Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 22, 1889, Page 4

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTTON. D ally (Morning Edition) including Sunday Heo, One Yeur. ... . . wsveeoes MR Forsix Months 500 ;_gl"l‘:ll‘ \‘fi Nq"‘"" 200 e Omiha B i B . 200 . W, Corner 0 Beventeenth ls'mt FarnamSeradts, Cnicago OMce, ookery Bu 3 K Fore Oice’ Hooms 1 and 1 Tribune Bullding. Waanington Ofce, No. 613 Fourteentn Streot. CORREEPONDENCE, All communications relnting to news and edi- torial matter should b addressed to the Kditor of the lee. BUSINESS LETTERS. Al buustness letters and remittances should be addressed to Tho Tiee Publishing Company, Omahn Drafts, checks and postoftice ord ‘bemade payable to the order of the company. The Bee Publshing Company, Proprictorse Ber Building Farnam and Seventeenth Sts THE DAILY BEE. &worn Statement of Oirculation. Btate of Nebraska, ! County of Douglas, | rgo B, Mzschuck, secretary of The Bee hing Company, does solemnly swear that tual circulation of Ber for as tollows: Friduy, Baturdi Average. Bworn 1{"1‘)af‘(;{ l 3 Tesence this 20th da. p[fivnu NS State of Nebraskn, I County of Douglas. %% George B, ‘Izsohnck, being duly sworn, di ¥MBI ANd says that he 18 secrotary of The Be ublishing company, that the actual average daily circulation ofTits Darny Bew for the onth of Juno, 184, 1032 coploss tar July, 868, 16,03 coples: for’ August. 1568, 18,183 coplesi for September, 1868 14 1i{ coples: for, October: 1888, 1K.034 coples; for No 086 coples; for Dicenber, 168, 1 January, 1859, 18, oples; for /s ), 18,096 cop e , 1849, 18,854 copies: for ), 184,560 coples: for May, 184, 18,009 GEORG k B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my 18eal,] Bm‘mnca this 8rd day of June, A, . 1889, N.' P. FRIL, Notary Public. July, A. D. 1850, FELL, Notary Publiz, Now let the board of education get down to business. m—— LT the county vault job be probed to the bottom. r—— THESE are the days when the public contractors have their innings. EN MEN who are subscribing liberaliy to the stock of the interna- tional salt trust must be a pretty tresh lot. — IN theso piping times of peace it is well to prepare for what is to come. An extra session of congress is all but assured. — It is fortunate indeed that Oklahoma only wants a territorial government. She might have also caught the fever and aspired to the dignity of statehood. THE stories of crop failures in various sections of the northwest are vigorously denied, If this keeps on the average erop report will be as unreliable as the weather bulletin. L3 THE noble red man finds that after discretion is better than bhowba: would not be surprising if within the next two weeks the negotiations for the opening of the Sioux reservation wouid be successfully accomplished. ANOTHER scheme is on foot to har- ness Ningara. Tho day is evidently not far off when Niagara will take an important part in furnishing light and motive power for a large part of New York state. —————— Boise O11y has been named as the capital of Idaho for the next ten years. The tug of war for the location of the capital seat in the other states of the northwest has, however, not yet been called to time. + Tu local butohers of one of Indiana’s thriving cities have formed a combina- tion to oppose the new -law requiring local inspection and the paying of fees for cattle slaughterod, That looks like taking the bull by the horns. WueN a fellow is spoiling for a fight he somotimes gets more blows than he has looked for. If Fred Nye finds his head punched and his nose out of joint, metaphorically speaking, he can charge it to his own insolence and temerity. — THERE will be plenty of music about the ears of certain senators when Murat Haulstend gets back home. ‘“‘The field marshal” is not of that calibre to for- glve or forget the enemiocs who opposeil his confirmation as minister to Ger- many. —— WiTIIN a few days the Union Pavifio celebrates the opening of the now unioun depot at Ogden. The date, how- ever, has not yot beon fixed when the Union Pacific will issue cards for the inspection of its million-dollar depot nt Omaha, e— THE G. A. R. veterun is in a peck of trouble nowadays. The question is, shall he obey his commander-in-chiof and attend the Milwaukee encampment, or shall he follow the recommendations of his state commander and stay at home? The most sensible thing for him to do under the circumstances is to follow the dictates of his pocket book. Tue sugar tryst is turning on an- other screw and the price of suzar is likely to goa peg higher, Since the flurry in sugar certificates in Wall street the trust has been put on its mottle to sustain present prices, aud, if possible, to restore confidence in its speculation by forcing them still further up the scale, The prosvect is not at all sweet for the consumer, ———— ACCORDING to Fred Nye, the Repub- lecan hus been resurrocted from the grave, in which 1t had been buried by himself and his succossors in the news- papor undertakisg business. A corpse may be electrified and temporarily given the appearunce of vitality, but, aftor ail, a rejuvenated corpse had bet- ter bo kept near the graveyard asa mattor of convenience as well as of safety. A relapse is likely to bring on sudden decomposition and compel 4 res interment on short notics. AN INOFFENSIVE PARTISAN. Mr. A. B. Charde, receiver of the United States land office at O’Neill, asks tho privilege of denying personally to the editor of THE BEE that there is the slightest foundation for any charges against him as an official. A member of our congressional delegation, pre- sumably Mr. Dorsey, has assared Mr. Charde that ata recent conference of the Nebraska delegation, at Washington, such ocharges as are on flle against him were thoroughly examined and found to contain no serious allogations so far as his administration of the duties is con- cerned. Mr. Charde assures the editor of THE BEE that he has faithfully and impartially done his duty as receiver, and that the only fault that he is aware of is that he has sided with settlers as against claim-jumpers and land-office attorneys. He says: *‘No settler has ever been wronged, or had his business noglected by any inat- tention of mine. What more can an of- ficial do? If any citizen or settler can show that I, by word or deed, have done him an injustice I will resign my of- fico. Unless this can be done, or there can be shown to be some cause other than the fact that I am a democrat, I do not think THE BEE, great and peerless in westorn journalism, but fair and honorable always, should give its sanc- tion to unwarrantable attacks upon me.” Tor the benefit of Mr. Charde and all whom it may concern, Tur BEE will stato that it does not countenance or give 1ts sanction to attacks on any of- ficial, democratio orrepublican, unless it believes them to be weil founded. As anewspaper, THE Ber prints the re- ports current at the national capital. The sources of these reports are va- rious; some emanate from the depart- ments and others from current gossip. They must necessarily be taken for what they are worth. On the question of tenuve of office THe Begstands where it always nas stood, It was most de- cidedly opposed to the removal of re- publicans during their unexpired terms by the late democratic aaminis- tion on the flimsy pretext of offensive partisanship. It is equally opposed to the removal of democrats during their unexpired terms, unless their official conduct is known to be dishamest, or they have proven themselves to be incompetent. In other words, Tii BEE believes it to be demorvalizing to the public service to remove an of- ficer appointed for a fixed term, before his term has expired—unless charges of incompetency or malfeasance con be sustainod against him. Mr. Charde has never been known to accord politically or personally with THE Brr. He has been allied with the railroad faction of the democratic party, which has never had anything in common with K BEE, But his politica! and factional attachments should not deprive him of the same treatment to which evory of- ficial is entitled during his term. In dealing with the problem of tho civil service the ‘‘offensive partisan’ dodge should be eliminated. AN INACCURATE HISTORIA The only criticism we have observed upon the historical sketch of Towa writ- ten by Justice Miller, and published in Harper's Monthly, velated to the omis- sion to discuss the polioy that had been 1ea regarding prohibition and the nsportation question. But it appears that the people of Iowa have found other and more important reasons for iticism, which show that the judg was not so well-informed and careful as t0 his facts as a historian who attaches any value to his work should be. The article contains a numboer of inaccurate statements, as shown by Tk Br cor- respondent at Des Moines, which are the more remarkable and inexcusa- ble from havipg been made by a man distinguished for thoro ness and accuracy, and who could have avoided them without taking any othe trouble than addressing a letter of in- quiry to the governor or any state official. The judge states in his article that Towa hasn’t over throe hundred thous- and dollars of bonded indebtedness, whereas it has none at all, the iast dol- lar of such indebtedness, as stated by our correspondent, having been some six years ago. The knowledge is general' that JTowa's prineipal ce corn, of which she last y over three hundred million bushels, taking the lead as a corn-producing state, Yet Justice Millev represon ts that wheat is the principal cereal, the production of which last year was only about nineteen million bushels. It ap- pears that the judge did not cousult any source of information more recent than the last national census for these fucts. He fails, also, to give Iowa creait for extonsive manufacturing industrios, of whigh, according to the state census of 1885, there were then nearly thrae thousand, the value of the annual pro- Auete of which was over seveuty million dollars, an amount but little less than the value of last year's enormous corn crop. Other inaccuracies are pointed out by our correspondent, and alto- gether the showing & such as to very materially impair the value of Justice Miller’s contribution to the history of Towa. Doubtless no one will more keenly regret this than the distinguished au- thor of the sketch, who is unquestion- ably as proud of his state as its people are of him, and who for every reason would desire to give Iowa full eredit for everything belonging to her and to state only the facts as they are of pres- ent record. The only exvlanation is that Justice Miller relied too much upon his memory and upon statistics which the progress of the state has largely outgrown A CANDID LEADER. Ex-Congressman Hall, of Burlington, is one of the leaders of the democratic party in Iowa. He hus been exten- tensively talked about by the demo- eratic newspapers of the state as one of the most available men the democracy could nominate for governor. A great many complimentary things have been said of him, and an earnest effort made toimpress him with his duty to his party in the event that a majority of its representatives in convention should desire bim as & candidate. But all ar- THE OMAHA DAILY :(BEE gument has failed to convinece Mr. Hall, and he unqualifiedly refuses io allow himself to be regarded as a candidate. He is quoted as saying that he couldn’t possibly think of accepting the democratic nomination for governor of Towa, for the reason that it would be a hopeless and expensive undertaking. I have no business running against a dead sure thing,” was the very candid way in which this Jowa democratio leader expressed himself. Mr. Hall wiil very likely lose some popularity with his party by reason of his blunt frankness, and if he has any po- litical aspirations he has probably dam- aged them, but it is presumed that he knew what he was talking about when he declared in effect that the republi- cans of Towa will have a sure thing this fall. Mr. Hall is a politician of experience, who doubtless knows the sitnation in his stateas well as the next man, and what he said to the Chicago interviewer must be accepted as an entively honest avowal of his convictions, The only apparent veason why the republican majority in Iowa this fall may not be as large as last year is in the possibility that the vote will not be so great, A presidential election ordi- navily gets out a fuller vote than is polled at state elections. Thereare in every state a considerable number of voters who are indifferent about exer- cising their right of suffrage except nt elections of a prosident, and thisclass is generally more numerous among repub- licans than among democrats. The domocracy of Towa is contemplating several expedients, by some one of which it hopes to increase its strength, but there really does not appear to be wmuch promise in any of the plans that have been suggested. The strength of tho republican party in the state is its position on the transportation ques- tion, and if it had no other claim than this there 18 not the slightest doubt that the people would continue it in power. But the re- publican party of Towa has the even move important and va uable claim of having given the state in all practical respects an excellont government, one result of which is that Towa hasn’t a dollar of bonded indebtedness. The party appears to be harmonious and upited, and if it s 50 it is not able that th ndid admission 1 that it bas a sure thing will be justified in the result of the Novem- ber election. WHO H BEEN BLED? Whata picnic the republicans of Nebraska would have if the desires of the guerrilia Beg, the mugwump World-Herald and the indescribable Lincoln Journal were satis- fied and the RRepublican were removed from their path ! With Hitcheock supporting Cleveland and J. Sterling Morton on & protection platform, with Rosewater hammering the life out of every candidate who didu’t come down with the stuff, and with Gere asleep, as usual, the outlook would be worse than that across the Missour: riveron a windy day.—Republizan, What business has the Republican to drag THE Bee into its running fight with Hitchcock and Gere? Whatright has that sheet to utter such vilininous slanders? We dare this villainous libeler to name a single candidate of whom THE BEE or its editor has ever made a demand for money ns a condi- tion of its support. We chalienge this slanderer to name a single pol- itician whom Bee has ever sought to blackmail or bleed. Does the Republican, even by inference, dave charge that Governor Thayer, Judge Maxwell, State Treasurer Hill, Attor- ney General Loese or any other state officer whom Tnr BEE has supported has been compelled to contribute one dime tothe supportof this paper, di- rectly or indirectly? Did Tie BEE exact any blood money from Congressman Connell or make any demands on Dorsey in the last cam- paign, ov inany other campnign? How is 1t with this boasted bulwark of the republican party which imagines itself to be so essentianl to republican supremacy in Jebraska? It is an open secrot that the concern has been the nest of leeches, impostors and blac mailers for ye They have not only bulidozed public men nd offic into buying worthless newspaper stock, but have exploited and swindled their own purtners. After freezing out Mander- son, Thurston, Paddock, Broatch, Clarke, Strang and others viho came to their rescue, thay turned in and froze out the widow of the late 8, P. Rounds and forced the whole con- cern to the wall. To be sure, this was the work of the old gang, but are the present boomers not trying to play the same desperate game of bluff and bleed? Is not theiv whole racket and balloou boom the boldest imposture that has ever been attempted in this state by anybody connected with the press, Only a few weeks ago Jobhn Rush, ity treasurer of Omaha, was threatened with their dire displeasure in case he did not de- posit at least fifty thousand dollars of city funds in the bank which 15 carny- ing the Republican in its desperate at- tempt to keep its head above water. More recently, still, the same tactics are being pursued to bring down cer- tain officials in the state house. The Republican is not now and has not for ten years been in the path of THE Bepas a newspaper competitor. We aresupremely indifferent as to what its rates are for advertising space or at what price it sells its papers. Its busi- ness affaivs do not interest us one way or the other. But we will at all times resent and denounce as an infamous falsehood any imputation against the integrity or THE BEE or its editor, and punish the slanderers to the best of our abiity. —— A LIvELIER demand for American wheat mav looked for within a few weeks. Most of the countries of west~ ern Europe are more or less depend- ent ‘ upon foreign markets for their supply. Their own crops are never equal to the consumption. Making full allowances for the exaggerated reports of speculators, the United States stand in a fair way to fully meet the call of the European demand, There is little to tear from the competition of either eastern Europe, India or Australia, In the great wheat belt of Russia, the principal source of supply, long con- tinued drought followed by violent storms has ‘wtbught havec with the crops. Disigumaging reports of less than average harvests come from both India and Australia. Under these eir- cumstances 'the eituation looks ex- tremely fayorable for the American tarmer to digpose of his surplus whoat. Ep——— Dors it seem possible that Omaha jobbers are ‘obliged to wheel their freight destined for western points to Counoil Bluffs in order to get a cheaper through rate pi the line of the Union Pacific than by shipping direct from Omaha? Queor, 1sn't It? Des Moines Times, Tu Omaha, Neb,, they order the saloons to close on Sunday, while in Council Bluffs, Tn., Sunday is the saloons’ best day. Queer, isn't it —_—— Adapted From Pope. Kansas Otty Times. In thoso days of gonial warmth the first rute for keaping cool is to keep your temper. To trespass on Mr. Pope: And vrust me, dear, good humor can prevail When flanael shirts and such resources fail. s Oll on the Politioal Wheel. Indianapolis Journal. Mr. Whitney isn't much of a states man, but he knows & sure way of gotting office in the domocratic party. 1t is sunply that of applying Standard Oil in vroper places and proportions. The recine has been tried in the family once and found to work., Trumping Legitime’s Trick. Washinaton Post. We don't want to interfere in such a way as to involve our own country in that Hay- tian war, but since Legitime has bagun to arm women and place them in his ranks, wo can not resist the temptation to tell Hippo- Iyto that the smart thing for him to do is to enlist a mouse or two. R yin American Business. York Herald How mueb mouey do you think John Bull has invested in American railway sto bonds and varieus industrial ente e As nearly as we can reckon, the sum runs up between twn and threo thousand million dollurs. The old gentleman must have a good deal of confidence in Jonathan asa financier, English Mon T Contrary to the Books. Chicago Tribune An impious acronaut named Sims made a balloon ascension in the presence of a large crowd at, Peoria last Sunday and came down in perfect safety by means of & paracnhute. Two days later Acrovaunt Hogan, in the in- terests of science, nd not to amuse a Sab- bath-breaking’ddsombly, made an ascension in New York and was lost. Thero isw't any moral to this %‘”' s T The Annbying British Bird. ileann Tierald. It would ba |n\:§nslhlc torid this country of the English gpghrow. The pertinacity of the pest wus never better ilustrated than by the British sailgr's bit of doggerel, which runs: N The bloomin’ Bieedin! sparrow went up the bloody spou! The bleedin’ rain came down and washed the bloomin spagrow out: The bioody suneame out and dried up the bleadin® raif; And the bloomin), bloody the vleedin® fous GHEAT MEN. sparrow went up zain. Robert J. Burdette is to cdit the new hu- morous department of Lippincott's Maga- zine. Kaid McTean, a Scotchman, is command- erin-chief of the armyof the sultan of Morocco. Secretary Blame has been invited to de- liver an Bmancipation day address to the colored people of Nashville the 22d of Sep- tembor, President Bartlett, of Dartmouth college, has reached home from California, where he has been since last fall, in better health than for yeurs. Count Hardegz, who recently diod at Vi- cnna, bequeathed to the upiversity of that city £302,000 on condition that the money sholl ba loft to accumulate for 100 years. Ex-Secrotary Buyard is said to have no ambition to return to tho United States son- ate, put his frionds are carefully laying tho wiros to elect him govornor of Delaware, Prince Murat, who is to marry Miss Gweudotine Catdwell, was born in New J sey, und his mother was a bright school- mistress who supported her family hand- somely with her wages. Donald G. Mitehell (Tk Marvel), who has been living quietly on his farm at Bdgewood, Joan., for many years, delivered an address av Chautauqua a day or two ago on ‘“*Quecn Elizabeth and Somo Ornaments of Her Court,” Russell Harrison's latest business venture is the erection of & new hot swimming bath at Helenu, Mont. The bath is to bo 120 feet square, and the water s it flows into the bath from the springs will arop a distance of forty-two feet in a cascade, Brigham Young, jr., rather has the call. Ho is said to be flying quite high in Wash- ington society with one wife, while, accord- ing to the Sals Lake Tribune, auother wife is working the Utah end by entertaining fed- eral officials und their consorts, Oue of the handsomest women in Wash- ington is the wife of ex-Senator and ex-IReg- ister Bruce, Her face is fine and oval, her features rogulaf, and her complexion not near so dark as that of the conventional Cuban or Spanish beauty. Mr. Bruce him- self is light colored, President rigon plays a fawly good game of billiais, “There is nothing brilliant about it, and Ppost snybody In regular practice could @ve him odds, but he has sufficient comwand of the balls to make o respectable scord/ ¢ He is fond of the game, aud expeets to pyield the cue frequently this summer, » B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington) is tied up in & complicatéd knot by rheumatism, buv his cheerful dispbsition stands by him still, To a friend he receptly spoke of himself as sitting ““from year's end to yoar's end, armed with pen, paper, pipe, pills and patience,” Senator Hearply who keeps a fine stable of fyers, says ho helieves that the only good jockeys are nogroes and Irishmen, Tho ne- gro, he says, is-saturally a horseman. Put him astride horse and in riding a race ho doesu’t know shnt fear is, The Irishman is all heart and soul, and if he does know what fear s his entuusinsm carries him to the front beforo he has had tune to calculate the chances. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A petition for the pardon of Sylvester Hall is being circulated at Wilber, One Valentine pastor has married thirteen ©couples in the past three months, Grand Tsiand has securea the largest wholesale liquor house in the state. Too mach fruit aud picnie ice cream caused the death of @ nine-year-old girl at Diller. P. E. Sullivan, of Wallace, has becn rested for selling liquor without a license. The name of James Ewing, which has stood 80 long at the head of the editorial page of the Wood River Gazette, has disappeared, ar- o e MONDAY, JULY 22, 1889, his widow having sold the paper w0 O. W, Mercer, who took oharge Iast week. The farm house of Henry Boydston, near Lyons, was entirely destroyed dy fire last weok. The Bloomington butter and choese fac- tory will be ready for business within a week or two. The Phelps connty teachors’ institute will be heldgat Holdrege, August 12, and continue two weeks, John Bors, a prominent citizen of Wilber, who was overcome by the heat early lnst week, died Friday. Colonel West has taken charge of the offico of recoiying and shipping clork at the Indian supply depot at Rushville. The Tecumsoh band has decided to attond the national encampment of the Sons of Veterans at Paterson, N. J. Burglars secured a $200 watch and othor valugbles at Hastings, Nob., but the polico can find no clue to the thioves. One roof at Niel covers an academy, dwell- ing house, printing office and agricultural hall, and still there is peace in the family. Plans are being prepared for the beet sugar factory at Grand lsland, which will cost when completed, including lands, $1,000,000. The Weeping Water creamory is making 800 pounds of buttor a day, and has three tons of stock on hand waiting for prices to advance, Genow's tomperance billiard hall has been discovered to be a full-fledged gin mill and the proprictor has been held for trial to the district court, Worl has been commenced on South Sioux '8 eleotric motor line, a company having n incorporated to construct it with a cap- ital of £200,000. The Sidney board of education is hunting for a first-class teacher for the intermediate department of the public school and offers salary of $75 a month. Messages are being transmitted by telo- phone over a barb wire fence botween Columbug and the fair groundas and the ar- rangement works like a charm. William Hathaway, formerly whose drug stock was Salt Lake City recently, has nade a settle. ment with the insurance companies and will return 1o his old home and engage in the drug business. Dr. Goodell, of Wilber, was blown from his buggy recently by the wind catching under an umbrella which was attached to the seat. His shoulder was thrown out of place and he was unable to move for about four hours untii some one came along, when he was taken to a house near by. Tie BEE has received magnificent speci- mens of grain grown on 1. J. Harshman's farm at Ming Scott’s Bluffs coun is farm is watered by the Minatare irri: ting diteh, and the erain samples received prove conclusively the value of that enter- priso to the farmers of that section. Oats just beginuing to head measured three foct ewzht es, wheat four feet two inches, and barloy four fee six and a half inchos. The coronor’s jury which investigated the bof Maupin, the squaw man, at Spring- view, brought in' two verdicts agaist the of the vigilance committee. Ouo member was tracked to his own door and a revolyer of the same size of the balls found in the coll was in_his possession with five dents on the top of the barrel. The dents were identical with the dents on another re- volver thut wus tried in shooting through os. The bounding of the revolver at the tims of the shooting and striking the grates is the cause of the denting. The Nebraska State Holiness association will hold their anoual camp wmeetiog this at Benuett, commencing August 50 and ntinuing ten days. Rev. J. B. Foote, of New York, and Dr. C. F. Creighton, of Lin- coln, will have charge of the meeting. The usual reductions will bo made on the B. & M., Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific rail- s. The management is making arrango- ts for and expecting the best meeting e held by the association, All_possible will be done to make it pleasant and profita~ ble to all who will attend. Address J. G. Southwick, Bennett, for information regard- ing grounds or teuts: for other information apply to the secretary, W. H. Prescott, Lin- coln. . Circulars giving full details can be had by writing to the secretary. of Aurora, destroyed by fire at Lowa Items. The county recorders of thestate will meet at Des Moines Angust 14, The city marshal of Grinnell has broken up @ gang of youthful gamblers, Davenport claims to have more private schools than any city of its size in the coun- hore is a man at Carroll with forty-seven warts on one hand, and he is the pride of the town. The highest pri realt; street. The Towa _soldiers who wero in the battlo of Shiloh are planning an _excursion to the old field. The Soux City Starch and Glucose works have incorporated with & capital stock of £1,000,000, A thiof took advantage of a Dubuque man while ho was changing his shirt and robbed him of $35. L. B. Dowd, of the Atlantic packing house, has been chosén president of the Union Stock Yards bank, of Chicago, Paul Ward lives on the same farm near Maquoketa that he entered as government land forty-five vears ago. The board of supervisors of Woodbury county huve encouraged the Sioux City corn palace people with & danation of $300, There have been onl) cases against saloonkeepers in Scott since the pro- hibitory law went into effect, but now, it is aunounced, things are to be changed, ine barrels and fifty cases of beer were 70d at Waverly and stored in a doscrted building. During the night unknown parties stole all of it and oither drank or destroyed it, as the empty kegs and cases woro found on the river bank. Dr. George W, Holmes, formerly a prac- ticing physician of Cedir Rapids and for some years a missionary in Persia, arrived nome last week. Although the doctor had some very unpleasantexperiences in Persia when he first went there, he has met with phenomenat success since then. He hus been given the pluce as physician to the shab’s son, and this has exerted an influence which restlted in not only sceuring him immunity from persecution, but greatly ameliorate tne condition of Al resident missionarjos. The doctor returns on account of his wife's health. He has been granted a year's vaca- tion, after the expiration of which he expacts 10 return to s field of missionary work. » ever paid for Atlantic was $3,700 for a corner loton Chestnut The Two Dakota Deadwood will send a running team to the Denver tournament in August. Anartesian well has beenstruck at Devil's Lake which cost $7,500, but which is valued at $100,000, The Watertown packing houss is being en- larged and improved, and will resume oper- ations next wonth, ‘The new foundry at Rapid City is nearly comploted, and the machine shop bas been in operaton for soveral days. Ed Bunker, formerly a Lead City drug- gist, but recently in the same business at Silverton, Col., suicided at Animas Falls re cently. A man living near Arlington distributed poisoned millet around J, A, Pement’s barn, and thirty-four of the latter's chickens uate thereof and died. The commissioners of Lawrence county have been cited o show oause why o man- damus should not issue compelling v issue licenses to liquor dealers in accordance with the provisions of Deadwood’s cily charter. P.T. Youngblood, & prominent loan agent of 8t, Lawreace, who was cuarged with the embezzlement of about #3,000 from different parties, has been caught 'and brought back from Helena, Mont., as he was making for the Pacific coast. His trial will take place this week. A wild man has been captured on the Crow Creek reservation, He had evidently buen wandering about for d and almost naked. When dis eating old boues that he had found on the prairie. He Is insane and can not tell what his name is or whence he came. An effort is being made to discover his identity. The monthly report of the Rapid City land office shows that o June there were made twenty-eight timber culture filings, compris ing 4,314 80 acres; thirty-six homestead en- uries, 5,030.51 acres; twelve final homestead entries, 1,620 acres; forty-two pre-emption filings, 6,720 a one mineral application, 409; one adverse; thirty-one cash entries, 8,717.42 acres; six mincral entries, §0.24 acres. The total receipts for the month were $6,48L.77, LANCASTER COUNTY POLITICS A Oast of the Bituation at the Pres- ent Time, AN INTERESTING FIGHT AT HAND Burnham, Oobb and Grifith Promi- nent for Treasurer—Distriot G, A. R, Reunion—The Sionx Oity Base Ball Franchise. 1029 P Stoew LaxooLy, July 21, Local politics ave assuming definite shape. It is learned that the First National bank is backing with all its might tne candidacy of Maxey Cobb for county troasurer, Intho Third ward, whero Maxey’s fathor, Judge Cobb, lives, and where young Cobb is ex- pected to show considerablo strength, a very complicatod stato of affairs exists. Shaberg, county commissioner, and Stewart, county judge, aro both candidates for ro-election. I'rank Graham, the liveryman, has been made a candidate for county commissioner against Shaberg in order to holp Cobb, not with any expectation of nominating Gra- ham, Tom Carr, also a resident of this ward, is a candidato for sheriff. E rom pres- ent indications a combination has been formed which brings two tickets into the field at the primaries, one in support of Cobb for treasurer, Graham for commissioner and Carr for = sheriff; the other, Sha- berg for commissioner, Grifith for treasurer and Sam MeClay for shoriff, In the First ward Clobb, Carr and Graham will attempt to carry the day. A fow small- fry railroad employes, who assume to_voice the company’s wishes, are- very hilarious over the prospects of “Maxey, boy.” ~This combination will be opposed in the First ward by u ticket composed of a fow friends of each of tho other candidates. The Iirst ward has no candidate of its own, and is therefore considered free ground for all. In the Fifth ward, where nearly all the bankers live, and half the candidates for sheriff re- side, a_chaotic condition of things exists. Sonio of the bankers are engaged in_ watch- ing the growing chances of this or that can- didate for sherilf, hopimg to attach them- selves to the tail' of his coat and thus bo dragged into the convention, they have a voice in the next county treasurer. The chances are that the delugation from the Fifth ward will be very badly tsplit up; that no candidate will have even a ‘majority of the delogation for eituer sheriff or treas urer. The Fourth ward, the home of W. C. Griftith, will probably bo for Griflith to start with, with a strong leaning toward S. W. Burnham for second choice. It will bo re- membered that Grifiith has been a candidate for county treasurer four times before the county convention, and has been defeated as many times. In the country the strong can- didates are believed to bo Burnham and Westcott, of Maloolm, each claiming about forty delogates from the county precincts. 1f this is true they will give Cobb a lively chaso for treasurer. Ior sheriff, there are 1o ¢ didates from the country and five from the city, and the natural conclusion is that if a country candidate fortreasurer (either Cobb, Burnham or Westeott) is nominated that the nominee for sheriff will be from the city, Ou the contravy, it Grifith, who is the only city candidate for treasurer, should be nominated, the se- lection of a sheriff would fall to John Trom- pin, of Hickmun, or Alva Smith, of Waverly, who_are the ouly county candidates for sherifl. The fight for county clerk seoms to be between 1d Churchill and Mart Howe, There scoms to be no well - developed oppo- sition to tho renomination of Stewart for county judge, In the matter of the county coroner the laboring men are going to ask that one of their men bo put upon the ticket mstoad of Dr. Shoemalkoer, and it will prob- ably be Dr. Hosman, who 'is p_carpenter by trade and @ physician by profession, and at the present titie in active practice, yet keep- ing up his nssociation with his old craftsmen and 15 at this time president of the carpen- ters' union, At the last county convention the Burlington road paid but little atten- tion to any of the candidates except those for eif and coroner, and they ated the nomination of both, The cause of their solicitude has been apparent in all coroner’s jury verdicts since then, A stereotyped plate of the first jury might, with but few changes, have beon used for all. It is said thata cortain ex-sheriff, who has always been “friendly”’ to the road, has served twenty six times out of twenty six cases where the road was interested, and the result has been that liability has not - tached anywhere. And, in the language of another, “the coroner’s’ verdict has been a groat loverage for the road whenever dam- age suits have been instituted and tried.’ An old politician, who has run the fiold over, gives it as his opinion that the following ticket will be nominated at the coming con- vention: Churchill, county clerk; S. W. Burn- haw, treasurer; W. . Stewart, county judge; Tom Carr, sheriff; Dr. Shoemaler, coroner; J. I°. Wulton, county surveyor, and Goorge McClusky, superintendent of county schools A strong_endeavor has been made to in- duce E. P. Roggen to make the race for county troasurer, but he positively declines. A District Reunion. Camp Harrison, at Wymora, will be the scenc of & pleasant district reunion of Grand Army boys from Tuesday, July 50, to Satur- day, August 8, inclusive, Mompors of Far- ragut and Appomattox posts, Lincoln, state that it will bo one of the most pleasant affairs LINCOLE BUREAU OF TR OMATA Her, } where nawing excopt home bands for the follow o IFirst prizo $40, socond prizo $30, third prize €20, Competing bands must reach camp ag early ns July 51 and romain until evening of August 2. Sham battle by G. A. R, Nobraska na- tional guards, battery B and United Statos gun boats, Sunset—Evoniag gun. 8:30 p. m.—Gh A. R. farewell camp fire. SATUDAY, AUOUST & Reveillo at daylight. Sunrise gun. Broakfast oall. Breaking camp. City News antl Notes. That the Laneaster county court house can not bo comploted in Septombor is swid to be & foregono conclusion. Mz, Stout will have to rustlo if he finishes his contract within the time spocified. Auothor effort will be made to redeom the old salt well, The eitizens water committeo Propose to put do'n an iron eaisson to cover tho space of Jooso gravel, through which tho salt wator comes, and just above hard pan, that separates it from the pure water, It said that when tho caisson is cemented it wili shut_out the salt watar aud forevor settle the water question, Lincoln will know to-morrow whether or not she gets the Sioux ity base ball fran- chiso. . F. Hilton, of St. Paul, will man- age tho toam if tho franchise is secured. 1t is snid that £2,000 has boon raised to socure it, but that $1,000 more is nocessary. This €008 48 2 bonuis. ick Kuhne is the name of the man vned at Hanlon yosterday, instoad of L. . Brown, as reported. Kulino was soventy- of the kind ever held in the state. The pro- eramme for the weok is as follows: o NG DAY, Sunrise — Morning gun by battery A, N. N. G. 10 a. m.—Assignment of quarters, opening of camp and general reception of comrades and friends, 4:80 p. m.—Address of welcome by Mayor P. M. Hobbs. ‘Sunset—Lvening guns. 8:30 p. n.—G. A, R. camp fire. WEDNESDAY, JULY 81 Reveille at daylight. Morning gun at sunrise. 9 a. m.—Musio by bands, 9:30 @ m.—ublication of erders. 10:00 8, m.—Drill by battery 1, (lady bat- tery) and battery A, N. N. G, 12:00 m.—Dinner call, 1:50 p. m.—Reception of J. B, Davis, de- partment commander, on arrival of train and pscort Lo caunp. 100 p. m.—Assemble for state organiza- tion, 6:80 p, m.—Dress parade by G. A, R. and companies and battery of Nebrasia national guard. ' Bunset—Evening salute, 8:00 p. m.--Camp fire. 10:00 p. m.—CGirand displey of fireworke and naval engagements. THUNBDAY, AUGUST 1, Reveille Auylight. Morning gun st sunrise. T7:00 @, 1w, sakfast call, 9:00 . m,—~Guard mount and publication of orders. 0:30 a, m,~Reunion by states. 10:30 &, m.—Address by Department Com- mander J. 13, Davis. 12:00 m.~-Dinner call, 1:00 p. m.—G. A. K. and National Guards will form on parade ground and march to the 13, & M. depot, and on_arrival of the tran will ve Governor Thayer and staft and march in grand parade through the principal strests of the d Lo camp, 3:40'p. m.—Address by Hon, C. H.Van Wyck 6:00 p. m.—Dress parade and review of G. A It. and Nebraska Natonal (iuards by Governor Thayer and Department Com- mander J. B. Dayis, 7:40 p. m,—Camp five, W. C. Henry. 9:450 p. m. Opening speech by dpenig of grand military ball house, under tho auspioes of battery A, N. N. G., complinentary to Gov- eruor Thayer and staff, PRIDAY, AUGUST 2, flle at daylight. ing gun at sunrise. 8:80 a. m.—Publication of orders. 9:00 & m. ing of ex-prisoners ot war, 10:00 8. m.—Address by Governor Thayer, followed by other speakers. 12:00 m. ~Diuner cail 4:80 p. .- -Grand basd contest, open toall one yoars 'of age, and thero is doubt s to whother it was sulcide or_an accident, Tho latter theory is the accopted one. No in- quest was held. Hon. 8, J. Alexander and Colonel Brad P. Cook aro dologates to the national cncamp: mont at Milwaukee, G. A. R, and wil ate tend. Lincoln will bo représented by en- thusiastic Grand Army workers. Colonol . D. Wobster of Stratton, has been in Lincoln for the turned home to-day. Colonal McC: spective home: W. H. Ashworth, with Lash ooln, who past_weck, ro- Senator Lindsay and also departed for their ro- Bro's,, Lin- s making his Black Hills trip, e i THE USE OF COFFEE. A Writer Who Belicves It to Be a Blessing to Rich an a Poor. We are persuaded, from our observa- tion of many years in Greece and Tur- key, says Charles Tuckerman, in North American Review, that the mod- erate use of pure coffee is, one might almost say, a blossing to rich and poor. Excess in its use, or the use of it at all, except when the decoction is made from the genuine coffeo berry, and properly made, is beyond any question an_evil. One must live in the east for a while— or ifnot there, confine himself to pr taking of the berage in other countries whore the character of the cafe, or the house where it is served, is a guar- antee of the purity—to appreciute what a cup of coffee really menns. It 18 a recognized” fact that the mix- ture drunk by the majority of people in Turope and our own country, under the name_ of coffee, is a vile or, at the best, an adulterated compound of inferior berries. beans or other substitutes, and that when occasionally the genuine coffee berry is the basis of the hot fluid sorved at hotols, railrond stations, res- taurants, and in private houses, it is not prepared properly,and more frequently than otherwise injures the digostion 2nd consequently the health of the con- stant drinker. In Athens, broadly speaking, every third man indulges in cigarette smok- ing and coffee drinking, and this to an extent that astonishes the stranger. It 15 an every day sight, when entering an office or’ private sitting room, and not infrequently the family room, to sce the tobncco -box, cigarette papor and ash box lying on the table, and the v itor is expected, without invitation, to help himseif and light his cigarette as a preparation for and a companion to conversation, Little cups of black coffee follow as a matter of course, however early or late sok does se occasions, He often wkes te and his first pin rising, and continues the s through the entire ng akin to the hahit o-water drinking in the United ates, but without the subtle, injur- ious results that follow an habitual use of cold liquids, which chill the stomach, 1mpair the general health and produce decayed teeth. So far asour personal observation goes, strengthened by med- ical testimony, the Greeks in the con- dition of their general health do not support the theory that the habitual vse of coffee injures the system or af- tects the oyesight, The same 18 the case in Turkey. There coffee drinking is universal and continuous. The writer pussed the greater part of four yeurs in Constanti- nople, where he had oceasion to call upon the ofiicials of the sublime porte 80 frequentiy that it would be difficult to enume these official visits; and with few exceptions, when the visit was proteacted to any length, black coffee, pure in quality and prepuared with the regularly served in small, ato cups. All Turks, from the hest to the lowest, indulge in the hoverage, a few swallows at a time, throughout the day, and without any evil elfects. S IRRIGATING THE SAHARA. An Enterprise Which Wil Revolu- tionize n Large Part of Africa. T saw yesterday, says .. Paris letter 1n the Providence Journal, a fac-simile of an enterprise commenced by the pro- vince of Algeria which bids fair to revolutionize a large portion of the world, It was the representation in miniature of the third plantation of 10,000 palm trees which has been made since 188081 in the desert of Sahara as artificinl oases on the lines of the prineipal routes of travel. These have all been perfectly successful, The trees have grown magnificently and become a source of refreshment and rest, which put aside the risks and dan- gers of desert travel, The system is based upon the production of water from artesian wells, condueted through the fields in shallow ditches, which nourish the roots of trees and plants, and change the plain of sand 1nto a gar- den of shade wnd verdure, Later on other forms of vegetation will be intros duced in the shadow of the trees, which will shelter the fraller growins, otherwise imposeivle under the fervent sunshine. Long ago. in the tim of the empire, there was some question of & nrocess invented by De Lesseps and much en- couraged by the Empress Lugenie to form @ great lake in the desert of Sa- hara by a canal cut from the Mediter- ranean. Whether feasible or mo the disaster of Sedan cansed the collapse of this scheme also, and the possibility of success 1n_the enterprise must be left forover in doubt. DBut it 1s strange that this simpler wethod was not earlier at= tempted; or, now that its perfect feusi- bility has been proven, that it is not made of more general use. o ulators Angry. The grain speculators of Minneapolis ashing their teeth becuuss tho ty authoritios have assessed 8,000,000 bushels of wheat in the eleyators there, a thing never before done. Platt’s chlorides is an odorless liguid disinfectant, especially prepared for houselold uses.