THE DAILY BEE.
B. BOSEWATER ; EDITOB ;
ArborlDay Proclatna'ion.
EXECUTIVE OWICB , )
LINCOLX , Neb. , April 4. J
To the People of Kebraskt :
With the return of more genial
days , after a winter of nnnsnal se
verity , It Is a pleasing duty to an
nounce the approach cf _ Arbor Day ,
which , by official recognition and es
tablished ctutom , IB set apart > nd de
voted to tree planting throughout the
state of Nebraska. The common welfare -
fare requires unremitting zeal in thi §
direction. It seems needlesB , however -
over , to suggest the benefits that maybe
bo derived from an abundant growth
of timber on our prolific prairies.
Therefore , in harmony with the
action of Ihe elate board of agricul
ture , I , Albinus Nance , governor tf
the state of Nebraska , do hereby de
signate the third Wednesday of April ,
1881 , to be especially devoted to
planting forest , fruit , and ornamental
trees , vineyards , shrubs , and flowers
combining thj useful and the beau
tiful in improving and beautifying
our homes ; and in the petformrnce
of this agreeable duty , I invile the
co-operation of all classes and profes
sions , requesting everyone to plant
diligently on the day designated , and
on every other favorable occasion
during the oa'rlv * day of spring.
Let it bs remembered that those who
plant trees build livingitnonuments to
their own industry , and are beefas-
tors of mankind while benefiting them
selves.
In testimony whereof , . ! have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great seal of the state of
Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this fourth day of
April , A. D. 1881.ALBINOS
ALBINOS NANCE ,
[ . .EALJ Governor.
"I PBEFEtt the fence to the custom
house. " [ David Davis.
IK the case of the New York Col-
lectonhip , Morritt receives not its
own reward , but its Robertson.
IT Is rumored that Whitelaw Reid
will be appointed minister to Germany.
Whitelaw is getting more than his
share of fatneas.
has decided not to press
his fight on the New York nomina
tions. Oonkling is a wise man , espe
cially when bo haa only four senators
at his back.
_ "i
NEBRASKA , hasnearly 100,000 women *
of voting ago. The late election
shows that only one woman ! h every"
hundred had any desire to bo clasied
u a voter.
TIIE record for economy of the last
democratic congress should be placad
on file for future campaign reference.
The appropriations amounted to
8177,840,993.87 , being over $6,000-
000 more than the appropriations
made for any fiscal year since 1872.
TILE supreme court of the United
St atcs has rendered a decision of in
terest to ladies who have a passion
for house decoration. It has decided
that plaques are paintings and not to
be classed as decorated chinaware.
The paint in the decision ii that
paintings may pay a duty of 1C per
cent , while decorated china pays 50
per cent , ad valorem.
TUB cable announces the arrest of
the Grand Duke Constantine by the
order of his brother and his Impris
onment in a former castle of bis
father. A few weeks ago a prominent
nihilist in this CDuntry made the pre
diction that the Grand Duke Constantine
stantino would soon follow his father
and fall a victim to the hatred of his
own family. "I advise him , " said
the prophet , "to leava Russia behind
him as speedily as possible , and try
to keep out of reich of the agents of
the Russian government ; if he is
strangled in Russia or poisoned out of
Russia , it will not ba done by the
nihilists ; but the new czar may account
for it. Constantine is proved to ba a
'nihilist , ' yet he will notbe brought to
trial or legally punished ; for on his
trial he might give the name of him
who Instigated the late successful plot
and who kr.ew of its time and place. "
The Rimanoffs have mnrderin the
" "family , as other families have insanity.
: has obtained a justly em
viable reputation for paying its debts ,
Its recent financial transaction shows
t tint a very heavy French loancould ,
v be easily floated at 3 } to 4 per cent.
The United States ought to enji.y
equally as good if not better credit.
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France is ajnttlod and thickly-popu
lated country , with its resources fully
developed. This country It undeve
loped , and to a great extent unpeo
pled , ith its-stupendous resource * but *
partially disclosed. We are rapidly fl
paying off oar dent. The debt of ' *
France is accumulating. She.al . = n
* e , ay owes $4,700,000,000 , and. her
new loan will raise" it to' nearly
five thousand million dollais. The e :
money ii expended upon great public
works , canals , railways and harbor
improvements built at , .government
expanse ] and under government super-
< vklon. The republic has pitterned .
npon ( the policy of Louis Napoleon ,
but has improved 1J. While sxpenlng
money in beautifying Paris to keep r
Paris quiet , the present government Is 8C
mortgaging the earnings of posterity
Inordertoperfeclthe , military and-
commm-clal grandeurjof France. This
policy has its present adran--
'tsgw , bat it asks too much of the fupl
.tore. The public works m ypey back "
Into-the coffars ot the state some por-
tlon of their cosl ; but army expend ! c
tnrei forts laetd d f
, and arsenals are a
load forever. JC nation like our own Wl
thith Indulging in nothing more out-
1 TagbOHsly expensive than an occasional m
" \river and "harbor bill , with army and
navy expenses kept within moderate ttdi
compass , and with a debt rapidly de di
creasing , onglit to have better credit loU
than a epoadthriftnaUon with a longer U
el
Taking the hanrds of French
Internal policy , and the continual con-
'ditlon of mentce that < ie'1 mse-pfrable.
from her position InEuropean politic ? ,
herloaES ara , noC o safe , an Jnvest- BO
mentas the loans of the United States.
- rlf.she . can :
g. we ought to gat it for 3 per cent. sp
WOMAN SUFFBAGE AND PRO
HIBITION.
To the Editor of The Bee.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution granting the elective
franchise to women , appears to create
considerable nneaslneaaa in eome
quarters ; and I notice that the oppo
nents of that measure also bitterly op
pose the high license law as & "twin"
evil with woman suffrage. It is a
significant fact that the opponents of
prohibition are , almost to a man , op
posed to woman suffrage. The liquor
traffic can mobt certainly connt on the
nearly unanimous opposition of the
women of Nebraska ; and aa a matter
of course every advocate asd apologist
of that traffic will oppose woman suf
frage , first , last and all the time.
The women of Nebraska would
make short work with the accursed
traffic if they were granted the right *
of suffrage The men whose prlncl-
pal industry consists in promoting
wretchedness , vice and crime , through
the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors would soon be
compelled to take to some useful oc
cupation , or else migrate to some con
genial section. Hence the bitter op
position to the proposed amendment
I am aorry to see THE BEE , which has
so manfully advocated the "rights of
the people as against the extortionate
.aggressions .of railroad * monopolies ,
taking sides against the best interests
of the people of our state in the mat
ter of temperance legislation and of
universal suffrage. "Consistency , thou
art a jswel. ' The evils accruing to
the great mass of people through nn-
juit and extortionate diicrimination ,
whereby most of the bird-earned dollars
lars of our farmers and laborers are
virtually confiscated by the great rail-
read corporations are very great , and
grievous to be borne. Yet I venture
to say , without fear of sacceisfnl con
tradiction , that the evils entailed on
ns through a licented liquor traffic ara
measureably greater. The monopolies
fatten at our expense , but they leave
usour manhood , our health and
strength , clear brains and honest
hearts. They give us something tan
gible at least , and though they filch
onr hard earnings from us through un
just and extortionate charges , it must
ba owned that without the railroads ,
we would have no earnings. Our
country would be almost uninhabita
ble. But no such extenuation can be
urged in favor of the liquor traffic. It
has not one redeeming feature. It
not only roba us of our money without
returning the shadow of an equivalent ,
but destroys health , strength , man
hood and happiness. It is evil , and
only evil continually. You say in
your editorial of March 23rd , in refer
ence to Sir. Hedde's appeal tojou to
join your force to the "fipnsof Liber
ty. " so called , In opposition to tern-
peranco legislation and woman suf-
| raga , "The danger is , that respec
table and disinterested busi
ness men like Mr. Hedde
will ba asked lo joiu in a lawless
effort fo nullify laws , by men who
have created a prejudice against the
liquor traffic byJkeeplng disorderly
houses where vice > and crime are
bred. " , , ! ask yon where on this
round-earth is the liquor traffie per
mitted that U Is aot-Incessantly _
breeding vice and crimel- * You say
thatxfnrk county has tried the high
licenao on3 the result is un
satisfactory. , Thtt Is true , but not
in thejiense you intimate. The one
saloon now open in this county has
paid its $1,000 license , , I believe , and
if I am correctly informed , manf
the people who at first advocated , and
apologized for the traffic , are now
heartily sick of it.and are determined
to elect a town board that will refuse
all license. According to your logic ,
or low license , which would permit
three or fonr saloons in York , wonll
be a great blessing to the town and
county. The fact is that one saloon
is too much , and "facts are stubborn
things. "
There is one redeeming feature ,
however , In your position. You nay
that if It comes to an issue between
respectable and law-hiding citizens ,
and drunken loafers and gin mill bum
mers , your papar will promptly "join
the party of law and order , even
though you thereby lose the patronage
of the brewers , distillers and gin-
slingers. " If yon keep that pledge
you will most certainly lose the sup
port and patronage of these classes ,
but you will also gain what is of
infinitely more value , the confidence
and esteem of honest law-abiding men
and women everywhere. J
I trust the BEE will jtive no uncer
tain sound in the conflict , ( for it is
nothing less ) between the peed and
bad elements of society ; and I earnest
ly hope th t our young and growing
state may be the first to inaugurate
that grand system of reform and ad
vancement , which will surely follow
the exercise of the elective franchise
by the pure and nolh minded women
of our land. J. Wf DOHOVAS.
York , Neb. , April 4,1881. "
Among ths 15,000 patrons whose
names appear on the subscription lists
of the DAILY and WEEKT BEE/ / there
always will be a radical difference cf
opinion on every 'living Issue
whether political or social. Ever
since this paper "was founded
IlTTas been our policy to accord to all
parties the privilege of expressing
their viewa whether they agree or dis
agree with onr own sentiments and
we have a right to expeoHhat those i
who differ wllh ns will exhibit the
same tolerance. " }
Mr. Donovan and many others'labor >
under tne delusion that"every social
3vil can be cured by law , and they
take ' it for granted that woman suf
frage would insure ( ha enactment
ind enforcement of.laws that will keep )
nen sober and make them virtnoup.
iVe maintain that intemperance is a
Ilsoase that must ba cared by social
xamplo in its early ctages , and by in-
ibriate asylums in its later stages.
Women on do more toward iho cans o
f temperance by refusing to associate >
rlth men who frequent' saloons and
.old bar rooms , thin they over can
yvoting at OlUUHUtlO . . _ - 1 <
We maintain that woman suffrage
ffords , no cnre for any evil either >
octal or politics ! . In Utah where
roman suffrage was first -instituted ,
be effect has been to strengthen the
lormon hirarcby.
"Mcrmbn women * are driven to the
oils in herds at every election -and
bey all vote the church''ticket > la
Wyoming woman suffrage has degrad- .
politics instead of lifting them out
thejalre. A few"of "the respectable w
omem rote occasionally jast to grat- ol
y their love of novelty , while the
lost degraded of the the sex are IE
lw ys out in fall force helping IEsi
ie keepers of danca houses and worse si
ens In maintaining th'eir control cf
cal offices. What hai happened in tr
tb
Ftah and Wyoming would happen
Uewhere. Women would either be
ie dnpes of priestcraft , obadlent IJ
Laves'of their tusbands , or worse yet IJni
iey. would foiit into ofiice Ti nd- ni
pms libertines and f scinating bilks. th
iWoman suffragfe , conferred upon all
ksse f women the Intelligent , the ezPi
pioranr. ; . mistress and servant , re- Pi
pectable and debauched , black and
white would be a social curse. It
would be a source of domestic .dis
cord , break up more happy homes and
cause a greater -number of divorces
than all the evils society Is now afflict
ed with. This view wo shall sustain
by more elaborate reasoning when the
proper time comes for discruslng this
proposed new departure.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
California.
S'-ockton Is raiding its opium
smokers.
Alameda's new convent was dedi
cated hut week.
Calistogasuffered from three earth
quakes last week.
Shaata-reporta eight feet of rain
since the beginning of the season.
Sixteen more settlers have been
ejected In the Mussel Blough country.
San Francisco is to have a large cne-
story business house lit by eight glass
domes.
Forty thousand dollars will be ex
pended In the Improvement of the bay
at .Eureka.
A narrow gnsge railroad is to be
built from Stocton to Jackson valley ,
Amldor county.
The fish commissioners have been
ttockinz Lakes Taboe and Donner with
eastern salmon during the past week.
Judgment has been rendered by
the superior court against the Bonanza
firm in the Burke case for $800,000.
The heavy breaks on ( the Yuba
levees are being repaired. It will re
quire all summer to finish the work.
Capitalists are now in Yisalia with
the object of erecting works for clean
ing , assorting and packing wool for
the eastern market.
Oaptatn Joe , chief of the Washoes ,
is earnestly advising his people to
send their children to the public
schools , provided they can be ad
mitted.
Washington.
Dayton is to have another paper.
Burglars are annoying Walla Walla.
Pendleton is to have a library build
ing.
Extensive coal discoveries havobeen
made at Queen Charlotte island.
The railroad between Whiteman and
Blue mountain is in running order.
Gardening has been in progress for
three weeks in Kllckitat county.
A camp in the head waters of the
Yaklma Is turning out 50,000 feet of
logs a day.
The work on the Northern Pacific is
making a boom for New Tacoma , W.
T. A recent advertisement called for
2000 white laboiers and 200 carpen
ters and bridge builders for the Uas-
cide and Pen d'Oreille divisions.
The Newcastle Fruit Growers asso
ciation during the past year shipped
the following goods : Raspberries ,
29,490 baskets ; blackberries , 46,845
basketu ; strawberries , 42,900 baskets ;
cherries , 837 boxes ; currants , 415
pounds ; goosabbrries , 270 pounds ;
apricots , 242 boxes ; peaches , 2526
boxes ; apples , 2229 boxas ; pears , 1105
boxes ; plums , 1199 boxes ; grapes , 6218
boxes ; grapes , 176 crates ; green figs ,
1840 pounds ; dried figs , 1283 pounds ;
melons , 187 dozen ; tomatoes , 1577
boxes ; vegetables , 18,391 pounds ;
raisins , 288 pounds.
Oregon.
Portland had a $1,000 fire last
week.
Seeding Is progressing throughout
the state.
The fishing season on the LowerCo-
lumbU has commenced.
A find of several foisll monitors is
reported from John Day river.
Land elides are reported from Clack-
amas county which have done immense
damage to property.
The courts have ordered work to be
suspended on the Willamette iron
bridge at Portland.
The Oregon railway company has
completed a telegraph line between
Dayton and Portland.
The Oregon City woolen mills re
cently burned , will be at once rebuilt.
Machinery is now on the road.
Nevada.
Carson is to have a baby show.
The Wood Hirer exodus continues.
Virginia City is now free from
small-pox.
Times are exceedingly dull on the
Comstock.
Chinese minsra at Gold are working
in good pay dirt.
Considerable prospecting is being
done in the Tnscarora district.
The Eureka Consolidated paid a
total of $4,500,000 in dividends to
stockholders.
While ascending Wall Canyon tbe
other day , two men were attacked by
a large wild cat , which they killed.
The Sutro tunnel has at laat made
connection with the shaft.at the Yel
low Jacket mine , Virginia City.
Drunken Indians are making a nui
sance of themselves in Winnemncca.
They go to private residences and in-
salt and terrify women and children.
The temporary suspension of a num
ber of the Mint employes will make
difference of nearly $4000 per month
in the coin circulation cf Carson City.
The Pride of the Mountain mine
nd the Hnmboldt reduction works ,
it Winnemucca , have been shut
lown , having been attached by credi
tors.
tors.It
It is believed that the bullion ship
ments from the Bodie mines , during
Iho current month , will not fall short
f $400,000. Extensive preparations :
ire being made to ship double that
imount daring the summer months.
Idaho.
Bonanza is tormva water works.
The Cottonwood district is flooded.
Uellovue is to have a seconl news-
aper.
Blackfoot is to have t new jail
milding.
Bellevus anticipates a population of
.0,000 during the coming season.
Six-horse coaches are now running
etween Blackfoot and Wood River. ?
One smelter is now on the. ground CI
it Wood River and another is on the
oad. e :
ri
Montana.
Fort Maglnnis is to be garrisoned
ay six companies.
Bulto'a municipal taxes for 1880 ,
.mounted to $2700.
Three homicides were reported last
reek for the territory.
There will ba an Immense amount
bnildlng in Helena this seeson.
There is considerable talk of revly-
ng the vigilantes in Virginia City.
The expenses of the legislative les-
lon just closed aggregated $11,000. ci !
Mines in the Summit Valley dis- ciE
rict will be extensively developed E
his summer. _ tl
tlb
A new Methodist church , costing tlfi
2000 is to be erected at Stevenville , fi ;
liesonl * county. II
The output of the Batta district da- IXtl
ing the present year will not be less tlIc
Ic
$3JOOO,000.
lan , is
The territory Is complaining of the istb isw >
csrbltant rates charged .by Union tb
acific for freights. tbdi
Extensive Improvements will b la
made at the Territorial insane asylum
daring the coming'summerr
A discovery of Cinnabar has been
cade at Soap Hill galch and there is
a big stampede for the locollty.
"A live and1 tame Rocky Mountain
sheep , raised in Montana , has been
purchased by Barnaul for $1000.
Beaverhead vcounty will vote on
the question of removing the county
saat to Dillon , the 1st of May next.
Helena parties have lately filed
upon large tracts of railroad land near
Hamilton , as additions to their desert
land entries before referred to.
A large number of graders are at
work on the railroad grade from Glen-
dive to Powder River and making
rapid progress to the latter place.
There remain thirty miles of grad
ing and sixty-eight miles of track-
laying to be finished before Butte will
enjoy steam communication with
"America. "
"Committees of Safety" are being
organized in various Montana tewns ,
and have already commenced the
work of regulating the morals of their
respective localities.
To the Stevens mine belongs the
honor of producing one of the largest
nuggets of solid silver yet seen m
Silver City. It was taken out lately
from the 100-foot level.
The Silver Bow mill , in the Butte
district , has been one of the most suc
cessful mills ever operated in those
mountains. A new addition is about
to be made to the mill of a large
quartz houie of sufficient capacity to
hold 3,000 or 4.000 tons of ore.
TheBelmont mine and mill handled
1,008 tons of ore in January at a cost
of $5.50 per ton , and the total yield
was $10,270. Last year ten stamps
was added to the mill , 2,000 feet of
tramway wore built , $25,000 were
spent in the mine , and yet there was
a profit over all expenses. Over 40-
000 tons of ore are claimed lo be in
sight or obtainable.
Wyoming.
Laramie is to have a telephone ex
change.
Horse racing is the older of the day
at Green river.
A monster wild cat was killed at
Miser last week.
An English party is on a bear hunt
above Laramie.
A large body of fine clay has been
discovered at Carbon.
Great Improvements are now in
progress ar Fort Sanndars.
Exceedingly rich carbonates have
been struck at Cummins City.
The Congregationalists of Cheyenne
are holding nightly religious meetings.
Dr. Graff proposes putting in a good
road between his oil springs and
Point of Rocks.
Twenty-eight Chinamen and two
white men were killed at the late
Almy mine explosion.
Aqsays of ore from Laramie Peak
return fifty-five ounces of silver and
forty-three per cent of copper.
A Chinaman at Denver attempted
to set fire to the old Eagle hotel. He
was caught and bound over for arson.
A party of forty , comprising the
survey of northern Wyoming , left Lir-
amie last week for a six month's trip.
All along the foothil's ' east of Lara
mie contain immense denoalts of lime
stone. Several kilns are now in ope
ration.
Utah
The supreme court is now in ses
sion.
sion.Ogden's
Ogden's now electric light is almost
completed.
San Pete farmers are busy putting
in their crops.
Several good coal mines are report
ed In Salina canyon.
Large additions are being made to
the population cf Castle Valley.
The semi-annual conference of the
church was held last week at Salt
Lake.
The Rebellion mine , at Park City ,
will produce at least $100,000 worth
of ore this year.
The new church paper at Ogden is
experiencing difficulty in raising the
necessary funds.
About 100 buildings of various
kinds are now in course of construc
tion in Salt Lake City.
The Stuart gold mine at Bingham
has been sold to an English company
for $1,500,000.
Salt Lake City was illuminated on
the 31st by the electric light. The
circuit embraces 120 lamps.
The round house of the Utah and
Northern railroad , at Logan , waa
burned last week. Loss. $10,000.
The Manli Temple has had from 100
to 150 men at work all winter , quar
rying , hauling and cutting stone for
summer use.
Arizona.
Tucson is to have waterworks and a
street railway. '
A ledge of Masons has been estab
lished at Tombstone.
Two boys were shot and killed by
road agents near Charleston , one day ,
last week.
One thousand laborers are wanted
to work on the Atlantic & Pacific rail
road in the San Francisco mountains.
Extensive coal beds have been dis
covered In the Santa Terresa mount
aim , east of the Saddle mountain min
ing district. The bolt of coal is 20
miles long and one mile wide.
Tombstone Is at present quite live
ly and.building ia going on very rap
idly nearly all of which is being done
with lumber. The principal mlnas are
ill running on full time .with the ex-
ptlon of the Empire.
Colorado.
Placer mining is reviving.
Denver has opened her new stock
jxchange.
The new $150,000 mill at Silver
31iffhas started np.
The Cambria brick works at Qol-
ien are being greatly enlarged.
Black Hawk ladies' presented their j
ire department with a $170 flag.
The Bonanza tunnel at Anlmas
orks has been sold to an English
lompany.
Chama Is said to 'bo composed of
lighty.tents , and fifty-six of them are
an as saloons.
Continued strikes in the Leadville
nines are causing the city to enjoy
lomething like its old time boom.
By the fall of a brick building In
Denver seven men were carried down
hree stories into the bisement , bat
ingularly escaped death.
By the explosion of a boiler in Cum-
nlngs Smelter in Leanvllle seventeen
nen were fearfully injured.
Rise In Wagea and Coat of Living : .
blcag3 Tribune-
There seems to be a general move-
aent in all patts of the country by
he various branches of industrial la-
lor for an increase of wages. The
irat advance demanded ranges from
0 to 20 per cent to ba followed ac-
ording to circumstances by an addi-
lonal increase as the conaeqaent rite
the cost of living takes place. There
nothing more aatnral among men
rho are dependent npon wage-labor
ban to seek to have that labor as pro.
active as possible , and therefore an
icrease In the sno of daily or weekly
wages appeals strongly to all , and yet
there are important economical con-
sice atlo.s which unfortunately fail lo
receive that attention which they merit
and which .have a direct baaring on
this question.
Two years ago , to go no further
back , there was a snddou demand for
iron and steel , and in a brief time all
the mills and furnaces had orders
equaling their1 full capacity. Thia was
promptly followed by a demand'foran '
increase of wages by all persons en
gaged in those lines of production.
This was followed in turn by an ad
vance in the prices of iron and steel ,
and that by another rise in the rates
of wages. This advance in the price
of the raw materld seriously affected
other industries , so that prices of all
kinds of manufactured articles were
advanced , and sympathetically , the
wages of all kinds of labor advanced
proportionately. The result was a
general increase of the cost of living ,
and as general an increase
in the cost of production of all kinds
of manufactured good ? . It did not
take long under these circumstances
for the suspended British and other
European iron and steel mills to light
up their fireg , and In a fey months
fleets of vessels laden with foreign
steel and iron were on their way to
this country , notwithstanding the
enormous protection of the tariff.
Pis-iron which was selllngf in May ,
1879 , for § 18 per ton could not be
purchased for lesa than $60 in Septem
ber , and as a consequence all Europe
shipped pig-iron lo this country. So
with all other commodities. During
the brief period while these high
prices prevailed , we Imported tens of
millions of dollars' worth of
foreign manufactures in excels of
what we othernise would have
done , because of the inability of Amer
ican manufacturers under the great
coat of home productions to sell their
abnormally dear goods in competition
with the Europeans , notwithstanding
the high tariff. The American mar
ket was very coon brokoc down , pri
ces receded rapidly , and in the recessIon -
Ion taking with them the rates of wa
ges to what they were before the rise
took place. During theg eight or
ton mouths , the rise in wages and of
prices , prevailed the cost of living in
creased to the full extent of the in
crease in wages , so that no practical
benefits resulted to wage-labor. On
the 'contrary , the country was filled
by an extraordinary importation of
foreign-made goods , which until they
wera consume i , were sold to the ex
clusion of an equal amount of domes
tic-made goods.
A general advance now in the cost
of production , as the result in the in
crease of wage-labor , must of neces
sity take pldCA , ai in 1879 ; the prices
of all articles produced by labor , and
a general advanca in prices , while in
creasing the cost of living , has two
adverse but inevitable results : one
the reduction of consumption , and the
other an increase of importation , both
causes directly tending to reduce the
employment of labor at home.
Anotherconslderatlon is well worthy
of attention. In the items making up
the cost of living that of house-rent
is one of considerable magnitude. The
owners of dwellings have taken ad
vantage of the liberal increase in pop
ulation to make an Increase * in the
rents of dwellings suitable for single
families. Thesa rents have been in
creased from $30 per month to $40 ,
from $40 to $50 , from $60 to $60 ; from
$60 to 75 , from $75 to $90 , or even
$100. This advanca falls with greater
severity in proportion to thesmalineaa
of the daily oarnings. An advance of
$5 or $8 per month in rent to a
family whoso whole earnings do not
exceed $600 to $800 a year is a severe
one. Those whose occupations per
mit it can escape this exaction by
taking houses in eorae of the many
suburbs , where they can find comfor
table habitations at one-half the cost
of like houses in the city. But there
is a large class of our population which
cannot go out of the city , and must
remain bore and ouduro this increase
rent. This fact of a general increase
of rent being a direct addition to the
cost of living , is , and will be , used as
a strong argument tor a general an in
crease in the rate of wages.
On the other hand , a general ad
vance in wages must ba attended
with an equal advance in the price
of building material , and these to
gether will suspend largely the amount
of building during the coming season.
Bat few dwellings or business build-
ness buildings arc built in seasons of
high prices ; so should there be as is
expected , this general increase In the
rates of wages , prices of material , and
cost of living , there will be a proportionate
tionate falling off in the amount of
building done in this city and in the
labor employed for that purpose
during the year.
In endeavoring to treat the wounds
received by the candidates for the
presidency , The Medina ( Wis ) Demo-
crab wisely prescribes St. Jacobs Oil.
Of course we could not expect our
worthy contemporary to do otherwise
than recommend that famous old Ger
man" Remedy , which "heals all
wounds but those of lovo" and soothes
all pains , aavo those of political dis
appointment.
.DELICATE WOMEN.
Cases of female weakness , delicate
and enfeebled constitutions , and
those suffering with Stomach , Liver
and Kidney complaints will find
Elaclric Bitters a speedy and certa'n
cure. The sick and prostrated should
rejoica that such a reliable remedy is
placed within their reach. Haalth
happiness will surely follow where
Electric Bitters are used. For sale
by all druggists ; price only fifty
cents. _ (4) ( ) S
iiliEDt
FOR
RHEUMATISM ,
Neurafgfa , Sciatica , Lumbagi ) ,
BaolnchB , Soreness of tha Glint ,
Gout , Quinsy , SerB Throat , SweH-
irigi and Sprains , Burns anil
Scalds , General Botfly '
Paint ,
Toot/if Ear and Headache , Frosted
Feet and Ears , and all other
Pains and Aches.
Na Preparation on earth tqcali ST. J.ICCM On
u a * afc , run , simple and ehtap Ezttntl
Remedy. A trial eotalli bat the comparatlTily
tricing ontlay of 50 Ontf , and ertry oce iuff rIng -
Ing Vth pain can bare cheap and podtiT * oroef
Df iUclatma. * *
Direction ! in Eferen Langiuftf. V f )
30LD BYALLDRUGGIBTB AtfDDBiUBS
IS MEDIOIHB.
A. VOGELER & CO. ,
. g. JL ,
Geo. P. Bemis
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
IBih it Douglat Si * . , Omaha , Jfeb.
Tab agency doea anuonr a brokonga bed
near DOM notpcnlata , aad therefore any ar-
gains on Its books are Insured to Itl patron * , In
stead ot being gobbled up by the ascent
BOGGS & HILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No 1J03 fdrnlMm Strut
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office North Side opp. Grand Central Ilotal.
Nebraska Land Agency ,
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1505 Farnham Si. Omaha , Nebr.
MO.OOOACRES carefully selected UnJ In Eutara
Nebraska for sale.
Great Bargains In InproTed fans * , and Omalu
dtypropert" .
0. P. DAVIS. WEBSTER 8NYDER ,
late Land Com'rU. P. B.B.
ITROif Bid. MWIS RWD.
Byron Reed & Co , ,
OLDMT SSTIBLBOT
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA.
Keap a cosnpleU abstract of title to all Real
Estate In Omaha and Dontfas County. mayltl
$2,250.000 ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.
EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING , APRIL lEth.
15000 TICKETS ONLY , 7-2 PRIZES.
SMALLEST PBIZE , $1.000.
1 Pri 81.0CO.OOO 1 PriM S25 , < XX )
1 Irlxa 200.0(0 8Prze ,310tOOeach 80,000
IPrzo 100,000 SPrUes , 6,000 a h 40,000
1 Prize 10,000 72 Prizes am't's to $2,250,000
Whole Ticket' , S160 ; Halves , $ -0 ; Quarter * ) , $40 ;
Tenths , 316 ; Twentieth * , ? 3 , Fortlct hs , ft.
Lttle Harana U governed entirely By the
aboie drawing.
1 Prize , $6OOO 722 Prizes , $16,1 10.
Whole' , ? 2. Ualres , SI.
ROMAN & CO.
Successor to TAYLOR & Co. , New York.
Direct all ci minuBiatlons and money to
ROMAN & CO. , General Agents , 233 Chaicl
Street * . Vew Ilaven , ronn. _ m .lm
Machine Works ,
J. Hammond , Prop , & -Manager.
The mo t thorough appc ? led and complete
Machine Shopa'and Foundry .a the gtalo.
Castings ol every description manufacted.
Engines. Pumpa and every class of machinery
made to order.
order.podal attentlen given to
IFell Incurs , Pulleys , Hauliers ,
ShaftingBridge Irong , eer
batting , etc.
Flans tor new Haehlnery.Ueaehanlcat Draszht
at , Models , etc. , neatly executed.
66 Harney St. . Bet. 14th nnd 16th.
Bl. R. KISDOIt.
General Insurance Agent ,
PIHEN1X ASSOKao.x.k. j. J Lon
don. Cash Assets . . 16,107,121
WESTCITESTEK , N. Y. , Capital . 1,000,003
THE MERCHANTS , of Newark , N. J. , l.OOC.OO
GIRAHD FIIlEPhUadcIpU , CapUal. . l.OOC.OCO
NORTHWESTERN NAT10NALCap.
Ital . i . SOC.tOO
FIHEIIUN'8 FOND , California . 800 MX
BIUTJSU AMERICA' ASSURANCE Co 1,200,000
NEW A 'IK FIRE INS. CO. , Aaola . . fioO.CXJO
AMKRICAF CENTRAL , Aeaota . 800 (00
9 ut Cor. nf Fifteenth & Doturlia St. ,
OMAHA. NH
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE
BETWEEN
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Corner of SAUNDERS and HAMILTON
STREETS. ( End of Red Line as fallows :
LEAVE OMAHA :
630 , " 8:17and : 11:19m ,8:03.6:37 : : and 7:29 : p.m.
LEAVE FORT OUAHA :
7:15 a. m. , 9:15 a. m. , and 12:15 p. m.
4:00,6:15 and 8:16 p. m , ,
The 8:17 : a. m. run , leavlnz omaha , and the
4:00 p. m. run , leaving Fort Omaha , are usually
loaded ttrfnll capacity with rejrnlar passengers.
The 8:17 a. m. run will be made from the post *
office , corner of Dodge and 16th tnnhta.
Tickets can be procured from street cardrlv.
era , or from drivers of hacks.
FARE. 25 CRNTS. INCLUDING STRE OAR
03.H
AGENTS WANTED FOB
CREATIVE SCIENCE
and Sexual Philosophy.
Protuaely Illustrated. The mcwt Important MI
heat book published. Erery family wants
Extraordinary Inducements offered Agent * .
Address AOXXTS'PcBLisncio Co. St. Loub , ilo.
PROPOSALS FOB INDIAN SUP
PLIES AND TRANSPORT
ATION.
TVEPARTJIENT OF THE INTERIOR , Office
JLof Indian Affairs , Washinjrton , March 23 ,
1831. Sealtd proposal * , indorsed Propoms for
Beef , Bicon , Wour , Qothlngr orTninjportltlon ,
&c. , ( a the care nny he. ) and directed t3 the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs , hoi. 65 and 67
WoosterStreet.MwYojk , will be rectlved un
til 11 a.m. of Monday , ll y 2,1831. for furnish
ing ; for 'ho Indiin service about 800,000 pounds
Bacon , 40.000.COO pound ! Ecef on the hoof , 128-
000 pounds Beam , 70.000 poumUnakint Fonrder ,
2SCO,000 pounds Corn , 760,000 pounds Coffee , 8-
SOO.OOOpounds Flour,21Z,000 pounds Keed.300,000
voundsHard Bread , 76,003 pounds Hominy , 0.-
000 pounds Lard , 1,650 br.rrds Mc33 Fork , 233-
000 pounds Rice , 11COO pounds Tea , 72,900
rounds Tobacco , 200,000 pounds Salt , 200,000
pounds Soap , 8,000 loundi Sods , 1.250.COO
pounds Sugar , and 839,000 ponndi Wheat.
Also. Blankets. Woolen anl Cotton gocds ,
fc-nslst'n/ ynrt cf icUnjr , 86 000 yard ? ;
Standard Calico , 300,000 yirJs ; Drilltn ? , 25,000
yards ; Duck , froj from all sizing , 175,0'0 yards ;
Denims , 17,000 yarda ; Ginghim , 60,003 jar ;
Kentucky Jeans , 28.COO } ard ; Satinet , 4.500
yardi ; Brown ibeeticg , 215,003 yards ; Bleached
ShtetinR , 9,000 yards ; IHtkory ShirtlDg , 12,000
yaids ; Calico thlrtlnjr , 5,000 yards ; Wlosey , 2-
600 yardj ; ) Clothing , Groceries , IvoUong , Hard ,
ware , Medical Supplies ; and a Ion ; list ot mis
cellaneous article * , such .19 Harness , Plows ,
Rakes , Forks , &c. . and for 475 Wagons required
for the service In Arizona , Colorado , Dakota ,
Idaho , Itidhn Ter. , Minnesota , Montana , Ne-
bra < k , Kevada acd Wisconsin , to be delivered
at ChlC'go , Kamai City and Sioux Ci y.
A so , Transportation tor such of the Supplies.
Goods and articles that may not be contracted
for ta be delivered at the Agencies.
Bids mutt be Jtnide out on Government
blanks.
fichtdu'oi showing the kinds and quantities
of subsistence supplies required for tarh Agen
cy , and the kinds and quantities , in gross , of
all other cooda and articles , together with blank
propcsils and formifor contract and bond , con
ditions to be observed by bidders , time and
p'aceif del'vtry ' , terms tf contnvt and pay
ment , trjiisportatlnii roitcs , and other neccs/urr
instructions wi 1 be furnished upcn application
to the Indhn Office in W shnrton ! , or Nos. 65
and67Wocster Street , New York , Wm. H.
Lj on , No. 483 Broadway , Nen Ycrkand ; to the
Commlisiiiei of EubsUtcnce , TJ. 3. A , at Chi-
eigo. Saint Louis , Saint Paul , Leavenworth ,
n Fnncijco , Omahi , Cheyenne , and Yankton ,
and tlia Pcstmaster at Sioux City.
Bids will ba opened at the honr and day above
stated , and bidders are inv.ted to be pr. set tit
the op ; niir.
CIRTirriD CIIICKg.
All li-'s must bo aicompau'cd by certified
chccVs upon soma United titci Dcpoiitory or
Atsistant Troisurcr , for at least five per cent , of
the amount of the propoaalL ,
THOMAS M. NICHOt/ , t
mar28-lm Acting ( ommisaioner. >
EAST INDIA
.
9
I.
ILER & CO. ,
3OLB MANUFACTURERS
S
DRR < ! * in 7onr eire tc n. ' " lermt §
PU'J oatflt ftM. Ari.lrn * 0 < UU tt 4
'onla Me.
BUSINESS COLLEGE
, TI
TICJt
CJt
>
FHE GREAT WESTERN
Gco.R. Kathban , i
f , " DO
Jreighton Block , - 5 OMAHA
Bend for Circular.
nar20d&wt
BMKINC HOUSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
CALDWELLHAMILTONICO
Business transacted sune u that o an In cor-
panted Bank.
Acconnta kept In Currency or zold tnbject to
light check without notice.
Certificates ol dapoalt Issued payable In thrw ,
six and twelve months , bearing Interest , or on
demand without Intortnt.
Advances made to customers on approreil ie *
cnrUlci at market ratca o ( Interest
Bay and sell cold , bills of exchange Govern
ment , State , County anil City Bonds.
Draw Sight Drafts on Eiwbnd , Ireland. Scot
land , and all parts of Europe.
Stll European Passage Hcieta.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
auzldt
U. a. DEPOSITORY.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Oor. IStb and Farnham Streets ,
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOUHTZE BK03. , )
I9TASU3ITZ9 19 135(1 ( ,
Orranlia ; < i as a National Bank. Aogrst 20,1863.
Capital and Profits Over$300,000 ,
Specially Mithorizei by tea Secretary or Treanrj
to racclTS Bnbacrtptlcm to the
U.S.4PER GEHT. FUKDEO LOAN.
OFFICE23 AND DIKECTOB3
Kcuarz : , President.
AUHCSTU8 EOUMZS , Vlco FrofiUent.
H.V7.TATH. Cashier.
A. J. PomaHM , Attorney.
Jcas A. CK iainox.
7. H. Dirra , Aea't Oasbldr.
bank recclros deposit wlthoat regard to
amoonU.
Itsnea thus certificates bearing interest.
Drarra drafts en San Jranclzco and principal
cities of th United Ftntcj , also London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal dtlw of the conti *
nant of Europe.
Sells passive tickets for Emigrants in the In.
man lie. nr..yldtt
HOTELS
THE JRIQINAL.
Oor. Randolph St. & 6th Ave. ,
OfflOAGO ILL.
PRIOES REDUCED TO
$2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY
Located In the bmiuesa centre , convenient
to places of amusement. Elecantly furnished ,
containing all modern improvements , passenger
elevator , &a J. H. CUMMINGS , Proprietor ,
ocietf
3
Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs , lowai
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus to and from
all trains. RATES Parlor floor , 83.00 per day ;
second t'oor , 82.50 per d y ; third floor , J2.00
The bestlurnisheU and most commodious hoiuo
In the city. OEO.T. PHELPS Prop
EL ,
Laramie , Wyoming ,
The miner1 * reacrt , goi ] accommodations ,
arce EAinple room , charecj rcaoonable. Special
attention given to Iravrifnar raon.
ii- n. n mr.Li\r.n Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Oheyonne , Wyoming.
First-cl 133 , Hue irtit Sacplf Kooms , 0 = 9
block from depot. Tialniatcp from 20 mloatea
to 2 hoara f r dln'icr. Free Bii la and from
Depot. Hates JiCO , JitO and J3.00 , according
to room ; a ogle meal 75 cents.
A. D. BALCCM , Prcprlator.
W BORDEH , Cnlef Clerk. mlO-l
AGENTS WANTED FOR OCR NKW BOOK" ,
"Bible for the Young , "
Bern ? the story of the fcripturea by Rov. Oeo.
Alexander Croo * , D. D. . lu simple and attrac
tive languaje for o'd and jouiig. Profuaely
illuBtrateJ , making a mot Interesting- and iin-
presjlre youth's Instnictor. Every parent will
secure this work. Pieachcrsou should clr-
cnlalel' . PilceSiOO.
Setv1 tot circulars with xtr crraj.
J. n. CHAMBERS k CO..J St. Loufa , Mo
AND STILL THE LION
Continues to
Eoar for Moores ( )
HARNESS A SADDLERY ,
I have adopted the Lion as a Trade
Hark , and all my Goods will be stamp-
id with the Lion and my Name on
he same. No Goods are genuine
fithout.the above stamps. The best
naterlal is mod and the most skilled
rorkmen are employed , and at the
owe st cash price. Anyone wlahing
price list ot goods will confer a favor
y sending for one.
DAVID SMITE MOOBE.
Vis CAMP , M.o. K. L. SIOQLNS , M. D.
NEBRASKA
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE ,
PRIVATE 1IOSPITAL.
How open for ths reception of pa lenta for the
REATMENT OF ALLCUtt JS1-3 AND 3UBGI
A.L DISEASES.
RS. VAX CA.1IP & SIGGlS (
Physicians & Surgeona ,
Proprietors.
ODD El LOWS ELOCK CQRHtR I4TH
3DCE iTSOMAHA. . MEB
_
A. W. NASOtf.
U cV , corur CipltD 4.70. and
< i Street. Om t ai
HEDVnO 7 IBID !
j
THE NEW YORK GLuTHING HOUSE
Has .Removed to
1309 FARNHAM STREET ,
( Max Meyer's Old Stand. )
Where They Shall Keep Constantly on Hand an Immense
Stock of
MEN'S , BOYS'AND CHILDREN'S CLOTflLVG ,
HATS , CAPS AND GENT'S FURIVISIHNC GOODS.
PBICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST ,
and Examine Goods- and Prices.-
.HIM : .
1309 Famliam Street , Omaha , Ncl > .
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
Tha popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER In 1879 exceeded thatof
any previous year dnrinr the Quarter of a Century In which this "Old
Reliable" Machine haa been before the public.
In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879we sold 431167
Machines. Excess ever any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales last year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day 1
For T ry business day In.tha j ar ,
"C\ET > F' ' ' ' * * " * * ' " " - Tha "fjlr ? "DnltnV , ! . "
- LUOJii ( ZhBllUD 6
That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Machine
S Ie8t' the Most
'
chine Has this Trade
Mark cast hito the Durable Sewing Ma-
iron stand and em- chine ever yet Con
bedded in the Ann of
structed.
the Machine.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING .GO.
Principal Office : ! r4 TFnion Square , New York.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the TJ nited States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the Old
World and South America. geplM&wtf
PIANOS l ORGANS.
J" . S. "WZBIGKHIT ,
GHIGKERING PIANO ,
And Sole Igent for
Hallet Davis & Co. , James & Holmstrom , andJ.&O.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burclett , and the Fort Wayne Organ -
Go's. Organs ,
I ] deal in Pianoa and Organs exclusively. Have had years
experience in the Business , and handle * only the Beat.
J
.
\
218 16th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha , Neb.
HALSEY V. PITCH. Tuner.
DOtTBLK AND SINGLE ACTING
POWERDOtTBLK ( AND PUMPS
Steam Pnmps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Maohinory-
BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPf , STEAM PACK1NC
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WiND-MiLLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS
A. L. STEANCr/205 Farnham Streat Omaha. Neb
J. A. W A K E F I E L D.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IK
LUMBER , LATH , SHINGLES ,
Pickets , Sash , Doors'rBlinds ; Mouldings , Lime ,
Cement , Blaster , &c , *
STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE GEMENTGOF ;
Near Union Pacific Depot. OMAHA , NEB.
o : m
V '
J. B. DETWILER
,
THE CARPET MAN
,
Has Removed From His Old Stand
on Douglas St. , to His
YEW AND ELEGANT STORE ,
1313 F-arnhanr Street ,
Fhere" He Will tie Pleased to Meet alfilis Old
Patrons.-