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11 'V'al fl nth Vrntl ft VOL. 1 I'LATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1883. NO. GO JML J. mi s TELEGRAPHIC FKOM WASIII.V'UTOX. SHOES At THE OLD RELIABLE STAND. tii 11 lor .Nnlioiial Bank Hcports. Private Letter Olllce Scheme, Etc., Etc. JLdics Jremcli MSd &lac&, ILsaslIes' lTewpi'j, ISution 'Sins and &aii3al of JEvery IBesc5IiMii9 Men's JFIbiw Maud ieweat Saocs, Mena'js 2Plow Iaes, screwed, sewed and pegged. In inct everylBaing? laa yle and quality neetled for tlte pedal extremities at tlae WIS Manufacturing and Repairing and Neatly Done. Promptly and IP 3 9 Groceries, Crockery, GLASS AT1 QITCEXS WAKE, Also Choice Brands of Flour. in. Fire Insurance Co., Peoria, 111.; Manhattan Life Insurance New York. German Co., Western Horse and Cattle Insurance. Company, OF OMAHA. Fire Insurance Policies issnel in th .Steamship Tickets sold from und to Luropc American 'Packet Co., and the l'nfli.jh and German Languages Hamburo;- over the North-German Llovd. Agents for 100,000 acre of land on the Northern Pacilie railroad in Dakota. I .-Pi f ' BLOCK. & 'cl'- "- . ' i- ' k, . ' " I : , ""J" '" p k: .IF. I C2 ZE3C Corner Pearl and Seventh Streets. - DEAL. E US IX ALL KINDS OK- Lumber.Sash, Doors. Blinds JiJUUIOJ PAINTS, LIME, 'PRIYATfi-urr i UDl CONSrLTATION FREE. Charses mode rate and within t!e rp:x.h of'aifw'Ltr'n Orders taken for WTLSOX EKOS.' SIIIKTS. OPERA HCUSE CLOTHIEK S, -AND- GENTS FURNISHERS. J0 Po f oun POST OFFICE f3ews Depot, STATIONERY. NOTIONS. CADDIES JJSTD CIGARS. SI8S M - iMroo MASOX & II A ML IX IVII. SERVICE r.VLES. Washington, May 4. The chil ser Tlce rules as revised "vyero finally con eiderrd. The memler8 of the civil or rlce coiiimi.Hion wtre at the white houve iuU g the intetiiig, atid were consulted fu various joints uuJer dirus&ion. PKIV ATE LETTF.lt OFFICES. Col. Pail tr, chief inspector of the jiCStt'ffice t partment, entimatcs thnt t Le govcniii en L has 1-oen losiiig $1,CC0 daily by tli operation of jirirate letter offices, "vhi h were rnided in Xew York 1oday. '1 1 re are similar offices in op eration in i iher large cities, but the gov ernment is determined to cHe them without dehty. A KKW IHKEaL'LAUITlEd. The first comptroller of treasury in examining the accounts of Doctor Joseph late disbursing clerk of the interior de partment, has discovered Beveral irregu larities In connection with the accounts of Freed man's hoFpital It is alleged that part of the appropriation lor cloth ing for the institution was paid out for the salaries of officers. hill's case. Assistant Secretary New, chairman of the special committee investigating fcu nerTisine: Architect Hill, was informed today by Murch that he will be ready to appear before the committee in a short time. lie savs he has no objection to Alexander serving on the committee and expects to be able to say definitely tomorrow when he will be ready. THE NATIONAL BANKS. The comptroller of the currency has called fm all national banks to report their condition at the close of business oa the first instant. The comptroller ee pecially desires that banks m making these reports wrh return their legal ten der notes seperately fro:xi national bank. and also under the head of specie they will give gold and silver certificates ep- aratelv from coin. He says unless this is done he will be obliged to return re ports for correction. THE STAR ROCTK TRIAL. Bliss began the fifth day of his ad dress to the jury m the star route trial to-day, maiutaining that the "whole scheme' originated in the fertile Drain ot o. VY.lJorsey, wbile be was a n-.eaiber of the United "States sen ate. Evidence was quoted to sus tain this allegation. Just before court adjourned. Bliss apologized to the jury for the length of his address, saying that they bad shown such inte rest that he felt it necessary to go into certain subjects at greater length than he intended. If the court would ad journ he believed he could finish with in a short time Monday Morning. Crane, foreman of the jury objected to an adjournment over Saturday. He said the jury had been in court over five months, or one-seventeenth of the average human lifetime. Ills business had bee'i drifting along like a ship witheut a rudder. Moreover he feared if the trial was spun out much longer it would be brought to a close by the death or sickness of some of the jury. The judge assured Crane that the trial was nearer to an end than he imag ined. Adjourned ustil Monday. of Ireland, announcing the arrest in New York of Walsh and Sheridan, and klse gives full accounts of the doings of Tynan, who, it says, is in America, and of the movements oi his family, and states where they will meet him. A SOCVENIIl. Pat.is, May 4. United States Minis ter Morton, at private interview with President urevy, presented, witn a complimentary speech, an album for warded by citizens of Providence, Rhode Island, as a souvenir of u Frenchman who died at Tomtowu fighting for American independence. The President was deeply touched, both at the gift and - the mauner pre served, and requested Morton to con vey to the citizens of Providence his kind regards and thanks for the patri otic gift. HERE AND THEKE. Tills W&jt's Failures. CORN FOR LIVERPOOL. MJSCELLANEOr.H. FOREIGN NOTES. Bismarck on the Sick List An Appreciated Frenchman. HEN IJT. I-VJJILXER and t ckothi TiiTail tfie- raiiatFlTaUea at cuau' -m- . .. . 1- 754. SERIOUSLY ILL. Paris. May 4. Reports prevail here that the Count von Moltke is seriously ill. FBEE THINKERS. Rome, May 4. Free Thinkers of the United States and Canada are invited to a general convention here, begin ning August 29th, and lastingfive days. BISMARCK. Berlin, May 4. Bismack will be un able io participate in the discussion on the budget in the Reichstag on its first reading, be being again affected with neuralgia. THE WORK WILL BEGIN. Mexico, May 4. An official tele gram rrom Muitian announces that work will begin on Eads Tehuante- pec ship railway Monday , in the pres ence of federal and local authorities. A FORTUNATE DISCOVERY. Const A dt. May 4. A building used as a manufactory of explosives has been discovered here. Several naval tticials, who are said to have been con cerned in the manufacture of explo sives, have been arrested. ARREST OF WALSH AND SHERIDAN. . .pTJBLi. May 4. A dispatch ha A IIALLAST OF CO US. bT. Lori.s, Ma' 4. A contract waa made to-day by the Erie and North Shore company to ship a hi ndrud thous and bushels of corn to Liverpool by Boston at thirty cents. As this is five or six cents below the regular rate, the difference isexplaired by the statement that the steamer at Boston will take it as ballast. BUSINESS FAILURES. JSew lOKK.May 4.-I3u9iue3s fail ures for the la9t seven days reported to leiigue. Mayor Harrison and 11. A. Storrs. The executive committee of the Irish league tonight endoibcd the ac tion ofhe- Philadelphia convention, and denounced the una of dynamite a futile, representing only personal war fare, and not the principles of Irish patriota. John Devoy, editor of the Irish Nation, was present. labor Titoucr.rs. PilTcBUita, May 4. The confercme committee of the irou mnntifncJurer and nniahjumitc 1 bvhi int ions yester day adjourned hinc die without nny satisfactory agreement having I eni readied, mid a btriko June lit at tlii time appears inevitable. l'nth side aro firm and express a deterinluuiion to hold out. The committo' of lli- ion manufactures consider their v -i k n completed, and say that if the workmen deirc nnotber conference they will have to umke a quest and another committed will be appointed. The tnuiiei h nl like ha completely collapsed. All the Vst men have returned to woil. at u re jiu;. tion, and tho places of iub imr men have been filled by new men. A PENNSYLVANIA IJUIIRJCAM.. Scranton, May 4. A terrific i ain and hail storm accompanie 1 by thun der and lightning prevailed through out this .section this section thi.s even ing. The fall of rain is estimated at five inches. An immense amount of property was damaged. The Wyom ing house and other large building3 and factone.n v. i re. struck by lighting. Telegraph wires are down. 9 "i?cI. nT.bcr n:- REAL, ESTATE ornuuipuu miu ioi. iur iui wecK. -new rngiana states had 15, middle 15, (AND)- weetern 44: southern 22. and territories 15, New - York city 9, COLLECTION AGENCY. Canada 80. Total, 152. The "eneral run oj failures is insignificant. fcSCAPE OF PRISONERS. bT. .Paul, May 4. Six men, under indictment for varioHl crimes, confined A . w . m . .. in me county jail, escaped this morn ing. They sawed the lock on the cell, and then called to the night watchman that one of the men was hanging him self. As soon as the watchman entered the cell he wa.s knocked down his keys taken aviay, gagged, and the other cells unlocked. THE SALOON KEEPERS WILT. Des MOINE6, May 4. About twenty saloon-keepers this afternoon took out licenses for three months under the new ordinance, and the city clerk is keeping his office open to night so that others may a'so take out license. Lorenzo 111 began selling early this morning, but was complained of and arrested, al though he applied for a license about 8 a.m. CLOSED BY THE SHERIFF.. rr -m IT A Ma iitusville, .aiay 4. inis morning one of the most extensive machine shops in northwestern Pennsylvania belong ing to Foster & McNay, manufacturers of boilers and engines, was closed by the sheriff. Liabilities, 8250,000. One hundred and forty men are thrown out of employment. The cause of the as signment is the tightness of the money market, and the failure of ittsburg manufacturers. A COSTLY CRITICISM. Nashville, Tenn., May 4. Misa Alice Margaret King, of Alabama, a grandniece of Vice President Wm. Rufus King, has brought suit against the Nashville American in the United Stater circuit court, for the publica tion in February of its letters in New Orleans and Mobile correspondence, criticising her recitations as a reader in those cities.' She lays her damages at 325,000. This novel suit is set for hearing in October next. crook's movements. Tomaste'n, A. T May 4. The Guadalupe rangers report that Crook passed across the Mexican boundary ast Friday with troops, scouts and an outfit for a three months' campaign, detached a guard with orders not to permit any one to bring dispatches from across the line. lie then struck out witn the whole command for James' Pass in the heart of the Sierra Madre mountains, the home of Juh's and Geronimo's bands.forty miles from Guadalupe. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Indianapolis, May 4. a fire broke out at Union City at seven this even ing. It is reported that the whole west part of the town will be burned. Telegraph communication is cut off. Engines have been culled from Sidney and Queenville. Ohio, and Muncie by the department at Union City. Tele grams to this point at 8 p. m. say it is impossible to get trains through. Tele graph communications will he en tab- usnea rrom anouier parr of the city before midnight. THE IRISH OONVI.'NTION. 5niCAo, May 4. Arrangements were made tonight for n meeting of Irish-Americans tomorrow night for th purpose of ratifying the action of the lata Philadelphia convention. Ad dress will be made by Alexander Sul- Law and collection business promp tly attended to at this office and pro ceeds remitted without delay. Notarial work, conveyancing and abstracting attended to on short no tice and satisfaction guaranteed. If there is any tiling we do make a special l ' of, it is city and suburbau real estate. Several fine farms and Borne wild land at bargains. Laboring men can get a home by paying month ly what they new pay for house rent. bpaco forbnU giving but a small percentage of the bargains now on the books at lhi4 agency; wo name the following: Six choice half acr,i lots, 8 minutes from R. It. shops, at from $i0 to "si. each, and on terms that would make a man ashamed to iy ho did not wn a house. Cimih; und heo, you are not compelled to buy and we wont) give these lots awav, b'H ou cun i;ct tJiern so they will nhsoliittli' cost you noth ing. rive acre lot i mile from citv for $250 part on time. Lleveu aero 1 ;t mile from city for $550 this is extra line. I have three pieces of outside prop erty which 1 can sell and under take to furnish purchaser work enough to pay for them, now I will furnish the giound and you the work, work is what hurts me. If you will do the work at a lair price I will give you a clear deed fur the land; if you can't do the worlc come and ee me, I may find some ouo who will do it lor you. 1 en acr03 for 500 00 " " " 000 00 " " " 750 00 " " " 2500 00 Several mall tracts well improved and adjoining the city, for sale at reasonable rate. fa u.'.r lands. 40 acres, w ild COO 00 80 " improy'd 1000 00 120 " " 2000 00 1C0 " - iy.jOQ 00 200 '' " C200 00 210 " - CVO (A) Finest stock iui.n iu Cass count? $16000, long time und low rate of in terest. 1C0 nerep, wild $J.jO0 160 " 2800 80 " 1200 80 J200 160 .-.ere?, wild. Rep. V'y (cash) $1000 CITY PROPERTY. Cor. lot 3 bl'ks from shops (cheap)$100 1 " 3 " " 175 2 " 3 " " " 150 3 cor " 2 " " " 450 n 1 k 4 . . 3 cor " 2 " 2 " " N. 6th street (fine) l " J'lemc Hill H " " Washington ave" 1 176 150 300 200 350 " " 1 bfk from Main st extra 400 Improved citv real estate iu abun dance. 1 cau find what you want in this Hue if you will call and see me. Business houses and lots for sale at much lower figures than will he asked six months hence. Stores and dwellings rcncd and for rent, rents promptly collected. If you don't see what you want Iu this column come and ask for it. I've probably missed Just wha you want. Office open nearly every cveniusr from 6 to 8. . Good new house and two fine lots-? in good location price, 8SO0. W- S. WISE, Union -aip'ok". 2-T Pit n n v wttrfr l& CirTr-nr-fMP-C Wir ta iFOFt 1003, prlcea, aocuraM It Traca. eux lonlukbla to aO. an.! trdeaen. ad tor it I , &GQ. OgTffOtT.MlOM. deMriptlon and rajambl diniaAoat tor Suttni I Offlo over ' Bohnaoa JTsSiaa' -t . .. ' ... - 1