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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-09-23

The first steel rail successfully
made IN this country, and which
was rolled at Chicago, May 25,
1865, is said to have represented
over s5Oo,OO0 in experiments and
outlaws.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-09-23

The net funded debt of the city
of New York on August 3lst was
over ninety-four million dollars.
During the month there was de-
crease of over s640,000.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-09-23

Ten thousand persons were
drowned by tidal wave in a sin.
gle city during a recent volcanic
outbreak in Java.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-09-23
CHANGED Hands.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS !
sI0I.O00.o0O Appropriated I'm
uA&H for pansfors

AN ACT 10 relieve soldiers from the charge
Of desertlon and grant all such soldiers their
full dues, and 10 grant soldiers marked as
DESERTERS honorable discharge papers.
AN ACI 10 extend the arrears Of the pen
sion act and continue it in force so far as
widows and children are concerned. AN
ACT allowing pay for horses and equipments
lost in service, etc. Nearly every person IS
entitled 10 an Increase.
Pensions, Bounties, Land Claims
and Patents attended 10.
For particulars call or address
&. j. CURTIS.
Attorney and Counselor at Law, Solicitor OF
Claims and Patents.
Rooms 3 and odd Fellows building. AS
toria, Oregon.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-09-23
NEW TO-DAY.
For Sale.

For Sale.
nNE TEAM OF LARGE HORSES, ONR
" set OF double harness and wagon. Also,
one new two seated buggy.
Inquire Of A. G.. ALLEN,
II FOt Stevens. Oregon.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

IH would be a public blessing, aside
from the destruction of o historic
building, " the White house were to
burn down. This venerable rookory
Is the most persistent leech on the
treasury Of any of the buildings at
Washington. The present sundry civil
appropriation bill allows $65, 600 for
Its maintenance, which includes $25,.
600 for refurnlshing, $4,000 for
grounds, 90. 500 for fuel, &c..
500 for repairs to oonservatories
and Sit, 600 for lighting. Last year
nearly double this amount was sppro.
priated for r%edecoratirg and refur.
nishing, and In the past five years
congress has devoted over aquarter of
q million for making the building
and grounds habitabls. 1t would te
an act of economy to desert the
palace of the pie,iGents and erect q
new building where the fresco would
stay on the walls for more than two
years at a time and In which the car.
pets would not have to be renewed
every six months. There Is a good
deal of double distilled extravaganza
about the maintenance Of the White
House as at present conducted fol
which even the destructive habits OIL
hoosier visitors Is no excuse.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Or course there !. no lask of eau.
m"A ' luz mat. Six or eight pub
.-p.rsod and pstriotic ward bummers
have already offered to sacrifice their
business on the altar Of the city II
votes enough can be secured to elect
them.
But Omaha viii be very PARTICULAR
at the coming spring election In whom
she puts her trust as guardians of the
city's interest.
The men who ara most anxious to
to step Into Mayor Boyd's shoes are
very likely to be left out In the cold.
Good material for mayors is not
found In every corner grocery and
the salary Is not so magnificent as to
to tempt men Of good executive abil.
ity and sound business standing
to n after the nomination.
The next mayer Of Omaha will moi
} be found were pulling for the office,
and he will be elected at the polls ant
not In the nominating convention.
What our people want is a solid ant
! substantial citizen whose knowledge o
D his own business will fit him TO con
r duct successfully the affairs Of tie cit,
through cooperation with a ztronI
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Town Councillor Carey, of Dublin
has turned informsr and adds hib
blood curdling testimony to the Ell
dence of Michael Kavansugh. His
story of the PLelix park assasaina.
tions is oven more eickeuiug in its dc
tails than that of his accomplish.
Carey who va a member Of the secret
society to which the prisonerU be.
louged was selected to give the signal
for the crime. Seven Of the sssassinb
armed with knives distributed them
selves along the walk down which
Lord Cavendish aud Burke . were
approaching. Brady OF the signal
Jumped upon Burke and stabbed him
in the shoulder. Lord Cavenoish was
then assassinated after which the
b~loodthirsty brute returned to Burke
who WAS still breathing and cut HE
throat. Irformer Carey tells of o cer-
tain organizer called "No. l" who
planned the assassinations Of Burke
and Cavendish and also the attempted
murders OF Secretary Foster and Lord
Lieutenant Earl Cowper. The two
last escaped horrible fate as IL by
miracle. Three times they were al.
most in the hands of their en-
emies and three times a change Of
route or the delay OF a train saved
taom.
It Ia unfortunate that the cowsrdly
ir-llormers, whose lives will pr"E.oI,
be spared In re'urn r.. the evideno,
which they have furnishedt abe govern
ment, will not share the fate of the
bloodstained scoundrels whom they
assisted In the horrible tragedy of May
9th. Ireland has been too long ourset
| by these murderous fanatics who hay,
given England the only excuse for hel
shameful nisgovernmsnt of the coun
try, and who have discounted in sd
varce every effort of Ireiaud's res
friends to help her. The stains which
they have cast on the country hav,
been hardly washed out by the tears
of a famine stricken peasantry who's
sufferings have attracted less eympa
thy because of the crimes of the mid.
night assasslns who would not learl
that no worthy public object can eve
be attained by private outrage.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Buffalo, New York and Philade..
phia railroad company has declared D
quarterly dividend Of IL per cent.
The Vincgunes and Ohio River railroad
was formerly organized in Vincennes, Ind, |
February 9Th, with a capital stock Of
81, VOO, 900. Thirtsen directors we're chosen.
At a meeting for the reorganization of |
the Marietta and Cincinnati road on the
9TH inst. the name of tho new company
was fixed AZ the Cincinnati, Washington
and Baltimore.
TIE earnings Of the Mexican rsilway and
Its JalapG branch for the week ending
January 20th amounted to GAG 900, being
an increase of 81 900 over the correspJnd-
ing week ci 1882.
The stockholders Of the Cricaso and
Western Indiana recently held a meeting
Tor the purpose OF raising The old mort, 40
OF $40 900, 600 % the property and plac, -
new ard larger one. "a
IaIt liz sid that the Galveston Barr' H..
and San Antonio company will ,Miia 8
branch which sill leavs the m q, ~ q.
San Antonio and extend mort - u 81
it meets the Texas and PAcif a.
u has been about decide ,l...ho sa,..
Fe iosd will extend it's ,can"h 49, San
Pedro, 4 distance II 3, ,r;js, !, n ao,th'
e~aater!y direction, to the yalu.hle coonar
mines owned by thf company.
The operations OF the Flint and Pere
fquTt r" rad for 1882 show total
eatn1nss oi . k,l6I, al 80 against 81, 1856,
1of 70 ior ' ne previous year. The road
years.
4 q York Hhrbor and Beach railroad
~ been incorporated. IL will run from
y ittery to York Beach connecting with
tae Eastern road at the former point. 1t
will he a narrow guage aud will cost about
$4,000 for building and %equipnent.
The Northern Adirondack railroad COM
PAM has filed articles of association with
the New York secretary of state. The
t~errnini OF the road will be st. Regis Falls
and near the MORA station OF the Ogdens.
burg and Lake C~hamplain railroad.
A new company has been organized in
Ell Paso under the name of the FL Paso
and New Mexico railroad, with o capital
stocS of $4,000 eco. Definite arrange.
ments Rave been made for the equipment
Of tie rosd from FL Paso to the vicinity Ct
White Oaks.
AArticles incorporating the Wabash
Paduoah md Southern railway conn anv
have been fled with the secretary of state
of Illinois. The company vii. nave q car.
ital of 5000, 900, ami vii tuild a road from
jackson county, ILL.,, to q point on the
Ohio river opposite Paducah, Ky.
At q meeting of the directors Of the
Illinois Central railroad held ia New York
last week it was decided TO pay a II pei
cent dividend IN it's 4 per cent leased line
certificates, which rep esent stock OF the
Chicago, st. Louis and New Ode road,
The payment will require s., 600. 900.
The Riley Elevated railway company Of
Chicago was Incorporated February 9:h,
by the secretary of state. The object is
stated to be to construct and operate ar
elevated railway from one or more cantral
points in the city of Chicago to South
Chicago, Pullman, Blue Insnd, Engle
wood and other suburbs. The capital il
50, 900, COO.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

COMPLAINTS are made that ivan
dals" are mutilating the works of
art" at " Arlington. If only Winnie
Rsams' monutrosities of human snat-
omy are attacked the public will have
no cause for mourning.
Washington has been a receptacle
for mer specimens of native art
which are none the less inartistic and
frightful because they were done by
native artists. The original vandals
were the congressman who voted uub-
sides to the daubers and stone ms
sons who have deseorsted the capitol
with studies In oil and marble which
ought to find q place In Madame Tas.
saud's Chamber of Horrors.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
The Grub Claim Senator

A gentleman who says he was a fell
low-pasenger of a newly. elected SEN
ator from Colorado on his latest Eas.
tern trip has the following story to tell
of the bonanza statesman: "Before
1t wal fairly dark, the last day Of our
journey, the great man ordered the
porter to make up his section of the
sleeper. This done he directed the
man. ahsmbermaid to get out his night
clothes. A gorgeous velvet cap, elab.
tately decorated was first procured,
carefully examined, and hung on one
of the hooks where everybody could
Q 1t. A magnificent rufisd night
shirt, half snothered In costly point
lace Of the finest quality, was next
brought forth and hung on another
peg, SO az to fill the space between the
looped.up curtains. Everything was
in readiness, but the great man, who
had evidently intepded retiring eaiiS
to get q good nights rest, changed his
mind and did not seek his couch until
nearly 10 o'clock, The passengers had
u oAouSo w hhoPooS VIA" ouPoio SoA
ments ut their leisure, and they avail.
cd themselves of the blessed privilege.
The ladies feasted their eyes on the
embroidered night cap and on The
splendid night shirt, with Its $500
worth of lace trimming, until their sp.
petite for riches was satiated. The
lucky possessor Of so much textile
splendor pretended to be obliviouA OF
his surroundings, but 1t was r.oticed
that he witnessed the eager curiosity
Of his fellow passengers and listened
to the whispered comments With a keen
enjoyment he could scarcely conceal.
A small boy with a new pSir Of red.tor
boots, the only mes in the neighbor,
hood could not have been more In,
tensely self. oomplscent. If he ooult
only have found an excuse for putting
his big diamonds on exhibition hi
happiness would have been complet,
and overwhelming"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

THE house at Lincoln on Monday
evening degenerated into a bowling
mob. The scenes In the capital on
that occasion we're disgraceful beyond
description and furnish good grounds
for serious reflection on the part Of
the people Of Nebraska who elected
such hoodlums and m~ountebanks tc
represent them as the men who parti'
cipsted In that disgusting disorder.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
NOTES,

A saw mandatory Is to be established
at Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
The Chicago malleable iron company is
employing 700 men in its works.
The sheet mill of the Reading, Pa, Iron
Works is now in operation. The rolling
mill is still idle.
Independence, Iowa. talks of raising
$50, 900 capital for the purpose of erecting
a pillow factory.
1t is proposed to increase the capital
stock of the Glamorgan iron company, of
L%ynchburg, Va, to $4,000.
The old Oliver Stave Works, near
Rochester. N. Y, will be turned into o
stove factory by Shepard & Co., of New
Brighton.
Machinery for the manufacture of the
zero Ice machines has Just been put in the
Zero i,e machine works of Silas Merchant,
Cleveland.
The Manchester locomotive works are
filling an order for 20 locomotives for the
Oregon railroad and navigation company,
which will be packed and shipped by
water.
The Pond machine tool company Of
Worcester, Masr., hays been incorpor-
ated, with q capital of 800, 600. ID. w.
Pond is president, and A. Q. Stebbins
treasurer.
The Cleveland cooperative stove COM
pany will build extensive additions to their
works the PRESENT season, giving them in
CT eased moulding, mounting and storage
facilities.
The Chase Turbine manufacturing com.
pany, at Orange, Mass, are LAYING the
foundation for their new shop, on the site
of the burned chair shop. The new build
ing will be 125x50 feet wide with an l. Cox
80 feet wide.
The Ripley Rowland manufacturing
company, of Boston, with a capital OF
S160l coo, for the manufacture and sale of
iewelry and silverware, have been moor
porated: VIM. A. Bates, president; Rens-
low Crosby, treasurer.
The Union File company, Of Baltin ose,
have tesn offered A, 900 pounds of ivory in
exchange for files, by a resident Of Cape
Coast. ON the west coast Of AfricA, and he
agrees to furnish all the ivory they can
dispose Of, in trade for their product: 1t is
probable a large trade will be established
on the dark continent.
The McMurray.J Judge Architectural iron
company. of st. Louis, are increasing theii
working force and report q Hood OF orders
They have now about completed their con
tract for furnishing the iron work for r.. j
GAYS building on Washington avenue
The cost Of the iron work for this building
is z 5000
The dredging machiue building a. Pet
tvs leland, near Philadelphia, is one o
three to &c supplied to the Panama cana
company. the aggregate cost amounting e
over 400. OO). The above one, now near
fi,g completion. is 100 feet long, 60 fee
wide, and IL feet deep. On each Of thes
three monster drsdges there will be eiGh
s susines which tnsinr run Ii. dredge being Of %
horsepower each. The drsdss' are. are OF :
buckets ON an endless chain, which ca
dig and dispose of 1920 cable yard: OF dir
I'M an hour, or q combined capacity pc
!, hour for the three dredges OF 1850 cub
l wards, Thus in four months, working
hours a day, they could dig out $4,000
/ cubic feet, or q canal so feet wide, IL TEE
4 deep, and nearly 30 miles long.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
THE RAILROADS AND THE
LAND OFFICE.

LII ~ oAhOht poe S'Stt eSs
entitled "Rsilway Influence In the
Land Off ,e," George w. Julian calls
public attention, In the last number
of the NORTH Amarican RerielG, to the
gross abuses which have characterized
the transactions between the govern
ment and the land grant roads, The
facts recorded by Mr.. Julian would
be startling If the disclosures which
they contain had not been discounted
By the charges which for years have
been made CT the absolute control of
this bureau Of the interior department
by the agents Of corporate monopoly.
The first land grant was made to
the Illinois Central in 1850. From
that date until 1872 millions upon
millions Of acres Of the public do
main were recklessly squandered upon
the railroads, while so loose ,waa leg.
i~slstion and 90 grasping this demands
Of the projectors of various lines that
In some instances the grants wore Civ.
en- With no lateral limits. This waste
of public property became 80 extensive
that at last the people we're alarmed,
and about eleven years ago a halt was
called, ''bu. it was not until more
than 200, 00O, 900 acres of the peoples
patrimony had been appropriated-an
area as large as that of the thirteen
original states" Since these rights
wore given by the nation, OF course
there 10 no use In disputing these
claims, but Mr., Julian shows by what
means the railroads have been upheld
10 many cases In litigations with pri-
vate parties as to the ownership Of
lands to which the railroads had no
possible claim. In some special
cases 1t seems evident that the decis-
ions of the supreme court have been
overridden by the railroad companies
The land Office has nevsr f.,,ed To
stretch g point in favor Of the rail
roads. Mr.. Julian cites how the sim.
pie prir..s,ng Of certified lists has been
considered equivalent TO patents, and
that in this way companies shave
had awarded to them an illegal excess
Of indemnity lands amounting to NOR,
than 10, 600, 900 acres, or enough t.
make go, 500 farms of 160 acreH.
These lands might have been opened
to settlers at government pricas, Sin
stead of becoming the spoil of corpor.
ate monopolies and sold at rates i'm
posed by themselves"
Bogus suits trumped up by the cor
porations have been gladly used b,
the land commissioners as the basis o
grossly unjust dccisions which il
every lltigated case which has arise,
so far as a private individual Ia con
cerned, EVERY presumption /
against him, and -. mistakes are eve
made In his favor"
| There are to-day 100, 000, 900 acre
of land claimed by the railroads en-
withdrawn from the market awaitin
settlement under various acts of cor
gress and the lobby at Wsshingto
} has been successful In preventing thci
forfeiture. In summing up Mr.. Julia
writes: "These illustrations of tn
management of railroads by the Ian
department are in fact Illustrations {
the management of the land depari
meet by the railroads"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

the cashier, hit the %janitor with q
broomstick, pswned q coat belonging
TO a member OF the editorial stsff,
wrenched the knobs Of the doors, upset
the ice.cooler, pied three galleys of
type and mashed his finger la the
sroall press. On the third day a note
was received, saying: "Mi Mother do
not want I TO work in such a dull place.
She says 1 would make a good preach.
Or. SO do I roi fipger 10 Better;
Qoau ishin'. Yours Till DAth do
Ysuk uh."
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

PRoF. HoRsFoRD declares that poor
bread has laid more of the human
race under the sod than either or
both of those twin undertakers, rum
and tobacco. As tho manufacturer
aud vendor of a patent baking pow.
der everyone can at once see that
Prof, Horsford lie a strictly disintey.
estsd party.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

THE new land ofi,e In northern
Nebraska, the a~ppointees for which
were confirmed last week, will be
called the Minncadusa land eff, 30, and
- to be located at Valentine, the
emit tss.-minus of the Fremont and Fn
horn Valley :.ailroad, and four -
from Fort Nlobrara.
The new district, as c.
sists of the two west = uo,,
county on the east and Is bounded b,
.ne '. IN the north and the
~ "a the south, comprising
Holt and Sicux counties
"N Ae new counties Of Brown
srry, Dawes and Loup, created b!
che present legislature.
The southwestern portion OF tn
state is soon to have another LAM
office which will probably DO locate
at McCook on the line of the b. & M
road. The location Is not, however
definitely decided upon. BY the clos
of the present year Nebraska wi
have nine land offices, those alread
in operation being at Beatrice, Gran
Island, Bloomington, Niobrara, Mort
Platte, Lincoln and Norfolk. N
nominations have yet been made fc
the MoCook Office.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

energetic and honest city council.
Omaha ia too large to try any more ex-
periments. Her interests are growing
too rapidly to be entrusted to officials
of whose capacity and honesty there Is
the shadow of q shade Of suspicion.
II THE BEE understands the temper
Of our taxpayers they will be even
more careful than usual In their choice
at the coming spring election.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

THE bill to increase the Omaha
board Of education to nine members
has passed the house, and will proba.
bly, become q law. There 10 every
reason why It should. Our present
board Of education is too small to
transact the constantly increasing bust.
ness connected with the management
of our city schools. The committees
have too much work to do to do it
we'll, and every one knows that the
committees in Legislative bodies vir.
tually transact the business. As mat.
ters now stand, members Of the board
have to serve on several committees,
and their attention Is divided and
diverted. a
Another praiseworthy feature Of the
bill is the provision which permits the
investment Of the sinking fund In
city bonds. Up to the present time
government bonds have been the
only securities allowed under the law.
This amendment will add several
thousands of dollars to the sinking
fund and at the same time afford every
necessary security.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

GENERAL" jim BRIsBIN, whose
principal combats have been with his
mouth, Is out with q lecture stating
how Custer lost his life. 1t Ii need
less to remark hat the reason was
because he knew less about fighting
than the hero Of twenty bloodless
hatt1as
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
The New Boy.
From the Boston Journal.

From the bouton 'outnA''
He was o orand.new ofioe.boy,
young, pretty .faced, with golden ring.
let's and blue eyes. just such a boy az
one would imagine would be taken
out Of his little trundle-bed In the
middle OF the night and transported
beyond the stars, The first day he
glanced over the library In the editor
ial room, became acquainted with
everybody, knew all the printers, and
went homo In the evening as happy and
CHEEKY as q sunbeam. The next day
he appeared, leaned out of the back
window, expectorated on a printers
pate tied up the cat by the tail In the
halfway, had four fights with another
boy. borrowed 81, from An occupant
Of the building, saying his mother was
dead, collected his two days pay from
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

THE sooner General HAGEN Is invited
to step down and out the better 1t will
be for the good name of the army.
A good lobbyist has been spoiled in
making q pool soldier.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

SENATOR SAUNDERS Is reported as
seriously Ill at Washington with bill
lious fever, which explains his alb
ssnoe from the senate during tho I'm
portant votes on the tariff debate.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

THE legislative session has dege1er-
ated into . general game Of grab. The
grabosrs will not be forgotten wher
the record is made up to satisfy the
curiosity Of indignant constituents.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

JAY GOULD In an interview nays
he ''thinks he has his share Of the
pleasant things of this world" The
trouble Ia that he has the shares Of a
great many other people in the bar
rain
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

DEPOSITS In New York savings
banks Increased s25, 900, 0C0 last year.
This is a silver lining to the financial
cloud,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
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as often as a prominent railroad at
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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

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