Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Dan m“'ugmllzuon Sauiing Sasd ) lnding Sunday A 1 v o x Months PP ree Months Omaha Sunday BE , One Yenr.. OMATA OFFIOR, NOSIIAAND 018 PARNAM STRERT. New Yonk OF¥IcE, ROOMS 14 AND 16 TRIFUNE Bumbiva, WAsmINGToN OrFior, No. 513 FOURTRENTH BTRERT. CORRESPONDENCE. v joations relating to news and edi. APl ntte Biouia b nddressed to the BDITOR THE BER. i BUSINESS LETTRRS, 11 business letters and remittances should be dressed fo THE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, #A. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders to Poiaddo payabie 10 the order of tho company. " e Beg Publshing Compeny. Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nehraska, .8 Douglass, W‘lm %ich‘fg._ secretary of The Bes Pub- Jahing company, (oos sojemaly swear that the metual circujatioh of the Daily Doe for the week ing April 13, 1858, was a8 follows: A lh Fevive -xmuunfl day of April, A, Btate of Nebraska, of Donglass, e0. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- ‘and says that he is secretary of The Beo Dlishing compnuy, that the sctual average circulation of the Daily Bee for the mon! of April, 1687, 14,016 copies: for May, 1887, coples;’ for June, 187, 14147 copies: July, 16T, 140 copiest for Augnst B Juj81 onlt:, on SepLSber T b 3 for Oct Ty v 3, coples; ' for December, 1887, 15,041 mfln: for January, 1888, 15200 coples; for JFebrusry, 1668, TH copids: For Sarch, 1808, Jer GEO. B, TZSCHUCK. Bworn to hefore me and subscribed in my presence this 16th day of April, A. D. 1888, N. P, FIL, Notary Public. OMAHA brewers are not ‘going to strike. King Bock wears a broader smile now. Tur people of Omaha in vain are holding their ear to the ground for the first sound of Dr. Miller’s Yankton rail- road. But even Dr. Miller is silent. Wiy should cedar block pavement on sand or on concreto base cost more in Omaha than it does at Lincoln? This is a conundrum for the council and ‘board of public works. Tre New York assembly passed a bill prohibiting the advertisement of the business of procuring divorces. Is New York so wanton as to give Chicago the _monopoly of such a paying industry? [ &= INDIANA wantstwo strings to her bow. T A scheme is on foot of making up the Indiana delegation from men who, though favoring Harrison, are not un- friendly to Gresham. The strongest string will shoot the winning arrow. CONGRESSMAN 8. 8. 'CoxX feels for the overworked and underpaid railway postal clerk. He bas introduced a bill in congress to divide the clerks into six elasses with salaries ranging from $900 to $1,800. Our railway postal service®s of so much importance that liberal sal- aries should be paid to efficient and trustworthy employes of that depart- ment. THE first three months of the present year have surpassed the same time last year in the amount of railroad building. On good authority it is stated that 1,096 miles of new road have been laid in twenty-eight states from January to April, against 1,040 in twenty-five states in 1887. It is very doubtful whether the noxt six months will show as much activity. THE senate committee on education has reported in favor of lending $400,000 to the Colored World’s Fair association to be opened at Atlanta next Novem- ber, the loan to be made under the sume restrictions as were placed on the New Orleans exposition. It is sincerely to be hoped that the colored fair will pan out better fimancially than the great New Orleans fizzle. GOVERNOR HIL extravagance in fitting up the governor’s mansion at Al- bany brought upon him an investiga- tion, which, like the tariff bill, has drawn out a majority and minority re- port. The majority reported that theve was no corruption, no fraud, no extrava- gance in refurnishing the executive mansion. The minority declared that the governor's actions were demoraliz- ing and mischievous. The people of New York have paid for the investiga- tion and the furniture. — e In is again reported that Sccretary Bayard is to marry Mrs. Folsom, the ' mother of Mrs. Clevelund, and itis gaid the ceremony will take place three days before the meeting of the national democradic convention, on the anniversary of the president’s wedding. The curious statement is made that the friends of the president think that the marriage would help him in the cam- paign., Perhaps so, and if Mr. Cleve- land can get any help from Mr. Bay- ard he 1s fairly entitled to it, for thus fur the secretary has not been u blazing meteor lighting the way of the aamin- Istration to victory. It isalsoto besaid that in an affair of this sort Mr, Bayard ought to be willing to make some sac- nifice, Em—— CASTLE GARDEN'S iniquitous railroad pool has fallen to pieces by its own weight. Some of the roads leading out of New York became dissatisfied with their share of the passenger pool, since the Pennsylvama and the New York Central were monopolizing the biggest percentage of the passenger trafiio, Accordingly the Lackawanna, the Bal- timore & Ohio and other lines by paying eommissions have solicited outside busi- mess, and by cut rates to the west have L ' precipitated a rate war. It is siucerely 10 be hoped that this gigantic monopoly s erushed, and that the New York leg- islature will prevent any similar combi- nation in the future. Tmmigrants at Costle Garden have had no choice in the selection af routes, but have been led among the railroads as so much to be trapsported. The pool has : neered 0o long at Castle Garden, its dowufall is & matter of vougrat- on, s Death of Roscoe Conkling. The death of Roscoe Conkling is a loss to the country of one of its most distin- guished ecitizefs, and to the legal pro- fession of one of its ablest and most brilliant members. No contemporary of the great man who has passed away, at an age but little beyond the prime of life, had better ¢laims than he upon the respect of his countrymen for the pos- session of all those qualities which com- mand the confidence of men, and de- serve, if they do not always achieve the honor of high trusts and elevated sta- tion. Gifted with superior intellectual endowments, learned in his profession, able and courageous as a legislator, strong and steadfast as a party leader, and powerful and brilliant as an orator, Roscoe Conkling would have won place and power among any people whohonor great gifts and acquirements. And with all these merits, and greater than all of them, was his impregnuble integrity, which through twenty-three years of public life was never im- peached. There was one defect—one unfortunate weakness—in this other- wise nobly rounded character. It was an imperious will that could brook no opposition and was content with nothing short of mastery. When the time came that his right to rule was questioned, Roscoe Conkling stepped down from the arena of public life, divorced himself from politics and in the pursuit of his profession won added fame and fortune. Mr. Conkling entered congress thirty years ago, when the representa- tives of the slave power in that body, and, indeed, in all departments of the government, were beginning to vigorously manifest their bitterness and hostility toward the north in consequence of the growing strength of the republican party. The republicanism of Mr. Conkling was in- tensified by these manifestations of southern hatred, and he wasnot long in making his presence and convictions felt. During the four terms he passed in the house of representatives, cover- ing the period of the civil war and much of the most important legislation that followed it, he took a conspicuous part in the discussion of all leading questions. Before he entered the senate, in 1867, he had made a national reputation as a skillful debater and bril- liant orator, was known as among the most stalwart of republicans, and was recognized as a leader worthy of the party’s confidence. His elevation to the senate brought him still more promi- nently into public attention, and for a number of years he was the most com- manding figure in that body, the ac- knowledged leader on the republican side, and in all circumstances faithful to the interests of the party and to the trust it had reposed in him, Mr. Conkling was an aspirant for the presidency in 1876 and received 126 votes in the national republican con- vention of that year. His failure to be nominated wasundoubtedly a very great disappointment to him, and there is some reason to believe that he felt little concern as to how the result of the election might be determined by the electoral commission, if in- deed he did not think, as was alleged, that the republicans were defeated. He kept himself aloof from the issue, and this was the only occasion when his course appeared unfriendly to the interests of the party until the event which closed his political career. Mr. Conkling’s great admiration and affec- tion for General Grant led him to champion the third-term movement in 1880, and never were the courage and energy of leadership more splendidly displayed. No other man in the coun- try could have marshalled and held together as Conkling did the famed 806 who stood for Grant to the end. This example of generalship and of loyalty stands alone in our political history. The speech placing Grant in nomination at this time was one of the finest efforts of Mr. Conkling’s career. The ssue which Mr. Conkling made with the administration of Presi- dent Garfield, his resignation and ap- peal to the legislature of New York, and his defeat und retirement from poli- tics, are all facts of so recent occur- rence as to be well remembered. They will be inseparably connected, whether justly or not, with the tragedy that fol- lowed and gave the nation another martyred president. In its political as- pect the course of Conkling seemed a grave mistake, but the imperious will had been aroused and it would halt at nothing short of full defeat. The re- publican party lost a leader and the bar gained a great advocate. The name of Roscoe Conkling must always occupy an honorable place in our political history. He was the peer in ability of any man of his time, his services to the country were of the highest value,and his whole public career was on the lofticst plane of in- tegrity and honor. His death will be widely and sincerely regretted. How Much Longer? The Pinkerton mercenaries that have been deputized contrary to law to act as special policemen in this city are still at the old stand, about the B. & M. yards and depots, Itis known to the city authorities that these men arve wearing uniforms and policemen’s stars contrary to the charter provision which requives every special policeman to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. We were told ten days ago that these men would leave the city the next day. They are still here, how- ever, and no disposition is manifested to displace them by legally appointed officers, What are we to infer from this deliberate disregard of the plain mandate of the law by officials sworn to execute the law? If these imported mercenavies are tolerated now, a dan- gerous precedent is established which sooner or later will bear fruit in disor- der and riot. The fact that the council delegated the power to appoint special policemen months ago for the Missouri Pacific does not justify a repetition of unlawful methods. If the Pink- erton men are qualified to act as special policemen in Omaha the mayor should subwmit their names to the council for eonfirmation. If not, they should be ordered to take off their policemen’s stars. If Manager Holdvege desires them employed as watchmen at the B. & M. yards, nobody THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: hias & right to interfere, but no man can exercise police powers within the limita of this eity unless he be & member of the regular police force, a special police~ man appointed by the mayor and con- firmed by the council, or a deputy sheriff duly appointed in accordance with the statute. Railroad companies cannot be a law unto themselves. Their managers can- not quarter a hireling soldiery in times of peace in a city without a breach of the national constitution, which forbids even the president of the United States from using military force in any state excepting when called upon by the gov- ernor of the state to assist in repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection and*domestic violence. i e Undesirable School Sites. The policy of the board of education for the past five years in the location and purchase of school sites has been anything but prudent and economic. In almost every instance the board has paid out large sums for lots that have to be graded down or filled up at an outlay nearly equal to the original cost of the grounds, Our school houses are for tho most part located on the corners of thorough- fares. This is at varlance with the policy pursued in the other large cities where publiyschools are usually erected midway of a block on side streets adjancent to the main thoroughfaves. This effects not only a saving in the cost of the school grounds, but it is in many respects preferable. The corners of streets on which travel and traffic are heavy are not the proper places for school children to congregate. Acci- dents on such corners are much more frequent than in front of grounds midway of a block on a side street. School houses on the corner of a busi- ness thoroughfare cause distraction to both teuche.s and pupils. Society parades, funeral processions and other demonstrations naturally excite curios- ity, and break into the studies, Chil- dren can play safely in front of the school house when located in the mid- dle of the block, while at the corners they are exposed to risks of personal injury. The proposition to spend $17.000 for a schoolsiteon the corner of Sixteenth and California strikes us as inexpedient for several reasons. First and foremost, $17,000 is twice as much money as the board should ever invest for o school-house lot. 1In fact, $5,000 should be the Ilimit for school grounds, unless, indeed, it be a site within two or three blocks of the High school. In the next place, the corner of California and Sixteenth streets, or any other cornerof Sixteenth street, is not a fit place for a public school +house. Sixteenth street from Vinton to the fair grounds 1s a business thoroughfare, where carriages and teams are constantly moving, and on which traffic will continue to increase. If the board were offered the corner of Sixteenth and California for 87,000 in- stead of $17,000, we should still consider it an objectionable selection for aschool site. The board should do its business on business principles, locate its schools with a view to economy and conyen- ience, within easy reach of the street railways. That does not, however, ne- cessitate the purchase of expensive corner lots on the principal lines of travel and traffic LAST year added a little more than five hundred thousand to the foreign population of the United States, and the indications are that the number for the present year will not be le We re- cently noted the unusual fact that the vast facilities of the Liverpool lines had been found unequal to the applications for passage and the demand keeps up. The greatest present pressure comes from lrish emigrants, the number of which for last year was nearly fifty-four thousand. The addition to our popula- tion from this source for the present year will doubtless be equal to that of 1ast, and perhaps greater. The German empire supplied last year nearly cighty-two thousand of the im- migrants, and with the threatening conditions now prevailing in the empire there is no reason to doubt that an equal number will leave the fatherland for the republic of the west during the present year. Other por- tions of Europe may also be expected to maintain, if they do not exceed, the record made last year. This prospect will of course furnish a fruitful text for the anti-immigration advocates, but while several of the states are putting forth vigorous efforts tosecure population from this foreign inflow, the outloolk for those who appose it does not appear par- ticularly bright. As we have repeatedly said, all who come here with the in tion to work, to conform to our laws, and to make good citizens, will be wel- come. THE congressional committee which investigated the Reading strike has its report about completed, and oxpects to submit 1t to the house about the middle of May. Thne country will care less for the facts than for the remedial legisla- tion which it is said the committee will propose, provided its chairman can se- cure the adoption of his policy. This is to put the engineers and firemen and train crews on every inter-state rail- road under government control and supervision, and to provide that thirty days’ notice shall be given for every resignation or dismissal. The principle embodied in this policy is not original with Mr. Tillman, the chairman of this investigating committee, but he will be entitled to some credit if he shall bring the matter to the consideration of congress. It is already receiv- ing a good deal of attention from the press and the public, and we be- lieve the tendency of intelligent senti- ment is largely in favor of bringing all these quasi public servants under gov- ernmental superyision, The more thoughtfully the matter is considered the more certainly will this tendency be strengthened. ey Tue conflict between home rule and public service has already risen like a spectre to disturb the serenity of the women government of Oskaloosa. As Monday is wash day, Tuesday given to ironing, Wednesday for house-cleaning, Thursday to clothes-mending, Friday for prayet mestings and Saturday for baking, the awful trath has flashed on the minds of the mayor and city ceuncil that the business of state interferes with the dutiesof home. Asgood housewives and mothers they cannot allow their own homos to go to rack and ruin. As counsellors of state, as defenders of morals, as champions of law they must pass ordinances and resolutions to keep bad male citizens in check. Halting between the home and the council chamber a dead-lock is imminent. O— CHAIRMAN BALcoyMn and Mr. Heim- rod, of the board of public works, have made a discovery that the cedar blocks on upper Farnam street pavement,which were laid a little more than a year ago, are beginning to rot out, and that the concrete under these blocks is inferiar in quality and lacks from two to four inches of standard depth. This is a very interesting discove: for upper Farnam street property owners. The contractors, We, Us & Co., have re- ceived their pay in full and some “‘ex- tras” besides. The question, in the langunge of Boss Tweed, is ‘“What are you going to do about it?"” S— CHICAGO will welcome the announce- ment that Major General Crook is to make his headquarters in that city. According to at least one of its papers there has been a long-felt social want there which it is believed General Crook and his hospitable lady can sup- ply, and the hope that they would locate there has been eager with a large section of Chicago’s society. A most cordial welcome is therefore as- sured the general and Mvs. Crook in the Queen city, and we venture the promise that the social expectancy that awaits them will not in the least degree be disappointed. —ee WirHiN the past mon th the BEE has been flooded with letters from purt involved in the railroad and builders striles upon both sides of the question, which if published in full, would not leave an inch of space in the paper for anything else. The main objeet of a newspaper is to print the news. The ms to be o newspaper and there- e it is compelled to cut down or ex- clude a large proportion of the commuu- ications above referred to. SONS. Patti has given $4,000 to the Children’s hospital at Lisbon. Jucob Sharp left fi§ widow an estate esti- mated to be worth $2000,000. M. Wilson, the sohsin-law of ex-President Grevy of France, has gope to Brussels to establish a newspaper. Mayor Gobble of Muscatine, Ta., is spoken ofasa candidate forl congress. He would be & good man to send as minister to Turkoey. Chief Justice Waité is said to have left un- finished an importanf movograph on the title under which are held thelands of northwest- ern Ohio. ; “Ferdinand the Silken'! is the nickname at Vienna for the prince of Bulgaria, He may be silken now, but the indications are that he will soon be worsted. Some good people. jn Washington were as- tonished the other day fo see Senator Ingalls and Senator Blackiutn, who recently crossed swords in the senute, walking arm-in-arm down the avenue. Justices Lamar and Harlan are the only members of the United States supreme court who do not own houses in Washington. Mrs. Lamar, however, is wealthy, and intends to buy or build a house at the capital. The late Joseph W. Drexel, who was ono of the most benevolent and broad-minded of men, leftan estate, it is said, worth 5,000,000, Mr. Drexel was o one-third owner of the Pniladelphia Ledger and his shares will now be divided between his brother and George W. Childs. Prof. Duvid Swing, tho celebrated Chi- cago divine, is a diligent student. He rises before 6 o'clock each morning and rarely re- tires before 12 at night. His hard work is done in the forenoon. The professor is fond of elocks, and his collection is second only to thatof George W. Childs of Philadelphia. Congressmen Breckenridge, Stone and Mc- Creary, all of Kentucky, have “done time" in the penitentiary. They were members of Morgan's band on its famous raid through Indiana and Ohio, were captured by United States troops, aud McCreary and Brecken- ridge were lodged in the Ohio penitentiary and Stonc in that situated at Allegheny City. Congressman Tom Reed, of Maine, is one of the men in congress most_inquired for by all visitors to the capital. He is tall, broad, smooth-faced and good natured, Able in de- bate, with a logic unaswerable, quick in ro- partee, with a sarcasm that cuts to the bone, genial and companionable with men he likes; he is a favorite with friends, uterror to encmies, and for his great ability adwired by all, Edward Blewett, who has just been elected bresident of the First National bank of Fremont, Neb., is regarded asa typical Nebraskan by his fellow citizons, At the age of thirteen he drove an ox team across the plains, bare-foot and friendless; at eighteen he was §10,000 in debt. He is now atthe head of one of the largest horse ranches in the west and worth nearly £1,000,000. Benjamin Harris Brewster was noted for the'courtesy with which by treated young lawyers. No matter what point could be gained by a well put question ata critical point in the examinafion of a witness, Mr. Brewster never took advantage of a younger and less expericnced opponent. In his ex- amination of & witness he was studiously po- lite, and worked for his client and not for public applause, Bx-Governor Gil. Pierce of Dakota, once a well known Chicagoan, was present a few evenings ago at & mg..m» in Jamestown at which a prize was offerad for the gentleman who could exhibit the greatest skill and agility in sowing. The governor entered the lists with the others and made a heroic struggle, but was distanced, His swelled fingers now feel like a school of harpooned whales. Thomas Manders of Laramie, is one of the oldest residents of Wyoming territory. He went there in 1862, when buffaloes, wolves and Indians added zest to life in that neigh- borhood. He started one of the first stores in Laramie and was the founder of the Wind River Cattle company, which now owas nearly five hundred thousand head of cattle. Mr. Manders is probably the wealthi- est man in Wyoming. Depressed Ever Since, Kansas Oity Journal, It is something to be ponderous. Mr. Cleveland quieted a fractious horse the other Qay by hanging upon its neck. The auimal was subdued at once, and has been iu a state of physical depression ever since. —— Distinguishing Marks, Ohtoago Tribune, The ‘circumstance that Allan G. Thurman bas long white whiskers and smokes a-pipe inspire a good many people, we learn, with the hope that President Cleveland will nom- inate the aged Ohioan to the supreme bench. - One of the Brght Boys, Philadsiphia Ledger. Seitntsr Manderson, of Nobraska, a mem- ber of the exploration committee that came 1o the city this week on a P. F\. reconnoitre, is enumerated among the ‘‘bright boye” the Central bigh school has turned out in its day. Wool and Protection. Boston Globe. Amorican wool has been highly protected for nearly thirty years. During the whole of the time the sheepbreeding interest has been decaying. In Michigan alone the number of sheep decreased 1,700,000 in the first fifteen years of protection. o — The Drift of Sentiment. St. Louis Globe-Democrat., The republicans in the congressional elae- tions of 1835 made big mains ns compared with 1884, The elections held thus far this year show that the drift of public sentiment toward the republicans is permanent and pronounced, and that the prospeots aroe favor- able for a great republican triumph this year. - saeee -~y The Musty Odor of Pooling. Phitadelphia Record, Settlement of differeritial rates of fare to the west on the trunk line railroads is stiil made by Commissionor Fink, the former chief of the Trunk Lines pool; yet the pub- lic is told that Mr. Fink has no power, and is merely an adviser of the railway mana- gers, However, the musty and repellant odor of pooling and combinati on is in ail this quite evident to the public nostril. —————e Pharisee Boulanger. Philadelphia Record, General Boulanger, like the ancient Phari- see, declares that he is not as other men in their secking after ofice, but that he is the tpopresentative of the great principle.” This is & favorite assertion of all disappointed and disgruntled politicians. as well as of con- ceited and bumptious persons generally. i gl s A Memorable Event. New York Herald, General Sherman’s lotter exprossed with that eminent man's accustomed felicity, the sentiment of ragard which Americans of all sections entertain for the fllustrions memory of Grant. The proposal to commemorate the coming anniversary of his birth by n banquet, at which federal and confederate soldiers may unite, under the presidency of Sherman, is a happy one, and the event will be in every way memorable. SO Tell 1t In Louisana. Ledger. It may be set down as a sure thing that in all cases where the men acting for one political party organization refuse to let the men acting for another have an eleetion ofl- cer at the polls, to see to the reception, safe custody and fair counting of the ballots, that the party which refuses intends to cheat its ticket through, if that course shall benecessary. This rule is applicable in all such cases and to all parties. Milwawkee Sentinel. We learn through the New York papers that an American who has been studying music abroad has *“brought back a fine Ger- man technique.” We have looked through the tariff schedule, but do not find there is any duty on technique. It is about time the manufacture of techniques should be encour- aged in this country, if the soil and climate arc favorable. At any rate, their importa- tion should be prohibited until the American hog is allowed 1n the German markets. ———— A Leadville, Col., Tribute. The Herald-Democrat confesses to an hon- est admiration for Judge Gresham as a man, It belioves in his ample ability, his unqué tionable integrity, and admires his fearle independence of character. It believes that he possesses, in an eminent degree, the ma- terial out of which good presidents are made. Beyond ihis it is not the purpose of this pa- per to urge his candidacy at this time, If, as June days draw near, it shall appear that his name develops sufficient strength to make him an available candidate, we shall gladly support him. If, however, it shall appear that another good man possesses better chances of carrying the doubtful states, then thiat man will receive onr support in prefer- ence to Judge Gresham. That Judge Gres- ham would carry the state of Indiana we bave not the slightest doubt. i e 1s Bismarck Blufiing? New York Journal, Thoy say that “Biz” will jump the game Because he's n an awful huff; But if he holds a royal flush, Why, you can bet it ain’t a bluff, e STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebrasia Jottings. Bellevue has a newspaper, the Enter- prise. Superior is in the armsof a never- endiug boom. Chadron is getting anxious concern- ing her water supply. Selzer’s brewery is permanently lo- cated at South Sioux City. anta Fe surveyors have finished work in Nuckolls county. Jolonel William Porterfield, an old n of Frecmont, diea Sunday. Mr. George McBride has purchased the Lodge Pole Express from Cary & Walker. A telophone coupny has been organ- i and will hello at Chadron within Lincoln is in the throes of a mighty struggle between brick and cedar for PAVIDg purposes. Captain Palmer,according toa Platts- mouth paper, has abandoned politics and will build a canal. 1t is rumored in Superior that the Northwestern will have control of the new railroad to be built from Superior to Har Harry Hansen, an old time newspaper man in Nebraska, during the palmy days of Brownville, died recently at Fairbury. Trainmaster O. V. English, of Lin- coln, who, in kicking the furnace door of an engine dislocated his ankle, is around again, A Nebraska paper suggests that Omaha have a hawm palace, from the fact that she is the great pork packing cen- ter of the west. It is said that the Nebraska Southern intends to commence work soon on their line to Red Cloud as all the precincts have voted bonds. It should be remembered that the state board of agricultur a pre- mium of 850 for the greatest number of trees planted on arbor day The committee on commer to vas referred the bill authorizing tion of a bridge across the Mis- ri river at Ponca, has recommended it to p: The counductors of the Fremont, Elk- horn & Missouri Valley are making preparations for the grand ball that is to be given by their order on May 1st at the rink in Chadron. The Northwestern railroad is making demonstrations from Sioux City in the direction of North Platte, which is very encouraging to :he interests of Broken Bow. Surveyors are already on the route. It is asserted that St. Joe merchunts are buying up empty coal oil barrels with inspectors’ brand thereon, shipping them in, and Aflling and sending them out into Nebraska again. Governor Thayer has received notifi- cation of his election as an honorary membor of the Lincoln memorial repub- lican league of Springficld, Ill. And thus does man have blushing honors fall thick upon him. Mayor Rolfe, of Nebraska City, out~ lined his plan of aetion, and it is to the effect that all the soiled Goves must leave the town; the saloons must close down at a decent hour and gamblers are cautioned to keep clear of the cor- porate confines. And thus does a solid growth beat a boom. The Wymoro Reporter indulges in this vein of vernal humor: ‘‘To Paul Morton, general passenger agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, Chicago, I11., who reports ‘everything running smoothly’and ‘all our trains on time,’ the editor of the Democrat sends compliments and requests an exchange of photographs. ‘I am something of a liar myself.’" Towa. The Fort Dodge wheelmen have or- ganized a club. A cabl oo%tch of 1,000 acres near sold for $100,000. Three fllep}nl voters have been fined 850 each at Pocahontas Center. The Polk county grand jury indicted two constables for receiving bribes. The state has released to Davenport for 1,000 al1 interestin the island formed by accretion in the Mississippi. A Davenport merchant exhibits a flower two feet louq. It is from the umbrella plant, and is larger than an elephant’s ear. The odor emitted is unbearable, The railroads have made a one-fare rate for the round trip for the demo- cratic state convention at Dubuque on the 2d of May. Tickets good from the 29th inst. to the 6th of May. Nicholas B. Bock, a talented German journalist, closed a series of brain-rack- ing fevers with the soothing and seduc- tive laudanum, last Saturday. An in- satiable love for diluted snake root, ly that paralyzing stimulant for 7a is famous, hurried him over the dark shadow: He was a native of Austrin and fort; ven years of age. Wyoming. Laramie is sure of finaing natural gas. A hole 1,600 feet deep will be for sale if she does not. Henry Pinckney, released from the Laramie penitentiary about three months ago after serving a term for forgery, was killed a few days since at Pueblo, Colo. Fifty-one head of Nebraska cattle, in quarantine at Laramie City, are fan- ning themselves with their tails and chewing the quid of discontent, waiting for a scientist like Dr. Billings to re- lieve them of the Texas fove United States Marshal Carr is in ex- peetation of the early receipt of a car- load of Colorado convicts for the Lara- mie penitentiary. These men are from all portions of the centennial state, and their crimes run from: train robbing down. The famous train robbers of the Rio Grande are in the gang. The Coast. The smallpox has appeared in many California towns. ‘Washington Territory is receiving many settlers this spring. Nevada stock raisers are becoming alarmed at the long continuance of the dry scason. Thomas Gates, superintendent of the Arizona torritorial prison for two years, has resigned. With all eandor, Washington Terri- tory now claims a population of over 200,000 inhabitants. Vewcastle, Blacer county, Cal., is fecling proud of delivering tho first cherries of the season in San Francisco. Soven children of J. B. Tufts, of Davisville, Cal., have fallen heirs to a legacy of $250,000 from their grand- father. ITumboldt bay comes in in season with her fish stories, and a lone fisher- man Saturday caught a halibut weigh- ing 160 pounds. While fixing a cap and fuse on a stick of giant powder in his cabin, at Ward- ner, Idaho, Saturday, Philip Somers was horribly mangled and died within three hours. The Portland Oregonian reports the discovery at Green Mountain, in Washington county, in that state, of a deposit of coul of enormous extent and fine quality The notorious Pearl Page, convicted in Portland) bas been pardoned. The papers of the coast intimate strange things concerning the pardon, and one of them says: *In pardoning this woman Governor Pennoyer has said in effect that it is not a crime for a good- looking womau to steal, provided she can get prominent people to recommend her pavdon.” Colorado. The Aspen mining distriet shipped 1,705 tons of ore last weelk. kers of Denver are laid i riking fever. The Colorado iron works at Pueblo has adopted the division of profits plan. Governor Adams has appointod Arbor day this year the 27th of April, and it wi{l be generally observed. Brighton, Col., is fast becoming one of the finest suburban resident points to Denver. Burlington, a B. & M. townsite, has boen opened up in Elbert county, 160 miles from Denver. The town las an unlimited supply of native land, and its future is assured. Dr. Munson, assayer of the Denver mint, estimates that the output of pr ous metal in Colorado this year will show a decrease of $2,000,000. The de- crense will be entirely confined tosilver, The Sylvanite mine at Gothic, was sold last week for $750,000 cash and $1,000,000 in stock in the company. This is one of the great mines of Colo- rado. Two years ago a car load of this ore was shipped to Chicago which netted Newt. Vorce, the bloody desperado, who was captured at Deer Trail last December, after asiege of several weeks, resulting in the s)lontin{z of saveral men, was tried at Greeley last week and convicted of murder in the sccond de- gree, Mr. Voree's vigorous assault on life and law gave him a leading position among the rufians of the mountains. Had he succeeded in killing a few more btless have been acquitted mptness in pulling a *peeper ” commended to the youth of the Rockies. Dakota, The Fargo insurance company is just #270,000 short. Lawrence county warrants scil at 86 cents on the dollar. Dakota has sixty-two national banks, reprasenting 812,000,000 capital. Since March 4, 600 cars of emigrants have gone into the territory through Minneapolis. Chauney M. Depew will visit Dead- wood in June. The Hills country wil! extend an ovation. The Black Hills have expericoced some peculiarly dark and trying hours in a business way during the i, Bt it 1n eltoved that tho dawn of bot: tor times is rapidly approaching. Bocause of an error in his expensa account of 827 l')(spvnl‘xi United States Marshal Foster was indicted. The Crow Creek reservation is being filled with settlers. It is being occus pied largely by the same geo o that went there in '85 under Arthur’s procla« ;m\;inn and were driven off under Cleves and. The Northwestern has discontinued ite Sturgis line of coaches, Practically all through travel proceeds via White- weod, and what litile lacal trafic thero ig. is accommodated by the scveral back ines. Chamberlain lays claim to the only Indian in Dakota who has naturaliza- tion papers regularly issued. His name is Rev. Luke P. 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