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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-28
PENSIONING FREMONT.

For many years past General
Fremont has posed before the coun-
try as a national pauper. Now there
is talk of a public subscription for
him, later he is an applicant for
federal office, then he wants a pen
sion, and all the time he is a tax
upon his friends and those persons
whose kind-heartedness will not
permit them to see him suffer for
food, clothing and shelter, not be.
cause they entertain any very high
regard for him, but he has been
"prominent" and therefore ought to
be provided for. at present there
is movement on foot to have him
placed on the retired list of the
army with the rank and pay of a
major-general. The proposition is
said to have many friends in
Congress, and doubtless when the
bill comes up some loud speeches
will be made in advocacy Of the
claims of the veteran pathfinder
and soldier. But what can any
body say that is really creditable to
General Fremont? What can be
brought forward as emitting him to
a national pension? If Gen. Ere
mont can present a just claim for
drawing money from the public
treasury, by all means let him have
what he requires, but il there is
nothing but maudlin sentiment in
his favor, let him be treated as 9TH
er beggars are. There are many
things which can be brought
forward in opposition to granting
him pension. 1t can be
shown that all his life he has
been little else than an adventurer,
with more friends than good sense.
Had other men done as he did they
would have been cast aside IS IN
worthy respect, but through the
good offices of other people, and the
shrewdness of a grand and shrewd
wife, Fremont has managed to float |
far above his level. II can be al
legged against him that he refused to |
obey the command of Phil. Kears
ney. for which he was convicted by |,
eourtSmartial of mutiny and dis
obedience to the lawful command
of a superior efiesr. This !,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-28

THE DAILY HERALD is published
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Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17
VEST OF THE MISSOURI.

The projected Salina, Lincoln & Deca-
tur railroad has become u certainty. The
gentlemen, who are the active managers
of the proposed road, Judge o. p. Hamil-
ton and Mr.. G. V. horford, were in
Omaha last week and gave every assur-
nee that grading would on
some portions of the line this fall. The
recent change to tho present name of the
company is intended to cover a charter
which the company has secured for a
bridge over the Missouri river at Deca.
tur. 1t will be remembered that the
Sioux City & Pacific at one time had
determined to cross the river at that
point instead of at Blair. The surveys of
Engineer Morrison at that time show the
location to be superior to any point be-
tween Omaha ands Sioux City, and the
charter for a bridge there will prove very
valuable to the new road.
The success of the Missouri Pacific as
a north and south road has doubtless
stimulated the projectors of the Salina
road to take in a wider range of country,
and one that is inadequately supplied with
railroad facilities, The proposedline be-
gins at Salina, a a%ourishing little city in
the center of Kansas, running in a direct
no~rtheasterly course to the Nebraska line,
passing through Beatrice, Lincoln and
Fremont, to Oakland, and from there to
Decatur on the Missouri river. From
Decatur a line is projected to Spencer;
Iowa, where connection will be made with
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17
SOME WORDS ON THg FAIR.

The state fair which has just closed
was a success in some particulars. In
Others it was a failure. The attendance
was good, and, considering the weather,
the receipts were all that could reasona-
bly, have been expected. There will be
no deficit to be carried over the next
year, or to be met from the last surplus.
Financially then the fair may be consid-
cred q success.
AS a comprehensive exhibit of the pro-
duction and resources of Nebraska, the
state fair was a failure. What county
exhibits were displayed were interesting
and good, but lsss than u dozen counties
in the state were represented by anything
like a showing of their resources. It can
~truthfully be said that of the capacity of
Nebraska as an agricultural state little
or no proof was shown. A few punches
OF oats, several shocks of wheat and rye.
a number of mammoth corn stalks and
some small displays of fruits and
vegetables formed aside from the
railroad displays nearly the sum
total of the agricultural exhibits. If we
except the fine stock display, the farm
machinery section, the few county OK
hibits and the railroad building the State
fair as a state fair was only a limited sue
cess. These are plain words but they are
the truth.
There needs to be n radical reform in
the management of the State Board of
Agriculture and the old ruts in which the
Bos-A has been jogging peacefully along
for tie past five years must be in future
avoided. The next Legislature should
be applied to for an appropriation sufi-
cient to make q State exhibit at the State
fair. Weeks before the exhibition opens
canvassers should be sent out throughout
the State to make a collection which will
faithfully represent the and
capacity OF Nebraska as an agricultural
community. The expense of the collec,
ton and transportation of this display
shouldbe bornebytheS State appropriation.
This exhibit should include specimens
from various counties of the wheat, oat,
rye, barley, millet and cora, with stats,
tics of their production in different por
tons of Nebraska samples of fruit from
Nemaha, Richardson and otoe counties,
as we'll as from Washington and Burt
of wool from the West and butter from
the North Of vegetables, of the products
of the apiary, and, in fact, of every trans
portable and non-perishable product o.
our farm. As a Statesexhibit it should
slight no portion of the State, and il
should be comprehensive, while at tn,
same time reduced in bulk by careful
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17
SENATOR LOGAN is Boosting of his inso,

SENATOR LOGAN is Boosting of his inso-
lence to Sitting Bull, and says, "The
point / tried to make on Sitting Bull
was that he was not such a h-ll of an
Indian as he seemed to think" Accor-
ding to the Rev. Mr.. Human, the point
Sitting Bull made on the Sioux commits
sion was, to use the chiefs own language,
that they were "a lot of drunken loafers
travelling at government expense" So
far Mr.. Bull seems to have had the best
Of the controversy.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

There seems to be a bond of union, a
sympathetic vein, between Savage and
all corrupt, dishonest frauds wherever
they may be found. AS an attorney in
Omaha, before he was elected Judge, his
clients consisted principally of profess
sional gamblers and the worst classes of
residents of that city, and since he re-
signed the Judgeship what little practice
he has had has been of the worst class of
criminals.-Blair Pilot.
The editor of the Pilot who resided in
Omaha at the time and capped
for q monte shop on lower Farnam
street, no doubt feels himself quail
fed to speak for the professional gamb-
lers and the worst classes of residents" of
this city. Until the time of his election
to the bench, James w. Savage was
senior member of the firm of
Savage and Henderson in which Senator
Henderson wal his partner. New does
the reformed monte sharp of the Pilot
intend to charge that Senator Mander-
son, who had an interest in the proceeds
of all cases coming into his firm, was
also an attorney whose ''clients consisted
principally of professional gamblers and
the worst classes of residents" Of Omaha.
This is a new and refreshing exposure,
which will no doubt be greatly appre-
ciated by our junior Senator,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17
AppoTNTnENrs no TINE STAFF.

The suspense Of some six hundred army
officers who we're applicants fer the two
vacant appointments in the commissary
and quartermaster departments has been
ended by the nomination Of Second Lieu.
tenant Sharpe, late Of the Fourth in
fantry, to be captain and assistant com
missary Of subsistence, and Of Second
Lieutenant w. S. Patton, Eighteenth in
fantry TO be captain and assistant quar-
tormaster.
There are Two points 10 be noted in this
connection; the first of which is that the
president very wisely refused to 60 openly
outside the army in filling the
vacancies on the staff. The last
army bill, which was so hastily
rushed through in the closing hours Of the
congressional session, contained a clause
which permitted civilian appointments to
staff positions, and fears we're entertained
in some quarters that political influences
would be brought to beariupon the Presi-
dent to secure the most eligible of army
positions for men who weie without mill
tary training or experience. 1t is
n matter for commentator that
Mr.. Arthur has not followed
the precedent which he set in
the appointment Of young Smythe to the
pay corps. Captains Sharpe and Patton
are both army men, though the former is
not now borne on the pages of the Army
Register, having resigned his commission
some months ago.
The second point to be noted
is that the appointment of officers
of the lowest grade to desirable
staff positions carrying with them the
rank and pay of captain can scarcely be
commended IN grounds of justice. Such
appointments ought to BIO in the line of a
regular promotion, and should be given
to deserving first lieutenants whose long
service or military record entities them
to the rank. To make captains of second
lieutenants, when hundreds of their SUI
periors in rank who are in every way
equally qualified for the position are
anxious to receive the appointment, is I'M
fair and unwise, unfair because it
offers a premium on favoritism, which
has been n Of the crying
evils in army management, and unwiss
because it removes the healthy stimulus
of a belief in the line that the faithful
performance of duty is appreciated and
will be rewarded by the commander-in-
chief of the army whenever opportunity
is afforded. Much Of the rancor and Bit
~terness exhibited by the veterans of the
line who have grown old and grey in hard
service on the plains and in the isolation
of frontier posts, arises from the feeling
that their position and its emoluments
might have been long ago changed for
the better had they been fortunate
enough to gain the ear of an influential
politician or to have pressed their just
claims upon the attention of the execu-
tive. Failing in this, they see officers
whom they rank in the service and excel
in abilities lifted to staff positions and
exchanging the monotonous routine and
the isolation of garrison life for the
cushioned chairs and social enjoyment of
light Office work in the large cities.
One of the greatest opportunities for
army reform is some change in the meth
dds of tenure of staff appointments which
will ~equalize more than at present the
bitter and sweets of military service.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17


The Astor family in New York during
their career have given a striking proof
of how enormous wealth can be accu-
mulated by the simple process Of sound
real estate Investments and patient wait
ing. They have also furnished an OK
ample of the means by which property
may be practically entailod in one family
and the ~wrangles of contested wills
avoided. John Jacob Aston, the old
est member of the family, now growing
old, has followed the family custom and
precluded all possibility of the lawyers
becoming interested in his property by
deciding his entire estate to his son,
William Waldorf Aston, reserving only
an annuity of 500, 900, to be annually
paid to himself during his life. He has
thus made himself n pensioner on his son
by a wiser regulation than Lear arranged
with his daughter. On an income OF
800, 900 a year he is not likely to be re.
duced to the strait of begging for
food and shelter, and his old age
is tolerably secure from penury. John
Jacob Aston, the elder, who died about
eight or ten years ago, left his vast wealth
to John Jacob and William B. Astor, and
gave a fat slice to his grand daughter,
who is since dead. William b. Aston
provided for his idiot son, and both father
and son are dead. At the time of the
elder John Jacob Astor's death the Aston
estate was estimated at $40, 900, 900, but
the property was then mostly u%nproduct.
i've. Since that time the Astors have
been forced to build for self-protection,
and the estates have immeasurably in
creased in value, but it is a family rule
never to tell or give a hint of what they
are they are worth. 1t is believed that
estate just decided by the present John
Jacob to his son William Waldorf Astor,
represents from $50, DOC, 900 to $4,000,
| 000-a little matter of ten millions or sc
in the estimate is of small moment
There is no will to break, and there will
be no enormous fees to pay, and the
Aston design is that the solid millions
shall roll up and pass down from genera
ton to generation. 1t is a practical en-
tail, and under this deciding system, ~
the estate docs not come into court, it,
value is unknown.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

The Episcopal general convention
which meets in Philadelphia in October
will examine the revision of the prayer
book which has been made by a commit
toe appointed at the last convention.
The new prayer book will be more an en-.
largement than a revision. The princi.
pal changes are in the line of replacing
emissions from the English book; in the
removal of the short form of ab~solution
for morning services and the addition of
the Aagnifcat aud Aunc Dimiais to the
eanticles for morning prayer and in a
slight change in the prayer for tho pres.
ident. The Communion and Baptismal
services undergo little change, but the
Matrimonial service has received
the addition of several words, de-
signed, in these days of easy divorces, Ia
make its pledges more binding. The
beautiful service of Burial of the Dead il
left as it was. Other changes brought in
here and there will hardly be noticed, ex-
eept by careful students of the book The
committees work, it should be said, is
merely advisory, and will have to BIO ex-
Amined by the coming convention. Even
If they do approve Of it, it cannot come
into use until formally adopted by tho
next great gathering Of the church, to be
ED three years hence.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS have been
collected in New York by penny subscrip-
tions to erect a monument to Peter
Cooper. While the motive which prompts
this tribute is a natural and a praise
worthy one, Peter Cooper's best monu-
ment is the magnificent institution which
he founded and endowed for the poor of
his native city.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

THB Sioux Falls convention is still en-
gagged in drafting a constitution forSouth
Dakota, but with a heavily Democratic
Congress opposed to increasing the Re-
publican electoral vote next year, the
people of South Dakota are likely to have
their labor for their pains.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

THB State fair opened with sunshine
and ended in rain. But between sun
shine and rain the managers were able to
attract q large and paying attendance to
the best fair which has ever been held in
this State. And this is what no city in
Nebraska, Omaha alone excepted, can do.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

selection. Such an exhibit, TO which
country enterprise and the premiums
offered by the State boards would add as
much at least as is shown under present
auspices, would render our fair truly a
State fair. 1t would then become an OBJ
ject-lesson of the resources Of Nebraska,
instructive alike to her own citizens and
TO visitors from abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

THE fight among the Ohio democrats is
a worry pretty mi and tho scalping of
braves in the New York wig-wams has
already begun. When Mr.. Dana turns
his editorial telescope on the political
battlefelds of the Buckeye and Empire
states the cry of "The republican party
must go" gurgles in his throat.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

MIR. RANDALL is satisfied with the
speakership outlook, and Mr.. Carlisle is
confident of SUCCESS. The only candidate
who is not inclined to be sanguine is
Sunset Cox, whose candidacy is to be in
cluded in the next edition of his famous
book of jokes, entitled "Why We
Tn,ul
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

WHILE the Ohio democrats are fighting
among themselves over who is response
BILE for the party Reorganization, the re-
publicans are quietly preparing to roll up
an astonishing majority for the unknown
Foraker and the Great Scott law.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

IT is gratifying to note that our city
schools have opened with q greatly in
creased attendance in all departments.
There has been much room for improve
ment in our school system, and aa
changes and improvements progress the
public recognize them by extending their
patronage.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

THB South Omaha creek has gradually
disappeared, and in its place tho city will
sson have a wide and handsome street,
built over a conduit whose construction
has already added many thousands of
dollars more than it cost to the value of
Omaha real estate.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

SBABRAL Bourbon exchanges are writ
ing lengthy editorials on "The Real Road
10 Democratic Success" The real road
to Democratic success will be found in So
curing enough votes.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

THERE seems to be no disposition TO
accept ex-Secretary Kirkwood's offer to
take the stump for the republican ticket
in Iowa in case he should be permitted
10 disavow the prohibition plank in the
nlaiform
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

THERE seems to be an epidemic of
matrimony just now in Omaha, but We
hear of no movement on the part of
clergymen to bull the fee market.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

THE Republican calls for a bill Of par
ticulnrs in the Laird matter. Our Dem
ecratic contemporary now has the floor
10 answer.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17
TIM venerable John Ericsson ia

Thu venerable John Ericsson is still at
work on his torpedo boat, "The De-
utroyer," which promises to prove the
most effectual means of coast defense vet
devised. The plan of attack for this
engine of destruction is to run her with
in 800 feet of a hostile vessel, which is to
be shattered below tho water line by a
shot from a submarine gun. The recent
experiments have proved that the pitch
ing of the vessel in rough water does not
affect the course of tho projeotile; that
the conclusion does not damage the
steam connections when the boat is un-
dor full boiler pressure, and that there
is no danger of a premature explosion OF
the torpedo when, On being fred, it dis
places the valve at the mouth of the gun.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

White Horse" and "Red Eagle" two of
the fleet-footed W~innebago Indians, from the
Northwestern Nebraska region, will run a
two'mile race on the second day of the Butler
county fair this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

The climate of the western plains is
gradually undergoing remarkable changes.
The unusually heavy rail fall of the pres
ent year, in western Nebraska and Wyo-
ming, is hailed with unconcealed Joy by
the press of our neighboring territory, as
indicating that there is some impelling
force of nature at work, which in a few
years may revolutionize the agricultural
productions of the west. The c%ultiva-
ton of the soil is undoubtedly the pri-
mary cause of the change. 1t is an I'M
disputed fact that the rain fall has in
creased west of the Missouri river by rea-
son of the cultivation of the land. This
being true of Kansas and Nebraska, it
will prove true with respect to Wyoming.
The glory of that region has been its dry
climate, and should the amount of rain
fall next year approximate to that of the
present, the territory may expect to ex-
perience many of the ills and blessings
that fall to the states east. The increase
of rainfall is a curious operation of nature,
and is worthy of the deepest study.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17

49,
The remarkable success attending the
sinking of artesian wells in Denver and
vicinity is of i~ncalculable value to the
city and state at large. 1t demonstrates
the existence of subteranean streams of
pure water, which only require al outlet
to furnish an apparently unlimited sup
ply. The first well sunk in the State
was by Mr.. j. M. Parberry, on the South
Park road, about six miles from Denver,
in the spring of 1881. Water was struck
at a depth of 220 feet and a flowing sup
ply secured for all purposes intended,
which continues till this day. A dozen
or more wells have been sunk in Denver
the present year, in each case a copious
supply being secured. The most impor-
tant of these are the Windsor hotel well,
the water of which rises in a stand pipe
above ground 180 feet: and that at the
Colfax avenue bridget which furnishes
IN abundant supply of wonderfully pure,
cold water. The News says a few weeks
will witness the wonderful sight of pub
lie drinking fountains from which will
flow sparkling streams of the purest
artesian water in the world, which
will be erected by the liberality of
citizens as an evidence of their gratitude
for the great boon conferred upon them
by a beneficent Providence. These foun-
tains, to the number of probably fifty,
will be placed in different portions of the
city, and in their construction, the en-
joyment of luxurious ~draughts will not be
denied mans faithful friend, the horse,
as in a number of cases troughs will be
added to the fountains.
A well possessing many remarkable
characteristics, differing in many respects
from those of the other wells which have
been sunk, is that whichis now approach
ing completion back of the Lothrop block
at Eighteenth and Lawrence streets. 1t
was commenced about three weeks ago,
strata penetrated by the drill are pecu-
liar, one of the stranges features being
the entire absence of clay. After passing
through eighteen feet of coarse sand and
gravel, a bed of shale was pierced,
This was succeeded by 80 feet of dolo-
mite, or carbonate of magnesia, and lime;
then followed shale, sand rock and quartz,
succeeded again by sand rock at a depth
of 800 feet, in which a good flow of water
was struck; then followed 20 feet of quite
pure silica, after which sand rock was
again reached at a depth of $40 feet.
The boring will be continued through
this strata, when it is hoped
the flow will increase to the de-
sired proportions. Upon reaching Its
extreme depth the sand pump developed
the fact that a vein of mineral resembling
quartz and native silver had been reached.
The particles were very small, but suf-
ticient of them were gathered to have an
assay made. This discovery suggests the
query whether it would not pay to sink
a shaft of the depth of $50 feet if there
was an absolute certainty of getting pay
mineral at the bottom.