Nebraska Newspapers

    THE BEE.
E. BOSEWATBB : EDITOR :
MAHONE Is the flea in the demo
cratic bonnet
OMJLHA demands and will bare a
strictly unpartizm school board.
A HUNHRKD small dwelling houses
in Omnh would at once find tenants.
Tn.E most cheerful profenlonal men
in 'our ' < 5ity ] utt * t present are th
architects.
THiminente Immigration : to thii
oaunttr Jrom Germany hxscaused. , n
advance In steerage ralei.
WAYNE MtYmoH finds civil service
reform
fi RlCHtRDSWj MONTSOMBRT h B been
appointed receiver of public moneji
at Bloomtnpton , Nebrask * ; o
y fc-
SENATOR HOAR'S -definldoa of-the
term Bonrbon irill go down to history.
-
It Is "a man who never learns any
thing , bat who forgets a good deaL"
9
still further shackled by the suppres
sion-of the'Gszelte andlUoltva on ao >
" coanV of'supposed revclatlontry nt
_ , . .
- c ! ! .
ierances.
BEFOKE two ye rs re over , the
competition of the river ronte will
force the rallrJfcdi to disgorge some
of their plander stolen from the pee
ple.
Urox the choice of the republican
convention for the officers of the city
government .depends the success of
the republican pwty in the coming
election.
THE surplus revenue of the govern
ment for the coming year Is estimated
at $90,000,000. Secretary Windora
proposes to use thii sum in 'the pur *
chase of six per cent. , bonds.
| G ? f.QAKirjiu : ) is showing his bsck
bone on the New York nomination !
and Senator Oankllng It wondering
ho who orer cime to dais the presi
dent among the "power prestige and
plunder" outfit. < , %
REPCULICAN citizens of Omaha will
"prefertb > voielhe straight republican
city ticketlf 'the'candidalee are men
who are capable efficient-andvh6ne : t.
Otherwise-party lines will not be close-
riy drawn in the coming oonieit.
TiiEpope [ jsjintting his foot down
on the relic hnmbng bnsineta and pro
poses : to Investigate a number : of
swindling oocle 1sBtici'who-have been
foistlng"Becb&d hand corpses on credu-
wJoua Americans for the bodies of Carls-
tlan martyrs. The businew Is.aald to
havebeenaprontaole oneTi *
WHAT troubles Senator Conkllng Is'
Ihe facLthat he can't be senator and.
'president aVthe same time. If Sen *
atorDonVlinghaies'hls position in the
republican .party solely upon his pat
ronage power , the .sooner the party : at
large discover the truth .the bitter for
all concerned.
EHOLAKD ls"greatly agitafed over
i Ihe'pro'poked cLitDgB in her army syi-
Tem , . wtLlca is , so slronglyJbrged1)y"
. . ChlWers
irfi .f. i. " ' i - . .
to fc kenoyreornit' nd rthjB
f aeina yeani iaijto aeni no.
fafe * "
soldier under twenty to indiiu Thn"
system of compulsory retirement will
also be modified , 'and-mra will be per
mitted to remain In the service after
tbelPoight fea > r3term expires. Offi-
cenUenn of aotire service will also b *
* 4c * m t - '
extended and tKe age for retlrem at
A ; > ; j * - jf i
iccrossed.
THE reports of the damsge to pri
vate property by .th flood * IB the
state are being geatly exaggerated by
the etstorn press. The greater part ,
of the damage by the .rising of the
PintleRepublican .and I/oap .has bien
done to railroad and and bridge pro
perties. , . The'development of the state
at large has not : been materially re
tarded by the late series of accident *
and while the damage and suffering
has undoubtedly been large there is DO
canse why Immigration or settlement
should in the least suffer in cosw-
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TlTvaYstaTcs an'd'sectlons are
qnl ltjoctze npok , any 'opportanlty
liku , lhenreaent 'to , Injore-'onr sUte
* * % BI - " W . " * V " * v i.
* ni i5L2rftt * nffijjj rfltiorHi pnotftu f
troublM honlri not b * .
to pat& uucorrected.
V fOctTarmori Jisrp been cloee ob-
' "Tiorvera oftheactiong of the lile leg
islature and.aro orpreaaing their opin
ions upon'the rotes of their'repreaen >
, tatives on aestions affecting their
intemt. At a meeting of the Midland -
land Farmers' Alliauce of Merridc
county , held at the Gardner school
house , on March 21t , the following
resolutions were onanlnionsly paued :
iftncei No. lOS , Icf 3ter-
rick" county ( -I\eb' bollere that Hon.
C.JlHoatetter , * oar , rcpre8eet tlTe in
f the Ie jrial8.ture from Merrick county ,
has tried to work in the interest of
the producers , instead of the railroads
and monopoly. 1 *
RESOLVED , Thit his vote for Chat.
i Y i Wyafe-frSeetB bar-hetrty ap-
f jf 5f T
Wt , ? h t THE OXAHA BKK
aad aU ojfeer pSparl in trfebraska of
whiTever pb i lc i that areawlitlng tbe
farmer's alliance in Nebraska , shall
here receive onr hesny thtnkt. .
RESOLVEP , That * copy of thes re-
olutlnns be mailed to THE OMAHA
; BB'E , ' Csritial KJiiy ; .Courier , aadThe
Central City Item for publication.
C C. JEWELT , President.
C. P- Chapman , Secretary.
-It - -exoEedingly.grallfying to
manlike Mr. Hosteller , , who voted
and acted in accordance with the
eir constituents , to re *
t A ju
, -such perited eBaoraeaent.
* And , on .the other'hand , It mast be
mortifying to men like Mr. Brown
and legislative eell-onts , who rlolited
.gtlelr'totemn : 'pledgee , to b * *
their return home with the.consVt fa
sted of ithe ; fi ) ) T l , of tfccit tt
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THE REPUBLICAN GITT CONVEN
TION.
The republicans ot Omaha hare It
in their power to nominate m'en for
the city offices whoso election iVfcbso-
lutely certain. They tnay , howeVer , ,
commit the.stepardonable blun3er.ot
nominating a "ticket thatJs beaten in
adrance , Two years Egotthispapet
donbted.the 'arpedlency.of nominating
Col Cfase. We nrgedthe fact that
he was rain , pompous and very eccen
tric. Notwithstanding this the people
elected him by a handsome majori
ty * He hat * serVcd two years ,
rinco then , at a meagre salary
of $300 , and deroted more time anc
energy to the duties of his office than
' ' '
fclltheinayors'who'prEcededthlm'coTnr
blned. During the moot trying crisis
In the history of our city government
he thwartedthe. jobsput-upJby , the
Holly ring , and tojisjetoes The'city
is Indebted Bsr.-much' to any"other
agency'forjts escape from bnejof ; the
most gigantic schemes of plunder thai
, has ever been attempted'on any com-
mnnity. With alibis known faults ,
It4s.a fact that our tax-payers hare al
all tlmei been in eafe" hands
= with vhe present head "ofrthe
.alty government Whenever any law
less or reckless expense was Incurred
MayorChkse basTiad the courage to
interpose his"veto. . In those efforts
to protect the city and in his refnsa
to be used by certain shysters who
have been.candidate for the city at-
torneyihlpTind.other appointments he
has Incurred the hostility of Smythe
Baldwin and Frank Walters & Co
These patriots have set up a howl al
along the line against him tad are
.combining id put up a putt ,
man of their own liking. Now we
don't assort kthat Mr. Chase is the
only republican worthy of being
mayor ol Omaha , but he certainly
commands more respect and confidence
than Colonel Smythe , and he is more
reliable and less pliant than Mr.
Broatch. The latter gentleman re
ceived our cordial and hearty support
for the legislature last fall , but his
conduct as-a law mtker was a sore
disappointment to the body of his
supporters.
We cannot be charged with .being
in league with keepers of low dires
d dens. In common with all law-
abiding citizens , we desire , to aee dit
orderly houses closed up. Bat on the
* " * " f"
other hand we rocogniza the fact that
ualeu moderate men of liberal ideas
are nominated a large body of voters ,
especially the .Germans and Bohe
mians , -who hare heretofore acted
with < the republican Ptrty ,
will , go over to the democracy.
, A great deal , of course , will donend
upon the councilmen andpolice judge.
The six councilmen at large should be
chosen without reference to ward
boundaries. They should be men ; of
higher grade .than the ordinary
ward bummer. The body of th *
republican , ; . convention , is , made
up of respectable and intel
ligent , fraent and we..trust that they
will exercise sound discretion in their
choice. It is an easy thing to nomi
nate candidates to spite somebody
nd _ to award spoils among friends
bat it should be remembered -'that
party lines will be ignored in the city
campaign and unless the republicans
put forward their strongest men , they
"will be left in the race.
A KECKKT comparison of English
and American railroads shows that
the proportion of mileage Is as five to
'one in favor of the United States.L
year ago England had 17GOG miles of
railway and the United States 84,255
miles. In England there is oue mile
of railroad itcck to sixy ! - nine
miles of area , while thia country has
one mile of road to every forty-three
of area. When population is taken
Into account It is seen that in England
there are 1000 people to every mile of
road ; in this country , only G10.
The construction of a mile of Eng
lish railway costs $202,750 , and the
average cost In this country per mile
U but $57COO ; showing that the tots1
cost of railroads in the United States
Is (4,762,510,000 , and th&t in Eng
land tbe construction aggregates the
cost of $3,588,020,000. Lut year in
England there ware 500,000,000 pas
sengers ; in the United States , 200- '
000,000 ; freight , England , 212,000-
000 ; United States , 280,000,000 ; re
ceipts , England , $17,4 0 per mile ;
United States , $ C,280 ; gross receipts ,
England , ? 308,900,000 ; Tnited
State * , $529,000,000.
These figuresjcontradlct the general
opinion th t America is overdoing the
rUl' ' ' * ? bt > Rin s . Tbe rapid develop ,
toent of th * country tra * < > r ed by nur
lines will fmrlj increase the amount
of both passenger uud freight receipts
and prove the wisdom of capital in in-
resting in railroad property. When
capital comes to see that a liberal pol
icy and equitable treatment of the
people will be naturally advantageous
and ceases to consider the country
tributary to the railroads simply as
their legitimate spoil for the purpose of
of extortion , rcilway property will be
come still more productive to the
stockholders.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
The mills of Wheeling , W. Ya. ,
produce on an average , 3,5COOCO
pounds jot nails every week.
A thread factory is tg be erected at
Waldoborough , Me. , over $40,000
having been subscribed to the stock.
It Is aald that a New York company ,
with a capiUl of $250,000 , it soon to
begin the manufacture of horse shoes
in Shelton , Conn.
The capital atock ( $125,000) ) for a
new bleachery- be located in Asao-
net , Una. , has been subscribed for ,
and the corporation has been organ
ized.
ized.A
A fine 40,000 spindle mill is to be
erected JnPall ElverMats. The stock
has been subscribed for , and the or
ganization of the company will soon
be complete.
The Winchester Armory of New '
Haven , Conn. , has received an order
from the Turkish gorernment for 50- ic
000,000 cjitridgcs. Work will begin icPi
ts soon as satisfactory security is Pite
given. teof
of
In Han county , Iowa , there ara ofdi
thirty creameries , which produced dibi
tart Tear , in the aggregate , 1,500,000 biol
? e ad of butter , and 450,000 pounds oln ]
* ) f tinted the ra\ae \ df which was
about $ * 00COt ) .
. The fcottoh iillla ol Vhfc W&n&i
Manufacturing Co. , on Ashler river ,
ftino miles from Charleston , S. C. ,
were totally destroyed by firs , Feb.
4 , entailing a loss of # 2,000 , folly
'covered by Insurance.
Bath , Me. , Is said to be doing a
large business In shlpbafldlng this
season , a number of vessels being BO w
on the stocks or contracted for , which
vary from 350 to 2,000 toss capacity.
The Allen Paper Car Wheel com
pany have located works at Morris ,
III. , where they have bonght orer
forty acres of land on the canal bank ,
in the eastern part of that town.
The amount paid by match manu
facturers in the United States for rev
enue stamps In 1880 , indicates an an-
nnal consumption- -the eountr * of
about 3,613,000,000.
It' Is said that Bessemer steel works
are to bo ddod to the industrial es
tablishments of Youagstown , 0 , with
a capital of $1,000,000. One-half
this amount hu already been pledged ,
* nd the balance will soon be mad * up.
The city council of Portsmouth , N.
H. , have granted exemption from tax
ation for ten years to the projectors
of a cotton manufactory which it Is
intended to build thtre at acottof
$500,000 or more.
A California senator says hit' Fur
Seal company has paid the govern
ment § 3,000,000 out of the$7Q03,000
we paid for Alaska , and before his
grant expires , rill hare paid the.
whole sum that hyperborean territory
cost us.
Over half a dcren laboring men , in
the Lake Superior Iron region , within
the past year , it ii said , by strict at
tention to business and striking rich
deposits of iron ore , hare been en
abled to retire on snug little fortunes ,
ranging from $10COO to 150,000.
The government of Florida has
made a contract with some Phlladel- .
phia and Pacific coast capitalists to
drain Lake Okeechobea. This will
reclaim , it is said , 12,000,000 acres of
fine sugar Irnda , the celebrated Ever
glades lying In this region , and will
enable the state to produce more sugar
than the United States nowoomsumes.
Michigan produced last year , 21-
840 tons ot copper , worth In round
numbers , $3,000,000 ; 1,925,009 tons
of iron ore , worth ? 10,000GOO at the
mines ; 31,000,000 bushels of. wheat ;
2,575,588 barrels of salt ; 64,000 tons
of plaster ; 9,582,000 pounds of wool ;
3,938,187,227 feet of Umber , and
built , including double track and sid
ings , 750 miles of new railroad.
The Cambria and Bethlehem Iron
company of Pennsylvania , hare unit
edly purchased tbe Dofienn and Bel *
eon iron mines. InModoc , Canada ,
for $58,000 , and have secured a lease
of the Walbridge hematite mine for
thirteen years at a cost of { 20,000.
They expect in a abort time to take
out ore at the rate of 700,000 tons
per cnnum.
Taxlns "Mortffasred Property.
Flttsbur ? Sunday Globe.
The assessment and collection of
taxes is still one of the unsolved
problems I of modern legislation , and
the t sore perplexity of law Bakers. It
is i a sound principle in political econo
my that every piece of property , realer
or personal , shall pay its just prop or-
tioncf ti the expenses incurred in run
ning the government , bat the trouble
Is now and always has been to reduce
this reuonable theory to practice. It
is notoriously true that no staU ( n
the union hu yet been able to frame
laws for the assessment and collection
cf taxes that perfectly accomplished
the end in view , although those laws
have I been regularly tinkered by every
legislature 1t 1 that has convened daring
the. t put fifty yeira , and legislators
will continue to enact , amend and re
peal them for fifty yean longer.
One of the most perplexing phaies
of the subject is to assess and collect
the taxes on the mortgaged real es
tate , and it is the one which has re
cently been the subject of two legal
decisions one by the supreme court
of Connecticut , end the other by the
supreme court of the United States ,
in the Kirtland case , and both decls-
ionn have given rise to a good deal
of discussion among the legal frater
nity and ethers.
Mr. Kirtland is a capitalist and a
citizen of the state of Connecticut ,
who had loaned a large sum of money
on some real estate in Chicago on
bond nnd mortgage , and the assessor
In the town where he resid
ed assessed Mr. Kirtland , aa
he had a perfect right to do ,
and levied a tax upon the mortgege ,
the came as if It had been real-estate
or the ssme value of money In the
bznk. This tax Mr. Kirtland refused
ts pjy , end when the tax gatherer
levied on the properiy and told it , he
( Kirtknd , ) replevined it , and after J
yeara of vex&tlocs and expensive liti
gation , the cae finally went to the
Connecticut supreme court , where It'
was decided In favor of the township
authorities and against the defendint.
Being still dissatisfied and determined In
to fight It out on the same line if It IS
took Jam half a lifetime , Kirtland car S
ried it to the supreme court cf the
'United States , where the decision of 0
the court below wss affirmed , and Mr. n
Kirtland wasfazain defeated. nK nb
The defense that Kirtland set up K
was that the property on which he Cla
had loaned his money , and on which Clsi
he held a mortgage , was in _ distant si
sin
state , and was AM eased to the" nominal n
owner to the full amount of Its value , sib
who paid IU full nhare of taxes into | fcei
lh * tnwxnry of Chtc * n and of Tlllnol ? ' ei
eiK
accordingly , J nd that to tax him f r eib
the whip of his mortgage * io real b
ity laiing tbntame place of property i
ttriro over. The whole controreriy C
hinged on this point , and both tiT
the supreme court of Connecti ticc
cut and the supreme court of tha cc
United States very properly refniad biC
to let Mr. Kirtland off from paying a biw
tax on a well secured evidence of w
ownership of $25OCO worth of proper *
ty. It would doubtlers be very grati tl
fying to sach eastarn capitalists as 81
Mr. Kirkknd , to have the privilege lii
loaning all their surplus money In a ttR
distant fctato at a high rate of interest , Rai
and escaping taxation extlraly on the aiat
flimsy and illogical excuse that the at
propsrty they held for the Security of
their loans hsd p = ld its full there of ?
the burdens levied for carrying on the at
norernment. But neither the So- atcl
clfc
preina Court of Connecticut nor fc
the Supreme Court of the United fcP
States could be made to endorse so St
StOl
dangerous ' * , precedent , but held Ol
that the state of Connecticut had a Olei
right to soma of Mr. Klrtland't sup ei
port , no matter where his money was olbi
lotned , es long as he was living on bi2i
her soil , enjoyed the protection of her 25
laws , and educating his children in 2ifc 2ig
her schools that were maintained at a
public expense. fccl
Of course U would ba unjust to tax clol
both mortgager and mortgagee for the oln
relative amount which each owns In n
any piece of rail estate thai incum- * l
bered , but the difficulty Is that the clcc
creditor is often a non-resident , over cc
whom the state where the mortgaged ccOJ
premises lie hu no control.
Improvement of the Mississippi.
'Baltimore Son.
Everything seems to confirm the tc
tcU
impression that one of the letding tcti
pieces of policy towards which the at tim
tention of congress asd tbe Inflaenca m
the government is to be directed is
isP
during the present edvla ! tntoB will isa >
liberal appropriations for riven seA a
other internal waterways , aa partk- atd
nlariy the Hketappl river and ito d <
tributaries. Great .Britain and Cana-
oa are .spending , S.O,000GCl.on } IhS
WeUaca.canal aud $50,000.000 on the
Canada Pacific railroad. J ew York
Is making the Erie canal tplrfreVeast-
ward , and will soon enlarge' iUe looks
and deepen the canal. Th\J \ people o
the weSt delnsnd that aamnch'ehoult
be dons for the. great natural-water
way of the continent. The president
li known to be emphatically in favor
of'this ' policy. , He said as"-.much ,
In ha ! Ic&Ugural rddrezs and 1H
hll letter accepting the nomination to
Ihb presidency , whiln in a speech de
llvered from his seat In congress June
21,1879 , on'the ' bill for ( a commission
to report a plan for theilmprovemeri
of the Mississippi .river , 3Ir. GarSelt
professed his belief that the Missis
ippi constitutes "one of tbe grandest
of onr material national interests
The-statesmanship of America , " he
said , "must grapple , the problem o
this' mighty stream. It 1 too vast for
any state to handle ; too much for.airj
authority less than that of the nation
Itself to * manage. And I' ' believe , '
continued Mr. Garfield , "that the
time will come when the liberal mind
ed statesmanship of this country wil
deviie a wise and comprehensive sys
tern that will harness the powers ol
this great rivet to the material inter
ests of America. " President Gar-
field's cabinet has been constituted seas
as to promote these views
Secretary Blaine ia known to
favor land grants and subsidies ,
and a liberal and extensive system o
Internal improvements , while Secre
tary Windom has made these matters
his favorite study , and is believed to
have been the chief promoter of the
jetty plan for opening put an officien
channel at the mouth of the great
river. All these circumstances make
an active furtherance of this policj
Jof comprehensive river improvement
almost necessarily a part of the ad
ministration's programme , and the
sagacious Mr. Jay Gould expresses
hli opinions of its succesijby going
In * wholesale fashionH'ato the
steam-barge transportation buslhcas
from St. Louis to New Orleans. Thia
new policy will ba as attractive to
members of congress from the south
and southwest es it will ba to those
of the west and northwest. Mary
land members having a leaning in the
dlrec ion of this policy might secure
In return the support of the western
reprrsentatives to the projected
Chesapeake and Dolonrare ship canal.
The Mississippi nnd its tributaries , the
gulf and the Chesapeake do nol
want a monopoly of the grain traffic
of the country , such as is claimed by
the lake , canal and railroad system
terminating in New York , but they
want their share , and they think II
will promote the matoihl Interests of
the country If the transportation bus
iness should be divided among novora
route i instead of concentrated upon a
Ingle terminus In the northeast cor
ner of the country. The Mississippi
basin receives the drainage of 1,257-
545 square miles and furnishes an out
let for the water of 240 streams oi
Importance. It and its tributaries
border or intersect nineteen states and
three territories. Steamboats can
carry freight in unbroken bulk on the
Mississippi from the Gulf to the falls
of St. Anthony , 2,161 miles , and on
the Missouri from the Gulf to Fort
Benton , in Montana , 4,333 miles.
The total length of navigation on the
Mississippi and its tributaries Is' 15-
710 miles , or morn than four times
the distance from New York to Liver
pool.
A Great Narrow-Gauere System.
Cincinnati Girotle.
It is claimed that the Mississippi
river barge line and the proposed
na-row-gaago system of railroads will
do more to regulate rates of trans
portation I , and bring them to a fair
and equitable basis , than either state
or national legislation. Thia asser
tion , however , Is based on the suppo
sition that a th.ea-feet gauge can be
operated and maintained at a much
less percentage of gross earnings than
1I standard gauge roads. Heretofore the
advantages posEetsed by narrow over
broad-gauga 1 roads have been demon
strated en paper only. But now they
are being put" to the teat , and if
their 1I 1t feasibility can be fully
proven I by successfully competing
with 1t their broader gauge competitors ,
they t will at once become important ,
1I If 1 not the chief ( factors in determining
minimum charges should be on the
Inland 1 traffic. "Very few persons
1t have 1 any idea of the magnitude of the
1S completed and projected narrow-gauge
systems of railways in iha United
States and Meric-o. It is the object
of their promotaro to extend a line or
lines from the Atlantic seaboard to
the Pacific and to the City of Mexico.
1I very considerable potio'n of them
have already been constructed , and
an abundance of capital io eagerly
waiting to complete the system. The
line in the United States will embrace
the Dayton and SoutheasternToledo ; ,
Delphpsand Burlington ; Toledo , Cin
cinnati and St. Louis ; Cairo and
St. Louis ; Texas and St. Louis , and
Denver and Rio Grande. It Is the
purpose of the owners of these several
reads to build the gaps as rapidly as
possible.and throw the whole system , .
into one grand transcontinental line '
of ; narrow-gange railway. It is not
understood that a consolidation will
be made , but close working arrange
ments be entered into. Before the
close of the present year there will be
thorough line betwgen Cincinnati
and Toledo and St. Louis. In the o
meantime a preliminary survey will
be made , it Is said , from the eastern
terminus of the Dayton and South- I
eortern branch to tidewater , and the
Ivo omn nn Tturlirigton division frill
1)6 > pushed ai far i itjcan be done frith
money urt ninn. Thi > St. L nu * nd
Ctiro rnad Is already io opera
tion. About 150 miles of the
Texas and St. Louis line Is
completed , and a syndicate has
been formed In Boston to build from
Cairo to Texarkans , joining the Texas
with the northern system. The Deni
verand.Rio Grande will connect with
the Texts and St. Louis road in west
ern Texai , thus forming an unbroken
line of narrow-gange railroad between
the eastern seaboard and the far west.
When completed , with their branches
and feeders , it will bo one of the finest'
well as one of the most profitable
piecas of railway property ia America ,
narrow gauge roads pcsaecn ell the
advantages claimed for them. It ia
claimed that the cost of construction
for a road of. three feet gauge , ES com
pared ! with teat of 4 feet 8 inches , the
standard grujje , Is 30 per cent. lew
over the same route ; that by the roll
ing stock being lighter , a very consid
erable saving is effected in the weight
rails used ; that the narrow road can
operated aud maintained for fully
per cent , less than tha standard
gauge < , while the capacity of the for
mer for traffic is but little , , if any , jn-
ferior to that of the latter. All'these
claims are supported by the opinions
leiditg engineers. If th y ara cor
rect In their estimates the 'narrow f
guage roads will work a very great COnt
changa in the railway system of the new ot
countryand perhaps solve the problem 01
cheap transportation. in
Brief Study o ! the Census.
Itesrtr Republican.
The census bulletin showing the
total number of inhabitants of the
United States by counties , and giving Wo.
the proportion between males and fe 01
males , is out. The exact population
placed at 50,152,866 The males
predominate to the number of almost Ca
miUionthere being 25.520,582 male * IS
asd 24,632,284 females. The table do
does not form an uninteresting study. vt
' We observe , what one living in Cen
ter ttoul'd never fiiispeb ; to bo the cade ,
that there are almost twice ai many
males .in , Colorado as .females , there
being ,129,471 , persons of the masculine
gender In the atat'o. In other we t
ern elates and tt&tijotles , fet l ! ;
known reaaons he-malo eleraeni < pre4
'dominates largely. ' Montana falls 4thi
'lowest in the scalef { "showing only
about 39,000 females tolpOOGO males'
Arizona shows a. . rateof ,49jO ° Qe ?
rjaales to. the 100,00 $ males' , ' evad
48,000 , Wyoming 4T..OOO , Dakota 04 ,
000 , Idaho 49,000 , Utah 93000 ; n
New Mexico 86,000. In the tetritor
ies which have been settled entire ! ]
independent of speoial * influences !
such as Mprmonlsm in Utah and Hex
.Icanism in New Mexico , wo fim
ratio of women , increasing with
railroad facilities. Thus there are ho
geodnstnralreasonsKTTby/.thQ.number.
of women in proporlioiTto the rium
bor of men should be greater in
Wyoming than in Montana ; but when
remember . that the Union Pacific
railroad traverse * Wyoming we havi
the presence of an unexpected
number uf females explained. Da
skpta has also had railroad advantages ,
so that families have soon
followed or accompanied the
'head thereof to a new home in the
western -wild. The railroad Haea
1 which are now extending into Mon
tana , Idaho and Arizona will in the
couioe of another decade alter this
proportion materially. In Utah wo
find the special institution of polyg
amy operating to increase the proportion
tion of. females over that of other ter
ritories. There is alao to be found
another cause in the custom of the
Mormons who are-not polyganons , o
having their families about them. Jr
New Mexico , we find , a long aettlec
country where the family regulation
has been long sustained , so that the
proportion of the sexes Is not materi
ally different from that observed in
eastern states. We , however , traca in
thiar skeleton chatt evidences of the
graduatnntroduction of the American
element of which the pioneers are
males. Whore there are 86,000 females
males to the 100,000 males , or tha
proportion , there were in 1870 , 05 ,
000. In Utah the same observation ii
applicable , though the change has baen
less marked , the ratio of'70 showing
97,000 females to every 100,000 males
Tbe reader will hardly be prepared to
hear that the proportion of females tc
'
males'in Colorado was larger in 187' '
than in 1880 , there being then GOOOC
of the feminine gender to every 100 ,
000 masculines , and now only f > 0,000
This fact is of course duo to our racea
mineral discoveries , which have fillec
the country .with single men , or mar
ried men who have left their wives be
hind , to .wait for "tho strike ; " Going
eut from Colorado we find the "east
ern" western states gradually ap
preaching a-normal social condition
such states , as. Kansas , Nebraska
Michigan and Minnesota giving ui
'from 80,000 to 90,000 females to 100 ,
000 males. .Such states as Illinois
Indiana and Iowa approach stil
nearer an equal' division. On
the Atlantic ; coast there is generalj !
a preponderance of 'famales ' , Massa
chusetta and Rhode Island cech
furnishing almost 108 females'to every
100 males. The District of Columbli
gives 112& females to each 100 males
In the Southern States , as a whole
we find the males and females show
Ing pretty evenly. However , in such
states' as Alabama , Georgia , Norih
and South Carolina and Virginia , we
find a preponderance of females , ant
upon closer inspection we find that in
the ps3tten < years thiapreponderance ,
though still maintained , has decreased
For instance , there are now 102J fe
males in Virginia to every 100 males
when in 1870 there were 105 . Thia
h explained by the war. These , states
supplied the larger parb of the Con
federate army with men for daughter
Aa time goes on they are gradually
regaining their equilibrium. Thus
one.may learn sevem thing * about the
tendencies , habits ccd misfortunes o
his race bysimply scanning a skeleton
census table of his county's popula
tion. _
PEAISE .THE BRIDGE THAT
CARRIES YOU"
Though the people vote it tlghtthal
those "living in glass houses should
not throw' stones , " it is eminently
proper that , those working' ' in glass
bouses should say a ' 'good word" 'tor
anything of especial benefit to them
selves. Jn this connection , Mr. laaao
Correy , manager of 'the ' Sal.m , N. J. ,
glass works , re marks : ' 'I am pleased
to say that I have used the great rem
edy'St. .Jacobs Oil , for rheumatism
with'excellent ' results ; other members
of my family hare alao been greatly
benofitted , by its uso. "
i . .A.Great'Chicago Enterprise.
f The Laboratory for the manufacture
of Electric Bitters is oue of Chicago's
greatest - enterprises , givig employ
ment to a large number of hands ,
The extensive sale already attained
for this wonderful remedy is astonish
ing. Wherever once introduced and
becomes known , it is almost impossl
ile to supply the demand , because of
their trne merit curing where all
.others fail and at a reasonable price
'fifty cents ) SxeJi. Sold * by all
druggista. (3) ( )
EAST INDIA
B
BITTER
ILER &
vv.y
riOLB MANUFACTURERS ,
OMAHA. Neb.
.CHARLES RIEWE ,
UNDERTAKER !
Metallc CMCSCoffins , , Caskets , Shrouds , etc.
Faro mStrce . Oth and llth , Omaha , Neb.
Tel traohU orders promptly attended to.
I
THE MERCHANT TAILOR ,
Has just received his Spring Stock , and has 250
patler/nto select from. Call early and get your
choice. Cleaningand repairing : of all kinds.
On * Door WeaCOmlckehank's. .
ep01y
NEW HARNESS SHOP.
Theundenijneil bnrini : b d nne i r * ex
perience -with' Q. H" * J. 3Collinr , and twenty-
onrj ears of practical harness mxllE ? , las now
commen ed business for himself In the large
shop 1 door south of the southeast corner
Mth nnd Harnej Bt * . He * i employ a large
orce of skill * ! workmen and will fill nil orders
his pllne promptly "and'eheaply.
yRAMJI * K. BUKOICK.
UNO. G. JACOBS ,
CTornuTly of Qb ! Jacobs )
UNDERTAKER
. 1117 Farnham St. , Old Stand of Jacob Oil
ORDSES Br TKLKORAPB SOLICITS
nV7.1v
S. Q. STEySNSON & CO.
Carpenters nd BcTMers , have removed to No.
1863Dodja Street , where they e prepartd to
H Idndh ot irork In their line on short notice [
itnisoiublentw. * '
*
. .
drlil
I REMEDY
I 'SCIATIC/C /
JLUMBAGO , \
BJlcKAGHEj
GOUT ,
SORENESS
ortiic
CHEST ,
SORB THROAT ,
QUINSY ,
-SWELLINGS
FROSTED FEET
' i D
EARS.
1HD
SCALDS ,
OEKEXAL
BODILY PIS ;
TOOTH , EAR
A3D
HEADACHE ,
AtD
All other Piins
A3D
_ ACHES.
No Preparation pu etrth , cquil ST. Jicqiu OIL is
a SjirE , sent , smrtc and cuEir ExfcrnU Ibocdr.
A trill nUUi bat tha camparatiTcl ; trifling ontl T of
W CISTS , nd erer/on. netting with j ! n eta hit.
cbeip ' ndj > oiiUTO proof of 1U clilmj.
DiiizcTioxa IK rums LISCCAOES.
SOLO BY All DRDOQISTJ AID OEAIUS M'HIBICffll.
A. VOGELER * CO.
Maltlmorr , Md. ,
Geo. P. Bemis
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
15th & Deugloi Slt.t OmoAa , Neb.
This agency doaa BIRIOILT broktn ; * * > mA
ncsn. Docs not speculate , ud therefore any ! at-
galna on Its books are Insured to It ] patronc In
gtcad of being Robbltd np by the agent
BOGGS & HILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No liOS-Fornham Strut
OMAHA - ; NEBBAJBKA.
Office North Side opp. Grand Central Hotel.
Nebraska Land Agency.
DAVIS & SHYDER , ;
1505 Jarnhom St. OmoAo , Nebr.
100.000 AORE3 carefully selectedUad to Ka * i
Hebraika for rale. i
Ore * V Bargains In InaproTtd farm * , aadOssni
. _ _ _
O. F. , DAVIS. WEBSTER BHTDZB ,
tate Land ConVr D. P. R. R. 4)ntobTtf )
BTROR RUB. HVU RMO.
Byron Reed & Co. , j
oiounMTUUs-ro >
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA. \
Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real
EatatolnOnataandDouglagConnty. mayltf
( DQH ( day at borne , bamp ca 0'
U)6U frae. Address Btlnion ] 0
PorUind. Uo
D. T. ( MOUNT ,
Manufacturer andpealer In
SADDLES " : ;
and ,
HARNESS ,
Agents for JAMES R. HICL
L . . & CO. , Celebrated
CQNC0RI ) HARNESS.
'
/HTThe / Best In The Worldfa
" '
/ A- '
1412 Faniham St. , '
„ Omaha , Neb.
$2,250,666 if ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.
EXTRAOBpINARtf DRAWING , APRIL IZtlt
15000 TICKETS ONLY , 7 2 PRIZES.
SMALLEST PRIZE , $1.000.
1 Hrirj.81.OfO.0-W 1 Prize S2oXyi ( ,
1 Prize 200.0TO 8Pr res,8IO , 00 each .80,000
1 Pr.ze 100,000 8 Prizes , 6,000ca-h. 10,000"
1 Prize 0,000. 722 Prizes am't'g to $2,260,000
"
Whole Ticket ? , $1CO ; Halves , $30 ; Qnarters.&O ;
Tenths , SIS ; Twentieths , $3Fortieths , $ ( .
Little Havana is governed entirely by the
above drawin j.
1 Prize , $0,000 722 Prizes , $16,119.
Wholci , S2. llalTCB , $1.
ROMAN & CO ,
Snccesso.s to TAYLOR & Co. , New York.
Direct , all ccminunkatlons and money to
ROMAN ft CO. , General Agents , 333 Chiel [
Street ) , Hew Haven , onn. mHIm |
BUSINESS COLLEGE ;
THE dREAT WESTERN
i
Gco.R. Kathban , Principal *
Oreighton Block , - OMAHA
Send for Circular.
"
Machine Works.
J. Batomond , Prqp. 4 ;
Tnft io
tttchlna Stop * indfoundrf In thesute. d
Oisllnjs c ( 'ferp tlesortptlon muiu ( > cted. i.
Engines , Pumps Mid v ry Ui J of machinery
made to order.
order.pedal attention given to
Well AiiRurs , Pulleys , Hangers ,
ShaftingjBridKc IronsCccr
Cutting , etc a
Plans tor now Machlnery.ileachanlcal Draught
ng , Models , ct : . , neatly executed.
68 Harnev St. . Bet. 14t& nnd 15th.
IK. R. KISDON , T.
General Insurance Agent ,
PHC3KIX ASaOtwv. - . . J Lon.
don , Cash Assets . 15,107,151
ffESTCneSTEK. K. Y. . Capital . 1,000,003
THE MERCUAN tS , of Nearlc. . N. J. , 1,000,00
GIRAJID FIKEPhlladeipliUCapltal. . l.OOt.OOO
NORTHWKSTKBK NATIONALCap.
Ital. . . . . . . BOC.OOli
FIREMEN'S FUND , California . 800 ( XX
BKI.TISH AMERICA ASSORANCBCo 1,200,000
NEVVA .IKTFIRE IKS. CO , Assets. . . . 800,000
AMEUICAF CENTRAL , Aasets . 300 600
? sst Cor. n ( Fifteenth & Domtlas St
OMAHA. KKB
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE
BBTWKBI * -
OMAHA AND FORT OMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Comer of SAUNDERS and HAMILTON
STREETS. ( End of Red Line as ( illom :
LEAVE OMAHA :
620 , 8:17and'l:19a : m ,3:03,5:37 nd7:23p.m.
LEATB JORT OMAHA :
7:15 a. m. , 9:16 a. m. , and 12:45 p. m.
4:00,6:15 and 8U5 p. m.
The 8:17 : a. m run , Icavin/ omaha , and the
:00'p. m run , leaving Fort Omaha , are usually
oadcdtofult capacity with rezaUr passengers.
The e:17-a. m. raa will be made from th e post *
office , corner of Dodge and 15th inrhU.
Tickets can be procured from street cardriT-
en , or from drivers of hacks. n
FARE. S3 CENTS. INCLUDING STBK CAR nCJ
JD
AGENTS WANTED FOB
CREATIVE SCIENCE
and Sexual Philosophy.
rofuaely Illnstrated. The most Important in D (
test book published. Erery family wants
Sxtraoidlnary inducements offered AgenWv
Address Aaron * Puxunaro Co. St.Losis.Ua.
3CC a it term your own town , lenasud
> DQ outfit tree. Address H. Hallett * Ccv , 01
Portia Kt. , -
Mil RIM HHSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
CALDWELLHAMILTOHlCO
' : *
Uaslntss transacted same M that d an In cor-
poratJJJUik. -
Accounts kept In Ctirrecfcy ot gold ( abject to
sight check without notice.
Certificates of deposit toned parable In thf M ,
six and twelve months , .bearing interest , or oa
demand without Interest.
Advances made to easterners on approvcJ se-
enrttlM at market rates of Interest
Boy and sell ( fold , bills ot exchange
meut , State , County anil City Bonds.
Draw Sight Dratta on England , Ireland , Scotland
- . " ' ' * " - " -
land ; and all-parti of Europe. -
Stll European Passage Tickets.
COLLEOTIOHS PROMPTLY MADE.
anjldt = .
U. S. DEPOSITOBY ,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of OMAHA *
Cor. IStfo ana ITaranam. Streets ,
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO K00HTZE BROS. , )
isrmisniD ra 1859 ,
Of janlzed M a National Bank. AUfnst 281883. .
Capital and Profits OrerSSOO.OOO .
Specially authorized by the Secretary or Treasury
to rscetre Subscription to the
U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN.
OmCIBS AND DIBICTORJ
Hnutui Kemmi , President.
AofltJSTCS Kouirrii , Vice President.
H. TT. Tins. Cashier.
A. J. Formica , Attorney.
JOB * A. CMI9HTOJL
F. H. DaTis , Ajs-t OathlM.
Till bank receives deposit wlthont regard to
anunmtt.
lames time ctrUfleateibea/ln ; Interest.
Drawi dratta on San Irancisco and principal
cities of the United Btatoa. alj London , Dublin ,
Edlnbnricb and the principal dtta of the contl *
ntnt ol Europe.
Sells passage tickets ' for Emigrants In the In.
man ue. ntlyldtf
HOTELS
THE JRIOINAL.
BRIGGS HOUSE I
Oor. Randolph St. & 5th Are. ,
CHICAGO ILL.
PRICES BEDDCED TO
$2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY
Located In the business centre , convenient
to place * of amusement. Elegantly furalabed ,
.containing all tnodcra Improvanente , piascnper
elerator , ic J H. CUMUHIQS , Proprietor.
ocl6U
OGDEN HOUSE ,
'Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs , lowas
On line o Street Railway , Omclbui to and from
all train * . RATES Parlor floor , $3.00 per day ;
second floor , 12.50 per day ; third floor , $2.00.
The beat furnished and most commodious honse
In the city. OEp.T.PnELPS Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming.
The miner's resort , good accommodations ,
arge earn pie room , charges reasonable. Special
attention given to t ravelin IT men. .
11-U H. 0 HILLIiRD Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Flnt'diss , Fine arge Eampl * Booms , oae
block from depot. Trains stop from 20 minutes
to 2 honra for dinner. Free Baa to and from
Depot. Kates 9Z80.t2.CO and $3.00 , according
to room ; sngle meal 75 cents.
A. 1) . BALCOM.'Proprielor.
TT BORDEN , Cnlef Clerk. mlO-t
AGENTS WANTED FOR OOR NEW BOOS ,
' 'Bible for the Young , "
B in ? the story ol the Scriptures by Rev. Goo.
Alexander Crook , D. D. . in simple aud attrac
tive , language for old and young. Profusely
lllajtratil , making a molt interesting and 1m-
preajlve youth's Instructor. Every parent'will
secure ttils work. Pieacherg , vou sbonld clr-
cnl.tfl' . Price $100.
BenC for drcnlan with extr erms.
J. U. CHAMBEB3 & CO. , ) St. Louis , Mo
AND STILL THE LION
Continues to
KoarforMoores , ( )
HARNESS it SADDLE III ,
e
I hi. ' " , adopt"rf thft Lion < * Trui *
Mhrk , nd fcll mo flood * , "jiilbasi&mp-
ad . * rith the Lion and tnj Nama on
the some.No Goods era ganuino
without the above stamps. The best
material is used and the most skilled
workmen are employed , and at the
lowest cash price. Anyone wishing
price Hat ot goods will confer a favor
by sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MQOEE.
. VAS CAXI * , if. D. K. L. SiaoiM , M. D.
NEBRASKA
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE ,
PRIVATE HOSPITAL.
Now open for the reception of nv'Unts for the
TBEATMENT OF ALL CHRONIC AND SUBQI
CAL DISEASES.
DBS. VAN CAilIP & SIGGINS ,
Physicians & Surgeons ,
Proprietors. -
ODD OMAHA.CK. . CORNER I4TH
DODGE STS. , OMAHA.
A. W. NASON.
: E > IE : ET a ? i s a ? ,
QJTKK JuoVsB clcco &MGtpil9 Art. ud
UthBtmt , Cant * ' si ) ' .
BID !
THE NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUSE
- * - Has fiemoved tel
l 0 | FARNHAM STREET ,
*
* &
( Max Meyers Old Stand. )
! fr. - .
-
Where They Shall Keep Constantly on Hand an. Immense' '
Stock of
MEN'S , BOYS'AXD CHILDREN'S CLOTHING ,
HATS , CAPS AND GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS ,
. ABIDES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
E2rOall and Examine Goods and Prices.- "
HIHVL A3VC. IPIELA. V
13t9 Farnham Street , Omaha , Nel > .
MORE "POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
' The'popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER In 1879 exceeded that of
any previous year daring the Quarter of a Century In which this "Old
Eellable" JIachine has been before the public.
In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. , In 1879 we sold 431167
"Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our salea last year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day I
For every basinets day In tbe year.
The "Old Eeliabie"
That Every REAL is
Singer the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Machine
the Simplest , the Most
chine has thia Trade
Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma
Iron Stand , and embedded - , chine ever yet Con-
bedded in the Arm of \
strnoted. )
the Machine. ,
THE SINGER MANUFACTURINi
Principal Office : 1:4 : "Onion Sauare , New York.
1,500 Subordinate.Offices , in tha li nit d States and Canada , and 3,000 0 cs.ia.t ; heOld !
World and-Sonth America. seplWiiwtf
PIANOS i ORGANS.
J" . S.
ACEHF5R CHIGKERING PIA ,
lad Sele Agent for
Hallet Davis & Co , , James & Holmstrom , and J > & 0-
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estsy ,
Burdett , and tie Tort Wayne Organ
Go's. Organs ,
Ij deal in. Kanoa and Organs exclusively. Have had years
experience in the BusineBSj and handle only the Beat.
J. S. WRIGHT ,
218 16th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha ,
HALSBT V. FITOH. Tuner.
J. F. SHEELY & CO. ,
BEEF PAGKEi
Wholesae { and Retail in
FEESH 3TEATS& PROVISIONS , GAME , POULTRY , FISH , ETC.
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
OFFICE OITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing Honse ,
Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R. R.
DOTJBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
POWER AND HAND PUiFS
Steam Pnmpe , Engine DMmmingB , Mining Maohinory ,
IELT1NC HOSE , BRASS AM IRIH'nniHCS , PIPE , STEAM PACKING
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS
A. I ; STBAUG , 205 Faraham Street Omaha , nb
"V
f i
J. B. DETWIL cl i *
9-
THE CARPET MAN
,
Has Removed From His Old Stand
on Douglas St to His
NEW AND ELEGANT STORE , -A. * >
1313 Barnham Street , , ,
f
Where He Will be Pleased to Meet all Eis OWi
, S Fatreue. , * ,