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Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
GROUND HUG WILL DIE.
A Condemned Indian Murderer AL.
lowed Full Liberty While
Waiting His Doom.

Plttsburg Chronicle.
Ground Hog, a Cherokee citizen Of the
Indian nation, has been found guilty OF
murder by the Choctaws, and sentenced
to be executed September 90. The pass
ing away" of Ground Hog will undoubt.
edly be in the usual Indian manner,
which is by shooting. In this way the
Mormons resemble the Indians, though
the Mormons used to, and probably do
yet, allow a condemned man some pref.
erence, giving him a choice between be.
ing shot or hanged. The Indian has a
horror of hanging. He considers it a
dogs death and has doubts about
his entering the happy hunting
grounds with a broken neck. SO though
Ground Hog has been sentenced in the
Choctaw nation, as he is of their first
cousins family, the C~herokees, he will be
allowed to pass away" at the end of the
rife. 1t is quite possible that Cf he is
not an unreliable renegade) he will be al
lowed to return to his home unattended
and attend to his farm and family duties
until tho day of execution. 1t is quite
possible that a date in September was
fixed upon to afford him ample time to
clay by his corn and get things fixed up
around home. If this is 30, he will
be under no surveillance, but simply give
his word that he will be on hand at some
specified spot on the Goth. In the in
term he will 60 about his business in his
usual manner, and it will be a breach of
etiquet to mention the matter to him.
On the 2Sth Ground Hog will appear
at the appointed hour and place. neatly
dressed and with his hair oiled and
plated. He will be the most uncon-
cerned person present. His mother, if
he has one living, will fix his hair, aud
pet him something after the fashion Of a
child. After a while a nan will whisper
a word to Ground Hog. Then Ground
Hog will arise and saunter eff to an open
place, his mother and others will go
away, and a man not seen before and
probably some cousin of Ground Hogs,
will come out of the brush with a rifle in
his hand, and walking up to him with a
piece of charred wood, make a mark on
Ground Hogs white cotton shirt, right
over the heart. Then, without a word,
at about five PAGES distant, he will send a
bullet at that mark, and Ground Hog
will be with his Manitou. If Ground
Hog is a church member, which it is
quite likely he is, either Methodist,
E~piscopalian, or Catholic, he will receive
christian burial, and quite possibly in a
coffin, though more PROBABLY in
a red and black blanket. Whether
christian or pagan, it is pretty certain
that in a quiet and rather secretive
way a bow and arrows, and perhaps a
rife, will be wrapped up with him in
either coffin or blankets, and, no matter
how good a Christian, quietly off by
themselves the relatives will kill a dog or
two. and the mother that bore him will
plaster ashes or mud upon her head, and
with her hands elapsed at the back of
her neck, grovel her head in the dust of
the prairie as she bows toward the set
ting sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
which were always clear, terse, and for
chile,

Nrw use for the electric light has
been discovered. 1t is claimed that the
electric light as an insect destroyer has
proved a marked success. Flying insects
are attracted by it, and they fly directly
to it from long distances and perish in
its flame. Already fruit raisers in Lo'
Angeles, California, are using the cleo.
trio light TO destroy mothes and flies that
invade their gardens and vineyards, and
now the cotton. planters of the south pro.
pose TO employ it for the destruction Ct
the moth which produces the bolt worm,
a destructive enemy Of the cotton. plant.
One electric light will do for 90 acres,
and it is estimated that the cost of lights
for a large plantation will be more than
paid for by the increased yield Of cotton
resulting from the destruction of worms.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
PENSION AGENTS.

IL there ever was q set ofsharks in thii
country it il the pension attorneys whc
make it their business TO prey upon the
soldier. Asst rule these attorneys are
an interruptions set Of men, and TAXI
every advantage Of the pensioners. Col
onel Dudley, the commissioner OF pen.
sions, is kept constantly busy in protect
ing the pensioners from these birds prey
and with all his watchfulness he is not al
WAYS successful. Some of these pension
agents have been exposed and disbarred
from further practice before the
department because Of their illegal e1tor'
tons and irregular proceedings, and 1t
was thought that the rest OF them
would keep within the limits of decency'
1t seems that congress at its last session
added to the appropriation bill a change
in the law governing the fees TO be al
lowed to pension or claim attorneys In
proceeding claims before the department.
This change allowed the payment OF a
fee not to exceed s25, the amount to be
discretionary with the commissioner OF
pensions, and no part to be paid until the
allowance of the claim. Heretofore the
fee was $40. The increase was
made at the urgent request OF
the attorneys, who claimed that
the fee in many cases was less thar the
actual expense incurred. 1t was under.
stood however, and 8 stipulated in the
act that the increased fee should only be
allowed by the commissioner after being
agreed to by the president No sooner,
however, had the pension bill become a
law than these men flooded the country
with circulars, stating that the law had
increased the allowance of attorneys
fees, and that instead Of $40 they
were entitled to SO. These cir.
culars were SO worded as to lead
the pension applicant to believe that
he must pay $50 whether he desired TO
do 80 or not. In some instances it is
said these attorney, even demanded an
additional payment of sl5 from those
that had previously paid $40 before their
claims would be further prosecuted.
This lharp trick has been brought to
the attention of Commissioner Dudley,
who is naturally very much incensed
over the matter. To prevent pensioners
from being swindled by these r~ascsls,
Commissioner Dudley not only proposes
- deal severely with the offenders, but
has determined to prescribe a regular
form Of agreement between attorney and
claimant, properly signed ana witnessed,
the idea being to let the pensionsr know
exactly what the law is. The agreement
provides against any ~eItortion being prac-
riced, and the pension claimant need
not pay any fee more than be agrees to,
and in no event over twenty-five dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

THE western states this year will,
without exception, b, blessed with more
abundant crops than ever before known.
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas particularly
will come to the front with an immense
yield. No larger corn crop has ever been
raised in Iowa and Nebraska, and Kan.
sas, which has had a succession Of grea'
crops, will this year produce $1,000, 00C
bushels of wheat, an excess Of about 49,.
100000 bushels over last year.
I~llinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakota
and Missouri also report immense crops,
and adyices from California show that
that state will have the greatest harvest
In her history. This means prosperity
for the whole county
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
A Presidents Uses.

New York Dial.
While Mr.. Blaine's past life will not
bear the tests for the highest morality,
either personal or official, a man of the
world who is acquainted with men and
their motives will very easily concede
that Mr.. Blaine at the summit may be a
very different man from Mr.. Blaine on
the upward road. A man who can gain
nothing more is likely to be conservative
aud living in the bright light of publicity,
the observed of all observers, he will
probably be guided by a ssnse OF the pro-
p~rieties of his great office and will cease
TO practice the little arts by which he has
climbed to his lofty eminence. After
the presidentship, Excelsior Is expunged
from his dictionary.
All that can be done is to leave min
utes for history. Mr.. Arthur as a poll
tician working his way up was not free
from impeachment of motive or generally
accredited with purity in action. He was
a machine politician, which includes
pretty nearly all the shortest ways to the
thing desired. Since he has been pvesi-
dent, however, his life and conduct have
been blameless, his messages able and
statesmanlike, and his manner OF life and
bearing have won him general respect.
The same is likely to happen in Mr..
Blaine's case. He is a man Of ability,
clear sighted, familiar with all the cranks
and pulleys of political machinery, not
likely to be made a tool of, and with
the usual inducements to do his
duty honestly and to make his
name respected. At worst a governor
or a president can only exercise his veto
which can be overridden, or he can indi'
cate a policy which tho legislators areno'
bound to follow. He is the executive &c
carry out the will of the people, and il
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
The Presidential Election Day.

Brooklyn Union.
The states did not always vote on tn G
same day for president. In the cham
psign OF 1874, which ended in Clay's de-
feat by Polk, twelve of the tw~enty.six
states voted on the first Monday in
November, three on the first Tuesday,
three on the second Monday, and the
others at different times. New Jersey
taking two days for the business, begin
ming with the first Tuesday, Pennsylva-
MIA the first Friday and Ohio the last Fri
day, and South Carolina not choosing her
electors until the Legislature met, about
the lst of December. The only require
ment then was that the electors should
be chosen within the thirty-four days
preceding the first Wednesday in Dec.
cmber, but early in 1915 the present law
was passed, which provides that ali cleo.
tors shall be chosen on the Tuesday next
after the FIRST Monday of November.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

PRESIDENT ARTHUR has called for the
resignation of General Longstreet as
United States marshal Of Georgia, owing
TO irregularities in his office which can
not be explained away. 1t is high time
that General Longstreet should be rele.
gated to private life. II has been a
blot upon the republican party that
a man like Lsngstreet, educated at
West Point at the national expense, who
turned traitor and betrayed and assailed
che flag which he had sworn
10 defend, shonld have been
kept in lucrative positions ever since the
close Of the war. The Longstreets and
the Mosbys have for years been a con-
slant reminder Of broken pledges made
by the republican party and its leaders in
every campaign. 1t has been the boast
Of republicans that the union soldier and
sailor should bs given preference over all
others 10 positions Of honor, profit OIL
truss. In the light Of these pledges the
retention Longstreet in a five thousand
dollar office was not only an insult II
loyalty, but presumptive proof that party
platforms AMI political pledges are
sham aud q fraud.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
Colorado Politics.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.

y IFVHF1
Senator Hill's term expires next March,
and Secretary Teller would like his
place. But MIR. Hill manifesto no in
cliuation to step down and out. Quite
the contrary. After the presidential
campaign has been carried through tri-
umphantly, ex-senator Chaffee may loom
up again. Colorado is afflicted with the
dirtiest politics in the United states, and
the partisans of the various candidates
are already calling each other liars,
Happily the three men named above are
cleaner than many of their adherents.
|, Mr.. Teller stands better in the opinion
of the country than when he became
secretary, and Mr.. Hill has done some
thing worth while in advocating postal
telegraphy.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

IL is said that General Logan vii
open the campaign at the Grand Arm.
reunion a. Minneapolis. We hope tbs
report is untrue, a. II would be unfor
tunats for this organization to be turned
into a party machine. So far it has man.
aged TO steer clear Of politics, and carry
out the objects for which it was organ
isd, namely. to keep alive the memo
ries Of the war, and TO promote the In
terests Of the soldier.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

certain cases TO offer advice, his most re.
sponsible duty being the selection Of fit
persons for office; but even in these e
incur but little personal responsibility,
since, according to our political usage,ap
pointments belong to thelocal represent.
atives, whose recommendations to the
president are in some sense peremntory.
In great emergencies a president may dis.
play the brilliant qualities of genius, but
in the ordinary affairs Of government he
can only be a high functuary, whose de.
cision is seldom final and never auto.
cratic.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

Mr.. S:hurz gives q curious reason for
the return Of his St. Louis newspaper,
the WeShiche Post, to the Blaine camp.
He says there are two other German
newspapers in that city, both demo.
cratic, and that he feared another re.
publican paper would be started if his
continued hostile to the party. This
explanation does not place Mr.. Schurz OF
his paper in a very enviable light.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

THE exposure of some Of Cleveiand't
festive cspers has caused an investigation
into Blaine's private record, and the re.
suit is that the smelling committee an.
nounces that Blaine used to play poker
and once got broke. In the great ma
tional game that is now being played he
holds four aces. His past experience, in
the language of Bob Sohenck, will prove
of some benefit to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

Ex.CoMMMASDER PsulVandervo0rt, Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, assures
a correspondent of the 81. Paul Pioneer
Press that the republican ticket will carry
Nebraska, This ought to entitle him to a
leather medal and a life position some
where in the pay of his bleeding country.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

THE correspondence that has been go
ing on between the White House and
Windsor castle with reference to the
north pole expedition is perhaps al right
upon its face, butthere is no telling what
it may lead TO. Victoria is a widow and
Chester is a widower.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

GENERAL SHERMvN came in modestly
through the back door at the Minneapolis
Grand Army reunion, but Paul Wander
wort, who was never within gunshot OF
a rebel, marched boldly at the head of
the procession to the tune of Marching
Through Georgia"
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

JANE GREY S%wIssHELM who died
at her home at Swissvah, Penn
sylvania, on Tuesday, was enc of the
most remarkable women of this country.
She was born in 1915 in Pittsburgh. At
an early age she developed a high order
Of literary talent, and in 1916 she be.
came the editor OF the Pittsburgh Sat.
urddy Visitor. She held this position
for nearly eleven years. Her editorials
in that paper always attracted widespread
attention, aud gave her a reputation as
a brilliant writer and logical thinker.
ln185S she had editorial charge of the st.
Cloud (Minnesota) EsAor for siz
months, after which she conducted the
st. Cloud Democrat for some time.
She was a frequent contributor to
Meals gazette, the Dollar Newsplper,
and Commercial journal, and during
the later years Of her life to the New
York Tribune, the Chicago Tribune,
and other leading newspapers. In 1853
Mira. Swisshelm published "Lstters t.
Country Girls" aud besides this she hal
written several other books of a practica
aud instructive character. She was
strong abolitionist, and employed her
pan in the cause of freedom with marked
effect. She was also a staunch advocate
of woman's rights, aud reforms of al
kinds. No woman in this country, excep
perhaps Gail Hamilton, could write NOR
viz ,rously and clearly upon politiea
subjects. Mrs. Swisshelm was thorough
ly posted on all political subjects, ans
was not afraid to express her opinions
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

CONGRESSMAN WEAVER, OF the Sixth
Iowa district, is following the example
of Ben. Butler by capturing all the nom
nations within his reach. He has been
nominated for congress by the greenbsck
and democratic conventions.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

Mr.. STORY, of the Chicago Times, is
not dead yet, but the lawyers are already
trying to appropriate his estate to their
" benefit.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

By the way who will be the running
mate of Ben. Butler on all these yarie.
gated tickets" How many vice presi-
dental partner, does the widow propose
to dance with in this quadrilie.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
Collision at Sea.

LONDON, July 23,-Advices from Carunna,
Spain, report a collision at sea between the
Spanish steamer Gijon from Carunna for
Clba, and the British steamer Laxham. Both
vessels sank Forty-five of the Gijon's pas.
sengers and eleven of the Lsxham's crew
were landed at Carupna. 1t is believed the
rest of tho passengers and crews were saved.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

THE anti-monops of the Second dis
trict are playing possum Just now. They
are waiting for Jim Laird to be re-nom-
mated by reclamation.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

THE Chicago News very sentibly says
that the fellow who attempts to create a
cholera scare is a brother OF the idiot
who shouts "Firel" in a crowded theatre.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

The managers of the Northern Pacific
have been negotiating for some months
with home and foreign capitalists with a
view of establishing a line of ocean
steamers to run between China and japan
and Portland, Oregon, aud diyerting a
portion of the ocean trade from San
Francisco.
Early in March the Northern Pacific
managers sent an agent to Hong Kong to
learn whether cargo of tea could be Sc
cured. They intended to charter a
st eamship, run it at full speed to Port
land, discharge the cargo into freight
cars which would be waiting, and send
the train on passenger schedule time to
Chicago. making tho fastest trip on rec
ord. The matter was kept a secret, as
they did not want the Pacific Mail to
learn of their intention and block the
game. Some hitch occurred and nothing
came of this first shipment. However,
the agent kept on in his investigation OF
prospective trade. His report was so
favorably that capital was raised in Lon
don to establish "a steamship line. 1t will
run to Portland, Oregon, and to Puget
sound in connection with the Northern
Pacific. 1t is understood that for the
present on or two of the present ocean
tramps" now to be had in Hong Kong
will be chartered for this service. This
will cause be a healthy rivalry for a
short time, to be followed by the usual
monopoly programme pool by which
the spoils of trade will be divided. The
Northern Pacific evidently wants a bonus
from the Pacific Mail.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
a Cigar Shop Ends In Smoke.

CHICAGO, July 23,-Louis Gaines & Son,
dealers in cigars, were closed by the sheriff to,
day. Liabilities, $4,000; assets NOT stated.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

The cattle shipping season has about
I'd, and By the 1st of August
will be under full Roadway. The new
Omaha Stock Yards will be opened later
in the season, but in time to entertain a
large majority of the cattle of Nebraska,
Wyoming and Colorado. The Cheyenne
Sun claims there will be 3 slight falling
off in shipments this year, compared with
last year when the total reached las, 6l2
head. This it ascribes to ''the fact that
the shippers are depending more on their
own raising. and the drives from the
west are falling off. The drive from
Texas is larger than ever before, about
$4,000 head coming in. The Wyoming
association have their inspectors stationed
at Omaha, Council Bluffs, Pacific juno.
ton, St. Paul, Valentine, Mandan and
Miles City, and are ready for the cam.
psign These inspectors saved l r2l0 head
Of cattle last year, al estrays, valued at
about $40, 900"
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

An important discovery has been made
on the Jencks farm, three miles from
Yankton, Dakota. While boring an ar
tesian well q four foot vein of coal was
struck, at o depth Of 246 feet. This is
the fifth stratum of coal pierced by the
drill in chat distance. The first of the
four veins varied in thickness from one to
three feet. The last struck proved the
best of all, both in quality and quantity.
The small pieces taken out burned freely,
without any trace of sulphur or sign of
olinker, and contains 50 FER cent of pure
coal. Mr.. Jencks proposes to sink a
shaft at an early day and develop the
mine.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24
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Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

The members of the syndicate recent
ly formed for the purpose of constructing
a railroad from Cheyenne to the Yellow
stone National park, are now on the
ground investigating the route of the
proposed road. The syndicate home and
foreign capitalists, among whom are Hon.
Alex. MacNsb of London, England, |.
A, Stearn, and l.. j. Shoemaker OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa II. M. Munsell and
Edwin II, Trafton of New York, r.
Gray of Pennsylvania, A. G. Apgar OF
Trenton, N. j., and John r. Boutwell, Of
New York. The company is already or
ganized under the name of the Wyoming
q Yellowstone Park railroad q Develo-
pment company. with q capital OF sl0,'
Doc, 900. While the members of the
company are very reticent, it is under.
! stood that a consolidation will be effected
/, with the Cheyenne, Black Hills Il Mon
! tans railroad company, which was incor'
porated about three months ago, and a
Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-24

ThllTOAQ De constructed from yeule
to North Laramie, thence westward with
a final terminus at the Yellowstone Ma.
tional Park. This movement is justly re-
gsrded as the greatest enterprise ever in.
augurated in the Territory since the con.
struction Of the Union Pacific railroad.
The retirement Of Ordwsy from the
governorship Of Dakota brings into
greater prominence the territorial cap.
itol question. With the two rival cities
Of Yankton and Bismarck, claiming the
honor, with the territorial officers about
equally divided, the new governor will
find the task Of harmonizing both fac.
ions all impossible one. The new cap.
itol building at Bismarck Is about fin.
ished. 1t was rushed to completion by
men whose chief ambition was to get
there" in the briefest possible time.
Bismarck has nine points of the Law
and a decision of the supreme court
in its favor. This latter fact will settle
the governors residence. But the
question of where the legislature will
meet is the rub. The Rapid City Jour
nal says the members elected in Tank.
ton and other southern counties will not
go to Bismarck, and it is Just as certain
that members elected in certain parts Of
North Dakota will not go to Yankton. 1t
is extremely probable Dakota will have
the interesting spectacle Of two ~leeisls-
tures in session in the territory at one
and the same time. There is no reason
to suppose that the animosity Of one sec
ton against the other will be overcome
to such a degree that any compromise
between the representatives of both can
be accomplished. The war will probably
be carried on, each legislature (so.called)
will pass bills, and the governor, whoever
he may be, will be called upon to sign,
veto or ignore them, as II his judgment
may seem best. In either case the new
governor will not find the gu~bernatorial
chair a soft one.