ- ized and engineered by Omaha sluggers and roughs. The result was a grand jury indictment and conviction of one of the principals to a term in the peniten- tiary. This severo lesson seems to have been forgotten. At any rate, it has not restrained the slugging fraternity in Omaha from repeating the oftense. This time the brutal combat has taken place in Iowa, and the penalties in- curred are therefore beyond the reach of N¢baaska justice. For all that it was a disgraceful affair and our local au- thorities cannot be held entirely blame- less in allowing tha parties openly and actively engaged inworking up this slug- ging match to carry out their designs un- molested. There was no effort to conceal the object of the excursion. It was an unlawful gathering as much so as any meeting that contemplates riot, disorder und bloodshed. THE republicans of New York will bold their state convention September 14, at Saratoga. At the mecting of the state committee to arrange the time and place of holding the convention the very best feeling prevailed, there being not the slightest evidence of any divisions of opinion on matters of party manage- ment. It was clearly shown that the re- publicans of New York were never more harmonious than at this time, and there does not appear to be the least reason to apprehend serious differences or dissen- sions, The leaders realize the great re- sponsibility that rests on the party m that state, and they are disposed to meet it. This requires mutual concessions and a aisregard of indivia- ual anmhtions, and it is reassuring to find that theso conditions are cheerfully and without hesitation acceded to. Re- publican success in New York next fall would do more to strengthen the confiy dence of the party in the country than any other political event that can be con- oceived of as probable to occur, and would very greatly enhance the chances of re- publican success in the national contest of 1888, There are many things less likely to occur than both of these results. ———— ‘THK “'squealer has become to be a defi- nite factor in the administration of justice upon the ‘‘boodler.” Both of these terms are modern and vulgar, but the tbing they stand for does not require choice terms. Theyare expressive. The public does not like a thief, but the thief who “‘squeals’ is despised. He is useful and has been called forth by the law which offers immunity to the informer, but in moral charaoter heis utterly bank- rupt. In a band of thieves or other criminals the informer is the meanest. Not only does he break the law, but he is without the courage that some lawbreakers have of taking the consequences of his acts. He shields himself by offering up his companions 1n crime. In every “boodle’ case that has been tried the squealer has taken a prominent part. He1s an important ad- junet in the administration of justice, but when be has served his term he should be made to feel that he is a social outcast who must undergo a thorough moral re- generation before be is again allowed to ussoclate with honest men. —_—— TaE Salisbury eabinet was formed dur- ing the firet week in August, 1886, and so has been in existence opne year. It was not expeoted to last so long. The pro- cess of reconstruction that has been con- stantly going on within it, however, has been remarkable. More changes have taken place in the ministry during the twelve months just ended them in as many years before. This is a sign of the times. Public opinion in Eng- land is chenging on many subjects, but especially in relation to the gquestion of home rule for [reland. The conserya- tive leaders have been able to hold their heads above water by a series of deft po- lmla;d muo;lll. but nevertheless it is evident that the party is disintegrati snd the liberal leaders will udozfi soon be placed in power again. their accession will also come home rule, it is generally believed. With Tue controllet of currency has called upon the nationil banks for & report of their condition at the close of business on August 1. pected to be particularly valuable as showing how thé banks are prepared to The information is ex- meet the approaching demand for funds to move the crops. , It may not be amiss to suggest to bank officials that the pros- ent controller of the currency shows no leniency to thosé hanks that fail to re- port to these calls, Those which disre- garded the last call were fined and tho tines were collected, though some of thein made strenuous efforts to have the penalty remitted, bringiog wolitical in- fluence to bear for that purpose. Mr. ‘I'renholm is determined to enforce the statute. Ir we are not mistaken thero is an or- dinance now in foroe which requires street railway oompanies to no- tify the city engineer of all proposed extensions and tracks to be laid by new lines. This has not been complied with by any company. The ordinance should be strictly enforced, and we would sug- gest additional legislation by the council that would prohibit any horse railway, cable road or motor line from laying tracks without permission from the board of public works, and furthermore will prohibit the obstruction of streets by tracks that are not continuous., This will do away with & growing nuisance and compel street railway companies to use their right-of-way only on streets which they intend to occupy permanently and on which they will be bound to run cars within a reasonable time. Tue Bureau of Animal Industry has done good work during the past six months. A system of quarantine has been adopted toward cattle supposed to be 1nfected with pleuro-pneumonia. An- imals afflicted with it are kuled and their values paid to the owners. Thirty-two states and territories have received favor- ably the scheme of co-operation sug- gested by the bureau. This is a rational method of dealing with the disease and should be encouraged. Penn- sylvania is one of the states which re- fused to recognize the national inspec- tors and as a conseqnence pleuro-pneu- monia has gained & strong hold upon the cattle of their commonwealth. The sub- jeot is one of great importance (o the peovle of Nebraska and should receive the earnest attention of the citizens of the state. em——e—— It 18 perfectly matural that a readorless Council Biuffs paper which has long since been distanced by the BEE in its circula- tion in its own city:by reason of the BEE's superiority as a nowspaper, should bark and yelp at the BEE's heels. But itis re- served for the most worthless daily in Omaha to take, up this stupd and idiotic yswp and accuse the BeEe of treachéry to Council Bluffs because it has for years distinguifhed be- tween Council Blufls proper and the U. P. transfer grounds by dubbing them Dillonville. Wheu the boodling advent- urers who are running the readless Omaha sheet have been in this city as many months as Rosewater has been years, they may be in better position to arrogate to themselves the championship of the interests of the two cities. THE oity has no more need of & public library building at this time than it has of an art hall or museum. The time will come when we ehall have all of these ad- juncts of a metropolis, but we can afford to wait ten or fifteen years. Our re- sources are hiuited, snd common sense would dictate that the ponds which are issued by the city shall not be squandered on enterprises that can be put off. Our debt is now within $350,000 of its limit, Every dollar of this sum and more too is needed for school buildings, sewerage, viaducts angq, fire engine houses. Pat Forp has been immortalized by a local slugger's paper. Pat's name ap- pears under the picture of a New York dude, arrayed in elegant and fashionable attire, with his hair dressed and mous- tache waxed. We would suggest for the next number of that sheet the portrait of Howard B, Smith in his Sunday school suit, with the name of I. 8. Hascall un- derneath. The portrait of the secretary of the police commission would pass muster for the pugilist of the council as readiiy as does the alleged portrait of the Third ward dude, — BEFORE the council votes to locate & library builaing ou Jefferson Square they had better ascertain whether the people of Umaha favor the destruction of the only little park in the heart of the city. Other cities have scores of littie squares and triangles parked,and embelished with fountains and monuments. Omaha is in need of every inch of breathing ground and park which can be reserved, and the larger the city grows the more we shall feel this want. *TAUTOLOGICAL addle and pro- arranged policies neither awe nor dis- may Colonel Lee.” This reference to Councilman Lee's brilliant efforts in the council is extracted word for word from the sluggers'; sheet on Douglas street. We know Mike Lee is a clever fellow, but we were not aware that he had been commissioried a colonel, Mike ought to choke pff; that “tautological’ thug, with an unabridged dictionary. CEy——— THE slugger's paper, referring ‘to the bogus likeness of 'Pat kord, says: *‘The gehtleman whosé portrait adorns this page of this paper is one of the most re- markable compongnts of the Omaha city couucil,” ‘‘Component” is good. We should say he was: | Ir Omaha had ;E.ooo to spare, she could invest it much more profitably in A market house than in @ Lbrary build- ing. E—— TAE FIELD OF INDUSTRY. Beveral wmllls are to be erected in Wyo- oming. Mining labor is in dumand and wages are steady. Natural gas is to be bored for at Charles- ton, 8. C, The Kamsas State assambly will meet on August 16 The English printers will soon form a fed- eration. The Waltham Watch company has been hmporting labor, A large ship building plant maey be erected ot Pensacols, Fia. A silk mill to cost $26,000 is to be erected at Whitehall, N. Y. The Knights ot Labor order is growing steadily in the west. ‘I here are 120,000 persons employed in the coal mines of France. During June 300 new Knights of Labor as semblies were organized. Some Now York tallors propose a co-op- erative talloring establishment. Ten steel steamers are to be built to carry ore from the Lake Superior region. A car bullding company has beea organ- 1zed to bulld cars at South Baltimore. The 15,000 harnessmakers of the United States have formed a national union. Work In the south Is abundant in shops, but common labor 18 not so quickly absorbed The increase of heavy machinery is briag- ing into use cranes of enormous lifting ca- pacity. The Central Pennsylvania miners will hold & convention at Huntingdon, Pa, on July 27, Indiana gas is freer from sulphur than is Ohio or Pennsylania gas, which is greatly in its tavor. A natural gas line to cost $1,000,000 is to run through Beaver county, Pa., to Youngs- town, O, The basis of the new Knights of Labor membership is one delegate for every 5,000 ‘membership, New England shoemakers are anticipating reductions in wages on account of the failure of the strike. The iron and steel workers of England will meet at Sheftield this month to form a national trades union. 5 A certain class of the Willimantic Linen company employes had their wages im- creased 20 per cent, Lynn shoe manufacturers say they never knew customers to be so urgent for shiv- ments of boots and shoes, Prominent engineers are recommending the use of heavlier steel rails, and have had 100 yards to the pound triod. —— Making Merry at Our Expense. San Franeisco Alta, 1t 1s clalmed that the Missourl river water used in Omaha is fit for nothing but mud ples. Instead of drinking it the unfortunate people chew it, and even then it raises an in- ternal sand-bar that has to be kept covered with Milwaukee beer. Pt A Presidential Corner Feared. Globe-Demoorat. The present year will go into history as the year of corners. First there was a coffee cor- ner, followed by & collapse; then there was a wheat corner, also followed by a collapse; then there was a cotton corner, which met a similar fate; now there s a tobacco corner, the result of which will soon be known. There was also acorner in prunes which broke a few grocery firms who tried to “‘run” it. The principal corner now in sight is that being manipulated by Grover Cleveland for the next democratic nomination. 1t looks as if Hill and other ‘*‘shorts” would be badly squeezed im this enterprise. S That French Duel. Chicago Tribune, Mankind breathes more freely, ‘The danger is o’er, ‘Those Frenchmen no longer Are thirsting for gore. All the world stood aghast, Yet the critical juncture Has safely been passed without even a puncture, Well may our thanksgiving Impulsively rise, And the fountains of rapiure O’erflow through our eys. ‘That menacing horror, That Boulanger-Ferr: Warcloue has gone past, and There’s no one to bury. STATE JOTTINGS. Platte county prohibits are out with a lean ticket. Two unknown men were killed by lightning near Sheldon last week. The corner stone of the Odd Fellows hallin Red Gloud will be laid to-day. The Hastings district camp meeting has ust closed a successful session on the lue river near Fairbury. The Bloux City Journal sees no reason why twine should be scarce in the west when hemp is so plenty in Nebraska. The Otoe County Fair: association will hold the fifth annual exhibition at Syra- cuse, September 27 to 30. The premium list contains scores of fat purses for var- ious classes of exhibits. Russian Charley and John Flynn, la- borers on the B. & M. road twenty miles from Fullerton, quarrelled, and later Flynn stabbed Russian Charley in the back, killing him instantly. The deadly well water hasa record of s1x victims in less than a month—four in Nebraska and two in Iowa. Such inci- dents seriously affect the following of St. John, but does not impair the value of the fluid for navigation purposes. L. D. McKnight, recently from Custer county, pulled "fl in Harvard and put a bullet through his brain. Lucwus was less than than twenty years of age and leaves two wives—one & widow and the other divorced. The residents of Milford and vicinity indulged in a_harvest home picnic last Saturday. The amusements included sermons on the tight rove and trapese, a chorus of base ballers, horsa races, foot races, dancing and other hilarities. Sidney has organized a company with $500,000 capital to locate and work oil and mineral claims .an Wyoming. _ This makes the fourth Nebraska compaily or- anized to work in that region, and % a%hlve already secured the fat of the and. 71 he Rea Cloud Chief is fifteen years old and wears his tall feathers gracefully. Born of proud, penurious parents, he sits on an antique stump by the side of a rail- road, robed in painful, give-me-a-pass, far-away look, and has not enough en- ergy to get up and walk or pile into his tent. A pair_of Sioux county doctors who were called to Harrison to attend the sick child of Mr, Zehre, dosed themselves with red Liquor on the way and permitted the child to die through neglect. That the doctors are yet on top nf the earth 18 ascribed to popular forbearance and a shortage of hemp. High society in Holdrege has been shocked and the moral atmosphere tainted by the beastiality of a prominent citizen, named Q. O. Charleston. He is accused by Helena Anderson with being the father of her child, with shipping her out of town to avoid disgrace and with final abandonment among strangers. She was found by her wmother in Hast- ings, where Charleston had left her pen- niless. e bt Grand Island is threatened with a belt railroad, ‘Tne Union Pacitic 1 consid ing the scheme, and also ihe establish- went of stock yards at that pont. It is said that the latter ‘improvement is gettled and plans adopted for yards capa- ble of handling and feeding all the stock offered. These improvements will give the metropolis of Hall a boost to the front that will make the eyes of Hastings bulge out. The deadly feud between the gun and the small boy is spreading with the ap- proach of the hunting season. Huz week brings the sharp crack of unload weapons, accidental *discharges, desola- ted homes and fresh mounds in the oeme- tery. Norfolk scores the latest victim. ‘I'ne proud father of Charley Ward, a fourteen-year-old, recently nted him witha target rifle, and on Saturday the boys had an exhibition shoot. Mil- ton Record was chosen for the sacrilice by being posted near the targoet. As #0on as he got within range the gun ac- oidentally went off ns usual, aud 1n twenty minutes he was & corpse. Immediately after escorting a disagree- able oitizen out of town one day Iast woek, the hilarious residents of Stratton indulged in a horse race for money or DR TIBBET'S PRIVATE WIRE, The Service it Did the Confederacy in a Time of Peril. blood. Bill Bucknoll’s bay Cycloneand | A VICKSBURG REMINISCENCE. Jack Rogers’ silvertail Thunder were brought out and big muney‘rut up: Cy- clone had a running record of a mile in seven minutes, but Thunder was a dark horse to a mafjority of the town sports. The former was backed two to one, and the leader of the gang, after examining the plugs and pronouncing everything square, took the Cyclone rider intoa shed, shoved & forty-eight regulator under his nose and whispered, ‘'If yon don’t_beat that sack of mastioated hay from Box Elder you die.” He won. e —— LUCK IN OPALS. A Tale That Proves the Reversal of the Old Superstition. New York Commercial Advertis- er: The most popular thing 10 the way of gems just now 18 the opal. Not that anyone objects to pre sents of diamonds, but the opal 18 enjoying a boom in the best society, A veracious Maiden lane jeweler says the reason for thisis that late researcnes into ancient lore have en- tirely reserved the old notion that the opal is an unlucky stone. The exact con- trnr{ is the fact. A man mayYave all kinds of luck with the biggest diamond that was ever found., Nothing but good fortune goes with the opal. Young women who are going to Kurope get a set of opal jewelry, this jeweley says, to keep them from going to the bottom. Gentlemen who are going to Coney Island to take a flyer on a race, buy a pair ot opal sleeve buttons, and win on a short horse. A customer of mine,” he went on, “‘came in here the other day and told me a little story which 1llustrates the power of the opal. Last Christmas his wife made him a present of a scarfpin set with one of those marvelous stones. At that time he had a mortgage on his house; his business—he is a coffee baoker and had been fooling with the wrong end of the market—was in a desperate condition; he was threatened with paresis, and things were going wrong with him generally. Protty soon coffec began to rise. It kefit going up and_carried this man right along with it. He got his business in shape, paia off his mortgage and went along swimmingly, Now,here's the most remarkable vart of the story. Some one slipped the pin out of his scart one dnr ina crowd. The very next day he fell down stairs and broke two ribs; his wife upset & bottle of purple ink all over his new summer cloth s little boy played truant fro: school and got arrested for t’in{ 8 package of fire-crackers to a dog's tail; the parior maid smashed the new chande- lier to flinders with & stepladder; one of the horses developed glanders, and the hired man red s ladleful of melted lead down his boot-leg. “‘During the next week a shutter fell off the front of the house ana hit a police- man on the head; the gas-meter man brought in a bill of 767,000 feet for the month; the cook sot the house on fire with a pan of melted greese, and the moths got 1n the new parlor carpet. When things came to this pass the man gaw that he would have to draw the line. He sent for two detectives and told them to get that opal back if it took all the money in New York. The next day they found the opal in a puwn shop. And do iflll know, sir, that mnnfjust got his opal ack in time to get out of the coffeo mar- ket before the panie, and if he hadn't got out he would have gone higher than a kite, There’s nothing in the worid like an opal. Horseshoes and four-leaved cloveres are nothing to it.” e A Wonderful Well, About 110 miles east of EI Paso, near Sierra Blanca, on the line of the Toxas & Paoific railroad, there is a strange phe- nomena that has just come to public no- tiee. The authority for the statements about to be made is ox-Governor John C. Brown, of Tennessee, receiver of the Texas & Pacific, who visited this city a few days a, ccompanied by several officials of the road, including Division Superintendent Judy, in whose jurisdic- tion the phonomena is located. Gov- ernor Brown and Superintendent Judy told the story to one or two persons here ani it has just come to the reporter's ears. About three year's ago the Texas & Pucilic railway company undertook to sk an artesian” well a few miles below Sierra Blanca, which is a_little hamlet ninety-five miles east of El Paso. The workmen put the pipe down about 600 feet when suddenly an underground cav- ern was struck, the drll dropping about six feot and & current of air rushed up the pipe. Drilling coased and the well was abandoned, the 600 feet of pipe re- maining in the ground and giving a con- nection between the surface of the earth and the strange subterranean cavity a quarter of a mile bencath. The phenomenon did not at that time attract the attention of anyone sufli- ciently interested to investizate. Re- contly, however, Superintendent Judy’s attention was called to it, and his per- sonal examination and requiries have de- veloped peculiar facts and testimony about the wonderful well. Governor Brown stopped to gee it on his way here. Not many scuple live near the well, but those who do reside in the neighborhood of it are thozxoughly acquainted with it ever since it was abandoned three years ago. The raoule near by have been n the habit of going and sitting about the well in summer to enjoy the cool, inyig- orating air that rushes u‘) the pipe. One of the strangest things 1s the fact that the current of air ebbs and flows Like the ocean tides. From 10:15 p. m. a current rushes out of the pipe with a sound that resembles the noise made by a locomotive ‘‘blowing off steam,’’ and 50 loud that it can be heard for forty or fifty yards. At 10:15 p. m. the overilow air ceases and a strong suction sots in which lasts for the next twelve hours, this ebb and flow continuing day after day, and 1t has been observed by “horse- men that whenever they get inthe neig borhood of this well, strong magnetic forces are and spurks are given ofl if the horse’s mane is touched. Recently a man from Sierra Blanoa was sitting close to the well ana on tak- in'; out his pocket-knife found a nail which he had in his pocket clinging to the knife. He beld the knife in the rent of the air and found the magnet property was greatly increased. Several weoeks ago Superintendent Judy held s pocket-Knife in the current of ir for four minutes and the knife is still strongly magnetized from the effect. The out- flowing current of air is believed to possess curative properties, Its efticicncy is to be tested by experiments upon cases of paralysis and other disenses. The people who live near this wonderful woll call it the “Fountain of Youth.” —— The New Synagoguo. Some time ago the congregation of the church of Israel decided to build an ad- dition to the present structure, on Hare ney street near Twenty-second, and at s business meeting voted to expend $3,000 for the improvement. About the time the work was decided upon the bullding strikes were in progress apd conse- quently little progress wus wado. Mean- time, the congregatiou bt decided to get along with the present pretty but overcrowded little smble unul noxt season, when it is proposed to build » new church whiet will cost from $15,000 to $20,000, The congregation I& growing s0 rapidly that new and enlarged quar- bers are naecessity. “LLL"” In Despair—'V.'s"] Singular CQoustume at a Foll Dress Hop —An Excfiting Bit of His- tory—Chaocasaw Bayou. Galveston News: Well, we fell back after Shiloh, and the writer was ordered to report at once to General M. L. Smith, commanding at Vicksburg, where, in a few days, up to our eyes in telegrams destined for President Davis and others in authority, with thousands of other tel- egrams for Vicksburg, we discovered that to be e general's war operator was no child’s play, and that to be with one's command would be far more preferable, A fzrnnd old telographer (Lee 8. Daniel), now master of transportation of the Macaroni railroad, running from Roseburg to Victoria, was then manager of the Vicksburg office, and & finer or more rapid telegrapher never handled a key or wielded a pen; and he, I know, can never forget those busy and exciting days. I never think of my old partner except with the feelings of a brother. His dear old form and face, as he appeared in those days, will ever be bofore me. Ha was a Samson in the lost cause. Before the war a private citizen, Dr. Horace Tibbetts, living at Transylvania Landing, on the Mississipp1 river, caused to be established a telegraph line from Vicksburg to Lake Providence. This line he built for his own use, in order that ha might have the news of the day tele- Frnpnufl him when spending awhile on his pluntations each year, a8 was the cus- tom of large planters. This little line proved to be a godsend to the confederates at Vicksburg, for as 8oon as the downfull of Memphis was re- ceived, Lee Daniel was ordered to 1 sylyania to take charge of smd wire keeping a strict lookout for any federal boats coming down the river, as the federals would no donbt make at attack on Vicksburg. The writer was ordered aoross the river, opposite Vicksburg,with instructions not to be absent from his Bofl more than an hour at a time. All atteries at Vicksburg were ordered to respeot my red light at night and green flag by day when crossing the river in a skitf’ which I used for the purpose of sending for supplies and forwarding any news to the general oommnndln*. One dark stormy night il shall never forget it) I had met several of ldier boys from Houston—iny old achools most of them—many long since dead, but I hope not forgotten, and naturally we enjoyed ourselves, causing the writer to overstay his time somewhat. Although having on board a considerable amount ot Louisiana rum, the only drink avail- able in Vickshurg, and idea took posses- sionof me that it very important { should be at my post at once, as some- thing might occur which, should it oceur without my knowledge, would render a desertion of the confederacy necessary on my part, The wind was blowing a hurricane, and the waves of the old Mississippi werg fearful to gaze upon, I feared my frail craft would hardly live in such & sea, but knowing it to be all my own fault that 1 had been caugbt in such a storm on the wrong side of the river, determined to cross st all hazards, Attor superhuman eforts I reached the Louisiana shore in safety. Hastily securing my bont, with a choking sensation at my throat, for ex- citement at neglect of my duty had ren- dered me almost a paralytic, ~ 1 rushed into the oflice, and, as tclegraphers say, “outin.”’ Instantancously I heard my old chum (Daniel) calling “‘v"* *'v” with the energy of despair. anewered i, i, i—v. His tirst words were, ‘‘Great God, F—, sixty-nine transports and gunboats have passed since dark, and as far as the eyo can reach up the river they are sctill com- ing. Rush ncross and give the alarm. 1 leave here, for this line will be destroyed and of no more service." The storm had not abated, but without a thought of danger I hurried across to Vicksburg. A great ball was in progress at which the general and his staff, as well as all the beauty and chivalry of the city and surrounding country, were pres- ent. The great house was a surging mass of aancers and promeuaders. Singling out the general I walked up to him re- spectfully, saluting himself and lady partner, 1 will never forget his scowl at me, for I was thoroughly drenched, and mud from head to foot, nor will I ever forget the curious and wondering look given me by the ladies, with whom I was one of the favorite beaux myself (being a dandy and a masher to my hizhest eapac- ity). I cannot imagme what they thought of my appearance. I hadn't time to feel ashamed of my condition, or at my tramp-like outfit, in' that magniti- cent throng. As I stepped up close to the general he exclaime “Well, sir!” in aloud and threal g manner. [ merely handed him a piece of paper, upon which I had hastily writton the n v of boats that had passed, etc. He glanced at it tirst deliberately, but in a second he drew it close to his eyes. d, his brow contracted, and Where did you get this " My only reply wa: “I am stationed across the’ river, opps site this city, in charge of the telegraph, by your order." The crowd had pressed around as his remarks to me were In a vary high key. He exclaimed: ‘“'Well done, sir, thank you;"" and turning to the crowd ox- claimed: ‘‘All oflicers of the army wil hurry to their respective camps at onge' The enemy are within a few miles of us: and muy land by morning. All families wishing to leave the city will be furnished transportation by rail.”’ In five minute that ball was a thing of the past. To sny that there was too much busi- ness for the wires that night is dhly superfluous, Half of the messnges were never sont, and only those asking re. inforcements from every part of tho con- federacy were transmitfed. The first telegram was to President Davis aporis ing him of the situstion Every one then living at Vickshurg re- membered our big fight at Chicasaw Bayou a day or two afterward, where the enemy landed, and whoro they wero so torribly defoated, causing them to re- treat up the river, not troubling Vicks burg to any extent for many a long day. 'l‘!wer amused themselves "mmmllr by sending or attempting to send a gunboat past our batteries, in which pastime they ften met with ignominous failure. Right let me remurk, that little telegraph ross the riyer closed for repnirs as the *feds," finding itand knowing that it had apprised the “‘confeds’’ of thelir visit, never allowed an inch of wire or a foot of pole of the whole seventy-live miles of the line to remain in existence, verily beliove they must have eaten itin their blind rage. 1 hope they digest:d it well, “*Vale, lmxfulu vale,” mr little telegraph line, ou did your dsty nobly before you were annthilated by the in- vaders, and [ will cherish wur memory as loug as life shall | Weather Por Nebraska axd lowa: Cooler, falr weathier; winds shifting to northeast wnd becoming varimble. For ceperal and easlorn Dakota: Fair wenther, cooler in southern and eentral por- sions, stationery, {ollowed by Tising Wmneras ture in extreme northern portion; winds be- coming light und variable, Olothing Cutters’ Conveéntion. Syracusy, N. Y., August8.—The Clothing Cutters' Union of America are holding Welr second anuual couvention here.