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Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

The army will watch with much inter.
est in the coming congress tho effort
which will bG made to pass the bill of
senator Mauderson to improve the or.
ganizaton Of the infantry branch
of the service. Mr.. Manderson's
measure simply carries out the Oft
repeated recommendations OF Gene.
rails Sherman and Sheridan, in pro.
vidlno for the Increase Of the infantry
regiments to n battalion organization,
with twelve companies instead of t,n, as
at present and three majors in the
place of one. This organization is that
Of the cavalry and artillery as now con.
stituted. II is in the line of the best
thought of the best tacticians Military
authorities. both at home and abroad,
agree that the change would greatly in.
crease the efficiency of the army while it
would, at the same time. remove the in
justice OF slow promotion from which
the infantry has been suffering since the
close OF the war.
The Mandcrson bill proposes to add
fifty companies OF infantry to the army
organization This, on the present
basis OF men allowed to infantry com.
panies, would increase the army by
some 200D pTivates. 1t would make
fifty ncw majors, and IN equal number
OF captains and first and second lieuten-
ants by its operation fifty old
captains, none of whom have been less
than twenty years in that rank and
many of whom have served in the army
since the outbreak of the civil war,
would at once receive the promotion for
which they have been waiting for years.
1t is n well known fact that the reorgani.
Hation OF the army after the war bore
down most heavily on the infantry.
Much injustice was necessarily done in
cifccting the great change of transferring
the establishment from war to a peace
footing. The Mandcrson bill while in.
crcasing the efficiency of the service in
changing the organization of the infan.
try so that it can conform to
improved tactics, will also i'm
prove It's character by in.
fusing new blood and giving
prompt and well mcritcd recognition
w pil anu lnctNOflOuS veterans.
There has been good deal of we'll
deserved complaint that the vast bulk OF
legislation for the army has been in the
interests of the staff, on behalf OF the
cushioned chairs rather than for the
benefit of the frontier quarters The
officers who wear the faded shoulder
straps in dilapidated army posts have
been placed at a great disadvantage in
pushing their claims, when compared
with the soft service brigade who dance
attendance on the congressional lobby at
the national capital. Like the scriptural
poor, Washington has the staff with it
always, and every session of congress
shows its influence. Senator Mander.
sons bill is for the relief of the line. 1t
is short, concise and practical solution
of the problem of how to effect an impor-
tant and long needed change in the army
organization without detriment to the
service or injustice to the officers It
should be pushed for all it is worth at the
next session.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

The BEE is no, given TO blowing its
own horn. j may be excused, however,
for mentioning that the live business men
OF Opiaha and Nebraska are making il
work very hard, nowadays, in present
ing their advertisements promptly, and
in proper shape to its patrons. The Sat
urday evening edition of the BEE contain.
ed more than thirty columns of advertise.
ments. Eight columns of wants and 9th
er special notices found their way into
our pages. None of them were free; they
were all paid for Il: the regular rate and
advertisers do say they are we'll worth
the money. Omaha of course monopo.
iized much of the space, but nearly every
western state and territory gave repre-
sentative patrons to our columns The
BEE is not printing many pictures these
days, but it is illustrating the enterprise
OF its advertisers in manner which
shows that live business men know
good thing when they see it.
We shall not, however, permit our read.
ing space to be entirely monopolized by
the interesting business notices which are
crowding in on us. AS often us may be
found necessary the BEE will publish sup.
piements which will give all the room
for the requirements of both classes of
patrons. 1t has every facility for hand.
ling its rapid increase of circulation and
for taking care of the food of advertise.
ments which is pouring in upon il. Our
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27
The warlike Shans are already harrow

The warike Shans are already harrow
ing the herdrcs of Burmah on the east
just us the Anglo-lndian army is prepar-
ing to march in from the west The
Shans are unsubdued mountaincers who
are said to bear about the same relation
10 the Cochin Chinese peninsula that the
Swiss do to Europe. A part of their ter
ritory is within the limits of Upper Bur
nah and the remainder within those of
Siam. Some time ago it was reported
that Thebaw ceded to France all his
claims to the Shan states, but as France
has not been able to subduc more than
the seacoast of Tonquin, it is not likely
at present to try TO annex Thebaw's
gift.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27
BRE1ITY. THE SOUL OF WIT.

There must bc some newspaper men among
the Bugariaus. They have captured the
passes
Some one SAYS the Goddess of Liberty on
the silver dollar looks as though she had lost
something. She has. shes lost hitven Genus
she can seem to md.
Some burglars, the othet night were
"thwarted by a poodle duE.' No burglar
likes u 20 out III Lnc moonlight with the bUr-
dcrs OF his pant legs chcwed.
1T costs only u ten-cent stamp to get man
you don ike awakened at midnight" Thus
the Milwaukee Sentinel sums up the intent
and operation OF tie new special delivery SyS-
tenn,
Thirteen is an unlucky number. 1t is for
this reason that when shopkcepcr halves
u &1-ccnt piece he invariably gives you IL
cents. The shopkCcper is unselush, and as
some body must run the risk OF bad luck he
freely takes it himself
II attended two theaters the first night |
was in New York, wrote a rural buck to his
fond parents, "and three balls the next. Had
4 glorious time the uSt, and only got 81 Oh
my watch the next.E ifhc unSuphiStirated
old people are atill wondering what he meant.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

The supplementary elections in France
are rather dspiriting to the foreign edi-
tors of American newspapers who pre-
dicted, as the result of the first elections,
the downfall of the French republic. The
republican majority is SO large and secure
that President Grevy has announced him
self rs candidate for reelection, with
strong probabilities of securing the Office.
How little the French people desire a re-
turn OF the monarchy was seen in the de-
feat of the Due de Braglie for the assem-
bly,. France is republican and safely re-
publican for many years to come. The
surprises of the first balloting were sim
ply the protest of the people against the
blunders of the late cabinet
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

SENATOR VAN WICK returned from
Washington yesterday and spoke
last night at the Parnel meet
ing at Boyd's opera house. The
senator never goes to the national
capital without making some good point
in the interest of his constituents. His
last, as noted recently in our dispatches,
was to request of Secretary Manning
that convict labor should not be permit
ted to compete with Nebraska working
men in the construction of government
buildings in this state. The senator spe-
ciiically requested that each party bid
ding should specifically state whether he
proposed to employ convict labor and
that the answer should be taken into con.
sideration in letting the contract. 1t is
one of the senator's excellencies as a
public official that while others are talk.
ing he is working with personal effort to
carry out the reform which he advocates
His action in the present instance will
commend itself to every worklngman in
Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27
Wyoming.


Charles Hincker of Cheyenne, lost a roll OF
S6O0 in greenbackS in nre last week.
Thirty of Cheyenne's rOsy-cheeked bellies
are billed to ente the matrimonial state this
winter
A white antelope is the latest curo in Chey.
cnne. The town is now looking around for a
white elephant
During the fiscal year ending June 30, last,
5j2, ,9f9 acres OF the public domain in the terri.
tory were disposed of.
Rev. c. NJ. Sanders, for ten years pastor of
the Congregational church in Cheyenne, was
presented with gold watch by his people
last week.
The Chicago q Northwestern railroad com
pany has MED articles OF incorporation with
the territorial secretary for the extension of
the road through Wyoming.
The new coal mines twenty miles north of
Laramie are being developed by private cap-
tai, and the product Is already supercedng
the u. L. article in the local market
BLACK Jack Il French gentleman, and an
English lord, are advertised among the miss
inS men in the territory. Their disappear
ancc is due To the duns OF creditors.
The Cheyenne, Montana ~ Black Hills
railroad must have Il hundred miles of the
road in operation by next Sunday or it will
lose S3OO,JO i'll county bonds forfeited. AS
100 miles of track are yet 10 be laid, there is
very little prospect OF the company securing
the bonds.
The Big Horn Ditch company has filed
articles of Incorporation with the territorial
secretary. 1t is proposed TO construct six
bitches, which will take water IRON ButfaO
creek ut three points, from Powder river
from Natural springs and from IL branch of
Willow creek.
The French Placer Mining company, at
Atlantic City, have nnisned excavatln a ten.
mile water ditch, and have IA large force OF
men building tlumcs around the rocky points
They expect to turn water into this ditch and
pace their hydraulic machinery in place this
lhll. so as to have everything in readiness for
"oih rs early as oSsLh'e in the spring.
Yesterday Officer Turnbuil furnished the
CImng street station with now
table, chair and jail record. The up.
polntmcnts of this "caiaboose" are now
complete, and the institution is thrown
open to north end patronage, II is in the
charge of II regularly employed ianitor
and viii be used simply for holdovor
purpQSDs.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

THE Cedar rapids delegation who so
recently visited Omaha have returned
home greatly impressed with the excel.
ience of our system OF public improve
ments, and with the growth and pros
perity of the city. The change in Omaha
since our last visit, writes one editor,
'seems like an Aladdin's dream" Public
enterprise and IL wise and conservative
expenditure of money has given Omaha
IN advertisement throughout the country
which will be worth ten times the money
expended. We have got the worth of
our money and more. Better still, the
croakers and mossbacks have been forced
10 n back seat and silenced, while the
men with brains enough to see n few
years in advance of the present have
justified their claims rs prophets OF the
future.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

A PROMINENT citizen of the second
ward desires US to ask if it is the proper
thing for the registrar of the second dis
trict of that ward to sit in saloon, espe-
Gially in view of the fact that he had ad-
sertiscd to sit in a cigar store. We think
shat Il man should do as he advertises,
proper place for II registrar to attend to
the duties of his position, as there are
persons who object to entering such
piaccs
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27
County Officers.

Voters throughout the entire state can
not be urged too strongly to examine
carefully the claims of the various candi-
dates for county offices who will come up
for popular approval in the fall elections.
No Office is SO small that it is unimpor-
tant. Home Endorsements are the first
steps towards state prominence, and our
farmer and merchant friends in the in
terror should take great care as to whom
they advance politically in their own sec
tons. AS general rule, the men who
are most anxious to gain Office and care
very little by what means they Sc.
cure their ambition, are the ones who
should be given II wide berth. The great
trouble with Nebraska in years past has
been the Indifference of her people to the
calibre of her othceholders. This has
been chiefly responsible for the defects
in her legislation and in the execution OF
the laws. A faithful performance of
duty at home should be the stepping
stone to higher political honors, and by
careful selection of able and honest
county officials our people will be able to
so'S"'' III lilt HtuE INIUIe tnp
mental and moral standard of the incum-
bents OF our higher state offices. The
county judges of to-day are likely to be
the supreme judges of few years hence.
The attorneys, clerks, trcasurers and
commissioners, if successful in securing
influence ut home in the discharge of
their present duties. will be found at no
distant day representing districts in the
senate and their own counties in the leo
islatnrc. Every local political prefer
ment, however slight, is promise oi the
future.
For these reasons the BEE urges its
readers, on grounds which concern the
state, to take hearty interest in the local
campaigns and To use their influence in
forwarding the claims of tbD best caudj.
dates
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

GRAND ISLAND is jubilating over the
assurance that the Grand Island &
Wyoming branch of the b. & NJ, which
is to run into northwestern Nebraska
from that point, will be promptly con.
structod. Rightof way is now being pur
chased, and it is believed that track lay
ing will be begun in the spring North
western Nebraska promises soon to be as
thoroughly supplied with railroad con
nections rs any other section of our state
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

The census returns from Iowa are
generally disappointing to the people of
that state. The increase shown in five
years, or since the census of 1880, is little
more than 10000, or about three times
that of Omaha alone. Various reasons
are offered To account for this check in
the rapid growth of one of the most
prosperous and fertile of the western
states. The absence of free lands and
stronger inducements offered by the west
and northwest are doubtless leadipC
eAusea But there seems to be no tues.
tIon that the prohibition Legislation has
also had powerful effect in retardinr
the development of our neighbor While
the law IN practically imperative in
many towps and cities, its harasSing
effect " generally felt, The foreign elo-
mett has specially resented what they
consider n tylannical restriction on their
personal liberty, and many have moved
west 10 other states. Tho effect has been
10 check immigration and at the same
time to diminish the revenues of the
state while the amount of intemperancc
does not appear to have been materially
decreased This is the growing feeling
among many who were formerly strong
advocates of compulsory temperance BY
prohibition enactment There Is u
craving feeling in favor of high license
as eSempliied in Nebraska s eXcellontly
enforced law The people OF Iowa are
practical and enterprising, and while
tAay arc disposed to give prohibition II
fair triad, they will in all probability re-
fuss Ia insist upon its retention when
saoo II is proved to be imperative and
Impossible of enforcement.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

MONEY! MONEY! MONEyil!--Money to
I'I loan on Chattcl SECURITY by w. H. Croft room
4, Wuhncll building, N. IL. corner l6th and Hnr.
ney: After years of experience and cnrefui
study of the business of loHning money on per-
sonni property, have at last perfected n systom
whereby the publicity usual In such cases Is
done away with, and am now in n position to
meet the demands of all who become tempOr-
uiiy embarrassed and desire to raise money
without delay and in u quiet manner House.
keepers, professional gentlemen, mechanics and
Others IN Omaha and Council Bluffs, can obtnn
advances from soto $1,000 on such security
us household furniture pianos, machinery, har-
scs, wagons, warehouse receipts, secured notes
ut hand, etc, without removing same from own
ers residence or place of business. Also on fine
watches and Diamonds, one of tho advantages
oticr is that amy part of any loan can be puid at
any timo which will reduce tho interest pro rata
and all loHns renewed ut tho original rates of IN
tcrest. have no brokers in connection with my
Office, but personally superntend all my loans,
have private Offices connected with my general
Office so that customers do not como In con.
tract with each other, consequently mhkipg al
transactions strictly private. W. r. Croft,
room I, Withnell building, N. II. corner 10Th and
Hnrney, Omaha. and ~ Pearl ST., Council Biurs.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

MIR. JOHN OCoNNELL has decided to
run as an independent candidate for
sheriff. MIR. O'Connell has numerous
friends among the workingmen of Oma-
ha and will make ii lively run. She fact
is hei liable to ovcrtake Pat Ford on
election day, and leave him several
lengths behind.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

TnE president has replied to the criti-
cisms made against his policy of terrific
rial appointments He claims that ow.
ing to the factional fights on the frontier
it has been almost impossible to secure
suitable residents for judicial positions,
from the scores of land grabbcrs and
corrupt politicians who apply for the
offices. On this account, the president
says, appointments have been made from
outside the territories. The excuse of
President Cleveland has color of fair
ness, especially when applied to New
Mexico and Arizona. But it does not fit
the eases of the remaining territories
where, in the same defiance of platform
declarations, the president has filled the
federal Offices with president Office
holders Dakota, Montana, Washington,
Idaho and Utah all contain men whose
reputation and abilities are above critl-
cism. These are the kind of men which
the people of the territories demand in
places of official trust; men who have the
interests of the territory at heart because
they know that their own interests and
those OF their neighbors are identical.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

TuE Scanduayinns, or rather some Of
the Danish voters have held meeting
to express their discomfort nc the failure
of the republican convention to numin-
ate Mr. jacobson for county clerk. Ii
they will give this matter second sober
thought they will see that they arc max
ing n serious mistake. When man goes
into convention and is fairly beaten he
must abide by the result A majority OF
the convention saw fit to nominate Mr..
Necdham. There was no fraud or intent
to slight the ScandnaWans, who have
no ground for complaint with regard
to the county patronage. Judge
Anderson has been police judge and jus.
ticG of the peace for years, and was again
nominated for one of the three justice.
ships at the disposal of the convention
Mr.. Stenberg, who had been Justice of
the peace for several years, was elected
to the police judgeship last spring. The
idea that the republican party or any
other party must favor this or that ma.
tiona!ity for the sake of peace, harmony
and strength is absurd Ii any Danish-
American out of personal prcfence is
disposed to vote for Mr.. Madscn for treas.
urer hc has a right to do so as an indc-
pendent citizen but it sperfectly prepos-
ferrous for Danish republicans to 20 over
in II body to the democratic candidate
for clerk, because the republicans did
not nominate Mr.. jacobson. Such con-
duct would only react and place the
Scandinavian republicans in u very bad
light
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

Born parties have placed their candi.
dates in the field and the campaign in
Douglas county is fairly opened. 1t is
likely to prove warm one. While the
republican ticket is an excellent one
there is no room for over confidence or
carolcSsness. Hard work will be the
winning dog
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

PAT FORD has decided to give up his
Tenth street boarding house after the 4th
OF November, He proposes to locate in
the county building, His present board
ers have been promised appointments as
deputy sheriils, and his future boarders
viii all take their meals in Jail, This is
what may be called stem winder.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

TIE consolidation of all the Wander.
bilt lines is now talked of. This would in
clude the New York Central, Lake Shore,
West Shore and the Northwestern sys.
tenn, making a continuous line from
Boston to ST. Paul, The mileage would
bo by far the largest of any railroad sys.
tom in the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27
Dakota.

A catfish weighing $50 pounds was caught
in the Missouri near Yankton.
Over $500 bushels of flax were marketed at
Mitchell one day recently, 81 cents per bushel
bcing the price paid.
A Sioux Indian at one of the agencies has
recently learned to ride a bicycle. Ueswapped
several ponies for a wheel and now goes
hunting on his bicycle.
Last year John Hall, of Madison, invested
from the flock has netted him $3.50, and the
increase has kept the flock up to the original
number purchased.
Hon. George ii. Barnes, president of the
Northern Pacific elevator system, has given
notice that he will donate $50,O00 towards
founding a Congregational college at Fargo,
to be called the Barnes university.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27
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Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

We understand that Mr. Ford has
saved ND $1,000 for tho sheriff campaign
fund. This will be gratifying news to
the boys Pats money is as good as any.
body's else. We want more money in
nirrlilutiou
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

business men can help us q great dead If
they will send in their matter earlier in
the day, thus insuriug insertion and Civ
ing us more time for preparing addi-
lional pages II ncccssary.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

If Mr.. Ford will only agree to resign
from the council before election he can
get great many more votes for sheriff
than nc would otherwise receive.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

TuE registrars are sitting to make up
the ists for the coming election. Every
voter should personally sec to it that his
name il on the books
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

The silence in the ncighborhood of the
supreme court in reference to the Mitch,
ell mandamuS suit is absolutely painful
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

A PENNsYLyANIA knitting mill turned
out j2S, 600 stockings last week. Another
industry on solid footing.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

BOsTON is to have new census taken
by the police force. Omaha's census of
the police force can be taken in two
p,inutuS
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27

SHELVING Gustav Bencke is likely to
prove fatal mistake for the Douglas
county democracy.