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Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
Buffers Vigorous Remarks
,cial Dispatch to the Globe Democrat.

Special Dispatch to the Globe Democrat.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 15.-Gen.
Ben Butler is in town. In an interview
to-day with reference to the conflicting
dispatches as to his future actions, he
said: NOW, that's lies; all lies. A re.
porter came to me and asked, Are you
going to support Cleveland l said, Yes
no Are you going to run on the
anti-monopoly ticketP he asked. | said,
'Yes-no.' Are you going to Washing
tong 'Yes-no.' That's what | said to
him. Why, 1 have accepted the anti
monopoly nomination long ago, and it's
absurd to represent me as saying other
wise. I've tried to say nothing, but the
- Internal reporters -. News must
be very scarce" he added, breaking off
and looking up to the reporter.
There's a great deal of interest mani
tested to learn your position, general"
suggested the reporter.
81 want to say" he answered with de-
liberation, cor, that is, | don't want 70
say anything except that l have said
nothing" with emphasis upon the last
word. "I have said nothing, AID when
| want anything said l will put it over
my own signature, and anything else that
is said will be simply the lies of Cabling
reporters"
Following the last clause the general
.hesitated an instant and then added:
"Is not authorized in any shape or FORM"
The reporter, thinking he meant, upon
reconsideration, to substitute that for
1.-THE lies of Cabling reporters" read the
notes to the general with the substitution.
"Now that is not the way said it," he
remarked with q show oflimpatience. 81
never can get a reporter to write just
what | say. | said anything else will be
the lies of Cabling reporters" The re-
porter apologized, saying he had thought
the general intended to amend that.
mo, sir; no, sir l don't; that's too soon
to be amended"
The reporter next exhibited to General
Butler the interview purportlng to have
been had with him in the New York
Times of yesterday. 1t was dated De-
troit ana assumed to contain expressions
and comments of the General while en-
route from Chicago east. He glanced it
over in a manner that indicated he had
seen it before, and said: ''That's like
the other, manufactured. l did say that
| might be a fly on a wheel or a bull in a
china store, but the rest ID not true.
When | desire an organ to express my
thoughts 1t won't be the New York Times
probably
The General positively refused to
discuss his attitude or intimate his future
course. He said the latter is a subject
for consideration, and that when he gives
it the careful consideration it merits, he
will declare himself over his own sigma
ture in no unmistakable terms. Mean
time he %pronounces in q wholesale way
any and all expressions or declarations
p.rporting to come from him as false,
reporters lie."
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

THE new Geographic combination is
stocked fer $4,000, goo, and claims to
control a mileage in wire equal TO
one-third of that Of the Western Union.
By the time it has an equal mileage with
the Western Union, if it ever does get
there, the rival telegraph monopoly will
be stocked for S66, 600, 900, and possibly
for 500, 000, 600, as it managers claim
that they propose to eclipse the Western
Union in every respect. The market
value of Western Union, with it's sixty
millions of water, is a little over fifty
cents on the dollar, and the rival con
solidatisn has a larger proportions of water
init than Jay Gould's electric water spout,
With such boguscompetitionin telegraphy
the American people are systematically
taxed to pay dividends upon millions
of watered stock, which the stock job
bers and Wall street gamblersare allowed
to set Ailoat without restraint. We never
shall have cheap t~slegraphy in this coun'
try until congress has wrung the water
out of all the telegraph systems.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
TELEGRAPH NOTES,

The first trial under the new prohibitorv
law in Muscatine county Iowa, resulted in a
victory for the prohibitionists. The defend.
ent james Wier, a prominent salOon,keeper
OF Muscatlne, wa, found guilty on two counts
and fined 500 on each, the full limit of the
law. The case was fought inch by inch by
the saloon men, and was appealed to the dis
trict court. Similar cases are pending against
four other saloon men, Wier openly defied
the law, and has reopened his saloon.
Boys playing on the river bank at Daven.
port last Friday, unearthed a box containing
one hundred pounds of counterfeit dimes
bearing, date of 1874. The box was rotten
and had evidently been buried a number of
years.
The fourth assignment in three days at Ovid,
Michigan, was reported to-day. 1t was that
OF Scofeld 4 Cooper, carriage and cutter
manufacturers Liabilities (estimated) $50, 900.
Probably the most enthusiastic party of vet,
Grams in the union left Kansas City Sunday
Tor Minneapolis. The party numbers about
5000 and travels on special trains through
Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.
The cutting of rates between Cleveland and
New York was ended Saturday night with the
departure of the Dunbar's eXcur.ion via the
West Shore, to meet whose dollar rate the
trunk lines cut round trip fare to twelve dol.
lars, The old rates were established Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

The feelings of the survivors of the
Greeley expedition, upon hearing the
welcome blasts of the steam whistle in
the frozen regions, must have been those
of supreme JOY. Had it not been for the
whistle of the steam launch the discovery
of the party might have been delayed
until too late. Certainly the steam
whistle has played an important part in
the rescue of the Greeley party, and the
survivors will never forget its unexpect-
ed and inquiring blasts calling them from
their tent to raise the signal flag of dis
9ress.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
starts, there will be no end to breaks in
the pavement and damaging distractions.

Mr.. JARRETT, who has been appointed
chief of the national bureau of labor sta
~tistics, now finds himself in hot water and
liable to lose his appointment. Mr., Jar
ret is charged with having said, at a
political meeting, that President Arthur
was better fitted to be the scullion at
Delmonico's than to be in the White
house. Jarrett, however, denies that he
made any such remark, but admits that
he did say that President Arthur was
better in giving state dinners than dis
charging the duties of president-that
brains was needed at the White house
and that President Arthur wal better
for the head of Delmonico's than for the
presidency. Mr.. Arthur has probably
come to the conclusion that brains are
needed in the bureau of labor statistics,
and consequently President Jarret is not
likely to get the place after all, but will
haveto continue travelling for a Pittsburg
tin. plato house. 1t is vuite likely now
that President Arthur will appoint Mr..
Powderly, who will prove satisfac-
tory to the workingmen of the United
States, in whose interests no has long
been actively engaged as an agitator. 1t
was probably Mr.. Powderly who put that
flea in the presidential ear.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Mr.. +. X. VALENTINES West Point
paper enters a most solemn protest
against Mr.. Valentines retirement from
public life. 1t wants Nebraska to adopt
the Massachusetts, and South Carolina
system of keeping thoir great mon incon-
grcss until they are buried in the con-
gressional cemetery.
Mr.. Valentine will probably consent to
serve his country once more, if, as it now
seems, no other man can be found in the
district capable of filling his brogans.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

@SINCE the importation of liquors has
become unlawful in Iowa the demand
for hardware has increased 500 per
cent among the Wholesale dealers in
Omaha. Mr.. f. B. Kennard, formerly a
wholesale druggist in Omaha who has
temporarily retired from business, says
that during the last two weeks he has
received numerous orders from former
customers in Iowa for wines and liquors
to be shipped, according to directions, as
hard ware. They must BIO opening a great
many kegs OF nails over in Iowa at this
time. This is to nail the campaign
lies of course.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
SUDDENLY INSANE.
A Woman Suddenly Goes Mad on n
Union Pacific Train.

Denver News.
A sad case of insanity was brought to
the attention of the county commission
ers yesterday. Owen Dillon a man ap-
parently in moderate circumstances, but
quite honest and we'll meaning, to Judge
by his appearance, came here a day or
two ago from Baltimore. On his way
here from Omaha he says his wife became
violently insane while they were riding
on a train on the Union Pacific railroad.
The Sisters hospital here declined to re-
ceive her, probably feeling unable to
take care of an insane patient. He ac-
cordingly applied to Chairman Bates,
who gavehim a permit to carry her to
the county hospital.
The woman's name is Joanna dillon
and she is a large Irish woman with per-
fectly gray hair and apparently between
40 and 30 years ifnotolder. The husband
is smaller, shorter person than his
wife. They were on their way to San
Francisco, no says, when the calamity
occurred. He says he was formerly a
saloon keeper in Baltimore, but he has
been out of the business.
OF his w1fe's insanity there can be lit
tie doubt, to judge from her conduct in
the county commissioners office yester.
day. She talked wild and at times inco-
herently. Her mind seemed to dwell on
some horrible murder, in which boys
springing up through trap doors formed
a leading feature. This is probably the
delusion of an insane mind. She was
without hat or head coverino when she
came into the court house and went out
on the arm of a man supposed to be q
relative going in a hack to the county
hospital, accompanied by this man and
her husband.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

leads me to remark that candidates for
Congressman Lairo's seat are springing
up like mushrooms. Laird, Franc, Nc
Doweli, Dinsmore, Goslin and Dilworth
are spoken of and several counties to
hear from.
Farmers are in the midst of harvest
and report small grain of all kinds as
good and some better than last year,
though the acreage is small. Corn is in
excellent condition and at least two
weeks earlier than last year.
This section was visited by a heavy
rain and wind storm last night, but up
TO this time no damage reported.
REPUBLICAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
Political Matters at Crete.
CRETE, July II.

To the Editor of The BEE.
The local democratic politicians are
very much exercised over a letter of the
correspondent of The State Journal In
which said correspondent gave the ex-
pressed opinion of prominent democrats
here in regard to the strength and abili-
ty of their nominee for president. The
State Democrat goes into a frenzy of vi
tuperation and abuse over the same letter
and calls on the editor of The Globe to
'kick the canine out"
Hold your temper boys for you will
have to bear a great many such utter.
ances from prominent democrats before
ides of November retire the great ''re,
form" governor to oblivion forever.
A good joke is in circulation on one of
the speakers at the ratification
meeting last Saturday night,
and by the way, he is one of the strong.
est kickers against the aforementioned
correspondence. After the meeting and
speeches a republican approached him
and said; ''Smith if you will answer a
question | ask you I'll treat, and if you
can't you set EN- up" agreed" said
Smith. "Was that a democratic or a
republican speech you just made" asked
the republican. 81 give it up" said he,
and the boys all drank success to Blaine
and Logan at Smiths expense.
The Blaine and Logan club are max
ing arrangement for a grand rally some
time next week, at which we expect
some of the best speakers in tho state.
We will then set the ball to rolling in
earliest, and you will hear from old Sa-
limo in November.
Hon. Geo. b. France, of York, who is
a candidate for congress in this
district, was in Crete this week. This
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

DIR. GEORGE l.. MILLER, editor of the
Omaha Herald and bosom friend of S.
j. Tilden, expresses satisfaction with the
national democratic platform. This is
equivalent to saying that the republican
majority in Nebraska will be reduced to
liz, 900 this year. Chicago Ne'cS.
Just the reverse. Whenever DIR. Mil
Ter Expresses satisfaction" the republic
can majority goes booming. The chances
now are that Blaine's majority in Ne.
braska will be from 80, 900 to 80, 1000.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Mr.. BLAINE points with pride to the
fact that while he was a member of con-
gress every boy recommended to West
Point from his district, was chosen on com
petitive examination and not by personal
favoritism. This is in striking contrast
with the policy pursued by Judge Wea-
yer, the member from this district.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

REGENT GERE, of the state university
entertained the Blaine and Logan. club
of Lincoln, with a dix column speech. 1t
was the greatest effort of his life, and he
can now die happily. If the audience
did not go to sleep over it, we venture to
say that they are opium proof, and could
stand a midsummer sermon on the
t~hirty-nine articles of faith.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

CLEVELAND is still reading the demo-
cratic platform. When he wades through
it, in two or three weeks, he will begin
work on his letter of acceptance.
Tom. Hendricks will probably re.sub.
init his letter of 1876, with a post script
to the effect that,he wants itdistinctly un-
derstood that he does not want to be un.
derstood.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Mr.. RosEwATER's figures of speech
are about as good as his figures on cleo
ton majorities. Republican.
If Frank E. Moores and Caspar E.
Yost had taken Rosewater's figures on
election majorities instead of trusting to
Dorsey and bull luck, they would not
have been 30 much out Of pocket.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Ro3EwATER is not satisfied with a gov
ernor who serves the people. He wants
a governor to serve him. Putty, not
brains, is Rosewater's f~avorite commod-
ity for the executive chair. -Repu6Iican.
If the present incumbent represents
brains, we don't want any more brains.
Give us some putty, such as Senator Van
Wyck and General Thayer are made of.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

OMAHA was well represented in the
Greeley expedition. Lieutenants Greeley
and Lockwood, and privates Bender,
Whistler and Long were all, at one time
or another, located at Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
LITERARY NOTES.

The North American Review for Aug
ust contains an article by Justice James
V. Campbell on 1.-The Encrauchments of
Capital" which will command the serious
attention of all readers. Richard A..
Proctor treats of "The Origin of Comets,"
and succeeds in presenting that difficult
subject in a light 80 clear that persona
who have little or no acquaintance with
astronomy can follow his argument. "Are
we a Nation of Rascalsl" is the startling
title of an article by John +. Hume, who
shows that states, counties and municip-
alities in the United States have already
formally repudiated, or defaulted in the
payment of interest on an amount of
bonds and other obligations equal to the
sum of the national debt. Judge Edward
O. Loring finds a Drift toward Central
ization" in the recent judgment of the
United States supreme court on the pow
or of thefederal government to issuepaper
money, and in the opinion of the minor
ity of the same court rendered i'll the suit
for the Arlington property. Julian Haw-
thorne writes of ''The American Element
in Fiction, y and there is a symposium on
"Prohibition and Persuasion" by Neal
Dow and DR.. bio Lewis.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Hon. JOHN A. KAssoN recog-
nizes the fact hat his appointment as
minister to Germany was made in the in
terest of the American hog. Mr.. Kasson
says he proposes, before going to Ger
many, to thoroughly study up the sub
ject of hogology.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Rev. ADIRONDACK MURRAY, who used
to deal out spiritual food from a Boston
pulpit, is now supplying something more
substantial in the food line. He is now
running a restaurant in Montreal.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

THE Republican PUSHES to the defense
of "that man of straw" in the executive
chair at Lincoln, as it he had already
been knocked out.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

SINCE the return of the Greeley expo
dition the weather bureau has lost control
Of itself and the elements. General Hazen
is giving this part of the country too
much water at present.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Maps of the north pole routes are be
ing published in the great campaign
dailies. The Greeley route, in 1872, WAS
via Salt Greek.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

Read what the people
say concerning the ahni.
ty Of DIR, Thomas Eclec.
trio OIL TO cure asthma,
Catarrh, Group, colds,
etc. Mas. Dora Koch
OF Buffalo says: "FOr
Group il is decidedly
eR1cacious." Mrs. Jacob Mellisor, OF Marion,
Ohio, soys the same thing.l 5. 5. Graves, Akron,
N. Y, writes: "Had asthma OF the worst kind,
took one dose OF Thomas Eelectric Oil and was re-
ieyed In a few minutes. Would walk five miles for
this medicine and pay IS q bottle for It," Druggist
&. X Hall, Granville, ILL.,, SAYS: "Cured an liberated
throat for me in twonty.fout hours "Sat up In bed
aad coughed till the clothing was wet with. perspira.
ton. My wife insisted
that | use Thomas Ec-
lectric oil. The %iasttea.
spoonful relieved me"
u. II. Perkins, Creek
Centre, N. Y: Thomas
Ecicct 10 oil is also q
TIP.TOp external APP
~plication for rheuma-
ism, cuts, scnlds. burns,
bites, bruises, etc.
when visiting the drug
gist ask him what he
knows Of DIR. Thomas
Ecloctric Oil II he has
been long in the drug
trade, be sure he will
speak highly Of 1t.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
5OC, THOMAS EoLEoTR1c oIL-SLO0
FOSTER, MILBURN & CO.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

MRs. BLANK, who is resisting prohibit
ton in MaTshalltown, Iowa, is kicking
up a blankety blank row in that other.
wise peaceful town.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
CITY WALKS AND TALKS.

TT was considerably amused the
other day." said a north Omaha man, "at
the description of a street car given by a
little girl. We were going past the
street car stables on Cunning street,
when the cash collector stepped into the
car, unlocked the cash drawer, and emp
tied about a pint of dimes and nickles
into his big tin box. Mamma, said the
little girl, Il think a street car is a great
big contribution box on wheels The
remark of course caused a smile among
the passengers, and the mother evidently
felt very proud of her smart little daugh-
ler."
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

THE campaign poets have found an
appropriate rhyme for Hendricks. 1t
is appendix.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

sorofula diseases manifest themselves
n the warm weather. Hoods Sarsspar.
lila cleenses the blood and removes every
faint Of scrofula.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

-"Lieutenant Greeley, the COM
mander of the rescued arctic expedition, "
said an old settler, twas formerly a resi-
dent of Omaha. He was the signal officer
here in 1871, and was a member of the
Omaha chess CLUB. He was an excellent
chess.player. Many of the citizens re-
member him, and all unite in praising
him on account of his gentlemanly and
manly qualities. Lieutenant Lockwood,
who was n of the unfortunate members
OF the expedition, he Having died last
April, was also oncs located in Omaha.
He belonged to the Twenty-third infan-
try regiment, and was stationed at Fort
Omahs for abomt four years. He left here
in 1876. During his residence in Omaha
Lieutenant Lockwood made many
friends"
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

loNDoN, July 19,-The bark Yicksburp,
from Quebec for Leith, was wrecked neaI
Pentland SkerIies. Nine lives lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
An Incendiary Collier Fire

HAzLEToN, Pa, July 2O,-The Deer ringer
breaker, owned by Core Brothers & Co.,
burned to-day. Los, elOO, $50: ineendinry.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
Nm

Fhe August Harper's Will be especial
ly noteworthy for its papers on Ameri-
can places-''The Gateway of Boston,
in which w. H.. Rideing describes and
Messrs. Halssll and Garrett picture Bos'
ton Harbor; Salt Lake City, described by
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

ION the 4th of July | was on my
way to Chicago to attend the national
democratic convention" said a prominent
Omaha politician, ''and while passing
through Iowa | fell into conversation
with an old gentleman who apparently
was about 70 years of age, who was on
his way from California to his eastern
home. The topic of conversation was
prohibition, which went into effect In
Iowa on that day, l maintained that the
high license system was much more sat
isfactory, and l gave him the points
about the working of the system in Ne
braska. He, however, was a strong ad-
vocate of prohibition, and he was glad to
see that the people of Iowa had adopted
it. Just about this this time he was
seized with q violent fit of coughing, and
a gentleman, sitting several seats distant,
who had not heard tho old gentleman's
advocacy of prohibition, came up and
kindly offered him a drink of whisky
from a pocket flask. The offer was po-
litely declined, and the gentleman re-
turned to his seat. He would not have
thought of inviting me to drink, said the
old man, had he known that my name
is John B. Cough"
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

-"Everybody knows Nat. Goodwin,
the comedian" said an east-bound Union
Pacific passenger to the Bees Man About
Town. MAT. is q great gambler. Gam
bling is one of his greatest hobbies and
while l was in San Francisco q few days
ago he had a run of good luck, followed
by a run of bad luck. In a game of cards
with a fellow named Ed. Morris, he won
$4,000. Shortly after this Goodwin and
Morris met in a bar.room, and Morris
challenged Goodwin to shake dice. The
challenge was accepted, and they shook
for 5000 a shake, using only one die. 1t
was nip and tuck for a while, but finally
the goddess of fortune smiled favorably
upon Morris who won $4,000,
when Goodwin threw up his hands and
stated that he didn't have enough money
to settle. He paid $1,000 down, and
gave three notes for the balance, one
being for $1,000 on demand, another for
81, 800 payable in three months, and
another for a similar amount. payable In
six months. Morris transferred the
notes to another party, who went to
G%oodwin's hotel to collect the demand
note, but Goodwin had gone to Santa
Cruz, and from there east. Goodwin
was arrested at Elko on the charge of
attempting to leave the state with intent
to defraud his creditors, but by deposit
ing 81, 100 with the sheriff, which he did
under protest, he was allowed to pro-
ceed."
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

-"Omaha is a poorhorse town, said
a gentle who is interested in horse flesh.
For years no horse races of any account
have taken place here, and all efforts to
makethisa racingtown haveproved unsuc-
cessful. The recent races were the best
we ever had. There we're some goodhoraes
here and the races we're well worth Witness
ing, but the attendance was slim, and as a
consequence the association lost consider
able money. / think it was about ST.
800. This is certainly discoursging and
| don't believe the new association will
make another attempt. AS a horse town
Council Bluffs lays it way over Omaha"
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21

-"Omaha keeps q booming" said a
well-known travelling man. g" have
been in every western city of any promi-
nence this summer, and nowhere have l
seen such hustle and activity, 80 many
public improvements, and SO many men
employed as / see in Omaha. The paw
ing of the streets is a big thing. Omaha is
now one of the best paved cities in the
country. Everywhere her reputation for
enterprise and solidity is rated 4. l."