Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-09

Hendricks, and if relationship counts, for any.
thing, he will probably secure a soft berth II
he wants IL. By the way, Col. Gibbon, who
Is visiting in Omaha at present, Is a distant
relative Of Grover Cleveland.
-Duiingthe war Mr.. ID. c.. Sutphen was o
quartermaster at Nashville, and at the close
OF the war an order was issued that tho sol.
dtors could buy their guns from the govern
ment at $40 apiece, and take them home with
them. Mr., Sutphen, who had provided a
good deal of money for the soldiers, bought q
lot of these guns and had them packed in
long boxes and shipped TO Governor Saunders
at Omaha. About that time Nj. S. Hall,
who had charpe of the construction of a por.
lion of the east end of the Union Pacific,
came into Omaha to get some arms to be used
rs he claimed, against the Indians, who were
troublesome, but really against the settlers
along the line, who objected to the trees being
cut down for Railroad ties. Mr.. Sutphen, who
had returned to Omaha, lot him have a sup.
ply of the army guns which he had purchased
at Nashville. The boxes were turned over
and redirscted to Hall, but, un.
fortunately, when they were dumped
out ut their destination the settlers discovered
the name of Gov. Saunders on the other side,
and they Immediately jumped to the conclu.
sion that the governor had been instrumental
In sending arms to beused against them while
| they were defending their rights. When the
governor came up as a candidate for the SEN
ate the first time the settlers were q
sued a lot of explanatory circulars,
showing that Gov. Saunders was in no way
responsible for the shipment of arms, but the
farmers were not convinced. When
Hitchcock was running for the sen.
ate the second time, and was OPP.
posed by Saunders, Mr.. Sutphen, remem.
bering the injury that had been done to Saun.
ders by his mistake in the arms shipment
some years before, determined, if possible, to
do the governor a good turn in the senatorial
campaign. 1t will be remembered that
at the democratic county convention
a resolution was passed instructinl
their members of the legislature tc
/ NOlo " u utLlOCfaJ " btllSbOl DIbbs ldoll
and all the time. This was considered q
death blow to Hitchcock, and his friends tried
to have the resolution rescinded, but Sutphen,
| Mills and Norton made up their minds TO de-
feat this movement by preventing a quorum,
and in this way they succeeded. Hitchcock
did not get the democratic votes, and Saun.
ders was elected to the United States senate.
| Sutphen has ever since considered his action
in this matter as an offsett to the blunder he
had made years before.
IT.
BY the way, the father of Mr.. ID. G,
| Sutphen once owned a large portion of the
present site Of Cleveland. He was a
| physician in the vicinity of Toledo, where
there was a colony of French settlers, who
were very poor, and among whom there was a
great deal of sickness. The doctor took any.
thing that was offered to him in payment for
his services, and in this way he secured a hun
dred calves. His wife, who had an eye to
business, traded the calves for 10 acres of
land, which is now in the very center of
Cleveland. The land, however, was soon
afterwards disposed of. 1t is the same old
4 WI VI "hdS luiShb hhNo pCth.
--Jam;s McArdle, after whom McArdle
precinct is named, is one of the pioneers of
Douglas county. One day, soou afterh lie took up
his claim about the year 1885 or 1856. o party
of fifteen Indians unexpsct ably walked into
his shanty just as he was getting dinner. Mr..
McArdle. who was considerably frightened,
treated them very politely, and would have
asked them to take Inner with him If he
! could have made himself understood. But
they did not wait for an invitation. They
helped themselves to everything in sight, and
finally one of them saw Il small keg in a COR
ner of the room, and remarked, ugh!
Whisky i! Good! Good" Thereupon he
took up the key and put it to his mouth to
drink, but Instead of whisky a lot of punpow.
der ran into his mouth. This made him mad
and he threw the powder key into the fire, be.
fore he knew what he was doing. In an In.
slant the Indians comprehended the situation
and they all ran out of the cabin, followed by
Mr.. Nc Ardle. They had hardly gotoutside be.
fore the powder exploded and blew the shanty
in all directions. Strange to cay no one was
hurt, except a mule which was tied near the
house.
| ~
THE lower house of the Nebraska legisla-
ture voted to give the legislative reporters of
newspapers S25 each. We don't how the
reporters will get the money unless the mem,
bers make the appropriation out of their own
pockets. The members, however, have just
as much night 60 allow the reporters S25 each
as they have to permit them to carry off the
chairs which they occupied during the session,
a custom that has hitherto been sanctioned by
a vote. This brings to mind the fact that the
Connecticut legislature has spent $50. 600 in
ten years in needless gratuities to reporters of
$3.50 each. Seine individuals and papers
have received two or three thousand dollars,
and others push forward mere "sticks" so as
to get a share of the swsg- This practice is a
disgrace to the state and to the newspapers
| thereof.