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The sun., 1883-12-16
The po,.oaer OF NIue,y..l. v,e.iu..
From Tie london gimts, Noe. IL.

To those who believe that the practice OF
Thnggee has been completely put down in
India. tha story OF Sharfu, whose career OF
tenced to transportation for life. will come as
an unpleasant revelation. Sharfu WAS the son
OF butcher in small village in The Punjab
and when yet boy he developed u marked
sh%rrins, At III. age Of is; having quar-.
village and attached himself to a party oi
horss dealers. He then joined the Bareily
fifteen months Imprisonment for injurlng his
wife. the daughter of Tnukur. whom he had
With # kk K. kkarsK h aua be p
poisoners in the northwest provinces. On thell
recovering their liberty they, resumed opern.
the town OF Agra; After six years work Of un.
detected crime. OF which tho details have not
been ire,yeni.h the two t-l out. and shariu
joined tue. police iOrce a.Rin only. however, tc
II WAS after this occurrence that he resumed
own account, His, mode OF WORKING was sim.
pie, Disgusting himself as weil-to-to native
nf Dude. he used to waylny and enter into con.
vsrsatlon with those natives OF the province
who happened 10 be returning with their say.
inSs his ryorits scene Of operation was on
compnnouship with these unsuspectinR tray.
Tiers E Was an r., snsy matrr 70 tGIe food With
opium or di"tura neeiei 10 drug bis vissu.a. ms
whom he speedily relieved OF their savings
sr M5 wien % nS5 uTway ws b,,
Of them dle,l- His, ,oCeratons between
lnrly numerous and successful; and Official
reports r.cogn lied tho extent to which Thuggee
prevailed in the Pun;nb during that period.
IN July issl his secret was revealed by Tilka
Rams wife. with whom he had been living for
fourteen years; and he had only JUS, sufficlent
warning to make hurried r..trent into Raj
and placed his services ut the disposal OF those
who hnt inconvenent relatives to get rid OF.
and who would pay handsomely for the dan
Eerous work. he long baffled the pursuit Of
tne nihrla's and It was not until the present
strumentality OF Tikka Ram. undergoing
snort term OF Imprisonment In Agra Jail under
different name.
Brought up for trial at Loodiana he admitted
MS gullt IN ninety six cases of murder or drug
ging, and was sentenced to death. which was
aiterwhrd modified to transportation for life.
Sharfu's long impunity shows III. great diff.
cu'ty 9i detecting crime in India. AT the same
tln,s That II reveals the extensive organization
which crlmings have formed. in the Punjab at
nll events. Much light has. recently been
thrown by DR.. Letner on the ar9ot which
thieves in the Punjnb have framed for thelI
own use. and OF which Government officials
are absolutely ignorant.
The sun., 1883-12-16
FOREST DESTRUCTION.
The Foolish Work Done In Monroe County
rennsylvanIa.

From The Stroudsburg Jcgcrsonidn.
Prof. Rogers. the State geologist Of Penn
sylvania. reported officially. many years ago
that the wealth Of Monroe county lay in its
water powers. for it had no metal and no coal
and was not well adapted for agriculture. As n
matter OF fact it is so i'll adapted for agricul-
ture thatiew farmers. II any-and certainly no
experienced enterprisinG ones-have de-
liberately chosen 1t as their homes. As yet
few have seen the wealth which lay in its water
powers. and the bark and the timber which
probably first attracted settlers ara still the
main sources OF income. We say income
though we do not mean it, for we want to rniss
right here. the question MS, the radical differ
enGe between principal and income.
Tho fact is that instead OF living on its in
come; come; Monroe county has =, been recklessy
Of the COUNTY prop.ry used n and w'r sare Iwss ar
would DO principal which yielded Il censeless
income. for they would never cease to flow.
But proper care OF the water powers means
proper care OF the timber: but from one end Of
ths county I to the other we see The most reck;
hickory ara han ed days journey and sold for
srok;rs ;;. at Ia price , which barely nays tor the
thousand lie piled at our stations. Thn poplar
and other soft woods are disappearing in pulp.
9T r;o sSs = trss asd sl%tss hes n"f aEs On rr
tiilercs or is split nn in butter platters: and
torrown nlt nor satisfied with destruction Of
IL mania has lately seized tho road supervisor
who are cutting down all thu brush which
Ilnkes our country roads picturesque aud
affords cover for song birds and gnins and
another mania our farmers who are destroy.
in. the alders along every little brook and
spring run which irri.ates their farms.
And thus thousands Of acres too rocky to be
cultivated are laid bare to til" summer sun
which drinks up MI their moisture and to
tho spring and autumn rains which flow of
the unshetered soil like water from ducks
back. Hence ever increasing floods and more
trying and prolonged droughts.
Monroe county In its own narrow limits is
simply doing whnt America does rs u whole,
and by rnck iess destruction of trees. without
replanting Is not only living on its principal
In tho shape OF wood. but destroying Its prin-
cipal by lessoning tho value Of its farming land
Empires once powerful and prosperous nre
said 10 hive owed their fall to certain frsshets
and uncertain crops caused by tho wholesale
denudation Of the land.
:. To make and keep Monroe county pros porous
its rocky land should bs r"planted with trees
as fast as they are cut and b, properly pro-
tected from fire. The road sides should he
picturesqucly edged with brush. or duly lined
with those shade treas for whose pnutlnr a
thoughtful Commonwealth RENTS tho taxes,
Pools. brooks, and spring runs should be-
sheltered hy alders AMI willow from the thirsty
sun. In THIS way the streams would ba more
equasls in their dow the rains more evenly
distributed. aud tho soil more uniformly
moistened.
The sun., 1883-12-16

A private Letter from Dartmouth College SAYS:
r,We heard Matthew Arnold here about n week ago
ilrre was 'Arge audience present Nearly every One
mHAlsheu curious Little, HGident ed after
r ny rrnl rsrker gave Mn sr,eep,i6n and dur
founded Tor the education OF the Indian anI Thai there
mss one here ~ present Mr. Arnold expressed desire
r,,s nno iulol"odtd sx and hns .pecinsu OF his
collected. aud m4ster of the situation wi.rra. Mr.
hrnoh was conId'ey nonrlusse,i Whether his fancy
hhu p,etnrru wil man. nercs with paint nnh toni
anhwx ~ maud l.E9t known; but AT all events he col
orsa up IKE boy. N.li out his hand and btamuefed
out-hls brits sxotisn coming NJ puuAwaIes-'Ahi eh
Az rnn were th'r.-'ou were there. How did you Ike
NJ referring 10 ms leeture) II al sing s,yt
70 see the test rehresrhtayr of English culture
los. shu Sns young S~cHted Indian Standing before him
20 calm couscted aud even stoica. believe Arnold
nAH IN sonis OF his writings doubted whether the sducs
uoa of the Indian prAeueAhls,"
The sun., 1883-12-16
How Dld tho wLeeI Get orr

A very singular accident happened to the on
pinr n in, AZ Gt's 'rtn No over u. su'guehapna
AZ su-lueinnna after lis trip II noticed tst Of
the p"ny" wheels on the lett side nlssing. This
- tho wheel I'll. forward truck OF the enxiue be-
tween the cylinder and the cowcscher aud chain
attached 10 The axle 10 hold the uu the track Ia
case " breaks
Tel. sent back the division to have it
looked for. The trhn that followed No u found
th. wle. f,w miles from GEsa, Bend II 1ad loughed
up the earth for some distance, aud then ebsdded Itself
In the ground III. distance between Great Bend aud
SusQuehAunA 10 about eighteen miles.
The sun., 1883-12-16
Hope FOR Mr.. Birch.

Billy Birch Of the San Francisco Minstrels
mas .spsTIsnesa rsIs.on mud /. ronie.slny oil of his
l"rlicr nisurtN In Reporter he admitted to have
tod que story of nrc wears aud 10 have cropped
nhs ,becsuse ne "ns tired VI IL. The public. lie said
lhughei JUST AZ heartily over II tile time he told IL as
" 9. ,ns iiI,, ni! m Ins ;to,v undgu,sdy the one
MN Dag of pppin apples and then going TO New YORK
and remaining week with Tim in eldeayoriu2 70 70
cover the pillow case that held them ThSrs " Lons
biuy tu thls world " he psTssvsres-
The sun., 1883-12-16
Political ISsooIlectIons.

Among the prominent Republican poll
ticians who took part in the Greeley movement.
one OF the most conspicuous WAS Mr.. GEORGE
W. JULIAN OF Indiana. who. twenty years bs-
FORE had been the candidate for Vice -Presi-
dent on the Free Soil ticket. and who. in the
Fremont and Lincoln campaigns. as well as
during 'the civil war and the reconstruction
period had done much to promote and confirm
the ascendancy OF the Republican party In the
West. Since the defeat Of the coalition be-
tween the so-caed Liberal Republicans and
the Democracy In 1872 he has lived in retire.
ment and OF late has employed his leisure In
recording his Political RecoAections Jansen.
McClurg Il Co... When We bear in mind that
his public life was coincident with the most
eyentIul epoch in the history Of the country.
covering. as itdid. the third Of a century which
intervened between the election OF Harrison
and the second election OF Grant. We can meas
ure the extraordinary opportunities OF ac1uir-
Ing Information which the author has enjoyed.
and can only wish that he should feel himself
warranted in speaking with entire unreserye.
Plain speaking We are glad to say. IL the dis
tinctive feature uf this book indeed he dis
penses criticism with II freedom and Impair
tality that will commend itself much moro
forciby to the mass Of readers than 10 the OBJ
jects Of his sharp and sometimes caust tic COM
mont: only in one or two instances has he
refrained from branding dishonesty In public
Office or In legislative functions with the rigor
1t deserves. 1ut in these cases his austers reti-
cence aud cold refusal to Join in the gushing
outpour OF condonation are. Of themselves,
significant.
We have said that Mr.. Julian was active In
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
NEW MEXICO.

Quartzite mountain Is the latest mining
camp In the territory which is attracting
attention.
The mines at Gave creek near the Per.
cha are attracting considerable attention
among speodf1tors and others.
Kingston Is said to be the l%iveliest town
which sprung up during the recent mining
excitement in that district.
Mission schools have been started at Sill.
YER City, FL Paso and Las Cruces under
the auspices If the Missionary society.
Linden is the name of n new town
located In the heart of the Mesilla noun.
tain twenty miles south OF Las Cruces.
The town site of Gallup is in dispute,
and speculstors are taking advantage of
the flaw in the title by jumping the prop
erty.
Work on the university of New Mexico
Of Santa Fe was resumed last week and the
structure will now be pushed to q rapid
completion.
A mountain of gray marble has beer
found five miles east of Socorro. The
prop rty has already been purchased BY
San Francisco parties.
On a hill just north of Silver City car
be found the foundations of an old village
built by an extinct race. Many frsg
msnts Of cd pottery have been picked vi
u the vicinity.
Grant county proposes to tax the South
srn Pacific railroad. The county commis
sioners say that tbs company cannOt clair
exemption tor the reason that it is a Cali
fornia corporation.
Work on the Lcrdsburg and Clifton
railroad is progressing rapidly, Fou
miles out Of Clifton have been graded ant
something over three miles out OF Lords
burg. Over six hundred men are nov
working and four hundred more will be SCI
to work as soon as they can be found.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14

News has been received at Portland that
Umapire, the famous Indian scout. has
been murdered In Montana.
In the northern part Of Umatilla county,
during the recent cold snsp, many cattle
died. On man lest seyelal hundred head
of Thoroughbred bucks.
William Shutter was killed at Alba last
week while coming down q hill on snow.
thoes. He was under full speed and. going
over q log, stuck a limb in his body,
which caused death.
Dallas boast of tsn.year. OLD girl with
Luereris Borgi,n instincts. The young
poisouer Is an orphan and was adopted by
o woman named ,:hields. The pro sege wss
no sooner installed in her new home than
she procured some strychniue, and, after
poisoning all the dogs about the place, gave
her beneiactress n dose, which nearly prov.
ed fatal. The pirl seems posse ssed Of a
mania for poisoning every living thing
about her.
List Chance is the name Of a new town
on the Northern Pacific road, $50 miles
| from Portland. The town Is composed Of
one barber shop. three China wash houses,
siX restaurants, eight stores and only
t~hiIty.two saloons. Most of the saloons
are kept open day and night and have q
pretty fair run, rs the town Is Just In its
glory. The 10 eest part Of superintendent
Hsllett's force Is at present c~onRregated
near the town.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
Proposals for Military upplies,

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTAEs 7 OF TuE LATTB,)
Chef @ artermAst r. Office,
oma IA, Neb., Mar h 9Th 1 So,
SEALED Ph0p SALs, In ri, C I ubje,t
office until ~ o'cl CT NJ OH we'd sday. April
IS 1888, or at the tame hour "a owing ~ the
difference In time a. he o. cts of tn, Qua t :.
masters at h, fol owing n mfd sta ions, a which
places O d ,irpe they wi h opened In the pres-
eDce Of biud rs fer the furnis i'g a d de livery
OF biita'y SUPP Les du iIg q Q y a.
log July LIST, 1888. a d G. di g Ju Q goth, 1874,
as I llOss Wood, Hay and Char oal or such Of
IeIo Fo,t omi h /, orr Mich ava Fort s DIN y,
Lhey nno Depot, Fort Ri cell, Fort 5 eele, Fort
| Dou. las, Fort ! o~hinsjn. Fort br d, or, For Lr.
annie, Fort Mckinney, Fort Wa hlkie, ard Fort
Tn rnburgh Ct 300 tons Of Coal OF 2z4o lound, to
the ton
frIpo ais will ais, be rec,iv d at This flee up
to the day al d hour above nsm, d, for the u,liv-
e,y on the cars It the p in neare . to the n ines
on he tine OF the Union Pa ifc Railway, OF eight
tnou and ms OF Coa,, OF OF Il 40 p unds 10 the
at 9 atNrs on this n aintlin OF me Union Pacific
Railway cast I ON Kesrn y Junction, Of W m J.
Ii n p unds Corr, md on IN lion pc nd Oats
riosf r gr In should st'te the rate per 100 lbs,
| not per bushel.
Piopota ais for ether class Of the stores men.
tio ed, or for quantitiesle less than the who Q re.
!, CURED will be reS eived. Each proposal should
be In tr'pllca'e, stpa'at, for each a tiule ct , ach
: at0", snU must DC acCC mphntO Nv q DOD0 In
sb. sum Of Ave hundr d dollars (s5 o. TX eu'ed
9 rictly In accorda.c c. wi h the printed i struc
tions, and uion the blank form fur 1 he'd und r
tnis advert emsnt, guar an'oeii 6 tina he party
making the prop Sal sba | 70 withdraw the
tame within sixty days from The da Q nnounced
for openii z them; and IN 1t II al prop, sal | = &C.
ceptod and Q con ract Tor the supplies lid for,
swa'd ID hereunder, h will, within ten days at.
ter being notified o. In award provided such
notidca ion Q n, de Wit In the sixty da 8 ab We
meutioned), &C ept the same and furnish z ID
and sufficient %sureties, at once, for tho fai hful
psfiorma &c II the cont ut The government
reserves the ii, hit to reject an, or all proposals.
A pr,% ference will be given to articl, 8 Of dJmes-
tic production.
Blank " p sails and printed circulars, s'ating
the IL d ard estimated qusutit es II wood, haV
ard charcoal requirC d at Zach station, aud Civ
Ing full insi ructi ons as t. The ma ner Z lid
din condi ions t. be ths r,ed by b'6ders, and
to ms OF contract, ETC., will be IN nishsd on sp
p lea ion 10 thi office or to the Qlarterma!ter'
at the various tia ons named
Envelopes c0rtanirg roposas sho Id be
ma ked:-'Propto.s sis for---at----'
and ddre sed t, tn IL ders gned or to he res
pective lost and Deco Quar- eru q tiers.
JOHs v. tUkEY, Captain. A. Q NJ, r.. 8
A, in charge of q. Q. Ms office, Opt. Of tn,
latte
mg-me Cd
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
CALIFORNIA


Los Angeles hears rum ors of q new opera
house for that place.
There are three prisoners in the county
jail ct Sacramento charged with murder.
The Nevada bank is constructing 81 i'm.
mense wharf and warehouse on the bay be.
tween Martinez and Port Costa.
The miners at Whiskytown, Shasta
county, In public meeting assembled, last
week, protested against the employment
Of Chinese In the mines.
TIE board of police commissioners of
Sacramento dismissed the charges against
Police Court Bailif Eldred, who bad been
accused OF frequenting o house Of ill.fame.
and acquitted him.
Efforts are being made to have the uext
meeting of the FL Dorado district a~gricul.
tursl association, which includes Ell Do
RADIO, Nevada, Placer and one or two other
counties, held in Nevada City,
The hotel men at Lake Tahoe are ex.
pecting an early season this year and have
already commenced to get hipgs in readi
ness for tourists. A new iron steamer il
being built for passenger travel on the lake
and will be ready by the lat of June.
Henry Sleeton, a cook in q Los Angeles
hotel, died suddenly q few days ago under
peculiar circumstances. He had q tooth
extracted, and. as is usual, the dentist ap
piled q strong liquid to the cavity to XIII
the nerve. On Wednesday pyemis, or
blood poisoning, set in and that night he
died.
Charles Heidelberger was admitted to
the CHI istian BIO hers college, M .%rtinez,
reoe ntly, His av WED purpose was to re.
ceive q religious education. Last Thurs.
day he pscs cd his things and stated that
he was going to San francisco. One of
the brothers ecsme suspicious and ex.
amined his trunk, when it was discovered
that he had 1t full If wearing apparel and
jewelry, which he had t.sen from the
college. A charge of burglary was en-
tered against him and he was locked up.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
crmpleted will eoot from $4,000 t
ofn nm

.crmpletei will cot from $4,000 to
$40, eco.
According TO the territorial tax assess.
mont Barnes county stands third on the
list in wealthy
Wild hops, that are regarded az GOOD as
can be cultivated, are said to grow pro.
fusely on the banks Of the Cheyenne
river.
New building are being started in Kim.
ball and Brule counties every day and
there Is q demand for carpenters.
The Dakota railroads sold excursion
tickets from the principal towns in the ter
ritory to Sioux City to allow the people to
see Emma Abbott.
1t Ia predicted that within the next two
years Fort Pierre will have more inhabi'
tants and be larger than any other town
between Yapkton and Bismark.
Plankinyton Is progressing. 1t has q
city library well supplied;. o company ia
forming to erect o city hall and other
improvements are going forward.
Columbia, Brown county, commenced
building on the 1st Of October, 1882, and
now has more capital invested In buildings
than any town In the James valley
between Redfeld and Jamestown.
On last Friday q broken rail on the
Manitoba road near Fargo threw q passen'
ger train from the track oyetturnipg three
coaches which contained one hundred pas
SINCERE. Not a single person was
injured.
1t Is settled beyond a debut that the
Milwaukee railroad will be extended from
Litcher to Huron, during the coming
ummer. BY the LIST Of Octoner train,
will leave Huron daily for Chicago.
Bondell people are indignant over .th'
dsming up of the river OF Columbia
Brown county, which has let the river t.
run entirely dry in many places, thereby
destroying fish by thousands and stagnat
ing the water go that 1t Is not tit Tor stool
to drink.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
WYOMING.

One store in Cheyenne Is illuminated
with seven electric lights.
The Laramie stock yards are said to be
the most complete in the territory.
The new city directory of Cheyenne
gives the city = population OF about 1000.
II. s. Van Tassell, q heavy stock dealer
Of Cheyenne, recently cold $500, 900 worth
Of Gait Q t. the Powder river cattle con.
pany.'
The secretary of the territory has re.
ceived a number Of inquiries from Massa-
chuset 8 asking how many m voted
in Wyoming.
The new city council Of Cheyenne has
,st teen organized and there is o big fght
over the city marshalship between the OPP
posing factions.
TIE ex.tressurer Of Carbon county has
been called upon to explain a shortage OF
$40, QUO which Occurred during his admin.
istrstion Of the otfice.
The periodical tree planting time has ar.
rived in Cheyenne and Laramie City snd
each house bolder will now Dig holes and
put 10 sprouts only to see them die rs be
already has every season siuce the territory
was organized.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
BRIDGE

Sealed pr posas will be received by the Board
of Co nty Commissioners Of Gage county, Neb. f.,
Tor The erection Of o bridge across the Big Blue
river upon Either one OF tn wagon roads leading
east from tho town OF Wymof Gage cou ty,
Neb., and yer and eros. va d river. said bridge
70 be one hundred and fifty ObO) feet long, and
to have either piles, sto Q, or ron p ers.
Also for the cree ion ri o bridge, suitable to the
,pla o, across indian Creek, on the limo betw on
sections twent, mine (ss). nd 'htrty (30A about
uons milo sou hives, Of wymo'e, Gag county,
Neb. Low bridge at tbs place preferred.
Also q bridge toross 7 rkey Greek, southeast
of levitt, Nsb., to replace the old one now In
use.
All Nr'dg es to be Of wood, iron or combination
AL b DIS o b, accompanied by plans and spec,-
&c I ons TO he sealed and filed with tho Comfy
Jerk on or before ~ o'clock noon, March 10Th,
SO.
The Commissioner r eve the right to reject
y and all ids. s coo stul bidders will be 10.
nr d to q G bond for the faithful performance
ii tn ir co tract
ely orde the County Commissioner.
-@ A. J. PEIHOUD,
sKAL. County Clerk.
t) Beat Ice Feb. y 1888. med Nv
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
NEVADA.

The Piute Indians in Nevada, having
heard of the recent quail. eating feat in
New York, are DESTROYS Of unde' taking a
similar task. An Austin Indian is willing
to wager his squswt that he will eat three
ducks a day for a year, providing some one
will furnish the ducks.
Tusc,rora Is evidently a tough town to
raise children In. An exchange says: Boys
who are hardly out of their swaddling
clothes run about the streets at night,
~whoopipg and yelling, swearing and using
vile and obssncs language, much to the
annoyance and disgust of passers-by.
Hawley, Nay, Earl, Francis and Ander-
son, the five men who attempted to rot
the Central Pacific express train at Mon
tello recently. have been safely delivered to
the state prison authorities at Carson, The
three first.named are under sentence OF
fourteen years each and the other two will
serve twelve years each.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
Hop Bltters are the Purest and Best Bltters
Ever Made.

EVER MAGE.
They are compounded from Hops,
Malt, Buchu, Mandrake and Dande'
liop,-the oldest, best, and most valid
able medicines in the world and con-
tain all the best aud most curative
properties of all other remedies, being
the greatest Blood Purifier, Liver
Regulator and Life and Health Res
toriug Agent on earth. No disease or
i'll, health can possibly long exist where
these Bitters ars used, so varied and
perfect are their operations.
They give new life and yigor to the
aged and in6rm. To all whose EN-
pigments cause Irregularities OF the
'owels or urinary organs, or who re.
quire an >petlzsr, Tonic and mild
stimulant, Hop Bitters are invaluable,
being highly curative, tonic and stim-
ulating, without intoxicating
No matter what your feelings or
symptoms are, what the disease or all
msnt is, use Hop Bltters. DOM wait
until you are sick, but If you only
feel bad or miserable, use Hop Bittera
at once. 1t nay saw your life. Hun
| dreds have been saved by 20 doing