Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE.
BOSS WATER : EDITOR :
IN Europe as well as in this country
the market price of products is regu
lated by the cost of transportation.
The depression in the llussian corn
trade has called forth uome loud hints
from the government te the Rutslan
railway companies that they ought
neriously to think of Introducing a re
duced tariff of freight for corn and
flour.
THE Inalienable right of women to been
on an equality with man In every re
spect , i likely to become s serious an
'issue in Germany as it Is just now
In"Nebraska. . A Trcm ns' rights
meeting vrae held in Bsrlin last month
with the view of forming a Womans'
Rif-hU.LsaKtie. Twenty-five strong
minded females T ere present. The
lady who presided , explained that the
, movement was to abolish all unhealthy
and loconvient arddes of woman's
dress , and to repUco them by "a
dualietio form of attire for the lower
as well as the upper limbs. " The SUD-
porters of the movement desired that
110 more zhould be heard of long skirts
and euch fashionable frippery. They
vronted to vroar ttouser * , becauscjia
alone they had a form of dress , worthy
of the human race. Only ODO person
spoke in defence of the old costume ,
on the ground that flowing robes are
more graceful than tight fitting gar
rnents , but her voicfe was drowned in
a storm of opposition , and the nutl
petticoat resolution was carried almost
unsnlmoUKly.
MAYOK BOTD'S recommendation for
the submission of the public improve
ments bond proportion at the earliest
possible day ought to be acted on by
the council at It's next meeting. An
ordinance covering all the points coir
temphted by the law should bepatsed
and the mayor authorised to call the
special election within the lim
ited time required by the law. No city
In the west needs seiroraga more than
wo do. The creeks which now carry
the greater part of our sewage breed
deadly miasma , and people who live
in the Immediate neighborhood of
these creeks are exposed to this foul
air. Hundreds of childrcn-in-South
and North Omaha are carried
elf every year by malarial
disease and oar whole population is
liable to bo ravaged by epidemics
that orginato from defective drainage.
Quito apart from sanitary considera
tions , sewers ar sadly needed
by onr hotels , store-houses and facto
rlci. Water works cannot effectively
ba operated without sewers to carry
63 surplus water , and street pave
ments should follow sewerage rather
than precede IK It Trill take years to
complete our entire sewerage system ,
anoVno time should bo lost in pushing
these needed improvements as rapidly
as onr means will permit.
WHAT MAY WB EXf EOT ?
CTho proposition to grant suffrage to
woman in Nebraska has enlisted the
active sympathies of quite number of
respectable people of both sexes. The
advocates "of woman suffrage of the
'ferulae sex demand 'woman suffrage as
| Bn inherent .right upon the ground
that they are in every respect the
equals of the male eex , and by
nature endowed with alll the
qualities" essential in the discharge
of political functions and duties.
They proclaim that woman suffrage
v ill purify our politics and infuse In
to our political system all the virginal
virtues , temperate tastes and patriotic
' -fidelity ( of the highest type of woman-
hosd. On the other hand , the men
enlisted in this so-called reform move
ment are for the most part shallow-
pitod sntimantallsts , who love to
bask In the smiles of women
Eccentric geniuses who are always
carried away by every "ism" or hen
pecked husbands who haven't back
bone encash to assort their manhood.
Now with due respect to
all these well meaning reformer * ,
wo maintain that woman suffrage
will In no way improve the condittrn
of oppressed women , and we shall
presently show that instead of purify-
lag our politics woman suffrage would
infuse more elements of vice and cor
ruption than our/ present system is
already aflllcted with.
In another column > no of the ad
vocates of woman suffrage propounds
the following questions ; tS Will a
mother , vote for men that will license
Institutions that will had her sons' to
Tain \ Will mister vote for a man
iwhoie influence is corruption Io a
brother I Will a wife vote for meaa-
nres and laws that will lay tempta
tion in the path of a hmb\nd. Will
corrupt politician with a glut , of
whlbky buya.lady'e ! "
. vote it
What a simpletoa our female suf
fragist is in the wloked ways of this
world 1 Would Iho woman whoso , hus
band sells' rbeer and whisky vote for
any man "who would rnln "horTius-
baud's business ! Would the woman
that goes with her husband and child
ren the lager beer garden for
procreation and amusement vote
to. have the "garden" closed ?
Would the woman that man-lea the
worthless vagabond confined in jail for
drunkennCBsjor worse crimes , hesitate
Ho-Toto forniy loafer of her acquain
tance who 'presented her a bottle of
perfume ! 1ft ould a female shoplifter
and pickpocket vote for a corrupt
politician ? Would a woman that sells
her body for a doll.ir vote for the rake
whopatronizia her if he was running for
office ? Would the 25,000 prostitutes'
of Chicago and the 50,000 abandoned
womcn of New York and the mis
tresses % of all the gamb
lers and tp3rtingmen generally ;
vote the temoeranca ticket ? Would
thu class coming in contact with re- '
spectaWo women at the polls purify
our polltics'or would their presence
drive reipectmble women away ?
pThe disrepuUble cl M of women are
not troubled Vufa babies and house
hold cares. Thej will always Tja on'
'
hand infull force to gtvo'their friends
of th'e other sex a lift. c
This is not all. In the cities every
man who wants office wocld seek their
good will and support. In the coun
try an Infinite amount * ! domestic dis
cord wouldfbe cansei by jealousy ,
when men -who seek -office make a
canvass in the back kitchens of their
neighbors and'go about making con
verts aaion" their female acquaintan
ces. What chanca would a homely
man have against a handsome candi
date , no matter how superior the
homely j m n might bt ? Had woman
suffrage bsen the law of the land
Stephen A. Douglas would have beaten
Abraham Lincoln ten to one. When
woman soffragisU rafloifuplTn'theB ?
obstacles to the political mlllenium
which they seek to bring ; about , we
shall present"rv.fewinoro stray points
for them to ponder over.
POSTMASTER GEXERAI. JAMES de
serves credit for his energetic and
systematic effort to Increase the effi
ciency of the postal service. In no
section of the country has the
services' needed more through
overhauling than right here in Oma
ha. .For yeara jthia community and
the people of this state have been snf-
ferlng delays and inconveniency by
reason of ihamelo 3 neglect
and mismanagement by the
men sharged with postal supervision.
Instead of attending to his duties the
chief of the railway raailservice has
devoted most of his time to junketing
excursions and political bumming.
His office work has been performed
by xonto bgente detailed from active
service , while the railway postal clcrka
were over-worked and unable to do
justice to the service.
Two yeara ago , when the govern
ment engineers ttore constructing the
sham rip-rap on onr river front , this
paper predicted that this city would ,
sooner or later , suffer materially from
thaso tip-rap frauds. * The absolute
wortblessnees of the rip-rap above the
Smelting works has been demonstrat
ed to our sorrow this spring.
Congress during its Inst session made
another appropriation for river im
provement at this point , $20,000
wo-believe. There is also about $10-
000Tstlll unexpended from the appro
priation of 18SO. If this money is
honestly and economically expended
this spring and summer we may bo
able to avert further dlssstor on onr
river frontl It is evident , however ,
that wo can afford no more
costly experimenting. The
work ought to be placed
nndcr the supervision of an experi
enced engineer who understands the
peculiar course of the Missouri river.
Not an hour should be lost. The
Juno rise should be anticipated and
every available means employed to
prevent another break through the
river bank.
OWING to the insufficient appropria
tions by congress the report of the
commissioner of agriculturn for 1870
is an yet not ready for general distri
bution. Wo ate informed , however ,
that parties who have forwarded their
applications to our congressional dele
gation will receive the valuable docu
ments at a very oraly day.
Tne Chamber of Commerce and the
Railroads.
limes.
The mercantile interest is generally
regarded ns the bulwark of censer
vatism. No body of men is less
likely to be open to the charge of at
tacking vested interests or the legiti
mate rights of property or of capital
than the chamber of commerce of a
great commercial city. Probably the
most venerable body of the kind in
the United States is the chamber of
commerce of New York , and
while It has generally shown
a wide-awake and progres
sive spirit characteristic of the mer
chants of thin'metropolis , it has always
maintained the conservatism -which is
ths safeguard o the complicated and
interdependent intorestB 61 industry
and trade. It is not to bo expected
than an organization of this kind trill
be greatly moved by quostlors of
sentiment , or .will be called up an to act
zealously on considerations of abstract
justice. Its objecta are practical , and
it has to do with business affairs in
their actual operation. If it enters
upon a crusade , it is likely to be de
fensive rather than aggretcive , and
nlmfttod by the purpose of promoting
those great-commercial interests which
produce the wealth and power of the
nation.
The gjrt Vhlch the New1 Tork
chamber of cooimsrce has taken and
is etill taking in the agitation of the
question of bring the railroid corpnr-
ations under regulation of l w is'mndc
peculiarly significant b'y ita relation
to the mercantile interest It cannot
be actuated by any dcsirb to cripple
the railroads , irhich have become absolutely -
solutoly essential to commerce , or any
spirit of jealousy of the power or ad
vantages of capital , for it repreients
capital and wealth in some of their
most imposing orms. But it stands
for the great commtmlal and indus
trial community which the rail
roads were intended to terve. It sees
that the corporations which control
the moans of transportation have It in
Ihelr power to "oppress and lay under
contribution of.the moat despotic
dad the whole business of the coun
try , and that -without legal restriction
or supervision the only motive strong
onoujrh to restrain them In the eelf-
Inlcrest of the managers , as they can
calculate it. It h for their interest
that trade aballfibo active and profita
ble. They can do nothing to inter
fere with this general condition by
their actions or their arbitrary meth
ods without hurting themselves. But
consistently -with their idea of promoting
meting commercial prosperity gener
ally , they may for their own profit do
a vast deal of Injuutlcrj hi detail and
injure persons , places and special in
terests without mercy. They not only
may , but they have done so in numer
ous well authenticated instances.
Schemes of greed for the swift en
richment of a few men have resulted
ip imposing an unjust tax upon thu a
commercial community against which
it has a'right to protest.
- Thechamber of commerce is doing
an Important public service in acting
as the champion of industry and trade
to secure the regulation of the busi
ness ofjranspjjrtatlon and the preven-
ion of its abuses. Its spiels ! com
mittee on railroad transportation has
lone much toward bringing facts to
'igkt , evoking discussions and awaken-
ng the public "mind tr the need of re-
trlctlve legislation. The need of It-g
station has been amply demonstrated.
Svery consideration of justice and good
jolicy demands itbat the corporations
have at their service the best legtl
md forensic ability In the country.
They exert ivory influence that money of
n command , In courts , in legiulative
bodies , and before ibe public , to
maintain their freedom from control ,
while the people , whose Interests arc
supposed to be reprssentid in lawmaking -
making assemblies , are _ without or-
ganizitlon , and scarcely awake to the
necessities of the situation. The
chamber of commerce have became
the champion of their csuse , and is
the source of an influenca which' la
making itseif felt moro and ) more"
every month. Most of tho" * recent
discuBEion of the railroad question
has been drawn cut by its committee.
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
SEWARD , Neb. , April 11 , 1881.
To the Editor ot THK EM :
There is an old adage th t there is
reason in everything , but I guess the
author of that anying had never read
Iho article on woman's rights by
Enphrosino Schuyler in TUB DAILY
BEE of the 9th. Thavo always been
in favor of women's rights , bnt not
men's rights for women ; but since
reading her article I have changed my
opinion. One could readily believe as
sac states that she has spent half of
her life "in a foreign country and from
hsr remarks would sup
pose it h d been spent
among the South Saa Islanders. As
she locates her sojourn in Europe , it
must have boon in Turkey or sorna
other enlightened little country in the
southeast end of Europe. 'She says ,
"If you want to find a woman as
modest as a violet you must go to
Europe. " Euphroslna , I few you
are laboring under a slight mental
delusion , as regards the requirements
of this age. It Js not violets that the
19th century is after , but woman
with intelligent minds , noble , trno
wornon that can stand up and battle
bravely for the right. Mind I say
the rlght.not their rights , and through
all not lose ono article of their wom
anhood.
Secondly. Sha says it stunts
woman's constitution ; they never were
made to raign. How about Queen
Victoria and scores of other queens
whose reigns have been marked by
peace , plenty and prosperity , and
whose judgment and dlplomay have
seldom been equalled In the reign of
the other sex ?
Thirdly. "If the Lord ever designed
women to perform the same duties as
man. why did ho create two sexes ? ' :
tlovr long before the human race
would hava become extinct had the
Lord only created ono sex ? Yes , the
Lord designed woman to be protect
ed nnd nutturcd like a delicate plant ,
and some of these delicate plants take
in washing and support eight or nine
children , and keep a loving husband
in poor whisky and plug tobacco.
Bat if said delicate plant
obould cast a vote ( o elect a man to
office who would refuse to license
grog shops , she would bo flying di
rectly in the face of Divine Provi
dence's glorious plan of creation.
Fourthly. "Who will take care of
the babies when man and wife go out
in public ] " Men and their wives go
to churches , b lls , lectures , concerts ;
theatres , and they go to county fair * ,
Btite faira , world's fairt , and Fourth
of July celebrations , and the baby
has lived through it all and done fine
ly ; but what is to become of that In
evitable baby while a womin goes to
the polls and votes ( a proceeding that
would take about as long as to buy a
paper of pins ) } Is a question that has
got the brilliant intellect of this en
lightened ego at a dead-lock.
Fifthly , "A modest wife would ban
ish the thought of keeping up with
her husband attending a political lec
ture while a child was sick. " No
mother would leave a sick child. Such
reasoning is too silly to attempt to on-
swtir. But are all the children in the
city to bo attacked with a spell of sick
ness on the eve of a political lecture ?
Alao "a rcodest wife would banish the
thought of going to an election when
her coi ciition was such she
should bo discrete. " Why under
those circumstances , Enphroelno , she
would stay away from the polls the
same as a man would , if he bad the
small pox. But if one man has the
small-pox Is that any reason five hun
dred men that haven't it should not
go and vote ?
Sixthly. "A woman should lay the
tender feelings in the hearts of the
rising generation ; if she does that she
does her share. " Why , certainly ,
give a woman a teaspoon to throw wa
ter on a fire with , and tell her if she
scoops water well with that spoon the
is doing her sTiare , while if you give
her a pall and lot her work equally ,
aho might accomplish some good.
Will a mother vote for men that will
licensa institutions that will lead her
sons to ruin ? Will a sister vote for a
man whoso influence is corruption to a
brother ? Will a wife vote for meas
ures and laws that will lay tempta
tion In the psth of a husband ?
Will a corrupt politician with a glass
of whicky buy a Isdy's vote ? Woman
suffrage will be the doom of intern-
parauco , and will in a great measure
tend to the purification of politics , for
no woman will give a bad man her
Vote. And in my opinion I do not see
why a'woman should loose one parti
cle of her moiesty , her home happi
ness , or natural gentleness , or the in
born mother love that prompts the
care of her offspring , or in any way
neglect her domestic duties , should
she have a voice in making the laws
by J which she is governed as well as
man , and laws that often affect her
life i and happiness more nearly than
ono would suppose. Should woman
ever have the ballet yon may depend
her voice will ever be heard on the
side of virtue , honesty , temperance
and integrity. MRS. D. C. Me.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The reform clubs of Massachusetts
are to hold their seventeenth Quarter
ly convention in Springfield on Tues t
day , 10th inst.
Maryland hag 1312 federal office o
holders who receive nearly § 990,000 8ti
a year ; of those but 24 are colored tiThe
men and their salaries are but $131-
312. '
It Is estimated that ex-Governor
James B. UlcCraary , of Kentucky ,
has congressional aspirations. He iq-
sides in the Eighth district , now rep-
retented by Phillip B. Thompson.
'The democrats of Ohio talk of run
ning a son of Huigh .T. Jewctt for gov
ernor , probably ou his father's repu-
tiou. Poetically speaking , they kaow
what master laid his keel.
The Arkansas legislature last week
passed a bill making It a misdemeanor
to sell in that sta'te a dirk , bowio-
knife , sword-cane or brass -knuckle *
or pistol of kind
any eicept such as
are used in the army or navy.
Eben F. Pillsbury contradicts tha
story that ho is going bsck to Maine
to-run for congress on-tho democratic
ticket. The sounds of woe front
Maine democrats in consequence are
not audible at this distance.
Tne enemies of .Willfam E. Chandler
of
ler are between two fires. Ifthesen-
ta should reject his nomination as ;
solicitor general , it will result in his ty
election to the senate from Kewi
Hampshire , and they cannot decide „
whichJhc-ru of the dihmma they pre-
1
Rhode Island has 31,065 voters ,
registered this year , -which is 4565 less1
than last year The real estate voters Cl
nutabor 18,613 , a cida over last yean 3
272 ; the personal property velerf , > T
4269 ; l * lois-of 10 , and ths registry * pi
voters , 8283 , a loss of 4821. The pi
Providence Journal says that a comtli
pleto registration of the citizans who Ir
mlght-bo qualified to vote upon the
payment of the registry taxtf SI
would swell the number of , eectdra ! ol
to not far from 50000. ' - ry &
The next i apportionment in Ohio ,
under the new census , } makpsjjat.lit-
tie changeIn.tho basis of representa
tion ! " So many of'the pairlotst > f that
favored s > oto are In the public service
abroad that the census doeeu't eeem to
have added materially to the popula
'tion.l But it is * si , gre4ter dutin'ctfon
to bo an Ohio man than it onc9 waste
to be a Rornnn citizen.
TRIALS OF TWO COUNTIES ,
The People-Along the Platte
More Scared thar/ Hurt
by.thfc Recent-Flood.
j 'A < - < I -
'Tlie'PioneerS of 'kur'nas ' County
Appeal for Help.
Correspondence of THI Bts-f { '
COLTJMBUI. .April 11. Extern pa
pers have reported a flood of the Platte
country. Th'fs ' Is atferror end creates
a wrong Impreaaion of this estimable
section of our state. Such , however
would ba an impossibility , ' as the
Platte bottoms have B gradual rise
from the first bench to tbo'rolling
pralro landj. The smr.ll strips of low
laud or first bottoms that have been
inundated received not water from the
even 1 jwing course of a swollen river ,
but by ice gorges forming every few
miles hi the river , water was backed
upon the land. Of course ice
gorges are sometimes formcc
where streams are narrow anc
confined within high banks. When
ono thus formed breaks the ruah inol
dent : arflos largo quantities of ice ,
bridges , logs and any other material
mtt'ln its courao down the stream and
out upon the low flat land from which
it often removes buildings and destroys
stroys hay , grain , stock and other
property.
Losses of note In the Platte valley
have been confined ti county bridges
and railroad property. The loss to
life and private property haa been vor ;
limited in nnlity , and much cxagorat
td In reports. Mtny people weri
scared who were not hurt or even ii
danger.
The cattle are reporting suffering
very much. Thoao provided with an ;
shelter have only atr&w roofed shed
most of which are weather worn am
leaking. The first snow cf the eeasoi
fell on October 15th last nnd tin
weather has been extremely severe on
stock ever since. Ten per cent
average loss fa the holiest I have
heard any extensive stock man men
tion and if th y sustain no greater losa
this winter will have demonstrated th
cattle business a magnificent succej
in Nebraska.
The farmers will bo a full month
later with their seeding end planting
this year than usual. Bat ween Noril
Bend and Columbus twenty per cent
of last year's-corn remains to bepiokec
and the fields inwhich work is not
obstructed by snow banks have so
deep mnd'that teams and wagons can
not enter them.
The towns have not done the
usual amount ot business this win
ter , very little of anything having
been hauled to market by thejarmera
since last Christmas. The roads have
been impassible half ths winter , and
there is yet no sign of improving.
The result is that the farmers will
plant and sow- now and leave the haul
ing of grain and hogs to market till
the last of May and June , when the
" i and hum will make the count
ers ring and Illuminate the faces of
collecting agents with a emile onbe
more.
more.Wild geese and ducks are very
plenty and gamesters are happy.
More deer and rabbits have been
killed during the past winter than
usual , although the extramo rigor of
the season haa kept out many hunting
parties who come from a distance to
kill fur pleasure. JAY ,
Correspondence of Tin Bus.
WILSOUVILLE , Furnas Co. , Neb
April 11. Winter is past and spring
has come at last. , The farmers are
sawing wheat and preparing the soij
for the season's crops with a more
hopeful countenance than last spring.
A largo amount of winter wheat -was
sown last fall , and from cloao observa
tion and from the best reports , nine-
tenths of it Is winter killed. A largo
amount o ! spring wheat haa been
sown and more to be put in yet. The
past has been a very severe winter
and a hard ono for poor people. There
ivasbiit , little work to bo had here nnd
persons preferred to stay on their
claims rather than to go away to find
work , as it takes money to travel ,
know of many that have lived during
the winter principally on corn meal
and water , and several have told mo
that they knew not where the next
meal was coming from. I > Jot
withstanding these facts , the papers
say there is no destitution. Some
of our generous citizeus have
given all they- can spare.
Free transportation has been asked
of the railroad , but as yet we have got
no satisfaction. Every preoiuct joili
ing have had aid but this. Persons
in the eastern part of the state are
willing to spera of their abundance.
I think tha railroad ought to do their
part. It is several months before
anything can bo raised , and they will
be the hard ones. Those who have
had the proceeds from farms sold in
the states to fall back on can stand it
well enough , but the man that had
only the toaru and no money left , after
getting here , , and some minus the
team , art the ones that have to stand ! \
the battle.
Now , those are the facts , and it is
not going to hurt < ho credit ot the
state or the railroads to let it bo
known. Immigration is pouring jn
every day , and this will pass into history -
tory , probably never to occur again *
More injury has boon done the state
by the exaggerated stories of the loss
of cattle and sheep.
I know of one herd of cattle num
bering 650 , loss ihroe head ; another
herd of 155 , loea four head ; one herd
of sheep , 800 head , losa two. The
net income from this herd the past
year was 9GD. One herd of COO head ,
losa C. Hay is wort ! $ § 5 to § 8 per
ton hero. In some parts of Iowa it h
worth SIS to § 20. So you see feed is
not so high , corn 35 to 40 cents per
busheL I thlnk-thl a fine stock coun
try and is well watered. The average
depth of water is about the same as In
thu South Platte district in the east
ern , part of the state.
Almost every precinct in this part vr
the state has a farmer's alliance in
oed working oHer , and if every coun
in the slice is as well organized the
monopolies will hear from us at the
next election.
THE BEE Is the-best paper in the
west , and should have ' 100,000 circu-
tiou- FARMER.
France and Tunis.
Chicago Tribune. Vol
The latest proposition in regard to
Tunis is the establishment of a French
protectorate but maintaining .the
present bey and having him with an-
trority over his Massulmau aubjects.
p int of fact , the French are actu-
ally at war with Tunis , as their troop i
are on tha marcb.jfrom'AlgeriaHo the
Tunisian frontier and largo reinforce
ments are on their way from France.
The ostensible pause ofthese military
movements grpwa out of the raids of
certain mountain tribes called the
Tvhoumins. They inhabit a-narrow'
strip of country , about fifteon.'mjleB
in width and running inland sixty
mile3 , which ii CDVercd wih densa for-
.efits. | Owing to the almosf impassa
ble character of their region , they
have nevsrbeen completely subdued ,
and have alternately raided the Al-
genans- and Tunisians. Ordinarily
theTFrluch and Tunlsltu troops have
acted * together in keeping" these
tribes down , but upon this occa
sion It is claimed that they
crossedjovor Into the Algerian country
and committed eerious depredation ?
urged thereto by the influence of tho'
Italian consul in Tunis , and nupport-
ed by Italian newspapers , the alleged
motive being 'the Italian jealnnsy of
French 'prostigs. Tno country has
had a checkered cweer. In the fifth
century It' Was-taken by the Vandals ,
and a century later it passed into the
hands Of the Greeks , -where it re-
mained'tmtll the Mohammedans over
ran it in the seventh century. lu the
thirteenth century it achieved Its in
dependence. France made an nttumpt
to take it In 1270 , but failed. In the
eixteouth century , it was made tribu
tary to Spiin , but shortly afterwards
the Turks conquered it. The Moora ,
however- enforced the right ol
electing their own Bey , but wore com-
palled to pay a tribute to Turkey. Sltico
jlhat time , however , its history has
not been particularly interesting , cx-
capt for the eovero punishment the
Tunisians have received from the
British , French and Hollanders for
their acts cf piracy. Of late years
the French influence has been pru
dominant , and tha present action of
thu French undoubtedly has for Its
ultimate object the annexation of the
territory. Geographically speaking ,
it is a part of Algeria , as a glance al
the map will show , and its iucorpora
tion with the French possessions
would round out that province Into
symmetrical shspo. It would add a
very substantial colony to the African
possessions of France , as it has an
area of 45,000 squa'ro miles ( nearly
the slzo of New York State ) , and a
population of 2,000,000 peoplu. Com
inurclaliy considered , also , It would
bo very valaablo , as it has a large
trade in dates , olives , tobacco
cotton , Indigo , drugs , and dyes
From its clcno proximity to Italy
much of this trade is absorbec
by the Utter , which may account fur
the laltor's jealousy of French move
ments. It is only a question cf time ,
however , how aoun thu entire North
Africa coast , from Morocco to Egppt
will come into French hands. They
have a firm footing thure , and are
even penetrating into the Sahara re
gion with their railroads and contain
plating vast Bchoiues for the rcclama
tion of portions of the desert. The
sooner such a consummation is effect
ed the better. With France in Northern
orn Africa , England in Southern Af
rica , and Franco and EugLind jointly
admiatraing Egypt , there will bo
nothing in the way of tha materia
development of that wonderful , which
hitherto has been almost r. scalcc
continent. .
New York Times ( Rep. ) : Mr. Dag
gett calculates that the Central Pacific
has in ten years extorted § 30,000,00 (
from the people of Nevada over anc
above what it was fairly entitled to ,
Of the authenticity of his calculations ,
that the men controlling the company
have out of an actual investment o
$12,500 got into their possession a
property of § 180,000,000 over and
above liabilities , wo are not In a pcsi
tion to judge , but he furnishes enough
in the way of authentic facts to show
that the most outrageous extortions
bad been practiced in Nevada. In
fact , the fortunes of the state have
been and still are at the mercy of a
corporation over which it has nc con
trclj whoso power is founded on the
bounty of the national government ,
hut which is trying to evade its leg * !
obligation to that government , while
it disputes Its right to exercise any ju
risdiction over the railroad's dealings
with \ the communities from which its
revenues are extracted.
Ono year since Mr. H. Young , ol
Kankakee , 111. , fell from a roof 18 feel
: high and broke hla wrist. Sinca tint
time It has givun him great pain ,
which nothing would eubduo until St.
Jacobs find ben applied , which relieved
lieved him at once.
V/omen'sTrue Friend.
A friend in need ia a friend indeed.
This none can deny , eipecially when
assistance la rendered when ono is
eoroly afflicted with disease , rn ro par
ticularly those complaints and weak
1168963 eo common to our female pop
ulation. Every women should know
that Electric IJitters are woman'si trno
friend , and wili positively restore her
to health , oven when all ether reme
dies fail. A single trial will nlwnya
provo our assertion. They are pleas
ant to the taste and only cost 50 cents
a bottle. Sold by lah & McMa-
hon. (1) ( )
Mrs. Jacob Wllli on. Marion , 0. , say * her
child was not expected to lire , oningtoa Fc\cro
attack of < .roui > she tried Dr. Ihomas' Eclectrlc
Oil , which ( rave immedU'o 'tlicf.
Mr. O. Clcndenncn. Marlon , O. , mid Dr.
Thom b' Eclectnc Oil for bunions , he says at
Start bo thought it va ! li e the rest of , the ad-
ierllsed humbug' , bnt wai atrfcablf ilisap-
polr.Ud end now woul 1 cot be w.thout eome In
ilu house fur money.
E c.iien'3 Arnloa Salve
The IJu.vr SAIVB in the world foi
's , .Cculeos , Sorea , Ulcorz , Salt
Uhomn , Fever Sores , Totter , Ohnpp-
od flau'l ? , Chilblains , Corns , and nil
kinds rf Skin Eruptions. Thin Salve
IM 2"iranfet-d to ilvo ; pflrfect aatlaf.id-
tlod in evnry cn .o or money re funded ,
Price 25 oonti pur box. Kcr sale by1
8dly Teh & McMhhon Ontahn.
fn Ifla week J12a ( lay at uome eieilj made ; cash
\B ' ' natflt Iron Aiidri * 1 Tiuo '
a
llanahcturcr ard'Dealer In
0
SADDLES AND HARNESS ,
1412 JFarn. St.
Oinuha Neb.
t for tha
Celebrated Concord Harness
Two Medusaml a Diploma cf Honor Wnhtho
Very Hlirliest Award tha Judges Could Bestow
* Awlrdcd thla HarncoS at the Centennial
ExUbitioo :
Coxmon also , Ranclimen'a and Landle'a Sad
dles. V.elecptho Urges , e toot in the West ,
apd InTite i II who cannot examine to acnd for
prices. apH-tf
JNO. G. JACOBS ,
( Fo-raerly cl < JUh ft Jiaote )
w g a Q
2 i'S 3fe 6B
! U7 r ruh m ct , O'.d dtin.l o ? Jacob OU
" " " " " "
ORDiffff nr
THE DAILY BEEs no
of
s thrL'.tCSt Home rtll'i 3llo- o
or
New * of th Day.
I
f/euralgia , Sciatica , Lumbago' '
Bacfacho , Soreness of the Chest ,
Gout , Qainsy , Sore Throat , SweH-
ings and Sprains , Burns and
Scalds , General Bodily
Pains ,
Tooth , Ear and Headache , Frosted
Feet and Ears , and all other
Pains and Aches.
No Preparation on earth equali ST. JACOBS On
aa a safe , surf , aimplp and cheap Eittrni
llemedy. A trial entajls but lh eomparatlyelj
trilling outlay of 60 Cent * , and ererj oca suffer
ing with p&In can hare cheap and potitlra uroo
of Its clalmi. ( J , *
Directions In Elaren Ijingiiases. * i'f
SOLD BY ALLDBUQGIST8 ANDDEALEBB
IK MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO. ,
Geo. P. Bern is
EAL ESTATE AGEHCY
16th tt Dowjlat Sitt , Neb.
This BRency dooa STRICTLY a brokerage CSJl
neag. Doea noticeable , and therefore any ar >
gaing on Its books are Insured to Its pitrons , In
gtead of bo'.nc gobbled np by the agent
& MILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No IPS Farnham. Street
OMAHA - NEBRASKA
Ofiicc North Side opp Grand Central Dotal.
Nebraska Land Agency
DAVSS & SHYDER
,
1505 Famhan St. Omaha , Jftbr.
00,000 ACHES carefully KlocteJ land In K . 'ttr
Ho'jrtuka for Bale.
Great Bargains In improved lama , aniiOunah
citypropert- .
O. F. DAVIS. WEB8TER 8NYDER ,
Late Land Com'r U. P. B. R -teb7t (
BTROM BXIia. IKWIS RBia.
Byron Reed & Do. ,
OIDB3T HTABLIS-JD
EEAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of tttle to all
Estate 111 OmaUa and Douglas County. maylt
$2,250,000 ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY
EXTR AORDINAPvY DRAWING , APRIL 12th.
15000 TICKETS OHLY , T'2 PRIZES
SMALLEST PRIZE , 81.COO.
1 Prizj $1.0(0,000 1 Prize
I 1'nzo 200.0CO 8Przcs$10lOOcach SO.COC
1 Pr.zo 100,000 S Prizes , 6,000 earh 40.00C
1 Prize tO.OOO T I'rizesam't'gto
Whole Tickets , $100 ; Halves , ? :0 ; Quarters , 340
Tenths , ? 16 ; Twentieths , $3 , Fortieths , $4.
I/ttlo Havana is governed entirely by th
aboiedrawin , ' .
1 Prize , $0,000 722 Prizes , $16,119.
ttholcj , $2. Halves , $1.
ROMAN & CO.
Successor to TAYLOR k Co. , Now Yort.
1'irect all c < ininumrationg anil money
ROMAN & CO. , General Agents , 233 Chire
Strong , ew llmcti. i onn.
Machine Works ,
J , Hammond , Prop. & Manager
The raoct thorough appointed and complet
Hschlno Shops andl'oundry In the state.
Coetln i ot ovcry description mannfactod.
Engines , Pumpa and ovoiy clasa ot machinery
ror.'Ja to order.
order.pedal attentlen siren to
fl'cll Augurs , Pulleys , Hangers ,
SfcaftinffBIri < lge IronsGeer
Unttiug , etc
Planatornnw JlacnlncryHcacliar.ttil ! Draught
n ? , Models , et : . , nmllj eiecnt J.
66 Harnav St. . Bet. 14th nnd 15th.
H. It. KISI > ON.
Insurance Agent ,
PHENIXAS30n/ ( - ( , < . . . , t Ian-
don , CashAwets . | 5,107ir >
tfESICUESTKU. N. Y. , Cipltal . l.OCO.OtJ
THK MKP.CHAJ.rS , o ! Newark , N. J. , l.GOC.OO
GIRA1U ) FmEPl > il delphUCapltal. . l.OO' ,001
NORTIIWESTKRK NAT10NALCap-
Hal . 00. 0
FIREMEN'S FOND , California . SOf. 4
1SHIT1SH AMERICA ASSWRANCECo 1.S00.036
NEWA tK FIRE INS. CO , Assets. . . . " 00,05'
AJIKRICAF CENTRAL , Assets . 300 'Of
i tfit Cor. c.1 Fifteenth & Douglas St. ,
OMAHA.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LIKE
IJBT1VEEN
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
"
Corner o ! SAUNDER3 and HAMILTON
STREETS. ( End of Red Line as fellows :
LEAVE OMAHA :
6 * ) , " 8:17and : 11:19a in ,3:03.6:37and758p.m. : :
LEAVE FORT OMAHA :
7:15 : a. m. , 9:15 n. m. , and 1-2:45 : p. m.
4:00 : , t:15 ) and s:15 : p. m.
The 8:17 : a. m run , leaving or"3'1 ' * , and the
1:00 : p. ra run , leaving Fort Omaha , are usnally
loaded to full capacity * Ith regular passengers.
The 6:17 : a. m. run will be made from the post-
office , corner of Do Ue and 16th Bnrchts.
Tickets can be procured from street carOriv-
frt , or from drivers of hacks.
FARE. Z5CKNT3. INOLUDING 8TRE CAR
BUSINESS COLLEGE. "
THE GREAT WESTERN
Cicu.ii. , Principal.
Oreighton Block , - OMAHA
Send for Circular ,
unrJMkvft
THK HBROHAKT TAILOR ,
lias just received hla Sprmr Stock , and has 15)
patter s to select from. Hall early andijcty oar
choice. Cleaning and repairing of ali kinds.
One Door Weit of rJrnlcSBhanli'8.
ep Oly
CHARLES RIEWE ,
UNDE
IfeUlIc G/a-t , I'cfiliis , Casket * , Shrouds , etc.
Fam matin . bandllrnOm b , Neb.
TJ | < r attnndod to.
GEO. II. 1MISSELL , M. D.
Koomj ( n Jicobs tlock , up stairs , corner ol
Japltsl Arcrue and 15 h street. Iteaidence
11J5 Shcrnuu Avar.ii * . May * o consult
cd at rcsl e n.e 7 to 0 p m except Wednejdaja.
SPECIALTY-Ob.letric3 an I Diseases of Wo
men. Cfficc hours 9 to 11 a. in and 2 to 4 p. in.
unu s 5 to 7 u. m ml.-Cm
0 > 1 OTIC.E3.
Any n h vlnj dead anianls I will remoT *
ham free of.chir'e. Ixrave orders eoutheait
corn t of Harncy andlith St. , second door.
CHARLES SPLITT.
51 SZll ' .r/ . " , fttln on fja
Portlnnil. Mo
, NEW HARNESS SHOP.
The un cr i ned hiving had nine veara uc-
lerience with O. IIJ & J. a. Collin , and twenty-
onrjenrsof rr ctlcal h rn s nukltp , las now
pmiaen ed ba&inei'j for himself In the larje
* shop 1 door south of ( he Muthcwt corner
l th and Harney U. He jell employ a largo
orce of skilhd workmen and will fill all orders
n his plloe prompilj and chc. Dly.
K.
BAHKINC HOUSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED. <
BAfJKiNO HOUSE
" " " "
- ' IN NEBRASKA.
C AID WELL , HAM ! LTD NICO
fioainesj tnnractctl evce 23 that o an Incor
porated Bosk.
Accoonta kept In Currency or olil subject to
light check without notice.
Certificates of dapoait teaeJ p yahl In three ,
all and twalve monthj , tcsrluj Interest , or CD
demand without Interest.
Advances nude to customers on ipproveJ so-
cnrltta at'mark't rates ot Interest
Bnyan4BeII solJ. bills of eicbaive Ooveru-
meut , State , County and City Boudn.
Draw Sight Drafts on England. Ireland. Scot
land , and all parts of Korope.
Sail European Passage Ticket * .
nOLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
nugldt
II. SDEPOSITORY. .
FIRST iATIOHAL OANK
OF OMAHA.
Cor. 13U7 and Farnnam Streets ,
OLDEST BAHKIHC ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROS. , )
KCTA3U2HZD ISTf
a National Bank , Anif&st 20 , 13CS.
Capital and Profits 078rS300,000
Specially r.athorlwj by the Secretary or Tr-MUrj
to rsctiie Subscription to the
U.S. 4 PER CEHT. FUHDEO LOAN.
OFFICERS
KCCKVSI , rrwMcnS.
AI79DSTO8 KOUNTZI , Vice President.
It TV. YAIM. Ouhltr.
A. J. PoprLiTO * , Attorney.
Jens A. Cji'iaHWJ.
F. U. DlTH , An't Caihlej ,
Ttll bank recelvm deposit without regard to
amounts.
IMUKJ tlxno certificates beasin ? interest.
DrawadiafMao Ban Jranclsco and principal
cities of tha United Etatca. also London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal cities ot tha conti
nent of Europe.
Bella passage tickeU for Emigrant * In tha to
man no. nx yldtf
HOTELS
THE JRIGINAL.
SEi
Oor. Randolph St. & Gth Ave. ,
CHICAGO ILL.
PRICES REDUCED TO
$2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY
Located in the business centre , conrenlont
to placce of amusement. Elegantly furnished ,
containing all modern improvements , paeaenjror
elerator , &c. J. H. CUJIMINOS , Proprietor ,
ocietf
OGDEN HOUSE ,
Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs , Iowa $
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus to and from
& 11 trams. RATES Parlor floor $3.00 per day ;
Second floor , 32.CO per da } ; third floor , 8J.OO.
The best furnished and moat commodious home
In the city. OEO. T. PHELPS Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL
,
Laramie , Wyoming.
The miner1 * resort , good accommodations ,
argeeamplc room , charges revonnhle. Special
attention clvcn to traveling men.
11-U H 0 HILLKRD Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Flrit-cl > 84 , Flau ari'o Simple Iloomj , one
Mock frnn dcp < t Trains stop from 20 minutes
to 1 bourn fur dinner Free liU3 to and from
Depot. Ratea 2160. $2.50 and 3.00 , according
to room ; B'ncle rreal 76 cent * .
A. U. B\LCOM , Proprietor.
W rORTKN. Culcf Cleri mlO-i
AGENIS WANTED FOR OuR KfV BOOK ,
* * Bibc ! for the Young , "
lemj ! the s'ory cf tlio Scriptures by Rev. Oeo.
Alexander Cr o'j , t ) . I ) . IiiMmp'c and attrac-
tuo Uncnajro for o'.d and yoitnjr. Profusely
HlastrateJ. rcakiiu mo t intercttliis and im-
presiive j outh' instructor. Kterr ] nrcnt lll
secure tins work ! eachcrs , jou dhould cir
culate 1 > . Pi ice $3 00.
Sen'1 for circular * with xtr erms.
J. H. CHAJIIiKPS i C' . , { St. Louis , Mo
AMD STLL ! THE LION
Continues to
Koar for Moores ( )
IIAHNUSX
? ? WiW *
cart
r-t
-t-
tCO
I have adopted the Lion as a Trade
Mark , and all my Goods will be stamp-
id with the Lion and my Name on
the game. No Goods are genulno
without the above stamps. The best
material is ujod and the most skilled
prorkmen are employed , and at the
.owest cash price. Anyone wishing
v price list ot goods will confer a favoc
by sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MOOEE.
CAVP , If. 1 > . E. L. 1001X3 , M. P.
NEBRASKA
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE
o
PRIVATE HOSFJTAL.
Now open for the reception of pa lenta far the
TRE4TMKST OK ALL CIIRJMU AND SUBdl
CAL DISEASES.
DBS. VAN CA.IIP & SKGI\S ; ,
Physicians & Surgeons ,
Proprietors.
A. W. NiSON.
3D E 3ST T I S T ,
Jscob'9 B ck , corner Ciplio 70. and
Utb Street. Otaata' tb
BID I
THE NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUS
Has .Removed to
1309 FARNHAM STREET ,
( Max Meyer's Old Stand. )
Where They- Shall Keep" Constantly on Hand an Immense
id , Stock of
MEN'S. BOYS'AND CHILDREN'S CLOTH LYC ,
HATS , CAPS AXD GENT'S FCftNISHJXC GOODS.
PEICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
ssr-Call and .Examine Goods and Prices.-
. 3VC. IJML.
13,09 Faruham Street , Uiualm , Scb.
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 during the Quarter of a Century in which this "Old
Keliable" Machine has been before the public.
In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431,167
Machines. Excess © ver any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales last year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines . . . a Day 1
" *
For every burinwa day In the yjj .
The "Old Beliab'e"
That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Seeing Machine
the Simplest , the Most
chine has this Trade
Mark cast into the Dnrabie Sewing Ma"
Iron Stand and em chine ever yet Con
bedded in the Arm of
structed.
the Machine.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURE 00.
Principal Office : 1:4 Union Square , New York.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the lnited States and Canada , nnd 3,000 Offices in the Old
World and South America. . ep6-d&wtf
IANOS
CT. S. "WHIG-HIT ,
AGENFTOB GHIGKEeiNQ PIANO ,
And Sole Agent for
HalJet Davis & Co. , James & Holmstrom , and J. & G.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Co's , Organs ,
II deal in Pianoa and Organs exclusively. Have had years
experience in the Business , and handle only the Best.
J. S. WRIGHT ,
21816th Street , City Hall Bnilding , Omaha , ffeb.
HALSET V. FITCH. Tuner1.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
Steam Pnmpa , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery
BELTING HOSE ; BRA88 AND IROH F1TTIHCS , FIFE , STEAM PACK1MC
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS
A. L. STRAJTO. 206 Fwnham Street Ornfiha , Nb
J. A. WAKE ! FIELD.
WHOLESALE AND BETAIL DEALER IN
LUMBER , LATH , SHINGLES ,
t
Pickets , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Mouldings , Lime ,
Cement , 'Plaster , &c.
STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMEHT CO. ,
Near-Union - Paci6c Depot. . * OMAHA , EEB.
IIVC CL V El
u :
. .
- V H
fill-
t
Has Removed From His Old Stand
on Douglas St. , to His
*
NEW AND ELEGANT STORE ,
\
1 ,
1313 Farnham Street ,
Where He Will be Pleased to Meet all His Oldl
Patrons.