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Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-07
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lUWG O DlGNUn.
 WE ARE Selling 10 pieces 12 inch Black Guipure Flounc'gs 25c yd, usual price soc.
 WE ARE Selling all linen Elm broi- dered White Handker- chiefs 2 for 25c, just half
 WE ARE Selling Ladies' White Chamois Gloves at 7oc, and the yellow shade at 69c per pair.
 WE ARE Selling Gents Lawn Ten his Sashes at 25 and 38c; just half price.
 WE ARE Selling French Embroi- dered Aprons at soc, that are big values.
 WE ARE Sole agents for the famous Equipoise Waist for La dies and Misses. Each box bears the endorsement of Annie Jenness Miller. We send descriptive circulars upon application, also for ward Waists, upon receipt of the price, to any ad- dress. postage free.
 WE ARE Selling Grown Lavender Salts, Grown Mitcham Lavender Boquet, Karil- pa Toilet Water, Crab Ap- pie Blossom do. do., made by the Grown Perfumery Go. of London, England.
 WE ARE Selling Chatelaine Bags at 25, 39, 50 and 63c each and upwards, as uncom- mon values.
 WE ARE Selling Ladies' Grape Cloth Waists at 48c that are good value at 75c.
 WE ARE Selling the heaviest and best GA inch Bleached Damask at COG yard ever seen on our counters.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-07
THE ATTACK ON JUDGE PICK EFT

THE ATTACK ON JUDGE PICK EFT
 We congratulate MT. Brophy on his good luck in getting out of jail and we are not unmoved by the tears and the sweet hymns of praise which are said to have accompanied his unexpected release. But we are inclined to think that Judge Pick cit has been unjustly attacked for his share in making MT. Brophy's woes. As we understand the matter, MT. Brophy was given 8 light fine because, in the opinion of the judge, he unnecessarily as saulted a man who was making drunken nuisance of himself. The judge thought it would have been better if MT. Brophy had called policeman or disposed of the drunken man in some other way than by striking him Straight from the shoul- der," as he said he did. Moreover, the testimony showed that-the drunken man was so drunk as not to be dangerous, even with brick in his hand. Considering all the circumstances the judge thought that MT. Brophy ought to be taught not to take the law into utS oWA A1uuS WiGuOuU uOi6 than there was in this case. AS we under stand the matter, we think Judge Pickett acted wisely, and he has also acted wisely in declining to defend his official acts in newspaper interviews. And we should advise him not to consider the attacks made upon him as contempt of court.
 It is easy enough to criticise the acts of a City court judge. One is too severe, an
 other is too lenient, anAher is inconsist- ent, etc., etc. It is not to be expected that equal'and exact justice will be meted out
 to all who appear there as culprits. But g judge should not be attacked as Judge
 Pickett has been in the Brophy matter without better reason. The error of judg rment in the case seems to us to have beer
 on MT. Brophy's part. He was suffering | for it like a man until his fine was paid
 Then tears gently flowed and the voice O thankful song filled the air. Again VI congratulate him.
, 1891-05-31

o f"AbiGail Prue," the spiuster hero.
ine. she is described a complex character.
an old maid to the core, voluble vet Iowa
bic. a oma comely and just old enough
to be grateful for love. The depth Of her
affection for her ancient beau is best ex-
pressed in her lines:
III anything happens that dear boy Id
wilt down like clover in a July mornin' "
Her observation on the sterner sex is
couched as follows: Says she TO her pro-
tege, Sally: Don't marry a man of tai
eut. My sister Mercy's husband had tai
ent. He was an artist; always making
them pesky tintypes, and-well, they
buried him in Mr.. Potter's field"
When the ballet is described to her,
says she:
Now know what the
mean by ballot reform" She knows her
horse, Cold Molasses, would help her
If she could. tor she sees the affection
beaming out Of her intelligent eyes, but
she little dreams that in her lays the speed
that wins the purse that lifts the mort
gage that saves the farm. No more
charming picture of this character has
ever been painted, and it is framed in
rustic woods and backed by soft pastoral
views of verdant .uplauds and purline
brooks, cool pools and rich pasture lands
, 1891-05-31

Work and Wages" a melodrama
with a plot founded upon the labor agi-
~tation, has been introduced into this
country. 1t had its first presentation on
this side of the Atlantic in New York
city on May 4. This date was peculiar
ly appropriate, as the play deals to some
extent with the eight hour question.
The play was written by William
Bourne, an Englishman, and it had a
good run in England before being
brought to this country.
Work and Wages" is undoubtedly
the best labor play that has yet been
put upon the stage, and Mr.. Bourne
shows in it that he not only knows some
thing about the wrongs under which the
workers suffer, and the demands which,
through their organizations, they make,
but has had the courage to apply his
knowledge without compromise or apol-
ogy.
There is a strike, a riot and a victory
for the men, and all through the lines
there is a strong sentiment in favor of
those who produce everything and are
robbed of their product under the wages
system. Profit sharing is the finale,
which is as far as a play laid in this time
car go.
In its situations, phrasing and all that
goes to make a perfect drama the New
York critics declare that Work and
Wages is superior to any play that has
been brought out for years. Wherever
seen this piece is sure to cause some
thinking on the labor question and along
correct lines.
, 1891-05-31

Didn't Practice What He Preached.
CAIRO. Ill, May 3O.-Mayor Dougherty
of Mound City. who inaugurated his
official career a few days ago by opening
the city council with prayer, and proclaim
ing the rigid enforcement of all ordin-
ances applicable to the total suspension of
business on the Sabbath. appears. in his
desire to regulate the morals OF his sub
jects, to have overlooked his own in
diyidual interests in a spiritual as well as
worldly point OF view. He has been as
good as his word and has maintained a
condition OF affairs on Sunday, within his
jurisdiction, as would nave made glad the
heart of the most ngid observer of the
Sabbath The worthy mayor, however,
Is a mil owner. and being of a thrifty
turn of mind, aud that he might secure
the iull measure Of a days work on Mon
daY, It has been his custom TO have per-
formed such preliminary service on Sun
day afternoon as would facilitate and
losugate an early start on the first day of
the week. Sunday last the busy hum
OF traffic was piainly heard within the
mill structure, and hampered drinkers and
tradesmen became wroth and s~traightway
devised a plan which hatched carly the
following day. the mayor being arrested
TOR violating the city ordinances, thus
showing him to be the first transRressor of
his own proclamation. The trial promises
to afford much qualification to the denizens
of Mound City, and will undoubtedly
have the effect Of modifying the present
enforcement of the Sunday laws,
, 1891-05-31
40 UNUSEp FoREIGN 81 ".

NO UNUSED FOREIGN SIL YER.
We are at a loss to understand under
what obligation this country rests TO give
free coinage to foreign silver. VIII The
LEADER will answer?
This query comes from the Sun. 1t is
80 ridiculous from so many points OF view
that its source is almost self evident; The
query is a confession OF ignorance, for no
one with any knowledge of the subject
could have yent1rcd to make it.
Let Us offset this with a quotation from
the Salt Lake Tribune of two days ago,
presumably written by Judge Goodwin,
who was the author oil the silver resolu-
ton with a string to it in the Denver con
v~ention: When the goldites tell about
how our land would be flooded with silver
in case our government should adopt free
and unlimited coinage. when the bankers
of New York practice upon the fears of
the people by telling them of the woes
that would follow that dreadful act on the
part Of our government they are bank
ing simply on the ignorance of the PEG
pie. France has a per capita Of money
of S43 within her territory. France has
nearly all her factories built, all her
roads constructed, all her util-
lied, all her swamps drained. all her fields
under cultivation. all her cities built, and
the money she needs is simply for the
purpose Of carrying on the work of her
people and the trade of her people. Now
then, If from China, from India, from all
the nations of the Old World and the
New, all the silver that is coined, all that
Is in bullion, all that is in tableware.
could be gathered together and dumped
upon our shores, the whole mass would
make but $54 per capita for u people,
and VI have before us half a continent
yet to develop; we have such calls for
money as no nation ever had before, such
need OF money as no people ever expert
eneed before. OF course. the idea of
making 1t possible to bring in such
amounts to our shores is ridiculous.
Europe could not get along without it.
India and China could not get along with
out it; the ordinary trade, not only OF
China and India. but Of most of the ma
tons Of Europe, canno be conducted in
gold, because the transactions are so
trifing. 1t is altogether a baseless, Iidicu-
lous and, coming from the source it does,
a shameful fear"
Il is little less han ridiculous to think
that the man who peuned the foregoing
lines was ALSO the author of the ''Ameri-
can silver fake, If there will be no
foreign silver to coin. as this American
silver advocate contesses, then how in the
world does the free coinage of foreign
silver enter into the subject at alp What
is desired is to place gold and silver again
upon exactly the same basis as they oc-
cupied previous to 1873. THIS can only
be done by unrestricted coinage.
, 1891-05-31
A REPUBLICAN MISTAKE

Frank Leslies Illustrated Ne1ospaper.
Of which Russell Harrison is one OF the
owners, ]pronounces the ousting Of Cover.
Boyd Of Nebraska "a Republican MIS-
take 1t goes OF to say: The DIS
placement, through a legal technicality.
of the Democratic governor of Nebraska,
Mr. BOYD, from the high Office to which
he was fairly elected, is a mistake Of the
graYest character, 1t must result in last
ing injury to the Republican party in that
state and in the nation unless the mistake
Is promptly rectiied. The result OF Gov
ernor Boyd's displacement is to place the
gubernatorial office IN the hands Of a Re.
publican, though a Democrat was elected
by a fair aud honest election and a clear
and decided majority.
Whether or not the Republican party
in Nebraska will be hell responsible for
carrying the matter Of Governor Boyd's
citizenship into the courts Is not the ques-
ton. People will simply regard his re-
moval after he had been elected AS the re
suit Of a political conspiracy, aud public
opinion is intolerant Of any trihing with
the results of honest elections after such
results have been acknowledged, declared
and accepted.
The Republican press has been out
spoken in opposition to several unjust, un-
falr and preposterous ~Ecrrymanders of a
number of states in the East and West,
10 secure and perpetuate Democratic legis-
lAtures and to secure the control Of a ma
iority of congressional districts for the
Democratic party. Public opinion has
not justified these gerrymanders, and will
not sustain Them when the test is made
by an appeal to the voters Of the respect.
i've states next fall.
An American loves nothing better
han fair play and honesty in aud out of
politics, and the honest thing for all par
ties is to accept the result of every election
at which the votes are fairly received and
honestly counted as the end and fnalitv
OF the matter.
In Nebraska the possession Of the
g~ubernatorial office by a Republican for n
year or two will be of no advantage, tenn
porary or permanent, to the party, if it
involves a ta~int1RFon its honor,
"WsSesofry that Governor Boyd was
DISPLACED"
, 1891-05-31
Bold Confidence Men.

NEW YORK, May 3O.-Michael Groh, a
prosperous brewer and senior member of
the firm of Groh & Son OF West Twenty
eighth street. had a sad experience with
confidence men out in Hot Springs, Ark,
last month. 1t all came to light through
the efforts of the sharpers to compel the
brewer to pay a check he had signed for
$2,272. Through an attorney in Hot
Springs they had A. II. Noncs of 40
Broadway bring suit in the name of
Frank Goodwin for the recovery of the
amount of this check, which the West
Side bank of this city, under instructions
from the son of Mr.. Groh, had refused to
pay George Flammer, who is counsel
for the brewer. demanded the address and
occupation of Mr.. Goodwin from his
counsel, who answered that he could not
give either. Mr.. Flammer has obteined
from Judge Lawrence of the supreme
court a stay of proceedings until LAWYER
Nones shall furnish the address and bust
ness of his client. That is the way the
matter stands now, aud 1t Is more thar
likely that Mr.. Goodwin will let it stand
that way a long time before he appears 10
New York. Mr.. NoueS says that he was
innocent Of any intention to assist a bunco
man. He understood that Mr.. Goodwin
had purchased the note in good faith.
This IS the story the brewer unfolded to
his counsel: He went down to tho Hot
Springs with his wife in the latter part of
March. While he was s%trolling around
the grounds OF his hotel on April 7, a
~soft-voiced aud polite young man came up
md AnanaI q. - - N
young man turned out to be an old school
mate OF the brewers son. He introduced
himself as Frank Tiffany, and had such a
fund of Information about the solid citizens
of New York, particularly the brewers.
that Mr.. Groh began to like him exceed
ingly. The young man said that he had
recently received a letter from Mr. Groh's
son asking tor a lot of photos of things
around Hot Springs, Would the brewer
90 with him to his (Mr. Tiffany's y cottage
and get tie photos and kindly deliver
them to Mr.. TiffanY's old schoolmate. Of
course the brewer would. The usual
poker game eDsued. Mr.. Groh says he
believes that Mr.. Tiffany drugged hIn
while he was looking at the phenomenal
hands of a friend of Mr.. Tiffany's who
happened to be present, and that
when he returned to consciousness
he was about live blocks from the cottage
of his sons schoolmate. holding himself
up by a post. He iDdistinctlv remem-
bered that he had signed something. and
suspecting that it might be a check, he
telegraphed to his son in the city to stop
all checks" He then started for New
York. The man who had the check was
already on the way.
Three hours before the brewer got here
a messenger appeared at the West Side
bank with the check. The cashier of the
bank t%elepboned to Mr.. Groh's son that
the check had been presented for pay
ment and that the messenger was waiting
for the money. The son asked the cash
Ter to hold the check until he came.
The brewer himself arrived in time to ex-
plain matters to the cashier and the check
was not paid. Mr.. Tiffany evidently did
not think hat the brewer would remem-
Der that he had signed the check.
, 1891-05-31

In order to obtain employment in the
administration of the railways in France
it is necessary to be either the daughter,
wife or widow of an employee. Nearly
500 ladies are thus employed. Indeed,
at French railway stations the ticket
sellers are nearly all women. In the rail-
ways there is not the same just payment
as in the other state departments. Here
the women are paid just half as much as
the men while working quite as much.
The Credit Foncier employs about
1000 women on its staff. The entrance
is by examination and the limit of age
sixteen to thirty-five. Candidates must
produce good conduct certificates, both
official and private, and must receive at
the examination a maximum of marks
that is to say, twelve out of twenty.
The salary in the first stage is three
francs a day, rising to 100 a year
&340). A tax of 4 per cent. levied upon
the salary gives the right to a pension
after twenty years service.
In the Credit Lyonnais women are
also employed. For their entrance there
the rules are not yet fixed. A cashier
receives the salary of Q 1000 to 8, 500 francs
a year, and a clerk from three to five
francs a day.-New York Sun.
, 1891-05-31

The spring cut down has come, and
there has been a wholesale discharge of
railroad employees of late. On Saturday
the western and Atlantic railway cut off
about 100 men of n force of $50, and the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
division cut off 600 of a force of 1900.
The East Tennessee has been reducing
its force for some time. and on all south
ern roads a reduction of about % per
cent. in the working force is being made.
Indeed, it is not confined to any section
OF the country; the roads everywhere
are pursuing the same policy, and every
spring, when business begins to get dull,
an army of 175, 900 railroad men, or a
fourth of the whole 700, 900, is suspended
for ninety or 100 days 1t is done on ac-
count of no dissatisfaction with the men,
but because the receipts are less, and the
aim is to cut expenses in the same pro-
portion. Nevertheless it is a hardship,
and causes great dissatisfaction among
the men who have worked hard all the
fan and winter.-Atlanta Constitution.
, 1891-05-31

A game OF base ball was played yester-
day at the fair ground, between the Clerks
and the Standards. The game was a
good one, the batters hitting the ball as
if trying to tear the cover off. Evans
and Erswell hit for three bags and Evans
and Hoodly each got in a two-bagger for
the clerks just when it was needed, they
having two men on bases when the hits
were made. Reaves was behind the bat
for the Clerks and Cole. Ray and Erswell
occupied the box and pitched a good
game. Atkinson caught for the Standards,
while Meuges and O'Brien were the
pitchers. The fielding was good on both
sides, but the clerks PLAYED the best ball,
winning by a score of II to 10. Another
game will be played today.
, 1891-05-31

Rioting and murder are once more the
familiar facts chronicled in the daily
news from the coal regions of Pennsyl-
vania. The pretended friends of the
American workingman, who seek his
benefit by demanding legislation that in
creases their own profits, and who illus
trate their sincerity by importing cheap
labor from the rural slums of Europe,
have inspired their slaves to revolt.
They are trying to evict their tenants
because they are no longer content to
work for starvation wages, and the
scenes that are daily reported urpass in
horror those of which we read in the
tales Of Irish ~evictions. The corpora
tons that bring to the country the poor
wretches who labor for them for a pit
lance let to the operatives the novels in
which they dwell, and for which they
pay %exorbitant rents, so that when the
men refuse to work they throw the poor
people out of their homes, and they do
this with the aid of sherifs and Pinker-
ton Hessians, who shoot down women
as well as men in the shadow of the lille
gal company store, which is another in
strumentality for robbing labor.
And the tale is told of Pennsylvania
every year, and more than once every
year.-New York World.
, 1891-05-31
NOTICE.

In pursuance of a resolution adopted
at the annual meeting of the electors OF
school district No. ], Laramie county,
WYo., May 4, 1891, and a resolution of
the board OF trustees, adopted MAJ Is,
1891, notice Is hereby given that there
will be a special meeting of the qualified
electors of school district No. l, Laramie
county, Wyo., on Monday. June |, 1891.
at 10 O'Clock n. m, at central school
building in Cheyenne, Wyo for the u
pose of considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
building a school house south of the
Union Pacific railroad tracks in the city
OF Cheyenne and advise and act respect
ing the same aud vote upon the PROPOSE
ton whether the board OF trustees of the
district snail be authorized to issue the
coupon bonds of the district to the
amount of $40. 900, for the purpose of
building one or more school houses in the
district aud providing the same with the
necessary furniture.
s. ]. DUMMY, Clerk.
, 1891-05-31
The Burington's Earnings.

CHICAGo, May 30-The Chicago. Bur
lington l. Quincy road makes a better
showing in its statement Of earnings tor
the month Of April than it has for any
previous moath this year. This was of
course to be expected, and. as a matter
OF fact, the improvement is not so marked
as had been anticipated by some Of the
friends OF the Burlington. the greatest
achievement being In cutting down oIer-
atlng expenses sufficiently to make the net
earnings compare favOrably with those of
a year ago. The decrease 10 gross earn.
Ings, as compared with the corresponding
period last year, is 1851 ,416. but there is
a saving in operating expenses and fixed
charges of$345. Is. which enables the com
pany to show an increase 10 net earnings
of SS7, $50. The revenue from the freight
traffic fell way to nearly the full amount
of the saving in expenses, but passenger
earnings, on the other hand, show large
and gratifying gains.
For the four months ending April 30
there has been a decrease in gross earn
ings of 81, 667. 900. leaving a deficit in net
earnings OF $l2,475. The Burlington peo-
pie expect to show large gains in their
earnings from this time forward, and are
confident that the results of the last half
ofthe year will more than make up for
the reveTses of the first few months.
, 1891-05-31

In Cheyenne Churches During Day
ana Evening.

ST. Mary's CathedraEMasses at $50
and 1890 a. m Vespers at 1880 D. m.
Rev. f. q. Jacka will preach, at the
PRESBYTERIAN church today at IL a. IN.
and s p. N. Su5iects-Mornrng. Par
ticular Providence, evening. "Contrasted
Burdens"
st Marks Episcopal UIurch-Corner
Nineteenth and Central avenue. Rev. G..
Y. Ratter, pastor. First Sunday after Trim
Ity. Mathis at s a. u. Sermon and Holy
Eucharist at II a. N. Evensong and
sermon at 1880 D. m. Sunday school at
l2:l5 p, N.
FIRST Congregational Church - Rev.
A. w. Williams. pa tor, will preach at
III a. IN, subject: Current Events, - and
at 1880 p. IN, subject: ''PleurisY of the
Sou" Sunday-school at 1890. Young
peoples meeting at $50 p. N. Strangers
and friends are cordially invited.
First Methodist Episcopal CHurch-Cor.
ner OF Central avenue and Eighteenth
street. Rev. Samuel Weir, A. M, pas
tor. Preaching at III a. IN. aud 500 p.
Sabbath school at 1915 p. ~. ID. X.
Cowhick superintendent Epworth League
at Gas D. m. Glass meeting at 10 a. IN.
and after the evening service. Public
cordially invited.
First Baptist CHmeh-Corner bergu-
son and Eighteenth streets. Services at
ii a. IN. and 1870 p m. Preaching
morning and evening by Rev. G..
Eaves of Denver, Colo. Morning subject:
The Price OF Christian Discipleship. "
Evening subject: The Need of a Second
Advent" Sunday school at 1915 p. IN.
Young peoples meeting at I p. m. All
are cordially Welcome.
, 1891-05-31

SALT LAKE. May 3O.-The wife Of DR..
Charles Grain, residing at IS South Third
East street. was shot and seriously
wounded by a burglar at l O'Clock this
morning. whom she discovered in the act
of robblng the house. The thief fired
point blank at the lady, placing the muz-
re of the pistol against her left arm. and
the bullet and force of the explosion tore
a hole an inch IN width, besides burning
her arm badly and shattering the bone.
The wretch Immediately fed out of the
front door and was safe from pursuit.
The suffering woman finally made her
way to the house of a neighbor and gave
the alarm. She then made her way back
to her bed. where neighbors found her
sitting drenched 10 blood and holding on
to her shattered arm with her right hand.
She vas almost craZed from pain and
fright, and moaning piteously. A physi-
clan arrived soon after and, administering
a sedative. examined the wound, finding
the break IN the bone to be a compound
comminuted fracture. The bullet was re-
moved and found to be OF 22-caliber. The
city and county is being secured for the
murderous thief, but little hope is enter
tanned Of his apprehension.