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Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17
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E. ROsEwATER Editor

BRADY Is now on the stand In the
star route trials with the prospect OF q
long REORGANIZATION. The longer
the better for Mr.. Bliss who draws
$3.50 a day and expenses, and who
charges up such small incidentals v
postage to the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

In the election to fill G~ambetta's
scat in the Belleville district, Sunday,
there was a large falling off from the
vote polled last summer. The radical
candidate has a large plurality, but
not o majority which the law pre-
scribes. The ballot will be continued
next Sunday, as that is the day de-.
voted to election in France, when the
candidates receiving the least votes
will retire and leave the open to the
two receiving the largest number.
Gambetta, 1t will be remembered, was
very nearly beaten by the indignant
workingmenof thedlstrict, who fancied
he had become too conservative In the
presidency Of the chamber,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

MORE than 81 per cent of army Of
ticers have been taken from civil life,
and this fact induces The New York
SIN to urge the abolition of West
Point. MI. Dana cannot forget that
General Grant was q West Pointer,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

We know from experience that st.
Jacobs OIL will cure rheumatism, and
We feel that we are simply doing an
act of justice and mercy when We
assert SO publicly Peoria gu }
Daily Peorian.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17
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Your attention Is caleb to contracts to be let
for ditthing. Ditch in Burt and Washington
counties, about thirteen miles long, In working
sections, though q marsh, width about 6 feet,
sides slopirg l to 2 feet, depth from 8 to 7 feet,
DIRT to re moved abouts feet from brink Of ditch.
Number of cubic Yards to be moved about 49,.
TAO. Said itch 10 being constructed by said two
counties under statute providing for Draining
swamp ENDS, approved Feb. %, 1881. Work to
DO done In accordance with plans and ~specifca-
tions. For further information apply to the
county clerk Of either OF ,aid counties. and see
report Of engineer and proceedings Of boards Of
commissioners Of said counties and particularly
that Of February 9Th. 1888 Also the official ad.
vertisement in the Blair Pilot and in Burt Coun.
ty News.
Bids are to be filed with certified check and
name Of sureties, on or before March 22d, 1888,
at 5 p. m. with county clerk Of burt county, A.
A. Themes. Duplicates without checks) with
county clerk Of Washington county. Blank
forms for proposals will be supplied by said
clerks. By order Of
BOARDS or SAID COUNTIES.
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In Ireland there are no events of
dramatic interest to note, though the
London explosion Is, as noted, proba.
bly, the legitimate result of the Irish
agitation. Several arrests have been
made during the week and all the
Phoenix Park conspirators have been
bound over for trial. Egan's fight lie
still the subject Of discussion and rev.
Citations of the land leagues completely
In agrarian crimes are promised. One
Mullett, an %informer, has already
given information which 1t is claimed
seriously compromises Egan and other
land league leaders, but as it is known
that the government is anxious to
establish this fact there Will undoubt-
eddy be plenty of evidence manufsc.
tured In its favor.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

An autopsy upon Prince Gortacha.
koff, to clear up a suspicion of poison
ing, opens up a wide range of diplo-
matte possibilities. Whose interest
would have been advanced by the
death Of the superannuated statesman?
Was he possessed of secrets dangerous
to the existing regime of Russia2
Had he really, as was some time ago
limited, given occult aid to the nihil-
isssf Was It to his Machiavellian ad.
dress that the ambitious Ignatieff
owed his successive checks as chief
adviser of the czsr? Poison has been
the mean by which Russian states
craft has so consistently worked out
Its ends that 1t would not be surpris.
Ing to have the suspicion In Gorts cha.
koff's case confirmed-but 1t is doubt.
full whether the German authorities
would be 80 uncivil as to permit the
official verdict to reach the public,
since the imperial families, being kin,
are expected to help each other In
little weaknesses of this sort.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

parture from the traditional corona
ton. How TO efsciually protect him
against the conspirators and yet carry
out the ceremony ia full will tax the
minds and skill Of both himself and
advisers.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

Sixty thousand persons are said to
be oJt of employment In Paris. This
must be nearly or quite one'tenth of
all the workers In the city and readily
explains the present activity of 80
c~ialistio agitation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

mated chat all the Of the
new rules will be brought into requis.
ition to expedite the minis
terisl programme. It Is expected
that the consolidation of London
will excite great opposition. London
proper, tho area governed by
the lord mayor, Is mere
ly the old city, which is made up
chiefly Of places of business, and Is the
city which possesses a municipal or
ganiz,tion-mayor, aldermen and com.
mon council. The other parts are
governed by parish vestries, and the
only body which exerts any general
authority is the Metropolitan board Of
works. The ministerial bill proposes
to enlarge the bounds of the corpora
tions to include the adjacent parishes,
reduces the representation Of the old
city In the board of aldermen and the
common council, and substitutes re-
personalities of the outlying parishes
In the places thus vacated. The lord
mayor, under the new system, will be
the successor, historically, OF Whiting
ton and all the rest Of the wor-
shipful series; but he will govern
what all the world call London
and not, as at present, the conven-
tional London of the old charters.
The moot point In the plan is the con-
troll of the police. Because of the
necessity Of a police system for the
whole city, Parliament many years ago
organized a metropolitan police. The
city and the parishes pay the cost, but
the control Is vested inthe home secre-
tary, q member of the cabinet. Shall
1t be transferred to the new munich
paltty, or retained in its present rela-
lions. In favor of Its transfer is the
example of every European capital but
one, and the feeling that the control of
a city police properly belongs to city
government, as representing thore who
directly bear the expense. Against 1t
Is the doubtful example of Paris, and
the English feeling against needless
changes In an arrangement once
effected, II is raid that the bill will
propose nj change, but Mr.. Gladstone
hardly would resist 1t, If desired by q
majority of the house.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

bRatnsG tne cOnHplratOfs ana YET carry
out the ceremony ia full will tax the
minds and skill of both himself and
advisers.
In Germany the publication of the
Vatican correspondence has shown
that the imperieal government Ia no.
yet ready to waive a sufi oient number
OF the obnoxious provisions In the
Falk laws to form a basis for thorough
reconciliation with the Roman pontiff.
The pope has offered to agree to . sub
mission to the government of all nom-
nations to clerical Office, bat asks
that the education Of the clergy be
once more placed entirely in the hands
OF the church. Failing to obtain this
apparently reasonable concession, the
correspondence has been for q second
time discontinued. The Resignation
of Admiral Won Strosch, minister of
the marine, has created q genuine sen.
sation in Berlin. The minister whose
resignation the emperor refuses to &C.
cspt, does not hesitate to assert that
his course was dictated by the impos-
sibiiity of agreement with Bismarck.
This Is the second member of the
cabinet within two weeks with whom
the chancellor has qusrrelled, and the
condition of affairs In the political
family of the emperor does not seem
to be improving.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

Spain seems to be In q far more dis
turbed condition at this time than any
other country Of Europe. The re-es
Establishments of monarchy, instead of
promoting peace In the community,
appears to have brought about extra
ordinary activity among all the dan
gerous elements of the population.
Tho arrests during the past few weeks
of people charged with socialism or
anarchism have been on a very large
scale. By q recent dispatch We learn
that no less than twelve hundred per-
sons are under arrest in Andalusix
alone for completely in the anarchist
movement, and that a large proportion
of chem are members or abettors of q
powerful secret society of which the
world has just heard for the first time,
the society of the Black Hand, which is
said to demand q redistribution of the
land In Spain, and many social changes
of extraordinary Importance. 1t Is
evident that the setting up of the
young kings throne and the return to
old Spanish politics have not satisfied
or quieted the Spanish republicans
who overthrow the monarchy and
founded the republic that fell nine
years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

The greatscandal In the lower house
of the Austrian reichsrath- caused by
DIR. Won Kaminsky, one of Its mem.
bers suing q railroad contractor for
compensation for securing the latter
the concession for the construction of
Gallician Transverse railroad-has
eliminated In the forced resignation of
DR.. Kaminsky and DR.. Wolski, an
other deputy. This, however, does
not appear quite to settle the affair, as
several other deputies are said to be
implicated aud the whole of the right,
to which the two deputies belonged,
have insisted upon an Investigation.
The question wal brought up on Feb.
ruary 10Th and without q dissenting
vote q committee of fifteen Was ap-
pointed to investigate the charges.
The proposition to have the sittings of
the committee public was, however,
rejected.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

Prince Gortschakof's body Is to be
cut to pieces to determine whether he
was poisoned. A Russian dignitsry
is always held to have been murdered
until 1t is proved that he died a Eat.
ural death.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

The Bon Marche, the largest dry
and fancy goods store in Paris, had q
field day on the 18th of last month.
It's 8 600 employees were kept busy
from 8 o'clock in the morning until
nearly IL o'clock In the evening and
Its receipts on that day were nearly
$4O0 ,0OO.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17

The Easter recess of the British par
lament will cover but four working
days. For q body that works without
pay this Ia O short vacation.
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to their private parlor, when the company soon
after dispersed. Upon leaving the hotel the
guests were supplied with wedding-cake, over
1000 boxes being thus distributed.
An imposing serenade was given to the
couple that evening, and 10000 persons
crowded Broadway in front of the hotel. The
happy bridegroom was called to the balcony,
and there made a little speech, which | ask
leave to quote:
Ladies and gentlemen-I thank you most sim
cerely for this and other tokens OF Kindness
showered upon me this day. After being for more
than twenty years before the public, | little eX-
pected at this late day to attract so much atten-
Ilon Indeed, If had not become family man
l should never have known how high | stood in
public favor | AIN SION off for foreign lands,
hut shall take with me the pleasant recollec-
ton OF your kindness to-day. But, ladies and
gentlemen, a little woman in the adjoining
apartment Is anxious to gee me, and must,
therefore. make this speech like myself-short
Immediately afterward the diminutive
couple visited Washington and other cities,
and on March IL following sailed for Europe,
where they were greeted with as great enthu-
siasm as Mr.. STATIONS first visit had aroused.
Since then they have travelled thousands of
miles, in all countries, including a trip
around the world. Mr.. Stratton amassed a
handsome fortune, most of which he invest
ed in real estate in Bridgeport. He built a
line yacht and was very fond of cruising. A
year or two ago he thought of selling the
yacht and having steam yacht built instead.
''Of course a steam yacht is pretty expen-
sive," he said with typical Yankee keennsss,
but l guess l could make enough at towing
vessels in and out of the barbor to pay all
running expenses" He was always shrewd
business man, and personally attended to
collecting rents, etc, on his property; and
no man in the Wooden Nutmeg State ever
was able to drive a closer bargain than he.
An intelligent, honorable and genial little
gentleman, he will be sincerely mourned by
many friends. He will rest under monu-
ment of his own design, which he had built
many years ago in Mountain Grove ceme-
terry Bridgeport 1t is a tail marble shaft,
surmounted by life-sized statue of himself
Commodore Mutt, his companion twin,
died short time ago. He was a trifle larger
than Tom Thumb" and an entirely differ
ent sort of a man. He was member of the
sporting fraternity, fond of women, wine
and song-especially the first two. For some
time he was proprietor of a rather notorious
saloon in this city. l remember well the last
time l saw him. 1t was in the summer of
1880 He was manager of the big iron ocean
pier at Rockaway. l went down there one
day and, pretending not 10 recognize him,
asked him some triAing question, addressing
him as 'Bub." It was poor joke confess
But he enjoyed it thoroughly, although 1
doubt If the air is yet quite flee from the
sulphurous odor of the remarks he made.
OIInAu
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time to do as he had been requested when the
engine came along and an explosion followed
which effectually awoke the drowsy men.
The engine was stopped and ran back into
siding. when it was discovered that the fire
had almost gone out, the water nearly disap-
peared from the boiler, and that the men had
been asleep for some time. The men were,
of course, discharged, and only that the rail
road company was culpabe in having kept
them on duty for fifteen hours the case
against them would, no doubt, have been
pressed further.
Speaking of railway accidents, very sim
gular one, and one involving the narrow
escape from death of five persons. has just
occurred at Horrabridge station, on the Great
Western. As train was drawing near, n
farmers wife and her three children at
tempted to cross the line A porter, seeing
their danger, rushed to them, but the
affrighted woman, instead of allowing her.
self to be pushed back struggled with him,
and all FIVE were thrown down by the engine
One girl was caught by the guard and thrown
aside without sustaining much injury but
the others were all dragged about forty feet
beneath the locomotive, having been caught
by the ire-box. Marvellous to relate, all were
rescued alive and will, it is believed recover.
The hero of this escapade ought certainly to
receive a handsome reward. H.T.
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treatment they would receive for this tress-
pass on army rules.
From the place where the engagement
first began, to the village of Pennington,
sixteen miles from Shelbyville, a running
fight vas kept up. Az Pennington the
enemy made their most decided stand. The
country at this place is level and covered
with low cedar growth, and the ground is
dotted with large fiat rocks, which the
enemy utilized for temporary breastworks.
In this engagement known as the battle of
Shelbyyille PIKE, the Northumberland
twenty-third Illinois suffered severely.
Col. James Monroe, OF that regiment fell
while leading his men in the charge He
expired in few moments after receiving the
fatal wound. He was loved by all aud died
amid the tears and regrets OF the entire bri-
gade. AT Pennington, the Seventeenth Indi-
ana had three men wounded, and succeeded
in capturing three pieces of artillery in the
streets of the village. We soon routed them
in disorder from their position The official
records show the Union loss to have been 10
killed and 60 wounded; Confederate loss, 10
killed, 60 wounded and $40 missing.
After this engagement | saw three women
carrying a bucket OF water over the battle
field. They gave drink to all the wounded
within their reach, regardless of the uniform
they wore. 1t was a beautiful little incident
that had never witnessed before, and never
saw repeated, and brought to memory the
promise that even the gift of a cup of water"
should meet its reward
The following day we saw nothing of the
rebels, but day later-0ctober 9-we en-
countered them at Sugar creek, near Pu-
laski. The Fifth Iowa Cavalry had the adj
vance, and drove them in rapid disorder In
this engagement two of the Union force were
wounded, and ninety-fve of the Confederate
force were reported as missing. We pursued
them the entire day, crossing the Alabama
State line on the Lambs ferry road nor
halted until all that were not prisoners had
crossed the Tennessee river.
In this expedition General Crook proved
himself to be true and brave soldier. He
won the respect and admiration of the en-
tire command. He made no attempt at dis
play, dressing plainly, yet neatly. His nro-
motion has been gained by active work in
the field. for he is emnently warrior, and
fully deserves the high position he has re-
Gently attained as a commander
G.. w. II. KEMPER,
Formerly Assistant Surgeon Seventeenth In
diana Regiment
MUNCIE, Ind.
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The Funny Cabinet officer.
National Republican.


Cabinet ministers sometimes get funny,
like other people The other day one of the
secretaries, SO the story goes, strolied into
another department with an acquaintance
from the country. "These buttons" said he,
pointing to a double row of black buttons set
in the desk of his brother minister, Connect
with wires running to the rooms of the bureau
officers and heads of divisions of the depart
ment. When the secretary wants to call one
of these officials he thumbs the proper but
ton, a bell rings at the other end and
the gentleman answers quickly. Some
times the secretary wants to have general
conference or desires to summon all the
heads of bureaus and divisions When he
wants to do this all he has to do is to run
down these rows of buttons as you would
over the keys of a piano, this way" and
suiting the action to the word he touched
the buttons one after another, pressing
them sharply. I'm less than a minute the
room will be full of very clever gentlemen
anxious to find out what they are wanted
for. As they are filing in we will go out. All,
here they come When you are over my
way, drop in, Mr.. Secretary. Good bye"
The visiting statesman has carefully
Stunned that particular department since
his explanation of the operation of the cleo
trio buttons to his rural friend. He thinks
it might be unhealthy in that locality.
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The Worlds Prettiest Woman.

English Correspondence Philadelphia Telegraph
Keswick, in Cumberland, can boast of ore
charming possession in the shape of the pref
test woman in England. She is barmaid
at the Nelson Wine Vaults in that town. Her
name is Edith Twentyman, and she is report
ed to be as good and modest as she is beauti-
ful. She has the gorgeous milk-and-roses
complexion that is so rarely seen outside of
England united to splendid eyes, full, dark
and lustrous as those of IA gazele,s pearly
teeth, regular features, with rich dark hair
growing low on the brow, and figure whose
fine outlines were not to be concealed by the
cut of her country made gown. She is SIM
ply dazzling, and how such pearl of beauty
has been left hidden in this quiet little town
is to me marvel. She is we'll educated, I
am told, paints in water coors, and is per-
fectly free from all vanity or sef-conscous-
ness. Had she been born French woman,
she would ere this have dazzled the public in
some mute role in one of the great spectacu-
lar pieces OF the day. AS it is. she Will prob
ably follow the example of her elder ter,
who was as beautiful as she, anu r
cied a good, honest fellow in her owa IN
of life, and is now n comfortable maIron,
with house full OF children.
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A WRECK ON THE CURB.
An Ex-Cashier of an Indiana Bank a Beg
gar on the Streets of Chicago.

An Ex-Cashier of an Indiana Bank a Beg
gar the Streets of Chicago.
Chicago News
do you see that man?' said detective to
Daily News reporter, pointing to the oppo-
site side OF the street.
A poor wretch sat upon the curb turning
over with his foot few scraps of paper that
had been thrown into the gutter. In his
hand he held a bunch of pencils while
second bunch protruded from his pocket.
His face, an intelligent one, was sunburnt,
dirty and covered with thick growth of a
stubby beard. His clothes were soiled and
ragged, his boots full of holes, his hat
weather-beaten SLOUGH, which somebody else
had discarded as useless
That man." continued the speaker, twas
a bank cashier in an Indiana town a few
years ago. He was thought to be wealthy.
He had a beautiful home an accomplished
wife, and moved in the very best society
His father, l think, was at that time a
member of Congress. The son. however,
was not popular, and held his social position
only because of his supposed wealth and the
amiable qualities of his wife He was purse
proud and made the fact disagreeably con-
spicuous. His place of business was less than
halfa dozen blocks distant from his residence,
yet he never walked. He went nowhere with
out his carriage. and did nothing except his
duties as cashier which had the slightest APP
pearance OF labor.
"One morning the bank officers discovered
that SIS, 900 had been stolen. The investiga-
ton developed no clew to the thief but sus-
picion rested upon the cashier, and watch was
set upon his movements. One night he dis
appeared, and was employed TO find him.
For weeks l worked without result, and final
ly gave up the search. A year later, however,
1 discovered him in this city He was dressed
in clothes of the latest fashion, wore a gilt
tering diamond stud, and was spending his
time in gambling-deuS
II took him to his home. His wife, dis
graced by his crime had returned to her
parents. His mother had died of grief, and
his father was on the verge of the grave
Wlren the son was brought home the old
man went to the bank officers and proposed
to make good the stolen money. The offer
was accepted, and the son was released. A
week later the father died. Almost his en-
tire estate had been used to free his son, who
was now thrown upon the world with scarcely
q penny. His old acquaintance refused to
recognize him. He LETT town, and as 1
learned afterward, came again to Chicago.
"a few months ago l met him in Just such
a condition as he appears to day. He told
me that he was living from hand to mouth;
that he got what food he ate by peddling PEN
ellis and sweeping and cleaning out saloons.
At night he slept in boxes and Railways and
during the day wandered through the streets,
and that is the way he has been living since"