| Show eia xia editorials TO R XA X A LS GREAT aea T RA RAILWAY ballway IL WAT entee ENTER 13 1 tufe tufi omaha herald of march oth tho 3rd ard of 61 this month a hoe loe eting was held la id wall street to when sidney dillon jay gould and oliver olner Ames amea were elected directors erectors of ae the chicard 1 aal northwestern and the chicago chicag 0 rock rock kock island and pacific railway companies a powerful railway entered into arid a new and independent route formed between new york city and alad j the pacific coast it la 18 proposed that the canada southern railroad in which mr gould holds a con shall be completed atto aito chiea ChIca chicago goso BO as to constitute the stoute for the new line from chicago ato buffalo between which latter iatter place and new york eity city the old erie erle rie raa road rond 1 is to be used givin giving gaia gala an uninterrupted through line from new york to san ban francisco for the trans continental traffic the kerald herald clang cleng that this means increased pros prosperity to nebraska and omaha ii this arrangement vill hlll affect atah utah amro gro more or less as the great pa cial roads oads union and central cut out ber her in two and the utah central i an and adso southern and utah northern ip all jill of which mr gould has or will have from a large to a control ahng interest quarter section n her the utah northern extension through idaho and into montana he ha is likely enough to build and control contro laFr aar also the utah south jern ern extension southward these with lother other railway investments jn in i or immediately affecting mis pis this territory i will gi give yo to this transcontinental continental 1 combination more or less control over all the railroads in I 1 utah aa as well weil as the great through line and aud wiil will affect the ans p prosperity ty of the people in iu these mountains to an eminent degree r i 6 ame ape 40 airy LD EDITION I 1 OF I 1 TB I 1 vf REVISED STATUTES af pf 1 u ft 1 I 1 iTliE act forthe revision and i elitie 4 ica ici li cation catlon tian 1 lof of the laev revis 14 91 dutes which cassed the I 1 aase house feb 24 and the sena hena e feb 27 of the late ses aes session sion aion plo pio provided vides that the revision shall bo bw made ade ado by a 9 commissioner co appointed by the president by jan 1 lu iu 10 and shall include all the acts of the forty fourth dourth congress that is up to 10 march ai 3 1877 the secretary of bf sate state shall then have a month for examination and comparison of the Te tey jey ision vision fifteen thousand vol umes times shall shail then be printed and promulgated without unnecessary delay dolay which volumes shall shail delegal be legal aud conclusive evidence of the jaws therein contained in all the courts of the united tates states and of the several states and territories K t the new revision of the statutes of congress if well done will be an excel excellent thing A revision and condensation or codification of the laws lawa of the united state stife should be made carefully intelligently and judiciously every few years as orten often as might bo be deemed best say every evary seven eight or ten teg years yearb at most the census is taken every decade 3 and it is advocated that it be ta taken every five years why not revise and codify the laws every evory decade making none but necessary changes in the revision sod and codification leaving all nil esse essential n changes to be made in the interim by the legislature such a po policy 1 icy lcy would keep tap alawa in accessible ces sible and aud handy landy form always before tha the people who would then better know what laws were in force and what hat the laws were the same remarks would apply to we the laws of a state stata or a territory I 1 0 PR PROOF j 0 r IN N HOMESTEAD homested D a ENTRIES following is a portion of the in the united slates states ho house ab of representatives march 2 J the congressional record theinert thoi thol next business on the speakers ers eps ers table was waa the bill H IL no 1225 to amend section 2291 of the statutes of tho the united ti states tates in la relation to proof required x mr GARFIELD if the committee on public bands lands or any an member of that committee has looked into this abis case I 1 will not object but otherwise I 1 must object mr air OLIVER this bill lias has been before the committees on public lands of the two houses and has been reported by them unanimously byj and it has at different times passed both houses of congress mr garfield garneld then I 1 withdraw the objection the clerk read the bill it provides that th the e proof of cu pation or cultivation the affidavit of non alienation and the oath of allegiance required to be made by section 2291 of the revised statutes may be made before the judge or in hla hia absence before the clerk of any court of record in the county and state or district and territory in which the lands are situated and if it L taid faid lands are situated in any unorganized county such proof may be made in a similar manner in any adjacent county in eaid laid state or territory and the proof affidavit and oath when so made and duil dull duly subscribed shall have the same force and effect as if made before the regist register eror or receiver of the proper land district and the same shall be transmitted by sueh judge or the clerk of his court to the register and the receiver with the fee and charges allowed by law to bim him and the register and receiver shall be entitled to the same fees for exam examining iding and approving said braid testimony as asare are how allowed by law for taking tile the same the bill in its second section provides that if any witness making such proof or the said applicant making such affidavit or oth oath swears falsely as to any material material matter contained in said proof affidavits or oaths the said false swearing being wilful and corrupt he shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as if he be had sworn falsely before the register no objection being made the bill was passed ANOTHER PANIC catastrophe J WE have today to day to record another of those dreadful disasters resulting from a really causeless panic in lu a farge large building the roman catholic church of st fran fraucis francis cis xavier new york last night march 8 it appears that the panic arose froe from the fainting and hysterical abream screaming of a young woman in consequence of being preached at upon the terrors of hell that is tory and the torments of the dan damned ined by father Langi langl acke 11 the young woman could not endure the highly colored and sensational description which the reverend gent lemans fertile imagination led him to present so vividly to his audience nearly all of whom were avolia amen r and children the andl audience ib ce became ex excited cited at the young soung womans comans accident and somebody foolishly increased the excitement by the startling cry of elre fire 11 which has a terribly piercing effee effect t especially upon women and children the the tho excitement resulted in i a pa panic ilie tile ov over erthe the attempt fo to escape from the build building ling in which the audience as ia Is apu ape to be the case becar became half crazy crowding push ing and trampling upon each other until bix six women and a boy were killed and a number of others more or less idl injured ared nothing could be done one to stop rop the surging masses from pressing on in the narrow p passageway they were deanto deaf to all appeals only the thought of self escape seemed to possess them the revere i d preacher was somewhat to blame he should have know known n better than to shake ov over er hell a congregation of women and children P who are naturally oar far more I 1 injuriously piously impressible and sympathetic over such things than men are if chobad he had reached preached more from knowledge and arid Ms less legs from a heated hind and distorted imagination in all probability proba bilty the catastrophe would not mot have occurred it ia Is somewhat paradoxical that the preacher himself although engaged in depicting such horrible things to his audience when he saw the excitement produced declared that there was no cause for alarm the pious ed editor I 1 toli suggests that if you find it diffley difficult t to keep your children in check while they are young you will find it far more difficult to keep them in checks when they are bider older AFTER A STORM COMES A v CALM political seem to be calming dawn daun rapidly after the prolonged and intensified bubble J bubble toll and trouble of the laie late campaign everybody seems to be getting quieter and almost everybody seems to be content conten t to accept the situation and lot the naw new president and his new policy have a falc fair trial triai it is announced that officials mu must st be competent before they are appointed that removals removal swill will not be needlessly made that they will not be made except for good cause and that partisan considerations wll wil will not have great weight in making appointments this is all very good it is a great change from the recent policy aad alid will do du doubt be e well received by the country at large it ought to work well welt and for the public ji benefit it Is calculated to condlee conduce to a sounder condition of the public service to greater faithfulness and effle efficiency lency and to discourage partisan bangers hangers on the office seekers appear t to 0 be ta turning their backs on Wash washington ipg greatly disgusted at the new administrations appreciation non of them and non encouragement of them it is rather amusing to see those gentry i they and the extreme part partisans partisan isau leau s will doubtless bewail the new policy and be forward to forebode d e t the tho h e early downfall of the party part y and of the country but the people in general throughout all the states and T territories e r tories willbess will bers beas be as forward to s sustain th the new administration in all policies and measures which fairly promise a renewal of the old timo tim public prosperity prosperity the hard dimes have borne hardly ly on mone mono money yand and they want a change fen fer the better they hope for it with the fh change ango of administration and an anything which promises a realization of this hope will be hailed with joy and gladness bya by a largo large majority of citizens |
