Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-08
BY THE WAY,

by the way, 1 wish you would state in
the BEE. in behalf Of a suffering neighbor.
hood, that the people living in the vicinity Of
Trinity cathedral would like those bells to
give us a rest, " remarked q well-known Cap
itol avenue man. 'If this racket is kept up
much longer we shall all grow crazy, unless
we sell our property at q sacrifice and move
to another part Of the city. 1 understand
that the present sexton Of the cathedral is a
man who doesn't understand music, and that
he is practicing under the instruction of that
expert bell -ringer from New York. It will
take the sexton about six months, 1 suppose,
TO learn to ring those bells satisfactorily.
Meantime we shall have to grin and bear il.
It strikes me that the most appropriate thing
for that sexton TO practice ON is o set of dumb.
balls. 1t occurs to me also that the proper
thing for the Trinity folks to do ig to import
an expert bell-ringer,"
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II saw a paragraph the other day.to
the effect that the sexton of q cemetery in an
old Massachusetts town had buried over
5000 persons, How many have you buried,
Mr.. Madelock?" said a BEE representative
to the sexton of Prospect Hill cemetery. "I
can beat that" said he. with q triumphant
emile; ~ have buried over 1000 persons
during the twenty-five years that l have
been sexton of the cemetery, and I am still on
deck"
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The recent appointment of ex-senator
Upton as receiver of the land office OF Bloom
ington led a well-known Omaha politician TO
give the BEE n little "Reminiscences of Mr..
Upton, whom the Chicago Trtbune recently
termed an ex- republican senator. "Tipton,
it will be remembered said the politician,
was elected to the United States senate as q
republican. On the last day of the session of
the senate in 1868, Andrew johnson sent in
the name of Horace Greeley to be minister to
Austria. The rules OF the senate required
that if any one senator objected to tho confir-
nation on the day that the name was sent in,
it must go over one day for consideration,
Upton objected to the consideration ct the
nomination. Various senators went to him
and urged him to withdraw his objec-
tions 60 that they could act on 1t,
and confirm the nomination, but Upton was
immovable. He said he never would vote for
Greeley for that Office or any other. The
senate adjourned that night, and the nomina-
ton failed by reason Of Tipton's obstinacy,
When Upton returned to Nebraska some of
his republican friends took him to task for
preventing the confirmation of Greeley. So
much was said about it that finally, alta public
meeting at Brownville, he made n speech
vindicating his course. Standing upon the
platform and raising his right hand he said
that he never would vote for Greeley for any
office, SO help him God. The reason was that
Greeley had gone on JEFF Davis bond"
~
Tin 1869 or 1870 Tipton's troubles with
Grant began" continued the politician. His
son was then q clerk of the consul az Brad
ford, England. The consul,,..resigned and
Upton asked that his son be made consul,
but President Grant and Secretary Fish did
not think it advisable to give him that posi-.
ton. That was the cause of the trouble bs-
tween Grant and Upton. His son.in.law,
Atkinson was receiver at Beatrice, and he also
had a son In the patent Office. While he was
in the senate he had a nephew and niece in
the departments. Yet with all these appoint
ments he began to growl and pitch into the
administration. Strange as it may seem,
when Greeley csme up for president, although
he had taken a solemn oath never to vote for
him for any Office, Upton supported him, aud
utnn,paI indiana Fnr b;,o T.nIor .l~ see.
q republican for revenue only, finally vent
over to the democratic party. The democrats
have now rewarded him, and so long as he is
Office, he will be a democrat"
W.
--"Talking aboat McGillicuddy recalls to |
mind how he became the Indisn agent at Pine
said an army officer the other day, |
'McGillicuddy accompanied Prof. Janney in |
he survey of the Black Hills, just prior TO the
Sioux war in 1876, as topographer of the cx-l
Janney's report was to the effect
hat there was no gold in paying quantities in
he Black Hills. McGillicuddy, however,
lid not hesitate TO state from bis own know
of the ground that gold existed there
efficiently to pay for mining for it. During
he Sioux campaign of 1876 Gen. Crook came
n contact with McGillicuddy. and derived a
reat deal of useful information from the
areful maps which he had made of the
which, by the way, are still
n file in the interior department.
hey are said to be the best and most care.
ally drawn maps ever forwarded from the
Test. Gen. Crook was very much impressed
nth DIR, McGillicuddy's ability. He believed
to be a man of frmness, judgment, and
'resight. He finally asked DIR. Sommers if
Q could not make room for another contract
lrgeon in order 10 give DIR. McGillicuddy a
lace, as he would be q useful man to the mil ,
airy in that sectlon of the country. L know
othing of his medical ability said Gen. E
rock, but I do know that he is possessed of t
'markable executive capacity. The thor
of his Typographical work convinces /
% that he would be thorough in any duty :
to him. DIR. Sommers happened to
ave a vacancy, and he accordingly filled it t
? appointing DIR. McGillicuddy. Subse- g
McGillinnddu aoconponfaJ tbo G,o,- 1