Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 29, 1887, Page 4

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Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this 27th day of August, A, D, 1887, , P, Frir, ISEAL Notary Public, Btate of Nepraskn, | .y Douglas County. Geo. B. Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, wm and says that he Is secretary of The | Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of August, 1856, 12,464 coples; for September, 185, 13,030 coples; for October, 1840, 12,989 copies; for November, 1586, 13,43 eories; 'for December, 1856, 13,257 copies January 1857, 16,2 eox!‘ml; tor 1887, 14,108 coples; for March. 1857, 14,400 les; for April, 1887, 14,316 copies: for May, 1887, 14,227 copies: for June 1887, 14,147 copies; for July, 1587, 14,003 copies, Gro. B. Tzscruck, Bubseribed and sworn to before me this 11th day ot August, A, D., 1857, [SEAL.| N. P, FriL, Notary Public. Mn. McSRANE'S editor never loses an opportunity to lampoon and malign Gov- ernor Thayer, who gave him mortal of- fense 1n refusing to appoint him or his substitute on the Umaha fire and police commission. Tue contract our penitentiary is very much of an eye- sore to philanthropists and workingmen, but why should Governor Thayer be de- nounced for signing a contract entered into by order of three-fourths of the late legislature? CONGRESSMAN REED, of Maine has re- turned from Alaska. Hesays the Alaska Indians can do a full day’s work already. They are, indeed, so far on the road to civilization that they have organized a strike for more pay. Who says the In- dian is not progressive? GoverNor HILL, of New York, 1s said to bo making arrangements for starting a daily paper in Atlanta, Georgia, which i8 to boom him for the presidency. This may be true but ig not likely., Mr. Hill is not a yery great man but heis a tolerably astute politician, and he would hardly go to Georgia to start his boom in New York. SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER is out with a statement concerning his recent im- prisonment for contempt of court and his escape. He thought it best for all, in- cluding the judge, to be rescued from Jall. The senator had much better keep his mouth closed, but this can hardly be expected from a man who is most always too full for utterance. E———— TWENTY-FIVE years ago to-day the sec- ond battle of Bull Run was fought and lost by “'Old Headquarters in the Saddle” in spite of the gallantry of Quartermaster Clerk Paul Vandervoort, who detached himself without leave, made a rapid march all the way from Alexandria to Manassas on foot, and . forced his way right through Stonewall Jackson's army without a scratch, to check the tide of disaster. SE——— Joux M. THURSTON assures his friends that the Pacific railrond commission will -~ draw precious little information out of him about the oil rooms. This will re- lieve the minds of the legislative bood- lers very much. It will be rather awk- ward, however, for Thurston to explain what became of the Union Pacific funds which he expended without returning ‘youchers, during every session in the last ten years. JACOB SHARP 13 ntj only a great briber, he is also an actor of much natural ability. The dootors now think his sickness and weakness have been largely shammed. He has been ‘‘playing possum,” in other words that he might not be sent to Sing Sing. And he has been successful, having obtained a stay, and may yet escape. Maybe he has been applying his tactics to the goddess of hberty as she is in New York, SEm———— VICE PRESIDENT POTTER proposes to take the Union Pacific out of the Wyo- ming coal mining business and the Col- orado sandstone quarries just as soon as the road can dispose of its mines and quarries. Itisto be hoped the Union Pacitic may be able to unload these en- terprises. It had no business to go into them beyond procuring a supply of fuel and building material for its own use and the policy of monopolizing the coal and stone traflic has been productive of the most intense popular resentment all along the line, The Union Pacitic and every other railroad should be content with its trausportation patronage and leave mining, grain handling and stone quarrying to private enterprise. — . CoLorADO's militin has covered 1tself with glory. For a number of days it ~ sought to tease the Indians into some in- discreet act, and, not succeeding in that endeavor, they proceeded to kill a few, sccording to last accounts on paper. They had one of their own number shot, on paper again, and now they report the Indians back on their fertilo lava-bed reservation, Tho savages probably did not leave it to any great extent, ouly just enough 4o excite the military spirit of Colorado into a sort of mild, inoffensive frenzy against poor Lo. But suppose the Indians did leave their reservation. It would not be any great wonder. Cold lava may be interesting from a scientifio point of view, but it is poor stufl to ruuo:m and get to the circulation, Another Prize Fight. Another brutal slugging match has taken place almost within view from this city. All the arrangements for this crim- inal combat were made in Omaha, and the excursion to the place of meeting was planned, organized and set in motion in Omaha. This 18 the second time within less than a month that professional sluggers have been allowed to make all preliminary ar- rangements in this eity for such a crim- inal encounter without the slightest hin- drance frem the county or city authorities. This 18 simply disgraceful. The sheriff and police could hardly have been ignor- ant of the preparations for the lawless ex- pedition. Why did they not break up the match by active interference? Suppose a duel had been concerted in Omaha,which was to be fought out over in Iowa, would not the authorities on this side be in duty bound to thwart and pre- vent it at the _ very outset? And suppose, after tighting a bloody duel in Iowa, the participants should return to Omaha—would not the sheriff or police be in duty bound to arrest and hold them until a requisition was duly made for their transfer to the custody of the Iowa authorities? : If the island on which the prize fight took place is in Nebraska, the principals their seconds and associates have com- mitted a penitentiary offense under the statutes of Nebraska. If the island is part of Iowa, they are amenable under the criminal code of Iowa. In any event this brutal exhibition should be severely punished and an example set that will prevent a repetition. —— The Maryland Revolt. The revolt of a portion of the demo- cratio party of Maryland against the un- scrupulous machine rule of Senator Gorman has attracted general and de- served attention, It is recognized as a volitical event of very great significance, not only with respect to its local effect, butin the influence it may exert upon the course of national politics. The dem- ocrats engaged in the revolt do not dis- claim their adhesion to democracy. They are still democrats, holding the same political faith they have always held. But they have seen their party in Mary- land become steadily more dishonest and degraded under the bhghting lead- ership of Gorman, and they now propose making their protest against a continu- ance of this condition effective by sup- porting the republican ticket in the election of this year. The numerical strength of the revolted element cannot now be determined, but that it may prove to be very considerable is shown in the statement of its leader that there are 600 reform democrats in one ward of Baltimore who will give their votes to the republican candidates. These demo- crats are among the most intelhgent and substantial members of the party, exert- ing necessarily a large influence. It is not to be thought wholly improbable that with this assistance the machine may be overthrown, a restlt which would un- questionably be a great gain to Mary- land and. a most important victory for honest politics. The national aspect of the matter is derived from tho attitude of the admin- istration regarding it. Thus far the president has shown no dis- position to quarrel with the democratic faction against which the re- form element has revolted. Having done all that was asked of him to strengthen the power of Gorman, by appointing to federal offices men notoriously the creat- ures of the senator, whose careers were shown to have been-of the most rtpre- hensible character, Mr. Cleveland has neglected to rectify the mistakes for which he might have pleaded the excuse of hav- ing been imposed upon. He has not only turned a deaf ear to all thg earnest and responsible representations made to him respecting these men,clearly establishing by irrefragible evidence their unworthi- ness to occupy positions of public trust, but permits them to remain in office after they have in the most public and defiant manner violated the executive order relating to the political activity of office holders. There can be but one reasonable inference from this, and that is that the president re- gards the friendship of Gorman as so1m- portant and necessary to his own politi- cal welfare that he does not dare offend him, even though in yielding he stultifies all his professions and subjects himself to the just charge of insincerity. Even so consistent a supporter and apologist of the president as the New York Evening Post is comvpelled to say: “It is an anomaly, as inexplicable as it is discred- itable, that the cause of* honest govern- ment in Marvland in this contest not only receives no help from the president, who was elected as the representative of hon- est government in the nation, but encoun- ters practically his opposition, through his support of the democratic faction which represents ring rule, corruntion and fraud, There is no excuse for Mr. Cleve- land's course in regard to Maryland. His selection of such wen as Higgins and Rosin for federal ofices was without jus- tification of any sort. If Higgins and Rosin are to be sustained, it must be con- sidered either a confession of insincerity on Mr. Cleveland’s part, or a confession of weakness in the presence of a man with a stronger will. It would be hard to decide which explanation is the more discreditable.” Quite as pointedly the New York ZWmes 1nsists that is the duty of the vresident to ‘‘cut the cables by which the Gorman pirates have bound themselves to him." This it is that gives the Maryland revolt a national import- ance and directs the atttention of the country toward the administration. The probability is that the influence of Gor- man will still be found equal to the task of overcoming with the president all op- position, e———— Interatate [ixtradition. The conference of representatives of most of the states, held in New York last week to consider the subject of the extra- dition between the states, formulated a set of rules which will be submitted to the legislatures of the seyeral states with a view to the establishment of a uniform system of extradition. Among the reso- lutions adopted was one declaring it to be the sense of the conference *‘that the governors of the demanding states dis- courage proceedings for the extradition of prisoners charged with petty offenses, and that, except in special cases, under aggravated circumstances, no demand should be made.,”” A report presented by the committee on law held that extradition is " a process that ought not to be resorted to for potty misdemeanors. The fact that the perpetrator of such a misdemeanor runs away and stays away may properly be accepted as a sufficiont atonement for his offense, The rules and forms adopted and rec- ommended were evidently framed with the intention of guarding the rights of accused persons while adequately sub- serving the ends of justice. They are very comprehensive as to what shall be required in order to render a demand for extradition valid and etfective, and if such a system as the conference has pre- scribed were in general operation it would be impossible to make a writ of extradition, as sometimes happens, an Instrument of private malice, while it would remove: some of the difficulties now in the way of procuring such writs. Under the proposed system those who demand the return .of a fugitive from justice must clearly establish their re- ‘sponsiuility, and care is taken to provide that such demand shall have the support of all necessary facts regarding the nu- ture ot the crime charged and other es- sential circumstances. It is not ques- tionable that a uniform system of extra- dition, surrounded with proper and ade- quate safeguards, is to be desired, and such a system would be attained under the rules recommended by the confer- ence. The matter will doubtless receive attention at the next session of most of the legislatures, Tne Philadelphia Record says that, ac- cording to the statements of manufactur- ers largely interested in the steel-rail combine, it will not be as effective this year as 1t was in 1885 and 1835, In 1885 the steel-rail manufacturers, recognizing that it would be necessary to use artiti- cial means to keep up the prices, met at Long Branch in August, and, fixing a limit to the output for that year, pro- ceeded to make an allotment by percent- ages of that output among the interested companies. The price of rails as that time nad fallen below $30 per ton. When the combine was made a revival of rail- road-building of the country was in prog- ress, and a good demand for steel raile soon sent the price upward., Orders were sent in with great rapidity, and the mills were so crowded that it became ne- cessary to increase the amount of output, and as high as $42 was frequently quoted a8 the price of steel rails for future deliv- ery. Since then there has been a change in the condition of affairs, and at the last meeting of the steel-rail combine, held at Long Branch recently, there were no prognostications offered as to the future of prices. Instead of un increase, the trade papers announce that there has been a falling off of 2 per ton in the price of steel rails since the last meeting of the combine. At this meeting the ar- rangement made only aflects the equit- able allotment of tonnage among the steel rail mills of the country, and has nothing whatever to do with prices, each company being allowed to tix its own price. There were some trifling changes made in the allotment for next year, and a number of large mills were admitted in the combination. Members of the com- bine at the late meeting stated that the outiook for 1888 was excellent, but they were emphatic in stating that no inorease in prices was anticipated. The trade pa- pers make anaouncement of enough or- ders on hand to keep the mills employed until October, but add that business is quiet for the reason that buyers are not disposed o place orders for spring deliv- ery until they can see alittle ahead. ONE of the witnesses most desircd by the Pacitic railroads investigating com- mission is Grenville M. Dodge. That gentleman has undoubtedly been aware of this, and it is said has been doing his utmost to keep out of reach., The ser- geant-at-arms of the commission chased General Dodge 2,200 miles over the coun- try for the purpose of serving a subpena on him to appear before the commission, but the genecral always succeeded in giving his pursuer the slip. He has been captured, however, and the way in which it was accomplished 1s thus told by the Philadelplia Record: | Governor Pattison appointed John J. Cur- ley, of the Record, a special deputy sergeant- at-arms for the purpose of serving a subpena, The necessary documents arrived from San Francisco on Monday nizht. Mr. Curley proceeded to New York on Tuesday morn- ing, and after four hours’ hard work inally located General Dodge at No.1 Broadway, the big Washington building, which con- tains 850 offices. 'Tne general’s name not appearing on the directory of the building, it required diligent Inquiry to locate him on the eighth floor. Admission to his presence was Impossible, but a three hours’ wait re- warded Mr. Curley with a glimpse of General Dodge as heemerged from one of the four elevators in the building and endeavored to lose his 1dentity in the throng on Broadway. He was soon overtaken, however, and ac- cepted service of the subpena in the miadle of Broadwa! ———— THE developments thus tar made by the treasury investigation into the man- agement of affairs at Castle Garden show that there haye been gross abuses prac- ticed there, for which somebody ought to be severely punished. A regularly or- ganized system of blackmail appears to have been conducted by the employes, under which immigrants have been sys- tematically robbed according to their ability to pay the demands of the thiev- ing officials. Various persons paidlarge sums for privileges, repaying themselves by practicing extortion upon the poor friendless strangers. Perhaps the dis- closures are not 30 bad as had been ex- pected, but they are bad enough to war- rant & prompt ;removal of the officials who have permitted such a state of things, some of whom at least have doubtless shared in the spoils, and to impress the necessity of a thorough re- form of the methods in vogue at Castle Garden, e—me———— THE county officials and thewr fool friends who have tampered with Post- gate in order to break the fall which they expected to follow the investigation into county management, instituted by the Beg, will proiit very little by their smart work. They are very much mistaken 1f they imagine that buying up Postgate's report will allay publie resentment at the flagrant abuses and reckless appropria- tions of the county funds. On the con- trary, the fact that they have tampered with the reporter more than ever con- firms the suspicion that they have some- thing crooked to conceal. UP to the present wo bave been unable to find out wlere over $8,000 worth of work has been done by thu street com- wissioner and his force during the past threo months. If Mayor Broatch can find out where costly improve- ments have been [mafle by the street commissioner, he will confer a favor on the taxpayers. It isngtorious that every yard of dirt movdd by the street com- missioner costs thacity more than a dol- lar. But even at that! figure wo failto discover the rat hole into which $8,000 have been poured S—— Woxper what kind of a report the chairran of the judiciary committee of the council 18 preparing on the claim of the discharged policesten to pay for full time since they have been relieved. This 18 a very delicate subject, from a striotly judicial standpoint,and if Hascall cannot give an opinicn as is an opinion, we suggest that the law points be referred to Pat Ford. —— WE admire high art, but we doubt very much whether Mrs. Dr. Dinsmoor has been able to recognize herselt in the por- trait which was presented to the public by the official paper of the charity con- forence. The artist has succeeded ad- mirably in making himselt a fit object of charity and correction, It 18 perfectly natural for the Repub- lican to uphold boodling and jobbery in the court house and city hall. Conscience- less cormorants who charged four dol- lars a pound for fifteen cent ink in the government printing office have an aflin- ity for public thieves Junck PAT HAWES was not responsi- ble for his insulting language to Gov- ernor Thayer. He was not in condition to know what he was sa; Tur Colorado militia eight Indians fall, but they were in no hurry to lift their scalps. STATE AND TH Nebraska Jottings. Ainsworth will soon have a brick yard. Aspland is ripe for a loan and building asso®lation, Moorefield has voted bonds for a new school house. There is tallcof establishing a morning paper at Hastings. A lodge of the Grand Orientals has been organized at Grafton. . The State bank of Cresco is now com- pleted and open for business. The burnt district of Bloomington is to be rebuilt at once with brick. Hebron is ofter a third railroad, the Kansas City, Lawrence & Nebraska. The contract for the $30,000 court house at Chadron is to be let September 1. The republicans of the Fourth judicial district hold their convention at Schuyler October 8. The contract has been let for the build- inF of Iudianola’s $12,000 school house to a home architect. Lyon post, of Grand ]sland, celebrated its tenth birthday Saturday evening by a vrilliant camp fire. The wife of Captain N. P. Lundeen, a former prominent citizen of York, died at San Diego, Cal., Angust 16. Illegal sellers of intoxicants at McCool Junction have been warned to desist or take the consequences. William Lake, of Emmett,a brutal wife beater, is under arrest at O'Neill,charged with threatening to kill his better half. T'he barn of E. B. Townley, of Butler county, was struck by lightning and burned. Four horses perished in the flames. [ Two women of Aurora, named Mrs. Ingalls and Mrs. Schwertz, haye been ar- rested charged with setting fire to the house of a neighbor, Mrs. Gunter. ‘The Catholic church at St. Edward was struck by lightning the other day and a number of carpenters at work on the building were more or less shocked. G. H. Cutting, county clerk of Buffalo couuty, was discoverad to' bo §0,43.45 short'in his accounts. He immediately made good the discrepancy and resigned the oftice. Lewis Hanson, of Creightoa, while hunting on Sunday, got a charge of shot through his hat and one in his forehead from the gun of a companion who aimed at a rabbit. Mrs. Overton, charged with the mur- der of her husband in Custer county, has been taken from the York jal, whore she has been confined for sufe Keeping, to Custer county for trial. The Republican City Independent {)rints a picture of what the new school- house ot that place would have been but for the tornado, so that people can see what the town has lost. Kansas and Iowa aresending thousands of head of cattle and horses into Nebraska to feed® The drought has burned pastures in the two states so badly that all Live stock can be purchased cheaply. Grand Island is down on mashers. B. J. Conroy, a cigar maker, who attempted to entice a young girl from the Union Pacific depot to *“tuke a walk,” was ar- rested and fined $25 for the offense. W. H. Basore, of Blue Springs, lost his right eye as a penmalty for whipping a dt:F He was chastising the animal with a dry imb when a flying splinter struck him'in the optic, destroying the sight. A sneak thief got away with the money drawer and five watches from Ingraham’s jewelry store at Fairbury the other day while the proprietor was attending Re- formed Gambler Mason Long's street meetings. One of the thieves was cap- tured. McCool business men complain that the Kansas City & Omaha road diserim- inates on freight rates in favor of St. Joe and against Lincoln. The matter will be brought pefore the board of trans- portation unless soon remedied by the company. Antelope county's commissioners had two cases of insanity before them the past week, One was a young man named Mosier, who had gone, daft because he had been jilted by a girl, and the other Peter Nelson, whose malady was caused by a sunstroke. Dan Rings, a farm band, and Lawrence Fall, living near Mead, became involved ina war of words the .other day, when the former, to stop the gab of Fall, struck him in the face with a board, breakin his jaw boue. Rings has been arreste and Fall is under the dogtor's care. Beaver City was lilled with rejoicing last Wednesday over the completion of the B, & M. branch into that place. The citizens turned out en: masse and wit- nessed the driving of the last spike and raised a good sized puvrse and set ’em u lively to the workmen and employes—ci- gars, lemonade, ete. ¢ Pet poodies are the cause of a great deal of trouble in this world, and Miss Nellie, the twelve-year-old daughter of Hon, James K. North, of Columbus, is the latest vietim. She wasin a vehicle preparatory to taking a drive, when she reached out to lift in her pet dog, in doing which she lost her balance and fell out, breaking her left wrist. Harry Stroup, of Red Cloud, broke off a fish bone in his leg last spring and since then has felt aslight pain occasionally in various parts of his body untila few days ago aswelling appeared under hs right arm and shortly afterwards the broken tish bone came out, after working its way through his body from bis left leg to his right urm, During the wind storm of a few weeks ago the family of M.K.Knapp,near Kene: saw, met with a strange adventure. The AUGUST 29, 1887. family had sat down to_ supper, and noticing the storm, rose and adjourned to another room. ‘The storm struck the kitchen part and carried it a distance of seventy feet. Not a dish was broken, nothing disturbed, and now the family are rc'frcmnx they didn't take that ride provided for them. The South Sioux City Sun hascome out from beneath the clouds of worry and work that invariabl anvolwn the birth of n i|ournnlinlc planet. The sponsors are tha noted Will .lnly, recently of the the Lincoln Journal, ana Alexandor Golian Fairbrother, of Omaha, Lincoln, Nebraska City and Ohio. Asa team of thoroughbred newspaper men and prac- tical printers they have few equals and no superiors in the west, and it is safe to predict for the Sun and the community # warm, vigorous and profitable career— in fact, ‘every season a summer,’ mel- lowed by favorable breezes. The Sun shines for all subscribers—now is the time to chip in. Towa. The state convention] of the Christian church meets rext year at Oskaloosa. In Washington county tive ladies are oandidates for superintendent of schools. The old settlers of Johnson county have been holding a very successful meeting at Towa City.: - Herndon ‘claims to have discovered natural gas at a depth of 120 feet near the depot at that place. Seventy-one persons were admitted to full membership 1n the First M, E. church of Muscatine last Sunday, the largest number ever adwmitted to that church at one time. A girl at Dubuque gave birth to a child at the Mercy hospital and charged the paternity of the offspring to a married man, who 1s a rural sinner and works a farm just outside of Dubuque. The Muscatine Presbyterian picnic last Wednesday resulted in a tragedy. John Stale, who had charge of the swings, fell from a tree to the ground, a distance of thirty feet, and received iujuries from which he died. Wednesday at Davenport a lady drove into town in a phaeton with a pet dog beside her. When she drove up to a hitching post she took out her handker- chief, wiped the dog’s nose with it, and then proceeded to do her shopping. Bailey Davenport, of Muscatine, had a horse which was twenty years old. Last Saturday while a door to Mr. Daven- port’s house was open, the horse walked up, put one of his front feet on the door step, nodded his head to Mr. Davenport, then walked back to the stable, laid down and died. A man was sent to jail at Dubuque for striking his sister after remonstrating with her for leading a life of shame. He had all along tried to keep her in the path of rectitude, but at the last inter- view, finding s remonstrance unavail- ing, in a fit of passion he struck her. The sister had him arrested, he pleaded guilty, and the judge sent him up for thirty days. A young lad in Creston nearly caused a, anic in the opera house the other mght 'he building was crowded, when a loud cracking noise was heard and the audi- ence thou{zht the znlleg was giving way. Only by the greatest effort was the crowd kevt from stampeding. Investigation showed that u lad was 1n the hallway striking his suspender buttons against a partition in hopes of creating a little ex- citement, He wasarrested and promptly tined for his fun. Dakota, A Sioux Falls had a slight frost Wednes- ay. The first story of the walls of the new college building at Vermillion has been completed. Miss Josie Higgins hassued Sioux Falls for $5,000 damages for alleged injuries caused by a defective highway. A colored minstrel show is traveling in Dakota that is so high-toned tnat its mem- bers take offense if a white man happens to be seated at the tabie with them. T'he Dakota Bell, which has acquired an enviable reputation as the humorous aper of the northwest, announces in the ast issue that it has decided to suspend owing to the lack of patronage, - The Electric Light company, of Rapid City, is contemplating the purchase of a fine water power just above the city, and tho erection of a plant which will enable them to begin the manufacture of pot- tery, tiling and kindred articles. m- mense deposits of fire clay exist there, and the articles mentioned can be manu- factured very cheaply and be sold at a good profit in competition with eastern goods. [t is the present intention of the o:xrm')nlr;y to put in the necessary works this fall. The Pacific Coast. Nevada will this season produce over 1,000,000 bushels of potatoes. Joseph Ward has confesscd to the mur- der of his neighbor, John Thorndyke, at Spokane Falls, Monterey bees swarmed in a coftin in a cemetery and the honey was pronounced the very sweetest. Colonel J. B. Clough, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific work in Montana, died August 22 at Haleus, of pneumonia. Piano tuners say there are more pianos in Virginia, Nev., according to the pop- ulation, than in any other town or city on the Pacific coast. The railroad ullol;u at Eagle Rock are to be removed to Pocatello within sixty days. In the future the car work is to be done at Pocatello and the locomotive work at Shoshone. Patrick Dugan, a stevedore, shot him- self throngh the head in San Francisco on the 21st, because of trouble with his wife, they having agreed to separate, and though he repented of the agree- ment and wanted to resume, she would not. She finally forbade his entering her house, and then he killed himself. R Making a Scalp. Hartford Times: Seversl months ago Miss Emma Neuman, of Bristol, had her scalp torn from her head by her hair catching in machinery in the mill where she was emploved. Dr. J. Wilson, of Bristol, has been intelligently engaged since in building up a new scalp by graft 1ng on the head minute kits of skin taken from the arms of various persons. Prol- ably he has exhausted the list of Miss Neu- man’s friends who were willing to con- tribute to her relief, for at this time he cnll: for outside aid in the following card: “Young persons not over thirty who are willing to confer a favor on Miss Emma Neuman will greatly oblige her and her friend if they will” allow seeds for grafting in the new scalp to be taken from their arms. The family and friends have furnished ma- terial, and a good scalp is bein made but the lace of sufficient material is now the greatest obstacle in_success- fully covering the entire head. ‘The piece for graiting is pinched up and slipped off without pain or bad effect on the per- son. Those who will assist the recovery of Miss Neuman may call on Dr, Wilson at his office at 9:30 a. m., or notify hem, and arrangements will made for the convenienee of parties: In making the assertion that Pozzoni's medicated complexion powder is entir ly free from injurious or deadly poison- we do it upon the authority of a thorough chemical analysis. It is one of theoldest face powders in American market, and is used in the famalies of some of our most prominent medical men who have personallv acknowledged to the proprie- or that they not only considered it harm- ess, but esteemed it highly beneticial in very respect. Sold by all droggists. e The exndus to Europe begins to wane, and after this month the tide of travel will be homeward, . TALES ABOUT THE STATE. Itoms of Interest from Lively Nebraska Towns from ““Bse"” Qorrespondents. THE SARATOGA OF THE WEST, The Little Town of McCool Humping 1tself—8¢t. Paul, Fairbury, Colum- bus, Hickman and Calloway Heard From, McCool The Hummer, McCoor JuNCTION, Neb., August 26,— [Correspondence of the BEk.]— “Punch conductor, punch with care, Punch in the presence of the passenjaire.” Next week will finish track laying of the Kansas City & Omaha railroad. This last outlet gives McCool connection with Kansas City and 8t. Louis. With eastorn connections with Omaha and Chicago and direct connections with Hastings and the west, McCool has as good railroad con- nections ay any western town. Who would have thought eight months ago when gazing upon broad fields of corn stalks that in six month's short time right here should spring up a town of 800 1n- habitants, While the growth of McCool in the past has been remarkable, ever: indication seems to prove that it wi be greater in the tuture. Every man who locates here should put and is Eumng his shoulder to the wheel, and elp to keep things moving. In six months growth McCool has a larger pop- ulation than sister towns had in some cases six years, Our merchants sell more goods according to the stock they carry than nni other town in the county, and McCool has become the best grain and farm rrodlme market, The indications are that the coming year will witness greater changes than ever, It is predicted that it will witness the transformation of a good country town into a thriving, bust- ling little GI&'. McCool has the country around to support a city, has the railroad facilities to make a great shipping point, has the water power—the big Blue river —to make & manufacturing city of no small size, has the beautiful groves and natural advantages to make it one of the prettiest, most pleasant, active little towns in the state. Don't worry yourselt out trying to rustie in a dead town, but come to McCool and help ns make one of the best little cities in the staté. The present crop prospects around McCool are good. Corn, the principal crop, will average twenty-five to forty-five bushels per acre. Farmers living near are nearly all well-to-do and extensive stock raisers. What McCool wants 1s some manufao- turer to looate here and_utilize some of the water power on the Blue, a dry goods man to put in & stock of dry Qoods. a clothing house, a good stock ot furni- ture, and many other lines of business are_open. Address all communications ‘I? Niota Postoflice, McCool Junction, Neb. Beautiful Crete’s Boom. CreTE, Neb, August 25.—[Cor- respondence of the BEx.]—Our city will soon have the electric light completed, and bids have been received from four- teen companies on the water works, which are to be put in this fall. The map of Crete which Prof. Finch has been working on for the past six weeks, is about completed. Many of our business men and citizens have been in to view it and pronounce it accurate and perfect of Crete. As presented in this map, she 13 shown as nature made her—the most beau- tiful town in the state of Nebraska, The river, with its beautiful curves and num- erousislands; the tair grounds, Riverside cemetery, the assembly grounds, the col- lege camnpus, the college additions, the location of the buildings, the railroads with their yards and depol grounds. There is a wide margin on the four sides of the map in which to give cuts of some of our finest buildings and beautiful scenes along the Blue river and a bird's eye view of Crete from College hill. Six thousand copies will be engraved and sent to every important town and hamlet in the United States. Wo predict in the near future that Crete will be the Sara- toga of the west. Notes From St. Paul. 81, PAUL, Neb.,, August 27.—[Corre- spondence of the Bee.]--The Teachers’ institute of Howard county convened for 1ts ninth annual session on the 22d inst. The attendance is good and unusual in- terest manifested by the teachers. The county superintendent, Miss C. C. Covey is conductor, assisted by O. F. Emerson, of Grinnell, Ia., and S. A. Kendall, of Jof- serson, In. These gentlemen are efficient and able instructors, and are doing work in this institute which few can equal and none excel. State Superintendent Lane made a pleasant and unexpected call upon the teachers on the morning of the 24th, and in the evening of the same day Ells June Meade gave her new enter- tainment at the opera house. The rain had fallen all day, but a well fiiled house greeted her first appearance in the town. The excavation for stand pipe for the water works has been made north of the court house. Considerable delay has been caused by the fuilure of the con- tractor to prooure the necessary material, but the work will now be carried for- ward and the city supplied with water some time in November, The races which the St. Paul Driving and Trotting association advertised for Thursday and Friday, the 35th and 26th inst.. were postponed until fair week, in September. Several new brick blocks are in process of erection, and the outlook for business enterprises good. Faota From Fairbury, Famrpury, Neb., August 25.—[Corre- spondence of the Bre.]—We will get a fair crop of corn in this county and the farmers anticipute good prices for it. The vrobability is that the corn crop will bring them more than if they had a big crop and other localities had not failed. Tbe foundations for the depot and roundhouse of the St. Joseph & Grand Island and Kansas City & Omaha rail- roads are obout completed, also a new water tank 18 being -bwilt for the same roads. The Rock Island is building more side- tracks, of which it has seven gow, about one-third of a mile long. The track on the Denver extension 1s laid about fifteen miles out und will soon be to Bellyille, Kan, We are confident they will buil from here to Lincoln and Omaha before lor&g. _ ew dwellings continue to go up on every hand. hat we neced now more nrlfl:ulnrly is & good hotel. Such as we ave are crowded to their utmost to ac- commodate their patrons, but they are only common houses such as any small town usually bas. Some enterprising man could do a big business here with a first-class hotel and we hope soon to have one built. Hart & Son, general merchants, are closing out their stock and going into the banking business. The building occu- l)ied by them is already rented to T, T Barry, groceryman, who, with his brother, will open up soon with a fine, new stock of general merchandise. Mr. Berry has sullf his stock to & Mr. Scott, a traveling grocery salesman. Several of our cattlemen have gone to lowa to flurcnm cattle, a8 they have learned that owing to the drought there they can be bought cheap. There 18 aa abundance of feed here and the invost- ment will be very likely to be profitable, Doinga at Oolumbus, Corusnus, Neb,, August 26.—[Corre- spondence of the BEE.]-The Platte county republican central committee met at Co- lumbus yesterday and designated Septora- ber 80 for holding the county convention to elect dologates to the state and ju- dicial conventions, to meet at Columbus at2o'clock in the afternoon. The re- publicans of Platte county are satisfied, from the experience of the past two years, that their principles are the best in accord with the prosperity of the country, and intend to make it no walk- away for the democrats. The Presbyterian church here was pre- sented with a very beautiful pulpit of chaste and elegant design by the children of E. J. Baker, Fsq., as a memorial to their mother, who died while they were in their |nhncz. Mrs, Baker was a member of the church, and devoted to its interests. Her profession of faith was hal- lowed by the law of loving kindness. The flulnlt was occupied last Sunday for the rst time, aud was appreciated by the congrogation as & worthy tribnte from loving hearts to a noble mother’s mom= ory. &’n now have the second plant of in- candescent lights in full operation, by the Brush system, putin by the Schroeder Bros. The light 18 so beautiful and so easily controlled that it is being put inta our hotels and rosidences and will be put into our halls and public buildings as fast as the circuit can be completed. Hsckman's Prosperity. HickmaN, Neb.,, August —[Cor« respondence of the BEr.]—The Mis. souri Pacific Rrailroad company offered to build through this town for a bonus of $3,000, which amouut was raised by sub« scription. 1t hasrun its survey through the town and will now soon start grading. ‘The road is within eight miles of this vil- lage now. This will zive the town a big boom. Proverty is advancing now. Lo- cations are vemng looked for for a bauk and hotels. Hickmnn is in a very nice lo- cation, and we don't see what is to hinder it from making a town of 3,000 to 5,000 inhabitants. With the two roads, B, &M. and Missouri Pacific, it is bound to pros- per. Hog cholera has made its appearance again in this vicinty. Three oryfour cases have been reported. Merchants report business good, cone sidering the time of the year. Improvements at O, way. CALLAWAY, Neb., August 28.—[Corre: spondeuce of the Ber.]—Engineers are at work on our fine waterpower for the immediate construction of a large roller mill. A $1,600 school house and a $2,000 church are now a certainty, and will be erected 1n a fow weeks. A brick yard is started and moulding brick of a superio quality, of which 150,000 are already sold to citizens here for building. Although the Union Pacific has not yet Jaid their track to us as expected, our town by 1ts many inducemente {8 drawing inhabit- ants and booming ahead. 2% g AN OMAHA PIONEER. The Views of a Worthy Westerner on Things Special and Practical, Arepresentative of tho Ber had the pleasure, lastevening, of meeting Coionel D. M. Steele, a pioneer of this section of the Missouri Valley, and the head of the prosperous firm of D. M. Steele & Co. one ot our leading wholesale grocery firms. “What do you think of the situation?' was asked. *‘I came here,” replied Mr, Steele, “in 1861. Then, the show for Omaha was very gloomy. [ was a partner of Sam R.Johnson. We thought that Omaha then, a town of about 3,000, was no good. We moved over to Council Blufts. John- son also thought so—but [ had an abiding faith in Omaha's prosperity. I came back in '66 and re-cstablished a wholesala Erouary house here, and sinco then ave ever been prominently identified with Omaha’s interests, satistied from the start of its grand and glorious future.” ‘‘Has the outcome exceeded your antio- ipations?” *‘Yes," roplied the rotund wholesaler. “The facts, to draw up the curtain, ara these: St. Joe should have been tha eastern terminus of all the railroads lead- ing from the Missouri river to the Pacitic coast. Then, at the inception of the overland railroads, St. Joe was the on], town on the Missouri riyer having ral connections with tho cast. — The route to the Pacific would naturally have come to St. oo for its eastern terminus, but a lot of hot- headed fools, never representing the sen- timents of Missouri, tore the national flag from the postoflice, and afterwards insulted Grant, through some one blow- ing a horn as he was speaking. I told Hayes, the insignificant tin-horn gam- bler, who then blew the horn, that I would kill him if he did not throw that horn in the mud, That tooting of the horn cost St. Joseph many thousands of Populu(ion, and many thousands of dol- ars. If Jeff Thompson, Hayes and others of that ilk had been kept in the back ground, as they should bave been, to-day, St. Joseph would bo, as she should be, the metropolis of the Missour: Vullot" “‘What is your opinion, Colonel Steele, is the future of the two rival cities on the Missouri Valley?" *I think," rerlied the veteran, ‘‘thal Kansas Uity will be the great city on the river. Iam an old man now, but I ex- pect to live until I see Kansas City a thriving. bustling city of oyer 500,000 peo- ple, a rival of St. Louis, St. Joe will steadily and slowly progress; if it reaches 100,000 that will be the Limit. As to Omaha, there is no limit 0 its pos- sibilities. Iregard Omaha as the Chi- cago of the Missouri Valley, and let me say one thing, that twenty years ago the pioneers were confident of Omaha's fu- ture. Even'that far back, you could not buy property within two miles of the city limits inside of three figures. I tell you, the pionecrs of Omaha were confident of the city’s future, and never weakened." Plattdentcher Verein Pienle. The excursion and picnic of the Platt- deutcher verein to Rural park, about two miles north of Plattsmouth, yesterday, was a gratifying success. Aboul four hundred people were in at tendance. ‘'The Union Pacific band acoompanied the excursionists, The day was passed in dancing, lunching and other amusements. The weather wag propitious. About 8 o'clock last evening the merry-makers returned to the city, declaring themselves highly dehighted with the day’'s enjoyment. No uucifienti occurred to interfere with theie pleasure, President Henry Anderson, anager Chris Grudheld, the leader Fred Staker and Messrs. H. Jacobson and Gus Shumer of the committee, were indefat. igable 1 carrying out the programme to the satisfaction of all, General Van Wyck's Appointments, General Van Wyek will speak at the Fillmore county fair, at Fairmont, Au- gust 31; at the Wayne county fair, at Wayne, on September 1; Richardson county fair, at Salem, September 9; How- ard county fair, at Danncbrog, Sept ber 12; Cedar county fair, at Hartington, September 14, General Van Wyck will visit the Ne- braska G. A. R. reunion in Omuaua on September 6 and 7. ‘- As was to have been expected, there is a row among the supposed choice coterie of Americau women in Loudoa.